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Patent GB-189818748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vending Machines.
Inventor: SHAW EDWARD
Filed: 1898-09-01
Granted: 1899-12-01
Abstract: 18,748. Shaw, E. Sept. 1. Sale apparatus for retailing from goods in bulk as described in Specifications No. 12,996, A.D. 1896, and No. 9919, A.D. 1897. Fig. 3 shows the storage and the delivery mechanism, and Fig. 6 the actuating-mechanism on a larger scale. Storage; delivery mechanism.-The goods, such as sweetmeats, are contained in thin drums 1, which are rotatable singly about a fixed cylinder 2 and bear internal scoops 7 to lift the contents to hoppers 8 set in the cylinder. A shoot lying in the cylinder below the hoppers leads to a tipping weigh-pan 46 in a discharge shoot 47, beneath which the purchaser holds a sheet of paper or a bag. Further rotation of a drum is prevented when the weigh-pan sinks, and a trap door 33 at the end of the shoot is closed. Bags 64 with flaps that spring out lie on a shaft 63 and are ejected singly by a striker 67. Actuating-mechanism.-Each drum is provided with a peripheral ring of teeth 6 which gear with a loose wheel 12. On a shaft 13 common to all of them and associated with each wheel there is a ratchet clutch 14, 15, having an operating-lever 16 which is subject to a cam 19 on a parallel shaft 20. The cams are differently disposed on their common shaft, so that only one clutch is operated at a time when it is turned, and the angles of turning required for the different clutches are shown by a dial behind the turning-head. Thus the drum containing the desired goods is coupled up for actuation after prepayment, when the clutch shaft 13 is turned by turning a handle 25. The weigh beam is connected by a cord 51 and lever 52 to a detent which is applied to a ratchet-wheel 55 on the shaft when the weigh beam is over-balanced, to stop further turning of the handle. Coin action.-A ratchet clutch 28, 29 intervenes between the handle 25 and the shaft 13, and the sliding half 28 is shifted by rack and pinion action as soon as the handle is turned, if a coin has been dropped into a pocket in a disc 27 turning with the handle. The coin protruding from the pocket wipes an arm 32 that is in train with the rack 37 on the clutch through two cross-shafts 30 and 40. The trap door at the end of the hopper shoot is opened by the partial rotation of the upper cross-shaft 30. The gear is locked by a spring pawl 42 after the coin has escaped from the arm 32, and further rotation of the handle 25 delivers the goods. A spur on the detent for stopping the handle rocks a bell crank 57, which kicks away the pawl 42 holding the clutch in action against a separating-spring. Fraud, preventing.-The coins drop from the pocket in the disc into a slightly-inclined shoot, and a certain number of them is always visible through a window.
Patent GB-189824540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Intensifying Hydraulic Presses and Apparatus in connection therewith.
Filed: 1898-11-21
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 24,540. Abel, C. D., [Haniel & Lueg]. Nov. 21. Hydraulic presses; intensifiers.-Relates to intensifying hydraulic presses in which an intensifying- cylinder C' is coupled with the ram cylinder B. The valves are arranged so that the return of the press ram b causes the return of the ram c<2> and piston c' of the intensifier C. The press is also arranged so as to allow the ram b to be brought down to the work with low-pressure water, and to act on the work by means of repeated strokes of the intensifier C<1>. The return of the ram is effected by means of cylinders F, which are supplied with pressure water from an intensifier G. The intensifier C' is supplied with pressure fluid, steam, air, &c. through a valve n<1> actuated by a lever a<1>. A rod t with tappets u, u<1> is attached to the press head for automatically actuating the lever a<1> and valve n<1>, The raising and lowering of the ram is regulated by a valve h connected to the lever a<2>. To lower the ram in the first place, the valve h is placed in the position shown in Fig. 3. The ports P and R leading to the cylinders Band F are then both open to the supply pipe A from the tank K, and water passes through the non-return valves q and o to the ram cylinder B. The exit of water from the cylinder F can be throttled so as to check the fall of the press by nearly closing the port R as shown. The press being brought down to the work, it may be held down while the intensifier C' makes any desired number of strokes by placing the valve h in the position shown in Fig. 4, which shows the ports P and R both connected to the pipe D leading from the intensifier G. If, however, the press is to rise and fall with single strokes of the intensifier C', the valve h is placed as shown in Fig. 5. In this position of the valve only the cylinders F receive water from the intensifier G, and the press is lifted so far as the return stroke of the intensifier C' allows. To raise the press to a greater height, the valve must be placed as shown in Fig. 6. In this position, the tail end of the valve h opens the valve o and allows water to flow from the cylinder B through the ports P and A back to the tank K, the lifting being effected by the cylinders F, which remain in connection with the intensifier G. To replenish the intensifier G while holding the press stationary, the valve h is placed in the position shown in Fig. 7. In this position the ports P and R are cut off, and the valve r of the intensifier G is moved to exhaust by the lever a<2>. The water from the tank K then passes through the valvep into the cylinder L, and the ram g<1> and piston g fall to their lowest position. Instead of the intensifier G, a pressure supply J may be used. A safety-valve S is fitted to the cylinders F. The intensifier C' may be separate from the press and connected by a pipe.
Patent GB-189824630-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Producing Artificial Asphalt.
Inventor: ALEXANDER ALBERT EDGAR
Filed: 1898-11-22
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 24.630. Alexander, A. E., [Peck, D. W.]. Nov. 22. other purposes is prepared by heating and agitating coal tar or coal-tar pitch and resin together with petroleum residuum or heavy oil, and gradually adding sulphur to the heated mixture.
Patent GB-189825305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Coating of Moulds for Casting Metal.
Inventor: STANNING HENRY
Filed: 1898-11-30
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 25,305. Stanning, H., and Aldcroft, T. Nov. 30. Moulding.-A composition for coating moulds consists of four-fifths by weight of asbestos, onetenth of clay, and one-tenth of washing soda. The composition is preferably applied as a powder in green sand moulding and as a liquid in dry sand moulding.
Patent GB-189900002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for connecting Electric Mains.
Inventor: HIGHFIELD JOHN SOMERVILLE
Filed: 1899-01-02
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 2. Highfield, J. S. Jan. 2. Couplings for use in junction boxes. Two forms of terminals are described. In one form, shown in Fig. 3, d is a loop passing under the cable and secured by screws to the rod b. In the second form, the loop d embraces the cable, and has a divided taper screw for engaging with a female screw in the end of a rod b.
Patent GB-189921799-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Manipulating Heavy Masses of Metal during the Process of Rolling.
Inventor: DAVY CHARLES
Filed: 1899-10-31
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 21,799. Davy, C. Oct. 31. Rolling.- Hydraulic apparatus for manipulating armour - plates, ingots, &c. during rolling comprises rams placed below the floor to raise or slew the ingot &c. on either side of the rolls A. On one side are a pair of rams D in cylinders carried by brackets E sliding in grooves F in the floor. The brackets are carried by a yoke operated by a ram H. The rams D pass through slots G in the floor, and may be simultaneously operated to raise the plate C, which is then carried forwards by operating the ram H, or one may be operated so that the movement of the ram H slews the plate round. On the other side of the rolls, a central stationary ram I acts as a pivot for slewing the plate, the rams D<1> being independently traversed by rams H<1>. The brackets E may each carry two rams to lift the plate bodily off the floor. The floor may have grooves b to accommodate chain slings for turning over the plate as described in Specification No. 20,923, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-189923568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burners for Liquid Fuel.
Filed: 1899-11-25
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 23,568. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Orde, E. L. Nov, 25. Liquid-fuel fittings.-Relates to burners for petroleum or other oil, so constructed that the oil is effectually heated, sprayed, and partially or entirely vaporized. The oil is supplied at p, and passing through the adjustable nozzle a meets a supply of steam or hot compressed air from the pipe d. The mingled oil and steam or hot air issuing through the nozzle b meet a supply of hot air admitted at e, and the mixture is ignited at the nozzle c. A deflector h may be fitted in the nozzle c as shown in Fig. 3, and a screen r of wire gauze may be attached as shown in Fig. 4. Thespindlefby which the nozzle a is adjusted may be made hollow, as shown in Fig. 2, for the supply of additional hot air, which is admitted at l into a chamber k formed in the upper part of the burner.
Patent GB-190004956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-furnaces or Stoves.
Inventor: MICOLETZKY CARL
Filed: 1900-03-15
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 4956. Micoletzky, C., and Spitzer, J. March 15. Gas stoves.-Relates to a gas stove &c. in which objects of varying cross-sections, such as projectiles, steel tools, punches, &c., can be heated to different temperatures at different parts, the stouter or thicker parts being at first subjected to the greatest heat, and, when these have attained the desired temperature, the thinner parts being also brought to the same temperature. It consists of a casing a lined with fire-resisting material and having a combustion chamber b, preferably of the shape of the article to be heated. The article f to be heated is carried by an adjustable or fixed support d suspended from the perforated cover c. A tubular socket g admits of the introduction of the burner. The latter consists of a tube h having a central adjustable core i, solid except at the lower portion, which is hollow and perforated to admit gas, or air. Air, or gas, enters through a side opening m. The mixture of gases pass up the annular space l to the burner nozzle k. The whole burner is adjustable in the socket g, and can be secured in position by a set-screw. The ignition of the gas is effected by a small removable burner o. A small window p admits of the article being examined. Several such burners may be arranged near together or combined. In the latter case, several adjustable cores are arranged in a common external wide tube h, or several burners may be arranged concentrically one within the other, so that the innermost burner forms the adjustable core for another wider one, and so on. In use, the core, and therefore the nozzle, are adjusted so that the flame is caused to play upon that part of the object which is required to be heated to the greatest amount. Or, if the burner is fixed, the object to be heated is adjusted vertically.
Patent GB-190006151-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Engine for Steam or other Pressure Fluids
Inventor: WERRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-04-02
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 6151. Werry, W. April 2. Engines with two pistons reciprocating oppositely within same cylinder.-The motive fluid, which may be steam, air, gas, or water, is admitted between the pistons, and in some cases also at the ends of the cylinders, and the motion is communi. cated either to the same shaft or to separate shafts or axles or other mechanism. The invention is applicable in horizontal or vertical locomotive or stationary engines. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a single-cylinder vertical engine. The piston 6 works by a direct connecting-rod 9 on a central crank, and the piston 7 through return crossheads and connecting-rods 13 on two outer cranks, both pistons being double-acting. The slide valves are worked by a rocking shaft 27 actuated by an ordinary link-motion, and consist of three blocks hollowed out and mounted on a single rod. Fig. 6 shows the application of the invention to a horizontal compound engine with open-ended cylinders. There are two pistons reciprocating oppositely in each of the two cylinders 51, 54. The middle pistons 53, 55 are connected together and by rods 69, 71 to the two outer cranks, and the outer pistons 52, 56 are connected together by rods 63 and thence by the connecting-rod 59 to the middle crank. The invention is also shown as applied to a vertical three-cylinder triple-expansion engine.
Patent GB-190008140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Fireplaces.
Inventor: KEARNEY GEORGIE BUTLER
Filed: 1900-05-02
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 8140. Kearney, G. B. May 2. Food-warming fittings and accessories plate and dish warmers.-An ordinary fireplace, say of a dining-room, is provided at the side of the grate with a drawer A, having a double casing a<2>, a<3>, which may be filled with hot or cold water, and three compartments A', A<2>, A<3>, into which food can be put to keep warm. The drawer is opened by a handle a, and the water run off by a tap a<4>. Above the fireplace, beneath the mantelpiece is a receptacle B, into which plates can be put to warm. The receptacle is closed by two hinged doors b<1>.
Patent GB-190012700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1900-07-13
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 12,700. Haddan, H. J., [Morris, W. B.] July 13. Tyres, pneumatic.-The tyre 1 has a thickened tread 3, of the shape shown in section in Fig. 2, and is lined with a reinforcing-strip 5, so that the tread retains its normal shape when in use. The surface of the tread may be flattened, and a separate inner air tube may be employed.
Patent GB-190014249-A (GB)
Title: Improved Friction Clutch.
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN
Filed: 1900-08-09
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 14,249. Scott, J. Aug. 9. Clutches.-Relates to cone friction clutches. The ring C, shown fixed to the pulley B, is formed with two cone surfaces adapted to be gripped by two corresponding cone discs D, D<1>, of which D' is secured to the shaft A. The disc D is loose upon the boss of the pulley, and has fixed in it a number of screwed studs which pass through the disc D' and carry pinions F. These act as nuts, and gear, with a spur-wheel G and an internal wheel H. Both these wheels are provided with brake bands ; by applying one, the pinions are screwed up the spindles, and the cone discs are drawn together to grip the ring C ; by applying the other, the action is reversed.
Patent GB-190015648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas, Sun-shades and the like.
Inventor: REVEL ANTOINE AIME
Filed: 1900-09-03
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 15,648. Revel, A. A., and Revel, P. C., [trading as Revel PÞre et Fils, F.]. Sept. 3. Umbrella sticks; holding open &c.-The stick and handle of an umbrella, sunshade, &c. are made without joints from one piece of wood or metal. Within the hollow stick is contained the arrangement for securing, by means of the catch 7, the umbrella &c. in its open position, and by means of the sliding-ring 2 the device for releasing the catch. The end of the catch 7 is pivoted to the rod 6, the upper end of which is raised by the spring 8 in such a way that when the sliding ring 3 passes over the catch, which is momentarily pressed into its slot, the free end of the catch is released and the umbrella retained in its extended position. To release the catch to close the umbrella, the ring 2 is depressed, this ring being connected by a pin with the end of the internal rod.
Patent GB-190016243-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Winding Cops on Ring Spinning and Twisting Frames.
Inventor: BOURRY HENRI
Filed: 1900-09-12
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 16,243. Bourry, H. Sept. 12. Building-motions; cops.-In order that the cops produced on ring spinning and twisting frames may not break or become accidentally unwound, certain of the layers of yarn on the cop are made longer than the others, and caused to envelope some of those beneath, as shown by the thick black lines in Fig. 2. For this purpose, the building- chain f, w is deflected during the winding of the ordinary cop layers, by means of a roller x on the cam-operated lever c, e, j. At each revolution of the cam q, a depression in the cam allows the roller x to be raised and the ring rail to be depressed to a lower level than usual. The cam q is driven by gearing from the building-motion cam m, and in order to prevent the chain-deflecting pulley x from being brought into operation until the cop bottom is completed, a spring clutch is interposed in the gearing which drives the cam q, and during the formation of the cop bottom, the clutch is held out of gear by a catch, which is released at the proper time by an adjustable projection on one of the lifting-pokers.
Patent GB-190022002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Horse Collars.
Inventor: SCHIBALSKI GEORG
Filed: 1900-12-04
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 22,002. Schibalski, G., Schibalski, E., and Kutschka, T. Dec. 4. Collars, neck; padding.-The padding of pneumatic horse collars consists of a number of inflated tubes arranged parallel to one another and divided by diaphragms e into compartments c. Each compartment has its separate tube f and inflating-valve d. The compartments may be separate tubes with closed ends abutting against one another. The tubes are fitted in a frame A with flanges a, b.
Patent GB-190100900-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Clasp for Fastening Garments and for analogous purposes.
Inventor: CASMAN CHARLES
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 900. Casman, C. Jan. 14. Clasp fastenings; hooks and eyes.-A clasp for securing garments and for analogous purposes comprises a member a, Figs. 4 and 5, with attachment eyes c, divergent limbs b, and a bend d in a plane oblique to that of the limbs, and a member e with attachment eyes g, parallel limbs f, and a looped head h in the plane of the limbs. The head h is inserted between the limbs b as shown in Fig. 5, and drawn towards the bend d as shown in Fig. 4. The bend d may be sewn or otherwise attached to the garment or other article.
Patent GB-190101713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Switches for Overhead Rails used in the Transmission of Goods.
Inventor: BANKIER SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-01-25
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 1713. Bankier, S. Jan. 25. Elevated railways and tramways.-Relates to the switches and crossings of rails on which run roller hooks such as are used for carcases &c. Fig. 2 shows a switch in plan, and Fig. 3 a crossing in sectional elevation. The tongues A, A' are hinged to the main and branch or crossing rails, which are checked out to form supports and stops for them. Cords C, C', guided over pulleys or wires and bell cranks, connect the tongues in the switch or the pairs of tongues in the crossings to opposite ends of a pivoted lever D', on which is a weight D<3>. This weight may be held at one end of the lever, or it may run thereon so as to return the tongues to their first position, or to retain them in their new position, when a roller hook E has passed over and depressed them to complete its path along the rails B or B'.
Patent GB-190119998-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Phenylamidoacetonitrile, and Homologues and Substitution Products thereof.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 19,998. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Oct. 7. Phenylamidoacetonitrile and its homologues and substitution derivatives thereof are produced by acting upon the nitrile of glycollic acid with aniline or its homologues, or derivatives thereof. Examples are given in which phenylo-tolyl- and p-tolylamidoacetonitrile are respectively produced by digesting the nitrile of glycollic acid with aniline or o- or p-toluidine in aqueous or alcoholic solution on a water bath, or at the ordinary temperature ; and phenylamidoacetonitrileo-carboxylic acid is produced from the nitrile of glycollic acid and anthranilic-acid. The nitriles, upon hydrolysis, yield the corresponding phenylglycines.
Patent GB-190121482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway and similar Platforms, Copings, Staircases and the like.
Inventor: THOMSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-10-26
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 21,482. Thomson, W. Oct. 26. Kerbs; paving footways &c. - A white warning- border a of opal glass is let into the platform, step, or side walk at, or near the edge. The faces of the glass tiles or pieces may be corrugated or roughened to give a good foothold, and the backs may be roughened, as described in Specification No. 20,414, A.D. 1897, to engage with cement.
Patent GB-190125605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing-mills.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 25,605. Hadfield, R. A., and Jack, A. G. M. Dec. 14. Crushers with gyrating heads. Relates to improvements in the machine described in Specification No. 4073, A.D. 1899. The eccentric h, which forms the boss of the bevel driving-wheel g, has a sleeve 1 interposed between it and the pillar b. The sleeve is fixed in the base of the machine by means of a collar 1<a> and a screw r. Bushes 2, 4 of antifriction metal may be fitted between the eccentric and the sleeve, and between the eccentric and the hollow crusher shaft d respectively. The bush 4 may be fitted in a tubular holder 5. Fig. 2 shows means for locking the nut 7 which secures the crushing-head a in place on the shaft d; the ring washer 8 is locked to the shaft as regards rotation, and is formed with a series of holes to receive a screw 10 passed down through the nut.
Patent GB-190200321-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Show Stands.
Inventor: LONNEN WILLIAM HUGH
Filed: 1902-01-06
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 321. Lonnen, W. H. Jan. 6. Displaying.-A stand for displaying goods consists of a base M on which the lowest glass shelf &c. rests, the shelf &c. being perforated at the centre to receive a vertical rod R which enters the base M. Over the rod is passed a tube having flanges at the top and bottom, as shown, and on this is placed another shelf &c., the whole stand being thus built up, a screw cap or nut T at the top serving to secure the whole. The thickened flanges of the tubes are so put on as to appear to be integral with the tubes. The flanges may be separated from the glass by packing.
Patent GB-190203822-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Feeding Cartridges into Machine Guns and for like purposes.
Inventor: NORTH THOMAS KEPPEL
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 3822. North, T. K. Feb. 14. Measured quantities, delivering.-Relates to feed mechanism for feeding cartridges into machine guns and for like purposes. The invention is shown as applied to machine guns, Fig. 1 being a side elevation, and Fig. 4 a cross-section. The cartridges are carried by their flanges in grooves j formed in the drum f, which receives a step-by-step movement of rotation from a pawl o carried on a lever p, which is pivoted at q and engages by the curved slot r with the pin s on the reciprocating breech-bolt of the gun. The cartridges are spaced in the drum f by the helical partitions c which are fixed to the shaft b and do not rotate with the drum. When the drum is rotated, the whole of the cartridges rotate with it, but are caused by the partitions c to move across it and be delivered at the opening d from whence they fall into the receiver of the gun.