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Patent GB-189706632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Throw Cranks for Road Cycles.
Inventor: PAYNE HENRY
Filed: 1897-03-13
Granted: 1898-02-05
Abstract: 6632. Payne, H. March 13. Cranks, variable-throw, are fitted with hydraulic or pneumatic arrangements to regulate or control the movements of the parts. Fig. 1 shows a crank formed of two parts A, B, hinged together at C. A cylinder I is hinged at J to the arm A, and a piston 0 working therein has its rod N hinged at K to the arm B. A valve Q provided with byepass holes R is 6tted in the piston, and the cylinder is filled with glycerine or other liquid, or with carbonic acid or other gas. The movement of the arm B relatively to the arm A is controlled by the movement of the piston O in the cylinder I, which latter movement is regulated by the flow of the liquid from one side of the piston to the other through the openings R or through the open valve. Suitable ports may be formed in the cylinder to replace the bye-pass holes R.
Patent GB-189706823-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Disinfecting and Antiseptic Block.
Inventor: MORTIMER JAMES LAING
Filed: 1897-03-16
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 6823. Mortimer, J. L., and Williams, J. H. March 16. Disinfectants and antiseptics.-A disinfecting and antiseptic block is made by combining permanganate of potash or permanganate of soda with naphthalene, camphor and naphthalene, camphor, or soap. When in use, the slightly soluble or volatile base is gradually dissolved or evaporated, and the disinfectant brought into contact with the fluid to be disinfected.
Patent GB-189710370-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Culinary Vessels for Cooking by Steam.
Inventor: COCHRANE CATHERINE RACHEL
Filed: 1897-04-26
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 10,370. Cochrane, C. R. April 26. Steam cooking- apparatus. - The object is to prevent loss of juice from the food. The steamer B has a closed bottom, with preferably one central opening b flanged at b<1> for the passage of steam. The meat or other food is supported on a loose bottom C suitably perforated. Preferably there are no perforations over the central opening, and a flange c is provided to prevent creeping of the juice. Or a cover may be fitted over the opening b.
Patent GB-189710955-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Gear for Velocipedes.
Inventor: HEYN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1897-05-03
Granted: 1898-03-19
Abstract: 10,955. Heyn, F. May 3. Driving-mechanism.-The Figures show a bicycle treadle driving-gear. A cog-wheel b secured to the rear-wheel hub is driven by a larger wheel c, brazed to a cranked axle f, mounted in the fork member. A rod h connects the wheel c to an arm k secured to a sleeve s, mounted in the bottom bracket t and driven by the treadle-lever o. A second rod g connects the cranked axle f to an arm i formed on the lever n. The latter is mounted on an axle r, which rotates in ball bearings in the sleeve s.
Patent GB-189711736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Registering and Issuing Checks at Public Pay-windows.
Inventor: MARCH EDWARD
Filed: 1897-05-11
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 11,736. March, E. May 11. Checks, issuing.-Relates to apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 4845, A.D. 1893. The money for the admission-checks is passed down a sloping desk 26 and through apertures 16 in a grating 15 which are too small to pass the checks themselves. The checks, which are preferably square, are delivered upon the same desk by turning a handle 5 on the spindle of a disc 4 having an eccentric pin 3 working in the slotted bracket 2 of a push-slide 1. This slide thrusts forward the lowest check from a pile in the guides 8. The actual check x issued is pushed forward by others 9, 10 that have already been removed from the pile ; the latter acts on a wheel 12 having alternate large and small teeth 22, 23 engaging respectively with a central hole in the check and with notches in its edge. The handle can move in one direction only, and a detent 19 prevents the wheel 12 from turning in the wrong direction. By this means no checks can be pushed back into the apparatus. The spindle 13 of the wheel 12 actuates a counter.
Patent GB-189714750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Chandeliers.
Inventor: RILEY ROBERT
Filed: 1897-06-18
Granted: 1898-04-23
Abstract: 14,750. Riley, R. June 18. Gasaliers, chandeliers, &c. having incandescent or other burners are provided with spring buffers to prevent concussion and the consequent breakage of mantles, globes, and chimneys. One or more springs b, with or without abutment plates a, are so arranged upon or around the upper end of the chandelier as to receive the impact of the sliding tube e when the latter is pushed up.
Patent GB-189715231-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mode of and Apparatus for Desiccating various Substances.
Inventor: HUILLARD ALPHONSE
Filed: 1897-06-25
Granted: 1898-03-26
Abstract: 15,231. Huillard, A. Jan. 7, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Drying chemicals, syrups, tanning-extracts, &c.-Fig. 4 shows an apparatus for drying chemicals &c., without contact with a heater or heating-surface, in very small quantities subjected to the drying action for a very short period, and separated from the undried portion as soon as dried. The substance is placed in a tank A, through which passes an endless band B of wire gauze or other woven fabric. This band becomes thinly coated on both sides with the substance, which it carries into the drying-chamber C, where, by means of rollers F, it is given a serpentine path. The band leaves the chamber at I, and, as it passes from the roller I' to the roller I<11>, the dried substance is cleared off by brushes L or other means, and passes into a receptacle l. The heating-apparatus may consist of pipes M, plain or provided with rings, as shown, and a number of partitions K may be provided to cause the air to pass through the drying-chamber, from the inlet N to the outlet K', in a circuitous path. In treating some materials, the travelling band is not surrounded by a chamber, and the drying is effected by the atmosphere. The upper rollers F are driven by a pulley G<1> and mitre gearing, and the brushes L by a pulley N<1>.
Patent GB-189715807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hammers.
Inventor: HARRIMAN ALONZO HENRY
Filed: 1897-07-02
Granted: 1897-10-09
Abstract: 15,807. Harriman, A. H., and Ring, C. B. July 2. Hammers, hand; combination tools.-Between the two claws 8, 8 of a claw hammer there are arranged two jaws 10 pivoted at 13. A wedge 16 keeps the jaws apart, stops limit their motion, and a spring 15 keeps them in their retracted position. The jaws and the inner sides of the claws are curved as shown in Fig. 3, so that, when a nail &c. is grasped, the jaws move out from the claws and approach one another to increase the grip.
Patent GB-189722071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats for Vehicles and Fittings connected therewith.
Inventor: WILKES SAMUEL
Filed: 1897-09-27
Granted: 1898-09-27
Abstract: 22,071. Wilkes, S., and Wilkes, J. Sept. 27. Seats for dogcarts and other vehicles. To prevent the transmission of vibration, solid, partlysolid, or inflatable balls E, Fig. 3, are formed with dovetailed lips F fitting i n t o corresponding recesses formed in the frame or runner D and seat-rail G of the vehicle. Balancing on axle.-The seat S is supported upon runners D mounted to slide on the rails A, and carries spring bolts H adapted to engage in holes in these rails and so lock the seats. By raising the handle M, right and left handed double-threaded square screw threads of rapid pitch, forming the inner ends of the bolts, are actuated, and the bolts H are withdrawn. After the seat is shifted, the handle M is released, and the springs return the locking-bolts.
Patent GB-189722976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Model Boats.
Inventor: WAGGETT ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1897-10-07
Granted: 1898-10-01
Abstract: 22,976. Waggett, A. J. Oct. 7. Toy boats and ships. - The boats or yachts are formed of three main parts, a centre frame A, two side frames B, and two side skins C. The centre frame may be of the form shown, with keel a<1> and rudder a' formed therewith, or without the two latter, while a portion a', 4, 4, 4 may be cut out to lighten it. Each side frame is secured to the ends of the centre frame at b<1> and b'. The side frames are bevelled, as shown at b<4>, or rabbeted, as shown at b<3>, to receive the side skins, which are secured at a<5> to the centre frame ; or, if the keel is separate, to the lower bevelled edge of the centre frame. The deck is secured on the side frames and centre frame. In a modification, the centre frame is simply a curved bottom strip with end blocks.
Patent GB-189726399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: ELPHINSTONE GEORGE KEITH BULLE
Filed: 1897-11-12
Granted: 1898-09-17
Abstract: 26,399. Elphinstone, G. IL. B., and Heap, A. C. Nov. 12. Current meters for alternating currents. A pivoted coil E, carrying a pointer or recording-arm P, and controlled by a spring or weight W, is movable about a stationary soft-iron core H between the ends of a laminated soft-iron magnet C. This carries two sets of coils, disposed symmetrically to avoid magnetic leakage. One set A carries the current to be measured, and may be in series with an inductive or non-inductive resistance A' if the instrument is used as a voltmeter. The other coils B are connected with the movable coil E by an adjustable inductive or non- inductive resistance R. The coils A magnetize the soft-iron circuit C, H ; a secondary current is induced in the movable coil circuit B, R, E. The indicators are stated to be practically independent of the frequency and wave-form of the current.
Patent GB-189726519-A (GB)
Title: Boiler Elements for Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: LENTZ GUSTAV
Filed: 1897-11-13
Granted: 1898-01-08
Abstract: 26,519. Lentz, G. Nov. 13. Sectional and water-tube boilers.-Each of a number of elements, forming a sectional steam generator, consists of a central tube A protected from the flames by a number of evaporating-tubes B, which may be straight or curved. At their upper ends the tubes of each element are fastened into the thin plate D of the flange C connected to the drum, and at their lower ends into a similar flange provided with mud collector and waste pipe.
Patent GB-189729965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Stoppering of Bottles.
Inventor: KINNAN SIMEON E
Filed: 1897-12-18
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 29,965. Kinnan, S. E. Dec. 18. Stoppers; sealing-bottles; stopper-keys.-Relates to means for sealing bottles, so that the ordinary cork or stopper cannot be withdrawn without destroying the bottle neck or the protecting-device. A screwed metal collar 3, Fig. 2, slit at 5 so that it can be sprung over the neck, and formed with a spring tongue 6, is placed on the neck of the bottle below the ordinary shoulder, and on this collar is screwed the cap 8, Fig. 3, formed with vertical grooves 9. The collar is held by the tag &c. 7, while screwing on the cap, the tag being afterwards removed. The tongue 6 engages in one of the grooves 9, and prevents the removal of the cap. In a modification, the collar has two threads, and the spring tongue is formed on the side opposite to the slit. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the collar is made in two halves, and has a single thread, which is slit at 11 to form the upwardly and outwardly directed tongue 12 adapted to engage in radial or vertical grooves in the cap. The collar is held in position by the key or clamp 15, while screwing on the cap.
Patent GB-189803183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Bicycles and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: BOWLEY JAMES DEARNESS
Filed: 1898-02-08
Granted: 1898-04-09
Abstract: 3183. Bowley, J. D. Feb. 8. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In the grooves 13 in the rim 5 are placed metal rings 3, the ends of which are oppositely screw-threaded to engage with a tightening-collar 10. The tyre 2 of rubber and canvas or similar material is looped at 17 to embrace the said rings. Under the thickened tread of the tyre is situated a strip 4 of spring steel, wood, or any suitable material, held in place by transverse strips 7 and adapted to be expanded to stretch the tyre by means of an oppositely screw-threaded socket shown in Fig. 3. Holes 11 are formed through the rim for the reception of the spokes, and recesses are left in the edges thereof and of the tyres opposite the tightening-devices. A shoulder or projection 12 may be provided to limit the motion of the tread of the tyre. The unoccupied portion of the recesses 13 may be filled with rubber or other suitable material.
Patent GB-189803307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansive Fluid Motors.
Inventor: HIRSCHBERG ALEXANDER
Filed: 1898-02-09
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 3307. Hirschberg, A. Feb. 9. Engines with instantaneous steam-generating fittings.-Consists of an arrangement of the parts of the motor which enables the steam or other agent to act directly on the piston simultaneously with its formation. Water, or other vaporizable liquid, is injected with or without an admixture of air into the lower end of the cylinder at each stroke. This end of the cylinder is closed by a plate B beneath which is the source of heat,-in the case of small motors, a lamp. The injecting-pump, which is worked from the crank shaft, or by other suitable means, is at H, and the exhaust valve is at W'.
Patent GB-189819411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leggings.
Inventor: CHURCH WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-09-12
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 19,411. Church, W. Sept. 12. Leggings.-Consists in placing the fastening of the legging along the front of the l e g g i n g instead of at the side. The fastenings are preferably placed so as to be concealed fromiview, and the legging may have a strap a fastened to it so as to give the appearance of being used to fasten the legging, the straps being divided or cut along the line of the overlapping edge of the legging. The uppermost strap a<1> may not be divided at this point, and with the aid of the buckle c may serve to keep the legging closed, and when so used the other straps a may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-189820119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kites.
Inventor: BAKER WALTER SAMUEL
Filed: 1898-09-22
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 20,119. Baker, W. S. Sept. 22. Kites.-Relates to kites which can be taken to pieces and folded up, and easily put together again. The kite, as shown in back view in Fig. 1, consists of two crossed sticks 7, 8, to which the covering or body portion 11 is attached. The rod 8 is bent backwards. In each end of each rod is a slot into which a short wire or rod 16 is inserted. These wires have end eyes 17 to which cords 14 are connected. The cords are attached to the covering 11 by means of hems 15. The rod 7 passes through a pocket 20 attached to the covering, or it is otherwise connected thereto. The twu rods are connected together at 9 by strips 10 forming an interlocking joint. A wire 22 having a loop 23 is attached to the cross-rod, and the loop is passed through the covering, while another loop is attached to the bottom of the rod 7. To these two loops the bridle is attached. Modifications in the construction may be made, a modification of the bridle attached being shown.
Patent GB-189821043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meter Systems.
Filed: 1898-10-06
Granted: 1899-12-06
Abstract: 21,043. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Rice, E. W.]. Oct. 6. Current meters.-A maximum demand indicator consists of a stylus moved proportionately to current supplied, and marking on a stationary surface. In the form shown, the stylus is a pencil or pen J carried by a lever G, which is acted on by an adjustable spring N, the iron core E of an ironclad solenoid C, and the piston of a dash-pot P. It marks on a graduated paper K held by clips L A bristle marking on smoked glass may be used. The solenoid C may be connected in series with the field coils of a watt-hour meter, in a supply main.
Patent GB-189901351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in Means for Double Seaming or Closing the Ends of Canisters for Preserved Provisions and the like.
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-01-19
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 1351. Waller, W. Jan. 19. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining. -Relates to a machine for double-seaming or closing the ends of canisters or tins for preserved food and the like. The can and can head are held between chucks C and B', while rollers r, r<1>. Fig. 2, are brought in turn against the seam. The chuck C is driven by bevel-wheels D and a shaft D'. The rollers r, r' are carried by a forked lever a' controlled by a cam d' on a shaft d, which is driven from the shaft D<1> by a wormwheel and screw. The cam may be modified to suit cans of other than cylindrical form.
Patent GB-189906049-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Insulated Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: DRESSER SOLOMON ROBERT
Filed: 1899-03-20
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 6049. Dresser, S. R. March 20. Electrically-insulated joints.-Relates to insulated pipe couplings. Fig. 1 shows two wrought-iron or other pipes with plain ends coupled together. The clamping-plates B, B', formed of one or two pieces, have apertures b<2> slightly greater than the pipe A, and are provided with bolt - holes and strengthening-ribs. The rubber packing-ring C fits into the recess b of the clamping-plate, and extends through the aperture b<2> of that plate. A V-shaped recess receives the end of the metal coupling-sleeve D. The central bore of the sleeve D is increased at one end to receive the insulating-sleeve E, which engages the pipe ends, so insulating them. A ring C' without a sleeve may be employed at the other end of the coupling. A form of flange and spigot coupling for castmetal pipes with a bell and clamping-plate cast integrally with each pipe is described and illustrated in the Specification.
Patent GB-189906528-A (GB)
Title: Automatic and Intermittent Syphon Flushing Tanks and Cisterns.
Inventor: SIMS FRANCIS MONTAGUE
Filed: 1899-03-27
Granted: 1900-03-27
Abstract: 6528. Sims, F. M., Harrop, F. T., and Harrop, J. H. March 27. Agricultural drainage; irrigation.- Relates to flushing - tanks. The siphon, which is trapped in the long leg at J, is fitted with a bell C depending from a lever F pivoted at G and carrying on its outer end an oscillating weight H. E is a buoyant chamber fitted to the bell. When the water level reaches a certain height, the bell begins to rise, causing the weight H to swing over to the left, thus completing the elevation of the bell. The flush is started and continues until the descending water level leaves the bell free to overbalance the weight H, and thus restore the initial condition of the apparatus.
Patent GB-189906915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 6915. Justice, P. M., [Pope Manufacturing Co.]. March 30. Motor road vehicles.-(1) One part of the invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the devices for controlling the speed and direction of movement of the vehicle, the devices being interlocked so that the speed-changing mechanism can be operated only when the motor is disconnected. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 6 a plan, of a portion of a motor vehicle showing one form of the interlocking controlling- devices. There are two foot-levers A and B<1>, the lever A acting on a pair of brakes, one on each side of the vehicle, through the medium of a rocking shaft A' and levers A<2>. The foot-lever B' is for rotating a pinion B<4> so as to raise or lower a rackplate B<5> for the purpose of putting in or out of action one or other of a pair of clutches in the driving-gear for going forwards or backwards. The rack-plate is connected to a lever B<7> by which a cam-plate B<8> is adjusted and the clutch rods B<9> thereby operated. The direction of movement of the vehicle depends upon which of the rods B<9> is operated, and this again depends upon the adjustment of the lever B<6> by which the plate B<5> is made to engage with one side or other of the pinion B<4>. The speed is controlled by the lever C operating through the rack C' and pinion c<1> so as to effect endwise adjustment of the shaft C<2>. The two levers C and B<6> are interlocked by means of a notched pivoted plate D', which permits the lever C to be moved only when the lever B<6> is in its middle position. In a simpler form of this portion of the invention, the rack-plate B<5> and its auxiliary means for reversing the vehicle are dispensed with. (2) A second part of the invention relates to the steering-mechanism. This, as shown in Fig. 11, is arranged so that the steering-shaft or handle can be moved from its normal position so as to be out of the way of persons mounting or dismounting from the vehicle without throwing it out of operative connection with the steering- wheels. A skew-wheel on the shaft E' gears with a skew sector by which the lever arm e<4> is worked. The shaft E<1> is supported on a casting E<6> capable of turning about the axis of the sector but normally held by a detent.
Patent GB-189910495-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Treating Animals with Heat and Light for Veterinary Purposes.
Inventor: HEDLEY WILLIAM SNOWDON
Filed: 1899-05-18
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 10,495. Hedley, W. S. May 18. Light, treating diseases with; heating-appliances.- Relates to apparatus for treating animals with light and heat. The animal is placed in a receptacle the ends a of which are made to open. The front end is made low to allow the animal's head to extend over it. Electric heating and lighting arrangements b of the type described in Specifications No. 26,249, A.D. 1896, and No. 4786, A.D. 1897, are arranged at the sides &c. so that any part of the animal may be treated. The animal may be covered before being treated, by drawing a cover over arches d. Automatic contrivances may be provided to regulate or signal the temperature &c. When light is not required, hot air, water, or steam pipes may be used to apply heat.
Patent GB-189910735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Method of and Apparatus for Drying the Wet Felt of Paper-making Machines.
Inventor: NEIDHARDT HANS
Filed: 1899-05-23
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 10,735. Neidhardt, H., and Schulte, H. May 23. Felts.-Relates to apparatus for drying, stretching, and brushing papermachine felts. The felt is stretched over a series of rollers c, g, h, i, of which c is a plain drum heated by steam, and g, h, and i are provided with right and left handed spiral ribs for stretching the fabric transversely ; the presser roller k may also be provided with spiral grooves corresponding with the spiral ribs on the lower roller i. The rollers k, i are adjustable vertically. All the rollers, except the roller or drum c, are removable from their bearings, and the roller h is arranged to be adjusted in a more or less inclined position to ensure that the fabric shall pass properly round the rollers. The fabric may be stretched transversely by means of a pair of conical rollers, or of a pair of cylindrical rollers set at an inclination to one another. The machine may be fitted with a pair of rotary brushes for brushing and loosening the fibres of the felt. In a modification, the felt is stretched longitudinally by means of a weighted roller, and it is dried by passing over a heating-apparatus or by means of a current of hot air &c.