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Patent GB-189921062-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Couplings for Railway Wagons, Carriages and the like.
Inventor: WALLIS FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-10-21
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 21,062. Wallis, F. Oct. 21 Couplings, automatic. -Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan. The draw-bars of each vehicle carry jointed links and hooks A, B, which automatically engage with the adjacent hooks and links when the vehicles are brought together. The top side of each hook and the bottom side of each link are connected to the cross-shaft H by the links shown. To uncouple, the lever J is drawn into the position shown in dotted lines, causing the link to rise and the hook to fall. The links and hooks are returned to the position for coupling by a spring.
Patent GB-190008094-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Catch or Fastening Device particularly applicable for Doors and Cupboards.
Inventor: BICKLE LEONARD WATKINS
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 8094. Bickle, L. W. May 1. Cupboard-turns and turn-buckles; obstruction bars.-Relates to fastenings particularly designed for use with vertically-hinged doors of rooms and cupboards. An attachment plate A, Fig. 1, is fixed to the door frame, and a locking-tongue C is pivoted to the plate, the pivot consisting of an ordinary screw D passing the plate into the door frame and provided with a collar and washer. The tongue C has an operating-knob C', and is heavier at the free end than at the pivoted end, so that it will always tend to fall. The tongue is maintained in a horizontal position by means of a lug or stop B on the plate A. A striking-plate F may be secured to the door, and an indicator G, Fig. 3, may be arranged on the plate F to record the locking action by displaying the words "en- "gaged" or "disengaged." The indicator is operated by the tongue C, and consists of a spring-controlled piece carrying the letters "dis" and working on the plate F bearing the word "engaged."
Patent GB-190008774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Purifying Dirty Waters.
Inventor: RIENSCH HERMANN
Filed: 1900-05-12
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 8774. Riensch, H. May 12. Straining liquids.-Relates to apparatus for purifying or straining the waste waters of factories such as sugar works. The strainer, consisting of wires b stretched over ribs b<1> by studs b<2> and supported in an inclined position in a tank, is cleared of solid matter by brushes or rakes carried on arms d' on a rotating shaft c, and pressed radially outwards by springs e. The brushes &c. are guided into proper contact with the strainer by rails i with which engage rollers k<1> carried by the arms d<2>. The solid matter is swept off the brushes by a rail i<1>, hung from a shaft g which is oscillated at the right moment by a weight n hung on a lever pivoted at m' and connected by links to the shaft g, the lever m being raised to return the rail i<1> by a cam p. The shallow rail r is for sweeping off the larger solid matter, such as beetroot tails. The rails i' and r are suspended so that they can be lifted by the arms d<2> should the weight n &c. fail to act. Screw conveyers carry the solid matter away. In a modification, the rollers k<1> are guided throughout their course by rails, the springs e being dispensed with. Cutters u, Fig. 4, operated by weights x and cams y, may be used to cut the beetroot tails collecting at the top of the strainer.
Patent GB-190009355-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Incandescence Oil Lamps.
Inventor: PITTNER HERMANN
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 9355. Pittner, H. May 21. Incandescent oil. lamps.-To prevent that interference with the air supply, and the consequent uncertainty of the conversion of the luminous into the blue flame, which is caused by the reflection of heat by the usually-bright inner surfaces of the burner cones, the inner surfaces of the said cones 5 are provided with a black or other coating 12, or are roughened or left unpolished, thus rendering the surfaces bad reflectors, b u t good absorbers, of heat.
Patent GB-190010533-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brake for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: CRABBE GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1900-06-09
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 10,533. Crabbe, G. E. June 9. brakes for cycles and o t h e r vehicles. The brake blocks e are mounted or carried upon the arms a' of the spring- sided or flexible yoke arranged astride the wheel. The arms a<1 >act as springs for returning the parts to their normal position after braking, and are guided by pins g sliding in the oblique slots h of the fork clips e<4>. The brake may be fitted to the back wheel, and may have the arms a<1> bent and extended through the guide-slots h. The brake is actuated by hand by levers or rods, by backpedalling gear, or through the medium of a Bowden wire or similar connection. By differently disposing the position of the blocks, the brake is applicable as a tyre brake.
Patent GB-190014314-A (GB)
Title: Container for Substances of High Viscosity.
Inventor: VETTER ERNST
Filed: 1900-08-10
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 14,314. Vetter, E. Aug. 10. Condiment receptacles; spoons.-Relates to containers for viscous substances, such as mustard &c. The container A,Fig. 1, is fitted with a piston a, which is mounted on the screwed stem b, so that, by rotating the stem, the contents are raised, as desired, through the ports c into the funnel d for withdrawal. The funnel is fitted with an airtight stopper f, which is provided with a spoon g for dispensing the contents. The bottom e screws on the body, and is removed when the receptacle is to be refilled. The piston and stem b are provided with packing rings h, k. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the box or container B is screw-threaded internally to receive the screw plug l on the cap m. By screwing down the plug, the contents are raised into the funnel-shaped passage n in the plug, which is normally closed by the stopper o. The stopper has a dispensing-spoon p. The containers may be made of porcelain, glass, earthenware, &c.
Patent GB-190015912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: GROESCHEL EDWIN WRIGHT
Filed: 1900-09-07
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 15,912. Groeschel, E. W. Sept. 7. Hooks and eyes.-Hooks are formed by stamping blanks from sheet metal, and bending the parts into the form shown in Fig. 1, comprising attaching-eyelets c<1>, c<2>, shanks a<1>, a<2>, a pointed bill b, and a tongue d having a curved end which engages the bill and prevents the eyefrom becoming accidentally released. The shanks may be curved to form other attaching-points, or eyelets may be formed on them as shown in Fig. 5. An ordinary eye, or an eye consisting of a loop i, Fig. 5, formed on a plate h having attaching-holes j, may be used. The hooks &c. may be attached to the material by sewing or by passing the turned-up ends o of a bar through the material and the attaching-eyes and then clinching the ends. The bar may be formed with eyelets instead of turned-up ends, the eyelets being similarly passed through the material &c. and clinched. The hooks &c. can be arranged at regular intervals on strips of fabric which are adapted for sewing &c. to the dress.
Patent GB-190102529-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Arresting Impurities Passing through Beer Taps.
Inventor: MORGAN JAMES BIRT
Filed: 1901-02-05
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 2529. Morgan, J. B. Feb. 5. Beer, drawing-off.-A strainer adapted to be fixed on a beer tap consists of a short pipe A containing one or more wire-gauze or hair-gauze diaphragms B<1>, B<2>, and having a short rubber p i p e C adapted to fit over the beer tap. The strainers may be held in the beaded edges by which the two parts of the pipe or .casing A are connected. The impurities collect in the widened part a<3> of the casing.
Patent GB-190104205-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Antifouling Composition for Coating the Bottoms of Ships and other Vessels which may be Exposed to the Action of Fresh or Sea Water.
Inventor: STEPHENSON JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1901-02-27
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 4205. Stephenson, J. H. Feb. 27. Antifouling compositions.-Relates to anti-fouling compositions for coating the bottoms of ships and the like, composed of a mixture of the following ingredients, viz. :-resin, soft soap, boiled oil, turpentine, benzol, mercuric chloride, ether, and indian red or other suitable pigment.
Patent GB-190105446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vehicle Tyres and to Apparatus for Applying the same.
Inventor: WEBB JOHN GROVER
Filed: 1901-03-14
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 5446. Webb, J. G. March 14. Building wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.- Relates to wired-on rubber tyres of the form shown in section in Fig. 18, and to the means for applying them to channelshaped wheel rims shown in sectional elevation and plan respectively in Figs. 1 and 13. The hub 7 of the wheel is supported on a conical holder 6, which is adjustable vertically on the screw spindle 4 and horizontally along the guides 2. The wheel rim 73 is held between the lower jaw 25 and the upper adjustable jaw 26 of a C-shaped arm 28, which is supported on a slider 24 movable along guides 23 secured to a base-plate 10. This plate has two curved guides 12, in each of which moves a slider 33, Fig. 6, supporting a nut 35, which works in the right and left handed screw 36 operated from the wheel 39. Each slide is loosely connected by the pins 34, 43 and slots 41, 45 to a clamping-plate 40, to which are pivoted two upper jaws 50, so that the rubber of the tyre can be gripped between each jaw 50 and the plate 40 by adjusting the nuts. Each clamping-plate is also adapted to carry a wire strainer 55, Fig. 8, which consists of upper and lower plates 60 having grooved edges 66, and an intermediate plate 63 having roughened edges, so that the attaching-wires can be gripped between the plates when the nuts 62 are adjusted. When the tyre has been initially placed in the rim, the ends of the attaching-wire 67 are secured between roughened washers pressed together by screwing down the nut 21, and the tyre is held in position temporarily by clamps 69. The rubber of the tyre is then gripped between the jaws 50 and the plates 40, and, by rotating the wheel 39, is pressed back on the attaching-wires. The wires are then gripped by the wire strainer 55, and, by rotating the wheel 39 in the reverse direction, are put under tension. After the nut 21 has been loosened and the adjacent parts removed, the ends of the wires are secured together so as not to lie in the same plane as the ends of the rubber when brought together. The wire strainers are then released, and, after a T-headed tool has been placed under the wires to prevent them from cutting the rubber, it is pulled back into its normal position by means of the jaws 50, operated from the wheel 39. The flanges of the wheel rim are slightly incurved at the base e, and the sides of the tyre are slightly inclined, as shown in Fig. 18.
Patent GB-190107879-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pile Edging for Garments.
Inventor: GEBUEHR CARL
Filed: 1901-04-17
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 7879. Geb³hr, C. April 17. Bindings or edgings for ladies' garments are formed with hollow woven tubular portions b, round which radial pile threads c form round plush margins. The pile threads are produced from the weft by two edgings next to each other in the usual way, and cutting the weft threads between the adjacent tubular portions. Some of the weft threads pass partly through the ribbon or flat portion a, and partly through the hollow tube, while others are bound only in the hollow tube.
Patent GB-190112667-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Whipple Tree for Implement or Conveyance in which Two Horses Work Abreast
Inventor: DOWSON EDWARD
Filed: 1901-06-21
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 12,667. Dowson, E. June 21. Whipple-trees.-Relates to a whipple-tree for allowing two horses to work abreast in a road vehicle, and is shown in plan. Two pulleys B are pivoted one above the other on the same axis at the middle point of the whipple - tree W, the pulleys being separated by a plate. Single pulleys A, D are pivoted at the ends of the whipple-tree, which is connected to the vehicle either bv the shackle K or a bolt. The chain F, H, for one horse passes round the pulley D and the lower of the two middle pulleys, and the chain for the other horse passes round the remaining two pulleys. Large end links are employed to prevent detachment of the chains, and the whipple-tree is preferably channel-shaped.
Patent GB-190119055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Targets.
Inventor: REICHLIN XAVER
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 19,055. Reichlin, X. Sept.24. Targets. -A penetrable target a is supported by a spiral sheet - steel bulletcatching backing b, which may be formed with a trough or bnllet-collecting channel c at the bottom.
Patent GB-190126382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Breech Mechanism of Ordnance
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1901-12-24
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 26,382. Dawson, A. T., and Silverman, L. Dec. 24. Ordnance breech mechanism. - Relates to guns having vertically-sliding breech-blocks, and consists in providing the breech-block B, shown in its lowered or open position, with a pivoted extractor E, which, as the breech-block is lowered, is caused to engage by its arm e with the cam c<3> on the operating-shaft C, whereby the breech is kept open until the delivery of a fresh cartridge into the gun releases the extractor, whereupon the breech is at once closed. Specification No. 15,639, A.D. 1899, is referred to.
Patent GB-190201194-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hook or Suspender.
Inventor: BROWN THOMAS
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 1194. Brown, T., and Garratt, J. C. Jan. 16. Hooks.-Relates to hooks for suspending bacon &c. during drying after curing &c., the object being to prevent it from curling up at the corners. A hook S is formed from twisted wires, the various members of which are spread out, as shown, and pointed at the ends h. A strut T keeps the ends properly spaced. The hook may be made entirely from sheet metal.
Patent GB-190205512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric-cables.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1902-03-05
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 5512. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Felten & Guilleaume Carlswerk Akt.-Ges.]. March 5. Cables.-Relates to airspace electric cables in which an insulating-core b of flat, triangular, polygonal, or cruciform section is preferably twisted into a spiral and has two or more conducting-wires a laid round in reversed spirals. The wires may be held in position by projections or notches in the core, or by separating cords or strips d, preferably of larger section than the conductors. A binding-core e and external insulation c are employed. Insulated iron wires may be used in place of the cords d, or may be laid in the convolutions of the insulating-core. A number of the separate cables may be combined into a compound cable, the elements being preferably used in diagonal pairs.
Patent GB-190210103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harvesting or Hand Drag Rakes
Inventor: JONES CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1903-05-02
Abstract: 10,103. Jones, C. W., and Goldsmith, F. A. May 2. Rakes, hand.-Relates to tne construction of drag rakes. The teeth a, a are made in pairs connected together by a head portion b. The head c of the rake is bored to receive the tines a, a and grooved at e to receive the heads b, which are secured by a cover-plate d fastened to the head c by any suitable means.
Patent GB-190210463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing or Cutting Machines for Mowing Grass, Cutting Corn or the like.
Inventor: WHATLEY URIAH
Filed: 1902-05-06
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 10,463. Whatley, U., Whatley, J., and Whatley, A., [trading as Whatley & Co., G.]. May 6. Reaping and mowing machines. -Relates to a motor reaping and mowing machine having the cutting-apparatus arranged in front. The frame is carried on two main wheels a, a' and on a rear steering-wheel, the fork of which is mounted in a socket b<2> on the frame b. The steering is effected by means of a hand-wheel p on a tubular vertical shaft connected, by the chain p<3> and suitable pulleys, with the fork of the steering-wheel. The main wheel a' is fixed on the main axle a<2> and the wheel a is connected thereto by compensating- gearing a<3>. The wheel a is driven from the main shaft e by the gearing shown. The shaft e is driven from the motor shaft d<2> by bevel reversing- gear e<1>, e<1>, the clutch o<1> of which is operated by an eccentric on a shaft o<3> actuated by chain gearing o<4> from a vertical shaft o<5> mounted within the tubular steering-shaft. The shaft o<5> is provided with a hand-wheel o. The knife-bars h, of which there are two, are pivoted near the centre of the machine to a rack i gearing with a quadrant i<1> oscillated by a link i<2> from a crank-pin i<3> on a pinion i<4> gearing with a wheel i<5> mounted loosely on the main axle a<2>. A pinion e<3>, connected by a ratchet clutch e<4> with the main shaft e, gears with and drives the wheel i<5>. The clutch e<4> is arranged so that the knives are not driven when the machine is driven backwards, and so that they can be thrown out of gear independently of the driving-mechanism. The finger-bars g, g are supported on a central arm g<1> and two side arms g<2>, g<2>, all pivoted on the main axle a<2>. The finger-bars are free to follow inequalities in the surface of the ground, and can be raised more or less, independently, by chains n<5>, n<5>, n<5> connected to the arms g<1>, g<2>, g<2> and to chain pulleys n<4>, n<4>, n<4> suitably connected to independent ratchet discs placed near a single lever n having three catches to connect the lever with any or all of the ratchet discs as required. Dividers l<1>, l<1> are placed at each side of the machine and an additional one l at the centre.
Patent GB-190211925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Wooden Shelves, Plinths, and Jambs for use in Combination with all kinds of Structural Wood-work
Inventor: PARKER JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-26
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 11,925. Parker, J., and Parker & Son. May 26. Counters.-Plinths or jambs are made hollow or in skeleton to minimize the cost and the risk of the wood warping and splitting. A panel is secured at m or n to the side strips j, and the central portion of the foundation o is cut away. The jamb may be strengthened by glueing battens across the inner surface of the panel m, side pieces t, u may be provided, and the skirting may be blocked to the intermediate part as shown at r.
Patent GB-190212582-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Electric Lighting.
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 12,582. Wise, W. L., [Moore Electrical Co.]. June 2. Lighting, systems of.-In systems of lighting in which a gas is made luminous, the translucent tube is distributed or run over the area or room to be lighted, and the terminals of the tube are brought to a source of energy outside or isolated from the room to be lighted. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the tube 2 is of glass built up by fusing or otherwise connecting in situ, the terminals being brought to a chamber 3 containing a transformer 6. Fig. 4 shows a suitable arrangement of chamber. The terminals of the tube 2 are capped with conducting -material 3, and connected by metal clips 16 with the transformer 6. A number of these clips may be fitted, as shown in Fig. 6, and connected through a switch 26 so that the intensity of the light can be varied. In order to give a greater area to the cap, the tube may be subdivided as shown in Fig. 4, or it may be fitted with metal ends. The tubes may be provided with nipples for the introduction, or exhaustion, of gases &c.
Patent GB-190213365-A (GB)
Title: Mode of Constructing Clusters of Tubes for Radiators and other Industrial Purposes.
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1903-06-12
Abstract: 13,365. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles Peugeot. March 21, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Metal tubes.-Clusters of tubes for radiators or other industrial apparatus are constructed by providing each tube a, preferably of square or hexagonal form, at the ends with metal ferrules b of corresponding form, and then brazing or soldering together the ferruled tubes when assembled. Circular tubes may have square ferrules, and, to obtain perfect joints, the ferruled ends of the tubes may be separately tinned.
Patent GB-190219774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Production of Caustic Soda and Sodium Hypochlorite by Electrolysis.
Inventor: FERRAND FRED
Filed: 1902-09-10
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 19,774. Ferrand, F. Sept. 10. Bleaching-compounds.-Relates to the production from common salt, by a continuous electrolytic process, of sodium hypochlorite and caustic soda suitable for use as a bleaching-liquor. Within a vessel a, made of or lined with lead or other suitable material, and forming the cathode, is mounted on a central conductor c a series of carbon or other suitable discs or anodes b separated by insulating- pieces d. The salt solution may be introduced through the hollow conductor b which is perforated at f, and flows out through a valve j. The apparatus may be arranged vertically, and the solution may be caused to circulate by a pump or otherwise. The apparatus may be used for other electrolytes than a salt solution.
Patent GB-190222267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syphons for Aerated Liquids
Inventor: DURAFORT VICTOR
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 22,267. Durafort, V. Oct. 13. Casings; lift valves; safety-valves.-Fig. 1 shows the head of a siphon bottle for aerated liquids fitted with a relief valve. Gas is allowed to escape through the passages e, d, b, n, by partly withdrawing the plug h, and thereby removing the rubber washer i from the end of the passage b. The screw m prevents the plug h from being withdrawn too far. Fig 2 shows a modification, in which the passage n is put into communication with the interior of the siphon by pressing in the spring-held valve spindle o.
Patent GB-190227255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Micrometer Gauges.
Inventor: STOREY JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 27,255. Storey, J. E. Dec. 10. Calliper and like internal gauges.-An internal gauge for cylinders and the like has three contact arms on a tube co-axial with the cylinder and is provided with a micrometer head for reading the diameter directly. The stem A has three projections B, either in the same plane and 120‹ apart, or equally spaced on an imaginary conical surface, which form guides for arms C, free to slide in and out under the constraint of springs E and the conical head D of the micrometer spindle F. The opposite end of this spindle is screwed and works in a nut G fixed to or integral with the stem A, and has attached to it the thimble-shaped micrometer head H, the edge L of which is graduated and moves over a linear scale on the stem at N. The attachment may be by means of a conicalheaded screw J and a split end of the spindle, thereby providing for the correction of zero-error. The parts C, D may or may not be capable of rotation.
Patent GB-190304006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for the Prevention of Smoke in Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 4006. Wilson, G. Feb. 20. Steam-generator &c. furnaces; smoke-consuming. -Air from the ashpit passes through an opening B in the bridge to a chamber C of cast iron, and finally escapes into the flue in a heated state through perforations H in the sides of the upper casting E. The front of the casting E may be protected by firebrick, asbestos, or the like, or it may be placed flush against the back of the bridge. The part D built into the bridge serves to keep the chamber C rigid. A damper may be fitted to the opening B.