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Patent GB-189916284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Steam Turbine Rings of Blades.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 16,284. Parsons, C. A., Stoney, G. G., and Fullagar, H. F. Aug. 10. Milling; bending; casting.-Relates to appliances for making rings of blades for turbines. Strips of brass a, b, Fig. 1, or similar ductile material are bent into sectors and notched by the machine shown in Fig. 13. Blades c are then inserted into the notches, and the teeth e, f are bent over so as to securely hold the blades. The strip or shroud a is used as a base, and is secured into the drum or cylinder of the turbine. Parts of the sectors of blade-rings or guide-blade rings may be left solid, so as to reduce the flow of steam. A machine for making rings of blades is shown in Fig. 13. One or more shrouds a are placed on the table 16, and a cutter l is pressed down on to the shroud by a sliding block t worked from a crank 3. A punch u carried by the block bends the teeth over the blades, which have been previously inserted in the notches. By means of gearing 7, 12 the table is given an intermittent angular rotation corresponding to the pitch of the teeth. The rings of blades may be formed by placing the blades in strips of zinc 21, Fig. 19, which are then placed in a frame 24 and secured by end pieces 26. The frame is placed in a mould and then withdrawn, so that, when the hot metal is poured in, it forms curved shrouds, which securely hold the blades. The invention may be applied to radial or parallel flow turbines. The Provisional Specification states that the teeth may be formed on the shrouding by planing, rolling, or punching.
Patent GB-189918582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters to be used in connection with Gas Producing Apparatus.
Filed: 1899-09-14
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 18,582. Duff, E. J., and United Alkali Co. Sept. 14. Condensers; separating dust and other solid impurities.-The air and water vapour, required in the manufacture of gas by means of gas-producers, are superheated before use by passing them through an opening into a rectangular chamber B, from which they escape by an opening b<3>. Through the chamber pass any number, (four in the example shown), of vertical pipes A, through which the hot producer gases pass on their way to the ammonia recovery plant. The hot gases enter at a<2>, and leave at a. The first and last tubes end in dust boxes a<3>, while the other tubes are connected by external dust boxes C. These boxes are provided with doors for removing the collected dust. Baffles b are arranged in the chamber to cause the air and vapour to take a zig-zag course.
Patent GB-189920100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspension Fittings for Electric Lighting Systems, adapted to High Voltage.
Inventor: RAILING MAX
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 20,100. Railing, M., and Collings, J. H. Oct. 6. Supporting lamps.- A ball fitting is made in halves, which screw together, and are connected electrically by spring plungers t<1>, t, carried in recesses in an insulator C in one half, bearing on circular and central blocks c, d, supported similarly in the other half. The circular block c may be divided into segments when more than two connections are to be made, corresponding spring plungers being provided. The plunger carriers and the blocks c, d are provided with screws to secure the supply and lamp wires. The insulator C carries an S-shaped projection m between the plungers.
Patent GB-189923268-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mechanical Toy.
Inventor: COLE JOHN
Filed: 1899-11-22
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 23,268. Cole, J. Nov. 22. Mechanical toys.-A frame c fitted with a handle carries a wheel a to run on the ground &c., the wheel being arranged to communicate motion to windmill vanes &c. f, Fig. 2, or a disc k, Fig. 4 carrying a figure. In the former arrangement, a strap g running on pulleys gives motion to the horizontal axis e carrying the vanes &c., and in the latter the wheel a is roughened, toothed, &c. so as to drive the disc k.
Patent GB-189925416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: RICHTER FRANZ
Filed: 1899-12-22
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 25,416. Richter, F. Dec. 22. T y r e s, pneumatic.- Fig. 1 shows a section of an inflating - valve, and Fig. 3 an enlarged section. The cylindrical part c of the rubber non-return valve fits over the end of the air passage a, and is s e c u r e d between the flange c<1> and valve casing b by means of the screw cap d. The extension c<2> of the rubber valve has a slightly tapered passage e of lenticular cross section, of which one wall e<1> is thinner than the other e<2>, so that, on the backstroke of the inflator, the thin wall closes against the thick one and forms a non-return valve.
Patent GB-190006772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads.
Inventor: CRAMER FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-04-11
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 6772. Cramer, F. Sept. 11, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Bedsteads.-Relates to a portable and folding bedstead for military and hospital use, and also for hotels and lodging-houses. The side bars or angleirons are pinned or riveted at each end to T-shaped tubes 2, each of which is provided at top and bottom with part of a rule joint, Fig. 4, the other part of which receives the tubular pillars 16, 17 and legs 3, 4 ; one part of the joint has a recess 32, into which a corresponding projection on the other fits. Sleeves 9 sliding on the side bars are connected to clamps 5, 13 on legs and pillars by rods 7, 11 jointed at each end. The T-pieces 2 at each end are connected by a transverse tube, through which and through the T-pieces passes a rod with nuts 25 at the ends. The sleeves 9 are locked in place by spring catches 38, Fig. 7. The pair of spring catches at one end are unlocked by means of one of the two handles 34, fixed on a square shaft, which is pivoted to lugs 33 on the T-pieces 2 ; after unlocking the catches, the end frames and legs can be folded over and under the bed bottom without disturbing the bedding. The lath-work bottom frame 26 is suspended by clips 27, 28 from the side angle bars and from the tube connecting the T-pieces 2.
Patent GB-190009378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Cold and Ice
Inventor: TELLIER CHARLES
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 9378. Tellier, C. May 21. Direct air - pressure apparatus.- Relates to cold-air machines for icemaking and refrigerating, and to appliances used therewith, including an air-pressure apparatus for raising water. Fig. 9 shows the appliance for raising water. Compressed air, admitted through a slide valve 55 and pipe 48, drives the water from the vessel 46 into the float chamber 51. As the float rises it opens the valve 59 for the water to pass into the reservoir 60, and as it falls it opens the air valve 55. The movement of the valve and float is made sharper by the spring plungers 57, 58 bearing on an enlargement 56 on their common rod 54.
Patent GB-190009679-A (GB)
Title: Bottling Machines for Bottling Malt Liquors.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER ADOLPH
Filed: 1900-05-25
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 9679. Schneider, A. March 15, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Bottling.-Relates to apparatas for bottling malt liquors. The liquor is supplied from one or more barrels D, the tapping-bungs C of which are connected by pipes B with a cylinder A of compressed air or gas. The pipes G, I, which supply the liquor to the tank J, are provided with controlling-cocks H, and extend through the bungs C to the bottom of the barrels, a ball cock regulating the supply to the tank. The cover of the tank is hinged at one side, and is secured at the other side by the pivoted bolts P, the gasket 0 forming a tight joint. The top of the tank is connected by the pipe V to the pipe B, and regulating-valves R, E and gauges U, F are provided for adjusting the pressure. Each of the filling-tubes d is connected to an oscillating valve X, and is divided by a partition g into a liquid supply channel h and an air tube i, which in the normal position do not register with the ports a, b in the tank, but are brought into coincidence therewith when a bottle p<1> is placed on the tube. The port b is fitted with a vent tube c, which extends above the liquid in the tank, and the flow of liquid to the bottle is automatically stopped when the liquid in the bottle covers the lower end of the air tube i. The bottle is supported in the filling position by the yoke t on the resilient arm s, which also holds the bottle mouth against the packing-gasket on the filling-tube.
Patent GB-190010680-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Automatically Catching or Fastening Gates when being Closed, and for Preventing them Opening unless Intentionally Released.
Inventor: SWIERS HARTLEY
Filed: 1900-06-12
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 10,680. Swiers, H. June 12. Catches, gravity and spring.-Relates to a device for automatically catching or fastening a gate when being closed. A loop A attached to a bar B passes through slots C in a plate D fixed to the gatepost, the bar B being suitably guided. A spring catch, preferably consisting of a spring F provided with an engaging- lip G, is arranged on the underside of the plate D, and serves to retain the loop in a raised position when the gate is open. The gate, in closing, operates a push H attached to the spring F, and liberates the loop from engagement with the catch, the loop then falling over the gate head &c., thereby securing the gate. In a modification, the loop is replaced by a crook or bent piece, which engages one of the bars of the gate, a handle for raising the crook being provided.
Patent GB-190012976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dyeing Yarns and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: SCHULE RUDOLF FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1900-07-18
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 12,976. Schule, R. T. July 18. Yarns, finishing. -Relates to a process of and apparatus for dyeing and boiling yarn in the form of hanks, cops, or warp chains, and consists in exposing the goods to the action of liquor to which soap or the like has been added and which is heated by steam so that it foams over the yarn. The vat a is fitted with a steam pipe b with entrance and exit connections c and d, the heating-surface of the pipe being six or eight times the area of the bottom of the vessel. The dyeing-liquor extends upwards only to one-third of the height of the goods, but when the steam is turned on the goods are immersed in and permeated by the foam or froth produced. Fig. 7 shows a warp roller i, placed in bearings l within the vat a. Several rollers may be placed in one vat. The roller is fitted with ropes h, by means of which it is subjected to a continuous to-and-fro motion in the liquor, in order to prevent the formation of spots. Fig. 5 shows a receptacle for cops or hanks. It is provided with wire-gauze or perforated sides, with a cover f, and with ropes h.
Patent GB-190015704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Busks.
Inventor: BERTHA-NEE-HILGER
Filed: 1900-09-04
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 15,704. Scheck, [nÚe Hilger], B. Sept. 4. Corsets.-Relates to corset busks which are made of a core of one or more flat helical wire springs a, Fig. 1, surrounded by a cover consisting of a wire b preferably of flat cross - section wound around the springs a. The ends of the busk are provided with metal caps c, and the fastenings d e are provided with flanged parts f, by which they are secured to the busk by winding the wire b over them. At the central part of the fastening devices the wire b passes beneath them so that no part of the springs a is left uncovered. The springs a may be of the construction described in Specifications No. 16,775, A.D. 1888, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.]. No. 15,663, A.D. 1891, or No. 14,099, A.D. 1895.
Patent GB-190016535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Annealing Metal Sheets and Plates.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-09-17
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 16,535. Imray, O., [Wolf, Netter, & Jacobi]. Sept. 17. Annealing-furnaces for metal plates. An annular base-plate a revolves in a circular track, a portion only of which is enclosed by the furnace structure d. The plates to be annealed are carried in closed boxes f on this base-plate, being charged and discharged by a crane q. The fireplace is situated at the middle of the furnace at h.
Patent GB-190103471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Forming Loops of String or Thread upon the Edge of Papers and the like.
Inventor: BUSCH WILLY
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1902-02-18
Abstract: 3471. Busch, W. Feb. 18. Tying or knotting ; knotted stitch machines; thread-end holders; thread-cutters.-Consists of a machine for forming a knotted loop of string &c. on the edge of labels, paper bags, papers, &c. The labels &c. are held under springs 55, Fig. 1, on a table 54, which is intermittently rotated by a rack 60, ratchet-wheel 61, and pawl 62, cam-actuated pins 64 holding it after each movement. The labels &c. are thus brought under a needle 1, to which is pivoted a thread gripper lever 2 having a pin guided in a slot 3 in the frame. The movable jaw of the gripper is formed by one arm of an elbow lever 20, Fig. 8, normally pressed to its closed position by a spring lever 17 carried by the lever 2, and opened, as the gripper rises, by the engagement of the other arm of the lever 20 with an incline 21. By means of the gripper, the loose end of thread is looped over a part 58 of the spring 55 as the needle and gripper descend ; and the lower end of the loop is then drawn together and held by a second gripper 23, 26, Fig. 13. This gripper, shown in plan in Fig. 5, comprises a lever 23 pivoted at 23<1> and carrying at 25 a lever 26 pressed to its closed position by a spring 29 and controlled by contact with a fixed cam surface as the lever 23 is oscillated by the cam lever 15, 22, Fig. 1. The knotter 33 now engages the loop, Fig. 15, and twists it so that, when cut between the knotter and gripper 23, 26, it slips off knotted. The knotter comprises the beak 33, into a slot in which a toothed jaw is normally pressed by a spring 51, the jaw being opened at the required time by the engagement of its tail with a double incline 53 on the knife-holder 38. The knotter is rotated, and also receives a longitudinal movement due to the engagement of a pin in a screw groove 66 in the knotter stem. The knife-holder 38, carrying the blade 58<a>, Fig. 9, is pivoted at 39 and operated by a cam surface 35 connected with the rack 32, and by a spring 45. The other blade 62 is formed on a bar 40 connected with the bar 38 by a pin 41 and slot 42 and actuated therefrom by a pin 44.
Patent GB-190103884-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Attaching Tips to Billiard Cues whereby they can be Better Secured and Always in the Correct Position
Inventor: GORST JOHN
Filed: 1901-02-23
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 3884. Gorst, J. Feb. 23. Billiards, cues for. The tip for a billiard cue is formed with a long shank, which fits in a ferrule fixed to and projecting beyond the end of the cue.
Patent GB-190104033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Apparatus for Electric Lifts
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 4033. Haddan, H. J., [Stigler, A.]. Feb. 25. Motors, controlling.-Relates to electrically-controlled lifts. On closing either the "up" switch 2 or the " down " switch 21, the auxiliary motor 4 rotates the centrifugal governor 6, which then takes off the brake and moves the rod 14 to the right, thus operating the main motor-switch lever 18. According to the position of the rod 14, one or other of the projections 17, 25 engages the corresponding projection 16 or 24 on the lever 18, and thus moves it into either the " up" or the "down" position. When the switch 2 is closed, the rod 14 occupies the full line position, but, when the "down" switch is closed, the solenoid 15 is energized and raises the rod 14 so that the lever 18 is moved in the opposite direction. Safety interrupters 27, 28 are, preferably, provided.
Patent GB-190111900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Filling Bags.
Inventor: PRICE CORWIN TELLIOUS
Filed: 1901-06-11
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 11,900. Price, C. T. June 11. Drawings to Specification. Measured quantities, delivering.-Seeds &c. are delivered to a bag-filling machine by a ported slide which travels to and fro between a hopper and the bag-filling shoot.
Patent GB-190112896-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Use within Electric Ceiling Roses and the like.
Inventor: STONES WILLIAM GRIMSHAW
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 12,896. Stones, W. G. June 25. Cleats or holders. - Electric conductors D from a ceiling or o t h e r rose are secured in a clamp A, which is retained by the cover E of the rose to relieve the elect r i c connections from the pull on the conductors, and to enable the length of the conductors of a hanging lamp to be adjusted. The clamp consists of one or two pieces of wood, fibre, vulcanite, or other non-conducting material, held together by one or more eyelets, rivets bolts, and nuts, or other means ; the end of a bolt used for this purpose may be set up to prevent disconnection of the parts.
Patent GB-190119487-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Charging Capsules or the like with Gas or Liquid under Pressure.
Inventor: BIZET LOUIS JEAN
Filed: 1901-09-30
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 19,487. Bizet, L. J. Sept. 30. Bottling.-A capsule 4, to be charged with liquid or gas under pressure, contains a valve 6, which is opened, when the capsule is in the position for filling, by being pressed against the nipple 5, through which the fluid issues when the valve 1<x> is opened. The pressure in the capsule closes the valve on its removal.
Patent GB-190121622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, Cigar Holders and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: FRANCIS ADOLPHUS SYDNEY
Filed: 1901-10-28
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 21,622. Francis, A. S. Oct. 28. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders; tobacco pipe &c. cleaners.-The stem a and the end of the mouthpiece d are made of very wide bore to receive a removable screw b, which forms a long spiral passage for the smoke, to cause the deposition of nicotine &c. The withdrawal of the piece b cleans the inside of the stem. The monthpiece d and stem a are connected by a screw, a push mount, or a bayonet joint.
Patent GB-190125713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Postal Pillar-boxes
Inventor: CROSSLEY HERBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-12-16
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 25,713. Crossley, H. W. Dec. 16. Letter boxes. - Pivoted at d<1> to an annular flange c within the box are counterweighted arms d, w h i c h normally converge at the base as shown. Under the arms is a baffle e consisting of downwardly-inclined radial arms, which with the arms d are intended to prevent pilfering.
Patent GB-190125809-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of New Colouring Matter Containing Sulphur.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 25,809. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Dec. 17. Dyeing.-The dyes containing sulphur, which are produced by heating monoilitro- or dinitrobenzyl sulphonic acid with sulphur and an alkali sulphide or with a polysulphide gradually to 150‹ to 200‹ C. until the mixture becomes thick, and then to 240‹ to 250‹ C. until it becomes dry and which yield on cotton yellow-brown shades almost unalterable by oxidizing agents, are diazotized upon the fibre and combined with phenols or amines.
Patent GB-190200060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balls for Playing Ping-pong or Table Tennis
Inventor: DOVER HORACE WALTER
Filed: 1902-01-01
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 60. Dover, H. W. Jan. 1. Moulding celluloid &c. balls for playing ping- pong or table-tennis. The surface of the ball is made with a roughened surface, by forming ribs, corrugations, or other roughenings on the internal surface of the finishing-mould.
Patent GB-190200420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Boats from Sheet Metal and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LAMBIE JAMES MORISON
Filed: 1902-01-07
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 420. Lambie, J. M Jan. 7. Stamping.-Relates to the manufacture of boats from sheet metal, the boats being made in four sections A, Fig. 1, and each section being made from a number of plates a of equal or varying thickness shaped by the action upon them of male and female dies. Figs. 3 and 5 show the female die employed in pressing the plates a to the contour of the sides of the boat to form the port bow and starboard stern sections. The keel flanged ends a<2> of the plates a are secured by the clamps F and the gripping-bar E. The plates of the boat are welded together, it may be electrically, and the meeting ends of the sections may either be butted or provided with a butt strap, or the sections may be inwardly flanged and the joining up made by bolts or rivets without an outside seam.
Patent GB-190200591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Vehicles
Inventor: BEURRIER ALEXIS
Filed: 1902-01-08
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 591. Beurrier, A. Jan. 8. Breakdowns, preventing accidents through; bodies; carriages ; shafts and poles.-Relates to a two-wheeled vehicle, the body of which swings under the axle to prevent overturning. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the two road-wheels R support the axle 0, from which the body C is suspended by springs P. The shafts A are fixed to the axle near the ends, the intermediate part of the axle being covered by a board T. Guards S may be provided round the wheels, the body may have a back-door for facilitating entrance and exit, the shafts may be connected together and fixed to the middle of the axle, the front ends of the shafts may be connected to the collar by springs, and, when two horses are required, the shafts may be replaced by a pole.
Patent GB-190200785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Gramophones or Talking Machines.
Inventor: CLARK ALFRED
Filed: 1902-01-10
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 785. Lake, H. H., [Clark, A.]. Jan. 10. Phonographs and like sou d-recording instruments.-Relates to gramophones &c. for recording and reprodufing sounds. The record is preferably formed with a central bevelled opening or recess to receive a cap or disc B, shown in Fig. 2, on the face of the record disc F in which is cut a spiral groove to guide a point C attached by an arm D to the stylus carrier lever. The point C may be multiple, and is then so shaped that the points do not touch the bottom of the groove. The support for the round trumpet consists of an adjustable rod mounted in a pivoted rod with stops carried by a frame having a vertical pivot. The trumpet socket is adjusted on the rod by a collar g, Fig. 8, and an articulated joint h, i. The joint tube is pivoted to an elbow tube m carrying the diaphragm box n. The diaphragm box is rotatably secured to the tube m, for changing from recording to reproducing, p being a weight acting as a catch with the rod p<1> when recording. The diaphragm is mounted on a rubber gasket and has the recording and reproducing tools q, r mounted on a bridge o. The record may be grooved on its underside and may be provided with a two-part metal case, the lower part of which has a central opening to allow the case to be used with the record.