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Improvements in not and cap
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in not and cap
I, MOSES JAMES ADAMS, Engineer, Park Lane Sanitary Works, Leeds, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvements consists in the use of one tap for both hot and cold water,
using a screw down tap as a basis through which the cold passes, when the valve
is raised from its seat by the turning of the screw. Beside this screw down
valve and within the same body, I place a spring hot water valve so arranged
that when the cold valve is screwed up a certain height, an arm which projects
from the spindle of the cold valve lifts up the hot valve from its seating and
so brings on the hot water, still turning the cold valve spindle the cold valve
closes against another seating, thus leaving the hot supply alone turned on.
Dated this 4th day October 1899.
MOSES JAMES ADAMS,
Engineer, Park Lane Sanitary Works, Leeds.
I, MOSES JAMES ADAMS, Engineer, l'ark Lane Sanitary Works, Leeds, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:—
As described in my Provisional No. 19955 of the 5th October, 1899, I make one
spindle actuate both cold and hot water valves, and on reference to my drawing
the manner in which I accomplish this will be seen. The body of the valve is
marked A, at one side is the spindle B, screwed in neck C. The cold supply
enters at D, and the hot at E; the cold valve F, works up and down between
the faces G, H. When screwed up to G, it is evident no water can pass and also
that hot valve J, will seat itself, because spring K, forces is down on its seat.
When spindle is screwed until the cold valve F, comes down half way, the
lever L, which is pivotted at S, actuated by the prolongation of the spindle B wil
lift hot valve a little so that hot and cold water will flow, and when the cold
valve is screwed down on to seating H, all cold water will be stopped and hot
water only will flow from nozzle of tap M.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The use of a tap for delivering hot and cold water, wherein one spindle
being screwed up and down shall bring on both cold and hot water.
2. The use of a spindle, in a hot and cold water tap, which on being actuated,
opens or closes another valve to supply or stop hot or cold water.
3. The use of the appliances described and shewn by drawings or their
equivalent, substantially the same.
Dated
1
0
MOSES JAMES ADAMS,
Engineer, Park Lane Sanitary Works, Leeds.
Improvements in Filters.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1900-Accepted, 9th June, 1900
A
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Filters.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by George Alfred Abbott, of 486, Collins Street, Melbourne, in the Colony
of Victoria, Australia) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to filters of the kind described in the Specification of a.
former application for a Patent No. 18681 of 1898 in which the filtering medium
is in the form of a disc as well as to filters in which the filtering medium is in
the form of a candle, the object being to provide an improved arrangement for
fixing the filtering medium in position.
To this end I form the filter of a metal casing or box having a closed end
and provided with a cover furnished with an internal rim to receive the filtering
medium, the cover being secured in position by a screwed annulus or coupling
ring. The cylindrical casing at its open end is bored out to receive the rim,
within which latter the filtering medium is loosely arranged, and the inner
edge of both the filtering medium and rim bear upon an india rubber ring seated
on a shoulder of the casing so that when the cover is acted on by the coupling
ring the rubber ring makes a water tight joint around the edge of the filtering
medium.
Suitable branches are provided on the casing for connection to the water
supply source and to allow of non-filtered water being drawn off.
Total the 4th day of August 1899
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPÉCIFICATION.
Improvements in Filters.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by George Alfred Abbott, of 486, Collins Street, Melbourne, in the Colony
of Victoria, Australia) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to filters of the kind described in the Specification of a
former Patent No. 18681 of 1898 in which the filtering medium is in the form
of a disc as well as to filters in which the filtering medium is in the form of a
candle, the object being to provide an improved arrangement for fixing the
filtering medium in position.
To enable the said invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Improvements in Thimbles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
QUALI DELE DI TUITIVATION.
Improvements in Thimbles.
I, ROBERT BURNS, of 76, London Street, Belfast, in the County of Antrim,
Brass Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement;-
This invention relates to improvements in thimbles, and is designed with the
object of providing a thimble with a device for cutting thread or the like, in a
convenient and ready manner, such device enabling the wearer of the thimble to
quickly sever thread or the like without the aid of scissors, knives or other
extraneous cutting means, and without having to temporarily lay aside the
needle and work, while at the same time, the said cutting device does not cause
any inconvenience to the wearer of the thimble and obviates the painful
necessity, hitherto existing, of having to employ the teeth or bare finger for
the purpose of severing the thread, cotton or, like material.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein;
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Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a sewing-thimble to which my invention is
applied.
Fig. 2, being a plan view thereof, while,
Fig. 3, is a front elevation upon an enlarged scale of the thimble and cutting
device.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts in both figures, a is a sewing-thimble of ordinary construction, to
which is fixed, or formed integral therewith, a thread-cutting device, consisting
of a metal shank having a downwardly projecting arm cat an acute angle
thereto.
The said arm e, which is preferably pointed at its end, is given a sharp edge
upon its under side, the front or opposing side of the shank also being
sharpened if desirable.
In operation, the finger wearing the thimble a is placed under the thread d,
attached either to the work in hand or to the reel, the said work or reel at the
same time being kept firm in the left hand.
arm c.
The thread is held firmly on the thimble by the thumb of the right hand
(assuming the user is right-handed) and then slipped upward under the cutting-
The hand wearing the thimble is then raised sharply, as in the act of
sewing, which causes the sharp edge of the cutting-arm to instantly sever the,
thread at the point where it comes in contact with such sharp edge.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;-
The improvements in thimbles, consisting in fixing to, or forming integral
with a thimble a cutting device formed of a metal shank & having an

page_text: projecting downwardly therefrom at an acute angle, said cutting arm having its
inner side reduced to a sharp edge, substantially as described, and as illustrated
by the drawings.
Dated this 92nd dave of Lu 1800
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Packing Hydraulic Rams, Pistons, and Valves.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packing Hydraulic Rams, Pistons, and Valves.
I, HEINRICH HOFFMANN, of 7, Eschweileraue, near Eschweiler, in the Empire
of Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in packing pistons and slide valves
in hydraulic motors and the like, and has for its object to prevent the packing
from rapid wear and tear and thus avoiding the frequent interruptions and dis-
turbances of work resulting from this disadvantage.
In order to carry this invention into practice, I employ a washer with a
turned down flap, said washer being kept in suitable position by fastenings on
both sides, and which, under the pressure of the liquid, cannot be deflected
in any other way than in a direction outward from the centre, thus tightening
the slide valve or piston inside the cylinder.
The leather washer may have the usual shape and be placed upon a ring,
whilst its edge, which was hitherto left free, is in the improved arrangement
maintained by a projecting part or ring or the like in such a manner, that it no
longer rests on the part to be tightened.
In the cylinder or the piston walls, suitable channels or openings are provided
through which the compressing liquid enters behind the tightening of the turned
down flaps.
By the said compressing fluid or water, the flap is bent in its central part
only, thus thoroughly tightening the parts in question.
The said flap will in this improved arrangement hold much longer than
hitherto even if made use of under the most unfavourable circumstances, and
it will also be a success so far as its effect is concerned.
Dated this 0th day of Tune 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packing Hydraulic Rams, Pistons, and Valves.
I, HEINRICH HOFFMANN, formerly of 7, Eschweileraue, near Eschweiler, but
now of 1, Krugstrasse, Königshütte, l'pper Silesia, in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention consists in improvements relating to hydraulic piston packings
Improvements in Corsets.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by LILLIAN GRANVILLE WALKER, of 410A, Boylston
Street, in the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massa-
chusetts, United States of America, Elocutionist.]
Improvements in Corsets.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to bo
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: -
My invention relates to corsets and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing
which shows in elevation one half of a corset embodying my improvements.
As shown in the drawing, the leading or material feature of my improvements
is the configuration or shape of the bust edge d, waist edge a and abdominal
point b. The waist edge a is provided with the re-entrant openings a¹ and a²
one at each end of the flap portion a each of the said openings having a row
of lacing eyelets or holes on either side thereof. The back edge is marked b and
has a row of lacing holes as shown and the front edge is marked b¹ and provided
with the usual busk fastenings or, if desired, with holes for lacing.
abdominal point is formed by the downward curvature of the waist edge a
meeting the front edge 6¹. The upper edge d is provided with reentrant open-
ings d¹ done at each side of the under flap portion the edges thereof being
also provided with lacing eyelets in the same manner as the openings a¹ a² in
the waist edge. The front corner edge is curved downwards to the front
edge 61.
The
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is: —
The improved corset herein shown and described.
Dated this 26th day of June 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, Dr. ERNST ERDMANN, Chemist, Halle a/S, Wettinerstrasse 33, Germany, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1
Isatoic acid has hitherto been prepared by the following methods:
1.) By oxidising isatin with chromic acid (Journal für praktische Chemie, (2),
XXX, 84, 124, 467).
2.) By allowing an ethereal salt of chlorocarbonic acid to act on anthranil (Berichte
der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft, XVI, 2227 ; Journal für praktische Chemie (2),
XXX, 484, XXXIII, 18).
3.) By treating anthranilic acid with an excess of the ethyl chlorocarbonate
(Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft XXII, 1673).
None of these methods for the preparation of isatoic acid is of technical value, as
the raw materials used are too expensive and the yield obtained is unsatisfactory.
I have now found, that isatoic acid can be obtained with nearly quantitative yield by
allowing oxychloride of carbon to act upon anthranilic acid or salts of the same
according to the following equation:

page_text: 3). Dry sodium anthranilate is heated with an equal quantity of oxychloride of
carbon in a closed vessel for two hours at 100° to 125° C.
Isatoic acid, hydrochloric acid and chloride of sodium are formed. The product is
thrown into hot water. Isatoic acid alone remains undissolved and is purified as
described above.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: As soon as no more precipitate is produced the product is filtered, washed first
with diluted sulphuric acid, then with water and recrystallised from alcohol.
3). Dry sodium anthranilate is heated with an equal quantity of oxychloride of
carbon in a closed vessel for 2 hours at 100° to 125° C.
Isatoic acid, hydrochloric acid and chloride of sodium are formed. The product is
thrown into hot water. Isatoic acid alone remains undissolved and is purified as
described above.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
The herein described manufacture of isatoic acid by acting on anthranilic acid or
its salts with oxychloride of carbon.
Improvements in Apparatus for Playing Table Croquet.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Playing Table Croquet.
FREDERICK JAMES STRONG, 19, Chester Street, Coventry, Watchmaker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: -
Upon a plate of thin metal or other suitable material I fix two pins purpen-
dicularly, and in each end of a piece of wood metal tubing or other material,
bent to the form of an arch, I drill a hole. I then push into the ends of the arch
the two pins, thus forming the hoop.
The plate of metal forming the base may be made in two pieces with one pin
on each and the crown of the arch cut off so as to form two pillars. In which
form I think it is most convenient.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Playing Table Croquet,
FREDERICK JAMES STRONG, 19, Chester Street, Coventry, Watchmaker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
Upon or in a piece of metal or suitable material A I fix a pin C, which I push
through the table cloth B, and in each end of a piece of wood bone or other
material shaped to the form of an arch E I form a hole D. I then place arch E
over the pins C, thus completing the hoop.
The crown of the arch E may be cut off at F, thus converting the hoop into two
pillars.
The base A may have only one pin, as shown in Fig. 2, two of which, placed
side by side, may be used instead of Fig. 1, or one to form a croquet peg.
The base A and the pin C may be of one piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The device substancially as shown in Fio 1 and Fio 2.
Improvements in Apparatus for Distilling Petroleum and other Liquids.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Distilling Petroleum and other
Liquids.
I, ALEXANDER ADIASSEWICH, of No 5, Fen Court, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to apparatus for rapidly and economically distilling
petroleum and other liquids as I shall describe referring to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig 1, is a longitudinal and Fig. 2, is a transverse section of apparatus
according to my invention.
I provide a cylinder a which is externally heated by flame from a combustible
chamber b, passing through flues c, to the temperature required for distilling the
liquid under treatment.
Centrally within the cylinder a revolves a tubular shaft part of which, laterally
perforated, is enclosed within a chamber e having a stuffing box f through which
the shaft passes.
The liquid to be distilled is forced under pressure into the chamber e either alone
or with steam or other gas, and enters the hollow of the shaft & whence it issues
by lateral nozzles g in jets of finely subdivided spray directed against the heated
wall of the cylinder a The shaft d also carries helical scrapers h which scrape
the wall directing the carbonaceous matter scraped off to one end of the cylinder.
whence it can from time to time be removed
I prefer to provide a box m for receiving the carbonaceous matter sluice valves n
and being fixed above and below it.
For a time the valve n being open and p being closed, the carbonaceous matter
falls into the box m Then the valve n being closed and p being opened, the
contents of m are discharged.
The vapours distilled from the liquid thinly distributed over the wall of the
cylinder a are led to a collecting vessel k and pass thence to suitable condensers
which may be cooled by the liquid that is to be distilled, the heat of the vapours
being thus in great measure utilised for heating the liquid feed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
"Apparatus for distilling petroleum and other liquids comprising a heated
evlinder within which revolves a tubular shaft having nozzles for discharge of
jets of the liquid to be distilled, and having helical scrapers, constructed and
operating, substantially as described.
Doted this 0th day of February 1899
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
A Spike for Securing Railway Chairs to Sleepers, Iron Work to Timber, and Fastening of Timbers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 9th June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Spike for Securing Railway Chairs to Sleepers, Iron Work to
Timber, and Fastening of Timbers.
MATTHEW SIMPKIN, Draughtsman, 3, Lincoln Street, Gateshead, Durham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This spike is made of iron or steel, and made of any length or diameter re-
quired, and is so constructed at the end, so that when driving into the timber,
the fibre forms a dovetail so as to prevent its easy withdrawal, giving it a better
and more secure fastening, than in an ordinary spike. The head of the spike is
cuped, square or pinnacle shaped, as desired, from the head for about of its
length it is round and parallel and then for about % of its length tapers towards
the bottom, the remaining % of its length forms the point, which is wedge
shaped and sharpened, and is the same diameter as the parallel portion, thus
forming a square sholder, at the end of the taper, for giving a grater resisting
power.
Dated this 9th day of June 1899
MATTHEW SLMPKIN,
3, Lincoln Street, Gateshead.
A Spike for Securing Railway Chairs to Sleepers, Iron Work to
Timber, and Fastening of Timbers.
MATTHEW SIMPKIN, Draughtsman, 3, Lincoln Street, Gateshead, Durham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:—
This spike is made of iron or steel, and made of any length or diameter re-
quired, and is so constructed at the end, so that when driven into the timber,
the fibre forms a dovetail so as to provent its easy withdrawal, giving it a better
and more secure fastening then in an ordinery spike.
The head of the spike is cuped, square or pinnacle shaped, as desired, from the
head for about 4 of its length Fig. 1 and 2 AB it is rounded and parallel, and
then for about ½ of its length Fig. 1 and 2 BC tapers towards the bottom, the
remaining of its length Fig. 1 and 2 DE forms the point; which is wedge
shaped and sharpened and is the same diametar as the parallel portion, thus
forming a square shoulder C D Fig. 1 and 2 at the end of the taper for giving
a greater resisting power,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
1st. That the spike is parallel between A B Fig. 1 and 2, and afterwards
tapered B C Fig. 1 and 2, that a shoulder is formed as shown at D, Fig. 1 and 2.
2nd. That the point be chisled shaped as shown see E, Fig. 1 and 2.
3rd. The formation of sholder D), shown in Fig. 1 and 2.
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Improvements in Spirit Lamps.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1899 -Accepted, 17th Feb., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spirit Lamps.
I, CHRISTIAN ALBERT JENSEN, of 77, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion (a communication to me from abroad by Maurice Salomon, Manufacturer,
care of Messrs. Julius Norden & Co., of Aldenhoven, in the German Empire),
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to lamps in which the fuel consists of methylated or
other alcoholic spirit.
The lamp itself consists of a box of metal or other suitable material designed
to hold the spirit in the solidified or semi-solidified form hereinafter described.
The lamp is open at the top and may be provided with arms or supports upon
which to rest the vessel or article to be heated.
The spirit intended to be used as fuel is mixed with from 15 to 20 per cent.
of hard soap such as ordinary soda soap or potash soap free from glycerine.
The whole is heated and well stirred until the soap is apparently dissolved in
the spirit. When this mixture cools it becomes a solid buttery mass, the spirit
being occluded in the soap and almost entirely protected by it from evaporation
when the lamp is not in use.
The lamp is not provided with a wick but the reservoir is filled with the
above described solidified spirit. When a match is applied to the surface of the
spirit it at once ignites and the mixture of soap and spirit melting the spirit
burns. When the lamp is extinguished the mixture cools and solidifies and the
whole is readily and safely portable.
The drawing annexed shows a convenient form of spirit lamp for the purpose
of the invention. When the lamp is desired to be extinguished it may either be
blown out or a cover may be used which may be kept on when the lamp is not
in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
A spirit lamp in which the fuel is fluid when in use, but in a solid or occluded
condition when cold, substantially as herein before described.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
Improvements in Nonconducting Coverings for Steam Pipes, Steam Boilers, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
Improvements in Nonconducting Coverings for Steam Pipes, Steam
Boilers, and the like.
I, JOHN ARCHIBALD, of 127, Union Grove, Aberdeen, N.B., Gardener, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in nonconducting coverings for steam
pipes, steam boilers and the like.
Fig. 1 is an elevation and
Fig. 2 an end view, both partly in section, of a steam pipe with my noncon-
ducting covering applied thereto.
Referring to the said drawings, I employ a casing A of steel or other suitable
metal of such a size as to allow a space between it and the pipe P to be covered,
within which ground cork B is packed.
For convenience, I prefer to form the casing of a sheet of steel or other suit-
able metal or material, shaped to suit the pipe to be covered, having its edges
overlapping each other; and in order to keep the two edges thus provided,
together, I may employ metal clips C arranged to pass through slits c formed
therein, the said clips C being doubled as shewn and firmly clinched in any
convenient manner; or any equivalent means for closing the casing may be
adopted. Any number of these clips, or their equivalent, may be employed as
found convenient.
In the case of boilers having large surfaces, the ground cork may be retained
by a steel or other metal casing formed in sections and attached to each other by
fastenings similar to those above described or by suitable straps arranged to bear
upon the outside of the sections, the said straps having their ends bolted or
otherwise connected together.
Or the retaining casing may be formed in one sheet, the casing, whether in
sections or not, being retained in position by suitable studs or standards of iron
or other metal dispersed at intervals through out the casing, to which they may
be clinched in any convenient way, arranged to rest or bear upon the shell of the
boiler.
The foregoing nonconducting covering may be employed with all kinds of
steam pipes whether above or below the ground and with any class of boiler.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
The nonconducting covering or casing for steam pipes, steam boilers, and the
like, as described and shewn.
Improvements in Cartridges for Breech Loading Guns.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cartridges for Breech Loading Guns.
HENRY HAMMOND, EDWIN HAMMOND, and FRANK HAMMOND, all of No. 40,
Jewry Street, in the City of Winchester, Gun Makers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
-
The object of our invention is to make a self-lubricating wad for loading
cartridges to prevent the fouling and leading of gun and rifle barrels.
And this we effect in the following manner;
The cartridge is charged in the ordinary way but in place of the felt wad now
used we make a wad composed of linseed rapeseed or any seed that naturally
contains oil and on the explosion of the cartridges the oil is pressed out of the
seed and so lubricates the barrel of the gun or rifle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
we claim is :-
A wad composed of linseed rapeseed or any seed that naturally contains oil
for loading cartridges so that on explosion of the cartridges the oil is pressed
out of the seed to lubricate the barrel of the gun or rifle.
Dated this First day of July 1899.
HENRY HAMMOND.
EDWIN HAMMOND.
FRANK HAMMOND.
HENRY HAMMOND.
EDWIN HAMMOND.
FRANK HAMMOND.
Improvements in and relating to the Lighting of Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Lighting of Velocipedes and
other Road Vehicles.
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I, FRANZ CHRISTIAN JACOB. WETZER, of 83, Eppendorfer Landstrasse, Hamburg,
in the Empire of Germany, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
My invention relates to the lighting of velocipedes and other road vehicles.
It has heretofore been customary to light such vehicles either by the use of
oil, kerosene, or acetylene gas, or by the use of electricity supplied by accumulators
The aforesaid systems require a refilling of the reservoir or a recharging of the,
accumulator which in the case of the present invention is avoided by the com-
bination of a dynamo with the velocipede or other road carriage, as by the move-
ment of the wheels of such vehicles the dynamo is caused to produce the required
electric energy.
Figures 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawing represent the combination of a
dynamo with a velocipede, showing by way of example how my said invention
may be carried into effect.
To the front fork a of a velocipede I fix a clamp having at its front part a
hinge c which connects this clamp with a plate d to which the, dynamo e is
secured.
The driving pulley or roller f of the dynamo which is adapted to be moved
up and down together with the base plate d may be pressed against the rim or
tyre of the wheel of the velocipede through the intervention of a spring g
arranged between the base plate d and the clamp 5 and tending continually to
pull the roller down.
On the rider relaxing the string or cord i by which the dynamo is raised out
of action, the spring g presses the driving roller f of the dynamo firmly against
the rim or tyre h of the velocipede and causes the armature of the dynamo to
rotate during the riding, so that the dynamo will generate electric energy to
supply a glow or incandescent lamp k at its front.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim:-
The combination of a dynamo with a road vehicle in such a manner that by
the forward movement of the vehicle the dynamo is driven and produces electric
energy for lighting purposes, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 12th day of August 1899.
J. LINCOLN & Co.,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Rakes, Harrows, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rakes, Harrows, and the like.
I, HERMANN FREIHERR VON SCHUCKMANN, of Auras an der Oder, Silesia, in the
German Empire, Landed Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to rakes, harrows, and similar agricultural implements
which are provided with teeth or spikes, and its object is to provide simple and
efficient means for clearing the teeth from any adherent leaves, moss, grass or
the like. At present this clearing is generally effected by hand with a consequent
considerable waste of time and labour.
According to these improvements the clearing of all the teeth is effected
simultaneously by the simple operation of a lever or handle.
In the accompanying drawings to which reference is hereinafter made, Figure 1
illustrates the application of the improved devices to an ordinary hand rake, and
Figures 2 and 3 show their application to a harrow.
In each case the clearing device consists of a series of secondary teeth or blades
mounted near to the teeth of the implement in such a manner that they can move
across them and scrape off any accumulation.
In the case of a hand rake and as shown in Figure 1, the clearing device
consists of a rail a carrying the blades b, the rail being connected to one end
of a lever c which is pivotted at d. The outer end or handle of the lever is
controlled by a spring f which normally tends to force the rail a against the
rail e of the rake, as shown in the full lines, so that the blades b may be out
of the way when the rake is in use. When it is desired to clear the teeth g
of the rake from any adherent leaves or the like, the outer end of the lever c
is depressed, and the blades 6 move along the teeth of the rake and scrape
them clean. This position of the blades is shown in the dotted lines.
When the improved device is applied to a harrow, as represented in Figures 2
and 3, the clearer blades b are pivotted to the frame work of the implement and
are formed with extensions which are suitably connected with the bar h, which
in turn is connected by a link with the lever c. In Figure 2 the clearer device
is shown out of action the blades g of the implement being free to do their
work. In Figure 3 the blades are shown in their extreme positions after clearing
the teeth g.
In order that any obstructions may drop off the teeth g the blades b
are made of a greater length so that they may raise the teeth from the ground.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare
I claim is:
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page_text: constructed arranged and operated as to clear the teeth of the implement from
any leaves, moss or the like, substantially as and in the manner hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Improved Arrangement for Fixing Wooden Belt-pulleys.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangement for Fixing Wooden Belt-pulleys.
We, ERNST BIRKE, of 50, Koppanstrasse, Berlin, Joiner, and ADOLPH POSERN, of
15, Obere Ackerwandstrasse Apolda, Merchant, both in the Empire of Germany,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to an improved arrangement for fixing wooden belt-
pulleys to shafts, by means of which the pulleys are completely secured against
slipping.
The distinguishing feature of the invention is that the one spoke is drilled
through, opposite to the centre of the shaft. Into the hole thus made a steel bolt
with two flat ends is pushed. This bolt is pressed against a flat surface on the
shaft by means of a stout steel plate, and the screwing up of the ordinary nut-
bolts which run through the spokes.
In the accompanying drawing, the arrangement is illustrated by means of two
figures, of which
Fig. 1 is a side view of a wooden belt-pulley, a part of the shaft being removed,
so as to show the fixing bolt.
Fig. 2 is a section along the line A-B in Fig. 1.
a is the divided rim of the pulley with the divided spoke b. The parts forming
the spokes are cut away in the centre in the usual manner, in order to afford a
passage for the shaft c.
The part of the spoke bis drilled through, towards the centre of the shaft.
In the hole thus formed a steel-bolt e is inserted. By means of the plate f, and the
nut-bolts 9, the bolt e is pressed against the shaft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
Improved arrangement for fixing wooden belt-pulleys to shafts, the distinguish-
ing feature being that the one half of the spoke is drilled through opposite to
the centre of the shaft, and in the hole thus formed a bolt is inserted, which is
pressed against the shaft by means of a plate and the ordinary nut-bolts, sub-
stantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 17th day of November 1899.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Indexing.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, BENJAMIN WECHSLER, Novelty Manufacturer, of 27, King Street, Cheapside,
London, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Taking for instance a Bradshaw or A.B.C. guide, I should fold the book over
inside the cover and arrange the folded over leaves so as to leave a margin on
the edge, each one below the next, on which the printed matter of each leaf,
2.e. the stations can be indexed, alphabetically or otherwise.
Instead of the customary search in the index and then for the page of the
desired information, matter and index would all be on one page & save time
in searching and be applicable to almost any book, that bears an index. The
same index-spacing and folding for letter and document files.
In small time tables the doubling of the book inside a cover can be dispensed
with.
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BENJAMIN WECHSLER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indexing.
I, BENJAMIN WECHSLER, Advertising Novelties Manufacturer, of 27, King
Street, Cheapside, London, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
"
Taking a book like for instance .a Bradshaw or A.B.C. Ry. Guide, I should
cut the leaves of increasing width, say: one always 3/16" wider than the previous
one, bind them at one end in the ordinary way, thus spreading out margins of
on each page, where the matter contained can be indexed alphabetically or
otherwise. To fit the book to the ordinary size of the cover, the marginal part
could be doubled over inside the cover. If the pages are more than 100 and
spread the index margin out too far, I should make 2 or more books of them
as described and bind them into one.
Instead of the customary search in the index and then for the page of the
desired information, matter and index would all be on one page, save time in
searching and be applicable to almost any book that bears an index. The same
index spacing for letter and document files.
In small time tables the doubling of the book inside a cover can be dispensed
with and if all the pages can be printed on both sides of one long strip, they

page_text: should be folded leaving a margin on each fold over the one below, so as to
show the front page index on the front margins, and the same for the back
pages on the back margins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
BENJAMIN WECHSLER.
An Appliance for Use on Hats.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1899 -Accepted, 29th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Use on Hats.
I, ISABELLE SMITH, 37, High Street, Lowestoft, Lady, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an appliance for use on hats and the object is to provide
means whereby a veil can be conveniently put round the crown of a sailor or
other hat. The invention is more particularly intended for use on ladies' hats.
In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following
manner. I provide a piece of wire of convenient length one end of which I
flatten and bore in it a hole. The other end I form into a hook to engage with
the hole at the other end of the wire. This piece of wire is bent into a more or
less circular shape and the ends hooked together. When required for use the
ends are unhooked, the veil threaded on the wire, and the wire hooked round the
crown of the hat so as to allow the veil to fall over the brim. The appliance may
be made of other material than wire, such as real or artificial whalebone and in
any case the hooks and eyes may be attached to the ends where it is not possible
or desirable to form them integral with the material itself.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
A veil holder for hats, the said holder consisting essentially of a piece of wire
or other suitable material having an integral or other hook at one end and an
integral or other hole or eye at the other end, the said holder being destined to
have threaded on itself the veil and to be fastened round the crown of the hat,
the whole substantially as described in the above specification
Dated this 9th day of March 1899
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.
Improvements in and relating to Thread Guards for Spinning and Twisting Frames.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Thread Guards for Spinning and
Twisting Frames.
We, JOHN FRANCIS WHITE and EDMUND HOLT, both of 168, Thornton Road,
in the City of Bradford, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
"
This invention relates to certain improvements in guards applicable to spinning
and twisting frames, and has for its object, the construction and application of
the guards in such a manner, so as to prevent what are termed
"ends or broken
threads delivered by one pair of front rollers, becoming entangled with the thread
or threads delivered by adjacent rollers, and wound around the adjacent bobbin
or the like, and thus produce yarn with an increased number of threads.
In describing our invention in detail, reference is made to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation through a
portion of a spinning or twisting frame with our improvement applied thereto,
and
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan through line a, b, of the guards and a portion of
the lifter rail drawn to an enlarged scale.
The front delivery rollers A and spindles B are constructed and driven in
the usual manner, also the lifter rail C, is arranged and operated as usual, to
these we make no claim as forming part of our invention.
To the top front rail 1), we secure between each spindle B, a stationary guard
plate E, by preference cut at the top to the curvature of the roller shaft A',
of the front rollers A. The said stationary guard plates E, project at right angles
from the top rail D), and vertically in the direction towards the lifter rail C.
To the lifter rail C, we secure in any convenient manner between each spindle B,
another portion F, of the guard, which rises and falls along with the lifter rail,
and is turned over at F, forming a recess into which the outer edge of the
stationary portion E, of the guard extends, so that as will be readily understood,
a complete division is made between each spindle B, in a manner that the
spindles B, and bobbins or the like thereon are isolated, so that should an "end"
break, it is confined to its own division or compartment, and cannot become
entangled with the thread or threads being wound upon the adjacent bobbin or
the like, and increase the number of threads and therefore the thickness of the
yarn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
I claim is:
The combination of a stationary guard E with a movable guard F, provided
with a recess at F¹, all arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose
as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of September 1899.
"
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent, Sunbridge Chambers, Bradford.
An Improved Mode of Making Alloys of Magnesium.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1899 -Accepted, 16th Sept.,
1899
An Improved Mode of Making Alloys of Magnesium.
I, HEINRICH BUMB, of 52, Kaiser Friedrichstrasse, Charlottenburg, Germany,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The object of this invention is the alloying of magnesium with metals or
metallic alloys.
The alloying takes place after the metal has been rendered liquid by means of
heat and according to a mode of manufacture by electrolysis of the metallic salts
of magnesium for which I have applied for Letters Patent No. 6297 dated 23rd
March 1899, whereby the surface of the molten metal to be alloyed (or of the
metallic alloy) constitutes the cathode on which the magnesium-metal separates
and is absorbed, and, in this manner, simultaneously with the electrolysis of the
metallic salts of magnesium, alloys of metals or of metallic alloys with magnesium
are obtained and the same is kept in osmotic motion by the electric current until
the whole of the molten metal is solidified thereby preventing the combining
together of those parts which have a special affinity for each other.
I obtain, in this way, alloys of magnesium with iron, copper, aluminium, cobalt,
nickel, platinum, silver, lead, tin, zinc, antimony, chromium, manganese,
tungsten, potassium, sodium, as well as with the alloys of these metals.
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These magnesium alloys possess the following new technical properties:-
They are more homogeneous and much harder and tougher than any of the
magnesium alloys at present known whilst all are malleable and some make good
electrical conductors. They are not brittle, and, when exposed to the air, do not
oxidize.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I consider novel and desire to claim is:-
1. Alloys of magnesium with iron, copper, aluminium, cobalt, nickel, platinum,
silver, lead, tin, zinc, antimony, chromium, manganese, tungsten, potassium,
and sodium, effected by liquefying the metals by the application of heat substan-
tially as herein before set forth.
2. Magnesium alloys consisting of magnesium and an alloy of two or more of
the metals enumerated in Claim I effected by liquefying the metals by the appli-
cation of heat substantially as herein before set forth.
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H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.