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Patent GB-189908944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Drawing Instruments and Calliper Gauges and the like.
Inventor: DAY WILLIAM CURTIS
Filed: 1899-04-28
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 8944. Day, W. C. Oct. 1, A.D. 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Compasses, drawing and dividers, combined with calliper gauges. The legs a, a of the instrument are bent as shown, and grooved on the outside to take divider legs, compass pencil, or inside or outside calliper legs, secured by set-screws a', a<4>. The legs are pivoted by ears and screws to a block b having a depending sleeve b<1> to guide a vertical rod d, and they are connected to a socket f sliding on the rod by links e, e. For rough adjustment, the socket is slid along the rod and fastened by a set-screw. Fine adjustment is obtained by turning the milled head g of a screw g, which passes into an internally-screwed bore in the rod d. The rod is prevented from rotating by a groove and screw not shown, and the screw g is held in place by a pin engaging a grooved collar g<2>.
Patent GB-189915758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Speed Printing Machines.
Inventor: DVORAK PETER
Filed: 1899-08-01
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 15,758. Dvorak, P. Aug. 1. Feeding sheets.-The pile of sheets 22 is placed upon a fixed table 23 against a front board 24, and side and rear stops 25. The top sheet is removed from the pile and carried to the grippers of the cylinder 1 by an adhesive bar or roller 9 the ends of which are engaged by guide-slots 13 in brackets 2. The portion of the slots over the table 23 is preferably vertical, and the bar 9 is so operated that it descends on to the pile although the latter varies in height by the removal of the sheets. The bar 9 is preferably of tubular form, and is attached to a bar 28 the prismatic ends of which project and are guided by the slots 13. The adhesive material, which may be a well-known mixture of gelatine or glycerine, is carried by tubular screws adjustable in a bar which is arranged to rise and fall in the tube 9. The adhesive substance may be pressed out of the lower ends of the tubular screws, as required, by means of small screw plungers. The ends of the bar 28 project beyond the brackets 2 through slots in arms loose on a shaft 4 oscillated by sprocket gear from an inking-roller shaft or other suitable part of the printing-machine. These arms are moved to carry the bar 9 from the pile 22 to the cylinder 1 by arms fixed on the shaft, and the two sets of arms are coupled together, during the movement of the bar 9 in the curved parts of the slots 13 towards and from the cylinder 1, by means of a cam-operated pin, but the fixed arms are released from the loose arms, when the bar 9 approaches the vertical portion of the slots 13, so that the loose arms may stop when the bar 9 comes to rest on the pile 23. In a modification, the bar 9 is operated by fixed arms in which slots are so formed that the arms release the bar as it approaches the pile. A pair of fingers on a shaft in the framing engage under the bar carrying the adhesive, and operate to lift it in the tube 9, when the cylinder grippers have taken hold of the sheet, to release the adhesive bar from the sheet. The top sheet is separated and moved up to the front board 24, by means of a roller 41, having a rubber or other friction surface. This roller is lifted while the sheet is fed off, by vertical slides 45 operated by levers 49 and cam 50, and when down on the pile it is partly rotated to move the sheet up to the board 24 and buckle it up, by an arm 58 operated by a rod 59 and cam 61. Cords 54, wound and unwound by the roller 41, operate to raise and lower a bar 55, which bar descends on to the front edge of the pile while the sheet is being buckled by the roller 41.
Patent GB-189920103-A (GB)
Title: A Substitute for Straw Plait.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 20,103. Mills, C. K., [Rey, J. M., and Achard, J.]. Oct. 6. Processes; paper boards.-Relates to a substitute for straw plait. Ordinary commercial cellulose is bleached, dyed, or tinted by ordinary processes and made into a cardboard, compressing it as little as possible. A grain is then made on it by means of rollers or worn out felts. The sheets are then waterproofed by means of a light coating of nitrocellulose dissolved in ether or alcohol. The nitrocellulose may be de-nitrated by sulphohydrate of ammonia &c. The waterproofing may be effected by solutions of resin gums &c. These sheets are then cut into ribbons. Before cutting, the sheets may be covered with silk or other fabric.
Patent GB-189922458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrashing-machines.
Inventor: LOEPER ANNA VON
Filed: 1899-11-10
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 22,458. Loeper, A. von. Nov. 10. Thrashing- machines. -Relates to a machine applicable for thrashing corn or green crops. Fig. 3 shows the machine in end view. The crop is laid on a travelling apron d with its head on a thrashing-table f. One or more series of hammers p<1> are arranged over the table f. The hammers p<1> are carried by levers p pivoted on a shaft and operated by pins q on a rotary drum r. The corn falls from the end of the table f into a receptacle, and the straw and the like passes from the apron d over a series of rails u to an elevator. Any corn that may be retained in the straw falls through the rails u into the corn receptacle. Means, consisting of rack-and-pinion gearing, are described for adjusting the height of the bearings of the apron d and the table f which is rigidly attached to the bearings.
Patent GB-190006218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Electrically Heating, Welding, or Working Metals.
Inventor: COFFIN CHARLES LEWIS
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 6218. Coffin, C. L. April 3. Working by electricity.-Metal is welded by electricity, or heated for upsetting, or otherwise working, by fixing the metal M in two clamps K<1>, the upper jaws of which are operated by a treadle through levers b<1>, J<2>. The clamps can be moved towards or away from each other, and are both carried on a slide, which can move in a direction at right-angles to the plane of the paper. A carbon electrode U, carried on a lever 0, is brought near the metal to be heated, in order to form an arc therewith, and it can be adjusted to the right or left by a screw Q. A coloured glass screen on the lever g<1> is moved with the electrode, but through a greater space.
Patent GB-190008683-A (GB)
Title: Governors for Steam Engines
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
Filed: 1900-05-11
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 8683. Davidson, S. C., and Wilson. A. B. May 11. Centrifugal g o v e rnors.-Relates to centrifugal governors, especially applicable to engines constructed as described in Specif i c a t i o n No. 4806, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Steam engines], in which a rotary distributing-valve is employed, and consists in improving the construction of the springs used in the governors described in Specifications Nos. 10,160 and 19,042, A.D. 1898 ; in arranging that such springs are themselves favourably affected by the inertia forces called into play by changes of speed, and that the revolving weights shall act by inertia as well as centrifugal force ; and in making provision for regulating the speed of control while the engine is running. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section through the governor and valves. The rotary distributing- valve A is perforated at its upper end, on which is mounted the perforated sleeve B. This by the governor can be adjusted angularly on the valve A, thereby acting as a throttle valve. The governor spring D is made from a single rod bent into a double coil, one end of which coil has the two free ends of the rod, while at the other extremity, the upper, the rod crosses diametrically from one member of the double coil to the other. The weights C, C are pivoted to lugs on the sleeve B with which the free ends of the spring engage, and have tails bearing against rollers on the valve A so that the radial movements of the weights act torsionally on the spring. The upper end of the spring is held by a rotary block E, which can be raised or lowered by means of a spindle H and hand-wheel outside the valve-chest.
Patent GB-190009749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Bottling of Beer and other Beverages.
Inventor: SCHOLES EDMONDSON
Filed: 1900-05-28
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 9749. Scholes, M. E., [Administratrix of Scholes, E.]. May 28. Bottling.-Relates to the bottling of beer and other beverages. A reservoir a containing compressed air, which may be supplied by an ordinary pump b, is connected through the valve a<3> to the filling-head B. When the bottle is in position, the valve a<3> is opened automatically or otherwise, so that the liquid enters the bottle against a higher pressure, and is thereby prevented from frothing or " fobbing." The liquid is forced into the bottle by an ordinary pump i &c., which may be operated by a rack-and-pinion mechanism j from a lever or hand-wheel j<3>, the air displaced from the bottle by the entering liquid being forced back into the reservoir a. The bottle is preferably corked or stoppered, by the corking-plunger L &c., before being removed from the filling-head. The reservoir a is provided with a relief-valve c and a draincock e. In the arrangement shown, the liquid is drawn from the cask &c. through the pipe i<1> to the pump i, and is delivered through the flexible pipe g<3> and the quadrant-shaped filling-tube G to the bottle. The liquid-supply valve g in the connections G, g<3> is carried by the lever H pivoted at H<1>, and is opened by the cam G<2> when the lever is operated. The lever H also actuates the lever F,f to open the valve a<3>. The invention is illustrated as applied to a hand-operated machine of known type, but it may also be applied to power-driven machines, and to machines for filling two bottles at the same time. For mineral-water and like bottling-machines, the syrup pump may be dispensed with, the syrup being mixed with the water so that the whole can be carbonated in the tanks.
Patent GB-190010055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Combustible Material, or Compound, more especially intended for use in the Manufacture of Briquettes of Artificial Fuel
Filed: 1900-05-31
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 10,055. Petolite Fuel Syndicate and Johnson, E. May 31. Solidifying oils.-Relates to the production of a combustible material or compound, which may be mixed with other fuel and is especially intended for use in the manufacture of briquettes of artificial fuel of the kind described in Specification Nos. 3891 and 3892, A.D. 1897. The combustible material is obtained by incorporating a mixture of petroleum, such as petroleum oil residue, and sawdust with resin and powdered unslaked lime. The combustible material may be mixed with melted pitch. Artificial fuel briquettes may be made by moulding a mixture of the combustible material with small coal, towns' refuse, dried sewage sludge, or other material.
Patent GB-190012538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Prismatic Binocular Field or Opera Glasses.
Inventor: STUART JOHN
Filed: 1900-07-11
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 12,538. Stuart, J., and Hasselkus, J. W. July 11. Opera and field glasses.-Relates to prismatic instruments. The focussing-adjustment consists of a spindle C secured in the hinge of the plates b by a screw b<4> and passing through the hinges of the plates a. This spindle engages the screwed hollow shaft D by its screws c, the sleeve E being held between the collets a<3>, a<3>, which hold together the cutaway and overlapping parts of the hinges connecting the plates a. The hinge of the plates b is formed and held in a similar manner. A screw e locks together the hollow shaft D and sleeve E, and the adjusting milled head d<2> is secured to the shaft. A screw f passes into the plate at the end of the sleeve E. This frictional arrangement prevents overwinding of the milled head from doing harm, as the spindle C, shaft D, and sleeve E can all turn together under the application of force. The focussing-adjustment and eye-piece tubes can be removed, after taking out the screws f, e, for the instrument to be adjusted for coincidence for the eye-piece images.
Patent GB-190018179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Printing and Folding of Companies' Prospectuses.
Inventor: BIRD SIDNEY ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-10-12
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 18,179. Bird, S. A. Oct. 12. Folding paper ; printing on companies' prospectuses.- The prospectus is printed in six or more pages on a long sheet, and then folded in parallel folds. Fig. 2 shows a prospectus having eight pages, two on each of the four sections A, B, C, D. The pages are printed so that matter of special importance and requiring special prominence is upon the most accessible or prominent pages. A portion of one of the pages may be printed as an application form, and perforated for detachment of this form.
Patent GB-190022279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Moulding of Hollow Castings
Inventor: DAVIS HAROLD NEWSOM
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 22,279. Davis, H. N. Dec. 7. Moulding.-Relates to means for supporting the core centrally while moulding hollow castings such as burners for gas stoves or ovens. The ring core A, shown in Fig. 3, is made with the ends of a metal cross-bar or plate B embedded in it, and the pattern is made with a corresponding print, so that a recess is left in the sand to receive the plate B which holds the core centrally in the mould. After the metal is set, the plate B is broken off. The portions D of the plate which are incorporated with the casting may be grooved or perforated to secure them in place.
Patent GB-190023499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Stop-motions of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: BLAMIRES JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 23,499. Blamires, J., and Robinson, J. P. Dec. 22. Loom stopmotions; shuttles.- A stop-motion, for automatically stopping a loom before complete exhaustion of weft, comprises a hammer lever A, carrying an electromagnetic coil B, which forms part of a circuit including a battery M and two contactplates d, d' on the shuttle-box. The shuttle E is provided with two external contactpieces e<1>, e<2>, which make contact with the plates d, d<1>, when the shuttle enters the box. The piece e<1> is electrically c o n - nected with the shuttle tongue, which carries a projection f, arranged to make contact when the weft is nearly exhausted with a spring-controlled feeler e<3>. The weft fork C is attracted so as to engage with the hammer lever and is actuated in the ordinary way. In a modification, the feeler is held out of contact with the cop, except when the shuttle is in the box, by a lever, which is depressed as the shuttle enters. In another form of stop-motion, an ordinary shuttle, without contact-pieces, is employed, an electric circuit, including a coil, arranged in the same way as the coil B, Fig. 1, being closed by means of a feeler mounted upon a vertically-reciprocating rod, and arranged to strike against the cop. When the weft is nearly exhausted, the feeler rises sufficiently high to cause a contact-maker to strike against a terminal screw in the circuit. A stopmotion for use in stopping a loom, after any desired number of picks, comprises a series of cards carried by a card cylinder and provided with projections set at the desired distances apart and arranged to release, by means of mechanical or electrical connections, a latch which is mounted on the weft-fork slide and is normally held out of contact with the hammer lever. The cards may be formed with apertures, instead of projections, engaging with a pin carried by a lever forming part of the mechanism for releasing the latch. When the loom has been stopped, borders may be woven, the shuttle being actuated by hand for this purpose.
Patent GB-190101241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Skates.
Inventor: FENWICK ALFRED
Filed: 1901-01-18
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 1241. Fenwick, A. Jan. 18. Skates.-Roller skates are formed with two wheels L arranged centrally, in place of four lateral wheels. The frame A is made of sheet metal, which is bent into the form shown. A cross-bar G is fitted to the frame to form a bearing for the sole of the foot, and a plate F is formed to receive the heel. The heel rests against a flange with a spike f and a second spike e carried on a travelling nut E can be forced into the front part of the heel by rotating a longitudinal screw. Side plates H with projections h slide along the crossbar, and can be caused to grip the sole of the boot by turning a transverse screw K on which the plates H are mounted. The wheels L are mounted on ball bearings, and may be provided with rubber tyres. Straps may also be used to secure the skate to the foot.
Patent GB-190105421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Converting Alternating Electric Currents into Direct Currents.
Inventor: NODON ALBERT
Filed: 1901-03-14
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 5421. Nodon, A. Aug. 17, A.D. 1900, [date applied.for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Converting alternating and direct currents.-The apparatus consists of a vessel a fitted with carbon electrodes d and electrodes e consisting of an alloy of zinc and aluminium. The electrolyte consists of a solution of phosphoric acid, to which ammonia may be added. By arranging two cells with the connections reversed, two direct currents differing in direction can be obtained from the alternating current. The apparatus is useful in connection with electric traction.
Patent GB-190110215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Casings, or Coverings, for Electric Conductors in Buildings.
Inventor: GOLDING JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 10,215. Golding, J. H., and James, C. A. May 16. Casings. - Relates to casings for electric conductors in which a metal body is rolled having a central raised portion b separating the two grooves a and forming a web through which the securing - screws are passed. The sides of the body are bowed at the upper edge a<2> to act as a fastening for the cover a, Fig. 3, which is sprung into position. Protection bridges d<3>, either gripping the portion b or fitting in the part a<2>, hold the conductors in position. Elbows are formed by angular casings fitting by butt or other joints and having the portion b reduced towards the angle to allow bending of the conductors; a spring tongue on the elbow may also grip against the back portion of the central raised part.
Patent GB-190112104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Horse Rakes.
Inventor: PAGE ROBERT
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 12,104. Page, R. June 13. Rakes, horse, provided with an auxiliary rake, which comes into action when the main rake is raised to deposit the load, and which is raised when the main rake is in operation, and thus ensures the raking of the whole surface of the ground. In Fig. 1, 1 represents the auxiliary rake attached to a lever 2, pivoted on the bracket 3 and fitted with a spring 7 for raising the rake and with an arm 4 attached to a lever 5 having a pedal 15 within reach of the driver's seat. 14 and 11 represent levers coupled together and employed for raising the main rake 8. Modifications are described in which the foot-lever is dispensed with and the arm 4 is connected to the levers for actuating the main rake.
Patent GB-190112473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles
Inventor: HAYES CHARLES ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1901-06-19
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 12,473. Hayes, C. A. June 19. Stoppers.-Relates to the stoppering of bottles, such as are used for containing wines or waters under pressure, to enable them to be conveniently opened and closed. The neck of the bottle is formed with a transverse slot b, to receive the wedge-shaped stopper c, which is provided with a pad e of rubber or cork, adapted to close the outlet. The stopper is secured by the wadge-shaped fastener d. The stopper and fastener are preferably secured by chains &c. h to a metal collar j on the neck.
Patent GB-190115455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Cross-ties or Sleepers.
Inventor: HEGE CONSTANTINE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 15,455. Hege, C. A. July 30. Lathes.-A machine forforming railway sleepers from logs has a cutter spindle d, Fig. 1, and a rock shaft e mounted on a bed b. The rock shaft e carries a headstock f and tailstock g, the latter being adjustably clamped on the rock shaft by a split boss. The tailstock is angularly adjusted in line with the headstock by screws i, Fig. 8, bearing on the bevelled corners of a key h in the shaft e. The headstock has a driving-centre l, Fig. 4, a similar centre being rotatably mounted in the screwed spindle of the tailstock, the log L being gripped by the centres. The size and shape of the sleeper produced are determined by one of a number of former - plates o, Fig. 4, on the headstock spindle k, engaging with a roller s on the cutter spindle. The roller can be adjusted along the spindle by a bar u to engage with any particular formerplate suitable for the log under treatment, or the former-plates may be moved instead of the roller. The log is brought up to the cutters by rotating a hand-wheel 7 and pinion 6, loose on a shaft 8, and gearing with a pinion 5 on the rock shaft, the weight of the log being balanced by weighted arms 10 on the rock shaft. As the log is moved forwards, a link 16 on the headstock moves a tension pulley 14 on an arm 15 against a belt 13, causing the belt to drive a pulley 11 on the shaft 8 from the cutter spindle. The shaft 8 is geared to the headstock spindle, and thus rotates the log when in contact with the cutters. The cutter heads have large recesses 23 in front of the cutters 22, to prevent the accumulation of chips, and have bearing-surfaces 24 of considerable area to ensure proper action of the cutters on the log, the cutters having a guard 21. The machine may be provided with an endless conveyer for taking away chips, and an inclined platform for the discharge of the finished ties.
Patent GB-190116430-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Coin Freed Apparatus.
Inventor: KELSEY LUCIEN
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 16,430. Kelsey, L., [Pelzer & Co.]. Aug. 15. Money shoots; coin action coin-discharging mechanism ; delivery mechanism.-Relates to coinfreed apparatus in which it is necessary to insert a number of coins before the mechanism is released. A shoot A leads the coins to a pivoted cradle B carrying a pivoted lever C, a pawl E on which is held by a spring in engagement with a fixed rack F or the like. Each coin acts on the tail D of the lever C so as to release the pawl E and allow the cradle B to fall the space of one tooth of the rack F. All the coins, except the last, fall clear of a slot M, which leads the last coin to a pivoted claw K normally locking the delivery slide I. The coin finally falls through an opening L in the slide guide J. The last coin entirely frees the cradle from the rack F, and allows it to fall clear of the slot M, a pivoted flap H being held by a stop N from an opening G in the cradle through which falls any additional coin inserted. The cradle may be returned by the action on a projecting arm of a bent wire or the like carried by the delivery slide or other part of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190119419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressing Apparatus for Cigars.
Inventor: WOERNER ROBERT
Filed: 1901-09-28
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 19,419. Woerner, R. Sept. 28. Cigars.-Relates to apparatus for pressing cigars before packing. The plate 1 is provided with a projection on its under surface, which engages with, and slides in, a groove in the plate 2. The plates 1, 2 are first adjusted with their vertical parts 5, 8 at the right distance apart, the cigars are packed in and covered by a protecting-plate, the plates 3, 4 are put on top, and pressure is applied.