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Patent GB-189818275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Motors for Gramophones and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON ELDRIDGE REEVES
Filed: 1898-08-25
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 18,275. Johnson, E. R. Aug. 25. Spring motors.-For driving gramophones and other light machines, the casing A contains a framework consisting of top and bottom plates a, a connected by tie-bolts a<1>. The spring is coupled, at one end, to one of the bolts, and at the other end to an enlargement of the spindle B. A perforated disc C, keyed on this spindle, gears with a pinion on a horizontal spindle D<1> squared to receive a winding-handle. A pinion e<2>, keyed on the spindle B, gears with a pawl e<3> on a wheel F, loosely mounted on a sleeve f also keyed on the spindle B. By means of this wheel F, the pinions g and h, and the wheel G', the main spindle H is driven. This spindle, in the example shown, carries a disc K to receive the recording-card, which is secured by a nut K<1>. Ball bearings are provided for the spindle H as shown. A wheel I on the main spindle gears with a pinion I' keyed on the governor spindle L. The arms l<4> are coupled by flat springs l<6> to a loose sleeve carrying a disc l<1> which, on the attainment of the required speed, comes in contact with an indiarubber brake block n<1>, Fig. 4. This block is carried by a lever N pivoted as shown, and pulled downwards at the outer end by a spring to raise the block out of contact with the disc. The position of the block and the speed are determined by a lever o<1> which rotates a cam o under the lever N. The lower end of the spindle L rotates in a block m having an eccentric stem m<2> fitting an opening in the lower plate a. By rotating this block m the depth to which the wheel I and pinion I' gear may be adjusted.
Patent GB-189818689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Stones Employed in Jewellery.
Inventor: GROSSIORD SAMUEL
Filed: 1898-08-31
Granted: 1899-08-31
Abstract: 18,689. Grossiord, S. Aug. 31. Drawings to Specification. Gems, artificial. Imitation diamonds and other stones for use in jewellery are formed of coloured or colourless strass and of window glass welded into a single block and cut in any ordinary manner. The pavillion and table may be of strass and the crown of glass, or the materials may be otherwise arranged.
Patent GB-189907408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Numnahs or the like for Saddles.
Inventor: HARWOOD SAMUEL JAMES
Filed: 1899-04-08
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 7408. Harwood, S. J. April 8. Saddles, numnahs for. The numnah consists of a sheet of leather &c. K padded with soft spongy felt &c. B covered with a waterproof material C and, if desired, also with soft leather D. The pads are separated at the top F, to leave a ventilating- channel. The numnah is provided with one or more girth straps (not shown) and may have pockets H for the points G of the saddle-tree.
Patent GB-189915570-A (GB)
Title: Brakes for Free Wheel Motor and other Cycles.
Inventor: ARTHUR WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1899-07-29
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 15,570. Arthur, W. G. July 29. Brakes for free-wheel motor and other cycles. The brake is applied by the rider pressing his heel on a lever a without removing his foot from the pedal. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the lever a is pivoted at X, and is formed with a foot - plate A. An adjustable rod b connects the lever a with a pivoted arm c carrying a tyre brake shoe d at its lower end, and connected above to a rim brake e as shown. In a modification, the lever a is connected directly to the pivoted arm c. A spring at X is arranged to take the brake out of action.
Patent GB-189923871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches.
Inventor: BURROWS GEORGE HARRY
Filed: 1899-11-30
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 23,871. Burrows, G. H. Nov. 30. Locks, key; latches.-The cases of looks and latches are made in two parts, one comprising the cap plate B and the rims e, and the other the front plate A, the foreend plate b, and the back-end plate c. The cap plate and rims are made in one piece, and the rest may also be in one piece. The edges of the rims e come against the front plate A. The two parts are secured together by a screw f. The tumbler pin g also assists in preventing relative movement. The ward plate i and its cheeks h are also made in one piece from a blank such as that shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-189923975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: DIXON PERCY ACTON
Filed: 1899-12-01
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 23,975. Dixon, P. A. Dec. 1. Couplings, automatic.- Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan. Each vehicle carries a hook a and a rule-jointed link d. When two vehicles come together, one of the links d runs up and drops into the opposite hook a, the other link d being already turned back out of action. The link is held in locked position by a second hook b, shown separately in Fig. 4, which is pivoted at c and is provided with a projection b<1> for uncoupling, the necessary uncoupling movement being effected by the action of the lever i on the projection b<2>. Each link d is connected by a rod f to a pivoted lever g, which is operated by the rod h when the link is required to be thrown forwards or backwards. In a modification, which is specially intended for use on passenger carriages, provision is made for taking up the slack after coupling has been effected.
Patent GB-189924877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polyphones and like Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-12-14
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 24,877. Thompson, W. P., [Fabrik Lochmann'scher Musikwerke Actiengesellschaft]. Dec. 14. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to instruments o p e - rated by tunesheets. The tune-sheets N are carried i n their strained positions by bent arms T pivoted to supports D, which are capable of vertical movement in tubular standards s. The standards are carried in a frame R, which can be moved laterally by a screw A, operated by a handle K, which carries a notched plate a. The plate carries signs to show the tune which is being played, and is notched at the top so as to act, in conjunction with a spring stop d, as a check to ensure the correct position of the selected tunesheet. The supports D are held in their proper positions by projections fitting into notches in a rail a'. A tune-sheet having been selected, the mechanism is started by the insertion of a coin or other means, and a cord S, weighted at Q, and passing round a driving-pulley y, is set in motion. The cord is attached to a lifter M, which engages with the support D of the tune-sheet and raises it until it comes underneath a presser-bar u pivoted at x, x, and acted upon by a spring x<1>. To allow the tune-sheet to pass under it, the bar u is raised by a cam p operated by a pin n on a plate H, which is operated by the main wheel J. The bar u then descends upon the tune-sheet, which has a central hole through which a fixed pivot passes, and a driving-wheel V is set in motion by a clutch C. The clutch is operated by a cam-groove on the main wheel.
Patent GB-189925519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Reproduction of Cliches, Stamps, and the like in Celluloid.
Inventor: LICHTENBERG-MADSEN DAN
Filed: 1899-12-23
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 25,519. Lichtenberg - Madsen, D. Dec. 23. Printing-surfaces.-ClichÚs or printing-surfaces, stamps, and the like are produced by stamping a special kind of celluloid, containing from 35 to 50 per cent. of camphor, by means of a matrix obtained by pressing the original into a heated celluloid plate containing 70 per cent. of nitrocellulose, 25 per cent. of camphor, and 5 per cent. of resinous oil.
Patent GB-189925574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: JACOBI CARL
Filed: 1899-12-27
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 25,574. Jacobi, C. Dec. 27. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to arrangements of superheating-tubes in furnace flues with the object of producing a more thorough mixture and uniform temperature of the steam. The steam is first passed through a number of zig-zag pipes arranged in series in the cooler part of the flue, and afterwards through a second set arranged in parallel or in series in the hotter part. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a number of zig-zag pipes d are arranged in two series, each of which forms, in connection with suitably-divided header pipes a, b, a continuous passage for the steam Another set of pipes e, arranged in parallel, connect the single lower division b<5> of the pipe b with the pipe c, whence the steam passes to the engine. In Fig. 4 the second set of pipes is shown similarly arranged to the first. In Fig. 5 the second set h is shown arranged to carry the steam in the same direction as the heating-gases, instead of in the opposite direction as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-190002026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gearing and Apparatus for the Transmission of Rotary Motion.
Inventor: SPURRIER HENRY
Filed: 1900-02-01
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 2026. Spurrier, H., and Sumner, J. Feb. 1. Toothed wheels, chain-wheels, pulleys, &c. exposed to shocks are constructed with elastic buffers between the shaft and the rim. The shaft section c is formed with a disc b, and radial ribs e ; the rim section d is formed on a disc a, and is provided with radial ribs f. The buffers i are interposed between the two sets of ribs.
Patent GB-190003749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Stone.
Inventor: THAARUP AXEL CHRISTEN FREDERIK
Filed: 1900-02-26
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 3749. Thaarup, A. C. F. P., and Dohlmann, S. F. A. Feb. 26. Tiles &c.-Relates to the production of plain or ornamented artificial stone in the form of tiles, plaques, &c. without the use of heat or pressure. Suitable proportions of magnesium chloride solution, magnesite, and sand or gravel are mixed together with water and any required colouring- matter, and allowed to set in moulds, after which the tiles &c. are air-dried. Tiles &c. with smooth surfaces are obtained by using glass or glass-lined moulds. Pictures, sketches, &c. may be made on the surface of the glass with a mixture of magnesite, magnesium chloride, colouring-matter, and water, and allowed to dry ; it is stated that the picture &c. will be transferred to the surface of the next lot of composition cast.
Patent GB-190007056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Tanks for Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: VAUGHAN HENRY ROBERT
Filed: 1900-04-17
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 7056. Vaughan, H. R. April 17. Tanks.-The tank is shown as constructed in the roof of a building, of which the top floor is of concrete a carried on iron or steel joists b<1>, and the parapet or sides c are of brick laid in concrete. The floor and sides are levelled and coated with " vulcanite " roofing or asphalt composition, and a fillet e is laid in the corners. Three or other number of layers of "vulcanite" roofing felt or similar material are laid in, being nailed to the fillet e and wooden wall plate d, and are covered with the composition. A brick and cement wall q is built inside, and the space between it and the felt also filled with the composition. Water-tight joints for the outlet pipes are also described. A bottom flanged pipe f is bolted to cross joists g, and the felt bottom is clamped to it by two half rings i, bolted together and held down by stud bolts j in a bridge-piece h attached to the pipe. Or the pipe is screwed at both ends to receive washers l wich ribs m to bear under the concrete and on a washer o. The recess round the pipe is filled with composition, and a hole k, which may be closed by a plug, is made through the pipe &c. on the floor level for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-190007253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas and Hydrocarbon Motors.
Inventor: SERAINE JULES
Filed: 1900-04-19
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 7253. Seraine, J April 19. Gas and like engines.-The engine works on the following four-stroke cycle, and the area of the combustion chamber is varied by a piston R, working in the cylinder Q, the motion of which is controlled by a cataract cylinder W. A charge first of air, then of air and gas, and finally of gas alone is drawn into the cylinder through the valves K<1>, K<2>, K during part of the suction stroke, and during the remainder of the stroke the charge expands. On the compression stroke the piston R, which is connected to the piston W by rods Z, rises a short distance owing to the two ends of the cylinder V being put into intercommunication by a cam-actuated valve X. During the expansion stroke, the piston R is permitted to rise to the limit of its stroke, and the charge expands to below atmospheric pressure. On the exhaust stroke, the piston R is permitted to descend.
Patent GB-190007865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mail Chutes.
Inventor: CUTLER JOSEPH WARREN
Filed: 1900-04-27
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 7865. Cutler, J. W. Nov. 27, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Shoots.-To effect the ventilation and lighting of letter shoots A leading from the upper floors of a building to the letter-box K at the bottom, they are built up of superposed sections of rectangular tubing, one or more sides of which are perforated. Each perforation C is made by a cross-slit, the lower edge of which is forced outwards. Collars F are secured to the ends of the section, around which a band H is passed to secure the shoot to the wall.
Patent GB-190011055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing, Rinsing, or Chemically Treating Wool and other Animal Fibres.
Inventor: MAERTENS EMILE
Filed: 1900-06-18
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 11,055. Maertens, E. June 18. Fibres, treating with liquids.-Relates to machines for washing, rinsing, or chemicallytreating wool or other animal fibres, in which the wool or other material is carried by the treating-liquor through a series of superposed troughs, or it may be through a single washbowl, and is then lifted and passed to a pair of squeezing or pressing rollers. Fig. 1 shows the machine having a series of superposed troughs G, G<1>, G<2>, G<3>, G<4>, provided with perforated false bottoms and communicating with one e another by valved ducts I, I<1>, I<2>, I<3>, the lowest trough G discharging either into the tank A or through a pipe F into the waste outlet E. The wool is fed by an apron R into the uppermost trough G<4>, and meets, on entering, a current of liquor forced up from the tank A by a centrifugal pump. It is carried by the current under the revolving submergers H, H<1>, and H<2>, which are driven at diminishing speeds so as to exercise a regulating influence. On leaving the first trough, the wool is conveyed into the next below by a revolving bucket-wheel J, having a perforated core for separating the liquor. It is then carried through the second and succeeding trough in a similar manner. Instead of the bucketwheel J, a perforated travelling apron K, or inclined plane L, may direct the wool from one trough into the next below. From the last trough G, the wool is passed into a trough from which it is lifted by a hollow perforated roller M on to the carrying-rollers M', which direct it between the squeezing-rollers N, N<1>. The liquor from the trough and squeezing-rollers N, N' flows back into the tank for re-use. In order to clear out sand or dirt from the spaces beneath the false bottoms, the valves in the ducts I to I<3> are opened, a deflector Q at the entrance to the uppermost trough is raised, and water under high pressure is supplied through the pipe P. The water passes in succession through the lower parts of the trough, and is discharged through the pipe F into the waste outlet E. The liquor from the tank A may also be used for washing-out purposes. The application of the lifting-device and submergers or regulators to an ordinary single wash-bowl is also described.
Patent GB-190100367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Wall Connections for Electric Lighting, Heating and the like.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
Filed: 1901-01-07
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 367. Lundberg, A. P., and Lundberg, G. C. Jan. 7. Couplings.-Relates to a method of taking two or more branches from a centre, such as a wall plug. The base is formed with a number of radial holes for receiving tubes or sockets a, into which the plugs d are fitted. The sockets are connected to rings f, f<1>, fitting in a central recess but insulated from one another. One ring is connected at e to the positive terminal, and the other to the negative. In a modified arrangement, the positive and negative contacts are fitted in separate bases, which may be fixed together.
Patent GB-190104604-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Drying and Weighing Industrial and Agricultural Materials.
Inventor: TAENZLER EMIL
Filed: 1901-03-04
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 4604. Tõnzler, E., and Roessler, E. March 4. Drawings to Specification. Weighing - apparatus combined with apparatus for drying yarns and threads.-An appliance for drying and weighing industrial and agricultural materials is adapted for weighing hanks. An ordinary balance is placed on the top of a drying apparatus, and the load pan supports a frame on which the moist hanks are placed within the drying chamber.
Patent GB-190114063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Slide-valves for Engines.
Inventor: CREED FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 14,063. Creed, F. G. July 10. Slide valves.-Relates to slide distributing-valves of the kind described in Specification No. 12,406, A.D. 1900, in which, as shown in section in Fig. 1, the valve 1 works between two bearings 2, 3, of which 3 is fixed and 2 is adjustable. The object of the present invention is to provide means for adjusting the bearings independently of the detachable covers or casings of the valve-chests. Fig. 3 shows a section taken at right-angles to that shown in Fig. 1. The plate 2 is adjusted by wedges 13 abutting against fixed projections 14 and formed in one with a frame 16 which is adjustable relatively to the plate 2 by the screw 15. This screw can be rotated from outside the valve-chest by a jointed spindle passing through a stuffing-box. In a modification, the screw 15 works in a nut secured to the fixed projections 14 instead of to the plate 2. Fig. 7 shows one of two examples in which the adjusting-spindle 18 acts on the plate 2 through the medium of levers 22.
Patent GB-190117058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Devices for Promoting the Combustion and Economizing the Consumption of Fuel in Grates, Ranges, or the like.
Inventor: BONWICK WILLIAM PRIESSNITZ
Filed: 1901-08-24
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 17,058. Bonwick, W. P. Aug. 24. Fuel-economizers ; heat radiators.-Refractory blocks 1 are placed on the bottoms of grates, ranges, &c. They are slightly tapered downwards, and are provided with grooves 2 tapered from below upwards. A number of these blocks being placed together, they are held in position either by wires passing through cross-holes 5, 6, or by resting in an open frame 9, having a grid 10. The bottom of each block may be grooved, or be provided with projections. The blocks may be supported in an inclined position by resting upon the top edges of a wedge-shaped frame. The air passing up the grooves becomes heated before meeting the fuel. The blocks may be octagonal in shape, having concave cut-away portions 14<a> on the sides near the top, and a central square projection 16 on the bottom surface. Compound blocks of this description may be used as cheeks or backs to kitcheners. When used with oil or gas stoves, the blocks are employed as heat-deflectors above the flames. They are especially useful, when made thin, as deflectors for grilling in gas stoves. The Provisional Specification states that the blocks may be tongued and grooved alternately for securing them together.
Patent GB-190200449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marking Gauges.
Inventor: SCHOENFELD OTTO
Filed: 1902-01-07
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 449. Sch÷nfeld, O. Jan. 7. Tools for setting-out work.-A double marking- gauge is constructed of a wooden block a holding two screws b, c having marking-wheels d, e at one end. A transverse screw f projects through the block between the gauging-screws, and a long wing nut g upon it clamps the screws at the required gauge by jamming them against their bearings in the block.
Patent GB-190201751-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means of Binding Papers, Documents, Sheets of Music and the like.
Inventor: BENNS WALTER BOWNESS
Filed: 1902-01-22
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 1751. Benns, W. B. Jan. 22. Wafer substitutes.-Documents, sheets of music, &c. are secured together by means of hinge pieces of suitable form, made of fabric, cloth-lined paper, &c., and coated with adhesive. The hinge pieces may be slotted, so that a number may be interlocked as indicated at a, a<1>, Fig. 11.
Patent GB-190207568-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dress Suspender
Inventor: SACHS WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 7568. Sachs, W., and Horstmann, R. March 29. Suspenders for articles of dress. - Relates to dress suspenders which consist of bands 2, Fig. 1, attached to a waist belt 1 and having clips 3 for holding up the dress. The invention consists in attaching the straps 2 to the belt 1 in such a manner that, when not required for use, the straps 2, which are preferably elastic, can be turned up into a horizontal position and be there retained by causing the clips 3 to engage with each other, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190211080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multipolar Electric Switches.
Filed: 1902-05-14
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 11,080. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Sargent, H. R.]. May 14. Switches. - Multipolar switches, particularly service switches adapted for three-wire systems, are so arranged that all the lines can be opened simultaneously, or one at a time for repairing or replacing fuses. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 7, the switch case A is formed with an outer lid P, and an inner lid or frame N. The frame N is formed with sockets n adapted to carry bars of insulating-material L, to which the contacts K are attached, being connected by fuses M. The other contacts E are fixed in the case, and are connected to the mains and lines, suitable openings B being provided. By locking the two lids together by a button R, all the contacts can be simultaneously opened. By opening the outer lid alone, access is obtained to the contacts, and any one of the bars L can be moved. As shown at the right hand of Fig. 3, one of the bars is reversed to break the contact. The lid can be sealed, when closed, by means of a wire passing through the stud S.