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Patent GB-189730169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Sheet Metal Cans.
Inventor: ENTWISLE JOSHUA
Filed: 1897-12-21
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 30,169. Entwisle, J., [Fellows, O. S.] Dec. 21. Making cans.-The cans after leaving the soldering-apparatus pass along ways W and are given a quarter turn before entering between the periphery f of a wheel F and concentric rails C. The cans passing along the rails C are grasped by the auxiliary wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, by which their forward motion through the apparatus is retarded. The wheel F and the wheels 1, 2, 3, 4 are preferably formed with elastic or cushion rims, and all rotated in the same direction. The wheel 1 causes a sufficient speed of rotation of the can to throw off the main portion of the superfluous solder. While the can is acted on by the wheel 2, jets of vapour or gas, which may be hot if desired, are directed by nozzles 5, 6 against the joint. A rotary brush B is used in conjunction with the wheel 3, and a cold blast directed by a nozzle p through the opening in the end of the can into the interior of the can is employed with the wheel 4. The rate of feed through the apparatus depends on the relative speed of rotation of the wheel F and the auxiliary wheels. The whole apparatus is enclosed in a hood from which the air is exhausted and injected into a separator to collect the particles of solder. The wheel F may be replaced by a travelling band, the auxiliary wheels being arranged in a straight line, or the auxiliary wheels may also be replaced by a straight band travelling in the opposite direction to the other band, the cans being acted upon by a series of blast jets as they are travelled along and rotated by the bands. The cans may, as they travel along straight or inclined guide-rails, be acted upon by separate pairs of wheels.
Patent GB-189730432-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for Packing and Protecting Hats.
Inventor: HAWORTH EDWIN
Filed: 1897-12-23
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 30,432. Haworth, E. Dec. 23. Nesting or packing.- An appliance for nesting or packing hats H consists of two or more strips A of material the sides of which are bent to form wing pieces a in which are cut notches a<1> in which the hat brims B are placed and held.
Patent GB-189804068-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water-tap.
Inventor: WOODHOUSE THOMAS WILFRED
Filed: 1898-02-18
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 4068. Woodhouse, T. W., and Pearce, A. Feb. 18. Lift valves; repairing, facilitating.-To facilitate the removal and repairing of a screw-down tap, a ball valve E of glass, stone, or other durable material, which rests in the cup of a screwed cap D when the tap is closed, is pressed by the water against an annular washer C of rubber or the like, held in a recess beneath the seat B, when the main valve and its projection A are sufficiently raised.
Patent GB-189805976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Fasteners.
Inventor: BAXTER DAVID
Filed: 1898-03-11
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 5976. Baxter, D., and Baxter, H. March 11. Belt and band fastenings. - C o nsists of a plate with two or more rows of bent prongs on each side as shown.
Patent GB-189814966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-07-07
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 14,966. Thompson, W. P., [Wood, P. K.]. July 7. Screw pumps.- To the shaft A, within the casing G of a well, are secured by means of screws c and hubs C" two or more sets of rotary inclined blades C, C' by which the water is caused to ascend in a spiral path. Close below each set of blades, but at a considerable distance above the blades below, is arranged a set of curved guides d, d<1>, d<11>, which spring tangentially from a hub F supported by a collar E and prevented from rotating by the pressure of the guides on the casing. The guides serve to deflect the water against the blades. The shaft A is supported by ball bearings b<1>, b carried by the cover h<1> and its yoke h<11>. Between the cover h<1> and the casing G is a T-piece having an outlet at one side. When the water is discharged at some distance above the cover a stuffing-box b<11> is provided.
Patent GB-189823222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Fencing.
Inventor: ROWELL DAVID
Filed: 1898-11-04
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 23,222. Rowell, D. Nov. 4. Fencing.-A series of wide thin longitudinal bars A are attached to standards B fixed in the ground, and are strengthened by flat bar droppers C. The fencing is slightly flexible.
Patent GB-189823595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cyclist's Tool Bags.
Inventor: KNIGHT FRANCIS
Filed: 1898-11-09
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 23,595. Knight, F., and Sheldon, F. Nov. 9. Drawings to Specification. Fastenings for velocipede tool bags. The flap of the bag is held by various arrangements of straps, which are secured by stud and spring socket fastenings, such as are used for gloves.
Patent GB-189826712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Portable Food Holders or Containers to Adapt them for Warming the Contents.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-12-17
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 26,712. Thompson, W. P., [Schreiber, S., and Schwersenz, B.]. Dec. 17. Lamp stoves.-A lamp D is combined with a workman's can A to facilitate heating its contents. The lamp is attached to the hinged door C of a perforated casing B fixed to the bottom of the can.
Patent GB-189901690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Relief Colour Stamping Presses.
Inventor: SPROULE ROBERT FRITH
Filed: 1899-01-24
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 1690. Sproule, R. F. Jan. 24. Embossing and stamping.-A press for making coloured impressions in relief is shown in front elevation in Fig. 1. A lower die 13 is attached to a reciprocating table 2, which is actuated by means of a rack 12, secured to the table and geared with a pinion on a vertical shaft 6 ; this shaft 6 is rotated by means of a pinion 10 and rack rod 9, driven by a cam which receives motion from the main shaft 1. Colour is supplied to the die 13 by a brush 15 carried by a slide 44 which is reciprocated by means of a cam adjustable in such a manner as to allow the die to be brushed over any desired number of times. The die is wiped by a paper strip 21, which is unwound from a reel 22 and wound upon a reel 23, which carries a ratchetwheel actuated by a pawl lever 24, engaging with a pin 25 on the table. The strip 21 passes beneath a block 20, which is vertically reciprocated, under the control of a spring, so as to be clear of the die 13 during its movement towards the brush 15. The upper die 14 is normally supported by a forked lever 36 connected to an adjustable spring 37, and is forced downwards by a screw 35 which is rotated by means of a pinion 34, segmental rack 29, and disc crank 28, mounted on a vertical shaft 27 ; the pin 26 of the disc crank is adjustable. The rack 29 is held against the pin 26 by the action of a spring 32.
Patent GB-189904735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balance Ploughs.
Inventor: FOWLER ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1899-03-03
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 4735. Fowler, R. H., and Benstead, T. March 3. Ploughs.-Relates to balance ploughs as described in Specification No. 3861, A.D. 1886, in which the connection of the draught-ropes h, h is so arranged as to throw additional weight on the set of ploughs for the time being in work. The rack a, sleeve b, and pinion c are arranged as in the prior Specification. The draught-ropes h, h are attached to two arms of a four-armed lever g, while the other two arms are connected by draught rods or couplings d, d to the frame of the plough at e, e. The lever g is adjustable laterally on the sleeve b by means of two collars with set-screws. A modification is described in which the rack a is replaced by a plain bracket having guideways in which plain rollers attached to a specially-constructed draught frame run.
Patent GB-189905289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Steam Engines.
Inventor: ELGEN MANGUS PEDER
Filed: 1899-03-10
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 5289. Elgen, M. P., Rehnstrand, C., Moe, J. J., and Smith, M. March 10. Crescent-shaped chamber type.-The drum C is fitted with lateral discs 6, on one of which a rotary cut-off valve 18 is formed. The steam supply pipe 13 is connected by the rotary valve B to one or other of the pipes 19 for forward or reversed running respectively. The steam passes down the pipe 19 and through the cut-off valve to the adjoining pipe, which leads it through a passage in the rotary valve to the steam port 3. The opposite port 4 leads to the exhaust pipe 24.
Patent GB-189907982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Sterilization and Preparation of Food.
Filed: 1899-04-15
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 7982. Burnett, O. F., and Army and Navy Co-operative Society. April 15. Preserving food.-Fig. 1 shows apparatus for preserving and sterilizing food. The food is contained in a vessel A which rests in a vessel D containing hot water. Handles a<2> and d<1> enable the vessels to be raised. The vessel A is provided with a lid C having a hole which is normally covered by a plate c. A tube a' leads the steam upwards and through a cap B, having nozzles b, into the vessel A, thus applying heat internally and externally. The cap B may be replaced by a closed cap.
Patent GB-189911696-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Saddle and Seat Springs for Bicycles, Tricycles and the like.
Inventor: BAILEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-06-06
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 11,696. Bailey, W. June 6. Saddle springs for.bicycles, tricycles, &c. Relates to the invention described in Specification No. 11,860, A.D. 1897. The saddle a is fitted in front and rear with rims e provided with inflatable tyres f, which act as springs. Flat curved springs b connect the saddle to the base frame c. The rims are kept in position by being secured to the springs f by rings h.
Patent GB-189915208-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Isatoic Acid.
Inventor: ERDMANN ERNST
Filed: 1899-07-24
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 15,208. Erdmann, E. July 24. Isatoic acid.-Isatoic acid is produced in nearly quantitative yield by acting upon anthranilic acid or its salts with carbon oxychloride, in a dry state or in a suitable solvent, and at the ordinary or at elevated temperatures. The reaction proceeds, for example, as follows :- When operating at temperatures below 100‹ C., it is necessary to neutralize the hydrochloric acid produced ; above that temperature, carbon oxychloride reacts with the hydrochloride of anthranilic acid.
Patent GB-189915285-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Boot and Shoe Holder, or Rack and Stretcher or Shape Retainer.
Inventor: JEFFERIES WALTER FRANCIS
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 15,285. Jefferies, W. F., and Ghys, J. July 25. Racks and stands; stretchers.-The Figure shows a rack on which boots can be placed to dry. The holders A, A are of spring wire, so that they stretch the shoes and preserve their shape while drying and at other times. They are secured to a board or backing B, which may be attached to a wall, to the interior of a cupboard, or wherever convenient. Springs may be used to reinforce the elasticity of the wire.
Patent GB-189918659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Preparation of Crystalline Silicon.
Inventor: SCHEID BERNHARD
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 18,659. Scheid, B. Sept. 15. Silicon. - Crystalline silicon is obtained by intensely heating (1) a mixture of silicon carbide (carborundum) and silica, (2) a mixture of carborundum with an acid, neutral, or basic silicate of an alkali, alkaline earth, or earth, or (3) a mixture of carborundum with a mixture of silica and silicate as above. In each case, carbon can be used instead of carborundum, the precaution being taken that the carbon is less than is necessary to form the carbide.
Patent GB-189922907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Locks.
Inventor: GIBBONS FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1899-11-16
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 22,907. Gibbons, F. J. J. Nov. 16. L o c k s, key; keyholes, obstructing; keys. -Relates more particularly to locks having two keyholes of different size to suit the requirements of an asylum or the like where masters' as well as servants' keys are employed. One of the tumblers o' is provided with a long gating j, which allows it to fall down and obstruct the servants' keyhole b when the masters key has double-locked the door. The keyholes are made with external bosses of different thickness as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. These bosses, in conjunction with the collars v on the key barrels, prevent the master's or sub-master's key from being used in the servant's keyhole. The arrangement may be applied equally to dead bolt locks and to latch locks operated on one side by a handle.
Patent GB-190007795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Light Fittings.
Inventor: CALDERBANK HARRY WRIGHT
Filed: 1900-04-27
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 7795. Calderbank, H. W. April 27. Couplings.-A ball fitting, applicable to carry lamps, or as a ceiling connection, or part of an electrolier, is made in halves a, b, which are connected mechanically by bayonet slots and pins, or screw coupling- r i n g, or set-screws, and electrically b y spring plungers r and contact-plates k carried in separate recesses i n insulators f, g. The parts can thus be separated and put together without disturbing the connecting-wires, which pass separately through holes in the insulators to binding-screws p, l on the metal parts. The middle partitions h of the insulators fit together when the fitting is united. Each insulator may have three separate recesses to receive the metal parts when a third connection is required.
Patent GB-190008101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Rings or Travellers for Curtain Poles or the like.
Inventor: MATTHEWS SAMUEL RYDER RUSSELL
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 8101. Matthews, S. R. R. May 1. Sails.-In order to enable a ring or traveller to run easily, it is made of wire b on which are strung a number of balls or rollers c held in place by springing split-collars b<3> on the ring. The balls or rollers may be of metal, vulcanized fibre, wood, or other suitable material ; they may be solid or hollow and may have bushings c<1> ; they may be spaced in groups of two and may be arranged all round or only on one part of the ring. The ring b and balls &c. c may be placed inside a hollow ring b* slitted on its inside to allow the balls to project; in this case the ring b may be dispensed with, and the balls c may run loosely inside the ring b*.
Patent GB-190008434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electric Incandescence Bodies.
Inventor: DANNERT FRITZ
Filed: 1900-05-07
Granted: 1901-08-07
Abstract: 8434. Dannert, F. May 7. Incandescent lamps.-Incandescence bodies are made of carbon, with metallic oxides in quantities gradually increasing towards the surface. By one method, a filament, which may be previously carbonized, is boiled in different solutions of sugar and lime or metallic salts, with increasing proportions of metal, and baked in a muffle after treatment with each solution. In another method, a collodion or other filament is first boiled in a solution of calcium chloride or other metallic salt, and afterwards placed for a time in a soda or other solution to produce an insoluble deposit.
Patent GB-190012268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Manufacturing Resinous Soap
Inventor: GUILBERT MARIE LOUISE ALBERTIN
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 12,268. Guilbert, M. L. A. July 6. Sizes &c.-A resin soap or size, for use in the manufacture of paper or cardboard, is made by boiling in water a mixture of powdered resin and carbonate of soda.
Patent GB-190012270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Apparatus for Railway Waggons or similar Vehicles.
Inventor: MANSON JAMES
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 12,270. Manson, J. July 6. Brakes, hand. In eitherside brakes for wagons or like vehicles, a spring coupling is placed between the operating-lever d and the arm c on the brake shaft a. This coupling comprises a stirrup f pivoted to the short arm of the lever d and containing a loose spring rod i, which is pivoted to the end of the arm c. The coupling acts as a regulator of power while the brake lever is pinned down, and also assists the operator to release the brakes.
Patent GB-190014959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wiring Bottles.
Inventor: CASSIDY PATRICK FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-08-21
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 14,959. Cassidy, P. F. Aug. 21. Pliers and cutters.- The tool 1 is for wiring bottles, the e head 2 being rotated, by pulling the handle outwardly on t h e twisted stem of the tool, to twist the loop 13 and the free ends 14 of the wire together. A cutter within the head 2 is normally held out of action by the cam e engaging the cutter lever 9. When the handle is pulled to twist the wires, the cam f actuates the lever 9, so that the cutter severs the ends 14 of the wire within the loop formed by the twisting of the loop 13 on the head 2. The cams e,f move with the handle.
Patent GB-190100843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Pertaining to the Utilization of Air for Steam Boiler Furnace Purposes.
Inventor: WALKER GEORGE
Filed: 1901-01-12
Granted: 1902-01-11
Abstract: 843. Walker, G. Jan. 12. Drawings to Specification. Feedwater, heating.-The waste gases from an independent air heater burning liquid fuel, and employed for heating the air supply to the furnace of a steam boiler, are utilized to bent the feedwater.
Patent GB-190101748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing Boxes.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1901-01-25
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 1748. Davidson, J. E. Jan. 25. Packing-cases for tea and the like, fabrics, millinery, &c. consist of parts which are formed of two or more ply of veneer, the grains of which cross. The parts constituting the sides overlap, as shown in Fig. 2, and are connected by serrated corner plates, as shown in Fig. 1. To the top and bottom are secured, on the inside, open frames c, the parts of which are of triangular section, and adapted to fit tightly within the sides, which are nailed to them.
Patent GB-190101958-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stopper for Bottles Used in Fire-extinguishers
Inventor: WRIGHT FRANCIS
Filed: 1901-01-29
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 1958. Wright, r. Jan. 29. Stoppers.-Relates to stoppers for bottles used in fire-extinguishers. The bottle c containing the acid is suspended in a wire cage d attached to the screw cap of the main receptacle a, and is closed by the heavy stopper f, which is held in position by its own weight. The stopper has a conical stem and a cap flange, as shown, a washer g of rubber &c. being inserted in the recess between the flange and stem. When the receptacle a is inverted, the stopper falls out and allows the acid to mix with the alkali b.
Patent GB-190102866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Attachments for Watches and for Jewelry
Inventor: ROWBOTHAM KATE AMELIA
Filed: 1901-02-11
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 2866. Rowbotham, K. A. Feb. 11. Jewellery fastenings ; bracelets. - Relates to expanding attachments to curb chains or wristlets and the like for securing watches, medals, and jewellery. 0 n e form is shown in section in Fig. 1, and in plan with the back part removed in Fig. 2, and comprises two metal stampings a, b, each with two or more claws a', b<1>, the stamping b having a turned-down end b<2> and interposed spring d inside a slotted box portion a<2> bent from the stamping a and secured to the chain e. In the modification shown in section in Fig. 4, the claw portions are both movable, so as always to be disposed centrally in a slotted box d; pins on one portion may engage guide-slots in the other. A modification, dispensing with a separate fastener for a curb chain or wristlet, is shown in Fig. 6. A grooved hinged rim a, b is secured by a hook f and link g, and provided internally with three or more springs d or a flexible rubber tube ; or eight flexible lugs may be used to hold the watch between them.
Patent GB-190104707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: DICKSON WILLIAM KENNEDY-LAURIE
Filed: 1901-03-05
Granted: 1902-03-05
Abstract: 4707. Dickson, W. K.-L. March 5. Incandescent gas lamps.-Mantles, especially those for use with gas or gas and air under pressure, are strengthened with locally-applied refractory material, and are formed with vent-holes near their upper ends to prevent excess of pressure from existing within the mantles. Mantles prepared in the usual manner are impregnated, or coated, for a portion of their lengths, from either the top and bottom edges, or both, with fireclay or like substance made into a paste or cream with silicate of soda or its equivalent and water or alcohol. The edges of the vent-holes are also strengthened with the paste of refractory material. After drying, a weaker solution of silicate of soda is preferably applied with a brush to shade off the thickening of the mantle between the treated and the untreated parts. The Provisional Specification states that the mantle is preferably shaped to correspond to that of an incandescent electric lamp, and that the mantle rod is made tubular to supply a current of air to the upper end of the mantle.
Patent GB-190110733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Potential Electric Switches.
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 10,733. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Emmet, W. Le R., and Hewlett, E. M.] May 23. Cut-outs; switches. - Relates to switches for highpotential currents fitted with means for opening the circuit or preventing its closure in cases of over-load. The Figures show an arrangement for three - phase current. A vessel 1, adapted to contain oil, is divided into compartments by wooden partitions 2, 2<a> which prevent arcing across the terminals. The fixed terminals a:e carried by hollow rods 9, 9<a> passing through insulating-bushings in the cover 4. The circuits are closed by bridging-pieces 15, having bevelled edges 15<a> adapted to engage the contacts 14, 4<a>. The bridges 15 are connected by rods 16 with a crosshead connected to the bent lever 17. This lever is connected by a link 18 to another lever 19 forming a toggle. The lever 19 is connected to a sliding lever 21, which passes through a fork in the operating-handle 22. The handle carries a pawl 26<a>, normally engaging the rod 21 and thus operating it. The handle is held with the switch closed by a catch 24. The overload magnets 31, 31<a> are so arranged that their cores raise the pins 29, 29<a>, in case of over-load, and so raise the pawl 26<a>, thus . freeing the arm 21 from the locked handle. In order to prevent closure of the switch with an overload current, auxiliary spring contacts 35 are fitted in the rods 9, and engage with studs 35<a> on the bridges 15. A shunt circuit is thus closed through the magnets, before the main switches are closed, and under certain conditions operates the pawl 26<a>. These springs also serve to aid in opening the switch, which is opened by hand by means of a push 34 engaging the locking-catch 24.
Patent GB-190116007-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Flyers for Roving, Slubbing, Intermediate and other analogous Machines Employed in Preparing Cotton and other Fibrous Material.
Inventor: SHORROCKS JOHN
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 16,007. Shorrocks, J. Aug. 9. Spindle apparatus.-The flyer leg a, which carries the presser, instead of being tubular as usual, is made of solid metal, and has a spiral groove b cut in it along which the roving &c. passes to the presser and bobbin.