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Patent GB-190106463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for the Prevention of Steam Condensation in Locomotive and other Non-condensing Steam Engines
Inventor: FIELD EDWARD
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 6463. Field, E., and Morris, T. S. March 27. Engines actuated by mixed steam and air.-Consists of means for preventing the condensation of steam in the cylinders of locomotive or other non- condensing steam engines. Air is compressed in a pump D, of about one-eighth the capacity of the steam cylinder, up to a pressure a little above that of the steam. The compressed air thus heated is mixed with the steam close to the point of entry to the cylinder.
Patent GB-190109384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: JOHNSON WALTER CLAUDE
Filed: 1901-05-06
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 9384. Johnson, W. C., and Esson, W. B. May 6. Arc lamps.-Brake mechanism is constructed as illustrated. Vertically-sliding carbon-holders 36, 22 are hung by cords from opposite sides of pulleys on the shaft of a brake-wheel 28, which consists of a disc having a flange situated between two brake blocks 33, fixed or pivoted on a lever 29. The outer end of this brake lever 29 is supported by a link 11 on a regulating-lever 9, which carries cores in stationary shunt and series solenoids 2, 1, with #-shaped extensions 6, 5 outside. The inner end of the brake lever 29 is situated in a slot in a strip 14, fixed adjustably on the lamp frame by a clamping-screw 37 ; the lower end of the slot serves as a stop for disengaging the brake from the brake-wheel, when the brake lever 29 descends sufficiently. The regulating- lever 9 carries a piston in a dash-pot 13.
Patent GB-190112530-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Automatic Rotary Speed Indicator.
Inventor: DAHL HANS
Filed: 1901-06-19
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 12,530. Dahl, H. June 19. Speed indicators.- A cylindrical casing a to be attached to a wheel contains a centrifugal slide e upon a rod, which takes up a position depending on the speed and an opposing g spring f, and so completes one of a series of electric circuits with terminals g set at intervals along the casing. Indicators l in the several parallel wires k are consequently affected in order as the speed increases.
Patent GB-190116858-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device or Apparatus for Facilitating the Teaching of Swimming.
Inventor: LYALL HORACE THOMAS
Filed: 1901-08-22
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 16,858. Lyall, H. T. Aug. 22. Swimming - appliances. - In an apparatus for teaching swimming, two or more loops h<2> to support the swimmers are suspended from hooks h' on a horizontal rod h supported by a rod g'. At the end of this rod is fixed a plate g<3> resting on springs g<4> supported by the bottom of a car g having wheels g<1> running on the rails c, c<1> of an overhead track supported by vertical rods d secured to the roof and passing through slots in the rails. The track consists of three parts, the end parts being pivoted to the middle part and the joints being covered by rubber or other elastic material. Each end of the track rests on a movable transverse bed-plate n, guided by rods n' and adjusted by a screw-threaded shaft carrying a worm-wheel operated by a worm on a shaft carrying a hand-wheel. Ropes i, secured to the ends of the car, pass over pulleys i carried by the track and pulleys j<1>, j<2> carried by end casings k, and carry weights l. A brake m, applied by a flexible cord m<2> and released by a spring m<1>, may be provided. Buffers are provided at each end of the car and track. An indicating-arm carried by the plate n projects through a slot in the end casing k.
Patent GB-190117063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons and Pumps Buckets.
Inventor: BOWYER CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1901-08-26
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 17,063. Bowyer, C. H. Aug. 26. Pistons. - The pis-_ ton rings A, B are kept pressed against the walls of the cylinder or pump barrel by segmental bearers or shoes E with radial shanks F surrounded by springs I. The shanks F and springs I are seated in holes in the piston body H.
Patent GB-190123749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 23,749. Edwards, E., [H. F. Construction Co.]. Nov. 22. Driving-mechanism. - Relates to a two-speed gear for cycles &c. The driving-shaft G carries a loose wheel I which is geared, through wheels L', L<2> on a countershaft, to a wheel H<1> on a driven shaft H co-axial with the driving-shaft. A boss K, fixed on the shaft G, extends into recesses in the wheels I, H' and is slotted to receive a number of sliding keys which may be moved simultaneously to lock either wheel to the shaft. When the wheel H<1> is so locked the two shafts rotate as one when the wheel I is locked the gearing comes into action. The keys are each formed with a central lug to project into a groove in a ring J which may be moved along the boss by a forked lever F on the shaft F<1>. The shaft is rocked by means of an arm 0 slotted at the end to engage a piu on the disc N carried by a shaft M which is provided with a hand-lever.
Patent GB-190123946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Sweat-bands of Hats.
Inventor: GRAY PETER
Filed: 1901-11-25
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 23,946. Gray, P. Nov. 25. Appliances for securing to head; leathers or sweat bands.-Sweat bands are made of a thin rubber band, preferably black in colour, enveloped in a thin lining of flannel. It is sewn to the hat both along the lower and upper edges. This band aids in retaining hats on the head, allowing hat pins to be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190126538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines
Inventor: IGEL HENRY
Filed: 1901-12-28
Granted: 1903-01-28
Abstract: 26,538. Igel, H. Dec. 28. Axial-shaft and reciprocating- piston type.-A reciprocating rotary engine of the kind described in Specification No. 20,598, A.D. 1901, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A hollow shaft 6 carries a number of cylinders 2, each cylinder containing two pistons 3 with rollers 4 running on cam-shaped tracks 5 carried by a fixed casing 13. A distributing- valve 7 in the shaft has inlet and exhaust ports 10, 11 and as the cylinders rotate, steam is admitted into the working chambers between each pair of pistons through ports 17 and exhausted into the channel 9. The engine may be modified by having fixed cylinders and revolving tracks or by arranging the cylinders with a central track or central exhaust. The engine may be compounded by connecting each pair of high and low pressure cylinders to a valve chamber 58, Fig. 18, by passages 67, 68, respectively. The steam inlet 8, exhaust 69, and the passages to the cylinders are controlled by a double piston valve 61, which is reciprocated by a roller 65 working on a track. As adapted for an explosion engine the valve 7, Figs. 11 and 12, contains a reservoir 30 for oil, vapour, or gas, and explosion chambers 32 are placed between the cylinders 2. In operation, air is sucked into the enlarged bore 27 of each cylinder, compressed, and forced into the corresponding explosion chamber 32. A sparking device 34 operates in conjunction with contacts 45 on the casing and the exploded mixture passes into the cylinder. In a modification, air and gas pumps 38, 39, Fig. 14, are driven by an eccentric 40 and connected to the valve 7 which communicates with the pumps by pipes 42.
Patent GB-190205590-A (GB)
Title: Improved Weft Fork for Looms.
Inventor: SCHRANER-NOSER JOHANN
Filed: 1902-03-06
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 5590. Noser, J. Schraner-. Sept. 9, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Loom weft forks.-The fork prongs b, each formed with a circular aperture f, notch g, and shoulder h, are removably fitted within slots in the curved portions l of a plate a. A bush k fits within the apertures f, and is secured by set-screws i. In a modification, a flat external part on the bush engages with a flat portion on the interior of the plate, and by slightly rotating the bush it is caused to bind against the plate.
Patent GB-190213689-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means Designed to Make up Packages of Cigarettes.
Inventor: LAZAGA YGNACIO
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 13,689. Lßzaga, Y. June 17. Packeting cigarettes.-The cigarettes are first enclosed in a case, Fig. 13, which is folded around them, and then the case is automatically enclosed in a shell 57, Fig. 19. The cigarettes fall down a hopper 1 with a vibrating end 138 between converging partitions, and are thrust out in two layers by a plunger ; they are then compressed laterally and transferred by a plunger 20 to the level of a plunger which forces them, together with a case delivered by the shoot 37, through a die 41 which folds the end and side flaps 42, 45, into a rotating box 47, which folds up the end flap 52 in making a half revolution. The packet is forced out of the box 47 by the next one entering it, and passes between two horizontal plates 53 by which the flap 52 is folded over the top of the case. The case is next moved in a direction at right-angles to its former movement, against a shell blank 57, fed down guides 55, and both packet and blank are thrust through a die which folds the edges 63, 64 after the latter has received a streak of paste. Thence the finished package is forced into a chamber in an intermittently-rotating wheel, and, after a complete turn of the wheel, is expelled by another packet. A chain 131 clears direct from beneath the first-mentioned plunger. The blanks are fed into the shoot 37 by a wheel 36, which can only rotate on its backstroke. It is moistened by a sponge 113 and pipe 112. The blanks below the top one are secured by two bars 124, which engage the notches 125 in the blanks ; the bars have shoulders 126, which rest on the top blank, and just below the shoulders notches to allow the top blank to pass.
Patent GB-190214567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Road Traction or Haulage Engines
Inventor: JAMES CHARLES
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 14,567. James, C., and Hornsby, J. W. June 30. Traction engines and road locomotives.-Relates to a method of supporting the rear part of traction or haulage engines, so that the parallelism of the main axle and countershaft is maintained, and the centres of the pitch circles of the gearing between the crank shaft and countershaft will remain fixed. Fig. 1 shows an end view of the arrangement, Fig. 2 a sectional side elevation through the line 2 ... 2, Fig. 4 a sectional view of the gearing on the countershaft, and Fig. 5 a front view of the same. To the rear axle-boxes d, d are attached the outer arms of the two levers f, f, the inner arms of which are attached to a yoke bearing the laminated spring k of the hind part of the vehicle. The axle-boxes d, d slide in horn-plates e, e, and are connected by rigid frames q, q to the bearings o, o of the countershaft n, which slide between the guides p, p. The main axle b is driven from the countershaft n by the gearing r, r<1> and compensating-gearing r<2>. The wheel s is driven by a pinion on the crank shaft, and is mounted on a hollow bearing s<1> projecting from the frame, and is thus kept at a fixed distance from the crank shaft, while the centres of the wheels r, s may move relatively. To permit this, the wheel r has lugs t, t, to which links w, w are connected. These links are attached to arms of bell-crank levers u, u, the other arms of which are connected by the link v. The bell cranks are pivoted on parts of the web of the wheel s, so that this wheel can drive the pinion r.
Patent GB-190215499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Mechanism for Weaving Tufted carpets and the like.
Inventor: LYE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-11
Granted: 1903-07-11
Abstract: 15,499. Lye, W., Edmonds, C., and Lye, H. July 11. Looms, pile forming in; take-up motions. - Relates to the weaving of tufted carpets and other pile fabrics of the Axminster and Turkey type. The tuft yarns d are passed through curved tubes a carried on a shaft e, which can be raised and lowered, reciprocated longitudinally, and rocked about its axis. When lowered into the shed as shown in Fig. 1, the tubes a form a race for the shuttle, and, when withdrawn and raised, the tuft yarns are drawn tightly round the weft thread g. The shaft e is moved longitudinally after each insertion of the tubes a into the shed. The parts are operated by cams and levers &c. from the cam shaft. Fig. 9 shows the means adopted for rotating and reciprocating the shaft e for allowing the tuft tubes a to move over the fabric during the beat-up, and also the take-up motion employed. The shaft e is rocked by means of a toothed segment w, operated from the cam s, and it is suspended by slotted bars K which take over pins J on an oscillating block I, springs L being interposed between the heads of the pins and the bars K.
Patent GB-190220734-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Draught Dust or Water Excluder specially applicable to Doors Windows and the like
Inventor: BOND WILLIAM EBENEZER
Filed: 1902-09-23
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 20,734. Bond, W. E. Sept. 23. Draught, dust, and weather excluders. - A bevelled lath or flap a, hinged to the door, window, or the like, is raised by one or more springs c, and depressed against the floor or frame by the end striking an inclined projection of the jamb or frame when the door or window is closed. A hood or casing f over the spring serves as a stop to limit the upward movement of the flap, or a moulding or stop piece may be fixed to the door over the flap. A rubber bead or flexible strip b may be fixed to the bottom edge of the flap.
Patent GB-190221235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Air-guns.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 21,235. Harrison, G., [Espensheid, J. M.]. Sept. 30. Pop-guns.-Relates to a pop - gun adapted to throw a projectile. The barrel A is formed with an enlarged chamber in front, and with lateral openings a. The front end of the barrel is fitted with a metal cap b having an inwardly-turned flange, which partially closes the opening. The cork &c. d is provided with a hole to receive a shot, bean, or other small body f. The handle B carries a rod and piston. Before use, the cork is pressed into the barrel by passing the thumb and finger into the openings a. When the piston is operated, the cork is expelled, but is retained by the flanged cap b, the shot &c. being projected. In a modification, the front part of the barrel is made separate from the main part.
Patent GB-190222135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Electrolytic Decomposition of Alkaline Chlorides.
Inventor: GILMOUR JAMES DICK
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-11-11
Abstract: 22,135. Gilmour, J. D. Oct. 11. Hydrogen; chlorine.-Consists of improvements in the apparatus described in Specification No. 18,397, A.D. 1900, for the electrolytic decomposition of alkaline chlorides. Instead of a mechanical pulsating pump for pumping the alkali liquor, a pump A and an automatic intermittent discharge siphon B are used, the latter being of the variety used for supplying water in public urinals and of the hooded or other suitable form. Carbon plates are suspended or simply laid in the mercury of the outer or cathode vessel, to accelerate the liberation of the sodium from the amalgam. These plates may be placed in a separate vessel D, and as the amalgam from the cathode vessel is pumped into the vessel D by means of a rotary pump, a stream of water from a pipe K decomposes it. The caustic liquid runs off by means of a pipe L, and the mercury falls through a siphon J, which acts as a seal to the caustic liquid, into an insulated tipping receptacle F, whence it is intermittently discharged into the vessel G and so back to the anode vessel. The mercury from the cathode vessel overflows into an insulated tipping receptacle H, falls into a vessel I, and is drawn from there by the pump. Siphons may be used instead of tipping- devices.
Patent GB-190310297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Music Leaf-turners
Inventor: POULIN LUCIEN
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,297. Poulin, L., and Poulin, W. E. May 6. Leaf-turners.-The turning-mechanism, which is contained in a casing 3, Fig. 2, at the top of the music-rack, comprises a series of cams 4, 5, &c., Fig. 3, carried by a sleeve 10 mounted on a rod 11. Each cam consists of a tooth, having a concave surface 12 and a convex surface 13, which projects laterally from a disc. The discs are so arranged that the teeth form a spiral round the sleeve. Swinging arms 14, Figs. 2 and 3, are pivoted at one end, and, at the other, have clips 15, Fig. 2, which engage with the leaves of the music. Attached to each arm is a cranked finger 20, Fig. 3, which passes through an opening in the casing and projects between a pair of the cam discs. At one end of the sleeve 10 are mounted a ratchet-wheel 37, Figs 3 and 4, and a stop-ratchet 38. A lever 39 swings on the rod 11, and carries at its upper end a pawl 40 having pins 41, 42 at its ends for engaging with the wheels 37, 38. A spring 43, Fig. 4, bent over the end of the lever, bears against a pin on the pawl and keeps the pin 41 engaged with the wheel 37. The lower end of the lever is connected. to an arm 45 on a rock-shaft 46. Another arm on the rock-shaft is connected with a push-rod, which runs up at the back of the music-rack, and is operated by a finger-lever in front at the bottom of the rack. The rock-shaft is returned to its normal position, after the finger-lever has been depressed to turn a leaf, by a coiled spring connected at one end to the shaft and at the other end to the casing. A spring surrounding the push-rod, and bearing between a collar on the rod and a lug on the rack, assists the rod to return to its normal position. When the parts approach their normal position, the pin 41, Fig. 4, is disengaged from its ratchet-wheel, and the pin 42 is engaged with the stop-ratchet by a finger on the pawl 40 coming into contact with a finger attached to the rod 11. The parallel or straight surfaces between adjacent discs permit of the turning of the several discs together, only one cam surface acting at a time. A similar arrangement of ratchets &c. is provided at the other end of the sleeve 10, Fig. 3, so that the leaves may be turned either way. Lugs on the inner ends of the swinging arms bear against a spring plate, to prevent accidental turning of the leaves. A spring-pressed finger 2, Fig. 2, engages with the music at the bottom of the rack, a similar finger being provided at the top.
Patent GB-190311223-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Beer Free from Alcohol.
Inventor: LAPP VALENTIN
Filed: 1903-05-16
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,223. Lapp, V. May 16. Beverages, fermenting.-Non-alcoholic beer is produced by allowing bottom-fermented thick yeast to act, in a closed vat, at a temperature of 0‹ C., upon wort, which has previously been cooled or aÙrated in such a manner as to supply it with a certain quantity of oxygen. The fermentation is stopped when the nitrogenous bodies present have been taken up, and before alcohol is produced. The liquid is then filtered, supplied with carbon dioxide, and again filtered through asbestos.
Patent GB-190314821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Ascertaining Strike and Dip of Veins or Seams in Bore-holes.
Inventor: MEINE FRANZ
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 14,821. Meine, F. July 3. Deep-boring.-The strike and dip of veins or seams in bore-holes is determined by locking one or two magnetic needles, before the core is withdrawn, the needles being mounted in a non- magnetic part of the rods near the core barrel. The locking is effected from the surface by dropping a ball &c. down the hollow rods, by an auxiliary rod or rope, by reversing the flow of the flushing- water, or by electromagnetic means. A water-tight casing b for the needle r is mounted in the hollow rods a, so that water can pass round it. As shown in Fig. 1, a ball t, carried down from the surface by the flushing-water, strikes the pin e, which acts through pivoted levers v to depress a locking-plate o. Stirrup-shaped guide-arms f, attached to the pin e, project through the bottom of the casing b, and liberate a second ball t<1>, Fig. 5, for actuating a second apparatus below. The construction may be inverted, as shown in Fig. 6, where the reversal of the flow of the water carries up the ball t, which acts through the pin e having a pointed end to turn a rocking shaft k<1>, so as to bring a cam under the locking-plate. The ball, in this arrangement, may be omitted ; the lifting of the pin e is then effected by the action of the water on a cone, or on a pair of hinged flaps, attached to its lower end.
Patent GB-190316589-A (GB)
Title: Improved Candle or Lamp Holder for Organs, Pianos, and other Furniture.
Inventor: RAINBOW JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 16,589. Rainbow, J. July 28. Candle sconces ; l a m p brackets.- Relates to a candle or lamp holder for attachment to a cabinet, chair, table, counter, piano, organ, Derby desk, typewriter's table mantelpiece, window sill, &c. A candlestick, p r o - vided with a saveall disc and screw t, or a small socket lamp c, is fitted on one end of a double-armed bracket a, the other end of which is mounted to rotate on a spindle or shank d of a standard b, and is retained by a capped nut e. The standard b is split to form legs f for engagement on a cheek piece k of the organ &c. The standard is threaded externally round the upper portion of the split part, to receive a winged adjusting-nut h. The legs f are pressed apart by a spring s, and are secured by a screw bolt m provided with an incised or winged head, or by a bolt and nut. The inner surfaces of the legs f are roughened, or, preferably, provided with rubber or like bands or strips l. The legs may be stiffened by a web plate, and, in some cases, are slightly bent or cambered inwards. According to the Provisional Specification, a ball-and-socket joint is provided in one or both arms, for use on a horizontal ledge.
Patent GB-190317784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of Making Pigments.
Inventor: ARMBRUSTER WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 17,784. Armbruster, W. J., and Morton, J. Aug. 17. Pigments.-A pigment composed of zinc hydrate, barium sulphate, and barium carbonate is prepared by successive or simultaneous precipitation from solutions of barium and zinc, and the sulphates and carbonates of the alkali-metals. An example is given, in which zinc hydrate is precipitated from solutions of barium hydrate and zinc chloride. To the resulting barium chloride solution are added sodium sulphate and sodium carbonate solutions, either separately or mixed together, whereby barium sulphate and carbonate are precipitated. The solution is drained off, and the precipitates washed, mixed, and dried. The order of mixing, as well as the salts of barium and zinc used can be varied, provided (1) that the alkali carbonate and the zinc solution do not come together and form the basic carbonate of zinc, (2) that when zinc sulphate is used, care is taken that an excessive amount of barium sulphate is not precipitated, and (3) that when barium sulphide is used, a precipitate of zinc sulphide is not formed. Calcination effects the conversion of the zinc hydrate into zinc oxide. Strontium may be substituted for barium.