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Patent GB-189817038-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device to be Applied to Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: BROWNE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1898-08-08
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 17,038. Browne, A., [Barnard, H. R.]. Aug. 8. Tobacco pipes.-Relates to a device to be applied to pipes, by which the bowl can be readily emptied. A plate d is placed in the bowl, in which it is held by clips and by the end f of a spring g which engages the bore h. In a vertical slot in the plate d slides a piece c to which is hinged a plate e perforated for the passage of the smoke. The piece c may be pulled up or pushed down, carrying with it the plate e.
Patent GB-189818142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tube Steam Boilers.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-08-23
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 18 142. Thompson, W. P., [Stevens, J. A.]. Aug.23. Steam-generator furnaces.-Relates to land and marine boilers with inclined, or both inclined and vertical, water tubes. There are three steam drums and two water drums arranged longitudinally. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, these drums are connected by inclined generating- tubes, and by downcomers, not shown, at each end. The steam drums are connected together by pipes 6, 6<1>, and the spaces between them are covered by arches 7, 7. Flame bridges or baffles 8, 8 occupy the spaces between the two banks of inclined tubes on each side, and baffles 9, 9 extend downwards outside the outer banks of tubes. The steam drums are supported by hangers 31, 31. The water drums rest on hollow supports which, like the lower part of the transverse division wall, are formed with passages for the supply of air under forced or natural draught to the furnace, and fitted with doors. Air passages opening above the grate are formed also in the front and back walls. A transverse wall divides the furnace chamber into two separate parts, and a central longitudinal wall may be provided to further divide each of these parts into two. These walls may be formed of refractory material with water tubes embedded therein, of water legs and connecting water boxes, or of water tubes the spaces between which are filled with tiles. These water tubes or water legs connect the steam and water drums. Bridge walls 14<1> protect the inner banks of tubes from the fire. When the central longitudinal wall is used, a third water drum of smaller dimensions is located beneath it. In modified arrangements, the outer banks of water tubes are vertical. The course of the furnace gases is indicated by arrows.
Patent GB-189822085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Conductors and Collectors for Electric Railways.
Inventor: MYERS CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1898-10-20
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 22,085. Myers, C. H. Oct. 20. Electric railways on the third-rail system. Conductors; conduits.-The conductor 3 is protected by hinged sections 5, 6, which leave a slot for the collector and may be held by stays 10 secured by locks 11. Collectors.-The arm 16 carrying the wheel is pivoted in brackets 18 on the underside of a turntable 21. It is depressed by a spring 19, or is lifted by a chain and wheel 23 worked by a hand-lever 25.
Patent GB-189902262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Venting and to the Prevention of Waste Due to the Fermentation of Liquids in or in their Withdrawal from Casks.
Inventor: HARGREAVES JAMES
Filed: 1899-02-01
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 2262. Hargreaves, J. Feb. 1. Vent pegs and venting; filling w i t h liquids; overflow fittings.-A hollow peg I, which is threaded for insertion into the bunghole of a cask, has a chamber J provided with an opening at one side which is closed by a valve L on the screw spindle M. The aperture opens into a tube a, which may serve for venting or through which liquid may be returned to the cask, or through which liquid may be conveyed from the cask to an overflow vessel. The top of the peg I may be connected with tubes leading to the draw-off pump or to another vessel. Modifications are described in which the peg is mounted on the draw-off pipe leading from the tap, several such devices being connected with one another and with different casks. The connections are in all cases suitably provided with cocks &c.
Patent GB-189906855-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Kit-knife.
Inventor: PRIESTMAN EDWIN
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 6855. Priestman, E. March 30. Combination tools.-A food knife A for travellers is formed with a short back edge B to serve also as a chopper.
Patent GB-189909740-A (GB)
Title: A Tool for Use when Opening Wooden Boxes and such like.
Inventor: HELLMERING CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 9740. Hellmering, C. F. C., and Knoop, F. D. May 9. Box-openers and like prising-tools; nail-extractors. -A solid rod a or tube is formed at one end with a prising-chisel c, and at the other with a tubular part d<1> sharpened at g and formed with a tapering slot f for extracting nails. The rod a may be bent at d as shown, or left straight throughout.
Patent GB-189913805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1899-07-04
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 13,805. Imray, O., [Wilson, F. C.]. July 4. Acetylene.-The carbide charge is divided into small portions, each portion being placed in a small receptacle floating in water. These receptacles are automatically and successively submerged completely in the water. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the water tank A, charged with water through the funnel a, contains the generating-chamber B, which has a removable cover B' through which a drawer C' can be inserted or withdrawn. Within the drawer are placed the small carbide receptacles C, each having an opening c' and an interior passage c, and each floating on the water, which enters through the tube A<1> and an opening c<2> in to the drawer. Above the carbide receptacles is an inclined rectangular frame D. As the water rises. it overflows into that receptacle which is beneath the lowest end of the frame. This receptacle immediately sinks, acetylene is generated, and the water is partly driven back to the tank A. When the pressure in the generator falls, water again enters, and overflows into, and causes to sink, the second receptacle, and so on until all the floating receptacles have been submerged. The frame D may be horizontal, in which case the openings into the floating carbide receptacles are arranged at different levels. In another form, the generating- chamber, such as B, is provided with water from an overhead tank, the outlet valve of which is automatically turned on by a projection from the gas-holder bell, as the latter falls. In this case, the carbide receptacles have water inlet holes of different heights, and the receptacles float with their top surfaces touching the underside of the top of the generator. In another form, the carbide support is carried within and by the gas-holder bell, the carbide receptacles floating at different heights by means of an inclined bar. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the carbide receptacles C, moving within guides c', float against a hinged frame C<3> normally held up at one end by a float c<5>, but pressed downwards, as the bell falls, by a rod c<6> the top end of which is pushed downwards by the top of the bell. To ensure that the sudden generation of gas shall not prevent a receptacle from receiving sufficient water to completely submerge it, a compartment may be formed in each carbide receptacle into which sufficient water for the purpose will flow before any of the water reaches the carbide.
Patent GB-189916190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mouth-piece for Moth and Dust-proof Bags.
Inventor: SHORT ROSA MARY
Filed: 1899-08-09
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 16,190. Short, R. M. Aug. 9. Clothes-hanging apparatus.-In an arrangement for hanging clothes within paper bags, the mouth of the bag A is closed by a wooden stopper B provided with hooks E, F, the stopper being further secured by wooden flaps C and a rubber band I.
Patent GB-189916285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plugs for Telephone Switchboards.
Inventor: PEARMAIN ERNEST DOUGLAS
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 16,285. Pearmain, E. D. Aug. 10. Switches.-The body of a plug is split at the rear end and is tapered on the outside so as to allow of drawing together to clamp the covering of the flexible cord. The Figure shows the complete plug ; the metal is held from rotating by a pin on the plug body. A pin on the ring b also engages in a slot in the fibre cover a. h, h<1> are nuts for holding the cover and ring in position.
Patent GB-189918132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clocks, more particularly in Electric Winding-mechanism therefor.
Inventor: GETTY FRED ISAAC
Filed: 1899-09-07
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 18,132. Getty, F. I. Sept. 7. Electric clocks; maintaining power.-A movement controlled by a pendulum is driven by a pair of weighted ratchet levers 31 and 32 bearing pawls 33 and 34 which act on ratchet-wheels 29 and 30. The levers are alternately lifted by an electromagnet 45, having. a lever armature 48 which is connected by a link 49 to a pin 50 engaging in discs 36 and 41 on the hubs of the levers. These discs are cams which alternately mask the ratchet-wheels and simultaneously let fall a circuit-closing arm 56. The gravity levers are thrown up against a pivoted padded stop 67.
Patent GB-189918805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Apparatus chiefly Designed for use in connection with Machines for Making Paper-bags.
Inventor: HOELSCHER HERMANN
Filed: 1899-09-18
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 18,805. H÷lscher, H. Sept. 18. Printing-apparatus combined with paper-bag making machines rotary machines.-Relates to printing apparatus chiefly designed for use in connection with machines for making paper bags and the like. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus applied to a paper-bag making machine. The paper bag cut and folded from the continuous tube is fed by rollers 1, 2 to endless bands 4 running on rollers 3, 6, &c. These bands convey the paper until it is stopped by a cross-bar 8<x>, and its front end is then pressed down to a pair of rollers 8 by a slide 7. The rollers 8 conduct the paper, after pressing the folded end to complete the bag, to the rotary type cylinder 10 and gripper cylinder 9. After passing between the printing cylinders 9, 10 the printed bags are delivered by tapes 22. The grippers of the cylinder 9 are provided with an electric contact arrangement which closes a circuit containing a magnet 42 when no paper bag is fed to the grippers, and throws-off the impression by causing the cylinder 9 to move away from the cylinder 10. The shaft 46 of the cylinder 9 is journalled in arms 23 pivoted at 24, and on the shaft 46 is a cam disc 25 engaging a disc 29 on a shaft journalled in arms 28 pivoted at 27. The bearing-arms 23 are normally held stationary by hooked locking-levers 32 on a shaft 31. On the shaft 31 is an arm 33 connected by a rod 34 to one arm of a bell-crank lever 36, the other arm of which is normally engaged by a shoulder on an arm 40 on the armature 41 of the magnet 42. When the magnet 42 is energized, owing to failure in the feed of a sheet to the grippers, the arm 40 releases the horizontal arm of the bell crank 36, which drops until a roller 37 thereon rests in a recess in a cam disc on the shaft 46. This movement of the lever 36 disengages the locking-levers 32 from the bearing-arms 23 and engages them with the bearing-arms 28. The arms 28 are thus locked, and as the cylinder 9 rotates the discs 25, 29 operated to move the cylinder 9 away from the cylinder 10. The circuit of the magnet 42, which includes a battery, is closed by a pair of contacts in the gripper bar engaged by one of the grippers when no sheet is fed. The grippers are on a shaft operated by a toothed segment oscillated by a fixed cam disc. The cylinder 10 is inked by the apparatus 11. The various parts of the machine are driven by suitable gearing partly shown in Fig. 1 by the broken lines. The slide 7 is operated by arms 68 of a shaft 67 rocked by an arm 69 and rod 70 connected to a crank on the shaft 58.
Patent GB-189919138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Neck Ties and the like.
Inventor: HUNT JESSE ORRA
Filed: 1899-09-22
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 19,138. Hunt, J. O. Sept. 22. Necktie fastenings. -An appliance for securing neckties and the like to collar studs consists of a plate adapted to be stitched by holes 14 to the back of the tie and formed with a forked arm 12 to which is secured, by means of a rivet 26<a>, a thickened portion 23 formed on the arm 12, and an arm 19 bent round, as shown, a spring 22. The upper ends of the spring 22 are adapted to spring over the shank of the stud, and secure the tie in place. In a modification, the arm 12 is sufficiently short to allow of the arm 19 and the rivet 26<a> being dispensed with, the spring being held in place by means of lugs formed on the arm 12.
Patent GB-190002112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windows.
Inventor: THOM ROBERT RIACH
Filed: 1900-02-02
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 2112. Thom, R. R., and McCall, S. Feb. 2. Cleats or holders. - Side chains or cords D, fixed to a window head and sill, pass through eccentric holders or cleats G, carried by the top rails of the sashes. The cords are released, to allow the sash to open or close, by pressing knobs g of the eccentrics. A spring G may be used, to cause the eccentric to force the cord against a pulley e.
Patent GB-190002773-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Instantaneously Stopping Alarm Clocks.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-02-12
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 2773. Imray, O., [Hamburg-Amerikanische Uhren-Fabrik]. Feb. 12. Alarms.-To allow the alarm action of an American clock to be easily arrested, a detent lever W is provided at the top of the clock to hold the hammer h off the bell g when pressed down. Owing to the friction at its fulcrum S, the detent remains in contact with the hammer till moved back to its initial position. The drawings to the Specification show a number of forms of detent, all, however, designed for operation by vertical pressure.
Patent GB-190004102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fastening or Operating Devices for Lift Doors.
Inventor: KURTZIG HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-03-03
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 4102. Kurtzig, H. March 3. Lifts, well doors for. The top of the cage carries a spring catch e, which, as the cage approaches a landing, strikes and engages with a projecting catch c on the sliding door and thus raises the latter. As the cage ascends further, the catch c is forced back out of engagement into a recess g in the frame, thus having the door free to descend under gravity. For operation during descent, a catch on the bottom of the cage engages in a similar way with a sliding catch attached to the door by a rope passing over pulleys.
Patent GB-190019314-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the "Heading Motion" of Looms for Weaving
Inventor: BYROM JOHN LEWIS
Filed: 1900-10-29
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 19,314. Byrom, J. L., Byrom, B. F., and Winterbottom, F. Oct. 29. Loom shedding-motions.-Relates to the heading- motions of looms, for weaving shawls and like goods, of the kind known as " Hollingworth and " Knowles jacquard looms." A laterally-adjustable cross-bar h is attached to a bracket g and secured in position by means of a thumb-screw i, or other means. The rollers e of the chain for actuating the jack-levers b are mounted loosely upon the cross-rods of the chain, and are allowed a little lateral play to facilitate the operation of guides or arms k, which are secured to the bent ends of the cross-bar h. This cross-bar is adjusted by the attendant, when it is necessary to weave either the ground pattern or cross-borders or headings.
Patent GB-190022821-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Circular Fan for Ventilation and the like.
Inventor: SIDEBOTTOM HENRY
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 22,821. S i d e - bottom, H. Dec. 14. Fans, centrifugal. Around the edge of a circular rotating plate a, a series of curved vanes or blades c are fixed. Each of these vanes is constructed with an edge c', which continues the angle or slope of the cone b with which the centre of the plate is occupied. The effect is that, when the fan is in motion, air is drawn in, as shown by the arrow, at the apex of the cone, passed along its sides, and discharged by the vanes. In a double form of fan, a cone with vanes is fixed upon each face of the plate.
Patent GB-190103629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacks for Lifting Purposes.
Inventor: FARNSWORTH ERNEST RICHARD
Filed: 1901-02-20
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 3629. Farnsworth, E. R. Feb. 20. Lifting - jacks. - A screw c, mounted centrally in the stand, engages a nut g carried by ball bearings l situated between the nut and the stand. The nut is foimed either as a worm - wheel or a bevel-wheel, and is rotated by a short crank shaft i carrying a worm or a pinion as the case may be. The screw c may have a loose top and a projecting foot f.
Patent GB-190103871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Moustache Guards for Drinking Purposes.
Inventor: KRIMER MOSES LAZAR
Filed: 1901-02-22
Granted: 1902-03-22
Abstract: 3871. Krimer, M. L., and Andrew, W. M. Feb. 22. Moustache guards; spoons.- Relates to a moustache guard which may be detachably mounted on a cup or on a bowl of a spoon. In one form Fig. 1, the moustache guard G forms part of the handle of a spoon ; and, when applied to a cup, the spoon is reversed and is held in position on the mouth of the cup by a stop a. Fig. 6 shows a detachable guard G fitted to a spoon. Fig. 9 shows a detachable guard G fitted to a cup.
Patent GB-190106183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Methods of making Joints and supporting same for Sanitary and other Pipes.
Inventor: LEWIS CARACTACUS
Filed: 1901-03-25
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 6183. Lewis, C. March 25. Spigot - and - socket joints; jointing-apparatus. - The chair shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is made of concrete, cement, fireclay, iron, or other material, and is adapted to support and fit round the spigot end and the socket end of two sanitary or other pipes to be joined together as shown in Fig. 4. Annular spaces a, b are provided in the chair. The lower part of the joint is made by pouring cement or other material into the space a, and the upper part of the joint by fixing covers to the top of similar sections to the chair or in the ordinary way. The chair serves to make a firm bed for the pipes.
Patent GB-190106864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Forming, Shaping, Planing and like Tools for Cutting Metals.
Inventor: LOSCHER ALBERT PAUL
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 6864. Loscher, A. P., and Bailey, A. J. April 2. Tools and tool-holders ; planing and shaping.-A tool for profiling work in lathes, planing and shaping machines, &c. is formed of a number of discs b mounted on a spindle a. The diameters of the discs are turned down to suit the work d to be machined, and a longitudinal slot cut along them. The cutting-edge is then formed by suitably backing off one edge of the slot, and the discs are then displaced angularly to different extents and secured together by a key and clamp nuts or by the taper pins c and nuts shown, the tool having a sinuous cutting-edge. The tool is held longitudinally on the spindle by a T-headed bolt e. For turning, the tool is rotated against the work by worm-gearing g,f or other suitable means, while for planing &c. the tool is angularly advanced at the commencement of each stroke. Each disc may have more than one cutting-edge, to both rough out and finish castings &c. For large tools such as would be used for forming cone &c. pulleys, cast-iron discs with inserted cutting-edges may be used. A burnishing effect may be produced by frictional contact between the plain parts of the discs and the work. When the diameter of the work differs considerably at different points, the discs may be arranged to cut one size of diameter first, the speed of rotation of the work being changed to cut other sizes.
Patent GB-190108082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras and the like.
Inventor: BARTLETT EDWIN DREW
Filed: 1901-04-19
Granted: 1902-04-19
Abstract: 8082. Bartlett, E. D. April 19. Cameras; change - boxes. - Relates to a camera with a holder and changing-apparatus for cut films. The films are mounted on a pivoted plate A, Fig. 2, as in the holder described in Specification No. 15,722, A.D. 1900. The band D, which holds the films in position, is wound on to a spool G when the holder A is turned through a half revolution, and delivers the exposed film into a drawer F. The band has a series of numbers which pass over the peep-hole G<5> under the plate G<4>. The body C<4> of the camera moves outwards to allow the film holder A to rotate, and is brought back by springs C<5>. By pulling out the rod F<3>, the cover F<1> is first drawn over the mouth of the drawer, a catch is then automatically released, and the drawer is pulled out. Modifications of the apparatus are described, in which the holder A is rotated by the movement of the body C<4> acting on a star-wheel ; in which the holder A is at the back of the camera and the drawer F in front of it ; and in which there is a well of sheet metal behind the holder and above the drawer.
Patent GB-190108619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Valves
Inventor: WATROUS EARL G
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 8619. Watrous, E. G. April 26. Water waste preventers.-In regulator valves to be fixed in the service-pipe, such as described in Specification No. 19,628, A.D. 1899, the communication between the inlet chamber D and the outlet chamber E is regulated by a valve I, mounted on a hollow stem H, upon which, below the valve, a flanged collar K is screwed. The upper end of the stem carries a piston G, which works in the retarding-chamber F, this chamber communicating with a cushioning-chamber by a time-screw U and with the outlet D by the hollow stem H. The latter passage is normally closed by a valve T carried by the rod P, with the lower end of which the operating-lever Q engages. The communication between the chambers D and N is regulated by a loose collar 0 bearing on a seat M. When the valve is operated automatically the depression of the seat raises the valve stem, and in doing so first opens the valve T to allow the water to escape from the chamber F. Water from the supply then flows into the chamber N, and the main valve opening is closed by the flange K. When the seat is again liberated, the main valve slowly closes as the water passes from the chamber N to the chamber F through the time-passage U.
Patent GB-190110508-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Link or Coupling-rod for Transmitting Motion
Inventor: ADCOCK ERNEST
Filed: 1901-05-30
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 10,508. Adcock, E. May 30. Cards. punching, -Relates to a telescopic link, the two parts of which may be locked together when it is required to transmit motion, or unlocked, so as to be capable of sliding the one in the other, when no motion is to be transmitted, particularly applicable to machines, such as jacquardcard piano punching-machines, which it is desired to drive either by hand or foot, or by power, at the will of the operator. The lever a, connected to a punch head and to a treadle, has jointed to it at b one member c of the link ; the other member k is jointed to a driving-crank l. The part k is formed with a notch o and slides in the part c, which is in the form of a sheath and has a slot c' in one of its sides. A slide e, fitted in guides d, d<1> on the sheath, is formed with a tongue h, which enters the slot c' and may be drawn, by means of a cord or otherwise, to cause the tongue to enter the notch o, as in the movement of the parts it passes the slot, and thus to lock the two parts together. Springs are provided to draw the slide out of action.