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Patent GB-189805422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianofortes.
Inventor: LEWIS THOMAS CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1898-03-05
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 5422. Lewis, T. C. March 5. Pianofortes. -In iron - framed upright pianofortes, the iron frame a is formed with a strong central stanchion b tapered off at its ends and arched at c, where it passes over the bridge d, so as to obviate the necessity of cutting the bridge away.
Patent GB-189810642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydraulic Rams.
Inventor: WAGNER WILHELM
Filed: 1898-05-10
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 10,642. Wagner, W. May 10. Hydraulic rams combined with piston pumps. Liquid is raised and forced by the piston h<1>, of which the upward stroke is effected by the action on the large piston h of the water pressure produced in a hydraulic ram con nected to the pipe d, and the downward stroke by the pressure of the delivery on the s m a l l piston h<2>. The motive water is thus separate from the liquid raised.
Patent GB-189813821-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for the Air-tight Closing of and Withdrawal of Air from Jars, Glasses, and other Receptacles for Preserves, Sweetmeats, Chemicals, and other Substances.
Inventor: HENGSTENBERG RICHARD
Filed: 1898-06-21
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 13,821. Hengstenberg, R. June 21. Stoppers.-Relates to means for the airtight closing of, and the withdrawal of air from, jars and other receptacles for preserves, sweetmeats, chemicals, &c. The cover B of the vessel is formed with a neck b and a lateral nozzle b<1>, the stopper D, which closes the neck b, being cut away at d to form a connection between the interior of the vessel and the nozzle b<1>. In the position shown, the nozzle is connected by a rubber tube F to an air pump, water-supply pipe, or other means for exhausting the air from the vessel. When the exhaustion is complete, the stopper D is turned so as to cut off the connection with the nozzle b<1>. In a modification, the nozzle is formed as part of the stopper D.
Patent GB-189815567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Spraying or Disintegrating Water.
Inventor: COUCHMAN HERBERT ARTHUR
Filed: 1898-07-15
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 15,567. Couchman, H. A. July 15. Cooling air, and laying dust in mines, s p r a ying-apparatus for. A nozzle A, having a number of small radial orifices a, is enclosed in a casing B having a cylindrical wall C of wire gauze or perforated sheet metal. The jets issuing from the orifices A are broken up by the wall C, and pass out in a fine spray.
Patent GB-189820456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dust Extractors for Carding Engines.
Inventor: LANDISHEER LEON DE
Filed: 1898-09-27
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 20,456. Landtsheer, L. de. Sept. 27. Carding-engines.-Relates to the ventilation of and removal of dust from carding-engines for flax, hemp, jute, &c. having the feeding and doffing rollers on the same side of the engine. The casing A is secured at the rear end to the frame of the engine, as shown. Below the; engine is a shallow pit B partially covered by a plate C<1>. The pit is wide at the rear end, where it communicates with the interior of the casing, and narrower at the front, where it is connected with a fan D and a flue D<2> for conveying away the dust. Air enters the casing by means of the feed and delivery openings. E is a door for closing the space at the lower part of the frame and for facilitating the removal of dirt which has accumulated on the plate C'. The door E is hinged near the floor, and so arranged that, when released from its fastenings, it will fall inwards and close the entrance to the pit B, forming a bridge for the removal of dirt and stopping the draught through the casing. The casings of several carding-engines may be connected with a common flue D<2>.
Patent GB-189823501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: DOUGLASS LEON FORREST
Filed: 1898-11-08
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 23,501. Douglass, L. F. Nov. 8. Phonographs and like sound-recording instruments. -Relates to the use of two or more reproducing- styli d mounted so as to follow in the same groove of the phonogram. Fig. 2 shows a section of the machine, in which the ordinary bracket F not only carries the reproducer support F<1>, but is provided with an extension F<3> carrying a second reproducer support F'.
Patent GB-189823800-A (GB)
Title: Machinery for the Manufacture of a Substitute fo Hay and Straw Bands.
Inventor: GERSTLE WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-11-11
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 23,800. Gerstle, W. Nov. 11. [Patent revoked.] Bands; machines for making ropes.-Wood-wool rope substitutes for hay and straw bands as described in Specification No. 23,799,A.D.1898. The wood wool A, Fig. 1, is fed into the machine through the hollow shaft b<1>, and passes from the frame l on to the drum c. The drum is carried by a prolongation of the hollow shaft, and rotates with the frame until the wood wool has been sufficiently twisted. By means of a pedal, acting through a chain n<1> on brake blocks m, the rotation of the drum is stopped and the twisted rope is wound on it. The drum is fitted with a pivoted length of screw-thread, which engages with a right- and left-handed screw-thread formed on the shaft, which reciprocates the drum as the rope is wound on it. The end e of the drum can be unscrewed to allow the coiled rope to be removed. In a modification, the drum r, Fig. 4, is mounted in a frame p. The wood wool passes through the bollow shaft w<2> to a guide t, and then on to the drum. By means of a pedal acting on the arm q<1> the brake q<12> is thrown out of gear and the clutch q thrown into gear, so that the driving-pulley o<3> can rotate the frame and twist the wood wool. By means of a footboard acting through a brake band p<@> on the double pulley p<3>, the pulley is stopped. An endless cord passes over the pulleys p<3>, s<2>, and causes the pulley s<2> to rotate and to transmit its motion to the drum, so winding the twisted rope on the drum. The rotation of the drum is transmitted through gearing t<8> to an endless belt driving the reciprocating guide t, which guides the rope on to the drum.
Patent GB-189824888-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spring Frame Bicycle.
Inventor: COCHRAN JOHN
Filed: 1898-11-25
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 24,888. Cochran, J., and Watkin, C. Nov. 25 Forks; frames. -Relates to spring frames for bicycles. The front fork B, Sheet 1, is pivoted to a short fork A carried by the steering-post, and is fitted with a piston working against springs enclosed in a cylinder C pivoted to the crown of the fork A. Or the cylinder may be pivoted to the fork B and the rod connected to the fork A. The head E, Sheet 2, of the rear fork carries a piston which works in a tube D fixed to the seat pillar. A rod is arranged centrally in the tube D, and is encircled by a spring which extends into the tube E, the lower part of the spring being encircled by a leather shield. The piston on the rod E is fitted with a leather washer so as to work airtight in the tube D. According to the Provisional Specification, the fork B may be controlled by a spring enclosed in the head.
Patent GB-189905065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Splitting or Cutting Wood into Sticks.
Inventor: BARRON ADOLPHUS
Filed: 1899-03-08
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 5065. Barron, A. March 8. Cutting-up and splitting.-A machine for splitting or cutting wood into sticks is provided with knives L, secured within a holder M, mounted upon slides M<2>, which are actuated by means of the rods P', P, crosshead 0, and connecting-rod N of adjustable length. The knife holder M is triangular in plan, and has projections to receive the thrust of the knives. The blocks of wood are fed along a trough A by grooved or other feed-rollers C, C', driven by a silent-feed mechanism comprising an arm J<3> carried by a lever J', which is actuated by means of the lever J, link H, and eccentric G<1> ; the free end of the arm J<3> rests within the groove of a pulley J<4>, fixed upon the shaft D, which carries the rollers C. A pawl and ratchet mechanism may be used instead of the silent-feed mechanism. To allow for the displacement of the wood during the cutting operations, a yielding plate is fitted within the side A<3> of the feed-trough A, and, to prevent binding of the wood blocks against the side A<4>, a spring-controlled lever is pivoted to the framing B', and its free end is forced through an aperture in the side A<4> by means of the rod P<1>. The gauge plate K, fitted to the trough A, can be vertically adjusted by the action of screws K<1>, and the spindle F of the feed-roller C' is mounted within slides F<1>, adjustable by means of plate springs F'.
Patent GB-189911169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manufacturing Agglomerated Fuel Blocks.
Inventor: MICHEROUX ALBERT DILLON DE
Filed: 1899-05-29
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 11,169. Micheroux, Count A. D. de. May 29. Treating ores.-Coal dust, anthracite, lignite, peat, wood, or other combustible material is mixed with a composition containing liquid hydrocarbons, alkali, and resin or fatty animal and vegetable substances. The hydrocarbons used may be petroleum oils, or gas tar freed from ammoniacal water and light oils by a partial distillation. The alkali employed may be a mixture of lime and caustic soda, made into a paste, and subjected to the action of air freed from carbonic acid and afterwards electrified. The composition may be mixed with ores, in the form of dust, oxides, sulphides, and the like, and moulded into blocks, with or without an addition of coal or like combustible material, suitable for use in blast furnaces.
Patent GB-189912871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cement.
Inventor: BORGOLTE WILHELM
Filed: 1899-06-20
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 12,871. Borgolte, W. June 20. Cements.-Relates to cements for general building purposes specially adapted for taking oil colours or like coatings. Ground limestone and ground clay are mixed with a small proportion of tar, naphtha, paraffin, coal, sawdust, fat, &c., and are separately burnt in the absence of air. The products obtained are pulverized, ground, mixed with the addition of oil, coal, &c., and again burnt without access of air. This second product is broken, pulverized, and ground like Portland cement. Clay-marl and alumina may be used in addition to clay to give a good glazed cement, which may subsequently be mixed with unburnt minerals or with minerals burnt with hydrocarbons. A composition of glazed cement, raw ground clay, ground burnt clay-marl, ground sandstone, ground burnt slaty marl, ground burnt red sandstone, and ground cinder may, for example, be employed.
Patent GB-189913041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Distributing Manure or other Granular Material.
Inventor: WALLACE ROBERT
Filed: 1899-06-23
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 13,041. Wallace, R. June 23. Manuring.-A machine for distributing artificial manure and granular and like substances consists of a conical hopper A carried upon a framing A', which is supported by a shaft B and wheels A<3>. Within the hopper is a conical platform C, having a star-wheel C' attached. The platform rotates upon a vertical spindle B' carried by the shaft E', and is driven by teeth C<3> gearing with a worm E on a countershaft E<1> driven from the main shaft. Between the lower part of the platform C and the star-wheel are two scrapers D, which direct the manure to two openings a, adjustable in size by means of two sliding doors d operated by levers and quadrants d<1>, and leading to the shoots. The shoots direct the material either into the drills, or on to horizontal revolving distributing-tables e' having radial vanes and operated by bevel gear from the shaft E'. The machine may be arranged for more than two drills.
Patent GB-189919116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Glass or Mirrors to adapt same for Adhering to Surfaces.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-09-22
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 19,116. Thompson, W. P., [Soc. Anon. Belge pour la Fabrication Des Emaux Artistiques]. Sept. 22. Slabs, glass, having a roughened back and adapted for wall decorations &c. Molten glass of the required tint is poured into moulds containing fragments of the same kind of glass and also sand. The moulds are then transferred to a furnace at a high temperature, so that the glass becomes liquid and the surface very smooth. The fragments of glass also adhere strongly. The moulds are then slowly cooled.
Patent GB-189923165-A (GB)
Title: Improved Plate for Table and Domestic use.
Inventor: CLARKE JAMES
Filed: 1899-11-21
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 23,165. Clarke, J. Nov. 21. Plates.-Consists in making one or more recesses in the rim of the plate, to hold condiments, as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190004115-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Application of Alizarine Products for Directly Dyeing Vegetable Fibres.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-03-03
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 4115. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. March 3. Dyes, artificial.-Alizarin products, containing both dye-stuff and mordant, in the form of powder or paste, are prepared by mixing a dry alizarin dye-stuff with a mineral salt of aluminium iron or chromium, and an equimolecular quantity of an alkaline, sulphite, bisulphite, or pyrosulphite. Examples are given (1) of a mixture for dyeing cotton goods turkey red, composed of alizarin, aluminium sulphate, and sodium bisulphite, and (2) of a mixture containing alizarin, aluminium sulphate, and sodium pyrosulphite.
Patent GB-190010820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarn.
Filed: 1900-06-14
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 10,820. Hall & Sons (Bury), R., [Willers, V.]. June 14. Winding-ma chines. - The end of the spindle is provided with an easily - removable conical plug k, and the cop is wound nose downwards in a slit cup j, the spindle rising automatically as the yarn is wound, through the square central aperture of the driving-collar i, which is driven through a clutch g by the bevel-wheels d, e. To stop the spindle when the winding of the cop is completed, a collar h fixed on the spindle is caused to lift a rod m, which passes through the adjustable weight n<1> of the stop-motion lever n, and carries a spring o. When the rod m has been raised to a sufficient height, the spring o tilts the lever n, and allows the sleeve u, carrying the collar i and clutch g, to fall so as to disengage the two parts of the clutch, and cause the stoppage of the spindle. For doffing the cop, the plug k is removed, when a slight tap on the collar h depresses the spindle, and causes the cop to be removed therefrom.
Patent GB-190107824-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clearing Device for Boats.
Inventor: WOLFGANG ERICK
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 7824. Wolfgang, E. April 16. Boat-disengaging gear.-The two boat supports b, b<1>, upon which the boat rests in its normal position, may be operated by a single person, but are of sufficiently substantial construction to permit of the boat being loaded before it is released. Each support b, b<1> comprises a keel block g and two side keel blocks g<1>, g<2>, the block g<2> being extended at g' and hinged at g<4>. The blocks g, g<1> of each support rest upon eccentrics h, h<1> mounted on shafts h<2>, of which the levers h<3> are connected by a link i, which is normally secured by a pin i<1>. To release the boat, the operator removes the pin i<1> and pulls on the connecting- lever i, thereby turning the levers h<3> and withdrawing the pins h<4>. The links j, k, k<1> and the hinged block g<2> thereupon fall into the position shown in Fig. 4, and the rotation of the shafts h' operates the levers h<5>, p<3>, p<2>, p<1>, and withdraws the securing-pins from the lower links of the chains l for holding the boat down upon the blocks g, g<1>, g<2> ; the chaius are thus simultaneously released. The boat is then suspended from the usual davits and tackles ready to be lowered into the water.
Patent GB-190108132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Projectiles.
Inventor: MUNRO WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-04-20
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 8132. Munro, W. April 20. Projectiles, ordnance; f u z e s f o r projectiles.- The projectile proper A, Fig. 3, is shaped like a torpedo, and, when fired from the gun, is enclosed in a casing B. At a predetermined point in the trajectory the powder charge b is fired by the fuzes F, and the projectile is ejected from its casing B. In the modification shown in Fig. 1, the projectile carries a shrapnel bullets a with a bursting-charge a<1>. The ejecting-charge b is carried around the tail of the projectile, and is ignited by a fuze C. This fuze has a series of holes c, and, by turning the fuze so as to bring one of the holes opposite to one of the flash openings a<5>, the time can be set as required.
Patent GB-190111214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wireless Telegraphy
Inventor: SHOEMAKER HARRY
Filed: 1901-05-31
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 11,214. Shoemaker, H. Jan. 17, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Wireless telegraphy.-Relates to a system of wireless telegraphy in which the oscillator is arranged with a subsidiary spark gap formed by two balls E enclosed in a tube F containing air or inert gas under pressure. At the receiving-station the coherer is formed, preferably, of an exhausted tube K containing L-shaped insulating-blocks K', which support a decohering magnetic ball K<4>, and between the conducting faces K<2> are situated the cohering-granules. The decohering-magnet M is arranged in the circuit of the relay R, and has two shunts, one p<1> including the coil of the relay R', and the other p<2> including coils r<1> and a condenser D'. The armature circuit S of the relay R' is normally closed, and includes the relay R<3> for operating the receiving-apparatus S, such as a Morse sounder.
Patent GB-190112975-A (GB)
Title: Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: MADDEN ALBERT FRANKLIN
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 12,975. Madden, A. F. March 19, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Secondary batteries.-Relates to electrodes for batteries for propelling vehicles or doing other work. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of one plate partly filled with active material, and Fig. 2 shows a horizontal section through two adjacent plates. The grid or frame of the plate is preferably formed by opposing dies set in a hydraulic press, as described in Specification No. 12,974, A.D. 1901, so that it has an interior molecular structure more dense than that of ordinary cast lead, and presents a hard finished exterior surface adapted to resist quick electrolytic disintegration. It consists of a comparatively-thin rim 1 and partitions 2, 3 having webs 5 projecting transversely from them. By these partitions the grid is divided into a number of sections 4, which, when they are made relatively large, are further subdivided by intersecting partitions 6, 7, which divide each section 4 into a number of small openings 8, into which project a comblike series of fine fingers 10, which are preferably bevelled and tapered. The active material 9, which is packed into the openings 8, may be so applied that its opposite outer faces conform somewhat closely to the cut-away marginal edges of the fingers 10, so as to give it a corrugated outer surface against which correspondingly corrugated and perforated or porous non-conducting plates or retainers 11 may lie. These retainers are preferably made with inbent marginal flanges 12, which fit around the webs 5. The plates are kept apart by separators 13, provided with rabbeted portions 14, which aid in holding the retainers 11 in place.
Patent GB-190114736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hay Loaders.
Inventor: SOUTHWELL FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1901-07-19
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 14,736. Southwell, F. C., and Ralls, O. July 19. Hay-loaders provided with a series of reciprocating rakes for elevating the crop up the inclined platform a. The platform a may be formed either of fixed boards to which wedge-shaped strips n are fixed at intervals to prevent the crop from slipping backwards, or with an endless travelling belt. The rake bars c are driven by cranks d<1> on the shaft d driven by gearing from the supporting-wheels b. Inclined guide-bars l, fixed to the bars c, work through guide-eyes m secured to a bridge-piece e. Rollers g on the ends of the bridge-piece e work in guides f. Springs k are arranged on arms depending from the ends of the bridge-piece, and tend to draw the bridge-piece towards the platform, while allowing the bridgepiece to yield to the pressure of the crop that is being elevated. The same result may be obtained by securing the bridge e to pivoted levers provided either with springs or with counterpoise weights.
Patent GB-190120410-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Concentration or Enrichment of Ores.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM EDWIN
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 20,410. Heys, W. E., [Boyer, E.]. Oct. 12. Zinc carbonate is obtained from calamine by treating with ammonia in a battery of diffusers and then heating the solution obtained.
Patent GB-190121406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weather Bars for French Windows, Doors and the like.
Inventor: PROCTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 21,406. Procter, J. Oct. 25. Windows; doors; draught and weather excluders.-The sill 2 and bottom rail 5 of the casement are grooved to receive a Z-shaped weatherbar 8, which is mounted on pivots projecting from plates 12 let into the bottom of the casement or door, and is turned up and down by a rib 20 of the sill when the casement or door is closed and opened. Instead of making a groove in the bottom rail of the door to receive the flap 15 of the excluder, the flap may bear against the inner face of the rail. The Provisional Specification states that the bar may be pivoted to the sill.
Patent GB-190122037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armature Windings for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Inventor: HOBART HENRY METCALF
Filed: 1901-11-01
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 22,037. Hobart, H. M. Nov. 1. Armatures.-Single windings are derived from two-circuit multiple windings by the symmetrical omission of commutator segments; these single windings having the property that more sets of brushes are required than in the two-circuit windings from which they are derived. In the example shown, the winding is derived from a two-circuit double winding, by omitting every second commutator segment and corresponding commutator connection. Other examples are given in the Specification, one derived from a twocircuit triple winding, leaving out every second and third segment, and another from a two-circuit; quadruple winding, leaving out every second, third, and fourth segment. Multiple windings may be built up on the basis of the windings described above considered as single windings.