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Patent GB-189919254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firelighters.
Inventor: LATHAM WILFRID CAMPBELL
Filed: 1899-09-25
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 19,254. Latham, W. C., Latham, M. R., and Hopkins, W. B. Sept. 25. Firelighters. - A framework firelighter comprises a series of wooden strips a, arranged at short distances apart and supported by transverse wooden pieces d, the whole being bound together by means of string c, which may be made of any suitable material. This string passes through notches b, cut in the ends of the strips a. Pieces of wood or other combustible material may be placed in the spaces between the pieces d. The firelighter may be dipped in resin or similar material. The Provisional Specification states that a framework firelighter may be made by combining strips of paper, canvas, tape, or other suitable material with strips of wood.
Patent GB-189919973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cowls for the Prevention of Down Draughts, Rain, and the like in Chimneys and Ventilators.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-05
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 19,973. Whitehead, W., Harris, T., and SacrÚ, H. C. Oct. 5. Chimn y and ventelating-shaft tops.-A conical cowl l is supported over the uptake by gimbals or a Hooke's joint k in an oil cup h. When applied to an ordinary chimney pot a, the oil cup is borne by a bridge d upon a short pipe a<1>, which fits in the pot and is held by external tie-rods. To buffer the shock if the wind tilts the cowl enough to strike the rim of the pipe, an india-rubber ring p is interposed. This cowl may be set at the top of the spindle of an archimedean extractor in a metal uptake, and be furnished with radiating curved vanes to make the wind rotate it. The buffer ring is then just below the oil cup, and a conical baffle ring is put on the uptake just below the mouth. The gimbals may hold a footstep on which such a cowl rotates without turning an extractor.
Patent GB-189920585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes.
Inventor: YOUNG JAMES E
Filed: 1899-10-13
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 20,585. Young, J. E. June 1, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Fire-escapes.-Relates to a lowering apparatus with a liquid brake. The drum or reel A, which is mounted in a window-frame or the like, is divided into two parts G and H, on which ropes are wound in opposite directions, so that, when a person descends by one rope, the other rope is wound up. The drum is bored out inside and fitted with a piston L, which can be forced from one end of the cylinder to the other by the fixed screwed axis B. This piston is prevented from rotating by a projection fitting in a groove N, and is provided with an aperture R through which the liquid is forced and thereby acts as a brake during descent.
Patent GB-190007409-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pulverising Machine.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1900-04-21
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 7409. Bloxam, A. G., [Engineering and Powdered Fuel Co.]. April 21. Ball-and-ring mills.-The grinding-ring J is formed with bevelled edges, and is held between corresponding surfaces on the base and cover of the casing, which are held together by spring bolts. The spindle Cis formed with a disc, having cavities for the reception of the balls I, in which are fitted removable driving-blocks 0 ; the upper part of the spindle is made hollow to allow of the introduction of the feed to the radial passages H, which deliver directly upon the ring. The footstep bearing T is fitted in a vertical guide, and supported by spring bolts V, so as to allow the disc and balls to adjust themselves to the grinding-ring.
Patent GB-190008021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bed Tables, Reading Desks, and the like.
Inventor: WASS WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 8021. Wass, W. May 1. Tables ; reading-desks, brackets.-An arm d, in two or more parts jointed together, is pivoted in a fork c on one part of a clamp b, which may be adjustably fixed to a bedstead pillar or other support. The arm d has bosses e, f, g, h, i, j, through which pass levers or uprights supporting various fittings. A gas fitting l has two taps m, n and tubes for supplying a gas jet at o, and a gas stove which may be placed on a tray q capable of rotating on an arm r pivoted to a stem passing through the boss g. A small table u for a clock, glass, &c. is supported by a stem carried in the boss h. A vertical rod v, sliding in the boss i, acts as an intermediate support or leg. The pivoted outer part y of the arm d carries an inkstand support and a table 3. The table can turn in a horizontal and vertical plane, and has a quadrant and spring pin adjustment ; it is fitted with a drawer 8 and a pivoted and sliding support 9. All the joints at the. bosses may be clamped by wing nuts.
Patent GB-190010759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garden Shears
Inventor: LEADBEATER GEORGE
Filed: 1900-06-13
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 10,759. Leadbeater, G. June 13. Shears.-The blades of garden shears are made straight from end to end, and one, preferably the upper, has semicircular notches cut in its edge as shown.
Patent GB-190022564-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Pump for Air, Water, or other Fluids.
Inventor: AITKEN JAMES
Filed: 1900-12-11
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 22,564. Aitken, J. Dec. 11. Screw pumps.-A rotary pump for air, water, or other fluid is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 3, and in sectional plan in Fig. 5. Two adjoining cylinders A, A' are fitted with screws B, B<1>, which are geared together by means of external spurwheels C and suitably driven. An endless chain G is composed of links connected by lugs g, and travels between the screws B, B' and through a passage H. The links occupy the spaces between the, preferably, square threads of the screws, so that, when the screws are rotated, fluid is drawn in through the inlet E, enclosed between adjacent threads, and then forced through the outlet F. Only one cylinder and screw may be used, the chain in this modification working in a groove in the cylinder wall.
Patent GB-190101723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Reversing Valves for Steel and other Furnaces.
Inventor: NEILSON JAMES
Filed: 1901-01-25
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 1723. Neilson, J., and Cross, J. R. Jan. 25. Valves for regenerative-furnaces. Reversing gas valves E, F, for iron and steel heating, glassmelting, and other furnaces, are arranged to be withdrawn, when open, into recesses A' in their casings, so as to be protected from the effect of the hot gases. The seats are of spherical or conical form, and they are protected from the gases by projecting rims H<1>, I<1>, and, if desired, by similar rims round their inner circumferences.
Patent GB-190102587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries.
Inventor: ROSSET GEORGES
Filed: 1901-02-06
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 2587. Rosset, G. Feb. 6. Primary batteries.-Relates to a depolarizing- agent which gives up oxygen to effect depolarization, and in turn absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere so that it becomes regenerated. This depolarizer is in most cases a cuprate, and preferably a solution of ammonium cuprate. If potassium or sodium cuprate is employed, an organic substance such as glycerine is added to facilitate its solution. The cuprate may be formed in the battery itself. The depolarizer is described as applied to the carbon electrode of a zinccarbon battery, the zinc electrode of which may consist of waste pieces of zinc, while some coke, graphite, retort carbon, or manganese dioxide is heaped around the carbon electrode. The exciting- liquid used is preferably a solution of ammonium chloride. In order to prevent the diffusion of the depolarizing-agent through the walls of the porous cell in which it is contained, the cell usually consists of a semi-pervious colloidal membrane or diaphragm. In practice, a vessel of this kind is made by precipitating or depositing an insoluble or only slightly-soluble compound such as copper ferrocyanide in the walls of an ordinary porous cell. This deposition may be caused to take place during the action of the battery.
Patent GB-190107984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Steam Boilers.
Filed: 1901-04-18
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 7984. White & Co., J. S., Carat, E. C., and Forster, A. April 18. Water-tube boilers.-To economize floor space, two sections, each consisting of a steam drum and a water chamber united by tubes, are superposed as shown, a combustion space j being left between them. The steam drums are connected by pipes l, m, for conducting water and steam from one to the other. Feedwater is preferably supplied to the upper steam drum and regulated automatically according to the level of water in the lower one. Air is admitted at k to the combustion chamber.
Patent GB-190115379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Acting Mules and Twiners.
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 15,379. Hetherington & Sons, J., and Connelly, J. July 30. Mules and twiners.-The strap fork is moved for transferring the strap from one pulley to the other by means of a weight instead of a spring as usual. The strap fork lever g is pivoted at e<1> on the lever e, and is blocked in the position shown, with the strap on the loose pulley m, by reason of a lever L, l<1> engaging with a bracket g' on the lever g, the lever l<1> being operated at the end of the inward run, for the purpose of releasing the lever g, by means of a projection k' on the faller shaft k. To the bracket g' is attached one end of a weighted chain b, which passes over a pulley c<1> on the twist lever e a n d over another pulley c on the headstock. Near the end of the inward run, the lever e is moved so as to raise the weight a, by reason of a bracket h' on the carriage engaging with a bowl f<3> on an extension f<2> of the lever e, the lever e being held in this position by means of a catch i<1> on the end of the pivoted rod i. At the end of the outward run, a cam lever o is operated by the faller shaft p, so as to disengage the catch i<1> and allow the weighted chain to move the strap on to the loose pulley.
Patent GB-190117106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keyhole Protectors.
Inventor: LACROIX LOUIS
Filed: 1901-08-26
Granted: 1902-08-26
Abstract: 17,106. Lacroix, L., and Brisselet, H. Aug. 26. Escutcheons, keyhole ; fastenings locks, key.- A keyhole protector consists of a base-plate a, fixed to the door &c., and having a passage b for the lock key, to which is pivoted a cover e adapted to rotate about the pivot pin d. The cover is locked in the closed position by means of a sliding bolt f, the hook f<3> of which engages a recess in the plate a. The bolt is provided with grooves to engage projections on the cover e, and it is maintained in the locking position by springs h on the cover, which engage in notches in the bolt. A key g, provided with longitudinal grooves and projections to register with the grooves and projections on the bolt and cover, is employed to force back the springs h and so release the bolt, which is forced out of engagement with the plate a by means of a spring i. The pivot pin d, which is attached to the cover, may be connected to the base-plate a in such a manner as to allow the cover to be removed. This may be affected by giving the end of the pivot the form of a key to engage a corresponding hole in the plate when the cover is in the position shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190117772-A (GB)
Title: Method for the Production of a Pure Explosive Mixture for Gas, Oil or Hydrocarbon Vapour Engines.
Inventor: PRAETORIUS HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-09-05
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 17,772. Praetorius, H. Sept. 5. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-To ensure ignition by electric sparks, the air to form the charge is freed from moisture, dust, and carbonic acid by drawing it through a tube m, n containing calcium chloride, pieces of lime, &c. The air is drawn into the tube through a funnel l from near the cylinder. The process also renders the exhaust nearly odourless ; it is particularly suitable to motor cars.
Patent GB-190121157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cuffs.
Inventor: VERNON MILES
Filed: 1901-10-22
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 21,157. Vernon, M. Oct. 22. Shirt cuffs.-Consists in providing loose shirt cuffs a, Figs. 1 and 2, with a tab b, which serves not only to attach them to the buttons on the wristbands of shirts, but also aids in holding the edges of the cuffs together. In wear, the tab is passed through the buttonhole 8, but this buttonhole may be replaced by a loop or pocket formed on the inside face of the cuff.
Patent GB-190121483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Collars or Tubular Bearings of the Spindles of Slubbing, Roving and Intermediate Frames used in Preparation of Textile Fibres.
Inventor: DAVEPORT JOHN MASON
Filed: 1901-10-26
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 21,483. Davenport, J. M. Oct. 26. Spindle apparatus for slubbing, intermediate, and roving frames. In order to diminish friction, and to facilitate lubrication and cleaning, the area of the bearing-surface between the long or short collar and the spindle is reduced by forming in the bearing- surface of the collar a recess a, Fig. 1, or gaps f<1>, Fig. 5, through which oil or a cleaning-pad may be introduced to clean the spindle. The webs g between the gaps f<1> may also be recessed on the inside.
Patent GB-190122442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanically Played Pianos or Piano Organs
Inventor: ANTONELLI DOMENICO
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 22,442. Antonelli, D. Nov. 7. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to piano-organs, and consists chiefly of means for enabling the tune-barrel to be removed without disturbing the remainder of the mechanism. The spring barrel q drives a train of wheels, one of which q<1> gears with the barrel, and another with a wormj connected by a vertical shaft b leading to the governing and starting mechanism. No motion for other parts being taken off the barrel, it can be removed as above stated. The governor is driven by worm gearing in the usual way, and consists of two vanes v<1> connected at their ends by spiral springs, and pivoted at intermediate points near their middles to a block t<x> on the spindle. An arm mounted on a spring and projecting from the spindle engages with a lever at the other end of which is a receptacle for a coin. The weight of the coin thus starts the mechanism.
Patent GB-190126030-A (GB)
Title: Combination of a Main Rudder and Spare Rudder in Ships or Vessels.
Inventor: MAROLF JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 26,030. Marolf, J. June 3, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Rudders.-A spare rudder E, for use in the event of the main rudder A being disabled or carried away, is so mounted immediately forward of the main rudder that the main rudder may be used ordinarily without interference from the spare rudder. The lower ends of the spare and main rudderposts e, a are respectively socketed at b<1>, b in the rear end of the keel B, and the upper ends of the posts pass through the hull and respectively terminate below and above the deck D. The spare rudder E has its lower edge extending into, and normally locked by, a recess b<2> formed in the keel, and also has its rear edge normally locked by engagement with bifurcated guides J on a post K. To bring the spare rudder into use, it is raised to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and is secured in the raised position by passing a key H through or into an opening h in the rudderpost e. The recesses e<3> in the rear edge of the rudder E then register with the guides J, so that the rudder may be turned in either direction about a vertical axis. The keel B is shown cut away at L to provide space for a screw propeller.
Patent GB-190203565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 3565. Wilson, A., and Taylor & Wilson, Ltd. Feb. 12. Mangling and wringing machines.-The full steps 1 of the upper roller are made with extensions 3, to receive screw-threaded bolts 4, which pass through openings in the ends of tubular brackets 5. Springs 12 are secured between extensions 8 of the brackets 5 and the full steps 1. Pressure is applied through the springs 12 to the steps 1 by lowering the screws 10 ; by raising the screws, the steps 1 are lifted by the engagement of the heads 6 of the bolts 4 with the ends of the tubular brackets 5. The Provisional Specification also states that the tubular brackets 5 may be replaced by shell bits, and the bolts 4 by headed wires.
Patent GB-190208302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Alum and Alunites for the Purpose of Obtaining Aluminic and Potassic Compounds.
Inventor: ALVISI UGO
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 8302. Alvisi, U., and Millosevich, F. June 3, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Alkali sulphate; aluminium sulphate.-Ordinary potash-alum, or alunites which can be easily converted into potash-alum, is treated in solution in hot water with lime, according to the following equation :- The potassium sulphate in solution is separated from the precipitate of calcium aluminate and calcium sulphate, and allowed to crystallize. The precipitate is treated with sufficient sulphuric acid to form aluminium sulphate, which is filtered off from the calcium sulphate, and crystallized out.
Patent GB-190209812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electrolytic Production of a Bleaching Liquor and Caustic Alkali Lye and in Apparatus Employed therein.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-04-28
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 9812. Boult, A. J., [Seibert, H., and Tempel, G.]. April 28. Chlorine. - An alkaline chloride solution is electrolysed in a metal receptacle a, which serves as a cathode, caustic alkali being produced in it. The anode is a carbon plate c, surrounded by broken coke in a porous pot b, through which alkaline chloride solution is passed from a vessel f, becoming partially chlorinated ; this solution may then be passed through a second similar cell, and down an absorbing column k. The chlorine given off from the porous pots is passed up this absorbing column k, from which a strong bleaching liquid is obtained. The remaining chlorine is absorbed in a column k<1> supplied with alkaline chloride solution, and another k' supplied with water. The liquid which has been used for bleaching is returned to the anode pots.
Patent GB-190210283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Heating Iron and Steel.
Inventor: SHARP TREVELYAN
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 10,283. Sharp, T. May 5. Heating-furnaces for iron and steel.-Relates to reverberatory furnaces, more particularly adapted for heating scrap preparatory to its consolidation by pressure. The furnace is charged at one end at b and discharged, through a drop-door behind the firebridge, into a bogie or truck t, which is run into a pit beneath. Side doors y are provided for shifting the charge along the floor h, which is preferably inclined as shown. Beneath the floor are flues m and n through which the furnace gases pass, as indicated by arrows, after leaving the working chamber by side openings j. Solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel may be employed.
Patent GB-190212302-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Suspending Garments such as Trousers, Skirts and the like when not in use.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE READ
Filed: 1902-05-29
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 12,302. Davis, G. R. May 29. Suspenders f o r articles of dress.- Relates to appliances for hanging up skirts, trousers, and other garments when not in wear. Two forms of the appliance are described, both made of wire, that shown in Fig. 1 being adapted for hanging up several garments, and that shown in Fig. 2 for hanging up a single garment. The flared ends e<1> facilitate the introduction of the garment.
Patent GB-190215415-A (GB)
Title: Means for Repelling Burglars from Rooms which they have Forcibly Entered.
Inventor: WAGNER CARL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-07-10
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 15,415. Wagner, C. F., and K³hn, F. E. July 10. Drawings to Specification. Switches.-Relates to electrically-controlled apparatus for discharging noxious powders in rooms when forcibly entered by burglars or other unauthorized persons. Contacts are arranged at all the windows and doors so that the forcible entry of a burglar closes the circuit and starts a distributer. The main electrical circuit is taken through the lock of the door, and contacts are arranged so that the circuit is always broken except when the door is locked, thus allowing authorized persons to enter the room without releasing the powder distributer.
Patent GB-190216725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Duplicating Books.
Inventor: HUFFMAN LOUIS
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 16,725. Huffman, L. July 28. Duplicating-books.-Duplicating-books are provided with a tablet D, preferably of aluminium, which is hinged on the end of a bail E fitted in a socket c of the stub clasp C, and is adapted to lie under one original and duplicate and over the remaining leaves. The leaves are of usual form, here consisting of a series of originals and duplicates folded opposite to the stub and perforated at the fold, the originals having transfer material on the back.
Patent GB-190217104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Alarm and Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: CUTMORE ARTHUR THOMAS JAMES
Filed: 1902-08-02
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 17,104. Cutmore, A. T. J., and Davies, G. Aug. 2. Advertising.- Consists of a casing a with one or more openings, and an endless band e mounted on a drum d within the casing and intermittently revolved, to expose to view, through the apertures, notices, advertisements, and the like, combined with an alarm p operated at each movement of the band. The drum d consists of two star-shaped end pieces joined by wires, and mounted on a spindle which is coupled to a spring driving-apparatus f, by a suitable coupling g. The driving-apparatus consists of two ordinary spring drums suitably geared to a spindle which is governed by a ratchet-wheel and pallet, the latter being operated through the lever h and wire k, Fig. 3. The disc l is mounted on the minute arbor of a clock m, and has projecting pins to engage the cam-plate n, which is alternately raised and released along with the lever, by the pins. The distance between consecutive wires joining the drum ends is equal to the width of the notice &c. on the band, and the number of wires is equal to the number of teeth, stops, &c. engaged by the controlling-pallet, so that at each release the drum will revolve the band through the distance of one advertisement. In revolving, the drum wires engage and release an arm o connected to a hammer p, which is mounted to turn with such arm upon the bracket q secured to the casing a; a a gong is thus struck at each release. Any suitable driving, controlling, and alarm mechanism may be employed.
Patent GB-190222730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Loom Pickers.
Inventor: MARTER CAESAR
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 22,730. Marter, C., Hanbury, J. D., and Gardner, C. S. Oct. 18. Loom pickers.-A picker a is moulded in one piece, with an inclined aperture a<3> for the picking band or strap, which is prevented from coming into contact with the picking-spindle by an intervening thickness of material a<4>. The material preferably employed is prepared by treating finely-divided raw hide or leather so as to obtain a gelatinous or pasty mass. Raw hide, when used, is boiled in a solution of alum, and common salt or zinc sulphate is added to the boiled mass to cause the gelatinous or pasty product to separate. When using leather, steam or boiling water is preferably injected into the powder until a gelatinous or pasty mass is produced.
Patent GB-190224516-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knife Cleaner.
Inventor: CHALLISS PHILIP GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-08
Granted: 1903-12-08
Abstract: 24,516. Challis, P. G. Nov. 8. Knives, cleaning.-Consists of a pair of opposed boards padded or covered with felt or other material, the upper one having terminal tongues which fit into recessed thickenings at the ends of the lower one, where the pressure between the boards is adjusted by means of circular inclined planes, buttons, screws, &c.