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Patent GB-189717185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knotting Mechanism for Sheaf-binding Harvesters.
Inventor: MCGREGOR ALEXANDER
Filed: 1897-07-21
Granted: 1898-07-02
Abstract: 17,185. McGregor, A. July 21. Sheafing or binding apparatus.-Relates to the knotting-apparatus of sheaf-binding harvesters. The knotter frame is bolted to the breast-plate, which is adjustably secured to the spring rail or tube of the frame by means of a split socket and bolts. The knotter jaws c, c<1> are formed eccentrically, so that the receiving-face of the movable jaw c<1> is about radial with the centre of the knotter spindle c<x>, which is itself arranged at an angle to the knotter shaft a. This position places the jaws nearer the line of travel of the cord than usual. The knotter spindle c<x> is pruvided with a mutilated pinion C, driven by the teeth d on the wheel D, and with a delay shoe which engages with corresponding surfaces on the wheel D. The parts are so arranged that in the normal position of rest the knotter bill projects forward, relative to the path of the needle, and when the knot has been tied the knotter bill is moved slightly backwards to facilitate the cutting of the cord and the stripping of the knot. The cord-clamping device consists of a notched disc h mounted on a spindle, carrying at its upper end a pinion and delay shoe, and operated by teeth i on the wheel D. A retaining-shoe E acts in combination with the disc h and is kept in contact with the disc by means of a flat spring k. The cord knife m is secured to a pivoted lever fitted with a spring which normally keeps the knife depressed out of the way of the cord. The pivoted lever is operated by a cam surface on the back of the wheel D to cut the cord when the knot is completed. A lip l on the retaining-shoe E, or a similar projection on the knotter frame, is employed to hold the cord down to be out by the knife. A cord guide g of special shape is employed to ensure that the cord is laid properly across the knotter jaws, and that it is not stripped off before the knot has been completed.
Patent GB-189724049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Gas Meters.
Inventor: COWAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-10-19
Granted: 1898-10-19
Abstract: 24,049. Cowan, W., and Cowan, W. H. Oct. 19. Gas meters; actuating-mechanism.-Relates to improvements on the apparatus described in Specification No. 28,828, A.D. 1896, and preceding Specifications. In order that the gas may be put on and cut off smartly, instead of gradually, the pin n<1> on the slide which travels with the screw sleeve A@ operates the valve with a large leverage afforded by a bell-crank lever N with very unequal arms. Coin action.-A pinion G on the screw shaft gears with internal teeth a on a ring A which fits the drum casing C and bears external ratchet teeth e occupying a channel c in the casing. The coin connects this rotary ring and the radial pocket D on a central shaft B ending externally in a knob. In modifications, the toothed ring is supported loosely by arms radiating from the pocket shaft or by parallel arms from a wheel fast on the screw shaft and replacing the pinion. Fraud, preventing.-Behind the casing a radial arm extends from the pocket, and ends in a pivoted pawl which bears a pin. When the pocket is in its initial position, the pin of the pawl finds a notch in the casing so that the pawl itself is applied to the external teeth e of the ring and sets it in correct relation to the pocket. The pawl may be mounted on the casing and be struck by the arm of the pocket. Coin-slit closing-devices.-The operating-knob may have slight play and so carry with it a shield which closes the entrance slot before the coin pocket is moved. A shutter H, pivoted at h on the front of the casing, bears a pin J engaging a slot in a plate K, which is pivoted and bears a pin K<1> engaging a cam l on the coin pocket. As soon as the pocket is moved, the cam turns the plate K slightly but sharply about its pivot, and this motion is transferred to the shutter. If so many coins are paid that the screw sleeve has its maximum motion, a rod m extending from it bears on a bevel M of the plate K, so giving action to the shutter.
Patent GB-189726021-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Marking and Registering Unevenness in Railway Tracks.
Inventor: LIVTSCHAK JOSEF
Filed: 1897-11-09
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 26,021. Livtschak, J. Nov. 9. Indicating condition of permanent way. - Depressions in the rails are mal ked and registered by apparatus carried on a truck, over the rear wheels of which is a heavy load, which, that it may exert a uniform pressure, consists of alternate heavy plates and elastic layers. On each side of the truck, and rigidly connected to the axle-boxes, is a rod A, to the rear end of which is pivoted a rod K carrying a spring-controlled arm, with a roller R on its end, and projecting over the rail, so that, when the truck jolts over a defective place, the rod K is turned and another arm 0, Fig. 4, raised, to allow a discharge of coloured fluid from the pipe r. At the same time, the arm N, attached to K, slides over, and slightly moves, the wedge-shaped end of a lever, having an inked roller on the other end which makes a mark on a moving strip of paper. The latter is driven from the rear truck axle, the winding-on drum being operated through a simple friction clutch, to prevent undue tension.
Patent GB-189726133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Web Printing and Folding Machinery.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE ASHLEY
Filed: 1897-11-10
Granted: 1898-09-10
Abstract: 26,133. Wilson, G. A. Nov. 10. Rotary machines. -Relates to means more particularly applicable for preventing sagging of the web or webs between the printing and folding mechanisms of rotary machines. One or more pairs of rollers a, b, c are provided, preferably near the entrance to the first longitudinal folder, and the web or webs w are passed through these rollers to the folder. The surfaces of the rollers are grooved longitudinally, the ridges of one roller of a pair coming opposite the grooves in the other roller, as shown in Fig. 4. The rollers are driven by suitable gearing and their surface speed may be slightly greater than that of the web. One roller of each pair is preferably mounted in eccentric bearings for adjusting the grip on the web. Rollers of the kind shown may be placed at any part of the machine.
Patent GB-189805424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Box-covering Machines.
Inventor: STEVENSON ALBERT HUGH
Filed: 1898-03-05
Granted: 1898-04-09
Abstract: 5424. Stevenson, A. H., and Chadwick, N. B. March 5. Making boxes.-In covering paper and like boxes, the holder c is held between the flange e<1> of the hollow rotary shaft e and the head of a bolt f which passes through the shaft e and is secured by a nut g.
Patent GB-189806638-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Preserving and Tawing Skins.
Inventor: GUENZBURG URY DE
Filed: 1898-03-18
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 6638. G³nzberg, U. de. March 18. Tawing; hides and skins, raw or tawed, treating; furs.-Relates to a process for the preservation or tawing of skins with or without the hair, wool, or feathers, the method serving also to bleach the skins, wool, &c., and also to render them very suitable for dyeing: The soaked and fleshed skins, if to be depilated, are treated with nascent sulphohydrate of calcium sulphide, the hair and adhering flesh being then removed by hand or mechanically. The skins may now be tawed, and are then immersed in a solution of bisulphite of alumina, to which a small quantity of hydrochloric acid may be added to facilitate the liberation of hyposulphurous and sulphurous acids. The skins are drained and immersed in an ammoniacal bath, which produces a white gelatinous precipitate. Neutral chromate of soda may be added to this bath. The skins are now dressed in fulling-mills with a firm paste consisting of wheaten flour, glycerine, and the residues of precipitation of the ammonia bath. The skins may subsequently be dyed and finished as desired.
Patent GB-189819855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrodes for Electric Accumulators.
Filed: 1898-09-19
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 19,855. Lake, H. H., [Soc. Roger & Rathier]. Sept. 19. Secondary batteries.-Positive plates are made from grids of antimonial lead which are soaked in sulphuric acid, then covered with red lead, and again soaked in sulphuric acid. Negative plates are constructed in the same way, except that the plates are covered with a mixture of one part of red lead to five parts of litharge.
Patent GB-189826137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brooch Fastenings, Safety Pins, Dress Fastenings, and the like.
Inventor: CONNOP ALFRED ROGERS
Filed: 1898-12-10
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 26,137. Connop, A. R. Dec. 10. Safety-pins.-The catch D, which receives the point of the pin, is provided with a pivoted lever E which closes the opening. When the pin is fastened the lever is pushed back, returning to its position after the pin has passed it. The lever may be fitted with a spring if required. Before the pin can be unfastened the tail e<2> of the lever must be raised.
Patent GB-189827620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fruit Dressers.
Inventor: FLATHERS JOHN
Filed: 1898-12-31
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 27,620. Flathers, J. Dec. 31. Fruit, dressing.-Machine for stemming and cleaning currants, raisins, &c. A casing A is provided with a table B having a central sieve C below which is a shoot D leading to an opening into a cylindrical sieve E. A shaft F passes through the sieve, and carries a fan G and a set of spiral and straight blades H, H<1>. The fruit is placed on the coarse sieve C, and washed through it by a current of water supplied through a pipe not shown. The fruit is cleaned by the action of the fan and blades, and is discharged at I, the water flowing off through a pipe J.
Patent GB-189906277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Attaching Handles to the Heads of Brushes, Mallets, and the like.
Inventor: MOSS JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 6277. Moss, J. A. March 23. H a n d l e s, fixing. The handle 6 is fixed to the head of a brush 5, mallet, &c., by a split, preferably tapering, ferrule 1 of spring metal &c. The ferrule has V - shaped teeth 2, the outwardlybent points 3 of which are forced into the bead 5 by the taper end of the handle. Nails 7 are driven through the ferrule into the handle when in position.
Patent GB-189907461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means or Apparatus for Burnishing the Edges of Harness Traces, also Applicable for Straps, Bands, and the like.
Inventor: PERSON MARSHALL HENRY
Filed: 1899-04-10
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 7461. Pearson, M. H. April 10. Traces; straps and bands, burnishing. The burnishing-dies C for burnishing the edges of traces and other straps and bands &c. are fixed by screws D to the cylindrical extensions B<2>, B<3> sliding in bearings A', A<2> on the uprights A, A. The extension B<3> is rapidly adjusted by sliding it by hand, and is fixed by a pawl E engaging with ratchet teeth. The extension B<2> is slowly adjusted by a screw G with hand-wheel J. The dies are heated by burners K connected by flexible tubes K<3> to a three-way cock L. In a modification, gas jets are placed at b. The Provisional Specification states that the dies may have several faces of different shapes and be mounted on forks, and that they may be in the form of wheels and may be pressed against the work by springs. It is also stated that one of the supporting-arms A may be pivoted, or that the tool may be carried by toggle-levers. Feed-rollers are also mentioned.
Patent GB-189908111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Breaking Up Roads and the like.
Inventor: HULANDS LEONARD SHIPWAY
Filed: 1899-04-18
Granted: 1900-04-18
Abstract: 8111. Hulands, H. C. E., and Hulands, L. S. April 18. Roads, repairing.-Relates to road scarifiers. The picks P are secured to the end of a U- shaped frame J, J<1>, J<11> by eye-bolts T tightened by nuts R and straining-plates Q, the frame being carried by the axle C of the wheel H of the engine. The attachment of the frame is effected by passing a sleeve K<1> on one leg over the end of the axle and bolting the sleeve K, which is made in two parts, round the axle. The frame is raised and lowered by the screw shaft F passing through a nut D pivoted in brackets I on a girder A secured to the tender B. The head of the shaft turns in a recess in a bar M bolted to a bridge-piece N.
Patent GB-189908619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kettles and Pans.
Inventor: MASON JAMES
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 8619. Mason, T., and Comfort, J. April 25. Kettles; pans.-Kettles or pans are provided with tubes B passing through from top to bottom. The tubes may be cylindrical, conical, fluted, or corrugated, and may be provided with protecting- shields C at the top. The tubes are preferably placed at the four corners of a square.
Patent GB-189909343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering, Sorting, and Registering Coins.
Inventor: MORIARTY EDWARD
Filed: 1899-05-03
Granted: 1900-05-03
Abstract: 9343. Moriarty, E. May 3. Tills. - Relates to the apparatus described in Specifications No. 14,156, A.D. 1893, and No. 7811, A.D. 1895. Counting - wheels, fast on a common shaft B' and associated with loose pinions B<6> having clutch forks B<8>, are operated by key levers A', through the medium of rocking combs B furnished with cam plates D which are subject to pins a<1> on the levers. The combs are connected by links to toothed sectors gearing with the pinions. The first action of a key lever is to lift a rocking frame A<4>, which, by turning a loose cam, shifts the shaft to engage the clutches. The cam is a loose collar H, Fig. 7, bearing a pair of wedges h which act on pins h<3> on rods h<4> set in fast arms h<5>. Additional rocking combs C with cam plates E are for the purpose of preventing the main ones from exceeding their proper movement. The mechanism for carrying the addition from one wheel to the next is as follows :-Each arm B<2> of a rocking comb B has a certain amount of play on a pivot b<1>, but is normally locked by a spring latch b<3> engaging a shoulder near the top. An independent shaft J bears a cross-armj, which is loosely jointed to the bottom of the comb, and stands in close proximity to a rigid finger b<6> which projects from the latch. Acting through a lever, (not shown), the registering-wheel from which a total is to be carried shifts the shaft J so that the cross-arm disengages the latch, while a second arm comes into the path of a pin on the rocking frame A<4>. At the next operation the shaft J is consequently rocked, and in turn rocks the released arm of the comb, so transmitting the motion to the sector of the next registering-wheel. Coins, separating.-Relates also to the apparatus described in Specification No. 3413, A.D. 1899. The single auxiliary balance lever is replaced by a series of levers, so as to sort the coins as they enter, and separate out the counterfeits.
Patent GB-189911681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding Machines.
Inventor: OBER THOMAS KERR
Filed: 1899-06-05
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 11,681. Ober, T. K., Cooper, E. M., and Beaston, H. D. June 5. Braiding-machines.-The two sets of bobbins 29, 44 are driven in opposite directions by means of a shaft 8, bevel-wheel 11, and bevel - wheels 12, 14. The wheel 12 is fast on the shaft 13, which carries the revolving spider 16, on the underside of which are bearings 17 for shafts 18 having pinions 19 gearing with a fixed wheel 20 ; on the opposite ends of the shafts 18 are cranks 21, which work in slots 23 on pins 24, Fig. 4. The pins 24 are alternately thrown into and out of gear with the carriers 27, which carry the bobbins 29 and slide on a flange 28 ; one of the pins is always in gear, and the cranks are arranged in such a way as to enable the pins 24 to be moved so as to miss the other set of threads. The bobbins 44 are carried by the spider 13 and by arms from the gear-wheel 14 ; by means of a fixed wheel 37, gear-wheels 36, shafts 35, cranks 38, and sliding rods 41, the threads from the bobbins 44 are raised and lowered so as to follow the serpentine track or slot 5 between the two parts of the cylinder 4.
Patent GB-189912227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beer and other Taps and Nozzles.
Inventor: SMITH FRED
Filed: 1899-06-12
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 12,227. Smith, F. June 12. Beer, raising and d r a w i n g - off.-The nozzles of beer engines &c. are fitted with h a shutter to prevent the entry of flies and dirt. As applied to a plug cock, a plate or shutter c is secured to the plug b so that it closes the opening of the nozzle when the tap is closed. When adapted to the nozzle of a beer engine, the shutter is worked by the lever of the engine.
Patent GB-189919151-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Bicycles and Tricycles, Rendering them Convertible for either Male or Female Riders.
Inventor: DAVIES HENRY
Filed: 1899-09-23
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 19,151. Davies, H. Sept. 23. Convertible bicycles and tricycles ; frames.-Relates to means for rendering gentlemen's bicycles or tricycles convertible for use by ladies and vice versÔ. In the case of a gentleman's machine, the top bar A is pivoted to a lug d on the head, and its rear end is secured to a lug E on the saddle pillar by a square bolt &c. The bar can be swung down as shown by dotted lines, and fixed to a lug M on the lower frame tube K. Stays C,. H, J are provided to strengthen the frame. The frame A may consist of two parallel oval tubes arranged side by side, in which case it may pass over the tube K, the lug L being mounted on the underside thereof. Or the frame K may be duplicated, the tube A then passing between them. Two upper bars may be used one above the other, each of them being mounted similarly to the bar A. Ladies' machines are provided with fixed or detachable brackets on the head and saddle pillar to receive a detachable top bar which is held in place by screws.
Patent GB-190000067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Cooking and Heating Stoves
Inventor: MILLAR FREDERICK JOHN MOSS
Filed: 1900-01-01
Granted: 1901-03-01
Abstract: 67. Millar, F. J. M., and Hindle, C. Jan. 1. Gas stoves.-Cooking or heating stoves are provided at or near the top with a sliding rail or rails, which can be drawn out to provide means for suspending clothes, towels, linen, &c. for drying or airing, or as a support for plates and dishes or for saucepans and the like to be kept warm. When not required, the rails are slid in so as to fit upon or against the top of the stove. Fig. 1 shows the top plate d of the stove, having four rails a, the supporting-arms b of which are capable of sliding in and out through holes c and guides e, stops f preventing the arms from being completely withdrawn.
Patent GB-190001580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Towels or Absorbent Pads.
Inventor: CUXSON JOHN
Filed: 1900-01-25
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 1580. Cuxson, J., and Gerrard, A. W., [trading as Cuxson, Gerrard, & Co.]. Jan. 25. Catamenial appliances; pads.-A sanitary towel or an absorbent pad is made so that threads composing the fabric run diagonally from side to side of the appliance.
Patent GB-190009365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Apparatus for Railway and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: WEIDMANN GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 9365. Weidmann, G. May 21. Ventilating.-Relates to means for driving ventilating-fans when the vehicle is stopped, the power being stored up by a small fan during motion. The exhaust fan k is driven, when the vehicle is in motion, by the fan-wheel c and pawl and ratchet gear p, q, while the pawl w slips on the ratchet-wheel v of the shaft u, which is driven in a direction opposite to that of the shaft g by means of the crossed strap h. In the meantime, the fan u, which is rotated by the direct air pressure in the funnel d or by the exhaust from the fan c, winds up the spring motor z. When the vehicle stops, the fans c and r cease to rotate, but the motor z drives the shafts t, u, and g and the exhaust fan k, and the pawl p slips on the ratchet-wheel q.
Patent GB-190010107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Clipping or Shearing Animals and for similar Purposes.
Inventor: MARTIN ALBERT
Filed: 1900-06-01
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 10,107. Martin, A., [trading as Martin & Co., A.]. June 1. Horse clippers and the like.-Figs. 2 and 3 show sections at right - angles to one another of one form of clipper. The parts are all held together by a single screw g and nut h. The screw is recessed in the lower cutter a, and passes through a hole in the fixed handle d, the end of which lies in a wide gap in the upper cutter b. The screw then passes through the sleeve e<2> formed on the movable handle e, and after passing through a hole in the bridge-piece f engages with its nut h. The fixed handle d has a pin d<1> to enter a hole in the cutter a, and is thus held in place. The movable handle e has a pin e<1> to engage with a hole in the cutter b and thus vibrate it. The tension is adjusted as follows :-A pressure plate c bears on the cutter b and on the fixed handle d. The plate c is kept in place by a hole for the sleeve e<2>, and by pins c' which pass freely through slots in the cutter b and engage in holes in the cutter a. The bridge-piece f bears on the plate c as shown in Fig. 3. Thus, by tightening the nut g, the tension is increased without tightening the handle e. In the modification shown in Fig. 14, the pressure plate c is made in one piece with the fixed handle d, and the bridge-piece takes the form of a sleeve f screwing into the handle d and forming a bearing for the handle e.
Patent GB-190011697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Beating Flour or the like Sacks.
Inventor: MEINECKE JOHANNES
Filed: 1900-06-27
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 11,697. Meinecke, J., and Meinecke, M. June 27. Sacks, cleaning.-The machine shown in section in Fig. 1 is for beating flour and like sacks. Spring beaters c are caused to reciprocate by a pegged wheel l, and have washers f to lessen noise and shock against the bar b. The sacks s are inserted in the machine by opening the hinged cover p with rollers p<1>, u<1> for bearing against the feed-roller n and the spring tension bar b<1>. A sieve w, supported by the bar b so that the vibration of the machine may shake it, sifts the flour and dust into a drawer x.
Patent GB-190013576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Generators Heated by Vapourised Oil and with Burners therefor.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
Filed: 1900-07-28
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 13,576. Kitchen, J. G. A. July 28. Instantaneous generators.-Relates to coiled-tube generators heated by vapour burners, such as are used on motor vehicles and launches. Conical coils are arranged, as shown in Fig. 1, within a bellshaped casing, so that the flame from the burner a', having passed through the inside of the coil c, is deflected and returned round the outside. Several coils and casings may be arranged in series, the flame and heating gases passing through them in succession. Fig. 3 shows a flat coil h heated by the reflected flame from a downwardlypointing burner f<1>, which is directed against the curved hearth shown.
Patent GB-190015593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessels for Containing Liquids or Substances whereby the Quantity of their Contents may be Ascertained.
Inventor: ELVY FILMER WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-09-01
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 15,593. Elvy, F. W. Sept. 1. Jugs.-A measure or gauge b is moulded, stamped, printed, or rim - pressed inside jugs made of metal, glass, porcelain, china, earthenware, pottery, or the like, during manufacture. In the case of earthenware or enamelled jugs that are fired, colour may be applied by a n india-rubber stamp.