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Patent GB-189714020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bicycle Bells.
Inventor: BURNS ALEXANDER BERNARD
Filed: 1897-06-08
Granted: 1897-07-31
Abstract: 14,020. Burns, A. B., and Saks, I. June 8. Velocipede bells. -The bell is operated by releasing a spring, previously wound up by rotating the dome. The spring 8 is contained in a cylindrical casing 2 to which one end of it is fixed, the other being secured to a winding - stem 7 carrying the dome 6. The stem is guided in a plate 5, carried on pins 4, and has a winding- ratchet 10. The stem is connected by gearing with a spindle 16 carrying an escapewheel 17 which engages with the pallet 19 of an escape lever 20, pivoted at 21. A sliding or pivoted detent 25 is provided to look the escape lever, which carries the hammer 22. On releasing the lever, the bell will ring by the action of the spring till the spring is run down or the lever again locked.
Patent GB-189719185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Actuating Device of Drop Hammers Operated by Band Friction.
Inventor: THEILE FRITZ
Filed: 1897-08-19
Granted: 1897-10-30
Abstract: 19,185. Theile, F. Aug. 19. Hammers, power.-The hammer m is attached to a band e, Fig. 1, passing round a drum c and connected at its other end to a rod a. The band e rests on projections d, d<1>, d' on the drum c, and, when the treadle-lever l is operated, the band e rotates the drum and raises the hammer. The projection d' striking the band e above the hammer causes a return of the drum, and the hammer drops on release of the treadle. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the drum is constantly rotating, and the band e is pressed against the drum to lift the hammer by a roller g carried by a pivoted arm A actuated by a treadle l and link mechanism a, d.
Patent GB-189723183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Marking Numerals and the like on Fabrics.
Inventor: NEWSUM GEORGE
Filed: 1897-10-09
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 23,183. Newsum, G. Oct. 9. Printing fabrics.-Relates to machines for printing or making numerals or names &c. on fabrics. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the machine. The frame A is secured to a table and is formed with a slot B in which slide two blocks C, D connected by a rod E. The upper block is connected by a link F to a lever G pivoted at H. On the block C is a stud M, on which is journalled a compound wheel consisting of a sprocket-wheel K, a ratchet-wheel L, and a retaining-wheel J. On the lower block D is a stud M' having a sprocketwheel N. An endless chain 0 carrying the types O<1> passes round the wheels K, N. The upper wheel K is rotated intermittently by a pawl V engaging the ratchet-wheel L. The pawl is pivoted at U<2> on a link T<3>, pivoted at T<2> to a link T<1>, pivoted at T to the bar E. Rollers U, U<1> on the pivots T<2>, U<2> run on the cam path W. The types are inked by a roller R<2> on an arm S, moved by a cam path D' on the block D. The roller R' receives ink from a roller R, on which is a roller R<1> inked in any usual way. The roller R is fed by a ratchet and pawl Q, P<1>, operated by a link G<1>. The lever G may be operated by a treadle.
Patent GB-189730789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Methods of Upholstering Furniture.
Inventor: BROEL LOUIS GRAND
Filed: 1897-12-30
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 30,789. Broel, L. G. Dec. 30. Upholstery springs; spring surfaces. - The ordinary woven - wire surface A is surrounded by an edge wire B connected to springs C fixed by staples to the frame. Extra plate springs E are fixed at one end and slide on brackets E' at the other. Canvas covering is placed over A, then a thin layer of stuffing, and then the outer cover.
Patent GB-189800920-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valve for Tyres for Velocipedes.
Inventor: PUDNEY FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-01-12
Granted: 1898-06-11
Abstract: 920. Pudney, F. Jan. 12. Tyres, pneumatic, inflating-valves for. Sections of the valve in the inflating and deflating positions are shown in Figs. 2 and 3 respectively. The externally-screwed casing K receives the smooth-bored valve stem A, which has two side passages F, H towards the inner end. The inflating-passage F is normally closed by an elastic band E which lies between the two flanges B, C, while the deflating- passage H is closed by the wall of the air tube T, which is tightly held between the flanges B, L. The valve stem is secured in position within the casing K by means of the nut N, which, when deflation is necessary, is slightly unscrewed and the stem pushed into the position shown in Fig. 3. The valve is attached to the rim V by the flange L and nut M.
Patent GB-189806011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Clipping Hair or Wool.
Inventor: NEWALL JOHN WALKER
Filed: 1898-03-11
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 6011. Newall, J. W. March 11. Horse clippers and the like.-The ends of the pivot pin H which is rigidly fixed to the lever take into bushes I, 0 separated from the bushes K, N of the frame by balls P. The bushes are kept in place by plates L<1>, L<2> and flexible washers M<1>, M<2> or packing-material to exclude all dirt from the ball bearings. The pin H can be separated from the bushes I, O, but does not turn in them when the machine is working. The cutter V is pressed against the comb plate W by forks Q pivoted at T, guided in slots in the end X of the lever and pressed down by a plate R which bears upon the forks and the pins U. The plate R is pressed down by a screw S. In a modification, the tension is adjusted by pressing down the upper ball bearing by a screw &c.
Patent GB-189809628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Filters for Accumulating and Cooling Filtered Water and Scouring the Filter by Means of the Supply and Preventing Exhaustion of the Filter through the Supply Pipe.
Inventor: TYDEN EMIL
Filed: 1898-04-26
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 9628. Tyden, E. April 26. Domestic filters; cleansing; cooling.-Water from the main is supplied to the annular chamber W surrounding the filtering-cylinder H, by the passage P, upright pipe G, and a central hole in the cap V. Unfiltered water is drawn from the chamber W, and in its passage cools the filter and cleanses the cylinder H. Water filters from the chamber W through the cylinder H into the chamber F, from which it is drawn off at E. An overflow pipe I leads filtered water from the top of the chamber F to the reservoir Q, from which it returns when a large demand is made on the filter. Within the chamber V<b> of the cap V which closes the chamber F, is a valve U.which can seat itself on the top of the pipe G to prevent water passing through the filter in the reverse direction. The upward motion of the valve U is limited by its stem striking the cap B.
Patent GB-189812917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Wheel Hubs.
Inventor: MIERS ELIJAH MISENER
Filed: 1898-06-09
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 12,917. Miers, E. M. June 9. Hubs; spokes; felloes or rims; tyres, non- elastic.-Figs. 1 and 2 show a hub by means of which the spokes of a wheel are tightened against the felloe and the latter against its tyre. This hub has a fixed flange D and a conical enlargement B provided with concave channels c with which the inner ends of the spokes engage. A number of expanding wedges E, provided with ridges e<1>, and a series of spoke partitions H, shaped as shown, are connected to the inner face of the flange D. The spokes are held between the fixed flange and a removable flange F, also having expanding wedges F<1> and spoke partitions G, to interlock with the partitions H, the hole f in this removable plate having convex ridges to engage with the channels c. The parts are held together by a lock-nut such as L, Fig. 7. This Figure shows a modification in which the spokes are pressed outwards by a conical wedge B in one piece with or separate from the nut L. In a further modification, a separate wedge is provided for each spoke. The rim, the ends of which are mitred, is provided with holes to receive the outer ends of the spokes and fits in a grooved tyre.
Patent GB-189813968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Applicable to Acetylene Lamps.
Inventor: FORBES CHARLES STEWART
Filed: 1898-06-23
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 13,968. Forbes, Sir C. S. June 23. Acetylene lamps.- After the carbide chamber A and the water chamber 1 have been charged, the normal supply of water to the carbide is determined by setting the ground valve 19 in the drip pipe 10. This is effected b y turning the screw cap 13 to which the valve spindle 18 is attached and to which the gas bell 12 is soldered. A pipe 20 ensures effective communication between the interior of the bell 12 and the water chamber 1, and an aperture 23 is provided in the cap 22 of the filling - orifice. When the water valve 19 has been set and the gas cock 16 has been opened, the gas generated by the water dripping from the pipe 10 traverses the pipe 11a and the channels 14 to the burner, and, should the gas be generated too freely, the water in the bell 12 is forced back into the chamber 1 until the water falls below the level of the valve 19, whereupon the supply of water to the carbide temporarily ceases. When the lamp is not in use, the cap 13 is screwed down to close the valve 19. The rim 8 of the base of the pedestal is weighted with lead.
Patent GB-189818054-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fabric for Pneumatic Tyre Covers.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1898-08-22
Granted: 1899-08-22
Abstract: 18,054. Marks, G. C., [Soc. J. Lacroix et Cie.]. Aug. 22. Tyres, pneumatic, covers for. The strip of fabric is woven twice as thick in the centre as along the edges and at the ends, so that, when the edges arc doubled over for wiring, Fig. 3, and the ends overlapped for completing the ring, the whole cover is of one uniform thickness. The band may be woven endless if desired.
Patent GB-189819006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CLINTON EDGAR WOODS
Filed: 1898-09-06
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 19,006. Lake, W. R., [Woods, C. E.]. Sept. 6. Motor road vehicles.-Consists in the arrangement of, and method of supporting, the motors, which in the example illustrated are electric motors. Two motors are preferably employed, each being independently geared to one of the rear wheels. In the form of the invention shown above, elliptic springs are used, each spring in part surrounding one of the motors and the carriage body. One end of the motor a is suspended from the spring by a link e, and the other end is carried on the rear axle by means of an arm b with an eye. The linked ends of the motors and corresponding ends of the springs are rigidly connected by brace rods. In another form, suitable for heavy vehicles, the rear end of the carriage is supported on two side springs and a transverse spring, while the motor is suspended by leather or like straps from the carriage body, which is also provided with a spring to check the upward movement of the motor.
Patent GB-189824013-A (GB)
Title: Method of Treating Cellulose.
Inventor: BASSET NICOLAS
Filed: 1898-11-15
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 24,013. Basset, N. Nov. 15. Glucose.-Relates to the treatment of cellulose or substances containing cellulose, such as sawdust, sea wrack, straw, hay, grass, leaves, roots, and barks and waste products such as grape cake and pulp, for obtaining dextrin, glucose, and alcohol, and for treating the residue by ordinary methods for obtaining oxalic acid and methyl alcohol. The cellulose, after disintegration, is treated in cne or more vats with sulphuric acid (1-075) either at a temperature of 50‹ or 60‹ for the formation of dextrin or by boiling for the formation of glucose. The pulp is exhausted and washed, after which all the solutions are boiled, the residue being available for obtaining oxalic acid and methyl alcohol. The acid solution is neutralized with lime, the calcium sulphate obtained being used for preparing sulphuric acid by ordinary methods.
Patent GB-189825391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: GOMMERET JEAN FRANCOIS
Filed: 1898-12-01
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 25,391. Gommeret, J. F., and Gommeret, L. Oct. 7, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Building wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -An elastic tyre and means for attaching it to the wheel are described. The tyre consists of hollow or solid elastic spheres a which are attached to the rim r<1> by a rod b passed through an opening d in each sphere. The hooked ends e, e<1> of the rod engage with tongues f, f<1> forming part of a connecting-piece. To allow this, the ends are drawn together by means of a double clamp g, g<1> each part of which is secured at m to one end of the rod. The two parts g, g<1> are connected by a link h, and are moved towards one another by means of the screwed rod p and nut. The rod b may be additionally secured by screws r which pass through the rim and embrace the rod. In modifications, more than one rod b may be employed, and a number of the spheres may be connected together.
Patent GB-189901325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fibre Cleaning Machines for Operating upon Fibrous Leaves or Stems in a Green State.
Inventor: DEATH ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1899-01-19
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 1325. Death, A. H. Jan. 19. Breaking and scutching apparatus for fibrous stems or leaves. The material is passed along a feed-table A and through an aperture in the periphery of a drum B, where the ends of the stems are gripped by automatic spring nippers c<5>, which are opened or allowed to close as the drum revolves by reason of the engagement of a cam on the drum shaft with the rollers C' of the lever system connected with the nippers. The free ends of the stems are thrown over the surface of the drum by a transverse bar H<3>, carried by rods H<2> projecting from a plate H on the drum shaft. The plate H is secured to a spur-wheel loose on the shaft, which is reciprocated by means of a toothed quadrant G, operated by a lever F, having arms F<x>, F<1>, which are engaged alternately by tappets E', E' carried by the drum shaft. As the drum revolves it throws the stems over the beater plate D<1>, where it is cleaned by the rapidly-revolving beater D constructed and operated in the usual way. As the drum continues its revolution and approaches its starting position, the nippers are automatically opened and the material is discharged by one or more levers o operated by stops o<1> on the frame. The drum may be fitted with more than one set of nippers. It is driven from the axle of the beater drum at a comparatively slow speed, but its speed at the time the material is being fed between the nippers is slower than during the remainder of the revolution This is effected by employing two segments of friction-wheels on the drum axle, which engage with friction-wheels of different diameters, the wheels and corresponding segments driving the drum at different speeds and for different portions of the revolution of the drum. In a machine for cleaning small leaves &c., the released material may be automatically laid upon a reciprocating table, provided at the end with an automatic gripping-device for gripping the already scutched parts of the leaves, the reciprocating table carrying the unscutched ends of the material beneath a second scutching-drum, so that the material is scutched throughout its whole length before leaving the machine.
Patent GB-189904754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hearth Tidies.
Inventor: CHEETHAM JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-03-04
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 4754. Cheetham, J. W. March 4. Ashpans and ash - guards.-Relates to hearth tidies, and consists in making such tidies in an adjustable form, and providing them with a decorated or moulded surface. The central part A<x> of the tidy has adjustable ends C which are secured thereto by studs or by loose bolts D passing through holes E, F and secured by nuts G. Angular rests B or feet are provided. Modifications are described in which slots replace the holes, or interchangeable end pieces or central parts may be employed in place of the adjustable pieces. The tidies may be provided with any suitable form of decoration, but preferably a series of raised letters forming a motto. An ordinary tidy of fixed length is described which is decorated with a raised-letter motto.
Patent GB-189905659-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Production of Thin Sheets of Mirror Glass.
Inventor: MORIAME ANDRE DE
Filed: 1899-03-15
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 5659. MoriamÚ, A. de. March 15. Obtaining metal; re-heating; flattening; annealing.-Relates to the production of thin sheets of mirror glass. The melting-furnace, shown in part horizontal section in Fig. 3, differs from those in general use by the addition at each end of an annealing-furnace b, in which the melting-pots c are partially cooled before casting and rolling the glass sheet. The furnace is worked continuously, the melting-pots being charged with fresh material and returned to the furnace as soon as the last of each row of six pots has been removed through the side openings d. The plates are rolled out thin on the casting-table, and are then transferred to the annealing-furnace shown in Fig. 4. The annealing-furnace consists of two parallel furnace bodies f, g, connected by " bridging over " bodies h, i. The glass plate rests upon a fireproof slab which is passed into the annealing-furnace at A The plate is first exposed to a stream of heated gas, which completely softens and levels it, and the slab then passes step-by-step along the rails m until it reaches the chamber i, along which it is conveyed to the entrance of the cooling-gallery k, where the glass sheet, now quite rigid, is removed. The stone slab returns through the furnace body g and chamber h where it is reheated for the reception of another sheet of glass.
Patent GB-189906653-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerating Apparatus for Water Supply Systems.
Inventor: BRUBAKER LEVI KELLER
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 6653. Brubaker, L. K. March 28. Cooling water in water supply systems for towns &c. The water is led through a number of pipes 7 placed between the inlet and outlet mains 1, 2 of the apparatus, and is cooled by ammonia circulating through the coils 10 surrounding the pipes 7. Ice or other cooling-agents may be used. Cocks 9 and 14 are provided to cut out any of the pipes and coils, and plugs 6 for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-189906833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Step-by-step Printing Telegraph Instruments.
Inventor: CASELLA LOUIS MARINO
Filed: 1899-03-29
Granted: 1900-03-29
Abstract: 6833. Casella, L. M. March 29. Telegraphs.-Relates to step-by-step telegraph receivers in which alternating impulses arriving from any suitable transmitter actuate at the receiving-station (1) a polarized electromagnetic combination D, Fig. 7, by a circuit I for operating an escapement on the type-wheel shaft, and (2) a magnet E with non-polarized armature e for controlling the circuit of the printing- magnet H. The armature e is attracted during the passage of the alternating currents and holds up the end f<1> of the lever F from the heel of the lever G. As soon as the current ceases, the lever F drops on to the lever G and completes the local printing-circuit through H. The printing- lever K, Fig. 6, on rising trips the lever G by means of a cam and intervening lever, causing the lever G to rest against an insulating-face on the end f<1>. The lever K produces the paper feed by means of a pawl k<2> acting on the paper-wheel a'. M is a double wedge on the lever K for shifting the type-wheel B axially by means of the pins m, m<1> when changing from letters to figures or vice versÔ. The use of a pin unison device is referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-189909413-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Cotton Dyestuffs.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1899-05-04
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 9413. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. May 4. Dyes, artificial.-A dye-stuff which dyes unmordanted cotton olive-green is produced by heating oxynitrodiphenylamine sulphocarboxylic acid with sulphur and sodium sulphide from 110‹-180‹ C., while adding water. The melt gradually becomes green and is soluble in water. The oxynitrodiphenylamine sulphocarboxylic acid employed is produced by the action of p-amidosalicylic acid upon p-nitrochlorobenzene sulphonic acid.
Patent GB-189911093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle and other Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ROGERS ALFRED
Filed: 1899-05-27
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 11,093. Rogers, A. May 27. Spring wheels; hubs; felloes or rims; tyres non - elastic.-The spring wheel shown in partial side elevation comprises a hub E which is supported by elastic bands C from a ring A connected by spokes H to the rim D. Four arms B project from the hub through holes in the ring. A to prevent lateral displacement. The tyre M is made preferably of steel with a rubber cover.
Patent GB-189911535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toothed Gearing.
Filed: 1899-06-02
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 11,535. Lake, H. H., [Deering Harvester Co.]. June 2. Toothed wheels; worm gearing.-The teeth are formed by the projecting ends of pins, the shanks of which are supported in ball bearings in sockets in the rims of the wheels. The teeth may be arranged radially, as shown for spur and worm gearing, or they may project from the face of the wheel for bevel and crown wheels. The gearing shown is for working the knives of mowing and reaping machines. The worm spindle is supported in ball bearings on each side of the worm, and the collar of the thrust bearing is adjustable on a screwed part of the spindle.
Patent GB-189916232-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Non-slipping Horse-shoe.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1899-08-09
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 16,232. Sefton-Jones, H., [Berwick, W. H.]. Aug.9. Special section.- The shoe A is bevelled on its outer and inner edges, and has several dovetailed grooves B formed in it to prevent slipping. The edge nearest the opposite hoof may be rounded to prevent accidental injury.
Patent GB-189919624-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Connecting or Attaching the Pillars or Posts to the Corners or Angle Blocks in Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
Filed: 1899-09-29
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 19,624. Hoyland & Smith and Randall, F. C. Sept. 29. Bedsteads and cots.- A hole a<2> formed in the hollow pillar is screw-threaded or left plain. A semicircular block c with a corresponding screwed hole is inserted in the pillar, and a headed bolt d is then screwed tight home. The headed bolt is now inserted in a mould, and the corner block e is cast round it, leaving the front of the pillar plain.
Patent GB-189924132-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Toe-clip for Pedals of Cycles.
Inventor: HOWDEN THOMAS GIDLEY
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 24,132. Howden, T. G., and Shaw, H. W. Dec. 4. Pedals, toe-clips for. A frame B, preferably carrying a roller G, is pivoted at C to a piece A fixed to the pedal, and is connected by a plate E with a link F also pivoted to the part A. When in the position shown, the frame is out of action, but, if the rider presses forward the plate E with his toe, the lower part of the frame B is raised and the roller G is brought down so as to serve as a toe clip.
Patent GB-190006307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leggings, Gaiters and the like.
Inventor: LEGG JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1900-04-04
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 6307. Legg, J. H. April 4. Strap fastenings.-Relates to strap fastenings for leggings and gaiters. Fig. 1 shows an external view of the legging open, and Fig. 3 shows the legging when fastened. The fastening is effected by two straps 6, 7, which engage respectively with buckles 4, 5. From the lower edge of the strap 6 and from the upper edge of the strap 7 extend straps 8, 10, which are connected together and to the outer overlapping part 3 of the legging near the centre of the legging so as to secure an equal stram all over the legging when buckled.