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Patent GB-190116181-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Making Industrial Use of the Heat of the Sun and Obtaining High Temperatures.
Inventor: HIMALAYA MANUEL ANTONIO GOMES
Filed: 1901-08-12
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 16,181. Himalaya, M. A. G. Aug. 12. Reflectors.-Rentes to apparatus for making industrial use of the heat of the sun and obtaining high temperatures such as are required in chemical and metallurgical arts. The apparatus comprises a reflector derived from a paraboloidal or like surface, mounted to move about two or three axes and to bring the sun's rays to a focus within a furnace, crucible, water-heater or steam boiler, or a chamber for the production of nitrous acid. The reflector is made up of plane or curved silvered glass or metal elements, which may be of trapezoidal, circular, or other form, and which, when congregated, form a sector derived from the frustum of a paraboloid of revolution. Eight sectors may be mounted together, with movements about a horizontal and a vertical axis, or one sector alone may be employed, as in the apparatus shown in Fig. 4 for directing the rays within a crucible E. In this apparatus, the reflector is moved about the horizontal axis D by the gearing of pinions 4 with the vertical curved racks 5, and is moved about the vertical axis o by means of the rollers 8 and rails 2. A suitable framework for the reflector and a counterbalance are provided. The truck e carrying the crucible e, may be wheeled upon a track concentric with the vertical axis 0, and this form of supporting arrangement is arranged with two reflectors to give two diametrically-opposite heating foci, as shown in Fig. 7. An oblique axis of motion may be added to the movements of the reflector, and with two motions only the horizontal axis may be arranged parallel to the chord or tangent of the normal arc of the reflecting-surface.
Patent GB-190116610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production and use of Knobs for Bedsteads Rails and the like
Inventor: DERRICOTT HENRY
Filed: 1901-08-19
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 16,610. Derricott, H. Aug. 19. Right to Patent relinquished. Making ornamental metalwork, and parts of bedsteads and cots.-A cup-shaped blank a, Fig. 1, made as usual, is placed in the removable die. Fig. 11, and its edge is curved inwards, as shown in Fig. 2, by the top tool shown in Fig. 7. The die is then removed from its bed, and the blank from the die. The blank is now annealed, and its edge turned inwards, as shown in Fig. 3, by the tools shown in Figs. 9 and 11. The cup is now compressed in spherical dies, as shown in Fig. 4, and then drawn through another die to the form shown in Fig. 5, after which it is finished in spherical dies. The thickened edge h receives a long screw-thread.
Patent GB-190117619-A (GB)
Title: An Adjustable Combined Elevator and Conveyor.
Inventor: BAVERSTOCK WALTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-03
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 17,619. Baverstock, W. W. Sept. 3. Elevators ; conveyers.- Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 18,818, A.D. 1899. The apparatus is designed to transfer carcases from the hold A of a ship to a barge or quay B. Endless chains G pass around sprocket-wheels I,J,K,L, and N. The wheels J, K, and N are fixed on a beam or girder E, which overhangs the ship's side. The wheels I are adjustably mounted in a frame I' of sufficient weight to remain on the floor of the hold, and to which also cam surfaces V are fixed to right the carriers and cradles U upon which the carcases are placed to be picked up by the carriers. At the discharging.end, the wheel L and its frame L<1> are suspended by a rope m from a drum M operated by worm gear. A lateral extension L<3> rests against the side of the ship. As each carrier descends with its load, a tail-piece Q strikes a cross-bar q and the load is discharged on to a shoot P. Each carrier consists of a number of prongs on a spindle h, the ends of which are journalled in blocks h<1>, which also connect adjacent links of the chain. To maintain the pitch, one of the links, to which the block h<1> is connected, is shorter than usual.
Patent GB-190117787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hat Brushes and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-09-05
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 17,787. Thompson, W. P., [Bayerische Celluloidwaarenfabrik vorm A. Wacker]. Sept. 5. Hat brushes; hat pads or revivers.-A hat brush, pad, or reviver a is detachably supported by the sweat band f of a hat by means of a plate c of celluloid &c. This plate may be fixed to the sweat band by sewing &c., and detachably secured to the brush as by a loop b, or the plate c may be fixed to the brush and be detachably secured to the sweat band by any suitable fastening.
Patent GB-190118986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bag Locks.
Inventor: BUCKNALL EDWARD
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 18,986. Bucknall, E., Bucknall, T., and Bucknall, E., [trading as Bucknall, E.]. Sept. 24. Locks, key; fastenings.-Relates to the type of bag lock in which the nozzle for operating the catch is locked by means of a sliding bolt. The bolt A, mounted to slide in the bottom of the case B, is provided with projections a, which, when in the looking position, lie under the catch plate C and prevent it from being moved to release the catches from the staples. A spring D, mounted on a pin c on the bottom of the case, is pressed against the bolt in any convenient manner, such as by causing the heel to bear against a stud. The free end of the spring is preferably of a U -shape, and is adapted to engage one or other side of a projection e on the bolt, according to whether the bolt is in the locking or free position. The key engages a pin f between the spring and the bolt, and is double-bitted. One bitt serves first to raise the spring clear of the projection e, and then the other bitt engages a notch or gating in the bolt to operate the same. A spring or catch n with a V- shaped end is mounted conveniently on the pin c to engage one or other of two recesses in the bolt, to act as a stop to keep the bolt in position, and to prevent the bolt from being unlocked by shaking it endways should the spring D be moved out of engagement with the bolt by improper means. When applied to the look described in Specification No. 12,930, A.D. 1900, the spring D is mounted on the plate carrying the bolt.
Patent GB-190119403-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing an Aluminium Alloy.
Inventor: MANHARDT ANTON
Filed: 1901-09-28
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 19,403. Manhardt, A. Sept. 28. Alloys.-Aluminium alloys are prepared by adding aluminium gradually to a molten mixture of tin, magnesium, copper, antimony, and phosphorous. After the addition of the aluminium, and while the mass is still molten, small quantities of sodium bicarbonate and sulphur are added. The phosphorus, sodium bicarbonate, and sulphur separate out as a slag, carrying with it any impurities that may exist.
Patent GB-190122134-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Padlock.
Inventor: POOLEY HUBERT
Filed: 1901-11-02
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 22,134. Pooley, H. Nov. 2. Fastenings ; padlocks. - Relates to a keyless padlock or fastening. The front plate 1 or other part of the casing has an extension provided with a hole 3. A lever 4, pivoted to the casing, has a corresponding hole 5, the holes 3, 5, when in coincidence, being adapted to receive a seal. On the pivot 6 of the lever is mounted a toothed pinion 7, which engages a rack on the bolt 11. By operating the lever, the bolt may be engaged or withdrawn from engagement with the hasp of the bow 12. In the shot position, the holes 3, 5 are in register, and a seal may be inserted, so that the bow cannot be released until the seal is broken. Instead of the pinion and rack, a quadrant on the pivot pin may engage a recess in the bolt, or a hook on the pivot pin may engage the hasp of the bow.
Patent GB-190122163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Charging and Discharging Ingot-heating Furnaces & the like
Filed: 1901-11-04
Granted: 1902-11-04
Abstract: 22,163. Hampton, J. A., and Roberts, J. & S. Nov. 4. Charging and discharging ingot-heating furnaces. Relates to a machine for conveying heavy ingots, slabs, billets, or the like, consisting of a travelling carriage 10, running on rails along the front of a furnace and provided with a sliding or otherwise travelling table 25 bearing gripper levers 47 and 48 and also provided with a platform of live rollers 70. The various parts are operated by any suitable motor mechanism, but preferably by electromotors as shown. The travelling wheels 13 are driven by the motor 15, Fig. 2, and the travelling table by the motor 32, the latter acting through the gearing shown to operate a longitudinal screw 44 ; or, in a modification, the table runs on rails on the carriage 10, and carries its own motor. The gripping-levers, which grip horizontally at the front, or at both ends in the modified construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, are mounted in a shaft 46, which may be turned on its axis to raise and lower the ends of the levers by the rack segment 61 operated from the motor 66. The opening and closing of the levers is effected by toggle links 53, operated by the screw 56 and motor 58.
Patent GB-190125802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wall Structures Pertaining to Pockets for Sliding Doors and Windows, and Method of Constructing the same.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 25,802. Thompson, W. P., [Perfect Sliding Door Co.]. Dec. 17. Walls; ceilings; lathing; plastering; door frames windows; partitions. - Relates to the formation of lath-and-plaster pockets or casings for sliding doors and windows, and to the construction of hollow walls and ceilings. Fig. 1 shows a skeleton framework constructed of parallel grooved door posts d, d', intermediate standards f, f and an end post c connected by a lintel j and base and intermediate rails h, h<1>. Rabbeted pieces k are secured between the joists b and the posts, and wood or metal laths e, e<1> are nailed across the posts. Oiled wood cores or metal plates are next inserted between the posts, and plaster is forced through the laths against the smooth backing to form a thin smooth lath-and-plaster casing, as shown in Fig. 8. The cores are withdrawn after the first side or half has been plastered, and reversed for the formation of the second half. The ends of the laths fit in rabbets or grooves in the posts d, d<1>, and the plaster is applied level with the outer surfaces of the posts.
Patent GB-190201040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plant for Manufacturing Coke
Inventor: KENNEDY WALTER
Filed: 1902-01-14
Granted: 1903-01-14
Abstract: 1040. Kennedy, W. Jan. 14. Sliding valves; gas valves. - ln coking- plant, connections between oven flues and gas mains 12<a>, Fig. 7, or between gas boxes and combustion chambers, comprise sliding pipes 13<a> having their outer ends connected to plates 14<a> held in contact with plates 15<a>, formed on the outer ends of nozzles 16<a> of the mains, by means of weighted levers 17<a> pivoted on the pipes 13<a> and provided with rollers 18 bearing on the plates 15<a>. The plates 14a and pipes 13<a> are shifted along the plates 15<a> by means of pinions on the shafts of hand-wheels 19, carried by the plates 15<a>, engaging racks on the plates 14<a>. Openings through the plates 14<a> are adapted to register with the nozzles 16<a>.
Patent GB-190212999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weather Frames or Screens for Tramcars.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JOHN
Filed: 1902-06-07
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 12,999. Griffiths, J. June 7. Tramcars; wind guards. - A movable screen for protecting the passengers on the outside seats of a tramcar from rain and wind is placed round the sides and ends of the roof, and is raised and lowered by the conductor as desired. Fig. 1 shows the invention as fitted to an electric tramcar. The movable screen b is placed inside or outside the fixed frame a, and is mounted on four plungers in cylinders c at the corners of the car. The cylinders are connected by pipes e, g to the delivery valves p<1> of the pump q, into which a plunger is moved by a handle so as to force water into the cylinders c and lift the movable screen. When the screen is not required, the valve l<1> is opened by the rod l<2>, and the screen descends, the water being forced back into a supply tank j. The awning or covering described in Specification No. 12,997, A.D. 1902, may be used in connection with the screen described above. The screen may be fitted with windows. A rubber pad or flap may be fixed to the upper part of the fixed frame a, to prevent the rain from collecting between it and the raised screen b.
Patent GB-190215440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LAMBOTTE CAMILLE
Filed: 1902-07-10
Granted: 1903-07-10
Abstract: 15,440. Lambotte, C. July 10. Gas or explosivevapour engines, valves and valve gear for, igniting, governing, and carburetting in. The fuel valve E and igniter K are both worked in a twostroke cycle engine by the balanced air valve A, which may be controlled by a governor to vary the quality of the charge. The valve E is worked by adjustable tappets C, G', on the rod B, which work the block H, sliding on the rod T, and trough it the adjustable striking - plate G. The quantity of fuel, and its time of admission, may by these means be varied. The igniting contact-maker K may be worked from the rod B on the rod E, and is also adjustable for timing.
Patent GB-190225075-A (GB)
Title: Improved Kiln for Burning Pipes Bricks & the like
Inventor: INGHAM WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-15
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 25,075. Ingham, W., Langton, B., and Ingham, L. Nov. 15. Kilns for burning pipes, bricks, tiles, and the like. A single chamber A of square, oblong, circular, or oval form is provided along each side with a combustion flue B containing a series of firebars C, on which the fuel is burnt. Walls D of suitahle height serve to screen the contents of the chamber from the direct heat of the fires and also to keep the fuel on the bars C. The waste gases escape from the chamber A through holes in the floor E, and are conveyed to a chimney by the flue F, which has openings in the top to allow the gases to enter. Firing-holes J, fitted with loose covers or lids K, are provided in the top or sides of the kiln, and openings L are also arranged in the sides for cleaning the bars C and flues B. The ends of the flues B communicate direct with the atmosphere, or they may be connected by cross-flues with the combustion flues of similar kilns. When a number of kilns are thus connected, the air required for combustion in one kiln is heated by drawing it through any previous kiln in which the burning operation is complete. In the case of a circular or oval kiln, the combustion flue B runs completely round the chamber A.
Patent GB-190225610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consumers, Especially Applicable for Steam Boiler Furnaces
Inventor: JOHNSON JOHN WALLACE
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 25,610. Johnson, J. W. April 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Smoke-consuming.-In the smoke-box of a locomotive boiler or the like are arranged the downwardly-deflecting baffle 1 and the transversely-placed funnel or pocket 6 formed with a forwardly-extending trough 7. If a screen 4 is provided in the smoke-box, the steam exhaust pipe 5 extends through it. The intake pipe 8, Fig. 4, extends through the bottom of the trough 7, and is coupled to the pipe 9, which returns the products of combustion to the grate of the furnace. Steam is discharged by the pipe 12 through the nozzle 13 into the return pipe 9. A blow-pipe 14 for steam or compressed air is arranged above the trough 7 near the intake pipe 8, to keep the intake pipe clear of cinders &c.
Patent GB-190308484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ambulance Vehicles.
Inventor: AVERY LEONARD
Filed: 1903-04-14
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 8484. Avery, L., and Mills, B. W. April 14. Ambulance vehicles.-A frame for supporting the litter is suspended from side bars fitted with an awning and connected to the shafts by springs so as to nullify the vibration due to the ground or to the movements of the horse. The side bars B<2> are mounted on springs F, and their forward ends are extended outwardly and fitted with springs D or the like, to which the shafts A are pivoted at d. The cross-bar A<1> connecting the rear ends of the shafts is supported by an elliptic spring C, which is connected by bars c to the bars B<2>. The shafts are fitted with trace attachments a and girth-strap connections a<1>, a<2>, which are attached to rings A<2> set in from the shafts and bearing against the saddle. The runners B<3> of the frame for supporting the litter are suspended by straps or stay bolts b, and are fitted with guides B<6> and stop-bars B<4>, B<5> for the wheels or castors of the litter which may also be secured by the straps G. The frame for supporting the awning or cover consists of bars b<3> connected by rods b<2>, the end bars b<3> being provided with a support b<1>.
Patent GB-190309834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Scuttles for Ships
Inventor: PRESTON EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 9834. Preston, E. J., and Mullan, W. April 30. Cabin lights.-Port lights or scuttles are constructed with a clear glass opening nearly as large as the hole cut in the ship's skin, and with a means for locking by a revolving ring provided with wedge lugs operating on the frame of the light. The glass-door frame d, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, is of the same internal diameter as the fixed frame f, and has a projecting ring, which seats on the rubber ring e. The light is fitted with a revolving ring a provided with wedge pieces b engaging wedge lugs c on the frame d to press the door on to its seat. The ring a revolves on a rim g, which has an external round-threaded screw, as shown, of half the slope of the wedge lugs. The ring a has an inner flange i interrupted at places to permit the lugs c to pass through, and is rotated by the handle l working a screwed spindle mattached to the ring by means of a nut. Fig. 4 shows a method of keeping a light open a small distance. On the same axis as that on which the swing bolt h is pivoted is fitted a short tumbler n, which is raised and will support the partly-opened light while kept in place by tightening the bolt h. A modification is described, in which the above described method of fastening the glass frame is extended to a dead door covering the frame.
Patent GB-190312309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Tiles and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON HARRY
Filed: 1903-05-29
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,309. Johnson, H., and Johnson, R. L. May 29. Moulding tiles.-Relates to the manufacture of tiles with undercut recesses at the back. A recess is produced by a plate B, which normally lies flat upon the bottom die A of a tile press. When the finished tile C is lifted off the die A, the plate B is at first carried up in the recess C' but is then held back and turned into the position shown in Fig. 3, by the engagement of the lower end of the link D, with a pin E. The plate B therefore drops into its first position and is ready for the next tile. Other means may be used to hold back the plate B.
Patent GB-190313387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Clips
Inventor: MCGILL GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 13,387. McGill, G. W. June 15. Filing papers &c.-Spring clips for holding together papers, prints, and like articles are formed by bending a single piece of spring wire to form superposed clipping-portions 2, 3, Figs. 5, 6, and 17, or 2<a>, 3<a>, Fig. 11, or b, b<1>, Fig. 12, or 12, 13, Figs. 8 and 10, or 12<a>, 13<a>, Figs. 13 and 15, with lips 4, 5, Figs. 5 and 6, or 14, 15, Figs. 8, 10, 13, and 15, or c, c\ Figs. 11 and 12, forming a reentrant mouth B, or a single lip o, Fig. 17, and, if desired, a suspending ring C, Fig. 5, or c, Fig. 10, or H, Fig. 15, or a hook D, Fig. 6, or a pin-pointed hook d, Fig. 17. In the form shown in Fig. 13, the free ends are housed n a metal tube or case G, and, in the corresponding form shown in Fig. 15, the free ends are coiled to form a neck h and the ring H. In the form= shown in Figs. 5 and 17, one free end is bent to form the ring C and the hook d respectively. In the forms shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the part a is flattened to retain the folding.
Patent GB-190313960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paving Blocks.
Inventor: BRETHERTON THOMAS
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 13,960. Bretherton, T. June 23. Drawings to Specification. Metal-block and wood-block paving.-The spaces between paving-blocks, especially adapted for laying alongside or between tram rails, are filled in with wooden blocks and concrete, the surfaces of the paving-blocks consisting of wooden blocks, iron studs or projections, and a concrete or like filling.
Patent GB-190314665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Ventilating Columns for Sewers and the like.
Inventor: AMES RICHARD
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,665. Ames, R. July 1. Ventilating; testing.- In order to test the air current in a ventilating- shaft without vitiating the result by having an open inspection door, a transparent window k is mounted behind the inspection door o. When the shaft has to be tested, the door o is opened and the window removed, in order to place an anemometer over the mouth of the pipe h, lugs i being arranged for this purpose. The window is now replaced and screwed down to make an airtight joint, and the anemometer observed. In order to prevent the pipe h, which is connected to the sewer by the spigot g, from becoming blocked by rust falling from the interior of the shaft, it is formed as an integral part of the base a and opens sideways, as shown. In a modification, however, the pipe is brought up concentric with the base a. In this case, it is covered by a conical hood which is removed for the putting into position of the anemometer, lugs used for supporting the hood being also used for supporting the anemometer.
Patent GB-190318976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lacestuffs upon the Crochet Machine.
Inventor: MUEHLEN CASPAR VON DER
Filed: 1903-09-03
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 18,976. M³hlen, C. von der. Sept. 3. Crochet-work; knitted fabrics.-Relates to a new open lace-like warp fabric, produced on the "crochet ma- "chine" and somewhat similar in appearance to a fabric produced on the weaving loom. Longitudinal knitted pillars A are connected by linking threads B which each lap over three or more warps so as to make a connected fabric. Figuring-threads C, D may also be introduced.
Patent GB-190326366-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Saponifying Petroleum and other like Hydrocarbons
Inventor: LOTHAMMER FRANCOIS JOSUE
Filed: 1903-12-02
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 26,366. Lothammer, F. J., and Trocquenet, C. Dec. 2. Soaps.-In the saponification of petroleum and similar hydrocarbons, the oil is mixed with extract of Panama wood (quillaya saponaria), prepared by soaking the wood in cold water, running off the liquid, and concentrating, water being added to the residual wood for use at a later stage. The emulsionized mass of oil and extract is placed upon perforated or grooved plates of fireproof material, and ignited. As it is consumed, an oily substance oozes out. This substance is mixed with melted cocoanut, palm, or like oil, soda lyes are added, and the whole boiled. The mass is sprinkled with sodium silicate solution and, after some time, a mixture of sodium carbonate solution and the second extract of quillaya saponaria is added. The boiling is continued until a sample exposed to the air rapidly solidifies, when ammonia and any desired colouring-matter are added, and the soap is run into moulds.