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Patent GB-190004382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving and Steering Mechanism for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: TOLSON THOMAS
Filed: 1900-03-07
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 4382. Tolson, T. March 7. Manumotive cycles ; driving - mechanism ; steering - mechanism ; c r a n k a ; handles.- The invention is described as applied to a bicycle. Rocking hand-levers G, Fig. 1, pivoted on a crossspindle, are connected by rods P to cranks N, the axles of which are mounted on the rear frame and carry spur-wheels h gearing with pinions I on the rear hub. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the rear ends of the rods P carry segmental pinions p, which gear with racks N', N<11> formed on the inner sides of the slots in the cranks, so that the effective throw of the crank is varied during revolution. The ends of the cranks are fitted with detachable caps n<1>, to allow removal of the pinions p. Links K, Fig. 1, depending from the frame carry pedals &c. at L, and are connected by rods M with the lower ends of the levers G, or rotary pedals may be employed. Steering is effected by handles G", which rotate sleeves g through bevel gearing G', g<1>, the sleeves being connected to longitudinal bars Q pivoted to a cross-bar on the steering-post. The bars Q are extended backwards, and are connected to a rear cross-bar carrying a handle s. This handle serves for steering the bicycle when coasting, or when it is being pushed, and facilitates mounting. In a modification, the hand-levers G are mounted in sleeves, and are connected to the rods P by universal joints, so that they can be rotated for steering. In another arrangement, the handles are arranged to turn on the levers, and are connected to the rods Q by links and bell-crank levers.
Patent GB-190009647-A (GB)
Title: A Process of Depolarising by Liquid Circulation in Galvanic Batteries.
Filed: 1900-05-25
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 9647. Abel, C. D., [Soc. des Piles Electriques]. May 25. Primary batteries.-Relates to batteries such as are described in Specifications No. 16,172, A.D. 1898, and Nos. 2748 and 9512, A.D. 1899, in which depolarizing action is effected by air, hot or re-heated by contact with hot electrolyte, supplied to the battery in various ways. This invention consists in substituting the active and rapid circulation of the electrolyte, preferably hot, in whole or in part for the injection of air described in the prior Specifications.
Patent GB-190013094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: URQUHART RIDLEY JAMES
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 13,094. Urquhart, R. J., [Haack, P.]. July 20. Calculating-apparatus.-In a calculating-machine, a shaft 1, Fig. 1, in a casing 2, carries a segment 3 having nine stopped teeth as shown. A number of wheels 5, having ten teeth, can be slid along shafts 4, so as to bring them into the path of any desired number of the segment teeth, by means of knobs 7 moving along graduated grooves 6. When the discs 5 have been set to any number, and a rotation is given to the shaft 1 by bevelwheels 9, 10 and a handle engaging a spring click at one point in its rotation, the number is registered on numeral discs 18 viewed through apertures 43. The discs 18 are enclosed by a casing 11, pressed by a spring 14 against the casing 2, and having in its inner periphery a number of slots, any one of which may be made to engage a pin on a bracket fixed to the casing 2 to allow the apparatus to be used for multiplying and dividing. The discs 18, racking-back wheels 19, and setting- knobs 20 are carried by shafts 26, one less than twice as numerous as the shafts 4. The shafts 26 also carry bushes 21 with toothed wheels 22, quotient-registering numeral discs 23 numbered in both directions and viewed through openings 44, and racking-back wheels 24. Each shaft 4 carries a wheel 25 with ten notches adapted to be engaged by the end of a driver 27 on a wheel, with ten teeth, on the shaft 26. The bottoms of the drivers 27 are diametrically opposite the zeros on the discs 18, and, in passing from the position 27<1>, Fig. 5, to the position 27, depress a slide 28<1> held in either of two positions by a spring bolt 29 and two notches. In this position a bead or swell 39 is lowered, opposite the wheel 25 of the next higher order, so as to come into the path of the corresponding pawl 32, normally pressed by a spring 37, Fig. 1, against an end plate 31, and bring it into engagement with the corresponding wheel and advance it by one tooth. The slide 28<1> is returned by a pin 34. The registration of the multiplications and quotients is effected by pawls 35 arranged between or at the end of the pawls 32, pressed against the end plate 31 by a spring, and pushed into engagement with the wheel 22 by an inclined projection 38. To bring the discs 23 and 18 back to zero, the casing 11 is drawn back against the cap 30 until the wheels 24 and 19, which each have one tooth missing, are in the path of the racks 41 and 40 connected to the shaft 1.
Patent GB-190015735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Furnaces.
Inventor: KOEHLER OTTO
Filed: 1900-09-04
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 15,735. Koehler, O. Sept. 4. Air supply, heating; smoke-consuming.-Heated air is delivered into a hollow perforated firebridge C and into the ashpit by pipes J, J' respectively, traversing the combustion chamber G. A depending baffle wall H is also provided.
Patent GB-190023140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose-winders.
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 23,140. McHardy, J., and Anderson, Anderson, & Anderson. Dec. 18. Hose reels.-A hose-winder, which provides for the hose being picked up from the ground instead of being dragged along, as shown in Fig. 1. The gearing-mechanism is shown in Fig. 2. The toothed wheel a<2> revolves with the travelling wheels a, and gears with the wheel e<1> which is carried on the arm e and may engage with the wheel d<2> on the disc d. The disc d is carried by the rising bracket b<1>, and by its convolutions gears with the discs or rollers g<2>, i<2>, carried on the spring frame attached to the reel drum c at f and h<1>. The drum c is loosely mounted upon its axle, and is driven by the clutch mechanism constituted by the spring frame and disc d. According to the Provisional Specification, the winders are provided with friction gear, which may be regulated as required by means of the articulation of spring- supported rollers or wheels with internal convolutions provided in a suitable circular box or recess or on the face of a disc, or their equivalents, and they may be provided with modified or equivalent parts, or they may be arranged in various ways.
Patent GB-190101066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Flying Machines.
Inventor: NICHOLL GEORGE
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 1066. Nicholl, G. Jan. 16. Flying toys; toy kites.-A framework b with a roof a of bamboo, metal, &c. has at the rear a propeller d similarly constructed ; the roof and propeller are covered with fabric, and the propeller is operated by the wind and a spring e after the machine has attained a certain momentum. The machine may be held captive after the manner of a kite ; or it may be thrown into the air by hand to acquire the desired momentum.
Patent GB-190102253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smokeless Explosives or Colloids and Process for Making the same.
Inventor: BERNADOU JOHN BAPTISTE
Filed: 1901-02-01
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 2253. Bernadou, J. B. Feb. 1. Moving -stirrer apparatus.-A closed vessel, such as that shown, is surrounded by a cooling-jacket, and is then employed for mixing explosives.
Patent GB-190104722-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Mount Cutters and Cardboard Trimmers, for Cutting and Bevelling Mounts for Pictures and other Purposes.
Inventor: EVENDEN ROBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1901-03-06
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 4722. Evenden, R. E. March 6. Cutting-tools, hand, for cutting and bevelling mounts for pictures &c. The knife B is clamped in a vertical or inclined position upon a block A, which is recessed on each side of the projecting knife so as to expose the line of cut. The cover or clamping plate A' is provided with a handle C, and the block A is fitted with a sole-plate D of wood or other material, which will not injure the cardboard when the tool is drawn over it.
Patent GB-190105811-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture or Production of New Anthracene Derivatives
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 5811. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. March 19. Dyes, artificial.-Relates to new anthraquinone derivatives. (1) By condensing alpha1alpha2-amidohydroxyanthraquinone or its a and #-sulphonic acids (Specification No. 21,075, A.D. 1898) with an aromatic amine, such as aniline p-toluidine, or m-xylidine, with or without the presence of reducing-agents, the hydroxyl group is replaced by an alphyl-amido group. When the unsulphonated alpha1alpha2-amidohydroxyanthraquinone is employed, the condensation products are converted into the dye-stuff sulphonic acids by treatment with sulphonating-agents. The dye-stuff sulphonic acids obtained by these processes dye chrome-mordanted and unmordanted wool greenish-blue and pure blue shades of great fastness. (2) Condensation products, in which the nitro groups have been replaced by alphylamido groups, are produced by heating p-nitro-p-amidoanthraquinone, and p-dinitro-p-diamidoanthraquinones, such as alpha1alpha3-diamido-alpha2alpha4-dinitroanthraquinone and alpha1alpha4-diamido-alpha2alpha3-dinitroanthraquinone, with aromatic amines. These products on sulphonation yield sulphonic acid dyes which dye unmordanted and chrome-mordanted wool greenishblue shades. (3) The p-nitroamidoanthraquinones employed in these processes are obtained by nitrating the acetylized derivatives of a-amidoanthraquinone, and alpha1alpha3- and alpha2alpha4-diamidoanthraquinone, and then saponifying the resulting acetylized nitroamido compounds.
Patent GB-190108601-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Cleaning the Interior of Hose and like Pipes.
Inventor: HYDEN SVEN
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 8601. HydÚn, S., and Simonsson, K. A. Oct. 27, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Cleaning pipes and tubes.- An apparatus for cleaning the interior of hose and like pipes is shown in plan in Fig. 1. The hose 11 to be cleaned is carried by the V-shaped trough 13, and is brushed internally by the brush 9, which is rotated and advanced. The brush 9 has a coupling-piece 8, to take into the coupling 7 on the end of the spiral wire and flexible tube or shaft 6, which is rotated by the motor and is guided by the trough 10. The motor is mounted on wheels or slides, so that it may be advanced by hand or by suitable feeding- mechanism.
Patent GB-190114334-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Automatically Supplying Water to the Roots of Pot Plants applicable also for Moistening Granular, Pulverulent and Porous Substances.
Inventor: TIMM RUDOLF
Filed: 1901-07-13
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 14,334. Timm, R. July 13. Plants, watering.-Relates to apparatus for automatically supplying water to granular, pulverulent, or porous substances, and specially adapted for supplying water to the roots of pot plants. The apparatus consists of a receptacle with a long neck, having an orifice at a, for insertion into the substance or soil. The receptacle may have an enlargement at b to limit the extent of its insertion into the soil. The Specification describes various forms in which the receptacle may be made.
Patent GB-190115147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Cutting Wood Screws and similar Articles.
Inventor: WEBER GUSTAV
Filed: 1901-07-25
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 15,147. Weber, G. July 25. Screwing; ; lathes ; tools.-Wood screws and the like are screw-threaded by a cutter which consists of a cylinder f with helical ribs, and with a socketed end forming a sharp cutting-edge at b. Both ends of the cylinder are similarly formed, and the tool may be re-sharpened by grinding until the ribbed part is entirely used up. The tool is lubricated by fatty water forced into the casing g from which it passes by channels o to the channels formed by the ribs. The cylinder f may be hollow so that air may be forced up it to remove the shavings. In use, the tool may be stationary, and the work, consisting of one or more rods d, rotated and moved towards the axis of the tool and also fed longitudinally or circumferentially to the tool ; or the tool may be rotated by bevel gearing c and rocked on trunnions z.
Patent GB-190117194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Light Electrodes.
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 17,194. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Read, R. H.]. Aug. 27. Drawings to Specification. Arc lamps.-Electrodes are made with conductive metallic carbides, preferably those not much attacked by moisture, such as aluminium, chromium, zirconium, molybdenum, titanium, and wolfram carbides. These may be finely powdered, mixed with sugar or flour and water or tar, moulded, baked, and afterwards made denser by heating in hydrocarbon vapour, or saturating with sugar and heating. Carbides of calcium, barium, strontium, lithium, lanthanum, yttrium, thorium, and manganese, and others affected by moisture, are moulded with tar, baked, and paraffined, or used as cores in carbons, which are waterproofed by applying paraffin or metal coatings. Cut carbide cores may also be used. In striking the arc, the ends of the electrodes should be cleaned by slight lateral movement. If an enclosing-globe is used, the lamp should contain a wiper to clean it periodically ; otherwise the globe may be kept clear by passing air through it. The arcs obtained are stated to be larger and steadier than with carbon electrodes ; a good arc can be maintained with one ampÞre, using 50 watts in the arc. Calcium carbide gives a golden-coloured light.
Patent GB-190120883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Collar-studs, and the like.
Inventor: DEAN HARRY
Filed: 1901-10-18
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 20,883. Dean, H., and Calvert, J. Oct. 18. Studs; sleeve -links.- Collar - studs, cuff-links, and the like are made in detachable parts engaging by screw threads. The stud shown in Figs. 4 and 9 has a base, Fig. 9, with a partially internally-threaded shank, and a top, Fig. 4, with a correspondinglythreaded shank. The parts may be threaded throughout, but, in order to facilitate fixing, it is preferable to omit the thread at, and taper off, the lower end of the top shank, as shown in Fig. 4. The base shank may be undulated externally, and may have a rounded or flanged end. The cuff-link shown in Fig. 10 has a button or head with an externallythreaded shank, and another button or head connected by a wire or chain to an internally-threaded shank.
Patent GB-190126356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Hubs for Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: MILLER OSCAR FRANKLIN
Filed: 1901-12-24
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 26,356. Miller, O. F. Dec. 24. Hubs; spokes; tyres, non-elastic.-Relates to wheel hubs provided with means for tightening the parts, for replacing damaged spokes, and for re-setting the tyre. The main part A of the hub has an extension a on to which screws the complementary part B, and the part A has sections c' cut away to form seats for the tapered ends f of the spokes C. The end walls c<2>, B' of the sections c<1> and part B respectively are inclined to the axis of the wheel, so that, when the part B is screwed into position, it forces outwards the spokes and tightens the wheel. The part B is locked in position by a key H and screw G. In a modification, the walls c', B' are perpendicular to the axis of the wheel, and the spokes are forced outwards by driving metal wedges under the ends.
Patent GB-190126466-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Turnip Topping and Lifting Machine
Inventor: WILLEMOES ANDREAS
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 26,466. Willemoes, A. Dec. 27. Crops, root, topping and tailing machines for.- Fig. 2 shows in plan a machine for cutting the tops off turnips and removing the roots from the soil. The frame a, supported on the main wheels b, carries at its forward end the topping-knives. These are secured to crossed steel rods c freely suspended below the frame The rods c carry plates e, which guide the knives to the top of the roots, and the inner rod c carries a plate d, which throws the cut tops to the outside of the machine. Curved plates f are suspended behind the cutters to throw the cut tops to the sides of the machine. The turnip-lifting devices consist of inclined discs g, h and broad wheels i. The discs g, h penetrate the soil and raise the root, which is caught by the wheels i which remove the soil and leave the roots in a single row behind the machine. The discs and wheels are mounted on a frame k, which slides on a rod l and can be guided by a pivoted steering-handle o. The machine can be adapted to deal with more than two rows of turnips.
Patent GB-190203160-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lay Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1902-02-07
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 3160. Imray, O., [Roesch & Cie., C.]. Feb. 7. Loom lays; beat-up motions.-A rectilinearlymovable lay comprises a batten f secured at each end to a frame d fixed to a bar c, which is guided during its motion by guides a, b. Motion is transmitted to the lay by connecting-rods g, of short length, attached to the frames d.
Patent GB-190212516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Furnaces for Annealing Metal and other Articles.
Inventor: HUXLEY SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 12,516. Huxley, S. June 2. Annealing-furnaces for metal sheets &c. The annealing-chamber is constructed to contain two or more rows of annealing-pots 2, over and round which the heating-gases from the furnaces 9 pass in succession, transversely, having first passed through flues 10 beneath the floor of the chamber. The chamber is furnished with balanced doors at one or both ends, and may be transversely divided.
Patent GB-190220497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting, Expanding and Flanging Tubes or Flues.
Inventor: CARMICHAEL JOHN
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 20,497. Carmichael, J., and Coke, J. H. Sept. 19. Flanging.-A machine for cutting and expanding boiler tubes has a jointed casing A, A<2> held on the tube-plate B by means of a tubular extension A', secured in one of the tubes by jaws C, forced against the interior of the tube by a coned rod C<1> and screw C<2>. The cutters L, Fig. 1. expanding- rollers G', Fig. 3, or flanging-rollers G<2>, Fig. 4, are journalled in blocks F, radially adjustable in a tubular block D, journalled in a plate E, secured to the casing A<2>. The blocks are forced outwards by the axial movement of a tapered polygonal rod H produced by a screw K. The parts carrying the cutters or rollers are rotated by gearing L, J from a hand-shaft J', the wheel I being feathered on the rod H, and held against longitudinal movement. Fig. 5 shows concave rollers P for completing the flanging operation, the rollers being mounted in blocks 0 provided with guide-rollers Q, and pressed forward by a parallel rod H<1>, acting on flanges o<1> on the blocks.
Patent GB-190222171-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement for Automatically Changing the Direction of an Electric Motor by Temperature Variations.
Inventor: HANSEN THOMAS PEDER
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 22,171. Hansen, T. P. Oct. 11. Motors, controlling.-Relates to means for controlling the direction of rotation of a motor by temperature variations. The Figure shows an arrangement, in which 1 represents a motor, 2 its armature on which is mounted a pulley round which a band 11 passes, 5 a reversing-switch, 12 a battery, and 15 a thermal device. When contact is made at 17, current is supplied to the motor, and the band 11 is moved until a projection or enlargement on it strikes the switch arm 5 and throws it over. The current is then broken, and the motor stops until the thermal device moves and makes contact at 16, when the motor moves in the reverse direction until the part 21 operates the switch.
Patent GB-190222389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Purifying Apparatus.
Inventor: MAIGNEN PROSPER JEAN AUGUSTE
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 22,389. Maignen, P. J. A. Oct. 14. Filters of large capacity; filter beds.-Relates to means for purifying water supply, to be used in addition to the usual sand &c. filters. Fig. 1 shows an installation comprising a settling-basin 1, from which the water flows to the filter 4 through an intermediate receptacle or " scrubber " 6, which contains bodies suitable for impeding the flow of the water and arresting the major portion of the suspended matter. The impediments may consist of broken stone, slag, coke, fragments of ceramic, or other coarse material. Slates or hollow or solid bricks may be employed in addition. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 show modified forms of "scrubbers." In the forms shown in Figs. 2 and 3, vertical partitions, and in the form shown in Fig. 4, horizontal partitions, are employed to divert the flow. Figs. 2 and 5 show layers of porous elastic material, such as sponge, peat, wood fibres, shavings, and the like, held beneath screens 15. The scrubbers are cleaned by discharging the contained water through the valves 18 and reversing the flow. Fig. 5 shows the supply-controlling valve 21 governed by means of a float 23, so that the inlet is regulated by the outflow.
Patent GB-190225802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas and Oil-vapour Burners
Inventor: VARLEY FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 25,802. Varley, F. H. Nov. 24. Incandescent gas and vapour burners.-The lower end of the mantle is centered and protected against vibration by a skeleton, resilient, or spring holder, which permits of the mantle shrinking. In Fig. 1, talc, mica, or other resilient and refractory tongues or ribs b, inclined at their upper ends, are shown mounted in clips, pockets, or holders b<2>, which are riveted to the burner head a<1>. Typical modifications are shown in Figs. 6 and 9. In the arrangements shown in Fig. 6, the resilence is obtained by mounting pockets b' carrying steatite, porcelain, or like rods b upon wires b<1> ; and, as shown in Fig. 9, the skeleton tongues or ribs b are made of wire. The device may be mounted upon a sleeve, which fits over the head of the burner.
Patent GB-190303621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Quantities of Liquid.
Inventor: HOLT ALWYN ERNEST
Filed: 1903-02-16
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 3621. Holt, A. E., and Kubiak, P. Feb. 16. Measured quantit i e s, delivering.- The stopper shown allows of the drawing-off of measured quantities of liquid from bottles and the like. When inclined into the position shown, the liquid flows into the cup e through the wide tube c, and air enters the bottle through the narrow tube d until the liquid covers the end in the cup. The flow then ceases, and the liquid may be poured from the cup by turning it sideways, the lips e' facilitating the pouring. The Provisional Specification describes a similar appliance for urns and other fixed containers, but, in this case, the measuring-device is so mounted as to be capable of being tilted, and so arranged that, when tilted, the supply from the urn is cut off. A counterweight or spring may be provided to restore it to the vertical position. The measuring- vessel should have a cover with an orifice for pouring, and the air vent and liquid pipes may have taps so as to close the container when required.