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A Tool for Use when Opening Wooden Boxes and such like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
DENTIFICATION.
A Tool for Use when Opening Wooden Boxes and such like.
We, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH CARL HELLMERING, Junior, and FERDINAND
DIEDRICH KNOOP, of 23, Doventhorsteinweg, Bremen, Germany, Manufacturers
and Merchants, 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
5 by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a tool the use of which facilitates the opening of
wooden boxes and such like as it is capable of being employed, on the one hand,
as a prising lever or "jemmy," and, on the other hand, as an easily manipulated
nail extractor.
On the annexed drawings:-
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tool.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.
Fig. 3 is an inverted plan.
Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line A-B Fig. 3.
The tool consists of a bar a of round or polygonal section having at one end, b,
a chisel shaped extremity and at the other end a bent part, d, provided with
a cavity shown clearly at Figs. 2, 3 and 4.
The extreme end of the bent part is chamfered off conically at g so as to
form a knife edge whilst a tapered slit f is made in the lower wall of the cavity d¹.
When opening a box with a tool such as hereinbefore described the end e
is first inserted between the lid and the upper edge of the box and the lid
prised open in the usual manner, then the slit f at the other end, d, of the
tool is caused to catch the heads of the nails which latter can then be easily
taken out, one at a time, by simply turning or pulling back the tool. This being
done the lid is freed and can be lifted off.
In some cases the end of the tool can be driven, by means of a hammer or
other convenient instrument, into the lid of the box to such a depth as will
enable the slit f to grip the head of the nail when, of course, the latter can be
easily pulled out by merely turning back the tool.
It is not absolutely necessary that the bar a should be solid because, when a
hollow bar is used, the chisel shaped part c can be formed by flattening out one
end of the hollow bar.
The tool can be made straight throughout instead of being bent at one end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same to be performed we declare that what
we consider novel and desire to claim is ;-
A tool for opening boxes and such like characterized by a solid or hollow
bar whose one end is formed of a chisel shape and whose other end is hollowed
CD 0.71

page_text: out and made with a slit (f) and a conical extremity (9), substantially as herein-
before described with reference to the drawings annexed.
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1900
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
Improved Process for Producing Incombustible Lamp Wicks.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1899-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Process for Producing Incombustible Lamp Wicks.
I, MANNY EHRENBACHER, Patent Attorney, of 115/116, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin,
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement: -
One of the main causes of the production of soot and irregular formation of
the flame in connection with wick lamps is to be found in the uneven com-
bustion of the wick. The disadvantage is particularly noticeable in connection
with paraffin incandescent lamps, in which the form of the flame should corre-
spond as nearly as possible with that of the mantle, and any displacement of the
flame is not only liable but almost certain to form soot patches or deposits on
parts of the mantle.
Attempts have been made to obviate this disadvantage by employing asbestos
wicks and by fitting porous rings to the upper end of the wick, but these means
all tend to diminish the suction powers of the wick.
According to the present process the wick is not only rendered non-combustible
but its suction powers are considerably increased.
The process consists in producing a precipitation of oxide or carbonate of mag-
nesium on the fibres of the wick. In order to attain this the oil is first removed
from the wick in known manner and the latter then placed in a boiling solution
of a magnesium salt soluble in water, such as sulphate or chloride of magnesia.
After the wick has become thoroughly saturated with this solution, it is taken
out, expressed and then placed in a boiling alkaline solution or a boiling solution
of alkaline salts, such as carbonate of soda, ammonia or the like, this causes the
oxide or carbonate of magnesium, not soluble in water to separate out on to the
fibre of the wick. Thus the wick will be rendered entirely incombustible, whilst
the well known porous nature of the magnesia increases its power of suction, as
has been proved by experiments made with the impregnated wick.
Experiments have also shown that magnesia alone is suitable for the object in
view, owing to the fact that all other earths or metals either reduce or entirely
destroy the suction power of the wick.
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 process for rendering lamp wicks incombustible and increasing the suction
powers of the same which consists in first saturating the wick with a solution
of a magnesium salt, then treating the same with a solution of an alkali or
alkaline salt and thus producing a precipitation of an insoluble salt of magnesium
on the fibres of the wick substantially as described.
MARKS & CLADI
MARKS & CLADI
18. Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.
Improved Means for Securing Curtains to Cornices or Curtain-rods.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1899--Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Securing Curtains to Cornices or Curtain-rods.
I, PAUL WIESNER, of No. 5D, Kleine Museum Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to improved means for securing curtains to cor-
nices or curtain-rods and it more particularly refers to a device in connection
with the curtain-rod by means of which the customary use of pins is obviated
and the attachment and arrangement of the curtain facilitated.
I will now proceed to describe my invention more fully, reference being had to
the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the curtain-rod.
Fig. 2 a vertical section of same.
Fig. 3 shows a modification of the invention, and
Fig. 4 is a vertical section through Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 illustrates a detail of construction.
On the inner surface of the curtain rod a, from which in the customary way
the curtain was suspended by means of pins a metal strip b is secured in any
convenient manner, for instance by means of screws e or hooks d. Said metal
strip is provided at certain intervals with pointed hooks e, the points of which
are directed somewhat upwardly. These hooks e can be integral with the metal
strip, as illustrated in Fig. 3, in which case they are cut or stamped in the metal
strip in the shape of acute triangles which are bent outwards and slightly
upwards to suit the requirements.
It is obvious that the dimensions of the metal strip band hooks e can be varied,
so that same are applicable with any curtain rod, and it is further obvious that
the size and strength of the hooks c or triangular pieces f must be proportionate
to the weight of the curtain to be suspended.
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.) Device for securing curtains to cornices or curtain-rods consisting in a
metal strip b, secured to the inner side of the rod in any convenient manner, said
metal strip provided with hooks e at certain intervals, the points of which hooks
are directed somewhat upwards, substantially as described and shown.
2.) A modification of the device as set out in Claim 1, consisting in providing
the hooks in connection with the metal strip by cutting or stamping acute
triangles in the metal strip, and bending the triangular pieces outwards and
slightly upwards, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 6th day of December 1899.
B. REICHHOLD,
International Patent Office,
24, Luisen Strasse, Berlin, N.W., Germany,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Bedcovering.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bedcovering.
I, MAGDALENE BARONESS VON LINGK, of 43, Kaiserstrasse, Heidelberg, Baden,
in the Empire of Germany, Gentlewoman, 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 beds, and has for its object to provide a portable
bed covering which shall be capable of use when on a journey and by means of
which cleanliness may be ensured and by which the contagion of disease may be
prevented. In hotels, boarding houses and other resorts of travellers beds are
frequently not very clean and many dread to lie in such beds more especially as
dangerous diseases may be caught by so doing. The invention is designed to
obviate this inconvenience in a simple manner.
The invention consists of several, for example, six covers of corresponding
size each two of which are placed over or under each other on the pillow, on the
mattress and under the cover of the bed so that the body can nowhere come in
contact with the latter. The covers consists of a set of two one being provided
of disinfected material and the other of linen or other suitable material. In
order to prevent a displacement of the covers the same may be fastened by means
of clamps, safety pins or the like to the pillow or the mattress in the manner
shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings which represent a plan
and elevation of such covers applied to a pillow.
As illustrated in the drawing the pillow is indicated by a the disinfected
cover by band the linen cover by c. The covers and may be connected one to
the other by being sown or otherwise secured. After use the bed covering may
be removed and folded up into a bag or satchel specially intended for the purpose
and so provided as to be conveniently portable.
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.) A portable bed covering consisting of several covers each two of which,
viz. one consisting of disinfected material and the other of any other suitable
material are placed on or under the parts of a bed for the purposes and sub-
stantially
desihod
MARAS
GLENVA,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.
Improvements in Puzzles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1899-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Puzzles.
EDWARD WYNNE, 35, South John Street, Liverpool, Coke & Coal Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A circular shaped box with a transparent top affixed to same.
The said box
contains six to twelve colourd balls which run in grooves & the object of
the puzzle is to work the colourd balls along the groove and place them in
order on a given line.
Improvements in Puzzles.
EDWARD WYNNE, 35, South John Street, Liverpool, Coke & Coal Merchant,
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:-
A circular shaped box with a transparent top affixed to same. The said box
contains six to twelve colourd balls which run in grooves, and the object of
the puzzle is to work the colourd balls along the grooves A and place them in
order on a given line B.
Having now particularly described and assertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. The use of grooves for the balls to run in, shaped in the manner shewn in
the accompanying sketch.
mi
12-11-
Year: 1899

page_text: I, EDWARD NEAL, of 144, Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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According to this invention the ends of the strap by which the bag is suspended
are fixed a little in front of the middle points of the sides so causing the front
of the bag to tilt upwards and preventing the nose of the animal from accidentally
getting outside.
The top of the bag is also made longer from front to back than is usual and
the back part of the mouth or opening is covered so that the provender cannot
be spilt by the animal tossing his head.
The rear edge of the bag is curved forwards so that the provender tends to
run down to the front beneath the animals nose.
I, EDWARD NEAL, of 144, Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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: -
According to this invention the ends of the strap by which the bag is suspended
are fixed a little in front of the middle points of the sides so causing the front
of the bag to tilt upwards and preventing the nose of the animal from accidentally
getting outside.
The back part of the mouth or opening of the bag is covered so that the pro-
vender cannot be spilt by the animal tossing his head.
The rear edge of the bag is curved forwards so that the provender tends to
run down beneath the animals nose.
The drawings show a nosebag made in accordance with this invention.
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section and Figure 2 is a plan. Figure 3
illustrates the bag in use.
a is the bag suspended by a strap 6 from two points c c a little in front of the
middle points of the sides.
d is a covering of netting at the back of the opening of the bag.
The rear end of the bag is curved forwards as is shown at e.

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. A nosebag provided with means of suspension a little in front of the middle
points of the sides and having a cover over the back part of the opening sub-
stantially as described.
2. A nosebag substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.
D
111 of Ontahan 1200
Improvement in Water-tube Boilers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvement in Water-tube Boilers.
I, GUSTAV DURR, Mechanical Engineer, of Grafenbergerchaussee 84, Dusseldorf,
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:―
The steam generator with field tubes represented in the accompanying sheet of
drawings has for its distinguishing feature a special combustion chamber, located
within the set of tubes, and extending to the rear end of the tubes, where it is widened.
My improvement consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter
described, constituting an improved arrangement of such a combustion chamber.
The furnace proper is separated from the combustion chamber by one or more
series of tubes a over or between which, as the case may be, there extends a fireproof
earthenware roof d; the combustion chamber is similarly separated from the main
body of the steam generator consisting of tubes c, c by tubes b, and by a roof e
reaching forward, but not quite as far as the front wall of the chamber; such roof may
be composed entirely of a number of tubes placed in close juxtaposition.
With a view to permitting the free development of the combustion gases and
ensuring a uniform combustion, the combustion chamber is made more capacious at
the rear than in the front by increasing the angle of inclination of the tubes a so as
to form in their descent froin front to rear an angle with the roof e; which arrange-
ment has the secondary effect of enabling the steam to rise under more favourable
conditions than it would otherwise do.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
that I am aware that water-tube boilers having headers at back and front have been
made, in which the inclined water tubes are divided into two sections so as to form
between the same a combustion chamber which is wider above the rear of the grate
and which extends to the rear of the boiler, and I do not make any general claim to
such arrangement, but I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A water-tube steam generator having the distinctive feature, that the lowest
rows of tubes (a) are separated from the others (6 and c) and are in their descent
from front to rear inclined at a greater angle, so as to form, with the aid of suitable
partitions (such as the fireproof roofs d and e), a combustion space (v) which extends
to the rear end of the boiler and is wider at the rear than in front, substantially as
described and shown by the drawings.

page_text: 2. A water tube boiler having field tubes so arranged and inclined as to form an
intermediate combustion or smoke-consuming chamber in. the manner described and
shown by the drawings,...
Dated this 10th day of Tul 1900
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.
Improvements in Attaching Screw Stoppers to Glass Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attaching Screw Stoppers to Glass Bottles.
FRANCIS JOHN BARRETT, Church End House, Frampton-on-Severn, Glos.,
Cabinet Maker, and SYDNEY THOMAS OSBORN, Frampton-on-Severn, Glos., School-
master, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A flat ring with a hole pierced in its rim is placed over a metal collar (of the
size of the screw of the stopper) with a flange about 1/16" deep and this is placed
on the underside of the head of the stopper with the flange uppermost to allow
the flat ring to revolve freely round it." A chain is attached to the hole in the
rim of the ring and is also attached at its other end to a wire placed round the
neck of the bottle. The chain is made detachable from the neck of the bottle
by a hook.
Dated this Fourth day of September 1899.
FRANCIS JOHN BARRETT,
SYDNEY THOMAS OSBORN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attaching Screw Stoppers to Glass Bottles.
FRANCIS JOHN BARRETT, Church End House, Frampton-on-Severn, Glos.,
Cabinet Maker, and SYDNEY THOMAS OSBORN, Frampton-on-Severn, Glos., School-
master, 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:
A flat ring (6) with a hole pierced in its rim is placed over a metal collar (a)
of the size of the screw of the stopper, with a flange about 1/16" deep, and these are
placed on the under side of the head of the stopper (c) with the flange upper-
most, to allow the flat ring (b) to revolve freely round it. A chain (d) is
attached to the hole in the rim of the ring and is also attached to a wire (e) placed
round the neck of the bottle. The chain is made detachable from the neck of
the bottle by a swivel hook (f).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The attachment of screw stoppers to glass bottles by a revolving ring;
with chain and swivel hook, detachable.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1899.
Improvements in Sash Pulleys.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sash Pulleys.
We, RICHARD CLAYTON, Chairman of the Cannon Hollow-ware Company,
Limited, of Deepfields, in the County of Stafford, Ironfounders, and EDWARD
CRUMP, Works Manager of the said company, and residing at Coseley, in the
aforesaid County, 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:-
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Our invention consists in disposing altogether with the usual axle which
ordinarily projects from the wheel on each side. We cast the wheels of these
pulleys in the usual way and bore them out in the centre as shewn on the drawing,
Fig. I. We then proceed to cover each pulley with sand, previously anointing
the bored hole for the purpose hereafter referred to in the process of casting the
frames. We mould the frame in the usual way provision being made that the
wheel can be fixed in its true position in the mould and the frame cast upon it
during which process the iron passes through the bored hole and forms a complete
axle from the one side of the frame to the other as shewn on the drawing the
wheel itself being totally distinct but yet cast with the axle through it.
The drawing Fig. 2, is an elevation shewing the complete pulley as a finished
article having the appearance of an ordinary frame without projections or rivet
heads at the sides. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 2, at A, B, Fig. 4 shows a
complete pulley looked at from the face.
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:-
1. The disposing altogether of the usual axle upon the wheel and in lieu thereof
casting on the frame a solid and complete axle upon which the wheel works with
ease and equality as hereinbefore described.
.. 1
1900
RICHARD CLAYTON,
EDWARD CRUMP.
Improvements in Apparatus for Lifting Building Materials.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1899 -Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Lifting Building Materials.
I, JULIUS RÜHLING, of Gera, Reuss, in the Empire of Germany, Master
Carpenter, 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 apparatus for lifting building materials.
It has heretofore been customary to lift beams, girders and the like for new
buildings through the medium of a pulley block by labourers standing below at
the front of the building, or else by a horse.
This mode of lifting beams and the like presents serious drawbacks, to obviate
which I have designed apparatus arranged in the interior of the house or building,
use being made of beams as struts and stays. At the upper part of the vertical
beam or post I provide a rotary head, and below is the windlass whose rotary
axle or axles are furnished with ball bearings.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 represents a rear view, and
Figure 2 a side view of this apparatus.
Figure 3 is a section showing a ball bearing in the standards of the windlass.
By a is designated the vertical beam or post furnished with a rotary head b,
and firmly connected with the windlass c. The tension blocks d, whose positions
may be changed, provide for fixing the apparatus to the beams already secured in
position.
In order that its operation may be facilitated the windless c has its rotary axle
or axles provided with ball bearings (Figure 3).
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:-
First. Apparatus for lifting building materials, fixed by tension blocks d to
the beams already secured in position, as set forth.
Second. In apparatus for lifting building materials the arrangement of ball
bearings to receive the axle or axles of the windlass c, as set forth.
Dated this 15th day of June 1899.
J. LINCOLN & Co.,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1899-Accepted, 10th Feb., 1900

page_text: The modus operandi is as follows:-
A piece made of refractory earth is adjusted behind a retort C. Behind this
refractory piece, a box B made of sheet or cast-iron closes the wide-mouthed
opening and serves as a conduit for the superheated air passing through the
heater R. This heater consists of iron tubes placed above the retort through
which air is driven by means of the fan V..
One cannot proceed by aspiration, for, should the retorts crack, a reducing
mixture can enter which would destroy the whiteness of the produce by reducing
a portion of it.
The tuyere T is arranged centrally at the bottom of the space K which is
closed by means of a plate, having a hole for the tuyere, at its lower end.
The jet having been previously regulated it is sufficient to set everything
I would advise
going in order to gather pure oxide at the end of the retort G.
letting the mixture circulate in a neighbouring retort at the same temperature
in order to prolong the oxidation, the two heads of the retorts being connected
together for this purpose (Fig. 3).
At the outlet the mixture of air and flakes is thrown back into a chamber of
large capacity in order to diminish the speed; this chamber may be constructed
of sheet iron; the condensation is rapid."
At the high pressure at which I proceed I can obtain a minute tin dust or
powder which is able to take the place of electrolytic tin in the manufacture of
tinned or silvered paper as used for packing alimentary substances.
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. The direct oxidation in the moleculary state of tin by a process which
consists in passing through a tuyere provided with a central tube à jet of liquid
metal projected upwards by a jet of air, at a pressure of, say, 60 kgs., into an
oxidising furnace heated to a white heat, the mixture of the metallic fumes and
of the air being then effected by a blowing fan and the mixture thereafter passed
into one or two retorts heated to a red heat, substantially as described.
2. An oxidising furnace having a tuyere with a central tube the latter being
utilized for the rojection of the metal in a state of fusion and an annular space
through which air is forced at a pressure of 60 kilogrs., the tuyere being so
arranged as to expand the gaseous jet; the furnace having one or two retorts
(connected together) surmounted by a tubular heater which receives the air
necessary for the oxidation from a blowing fan; the stannic acid or oxide of tin
being gathered at the end of the principal retort, substantially as described.
3. The new furnace for the preparation of stannic acid or oxide of tin con-
structed and arranged substantially as herein before described and shown on the
annexed drawing.
0011 1
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1. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
Improvements in connection with Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Tobacco Pipes.
I, MOWBRAY TAYLOR, of Fairview House, Thurso, N.B., Captain, Royal Artillery,
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 invention relates to improvements in connection with tobacco pipes and
has for its object means for cleaning out the said pipe and also for providing cool
and clean smoking.
According to this invention the stem of the pipe is of larger diameter than those
hitherto in use and is of thinner material thus giving, an increased space through
which the smoke passes and adding to the coolness in smoking.
I also combine with the said pipe a blade or pipe preferably made of bone, and
fixed to the inner end of the mouth-piece so as to lie within the space or bore of
stem when the mouth-piece is in its fixed position therein.
The said blade or spike is employed for cleaning out the ashes and incrustations
from the bowl and smoke hole of the pipe, for which purpose the mouth-piece is
withdrawn from the stem and the blade or spike used as a scraper.
In the accompanying sheet of drawing Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of
a tobacco pipe according to my invention, Fig. 2 is a cross section through the
stem, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the mouth-piece and cleaner detached.
As will be seen the stem a is formed with a large bore throughout its length,
thus giving a considerable space for the passage of the smoke on its way from the
bowl to the mouth-piece c.
By this means the smoke is, to a considerable extent, cooled before reaching
the smokers mouth and the nicotine and other deliterious juices are deposited
in the said stem.
1
The stem can also be made of thin material so as to decrease the weight of the
pipe. d is the blade or spike preferably formed of bone and let into or otherwise
attached to the inner end of the mouth-piece c. As shown in plan view, Fig. 3,
this blade or spike is of flat shape with a pointed end, but it may be otherwise
formed or constructed as desired.
The mouth-piece is fitted to the stem so as to be easily drawn out or discon-
nected, but it may be also screwed to the stem; and in order to clean out the pipe
the mouth-piece is withdrawn and the blade or spike d used as a scraper for
cleaning out the bowl and smoke hole, and also the bore or stem.
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 improved tobacco pipe comprising the combination of a large bore
stem fitted with a removeable mouthpiece, and a blade or spike attached to the
said mouthpiece, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 19th day of suonst 1800
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.
Agent for the Applicant.
Year: 1899

page_text: JAMES MATTHEW DENNISON, 18, Overton Road, Brixton, London, Leather
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a strap or band which is fixed to the upper edge of the over-
lapping edge of the gaiter is then wound round the outside of the gaiter and
fastened by means of a buckle stitched on about the centre of the underflap
of the gaiter. Another strap or band is fixed to the lower edge of the overlapping
edge of the gaiter is then wound round the outside of the gaiter and fastened
by means of a buckle stitched on about the centre of the undertap of the gaiter.
TAL:
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Jauh 1000
JAMES MATTHEW DENNISON, 18, Overton Road, Brixton, London, Leather
Merchant, 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:-
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It consists of a strap or band (a) which is fixed to the upper part of the overflap
of the gaiter is then passed through a loop (c) (which is fixed to the underflap
of the gaiter) wound round the outside of the gaiter and fastened by means of
a buckle (d) stitched on about the centre of the underflap of the gaiter.
Another strap or band (b) is fixed to the lower part of the overflap of the
gaiter is then wound round the outside of the gaiter and fastened by means of a
buckle (e) stitched on about the centre of the underflap of the gaiter.
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 combination of a gaiter in which the edges overlap with a loop (c)
fixed to the upper part of the underflap, two separate straps (a and b) one fixed
to the upper part of the overflap, the other to the lower part of the overflap,
both straps are wound round outside the gaiter and secured by two separate
buckles ( and e) stitched on about the centre of the underflap, the upper strap
passing through the loop (c).
2. Gaiters substantially as described and illustrated in the drawing.
Improvements in the Construction of Wicks for Oil Lamps which are Electrically Lighted.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1900-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1900
Improvements in the Construction of Wicks for Oil Lamps which are
Electrically Lighted.
I, ROBERT OCTAVIUS BEST, of 24, Canova Place, Cardigan Avenue, Morley, near
Leeds, in the County of York, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
The object of my invention is to construct wicks for oil lamps (which are
electrically lighted) by means of a metallic strip or strips inside or outside of
the ordinary oil wick, which strip forms an electrical conductor for lighting the
wick, and is specially applicable to miners' safety and other lamps which burn
oil.
The wick has a metallic strip which passes through or outside the wick and
forms a trail within the oil chamber of the metallic vessel and so forms the re-
quired electrical connection betwixt the wick and the vessel.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in the Construction of Wicks for Oil Lamps which are
Electrically Lighted.
I, ROBERT OCTAVIUS BEST, of 24, Canova Place, Cardigan Avenue, Morley, near
Leeds, in the County of York, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
My invention relates to wicks for oil lamps which are electrically ignited, the
object being to construct an improved wick which acts as an electrical conductor,
and so gives the electrical connection between the lamp vessel and the end of the
wick required for igniting the said wick: my invention is applicable to all types
of cil lamp, but is specially applicable to miners' safety lamps.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation showing a length of my improved wick.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of Fig. 1.
In constructing my improved wick I employ a thin metallic strip or foil A
preferably inside the ordinary woven wick B.
The said strip A may be retained in position within the wick by means of
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page_text: stitching C or other means, and the strip projects at one end of the wick, as shown
at a, so as to form a trail within the oil chamber of the metallic lamp vessel
and ensure the required electrical connection.
If desired the metallic strip A. may be attached on the outside of the wick B
in any suitable manner, or two such strips may be employed.
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:
In a wick for oil-burning lamps, the employment of a metallic strip (or strips)
A in combination with the woven wick B, substantially as, and for the purpose,
shown and described.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1900.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with the Steam Engines of Steam Vessels.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1900-Accepted, 18th Aug.,
1900
Improvements in or connected with the Steam Engines of Steam
Vessels.
Í, JAMES WEIR, of 48, Love Street, Paisley, in the County of Renfrew,
Scotland, Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
1
The object of the present invention is to provide means for preventing the
racing of steam engines of steam vessels when, owing to the movement of the
latter due to the roughness of the water in which they travel, the propeller ceases
to be submerged.
For this purpose I employ a pendulum, which is pivoted in any suitable
position, and the bob or weight of which is sufficient to ensure such pendulum
remaining always vertical or plumb, in spite of any rolling or pitching of the
vessel.
The relative movement between the pendulum and the vessel, when the latter
rolls or pitches, is transmitted by any suitable means (such as an arrangement
of rods or levers) to a throttle valve situated in the steam supply pipe of the
engine or engines, so that the moment the propeller or propellers ceases or cease
to be submerged in the water, the supply of steam to the engine or engines is
automatically cut off to a greater or less extent, and consequently the racing of
such engine or engines is prevented.
Suitable springs or buffers are preferably used in connection with the pendulum,
so as to absorb the shock or jar which would occur when the vessel rolls or pitches
suddenly.
1011
Ontaha 1900
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Steam Engines of Steam
Vessels.
I, JAMES WEIR, of 48, Love Street, Paisley, in the County of Renfrew,
Upholsterer, 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 marine engine governors of the class wherein the
throttle valve in the steam pipe is controlled, to prevent racing of the engines,
by the movement relatively to the ship of a pendulum connected to operate said

page_text: upon a fixed centre, of a weighted pendulum attached to a disc or strap fitted
to turn about the axis of the stationary disc and having secured upon its axis
a lever connected to the throttle valve spindle of the engine.
3. In a marine engine governor, the combination with a stationary disc secured
to a carrying bracket, of a pivoted disc fitted to turn about the axis of the fixed
disc and carrying a weighted pendulum, a slot in the fixed disc, stop pins adapted
to be secured in any position in said slot, a web in the pivoted disc designed to
limit the extreme travel of the pivoted disc by contact with said pins, and a lever
adjustably secured to the pivoted disc and connected to the throttle valve spindle
of the engine.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
An Improvement in Rotary Air Propelling Fans.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Rotary Air Propelling Fans.
We, SIEMENS BROTHERS & Co., LIMITED, of 12, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster,
S.W., Electrical Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (as
communicated to us from abroad by Siemens & Halske Aktien Gesellschaft, of
No. 94, Markgrafen Strasse, Berlin, S.W., Electrical Engineers), and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
In rotary air propelling fans of present construction that are placed on tables
or otherwise in rooms for producing a circulation of air therein, the blades of the
fans have always been made of metal or other rigid material and as these fans are
made to rotate at a high speed, it was necessary to surround them by an open cage
serving as a guard for preventing injury to persons who might otherwise acci-
dentally come in contact with the blades of the rapidly revolving fan.
The present invention has for its object to obviate the necessity of employing
the said guards or cages thus considerably lessening the expense of the fans and
reducing the space occupied by them; it consists in constructing the blades of
the fan of a soft pliable material such as woven fabric, leather, caoutchouc or the
like, which when subject to centrifugal action will be held thereby with sufficient
force in the expanded position to produce an efficient propulsion of the air, while
if by inadvertence a person should come in contact with the soft pliable blades,
these would yield to the contact and consequently cause no injury.
In some cases in order to produce an increased centrifugal action on the said
blades, there may be attached thereto at a point some distance from the outer end,
a small piece or pieces of metal or other dense material, that would not be liable
to come in contact with the person.
The said blades of soft flexible material may be of any desired form and arrange-
ment, preferably they are attached to the axis in an oblique or helical position, so
as when expanded by centrifugal action they will assume the form of screw-
blades.
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
claim is:-
Constructing rotary air propelling fans with blades made of a soft pliable
material such as woven fabric, leather, caoutchouc, and the like, in order that a
surrounding guard cage may be dispensed with and any contact with the revolving
blades be rendered free from danger, substantially as described.
Dated this 13th dor of Feb 1800
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improved Manufacture of Double or Multiple Tubular Metal Articles, such as Gun-barrels.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Manufacture of Double or Multiple Tubular Metal Articles,
such as Gun-barrels.
I, HEINRICH ERHARDT, of Reichstrasse 20, Düsseldorf, in the Empire of
Germany, Civil 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:-
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The object of this invention is to manufacture from one piece or blank of
metal several tubular structures to be used, for example, for double-barrelled
guns, and so called multiple-barrelled guns. Up to the present time such
tubes have been manufactured separately, and connected by being brazed or
otherwise joined together. In order to manufacture such connected tubes from
one piece of metal, a suitable blank is stamped by two or more mandrels,
according to the kind of tubular structure it is desired to manufacture; as
shown in Figures 1, 2 or 3, and this preliminary product is then drawn out
by means of drawing apparatus to the desired dimensions.
"In order to stamp the blanks a mould is taken having an opening corre-
sponding to the shape of the double or triple tube, to be formed, and a mandrel
comprising two or other number of rods of a diameter equal to that of the
branch to be formed is adapted to penetrate into said mould. In making the
tubes a blank is inserted in the mould and the mandrel is introduced displacing
the metal and causing it to fill up the mould around the rods symmetrically,
thus forming a tubular structure. This is then placed, in well known manner.
on a drawing mandrel and drawn or passed through one or more draw rings
or devices, in order to draw the barrel down to the required size and outer
shape, the openings in said rings gradually decreasing in size,
In this manner several connected tubes may be made, which are not con-
nected together either by welding or by soldering, but are made from a single
piece of metal. In using such tubes for gun barrels, as shown for example,
in Figures 4 and 5, all that need be done is to finish them off externally with a
slight taper, and to provide the interior with rifling. The advantages which
such tubes used for guns possess over those brazed together consist in their
cheaper manufacture and greater strength and lightness.
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
1 claim is
1. The manufacture of double or multiple tubular structures from a single
blank of metal consisting in stamping the blank with the desired number of
holes and drawing the material substantially as described.
2. A scamless, double or multiple tubular structure manufactured from a
single blank by stamping and drawing without soldering or welding seam sub-
stantially as described.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved means for Facilitating the Removal of Postal or other Wrappers from Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Periodicals, Paper Linen or Cardboard Boxes, and Packets and Parcels of every description and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved means for Facilitating the Removal of Postal or other
Wrappers from Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Periodicals, Paper
Linen or Cardboard Boxes, and Packets and Parcels of every
description and the like.
JAMES RUDDOCK, 29, Tregarvon Road, Clapham Common, S.W., Publican, and
WILLIAM WARD, 69, Capel Road, Forest Gate, Essex, Journalist, 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 means for facilitating the removal of
Fostal or other wrappers from newspapers, magazines, books, periodicals, paper
linen or cardboard boxes, and packets and parcels of every description and the
like.
We accomplish our invention by causing a rib or increased thickening to be
made in the paper about half an inch more or less in depth across the wrapper
This rib or increased thickening in the paper may be made above or below
the space reserved for the address. It may be formed by increasing the quantity
of pulp used in the process of manufacturing the wrapper at the place where
the rib is to appear. This is accomplished by making a channel or groove in
the roller or rollers used in the manufacture of the paper, or in any other manner,
or by inserting in the texture of the paper during manufacture a strip of linen,
esparto grass, string, thread or other material. At the ends of the rib or at
one end we may cause two wedge shaped slips to be cut at each side of the rib or
thickening to facilitate the tearing off.
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: -
1. An improved means for facilitating the removal of postal or other wrappers
from newspapers, magazines, books, periodicals, paper linen or cardboard boxes,
and packets and parcels of every description and the like by causing a rib or
increased thickness to be made in the paper about half an inch more or less
in depth across the wrapper, by increasing the quantity of pulp used in the
process of manufacturing the wrapper at the place where the rib is to appear.
This is accomplished by making a channel or groove in the roller or rollers
used in the manufacture of the paper, or in any other manner.
2. An improved means for facilitating the removal of postal or other wrappers
from newspapers, magazines, books, periodicals, paper linen or cardboard boxes,
and packets and parcels of every description and the like by inserting in the
texture during the process of manufacture a strip of linen, esparto grass, string,
thread or other material.
Dth: Ninth In.. of August 1900