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| "This invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of compounds of india rubber of gutta percha and of oils for insulating electrical conductors, and for other uses. The inferior gutta percha thus becoming tough and strong will be found very useful, whereas it is of no important use at the present time from its rotten and weak condition.",GB188205388A,1 | |
| "These different tiles are provided on their under side with grooves L' for enabling the heat produced below the floor to be freely disengaged. Upon their outer circumference these tiles are provided with notches or recesses the object of which is to enable the heat produced beneath the floor to escape to the interior of the oven. The tiles forming the arch of the furnace are also provided with ribs re for the purpose of directing the passage of the gas and to direct the heat on the articles to be baked. The object of the upper netting being to prevent the gases from redescending and igniting the gas at the injector nozzle, and the object of the lower one is to prevent the outer air current from entering too rapidly, thereby causing an irregular air supply. In the modification used for the third form of application of this oven that is to say for heating the ""forms"" or moulds employed by spectacle makers, the general arrangement must of necessity be adapted to the special purpose in view. In order to permit of their being easily inserted or withdrawn without fear of accident, other iron pieces X+ forming extensions of those first mentioned are so arranged as to slide upon a table provided for the purpose, so that they may be brought against the first mentioned iron pieces by means of a manipulating handle 0, when the door has been lifted.",GB189615978A,0 | |
| "The adjustment of this weft mechanism is so simple and yet so accurate, that, on the slightest defect in the weft, even by the lightest float, the loom will be stopped, and thereby all the picking out, and the great loss usually caused by imperfect cloth, avoided.",GB188202894A,1 | |
| "The present improvements relate to the extracting and ejecting mechanism of drop-down sporting guns and rifles; the objects of this invention being to provide means for the better extraction of unfired cartridges, and to simplify the ejecting mechanism and so arrange it that the ejector-springs are automatically released when the gun or rifle is taken apart.",GB188909062A,0 | |
| "This invention has for its object a process, and the apparatus necessary for carrying out the same, for making boxes or cases of cardboard, leather, and the like, by means of endless sheet metal clamp-strips employed in the machines.",GB189411935A,0 | |
| "My improvements in the construction of condensers for steam engines, and pumps for working them or for any other purpose, have for their object a means of augmenting the power of condensing engines, of simplifying their construction, and consequently of effecting great economy of fuel; and also of simplifying and of increasing the utility of force pumps to a greater extent than has yet been obtained by any of the varied contrivances which have hitherto been constructed.",GB185801928A,0 | |
| "Now, the object of the present Invention is to adapt the apparatus known as Coffey's distilling apparatus to this process.",GB185702906A,0 | |
| "This invention relates to a device to be used in connection with prepayment meter cash boxes and like articles and its object is to provide a means by which such articles may be secured without requiring the use of locks, padlocks or similar fastenings.",GB189713746A,0 | |
| "The object of this invention is attained by making the draw-catches a a¹ (one of each of said catches a a¹ being attached to one or the other of the outer ends of each swing bar b), of varied lengths increasing progressively from those at the back part of the machine to those at the front part thereof or in other words making the catch a², which is near the back of the machine, of a suitable length, and the catch a of an appropriately longer length, the catches arranged between the two varying in length and arrangement as shewn by fig. 2. We further make use of a ratchet and ratchet wheel arrangement in connection with the pattern cylinder employed in the heald operating mechanisms above referred to, whereby the object well known as lagging back"" may be accomplished when lags each having two rows or series of indicating pegs one row or series to operate one of the series of catches a or a¹ while the other is to operate the other series, are used in connection with said pattern cylinder, in such a manner that the liability of said lags being disarranged so as to place the catches upon which they operate at cross purposes, when the operator changes the ratchet mechanism for the said purpose of ""lagging back,"" is entirely avoided. This object is attained by mounting an additional ratchet-wheel upon the cylinder's shaft in such a manner that its teeth g' may be opposed to its operating ratchet so that while the ratchet A¹, which operates the ratchet wheel g² usually employed, pushes same so as to rotate the pattern cylinder in the direction indicatedl by the arrow by, say, the forward movement of the lever dupon which it is mounted, the ratchet which operates the ratchet wheel. will rotate said cylinder.in the opposite direction to that indicated by arrow by the return, say backward, movement of the lever to which it, as well as the ratchet A' is mounted, provided that the operator has, by the pin attached to the lever n which is mounted loosely upon the shaft and operated by the rod o, manually placed one ratchet out of and the other into position at the proper time to effect this interchange of action as by moving the said rod o and causing said pin m to recede from the ratchet and move to hold the ratchet clear of the ratchet wheel while the weighted end of the ratchet k by gravity brings said ratchet into operating contact with its ratchet-wheel g, so that the actions of said ratchets and occur at opposite times relatively with the time of movement of the lever d to which they are mounted.",GB188813859A,0 | |
| """The object of the present invention is to provide a construction whereby the core-rods can be run up within and withdrawn from the mould from below and the material conveniently introduced into the mould in successive lots, and each lot packed or tamped as soon as it has been thus introduced, thereby properly and uniformly compacting the entire mass and forming a conduit-section having the required density throughout.""",GB188515078A,0 | |
| The object of this invention is to provide a circular cutter for use in forming blanks out of rods for making metal screws and other purposes where a cylindrical stem and a square shoulder to the head is required.,GB189608501A,0 | |
| One of the great difficulties of fire escapes as hitherto designed has been that if fixtures to a building they were never ready for use when wanted or if not fixtures there was delay and difficulty in obtaining and applying them at the time of need. Now by my invention I seek to overcome those difficulties which I do in the following manner. The object of this and the succeeding figures being to show how convéniently these fire escape ladders may be used for other purposes of utility and ornamentation.,GB189016759A,0 | |
| """Our invention has for its object to simplify and abridge the process of metallic printing and to render the impression more clear and durable.""",GB188202929A,1 | |
| "The object of this my said invention is to ensure that the ""nebs"" which carry the top rollers shall be all lineable and true to each other, so as to avoid the twist, or uneven line in the rollers inseparable from the use of mountings as heretofore constructed, also to provide improved means of securing the brackets which carry the neb fingers on their shaft, and to prevent the nebs coming in contact with or falling upon the rollers.This invention relates to an improvement in the mountings of the top rollers of roving, spinning, and twisting frames, the object being to secure and preserve a correct alignment of said rollers so as to prevent the twisting of same inseparable from the mountings as at present constructed.",GB188815823A,0 | |
| "The improvements which form the subject of the present Invention relate particularly to those lithographic presses called ""cylindrical,"" which they render applicable for chemical printing from metal, thus giving a practical solution to ""metallography."" The cylinder press which forms the subject of the present Invention is characterized by various novel combinations, the principal of which are as follows:-Firstly, the movement of the table which presents the paper to the action of the printing cylinder; secondly, a special registering apparatus; thirdly, an arrangement of rocking levers for moving the upper inking roller alternately from one side to the other; fourthly, a rule or straight edge intended to prevent the creasing or unevenness of the sheet of paper to be printed on whenever the pressure gives it a tendency to rise up; fifthly, a movable continuous ink distributing apparatus; and, sixthly, a movable web which gives the necessary resistance at the moment of the impression. This to-and-fro movement of the first inking roller is intended to render the inking more uniform. In order further to equalize the effect of the damping roller the cylinder is furnished between the damping and inking rollers with a bar or strip, faced with sponge or other suitable material, to which a reciprocating motion is imparted by pins working in undulating grooves in two cams on the axis of the cylinder.",GB186603331A,0 | |
| "The object of my invention is to provide a ball bearing for cycle frames, consisting of an independent case or box containing the usual balls running in suitable grooves or channels.",GB189121743A,0 | |
| "This Invention relates to machinery employed in the finishing of textile or other fabrics, known as tentering and drying, in which process it is necessary to stretch or expand the fabrics, and the object of the first part is to produce or effect uniformity in the stretch or expansion, also any degree or amount as may be required thereon; for which purpose we apply a roller or rollers at the feeding end of the machine for retarding or holding back the fabrics as they are fed thereto, such roller or rollers being driven at a less or lower surface speed than the rollers and chains or other conducting means by which the fabrics are travelled through the machine, and are capable of more or less speed being readily given thereto, according to the amount of stretch or expansion required.",GB186300782A,0 | |
| The object of providing this movable extension of the bush is that the water level in the tank may be easily regulated by adjusting the height of the nose above the bore of the bush j.,GB188614099A,0 | |
| "By reason of the said improvement I believe that the accuracy of fit and the durability of the parts are increased, and I am also enabled to reduce the diameter of the barrel of the bobbin.",GB187601838A,1 | |
| "The objects of our invention are to provide a paint which shall more effectually resist the destructive action of salt water; shall not be easily removed by the washing action of waves; and shall impede or retard the growth of marine matter, whether vegetable or animal upon the painted surface.",GB189423849A,1 | |
| "The object of the Invention is to dispense wholly or in part with the hand labor in cutting the rubber sheet into shapes after leaving the printing rolls, and to cut said sheets into continuous strips, shaped and cut ready to be made into blanks, by simply separating the duplicated shapes crosswise of the strip. The object of the cam roll M and its grooves is to give a more positive motion to the carriages and spindles and to relieve the spindles in part from the duty of driving the carriages, and to depend on the grooves L, L, only to give the proper angle to the revolving knives.",GB187802136A,0 | |
| "The object of one part of the Invention is to facilitate the passage of the thread carrier between adjoining needles when desired. The object of another part of the Invention is to obtain additional strength to jack or drawing sinkers when the action upon them for ""drawing is effected by the direct action of the slur cock. The object of another part of the Invention is to enable the length of loops obtained during any course or series of courses in the production of parts of the fabric to be varied. | |
| The object of the first part of the Invention is to facilitate the passage of the thread carrier between adjoining needles when desired. The object of the second part of the Invention is to obtain additional .strength to jack or drawing sinkers when the action upon them for "" drawing"" is effected by the direct action of the slur cock. The object of this is to facilitate their action in passing under the loops which have been formed on the ""machine"" needles, and the holding of such loops during their being shifted from one set of needles to another.",GB187400713A,1 | |
| The object of this Invention is improvements in appliances for securing window curtains and maintaining them in a stretched position whereby the height or position of the curtain rod may be regulated at will.,GB188205100A,0 | |
| "The object of this Invention is to produce a cheap and durable fabric with a worsted surface to be used for all purposes of carpeting. My Invention of ""An Improved Mode of Manufacturing Carpets"" has for its object to produce a cheap and durable fabric with a corded or ribbed worsted surface somewhat resembling Brussels carpeting, and which fabric may be used for all purposes of carpeting. The main object being to produce on the fabric a closed corded or ribbed worsted face in imitation of Brussels carpet with the least possible expenditure of wool.",GB185302019A,1 | |
| "The object of this invention is to prevent atmospheric gas burners from lighting back at the air inlet opening, also applicable to all kinds of atmospheric gas burners made with gas barrel or metal tube. The object of this invention is to prevent atmospheric gas burners from lighting back at the air inlet opening, as applied to Soldering Irons, Kilns, ovens, and atino-spheric Gas burners for heat ingpurposes.",GB188612298A,0 | |
| """This Invention relates to a novel arrangement of apparatus for binding sheaves, the object being to complete the band before it is severed from the length of wire or other material from which it is taken, and thereby to prevent the escape of a loose end and a consequent failure of the twisting mechanism.""",GB187704802A,0 | |
| "The object of our invention is to construct stair treads and other floor surfaces, in such a manner that they are of a soft and non-slipping nature, whilst at the same time they are exceedingly strong and durable.",GB189507106A,1 | |
| "The object of this invention is to provide a railway sleeper which will be strong,. light, will last a considerable time and be more simple in construction than those sleepers of the kind at present made. | |
| The object of this invention is to provide a metallic railroad sleeper which will be comparatively light and the parts so disposed and braced as to present a strong and durable structure that will properly support the rails to withstand the jars which come upon the same in use.",GB189811898A,1 | |
| "I wish it understood that I claim, the process herein described of combining calcareous earth or clay and coal dust or coal waste in boiling water, and of combining the mixture of clay and coal dust at a high temperature with asphalt or the like, for the purpose set forth.",GB187503622A,0 | |
| """Now according to my Invention I first seam the corset, and place on a strip of material over the seam; this done I stitch the seams and material together in a diamond, zigzag, curved, or equivalent form or device, the said stitches crossing and recrossing the central or main seam at narrow or wide intervals or distances, and by this means I secure the seams together in such manner as to be practically unyieldable, and not capable of bursting under any pressure to which they may be subjected as they do now. Moreover by my Invention I obtain not only a firm unburstable scam, but if desired ornamentally stitched at the same time, such ornamentation being capable of being varied as fancy and taste may dictate.""",GB188100606A,1 | |
| "Now the object of the first part of my Invention is so to form the working surfaces of a capstan or other barrel that such surfaces shall be equally effective, whether using a large or a small chain.",GB184711666A,0 | |
| This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for propelling vessels when twin screw propellers are employed.,GB186400514A,0 | |
| This invention relates to the means used for securing propeller blades to their bosses and has been devised in order that such blades may be held more securely in position than when fixed in the ordinary way.,GB189900135A,0 | |
| "This invention refers to scribbling or carding machines for carding wool and like fibres and our improvements consist of means or a combination of means for considerably increasing the working surface of the cylinder or cylinders or swifts whereby much more work can be done with less waste than previously and a finer better and stronger yarn produced. | |
| This invention refers to scribbling or carding machines for carding wool and like fibres and our improvements consist of the application and employment, in combination with the main swift or cylinder, or each swift or cylinder, of a scribbling or carding machine, of two or more separate and distinct endless chains of card flats or endless cards which considerably increase the working surface on the cylinder or swift and admit of much more work being done with less waste than previously and a finer better and stronger yarn produced.",GB189700142A,1 | |
| "This boiler of three thousand horse power, is made of one continuous tube, which may be (say) from 1 inch to 6 inches in diameter; the water is in this tube, the generated pressure of the steam being from 100 lbs to 7000 lbs per square inch; and this without boiler explosions-In steam of 700 lbs pressure per square inch there is more utilisable power in one Ton of it than in a Ton and half as steam is commonly generated and used, whilst this Boiler will generate it as less cost per Ton than the present boilers. To make this a property invention I had to make it in such way as to be safe, workable, simple in structure, of little cost in construction, yet durable in practice, and economically effective in every day work.",GB188405131A,1 | |
| "This Invention relates to the manufacture of covered cardboard boxes or cases for various purposes, such as for holding wax vestas, matches, cigarettes, and cigars, the object of the Invention being to produce at a low price a box which shall have the appearance of a box or case made of a relatively high priced material, such as leather, and which shall at the same time be strong and serviceable.",GB188102941A,0 | |
| "When sheathings will be made use of, a thinner coat of the paint will be applied on them than in the preceding case, and as the paint has for object to preserve from oxydation the materials on which it is applied, sheathings of sheet iron or zinc will be found as durable as the copper ones hitherto in use.",GB185700139A,1 | |
| "This invention has for its object to provide a postal envelope, wrapper, postcard or letter card which being combined with one or more advertisements that pay part of, or the entire cost of the said articles, can be sold profitably at or below their intrinsic value or given away to customers.",GB189420868A,0 | |
| "This invention relates to dies for making mosaics, and consists of an improved construction thereof, whereby we are enabled to make the cut at the face of the mosaic sharp and well defined and in addition to fracture the blank from which the mosaics are cut on substantially a right line or transversely, so that it is unnecessary to finish or true the mosaics after cutting.",GB189910311A,0 | |
| "My invention relates, to a simple formation of attachment for the ends of cords, or hands such as required for suspending pictures, window cords, machine bands, and other similar connections, and has for its object an easy and secure means of connecting the same.",GB188614796A,0 | |
| "This invention has for its object a method for the prevention of accidents in mines, hoists, and other places, which result from over-winding, owing to the engine-man forgetting or being unable through fainting or other causes to slacken off speed as the cages approach the top and bottom. This invention has for its object a method of and apparatus for the prevention of accidents in mines, hoists, and other places, which result from overwinding, owing to the engine man or attendant forgetting or being unable through fainting or other causes to slacken off speed, as the cage approaches the top or bottom.",GB188717875A,0 | |
| This invention relates to secondary or accumulator cells and the object of the same is to enable such cells to be constructed at a minimum cost and in such a compact shape that they will occupy the minimum amount of space.,GB189512622A,0 | |
| "The said improvements ensure a reliable and regular action of these apparatuses, they moreover facilitate their construction and afford great safety.",GB189610121A,1 | |
| "The object of this Invention is by the means herein-after described to construct a single arm anchor, which shall be weldless, and be also as strong and certain in its action or gripping powers as the double arm anchors now commonly used, but which shall be constructed at a much less cost, by reason of the saving of labour and material in its manufacture, as herein-after explained.",GB187700645A,0 | |
| "The second part of this Invention has reference to the manufacture of type formed partly by pressure and partly by casting, or other means, that is to say, the letter or character forming the face of the type is produced by pressure in a matrix, such face having the body of the type attached thereto at a subsequent operation. By this means I produce a better article, and at the same time effect considerable saving by forming the letter or character of copper or other metal best adapted for the purpose, while the body of the type is of inferior metal. I am also enabled to render the metal of the face or character much harder, there being only a small portion or thickness of metal between the pressure surfaces, which increased hardness not only conduces to the lasting properties of the type, but takes sharper and finer impressions.",GB185214309A,1 | |
| "The object of the Invention is, the transformation of napthaline into nitro- napthaline, napthylamine, and salts, or compounds of napthylamine, and the transformation into colouring matters. of the napthylamine and salts, or compounds of napthylamine by oxidizing and other agents, and the modi- fication and alteration of such colouring matters by means of re-agents, and the application of the same for printing, dyeing, or otherwise colouring silk, wool, cotton, skins, feathers, and other articles, either with or without mordants.",GB185902939A,0 | |
| "To prevent the rattling and noise which usually accompanies the passage of the air through the hollow arm and ball of the trap from the steam pipes and also to prevent the possible premature lifting of the ball float, I place an air relief valve upon the aforesaid valve box.",GB189508510A,0 | |
| "My invention relates to cycles of the kind known as the ""Coventry Chair"" in which a passenger chair or body is arranged in front, and which is propelled by a rider seated behind; and my said invention consists in the hereinafter described means for applying a motor to the said Coventry Chair. An important part of my invention relates to the means for adjusting the tension of the two chains.",GB189820763A,0 | |
| This Invention has for its object improvements in annealing or softening wire. This Invention has for its object improvements in annealing or softening wire.,GB185902347A,0 | |
| This Invention has for its object improvements in ornamenting glass china or other vitreous surfaces. This invention has for its object improvements in ornamenting glass china or other vitreous surfaces.,GB188511351A,0 | |
| "Numerous investigations have heretofore been made with the object of effecting improvements in the art of tanning. With this object employ lime, one of the earthy alkalines in general use.",GB189011397A,0 | |
| "The object of this Invention which is particularly applicable to the manufacture of boiler tubes is to produce tubes that will be less costly and more durable than scamless copper tubes made in the ordinary manner, and superior to brazed copper tubes or brass tubes. The object of the tin is to render the alloy tough and strong, and the spelter is chiefly to render the alloy homogenous.",GB187401120A,1 | |
| "It relates to stands for use in supporting or displaying boots and shoes, hats, or the like, and consists in so forming or constructing same that said stands lend themselves to ornamentation, while at the same time they are rendered far less liable to being affected by the deleterious actions of the atmosphere than is the case with those of ordinary construction.",GB189900814A,1 | |
| "Our invention relates to current-motors, and our object is to produce a current motor for use in generating electricity at a minimum cost, which is positive and reliable in operation, strong and durable in construction, and which may be thrown from operative to inoperative position or vice versa with ease and dispatch.",GB189819984A,1 | |
| "The object of this invention is to provide means whereby swan incandescent electric lamps can be installed in moist places or in the open air, and, to this end, the lamp holder is so constructed that it will withstand the action of moisture.",GB189911010A,1 | |
| By our Invention a pneumatic tyre is prevented from collapsing when the air has partly escaped therefrom and is thus prevented from being damaged when used in a deflated or partly deflated state.,GB189629269A,1 | |
| "This Invention relates to rock drilling apparatus, and has for one of its objects to facilitate the operation of setting up and adjusting the position of the drilling machine, and to increase the range of positions in which the tripod itself and consequently the machine supported thereon can be mounted, and to enable the position of the machine to be varied relative to the tripod and material to be drilled without disturbing the tripod itself, so that a number of holes may be drilled at proper distances apart by a single setting up of the tripod.",GB188104764A,0 | |
| "The object of this invention is a process and machinery whereby material which had not been heretofore found proper and suitable for the manufacture of briquettes, can now be fully utilized for this purpose; this process and machinery being however more particularly adaptable for the manufacture of briquettes consisting not only of brown coal but also of finely pulverized coal and the like. This process will be found particularly advantageous for the manufacture of briquettes from brown coal deficient in tar such as could not be hitherto nade into briquettes and even when such briquettes were made with considerable difficulty they were not useful. This invention is characterized by the fulfilment of a great improvement that henceforward all sorts of brown coal deficient in tar shall be utilized but also even the rubbish or slack will be treated to advantage for the manufacture of briquettes.",GB189523766A,0 | |
| My invention has for its object improvements in door knockers which are made so as to cause the alarm to be less outside than inside the house which is really the desideratum in such articles.,GB189522565A,0 | |
| """The object of my invention is to simplify this arrangement by doing away with the said stepped cones, auxiliary shaft, gearing and countershaft, and substituting therefor a simple arrangement which I will now describe.""",GB189406852A,0 | |
| This invention is designed to prevent as far as may be the heating of the picker through friction on the picker spindle to ensure parallel or direct action of the picker linable with the picker spindle and to render the picker more durable.,GB188504107A,1 | |
| The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective clamping device that may be readily connected to the object to which the table is to be attached and will effectually retain the standard for supporting the table in a perfectly upright position and prevent the clamping device from having any lateral movement or any strain thereon in a lateral direction.,GB189218161A,0 | |
| My invention has reference to apparatus for heating and ventilating and more especially to apparatus such as is described in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 20781 of 1892 granted to me and employed for creating currents for the ventilation of sewers and disinfecting foul air and gases issuing therefrom and the principal object of my present invention is to obviate the liability to explosions due to the leakage of town gas into the sewers.,GB189420881A,0 | |
| The chief object of this Invention is to provide a means for filtering the water used by soldiers during a campaign.,GB185400953A,0 | |
| "This Invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in studs or collar buttons; and the object of the invention is to provide a new and improved collar button which is simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which requires no soldering of parts.",GB188715224A,1 | |
| "This invention relates to certain improvements in journals or bearings for axles and shafts, the object being to ensure a good lubrication, of the bearing and shaft or axle by means of loose fitting rings within the bearing proper which rings are occasionly rotated by surface contact with the axle, shaft, or bearing to lift the oil or grease from a well or chamber for distribution and perfect lubrication of the surfaces on which the axle or shaft bears.",GB188810148A,0 | |
| "In this it will be seen, one of the objects in view was that of equalizing the action of the follow or double lover, whilst one of the most important features in this kind of lock-namely that of getting it as near as possible to the bottom of the case, appears to have been overlooked-Moreover whilst also aiming at the reduction of friction, from the fact of forming knife edges upon what are commonly called the horns of the follow or double lever, as shewn at-C-C-it has positively been increased.",GB188803784A,0 | |
| "Inwardly the cylindrical chamber is fitted with mushrooms,"" the object of which is to alternately raise the hides in the course of rotation and to allow them to drop into the liquid. It will be understood that the mushroom shape given to these pieces, which are substitutes for the usual pegs, is far more favourable to the successful completion of the process than the peg shape; for they are intended to raise the hides in the apparatus as high as possible and let them drop into the liquid again abruptly, so as to impart to them a somewhat violent shock as they sink back into the liquor, thereby assisting the penetration of the juice.",GB189716804A,0 | |
| "This invention has for its main object to combine, in one implement or appliance, means for ploughing the land, breaking up the clods, pulverising the earth, and eradicating and destroying weeds.",GB189404442A,0 | |
| "According to my invention I treat wetted grain (and other granular or other substances in a wet or damp condition) by means of automatically operating machinery in such manner as to render the grain dry, clean and cool with the germs or blue-heads and the outer hulls or husks removed, and fit for being ground or milled, and in such condition that all the products afterwards obtained in the flour mill represent a much higher value the bran for instance is light clean and dry and it becomes impossible for the silk to become stopped up or clogged which often occurs when too damp grain is ground.",GB189605756A,0 | |
| This Invention has for its object to construct light portable trees for stretching or restoring to shape boots and other articles of wearing apparel. This Invention has for its object to construct light portable trees for stretching or restoring to shape boots and other articles of wearing apparel.,GB187802983A,0 | |
| "The object of my improvements is, first, to provide the wheels of said wagons with an improved elastic face or tread, commonly known as elastic tires, which will not only be cheap, strong, and durable, but will possess superior advantages as a traction wheel over those at present in use. A further object consists in attaching to the rear of said traction wagon a series of revolving screw-shaped cutters or blades for digging, cutting, or turning the soil when it is desired to convert said steam wagon into a steam plow or cultivator.",GB187202127A,1 | |
| "The advantage of this system is, that the solidity of the road is maintained in all weathers by the constant adherence of the composition, while in the ordinary macadamized road the adherence or cohesion of the road is interrupted, both by excess of dryness and excess of moisture, and the road becomes disintegrated and the stones crushed, which gives rise to dust or mud. The cohesion of all parts of the road permits the surface to be left rough, and thus to avoid the slippery surface which is generally presented by an asphalte pavement.",GB185200719A,1 | |
| """The object of my Invention is, firstly, to effect by means of a mechanism provided with keys similar to those of a pianoforte and other musical instruments a result similar to that termed writing, and thus dispense with the use of pens, pencils, and other writing implements, and, secondly, by the same means to dispense with the use of printers' type or founts of type in the process of type composition and printing.""",GB187201912A,0 | |
| "Such being the nature and object of our said Invention, the following is a complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.",GB188606121A,0 | |
| "This invention refers to improvements in or relating to hoists or elevators employed in mills, warehouses, and other buildings, and has for its object that of providing means for automatically locking and unlocking the doors of the hoist-well by the movements of the cage. This invention is equally applicable to sliding, folding, and swing doors and is designed to automatically lock each door in the hoist-well when the cage moves away from the same, thereby preventing the doors being opened until the cage returns and reducing the possibility of accident from falling down the hoist-well to a minimum.",GB189208022A,0 | |
| "Now, the object of the present invention is to obtain a simple and inexpensive device, which, whilst performing all the functions of the device lastly hereinbefore referred to, is adapted to be placed in a position accessible to the operator so that he can readily adjust the position of a blind to a nicety, whilst, at the same time, the device will be more or less silent in its action.",GB189613075A,0 | |
| "Our improvements in jacquards consists in simplifying their construction, making them positive and reliable in their action, and adaptable for weaving narrow and broad pieces.",GB188407786A,1 | |
| """Another of the improved contrivances for igniting gas by the catalytic action of the compact platinum in contact with the gas, as described, is intended to be applied to street gas lamps for the purpose of either simultaneously lighting or extinguishing a number of lamps from a single station with the smallest possible loss of gas or other material.""",GB187003228A,0 | |
| "This improvement has for its special purpose the conveyance of household refuse and the contents of dust bins from the bin to the dust cart and thence to the destructor or other receptacle without being blown about or scattered. The object of my invention is to manufacture an improved sack or bag, more especially, but not exclusively, suitable for use with my improved dust-bins described in relation to my Application for Letters Patent No. 4992"". The sack is chiefly intended for use with my improved dust-bin, as described in my aforesaid application, for the conveyance of household refuse and the contents of dust bins from the bins to the dust cart, and thence to the destructor or other receptacle, thus preventing the contents being blown about or scattered.",GB189604993A,0 | |
| "My invention relates to means for indicating the level of liquids in vessels containing the same, and is chiefly designed for use in connection with the oil holders or reservoirs of petroleum and similar lamps for the purpose of enabling a person, when he is pouring oil therein, to know when a sufficient quantity thereof has been supplied, and thus (amongst other advantages) preventing overfilling.",GB188705675A,0 | |
| "This Invention relates to the manufacture of malleable iron and steel from molten, pig, or cast iron in a special manner as herein-after described, whereby the quality is much improved and the length of time of manufacture is considerably shortened.",GB187100160A,1 | |
| """The object of the first part of my invention is to produce a button which, while presenting more or less the appearance of a button as at present manufactured, shall nevertheless retain its lustre in the presence of those chemicals which have hitherto caused the surface to become tarnished and spoiled as before stated."" | |
| ""The object of the first part of my invention is to produce a button which, while presenting more or less the appearance of a button as at present manufactured, shall nevertheless retain its lustre in the presence of those chemicals which have hitherto caused the surface to become tarnished and spotted as before stated.""",GB189307189A,1 | |
| """It is the passing the said currents between and through the layers which constitutes the in proved process of manufacture, and this may also be carried out on a perforated or otherwise constructed malting floor by blowing air through the same for the purpose of refrigerating the malt or treating it with other fluid, whereby it is purposed to effect the growing in warm weather or beyond the limit of the usual malting season."" | |
| ""At the feet of the cages, and immediately beneath the openings s and u, u, are openings permitting a current from the furnace chamber through these gratings, and the strata or portions of malt lying immediately thereon into the chamber over the drying floor, and containing the cages instead of through the flues h, hx, and the cages themselves, the object being to dry the said strata or portions which by their position are excluded from the general drying current.""",GB186601559A,0 | |
| "The object of my invention is to construct a battery for open circuit work which shall be compact in form, permanently and hermetically closed or soaled and perfectly portable and which by the enormous surface of depolarizing material will be capable of doing more work than batteries of the kind heretofore used. My object is to obtain an indestructible connection between the carbon rod and platinum wire, which will last longer than the battery, whereas in the araangements hitherto employed the battery lasts longer than the carbon connection.",GB188803995A,1 | |
| "This invention has reference to improvements in connection with portable tables for use particularly as supports for writing or reading, the object being to produce a table or support which can be placed upon the knee of the user and when so placed be capable of being used as a portable writing desk when travelling in a train or in a vessel, or when sitting or reclining in a chair, couch, or the like. My invention is also applicable to tables or stands for use by invalids or others, supporting objects where a flat surface is required.",GB189917320A,0 | |
| "My Invention has for its object Improvements in Gas Kilns for bending and firing stained and other glass by which greater uniformity of heat is obtained over large sheets of glass and the cooling of the kiln after the glass has been burnt is far more gradual and regular and the glass is thus more thoroughly annealed and much less liable to break than is the case in kilns as now constructed. | |
| My invention has for its object improvements in Gas kilns for bending and firing stained and other glass by which greater uniformity of heat is obtained over large sheets of glass and the cooling of the kiln after the glass has been burnt is far more gradual and regular and the glass is thus more thoroughly annealed and much less liable to break than is the case in kilns as now constructed.",GB188408208A,1 | |
| "The present invention relates to a measuring staff, which is capable of being used as a walking stick and intended to facilitate its carriage by the person making use of it, and to obviate the necessity of carrying a special walking stick. A ring f. which is put on the broad outward turned sides of the outside staff parts over additional pieces g which converge upward, is intended to prevent the staff piece from bending outwards when placed on end.",GB189905526A,0 | |
| "The metal may be thus treated either if it is to be afterwards introduced into the ""Bessemer"" converter, or if the intention is simply to remove impurities from the iron, and improve its quality for foundry purposes, or again if the metal is to be converted into wrought iron or used otherwise.",GB186200088A,1 | |
| """As the result of numerous chemical and other investigations I have devised the following method of preserving which commends itself chiefly because by only requiring the smallest amount of salt or other preservatives, the tissues are left almost unaltered.""",GB188703284A,0 | |
| "This invention relates to a new or improved holder or stand for reels of cotton, scissors, pins, buttons, and other similar articles, the object of the said invention being to provide a compact revolving holder for the aforementioned articles, for use by dressmakers and others, so as to obviate the inconvenience caused by the mis-laying of any of the said articles.",GB189107255A,0 | |
| "My invention consists of an adaptor and connector for effecting the rapid construction and erecting of iron buildings, walls, and fences and for providing a ready and secure attachment for joists of floors, tie rods, wind ties or any constructional part of a building and particularly where vertical weight or pressure on tensile strain exists; also for fixing sheet iron, wood or other material thereto, to form the outer or inner shell or covering of the wall, roof, partition and the like of a building or for making walls and fences.",GB189510649A,0 | |
| """Our invention relates to an improved apparatus for drying hanks of yarn or thread and it consists essentially of mechanism for keeping the hank or banks under constant tension during the drying operation in such manner that the gradual lengthening of the hank, due to the decrease in the amount of moisture it contains, will be taken up during its travel through the machine. Usually in drying hanks of yarn or thread of any description, the tension exerted on the hank is due, for the most part, to the weight of a reel or roller placed at the lower end of the hank but it has been found impracticable to employ a reel or roller of sufficient weight to keep the yarn perfectly straight and prevent snarls and kinking which in some classes of yarn is very apt to occur and if not prevented greatly depreciates its value.""",GB189513232A,1 | |
| "Now the object of my invention is to effect improvements in apparatus of the description above referred to. On either side of the tube I place a fuse wire, which on melting may be made to establish a connection between the poles of the primary circuit, with the object of short circuiting them, and thus causing the main fuse, or cut-out, on the primary circuit to melt. In another arrangement the fuse wire on the secondary circuit, between the tube containing the rarefied gases, and the earth, or between the tube and the secondary coil, may be dispensed with, and a magnetic device substituted therefor, with the same object, vict. of opening the primary circuit direct, or by short-circuiting the poles, causing the cutout protecting it to melt.",GB188802772A,0 | |
| "By this improved arrangement the effecting of repairs is greatly facilitated in cases of accidents at the stations, the main ladder being generally the part that gives way or becomes injured; thus by providing a duplicate main ladder at the station the defective ladder may there be readily removed and replaced by the duplicate, thereby obviating any loss of valuable time which would otherwise occur if the entire escape had to be removed to the factory.",GB187100479A,0 | |
| "This invention has reference to an improved construction of metallic wheels and pulleys suitable for various purposes, whereby I am enabled to considerably simplify, cheapen and facilitate their manufacture and greatly add to their durability, whilst at the same time obviating the necessity of shrinking on their tyres.",GB189410198A,1 | |
| "The object I have in view is an improvement upon the spindles and bobbins now in use, whereby the spindles are made lighter, diminishing the power required to drive the same, while their speed may be increased; and the bobbins are of less weight, vastly more durable in wear, more convenient in handling, capable of being driven at a much higher speed than heretofore, and retain the yarn more securely upon them, the whole effecting a great saving in spinning yarn.",GB187604748A,1 | |
| "The chief objects of my Invention are to prevent the syphoning out of syphon traps by atmospheric pressure, and to obviate the difficulties occasioned by using a secondary Strap or ventilating sewers.",GB187701354A,0 | |
| "My invention relates to coal and ore mining machines for undercutting or undermining, slotting and excavating, of the class in which a pick or cutting tool is operated by a piston reciprocated in a cylinder by fluid pressure and its objects are, specially, to provide improved facilities for the support and convenient adjustment of the machine when in operation and for rendering the same readily portable, and further to provide simple and effective means for operating the distribution valve governing the movements of the main piston.",GB188500316A,0 | |
| "The washing or elution however of the saccharate of lime with alcohol occupies a considerable amount of time, and involves the use, even in a small factory, of a great number of elutors of large dimensions, which inconveniences it is the object of my said Invention to avoid.",GB187904544A,0 | |
| "My Invention relates to improvements in the construction of braces for trousers, whereby they are rendered more durable and better fitting than the braces in common use.",GB188004713A,1 | |
| "The object of this Invention is to produce a detachable fastening for buttons and similar articles (having either a rigid eye stem or a tuft shank) that will not require an eyelet hole or other opening to be made through the fabric of the apparel to which the same is to be attached, and at the same time will be strong and reliable as a fastening, simple and inexpensive of construction, and can be attached and detached with ready facility.",GB187503385A,1 | |
| "This invention has for its object to improve the construction of steam generators such as are described in the specification of a former patent granted to us, viz. No. 26796 of 1896. The jets of steam also have the effect of disturbing and breaking up any condensed water that may lodge in the cone B when first heating the device, thus ensuring a more rapid generation of steam and a more even utilisation of the heated surface of the lower part of the shell. The object of this coil K, which is composed of piping of considerably smaller bore than the coil C. is to provide a body of cool water to act as a buffer between the feed pump and the highly heated coils around the cone B.",GB189824024A,0 | |
| "This invention has for its object the production of a varying power by means of a mechanical arrangement worked by a governor which closes partly or entirely the inlet of the explosive charge-either valve or slide-before the end of the suction stroke of the piston proportionately to the resistance, which the aforesaid gas or petroleum engine has to overcome.",GB189104862A,0 | |
| This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for supplying water-closets with water.,GB185902288A,0 | |
| "The object of our invention is to regulate the clock by a compensating device which increases the rapidity of the pendulum or balance wheel beats in proportion as the strength of the spring giving the impulse decreases, and in also enabling the pendulum to automatically regulate and centre itself with relation to the escapement wheel so that its beats will be of even duration although the clock itself may incline a little to one side or the other.",GB189728215A,0 | |
| "This invention relates to improvements connected with gear for fast or slow | |
| motion at will of an attendant the object being to rapidly alter the speed of the | |
| running shaft of a lathe, a drilling, a milling or other machine as desired without | |
| removing the article under operation.",GB189317218A,0 | |
| "Cables of vegetable material require in order to prolong their life,"" to be impregnated with a protecting substance which shall ensure the cohesion or the fibres and shall prevent the cable from absorbing moisture, with the object of preventing its wear and tear by reason of the unravelling and fraying and rotting of the fibres. Now with the object of obviating those drawbacks and of producing a cable which shall be thoroughly impervious and compact without losing any of its sup pleness, and which shall not be heavier when compared with existing tarred cables, we employ resin which we dissolve in a suitable solvent, such as essence or spirit of turpentine.",GB189816186A,1 | |
| "The object of our invention is to permit two half-fronts of different shirts to be ironed simultaneously and laterally, also two shirt cuffs, and by a duplicate arrangement of boards allow of the four half fronts of four shirts being under treatment in the same machine, either for 'ironing' or 'glossing' and with the same or variable pressure against the ironing roll, and each set of boards independently controlled with the great advantage of better ironing than heretofore and a quicker rate of treatment.",GB189902985A,1 | |
| "This invention has for its object to avoid the inconveniences resulting from the infiltration of water, the expansion of the beams by heat, and the setting of the walls.",GB188516096A,0 | |
| My said Invention relates to railway wheels of the kind known as the Handyside wheel and of which modifications are described in the aftermentioned Patent Specifications—namely Handyside 1454 of 1869; Handyside and others 3155 of 1876; and Handyside and myself 137 of 1877. The said Handyside wheel possesses various important practical advantages and the object of my present Invention is to render the wheel practically perfect by modifications overcoming minor defects which have shown themselves after considerable use of the said Handyside wheels.,GB188514437A,0 | |
| "My Invention has for its object the raising of sunken vessels by means of bags distributed in the several chambers and unoccupied parts throughout the vessel, into which bags atmospheric air is forced, whereby they are caused to expand and force out the water from the said chambers and unoccupied parts to such an extent as to diminish the specific gravity of the whole vessel and cause it to rise in the water.",GB187503548A,0 | |
| "The principal object I have had in view in this Invention is to contrive an efficient telegraph to answer all the requirements of steering by men, and at the same time to be applicable to steering by steam power without alteration in the working of the telegraph, and without the intervention of a man between the person at the telegraph wheel and the steam steering engine. The principal object I have had in view in this part of my Invention has been to contrive an efficient telegraph to answer all the requirements of steering by men, and at the same time to be applicable to steering by steam power without alteration in the working of the telegraph, and without the intervention of a man between the person at the telegraph wheel and the steam steering engine.",GB186603321A,0 | |
| The main object of this invention is to provide a collar of cheap and simple construction which may be made adjustable without the employment of straps or other common fastening devices such as at present in use.,GB188713425A,0 | |
| "This invention is designed for the removal of snow, and other obstruction from tramways.",GB189100129A,0 | |
| "The common dificulty with railway gates operated by the cars or locomotives, is, that the high speed imparted to the gate and gate operating mechanism tends to quickly injure and destroy them and render the gate unreliable or useless. To avoid these difficulties I employ weights to operate the gate and I provide mechanism for replacing the weights by power transmitted from a passing locomotive or cars.",GB188412749A,1 | |
| Hitherto such description of lamp has been liable to overflow when tilted to a considerable angle and my present invention has for its object the addition of improvements whereby the oil is fed from the tank to the burner oil well in proportion as it is consumed by the wick and whereby the direct communication is cut off between the tank and the burner oil well thereby preventing the flowing of the oil from the one to the other on the lamp being tilted.,GB189100256A,0 | |
| "This invention relates to an improved fire-lighter, applicable also as a spirit-lamp, and has for object to provide a fire-lighter which shall be indestructible, economical and effective in use, while at the same time it can, when desirable, be employed as a spirit-lamp for boiling kettles or for analogous purposes.",GB189815410A,0 | |
| "The present invention has for its object an improved process for making a support for the sensitive surface of photographic negatives, of such kind that it is opaque to light during the process of exposure to take the picture, whilst for printing from the negative the light can perfectly freely pass through it.",GB189629437A,0 | |
| "The object of my invention is to provide an improved means or apparatus for readily adjusting the weight on the shafts of two wheeled road vehicles, market carts and the like when going up or downhill or when taking up or setting down extra passengers, without the occupants thereof being obliged to move every time the seat or seats are moved backwards or forwards.",GB189405571A,0 | |