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Patent GB-189915956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas and like Engines and Motors.
Inventor: THERYC CHARLES
Filed: 1899-08-04
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 15,956. Theryc, C. Feb. 13, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Gas and like engines.- The exhaust from a cylinder a working on the four-stroke cycle is mixed with steam generated in the e spiral passage 2 in its jacket, and passes into a reservoir a surrounding the cylinders b, c. to which the mixture is admitted by distributiug-valves f, g after it has passed through the spiral passage 1 in the jacket of the cylinder a. The valve 5 between the cylinder a and the reservoir is closed by a spring that will withstand the compression in the cylinder, but not the explosion. As the pressure in the reservoir which tends to close the valve is variable, it is necessary, in order that the resistance to opening the valve by the explosion shall be constant, to allow the pressure in the reservoir to act against the spring through a pipe 8, 7 containing liquid and a piston 6.
Patent GB-189920274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Ploughs.
Inventor: DALE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-10
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 20,274. Dale, W. Oct. 10. Ploughs.-Relates to means for mouuting and adjusting the land and furrow wheels of turnwrest and similar ploughs. A cross-bar e is secured to the beam a. Brackets f and fx are mounted between adjustable collars on the crossbar e, so that they can turn freely thereon. The standards h, h<x> of the wheels d, d<x> are adjustably secured in the brackets f, f<x>. Rods i, i<x> are pivoted to the upper ends of the standards h, h<x>, and pass through slots in brackets k, kx secured to the handles. The rods i, i<x> are provided with notches l, l<x> to engage the brackets k, k<x>, and also with adjustable stops m, m<x> which bear against the brackets k, k<x> in one position of the wheels. By the mechanism above described, the wheels can be changed to act alternately as land and furrow wheels.
Patent GB-189920907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Retting or Steeping Flax.
Inventor: BADOIL ANTOINE
Filed: 1899-10-19
Granted: 1900-11-19
Abstract: 20,907. Badoil, A. April 15, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883] . Drawings to Specification. Retting.-Soap and acids are used in combination in an apparatus in which the flax stalks are placed between removable grid plates, forming horizontal divisions of cages which can be lowered into the compartments of a vat provided with a closelyfitting lid and having below a receiving-vessel and escape orifice. Several vats may be arranged side by side. During the operation, the pressure in the vat may be reduced for vaporizing purposes. The vat contains soapy water at 70' to 80‹ C., about 8 kilos. of soap being used for every 100 kilos. of flax stalks, and the stalks are allowed to remain therein about two hours. The stalks are then pressed between fluted rollers ; they are then operated upon by a ribbed drum, which throws the flax upwards and forwards against the wings of a second drum, which conveys them to an endless band. To cleanse the fibres thoroughly, they are returned for an hour to the soap bath at 60‹ C., to which has been added three litres of hydrochloric acid mixed with 30 litres of water for each 1000 litres of soap solution ; or dilute hydrochloric acid may alone be used. The liquid is afterwards run off, and the flax washed and drained. The fibres may then be immersed for three hours in a bath which is kept at about 30‹ C., and prepared by mixing 10 kilos. of chloride of lime and 10 kilos. of carbonate of soda in 1000 litres of water. This liquor is then drawn off, and the fibre again washed and dried in a centrifugal machine, and afterwards in a drying-stove.
Patent GB-189921514-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Drawing or Copying Slate.
Inventor: FRASER ROBERT ERSKINE
Filed: 1899-10-27
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 21,514. Fraser, R. E. Oct. 27. Drawing-slates.-A sheet of transparent or translucent celluloid with a roughened surface is used in place of the ground glass usually employed in drawing-slates.
Patent GB-189923958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wheels and to Bearings therefor.
Inventor: TEMPERLEY JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-12-01
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 23,958. Tomperley, J., and Temperley, J. R. Dec. 1. Axle-boxes; axles, wearing-surfaces formed or fixed on; lubricating.-Relates to the bearings and the lubrication of wheels which run on fixed axles, Fig. 1 being a section through one form. The fixed axle c has a soft metal bush d secured on by a pin e, and within the hub of the wheel a a steel bush b is secured. Rotation of the wheel wears down the soft metal bush d, so that the contacting parts of the bushes d, b always have the same radius, as shown in diagrammatic section in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 shows the axle d of a wheel adapted to run in both directions, the parts f, f<1> and f<1>, f<2> being the wearing-surfaces for opposite directions. In modifications, the ridge f is avoided by means of a longitudinal groove, or the bush d may be in two halves with grooves between them. The bearing is lubricated by means of a passage k which leads from the oil chamber l<1>. The lubricant is introduced through a hole t in the plug p. Fig. 7 shows in section a modified lubricating-axle h, into which the lubricant is introduced through a hole l and from which it passes through a hole k. The screw n takes against the frame, and so prevents rotation of the axle.
Patent GB-189923990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Glass and other Analogous Substances, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LUEHNE JOHANN
IPC: C03B5/225
Filed: 1899-12-01
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 23,990. L³hne, J. Dec. 1. Obtaining melal.-Relates to apparatus for purifying or refining glass or crystal in the molten state, applicable also for refining purposes in connection with electric or gas melting-furnaces. The molten metal descends the channel B, impurities floating on its surface passing off through the opening h in the shutter 6, which is lifted by the stream of glass. The glass passes as indicated by the arrows through the compartments C, E to the compartment F, whence it is removed through orifices i. The bell D can be raised or lowered, or rotated, to thoroughly mix the glass passing over the partition 7. Oxygen may be admitted through the pipe 9, and may be circulated through the chambers E, C, F by means of passages q, 18. Escape of the oxygen from the chamber C is prevented by the liquid sealing-device 15, 16. The temperature of the apparatus is maintained by the gases disengaged from the tank, which are circulated through the channels 20, 21, 22 before reaching the flue 23. The bell D may form part of the roof of the apparatus. Conduits 29, 30 enable the compartments C, F to be emptied. The admission pipe 9 can be used for combustible gas, the gases disengaged passing out by the flue 23 as described above.
Patent GB-189925749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Train Control.
Filed: 1899-12-30
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 25,749. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Potter, W. B.]. Dec. 30. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to a system of electric train control in which all the motors can be put in or out of action from one point. The invention is shown in Fig. 2 as applied to a train with two motor equipments consisting of the motors M<1>, M', motor controllers H, and m a s t e r controllers K. Current is taken by the leading collector I, and passes through circuit-breakers F, F<1>, switches E, E', and & train wire to the two motor controllers H. The circuit-breakers F, F<1> enable either set to be cut out, and the switches E, E', consisting of two insulated arms working on to the contacts e<1>, e<2>, or e, can be moved so as to connect up the leading collector only. These switches may form part of the master controllers, or they may be thrown in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 3, by the coils and plungers 0, O<3> or O<1>, O<2> excited by current from batteries N, N' directed by any one of the switches S, S<1>, S<2>, S<3>.
Patent GB-190002824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Moulding in Foundries.
Inventor: GARLAND THOMAS SWANN
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 2824. Garland, T. S. Feb. 13. Moulding.-In pneumatic moulding-machines, such as those of the Tabor type, the head A for lifting the flask carries a frame B, which supports the flask C by lugs D. The pattern-carrying head F, on which the rapping-device acts, carries a frame E on which the pattern plate G rests. By this arrangement, a single plate may have a pattern P on each side. The plate has V-notches at each end engaging guide-pins I on the flask so that the pattern is correctly withdrawn from the mould.
Patent GB-190008036-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin Freed Automatic Vending Machine.
Inventor: CORSON CLARENCE
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 8036. Corson, C. May 1. Sale apparatus for cigars. The box 27 of cigars is placed in an inclined holder 14 at the top of the apparatus, and the bottom, previously unnailed, is removed so that the contents rest on a slightly inclined plate 70 and gravitate to the bottom corner. Delivery mechanism.-A drum having a recess 36 is turned backwards and forwards by means of a handle 38, and the corner cigar is removed by the recess, which, to facilitate the action, is set slightly oblique or is of conical section from the middle. A notch in one end of the drum is normally engaged by the latch 47. Coin action.-The coin slips through a channel in the drum, and is turned by a wing 65, 66 into a channel 52 underneath. When the drum is operated, the coin is thrust past the latch 47 and disengages it from the notch, which allows some play for the purpose. Coin-discharging mechanism. - The coins are pushed along a curved track 19 under a window 20, and eventually fall into a drawer 24<a>. The wing 66 in the coin shoot rocks across it, so that, if a second coin is inserted before the drum is operated, it is deflected out of the shoot and falls at once into the drawer. Fraud, preventing.-A two-way pawl 41, directed by a spring 42, engages teeth on the drum to ensure complete action. Jamming of articles, preventing.-The plate 70, which supports the cigars, bears a projecting rake 69, which encounters slots in the drum, so that the plate is let down and raised again on a hinge 68.
Patent GB-190009481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Needle Points of Mathematical Instruments.
Inventor: THORNTON ALEXANDER JAMES
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 9481. Thornton, A. J. May 24. Compasses, drawing; dividers.-R e l a t e s to securing firmly the needle points of mathematical drawing - instruments, a side view being shown. The part a is made from tempered steel, and is provided with a split socket b having a conical or like hole so that the extreme end only of the socket holds the needle d. The upper part of the needle passes through a nut e carried by a screw f which, by operating the milled nut g, draws the nut e into a recess in the part a, and so jambs the needle. The nut e is adapted to receive the coarsest form of needle.
Patent GB-190010233-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Combined Flower Pot and Vase or Holder.
Inventor: MARSHALL JAMES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-06-02
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 10,233. Marshall, J. A. June 2. Flower pots. - Relates to the combination of a flower pot with an ornamental vase or holder. The pot A is made with a broad rim B glazed to correspond with the exterior of the holder E. The lower part of the pot A is made of the usual porous material with a drainage hole at D. The holder E is made with a flange F upon which the rim B of the pot A. rests.
Patent GB-190010670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Let-off Mechanism of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1900-06-12
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 10,670. Hollingworth, E., [Alvord, C.]. June 12. Loom let-off motions.-Relates particularly to looms employing a printed or coioured warp, as is used for certain pile fabrics. The coloured warp 34 passes from the warp beam lover a roller 10 on a bell-crank lever 7, the other arm of which is attached to the end of the brake strap 3. The bell crank lever 7 carries another bell-crank lever 12, having on one arm 13 a weight 14 and on the other a stop 17 and a roller 16, over which the warp passes from the roller 10 to a sand or roughened roller 18, driven by spur and ratchet gearing from the lay. The warp then passes over a rod or roller 33 on other weighted bell-crank levers 29, and is shed with the ground warps 38, 39 by suitable shedding-mechanism. A graduated scale is applied to one end of the sand roller to indicate whether the proper tension is being applied to the coloured warp to cause it to register correctly.
Patent GB-190013900-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Device for Detachably Securing the Blades of Scythes to their Stocks or Handles.
Inventor: WEINER HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-08-02
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 13,900. Weiner, H. Aug. 2. Scythes.-Relates to means for detachably securing the blade to the handle. A metal plate a, having turned-over edges i, k, is secured to the stock c by a bolt e forming a pivot and a bolt f working in a slot so that the plate may be adjusted. The tang n of the blade h is slipped between the two edges i, and turned so that a projection m takes in a slot d in the stock. It is then secured by a bolt o sliding in the grooves formed by the turned-over edges k. For transport, the point of the blade is fitted in a clip s, Fig. 6, and the tang under the bolt o.
Patent GB-190016797-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Emptying Dredging Boats.
Inventor: FRUEHLING OTTO
IPC: E02F7/04
Filed: 1900-09-20
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 16,797. Fr³hling, O. Sept. 20. Dredging.-Relates to the arrangement of the parts of a dredger for facilitating the removal of the spoil from the dredger to the dumping ground. Fig. 1 shows a cross-section, and Fig. 3 shows a sectional plan with parts removed. The chamber A. into which the spoil is first dredged, communicates through adjustable openings f and a pipe d with a suction pump i. Opposite each opening is another adjustable opening c, leading to one of two pipes a which open into the sea at their further ends b. The spoil is prevented from stopping up the openings c, f by transverse webs g and by jets of water which issue under pressure from pipes h arranged between the openings. Each pair of openings may be closed independently of the others, and, in a modification, the pump may be on a separate vessel.
Patent GB-190020588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Lighting.
Inventor: COE FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-11-15
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 20,588. Coe, F. Nov. 15. Incandescent gas lamps.-Anti-vibration devices for preventing damage to the fragile mantles are formed by mounting the burners D<5>, D<6> upon inverted tubes C, C<1>, C', which are maintained vertical by weights J, J<1>, J<2> at their lower ends, and are supported by springs E, E<1> connected to the removable lining F of the chamber A containing the mercury, glycerine, or other liquid for forming the gas seal. The device may be adapted for use with one or more burners, but, in the six-burner apparatus shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the pilot jets D<3> are supplied through the tubes and connections H, B', C', D<2>, and D<4>, the central burner D<5> through the connections B', C', and D' under the control of the cock P, and the five burners D<6> through the connections B, C, D, and D<7> under the control of the cock G. The apparatus is especially suitable for use with suspended lanterns, since the fitting, by being connected direct to the service pipe, obviates the possibility of an escape of gas, such as may occur when the connection is made by flexible tubing.
Patent GB-190022411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Electric Return for Electric Tramways or Street Railways.
Inventor: SAYERS WILLIAM BROOKS
Filed: 1900-12-08
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 22,411. Sayers, W. B. Dec. 8. Electric railways and tramways with overhead supply conductors and return conductors in a slotted conduit. Conductors; conduits.-An insulated return conductor is placed in a conduit, and is earthed near the generator, transformer station, or other source of current, so that the difference of potential between the return and the conduit is limited to the drop in the return. Corrosion and electric disturbances are thus prevented. The conduit may be formed by the running rail a and a guard rail i of various forms, which may be connected by metal junction pieces a<1>, bedded on concrete &c., and furnished with boxes &c. t at intervals. Or the conduit may consist of a slotted pipe h as in Fig. 9. The conductor f may be held in an insulator g by the clamps o, o and set-screw q, Fig. 6, or by clamps 12, 13 and nut 14, Fig. 9, or may be soldered to a ring 19 clamped on an oil insulator, Fig. 12. Or, as shown in Fig. 11, it may consist of a strip f held on insulators secured by bolts passing through the sides of the conduit. The insulators may be screwed into one side of the conduit, or otherwise held therein The conductor is strained by the screw-carried roller v pulling in a loop at its end, Fig. 8, and it may be connected to feeders at intervals as at x. Collectors.-The brush 1, Fig. 6, for the return conductor and its insulating-shank 6 is supported by a hanger 2 under the influence of two springs. One spring, shown at 4, presses the brush on to the conductor, and the other allows the shank to turn up in case of obstruction.
Patent GB-190023496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Arrangements for Nuts and the like
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 23,496. Thompson, W. P., [Holzrichter, P.]. Dec. 22. Locking nuts.-The nut a of a rail joint &c. is locked by a plate c which engages with the nut and is held in place by a stud e fitting into a slot in the plate. The plate, when in the locking position, bears against the rail foot l or against some other fixed part so as to relieve the pressure on the stud e. The plate may engage the nut by means of teeth b, b<1> or by means of arms k. Further to secure the plate, a wedge h may be driven between it and a turned-over lug f. The stud and lug may be carried by a plate g beneath the nut.
Patent GB-190105315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flag Signals.
Inventor: SCHUNCK ALFRED
Filed: 1901-03-13
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 5315. Schunck, A. March 13. Signals, flag.-A flag a, Fig. 2, is mounted in a frame b consisting.of two members hinged together to form a clamp. Pins on the frame pass through eyelets c in the corners of the flag. The frame is attached by means of eyes d and swivels to eyelets spliced in the flag line, or is clamped direct to the line. The flag line consists of three members x, e, e', Fig. 7, and the direction in which the flag may be shown can be varied by manipulating the line e<1>. A three-cornered frame may be used in place of the frame shown, or three-cornered &c. flags may be mounted in the rectangular frame. In one modification, the frame is replaced by top and bottom stays, which may be sewn to the flag, and in another modification a T shaped frame is provided to secure a three-cornered flag or streamer.
Patent GB-190105521-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Applying Ornamentations to Fabrics, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SILBERSTERN EMIL
Filed: 1901-03-15
Granted: 1902-03-15
Abstract: 5521. Silberstern, E. March 15. Machines for making ornamental cords or strips. Ornamental strips, consisting of a series of threads 4, 5, 6, 7 wound round a central thread or core 8, Fig. 5, are produced and bound into the edges or other parts of a fabric during the weaving process. The outer threads 4, 5, 6, 7 are supplied from bobbins 9, Fig. 1, supported by an intermittentlyrotating disc 10, and are directed towards the fell of the fabric by eyelets 14, 15 respectively recured to a tube 11, and to arms 16 on the tube. The central thread 8 passes through the tube 11 which is secured to the disc 10. A hook 17 is employed in the same way as a hook used for rotating a jacquard cylinder for turning the disc 10, which is locked after every movement by means of a spring- pressed shoe 19. After every twisting operation, by which the outer threads are wound round the central thread, the ornamental strip is forced into the shed by a pusher 20, connected to a spring 23, and actuated by means of a lever 21 and cords 22.
Patent GB-190107254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Apparatus for Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 7254. Anderson, A., and British Fuel Economiser and Smoke Preventer. April 6. Smoke-consuming.-Relates to arrangements for delivering heated air, under the influence of steam jets, at the front or back of a steam-generator or other furnace. Round the firehole is a chamber A, A<1>, Fig. 2, into which air is admitted from the ashpit at a', and whence it is discharged through slots at a<3> by the action of steam jets escaping from a pipe D. The steam is superheated in passing through the arched pipe D'. Beneath the dead-plate in front of the firebridge are also passages Ax, Fig. 3, leading air into passages e in the firebridge, whence it is discharged by the action of steam jets from the pipe D. The steam is superheated in the passage D<1> above the firebridge.
Patent GB-190112882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scaffolding for Use in Erecting Buildings and for other Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: WAGGETT ALFRED HARRY
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 12,882. Waggett, A. H., and Waggett, S. J. June 25, Scaffolding and staging.-A movable platform 7, between two standards 1, is raised and lowered by winches 8, toothed gearing 10, and worm screws 14, or pinions, gearing with racks 5 fixed to the standards. The standards are constructed of sections connected together by bolts 4 passing through sockets and projections 3, and the lower sections fit in shoes 2. The upper sections are connected to the wall by hooked stays, which may be made adjustable in length, as shown in Fig. 3. The platform is fitted with antifriction rollers 15, adapted to bear against the standards, and may be constructed in two parts capable of sliding telescopically on, or within, one another.
Patent GB-190113188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Liquid Cleansing Compositions.
Inventor: ELLIS ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-28
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 13,188. Ellis, A. W. June 28. Cleansing - compositions. - An antiseptic liquid cleansing-composition is made by adding sodium benzoate to a detergent solution such as ammonia solution. Another antiseptic, such as sodium borate may be added.
Patent GB-190116966-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combination Hat Hook and Clip.
Inventor: RICHARDS EMILY GEORGINA
Filed: 1901-08-23
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 16,966. Richards, E. G. Aug. 23. Clothes-hanging hooks and pegs.-Relates to a portable bat-hook and clip suitable for hanging or fixing to the backs of chairs, seats, forms, &c. in churches, theatres, &c. A frame A is made with a hook B to engage a chair &c. back and a hook D to support the hat. A plate F, bent as shown in Fig. 7, has barrels d, d<1> to engage the frame A, barrels c, c' to engage a pin H on the clips G, and a springy tongue a. The clip G has a pivot pin H and heels f, e to act on the spring a. The spring holds the clip G in the open or closed position. In a modification, screws are inserted through large holes in the front part b of the plate F, through smaller holes in the plate a, and then into the chair &c. back.