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Patent GB-189718865-A (GB)
Title: A Safety Device for use in connection with Carriages Propelled by Electricity.
Inventor: BROUGHAM REGINALD THOMAS DUDLE
Filed: 1897-08-14
Granted: 1898-07-16
Abstract: 18,865. Brougham, R. T. D., and Bersey, W. C. Aug. 14. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to electrically-propelled carriages, and the object is to prevent unauthorized persons from starting the carriage when left by the driver. For this purpose a key box with two open contacts inside is interposed between one pole of the battery and the switch controlling the motor. A key of special design, which may be varied so that each key will fit only its own box, is provided to be inserted through the keyhole d for connecting the two contacts inside. When the driver leaves the carriage he takes this key with him.
Patent GB-189723392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Tyring Wheels.
Inventor: WOODTHORPE FRED MORRIS
Filed: 1897-10-12
Granted: 1898-02-05
Abstract: 23,392. Woodthorpe, F. M., and Haddock, T. W. Oct. 12. Building wheels ; tyres, non-elastic.-Relates to . an easily-flushed platform for use in tyring wheels. In the sectional elevation shown in Fig. 2, the wheel rests on the platform f, which is connected by four side tubes e to the bottom of a small tank d sunk in the ground. This tank communicates by the pipe c with a larger tank b in which works the plunger i operated by the handle a. The plunger may have side holes k, and the whole apparatus is capable of being emptied by means of a pipe j. The circumference of the platform is formed of brickwork g and a cement bank h.
Patent GB-189724480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Meat Preparations.
Inventor: DENCE THOMAS
Filed: 1897-10-22
Granted: 1898-09-17
Abstract: 24,480. Dence, T., and Dence, A. H. Oct. 22. Filtering.-Air for use in drying meat is sterilized by passing it through a filter containing fatty unbleached sbeep's wool.
Patent GB-189808015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Carriage Lamps.
Inventor: WHISTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-04-04
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 8015. Whiston, W. April 4. Carriage lamps.- The handle or extension A is permanently' secured to the socket B on the lamp body, the candle or oil burner being inserted and secured from the interior of the lamp. The usual spring S is supplemented by a carrier consisting of a flanged rod or tube D, of which the upward movement is limited by the contact of the lower flange D<1> with a projection inside the holder A; and the usual nozzle E is detachably connected to the lamp body by the engagement of a flange E<1> or its equivalent on the nozzle with a hook, stud, or other fastening F on the lamp body.
Patent GB-189813454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
Inventor: BECK THEODORE ERNEST
Filed: 1898-06-16
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 13,454. Beck, T. E. June 16. Saddles.-The frame and springs are made from a single piece of wire a bent as shown. The inner and lower parts a<3> are attached by the usual clip, and the outer and upper parts a' support a padded leather cover which partly encloses the wires. The ends a<5> of the wire enter loosely into holes b<1> in the pommel block b, which is secured to the loop a<4> by a screw c.
Patent GB-189815330-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ticket Holder for Application to the Blocks of Textile Piece Goods.
Inventor: HAINE HAROLD
Filed: 1898-07-12
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 15,330. Haine, H. July 12. Label holders.-A spring clip, for attachment to the blocks of textile piece goods, consists of a plate a to which the label or ticket is pasted and spring tongues c, d for embracing the block e.
Patent GB-189815879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Contact Boxes for Electrical Railways or Tramways with Underground Conductors.
Filed: 1898-07-20
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 15,879. Wise, W. L., [Diatto, A.]. July 20. Electric railways and tramways on a contact system such a s described i n Specifications N o. 23,944, A.D. 1894, and No. 21,380, A.D. 1896. Switches; conductors.-A bell c<1>, with or without a flange c', dips into sealing-liquid in an annular cup r<1> surrounding the mercury cup r, and encloses the plunger d and the plug c which is connected to the exposed contact.
Patent GB-189826295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stearing Locks for Velocipedes and the like.
Inventor: YATES BERT
Filed: 1898-12-13
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 26,295. Yates, B. Dec. 13. Locking-apparatus to prevent theft.-In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a bolt 7 adapted to engage holes 2 in the head and steering-post of a bicycle carries an oil-hole cover 6 and is used to replace the ordinary cover 6<1> when it is required to lock the steering-mechanism. By this arrangement the use of locking-apparatus is not apparent. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, the bolt 7 fits into an opening in the lower part of the head, and is concealed by the cover 6.
Patent GB-189902693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: CROWDEN CHARLES THOMAS
Filed: 1899-02-06
Granted: 1900-02-06
Abstract: 2693. Crowden, C. T. Feb. 6. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed belt driving-gear, in which the transmission shaft is driven by one or other of several loose belts on a pair of cone pulleys. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the vehicle frame and glaring, and Fig. 2 shows a vertical section. Motion is communicated by chain gear from the motor shaft B through a loose sleeve D<5> supported on the transmission shaft D to a stepped loose pulley C<2> supported on the rear axle C. The transmission shaft is carried in bearings on a bracket or frame secured by adjustable struts D' to the rectangular vehicle frame A , and the rear axle is kept at a constant distance from it by adjustable stays E. The road wheels are driven from the transmission shaft by side chains. Motion is communicated to the transmission shaft by one or other of the belts passing round the stepped pulley C' on the rear axle and round a second stepped pulley D<8> fast on the transmission shaft. Adjacent to each belt is a jockey pulley F, and any one of these pulleys can be brought into action so as to tighten the corresponding belt by a rotary movement of an arm H on a shaft H<1>. The arm H can be slid along the shaft H<1>, so as to come opposite the tightening-device of whichever belt it is desired shall be brought into action by lever linkage connected to the handle J; and when the arm is in position it can be operated by the hand-lever K. In order to lubricate the pulley C<2>, it is made with a central lubricating-chamber C' between the bearing-collars C<8>. Leakage at the ends is prevented by leather washers clamped to the pulley by metal discs.
Patent GB-189904489-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adding Apparatus.
Inventor: FOSSA-MANCINI CARLO
Filed: 1899-03-01
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 4489. Fossa-Mancini, C. March 1. Calculating-apparatus.-Relates to adding-apparatus. A series of numeral discs x are advanced by placing a pin between projecting pins at the side of the wheels opposite the number to be added marked on a graduated slot, and moving the pin to the end of the slot ; or, in the form shown in Fig. 3, by pressing a numbered key t, lowering the bar p and rod i more or less, and causing the spring pawl h to slide over a definite number of teeth of the ratchet-wheel a. The return stroke, under the action of the spring w, moves the numeral disc forward. In order to carry the tens from one wheel to the next, each is fitted on its left-hand side with a, say, six-toothed cam q, and the numbers 0-9 are repeated round the discs correspondingly. The cam q belongs to the wheel to the right of the wheel x shown. As the cam rotates, it lifts the lever c, carrying a pawl d, against the action of the spring m, and then suddenly lets it go, advancing the wheel x one unit. A weighted spring detent v with V-shaped tooth n controls the movements of the ratchetwheel x.
Patent GB-189905999-A (GB)
Title: Glass-lined Artificial Stone Manholes.
Inventor: KNIGHT JOHN
Filed: 1899-03-20
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 5999. Knight, J. March 20. Manholes.-Relates to improvements on the manhole described in Specification No. 17,733, A.D. 1898. The artificial stone employed is glazed on one side to form a non-absorbent lining.
Patent GB-189914710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traction Engines and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DIPLOCK BRAMAH JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-07-17
Granted: 1900-07-17
Abstract: 14,710. Diplock, B. J. July 17. Traction engines and road locomotives; motor road vehicles.-The vehicle as it moves places feet on the ground, and these feet support rollers on which the vehicle runs. Fig. 1 shows partly in section a portion of one of the travelling supports of a traction engine constructed according to the invention. The feet carrying the rollers fare attached to the vehicle by arms or spokes h pivoted to the driving-disc s and driven by guides q, r thereon. The rail e resting on the rollers is freely connected to the vehicle at k by a guide-plate l, and it supports the axle v through the medium of springs d and a beam c. The rollers and feet are retracted by springs except when approaching the ground, when they are thrust outwards by a guide x. This enables the ball joint o to come into play, and permits the feet j to come flat on the ground. Each foot consists of a hollow cylindrical box having inside it a block m free to move and inverted cups forming a ball-and-socket joint.
Patent GB-189915089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Valves and Valve-gear of Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: SELLERS GEORGE
Filed: 1899-07-21
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 15,089. Sellers, G. July 21. Valves and valve gear; cylinders.-The engine has a cylinder or cylinders with a sliding distributing-valve at one end which is worked by the piston. In the form shown in Fig. 1, two cylinders in line are formed by linings inserted in a casting A forming the bed-plate and crank chamber, and the two trunk pistons C work on one crank. The admission of steam is controlled by a slide valve K, in the form of a piston at the back end of the cylinder, which is operated in one direction by a tappet carried by a rod H projecting from the main piston and in the other direction by the main piston itself. The exhaust takes place when the terminal ports G are uncovered by the piston just before it reaches the end of the stroke. In another form, the valves K are arranged to control the exhaust as well as the admission of the motive fluid, and the two valves are connected through rocking tappets and an external rod or link, the tail rod H being dispensed with. In this form, a low-pressure cylinder may be arranged vertically over the crank in addition to the two horizontal cylinders.
Patent GB-189924106-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Indicating Stoppage of the Outflow of the Stuff Tap in Paper Making Machinery and for analogous Uses.
Inventor: JORDAN GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 24,106. Jordan, G. E. Dec. 4. Alarm apparatus; indicating- apparatus; thickness of p a p e r, regulating. - T h e apparatus is specially intended for indicating when, owing to choking, the flow of the stuff-tap of paper-making machinery diminishes or ceases, so as to avoid thin or broken paper, but it is applicable to other like purposes. The outflow through the aperture b is directed upon a plate a carried by a lever c pivoted at n. The pivot spindle has a counterweighted arm e, which, as the pressure of the flow diminishes, rocks so as to bring the plate m into contact with the plate g and complete circuit for an electric bell.
Patent GB-189925484-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Production of Condensed Milk.
Inventor: GUERBER AUGUST
Filed: 1899-12-23
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 25,484. G³rber, A. Dec. 23. Cooling liquids; ice-making and refrigerating.- Condensed milk is produced without the aid of heat or the admixture of sugar. The cream is first separated in a centrifugal separator, and the separated milk is placed in a centrifugal separator provided in the centre with a coil or other arrangement shaped to fit the paraboloid of revolution formed when the milk is rotating at its maximum speed, and through which cold brine or other refrigerating-agent is kept flowing. By this arrangement, ice collects in the centre of the vessel and concentrated milk at the sides, from which it is drawn by means of conduits having their outlets in the axle of the machine. The concentrated milk is then again mixed with the cream. The ice in the separator is thawed by a jet of steam, and removed before treating a fresh quantity of milk.
Patent GB-190004786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: MORELLE CLAUDE THEODORE
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 4786. Morelle, C. T. March 13. Acetylene.-Relates to apparatus in which a regulated supply of carbide is fed into water. A tank a is supplied with water by a pipe g, and is fitted with a discharge cock h. Within a tank c concentric with the tank a is mounted a gas-holder bell b, within which is supported on cross-bars d a carbide-distributing apparatus. This consists of a drum divided into compartments or cups i, each of which has a hinged bottom k supported by a track t. At one point in the track is a gap which permits the bottoms k to fall and deliver a charge of carbide into the water. The side 1 of the gap is curved for closing the bottoms k as they pass over it. The drum is operated automatically by a toothed crown n, fixed to it and engaged by a pawl p on a lever o. When the bell descends, a rod r in a tube s carried by the bell is arrested by the bottom of the tank, and operates the lever o by a bell-crank lever q. When the bell rises, these motions are reversed, and the pawl p is pushed back over another tooth on the crown n. The drum is operated by hand, for starting the apparatus, by an external handlever 11 connected with a lever 7 which carries a pawl 8 engaging the toothed crown n. The drum is charged from a container e fitted with a screw stopper 6 and communicating through a hopper x with a conduit y, which opens into a circular chute formed by inclined plates m over the cups i. The opening z between the receiver e and hopper x may be closed by an externally-operated valve 3. The pipe f delivers the gas to the service pipes. In a modification described, the carbide-feeding apparatus is external to the gas holder, a tappet on which actuates the pawl mechanism. The carbide is in this case delivered into the water by an inclined conduit entering the sides of the tank below the gas-holder bell.
Patent GB-190006245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 6245. Boult, A. J., [Buogo, O.]. April 3. Water-tube boilers.-Inclined water tubes d, each of which contains a hermetically-closed inner tube e for the purpose of decreasing its capacity relatively to the heating-surface, are secured in staggered headers b, c, f, g. The closed inner tubes are preferably of a smaller diameter in the lower rows of water tubes. The front drum h, which is of truncated conical form, and which is fitted with a baffle plate for the steam, is raised above the water level. It is connected at its lowest point by a drain pipe o with the rear drum a, which is at a lower level. The upper portions of the two drums are also connected by a pipe j. This construction promotes the separation of water from the steam, and the circulation of water, and facilitates the location and stopping or renewal of a ruptured tube. The rupture of a tube is indicated by the rise of temperature of the corresponding header, owing to the flow of steam through it. Such a boiler may be applied either to land or marine purposes. The air supply to the furnace is heated by passing it through passages in the brick-lined casing. The ashpit contains water for the generation of steam to cool the grate.
Patent GB-190007022-A (GB)
Title: Method of Making Mirrors with Colored Decorations.
Inventor: WAGNER EDUARD
Filed: 1900-04-14
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 7022. Wagner, E., and Lorenz, G. April 14. Ornamenting glass surfaces.-A mirror is decorated by removing parts of the metal coating with the aid of stencils, coating the whole of the back surface with transparent varnish, transferring coloured pictures to fill up the clear parts, and covering the whole with a protective coating.
Patent GB-190009130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Countershafts.
Inventor: MYALL AMBROSE
Filed: 1900-05-17
Granted: 1901-05-17
Abstract: 9130. Myall, A. May 17. Clutches ; countershafts.-The shaft C carries two loose pulleys A, B arranged for driving it at different speeds or in opposite directions. Upon a feather between the pulleys, is mounted a double-faced clutch N, adapted to engage with corresponding clutch parts on the pulley bosses. A sliding-bar Q, supported in brackets on the hangers, is provided with an arm T which engages a groove in the clutch and is kept central by springs X, X<1>. The bar is worked to and fro, to shift the clutch, by means of a rope passing over a pulley V, which carries a crank-pin coupled to it by a link W. The pulley is provided with pins c, which lock against the bar at the end of the stroke.
Patent GB-190009550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Lamp Black.
Inventor: BROWNE HARRY SPENSER
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 9550. Browne, H. S., [Sanders, J. F.]. May 24. Carbon.-Lampblack is obtained by burning gas, obtained by the destructive distillation of coal &c., with a supply of air insufficient for perfect combustion, in an enclosed chamber, and at as low a temperature as possible. Bituminous or lignite coal, coal tar, or ozokerit is charged into one or more retorts A, having closing-doors a, and arrangei horizontally in a furnace B having grate bars C and a smoke stack D. The gas given off escapes by the tube b, a ball valve therein preventing back-pressure. The gas from all the retorts enters a common purifier E. having a perforated diaphragm e, above which is a suitable filtering- material, such as slaked lime. Tar, ammonia, &c. run away to a reservoir. The purified gas passes by the tube e<1> to a cross-tube e', from which proceed a number (three in the example given) of burner tubes f<1> which enter larger tubes f having flattened nozzles. Each burner receives an adjustable amount of air by a tube F<1>. The burners enter the closed chamber F, across which are placed three cooling-tubes G, triangularly arranged, for the passage of air or water, namely, two narrow ones, one on each side of the flame, and one larger one immediately opposite to the flame. Sight-holes H, covered with glass or mica, are provided. The chamber is provided with a door I, and with removable cover-plates J. The tubes G may be partially rotated from the outside, to shake off the deposited lampblack and present a new surface to the flames.
Patent GB-190013413-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Steam Steering Gear for Steam Ships.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES WILLIAM ALEXAND
Filed: 1900-07-25
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 13,413. Taylor, C. W. A. July 25. Steering-engines.-Relates to steam steering-gear in which the distributing-valves are actuated by eccentrics on a shaft rotated by a hand-wheel. Fig. 1 shows a two-cylinder gear in which the rudder chain passes under guide-pulleys to a gipsywheel rotating with the spur-wheel J. This wheel gears with a pinion H geared to the crank shaft by a clutch I, and with a pinion S loose on the hand-wheel spindle N. The pinion S has on one side a snug s, which can engage with a similar snug r on a collar R fast on the spindle N. The distributing-valves of the cylinders A, A<1> are driven by eccentrics Q, Q<1> on the spindle N. By throwing out the clutch I and throwing in another, the gear can be operated by hand. Fig. 5 shows a modified form of gear in which the chain barrel is driven by worm gear. A skew-wheel on the crank shaft gears with a similar one on a vertical spindle. A spur pinion on this spindle gears with equal pinions on spindles n<1>, o'. The spindle n' carries eccentrics p, p<1> actuating expansion valves on the backs of the distributing-valves which are driven by eccentrics on the hand-wheel spindle o<1>, as previously described. The pinion o is loose on the spindle o<1> and has a snug x gearing with a snug z on the spindle, as described in connection with the gear shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190013529-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for applying Plain or Crimped Metal Foil or Tinsel to Stage Scenery and the like.
Inventor: WALMSLEY FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 13,529. Walmsley, F. July 27. Gilding and silvering; ornamenting.-Relates to apparatus for pasting or applying plain or crimpled strips of gilt foil, or tinsel, to stage scenery &c. The tinsel or foil paper is drawn from a roll 0, passes between a pair of plain or crimping rollers A, B, is pasted underneath by an endless band K dipping into a trough E, and is cut off by a serrated knife M operated by a trigger m<3>, a rod m<2>, and a bell-crank lever. The paste trough is pivoted to the frame C, and is adjusted by a screw e<2>. A cover G is provided with guides for supporting the frame carrying the endless band, and with a slide g<4> for removing surplus paste from the band. A slotted guide trough D, for supporting the strip, is formed with a tongue which enters a central groove in the periphery of the wheel B. This trough carries bearings for the axle a<3> of the wheel A, which is adjusted by screw-nuts c. A flat spring c<1> bears against the roll O.
Patent GB-190017888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Carbonate of Magnesia.
Inventor: MARSH WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-10-09
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 17,888. Marsh, W. Oct. 9. Magnesium carbonate.-Relates to improvements in the known method of preparing magnesium carbonate by passing carbonic acid into water containing burnt d lomite or magnesite in suspension, and consists in adding to the liquid a body capable of absorbing and retaining carbonic acid, thereby affording a greater contact surface for chemical action. Such a body is powdered animal or vegetable charcoal, but paraffin or other petroleum oil is also suitable.
Patent GB-190018756-A (GB)
Title: Production of New Colouring Matters.
Filed: 1900-10-20
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 18,756. Levinstein, I., Mensching, C., and Levinstein (Limited). Oct. 20. Dyes, artificial.-Black dyes for directly dyeing cotton are produced by heating with sulphur and an alkali metal the azo dyes obtained by combining o-, m-, or p-nitrodiazobenzol with o-nitrophenol or its homologues, or by similarly treating a mixture of such azo dyes with various molecular proportions of dinitrophenol, picric acid, picraminic acid, or oxydinitrodiphenylamines and their homologues.
Patent GB-190023571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and or Recording the Speed of Electrically Propelled Vehicles and or the Distance Travelled thereby.
Inventor: HIGHFIELD JOHN SOMERVILLE
Filed: 1900-12-24
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 23,571. Highfield, J. S., and Beeton, S. Dec. 24. Odometers; speed indicators.-Relates to means for indicating or recording the speed and distance travelled by electrically-propelled vehicles. The shaft l of the motor m carries a short spindle b, on which is mounted an armature a, built of toothed iron plates between which many turns of fine insulated wire are coiled. The ends of the coils are joined to a commutator c, against which bear spring-pressed carbcn brushes d<1>, sliding in brass tubes d fixed in an insulating-disc e in the brass cap h. The caps h, j are fitted to a rectangular iron box f, which is bored out to receive the armature a, and is fixed between the poles of the powerful permanent magnet g. The thin iron webs f<1>, which extend between the poles of the magnet, retard its deterioration. The magnet and box are supported from the framing by brass arms k, and the cap j is made liquid-tight by a spring- pressed washer s. The brushes d<1> are placed on the neutral axis of the magnetic field, and are connected to an indicating volt meter n and a recording volt meter for the speed, or an integrating volt meter for the distance.