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Patent GB-190218809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Rolling, Wrapping and Winding Sides of Meat or other Objects.
Inventor: CUNNING JAMES
Filed: 1902-08-27
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 18,809. Cunning, J. Aug. 27. Parcelling meat &c. - Relates to rolling, wrapping, and winding machines suitable for binding rolls of meat &c. The machine comprises a table a having guides a<1> along which the meat &c. is drawn by a pointer h<4> formed on a block h, loosely mounted on a screw g, actuated by belt gearing from the main shaft f. The block h carries a lever weighted at h<3> to cause its other end to engage the screw g, and adapted to be disconnected by means of a bent rod i, pivoted at i<2>, and actuated by its end i<1>, which is normally pressed by a spring e<6>, so as to disconnect the lever h<2>, but can be held in action by a notched spring e<4>, carried by a lever e, pivoted at e<8>, and connected to a footlever e<2> by which it can be raised or lowered. The cord &c. is carried on a bobbin k, mounted between spring plates k<1>, in a large ring b, mounted between flanged wheels c, and rotated when the lever e is raised by a friction pulley d, secured on an axle d<1>, mounted in the lever e and driven in either direction by belt gearing d<2>. The cord is fed from a bobbin k to the meat by an arm l, Fig. 5, pivoted between spring plates secured on the ring b, the cord passing through holes l<3>, l<4> formed in the arm and being kept in tension by compressing it under a plate l<1>, clamped by a screw l<2> against the arm l. The meat can be wound in the reverse direction by reversing the position of the arm l, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and turning the shaft d' in the other direction.
Patent GB-190222254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Extraction of Albumen from Substances containing the same
Inventor: FINKLER DITTMAR
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 22,254. Finkler, D. Oct. 13. Albumens.-Albumen is prepared from muscular fibres, flesh meal, i.e. dried flesh fibres, plant cells, or other substances containing it, by extracting the gelatine, fats, and collogenic material by heating the fibre &c. with dilute hydrochloric, nitric, sulphuric, or an organic acid. The extract is decanted while still hot, and the albuminous residue is washed with hot water until no acid reaction is shown, and then dried. It is then separated and dried. The albuminous material may be extracted with alkali and precipitated by acidification, and the precipitate treated with hot acid as above.
Patent GB-190224608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tiled Roofs.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 24,608. Haddan, H. J., [Welsenaar, J. H., Romeyn, P. H., and Verkerk, A. A. J.]. Nov. 10. Roofs.-Pantiles h, or other roofing-tiles, are laid on stepped trough-shaped side bars a formed with ribs or shoulders e which rest on the laths f. The lower ends of the bars rest on tongues d of the bars below, or tongues at the lower ends of the bars fit in the troughs of the bars below. The lower ends of the bottom bars rest on wood blocks i fixed to the laths. The troughs may be filled in with mortar or cement to unite, and prevent any movement of, the tiles. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the bars a rest on adjustable plates k nailed or fastened to the laths. In a modification, a stepped supporting-bar formed in one piece extends from the ridge to the gutter. The troughs may serve for draining water to the gutter.
Patent GB-190305146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dyeing Machines.
Inventor: PASS ERNEST DE
Filed: 1903-03-05
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 5146. De Pass, E., [Vacuum Dyeing Machine Co.]. March 5. Dyeing; washing. - Relates to apparatus for dyeing and subsequently washing yarns, hosiery, and like materials, in which the goods are excluded from contact with air and the dye liquor or wash water is circulated through them first in one direction and then in the other. The goods are placed in a receptacle 13 capable of being hermetically closed by a cover 31, and are compressed between the perforated bottom 13<a> and a perforated cover plate 28. The receptacle 13 is supported in a tank 1 containing the dye liquor, which is capable of being heated by a steam pipe 4. By means of a pump 39, liquor is withdrawn from the tank 1 through the sectional pipe 36, 37, 38, and in one position of a pair of three-way valves 52, 59, it is forced through the sectional pipe 47, 48. 49 into an annular distributing-pipe 19 situated below the perforated bottom of the receptacle containing the goods. After passing up through the goods, it leaves the receptacle by the pipe 57 and is returned to the tank through the pipe 62. On reversing the valves 52, 59, which can be done by two sets of worm gearing, actuated by a single hand-wheel 68, the direction in which the liquor is caused to flow through the goods is reversed. An auxiliary suction pipe 42 is provided for drawing off the dye liquor from the tank 1 and receptacle 13 when the dyeing operation is completed. Water is then run into the tank 1, and circulated in a similar manner to the dye liquor.
Patent GB-190306251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches Fitted with Endway-moving Bolts.
Inventor: JONES ISAAC
Filed: 1903-03-18
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 6251. Jones, I., and Burgess, B. March 18. Locks, key; latches. - M e t a l tongues A are provided on the lock case to guide the bolt. Similar tongues may be formed at the sides of the aperture. The tongues are preferably bent up from the metal usually cut out.
Patent GB-190308101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Malleable Iron or Steel and to Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: YOUNG FRANK EMERY
Filed: 1903-04-07
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 8101. Young, F. E. April 7. Converter furnaces; Bessemer or pneumatic processes; open-hearth proceases; puddling. - The features of the Bessemer, open-hearth, and puddling processes are combined by directing blast across the surface of the molten metal, so as to turn it over and to skim off the slag as it forms. This may be done in an acid-lined furnace, more or less oval in plan, in which the air space increases in cross-section from the blast inlet towards the centre, and then decreases towards the outlet 6. The blast may enter laterally or vertically above, or just under, the surface of the metal, and the tuyeres may be of suitable section or number and provided with adjusting-valves 1, 12 for regulating air, steam, oil, or gas supply, and with a hopper 13 for supplying carbon, silicon, ferromanganese, &c. It is stated that phosphorus and sulphur may be eliminated in an acid-lined furnace and that the constitution of the metal may be controlled by regulating the oxidizing, neutral, or reducing character of the flame.
Patent GB-190310518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Cut-outs or Circuit-breakers for Overhead Electric Wires.
Inventor: WITHERS JOSEPH SUTTON
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,518. Withers, J. S., [Massier, J.]. May 8. Conductors, supports or holders for.-The separate lengths of an overhead conductor are connected by special cut-outs which act to break the circuit when any length breaks. The lengths at intermediate posts are supported loosely by supports S consisting of metal pieces bent to form recesses T ; pieces U of gutta-percha are used to close the recesses T.
Patent GB-190315592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Synchronizing Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 15,592. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. July 14. Dynamos, synchronizing.-Relates to synchronizing alternating - current machines operated in parallel, and consists of a device for indicating when the prime movers, such as engines, waterwheels, steam turbines, and the like, or the dynamos themselves, are running in synchronism. The engine shafts carry laminated structures E, E<1>, Fig. 2, which move past the legs of electromagnets G, G', energized by coils c connected with the exciter circuit F, or other source. Coils d, d<1> upon the electromagnet legs are in series, and those on one device are wound or connected differentially to those on the other. They form part of a closed circuit e,/, containing a lamp I or other indicating- device. When the shafts are in phase, the lamp remains dark, but, when slightly out of phase, as shown in Fig. 2, the induced impulses of electromotive force differ in phase at the two ends of the circuit e, f, causing a current to pass and light the lamp. The device may be duplicated for each engine, if desired, and may also be used with continuous-current machines of the larger type when it is desirable that they should be rotating at about the same speed for coupling in multiple.
Patent GB-190318127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Friction Clutches.
Inventor: DANN AUGUSTUS CARDIGAN FREDERI
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 18,127. Dann, A. C. F. Aug. 21. Clutches; ratchet gearing.-The member b of a roller clutch is fixed to a shaft a and is cut away around the periphery to form plane surfaces b<1>, between which apd the inner face of the shell member c ate located rollers d. Each of the rollers is formed with a band of teeth d', preferably about the middle, these teeth gearing with a band of teeth c' formed in the shell c. This gearing ensures a rolling motion of the rollers when moving between the free and clutched positions, and thereby prevents flats from being formed on the rollers. A slot b<2> in each surface b<1> receives the roller teeth, and is of sufficient depth to clear the teeth.
Patent GB-190319824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil and Spirit Lamps and Stoves.
Inventor: GILMAN WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 19,824. Gilman, W. H. Sept. 15. Oil and spirit lamps and stoves; overflow fittings.-Relates to means for preventing the escape of oil or spirit in case of an accident, and for purifying the oil supply. The wick F of the lamp enters a tube A fixed either to the burner or to the reservoir and filled with cotton wool, waste, or the like. The bottom of the tube may be either open or perforated to allow oil to enter from the reservoir B.
Patent GB-190320752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horn Supports for Talking Machines
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 20,752. Lake, H. H., [Tea Tray Co.]. Sept. 26. Phonographs, graphophones, &c. - A frame, clamped to the case of a phonograph or like machine, carries an arm, the extremity of which supports the phonograph horn. A broad bar 4 passes underneath the base of the case 1, and has riveted to it at one end the plates 8, 10, of which the latter has ears 13 and carries a socket 7 for the vertical rod 6, and the supports 5, with clamping collar 14. A sliding piece 16 on the opposite end of the bar 4 can be pushed in so as to clamp the case between the pieces 19, 11, an eccentric disc with finger-piece 20 providing for locking the slider. To the upper end of the rod 6 is pivoted the extensible arm 23, supporting the horn 2 by a chain at its extremity, and kept in position by a strut 25 from the ring 26 which is also locked by an eccentric disc. The horn may otherwise be supported from below by a fork carried by an arm pivoted on the base, and held by a horizontal stay from the top of the rod 6, which extends just above the collar 14, the base of the frame being reversed in position.
Patent GB-190322523-A (GB)
Title: Furniture Lock
Inventor: BENNET JAMES DICK
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,523. Bennet, J. D. Oct. 19. Locks, key, for desks, chests, and other furniture. Figs. 1 and 2 show a lock as applied to a desk. The side-plates C of the back casing are formed with ribs c, which fit into grooves in the woodwork, so as to secure the lock against lateral movement without the aid of screws. Spring-controlled catch pieces F are pivoted within the casing, and are adapted to engage a hole in the hasp or keeper E when the lid H of the desk is closed. The hasp is formed with a disc portion to fit into a bored recess in the lid H. The catches F are withdrawn from engagement with the hasp by means of a double-bitted key, inserted through a keyhole I. Recesses in the key bitt fit the wards J in the lock.
Patent GB-190323477-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Striking Plate for Locks or Fastenings for Railway Carriage and other Doors.
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 23,477. Casselton, W. H., Dace, T., and Carter & Aynsley. Oct. 29. Locks and fastenings, railway and other carriage door and like ; latches.- Striking-plates for locks or fastenings for railway carriage and other doors are formed with a safety stop C which projects only slightly, if at all, beyond the surface of the plate, the plate having an inclined recess B and an undercut D to enable the stop to afford a sufficient bearing for the bolt.
Patent GB-190324894-A (GB)
Title: Bed Rest
Inventor: BROWN HAYDN
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 24,894. Brown, H. Nov. 16. Bed-rests.-A bed-rest consists of a pair of iron barsf, Fig. 3, adjustably fixed at a suitable angle to the side rails h, and supporting a piece of fabric, Fig. 7, with pockets e to slip over the bars f, the outer pockets being slipped over the bars when the fabric is desired to be in a more inclined position. The bars f may have loops to engage with the rails h, and iron wire clips g adjustably engaging with the tops of the rails and forming fulcra at a for the bars f. In some cases, the side of the bar is notched to prevent the wire g from slipping : a bolt passing through holes in the bar may be used instead of the clip g. For fixing to wooden side rails, the bars f have no loops at the bottom, but are pivoted on bolts. The two bars may be connected at the top by a cross-bar, sometimes formed in one piece with the bars f.
Patent GB-190410855-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Making Half Tone Copper, Steel, Stone or other Printing-surfaces for use in Lithography and as Printing Blocks.
Inventor: SEARS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 10,855. Sears, F. W. May 11. Lithographicprinting.-Relates to the production of half-tone lithographic printing-surfaces having perfectly clear high-lights. A photograph of the matter to be reproduced is taken in the ordinary way, and the negative thus obtained is photographed through a screen, thus producing a grained positive with pure high-lights. A plate covered with a sensitive medium is exposed to light through the grained positive, and the sensitive film after exposure is baked to form an enamel. The surface is then etched by a suitable fluid and after being dried is dusted over with powdered resin, bitumen, or dragon's-blood. The plate is then heated to fuse the resin &c., and the surface again etched, thus producing a half-tone intaglio plate with the etched surfaces slightly roughened to hold the ink. An impression is taken from this plate and transferred to a lithographic stone or the like in the usual way. When it is desired to produce the design on stone without forming the intaglio plate, the stone covered with a sensitive medium is exposed beneath a contact negative obtained from the grained positive, and developed in the usual way. The Provisional Specification states that, when a relief surface is required, a contact negative is produced from the grained positive, from which the surface is formed as described.
Patent GB-190412185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Grooving Timber.
Inventor: GLOVER JAMES
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 12,185. Glover, J. May 28. Trenching and slotting. - An apparatus for grooving timber, such as piles or other wood beams, is composed of two sideplates a secured together, in one of which are provided set - screws h with plates k and antifriction rollers l, which may be spring-controlled, to prevent jamming, and are adapted to keep the apparatus parallel as it moves along the timber m. Guide-rolls g, which rest on the timber, are provided with plates which slide in vertical slots in the plates a, to regulate the depth of cut, and are fixed by bolts and nuts. The grooving-saw c is adjustable transversely on the shaft b and is driven through gearing from a countershaft e. The apparatus may be moved along by rope blocks and tackle or otherwise either by hand or winch, or the driving-shaft or countersbaft may be extended and adapted to work a sprocket-wheel n gearing with the wheel p on the shaft q, to which is secured, or which acts as, a drum on which is wound a rope attached at its other end two a fixed point. The wheel p may be mounted on the shaft q by means of a clutch or free-wheel gear, which consists of pawls u hinged on the boss v and forced outwards by springs is to engage in recesses x in the wheel p; the shaft q is thus rotated only by turning the handle s. This gear, according to the Provisional Specification, may be fixed on the driving-shaft or countershaft. One of the rolls g may be driven from the shaft q, and may be arranged with spikes in place of the rope-drawing arrangement. The apparatus is pressed firmly on the timber by weights and may be driven by power.
Patent GB-190415724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casement Stay Fastenings.
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES
Filed: 1904-07-15
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,724. Showell, C. July 15. Stays.-In a casement stay fastening, the stay rod 10, Fig. 1, pivoted to the bracket 8 of the casement 7, passes through a clamping-device 13, Figs. 1 and 2, attached by means of its base-plate' 11 to the frame 12. The device 13 is pivoted to the base-plate by a screw pin 21 which passes through its shoulder 19, or it may be riveted. It has two ears 15, 16 through which passes the binding-screw 17, tapped at its lower end, by means of which the ears may be brought together to bind on the stay rod. The cylindrical hole 14 for the similarly-shaped stay arm is bored out of the solid metal. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the clamp is preferably made of sheet metal when the arm is not circular in crosssection. In this case, a lever may be used instead of the binding-screw.
Patent GB-190417444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crackers.
Inventor: BROCK ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-08-10
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 17,444. Brock, A., and Venables, J. Aug. 10. Pyrotechnics.-A filling for crackers consists of gunpowder and granules of aluminium agglutinated with a nitrate. Instead of the granules, finely-divided aluminium may be used. Granules of colour composition may also be empluyed.
Patent GB-190417971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding or Collapsable Boxes.
Inventor: CLIFFORD CHARLES
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 17,971. Clifford, C. Aug. 18. Folding boxes of cardboard or leatherboard comprise bodies and removable tops and bottoms. The body is made with any number of sides a, Fig. 1, suitably hinged, so that it can be collapsed to a flat shape, strengthening-flaps being provided on the top edges. The bottom e has a rim fitting inside the body and is secured by snap fastenings e<1>. The rim of the lid c fits outside the body, the lid being secured by the cord g passing through two holes in the bottom and tied as shown.
Patent GB-190417981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding Machines.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 17,981. Dymond, G. C., [Groupe, A. V.]. Aug. 18. Braiding-machines.-Two sets of bobbins, rotating concentrically in opposite directions, produce a braid in which a thread from one set passes alternately over and under successive pairs of threads from the other set. The pattern shown in Fig. 8 is produced by the first and third of a group of four threads from one set passing respectively over and under a pair from the other set, between which the second and fourth threads in their turn pass. The thread-directing mechanism is so arranged as to render take-up devices for the respective threads unnecessary. A shaft 12 drives the bevel gear 10, 11 and so rotates a frame 9, bobbins 28, and a toothed ring 20. The latter drives a ring 21 on a rotatable frame 8, by intermediate wheels held by a fixed frame 5. The toothed carriers 23 of the bobbins 24 slide in a circular track 22, fixed on the frame 8. The carriers are driven in the reverse direction to the motion of the frame 8 by wheels 26 on the frame 5 which gear with a circular rack on the frame 9. The threads 40 from the bobbins 24 pass over tension wires and then to the braiding point. The threads 41 from the bobbins 28 are directed up and down in gaps in the track 22 by wheels 31, Fig. 4, carried on hollow studs 30 fixel in brackets 29 mounted on the frame 9. The wheels gear with a circular rack 32 carried by brackets on the frame 5, and carry hollow studs 35, on which rotate the wheels 36, meshing with wheels 37 on the studs 30 and carrying thread-guides 34. The threads 41 pass successively through guides 42, studs 30, holes 43 in the wheels 31, studs 35, and guides 34, and, since the axes of the studs 30, 35 intersect at the braiding point, the threads swing up and down without altering in tension or requiring take-up attachments. The braid is drawn through an eye 46 by a wheel 47 driven from the shaft 12 by bevel gear, worm and-wheel, and spur gear.
Patent GB-190420552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machines
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 20,552. British Thomson-Houston Co., (General Electric Co.]. Sept. 23. Motors, controlling. - The conductors of a squirrel-cage rotor are connected by a number of flat parallel rings separated by air spaces, the object being to insert a resistance when the motor starts. As the motor speeds up, the temperature of the rings falls, owing to the circulation of air, and the resistance diminishes. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the spider A carries the laminations B through which pass the conductors C. The laminations are pressed together by end plates E and bolts e. The end rings D are shown connected to the conductors C, and are made of a number of flat plates overlapping to form a number of rings separated by distance-pieces d<1>. They are held together by rivets d. Slots f may be cut in the rings to increase their resistance. In a modification, Fig. 3, the armature A' carries conductors C and a short-circuiting riug D' connected to the ends of the conductors C by U-shaped end connectors d<3>. These connectors are made of flat strip, the centre of each being bolted or otherwise secured to the conducting -ring D<1>, and the extremities to two of the conductors. Or each conductor may be connected to the ring by a separate radial strip.
Patent GB-190421275-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Petroleum Engine.
Inventor: ALLSOP ROBERT OWEN
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 21,275. Allsop, R. O. Oct. 4. Gas or explosive-vapour engines. - Four-trokecycle engines using heavy oil comprise two motor cylinders A. B with a pump G between them. The pump is constructed as described in Specification No. 21,587, A.D. 1903, its clearance space 6 being heated by an exhaust jacket 9 and acting as a carburetter in which a rich incombustible mixture of paraffin and air is formed. The pump charges in succession each cylinder during its suction stroke with an adjustable quantity of mixture, the supplementary supply of air being drawn in through a separate valve.
Patent GB-190423070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: BAMBER MONTAGUE KELWAY
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 23,070. Bamber, M. K. Oct. 26. Hydro-extractors &c.-The drum a of a machine for separating liquids from solids is shaped conically so that the solid material may collect at its lower part and, by its weight, open spring-controlled discharge apertures. In the example illustrated, the spring is the base f itself, which is supported on the spindle c and is unconnected to the sides of the drum. The base may be rigid and so mounted as to slide on the spindle against the force of a spring. The material falling from the drum is carried by the scrapers i to the conveyers l. Reference is made to Specification No. 27,473, A.D. 1902.