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Patent GB-189901093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes.
Inventor: HARRIS CHARLES ROBERT
Filed: 1899-01-17
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 1093. Harris, C. R. Jan. 17. Fire-escapes.-Consists of a rope ladder which, when not in use, is wound on a reel mounted at the top of the wall outside a building. In the end view of the reel C and casing B, shown in Fig. 2, a ratchet pawl 8 fixed to the end of the reel is actuated by the loose ratchet-wheel 9, gearing 10, 12, and a rope 15 which passes down through all the rooms inside the building. The pinion 12 is normally out of gear with the pinion 9, but the former is mounted on the end of a lever 11 which turns when the rope 15 is pulled and puts the pinions in gear. The rope 15 passes two or three times round a pulley 13 fixed to the pinion 12, and thus the reel C is turned through a few turns when the rope is pulled. This starts the unwinding of the rope ladder from the reel, the rest of the descent being effected by the weight of the ladder. The rungs of the ladder, which are tubular, are fixed to the side ropes 20, 21 by driving in pegs 22 and 26, Fig. 6. The bottom rung is larger, and the end of the rope is fixed by driving in a wedge 4, Fig. 4. An arm fixed to the reel strikes an alarm bell.
Patent GB-189903200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ball Crushing and Grinding Mills.
Inventor: FRITSCH EMIL
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 3200. Fritsch, E. Feb. 13. Ball mills.-Series of inlet and outlet openings are formed in the ends of the drum near its periphery. The inlet openings b are covered by an annular or circular casing to which is connected the feed-shoot f. The delivery openings care covered by a casing d connected to the shoot d<1>. A worm a' may be arranged in the drum.
Patent GB-189905465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ball-bearing Casters.
Inventor: GUINAN JOHN
Filed: 1899-03-13
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 5465. Guinan, J. March 13. Castors.-The large ball 4 bears against a number of small balls 5 in a cup 1, and is retained by turning in the flange 10. The balls 5 are spaced by a plate 6 with central hole and notches 8 of various forms as in Fig. 4 ; a circular race may be formed in the top of the cup 1 or in the plate 6, to act as the bearing-surface for the bills 5, or the latter may bear in a series of recessss as in Fig. 12 ; or the races, recesses, and plate 6 may all be dispensed with, when the small balls bear against the inside of the cup. The cup may be let into the leg of the piece of furniture, and may have a fixing-flange as shown in Fig. 1, or a series of arms 11, 12, Fig. 5, or it may have a stem 3, with spring 20, Fig. 9, to fit into a hole in the leg. In a modification, there are a number of lugs 14, Fig. 6, on the cup, and on the underside of each lug is a sliding dovetailed-section slotted plate 15, which, when adjusted, is fixed to the leg by a screw.
Patent GB-189905814-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Use in Baking Pastry for Fruit or other Tarts.
Inventor: BROWNE MARGARET
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 5814. Browne, M. March 17. Pans.-A plate or mould for baking crust for fruit &c. tarts independently of the fruit consists of a shaped plate a supported on fixed or hinged legs c or other suitable support.
Patent GB-189909676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traps for Drains, Sinks, Gullies, or the like.
Inventor: PALOTAI OEDOEN
Filed: 1899-05-08
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 9676. Palotai, O., and Harsßnyi, E. May 8. Traps.-To prevent the unsealing of traps, they are so constructed as to put the inlet and outlet branches in free atmospheric connection before the seal can be drawn out. Fig. 1 shows the application to a siphon trap, and Fig. 6 to a gully trap. Between the descending and ascending limbs a and b, a chamber c is formed communicating with the outlet at d and with the inlet at e. When the level falls to e, therefore, air passes from one side to the other, and the siphonic action is broken. As shown in Fig. 6, this chamber is formed by the double walls sand z. In some cases, the outlet is made with two channels, the upper one of which acts as the chamber c.
Patent GB-189915355-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Celluloid-like Substances.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1899-07-26
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 15,355. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. July 26. Nitro-cellulose compounds.-A transparent celluloid-like substance, applicable for making plates, tubes, or other articles, but especially as a support for sensitive coatings in photography, is made by dissolving 1À8 parts of collodion cotton in 16 parts by weight of glacial acetic acid by heating and stirring, and adding 5 parts of gelatine ; after this has swelled, 7À5 parts by weight of 96 per cent. alcohol are added with stirring. The syrupy product may be formed in moulds, or may be diluted with more of the solvents in the proportion stated above, and poured on glass plates to form thin sheets. The dried articles are well washed in water, which may contain a trace of soda, and dried again. It is stated that photographic supports so made do not alter, nor affect the sensitive coatings, nor become electrified, and that they lie flat in developing.
Patent GB-189916414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dress Shirts.
Inventor: COSH THOMAS RUSSELL
Filed: 1899-08-12
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 16,414. Cosh, T. R. Aug. 12. Shirt fronts A are made to open and fasten along one side A<1>, instead of at the centre of the front or back.
Patent GB-189919789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: COOKE GRANVILLE HAWLEY EGERTON
Filed: 1899-10-02
Granted: 1900-10-02
Abstract: 19,789. Cooke, G. H. E. Oct. 2. Brakes for bicycles &c. Fig. 1 shows a rim brake, which may be actuated by hand or foot. Pivoted brake shoes a are connected through a forked frame c with an arm d on a spindle working in a bearing f and carrying a second arm e with a pivoted strip h, which projects in the path of the crank or chain-wheel. The strip h allows the crank to pass during forward driving, but permits the application of the brake by backpedalling. A flexible wire k, passing through rigid guide-tubes l, which may be made of helical coils soldered together, connects the arm d with a lever on the handle-bar so that the brake can be applied by hand. Fig. 2 shows a rear wheel rim brake fitted with a yielding connection. The actuating-wire k is connected to a pin n, and applies the brake by compressing the spring q. In a modification, the brake blocks are mounted on springs enclosed in cases forming the brake shoes. The yielding connection shown in Fig. 2 may be applied to the frame c, Fig. 1. According to the Provisional Specification, brakes may be actuated by double levers mounted on the handle-bar, and band or other brakes may be arranged to be operated by hand or foot by wires or rods or pneumatic or hydraulic power. The Provisional Specification also describes an arrangement for rendering the arm e, Fig. 1, adjustable for bottom brackets of different widths.
Patent GB-189923995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baths.
Inventor: DARBY EDWIN
Filed: 1899-12-02
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 23,995. Darby, E., and Darby, F. Dec. 2. Baths.-Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of a cheap and portable bath made by hingeing the bottom edge of the foot of the bath to the floor of a cabinet, into which the bath can be raised in a vertical position when it is not in use.
Patent GB-190000854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Bag Making Machines.
Inventor: LOVELL EDWARD COLSTON
Filed: 1900-01-15
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 854. Lovell, E. C. Jan. 15. Paper bags, machines for making. The machine is similar to that for making cylindrical paper bags with pleated bottoms described in Specification No. 17,496, A.D. 1898, but is constructed to form rectangular bags and to flatten them for packing. A sheet of paper is fed forward by a feeder p<2> on to a table u<3>, where it receives a streak of paste from the paster c<1>. The table, moving about its pivot, inserts the edge of the sheet into the jaws of the intermittently-rotating rectangular former b, which in revolving rolls the sheet round itself. The sheet, and its gummed edge in particular, is pressed against the former by a pad w<4>, and, while the former is rotating, the folder m<1> pleats the paper to form the bottom ; a presser on a vertical axis next presses the bottom to cause the gum to adhere, and then the bag is thrust off the former by a plunger passing through it. The bag is discharged on to a carrier b<4>, Fig. 16, which delivers it on to a tray d<9>, where its sides are pressed inwards by blades, its top flattened down by a plate e<7>, and the bottom flattened by a blade. The bag is then thrust between rollers h<6> by a horizontal movement of the plate e<7>.
Patent GB-190004071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Toe Plates for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: SUMMERILL ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1900-03-03
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 4071. Summerill, R. H. March 3. Sole protectors.- Fig. 1 shows a malleable or wrought iron toeplate having at its edge a row of projections B resembling the heads of the hob-nails in the sole. The outer sole is cut away as shown in Fig. 3, to fit within these projections. The protector is secured to the inner or middle sole by nails driven through holes A, and by hob-nails G driven through the outer sole and through holes E and slots D into the inner or middle sole.
Patent GB-190006067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Button Drilling Machines.
Inventor: MACCORDY SAMUEL PAUL
Filed: 1900-03-31
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 6067. MacCordy, S. P. March 31. Drilling.-Relates to machines for drilling buttons. The drills are mounted in chucks b<11> secured to axles b connected by strap gearing to the main axle M and mounted in a frame B, which is oscillated on a bed A by a lug engaging a cam groove a<1> on an axle A<11> also driven from the shaft M. The buttons W are fed down a slide T, and pass through openings in it on to chucks 0 carried in a frame C mounted on an axle R carried in arms h secured to a plate H<1>, which slides vertically in a plate H sliding horizontally in guides on an arm D formed on the bed A. The chucks are pressed inwards, so as to grip the buttons, by springs s, but are opened by a stationary cam R<1> engaging their inner ends at the bottom of their path, and remain open until the button to be pierced falls into them. The frame C is moved, to allow the buttons being pierced several times, by a cam, on an axle F mounted in uprights D, E, engaging in a hole in the plate H<1>. The axle F is connected by gearing G, G<1> to the axle A", as shown. The frame A is prevented from rotating while the buttons are being drilled by a spring-actuated sliding piece L<1> engaging in notches in a disc L secured to the axle R. The piece L<1> is released once in each revolution of the axle F by a lug f on the wheel G engaging its cranked end f<1>. The frame is rotated when released by a lug k<1> on the wheel G engaging a series of pins k on a wheel K, which drives a wheel J on the axle R. The finished buttons, when released, fall through an opening P into a tray X.
Patent GB-190007876-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valve Lever for Oil Feeders.
Inventor: RIMMER JOHN DUNCAN
Filed: 1900-04-28
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 7876. Rimmer, J. D. April 28. Lubricating-cans.-The valve spindle b is connected to the lever f, which is pivoted to the top of the can a, or to a bracket e thereon. The lever extends over the handle g, so that the valve can be easily operated.
Patent GB-190010003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for the Production of Photographic Pictures which may be viewed with the Natural Colours of their Subjects.
Inventor: KRAYN ROBERT
Filed: 1900-05-31
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 10,003. Krayn, R. May 31. Producing coloured photographs. -Relates to modifications in the tricolour process of producing coloured photographs, in which three coloured films, representing the three primary colours, are superimposed. In this invention, the middle film is a chromo-gelatine stripping-film, the two outer components being produced in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190023882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Bradawls.
Inventor: WINTLE GILBERT CHARLES HUTTON
Filed: 1900-12-31
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 23,882. Wintle, G. C. H. Dec. 31. Handles for bradawls, fixing. The tang 1 of a b r a d a w l is prevented frjm coming out of the handle 3 by pin 5, which is driven through holes 4, 2 in the handle and tang. The pin may be tapered so as to draw the bolster 8 close against the handle. The pin may be screw-threaded.
Patent GB-190102702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Vacuum Relief and Water-relief Valves for Locomotive and other Engines.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-02-07
Granted: 1902-05-07
Abstract: 2702. Spencer, A. Feb. 7. Cylinders, relief valves for.-Relates to combined vacuum-relief and water-relief valves for locomotives and other engines. Fig. 1 shows partly in section and partly in elevation, and Fig. 3 in vertical section at right-angles to Fig. 1, one form of the invention. The casing a has a vacuum-relief branch d, to which air is admitted on the lifting of the valve h owing to the formation of a vacuum. This is of sufficient area to raise the steam valve f whenever it lifts, thus allowing steam from the pipe c connected with the boiler to pass through the nozzle e<2> and mix with the air entering the branch d. On each side the casing a has water-relief branches r, r closed by piston valves x pressed to their seats by steam admitted to the space above them from the pipe c. These pipes on the rising of the valves x communicate through ports v with the water outlet w. A modified form is shown in Fig. 5, in which the steam valve f is in a central cylindrical plug 4, which forms the water-relief piston valve. The branch d in this case is both the waterrelief and the vacuum-relief branch. Various ways of connecting one, two, or more of these apparatus to two cylinders are shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190105029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats.
Inventor: LOHOFF GUSTAV
Filed: 1901-03-09
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 5029. Lohoff, G. March 9. Seats.-Relates to counter or shop seats. A bracket plate a, provided with holes for fixing purposes, has side cheeks c, c<1>, connected by a ledge d and strips f, f<1>. The back part of the seat g is reduced in width, so as to fit between the cheeks c, c<1>, and has loops k which engage the cross-bar l. Fig. 5 shows the seat in position for use ; by pulling the seat slightly forward, it may be turned np or down.
Patent GB-190106279-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Controlling the Flow and Discharge of Liquids.
Inventor: MERRILL JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1902-03-26
Abstract: 6279. Merrill, J. March 26. Sewage and foul waters, treating; tanks.- Apparatus for controlling the flow of liquids, and especially adapted for treating sewage in bacteria beds, is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The supply channel A opens into a chamber C<1>, which has an orifice C<2> for charging the tank X. The orifice is automatically closed when the tank is filled, by the sewage flowing into the vessel G raising the float F, which is connected to a vessel D mounted on an axis D' and adapted to close the orifice. In a modification, the closing-vessel is mounted on the float. The apparatus is adapted for filling a number of beds in succession, as shown in Fig. 4. When the tank X is full, the overflow passes into a receptacle Y and passes up a tube U into a tilting bucket V. When the bucket is full, it discharges, and the sewage escaping through the trap V<2> causes the siphon S to act and empty the float receptacle G in an adjoining bed, which then fills.
Patent GB-190110102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Filed: 1901-05-15
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 10,102. Evered & Co., and Holt, C. May 15. Switches having the tumbler lever provided with a pivot pin taking in slots in the bridge-piece and held in position by the upward pressure of the spring of the contact-lever. Figs. 3, 6, and 7 show the construction. The tumbler a is provided with a pivot pin b, and is placed in position by passing the end a through the slot e in the cap c and turning until the ends of the pin b enter the slots d. The sides c<2> are inclined to facilitate this.
Patent GB-190110950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pouring Spouts for Vessels
Inventor: LOW ABBOT AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1901-05-28
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 10,950. Low, A. A., and Hay, R. May 28. Bottle and jar necks; stoppers.-Relates to a pouring spout and stopper for a vessel. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a can. Attached to the top surface B of the can and sur- rounding an aperture therein is a dome-shaped spout D terminating in a tube D<1> forming a mouth. A threaded tube C is secured to the tube D', to re- ceive a cap or stopper K ; or the thread may be formed on the tube D'. A shell H, located within the cap K and provided with packing J, is inserted within the cap K, the packing making a perfect seal when the cap is screwed down. The part D has a plate 0 secured to the bottom, which plate has a hole N less than the area of the mouth, and also vent holes M. By this arrangement the fluid, such as syrup or varnish, in discharging, will not fill the mouth, the part D also forming an air chamber to aid in regulating the flow.
Patent GB-190115473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roller Bearings.
Inventor: MORROW ALEXANDER PATTERSON
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 15,473. Morrow, A. P. July 30. Roller bearings especially adapted for the wheels of buggies, velocipedes, and motor road vehicles. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a vehicle wheel. An adjustable sleeve or cone 2 is screwed upon each end of the axle A, and adjustable cups or cone-rings 7 are screwed into the ends of the hub B. The cones 2 and cups 7 are shaped to form bearing-surfaces for rollers 12, which are formed as sections of cones arranged with their bases together, as shown, or arranged with the frustra of the cones together. A retaining-ring C is arranged between each cup and cone to keep the rollers in position, the arbors of the rollers working in notches formed in the flanges of the ring and the bodies of the rollers passing through openings in the walls of the ring. Each of the cones may be formed with a collar adapted to close the end of the hub so as to exclude dust.
Patent GB-190210757-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Gas Burners
Inventor: SCHONFELDER HERMANN
Filed: 1902-05-10
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 10,757. Schonfelder, H., and Stefan, W. May 10. Gas burners.- The gas supply is checked and steadied by arranging in advance of the nozzle or outlet perforations e, a disc or discs a of wire gauze, of which the mesh is of sufficient finenessto intercept any molecules of water carried along by the gas.
Patent GB-190220136-A (GB)
Title: An Improved File for Letters and Papers.
Inventor: PERAUT HENRI ARMAND
Filed: 1902-09-15
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 20,136. PÚraut, H. A. Sept. 15. Filing papers portfolios.-The letters or papers to be filed are stuck to the leaves 6 of a gummed book, which is held in place between covers 2, 3, by means of clasps 10 which are passed through holes 7, 8, in the book and are engaged with bands 4, 5 on the back 1 of the covers 2, 3. The upper clasp is shown at the beginning of the operation of engagement, and the lower one in the final position.
Patent GB-190222292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Coupling and Uncoupling Railway Carriages, Waggons and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: DARLING JOHN
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-11-14
Abstract: 22,292. Darling, J. Oct. 14. Couplings, automatic.-In an automatic coupling, which is stated to be a development of those described in Specifications No. 9378, A.D. 1899, No. 10,946, A.D. 1900, and Nos. 7208 and 21,811, A.D. 1901, each vehicle is fitted with a coupling- head consisting of a square-mouthed jaw J, a coupling-hook H, and a transverse coupling-pin D. The jaw J is formed on the end of a drawbar A, which is capable of sliding through a box B in the buffer beam against the action of a spring, in order to allow for the movement of the buffers. The hook of each coupling-head engages with the coupling-pin of the other. In order to uncouple, the pin D is drawn to one side by means of an arm on a square shaft E', which is operated by means of a transverse rod F and a stud E engaging a slotted arm E<3> on the shaft E'. After uncoupling, the pin D is held back by a pivoted catch G, which is pushed by a spring or falls by the action of gravity into the way of the pin D. On pushing two vehicles together, the coupling-hook H on one releases the catch G on the other, and is engaged by the pin D. To prevent coupling, the rod F is locked by engaging an arm K upon it with a notched opening L in a fixed bracket. The rod F is operated by a lever N.
Patent GB-190223731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Transmitting Variable Speeds.
Inventor: MEISCHKE-SMITH WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-10-30
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 23,731. Smith, W. Meischke-, and Smith, G. F. Meischke-. Oct. 30. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed mechanism particularly for use with motor cars and in connection with friction - ratchet driving - apparatus, such as is described in Specification No. 20,135, A.D. 1902. A crank a mounted on a shaft e has the crank - pin h mounted on a nut i, which can move on a screw k in the crank a for producing a variable throw. The screw k terminates in a worm-wheel l, which gears with the worm c on a short shaft carrying a pinion d. The pinion d engages with both a loose toothed wheel f, and a loose inner toothed ring g. The wheel f is fixed to the disc m so that either for g can be retarded by a brake. When either is retarded, the pinion d is caused to rotate, and, through it, the screw k and the nut i relatively to the crank a.
Patent GB-190223985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubular Refrigerators, Condensers, Vapourizers, Calorifiers and the like and in Tubes for Forming the same.
Inventor: ROBINSON PHILIP
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,985. Robinson, P., [trading as Morton & Co., R.]. Nov. 3. Metal tubes.-Relates to modifications in tubular apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 802, A.D. 1882, for condensing steam or vapour, and heating, cooling, and vaporizing liquids. The tubes in this case are made flat at the top and bottom and one side, and rounded at the other side. They are arranged into two vertical rows, as shown in Fig. 2, with the flat side of each tube in one row soldered or otherwise fixed to the flat side of two tubes in the other row. In this manner, a continuous surface is provided for the liquid to flow downwards from the outside of one tube to the outside of the next. The flat sides of the tubes may be modified as shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 7, to facilitate holding them in their proper positions while the joint is being soldered.
Patent GB-190223991-A (GB)
Title: Soap Granulating Apparatus.
Inventor: CAVENAUGH RALPH WAGGETT
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 23,991. Cavenaugh, R. W. Nov. 3. Soap holders.- Portable apparatus for granulating soap for toilet and other purposes consists of a casing a supporting a rotatable ring c, provided with radial toothed arms e bearing a screwthreaded spindle f. A suitably -perforated cake of soap s rests upon the arms e and is pressed downwards, when the casing a and ring c are rotated relatively to one another, by the screw-threaded disc g, which is provided with a recess h to engage loosely the flange i. The teeth of the arms e are inclined in the opposite direction to that in which the arms rotate, and are staggered relatively to one another. The screw-actuated disc g may be replaced by a weight.