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Patent GB-190126456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Making Machines.
Inventor: CZERWENY FRANZ
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 26,456. Czerweny, F. Dec. 27. Matches.-Relates to a machine for applying the igniting-composition in match splints. The composition is heated in a jacketed vessel g, and the splints x are fed over the vessel by an endless chain operated by pushing-arms and cams as described in Specification No. 29,974, A.D. 1896. The composition is applied by a pick-up trough b on the end of an arm c fixed on the shaft a. The shaft a is operated by the arm e and link d, f being an adjustable bearing for varying the throw. When the machine is not at work, the bearing f is disconnected, and the shaft a is connected to an eccentric to produce a stirring action. j is also a rotary stirrer. The machine is enclosed in a hood or chamber through which the matches pass, n being an exhaust pipe for producing a draught.
Patent GB-190206906-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Ears for various Holloware Vessels.
Inventor: HILL ALBERT
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 6906. Hill, A., and Hill, J. March 21. Plates.-To manufacture ears for various hollow - ware vessels. metal-plate of the section shown in Fig. 4 is employed, the ears being marked off as indicated. The ears, when cut out, are placed under a stamp and cranked as shown in Fig. 5, after which the holes for riveting and for securing the handle are punched.
Patent GB-190208846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Fans
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-16
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8846. James, R. W., [Coleman, W. E.]. April 16. Fans, screw. An electrically-driven fan is supported with its motor M on a vertical pivot, about which it is made to oscillate by a rotating crankarm d<1> connected by a link d to a fixed point c<1>. The crank is rotated by worm gearing m<2>, d<2>. Slats for directing the air current are moved by similar mechanism i, i<1>, i<2>, m<4>.
Patent GB-190209910-A (GB)
Title: Fish and Chip-Potato Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: BURTON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 9910. Burton, G. H. April 30. Cooking stoves. - Apparatus for cooking fish and chip potatoes is shown in section in Fig. 1. Flanged cooking pans A, B, the former deeper than the latter, are fixed on ledges riveted to a framework, and firebars H fixed under both pans are provided with a damper I for shutting off the fire from the pan B. A sliding ashbox J is disposed under the firebars. Sloping ledges C are placed round the top edges of the pans for return of drippings. A fish drainer D is placed above the pans, and above this is placed a net R for scraps. A chamber E is disposed over the chimney flue at one side of the pans, and is fitted with a chip drainer F disposed over a sloping plate G leading into the pan B. A side door is provided for access to the firebars, and a damper is provided for the chimney flue. Shelves are provided at the front for warming plates. An outlet pipe N with a regulating-valve is placed at the top of the apparatus, for leading steam &c. to the chimney, and is provided with a receptacle S for collecting condensed liquid and soot. The apparatus is made of metal, and is formed in sections, and entirely enclosed, and provided with sliding doors at the front.
Patent GB-190212362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Gas and Air in connection with Gas Producers.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 12,362. Crossley, W. J., and Rigby, T. May 31. Gas-producers.- The hot gas from a g a s - producer is cooled in a pipe b surrounded by a second pipe a, water being supplied to the intermediate space by a pipe g. The gas inlet is arranged at the upper end, and the cooled gas is preferably discharged into a hydraulic box n having one or more depending p a r t itionsp, a gas outlet v, and an overflow pipe w dipping into a seal box u. Water is dribbled into a side branch t, which enables dirt to be removed from the bottom of the box without interfering with the continuous working. Internal ribs v<1> are preferably provided. The air supplied to the producer is heated and moistened in the upper part of the annular space d, which it enters and leaves at diametrically-opposite points. Cleaning-openings are provided at the top of the tube b and at the top and bottom of the tube a.
Patent GB-190216694-A (GB)
Title: Signal Apparatus.
Inventor: SHAFFNER SAMUEL CASPER
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 16,694. Shaffner, S. C. Jan. 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Signals, electric - bell, electric lamp, and colour.-Relates to a police or like call apparatus, by means of which a signal can be sent from a central station to any street telephone or signal box, over the usual telephone or signal circuit. Fig. 1 shows the connections of the apparatus in the boxes A, B with the two-wire telephone or signal system 1, 2, the box A being connected to the wire 1 and to earth 27, and the box B to the wire 2 and to earth 27'. Any number of boxes may be so connected, and others may be connected to both wires, condensers 26, 26<1> being interposed in each signal circuit, to prevent short-circuiting of the main circuit. The leads 19 from the generator 18 are connected to two plugs 20, which are inserted in two of the three sockets 22, 22', 22<11> to make a call. During the day, the call is given by the bell 6, which is preferably polarized, while at night it is given by cutting out one of the ordinary street lamps 3 and switching in a signal lamp 4, which is preferably coloured, the connections being changed for day or night use by means of the switch 7. More than one lamp may be employed in each circuit. The lamp circuits are controlled by the switch 10, which is normally held by the latch 9, as shown in the box A. In this position, the street lamp 3 is illuminated from the supply main 5, through the connections 15, 12, 10, 14, 16, the signal lamp 4 being shunted. On the transmission of a call, the vibrator 8, which is preferably a polarized mechanism similar to that of the bell 6 with the bells omitted, releases the latch 9, and the spring 11 throws the switch 10 on to the contact 13, as shown in the box B, so switching the signal lamp 4 into the circuit 5, 4, 16, 14, 10, 13, 17, and shunting the lamp 3. The re-setting bar 31 is held in the position shown by the door of the signal box, when closed. When the door is opened by the officer attending to the call, the bar is projected by its spring 32, and re-sets the switch 10. When the door is again closed, the bar is returned to normal position. Fig. 2 shows the preferred form of street-box, in which the signal mechanism is arranged in a compartment separate from the ordinary box 35, to reduce liability of accident to the officer from high - tension street - lighting currents. The bell mechanism 6 is arranged vertically and the vibrator 8 horizontally, and the resetting rod 31 is actuated by the spring-controlled elbow lever 38, when, by the opening of the door, the push-rod 40 releases the lever.
Patent GB-190216695-A (GB)
Title: Prepayment or Coin-controlled Electric Meters
Inventor: HARRISON HAYDN THIES
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1903-07-28
Abstract: 16,695. Harrison, H. T., and Bastian, C. O. July 28. Measured quantities, delivering.-In a coin-freed apparatus for the supply of electricity, measured quantities of water are supplied to a vessel carried by a counterweighted beam, which maintains the circuit closed until the water has all been electrolysed, and the beam swings back. The water may be supplied by rotary cups J which fill at a bird fountain l.
Patent GB-190219915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drying Chambers or Drying Floors or the like for Drying Bricks, Tiles, Pottery, Terra-cotta or for the like purposes.
Inventor: BROWN ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1902-09-11
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,915. Brown, A. E. Sept. 11. Bricks ; pottery.-Relates to the construction of chambers or floors for drying bricks, tiles, pottery, terra-cotta, and the like. The bricks &c. to be dried are stacked on an openwork floor, Fig. 2, composed of battens c spaced a short distance apart and secured to the joists d. Below the floor is a series of metal flues g', g<2>, shown clearly in Fig. 4, through which heated air or the waste gases from continuous kilns, steam-generators, &c. are passed. These metal flues, which may be of circular, semicircular, or #-sbaped section, are led across the floor from a main flue m on one side of the shed or chamber, and then back again to another flue n communicating with a chimney. If desired, flues similar to m and n may be provided on each side of the shed or chamber, which is then made wider to allow the heating- flues to pass to the centre of the floor, and then back again ; or the flue m may be placed on one side of the chamber and the flue n on the other, the heating-flues extending between them. When flues of a semicircular or #-shaped section are used, an airtight joint is formed at their lower edges by a layer of sand. By increasing or diminishing the depth of this layer, the heating- surface of the pipes is diminished or increased. The gases or heated air may be blown into or drawn through the flues by a fan. A pathway b<1> is made along each side of the floor, and simple expansion joints are provided in the metal flues.
Patent GB-190224868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding Machines.
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1904-01-12
Abstract: 24,868. Postans, A. J. Nov. 12. Calculating - apparatus. -In an adding-machine, the ratchet k of the units drum 1 of the registering- drums 1, 2, 3 is actuated by a pawl j carried by an arm i on a pinion h, which is rotated by a toothed quadrant g, operated by the engagement of the hooked ends of the levers s of the finger keys t with bars p mounted on T - ended levers n, n<1>, of which the lever n is an arm of the quadrant lever g. To render the stroke of all the finger keys t equal, the bars p are stepped, and the lower row of levers s, which have to give the longer travel to the quadrant g, engage the bars p at a greater distance from the axis than the upper levers. Thus the depression of a finger key t causes the quadrant g to travel through an arc, the length of which is dependent on the number on the finger key depressed, and the pawl j to travel over a corresponding number of teeth on the ratchetwheel k. On releasing the finger key, the spring v returns the quadrant g to its normal position, thereby moving the pinion h, the lever i, and the pawl j in the reverse direction, turning the ratchet k and the drum l the number of teeth or spaces represented by the number on the key depressed. The hooks on the levers, s prevent the overrunning of the quadrant g, and the overrunning of the drum is prevented by a stop l abutting against a spring detent m, while a spring detent 16 prevents the drum from turning in the backward direction. The carrying over from one drum to the next can be effected in any known manner, or by the mechanism shown in Fig. 5, in which a snail cam 8 on the drum, as it revolves, gradually raises the lever 10 and pawl 15 in opposition to a spring 15<a> until the pin 9, having arrived at the highest point of the cam 8, suddenly drops and causes the ratchet 12 and the drum to move one tooth or division, its further movement being prevented by a stop 10<a>. The return of the indicating-drums to their zero position to enable a fresh addition to be made is effected by a handwheel 5, which is normally locked by a stud 17 and a spring catch 7. After the wheel 5 has been released by pressing the axle d against the spring 6 and by holding back the catch 7, it is turned, causing a lever q to rock the quadrant g and disengage the pawl k, so that the units drum 1 can be moved into the zero line when pins 18 on the drums or snail cams are engaged by pins 19 on the axle d.
Patent GB-190225043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Games of Skill and to Apparatus therefor
Inventor: WILLIAMS REGINALD STANSELL
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 25,043. Williams, R. S. Nov. 14. Games played with balls, tables, and electrical appliances.-A table B is provided with a surface A of ebonite or other suitable material, which may be electrified by rubbing with a pad C, Fig. 3, of felt, skin, cork, or other suitable material. Balls D of elderpith coated with varnish or celluloid are placed on the table, and may be displaced by modifying the electric state of the system. The balls may be caused to traverse passages, tunnels, or arches, or to enter compartments. The electrification of the plate A is facilitated by rubbing it with a block E, Fig. 4, which deposits on its surface a thin layer of a suitable unctuous composition c, which has to traverse a piece of very porous wood d in order to reach the plate A. The plate is provided with a cover when not in use.
Patent GB-190227818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transferring Tube-blanks or plates to Furnace-charging Mechanism, and for like purposes.
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 27,818. Lake, H. H., [National Tube Co.]. Dec. 16. Charging. - Relates to apparatus for transferring from trolleys to furnace - charging mechanism, piles of long narrow plates forming blanks for the manufacture of butt-welded tubes, the apparatus being applicable also for dealing with other articles in a similar way. An overhead travelling crane of ordinary construction is placed across the charging end of the furnace 1, Fig. 1, and provided with a beam 22 capable of being raised and lowered parallel to the ground. This beam carries a number of automatic gripping-tongs, which grip the pile of plates at different parts of its length. They are thus lifted from the trolleys 12 and transferred to the platform 10 of the furnacecharging mechanism. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show one of the gripping-tongs in three positions. In Fig. 3 it is just preparing to grip a pile of plates, in. Fig. 4 it has gripped them, and in Fig. 5 it has just deposited them on the platform of the charging- mechanism. The pivot 27 of the tongs slides in guides in a bracket 32 attached to the beam 22. The prolongations 30 of the arms of the tongs are shaped as shown to embrace a block 31 secured to the bracket 32. The arms of the tongs are connected together below the pivot by weighted toggle-arms 34. The weight of these toggle-arms is sufficient to balance the tendency of the gripping- arms to close when the tongs are being lifted alone. The toggle-arms then occupy the position shown in Fig. 5. When one of the bevelled edges 29 of the hooks of the tongs is brought in contact with a pile of plates, as shown in Fig. 3, the tongs are opened, and the toggle-arms fall into -the position shown in Fig. 4, bringing the tongs together to grip the plates. When the plates are deposited, the tongs are lowered so as to bring the ends of the toggles on to the plates, and they are thus straightened out and their joint brought slightly above the level of their ends, as shown in Fig. 5, so that they are held open while they are returned for another pile of plates.
Patent GB-190310526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Devices for Tramcars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: STANLEY ETHELBERT ADOLPHUS
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1904-05-07
Abstract: 10,526. Stanley, E. A., and Anger, J. E. May 8. Ventilating.-Fresh air is admitted into tramcars and other vehicles through end ventilators and ordinary side ventilators, and impure air is drawn out through additional side ventilators. In the arrangement of end ventilators, the space surrounding the signal lamp K, Fig. 3, is provided with an inner hinged door L having an unglazed part l, and with an outer series of louvres M having the parts immediately in front of the lamp removed. The additional side ventilators are arranged in roof spaces A, Fig. 1, which are formed with parallel bottoms c and with openings B, D into the external air and car body respectively. The openings B are provided with metal boxes E, Fig. 4, having passages F, through which the external air rushes over ridges H to draw the impure air out of the spaces A through louvres G.
Patent GB-190311029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Disc Valves
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 11,029. Lake, H. H., [Ehrhardt & Sehmer Maschinenfabrik Ges.]. May 14. Annular valves; c h e c k valves.-A valve, especially adapted for high velocities, and consisting of an annular flanged ring a, either L or T shape in crosssection, slides upon a central guide-tube c, which extends either to, or beneath, the plane of a valve seat g into recesses e.
Patent GB-190317669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crank Transmission Gear for Bicycles Motors and the like.
Inventor: WALL THOMAS JAMES
Filed: 1903-08-14
Granted: 1904-08-13
Abstract: 17,669. Wall, T. J., McRae, J., and Temple, G. T. Aug. 14. Cranks, variable-throw, for bicycles and the like. The pedal i is carried by a lever b, which rotates about a fixed axis d and is connected by a link j to an equal lever a secured to the axis c of the driving sprocket-wheel. A fixed arm k or an equivalent disc connects the axes c, d. The lengths of the levers a, b may be varied, either by providing them with slots in which the linkj can be adjusted, or by other means. In a modification described in the Provisional Specification, the link is dispensed with and the end of one lever slides in the other lever.
Patent GB-190319324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevated Platforms or Supports for Motor and other Road Vehicles to Facilitate Repairing and Cleaning of same.
Inventor: OWEN WILLIAM CADWALADR
Filed: 1903-09-08
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 19,324. Owen, W. C. Sept. 8. Supports for vehicles not in use, to facilitate cleaning, repairing, &c. Two platforms a, mounted on hinged or folding legs e, f, g, are connected together by end crossbars c, on which the platforms slide so that the distance between them may be regulated. The upper end of the leg stays h, n, m move in slots cut in the side-plates b, being fixed in position by the handles l. To run the vehicle on to the platform, the rear legs e are turned under so that the rear end a rests on the ground, forming a sloping pathway up which the vehicle is hauled by the handle and pulley t around which the rope shown is led ; when the greater weight of the vehicle passes beyond the centre legs, the platform turns into a horizontal position. The end bars c may be dispensed with, and the legs connected by cross-bars.
Patent GB-190321144-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Boot or Shoe.
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 21,144. Chaplin, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Oct. 2. Drawings to Specification. Nails.-The short cast-steel bills or slug nails, driven into the soles of boots &c. to reduce the wear, are made with the two ends alike and slightly pointed, so that, discrimination between the ends being unnecessary, they may be sorted and driven by machinery. Both ends may be sharply pointed, if, after insertion, the outer ends are to be buffed off. In addition to being double. ended, the nails may be made with the centre of gravity at or near the middle.
Patent GB-190326471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Centrifugal Extraction Apparatus
Inventor: STREHLENERT ROBERT WILHELM
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 26,471. Strehlenert, R. W. Dec. 3. Separators for granular bodies &c.-In apparatus for washing solid substances or treating them with solvents or other liquids, the liquid flowing from the perforated rotating drum A into the stationary casing F, is returned to the drum through radial pipes, or the space between a cover G and a disc H. This space may be separated into channels by vertical partitions. The cover G may rest on an india-rubber or like ring J, and the disc H may have a downturned flange M. Perforations W are formed in the inner conical wall C of the drum, to prevent liquid from overflowing the central conical part D of the casing. The casing may have a cover O, and may be formed with double walls to form a steam or hot-water jacket. The liquid is discharged through cocks T.
Patent GB-190326657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Closing Leaks in Ships and the like.
Inventor: KRUEGER LUDWIG
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 26,657. Kr³ger, L. Dec. 5. Leaks, stopping.-A leak in a ship's side is covered by a mat of india-rubber, the sides and bottom of which are provided with magnetic plates by means of which the mat is held against the side of the ship. Figs. 1 and 2 show the general construction, and the means of attaching the mat to the bulwarks. Iron bars n are connected to the india-rubber sheet by rivets, for strengthening purposes, and the whole surface is covered with a waterproof material i. The magnetic plates m are in two portions screwed together with the rubber sheet between them, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the rubber sheet projects over the edge of the plate, thus making a water-tight joint.
Patent GB-190409395-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Seed or Food Receptacles or Appliance for Feeding Birds or Animals.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS VICTOR
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 9395. Griffiths, V. April 25. Feeding-appliances for animals; cages, pens, and the like.-A tapering seed or food receptacle for birds, pigeons, poultry, or animals is provided with a glass front, and with a feeding-hole at the back, covered by a piece of metal or other material, so that the seed may be placed above it, and run down at either side, a husk or waste receptacle with an inside flange or hinged piece also being furnished. The hopper A, Fig. 1, of the seed receptacle may form one compartment or may be divided by a partition A'. The hinged lid B may be kept closed by a spring. One or more feeding- holes E are surrounded by covers D, provided with openings F. The glass plate C is kept in position by the flanges L, the cover D, and a plate G. The plate G is preferably made of perforated zinc or copper to act as a screen for sifting the seeds, the refuse being removed through an opening H. The hopper is provided with hooks J to fasten it to a cage or pen, and with a leg M to hold it upright when necessary. Fig. 3 represents a section through the husk receptacle, showing the inside flange R. The appliance may be hooked to the hopper or to the cage, and is provided with a fixed or movable perch 0.
Patent GB-190413887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bottle Washing Machinery
Inventor: WOODWARD WALTER
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,887. Woodward, W., Clark, W. F., and Lofthouse, J. R. June 20. Bottles, washing.-Relates to an arrangement of pulleys by which the separate brushes for cleaning the exterior and interior of bottles are driven by the same driving-belt. The frame a is fitted with bearings b and axles c, d, at either or both ends of which the brushes are fixed. Inside the frame and on these axles are placed the fast and loose pulleys e, f. A flanged guide-pulley h rides on the fixed axle g. The driving-belt o is shifted by the fork k, attached to a sliding bar j which is actuated by the lever l with the heavy handle n. The bearings b may be fitted with stuffing-boxes and glands for use when the frame stands in a tank of water.