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Patent GB-189827421-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Lessening the Effects of Collisions on Railways.
Inventor: SINGLETON CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1898-12-29
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 27,421. Singleton, C. J. Dec. 29. Collisions, lessening effect of; seats.-A crosssection through a compartment is shown. The front part a of each seat is supported by hinged uprights e connected by arms g, h to the back c of the carriage. In the event of a collision, the arms g, h would move and force down the uprights e, thus lowering the flaps a and preventing the legs of the passengers from being trapped between opposite seats.
Patent GB-189827625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sheet Metal Boxes or Cans.
Filed: 1898-12-31
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 27,625. Fry, R. J., and Barclay & Fry. Dec. 31. Cans ; cans, opening.-Relates to sealed cans which are provided with cutter covers for cutting through tagger tops as described in Specification No. 19,930, A.D. 1896. The cutter cover X is fitted over the bottom B, which is dished so as to afford clearance for the cutter Y. The cutter may be riveted to the cover X as shown, or formed by turning down a portion of the cover as described in the aforementioned Specification. The tagger top may be protected by a plain cover, which may be used after the tagger top is cut away, or this protecting-cover may be dispensed with, and the cutter cover X used for covering the top after opening.
Patent GB-189901494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collotype and similar Printing Machines.
Inventor: COE ALFRED
Filed: 1899-01-23
Granted: 1900-01-23
Abstract: 1494. Coe, A. Jan. 23. Photo-mechanical printing.-Relates to a collotype or like printing - machine, in which it is necessary to apply two inks of different consistency. The collotype plate is placed between two inking- slabs on a carriage reciprocated by the lever 12, which is reciprocated by a cam 21, constructed so as to give a dwell to the carriage at both ends of the stroke. The inking-rollers which give the thick coating are carried by a slide 27 which is reciprocated intermittently by a lever 30 actuated by the intermittently-rotating crank 33. The intermittent rotation is given to the crank by a segmental toothed wheel 35 gearing with the pinion 36. The inking-rollers which give the thin coatiog are carried by a slide 40 which is recipro - cated continuously, but at different rates, by a crank 45 acting through the connecting-rod 46 and lever 43. The crank 45 is rotated from the shaft 22 by duplex toothed gearing which abruptly changes its velocity ratio in each revolution. The sheets of paper are placed on an inclined feedtable 3, whence they are drawn by grippers round the cylinder 2. A mask 70 is wound at each end on rollers 71 and 72, one of which 72 contains a spring. The mask is reciprocated by connecting it to the reciprocating table by cords 73.
Patent GB-189901922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Telescopic Ladders.
Inventor: HEATHMAN JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1899-02-17
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 1922. Heathman, J. H. Feb. 17. Fastenings for securing telescopic ladders, at any height. A hook A, of the form shown in Fig. 1, is pivoted at E to each side of the movable ladder section G. The hooks take over a rung H of the fixed section F, and also have projections B which take under the rung J of the section G, as a safeguard against insecurity of the bolts E. The hooks on the two sides are connected by a cross-bar D, which also serves as a handle for operating the ladder. When the section G is raised, the rungs of the section F engage the inclined faces C of the hooks and push them aside. In order to cause the hooks to pass the rungs when the section G is lowered, a modification shown in Fig. 4 is used. A lever O is pivoted at P to the movable part, and is connected to the hook A by a slotted link K in such a way that, when the movable section is lowered, the rungs H of the fixed section engage the levers 0 and move the hooks A out of the way as shown.
Patent GB-189910340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters.
Inventor: SWOBODA HANS OTTO
Filed: 1899-05-16
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 10,340. Swoboda, H. O. May 16. Current meters.-A maximum-current indicator consists of a strip of platinoid or other metal D, carrying the current, and adapted to be heated and expanded lengthways thereby. At one end the strip D is supported by another metal strip N, to compensate for ordinary temperature variations, or by an adjusting- screw and nut on the back of the case. The lower end of the strip D is attached to and acts on a shaft F, in opposition to a spring connected to an arm K. Another arm G of the shaft acts on a pointer H, which is pivoted independently at I, and movable along a graduated scale C, so that the pointer remains where it is placed by the arm G. Other means for connecting the strip and pointer may be substituted.
Patent GB-189910865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Matches.
Inventor: PURGOTTI LUIGI
Filed: 1899-05-24
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 10,865. Purgotti, L., and Purgotti, A. May 24. Matches.-An igniting-composition is made of a mixture of cuprous rhodanate or sulphocyanate, sulphur, potassium chlorate, ground glass, water, and agglutinants, to which may be added barium chromate or antimony sulphide.
Patent GB-189913724-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Rack for Cooking Utensil Lids and Towel Rail.
Inventor: ATKINSON THOMAS
Filed: 1899-07-03
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 13,724. Atkinson, T. July 3. Brackets ; towel racks.-A rack for cooking-utensil lids is formed by two rods a connected to end pieces b. A rod d for a towel is carried by arms c pivoted to the end pieces b, which are provided with stops to keep the arms c horizontal.
Patent GB-189922151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baby-walkers.
Inventor: FIRNHABER EDWARD
Filed: 1899-11-06
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 22,151. Firnhaber, E. Nov. 6. Go-carts; railways for recreation.-To assist babies to walk, and to provide amusement for those who can walk, the go-cart arrangement illustrated is suspended from a removable track set up in the nursery. The rails 1 are made up of tubular sections which have ends fitting into each other and secured by set-screws. The rails are carried on U-shaped supports 8, the upper ends of which enter sockets on the rails. The go-cart, enclosed with a suitable railing, seat 11, and front tray 14, is constructed with grooved wheels 15 which run upon the rails. The wheels are supported at the ends of sunk axles, and their grooves are padded at their bottoms to prevent noise. The enclosures of the cart are such as to prevent egress of the child.
Patent GB-190000129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dusting and Sweeping Apparatus.
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 129. Harvey, C. J. Jan. 2. Dusting - a p p l iances.-Relates to improvements o n the invention described in Specification No. 546, A.D. 1893. The air and dust are drawn through the nozzle by the pressure exerted in moving the brush &c. Fig. 2 shows one form of apparatus, in which the nozzle c surrounded by the brush d is fixed to a pair of bellows provided with a handle h. The diaphragm g' allows air but not dust to pass, and the flexible material b may act in the same way. A valve is provided at e and another at f<1> in a stopper f. Fig. 5 shows another form of apparatus, in which the nozzle c provided with rollers k is fixed to a hollow plunger a<1>, the piston ax of which works in the cylinder a. Valves are provided at f<1>, e', e, f<x>. The nozzle communicates with a tube c<2> surrounded by a bag b which allows air but not dust to pass. The plunger moves in and out of the cylinder against the spring j, and the action is that of a double pump.
Patent GB-190002694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles.
Inventor: NAYLER GEORGE
Filed: 1900-02-10
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 2694. Nayler, G., and Myer, S. Feb. 10. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The neck of the bottle is formed with a seat for the ball valve h, and with outlet passages c, d, g, Fig. 1. A plug or ring e of cork &c., covered or protected by a label, is introduced into the annular channel d. The passages c, g, instead of being vertical, may be inclined &c., to prevent the insertion of a wire for the purpose of raising the valve. The valve h is connected to a weight k, which acts in conjunction with the sloping shoulder of the bottle to hold the valve on its seat, except when the bottle is inverted for pouring out the contents. The weight may be hollow and contain shot &c., or it may consist of two hollow balls connected by a bar or rib. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the outlet passages n are formed in a plug or cage m, which is shaped to permit the valve h to open. A perforated disc or seal o is inserted above the plug, preferably in a recess in the neck.
Patent GB-190004019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Wagon Brakes.
Inventor: MCINTOSH JOHN FARQUHARSON
Filed: 1900-03-02
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 4019. McIntosh, J. F., and Ruthven, A. St. C. March 2. Brakes, hand. Relates to improvements in either-side wagon brakes of the kind described in Specification No. 23,849, A.D. 1898. One of the short levers B attached to the crossshaft C is pivoted to the link D, which is jointed to the toggle-lever E, the lower member of which is pivoted to the brake lever A connected to the push-rods J. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the levers B project beyond the ends of the wagon, but in the form described in Specification No. 23,849, A.D. 1898, a hand guard M, Fig. 3, is fitted to the levers B. The brake is kept in any required position by allowing the fixed pin h to engage one of the notches H in the curved spring lever F, which is pivoted at f to the upper member of the toggle-lever E. The Provisional Specification states that the brakes may be retained in position by causing a spring to bear against flats or notches formed on a cam fixed to the shaft C.
Patent GB-190010626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tires
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1900-06-11
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 10,626. Willis, P. R. J., [Bothwell, De W. H.]. June 11. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to a sectional pneumatic tyre, in which each short tubular section 1 has reduced ends 2, 3, which engage with the reduced ends of adjacent sections. A short vulcanite or like pipe 4, with ribbed ends, is placed within the inner reduced part 3, which has a thin flaring extension 7. Each section is secured to a saddle-piece 9 by an eye-bolt 13, which embraces the reduced end 2 and has a shank 11 fastened to the wheel rim by a nut. A damaged section is replaced by slackening the eye-bolts.
Patent GB-190010779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bottles and the like for Indicating when the same have been Opened.
Inventor: EVANS EDWARD TAYLOR
Filed: 1900-06-13
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 10,779. Evans, E. T. June 13. Stoppers; refilling, preventing and detecting.-To prevent the fraudulent or unauthorized opening of bottles &c. containing wines, beer, spirits, perfumes, essences, &c., the vessel is formed with an integral disc B, covering the mouth, so that the cork F cannot be withdrawn without breaking off the disc. The disc is connected to the neck by two or more strips or legs C, which may be grooved or notched, as at D, to facilitate breakage. The bottle &c. is formed with a filling-opening, preferably in the bottom, through which the cork F is inserted into the neck before the vessel is filled. After filling, the filling- opening is closed by a plug or stopper, which is ground to the opening, and is secured by a suitable adhesive.
Patent GB-190112162-A (GB)
Title: New and Improved Means for Packing Coffee, Tea, Spices and other Tropical Produces.
Inventor: SCHLUETER AUGUST HERMANN
Filed: 1901-06-14
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 12,162. Schl³ter, A. H. June 14. Packing tea, coffee, spices, &c.-Tea, coffee, spices, and other tropical products are enclosed in a bag, Fig. 1, or metal case k, Fig. 5, which is placed in a box a made of bamboo cane or the like and fitted with ends c. A hole in one of the ends serves for the mouth of the bag to be drawn through or that of the case to be fixed in, and is closed by a stopper and sealed, the tying-strings f of the bag being passed through holes h in the sides and joined together under the bottom.
Patent GB-190115984-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Production of Malleable Iron or Steel by Means of Blast Furnace Gas
Inventor: EYERMANN PETER
Filed: 1901-08-08
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 15,984. Eyermann, P. Aug. 8. Iron and steel furnaces.-A process, such as the Talbot or other continuous process, of making iron and steel is carried out in a furnace having two hearths 31, 32, supplied with blast-furnace gases. The hearth 31 is constructed like an ordinary open hearth, and the hearth 32 has obliquely-directed tuyeres, communicating with an air chamber 34 which is supplied with air from the blast-furnace main. The furnace may be oscillatory. The blast-furnace gases, freed from dust,:pass through one of a set of regenerators, into a producer 16, and thence along a flue 17, into the furnace 31, 32. This producer has a fuel chamber 19, and a lower chamber, separated incompletely into two parts 15, and 22, by an arch 24 through which pass flues 25. The chamber 19 is charged by means of a double hopper and cone arrangement. Any ashes accumulating upon the arch 24 are withdrawn through doorways 23. The air supplied to the furnace 31, 32 is heated by means of regenerators working, in the usual way, in conjunction with the gas regenerators.
Patent GB-190116765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means to be Employed in Dyeing Yarns of Woollen, Worsted Silk or other like Fibres
Inventor: MELLOR RICHARD
Filed: 1901-08-21
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 16,765. Mellor, R. Aug. 21. Dyeing.-Relates to apparatus for the partial or local dyeing of hanks of woollen, worsted, silk, or like yarn, whereby the hanks are dyed in sections or patches or at short intervals throughout their length. The hanks are stretched on frames or grids o, composed preferably of laths or bars of hard wood, and these with intermediate empty frames are built up on a skeleton platform e, capable of being raised and lowered by means of screws and bevel gearing. The side bars of the said frames are extended, and the extensions slide freely in grooves or ways c', formed in a suitable framework supporte on the bottom of the dye vat. Each hank frame is also provided with a loose side bar, sliding in grooves, for properly stretching the hanks. When the frames are in position, pressure is applied to the pile by means of a screw m acting on a pressure plate n, so as to nip portions of the yarn between the bars or laths and prevent access of the dye liquor thereto. The loose bars or laths, and those on opposite sides of the hank frames, are grooved along their edges as shown at s, Fig. 3, to admit of the circulation of the dye liquor between them and the overlying portions of yarn.
Patent GB-190125615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Perpetual Calendars or Date Indicators.
Inventor: GRANT ROBERT
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 25,615. Grant, R. Dec. 14. Date indicators.-A circular casing 5 contains three superposed rings 7 for showing the days of the week, the month, and the date respectively through apertures 16 at which a pallet 11 is inserted into notches 10 for the purpose of turning them. A fourth ring, which is stationary, holds an ink well 12.
Patent GB-190214950-A (GB)
Title: Starting-gate for Racing Purposes.
Inventor: JONES CAROLINE DIANA MARIAN
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 14,950. Jones, C. D. M., [Jones, R. G.]. July 4. Races, starting.-Relates to a moving barrier for starting horse and other races. Apparatus of the form shown in Fig. 2 is arranged on each side of the course. The weighted rod A is connected by an overhead cord B E and a tasselled or other barrier C to the opposite rod. Each rod is pulled outwards, so as to stretch the barrier, by a cord B I passing over shear-legs and fixed to a peg G. Cords I C extend to the bottoms of the bars, and other cords C, 0, each carrying an eye engaged by a pin R, keep the barrier in the position shown. To release the barrier, the cords V are pulled downwards. These cords pass over pulleys U, T to the respective pins R, thus simultaneously withdrawing the pins, when operated, and allowing the weights on the rods to swing the barrier upwards. Cords 0, W serve to limit the upward movement.
Patent GB-190218270-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manhole or Inspection Chamber Covers for Drains Sewers and the like
Inventor: HAMMOND WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-08-20
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 18,270. Hammond, W. H., and Fotherby, R. G. Aug. 20. Manhole covers ; inspection openings ; disinfecting. -In order to ensure an airtight closure of man- holes and inspection openings, the frame A for the ordinary cover C is formed with a sloping inner wall, to serve as a seat for a second cover B, a strip of rubber, soft metal, or other packing D being interposed. The cover B may be screwed down, and the space between the two covers may be filled with sand, charcoal, or other disinfectant.
Patent GB-190221225-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Urinals.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 21,225. Bell, W., and Adams, M. J. Sept. 30. Urinals.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 10,492, A.D. 1892. Each back A is made integral with a column which overlaps the joint D, as shown.
Patent GB-190223445-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of a Celluloid-like Substance
Inventor: ZUEHL ERNST
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 23,445. Z³hl, E. Oct. 27. Celluloid.-Camphor is partly or wholly replaced by mixed phosphoric esters, containing alcohol or anilide radicals and phenyl, cresyl, or naphthyl, such as diphenyl-phosphoric ethyl-ester, or anilide, phenyl-phosphoric diethyl-ester, or dianilide, or corresponding methyl or amyl esters.
Patent GB-190223892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Manipulating the Slide Valves of Coal Storage Hoppers or Measuring Chambers in connection with Inclined Gas Retorts, and Gas Producers; and for other similar purposes.
Inventor: HERRING WALTER RALPH
Filed: 1902-11-01
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 23,892. Herring, W. R. Nov. 1. Measured quantities, delivering.-The slide valves of coal storage hoppers, or of measuring-chambers for other purposes, are operated mechanically, instead of by hand. In the form shown, hoppers A supply coal to measuring-chambers D, supplying a double setting of inclined retorts. The slide valves C, F, at the bases of the hoppers and measuring-chambers respectively, are connected by a lever G, so that, when one opens, the other closes. The valves Care connected to pistons b, each working in a separate cylinder B, carried by a bracket a. The piston has one face of large area operated upon by water, steam, or compressed air, admitted by a tube 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 when the corresponding actuating-lever on the stand H is operated. The slide valve C is then closed, while the valve F is simultaneously opened. The water &c. being then allowed to escape, the piston is slowly returned by a constant pressure of water, compressed air, or steam, entering from a tube a<1> through a tube a<2> to channels b<a>, b<3>, acting upon a piston face having a small area. The ports m, m<1>, Fig. 7, open to the back of the ram and to the waste respectively. In the position shown of the lever 4, these are in communication with one another. On moving the lever, the port m is opened to the channel M', which is connected to the pressure main. To prevent the lower slide valve F from closing before all the coal has discharged, and to enable the attendant to release the actuating-handle, a counterweighted flap d is provided above the slide F. Upon this flap the coals &c. rest, the amount of opening being adjustably regulated by a slide d'. So long as coal &c. is discharging, the flap prevents the slide F from closing. This device is applicable when the slide valves are worked by hand.
Patent GB-190226466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Matts and Raw Metals in Metallurgical Hearth Furnaces
Inventor: CONEIN ALFRED LOUIS ADOLPHE
Filed: 1902-12-01
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,466. Conein, A. L. A. Dec. 1. Pneumatic processes ; open-hearth processes; materials for purifying or refining.-To convert cast iron into steel or puddling-iron, a mixture, composed of steam and air, powdered iron oxides, a powdered flux, and hydrocarbons, is blown by means of pipes on to the surface of the molten metal in an open-hearth, reverberatory, or gas furnace, or the like.
Patent GB-190300135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam-turbines.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
Filed: 1903-01-02
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 135. Stumpf, J. Jan. 2. Steam turbines.-The impact-wheel A has curved buckets a, adapted to receive a steam jet from the laterally-arranged nozzle b. The steam enters one side of each bucket and, leaving by the opposite side, is returned to the inlet side of the buckets by a curved guide-bucket d, the admission arm d<1> of which has a larger angle of inclination than the discharge arm d<2>. The bucket has internal guideribs e, and may have an internal wall so as to form a closed channel Several guide-buckets may be used on one wheel, and the wheel may have buckets of the Pelton type, and either a central jet or two lateral jets.
Patent GB-190300824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Discharging Inclined Gas Retorts.
Inventor: GRAHAM MAURICE
Filed: 1903-01-13
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 824. Graham, M. Jan. 13. Shoots.-Relates to apparatus for discharging inclined gas retorts, and consists of a three-sided shoot a, that is, one open at the side facing the inclined retorts c. It is supported by a carriage b running on wheels d over rails e, and driven by an electric motor or by other means. At the lower part of the shoot is a hinged shoe f, which directs the incandescent coke into either the gas producer k, a shoot i leading to the basement floor, or a conveyer h.
Patent GB-190307127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints for Railways.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 7127. Page, S. E., [Weber Railway Joint Manufacturing Co.]. March 27. Rail joints; chairs.-Relates to chairs and fishplates for railway rail joints. Fig. 1 shows a transverse sectional elevation of a rail joint embodying the invention. The chair consists of an angle-piece E, which fits on to, and is supported by, a plate C, shown in side elevation in Fig. 3. Suitable fishplates J, K are arranged at each side of the web of the rail and secured by bolts 0 which pass through the fish plates, rail web, and angle-piece E.
Patent GB-190310060-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Spring Hinge
Inventor: BOMMER EMIL
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 10,060. Bommer, E. May 4. Hinges; door-closing apparatus.-The hinge consists of two flanges a, a' attached to the door frame and door respectively, with bent up webs w, w<1> and pintle sockets b, b<1>. A bent wire spring e is held at one end e<1> by the bracket d in the web w<1>. The other end e' passes through the sockets b, b<1> forming the pintle. A coil e<2> in the wire is held by a seat c bent up from the flange a. The spring serves to hold the door in three positions, closed, Fig. 2, half open, Fig. 4<a>, and completely open, Fig. 5. On moving the door from either of these positions, the part e<1> of the wire passes downwards in the hole in the bracket d. The upper edge of the web w is provided with a small recess f to enable the upper end of the wire to clear the web during opening and closing. Fig. 8 shows the application to double-acting spring hinges, in which the front and rear springs are connected by a plate p.