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Patent GB-190001865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boots and Shoes for Flat Feet.
Inventor: READ JOSEPH FRANK
Filed: 1900-01-30
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 1865. Read, J. F. Jan. 30. Surgical boots.-Relates to boots and shoes for curing flat feet. The insole is made with a lateral extension 3, the upper edge of which is skived off and supported by a metal spring 4 riveted to the insole. The stiffener 7 is extended forward on both sides, its inner side being carried well under the arch of the foot. A pad 5 of felt or the like distributes the pressure over the foot.
Patent GB-190004189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Barrels for Liquids, and Bungs and Spigots therefor.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1900-03-05
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 4189. Haddan, R., [Harris, C. R.]. March 5. Metal casks; bungs; tapping.-Metal casks are formed in two parts 1, 2, which are secured together along the line shown by electrical welding &c., and are preferably corrugated, as shown in Fig. 1. The bunghole 5 is threaded to receive a threaded bung, which is combined with a spigot 9. The bung tapers, and is threaded towards each end, so that it can be reversed from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5, when the cask is in transit. A modified form of bunghole or bushing is described.
Patent GB-190004331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus for Tops of Syphon Bottles.
Inventor: GOULD HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1900-03-07
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 4331. Gould, H. T. March 7. Polishing. - Relates to disc apparatus for cleaning and polishing the tops of siphon bottles &c. A pair of spindles e, driven by a belt and fast and loose pulleys, are mounted in bearings d, adjustable upon a frame b, and carry at each end discs of leather or the like f. The tops are polished between the opposing discs.
Patent GB-190008084-A (GB)
Title: A New Ore-concentrator on the Dry System.
Inventor: COLOMER RAMON LIERN Y
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1901-05-01
Abstract: 8084. Colomer, R. L. Y. May 1. Separating ores.-Relates to machines for the dry concentration of ores. The pulverulent ore is fed from a hopper G into a chamber C, the bottom of which is formed by a fine wirecloth screen mounted in a sliding frame. One such screen B is shown entering the machine. The screen forms the top of an air reservoir D, which receives intermittent blasts of air from a bellows F actuated by levers S and connecting-rods K, K<1> pivoted to an intermediate rocking-lever P. Valves V communicating with an exhaust trunk T control the pressure of air in the reservoir D. The air blasts lift the ore from the screen, and as it falls back thereon the metallic particles separate from the others, so that the lower layers of the material on the screen constitute the concentrates. Windows E enable the interior of the chamber C to be inspected. The bellows are adapted to be easily withdrawn for cleaning purposes or for inspection. The strength of the air blast produced by the bellows may be varied by varying the stroke of the connecting-rod K'. This rod is pivoted to a movable block Z, Fig. 7, carried by the rocking- lever P, to the opposite end of which the connecting-rod K is pivoted. The block Z can be adjusted in position by means of the worm shaft U, bevel-wheels Y', Y', tubular shaft Y, chaingearing M, and hand-wheel N, Fig. 1. In removing the screen from the machine, all the material above a certain level is scraped off by a sill above which is a sliding door H. The rejected material is retained by the screen following behind that removed, When a sufficient quantity of rejected ore has collected, the door H is opened and the surplus ore is removed by the shoot J.
Patent GB-190014727-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Removing Hair, Wool, Fur and the like from Hides and Skins.
Filed: 1900-08-16
Granted: 1901-09-16
Abstract: 14,727. Riches, H. R., and Wool, Hide, and Skin Syndicate. Aug. 16. Hides and skins, raw, treating; furs.-Relates to a process for treating hides or skins with a view to the removal of the hair, wool, or fur without injury. The raw skins are soaked in water, broken over a beam with the fleshing-knife, and suspended by hooks b in a chamber k. Steam is admitted through a branching pipe f, and, after the temperature has been maintained at about 80‹ F. for two hours, solutions of ammonium sulphate or chloride and lime are poured through the pipe i into branching troughs or channels d, so that the steam may play upon the mixed solutions and cause the liberation of ammonia gas. Ammonia gas may also be supplied to the chamber from any suitable source. The treatment with steam and ammonia is continued until the hair or wool can be pulled off easily by hand. The skins are subsequently tanned &c. in the usual manner. The preliminary steam heating may be dispensed with in hot weather. The temperature of the chamber may be regulated automatically by the thermostat device shown in Fig. 3. The steam valve q is controlled by the armature o of a magneto motor, in series with which is a circuit-closing thermometer k and battery n. The Provisional Specification states that the skins, after removal from the chamber, are immersed in a tank containing chalk and either sulphuretted hydrogen or acetic acid ; or the treatment with ammonia may itself take place in a tank containing calcium, potassium, or sodium hydrate and ammonium chloride, the chalk &c. being subsequently added.
Patent GB-190015962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horizontal Coke Ovens.
Inventor: COLLIN FRANCIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-09-07
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 15,962. Collin, F. J. Sept. 7. Coking.-Horizontal coke ovens are constructed with heating-flues so arranged that the heating- gases circulate therein only in a horizontal and ascending direction. The flues f, h in the oven walls may be vertical, as shown in Fig. 1, or horizontal flues may be employed instead of flues f. The gases are introduced by means of burners a, b, fitted to gas pipes m connected to the condensers ; the gases from burners a flow upwards through the flues f, and those from the burners b pass through apertures c into the flues h. In modified forms of coke ovens, having either vertical flues or vertical and horizontal flues, there may be two sets of flues in each partition wall.
Patent GB-190016310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: SMITH WALTER MACKERSIE
Filed: 1900-09-13
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 16,310. Smith, W. M. Sept. 13. Compound engines.-The object of the invention is to control the distribution of steam to two cylinders by means of a single set of valve-gear. The invention is illustrated as applied to a fourcylinder compound locomotive with piston distributing-valves, but is applicable to two-cylinder engines generally with any form of slide valve, and whether simple or compound. Fig. 1 shows at the left-hand a front elevation, and at the righthand a rear elevation of the cylinders, valvechests, and connected parts. There are two outside high-pressure cylinders 1, and two inside lowpressure cylinders 2. Each high-pressure cylinder has a valve-chest 3, and each low-pressure cylinder a valve-chest 4, the prolongations of the axes of which pass through the axis of the crank-shaft as described in Specification No. 22,868A, A.D. 1896. Fig. 8 shows in plan an axial section through the valve-chests on one side of the engine. The two' valves are rigidly connected together by a crosshead 14, and are worked from a single valve gear. In order to permit of this, while yet the cylinders which they serve work on cranks diametrically opposite each other, the valves and ports are' designed so that the high-pressure valve admits steam at the outside edges and exhausts at the' centre into the low-pressure valve-chest, while the. low-pressure valve admits steam from the centre and exhausts at the outer ends. In the example shown, the valve gear is of the Walschaert type, in which the floating lever 46 connected to the valve crosshead 14 is operated from the swinging link 35 through the medium of arms on a rocking shaft 39. In other cases, double eccentric or other suitable valve gear may be employed. The cylinders may be disposed so that one is in front of the valve crosshead and one behind. The engine may be furnished with means for facilitating starting, or for working semi-compound or simple as described in Specifications No. 20,769, A.D. 1890, and No. 14,721, A.D. 1898 ; and may he provided with the anti - vacuum devices described in Specification No. 571, A.D. 1889.
Patent GB-190103931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Punching Bags.
Inventor: KOTTEN HERMAN GEORGE
Filed: 1901-02-23
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 3931. Rotten, H. G. Feb. 23. Boxing.-Relates to supports for punching-bags. The bag A is fixed to a rod B supported by an elastic cord C secured to a bracket D. The middle part of the rod passes through a flexible diaphragm E, which is connected to the lower part of the bracket by lacing or by springs. Swellings on the rod above and below the diaphragm keep it in position. The rod B is fixed to the bag, as shown in Fig. 2. The rod screws into a curved plate H, formed with a slot for the inflating-tube n, the leather cover K of the bag being drawn over this plate and secured thereto by stitching or lacing k.
Patent GB-190111788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: PONSARD FELIX
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 11,788. Lake, H. H., [Ponsard, F.]. June 8. Instantaneous generators. - A pan or " tubular " sleeve" a, star-shaped in cross-section, is filled with metal shavings or other refractory fragments, and water is introduced through the central tube b, which is perforated at c. The steam is superheated in the coil g. The products of combustion, after beating the generator and coil g, pass between the inner and outer casings i, k respectively.
Patent GB-190120723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making Pulp Articles
Inventor: KEYES MARTIN LYMAN
Filed: 1901-10-16
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 20,723. Keyes, M. L. March 20, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act A.D. 1883]. Moulding pulp plates &c.-A number of moulds 5 are carried by a toothed wheel 19, and are connected by tubes 11, 12 to a hub 9, which is mounted loosely on a fixed tubular bearing or shaft 8 between adjustable collars 10. A space 26 at one side of a curved partition 25 of the shaft 8 is in com- munication with an exhaust chamber, and the space 27 at the other side of the partition is connected by a pipe to compressed-air apparatus. As the wheel 19 is rotated, the moulds dip into paper stock or pulp in a tank 3, and the backs of the moulds are put in communication with the exhaust through ports in the hub and shaft. As each mould leaves the tank, a pivoted cover 4 is forced against the pulp in the mould by a cam which bears against an inclined block or swell 37 at the back of the cover. The cam is mounted so as to move backwards against the force of a spring or rubber block, and a roller bears against the back of the wheel opposite to the cam. The mould and cover are perforated, and lined with wire gauze or reticulated material fine enough to prevent the passage of the pulp. A tubular stem 14 of the cover is pivoted to a valve box 13 containing a valve controlled by a spring arm 53. When the mould reaches its uppermost position, the port in the hub comes opposite to the port in the shaft leading to the compressed-air chamber, and the compressed air, entering the back of the mould, forces the article and cover into a horizontal position, as shown in the Figure. A projection 56 of the tubular stem 14 strikes a lever 55 fixed to the valve spindle, and compressed air is admitted through the stem 14 to the back of the cover in order to force the moulded article against a flexible pneumatic mouthpiece 78, which is attached to a radial tubular arm 60 carried by a rotary sleeve 64, and transfers the article to an endless travelling band 90. The stem 14 may be thrown into a horizontal position by a spring, or by an arm striking a fixed tripping-block. A tapered adjust- able bearing 61 at the upper end of the sleeve 64 turns on a fixed hollow shaft 62, which is formed with chambers communicating by means of pipes 73, 75 with exhaust and compressed-air apparatus. Each arm 60 is formed with a packed hinged joint 81, and the outer end travels over a fixed cam 80, and drops over the lowered article on the cover. The mouthpiece 78 is exhausted when it comes over the article on the cover 4, and the article is forced on to the band 90 by compressed air admitted through the pipe 75 and ports in the shaft 64 and sleeve 61. The end of the tube 60 projects inside the mouthpiece, and forms a stop against which a wire-gauze disc strikes when the mouthpiece is exhausted and collapsed. The band may be broad enough to receive two or more rows of plates or articles, and the bearing-sleeve 61 and shaft 62 may be made with ports designed to discharge the articles on to the band in a definite and regular manner.
Patent GB-190200121-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Motor or Turbine
Inventor: FIDLER EDWARD
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1903-01-02
Abstract: 121. Fidler, E. Jan. 2. Steam &c. turbines.-A steam, air, gas, water, or explosion turbine or impact-wheel has a vaned wheel a surrounded by an adjustable cylinder ring b held by screws J. The ring has cut-away parts f to assist the expansion, and leakage between the vanes and ring is prevented by adjusting the screws J or sliding the bearings of the shaft h. The shaft may be fitted with an oppositelyarranged turbine for reversing, and the engine may be compounded.
Patent GB-190202019-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coupling Socket for Electric Wiring.
Inventor: WALDRON JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-25
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 2019. Waldron, J., and White, E. Jan. 25. Couplings.-A coupling for tubes for electric wiring is formed of two internally-screwed half tubes a, a<1>, which are placed over the ends of the tubes B, B, and secured by screws d passing through ears c, c<1>.
Patent GB-190204518-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Door and Window Curtain Rod.
Inventor: BOWER GEORGE
Filed: 1902-02-22
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 4518. Bower, G. Feb. 22. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-The curtain rod C is hollow and has fitting into or upon it, end brackets A, B in which bear a single horizontal pulley P and two vertical pulleys Q. These brackets have extensions A', B' which fit over pins 0, secured in place by screws. Inside the rod is a coiled spring, to one end of which is fixed a cord F, which is passed around the pulleys, as shown. By pulling the fall G against the action of the spring, the master rings J, H can be made to approach or recede. Figs. 4 and 5 show the arrangement when used for a portiÞre curtain.
Patent GB-190207810-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Scoop or Ladle for Cleansing Gullies Drains and the like.
Inventor: HEATON DOUGLAS
Filed: 1902-04-03
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 7810. Heaton, D., and Heaton, S. April 3. Refuse, collecting.-Fig. 1 shows a scoop for removing sludge &c. from gullies, drains, &c. The scoop proper A is attached to one wing of a hinge D, the other wing of which is bolted to the end of the handle B, but so as to be free to rotate about it. The scoop is passed into the refuse in the position shown by Fig. 1. It is then tilted into the position Fig. 2, and the handle B is rotated, to bring an arm G into position below the scoop and thus to lock it.
Patent GB-190215641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: STEVENS JAMES SANDFIELD
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 15,641. Stevens, J. S. Oct. 8, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Water-tube boilers.-In boilers of the class shown, having upper and lower drums and several banks of connecting-tubes, the tubes forming the rear portions of one or more of the banks are arranged to form baffle-plates, being placed closely together for a portion of their length and separated for the remainder. Alternate tubes are connected to different drums at the ends where they are separated, as shown at 20, 21 and 22, 23. A wall of transverse tubes 25, forming an auxiliary circulation system, forms an additional baffle in the space between the first two banks of tubes.
Patent GB-190216895-A (GB)
Title: A Many Bladed Table Knife.
Inventor: GARDA GIOVANNI
Filed: 1902-07-30
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 16,895. Garda, G. July 30. Table knives for cutting food into narrow slices. A number of blades are fixed at short intervals apart in a handle f, and ara secured therein by a locking-catch b, which is held in locking position by a ring a.
Patent GB-190217683-A (GB)
Title: A Turn Over Dry Seat.
Inventor: CLAGUE PHILIP HENRY
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 17,683. Clague, P. H. Aug. 12. Seats. - A turnover outdoor or like seat, particularly for use on a tramcar, omnibus, or like vehicle, is shown in sectional elevation. The seat f is pivoted out of balance in end frames a, so that it turns over automatically after use. The seat, when in use, is inclined towards the back, and is supported by a bar h, which is adapted to engage in slots h<1> in the end frames, and is formed with a cross-piece h<2> swivelled in a bracket attached to the underside of the seat. The top of the seat is provided at the ends with tapered flanges f<1> formed with grooves communicating with grooves at the longitudinal edges of the seat, to prevent access of water to the sitting-surface in the turned-over position. The underside of the seat is dished or grooved to conduct water to holes g<1> in the ends, and the water is carried away by means of plates g<2> fixed to the end frames and curled at the longitudinal edges. The upper ends of the plates g<2> may extend across the end frames, to serve as drift shields, or separate drift plates may be used, or the whole of the end frames may be enclosed by plates. Shields l, pivoted to rods or studs l<1> on the end frames and stopped by pins l', are adapted to engage closely against the longitudinal edges of the seat in its turned-down position, and are provided with projections l<3> so that they are moved out of the way by the seat as it is turned up. India-rubber &c. pads m are provided on the underside of the seat for contact with the supporting-bar h, and rubber or like buffers n are provided in the path of the seat. To prevent the bar h from falling down and injuring the fingers when turning it over with the seat, the cross-piece h<2> is arranged to have a slight movement through the swivel collar, to bring it into frictional contact with the swivel bracket, as the seat assumes the vertical position ; or the end of the cross-piece h<2> may pass through a curved T-shaped slot in the bracket and become locked until just before the seat assumes the turned-up position. The bar h is drawn out by means of curved or inclined faces a<1> of the slots h<1>. Handles or metallic loops k are provided on the underside of the seat. The back b is shown reversible, but a stationary back may be used, or the seat may be used without a backrest. According to the Provisional Specification, the framing is adapted to be fixed or placed upon a deck, roof, floor, or platform, or upon the ground, or upon a base-frame pivoted upon a bedframe for rotation.
Patent GB-190218475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Hinges.
Inventor: POLMAN HERRMANN THEODOR
Filed: 1902-08-22
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 18,475. Polman, H. T. Aug. 22. Hinges.-Relates to a hinge for a door designed to enable the door to be easily removed from its frame. At the bottom, the door has an ordinary pivot, which may be lifted out of its socket. At the top, the pin or pivot 2, Fig. 1, is mounted on a flexible plate 1, which can be pulled down by the handle 3. The pin 2 is thus withdrawn from its socket, so that the door can be removed from its frame. The socket 10 consists of a hole bored in the horizontal part of a @-plate fastened to the door head, a hole 8 being bored in the wood to clear the pin.
Patent GB-190220377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Developers.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 20,377. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Sept. 18. Developing.-As a substitute for alkaline substances, alkaline salts of glycocoll or of a glycocoll having one or more alkyl groups attached to nitrogen, are added to the ordinary developers.
Patent GB-190221392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sight Feed-Lubricators
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 21,392. Preston, W. R., and Martin, C. Oct. 1. Lubricators.- Relates to a protector for the sightfeed glass or glasses of a lubricator. A frame a encloses the sight-feed glass l, and is secured in place by a pin g, which passes through slots or holes in the side pieces b of the frame and is provided with a head and nut, or with nuts h for attachment purposes. An opening (or openiugs), formed in the frame, is closed by a glass (or glasses) c, which takes into grooves e in the frame or is otherwise secured. The grooves e may be provided with rubber stops or packing. The glasses are retained in place by a spring clip or clips i, or by a spring frame.
Patent GB-190222471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gramophones and like Machines.
Inventor: HAASE PAUL
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 22,471. Haase, P. Oct. 15. Gramophones &c. -Relates to the diaphragms of gramophones and like machines. Two or more diaphragms, such as a, are connected by wires b, c to a single socket d in which the needle e i also o inserted. The socket d i s supported by a flat spring g from the diaphragm casing f.
Patent GB-190222741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mud-guard Fittings for Cycles, and the like.
Inventor: STEVENS WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 22,741. Stevens, W. J., Harrold, H. E., Bluemel, F. R., and Tanner, J. Oct. 18. Guards, mud.-Mud guards for cycles and the like are fastened in position, without any loose nuts or like fittings liable to be lost, in such a manner that they can be readily detached. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the bridge-pieces a which carry the mud guard have permanently attached to their ends rotary nuts c, which are screwed upon the ends of the stays d. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the nuts are permanently attached to the stays d, and each end of the bridge-piece is slotted so that it can be pushed between the nut and a collar on the stay, the nut being then screwed down into a recess in the bridge-piece. In a modification, the positions of the nut and collar are reversed. In another modification, the collar, or a projection on it, enters a recess in the slotted end of the bridge-piece to fix it. In another modification, shown in Fig. 8, the end of the stay is bent at right-angles and enters an eye formed by bending over the end of the bridge-piece. A spring tongue formed in the eye engages a notch in the end of the stay.
Patent GB-190301202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Furniture Castors.
Inventor: TIMINGS SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-01-17
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1202. Timings, S. Jan. 17. Castors.-Relates to a castor, for pianofortes, bedsteads, and other furniture, in which the hornpiece is made in halves. A vertical pin B, Fig. 1, on which the horn-piece revolves, is formed with a head b<1>, at its lower end, and a collar b<2>, the part between receiving the horn-piece, the halves of which A', A', Fig. 3, are secured by a rivet E. To prevent the halves from turning on the rivet, a projection on one takes into a corresponding notch on the other. On the horns are cast inwardlyprojecting pegs a<3> a<4>, the two pegs forming an axle on which a bowl D revolves.