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Patent GB-189820685-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coupling for Electrical Communication Apparatus between parts of Railway Trains.
Inventor: HARPER RICHARD ROBERT
Filed: 1898-09-30
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 20,685. Harper, R. R., and Garnham, J. C. Sept. 30. Signalling and communicating on trains. -Relates to an electric coupling for railway carriages, for connecting - up the passengers' communication or electric lighting circuits. Each member of the coupling consists of a spring bow 9 provided with undulating or serrated prongs 8, and is suspended by the short cable 7 from the line-wire terminal at the end of the carriage. To connect the coupling, the prongs are slid together, the undulations interlocking with each other, as shown in Fig. 4. One member of the coupling may have three prongs and the other only one, the latter member being inserted between the prongs of the former.
Patent GB-189821661-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flap File Mount.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR ERNEST
Filed: 1898-10-14
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 21,661. Walker, A. E. Oct. 14. Making apparatus for filing papers.-Relates to means for securing the metal mounts to the strawboard portion of flap files, without the use of screws. Holes are punched through the sheet metal, and the projecting prongs thus produced are driven through the strawboard and knocked over at the back.
Patent GB-189822843-A (GB)
Title: A Machine or Auxiliary Engine for Increasing Power without Diminishing Motion or Speed.
Inventor: COPLEY ALFRED
Filed: 1898-10-31
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 22,843. Copley, A., Raudall, A. G., and Balls, C. E. Oct. 31. Driving-gear; power, increasing.-The object is to increase substantially the power of any kind of machinery or mechanical appliance without thereby diminishing motion or speed or creating friction. By moving the levers J motion is communicated through a toothed sector and pinion to a screw A whereby the block B supported on rollers is reciprocated, and, through connecting-rods G and crosshead H, the crank I is rotated.
Patent GB-189902251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Coulters of Seed Drills and the like.
Inventor: POPE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-02-01
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 2251. Pope, W. Feb. 1. Seeds, sowing.-Relates to means for putting the coulters of seed drills at any angle, and consists in hinging the coulter A to rods B, which are connected together at H, and are mounted on coned supports on a casting C by a bolt J. The coulter has also hinged to it a rod D, which is hinged at the other end to an extension of the casting C. This casting is secured on the shaft F by a clip E, and a lever fixed to the shaft serves for partially rotating it, and giving thereby the required inclination to the coulter A.
Patent GB-189902391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stopping Engines and the Supply of Motive Fluid thereto.
Inventor: RATULD BRONISLAS
Filed: 1899-02-02
Granted: 1900-02-02
Abstract: 2391. Ratuld, B. Feb. 2. Drawings to Specification. Suppressing combustion; liquid-fuel fittings.- Relates to means for enabling the captain of a steamer to stop the vessel instantly and independently of the men at the engines. On the bridge there is provided a stand supporting an upright shaft with a hand-wheel or the like at its upper end. With this shaft there are geared, by means of worm and bevel gear, horizontal and other shafts through the medium of which motion can be transmitted simultaneously to a number of valves or cocks for controlling the engine and the boiler. These comprise, among others, steam and oil valves (in the case of a boiler heated by oil fuel) so that the fuel supply may be cut off, or (in the case of a wood or coal fired boiler) a steam valve for admitting steam to the furnace to suppress combustion.
Patent GB-189902533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapourisers or Steam Generators.
Inventor: SALES GEORGES DE ROUSSY DE
Filed: 1899-02-04
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 2533. Sales, G. de R. de. Feb. 4. Sectional and water-tube boilers; evaporative efficiency, increasing; incrustation, preventing; superheaters, steam.-Consists in the employment of asbestos, slagwool, spun glass, or like material as a lining or stuffing for the interior of steam generators and other liquid vaporizers, whereby the heating-surfaces and the evaporative efficiency are increased, incrustation prevented, and the steam or vapour dried and superheated. The generator or vaporizer is constructed in sections, some of which act as evaporators and others as driers and superheaters. Figs. 2 and 3 show one form of generator, the casing r, Fig. 3, being supposed to be removed in Fig. 2. The vaporizing and drying elements a, b consist of tubes of elliptical section, divided into two parts by a central partition in which is a non- return valve. Both parts contain mats of asbestos and metallic fabric enclosed in cases of thin metal. Water is supplied through the pipe o, and the vapour produced in the parts a is dried in the parts b, finally passing through the superheater m. The generator is heated by a burner q. Fig. 5 shows a modified form, with annular elements of circular section packed with loose asbestos. The vaporizing and drying elements may be arranged side by side instead of end to end. Fig. 7 shows the invention adapted to a generator of the watertube type. Within each tube b is a perforated tube a surrounded by asbestos. The liquid to be vaporized enters the lower tier of perforated tubes at one end, and the vapour leaves the outer tubes at the other. The vapour takes a corresponding course through the upper tiers of tubes. The inner tubes may be dispensed with. The application of the invention to the generation of steam for heating buildings is mentioned in the Specification.
Patent GB-189905405-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Extinguishing Fire.
Inventor: BERTLING LOUIS
Filed: 1899-03-13
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 5405. Bertling, L. March 13. Automatic appliances; extincteurs ; grenades; chemicals and substances for.-Gunpowder or a more highly explosive substance contained in a cylindrical, spherical, or other shaped receptacle A, preferably of india-rubber, and with or without substances C, such as alum or sodium carbonate, which are unfavourable to the production of fire and contained in an outer receptacle B, is used by its explosion to cause a current of air to extinguish the flames. The explosive is ignited by a fuze D. The device may be fixed in the building &c., the fuze being lighted automatically by the flames, or it may be thrown as a grenade into the flames.
Patent GB-189905951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mechanically Forming Optical Surfaces of Great Precision.
Inventor: GAUTIER PAUL
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 5951. Gautier, P. Nov. 28, 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Producing curved surfaces ; surfacing and polishing. -The object b to be treated rests on a plate a mounted on a pivot bearing and continuously rotated by the gearing shown. The polishing-plate q is mounted on the suspended pivot r, connected to the frame m, which is caused to turn on guides 1, with concave, convex, or flat tops, by means of a rope 12 guided as shown, the pulley A being mounted on a shaft to which a reversible rotary movement is imparted. The frame m and plate q are partly balanced by weighted arms 5 pivoted to supports 6, and arranged to oscillate in pairs upon spindles 7 having rollers 8 mounted on rails 9.
Patent GB-189909907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms.
Inventor: BECK RUDOLF
Filed: 1899-05-10
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 9907. Beck, R. May 10. Magnetic looms; picking-m o t i o n s, selvages, forming in shuttleless looms.-A shuttle, or a weftcarrier 27<a>, which draws the weft in loop form from bobbins 65 at the sides of the loom, is operated by electromagnets in a carriage 20, which is drawn across the loom on a rail 18<a> by a band 21, passing around guide-pulleys 45, 60, 61 and sheaves 46, 49, 59 in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The sheave 49 is mounted upon a boss 51, which is caused to reciprocate on the shaft by a link 52 from a bellcrank lever 53, operated by a cam 18<b> and spring 57. The electromagnets are energized through the guide-plates 26, 27, Fig. 4, but at each end of the plates the polarity is reversed, and the weftcarrier is gripped by a spring clutch formed of two members 38, 39 pivoted upon the bar 31. The continued motion of the carriage causes the clutch to release the weft-carrier, which is brought to rest by a buffer 41. Tension is imparted to the weft as it enters the shed by means of weights, and the weft is arranged to be caught by the weftcarrier by means of a vertically-reciprocating rod, having a guide-eye through which the weft passes. The loop of weft at each side of the loom is received by a pin 74, Fig. 8. on a spring sliding arm 73 in a socket 75 on a sleeve 76 on a pin 77, which is raised and lowered by a cam 81 ; the sleeve is also oscillated by a nose-piece 84 on the disc 85 engaging with a projection 83.
Patent GB-189909929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: BURSTALL LUCY MARTINEAU
Filed: 1899-05-11
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 9929. Burstall, L. M. May 11. Hooks and eyes.-Hooks are strengthened at the bend either by bending separate pieces of wire D round the bends, as sbown in Fig. 1, or by continuing the wires forming the loops A' to the bends and then clinching them round as shown at D in Fig. 2. The eye for engaging these hooks is formed D-shaped, either of continuous wire or with a joint at F, Fig. 3. The curved portion may be corrugated to form a seat for the hook, and the flat side may be suitably curved. The eye is attached by sewing along the flat side. According to the Provisional Specification, the main portion or shank of the hook is crimped and attached by cross-stitching to prevent the garment from bunching up. A small piece of wire is also clamped round the free ends of the wires.
Patent GB-189914804-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Holding Pencils.
Inventor: KOCK ERNEST PLEWMAN DE
Filed: 1899-07-18
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 14,804. Kock, E. P. de. July 18. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-Pencils are held in holes c in a rubber strip a which is secured to the clothes &c. by safety-pins d. A modification is described in which a leather strip provided with spring clips is employed.
Patent GB-189915438-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Electrolytic Process and Apparatus for the Production of Chemically Pure Cupric Sulphate and Copper.
Inventor: FRENOT ERNEST
Filed: 1899-07-27
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 15,438. rrenot, E. July 27. Copper sulphate.-Relates to an electrolytic process and apparatus for producing chemically-pure copper sulphate and copper. The electrolyte is fed into a tank, from which it is drawn off into a second or electrolytic tank, wherein a frame A' is placed. This frame carries an anode D<1>, which may be a crude copper bar, and is supported by clips capable of revolving, by means of the sprocketwheel G, within a bearing E' secured at each end of the bath. The frame also carries cathodes B' consisting of copper laths, adjustable nearer to or farther from the anode, according as more copper or more copper sulphate is desired. The current used is preferably of 100 to 150 ampÚres. When the bath has almost reached the crystallization point, the liquid is withdrawn through a cock arranged about 4 inches above the bottom to a crystallizing-tank.
Patent GB-189918416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Devices for Clearing and Drying Railway Tracks.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1899-09-12
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 18,416. Haddan, R., [Dixon, J., and Howard, H. C.]. Sept. 12. Rail-cleaners ; wheels, lubricating.-Atmospheric air is compressed by the pump D, heated in the coils g and J, and delivered through nozzles k<1> to the rails in front of each pair of wheels. By arranging the nozzles to deliver towards the inner sides of the rails, the moisture, grease, &c. on them is used as lubricant between the wheel flanges and sides of the rails.
Patent GB-189920015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Clasps.
Inventor: HODGES JESSE
Filed: 1899-10-05
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 20,015. Hodges, J. Oct. 5. Clasp fastenings.-Relates to a fastener applicable to articles of wearing-apparel such as skirts, corsets, gloves, shoes, macintoshes, &c. When applied to the waist-band of a skirt, means may be provided for holding down a shirt and for maintaining a belt in position or suspending the skirt from it. The fastener consists of plates 1<1>, 2 attached to the parts to be fastened by sewing. The plate 2 carries a tongue 1 with rack teeth on its surface. The plate 1<1> carries a box or casing 8 in which is mounted a catch-piece 13. The catchpiece, when pushed forward, engages the rack teeth on the tongue 1. The face of the box 8 slopes as shown in Fig. 4, so that pressing the catch-piece 13 backwards disengages it. The fastener is shown in Figs. 2 and 7 with hooks 15 for engaging over the edge of a belt and with projecting teeth 17 for holding down a shirt.
Patent GB-190009519-A (GB)
Title: A Stopping Apparatus for Self-acting Mules.
Inventor: JACKSON WILHELM
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 9519. Jackson, W., and Bartholemy, J. May 24. Mules.-Improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 12,158, A.D. 1899. The arm or lever 28, w h i c h is connected with the longitudinal rod 27 on the carriage and is used for disengaging the starting- rod 2, is connected by a cord or chain 33 with a catch 34, by which the taking-in friction 38 is held in gear, the catch 34 being pivoted to the spring rod 37, which is connected by the lever 45 with the friction. The catch engages with a stop 35 on the frame, and may be disengaged directly by the foot, if necessary. A pedal lever 52 is also provided, whereby the friction 38 may be disengaged directly when required.
Patent GB-190010591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas-burners.
Inventor: SIEVERTS WILHELM HEINRICH AUGU
Filed: 1900-06-09
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 10,591. Sieverts, W. H. A. June 9 Incandescent gas burners. - Variations in the mixture of the gas and air supply render it desirable that, after the burner has been lit, the disc d and the gauze e should be adjustable relatively to the outlet of the mixing-tube a. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, this adjustment is effected by mounting the burner head upon a sleeve g, which mav be raised or lowered by screwing the nut k, upon which it rests, upon a sleeve f surrounding the lower end of a sleeve b on the mixing-tube a of the burner. The sleeve b carries the arms and the supporting-screw s of the disc d and the gauze e. and the rotation of the sleeve b may be prevented by the engagement of a recess n therein with a projection m on the sleeve g. In a modification, the sleeve g is dispensed with, the disc and gauze being adjustably mounted, by means of the supporting-screw, in the enlarged end of the sleeve b. The correct position of the disc and gauze is indicated by the appearance round the disc of a green zone of flame.
Patent GB-190014317-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Window Sash Fastener.
Inventor: BRABY WALLACE
Filed: 1900-08-10
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 14,317. Braby, W. Aug. 10. Sash fastenings.-The bevelled latch bolt a works in the casing e on the meeting-rail of the lower sash, and is shot into engagement with the catch f by a suitable spring. When shot, the latch bolt is secured by the bar h, which falls behind a shoulder on it. To release the fastener, the handle k is pulled, whereupon the lever c lifts the bar h, so that the bolt is free to move back. When the bolt a is withdrawn, the small bolt d, on the top of the lever c, is pushed forward so that its end rests on the casing e. The bar h is then held up until the bolt a is pressed back by closure of the window. If the operator wishes to have both hands free for raising the sash, he draws back the bolt a, and inserts the plate n, which is hinged to the pivoted plate m, between the end of the bolt and the catch f.
Patent GB-190101083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Opening and Closing the Stops or Registers of Perforated Music Sheet Organs
Inventor: GAVIOLI ANSELME ANDRE MARIE
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 1083. Gavioli, A. A. M. Jan. 16. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to automatic organs, and consists in using a single set of devices for operating a stop, instead of using one set for drawing it and another for closing it. A pneumatic a is actuated from the tracker-board in the usual way. When it is inflated, it causes the partial revolution of a cam or tappet - wheel g by means of a pawl acting on one of the pins 1, 2, 3, 4. When the device is in the position shown, such actuation causes a tappet m to engage with the curved recess in a lever c, thus rocking a shaft d which draws the stop. The collapse of the bellows causes the pawl j to engage with the pin 4 in readiness for a further actuation, which releases the lever c, and closes the stop. The next actuation is effected by the tappet n. Instead of tappets, the wheel g may be furnished with cam surfaces, which act in the same way. The axle o of the wheel g has a handle by which the stop can be set at the commencement of a piece.
Patent GB-190103052-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chalice
Inventor: MOLLER THOGER CHRISTIAN THEODO
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 3052. M÷ller, T. C. T. Feb. 12. Drinking - vessels. -Relates to a chalice provided with a circle of cups, which can be filled from a central reservoir. Each cup b communicates with a central reservoir e by a channel k, which is opened or closed by rotating the perforated plate d, which forms the bottom of the reservoir e. There is only one perforation in the plate d, and this is brought in succession over the passage to each cup, and kept there till the cup is full. A vent hole m is made in the dome of the reservoir.
Patent GB-190103974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collecting and Holding Sheets and Books for Stamps and the like.
Inventor: LEHNIG MAX
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 3974. Lehnig, M. Feb. 25. Filing papers.-Relates to sheets and books for collecting or holding postage stamps, bill stamps, and like papers of small size. In one form, shown in Figs. 1 and 3, strips B, preferably of transparent paper, tracing-cloth, parchment, celluloid, or other transparent material, are pasted, sewn, or otherwise secured longitudinally and at the ends to a sheet A of paper, cardboard, or canvas, forming overlapping pockets open at one side to receive the stamps X. Cross lines D divide the sheet into stamp spaces E. The strips are secured at the ends by cross strips C, and, when the sheets are to be bound to form a book, they are cut out at the right side as shown to receive an index cipher or letter. The stamps are preferably arranged in ten rows or columns, as shown, to facilitate counting. In the form shown in section in Fig. 4, the pockets are formed by folding a single sheet B<1> and pasting the bottom parts on a sheet A'. In the form shown in section in Fig. 6, pockets are formed at both sides of the sheet by sewing strips F together as shown, the first strip F' being larger to form the index, and the last strip F<2> larger for binding.
Patent GB-190105114-A (GB)
Title: Safety-lock for Cycles.
Inventor: SMITH EDMUND
Filed: 1901-03-11
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 5114. Smith, E., and Posse, F., [trading as Smith & Co., E.]. March 11. Locking-apparatus to prevent theft.-The safetylock, which is of the permutation type, is secured to the wheel fork 4, Fig. 1, and is provided with the lever 8 pivoted on the case 1 and adapted to be inserted between the spokes of the wheel. Fig. 4 shows the lock in section on the line A.-B, Fig. 1. The lock is secured by the hook 2, connected with the plate 6 of the case 1, and the counter-nut 3. The nut 3 has a projecting arm 11 with a hollow 18 at one end. The lever 8 terminates in the fork 9, and has holes 17 to receive the locking-bolt 14. The bolt 14 is inserted in the cylindrical projection 13, and has incisions 19 in which the three discs 20 work. The cylinders 22, 23, 24 carry hands 27 having holes for pins to take into, and are toothed at the end to engage with toothed rings 30 on the discs 20. When the hands 27 are properly set, the discs 20 have their notches 21 in line, so that the bolt 14 may lock the spoke lever 8 in position. When the lock is open, the hands 27 are secured on neutral pins 31, and the lever 8 is locked in the reversed position.
Patent GB-190105526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: SMITH WALTER MACKERSIE
Filed: 1901-03-15
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 5526. Smith, W. M. March 15. Compound engines. - Relates to improvements in locomotive engines furnished with valves and valve gear such as are described in Specification No. 16,310, A.D. 1900. The cylinders and valve chambers are arranged in substantially the same manner as in the Specification referred to, but the valves are so constructed that boiler steam from the pipe 54 is distributed by the high-pressure valve from a central cavity to the ends of the high-pressure cylinder 1, and, after doing duty therein, exhausts past the ends of said valve through tubular castings 55 forming parts of the receiver 22 and connected to the ends of the low-pressure valve chambers. The receiver 22 is also connected with the ends of the high-pressure cylinders by passages controlled by non - return valves, and a starting- valve or regulator 58 is provided for admitting boiler steam at a reduced pressure to the receiver 22 as described in Specification No. 20,769, A.D. 1890. The valves of each pair of high and low pressure cylinders 1, 2 are worked by a single link-motion through a rock shaft 79 having three arms, one connected to the block in the link, and one to each valve. The effective lengths of the latter two arms can be adjusted by means of screw devices 86, in order to enable the relative cutoff to be regulated. The starting-valve is shown in section in Fig. 5. Boiler steam is introduced by the pipe 61, between which and the spring-loaded valve 59 is a hand-operated valve 60. Steam passing the loaded valve 59 passes by the pipe 63 to the receiver 22. The valve 60 it actuated from the cab by a rod 68 worked by a screw and hand-wheel device shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190106545-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Colouring Matters Containing Sulphur
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-03-28
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 6545. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 28. Dyes, artificial.-Dyes containing sulphur, which dye cotton fast brown shades, are produced by heating 2 : 4 : 1-dinitro-acetanilide, which is obtainable by nitrating acetanilide with sulphur and sodium sulphide to 220‹ C., then spreading out the stiff melt on iron plates, and further heating it in an air-bath for several hours at about 200‹ C. The shade varies from red-brown to brown according to the proportion of alkali sulphide used. The product is not rendered faster by subsequent treatment on the fibre with chromium compounds or oxidizing agents, but the shade is slightly varied.
Patent GB-190106735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Purifying Apparatus.
Inventor: SASSE FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1901-03-30
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 6735. Sasse, F. March 30. Scrubbers and washers. - To enable these to be cleaned while working, the water cistern b is provided with a ring f the upper edge of which is above the lower edge of the cylindrical washer or scrubber a. Beneath the ring is a funnel c with an outflow pipe d provided with a valve e. When drawing off the water and slime, the ring f prevents the water from falling below the lower rim of the washer, and thus prevents entrance of air, or escape of gas.