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Patent GB-190200550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strainers in Tea Pots and the like.
Inventor: SELKIRK WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1902-01-08
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 550. Selkirk, W. R. Jan. 8. Extracts, decoctions, and infusions. -Teapots, coffee pots, urns, vessels for making other infusions, or cooking-vessels, are provided with an infusion receptacle b, Fig. 1, removably supported in, or forming part of, a fixed or removable strainer a. Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 6 show receptacles b modified to prevent splashing. The flat cover e, Fig. 5, is provided with openings f round its edges. Alter the tea &c. in the receptacle b is infused sufficiently, hot water is added to carry the infusion through the strainer a.
Patent GB-190203907-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Supplying Energy to Electric Tram Cars from Underneath the Car.
Inventor: DAVIS ALEXANDER MONTAGUE
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 3907. Davis, A. M., and Waggott, M. G. Feb. 15. Electric railways and tramways with contacts in a grooved rail and mechanically-operated switches. Conductors; collectors; switches.-A flexible skid collector. C, composed of metal links with or without rollers, is mounted on the underside of a plate D carried by the vehicle. It works in a grooved rail E. which connects the grooved covers of the contact boxes and may be placed between the running rails or formed alongside them, as shown in Fig. 11. The skid depresses a plunger L on to the spring contact M, to complete the circuit to the vehicle from the main conductor in the tube I. The plunger is carried by flexible diaphragm P under the grooved cover of the box and is guided in the plate K carried by ledges in the box. In a modification, the plunger L is carried by a flexible cylinder F partly filled with mercury. Instead of the skid, the collector may consist of rollers running in the grooved rail over a series of switches.
Patent GB-190205054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capstans or Cable Wheels Used on War Ships.
Inventor: KELLY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-02-28
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 5054. Kelly, A., Hansen, C. D. B., and Ray, J. Feb. 28. Capstans.-Relates to capstans or cable wheels used on warships, of the kind described in Specification No. 3275, A.D. 1898, and having a loose cable wheel A, which is coupled to the boss D of the shaft B by radial bolts C shot by means of a scroll cam F. The object is to prevent the blast from heavy guns from being directed against and entering the space between the cam or cover plate F and the boss D. For this purpose, the plate F has a flange f<1> adjacent to a flange a of the cable wheel, Fig. 1 ; or the flange f<1> is adjacent to the boss D, Fig. 3; or, in a third modification, the flange f<1> is much deeper and extends completely over the flange a.
Patent GB-190208017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sticks or Clubs for use in Playing Polo and other Games
Inventor: ALTMAN ALBERT
Filed: 1902-04-05
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 8017. Altman, Sir A. April 5. Polo ; clubs.-A club for polo and other games comprises a head suitably secured to a flexible stick or cane b secured to a stiff part b<x> carrying the handle by means of a long slanting or similar joint, which is first glued and then wrapped with metal tape k, as shown in Fig. 8, and then with twine l. The head comprises a wooden block of suitable shape, which is faced with rubber or the like by stretching a rubber ring d, Fig. 2, over it until a flange formed on it enters a groove e in the block ; or, the block may be formed in two parts secured together, after the band is in position, by glue or screws ; or, elastic plates formed with undercut flanges may be slid into undercut grooves cut in the block ; or, round or square plates may be secured to the faces of the block by cementing or otherwise securing lugs formed on them, into recesses in the block. According to the Provisional Specification, the groove e may be as wide as the bands.
Patent GB-190208299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Burners
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 8299. Lake, H. H., [Hanseatische Acetylen- Gas Industrie Akt.-Ges.). April 9. Acetylene burners.-A mixture of gas and air is burnt at two jets, which unite to form a single flame. The burner is constructed with a screwed junction piece carrying a bent tube a, Fig. 1, closed at the ends and provided with apertures d for the exit of the gas. Tubular sleeves b, divided longitudinally by webs c, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, are arranged concentrically on the tube a over the apertures d, and the escaping gas mixes with air in the upper annular spaces between the tube and the sleeves, and is burnt at apertures g opposite the apertures d. The heat effects a rapid circulation of air through the lower annular spaces, the burner being thus cooled.
Patent GB-190212963-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Curtain-fastening Device.
Inventor: VORWERK FRIEDRICH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-06-06
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 12,963. Vorwerk, F. A. June 6. Curtains, suspending.-A tape a is formed with a strengthened edge b by weaving a cord or threads therein, and with woven holes or eyes c at intervals under the edge b. Double hooks d engage in the eyes c and in the eyes e of the wooden rings f, which are strung on the curtain pole. The tape a is sewn on to the curtain.
Patent GB-190218928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamps applicable as Clothes Pegs.
Inventor: ELLIS STANLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 18,928. Ellis, S. T. Aug. 28. Clip suspenders. -A clip suspender made from metal blanks consists of two arms a, b, pivoted together at a<1> and having toothed gripping portions a<2>. One arm has a tooth b<3> adapted to engage with a toothed portion c<3> on a part c pivoted to the other arm and preferably having a curved side c<5>. The arm a has an aperture a<3> or other suspending- device.
Patent GB-190301423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roofs, Beams, Girders and like Structures of Concrete and Iron.
Inventor: GRIMM RUDOLF
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1423. Grimm, R. Jan. 20. Girders and beams; tierods and tie-rod connections; concrete structures with metal skeletons.-Tension rods b, of angle, flat, round, or other section, are riveted to channel-iron bearing or wall plates c, and are put in tension by hooked bolts f, which pass through the bottom boards of the moulds a, and are tightened by nuts. The boards a are secured in place by inclined bolts g passing through angular cross-bars h bearing against crossbars i riveted to angle-iron side bars d, which are riveted to the channel-bars c. The concrete may be placed in the space above the tension rods, or the rods may be entirely embedded. To facilitate removal after the concrete has set, the bolts are inserted in tubes.
Patent GB-190303224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks or Fastenings for Doors
Inventor: SHARPE LANCELOT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-11
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 3224. Sharpe, L. W. Feb. 11. Locks, key; door fastenings. - T h e bolts B of the locks or other fastenings A, for a number of doors, are released simultaneously in case of emergency by raising the rods E, which pass down through the boxstaples D, and against which the bolts B abut. The rods E are raised by means of the bell-crank lovers G and the bar H, operated by hand or otherwise, or the rods E may be operated by wires or chains passing over pulleys. The boxstaple D, Fig. 4, may have a pivoted back d, held in normal position by the rod E passing through holes in the lugs d'. Instead of the rods E, other devices that may be withdrawn from the back of the box-staple may be employed. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that springs or weights may be used to move the rods E in one direction.
Patent GB-190307436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Screening, Sizing, Separating, Mixing and Conveying Coal, Coke, Minerals, and Granular Material of all Kinds.
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 7436. Wainwright, J., Crowther, B., Watson, J., and Marshall, H. March 31. Sifting and separating coal &c.-Consists of means for delivering coal, coke, minerals, or other granular materials from wagons or from shoots &c., screening and grading such materials, and discharging them upon conveyers, in one continuous process. Mounted between two rings P, which can be rotated by friction-wheels R, is a helical plate B, of such a form that sections of it by axial planes are inclined to the axis. The edge of smaller diameter is towards the left-hand end, and the space between this edge and the adjacent edge of larger diameter is closed by a spiral plate D. Similar plates G, H<1>, J<1>, 13 surround the plate B, and coal &c. fed in at the left-hand end is discharged from the helical chambers formed by these plates at 9, F, H<2>, J<2>, 14, respectively. All the plates except the last 13 are perforated at the feed end, the perforations in the plate B being the largest, and those in the others successively smaller. Thus the largest coal &c. passes out at 9, the next size at F, the next at H<2>, and so on. Each plate is fitted with a door L, one or more of which may be opened, as required, so as to mix one, two, or more sizes. The sorted material is conveyed away by conveyers &c. F<1>, H<3>, &c. The coal &c. is fed into the apparatus by means of a shoot &c., or by tipping the wagons within the apparatus. In the latter case, the rails 1, 3 for the wagon 2 are carried by rings 3<A>, 3<B> adapted to run on rollers 3‹ mounted on the helix B. The continuation rails 4, on which the wagon is withdrawn, are supported in a somewhat similar manner on rings 7 fixed to the helix B. The rings 3<A>, 3<B>, are rotated to tip the wagon by the engagement of a catch with teeth on the ring P, this catch being automatically disengaged when the wagon has turned far enough. Alternatively, the rails are fixed to the helix B, and the rotation of the apparatus must therefore be stopped to remove the wagon. In a modification, there is only one helical plate, which is perforated in alternate sections along its length, the sets of perforations being successively larger towards the delivery end, and the different sizes of coal &c. are received by conical shoots. According to the Provisional Specification, a perforated cylinder, fitted with a helical rib, may be used.
Patent GB-190307833-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing the Doors of Safes and Strong Rooms.
Inventor: WATERHOUSE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-04
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 7833. Waterhouse, T., Phillips, H. P., and Phillips, G. A., [trading as Phillips & Son], and James, A. W. April 4. Safes and strong-rooms.-Relates to the arrangements of bolts in the doors of safes and strongrooms. The bolts A<5>, A<6>, &c. are connected by bell-crank levers or otherwise so as to act simultaneously, and are provided with connections H<3> along each side, having inturned flanges h<3> to engage under corresponding flanges I<3> on the inner frame. The connections H<3> are mitered in form at the corners and the bolts are secured by one or more locks in the ordinary way. In a modified form, inwardly-projecting guide-tongues, working in slots, are employed on the connecting-bars H<3>, or the bolts may be separate and have T, dovetail, or straight ends provided with inturned ends to engage in undercut sockets, the connecting-bars being omitted.
Patent GB-190308151-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Valve for Gas Pipes
Inventor: NUSCH FERDINAND
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 8151. Nusch, F., [trading as Harrington & Co., F. G.], [Deutsche Gasselbstz³nder Akt.-Ges.]. April 8. Liquid-seal valves.-Relates to a liquid-seal valve for gas pipes, which closes when the pressure decreases beyond a certain limit or ceases altogether, as when a light is turned out. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the gas pipe screws into the bottom of a casing a, which has a tubular extension g projecting upwards. This extension is surrounded by a liquid, such as glycerine, into which there dips a bell b connected to the cover y of the casing by a tubular extension c having a lateral hole e. The cover y carries the burner, to which the gas can thus find its way past the liquid and through the hole e, but, when the light is put out, the liquid seals the end of the supply pipe. Fig. 2 shows another form, in which the bell is replaced by a solid end n, which nearly meets the lip of an annular channel m in the casing containing liquid. Another channel also containing liquid may be made in the block n. In a third form shown in Fig. 3, the seal is effected by a thin layer of liquid carried by a wire-gauze diaphragm t.
Patent GB-190310356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus and Method for the Production of Pure or Nearly Pure Hydrogen Gas.
Inventor: HILLS HORACE GASTINEAU
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 10,356. Hills, H. G., and Lane, H. May 7. Hydrogen is produced by passing steam over heated iron or other metal and then revivefying the metal by means of producer or like reducing-gas, such as coal gas &c. Fig. 1 shows one form of apparatus. One or more pairs of retorts i, Fig. 3, are arranged in a chamber or furnace k, and filled with a mixture of finely-divided iron and refractory material. Steam is supplied by the pipe p, two-way cock o, and pipe r to one retort, and the hydrogen obtained passed out through the pipes h and two-way cock g to the condenser m and then to a gas holder by the pipe n. Producer or similar gas from the generator a, which may be that described in Specification No. 18,867, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Furnaces &c.], is washed and cooled in the scrubber C and collected in the holder e, and, when the iron is oxidized, the valves o, g are turned so that the gas can be passed through the retort to reduce the iron. The gas is then passed into the furnace to assist in heating the retorts. Meanwhile the steam is being passed through the second retort, so that the process is practically continuous.
Patent GB-190314273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Corset Busks.
Inventor: SCALES RICHARD
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 14,273. Scales, R. June 27. Corsets.-For detachably securing the busks in a corset, a flap A, Fig. 1, fitted with two steels B, C is attached to each of the vertical front edges of the corset, so that the steels fold over the busks, as shown at B. The fastening parts of the busks pass through the corset material to the front, as shown in dotted lines. The flaps and the busks are then folded again and secured at the ends by clips, or by stitching or other means.
Patent GB-190314658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Transferring Coal and other Merchandise.
Inventor: FREEBORN FAIRFIELD RAYMOND
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 14,658. Lake, W. R., [Raymond, F. F.]. July 1. Barges.-Relates to the apparatus for transferring coal &c. to ships, described in Specification No. 20,503, A.D. 1902, in which a crane is run on to the barge or barges, Fig. 1, to be unloaded, by means of a bridge D connecting them to a " power" barge A. Means are provided for automatically raising or lowering the platform F, to which one end of the bridge is connected, to allow for varying changes in level. The engine by which the platform F is raised is supplied with steam through a valve G operated by steam under the control of an auxiliary valve, which is operated by the angular movement of the bridge D.
Patent GB-190319953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saucepans.
Inventor: BOWEN JOSEPH PRYCE
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 19,953. Bowen, J. P. Sept. 16. Saucepans. - A saucepan consists of an outer vessel a, and an inner perforated saucepan b, having projections c to keep it out of contact with the bottom and sides, and a hook d by which it may be supported on the rim of the outer vessel a. The rim of the outer vessel and the lid may be notched to receive the handle of the inner vessel b.
Patent GB-190400560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pins.
Inventor: UHTHOFF ENRIQUE ANTONIO
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 560. Uhthoff, E. A. Jan. 8. Hair-pins; pins, dress and like.-To prevent pins from falling from the hair &c., they are made so that the prongs have a tendency to overlap, as shown in Fig. 4. This may be effected by using various forms of spring d either on the fulcrum b, or between the prongs, or by making the prongs themselves the springs.
Patent GB-190404975-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for Treating Ferruginous Ore for the Manufacture of Iron and Steel therefrom.
Inventor: MOORE MONTAGUE
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 4975. Moore, M., and Heskett, T. J. Feb. 29. Iron and steel furnaces.-Relates to direct processes of obtaining iron and steel from ore, and to the furnaces used. Concentrated New Zealand iron sand, or other ore, is first heated and then reduced by carbonic oxide or hydrocarbon gas, and the reduced metal is transferred without contact with air to a Siemens or similar furnace, where it is balled or fused to make wrought iron or steel. The gas used for reduction is burnt to heat the ore, and any surplus is used in the Siemens furnace. Fixed vertical furnaces, revolving furnaces similar to Bruckner's calciners, or combinations of these are used for heating and reduction. Fig. 1 shows a vertical tower A, with inclined shelves C down which the ore passes, and with an inclined passage G leading to a Siemens furnace H. Gas for reduction is supplied at J, surplus gas is drawn off at E, and the remainder is burnt with air admitted at D to heat the upper part of the tower. Valves F, I, K control the flow of material. The shelves C may be omitted and the ore shaken down the tower from a sieve, below which the products of combustion are drawn off through a side outlet. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement with a pair of inclined revolving furnaces, one placed above the other and connected together and to the Siemens furnace by vertical passages R, G. In another modification, the upper or heating chamber, shown in Fig. 1, is replaced by one of the inclined cylinders.
Patent GB-190410164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Nippers.
Inventor: RORABACK ERNEST
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,164. Roraback, E. July 25, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cutters.-Cutting-nippers for removing lasting- nails from shoes have handles b pivoted at c, the short arms of which are pivotally united at f to the jaws d, hollowed out at h, and pivoted at e. The plane of their meeting surfaces is inclined to the shank portion. Cutting-edges are formed at their sides and ends.
Patent GB-190414858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Feeding Hoppers for Furnaces and the like.
Filed: 1904-07-02
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,858. Dempster & Sons, R., Broadhead, J. W., and Radcliffe, J. July 2. Lifts; skips &c.-A feeding-hopper of the kind which travels up an inclined way to the point of discharge, and is applicable to furnaces, such as refuse destructors, gas-producers, &c., and to other chambers where storage of materials is required, is provided with a sliding bottom which is removed automatically when the hopper reaches the point of discharge, and returned to its normal position on the return of the hopper. The Figure shows the hopper as applied to a furnace. The hopper a is mounted upon wheels d, e which run upon rails f. When the hopper is about to discharge, a fixed projection i, attached to a stud j upon the rail, strikes a trigger h pivoted at h<1> to the hopper and releases the slide g from the hopper. The hopper then passes on and removes the cover t from the furnace inlet by means of a projection r on the hopper engaging with a projection s upon the cover, while at the same time the contents of the hopper are discharged. The slide g is presented from slipping down to the bottom of the rails by means of a weighted detent m, which engages with a projection n upon the slide g after the projection has passed over it. In the event of the slide g failing to become detached from the hopper, it would be removed by a projection q. Upon the return of the hopper, the cover t returns to its normal position, and the slide is disengaged from the detent and restored to the hopper. To disengage the detent, the boss of the latter is connected by jointed bars x, y to a lever w, pivoted at w<1>, and provided with a lever v hinged at v<1> in such a manner as to form a rigid bar with the lever w when a pin on the hopper engages with it on the return of the hopper. The detent is moved by this system of bars and levers so as to disengage the slide.
Patent GB-190422315-A (GB)
Title: Lifting Jacks
Inventor: TREWHELLA BENJAMIN
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 22,315. Trewhella, B., and Trewhella, W., [trading as Trewhella Bros.]. Oct. 17. Lifting-jacks.-Relates to lifting-jacks in which the casing is employed to carry the weight, and is raised by pawl-and-ratchet mechanism or by water pressure, and consists, mainly, in providing the casing with several projections to take the load at different levels. Therackbar A is stationary and the casing is raised or lowered by a lever on the squared part J working a ratchet. In a modification, the rack-bar is replaced by a hydraulic cylinder, and power is applied by a pump handle on the part J. The rests D, E, F, G, H are formed on the different sides of the casing, and at different levels.
Patent GB-190426474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Couplings.
Inventor: PODLASZECKI FRANCISZEK
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 26,474. Podlaszecki, F. Dec. 5. Couplings, automatic.-The couplings are of the kind in which the engagement is effected on collision of the buffers. Uncoupling may also be effected by buffing action. The coupling-link 2, Fig. 2, has a central end hook and works on a horizontal pivot in the ordinary draw-hook, and has a downwardly-projecting hook 3 engaged by a pin 4<a> on an arm 4 of a transverse shaft 8, Fig. 1. On the shaft is fixed another arm 5 linked at 22 to a lever 10, which is pivoted at 9, between plates 6, 7 secured to the frame. Between these plates is also pivoted a tumbler 15 with a recessed end to engage a shoulder 29 on the buffer shank, and having pinjointed to it a rod 16 with a shoulder to engage a pin 18 in a catch-lever 11, which is pivoted at 17 and has a notch to engage teeth on the segmental lever 10, with which it is held in engagement by a spring 19. The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 2, when the cars come together and the buffers collide, the rod 16 releases the catch 11, and the link 2 falls into engagement with the opposing hook. A rod 20 pivoted to the catch 11 and projecting beyond the buffer beam enables the coupling to be effected by band. To uncouple by buffing, the crank 26 is turned so as to raise a campiece 13 which supports an arm 23, pivoted to the lever 10 in position to be struck by the buffer shauk, which thereby forces the arm 4 forwards and raises the link 2. The arm 23 has a hook 25 to engage a pin 24 on the cam-piece 13. A crank 27 is employed to raise the rod 16 out of engagement with the catch 11. A blade spring 21 holds the tumbler 15 in its extreme positions.