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Patent GB-189921005-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of and Means for Automatically Supplying Paraffin or other Oil to Oil Lamps more particularly Intended for Use in connection with Incubators.
Inventor: WALLIN GEORGE
Filed: 1899-10-20
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 21,005. Wallin, G. Oct. 20. Oil burners, oil supply to.-The oil snpply to the wick chambers of incubator and other lamps, which are required to burn for a considerable period without attention, is controlled by a valve automatically actuated by a float. When the oil in the wick chamber a has reached the predetermined level, the float q rises, causing the end h' of the pivoted lever h to depress the valve rod f against the action of the spring g, the conical end f<1> of the rod then closing the outlet c' in the pipe c, which connects the storage chamber b with the wick chamber a. The valve rod f slides in lugs e on a bracket d mounted on the closed end of the tube c. As the oil is consumed in the chamber a, the float q falls, allowing the spring g to lift the rod f and open the outlet c'.
Patent GB-189922685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tubes.
Inventor: PILKINGTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1899-11-14
Granted: 1900-09-28
Abstract: 22,685. Pilkington, A. Nov. 14. Metal pipes and tubes.-Compound or combined steel and iron boiler and other tubes are made by nesting and welding together, as described in Specification No, 3332, A,D. 1898, iron. and steel skelps or tubes. The steel portions may be formed from the waste ends of weldless tubes or tube uses. For water tubes the iron is placed inside, and for fire tubes outside.
Patent GB-190000948-A (GB)
Title: Propellers for Steamships and similar Vessels.
Inventor: LICHETTI JAMES
Filed: 1900-01-16
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 948. Lichetti, J., and Lichetti, L. A. R. Jan. 16. Propelling by reciprocating plates. -Fig. 2 shows a propeller which is reciprocated in the position usually occupied by the screw propeller. It consists of a frame 4 supporting a number of hinged plates 7, which open out during the forward stroke to allow a free passage to the water. Two such frames may be reciprocated side by side by a steam engine or other motor. The plates are shown as arranged longitudinally, but may be placed vertically or otherwise.
Patent GB-190004348-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Introducing Liquids, Oils, Essences, Colors, and the like into Powders, Crystals, and other Materials.
Inventor: GARDNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-03-07
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 4348. Gardner, W. March 7. Mixing powders and liquids.-Relates to a method of and apparatus for introducing liquids, oils, essences, colours, and other materials into powders, crystals, and other mtterials. The invention is shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a combined sifter and mixer. The material from the hopper A is passed through the sieve B, containing a revolving brush or other form of sifter, into a mixer C of suitable construction. As it falls, it encounters a spray of the liquid or powder, which may be produced by the nozzles G, d connected, respectively, to a suitably-disposed receptacle D and to an air pump E, which may be driven from the gearing of the mixer and sifter.
Patent GB-190014803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators
Inventor: BLAKE JAMES
Filed: 1900-08-18
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 14,803. Blake, J. Aug. 18. Vertical boilers. -Relates to improvements on the vertical steam generators described in Specification No. 5254, A.D. 1878. The fire-tube plates are thickened on either or both sides round or alongside the tube holes, or the holes are flanged wholly or partially round their circumferences. The periphery of the tube-holes may be pressed out, and the tube-holes partially formed at the same time by squeezing or stamping out ; ridges may be rolled on the plates ; or the holes may be flanged by dies and die plates. The combustion chamber may be barrel-shaped, and the tubes radiated, as shown, towards the boiler shell, which may also be curved, and in this case the tube-holes need not be thickened.
Patent GB-190015938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Screw Presses.
Inventor: PRIDMORE HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1900-09-07
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 15,938. Pridmore, H. E. Sept. 7. Copying-presses.-Relates to a differential screw for copying and other presses. The platen B is fitted on the end of a fine-pitch screw D which carries the hand-wheel D' and works in a sleeve C screwed externally with a thread of coarse pitch to engage a nut formed in the cross-bar a<2>. When the hand-wheel is first turned, the screw and the sleeve move together and the platen is rapidly advanced until it meets with a sufficient resistance ; the sleeve then remains stationary and the screw advances through it slowly. The screw is formed with a flange d<4>, to bear against the lower end of the sleeve and with a collar d<5> to work in the chambered part of the same. The upper end of the sleeve is a plain cylinder, its screw thread is of the section shown.
Patent GB-190022197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1900-12-06
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 22,197. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Thomson, E.]. Dec. 6. Arc lamps.-Regulating-mechanism has gripping- parts held together electromagnetically, with a pressure controlled directly by current depending on the length of the arc, without loss of time due to inertia of moving parts. In the construction particularly described, a straight electromagnet E is carried loosely on the shaft of an iron disc D, so that, when it is magnetized, a brass shoe on the core moves slightly into frictional contact with the disc. The disc is connected by a pinion and rack R with the upper carbon. The magnet E is operated by a series coil, but carries also an opposing shunt coil. It may rest on the lamp frame, and be lifted to strike the arc by connection with the movable core of a stationary series solenoid M, provided with an opposing shunt coil, and with a conductive tube and a dash-pot to retard its action. Other means for striking the arc may be substituted. A horse-shoe or multipolar magnet may be used instead of the straight magnet E, but should have an open magnetic circuit, so as to be quick-acting.
Patent GB-190100771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Grinding Devices for Grinding the Calk and Toes of Horses' Shoes.
Inventor: MAYES JOHN GRAHAM
Filed: 1901-01-11
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 771. Mayes, J. G., and King, H. F. Jan. 11. Sharpening horse-shoe calks. Relates to a portable apparatus for sharpening horse - shoe calks while the shoe remains on the hoof. The emery &c. wheel 23 is driven by a train of gearing from the wheel 28 provided with a crank handle 30. The wheels 23,28 are mounted at opposite ends of a curved piece 17, adjustably connected to the bar 1 by pieces 31, 11 which are hinged together. The bar 1 is fixed to the shoe S by a hook 2 and an adjustable clamping-lever 6.
Patent GB-190100939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus used in the Dyeing, Bleaching and Treatment of Cotton and other Textile Materials.
Inventor: ASHWORTH ELIJAH
Filed: 1901-01-15
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 939. Ashworth, E., and Lindley, J. Jan, 15. Mixing liquids.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 14,528, A.D. 1899 for dyeing, bleaching, and otherwise treating cotton and other textile materials. For the purpose of mixing and heating the dye or other liquor there is provided a tank a, containing a basket or receptacle b for the bags of dyestuff or other material. By means of an injector e, supplied with steam, the liquor is drawn off from the tank at e<1> and returned to it at e', the circulation effecting the simultaneous mixing and heating of the liquor.
Patent GB-190103087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Starting and Regulating Switches.
Inventor: HICKLEY ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1901-02-13
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 3087. Hickley, A. H. Feb. 13. Cut-outs; switches. -Relates to resistance switches particularly adapted for starting motors, charging batteries, &c., means being provided for returning the arm to the "off" position when the current fails. The contact arm 2 is pressed down by springs 5, and is carried by a spindle 9, on which is loosely mounted a wormwheel 11 gearing with the worm 18 operated by the handle 17. Fixed to the hub of the wormwheel is a spur-wheel 12 adjacent to this, and fixed on the spindle is a second spur-wheel 13, which may be locked to the wheel 12 by a wheel carried on an arm not shown. This arm may be operated by hand or controlled by an electromagnet. A spring tends always to return the contact-arm 2 to the "off" position. The brushes are fitted with mica plates 8 to prevent arcing. The resistances may be formed by bending strips as shown in Fig. 5, or by forming strips into split rings connected together as shown in Fig. 6. The resistances are grouped together like a hook and placed in cases. In a modified arrangement of clutch, two rings are pressed together or held apart by a suitable lever.
Patent GB-190104276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generator and other Detachable Lagging Mattresses.
Inventor: TAYLOR ROBERT HALL MAIN
Filed: 1901-02-28
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 4276. Taylor, R. H. M. Feb. 28. Non-conducting coverings. - A detachable non- conducting covering for steam generators, steam pipes, or other purposes consists of a layer b of asbestos fibre, silicate cotton, or the like, a layer c of hair, hair felt, or the like, and an enclosing- jacket a of woven asbestos cloth. The layers b, c are about half an inch thick, and are held in place by fastenings similar to those employed in mattresses. The covering is detachably secured to the heated part d.
Patent GB-190109965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Attaching Holding Devices to Lenses whilst such Lenses are being Shaped and Edged.
Inventor: WEST JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-14
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 9965. West, J., Raphael, H. J. W., and Ettinghausen, H. L. May 14. Lenses.-Relates to apparatus for cementing centering discs or " dops " on to lenses preparatory to shaping and edging as described in Specification No. 13,357, A.D. 1898. The lens is first adjusted between the ends of two co-axial tubes. When in this position, the dops are introduced through side holes in the tubes by special tongs, Fig. 1, which consist of bars a, b, connected by two pairs of cross-bars c, d, and thus constrained to move parallel to one another in guides n, n<1>. The dops slide on to guides carried by the noses l, l<1>. To secure the accurate adjustment of each pair of dops with respect to the axis of the centering-tubes, a trunnion k, passing through the centres of the connecting-bars c, d, is placed in a pair of bearings a<1> independently adjustable in a standard z which can be adjusted vertically by a screw t and rotationally in a socket y. The latter adjustment is indicated by an index and scale v.
Patent GB-190109989-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Engineer's Squares.
Inventor: CHESTERMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-05-14
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 9989. Chesterman, W. May 14. Squares-In engineers' squares, to allow the blade b to be removed from the stock a and accurately replaced, eccentric washers f, fitting recesses in the blade, are placed on the fixing- screws e. Before tightening the latter, the washers are rotated to press the blade against the shoulder d.
Patent GB-190111862-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Magnetic Radio-therapeutic Treatment.
Inventor: MUELLER EUGEN KONRAD
Filed: 1901-06-10
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 11,862. M³ller, E. K. June 10. Magnetic baths.-An appliance by which the body can be treated with a variable magnetic force comprises a solenoid a supported by a frame b and surrounding an iron core c consisting of thin strips separated by paper &c. The solenoid is surrounded by a water chamber f, and the core is hollow, water &c. being circulated therein by pipes d, e. An undulating electric current of low frequency is passed through the solenoid, and the appliance is turned so as to direct the lines of magnetic force on to the patient.
Patent GB-190112518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Synchronizing Clocks
Filed: 1901-06-19
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 12,518. Webber, A. B., and Standard Time Co. June 19. Synchronizing-apparatus. -An electromagnetic lever e, with a blunt arrow-shaped end f, acts upon an incomplete ring c on the minute or seconds pinion.
Patent GB-190115512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Working of Valve-gears for Direct-acting Steam-pumps, Motors and other Engines.
Inventor: HERSCHEL ARTHUR EDWARD HARDCAS
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 15,512. Herschel, A. E. H. July 31. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-Consists of a steam distributing valve-gear in which the piston valve is moved through the first part of its stroke by a tappet on the main piston-rod, the second part of the stroke being effected by the pressure of the expanding steam admitted from the cylinder to one end of the valve.
Patent GB-190116462-A (GB)
Inventor: CHENHALLS JOHN SNELL
Filed: 1901-08-16
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 16,462. Chenhalls, J. S. Aug. 16. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims; dust-excluders.-The wooden felloe a, connected rigidly to the wheel hub, is fitted with a channel-shaped metal rim h<1>, in which an inflatable air tube c is held by an outer wooden felloe d provided with a metal base h and a rubber or like tread g. The tread is held in position by the inturned edges of side plates e, which are secured to the felloe d by bolts f and which slide on the sides of the felloe a. The side plates have grooves i in which rubber tubing, leather cord, or the like may be inserted to exclude dust or mud. In modifications, the rim h', base h, and dust-excluders may be dispensed with, and wearing-ptates k may be secured to the felloe a. The air tube may be endless or butt-ended.
Patent GB-190118019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steering Gear.
Inventor: HUTTON JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-09
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 18,019. Hutton, J. W. Sept. 9. Steering-gear.-In order that the power required to operate the helm or rudder may be at a maximum when it is amidship, Fig. 2, and gradually decrease as the exteme " hard over angle, Fig. 3, is approached, the chain-wheel or quadrant 4 is mounted at a distance from the rudderhead 1, instead of being connected directly thereto, and two sets of links or levers 5, each consisting of four pivoted members, are so interposed between the wheel or quadrant 4 and the crosshead 2 of the rudderhead that the motion is transmitted from the wheel or quadrant to the rudderhead with an increasing or decreasing leverage. A spiral spring 9 is situated between the free joints of the links or levers 5 of each set, and both springs are in compression while the rudder is in the amidship position, Fig. 2, thus balancing each other and acting as buffers to ensure smooth working. The spring buffers 9 may be replaced or supplemented by a stop or stops on the links or levers.
Patent GB-190118491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes.
Inventor: STEVENSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-09-16
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 18,491. Stevenson, A. Sept. 16. Making boxes.-In attaching metallic ends B to cardboard bodies A of boxes or canisters, the ends are dished with inclines at b, and the outer edges of the flanges are turned in and compressed against the bodies, forming beads, as shown.
Patent GB-190122788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Fixing Tiles in Grates.
Inventor: HAMILTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-12
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 22,788. Hamilton, W. Nov. 12. Tiling.-The Figure shows a sectional plan of one side of the metal framework of a grate. The tiles A are held within vertical grooves b, c, formed respectively in the front and back portions of the framework. The tiles are passed i n t o the grooves from either the top or the bottom.
Patent GB-190202546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lacing-fastenings.
Inventor: TELFER JOHN COPPELL
Filed: 1902-01-31
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 2546. Telfer, J. C. Jan. 31. Lacing -fastenings. - A series of lacing hooks or loops 1 for shoes, leggings, corsets, and the like are formed integrally with a bar or strip 6, to enable them to be counted, enamelled, and packed for transport more readily. The hooks have narrow bent ends 2 and projecting spurs 3, and are connected to the bar 6 by fingers 4. The bar may be connected to the spurs ; or the spurs on adjacent hooks may be connected by short arms.
Patent GB-190203811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: MILDON WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 3811. Mildon, W. J. Feb. 14. Signals on engines &c. ; indicators and repeaters, signal ; contacts, electric.-Two plates l, l<1>, hinged together at their adjacent ends, are mounted in guides m, m<1> on the permanent way, and are connected by the crank n and rod p &c. to the ordinary signal-operating mechanism, so that, when the signal is put to line clear,' the plates are lowered and inoperative, and when the signal is put to ' danger,' the plates are raised into position, as shown, to trip the pivoted arm i, Fig. 4, on the engine &c. A cam j on the spindle h of the arm i engages the stirrup g<1> on the vertically-movable rod g, Figs. 3 and 4, the movement of the arm by the plates l, l<1> causing the cam to draw the rod downward, to complete, by means of the contactmechanism shown in Fig. 3, the circuit of an electric bell. The contact mechanism is of the kind described in Specification No. 2570, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Signalling &c.], the circuit being completed between the contact b and the end a<1> of the lever a connected to the rod g. An adjustable spring c returns the lever a to normal position against the adjustable stop f. The plates l, l<1> may be arranged to be operated direct from the signal box, independently of the ordinary signal.
Patent GB-190205581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar Studs and Solitaires.
Inventor: REARDON WILLIAM MICHAEL EDWARD
Filed: 1902-03-06
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 5581. Reardon, W. M. E. March 6. Studs and solitaires.- Collar studs and solitaires are formed with a recessed base a and a tubular shank b into which a yielding. head can be retracted. This head is shown as formed of springs e slotted at the upper ends to receive headed pins on a plain, jewelled, or ornamented cap i, and connected at the lower ends to a runner d provided with a stem k and knob j. The runner may be omitted, and the springs bent to run in contact with the inside of the shank.
Patent GB-190206741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tube Steam Boilers.
Inventor: MEHLHORN ALFRED
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 6741. Mehlhorn, A. March 19. Water-tube boilers.-Three groups of generating- tubes I, II, III connect divided steam and water drums, as shown in Fig. 1, or separate drums, as shown in Fig. 3, external downcomers being provided, as shown in dotted lines. Feed water is supplied to the drum or division a, rises through the tube I and returns through the downcomers c, d, partly back to the division or drum a and partly to the division or drum e. The latter portion rises through the tubes II, and descends through the branched downcomers g, h, partly back to the division or drum e and partly to the drum i, and the latter portion again finally rises through the tubes III Tube walls or partitions are provided to direct the furnace gases in the path indicated by arrows, so that they act first on the hotter tubes and later on the cooler ones, moving always in an opposite direction to the currents of water. The steam drum, Fig. 1, may be divided into three compartments.
Patent GB-190213258-A (GB)
Title: Improved Life Buoy.
Inventor: BOELLING LUDWIG
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 13,258. Boelling, L. June 11. Buoys.-An inflatable life-buoy consists of a top wall 1, a bottom wall 2, central partitions 3, 4, and an airtight cover 20. The whole is held collapsed, normally, against the action of a spring 5, by the engagement of arms 16, pivoted to a rotary disc 13 turned on its pivot 14 by a handle 15, with apertures 12 in rods 11 fixed to the bottom 2. The central partitions are connected to the top and bottom walls by knee-levers 6, 7 having hooks to receive the ends of spiral springs 8, which tend to stretch the levers. Air enters at a valve 17, which may be closed by a protecting screw cap 18 having lateral channels.
Patent GB-190221443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chains for Conveyors and Elevators.
Inventor: LITTLE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1902-10-02
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 21,443. Little, A. Oct. 2. Driving and like chains.-Relates to chains for conveyers and elevators for ashes, coal, coke, &c. The inside links A', A<2> are connected by a sleeve B<1> reduced at the ends b<1>, b<2> and prevented from turning by the pin d. The joint pin C is prevented from turning in the outside links E<1>, E<2> by means of a feather f or otherwise. The wear comes on the sleeve B<1> and pin C, which can be renewed when necessary, and not on the eyes of the links. The links have flanges a, a<2>, e', e', or are otherwise formed, for attachment of buckets &c.
Patent GB-190221503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Heating and Distributing Systems
Inventor: SAVAGE GILES CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 21,503. Savagre, G. C. Oct. 3. Multiple-way valves and cocks.-A hot-water heating and distributing system is shown in Fig. 1. The boiler or reservoir A is connected with the hot-water back K by the pipe C and by the pipes D, F. The distributing-pipe E for sinks, baths, radiators, &c. is connected with the upper part of the boiler and with the casing b of the distributing- valve V; also with the back K bv the pipe M. There are two water-heating circuits in the arrangement, and the pipe M provides means for preventing thumping and bubbling of the water in the boiler due to superheating. The cold-water supply pipe B is led through the boiler, and has an aperture a near the top of the boiler to prevent drawing-off of water by a siphonic action when the supply is shut off. The fluid-controlling valve V, Fig. 2, is arranged to operate in connection with the ports for the pipes D, E, and is adapted to open one port fully and close the other or to close one to the same extent that it opens the other by means of the discs S, S', the ports being arranged on one side of a diametrical line of the casing b. The valve V is applicable as a radiator valve.
Patent GB-190224137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fertilizers and to Apparatus for Distributing the same.
Inventor: MONSON HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 24,137. Monson, H. J. Nov. 4. Drawings to Specification. Manures.-Relates to manures, more especially for cotton, maize, sugar, and the like, and consists in forming fertilizing cakes or pellets, which will swell and break up when moistened, by mixing an animal or chemical manure or both with dried rape dust, or other organic meal or dried pith from the elder or other tree or plant, and compressing the mixture into moulds. Suitable manures are ammonium superphosphate or sulphate, sodium nitrate, potassium sulphate, or other salt, and calcium sulphate, alone, or two or more in the combination.
Patent GB-190224757-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Couch and Chair.
Inventor: PATTEE HERBERT HORTON
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 24,757. Pattee, H. H., Baker, T. A., and Blair, H. H. Nov. 11. Pins, dowel.-A hinge flap 60 is provided with a flange 53 carrying a dowel pin 57 which drops into a hole in the part to which the flap 51 is secured and so prevents side shake.