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Patent GB-190111052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pyrometers.
Inventor: ARNDT MAX
Filed: 1901-05-29
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 11,052. Arndt, M. May 29. Pyrometers.-Air enclosed in a tube a expands by heat, and the pressure thus produced is balanced by a liquid head in a U- tube g, from the height of which the temperature is determined. The air is forced from the hot end a' to the cooling chamber b by a plunger c on the end of a rod e. A valve i, when opened, restores atmospheric pressure. In a modification, the tube a swivels about its centre, so that. when the outer end is lowered, the plunger c slides down to the end b, and the valve i automatically closes. In another modification, the plunger c is automatically raised and lowered by connecting it with a rope passing over a pulley to a liquidsealed bell, the underside of which communicates with the tube a. The temperature may also be indicated by a pointer connected to two balanced water vessels, in which the water is forced from one to the other by the air pressure in the tube a.
Patent GB-190111131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Opening Airtight Tins and the like
Inventor: RHODES FREDERICK ALFRED
Filed: 1901-05-30
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 11,131. Rhodes, F. A. May 30. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining.-Tins, such as those used for containing sardines and the like, are each constructed with a view to facilitating their opening with a side-flange c', Fig. 3, and with a lid-flange b<1> between which is enclosed a wire A. One end a<4>, Fig. 4, of this wire projects through the cover where, for opening the tin, it is seized by a key F. The other end of the wire is secured to the lid. For double-seaming with the opening wire in position, advancing and receding jaws E, Fig. 3, suitably grooved, turn inwards and lap the projecting flanges of the body and lid.
Patent GB-190112068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Discharging Ashes from Furnaces, applicable also for Discharging Ashes, Coal and like Materials, from Storage Hoppers and other Receptacles.
Inventor: MILLER HERBERT WOODVILLE
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 12,068. Miller, H. W., and Graham, M. June 13. Mechanical stoking.-Ashes are discharged from boiler and other furnace ashpits, or ashes, coal, and like materials are discharged from storage hoppers and other receptacles, by means of a constantly-rotating drum A with cavities C. The edges L of the casing are preferably serrated to crush clinker &c. The apparatus may discharge into carts or conveyers.
Patent GB-190115418-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mystical Puzzle or Game.
Inventor: KROECHER HANS VON
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 15,418. Kroecher, H. von. July 30. Conjuring - appa - ratus; puzzles. - Relates to an arrangement by which the order of blocks arranged in a closed case can be ascertained without seeing them. The blocks 1, 2, 3, and 4 are fitted with concealed magnets N, S arranged in different directions relatively to the blocks, and the position of the blocks is found out by holding a tube enclosing a magnetic needle over the case, the set of the needle showing the direction of the magnet in the block beneath it.
Patent GB-190200774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Marking Lines or Courts for use in Playing Croquet, or like use
Inventor: AUSTIN JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1902-01-10
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 774. Austin, J. E. Jan. 10. Marking-out ground.-Relates to apparatus for marking the boundary lines of a croquet court, which can be adapted for marking a broken line parallel to the court lines, to show where a ball that is driven out of the court is to be replaced. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus arranged for marking a continuous line, the mixture in the receptacle a being fed by a wheel e to the marking-wheel f &c. The axle of the wheel f is mounted in brackets g, and is adapted to receive a pair of wheels k, Fig. 2. These wheels are larger than the wheel f, but are cut away at one part k<1>, to allow the wheel f to come into contact with the ground, so as to mark it when these parts are underneath. A detachable arm m<1> fitting in a socket m<2> carries a wheel m, which acts as a gauge to ensure the broken line being marked a proper distance from the court line.
Patent GB-190207750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Coin-freed Gas-meters.
Inventor: ARON HERMANN
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7750. Aron, H. April 2. Gas meters.-Two types are combined, viz., that in which the gas supply is opened and shut off by the direct action of a valve, and that in which it is effected by releasing and stopping a movable drum, bellows, or the like. In an arrangement applied to a wet meter, a coin is introduced, and a shaft is then rotated to turn the shaft v, Fig. 2, through the medium of bevel gearing, a pinion and wheel n and bevel wheels z, h. The wheels n, z are fixed on a sleeve loosely mounted on a shaft v, and the wheel h is mounted on an axle fixed to the shaft. The shaft carries notched discs c, d, Figs. 2 and 3, and an index u which moves over a dial, as the shaft is turned, and indicates the coins supplied. Immediately the shaft v is moved, a pin 4 carried by the disc d is removed from a spring m carried by a lever x supporting the gas-supply valve w, and the valve opens. A lever g, which is freely mounted on the shaft and normally held against a pin u by a spring y, is pressed back by the arm f of an elbow lever until the movement of the disc causes the rounded end of the notch r to raise the arm f, which then rests on the circumference of the disc throughout its further movement. The raising of the arm f causes the arm a to be lifted clear of the lever e, which is mounted on a shaft connected with the driving-mechanism, in this case, the drum of the meter. The gas passing the valve operates the drum, which imparts a rapid rotation to the lever e through the medium of a train of wheels. The recording-mechanism is driven from this train, and gears with a wheel l mounted on a sleeve with a wheel i engaging with the wheel h, to effect a slow return movement of the shaft v. When an amount of gas equivalent to the coins inserted has passed, the shaft v has been returned to its starting-point, and the pin 4 acts on the spring m to close the valve w gradually. Just before the valve closes completely, the arm f drops over the edge of the lever g into the notch r, and the arm a falls into position to arrest the lever e, thus completely cutting off the supply. According to the Provisional Specification, the introduction of a coin couples the shaft for driving the shaft v with an external handle, which is then rotated until arrested by a stop. An anchor-shaped pawl is arranged at one side of the slot, and is turned by the introduction of the first coin into such a position that a second coin introduced cannot fall into the drum so long as the first holds its coupling position. To prevent a coin from binding in the drum and thus being carried against the stop, a jerk is imparted to the drum by a star-wheel on one of the rotating shafts gearing with a roller pressed by a spring. Another arrangement for this purpose consists in forming the stop as an oscillating lever, which yields under the pressure of the coin. This lever may also serve to throw off small coins and direct them through the slot of the coupling-drum into a separate receiver.
Patent GB-190210015-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Machine for use in Starching Shirt Fronts, Cuffs, Collars and the like.
Inventor: RUSSELL JAMES BRIGGS
Filed: 1902-05-01
Granted: 1903-05-01
Abstract: 10,015. Russell, J. B., and Wardrop, T. May 1. Starching clothes and the like.-Relates to a machine for starching shirt fronts, cuffs, collars, &c. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan. The articles are placed in a starch box 1 which is provided with a row of perforations along its upper edge. By rotating a T-headed spindle 18, which engages inclines on a lever 10 to which the cover 7 is pivoted, the cover is clamped in place. The cover is raised, when released, by a spring-held stud 14. Starch liquor is drawn through a pipe 33 from a funnel 5 in a tray 2, by a pump 27, and is forced through a pipe 26 to the box 1, from which it escapes through a row of perforations and through an end opening provided with a two-way plug adapted to relieve liquid pressure in the starch box at the time of opening. Excess of starch is expressed from the articles by rollers 37, 38. The upper roller 37, supported by means of a pivoted yoke 41, is normally kept raised by a weight 44, and is lowered, when necessary, by depressing a treadle 45.
Patent GB-190212693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Cycles.
Inventor: TUERKHEIMER MOISE MAXIMILIAN
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 12,693. T³rkheimer, M. M. June 3. Bicycles; collapsable, folding, and like cycles.- The frame is formed in two parts strengthened by tubes 1, 2 connecting the front and rear portions respectively. The tube 2 is formed with hinged members 3, 4 pivoted on the tube 1, and with sliding rods 7, 8 having conical ends, which engage in holes formed in hinge members 5 secured to the tube 1 when the frame is extended. The rods 7, 8 are extended or retracted by pins 10, 11 secured to them, and extending through longitudinal slots in the tube 2 and through inclined slots 12 formed in a sleeve 14 mounted on the tube 2 and adapted to be rotated by a handle 13.
Patent GB-190213034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Towels or Pads for Absorbing Discharges in Child-bed and other Discharges which Improvements are Applicable to Surgical Dressings.
Inventor: BARCLAY THOMAS
Filed: 1902-06-07
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 13,034. Barclay, T., and Barclay, T. June 7. Catamenial appliances ; dressings; pads.-Consists in making the gauze-covered pads, towels, dressings, &c. used in child-bed &c. of a mixture of an absorbent material such as disintegrated wood cellulose or cotton wool with a material such as non-absorbent cotton.
Patent GB-190222528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bench Vises
Inventor: LONG JOHN REEVES
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 22,528. Long, J. R. Oct. 16. Vices.-The jaw B has a cylindrical part b which rests on the base a and can turn in the collar A<1>. This collar may be locked to the part a by a sliding bolt a'. The adjusting-screw E is carried by the jaw C, and engages with the nut F loosely pivoted to the dog D, itself pivoted in a slot in the part b. When an article is gripped between the jaws, the nut rocks the dog and forms a grip between the collar A<1> and part b. The swivelling of the vice on its base is thus automatically prevented, unless the bolt a<2> is withdrawn. In a modification, the dog extends right across the part b, and is forked at the top to receive the nut shaped like a dumb-bell.
Patent GB-190224507-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Camera Attachment for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: MILNE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-11-08
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 24,507. Milne, A. Nov. 8. Stands.-Relates to means for adjustably attaching cameras or other instruments to motor vehicles, cycles, and the like for tourists and others, so as to obtain photographs, or levelling, surveying, or other observations. The invention is shown applied to a camera on a bicycle. A clip C, attached to the handle-bars by a wing-nut c', has a socket b<4>, in which a sliding rotating rod b<3> is normally fixed by a screw c<3>. The ends of a rod b<2> are pivoted respectively to the rods b<3>, b<1>, of which the latter b<1> carries a metal plate A supporting the camera. The pivots at the ends of the rod b<2> are in planes at right-angles, and are normally fixed by screws c<1>, c<2>. The bicycle is supported by a wire or sheet-metal tripod D formed in two parts, of which one part has a depression adapted to receive the barrel of the pedal.
Patent GB-190225957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Lights or Windows
Inventor: UTLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 25,957. Utley, T. Nov. 25. Cabin and deck lights; ventilating ships.-Relates to lights or windows, with or without supplementary louvres and valves for ventilating. Fig. 2 shows a closed scuttle fitted with such ventilating-apparatus. The hinge-pin a<1> of the glass-holder A is fitted in a slot c<1> in the fixed bracket c, and is locked in the closed or open position by the point of the pinch screw c<5>. A number of screws with wedge-shaped ends c<3> are used to secure or support the holder. When the hinge-pin is pushed back in the slot c', an annular passage is provided round the holder A, having a recess a<3> which receives the projections c<3> of the screws. The louvre D and one or more valves E admit air when the light is shut. The lights or windows may be of various shapes.
Patent GB-190228618-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Liquid Hydo-carbon Burner for Lighting and Heating Purposes
Inventor: MCMURTRIE JOHN MCLEOWNAN
Filed: 1902-12-27
Granted: 1903-12-24
Abstract: 28,618. McMurtrie, J. M. Dec. 27. Vapour burners.- Concentric steam, air, and oil nozzles a, b, care arrrnged so that the air and oil are supplied in thin films which can be readily heated, and sprayed or finely atomized by the superheated steam from the nozzle a. The nozzles are preferably mounted upon a plate f, which is cast with channels i, h, g for the steam, air, and oil respectively, and with a rim or flange u to form a starting cup. The oil and water supply pipes l, m are kneed and screw-threaded at their lower ends, and the central jointed support v, x may be adjusted by means of the screw bolt w. The water from the pipe m is heated by the flame while traversing the pipes n, o, q, and is subsequently superheated in the pipes r, s, t before it passes by the pipe i to the nozzle a, j is a blow-off or drain passage provided with a pet cock k. In a modification, the channelled plate f is dispensed with, the adjustable support v x is replaced by a tube, by which steam is supplied direct to the nozzle a, and the nozzles are protected by a shield. Compressed air instead of steam may be supplied to the nozzle a, and the air and oil supplies may be heated.
Patent GB-190303973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Soaps.
Inventor: DREYMANN CARL
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 3973. Dreymann, C. Feb. 19. Soaps.-Relates to the production of soaps from unpurified raw materials, which may contain large quantities of resin. The materials are saponified, and the boiled raw soap is washed with a soap solution and stirred till the impurities fall to the bottom. The purified soap mass is boiled with strong brine to remove water, and is afterwards treated with a weak saline solution to cause it to cohere. In some cases a soap containing coco-nut oil is added.
Patent GB-190306386-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mixing, Cooling and Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: CZAPIKOWSKI JAN
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 6386. Czapikowski, J. March 19. Moving-beater apparatus.-The mixing apparatus consists of horizontal tubes 8, 9, &c. the ends of which are mounted in hollow radial arms 5, 6 which rotate with the hollow shaft 7. There are three of these arms at each end, set at 120‹ with each other, and the tubes are so arranged that the circular paths described by them are equally distant from one another, and no two tubes describe the same path. The tubes may have radial supports 13. Cold or hot water or steam or the like is let in through the hollow shaft 7 and passes into the arm 6, thence through the horizontal tubes in the directions indicated by the arrows, back through a separate passage in the arm 6, and out through the end of the hollow shaft. Thus the mixing and cooling or heating takes place equally through the whole mass. The invention is specially adapted for crystallizing sugar-juices and like liquids. The liquid mass is run into the mixer, and while being continually mixed, is cooled down to a low temperature ; then the cooling is stopped, but not the mixing. Crystals form and the mass becomes plastic or nearly solid. It is then heated by steam circulating through the pipes till it again becomes liquid and can be run out.
Patent GB-190306497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Railways.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 6497. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. March 20. Electric railways and tramways on the surfacecontact or sectional-conductor system. Conductors; switches.-Relates to sectional-conductor systems wherein it has been customary to mount the electromagnetically-actuated switches, which control the connections between the feeder and the sectional conductors, within vaults located along the way, the group of switches in each vault being arranged to control a certain section of the track. The improvement consists in the introduction of an auxiliary switch in each vault, which is adapted to disconnect all the switches in that vault from the feeder when no car is passing over the corresponding sectional-conductors. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the connections on such a surfacecontact electric railway system, only one vault A being shown. As shown in the Figure, R are the track rails, having circular contact studs spaced between them, F is the feeder, and k the auxiliary switch. A car adapted to operate on this system is represented diagrammatically at C, 18 being the collector shoes and 30 a starting-battery carried by the car. To start the motors, the switch 29 is closed when the battery, by energizing the corre. sponding coils, closes switches 3<a> and k; the latter switch closes the feeder circuit and the contact studs 1, 2, 3, 4 become " alive " as the shoe moves on to them. When the battery 30 has been recharged from the feeder, switch 29 is opened and the return current then passes to the contact studs a, b, c, d, and then through the exciting coils of the different switches to the track rails. Whenever the auxiliary switch k is opened, all the other switches in the vault become disconnected from the feeder. The switch which controls the last contact stud in any section is connected, as shown by the wires 9, 10, to the next switch in the adjacent vaults so as to close the switches for the following contact stud.
Patent GB-190312529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Treatment of Peat
Inventor: MILNE WILLIAM ATKINSON
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 12,529. Milne, W. A. June 2. Moulding peat.-In an apparatus for imparting moisture and heat to pulverized peat in its passage from a dryer to a compressor in which it is converted into blocks of the kind described in Specification No. 18,658, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Fuel, Manufacture of], a conveyer is employed consisting of an endless belt C and disc carriers c, and surrounded by a steam jacket b. The peat entering at the hopper B<1> from the dryer is elevated and received by another hopper F, consisting of an outer steam-jacketed case tapering to a funnel f, and an inner concentric tube F'. A perforated steam delivery tube F<3> distributes steam, so that the peat passing through the inner tube forms a moist core for the blocks formed by the compressor H. A thermometer f<2> affixed to the funnel f, indicates the temperature of the issuing peat. The compressor shown is of the kind described in Specification No. 20,196, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190315893-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Making Paper Bags.
Inventor: JOINT JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,893. Joint, J., Douglas, W., and Douglas, E. July 18. Paper bags.-Relates to a machine for making square or other similarly-shaped bags and delivering them flat. The cut sheets of paper are placed in a pile on a carrier 2, attached by the screw 4 to the main machine table 5. A detacher table 6 is arranged over the pile, and an oscillating conveyer 7, moving below the table 6, receives each sheet and places it in correct position over the die box 50. A constantly - running gum roller 10, mounted in a gum bath 9, supplies gum to a roller 11, carried by an oscillating frame 26, which supplies gum to a presser-foot 30. The foot 30 is mounted to reciprocate vertically and apply the gum to one edge and part of one end of the top sheet of paper. The upward movement of the foot raises the paper, which is received on the conveyer 7 when in its forward position, and is detached from the gumming-foot 30 by a presser-foot. The sheet is then pressed into the mould box 50 by means of a hollow mandrel 69 mounted on a reciprocating rod 71. The mandrel 69 is perforated at each end. The sides of the paper are next folded down over the mandrel, the broader gummed edge being last folded, so as to produce the longitudinal joint. The side folders consist of plates mounted on bell-crank levers arranged to be operated by cams and springs. The side end folds are then formed by plates 76, which are caused to turn inwards by levers 78 and connecting-rods 79. These folders then return to their open positions, and a gummer roll 86 applies gum to a reciprocating pad 90, which advances to gum the centre of the bottom of the bag ready to receive the top and bottom end folds. The bottom end fold is formed by a rising rod 132, and, as the mandrel 69 rises from the die 50, a roller 134 turns down the top end fold, completing the bottom of the bag. The mandrel then rises between the stripper plates 91, which are spring-connected and are mounted on a carriage 95 moved by the rod 96. The carriage guide has inclines for throwing the stripper plates 91 out of action at each end of their motion. The bag thus falls free on to a shoot 103 and comes to rest against a stop 105. A transverse rod 106, moving in vertical and forward guide slots, now descends and presses on the upper surface of the bag, so that the bottom is turned backward and the forward edge is inserted between the rollers 107,108, so that the bag is delivered from the machine flat. The machine is driven from a main shaft 18, which is provided with a belt pulley 112 for driving the gum roller 10 and also with a spur-wheel 19 gearing with a wheel 20 on the cam-shaft 17. The cam-shaft is provided with the necessary cams for the various motions, each of which is controlled by a returning-spring. A third oscillating shaft 35 is driven from the camshaft. A cam wheel 102 on the shaft 17 is fitted with a cushioning brake 148 and springs, so as to prevent jars and to ensure smooth running.
Patent GB-190316056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators
Inventor: SEPHTON JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 16,056. Sephton, J. July 21. Ventilators.-Rooms &c. are ventilated through a chamber a fixed in the wall x with openings, as b, c, into the room. These openings are closed by dampers d, e, which slide between ledges d<1>, e<1> and may be perforated. The slide e is moved by a thumb-piece e<2> on its end ; the other one is connected through links i, h to a shaft g, which is rotated by a handle f. The pawl m, Fig. 2, either rests on the stop pin m' or locks the handle f to keep the slide d in its closed position. The lower branch may be dispensed with, and the chamber closed at the bottom by a plate o.