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Patent GB-189902375-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bakers' Oven.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-02-02
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 2375. Thompson, W. P., [Soc. Internationale de Meunerie et de Panification]. Feb. 2. Ovens; bread.-A series of longitudinal cast-iron retorts N. made in sections n, are arranged parallel to one e another in a casing, and are provided with doors S at the ends. The retorts are inclined, and are fitted with rollers, so that the trays V on which the loaves are placed descend by gravity. The oven is heated by producer gas supplied through the flue q fitted with a valve q<1> and passing upwards through an opening o. Air is admitted through the opening o<1>. Steam or water is supplied to the oven through a pipe t from a boiler R above. The retorts are placed on a bed n<1> of refractory material. The doors S are raised by treadles s<2>, and tables z are provided to receive the trays. The trays are perforated, and the perforations may be arranged in designs &c. so as to produce corresponding marks on the loaves. Sight-holes are formed in the end walls, and pyrometers k are arranged near to the openings.
Patent GB-189912973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beetle Traps.
Inventor: HAIGH WILLIAM CHANCELLOR
Filed: 1899-06-22
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,973. Haigh, W. C. June 22. Traps for beetles. Consists of a receptacle C with roughened sides and having a plate A cut away to form a number of tapering tongues B, which are corrugated or bent so that, when the beetles crawl upon them, they can neither turn round nor move backwards, and so fall into the trap. The plate A may be placed on an ordinary basin or the like, and is then provided with hinged flaps to rest on the ground and form a means of access for the beetles. Various other modifications in the shape of the trap are described in the Specification.
Patent GB-189915881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Covers or Aprons for Outside Passengers on Vehicles.
Inventor: BRAWN CHARLES
Filed: 1899-08-03
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 15,881. Brawn, C. Aug. 3. Aprons and seat protectors.- Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 8308, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Railway &c. vehicles]. The application to reversible tramcar seats is described, but the fittings are suitable for the fixed seats of omnibuses and like vehicles. The cover A is mounted on a tubular or other frame D, which is swung over to cover the knees of the occupant of the seat B or C according to the direction in which the car is travelling. A stop H limits the swing of the frame D, which in some cases may be pivoted to the roof R.
Patent GB-189917164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Films and in the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1899-08-24
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 17,164. Thornton, J. E., and Rothwell, C. F. S. Aug. 24. Sensitized films.-A stripping-film is made by coating a paper base with a composition prepared by treating aluminium or zinc salts of fatty or resin acids with a volatile light hydrocarbon solvent such as benzol, coal-tar naphtha, or benzoline, the base being then dried and coated with sensitized emulsion. A typical composition of the coating-mixture is-aluminium stearate 6 per cent., aluminium resinate 2 per cent., aluminium palmitate 1 per cent., aluminium oleate 2 per cent., and benzol 89 per cent. The base may be first sized with gelatine, and after coating may be calendered to leave the surface free from grain. The film may be strengthened or hardened with gelatine and chrome alum, and the back of the paper may be coated with gelatine to prevent curling. The film may be removed by pulling it off the base. The films are suitable for the ordinary uses, and for kinematograph positives, lantern or window slides, &c.
Patent GB-189918747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Fire-resisting Materials.
Filed: 1899-09-16
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 18,747. British Uralite Co., [Imschenetzky, A.]. Sept. 16. Fireproof paper.-In the manufacture of asbestos cardboard and like fire-resisting materials, used for building and other purposes, the layers of material which go to make up the sheet are impregnated with silica in the following manner :- The material, as it is wound on to the drum 1, comes into contact first with a roller 2, which applies a solution of silicate of sodium, and afterwards with a roller 12, which applies a liquid, such as a solution of sodium bicarbonate, capable of decomposing the sodium silicate with deposition of colloidal silica. Specifications No. 5254, A.D. 1895, and No. 4628, A.D. 1893, [both in [Abridgment Class Cements &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-189921534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: WARNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-28
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 21,534. Warner, W. Oct. 28. Washing - machines. - The internal cylinder of a rotary washing- machine is made of metal, perforated, and formed with a series of spiral corrugations q. The motion is reversed automatically by means of worm gearing, which operates the belt fork to bring an open or crossed belt upon the driving-pulley.
Patent GB-189924186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple-blade Starting-switches.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1899-12-05
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 24,186. Fairweather, W., [Crocker Wheeler Co.]. Dec. 5. Switches; cut-outs.-Relates to resistance switches in which the resistances are controlled by a number of independently-operated knife switches..Means are provided so that the switches can only be closed in a desired order. Figs. 3 and 4 show theresistance switch combined with a magnetic cut-out 28 and main switch S adapted for controlling motors. The switch blades 2, 3, 4, 5 serve to cut out the resistances 8, 9, 10, 11, which may be in series or parallel and suitably proportioned. A sliding bar is formed with notches 14, 15, 16, and 17, having one side inclined so that, on closing the blade 2, the bar is slid along sufficiently to allow the blade 3 to enter the notch 15, and so on. A spring 18 returns the bar when the switches are opened. The magnetic cut-out is differentially wound so as to act with excessive or under load. A spring-controlled pin 29 is carried by the sliding bar, and prevents closure of the magnetic cut-out when any of the resistance switches are closed.
Patent GB-189924740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: ELY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-12-12
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 24,740. Ely, W. Dec. 12. Switches.-Relates to quick-break switches, and particularly to switches in which the contact-arm may be thrown over to close a second circuit, or may be stopped in an intermediate position. Figs. 1 and 2 show one arrangement. The contact-lever 4 is carried by a shaft 3, and on the same shaft is loosely mounted the operating-lever or frame 9, which is connected by springs 10 with cranks 11 fixed to the shaft. Locking and interlocking catches 16, 18, 19, 25, and 25<1> engage with the contact-arm and cams thereon, and hold it either on the contact 5, or on 7, or in an intermediate position. In the modified form shown in Fig. 13, the contact-lever is held in the middle position by its notched end engaging with a catch mounted in the operating-lever 9 and controlled by a stud 34.
Patent GB-190007554-A (GB)
Title: A Device to Assist the Fitting or Coupling of the Parts of Automatically Adjusted Ball Bearings.
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 7554. Deutsche Waffenund Munitionsfabriken, and Riebe, A. April 24. Axle boxes; securing on axles.-Relates to ball bearings of the class in which adjustment for wear is effected automatically by a wedge a pressed upwards by a spring d, and consists of a device for enabling such bearings to be put together readily. The device employed is a sliding-piece s, which fits in grooves b<1> in the axle b. The piece s prevents lateral displacement of the ring e and bearing-cup f, and a projection s<1> thereon prevents the ring e from rotating while the axle-box is being screwed on to it. When the parts are screwed up the sliding-piece is withdrawn.
Patent GB-190008144-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stringed Musical Instrument.
Inventor: VINATZER FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-05-02
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 8144. Vinatzer, F. May 2. Banjoes and mandolins.-The invention relates to a combined banjo and mandolin. The instrument has a round body and a neck like a banjo, but has a set of strings on each side, the one at the side a being arranged like a banjo, while those at bare arranged like a mandolin and preferably tuned from the end d. The belly b of the mandolin is made so as to conform as far as possible to the round body, and the two instruments may be separated by a sound insulator g.
Patent GB-190011797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Devices for Alternating Electric Current Circuits.
Filed: 1900-06-29
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 11,797. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Thomson, E.]. June 29. Regulating; transformers.-To obtain a constant current in transformer distribution, the coils 3, 4 are made relatively movable, but, in order to simplify the construction, the range of movement is limited. The range of load over which the coils have a relative movement depends upon circumstances, and may be near the maximum or minimum, or at an intermediate point.
Patent GB-190015783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Box-making Machines
Inventor: BISHOP THOMAS
Filed: 1900-09-05
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 15,783. Bishop, T. Sept. 5. Making boxes.-Cardboard and like boxes are covered with paper or other material by means of apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1. To facilitate the use of the apparatus for boxes of different sizes, the spindle D, on which the usual box-carrying block is mounted, is carried on an arm C pivoted to the countershaft B, and adapted to be secured in any position by means of a slotted link E. The spindle D is rotated from the shaft B by bevel or other gearing. The covering-material, which is fed over a table in the usual manner, is cut by an ordinary shears, the movable blade G of which is actuated by a cam on the shaft B through links H, K. The driving-shaft A, which is in gear with the shaft B by a belt, is thrown into gear by a spring clutch which is moved into the operative position by a treadle M, through a cord N. The treadle has a pawl end which moves on a ratchet disc P by which the clutch is released and the apparatus stopped at intervals, say, when the shaft D has made a quarter turn.
Patent GB-190016059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Disc Grinding Machines.
Inventor: ROBERTS ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-09-10
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 16,059. Roberts, A., and Roberts, H., [trading as Roberts Brothers]. Sept. 10. Surfacing.-Relates to disc and wheel apparatus for finishing castings, machined metal parts, &c. The work is supported upon an adjustable counterweighted table P against the disc H, which is made of steel &c., covered with emery cloth or the like attached by a mixture of fish glue and acetic acid or by shellac varnish or the like. To increase the effect of the emery cloth, straight or curved grooves H<1>, which have a radial direction, are formed on the face of the disc H, and the cloth is pressed into them. This disc is secured by countersunk screws I to the steel &c. disc E on the spindle C, provided with the driving-pulley G. A fibre washer M is fixed between the discs E, H to deaden sound. The spindle is lubricated by a chain D<2> dipping into an oil bath D<1>.
Patent GB-190022245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranes, Hoists and other Lifting Mechanism.
Inventor: GREEN WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 22,245. Green, W. R. Dec. 7. Cranes, hoists, winches, &c.-Fig. 2 shows a section on the line Z-Z of Fig. 1. The drum A is mounted loosely on a shaft B, and driven by a clutch C. The brake sheave E is mounted loosely, and a ratchet-wheel D is fixed upon a boss a'. Pawls e<1> on the brake sheave are adapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel. When the load is being raised, the drum turns in the direction of the arrow, and is thus free of the brake. When the power is taken off, the pawls engage with the ratchet-wheel, and thus prevent the load from running back until the brake is eased. The clutch and brake may be operated by a common rope.
Patent GB-190023417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Galvanometers.
Inventor: BLONDEL ANDRE
Filed: 1900-12-21
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 23,417. Blondel, A. June 6, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Current meters.- Reflecting-galvanometers for rapidlyvarying currents are made with thin pure soft iron strips extended between fixed supports in strong magnetic fields. In one arrangement, a single iron strip, shown in section at M, Fig. 2, is magnetized transversely by the field between two flat laminated pole-pieces P, P<1> of a permanent magnet or electromagnet ; coils D, carrying the current to be measured, are fixed near the pole-pieces, and cause twisting of the strip, the middle of which carries a small mirror. The strip is stretched by a spring or weight. The strip, spring, and two small polepieces may be mounted in a tube, which is placed between the magnet poles, and filled with oil to damp the oscillations. Two or more strips may be mounted separately in one magnetic circuit, iron pole-pieces being placed between the pairs of coils. In another arrangement, the current is passed in opposite directions through two parallel iron strips, which are stretched in a magnetic field between two solid pole-pieces, and carry a mirror at their centres.
Patent GB-190123671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hames for Harness
Inventor: DIFLO HARRY
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 23,671. Diflo, H., and Cole, A. D. Nov. 21. Fastening traces to hames. A hook 4 is pivoted between lugs 2, 3 fixed to the hame 1. The hook has a latch 12 pivoted at 13 and taking beneath the lug 3. To open the hook, it must be turned until the latch is opposite the gap 14.
Patent GB-190125945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Railways with Protected Road Contacts
Filed: 1901-12-18
Granted: 1902-12-19
Abstract: 25,945. British Thomson-Houston Co., Batchelder, A. F.]. Dec. 19. Electric railways and tramways with protected road contacts. Collectors ; conductors. -A long collecting-shoe H, which may be in one or more parts to give flexibility for rounding curves, passes through the slotted boxes B and takes current from the live contacts C therein. The collector-shoe Hand a guard G are carried by straps R from the oil boxes on the vehicle. The contact-boxes B are spaced apart at a distance less than the length of the shoe, and may be slotted at the ends and one side, as shown, or the slot may be otherwise disposed. The contact C is supported by slotted links L and a spring P on an insulated base inside the box, and are connected to the main by a flexible lead N. In a modification, the contacts are hung from the cover of the box by slotted links, and the shoe runs under them. The shoe itself may be mounted to yield when it strikes the contacts.
Patent GB-190126530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Registering Passengers Fares and the like.
Inventor: PIERPONT FRANK HINMAN
Filed: 1901-12-28
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 26,530. Pierpont, F. H. Dec. 28. Tickets, issuing.-When, by means of one of two external handles 22 on a shaft 5, a cradle 4 containing three sets of type-wheels and bearing a toothed arc 45 is turned upwards through its own angle from the position shown, paper is unwound from a roll 3 by platen and feed rollers 7, 8, 9 between rocking arms 6, and is printed with the fare, date, and serial number, after which the platen is thrust back by a wedge 46 against a spring 14 to a latch 43, and the paper is cut off behind the fare impression by a blade on the spring 14. When the reverse motion is made, prior to the latch 43 being disengaged, a toothed sector 33 is struck by a snail 38 on the cradle, and so operates a counter 13 which tells the total value of the tickets issued, the snail being geared up to the fareprinting wheel so as to make the feed proportional to the fare at each stroke. A lever 34, which is struck by the printing-cradle itself, operates a counter 12 telling the number of tickets printed, and unity is added to the serial number on the number-printing wheels by the lever 41. The fareprinting wheel 16 is flanked by two wheels 17, 18 for printing the initials of the names of the stations, and, when either of these is turned by means of external index wheels 19, 20 to change an initial, the fare-printing wheel is clutched and is turned, because the index wheels must be pushed inwards clear of catches 23 on the handle. The change can only be effected when the wheels are in the upper position, and the operation of the apparatus cannot occur if the index wheels are off their catches, because grooves in the sleeves which connect them to the printing-wheels are engaged by keyhole slots 31 in the frame cheeks 2.
Patent GB-190206802-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Muffle Furnace or Stove for Heating "Irons" and the like.
Inventor: HENNIGER HUGO
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 6802. Henniger, H. March 20. Gas stoves for heating tailors' smoothing-irons and the like. The iron c is supported on a grid over a gas burner b, and is enclosed in a cover h, which is hinged at o. The air to support combustion is heated in passing between baffle-plates e, f, and the escape of the products of combustion is retarded by plates k, n, the former being perforated at m. On raising the cover h round its hinges, the gas cock q is closed by means of a link p, a pilot flame, supplied by the pipe r, being left burning.
Patent GB-190207458-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Book.
Inventor: BURNARD MARIA
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 7458. Burnard, M. March 27. Account-books; memorandum books.-Accountbooks for housekeeping and laundry items, rent, bakers' and milk supply, and the like, and also pocket books, diaries, and the like, are formed of covers a, Fig. 4, connected by paper folded into pleats b, the whole being slotted as shown in Fig. 1 to receive elastic bands d, which can be moved from one side to the other.
Patent GB-190208086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Circulating Systems of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: CAVANAGH JOHN EWD
Filed: 1902-04-07
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 8086. Cavanagh, J. E. April 13, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. W a t e r-circulation, promoting; feedwater, supplying. -Circulation pipes, passing through the flues and furnace, as shown, are arranged to draw water from the rear of the boiler at the bottom and to return it at the front, through several openings, either entirely at one side or at both sides, but more at one side than at the other, so as to produce a spiral motion within the boiler. In the arrangement shown, a drum f is provided in the circulation system to receive sediment, which may be drawn off when desired. From the drum two branches g, g<1> lead to one side of the boiler, and a third branch g<2> leads to the other side. Instead of the drum f, downward projections of the pipes may be provided, and these may be connected together by a horizontal pipe at a lower level. The return connections of the circulation system may deliver through the front plate of the boiler. Feedwater is introduced through the pipe p immediately over the withdrawal opening of the circulation system. The pipe p has a discharge nozzle at its end and lateral openings p<3>.
Patent GB-190209692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Implements and Devices for Sealing Bags Boxes Kegs and other Articles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-04-26
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 9692. Boult, A. J., [Porter Safety Seal Co.]. April 26. Seals and sealing. -Relates to seals and fastenings and implements for use in sealing bags, boxes, kegs, or barrels, &c. When applied to a bag, a single cord is threaded through a lead seal F. Fig. 8. The loop of the cord encircles the neck of the bag and is drawn up tightly by means of a strainer, after which the seal is given a double bend, as shown in Fig. 5. A pointed pin h on the seal enters the material of the bag, thereby preventing the loop from being slipped off the bag. When applied to a box, the loop is threaded through holes in the side and lid, and the pin h is bent to enter the wood. The box is suitably recessed to receive the seal. In the case of a keg or barrel, two loops are threaded through the sides and through a slot in the end of the keg, and are then threaded and strained through a slot in the seal, which is afterwards crushed or bent. The apparatus employed for straining the cord and bending the seal is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The stamping-dies A', B' are carried by two levers A, B, pivoted together at b and forced apart by a spring b<1>. In a forked projection of the lever A is provided a lever C, adapted to bear upon a lug of the lever B and press the dies together. In a bracket D projecting from the lever A is pivoted a cord-tightening lever E, which is normally retained in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 by means of a spring. A lug or projection f on the lever E co-operates with a groove to form a guide for the cord, and is provided with a stud f<3>. In operation, the seal is placed between the dies, and the free ends of the cord are wound round the stud f<3>. The lever E is then moved to tighten the cord loop round the bag &c., and the lever C is then depressed to cause the dies to bend the seal. The dies may be provided with characters, which are reproduced upon the seal.
Patent GB-190210796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mail Service Apparatus.
Inventor: OWEN GEORGE ALFRED
Filed: 1902-05-10
Granted: 1903-05-09
Abstract: 10,796. Owen, G. A. May 10. Elevated and rope railways and tramways.- Improvements in the invention described in Specification No. 13,501, A.D. 1901, which provides a system and apparatus for the collection and delivery of mail matter automatically, and consists of an overhead rope railway, the stations being " out " and " in " letter-boxes with shoots and lifts. Fig. 2 shows the relations between a letterbox station C and an adjacent building 162. Fig. 7 shows the mechanism in the letter-box. Figs. 3, 7<a>, and 11 show the details. On approaching the letter-box C, a lug 196 on the carriage A catches a spring hook 198 on a sleeve 129 upon a guide-rod 130 and the common " out " postbos D of the building is raised by a rope 107 attached to the sleeve. On the carriage arriving at the letter-box, the hook 198 is tripped by striking a fixed incline 135, and the flap 104 of the box is opened to discharge its contents into the carriage. The postbox shoots d for different addresses in a neighbouring building deliver into a compartmental box 165 which, by the progress of the carriage, is hauled up to the top of the building and delivers into corresponding shoots 183 at each floor. The lifting-rope 167 passes over a pulley at the top of the building and returns to a sleeve 175 on the guiderod 130 attached to the railway track. A finger 177 pivoted to the carriage catches a pin 178 on the sleeve, and is freed from it by encountering a fixed incline 179. Over each set of compartments 164 to be emptied at the same height there is a spring blind 206, Fig. 11, with catches 209 which are tripped from notches 212 by stops 213 only when the box registers with the shoots 182. Each shoot ends in a box, where the arrival of letters puts an electric bell into circuit.
Patent GB-190213278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Cylinders of Motor Engines
Inventor: PILKINGTON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,278. Pilkington, G. June 11. Exhaust silencers for gas engines used on cycles and other motor vehicles. The cylinder, the combustion chamber B, the exhaust chamber E, and, in some cases, the silencer F, are cast in one piece. When the silencer is made separate, as shown in Fig. 2, it consists of a number of perforated plates or flanges f<2>. When it is cast in one with the exhaust chamber, the perforations are made in the sides and bottom.