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Patent GB-189909790-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gripping Device for Attachment to Dumb-bells, Weighted Handles, or the like.
Inventor: LEWIS OLIVE
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 9790. Lewis, O. May 9. Dumb-bells; exercising-apparatus.-Relates to spring grips for dumb-bells, weighted handles, and the like. In the form shown, a hinged clip a, b, d, adapted to receive the handle g, is provided with springs f which tend to keep the clip open. The clip is closed by the grip of the hand against the springs. A curved blade spring may be used in place of the helical springs shown, and a wooden handle may be mounted on the springs, which are suitably connected to the dumb-bell &c.
Patent GB-189911638-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Production of Air Gas from Fluid Hydro-carbons.
Inventor: RAY ISAAC
Filed: 1899-06-05
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 11,638. Ray, I., and Jones, H. June 5. Carburetting.-Air is passed through hydrocarbons of the composition described in Specification No. 15,183, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines]. The air is forced by pumps or bellows d, actuated by a clockwork or other motor, through a spiral passage a filled with shavings, wool, waste, &c., and supplied with the hydrocarbon, the gas thus produced passing into a gasometer h. The passage a is formed by a spiral plate b depending from the lil c of the vessel. When the gasometer is full, a projection i strikes a tappet m, and lifts a lever e, so as to apply a brake k and stop the motor. For small apparatus, a cylinder of compressed air may be used in place of the bellows d.
Patent GB-189915289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ploughs.
Inventor: ANDERSON CHARLES E
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 15,289. Anderson, C. E. July 25. Ploughs.-The mouldboard D is secured to the frog 1 of the plough, to which frog is also fixed the landside 2 on the one side and the share 3 on the other side. The frog has a central slot one wall of which terminates in a ledge 5, while the other wall is undercut and provided with a flange 7 and a stop 8. The plough point 9 has two working faces 10, 11, the cutting-edges of which are slightly curved to present thickened edges 13, which are formed with a socket enabling the point to snugly fit in the slot in the frog. The point may be reversed when one side becomes worn. The rear end of the point 9 is made with an arrow head adapted to be engaged by the hooked end of a spring-actuated lever. The share 3 is preferably fluted or corrugated to give a strong cutting-edge. The chin piece E, which is attached to the mouldboard by a bolt f, has a curved working-edge e, or its cutting-edge may be made straight.
Patent GB-189915454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes Wringing Machines.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1899-07-27
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 15,454. Lorrain, J. G., [Paddock, G. A.]. July 27. Wringing-machines.-Relates to a machine constructed to allow the separation of the rolls without disturbing the pressure or driving-mechanism. Fig. 1 shows a partly-sectional view of the machine, which is provided with clamps for securing it to the side of a tub or other support. The shaft m of the lower roll M bears on the lower ends of vertical slots m<1>, in which slide the bearing - frames G, H, carrying the shaft l of the upper roll L, in the blocks h<1>, g. The driving- shaft J is supported by the blocks g,j, and drives the lower roll M by means of a sprocket chain I', and the upper roll L by the spur-wheels K, K<1>. The bell-crank lever D is pivoted to the upper end of the sliding frame H, and is secured to the spiral spring C, which is provided with an adjusting- screw F and cap f, connecting it to the angular casting b, provided with trunnions bearing in the sliding frame G. The board B is secured to the casting b, and supported at the other end by the bell-crank lever D ; it is provided with a recessed metal block, which forms a socket for the pressure-regulating screw E.
Patent GB-189916256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Storage Bins for Flour, Grain, Potatoes, and the like.
Inventor: SNOWDEN DAVID RYDER
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-08-10
Abstract: 16,256. Snowden, D. R. Aug. 10. Grain and flour bins.- Relates to bins provided with feed - hoppers and shoots for storing flour, grain, potatoes, and the like. Fig. 7 shows one form of the bin in section. The bin is removably connected by a collar 13 to the feed-shoot, which leads from a hopper situated on an upper floor o the building. The bin is supported on a pedestal 15, and is provided with a division 10 having a sliding door 11 to keep the material at the back of the bin. Various modifications are described. A scoop may be arranged in place of the door 11. The feedshoot may be formed with obstructions or with swan necks to break the fall of the material into the bin. The bin may be provided with two or more feed-shoots.
Patent GB-189916556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scarf Pins and Studs.
Inventor: GILLIAM ALFRED
Filed: 1899-08-15
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 16,556. Gilliam, A. Aug. 15. Pins, scarf; studs.-The head A, Fig. 4, of a scarf pin is provided with a ring a, by means of which it can be screwed on to the upper end d of the pin D down to the collar c. Prongs on the collar c enter the material of the scarf to hold the pin in place. After the pin is in place in the scarf, the cross-bar f is screwed on to the end e. When the head A is to be used as a stud, it is put through the buttonhole of the shirt front, and the cross-bar f is screwed into the ring a. For this purpose, one end of the bar has a head g, and the other a screw h. Fig. 5 shows a modification, for use as a stud only. The screwed end h of the bar f has a permanent knob i. To insert the stud, the head A is screwed back to the knob i, enabling the bar to be passed through the buttonhole.
Patent GB-189923449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Pressing Gun-cotton into Blocks.
Inventor: HOLLINGS ALFRED
Filed: 1899-11-24
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 23,449. Hollings, A. Nov. 24. Moulding explosives.- Relates to apparatus for moulding masses of guncotton, and is an improvement upon the invention described in Specification No. 19,806, A.D. 1898. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the apparatus, and Figs. 3 and 5 show in longitudinal section, to larger scales, the mould and charger respectively. The mould 7 is pivoted at 10 on a block which is free to slide on the guides 12, the pivot allowing the mould to take up a position between the rams 13, 14 or in front of the ram 8. The guncotton is placed in the charger 4, and from thence forced by the ram 8 into the mould 7 ; the latter is then turned on its pivot so as to bring it in line with the rams 13, 14, which effect the moulding operation. The charger 4 is made in two parts, which are held together by the rams 4<a>, and the guncotton is carried by the perforated container 2 connected on its outer surface to a pipe 6 into which water may be forced to clear the perforations and to assist the discharge. The mould 7 consists of an inner lining 20 and a jacket 21, both made in sections and perforated, the jacket being made conical on its exterior to fit the wire-wound outer casing 7. The perforations 25 from the inner lining 20 and its jacket 21 are connected by passages 26 to the pipe 28, to enable water to escape during the moulding operation, and to return if necessary when the pressure of the ram is removed, such return preventing the entrance of air into the charge. The ram 13 is separated from the projecting end 29 of the lining by a ring 31, but when this ring is removed and the ram 13 operated, it acts upon the end of the lining to eject it.
Patent GB-190002382-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Knitting and Frame Therefor.
Inventor: SCHIESSER JACQUES
Filed: 1900-02-06
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 2382. Schiesser, J. Feb. 6. Circular k n i t t i n g - machines. - Relates to the French circular machine, which has bearded needles working radially on a disc, and has for its object the working in of a warp thread at intervals to form a stripe. At the point where the stripe is to be made, a bearded needle is replaced by a latch needle, the presser - wheel having a corresponding gap. In one modification, shown in Fig. 5, after a course has been knocked-over on all needles, the warp thread k is wrapped round the latch needle, and the bearded needles are not pressed; hence the loop on the latch needle is alone knocked over the warp thread ; at the next course all the loops are knocked over, and so on alternately. In a modification, shown in Fig. 25, after the warp thread has been laid round the latch needle, the fabric is not pushed back sufficiently for the loop to get behind the latch, and hence it is not knocked over, but in the next course loops are formed on all needles, two loops being knocked-over on the latch needles. The modification shown in Fig. 10 is made as follows:- After sinking a thread on all needles, the bearded needles are pressed, but, as the loop k on the latch needle n has not been pushed back sufficietnly, the foundation loop k hangs in the hook, Figs. 6 and 7 ; the fabric is now pushed back until both loops are behind the latch on the needle n, after which the warp thread is wrapped round the needle n, the needles n<1> are not pressed, and, on knocking-over, the foundation thread slips over the latch and simply makes a bar and not a loop. The warp thread-carrier a, Figs. 11 and 12, is fixed to an obliquely-sliding sinker p moved against the action of a spring by a rotating cam e ; when the carrier is in the position a', the thread k is held obliquely over the needle, and is caught by the latch as the work moves forward ; when the thread is caught and the cam e has passed, the sinker and carrier are returned by the spring. In the case of bearded needles, the needle, on which the warp thread is to be laid, is depressed by a wheel d, Fig. 14, before the oblique motion of the sinker takes place, and is released before the return motion of the sinker ; the sinker may move vertically, while the needle is displaced horizontally by a wheel d, Fig. 26. When the stripes are very far apart and it is inconvenient to use notched presser wheels, plain presser-wheels p, Figs. 34 and 35, are used in combination with needles n, n' having different lengths of beards.
Patent GB-190003202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Fasteners.
Inventor: CROCKER SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1900-02-17
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 3202. Crocker, S. H. Feb. 17. Paper-fasteners. - The metal blank shown in Fig. 1 is bent to form a dumb-bell-headed fastener as shown in section in Fig 3.
Patent GB-190009781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Primary Batteries
Inventor: MORS EMILE PROSPER LEON
Filed: 1900-05-28
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 9781. Mors, E. P. L. May 28. Primary batteries. -Relates to zinccarbon batteries, and consists in making the carbon A in the form of a tube provided with orifices a. The zinc E may be suspended i n t h e tube A, as shown, and the cell may be provided with a cover.
Patent GB-190010627-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Table, combined with a Writing Table and Book-rest for Attaching to Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables, and for like Purposes.
Inventor: LOCKETT WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-06-11
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 10,627. Lockett, W. June 11. Tables; chairs; seats; reading-desks.-Relates to a writing-table fitted with a chessboard, chessmen receptacle, inkstand, reading-desk, &c. for clamping to a bedstead, chair, table, &c. for the use of invalids &c. A rod a, having at its lower end a reversible round and sharp pointed foot h, and a bell a' at its upper end, has a pair of adjustable clamped sockets e, through which pass rods d<3> having leather &c. lined clips d, d<2> for attachment to the pillar of a bedstead or to an invalids' chair, garden seat, &c. A hook g clamped to the rod engages the side angle-iron of a bedstead to steady the pillar a. An arm b, passing through and clamped to a socket e, carries a receptacle f for chessmen, an inkstand b<1>, and a rotatable table top c, clamped by a nut c<2> and fitted with a book-rest c<1> and checquers for playing chess &c.
Patent GB-190011259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-acting Apparatus for Feeding Steam-boilers.
Inventor: COUFALIK ANTONIN
Filed: 1900-06-21
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 11,259. Coufalik, A. June 21. Direct steam-pressure apparatus.-Fig. 3 shows an apparatus for feeding a steam generator. When the water level falls below the mouth of the pipe 14, steam enters it, and is admitted to the chamber 8 through an automatically-actuated cock or valve 35. When steam is admitted to this chamber, the pressures above and below are equalized, and the water it contains falls into the boiler. Steam is then admitted to the pipe 10 by the valve or cock, and equalizes the pressure above and below the chamber 5, so that the water it contains falls into the chamber 8. The position of the valve or cock is again altered, so that the water in the chamber 8 is supplied to the boiler, while the steam in the chamber 5 is condensed so that it is filled from the water-supply pipe 1. Fig. 1 shows a modification, in which an injector is used to supply the boiler from the chamber 8. In this case there is no automatic valve or cock, the steam supply being continuous while the water level is below the mouth of the pipe 14. The water in the cone 28 and chamber 8 is carried into the boiler, and then steam enters the pipe 24 to equalize the pressure above and below the chamber 5. The contents of this chamber then fall into the chamber 8, and are supplied to the boiler by the ejector. When the pipe 24 is again closed by the water in the chamber 8 the steam in the chamber 5, is condensed, and water is supplied to it from the tube 1.
Patent GB-190013679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Electrolytic Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1900-07-31
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 13,679. Drake, B. M., Sheppard, E. G., and Nernst Electric Light (Limited). July 31. Incandescent lamps. -A filament k and a heater m, not enclosed in an exhausted bulb, are carried by a support b, which is separated by an air space from a cap to keep this cool. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the cap contains a porcelain disc a, connected by three thin metal bolts h with a porcelain support b; the disc a carries an electromagnetic cutout for the heater. The three bolts may be surrounded by a slotted cylinder of thin metal. In a modification, the parts a, b are carried in a slotted casing, with an open air s p a c e between them, thin wires being provided to convey the currents across the spaee. Or the parts a, b may be connected by porcelain or other insulating-material, made hollow to receive connecting-wires.
Patent GB-190014988-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Producing Hand-made Paper having Watermarks therein, specially Suitable for making Bank-notes, Bills and the like.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1900-08-22
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 14,988. Fairweather, W., [Fornari, A. & G. B.]. Aug. 22. Watermarking ; paper, making by hand.-Relates to the manufacture of hand-made paper which is specially suitable for making bank notes, bills, &c. A sheet of white or coloured pulp, having any design suitable for a watermark, is inserted between two plain sheets of pulp, and the three layers are compressed together to form a single sheet of paper. Fig. 1 shows a mould suitable for forming the central layer. It consists of a base a over which is stretched the sieve b, the latter being covered with a plain plate d having the required design cut in it. The watermark can only be seen by transmitted light.
Patent GB-190100473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Securing Solid India Rubber Tyres in the Metallic Rims of Perambulator and other Road Carriage Wheels
Inventor: EVANS ALGERNON ENOS
Filed: 1901-01-08
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 473. Evans, A. E. Jan. 8. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to attaching rubber tyres to channelshaped wheel rims. The rim a has inturned edges a', which engage in side grooves b<1> in the rubber tyre b, shown in Fig. 5 in the process of attachment. A split steel ring c, of slightly less diameter than that of the rim, is placed in one of the side grooves, and is then forced under the inturned edge of the rim into the position shown in Fig. 1. The tyre may be detached either by inserting a pneumatic-tyre lever through a slot in the rim or, as in the modification shown in Fig. 8, by pressing the bent projecting end c<2> of the ring c. The end c<2> normally projects through the rim, and is secured by a screw nut d. In a modified form, a split metal ring is placed under each edge of the rim.
Patent GB-190112917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Stretching and Pressing Trousers
Inventor: HERBERT EVAN
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 12,917. Herbert, E. June 25. Trouser presses; trouser stretchers.-Relates to an appliance to be inserted into trouser legs in order to stretch them. It consists, as shown in front view in Fig. 1 and in side view in Fig. 2, of two pairs of templets, one pair a, b for insertion into one of the legs and the other pair, which lies immediately behind the first pair, for insertion into the other leg. The part a and the corresponding part which lies behind it are hinged to a tube f, and the parts b, b<1> are hinged to a tube d, which slides telescopically in the tube f. In the tubes f, d is a helical spring which tends to force them apart. A similar arrangement q of telescopic tubes and spring is attached to the lower ends of one pair of templets. Before the templets are inserted in the trouser legs, the members of each pair are brought close together by forcing the tube d into the tube f and holding them together by means of a lever o, which is engaged with a notch in the tube f. The tubes at the lower end of the templets are similarly held together, and then the templets are inserted in the trouser legs, the lower ends of the templets are connected together by the studs r, and the levers o are released, allowing the members of each pair of templets to be forced apart by the springs and stretch the trousers. The trousers so stretched may be inserted in a press, the tubes lying beyond the ends of the press. A spring clip g is engaged with the crutch or fork in order to remove creases at that part.
Patent GB-190115252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Removing or Replacing the Covers of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WILLIS VINCENT
Filed: 1901-07-27
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 15,252. Willis, V. July 27. Tyres, pneumatic.- A tool A for removing or replacing a tyre cover is formed by curving a steel bar and cutting an inclined groove B near each end, so that, when one grooved end is engaged under the edge of the cover, the other end can hold on to a spoke. In the modified form A', the grooved end B<1> has an additional groove C, adapted to take on to the edge of the rim.
Patent GB-190117704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Machinery.
Filed: 1901-09-04
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 17,704. Ambler, S., and Ambler & Sons, J. Sept. 4. Flyer frames.-Relates to frames in which a channel or recess 14 is provided to receive broken ends &c. The top board 10 is made of the form shown, and is hinged in sections of about the usual length to the upper face of a bar 8 secured along the lower edge of the rail 2. To prevent draughts of air from passing beneath the rollers, a partition 20 is secured to the bar 22. At each end of the frame, the channel 14 is closed by a shield 25.
Patent GB-190120397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Viscose.
Inventor: FIELDING ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 20,397. Fielding, A. Oct. 12. Pulp, treating; sizes and similar finishes.-Viscose, manufactured by the process described in Specification No. 8700, A.D. 1892, [Abridgment Class Acids and salts, Organic &c.], is rendered colourless by mixing with it a solution of a bisulphite, such as sodium of aluminium bisulphite. This mixture may be used for making white papers, or the viscose and bisulphite may be added separately to the pulp.
Patent GB-190124815-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mill for Grinding Paint and other Plastic Materials.
Inventor: CRANSTONE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 24,815. Cranstone, W. H. Dec. 5. Conical mills for paint and other semi-fluid or plastic substances. The drum a, supported on standards b, is made with flaring ends opposite which rotate bevel-edged discs g, g<1> mounted on the spindle e. One disc is fixed to, and the other adjustable along, the spindle, which is provided with a crank handle e', and is supported in a central bearing d. The paint, fed into the drum from the hopper c, is ground between the edges of the discs and the flaring ends, and escapes round the edges of the drum ; to assist in removing the paint, the edges of the drum, or of the discs, are formed with recesses k; or a lip may be formed on the one part or the other. A mixing-device may be placed in the drum between the discs.
Patent GB-190125545-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for use in the Coiling of Wire in the Making of Woven Wire Mattresses.
Inventor: EDWARDS CHARLES
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 25,545. Edwards, C., Milton, A. V., and Holland, C. Dec. 14. Wire; bending.-An apparatus for coiling wire for use in making wire mattresses comprises a coiler and a guide, the coiler consisting of a block B, Fig. 3, mounted in a holder and provided with a helical groove D, preferably wide enough to take two or more wires to make a compound coil. The wire is fed to the coiler by ordinary feed-rolls, the coil passing on to a wire guide F fixed on a board E mounted on the weaving-bench. A pin N engages the coil to impart a set to it by putting it slightly in tension, to keep the wires of the coil together. The pin is carried by a slide J, adjustable in the foot 1 x of a bracket I, guided in a slot H and adjusted by a screw L<X> to enable the pin to be adjusted longitudinally and transversely with respect to the coil. The coil may pass on to the bench through an adjustable guide-eye N'.
Patent GB-190126733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Traps.
Inventor: KIELEY TIMOTHY JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 26,733. Lake, H. H., [Kieley, T. J., and Mueller, F. T.]. Dec. 31. Steam traps.-In the trap shown in Fig. 2, the expansion pipe A is screwed to the crossheads B, C, which are further connected by the tie-rod F. The finger or toggle piece I bears on the end of the adjustable rod G passing through the opening d in the crosshead C and is inclined at an angle less than 45‹. The motion of the crosshead due to the expansion and construction of the pipe A is transmitted to the valve spindle by the togglelever I. In a slight modification, the valve seats upwards, the operating or toggle lever being arranged below the upper rod G. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the toggle or finger piece 20 bears on the lever 21 which controls the valve.
Patent GB-190200027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Furnaces of Vertical Boilers, Brewers' Coppers and the like.
Inventor: COURTS WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1902-01-01
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 27. Courts, W. C. Jan. 1. Smoke-consuming.-Air for secondary combustion is supplied above the fire in the furnace of a vertical boiler, brewer's copper, or the like, by means of a hood c in the centre of the grate, the hood having lateral outlets, which are preferably slightly inclined downwards and more or less tangential, so that the air has a whirling motion. The hood is preferably mounted so that it may be lowered beneath the level of the grate, as shown in Fig. 1, or raised above it, as shown in Fig. 3, to facilitate cleaning. Fig. 1 shows a rack and pinion for operating the hood, and Fig. 3 a foot-lever for the same purpose. Fig. 1 also shows a ring damper a<3> for regulating the supply of air,