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Patent GB-189719496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Show Cases.
Inventor: MAUND FREDERICK
Filed: 1897-08-24
Granted: 1897-09-25
Abstract: 19,496. Maund, F., and Maund, E. Aug. 24. Show cases; advertising.-A show case for biscuits and the like consists of a cylinder a revolving on a spindle band having compartments in front to receive trays having glazed fronts l. When the compartments have parallel sides, as shown at 0, the trays may be reversible, being glazed at the front and back and having a partition p. The case may have an advertisement tablet m. at the top.
Patent GB-189720176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Brake Hose Couplings.
Inventor: REDFERN JOSEPH
Filed: 1897-09-02
Granted: 1897-11-27
Abstract: 20,176. Redfern, J. Sept. 2. Couplings, disconnectible.-Relates to couplings of the Westinghouse type. The meeting surfaces are formed by rubber or other rings D fitting in grooves in the adjacent faces and held there by split rings F. The locking-lugs H, J are formed, one with a groove I, and the other with a corresponding bead K struck to an arc of a circle concentric with the packing-rings. Stops g, g come in contact when coupling is completed. The bead K and groove I are such that the parts can separate, through the packing D giving, when any undue strain, caused, for example, by the parting of the train, comes upon the coupling. Fig. 1 shows one of the parts secured to the other by a locking-pin L.
Patent GB-189722896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: RICHMOND GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1897-10-06
Granted: 1898-10-06
Abstract: 22,896. Richmond, G. H., and Crowther, J. Oct. 6. Drawings to Specification. Hubs.-Hubs for the driving-wheels of velocipedes are formed of an inner hub connected by radial arms to a flange or ring to which the inner ends of the spokes are secured.
Patent GB-189730678-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Re-transmitting Telegraphic Messages, and Apparatus for use in connection with the said Method and for other purposes.
Inventor: RYMER-JONES JOHN
Filed: 1897-12-28
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 30,678. Rymer-Jones, J. Dec. 28. Perforating-machines for telegraph transmitting tapes are arranged with the tape carried by the armature of two opposing electromagnets so that it is brought against either of two rotating cutters. The paper is fed step by step, or, as shown in Fig. 6, the paper is fed continuously and the punches 34, 35, whether still or rotating, forced through the paper. The paper passes over the punching-table 41 after it leaves the feed-rollers 40 and before it reaches the yielding rollers 43, so that any slack can be taken up at 42.
Patent GB-189801540-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Heating Steam.
Inventor: MAICHE LOUIS
Filed: 1898-01-19
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 1540. Maiche, L. Jan. 19. Superheaters, steam.-Consists in the employment of highly-heated water for heating the steam. According to the Provisional Specification, oil also may be used. In the arrangement shown, water is heated in a coil F by a separate furnace, and is circulated through the tubular heater A, which is of ordinary construction. E is an expansion box through which the water passes. The steam passes through the tubes of the heater, which are preferably filled with smaller tubes or ducts of good conducting metal closely clustered together. The heating-coil may be placed in the chimney or flue of the main boiler instead of in a separate furnace.
Patent GB-189805449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscillographs or Apparatus for Indicating, or Recording, Rapidly Varying Electric Currents, or Potential Differences.
Inventor: DUDDELL WILLIAM DUBOIS
Filed: 1898-03-05
Granted: 1898-04-30
Abstract: 5449. Duddell, W. Du B. March 5. Current meters, applicable for measuring rapidlyvarying currents or potential differences, and especially for showing or recording alternating current wave forms. The current is passed in opposite directions through two parallel thin strips, shown in section at s, Fig. 2, stretched in narrow spaces between the pole-pieces N, S of a strong magnet N<1>, S<1>. The strips are held on fixed supports above and below the pole-pieces, and at their centres carry a mirror, the deflection of which is measured by that of a light-ray, and if small is proportional to the current passing. The strips may be parts of a single strip, which is passed over a pulley and stretched by a spring to near its breaking point, to make the time of vibration very small. A thin iron partitionp is placed between the strips, and cut away to receive the mirror ; non-magnetic blocks L, L complete spaces which are filled with viscous liquid, to damp the vibration of the strips. The damping may be varied by changing the liquid or its temperature. The parts L, L, N, S are connected in one piece, somewhat smaller than the space within the magnet N<1>, S', to prevent damage by compression when this is magnetized. Otherwise the liquid-containing channels may be separate from the pole-pieces. For showing alternating wave forms, the light-ray from the mirror is reflected by another mirror rotated by a synchronous motor, so as to give a stationary curve on a transparent screen placed near it. This curve may be drawn or photographed. When two quantities are to be observed simultaneously, the instrument is provided with two adjacent measuring - strips and mirrors, as indicated in sectional elevation in Fig. 3. The strips are supported above the pole-pieces by grooved pulleys, such as G. Each pulley is carried by a semi-cylindrical block B, which can be turned on a support C to adjust the spot horizontally, being attached to a plate A in gear with an adjusting-screw T. The support C is slotted and secured by screws upon the pole-piece N, or is movable by an adjusting-screw, so that it can be moved forward or backward to adjust the spot vertically.
Patent GB-189808251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Velocipedes.
Inventor: AVRIAL AUGUSTIN
Filed: 1898-04-06
Granted: 1899-04-06
Abstract: 8251. Avrial, A. April 6. Toothed gearing; rope gearing.-Relates to improvements in the driving-mechanism &c. of velocipedes. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application of the invention to a bicycle. The front fork D consists of two members a, a' connected to the crown b and made of a U-section with a cut-away portion x to allow the passage of the teeth of the wheels e, e'. The road-wheel axle runs in ball bearings in brackets connected to the members a, a<1>. The fork crown b carries an axle b<3> upon which is mounted a pulley Q round which passes a band g which connects members f, f<1> sliding within the members a, a<1>. The members f, f<1> are provided with rollers having cheeks h which are in contact with each other and form a pin rack. The rollers h<1> at the extreme ends are mounted upon axles. Pedals P<1> are attached to the interior members f, f<1>. The toothed wheels e, e<1> which are engaged by the racks are provided at the centre with clutch devices i, i<1> consisting of a fixed part, secured to the axle of the front wheel, which is provided with wedge-shaped recesses to receive rollers. The rollers and the wheels e, e<1> are held laterally by discs k. By operating the pedals, the wheels e, e<1> may turn the driving-wheel in one direction and allow it to run freely in the other they are so arranged that the power exerted on one pedal is transmitted to the opposite wheel. In a modification, the pedals are rendered independent of each other and the rack is replaced on each side by a cord which passes round the wheel and is secured to the top and the bottom of the interior member sliding within the fork member. The cord is attached to the ends of the member by a bolt which acts as a tensioning-device. A spring serves to return the pedal.
Patent GB-189808353-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Making Sheet Metal Boxes.
Inventor: CARBONE TITO LIVIO
Filed: 1898-04-07
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 8353. Carbone, T. L. April 7. Stamping; making boxes.-Relates to machines for making the sheet-metal boxes described in Specification No. 17,329, A.D. 1897, having the lids hinged so as to open and close with a spring. The blanks a, Fig. 1, to form the box body are placed between uprights e in the press, Fig. 8, and the lowest blank is pushed forward on to the first die c by projections on a slide actuated by a lever i and cam on the main shaft of the press. The blank is dished, as shown in Fig 4, by the punch m attached to the press slide o, raised out of the female die by the spring g, and advanced to the second die d by side rods attached to the slide. The slide is returned by the spring lever k. The lids b, after being dished as shown in Fig. 3 in a similar press, off the punch of which they are stripped by side springs, are placed between uprights o' and are fed forward singly by a slide r actuated by link mechanism from the press slide o. As the slide r advances, the lids b fall through an opening in the slide and in the plate p, Fig. 15, on to an incline n', down which they slide to the punch n. During the descent of the punch n, the spring end of the box is first bent over the nose n' of the punch as shown in Fig. 19, and the lid is guided into position by a finger or pawl t' carried by a yoke t pivoted to the punch n and controlled by a fixed guide v. The further descent of the punch causes the die to bend up the sides of the box with their lips over the tongues of the lid, and finally to turn np the front of the box as shown in Fig. 7. The box is pushed upwards as the punch rises by the spring g<1> and stripped partly off the punch and pushed off the nose n<1> into a tube X by the next advancing box.
Patent GB-189810428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-therapeutic Exercising Apparatus.
Inventor: MARTIN ABRAHAM
Filed: 1898-05-06
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 10,428. Martin, A. May 6. Gymnastic apparatus.-The apparatus described in Specification No. 27,387, A.D. 1897, is improved by gearing the shaft b by means of a chain S to another shaft which has a crank and connecting-rod x to operate a sliding carriage y for the feet. When the arms are extended in turning the crank f the legs are also extended, and when the body is straightened the legs are drawn up. The handle f is hinged so as to be capable of turning up out of the way, a sleeve 7 keeping it extended when required. The connections of the dynamo d to the handle are made through a sleeve 7 and a spring contact 8.
Patent GB-189812111-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Chain for Cycles and other Appliances.
Inventor: EDDLESTON THOMAS HUGH
Filed: 1898-05-28
Granted: 1898-08-20
Abstract: 12,111. Eddleston, T. H. May 28. Driving-chains, detachable. Each pair of links is set inwards at one end to engage between the ends of the adjoining pair, in which is secured a rivet carrying a roller. Flats are formed on the rivets, and the inner ends of the links are slotted so that the links may be coupled or uncoupled by turning them at right-angles to the normal position.
Patent GB-189817586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Manholes or Covers therefor.
Inventor: JONES JOHN
Filed: 1898-08-15
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 17,586. Jones, J. Aug. 15. Manholes; ventilating.-Relates to manholes in which the covers are arranged for allowing ventilation and the escape of moisture. The frame A is provided with a gutter A<1> and a rabbet A<5> for receiving the lid. A<4> is a drainage tube from the gutter A'. The lid B is provided with openings B<1>, and is recessed to receive a filling C of cement, india-rubber, &c. An inner arched cover D has ventilating-openings D<1>. The lid rests on lead or other studs A', either formed in the frame or on the lid.
Patent GB-189818949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Squeezing and Drying Leather and the like.
Inventor: WRIGHT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1898-09-05
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 18,949. Wright, B., and Wright, D. Sept. 5. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating. - Relates to " samming " machines for squeezing and drying the hide or leather prior to the stuffing operation. An adjustable head B, operated by a hand-wheel H, bevel gearing H<2>, and screws G, carries a metal roller D and a stay or strengthening- roller c in contact with its upper surface. Journalled in the frame beneath the roller C is a section roller E formed of a large number of sections E<1>, Fig. 4, loosely carried on bosses e<1> on a shaft c. Beneath the section roller is a rubber-surfaced roller F, which is strengthened by a stay roller F<1> beneath it. The section roller works between plates I, J supported by longitudinal stays I', J'. An endless apron of leather, cotton, &c. may pass over a table T and between the roller D and section roller E, and serves to carry the work through them. The roller may be heated by steam for drying purposes. A trough is arranged at the base of the machine to receive the liquids extracted. Reference is made to Specification No. 17,447, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-189819151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle and other Driving Chains.
Inventor: APPLEBY JOSEPH
Filed: 1898-09-08
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 19,151. Appleby, J. Sept. 8. Drawings to Specification. Lubricating driving-chains. Bushes or sleeves arc formed from blanks of sheet metal corrugated on one side; the corrugations serve to retain lubricant. In another form, holes are formed in the surface of the bush for the same purpose.
Patent GB-189820990-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Detonators for Firing Explosives.
Inventor: BICKFORD-SMITH GEORGE PERCY
Filed: 1898-10-05
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 20,990. Bickford-Smith, G. P. Oct. 5. Blasting-fuzes.-The paper tube C carries the two insulated wires B and the wooden filling- piece A. The paper tube is charged at the end with a composition D, which is suitable for being fired by an electric spark, and is inserted in the metal case E, which is then loaded with fulminate F and sealed at the end.
Patent GB-189824582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Refuse Destructors.
Inventor: WILLOUGHBY JOSEPH
Filed: 1898-11-22
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 24,582. Willoughby, J. Nov. 22. Refuse-consuming furnaces; charging.-A turntable b is provided near the furnace, so that refuse tipped from carts on any part of it may be brought into convenient proximity to the feed-opening a'.
Patent GB-189905248-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Recovering the Unconsumed Fuel from the Deposit as they Fall from any House Fire-grate, thereby causing a considerable Saving of Fuel.
Inventor: ANDERSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1899-03-10
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 5248. Anderson, A. March 10. Ashpans.-Beneath a house firegrate is placed a drawer or box A, having a riddle or perforated bottom B, inclined to facilitate the separation of unconsumed fuel from the ashes, the finer portions of which fall into a lower drawer or box C. A portion of the separator A projects to form a support D for cooking-utensils &c.
Patent GB-189909234-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Closing Cracks in the Hoofs of Horses.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1899-05-02
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 9234. Edwards, E., [Bruns, N.]. May 2. Hoofs of animals, treating.-Relates to means for closing cracks in the hoofs of horses. A hole is pierced through the hoof across the crack, and the hoof is cut away to receive abutments i which are pressed together by a bolt a and nut d. The nut is cut away on its outer side to prevent it from being bent or gripped by the hoof as the crack is closed up. The washer h and bolt-head c may be formed with transverse edges which adjust themselves in the abutments i as the crack closes up. In closing small cracks, one abutment may be formed on the bolt, and the washer h dispensed with. The inner surface of the abutments are roughened as shown.
Patent GB-189912328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Moulding Machines for Shaping Metal Sheets.
Inventor: JORDAN EDWARD
Filed: 1899-06-13
Granted: 1900-06-13
Abstract: 12,328. Jordan, E., and Rogers, G. T. June 13. Bending; metal, sheet, beading and wiring edges of. -Mouldings, cornices, OG and half-round guttering, &c. are formed by bending sheet metal into shape by rotating dies, which are also adapted for beading and wiring. The dies H, I have end journals, mounted in a suitable frame, and are geared to revolve together, being driven by hand or power. The dies are of suitable configuration, and have removable interchangeable strips Z, Fig. 8, to vary the size of the moulding produced. The strip i is secured to the lower die by a removable piece X. The dies are then oscillated to produce the finished shape shown at i<1>, their motion being limited by the horns a. Recesses c are provided so that rods may be pressed into them by the surface d to produce a wired edge, Fig. 10. In the form shown in Fig. 13, the dies have a number of faces e with forming-strips f, g so that the dies can be continuously rotated.
Patent GB-189915906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Appliances.
Inventor: AYLMER HENRY
Filed: 1899-08-03
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 15,906. Aylmer, H. Aug. 3. Belts ; inflating a p p a r a t u s.-A tubular belt D is inflated by air compressed in a metal chamber A forming part o the buckle. The air is pumped into the chamber through a valve B, and is admitted into the belt, when desired, by a valve C.
Patent GB-189919722-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Block for Constructing and Lining Sewers, Conduits, Wells, Arches, and the like.
Inventor: CLEGG DAVID THOMAS
Filed: 1899-10-02
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 19,722. Clegg, D. T., and Brooke, H. N. Oct. 2. Blocks -Hollow vitrified blocks a, for arches, conduits, sewers, wells, &c., are made with undercut or dovetail grooves in the sides a n d outer faces to receive cement, and interlocking end sockets and spigots b.
Patent GB-189922867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Solvent Materials for Treating Surfaces of Celluloid.
Inventor: PETIT ADEMOR NAPOLEON
Filed: 1899-11-16
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 22,867. Petit, A. N. Nov. 16. Celluloid.-The surface of celluloid is temporarily softened, without being rendered sticky, so that it may be used for making phonograph records, or engraved or otherwise marked or ornamented, by covering it with a mixture of a celluloid solvent with a fixed oil or a fatty acid, and then leaving it exposed to the air for a time. A mixture of two parts of amyl acetate to one of oleic acid is preferred ; cotton-seed oil, corn oil, and olive oil are also mentioned. If the celluloid contains no metallic compound, five per cent. of a saturated solution of a metallic salt in a celluloid solvent is added to the coating-mixture; zinc chloride or oxide in butyric amyl, butyric acid, or benzoic ether, may be used. The celluloid may be coloured, at the same time ; different records may be thus distinguished.
Patent GB-190002929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolysers.
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1900-02-14
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 2929. Chapman, W. T., and Batt, W. E. Feb. 14. Electrodes. - T h e anode carbon rods a and the copper conducting - rods care connected t o g e t h e r by a block of antimonial lead b cast upon them. The upper portion of the rod c is screw - threaded, while the lower is covered with a material, such as sheet lead d, which will not be acted upon by chlorine gas. The anode is adjustably supported, so that it can be lowered as it becomes worn away, by means of a nut f screwed on the rod and bearing upon the cover e of the cell, a gas-tight joint being formed around the rod by cement g. The cement seal is broken and re-made each time the anode is adjusted in position.
Patent GB-190007290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Decanting or Settling Liquids.
Inventor: GORIAINOFF ALEXIS
Filed: 1900-04-19
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 7290. Goriainoff, A. April 19. Decanting a n d settling. - The liquid entering at A descends through the cylinder B, and rises in the conical vessel C, through the upper lip of which it passes by openings D into a receiving-trough E. The chamber C communicates, through an opening controlled by a cone H, with a deposit chamber F having a sliding bottom G. M is a vent pipe for the passage of the air displaced from, or drawn into, the chamber F by the entrance or discharge of deposit. The deposit is discharged from the chamber F into an inclined screw conveyer, by which it is removed. The water escaping from the trough E may flow into a second similar apparatus for further purification.
Patent GB-190007534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pontoon Cranes, Derricks, and like Structures.
Inventor: BROWN ALEXANDER EPHRAIM
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 7534. Brown, A. E. April 24. Cranes.-Consists of a counterbalancing-device for use on pontoon cranes or derricks, but stated to be applicable to cranes &c. on land. A balance weight W, running on rails in the line of tipping, is moved to oppose the tip of the pontoon by ropes H operated by a steam or other motor, the controlling-valve I of which is connected to floats V, V<1> in tanks arranged in the line of tipping and connected by a pipe U.
Patent GB-190007742-A (GB)
Title: Improved High Pressure Filter Press.
Inventor: SOUTHBY ANTHONY GAPPER
Filed: 1900-04-26
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 7742. Southby, A. G., Thompson, T., and Cuthbertson, L. M. G. April 26. Filter-presses; supplying liquid.-Consists of an improved high-pressure filter-press suitable for treating mixtures of oil and solids such as white lead, chemicals, or precipitates from dense solutions, or for separating oil from lard or tallow, or oil or liquid from fatty acids &c. The plates D, placed between the rings C, are covered on each side with a wire-gauze drainage diaphragm, and preferably have a single aperture in the centre. The material to be treated is fed into the press, until the press is full, by a rotary or like pump L, and the supply is then diverted to the high. pressure feeding-pump N. The distance-piece H may be moved into and out of place by a hydraulic cylinder F. In a modification, the material is placed in a cylinder communicating with the press and fitted with a piston behind which pressure is applied by a pump such as N.