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Patent GB-190101050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fudge or Late News Linotypes, Means for Moulding them and Means for Holding them in Printing Position.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 1050. Lock, W. H., Elliott, R. C., and Holliwell, C. Jan. 16. Linotype machines; late news, means for printing. -Relates to the production of fudge linotypes, and to means for holding them in printing-position. It is specially applicable for fudge linotypes cast by the Mergenthaler machine, Specification No. 14,582, A.D. 1890, in moulds such as are described in Specification No. 22,107, A.D. 1900. Fig. 16 shows one of the improved fudge linotypes, the dotted lines indicating the dimensions of an ordinary type-high linotype. The printing- edge of the linotype is of the normal length, and the projections 24, which engage beneath the undercut edges of the stereotype plate in the fudge cavity, are prolonged beyond it. The body mould of the fudge linotype differs therefore from the ordinary mould, not only in its reduced depth, but also in its slightly increased length. Fig. 4 shows a portion of the mould-wheel 1 and vice 3, 4 in front elevation. The length of the line is determined by the abutment of the jaws 3, 4 against the stop-screw 6 and stop-nut 8 respectively. On the vice jaws are pivoted adjustable stops 18, which can be interposed between the vice jaw and the stop-screw and stop-nut so as to bring the jaws closer together. Their distance apart is then the exact length of a normal line. When a fudge linotype is to be cast, the stops 18 are thrown back, and a special matrix quad 13 is fixed to the face of each jaw, the normal length of line being still preserved. Fig. 9 shows one of the matrix quads in edge view, and Fig. 11 shows its face. A split dowel pin 11 and a steadying-pin 12 enter recesses in the face of the vice jaw, and hold the quad in place. Projections 14 enter recesses formed in the face of the fudge linotype mould 16, and produce in the cast linotype the notches or recesses 35, Fig. 16. Instead of using the special matrix quads shown in Fig. 11, a matrix quad 32, Fig. 12, having a projection 14, may be placed at each end of the composed line. Figs. 13 and 15 show a number of fudge linotypes 24 fixed in the fudge cavity 27 in a turtle or stereotype plate 37. They are locked in place by a bar 28 provided with a set-screw 29, and having teeth 31, which bite into the overhanging ledges 25 of the stereotype plate. The linotypes are inserted either by skewing them, or through a gate formed at the top or bottom of the cavity by cutting away the overhanging ledges 25. The deep recesses 35 formed by the projections 14 enable the ledges 25 to be thicker and stronger than would otherwise be the case.
Patent GB-190101281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Stretchers.
Inventor: ROWDEN GEORGE VERE
Filed: 1901-01-19
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 1281. Rowden, G. V. Jan. 19. Trouser stretchers.-Fig. 2 shows a vertical section. The stretcher consists of two clamps e, f, one of which e is fixed on a bar a, and the other is movable along it, but can be fixed in position by causing a loop or hook m to engage with one of a number of teeth b on the bar. The bar a is preferably in two parts a', a', united by a socket c. The clamps consist each of a bottom plate g provided with upstanding end plates h, the top of each of which is turned over at h<1> to hold in place the bar i, between which and the plate g the trousers are clamped.
Patent GB-190105955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Buckles.
Inventor: SCHEUER RALPH
Filed: 1901-03-21
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 5955. Scheuer, R. Aug. 25, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Buckles. -Buckles intended more particularly for men's belts are formed with the usual frame a, rear bar a<1>, and tongue a<2>, and are also provided with a loop c, Fig. 1, adapted to engage over the uppermost button of the trousers. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the button is engaged between two bars d.
Patent GB-190106738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1901-03-30
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 6738. Haddan, R., [Bosch y Poquet, J.]. March 30. Plunger pumps ; actuating pumps ; counterbalances.-A hollow plunger B' works in a pump body provided with a suction valve C', and delivery valve F<1>. The plunger is operated by a lever to the short arm of which it is connected. The pump may be combined with an accumulator 0<1> having a delivery pipe L<1> and overflow M<1>. The plunger B<1> may be weighted, or weights S may be attached to the lever. The lever is supported on knife-edges. A simpler modification is shown in which the accumulator is not used.
Patent GB-190108627-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Crutch for Invalids.
Inventor: RUGG DANIEL
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 8627. Rugg, D. April 26. Crutches.-The cross-piece A of the crutch is fitted with a socket B, in which is pivoted the head-piece C of the staff F, thus providing for a limited swinging movement of the staff. A slotted washer E is inserted between the head-piece and the cross-piece. The handle G, Fig. 2, is adjustably clamped on the staff by the screw H.
Patent GB-190109598-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Appointment Diary or Calendar.
Inventor: ROENNEBERG EMIL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1901-05-08
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 9598. R÷nneberg, E. F. May 8. Memorandum tablets.-An appointment diary or calendar is arranged with two blocks or pads a, b of tear-off sheets for alternate weeks &c., secured on cardboard &c. bases c, d, and held together by bands e disposed as shown, or by links &c., so that the current sheet can always be turned to the top, leaving the next sheet below, as shown. Holes &c. g are provided for suspension. The divisions on the sheets may also be arranged one above the other ; the pads may also be arranged side by side so that the current sheet is always on the left.
Patent GB-190123543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: LOSFELD DESIRE
Filed: 1901-11-20
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 23,543. Losfeld, D. Nov. 20. Acetylene.-Relates to apparatus in which the carbide is automatically fed into the water. Upon the generator A is mounted by means of standards 3, 6, &c. a ring 1, and upon this is supported by brackets 13, 14, another ring 2. Between these rings are mounted a number of spindles, each of which carries by means of plates 8, 9 four carbide receptacles D, D', D<11>, D<111> provided with hinged bottoms. The gas-holder bell C, which floats in a tank C', carries a frame l, m, n in which is mounted as an inclined plane a plate o. As the bell C descends, the plate o engages one of a number of pins j mounted on the tank C', and the bell is thus partially rotated. During this motion a rod p on the other side of the bell pushes round one of the carbide holders D, while the catch 20, which retains the bottom of the holder D in place, comes into contact with a fixed catch q, and the bottom of the holder is thus liberated. The charge of carbide thereupon falls on a shoot c, which conducts it into a cylinder T. This cylinder depends from the middle of the top of the gas holder C, so as to telescope over a cylinder Q rising from the bottom of the tank C<1> and receiving a cylinder J which descends into the water in the generator. Conical bodies N, L, mounted below the cylinder J, prevent the gas produced from entering the cylinder. The shoot c is made in two telescopic parts, so that it may be extended under the carbide holders by the chain d as the bell descends. The gas produced is washed by the water in the generator, and is conducted by a pipe V to a purifier B, and thence by a pipe P to the bell C. As many as 60 carbide holders D, each containing about 1 kilogramme of carbide, which is sufficient to charge the bell C with gas, may be employed.
Patent GB-190205558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Ship Propellers
Inventor: RICHARDSON WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1902-03-06
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 5558. Richardson, W. J. March 6. Screw propellers.-Two propellers C, Dare arranged on the propeller shaft, which is extended so as to have a bearing in the rudderpost. The propeller C is of fine pitch, and is keyed or fixed to the shaft A, while the other propeller D is of coarse or flat pitch and is loose. The propeller D runs on ball bearings, and, through the operating-rod G, lever F, and clutch mechanism c, d<1>, it can be put into or out of gear with the fast propeller C. Mounted on the extending boss d<2> is the strap E, which runs on ball bearings d<3> and has ball bearings provided at each side.
Patent GB-190206313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Panels, Awnings and other Flexible or Stretched Surfaces for Luminous Decorative Effects.
Inventor: BEAU HENRI
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 6313. Beau, H. March 14. Ornamental effects.-Electric incandescent lamps for decorative purposes are carried by holders provided with clips or spikes to engage parallel conductors forming parts of flexible materials, which may be used as hangings, or to cover walls. In one construction, wires a, Fig. 1, placed parallel at some distance apart, are connected mechanically by transverse non-conducting threads, insulated wires, or short rigid stays b ; the whole structure is flexible, and may be covered with fabric. The ends of the wires a are held by binding-screws in two wooden rods A, each of which carries a main conductor connected to alternate screws. The lamp-holders shown in Fig. 4, or the lamp caps, have springs k to clip the wires. In another arrangement, shown in Fig. 5, strips of metal gauze m and india-rubber n are sewn on a felt backing o, under a covering of india-rubber sheet p, and the lamp-holders have spikes q to enter the gauze strips, which conduct the current.
Patent GB-190215132-A (GB)
Inventor: HOFFMANN ERNST GUSTAV
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 15,132. Hoffmann, E. G. July 7. Ball bearings.-Relates to a method for securely attaching to the shaft the part on which the balls run. The collar a, which is to be attached to the shaft, has a tapered interior, inside which is the cone c split at e, the split being engaged by a pin f on the interior of the collar a. The nut j, which screws into the collar a, has an internal recess i, which engages with a corresponding projection h on the split cone c. The cone c is first compressed until the shoulder h can pass into the recess i, and is then slid on to the shaft within the collar a. On screwing the nut into the collar, the latter is drawn over the cone c, and is held tightly on the shaft. The Provisional Specification describes a modification in which the cone is provided with a screwed end for the nut, in which case the nut is not screwed into the collar, but engages with it in the manner of a bayonet joint or by other suitable means.
Patent GB-190219517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Pasting Paper Strips on Sheets of Cardboard.
Inventor: JAGENBERG FERDINAND EMIL
Filed: 1902-09-05
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 19,517. Jagenberg, F. E. Sept. 5. Cutting-machines for paper; pasting.-Paper a, pasted on one side, is fed, together with sheets of cardboard, between rollers b, then beneath cutters m, over a guide-roller i, and between rollers d, which serve to press against the cardboard any part of the paper which becomes detached during the cutting operation. The cutters m, of which there may be one or more, are carried by a roller c driven intermittently by means of a toothed wheel r and mutilated toothed wheel z. Contact with the cardboard tends to rotate the wheel z, which turns until one of the knives m rests upon the card- board, which then passes beneath the roller with- out turning it. When the knife reaches the gap between the cardboard sheets, the wheels c, z engage with each other and the knife m is revolved and cuts the paper. The cutting-edges of the knives, or the points of the teeth formed on them, are bent back or bevelled.
Patent GB-190224260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trolleys for Electric Railways with Overhead Conductors.
Inventor: LIMAUGE EUGENE
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 24,260. Limauge, E. Nov. 5. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Relates to trolley rope pulling-down appliances. Collectors.-The trolley rope is attached to and pulled down by a counterweight normally held up by a catch, which is liberated when the trolley wheel slips off the wire. As shown in Fig. 2, the weight d in the casing is held up by a pivoted lever c, of which the longer end is connected to the trolley rope g by a branch cord f. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the weight d is held up by the forked ends of the slides o engaging under its head t, and the slides are forced inwards by the links q and weight p. When the pole flies up, an L-piece u, attached to the rope and working in the head t, engages the arm r and lifts the weight p, thus causing the links to open the slides and liberate the weight d, which pulls the cord and pole down. The appliance is re-set by pulling up the cord and temporarily supporting the weight d by turning the L-shaped end of the rod w under it while the catch is allowed to act.
Patent GB-190225316-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Cleaning or Wiping Windows.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 25,316. Jensen, C. A., [Maske, E.]. Nov. 18. Windows, cleaning.-Two rubber strips b, c, set at an angle, are carried by a holder a, which extends across the window and is suspended from a spring roller. When pulled down by means of a cord f, the holder a is kept pressed towards the glass by a guide-rail g. When it reaches the bottom of the window and is released, it passes outside the rail g, and is pulled up by the spring roller, with the rubber strips b, c clear of the glass, as indicated by dotted lines at a'.
Patent GB-190227250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppering Bottles.
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 27,250. Barton, H. W., and Marshall & Co., H. Dec. 10. Stoppers.-Relates to stoppers in the manufacture of which short corks are preferably utilized. A slightly-tapered cork c, Fig. 1, is forced into a hole in a flat ring a, which is pivoted by means of side wires to a wire ring f surrounding the bottle neck. The ring a is also formed with a recessed lip d engaging with a cam-spring clip e, which is also pivoted to the ring f by means of side wires. The cam clip e presses the cork downwards in addition to securing it. In the modified stopper shown in Fig. 3, the wires connecting the ring a and the clip e to the ring f pass through the substance of the bottle neck. The lip d is formed with an opening through which the clip e passes.
Patent GB-190303481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Compressing Shuttle Cops.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 3481. Bloxam, A. G., [Soc. Anon. Tissage de Coton "La Goriandre "]. Feb. 13. Loom cops weavers' tools.-An apparatus, of the kind described in Specification No. 13,638, A.D. 1900, for compressing shuttle cops, comprises a vertically-reciprocating slide 4 carrying a conical block 8 and actuated by a rod 10, link 11, ratchetwheel 13, and pawl 17 pivoted to the lay. A part 18 of the wheel has no teeth, and when the pawl rides on this part the ratchet-wheel remains at rest ; the wheel may be started by means of a three-armed foot-lever 19 carrying a pawl 22 which engages with the teeth of the wheel. The weaver places the cop on the peg of the shuttle, which is laid in a shoe 1, with the shuttle peg raised into a vertical position. The shoe is supported by a sliding piece 5, the vertical movements of which are limited by means of springs 6 and an abutment 7. When adapted to a high-speed loom, the apparatus may be operated from an auxiliary shaft running at a reduced speed. The apparatus may be used in connection with a group of four looms.
Patent GB-190303731-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cinder Catcher for Domestic Fire-places.
Inventor: CHEETHAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 3731. Cheetham, J. Feb. 17. Ashpans and ashguards.-A cinder catcher for use under an ordinary domestic grate consists of an inclined wire grid in a metal frame. The frame has flat sides, and inclined ends, as shown, and is provided with pivoted legs g, which are prevented from moving too far by stops c. The wire grid is kept in position by means of projections which pass through the ends of the frame. A cover e extends across part of the bottom, and is formed, by bending or otherwise, with side gussets f. According to the Provisional Specification, the wirework grid has a sloping bottom, with an upturned end which goes under the grate.
Patent GB-190305025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Looms for Weaving
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1903-03-04
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 5025. Mills, B. J. B., [Barbier, A., Charmetant, C., and Grassy, J.]. March 4. Swivel looms.-The figuring-shuttles are carried by a beam b, which is independent of the ordinary batten f and, when not required to be in use, occupies the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so that the loom may operate in all respects like an ordinary loom. The beam b is carried by a frame c, which can turn and slide on the rod e. When the figuring-sbuttles are to be brought into operation, the frame c is slid to the desired extent upon the rod e against the action of a spring by means of one of a series of hooks h of different sizes connected by cords g with the jacquard, the raised hook being blocked in the raised position by a catch l until released by the raising of another hook. One or other of a pair of cords m connected with the jacquard operates a lever n so as to depress a spring hook z on the batten, whereby, on the next approach of the batten to the frame c, the batten and frame are connected with one another. The beam b is carried by a pair of spring rods 1, and, as the frame c and batten are moved to the right, in Fig. 4, a bowl 3 on each spring rod 1 engages with a cam-groove 4 on the frame, and the figuring-shuttles are depressed into the open shed. The levers n are blocked in the operative position by catch levers u until the latter are raised by tappets p. Each shuttle is reciprocated through the shed by a cord 10 connected with the threearmed lever 9, one arm of this lever being connected to a crank-pin on a segmental wheel 7. Each wheel 7 is mounted on a lever, and is supported by a cam 27 which is partially rotated in one direction by a spring and in the other by a cord 28 connected with the jacquard. When the wheel 7 is raised by its cam, it is brought within range of one of a number of continuously-rotated segmental wheels 6, which at each rotation of the shaft o turns the wheel 7 through a half-revolution and effects the movement of the shuttle through the shed. The ordinary picking-stick 14 is provided with a pawl or catch 17, through which it is operated by the segment 16. Normally, the pawl 17 is held out of action, but, when the shuttle enters the shuttle box, it engages with the spring lever 19 and, by means of the connections shown, causes the depression of the lever 18 and thereby allows the shuttle to be operated at the next pick. In order to render the ordinary picking-mechanism inoperative when the mechanism is in use, the hooks z are also connected with the levers 18, whereby they hold up the pawls 17 clear of the segments 16 until the use of the figuring-shuttles is no longer required and the beam b has been moved into the forward position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the spring lever 19, which at this time is blocked, yielding sufficiently to the shuttle in the box.
Patent GB-190317881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Tarpauline, Sheets, Covers, and Roofs.
Inventor: WYLIE THOMAS NIGEL
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 17,881. Wylie, T. N., and Henderson, A. J. Aug. 18. Bodies; ventilating.-Vans, trucks, passenger carriages, and the like are provided with a double roof 1, 2, the lower roof 1 having ventilating- apertures 14, which, in the case of passenger carriages, are preferably arranged in a cluster so as to be opened and closed by a slide 15.
Patent GB-190321404-A (GB)
Title: Electricity Meter for Alternating Currents.
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 21,404. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 5. Energy meters.- An alternating-current induction motor meter has two similar magnets m, n, one carrying a pressure coil and the other a maincurrent coil, constructed and placed near opposite surfaces of the rotor s so that the magnetic circuit of each magnet is completed partly through one pole-piece of the other magnet, and partly through the whole of this magnet. The coils may be placed on either of the limbs or the yokes of the magnets. The broad pole-pieces shown may be slotted so that each magnet has three equal limbs, or the pole faces may be otherwise modified. Compensation for friction is obtained by slightly displacing one magnet relatively to the other, as shown. For polyphase currents, the meter has more than one pair of such magnets. Current meters.-The rotor s in the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 may be controlled by a torsion spring, and the currents to be measured, or shunt currents derived therefrom with different phase, are passed through the two coils.
Patent GB-190326703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Furnaces for Hardening Steel Cutters or other Tools or Articles.
Inventor: BRAYSHAW SHIPLEY NEAVE
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,703. Brayshaw, S. N. Dec. 7. Furnaces for tempering metals. -Relates to apparatus for hardening steel cutters or other tools and articles by heating them in a melting-pot containing a salt, metal, or alloy fusible at the required temperature. The furnace consists of an annular casing A lined with fire-tiles a, and supported by supports C. The melting-pot B, upon a firebrick pedestal E, is heated by a ring of gas or oil burners D arranged around the bottom of the casing. A receptacle F catches any splashes which may fall from the melting-pot. The articles to be hardened are placed upon a perforated tray K, or upon a number of perforated grids K<1> supported by the tray K as shown in Fig. 6. The grids may be lifted by a fork which is inserted in holes in the lugs K<4>. The tray is suspended from a chain, by which it is raised and lowered, and is prevented from turning by one or more guide-rods k passing through holes in the cover B<1> of the furnace. A hole is also provided in the tray to allow it to be raised or lowered without disturbing the pyrometer B. The cover B' is made preferably in two parts to facilitate the insertion of the articles to be heated. A vertically-sliding door is fitted to the side of the furnace, and flues H are provided in the upper part for the escape of waste products.
Patent GB-190403306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hockey Clubs.
Inventor: AYRES FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3306. Ayres, F. H., and Buckoke, G. Feb. 10. Hockey.-For the purpose of strengthening the junction of the handle and head of spliced hockey clubs, and of increasing its elasticity, strips of hard vulcanized fibre or equivalent resilient strengtbening-material b are cemented in slots inclined to the axis of the handle on each side of the splicing c. In the case of unspliced clubs, a single strip of vulcanite suffices.