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Patent GB-190113495-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Press for the Manufacture of Rods and the like.
Inventor: BAISCH WILHELM
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 13,495. Baisch, W. July 2. Squirting.-A press for squirting rods and the like from materials which are plastic when heated has a container c with two pistons x, perforated to suit the article required. The pistons are moved towards one arother, causing the articles to be squirted from each end. To discharge the residue left between the pistons, both pistons are moved in the same direction to clear the container, or the container is moved while the pistons are stationary. One piston may be stationary during squirting.
Patent GB-190115983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Nitroglycerine.
Inventor: NATHAN FREDERIC LEWIS
Filed: 1901-08-08
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,983. Nathan, F. L., Thomson, J. M., and Rintoul, W. Aug. 8. Nitro-glycerin.- Relates to apparatus for the manufacture of nitro-glycerin, and consists of a vessel which is provided with an air-blast pipe g, coils h for the circulation of cooling-water, pipes e, f for the supply of fresh acid and of waste acid for causing the nitro-glycerin to overflow down the pipe k, a pipe p with a valved nozzle n for the glycerin, and a pipe m for the removal of the fumes.
Patent GB-190117564-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Colouring Matters Directly Dying Cotton.
Filed: 1901-09-02
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 17,564. Abel, C. D., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. Sept. 2. Dyes, artificial.-Blue sulphurized dyes for dyeing cotton directly are produced by heating an indophenol derived from phenol and an asymmetrically-dialkylated p-phenylenediamine with sulphur and an alkali sulphide in the presence of glycerine. An example is given in which the indophenol from p-amidodimethylaniline and phenol is employed, and the mixture is heated to 150‹ C. for 3 hours. The thick liquid so obtained is dissolved in water, and the dye is precipitated by a current of air.
Patent GB-190201767-A (GB)
Title: Improved Devices for Varying the Speed of Continuous Current Electric Motors.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1902-01-22
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 1767. Bloxam, A. G., [Couffinhal et ses fils]. Jan. 22. Field magnets; motors, controlling.-For the purpose of varying the speed of continuouscurrent motors, means are provided for varying the distance between the pole-pieces and the armature. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the pole-pieces a are united by a toggle-joint b, which is centered on a screw spindle c, working in a nut d on the frame of the machine, and provided with a hand-wheel e. In a modification for multipolar machines, a movable ring, having an eccentric part passing through a keyway in each pole, is rotated by suitable gearing.
Patent GB-190203873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jar or Bottle Stoppers
Inventor: WINTER HENRY
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 3873. Winter, H. Feb. 15. Stoppers.-The stopper consists of a plug a adapted to fit in the neck of the bottle or jar, and having a head a<1>, which is formed on the underside with a groove a<2> of sufficient size to admit the neck of the vessel.
Patent GB-190205517-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Feed Regulator for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: BICKFORD JOHN SOLOMON VIVIAN
Filed: 1902-03-05
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 5517. Bickford, J. S. V. March 5. Feedwater, controlling.-A closed vessel d, containing water or other fluid, is arranged in an outer vessel b, which communicates with the boiler at the normal water level. The vessel d is thus exposed either to water or steam, according to the position of the water level, being thereby either cooled or heated. The consequent variations of pressure within the vessel d are communicated to a flexible diaphragm f, or to a piston or expansible chamber, by which a bye-pass valve h is controlled, so that, when the water level rises, the feedwater admitted at m is returned to the suction side of the feed pump or injector. In place of the valve h, a valve on the discharge pipe of the feed pump may be suitably arranged to be operated, in the reverse sense, by the diaphragm f or its equivalent. In the arrangement shown, the feedwater, on its way to the boiler, passes through the jacket c of the vessel b ; but it may be passed through the lower part of the vessel b, or delivered direct to the boiler.
Patent GB-190206337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compositions for Coating Wooden Surfaces and Brick Walls and for other Purposes.
Inventor: CLAUSON-KAAS AXEL VILHELM HERM
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 6337. Kaas, A. V. H. F. C. Clauson-. March 14. Coating surfaces, compositions for.-A material for coating walls and wooden or other surfaces consists of an albuminate of an alkali or an alkaline earth mixed with about 20 per cent. of gelatinous aluminium hydrate. This may be precipitated from an alum solution with ammonia, and may be boiled with sulphate or phosphate of alumina. Bauxite, or a hydrate of iron, manganese, chromium, nickel, cobalt, zinc, or the like, may be substituted for precipitated alumina. The albuminate may be treated first with an organic or other salt of alumina, or with an aluminate of manganese, zinc, or an alkali or alkaline earth, and afterwards with milk of lime, an alkaline carbonate or carbonic acid. A little glue, a saccharate, or a glycerolate may be added to the mixture, with colouring-matter.
Patent GB-190212450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of a Supple Protective Coating.
Inventor: EFREM SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 12,450. Efrem, S. May 31. Disinfectants.-Relates to a resinous coating applicable for use for coating the hands during surgical operations. The material consists of a mixture of resin and wax in a solvent such as benzine with a potash soap ; formaldehyde or other disinfectant may be added.
Patent GB-190216202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Loading Fuel and other Material.
Inventor: LONG TIMOTHY
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 16,202. Long, T. Jan. 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Loading ships &c. Consists of a barge provided with conveying and elevating apparatus for loading fuel or other material into ships &c. Compartments B for the fuel &c. with sloping bottoms communicate through doors with a tunnel running along the bottom of the barge and fitted with a belt scraper e, which conveys the fuel &c. to a bucket elevator H. This delivers into a shoot Z and conveyer M carried on a rotating table K, the fuel &c. being finally delivered through a telescopic shoot S of variable inclination. The shoot Z has a circular opening, which is concentric with the axis of the table K. The positions of the conveyer M and shoot S are controlled by ropes wound on a drum shaft P, geared to the conveyer shaft N, which is driven by a motor O.
Patent GB-190218486-A (GB)
Title: Improved Thread or Yarn Holder for Needle-work and other like Purposes.
Inventor: SCHUBERT CLARA
Filed: 1902-08-22
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 18,486. Schubert, C. Aug. 22. Work companions; bags.-Yarn holders for needlework and other like purposes consist of discs a having holes b through which the threads are drawn with their ends crossed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Modifications are described in which (a) the discs are provided with two rows of concentric perforations through which the threads are passed ; (b) two perforated discs separated by a distance-piece are used ; (c) the discs are replaced by perforated rings. The device with the thread may be removably fitted into a bag, as shown in Fig. 15, which serves to protect the threads from becoming dirty, and to receive the work in progress. The device is secured near the top of the bag by buttons &c. The bag, which may be made of cloth or other suitable material, is provided with a handle k of cloth or leather &c.
Patent GB-190221583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SOULAS RAYMOND EMILE
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 21,583. Soulas, R. E., Deffes, H., and Paindavoine, E. H.Oct. 3. Hubs; spokes felloes or rims; axle-boxes.- The inner ends of the spokes are formed with inclined shoulders a<2>, which abut against corresponding shoulders on blocks c placed between the spokes and between rings d, e. The rings dare screwed on the hub, and the ring e is drawn up to it by bolts f, which pass through the blocks. The ends of the blocks are hollowed, so that, when the rings are drawn together, their shoulders are pressed firmly against the shoulders on the spokes. When applied in connection with wooden hubs, the hub is made in two lengths which fit over an intermediate socket and are held together by bolts. The nut i on the end of the axle is locked by the engagement of one of its sides with the wing of a plate j, which is prevented from turning by being fitted on a polygonal part of the axle ; the plate is held in place by a pin k, which is itself locked by means of a shoulder which engages in the eye of the plate, and is held against the pin by means of a spring. The outer ends of the spokes are tapered and fit in sockets o, which engage in plates q fixed to the felloes and are screwed to take nuts p. When the nuts are screwed up, they bear upon the plates q and force the spokes inwards against the blocks in the hub. In a modification, rods passed longitudinally through the spokes are screwed at their inner ends into the hubs and are provided with nuts outside the felloes. The segments of the rim are connected by means of right and left hand screws r, so that they may be expanded in the tyre.
Patent GB-190227699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 27,699. Makins, Ltd., and Makin, E. Dec. 16. Water-circulation, promoting.-In connection with water-circulating cones 4 situated within the flues 2 of boilers, as described in Specification No. 19,016, A.D. 1896, in order to prevent the deposit of scale and sediment there is fitted in the mouth of the upward extremity of the cone a cowl 6 having a head which delivers water in a horizontal direction above the water level. The cowl may be connected in any suitable way as, for instance, by feet fitted within the mouth of the cone. This would enable the cone to be turned in any required direction. If desired, the cowlpipes may be tapered.
Patent GB-190300892-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Hat and Clothes' Brush.
Inventor: LASHLIE COWPER
Filed: 1903-01-13
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 892. Lashlie, C. Jan. 13. Hat brushes; clothes brushes; stocks; handles.-Relates to a combined hat and clothes brush. The stock of the clothes brush a is made so that part of it opens out and forms a small hat brush b, preferably slightly curved in shape, the two brushes being connected by a pivot at c. The Provisional Specification also states that the hat brush may have bristles on more than one of its sides, and that means may be provided for locking the two brushes together. It also mentions that an arrangement for hanging the combined brush up is furnished.
Patent GB-190302987-A (GB)
Title: Road Cleaning and Repairing Machine
Inventor: HUGUET FRANCOIS
Filed: 1903-02-07
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 2987. Huguet, F. Feb. 7. Scraping - machines; refuse, collecting; trimming-up sides of roads; roads and ways, repairing. -An apparatus for removing and heaping mud, dust, snow, &c. on roadways, and for scarifying and levelling footways or roadside borders consists of a rectangular framework a, Figs. 1 and 2, with stays b, c, and provided with sockets 1 ... 11 for suitable implements. In removing dust &c., the sockets 5 ... 8 receive rods i carrying weighted bars j for drawing scrapers k, which are distributed and placed, as shown in Fig. 2, in two or three rows, and are fitted with rubber strips k<1>. The scrapers may be lifted from the roadway by cams a', a', a', b<1>, b', b<3> on spindles t<1>, t<2> rotated by levers l<1>, l<2>, to which they are connected by chains d<1>, d' passing round guidepulleys p<1>, p<2> and connected to the cams c', c<2>. The mud &c. is heaped by a shovel p, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The shovel is backed by a spring, and is carried by a rod s pivoted at o, and guided by an arc r. It is raised at intervals by a cam x on the main axle e bearing on the stay s', so that the material collected by it in its progress is left in heaps. To increase the adhesion of the wheel to the ground, and thus ensure that the shovel p is lifted, a mass x<1> of metal is placed in the space between two of the spokes, or is attached to the rim. The shovel may be lifted out of operation by a bell-crank lever u pivoted at y, and the lever u may be secured by a hook u<111> passing over a pin u<1> on it. The lower edge of the shovel may be fitted with a strip of rubber. In scarifying and levelling sideways, tines, varying in form according to the work to be done, are placed in the sockets 1 ... 11, and a horizontal smoothing blade or iron is attached to the ends of a stirrup in the forks 12, 13. The shaft g of the forecarriage may be fitted with a steering-bar.
Patent GB-190303485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Material to be used as a Substitute for Leather, Rubber, Wood and the like, and of a Composition to be employed therein.
Inventor: REID WALTER FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 3485. Reid, W. F. Feb. 13. Coated fabrics.-Relates to a material adapted more especially for use as a substitute for leather, rubber, or wood. Fibrous material, such as wool or felt, is impregnated with a solution in acetone of a substance known as " velvril manufactured from nitrocellulose and a nitro-compound as described in Specification No. 21,995, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Acids and salts, Organic, &c.]. Preferably, one part of nitro-cellulose is mixed with two parts of nitro-ricinoliin and dissolves in twelve parts of acetone. The flexibility of the material is increased by adding from two to five per cent. of castor oil to the " velvril." The impregnated and dried material is waterproofed by further impregnation with a compound prepared by heating paraffin wax to a temperature at 300‹ F. and mixing with it mineral oil of about 0À93 specific gravity, and quicklime. To produce a hard material, the fibrous substance may be treated in the first instance with an aqueous solution of a chromate or bichromate, which is subsequently decomposed by sulphurous acid or other reducing- agent.
Patent GB-190314064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Assembling Mechanism of Linotype Machines.
Inventor: TUNALEY JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 14,064. Tunaley, J. June 24. Linotype machines. - Relates to the assembly mechanism of the machine described in Specification No. 14,582, A.D. 1890, and consists of means for preventing the foot of a descending matrix as it enters the assembly box from battering or damaging the matrix previously placed in the box. Fig. 1 is a front view showing the matrix guides 11, the endless belt 8, the assembly box 1, and the star-wheel 6 by which the matrices are moved into the box against the slide 4. The assembly box 1, when in the assembling position shown, is held raised a little above its usual position, by a support or packing-piece 2 which may be attached to the brake lever 3. On each of the usual guide-cheeks 5, between which the star-wheel 6 rotates, are fixed light springs 9 which bear against the lefthand guide 11. The descending matrix is checked by these springs 9, and, after passing them, is moved into a position approaching the vertical, so that it is less likely to strike the end matrix in the box. The spring-detents 12 past which the matrices are pushed by the star-wheel 6, are made longer so as to project lower down into the box and serve as a guard.
Patent GB-190316025-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Construction of Loom for Weaving by Mechanical Means Plush Fabrics Provided with Plush or Pile on Both Sides.
Inventor: MARSCHIK SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 16,025. Marschik, S., and Zsch÷rner, K. A. July 20. Looms, pile forming and cutting in; weft, cutting; pile fabrics.-Plush fabrics are woven with pile formed on both sides by drawing out and cutting the weft by means of longitudinal knives. The warps pass through healds b, b<1>, Fig. 1, for forming the canvas-like ground of the fabric, and through plush healds c, c<1>, which form a halfshed for the insertion of a plush weft by means of a hook shuttle, or form an ordinary shed for the insertion of the weft by a shuttle with a hollow spool, after which they move back without closing the shed completely. The weft is thereby bound but loosely, and is withdrawn in loops by lifting wires or levers d, d<1>, Figs. 1 and 4, pivoted as shown, and operated successively by leashes h, h<1> attached to levers l, l<1>. The levers d, d' are held in their raised or inclined positions by curved spring catches u, u<1>, so that the loops 13, Fig. 4, of the weft are gradually drawn tight and are cut by the knives g, Fig. 1, as the weft is beaten up by the reed f. The levers l, l<1> rest on stops m, m<1>, and are lifted in succession by wedges n, n' moved to and fro on transverse bars o, o<1> by a cord passing over pulleys at the sides of the loom, which pulleys are oscillated by toothed and cam gearing. The catches u, u<1> are mounted on a rod t<2>, which is drawn down at the end of the beat-up by an arm on the lay rod f<1> so that the levers d, d<1> are released. Plush fabrics may thus be woven of harras or sheep's wool, or mohair, alpaca, camel or cow hair, esparto grass, manilla, hemp, jute, peat, coco-nut, and similar coarse fibres.
Patent GB-190319785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Gauges and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 19,785. Boult, A. J., [Fischer, F. B.]. Sept. 14. Calliper and like gauges, for testing the diameters of screws at the top and bottom of the threads, and also the pitch and shape of the threads. Two jaws a, b are held at a certain distance apart by blocks c, and are fastened together by screws. The mouth e is slightly less in width than the external diameter of the bolt, and is used to test whether the bolts are too thin. The jaw d may have two toothed faces, or, as shown, a plain lower face and a toothed upper face, the teeth being formed on a removable piece f. The width of the mouth between the bottoms of the tooth spaces on opposite jaws, or between the flat face of one jaw and the bottom of a tooth space on the opposite jaw, gives the outside diameter of the bolt, and the distance between the tops of opposite teeth gives the diameter at the bottom of the threads. The pitch and shape are tested by means of the toothed piece f. With one screwed face and a plain face, the diameter at the bottom of the thread may be measured.
Patent GB-190321754-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Furnace Bridge for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: ROBERTS HAROLD
Filed: 1903-10-09
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 21,754. Roberts, H. Oct. 9. Firebridges; smoke-consuming.-To supply air to the top and bottom of a boiler flue, and to provide means for removal, while the boiler is working, of the ashes which accumulate behind the bridge, a vertical air passage B is formed at the back of the bridge, and the space below the bridge is closed by a door C, which has an aperture D and is opened or closed from the front of the furnace by a rod E. Where there are no cross-tubes, a firebrick stop-bridge F is employed.
Patent GB-190403463-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Bunging and Tapping Barrels and Casks.
Inventor: BECKER ANTON
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3463. Becker, A. Feb. 11. Tapping; bungs. -A metal socket is screwed into the barrel by the aid of a special key, and is adapted to receive a connector for use in raising orforcing the liquid under air pressure. The socket A, Fig. 7, is provided with a wood-screw and a flange B, and a bore having parts of different diameters. The smaller bore receives a cork or plug. The larger bore D may be cylindrical or slightly conical upwards, or may be formed with a groove. The key which is used for inserting or removing the socket has a portion of slightly smaller diameter than the bore D, but having faces planed thereon as shown in Fig. 5. A segmental piece H is used with the key, the parts wedging together when turned. The connector, shown in Fig. 7, consists of a tube having one end flanged to fit the bore D and provided with a rubber ring M compressible by means of the nut J and tube L. The drawing- off pipe is introduced through the tube and a joint of the same kind is formed by means of the rubber-ring P and the nut O. Air under pressure is introduced through the side tube Q, and released, when the barrel is empty, through the side tube S with screw stopper R.
Patent GB-190406824-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Driving Sheet Piling
Inventor: MCBEAN DUNCAN DONALD
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 6824. McBean, D. D. May 9, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pile-drivers.-For driving sheet piling, the hammer 9 is mounted to slide on the outer face of the guide-ways 7, 8, or 16 on the frame, and has an extension 10 and plate 11, attached to its back, to work between, and to bear on, the back of these guides. The hammer may be an iron block or long piece of timber, having a U-shaped iron strap 14 bolted over its lower end. The guides are spaced apart less than the width of a pile, and can serve as a backing and guides for the projecting top of the sheeting. The framing of the pile-driver is mounted on wheels to run on a temporary staging.
Patent GB-190407592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Generators and the Manufacture of Gas.
Inventor: RADCLIFFE JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 7592. Radcliffe, J. March 30. Gas-producers.-An inclined and rotating chamber or cylinder is fitted at the lower end for the purpose of removing the ashes and for heating the blast of steam and air. The generating chamber a is provided with a gas outlet a' and may be supplied with fuel by means of a bell and hopper c', c, or an arrangement of sliding doors to give a continuous feed. The cylinder d, which may be cylindrical, curved, or frusto-conical, communicates at its lower end with an ash-bin e, the passage of the ashes from the chamber to the bin being retarded, if necessary, by means of a bridge f. The cylinder is supported by friction wheels k which engage rings k<1>, and may be driven by a motor g or other engine. The air, or air and steam, is delivered by a pipe r to the top of the ash-bin, and passes over the hot ashes in the cylinder to the generating chamber. Or a small amount of air and steam may be delivered by the pipe r, and a larger amount directly to the chamber a by a pipe s. The lower end of the ash-bin is closed by a draw-plate m, which may be withdrawn, in order to discharge the ashes into a truck q, by means of a rack and pinion n ; water jets t may be employed to cool the ashes. Poke holes u may be provided in the generator.
Patent GB-190409331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Appliances for use in connection with Closets.
Inventor: BAINBRIDGE PERCY
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9331. Bainbridge, P., and Metcalf, J. April 23. Closet-seat guards.-A. container 1 for paper scatguards is supported from the seat 2 by a piece 3 hinged to the container. The sheets, which are preferably in book form, are perforated to engage studs 6, upon which they are retained by a hinged piece 7. This is held in position by a locking-device 8 which slides in grooves 10 in the container and in a slot 9 in the piece 7 When the basin is encased, the back of the container is made straight and attached by screws to the casing. Each sheet of paper is drawn from the container by the projecting folded edge, Fig. 1, and laid upon the seat.