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Patent GB-189807454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: BATE HENRY
Filed: 1898-03-28
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 7454. Bate, H. March 28. Shutters.-Relates to a device for regulating the time of exposure in pneumatic shutters. The device consists of a valve the opening of which can be adjusted to allow the compressed air in the flexible tube to escape at any required rate. Various forms of the regulating-valve are shown, and all are adapted to be fitted to any shutter which is opened by compressing a flexible ball, and closed when the pressure is released. In the form shown in section in Fig. 7, one end of the tube C is connected to the pneumatic ball, and the other to the flexible tube leading to the shutter. The area of the escape aperture D is controlled by a conical screw-down valve C', on which is an index finger E which indicates on the fixed scale F the opening of the valve. The length of the exposure is proportional to the rate with which the air escapes, and consequently the valve may be set to any required time by the index E and scale F. Conical, tubular, tapering, and other forms of valves are described, the essential characteristic of all being that they shall gradually reduce the escape opening.
Patent GB-189808267-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Elevating Spent Hops.
Inventor: WORSSAM HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1898-04-06
Granted: 1898-06-11
Abstract: 8267. Worssam, R. J. April 6. Elevators for spent hops. These are passed through a hopper C into a vessel A in which they are mixed with water by mixing-apparatus D. The hops are then pumped to an upper floor, when the water is strained off.
Patent GB-189808692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes or Scrappers for Tube Cleaning and other purposes.
Inventor: HOLMES WILLIE
Filed: 1898-04-14
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 8692. Holmes, W., and Cooper, F. S. April 14. C l e a i n g tubes. - The brushes or scrapers are for cleaning boiler tubes &c. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of one form of scraper, and Fig. 2 shows an end view. A helical coil of wire &c. a, Fig. 4, of any section and corrugated or otherwise, is threaded upon wire b which is then twisted with another wire b<1> so that the coil spreads out as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A number of rings may be used instead of the coil a. A second coil &c. may be placed on the wire b<1>, Fig. 4, or several coils and central wires may be used as shown in Fig. 12. A cap c, Fig. 1, of any suitable form may be fixed on the end of the scraper.
Patent GB-189814342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pickaxes and in Sockets therefor.
Inventor: DITCHBURN MALCOLM
Filed: 1898-06-29
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 14,342. Ditchburn, M., and Whitehead, T. June 29. Handles.-The head b and the socket a of a pick-axe are made separate, and the socket is formed with dovetailed projections d to engage with dovetailed grooves f in the head near the eye g. The socket may be split at the top, and may have an internal flange r to bite into the handle c.
Patent GB-189817575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Igniting Incandescent Mantles for Gas-light.
Inventor: BUHLMANN GEORG
Filed: 1898-08-15
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 17,575. Buhlmann, G. Aug. 15. Incandescent gas lamps.-Relates to the manufacture of self-igniting mantles. Strips of fabric saturated with the salts of thorium and cerium are arranged alternately with strips impregnated with platinum chloride and sewn together to form a compound strip, which is used in the construction of the head of the mantle. Heddles or healds possessing but few meshes may be attached at several points of the mantles by rings or long stitches, or diminutive mantles may be suspended from the heads of the mantles to conduct the ignition downwards. Platinum may be replaced by other metals of the platinum group, or by oxides of iron, chromium, silver, and other metals which have been previously heated to about 300‹ C. Strips impregnated with oxide of cerium may be used for conducting the ignition downwards, and both the platinum and the oxide of cerium can be reduced to a finely-divided state by mixing them with fireproof substances.
Patent GB-189826080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wringing, Mangling, Calendering, and similar Machines.
Inventor: KING JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1898-12-09
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 26,080. King, J. H., and King, T. B. Dec. 9. Guards for mangling, calendering, &c. machines. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of a machine. A safety roller D is mounted in slotted guides x, in front of the feeding side of the rollers Y.
Patent GB-189826342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Apparatus for Heating and Distilling Water, Milk, and other Liquids, for Sterilizing or other purposes.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1898-12-13
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 26,342. Johnson, J. Y., [Forbes, W. S.]. Dec. 13. Drawings to Specification. Boilers and water-heaters.-Relates to apparatus for heating, distilling, or sterilizing liquids, in which a water boiler or heater, heated in the ordinary way, is used as the means to heat the liquid.
Patent GB-189905554-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Gas-lighter.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1899-03-14
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 5554. Dymond, G. C., [Trendel, F.]. March 14. Lighting gas.-Relates to means for automatically removing catalytic igniters out of the path of the heated products of combustion after the ignition of the gas. The platinum - block or equivalent igniter a is carried at the end of a lever c, which is so pivoted to the support b that it tends to occupy the position shown in Fig. 2. After the ignition of the gas, the heated products of combustion cause the expansion of a thermostatic spring e, which, being attached to the lever c at d and abutting against the support b at f, turns the lever c into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, in which both the spring e and the igniter a are held clear of the chimney opening until the contraction of the spring e upon the extinction of the flame allows the lever c to return to the position shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-189906592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petroleum Motors.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1899-03-27
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 6592. Ransford, R. B., [Soc. l'Aster]. March 27. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, cylinders for. In engines for motor road vehicles, the cylinders C are of cast steel, and are cooled by forcing on to them a number of corrugated copper rings A with their flanges B close together.
Patent GB-189907702-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Double Piston Twin Motor.
Inventor: OECHELHAEUSER WILHELM VON
Filed: 1899-04-12
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 7702. Oechelhaeuser, W. von. April 12. Engines with two pistons reciprocating oppositely within same cylinder; horizontal engines, general arrangement of.-Relates to twin engines with two pistons reciprocating oppositely within each cylinder, and comprises various arrangements of which the objects are mainly to reduce the number of cranks and bearings employed and to improve the disposition of the bearings. Fig. 4<b> shows one of the arrangements in plan. In this, the two front pistons work on a crank shaft b directly, and the two rear pistons work on a central crank on the same shaft through the medium of a rocking shaft l and return connecting-rods h. In another arrangement, a reciprocating crosshead is substituted for the rocking shaft l ; and, in a third arrangement, the connecting - rod h is outside instead of between the two cylinders. In modifications, instead of a rocking shaft, rotary shafts may be employed at the rear ends of the cylinders, and in that case the two cylinders may be disposed in line on opposite sides of a central crank shaft
Patent GB-189910468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Party Telephone Line Systems.
Inventor: AITKEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-18
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 10,468. Aitken, W. May 18. Telephone systems.-Direct - call party lines in which the subscribers work in pairs are arranged with means for locking all the other instruments but the selected one, so that there can be no interference. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement at one end of a line a<1> b<1>, on which three pairs of subscribers are working. The subscribers C and D have oppositely - polarized relays e, e<1> bridged across the calling-keys c, c<1>, and the subscriber E has a differentially-wound coil t<1> connected at its middle point to the calling-key c', the back contact of which is connected to the relay e'. The local circuits of the relays include the indicator and bell in parallel; a branch circuit from the relay also includes the locking-magnet q, the function of which is to prevent a second call from being made while the line is in use. The locking- circuit is broken by the telephone lever rising when two subscribers are in communication.
Patent GB-189917080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil, Gas, and other Stoves.
Filed: 1899-08-23
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 17,080. Harper & Co., J., and Retallack, C. Aug. 23. Heat-radiators; supports for cooking utensils and other articles.-The upper part of the hexagonal oil stove shown, is provided with a number of heat radiating plates A, A', preferably triangular in plan, which are each attached to the top of the stove by two curved projections d, e which engage the two short cross-bars b, c, of the slots a at the top of the stove. In the position shown on the right, the plate A acts as a radiator and is in its most closed position. It may also serve for heating irons, the irons resting on the lug f. The radiators may be made to close down entirely, in which case their apices meet at the centre of the top of the stove. As shown on the left, the plate A<1> is opened out so as to form a sideway extension plate. The device may be also applied to gas and other stoves. In a modification, the sides of the stove are hinged so as to close vertically or obliquely, or open out to a horizontal position, the sides being secured, when in their closed position, by a loose top.
Patent GB-190003543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Attaching Jointing or Strengthening Strips to Cardboard Boxes and other articles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-02-22
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 3543. Boult, A. J., [Partzsch, R.]. Feb. 22. Stapling.-Jointing or strengthening strips are attached to cardboard boxes and other articles by means of apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1. The strip, which is formed with teeth or tongues as described in Specification No. 3105, A.D. 1898, is fed from a holder 10 over a curved guide 13 to the stamp 1, which is reciprocated over the anvil 2 on which the work is placed. The strip pases through an aperture in an attachment of a spring knife slide 15, which moves in grooves on the front of the stamp and carries at the base a ledge which operates with a cutter fixed to the stamp to cut the strip. The stamp is mounted on a lever 3 pivoted at 4, and is operated through a lever or link 6 by an eccentric on the shaft 8. The feeding of the strip is effected by toothed grippers on two blocks 24, which are adapted to slide in grooves on each side of the stamp, and are carried on spring arms 28 which are mounted on an arm 28<a> pivoted at 29 to an arm 30 pivoted at 32 to the lever 3. Pivoted at 29 is also a connecting-rod 31, the other end of which is adjustably secured to a crank-disc 33 on the shaft 8. Thus, as the shaft 8 rotates, the grippers on the blocks 24 are moved along the stamp to engage, beyond the cutters, with the teeth of the strip, which is prevented from moving backwards by a pawl. Tnen, as the shaft further rotates, the strip is drawn forward until, just when the stamp operates on the anvil, the feed ceases, and the grippers abutting on the anvil are moved from engagement with the strip. A modification is described, in which the apparatus is worked by a treadle.
Patent GB-190004820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Linotype Machines.
Inventor: COX SAMUEL LEONARD
Filed: 1900-03-14
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 4820. Cox, S. L. March 14. [Right to Patent relinquished.] Linotype machines.-Relates to improvements in the moulds of linotype machines to enable the same mould to be used for casting various sizes of type. Fig. 3 shows the capplate of the mould in cross-section. It is formed with several narrow transverse grooves G of the shape shown, with the result that the cast linotype S, Fig. 4, is provided with ribs R upon its body. When the types are of large size, the lower portions of the letters T overhang the body of the linotype, and are supported at intervals by the ribs R.
Patent GB-190005105-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instrument for use in Correcting a Course, Taking Bearings, and the like on Board Vessels.
Inventor: BOHM JOHAN EMIL
Filed: 1900-03-17
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 5105. Bohm, J. E. March 17. Bearings and courses, determining, indicating, correcting. - A n i n - strument for use i n correcting a c o u r s e, taking bearings, and the like on board vessels is shown in Fig. 1 and in section in Fig. 2. The diagram card shows the compass line d, divided both into degrees and points, and the deviation curve e, and is fixed in the bottom groove c. The upper grooves a and b receive movable frames A and B, which can be locked in various positions. The frame A has reading-wires i and j, while the frame b has a wire k with scale l inclined as shown. In using the instrument, the frame A has its wire placed above the course on the compass-line ; the lower frame B is then moved till the reading-wire k intersects the wire j above the deviation curve, and the course to be set is given by the intersection of the compass line with the wire k. In taking a bearing, the reading-scale l is placed so as to intersect the compass-line above the course, and the deviation is read off to the right or left, according to the side on which the deviation curve falls.
Patent GB-190005869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Boxes.
Filed: 1900-03-29
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 5869. Williams, J. L., and Britannia Folding Box Co. March 29. Folding - boxes are formed from cardboard blanks cut and scored as shown in Fig. 1. The flaps B', B<2>, D<1>, D<2> on the sides B, D have tongues B<3>, D<3> to engage in slits C<2> E<2>, C<1> E<1> on the ends C, E when the box is set up. The lid F is provided with flips G, H, J, the flaps G, H fitting within or outside the sides of the box, and the flap J being inserted within the slits C', C<2> in the front C.
Patent GB-190010191-A (GB)
Title: Improved Connections or Fittings for Gas Pipes and Burners.
Inventor: BOERLAGE THEODOR
Filed: 1900-06-02
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 10,191. Boerlage, T. June 2. Junction pieces; couplings, disconnectible. - A connection, junction piece, or fitting for gas pipes and burners is shown in Fig. 1. The connection consists of a capsule A and tube B with rubber attachments C and F. When fitted to a split burner, the rubber C is drawn over the burner, and when fitted to a bunsen burner the rubber piece is fitted over the burner and the air-holes are closed by a rubber ring.
Patent GB-190023559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Files or Card Holders.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1900-12-24
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 23,559. Brookes, A. G., [Library Bureau]. Dec. 24. Drawings to Specification. Handles.-Relates to files or holders for securing cards in drawers or other receptacles such as are commonly used for card indexes. The socket piece for the knob is made up of tapering annular ribs, which are driven into place.
Patent GB-190101071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motors
Inventor: BERESTEYN HUGO VAN
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 1071. Beresteyn, H. van. Jan. 16. Annular-chamber type.-A rotary engine adapted for driving motor road vehicles or dynamos, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as a gas engine. The drum 4 carries one or more piston vanes 5 and rotates in a cylinder 1 fitted with packing-rings at its ends and having the end 2 pressed inwards by springs 35. The sliding abutment 10 contains a chamber 12 and serves as a distributing- valve. The abutment has a tubular extension 13 fitted with a non-return valve 17 and connected to a gas-compressing pump. The extension 13 is: carried by a stirrup 31 acted on by cams 32 on the shaft so that the abutment is withdrawn to allow the piston vane to pass and then the gas passes into the annular chamber and is exploded by a sparking device 29. The abutments are fitted with spring-pressed packing-strips.
Patent GB-190105686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Life-saving, Line-coiling, and Line-throwing Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHERMULY WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 5686. Schermuly, W. March 18. Reeling cords. - In a life - saving, line - coiling, and line-throwing apparatus for use between a ship and the shore, or between two ships or other objects, the line is coiled on pegs b projecting through spaces in a base c and carried by a frame a, which may be mounted on a pivot. The end of the line passes through a groove l. The frame a is placed in a box supporting the rocket trough, and the frame and its base are removed, leaving the coiled line in the box.
Patent GB-190106612-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: HINDLEY LEONARD ALBERT
Filed: 1901-03-29
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 6612. Hindley, L. A. March 29. Heating liquids.-The apparatus for heating water or other liquid by steam is shown in Fig. 1, and comprises the steam boiler c, the heating-tank a situated above the boiler water level, the heater b, which is in the form of a grid and slopes downward within the tank, and the flow and return pipes d, e. The valves f, g are operated simultaneously by the link h or other means. Air is allowed to escape by the cock k. The water of condensation is automatically returned to the boiler.
Patent GB-190112764-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Drying Green Bricks by Hot Air in Continuous Kilns before being Burnt.
Inventor: OAKLAND GEORGE
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1902-07-22
Abstract: 12,764. Oakland, G., Oakland, E., and Oakland, S. June 22. Kilns.-A kiln used for first drying and then burning bricks has two rows of chambers R separated by a main flue A and connected by openings C. When a chamber is to be used for drying bricks the openings C are closed and the bricks in the chamber are dried by air heated by being drawn through a pipe J under the kiln floor and then passing into the chamber by branch pipes B. Hot air can also pass into the chambers through branch pipes N connected to the main flue A.
Patent GB-190115992-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Washing and Sterilizing Linen and the like
Inventor: BERNARDI GIULIO
Filed: 1901-08-08
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 15,992. Bernarde, G. Aug. 8. Washing-machines.-Apparatus for washing and sterilizing linen &c. consists of a vessel provided with a lid A and divided into two parts G, E by a perforated plate F. The side walls of the compartment G are made double, and there is direct communication from the compartment E to the top of the compartment G through the space between these walls and through the perforations c. The linen to be washed is placed in the compartment G, and on the top of it is placed a covering of wire net, which is prevented from rising by pins b. Lye is run into the compartment E, which is then heated, and the pressure of the linen in the compartment G causes a part of the boiling lye to pass up between the walls and through the perforations c into the compartment G, from which it percolates through the linen back to the compartment E.
Patent GB-190120107-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Bottles to Prevent Refilling
Inventor: MCCONAGHY JAMES FOSTER
Filed: 1901-10-08
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 20,107. McConaghy, J. F., and Duddles, G. G. Oct. 8. Stoppers, refilling, preventing.-The neck B of the bottle is ground or frosted to make it non-transparent, and is formed with a seat C for the ball valve D. Above the valve, the neck is formed with a shoulder E to support two or more diaphragms F, F<1>, F<2>, which are separated from each other by pieces H, preferably forming part of the diaphragm F<1>. The diaphragms are formed with perforations or marginal incuts, which are arranged out of alignment with each other, so that the valve cannot be tampered with. The diaphragms are secured by softening the neck and closing it in on them, this operation being effected after the bottle has been filled and the ball and diaphragms have been placed in position.
Patent GB-190120258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: REINIGER ERNST
Filed: 1901-10-10
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 20,258. Reiniger, E., and Lion, H., [trading as Reiniger & Co.]. Oct. 10. Current meters.- Two or more measuring-instruments mounted on a single base have a magnetic system in common. In the form shown, two pivoted coils F, G are movable between two fixed cores and two pairs of pole-pieces on a permanent magnet A, or an electromagnet, and carry pointers over two scales, to measure volts and ampÞres, from which ohms or watts may be calculated.
Patent GB-190123617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Mechanism for Self Propelled Vehicles
Inventor: LANCHESTER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 23,617. Lanchester, F. W. Nov. 21. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change-speed mechanism, especially of the kind in which the various sets of gearing are always in mesh, and one or other of the gears is put in action by operating clutches or brakes. Figs, 1 and 2 show, m side and end elevations, the invention as applied to a twospeed gear. The object is to enable the gear to be put in or out of action by a single lever c, the change from one set of gear to another being effected by a secondary lever m. The main lever c acts through the shaft d, lever arm b, and pawl f on the independent levers a', a<2> by which the different gears are put in or out of action. The pawl f is mounted on a pin e so that, through the medium of an arm k and sliding sleeve i, it can be slid laterally by the lever m. By these means it can be made to engage with either one or other of the levers a<1>, a<2>. The sleeve i may be acted on by the lever m through a spring, so that this lever can be moved irrespectively of the pawl being blocked, the pawl in such case being thrown over as soon as it is released. A modification showing the application to a four-speed gear is also shown.
Patent GB-190201740-A (GB)
Title: Improved Travelling Rug.
Inventor: CHAPMAN ETHEL MAUD
Filed: 1902-01-22
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 1740. Chapman, E. M. Jan. 22. Rugs, travelling. A travelling-rug is provided with a pocket or bag b, which may be fitted as a dressing-bag. The bag may have a flap c, and buttons d, or may be fastened by any suitable means. There may be more than one bag, if desired, attached to the rug.
Patent GB-190201809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Golf Balls.
Inventor: COCHRANE JAMES PRINGLE
Filed: 1902-01-23
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 1809. Cochrane, J. P. Jan. 23. Balls for golf. A piece of gutta-percha rod is softened in hot water, and then formed by hand into a ball. The ball is sprinkled all over with sulphur, and is rolled on a hot plate, so as to impregnate the outer part with sulphur, thus producing a hard surface. The ball is finished in a mould in the usual way.
Patent GB-190202697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas or Vapour Separators.
Inventor: HOOPER PERCY NICHOLAS
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 2697. Hooper, P. N. Feb. 3. Steam separators; feedwater, purifying.-An apparatus for separating solid and liquid particles from gases consists of a casing having an inlet A for the gas or vapour, a tube directing the gas on to a plate C, a series of conical perforated baffle plates E, F, G, an outlet B for the purified and dry gas, and a valve outlet H for for the condensed and separated impurities. The velocity of the gas is reduced by striking against the plate C. The inlet and outlet for the gas may be differently situated. The apparatus may be used to separate oil and water from the exhaust steam of a steam engine, on its way to a condenser or a feed heater or purifier ; or to remove moisture from live steam.