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Patent GB-189704064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulators.
Inventor: DELERY ROBERT
Filed: 1897-02-15
Granted: 1897-06-19
Abstract: 4064. DelÚry, R. Feb. 15. Insulators are formed in two parts c, c<1> screwing together by an internally and externally screwed ring c<5>, a groove c being provided to<6> receive the wire B. The insulator is secured by a screw stem c<3>.
Patent GB-189705527-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flexible Hub applicable to the Wheels of Vehicles Generally and more particularly to Existing Wheels.
Inventor: BALLIN CASIMIR CONSTANT
Filed: 1897-03-02
Granted: 1897-10-16
Abstract: 5527. Ballin, C. C. Dec. 21, A.D. 1896, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Hubs.-An elastic hub applicable to all kinds of vehicle wheels is shown in section applied to an ordinary wooden wheel. The nave a is shortened, and the hole through it is increased to receive the screwed metal casings d, d'. The two rubber sleeves b, b<1> are then placed in position, and are secured by the screwed bushings c, c<1>, the two caps e, e<1> being finally screwed into position. By a slight modification the hub may easily be applied to metal suspension wheels.
Patent GB-189710447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flouring Machines.
Inventor: WHITNEY HUGH MONTICELLO
Filed: 1897-04-27
Granted: 1897-05-29
Abstract: 10,447. Whitney, H. M. April 27. Roller-and-breast mills for grain. The concave breasts 98 are detachably secured in carriers 92 which are worked to and fro endways in dovetailed guides by means of cranks on a vertical shaft 103 at one side of the machine coupled by links, passing through the guide structure, to the carriers at the other side of the machine. The roll bearings are each composed of an upper part 33 and a lower part 26 having inclined meeting faces and adjustable the one upon the other by a screw 42 and a clamping-bolt 37. The lower part 26 is adjustable on the top of the mill frame by means of a lug 29 passing through a slot therein and threaded upon a screwed rod 62 provided with an adjusting-wheel and a lock nut. The inner end of the rod 62 is coupled by a ball-and-socket joint to a rod 59 screwed into the strap of an eccentric mounted upon a spindle extending centrally through the frame parallel to the rolls and provided with a lever coupled by a hook 72 to a bellcrank hand-lever 79 by means of which the rolls are thrown apart. The crank journals of the shaft 103 are lubricated by means of the device shown in Fig. 9. In an oil-hole drilled down the centre of the shaft and communicating by openings 113, 115 with the journals, is placed a rod 108 fixed in the cup 106 and wound with absorbent packing 110 retained in place by a collar 109.
Patent GB-189713625-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brazeless Joint for connecting the Component Members of Cycle Framings.
Inventor: RAINFORTH HENRY SLACK
Filed: 1897-06-02
Granted: 1898-02-26
Abstract: 13,625. Rainforth, H. S. June 2. Frames, brazeless joints for. The frame tube c has secured inside it a strengthening-liner e, and outside it a collar c<3>, having oppositely - coned surfaces c<4>, c<5> as shown. It is placed in its socket a<3>, so that the cone c<5> bears against a corresponding cone a<4> formed on the sockets a<3>, and is secured therein by a nut d which screws into the end of the socket and has a conical surface d<3> to engage the cone c<4>. A collar d<5> formed on the nut d to enable it to be turned is removed after the joint is finished. A cross peg may be used to give greater security. In modifications, one of the cones c<4> and c<5> is dispensed with.
Patent GB-189713966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sole-laying Machines.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1897-06-08
Granted: 1897-08-28
Abstract: 13,966. Brookes, A. G., [International Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co.]. June 8. Soles.-In a sole-laying machine, the elastic pad B is attached to the supporting-bed A, so that the fore-part may rotate with regard to the heel portion to suit the particular last. At the heel the pad is attached by screws a<3> to a flange, a' on the heel, while at the other end it is attached by screws d<3> to flanges d<2> o n a plate D, having a hemispherical boss d resting i an opening i the bed. A screw d<1>, passing through an india-rubber or other elastic bridge E, holds the boss in its seat.
Patent GB-189717749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Illuminating Gas.
Inventor: LEWES VIVIAN BYAM
Filed: 1897-07-28
Granted: 1898-07-16
Abstract: 17,749. Lewes, V. B. July 28. Gas-producers.-A mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane is produced by injecting tar or other hydrocarbon by means of steam into a mass of incandescent fuel; after purification, the gas is enriched by passing it through an acetylene generator. The producer 1 is of the form shown in vertical section. About half-way up it is furnished with a water-cooled ring 6, with injectors 7, through which the tar or other hydrocarbon is injected by means of steam ; it is also fitted with air-supply pipes 5, 5a, and 5b, and with one or more steam-supply pipes 8.
Patent GB-189722826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Theodolites and like Instruments.
Inventor: LEITHOFF MARTIN
Filed: 1897-10-05
Granted: 1897-12-11
Abstract: 22,826. Leithoff, M., and Hein, A. Oct. 5. Tripod stands.-Relates to tripod stands for levels, theodolites, &c. The telescope &c. is mounted on a part-spherical head a which is so cut away as to allow of the free passage of a supporting- bridge f carrying a centre e and secured to the cylinder g on the tripod head. The head a has fixed to it a ring c from which depends a pendulum S. On the top of the cylinder g is screwed a ring i embracing the spherical part of the head a. In use, the part is allowed to swing freely till the pendulum attains the vertical and the ring i is then screwed down to clamp the head.
Patent GB-189723400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances employed in connection with the Drawing of Metallic Tubes.
Inventor: SMALLWOOD ALFRED
Filed: 1897-10-12
Granted: 1898-10-01
Abstract: 23,400. Smallwood, A. Oct. 12. Drawing.-The drawing-carriage a is provided with two serrated gripping-pieces e<1> fitted in a box or chamber d for grasping the tube, rod, or mandrel f. The walls d' of the chamber and the sides e<2> of the gripping- pieces may both be inclined or tapered, or only one of them may be tapered. More than two gripping-pieces may be used, and their shape and also that of the chamber d may be slightly varied. The carriage is moved by an endless chain in the ordinary way, the gripping-pieces being disengaged by the reaction when the drawing is completed, the counterpoised hook a<1> being disengaged from the chain when the chain slackens.
Patent GB-189800170-A (GB)
Title: A Solid Corrugated Door Bolt Plate
Inventor: CARTER GEORGE
Filed: 1898-01-04
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 170. Carter, G., and Carter, H. G. Jan. 4. Stamping; corrugating.-The socket of a door bolt is formed from a blank A, slit at a', a<2>, a<3>, and cut out at a<4>, a<5>. The blank is then stamped in dies to produce longitudinal corrugations d', depressions e', and bridge-pieces b<1>, between which the bolt C slides. The knob c<1> engages in the recesses a<4>, a<5>. A portion e<6> is pressed up to serve as a stop. The number of bridge-pieces and depressions may be varied.
Patent GB-189803517-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Skid Pan for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MAY HENRY AMBROSE
Filed: 1898-02-12
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 3517. May, H. A. Feb. 12. Brakes, skid. The shoe b is removably secured to the skid-pan a by the key c.
Patent GB-189804661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kinematographs, Kinetoscopes, Zoetropes, and such like Instruments.
Inventor: STROUD WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-02-25
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 4661. Stroud, W. Feb. 25. Kinematographic apparatus.-In instruments of the kinematograph, kinetoscope, and zoetrope types, a series of continuously-moving mirrors or lenses, or combinations of mirrors and lenses, are adapted to produce, without occultations, successive stationary images of a series of continuously-moving pictures &c. In zoetropes &c. mirrors M<1>, M<2>, &c., and in kinematographs, kinetoscopes, &c. lenses L<1>, L<2>, &c., are spaced round a cylindrical drum d, and produce at a calculable position practically stationary images of the pictures &c. P<1>, P<2>, &c. spaced round the drum D. Fig. 4 shows one of two somewhat similar arrangements described, in which the drum d bears the lenses L<1>, L<2>, &c., the drum D the pictures P<1>, P<2>, &c., the reflectors A and B being fixed and not rotating with the drums. The lenses and pictures may also, by passing over suitable pulleys, have a rectilineal instead of a rotary motion. In Fig. 8, concave lenses L<1>, L<2>, &c. are used, the drum d serving both as the lens and picture drum. In all the cases described above, the succession of transparencies &c. may be projected on a screen using a source of light S, condenser C, and a fixed lens l, as in the ordinary kinematograph. By substituting sensitive plates or films for the pictures, photographic pictures of the kind required for these instruments may be obtained.
Patent GB-189805706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Threading and Cutting off Pipes.
Inventor: CURTIS RODERICK PERRY
Filed: 1898-03-08
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 5706. Curtis, R. P., and Curtis, L. B. March 8. Screwing; pipesevering machines. -A die carrying a toothed ring 2 is c ir cumferentially supported in the casing 1, which is divided, preferably between its feet 3, so that it can be contracted by tie bolts 5 in order to take up wear. The ring is driven by pinion 6 engaging with its teeth while the pipe is held in a vice 11. Either the ring or the vice can be arranged to slide so as to give the necessary feed. If the ring slides, it can have a separate lead screw, or it may be moved, so as to force the die against the pipe, by levers 7 engaging with fingers 10 which press against its edge. In cases where the pipe would interfere with the handle for operating the pinion 6, the ring can be actuated by bevel gears 14 and 15, the former of which is on the shaft of the pinion 6. The pinion 15 might alternatively engage with bevel teeth on the ring. 20 is a cutting-tool carried by the ring and driven by a star-wheel 24 through a rack and worm gearing. The star-wheel is operated by a pin 25 against which it strikes once in each rotation of the ring.
Patent GB-189811682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Coating or Moistening Paper and other Substances and Articles with Liquid and other Materials.
Inventor: BEEMAN JOSEPH SAMUEL
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1898-09-03
Abstract: 11,682. Beeman, J. S. May 23. Cigarette-making machines.-Relates to machines for applying paste or other adhesive, colouring- matter, or water to moisten adhesive or colouring matter, to paper, tobacco leaf, &c., in connection with the attachment of tips to cigarettes. The strip to be coated is placed on a wetted retainer, which holds it during the coating. This retainer may consist of three hexagonal plates G', mounted in a frame G<3> reciprocated bv cam mechanism to carry each strip to the coating-apparatus. The plates G<1> dip into water in the trough G<8>, and are rotated by ratchet mechanism during the backward travel of the frame G<3>. The strip when coated is removed from the retainer by a lifter consisting of fingers K<1>, which are depressed by the spring rail G<12> and pass between the plates G<1> as the retainer advances. After the coating is completed, the fingers rise and remove the strip from the retainer. The form of the retainer may be varied, but, if not consisting of plates, it must be formed with grooves or depressions &c. to receive the lifting- finger. The coating-apparatus consists of a felt roller M<10> supplied with paste or other material from the cylinder M<1>, in which works a piston advanced by ratchet mechanism. The strip after removal from the retainer is delivered at a convenient point by the lifter. In the machine described, cigarettes are fed one at a time from the hopper 0, and pressed forward into a rotating tube. Each cigarette while in this tube receives from the lifter a coated strip, which is wound round it and smoothed down by the finisher L.
Patent GB-189818529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Water Heaters for Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: COCKBURN ROBERT
Filed: 1898-08-30
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 18,529. Cockburn, R. Aug. 30. Feedwater, heating.-The water is caused to take a tortuous course in passing through a tubular heater by means of annular partitions C', C<3>. The direction of flow is shown by arrows. J is a bye-pass controlled by the valve H, which is arranged to cover either of two openings, one leading to the heater and the other to the bye-pass. An air-relief L actuated by a float M is preferably fitted. The tubes are surrounded by live or exhaust steam.
Patent GB-189902726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: FLOWER JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-02-07
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 2726. Flower, J. W., and Gambrell, T. E. Feb. 7. Galvanometers; quantity meters.- Galvanometers for use in measuring small currents or resistances, or ballistically, are made with thin flat coils, movable edgeways in strong stationary magnetic fields. In the form shown in section, two circular coils E are carried between thin copper plates on an ebonite support B. Brass wires G extend vertically from this support, and are attached to thin suspending and connecting strips, one of them also carrying a mirror F or an aluminium pointer. The coils move in four fields produced between the ends of two compound horse-shoe permanent magnets C and an iron block D, which is supported adjustably by screws ; or two other magnets may be placed above the coils. One of the coils may be replaced by a counterweight, adjustable along a screw-threaded arm of the ebonite support B. The coils may be made rectangular or of other forms, and by slitting a copper plate spirally, so as to have only one conductor in the thickness of the coil. Two such thin coils may be placed together, the ends of the conductors at the middle of the coils being connected.
Patent GB-189903186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Eosin and other Halogen Derivatives of the Fluorescein Group.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 3186. Ellis, G. B., [Soc. Chimique des Usines du Rh¶ne anciennement Gilliard, P. Monnet, et Cartier]. Feb. 13. Dyes, artificial, obtaining.-Consists in the production of dyes of the eosin group by electrolysis. The reaction takas place at the ordinary temperature in presence of caustic or carbonated alkali. For example, fluorescein in carbonate of soda solution is mixed with bromine, and the mixture is electrolysed, in a vessel provided with diaphragms, by a current of two or three amperes per square decimetre, the anode employed being preferably platinum gauze, and the cathode an iron plate or iron gauze. The liquid is kept in circulation. The current is cut off when the desired shade has been attained, and the product is worked up in the usual manner for eosin. In a similar manner erythrosine may be prepared, the electrolytic method being very suitable for the introduction of iodine. Substituted fluoresceins may also be treated ; for example, phloxin may be prepared by this process from tetrachlor-ofluorescein and bromine.
Patent GB-189905333-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Use in Glengarry or similar Caps.
Inventor: KENINGTON HENRY BARKER
Filed: 1899-03-11
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 5333. Kenington, H. B. March 11. Caps; springs for.-Relates to Glengarry and like caps, and consists of a spring c of bent wire which is placed inside the cap so as to embrace the indented portion, which may be regulated in size by varying the position of the spring c.
Patent GB-189905356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Electric-arc-lamps.
Inventor: BENNETT HARRY
Filed: 1899-03-11
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 5356. Bennett, H. March 11. Arc lamps.-A carbon-holder a' slides on guides a<3>, and is connected by a cord m, a chain, or a rack with a pulley k or a pinion on a cylindrical barrel, which is rotatable in bearings f<2> in the frame of the lamp. The barrel supports a loose bearing for a cam-lever d, which is linked to the movable core c' of a series solenoid, and the bearing is acted on by a spring p, so that movement of the core into the solenoid causes the cam to grip and turn the barrel, with the loose bearing, in opposition to the spring p, and to separate the carbons. The camlever d may be linked to the piston of a dashpot q. The lamp may be arranged with the carbons below the regulating-mechanism, either or both carbonholders being movable, and a weight being used to raise the lower holder in one form.
Patent GB-189907512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coupling Apparatus for Railway Wagons and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: BROCKELBANK THOMAS ATTWOOD
Filed: 1899-04-10
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 7512. Brockelbank, T. A. April 10. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 12,955, A.D. 1898. The plane of each coupling-hook makes an angle with the vertical, so that, when the hooks are engaged, they stand at right-angles to each other. Each coupling-hook has the construction shown in Figs. 5 to 8, the body portion 1<d> having a twisted or screw-like feathered ridge, so that, when either hook is raised for uncoupling, the point 1<b> of the hook will slide under the lower surface of the second hook and be forced to one side. The link 3 has side projections 3, and the hook has two arms 1<a>, so that, when the crank 8 is turned to lift the plate 4 for uncoupling purposes, the necessary support and guiding are furnished to the hook and link.
Patent GB-189908368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional Hot Water Boilers.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1899-04-21
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 8368. Keith, J. April 21. Furnaces for heating water.-The fuel chamber d is contained within an auxiliary water-heater c, placed alongside the main boiler a and made in sections, or it may be in a single piece and tapered. The fire-gases pass into the combustion chamber b by the flue h.
Patent GB-189911541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Voltaic Cells and Packing for same.
Inventor: FULD MANES EPHRAIM
Filed: 1899-06-02
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 11,541. Fuld, M. E. June 2. Dry batteries.- Relates to dry cells, and to a method of packing them so that they c a n b e readily tested without being removed from the packing. The cell, as shown in vertical section in Fig. 3, consists of a cylindrical zinc shell A provided with a suitable bottom and with a fibre cover G. In the lower part of the cell is a layer B of pitch and resin on which rests the r e c t - angular carbon block C, which is surrounded with an ordinary depolarizing-mixture D, outside which again is an annular layer of plaster of Paris serving as an absorbent for salammoniac or other electrolyte. The upper part of the carbon is varnished, and has a horizontal slot through it through which the sealing B' of pitch, resin, and asphalt is run so as to hold the carbon in place. The cell is wrapped in paper K, and is then placed in a cylindrical pasteboard box M having a cover M' in which are holes m through which the wires of a galvanometer &c. may be introduced to make contact with the terminals H. The holes m may, however, be in the side of the box M itself.
Patent GB-189912141-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Legging.
Inventor: BARNETT GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1899-06-10
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 12,141. Barnett, G. R. June 10. Leggings and gaiters. - The leggings, Figs. 1 and 2, are made up of three pieces A, B, C, shaped as shown. One of the outer parts A or C is cut away at the edges, and terminates in a strap D, while the other outer part is similarly cut away and terminates in a buckle E. The strap D is passed outside the flap B, then through a hole F, and around the exterior of the leggings, and is finally fastened to the buckle E. The free end of the strap is placed in a hole D'. A buttonhole G serves to fasten the legging to a button on the trousers. The legging may be made of short length to serve as an anklet or gaiter.
Patent GB-189917615-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Engine or Motor chiefly for use with Motor-driven Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SIMPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-08-31
Granted: 1900-10-02
Abstract: 17.615. Simpson, W., Godlee, F., Bodman, W. L., and Simpson, D. H. Aug. 31. Radial-cylinder engines; valves and valve gear.- Consists of an engine, especially suitable for motordriven road vehicles, but also applicable for other uses. The engine has a series of cylinders grouped radially round the driving-shaft. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a transverse section. A. steam inlet beat valve H is provided for each cylinder A, and on the crank shaft B is mounted a cam E by which the valves are operated in succession. Two sets of swellings G, I are provided on the cam side by side, one set for forward and one set for reverse running, and means for giving the cam an endwise movement enables the engine to be reversed. The endwise movement is imparted to the cam by shifting the portion of the shaft carrying it, or by means of a rod passing through the shaft. The exhaust escapes through ports J in the cylinder walls into a pipe L common to all the cylinders. The gearing wheels are disposed so that they can be readily removed and others of different sizes be substituted. The engine and gearing are completely enclosed in suitable casings, and throughout the engine there is an entire absence of packing except that of the pistons.
Patent GB-189920474-A (GB)
Title: Car Brakes.
Inventor: THEILENGERDES FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-10-12
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 20,474. Theilengerdes, F. Oct. 12. Brakes. - The brake shoes are applied by throwing into action a friction clutch upon one of the axles. The general arrangement is shown in Fig. 1, and the clutch in Fig. 3. The operating-rods C' are attached to the centrallypivoted bar C<5>, which is connected by the rod C<6> with the lever M, and throw into action the clutch connected with the drum sleeve D. A cable D' winding upon the drum is connected to one arm of the lever D<3>, which is connected in a usual manner with rods operating the brake-beams. The ring F fixed to the drum sleeve D has an annular recess formed by flanges F<1> to receive the ring E, which is secured to the axle. A loose annular disc F' of leather is placed between the rings, and an oil reservoir DO is provided. When the upper end of the forked lever I is forced towards the drum sleeve, the projections P press the U-shaped piece G forwards, slide the sleeve, and bring the clutch into action to wind the cable upon the drum. The saddle H and lever I are held to the sleeve by the split sleeve clamped to the axle. An oil reservoir between the branches of the forked saddle H is provided with a wick to raise oil to the axle.
Patent GB-189923113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters.
Inventor: SHAW THOMAS PATTON
Filed: 1899-11-20
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 23,113. Shaw, T. P. Nov. 20. Water heaters, gas.-A water heater for domestic use is shown in Fig. 1. Water enters by the pipe b<1> and leaves by the central opening d. The lower end of the drum b is provided with a diaphragm j and a casting h of annular dish form. The opening through the diaphragm j is eccentric with respect to the wall k. A flat diaphragm o is also provided, and a tapered tube u connects the openings p, s. The openings q, t are connected by elliptical tubes v. The elliptical tubes are secured as shown in Fig. 4, and have nipples v<1> at the ends. The conical hood 6 is set upon the bead r. A movable gas burner x is preferably employed, and the combustion products pass to the chimney by the tube n, or by the tubes v, m, according to the position of the dampers. The branch pipe n has a stuffing-box connection f, to allow for expansion. A water trap for the casing h consists of a block 10 with central tubular extension 9 and passages to enable the water to drip from the point 13.