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Patent GB-190014253-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means of Attaching Door Knobs or Handles to their Spindles.
Inventor: COPE JAMES EDWIN
Filed: 1900-08-09
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 14,253. Cope, J. E. Aug. 9. Knobs, attaching.-The spindle B is square, and to one end is fixed a knob A, the other end being screwed to receive a loose knob A<2>. The knob A<2> is formed with a square cavity adapted to receive a square collar E sliding on the spindle, an ordinary rose G being provided at this end of the spindle. The rose H, at the other end of the spindle, is made in two parts hinged together and secured in place by screws. In assembling the parts, the spindle is passed through the door, the rose G, collar E, and knob A<2> are threaded thereon, the spindle is then pushed forward so as to engage the knob A<2> and collar E, and the whole is secured in position by the insertion of the divided rose H. In the case of a wooden, glass, or china knob, a metal mount secured in. the knob is screwed to engage the spindle.
Patent GB-190018128-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for Use in Charging Bottles or the like with Liquids and in applying Stoppers or Seals thereto.
Inventor: NASH RICHARD GRAINGER
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1901-10-11
Abstract: 18,128. Nash, R. G. Oct. 11. Bottling; stoppering; capsuling and sealing bottles &c.- Relates to apparatus for filling bottles &c. with liquids such as aÙrated waters, beer, wine, milk, &c., and for stoppering or sealing the vessels when filled. The filling- head E is pivoted in bearings a in the frame and is connected by its arms e to hooks b on the vertically - movable slide B, which is operated by hand or, through the rod D, by treadle. When the treadle is depressed, as shown, the slide is raised so as to bring the filling - head into position over the rest K, while, when the treadle is released, the slide is lowered and moves the filling-head backwards on its pivots clear of the stoppering or sealing spindle H. The rest K may be operated by a lever K<1>, and is held up by the spring k<1> to press the mouth of the bottle &c. against the packing-washer e<1> on the filling-head. The filling- head is provided with a snifting-valve, which is operated through the plunger g<2> by the adjustable rod g' on the operating-lever g of the liquid-supply valve G. The spindle H is mounted in guides H', H<2>, and is provided with pivoted jaws h or equivalent means for gripping the stopper &c. A collar I, feathered on the spindle, is engaged by the fork b<1> on the slide B, and is adapted to hold the jaws h closed against the action of a spring or springs, the jaws being held up against the collar by another spring. When the slide B is raised, the jaws are released by the collar, and are opened to permit the insertion of the stopper &c., which is gripped by the jaws for insertion in the bottle &c. when the treadle is released. For inserting screw caps or screw stoppers, the spindle is rotated by bevel gearing J, J<1>, or other suitable means. For applying capsules or seals, the spindle need not be rotated, but its gripping action may be utilized for closing the edges of the capsule or seal on the bottle. Suitable cams &c. may be employed to effect the operation of the various parts.
Patent GB-190103502-A (GB)
Title: A Means for Lubricating the Dies Employed for Stamping Sheet Metal Goods.
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 3502. Hodgkinson, A. E., and Barringer, Wallis, & Manners. Feb. 18. Stamping.-Relates to means for lubricating the dies employed in stamping sheet-metal articles. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application of the invention to a die for stamping out articles such as the tops of tin boxes. An oil cup b is secured to the plate a, which holds the stem d of the die, and a tube c passes from the cup to the stem, down which the lubricant flows and is collected in a channel e on the upper surface of the die f. At each end of the channel e holes are formed, into which are loosely fitted pins g dipping at the lower ends into recesses at the ends of a channel i formed on the top of the central plate or die pad j. The oil flows down the pins g into the channel i and from there it overflows between the edges of the pad and the die.
Patent GB-190107351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bits for Horses and other Animals
Inventor: HILL THOMAS WATSON
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1902-04-09
Abstract: 7351. Hill, T. W. April 9. Bits.-The bit, which may be used alone or combined with a curb bit, as shown in Fig. 1, and used as a bridoon, has an expanding mouth-bar. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the hooked ends E screw into the mouth-bar C. In another form, the mouth-bar is solid and screws into sockets on the ends E, and, in a third form, one part slides in the other, being guided by a pin in a slot. Rings may replace the hooks F. The mouth-bar may be covered with rubber &c., which may take the form of balls M. A rubber band H may be used to connect the mouth-bars of the two bits.
Patent GB-190107433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to, Cartridge-belts or Bandoliers.
Inventor: MARTIN PATRICK ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 7433. Martin, P. A. April 11. Ammunition receptacles. - A belt, which is shown in front elevation in Fig. 1, is w o r n across the breast suspended from the shoulder straps a<2>, a<3>, and is connected by a strap e to the waist-belt. The cartridge pouches, one of which is shown in horizontal section in Fig. 4, are arranged in two or more rows, and each pouch is formed with two compartments b', b<2> mounted on a central piece f and divided by straps i into pockets to receive the cartridges. In modifications, (1) the straps i are omitted when the ammunition is to be carried in clips, (2) the pouch is formed from a single piece with a loose partition down the middle, and (3) the pouch may be made with three compartments.
Patent GB-190111774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Files and Registers, for Papers and Documents.
Inventor: KOLB RICHARD
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 11,774. Kolb, R. June 8. Filing papers.- The papers e are partly passed through slits c, d in the index sheets a, and are held in place by a clamp consisting of two parts f, g pivoted together, one above the index sheet and the other below. Doubled cloth insets are arranged to cover the edges of the sheets and to form an extensible back.
Patent GB-190115258-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Raising, Lowering and Suspending Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1901-07-27
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,258. Irwin, J. T., and Willans & Robinson. July 27. Couplings. - An are lamp a is attached to an insulator and electrically connected to a hook c and eye b thereon. These engage an eye b<1> and hook c<1>, which are carried by an insulator i on a fixed tube g, and are connected to supply conductors, passed through this tube. When the lamp is in place its weight is carried by the hooks and eyes. The positions of the hooks and eyes may be varied, and the lamp may be marked to show its proper position.
Patent GB-190118374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Switch Points of Tramways and Railways.
Inventor: HENDERSON JOHN RIACH
Filed: 1901-09-14
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 18,374. Henderson, J. R. Sept. 14. Points and switches operated from the vehicle on railways and tramways. The point tongue 1 is connected to the cam 10 by a rod 5 adjustable in length and lying in a casing with removable cover 4. The cam 10 is pivoted and projects into one or other of the grooves 9 in the rail 8. It is thrown over by lowering one of the rods 12, which are mounted on the vehicle and are normally held up by springs in the boxes 14. These rods may have rollers on their ends, and may be operate d by hand or foot.
Patent GB-190119126-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Saw Guide for the Ordinary Hand or Cross-cut Saw and the like
Inventor: GAY WILLIAM ENOS
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 19,126. Gay, W. E. Sept. 25. Sawing.-Relates to a guide for hand or crosscut saws. In one form, Fig. 5, the saw is guided in a slot in the plate A at one end, and at the other end by a slot in a guide-block L adjustably supported on the plate A by the rods N. The plate A can be adjusted at any required height on the two vertical guide-rods E (one only being shown in the Figure). A spring pulley R presses on the back of the saw. The base-plate H of the rods E may be rotated when it is desired to set the guide at an angle for mitering. In a modification, there are two fixed guides similar to A, E.
Patent GB-190119358-A (GB)
Title: Improvemetns in and connected with Torpedoes
Inventor: HOYOS COUNT GEORGE
Filed: 1901-09-28
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 19,358. Hoyos, C. G., and Jones. A. E. Sept. 28. Torpedoes.-Relates to torpedoes which are fitted with gyroscope steering-gear, and provides means for stopping and sinking the torpedo in the event of the steering-gear failing to act. An elevation of the device is shown in Fig. 1, and a plan in Fig. 2. The steering-gear is connected by a rod 10 to a pivoted sector 6, which is pressed by a spring plunger 4 carrying a sliding T-shaped rack 1. The regular oscillations of the gyroscope are communi- cated to the steering-gear, and from thence to the sector 6. Whenever the sector moves from its central position it presses back the plunger 4, thus pushing the rack 1 into gear with a constant running pinion 13. The rack is thus caused to rise until released by the return of the sector 6 to its central position, whereupon the rack is drawn down again by a spring. Should the oscillations of the gyroscope become irregular so as to cause the steering-gear to remain in either of its lateral positions, without the present safety device, there would be a danger of the torpedo returning to its point of discharge. With this apparatus, however, the effect of the steering-gear being set in either of its lateral positions is to cause the rack 1 to be retained in gear with the pinion 13, and to be raised so far that the bottom of the slot 18 therein would engage with the pin 19 and open the air valve 21, thereby causing air to pass to the cylinder 23, to move the lever n, which by its movement not only cuts off the air from the motor but at the same time opens the sinking valve.
Patent GB-190123305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heat Interchangers suitable for Sterilizing Liquids.
Inventor: AHLBORN EDUARD
Filed: 1901-11-18
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 23,305. Ahlborn, E. Nov. 18. Liquids, sterilizing. - Relates to heat-interchangers suitable for sterilizing liquids, and consists in providing a drum e, Fig. 1, of non- conducting material, which revolves between concentric heating and cooling surfaces b, d, and thereby brings the liquid into intimate contact with the surfaces. The liquid first flows from the tank g over the exterior of the corrugated casing d into a tray h, from which it is pumped up through the pipe i into the space between the revolving drum e and the steam-heated chamber st, from whence it rises in the space between the exterior of the drum e and the inside of the casing d to the draw-off pipe n. The drum e serves as an air chamber for the pump, and is provided with small projecting wings to compel the liquid to travel with it. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 2 the liquid travels in an opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 1. The drum e is formed of two bell-shaped parts. The liquid is pumped through the pipe i into the under part p of the drum, which serves as an air chamber for the pump; it then rises between the outer surface of the drum e and the inside of the corrugated casing d, then flows down between the drum e and the steam-heated vessel st, and then rises to the outlet n, from which it flows into a tray g and down the outside of the corrugated casing d to a tray h.
Patent GB-190126759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Supplying Current to Electric Vehicles.
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 26,759. Wise, W. L., [Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon]. Dec. 31. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors; c o nductors.-The collector consists essentially of a rod 1 which can be turned through half a revolution in a plane perpendicular to the direction of motion of the vehicle about an axis near its lower end, and is pressed against the conductor 3 by an external spring &c. The rod may be round or of other section, and may be straight or curved, and the collector may consist of one or more branches or parallel rods. Owing to this arrangement of the pivot, the collector may bear under, over, or laterally on the conductor, and the conductor may be placed at either side of, or over, the line. The curved bar acts like the arch collector when the conductor 3 is placed so as to bring it into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 35, and thus it can readily pass frogs &c. Preferably the collector rod is mounted so that it can be adjusted as to height &c., as shown in Fig. 9. The pivot 2 and springs are carried on insulators 13 on a table 14 pivoted on the end of the swivelling bracket 45, which can be raised on its axis by the lever 20 and raised or lowered by the link 29 connecting it to the lever 26. These levers may be worked by hand or automatically. Preferably the bracket 45 is arranged as a parallel motion linkage so as to keep the axis of the collector rod in the right direction, but other links, worm gear, or other means may be used to swivel the table 14 as the bracket turns. A number of arrangements for the conductors for straight and curved sections of the line and for points and cross-over roads are also described. The conductors are not insulated from the supporting ears, bracket arms, span or other wires, but the latter are carried by or mounted on insulators, and the conductors are exposed so that the collector arm can bear on one or more sides of them. At points &c. the conductors or short lengths of the conductors are mounted on one or both sides of the lines at different levels, so that the collector rod can run from one to the other. Of this, one example is shown in Fig. 33, where the thick lines represent the overhead conductors.
Patent GB-190203945-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gas Generator for Gas Engines
Inventor: LEMAIRE LEON
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 3945. Lemaire, L. Feb. 15. Gas-producers.- Air and steam are drawn through the generator 2 by a motor using the water gas produced, the steam supply being controlled by suction of the motor piston, so that gas is only generated as it is required. The fuel exudes from the bottom of the generator on to a hearth 8, and may be stirred by a vertically-moving rod 11 ; the hearth may be rotated by a bar placed in the hole 14 in the rod. Steam is generated in the annular cavity 5, is superheated in the cavity 6, and is supplied through a valve 21 to the cavity 15, whence it escapes through openings 17. The gas passes off by a pipe 18 through a washer 19. It issues through branohes 45 of the pipe 18 into chambers 39, 41, and 43 and passes through pipes 46 to the chambers 42, meeting two streams of water which fall from the trays 47 over the mouths of the pipes. The steam valve 21 is opened by withdrawing air from a bellows 26 through a non-return valve 31, and is allowed to close gradually by re-admitting air through an adjustable cock 36.
Patent GB-190205202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Water-tube Boilers.
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1902-03-01
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 5202. Cowan, J. March 1. Drawings to Specification. Bolts for securing firebrick linings to boiler casings are constructed of tubes with washer ends screwed on and expanded to form heads with large bearing-surfaces. The hollow heads are filled with fireclay, ganister, &c. to protect them from the heat of the furnace gases.
Patent GB-190206305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Food Preparations
Inventor: EICHELBAUM GEORG
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 6305. Eichelbaum, G. March 14. Food preparations.-A milk preparation, resembling meat extract, is prepared by first peptonizing milk by heating with trypsin &c., then beating with acid to invert the lactose, then neutralizing, and fermenting with yeast, and, finally, filtering and concentrating.
Patent GB-190212681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Carbon Articles.
Inventor: HALL CHARLES MARTIN
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 12,681. Hall, C. M. June 3. Carbon.-Relates to carbon articles, such as electrodes for use in the manufacture of aluminium from a fused electrolyte, and consists in baking them at a very high temperature by electrical heating by means of a resistant core 2, through which electric current is passed. 3 are the articles, which are piled round the core 2 and are insulated by intervening layers of powdered refractory material, such as bauxite, alumina, magnesia, or lime, with or without admixture of carbon ; or the articles 3 may be separated by small tablets of compressed insulating material. Round articles may be coated with plastic insulating material. Electrodes 3 to be baked are preferably arranged at right-angles to the core 2, as shown ; others 7 may be placed outside, to be partially baked, these being placed adjacent to the core in a second operation, by which they are finished.
Patent GB-190220753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.`
Inventor: ERIKSON GUSTAF
Filed: 1902-09-23
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 20,753. Erikson, G. Sept. 23. Gas and like engines.-The throttle-valve Q is adjusted so that, on an increase of speed, a smaller combustible charge is drawn into the cylinder, the compression, however, being kept constant by allowing air to enter by a valve N but not to mix with the combustible charge. To prevent the mixing, a pipe P directs the air towards the piston B.
Patent GB-190221794-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Supplying Steam to the Plungers of Brick Making Machines.
Inventor: WALLIS GEORGE PEARSON
Filed: 1902-10-07
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 21,794. Wallis, G. P. Oct. 7. Moulding bricks.-Relates to means for supplying steam or other heating-medium to the moulds and plungers of a revolving-table brick-making machine. In one method, mould-boxes q, carried by a table a, are heated by admitting steam through a swivel pipe e, a central passage c in the shaft b, and a side passage d to a continuous space p surrounding the boxes q. Steam is also admitted to passages h, g within the plungers r from the passage c through side passages k, pipes l, and flexible pipes n. In some cases, the passages in the plungers may be connected by flexible pipes, so that each pipe n can supply more than one plunger. Telescopic pipes and swivel joints and elbows may replace the flexible pipes n and pipes l. When the table a is mounted on a fixed shaft, the central passage c communicates with a chamber in the shank of the table or with an annular chamber surrounding the shaft.
Patent GB-190224211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ceilings.
Inventor: MARESCH JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 24,211. Maresch, J. Nov. 5. Building - blocks.-Ceilings are constructed of skew backs 1 and hollow blocks 9, formed with recessed inclined bedding-faces 7, 11, and recessed flanged ends adapted to fit over laths or battens 16 nailed to the beams 15, and to extend underneath to the centres of the beams. Gypsum is poured into the recesses 7 and joints through smaller channels 8.
Patent GB-190227891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gearing for Motor Cycles, Motor-cars and the like.
Inventor: HOOYDONK JOSEPH VAN
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 27,891. Hooydonk, J. van. Dec. 17. Motor cycles; driving-mechanism; clutches.-To enable the engine of a motor cycle to be disconnected from the driving-wheels, countershaft, or axle, and to be geared down for starting and for climbing hills, the hub is provided with a toothed sun-wheel d gearing with planet-wheels e<4> on the spindles e<3> fixed in the side-plates of the belt or chain pulley e, while the planet-wheels e<6> gear with a central wheel f. Clutch teeth e<5> on the side-plate e' act in combination with clutch teeth h<4> on the wheel h to lock it and the wheel f to the pulley. The boss h<1> of the clutch-wheel h has keyways for the keys f<2> fixed in the sleeve f<1>, so that, while the clutch-wheel is capable of lateral motion, it is always connected to the sleeve and the wheel f. Within a groove h<3> in a ring h<2> on the wheel h, are located small rollers j carried by arms j<1> formed on an internally screw-threaded ring j<2> mounted on a ring i<1> forming part of the fixed clutch-wheel i. By suitable connections with a stud j<3> projecting through a quadrantal slot i', the ring j<2> can be partially rotated and thus moved laterally in either direction. When the wheel f is clutched to the pulley as shown in Fig. 1, the whole of the gear is locked and the engine drives direct, but, when clutched to the frame by the movable clutch h and the fixed clutch i, the gearing comes into action and the pulley is geared down. Variations in speed may be produced by allowing the clutch to slip. When the wheel f is clutched neither to the frame nor to the pulley, the driving- wheel runs free. In place of the clutch teeth, a friction clutch may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, the wheel f may be movable laterally, and provided with clutches so that it may be locked to the frame or to part of the belt pulley.
Patent GB-190228739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings for the Axle-trucks of Cars
Inventor: NORWOOD JOHN ELDRIDGE
Filed: 1902-12-30
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 28,739. Norwood, J. E. Dec. 30. Axle-trucks or undercarriages.-Relates to centre and side ball bearings for axle-trucks, especially for motor tramcars, in which there is a tendency for the truck to pull out from under the car body. The centre bearing consists of a ring of balls mounted in the upper and lower races 66, 55. The body and truck bolsters have opposite downwardly and upwardly extending flanges 64, 51 respectively, which embrace the balls 57 and lock the two bolsters when there is relative horizontal motion between them. The hollow king-pin 71 has radial projections 72. It is inserted by passing these projections between lugs 61, 69 in the bolsters, and is then rotated through 90‹ so that it cannot be withdrawn. The side bearings comprise endless ball races, one portion 19 of which is above and curved reversely to the remaining portion. The balls are passed through a hole 22, and those running on the operative portion 19 of the race project through the slot 24 so as to engage with the recessed ring 45 on the body bolster 44. The casing 10 which contains the race 19, is supported on springs 41 and moves within the truck bolster 43, and holes 34 are provided to permit the escape of dirt.
Patent GB-190300955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gear for Motor Cycles, Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: ROSE AMELIA
Filed: 1903-01-14
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 955. Rose, A. Jan. 14. Motor cycles; driving mechanism.-Comprises change-speed chain or band gearing, Fig. 3 showing two-speed chain gear applied to a bicycle. The chain or band wheel a of the motor drives idle wheels b, d mounted on a frame g, which can be set in different positions by the hand-lever f. Each of the idle wheels has a second face or set of teeth c, e, and, by shifting the frame, either one of these can be made to gear with and drive the main driving-chain l.
Patent GB-190301308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosion Engines.
Inventor: WILLOUGHBY JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 1308. Willoughby, J., and Bayley, G. W. Jan. 19. Governors combined with air and gas engine valve gear.-The centrifugal governor k<1> in expanding causes the part k<4> of the cams k<3>, k<4> to travel in a helical path under the guidance of a pin k<9>, and diminish the length of the recess in the cam which permits the liquid-fuel valve to open.