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Patent GB-190022898-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Educational Appliance for Instruction in Reading and the use of Figures.
Inventor: HINTZ RICHARD
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 22,898. Hintz, R.. Dec. 14. Arithmetic, reading, and writing, teaching.-Figures or letters, written in different ways to exemplify different styles of writing, are marked on card tablets such as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, which are held between the card blocks a, b, Fig. 3. The cards are indexed by means of the parts d, e, Figs. 5 and 7.
Patent GB-190100553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boots.
Inventor: SOUTHALL ROBERT HEAP
Filed: 1901-01-09
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 553. Southall, R. H. Jan. 9. Lacing -fasten - ings for boots. The lace J is formed with three or more ends 1, 2, 3, and two laces are used and buckled together at K when the upper is made in two parts A, B, Fig. 3, and laced at each side. The ends 1, 2 of the lace are passed through eyeletboles M in the edge b of the opening, and are secured by sewing, riveting,or wiring to the strengthened edge a, the side openings being closed within by a lining H, Fig. 4, fixed to the rear part B of the upper. The end 3 of the lace is passed through the lower eyelet-holes M on the edge b, and through one or more eyelet-holes N on the edge a, before it is fastened to the latter edge. Fig. 2 shows the application of the invention to an ordinary boot, a single multiple-ended lace J being used and fastened to a spring or other stud L on the leg quarter C of the boot.
Patent GB-190102694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braces or Suspenders.
Inventor: COOK WILLIAM WATERS
Filed: 1901-02-07
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 2694. Cook, W. W. Feb. 7. Braces. - The adjustment as to length is effected by providing the straps 6 or attachments thereto 7 with a series of slits 2, holes, or loops, through any of which the tabs 4 may be passed, and in which they are retained.
Patent GB-190107635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CHURCHILL JAMES REGINALD
Filed: 1901-04-13
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 7635. Churchill, J. R. April 13. Seats and seat backs.-Relates to movable seats for the back part of a phaeton or vehicle of the type shown in plan in Fig. 5. Under each seat 12 is a pivot pin 13, which rotates in a bracket fixed to the body of the vehicle, so that either seat can be turned from the full-line position into the dotted-line position, and can be secured in either position by thumb-screws on their equivalent. The seat backs occupy two sides of the seats, and the sides and ends of the body of the vehicle are constructed to allow the seats to pass over them. Instead of fixing the seats to their pivot pins, slide bars 17, Fig. 7, may be interposed to allow the seats to be moved laterally, as shown, or longitudinally. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the seat 1 is pivoted to an arm 3, which can turn about a fixed support 4. The arm 3 has notches 8, into any one of which a projection 7 on the pivot pin is pressed by a spring 9 to hold the seat in position. In the form shown in Fig. 9, the seat 22 turns on a pin 23 in the block 25, which itself is mounted on a horizontal pivot pin 26 in the arm 27. The arm can turn about the pin 28 so as to bring the seat from the full-line position into the dotted-line position, a quarter-turn about the pin 23 being also necessary. Ribs 30 fit against the sides and ends of the vehicle body to hold the seat in position, and, in a modification, the pivot pin 26 may be extended to allow the seat to be moved laterally. The seats shown in Fig. 11 are applicable to wagonettes and like vehicles where room for luggage is required. Each seat 31 is supported on a pivoted bar 33 and a recessed bracket 34, but, by releasing the rib 35 from the bracket, the seat can be folded down. In a modification, the upper ends of the bars 33 slide in slots in the sides of the seats, and, when released, allow the seats to be fold up against the seat backs, to which they are then secured by hooks.
Patent GB-190111140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing for Stuffing-boxes.
Inventor: PLETT JOHANN CARL ADOLF
Filed: 1901-05-30
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 11,140. Plett, J. C. A. May 30. Stuffing-boxes.- The packing is composed of wedge-shaped half rings a, placed in the stuffing-box b in such way that two such pieces form a complete ring, the lowermost of which rests with its flat surface on the neck-ring. The third and fourtb rings are disposed so as to break joint with the first and second. A soft ring c of ordinary fibrous packing is placed over the last ring. The rings are made to fit closely the rod and the stuffing-box alternately, whereby there is permitted certain freedom of self-adjustment.
Patent GB-190111285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns or like Drying Apparatus.
Inventor: TOPF JULIUS
Filed: 1901-06-01
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 11,285. Topf, J. June 1. Drying-kilns.-A kiln for drying malt and the like is heated by a furnace a having a horizontal flue b leading to radiators t connected with a system of pipes d controlled by throttle valves and ending in the chimney. The flue b also communicates with branch fines f controlled by slides or valves and having gradually-widening slots, so that the apparatus may be used either as a hut-air or furnace-gas kiln. The invention may be applied to the kiln described in Specification No. 13,245, A.D. 1899, an upright heating-apparatus being used in this case.
Patent GB-190115847-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Coupling for Railway and Tramway Vehicles
Inventor: HANSEN CHRISTEN
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 15,847. Hansen, C., and Hansen, H. R. Aug. 6. Couplings, automatic; buffers.-Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan. In each buffer is mounted on a vertical pivot e or f a hook c or d. The hooks are normally held apart by springs g, h, but, when the vehicles are brought together, the hooks strike the curved ends of the buffers, and the hooks are thrown into engagement. Locking-bolts i then drop, and hold the hooks in engagement. To uncouple, the locking-bolts are raised by a system of levers (not shown), to allow the springs to disengage the hooks.
Patent GB-190118574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Level Indicators for Steam Generators.
Inventor: KINSEY ARTHUR FRANCIS ST JOHN
Filed: 1901-09-17
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 18,574. Kinsey, A. F. St. J. Sept. 17. Gauge-glass fittings.-A metallic shield A, made in two parts with a stit a between them, surrounds the gauge glass and contains a platinum-wire electric lamp E or other source of light, the rays from which shine through the glass and the slit on to an inclined scale or mirror F, on which the height of the water in the glass is thus seen. The shield is mounted in discs above and below, and the front half is held in place by means of a ring, surrounding the disc B, which can be turned so as to release it. According to the Provisional Specification, the shield may have two slits, and the lamp may be outside it.
Patent GB-190119987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motors, Pumps and the like.
Inventor: MICHAEL ADOLPH
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 19,987. Michael, A. Oct. 7. Annular-chamber type.-A rotary engine, pump, or the like which has a crescent-shaped chamber, the axis of which is coincident with the axis of the drum, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The piston drum D has recesses M in which pairs of vanes L are placed and guided radially by slots K in discs E arranged at the ends of the drum. When used as an engine, the motive fluid from the inlet F drives the vanes while they are moving through the annular part J of the casing, after which they are retracted by the ridges O. The vanes are pressed outwards by centrifugal force, and the fluid pressure on them is balanced. In a modification, single vanes are used, and. suitable passages are made in them to admit the fluid pressure underneath them. Reversing-gear may be used.
Patent GB-190126639-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Outdoor Seat
Inventor: HAMNETT FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 26,639. Hamnett, F. G. Dec. 31. Seats and seat backs.-Relates to seats for use out of doors and on tramcars and omnibuses. The flexible material a forming the seat is secured at one end to a weight h, and at the other to a pair of arms e pivoted at e<1> to the base of a suitable casing b. The seat b passes through a slot f in the case b and over a roller g, which, together with a bar i, limits the upward movement of the weight. The back cover c is secured to the weight h, passes over a rollerj and through a slot j<1> in the case, and has at its outer end a weighted strip. When the seat is vacated, the seat a and cover c are automatically withdrawn into the casing. Fig. 3 shows the seat with a reversible back without a cover.
Patent GB-190202990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: SWINBURNE JAMES
Filed: 1902-02-06
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 2990. Swinburne, J., and Solomon, M. Feb. 6. Regulating.-An ordinary carbon-filament lamp is worked at high efficiency in series, with a resistance of fine wire, preferably iron, which is kept at a dull red heat by the current, on a nominally constant-pressure supply. Such a resistance increases rapidly with small increases in the current, and thus reduces the variations of pressure of the supply to a minimum at the lamp terminals. A steady light may thus be obtained from a tram circuit, for example. A resistance taking 20 volts may be used with a lamp taking 180.
Patent GB-190208405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wagons.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-10
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 8405. Schofield, W. H. April 10. Wagons; axles; bodies; poles; undercarriages.- Relates to metal wagons for use in dry climates. The sides of the body, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are formed from embossed sheet-metal plates 1 provided with outwardly-bent reinforced upper edges 5. The floor consists of a flat plate 11 and a corrugated plate 12, which are both riveted to channelbars 13 secured to the plates 1. The front and back edges of the sides and floor are strengthened by angle-bars 15, and the intermediate parts of the sides and floor are strengthened by channel-bars 16 braced by rods 17. The back is formed from a plate 9, which slides between angle-bars 8 riveted to the plates 1, and behind the plate is a rear platform 4. The rings 20 allow the body to be lifted off the undercarriage, shown in Fig. 6, which comprises two channel-bars 21 placed back to back, so as to secure between them at the ends, the lower flanges of T-sectioned standards 24. The axle consists of two semi-cylindrical parts 23, provided with flanges 23<a> which are riveted to one another and to chairs 22, connected both to the axle and to the channel-bars 21. Near each end of the axle the flanges 23<a> are cut away, to allow the axle arm 25, provided with a collared end 25<a>, to be slid on. Over the axle arm fits a ring 26, which is bolted to the flanges 23<a>, and the flanges also take into slots in the axle arm, displacement being thus prevented. The pole is shown in section in Fig. 17, the plane of section being indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 12. It consists of two bars 27 bolted to plates 27<a>, so that the space between them tapers from back to front. The flanges 27<b> near the rear ends of the bars are gradually curved as they approach the front, until they form a circle adapted to receive the sleeve 28. The pole is bolted to braces coupled to the front axle. In a modification, the floor and sides of the body are formed of two flat plates between which wood strips are held.
Patent GB-190214753-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Calendar
Inventor: ROSENFELD LUDWIG
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 14,753. Rosenfeld, L., and Rosenfeld, B. July 2. Calendars.-A calendar is composed of several blocks a, displaceable within a casing provided with a lid or cover h having an opening i for exposing one block. The base leaf b of each block is slid under a ledge or rail d attached, for example, to a writing pad f; and the lid h is fastened to one edge of the pad. The front edges of the blocks may be protected by a ledge g.
Patent GB-190218537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vent Dampers of Kitchen Ranges.
Inventor: BAMFORTH THOMAS
Filed: 1902-08-23
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 18,537. Bamforth, T., and Robertson, A. Aug. 23. Dampers.-A vent damper B for a cooking or kitchen range has bent edges to engage bent or doubled guides integral with the damper plate A. The vent opening may have beaded edges, and the damper may be dished to bring it level with the damper plate. An operating-knob D may be furnished.
Patent GB-190218852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flood Gates or Dams having Rollers as Closing Bodies.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1902-08-27
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 18,852. Dymond, G. C., [Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft N³rnberg A.-G.]. Aug. 27. Weirs.-In a flood gate or dam having a closing- body, which is adapted to be rolled into and out of place, the closing-body a, Fig. 1, is cylindrical only where supported and guided, and has a projection t, u, towards the upper water. A tight joint at the sole or base is produced by means of the beam w attached to the closing-body. An endless chain k, wound over the rollers l, m, and attached at the point y to the closing-roller a, is used for drawing up the closing-body. The roller is guided by toothed rings on its ends gearing with racks, or by a chain anchored at both ends in the masonry and attached to the roller at the point y. Fig. 3 shows a roller working in a track formed with a vertical portion b at the bottom and connected by a curve with the straight upper part, in order to prevent the closing-body from being rolled upwards by the water pressure. A single drum m and rope k wound round the roller a are employed. Reference is made to Specification No. 16,380, A.D. 1900.
Patent GB-190227909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bells for Electrical and Mechanical Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: DECKERT WILHELM
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 27,909. Deckert, W. Dec. 17. Bell domes. - Electrically and mechanicallyactuated bells are constructed with a dovetailed recess a in the dome, in which a prismatic hammer d vibrates.
Patent GB-190300429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture or Mode of Obtaining Textile Fibres, and to Yarns and other Textile Goods made therefrom.
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 429. Garchey, L. A., and Pabion, L. Jan. 7. Obtaining fibres.-Genista or Spanish broom is immersed for twelve hours in water at the ordinary temperature, passed through a decorticating-machine, boiled in water for two hours, and dried. It is then carded and spun in the ordinary way. The fibre is particularly adapted for weaving, especially if there be mixed with it a small proportion of wool, cotton, or horse-hair. When used to produce an imitation flannel, the fibre may be mixed with 20 per cent. of wool.
Patent GB-190300970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Fabrics having Horse-hair Weft.
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT EMIL
Filed: 1903-01-14
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 970. Goldschmidt, E. Jan. 14. Hair fabrics.-In fabrics having horse-hair wefts, the selvages and other pa ts thereof at which the horse-hair is liable to protrude are protected by strips 3 of fabric secured by strips 2 of gutta-percha or other adhesive material, the strips being caused to adhere by means of a heated iron.
Patent GB-190326492-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Extension-beds or Couch-beds
Inventor: PINIEC-MALLET ADRIAN DE
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 26,492. Mallet, A. de Piniec-. Dec. 9, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bedsteads.-Relates to a form of extension-bed which may be used either as a single bed, a double bed, or two separate single beds. A transverse section of the bed is shown in Fig. 2. It consists of two sections A, B. Section A has an upper metallic fabric 7, fixed to the end frame 3, and four legs, two of which, 4, 5, are shown, tied together by a stay 12. From the upper part of the legs the side bars 9, 10 pass to the other pair of legs, and may also be joined toward the middle to stays. Two slide-bars 6, one at each end of the bed, are placed just sufficiently below the fabric 7 to allow the movable framework and fabric 15 to pass between them and the upper fabric 3. The part B is supported bv two legs 14 at one end, and by rollers 17 at the other. These rollers run along the slide-bars 6, and allow the frame 15 of the part B to be slid under the fabric 7 of the part A. The part B also has the hinged legs 25, shown in dotted lines, which are preferably hinged to the frame 15 by the studs carrying the rollers 17. These legs are held either in their present position, or in a vertical position by stays, hinged to the legs, with turned-over ends that engage either with holes 32 or with the holes 30, according to whether the leg is to be held in the horizontal or vertical position. When the part B is slid right away from the part A, and the legs 25 fixed in the vertical position, it forms a separate bedstead. The framework of the part B is constructed in a similar manner to that of part A, except that all stays to the legs 25 are omitted.
Patent GB-190400412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving Mechanism of Sewing Machines and other Light Running Treadle Driven Machines.
Inventor: GARSED JOHN LAW
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 412. Garsed, J. L. Jan. 7. Drawings to Specification. Sewing-machines, preventing reverse motion in.- The crank shaft of a treadle-driven machine is provided with a clutch for preventing reverse motion.
Patent GB-190402065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dry Milk and in Process for obtaining same.
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1904-01-27
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 2065. Hatmaker, J. R. Jan. 27. Milk, treating for special purposes.-Before subjecting milk to the process of drying, a convenient method for which is that described in Specification No. 8743, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Drying], the sample is tested, and partially neutralized by addition of sodium bicarbonate or other harmless alkali until it is approximately of an acidity expressed as three degrees, the dry residue resulting on evaporation after such treatment being considered to have the proper solubility. The degree of acidity of a sample is the volume in cubic centimetres of a decinormal caustic soda solution which is required to produce a faint pink colour on addition to a solution consisting of 100 grammes of milk, 200 grammes of water, and 2 grammes of a 2 per cent. alcoholic solution of phenol phthallein.
Patent GB-190405344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Chimneys
Inventor: SCHOTT OTTO
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 5344. Schott, O. March 4. Chimneys.-To enable the chimneys to be easily released without breaking when accidentally inserted between the prongs of the gallery, the lower edge of the chimney is formed with an annular inward projection a of semicircular cross-section. The diameter of the semicircle aligns with the inner surface of the base of the chimney. The semicircle a has at its lower end a quadrant extension b by which the outer edge of the chimney is rounded. The junction c of the semicircle and the inner surface of the chimney is similarly rounded.
Patent GB-190411799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaving Brushes.
Inventor: JOHNSTON LAURENCE
Filed: 1904-05-24
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 11,799. Johnston, L. May 24. Shaving-brushes; flexible rubbers; bristles.-The brush is constructed with a centre of fine-pronged rubber encircled by hair which is a little longer than the rubber prongs.
Patent GB-190412257-A (GB)
Title: Combination Furniture for Clinical and other Purposes.
Inventor: GONZALEZ EDUARDO GOMEZ
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 12,257. Gonzalez, E. G. May 30. Baskets.-Relates to combination furniture for clinical and other purposes. A basket or receptacle 2 is pivoted between two uprights A, which terminate in cross-pieces F, F<1> and support a sliding box cr drawer 1 and a glass or marble top G. A box-shaped commode 3 is attached to the uprights A by a parallel joint or like connection D.
Patent GB-190412379-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Support for Electric Light Fittings.
Inventor: IRVING JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 12,379. Irving, J. G. June 1. Supporting lamps. - A pendant of the kind described in Specification No. 2766, A.D. 1904, is provided at the top with two hinges constructed to work with friction and placed with their axes at right - angles, and the guide block and wire are dispensed with. The upper hinge has a plate d fixed to the plate k of the lower hinge and working between two plates a, e ; one plate a is attached to the baseplate b, the other being pressed against the plate d by a nut c and spring f. The plate e is prevented from rotating by a projection g from the plate b engaging in a slot in the plate e ; or the plate e may be shaped similarly to the plate a, so that the flat edge bears against the plate b. The lower hinge is of similar construction. The plates may be formed with sets of corresponding recesses and projections to increase the stiffness of the joint. The plate a may be fixed to the central plate of the lower hinge instead of to one of the outer ones, if desired. Washers of leather, compressed fibre, vulcanite, or other suitable material may be placed between the plates of the hinges.
Patent GB-190414347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines
Inventor: LAWRENCE SIDNEY JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 14,347. Lawrence, S. J., and Wesley, H. June 25. Gyratory-piston type of engines or pumps, in which both the outer casing or cylinder and the eccentric boss rotate. Fig. 1 is a sectional plan and Figs. 5 and 7 are cross-sections of one form of engine. The cylinder has one cover f bolted to it, and rotates on the other d, which may have packing-rings to make a tight joint. The flywheel and pulley may be bolted to the cover f, or, as shown, may be mounted on a shaft h secured to the cover and supported in a bearing i<2>. Antifriction rings i<3> or rollers may be placed between the bearing and the sleeve g in which the end of the shaft is carried. The vane b is hinged in the cylinder wall as shown in Fig. 5, and moves in a slot in the boss c which is provided with brass bearing-strips p. The boss is made in one with a plug q, rotating in a casing formed in one with the cover d. Steam is supplied to ports s, s<1> in this casing by two pipes s<2>, used for forward and backward driving respectively. In the plug are two aprons t, t<1> leading to passages u, u<1>, which communicate with the cylinder through ports v, v<1>. The exhaust takes place through one of the parts w, w<1> and the corresponding pipe w<2>. In a modification, shown in Fig. 9, the vane is made in one with the boss c, and slides through bearing-pieces a<2> into a chamber a<1> of triangular section, which may be balanced by a weight at a<0>. Two such engines may be mounted on one shaft, their vanes being opposite one another. The end pressure on the one cylinder is thus made to balance that on the other.
Patent GB-190420327-A (GB)
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 20,327. Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co., Pickard, G. A., and Slinger, F. Sept. 21. Shutters.-In a roller-blind shutter, the operating- mechanism is enclosed within the outer plate B, Fig. 1. The release lever E is moved for time and instantaneous exposures by the projecting pin e, or by an outer projecting'pin of the lever. In the construction shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 9, the dog G for obtaining time exposures is mounted to slide in guides on the wheel D and is rotated by the eccentric-pin g on the stud H. This stud is rotated by the outer knob h<2>. In another modification, a movable or adjustable dog may be fitted to levers operated outside the plate B. An index aperture K for the speed index wheel L is formed in the plate B or in a separate plate B<1>.