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Patent GB-190022602-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Manufacturing Edible Vegetable Fat.
Inventor: WARR GEORGE CLARK
Filed: 1900-12-11
Granted: 1902-01-11
Abstract: 22,602. Warr, G. C., and Wright, W. T. Dec. 11. Butter substitutes.-Relates to the production of edible vegetable fats suitable for use as substitutes for butter, lard, or dripping, from oil-containing nuts such as coco-nut. The husks, shells, and cuticles are removed, the kernels are disintegrated and submitted to a temperature ranging from a 100‹ F. to 200‹ F. according to the age of the nuts. The oil is then extracted by pressure and washed with water, with the addition of sodium chloride &c. if necessary, and passed through, a filter press. Colouring or flavouring materials may be added.
Patent GB-190101326-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Adjusting and Securing the End Pins, or Supports, of Violoncellos
Inventor: PARKER CLEMENT
Filed: 1901-01-21
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 1326. Parker, C. Jan. 21. Violoncellos. - Relates to means for adjusting and securing the end pin or support. The pin a passes through a plug g, which is fixed to the body of the instrument. The pin is engaged by a ball or the like e, which lies in an oblique hole d and is pressed obliquely against the pin by a spring. The pin is thus clamped in position by the bail, excepting when the latter is depressed by a trigger i.
Patent GB-190107309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Sighting of Guns.
Inventor: COMMON ANDREW AINSLIE
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 7309. Common, A. A. April 9. Sights.-The invention is shown as applied to a rifle, but it is equally applicable to other guns. Fig. 1 shows a left-hand-side elevation, and Fig. 4 a right-hand-side sectional elevation. The telescope H is pivoted to a casing E, which either clips a plate C on the gun or slides thereon when the gun recoils. A graduated drum K is provided with ribs M for engaging with the fingers of the gunner, and, as the drum is rotated, it acts through the cam N and changes the elevation of the telescope. The adjustment for drift is made by carrying the front of the telescope on a transverse screw, or by fitting a plate of glass U, which is carried on a vertical axis behind the object glass, and is turned by the lever T to produce the necessary displacement of the target, or the plate may have a movable pointer substituted for it.
Patent GB-190107902-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Vegetable Charcoal or Carbon, and Methods or Processes for the Manufacture of Preparation thereof.
Inventor: COOPER EDWARD WARD
Filed: 1901-04-17
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 7902. Cooper, E. W. April 17. Respirators.-Carbon in a form suitable for use in respirators, among other applications, is prepared as follows :-Vegetable fibre, such as cotton, cotton fabric, cotton waste, threads, and the like, are first carbonized in special furnaces. The fibre is placed in metal cylinders A, preferably of copper, having each a loose cover A', and perforated, or otherwise constructed, so as to allow gases to escape. These cylinders or retorts are inserted through a door B into the top end of a heating- chamber or oven, having an inclined floor, so that the cylinder rolls down to the lower end. Other cylinders are introduced until the chamber is full. The chamber is then heated by an ordinary or a gas furnace C, the gases given off during carbonization escaping to the chimney D along with the products of combustion. The cylinders are withdrawn through the door E, and the contents thereof immersed in water, and, when cold, washed in cold water. The carbonized product is flexible, porous, and absorbent, and does not soil the hands when touched.
Patent GB-190110459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage Batteries.
Inventor: APPLE VINCENT GROBY
Filed: 1901-05-20
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 10,459. Apple, V. G. May 20. Secondary batteries. - Figs. 1 and 2 show vertical sections at right-angles to each other. The battery consists of a lead casing a divided into two separate cells by a lead partition a<10>. The inner surfaces of the cell are provided with ribs a<1> or serrations into which active material is packed. At the bottom of each cell is fitted a rubber box c<2>, provided at its ends with grooved side strips c<3>. The box serves to support and insulate one or more battery plates b, which are also held in place by separators c placed on each side of them. One of the separators is held in place by a rib a<2>. After the electrolyte has been poured into the cells. a lead cover a' is burnt on to them. The conducting-tang b<1> from each of the battery plates b is insulated from the cover a<3> by washers a<9>.
Patent GB-190113724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Direct-acting Force Pumps.
Inventor: BRUNNER CHARLES ALBERT
Filed: 1901-07-05
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 13,724. Brunner, C. A. Dec. 15, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps ; air-actuated pumps ; plunger pumps.-Consists chiefly of an improved valve and valve-gear for a direct-acting pump actuated by steam or compressed air. The valve is oscillating and of conical shape and is formed with a pair of exhaust or a pair of admission passages. It is oscillated by means of a weighted elbow-lever pivoted on its spindle and engaging a projection on the spindle. The lever is actuated by a tappet on the piston-rod. The pump may have a single plunger, or two arranged tandem.
Patent GB-190116071-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Rapidly Drying Moist Material.
Inventor: STAUBER EMANUEL
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 16,071. Stauber, E. Aug. 9. Drying-apparatus.-In a drying-apparatus, a sliding-valve k and a series of steam or other heating-pipes d are arranged between a blower or ventilator b and the drying-chamber a, which has an airtight door h and a track i. Outlet tubes f with bent ends g lead the saturated air to a pipe e provided with valves m, n and receiving cold air from the blower b. The valves m, n are kept closed until the air in the drying-chamber attains a certain pressure.
Patent GB-190207144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gun-carriages or Supports.
Inventor: HAUSSNER KONRAD
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 7144. Haussner, K. March 24. Field carriages.-The gun a recoils along the brake cylinder c, which is provided with a vertical pivot e, carried by a frame f which is pivoted to the trail and is fitted with elevating and training gear.
Patent GB-190213108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Tools and Tool Holders, such as Screw-drivers, Chisels, Gimlets, Brad-awls, Tap-wrenches and the like.
Inventor: SWAN SOREN SORENSEN
Filed: 1902-06-09
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,108. Swan, S. S. June 9. Handles; tap wrenches.-A detachable handle for screwdrivers, chisels, gimlets, brad-awls, tap wrenches, &c. is provided with a ferrule B, Fig. 1, and a preferably double-threaded cap D for holding the socket or tool-holder C in position, the socket being prevented from rotating by the projections c<2> on the socket and other projections on the ferrule. The socket is split so as to form four jaws, which are bevelled at the ends to engage with the conical end of the screwed cap F. The end of the tool is stepped or flattened, and takes into a slot c<3> in the socket. Access to the interior of the handle is got by removing the cap D and socket C. The tool G is slightly reduced in diameter, where it is gripped by the jaws.
Patent GB-190217268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couches, Bedsteads and the like.
Inventor: WATKINS JOEL
Filed: 1902-08-06
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 17,268. Watkins, J. Aug. 6. Couches; bedsteads; furniture frames; upholstery springs.-The frame is made chiefly of metal, with wood fittings for upholstering or ornament. The sides A are of steel, and have parts a cut and set up for engaging the ends of the cross-bars or slats a', which are made of strips bent into angle form, and having their ends bent at right-angles to engage the parts a. The slats are provided with holes for the springs for upholstering. The angles of the slats may be filled up with wood. Two pieces of wood B, C connect the ends. To the side frames at one end are fixed irregular pieces of wood D, connected by a piece of wood E. To the pieces D are fixed pieces of steel F for engaging and holding the slats. A wire G is passed all round the side frames, and is clamped to the outer rows of springs, and a cross-wire H is fixed to the wire G. Longitudinal wires run from the wire H to the end wire G, and are clamped alternately to springs of two rows. The tension of each spring is regulated by a wire I fastened to the top of the spring, and passed down inside it and round the slat a<1>. Steel legs are fixed to the side bars. The wires and springs &c. are fastened together by bending round them a clamping-strip of iron of the shape shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190217526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Starting, Reversing and Controlling of Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: SHORT SIDNEY HOWE
Filed: 1902-08-08
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 17,526. Short, M. F., [executrix of Short, S. H.]. Aug. 8. Turning-gear.-An electromagnetic machine d,f serves as a motor to turn an internal-combustion engine at starting, and afterwards acts as a dynamo to charge the battery b, work the igniter, and govern the engine. A lever c controls all the operations. A conductor j from the battery is permanently attached to it, and, when moved over contact 1 or 4, it places the motor d, f into the battery circuit with a resistance k, when moved to contact 2 or 5 the resistance is cut out, and when moved to contact 3 or 6 the igniter coil s<1> is placed in circuit. As the potential of the current gene- rated by the machine d, f increases, a relay is excited and shortens the circuit between the machine d, f and the battery b which becomes charged. The invention is suitable for autocars.
Patent GB-190222568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed-regulating Apparatus.
Inventor: RADOVANOVIC ANDREAS
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 22,568. Radovanovic, A. Oct. 16. Eccentrics combined with governors. Relates to an inertia speed -regulating device which acts in conjunction with a separate centrifugal governor. The inertia body m is mounted so as to be capable of rotating on the shaft w, and is connected with the centrifugal governor through a lever h and sliding collar mounted on the shaft. An eccentric s is combined with the inertia disc m in the form shown. In other forms, the inertia body may itself be eccentric.
Patent GB-190227177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Panchromatic Dry Plates for Photographic Purposes.
Inventor: MIETH ADOLF
Filed: 1902-12-09
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 27,177. Mieth, A., and Traube, A. Dec. 9. Sensitized plates.-Isochromatic plates are prepared with a dye obtained from quinoline and quinaldine. The quinoline and quinaldine are heated separately with ethyl iodide, and the products are purified by crystallization from alcohol. The products are then mixed and heated with alcohol and caustic potash, and the colouring- matter crystallized out. Methyl, propyl, butyl, or other alkyl compounds with iodine, bromine, or chlorine may be used. The dye is dissolved in water, and the solution is used for colouring silverbromide emulsion or prepared dry plates.
Patent GB-190227421-A (GB)
Title: Improved Friction or Tension Motion for Driving Weavers Beams in Dressing Machines.
Inventor: GREGSON GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-12-12
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 27,421. Gregson, G. F., and Gregson, J. J. Dec. 12. Yarns, dressing. -The pressure upon the usual friction plates B for driving the warp p beam in a dressing-machine is obtained from a weighted lever K, which is connected by a link O with a bell-crank lever P, carrying at one end a stud S which presses upon a lever C provided wit h antifriction bowls G engaging with the plate B. The pressure is regulated by moving the weight I along the lever K, which may be supported by a prop L in the raised position when it is desired to remove the beam &c.
Patent GB-190228653-A (GB)
Title: Improved Liquid Distributing Apparatus and Fittings connected therewith.
Inventor: ADAMS SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 28,653. Adams, S. H. Dec. 29. Filters; supplying liquid.-The supply pipe g is connected by means of a swivel joint f at the centre of the filter bed h to a pipe a bent twice at right-angles and carrying on its outer leg a motor or paddle-wheel b, from which the liquid is discharged into a perforated trough e. The passage of the liquid causes the motor b to rotate and a pulley c on the axis of the paddle to run round a rail d fixed to the filter wall. The whole distributing-apparatus thus revolves, and the liquid is distributed in a shower over the surface of the filter.
Patent GB-190301173-A (GB)
Title: Abrading Blocks and Mountings therefor.
Inventor: GARDNER ROLAND
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1173. Gardner, R. Jan. 16. Surfacing and polishing marble, granite, &c., wheels for. Tapering blocks A are arranged radially in a swivelling wheel B provided with wings e, m, which form openings f for the blocks and openings g through which water can be supplied to the work. The blocks have their sides a<11> at right-angles to their grinding-face a<1>. They are independently clamped in position and adjusted for wear by means of set-screws D passing through the flanges e<11> and by means of wedges C with screwed stems i for the nuts i<11>.
Patent GB-190301677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handwriting Developers.
Inventor: ROCKWELL FREDERICK CLARK
Filed: 1903-01-23
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 1677. Rockwell, F. C. Jan. 24, A..D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Writing, teaching; writers' cramp, preventing; facilitating writing.-The pad 1, made of cork or other suitable light material and running upon balls 3, is secured to the wrist or forearm of the writer by means of the strap 4.
Patent GB-190304361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Ties or Sleepers and Fastenings
Inventor: MCBRIDE WILLIAM THOMPSON
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 4361. McBride, W. T. Feb. 24. Sleepers; rails, securing to sleepers rail joints.- The sleeper has a reinforcing V-shaped rib 2 throughout its length and an integral flange 3 under each rail, and is recessed on top to receive the rail and fishplates. One fishplate has a rib 9 to fit a recess in the sleeper. The other fishplate extends under the rail at 6, and has a wedge-shaped block 4 attached to fit a corresponding recess in the sleeper, where it is held by turning up and down the opposite ends of a strip 11.
Patent GB-190305388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding and Promoting the Combustion of Fuel in Furnaces.
Inventor: WOOD WILFRED ROTHERY
Filed: 1903-03-07
Granted: 1904-03-07
Abstract: 5388. Wood, W. R. March 7. Mechanical stoking ; firebars and grates.-Fuel is fed from a hopper on to a reciprocating plate, which forms the bottom of a trough along the .middle of the furnace. On either side of this trough, which is called the "retort chamber," are transverse fire bars, forming the tops of boxes, through which air is delivered to the furnace from a forceddraught chamber ; these bars are reciprocated across the furnace. The feed-plate 5 is stepped, and the part in the furnace is provided with mounds 6 of the shape shown, so that the fuel may be spread evenly ; to prevent the fuel from being drawn back by the return of the plate 5, a fixed plate 4 is arranged above it. The plate 5 is reciprocated by means of a piston in a cylinder 7. The feeding is facilitated by a pusher 2, worked by a stud 8 which embraces a screw in the pusher ; the travel is regulated by a nut 9. Along the sides of the retort chamber are tuyÞre plates 11, in connection with the air chamber 12. The chamber 12 also opens into boxes 13, covered by firebars such as are shown in Fig. 4. These boxes have air holes 18, 19 at their ends, and rest on the edge of the draught chamber, and on a ridge 15 ; the bars are provided with nearly horizontal air vents 17. Dumping- plates 20 extend along the sides of the furnace. The boxes and bars are reciprocated preferably by the mechanism shown in Fig. 2, consisting of two oppositely-set cam openings 22, 23, in which a roller works, the openings being formed, respectively, in two plates, one of which, 24, is joined to the bars while the other 21 reciprocates longitudinally in unison with the pusher. The moving plate is kept in a straight line by means of a roller working in straight slots 26 in the plate and in lugs projecting from the casing.
Patent GB-190309330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves Suitable for Infants' Feeding Bottles.
Inventor: THOMPSON HENRY PERCY
Filed: 1903-04-24
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9330. Thompson, H. P. April 24. Feeding bottles ; stoppers.- Relates to venting stoppers or valves for that type of feeding- bottle which has an opening at each end to facilitate cleaning. The stopper or valve consists of an ordinary conical india-rubber cork or stopper the surface of which is provided with a spiral groove, as shown in Fig. 2, or a longitudinal groove, terminating near the inner end the groove provides an inlet for air while the stopper closes the open end of the bottle.
Patent GB-190313408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vices.
Inventor: KRUEGER ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 13,408. Kr³ger, A. June 16. Work-holders. - The V-grooved jaws l of a centering-vice for a milling or boring &c. machine are moved by a right and left handed screw b across the central hole o of a plate f, which can be rotated on and fixed in any position by bolts i, k to the bored part h of a bracket which is secured by lugs on the horizontal part g' to the machine table. The Provisional Specification states that the invention may be used for sawing- machines.
Patent GB-190313415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weavers' Shuttles.
Inventor: PREISS GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 13,415. Preiss, G. June 16. Loom shuttles. - In order to avoid permanent displacement of the cop due to the shock of the shuttle against the shuttle box, the cop is stuck upon a core 17, which slides upon the tongue 11 and is connected through a pivoted arm 16 to one end of a helical spring 15. The spring 15 is wound round a disc 13 surrounding the tongue pivot, and its other end is secured to the head 12. The cop on the core 17 has thus a limited displacement relative to the tongue, but is always returned by the action of the spring 15. The tongue may be similarly arranged to slide on a projection from the head.
Patent GB-190314582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Identical Cutting Surfaces in Borers Drills and the like and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SCHMALTZ FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 14,582. Schmaltz, F. June 30. Work-holders.-Three kinds of work-holders for facilitating the grinding of identical backed-off cutting-edges on drills, borers, &c. are shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 7. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the drill-carrier 10 is mounted in a bearing 11 pivoted on the shaft 3, and is rotated by means of the worm-wheel 9 and the handle on the shaft 3, the bearing being rocked on the shaft 3 by means of the worm 4, bevel-wheels 7, crank disc 14, connecting-rod 13, and lever 12. The disc 14 and the carrier 10 are alternately rotated half a revolution, so that the drill point 15 is moved downwards over the surface of the grinding-disc g, turned half-round, moved upwards, and then again turned half-round, this intermittent rotation of the carrier and disc being effected by means of the pivoted catches 21. As the wheels 16, 18 rotate, the rear ends of the catches engage with the bridges 23, and their front ends are withdrawn from the notches in the wheels 17, 19, which are held by the spring catches 20 until the catches 21 drop into the notches opposite to those shown. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, the carrier is mounted eccentrically in the continuously-rotated socket 24, and carries a double-toothed ratchetwheel 29 and a double-grooved disc 28. When the wheel 29 engages with the stop 30 the tool is moved over the surface of the grinding-disc but is not rotated, and, when the socket 24 has made half a revolution, the wheel 29 does not engage the stop 30 and the tool is caused to rotate along with the socket for half a revolution by means of the spring pin 27 and the grooved disc 28. The apparatus shown in Fig. 7 is a combination of the other two, the tool-holder being oscillated on the pin 31 by the eccentric 32 on the socket, and the fixed stop 33. The axis of the tool may be arranged to cross the axis of the socket 24, or the carrier 10 may be mounted eccentrically in a conical socket. When the drills have more than two cutting-edges, the apparatus is arranged so that the tool-carrier is rotated a third or other part of a revolution between the grinding operations,
Patent GB-190323265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Water & Feeding it to Steam Boilers.
Inventor: BRAZDA THEODOR
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,265. Brßzda, T. Oct. 27. Feedwater, heating and supplying.-The feed is heated by direct contact with live steam in a suitable vessel, and is supplied to the boiler by gravity, the connections being controlled either by hand or automatically. With the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the feed outlet 1 of the heater b and the steam inlet pipe i are controlled by a single valve l, which is operated from the front of the boiler by a rod k. The steam which fills the heater after each discharge into the boiler escapes through a pressure-reducing cock or valve q and passes by way of the pipe r to the perforated coil s in the elevated feed-tank e. The cock o, controlling the steam supply to the perforated heating-coil p, and the cock q are operated together in such a manner that, when one is open, the other is shut. A pipe n, passing through the heater in a coiled manner, connects the cock o with the steam space of the boiler. The float-operated valve f controls the inlet to the heater from the tank e. A gauge-glass and pressure gauge are provided on the front end of the heater, as shown at 6, 7 respectively. In Fig. 2, the apparatus is shown as applied to a locomotive. The tank e is mounted on the cab and is connected with the tender by a pipe 17, so that, when a vacuum is formed, the water will be drawn up into it. By omitting the tank and connecting the pipe 17 with the heater b, the water will pass directly into the latter. To facilitate the formation of the vacuum, the tank is fitted with a partition 18, forming two separate chambers, which are connected by pipes 19. A pressurereducing valve 20 is mounted on the smaller chamber. Duplicate apparatus may be fitted and arranged to feed the boiler alternately. Instead of perforations in the heating-coil p, the steam may be distributed by discs p<1>. These are shown separately in Fig. 5 and are mounted on springs 16 to deaden the noise. The steam-escape pipe r is led to the tender instead of into the tank e. The valve l<1> controlling the connections with the boiler is in the form of a slide. For semiautomatic working, the cocks o, q are mounted within the heater, and are operated by a float. This arrangement is shown m Fig. 4 as applied to apparatus for complete automatic working, the valve l being controlled by a float w. Normally, the valve is kept closed by the pressure in the boiler. When the pressure in the heater reaches that in the boiler, the float w opens the valve and allows the heater to empty itself. The valves f, l can be adjusted by means of nuts on their spindles ; or a stop 21, adjusted by a hand-wheel 22, may be arranged to act on the float levers. To prevent the floats from collapsing, they are charged with water to about one-tenth of their capacity. As the feed gets heated, steam is generated inside the floats at a pressure which balances the external steam pressure. In Fig. 2, an overflow valve 23 operated by a float, is shown applied to the heater.