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Patent GB-190217905-A (GB)
Title: "Improvements in Water Level Indicators" for Boilers and the like
Inventor: BERTHELOT JEAN BAPTISTE
Filed: 1902-08-14
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 17,905. Berthelot, J. B. April 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gauge-glass fittings.-To facilitate the removal of broken glasses, the stuffing-boxes C are made detachable from the rest of the fitting, to which they may be attached either by an internal or an external screw-thread, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively.
Patent GB-190218647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Hydrocarbon-stoves for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: HURWITZ HERMANN
Filed: 1902-08-25
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 18,647. Hurwitz, H., and Sohapiro, A. Aug. 25. Lamp stoves.-In order to prevent the burner t from getting too hot, the chimney is formed with an enlarged upper part u<3>, Fig. 2, having perforated sides for the escape of the heated gases. The lower part of the chimney forms a casing u<1> round the reservoir. In Fig. 4 a ring r is shown, inserted between this casing and the reservoir ; or air holes w, Fig. 2, are provided for keeping the burner cool.
Patent GB-190224348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Postal Cards.
Inventor: ZERKOWSKI JACOB
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 24,348. Zerkowski, J. Nov. 6. Letter-cards; postcards.-The pictorial or plain postcard a is secured to one of the gummed edges of the perforated covering card b to form a lettercard. The card b may be detached, and the postcard a used in the ordinary way.
Patent GB-190225227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Cleaning Eye-glasses, Lenses and the like.
Inventor: SPRATT HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 25,227. Spratt, H. J., Spratt, A. S., and Spratt, G. A. Nov. 17. Spectacles and eyeglasses; lenses.-Eyeglasses, spectacles, and lenses are cleaned with Japanese or other tissue paper, a number of sheets B of which are held together by a clip c with bent ends E to grip the cover A, the whole being folded up, as shown in Fig. 3. The sheets are preferably perforated at D.
Patent GB-190227520-A (GB)
Title: A Rotating Horizontal Grate for use in Gas Producers
Inventor: SCOTT EDWIN FRANCIS
Filed: 1902-12-13
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 27,520. Scott, E. F., and Booth, R. Dec. 13. Gas-producers ; grates.-Relates to horizontal grates, capable of rotation, for use with continuously-working gas-producers. Two forms are shown in position at the lower end of gas-producers. As shown in Fig. 1, the hollow cylindrical grate 1 is formed with holes which open out at the exterior of the grate. Projections 1<a> are also provided. The grate is supported in suitable bearings. One end of the grate is closed by a plate 9 which is forced against the corresponding journal by a cottar. The other journal communicates with a pipe 12, through which air and steam are supplied in the ordinary manner. It passes to the grate as escapes by the holes in its shell. Instead of round holes, longitudinal or circumferential slots may be provided. Fig. 5 shows the grate as constructed of two hollow conical iron castings 13, 14 secured together by bolts. Longitudinal slots or other holes are formed in it for the escape of air and steam. The grate may have a polygonal crosssection to cause disturbance of the fuel when rotated. The grate, in either case, may be rotated by a bar inserted in holes in the external collars of the grate or by gearing.
Patent GB-190227615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Adjustment of Rolls for Rolling Endless Material.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1902-12-15
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 27,615. Hargreaves, W. Dec. 13. Seats and seat-backs.-Relates to protected seats for tramcars and other vehicles. To the side frames a, which may be hinged to the foot, are pivoted seats b, the short ends of which are weighted so that, when not in use, the seats are sheltered under the flaps e and top rail f. When a seat is drawn down for use, the flap e assumes the position marked A, and forms a back. Rubber studs g or flat springs cushion the seats when open.
Patent GB-190227895-A (GB)
Title: Casing for Supporting the Effective Iron Rings of Electrical Machines.
Inventor: LASCHET NICOLAS
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 27,895. Laschet, N. Dec. 17. Casings.-A casing for supporting the effective iron rings of an alternating or polyphase electric machine is made in two similar end pieces to allow of free radial flow of cooling-air through the slots in the rings, each end piece being built up of ordinary forms of rolled and sheet iron. Fig. 1 shows an end elevation of one of the end pieces g consisting of an annular piece d and a peripheral piece c separated by spacing-pieces z to form slots s for the passage of ventilating-air. Various arrangements of rings of angle, channel, H-section, T- section, &c. irons are used in building up the pieces g. For example, in the casing shown in Fig. 2, the effective rings e are supported by angle-irons a from angle-irons b which form with channel-irons c the peripheral pieces ; the annular piece consists of a channel-iron. This construction may be modified by omitting the angle-irons b and placing the spacing-pieces z between the parts e, d, or by replacing the channel-irons c by quadrant or pile irons, &c. In other forms, the annular piece consists of a single or double web girder having sheetiron webs and flanges connected by angle-irons, the whole forming rings as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 12 shows an arrangement of this kind in which the outer flange and the peripheral piece consist of a single channel-iron m. This channel-iron may be replaced by longitudinal T-irons, which may extend from one end of the casing to the other or may terminate over the angle-irons a on the rings e, spacing-pieces z being inserted between any of the connected parts. In one case, the channel-irons m and the angle-irons a are replaced by two T-irons which are drawn together by bolts so as to grip and support the rings e. The annular pieces may also be built up of open or lattice work. Fig. 22 illustrates the use of spacing-pieces z which enter the ventilating-slots between the parts of the rings e and embrace the fastening-bolts b. The pieces z are secured to longitudinal guides t between the pieces g of the casing by adjustable screws, wedges, or wedges and screws. The adjustable screws o connecting the pieces g and the girders t allow the connections to be drawn together in such a manner that distortions &c. may be obviated.
Patent GB-190304790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: ALLMAN DAVID WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 4790. Allman, D. W. March 2. Tobacco pipes.-To absorb the nicotine from, and purify and cool, the smoke before it passes into the stem it is drawn down a tube C into a chamber J, where the nicotine and other heavier constituents are deposited on an absorbent pad I the smoke passing on through a medicated filter D into a recess F communicating with the stem G. The pad I is held in a plug H which is screwed or otherwise detachably secured to the bottom of the bowl. A non-return valve may be fitted in the stem to prevent air from passing to the filter.
Patent GB-190307521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Balls.
Inventor: SPEAR ANSON RANDOLPH
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 7521. Spear, A. R. March 31. Balls for golf are made from plastic mass or pulp of india-rubber or like elastic material, round which are wound strips 3, Fig. 1, of india-rubber or the like, under tension and in all directions, as shown ; the material oozes out between the windings and binds them together, little or none of the pulp being left at the centre when the winding is finished. An outer cover 4 of guttapercha or other material is then applied, and is secured by pulp, which oozes through between the windings. In a modified ball, a solid centre-piece is used, round which the pulp is placed.
Patent GB-190309077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling the Speed of Motor Car Engines.
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 9077. Soc. Anon. des Anciens Etablissements Panhard et Levassor. Dec. 10, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to an apparatus for controlling the speed of the engines of a motor car, which can be manipulated from the steering- wheel. Two thumb-pieces, mounted on the wheel, rotate two drums, on which are wound two cords, attached to the ignition apparatus and the inlet valve. The cords are led down the steering- pillar. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of the apparatus fixed to a steering-wheel. The shaft o is fixed to the wheel at its ends, and by the cylindrical cap b, which has notches to engage similar notches on the cups f. These cups are attached to the thumb-pieces or wheels k by means of tubes. The sleeves c, which can rotate and slide on the shaft o, carry the drums g, on which the cords h, controlling the inlet valve and the apparatus for timing the ignition are wound. The springs e keep the notches of the cups f and the sleeve b engaged, and so lock the drums in any position. To rotate the sleeve c, the thumbpieces are pressed against the spring action, so as to clear these notches.
Patent GB-190311025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Cars.
Inventor: WEYDE HENRY VANDER
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-06-14
Abstract: 11,025. Weyde, H. V., Weyden, H. V., and Bonnell, B. J. May 14. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to means for contracting in width motor cars and delivery vans, so as to permit their passage through narrow doorways, and to enable them to occupy less storage space. In one arrangement, shown in plan in Figs. 5 and 6, and in end elevation in Fig. 7, the front and rear wheel axles are in two halves a, b, pivoted vertically at c, d and are connected by the diagonal pairs of links h, h<1>, to the nuts k, k<1>, working on the right and left screw m, m<1>, pivoted at o, by a handle p, and a ratchet-wheel q having a detent r to keep the frame rigid in its normal position. Fig. 6 shows the wheels brought nearer to the central plane of the vehicle. Both pairs of wheels are mounted as steering-wheels although only the front pair is used for steering, the axles of the wheels being pivoted on the vertical axes u, u<1> in the forked ends of the axles and having the fore and aft crank arms u<2>, coupled by the links w with a similar central arm so as to maintain the parallelism of the wheels, the central arm in the case of the steering-wheels being carried by a vertical spindle connected with the hand steering-wheel. When in the normal position, the parts of the divided axles are supported by the cross underframes e, e<1>, to which they are pivoted, and are held rigidly against the end-pieces t by the longitudinal screw m and the ratchet-wheel q and detent r. In order to admit of the swivelling motion of the axles without disturbing the driving-gear, the driving-wheels may be driven through chain gear 11 from a countershaft formed of two parts 1, 2, Fig. 7, connected by the differential-gear box 6, driven from the engine shaft. Each part of the countershaft consists of two members connected by a clutch 8. The carriage body or seat is mounted to turn upon a vertical pivot, so that, for storing purposes, it may be turned edgeways. In a modification, the front and rear axletrees are coupled by a pair of links, so as to swivel in unison with a parallel motion by a hand-wheel pinion, in gear with a toothed segment fast on one of the two axles. In another modification, the members of the divided axles remain parallel in all positions and those of the rear axle are provided with toothed, worm, or screw and link gear, operated as before. Fig. 12 shows the motor delivery van, where the wheels f, g are mounted as previously described. The body 30 of the van is made narrow and is provided with collapsable extensions comprising a side panel 31 hinged to iront and rear panels 32 that are hinged to the body 30 of the van so that they can be turned about vertical axes. The hinged flaps 34 can be turned back upon the top of the van. There are similar flaps at the bottom.
Patent GB-190314479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoves.
Inventor: FAUST CASPER
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 14,479. Faust, C. June 29. Air-heating and ventilating stoves cooking-stoves. -A stove for supplying hot pure air to and removing cold foul air from a building and which may be adapted for use as a cooking-stove, has a fire-box 4 and an ash box 5 separated by a grate 6 and situated between two longitudinal partitions 2, 3. The wood or other fuel is supplied through an opening closed by a door 8 with a catch 9. The ashpit contains a pan 11 having a fixed handle 13, a pivoted bail 12, and guide-lugs 15 sliding on rails 14. The ashpit opening is closed by a hinged door 16, having a catch, and air inlets controlled by a slide 19. The supply of fresh air to a space 32, between the partition 3 and the casing, is controlled by a damper 36, and the air passes by pipes 38, 41, 40, 39 into the room to be heated. The passage of foul air into a space 28, between the casing and the partition 2, is controlled by a sliding door 30. The foul air and the products of combustion pass through apertures in a partition 21 into a smokebox 22 with an opening 24 leading to a discharge elbow 25 with a collar 27 to receive the chimney. When the foul-air draught is open, the fire is allowed to burn very slowly. A rectangular stove is shown. In a modification, the casing is cylindrical and the smoke chamber is divided into three compartments by two vertical partitions. The side compartments have openings leading into the room to be heated and communicate with the fresh-air compartment. In a rectangular cooking-stove, the products of combustion and the foul air are led round an oven at the side of the fresh-air chamber, while the hot air is discharged through openings in the top hot plate, which has pot openings with removable lids. The fresh-air supply is controlled by a sliding damper operated by an external lever.
Patent GB-190314596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessel Hulls.
Inventor: WHITTELSEY HENRY NEWTON
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 14,596. Whittelsey, H. N. June 30. Ships' hulls; frames.- The frames of barges, coal, grain, oil, and other vessels are partly or wholly composed of straight iron or steel structural shapes. Fig. 7 shows a transverse sectional elevation while Figs. 9, 11, 14, and 15 show transverse sectional elevations on an enlarged scale of half the hull on the lines 9, 10, 14, 15 of Figs. 2 and 5. A series of frames a, c, b, d, e, f, i having " knuckles "j, k, m, n, o, p at their junctions receive the skin plating. Bracket plates g serve to tie the frames b, d together and to form a support for the plates of the side decks h.
Patent GB-190315789-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement for Fastening the Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: BLACK WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 15,789. Black, W. J. July 17. Doors, locking automatically or simultaneously.- The doors of a railway carriage are locked automatically while the carriage is in motion by a governor K, Fig. 2, driven from one of the axles M and arranged to actuate fastenings A on each side of the carriage by means of a transverse shaft J, longitudinal rods G, bell-crank levers E, rods C, and levers A<3>. The fastenings A are mortised into the frames B of the doors D, and each consists of a bolt A', Fig. 5, pressed by a spring A<2> into a recess in the door, and connected by a lever Y to the lever A<3> The arms on the shaft J, which operate the rods G, are fixed to bosses 0, Fig. 4, which are engaged by keys O<1> in the shaft J. The doors on either side of the carriage can be fastened, when the carriage is stationary, by freeing the boss 0 on that side from its key by means of a foot-lever R<1>, and turning the boss by Means of a foot-lever P. A catch lever X<2> prevents the boss O from slipping back over the key until required to do so.
Patent GB-190323248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inlet Valves for Compressing Engines
Inventor: REYNOLDS IRVING HUNTINGTON
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 23,248. Lake, H. H., [Reynolds, I. H.]. Oct. 27. Actuating tubular valves. Relates to a valve for the inlet openings in air-compressing engines. Air enters the engine from outside, finding its way through quadrangular perforations i in a cupshaped piece f when the annular slide valve l is raised. The latter is geared to, and reciprocated by, a rock-shaft u, through the arm t and crosshead q sliding in fixed guides r. The cup-shaped piece is flanged externally at g to admit of being removably fixed to the engine ; to reduce resistance to ingress of air, the walls e are sloped away from the holes in the walls f. Packings n, p are used to make the valve airtight.
Patent GB-190326477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to String Boxes and String Cutters.
Inventor: HUDSON ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 26,477. Hudson, R. W., [trading as Hudson, R. S.], and Pritchard, A. R. Dec. 3. String holders.-A string cutter for use on string boxes and counters consists of a vertical knife blade d, Figs. 1 and 2, with its edge covered by a V-shaped shield a. The knife and shield may be secured in a string box, as shown, or in any other suitable manner, or the device may be provided with a wood screw thread to enable it to be screwed to a counter.
Patent GB-190328170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Spreading Tobacco for Cigarette Making Machines.
Inventor: KURKIEWICZ HENRYK
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 28,170. Kurkiewicz, H., and Aivaz, J. Dec. 22. Cigarette-making machines and appliances.-A machine for spreading tobacco, preparatory to passing it through a cigarette-making machine, consists of a travelling band b which feeds the tobacco to a drum c provided with points or teeth to carry the tobacco under a second similar drum d, which removes the surplus tobacco and spreads the remainder in a uniform layer on the periphery of the first drum. It is then carried past a guideplate g and stripped by a drum f into the hopper h of the cigarette-making machine. The excess tobacco is removed from the drum d and thrown back on to the feeding-band by a flyer e. Motion is conveyed from any suitable part of the cigarettemaking machine to a conical pulley on the shaft k of the drum f, and is transmitted by worm gearing to the shaft c' carrying the drum c, from one end of which the roller b' is driven through wheels t, s, u, v ; on the other end is secured a sprocket-wheel l which imparts motion to the drum d through a pin m, levers n, p, connecting- link o, a pawl p<1>, and a ratchet-wheel q. The flyer e is driven by an endless cord from the shaft k.
Patent GB-190400688-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Starching Linen.
Inventor: MCINTYRE CHARLES
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 688. McIntyre, C. Jan. 11. Starching clothes and the like.-Fig. 1 shows an apparatus for starching linen. A trough 1 with a corrugated bottom 3 is caused to reciprocate by means of a rod 15 and eccentric 16. A frame 8 sliding vertically in guides 9, Fig. 3, and fitted with corrugated rollers 14, is connected by means of a plate spring with a screw spindle 7, by which pressure on the clothes can be adjusted ; and a counterbalancing weight 27 enables the arm 20 with the presser to be swung up into the position indicated in dotted lines. When the frame has been pressed on to the clothes, it is locked by slotted levers 23, on the lower end of one of which is a toothed quadrant 28 which engages the toothed end of a bell-crank lever, moving the driving-belt from a loose to a fast pulley on the shaft 17, thus causing the trough to reciprocate. The pressing-frame may also be made in two halves, as in Fig. 3, pivoted near the centre of the presser and held down by straining bars 13, or it may be replaced by a corrugated plate without rollers.
Patent GB-190402940-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Removing the Tops of Capsules from Bottles and the like
Inventor: FISCHER CARL AUGUST
Filed: 1904-02-05
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 2940. Fischer, C. A., and Foss, A. G. Feb. 5. Opening capsuled vessels. -An appliance for re moving the tops of cap- sules from bottles &c. consists of a haft a pro- vided with one or more cutters b, which are pressed in through aper- tures d in the haft to en- gage with the capsule, the top of the capsule being then cut off by rotating the appliance. A plate, collar, or other suitably shaped guard or stop, for the neck of the bottle &c., is provided at c within the haft. The haft may be of annular shape, and provided with horizontal spring cutters.
Patent GB-190408409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jigger Dyeing Machines
Inventor: GRUSCHWITZ CARL
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 8409. Gruschwitz, C., and Herming- haus, C. April 12. Dyeing.-The gigger vat g is provided with nozzles a, by which the liquor is sprayed on to the fabric o as it unwinds from the roller m on to a second roller n. The overflow liquid passes by the pipe u to the pump p, from which it is again pumped into the vat through the pipe d. The overflow opening c can be at any suitable height and can, if desired, be provided with a cut-off cock. The spraying nozzles are fitted to pipes f, shown in Fig. 3, in connection with suction-pipes for the liquid and with an air-supply pipe e ; the pipe e preferably branches to two sets of nozzles ; the jets are regulated by cocks and valves, which are opened or closed according to the width of material treated.
Patent GB-190409475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea Pots, Coffee Pots and such like Vessels
Inventor: WHYTE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9475. Whyte, A. April 25. Tea-pots, coffeepots, &c.-To prevent drip from the spouts of tea-pots, coffee-pots, &c., a metallic nozzle A, Fig. 1, preferably of silver, is used. This is attached to earthenware vessels by moulding, or by pinching down the broad end a over the projection c on the spout, as shown in Fig. 2. With metallic vessels, the nozzle is formed by pinching in the nose of the spout on a cone plug made in parts, or a nozzle may be soldered on. Earthenware spouts are formed as part of the body of the vessel from d to e, and the upper part D is connected to the body by a narrow bridge E.
Patent GB-190410537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closet Seats.
Inventor: RICHTER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 10,537. Richter, A. May 7. Drawings to Specification. Advertising.-Advertisements are printed in non- poisonous colours on paper seat-guards for closets.