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Patent GB-190001506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Bracket Attachments for Curtain and other Rods.
Inventor: JAMES JOHN JESSE
Filed: 1900-01-24
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 1506. James, J. J., [trading as Dutson & Co.]. Jan. 24. Brackets; curtains, drawing and suspending; s t a i rods.-Relates to brackets or attachments of curtain, stair, or other rods. A blank d, Fig. 7, having a groove or recess d', is bent to the form shown in Fig. 3. A teat or projection on the rod b is entered in the gap a<3>, and, when the rod is rotated, it engages in the groove d<1>. The groove may be inclined or helical, so as to make the teat or projection bind. The plate e<1> which closes the end of the bracket may be integral with the blank d, or it may be separate and be secured in place by placing it against a shield and bending over the end of the barrel, or by springing it into a groove on the inside of the barrel. In a modification, Fig. 12, the bracket is made cup-shaped, with a lip a<1> having a notch a<2> to accommodate the teat ; it is rigidly or loosely fixed to the screw c by turning the ends over two discs, threaded on the screw, one of which is bent round the head at a<3>; a strengthening-ring e is used. In another modification, Fig. 18, a cap a with a gapped or plain flange is screwed on to the threaded head of a screw c. The inside of the cup a, Fig. 12, may be wormed, and the teat may be made to jam therein, and the cup may be fixed by inserting a screwdriver through the open end. The Provisional Specification describes a modification. A box bracket, pierced in two or more directions for the reception of a rod, has flanged edges which drop into the turned-over edges of a plate fixed to the attachment screw. This bracket can be fixed on the face or side of a window, and is interchangeable.
Patent GB-190001834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Air Compressing Engines.
Inventor: BROOKS JAMES CROXALL
Filed: 1900-01-29
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 1834. Brooks, J. C. Jan. 29. Pumping-engines; valves and valve gear; starting, adapting valve gear for.-The primary object is to provide for the actuation and control of both the steam valves and the air valves of an air compressor from a single eccentric. The invention also relates to the construction and action of Corliss valve gear for the engine cylinder, to means for operating the steam-admission valves by hand for starting the engine, and to means for regulating the point at which the air-admission valves open so as to avoid noise. Fig. 2 is a vertical side elevation of the complete engine, E being the air cylinder, and B the steam cylinder ; and Fig. 1 is a tront elevation of the steam cylinder B on a larger scale, showing the Corliss valve gear. The air-delivery valves are actuated in a usual manner by air pressure distributed by rocking valves connected together by a rod F<2> and worked by a rod F<9> connected through suitable linkage with a reciprocating slide 0 operated by the eccentric P on the engine shaft. The air-admission valves are worked from the same eccentric through a rocking lever Q' and suitable rods G<6>, G<4> and roller cam gear. The point at which they open is regulated by adjusting, through the medium of the slide Q, the point of support of the rocking lever Q<2>. The engine admission valves I, I and exhaust valves H, H are operated by a pair of slides N, N<1>. In the admission-valve releasing-gear each of the latches or hooks K pivoted on the loose rocking lever J<1> is disposed so as to engage with the valve arm I<1> at the extreme periphery so as to act with maximum leverage. The tripping-levers engage with fingers on the hook levers K, and are connected with the governor by linkage M<4> arranged as shown in Fig. 1. The two slides N, N<1> are rigidly attached one to the other, and both are worked by the slide 0. In order to permit the admission valves to be worked independently of the engine at starting, the slides N, 0 engage with each other by a spring latch at N<6> which can be readily disconnected ; but which springs into engagement on being left after starting the engine. A socket lever S<1> into which a hand-lever S<4> can be temporarily thrust is provided to operate the valves when the slides N, 0 are disconnected.
Patent GB-190003244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Rafts.
Inventor: REDON CHARLES DE
Filed: 1900-02-19
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 3244. Redon, C. de, Feb. 19. Rafts.-The body or hull of the raft consists of a number of airtight compartments, as shown in Fig. 3, some of which are provided with doors so that they may be used for the storage of food and water. It rests on standards bolted to the deck. Bolts E depending into sockets on these standards prevent endwise movement, but allow the raft to float away should the vessel founder. Each socket has a hinged part F, Fig. 4, which, when opened, allows the bolt to pass out so that the raft can be launched over the vessel's side. The part F is normally held in place by a clamp G.
Patent GB-190003731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrically Conducting Material.
Inventor: SANDER EBERHARD
Filed: 1900-02-26
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 3731. Sander, E. Feb. 26. Resistances are made by mixing two or more finely-divided substances selected from both of two classes, in equal or other proportions, and fusing the mixture in an electric or other furnace. The substances of one class are calcium, strontium, barium, beryllium, maguesium, zinc, cadmium, mercury, aluminium, scandium, yttrium, ytterbium, erbium, samarium, thorium, zirconium, lanthanum, cerium, didymium, terbium, gadolinium, or their oxides. Those of the other class are iron, cobalt, nickel, chromium, molybdenum, wolfram, uranium, ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium, platinum, or their salts, oxides, or sulphur compounds. When the metals are used, they are oxidized in the furnace. The products may be powdered, mixed with resin, syrup, or other binding-material, pressed to shape, and heated in absence of air. The resistances are applicable for heating and other purposes.
Patent GB-190010374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Forging Horseshoe Nails and other Articles.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HENRY ALEXIS
Filed: 1900-06-06
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 10,374. Williams, H. A. June 6. N a i l s, making. The object is to ensure that a horseshoe nail blank or other article, as it passes from one pair of rolls to the next pair, arranged at right-angles be neath the former, shall be properly gripped by the lower rolls. Fig. 3 s how s a sectional elevation of the device in position between the two pairs of rolls B, B. A slide E is moved up and down on the guide-tube D by an arm 35 fixed to a rock shaft actuated by a cam and a spring. The slide E carries a pivoted spring finger G with an enlarged head 32 to bear with spring pressure on the nail blank 18. As the slide reciprocates, the finger enters and leaves the tube by the keyhole slot 25, as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190015279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Articles of Wearing Apparel and the like, and Tools for Connecting the Parts thereof.
Inventor: WASHBURNE JAMES VERNON
Filed: 1900-08-28
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 15,279. Washburne, J. V. Aug. 28. Stud-and-socket fastenings; fastenings, attaching. -Relates to stud-andsocket t fastenings for gloves and other wearing- apparel, and to a method of attaching them to the glove &c. so that the liability of the fastening to become separated from the glove &c. shall be reduced. The members of the fastening consist each of two parts, between which the fabric of the glove is clamped at the same time that the two parts are joined together, and the fabric may be strengthened at this part by a backing of paper. Fig. 5 shows the two parts b<1>, l<1> of the stud and the two parts b, l of the socket with the fabric e clamped between them respectively. Fig. 1 shows the dies a, c and the plunger d in the position they occupy before the socket part of the fastening is made, and Fig. 6 shows a vertical section of the upper and lower dies complete of the machine for making the stud part. The lower die consists of a stationary base k, a die a with a recessed upper face for holding the cup or attaching part b<1> of the fastening, and a helical spring 8 acting between these two parts. The recessed face is approximately of the same diameter as the part b<1>, and, in order to retain the part b<1> in position, a yielding sleeve or wire helix 4 is provided. The upper die has a central longitudinal orifice, in which is situated a tubular spring-actuated plunger m for holding the inner member l<1> of the fastener and an annular conical surface 5, surrounding the plunger, and adapted to act upon the rim of the part b<1> to turn it over upon the edge of the part l<1>. In the case of the die, Fig. 1, for the socket part, the plunger d is provided with spring fingers 2 between which and the outer walls of the plunger the rim of the part l of the socket is held. A plunger with a slit to enable it to hold a solid stud part is also described.
Patent GB-190016082-A (GB)
Title: Combined Reversing Switch and Automatic Maximum Current Interrupter for Multi-phase Current Motors.
Inventor: KANDO COLEMAN DE
Filed: 1900-09-10
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 16,082. Kand¾, C. de. Sept. 10. Switches ; cut-outs.- Relates to electric switches applicable for reversing multiphase motors and fitted with an overload cut-out. Figs. 1 and 3 show sectional elevations, Fig. 2 a part plan, and Fig. 4 the magnetic cut-out. Within a casing a are fixed sockets b carrying contacts c connected to the generator and the motor. The circuits are completed by plugs f, interconnected as shown in Fig. 2, and carried by a shaft d, adapted to be rotated by the handle t, and also to slide longitudinally. The shaft is articulated to a sliding frame l, operated by the handle i and crank k. On turning the handle, the crank enters the slot u, and raises the frame until the spring-controlled hooks o engage hooks p carried by the cores of the electromagnet q. Should the current be excessive, the hooks p are withdrawn, and the frame and shaft fall under their own weight or the action of a spring n.
Patent GB-190022214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Substituted Sulphides.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1900-12-06
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 22,214. Ellis, G. B., [Soc. Chimique des Usines du Rh6ne, anciennement Gilliard, P. Monnet, et Cartier]. Dec. 6. p-Amidobenzoic-sulphinide is produced directly from p-nitro-o-toluenesulphamide by acting upon it with an alkaline sulphide, for example, by boiling it with a solution of sulphur in caustic soda solution. The product is precipitated by acidifying the mixture, and it is purified by extracting with carbonate of soda, reprecipitating, and recrystallizing.
Patent GB-190110597-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cupboard for Kitchen and House.
Inventor: LUTHER MARTIN
Filed: 1901-05-22
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 10,597. Luther, M. May 22. Bookcases.-A kitchen cupboard consists of two separate parts A, C. The part A is fitted with a drawer D to contain firelighting appliances and a cupboard to contain books &c. The lower part C has a lid B, and is for containing coal &c. When closed, as shown, the article can be used as a chair.
Patent GB-190111399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: TATHAM ROGER
Filed: 1901-06-04
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 11,399. Tatham, R. June 4. Tyres, pneumatic &c. - Relates to means for preventing the puncturing and slipping of pneumatic and other tyres. The tread surface of the tyre a is provided with a layer b of ground emery, glass, or like material, which may be applied either directly to the tyre or by means of cemented flexible strips. In a modification, a metal band having punched projections is secured along the tread surface by pins passed through The band and cover.
Patent GB-190113629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Signalling.
Inventor: WISEMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-07-04
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 13,629. Wiseman, W. July 4. Signals, flag, semaphore, and lamp.-Relates to apparatus for signalling by night or day from vessels, signalling - stations, &c, by means of flags, semaphores, o lamps. The signal flags are made of sheet aluminium &c., or of f bunting stretched over a frame, so that they always present a plane surface. The flags or other signals H are mounted in guidegrooves G on a standard B, and are attached to endless cords, wire ropes, or chains, passed over pulleys J, J<1>, the pulleys J<1> being loose on the hand-operated shaft L, but capable of being geared thereto by clutches M actuated by levers N, so that any particular signal can be raised into signalling position, or lowered, as required. Each pulley J<1> is provided with a ratchet-wheel 0, with which a pawl can be engaged to lock the signal in its raised position. The standard B is revolubly mounted on a pedestal A and can be rotated, through the bevel gearing D, D', by a handle or hand-wheel on the spindle E.
Patent GB-190114151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Steam Engines.
Inventor: CHANDLER NOEL
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 14,151. Chandler, N., and Chandler, N. R. July 11. Compound and multiple-expansion engines.-Re lates to engines in which the cylinders are placed tandemwise, with the low-pressure cylinder nearer the crank shaft, and the object is to construct such engines so that the piston of the low-pressure cylinder can be removed without breaking the joints of the steam pipes connected to the valvechests and steam jackets. Fig. 1 shows an example of a double-acting engine embodying the invention. In this, the high-pressure cylinder 1 comprises an inner wall or liner, a closed end 12 forming the cover of the low-pressure cylinder, and faced conical surfaces at 10, 11 which fit into a jacket formed by an extension of the low-pressure cylinder 2. The various ports communicating with the high-pressure cylinder pass from the jacket into the cylinder through the faced joints. This arrangement allows the high-pressure cylinder and cover of the low-pressure cylinder to be withdrawn, and then the low-pressure piston can be withdrawn through the jacket. Several modifications are shown in the Specification, differing in the shapes of the parts, and the application to centralvalve engines is also shown.
Patent GB-190115511-A (GB)
Title: New and Improved System for the Liquefaction of Air and other Aeriform Fluids.
Inventor: JOLY CELESTE
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 15,511. Joly, C., and Richardson, E. J. July 31. Liquefying.-The air or other gas is cooled by expansion from comparatively-low pressures or from high pressures, and it is stated that the cooling or the expansion is done in stages. Fig. 1 shows a section of apparatus for cooling in three stages. The compressed and cooled air passes from the pipe 1 through the coils 2, 3, expansion valve 4, and coil 5, where part of it liquefies and the remainder returns through the coils 10, 11, cooling the incoming air. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 4, part of the air from the inlet 1 flows through the coils 6, 7 and expansion valve 8 to the central liquefying-coil 9, and the other part flows through the pipe 2, the coil 4, and the valve 5, expands round the coil 7, and returns, with the unliquefied air from the inner coil, through the vessels surrounding the coils. Apparatus intended for cooling in four and five stages, with a corresponding number of annular spaces containing the coils are also described. The several vessels are insulated from each other and may be filled with cold expanded gas, or with unfreezable liquid, such as an alcoholic solution of calcium chloride, or with liquid air or gas, or with copper or iron filings or other conductor of heat between the coils. Valves may be used to keep the pressure at any desired point in the coils &c.
Patent GB-190118417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plastic Compositions Applicable as Electric Insulating and Acid Proof Materials and for Manufacturing Various Articles.
Inventor: ABREY ROBERT
Filed: 1901-09-14
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 18,417. Abrey, R. Sept. 14. Paper-knives.-Relates to a plastic composition applicable for use for making paper-knives. The composition consists of asphalt and copal gum melted separately and mixed, to which a melted mixture of carnauba wax, paraffin wax, and cerasin is added. After mixture, the temperature is lowered and stearic acid is added, and filling- material, such as asbestos,wood pulp, or peat fibre, is finally mixed in. The final material is rolled, and may afterwards be moulded.
Patent GB-190123069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lights for Buoys, Beacons, Lighthouses and other Places
Inventor: WIGHAM JOHN RICHARDSON
Filed: 1901-11-15
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 23,069. Wigham, J. R. Nov. 15. Beacon, buoy, lighthouse, and lightship lamps.- Relates to improvements in oil lamps of the type described in Specifications No. 18,959, A.D. 1894, and No. 38, A.D. 1898. The float cylinder, float, and drip valve therein described by which the wick is caused to move continuously over the roller of the burner is replaced by clockwork driven by a spring or springs. The same clockwork arrangement may be used to produce occultations of the light by obscuring and re-exhihiting it at the required intervals, or by assisting the upward current of hot air from the lamp to rotate occulting- screens of aluminium or other metal.
Patent GB-190203295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mills for Grinding Sugar Cane, and like Grinding Purposes
Inventor: BEKKER JACOBS JOHANNES ERNST
Filed: 1902-02-10
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 3295. Bekker, J. J. E., and Harvey, R. Feb. 10. Sugar-cane mills.-The rolls are formed with circumferential corrugations, those of one roll engaging with those of the next. The trash turner o is supported on brackets or rollers r, which rest on the first and third rolls b, c, and on brackets p on the frames a; it is adjusted by packing pieces and notched to engage with the roll b. This construction allows the trash turner to be made narrow and the rolls b, c to be brought close together. The second roll d is placed vertically above the third, and each of its caps is held down by a pair of bolts n. The first roll is placed in front of the second and third, and each of its caps is held up by two pairs of inclined bolts l, which pass through the frame at the sides of the bolts n. The bearings for the roll c are inserted from the side of the frame and are held in place by wedges h, i.
Patent GB-190204250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Bearings
Inventor: BRUN LEON LE
IPC: F16C19/40
Filed: 1902-02-19
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 4250. Le Brun, L. Feb. 19. Axle bearings.- In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, a casing 4 for the rollers is made with a spherical exterior, which takes into a correspondingly - shaped plummer block 1 to allow of the shaft 6 being brought into alignment. The rollers 5 are mounted on a number of spindles and are spaced apart by rollers 7. The rollers 5 on adjacent spindles are placed out of track, or staggered. Plates 9 support the rollers in position, and serve to retain the lubricating-oil which is inserted through a tube 3 &c. in the block 1. When it is necessary to support the shaft against end movement, rings 10 are secured to the shaft, and between these rings and the casing 4 are arranged conical &c. rollers 12 spaced apart by rollers 13. The rollers 12, 13 are mounted on spindles 14 fixed in rings 11 loosely mounted. on the shaft. Casings or caps 15 are screwed on the ends of the casing 4 to serve as oil reservoirs, the lubricant bring distributed by the motion of the rollers. The casing 4 may be provided with longitudinal grooves so that each row of rollers in passing over a groove is free to adjust itself parallel to the shaft. In another arrangement the rollers 5 are built up of punched washers, the spacing-rollers 7 being formed by small lengths of tube. The spindles carrying the rollers are coupled together by links, the holes in which may be elongated to permit a set of rollers to be adjusted to any diameter of shaft. The shaft may be provided with a bush to form a bearing-surface.
Patent GB-190214018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Miners' Safety Lamps.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 14,018. Best, W. June 20. Meters' safety lamps.-Relates particularly to lamps in which the lamp p bottom is locked to the lamp frame by means of a spring . bolt in the manner described in Specification No. 25,092, A.D. 1897. The lamp glass 4 is held permanently in position between the following - up ring 5 and a raised flange 9 formed on the lower side of the upper part of the lamp frame 1. The bonnet 7 is screwed into the upper part of the frame, and is formed with an internal flanged ring 12. A flauge 10 on the removable gauze 8 rests upon the raised flange 9, and is securely held in position by the ring 12, when the bonnet is screwed home. The inner member of the flange 10 may be prolonged so as to be visible through the lamp glass. In the lower part of the bonnet is a spring plate adapted to pass behind the upper end of a sliding rod 14, the lower end of which rests on the lamp bottom 2. The lamp is delivered with the bottom 2 locked by the spring bolt 3 in the usual way, while the bonnet is screwed on through a few turns only, and may be screwed off again by a duly-authorized person for purposes of inspection, before being screwed home; when this has been done, the bonnet cannot be removed until the lamp has been unlocked. The Provisional Specification states that a spring rod, which corresponds to the rod 14, engaging with a segmental yielding rack may be employed.
Patent GB-190216222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cutting Stencil Plates
Inventor: HORMBY JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 16,222. Hormby, J. July 21. Punching.-Stencil-plates of various patterns suitable for ornamenting buttons &c., are made by means of one or more simple punches, the plate being moved between successive strokes of the punch. The punch R, Fig. 2, is mounted in a plunger, operated through rack-and-pinion gearing by a handle c, and sliding in a frame. Below the punch is fixed a compound slide, the screws g, J of which are provided with index-wheels and locking- pawls. The upper slide H, Fig. 3, has a plug L on the bead of which turns a ring M, held on the plug by a spring pin l<1>and groove l, and carrying an indexdisc N<1>, locked by a spring pawl N. A bolster, preferably of wood, is placed in the ring M on the plug, and the plate is held on it by clamping- plates Q. The plate can then be adjusted angularly or in one or both of two directions longitudinally to give various patterns by the continued operation of one or more punches. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show forms of punches which may be used, and Fig. 9 a pattern which may be produced.
Patent GB-190216398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Basket Making Machines.
Inventor: HORTON EMMET
Filed: 1902-07-23
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 16,398. Horton, E. July 23. Stapling.-In making baskets, a stapling-device, is used. The wire 372 is fed before the cutter 352 and the former 175 by rollers operated by suitable gearing. The cutter on being moved forward cuts the wire, and the staple is formed by the former 175 which bends the wire over the arm 370 of a bender bar placed underneath. The arm 370 is then withdrawn and the staple is inserted by a driver 177 operated by a plunger 180. The various mechanisms, which are actuated by a main cam and gear shaft, are adapted to effect the various operations automatically, provision being made in some cases to provide against accidents ; and they are also adapted to make baskets of different sizes.