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Patent GB-189910310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signal Lamps.
Inventor: MULCONROY JAMES JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-05-16
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 10.310. Mulconroy, J. J., Armstrong, E., and Gaw, J. May 16. Signal lamps.-Cylindrical coloured screens B of celluloid or other material are mounted on frames, and are normally held above the flame by spring catches. The frames, which have rings E, H projecting at their upper and lower ends, are preferably of different lengths to facilitate the engagement beneath the upper rings E of the respective spring catches D. When the catch D of the screen of the required colour is released, the screen drops round the colourless chimney N, and is secured in its lowered position by a spring bolt K. The guard M is formed with a vertical channel to permit of the raising of the screen.
Patent GB-189912094-A (GB)
Title: Improved Grip or Attachment Appliances for Pneumatic Tyre Covers.
Inventor: DENNIS FELIX
Filed: 1899-06-09
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 12,094. Dennis, F. June 9. Tyres, pneumatic. - The tyre is attached to the rim by securing within each edge C of the outer cover E a channel B formed in segments from abutting strips of metal, whalebone, celluloid, or the like. Inflation of the inner air tube presses one channel into the other, and so attaches the tyre to the rim, which may be correspondingly shaped. The corners of channels may be rounded, and, if no inner tube is employed, the adjacent faces of the channels may be coated with rubber.
Patent GB-189915687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Wire Fabrics.
Inventor: BURROWS THOMAS
Filed: 1899-08-01
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 15,687. Burrows, T., and Jones, W. A. Aug. 1. Loom picking-motions.-In looms for wire fabrics, the shuttle is driven by sliding push-rods i, operated by slotted levers k and sliding rods m from a cam n. The lay may be actuated on suitable slides by a crank or a cam, arranged to give a dwell for the passage of the shuttle.
Patent GB-189924288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Water Heaters.
Inventor: MOFFATT ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1899-12-06
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 24,288. Moffatt, A. C. Dec. 6 Plates, securing tubes to. -Relates to joints for heaters of the type described in Specifications No. 4202, A.D. 1875, No. 9880, A.D. 1889, and No. 9721, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Steam generators]. One end of the tube A is screwed into the plate B and the other screwed end has washers D, D' between which the india-rubber or asbestos rings E are compressed. Handholes are provided in the cover, for allowing adjustment of the washers D<1>.
Patent GB-190002294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Chairs.
Inventor: EVEN MICHAEL
Filed: 1900-02-05
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 2294. Even, M. July 5, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Chairs.-Relates to chairs which can be rotated without affecting the vertical adjustment. The legs are fixed between flanges on a fixed hub A. The chair seat is carried by a spider G pivoted to lugs on the head F of a screw B which has a vertical keyway. The screw fits loosely in a sleeve C, which is capable of rotation in the hub A and is retained therein by a split ring c<1> sprung into a groove below a shoulder in the hub. Ball bearings E are applied between flanges of the hub and sleeve. A ring b<1>, incapable of rotation in the widened upper part of the sleeve, has a projection b engaging the keyway of the screw. The chair seat, screw, ring b<1>, nut D, and sleeve rotate as one without affecting the vertical adjustment. The nut has a pair of lugs d fitting under a flange on the sleeve. By holding the chair and rotating the nut, the seat can be raised or lowered. The projection b may be cast with the sleeve.
Patent GB-190002561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets and Belts Combined.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JANE HAMILTON
Filed: 1900-02-08
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 2561. Robertson, J, H., [trading as Hamilton, J.]. Feb. 8. Corsets; belts.-Consists of a corset provided with means for covering and supporting the lower part of the abdomen. Fig. 1 shows a front view of the corset, and Fig. 2 a side view. The fabric and stiffeners, but not the husks, are carried down further than usual, so as to cover the hips and abdomen, and these parts are fastened together at the front by buttons, hooks, laces, or other fastenings. The corset is held down at the lower part by straps C, C', which are passed through loops, as shown, and are fastened together at B. A small strap and buckle D are placed at the back of the corset over the laces, so as to support and strengthen the corset at this part.
Patent GB-190003107-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Isolated Alternating Low Tension Systems of Electrical Distribution.
Inventor: REED LYMAN COLEMAN
Filed: 1900-02-16
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 3107. Reed, L. C., Reed, W. B., and Farrar, E. H. Feb. 16. Distributing; cut-outs.-Relates to a circuitbreaker for preventing waste in a house or like circuit supplied from an alternating - current system. Fig. 1 shows the construction of a circuit-breaker placed in an earthed circuit adapted to operate on a flow of current insufficient to operate the ordinary fuses. Fig. 2 is a diagram of the connections for a three-wire system. Within a casing 1 is fitted a three-pole switch comprising a lever 12 pivoted to a post 14 and carrying the bridging-contacts 9, 10, 11. The other arm of the lever is slotted, and through the slot passes a pin carried by the stem of a movable core of a transformer. The core is normally held up to close the switch by a fuse 17. This fuse is in the closed secondary circuit 22 of the transformer, the primary 21 of which is connected to the neutral wire 38 by the conductor 23, and is earthed by the conductor 24. At 40 are the ordinary-fuses. Should leakage occur, as by an earth at 41, a current flows through the primary, and this induces sufficient current in the secondary to melt the fuse 17, allowing the core to drop and open the switch. In a two-wire system, the circuitbreaker is connected to one of the wires, and the lever 12 carries two pairs of contacts only.
Patent GB-190004960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: MAY LEOPOLD
Filed: 1900-03-15
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 4960. May, L. March 15. Baskets or drums.-Relates to means for producing plates, rods, or strips of crystallizing- material such as sugar in a centrifugal machine, comprising a series of wedge-shaped filling-pieces b, between each pair of which are inserted a pair of removable frames c, formed with dividing or bounding strips d and separated by a partition.
Patent GB-190102181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roasting Coffee and in the Apparatus therefor
Inventor: RANDOU VALENTIN CHARLES BUREL
Filed: 1901-01-31
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 2181. Burel, V. C., Randou, G., and Remy, G. Jan. 31. Roasting coffee.-Coffee is roasted in a cylinder &c. a, Fig. 1, mounted in bearings on a casing e, with the ends projecting and formed with sight openings closed by mica sheets in removable fittings. Heat is supplied by a charcoal fire &c. on a grate m. Berries are introduced through a door f, and an opening on the other side, not shown, is fitted with a fixed grating and a door to be closed as the roasting proceeds, and allows the escape of grosser impurities and the vapours first evolved. The hot coffee is transferred from the cylinder through a loose hopper into an equal-sized box h, Fig. 6, fitted with mica sights i and a elt- lined lid, and thus cooled in contact with its aromatic vapours.
Patent GB-190104575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Power Distribution
Filed: 1901-03-04
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 4575. Lake, H. H., [Compagnie de l'Industrie Electrique]. March 4. Distributing ; regulating.-Relates to a powerdistributing system, the generator and motors being arranged in series. The generators are regulated to give constant current and variable potential by suitably controlling the engines on the exciting-circuits. The motors are kept at constant speed by varying the field or by shunting part of the current. Fig. 2 shows one arrangement, a switch l operated by a governor r controlling the field circuit. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for automatically varying, by means of a governor R, a resistance S, and also shifting the brushes. For small motors an accumulator battery is placed in a shunt across the brushes. In cutting out large motors, they may be shunted through increasing resistances to prevent sudden variations in the load.
Patent GB-190105759-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Facilitating the Laying of Damp Courses.
Inventor: DISS ALFRED
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 5759. Diss, A. March 19. Walls.-Damp courses of asphalt or cement are laid on walls A by means of a frame constructed of side bars a, a' and cross-bars b, which may be slotted for the purpose of adjustment, and are connected to the side bars by screws c and fly-nuts d. The bar a is rabbeted, or formed with guide-lugs a<3>, which bear against the face of the wall, and the bars b are arranged to slide in guide-blocks a<2> of the bars a, a'.
Patent GB-190110211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Floors and Ceilings.
Inventor: O'SHEA TIMOTHY
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 10,211. O'Shea, T. May 16. Floors; ceilings.-Transverse floorsupporting bars or joists B are constructed of flanged plates b<1>, b<2>, riveted together, and notched at the ends to engage with the upper flanges of girders A, A<1>. Angle-iron strengthening-bars and struts b<6>, b<7>, b<8> are riveted to the plates, and bear against the flanges of the girders. Corrugated metal sheets E and wood flooring-strips d are secured to the joists by nails driven in between the plates b<1>, b<2>, and a layer F of concrete or the like is applied above the metal sheets. The wood flooring d is nailed to strips d' fixed across the strips d. Metal strips C, for supporting the ceiling, are connected by wires to the joists, and are formed with tongues c, which pass through slits in metal sheets G and expanded metal lathing H. Pins c<3> are inserted in holes in the tongues below the sheets G, and the ends of the tongues are bent under the lathing, which is plastered in the usual manner. The spaces between the floor and ceiling prevent the passage of heat, fire, and sound, and the metal sheets prevent the passage of water.
Patent GB-190110411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
Inventor: KRUSEMAN JOHANNES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-05-20
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 10,411. Kruseman, J. A. May 20. Saddles.-The air tube c is attached by means of the yielding plate b to the base-plate a, which conforms to the shape of the saddle. The rubber tube c is enveloped by the open-knitted or like fabric d, and over that is the leather sheet g, the pad h, and the leather or other covering i. The coverings are at the middle of the saddle drawn downwards by screw bolts to form a groove between the halves of the saddle.
Patent GB-190112137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of Mantles for Incandescent Gas Lighting.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-14
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 12,137. Wilson, J. June 14. Incandescent gas lamps. -The durability of mantles is increased, without diminishing their illuminating power, by the use of chemical combinations containing both the elements cerium and phosphorus in the process of manufacture. Thus, a small quantity, not exceeding 2 per cent., of phosphate of cerium may be added to the usual solution of the nitrate or other salt of thorium to form the impregnating-solution.
Patent GB-190113402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Exciting Alternating Current Dynamos.
Inventor: LATOUR MARIUS
Filed: 1901-07-01
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 13,402. Latour, M. July 1. Dynamos, alternating-current ; field magnets.- Relates to self-exciting alternating-current dynamos. The field magnet is similar in construction to the armature of a direct-current machine. It is supplied with polyphase currents through a collector, and is rotated synchronously, so that the magnetic flux is constant in direction with respect to the moving mass of iron. The armature is stationary and similar to that of an ordinary alternator. Fig. 3 shows the connection for series self-excitation, a representing the field coils, b<1> the armature coils, and c, d, e the collector brushes. Figs. 4 and 5 show the connections for shunt excitation, and Figs. 6 and 7 those for compound excitation. In the last case, a compound transformer g is introduced.
Patent GB-190114492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Tires containing a Plurality of Inflatable Tubes.
Inventor: VINTEN HAROLD BERTRAM
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 14,492. Vinten, H. B. July 16. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to tyres provided with separately - inflated supplementary air tubes such as are described in Specification No. 20,864, A.D. 1899. The supplementary air tube E is protected by placing between it and the ordinary air tube D a leather or like strip F, secured along the edge H to the lining C of the outer cover. When two or more supplementary air tubes are employed, a strip is placed between each adjacent pair.
Patent GB-190118105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coherers or Detectors for Electrical Waves.
Inventor: MARCONI GUGLIELMO
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1902-10-10
Abstract: 18,105. Marconi, G., [Solari, Marquis L.]. Sept. 10. Coherers.-A coherer or detector for electric waves consists of a drop of conducting-liquid k placed between the ends of two conductors d, f. The Figure shows a rod of carbon d mounted in a glass tube a, into the other end of which a rod of iron f is adjustably secured by the screw g ; k is a globule of mercury.
Patent GB-190120513-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for use in connection with String or the like which is in Balls, Reels or Bulk
Inventor: LOFTHUS HERMAN TORBEISEN
Filed: 1901-10-14
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 20,513. Lofthus, H. T. Oct. 14. String holders.-The device is intended to prevent entanglement of twine or string, and to ensure that a certain length will be always within reach. A reel or pulley A is provided which is mounted on trunnions in a frame D. Attached to the frame, at one side of the reel, is a casing K enclosing a spring B, which is connected at one end to the trunnion or axle. The reel has at the other side a hub F through which a perforation leads from the trunnion to the groove of the reel or pulley. The reel is first rotated against the action of the spring B, and the string, being passed through the perforation and a sufficient length withdrawn, will be wound on the wheel when this is released, the same result afterwards occurring when the string is withdrawn for use and cut. A supplementary check spring C, engaging with a stop or link H, may be used. The frame and string &c. may be enclosed in a casing E having cap ends L and suspension hooks J.
Patent GB-190123739-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Destroying Bugs and other Insects Infesting Dwellings and like Places.
Inventor: MATTHEY-MEIER CONSTANT
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 23,739. Meier, C. Matthey-. Nov. 22 Fumigating; fumigants. - Relates to means for destroying by fumigation bugs and other insects infesting dwellings. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus in section. a is a pan supported on three removable legs b and provided with a piece of felt or the like i to absorb spirit to be burned. A receptacle d, for sulphur or a mixture of sulphur and carbon or other f umigant, rests upon a ledge c near the top of the pan. The lower portion of the receptacle d is corrugated at e to provide inlets for the air required for combustion. The receptacle d is fitted with two perforated diaphragms g, s, and with a chimney h perforated at the part between the two diaphragms. Hoods u, m are removably secured to the tops of the chimney h and receptacle d respectively, to prevent the flame from rising much above the apparatus.
Patent GB-190124796-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lock-nut for Screw Bolts
Inventor: HARRINGTON ROLAND
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 24,796. Harrington, R., and Fletcher, W. H. Dec. 5. Locking nuts.-Relates to split spring nuts such as those described in Specification No. 763, A.D. 1882. The slit b is made tangential to the bolt-hole as shown, a sharp wedge being thus formed at c. The under surface only may be formed with a helical incline, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190200809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Guards for Electric Cars and other Self Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: ROYLE ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-01-11
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 809. Royle, A. Jan. 11. Obstruction-removers for electric tramcars and other self-propelled vehicles. The curved lifeguard B, which is pivoted at C, is controlled by the " feeler " F having a catch f and a flap M to clear small obstructions and to allow for pitching. When the "feeler " is in the position shown and is struck by a body, it is forced back so that the catch f is released and the lower edge b of the guard is allowed to fall on to the track. The parts may be re-set from the platform I by depressing the stud H.
Patent GB-190202500-A (GB)
Title: Free Arm Drawing Black Board
Inventor: MUNRO CHARLES AUCHTERLONIE
Filed: 1902-01-31
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 2500. Munro, C. A. Jan. 31. Blackboards.- Fig. 1 shows a front view of a blackboard A, for use in free-arm drawing, divided into panels and provided with end brackets B carrying pins C adapted to enter recesses in the upper parts H, Fig. 2, of the end legs L which are provided with hinges F and jointed supports G. The projections B are made with steps D, so that the board can be supported at different heights. The pins may be on the parts H, and the corresponding recesses in the brackets B.
Patent GB-190202803-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or connected with Racquets for Ping-pong or Table Tennis.
Inventor: DUTHIE ALEXANDER SPOTTISWOOD
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 2803. Duthie, A. S. Feb. 4. Battledores or racquets.-One face of a racquet has the usual vellum &c. covering, the other side being provided with a series of elastic &c. cords, arranged either longitudinally or transversely, and placed at a distance apart which is slightly less than the diameter of a table-tennis ball. One side of the racquet is used for playing, and the other serves for picking-up the balls.
Patent GB-190210308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Cord for Window Blinds and other like Purposes.
Inventor: HODGES FRANCIS RYLAND
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 10,308. Hodges, F. R. May 5. Drawings to Specification. Wire cords.-Cords for window blinds and like purposes are made of a tubular coil of wire.
Patent GB-190212874-A (GB)
Title: New Game Apparatus
Inventor: FLIESS JEAN
Filed: 1902-06-05
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 12,874. Fliess, J. June 5. Games played with balls, cups, holes, nets, striking- appliances, and tables games imitating tennis.-The game is played by striking a resilient surface b, Fig. 1, with an appliance d, thereby causing balls c to jump into cups f or into holes g. Fig. 3 shows a similar appliance for playing a game imitating tennis, a ball c being caused to jump over a net l. In this appliance, a striking-appliance may be attached at each end of the table. A rim k prevents the ball c from rolling off the table.
Patent GB-190223425-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Metallic Paper which is Air, Water and Grease Proof, and a Process for Making the same.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 23,425. Thompson, W. P., [Suddeutsche Patentmetall-Papierfabrik Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 27. Coated paper.-Parchment paper is coated with a solution of resin in ether, alcohol, &c., dried in a current of air, warmed and brushed over with a metallic powder ; or the paper with its resin coating may be drawn through the heated metal powder. By applying differently-coloured metal powders to different parts of the paper, variegated effects are produced. The improved paper is air, grease, and water proof and may be used in place of tin foil &c. for packing purposes.
Patent GB-190226090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Metallic Sulphides in the Electric Furnace.
Inventor: CONTARDO RAMON CHAVARRIA
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 26,090. Contardo, R. C. Nov. 26. Metals, extracting; copper ; lead; silver.-Metallic sulphides, such as those of copper, lead, and silver, are smelted in an electric furnace with the addition of materials, such as manganese dioxide and sodium nitrate, which will yield oxygen and then be scorified.
Patent GB-190226519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indoor or Parlor Golf Games.
Inventor: TAYLOR HENRY HAMMOND
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 26,519. Taylor, H. H. Dec. 2. Games imitating golf; balls.-A shallow box B is filled with wood, paper pulp, cement, or other suitable material. The upper surface is made irregular and rolling, and is covered with flock, felt, shoddy, plush, &c. Tees 1, 2, 3, &c., holes 1<a>, 2<a>, 3a, and hazards 10 made of curled hair, &c. are provided. The balls used are either smooth or rough ; they may bo covered with a fuzzy substance. Any suitable clubs or mallets are employed.
Patent GB-190228176-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process and Apparatus for Closing and Labelling Bottles or the like with Lever Fastenings
Inventor: HIRTH CARL ALBERT
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-12-19
Abstract: 28,176. Hirth, C. A. Dec. 20. Cutting cords.-Relates to a method of and means for securing bottle and like stoppers having lever fastenings, and for attaching the label without the use of adhesive. The label is cut by a punch 48, from a strip e, and is attached by a metal clamp to the ends of a thread or cord f, the ends of which are passed inside the arms d of the stopper lever b, then drawn back outside the arms, brought together, and finally secured to the label by the clamp, so that the closure cannot be opened without breaking the cord or destroying the label. The thread is drawn from a reel through guiding eyes 4, and passes through a tubular feeding-bar reciprocated by a rack and pinion 6, 5, the feeding-bar having a gripper, which carries the thread forward during its own forward movement, but has no action on the thread during its own backward movement. By means of the feeding-bar, the end of the thread is carried forwards and inserted between the spring-controlled grippers 7, previously opened by cam action. These grippers hold the end, and, on the return movement of the feeding-bar, the thread is also gripped by the second pair of grippers 8. The thread is then cut off to the required length by means of the disc cutter 13, which is fixed eccentrically on the oscillating shaft 14, and works in the gap 10 of the grippers 8. The cutter is mounted on an adjustable bar 15, and can be turned and clamped on this bar, so that all parts of its periphery can be brought into use.