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Patent GB-190011397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Transportation of Coal or other Supplies chiefly Designed for Ships at Sea
Inventor: MACKROW GEORGE COLBY
Filed: 1900-06-23
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 11,397. Mackrow, G. C., and Cameron, H. G. June 23. Rope tramways.-For coaling &c. at sea, the hauling-apparatus is carried by a vertical trunk f, Fig. 1, with an axial pivot at the bottom and supported at about mid-height by a fixed ring with roller bearings. The trunk is thus free to rotate and adjust itself to the direction of the endless transporting-rope. This rope, as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 10, passes around a driving-pulley c, and thence around sheaves j, carried by a tensioning weight, and sheaves i fixed in the head of the trunk. Any alteration in the distance between the two ships is thus allowed for by the rise or fall of the tensioning-weight, which is practically in a bight of the rope a. To arrest the weight in the event of the rope breaking, it is fitted with self-sustaining gear as shown in Fig. 6 in mid-vertical section. A number of wires, the ends of which are fixed at the top and bottom of the trunk, pass through a hole at the centre of the weight e and between jaws 23 pivoted at 24 in the ends of pistons 26 working in dash-pots 27. A pulley 33, on the axis of a centrifugal governor mounted in a frame 30 loosely carried by the weight, has passed around it a wire 34 also fixed in the trunk. As the weight therefore rises and falls normally it drives the governor, but without separating the casing 30 and the weight e. Should the rope a, however, break, the weight e in falling leaves behind the casing 30, which, being connected by chains to the jaws 23, throws them into action to grip the fixed wires and thus suspend the weight. The pulley d is kept normally in the plane of the transporting-rope by a pin through a tail-piece on the pivoted bearing of the pulley. Should the tension on the rope become excessive, this pin is sheared and the rope thrown off. The apparatus employed for loading and unloading the transporting-rope is that described in Specification No. 17,511, A.D. 1900.
Patent GB-190013273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Milk at Dairies, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: STACK THOMAS LINDSAY FITZGEORG
Filed: 1900-07-23
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 13,273. Stack, T. L. F. July 23. Drawings to Specification. Milk, treating for special purposes; cream, separating; dairy utensils.-Relates to the arrangement of the plant for pasteurizing or separating milk, whereby an economy is effected in the amount of steam required. The Specification describes several modifications in a plant comprising heaters, separators, pasteurizers, and coolers. The heat abstracted from the milk in the cooling- operation is used in one of various ways for preliminarily heating a fresh supply of milk. The milk is further heated in the scalder or pasteurizer by steam from the exhaust of the engine or steam pump, with or without additional live steam from the boiler. A suitable arrangement of pipes and valves for this purpose is described. The pipe which conveys the water from the cooler to the preliminary heater may have a steam or hot-water jet inserted in it, so as to raise the temperature of the milk to such a point that one of the heaters may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190015476-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Producing Artificial Fuel.
Inventor: DOERR CLEMENS
Filed: 1900-08-30
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 15,476. Dorr, C. Aug. 30. Fuel.-The materials of coal-pit mounds or waste heaps, including the residues from coal-washing &c. operations, are granulated and utilized in the manufacture of artificial fuel. The granulated materials may be mixed with coal slime, coal dust or the like, sawdust, peat, brown coal, or other combustible material, such as resin, dextrin, or pitch.
Patent GB-190016730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Time-recording Devices
Inventor: CAJUS JULIUS CAESAR KRUMM
Filed: 1900-09-19
Granted: 1901-09-19
Abstract: 16,730. Lake, W. R., [Krumm, C. J. C., and Krumm, C. A.]. Sept. 19. Time - printing stamps. - Wheels 19, 20 for printing the hour and the five-minute intervals are driven, respectively, from a clock by cams 5, 6 and levers 7, 8 with anchors 12 engaging lug-wheels 16. Impressions are taken upon cards dropped down a shoot 27 by the operation of a platen block 22, which is attached to a withdrawing-spring 23. The operation is effected by pulling a draw-bar 24 which bears rollers 25 running against oblique steps 26 within the hollow of the platen. The platen, in striking, trips a detent 30 from a hinged shelf 29 so as to let the card fall, after which the shelf is re-set. To prevent the shelf 29 returning too early owing to the rapid return of the platen, the device shown in Fig. 6 is provided. The tail 60 of the shelf 29, which is attached by a spring 62 to the platen 22, is formed with a lateral lug 68, and the platen bears a foot x having a toe y. The shelf is normally supported by a crooked spring 54 but the toe trips this aside. The shelf then drops and only regains its original position after the foot has passed over the lug. As a modification, an inking ribbon is employed, and the platen may be operated by a rotary cam.
Patent GB-190103505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling the Discharge from Bunkers.
Inventor: CLARKE PEETE BASIL
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 3505. Clarke, P. B. Feb. 18. Barges; bunkers.-Relates to apparatus for opening and closing the door over the discharge openings of bunkers. The bunker is made with a hopper-shaped bottom to conduct the coal to an opening which is closed by a sliding door 5, the movement of which is limited by a stud 211 working in a fixed guide link 210. On the underside of the door is fixed a nut 5<b> which engages with a screwed shaft 15<a>, on the outer end of which is mounted a pinion 15<c>, engaging with two bevelwheels 16b mounted loosely on a shaft 17<a>. A friction clutch 19<a> is keyed on the shaft 17<a >and operated by a pivoted fork 20<a> to throw one or the other of the wheels 16<b> into gear for the purpose of opening or closing the door 5. The lower end 20<b> of the fork has attached to it on opposite sides operating-ropes 21<c>, which are led round guide-pulleys to the deck of the barge, from which the doors 5 are operated. A three-armed stirrer 20 mounted on a shaft 21 projects through a slot 19 into the pin. A guard plate 28 conducts any coal &c. which may escape through the slot 19 to the conveyer 6 working in the bottom of the barge below the bins.
Patent GB-190109882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: LANE GEORGE MUNROE
Filed: 1901-05-13
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 9882. Lane, G. M. May 13. Cut-outs for arc lamps. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a cutout arm 28 may be raised against a fixed contact 27 by a projection 30 on the lampregulating lever 18, if this is moved beyond its normal working limit by the action of a shunt solenoid 22. The cut-out arm 28 may also be raised by the weight of an abutting armature lever 31, if this ceases to to be held up by an electromagnat 25 in series with the carbons. In either case the arm closes a parallel circuit through a resistance 29 and a solenoid 21. In a differential lamp the electromagnet 25 and armature lever 31 are omitted ; in the construction shown in Fig. 9, the cut-out contact is made directly by a projection 30 on the movable core of series and shunt solenoids 21, 22.
Patent GB-190111595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Prismatic Plate Glass.
Inventor: BREARLY FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1901-06-06
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 11,595. Brearley, F. T. June 6. Forming ribbed plates or sheets.-Plate glass for windows is rolled with a smooth surface A, and a surface B having prismatic projections, wire netting C being embedded in it to hold the parts together in case of breakage.
Patent GB-190115769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps.
Inventor: VOELKER WILLIAM LAWRENCE
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 15,769. Voelker, W. L. Aug. 3. Incandescent lamps.-A bulb B, blown in a mould, with two tubular limbs b, each containing one leading- in wire, is secured by plaster or other cement in a cap a. made mainly of porcelain, glass, or other non- hygroscopic insulating-material, with a central partition a<X> between the ends of the limbs. The cap shown in Fig. 1 has round holes to receive the limbs b, lateral holes e to admit cement, longitudinal holes for the passage of the wires to contact-plates d, and a transverse hole for a pin f, the ends of which can engage bayonet slots in a holder. The cement enters indentations in the limbs b. In a modification, Fig. 6, the insulating-part a, a<x> is open at the sides, and the cap is completed by a metal or other shell i<x>. Either construction may be modified to fit a screw holder, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190120811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Elastic Supports to Vehicles.
Inventor: PULBROOK ANTHONY
Filed: 1901-10-17
Granted: 1903-01-17
Abstract: 20,811. Pulbrook, A., and Pulbrook, E. H. Oct. 17. Springs, bearing; undercarriages; luggage holders.-Relates to bearing-springs arranged to obviate excessive oscillation of the vehicle body. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the body B rests on compressed-air cushions D secured to a plate N fixed to the axle A, and between the plate and body is also interposed a cushion E containing air at or below atmospheric pressure. The cushion E has a strong casing P which prevents collapse. The body may have a lower part B, b which is similarly supported from the undercarriage S, and which may carry goods. In modifications, the relative positions of the cushions D, E may be interchanged, and the space between the parts may be adjusted by means of rods U and nuts W, Fig. 4. The cushions E may be replaced by rubber or other elastic material X, Fig. 4. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the cushion D is interposed between the fixed side Y and a pivoted arm T, between which and the body B balls a may be placed.
Patent GB-190123985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engines Operated by Steam or other Fluid under Pressure for Motor Vehicles, and other Uses
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 23,985. Brookes, A. G., [Upham, G. B.]. Nov. 26. Frames; driving-gear; valves and valve gear.- Relates to steam or other fluid-pressure engines especially intended for motor vehicles, in which the object is to provide for the cylinders and crosshead guides being rigidly attached to the spring-supported boiler, while the crank shaft is supported in a swinging frame so that it can be -kept at a fixed distance from the driven axle. Fig. 1 shows the engine in front elevation, and Fig. 2 shows it in side elevation. The engine cylinders a are rigidly attached to the boiler A, and the crosshead guides b<3> are attached to the cylinders and to brackets a'. The crank shaft d is supported in bearings carried by vertical bars c<2> pivoted to the engine cylinders at c<1>. At the lower ends of the bars c' are guided laterally by slotted guides c<5>, and are kept at a fixed distance from the driven axle by the reach rod f3 shown in plan in Fig. 4. This is forked at each end as shown, and is furnished with a screw adjustment at f<x>, so that it may be used as a chain strut and tensioning- device. The slide valves of the two cylinders are actuated by two Stephenson's link - motions, adjusted by a bent lever e<5> supporting on a rocking shaft e<6> mounted in brackets carried by the bars c<2>. Owing to this method of supporting the shaft e<6> any swinging of the frame bars c' produces no disturbing effect on the adjustment and action of the valve gear.
Patent GB-190213243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bedsteads.
Inventor: EVERS FRANK
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 13,243. Evers, F. June 11. Bedsteads.-Relates to a head or back rest or bolster and pillow support. A frame A with woven wire mesh is pivoted and clamped in slots b, b<1> on uprights B, B<1> secured to the side rails of the bedstead. The frame is thus vertically and angularly adjustable, and may be placed under the head of the mattress, in which case a bolster is not necessary.
Patent GB-190217088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 17,088. Johnson, J. Y., [Soc. Bietrix Leflaive & Cie.]. Aug. 1. Water-tube boilers.-Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the boiler, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 sections on the lines AB, CD, and EF respectively. The tubes, which are arranged in tiers between headers as shown, decrease in size upwards, the spacing decreases also in the same direction. Each pair of the lowermost tiers is provided with a separate header e. The pairs of the middle tiers are connected by a common header, divided at the lower end by a sinuous diaphragm into chambers, each of which connects a pair of tubes. The uppermost tiers all lead into a common chamber n. In a modification, the headers are placed side by side, instead of being staggered as shown, the tubes of the elements being crossed to allow this to be done.
Patent GB-190218385-A (GB)
Title: Folding Bed and Couch.
Inventor: OWEN DAVID THOMAS
Filed: 1902-08-21
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 18,385. Owen, D. T. Aug. 21. Bedsteads; sofas, couches, and lounges.-Relates to a convertible bedstead and couch. The bed bottom, which is upholstered on its underside to form the back of the couch, is pivoted at d in the frame A, so that it can be turned up, as shown in Fig. 1, to expose the fixed couch seat C. The legs S are pivoted, and, by means of bars W, automatically fold as the bottom is turned up. The end frames E are pivoted at 2, and are brought to a hold in their vertical positions by springs 5. When the bottom is turned up, arms 8 acting on cords G draw the end frames down on to the bottom.
Patent GB-190226710-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dung Trap for Carriage Horses and the like.
Inventor: CALANTARIENTS JOHANNES AVETICI
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 26,710. Calantarients, J. A. Dec. 4. Dung-catchers.-A receiver A, Fig. 1, carried by the vehicle is fitted with a removable lining and an inlet tube. This tube consists of a member a, fixed to the receiver, within which is pivoted a spring telescopic member b. A waterproof sheet C forms a shoot from the breeching-strap to the inlet tube. In a modification the sheet C and the member b are dispensed with, and the shoot consists of a trough F, Fig. 4, hinged to the inlet tube and held normally clear of the horse by weights G or springs. This trough is brought into position to receive the dung when the animal lifts its tail by cords N attached to a hinged arm L, the curved end of which stands normally above the tail. An apron 0, fixed to the breeching-strap, conducts the dung to the trough F. The inlet tube may be provided with a swinging flap v, Fig. 1. The urine may also be conveyed, through a funnel and rubber tube or otherwise, to the receiver A or a separate receiver. The Provisional Specification states that the receiver or its lid may be opened or caused to approach the animal, as when the tail is lifted, the lid forming an inclined plane from the horse to the receiver and being held normally closed by a weight or spring. Also that the momentum of the falling dung may be utilised for closing or removing the lid ; or an electric motor or other means, operated by the movements of the animal, may be employed to bring the receiver into position.
Patent GB-190228634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats and Stools for Outdoor Use.
Inventor: TRIPPETT JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-12-27
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 28,634. Trippett, J. Dec. 27. Seats and seat-backs ; tramcars.-Relates to a method of automatically wiping rain or snow off exposed seats or stools of the type provided with reversible backs, such as those used on tramcars. The apparatus is shown applied to a tramcar seat and back in Figs. 1 and 2, where a flexible piece of indiarubber, gutta-percha, leather, or similar substance i is held by screws or otherwise in a frame fixed to the supports a of the reversible back, and, when the back is reversed, wipes the seat j. Proper pressure is maintained between the rubber and the seat by springs g, Fig. 4, which press against the ends k of the frame e and are held in brackets c adjustably attached to the supports a. To allow the wiper to be lifted clear of the seat in dry weather, a modification, shown in Fig. 7, of the brackets c is employed, in which a spring s normally keeps the wiper away from the seat. By turning a cam n fixed on an adjustable bracket m through a quarter of a revolution downwards, the nut n is made to compress the spring g until it overcomes the pressure of the spring s and forces the wiper i on to the seat.
Patent GB-190309497-A (GB)
Inventor: HOFFMANN ERNST GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 9497. Hoffmann, E. G. April 27. Ball, thrust, and selfaligning bearings. - The thrust bearing described in Specification No. 16,517, A.D. 1899, is improved by combining with it a side or journal bearing. The ring c, to which the end thrust is transmitted, bears against a spherical seat b on the cup a, so that the bearing is self-aligning. The balls i of the journal bearing also bear against the cup a. The balls are carried in cages k, p. The bearing may be used as a footstep bearing, and the parts f, g may be formed in one piece. Two or more sets of journal balls may be employed, and a thrust bearing may be provided at each side.
Patent GB-190311654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neck-ties.
Inventor: DAVIES CHARLES WADE TUDOR
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,654. Davies, C. W. T. May 21. Neckties, bows, and the like.-The invention consists of a necktie having a tab C<1>, Figs. 1 and 3, at the junction of the neckband and one of the tying ends. This tab is buttoned on to the collar stud after one end of the collar has been fastened and then the other end of the collar is buttoned over the tab. Instead of the tab C<1>, a loop may be sewn to the lower edges of the neckband of the tie. In this case, the loop is suspended on the stud before buttoning either end of the collar. In a modification, a tab may be used instead of the loop and may be adapted for insertion, when not in use, into a pocket formed in the tie. A tab with two buttonholes or a double ring may be used for ties that are not made in special lengths, and, in some cases, the tab may be replaced by a hook. The necktie may be provided with a cord B, Fig. 9, with knots b<1> at its ends and having a running connection between the stitches a<2> of the neck band A so that it can be pulled out at various points to form loops b. A label is attached to the neckband over the line of loops, and numbers are placed on it indicating the appropriate loops for various sizes of collars. This label may also be used for advertisements. The cord B, with the exception of the knots, may lie entirely on the outer side of the stitching a', the loops being formed by separate cross-stitches, or the line of stitching a' may be broken for a length rather shorter than the cord and the loops formed by cross-stitches, as above. Or the edges of the folds between the ends of the cord may be stitched together at intervals and the cord be placed entirely on the inner side of these stitches, a loop being formed by projecting the oord between any two stitches.
Patent GB-190313421-A (GB)
Title: A Sparrow Trap
Inventor: PARHAM GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 13,421. Parham, G. E. June 16. Traps for birds. A triangular-shaped trap for catching sparrows alive i s made with sides of louvre boards connected together by a wire. The boards are raised and the trap set by pulling down wires b, attached to cranks at c, and fixing them by means of a pin at d. When the pin is withdrawn by pulling a cord attached to it, the boards fall and close the trap. At the back of the trap is a removable box provided with an opening at h through which the hand of the operator can be passed. The birds are driven into this box through an opening f, which is then closed by a sliding shutter operated by a cord.
Patent GB-190315270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Shuttle-changing Mechanism and Stop-motions of Looms for Weaving
Inventor: HOWARTH HARRY COLLINGE
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1904-08-10
Abstract: 15,270. Howarth, H. C. July 10. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism; stop-motions. -The shuttle-changing mechanism or stop-motion is brought into operation when a predetermined number of yards of weft have been drawn off the cop. The invention is specially applicable to looms in which the shuttles are changed automatically, and is described in connection with a Blackburn automatic loom described in Specification No. 14,524, A.D. 1902, but the mechanism may be caused to act upon the spring handle of an ordinary loom, to stop the loom in order that the shuttle may be changed by hand. A cam i is slowly rotated through a train of spur-wheels c from a ratchetwheel d, which is actuated by a pawl e on a lever g, oscillated by a cam h on the tappet shaft b. When a projection i<x> on the cam i acts on a finger k on a spring lever j, the latter in turn acts upon the spring handle l, which is released to move the strap from the fast to the intermediate pulley. In order that the handle l may be released only at the right time to effect the change of shuttles, a plate o with a projection p is carried by a rod n fixed to the weft-fork hammer m. The projection p is moved away from the front of the spring handle l, to allow it to be released at the right time. The handle l may otherwise be held by a catch until the right time, when it is released by a pivoted rod rocked by the lever g.
Patent GB-190316228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capping or Fixing Tops to Corks
Inventor: MAUD WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,228. Maud, W. R. July 23. Corks ; stoppers.-A cork a, or a rubber or other stopper, is provided with a top c in the form of a ring having an irregular or uneven inner surface b. The cork &c. is forced into the ring, and may be further secured by a suitable adhesive. The top may be of circular or other form externally, and may be made of bamboo cane. The top may be enclosed by a cap d, Fig. 5, of metal, xylonite, &c. ; or, a disc of paper, card, &c. may be fixed on the end of the stopper and top by means of an adhesive.
Patent GB-190319486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Looms for Weaving Cloth of Varying Density.
Inventor: KOETTER CARL EMIL
Filed: 1903-09-10
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 19,486. K÷tter, C. E., and K÷tter, B. Sept. 10. Loom take - up motions.-In a loom for weaving fabrics of varying density, such as are used for covering stuff buttons, the take-up motion is constructed to take up the cloth at two different speeds. The cloth beam 24 is rotated by means of spur, worm, and bevel gearing from a ratchetwheel 9. The pawl of the ratchet-wheel is carried by an oscillating lever 8 provided with a slot into which projects a bolt 6 fixed to a lever 5. The lever 5 is coupled to, and vibrates with, a lever 3 having a slot into which a bolt 4<b>, fixed to a rod 4, projects. The rod 4 is actuated by a crank 2 on a rock-shaft 1, and has a forwardly-projecting part 4<a>. The speed of the take-up is faster or slower according as the lever 4 is acting nearer to or further from the fulcrum of the lever 3. In the lower position of the rod 4, the part 4<a> works in a recess 11<a> in a pivoted lever 11, 12, which is pressed against the part 4<a> by the action of a spring 13. When the dense part of the fabric is to be woven, the lever 11 is pulled away from the part 4<a> by a cord 14 actuated by the jacquard or equivalent apparatus, and the rod 4 is raised by a spring 15. The lever 4 is pulled down again, so that the part 4<a> is engaged by the recess 11<a>, by means of a cord 18<a>, a lever 16, 17, and a jacquard cord 18.