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Patent GB-190212267-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Removing Impurities from Steam Generators.
Inventor: CONNOLLY JAMES HAYWOOD
Filed: 1902-05-29
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 12,267. Connolly, J. H. May 29. Incrustation, preventing ; scum apparatus ; settling-chambers.-Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in section in position, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan of the scum collector. The two-part collector 2 is placed so that its lower portion with the discharge pipe 6 is below the water level. It consists of the chamber 3 haviug a flared mouth formed of plates 8, 9, the plates terminating within the chamber in such a way as to provide passages for water directed from the back into the chamber by the wings 10, 11. The water, scum, &c. passing into the collector is delivered by the pipe 6 to the inner chamber 18, which it enters tangentially, the swirl breaking up the impurities until they are small enough to traverse the perforated plate. Thence the water descends to the outer chamber 19, and, being cooled, deposits its impurities &c. before it is returned by the smaller pipe 17 to the boiler. The part of the pipe 17 that is within the boiler serves to support the end of the collector.
Patent GB-190216630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Valves
Inventor: CRAWSHAW LEONARD SIMON
Filed: 1902-07-26
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,630. Crawshaw, L. S. July 26. Dash-pots.-Relates to the construction of an air valve for regulating or controlling the air cushion in buffer boxes of Corliss and other valve motions. The valve is constructed as a double valve, which allows of a free admission of air to the air chamber and provides for its controlled expulsion. The valve box A is screwed externally at B for attachment to the buffer box, and internally above to receive the regulating-sleeve D, which supports the check valve E. The valve E, consisting of a hollow bell-mouthed spindle, is seated on the bottom of the sleeve D and is fitted with a disc F working in a recess K, the edge of the disc being cut away in parts for the admission of air to the valve chamber H. A spring, shown in dotted lines, may be used, to support the valve against its seat. Air enters to the buffer box from the top of the valve, and through the side openings C in the box A, as shown by the arrows, but is expelled only through the openings C. These openings are regulated by the bottom of the sleeve D, the position of which is adjusted by screwing it in or out. To prevent the sleeve from moving after its adjustment, the box A is slit down from the top to the openings C, and is tapped internally, slightly under the proper size, so that the sleeve is held frictionally in position.
Patent GB-190218031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windows.
Inventor: EDNIE DAVID GALLOWAY
Filed: 1902-08-16
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 18,031. Ednie, D. G. Aug. 16. Windows; window-opening apparatus.-Relates to sliding sashes adapted to turn inwards and be reversed for repairs &c. The inside beads and the lower portions of the parting-beads are made detachable, and are secured in place by tongues, screws, or pins. The sash cords, wires, or chains are attached to the sashes by buttons h or studs h<1>, i, engaging with plates e formed with keyhole slots f. A retaining-disc j, for preventing the detachment of the button or stud from the slotted plate, is formed with retain- ing-bars j<1>, which are in a vertical position when the disc is inserted in place, and are turned into a horizontal position to secure the disc. The button h, Fig. 12, is screwed on split jaws of a clip g which grips the cord g<1>, and the stud h', Fig. 10, is screwed into a cord socket h<2>. The sashes can be reversed by swivelling them on the shanks of the buttons or studs, the keyhole plates fixed to the sashes serving as pivot sockets. For light sashes, the cords may be knotted, and pins may be inserted through the knots as shown in Fig. 11. The sashes can be fastened in a closed or open position by a screw p', which works through a plate p fixed by a spike, nail, and bolt q to the lower sash, and enters holes in a plate r fixed to the upper sash. The upper sash may be raised by cords which pass over pulleys and are knotted at the ends to engage with keyhole plates fixed to the sash.
Patent GB-190225062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspending Devices for Movable Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 25,062. Haddan, R., [Allgemeine Beleuchtungs und Heizindustrie Akt.- Ges.]. Nov. 14. Gas valves. - The movable part g of a suspended gas lamp carries a conicallyrecessed cap f to engage the conical end v of the gas inlet and open a spring- closed valve of the form shown.
Patent GB-190304761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Fire-stoves, Ranges and the like.
Inventor: PATTERSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-02-28
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 4761. Patterson, J., and Fergusson, J. Feb. 28. Stoves and fireplaces; hearths; draught, regulating. -A shallow chamber, by which part of the air supply is heated, is formed below the grate B of a close or open stove or range, water-heating apparatus, boiler fire or the like, by a hearth E raised above the general floor level and coinciding in plan with the grate. The hearth, which is curved or flat, may be built up, Fig. 3, or supported by brackets fixed to the sides, back, or front of the stove, or may rest on a plate carried by brackets or legs. To facilitate the removal of ashes and to control the air supply, the opening of the chamber is fitted with a flap K, a hinged or sliding door N, or other suitable means. The grate B, which is made with its bars closer than usual, may rest on the vertical edges of the hearth, or on legs standing on the hearth, or be supported in the usual way.
Patent GB-190306094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Cotton, or other Vegetable Fibre, with Indigo in Combination with other Colouring Matter
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 6094. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 16. Dyeing.-Consists of a process for printing cotton and other vegetable fibre with indigo in combination with alizarine or analogous colouring- matter by treating the prepared material with the colouring-matters, lightly steaming with damp steam, then washing, and finally subjecting the material to prolonged and energetic steaming. The goods are prepared simultaneously with grape sugar and Turkey-red oil, and impressed with a mixture of indigo, caustic soda lye, and thickening- agent, and also a printing-paste containing an appropriate alizarine dye and the necessary mordant. The goods are well dried, treated with damp steam for about three-quarters of a minute, washed carefully in water containing air in order to develope the indigo, dried again, and finally steamed again at a pressure of from one to one and a half atmospheres for about an hour. The goods are then washed well and lightly soaped. This process, in which the fixation of the alizarine or other dye is made subsidiary to that of the indigo, is stated to produce more satisfactory results than those described in Specifications Nos. 509 and 6546, A.D. 1898, and No. 9587, A.D. 1900. Examples are given, in which the prepared goods are first impressed with a mixture of indigo-pure, B.A.S.F., and thickenings, composed of burnt starch or British gum, water, and caustic soda lye, and then with a mixture of alizarine, G.F.X., starch thickening, calcium acetate, Turkey-red oil D, aluminium sulphocyanide, and tin lactate ; or with a mixture of alizarine orange A, acetic acid, chromium acetate. B.A.S.F., and thickening ; or with alizarine V.I., acetic acid, calcium and iron acetates, and thickening S, or with anthracene brown, borax, thickening, and neutral chrome mordant. In place of alizarine colours, any other mordant dyes of an analogous nature, suited for printing, can be used.
Patent GB-190307054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of & Apparatus for Conditioning, Colouring, or Loading Yarns during Spinning & the like.
Inventor: MEDLEY ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 7054. Medley, A. March 27. Mules and twiners; yarns, conditioning, loading, &c. during spinning &c. The invention is specially applicable to mules and twiners. Moisture or colouring or loading material is applied to the yarns during the run-in of the carriage by an endless band A, which passes through a tank,O, over suitable guide-pulleys on the ends of the counterfaller shaft and on the counterfaller arms &c., and also over a tension pulley Q. Between the arms of the counterfaller, the band is supported by brackets D, E, which are mounted on arms F, G and are formed of brass or other non-corrodible metal. The band is stationary during the run-in of the carriage, but during the outward run, its position is shifted by means of a band Y, which is fixed at its ends and passes over a pulley connected by a suitable clutch or free-wheel arrangement to the shaft of the pulley P.
Patent GB-190308268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines.
Inventor: SAUVEE ALBERT
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 8268. SauvÚe, A. April 9. Rotary machines; delivery apparatus; foldingpaper.-Relates to the printing, folding, cover printing and insetting of publications produced on all size web machines and to a device for transferring sheets from one cylinder to another in rotary machines. The sheets are out from the web by a pair of cutting - cylinders, are printed on both sides, and are delivered to a set of folding-cylinders. The first of these makes the first fold always in the same position on the sheet whatever its length, and reduces the number of pages to a multiple of two. The size of the sheet is then halved by each successive roller. The folds made in a sheet having twenty pages or ten on each side, by the cylinders 8, 9, 10, Fig. 1, are shown in Fig. 5 at the points 8<a>, 9<a>, 10<a>, respectively. The folded sheet is then carried by a cylinder 11 to the delivery board 12 where it may be met by the cover. The covers may also be printed on an all size machine working in connection with the first. They are fed on to a table and stitched to the book, the last fold to page size being given on the delivery cylinder. Sheets are carried from one printing or folding cylinder to another by means of pneumatic self-acting suckers 14, Fig. 7, which are actuated to produce a partial vacuum when the sheet is to be held on the cylinder, the vacuum being destroyed to release the sheet. The suckers 14 may be attached to a bar 13, the projecting ends of which are raised and lowered at the right moments by a spring rod 16 actuated by a cam 17.
Patent GB-190309056-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Leg for Supporting Cycles
Inventor: BAKER JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 9056. Baker, J. April 22. Supports. - A support for cycles not in use, comprises a kneejointed leg or strut C, connected by a pin and slot to a bracket A on the back-fork stay or other part of the frame. When not required, the two parts of the leg, kept in line by a spring G, are folded together, raised to a vertical position, and the n moved downwards, the pin D sliding in the slot, until the foot H engages a stop I. In a modification, the leg is made in one piece.
Patent GB-190313391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Labelling Appliances
Inventor: HOWARD GEORGE E
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1904-06-15
Abstract: 13,391. Howard, G. E. June 21, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Transfers. - Relates to appliances by which printed or other matter is affixed to meat or other objects. On the front of a sheet of soluble gelatine is printed in reverse, in indelible transfer ink, the matter intended, and at the back is secured a sheet of tissue paper, cheese-cloth, &c. which is perforated, slitted, or slotted. The openwork backing prevents the gelatine sheets from sticking together, or crumpling when applied to damp surfaces. The backing may be removed after transferring the printed &c. matter, or left on.
Patent GB-190319826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mashing Apparatus.
Inventor: FUNCK FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 19,826. Funck, F. Sept. 15. Moving beater apparatus.-In mashing-apparatus, a series of vertical stirring-arms and a horizontal rotating shaft carrying helical stirring- pieces are supported by a rotating arm. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 an elevation of mashing- apparatus, and Fig. 3 a section through the driving-shaft. The driving- shaft d passes through the stuffing-box band carries a piston e working in a cylinder f, which is closed by a piece g and is prevented from rotating with the shaft d. The lower end of the piece g engages the collar i of a casting k, which slides on and rotates with the shaft d. The arms l bear pendant arms m of ordinary construction, and also a mashing-appliance n, consisting of a shaft o bearing in a bracket p and in an arm o on the casting k. and carrying arms x supporting helical pieces y. The shaft o is rotated by bevel gearing r, s driven by the toothed wheel v which engages teeth on the inside of the piece g.
Patent GB-190323168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stoppers for Bottles & other Vessels.
Inventor: MUELLER ROBERT
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 23,168. M³ller, R. Oct. 26. Stoppers.-Bottles &c. are closed by screwthreaded caps which are permanently secured to the neck of the bottles; or, in a modified form of the caps, they are secured to the bottles until it is desired to change one cap for another. A cap a, Fig. 1, screws on the neck of a bottle b, in which is formed two vertical slots e to receive arms of a yoke c, the upper part of which is engaged in a circular groove d in the cap a. When the cap a is unscrewed from the neck of the bottle, it can turn upon the arms of the yoke c as pivots, assuming the position shown in Fig. 3. In a modification, the groove d is replaced by a worm of the same pitch as the internal thread of the cap ; the arms of the yoke are in this case pivoted in small holes in the bottle neck: As.the cap can be unscrewed from the yoke, it can be replaced by another cap.
Patent GB-190400803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locomotive Boilers
Inventor: MCCLELLON JAMES MERCER
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 803. McClellon, J. M. Jan. 12. Steam - generator furnaces. - In the firebox of a watertube locomotive boiler, a baffle 23 is arranged to deflect the products of combustion upwards.
Patent GB-190402747-A (GB)
Title: Alcohol or Marine Distilling Apparatus
Inventor: TUCKFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1904-02-04
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 2747. Tuckfield, C., and Garland, W. G. de F. Feb. 4. Distilling spirits and sea-water.-In an apparatus for distilling spirits or sea-water, the still consists of a cy- lindrical drum A containing a heat- exchanger B, formed of a cylin- drical casing with tubes passing from end to end. The upper plate of the casing is connected to a wide tube a, and the lower one to a tube E. Wort pumped in at D, passes through a condenser H, and thence to the lower part of the drum A ; it rises around and through the tubes of the ex- changer and sur- rounds the steam coil. The alcohol is driven off as vapour, and passes to the condenser H, and the spent liquor passed down the tube a and through the exchanger. In distilling sea-water, the level of the liquid in the drum is kept below the top of the tube a so that steam only enters the exchanger. Solid matters deposited are received in a closed tank. The condenser H may be dispensed with, and the tube conveying the vapours led into the lower part of the drum A.
Patent GB-190405253-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ventilating Appliance for Windows.
Inventor: SIMPSON WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-03-03
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 5253. Simpson, W. A. March 3. Window appliances.-A block of wood 1 is introduced between the beadings 2, 3 and one or other of the sashes and the window frame. A large central hole in the block communicates with the outside air by means of a number of small holes, or a large hole 7, provided with a perforated plate 14 in the bottom, communicates with the room through an opening 6 fitted with a perforated plate 8 and an ornamental rose 9. The appliance, which, as shown, is shaped at the top to the slope 15 of the sash 4, may be held in position by a small bolt and may be fitted with hand-hooks to facilitate adjustment.
Patent GB-190405353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Anti-flooding or Non-return Valves for Gully and other Sanitary Traps.
Inventor: STEWART JAMES
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5353. Stewart, J. March 4. Hinged valves; check valves; ball and float valves. -Figs. 3 and 5 show the construction of antiflooding valves for gully, intercepting, closet, and other sanitary traps. A metal-faced float c is hinged in the gully casing a to close, by the rising of flood water, against a rubber seating f carried by the grated valve top b. In some cases, a weighted float g is arranged, as shown, to counterbalance the weight of the valve and to close it automatically when the water level is lowered by evaporation or siphonage. The rush of water over the grating, as the valve closes, cours away dirt. The hinged valve j, Fig. 5, is actuated by a float c placed in a special chamber separated from the valve-chamber m by a grating which prevents the access of dirt to the float. In both constructions, the valve, under normal conditions, gives a full passage for the sewage.
Patent GB-190407079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: WHITWORTH ISAAC WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7079. Whitworth, I. W. March 24. Gas - producers.-For the supply of steam, mixed with air, to the fire, a steam generator D, having a small heating-surface, is placed at one side of the producer, projecting inwards over the firebrick lining a. The outflow pipe E is surrounded by water, and a steam space d is provided at the top of the generator having an inlet pipe F for air, and a passage d<1> leading into the closed ashpit C. The fire bars K are mounted ou a binge K<1>, and held by a cam or eccentric L for convenience of removing large clinkers through the ash door N. In a modified form, the firebars are divided and hinged at the centre and supported on cams at both sides, and two ash doors are provided. In large producers, a second and similar steam generator may be placed on the other side.
Patent GB-190409776-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Glass
Inventor: RICHARDSON SOLON OSMOND
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 9776. Richardson, S. O. April 28. Glass furnaces.-Furnaces for melting, re6ning, and working glass are arranged to work continuously, two chambers being used, so that the first is ready to take a fresh batch in a shorter time than usual ; during the melting process and a part of the purifying process, the glass is sheltered from the direct action of the flames. The crude glass is fed into the chamber M by the opening n and, after partial melting, flows through an opening in the lower part of the partition Q to the other side of the chamber, in which the first part of the refining takes place. The chamber M is surrounded by an outer casing, forming a furnace chamber J, so that, so far, the metal does not come in contact with the flames. The partly refined glass flows over the dam m and down the channel P into the second refining-chamber G whence, after complete purifying, the glass passes through the aperture l at the bottom of the partition L into the working-chamber H. The furnace is provided with regenerators of any type.
Patent GB-190411271-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Case for Typewriters.
Inventor: HEINZ GOTTHOLD GUIDO
Filed: 1904-05-16
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 11,271. Heinz, G. G. May 16. Cabinets; desks.-A type-writer case or cabinet a may have a sloping top b for use as a writing- desk when the type-writer is not in use.
Patent GB-190412263-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Kneading and Rolling Bakers Dough
Inventor: ABEL CHARLES BALDRY
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 12,263. Abel, C. B. May 30. Moulding dough. -Pieces of dough are kneaded and rolled to form loaves in a machine comprising a series of troughs A, formed of channeliron or otherwise, traversed by cotton or like belts C. Cover-plates E are secured over tne troughs by yokes F at the centre, and their ends may be free or carried by adjustable spring yokes K. The undersides of the plates are covered with cotton or like belting. Dough is received by the belts from a dividing-machine, is kneaded and rolled between the belts and cover-plates, and is delivered on to a forming-table or a conveyer.
Patent GB-190412399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring & Marking Mechanism in Sizing or Slashing Machines
Inventor: BLACKBURN JOHN HARDMAN
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 12,399. Blackburn, J. H. June 1. Yarns, measuring and marking.-Relates to means, provided in a sizing or slashing machine, for obtaining extra lengths at each end of a series of regular marks or series of scarfs or shawls, for stitching or stamping purposes. Amarki n g - hammer A, Fig. 4, which falls at the completion of each of the series of scarfs &c., rocks a lever B, and the camend D thereof rocks a lever E and disconnects the two members G, I of a clutch, the marking-mechanism being thus stopped until the cam D falls clear of the lever E, a spring L then causing the two members to engage, so that the marking- mechanism is again started. The measuring- mechanism continues in operation all the time. In a modification, the hammer A, Fig. 2, has a stud B which acts on and displaces a pivoted inclined piece C. The latter then acts on a pin P on the lever E and rocks the latter.
Patent GB-190414537-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knitting Machine Needle and Jack
Inventor: HURLEY DANIEL
Filed: 1904-06-28
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 14,537. Hurley, D., and Sibbald, C. J. June 28. Knitting-machine needles. -The butt 13 of each needle 12, formed by a single bend of the needlestem and bearing a swelled or flattened portion 14, is inserted laterally into a corresponding slot in a jack 15, the upper part of which is cut away so that the back of the needle is flush with the lower edge. The needle can only be removed from its jack after taking both out of the needle cylinder. The jack has a bevel cutting- edge 18 which assists in removing dust &c. from the tricks in which it slides.
Patent GB-190416918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinets
Inventor: KROM EDGAR
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 16,918. Krom, E. Aug. 2. Cabinets.-A cabinet is constructed with opposite doors 13 pivoted centrally and fitted on the inside with inclined pins 17 for the reception of phonograph or graphophone records or like cylinders R. The upper end of each pin 17 is formed with a surface for a name or inscription. The top 12 forms a support for the phonograph P or like instrument.