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Patent GB-189708678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slow Combustion Grates, Furnaces, or Stoves.
Inventor: PAMPUS AUGUST
Filed: 1897-04-05
Granted: 1897-05-22
Abstract: 8678. Pampus, A. April 5. Slow-combustion stoves.-Slow-combustion stoves or furnaces are constructed as shown in Fig. 1. Fuel is fed through the orifice a. Air is supplied through side channels f<1>, as well as beneath the grate. The firebrick wall w may be stepped, as shown, to allow of the more ready passage and circulation of air. A water-cooled tube g projecting into the fuel prevents the direct passage of air entering at f to the flue h. The tube may serve as a feedwater heater, or be connected direct to the boiler. The grate bottom is preferably arranged to slide vertically in guides, so that it can be lowered for cleaning or other purposes.
Patent GB-189709696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Heating Water.
Inventor: THORPE ELIZA
Filed: 1897-04-15
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 9696. Thorpe, E., and Thorpe, A. April 15 Water-heaters, oil.-An apparatus for heating water for baths and for domestic use generally is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 3. The boiler consists of an inner and outer shell forming a water space c<1>, and is supplied with cold water by a pipe c<4> leading from a tank c<2> above, and heated by a number of oil burners b<1> below, the products of combustion from which circulate around the cross water-tubes d, d' before escaping past a baffle-plate e<1> into the chimney e. Hot water may be drawn off continuously through an outflow f opposite to the inlet c<4>.
Patent GB-189710287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Edges for Asphalte and similar Roofs.
Inventor: LASCH CONRAD
Filed: 1897-04-26
Granted: 1897-06-12
Abstract: 10,287. Lasch, C. April 26. Roofs.-The edges of asphalt and similar roofs are constructed with hollow perforated ribs a, b to prevent creeping of the material, and overflow of the gutters. The perforations c in the walls of the ribs are arranged to break joint or pitch to prevent any sudden rush of water into the gutter below. Figs. 1 and 2 show cross-sections on the lines x-y and w-z, Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 a horizontal longitudinal section on the line t-v, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-189710735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buffers, Cam Sticks, and the like for Stamp Batteries.
Inventor: DICK JAMES
Filed: 1897-04-30
Granted: 1898-02-26
Abstract: 10,735. Dick, J. April 30. Drawings to Specification. Stamps, ore and like.-Buffers, cam-sticks, &c. are made of layers of canvas impregnated with gutta-percha solution cemented together.
Patent GB-189715170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Porous Substances.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1897-06-24
Granted: 1898-04-16
Abstract: 15,170. Thompson, W. P., [Rosenbaum, M.]. June 24. Plastic compositions.-Cement is mixed with one quarter of its quantity of naphthalene, in fine or coarse powder, and with water, to form bodies from which the naphthalene is expelled by heating, leaving them porous. Other proportions or materials may be used similarly, sulphur and carbonate of ammonia being mentioned.
Patent GB-189721280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Bearings.
Inventor: POPE JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1897-09-16
Granted: 1898-09-03
Abstract: 21,280. Pope, J. F. Sept. 16. Springs, bearing.-Relates to improvements in the spring bearings described in Specification No. 20,655, A.D. 1897. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to the driving-wheel hub of a bicycle ; for the wheel of a buggy the sprocket-wheel k would not be required. The springs s, s<1>, s<2> are so constructed that the upper part of their coils are normally close together, while the lower parts diverge. The materials of which the coils are formed need not be of uniform thickness, but may decrease in section in the outer coils. The ends of the hubs are closed by the plates p, which exclude dust and form bearing surfaces for the balls b.
Patent GB-189723661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Hydro-carbon Lamps producing the Bunsen Flame for Heating and Lighting Purposes.
Inventor: SUDDARD FRANCIS EDWARD
Filed: 1897-10-14
Granted: 1898-09-17
Abstract: 23,661. Suddard, F. E. Oct. 14. Vapour burners. - Relates to liquid - hydrocarbon lamps producing a Bunsen flame applicable for general heating purposes or, as shown in the Figure, for incandescent lighting. The reservoir R has a central air-supply tube I, having a suitable air-regulating device at its base, and surrounded by the wick W. The wick is perforated opposite the opening U, so that a match may be introduced within it as shown. The vapour produced from the inside of the wick ignites, burning on a gauze disc above the opening A. A metal plate D, almost in contact with the wick, shuts in the flame, and the supply of air is so regulated that the flame does not fill the chamber T and char the wick. Oil is, however, vaporized from the wick, and the vapour passes up the tube C, mixed with air entering at apertures g, the size or number of which can be controlled. A circular plate M, nearly fitting the tube C, when placed in the horizontal position ensures the proper mixture of the vapour and air, which burns at N. Air to feed the flame is heated by passage through the annulus K. A glass chimney G encloses the flame when used for incandescent lighting.
Patent GB-189805009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Nitro-phosphates.
Filed: 1898-03-01
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 5009. Lake, H. H., [Soc. Coignet et Cie.]. March 1. Manures.-A phosphatic manure, containing also a nitrate and called ' nitro-phosphate,' is formed by mixing tri-calcium phosphate with an equivalent of nitric acid, whereby a mixture of calcium nitrate and soluble phosphate forms. This product may be rendered pulverulent by one of three methods:-(1) mixing with plaster, (2) desiccating, or (3) employing a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids instead of nitric acid only.
Patent GB-189806432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Changing Photographic Plates in Daylight.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1898-03-16
Granted: 1898-06-04
Abstract: 6432. Edwards, E., [Stark, J.]. March 16. Change-boxes; dark slides. - R e - lates to a platechanging arrangement in which plates are transferred from a store box to a dark slide and back again after exposure. The box a in which the plates are stored has sliding doors b, b<1> on opposite sides. In order to charge the dark slide h, it is slid into guides on one side of the store box. The sliding door band the shutter i of the dark slide are then opened. An indiarubber disc o is then pushed against the back of the plate, and caused to take hold by pulling up its centre by means of the bolt n and nut p. The vacuum thus produced causes the disc to adhere to the plate, which is then pulled into the dark slide by pulling back the tube l and clamping it by a set-screw s. The doors band i are now closed, and the dark slide removed for exposure in the camera. After exposure, the plate is transferred into the other side of the store box by reversing the above process. Exposed and unexposed plates are separated by a sheet of cardboard d perforated to prevent the sucker o from acting upon it. Filling-up frames e may be used when there are not sufficient plates. The dark slide h cannot be removed from the store box till the door b is closed.
Patent GB-189806722-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Spinning and Winding Yarns on Ring Frames.
Inventor: LENGWEILER WILHELM
Filed: 1898-03-19
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 6722. Lengweiler, W., and Kuhn, F. W. March 19. Ring and traveller frames.-Relates to improvements o n the invention described in Specification No. 2454, A.D. 1897. The speed of the ring rail, when building different parts of the cop, is inversely proportional to the periphery of the cop and directly proportional to the height of the cop chase, the extent of the lift being increased during the winding of the cop bottom and diminished during the winding of the body of the cop. Fig. 8<b> is a diagram from which a cam drum may be constructed for operating the ring rail, the drum being moved longitudinally over the extremity of the lever it operates, or being otherwise arranged in order to bring into operation the different sections of the cam drum represented by the vertical lines R<1> to R<14> as the various corresponding sections of the cop are built up. The cop is divided into sections containing equal amounts of yarn, and the lines W-Z and M-27 in the diagram represent respectively the least and greatest radii of the corresponding sections of the cam drum. With a cop built up in the manner described, the amount through which the lift will require to be moved in shifting the winding from one section of the cop to the next will vary in amount according to whether the cop is more or less completely wound. A method of calculating this amount of variation from the normal lift is given in the Specification, and this variation, which is reckoned + or - according as to whether it is greater or less than the normal, is set off in the diagram below or above a horizontal line W-Y, so that a curved line W-Z is obtained. The required lift or eccentricity of the different sections of the cam drum are then measured from the curved line W-Z to obtain the line M-27, which therefore represents the extreme eccentricities of the cam sections. Mechanism is described for moving the cam drum, or the effective point on which it operates, longitudinally for bringing the different sections of the drum successively into operation. When the above-described cam mechanism is employed, certain of the chain deflecting apparatus described in the prior Specification may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-189807116-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fork End and Chain Adjuster for Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
Inventor: MAXFIELD ALFRED PERICLES
Filed: 1898-03-24
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 7116. Maxfield, A. P. March 24. T e n s i o n arrangements for bicycle &c. chains. The fork end C' is made with a circular recess to receive an eccentricallybored disc A, into the hole of which fits a double disc B fitted on the axle. Holes in the disc A allow it to be rotated by a spanner to adjust the tension of the chain. The upper part of the disc B forms a bearing for the axle nut. The fork end is made in one piece or by superposing a sheet-metal piece with a circular opening upon a corresponding piece with a slot.
Patent GB-189816485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axles and Steering Gear for Electric and other Motor Carriages.
Inventor: HEADLAND HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-07-28
Granted: 1899-07-28
Abstract: 16,485. Headland, H. W., Headland, H. W., Robson, J. T., and Marsden, C. H. July 28. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to axles and steering-gear for electric and other motor carriages. The swivelling cranked axles each have a vertical portion integral with the horizontal part G<1> on which the road wheel is mounted. The vertical portion G at the upper end is guided in a sleeve T<1> projecting from a bridge-piece T, and at the lower end in a bearing K<1> on which rests the spring L. The vehicle body rests on brackets K attached to the upper members of the springs and guided on the sleeves T<1>. The adjustment of the steering-wheels may be effected either by pinions and toothed sectors carried by the axles, with provision for avoiding back-lash, or by some suitable arrangement of worm gear. Springs G<3> on a prolongation of the axle or between the bearings K, K<1> may be provided for supporting or containing batteries or motors.
Patent GB-189817346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petroleum-motors.
Inventor: FAGERSTROEM ERNST ELIS FRIDOLF
Filed: 1898-08-11
Granted: 1898-09-24
Abstract: 17,346. Fagerstr÷m, E. E. F. Aug. 11. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-The igniting- tube e is kept hot by the combustion therein and by enclosing it in a casing l. It is heated at starting by introducing a flame into l after removing the cap f. The tube e projects into the vaporizer h, which is supplied with oil through g and air through n; d is the exhaust and c the admission valve.
Patent GB-189820645-A (GB)
Title: Fire and Waterproof Material and Method and Apparatus for Producing the same.
Inventor: MAUSSNER ELIZA KATHARINA
Filed: 1898-09-30
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 20,645. Maussner, E. K. Sept. 30. Drawings to Specification. Pipes and tubes of fibrous materials; joint-making packing.-Pipes and tubes are formed of hair, tow, flax, moss, rattan and willow-fibre, asbestos, or other fibrous material, felted by heat and by passage between a grooved roll and another roll bearing hooks or needles, and subsequently coated or saturated with fireproof or waterproof compositions. The fireproofed or waterproofed fibrous material may be employed as packing.
Patent GB-189908355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Action or Open Shed Jacquard Mechanism of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1899-04-21
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 8355. Hollingworth, E., [Stafford, G., and Kelmel, A.]. April 21. Jacquarda.-In full open-shed jacquards, in which usually the uprights 7, Fig. 2, raised by the moving griffe 2 are retained in their raised position by the stationary griffe 19, unless their hooks 21 are pressed to one side by a second beat of the pattern cylinder 10, this second beat is dispensed with by forming the needles 9 with an incline 25 to engage with transverse rods 24, which raise them into position for their hooks 28 to engage with a horizontally-moving griffe 29. When two griffes 71, 81, Fig. 6, work in conjunction with double uprights 3, the disengaged hooks 31 are pressed back, out of the way of the ascending griffe, by supplementary spring needles 13, operated by single or double press-bars 14. In another form, each double upright is formed near the top with a contracted neck portion to act in conjunction with fixed wires or bearings for the same purpose. The needles 13, Fig. 6, may be suspended by arms and an intermediate support from a sliding rod, which is moved to and fro by a pin and slot, and they may be arranged in pairs and formed with semicircular bends to engage with the uprights. The uprights may be flattened near the top to give a spring action, or they may be acted upon by separate U-shaped springs suspended on a rod above them.
Patent GB-189915418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulated Electrical Conductors or Cables.
Inventor: EDMUNDS HENRY
Filed: 1899-07-27
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 15,418. Edmunds, H. July 27. Waterproofing-compositions. -Paper strips employed for covering electric conductors are saturated with (1) a sealing or waterproofing composition, consisting of a mixture of resinous matter, such as colophony, and oxidized oil, such as blown vegetable or fish oil, and (2) an oily matter, such as a heavy mineral oil, with or without mineral wax.
Patent GB-189919334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, Pumps, and Meters.
Inventor: MARTINOLI LODOVICO
Filed: 1899-09-26
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 19,334. Martinoli, L. March 27, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Revolving-cylinder type.-Relates to fluid-pressure engines, pumps, air compressors, blowers, and water meters. The cylinder a has cut-away portions k, and is connected by pipes n with a hollow rotary shaft j separated into two parts by a solid part o. The shaft is geared through centrallymounted wheels p, r and eccentrically-mounted wheels s, i to pistons c, d connected to the wheel i by rods e, f and bars h. The passage of fluid, to and from the segments of the cylinder a formed by partitions b, is controlled by inlet valves l and outlet valves m. Any number of cylinders a may be combined. The wheel i may have a polygonal form, each side having the same number of teeth as the wheel s, so that the pistons make a number of strokes for each revolution of the cylinder The cylinder a may be replaced by a ring of straight cylinders, the extremities of the pistonrods being jointed.
Patent GB-189921967-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Temporary Binder.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1899-11-02
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 21,967. Lorrain, J. G., [Sickle, N. van]. Nov. 2. Filing papers &c.-Relates to a temporary binder for loose-leaved ledgers, account-hooks, order books, samples, &c. The perforated sheets are slipped over the tubes 3, and secured between the strips 1, 2. The tubes 3 are provided with internal screw-threads extending about three-quarters of the circumference to the edges of the slots 6. The plugs 5 carry portions of screw-threads 7 which may slide in the slots 6 in the tubes 3, when, by turning the heads 8, the screw-threads engage and the pieces 1, 3 may be forced a little nearer together, gripping the papers.
Patent GB-189923753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Maximum Electrical Current Indicators.
Inventor: RIMINGTON ERNEST CECIL
Filed: 1899-11-28
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 23,753. Rimington, E. C. Nov. 28. Current meters.-A maximum current indicator consists of an electrolytic cell K producing gas which escapes through a porous plug C of glasswool or other material, or through a small hole in a metal plate, and a means for registering the highest pressure of gas during any period, this pressure depending on the rate of production of gas by the current. The cell K may be used for measuring total quantity. The pressure may be registered by a Bourdon gauge, provided with a frictionally-held pointer, movable by the ordinary pointer.of the gauge ; or the. gas pressure may act m one limb A of a U-tube to cause liquid to rise in the other and to either overflow into a measuring-tube, or stain a measuring-rod H, or remove colour from a coated rod, or enter liquid-retaining recesses in a rod H', shown separately. The indicator may be caused to act slowly by providing a large receptacle on the gas tube, so that the gas pressure rises slowly, or by constricting a part of the U-tube to retard the flow of liquid, or by closing the second limb of the U-tube by a porous plug G or a plate with a small perforation. The Provisional Specification states that the pressure in the U-tube may be registered by providing a valve to prevent return of the liquid from its highest position in the second limb of the tube.
Patent GB-189924502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes and Apparatus for Manufacturing Heating Gas.
Inventor: THOMSON ROBERT
Filed: 1899-12-09
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 24,502. Thomson, R. Dec. 9. Gas-producers.-Bituminous or other coal, coke, shale, peat, or other suitable fuel is passed down a producer divided into three zones, in the upper of which the fuel is dried and partially distilled by external beat ; in the middle it is completely distilled by internal heat, and in the lower it is consumed by air, mixed, if desired, with steam. The fuel bin l is provided with one or more (in the example shown, three) openings 2, leading to three hoppers a continuous with three retorts b. The hoppers and retorts increase in diameter from above downwards. The portion b is heated externally by hot producer gas. Below b, the producer expands to an intermediate chamber c, covered above by a metal casing d, and provided, when it is desired to obtain ammonia, with a superheated steam supply g, 5, and at a higher level with a wet steam supply f, 4. This portion is heated internally from below, where, in the portion h, the fuel is treated with air, or a mixture of air and steam in proper proportions, admitted under the conical cap n through the tubes p and o respectively. The producer is supported upon suitable brackets on a sunk foundation k, and has a water-seal ring l. The poor producer gas given off in the lower compartment h mostly escapes by the flue 6 and passage q to the exit s, being thus caused to heat the chambers b on its way. This gas is drawn by an exhauster through a cooling-coil and a dust chamber. The rich gases given off in the part c are withdrawn downwards, by means of an exhauster, through the outlet e, and are led to a scrubber for separating the ammonia and tar. The gases may then, or without first treating for the recovery of bye-products, be led back by a pipe u, and slotted inlets t to the lower compartment, to which also the tar may be fed. The rich gases are thereby fixed, and are led away, mixed with the poor producer gases, through the outlet s.
Patent GB-190001820-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Orange-Yellow Dyestuffs belonging to the Acridine Series.
Filed: 1900-01-29
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 1820. Abel, C. D., [Actiengesellschaft f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. Jan. 29. Dyes, artificial.-New dye-stuffs of the naphthacridine series, which dye tannin-mordanted cotton orange-yellow shades, are produced by heating the dye-stuffs produced as described in Specification No. 16,474, A.D. 1898, with alkyl halides, or with alcohols and mineral acids, under pressure. An example is given in which amidotolunaphthacridine is heated with methyl alcohol and hydrochloric acid at 160‹-170‹ C. for several hours. In another example, ethyl bromide and alcohol are used. The dye-stuff is isolated by distilling off the alcohol, dissolving the residue in water, and precipitating by addition of common salt.
Patent GB-190008438-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Seamless Tubing from Sheet Metal.
Inventor: DEMING FERDINAND
Filed: 1900-05-08
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 8438. Deming, F. May 8. Rolling; spinning.-Relates to the manufacture of seamless tubing from sheet metal by rolling- plant in which a hot sheet-metal disc secured to a mandrel is passed through a number of oblique rolls. The machine is shown in Fig. 1, and consists of the mandrel 13 secured to the piston 14, which is operated by the hydraulic cylinder 2, the pressure plate 19 with flat or concave face worked by the cylinder 3, the rolls carried by the frame 9, and the stripper holder 17, together with the framework and power devices. The roll carrier is rotatably mounted within the roll frame. The roll brackets are radially adjustable, being secured to an annular plate with projecting lips corresponding with recesses in the roll carrier, and the rounded former rolls 44 are set oblique. The carrier frame 9 is in two parts bolted together, and in the rear face of the flange 35 and in the front face of the carrier frame there are bearing-rings for a ball bearing which takes the end thrust while a tube is being formed. Ordinary stripper rings are used to force the tube from the mandrel. The metal disc or blank to be treated is supported on a stud projecting from the front of the mandrel.
Patent GB-190013119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets
Inventor: GRAETER GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 13,119. Grõter, G., and D÷lker, C. July 20. Corsets.-The studs b and eyes c, which serve to fasten the corset, are secured to short metal plates a, which are sewn into the edges of the corset so as to overlap each other and constitute a flexible and unbreakable busk. Fig. 3 shows the bottom plate a overlapping the next plate a<1>. To further strengthen the busk, a continuous metal strip d is placed underneath the plates a in a separate hem. The strip is removable, so that it may be replaced when broken, and is secured at its lower end by a tab f provided with a stud e which passes through a hole e<1> in the strip d.
Patent GB-190013512-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Utilizing the Waste-heat of Different Industries for Producing Compressed Sulphurous Acid Vapours whose Working Energy Converted into Velocity Serves for Operating Steam Turbines at a Moderate Circumferential Velocity.
Inventor: STEFFEN CARL
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 13,512. Steffen, C. July 27. Vapour turbines. -The waste heat of steam engines, furnaces, &c. is used to evaporate sulphurous acid, and the vapours so produced are used to drive turbines. A suitably-shaped evaporator a contains liquid sulphurous acid, which is heated by hot gases or other source of waste heat passed through the tubular heater c. The vapours drive the turbine e, and are condensed in a condenser g and then returned to the evaporator. Two such arrangements can be combined together. The evaporator and condenser may be fitted with pipes arranged in coils.