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Patent GB-190023857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perfecting Printing Presses
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1900-12-31
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 23,857. Haddan, H. J., [Babcock Printing Press Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 31. Cylinder machines with plane printing - surfaces ; rotary machines.- The paper 1 is passed from a roll to cutting or perforating cylinders 2, 3, and thence along guides 4, 5 and between discs 6, 7 to the grippers of the first im pression cylinder 8 The cylinder 8, moving at a higher speed than the paper, breaks off the perforated sheet. The discs 6 are in arms 9 operated by a cam 10 so as to lift them when the web has been taken by the grippers. The sheet, printed on one side, is taken from the cylinder 8 by a set of gripper discs, and passed down guides 14, 15, along which it is fed by discs 16, 17 and 18, 19. The guides 15 are curved upwards to direct the sheet on to guide-bars 24 and under a set of tapes 21. The guide-bars 24 are mounted to slide in guides 25, and are reciprocated by rack teeth 26 thereon engaging a wheel gearing with a segment 27 rocked by a link 29 connected to a crank-pin rotating with the second impression cylinder 20. The tapes 21 act in conjunction with discs 31 to feed the sheet up the guide-bars 24. Fingers 35, pivoted at 36, are raised while the sheet is run from the guide-bars 15 on to the bars 24, and are afterwards depressed to deflect the tail of the sheet on to the cylinder 20, to be taken by the grippers thereof for printing on its second side. A cam 39 on the cylinder 20 operates the fingers 35. In a modification, the tapes 20 are replaced by a set of guide-bars, and the sheet is moved up between these and the bars 24 by discs engaging rollers on spring fingers. These discs are provided with a rubber or friction facing. The sheet engages a stop at the end of the guide-bars, and is drawn out from between the discs and rollers by the impression cylinder.
Patent GB-190102715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Signalling on Railways.
Inventor: BARRAND ALBERT
Filed: 1901-02-08
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 2715. Barrand, A., Wade, B., and Wade, J. J. Feb. 8. Indicators and repeaters, signal; audible signals; contacts, electric; indicating and recording movements of trains; safety and locking bars.-A. bar b is mounted on links d &c. close to the rail a, and is counterweighted so that it normally rests in the raised position shown. By means of a wire or other connection to the ordinary signal lever in the cabin in the rear, the bar can be lowered into the position d<1>, in which it is inoperative. When the bar is in the raised or danger' position, and a train passes over it, the bar is depressed, and the arm g on its pivot closes an electric contact i, and thereby completes a circuit through an alarm gong &c. on the signal post and a second gong &c. in the signal cabin in advance. The spring stop k returns the bar to its normal position when the train has passed off it. So long as the train is on the bar, the signal cannot be lowered, and the alarms will continue to sound until switched off at the cabin. The alarm circuit also includes a contact operated by the movement of the ordinary signal, so that the circuit is broken and the alarms are put out of action when the signal is put to ' line clear.' When desired, a second bar may be arranged, without mechanical connection with the ordinary signal, a suitable distance (say, 200 yards) in the rear of the bar b, to give a warning signal to the driver and signalman before the bar b is reached.
Patent GB-190107031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Dispensing Beverages and the like
Inventor: GREEN ROBERT MCCAY
Filed: 1901-04-03
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 7031. Green, R. M., and Green, R. M. April 3. Beverages, drawing-off.-In an apparatus for use in dispensing soda water, mineral water, root beer, &c., the plug K carries a screw-adjusted bifurcated head L, adapted to be engaged and operated by a tongue M on a stem N carried by a door A. The stem N is operated by a handle P, and its motion is limited by shoulders S. Each door A consists of a faceplate having sides of two or more thick- nesses of metal, folded or refolded on themselves, and with or without a filling-piece. The doors turn on a pivot F, so as to give access to the syrup jars or tanks, and may have facings of onyx, marble, &c.
Patent GB-190108351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 8351. Boult, A. J., [Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.]. April 23. Shutters.-Relates to a shutter with mechanism for making time, bulb, instantaneous, or automatically-timed exposures. The mechanism is applicable to shutters of diaphragm, sliding, blind, or other type, but is described as applied to a shutter with two pivoted wings. The principal parts of the mechanism are shown in Fig. 4. There are two main curved levers, the " master " lever 16 pivoted at 17, and the " operating" lever 26 pivoted at 25 ; and two subsidiary levers, the 'detaining-lever" 34 and the "controlling-lever" 56. The mechanism as shown is set for a time exposure. To make the exposure, the end 27 of the lever 26 is raised by hand or by a pneumatic device. A latch 28 on the lever 26 pushes up a pin 32 on the left-hand end of the lever 16, a pivoted lever 18 on which catches on a pin 13 on the lever 10 which actuates the lever of the shutter (not shown). At a certain height the pin 32 slips off the end of the latch 28, and the end of the lever 16 then descends, thus straightening out the toggle formed with it by the lever 18, and forcing back the pin 13 so as to open the shutter. The shutter is held open by the end 35 of the detaining- lever catching the end 33 of the lever 16. To close the shutter, the end 27 of the lever 26 is depressed, when a pin 43 depresses the end 41 of the detaining-lever, thus raising the end 35 and liberating the master lever 16, which descends at 32 and permits the shutter to close. To make a bulb exposure, the detaining-lever is rotated till the flanged end 37 catches the end 33 of the master lever and holds the shutter open as long as the bulb is pressed. For automatically-timed exposures, the movement of the master lever is controlled by an air brake connected to a pin 67 on a lever 66 pivoted at 251. This lever is connected to the master lever by a pin 63, the distance of which from the fulcrum 17 can be varied by a link 62 and lever 60. The pin 63 is set by a cam (not shown) which acts on a pin 55 on the controlling- lever 56, a slot 58 on which gears with a pin 59 on the lever 60. The ends 35 and 37 of the detaining- lever are raised quite clear of the end 33 of the master lever, so as to allow free movement of the latter, which then opens and closes the shutter in the time determined by the air brake. The cam which sets the controlling-lever 56 is set by an external pointer moving over a scale marked for the different kinds of exposure.
Patent GB-190111750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spray and Jet Nozzles.
Inventor: STONE JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 11,750. Stone, J. H., Stone, H., and Milner, C. N. June 8. Plug cocks.-The nozzle or cock body 10, which may be connected by a socket 13 to a water supply, is provided with a tapered plug 11 operated by a handle 12. One or more holes 14 with widened entrances 15 are made in the plug, and in the front of the body is an opening 16. The water may issue from the nozzle as a plain jet, but by turning the plug so that the jet impinges on the side of the opening 16, as shown in Fig. 6, a spray is formed. The plug may be turned so as to cut off the water altogether. A screw 17 engages the plug and is adapted to engage a stop on the nozzle, so that by adjusting the screw the plug may be turned to any suitable angle of discharge. In place of the handle and screw adjustment, the plug may be fitted with a disc head, having notches around the edge for the engagement of a spring.
Patent GB-190113866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Insulating Constructions for Preventing Interchange or Transmission of Heat
Inventor: NEW TOBIAS
Filed: 1901-07-08
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 13,866. New, T. July 8. Building-blocks; slabs.-Relates to insulating con- structions and blocks for preventing the interchange or transmission of heat. The blocks a comprise outer closed wooden boxes having paper partitions b con- sisting of two thin flat sheets spaced by a corrugated sheet. Distance-pieces c of wood are employed. The partitions, joints, and casings are coated with a fireproof and waterproof composition, which may be sodium silicate treated with calcium chloride. The blocks may be used in the construction of insulating walls, floors, and ceilings, for refrigerating or cold storage plants, or other structures. In building with the blocks, a layer of coarse cloth or fibrous material d is placed between the blocks and the surfaces are coated with fireproof and waterproof composition.
Patent GB-190123727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Checking the Time of Arrival of Employees or other Persons.
Inventor: VERITY CLAUDE HAMILTON
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 23,727. Verity, C. H. Nov. 22. Tell-tales for checking workmen &c. A sheet of paper at a desk D on which employees write their names as they arrive is at a predetermined time wound up on a roller H, a driving-spring being released for action at the required time by a clock. A pin U on a wheel V in gear with the winding-roller stops the action by encountering a rod T<3> extending from a rocking comb T, which accordingly perforates the dividing-line between the used sheet and the newly-exposed one. The spring is then rewound by a key till the pin U reaches a fixed stop X.
Patent GB-190124117-A (GB)
Title: A Cure for Dipsomania, and the Drug Habit.
Inventor: CRAVEN JEANIE
Filed: 1901-11-27
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 24,117. Craven, J., and Parke, G. M. Nov. 27. Medicinal preparations.-Relates to preparations for the cure of dipsomania and the drug habit. Two preparations are used in conjunction. One consists of a mixture of liquid extract of cinchona, glycerine, and alcohol, the other being the compound known in the American pharmacopoeia as " Auroterchloride of sodium," the solution known as " Gibbes Shirley" being preferred.
Patent GB-190124697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dyeing and Printing with Sulphur Colours.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1901-12-04
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 24,697. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. Dec. 4. Dyeing.-In dyeing or printing with sulphur colours, glycose or tannin is employed in conjunction with alkaline sulphide in making up the colours for use. Examples are given (1) in which cloth composed of cotton and wool is dyed in a bath made up of immedial black, sodium sulphide, soda, glycose, and common salt, and (2) in which leather is brushed over with a solution containing immedial black, sodium sulphide, glycose, and Turkey-red oil. Other sulphur colours, e.g., immedial brown, immedial blue, katigen black, sulphur black, kryogen black, katigen brown, and kryogen brown, may be used in an analogous manner.
Patent GB-190200155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lens Combinations for Telephoto Purposes.
Inventor: GOERZ CARL PAUL
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 155. Goerz, C. P. Jan. 2. Lenses.-Relates to the negative element of a telephotographic lens, the object of the construction being to correct coma. One form of the lens is shown in Fig. 1, and consists of four simple lenses connected together, the numbers on the lenses indicating the refractive indices of the glass used. The essential condition is that the lens should contain two dispersive cemented surfaces Z and one collective cemented surface S. A modified form is described, in which the component lenses are arranged in a different order.
Patent GB-190201302-A (GB)
Title: Improved Provision Tin for Soldering Down by Machinery.
Inventor: MORTON CHARLES DOUGLAS
Filed: 1902-01-17
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 1302. Morton, C. D., and Morton, E. D., [trading as Morton, C. & E.]. Jan. 17. Making cans.-The body of a provision tin is formed with a head A, Fig. 1, to receive the lid b, the flanges of the lid and of the tin being shaped as shown to facilitate the soldering of the lid along the space E by machinery. The lid may be also formed as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190209620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Raw Cotton and Flax and Cotton and Linen Goods to Reduce the Inflammability thereof
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 9620. Perkin, W. H., and Whipp Bros. & Tod. April 25. Fireproofing fibres.-Improvements on the inventions described in Specifications Nos. 9695. and 23,557, A.D. 1901, and No. 8509, A.D. 1902. The goods are treated preferably without the use of salts in which the acid radicles do not contain metallic oxides. Ammonium salts and ammonia are also used. Among the salts used are tungstates, aluminates, stannates, arseniates, &c., and these are used in combination with an organic acid, such as acetic or formic acid, a salt or salts of ammonium, such as the chloride, sulphate, acetate, &c. with or without a body which will prevent or retard precipitation, such as ammonia. Ordinary metallic salts may, however, be used if desired. Six examples are given of ways in which the invention may be carried into effect :-(1) The goods are treated with stannate of soda and dried, and then with a bath containing tungstate of soda, ammonium sulphate, and ammonia. (2) Acetic acid is substituted for the ammonium sulphate and ammonia in (1). (3) The second bath in (2) may contain also ammonium chloride. (4) The stannate of soda is made somewhat stronger than in the preceding examples, and the second bath contains tungstate of soda, ammonia and ammonium chloride. (5) A still stronger solution of stannate of soda is used in the first bath, and ammonium sulphate in the second one. (6) Stannate of soda is used as in example (1), and the second bath contains tungstate of soda, ammonia, ammonium chloride and zinc acetate. The sizing is preferably removed from the goods before they are subjected to the treatment, and subsequently they are washed, dried, and steamed.
Patent GB-190215679-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Mouth-pieces of Tobacco Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: GRANDCLEMENT GASTON
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 15,679. GrandclÚment, G. July 14. Tobacco pipes and c i g a r and cigarette holders.-The mouthpiece a of tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders is formed with only one projecting nib or shoulder b at the end. It may be on the upper or under side, the other side being smooth.
Patent GB-190218715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: BENTZIN CURT
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 18,715. Bentzin, C. Aug. 26. Shutters.-Relates to a shutter consisting of a travelling curtain with a transverse slit. By means of the same knob or handle g, the curtain d is wound up and the width of the slit adjusted. One edge of the curtain d is attached to the hollow axle b. Within the axle b and coupled to it by the arrangement c is a solid axle a, to which the handle g is attached. This solid axle carries the bands f by which the width of the slit is adjusted. The axles a, b are coupled and uncoupled by lateral motion of the handle g. To prevent the axle b from moving while the axle a is being rotated to adjust the width of the slit, the stop slide h is moved into engagement with the ratchet-wheel i by the rocking-member k, which is operated by the finger. When the member k is released, a spring l draws the stop slide h out of engagement.
Patent GB-190301386-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Trusing or Sizing Steel and other Metallic Tubes and Metallic Tubular Articles.
Inventor: JACKSON WILLIAM UPRICHARD
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1386. Jackson, W. U. Jan. 20. Rolling.-Metal tubes or tubular articles are trued or sized both internally and externally by passing them over a mandrel head h in the eye of concave rolls a, obliquely arranged with respect to each other and driven by gearing, as shown, or by motive power direct. The mandrel g<2> is held in standards l, l<2>, and the thrust on the loose head is taken by washers i and a collar k. The top slide of a compound slide on the standard l and a single slide on the standard l<2> are provided with jaws operated by right and left handed screws m, m<2> to grip or release the mandrel to facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the work. The mandrel has a nut n at one end, and is placed in tension by adjusting the lower slide on the standard l after the work has been placed in position.
Patent GB-190301981-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device for Bolts and Nuts and the like.
Inventor: SAVARIA LOUIS
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 1981. Savaria, L., and Martin, J. B. A. Jan. 27. Locking n u t s.- The nut 18 of a rail joint &c. is locked by a pin 22, which fits into a slot 19 in the bolt 14 and is bent down into one of a series of radial grooves 21, in the nut. These grooves may terminate in radial recesses in the sides of the nut. The slot 19 has an enlarged recess for the circular head 23 of the pin, which is thus kept from coming out.
Patent GB-190305729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Clutches, Reversing Gears and the like.
Inventor: HELE-SHAW HENRY SELBY
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 5729. Shaw, H. S. Hele-. March 12. Dynamometers.-In friction clutches, such as are described in Specifications No. 17,010, A.D. 1901, and Nos. 28,145 and 28, 145A, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], aud which may be employed as dynamometers, springs are employed for separating. alternate plates or discs when the clutches are not in engagement. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, three or more simple or bowed springs a<1> are fixed to each of the plates B, and press against the next alternate plate ; each spring may be secured by riveting, or the ends of the spring may pass through holes in the plate. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, a long spiral spring a, initially compressed, is located in a channel b in the clutch casing, so that the rims of alternate plates B engage with successive equally-spaced convolutions. Any number of these springs may be used.
Patent GB-190307398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosion Engines.
Inventor: RADOVANOVIC ANDREAS
Filed: 1903-03-30
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 7398. Radovanovic, A. March 30. Drawings to Specification. Steam generation by gas-engine exhaust.-Steam is generated in the water jackets and by the heat of the exhaust of gas and like engines. Such steam is used in an ejector to withdraw the burnt gases and induce a new charge into the cylinder.
Patent GB-190310041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Water Heaters, Steam Generators and Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: CRUSE HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 10,041. Cruse, H. May 4. Sectional and water - t u b e boilers; feedwater, heating; superheaters, steam.-Relates to improvements on the inventions described in Specifications No. 5103, A.D. 1898, No. 22,830, A.D. 1900, and Nos. 6544 and 6545, A.D. 1902, an independently fired steam superheater being combined with a feedwater heater which maintains a reserve of heated water for the supply of a battery of boilers. The apparatus may be used also for generating steam. Two water drums 1, 2, connected together by pipes 4, are arranged on each side of the fireplace 7 and may extend into the combustion chamber 8 containing the superheater 9. Steam collectors 11 and water coliectors 12 are arranged at each end of the superheaters, the water collectors communicating with internal pipes 21 through which water passes from the side drums 1, 2 to two top drums 3. An additional set of water-tubes may be arranged behind the superheater. The inlet and outlet pipes have stop check valves 160, 170, which are operated simultaneously. A valve 19 may be opened to allow the water to circulate through the heater. A second inlet 22 may be connected with an economiser feed system, condensers, or other water supply source. Steam jets 26 may be provided in the pipes 13 between the intermediate water drums 2 and the water collectors 11. In a modification, the bottom and intermediate drums do not extend into the superheater chamber, the top drums are arranged transversely, and the superheater tubes are arranged horizontally. The bottom steam and water collectors are arranged in a recess in front of the superheater tubes, and a steam drum or separating-vossel is arranged above and connected to the top drums. In another modification, a single transverse intermediate drum and two top transverse drums at different levels are used, the three drums being connected together by series of curved water-tubes, while the top drums are connected to a steam drum or separating-vessel. The upper end of the internal water-tube in the superheater is connected directly to the intermediate drum.
Patent GB-190315952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Lighting Apparatus.
Inventor: TOLSON JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 15,952. Tolson, J. July 30, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Incandescent gas lamps ; chimneys.- Relates to incandescent gas lamps in which the waste gases &c. are utilized for heating the incoming air or illuminant. A heater is provided having a helical box A, Fig. 1, with a concave bottom A', a cover A<3> with a non-conducting lining A<7> and kept down by fasteners A<6>, a helical wall A<4>, and a cap A<5>. A cold-air supply pipe B is connected with the heater at B' and has an inlet B'. A hot - air supply pipe C is attached to the cover at C' and communicates at C<2> with a gas-supply pipe E, which is connected at F with a bunsen burner H provided with air inlets H<1> and over which is a mantle or the like I. The space between the outlet end of the hot-air pipe and a chimney J, with perforations J<1>, J<2>, is enclosed by a casing C<3> secured by a screw C<4>. A burner tap G protrudes through the casing, at the top of which slots C<6> are cut to secure a gallery Z. A disc L, Fig. 7, for regulating and deflecting the heated air into the bunsen burner, is secured in position by a binding- screw L<2> and an attachment L', which may be made in the form of a cone, causes the hot air to enter the perforations, in the chimney, at rightangles. A modified form of heater comprises a helical coil K, Fig. 5, provided with a cover K<1> having a non-conducting lining K<3> and which is connected to the hot-air pipe C by a union K<2>. Another form consists of a cone N, Fig. 6, inner cones N<1>, an air outlet N', a hot-air pipe N<3>, a cover N<4> secured by an airtight joint N<5> to an elbow on the pipe C, and distance-pieces N<6>, which keep the cones apart.
Patent GB-190318572-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool or Appliance for use in Enabling the Joints of Leather, Canvas and similar Belting to be Joined Together.
Inventor: MITCHELL FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-08-28
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 18,572. Mitchell, F., and Gunn, F. Aug. 28. Belt and band fastenings.-Relates to a tool for making those belt joints which are formed of a series of separate wire staples e the ends of which are bent inwardly and made to grip the end of the belt, leaving a series of loops. These loops, when two belt ends are brought together, lie alternately between each other and have a pin k passed through them. The staples on each end of the belt may be alternately long and short instead of all being the same size.
Patent GB-190328626-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Deflector or Distributer for Automatic Fire Extinguishing Sprinklers.
Inventor: MILLS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 28,626. Mills, G. Dec. 30. Sprinklers, automatic.-A distributer, specially for use with the automatic sprinkler described in Specification No. 15,386, A.D. 1903, consists of a concavoconvex metal disc 1 having slits 2 cut in its side. The slits are wide at the edge of the disc and narrow towards the centre.