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Patent GB-190101059-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Cleaning Water Tubes of Boilers.
Inventor: YARROW ALFRED FERNANDEZ
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 1059. Yarrow, A. F. Jan. 16. Cleaning tubes.-Figs. 1 and 2 show an appliance for cleaning or scoring the water tubes of boilers. The cylindrical body a is fitted with saw blades b and with one or more flat blades c, which are pressed outwards by springs d. Adjustable screws e limit the outward projection of the blade c. The tool is secured to a flexible or jointed rod, and is moved to and fro in the tube to be cleaned.
Patent GB-190107921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Chemical Purification of Graphite.
Inventor: LANGBEIN HERMANN
Filed: 1901-04-17
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 7921. Langbein, H. April 17. Carbon.-Crude graphite is purified by pulverizing it, grinding it with a calculated amount of ammonium fluoride, charging the mixture together with a calculated amount of sulphuric acid into a hydrofluoric-acid still, and distilling. The evolved silicon fluoride is collected in ammonia, forming ammonium fluoride suitable for reuse, gelatinous silica also forming. The partially-purified graphite is separated, and further purified by washing, and heating with a solution of a caustic alkali or alkaline carbonate. The mixture of sulphuric acid and sulphates left in the still is neutralized with ammonia to recover ammonium sulphate.
Patent GB-190108015-A (GB)
Title: A Direct-acting Combined Magnetic Regulator and Brake for Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: LENDERYOU JOHN
Filed: 1901-04-18
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 8015. Lenderyou, J., and Wyatt, T. S. M. April 18. Arc lamps.- Brake-regulating mechanism is constructed as shown. A pulley or wheel d, connected to the carbons, carries a soft iron disc c, in contact with a polepiece b<1> formed on the movable soft iron core b of a series o r differentiallywound solenoid a. Downward movement of the core is limited by a nut i<1> engaging the support f of the solenoid. The interior of the solenoid may serve as a dash-pot for the core, or other retarding means may be provided. When current is supplied through the series coil, the pole-piece adheres magnetically to the disc, and the core rises and turns the disc so as to separate the carbons; feeding of the carbons is afterwards allowed by the disc slipping on the pole-piece.
Patent GB-190108545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Catalytic Bodies and to the Manufacture of Sulphuric Anhydride.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1901-04-25
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 8545. Wetter, J., [Haen, E. de]. April 25. Catalysis; sulphuric anhydride.-A vanadium compound, such as vanadic acid, is used as a catalytic body. Asbestos, pumicestone, or other highly-porous body is impregnated with a solution of a soluble vanadium compound, such as ammonium vanadate, and afterwards dried and calcined, producing a catalytic substance containing vanadic acid in a state of fine division. At a temperature of 465‹ C., 84 per cent. of sulphurous acid is converted into sulphuric anhydride.
Patent GB-190109668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Lubricating the Axle Bearings of Tramway Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: ABBOTT JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 9668. Abbott, J. May 9. Actuating pumps.-Relates to means for lubricating the axles of railway, tramway, &c. vehicles. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application of the invention to a corve axle. A spiral spring D is mounted within an oil chamber C, and is rotated by the axle so as to supply lubricant from the chamber to the axle. Oil &c. is fed to the chamber through a small space left between the chamber and the axle, and a pump may be arranged alongside the track to supply the oil. The pump cylinder J is placed in a reservoir E and is provided with a suction valve K and a gland L. A hollow piston M, closed at the bottom by a valve N, works within the cylinder and at the top has a mouth 0 adapted to communicate with the chamber C. A roller P is mounted on the piston and is controlled by a spring S. The corve axle in passing makes contact with the roller and operates the pump, so that, after the cylinder is charged, any further operation of the pump serves to supply lubricant to the chamber C.
Patent GB-190113758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combing Machines.
Inventor: NASMITH JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-07-06
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 13,758. Nasmith, J. W. July 6. Combing - machines. - In Heilmann combing- machines, the nippers p<2>, p<3>, feed-roller F, and top comb C are carried by an oscillating frame N, which is operated through the link N<2> and arm W<5> from a cam or crank-pin on the shaft A<1>, and is caused to move towards the detaching-rollers simultaneously with the feeding movement of the roller F, the downward movement of the comb C, and the forward rotation of the detaching-rollers. The lower jaw p<2> is carried by an adjustable crossbar B on the frame N, and supports the feed-roller F, which is pressed upon the face of the jaw p<2> by the spring levers f and is rotated intermittently by the ratchet and pawl arrangement f L, L<1> at each reciprocation of the nippers. The upper jaw p<3> is carried by the spring levers N<3>, which are operated so as to open and close the nippers during the reciprocation thereof by means of an adjustable stop I, which is engaged by the bowls N<5> on the levers N<3>. The top comb C is secured to a bar C<1> adjustably mounted on levers, the vertical movements of which are regulated by an adjustable or cam-operated incline G, the lower limit of movement being further determined, if desired, by an adjustable set-screw passing through a projection C<5> and engaging with the frame N. The segment S of the comb cylinder is made longer than usual, and the cam for raising and lowering the detaching-roller d<2> is so modified as to give the roller a longer dwell than usual in its lowest position, the means for driving the detaching- rollers being so modified that they will continue in rotation for a longer time than is usually the case.
Patent GB-190116203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Propelled Road Vehicles
Filed: 1901-08-12
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 16,203. Norris, W., and Coulthard & Co., T. Aug. 12. Motor road vehicles.- Relates to two-speed driving-gear. In this, the differential gear box or casing h is made in two halves, and is provided with sleeves or extensions i, i which carry gear-wheels d, d of different sizes. This casing is loosely supported on the divided chain pinion or driving- shaft k, k, the parts of which are provided with collars e<2>, e<2> to which the bevel-wheels e<1>, e<1> of the differential gear are secured. These collars abut against bearing- faces in the casing h which receive the thrust of the wheels and prevent the gear from spreading. The wheels d, d are driven by pinions c, c on the engine crank shaft a. The pinions are capable of being slid along the squared ends of the crank shank, so that either speed can be put in gear, by forks g. The whole of the gearing may be enclosed in an oil-bath casing l supported on spherical bushes n.
Patent GB-190119969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Off Liquids.
Inventor: HOOD HIRAM QUINN
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 19,969. Hood, H. Q. May 14, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Measured quantities, delivering.-The cylindrical measuring-vessel 1 is provided with an outlet tap 2 at the bottom, together with a gauge glass 6, and is attached to a cover 10 which contains a supply tap 17 and a vent-hole 19. The vessel is formed with an inward flange 3 having keyhole slots 4 and the cover is provided with knobs 11 to engage the slots. When the two parts are thus properly connected, they are locked by a vent tube 14 for the gauge.
Patent GB-190201878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drilling Machines.
Filed: 1902-01-23
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 1878. Hulse & Co., Bates, H., and Beeley, T. C. Jan. 23. Drilling.-A machine suitable for drilling at one operation the adjacent flanges of two lengths of boiler tube or flue, arranged end to end with a metal ring between them, has three standards 2, 3, 4 mounted on a bed 1, the outer two being adjustable along the bed by screws 7, 8, while the central one is adjustable transversely, so that the drill spindles 2<b>, 3<b>, 4<b>, carried by slides 2<a>, 3<a>, 4<a> on the standards, may be adjusted to suit the diameter of tube to be drilled. The spindles are driven from a pulley shaft 12 through bevel gearing 15, 17, 19, 21 and spur gearing 23. The feed is obtained from a shaft 25, driven through gearing from the pulley shaft, and having a ratchet-wheel 26 engaged by a pawl on a hand-wheel 42 carried by a sleeve 27, loose on the shaft 25 and connected by bevel gearing 28, 30, 32 and worm gearing 33 with pinion shafts, the pinions of which engage with racks on the spindle slides. The connection between the worm gearing and the pinion shafts is frictional, so that the spindles may be adjusted separately by hand-wheels 40 or simultaneously by power. The spindles may be adjusted simultaneously by a hand-wheel 42, the pawl being disengaged from the ratchet-wheel. The work is mounted on a table 44, which may be of the type described in Specification No. 12,002, A.D. 1899, and is adjustable to or from the bed 1. The table can be rotated by bevel gearing operated by a handwheel 52, and can be locked by a clamp with a right and left hand screw operated by the handle 58. The angular position of the table may be determined by dividing-mechanism or by a drilled templet.
Patent GB-190203539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Infusers for Tea, Coffee, and the like.
Inventor: HATELEY ALBERT
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 3539. Hateley, A. Feb. 12. Tea, coffee, &c. making apparatus.-The infuser A is provided with two half lids B, 0, each having a handle on its upper surface.
Patent GB-190212373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Dyeing of Fibrous Materials.
Inventor: OWENS CARADOC
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 12,373. Owens, C. May 31. Dyeing.-Consists in dyeing cotton or other fibrous material in a raw or woven state by applying thereto, while dry or moist, soluble colours in powder form, then saturating the material thus powdered with water, and afterwards expelling the superfluous liquid. An example is given in which cotton is treated in this manner with benzo-purpurin. The colour may be supplied to the material from a hopper, under which it is carried by a travelling apron or lattice. By applying the powder to the material while it is fedinto a lap machine, various shades may be obtained.
Patent GB-190213591-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stirrup
Inventor: MAXWELL WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 13,591. Maxwell, W. G. June 16. Stirrups. - Instead of the eye A lying in the plane of the bow C as usual, it is inclined at an angle thereto. The Figure shows the eye arranged at a right-angle. The eye may be made in a piece attached to the bow by a bolt, swivel, or similar device.
Patent GB-190214677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansion Nuts or Sockets for Bolts.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS WILLIAM ULRICH
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 14,677. Griffiths, W. U. July 1. Nuts.-A nut or socket is inserted in an opening, and is expanded therein so that it cannot be withdrawn by means of a bolt. The device is especially designed for employment in connection with stone and marble, and is particularly useful for securing lavatory basins. A nut c is provided with wings d, which are bent backwards to form bearing- plates e. After the nut is inserted in an opening, the bolt a is screwed up and presses against the plates e, thereby bending the same at right-angle with the bolt and forcing the wings d outwards to grip the walls of the opening. The plates e may be formed integral with each other, or they may be separated and bent back parallel with the wings d. The wings are formed of plate or sheet metal, and may be made integral with the nut c.
Patent GB-190221140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to Cattle Trucks.
Inventor: WRIGHT FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 21,140. Wright, F. G., and Marillier, F. W. Sept. 29. Cattle trucks.-Relates to means for automatically locking the movable partitions of cattle trucks by closing the doors. The top of the partition a, Fig. 4, is provided with projections b, which drop into recesses c or c<1> in a side sill d, and are locked by hooks f or f<2> on sliding bars f connected by links g to brackets h on the hinge posts i of the doors. The partition cannot be moved until both doors have been opened.
Patent GB-190303112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rests for use in Billiards and like Games.
Inventor: JACKSON HERBERT
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 3112. Jackson, H. Feb. 10. Billiards &c.-A cue rest is constructed with a metal head a, which can slide along a groove in a bar e, set-screws d securing the head in any required position. The head a has four semicircular rests b. The bar e is cast on a semicircular base f, each arm g of which is provided with a curved sliding leg h, the length of which can be adjusted and fixed bv set-screws j. The adjustment is limited by stops i. The parts l, m, n may also be used as rests.
Patent GB-190307508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Regulating Explosion Engines Driving Blast and like Apparatus.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 7508. Thompson, W. P., [Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft N³rnberg]. March 31. Compressing. - To enable explosion engines, which drive air-compressors supplying blast to blast furnaces &c., to supply blast occasionally considerably above the normal pressure, air is admitted to the engine cylinder a from the delivery pipe k of the compressor f, instead of from the atmosphere, by adjusting the valve m, and fuel is supplied under presssure also by a fan q driven by an electromotor or other means. The engine works on the four-stroke cycle, and the air valve is opened before the exhaust valve closes.
Patent GB-190308501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler-tube Cleaners
Inventor: WEINLAND HENRY FORRY
Filed: 1903-04-14
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 8501. Weinland, H. F. April 14. Cleaning tubes for boilers. The body of the cleaner containing the driving-turbine for the cutters is readily detachable and adjusted. Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the cleaner. The body 1 is in two parts 2, 3 screwed together. The part 2 is provided with a diaphragm 9 with slots or channels 10, so inclined as to direct the fluid against the vanes 22 of the wheel at the proper angle. The fluid escapes by the openings 17 in the part 16 of the casing 3, the head 32 being so shaped as to allow of the egress of the fluid and direct it against the walls of the tube. The water-wheel is fitted to the shaft 29 by means of a pin 30, and the head is screwed on to this shaft. Ball bearings 27, 28 are fitted for the shaft to rotate upon, and to take the thrust. These can be readily adjusted by means of the screw 13, when the flexible tube 8 is removed. The arms 34 are, preferably, centrifugally acted, and are provided with cleaning-cutters 37.
Patent GB-190308909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Lighting Cigars and other Articles.
Inventor: PENZ JOSEF
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 8909. Penz, J., and Struhler, M. April 20. Means for producing fire.-A benzine lamp, the wick of which is shown at h, is ignited by depressing a lever a which rotates the shafts c, d by a pawl b and gearing. The shaft c carries a ratchet-wheel which vibrates a spring-actuated hammer f for striking a band e containing ignition pellets. The band e is gradually wound from the shaft t to the shaft d. The extinguisher m is raised by the lever a and allowed to fall when the pin l is pulled out.
Patent GB-190309064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Bronze and the like Metallic Powder.
Inventor: LAUER LUDWIG
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 9064. Lauer, L. April 22. Bronzing and the like.-Bronze &c., in a form suitable for the manufacture of bronze &c. powders, is produced by subjecting molten metal, poured through a slit in an iron box or cylinder, to the action of a current of gas or liquid. The current of air may be produced by revolving vanes mounted on a shaft placed vertically below the slit, or the jet may be introduced from outside, fixed or movable baffle-plates being placed in the receptacle at right-angles to the jet. A mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, or other inert gases, or steam, or water, may be used instead of air.
Patent GB-190309213-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Blind for Windows Doorways and the like.
Inventor: HORTON HELEN
Filed: 1903-04-23
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 9213. Horton, H. April 23. Window blinds.-A sun-blind for a window, door, &c. is formed with a central rectangular portion a and folding, triangular, side portions b. The portion a is provided with pockets a<1>, a<2> for laths a<3>, a<4>, and the portions b with pockets b<2> for laths or rods b<3>, which may be hinged to the lath or rod a<4>. The corners of the blind are provided with eyelets or rings d for engagement with hooks e screwed into the framing c or into slats applicable to the framing. Cords d<2> are attached at the bends of the blind and engaged over the lower hooks e, to hold the blind taut and keep the side edges close against the door or window frame.
Patent GB-190310630-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Microphonic Transmitter.
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,630. Eckstein, A., and Brooker, A. May 11. Telephones.-In a microphonic transmitter, a tube C, of felt ur the like insulating and non- resilient material, is fixed to the vibrating d i aphragm B, and envelops the fixed electrode D, as shown, thus rendering the instrument easy to put together.
Patent GB-190310703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Primary and Secondary Electric Cells.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 10,703. Harrison, G., [Buffa, M.]. May 11. Primary batteries secondary batteries.-A soap electrolyte is used, with electrodes one of which is attacked by the soap and the other attacked only slightly or not at all. For a primary cell, the electrodes may be zinc and iron, the latter being covered with a layer of lead, copper, manganese, &c. peroxide, or permanganate or other strongly-oxidizing substance, to avoid polarization. The soap is then added. For a secondary cell, the negative electrode is a semi-liquid amalgam of zinc or cadmium placed in a small basin of insulating-material, or of a material unacted upon by mercury or alkali. The soap electrolyte is placed above this, then a layer of depolarizing- substance, and above that the iron, lead, or carbon positive electrode. Several basins may be superposed, connected either in series or in parallel. To avoid evaporation and the efflorescence that may appear on the soap, it is covered with a thin layer of paraffin or other similar insulating-substance. Any soap may be used, but preferably one rich in alkali. To obtain the latter, about 10 to 14 parts of commercial sodium oxide may be heated with 100 parts of distilled water, and about “ to 1/3 its weight of coco soap added. The soap coagulates on cooling. If too much alkali has been used, the soap leaves a liquid layer and some water must be added to its alkali. Alkaline or ammonium salts may also be added to the soap. In cases where the electrolyto is fluid, there are placed on the bottom of an iron basin small glass or porcelain insulators which carry the peroxide plate and a second basin.
Patent GB-190315570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Boxes and the like.
Inventor: ADRIANCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 15,570. Adriance, B. July 14. Metal, sheet, seaming.-Relates to the method of forming the seams in metal boxes, cans, and other similar vessels. The end of a box &c. formed with a five-fold or other similar seam has the seam finished off by impressing one or more grooves in the outer surface, while the inner surface is maintained flat. Fig. 4 shows the last operation, in which a flat tool N bears against the inner surface, and the tool M with the rib m is brought against the outer surface of the seam to form a groove f.
Patent GB-190316280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Mounting of Files.
Inventor: BERGER LOUIS
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 16,280. Berger, L. July 23. Files; handles.-Files are grooved by means of a milling-machine, burin, or other non-percussive tool. The grooves may be wide and alternate as shown in Fig. 7. A thin file a, Fig. 2, may be mounted on a handle b by means of a hook c at one end and an eccentric stud e at the other end. Two files may be secured to a handle by means of a T-headed screw stud. The files may be sharpened by grinding.
Patent GB-190316678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Bolts for Locking Nuts thereon.
Inventor: NOVAK EUGEN
Filed: 1903-07-29
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 16,678. Novßk, E. July 29. Locking nuts on bolts used for securing rail joints and other parts subject to vibration. The threaded part of the bolt is split axially as shown, and opened so that the ends c close to receive the nut. In a modified form, the slit does not extend to the point of the bolt. The nut is held in position by means of the elasticity of the bulged-out part.
Patent GB-190319739-A (GB)
Title: Improved Backing Sheet for Duplicator Stencils.
Inventor: WESTENHOFF JULIUS
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 19,739. Westenhoff, J. Sept. 14. Copying documents; type-writers.-Backing-sheets for type-writers for preparing duplicator stencil sheets are made of strong paper, fabric, or other material having on one side impressions which give it the appearance of linen. The use of these sheets prevents the complete cutting out of closed letters, and obviates the use of a silk sheet between the waxed stencil sheet and the backing-sheet.
Patent GB-190319751-A (GB)
Title: Valve Gear for Steam Engines.
Inventor: HUNGER OSKAR
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-09-14
Abstract: 19,751. Hunger, O. Sept. 14. Valve gear ;eccentrics.-A countershaft a carries a cam b adapted to act on a roller c. The roller is mounted in a ring d rotatably held in a frame, and its position is regulated by linkage k connected to the governor. The frame has a connecting-rod f carrying at its free end a roller n working on a guide-rail r, and a second roller o adapted to act on a sliding block s on the stem of the admission valve. The frame also has a guided rod g which constrains it to move in a straight line. The position of the roller c with respect to the axis of the connecting-rod regulates the points of admission and cut-off. The guiding-faces of the valve block and guiding-rail may both be curved or otherwise shaped. In a modi6cation, the cam device is replaced by an eccentric.