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Patent GB-189801627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-ballooning Arrangements combined with Guide Board Arrangements for Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames, and in Creels for the same and other Preparing and Spinning Machines.
Filed: 1898-01-20
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 1627. Taylor, Lang, & Co. and Watts, W. T. Jan. 20. Antiballooning arrangements; creel arrangements; roving and thread guides.-The antiballooning plates e are carried by a rocking shaft e', which is raised and lowered during the whole or a portion of the rise and fall of the ring rail, but to a less extent, and the plates e on both sides of the frame are connected together and with the shafts g' carrying the thread-guides g, so that, for doffing purposes, all the guides may be raised and the antiballooning plates moved back simultaneously. The shaft e<1> may be mounted on pokers e<2>, which are operated by brackets and bowls projecting from the oscillating levers d<3> of the building- motion ; or the poker e' may be provided with collars e<9>, e<a>, of which the upper one rests upon the bracket b<3> when the antiballooning plates are in their lowest working position, and the lower one is above the shoe e<b> of the ordinary lifting- poker d, the poker e<2> passing through a guideaperture in the shoe e<b>. In this case, the plates e will remain stationary during the earlier part of the lift of the ring rail until the shoe e<6> engages with the collar e<a>. The shafts e<1> and g<1> on both sides of the frame are connected by the links and levers shown with a shaft f operated by hand, or with a couple of shafts f connected together by segmental gearing. The lower creel rail h, Fig. 6, preferably of wood, has plain or slightly-concave discs h<1> for the lower ends of the skewers inserted in apertures therein, and the discs are secured in place by metal angle-plates h<2> having apertures h<3> therein corresponding with the discs h'.
Patent GB-189810990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Agricultural Horse-hoes.
Inventor: SCHALK GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-05-13
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 10,990. Schalk, G. May 13. Hoes, horse.-The hoe blades a are secured to two beams c, c pivoted by links to the end of the wheel axle e to which the horse-shafts g are secured. The wheels f are adjustably secured to the axle e to correspond with the distance between the rows of plants. Steering-handles i are carried by a rod h pivoted to the axle e and connected to the beams c, c by the support n. A chain k with a spring k' interposed in its length is connected to an adjustable hook m on the rod h, and to one of a series of hooks on the shafts g, and serves the purpose of supporting the hoes either out of work or at the required depth in the ground.
Patent GB-189811588-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Deciding the Partners and the Order of Play in Games.
Inventor: CAHNBLEY FERDINAND HEINRICH DO
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 11,588. Cahnbley, F. H. D. May 23. Partners, and order of competing, apparatus for deciding.-Consists of a spherical casing b supported by a glass tube h, at the back of which is a number of horizontal slides i. A number of balls A, corresponding to the number of players, and of as many different colours as there are sets of partners, is introduced into the casing b through the opening a, and the balls are well mixed by a stirrer c operated by an external revolving button d. When well stirred, the ring e is slid round to allow the balls to fall into the glass tube, where they remain opposite slides i upon which the names of the players are marked. The colours indicate the partners, and the numerals on the balls the order of play. By having balls of one colour only, the order of the competitors in horse and other races can be decided.
Patent GB-189812086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Cycles.
Inventor: ROSE JOHN WALKER FERRIER
Filed: 1898-05-27
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 12,086. Rose, J. W. F. May 27. Driving-mechanism.-Fig. 1 shows the gear on one side of a bicycle, similar gear, not shown, being arranged on the other side. Each pedal d is mounted on links d' connecting two parallel cranks a, the axles b of which turn in suitable bearings on the frame c'. The front axle b carries a chainwheel g, which is geared with the driving-wheel by a chain. A guard plate d<2> prevents the foot from touching the cranks. To ensure that the cranks remain parallel during their revolution, the axles b may carry eccentrics working in straps on the ends of a link or may be connected by an endless chain. In a modification, the axles b each carry chainwheels which gear witb the chain which actuates the driving-wheel. The invention is also applicable to tricycles with a balance-geared axle.
Patent GB-189816071-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Display Board for Contents Bills, Advertisements, Notices, and other Descriptive or Printed Matter.
Inventor: DAWSON ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1898-07-23
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 16,071. Dawson, A. E. July 23. Advertising; displaying.-A display-board a, Fig. 1, for contents bills, advertisements, photographs, & c. is formed with flaps b, c, d, e hinged to the top, sides, and bottom to hold the sheet or article displayed. The strips are mitered and rabbeted so that when closed they have the appearance of an ordinary frame. They have pins or equivalents on the underside to grip the sheet &c., the board having perforations to receive the pins. The bottom strip e secures the others, and is itself fastened by a pin k on the board which passes through a perforation i in the flap, and is secured by an ordinary catch &c. Modifications are described in which several partitioned frames, for displaying several sheets &c., are carried on one board. The two strips of adjacent frames are secured to the flaps f of hinges mounted on brackets f<1>, Fig. 7.
Patent GB-189819042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Regulation of the Admission of Steam to Engine Cylinders.
Inventor: WILSON ALEXANDER BASIL
Filed: 1898-09-07
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 19,042. Wilson, A. B. Sept. 7. Centrifugal governors.-Relates to the regulation of the admission of steam to engine cylinders, especially single-acting engines, with rotating admission and exhaust valves, and consists of an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 10,160, A.D. 1898. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in vertical section and in sectional plan, the main valve C is revolved in juxtaposition to the cylinder port cc, and the steam admission is regulated by a centrifugal governor situated in the steam - chest and driven by the main valve. According to the present invention, the governor is made to regulate the steam admission by adjusting a revolving expansion or cut-off valve A which rotates on a stationary ported seating B. This seating is held by a square portion of the spindle H, which is supported by the valve-chest cover. The governor is composed of flyer weights D sliding on a frame E and pressed towards the centre by springs G. The weights D are connected to the adjustable governor valve A by links F. The speed of control of the engine may be regulated slightly by an angular adjustment of the spindle H.
Patent GB-189823897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Locating Punctures in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MACKLIN ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1898-11-12
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 23,897. Macklin, A. G. Nov. 12. Tyres, pneumatic. - A puncture detector is formed from fine steel wire gauze A, which is bent to the shape of the tyre and is retained in shape by a binding B. The wire is preferably roughened or barbed to enable the detector to hold French chalk or the like. As the detector is passed along the tyre, the air which issues from a puncture blows away the chalk and so indicates the position of the puncture.
Patent GB-189824056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM WASHINGTON
Filed: 1898-11-15
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 24,056. Stewart, W. W. Nov. 15. Pen point-protectors.-The point-protector B is provided with a screw plug c to ensure its fitting tightly on the holder a. In a modification, the screw plug is secured to the holder, and abuts against the inner surface of the protector.
Patent GB-189825878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ball and Socket Joints.
Inventor: BURKITT EDMUND DAVID
Filed: 1898-12-07
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 25,878. Burkitt, E. D. Dec. 7. Couplings with valves.-Disconnectible ball - and - socket joints a, e are formed with a lift valve f, which is automatically closed by a spring g when the parts are disconnected. The invention is described in connection with a gas bracket or pendant, which is attached to the ball a. The ball and its attachments may thus be removed from one cup e, and placed in another cup on the gas fittings, as required. In an alternative construction, the valve f is arranged in the ball a, instead of in the socket e.
Patent GB-189905075-A (GB)
Title: A New Toy.
Inventor: IN CHARLES MA
Filed: 1899-03-08
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 5075. Makin, C. March 8. Drawings to Specification. Pneumatic toys.-Consists of an india-rubber or similar shell which, upon inflation through a suitable channel attached, takes the shape of a hand. Across the end of the tube through which inflation proceeds, a thin band is stretched in such a way as to vibrate and emit notes on the escape of the air enclosed.
Patent GB-189908053-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Automatically Effecting the Breaking of an Electric Circuit after a Predetermined Time.
Inventor: EDMUNDS HENRY
Filed: 1899-04-17
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 8053. Edmunds, H. April 17. Cut-outs; switches. -Means for automatically breaking a circuit, such as a lamp circuit, after a predetermined time. Fig. 1 shows one form. A bar B forming one part of a switch and also the armature of a magnet A is made of material, such as nickel, which loses its magnetic properties on heating. The bar is surrounded by a coil C of suitable material, such as manganin or rheostene. On moving the arm B to complete the lamp circuit at d, it is held up by the magnet A until it is heated by the current flowing through the coil. It then falls, and breaks the circuit. The magnet A may be an electromagnet suitably connected with the circuit, and the cut-out arm B may be in shunt or any desired relation.
Patent GB-189910063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chucks having Movable Gripping Jaws.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES
Filed: 1899-05-12
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 10,063. Taylor, C., and Taylor, G. B. May 12. Chucks.-In a chuck, the operating-screws c have thrust collars c<5> at their outer ends, engaging corresponding collars d' in segmental blocks d, which can be passed down the jaw ways and then turned round to engage a shoulder a<3> on the chuck body, a pin e securing each against rotation. The end of each screw c has sector-shaped teeth to engage a correspondingly-shaped key inserted through a bush or cap g. The key has a central pin engaging an axial hole in the screw to assist fitting the key to the screw. The jaws f may have false jaws h, and the jaw ways are strengthened against spreading by a band let into the face of the chuck, or by screws passing through the sides of the ways, in which tubular distance-pieces are placed. The jaws are supported laterally by projecting ribs, preferably solid with the body, concentrically situated between each pair of ways.
Patent GB-189912850-A (GB)
Title: Improved Platform Trolley.
Inventor: MEIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1899-06-20
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 12,850. Mein, A. June 20. Hand-trucks. -Relates to means for locking some of the wheels of railway platform hand trolleys or trucks when left unattended. The pivoted lever D<1> carries a guided spring-pressed plate E, which normally engages a hexagonal plate C fixed to the rotatable axle B, to which are fixed wheels A<5>. The axle B is unlocked by depressing the buttons or bars H<1>, K<1> at each end of the truck connected by forked levers H, K to the levers D', J which are linked together at J<2>.
Patent GB-189919197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Bacterial Treatment of Sewage and Effluents from Sewage Works.
Inventor: BRIGHTMORE JAMES
Filed: 1899-09-23
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 19,197. Brightmore, J., Swann, T., and Goodwin, F. S. Sept. 23. Sewage filters.-In a process for treating sewage, and effluents from sewage works, a plant, comprising two aÙrobic tanks a and an anaerobic tank b, is employed. The anaÙrobic tank is provided with an airtight cover d, having an outlet e for the escape of air and gas, and within the tank is a series of perforated trays f for holding the filtering- medium. Perforated partitions c are fitted within the tanks a, and support the filtering-materials, which may consist of coal or coke, or coal and limestone, arranged in alternating layers. The tanks a communicate with the tank b by means of pipes g. The liquid enters one of the aÙrobic tanks a at the top, and, after passing through the filtering-materials, enters the tank b, and finally flows from the upper part of this tank through a pipe or pipes. One aÙrobic tank a of a set is at rest while the other aÙrobic tank is working, and during the periods of resting the filtering-material may be aerated by means of valves.
Patent GB-189923169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-spraying Apparatus for Moistening Air.
Inventor: MATOSSI ANDREA
Filed: 1899-11-21
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 23,169. Matossi, A. Nov. 21. Spray-producers for moistening air. Jets of spray issuing from the nozzle p escape between the casing and the dish C the orifice being adjustable by bolts b. The spraying-nozzle comprise's a chamber P which the water enters by a helicoidal passage h, and a valve t with curved or radial slots d in its face, by which the water escapes. The valve is kept on its seat by a spring r, and attached to a lever L, by which the valve may be raised to allow a stream of water to flow through it to clear it.
Patent GB-190002938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saw Sharpening Machines.
Inventor: CLIFTON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1900-02-14
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 2938. Clifton, C. H. Feb. 14. Saws, sharpening.-Relates to an automatic machine for sharpening circular saws. The saw C is mounted on a pivot C<1> capable of being adjusted vertically and horizontally by screws and slides. The sharpening is done by a grinding-disc L mounted on the end of a swinging arm M. The disc is fed across the saw by a cam or crank on the shaft J<2> acting through the rod M<2> and the bell crank M'. The disc is fed forward by two friction discs D, D, one of which is pressed against the saw by a spring. The saw is intermittently stopped during the sharpening operation by a pawl I<1>, which is moved out of the way laterally by a lever K actuated by a cam J, when the saw is fed on by the discs D till it is again arrested by the returned pawl I<1>. The grinding-disc L is lifted in its back stroke bya a stop on the arm M acting on the bell-crank lever 0. In a modification, the pawl I<1> is lifted vertically out of gear with the saw teeth, instead of being removed laterally.
Patent GB-190004012-A (GB)
Title: A Rest or Support for Playing Cards, Aces, Kings and Suits, for Use during the Game of Patience.
Inventor: MORGAN JEMIMA
Filed: 1900-03-02
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 4012. Morgan, J., and Hugrhes, F. M. March 2. Card games.-Relates to a rest or support for the aces and kings when playing the game of "patience." The rest consists of a rectangular base-piece with a raised front ledge to prevent the cards from slipping, and a back piece hinged to the base so as to fold forward when not in use.
Patent GB-190006147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft-governors.
Inventor: ROSSITER JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1900-04-02
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 6147. Rossiter, J. T. April 2. Drawings to Specification. Eccentrics.-In a centrifugal and inertia shaft governor one of the weights carries a crank or an eccentric sheave in the form of a ring.
Patent GB-190011119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Steam Engines.
Inventor: JACKSON OSWALD
Filed: 1900-06-19
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 11,119. Jackson, O. June 19. Valee gear.-Relates to variable-expansion and reversing cam gear combined with a centrifugal governor. As shown in Fig. 1, the oblique cam ring y is pivoted on a sleeve w mounted between collars x on the crank shaft. The obliquity of the ring is capable of being adjusted by sliding wedges 5, resiliently connected with the ring at one end and at the other end acted on by pivoted weighted arms 13. In order to provide for reversing the engine, a sliding bar 17 is lodged in a recess in the crank shaft, and engages by means of pins 19 with helical grooves 20 in the sleeve w. By an endwise adjustment of this rod, the oblique cam can be angularly adjusted in the manner necessary for reversing.
Patent GB-190011921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Facets on Glass Vessels.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-07-02
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 11,921. Imray, O., [Hubbuch, F. A.]. July 2. Surfacing and polishi n g; ornamenting.- Relates t o machines for grinding facets on glass vessels, and to improvements on the inventions described in Specifications No. 22,537, A.D. 1896, and No. 18,358, A.D. 1898. The axis of the grinding-wheel S is arranged parallel to the axis of the glass U, which is rotated step-by-step by a ratchet-wheel T, and is advanced axially by the stepped disc 1 carried by the sliding glass carrier B and pulled by a weight against a fixed stop X. The stepped disc 1 has fixed to it a ratchetwheel 2. The pawls for the wheels T, 2 are actuated from the rock-shaft 3 through linkwork. The shaft 3 is rocked by a cam 23 on the shaft Q, and has a pin 15 which rises and falls between the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 14, which is moved by the projection 25 so as to advance one tooth at each revolution of the shaft Q. At each revolution of this shaft one facet is formed, and the wheel T is advanced a step ; but the wheel 2 is operated only once in, say, fourteen, revolutions of the shaft Q, when the pin 15 falls into a deep notch k<1>. The stepped disc 1 is then operated to feed the glass longitudinally, and the wheel T gets an extra feed, so that the facets alternate with one another in the different rows. For cutting long facets, the shaft Q, Fig. 4, carries a cam E actuating the lever 27 pivoted at 28 to the bar 26 attached to the carrier B. The pin 28 carries rollers running in slots s<1> to prevent the bar 26 from being bent. The grinding-wheel S is mounted on a frame which is raised and lowered by a rod d<1> actuated by cam on the shaft Q. For automatically starting the machine, the top step of the disc 1 is inclined so that, as it slides against the pin X, the carrier is pushed back slightly. A spring is thus enabled to lift and disengage the hook 20 from the fixed pin 21. For automatically stopping the machine, a pin g acts on the pawl z, which is carried by the driving-wheel R<3> and engages with a notch in a disc s fixed to the shaft Q. The pin g is adjustably fixed to a ratchetwheel n advanced step-by-step by a pawl on a lever actuated by a cam on the shaft Q.
Patent GB-190018732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lacing-fastenings.
Inventor: ENGELS JOHANN CASPAR
Filed: 1900-10-19
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 18,732. Engels, J. C. Oct. 19. Lacing-fastenings.-A lacing-fastening for boots and the like is provided with a head made of a suitable plastic material, such as celluloid, which may be coloured to match the leather. The form shown in Fig. 1 consists of a metal tube a, the upper edge of which is bent outwardly in the celluloid head b, and a flanged sleeve c, which is interposed between the head and the leather. After insertion, the fastening is secured by outwardly bending the lower edge of the tube a. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which a cap e is fitted over the lower edge of the tube a, and Fig. 5 another modification, in which a small tube f is inserted into the tube a from below, the fastening being secured in position as before. In either case the tube a may be closed at the top by a cap g.
Patent GB-190020521-A (GB)
Title: Means for Regulating the Pressure in the Evaporator in connection with Cold-Vapour Engines.
Inventor: FEENY VICTOR ISIDORE
Filed: 1900-11-14
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 20,521. Feeny, V. I., [Abwõrme Kraftmaschinen-Gesellschaft m. b. H.]. Nov. 14. Vapour engines.-Relates to engines, such as ammonia engines and sulphurous-acid engines, which may be worked by the waste heat of exhaust steam or other gases, and consists in regulating the supply of vapour to the engine, and the supply of a supplementary heating-agent to the generator, according to variations in the pressure of the vapour generated, so as to maintain the pressure of the vapour supplied to the engine as nearly constant as possible. In the Figure, A is the vapour generator, B is the motor cylinder, and C is a spring piston apparatus by which the expansion slide g of the engine is regulated. Surplus vapour escapes through the spring safety-valve F into the condenser E. The exhaust steam is admitted at n to the space around the tubes of the generator A, and escapes at o; but, when the pressure in the generator falls below the desired limit, a supplementary supply of live steam is admitted by the spring piston apparatus G. In this, the piston r acted on by the fluid conveyed from the generator by the pipe p operates the valve s, which controls the supply of live steam entering at u.
Patent GB-190109781-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Insulator for use with Bracket Suspensions of Overhead Trolley Systems and the like.
Inventor: QUIN ROBERT CORNELIUS
Filed: 1901-05-11
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 9781. Quin, R. C., and Smith, J. B. May 11. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Insulation.-An insulating-sleeve of india-rubber &c. is fitted on the bracket arm, and carries the clamp by which the conductor or its insulator is attached. Its ends are corrugated. This sleeve may be made of less resilient material f, divided into two parts longitudinally and provided with inner and outer sleeves e, g of india-rubber &c.
Patent GB-190111359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Dyeing Compositions.
Inventor: ALOY LOUIS
Filed: 1901-06-03
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 11,359. Aloy, L. June 3. Dyeing.-Relates to the manufacture of dyeing- compositions for dyeing in a single bath woollen, cotton, or silk fabrics, composite or mixed tissues, and thread or yarn, which compositions are especially adapted for home or popular use, and consists in combining with animal gall or bile and extract of Panama wood, or one of these substances, or any or all of the following substances :- Sodium sulphate, gum arabic or its equivalent, sugar, starch, glycerine, and formol-so as to form a base for a colouring-matter, such as an aniline dye. Example are given (1) of a paste in which all these substances occur, and (2) of a powder from which the gum arabic, the sugar, and the glycerine are omitted. A little perfume may be added.
Patent GB-190113192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Berryman Feed Water Heater and any other Heating or Cooling Apparatus for Steam Gas or Air and any other Fluids.
Inventor: WRIGHT WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-28
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 13,192. Wright, W. June 28. Feedwater, heating.-The tubes of feedwaterheaters of the " Berryman type, and other heating, cooling, or condensing apparatus, for use with water, steam, air, or gases, are fitted with corrugated deflectors D, with or without a central rod or tube E. For separating grease from water of condensation, coned plates B are fitted in the bottom tank of the apparatus, and pipes C are provided for drawing-off the greasy matter.