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Patent GB-189720460-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hair-fastening Device.
Inventor: MONTAIN VICTOR
Filed: 1897-09-06
Granted: 1897-10-09
Abstract: 20,460. Montain, V. Sept. 6. Combs, hair; hair-pins ; hair slides.-Fastenings for dressing and holding hair consist of two combs or of a comb or pin with one or two bars or equivalent attachments. Twenty-four forms are shown in the Specification, and of these several examples are given. Two combs are hinged together as shown in Fig. 1, or made with a flexible junction, and have a stud or hook fastening which may be adjustable. Some or all of the teeth of the combs may be omitted, as shown in Fig. 5, or two combs may be connected by links as shown in Fig. 9. A single comb has a pivoted bar, as shown in Fig. 10, or two bars attached which hook together or on to the teeth of the comb. In these forms also some or all of the teeth are omitted, as shown in Fig. 12. The bar may be replaced by a comb or a chain or a cord, as shown in Figs. 14 and 22.
Patent GB-189725365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Mechanism for Lasting Boots and Shoes and Co-operating Welt Presenting and Attaching and Feed Means.
Inventor: FARR HIRAM GUSTAVUS
Filed: 1897-11-02
Granted: 1898-01-15
Abstract: 25,365. Farr, H. G. Nov. 2. Lasting and stitching are effected simultaneously. The lasting is effected by a roller C<3> mounted on a slide C which is pressed outwards by a spring c<2>. Motion is transmitted to the roller by chain and sprocket and bevel gearing, one of the bevel-wheels being splined on the shaft B<10> which actuates the roller and is carried by, and moves with, the slide. The slide is forced in by the operator pressing against the work, and is fixed at the proper moment, so as to form a stationary abutment while the stitch is being made, by a ratchet and pawl operated by a cam on the main shaft. The needle b<3>, driven by a cam, is carried in a holder pivoted on a fixed part of the frame and passes through an eye in a shield b<5>, which is acted on by a spring so as to be pressed towards the work as far as permitted by a projection in the channel guide F. It is moved away from the work by the needle-clamping plate b<9>. The awl-carrier is driven similarly to the needle, and is mounted on a plate which can oscillate laterally, so as to effect the feed, on a pin A<3> situated at the rear of the machine. The plate is moved by an adjustable link E<8> universally jointed to it and actuated by a cam. G is a welt guide mounted on the plate and turning about the same axis as the awl. It is locked just previous to the entrance of the awl into the work by a lever G<1>. The welt passes through a hole in the guide, and is thus presented to the awl in the correct position. The welt guide also turns down the upper over the insole, and presses the welt upon it. F is a fixed channel guide. The waxed thread is presented to the needle by a looper d carried by a plate d' which is attached to a lever d<3> by screws and slots so as to enable it to slide adjustably thereon. A to-and-fro motion is given to the plate d<1> by a lever f<1> which engages with a notch in it, while a circular motion is imparted to the lever d<3> by cams which engage with rollers d<9> and d<13>. To allow of universal motion, the lever d<3> is pivoted on a rotatable stud d<6>, which is acted on by a spring d<8> so as to keep the roller d<13> in contact with the cam C<8>. The lever f<1> is operated by a lever f<4> in the manner shown in Fig. 6. m<5> is a take-up sheave on an oscillating arm m<4> the end of which acts on a pawl and periodically releases another sheave over which the thread passes. A sufficient amount of thread for each stitch can thus be drawn off.
Patent GB-189728967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks.
Inventor: DEDRICK FREELING HYSON
Filed: 1897-12-07
Granted: 1898-01-08
Abstract: 28,967. Dedrick, F. H. Dec. 7. Locking nuts.-Nuts for railway rails &c. are locked by a pawl 6 engaging with ratchet teeth formed on a flange 3 round the nut 2. The pawl has an eye at one end to fit over the next bolt and a shoulder 10 which lies in a free space between the flange 3 and the fishplate. The last pawl on the left is held by a bolt or rivet.
Patent GB-189729079-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Repairing Outfit for Carrying in Pocket or Fixing on End of Air Pump for Cycles.
Inventor: FERRIS GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1897-12-08
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 29,079. Ferris, G. R. Dec. 8. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to repair outfits for the tyres of cycles, the case for which may be combined with an inflator or adapted for the pocket of the rider. A receptacle 1 of metal or other suitable material, closed at one end by a cap 2, is screwed upon a shorter receptacle 4, for patches which is screwed upon the end of the inflator 5. The receptacle 1 is adapted to contain a tube 10 for solution, a chalk tube 7, and a tyre lever 6. One end of the chalk tube 7 is formed as a screwed socket for the reception of the tyre lever 6, and the other end is closed by a cap 9. When the case 1 is adapted for the pocket, the end of the case is closed and the receptacle 4 screws upon the closed end thereof.
Patent GB-189800462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Mains.
Inventor: NISBETT GEORGE HINDE
Filed: 1898-01-07
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 462. Nisbett, G. H. Jan. 7. Conduits or mains for electric conductors are formed of glazed earthenware &c. made in sections, and are arranged to contain either bare or lightly insulated or armoured conductors of any pattern. The troughing a is of rectangular or circular outer section, and is closed by a lid e. The troughing is preferably rounded on its lower inner surface, and is provided with either fixed or movable bridge-pieces b on which the conductor c rests. The remaining space is preferably, but not necessarily, filled with bituminous material d. The troughs may fit together by various patterns of jointing, and the lids are cemented into position. One or more cables may be placed in each trough. The ends of the sections may be chamfered for ease in making branches.
Patent GB-189811466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: PERRETT ELI WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-05-20
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 11,466. Perrett, E. W. May 20. Signalling and communicating between trains; controlling and locking signals.-Relates to means for putting the ordinary signals to danger' by the passage of a train. The `home' and ' distant' signal connections A, B are passed round pulleys e which are carried by the cradle d fixed on the counterweighted lever c. When the signals are at 'safety,' the cradle is held in the position shown by the fixed stop g and the inclined stop h<1> on the plate h, this plate being connected to a train-operated treadle mechanism, such as is shown in Fig. 4. This treadle consists of two counterweighted arms k pivoted to the rail at k<1> and linked together at k<2>, where they are connected by links j, the bell crank i<1>, and rod i to the plate h. When a train passes over the treadle, the cradle d is released, and the signals are put to ' danger' by the ordinary balance-lever counterweight, which overcomes the counterweight on the lever c. When the signal levers are put back, the connections A, B are slackened, and the cradle is returned to its original position by its counterweight. At intermediate stations or sidings, when the signals are controlled by ground-frames, the treadle is dispensed with, and the ground-frame lever connected to the cradle.
Patent GB-189818506-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of New Substantive Azo-colouring Matters.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1898-08-29
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 18,506. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Aug. 29. Dyes, artificial.-New substantive orange azo dyes are produced by combining tetrazodiphenyl or tetrazoditolyl with a molecular proportion of m-phenylenediamine disulphonic acid, and then combining the intermediate product so obtained with nitro - m - phenylenediamine or nitro - m - toluylenediamine. The dyes are slightly soluble in cold water, but more soluble in hot water.
Patent GB-189900064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telemeter Apparatus.
Inventor: WIRTH AUGUST
Filed: 1899-01-02
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 64. Wirth, A. Jan. 2. Telemeters.-A telescope e is mounted in a frame e' pivoted at a' to arms a (one at each side) and resting by means of stops e<2> on arms c ; the arms a, a, c, c form a right-angled frame pivoted to a frame d, d. The frame d, d, which is mounted on a stand with horizontal and vertical adjustments, has guides d<1> upon it formed in such a curve that the point e<2> travelling on the guides, as well as on the arms c, causes the telescope to move always parallel to itself. In the position shown in Fig. 3, the telescope resting on the stop f, a number of points in a straight line may be observed. The telescope is then turned through a very small known angle before the guides come into play, and after that moves parallel to itself. As the several points previously sighted come again successively into the line of sight, their distances are read off from the scale on the guides.
Patent GB-189902450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Beer and other Liquids.
Inventor: PRICE HENRY GOODCHILD
Filed: 1899-02-03
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 2450. Price, H. G. Feb. 3. Cooling liquids.-Coiled pipes b, with nozzles c for connecting them to beer &c. supply pipes, are placed in a lined chamber a filled with ice or other cooling-medium.
Patent GB-189905954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Machines.
Inventor: GOLDBERG TRAUGOTT
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 5954. Goldberg, T. March 18. Carding - engines. -The fibres are raised to the points of the teeth on the cylinder previous to doffing by means of suitable teeth arranged on an endless band or belt a which passes over the large and small rollers b, c. For properly guiding the belt on the rollers, the back thereof may be provided with strips which engage in grooves in the rollers. The bearings of the lower roller are adjustable, and are carried from the bearings of the upper roller, so that the whole apparatus may be removed bodily to facilitate the cleaning of the cylinder. The whole may be enclosed in a suitable casing.
Patent GB-189908642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pavement Lights.
Inventor: SKENE ROBERT
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 8642. Skene, R. April 25. Pavement-lights.-The edges c are bevelled so as to rise in the frame as it contracts with cold. The refractive part a is preferably shaped as shown, and parallel ridges b, semicircular in cross-section, are formed across the top at intervals.
Patent GB-189910076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Pumps.
Inventor: HODGKIN PHILIP ELIOT
Filed: 1899-05-12
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 10,076. Hodgkin, P. E., and May, W. May 12. Pumping-engines; compound engines; valves and valve gear.-The high and low pressure cylinders and the pump cylinder are arranged in tandem. Fig. 1 shows a section of the high-pressure cylinder and valve-chest. The main valve consists of two pistons 14 connected to each other and to actuating- pistons 16. The pistons are secured on the valve spindle against a coned shoulder 17<a> by a sleeve 16<b> which passes through the upper stuffing-box and can be adjusted from outside the valve-chest. The external diameter of the sleeve is greater than that of the lower end of the valve spindle, so that the weight of the valve is partly balanced by the steam pressure. The outer faces of the pistons 16 are exposed to steam and exhaust alternately by means of an auxiliary valve, not shown, operated by tappets from the pump crosshead. The main valve spindle is also provided with tappets, which are, however, further apart than those on the auxiliary valve spindle, so that they only come into action if the auxiliary valve fails to act. The low-pressure valve is similar to the highpressure valve, except that the pistons 16 are omitted, and is connected to it by an adjustable coupling. Starting.-An automatic starting-valve, Fig. 6, may be interposed between the high and low pressure cylinders. At starting, high-pressure steam acting on the small piston 42 moves the valve 41 into the position shown, allowing highpressure steam to pass to the pipe 38 and lowpressure cylinder. On high - pressure exhaust entering by the pipe 37, its pressure on the large piston 43 causes the valve 41 to close the highpressure inlets 40 and open communication between the pipes 37 and 38. Cylinders, draining.-The steam passages are arranged as shown, so that water can drain away by gravity. Piston-rods, arrangement or disposition of.-To admit of the pump piston-rod being short to facilitate withdrawal, the low-pressure piston is connected to the pump crosshead by two pistonrods between which the pump rod is secured.
Patent GB-189910752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Dressing Stone.
Inventor: CURRIE THOMAS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1899-05-23
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 10,752. Currie, T. A., and Currie, G. E. May 23. Dressing stone.-Relates to a machine in which stone is surfaced and dressed by power-driven hammers or tools. Levers E, N, pivoted at F, 0, are driven by connecting-rods from an eccentric or crank shaft B, and their ends work in slots L in the hammers I which are pivoted at f, f <1>. The hammers are built up of side plates G with a number of plates K to form their working faces, and are provided with buffers g<1> at the rear end of the slots L. By adjusting the position of the bearing-blocks H, H<1> and the throw of the levers E, N, the stone M may be dressed on more than one face in any desired direction.
Patent GB-189910923-A (GB)
Title: A Sink Trap Protector and Sink Basket Combined.
Inventor: FOX ISABELLA GRACE
Filed: 1899-05-25
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 10,923. Fox, I. G. May 25. Sinks.-Baskets are made of perforated metal and shaped to fit the sink. The bottom is not held up by legs, but by a strip of perforated metal b.
Patent GB-189912044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Drilling, Boring, Milling, Gear-cutting, Shaping, Slotting, and Planing Machines.
Inventor: BUCKLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-06-09
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 12,044. Buckley, W. June 9. Milling ; boring and drilling; planing and shaping ; slotting.-Relates to driving-gear for milling, boring, drilling, gear-cutting, planing, shaping, and slotting machines, in which a singlespeed driving-pulley is used, the speed being varied by means of change-wheels and countershafts in the machine. Fig. 3 shows the invention applied to a radial-arm drilling-machine Motion is communicated in the usual way through a shaft p to a double wheel h, i, running idly on a shaft a. This shaft and two countershafts b, c have extended ends on which change-wheels f can be mounted, the shaft b being equidistant from the shafts a, c. The arrangement' shows a quadruple gear. A double wheel i<1>, j, loose on the shaft b, is driven by the wheel i and drives a wheel j<1>, feathered on the shaft c. The shaft c drives the shaft b by the change-wheels f, and the shaft b drives the main shaft a by a feathered pinion k and wheel k<1>. For double gearing, the wheel j<1> and pinion k are slid out of engagement, the change-wheels are transferred to the shafts a, b, and the double wheel i,j clutched to a plate n on the shaft b. Modifications are shown to adapt the gearing to the other machines mentioned, all of which have a singlespeed driving-pulley, acting through change-wheels on one or more countershafts, connected in different ways by toothed gearing, so that multiple gearing of any desired value may be obtained.
Patent GB-189915206-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Hardening Steel.
Inventor: MEISSNER CARL GUSTAV
Filed: 1899-07-24
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 15,206. Meissner, C. G., and Bennewitz, R. July 24. Tempering; case-hardening.-A composition for use in hardening steel is obtained by mixing together zinc white, charcoal dust, petroleum, and a liquor which may be obtained by boiling waste new leather in water. When in use, the composition is intimately mixed with water so as to obtain a hardening-bath.
Patent GB-189917036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Paper and like Boxes.
Inventor: PETERS FRANK MAX
Filed: 1899-08-22
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 17,036. Peters, F. M. Aug. 22. Making boxes.-Relates to paper folding-boxes for biscuits, crackers, and the like. The blank 41 is laid by hand on a platen 27 on the table 10. The former 15, mounted on the pivoted arm 13, which is actuated by treadle mechanism, as shown in Fig. 2, is then brought down on the blank. The operator then folds the front and ends of the blank up towards the former, and the hinged blade 28, which is also operated by the treadle, folds the rear side. The parts are then secured together by tongue and - slit connections, which operation is facilitated by recesses 18 in the sides of the former. If linings are to be used, such for instance as described in Specification No. 6671, A.D. 1899, they are piled on a platform 40, and placed singly on the blanks and folded with them.
Patent GB-189918053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time-stamp Motors.
Filed: 1899-09-06
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 18,053. Empire Cash Register (Limited), and Collins, N. Sept. 6. Time-printing stamps.-A mechanism, situated between the printing-wheels and the clockwork motor and employed for controlling the movements of the printing-wheels, comprises an escapement-wheel B mounted loosely on the hour-arbor A of the clock train, and connected by a spring D to a cam-wheel C, secured to the arbor. Spring detents E, E<1> engage with the escapement teeth b, and carry projections e, e<1> actuated by the cams c of the cam-wheel. With the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the escapement-wheel and cam-wheel each having six equidistant teeth, the wheel B will remain stationary during intervals of five minutes duration, and will be rotated at the end of each interval through an angle of thirty degrees. In a modification, the detents engaging with the escapement-wheel are the pallets of an anchor escapement which is oscillated by an eccentric driven from the hour-arbor ; a spring, corresponding to the spring D, is attached to an arm secured to the hour-arbor.
Patent GB-189922557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incubators.
Inventor: MANN JOHN
Filed: 1899-11-11
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 22,557. Mann, J. Nov. 11. Incubators heated by hot-water tanks. Two tanks A and C are connected by pipes B, B at each corner, and are heated by a branching-flue D, connected at one end to a chimney E over a lamp or other source of heat, and at the other end to an open chimney D<2>. The egg tray I is arranged between the tanks, and consists of a wire-gauze bottom with layers of canvas, such as i<2>, placed above and below the eggs. A water tray L is arranged below the tank C, and is provided with air inlet pipes. The air passes through flues in the tank C, and after circulating round the eggs leaves the incubator through pipes H passing through the tank A. A damper E<1> may be placed over the chimney E to be operated by any suitable thermostat, or by the one described in Specification No. 22,559, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-189922676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: HOUSTON DAVID HENDERSON
Filed: 1899-11-14
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 22,676. Houston, D. H. Nov. 14. Change-boxes.-Relates to a changing-apparatus for cut films combined with a camera. The front film E after exposure, is pulled down by turning the roller B till its top is clear of the projection Z. The roller B is then turned back, and the film E falls into the receptacle C in the bottom of the camera. This receptacle is then closed by turning down the lid D. The pack of films is pressed forward by spiral springs G.
Patent GB-189923091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: COLE ALBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-11-20
Granted: 1900-11-20
Abstract: 23,091. Cole, A. F. Nov. 20. Tyres, pneumatic. -Relates to an inflating - valve for pneumatic tyres for cycles, motor cars, or carriages. The valve body B is secured to the wheel by a rim nut N, and a valve casing A is screwed on to the valvebody. The valve casing contains a stop valve K, pressed upwards by a spring Sand a check valve V. The cap C has a central pin P, so that, when the cap is screwed on, the pin depresses the check valve, which pushes the stop valve on to its seat. Various modifications in the shape and arrangements of the valves are described, in one of which the check valve V, Fig. 5, is placed inside the stop valve K.
Patent GB-189923620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash-registers.
Inventor: HARTMANN SOPHUS
Filed: 1899-11-27
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 23,620. Hartmann, S., and Koenig, H. Nov. 27. Receipts, checking and recording.-Relates to the type of cash register in which pointers are turned to indicate the amount of each payment, such payment being added simultaneously on a counter and consists of means for ensuring that the pointers are returned to zero after each transaction, so that the whole amount of the next payment is registered. The pointer spindle a is turned by a milled head x on a sleeve l to which it is connected by a pin k and slot i; a crown-toothed disc c on the sleeve l engaging a similar fixed disc b locks the pointer in its zero position, or in any other to which it may be turned. To set the pointer, the button is pressed in, against the action of the spring m, until the clutch members b, c are disengaged and the spindle a is turned, winding up the returning-spring r. The hooked projection d carries with it the spring catch e, working in a socket o loose on the spindle a but pressed against the stop p, secured to the spindle, by the projection d. After turning the pointer to the required point, the clutch members are allowed to re-engage, and, the hook d being then free of the catch e, the socket o is thrown a short distance backwards by the spring f. If the milled head x is again pressed in, Fig. 4, preparatory to setting the pointer to a new amount, the hook d presses back the bevelled end of the latch e, and latches over it, so that the clutch members cannot be engaged to hold the pointer in a new position. The spindle a must therefore be turned back to zero, when the projections t, g engaging bring the parts into the position shown in Fig. 1, ready for a new operation, the latch e being disengaged from the hook d.
Patent GB-189924411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cues for the Game of Billiards and other like Games.
Inventor: NEW ERNEST SANFORD
Filed: 1899-12-08
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 24,411. New, E. S. Dec. 8. Billiards and like games, cues for. Relates to means for fixing the tips to cues. A plug b of celluloid is secured to the cue by a screw c, by dovetailing, or by forming it with a threaded shank, and may have a disc d of celluloid cemented upon it. The tip f is formed with a celluloid backing e, and is cemented to the disc d or directly to the plug b. The cement used consists of dissolved celluloid, such as celluloid dissolved in acetone.