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Patent GB-189924852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
Inventor: WHITFIELD SAMUEL ILSLEY
Filed: 1899-12-14
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 24,852. Whitfield, S. I. Dec. 14. Bedsteads. - The end bars B have male dovetails b<1> which fit in corresponding recesses in the ends of the side bars, and are locked therein by a screw E cast with the dovetail b<1> and a nut e'. Rods connected to each side of the mesh engage hooks F on the side bars. Tubular side and end bars may replace the angleirons.
Patent GB-190004746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Caps and Stoppers for Bottles and other Vessels.
Inventor: THOMAS LEVI HOFFMAN
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 4746. Thomas, L. H. March 13. Stoppers.-Relates to stoppers for bottles &c. for containing liquids, such as ink, which require to be poured out frequently. The stopper a consists of a plug of india-rubber or cork &c., and is formed with one or more holes e closed at the upper end. Over the stopper is placed a metal protecting-cap c, which is preferably corrugated to afford a grip for the fingers in removing the cap. The cap may also be formed with a bead &c. j, Fig. 4, adapted to enter a corresponding recess in the stopper. When the cap is removed, the top of the stopper is cut off. so that the liquid can be poured out through the hole or holes e. These holes are closed again by replacing the cap.
Patent GB-190007605-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Mould for Making Figures, Inlaid Patterns, and the like out of Plastic Material more especially applicable to the Manufacture of Sweet-meats.
Inventor: BECK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 7605. Beck, W. H., [Riecke, A.]. April 24. Moulding mosaics, sweetmeats, &c. - Mosaic pictures, inlaid patterns, designs, &c. are produced from boiled sugar or other plastic substances by means of a mould built up of a number of longitudinal sections or strips a, b, c, d, e secured between end plates or discs f, g by spring clips, pins or bolts. The strips are removed in turn to allow the horse or figure to be moulded in coloured plastic sugar &c., and the spaces occupied by the strips are 1 afterwards replaced by white sugar &c. Internal cores or sections s, t are secured between the discs by spring bolts, and the core t is replaced by a moulded section of white sugar. Fig. 4 shows a spring bolt h which slides through a clip i of the mould section, and through a hole in the disc f. Fig. 5 shows a perforated spring clip l, which is pivoted to a flanged plate j of the mould section, and is caused to engage with a pin n of the disc by a coiled spring on the pivot. When the horse is completed, the sectional mould, with the horse, is placed in a cylindrical casing or mould, and the sections are replaced by white sugar. The casing is constructed of two semi-cylindrical shells arranged to slide one within the other. The completed cylinder of sugar may be reduced in diameter by rolling or otherwise, and may be cut transversely into slices or discs.
Patent GB-190011982-A (GB)
Title: Sealing Caps for Vessels.
Inventor: LOW ABBOT AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1900-07-03
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 11,982. Low, A. A. July 3. Stoppers; sealing bottles &c. - The neck B of the vessel is formed with an ordinary screw - thread, to receive the screw cap C, which is shouldered at D, and is formed with a dome E terminating in a threaded neck F closed by the screw cap G and washer H. Within the cap is placed a shell or lining I, which may be made of a material not injured by the contents of the vessel. The shell is formed with a flange or flanges K, to prevent displacement of the packing-washer which forms a tight joint with the mouth of the vessel. The shell is also formed with a neck F<1>, which may be closed, perforated, or open, and bears against the washer H. If open, it is closed by a cork M and seal N. To prevent the removal of the cap C, a portion of it is forced into a recess P in the neck of the vessel. When the shell is dispensed with, the shoulder D bears directly on the washer.
Patent GB-190017928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Producing Sulphuric Acid.
Inventor: JOHNSON ALBERT COLLOM
Filed: 1900-10-09
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 17,928. Johnson, A. C. Oct. 9. Sulphuric acid. -To render the condensation of the acid more rapid within the lead chambers A, an endless series of electric sparks is caused to pass between points F, the rapidity and order of which sparks are regulated by switches R<1>, R<2>, R<3>, and a shaft S rotated by a falling weight T'. The copper wires E, having platinum tips, pass through glass tubes D, which themselves pass through short lead pipes C secured to cups or lutes B, which close openings in the top of the chambers. The wires lead through the switches to the secondary of a coil M, the primary of which is connected, through two copper brushes W and a commutator U mounted on the shaft S, to a battery or dynamo K. Keyed on the shaft are also three eccentrics V, V<1>, V<2>, the straps of which are connected to rods pivoted to the blades X of the switches. The blades are arranged so that each closes before the brushes come in contact with the segments of the commutator, and remains on until after the brushes are off, whereby sparking is prevented. As the shaft rotates, the eccentrics open and close the switches in succession, causing a current to pass through the wires, and form sparks between the wire tips. A tube may be inserted between the tips, through which oxyhydrogen gas may be passed, to be exploded by the sparks and thereby facilitate the precipitation of the acid.
Patent GB-190022745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches.
Inventor: STONE EDWARD FULTON
Filed: 1900-12-13
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 22,745. Stone, E. F., and Coolidge, H. S. Dec. 13. Clutches.-Relates to expanding-ring friction clutches. The ring D is expanded by a lever F and a piston in the cylinder G, which is operated by a fluid under pressure introduced through the shaft. A spring K on the stem of the piston serves to return the parts to the normal position, and the ring is drawn out of frictional contact by links R connecting its ends to the lever.
Patent GB-190100886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Phonographs and the like Instruments.
Inventor: PEISKER FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 886. Peisker, F. W., Schlomka, F., and Kautz, H. Jan. 14. Phonographs.-Relates to means for varying the feed of the tool along phonograph cylinders. The screw-shaft f is provided with two different sized pinions c, d, arranged to gear separately with the wheels a, b ; h is a pin for looking the wheels in either position. Further range in feed can be employed by using with this arrangement a second parallel screw of different pitch.
Patent GB-190101966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Positive Rods for Secondary Electric Batteries.
Inventor: ROSE HARRY
Filed: 1901-01-29
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 1966. Rose, H., Halifax, J., and Antrobus, C. H. Jan. 29. Secondary batteries. -The positive electrode, Figs. 1 and 2, is made of a metal body comprising four vertical flanges or webs a, b, c, d provided with a number of holes, the holes f in one pairs of webs a, b lying in the same horizontal line, while those g in the other pair c, d are also in the same horizontal line, but break joint with those in the pair a, b. The electrode may consist of three webs united along a centre line and at equal distances apart, the holes in two of them lying on the same horizontal line and breaking joint with those in the third web. The active material is shown at e.
Patent GB-190105065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Connecting Tubular Parts.
Inventor: NEYE PAUL
Filed: 1901-03-09
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 5065. Neye, P. March 9. Bedsteads and cots; castors; joints and connections.-Tubes e, f for the frames of bedsteads and the like are connected together by an internal forked spring clip or core a, a screwed rod or bolt b, and a screwed tightening nut or knob c. The space between the tubes is covered by an ornamental ring g, or the like. Fig. 5 shows a method of fixing a castor to the tubular leg of a piece of furniture. The forked clamp a is secured between the head of a bolt b and a collar i by a nut l, the tube h rests on the collar, and the bolt carries the roller or castor.
Patent GB-190106388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Furnace Grates and in Mechanical Stokers to be used in Conjunction therewith.
Inventor: ARTHUR NICOL SINCLAIR
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 6388. Arthur, N. S., and Binnie, J. S. March 27. Firebars and grates; mechanical stoking; baffles. -Relates to grates, with alternate fixed and moving bars, of the kind described in Specification No. 18,387, A.D. 1900, and to fuelfeeding devices for use in conjunction therewith. An adjustable air baffieplate in the ashpit is described. Fig. 2 is a general sectional view of the whole apparatus as applied to the furnace of a water - tube boiler. Figs. 5 and 6 show the front ends of the grate bars in elevation and plan respectively. The fixed bars 1 are supported in front under the deadplate 9 as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and their rear ends rest on the bridge - plate 22. The movable bars 2 are all connected at the front to a transverse frame 17, Figs. 5 and 6, which rests upon, and is operated by, cams on the shaft 26. There are two pairs of cams, one pair 24 serving to impart to the bars a reciprocating movement in a horizontal plane, while the other pair 25 raises and lowers their front ends. The movable bars have distance-pieces 11 on their webs, bearing against cheeks on the webs of the fixed bars ; they have also, near their front ends, "steps " 12 which project on each side over the tops of the fixed bars. They are supported at their rear ends on a toggle frame 21, or on rollers. According to the Provisional Specification, the movable bars may be carried in a complete framing. The fuel is fed from the hopper 58 by means of a curved plunger 57, Figs. 2, 8, and 9<a>, which has side arms pivoted at 64. The plunger is reciprocated by a rocking shaft 56, situated behind and below it as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, or in front of it as shown in Fig. 9<a>. According to the Provisional Specification, the pivot shaft may be made to reciprocate the plunger. Both the grate and the fuel-feeding mechanism are operated by a ratchet gear, which is shown to an enlarged scale in Figs. 10 and 11. Two ratchet-wheels 32, 34 are mounted side by side on the shaft 32, the former being fast and the latter loose on the shaft. Their pawls 35, 36 are mounted on bell-crank levers operated by the eccentric 43, Fig. 2. The wheel 33 drives the cam shaft 26 by means of the toothed gearing shown, and the wheel 34 turns a crank 45 by which motion is transmitted to the rocking shaft 56. Either of the pawls may be withdrawn from engagement, during a portion or the whole of its stroke, by an adjustable quadrant piece 54, on which a pin 50<a> on the pawl rises when it is moved forward into the path of the pawl. The movable baffle-plate 28, Fig. 2, directs the incoming air upward through the front of the grate.
Patent GB-190109650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Contrivances for Lighting Purposes.
Inventor: SCHMIDT MAX
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 9650. Schmidt, M. May 9. Match and like boxes and receptacles.-Various kinds of holders b for loose matches or match boxes are combined with receptacles a for spent matches. Chains d, hooks g, or equivalent devices are provided for attaching the complete article to a lamp or the like.
Patent GB-190114165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Carbon Electrodes and of Coke.
Inventor: POHL EDUARD
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,165. Pohl, E. July 11. Carbon.-The manufacture of carbon electrodes is combined with that of coke, and incidentally with that of gas also. The chambers of a coke oven are charged alternately with coal for coking and with raw or previously-burned electrodes packed in coal dust. Or each chamber can be charged below with the coal, and above with the electrodes packed in coal dust. In the latter case, the coke produced is very dense. The electrodes may be preheated by the hot escaping gases, which are always collected for use. Communications may be opened between the coking and the electrode chambers, so that the gases from the former may pass to the latter to graphitize the electrodes. If these gases are not sufficiently strong in hydrocarbons, they may be passed over or through oils, tars, &c. The residual gases resemble, in this case, oil gas.
Patent GB-190117928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Banjoes
Inventor: HEWETT THOMAS
Filed: 1901-09-07
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 17,928. Hewett, T. Sept. 7. Banjoes.- The bezel a is recessed at a', a<2>, Fig. 17, the latter recess being intended to receive the ring of the vellum, which is thus protected from injury by rubbing. The recess a' is intended to aid in securing brackets which receive the screws for stretching the vellum. Similar brackets d, Fig. 11, are secured to the ring b, which is flanged so as to engage with the hoop f. The tailpiece is formed by a tube r, underneath which the strings are passed and fastened to studs r<1>. Two rods r<4> connect the tube r with heads r<5>, which are in turn connected by bolts to a bracket n. A tube k of D-section passes through the neck, and diametrically through the hoop, to which it is fastened by a screw f<1>, which also secures the bracket n, and also by two plates l, m, the opposing faces of which are curved to fit the hoop. The face of the plate l which abuts against the wooden part of the handle is flat.
Patent GB-190118955-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Instrument for Indicating and Recording the Aiming of Naval Guns at the Moment of Firing.
Inventor: DICK CHARLES JAMES ADOLPH
Filed: 1901-09-23
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 18,955. Dick, C. J. A. Sept. 23. Gunnery practice, teaching.-The object is to provide a device for recording the direction of the aim of the gun at the moment of discharge, and for recording the direction of motion of the ship at the same instant. Figs. 1 and 2 show vertical sections, taken at right-angles to one another, of an instrument in which the registering-surface is stationary. A photographic camera is employed, the axis of which is parallel to the sighting-axis of the gun. The axis of the camera is marked in the apparatus by a cross-wire y, and the gun is correctly aimed if the picture of the target a coincides with the point y. The position of the ship is shown by pointers c, c', which are pivoted to heavy pendulums d, d<1>, and are included in the photograph. To indicate whether the ship was moving upwards or downwards at the moment of firing, two pivoted arrows b, b<1> are provided with rollers, which are pressed by the friction sectors d<2>, d<3> mounted on the upper ends of the pendulums. The two pendulums may be replaced by one doubly-suspended pendulum with a single pointer, which can swing up and down parallel to its position of rest, and can also stand at different angles to the same. The pointer may be replaced by a line of light formed by a screen with a horizontal slit in it fastened to a single pendulum carried in gymbals. The pointers b, b<1> may be dispensed with, by taking a second photograph of the pointer c, c<1>. If the registering-surface is a steadily-moving one, consisting, for instance, of a sensitive film which is wound off one roller on to another, the points c, c<1> carry screens each provided with an aperture for light, the movements of the pointers being then registered by curved lines, as shown at x, z in Fig. 3. The surface of a liquid may be used instead of the pointers c. c<1>. In the form of apparatus shown in Fig. 7, a U-shaped tube p is filled with mercury, and one arm is provided with vertical slits q for the passage of the light on to the moving film f. The surface of the liquid will then trace a curve.
Patent GB-190119687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings and Apparatus for Steam Valves
Inventor: SUGGATE ALFRED ALBERT
Filed: 1901-10-02
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 19,687. Suggate, A. A. Oct. 2. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to interlocking gear for the valves of steam superheaters of the kind described in Specification No. 20,327, A.D. 1900. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the spindle a of the stop-valve has a clip b carrying a square projection c which is locked by a sliding bar d connected to the draining and flooding valve. When the drain- ing valve is closed, the sliding bar is moved so that a recess e is opposite the square projection on the stop valve spindle and allows the stop-valve to be opened. A vertical sliding bar may be used, and various forms of locking catches are described.
Patent GB-190123438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Door-jambs, Gate-posts, and the like.
Inventor: BREMNER JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 23,438. Bremner, J. Nov. 19. Gates and gateposts.-In order to prevent crushing, and facilitate the passage of human beings and animals, door jambs and gateposts 4 are attached to pivots 3 mounted in bearings in the lintel and sill, so as to rotate freely. The doors or gates 1 are attached to straps 2 mounted loosely on the pivots, and are connected by a pivoted bar 7, retained in a horizontal position by a spring.
Patent GB-190205431-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Slip-sifters.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-05
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 5431. Wood, W. March 5. Sifting pottery materials.-Relates to the construction of potters' slip sifters. The casing a contains three wood floors, each of which has an upper surface sloping to a central drain or delivery hole. The lawns or sieves g are supported by bearers j, k, Figs. 4 and 8, united by metal strips l, the ends of which are bent downwards to fit over the transverse bars o which connect the pairs of slide blocks h. An eccentric r works between the strap s and bar t, and reciprocates the rods u, v, w which give movement to the sieves. The slip is led to the uppermost sieve through a trough x, and flows from each sieve to the one beneath it. The sifted slip passes away by another trough. Two or more lawns may be arranged side by side on each deck.
Patent GB-190215194-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Displaying Samples of Textile Fabrics
Inventor: HUNTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 15,194. Hunter, J., and Hunter, J. July 8. Pattern books or cards.-Samples of textile fabrics are displayed in pattern books or cards so as to present a convex surface when the book or card is opened, and to lie flat when it is closed. The samples f are attached at one end to cards or sheets e, and at the other end to slitted mounts d', secured to the backing a, within which the sheets e move. The backings a are hinged at b to the edges of a centre-piece c, and the sheets e are hinged at d towards the middle of the piece c. By means of this arrangement, the fabric, when the book or card is opened, will protrude, or can be lifted, in convex curves through the slits in the mounts d<1>, and, when closed, the fabric will be automatically pulled taut. In modifications, the sheets e are differently hinged to the piece c, or only one sheet e may be used, which may be actuated by inclines, pins and slots, crank levers, or hand.
Patent GB-190216726-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Pressing Peat Blocks.
Inventor: DOBSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 16,726. Dobson, A. July 28. Moulding peat.-The mould A is made with a flaring exit B of the shape of the finished block, and an upper cylindrical part in which the peat receives a preliminary pressure. Air escapes from the top block 3 on the upward stroke of the pressing - plunger F, and the escape is assisted by the suction of the plunger. The lower abutment block C is mounted in a bedplate D over a spring E. Two blows or pressures are thus given to the peat, to produce smooth polished blocks which will not crack on exposure to air. The moulds are mounted in a rotary table of the kind described in Specification No. 13,875, A.D. 1901, and are lubricated to reduce friction. Two direct blows may be given to the peat in the mould, instead of one direct and one indirect blow.
Patent GB-190217689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Arc Lamps
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 17,689. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 12. Arc lamps.-The upper carbon ends in a hole in a block of refractory material, the effect of which is to check lateral movement of the arc. The invention is shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a lamp in which the upper carbon 7 and its containing-tube 8 are raised by the clutch 12 and hollow armature 11 of a series solenoid 10. To the tube 8 is attached a plate 9 of fused quartz, the end of the carbon being exposed by a central hole. The lower carbon 1, which is preferably fluted, is fed upwards by a spring 4 in the tube 2, and bears against the flange of a quartz ring or cap 5, kept in position by a screw cap 6. In a slightly-modified lamp, the lower carbon is stationary, and is without the quartz cap.
Patent GB-190218994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-feed or Automatic Shuttle Changing Mechanism of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
Filed: 1902-08-29
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 18,994. Wilkinson, J. Aug. 29. Loom shuttle - changing mechanism.-When the weft breaks or fails, the usual weft-fork slide operates a lever 8, 10, which, by means of a rod 11, moves a catch 5 to the right to such an extent that at the next movement of the reciprocating lever 2, the lever 6 is rocked on its axis 7. The lever 6 is connected by a rod 13 to an axle 15, the turning of which moves, by means of a lever 17, the hinged swell 16, Fig. 3, at the back of the shuttle box across the entrance thereof, so as to deflect the spent shuttle out of the box and into a suitable receptacle. The rocking of the shaft 15 also raises, by means of eecentrics 22, the vertically-sliding box front 26, to allow of the entrance of a new shuttle. The lever 6 is connected also with a lever 28, through which a pair of fingers 33 are moved simultaneously inwards above the lowest shuttle in the magazine, the fingers carrying also studs, which engage with inclines on the ends of the door and open it. The full shuttle is then forced from the magazine and into the box by fingers 40 on a lever 38, which has been connected with a reciprocating lever 43 by reason of the depression of the catch 36 by means of the rod 35 and lever 6, the catch being thereby caused to engage with a stud 42 on the lever 43. The parts are returned to their normal positions by springs; and to prevent breakage of the parts should the mechanism become blocked, the catch 36 is connected to its lever or link 37 by a spring 54 and link 53. The lever 2 is also mounted so that its axle can rise against the action of a spring lever 57. The Provisional Specification describes the shuttle - box front as being hinged instead of sliding.
Patent GB-190223831-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Red Azo-dyestuff
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1902-10-31
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 23,831. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Oct. 31. o-Chloro-m-nitro- and amido-toluene p-sulphonic acids.-o-Chlorotoluene p-sulphonic acid is nitrated, and the produced o-chloro-m-nitrotoluene p-sulphonic acid is reduced, whereby a new compound, o-chloro-m-toluidine p-sulphonic acid (CH3 : NH2 : Cl : SO3H = 1 : 3 : 6 : 4) is obtained. Dyes, artificial.-The foregoing chlorotoluidine sulphonic acid is diazotized, and combined with #-naphthol dissolved in soda lye. The dye which precipitates is a red powder, little soluble in hot water and alcohol. Mineral acids precipitate the acid of the dye-stuff from the aqueous solution as brown red flakes. The dye is applicable for making red colour lakes.