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Patent GB-190221266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: CLARK THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 21,266. Clark, T. E. Sept. 30. Acetylene.-Relates to a generator in which the supply of carbide to the water is regulated. The carbide is contained in boxes f, Fig. 2, supported above a funnel c, Fig. 1, leading to the water chamber a, by flanges formed on them, engaging ledges i<1> on a frame d, Fig. 3. Instead of being above the feed-hopper, as shown, the frame d may be supported directly on it. Each box is furnished with a hinged bottom, which is normally held closed by a spring bearing on an arm f<2> pivoted to the hinged bottom of the box and engaging an L-shaped catch f<3> on the box. The carbide which falls down the funnel c is distributed by angle-plates n, n<1> pivoted to the funnel and secured in position by a catch n<2>, and falls on to a perforated plate r in the water chamber a. The lower portion b of this chamber is funnel-shaped, and is fitted with a cock b<1> to remove sludge. The gas passes through a suitable purifier p to the usual gas holder j. On the fall of the holder j, a catchj<1>, carried thereby, actuates by means of a suitable clutch an axle w<2> carrying a bevel-wheel w<1> driving a wheel w having an arm g adapted to successively engage and release the supporting-arms f<2> of the boxes f and supply freah charges to the generator. The clutch preferably comprises, Figs. 2 and 7, an arm l<3> pivoted on the axle w<2>, weighted at l<4> to raise it to its upper position when released, and carrying a pawl l<2> to engage a ratchet-wheel l on the axle w. The arm l<3> may be formed in two parts arranged so that the end one can turn up to allow the catch j<1> to pass up but is prevented from turning down by a spring secured to the central part.
Patent GB-190221380-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Pneumatic Tyre Cover.
Inventor: MIDGLEY EDWIN
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 21,380. Midgley, E. Oct. 1. Tyres, pneumatic. -Instead of the usual fabric case or foundation of a pneumatic-tyre cover, chain-mail, or other like system' of rings or links A, meshed or interlaced, is used and embedded in the rubber B. The mail is constructed, either by reducing the size or number of the rings at the sides or by closing them in, so that it can conform in section to a trough shape, and the rings forming the edge or bead may be connected by rings Š<2> or attached to a wire, band, helical spring or a circle of rings. Plastic india-rubber is thoroughly worked into the meshes and amalgamated with the mail, and a strip of suitable fabric E may separate the rubber of the cover from that of the inner tube F.
Patent GB-190222282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleansing Gas from Gas Producers, Blast Furnaces and Coke Ovens.
Inventor: FOWLER CHARLES HOWARD
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 22,282. Fowler, C. H., and Medley, E. A. Oct. 14. Blast furnaces.- Washers for removing dust and I i k e impurities from gas. Several corrugated or other discs C<1>, C<11>, C<111> of less diameter than the casing A are mounted so as to rotate with a spindle B, which passes through central openings K', K' in discs D', D" fixed between the rotating discs as shown in the Figure. Water entering the casing A by the pipe E is sprayed in turn by each of the rotating discs, and passes over each of the fixed discs and through the central openings therein to the discharge pipe F. The gas entering the washer A by the pipe G has a centrifugal motion imparted to it by the rotating discs, and passes over a considerable extent of wetted surface, and through the rapidly-moving water spray thrown off by the successive discs, round which it passes to the outlet pipe H.
Patent GB-190224723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Locks.
Inventor: GONOROVSKY JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 24,723. Gonorovsky, J. Nov. 11. Locks, time; fastenings; latches. - Relates to a time lock for securing the fastening of a toy savings' bank or other receptacle. The door a' of the money box &c. a is secured by a pivoted latch or turn-button a<2> operated by a knob a<3>. The box is connected to the casing b of a clock, the arbor b<3> of which carries a worm gearing with a wheel fixed on a shaft. The upper end of this shaft carries a worm in gear with a wheel d<1> fixed on a spindle d mounted in the box. The spindle is movable axially, and the wheel d' is normally forced into engagement with the worm by means of a spring. At one end the spindle is provided with a pointer d<3> moving over a dial e, and at the other end it is provided with a handle d<3>. A disc f, mounted on the spindle d, is provided with a notch f<1> and a pin or projection f<2> adapted to engage the double-concave and slotted end of a pivoted lever g. The other end of this lever is formed to engage a pin on one arm h<2> of a bellcrank lever, the other arm h of which forms a detent for the latch a<2>. A yielding detent i controlled by a spring is arranged below the latch so that it can be turned up into the locked position, when the detent h is in the position shown in Fig. 2. The look is set to any required time by forcing the wheel d' out of gear with the worm, and then turning the spindle d to set the pointer d'. The disc f is rotated by the clockwork, and, when the pin f comes into engagement with the slot in the end of the lever g, this lever is drawn down and moves the detent h from over the latch. As the disc rotates, the upper concave face of the lever g engages the periphery of the disc, and the detent is thereby maintained in the withdrawn position. A stop below the lever g relieves the clockwork from any strain due to tampering with the latch when in the locked position. In a modification, the upper bearing of the worm shaft for transmitting the motion of the clock to the spindle d is movable, so that the worm can be drawn out of engagement with the wheel d<1> for the purpose of setting the lock.
Patent GB-190307135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Suspending Overhead Electric Conductors.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7135. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. March 27. Electric railways and tramways, conductors.- Relates to a supporting.device for overhead trolley wires. The ear consists of a retaining-member A and two longitudinally-movable clamping-members B. The retaining-member comprises an elongated head 1 and a boss 2, the latter of which is provided with a tapped hole 3 for engaging the threaded end of an insulated supporting-bolt. The clamping- members B, having rack teeth 9 at their upper edges, are recessed to form jaws 8 set obliquely to their top portions and fit with their flat sides in contact within a circular groove at the base of head 1. In order to tighten the clamping-members on the wire, wrenches 10 are inserted into a transverse hole 7 provided at the base of the boss 2, said wrenches having pinions 11 at their ends which gear with the teeth on the members B, thereby causing the jaws 8 to approach and grip the wire. The wrenches having been removed, a locking bolt, Fig. 4, is placed in the hole 7, consisting of an ordinary bolt having two longitudinal grooves cut therein, forming a tongue 16 which enters two rack teeth on each clamping-member and is fixed by a cottar pin at one end. The clamping- members B may be made with uniform crosssections, and the lower jaw edge may be set askew by offsetting, thus allowing drawn or squirted metal to be employed for these parts.
Patent GB-190313931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: FIEDLER LOTHAR
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 13 931. Fiedler, L., and Gerard, F. J. June 22. Secondary batteries.-Consists of a construction of secondary battery or accumulator, principally intended for zinc-lead-peroxide batteries, in which the active surfaces are the bottoms of a series of horizontal trays with shelving sides, each tray being immersed, with its bottom well below the level of the electrolyte, in the tray beneath. The trays a, Fig. 1, with shelving sides f, are of thin acid-resisting metal, preferably lead, and contain a lining b of paste, formed of finely-divided zinc thoroughly amalgamated with mercury. Above this is an insulating-support c, such as a corrugated and perforated plate of vulcanite or celluloid, or other insulating-material, such as vulcanized fibre, upon which the other electrode d, preferably a lead grid filled with lead-peroxide paste, rests, being metallically connected with the bottom of the tray above by autogenous soldering or other means. The last plate d is connected to one terminal k, and the bottom layer b is joined to the other terminal n by means of a metal strip m connected to the bottom tray a and protected from contacting with the other trays by means of an insulating-strip o. The trays are enclosed in a box h, of impermeable non-conducting material, provided with a gas exit p. To avoid spilling the electrolyte, the shelving sides f extend well above the bottom surface of the next higher tray, while a layer of paraffin wax g, or other suitable material, may be provided for the same purpose, the layer being perforated to allow the escape of gas. The Provisional Specification states that sulphuric acid and zinc sulphate, either liquid or as a jelly, may be used as the electrolyte.
Patent GB-190314047-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Operating the Rotary Shuttle-boxes of Looms.
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 14,047. Butterworth, S., and Hattersley & Sons, G. June 24. Loom change-box motions.-A rotary shuttle box c having six compartments may be rotated in either direction by means of a duplex rack n<1>, n<2> on a rod n connected to one end of a pivoted lever m. The rod n is moved by levers controlled by pattern mechanism to put the rack n<1> or the rack n' into action. The lever m may occupy four different positions according as neither, or one, or the other, or both of two hooked connections f, f<1> connected to the lever m by a pivoted link k, is or are caused by pattern-controlled indicating-levers d to be engaged by a pivoted lever b, which is vibrated by a cam a. In a modified arrangement, the catches f, f<1> are connected to separate levers, of which one is pivoted to the other and to the loom frame. By suitably arranging the levers, or by using additional levers and catches, boxes of more than six compartments may be operated.
Patent GB-190401649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Door Locks.
Inventor: BALS WILHELM
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 1649. Bals, W. Jan. 22. Latches; l o c k s, key. -Door locks and fastenings specially suitable for doors on ships are arranged to prevent accidental opening. The striking - plate, in the form shown, has a spur-wbeel c held against motion in one direction by a spring detent d, so as to allow the end a' of the bolt to pass into engagement but only to allow disengagement when the bolt is withdrawn by turning the handle. Instead of the wheel c, two spring-controlled pivoted jaws may be employed, the end of the bolt being wedge-shaped. The latch bolt may be combined with a mortice or case lock.
Patent GB-190405551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Attaching Elevator Cans or Buckets and the like to their Conveyor Belts or Bands.
Inventor: DAWSON FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 5551. Dawson, F. W. March 7. Elevators.-T h e cans or buckets &c. are attached to the belt by means of bolts having inverted cup heads 7 coacting with washers 10 and depressions 4 round the bolt holes, of corresponding shape. The belt is thus forced into the depression 4, and the bottom of the bolt head lies flush with the belt surface.
Patent GB-190407137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM MUDD
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 7137. Still, W. M. March 24. Steam traps. - Relates to traps of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 21,571 and 25,858, A.D. 1902, means being provided for preventing the hollow valve g, and the diaphragm i, from being damaged when the valve is forced against its seat by the spindle e, and also for supporting the fluidcontaining chamber d upon the spindle e. A projection h, corresponding to the internal surface of the valve g, is formed in the side of the chamber d, and the spindle e is made to fit into this projection, so that, when the spindle is screwed in too far, it simply presses against the seat of the valve. The outer part of the projection h is enlaiged in diameter, and is made cylindrical. The end of the spindle is correspondingly shaped.
Patent GB-190409271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Labels and Covering Sheets for Boxes and other Receptacles provided with Embossed or similarly Ornamented Sides.
Inventor: JAGENBERG FERDINAND EMIL
Filed: 1904-04-22
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 9271. Jagenberg, F. E. April 22. Embossing.-Labels, sheets of paper, and other similar articles, which are to be gummed or pasted on the embossed surfaces of boxes, bottles, and the like, are embossed so as to correspond with the surface to which they are to be fixed by passing them through a pair of suitably shaped interchangeable embossing-rollers, or by placing them in a press bearing a suitably shaped interchangeable die and punch. Figs. 1 and 2 show a hand-press used, a being the punch, c the die, and b the ribs made to correspond to the depressed or raised parts to be formed on the label. A number of labels may be treated at the same time.
Patent GB-190417660-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Uniting or Coating Iron and Steel with other Metals, and Fluxes employed for that purpose.
Inventor: DAVIES EVAN LLEWELYN
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1905-11-13
Abstract: 17,660. Davies, E. L., and Clark, W. G. Aug. 13. Gilding and silvering.-Relates to an improvement on the method described in Specification No. 10,763, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys], and consists of a method of coating iron or steel with silver, gold, and their alloys. The iron or steel plate is heated to a temperature about the boiling-point of the coating-metal, in any case sufficiently high to form an oxide of iron on the surface. It is then placed in a suitable mould and covered with a special flux of silica and sodium carbonate and borate with about 4 per cent. of sodium phosphate. A layer of carbon is placed on top. The effect of the flux is to remove the thin coating of iron oxide and leave the iron surface clean, scrapers or rakes being used to facilitate the operation. Molten copper, preferably over-poled if there is an oxidizing-atmosphere, is then run in, and sinks beneath the flux. The mould containing the plate is withdrawn from the furnace and protected during cooling. To coat wire, it is drawn into one side of a box having a partition extending nearly to the bottom, and out from the other, flux at each side covering the molten copper. Tubes are coated by running them down an incline, first through a bath of flux and then through the coating-metal. The flux may vary in proportions to suit the temperature.
Patent GB-190418356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolysers
Inventor: BARTELT FRIEDRICH LUDWIG
Filed: 1904-08-24
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 18,356. Bartelt, F. L. Aug. 24. Bleaching- compounds for laundries &c. are produced by electrolysis in a tank A, which is divided, by preferably non - porous and non - conducting partitions C, into compartments B. Each partition C is cut away at the top a, and a channel or set of channels b, c communicates with the next compartment. The electrolyte is supplied through a pipe or set of pipes b, c in the wall F, and, after passing through all the compartments, is drawn off by a pipe g, which rises vertically through the bottom of the last compartment and reaches to near the top of it. The electrodes may be of any form, but a convenient one consists of a piece e of platinum foil, supported in grooves in a cut-away portion of an ebonite plate E, and secured by a rod f. The Provisional Specification also states that, instead of the channels b, c, pipes leading from the top of one compartment to the bottom of the next may be employed, and that a solution of sodium chloride may be electrolysed therein.
Patent GB-190419671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pavement Lights and the like.
Inventor: CALDWELL WILLIAM LEE
Filed: 1904-09-12
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 19,671. Caldwell, W. L. Dec. 17, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pavement-lights.-Glasses of arch form and shaped as shown in Figs. 4 or 5 are supported by a wheel framework formed of longitudinal flat bars 1, Fig. 3, supporting transverse U-section bars 2 in semicircular holes 3, the hollows being upwards. Other forms of bars may, however, be used. The frame is rigidly secured together by soldering or galvanizing. Flanges 11 formed on the glasses rest on the transverse bars, and projecting shoulders 15, 16 prevent longitudinal movement. A tongue 17 and groove 18 on the top of the flange give a grip to the binding-cement 20 which fills the channels 2, holes 3, and the interstices. The tongues 17 may extend around all sides of the glass, but particularly on the sides parallel to the bars 1. The form of glass shown in Fig. 5 is used when more direct rays are required to pass through.
Patent GB-190425420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Gas Governors.
Inventor: STOTT JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 25,420. Stott, J. Nov. 22. Governors.-The float H is made with an angled or bevelled portion I or its equivalent at the side, and between the top and the bottom, so that the cross-sectional area of the float varies with the immersion in the mercury J, thus producing greater uniformity of the outlet gas pressure. A flexible diaphragm K, with corrugations L or their equivalent, is fixed between the cover G and the top of the mercury trough B, and also to the valve spindle D, so as to prevent leakage of the mercury should the governor be placed out of the level during transit, thereby causing the float to become unsealed.
Patent GB-190428237-A (GB)
Title: View Finder for Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: TRAPPIEL WILHELM
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 28,237. Trappiel, W. Dec. 23. Cameras.-In a viewfinder, the frame b defining the limits of the picture is rotatable in the guide a, which itself is adjustable longitudinally and transversely by means of slots e. From the adjustments of the frame b which are necessary to find any particular view are obtained the corresponding adjustments necessary for the lens.
Patent GB-190502366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Mechanisms for Elastic-fluid Turbines.
Inventor: RICE RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1906-02-06
Abstract: 2366. Rice, R. M. Feb. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stop-gear. - An emergency stop-gear for at elastic-fluid turbine is shown in Fig. 5. The vertical shaft of the turbine runs in a bearing supplied with lubricating-fluid under pressure, and a branch pipe 41 from the lubricant-supply pipe admits the fluid under a piston 75 so that the piston is supported and keeps a weighted lever 32 in a raised position. If the pressure of lubricant falls below the required minimum, the weighted lever drops and moves the regulating-valve of the piston 60, which slides the cam 46 so that the nozzle valves are closed and the turbine stops.
Patent GB-190508498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Parts of Wheels with Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: JONAS GERALD
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 8498. Jonas, G. April 20. Felloes or rims.-The invention is designed to facilitate the application and removal of pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles. Fixed to the wheel is a metal rim 5 of channelsection, one flange of which is plain, while the other is formed with gaps 6, Fig. 4. The usual tyre seat c is fitted with safety bolts and fly nuts which are accommodated in smaller gaps in the rim 5, and also with blocks 9, fitting closely in the gaps 6 and secured therein by transverse bolts 10. Preferably, the gaps 6 are formed at four equal distances apart, and the rim is cut away to facilitate access to the valve. The invention is designed to facilitate the application of the inventions described in Specifications No. 23,123, A.D. 1902, and No. 21,620, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190508745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding Mechanism, specially adapted for use in connection with Machines for Making Twine or the like
Inventor: BAILEY HOWARD CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 8745. Bailey, H. C. April 25. Reeling twine &c.-Relates to winding-mechanism, which is specially adapted for use in connexion with machines for making twine &c. A number of spools B are arranged one above another in a frame and so that they can be driven simultaneously by spur or belt gearing as shown. Each spool is supported at one end upon a stud carrying the driving-wheel a<4>, Fig. 3, and at the other upon a conical piece b, carried by a spring lever b<1>, which presses the opposite end of the spool against its driving-wheel so as to be frictionally driven. Normally, the spool rotates at a slightly slower speed than its driving- wheel. The drag or friction on the bobbin is adjusted by regulating the tension of the spring b<5>. The levers b<1> are supported in the horizontal position by bars a<2>, and are prevented from moving too far inwards, when the spool is removed, by a bar b<7>.
Patent GB-190512468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Refractory Bodies for use in Gas Fires and the like for Heating purposes.
Inventor: DELAGE MARCEL
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1906-06-15
Abstract: 12,468. Delage, M. Oct. 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mantles and the like.-Refractory bodies for use with a bunsen flame or the like for incandescent fires and other heating purposes are made to contain about 10-50 per cent of oxide of cerium. The refractory bodies may be in the form of solid or tubular and perforated cylinders, consisting of 50-70 per cent of aluminium oxide or silicate, the remainder being cerium oxide. It is preferable to have the cerium oxide near the surface of the refractory body, and for this purpose cylinders of aluminium oxide or silicate already baked are dipped into a solution of cerium nitrate or an emulsion of cerium oxide in water and heated. A mantle similar to a " Welsbach " mantle containing 90 per cent of aluminium oxide, 8 per cent of magnesium oxide, and 2 per cent of beryllium oxide may be dipped into a solution of cerium nitrate and heated, the process being repeated until the mantle contains 10-30 per cent of cerium oxide. The mantle is then protected with collodion.
Patent GB-190512469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coffee Biggins.
Inventor: ISAKIEWICZ IGNAZ
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1906-06-15
Abstract: 12,469. Isakiewicz, I. June 15. Coffee &c. making apparatus.-In coffee biggins, the water first passes through holes in an intermediate bottom before reaching the upper sieve of the coffee receptacle, so as to prevent the coffee from being whirled about ; an air vent is provided. As shown in Fig. 1, the hot water rests on a bottom 2 provided with an air tube 13 and an annular channel with outwardly-directed perforations 3. The coffee receptacle 8 screws on an extension 9, and the water flowing from the perforations 3 falls gently on the upper sieve 10 before dropping on to the coffee. In a modification, the slightly conical bottom has perforations around its periphery and is provided with a lower sieve, the whole being adapted to fit or screw into an ordinary biggin. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 46, A.D. 1864, No. 2885, A.D. 1897, No. 15,855, A.D. 1898, and No. 10,712, A.D. 1901.]