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Patent GB-189722581-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Attaching Rubber to the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes, and to other Articles.
Inventor: KNIGHT PETER
Filed: 1897-10-02
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 22,581. Knight, P., and Wright, M. W. Oct. 2. Junction rubber and similar combinations. - Pieces of rubber for attachment to boot soles and other articles are formed with vulcanized backings B, on which bear the heads of fixing- screws. The holes in the soft part of the rubber may be filled by plugs F of rubber or the like.
Patent GB-189728087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for making Crozes for Curved Cask Headings.
Inventor: ANTHON JOHANN
Filed: 1897-11-29
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 28,087. Anthon, J. Nov. 29. W o o d c a s k s, making. Crozes are made for curved cask heads, as shown in Fig. 4, by apparatus such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The cask, which is mounted between two toothed rings, is rotated before the crozing-cutter v, which is carried on a table a, adjustably mounted between dovetail guides on a table b. The table a is guided by suitable curved slots, and carries rollers s which are held towards a templet F by counterweights. In a modification, the templet is dispensed with, the table being actuated by a crank.
Patent GB-189728672-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Shaping, Sizing, and Cutting or Sharpening the Drills of Rock Drills or other Tools.
Inventor: KIMBER WALTER EDWARD
Filed: 1897-12-04
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 28,672. Kimber, W. E. Dec. 4. Forging.-Drills for rock drills and other tools are shaped, sized, and cut or sharpened between the dies I, I<1> and cutters K, K<1>, of which the upper ones are mounted on a slide G driven through a toggle F from an eccentric on the shaft C. The dies I, I<1>, shown in side view in Fig. 3, are tapered to form the drill from a heated bar, and also have tapered grooves indicated in dotted lines for sizing the drill when turned on edge. The cutter K is adjustable on the slide G by bolts and set-screws so that it may be placed correctly over the lower cutter K<1>. The latter is mounted on a hinged arm which is raised and lowered by a wedge M worked by a lever N. A stop 0 limits the motion of this lever, and springs H are provided to lift the slide G.
Patent GB-189807207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trousers Stretcher.
Inventor: MCGILL DANIEL
Filed: 1898-03-24
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 7207. McGill, D. March 24. Trouser stretchers.-Fig. 3 shows a side view of the appliance, with the trousers T in place for stretching, and Fig. 4 a plan of the apparatus without the trousers. It consists of a rectangular frame in two parts A, A', pivoted together at B and having at its other end recessed bars C with wedge-shaped projections D at each end with which engage the correspondingly-shaped ends of loose bars E so as to hold the trousers in place. The trousers T are engaged with the frame as shown in Fig. 3, and are then stretched by straightening the frame, which is held in the straightened position by a pin G passed through the holes F, K in the frame. When not in use, the part A<1> is folded inside the part A and the two are held together by the pin G, which is passed through the holes F in each part.
Patent GB-189810455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Burning and Heating.
Inventor: GARR HORACE STRINGFELLOW
Filed: 1898-05-07
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 10,455. Garr, H. S., and Hunter, C. F. May 7. Cooking &c. stoves.-Relates essentially to the application of combustion chambers or flues of triangular section in furnaces, stoves, and ovens for various purposes. The Provisional Specification also mentions chambers of " octangular" and other suitable section. The invention may be applied to water-heaters, cooking-stoves, &c., and solid or liquid fuel may be used. Figs. 5 and 8 show a cooking-stove with a single triangular flue B<11> below an oven chamber in which deflecting- plates R, S, S are fitted. Above the oven is a water-heater U traversed by small triangular flues, dampers being provided to control the passage of the heating-gases therethrough. Cooking-utensils may be placed on the flat top of the firebox A<1>. Air may be admitted through openings in a damper I<1> to mix with the fire-gases as they enter the contracted mouth of the flue. Additional ovens may be located at the sides of the firebox.
Patent GB-189813476-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Branding Composition.
Inventor: GIBSON HARRISON
Filed: 1898-06-16
Granted: 1898-07-16
Abstract: 13,476. Gibson, H. June 16. Marking animals.-A liquid branding-composition is made of a mixture of an alkaline sulphide, preferably barium sulphide, with coal-gas tar in equal parts by weight. The mixture may be thinned by the addition of American potash and water and spirits of turpentine in equal parts.
Patent GB-189816539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Safety Devices for Railway Cars.
Inventor: BURKHART HOLLIDAY HICKS
Filed: 1898-07-29
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 16,539. Burkhart, H. H. July 29. Buffers; safety guards between vehicles.-The buffer heads 6 are made oval, and are carried by rods 2, in spring casings 1, fixed near the roof of the vehicle. Between the rods 2 a netting 10 is stretched, so as to provide a safety guard between the vehicles.
Patent GB-189901790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book-cover Protectors.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1899-01-26
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 1790. Johnson, J. Y., [Cornwall, G.]. Jan. 26. Bookbinding.-A book - cover protector comprises a square backing-sheet 1, and four pocket-pieces 10 for enclosing the corners of the book cover. The sheet 1 is placed against the back of the cover so that one of its diagonals extends along the central line of the cover and the corners 2, 3 are folded inwards ; the corner 4 is preferably cut even with the edge of the book cover, and the corner 5 is folded over. The pocket-pieces 10 are fitted on the corners of the cover, and secured to the backing-piece 1. The pocket-pieces may be formed from triangular pieces obtained by cutting a square sheet diagonally.
Patent GB-189923002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes, Waggonettes, Dog-carts, and other like Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DONNELLY AGNES
Filed: 1899-11-18
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 23,002. Donnelly, A. Nov. 18. Seats and seat backs for brakes, dogcarts, wagonettes, and the like. A series of chair seats b are fitted which may have curved backs a resting against the built-up sides of the vehicles.
Patent GB-190003776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Charging or Discharging Coke Ovens, Open Hearth or Steel Heating Furnaces, and the like.
Inventor: BROWN ALEXANDER EPHRAIM
Filed: 1900-02-27
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 3776. Brown, A. E. Feb. 27. Coking.-Apparatus for charging or discharging coke ovens, open-hearth steel - heating furnaces, and the like is formed so that the pusher-bar does not project to the rear of the machine when it is not in use. The ovens &c. must have doors at each end, so that a pusher-bar can be introduced at one end to force the charge out of the other end. The operative parts are contained in a steel box girder C, mounted upon a movable truck or platform running upon rails placed along the fronts of the ovens &c. The girder is strengthened by rail o r angle iron stiffeners r. Within the girder is mounted, so that the wheels 29 thereof run upon tracks g, a hollow beam B. The beam is supported at its forward end by a roller 30 mounted on the girder. Within the beam is mounted the pusher-bar A having two pairs of wheels 27, 28 which bear against the lower and upper inner surfaces thereof respectively. The lower surface of the beam is provided with a rack 31, which is driven by means of gear 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 from a motor, preferably an electric motor, carried on the platform close to the operator's house X. Two parallel chains 21 are connected at one of their ends to the fixed girder C at 20, and, passing around pulleys 22 mounted on the beam B, are connected at the other end to an anchor 23 pivoted to the bar A. The anchor is also connected to a second pair of chains 24, which pass around pulleys 25 mounted on the beam B and are connected at their other ends to the girder C at 26. It will be seen that, as the beam B is driven outwards by the mechanism, the pulleys 22 and 25 also travel outwards, but that the anchor 23 attached to the chains, and therefore also the bar A, travel twice as fast. Modifications may be made, two being shown, whereby by varying the positions and arrangements generally of the chains, the pusher-bar may be moved forwards two, three or more times as fast as the hollow beam B, or wherein the pusher-bar moves outwards or inwards to its full extent before the beam B begins to move at all.
Patent GB-190003865-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Breakdown or Emergency Motor Governor.
Inventor: HEPBURN GEORGE
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 3865. Hepburn, G., Taylor, J., and Evans, D. H. Feb. 28. Stop gear.-Comprises engine governor or stop mechanism suitable for engines driving electrical generators, which is adapted to come into action in case of a breakdown, or in case the load is suddenly taken off the engine, but which is inoperative while the engine is running under normal conditions. Fig. 2 shows the governor in side elevation, and Fig. 5 shows a mode of applying it. On a bracket b, attached to the air-pump lever m, or other moving part, is pivoted a weight a connected with a pawl d mounted on the same bracket. The connection is effected through a piece e secured to the weight by a spring. Above the weight a is a detent h. Normally the weight is pressed downwards by a spring-pressed bolt n, but if the engine speed becomes excessive the weight moves so as to thrust the pawl d into engagement with the lever l whereby the throttle valve o is actuated so as to check the speed or stop the engine. The weight a is held temporarily by the detent h, but this has a tail i acted on by a spring, as shown in Fig. 3, and so arranged that at the next downward stroke it strikes against the lever l so as to release the detent.
Patent GB-190007274-A (GB)
Title: Non-refillable Bottle.
Inventor: BOGUE ROBERT J
Filed: 1900-04-19
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 7274. Bogue, R. J. April 19. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The bottle neck is fitted with a seat a for the spherical valve c, which is held on the seat by the lining l, secured in position by the split spring ring p, or by cement &c. A tube b extends through the valve c, and projects through the aperture m in the lining, the chamber e at the upper end of the tube enclosing a float valve g. The tube b is adapted to register with the aperture h in the valve seat a, when the bottle is inverted for pouring out the contents, but the tube is normally held out of alignment with the aperture by the heavy ball k enclosed in the annular chamber j, so preventing refilling by pouring in liquid, or by immersing the bottle in the liquid. The float valve g prevents refilling by the method of exhausting the air from the bottle whilst the latter is held in an inverted position. The partitions n, o on the lining l prevent tampering with the valve.
Patent GB-190010905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens.
Inventor: SALISBURY SENECA MORRIS
Filed: 1900-06-15
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 10,905. Salisbury, S. M., and Salisbury, E. E. June 15. Pens, reservoir. The casing A is made in two separable parts connected by a sliding joint 14. The ink reservoir B is made of rubber, and is attached to the nipple 15 and to the button 19, which loosely fits an opening 21 in the back of the casing A. The ink guide D consists of a bent wire 30, 31, terminating in flat paddle 32. The nib is secured in place by the movable barrel E, which is formed with an overhanging point 30<a>.
Patent GB-190013911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps.
Inventor: POLSON SIDNEY MCMAHAN
Filed: 1900-08-03
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 13,911. Polson, S. M., and Polson, J. Aug. 3. Well pumps ; pumps with reciprocating barrels or cylinders.-The casing comprises the parts A, A<1> connected by a part A<2> of greater diameter. Fitting in the part A<1> is a piston E<1> having depending from it a tube E carrying a barrel B in which fits a second piston F<1>. The piston F<1> is carried on a hollow rod, which is prevented from moving by a packing-ring H<1> engaging a cone on the end of the rod and by a gripper I. Valves, opening upwards, are fitted in cages, which allow of the passage of water through them, above the piston E', the piston F<1>, and the upper end of the hollow piston-rod respectively, and holes are provided at the bottom of the tube E. In operation, the pump delivers on both strokes, and part of the supply is drawn through the hollow piston-rod. The gripper consists of a slotted plate, Fig. 2, at the lower end of which are pivoted two hooks J, which can be forced outwards into engagement with the casing by means of a wedge K. A friction spring M prevents the gripper from falling when the hooks J are retracted. The bolt securing this spring to the gripper also passes through a slot in the wedge K. The gripper is withdrawn by means of a two-pronged fork which can be sprung over the upper barbed end of the wedge K.
Patent GB-190015161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: ROYSTON ERNEST RICHARD
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 15,161. Royston, E. R., [Hoy, W.]. Aug. 25. Lubricators.-Relates to lubricators operated by vacuum and chiefly applicable to condensing steam engines. The ram a, which pumps the lubricant, is operated by the piston f working in the cylinder e, the opposite ends of which are in communication with a vacuum, preferably that of the condenser of the steam engine, and the atmosphere respectively. The slide valve k, by which the vacuum is put in connection with the ends of the cylinder alternately, is connected by the rod r with the lever q. The part q<1> of the lever q is acted on by the projections m<1> on the bell-crank lever m. The lever m is operated by tappets n and by the spring o, which pulls the lever over to one side or the other as soon as one of the tappets has moved it past the central position. The lubricant cylinder b is provided with inlet and outlet valves, and also with a regulating-valve. The lubricant may be delivered through a sight-feed tube.
Patent GB-190015936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Axle Boxes for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: PAGE WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1900-09-07
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 15,936. Page, W. C. Sept. 7. Axle-boxes; securing on axles.-A road-vehicle axle-box 3 has at the inner end a screwed cap 7 having a projection 8 entering an annular recess 4, which also receives a collar 2 on the axle 1, and washers 9 and 10. The cap is clamped in position by a set-screw 11 entering one of a number of recesses in the overhanging part 5 of the axle-box. The cap has two holes for the insertion of an adjusting-wrench.
Patent GB-190016691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speaking Tubes.
Inventor: DAWKINS ALBERT JEZZARD
Filed: 1900-09-19
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 16,691. Dawkins, A. J., and Scarlett, J. W Sept. 19. Speaking-tubes.-The speaking-tube a is provided with a speaking-cup d, and a branch tube b is provided with an ear-tube c, the speaking-cup or the branch b being fitted with a shutter or closure e, operated by any suitable means, so that conversation can be carried on without moving the tube from the mouth to the ear. A diaphragm or partition f of magnetic character is placed in the tubes, with the object of intensifying the sound.
Patent GB-190105216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Clutches.
Inventor: CARLSON CHARLES OTTO
Filed: 1901-03-12
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 5216. Carlson, C. O. March 12. Clutches, friction. The friction segments 4 are formed with radial openings to work over guides 10 on the disc 3, which is secured to the shaft 2. Springs 13 placed between the guides and the inner walls of the openings serve to draw the segments inwards. The segments are forced outwards into contact with the inside of the drum 1 by means of levers 19, which have seats 21 to bear against lugs on the ends of the segments; the levers are formed with central ribs 22, which lie in slots in the lugs ; at their inner ends they bear upon the operating-cone 25, and at their outer ends they are fulcrumed in pairs against plates 15 ; the plates are loosely mounted on pins 14 secured to the disc, and are of wedge shape, so that, by adjusting them endways, wear of the parts may be taken up.
Patent GB-190105361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres
Inventor: BAIER JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-03-13
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 5361. Baier, J., and Clark, E. March 13. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to a spring tyre of the type shown in cross-section in Fig. 2. The tyre consists of transverselyarranged helically-coiled springs b, which are bent to an oval shape and which have their ends connected together under a circumferential helical spring f. The opposite sides of each spring bare connected by a rubber strip g, and adjacent springs are held together by wire. The springs are enclosed in a canvas-lined rubber cover l, which is secured to the wheel rim a by hooks or the like. Each spring is formed from an ordinary helix by slightly separating the coils, and inclining them to the axis of the helix to form flat superposed coils. Two or more of these springs are then secured edge to edge by wire d, either to lie in one plane or to give a zig-zag shape. In modifications, the separate transverse springs may consist of wire wound round a rubber core, or they may be replaced by one helically-coiled spring. The spring f may be replaced by a wire.
Patent GB-190106335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tree Felling Machines.
Inventor: DOW FRED FORD
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 6335. Lake, H. H., [Dow, F. F.]. March 26. Tree - felling; tools.-Relates to a machine for felling trees in which a revolving cutting-tool 1 of suitable length is drawn through the tree by a hand frame 5. The cutter axis is rotated from a motor 8 by a flexible shaft 10. The construction of the cutting tool is shown on a larger scale in Figs. 3 and 4. A sufficient number of toothed discs 2 are slipped on to a polygonal bar 3 and clamped together by a screwed collar 61. The teeth of adjacent cutters are placed out of alignment.
Patent GB-190113481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Playing a New Game of Skill and Releasing a Coin-freed Prize to Successful Players.
Inventor: GARRETT ABRAHAM LEWIS
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 13,481. Garrett, A. L., and Courtis, R. July 2. Games played with projectors, coins, &c.-Relates to game apparatus in which a coin inserted in a slot falls on an incline, and is projected by a spring pusher with the object of causing it to fall into a receptacle, in which case it actuates mechanism which delivers a token entitling the player to a prize. Figs. 2 and 5 show parts of the apparatus. A vertical casing is provided with a false back and a glazed front, between which there is a narrow space, in which the coin is projected. The coin falls on an incline j, Fig. 5, and rests against a spring pusher p working in a slot q, by which it can be projected. If the coin falls between the pins m, it passes into the receptacle n, which delivers it to the coin mechanism. Guides k, l serve to direct the coin into the bottom of the casing if it misses the receptacle. Fig. 2 shows the coin mechanism. The coin passes into a shoot x with a cross-bar y, which causes it to fall edgewise on a pivoted lever z and between arms 2. The weight of the coin tilts the lever and frees a slide 3, which, when drawn forward by a handle, delivers a token from the magazine 11 down a shoot 13 to the opening 15. The movement of the slide also carries the arms 2 forwards, moving the coin off the lever z and allowing it to fall into the bottom of the casing. A spring 16 returns the slide. In a modified arrangement, the coin mechanism is of a somewhat simpler character.
Patent GB-190114001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Drying Cloth and the like
Inventor: RUSSELL CHARLES WARD
Filed: 1901-07-09
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 14,001. Russell, C. W. July 9. Drying fabrics. - In a machine for drying woollen, linen, cotton, and other cloth or the like, the drying is effected by two series of overlapping steam pipes A<13>, A<14> in, and a current of air passing through, an annular space between a telescopic sheet-metal reflecting-casing A<11> and the cloth B. The halves of the reflecting-casing and the steam pipes are supported by a side A<1> fixed to sills A and an adjustable side A" having grooved wheels running on rails. The sides are connected by adjusting-shafts A<5> screw-threaded at one end and prevented from moving longitudinally by bearings at the other end, where they carry sprocket-wheels A<6> connected by a chain A'. One side carries a pyramidal deflector A<8> to direct the air, driven through an opening in a partition A<9> by a fan A<10>, to the annular space, from which it is again drawn by the fan. The cloth passes from a pile B', between friction bars B<2>, to chains B<3> carrying pins B<4> or clamps to engage the edges of the cloth. The chains are supported by sprocket-wheels on shafts B<6> which support telescopic cylinders B', and sprocket-wheels b<1> supported in sliding bearings on brackets B<8> obliquely adjustable for stretching the cloth. One of the brackets is laterally adjustable to suit various widths of cloth. The dried cloth is detached from the chains by rollers B<9>, passed through a plaiting-frame B<10> and folded on a coil B<11>.
Patent GB-190115870-A (GB)
Title: Advertising
Inventor: SNELL CHARLES SCOTT
Filed: 1901-08-07
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 15,870. Snell, C. S. Aug. 7. Advertising. - The parts of advertisements are carried on bars or rollers a, so that, when these are rotated i n succession, the advertisements will be displayed successively, in parts, as if being written. Such advertisements are adapted to be displayed by day, and may be illuminated for display at night. The rollers are preferably rotated by an endless chain f having claws which engage with projections h on the ends of the rollers, or on spring boxes mounted thereon, flanges J on the chain, or pawls engaging with ratchet discs, serving to hold the rollers in place after being rotated. The rollers may be rotated against the action of springs, so that, when a complete advertisement is displayed, the rollers may be simultaneously returned to their original position by releasing the pawls by means of a sliding-bar or oscillating- shaft, actuated by suitable mechanism. The advertisements may be on bands carried on the rollers, and the space between the rollers may be covered by laths.
Patent GB-190117091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Explosion Engines and Motors.
Inventor: KOERTING ERNST
Filed: 1901-08-26
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 17,091. K÷rting, E. Aug. 26. Gas engines.-Two-stroke cycle gas engines are supplied with air and gas by different pumps l, m. The air pump always delivers its full charge, but the gas pump is provided with a bye-pass and valve r under the control of a governor by which the pump m draws back again from the pipe p some of the gas which it had delivered. Fig. 1 shows the gas pump provided with piston valves f, and Fig. 2 with beat-valves g, h. The piston in Fig. 2 overruns a port i, through which some of the charge is returned to the suction pipe on the compression stroke.