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Patent GB-190017931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Paper Tubes.
Inventor: BAILEY CHARLES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-10-09
Granted: 1900-12-15
Abstract: 17,931. Bailey, C. A., and Coe, E. S. Oct. 9. Paper tubes.-Relates to machines for automatically making paper tubes for use in the manufacture of cartridges. Paper is fed to an arbor upon which it is tightly wound and the thicknesses pasted together, the tube, after the paper is cut, is stripped from the arbor, which is changeable in size in order to facilitate the removal of the tube, and the tube is cleaned of paste and ejected from the machine. Fig. 2 shows the machine with the paper roll and its frame removed. The hollow winding- arbor D, Fig. 6, is supported in the movable bearing A<2>, and is lowered into the paste pot C', Fig. 5, and raised by a pinion meshing with the rack a<x>, the pinion being turned by the slide G, Fig. 3, which is moved by the cam-wheel I. As the arbor is lowered the split portion is expanded by the spreader D', and on reaching its lowest position the pinion D<x> revolves the arbor to wind on the paper to form the tube. The slide G is extended and also raises the supporting-plate A<3>, which carries the arm H for engaging with the arbor D when it is lowered. The stripper or tube - ejector J consists of a sliding sleeve for pushing-off the tube, the sleeve having flanges forming a groove to receive the depending portion k of the slide K ,which is operated by the bar L through the pinion M. The pinion M is worked from the slide O through toothed gearing. The gearing of the parts is such that the slide which operates the tube-ejector is not reciprocated until the arbor is at the limit of its upward movement. The wiper P, or flexible washer, scrapes the surplus paste from the tube. In feeding the machine, either by hand or continuously, the paper is passed under the arbor and down into the guide-plate or curved former c. It is also folded over the arbor by the swinging plate S, which is operated by a lug on the cam-wheel I through the lever S'. The paper is cut into proper lengths by the rolls U, U', one of which has a longitudinal cutting-blade, and the other a recess or groove. The various parts are driven from the shaft Q.
Patent GB-190020563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacquard Machines.
Inventor: READE ROBERT HENRY STURROCK
Filed: 1900-11-14
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 20,563. Reade, R. H. S., Orr, T., Morton, F., and Gilpin, W. R. Nov. 14. Loom jacquards.-A twilling-jacquard, of the Bessbrook type, is constructed for producing a twill in the ground, different from that in the figure. Rows of hooks b, for use in twilling the ground, alternate with rows of figuring-hooks a, of the ordinary kind ; the beaks of the hooks a are turned to face those of the hooks b and the hooks are connected in pairs by tail cords f. Each pair of hooks is actuated by the same needle e, so that only one of the pair can engage its griffe bar c or d, at the same time. Instead of employing two sets of hooks, one set of hooks with double beaks may be used. For weaving a five-leaf together with an eight-leaf twill, forty rows of double-headed hooks, or eighty rows of singleheaded ones, should be employed, so that no break may occur in either twill; or the hooks may be arranged in two series of rows, as shown in Fig. 1, twenty figuring-hooks in each series being worked by means of griffes with twenty-four knives and vacancies, alternately at the beginning and end of each row, for four hooks, and twenty twilling hooks in each series by griffes, with twenty-five knives and vacancies for five hooks.
Patent GB-190022314-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Support for use on a Ladder.
Inventor: MEYER GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 22,314. Meyer, G. Dec. 7. Brackets, ladder. A bracket for supporting a shelf or small table is constructed of a central perforated channel bar a, pivoted arms b, c, double hooks e, adapted to engage with a rung of the ladder, and a lever d, carrying a perforated eccentric plate f, which is locked over a lower rung bv a wedge or pin. The stay c is pivoted to a perforated sliding plate h, which is locked within the channel bar by a slotted pin i and wedge. The slits in the plate f are formed in a step-wise manner to facilitate adjustment.
Patent GB-190103089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chair-bedsteads and like Convertible Articles of Furniture.
Inventor: HOSKINS WILLIAM MARRIAN
Filed: 1901-02-13
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 3089. Hoskins, W. M. Feb. 13. Chairs; bedsteads.-Relates to means for supporting the central portion of the wirework bottom of a convertible chair bedstead. The fabric b is supported by springs f which rest on strips g<1> supported by stretcher bars g connected to the side bars of the central part of the framing. The springs may be connected to the fabric, or may be carried in a separate frame, which is dropped into the central part of the main frame.
Patent GB-190105596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electrolysis of Chlorides of Metals of the Alkalies and Alkaline Earths for the Purpose of Obtaining Chlorine, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ATKINS GEORGE JONES
Filed: 1901-03-16
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 5596. Atkins, G. J. March 16. Chlorine.-Relates to electrolysing a solution of an alkaline or alkaline-earth chloride, so as to obtain a solution suitable for use in the manufacture of chlorine. The cell consists of a long containing vessel a, lined with carbon b which is connected up to a conductor i so as to form the anode. The cathode consists of a wooden or like cylinder c, coated with a conductor, such as sheet-lead d, and mounted in bearings so as to be rotated within the cell at a distance of about two inches from the anode. It is connected up to a conductor j. The saturated chloride solution is charged in at one end of the cell, and slowly flows to the outlet at the other. The level of the liquid must be somewhat below the axis of the cvlinder. The pressure employed does not exceed four volts, but the current may be a large one. A rubber or like scraper h keeps the cylinder free from bubbles of hydrogen, and thereby prevents polarization. No substantial evolution of chlorine or hydrochloric acid should occur. As a result, a solution is obtained containing some chloride, some chlorate, and perhaps some oxychloride. This solution is easily decomposed by acid to obtain chlorine.
Patent GB-190110107-A (GB)
Title: Improved Steering Apparatus for Automobiles and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-05-15
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 10,107. Thompson, W. P., [K÷lner Akkumulatoren-Werke]. May 15. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to steering-apparatus for automobiles and the like with pivoted axles, the object being to ensure a correct radiating of the wheel axis up to an angle of 180‹. To this end the points of attachment of the steering-bar or link h which couples the pivoted axles are arranged as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2, to slide on the arms f, g, and are at the same time guided in an elliptical path, by reason of the middle of the bar h being caused to travel in a circle. Fig. 6 shows in front elevation, and Fig. 7 in plan, a constructional form of this mechanism. In this, the front axle 1 is connected with the bodv of the car by springs 3 and linked couplings 4 in the manner described in Specification No. 10,106, A.D. 1901. At the ends this axle has downwardly-bent pins 5 on which are pivoted by sockets 6 the short wheel axles which carry the motors 9 as described in Specification No. 23,021, A.D. 1899. The casings of the motors 9 correspond to the levers f, g in Fig. 2, and the double lever or bar 12 to the coupling-link h, the sliding connection being effected by the blocks 19 sliding on the bars 20 and the middle of the lever or bar 12 being con. strained to move in a circular path by the actuating- arm 11.
Patent GB-190111982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Brakes.
Inventor: POCOCK STEPHEN HARRY
Filed: 1901-06-12
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 11,982. Pocock, S. H., Russell, A. G., and Dodd, H. E. June 12. Brakes, hand, for street and other cars. Mounted on the ends of the cross-shaft K, which is rotated by the bevel and worm gearing shown, are eccentrics Y capable of turning in the guided brake blocks Z, which are slotted to receive the sliding rail-shoes 6 having racks 12, Fig. 6, in gear with eccentric pinions 13 on the shaft K. Rotation of the handwheel S, from its mid or " brakes off " position in the direction indicated by the arrow, brings the blocks Z and shoes 6 into their operative positions, whereas rotation of the wheel S from its mid position in the opposite direction lifts and applies the blocks Z only.
Patent GB-190116650-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Making Hard Bread or Biscuits
Inventor: OEDERUD THORVALD
Filed: 1901-08-19
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 16,650. Lake, H. H., [Oederud, T.]. Aug. 19. Biscuits ; bread.-Hard bread or biscuits suitable for tourist, military, and naval provisions, and capable of retaining a crisp condition and of being readily softened by immersion in water, are obtained from flour produced by crushing previously-baked dry bread, the flour being made into a paste with water, preferably adding some fresh flour and sugar, and then subjected to great pressure and baked.
Patent GB-190122630-A (GB)
Title: Cash Register.
Inventor: GODEFROID ARMAND
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-11-08
Abstract: 22,630. Godefroid, A. Nov. 9. Receipts, checking.-An endless band d divided into spaces by cross strips e receives the payments from a tilting-shelf u and for a time exposes them to view under a window. The mechanism for drawing the band and tilting the shelf to suit it is as follows :-The front roller for the band is provided with a ratchet pinion t and a ratchet lever r with pawl s, while the shelf is connected by a curved link x to a lever w. The ratchet lever has a pin-and-slot engagement p with a lever o parallel to the shelf lever. These levers overlie cams n, v on a shaft m on which there is a crank l linked to a hand-lever i.
Patent GB-190200846-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Cinematographs.
Inventor: BREARD ALFRED EMILE EDMOND
Filed: 1902-01-11
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 846. BrÚard, A. E. E. Jan. 11. Magic-lantern apparatus.-Relates to cinema tographs in which the pictures are continuously moved, and the light passes also through a system of continuously moving prisms, to neutralize the primary displacements of the images. Fig. 3 shows a plan of the apparatus, which comprises three wheels formed of prisms a, b, b<1>. the angle of refraction of the prism a being equal to the sum of the angles of refraction of the prisms b, b<1>. The prisms are arranged to form wheels around two axles c, d parallel to the luminous rays and perpendicular to the refracting-edges of the prisms, the said axes being rotated continuously in opposite directions and at such a speed that a prism occupies the same time as a picture to pass the axis of the apparatus. The prisms are so placed that the rays must pass through a prism or group of prisms in each, at the same time.
Patent GB-190210274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato Planting Machines.
Inventor: SUTHERLAND WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1903-05-05
Abstract: 10,274. Sutherland W. May 5. Potato planters. - Relates principally to the means for taking the seed potatoes singly from a hopper and depositing them at regular intervals in the drill. Discs F, or it may be endless chains, are mounted at each side of a hopper E carried on a frame adapted to be drawn by horse-power. A series of double prongs A having a finger pivoted between them are fixed at intervals on the chain or disc F. As the prongs enter the hopper E, they are forced into a potato, and carry it round until a projection S on the frame operates the pivoted finger between the prongs, to detach the potato and let it fall into the drill.
Patent GB-190223875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Brakes for Wheeled Vehicles, Machinery, and for like uses.
Inventor: HOLMES GEORGE SOCKETT
Filed: 1902-11-01
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 23,875. Holmes, G. S., and Foster, J. H. Nov. 1. Brakes.-Relates to means for forcing brake blocks into frictional contact with wheels. The wedge block F in the bracket A engages the bevelled ends of the rods C coupled to the blocks D. The boss G connected to the wedge projects through a slot in the bracket, and is itself slotted to receive the lever I, by which the brakes are applied. When the lever I is raised, the blocks are withdrawn from the wheels by springs. The pressure is regulated by the adjustable weight I<1>. Fig. 4 shows the means for operating the brakes from either side of the wagon. When the brakes are off, the levers I rest on the upper teeth of the rack-bars J, which are joined by the rod L. By means of the hand-levers N or footpieces 0, the rack-bars may be swung aside against the action of the spring M, so that the levers I fall and are held by the lower teeth on the rack-bars. The levers are released in a similar manner. One hand-lever N and one foot-piece on opposite sides of the wagon may be used. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show different means of operating the block F and rods C.
Patent GB-190224347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Friction Gearing
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 24,347. Ellis, G. B., [Hazard, I. P.]. Nov. 6. Gearing.-The friction cone 1 is divided into sections any one of which may be engaged by the wheel 11. The engaging-surfaces may be of metal or raw hide, they may consist of flanges, as shown, or may be plain. The cone 1 is mounted in fixed bearings and is driven by a belt passing round the pulley 4. The wheel 11 is connected to the shaft 12 by the feather 13 sliding in the groove 14. The bearing 15 of the shaft 12 is mounted in the curved guide 17 ; the other bearing 16 is mounted to swivel on a pivot. The shaft 12 is connected by bevel gearing 19, 20, 21 with the shaft 22 carrying the wheel 24 from which the machine to be actuated is driven. The flange 25 on the wheel 11 is encircled by the collar 26 attached to the rack 27 operated by spur gearing from the spindle 34. The spindle 34 is connected by the rod 35 and universal joints 36, 37 with the spindle 38 attached to the upper part 41 of the operating-lever shown in Fig. 5. The part 41 carrying the handle 42 is jointed to the lower part 39 of the lever, which is pivoted at 40. The catch 44, which engages the rack 47, is operated from the grip 43 by the steel band 46 passing between guide - rollers 52. When the handle 42 is turned into the positions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, the steel band 46 is pulled up, but not through a sufficient distance to disengage the catch 44. When the gearing is to be changed, the catch 44 is disengaged and the handle 42 is pulled back, drawing the wheel 11 away from the cone 1. The upper part of the handle being now clear of the rack 56, it can be turned sideways, rotating the spindle 38 and operating the rack 27, which shifts the wheel 11. When the handle is opposite the required division of the rack 56, the catch 44 is again released, and the lever is moved back to the normal position.
Patent GB-190228077-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Useful Products from or by Means of Nitrates.
Inventor: CROSS CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 28,077. Cross, C. F., and Young, J. Dec. 19. Cyanides ; oxalates ; sulphocyanides.-Consists in heating a mixture containing a nitrate, preferably an alkali nitrate or a mixture of nitrates, an organic compound such as an aldehydic or ketonic compound preferably a carbohydrate of the sugar type, an alkali such as barium hydroxide or caustic soda or a mixture of alkalies, and enough water to secure an intimate mixture of the constituents, to a temperature of from 150‹-170‹ C., whereby, when caustic soda is used, sodium oxalate and cyanide are formed. The mass is extracted with water, and, on evaporating, the oxalate crystallizes out along with sodium carbonate, which is also formed, leaving the cyanide to be obtained from the mother liquor in any of the usual ways. If metallic iron is added to the mixture, a ferrocyanide results, while, by adding sulphur or a sulphur compound, a sulphocyanide is the chief form in which cyanogen is obtained. The Provisional Specification states that the nitrate may be mixed with an alkali or alkaline earth or a mixture of both, while the organic matter may advantageously be waste material, such as the matter contained in the liquid.obtained by boiling esparto grass preparatory to making it into paper, or waste products from distilleries or from starch manufacture, which contain carbohydrates.
Patent GB-190301372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sealing Jars for Preserving Articles of Food or Provisions and the like.
Inventor: LEES GEORGE
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 1372. Lees, G. Jan. 20. Stoppers.-An earthenware or other jar for containing and preserving food &c. is closed by a metal cover with an india-rubber gasket or washer. The jar is exhausted and the cover is kept in place by atmospheric pressure. The cover c, Fig. 2, is recessed and fits into the mouth of the jar, its flange d extending over the edge of the jar and having a roll edge e, which grips the edge of the jar when the cover is forced down. An india-rubber or other wakher f is placed under the flange of the stopper, and is forced into a recess b in the jar neck when the cover is forced down. The washer f is preferably of slightly greater diameter than the recess b. The middle part of the cover is preferably convex so that the atmospheric pressure flattens it and forces the sides of the cover against the jar.
Patent GB-190304869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprinkler Heads for Fire Extinguishing
Inventor: EVANS POWELL
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-10-30
Abstract: 4869. Evans, P. March 2. Sprinklers, automatic.- Relates to a sprinkler in which the valve B, Fig. 2, is pressed on its seat by two levers E, F, the ends of which act as a strut between the valve and the end of a screw D in the yoke A. The levers are retained in position by two plates e, f soldered together at f<1>. Between the face of the valve B and its seat are a copper plate b<2> and a dished spring plate b<1>, through holes in which studs b on the face of the valve pass. The object of this arrangement is to facilitate release of the valve when the joint f<1> is fused by the beat of a fire. A perforated distributer C with projections on its lower face is mounted so as to rotate on the bolt D.
Patent GB-190308835-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Slicing Exhaust Gases or Vapours from Motors.
Inventor: CONTI JAMES TIBURCE FELIX
Filed: 1903-04-18
Granted: 1904-04-18
Abstract: 8835. Conti, J. T. F., and Arnaud, J. M. April 18. Exhaust-silencers operate by splitting the exhaust gases or vapours into two thin streams, which are afterwards caused to converge, and so partially destroy their velocity. In the silencer shown in Fig. 1, the exhaust gases pass between two parallel plates a, b, which are held at a suitable distance apart by bolts d, and are bent at their outer edges to form an annular chamber. A ring c of trapezoidal section is secured in the annular chamber, and causes the gases to split up into two thin streams, which converge and mix again at the exit. In the modified apparatus shown in Fig. 3, the gases are split up into four streams by two rings g, f, between which is placed a ring e of semicircular or other suitable section. Fig. 4 shows a silencer, in which the gases pass from a central tube m into the space between two sheet-iron plates h, i, which diverge from the centre to the circumference, where they converge, their edges being secured at a suitable distance apart by bolts n. The plates h, i are spaced at the centre by washers threaded on a ring o. A bent sheet-iron ring k divides the exhaust gases into two thin streams, which mix at the exit. The gases can be allowed to escape through openings t in the plate i by causing openings r in a valve s turning on a pivot p to correspond with them.
Patent GB-190318125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 18,125. O'Donnell, J. P., and Irving, E. C. Aug. 21 Interlocking; indicators, point or switch and signal; semaphore &c. signals.-Modifications are described in the apparatus of Specification No. 183, A.D. 1900, whereby combined electrical and pneumatic means give an indication in the signal cabin that a switch or semaphore has moved to the desired position. Fig. 1 shows levers 1 and 2 for operating the switch and semaphore respectively by controlling admission of air to the two cylinders 15, 26 which actuate the motion plate 16, 29 respectively, the arrangement being, in the case of the switch, the same as described in the previous Specification. The signal lever is shown in the normal or " danger " position, and when pulled towards the left the roller on the indicationcylinder-piston 22 locks the lever when it comes to the right-hand end of the horizontal groove. Simultaneously the semaphore falls, the valve 6 having admitted air into the pipe 27 and cylinder 26, whereby the plate 29, lever 32, and wire 33 co-operate to move the arm A, and also the electric contacts 42, 40 and 37, 44 are made by the semaphore and lever respectively, whereupon the battery 35 energizes the electrically-operated pneumatic valve 46, and admits air to the cylinder 22, forcing up the piston, and, by virtue of the inclined righthand end of the slot, completing the stroke of the lever 2, thereby indicating that the semaphore arm is at " line clear." There is the usual mechanical interlocking tappet 4. Upon the return stroke of the lever, contacts 41, 43, and 38, 45 and the valve 49, cylinder 23, and left-hand end of the slot similarly co-operate to complete the stroke and indicate that the signal has moved to " danger." A detector 50 and bolt 25 ensure that the points are properly set before the signal is operated. The valves may be identical with those described in Specification No. 5511, A.D. 1902 and the contacts with those of Specification No. 18,364, A.D. 1903. In modifications the indication is only given for the normal " danger " position of the semaphore, half the apparatus being dispensed with, the piston of cylinder 26 operates the signal wire directly, or the semaphore may be manually operated, the return indication in this case moving interlocking slides releasing or locking other levers. Alternatively, the signals may be worked electrically or electro-pneumatically and the indications be given by circuits containing contacts made by the tongues of the points, and the completion of the stroke of the lever may be effected electrically.
Patent GB-190318592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Swivels for Chains, for Razor Strop Furniture, for Harness and for other purposes.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-08-28
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 18,592. Evans, W. Aug. 28. Swivels for razor strops, harness, chains, &c. are cast in two parts. One part has a ball 3, and the other part a socket 5 which, after the ball is placed in position, is loosely closed round the neck of the ball to prevent withdrawal. The ball or the socket may be on either member. Instead of the closed loop 2, two hook arms may be pivoted to the ball or socket member.