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Patent GB-189824560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand-grips.
Inventor: TAYLOR FRANKLIN
Filed: 1898-11-21
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 24,560. Taylor, F. Nov. 21. Moulding handles.- Handles or hand-grips are made from vulcanized fibre tubes by longitudinally compressing in a die a tube of smaller external, and larger internal, diameter than that of the handle required. Under the pressure the ends of the tube are thickened and hardened, the centre of the tube being bulged outwards as shown. The handle may be covered with cork or other suitable material. When used for bicycles, one end of the handle is closed by a disc.
Patent GB-189904604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Quickly Stopping or Retarding the Progress of Ships.
Inventor: BOND CHARLES ACTON
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 4604. Bond, C. A., and Smith, T. D. March 2. Stopping way.-Fig. 2 shows in plan the forward part of a steamship to which the invention is applied. A pipe h coupled to the stop valve d leads to the bow, where it terminates in two branches b<1>, b<2>. By suitably manipulating the stop valve d from the bridge or forecastle-head, the steam can be diverted from the engines and directed towards the bow to stop the vessel. In the case of a sailing-vessel, steam is supplied from a special boiler. Air, water, or other fluids under pressure may be used in place of steam.
Patent GB-189911109-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Catch or Locking Mechanism for Doors, Gates, and the like.
Inventor: RATH HERMANN
Filed: 1899-05-27
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 11,109. Rath, H. May 27. Door chains and the like.-Relates to a fastening for doors, gates, and the like, which allows the door to be partially opened, and can only be unfastened from the outside by means of a separable catch piece or key. A bar 8, with a T-shaped head 14, is fixed to the door B. The head 14 engages a swinging slotted bar 4 pivoted to a bracket 1 on the door-jamb A as shown in Fig. 3. The bar 4 allows the door to be pushed open to the extent of the slot 5 as shown in Fig. 1. If a catch-piece or key 11 be then placed on the pin 12, and the door closed, the bar 4 is disengaged from the head 14 of the bar 8, allowing the door to be fully opened. A spring 9 is fixed to the bracket 1 to bear on the bar 4, and steady it in the position shown in Fig. 3. The bracket and spring are made so as to be capable of being-used for either right or left hand doors. A modification is described in which a slotted tube is used in place of the bar 4, and is engaged by a knob pivoted to the bar 8.
Patent GB-189911921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spittoons.
Inventor: FEDERMANN JOSEF
Filed: 1899-06-08
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 11,921. Federmann, J. June 8. Spittoons.-The coned receptacle c communicates with a chamber a containing a suitable disinfectant. A pedal e<1> is secured upon a shaft f<1> which carries a finger g. When the pedal is depressed, the finger pushes forward the flexible door d, which is deflected downwards into the position indicated in the dotted lines by the contact of pins k with a guiding- surface l. The pins escape at the lower end of the guide, and the door is cleaned by the scraper o, while being returned to position by the spring i.
Patent GB-189912939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Chainless Driving Gear for Cycles or the like.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1899-06-21
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 12,939. Haddan, R., [Oberhammer, L., and Gerstend÷rfe, M.]. June 21. Driving-m e c h a n i s m, variable-speed, for chain- Jess cycles. The invention is shown arranged for two speeds, but it may be arranged to give more than two speeds. The tube b, Fig. 1, surrounding the stay a and driven from the crank axle through bevel gear, carries the loosely-mounted bevel pinions c, d gearing with rings of teeth on the wheel q fixed to the hub. The pinions c, d are mounted on ball bearings, and are separated by a sleeve f. Either of the pinions c, d can be locked to the tube b by a sliding clutch piece h mounted on a sleeve g and carrying projections m which pass through slots in the tube and engage recesses in the pinions. The sleeve g, and hence the piece h, is movable longitudinally by a rod i connected to an operating-rod in the head. The faces of the pinions are provided with inclined grooves tolead the projections m into the recesses. Fig. 8 shows the mechanism for changing the gear. The rod i, Fig. 1, is connected to a rod m<1> pivoted to a crank r<1> fixed on an axle carrying a disc s<1> which is connected by a spring pin to a segmental wheel q<1> gearing with annular teeth on a tube l in the head. The tube l can be depressed by a rod v<1> projecting upwards through the handle-bar so as to rotate the wheel q<1> and change the gear. When the rod is raised, the spring pin allows the wheel to move independently of the disc, which is carried round until the pin engages the opposite hole o<1>. For three-speed gear three pinions are mounted on the tube b, Fig. 1, and engage three rings of teeth on the wheel q. In this case, the segmental wheel q<1>, Fig. 8, is provided with three holes. Frames; axles, supporting.-To allow adjustment of the gear, the axle r, Fig. 1, carries a slotted bracket v, which is adjustable on the stay a by a shouldered sleeve t<1> and a nut x.
Patent GB-189913717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Cleaning Cards.
Inventor: KERN ALBERT
Filed: 1899-07-03
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 13,717. Kern, A. July 3. Hand tools. - Relates to hand cleaning-cards. The foundation b is provided on its longitudinal edges with a metal binding a, which is engaged by the edges of the backing-piece c and of a stretching-strip d, which can be moved transversely so as to stretch the foundation by means of a screw- and-nut arrangement g, e operated by the ring cr handle h ; f is the handle of the card.
Patent GB-189913872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spindles Used for Holding Yarn During Dyeing and the like Operations.
Inventor: COVENTRY WALTER
Filed: 1899-07-05
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 13,872. Coventry, W. July 5. Yarns, dressing; cop tubes.-Spindles used for holding yarn, during treatment by percolation, are externally coned at one end and fitted at the other into an externally-coned socket, which is attached to the machine. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a spindle of the kind described in Specification No. 11,491, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Bleaching &c.], and Fig. 2 the application to an ordinary perforated tubular spindle, a' being the externally-coned end and b the externally-coned socket in each case. The application to a solid spindle with enlarged ends is also described.
Patent GB-189920043-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Preparation for Medicinal Purposes.
Inventor: WORTH CHARLES THOMAS
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 20,043. Worth, C. T. Oct. 6. Medicines; anti-toxines.-A medicine produced by boiling water betony in water is used especially for cases of blood-poisoning.
Patent GB-190012694-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Pasteurising Liquids.
Inventor: GASQUET ABEL FERNAND
Filed: 1900-07-13
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 12,694. Gasquet, A. F. July 13. Liquids, sterilizing; preserving niilk.-Relates to apparatus for sterilizing milk and other liquids, the operation being continuous. The apparatus comprises a furnace c provided with a chimney d and fuel door e and surrounded by four or more tanks b<1>, b<2>, &c. enclosed by tanks a', a<2>, &c. The tanks are connected together by pipes as shown, each of the outer tanks a<1>, a<2>, &c. having outlet pipes in addition. All the horizontal apertures are provided with plugs by which any pipe may be closed. When in use, the tank a' is filled with the bottles &c. to be sterilized, the bottles being placed on perforated false bottoms j placed above the lower openings of the connecting-pipes, and the furnace c is lighted. Cold water is then introduced into the tank b<1>, and the plugs are arranged to direct it through the tanks b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, where it becomes heated and enters the tank a<1> at a temperature sufficient to sterilize the bottles. The overflow passes through the tanks a<2>, a<3>, a<4>, and heats the bottles therein, the course of the water being indicated in Fig. 3. After the bottles in the tank a<1> are sufficiently heated, the plugs are rearranged, cold water being introduced into the tank a<1>, the overflow passing first through the heating-tank b<1>, and then through the tanks a<2>, a<3>, a<4>, where it sterilizes the bottles in the tank a<2>. As the tank a' cools, the overflow is caused to pass through more of the heating-tanks b<1>, b<2>, &c. so that the temperature of the liquid entering the tank a' remains constant. By the time the bottles in the tank a' are cool, those in the tank a<2> are sterilized, and are cooled similarly to those in the tank a<1>, while the bottles in the tank a<1> are withdrawn. By this process the tanks a' &c. are sterilized in rotation.
Patent GB-190015231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locomotives with Driven Bogie
Inventor: HAGANS CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1900-08-27
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 15,231. Hagans, C. Aug. 27. Superheaters, steam.-In a locomotive, a superheater is arranged in the upper part of the smoke-box. It consists, as shown in Fig. 4, of two groups o f transverse tubes b<1>, secured in the sides of the smoke-box c, the end chambers being formed by detachable vaulted covers d. Suitable pipes and a change valve f are provided for passing steam direct from the boiler to the cylinder. The lower part of the superheater can also be put in communication with the water space of the boiler, thereby saving the tubes from burning and increasing the boiler heating-surface.
Patent GB-190102514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair and Wool Clipping Machines.
Inventor: GREGORY JAMES
Filed: 1901-02-05
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 2514. Gregory, J. Feb. 5. Horse clippers and the like.-By means of the V-cam g and the bell-crank lever e two reciprocations of the cutter a are obtained for one reciprocation of the handle h. The same action is obtained by having the bell-crank lever linked to the bent end of the hand-lever.
Patent GB-190106264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Preventing the Slamming of Railway Carriage and other Doors.
Inventor: DRUMMOND ROBERT
Filed: 1901-03-25
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 6264. Drummond, R. March 25. Door checks.-Relates to a spring device fixed to the jamb to prevent slamming in railway carriage and other doors. The device, Fig. 1, resembles a hinge of which one flap b is screwed to the jamb h and the other a is pressed outwards by two springs in sockets (not shown) recessed into the door jamb. A flange d on the flap a acts as a stop. When the door is closed, it presses back the flap a, and presses back the springs, slamming being thus prevented.
Patent GB-190114379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engines Driven by Compressed Fluid.
Inventor: HOWARD JOHN ELIOT
Filed: 1901-07-15
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 14,379. Howard, J. E. July 15 Drilling. - Comprises quick-running engines especially applicable for being driven by compressed air and for use with hand tools such as drills. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section through the crank shaft and valve of an engine fitted for use as a drill, and Fig. 3 shows a transverse section. The crank shaft 1 has three cranks at equal angles, which are connected to the pistons 2 in the cylinders 3. Beneath the cylinders is a rotary distributing-valve 5, which is driven by gearing 10, 11, 13 from the crank shaft 1, and is made with such a number and disposition of ports that it is required to rotate at one quarter the rate of the crank shaft. At the bottom of each cylinder 2 are two passages 4 controlled by the valve 5, one suitably situated for forward running and the other for reverse running. One or other of these only is brought into use, and the direction of running thereby determined, by adjusting the ported sleeve or liner 14 in which the main valve revolves. The sleeve is held by a spring catch and notched sector 20. The drill-holder 23 is rotated by suitable gearing, and a suitable feed-screw is provided at 27, as shown in the outside elevation in Fig. 1. A double-acting form of the engine is also described.
Patent GB-190119842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Juvenile Sewing Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-10-04
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 19,842. Thompson, W. P., [Batchelor & Stenson]. Oct. 4. Chain stitching machines; feed; presser-feet; reverse motion, preventing. -Relates to sewing - machines of simple construction adapted for use by children. Fig. 3 shows an end view. The hook needle 20, pivoted at the top to the crank 21, oscillates through a hole in a projection 18 of a plate 14 secured by a screw 16 and wings to the stem 6 of the presser-foot 5. The feed of the work by the needle is altered by the vertical adjustment of the plate 14 on the stem 6. The projection 18 is formed by turning down the tongue of metal removed for the slot through which the screw 16 passes. The stem 6 has an extension 7, by which it is pivoted to the frame at 8, and which has a part 10 engaged by a spring 11 bearing in a recess in the frame, and adapted to hold down the presser-foot on the work. Reverse motion, which would cause the needle to break against the spring thread-guide 24, is prevented by a gravity pawl engaging a ratchet-wheel on the driving-shaft.
Patent GB-190123576-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Making and Fixing Brass or other Metallic Handles to Furniture, Boxes and such like Articles
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,576. Smith, G. Nov. 21. Handles.-Relates to handles for boxes, furniture, &c. An L or T-shaped bracket, pierced with holes 1, 2 or formed with eyes to receive the handle pivot, has one of its limbs passed through a hole in the fixing-plate. The fixing-screw passes through a hole in the bracket or knuckle, and also through a hole in the fixing-plate. The strain is thus taken off the plate, which may be of thin metal. The part of the bracket at the back of the plate may lie in a recess in the plate, or is let into the wood. The Provisional Specification states that a plate may have the bottom edge corresponding to the top edge of another, so that plates may be cut out of a blank without waste.
Patent GB-190210929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of and Apparatus for Smelting.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 10,929. Allison, C. A., [Hannes, W. F.]. May 13. Blast and cupola furnaces.-A shaft or similar furnace is provided with a separate fuel compartment and with sets of tuyÞres so that an oxidizing atmosphere can be produced in one part of the furnace and a reducing in another, the operation of roasting and reducing being thus carried out in the one furnace. Fig. 1 is a section of a suitable furnace. The shaft is divided by a wall A into two compartments, the one C for the ore &c., and the other B for fuel. One set of tuyeres e is supplied from a pipe E and another g from the pipe G. By suitably regulating the supply, the ores may be roasted in the upper part of the furnace and reduced in the lower.
Patent GB-190211608-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Food Product
Inventor: DEANE TENISON
Filed: 1902-05-21
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 11,608. Deane, T. May 21. Packing food preparations, cocoa, coffee, tea, &c.-Relates to the preparation and packing in a suitable form of concentrated food products comprising a meat or fish portion, a vegetable portion, and a portion intended as a beverage. The meat is first pickled in a solution of salt, sacchara-album, and sodium-borate, and is then smoked and disintegrated. Fish may be similarly treated, or the sacchara-album may be omitted. The vegetable portion consisting of either potatoes, yellow or white corn, peas, or beans is dried and ground, and the beverage consisting of tea, coffee, or cocoa is similarly sterilized and concentrated. The three portions are separately compressed into cylindrical form, and are wrapped in paraffin paper. A number of cylinders are then packed in a single cylindrical case, which is made airtight by dipping in paraffin.
Patent GB-190213152-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Drying and Shaking Ostrich Feathers
Inventor: BOWIE JOHN
Filed: 1902-06-10
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 13,152. Bowie, J. June 10. Feathers, cleaning.-Ostrich feathers, which have been washed and starched, are dried and cleaned in a rotary apparatus as shown in Fig. 1. One or two wirework drums d, of hexagonal or other angular cross-section, are mounted on shafts b and alternately rotated in a forward and backward direction by toothed gearing k actuating a belt fork j or other suitable gearing. The feathers are inserted in the drums through end doors, a suitable hot-air supply dries the feathers, and the rotation of the drums shakes the dried starch out of them.
Patent GB-190214122-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Leather Substitute Belting and the like.
Inventor: REICHELT OTTO BRUNO
Filed: 1902-06-21
Granted: 1903-06-20
Abstract: 14,122. Reichelt, O. B., Helbing, M. A., and Nionaber, G. R. G. June 21. Preserving and waterproofing ropes.-Belting or rope having the appearance and qualities of leather is produced by impregnating bands or ropes of cotton, hemp, flax, &c. with a mixture (a) of " stearin-pitch," resin free from acid, and "kaut- " schukin" and then treating the articles on the outside with a mixture (b) of spirit, lampblack, and kautschukin. A leather-like coating (c) of spirit, ochre, and kautschukin may be applied to the flat sides of the belt, and a coating (d) of spirit, shellac, and kautschukin may be applied to the edges. Before the weaving of the bands or ropes the threads may be separately impregnated with the mixture (b), or with a mixture of spirit, stearin-pitch, resin, and kautschukin, followed by the mixture (b). Fig. 3 shows apparatus for the impregnation of threads 10 on their way to the loom. The threads pass from rollers 5 through vessels 6 heated by burners 7. Surplus material is removed at 9, and the threads are dried in a chamber 11 heated by burners 14, steam pipes 15, or hot air supplied through the channel 16. The same thread may pass consecutively through the vessels 6, returning to the drying-chamber after each immersion. The stearin-pitch referred to is a product obtained by mixing resin free from acid with ozocerite and the oil residue from the manufacture of kautschukin. The kautschukin is a preparation obtained by the treatment of resin oil with sulphuric acid, the substance obtained after purification and precipitation being mixed with colza oil and graphite.
Patent GB-190214277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Stoking, or Feeding and Stoking, Fuel into Furnaces and to Promoted Consumption of Smoke
Inventor: KING ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 14,277. King, R. W. June 24. Mechanical stoking ; firebars and grates; crowns; smoke - consuming. -Fuel is fed to a steamboiler or other furnace from a hopper (not shown) by a series of screws h<7>, with cutting-edges, placed side by side. It is delivered to a coking-plate 6 and inclined perforated plate 7, and finally passes d o w n an inclined grate consisting of moving bars E to a flat grate C<3>, behind which is a dumping-grate F. The feeding-screws deliver through a wide passage divided by vertical partitions, and the outside screws are preferably driven faster than the middle one, when three are employed. The bars E are each mounted on a horizontally-reciprocating carriage D, the upper part of which carries pokers 8 passing through the openings in the inclined plate 7. The bars are, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, formed with "drivers" e consisting of horizontal ledges on each side of the central web of the bar. These "drivers" may be detachable from the bar. In a modification, flat movable bars, without any such ledges, alternating with fixed bars, are employed. The carriages D are operated in pairs by means of short shafts with a crank a' at each end, the cranks being preferably set opposite one another. These shafts are rotated by toothed gearing operated by ratchet gear f<8>, this gear being worked by cranks on the worm shaft 5 by which the feeding screws are driven. In order to prevent the mechanism from breaking on account of an obstruction, certain of the pinions, worms, and clutches by which the motion is transmitted are secured to their shafts by pins of some comparatively soft material which will shear on being subjected to an undue strain. Air for combustion is admitted through openings at 80 and through a door at 82, and passes to the fire through the openings in the inclined plate 7 and between the bars E and their " drivers " e. Air is also admitted above the fire through a grid valve h<3> in the door h. This door is dropped into position, being held by lugs at the sides ; it is provided inside with removable "baffle bars " h<4>, three of which are shown separately in perspective in Fig. 1<a>. These are connected together in sets of three or more, and attached to the door by lugs h<6>, which pass through holes in the door and are secured by a pin. The crown n of the furnace is arranged to beat the flame back on the fuel on the coking-plate. Heated air is delivered through passages n' in the front of the crown, to mix with the flame and smoke as it passes over it.
Patent GB-190217023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Warp Sizing Machines.
Inventor: BONNARD EUGENE
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 17,023. Bonnard, E. Aug. 1. Yarns, sizing and leasing. -Relates to a heck or reed for warp - sizing machines, by means of which designs or the separation of coloured threads can be preserved in successive warps. The long dents a and short dents c fixed to the bar b are connected in pairs, as shown, by means of soldering &c. Notches h and channels i are thus formed so that the warp threads, if evenly distributed between them, are held in two separate sheets or tapes. The threads are kept in place by a cap secured to the end piece g. The neck is raised and lowered by a rack and pinion actuated by worm gearing. The Specification describes in detail the method of operation in commencing a new warp, and introducing the leasing-cords.
Patent GB-190218877-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Milk Bucket and Strainer.
Inventor: BRADBURY CHARLES
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 18,877. Bradbury, C. Aug. 28. Milk buckets; milk strainers.-Relates to a combined milk bucket and strainer. A sheet-metal milk bucket A has a neck D on which a collar C is held by a bayonet joint. A circular piece of fine wire gauze, fixed in a metal ring, is held between the neck D and an internal flange on the collar C. Strainers may be attached to other vessels in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190219375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Machinery or Apparatus Employed in the Manufacture of Steel Copper and other Metallic Tubes.
Inventor: SHARP THOMAS BUDWORTH
Filed: 1902-09-04
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 19,375. Sharp, T. B. Sept. 4. Drawing; rolling.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specifications No. 18,307, A.D. 1897, No. 5985, A..D. 1899, and No. 8749, A.D. 1901, and referred to in Specification No. 25,066, A.D. 1899, for reducing steel, copper, or other tubes, the mandrel M, Fig. 1, on which the tube is supported is held at its free end by a divided V-block B, sliding in a guide D secured to the bed L of the machine. The parts of the V-block are opened or closed by a right and left hand screw S, so that a tube may be easily placed in position or withdrawn. If the mandrel is long, it may be supported on an intermediate V-block 0, Fig. 3, formed on a nut N carried by a vertical screw V socketed in a block A adjustable along the bed The nut is vertically adjusted by turning the screw, and is locked by a nut Q. The saddle carrying the roller-box is traversed by a screw driven at the necessary speed from the main spindle by compound spur gearing.