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Patent GB-189919819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Drying and Cleaning Lozenges and Sweets of a like nature after they have come from the Cutting Machines.
Inventor: WHITE WILLIAM LAMBERT
Filed: 1899-10-03
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 19,819. White, W. L. Oct. 3. Sifting in apparatus for drying and cleaning lozenges &c. after they leave the cutting-machine. The lozenges are fed on to a travelling band, or shaking table or other conveyer, and fed through a chamber, heated by steam or otherwise, and subjected to the action of a current of air to blow off the dust &c. The instrument may pass on to a sieve to separate broken pieces &c., or the travelling band, which is preferably of fabric, may be sufficiently coarse to act as a sieve. Fig. 2 shows one form of apparatus, in which a table A contained within a chamber or frame B is oscillated to shake the lozenges forward. E is a steam coil for heating the air which is forced over the table by a fan D.
Patent GB-189920147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Cleaning Knives and other Articles.
Inventor: GREEN GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1899-10-07
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 20,147. Green, G. E. Oct. 7. Knives, cleaning.-A block B, formed with an undercut ridge on the top, serves as a rest for the blade while it is rubbed by an overfitting block A<2> having a handle A'.
Patent GB-189923402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Straight Bar Knitting Machines.
Inventor: WALKER JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-11-23
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 23,402. Walker, J. Nov. 23. Straight-bar knitting-machines.-The needles of straight-bar machines have a bend 1<A> made in them just behind the point of the beard. The knocking-over bits have extra hooks 3. Either or both of these improvements are employed for the purpose of ensuring the loops being held under the beards at each widening or narrowing.
Patent GB-190002221-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Nailing.
Inventor: KALINOWSKI HERMANN VON
Filed: 1900-02-03
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 2221. Kalinowski, H. von. Feb. 3. Nailing.-Relates to a nailing-device actuated by hand or power for securing the insole to the upper of a boot or shoe, or for nailing cigar boxes &c. Fig. 1 shows a hand device. The driver-bar C is automatically raised by a spring contained in the cylinder A, and has at its upper end a striking-button. The nails are contained in a receptacle Q, and are fed by an oscillating disc P to a channel N. The disc P carries a diaphragm S, which divides the nail receptacle into two unequal parts. It is oscillated by means of an arm K, which is forked at the end to engage with the twisted spindle T. The nails are delivered to the tube E, one at a time, by a pair of stops V, W, Figs. 5 and 6, secured to a slotted bar L, which is vibrated by the arm K as the bar C moves up and down.
Patent GB-190007666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Handles of Umbrellas, Walking-sticks and similar articles.
Inventor: GRABOSCH GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-04-25
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 7666. Grabosch, G. April 25. Cigar and cigarette holders. -Apparatus is provided in the handles of umbrellas, walking - sticks, and similar articles for keeping cigars or cigarettes alight. In Fig. 1 is shown a handle in the form of a human head with an open mouth capable of holding a cigar. By means of the piston-pump d operaied by the ring l smoke is exhausted through the cigar and the valve f and discharged through the valve g and the passage i which emerges from the corner of the mouth. Instead of a piston - pump, bellows, vibrating diaphragms, balls, or the like, may be used.
Patent GB-190009189-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Increasing the Durability of Chills.
Inventor: HOFMANN JUSTUS
Filed: 1900-05-18
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 9189. Hofmann, J. May 18. Casting.-The durability of chills is increased by immersing the chill in a bath of cold, and preferably running, water immediately after use, and allowing it to remain until cooled down.
Patent GB-190012604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Liquid Separators.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1900-07-12
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 12,604. Wheatley, W. H., [Sharples, P.M.]. July 12. Ball bearings for centrifugal machines. The drum a is suspended from a spindle b provided with a collar d, which rests upon balls supported by a disc g and a spring h in the cup e.
Patent GB-190103000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spittoons
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 3000. Taylor, J. Feb. 12. Spittoons are made in two parts, to facilitate cleaning. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the cover a is hinged at c to the lower part b, which is formed with a receptacle for sawdust, or is fitted with a rubber &c. disc k to form a water-tight joint when the cover is closed. A catch d locks the cover. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which the cover a is fixed to the base by pins g engaging recesses h, or by an annular projection and a groove. In some cases, projections and recesses may be used in combination with a hinge. The cover may be open, or fitted with a concave part e. In the latter case, the part e may be hinged as at f.
Patent GB-190105397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-14
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 5397. Crossley, W. J., and Coster, A. V. March 14. Gas and like engines, governing. An auxiliary cylindrical slide valve b between the admission valve a and the gas valve c and air inlet is operated to throttle the charge during the suction stroke by a stepped tappet k, which acts upon the middle joint of a pair of toggle-levers connected to the fixed pin h and the lever j. The tappet is operated by an eccentric f, and is adjusted by a governor i, which also puts the gas valve gear out of operation when the speed is very excessive. The valve b may be a rotary one.
Patent GB-190115739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Cutting the Pile of Pile Fabrics.
Inventor: HERTZOG PAUL
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 15,739. Hertzog, P. Aug. 3. Pile-cutting.-An apparatus for use in cutting the pile of pile fabrics comprises a series of circular cutters 1, and a table or support having blades 4, which can be brought into any desired position in order to support the fabric. The cutter shaft 6 is mounted adjustably in eccentric bearings. A roller 3, which carries pins or teeth and is held in position by means of ratchet-wheels and pawls, is employed for stretching the fabric. Before being cut, the "tubes" formed by the loops of the pile are opened out by means of needle-shaped openers 2, which may be actuated by means of spring-controlled sliding-bars 13 and a toothed wheel 14. Each opener has a hook 11, at its rear end, which rests against a verticallyadjustable support 12 ; this hook serves to limit the forward movement of the opener, and loose pile "tubes" may he stretched, when necessary, by lifting the openers by means of the adjustable support 12. The openers 2 may be straight, or be formed with a bent portion near the centre, or the basal parts may be in different planes for the purpose of economizing space. When the openers 2 accidentally pierce the ground fabric, the pilecutting apparatus is stopped by means of a weighted bell-crank lever 21, the boss of which presses against the stopping-handle 27. This lever is normally held in the inoperative position by a notched lever 20, the weighted end of which is supported by a lever 19, actuated by a grid 22, arranged immediately below the fabric. The openers 2, when piercing the ground fabric, strike against the grid 22 ; when they accidentally pierce the pile tubes in an upward direction, they strike a rail 29, which actuates the lever 19 by means of a pivoted lever 30. The main shaft carries fast and loose pulleys and a step pulley, whence the feed-mechanism for the fabric is driven. Both the belt-shifter of the fast and loose pulleys, and a cone or clutch for the step pulley, are connected to the handle 27, which can be adjusted so that the fast pulley and cutters are driven, while the step pulley is disengaged, or so that both can be driven simultaneously. By this means, the cutters are driven at full speed before the feed motion is started.
Patent GB-190115893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trucks
Inventor: MARTIN JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-08-07
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 15,893. Martin, J. A. Aug. 7. Hand - trucke.- Relates to trolleys for conveying barrels and boxes. On the plate A, recessed at A<1> to accommodate a barrel, are pivoted hooked levers G, G<1>, the former of which is connected to the bifurcated lever P attached to the guided rope R, which has a hook U, while the latter is detachably fixed by means of the spring lug L which engages the rack M, Fig. 4, on the lower side of the plate A supported on ball-bearing castor-wheels E. In operation, the levers G, G' grasp the barrel as in Fig. 6, the rope R is then hooked on, and the handles B depressed, causing the lever P to be raised and move the lever G to grip the barrel firmly. A frame V with a lip v is pivoted to the handles, and normally rests on the cross-piece s', but, when the truck is used for moving boxes, it is lowered into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and full lines in Fig. 7. The length of the rope R is altered by shifting the adjustable plate R<2>, which has a spur engaging one of the teeth in the rack r<1>. In a modification, the levers G, G', Fig. 7, are pivoted at x to the plate A, and rest on its upper surface, and in this case the lever G' is connected to an arm W having a stud X fitted in a slot in the lever P, which is connected to the rope R and lever G.
Patent GB-190118161-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Explosive, and Process for the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: JONES FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-11
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 18,161. Jones, F. W. Sept. 11. Explosives.-A moderator is employed consisting of a nitrotoluene having a melting-point not exceeding 40‹ C., which, when mixed with an equal weight of nitro-glycerine, will remain liquid at about 40‹ C. or less. One part of the nitrotoluene is mixed with two parts of nitro.glycerine, and the mixture is incorporated with five parts of insoluble guncotton. Two parts of acetone or other suitable solvent are then incorporated, and the mass is granulated in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190118324-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Exhibiting Kinematographic Photographs.
Inventor: PRESTWICH JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1901-09-13
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 18,324. Prestwich, J. A. Sept. 13. Stereoscopes. - Relates to kinetoscopes arranged to exhibit stereoscopic pictures. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the series of pictures is mounted on a flexible helix h carried on a rotating axle d and passes under a guide f which holds down the part that has passed so as to expose the pictures in succession. The helix may be formed from a number of discs, which are radially cut and then successively connected edge to edge as shown in Fig. 3. The pictures are viewed through an eyepiece k by reflection in a series of mirrors m or prisms mounted radially on a disc o which is revolved by gearing p<1>, p<2>, p<3>, p<4> at half the angular velocity of the helix. The helix may be given an intermittent motion, or may be viewed through slots in a revolving plate. In a modified arrangement, the pictures may be arranged helically on a rotating drum and the mirrors are mounted on an endless band. By arranging suitable pairs of pictures on the helix &c., a stereoscopic effect is produced.
Patent GB-190123708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inter-communication Telephone Systems
Inventor: BYNG MAX
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 23,708. Byng, M., and Bell, F. G. Nov. 22. Switches for centralbattery telephone intercommunication systems. Each subscriber is provided with as many line conductors as there are subscribers, and has also two connections with the common battery lines. The subscribers' lines terminate at each station in separate springs b &c. or in plates forming partial sockets for plugs adapted to be connected to the home instruments by a plate c through a plug P, Fig. 2. The plug is split and preferably expanded at the end, and may have an additional fixed or spring plunger contact for making contact with the calling plate d.
Patent GB-190124635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Elevating Platforms and the like.
Inventor: JAMES HENRY BENSON
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 24,635. James, H. B. June 4, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Lifts. - Relates to means for opening and closing lazy-tongs frames of the kind described in Specification No. 5285, A.D. 1900. A shaft G, formed with right and left handed screw threads, works through nuts or internal threads of cross-bars c of the lazy - tongs frame b, and is rotated by worm gearing E and a sleeve F within which the shaft slides longitudinally. The upper links of the frame bare connected to the platform A by links C, which allow for expansion and contraction.
Patent GB-190126379-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flux for Brazing.
Inventor: HUTH GEORGE
Filed: 1901-12-24
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 26,379. Huth, G., [Pich, F.]. Dec. 24. Soldering and brazing.-A flux for hard soldering or brazing consists of a mixture of a suitable phosphate, such as sodium phosphate, with a substance such as boric acid or silica, which will liberate phosphoric acid when raised to the brazing temperature. The phosphoric acid is assisted as a flux by the sodium borate or silicate produced by the reaction.
Patent GB-190202174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Ozone.
Inventor: HOYNE JAMES FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1903-02-27
Abstract: 2174. Hoyne, J. F. Jan. 27. Ozone.-Oxygen from an electrolytic:cell h, or a mixture of it with air, is passed by a fan b through a casing c, in which are glass tubes a, wound externally with conducting-wires connected to one terminal of a transformer ; cooling water or air is passed through the tubes in series, by means of rubber connections a<1>, and they also contain helical or straight wires connected to the other terminal of the transformer. The external conducting- wires may be wound openly with thin wire, to assist in the production of uniform brush discharges. The fan b may be driven by an electric motor j. The Provisional Specification describes a similar apparatus in which the oxygen and air pass through the tubes, no water being used.
Patent GB-190202198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements Applicable to the Outside Seats of Tramway and other Cars, and the like.
Inventor: STEWART ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 2198. Stewart, A., and Sellers, F. Jan. 28. Seat and seat backs.-The tramway or other car seat a, mounted on pivots b arranged vertically above the pivots c of the reversible back, tilts, when vacated, into one of the positions shown, and is protected from rain by the guard rail ex.
Patent GB-190207567-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Gauge for Locomotive Boilers
Inventor: KOHNERT RUDOLPH
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 7567. Kohnert, R. March 29. Gauge glasses; gaugeg l a ss fittings. - The glass tube is contained in a slotted sleeve a having sockets c at the ends to contain packing and carry the connections l. The packing consists of rubber rings f, f packing rings g, g<1> and screwrings h, h', the lower one of which supports the glass tube. The upper socket is closed by a screw-cap e, and the lower one by a test tap i.
Patent GB-190208687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filtering, Humidifying and Cooling Air.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 8687. Davidson, S. C. April 14. Moistening; filtering.-The air is forced or drawn by a fan H through a revolving drum A covered with foraminous material partly immersed in a vessel of water K. Cooling or heating-fluid may be circulated through pipes M in the liquid, which alters the temperature of the air and causes it to absorb or deposit moisture. Steam may be supplied by pipes R, to increase the humidity as the air leaves the drum. The apparatus is suitable for use in hospitals in the tropics.
Patent GB-190209890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Steel and the like, applicable also for USe in Melting Metals.
Inventor: WILLS EDWIN COOPER
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 9890. Wills, E. C., and Evans, H. April 29. Foundry ladles.-An apparatus for use in making steel and the like and applicable for melting brass, bronze, &c., comprises a cupola 1, of ordinary construction, and a removable vessel or converter 14 with a ladle 15. The vessel 14 is connected by straps 26, 27 to extensions 24, 25 respectively of rotary frames 11, 20, which surround the cupola and carry rollers 10, 21, travelling upon sinuous tracks 7, 18. Rollers 13, 23 mounted upon the frames 11, 20 respectively assist in keeping the converter in position. A telescopic spout 28 serves to conduct molten metal from the cupola to the ladle, when extended so as to pass through a door 30 on the vessel 14. Blast is conveyed by pipes 33, 38, 39 to the cupola, vessel, and ladle, respectively, through an air belt 35, adjustable tuyÞres 42, and tuyÞres 43. The tuyÞres 42 are made of firebricks arranged side by side and held by a frame or other suitable means 48 ; the tuyÞres are provided with handles 49 which pass through stuffing-boxes 50. The tuyeres 43 are formed in the upper parts of the walls of the ladle. The ladle may be supported by a carriage 45 and, if desired, the vessel 14 may be mounted upon standards.
Patent GB-190215020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flags for Signalling Purposes.
Inventor: BRUEDERLE JOHANN
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1903-07-04
Abstract: 15,020. Br³derle, J. July 5. Signals, flag, for military signalling, are made with jointed frames for folding up to facilitate transport. The foot 3 is linked to the central rod 2, the lateral arms 4, 5, 6, 7 connect the central rod with the side rods 8, 9, while the square flag is fixed by its edges to the side rods. The flag folds so that the foot 3 and side rods 8, 9 rest along the central rod 2. A blade spring 10 secures the foot in position when the flag is opened out. According to the Provisional Specification, the central rod is fixed to a sleeve which slides in the handle tube. The handle tube has a slit to receive a guiding-pin of the sleeve, which has a bottom plate and disc serving as an abutment for a spiral spring inside the handle tube. A rod terminating in a knob projects from the sleeve disc through the bottom of the handle tube, and a stop pin is provided near the upper end of the rod.
Patent GB-190224842-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Delivering Paper or other Material Adapted to the Purposes of Wrapping or Printing to Wrapping and other Machines.
Inventor: BENNETT CHARLES
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 24,842. Bennett, C., and Lewis, H. Nov. 12. Feeding sheets.-Relates to means for the feeding of single slips or sheets of paper or other material to printing and other machines. A pile of sheets b, Fig. 4, is supported on a platform c, which slides vertically in a receptacle a, and is urged upwards by a spring i connected to the platform by a cord or chain g passing over a pulley h. Above the pile b rotates a drum k provided with three or more flexible longitudinal ribs or vanes l, l<1>, l<11>. Each rib is thinner than its predecessor. The thickest rib l may be provided with spikes. A wooden or metal piece m prevents the front ends of the sheets from rising, while the back ends are held by a spike nr knife, which moves in vertical guides and is pressed downwards by a spring p. A metal frame q, Fig. 2, carrying a rack, is provided with slots which move over pins s on the receptacle a. A pawl u, pivoted to the platform, is forced by a spring into engagement with the rack. A masking-piece v, which normally holds the pawl clear of the rack, is connected to the frame q by a pin w on the latter engaging a slot x in the masking-piece The piece v is also provided with slots y, which engage with the pins s and are so shaped that the masking-piece moves outwards as it moves downwards, and so allows the pawl to engage with the rack. The frame q is depressed during each revolution by a crank A, on the drum shaft k<1>, which comes in contact with a piece C attached to the frame. As the rack moves downwards, the pawl engages with the rack and so causes the depression of the platform. As the rack rises, the masking strip releases the pawl from the rack, allowing the latter to rise with some force under the influence of the weight or spring, and ensuring that some of the sheets are impaled on the spike or knife. The top sheet is then carried forwards by the ribs on the drum. The sheets are fed down a shoot to a couveyer band or other contrivance which feeds them to the desired machine. The apparatus is positively driven from the machine to which the sheets are fed. When used for feeding a printing-machine a pulley E, Fig. 1, on the drum shaft drives by a belt a pulley F, on the shaft H of which is secured a rubber-covered roller. The shaft H rotates at one end of a lever, the other end of which carries a roller M which bears against a cam N on the drum shaft. A spring 0 keeps the roller against the cam. The belt is kept tight by a roller R carried by a spring- actuated lever P. A roller U is carried under the table D. As a sheet is expelled from the apparatus by the drum, the cam rais s the roller on the shaft H from the roller U until the sheet has reached the latter roller, when the roller descends and the sheet is fed forwards between the two rollers.
Patent GB-190227334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Pertaining to Gates and the like
Inventor: STEPHENS HUGH TAYLOR
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 27,334. Stephens, H. T. Dec. 11. Gates and gateposts. - To prevent rotting of the gate posts and bars, the ends are fitted in sockets of metal shoes and caps D, and may be secured by cross-bolts H, and caulked o r formed with shoulders or reduced ends to prevent the entrance of moisture into the shoes. The shoes and caps may be formed with inclined sockets for the reception of diagonal bars of the gate, and with eyes or sockets K, adapted to turn on pivots L projecting from plates M bolted to the hanging post. Perforations may be made in the sockets to allow the ends F of the bars E to be mortised into the post B. A projection V of the shoe D rides on an inclined surface of a rising-hinge P at either side of the closed position of the gate, and bears against a stop P' when the gate is opened. For other forms of hinges, the shoes are made with the requisite projections or fittings.