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Patent GB-190121645-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for the Mercerisation of Vegetable Fibres.
Inventor: BOURCART PAUL
Filed: 1901-10-28
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 21,645. Bourcart, P. Oct. 28. Mercerizing fibres. -Fibres in the loose state, such as a web of beaten cotton &c., are placed between two tightly - stretched endless bands d, e of woven wirecloth and passed round three perforated drums a, b, c in the manner shown. The drum a dips into a trough of caustic soda, the second one b has spraying-pipes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 arranged above it for washing purposes, while the third one c dips into an acid or neutralizing trough g. All the drums have their axles provided with radial webs, from which vanes extend to the periphery of the drum. so that each drum is divided into a number of compartments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The first and third drums have each one hollow trunnion connected on the one hand with the compartments which are in the position 2, 3, 4 and with an exhausting-apparatus. While passing over these drums, therefore, the liquids in the trough s, g are drawn through the material and the perforated drums, and are returned again to their respective troughs. The vanes of the central or washing drum are straight as shown, and both its trunnions are hollow and are connected with the compartments which are in the positions 1, 2 and 3, 4, respectively. The spraying-pipes are arranged above the drum in three sets. Fresh water is forced through the pipes 16, 17, and, as the drum rotates, the water which has been drawn through the material escapes through the perforations in the lower part of the drum into a trough f, from which it is forced by a pump through the second set of spraying-pipes 15, 14. The water drawn through the material from these pipes escapes by one of the hollow trunnions, and is forced through the third set of spraying-pipes 13, 12, and, after being drawn a third time through the material, escapes through the second trunnion. The material is fed to, and delivered from, the apparatus in the manner shown.
Patent GB-190123839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connecting Axle Boxes to Underframes in Railway Carriages and Analogous Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 23,839. Spencer, A. G. Nov. 23. Axle-boxes; axle-trucks or undercarriages.-Relates to means for imparting an approximatelyhorizontal direction to vertical impulses received from the axle-boxes or wheels. The ordinary bearing-springs 1 are connected at their centres to the axle-boxes, and at one or both ends to bellcrank levers 5, 9 pivoted to rods 12 having springs 10, 10<a>, which may bear against the common bracket 11. India-rubber springs with cupped rings or perforated springs, as described in Specification No. 19,011, A.D. 1894, are preferably used. The rods 12 are in some cases not fitted with springs. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which the rod 12 is in two parts with a supplementary spring between them.
Patent GB-190126698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Distribution.
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 26,698. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Steinmetz, C. P.]. Dec. 31. Distributing ; regulating.-In direct-current distribution two or more neutral wires are connected to separate neutral points, and translators such as lamps to one neutral wire and motors to another, and thus sudden changes in the balancing of the load due to motors will not appreciably affect the lamps. The Figure shows one arrangement. 1 is a dynamo-electric machine supplying the mains 13, 14 ; 3 is a compensator with a neutral point 0 connected to one intermediate conductor 12 ; 16 is a second compensator in parallel with the first, its neutral point O<1> being connected to the conductor 17. Any other suitable arrangement may be made to obtain the desired number of separate neutral points.
Patent GB-190200903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Medical Vaporizers.
Inventor: JACOBSON FRIT
Filed: 1902-01-13
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 903. Jacobson, F., Westlin, O. T., and Carlson, J. S. Jan. 13. Vaporizers.-A portable vaporizer for medical compound d s consists of a chamber 1, containing a lamp 2 or other heating- appliance, above which is supported a water chamber 6 having a depressed portion 13 in the top for receiving the medicament or a basin 14 containing it. By means of a pair of condensers 10 connected to the water chamber by pipes 11 the steam is condensed and returned to the water chamber instead of escaping into the apartment. A tube 12 is provided for a thermometer, and one of the condensers is fitted with a safety-valve. In a modification of the apparatus, air is supplied to the lamp chamber by a pipe leading through a window, the pipe being supported below the window sash.
Patent GB-190203514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cathedral Glass
Inventor: POSCHINGER FERDINAND VON
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 3514. Poschinger, F. von. Feb. 11. Forming articles with wire skeletons; ornamenting. -Plain or ornamented cathedral glass is formed with wire fabric embedded in it. The wire fabric may be made in a pattern, to give an ornamental effect to the glass.
Patent GB-190208093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers.
Inventor: ROHEIM EDMUND
Filed: 1902-04-07
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 8093. Roheim, E. April 7. Screw propellers. -A screw propeller has its blades a, b generated from the surface of a cone or a pyramid and twisted or turned to a suitable degree around a generatrix d as an axis. The blades are placed at an angle less than 90‹ to the propeller shaft, to decrease the centrifugal throw outwards of the water and the percentage of slip. The blades may be fixed directly to the boss i, or they may be attached by arms.
Patent GB-190208891-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Operating Venetian Blinds.
Inventor: SUMMERTON THOMAS
Filed: 1902-04-16
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 8891. Summerton, T. April 16. Cleats or holders.-In cord grips for Venetian blinds, the toothed sectors 7 which grip the cords are pivoted to a bracket on the top board. A forked weighted frame 14, pivoted to the same bracket, has a cross-bar resting against projections 10 on the sectors 7. The lug 14 drops into recesses 15 in wheels which rotate with the pulleys. By pulling the cord 6, the inclined edge of a recess raises the weighted end of the frame 14, and the cross-bar depresses the projections 10 and so releases the cords. When the cord is released, the projection 14 rides on its wheel and drops into a recess, and so allows the grip to come into action.
Patent GB-190211878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Dyeing, Sizing, Twisting, Brushing, Drying, Glazing, Polishing and otherwise Dressing Treating Thread
Inventor: FREDENBURGH GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1902-05-24
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 11,878. Fredenburgh, G. A. May 24. Threads.-Relates to machines for dyeing, sizing, twisting, brushing, drying, glazing, polishing, and otherwise dressing or treating thread. The delivery bobbins 22 are arranged in groups of five, and each thread is passed successively through a dye or size trough 24, a combined drawing and twisting appa- ratus 67, a brushing-apparatus 110, two sets of polishing-apparatus 143, and a second combined drawing and twisting apparatus, to the traverse bar 190 of a winding-mechanism, by which it is wound on a receiving-bobbin 189. The thread is held depressed beneath the surface of the size or dye by a roller 29 on the end of a lever, which is held in the desired position by a spring catch. The combined drawing and twisting apparatus comprises a pair of horizontal rollers 70, Fig. 16, of which one is driven from the other by friction, and the axle of the driven roller carries a bevel- wheel 67, which engages with a fixed bevel-wheel 61, so that, when the frame 65 carrying the rollers 70 is rotated about a vertical axis, the rollers are carried round bodily for the purpose of twisting the thread, and also rotated on their axles for the purpose of drawing the thread forward. The driving-pinion 56, the shaft 62 carrying the frame 65, the plate 63 and the wheel 61 are all slotted to facilitate the insertion of the thread into the hollow shaft 62 and through the rollers 70 and thread-guide 77 ; and, when the thread has been inserted, it is locked in this position by a slit sleeve 82, which can be partially rotated by means of a handle, so as to bring the slit therein either coincident or otherwise with the slits in the parts above referred to. The twisting-apparatus s is driven through a clutch box, so that it can be brought into action or disengaged as required. The brushing-apparatus comprises four rotary brushes 125, Fig. 22, carried by hollow shafts 120 which connect the hollow chambers 101, 111, to one of which steam is admitted, while from the other the spent steam is exhausted. The whole apparatus is rotated bodily by a strap 7 and pulley 8, and the brushes are also rotated on their axles by the gearing 128, 130 and a strap and pulley 9, 8<a>. The two sets of polishing-apparatus are of similar construction, and comprise six sets of cylindrical, conical, or grooved polishing-rollers 163, Fig. 19, which are mounted, heated, and driven in a similar manner to the brushes 125. The heated brushing and polishing apparatus effectually dry the thread. After passing through a second combined drawing and twisting device similar to that described above, the thread passes to the receiving-bobbin 189 through a guide carried by a rail 190, which is traversed vertically by a crank arrangement at each end of the machine. Between the twisting, brushing, and polishing apparatus are arranged adjustable tension rollers 90.
Patent GB-190212635-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus or Means of Distributing Sewage
Inventor: MOUNTANY CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 12,635. Mountany, C., and Farnsworth, W. June 3. Sewage and foul waters, treating; aÙrating; spraying.- Means for distributing sewage or sewage effluents over filter beds. The liquid is delivered into a trough C by a pipe A and through screens K, L of different mesh, and passes thence by funnels D to pipes E, which deliver it to transverse pipes F. The pipes F are provided with sprinklers consisting of a slot or cut-away portion covered by a spraying- plate G, whereby the liquid is thrown through the air in the form of a fine spray, in order that it may be oxidized before it falls upon the filter. The pipes F are fixed to the pipes E by rubber, union, or other joints, and the whole is mounted upon a jointed framework H, which may be readily disconnected for removal and re-erection. The apparatus may be fitted with valves for cutting out any part of it, and a tippler may be mounted between the pipe A and the trough C for effecting intermittent action.
Patent GB-190212765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Distribution of Electricity.
Filed: 1902-06-04
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 12,765. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. June 4. Distributing; regulating; transformers.-Relates to the production of multiphase currents of constant value from sources of constant potential by means of reactances of opposite sign, such as condensers and inductances, the arrangements being such as to supress harmonics. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement, in which 1 is a polyphase generator supplying current through the leads 2, 3, 4 to the transforming or regulating device for supplying the constant current to the rectifier 25. The rectifier may be driven by a motor 26. Connected across the leads in delta are condensers 6 and inductances 7. Connected to an intermediate point, shown in shunt with the condenser, is an additional inductance 12, and in series with it may be the primary 13 of a transformer, the secondary 19 supplying the current to be rectified. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 2, 29, 30, and 31 are the primaries of a polyphase transformer each having two secondaries. One set of secondaries 32, 34, 36 is connected as before to the arrangement of inductances and condensers, and the other set 33, 35, 35 to the coils of the transformers 54, 55, 56.
Patent GB-190215168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Domestic Fire-places.
Inventor: HASLAM WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 15,168. Haslam, W. H. July 8. Grates and fuel holders.-Relates to domestic fireplaces having movable grates, such as those described in Specification No. 16,270, A.D. 1900. To allow of the lowering and raising of the grate irrespective of irregularities in the surfaces of the adjacent walls, loose pieces of metal a, Fig. 3, or rollers g, Fig. 4, are placed between the bearings c and the wall d. In the case of the pieces a, their lower surfaces are inclined so that, with the correspondingly - shaped upper surfaces of the grate, the tendency to bind is obviated. If desired, the grate may be counterbalanced by means of the cords or chains k, Fig. 5, the ends of which are connected to the blower h.
Patent GB-190219934-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Core Bar
Inventor: BUTLER JOHN
Filed: 1902-09-12
Granted: 1903-09-12
Abstract: 19,934. Butler, J. Sept. 12. Moulding. - Relates to core-bars for use in casting and moulding metals, and in making concrete sewers and the like. Metal or wooden cores of any desired contour can be attached to these bars, and in the case of metal castings are wound with a layer of core rope, covered with loam or sand. The bar shown in Figs. 1 and 4 is made in two sections a bolted together by means of lugs f, f, and is provided with a number of frames b forming bearings, for three spindles c. These spindles can be rotated by means of wrenches on their ends, and are held in any desired position by ratchets and pawls. When they are rotated in one direction, the cams d push the sliding bars i out, through openings, against brackets n attached to the core-plates h. At the same time, the hooks m are swung round to engage with lugs on the brackets. By rotating the spindles in the other direction, the bars and hooks are drawn back, and the core-bar can be withdrawn. The bar may be mounted on rollers at the ends, to facilitate its withdrawal, especially when used in making large horizontal pipes or conduits, such as sewers. The plates h may be stiffened by a ring u, secured by a wedge or wedges v. Spaces may be left between the plates h, and may be filled up by wedges as shown at 6, Fig. 8, or by covering-plates w. These wedges or covering - plates are placed in position in a similar way to the plates h.
Patent GB-190222699-A (GB)
Title: Process for Spraying Glowing Liquid Blast-furnace-cinder and Apparatus to be used in connection therewith.
Inventor: LESSING WILHELM
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 22,699. Lessing, W., and Wolff, A. Oct. 18. Moving-beater apparatus. - Liquid blast-furnace cinder or slag is sprayed or granulated by a drum d revolving on a horizontal axis and provided with spiral or other ribs c. The drum may be cooled internally by water or air &c. For the manufacture of cement, slag and lime are supplied by adjustable inclined channels a, b, the lime channel being placed above, and the channels may be enclosed in a casing so that the lime is heated before admixture. The apparatus may be mounted on wheels so as to be portable. If the mixture is to be calcined, the furnace may be placed so that the apparatus discharges directly into the feeding-funnel.
Patent GB-190222971-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bicycle, to be Worked by Hand or Foot either Separately or in Combination.
Inventor: GIENANTH MAX FREIHERR VON
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 22,971. Gionanth, M. F. von. Oct. 22. Driving-mechanism; steering-mechanism.-A bicycle is fitted with auxiliary manumotive driving- mechanism, which serves also as steering-mechanism. To the usual cranks e are connected links f, adjustable in length and adapted to be pivoted in any pair of a series of holes l formed in roda d<3> connected by hinges, which only allow movement in one plane, to angle-levers d pivoted to a plate c secured to the steering-forks, bent outwards at their upper ends, and oscillating in guides h stiffened by a cross-bar k and secured by a frame i to the steering-post.
Patent GB-190301080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam and similar Engines.
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1080. Chapman, W., and Warfield Co. Jan. 15. Single-acting engines; valves and valve gear.- Figs. 1 and 2 represent a four-cylinder singleacting engine. Steam or compressed air enters through separate admission valves B, and exhausts through valves C, all being operated by spindles or valve-rods B' actuated by cams on the countershafts G, H. Motion is communicated to the countershafts through gear wheels G', H<1> from the crank shaft. The crank shaft, supported in the centre by a bearing D' enveloping the crank cheek, and the cam shafts are situated in the crank chamber D containing oil, the cams being lubricated by the oil thrown up by the cranks. To regulate the cut-off and reverse the engine, the cam shafts are moved longitudinally by pinions J<2>, actuated by hand or by the governor, gearing with a rack J<1> on the sleeve J, the sleeve being supported by a bearing K in the end of the crank chamber. The backward-running cams are not shaped to allow of variable expansion. The valves are retained on their seats by springs B<2>, C<2> on the valve-rods B<1>. The engine may be modified to work with 3 or 6 cylinders.
Patent GB-190304541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Superheaters and to Means for Controlling the Superheat of Steam.
Inventor: SUGDEN THOMAS
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 4541. Sugden, T. Feb. 26. Drawings to Specification. Thermometers.-A rod, operated by rods exposed to superheated steam, carries an adjustable nut which operates a valve to admit wet steam to the pipe conveying superheated steam, when the temperature exceeds a prearranged maximum. A pointer on the nut indicates the temperature of the steam on an adjustable scale.
Patent GB-190306612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensing Exhaust Steam and other Vapours.
Inventor: TINSLEY JAMES
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 6612. Tinsley, J. March 21. Condensers. Relates to ejector condensers, Steam or other condensible vapour enters by the pipe A, and, coming in contact with condensing- water drawn in through openings H in the conical chamber A' from the tank C or a siphon F, is condensed and passes away down the long vertical passage B. To stop the flow of condensing-water, a ring valve is fitted over the top inclined portion of the conical chamber A, and operated by a handwheel N. Two or more condensers may be connected to one delivery.
Patent GB-190307822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Interchangably Converting an Ordinary Motor Bicycle into a Motor Tricycle.
Inventor: HILTON GEORGE TOM
Filed: 1903-04-04
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 7822. Hilton, G. T., and Faulkner, J. W. April 4. Motor cycles convertibles.-A motor bicycle is converted into a tricycle by coupling to it a rear frame with a pair of seats. The axle of this frame, mounted on wheels provided with free-wheel clutches, is connected by stays F to the spindle of the back wheel of the bicycle, and by central telescoping tubes J to the saddle pillar. These stays may be strengthened by struts S, W, arranged in a space between the seats, which space also accommodates the rear wheel of the bicycle. The ends of the stays F may have slots, into which the spindle of the bicycle passes and is secured by bolts. The axle of the seat frame is driven by a chain or belt from the back axle of the bicycle, the hind wheel of which, when the rear frame is coupled, is raised from the ground. A lever P (shown broken off), adapted to be attached to the handle-bar, enables a person seated in a rear seat to steer the vehicle.
Patent GB-190308185-A (GB)
Title: Improved Regulating Cock for Platinum Cauterizing Apparatus, Soldering Lamps and the like.
Inventor: KETTNER RICHARD
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 8185. Kettner, R. April 8. Soldering.-Relates to the plug cock used to control the passage of air into a benzene or like soldering-lamp and the exit of the carburetted air from the lamp reservoir. It is mounted between the air inlet 1 and the mixing-passage 4 in the casing of the plug c which fits into the bottle f containing the benzene &c. The plug c has two passages 2, 3, the former for admitting air, the latter for giving exit to the air and vapour. The plug h of the cock has recesses i, j, a through-way u, and a branch passage v. In the closed position, shown in Fig. 1, the air inlet 2 is shut off from the passage 1, and the exit 3 from the passage 4. In the position shown in Fig. 5, air can pass by the recess and the branch passage v into the passage 2, and the air and vapour can escape by the passage 3, recess i, and the passage 4. In the position shown in Fig. 6, which is intermediate between those of Figs. 1 and 5, there is free passage for the air as before, but, in addition, the through-way u is open, so that a part of the air can pass directly from the passage 1 to the passage 4, mixing with the vapour-laden air which issues from the passage 3. By turning the plug h, regulation of the amount of air and vapour can be effected.
Patent GB-190308366-A (GB)
Title: A Fluid Composition for Destroying Worms and Grubs.
Inventor: PHILPOTT FRANCIS NICOLLE
Filed: 1903-04-11
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 8366. Philpott, F. N. April 11. Insects, destroying.-A composition for destroying worms and grubs in soils is prepared by slowly heating together until dissolved, water, spirits of turpentine, soda, and a pine varnish known as " Bright varnish."