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Patent GB-189713569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Apparatus for Velocipedes.
Inventor: MERCIER PIERRE
Filed: 1897-06-02
Granted: 1897-08-28
Abstract: 13,569. Mercier, P. June 2. Brakes for bicycles &c. in which the space between the tyre and the fork crown is small. A hinged clip B, which is turned up in front so that the brake clears the tyre, fixes the brake apparatus to the fork member. The clamping-pin C<1> serves to carry the brake, which consists of a shoe P and lever A. A strap connects the lever to the upper brake lever. A spring carried on the pin C' lifts the shoe when not in use. In a modification, the arm carrying the brake shoe has a double bend, which lifts it above the tyre, the clamp in this case being straight.
Patent GB-189720450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extension Tables.
Inventor: PINTHER JOHN
Filed: 1897-09-06
Granted: 1897-10-30
Abstract: 20,450. Pinther, J., Sauber, M., and Greenberg, J. Sept. 6. Tables.-The fixed part of an expanding table consists of sides 5, ends 6, a pair of legs 7, a single leg 8, or a pair of legs, and a hinged top part 24. The movable part consists of a top 11, end frame 10, and pair of legs 9. On the underside of the top are bars 12, tongued and grooved to bars 13 which have tongues fitting grooves 19 in the sides 5. Plates 15, 16 support and guide the bars 12, 13, as shown in Fig. 5. The bars 13 have pins 29 which abut against plates 30. Strips 20 connected by flexible bands 21 form an apron, one end of which is fixed to the top 11. The projections 22 slide in curved grooves 17 in the sides 5. Metal plates 18 on the sides of the grooves engage grooves 23 in the strips 20. Grooves 31 in the part 11 fit the strips 18 when the part 11 is pushed in. By turning down a lever 27, the flap 24 can be raised to allow of the part 11 being pulled out or pushed in to adjust the length of the table.
Patent GB-189725244-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arc Lamp.
Inventor: MERSCH PAUL
Filed: 1897-10-30
Granted: 1898-12-30
Abstract: 25,244. Mersch, P. Oct. 11, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act A.D. 1883]. Arc lamps.-A solenoid lamp is made with two shunt solenoids A, A', wound between discs brazed on two slotted tubes B, B', and enclosed in iron to render their action uniform throughout the movement of their cores. The tubes B, B<1> and bars C, D form the frame of the lamp. The iron cores of the solenoids are connected by an iron bar G, which carries the lower carbon, as described in Specification No. 19,399, A.D. 1898, and are hung by cords or chains passed over pulleys K and attached to the lighter upper carbon-holder G'. This slides on guide-bars M carried by the enddiscs of the solenoids. The cords or chains pass through perforated plugs in the upper ends of the tubes B, B<1>. The pulleys are ratchet-toothed to engage pawls 0, which are slotted and supported on stationary pins ; the carbon-holders can thus move together freely, under action of the solenoids on the cores, but can only move apart to the extent of the sliding of the slotted pawls on the pins l. For alternating currents, the iron is laminated, and the cores are slit tubes filled with filings or wires, and are of different lengths. The pivoted pawls may be replaced by straight blades sliding vertically in fixed supports, with screws limiting their motion. A modified lamp has only a single solenoid, core, pulley, and pawl. The Provisional Specification mentions a lamp with the coils movable, and stationary conical cores.
Patent GB-189730111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes-line Prop Heads.
Inventor: MILLER WALTER HENRY BAXTER
Filed: 1897-12-20
Granted: 1898-02-05
Abstract: 30,111. Miller, W. H. B. Dec. 20. Clothes-props.-Fig. 2 shows a metal attachment for the head of a clothes prop. It has a tapered mouth 6 for the reception of the clothes line, which passes thence into a converging throat 8 having sufficient spring to grip the line. A recess 7 is formed higher than the mouth, so that, on the prop being lowered, the line passes into this recess and not out through the mouth. In the form shown, a projection 12 serves to guide the line towards the said recess. Corrugations 11 may be provided, and a rivet 10 or collar 10<a> may be attached to the device to present the line from passing low enough to be gripped with great force.
Patent GB-189800845-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Portable Bicycle Support.
Inventor: KILLICK ALFRED
Filed: 1898-01-11
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 845. Killick, A. Jan. 11. Stands or supports for bicycles. The stand may be easily attached to and carried about on the machine. The legs are formed of two upper tubes A into which telescope the lower tubes or rods B, clamps b being provided for securing the parts together. The upper ends a of the tubes A are flattened out and set at an angle, a pivot a' connecting them together. The flattened parts are notched at a<2> to receive the pedal as shown in Fig. 1. A clip C, which consists of a bar clamped to one leg, is provided with a recess for receiving the crank.
Patent GB-189802119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Registering Cash Payments.
Inventor: POTTIN HENRY
Filed: 1898-01-26
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 2119. Pottin, H. Jan. 26. Receipts, checking and recording.-Each salesman is provided with a book of checks marked with a special number, and each apparatus is distinguished by a letter shown outside and perforated on the check when the machine is operated. The actuating-handles n are carried by the employees and fitted into the operating-levers k, k<1> when necessary. The amount of each transaction is perforated on a recording-strip X and on the employee's check, which is inserted at G, as follows:-A series of independent perforating type-sectors d are mounted on a spindle A, and can be set as required by moving handles c in graduated slots, the adjusted position being maintained by rollers g on spring arms h entering scallops on the sectors f. The check is then inserted at G, and the lever k, k<1> is pulled down against an adjustable stop O and allowed to return under the influence of its spring r. The roller l acts on the lever m pivoted at F and connected by cranks and rods t, t<1> with the registering-frame s. This frame is pivoted at B, and is consequently thrown forward, during the downstroke of the lever, so that the india-rubber roller E' presses the recording-strip X and the check against the perforating-type. In the return movement given by the springs w, y, the pawl v drives the feed-roller D' and draws a length of paper from the supply roll C<1>. The register is attached to the back a<1> of the case pivoted at y<1> and locked at Z. When necessary, the back may be turned down, and provision is made for readily removing the rollers when a fresh paper band is required.
Patent GB-189805403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gear Wheels and Gearing.
Inventor: MONK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1898-03-05
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 5403. Monk, W. H. March 5. Toothed gearing. -In Fig. 1, which shows the application of the invention to bevel gearing, a series of ball teeth 6 are seated in holes, drilled from the back, on the wheel 2, and project for more than half their diameter into a groove 3 in which the teeth of the companion wheel 17 run. The balls are held up by a plate 9, which may be formed with bosses to enter the holes ; or bearing- balls may be placed between the plate and the ball teeth. In spur-wheels, as shown in Fig. 3, the ball teeth are held up and adjusted by a coned disc 20. The balls may be held so tightly as to form fixed teeth.
Patent GB-189807858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Tags or Labels, and Means for their Attachment.
Inventor: REENSTIERNA GUSTAF LIBERT
Filed: 1898-04-01
Granted: 1898-07-02
Abstract: 7858. Reenstierna, G. L. April 1. Drawings to Specification. Fastenings for packages. Relates to a combined label and package tying device consisting of a label composed of two layers stuck together and a tying tape, string, or wire arranged between the layers and having its ends projecting to a sufficient length to tie up the package.
Patent GB-189809276-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for the Automatic Delivery of Disinfectants to the Flush Water of Water Closets, Urinals and the like.
Inventor: WADE JAMES LUVIAN
Filed: 1898-04-22
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 9276. Wade, J. L. April.22. Watering-carts.- Soluble disinfectant is placed in a vessel a with a siphon outlet h and an inlet i. This vessel is placed in the watering-cart so that it fills and empties at the same time as the cart.
Patent GB-189810582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Travelling Trunks, Wardrobes, Show Frames and like Articles.
Inventor: CHAPMAN JOSEPH CRAWHALL
Filed: 1898-05-09
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 10,582. Chapman, J. C., [Bonsall, S. W.]. May 9. Wardrobes; clothes-hanging apparatus.-Relates to means by which ladies' dress skirts and other garments may be hung, displayed, and carried without being crushed &c. The skirts are suspended from bars or hangers I, which are supported upon the bars h of a sliding frame H, which can be moved so as to be entirely within the trunk or wardrobe or be drawn out into the position shown, when its outer end is supported by a hinged prop L. When the frame H is pushed inside the wardrobe, the folds of the dresses are secured by suitable tapes, and the lids F, F<1> are closed and fastened. The space within the receptacle not occupied by the skirts may be used for packing other articles. The receptacle is shown standing on one end D, which is flat, to serve as a wardrobe &c. The back and the doors F, F<1> are also flat, while the two sides and the other end B are rounded so as to prevent the receptacle from being placed on the ground in any position in which the dresses would be displaced.
Patent GB-189811692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop Motions of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: GILLET ALOYSIUS JOHN
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1898-08-13
Abstract: 11,692. Gillet, A. J., and Rutter, G. May 23. Loom stop - motions. -When a harness 2 falls, owing to the breakage of a strap or wire, it actuates bellcrank levers 12, and brings hooks 17 on the horizontal arms 10 of these levers into engagement with forks 7 on a shaft 3 beneath the lay. This action brings an arm 19 on the shaft 3 into position to engage with a lug 22 on a sliding bar 20, which releases the spring-actuated belt-shifting lever 21 from its retaining-notch and thus stops the loom.
Patent GB-189818345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating the Flow and Pressure of Gas.
Inventor: NIEL-NEE-JANIOT ALEXANDRINE
Filed: 1898-08-26
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 18,345. Niel, A., [nÚe Janiot]. Aug. 26. Regulators.-Relates to a form of regulator for the supply of gas to gas engines and for other purposes. A gas chamber A connects the supply pipe I and the feed-pipe S. The pipe I is controlled by a valve H on the slide rod D, and the upper surface of the chamber A is closed by a bellows or elastic diaphragm. The rod D passes through a second chamber B, and is attached to a bellows b forming the outer face of the chamber B. The chamber B communicates with the chamber A by an opening K controlled by a conical screw. The rod D is externally supported by a lever R and balance weights P.
Patent GB-189900126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Perforating Machines.
Inventor: GRIFFIN HARRY STANLEY
Filed: 1899-01-03
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 126. Griffin, H. S., Carver, C. R., and Hewston, H. S. Jan. 3. Perforating-m a c h i n e s f o r cheques &c.-Relates to machines for perforating divisional lines on paper for use as cheques, receipts, &c. The paper is fed from the table B by the feed-rollers C, C', and is perforated by the needles M in passing between the rotating male and female dies H, P, the perforated sheets being stripped from the needles by the fingers s, and delivered between the rollers T, T' on to the table or chute U. The feed-roller C is mounted on the lever D, which also carries the stop-gates c, and is raised and lowered by the cam E as required for stopping and starting the feed. The male die H is made in two parts H<1>, I, which are formed with channels H<2>, h<2>, I', and are bolted together, as shown. The needles M are of diamond-shaped section, and project through corresponding grooves in the two parts of the die, the inner ends of the needles being bent at right-angles to lie within the channel h'. The needles, when in operative position, rest on the bevelled ends l of the plates L, which are provided with adjusting-screws J. When any of the needles are to be rendered inoperative, the corresponding plates are withdrawn from beneath the needles. The screws J pass through slots i in the part I, to permit of a lateral adjustment of the plates, and an adjusting-scale is provided on one side of the die. The female die P consists of two perforated discs spaced a suitable distance apart on the shaft G. The invention may also be applied to machines not of the rotary type.
Patent GB-189902910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Buttons, Studs and the like.
Inventor: NOELLE EWALD
Filed: 1899-02-09
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 2910. Noelle, E. Feb. 9. Studs.- A detachable button or stud is formed of two parts, a back part c having a central circular stem b with recesses b<1> therein, and a front part consisting of a hollow circular plate a<1>, covered by an ordinary button-plate a and provided with flat vertical guiding-walls a<2> and with four flat vertical plates d having inwardlydirected springs d<1> formed therein. The stud is shown in use, secured to a piece of fabric, the springs resting within the recesses. To remove the studs, the two parts are turned one against the other till the springs are forced outwards. The two parts can then be separated.
Patent GB-189905141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Footway or Causeway Channels.
Inventor: BIGWOOD HENRY MALCOLM
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 5141. Bigwood, H. M., and Hancher, G. A. March 9. Footways; draining- channels.-The footplate A is of cast iron without any opening except that at the end a for the down-pipe. The channel B is formed of earthenware, stoneware, composite stone, cement, or the like, with a metal end e, if desired, fixed by a bolt f. It is secured to the foot-plate by straps b attached to the plate in the process of casting, and to the channel by a Lewis bolt d or a turned-in end b<2> leaded or cemented into apertures. The connection may be made by overlapping flanges and fillets or lugs and ledges which may be leaded or cemented, or may be shaped to fix by a wedge action. In connecting a pipe with the channel, the method adopted is preferably that described in Specification No. 10,998, A.D. 1892.
Patent GB-189908664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heel Attachments for Boots and Shoes for Preventing Slipping.
Inventor: MORROW JOHN HARVEY
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 8664. Morrow, J. H. April 25. Reels; slipping, preventing.-Relates to means for securing non- slipping rubber treads to heels. The heel rubber has a reinforced bottom A, Fig. 3, from which rises a flange B having a ridge D fitting into a corresponding groove in the heeL The bottom A is connected to a strap E carrying flaps E<1> having sockets F which fit over the buttons F<1>. In modifications, the flange is extended to form a counter K, Fig. 5, which is split, and the flaps K<1>, K<2> are roughened at M and pinned together, or the flaps may be laced together or secured by elastic straps.
Patent GB-189912204-A (GB)
Title: Blast Furnace Slag Ladles.
Inventor: STEVENSON JOHN LESTER
Filed: 1899-06-12
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 12,204. Stevenson, J. L., and Evans, J. June 12. Foundry ladles.-Relates to means for conveying slag. An inner cast-iron pot b has a flange which is bolted to the flange of the wrought-iron pot or ladle a trunnioned in the standard s of a vehicle of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-189912848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Delivering Disinfectant or other Compound to a Charge of Water.
Inventor: WADE JAMES LUVIAN
Filed: 1899-06-20
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 12,848. Wade, J. L. June 20. Watering-carts. - Relates to apparatus to be placed in the cart to deliver disinfectant. The disinfectant is placed in a vessel with a dished cover a, perforated inlet pipe i, and siphon outlet b, h. Each time the tank is emptied some of the solution escapes.
Patent GB-189913759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Clinometers.
Inventor: BELL JAMES
Filed: 1899-07-04
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 13,759. B e l l, J. July 4. Trim, indicating. -A pendulum a, a is fitted at the bottom with a weight b, and above its pivot e with a weight c of slightly less moment, consisting of a cup containing mer - cury. A pointer h is turned outwards and upwards so as to work through a slot in the face of the casing d and over a scale.
Patent GB-189915307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switches for Narrow Guage Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 15,307. Edwards, E., [Constant, J. de]. July 25. Points and switches for narrowgauge railways and for tramways operated from the vehicle. The tongues care operated through the bar b from the frame a, which is pivoted at d and is thrown to one side or other by spring- supported rods lowered from the vehicle to run in one or other of the slots g.
Patent GB-189917909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: ELY ALFRED GREGORY
Filed: 1899-09-05
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 17,909. Ely, A. G. Sept. 5. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The shell or case B is provided with a seat e' for the hemispherical valve f, and is secured in the bottle neck A by means of the cork washer b<2>, which is mounted in a recess in the shell and engages under the snug or shoulder a on the neck. The top of the valve f is formed with liquid passages f<1> between the projecting wings f<2>, or it may be provided with a perforated or slotted rim. The top b<4> of the shell B is formed with liquid passages c<1>, c, c<2>, the central aperture being closed by a glass disc c<3> cemented in position, or by a cork &c. In emptying the bottle, the valve f remains on its seat until the bottle is tilted beyond the horizontal, but then falls away from its seat and permits the passage of the liquid. In a modification, the passages f are formed in the valve casing. For further protection, a float valve h<1> may be arranged in a second valve chamber h. This valve consists of a box of polygonal section, packed with cork, and having projecting feet 4 to permit the passage of the liquid. A recess 30 is formed in the underside of the valve, to facilitate its displacement by the issuing liquid when emptying the bottle.
Patent GB-189920518-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Artificial Marble.
Inventor: WEILL SALLY
Filed: 1899-10-13
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 20,518. Weill, S. Oct. 13. Stone, artificial.-Relates to the production of artificial marble. White English marble cement, water, and glycerine are stirred together, forming a paste, and an earthy colouring-matter, with which water and glycerine have been mixed, is added. After again stirring, the paste is moulded and dried by air or other means. The blocks thus produced are smoothed with pumicestone, the cracks &c. are stopped, and the blocks again dried. The blocks are then smoothed with whetstone and again stopped and dried, and are then smoothed with a polishing-stone. The blocks are next soaked in olive oil and treated by wax polishing. A hard monochromatic marble is produced by using a mixture of cinder-dust &c., white English marble cement, water, glycerine, and colouring - matter, and treating as above.
Patent GB-189923498-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Expansible Plug and Fixing Apparatus applicable to Mine Shot Holes and other Bore Holes or Pipes.
Inventor: BOVIER JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-11-24
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 23,498. Bovier, J. Nov. 24. Stopping pipes and tubes.-Relates to an expansible plug for tamping boreholes and stopping pipes, and to means for expanding and withdrawing it. The plug consists of a series of split cones with male and female wedge surfaces. Two cones a, b are shown in Fig. 1 with a groove f for the fuze. A rod d is screwed to one end wedge, and a tube o is connected to the other at p. A screwed sleeve m passes through a nut n mounted on the end of the tube o, and bears against stops on the rod d when the latter is in place, so that by turning it the wedges can be drawn together or forced apart. Handles are provided on the rod, sleeve, and nut for manipulating them, and a washer q and clamp r hold the tube o against the mouth of the hole.
Patent GB-189925604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: INGRAHAM EDMUND
Filed: 1899-12-28
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 25,604. Ingraham, E. Dec. 28. Feedwater, heating and purifying; casings; superheaters, steam.-A boiler of the locomotive type, applicable for land or marine use, is provided with an exhaust steam jacket above and a casing or "combustion chamber" below, in both of which feed-heating coils are arranged. The exhaust steam jacket 4 extends along the top of the barrel 2 and the firebox 1 ; the casing encloses the lower part of the barrel and a portion of the sides of the firebox 1, curving up to a chimney stack 13. The feed-heating coil 16 in the exhaust steam jacket terminates in a mud drum 17 at one end behind one of two division plates 19, over which the water passes to the other end, sediment being deposited in the bottom of the drum. From the drum the water passes through the coil 20 in the casing, where it is further heated by the furnace gases, and whence it is delivered through a check valve into the boiler. A check valve is preferably fitted also between the mud drum and the coil 20. The steam pipe 28 passes through the casing from the dome 27 above the firebox.
Patent GB-190008234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Rail Bonds.
Filed: 1900-05-03
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 8234. British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., [Redon, C.F. de]. May 3. Electric railways and tramways. - The rail bonds are held in contact with the rails by spring pressure, instead of being screwed or riveted. The contact-faces 4 of the bond 3 shown in Fig. 4 are pressed against the rail webs by the staple 8 and spring 9 held by one of the fish-bolts as shown in Fig. 2. A soft metal plate 6 surrounds and protects the contacts from moisture &c. A similar bond and protector may be applied under the flange. As shown in Fig. 9, the bond is in two parts 19, 20, with a loose or attached flexible connection 26 ; springs and plates 22, 24 secure the bonds, and are held by hooked clamping-bolts 25 on the flange of the rail. The ends of the bond may bear on the rail web 1 and the fishplate 5, as in Fig. 11, where they are secured by the plates 30, 31, spring 34, and hooked bolt 35 passing through the rail web. Or a longer bond or pair of bonds 37, Fig. 14, lying between the web and the fishplate, are pressed against the rail outside the fishplate by the caps 43 and springs 40 held by the fish-bolts. Such bonds have lugs 38 attached, to prevent their abstraction unless the fish-bolts are removed. In a further modification shown in Fig. 21, the bond 44 lies outside the fishplate, and its ends are similarly secured by springs &c. 40.
Patent GB-190009664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mangers or Stable Fittings
Inventor: DOLLAR PETER
Filed: 1900-05-25
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 9664. Dollar, P. May 25. Drawings to Specification. Halters.-Halter chains for securing animals in stables are fitted with connecting-straps or leather links which can be cut through by a knife in case of fire or emergency.