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Patent GB-189921671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for making up Trusses of Straw.
Inventor: PILLOY NOEL
Filed: 1899-10-30
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 21,671. Pilloy, N. July 24, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Thrashing-machines.-Relates to apparatus for receiving the straw from a thrashing-machine and forming it into trusses of uniform weight for binding by hand. In Fig. 2, C, C represent the straw shakers of a thrashing-machine, to the ends of which blocks c with spikes c<1> are attached for the purpose of feeding and packing the straw into a cradle formed by a number of arms B. B on a rotary shaft A. The straw is kept in the cradle formed by two adjacent sets of arms B, B, by blades P adjustably secured to a board Q, which prevents the dust from being blown by the thrashing-machine against the attendant. The truss, when of the required weight, is discharged by the rotation of the shaft A into the receptacle J to be bound. The shaft A is mounted in bearings at each side of the thrashing-machine. One of these bearings is carried bv an adjustable spring arm, which yields sufficiently, when the required weight of straw is in the cradle, to allow a star-wheel on the shaft A to disengage a stop on the frame, and thus allow the shaft A to make a quarter turn to discharge the truss into the receptacle J. A starwheel on the opposite end of the shaft A engages the long arm of a bell-crank lever L, the shorter arm of which is connected by a sPgment and spur gearing to a shaft M carrying prongs N which descend as the shaft A rotates, to prevent straw from falling into the cradle, and which are raised as the shaft A comes to rest to allow a free passage for the straw. The movement of the shaft A may be made to sound an alarm to call the attention of the attendant to the presence of a truss in the receptacle J.
Patent GB-189922819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candle-making Machines.
Inventor: FINDLATER ANDREW
Filed: 1899-11-15
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 22,819. Findlater, A. Nov. 15. Candles.-Relates to the clamp for removing candles from the press. Fig. 1 shows a plan. The candles are received in apertures b of the block a, and are gripped by the sliding plate c provided with slots d which engage pins e on the block a.
Patent GB-190003318-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Raising, Lowering, Supporting, and Transporting Portions of Machinery and the like.
Inventor: CRELLIN JOHN CAESAR
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 3318. Crellin, J. C. Feb. 20. Hand-trucks with lifting-gear.-Relates to apparatus for raising, lowering, and transporting machinery such as the armatures of tramcar electromotors. A pair of axles c, each with a pair of wheels, are connected by a screw a oppositely threaded at its two ends. Each axle also carries a pair of stays e pivoted to a cradle g which is further steadied by a rod h which slides in staple guides i carried by a rod k. By the operation of a handwheel l on the screw a the cradle g can be raised and lowered with its load. In a modification, the screw a operates two pairs of toggle-levers.
Patent GB-190005215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cigars and Cigarettes.
Inventor: MCLEAN JAMES HARDIE
Filed: 1900-03-19
Granted: 1901-03-19
Abstract: 5215. McLean, J. H. March 19. Cigars; cigarettes.-Cigars and cigarettes have applied to their ends ignitible mixtures, so that they can be lighted without the use of matches. The cigars &c. may be first dipped in a mixture of chlorate of potash and carbon, and then touched with a phosphorus composition. Or the ignitible mixture may be applied to a paper &c. cap which is then fitted on the cigar or cigarette. In a modified arrangement, the cigar &c. is tipped with a safety match composition which ignites only on a prepared surface.
Patent GB-190009850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Open-fire-grates.
Inventor: PURNELL ERNEST JOHN
Filed: 1900-05-29
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 9850. Purnell, E. J. May 29. Fireplaces; air supply. -An air chamber A is formed at the back of the fireplace by means of a false back c and a cover g supported on brackets f carried by the false back. The false back is provided with alternate horizontal rows of nozzles i and apertures h, and is supported upon the grate bars a by means of feet e. The cover g is on a level with the top bar d. Air passes to the fuel in the directions shown by the arrows.
Patent GB-190015091-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting Device for Escapements of Watches.
Inventor: DUCOMMUN-DEGEN AUGUSTE
Filed: 1900-08-23
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 15,091. Ducommun-Degen, A. Aug. 23. Escapements, framework. - Relates to the adjustment of a lever escapement. Concentric with the balance staff and under the plate D is a cock P which bears a boss A that rises through a wide hole a in the plate and carries a small cock E by means of a screw and two feet s, s<1>. The escapement lever F is pivoted in the two cocks, and its engagement with the escape-wheel R is adjusted by turning the large cock slightly on its centre after loosening a pair of set-screws which fix it, their heads overlapping short slots. To effect the adjustment delicately, a notch b in the edge of the cock is engaged by the head of a tangent-screw.
Patent GB-190022074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knife for Brickmaking and other similar Machines
Inventor: TYMM ELLIS MONTAGU
Filed: 1900-12-05
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 22,074. Tymm, E. M., and Slack, T. R. Dec. 5. Pug-mills.-The knife or screw blade e is cast separately, and is fixed to the boss a by a dovetail tapered projection e<x>, which is inserted in a tapered dovetail groove b-c in the b o s s at an angle to the axial line of the shaft.
Patent GB-190022699-A (GB)
Title: Process of Recovering and Separating Metals from their Ores and Concentrates thereof.
Inventor: FRASCH HANS ALBERT
Filed: 1900-12-12
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 22,699. Frasch, H A. Dec. 12. Alkaline hydrates.- Relates to a process of treating metallic ores in which the metallic contents are first dissolved and then deposited by electrolytic action, these two operations being simultaneously c o n - ducted in the same vats, and with the formation during the process of a solution of alkali. The apparatus consists of a number of vats 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, in the bottom of each of which is a layer of the ground ore to form the anode, an electric conductor 9 being embedded therein. Above the ore is arranged a diaphragm consisting preferably of a layer of sand 11. The electrolyte fills the vat, and the cathodes 12, consisting preferably of the same metal as is to be deposited, are suspended in the electrolyte. Two streams of electrolytes are caused to flow simultaneously through the vats. The lower stream through the anode is being continually deprived of its metallic contents by deposition. Regulators are arranged as shown at 19, 20, 21, 22 between the vats. The regulators determine the flow of the two electrolytes in accordance with their respective densities. The regulator consists of a vessel with a hollow float suspended in it. The vessel is provided with an inlet communicating with one vat just above the diaphragm 11 and with an overflow into the top of the next vat The float is connected by flexible pipes in a similar way to the anodes of two adjacent vats. The overflow within the float consists of a pipe with funnel-shaped mouth, as shown in dotted lines. The overflow pipes from the vats may in some cases be led into tanks for the separation and redistribution of the electrolytes to the vats in any desired manner. The apparatus may be worked in various ways according to requirements. In one method, a solution of common salt is fed into the vat 2. Alkali is formed in the upper part of the vat, and can be caused by means of the tank 15 to circulate continually therethrough until it is sufficiently concentrated. A solution of the metals is formed in the anode of the vat 2, and flows through the anodes of the remaining vats, being finally discharged into the tank 39, from which it is conveyed to the upper part of the vat 3, and the deposition of the dissolved metal takes place ; the process continues until the ore is exhausted. If there are a number of metals in the ore, separate metals are deposited in separate vats, which may be arranged in multiple if necessary.
Patent GB-190103128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blow Lamps or Burning Off Torches.
Inventor: ADAMS JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-02-13
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 3128. Adams, J., [trading as Burridge & Co.]. Feb. 13. Soldering and brazing.-Relates to blow lamps or burning-off torches for the use of painters, plumbers, or zinc workers. The top a<2> and sides a<3> of the reservoir a are made from a single piece of metal suitably drawn. Means are provided for igniting the lamp with spirit drawn from the reservoir a instead of from a separate receptacle. A valve c communicates with the reservoir a by a passage c' and the outlet c<4> is directed against the junction c<5> of the feed tube d<5> and burner tube d<3>. and also towards the well d in the crown of the reservoir a. The reservoir a is first heated by a taper or the like, and the valve c, which consists of a screw plug, is opened so that a stream of spirit fills the well d. The valve c is then closed, the burner valve d<4> is opened, the spirit in the well d is ignited, and the lamp started.
Patent GB-190104715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Piling Coal, or other Materials, and for removing such Coal, or Materials, from a Pile.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-03-05
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 4715. Johnson, J. Y., [Dodge Coal Storage Co.]. March 5. Loading a n d unloading; cranes.-An apparatus for piling coal &c., and for removing such material from a pile, comprises a movable structure B pivoted at one end on a fixed structure A and running at the other on rails B<2>. The structure A and the pivot b are open in the centre to allow of the passage of the elevator by means of which the coal &c. is raised from the hopper D, and carried to discharging position over the pile. Fig. 6 shows one side of the pivot b in section. It comprises two rings M connected by castings in which are pivoted wheels m running on a circular rail fixed to the structure A and carrying a similar rail fixed to the bridge B. Internal and external rollers, such as p<2>, keep the pivot central. The elevator may be of the endless-chain type, and have horizontal runs running in troughs in the bridge B. The upper trough discharges on to the pile, and the lower trough can be loaded by a scraping- bucket I carried by a trolley I' so as to bring the coal &c. to a shoot H. Instead of the endless conveyer and elevator, a single grab-bucket may be used, the structure B being then somewhat modified. The motor which drives the elevator &c. and traverses the bridge B may be situated on the ground. It may, however, be mounted on the movable structure B, and in that case the pipe conveying the motive fluid is carried by a tower having a projecting arm, to a position directly over the centre of rotation, and there connected by a swivel coupling to the motor supply pipe.
Patent GB-190107229-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture or Production of an Improved Knitted Fabric.
Inventor: NABHOLZ HANS
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 7229. Nabholz, H. April 6. Knitted fabrics ; circular knitting- machines.-A fabric showing a ribbed or twilled surface on one side, Fig. 1, and a cellular or honeycomb surface, Fig. 2, on the other, is made on a circular looperwheel machine with four feeders. In the courses made by the first and second feeders, the odd needles are not pressed and the even needles are pressed, and, in those made by the third and fourth feeders, the odd needles are pressed and the even needles are not pressed. In any vertical or horizontal line of Fig. 1 it will be seen that three loops are knocked over alternately with one.
Patent GB-190110671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames or Supports for Balance Targets.
Inventor: SPENCER JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 10,671. Spencer, J. T. May 23. Targets. -Relates to means for raising and lowering balanced targets used for shooting practice. The form shown in front elevation in Fig. 1 comprises two H-sectioned iron uprights c, which support a horizontal shaft d carrying a chain-wheel e at each end. Chains f pass round the chainwheels, and are connected to carriers h, h<2> on which are secured, respectively, the frames of the target a and the dummy b, so that, when one is in its uppermoat position, the other is in its lowest. The ends of the carriers are provided with flanged rollers, which diminish the friction between the carriers and the uprights c. The dummy may be replaced by a weight. The chains are operated by hand or foot, a foot-lever l being shown in front and side elevation in Fig. 3. The lever acts upon a pivoted lever m, connected by a chain n to a quadrant o carried by a shaft p, so that, as the shaft turns, the bar r, connected to it, is raised or lowered.
Patent GB-190111819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Seats, for Outside Use on Passenger Vehicles, Exposed Places, or Inside of Public Buildings.
Inventor: BEDFORD GEORGE
Filed: 1901-06-10
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 11,819. B e d - ford, G. June 10. Seats ; seat protectors.-Relates to outside seats for tramcars and other vehicles. When the occupant rises, the slat or hinged seat A is automatically placed under the fixed cover D by the spring C or a weight.
Patent GB-190112735-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Label Attachment to Reels or Spools for Cottons, Threads, Silks, Cords, Wires or the like to Cut the Lengths as Required and Prevent Unwinding.
Inventor: GRANT ALFRED
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 12,735. Grant, A. June 22. Reels of string, thread, or wire, are fitted at one end with a metal disc having a lip on one side to hold the end of the thread and a notch on the other side to cut it. The disc proper serves as a label, and holds to the reel by means of a screw or split bush fitting the hole.
Patent GB-190119878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters
Inventor: HATFIELD HENRY STAFFORD
Filed: 1901-10-05
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 19,878. Hatfield, H. S. Oct. 5. Current and energy meters.-A recording-apparatus is arranged as shown iu Fig. 1. A movable magnetic core 6, carried by a counterweighted lever 1, is returned to a zero position, in opposition to the pull of a solenoid 7 carrying a current to be measured, by a spring 9, the pull of which is varied automatically by a motor, and indicated by a pen 11 on paper on a recording-drum 13. Rapid movements of the lever 1 are checked by a dash-pot 34. The pen 11 is carried by a slider 10 on a guide-rod 12. The motor is controlled electrically by currents from a battery 33 through two contacts 4, 5, between which the lever 1 moves. The motor is connected with the slider 10 by an endless cord 14, passed round guide-pulleys and two driving-pulleys 18, 19. The driving-pulleys are attached to two toothed wheels, and carried by a frame 22, pivoted at 23 so that either wheel may be placed in gear with a pinion 28 of the motor. The frame 22 is movable for this purpose by an armature situated between two electromagnets 25, 26, one of which is energized by current from the battery 33 when the lever 1 touches one of the contacts 4, 5. The motor is stopped by a high-speed wheel 30 being acted on by a brake 29, when this is not lifted by an electromagnet 32, in the battery circuit. In modifications, the core 6 may be replaced by a coil carrying a current, and the apparatus used to record electric power ; the spring 9 may be replaced by a permanent magnet attracting an armature ; or the coil 7 may be moved by the action of the motor to varying distances from the core 6. A maximum-demand indicator, Fig. 2, is also arranged so that the action of the current is balanced by mechanical means, the deflection of which indicates the maximum current. A spring barrel 42 is geared to a fan, and to a wheel 37, which carries a pointer 38 over a scale ; it thus tends to move the pointer, but is stopped by a brake 29, which is carried by a lever 1, and is applied by a spring 9 supported by the wheel 37 and acting on the lever. The current passes through a stationary coil 7, and acts on a core 6 attached to the lever 1, to withdraw the brake. When the wheels are thus released, the spring 9 is slowly wound up until it balances the attraction of the coil 7 and re-applies the brake. A ratchet and pawl 44 allow the main spring to be rewound, and the wheel 37 and pointer 38 returned to zero.
Patent GB-190120544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Switches.
Inventor: ANDERSON ANDREW ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-10-14
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 20,544. Anderson, A. A. March 14, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Points and switches operated from the vehicle &c. The tongues 1, 2 are connected through the bar 3, bell cranks 6, 7, and rods 8, 15 to arms on the vertical shafts 10, 17. These shafts are turned to open and close the points by an arm 21 on the vehicle striking cams 9, 19. Springs 14, 20, fixed to the sleepers, bear against the cams and lock the points.
Patent GB-190125591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shuttle Changing Devices for Looms.
Inventor: COSSERAT OSCAR
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 25,591. Cosserat, O. June 22, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Loom shuttle changing mechanism. - A selfshuttling loom, which stops temporarily on failure of weft to allow a full shuttle to be supplied, has a magazine composed of a rectangular frame 1, 2, 3, mounted to oscillate about supports 5, 6 on the loom frame and provided with an open-ended rectangular channel 4, into which the shuttles pass from the magazine. From this channel, the lowest shuttle 7 is forced into the shuttle box by a driver connected to a chain which travels in front of the channel and is actuated by means of a bell-crank lever and cam. The shuttle box s is fixed to two parallel bars o fitted to slide upon the lay and actuated by a lever n and cam m. When the working shuttle is nearly exhausted, or the weft breaks, the weft-stop motion releases the loom handle, and simultaneously actuates a brake acting upon the loom shaft. The loom handle, when released, is pulled by a spring so as to shift the belt from the fast pulley, over a loose pulley, to a third pulley, which drives the shaft l carrying the cam m. After the shuttle box has been lifted to the magazine and received a full shuttle therefrom, it moves down to its working position, and at the same time the brake is released by means of a lever and cam, and the belt is shifted to the fast pulley.
Patent GB-190125940-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Display-apparatus.
Inventor: STRUMPF LUDWIG
Filed: 1901-12-19
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 25,940. Strumpf, L. Dec. 19. Displaying.-Curtains, fabrics, carpets, pictures, postcards, and other articles are displayed bv apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1. The articles are cariied on brackets C, which are mounted on spindles b having bearings in a U-shaped bracket or support, within which moves a carriage g having a rack g<1> which gears with pinions f on the spindles b, thus turning the brackets c and the displayed articles. The carriage is actuated by a pin m on an endless chain k, actuated by any suitable motor.
Patent GB-190200999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Controlled Railway Switches.
Inventor: PASS ERNEST DE
Filed: 1902-01-14
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 999. De Pass, E., [Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co.]. Jan. 14. Points and switches on electric railways are operated by opening or closing the motor circuit and thereby sending a small or large current through a pole-changing device and one or other of a pair of solenoids of which the plunger is connected to the tongue of the points. A contact block 2 is connected to the trolley wire by clamps 14, 22 and carries two angular contact strips 3, 4 which are bridged by the trolley wheel 5. One strip 3 is connected to the trolley wire 1 through the solenoid 28, which has a vertically-moving plunger carrying a switch arm 32. This arm connects the strip 4 through the resistance 35 and contacts 33 or 34 to one or other of the coils 36. 37. The pole-changing switch is such that it is only operated by the large current when the motor is not cut out of circuit, and it is placed in a casing on one of the trolley-wire poles &c. The solenoids 36, 37 are contained in a tubular casing with annular ends 47, 48 through which a central tube passes, screw joints and washers being used to make the casing watertight, and a spring 62 being placed between one end and the solenoids. The leads from the pole-changing switch are made under a partitioned insulating- cap 95 in the watertight couplingÀbox attached to one head 47. The motion of the plunger is imparted to the point tongue 9 through a lever 66, which is held in either position by the spring toggle 74. The tapered pivot of the lever is held in its bearing or can be ejected therefrom by a tapered key 70. The whole of this mechanism is contained in an outer box which has two covers 41, 42 resting on internal ledges.
Patent GB-190203066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Lamps.
Inventor: TOMPKINS HARRY SAYRE
Filed: 1902-02-06
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 3066. Tompkins, H. S. Feb. 6. Carriage, velocipede, &c. lamps.-To facilitate the insertion of the burner into the lamp or lantern, and to lock the wick and wick-raising apparatus in the desired position, the spindle o, l of the wick-raising pinion n is made telescopic, and is normally prevented from turning by the abutment of one of the angular edges of the thumb-piece p against a lug s on the body d. The tubular part l of the spindle is mounted in a support i located within the casing d, and is keyed to the extensible part o by the engagement of the lug q in the slot r, the longitudinal movement of the part o being limited by stops k.
Patent GB-190203642-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Purifying by Extraction the Syrups, Drainings and Molasses obtained in the Manufacture of Sugar
Inventor: KOWALSKI MIECZYSLAW
IPC: C13B20/00
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 3642. Kowalski, M. Feb. 12. Purifying saccharine liquids and syrups.-Syrups, drainings, and molasses, obtained in the manufacture of sugar, are purified by means of phenol, or derivatives thereof, or other oxybenzols or their derivatives, oxynaphthalenes, oxyanthracenes, or other compounds adapted to extract the non- saccharine matters from the syrups &c. After the phenol or other reagent has been thoroughly mixed with the diluted syrups &c., the mixture is treated with acids, preferably sulphurous or hydrosulphurous acid. The action of the phenol, or other reagent, may be intensified by adding benzene, petroleum, benzol, toluol, or the like. The purified syrups &c., after their crystallization has been prevented by previous inversion, can be used in textile finishing processes, or in tanning.
Patent GB-190204946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Photo-Engraving of Metallic Plates for Printing Purposes
Inventor: COX ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-02-27
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 4946. Cox, A. Feb. 27. Photo-mechanical printing.-Steel and like metallic plates for use in photo-engraving are prepared by cleaning and then applying a thin coating of another metal, preferably silver, platinum, zinc, tin, or copper, slowly by electrolysis or immersion. A coating of sensitized material will then adhere firmly to the prepared surface. The film may be rubbed or dissolved off after etching.
Patent GB-190205477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Cleaners.
Inventor: MEALEY ELIZABETH ANN
Filed: 1902-03-05
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 5477. Mealey, E. A., and Mealey, G.B. M. March 5. Windows, cleaning. - The appliance consists of a handle 2, carrying a metal head 13 provided with slots 16 in the face 17 to receive the cloth, leather, &c. 7. The entire frame of the head 13 may be produced from a single blank.