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Patent GB-189902411-A (GB)
Title: Water Distiller, Feed-water Purifier and Make-up Apparatus for Hot Water and Steam Supply and Warming Installations.
Inventor: BINNY WILLIAM MURRAY
Filed: 1899-02-03
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 2411. Binny, W. M. Feb. 3. Feedwater, purifying.-Relates to apparatus for the supply of distilled water, for feeding boilers in connection with hot-water and steam supply and warming installations. A steam coil heater H of a hot-water system, and an evaporator E in which natural water is evaporated by means of the boiler steam circulating in the coils, are connected up as shown in Fig. 1. The heater H acts as a condenser for the make-up supply, the condensed water being returned to the boiler B by the feed-pump P. Valves are arranged for the various pipes as shown.
Patent GB-189904954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Clocks.
Inventor: BUTCHER JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-03-07
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 4954. Butcher, J. March 7. Electric clocks; winding-mechanism.-The clock is driven by pawl and ratchet gear, the lever 20 of which acts by its weight until a tail-piece 23 closes together a pair of contacts 25, 27, in the circuit of an electromagnet 18, whereupon an armature 16 pivoted at x is attracted, and, since a hook 24 upon it engages another tail-piece of the ratchet lever, the latter is re-set. A maintaining-spring may intervene between the ratchet-wheel and the first wheel of the clock train. Striking-mechanism.-The gong 29 is struck by the hammer 30 when an electromagnet 15 swings the swivel armature 16, (which the weight of the hammer normally keeps oblique), to the line joining the magnet poles. The circuit is complete when a contact-strip 36 is applied to another strip 37 by a lug 1<x> on the pendulum 1 ; but, in order that this may occur, a finger 39 hanging from a bell crank 38 must be dropped between the lug and the movable contact-strip 36. In the position shown, the finger lies in a notch in the lug only when the pendulum is in the extreme position. The gathering-pallet 43 extends from a lever 44, which is pivoted on a central line and engages the tail of the hammer 30 by a slot. The rack hook 40 is pivoted in the central line behind a slot in the gathering-lever, and, as shown, when it is under the end of the rack it holds the finger 39 above the lug on the pendulum. The crank 41, turning with the minute-hand, frees the rack hook, and the pin 42 upon the latter disengages the gathering-pallet. The finger 39 falls while the rack swings to the snail, and the rack hook consequently engages the rack teeth more deeply, until the enlarged end of the rack puts it again in the initial position, and so lifts the finger 39 again above the lug on the pendulum.
Patent GB-189915128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Plug Contacts or Contact Plugs for Electric Circuits.
Inventor: LUCAS OWEN DAVID
Filed: 1899-07-22
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 15,128. Lucas, O. D. July 22. Couplings; switches.-A connector suitable for use in lighting theatre stages comprises a box adapted to be let into the floor and a plug fitting in the box. Fig. 1 shows a section of the box in which are fitted the contacts b, b, the leading-in wires being connected to terminals b<1>. The plug, Fig. 5, is hollow, is fitted with a hook f, adapted to take in a recess n, and carries contacts e. The leading- out wires are connected to these contacts, and pass out through an extension or handle g, which rests in an opening k in the box. The lid c is hinged, and is large enough to cover the handle when the plug is inserted.
Patent GB-189923982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glue Applying Machines.
Inventor: CHARLES ULYSSES GRANT
Filed: 1899-12-01
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 23,982. Charles, U. G. May 3, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Glueing. - R e - lates to a machine for applying glue to the surfaces of boards and the like. The board A to be coated is fed between two pressure rollers 19 and a coating-roller 16, which rotates in a tank 11 containing the liquid glue. The glue is heated by steam admitted into the external chamber 13. The rollers 19 can be raised and lowered by geared screws 21 to suit the thickness of the boards &c. The coating-roller 16 may be covered with an absorbent material such as felt, and wire gauze, or the absorbent material may be omitted. The frame on which the roller 16 is mounted is hinged so that the roller can be lifted out of the glue.
Patent GB-190005132-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to Ovens and the like.
Inventor: TESCHKE CAROLINE
Filed: 1900-03-17
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 5132. Teschske, C. May 17. Cooking-stoves.-A guard-plate a is fitted on the oven wall to prevent damage by cooking-utensils. The plate may be secured to the frame b or to plugs or the like.
Patent GB-190006132-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Charging Cartridges.
Inventor: CHAMBON LOUIS
Filed: 1900-04-02
Granted: 1901-04-02
Abstract: 6132. Chambon, L. April 2. Weighing-apparatus combined with cartridge-loading machines. -The apparatus automatically weighs out the powder charge and delivers it to the cartridge case. In the machine which is described in the Specification five charges are weighed simultaneously and delivered to a row of cartridges, and provision is made for charging ten of such rows of cartridges. One of the weighing and delivering devices, according to one form of construction, is shown in Figs. 2, 3. The powder passes from the hopper 1 by two tubes 16, 17 to the horizontal tubes 2, 3, which are arranged side by side and contain the coarse and fine feeding screws 4, 5. The feeding- screw 4 is rotated a constant number of times by a step-by-step feed-motion, and delivers the greater part of the charge into the pot 10 on the beam 47. The feeding-screw 5 runs continuously until the complete charge has been made up in the pot 10, whereupon the beam descends, carrying the pointer 51 clear of the pawl 44, which drops and engages with the rotating cam 32, thus stopping the cam and with it the wheel 30 which rotates the feeding-screw 5. The connection between the cam 32 and shaft 29 is a frictional one. The table 11 carrying the cartridge cases receives a stepby-step motion from the shaft 56, so as to bring the cases successively under the funnel 12, which is carried on the beam 66 from the shaft 94, and is depressed at the right moment so as to register with the cartridge cases. The pot 10 is emptied of its contents by the lever 13 on the rock-shaft 69, and the charge falls into the hopper 68 and passes through the funnel 12 to the cartridge case. Should any one of the pots 10 not be fully charged by the time the apparatus is due to deliver, the delivery gear stops the machine by releasing a spring which draws back the friction clutch from the driving pulley. In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the feeding-screws 4, 5 are arranged one above the other, the pointer 51 is below instead of above the beam 47, and the counterpoise 49 has an extension 84 which is immersed in liquid to damp the oscillations of the balance. In the modification shown in Fig. 13, the powder is fed from the rotating cells 87, 88, and passes by the common hopper 124 to the pot 10. In the modification shown in Fig. 14, the powder is fed to the pot 10 through the hollow rotating worms 89, 90.
Patent GB-190009231-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Stannic Acid by Combustion of Tin Vapour
Inventor: BARY CHARLES PAUL
Filed: 1900-05-18
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 9231. Bary, C. P. May 18. Stannic acid.-Metallic tin is heated, out of contact with air, in an electric or other suitable furnace to a temperature of 1700‹ C., and the metallic vapour obtained is conducted to a chamber where it is burned with a current of air or oxygen. The stannic acid which forms is condensed.
Patent GB-190009633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Connecting Stove Pipes to Chimney and like Flues.
Inventor: PICKHARDT GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-05-25
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 9633. Pickhardt, G. May 25. Chimneys and flues.-In connecting stove pipes to chimney and like flues, the stove pipe D of a portable stove passes into an annular space C formed by a metallic hollow cylinder A attached to the wall E and a conical tube B, either formed in one with the cylinder A or secured thereto at the inner end. Plate or other springs H or their equivalent hold the free end of the stove pipe in position. When the stove pipe is removed, the opening into the chimney and the free end of the stove pipe may be closed by caps or covers.
Patent GB-190100385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machines for Pressing Bricks.
Inventor: PULLAN JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-01-07
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 385. Pullan, J. S., and Mann, W. H. Jan. 7. Moulding bricks.-The mould is constructed of two parts B, C, which are forced together diagonally on the descent of the upper plunger K by vertical wedges G, H. Screwed rods of the wedges slide through the upper crosshead J, and cushioning-springs are interposed between the crosshead and wedges. Inclined sides of the mould sections slide against inclined surfaces A<1> of a mould-frame A bolted to the framework E of the machine. The machine is particularly adapted for pressing sand-faced bricks.
Patent GB-190104228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: BRETT CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-02-27
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 4228. Brett, C. G., and Henneberger, F. Feb. 27. Incandescent gas lamps.-By admitting air between the burner head b and the lower end g of an elongated chimney e, d, shaped and mounted as shown, a burner head b, of less diameter than would otherwise be necessary, may be used in combination with a double truncated mixing- tube a of a given size and capacity.
Patent GB-190110152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating and Coloring Hides and Skins.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 10,152. Allison, C. A., [Scott Leather Machine Co.]. May 16. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating.-Relates to machines for treating and colouring hides and skins, in which the skin is drawn by a belt or carrier beneath mechanism for applying the seasoning &c. fluid, rubbing in, stretching, spreading, and finishing the hide. Fig. 5 shows a plan view of the machine, and Fig. 8 an elevation of the front portion of the machine from the right, showing the distributing-rolls. The endless belt or carrier 12 passes over rolls or drums at the front and rear of the machine, the rear drum being driven from the main shaft 14 through reducing-gearing. The skin is drawn between rotary distributing-rolls 24, 20, which supply the seasoning or colouring fluid to its surface. The shaft of the roll 20 is journalled in spring-cushioned bearings 25, and the bearings of the roll 24 are formed in pivoted arms 26, so that it can be lifted. clear of the skin by means of a hand-lever 30. The rolls rotate oppositely, and act outwardly onthe hide. The rolls are covered with felt &c. which is formed into spiral ribs, as shown in Fig. 5, by the pressure of narrow brass strips 35 screwed to it. The seasoning &c. fluid is supplied to the rolls through discharge nozzles 51, 52 branching from a horizontal pipe 42, which is supplied with fluid from a reservoir by means of a pump operated from any convenient part of the machine. The pressure is regulated by a back-pressure valve between the pipe 42 and the overflow cistern, from which the excess of liquid returns to the reservoir. A deflector plate 52, pivoted at 54, turns with the arms 26 so as to guide the fluid from the nozzles 51 to the roll 20 when the roll 24 is raised. The rubbing-in rolls 58, 59 at the rear of the machine are journalled in pivoted arms which can be lifted to release the skin. They rotate oppositely and outwards like the rolls 20, 24, and are provided with spirally-arranged strips 86 of felt, which are clamped between helical metal plates 87, 88, Fig. 4, carried by the rolls. Beneath the rolls, 58, 59, but staggered with respect to them, are two rolls 97, 98, Fig. 2, carried by a pair of pivoted levers 96. In Fig. 2, the roll 59 is alone in use, and the levers 96 assume the incline position shown, so as to take up the slack in the belt 12. When both rubbing-in rolls are in use, the lever 96 is horizontal, the roll 58 forming a depression between the rolls 97, 98.
Patent GB-190110743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Engines for Surgical & Dental Purposes.
Inventor: MAYER ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-05-25
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 10,743. Mayer, E. W. May 25. Dental and like engines. - A suitable electric motor A is mounted on a gun-metal turntable B on a table C supported by rods E fitting in sockets on an accumulator box G, which forms a heavy base. The flexible cable c is enclosed by a flexible tube I, and is fitted with a handle K, which forms a bearing for a clutch-piece b connected to the cable and adapted to receive the tools as shown at f. A rigid steel tube L with spring end M supports the upper part of the cable. The various parts are separable for cleaning &c.
Patent GB-190115764-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pocket Inkstand.
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 15,764. Lake, H. H., [Aktieselskabet Halvorsen & Larsen]. Aug. 3. Inkstands.-Relates to a pocket inkstand. Fig. 2 shows the appliance open, and Fig. 4 a section. The ink bottle h is carried in a casing a provided with two flap portions c, which spring apart on depressing the button g, and form a support for the stand. The receptacles i may contain a divided penholder, and nibs may be secured to one of the flaps c by a spring piece.
Patent GB-190116673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Devices for Boots, Shoes, Leggings and the like.
Inventor: HEMBREE ELIHUE MINTON
Filed: 1901-08-19
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 16,673. Hembree, E. M., and Gufford, W. S. Aug. 19. Eyelets; lacing- fastenings.- Boots, shoes, gloves, corsets, leggings, &c. are provided on each side of the opening to be closed with eyelets 8, each formed on an arm 5, Fig. 4, and secured to the edges of the boot &c. either by means of prongs 7, which are forced through the leather &c. and then clinched, or by stamping an eyelet from the portion 6 and then setting this as usual. The lace is passed through eyelets 4 of usual form, and is then threaded through the first pair of eyelets 8, and then through a loop 11, preferably formed with lugs 12, adapted to support ornaments as shown in Fig. 8, then through the next pair of eyelets, and so on, as shown in Fig. 1, the lace being finally tied above the loop 14. Knots &c. 15 prevent the loop 14 from escaping, but allow the edges 1 of the shoe &c. to be drawn apart far enough to allow the shoe &c. to be put on or off.
Patent GB-190123758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Lever Brakes for Railway Waggons or Trucks.
Inventor: HILL EDWARD JACOB
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 23,758. Hill, E. J. Nov. 22. Brakes, hand. Relates to either-side wagon brakes in which the operating-handles are disposed similarly at opposite corners of the vehicle. The lever b, mounted to turn with the spring shaft a, which is capable of longitudinal motion, has lateral play on this shaft limited by stops at, while an extension d passes through a slot e in the bracket f. The other lever c, pivoted at g, has an arm h linked between the jaws of the forked end of a crank i mounted on the shaft a similarly to the lever b. With the parts so arranged, any vertical or lateral motion of either hand-lever results in a corresponding motion of the opposite hand-lever.
Patent GB-190201366-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Treating Fruits and Vegetables in Combination with Farina or the like Cereal or Farinaceous Product to Form an Improved Food Preparation.
Inventor: HAMPSHIRE FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-01-18
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 1366. Hampshire, F. W. Jan. 18. Coffee; cocoa.-A food preparation which can be moulded into flakes, or can be used as an ingredient of extracts of coffee, cocoa, or the like, is made by reducing 100 lb. of fruit or vegetable to pulp, heating to just below boiling, mixing with 1¢ oz. of glycerine dissolved in water, straining through muslin &c., then again heating and stirring in 12 oz. of salt and 6 lb. of sugar. On cooling, the product is mixed with flour of wheat, oats, barley, or other cereal or farinaceous product and is dried at a low temperature.
Patent GB-190203551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Connection of Lengths of Wire and the Construction of Wire Rings.
Inventor: JELLEY HENRY
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 3551. Jelley, H. Feb. 12. Hoops and rings.-Relates to the connection of lengths of wire and the construction of wire rings, such as the attaching wires of pneumatic tyres. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the headed ends 2 of the wire 3 are tinned and passed into a tinned sleeve 5, of which the ends are then contracted on to the wires to form shoulders 6. The .parts are finally immersed in a bath of solder which melts at a temperature sufficiently low as not to damage them. The headed ends of the wire may also interlock, one form being shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which the interlocking parts consist of helical coils 9. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the ends of the wire are bent outwards to give projections 10 engaging in perforations 11 in a flat metal strip which is afterwards bent round the wire to the shape of a sleeve 5. In modifications, the ends may be bent back upon the wire, and the strip may be long enough to pass more than once round the wire.
Patent GB-190208764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armour for Ships, Turrets and other Structures
Inventor: SCHNEIDER CHARLES PROSPER EUGE
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 8764. Schneider, C. P. E. April 15. Armour and armour-plating for ships, turrets, and other structures consists of a backing a provided with impact discs or pieces b of great hardness, arranged independently of each other, and either fixed mechanically or merely forced into place, forming a sub-divided impact surface, and, with their fastening-devices, localizing the effect of the projectile and facilitating its deviation. Methods of fixing are shown in Figs. 2 and 6, and the discs b may be replaced either by parallelograms fixed by screws or by pins in the form of rivets with countersunk heads, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190209965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Conveying Material
Inventor: MARCUS HERMANN
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 9965. Marcus, H. April 30. Conveyers.-Consists of improved means for supporting the troughs of jigging conveyers of the kind described in Specification No. 14,412, A.D. 1900. Races or guides k on the sides of the trough rest on the circular faces a' of frames a, supported so as to oscillate about fixed points. The race k is straight, or concave, or convex, according to the position of the centre from which the face a' is struck. In the form shown in Fig. 1, this centre is at the point about which the frame a oscillates, and the race k is therefore straight. Slipping of the race k on the face a' is prevented by various means. As shown in Fig. 1, a tooth l on the face a<2> engages stops m on the race. Slight modifications of this arrangement are described. Alternatively, the ends of the race may be turned down so as to engage the corners of the frame a, or belts n', n<2>, Fig. 4, connect one end of the race k with the opposite corner of the frame a. The stem of the frame a is supported between curved springs b, Fig. 1, or on a knife-edge s, Fig. 4, protected by a dust cover t, or it rolls on a curved surface u, Fig. 8, protected by a cover v. The dust cover t may extend right across between the two frames a, and the frames are prevented from rising by the engagement of the cover t with the beams supporting the knife edge.
Patent GB-190216252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching and Tentering Fabrics.
Inventor: KAY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 16,252. Key, J. W., and Tootal, C. H. July 22. Adjusting bearings. -Bearings for supporting the lower and adjacent ends of inclined rollers 2, 3, in apparatus for stretching and tentering fabrics, are formed with two tubular sockets to take into recesses in the ends of the rollers, and spherical-headed pins 8 fixed in the centre of the recesses bear against the bottom of the sockets. The bearings are carried by screwed arms 11 adjustable in clips 12 which may be turned on supporting spindles to vary the inclination of the rollers.
Patent GB-190217771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating the Admission of Air to the Furnaces of Steam Boilers and for the Better Consumption of Smoke therein.
Inventor: BUTTERWORTH SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-08-13
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 17,771. Butterworth, S. Aug. 13. Smoke-consuming.-Air is supplied through openings h at the top and back of the hollow firebridge of a steam-boiler furnace. The firebridge is constructed as shown, and fitted with a counterweighted flap valve f, which is opened by the opening of the fire-door and which closes gradually under the control of escapement mechanism indicated in Fig. 3. The rod j for operating the valve preferably passes through the hollow bearer of the grate described in Specification No. 25,426, A.D. 1896. It is connected at its front end, by a chain, to a boss or arm l<2> on the hinge pin of the fire-door. It is also connected by rack gearing and a ratchet clutch to the escapement mechanism, which is controlled by the adjustable balance lever or pendulum q<2>. On opening the door the rod is pulled forward to open the valve, the ratchet clutch permitting the movement. On closing the door the rod is retained by the ratchet, the chain dropping slack, and the return movement is only gradually permitted as the escapement advances.
Patent GB-190218777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trolley Holders for Overhead Electrical Conductor Systems
Inventor: THODE ALBERT
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 18,777. Thode, A. Aug. 26. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Relates to trolley rope holders or catchers. Collectors. - The trolley rope is wound on a spring drum d on the side of which are pivoted the weighted arms g, connected by a link i. In case the trolley wheel escapes from the wire, the cord is pulled out, and the revolution of the drum causes the weighted arms to fly out against the action of the spring k, thereby releasing the spring pawl m, which engages the rack b in the casing and stops the drum. The pawl is reset into engagement with the hooked end of the arm g by the handle o.
Patent GB-190220928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chaff Cutters
Inventor: BAMFORD SAMUEL BRASSINGTON
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 20,928. Bamford, S. B. Sept. 25. Self-aligning bearings ; roller bearings.-In order that the bearings of the shafts in a chaff-cutter may be self-aligning, each of the bushes m is made in one piece, or in two pieces with rabbeted edges, and the central part is made spherical and fits into concave recesses in the pedestal and cover, sufficient clearance being allowed to permit of a slight movement of the shaft. The bushes may be formed with rollers within them, and the covers may be held in place by wedges instead of bolts and nuts.