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Patent GB-189902505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Steel Billet Heating Furnaces.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-02-03
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 2505. James, R. W., [American Stoker Co.]. Feb. 3. Heating-furnaces for steel.-Relates to continuous billet-heating furnaces heated by solid fuel which is supplied by underfeed stokers. Two arrangements of furnace are described, one with a single fireplace as shown in Fig. 1 for heating both the tops and bottoms of the billets, and the other, Fig. 4, with two separate fireplaces for heating the tops and bottoms, respectively. The billets rest in their passage through the furnace on rails 10 which support their ends, and they are fed in continuous succession from trucks 15 by steam cylinders 7 or other suitable means. The heated billets slide down inclines 13, and are received on rotating rollers 14 which carry them to the side of the furnace. Underfeed stokers are indicated at 6, 6, in both Figures.
Patent GB-189908998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for Beds and Baby Carriages.
Inventor: BOLDT HERMANN
Filed: 1899-04-29
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 8998. Boldt, H. April 29. Perambulators.-Relates to means for retaining the occupants of children's carriages. The cover c over which the ordinary bedclothes are spread is secured by screws e to rods a, b, which are lashed by cords g to rings h in the framing.
Patent GB-189910459-A (GB)
Title: A Method or Process for Packing and Preserving Aseptic or Sterilized Materials.
Inventor: GERRARD ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-18
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 10,459. Gerrard, A. W. May 18. Packing surgical dressings and instruments, drugs, food, &c.-The articles are wrapped in cotton, wood wool, wool, linen, silk, jute, or the like, or mixtures of these substances or fabrics woven from them, and are then sterilized. The Provisional Specification states that the articles may be sterilized before packing.
Patent GB-189912767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Coin Freed Electricity Meters.
Inventor: BEAUMONT FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1899-06-19
Granted: 1900-06-19
Abstract: 12,767. Beaumont, F. J. June 19. Quantity meters.-A coin-freed meter moves a switch Q to insert a resistance a in circuit when the quantity paid for has been supplied, as described in Specification No. 17,523, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Coin-freed apparatus &c.], but the resistance is now made variable inversely to the current being supplied, in order that the dimming of lamps may not vary with the number of lamps in circuit. For this purpose the current passes through a solenoid d, moving a core and lever b in opposition to a spring ; the lever either compresses a pile of carbon blocks a, or moves over the contacts of a divided resistance. This variable resistance is placed in circuit with the lamps through a contact X and a projection W on the switch Q, when the switch is leaving a main contact V which ordinarily short-circuits the resistance. If current continues to be taken without payment, the projection W leaves the contact X, opening the circuit. The switch Q may be moved by a connection L, K with a sliding rod G, carrying a pinion F, which is operated in one direction by a worm E turned by the coin mechanism, and in the other by a second worm I turned by the measuring-apparatus.
Patent GB-189916324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Lamps.
Inventor: JONES LLEWELYN
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 16,324. Jones, L. Aug. 10. Wick-tubes.-To prevent the ignition of any vapour which may accumulate in the upper part of the reservoir c, the wick is enclosed in a stout tube e, attached to, and removable with, the burner b. The tube, which extends nearly to the bottom of the reservoir, has perforations in the bottom f for the admission of oil to feed the wick, and small perforations in the upper end d to equalize the pressure in the tube and in the reservoir. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the parts b, d, e, f are screwed together, but the parts may be soldered or otherwise attached, or the tube may be made in one piece.
Patent GB-189920934-A (GB)
Title: The Synthetic Production Of India Rubber.
Inventor: CORDNER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1899-10-19
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 20,934. Cordner, W. J. Oct. 19. India-rubber substitutes. - A material which "possesses all the qualities of india-rubber " is made from the latex of tabernaemontana crassa, and china grass or rhea fibre, the proportion of latex being 72 to 80 per cent. of the materials used. A hard material like vulcanite may be produced. The fibre is first desiccated to remove volatile matter, and well mixed with the latex by working through rolls at 120‹ F. The mixture is then heated in an oven at temperatures rising from 300‹, and maintained at about 360‹ for two hours. after which it is again worked in the hot rolls and simultaneously mixed with 5 to 8 per cent. of sulphur, or manganese borate, potassium permanganate, or other oxidizing-material ; 10 per cent. of balata may be added. After standing 48 hours, the material is steamed for two or three hours under pressure.
Patent GB-189922636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Engines.
Inventor: DAWSON CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1899-11-13
Granted: 1901-02-13
Abstract: 22,636. Dawson, C. E. Nov. 13. Centrifugal governors.-An oilengine governor comprises a number of weights 30 pivoted at 34 to a disc and held together by an endless spring 37 passing round their guidepins. The weights act directly on the rod 38 of a throttle valve.
Patent GB-190004676-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Product obtained by the Solution of Ozone in Petroleum
Inventor: OTTO MARIUS
Filed: 1900-03-12
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 4676. Otto, M. March 12. Medicines; disinfectants.-A product which may be used for disinfecting or the treatment of skin diseases is prepared by passing ozonized air or ozonized oxygen into petroleum at 15‹ C.
Patent GB-190005802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Wrapping and Packing Goods.
Inventor: HOLROYD JOHN
Filed: 1900-03-28
Granted: 1901-03-28
Abstract: 5802. Holroyd, J. March 28. Parcelling soap, chocolate, &c.-Single tablets or articles are arranged in paper and secured by a gummed or waxed band, and may be fed to another machine, where they may be automatically grouped and enclosed in another wrapper. Soap, toffee, chocolate, boxes of pills, bottles of medicine, and tins of tea, coffee, &c. can be wrapped up in the machine. The articles A are fed along a shoot 33 by a plunger 34, and, issuing at 35, are pushed along a channel 36 on to a paper blank B by a lever 37, until it is arrested by a stop 55, Fig. 8. The paper is fed from a roll 1 by rolls 3, which are stopped when the knife 7 is in operation by a latch 13 engaging a wheel 8 on the roll shaft. It is seized by jaws 25 at the end of the lever 16 and drawn over the channel 36, and is laid down by arms 59, 52, and a rod hanging from a lever. The paper is folded over the top of the article by folders 65, worked from below the table, and the triangular plungers 75, 76 descend and force the ends of the packet through holes 77, 78 in the table, and fold them as shown in Fig. 6, the stop 55, Fig. 8, being allowed to fall to clear the plungers. Wedges 87, 88 pass beneath the packet when the plungers 75, 76, and the stops 79, 80 which they operate, are raised, and lift the packet out of the trough 36, after which it is struck by the end of the lever 16 and forced into a shoot 92, whence it is fed away in a direction at right-angles by a lever 94. The packets are grouped for further packeting side bv side, one over another on to one wrapper, and when placed one over another the supporting-table is dropped as each packet is added ; the wrapper is then folded as before, and is secured by a gummed band.
Patent GB-190013170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
Inventor: MURTON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-07-21
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 13,170. Murton, W. H., Varley, W. S., and Murton, E. July 21. Washing-machines.-The tub or receptacle a is fitted with an agitator, preferably having arms c, which is detachably connected to the end of a vertical shaft h working in a stuffing-box and driven by toothed gearing from a shaft o. The shaft o receives a reciprocating motion from a toothed quadrant q gearing with a pinion p and oscillated by a handle r. The agitator carries a stem d, which works in a bearing f secured on the fixed half lid a<11>. The bearing is arranged to open, as shown, to allow the removal of the agitator. In a modification, the shaft o is driven through an endless chain by a hand-wheel. In another arrangement, a hand-wheel and endless chain are used, but the driven chain-wheel actuates a toothed segment through a connecting-rod &c., the toothed segment giving an oscillating motion to a pinion on the shaft o. Guards are provided to cover the gearing.
Patent GB-190101087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters.
Inventor: ATKINSON LLEWELYN BIRCHALL
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 1087. Atkinson, L. B. Jan. 16. Quantity meters.-A reversible electrolytic meter, for use in circuit with a storage battery, is provided with a shunt circuit which is closed when the current passes in one direction, and opened when it passes oppositely. In one arrangement, a maincurrent electromagnet acts on a pivoted electromagnet or permanent magnet carrying contacts to connect a fixed resistance in parallel with the electrolytic cell, when charging-current is being supplied to the battery ; the parallel circuit is broken while the battery is being discharged. In modifications, the electrolytic cell k is in series with a resistance s, and this combination is in parallel with a main resistance m and the coil a of the electromagnet, the contacts e of which are arranged to short-circuit a part of the main resistance m when the charging-current is passing ; or otherwise the contacts may short-circuit apart of the series resistance s when the discharge current is passing. Instead of using the electromagnetic switch, an electrolytic non-return cell, containing carbon and aluminium electrodes in a solution of soda, aluminium sulphate, or alum, may be connected in place of the switch contacts e. The electrolytic meter may consist of a balance or a spring carrying a metal electrode in a metallic salt solution ; or the movable electrode may be carried by a float. It may be provided with an index to show the maximum deflection during charging.
Patent GB-190106080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Lenses.
Inventor: RIETZSCHEL ALEXANDER HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-03-22
Granted: 1902-03-22
Abstract: 6080. Rietzschel, A. H. March 22. Lenses. - The lens is spherically, chromatically, and astigmatically corrected, and consists of four lenses, namely, one bi-convex a', Fig. 2, the second plano-concave a<2>, the third plano-convex b<1>, and the fourth bi-concave b<2>. The second lens has a higher dispersion than the third, the first lens has a higher index of refraction than the second, and the third lens a less index of refraction than the fourth. This lens system may be combined with a single or aplanatic lens system ; or two single sets may be combined to form a double objective.
Patent GB-190110206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Railways and Tramways on the Surface Contact System.
Inventor: CRUVELLIER BAPTISTIN
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 10,206. Cruvellier, B. May 16. Electric railways and tramways on the surface contact system with switches operated by magnets on the vehicle. Switches ; conductors; collectors.-The circuit from the main to the surface contact-stud 17 is made by a movable plunger which has a non- magnetic casing 13 filled with iron filings and a stem 12 working in the balls, granulated metal, &c. 10. The holder for the latter is connected to the main through the stem and cup 6 filled with non-magnetic filings, and a similar connection is made between the stud 17 and the plate 2 against which the movable plunger is lifted. The switch is enclosed in an inner and outer casing as shown, and the blocks 15, 16 are of iron to make a magnetic circuit. The magnets on the vehicle are provided with pole-pieces 32, 40 of circular, semicircular, or angular sections in lengths which may be hinged together or may be separate to give flexibility, and each section is supported by springs. The end sections may be provided with more powerful magnets to lift the switch plungers, and to act on the sparking between the collector and the studs. These sections may be insulated from the others, and the windings of the magnets may be connected to automatic or other currentreversing arrangements on the vehicle. The current may be picked up by these magnet poles, or by an endless band &c. 62 running on wheels 61 supported on springs under the vehicle and rubbed by the brush 60 or otherwise. A single set of studs &c. may be provided, or, as shown, two sets for the main and return currents may be used.
Patent GB-190111536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Gear for Railway Wagons and the like.
Inventor: LANE FRANCIS LAWRENCE
Filed: 1901-06-05
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 11,536. Lane, F. L. June 5. Brakes, hand. Relates to either-side brakes, and forms an improvement on the apparatus described in Specification No. 2004, A.D. 1900. Handles D are fixed to each end of the shaft A, on which is loosely mounted the toothed quadrant E linked to a short brake lever K of ordinary construction by the lever J. When the handle D is depressed, it engages a stop F on the quadrant, and the brakes are applied, and retained by the pawl G. When the handle D is raised, a short arm I trips the pawl G, and allows the brakes to be taken off. The levers D are held in their "off" positions by catches H fixed to the transverse shaft i.
Patent GB-190112541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Binders for Papers and Documents.
Inventor: BRIGGS FRANCIS WAYLAND
Filed: 1901-06-19
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,541. Briggs, F. W. June 19. Filing papers.-Relates to a temporary binder. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus with the cover removed. Metal strips a', a<2>, provided with pins or wires a<3>, a<4> and corresponding openings a<5>, a<6>, are attached to each cover. The strip a<1> carries a guide-bar D' attached by a spring D. The sliding parts B, B' are secured in any desired position by means of the spring-pressed bolts b<3> and the openings b<5>.
Patent GB-190113149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle Gearing.
Inventor: WAREING JAMES
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 13,149. Wareing, J. June 27. Driving-mechanism; clutches; brakes. -Consists in the combination of chainless driving-gear with free-wheel, two-speed, or back-pedalling brake mechanism. The driving-element b of a hub a fitted with suitable free-wheel &c. clutches is provided with a bevel-wheel c gearing with a wheel d secured upon a shaft e, mounted in suitable bearings e<1> on the lower back fork and fitted with a bevel-wheel g gearing with a wheel h secured on the crank axle.
Patent GB-190114234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Polishing Brushes.
Inventor: WORCESTER WILLIAM WAKEFIELD
Filed: 1901-07-12
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 14,234. Worcester, W. W. Dec. 20, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Flexible rubbers for cleaning boots &c. Flexible strips of felt 4 are fixed between the convolutions of a strip 3 of felt, leather, &c. secured between the rows of bristles 2 of a shoe-polishing brush by staples driven into the stock 1. The bristles may be dispensed with, if the strip 3 is made sufficiently stiff. The strips 4 may be formed by employing two strips 3, and then cutting across the upper of these along the upper bends.
Patent GB-190115250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Utilising the Waste Products from the Pickling of Iron and other Metals.
Inventor: PEYTON ERNEST PHELPS
Filed: 1901-07-27
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 15,250. Peyton, E. P. July 27. Ammonium chloride and sulphate; cobalt, copper, iron, and nickel oxides.-The waste acid pickle resulting from the treatment of metals with hydrochloric or sulphuric acid is first neutralized by means of scrap metal, and then ammonia or ammonium-sulphide vapour, or a mixture of the two, is passed through it. This may take place in two series of four vessels each, the gas entering through a hole m, and passing in succession through the vessels 1, 2, 3, 4, which are heated, and then through the vessels 5, 6, 7, 8, which are cooled. Each vessel in each series is alternately the first, second, third, and last of that series. When the cool series of tanks becomes saturated with gas, they are heated, and the formerly-heated tanks are cooled, the direction of the gas being correspondingly altered. The precipitate is separated from the solution, and the latter is evaporated to obtain ammonium sulphate or chloride. The precipitate is roasted, and, if sulphur dioxide is evolved, it is collected for use in sulphuric-acid manufacture. The residue left is iron, copper, nickel, or cobalt oxide, the particular oxide corresponding to the metal in the pickle used.
Patent GB-190115516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Bulk-head Doors and the like.
Inventor: DOERR CARL THEODOR
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 15,516. D÷rr, C. T. July 31. Bulkhead doors.-Relates to improvements in the opening and closing apparatus described in Specifications No. 23,584, A.D. 1896, and No.17,917, rl.D. 1897. The connections between the reservoir C and the operating-cylinder B<1> are controlled by two three - way cocks or valves h, h<1>, which are manipulated by one lever. As shown in Fig. 2, a single pipe B from the reservoir may have a short branch B<0> leading to one cock or valve. The two cocks or valves may be in one casting.
Patent GB-190115889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Vices or Work Holders.
Inventor: BRETT HARRY
Filed: 1901-08-07
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 15,889. Brett, H. Aug. 7. Tables.-The top x, mounted on a pedestal or otherwise, carries an adjustable vice in which may be fixed a support k to which work may be secured by a screw clamp o, p. Arm-rests hare adjustably secured by screws h<1>. The table is stated to be for use for drawing, and for other work.
Patent GB-190117998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cork Extractors
Inventor: RIOLET FELIX
Filed: 1901-09-09
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 17,998. Riolet [called LÚriot], F. Sept. 9. Corkscrews and d corkdrawers.-A ring a, adapted to bear on the lower sloping or domed portion of the bottle neck, is provided with arms b, which support a rack and pinion d, f, a screw and nut, or a lever combination, for use in withdrawing the cork. In the form shown, the corkscrew h has a ring i for engagement with the hook e on the rack d, the cork being withdrawn by rotating the handle g on the spindle of the pinion f. The hook e may be formed on the corkscrew, and the ring i on the rack.
Patent GB-190122735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tie-plates.
Inventor: COGHLIN BERNARD JAMES
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 22,735. Coghlin, B. J. Nov. 11. Chairs or " brace tie plates " are made from the blank shown in Fig. 5 by bending the wings c, d to a right-angle with the base b. The appliance is placed under the rail and turned so that these wings take over the foot and bear against the web and also under the head on one side, as shown, and it may then be slid over and spiked to the sleeper.
Patent GB-190206738-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Agglutinant Composition
Inventor: CHARLES GEORGES
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 6738. Charles, C. March 19. Cements.-Relates to an agglutinant composition for use in making fuel and mineral briquettes and sawdust compositions, and for similar purposes. Oleaginous material, such as colza, lichen, and especially linseed or linseed meal, is boiled with water for three or four hours. Fecula, preferably wheat, barley, or oat Hour, previously mixed with water, is then added, and the whole boiled for about thirty minutes, and finally an aqueous solution of alum is added. Either the flour or the oleaginous material may be omitted.
Patent GB-190210519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Stoppers, Bungs, and the like.
Inventor: HEARD JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-07
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 10,519. Heard, J. May 7. Stoppers.-Consists of a plug B, shaped to conform to the neck or aperture of the vessel, and formed with a tapered recess 11 to receive an expanding plug C, which, as shown in Fig. 1, has a nut 14<a> adapted to receive the screwed end of the rod E fixed to the revoluble cap D. As an alternative arrangement, the rod E may have a screw conrection with the cap D, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower end of the rod being screwed to the plug C or formed integral therewith. The lower end of the stopper B, Fig. 1, is formed with a feather edge 12, which is forced outwards by the plug C into tight engagement with the neck or aperture of the vessel, when the plug is drawn up into the recess 11 by rotating the cap D. A washer 13 may be provided on the stopper, and an elastic band may be placed on that part of the plug which engages the stopper. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the feather edge 12 is omitted, and a washer 19 is inserted between the shoulder 18 of the plug C and the lower end 17 of the stopper, to form a tight joint with the neck &c.
Patent GB-190215161-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Soluble Disc Tablet or Pellet for Producing Effervescing Beverages.
Inventor: HOWSE HENRY
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 15,161. Howse, H. July 7. Aerating liquids; beverages, tablets for making.- Soluble tablets for producing effervescing beverages, for use in automatic machines &c., are made by compressing together suitable acids, alkalies, and flavouring-substances. The tablets are preferably made with perforations and indentations, as indicated by the sections shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 14, in order to facilitate rapid solution.
Patent GB-190223618-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cork Extractor.
Inventor: MALEWITZ FRANZ
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 23,618. Malewitz, F. Oct. 29. Cork-extractors. - Consists of a wire a formed with a handle b at one end and a hook c at the other end, the hook being rounded off at the bottom. In use, the hook is inserted between the cork and the bottle neck, and then turned into the position shown in Fig. 5, so that the hook grips the bottom of the cork, which can then be extracted.