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Patent GB-189904567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Utilization of Gas for the Combined Purpose of Heating Low Temperature Furnaces and the like, and Producing a High Temperature for Heating Steam Boilers, or other Purpose.
Inventor: BEARD AMBROSE
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 4567. Beard, A., and Beardmore, A. B. March 2. Gaseo us-fuel fnrnaces and kilns. -Producer or other gas is burnt in two stages, firstly with incomplete combustion at a low temperature, and finally with complete combustion at a high temperature, a certain proportion of fresh gas being supplied directly to the hightemperature furnace. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a combined furnace for heating iron and steel sheets, bars, or black plates at a low temperature, and for heating a water-tube steam boiler (not shown) at a high temperature. Producer gas is supplied by the pipe E to primary combustion chambers, filled with chequer brickwork, one of which is shown at B. A limited supply of air is admitted at c, c through passages passing through the base of the furnace from the front. The products of incomplete combustion pass through heating-chambers C containing the iron plates &c., and are conducted through passages d to the secondary combustion chambers, one of which is shown at F. Air to complete the combustion is supplied through passages f, k, and a supplementary supply of fresh gas is admitted by the pipe G. The steam boiler is placed between the open mouths of two combustion chambers F. Means may be provided for introducing a supplementary supply of air to the primary combustion chamber, so as to produce a somewhat higher temperature in the low-temperature furnace, as for instance when blooms, billets or the like are to be heated. The arrangement of the high and low temperature furnaces or heating-chambers may be varied as required, and both may be used for a variety of purposes. Thus, the low-temperature heating may be applied to furnaces or kilns for heating copper ingots, bars, and sheets, close-annealing metals, burning bricks and other earthenware goods, and for like purposes.
Patent GB-189904897-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Preserving and Distributing Liquids.
Inventor: CHAPMAN JOSEPH CRAWHALL
Filed: 1899-03-06
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 4897. Chapman, J. C., [Walker, H. V.]. March 6. Preserving milk. - Relates to means for preserving and distributing liquids such as milk, beer, cider, syrups, &c. The liquid is run into a siphon bottle until the siphon is nearly full, and then an insoluble gas such as air is forced in, until the pressure is sufficient to force out the liquid when the siphon valve is opened. The vessel &c. is finally sterilized by heating to a suitable temperature. This arrangement enables a small quantity of liquid to be used without exposing the remainder.
Patent GB-189905769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut-locks.
Filed: 1899-03-16
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 5769. Allen, H. O., and Holdfast Nut- Lock Syndicate. March 16. Locking nuts. - The nut is locked by a strip or washer C with an elongated bolt-hole, a turnedup end B for bearing against the nut, and a bevelled and turned-down end c<1> for entering the wooden work. Fig. 1 shows the blank for forming the nut lock.
Patent GB-189919775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Wire Paper Clips.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1899-10-02
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 19,775. Ransford, R. B., [Cushman, J. W.]. Oct. 2. Bending.-A wire paper-clip of the general shape shown in Fig. 8 is produced from a wire X, Fig. 1, fed into a bending-machine by a feed-slide 18 operated by a toothed segment 24 from the main shaft 12. The feed-slide has an auxiliary slide 22 capable of a slight relative movement to grip or release the wire from between jaws 29, 30 before the feed-slide moves. The wire is fed through a barrel 11 and past rotary bending-tools A, B, C, Fig. 5, suitably operated by cams from the shafts 12 and 16. The wire is then gripped by a lever 31, and also between the tool C and a sliding bar 36, while the required length is cut off by a shear blade 39. The tool A is then rotated so that a projection a<1> on it bends the wire round its pin a as shown in Fig. 6. The tool A is then lowered free of the wire, and a similar operation effected by the tool B. Before the tool B is lowered, a permanent set is given to the bend at x by the forward movement of a pin 48, operated by a shoulder on a lever 45, which, together with a lever 46, is pivoted on a slide 47. The slide is then advanced to bend the clip into its finished shape, as shown in Fig. 8, and to cause its front end to engage a hook 57 on a slide 58. A permanent set is then given at x<1> by the closing of the front ends of the levers 45, 46 on the pin c of the tool C. The tool is then lowered, and the clip drawn out by the movement of the slide 58 to fall through an aperture 59 in the bed.
Patent GB-189920279-A (GB)
Title: Improved Composition for the Manufacture of Celluloid.
Inventor: CHAUBET JULES
Filed: 1899-10-10
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 20,279. Chaubet, J. Oct. 10. Celluloid.-Camphor is dispensed with. Ten parts of nitrated cellulose are mixed with one of. naphthalene, and solvents, such as six parts of alcohol with three of acetone. These proportions may be varied. Specification No. 13,287, A.D. 1899, also refers to replacement of camphor by naphthalene.
Patent GB-189922417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf-practice Appliances.
Filed: 1899-11-09
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 22,417. McHardy, J., and Anderson, Anderson, & Anderson. Nov. 9. Golf; captive balls.-Relates to a golf-practice appliance. On a suitable base a marked with graduations a<4> is pivoted a boss b having an index arm b<1>, b<2> moving over the scale a<4> to indicate the distance the golf ball, when struck, would have travelled if free. The boss of an arm d is pivoted in the boss b, and enters a recess in the base a in which is a coil spring connected to the arm d and base so as to resist the movement of the arm. A pawl or piece C is pivoted on the index arm b<1> so that the arm d will engage it when moved in the forward direction, but not in the opposite direction. The golf ball g is attached by a cord to a sleeve arranged to slide on a vertical post d<2> on the arm d. A spring clip h on the post offers resistance to the upward movement of the sleeve, and graduations may be marked on the post to indicate the rise of the ball.
Patent GB-189922449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refrigerators.
Inventor: MARX LOUIS
Filed: 1899-11-10
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 22,449. Marx, L. Nov. 10. Refrigerators for dairies and the like consist of a chamber with insulating-walls and shelving formed of pipes b through which water flows. Articles to be cooled are placed on the pipes, or sheets of metal h may be placed between them The pipes are connected up to form a continuous passage for the water, of which the flow is controlled by a cock, and angle-irons on the walls support the pipes.
Patent GB-189923877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Gas Lighters.
Inventor: THIERSANT HENRI DE
Filed: 1899-11-30
Granted: 1900-06-09
Abstract: 23,877. Thiersant, H. de, and Norballe, H. J. Nov. 30. Gas cocks.-The plug cock e<1>, which is electrically actuated, is formed with an axial hole e<4> and three series of radial holes e<5>, e<6>, e<7>. When the electric current is passed through the main and auxiliary electromagnets c, m, the vibration of the armature d causes the pawls i<1>, i<2> pivoted thereon to turn the ratchet i on the cock e<1>, and the vibration of the armature l<2> of the auxiliary electromagnet m brings the free end of a spring l mounted thereon within the path of one of the pins k on the ratchet i, which is thus stopped. The distance through which the cock e<1> has been turned has permitted gas to traverse (1) the groove e<2> and the holes e<5>, e<4>, and c<7> to the pilot jet h, where it is ignited by the vibrating sparking contact j<2> mounted on the armature d, and (2) the holes e<6> and a pipe f to the main burner g, where it is ignited from the pilot jet h, to which the gas supply is then cut off. Upon breaking the electric circuit, the spring arm l moves clear of the path of the pin k with which it had been in contact. In order to reduce the number of teeth upon the ratchet-wheel i, two pawls i<1>, i' are preferably employed, one of which engages a tooth while the other is half-way up the inclined surface of a tooth. If the apparatus described fails to act, the cock e' may be actuated by a handkey, which engages with the extension n on the plug.
Patent GB-190000152-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Curry-comb.
Inventor: FRANKE CHRISTIAN RUDOLF
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 152. Franke, C. R. Jan. 2. Currycombs.-The bow handles a are made to fold outwards and downwards for convenience in packing. The pivoted ends c of the handles are bent at a right-angle to form stops. The ends of the currycomb are protected by plates d, the ends d<1> of which receive the blows when the currycomb is being cleaned by knocking it.
Patent GB-190003240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Rail Knobs and other Spherical Knobs and in Tools or Appliances to be used in the said Manufacture.
Inventor: LLOYD EDWIN HARRY
Filed: 1900-02-19
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 3240. Lloyd, E. H., [trading as Lloyd & Co., E]. Feb. 19. Making ornamental metalwork; stamping; rolling.-Bedstead or fender rail knobs or similar spherical knobs are made from sheet metal with an internal boss a<1>, Fig. 1, to receive a longer thread than can be usually formed. A sheet blank, about three times the diameter of the finished knob, is cupped or drawn to the cylindrical shape A shown in Fig. 3. The cylinder is then operated on by a punch D and die B in a collar C. The die has a central pin b<2> and recess b<1> to produce the shape shown in Fig. 4. The blank is then placed in hemispherical dies to produce a roughly-spherical knob, Fig. 5, which is finished by rolling it, together with others, between discs with circular hemispherical grooves after the manner of a ball race. One disc may be fixed on a drilling machine table, and the other carried by the spindle, by which it is both rotated and adjusted vertically. The collar C has screws C<4>, C<5> engaging a loop d<2> on the punch, allowing the collar to fall over the cylinder A before the punch descends, but retaining the collar on the punch when the latter rises. The hemispherical dies and disc rolls may be omitted, and the punch and die formed to give the finished shape.
Patent GB-190004171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exhaust Silencers for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-03-05
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 4171. Winton, A. March 5. Exhaust-silencers.-An eshaust-silencer of explosion engines for motor cars comprises a cylindrical or other shaped chamber A containing a number of perforated discs D. The discs are mounted on an axial rod a and separated by washers b which increase in length towards the end G. A space B is left at the inlet end of the silencer.
Patent GB-190005239-A (GB)
Title: Hand Cigarette Making Machine.
Inventor: FISCH BERNHARD
Filed: 1900-03-20
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 5239. Fisch, B. March 20. Cigarette-making machines.-Relates to a hand machine. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the machine, when open, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the machine when closed. The tobacco is placed on the bed A, the cover is turned down, and the slide D is pushed forward by means of the handle K till the tobacco is confined in the cylindrical space formed by the grooves B, F, d, when the catch M engages the projection c and holds the parts in position. The tobacco is pushed through the opening H into a paper tube. When the c Itch M is released, the springs J, N return the parts to the open position.
Patent GB-190008205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Advertising Signs and similar Devices
Inventor: IRWINE HENRY GREENWELL
Filed: 1900-05-03
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 8205. Irwine, H. G. May 3. Advertising; letters; name plates, signboards, and the like. - Relates to improvements o n the invention described in Specification No. 8433. A.D. 1898. Letters, name plates, signs, show cards, signboards, &c. are formed by corrugating the surfaces and painting the adjacent faces of the corrugations, preferably in different colours, so that the colour will vary as the observer moves from one side of the sign to the other. Fig. 1 shows a letter with the front face thus corrugated. Fig. 2 shows a signboard, the background c of which is corrugated, and the front d of which is formed with transparent letters. In a modification, Fig. 3, the corrugated background c is also transparent, and adapted to be lighted from the back, and the lettering may be on this or on a transparent front d. Or the front d may be dispensed with, or may be used to have opaque lettering depicted thereon.
Patent GB-190014666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
Inventor: NARRAMORE WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-08-16
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 14,666. Narramore, W. Aug. 16. Feeding - bottles.-Relates to feeding-bottles of the kind in which the teat is attached directly to the neck of the bottle and a suction tube dis pensed with. To enable air to enter the bottle as the food is withdrawn, the lip 4<1>, which holds the teat 3, is formed with a tapered groove 5, which extends slightly beyond the edge of the teat and is preferably made shallowest at the point 6, where it crosses the ridge of the lip. The admission of the air can be regulated by altering the position and tension of the teat. In a modification, the groove is replaced by a single sharp ridge, the air entering through the small channels between the sides of the ridge and the teat. The neck 4 is set at an inclination to the body of the bottle, and the opposite end of the bottle is rounded to facilitate cleansing. The bottle may also be formed with hnes or ridges, to indicate the proportions of the ingredients employed in preparing the food.
Patent GB-190103056-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Adjusting the Scrolls of Sofas or the Backs of Chairs.
Inventor: JESSUP GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 3056. Jessup, G. J. Feb. 12. Chairs; sofas.-Relates to means for adjusting the scrolls or backs of sofas, chairs, &c. The scroll is pivoted to uprights C secured to blocks D carried on the main frame, and its lower end is circular, the circle being struck from its pivot as centre. Plates M, having series of holes L, are fixed at each end of the scroll. Pins F working in holes in the blocks D are caused by springs H to engage the holes L, and are disengaged to adjust the scroll by means of a cord passing over a pulley R and secured to a lever P, which has a pair of forks 0 engaging the necks of the pins F. The lever P is loosely inserted in slotted plates S, or is hinged at T as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190106723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Applying the Active Material to the Plates of Secondary Batteries.
Filed: 1901-03-30
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 6723. Pescatore, T., and Tudor Accumulator Co. March 30. Secondary batteries.-Relates to means for applying active material to the plates or grids. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the apparatus. It consists of a table 1 out of which a rectangular piece, somewhat larger than the plate to be pasted, is cut. In this opening is mounted a horizontal slab 2, which can be adjusted in position so that the upper surface of the plate or grid 5 which rests on it lies flush with the table 1. The active material is supplied to a bottomless receptacle 6, which is reciprocated over the surface of the plate 5. The rounded ends 7 of the receptacle 6 and the adjustable rubber pieces 8 serve to press the active material into the plate 5.
Patent GB-190112855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Weights or "Leads" for use in Angling.
Inventor: DECOR PAUL LOUIS ANSELME
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 12,855. DÚcor, P. L. A. June 24. Leads.-The lead a is made with two holes band c. A wire d is inserted above the hole c, and bent as shown to lie in grooves g. The hook lines or gut e are secured by passing them through the hole c and threading them upon the wire d.
Patent GB-190115832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Crushing or Crushing and Sorting Ore and other Materials.
Inventor: FERRARIS ERMINIO
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 15,832. Ferraris, E. Aug. 6. Sifting or screening ores &c.-The drum of a ball crushing-mill is separated by a perforated partition e into two compartments B, C. The compartment B is charged with crushing - balls, the compartment C is closed by a disc f fitted with a series of grids h and formed with a cone m which projects into the compartment B and is formed with radial wings l. The crushed material is carried in a current of water through the perforated partition into the compartment C, and that portion of it which is too coarse to pass through the grids into the receiver F is carried up by the wings and discharged over the surface of the cone into the compartment B for furtber treatment.
Patent GB-190117829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skylights for Corrugated Iron Roofing.
Inventor: STONE FREDRICK ROBERT
Filed: 1901-09-06
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 17,829. Stone, F. R., and Simkiss, H. Sept. 6. Roof-lights; glazing.-Relates to fixed and hinged skylights for corrugated iron roofs. Fig. 3 shows a side bar a, and Fig. 4 a bottom bar c, d, of a fixed light. The side bar a is clipped to the corrugated roofing-sheet f, and glass sheet g, and is formed with a drainage channel a<1>, which leads to the open end of the channelled bar d. The strip c is clipped to the sheet f, and is formed with a beaded edge containing a stiffening-rod c<1>. The bar d is secured to the bar c by screws h, and a rod e of the bar is inserted in eyes or loops soldered to the side bars. The top bar is connected to the side bars by corner plates or clips. Fig. 7 shows a skylight arranged to fit over a flanged beaded edge j of the roofing-sheet, and turn on hooks r, which pass through lugs r' of the corner plates t. An operating rod or stay is hinged to the bottom rail of the skylight.
Patent GB-190122421-A (GB)
Title: Concave Trawling Boards.
Inventor: LISTON JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 22,421. Mston, J. Nov. 7. Trawling-gear.-Iron or other "boards" A for the better opening and keeping open of trawl nets B are made longitudinally straight, and vertically concave, and to narrow from fore to aft. The keels C, which are longitudinally straight, and vertically semicircular, are tampered at the fore ends, and are attached to the " boards," as shown in Fig. 2. The concavity of the " boards " directs the flowing water into the net, thereby bulging it out to its full extent, while the use of semicircular and tapered keels reduces friction and facilitates travelling over obstacles.
Patent GB-190125178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Roller Bearings
Inventor: FEATHERSTONHAUGH ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 25,178. Featherstonhaugh, A., and Fitzgerald, P. Dec. 10. Axle-boxes.-The hub A is provided with a bush B, within which are arranged rings C, conical on the interior, the column of rings being kept in position by a ring abutment C'. Within this column of rings are arranged split rings D, D<1>, with conical exteriors, the rings D serving as a race for the rollers G and the rings D<1> acting as spacing- pieces. The rollers G have reduced end s mounted in split cage rings E within the rings D. A resilient member, such as a spring H, bears against the end rings. An adjusting nut L, screwed into the bush B, acts through a ring K on the end of the column of rings D, D', and serves to adjust the bearing by contracting or expanding the rings. Between the nut L and the nut N, which holds the hub on the axle M, are located balls 0 forming a bearing to take the end thrust. The column of rings C or both columns may be moved for the purpose of adjustment.
Patent GB-190202935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Tramway Points.
Inventor: RADFORD RICHARD HEBER
Filed: 1902-02-05
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2935. Radford, R. H. Feb. 5. Points and switches.-To reduce noise and shock in automatic or spring points on tramways and street railways, a recess is formed in the rail or point box to receive the tongue or part of it, or vice versÔ, with such a fit that there is an air cushion to check the return. As shown in section in Fig. 3, the projecting part b<1> of the tongue fits into the recess in the point box; and the part b<1> may extend for the full length of the tongue or for part of it, and may be made in one with it or be attached to it. In the modification shown in Fig. 14, a box-like projection on the side of the tongue takes over a corresponding projection b<2> formed on a side cover d of the point box, and in Fig. 16 the position of these parts is shown reversed.
Patent GB-190207834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: ROMAIN ADOLPHE
Filed: 1902-04-03
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 7834. Romain, A., and Ayguesvives, J. d'. April 3. Cut-outs.-Adapters for insertion between incandescent lamps and their holders may contain fusible cut-outs 26. Each adapter may carry one or more lamps, all the wires from the lamp contacts 30 being connected to two angle-pieces 9, 10, carried on an insulating-disc 4. The fusible wires 26 are passed through supporting-strips 27 of insulating-material, their ends being covered with tin foil or the like, and then clamped by screws in metal pieces 24, which are secured by cement or screws on an insulating-partition 23. This fits in grooves in a hollow cylindrical insulator 1, which carries two connecting-screws 7, 8. The screws 7, 8 bear on the upper metal pieces 24, and hold the lower metal pieces in contact with the anglepieces 9, 10. The insulator 1 may be enclosed by a metal cap and a tube 3.
Patent GB-190208391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators or Condensers.
Inventor: LAWRENCE GEORGE
Filed: 1902-04-10
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 8391. Lawrence, G. April 10. Condensers.-The condenser is composed of shallow metal chambers, each constructed of two discs a, b, one of which has a peripheral flange, which may be integral or separate and may be frilled, corrugated, or plain. The two discs, and the flange, if separate, are fixed together by bending over the edges of one or both, and soldering. Convenient bosses or nipples are made for connecting the discs together, so that the chambers A shall communicate with each other. Diaphragms of metal or wire-woven plates H may be placed inside the chambers. Series of the chambers are connected at the ends with flow and return pipes E, in which discs G attached to wires F are placed, so as to act as partitions to compel the fluids to pass through the apparatus in a zig-zag path, as indicated by the arrows. Elongated chambers with two or more communicating-nipples may be employed in place of chambers constructed as described above.