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Patent GB-189902993-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Spanner or Key for Turning and Adjusting Bolts, Nuts and Squares in, or Winding, Watches, Clocks, and other Pieces of Mechanism.
Inventor: STRONG EBENEZER GEORGE
Filed: 1899-02-10
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 2993. Strong, E. G. Feb. 10. Spanners.-The ordinary key shown in Fig. 1 is prevented from slipping on a winding-post, nut, &c. by fixing a pin P to the push-piece A and making a longitudinal slot G in the tube D for it to work in. Around the tube D is a second tube H kept in place by a cap J fixed to the tube D. The tube H has a V-shaped notch V embracing the pin P. On turning the key by the tube H, one inclined side of the notch presses against the pin and prevents it from descending in the slot G, thus preventing the jaws C from relaxing their hold. A spring K fixed to the parts J, H keeps the pin normally in the centre of the notch. Steps may be cut in the sides of the notch, which may in this case have parallel sides. The spring K may in certain cases be dispensed with, or a single spring may serve the purpose of the springs E, K.
Patent GB-189906289-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Detachable Clip for Use in connection with Cycle Handle Bars and for similar Purposes.
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 6289. Bown, W., and Bown, W. March 23. Fastenings, clip, for attaching brake levers of cycles to the handlebars, or the handlebars to their stems &c. The clip is made in two parts a<1>, a<2>, formed with interlocking parts a<3>, a<4> and ears a<6> to receive the clamping-screw. When used for fixing a brake lever, a bracket a<8> is formed on one of the parts to carry the pivot pin a<9>, or the lever may be mounted on the clamping-screw.
Patent GB-189906310-A (GB)
Title: Improved Double Action Air Compressing Pump.
Inventor: GREGORY ROBERT
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 6310. Gregory, R. March 23. Compressing.-A compressing - pump is made double-acting, with hinged inlet valves C and beat outlet valves D.
Patent GB-189907262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair-pins.
Inventor: NOBIS HERMANN
Filed: 1899-04-06
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 7262. Nobis, H., and Thissen, A., [trading as Nobis & Thissen]. April 6. Hair pins.-The end b is bent at an angle to the prongs a.
Patent GB-189909644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Adjustable Moulds of Linotype Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1899-05-08
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 9644. Lock, W. H., and Mosley, F. May 8. Linotype machines.-Relates to adjustable moulds for linotype machines, specially applicable to the Mergenthaler machine. Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of the mould block 3 with the cap-plate 4 detached ; Fig. 5 shows an end elevation of the cap-plate, and Fig. 6 a section at 6-6 of Fig. 4. The bottom plate 3 is secured to the mould wheel, and the end pieces 5 are screwed to the bottom plate or cast with it. Guiding-grooves 10 in the end pieces receive the cap-plate 4, and the thickness of the linotype to be cast is determined by screwing the cap-plate to the mould wheel through one or other of the holes 14, the mould wheel being provided with an equal number of screw-holes arranged in an inclined series so that the distance of the cap-plate from the bottom plate may be graduated.
Patent GB-189910404-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Evaporating Substances and Reducing them to an Anhydrous Condition.
Inventor: MATHER WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-17
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 10,404. Mather, W. May 17. Evaporating solutions of borax, potassium cyanide, &c. ; liquids, spreading in thin layers.-Relates to the method of evaporating and concentrating liquids described in Specification No. 26,981, A.D. 1898, in which the liquid is concentrated to dryness by spreading it in a thin layer on the surface of a heated rotating cylinder. This invention consists in applying the aforesaid invention to the treatment of borax, potassium cyanide, and other substances which become liquid or semi-liquid by the application of heat, and when they have lost their contained water remain on the cylinder in a dry anhydrous condition and may be removed by a stripping-doctor. Fig. 2 shows a vertical crosssection of the apparatus. The substance to be treated is fed from a hopper J on to the rotating cylinder A, which is heated internally by gas burners D. The feed of the substance is regulated by the slide J<1>, and the substance may be melted in the hopper or as it passes from the hopper to the cylinder, and such melting may be effected by independently heating the feed end of the hopper or by permitting it to come in contact with the heated cylinder. The substance may be spread in a thin layer by means of a revolving cylinder F, and the dry anhydrous residue is stripped off the cylinder A by the doctor M. The cylinder A is surrounded by a casing G, in which there is a vapour outlet H in which there are a number of baffle-plates I and which may be connected to an exhaust.
Patent GB-189910612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Frames for Motor Road and other Vehicles.
Inventor: MACKENZIE Alexander
Filed: 1899-05-19
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 10,612. Mackenzie, A. May 19. Undercarriages.-Relates to means, independent of or additional to ordinary bearing-springs, for adapting vehicle frames to uneven roads, and consists of joints by which the framing is attached to the axles. The block A, attached to the axle or in which the axle rotates, has a socket B in which the screwed end C of a member of the frame is adapted to turn, the adjustment being effected by lock-nuts D, D<1>.
Patent GB-189915491-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Advertising on Windows or on Glass.
Inventor: STRACHAN ANDREW
Filed: 1899-07-28
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 15,491. Strachan, A. July 28. Advertising; letters and numerals.-Letters and designs &c. for advertising are produced on windows and the like, by attaching letters &c. cut from paper or other material to the window, and then painting with whiting &c. The attached letters &c. are then removed, when the space occupied by them will appear as transparent letters &c.
Patent GB-189916462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices and Appliances for Supporting and Locking Bicycles when not in Motion.
Inventor: LITTLEHALES ALFRED
Filed: 1899-08-14
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 16,462. Littlehales, A. Aug. 14. Supports; locking- apparatus to prevent theft.-Props A, B are hinged to a piece D pivoted on a bolt carried by a clip F fixed to the lower frame tube G of a bicycle. The props may be extended laterally, as shown, and are connected by jointed stays H, I. When not in use, the support is swung up against the tube G, and may be held in place by a clip K. A locking-piece V, as shown in Fig. 3*, may be fixed to the pin of the clip F, and serves to prevent the legs from moving backward. Another form of locking-apparatus is shown in Fig. 4. A slotted arm M is pivoted to the foot-rest &c., and when raised engages one of the spokes P of the front wheel. A spring Q bearing on flats serves to hold the arm in its raised or lower position. A spring catch R is adapted to engage the end of the arm, to furtber secure it in its locking position.
Patent GB-189919346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in File or Rasp Cutting Machines.
Inventor: HESS JOHN ADAM
Filed: 1899-09-26
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 19,346. Hess, J. A. Sept. 26. File and rasp cutting machines.-The blank 26 is fixed to the bed 23, which is slid longitudinally on the bed z by the nut 20 engaging with the screw 21 carried by the bed 23. The nut is rotated in bearings in the bed z by a worm 19, Figs. 2 and 3, on the shaft 18. This shaft is rotated step-by-step, so as to feed the bed 23 longitudinally, by the pawl 13, ratchet-wheel 14, and spur gearing 16, 17. The pawl 13 is carried by one arm 12 of a bell-crank lever, the other arm 9 of which is pulled down by a spring 11 and raised by pins 8 on the shaft k. The shaft k is rotated by pawl and ratchet mechanism l, m, n, h from the connecting-rod f and a crank on the main shaft b, Fig. 2. The bed z is fed laterally by a gearing chain s, the links of which are of different thickness so as to act as a cam upon a projection x from the bed z. The chain runs over sprocket-wheels, of which the wheel r is fixed to the shaft k. The chisel carrier 32 is pivoted to the head 31, which has a curved back sliding against the curved bed 34, pivoted at 38, and adjusted by a screw 42, which thus adjusts the angle of the cut. An adjustable connecting- rod 30 connects the head 31 to a crank on the shaft b. The clutch, Figs. 5 and 6, for starting the machine consists of a loose collar 56 carrying arms 58 which engage with the rollers 53 arranged between the sleeve 52 keyed to the shaft b and the ring 51 seated in the driving-pulley a. A spring 74 normally holds the collar 56, so that its projections 58 wedge the rollers between parts 51 and 52. By stopping the revolution of the lug 55 of the collar 56, the rollers are disengaged, and the pulley a runs free. The machine may be stopped automatically by a lug on the bed 23 engaging a tripping-device so as to arrest the lug 55.
Patent GB-189924879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Conductors.
Inventor: ISHERWOOD WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1899-12-14
Granted: 1900-12-14
Abstract: 24,879. Isherwood, W. H. Dec. 14. Couplings for lengths of conductors enclosed in metallic tubes. The sections are jointed together either by facing the ends of the conductors or by placing a sleeve over the bared ends of the conductors, the sleeve containing a plastic composition such as an amalgam of tin and mercury, and drawing the ends of the section together by a screw sleeve.
Patent GB-190000117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Cross Weaving.
Inventor: PALMER ISAAC EMERSON
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 117. Palmer, I. E. Jan. 2. Loom healds; shedding-motions. - In looms for cross-weaving, a main heald f, formed with alternate dents and needles, works in conjunction with two auxiliary healds o,p, which, in the form shown, consist of bars or plates with turned-up perforated edges. The heald f is guided at its ends by vertical rods i, and is operated by a connecting-rod 17 from a tappet-lever 18, the return movement being effected by springs 21 which act through the auxiliary healds and flexible connections 14 passing over pulleys 15. The auxiliary healds have also independent lateral movements imparted to them by connecting them at opposite ends to sliding carriages 1 on guide-rods 3 carried by arms 4 on the rods i, which are rocked by cams 10 acting upon levers 7 pivoted at 8 to the frame of the loom. The lower heald has a sliding engagement with the carriage to which the upper heald is connected, and the upper heald has a sliding engagement with the lower. The main warp threads are at all times kept out of contact with the auxiliary healds by a lifter bar 23, carried by arms 25 on a shaft 24 and connected by yielding bands 27 with the part of the heald bands 14 between the main heald and the pulleys. The auxiliary healds may consist of superposed needle-bars, supported at their forward ends by vertically-sliding carriages and at their rear ends by flexible connections attached to the frame of the loom, or by flexible connections or a bracket attached to a spacing-bar of the auxiliary heald frame.
Patent GB-190004268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Use in the Laying of Tile Conduits for Electrical Conductors.
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 4268. Lake, H. H., [American Vitrified Conduit Co.]. March 6. Conduits.-A tool for aligning sections of tile conduits consists of a helix of wire B formed to fit the conduit opening and having a central stem A either in one piece with or attached to the helix. The turns of the helix act as cleaners for the joints or brushes may be inserted in the helix. In a modified form, the helix is omitted, a number of discs being securely spaced along a central stem. The stem terminates at one end in a loop C to ass'st in drawing through.
Patent GB-190006615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Terminals and Binding Screws for Electric Batteries and Connections.
Inventor: EDWARDS WILLIAM ROWLAND
Filed: 1900-04-09
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 6615. Edwards, W. R. April 9. Connections.-Relates to terminals and binding-screws used for making connections in electric batteries, and consists in making them of a finely-threaded screw a of brass, copper, iron, or steel, on the ends of which are fitted hollow threaded caps c of antimoniated lead or other incorrodible material. The face of each cap is provided with a projecting ridge g, which, when the caps are screwed up becomes embedded in the plate or electrode h, or in soft metal washers which are interposed between the cap c and the electrode h, and thereby prevents corroding materials from obtaining access to the screw a.
Patent GB-190006846-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment for Cycles to Enable Riders to See Objects in their Rear.
Inventor: HOWARD JAMES
Filed: 1900-04-11
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 6846. Howard, J. April 11. Drawings to Specification. Mirrors for attachment to cycle handle-bars. The mirror is mounted on a wedge-shaped frame to reduce air resistance, the frame being carried by an adjustable support fixed to the handle-bar by a clip.
Patent GB-190012893-A (GB)
Title: Underground Wires and Accessories for Transmitting Electric Energy.
Inventor: ROSATI TITO
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 12,893. Rosati, T. July 17. Electric railways and tramways with underground conductors. Conductors.-Relates to the laying and taking branches from single or concentric underground conductors applicable for use in electric tramways. The conductors a are mounted on insulating- blocks in enamelled metal tubes b. The conductors and tubes are made in sectional lengths connected together by sleeves or junction boxes. The conductors are jointed by means of smallsection copper spacing-rods g, grooved or plain, which are drawn together by a screwed sleeve h. The sleeve is afterwards filled with tin or solder, preferably by means of a funnel having an air escape tube. The tubes b are also screw-threaded, so as to be drawn up with a sleeve c, which is afterwards filled with insulating-material, preferably consisting of a mixture of colophony, ceresin, plastic mineral wax, heavy mineral oil, and vaseline. The tubes b may also be drawn up end to end, having rings of insulating-material in the outer sleeving. Branches are taken off by means of T sleeves, the branch conductor being screwed and soldered to the main. In the case of concentric conductors, the connection is made to the tubular conductor by soldering a ring in the form of a ribbon thereto, and screwing the branch on to the ends of the ribbon. In the case of elbows or junction boxes, the tubes are connected to metal cases d, having covers m, the conductors being screwed into a central metal box h in which copper extensions g are brought into contact with a central conductor. The central box is filled with tin or solder, and the outer junction box is filled with insulating-material.
Patent GB-190017758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Woodflooring and the like
Inventor: WEHINGER JOHANN
Filed: 1900-10-06
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 17,758. Wehinger, J. Oct. 6. Looms, general arrangement of.-Grooved prismatic wood blocks are connected together by warp and weft wires, as in weaving, to form mosaic plaques or sheets for floors &c. In the machine shown in Fig. 1, the blocks 17 are fed by an endless band 16 and a series of parallel shoots 38 to a slotted weaving-table 18, and are forced between converging warp wires by blocks 23 carried by a cross-bar 19, which is arranged to slide in slotted guides 20 and is operated by cams 10 and levers 9. The warp wires are fixed to a transverse abutment bar 24 and a warp bar or roller 12, and are raised and lowered for the insertion of weft wires 34 by cams 6, 7 on a shaft 5 driven from the main shaft 3 by an endless band. The blocks pass under weighted rollers 31, and the last row is held in place by a cross-bar 36 attached to pivoted oscillating bars 35. The levers 9 are pulled against the cams by springs 11, and the bar 24 is forced against the blocks by slotted levers 27 acted on by springs 28. The warp wires may be single, as shown in Fig. 5, or double, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190100869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baking and the like Pans.
Inventor: FROGGATT JOHN
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 869. Froggatt, J. Jan. 14. Pans.-The straps or ribs 11, which are affixed to a baking or like pan to permit the circulation of air between it and the oven bottom, are formed of sheet metal, of channel tubular, or other desired hollow section, and are secured by soldering &c. to the pan 10. When the straps are of channel section, as in the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, they may be soldered along the edges to the pan. The handle 16, Fig. 4, is secured by bending the ends 14 of the straps over the ends of the handles and riveting them, as at 13, to the pan. Tubular straps may be secured by transverse riveted straps 18, Fig. 7, and the ends 15 of the handle 16 may be inserted into holes in ends of the straps 11. In another arrangement, tubular straps are secured by the handle, the ends of which pass through transverse holes in the straps into lugs on a plate riveted to the pan. Water may be introduced into the straps, through apertures 17 &c., to prevent burning.
Patent GB-190102484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Freezing Apparatus.
Inventor: VOLLMANN CARL WILHELM
Filed: 1901-02-05
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 2484. Vollmann, C. W. Feb. 5. Ice-making.-The division walls in a freezing- tank are formed of hollow sections alternately connected up for circulation of ammonia &c. and of brine or the like. The ice is frozen by circulating the ammonia and cold brine in their respective passages, and is freed by turning warm brine into the brine passages. As shown in Fig. 3, the ammonia passages are formed of pipes k and the brine passages of hollow blocks m fitting between them and connected by nipples n. They are coupled at the ends by elbow pieces r, t to form zig-zags, and are joined to inlet and outlet pipes v, w, p, q. Other pipes g in the tank also receive brine, and modified forms of blocks and pipes may be used for the walls.
Patent GB-190106115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Mode of Constructing and Erecting Buildings; Specially Applicable to Buildings for Housing the Poor.
Inventor: BRODIE JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-03-23
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 6115. Brodie, J. A. March 23. Slabs ; moulding slabs.-Houses for the poor &c, are rapidly constructed of large concrete sections or slabs, which are moulded with interlocking tenons and grooves, and may be strengthened by ribs and tie-rods, girders, expanded metal, or the like. The ground-floor slabs 2 rest on wall footings 1 and the slabs 12 of the first floor rest on ledges 19 of the lower sections 3 of the walls. The roof slabs 14 are inclined slightly to carry off water, and the roof may be asphalted and used as a recreation ground. Concrete steps are formed in one piece with a side wall, and rest on a rib of the other side wall. Chimney breasts 23 are moulded integral with the wall slabs, and flues 24 are formed by embedding fireclay pipes in the concrete. Fig. 10 shows in sectional plan a method of connecting two walls together by means of a bolt 9, which is provided with a large washer 10 and is screwed into a block or nut 8. Grooves and recesses 6, 7, 11 in the blocks are filled in with cement. The concrete is made of ground clinker from a refuse destructor mixed with cement. Fig. 15 shows a mould for producing wall slabs with projections and apertures for fireplaces, windows, doors, &c. Sheet-metal sides 26 are clamped to channel-iron bars 25 and carry additional bars 28, plates, and tapered cores 30 for producing the apertures. For the ornamental fronts of buildings, the slabs are made by pouring semi-fluid concrete into a mould. These buildings can be erected in the place of demolished insanitary buildings, and can be disinfected and washed down with a hose pipe.
Patent GB-190106595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines
Inventor: ECKER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-03-29
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 6595. Ecker, A. March 29. Washing-machines.-Relates to a washing-machine which may be constructed to be placed on the fire, if desired. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section. The beaters c are carried on a rotary shaft b, which is provided with a worm k to cause a flow of water up the funnel g of the perforated false bottom h.
Patent GB-190108445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ring Spinning or Twisting Machines.
Inventor: BELANGER VICTOR
Filed: 1901-04-24
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 8445. Belanger, V. April 24. Spindle apparatus.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 122, A.D. 1900, in which the ring carrying the traveller is loose and may be lifted and carried round by the thread. The ring A is made of the form shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 8, according to the kind of traveller employed, the middle flange or projecting portion a<1> being made taper on the underside, so that it may take a seating on a split ring B by which the ring A is held in place in the rail. The ring A fits loosely in the ring B, and the latter is secured in the rail by screws b<1>, the apertures for which in the ring B are larger than the screws, and contain resilient washers b<3> in order to allow the ring B a certain amount of play. In order that the same ring A may be used for different counts of yarn, it is provided with a removeable weighting-ring E, which is split and provided with an external rib for engaging with a corresponding recess in the interior of the ring A.
Patent GB-190109435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: OGDEN JOHN EDWARD LEWIS
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 9435. Ogden, J. E. L. May 7. Steam traps.-Relates to expansion steam traps of the type described in Specification No. 13,062, A.D. 1898, and consists in arranging for a greater variation in the length of the expansion tube, so that the motion need not be multiplied to so great an extent. The water of condensation passes from the inlet r through the lining tube p to the chamber and the coil z, where it is cooled, and finally to the annular space between the expansion tube a and the liner p. The flange b bears on the lever d, and on the contraction of the expansion tube a the member e attached to the bell-crank lever m transmits a thrust which overcomes the action of the spring wand allows the valve s to open. An opening 2 in the liner p provides for the equalization in pressure. The trap may be used vertically or horizontally. The coil z may be omitted and an inlet opening at the valve end of the trap be provided in the liner p, or a chamber and a tube may replace the coil z. The valve mechanism may be modified so as to move off its seat against the steam pressure instead of with the pressure.