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Patent GB-189718468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tire-Trimmers for the Wheels of Railway and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: BABCOCK FRANK HARRISON
Filed: 1897-08-09
Granted: 1898-01-15
Abstract: 18,468. Babcock, F. H. Jan. 22, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Brakes; wheels, trueing, otherwise than by turning. -When wheels are worn the unworn part of the tread and the flange are trimmed down by replacing the brake shoe by a brake block 1 provided with two cutters 10 having cutting-edges 14 and with two cutters 15 having cutting-edges 16, the part of the brake block opposite the worn part of the tread being cut away at 8. When this brake block is applied, the cutters 14, 16 trim off the unworn part of the wheel. In a modification, the cutters for trimming a wheel which has a central groove are shown.
Patent GB-189722339-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electric Motor-car Switch.
Inventor: IMMISCH OTTO CLAUDE
Filed: 1897-09-29
Granted: 1898-07-30
Abstract: 22,339. Immisch, O. C. Sept. 29. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to electrically-propelled vehicles, and consists of a switch for putting auxiliary cells in or out of action, or opposing them to the main current, for regulating the speed and power ; also of means for preventing injurious sparking in the switch when the circuits are broken or changed. (1) Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show one of the simpler forms of the first part of the invention. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the switch arms E are disposed so that the main battery X and auxiliary cells Y are opposed in the circuit of the motor W, V. In Fig. 2 the auxiliary cells are shown cut out, and in Fig. 3 they are shown as assisting the main battery. The invention is also illustrated as applied to a motor with two commutators and as applied with a main battery in two parts. Either the parts of the battery or the motor commutators may be placed in series or in parallel. (2) In order to prevent injurious sparking, the switch arm E', as shown in Fig. 15, is furnished with an additional contact E, by which, at the moment of making or breaking contact, the circuit of an electromagnet A is closed. By this means the main circuit is momentarily broken by the rising of the core B from the cup C.
Patent GB-189725073-A (GB)
Title: A Combination Lock.
Inventor: DYE DAVID
Filed: 1897-10-29
Granted: 1898-08-20
Abstract: 25,073. Dye, D. Oct. 29. Locks, key and permutation.-Relates to a lock for safes, strong-rooms, deed-boxes, &c. A number of interlocking spring slides or catches, operated in a certain order by knobs on the outside, first disclose a keyhole, allowing one bolt to be operated, and can then be moved to release two or more extra bolts. In the form shown, in which the cover-plate is removed, nine slides a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i control three bolts A, B, C. By successively operating the knobs on the slides b, h, f, e the keyhole, shown in dotted lines, is uncovered on the outside. The bolt B can then be operated by a key. The bolt A is released by operating the knobs on slides b, c, a, and the bolt C by those on h, i, g. The lock is closed by operating the slides b, h, to cover the keyhole, the bolts being spring- closed.
Patent GB-189805030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspending Devices for Flower Pots and the like.
Inventor: WRIGHT ALEXANDER
Filed: 1898-03-01
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 5030. Wright, A. March 1. Flower pots and the like, suspended holders for.- A single piece of wire is hooked at A for suspension, bent upwards at B, coiled at D, bent down to E, and then upwards. The part B is placed inside the flower pot &c. and the hook E is engaged with the outside rim on the pot. The part X, A is preferably bent towards the centre of the pot so that the centre of gravity will come under the point of suspension when the pot is nearly upright. The Provisional Specification describes the spring clip as being separate, a suspending cord or chain being used.
Patent GB-189815931-A (GB)
Title: An Exhaust Purifying Chamber for Gas, Oil or like Engines.
Inventor: WATKINS JAMES LOGAN
Filed: 1898-07-21
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 15,931. Watkins, J. L. July 21. Deodorizing exhaust gases from gas and oil engines. The exhaust is passed successively through wire baskets d, e, f, containing respectively pumicestone, lime, and charcoal. The baskets are contained in a box a fitted with doors, a safety-valve k, and drain cock k<1>.
Patent GB-189817426-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Handle Bar for Cycles.
Inventor: THANNER GEORG
Filed: 1898-08-12
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 17,426. Thanner, G. Aug. 12. Handle-bars are pivoted to the handle-bar stem so that the handles can be set at varying heights. The handle-bars L, L' are formed at their inner ends with flat discs l, l<1>, which are pivoted by a bolt S between lugs g, g<1> on the stem G. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the bars are secured in inclination by a conical pin T which passes through holes in the discs l, l<1> and screws into the lug g. In a modification shown in Fig. 5, an eccentric e on a pivoted pin T is pressed by a spring C into engagement with notches a in the discs l and l<1>. These arrangements permit independent adjustment of the bars. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the bars are caused to move together by a pinion R which engages racks r, r' on the discs l, l<1>. Any suitable clamp may be used to secure the discs.
Patent GB-189821047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuses.
Filed: 1898-10-06
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 21,047. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Emmet, W. L]. Oct. 6. Cut-outs.-In order to prevent destructive arcing, the fuse wire is enclosed in a small chamber having an opening to the air, and the ends are connected to spring arms which fly apart when the fuse melts. The fuse 9 is clamped on the free ends of U-shaped arms 4, which tend to turn down as shown in dotted lines under the action of springs 5. Between the arms is a block of insulating-material 10 on which are two renewable blocks 11, 12, each block being hollowed so as to form a chamber 13 having a restricted opening 14. Sliding insulating-plates are also arranged between the guard plates 2. The cut-out may be fitted on a switchboard, contact being obtained with the connecting-bolt 18 by a plate 16 on the casting 7 engaging with the contact 17.
Patent GB-189823265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glow Lamps and Holders.
Inventor: PRESTON EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1898-11-05
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 23,265. Preston, E. J. Nov. 5. Incandescent lamps.-P a r t s of caps are pressed in to afford additional hold for the plaster filling. The depressions so made may have the form of bayonet slots E, Fig. 1, to engage parts F pressed in on the holders, Fig. 3, or pins or screws set in the holders ; a connection between the caps and holders is thus provided, additional to the ordinary pins B and slots D.
Patent GB-189823698-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Ventilating Tubes for Mines.
Inventor: MOMMERTZ PETER
Filed: 1898-11-10
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 23,698. Mommertz, P. Nov. 10. Ventilating mines.-Collapsable tubes, made of canvas or other fabric a stiffened by hoops or coiled wire &c. b, are used. Supporting-rings c may be provided.
Patent GB-189824058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Artificial Teeth.
Inventor: WIENAND AUGUST
Filed: 1898-11-15
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 24,058. Wienand, A. Nov. 15. Teeth, artificial. - Platinum caps a are embedded in the teeth during the moulding operations, and into these fastening- pins c, made of inferior metal, are soldered after the firing operation. The spaces around the pins are filled up with enamel or cement d. The form of the caps may be modified by providing them with curved or straight lugs.
Patent GB-189904597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter and Document Files.
Inventor: LAWRENCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 4597. Lawrence, B. March 2. Filing papers.-Fig. 2 shows an end view, and Fig. 3 a section. Each pair of wires consists of two curved portions b united by straight portions h, c, and a strengthening-rod d, the ends of which are pivoted in the lugs e. The wires are brought together or separated by means of forks o, connected to levers p, pivoted at i, and held in place by flat springsj.
Patent GB-189904614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Smoke Consuming Furnaces.
Inventor: BOLZ CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 4614. Bolz, C. March 2. Smoke-consuming.-Relates to blast distributing and discharging apparatus so arranged that an over-grate blast may be delivered through a specially-constructed firebridge during, and immediately after, firing, and an under-grate blast at other times. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application of the invention to an internal-flue boiler, Fig. 2 being a section on the line x-y, Fig. 1. The blast is delivered by a steam-jet blower into a chamber h' at the base of the firebridge, whence it passes either into the hollow arch h<1> or into the ashpit, according to the position of the flap valve j<1>. The arch h<1> has discharge orifices in its inner arched surface and in that portion which faces the fire. The valve j<1> is operated by connection to the firedoor, but it is preferably connected also with a dash-pot to permit its gradual and automatic reversal. In applying the invention to an externally-fired boiler, the firebridge and its chambers may be partly constructed of masonry. The valve j<1> may, moreover, be operated by hand. The blast is preferably heated, before being delivered into the chamber h<2>, by passing it through a pipe or channel exposed to the heat of the furnace gases. Fig. 5 shows a modified arrangement adapted to a marine boiler. In this case the distributing-chamber h<2> is situated at the front of the furnace and surrounds the fire-door, the blast being supplied at a ; k is a pipe connecting it with the hollow fire bridge, which, in this case, is also perforated at the floor of the arched passage through it. In applying the invention to a watertube boiler, the arrangement shown in Fig. 8 is adopted, h<2> being the distributing-chamber and j<1> the reversing-valve as before. In this case, as also in the case of an ordinary externally-fired boiler, the ashpit door c<1> is sealed at its lower edge by water.
Patent GB-189906749-A (GB)
Title: A Road Skate.
Inventor: IHNE WILLIAM BERTHOLD
Filed: 1899-03-29
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 6749. Ihne, W. B. March 29. Skates, roller. A series of rollers d cairying an endless band f are mounted on spindles c working in plates b<1> fixed to the sole a. Angle bars e keep the axles in position. The band may be flexible or articulated, and may be kept in place by guides &c. In a modification, the band is dispensed with, the rollers being provided with elastic tyres or made of elastic material.
Patent GB-189908097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating the Arc in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: CHATTERLEY PERCY NEWTON
Filed: 1899-04-18
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 8097. Chatterley, P. N. April 18. Arc lamps.-An upper carbon-holder S is attached to a crooked tube R, through which passes a metal band or chain connecting the movable armature M of a series solenoid L or electromagnet with a dash - pot N movable on a fixed piston. When current is supplied, the solenoid or magnet raises the armature M and the tightened chain grips and lifts the tube R with the upper holder, thus striking an arc; as the carbons consume, these parts descend until the dash-pot N rests on the plate A of the frame, or on an adjustable stop, slackening the chain so that the tube R slips. A spring or weight may be used instead of the dash-pot. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of any suitably-curved surface in place of the tube R.
Patent GB-189909808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-acting Mules.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 9808. Golby, F. W., [Heipt, A. E., and Beyer, C. A.]. May 9. Mules.-In mules provided with a copping-rail having a zig-zag upper surface, the height of each depression II, IV, VI, and also of each elevation I, III, V, is lower than the preceding depression or elevation, so that, as the carriage runs in, a number of layers are wound on the conical surface, of which each successive layer is moved longitudinally with regard to the preceding one.
Patent GB-189910758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: WINSOR JOHN
Filed: 1899-05-23
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 10,758. Winsor, J. May 23. Type-writers.-Relates to the nesting or arrangement of the type-bars in type-writers in which they are arranged radially. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section, and Fig. 4 a plan view from above. Each type-bar 1, 2, 3, 4 has a pivot E exceeding half an inch in length which is supported in a bracket B consisting of a loop b with ends b<1> offset as shown in Fig. 4. The brackets are secured by screws C, D to the ring A, and are shaped so that the pivots lie alternately in four horizontal planes, but all at the same radial distance from the centre of the ring A. By this means the bars are nested closely together without diminishing the length of the pivots. The pivot ends of the bars are recessed where required, so as not to interfere with the pivots or brackets of adjacent bars. The ring A is cut away at A<2> so that the platen A' may be lowered for heavy or thick manifolding work.
Patent GB-189914980-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Aromatic Amidoaldehydes.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-07-20
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 14,980. Johnson, G. W., [Boehringer & S÷hne, C. F.]. July 20. Vanillin.-Relates to a general method of preparing aromatic primary, secondary, and tertiary amidoaldehydes, and consists in heating at about 155‹ to 170‹ C. with sulphuric acid of specific gravity 1À5 to 1À84, for a few minutes, the addition compounds of alloxan with aromatic amines, or the acids which are obtained from them by acting upon them with alkalies by Pelizzari's method. Carbonic acid, carbonic oxide, and ammonia are split off in the process, and the amidoaldehyde resulting is separated by neutralizing the mixtures and extracting with ether. For example, p-amido-mmethoxybenzaldehyde is prepared from the corresponding alloxan additive compound or the acid obtained therefrom, and vanillin is prepared from p-amido-m-methoxybenzaldehyde by diazotizing it and decomposing the diazo compound.
Patent GB-189921861-A (GB)
Title: New and Improved System for Liquefying Gases in Portable and like Receptacles for the Storage of Power for Cooling and other Purposes.
Inventor: JOLY CELESTE
Filed: 1899-11-01
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 21,861. Joly, C. Nov. 1. Cooling gases.- Air or other gas is liquefied in portable storage receptacles 4, by compressing and cooling it by a stream of water before it enters the receptacle 4, and then allowing it to escape through a weighted Valve 5 into a coil of pipe 7 surrounding the apparatus, where it expands and absorbs sufficient heat from the gas in the receptacle to liquefy it. The receptacle is contained in a casing 9 filled with an unfreezable liquid and surrounded by insulating-material. The gas escapes through the valve 2, and is used for cooling or power purposes.
Patent GB-190002148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevators.
Inventor: SCHMIDT HEINRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1900-02-02
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 2148. Schmidt, H. A. Feb. 2. Elevators.-To prevent spilling over between an elevator belt and its cups or scoops, the front wall d of the cup is formed with a continuation e bent out at the end, and the upper edge f of the back wall a is also bent outwards. The back wall a, which is attached to the belt b and is continuous with the sides, is formed with a rounded bottom c lying close to the wall d.
Patent GB-190007555-A (GB)
Title: Improved Shaft Bearing.
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 7555. Deutsche Waffenund Munitions-fabriken and Riebe, A. April 24. Removal of parts, facilitating; b a l l bearings; lubricating.-The bearing- casing is made in two parts p, q, jointed together at r. The part p is pivoted at b, and the part q is secured by the bolt c. When the nuts on the bolt care slackened, the bolt can be disengaged and the casing turned back about the pivot b, leaving the internal bush or bearing d free for adjustment. When the casing is turned back into place, the shaft is centred as before, the position of the part p being determined by the projection k on the base a of the bearing-block. The part d may be an adjustable bush of any kind, or may be the outer casing of a ball bearing as shown. In this case the balls are adjusted by screwing in the disc n, Fig. 2, which is looked by the catch piece i. Packing-rings l retain lubricant, which is introduced through the apertures o, t, the inner apertures being covered by the spring z. The halves of the bush d are held together by a temporary pin as long as the outer casing is open. The contact surfaces of the bush and casing may be spherical as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190010071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automobiles.
Inventor: KITSEE ISIDOR
Filed: 1900-05-31
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 10,071. Kitsee, I. May 31. Motor road vehicles. -Relates to means for stopping the vehicle automatically upon the occurrence of any emergency. A switch is arranged in connection with the seat B, by which when the seat is occupied, the motor is put in circuit through the contacts c, C, c<2>, as shown in Fig. 2. When the seat is not occupied, the switch arm C is operated by a spring D so as to cut out the motor and close the circuit of an electromagnetic brake G through the contacts c, c'.
Patent GB-190011338-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sprayer for the Distribution of Disinfectant Liquid and for Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: DEFRIES WOLF
Filed: 1900-06-22
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 11,338. Defries, W., and Feeny, V. I. June 22. Spray - producers.-Relates to a sprayer for the distribution of disinfectant liquids &c. The liquid is contained in a cylinder A, to which a stirrup is attached at the bottom. An air pump B passes through a gland C in the top of the cylinder. When required for use, the pump may be partly withdrawn from the cylinder, and secured by a bayonet joint D as shown. A filling-plug L is provided in the top of the cylinder, and may be furnished with an airsealing tube extending down to the level of the pump valve b. The cylinder cover is fitted with a two-way cock E, through which the air and liquid pass, the position of the plug serving to adjust the proportion of air and liquid, and thereby regulate the fineness of the spray. The plug may be attached or connected through gearing to a pointer to indicate on a dial the ratio of air to liquid. The air may pass from the cock and up an inner tube H, and the liquid up an outer tube G<1>, in which case the tubes are closed by a perforated nozzle, a second delivery nozzle with a central hole being screwed over the perforated nozzle. In place of the two-way cock E, an adjustable valve or nozzle on the end of the delivery tube may serve to regulate the flow of liquid. The apparatus may be provided with a case, and the stirrup made to serve as a handle, or the stirrup may be arranged to fold against the cylinder, the handle of the pump being provided with a bayonet catch and serving as a handle.
Patent GB-190012574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: VERCOE THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1900-07-12
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 12,574. Vercoe, T. H. July 12. Tyres, pneumatic.- In the pneumatic tyre shown in section in Fig. 2, the ordinary air tube a is supplemented by an inner reserve air tubs b, which can be separately inflated through a second inflating-valve. The reserve tube b is normally held away from the tread part of the tyre, preferably by a stretched rubber band secured round the tread part of the tube b. After the tube a has been punctured, the tube b is inflated.
Patent GB-190015169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rectifying Alternating Electric Currents.
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 15,169. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Thomson, E.]. Aug. 25. Converting alternating and direct currents ; distributing.-Relates to means for maintaining synchronism in rectifying alternating currents, and so preventing sparking. The motor for driving the rectifying-commutator is supplied with current having a higher frequency than the current to be rectified. In the diagram, Fig. 1, the generator 4 supplies the current to be rectified through a transformer 6, 6 , 6<b> to the collector 3 of a rectifier. The syn. chronous motor 8 is supplied with a current of higher frequency by means of an auxiliary generator 9, the number of poles on the machines being arranged to produce the desired effect.
Patent GB-190101682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers or Check Tills.
Inventor: HEINITZ WOLDEMAR
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 1682. Heinitz, W. Jan. 24. Receipts, checking and recording.-Relates to cash registers or cash tills in which keys 22, corresponding to figures representing the sum of a purchase, are operated ; a crank on a shaft 2 is then turned so that the sum may be seen on segments 8, Fig. 1, through apertures in the casing 1, corresponding printing-types on segments 11 being at the same time adjusted and the sum printed. The apparatus may be combined with a registering or reckoning apparatus by which the sums registered are successively added. The shaft 2 carries a tappet 4 adapted to engage a driver 5 on a shaft 6 on which sleeves 7 are loosely mounted and carry the segments 8 and arms 9 carrying locking-segments 10 and the type-segments 11. At the side of each sleeve 7 a driver 12 is carried by the shaft 6, and operates in connection with a pin 13 on the arm 9. A pawl 14 on the segment 10 is engaged by a pin 23 on the depressed key. A V-shaped bar 17, carried by a guided slide 16, operated by a spring 19 and a cam 15 on the shaft 2, is adapted to engage teeth on the underside of the segments 10. The printing-arrangement is moved towards the type by a link 21 operated by a cam 20 on the shaft 2. Each zero key is operated automatically by a plate 25, Fig. 4, operated in one direction by the action of pins 27 on a segment 26, and in the other direction by a cam 30. The plate 25 is connected by a lever 28 to a pin 29 on the zero key.
Patent GB-190106453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Lamps.
Inventor: STEVENS DAVID FRANKLIN
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 6453. Stevens, D. F. March 27. Oil lamps, constructed in the form of brackets, chandeliers, and the like, comprise a reservoir G, a supply pipe or pipes E fitted with a controlling tap or taps F, and an argand burner or burners C in which the cotton wick is surmounted by a carbon or asbestos tip B.
Patent GB-190108587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Holding Shirt Waists or similar Garments in Position, and supporting Dress Skirts, Trousers and the like
Inventor: HOGAN GEORGE LEWIS
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 8587. Hogan, G. L. April 26. Belts; corsets; shirts.-Relates to attachments to belts, corsets, and the like for holding shirtwaists &c. in position and supporting skirts. The invention is stated to be applicable for holding gentlemen's shirts in position and supporting trousers and other garments. The corset C is provided with corrugated pieces B, Figs. 3 and 5, of rubber &c., and a belt S, Figs. 1 and 5, having similarly-corrugated elastic parts A, is passed round the waist outside the shirt-waist W, so as to bind it against the pieces B. The skirt T is provided with a hook H, which engages the belt. The upper edge of the belt is notched, as shown in Fig. 1, to prevent the hook from slipping. Instead of using separate pieces B, the material of the corsets may be crimped &c.