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Patent GB-189918966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: GOSDEN GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1899-09-20
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 18,966. Gosden, G. E. Sept. 20. Couplings, automatic.-Fig. 2 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan. Each vehicle carries a hook F, and a roller D guided in the slots K of the plates E. On bringing two vehicles together, the rollers D engage the inclined fronts of the hooks F, and rising in the slots become automatically coupled, the springs G returning the rollers after they have passed the beaks of the hooks. Uncoupling is effected by depressing the bar A, which by means of the links B raises the rollers D.
Patent GB-189919652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling the Pattern Surface of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: SEATON DANIEL MUNSON
Filed: 1899-09-30
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 19,652. Seaton, D. M. Sept. 30. Shuttleless looms; weft, supplying in shuttleless looms; dobbies; jacquards.-In order to reduce the number of cards, or of pegs or pattern links forming pattern mechanism, such as is described in. Specification No. 21,298, A.D. 1898, the operation of the mechanism is automatically controlled in such a way that the pattern surface remains stationary for any predetermined number of picks, after which it is put into action for a predetermined number of picks, and finally the apparatus is returned to its normal position for repeating these operations. Two series of ratchet-wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 6 ..., forming counting-devices for the number of picks, are operated by pawls C, connected together in two series by rods S and mounted loosely upon a bar E on oscillating arms E', F. A deep notch on each wheel allows the pawl of the succeeding wheel to come into action. Pegs P are set in the wheels to correspond to the number of picks required, and, when these picks have been woven, the pegs successively lift levers G on the same axis Z as the retaining-pawls D, and allow a notched knock-off rod K, or K<2>, to be shifted from notch to notch by a spring L. At the end of the first number of picks, the rod K, by means of an incline K<1>, puts the operating-pawl of the pattern mechanism out of action, and, at the end of the second number of picks, the rod K<2> is moved by its spring, causing the parallel rod S<6>, which is connected to it, to be moved also. A pin S' on this rod traverses a cam-path T, which allows the rod to drop and put another pin S<2> into a campath S<3>, which returns the rods S<6>, K<2> to their normal positions, and, by means of an arm X on the rod S<6>, returns also the rod K. The ratchetwheels are returned to the zero position by weights W.
Patent GB-189919685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bevelling the Edges of Glass Plates.
Inventor: WEST LEONARD
Filed: 1899-09-30
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 19,685. W e s t , L. Sept. 30. Bevelling glass. The glass plate is mounted on a table a adapted to be moved to and fro, parallel to the axis of the grinding-wheel b, upon a frame c. This frame is pivoted at its rear side on the pillars d ; its front side is supported on screws, in the pillars f, adjustable by means of worm gearing and a cross-shaft e, fitted with hand-wheels. The table is worked by means of a shaft n driven by bevel gearing from the main shaft of the machine ; this shaft, by means of a crank m, causes the reciprocation of a rod k upon which is a pin in engagement with a fork on the lower end of a lever l ; the lever l works in a forked lever g, which is pivoted on the table and is counterbalanced so that it may be turned out of engagement for stopping the table. Water rand abrading-material are fed on to the wheel by a forked trough t fixed on a rock-shaft s having at its end an arm in engagement with a rod which is worked to and fro by a crank shaft coupled to the main shaft by worm gearing.
Patent GB-189922788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Lamps.
Inventor: RICHTER SEPTIMUS
Filed: 1899-11-15
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 22,788. Richter, S. Nov. 15. Acetylene lamps.-Relates especially to lamps for use with pneumatic-tyred cycles and other vehicles, and applicable also as hand lamps, and consists in utilizing the cylinders of tyre-inflators or pumps as carbide chambers. After the pump piston has been removed, the cylinder 1 is filled with carbide and closed by a special cap 6, which is connected by flexible tubing 13 with the lamp 3. A flexible ball 4, containing water and provided with a cock 9, is attached at 5, and the gas is dried by traversing the channels in the cap 6 and in the attachment 8 of the lamp. In Fig. 6, the complete apparatus is shown attached to a cycle. It may be used as a hand lamp by screwing the attachment 8 into the nut 18.
Patent GB-189924386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: MCCOLLUM JAMES HARRY KEIGHLY
Filed: 1899-12-07
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 24.386. McCollum, J. H. K. Dec. 7. Valves, distributing.-Relates to valve gear designed so as to give a considerable range of variation in the grade of expansion without reduction of area of the cylinder port opening. Fig. 1 shows a form of the invention with a piston distributing-valve controlling both admission and exhaust. The pairs of valve heads J, J<1> and J<2>, J<3> enclose between them spaces to which steam is admitted through ports F, F<1>, whence it passes into the cylinder through the usual passages. The ports F, F<1> are each traversed by a number of bars, and over them can be adjusted a pair of stationary valves H, H<1> so as to regulate the period during which admission of steam is continued. The exhaust takes place through the space between the pistons J, J'. In a modification, the admission and the exhaust are controlled by two separate valves. Flat or other slide valves may be used instead of piston valves.
Patent GB-190001475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Igniters for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: SCHIELE JOSEPHA
Filed: 1900-01-23
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 1475. Schiele, J., and Boisselot, J. B. Jan. 23. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The porcelain insulator a of an electric igniter is protected from blows by a metal sheath k, which may be perforated, and, if the insulator should be broken, the pieces are held in contact by a fixed conductor o, Fig. 1, or a sliding one r, Fig. 4, carried by an insulating-sleeve m. The invention is particularly applicable to motors for motor cars.
Patent GB-190004770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: PENDEXTER EDWARD FORREST
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 4770. Pendexter, E. F., and Cook, C. A. March 13. Couplings, automatic.-The draw-bars a, having cradles c containing the loose spring plates d, are capable of a limited rotary and lateral motion, and terminate in hooks h, which automatically interlock after the conical striking-surfaces i have engaged. Each draw-bar is formed with a flat f, Figs. 7 and 8, which allows it to rock in one direction only and works on a corresponding flat g in the frame. The lower ends of the guards k, formed with the hooks h, strike the lower ends of the hooks when the upper ends of these hooks come together. The hooks are rotated, for uncoupling, by the shaft n and links o.
Patent GB-190010111-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means of Raising the Lids of Biscuit Boxes, Butter Dishes, and the like.
Filed: 1900-06-01
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 10,111. Williamson, H., and Williamson (Limited), H. June 1. Biscuit boxes; dishes and the like, covers for; sugar basins and sugar holders.-The hinged lids B of biscuit boxes, butter dishes, sugar basins, &c. are connected with the handles D by pivoted links H as shown, so that, when the handles are tilted, the lids are opened as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190010179-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Coin Machine, or Ball Shooting Range for Skill Testing and Delivering Checks Sweetmeats and other Articles
Inventor: COCKS FRANCIS JAMES
IPC: G07F17/38
Filed: 1900-06-02
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 10,179. Cocks, F. J. June 2. Games of skill, apparatus for.-Balls are shot up a flanged incline C (not shown in Fig. 7) by a spring gun F, aim being taken at holes b in the top of the rear wall of the casing through which the successful balls enter compartments of a box B, while unsuccessful balls run down an incline, not shown, and assemble against a gate M on a lower incline Q. The successful balls run back out of the compartment through lower holes into channels in a transverse slide d upon the lower incline Q. Each channel contains a detent engaging a hole in the slope Q till a ball overbalances it, and if the player gets a ball into each hole the slide is set free. Consequently, a drawer a<2>, to which the slide is connected by a lever h, can be pulled out to extract an article or check from a pile in a tube. The balls simultaneously roll through a grate L to the gate M, and join the unsuccessful balls. Actuating-mechanism.-The grate L and the gate are drawn back together to let the balls roll to the gun after prepayment. For this purpose there is a draw-bar a<3> for working a crank o with a connecting-rod v. In a modification, the gate M is also a grate, and the pair slide across the slope Q instead of through it. Instead of delivering a check or article, the drawer may allow a second use of the drawer bar by which the balls are rendered available. An oblique strip d' on the lower incline Q directs the balls to a tubular passage k<1> on one side which leads to the playing- incline C. A spring plunger at the side of the playing-incline C is used to feed the balls singly to a pair of ribs k<3>, k<4> which converge upon the gun. Coin action coin-discharging mechanism.-The coin s<2>, dropped down a shoot a<4>, lodges between a rib r on the draw-bar a<3> and one end of a gravity detent 0 which engages the inner end J of the draw-bar. The coin by its weight disengages the detent, and drops when the draw-bar is pulled. Fraud, preventing.-A second gate N, connected to the first by a rocking frame W, retains the balls on the lower incline Q if the draw-bar is not pushed home again. Registers.-Ratchet gear operated by the drawbar winds up a counting-strip. Returning coin.-After freeing the actuating draw-bar a<3>, Fig. 50, the coin s<2> may drop into a pocket V, the bottom x<4> of which can be rocked by the delivery drawer a<2> to switch the coin into an open pan x<1>, whereas the pocket itself normally rocks on an axis v<6> to discharge the coin into a receptacle.
Patent GB-190014174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kiers for Bleaching or otherwise Treating Textile and other Materials.
Inventor: JACKSON CHARLES LOXTON
Filed: 1900-08-08
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 14,174. Jackson, C. L. Aug. 8. Yarns, treating with liquids.- An apparatus for bleaching or otherwise treating textile and other materials comprises two or more open or low - pressure kiers, together with means for circulating and heating the bleaching l i q u o r and distributing it uniformly over the goods in the kiers. By means of a circulating-pump h, the liquor is withdrawn from the kiers e through valved pipes g, and forced up through the pipe i into a heating vessel a, from which it descends by gravity and passes through pipes c to the distributers d. The testing-vessel a is divided vertically into two concentric compartments, one of which is fitted with a coil or coils of steam pipes, for heating the liquor before it overflows into the other compartment and passes thence to the distributers.
Patent GB-190016494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Traps of Sewers and Drain Pipes.
Inventor: CHATTWOOD SIMEON
Filed: 1900-09-17
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 16,494. Chattwood, S. Sept. 17. Gully traps; ventilating.-The trap a is sealed by a tubular extension f of the dished cover b. The chamber e, to which gas has access from the drain d, is ventilated by a pipe leading to the roof. Generally the chamber formed on the outlet side of the trapping-plate may be thus ventilated.
Patent GB-190104101-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Toy
Inventor: BAYLISS THOMAS
Filed: 1901-02-26
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 4101. Bayliss, T., and Gorton, W. Feb. 26. Toy rollers.-A toy roller is formed of a wooden roller A mounted in a frame B and grooved to receive an endless band F, which drives an axle J carrying a wheel E, a windmill, or vanes provided with bells. A second wheel &c. E' may be mounted in the frame and driven by a band F<1>; or, the wheels may be dispensed with, bells being hung on the frame. The roller may be made hollow, and may contain bells &c.
Patent GB-190104685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Split Collars, Hubs of Pulleys and the like.
Inventor: LUMSDEN JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-05
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 4685. Lumsden, J. March 5. Mounting and securing split collars, pulley bosses, &c. on shafts.-The two halves of a split collar or the like are made with annular flanges c and with interlocking tapering dovetails d. The key h is formed with longitudinal teeth on its lower face, adapted to bite into the shaft, and on its upper face with transverse ratchet teeth and a lug i ; it is of resilient material, and is driven in through one opening f in the collar and into another opening g until the lug i has cleared the opening f. The taper pins o, formed with longitudinal teeth p to bite into the shaft and circular ratchet teeth q, are then driven into the openings m, n.
Patent GB-190105661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Chlorine and in the Treatment of Metallic Ores thereby.
Inventor: ATKINS GEORGE JONES
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 5661. Atkins, G. J. March 18. Chlorine.-Chlorine is slowly generated so as to act gradually upon metallic ores while in the nascent state. The ores are pulverized and mixed with a calculated excess of the salts, or the solution of the salts, obtained according to the electrolytic process described in Specification No. 5596, A.D. 1901. These salts consist of a mixture of an alkaline or alkaline-earth chloride, chlorate, and oxychloride. The whole is then treated with an excess of dilute sulphuric acid to generate the chlorine. The metals are subsequently extracted by known methods.
Patent GB-190107816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Air Brake Apparatus for Railway and like Vehicles
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 7816. Westinghouse Brake Co. and Cloud, J. W. April 16, Brakes, air. Relates to a device for obtaining, when desired, a speciallyrapid operation of compressed-air or vacuum brakes. Fig. 2 shows the application to compressed-air brakes. The controlling- piston 5 has a comparatively - l a r g e orifice 8, w h i c h, during service applications, when the piston 5 is at rest, is throttled by the taper plug 11 screwed into the casing so that air can slowly leak from the brake cylinder. When the train-pipe 2 is vented for an "emer- "gency" application, the piston moves the valve 10, allowing air to escape in large quantities from the train-pipe and brake cylinder through the atmospheric port 9, thereby causing the brake piston to move rapidly. In the application to vacuum brakes, the valve 10, Fig. 4, is outside the port 9, and has a lug 12 which fits between projections 14 on the rod of the piston 5, and is adapted to slide in a slot 13 in the valve face. The plug 11 controls the effective area of the aperture 8 as in the compressed-air system.
Patent GB-190109642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Injectors for Burning Oil or Liquid Fuel in Furnaces.
Inventor: DYSON ELI
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 9642. Dyson, E. May 9. Liquid and gaseous-fuel fittings.-Steam - jet burners are mounted on branch steam-supply pipes B, Fig. 1, which can be turned round the vertical pipes D to bring the burners into working position, as shown on the left hand of Fig. 1, or to turn them aside as shown on the right hand of the same Figure. They may also be set on any inclination. The liquid fuel is allowed to drip or run from pipes N into cups H on the burners when they are in their working position, so that the supply is under observation. Fig. 4 shows a burner in section to an enlarged scale; the steam pipe B is connected to the chamber a. The furnace is preferably provided with a floor of tiles P, Figs. 2 and 3, and an arch R at the front end. It is stated that the burners may be used for gaseous fuel.
Patent GB-190202329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Fire Lighters.
Inventor: POTTS DONALD
Filed: 1902-01-29
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2329. Potts, D., and Lancaster, T. A. Jan. 29. Sawing. - Wood firelighters c o m - prising parallel bars and d key - pieces united ladder-wise are formed in the machine shown in elevation in Fig. 1. A carrier chain 3 with h upstanding prongs passes over a sprocketwheel 4, a tensionpulley 6, and a guide-pulley 5. The bars or rungs for the firelighters fall down a shoot 11 of a feed-table 10 into the spaces between the prongs, as these separate by passage over the pulley 5. The bars are then notched between circular saws 14 mounted on vertical spindles 15 driven by belt pulleys 16, presser shoes 18 mounted on a weighted lever 19 ensuring uniform notching. Key-pieces are afterwards inserted in the notches by the operator, and the assembled parts then pass between clamping- mechanism 21. The spindles 15 are preferably driven directly from the driving-shaft, and the carrier chain and clamping-mechanism cam from one spindle 15 by means of a worm and worm-wheel 33, a shaft 34, mitre-wheels 35, a pinion 36, and a follower 37 on the shaft of the wheel 4, and a spurwheel 38 and a pinion 39 on the cam shaft.
Patent GB-190208343-A (GB)
Title: Improved Jewellery Fastener or Snap for Necklets, Bracelets, and the like
Inventor: HILDYARD WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-04-10
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 8343. Hildyard, W. A. April 10. Coupling-links.-Relates to snaps or fastenings for necklets, bracelets, chains, solitaires, and the like. A tubular member, shown in Fig. 2, is provided with two opposite projections I and a plate H attached to a spring G, and a corresponding member, shown in Fig. 6, is provided with a collar L, with two grooves J allowing passage beyond the projections I, and with two half-way slots K which engage the projections I on rotation.
Patent GB-190210240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Baths.
Inventor: LANCASTER EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-03
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 10,240. Lancaster, E. W. May 3. Baths.-Collapsable and folding. A lazy-tong frame f to support a waterproof sheet to form a bath is collapsed, when not in use, within a cabinet a, to the top of which is hinged a lavatory basin d. In the modification, shown by Fig. 4, the end sections l and m of the bath are made of metal, hinged together and connected by a flexible section p so that the bath can be folded up into a dressing-table. In another modification, the bath is collapsed vertically before folding. The bath may be made up of a flexible sheet secured to a wooden rim.
Patent GB-190220127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1902-09-15
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 20,127. Page, S. E., [Mayer, O. L.]. Sept. 15. Parallel knitting-machines.-Relates to machines for knitting gloves. Each needle bed is provided with two movable sections L. The wrist and hand are knitted on the whole of the needles, using one thread-carrier only. The movable sections with the loops still on the needles are then tilted on shafts Q by means of levers T<1>, T<2>, pivoted at T, and levers S pressed together by a spring and by a cam W moved by hand between the rollers V. The movable sections are then fed downwards step by step as the first and third fingers M, N are made on the remaining needles by means of two threadcarriers. When these are completed, they are turned down, Fig. 13, their needles are put out of action, and the movable sections are raised, and the second and fourth fingers are knitted on them, using two thread-carriers. The movable sections are fed downwards by racks and pinions operated from a shaft f, which is intermittently driven from the main shaft E by a cam c, pawl lever g, pawl, and ratchet s. When the cam is between the rollers V, the pawl is out of action, and the movable sections are at rest ; when the cam W is moved from between the rollers, the bell crank Y, rod a, and lever b move a notched sector w, and so allow the pawl to drop into action. The cam c also operates a pawl lever i, which drives a ratchetwheel l and a sprocket-wheel on which runs a pattern chain. Bits on the chain trip a latch, and allow a spring to move a rod, which shifts the clutch and stops the machine. The stop-rod can be moved by a hand-lever independently of the pattern chain. The thread-carriers J, K are carried along to feed the yarn to all the needles, or to the needles on the movable sections alone, or to the remaining needles alone, by means of fingers 33, 34, which engage on one side or other, as the case may be, of projections 49 on the carriers. The positions of the fingers 33, 34 and, consequently, the motion of the carriers, are controlled by pins 38, 39 engaging grooves 45, 46 in a cam-bar 40. This cam bar is rotated by hand when the first and third fingers are completed, bringing the other pair of grooves 59, 60 into action while the second and fourth fingers are knitted.
Patent GB-190220903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrust Bearings.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-09-25
Abstract: 20,903. Boult, A. J., [Eveland, S. S.]. Sept. 25. Thrust bearings. - In one arrangement,' a ring or collar a, Fig. 1, is provided with slots or sockets b with concave walls to receive rollers c. At the corner end each roller is hemispherical, and at the other end it is recessed to receive a ball d interposed between the roller and a retaining band or ring f. Each socket b may have an auxiliary socket or recess at the bottom to receive the roller, and the ring f may have a groove or race to receive the balls. The rollers protrude on both sides of the ring a, and take against hardened bearing collars or rings e. The rollers take the longitudinal thrust, and the balls act to relieve radial pressure. In a modification, a number of rollers c<3>, Fig. 2, are located in each socket b. The rollers are recessed at both ends to receive balls a, which are interposed between the rollers and the ring f and the bottoms of the sockets. In place of the balls, one or more rollers with hemispherical ends are located in each socket. In another arrangement, a flat-ended roller is disposed in each socket, and a ball of the same diameter as the roller is interposed between the roller and the retaining-ring. When the bearing has to take longitudinal thrust, the ball is dispensed with, and one or more flat-ended rollers are disposed in each socket.
Patent GB-190223661-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Eletric Incandescent Lamp Socket.
Inventor: JAEGER KARL HERMANN HANS
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 23,661. Jõger, K. H. H. Oct. 29. Incandescent lamps, holders for. A screw socket 6 is applied to a threaded part of an insulating-body 3, which has two inclined slots to receive connecting- strips 1, 2, two separate lateral recesses to receive binding-screws, and an end recess to receive an insulating-disc 9. The screw socket 6 is soldered to one of the connecting- strips 2. A central contact 1 is formed on the other strip. The supply conductors are passed through holes in the insulating-disc 9, and clamped by the heads of the binding-screws in the bottoms of the lateral recesses; the stems of the screws extend through holes into the connecting- strips 1, 2. An insulating-ring 16, screwed on the socket 6, holds it in place in a metal casing 12, two indentations 15 in this being engaged with recesses in the insulating-body 3 to prevent turning. A cover 10 is screwed on the casing 12, over the insulators 3, 9. Such a lamp holder may be provided with a switch, consisting of a contact-roller and two springs inserted in the connection to the central contact 1, within the insulating-body 3.