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Patent GB-190011847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Bichromates of the Alkaline Metals.
Inventor: SPENCE FRANCIS MUDIE
Filed: 1900-06-30
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 11,847. Spence, F. M., Spence, D. D., [trading as Spence & Sons, P.], Shearer, A., and Craig, T. J. I. June 30. Sodium and potassium bichromates.-A mixture of powdered chrome ore, sodium hydrate or carbonate, and calcium hydrate or carbonate, is furnaced. Water is afterwards added, and carbonic acid and ammonia or ammonium carbonate passed in until the magnesia, if present, would begin to dissolve. The solution is then separated from the residue. To the latter, after adding water, finelydivided calcium hydrate may be added to obtain magnesia, and calcium chromate. The latter may be added to the carbonating-vessels. The solution is now further treated with carbonic acid and ammonia or ammonium carbonate, preferably using two carbonators in series, whereby calcium carbonate is precipitated ; this may be used in the next furnace batch. The solution of ammonium and sodium chromates obtained is evaporated, whereby ammonia is given off and is collected for re-use, while the precipitate obtained is treated for the recovery of its chromic acid. After separation, the solution is further evaporated to obtain the required sodium bichromate, mechanical scrapers or the like being employed to prevent caking on the bottom or sides. By using potash instead of soda, potassium bichromate is obtained. The bichromates are available for use in mordanting, dyeing, and tanning processes, and in the manufacture of pigments.
Patent GB-190104349-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reducing Valve.
Inventor: WESTLEY JAMES
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 4349. Westley, J. March 1. Stuffing - boxes.-A reducing valve for steam and other fluids has an actuating piston, the upper end of which is exposed to the steam pressure. Anexcessof pressure causes the piston to be depressed and to rotate an eccentric so as to close the valve. The piston is packed by means of a tapered packing-ring r, which is secured by a cap r<1>, and the cylinder end is chamfered to allow any leakage of steam to press on and expand the packing-ring.
Patent GB-190111238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber-coated Materials and in the Method or Process of Preparing or Treating the same
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1901-05-31
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 11,238. Edwards, E., [Oxylin-Werke Akt. Ges.]. May 31. Coating surfaces with liquids and plastic materials; coating surfaces, compositions for.-Fabrics and other materials, such as waterproof bed-clothes &c. which are waterproofed or covered with indiarubber mixed with the usual colouring-substances, and with a heavy hydrocarbon such as mineral oil, tar oil, ozokerite, paraffin, or the like, and afterwards dried and vulcanized in the usual way, or which have been coated in any similar manner, are afterwards treated with a heavy hydrocarbon, as above, heated to a temperature of about 70‹ C, and then allowed to dry. This after treatment has the effect of closing the small pores, and thus facilitates disinfecting.
Patent GB-190111587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Supporting and Holding Ships' Boats on Deck.
Inventor: MAJOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-06
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 11,587. Major, W. June 6. Boat supporting and securing gear.-The chocks are arranged to collapse in a fore-and-aft direction, and are connected to the gripes, which engage with the keel of the boat, so that all are operated together by a single lever. The bow and stern of the boat rest on rollers b carried by forked levers a mounted on rocking shafts c. The middle of the boat is supported in a cradle consisting of a pair of arms f<1> hinged to a central piece f. This cradle is hinged to radius bars g, g', which rest on rollers b<1> on levers a', a<2> carried by a rocking shatt c<1> provided with an actuating-lever. The levers a, a<1>, and a are coupled together by rods k. The shafts c carry arms to which the gripes o are attached. To each arm f<1> is secured a pin l, which passes under the roller b<1> and has a transverse locking-pin passed through it, to prevent accidental movement of the gear.
Patent GB-190113547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydraulic Presses.
Inventor: DAWE WILLIAM ROGER
Filed: 1901-07-03
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 13,547. Dawe, W. R. July 3. Forging. - Relates to hydraulic presses for use in the forging of locomotive or other cranks. The upper part of the frame F may be provided w i t h a central cylinder, and at the sides are arranged swivelling cylinders C<1>, C<2>. Each h swivelling cylinder is provided with trunnions T supported in bearings P secured to the frame. A segmental block B on each side of the cylinder swings between abutments A', A<2>, and the cylinder can be fixed in any desired position by means of spacing-pieces which straddle the frame and are placed between the block and the abutments. The ram R is provided with a swivelling tool-holder N, the joint permitting the holder to assume various angles in relation to the ram. The holder may be fixed by packing placed in the gaps G.
Patent GB-190114870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Tubes for Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: ROBERTSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-07-22
Granted: 1902-07-22
Abstract: 14,870. Robertson, W. July 22. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to sectional air tubes. Within the rim R is fitted a tube A provided with vulcanite sockets D, into which screw non-return valves C for attaching short sectional air tubes B. Air supplied to the tube A passes through the valves C to inflate the separate tubes B.
Patent GB-190120289-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Axe Head and Handle therefor and for other analogous Implements
Inventor: CARTER ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1901-10-10
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 20,289. Carter, R. H. Oct. 10. Handles, securing.-Slashers or bill-hooks &c. are secured to their handles by a transverse set-screw &c., in the manner shown in Figs. 4 and 5 as applied to an axe head. The head has a taper tongue b, which is inserted in a V-shaped slot e in the outwardly-tapering end of the handle c and is fixed by a set-screw &c. f which passes through the tongue, the handle, and a taper ferrule d thereon. A strip of rubber may be placed at g to prevent jarring.
Patent GB-190125225-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Replacing Derailed Tramcars.
Inventor: DUCIMETIERE JEAN
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 25,225. DucimetiÞre, J. May 11, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Ramps or apparatus for replacing de-railed vehicles. A lifting-jack c, removably fitted to one end of a tramcar, has a rack a terminating in a ball or roller b adapted to run on the wedge d. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the support a screws into the socket e.
Patent GB-190200502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway or like Switch Mechanisms.
Inventor: CARROLL FRED ALLEN
Filed: 1902-01-07
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 502. Carroll, F. A. Jan. 7. Points and switches operated from the vehicle. The tongue A of a spring or other point is connected by a rod B to a slide F through a yielding connection E, which allows the point to be opened by the wheel flanges without moving the slide. The slide is operated from the vehicle by the shoe P, through the roller I on the pin H, which projects through the slide from the spring- supported plate J attached to the underside of the slide. It can thus be depressed by ordinary traffic. A link O and lever M, pivoted at N in the box, forms a kind of toggle-lock to hold the slide and tongue until the lever M is knocked down again by the shoe at the rear end of the vehicle. The ordinary spring arrangement for holding the tongue on one side may be replaced by the spring b. The mechanism is enclosed in a covered box attached to the rails by the angles D. The shoe P is carried and turned by the shaft Q on the vehicle.
Patent GB-190202071-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Heating Straining and Regulating Liquid Fuels
Inventor: MARCHANT THOMAS BALLARD
Filed: 1902-01-25
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 2071. Marchant, T. B. Jan. 25. Straining liquids. -Relates to apparatus for heating, straining, and regulating liquid fuels and oils for steamgenerator burners &c. Apparatus having duplicate parts, as shown in Fig. 1, is used to avoid stoppage on cleaning when required for long runs, as on motor vehicles, launches, torpedo boats, &c. ; otherwise single apparatus is used. Two jacketed cylinders J, heated by steam, hot air, &c., are provided with graded strainers D spaced by distancepieces H on removable bolts, pins, or screws I. A fuel-supply pipe A leads from an elevated storage tank to a three-way cock B, and branch pipes to the straining chambers. These chambers have outlet pipes leading to a three-way cock X and burner-supply pipe U, which may be jacketed, and also steam or air supply pipes R and a three-way cock Q at the fuel-outlet ends, and corresponding outlet pipes S and a cock T at the opposite ends, for cleaning. The jacket spaces L are connected by branch pipes having three-way cocks.
Patent GB-190202852-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Sighting Guns
Inventor: COMMON ANDREW AINSLIE
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 2852. Common, A. A. Feb. 4. Telescopes. - Relates to telescope sights for ordnance, and consists in producing, in the field of view of the telescope, the image of a fiducial mark. A mirror D is pivoted in the telescope between the object glass B and the eye lens C, and the image of the mark F is received upon the mirror from the prism H and lens G. The arm I on the axle of the mirror D is held between the spring L and the screw K, by which the mirror can be moved on its axis for range adjustment.
Patent GB-190203760-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Block for Flooring Purposes.
Inventor: JONES GEORGE SIBBERING
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 3760. Jones, G. S. Feb. 14. Flooring - blocks. -Wood or other blocks for floors are made with bevelled, T-shaped, or undercut recesses C, to interlock with the plastic cement or other bedding- material.
Patent GB-190209734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Surgical Lint, Flannel, Flannelette, and similar Materials.
Inventor: BLAIR CHARLES
Filed: 1902-04-28
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 9734. Blair, C. April 28. Lint.-Relates to the production of lint, flannel, flannelette, &c. The material is fed from a roll 2 over a spiked roller 4 carrying a pulley on which bears a weighted arm which adjusts the tension, then between a series of crimped, adjustable, and inclined rails 11 and inclined rollers 12 covered with wire filleting and rotated by worm gearing, the material being finally damped and passed between steam-heated rollers 8. The effect of the inclined rollers is to form the pile "on the " twist."
Patent GB-190215362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to Automatic Car Couplings
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 15,362. Cloud, J. W. July 9. Couplings, automatic.-The pivoted coupler heads 1, Fig. 1, which are counterparts o f each other, are each provided on one side with a hook - shaped projection 8 and on the other side with a pivoted knuckle 9. Fig. 2 shows the position of the knuckle preparatory to coupling, which position is ensured in some cases by a spring 12 turning the knuckle to the required position when the cars are uncoupled. When the cars come together, the projection 8 strikes the curved portion 26 of the tail of the knuckle, and turns it on its pivot until the hooked portion 20 engages with the hookshaped projection 8, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position the coupling is locked by a vertical pin 18, which drops automatically when the tail 23 of the knuckle has passed it. The drop-pin is locked by a pivoted catch at its upper end. For uncoupling, the pin is raised by a chain &c. The rotation of the hook of the knuckle in an outward direction is limited by a stop 19, Fig. 1, on the tail ; its rotation inwards is limited by the impact of the hook 20 on a stop 21. If two cars come together when the coupling is not in the proper position for coupling, the hook will turn inwards freely until it meets the stop 21, in which position the solid buffer heads will be in contact and no injury will result to the knuckle. The hook may also be turned to this position during shunting, in order to prevent the coupling of the cars. The coupler head and the draw-bar to which it is pivoted are kept in alignment by spring shoes pressed against them at the pivot. Figs. 12 and 13 show how a car fitted with the automatic coupling may be coupled to a car with the ordinary hook-and-link coupling. For this purpose there is pivoted beneath the automatic coupling a link 27 having attached to it a shackle 29 to engage with the ordinary hook. If, when being coupled or otherwise, the cars come together forcibly, the impact of the ordinary hook will be received by the automatic coupler at the recessed part 36, Fig. 1, of the solid head and no injury to the knuckle will result. Buffers.-To allow of a car with the automatic coupler being coupled to either a passenger car or a goods wagon fitted with the ordinary hook coupling, an adjustable buffer, shown in Fig. 12, may be employed. It is provided with arms 33, 34 of unequal length, and can be turned through a rightangle so as to present either a short or a long arm to the opposite car.
Patent GB-190216795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Watches.
Inventor: WILCOX MATTHEW
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 16,795. Wilcox, M. July 29. Chucks; faceplates.-The requisite recesses and holes in a watchplate, Fig. 4, are turned while the blank is clipped on a faceplate by studs C, Fig. 1, and screws passing through holes h. The faceplate has holes corresponding in position with those required on the watchplate, each hole being tapped to fit a screwed centre in the headstock of the lathe smaller holes m being also made for set-screws.
Patent GB-190217144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Playing Balls
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-08-02
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 17,144. Kempshall, E. Aug. 2. Balls for golf &c. are formed without a hard centre, by winding a strip a of rubber or like material to form the core, which is then covered with hemispheres A of gutta-percha or the like and compressed. Thin layers of celluloid a' may be arranged at intervals in the ball.
Patent GB-190224202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Motor Cycles and other Machines.
Inventor: MERINGTON CHARLES
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 24,202. Merington, C. Nov. 5. Friction gearing; belt gearing.-Relates to a method of transmitting power by friction gear, and increasing the grip of the belt in belt gearing. The driving-pulley A has an air tube C placed round a groove in its edge, this tube being inflated through a valve c, as shown in Fig. 2. The tube is covered with a leather strip D, which is forced against the inside of the driven pulley B. In order that belt driving-gear may be utilized, and to prevent excessive slip, the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is used. The pulley B drives the belt b<1>, which has contact with the pneumatictyred pulley A. On the shaft a carrying this pulley A is mounted a toothed wheel E on a freewheel mechanism e. This wheel E is of greater diameter than the pulley A, and gears with a wheel F fixed to the shaft carrying the pulley B. The action is as follows :-The pulley A is driven by the belt b<1>, and the wheel F gears with the wheel E but does not drive it unless slip occurs, since the velocity of the peripheries of B, A is greater than that of F, and the wheel E is of larger diameter than the pulley A. The pulley A will thus over-run the clutch e and no tooth action will take place between the wheels B, A. In the case of slip. however, the belt is driven by the combined friction of both pulleys.
Patent GB-190225970-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Process and Apparatus for Raising Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: SCHUETT JOHANN HEINRICH
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 25,970. Sch³tt, J. H. Nov. 25. Direct air-pressure apparatus. - Consists of a process and apparatus. A vessel, such as a, immersed in the liquid to be raised from a well &c., is filled by atmospheric pressure and discharged by compressed air admitted from a reservoir f. The discharge is stopped before the liquid level in the chamber a reaches the foot of the rising pipe b, and the compressed air then in the vessel a is returned to the suction side of the compressor, which it thus assists in driving. In a modification, part of the air may be allowed to escape by the rising pipe. The admission of the air to the vessel a and its exhaust to the compressor are controlled by a pair of oppositelymoving valves, as at d, e.
Patent GB-190300292-A (GB)
Title: A Shock Proof Apparatus for Preventing Incandescent Gas Mantles form Breaking
Inventor: SUTTON CORNELIUS JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-06
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 292. Sutton, C. J., and Rudd, J. Jan. 6. Incandescent gas lamps. -An anti-vibration device A for use in mills and the like is formed by riveting or otherwise securing together the ends of two pieces of ribbon steel. Eyes B are provided for attaching the device to the ceiling and to the lamp C, which is connected to the supply pipe D by a flexible tube E.
Patent GB-190302303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanically Worked Ploughs.
Inventor: FOWLER ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2303. Fowler, R. H., Benstead, T., and Pepper, A. Jan. 30. Ploughs.-Relates to means for attaching the skife or body to the plough beam. In Fig. 1, the skife b, to which the share and mouldboard are secured, is shown adjustably attached to the skife body a by a pivot bolt e and adjustable bolts f which pass through slots f in the skife. The adjustment is made by means of a screw bolt g and nuts g<3>. The bolt g is pivoted on a stud g<1> fixed to the skife body a. In a modification, the stud g<1> may work in a slot in the body a. The upper part of the skife body a is corrugated or formed with strengthening-ribs. Fig. 5 shows means for adjustably securing the skife body, when formed integrally with the skife, to the beam c. The rear end of the skife is pivoted to the beam, and the forward end is connected by bolts f, f<2>. The bolt f passes through a slot f <1> in the skife. The bolt f<2> has a head f<3> which engages under the bottom edge of the beam c. A pair of stepped washers i, i<1> are attached to the beam or to the skife a by a bolt k. The adjustment is effected by rotating one of the washers to engage one or other of the steps on the other washer. The washers are kept in engagement with each other by a boss on the washer i<1> engaging a corresponding recess in the washer i.
Patent GB-190302834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Method of and Apparatus for Dividing, Shaping, Perforating and similarly Treating Cloth and the like Fabrics.
Inventor: YATES JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1904-02-06
Abstract: 2834. Yates, J. W. Feb. 6. Cutting-out. - Cloth or other fabrics are divided, shaped, perforated, or similarly treated, for the purpose of producing ornamental effects or patterns for garments &c., by applying to the material along the desired lines of severance a suitable acid or liquid, such as dilute sulphuric acid, aqua regia, or caustic soda, and subsequently brushing the material while it passes over a heated drum. The corrosive liquid may be applied by means of a block, roller, stencil, or other printing- device. In the arrangement shown in the Figure, the fabric a is drawn from a roll b and passed over a cylinder c around which are arranged a suitably engraved acid-printing roller d and ordinary colour-printing rollers, the fabric being subsequently brushed by a rotary brush f while passing over the heated cylinder e. By this means, articles such as handkerchiefs may be simultaneously printed and divided from one another. An additional roller g applies a solution of indiarubber &c. alongside or around the acid lines to prevent fraying of the fabric and to dispense with hemming. The effect of the acid along the lines of severance may be prevented from spreading by the application of a solution of alkali.
Patent GB-190303772-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for the Temporary Binding Together of Loose Sheets
Inventor: BODLAENDER MAX
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 3772. Bodlaender, M. Feb. 17. Filing papers.- Loose sheets are removably secured in a portfolio by means of flexible metal clips, such as f, g, which are passed through the sheets and through a ridge i formed on the back. The clips are alternately passed first through the sheets and first through the ridge i, and the projecting parts are folded down. Clips with one or with two prongs are employed.
Patent GB-190308068-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Caulking Seams of Vessels
Inventor: HIGHTOWER CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1903-04-07
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 8068. Hightower, C. G. April 7. Fluid - pressure hammers.- Relates to pneumatic hammers for caulking the seams of vessels. Fig. 1 shows a side view of the complete apparatus mounted on pairs of rollers 2, 3, of which the axle of the former is driven by worm gearing from the shaft of the compressed - air motor 37. The caulking- tool 12 is normally held up by the spring 17<1> which bears against the shoulder o the stem 11 acted upon by the hammer 7, attached to the rod of the reciprocating piston 6 controlled by the rotatable c a g e valve 20, open at its bottom. This valve has ports 20<1>, 21 adapted to register alternately with the supply and exhaust ports 18, 19, and carries a twisted stem 22 passing through an elongated opening 23 in the piston 6 which, as it reciprocates, causes the valve to rotate.
Patent GB-190310972-A (GB)
Title: Flag and Signal Halyard Connecting Devices
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,972. Fairweather, W., [Macgregor, D. M.]. May 14. Hooks to replace the usual toggle and hitch, or toggle and eye-splice, employed in flag-signal halyards at sea. Figs. 1 and 3 show the two parts A, B of the connection, which are, preferably, metal stampings, and Fig. 5 shows these two parts in use. Figs. 6 and 8 show a modification, in which the two parts of the connection are made of bent wire. The hook part a' in each modification may be pressed back on to the part B, so as to hold the two parts of the connection firmly together.
Patent GB-190400081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Doors.
Inventor: DAHLSTROM CHARLES
Filed: 1904-01-01
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 81. Dahlstrom, C. Jan. 7, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Doors. - A metallic door is formed of sheetmetal stiles 7, Figs. 1 and 6, and similar' top and bottom rails, Figs. 1 and 3. Both stiles and a panel are formed from a single sheet folded at 9 to hold the opposite panel 2. The rails have internal distance-pieces, and projections 20 extending over to the hinges 14, Fig. 4. A reinforcing-piece 13 is provided on the hinged side. A layer 11 of asbestos is placed between the panels, and the stiles &c. are packed with ground asbestos or the like. The rails and stiles may be brazed, welded, or riveted together. The construction may be modified as shown in Fig. 8, where one stile and one panel, or both stiles and both panels, are formed in one piece ; or in Fig. 10, with both stiles and one panel in one piece. In the form shown in Fig. 11, both stiles and both panels are bent from a single sheet.