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Patent GB-190109720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing and otherwise Treating Fibrous Material in a Spun or other State.
Inventor: ILLINGWORTH ROCHESTER
Filed: 1901-05-10
Granted: 1902-06-10
Abstract: 9720. Illingworth, R., Mazey, J. T., and Naylor, G. May 10. Fibres, treating yarns, finishing; cop - tubes.- Relates to apparatus for dyeing and otherwise treating fibrous material in a spun or other state. The liquor is alternately drawn and forced through the material by means of a piston reciprocating in the containing vessel. In the form of apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the vessel a is fitted with a piston b, the rod c of which is connected with a crank e or other means for reciprocating it. The piston is formed with openings for receiving a number of spindles or pillars g, formed with lateral apertures h and closed at the top by nuts h<1>, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and adapted to receive one or more perforated tubes i, on which the material has been wound in cheese or like form. Immediately above the piston, the spindles are formed with ports k, arranged crosswise, for the purpose of keeping the liquor agitated or draining it off. During the upstroke of the piston, a vacuum is formed beneath it and the liquor is drawn through the material from the outside ; during the down-stroke, the liquor is forced through the material in the opposite direction. When treating fibrous material in the hank, warp, or manufactured state, the material is packed in a removable cage p, Fig. 8, provided with bottom nozzles q, adapted to fit the holes in the piston. The liquor may be heated by a steam jacket r, or by a steam coil arranged on the top of the piston. In a modified form of the apparatus, the containing vessel is open at the top and bottom, and the carrying spindles are supported in a fixed partition, below which the piston rises and falls.
Patent GB-190116523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators for Turbines.
Inventor: KNORRING CONSTANTIN VON
Filed: 1901-08-16
Granted: 1902-08-16
Abstract: 16,523. Knorring, C. von, and Nadrowski, J. Aug. 16. Superheaters, steam; auxiliary heating-arrangements.-Apparatus for utilizing the waste steam from a turbine of the Laval or similar type driven by superheated steam is shown in Fig. 1. Steam from a boiler a, after passing through a superheater f, is used to drive a turbine i. The exhaust, but still superheated, steam from the turbine is passed through U-shaped gilled pipes b inserted in the boiler. In a modification, a nest of steam tubes is fitted in the boiler, and the exhaust steam is passed through these tubes and then through a feedwater heater. The nest of tubes e', Figs. 3 and 3<a>, may be placed outside the boiler and connected to the feedwater heater c. By means of a pump hand throttle valve g, the boiler water can be forced under pressure through the auxiliary heater. The arrangement of the auxiliary heater with regard to the boiler can be varied, and it may be placed in the steam to act as an auxiliary superheater.
Patent GB-190119831-A (GB)
Title: Lifting Attachment to Weighing Machines
Inventor: KING HUBERT ATWOOD
Filed: 1901-10-04
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 19,831. King, H. A. Oct. 4. Weighing-apparatus combined with winches.-A weighing-apparatus fitted with a lifting-attachment and suitable for weighing sacks of coal &c. is shown in Fig. 2. A portable or other suitable platform machine C has its load platform G fitted with a sack-holder R, and the standards A support a winch W connected by chains to a verticallysliding frame S, which has a horizontal extension U. When the frame is raised, the sack is lifted to a convenient height for removal.
Patent GB-190121804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Reed Motions of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: BROGDEN SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-10-30
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 21,804. Brogden, S., and Duxbury, J. Oct. 30. Loom loose-reed motions.-A spring 3, preferably fixed to the lay sword 2, presses against a pin 6 on an arm 5 which is mounted upon a rod 4 corresponding to the stop-rod of a fastreed loom. The pressure of the spring upon the pin may be regulated by means of a bolt 9 and nuts 10. In a modification, the spring 3 is made in two parts detachably connected together. A bowl or runner may be used on the pin 6, and the spring may be bent so as to form a recess for receiving the bowl or runner.
Patent GB-190125388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuses.
Filed: 1901-12-12
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 25,388. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Geisenhoner, H.]. Dec. 12. Cut-outs.-Fusible cut-outs of the cartridge type have the fuse threaded across the discharge opening, and one part of the strip is of smaller heat-radiating capacity. Fig. 3 shows a suitable fuse-holder or cartridge, and Figs. 1 and 2 a case. A refractory cylinder 1, having a central boring, is formed with transverse perforations through which the fuse is threaded, one of the perforations being of larger size. The ends of the wire are soldered to brass rings 3, 3<a>, and the cylinder is covered with a layer of asbestos or the like. The casing is fitted with spring contact-clips for holding the cartridge, and has projections 4, 4<a> fitting into V-grooves in the cartridge. The gases &c. are thus deflected and cooled before passing out through vents 5. The lid of the case is formed with projections 9 taking into grooves, and is held in position by a suitable central screw and nut. In a modified form, for very high-potential currents, the cartridge is formed with ridges &c., and the casing is correspondingly shaped.
Patent GB-190201820-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Laying Cables.
Inventor: HURRELL GUY CLEMENT
Filed: 1902-01-23
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 1820. Hurrell, G. C. Jan. 23. Conduits.-Relates to conduits for electric conductors, and means of laying the conductors therein. Fig. 4 shows a section through a joint between two lengths, one conductor b being shown, although more may be used. The joint shown is a spigot and socket one, the spigot being provided with a layer of yarn g, preferably saturated with an adhesive. A filling h of mortar, clay, &c. is applied. A supporting- bridge e has projections which engage in the socket. The Provisional Specification refers to butt-ended joints kept in place by flanged bridgepieces and an external wrapping. The conductors, bare or insulated, are drawn through, and are strained while the conduit is filled with pitch, bitmen, &c. A bare high-resistance conductor may be laid along the bottom of the conduit for smelting the filling-material when a change is to be effected in the conductors ; or an ordinary bare conductor may be used for this purpose.
Patent GB-190204377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Printing or Inkless Typewriters
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1902-02-20
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 4377. Fell, J. C., [Union Typewriter Co.]. Feb. 20. Type-writers. - Chemically - treated or coated paper is employed in type-writers, and the impression is made by passing a current of electricity through the paper from the type to the platen at the impression point, an indelible mark being thus produced by electrolytic action. The platen, if furnished with a rubber coating E, is covered with a sheet F of tinfoil &c., or an insulated metal platen may be employed. Mounted on an insulating-block g on the carriage is a metal spring or brush G bearing on the platen at one end. The brush G is connected by a wire I<1> to an insulated metal bar I extending the full length of the platen. An insulated brush J, secured to the machine frame, bears on the bar I, and is connected to one terminal of the battery K. The other terminal of the battery is connected to the type-writer frame, and is thus in electric contact with the type. The circuit is closed through the paper when a type strikes the latter. Manifolding can be effected in the machine, the impression being said to extend right through the paper.
Patent GB-190208699-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Humidifying the Atmosphere of Weaving Sheds, Spinning Mills, and the like.
Inventor: BLACKBURN JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 8699. Blackburn, J. W., and Law, T. April 15. Steam generators for moistening air.-Dry clean steam for moistening the air of spinning-mills and weaving-sheds is generated in a coil of pipe b placed inside of, or by the side of, an ordinary steam generator a.
Patent GB-190209639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Bushes.
Inventor: CHRISTOFFERSEN CARL JOHAN
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 9639. Christoffersen, C. J., and Eriksen, E. April 25. Axle - boxes. - Relates to roller bearings for the wheels of vehicles. Between the axle arm kand the axlebox a are placed rollers b, which are formed with reduced parts c near the ends. The reduced parts are held between inner and outer split rings d, e, whereby the set of rollers can be removed as a whole for the purpose of cleaning, repairs, or the like. In modifications, either the inner or outer rings may be dispensed with, or the rollers may have end studs which engage in annular grooves inthe axle-box.
Patent GB-190210377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bedsteads and Cots.
Inventor: BROOKES JOSIAH
Filed: 1902-05-06
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 10,377. Brookes, J., Brookes, H. J., and Molineaux, W. May 6. Bedsteads and cots.-Relates to methods of connecting the parts. The corner blocks are made to fit against the pillars and are provided with extra dovetails B, which are passed through slots A in the pillars and secured by correspondingly dovetailed plugs F inserted into the pillars. The plugs are cut away in the centre to lighten them and are made to fit the pillars at each end ; they may have projecting rods L, Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9, which may serve to pull the two parts of the dovetail joint together and may have parts J to fit the pillars. Figs. 10, 11, and 13, show a method of securing the pillars of the end frames to extended feet A' provided with one or two castors. The pillar is dropped over a plug U secured to the foot A', and is held in place by cross-pins or by screwing the usual vase on to the upper end of an extension rod C<1>.
Patent GB-190222916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Chairs for Railway Rails and Rail Joints.
Inventor: URBANITZKY RUDOLF
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 22,916. Urbanitzky, R. Oct. 21. Chairs; rail joints; rails, securing in chairs. The chair is slipped endwise on to the rail, which is mainly supported from the underside of its head on the jaws b, c. One jaw c may be extended upwards, forming a curved surface to supplement the tread, especially at the joints. Sheet lead &c. e may be placed under the foot of the rail, or part or the whole of that portion of the chair under the rail may be provided with pyramidal or other projections to take some of the weight. The spikes or screws &c. which secure the chair to the sleeper may pass through projections f on the sides of the chair, or through openings d in the jaws, in which case their heads also bear on the rail. Clamps k and U-bolts B may also be used to secure the rail in the chair.
Patent GB-190301883-A (GB)
Title: A Coal Holing, and Cutting-in Machine.
Inventor: MILLWARD ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1883. Millward, A. E. Jan. 27 Undercutting &c.-Apparatus for cutting coal consists of diverging rotary cutters 8, Fig. 2, driven by bevel gearing from a shaft 4, which also carries a crown and side cutters 9, 10, and is enclosed in a tubular casing 2. For holing, the casing is mounted on a column 11 by means of a loose collar. The apparatus may be advanced by means of a pinion 31, Fig. 5, driven by a hand-wheel 14 and formed as a nut to engage a screw thread on the exterior of the casing 2 ; the apparatus may also be rotated round the adjustable column 11 by means of the worm 20 carried by a bracket 17 and gearing with teeth 19 formed on a swivelling bracket 13. For cutting vertically, the brackets are mounted on a horizontal arm clamped to the column. The cutters 8, Fig. 2, may be parallel to the shaft and outside the casing 2, and the central cutters may be omitted. The apparatus is driven from a suitable motor by flexible shafting.
Patent GB-190306099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disinfecting Devices
Inventor: JONES LOUIS ELLWOOD
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 6099. Jones, L. B. July 8, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Disinfecting and fumigating.-A bottle D, Fig. 1, containing formaldehyde or other vaporizable disinfectant, is mounted in a shallow pan A containing sulphur or other combustible fumigant, which, in burning, heats the bottle D. The sulphur is run in in a molten condition, forming a cake B supplied with wicks C. The bottle is held down, and the ignition of the vapour of the formaldehyde prevented by a disc F in one with a strap E which retains the cake B in the pan. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the pan is indented at a<1> to prevent the cake from shifting, the bottle D<1> is flatbottomed, and the disc F<1> rests upon the bottle without a retaining-strap. In other modifications, the pan may have an inwardly-projecting flange to retain the sulphur cake, or it may be ribbed or have turned-over lips for this purpose.
Patent GB-190308541-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Purse, Case or Receptacle for Sovereigns, Coins and the like
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 8541. Wilcox, T., [trading as Wilcox & Son, M.]. April 15. Purses and portemonnaies.-The spring-held lid of a circular sovereign case is shaped like a segment of a circle, and, when it is opened slightly, the uppermost coin is in position for shaking out. The case A, Fig. 2, is shown in section in Fig. 4. The lid D carries a piece E bearing against the spring F, by which it is kept closed. The bottom-plate B is pressed upwards by the spring C and has a projection, sliding in the groove a', which cannot rise above the top of the box a<3>, the arrangement being the same as that described in Specification No. 4131, A.D. 1903. The spring F may be replaced by a spring upon the hinge d<1>, attached to the fixed part of the cover a'. Cases may be made for coins of two sizes, having the lids on opposite sides.
Patent GB-190312067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-fouling Sheathing Plates for Ships, Boats, Barges and the like.
Inventor: UPHAM RICHARD DANA
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 12,067. Upham, R. D. May 27. Drawings to Specification. Plates.-To a perforated, or otherwise roughened, thin backing metal sheet is applied a plastic composition, comprising, for example, a plastic bituminous substance, such as asphalt cement, mixed with finely-divided copper or other metal. The composition is applied hot, and the compound plate, which is used for sheathing ships, is passed between rolls, and its surface is polished.
Patent GB-190317048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Air Pumps for Condensers
Inventor: WILHELMI JOHANNES
Filed: 1903-08-05
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 17,048. Wilhelmi, J. Aug. 5. Air pumps.-The air and water are pumped separately. The water enters the barrel i through ports k at the end of the up-stroke, and the air enters the larger barrel a through ports c at the end of the down - stroke. The vacuum acting on the underside of the piston q assists the pump in expelling the water through the valve o. The piston q confines some air, which cushions it, at the end of the down-stroke.
Patent GB-190322619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Lifting Tackle
Inventor: FRYAR JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 22,619. Fryar, J. W. Oct. 20. Supporting load uniformly on several points; lifts; lifting-tackle.-Consists of means for equally distributing the weight of a pit cage or the like between the chains by which it is connected to the winding-rope, and is applicable to lifting-tackle in general. Each pair of chains is connected to an equal-armed triangular lever, which is connected in a similar manner, either directly in the case of four chains, or through a second set of similar levers in the case of eight chains, to a single similar lever A, Fig. 3, on the winding - rope. Where six chains are used, the intermediate levers or plates H, Fig. 3, have their arms in the ratio of 2 to 1, their shorter arms each carrying one lever F and a pair of chains G, and their longer arms carrying one lever F and its chains jointly. Fig. 4 shows a somewhat modified arrangement for six chains, the first lever A being in this case similar to the levers H, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190326670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Nets
Inventor: MAXWELL DOLORES MASINI
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,670. Maxwell, D. M., and Maxwell, R. P. Dec. 5. Hair -nets. - A hair-net c is made from bair, silk, &c. somewhat in the form of a tapering tube, and when in position it adapts itself to the shape of the hair. It may, however, be made to the shape of the hair.
Patent GB-190401198-A (GB)
Title: Safety Device for Retaining Cabin and other Doors Ajar
Inventor: HEYMANN ALFRED THEODOR
Filed: 1904-01-16
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 1198. Heymann, A. T. Jan. 16. Door chains; win- dow and door fasten- ings; door holders; fastenings, railway- carriage door. -Relates to holders or fasten- ings for retaining cabin, railway-car- riage, and cup- board doors, or for windows in a partially-open position and for preventing the fasten - ing from being released except by the use of the authorized key. The fastening consists of a double pivoted hook lever d which is provided with a pivoted hasp lever f. The lever f is securely engaged by the curved bolt h of the door &c. lock.
Patent GB-190403773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Transporting Photographic Negatives and the like.
Inventor: BALFOUR JOSEPH HART
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 3773. Balfour, J. H. Feb. 15. Transit boxes. - Photographic negatives are packed for transport in strong wooden boxes provided with pads to hold the plate or plates. The boxes are made slightly larger inside than the negatives, so that the latter do not touch the sides. The pads f, g may be of rubber, cork, or felt, or they may be faced with rubber. A single pad of larger size may be used in place of a number of separate pads as shown. The lid may fit inside the box as shown, or may be provided with a rim to fit outside, and may be fastened by screws or otherwise.
Patent GB-190417491-A (GB)
Title: Capped Bottle Opener and Temporary Closure.
Inventor: CADY CHARLES
Filed: 1904-08-11
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 17,491. Cady, C. Jan. 6, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Opening capsuled vessels; stoppers.-The combined opener and temporary stopper for sodawater bottles, beer bottles, and the like shown in Figs. 1 and 3, consists of a metal plate A formed with turned-over edges 2, and with a pointed projection 4 with strengthening edge flanges 5 raised on the opposite side of the plate. In use, the point 4 is inserted into the hollow sealing plug or cap 6, Fig, 3, and the plate worked as a lever to remove the cap. The plate is then pushed forward to engage the shoulder 7 of the bottle neck by means of the flanges 2, and to seal the bottle by means of a cork or rubber facing-pad 3, as shown in Fig. 5. The pad 3 is secured by cement or by means of a struck-out tang 9, and foldel end 10. For external caps 6<1>, Fig. 4, the opening 8, Fig. 1, left by the tang 9 is enlarged to allow its rear edge to engage beneath the lip of the cap, as shown.
Patent GB-190420173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instruments for Gauging or Measuring Angles, applicable also as Measures of Length.
Inventor: HOLMES WILLIS PEARL
Filed: 1904-09-19
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 20,173. Holmes, W. P., and Hodge, L. M. Sept. 19. Calculating - apparatus; angle gauges; measures of length. - A measure of length is combined with an angle gauge and a level, as shown, for marking the bevels and cuts of rafters, hoppers, and the like, the apparatus being also available for determining the angles between the sides of polygons. The right-angled triangle A B C has length graduations along the edge A, to which the side B, consisting of two separate parts, is fixed at right-angles, and the segment D has graduations indicating polygon - side and mitre cuts, hopper and raking plancer edge cuts, and degrees. On the face of the side Care tables giving the length of rafters for various rises, and on the reverse of the parts C, D are similar scales for each part. There are indicating- arms E, F for the graduated arcs, which are normally housed between the parts of the arm B, the pivot bolt G being held in one part and passing through the opening of the clamp-tongue A<2> on the bar A. The head G<1> of the bolt has a lug with recesses which engage and lock with the lug A<3> on the clamp-tongue, and a round nut G<4> screwing on the threaded end of the pivot bolt G is fastened by a set-screw G<6> to the head G<7> of a wrench, having a handle G<8> for clamping and unclamping the arms E, F, playing in a recess B<3>, adjacent to which is a cut-out portion to allow the operator readily to view a line made on one face of a rafter. A spirit-level is let into the edge of the arm B, and the instrument may be used for obtaining the lengths of the sides of polygons, reading the angle of any particular cut, and the like.
Patent GB-190420692-A (GB)
Title: A Silencer for Maxim and similar Guns.
Inventor: THOMPSON ALFRED
Filed: 1904-09-26
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 20,692. Thompson, A. Sept. 26. Machine guns, silencing. A cylinder 3 divided into expansion chambers 5, 6, 7, 8 by perforated diaphragms 11, 14, 15 is attached to the muzzle 4 of a Maxim or similar gun. Immediately after the passage of the bullet, the aperture 31 in the front wall of the cylinder is closed by plates 27 actuated, through rods 19 and bell-erank levers 26, by the recoil of the barrel 4. The gases escape through the aperture 17 in the underside of the cylinder.
Patent GB-190426651-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Plug Tap or Cock.
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,651. Horsehay Co., and Williams, T. H. Dec. 7. Plug cocks.-The casing a is fitted with a leather liner b secured by a screw cap e, the lower edge of which is made wedgeshaped to spread the leather lining to form a tight joint. A spring d is interposed between the plug c and the cap e to hold the plug in position.
Patent GB-190500133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe or Hose Couplings.
Inventor: HOWELL WILLIAM PETWAY
Filed: 1905-01-03
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 133. Howell, W. P. Jan. 3. Couplings, disconnectible.- The laterally-engaging members of hose-pipe or like couplings are positively locked by a tubular latch, which is pressed by a spring against a washer to ensure a fluid-tight joint. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the complete coupling, and Figs. 4 and 5 show perspective views of the undercut interlocking- members 1, 2, when detached. The member 1 is slotted to receive pins 12, screwed into the latch 9, the inner end of which is acted on by the spring 13 while its free end enters the alined member 2 and is forced against the packing ring 20, which is similar to the ring 15. When the spring 13 is too strong for the latch to be forced back by the hands into the uncoupling position, a pivoted forked lever 25, Fig. 10, is connected to the pins 30. The latch 9 is prevented from being detached from the coupling by forming in it a groove 28, in which engages the head of the pin 22 on which the lever 25 is pivoted.