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Patent GB-190011616-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Treating Ramie and the like.
Inventor: BERT EMILE
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 11,616. Bert, E. June 26. Breaking and scutching apparatus; retting; processes.-The green stalks of ramie are crushed and dried in the sun, and subsequently in a stove through which hot air at a temperature of 50‹ to 120‹ C. is passed in a direction opposite to that of the ramie. It is then decorticated while still hot, and treated in a bath containing a mixture of borate of soda and hypochlorite of lime, which removes the remaining gummy matter and bleaches the fibre. The drying-stove may consist of a chamber e divided into compartments by a number of partitions i, which are incomplete at each end alternately, the material being passed by endless bands &c. in a zig-zag fashion through each compartment in succession, while hot air is supplied to the stove from a furnace f ; o is an auxiliary drying stove, a, b, and n are elevators for conveying the material to the stoves, and r is a decorticator of any suitable kind. Instead of using a drying-stove of the kind described above, the material may be placed on carriages which are caused to circulate through galleries arranged side by side, one above another, or in a circular fashion, while the hot air is circulated in the opposite direction. The crushing-apparatus may be mounted upon wheels or on a carriage to facilitate its movement from place to place ; and the stove may be constructed of sheet metal and in such a manner that it may be readily conveyed from one place to another.
Patent GB-190016705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electro-magnetic Switches used for Electric Train Control
Filed: 1900-09-19
Granted: 1901-09-19
Abstract: 16,705. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Barry, C. E.]. Sept. 19. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles. - Relates to motor control for electrically - propelled vehicles and trains of the general character shown in Specification No. 20,274, A.D. 1898, and permits the use of lowvoltage electromagnets supplied with current from a high - potential source. Each car has two sockets S, S', at each end, one for connecting the train conductor t by the flexible couplings C to the master controller MC, and the other for connecting it to earth at the front and rear ends respectively of a train or vehicle. All the corresponding coils in the motor-controller switches on each car, for example, the series position switch coil SP, are connected in series on the train wire between the batteries Band earth through the master-controller contacts. All the batteries B are also in series between the trolley T and ground through an adjustable resistance R. Current for the switches SP &c. can thus be supplied from the trolley or battery, or both, and the battery is charged from the trolley.
Patent GB-190102224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Printing Surfaces.
Inventor: THOMPSON THOMAS CHARLES
Filed: 1901-02-01
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 2224. Thompson, T. C., and Webb, W. E. J. Feb. 1. Printing surfaces, blocks, and rollers.-Relates to improvements in the production of glue-glycerine printing-surfaces as describei in Specification No. 8904, A.D. 1900. (1) The surfaces of the indiarubber &c. moulds or matrices are wetted with water or other liquid before casting to prevent the formation of air bells &c. (2) Frames or holders for the printing- surfaces are shown in Figs. 2 and 6 for a plane and cylindrical surface respectively. The frame f, Fig. 2, placed over the mould m, carries transverse wires w to be embedded in the casting ; or interwoven transverse and longitudinal wires may be used, or coarse wire fabric. The core c, Fig. 6, receives at one or both ends a ring r with wires w.
Patent GB-190102995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brooms, and Brushes.
Inventor: EDMISTON SAMUEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 2995. Edmiston, S. J. Feb. 12 Bristles, fixing; handles, fixing to stocks; reservoir brushes. - The brush corn 10 is secured by bending in the sides of the metal case or head 5 and passing keys 4 through the corn and slots 3 in the head. The lower ends 11 of the corn are cemented together. The handle 8 is screwed i n t o a conical piece 2, perforated at 7 to enable liquid t o b passed into the reservoir 12, from which it trickles between the bristles and the case on to the surface being brushed. The screw-threads may be formed on the conical piece 2, or on the collar 1 to which the piece 2 is fixed. Scrubbing, crumb, and other brushes may be formed of the short corn trimmed from the longer brushes. Fig. 6 shows a crumb brush in which the fixing-plates 5<1>, slotted for the keys 4, are formed in a piece with the handle 8<1>.
Patent GB-190105459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Point Levers.
Inventor: SNELL HENRY
Filed: 1901-03-15
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 5459. Snell, H. March 15. Points and switches.-The weighted ground lever has a rounded nose a<1> with a notch and a lug a<2>, a<3> on each side to work and hold the two arms f <1>, f<2> of the crank, of which the third arm f is connected to the point rod. A train trailing through the points opens them, and throws over the lever which holds the points open.
Patent GB-190107467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heat Radiators.
Inventor: SAFFORD CLARENCE EUGENE
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 7467. Safford, C. E. April 11. Heating b u i l d - ings &c., radiators for. Relates to steam or hot-water radiators, the sections of which are composed of sheet metal united by tubular couplings 14, 16, 15, 17, rendered tight by the interior pressure of the heating-fluid. Each section is stamped into shape, and is formed in two parts 1, 2, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and has upper and lower tubular couplings w h i c h telescope into similar couplings on the adjacent section. Tie-rods 22 pass through and secure the sections, and fasten the end sections against displacement. The outer margins 3, 4 of the parts of the sections are fastened together by bending the margins upon themselves or bending in one direction and back again in the opposite direction so as to form reinforcing folds on both sides of the seam. The transverse tube 11 serves to strengthen the sections, as well as to connect the vertical tubes. The screwed portions 18, Fig. 4, provide for the attachment of valves or pipes or for closing- plugs 24.
Patent GB-190108817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High-pressure Incandescent Gas Lighting Plant
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-04-29
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 8817. Boult, A. J., [Soc. LumiÞre Boule]. April 29. Compressing gas locally for incandescent gas lighting. The inlet and outlet ends of the branch pipe e in which the compressor is mounted, are controlled respectively by a stop-cock f and a threeway cock d. When these cocks are open and the compressor is in operation, the low-pressure gas from the pipe c traverses the runner bag g, and is forced by the compressor to the receiver k, whence it passes by the reducing-valve m to supply the burners. Should a number of lights be extinguished, an abnormal increase of pressure in the receiver k is prevented by inserting in the positions shown in the pipe e a back-pressure valve r and a relief valve n. As soon as the pressure in the receiver k reaches the predetermined limit, the excess gas returns by the valve n, the pipe o, and the expansion chamber p to the suction side of the compressor, where it closes the back-pressure valve r and prevents fresh gas from being drawn in until the pressure falls in the receiver k. The pipe e is closed by means of the valves f, d when the compressor is not working and it is desired to supply low-pressure gas to the pilot lights by the pipe c.
Patent GB-190109377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Gas Producers
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-05-06
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 9377. Johnson, J. Y., [Genty, L., and Soc. GÚnÚrale des Industries Economiques Moteurs Charon]. May 6. Steam generators combined with gas producers.- Relates to gas producers suitable for supplying gas engines, and to apparatus for heating the air supply thereto and supplying steam to mix with it in automatically regulable quantities. The gas is withdrawn at h from the producer by the fan n, which draws it through the air heater or regenerator j and the scrubbers m. Steam to mix with the air supplied to the producer is generated in a water jacket f surrounding the producer, and in a ribbed tube l in the centre of the regenerator, which has ribbed air-beating tubes k. The air is drawn in at t and passed over the surface of the water in the jacket f. It then passes through the pipe x to the tubes of the regenerator, an adjustable quantity of steam from the second generator l being supplied to mix with it through the pipe y. The amount of steam thus supplied is regulated, according to the temperature of the gas issuing from the producer, by means of a thermostatic regulator shown separately in Fig. 3. Within a casing 4, through which the gas passes on its way to the regulator, is a closed air tube 5, the varying pressure in which is transmitted to the surface of mercury in a cup 7. A float 8 in the mercury is connected to a valve 9 by which the supply of steam is regulated.
Patent GB-190109959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamp Globes.
Inventor: BOEHM ERNEST
Filed: 1901-05-14
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 9959. B÷hm, E. May 14. Incandescent lamps.-A bulb is ribbed spirally, as shown in section, by blowing it from tube, in or on which a coiled glass rod has been placed. The ribs A may be separated by spaces which may be coloured or silvered ; the ribs may be made hollow, and with concave or flat faces. The upper half of the bulb may consist of plain opal glass. The ribs are intended to act as lenses. The Provisional Specification states that the invention is particularly applicable to conical bulbs, the light being concentrated in the direction of the apex.
Patent GB-190113273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Raising and Lowering Windows or Parts of Windows
Inventor: ELLIOTT ROBERT
Filed: 1901-06-29
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 13,273. Elliott, R. June 29. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to handles, rods, chains, hooks, knobs, rings, and the like for raising and lowering sliding sashes. The handles may be fixed to brackets secured to the stiles of the upper sash, or they may be connected to the brackets by single or double hinges, pivots, ball-and-socket joints, knuckle-joints, or the like, so as to fold up against the sash stiles out of the way of the lower sash. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 8<1>, a lifting-rod is secured to the sash stile A by brackets b, and an angular handle c is pivoted to a bracket of the sash, and is supported out of action by a link d, or hook. Fig. 7 shows a handle c, which is connected to a weight g by a cord a passing over a pulley k, and is formed with a projection j, which comes in contact with a fixed stop i when the handle is pulled down. When the handle is released, the weight g pulls it up close to the sash stile. In the form shown in Fig. 8<2>, a number of parallel links are jointed together so as to fold against the sash, as indicated by the dotted lines. Fig. 11<5> shows a handle a formed with a ball k adapted to turn in a spherical socket b<1> of a bracket b, which is made with stops i, j to hold the handle at right-angles to the sash. Fig. 10 shows a handle a carried by arms a<1>, a<2> on a pin passing through a boss b<1> of a bracket b fixed to the sash. A spring m retains the handle in a projecting or folded position. A rubber washer or spring may be interposed between the arm a<1> and boss b<1>, and the arm a<2> and boss b<1> may be formed with interlocking radial teeth. Other arrangements are described, in which hinged and pivoted handles and rods are maintained in position by interlocking pins and slots, tongues and grooves, hooks, links, turn-buckles, lugs, and springs, and the hinges may be made to rise and fall, and may be formed with flat bearing-surfaces, or with lugs or knucklejoints. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 11<10>, the handle c is formed with teeth which interlock with teeth on the rod a. A spring m causes the teeth to engage when the handle is turned. Handles made of rings, rubber blocks, or the like, threaded on pins or rods, may be secured to the sash by screws.
Patent GB-190114670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electric circuits
Inventor: HOWARD ALBERT HARRIS
Filed: 1901-07-18
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 14,670. Howard, A. H. July 18. Cut-outs ; disbributing.-In order to prevent currents from passing along the sheathing of leadsheathed cables, these are insulated from the junction boxes by packing, such as a<2>, b<3>, and both the sheathing and the box are connected to earth by conductors such as c. Resistances d and fuses e are arranged in the circuit, so that in case of accident a current flows, the fuses blow, and the sheathings are insulated by the packing. The resistances d may be arranged to prevent electrolytic current.
Patent GB-190116729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closures for Bottles and other similar Receptacles.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 16,729. Newton, P. A., [Paterson, R. L.]. Aug. 20. Stoppers.-The cover or stopper 3, which is shown in the form of a cap and having a packing- washer 6, is provided with one or more non-resilient legs 7, which are bent under the shoulder 2 of the bottle &c., as shown in Fig. 2, to secure the stopper in position. The legs are bent or folded to form curved engaging-surfaces 10, and finger holds 11 by which the legs can be disengaged, the flexible folds or sections 9, 10 enabling the legs to accomodate themselves to inequalities in the shoulder 2. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the top 5 of the cap is recessed, and the washer 6 is of annular fotm. Fig. 7 shows a modification, in which the curved parts 10 form the flexible sections.
Patent GB-190116906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Shirts, Collars and Cuffs.
Inventor: COMTE CHARLES
Filed: 1901-08-22
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 16,906. Comte, C. Aug. 22. Shirts; collars; cuffs.-Shirts are made with two fronts a, b, Fig. 2, either of which may be exposed for wear. The two fronts may be of different colours. The cuffs c for wear with the shirt are provided with an additional part d, Fig. 4, which can be turned down, the whole being arranged to show a cuff of the same colour as the front. Fig. 5 shows a section of a collar which on the outside is of the colour of one front, and on the inside of the colour of the other, so that a collar of the same colour as the front may be worn.
Patent GB-190117272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Conveyors, Elevators, and Hoists.
Inventor: JENKINS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1901-08-28
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 17,272. Jenkins, W. J. Aug. 28. Conveyers; elev a t o r s ; hoists.- The Figures show a section and end view of differential gearing for automatically equalizing the tension in a pair of driving- chains. The sprocket-wheels A, B are mounted upon a shaft Z, the first being fixed upon it and the second one loose. Motion is transmitted to the shaft by a spur-wheel F, upon a diameter of which two pinions H, G are mounted. These pinions engage on one side with a bevel-wheel D fixed on the haft, and on the other side with a bevel-wheel C fixed to the sprocket-wheel B. The sprocket-wheel B is thus at liberty to move with respect to the shaft Z until the tension on the two chains is equalized.
Patent GB-190117415-A (GB)
Title: Method for the Reduction of Zinc Ores
Inventor: BRAUNFELS LUDWIG
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1902-08-30
Abstract: 17,415. Braunfels, L. Aug. 30. Metals, extracting ; zinc.-Relates to a process for treating zinc ores, in a metallic reduction vessel, at a low temperature and pressure. The zinc is carried into a condenser by a current of carbonic oxide or other inert gas, while the other metals present in the ore are reduced and remain in the reduction vessels in the form of alloy or otherwise. The ore is pulverized, roasted, if necessary, made into briquettes with coal and some binding-material, and then placed in the metallic vessels c, c<1>. The vessels are preliminarily heated to drive off any gases that may be evolved from the coal, and are then connected by the cocks a, a', to the source of the inert gas to be used, and by the cocks b, b<1>, to an exhaust pump e. The vessels are then further heated, and the distilled zinc is collected in the condensers d, d<1>. The inert gas may be discharged by the pump e into the receiver f, and used again.
Patent GB-190120122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Hinges.
Inventor: VIEWIG LEBERECHT
Filed: 1901-10-08
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 20,122. Viewig, L. Oct. 8. Hinges.-Relates to hinges designed so that one hinged part can be separated from the other when desired, and is stated to be applicable to furniture, such as beds, mattresses, sofas, couches, and chairs, and to trunks, boxes and cases, &c. The hinge is shown detached in Fig. 7, and attached in Fig. 5. The lower flap d is screwed in the usual way to one of the hinged parts, and the upper flap e is slipped into a socket h, screwed to the other hinged part. In the flap e is a square aperture l, which slips over a spring projection i when the hinge is attached, this spring projection preventing detachment of the hinge, except when considerable force is applied.
Patent GB-190121986-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mail or Postal Tube.
Inventor: GRAY HOMER LOUIS
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 21,986. Gray, H. L. Oct. 31. Postal tubes.- The two tubular parts A, A<1> of a mail or postal tube are shown in Fig. 2. The tube A' is short, and is fitted with an extended split tube B to receive the documents or articles to be mailed and to fit telescopically within the tube A. Fastening tapes C, C' are provided, or a fastening of wire or the like may be employed. Strengthening and retaining flanges are provided at the outer ends of the tubes.
Patent GB-190122640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Apparatus for Controlling and Operating the Points of Electric Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: STEWART THOMAS BELL
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-11-08
Abstract: 22,640. Stewart, T. B., and Turner, W. H. Nov. 9. Electric railways a n< >d tramways ; points and switches. -Relates to means for setting the points of the rails and of the overhead conductors automatically, o r by hand. The frog plate A, with the main and branch conductors attached, has a horizontally-movable tongue section B of the rib pivoted at U and two vertically-movable sections shown one behind the other at DF pivoted at EG. The tongue B which directs the trolley to either line has an arm L worked by the cam S or the rack K in opposite directions. The cam S operates after a certain number of vehicles have passed on the main line, as each vehicle lifts the section once and turns the cam disc part of a revolution by ratchet gear P, Q. When the tongue is set for the branch in this way, the trolley then lifts the other arm, and acts through the vertical rack H, pinion J, and rack K to return the tongue B. At the same time, the arm L completes a circuit through the contact and wire M to a solenoid b, which operates the rail points c. A hand-lever f is provided to work the rail points when required, and it also simultaneously moves the conductor frog by the link, lever, and cord g, h, i shown in Fig. 4, or at junctions &c. the points may all be controlled in addition from a master switchboard.
Patent GB-190207657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Sealing Bottles.
Inventor: SCHMITT EDWARD DANIEL
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 7657. Schmitt, B. D. April 1. Stoppering.-Stoppers or seals of the type shown in]Fig. 13 are applied to the necks of bottles, as in Fig. 3, and secured. Three forms of apparatus are described. That shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is adapted to a machine for filling the bottle with aÙrated liquid through a passage 34. The bottle is supported on a vertically-moving rest 27 and centered by a fork 54 ; it is raised by a treadle 31 until its mouth rests against the soft material 36 in the head 5. The stopper is placed in the head, where it is retained by the spring in its arms a until the plungers 13, 14 are depressed by the handlever 25. The plunger 13 actuates the forked plunger 14 through a spring 17, until the latter, having inserted the stopper in the bottle neck, is arrested by the seating, when the plunger moves along, compressing the spring 17 and forcing the bar c between the arms a of the stopper. Projections 12 on the plunger 13 lift the plunger 14. Fig. 5 shows a machine for stoppering still liquids. A sleeve sliding in a fixed cap 5 is depressed by a web 49. Its conical lower end 44 engages the neck of the stationary bottle, then the forked plunger descends into the bottle neck with the stopper, and finally the plunger 13 descends on to the bar of the stopper. All three parts 44, 14, and 13 are depressed by springs, which are compressed as the parts are arrested. In the third form, shown in Fig. 11, the bottle is raised against a stationary held containing the plungers and the centering- cone 50.
Patent GB-190221488-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to Trolley Heads for Electric Tramcars to Guide the Live Wire into the Groove of Pulley when Changing the Direction of Car
Inventor: COOK WILLIAM HALL
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 21,488. Cook, W. H., Cook, T., and partington, W. E. Oct. 3. Electric tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors.-Trolley heads for electric tramcars are fitted with movable guides or fingers to guide the wire into the groove of the pulley when changing the direction of the car. Fig. 2 (Sheet 1) shows one arrangement, in which an arm A is pivoted to the trolley head at B and connected by a link F to a lever G. Normally, the arm A lies in the position shown in dotted lines, but, when changing the direction of the car, the arm is raised, by pulling down the cord K, so that it may strike the wire, and guide it into the pulley. In another arrangement, the arm is formed as one of the limbs of a bent lever pivoted on the pulley axle and operated directly by a cord. Fig. 1 (Sheet 3) shows another modification, in which the arm A is formed as a straight lever pivoted at B to a bracket C and operated by a cord F, the movements of the arm being limited by the faces of the bracket. The arm is hinged at G so that it may act on either side of the pulley.
Patent GB-190225893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetic Ore Separators.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 25,893. Allison, C. A., [Knowles, C. E., Young, G. T., Cooley, T., Elmore, G. H., Brinkerhoff, W. E., O'Keefe, E., and Herrin, J.]. Nov. 25. Magnetic separators.-Two pole-pieces N, S are arranged at an angle to each other, so as to obtain a magnetic field, the intensity of which increases from either side to a line joining the nearest parts of the pieces. The ore to be treated is fed from a hopper b along an apron B connected by a flexible diaphragm f to the first of a series of bins F, F<1>, F<2>, which have adjustable partitions f, f<2>. The apron B is mounted on links b<2>, and is shaken by means of a vibrating double-ended pole-piece c<2>, which is loosely mounted on a shaft c<1> and connected at one end to the apron and at the opposite end to a spring-controlled rod c<6>. The pole-piece c' is caused to vibrate by pole-pieces mounted on the shaft c<1>. The magnetic portions of the ore are raised from the apron, and carried to distances proportional to their magnetic intensities, by an endless belt D provided with a series of magnetic studs d.