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Patent GB-189905780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cloth Tentering Machines.
Inventor: ANDERSON JAMES
Filed: 1899-03-16
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 5780. Anderson, J., and Robinson, C. March 16. Stretching and tentering.-The fabric is placed on the pins of the tentering- chain by means of a brush 39, or a spiral spring carried on a holder 34 which is pivoted to a slide 28, adjustable on a slide 3, which is moved downwards intermittently by cams 8 on a rotating shaft 10, and upwards by springs 20, 20<a>. A stud 42 on the slide 3 operates a bell-crank lever 40 to oscillate the brush &c. to release the fabric from the pins.
Patent GB-189906934-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stench Trap for Discharge Basins, Sinks and the like.
Inventor: HAENDELER EWALD
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 6934. Haendeler, E. March 30. Traps.-A conical silt - box d is suspended by a peripheral water trapped flange d in a receiver a. The trapping cone e is similarly sus pended by a flange h<1> in the groove c A double sea against the escape of gas is thus obtained.
Patent GB-189910253-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Stopper and Draw-off Tap.
Inventor: FRENCH HENRY GEORGE DANIEL
Filed: 1899-05-16
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 10,253. French, H. G. D. May 16. Stoppers. - Through a stone, wood, ebonite, brass, &c. screw stopper B for a jar or other vessel slides a tubular valve A, which is normally held closed by a spring C acting between it and washers D, F. The valve is opened by pushing it inwards. A washer E is provided.
Patent GB-189910760-A (GB)
Title: A Game.
Inventor: RIVINGTON JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1899-05-23
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 10,760. Rivington, J. A. May 23. Games played with boards, counters, flippers, &c. -Points are scored by projecting counters or the like from squares marked on a board to other squares similarly marked but belonging to the opponent. Upon the squares are placed certain pieces which receive the projected counters and which represent ships, torpedoes, forts, and the like, in the case of a mimic naval battle, or represent individuals, companies, regiments, guns, and the like, in the case of belligerent operations on land. Rules prescribe the number of projectiles each piece under certain conditions shall fire or shall receive without being silenced, or in what direction the pieces shall move and operate offensively. The Figure shows a corner of the board marked out into numbered squares, a ship being represented at B, while at C is shown a pad upon which a counter D is placed before being projected against the ships &c. on the other side by the flipper E. The score is determined by the position of the ships, in the case of a naval battle, at the end of the game, and upon their freedom from hits.
Patent GB-189912236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Engine Lubricating Oil and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-06-12
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 12,236. Thompson, W. P., [Novaretti, M.]. June 12. Filtering oils.- Relates to apparatus for purifying oil which has been used for lubricating machinery. Fio. 1 shows a partly - sectioual elevation of the apparatus. Three concentric cylinders a, b, c divide the space into four compartments A, A', B, C. The compartments A, A' communicate through an opening at the foot of the cylinder b. The compartments B, C and B, A' communicate through openings o, o<1>, u provided with filters X, Y. The filters X are compressed by means of the rod V screwed in the cross-piece d. A steam coil n, n', and a cock r for withdrawing water, are provided.
Patent GB-189916227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1899-08-09
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 16,227. Mills, B. J. B., [Altmann, C.]. Aug. 9. Instantaneous generators; superheaters, steam.- Deep narrow grooves are formed in the internal and external peripheries of two concentric cylinders a and b, which are placed together with a narrow space between them. The cylinders are connected together by ring plates f and g, and recessed screws : or the single plate f may be replaced by a flexible diaphragm m and two rings f, f<1>, as shown in Fig. 3, to allow unequal expansion. Water is supplied at h, and steam issues at k and passes to a superheater j, which is formed with deep internal grooves, and fitted with a central discharge pipe l.
Patent GB-190004870-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pneumatic Sheet Feeding Apparatus.
Inventor: WEISS ANTON
Filed: 1900-03-14
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 4870. Weiss, A., Hell, F., and Oberding, K. March 14. Feeding sheets.-Relates to pneumatic sheet separating and feeding apparatus for printing, folding, and other machines. The pile of sheets is placed on a table 8 on bars 9 engaging screw shafts 10 in hollow pillars 6 formed on the ends of two frames 5 pivoted, one at each side of the machine, on the frame 1. The frames 5 are connected to each other by cross-bars. The frames 5 and table are rocked on their pivots, to bring the front edge of the top sheet up to and away from the suction tube 33, by a rod 21, lever 20, rod 23, lever 24, cam 22, and spring 19. The screws 10 are operated to raise the table on the removal of each sheet by bevel gearing on shafts 13, 17 mounted on the table frames 5 and operated by a ratchet-wheel 16 engaging a pawl 15 pivoted on the frame 1. The upper sheets are separated by means of a series of horizontal nozzles 29, from which jets of air are directed on to the edges of the pile from pipes 30 connected with an air-compressing apparatus. A lath frame 32, mounted above the pile on bolts 31 of the frame 5, prevents flying or fluttering of the sheets, and assists in their separation. The suction pipe 33 is provided with blocks 35 moving in guide-slots 36 in the frame 1, and the pipe is reciprocated along these slots by rods 38 and crank arms 37 on the cylinder shaft 2. The pipe 33 is provided with a series of nozzles 34, any of which may be closed by screw valves, and the pipe is connected through a valve with an air-exhausting device. The valve is a piston valve with two ports, one of which connects the pipe 33 with the air pump, and the other of which admits air to the pipe 33 to cause it to release the sheet. The valve piston is operated by a rod 78, lever 77, rod 76, lever 75, and cam 74. The pipe 33 sucks up the top sheet when the front end of the table 8 is raised, after which the table is lowered and the pipe 33 moved to carry the sheet to the sets of tapes 40, 41 by which it is carried over the table 43, 45 to the printing machine cylinder or other apparatus. The upper tapes 40 are on rollers 46, 47, 48, 49 and the lower ones 41 are on rollers 50, 51, 52, and the tapes are driven by belt or chain gearing 54, 55, 57, &c. The tape roller 46 is raised to release the sheets by the levers and rods 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 59 and cam 58. The sheets are adjusted in position on the table 8 by adjustable guides or stops 27, and by vertical scrapers 28. The scrapers 28 are adjustable vertically, and have their inner surfaces cut file-like and engaging the front edges of the sheets to assist in separating and keeping back the lower ones.
Patent GB-190004878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engines of the Road Locomotive, Traction Engine, Road Roller and Agricultural Type wherein the Motor is Mounted on a Boiler.
Inventor: SHUTTLEWORTH ALFRED
Filed: 1900-03-14
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 4878. Shuttleworth, A., Shuttleworth, F., and Fletcher, W. March 14. Engines with two cylinders with common crosshead; compound engines; driving-gear; valve gear; starting and stopping.-Relates to compound engines of the road-locomotive, traction-engine, roadroller, aud agricultural-engine type, in which the motor is mounted on a boiler, Specification No. 16,668, A D. 1899, being referred to. Fig. 1 shows the engine in plan, and Fig. 3 shows a portion to a larger scale in side elevation. The high and low pressure cylinders 1, 2 are arranged side by side, and the piston-rods 4 work slide-blocks 5 fixed to a common crosshead 8, which is connected by a single connecting-rod 9 and cranks 10 to the crank shaft 11. The two valve-rods 20 are actuated from the connecting-rod 9 by means of the arrangement of Joy's valve gear, indicated by the cross-bar 22 and links 23, 24, 26, and 26<d>. Fixed to the crank shaft between the crank and the bracket bearing 12<a> are three toothed wheels 13, 14, of a three-speed gearing. These wheels are adapted to engage with wheels 13<a>, 14<a>, 15<a>, mounted on a parallel shaft 19, so as to be capable of sliding endways. Two of the wheels 13, 14 may be connected by a hollow sleeve 16. The high and low pressure cylinders may be worked as a double cylinder for the purpose of starting.
Patent GB-190013188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo-nets.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1900-07-21
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 13,188. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Felten & Guilleaume Carlswer7c Actiengesellschaft]. July 21. Torpedo nets consist of a number of horizontal rows of rings or grommets interlaced in the manner shown, The several rows are connected by links x<o>, x, x<1>, x<2>, &c
Patent GB-190013750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tiles for Floors and other Surfaces.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-07-31
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 13,750. Johnson, G. W., [Furness, F.]. July 31. Tiles.-Interlocking tiles of the type described in Specification No. 20,248, A.D. 1894, are bevelled so that the tiles A overlap the adjacent tiles B and hold them in place. The tiles A are secured to decks, floors, ceilings, walls, &c. by bolts d, which are fitted with nuts, and are secured to the tiles bv flanges and screws, or by inserting the head in an undercut recess in the case of rubber tiles. The bolts may pass through the tiles as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, and the heads may be covered by filling-pieces c, cemented or sprung in place.
Patent GB-190100484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Secondary Electric Batteries.
Filed: 1901-01-08
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 484. Lake, H. H., [Globe Electric Co.]. Jan. 8. Secondary batteries.-The positive electrode 2 is of carbon, and the negative electrode 3 is of aluminium, and preferably of grid form. The electrolyte is an aqueous solution of common salt, whereby freezing is prevented.
Patent GB-190101398-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flushing Cistern
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-01-21
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 1398. Thompson, W. H. Jan. 21. Ball and float valves.-A tipping tank H for flushing purposes bas one of its journals formed by the service pipe N. The float W of the supplycock is hinged to the tank at M and rests normally in the forked end V of a lever S pivoted at Rand balanced by a weight T. This lever operates the valve stem q. When the tank is empty, the weight of the float W keeps the inlet valve open. When full, the valve is closed by the weight T. As the tank is tilted therefore, the float W is carried up with it, leaving the supply cock closed.
Patent GB-190102590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rolling Mills for Making Pipes.
Inventor: BARTLETT WILLIAM FRANKLIN
Filed: 1901-02-06
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 2590. Bartlett, W. F., and Kent, E. C. Feb. 6. Rolling.-A tube-rolling mill for reducing a tubular ingot to a tube of the desired thickness has two sets of rolls B, mounted on a housing A. Each set comprises three rolls, arranged as shown in Fig. 4, their carrying-blocks 0 being simultaneously adjustable by rotating a compound wheel G, having spur teeth on its edge and bevel teeth on either side, which engage nut pinions F on screws connected to the blocks. Each roll spindle has a pinion H engaging a pinion I, Fig. 2, on a parallel spindle K on a cover-plate M. One of the spindles on each cover-plate is geared to the other two, and extends away from the housing to form a driving-shaft. The rolls are so shaped and the two sets so arranged as to complete the circle. The internal diameter is determined by two sets of idle rolls P, mounted on a mandrel Q supported on a standard R. The ingot is supported on concave rollers S, mounted on beams T and driven by bevel gearing from a shaft, also carried by the beams, and gearing with a vertical shaft B' on which is feathered a bevel-wheel b<1>, stationary vertically and driven from the main shaft. The beams are raised by levers U and a rod X operated by a counterweight Z, and lowered by a power cylinder Y. So ne of the rollers S are made larger than the rest, to furnish lateral support for the ingot. When the beams are lowered, the ingot rests on intermediate rollers E, arranged at rightangles to the rollers S and driven through a clutch from the main shaft so that the ingot may be turned on its axis.
Patent GB-190103792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Horse Shoes.
Inventor: GRASWINCKEL DAVID CHRISTINUS
Filed: 1901-02-21
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 3792. Graswinckel, D. C. Feb. 21. Roughing; calks.-The screwed calk hole d in the shoe a has an enlarged plain part f on the side next the ground. This part f receives the head g of the screw e for keeping the holes uninjured when calks are not required. The calk k also has a part g for fitting into the part f.
Patent GB-190110003-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Match Holder and Bell.
Inventor: GERBY BAPTISTIN
Filed: 1901-05-14
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 10,003. Gerby, B. May 14. Match receptacles.- A match holder C is combined with a call bell D, both being securely attached to a stand A by means of a copper or like tube F, which carries a washer G and passes through the stand, bell, and a concentric tubular portion E of the holder C. The bell hammer J is actuated by means of a push-rod I. The holder and stand may be made of porcelain. Circumferential flutings B on the stand serve as a striking-surface. Advertisements may be displayed upon the base, bell, or holder.
Patent GB-190110723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianofortes.
Inventor: MASON THOMAS GABRIEL
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 10,723. Mason, T. G. May 23. Pianofortes.-The wrest-plank consists of several layers B of wood glued together and held between flanges in a metal frame c, which fits against shoulders on the bars a and is bolted to them. The plate A, which forms part of the framing, is bolted to supports F, the bolts passing through enlarged holes in the soundboard G and its supports H so as not to touch them. The plate A is also connected to a resonator 6 by a pin N. I is an " echo " damper, which is operated by an additional pedal, and damps two out of the three strings belonging to each note.
Patent GB-190119146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving Bands for Cycles and other Machinery
Inventor: DOWNEY WILLIAM BEDFORD
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 19,146. Downey, W. B. Sept. 25. Positive driving-bands for cycles, motor cars, &c. The band consists of a number of thin, flexible, sheet-metal strips, which overlap at the ends, and are bound together by wire &c. wrapped around them; the wire binding also serves to engage with notches in the pulleys. The strips are tapered in width and thickness at the ends, and are notched or perforated to receive the binding-wire. The Figures show a construction in which the winding consists of separate pieces of wire, but a continuous length of wire may be used.
Patent GB-190120527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mailcarts and Perambulators.
Inventor: SIMPSON DAVID
Filed: 1901-10-14
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 20,527. Simpson, D., and Simpson, J. J. Oct. 14. Perambulators, children's mail carts, and like vehicles.-Relates to adjustable perambulators or children's mail carts of the type shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The foot-well 2 and seat 1 are fixed to the frame 3, and the bottom 7 of the adjustable seat 9 is connected to the foot-well by a board 5 having hinged connections 6, 4 with the bottom and footwell respectively. The sides of the adjustable seat are coupled to the foot-well by pivoted links 10, which support the seat in either of the .positions shown. The Provisional Specification states that the adjustable seat is supported by books from either the handles or the fixed seat.
Patent GB-190124402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Playing Table Football
Inventor: GILLETT THOMAS FRANK
Filed: 1901-11-30
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 24,402. Gillett, T. F. Nov. 30. Games imitating football.- Relates to a table game to imitate football. Each player is provided with a striker consisting of a handle d carrying a length of piano.wire c &c., on the end of which is fitted a block b of cylindrical or other form. Nets or pockets f, fixed to the ends of the table by clamps e', form goals. The object of each player is to drive a block a into the opponent's goal.
Patent GB-190204556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevating or Hoisting Apparatus
Inventor: MACKROW GEORGE COLBY
Filed: 1902-02-22
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 4556. Mackrow, G. C., and Cameron, H. G. Feb. 22. Rope railways.- Relates to endless chain elevating or hoisting apparatus, in which the load is automatically disengaged from the chain when it reaches a certain point. The load carrying hooks c are turned from the outwardly pointing position they occupy when on the lower pulley to an inwardly pointing position on the upper sheave, the load being thus more easily disengaged. This turning of the hooks c is effected by means of spiral slots i in guide tubes d, in which the chains run. The guide tubes are held between semicircular castings which form continuations of the tubes and carry the axles of the chain pulleys. According to the Provisional Specification, guide-bars may be used instead of the tubes d. Each hook is carried by a kind of trolley h, Fig. 5, fitted with rollers h' and formed with a recess j<1> for the engagement of a tooth of the upper chain pulley. The hook trolleys alternate with similar trolleys formed with projections l which help to keep the weight of the sack &c. off the tubes d. The sacks &c. to be picked up are supported on a bar m just below the lower pulley, and the guide slot is preferably situated so as to turn the hooks c a little from the vertical and thus enable them more easily to engage the hooks on the bar m. When the apparatus is used with a ropeway, such as that for coaling ships at sea, described in Specification No. 11,397, A.D. 1900, the loads are released at the upper pulley by means of a shunt bar n of the kind described in Specification No. 17,511, A.D. 1900. The bags &c. are then suspended by double hooks such as n', one part of each hook engaging the shunt bar and the other the elevator hook, and the shunt bar is so curved that the hooks n<1> are automatically disengaged from the hooks c.
Patent GB-190211089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safes with Removable Partitions.
Inventor: DOPFER FRANZ
Filed: 1902-09-13
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 11,089. Dopfer, F., and Caro, A. Sept. 13. Safes are provided with easily-removable partitions. Each partition wall consists of vertical bars 1, 2 connected by cross-bars 3 and stiffened by struts. When the safe is only one compartment deep, the rear bars 2 are fixed to the wall of the safe. Angular cross-bars 6 run directly behind the front bars 1, and are secured to the bars 3, the meeting edges of the bars 6 being stepped. Clamps 4 secure the vertical plates 9 of the partition to the bars 3, and at the bottom the plates rest on hoop irons 5 and 7 fixed to the clamps. Clamps 8 embrace the bars 1 and the front edges of the plates 9. The horizontal or bottom plates 10 rest on the hoop irons 5 and 7, and on the bars 6, the flanges of which come level with the surface of the plates. The side and bottom plates may be made. of glass. Instead of two plates 9 lying side by side, one plate in the centre of the bar 3 may serve for two compartments. The safe is closed by an iron roll shutter door guided in grooved bars. In a modification, the side walls 9 rest against the bars 1, 2, and between strips secnred to the crossbars 3 by screws which serve also to support removable brasses for carrying the plates 10. Clamps 8 secure the sides to the bars 1. In place of the strips, the cross-bars may be profiled to receive the sides 9.
Patent GB-190214975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Playing Balls.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 14,975. Kempshall, E. July 4. Moulding balls.-Relates to golf &c. balls. A perforated hard rubber shell 1 has cemented to it segments 3, 4 of soft rubber. The segments are wound tightly with rubber threads, linen cord, or twine, which may be impregnated with celluloid solution, so as to form a shell A. Upon this shell is wound strips &c. of soft rubber under tension, and outside these is placed another winding of twine or soft wire which is coated with celluloid B. The core thus formed is enclosed in segments 8, 9 of celluloid or gutta-percha, and is compressed in heated moulds, as indicated by dotted lines.
Patent GB-190228552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Conductors or Oscillators for use in Electrical Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1902-12-24
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 28,552. Lake, H. H., [Stone, J. S.]. Dec. 24. Telegraphs. - Vertical wire oscillators for use in systems of wireless telegraphy are tuned by surrounding the insulated copper core C by a circumferentially - continuous but longitudinally-d iscontinuous paramagnetic sheath M covered with insulating- material i<1>. The electromagnetic inertia is balanced by the capacity of a conducting sphere s. The paramagnetic sheath may consist of iron wire wound on the insulated copper core, or an insulating-coat impregnated with iron dust may be used.
Patent GB-190302223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ammonium Bichromate.
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2223. Spence & Sons, P., Spence, H., and Craig, T. J. I. Jan. 30. Ammonia; ammonium, calcium and sodium chromates. - A solution containing ammonium chromate, such as a mixture of ammonium monochromate and sodium monochromate as described in Specification No. 5015, A.D. 1901, is heated with lime or hydrate of lime to precipitate the chromic acid as insoluble calcium monochromate and liberate the ammonia, which is recovered. The remaining solution of sodium monochromate is utilized by known means. Calcium chromate produced as described, or otherwise, is treated with carbonic acid and ammonia or ammonium carbonate while suspended in water or other suitable liquid. The ammonium-chromate solution so produced is separated from the precipitated calcium carbonate and boiled to drive off one-half of the ammonia, and so produce the bichromate. Reference is made to Specification No. 3895, A.D. 1885.
Patent GB-190303104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carriers, Stands, Mudguards and Clips, for Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
Inventor: TURNER HAYDN GOUGH
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 3104. Turner. H. G. Feb. 10. Supports for vehicles not in use.--A stand C for a motor cycle or other vehicle is fitted with a curved extension K for facilitating lifting the vehicle on to the stand. The part K may be connected by stays to a point near the axle so that it moves towards or away from the axle as the stand is lowered or raised ; the tread of the part K may be roughened or flexible.
Patent GB-190304094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Open Hearth Furnaces.
Inventor: PARKS FRANK EUGENE
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 4094. Parks, F. E. Feb. 20. Open - hearth furnaces; discharging.- Consists in placing a mould 8, Fig. 1, of the section shown in Fig 3, some distance below the taphole 3 to receive the drippings from it. The mould, which is of such a size that the steel collecting in it forms a casting suitable for placing in the charging-box without being broken up, rests on a suitable foundation in the pit 7, and is packed round with loose lump cinder. A hook is placed in the centre of the mould for lifting the casting out.