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Patent GB-190218751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ruling Machines.
Inventor: BARBER ARTHUR LAMBERT
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 18,751. Barber, A. L. Aug. 26. Ruling-machines.-The ruling-pens are carried by a frame 9, secured to the beam 8 by screws 10. The shanks 16 of the pen carriers are secured by clips 13 in a groove 14, and they extend through an opening 15 so that shanks of any length may be used. The pen 12 is secured between plates 18<a>, 18<b> of a carrier 18 mounted to slide on an inclined extension 17 of the shank 16. The flannel 23 for supplying the pens with ink has hooks 31 by which it is attached to wires 30 adjustable along guides on bars 24<a> secured at one end to the frame 9 by wedges 25. For supplying an individual pen which may be adjusted forward of the others, a supplemental flannel 22 is provided receiving ink from the main flannel 23. The end of the flannel 22 rests on the pen 12, and is held by a holder 19 removably attached to the slide 18. Specification No. 28,914, A.D. 1896, is referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-190223905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perambulators, Children's Mail Carts and like Vehicles.
Inventor: HOLLIER LEON L
Filed: 1902-11-01
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 23,905. L'Hollier, L. Nov, 1. Perambulators, children's mail carts, and like vehicles.-Relates to mail carts and similar vehicles adapted to carry two children. The closed end of the vehicle is provided with an ordinary hinged or removable seat S, and the open end with a hinged seat R, above which a reversible seat back B is pivoted to the upper edges of the vehicle. Two children can sit facing each other or, when the seat S has been turned back or removed, one child may be laid on cushions and the other child seated on the seat R with the feet on the board F. The board fits into any one of the guides S' on the extensions E, so as to be adjustable for children of different sizes.
Patent GB-190305876-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Asphalting Bridges, Viaducts, Roots, Damp-courses, and the like, also in the Manufacture of Slabs, or the like for such Purpose.
Inventor: SMART JOSIAH
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 5876. Smart, J. March 13. Asphalt paving.-In asphalting bridges, viaducts, and the like, the surface of the tarred stones or asphalt C is smeared with asphalt or tar, and sheets of perforated metal E, H, which may have projections F, are placed over the stones and embedded between layers of asphalt. The asphalt extends through the perforations, and binds the sheets together. Separate slabs may be formed by arranging a layer of asphalt between metal sheets H, E, Fig. 4, of different sizes. In laying the slabs, their edges overlap and are connected by a bituminous compound.
Patent GB-190307206-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Coloring Decorating and Treating Paper and like Substances, Fabrics and other Materials.
Inventor: MAUNSELL-SMYTH GEORGE HUGH
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-03-26
Abstract: 7206. Smyth, G. H. Maunsell-. March 27. Colouring web.-Relates to a process and apparatus for colouring partially-dried pulp by means of a mist of liquid or colour atomized by air &c. under pressure, the treatment being prior to the drying, sizing, and calendering operations. The chamber A in which the process is carried out is fitted with an atomizer E, from which the liquid or colour supplied from a receptacle F is blown into the form of a cloud or spray by compressed air or vapour from a reservoir G. The straw or other paper is carried through the chamber by an endless band C on driving-rollers D. The carrying-rollers and drums are all driven at the same surface speed. If both sides of the paper are to be treated, an upper chamber A' is employed, the paper then following the path a<1> from the lower chamber. A pattern may be applied to the material by means of an endless stencil S, which is led through the chambers A, A' and over guide and tension rollers.
Patent GB-190309580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sand Blast Machines.
Inventor: MATHEWSON JEREMIAH EUGENE
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 9580. Mathewson, J. E., [Tilghman, B. C.]. April 28. Sand blast.-Compressed air enters the apparatus by the pipe E and the combined air and sand leave by the pipe D with constricted nozzle D'. The sand enters the apparatus by the upright conduit H, which is free from the action of the compressed air at its upper end and is of such a height that the sand at its lower end overcomes the pressure of the compressed air. This conduit is supplied with a sliding or rotating stirring-rod I and with a steam &c. jacket J to prevent any moisture from being condensed. The hopper H<1> on the conduit is supplied by a pipe L<5> at the bottom of the hopper L' or there may be a closed connection between the conduit H and the hopper L<4>. The sand from the conduit H falls into a hopper B<2>, Fig. 1, B<3>, Fig. 5, B<4>, Fig. 6, B<5>, Fig. 7, or has a restricted and flanged end b, 0, Fig. 8, provided with openings b<2>. The hoppers B<2>, B<4>, B<5> are enclosed in a compression chamber C, Figs. 1 and 7, or E<2>, Fig. 6, into which the pipe E leads, as shown. The hopper B<3>, Fig. 5, is directly connected with the pipe E by the pipe C<1>. The bottom of this hopper has a perforated slide G, Fig. 2, which is pulled backwards and forwards to remove obstructions by the handle G<2>. The slide has stops G<3>, G<4>, which jar against the hopper as the slide is moved. Below the slide G there is a second slide F, which controls the amount of sand admitted to the mixing- chamber A. The slide F is worked by a lever F' or a screw. In the form shown in Fig. 6, there is a conical flange B<5>, and holes are formed at b<5>. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the sand and air pass from the mixing-chamber a' upwards through the pipe d. The spent sand falls into a hopper K<1> and passes into a chamber L from which it is sucked up by a pipe L<1> communicating with the hopper L<4>, from which the air is exhausted by a pipe L<7> leading to a suction fan. Air enters the chamber L through the suction pipe K<4>, which, preferably, enters the hopper K' as shown.
Patent GB-190310034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Machines
Inventor: MACFARLANE JAMES WRIGHT
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 10,034. Macfarlane, J. W. May 4. Spindles.-In a centrifugal machine of the Weston type, a conical or like elastic buffer A is interposed between a conical seat D on the framing and a collar B on the inner stationary spindle C, the height of which is adjusted by a nut K. The buffer is made in one or more pieces, separated by vertical or horizontal projections, and may taper in thickness. When the thick part is at the top, it is engaged by a flange on the collar, and, when at the bottom, by a flange on the framing. The position of the buffer may be the inverse of that shown.
Patent GB-190316209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Governing Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,209. British Thomson-Houston Co. [Curtis, C. G.]. July 22. Steam &c. turbines.-A governing-device for an electric generating installation consisting of five direct-coupled generators and elastic fluid turbines is shown in Fig. 1. Each turbine 1 has a full-load valve 10 operated by an electromagnet, and has also a similarly-operated over-load valve 11, these valves being, preferably, applied to nozzles of the kind described in Specification No. 756, A.D. 1902. The valve circuits are individually connected to contacts 15 and communally connected to a generator 18 and to a contact bar 17. A synchronous motor 24 is connected to the bus-bars 9 of the installation and carries a governor 23 adapted to control a slide valve 22. The slide valve admits fluid pressure to a cylinder containing a piston 20. The piston carries a contact plate 19. In action, the contact plate is moved by the governor device so that the full-load valves of the turbines are opened in succession and then the over-load valves are similarly opened. Each turbine may have a set of valves, say, four full-load valves and three over-load valves, and these are operated successively. In a modification, the valves are operated by compressed air. In another modification, the valves 33, 34, Fig. 4, are directly operated by cams 35 on an extension 32 of the piston.
Patent GB-190328097-A (GB)
Title: Certain Improvements in Road Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: LUDLOW EDWIN BASIL
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,097. Ludlow, E. B. Dec. 22. Motor road vehicles.- Relates to tractors or separable motor vehicles of the kind described in Specification No. 6561, A.D. 1897, in which the body of the tractor is in the form of a vertical cylinder which turns for steering purposes in a hoop or ring connected to a road vehicle, and consists of improvements in the construction of the tractor, a n d in permamently fixing the hoop to a two-wheeled vehicle body of any suitable form. Fig. 2 shows a sectional side elevation of the tractor. The cylindrical body 1 is supported on the single driving and steering wheel 3, or on two wheels mounted on a divided axle, and carries the bed-plate 13 on which the motor &c. is mounted. The bed-plate is hinged to the front part of the body 1, and supported near the back part by springs 32 so as to be readily attached or detached. The body 1 is rotated in the hoop 7, by means of a toothed pinion mounted on the lower end of the steering- spindle 33, and gearing with a toothed ring 34 fixed to the hoop 7. The motor 12 drives the countershaft 14 through a friction clutch and worm gearing, and the countershaft 14 is connected to the driving-axle by two-speed chain gearing. The chains 25, 26 pass over sprocket-wheels of different diameter loosely mounted on the countershaft 14, either sprocket-wheel being clutched to the countershaft when required. The hoop 7 is provided with backwardly-projecting arms such as 9 for attachment to the body of a road vehicle, the two wheels of which are so disposed, that part of the weight of the vehicle is taken by the tractor.
Patent GB-190400215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Transmitting Motion from a Shaft to a Speed Indicator or Revolution Counter applicable chiefly for Indicating the Speed of Motor Cars, Tramway Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: PAFFARD CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1904-01-04
Granted: 1905-01-04
Abstract: 215. Paffard, C. J. Jan. 4. Speed indicators ; counting- apparatus ; odometers.-Relates to means for transmitting motion from a shaft to a speed indicator, revolution counter, or cyclometer. The invention is shown as applied in a directdriven motor car. A worm, preferably made of gun-metal in two or more parts, is secured to the shaft 1 by screws &c. 4, and gears with a wheel 8 mounted on a spindle 9. The worm and wheel are enclosed in a lubricant-retaining casing made in two parts 5. 6. A stay 37 depending from the car body engages a slot in the casing 5, 6 to prevent rotation of the same. The spindle 9 drives a shaft 12 through bevel-wheels enclosed in a twopart casing 13. This casing is secured to the casing 5, 6 by flanges 15, 18 and a screw-andslot connection so that the position of the shaft 12 can be adjusted. The shaft 12 is coupled to a shaft 23, carried by a bracket 24, through a shaft 2U and universal joints 21, 22. The bracket 24 is adjustably secured to the frame by a screw-and-slot connection. The shaft 23 is geared with a shaft 27 by bevel-wheels, the shaft 27 serving to drive the speed indicator 28 and also, if required, a revolution counter or cyclometer. A spring-pressed sleeve 29, provided with ratchet teeth to engage a pin on the spindle 36, serves to drive the indicator &c. only in a forward direction. When applied to a chain-driven car, the bevel-wheels and casing 13 may be dispensed with, the casing 5, 6 being held against rotation by springs secured to the car body. According to the Provisional Specification, a flexible shaft may be employed and the bevel gear &c. dispensed with.
Patent GB-190403780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Vapour Lamps
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 3780. Wood, W. T. Feb. 15. Incandescent vapour lamps.- The burners 3 are arranged at the extremities of a horizontal and approximately - semicircular burner tube 1, to which the air and vapour supplies are admitted by a perforated tube 5. The oil is supplied under pressure to the vaporizer 8, but sweating, dripping, and condensation are prevented by the superheating of the air and vapour, which occurs in the tube 5 and in the extremities 2 of the tube 1. The sleeve 19 carrying the mantle holders 20 is adjustably secured upon a rod 18 surmounting the rectangular vaporizer 8, which is detachably mounted by lugs 15, 16, and screws 17 upon the burners. The starting cup 23 is carried by a rod 22 depending from the vaporizer 8, and the burners are supported from below by a yoke on a screw-threaded rod, by which the burner is attached to the reservoir, pedestal, or its equivalent. The outlet or nozzle 32 of the vaporizer is formed by the inclined end of a resilient rod 33, of which the forked lower end 37 engages over the head of a screw plug 9. This construction permits of the easy removal of the wire 33 and the plug 9 for the cleaning of the nozzle 32, the cleaning of the horizontal tubes 10, 11 of the vaporizer being effected by removing the screw plugs 24, 25.
Patent GB-190406321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Dredging Sand and the like.
Inventor: CRAGG ANTHONY RICHARD
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 6321. Cragg, A. R. March 15. Tip-boxes.-In a scoop for dredging and depositing sand, gravel, or the like on land or under the water, the sand &c. dredged is deposited by means of a door h hinged to the part a and carrying a bar n hooked at each end m to engage with a pin at each side of the scoop, and attached to a forked rod q, the end of which is held by a key s carrying a pin t. When the scoop is in a vertical position, the contents are deposited by revolving the key 8 and lifting the rods q until the hooks m are liberated.
Patent GB-190417651-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production from Fermented Fluid of a Drink free from Alcohol, by means of a Vacuum.
Inventor: LINZEL HERMANN
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17,651. Linzel, H., and Bischoff, C. Aug. 13. Beer and beverages, de-alcoholizing. - In dealcoholizing beer and other fermented liquids by distillation in a vacuum, a mixture of steam and air or other gas is led through the liquid. The mixture is regulated so that sufficient steam condenses to keep the volume of the liquid constant, while the alcohol passes off with the remainder of the steam and the air.
Patent GB-190421978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone-sawing Machines.
Inventor: RANNEY WILBUR FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 21,978. Ranney, W. F. Oct. 12. Sawing stone.-In a machine for sawing stone, the saw-frame e is made to move in a straight line by means of a mechanism consisting of arms j working in pivoted slides m; one end of each of these arms is attached to the saw-frame and the other end is joined to a shorter arm k, the latter and the pivoted slides being attached to sliding pieces r, which are adjusted vertically by screws and thus serve to feed the saws down. The motion is obtained from a connecting-rod f, any number of saws being arranged on the saw-frame, and the stone c under operation being fixed to a carriage d.
Patent GB-190426695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleansing Steam.
Inventor: MORISON DONALD BARNS
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 26,695. Morison, D. B. Dec. 7. Exhaust, freeing from grease &c. ; condensers. - T h e angle-bars 10, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 8<a>. 9, and 10, against which the steam impinges, are cast in one with, or are independent of, the distributing plates 13, which are formed with guideslots 12 for the steam. The separated oil or oil and water is caught by troughs 11 fitted to each of the anglebars, and is conveyed by suitable passages to a receptacle at the bottom of the separator. The channels 16 in the plates 13 also serve to collect oil &c. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a separator combined with a condenser in the manner described in Specification No. 15,794, A.D. 1904. Each plate 13 is in the form of a tray supported in a slightly inclined position on ledges at the sides of the separating-chamber 2. The cover 4 of this chamber is formed with a drain passage 6, which receives the oil &c. from the troughs 11 and channels 16 and conveys it to the receptacle 5. The inlet and outlet openings for the steam are shown at 3 and 7 respectively. In some cases, a number of rows of angle-bars are arranged below a single distributing-plate, as shown in Fig. 11. A separator for independent use is shown in Fig. 13. The inlet 3 for the steam merges into a distributing-chamber 3<a> of gradually decreasing crosssectional area. The steam passes downwards through the plates 13 to the bottom of the separator, and thence upwards through a passage at the side to the outlet 16, which gradually increases in cross-sectional area. The drain passage for the separated oil &c. is shown at 6.
Patent GB-190507186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Cross Border or like Motion of Dobbies for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: PLACE ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 7186. Place, R. H. April 5. Loom dobbies.-In dobbies of the kind described in Specification No. 20,146, A,D. 1898, in which h separate pattern barrels for weaving the body and the cross-borders, respectively, are placed into and withdrawn from operative position, alternately, by mechanism controlled by an auxiliary pattern barrel, means are provided for reversing the motion of the cross-border pattern barrel on the completion of a cross-border, in order that the next border may be produced by the whole or part of the same pattern surface. Another auxiliary pattern barrel f carrying a chain of lags f<1> is mounted on the auxiliary pattern-barrel shaft e, and the presence or absence of a lag peg, which acts through a spring h on a pivoted lever g, determines whether the lever g will be raised or lowered. A finger g<11> on the lever g acts through a lug i<1> to determine the position of a lever i, which is pivoted on a stud secured to a lever k. This lever is loosely mounted upon an adjustable stud l, carried by a double-armed lever m on the ordinary T-lever shaft m<1>, the lever carrying the catch for the body pattern-barrel ratchet being also loosely mounted on the stud l. The lever i carries two catches i<11>, i<111>, which, when lowered into operative position, engage and operate ratchetwheels o, p on the end of the cross-border patternbarrel shaft b. The stud j extends through a curved slot in a bracket secured to the dobby frame, the slot acting as a guide to keep the catches i<11>, i<111> at the proper distances from their ratchet-wheels during the oscillation of the lever m and of the lever k. A depending finger on the lever g works in a slot in the bracket, to steady and guide the lever in its movements. Instead of having a finger g<11>, the lever g may be slotted, a pin on the lever i extending into the slot. The invention may be applied to single - cylinder dobbies, to reverse the cylinder. If the shuttle-box pattern cylinder is driven from the shaft b, its motion will be reversed with the reversal of the shaft.
Patent GB-190511348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Mechanism for Turbines
Inventor: EMMET WILLIAM LE ROY
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 11,348. Emmet, W. Le R. May 30. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A turbine nozzle valvegoverning mechanism fitted with a fluid relay and a follow-up device is shown in the Figures as applied to a parallel-flow vertical turbine, but is also applicable to inward-flow and outward - flow turbines. As diagrammatically shown in Fig. 9, the governor 59 is arranged at the top of the turbine shaft, and is connected, through levers 13, 53, to a pilot valve 49 which regulates the supply of motive fluid to a piston 45, adapted to rock a multiple cam 22 operating the nozzle valves 35. A lever 48 is connected to the piston-rod and supports one end of the lever 53, this arrangement acting as a follow-up device which re-sets the pilot valve after any alteration produced by the governor. The multiple cam 22, Fig. 3, has its cam-surfaces set progressively to act on rollers on the ends of bifurcated levers 29, Fig. 2, which are connected by short struts 32, Fig. 12, engaging at each end in deep cups, to spring-pressed plates 40 sliding in guides and carrying the detachable nozzle valves 35. The valve guides and adjoining parts are carried by frames 23, bolted to the turbine casing and set at an angle for economy of space, each valve having its operating-lever 29 and the valves being arranged in a row. Only one valve is seen in the transverse section shown in Fig. 2. When the admission or stage valves are divided into groups, a rocking cam is provided for each group, and these are connected together so as to be actuated by a single motor.
Patent GB-190514090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gas Producers
Inventor: TOWNS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 14,090. Towns, W. July 8. Generators or producers.-A producer using bituminous fuel is constructed with a secondary chamber situated above, and laterally to, the producer, and containing heated non-bituminous fuel through which the gas passes before leaving the apparatus. This chamber 7 is provided with grate bars 11, and is kept nearly full of fuel by means of a hopper 9 ; a regulated air supply, from an injector 4, passes through a pipe 10 in order to maintain incandescence. The gas leaves the main body of the producer at an outlet 2, and traverses the hot column 7, before finally escaping at an outlet 8. As the fuel in the chamber 7 becomes exhausted, it may be pushed into the producer by means of a pusher, inserted through a door 14 ; a sight-hole 15 may also be provided.
Patent GB-190518431-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method for Making Wire Glass.
Inventor: BALDWIN ARTHUR J
Filed: 1905-09-12
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 18,431. Baldwin, A. J. Sept. 12. Forming articles with wire skeletons; rolling.- Wire netting D, Fig. 1, passes from a reel E between two smooth rolls A, B, and is made to adhere to the surface of the layer of glass formed from the mass of molten metal G. It passes on and receives a layer of glass on the other side from the mass H. The sheet thus formed, having the wire skeleton embedded in it, is delivered on to a travelling table F. The rolls A, B, C and table F are positively driven so that their surfaces move at the same speed. In a modification, the roller C is dispensed with, the table F being arranged to perform its function, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190519128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofing Tiles.
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 19,128. Board & Co., J., and Akerman, W. S. Sept. 21. Roofing-tiles.-Two T-shaped flanges b, b<1> are formed on the top surface of the tile along the upper edge, and the underside is provided with a square projecting ridge d and two T-shaped flanges e, e', the flange e being at the centre of the tile and the flange e<1> along the bottom edge. The flange e<1> fits into the groove between the flanges b, b<1> of the adjacent tile below. At the edges of the tile are notches f formed in the flanges e, e<1>, and a notch g formed in the body portion of the tile, these notches being used for the reception of the fittings of gutters when such are attached between the joints of the tiles. When gutters are not used, the notches are dispensed with and the tiles arranged so as to break joint. The tiles may be made of metal, brick, or cement.