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Patent GB-189907528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY EDWIN HEBER
Filed: 1899-04-10
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 7528. Montgomery, E. H. April 10. Annular and crescent-shaped chamber types.- Steam entering the casing A by a pipe 18 passes thence through a port 16 controlled by a centrifugal governor 17, a port 15, and a recess 14, and actuates a piston 11 which is fixed to a rotary casing 2 and slides between trunnions 12 carried by a cylinder 6. one of which serves to cut off the steam at a certain point to allow expansive working. Exhaust takes place through a port 19 and ports 20 in a stationary hollow shaft 7, which is adjustably supported by bolts 9 and a flange 8 eccentrically to the shaft 3. In a modification, the rotary casing is replaced by a fixed one, and the pistons turn on a central axle the ends of the cylinder 6 embracing the sides of this fixed cylinder, against which packing-rings are pressed by steam from the main casing.
Patent GB-189907801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Pressing Bricks and the like.
Inventor: HUGHES RALPH TOWNSEND
Filed: 1899-04-13
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 7801. Hughes, R. T. April 13. Moulding bricks &c.-The plungers B work through the open sides of the mould, as described in Specification No. 6239, A.D. 1895, and are forced inwards by weighted levers F in order to press the brick, and form the frogs or indents in opposite faces. The plungers are formed with air-escape passages, and are withdrawn out of action by a cam I, on a continuously-rotating shaft J, acting on levers H, connected by links G to the weighted levers. The mould is closed by a push-block or cover D, which is moved under inclined ribs E of the table by a weighted lever L acted on by a cam M. The bottom or ejecting plunger is operated by a cam K, a vertical connecting-rod N, and a lever P mounted on a horizontal pivot. A spring raises the rod N against the cam. The press is in duplicate, and a pressed brick is discharged from one side of the machine while a brick is being pressed at the other side. The cam shaft is driven from a pulley shaft by spur gearing. The pressing- plungers may be forced inwards by the cam, and withdrawn by weighted levers ; and they may be fitted with cushioning springs to prevent damage to the machine.
Patent GB-189911780-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mould for Casting Plates or Grids for Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: GENT WILLIAM ALFRED
Filed: 1899-06-06
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 11,780. Gent, W. A., and Jevons, S. June 6. Moulding.-Relates to a mould for casting plates or grids of the shape described in Specification No. 7321, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Galvanic batteries]. The plate or grid consists of a number of parallel bars d, Fig. 4, connected together by cross-pieces e, e, which alternately pass from the top of one bar to the bottom of the next and vice versÔ. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the mould in an open position, and Fig. 1 shows the same closed. It is in two parts a, g hinged together at i, and, when the two are closed together, the bars d are cast in the recesses c, and the strips e are formed in the spaces f between the two parts a, g. The open spaces h, Fig. 4, in the grid are formed by the pieces b.
Patent GB-189913527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tires.
Inventor: BURROWS JOSEPH ARTHUR
Filed: 1899-06-29
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 13,527. Burrows, J. A. Feb. 28, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-The rubber tyre 1 is shaped so that its sides are free from the edges of the channelled rim 3. The tyre has side wings 2, which press against the edges of the rim when the tyre is secured in position. A canvas lining 3, which does not extend quite to the edges of the side wings, may be employed.
Patent GB-189918056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lumber.
Inventor: GILMOUR DAVID
Filed: 1899-09-06
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 18,056. Gilmour, D. Sept. 6. Wood, treating. - Relates to a process for converting worthless logs and timber into highclass grades, by covering or facing them with h thin boards of the higher g r a d e . Interlocking- grooves are cut on the faces of the two pieces A, B, Fig. 5, to be joined. The grooved surfaces are coated with cement, and pressed together with heated rolls. In the form shown, Fig. 5, there are undercut grooves b<2> into which the fibre of the wood is pressed by the rolls.
Patent GB-189921103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Fire-dogs or Supports or Rests for Fire-irons.
Inventor: HALL JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-23
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 21,103. Hall, J. W. Oct. 23. Fire-dogs. - One or more sockets b to receive a short poker are made integral with, or are screwed to, the bar a of an ordinary fire-dog.
Patent GB-189924681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time-recorders and in Cards and Card Racks therefor.
Inventor: BUNDY WILLARD LE GRAND
Filed: 1899-12-12
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 24,681. Bundy, W. le G. Dec. 14. Stands, card.-Relates to a workman's time recorder, in which the rack, for holding the cards for receiving the times of arrival and departure, is formed from a series of metal blanks 195, which are placed one above the other in a slightly-inclined position between vertical guides.
Patent GB-190009710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of the Haloid Compounds of Cyanogen.
Inventor: KIRKPATRICK-PICARD HUGH FITZAL
Filed: 1900-05-26
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 9710. Kirkpatrick-Picard, H. F. May 26. Cyanogen, halogen compounds of. - Chloride, bromide, and iodide of cyanogen are produced from sulphocyanides by acting upon them with a halogen salt and an oxidizing-agent, such as manganese dioxide and sulphuric acid, bichromates and sulphuric acid, hypochlorites and an acid, nitrates and sulphuric acid, or nitric acid alone. An example is given in which a mixture of sodium bromide and sodium sulphocyanide is run into a mixture of diluted nitric and sulphuric acids, which is kept at about 100‹ C. The reaction is represented by the equation :- Bromine may be used in place of a bromide. The cyanogen - bromide vapours produced are condensed in suitable chambers, and the nitric-oxide gas is conducted to suitable regenerating-towers for reconverting it into nitric acid. The process may be made continuous by passing the liquor continuously through a series of retorts.
Patent GB-190010852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Coulters or Tines of Drills and other Agricultural Implements
Inventor: GOWER BENJAMIN SMYTH
Filed: 1900-06-14
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 10,852. Gower, B. S. June 14. Cultivators ; hoes, horse; rakes, horse; seeds, sowing ; tines, securing; depth of work, adjusting.- Relates to means for securing and applying spring pressure to the tines or coulters of cultivators, seed drills, horse-hoes, horse-rakes, and similar agricultural implements. The tines are fitted into openings in the levers A, and are secured by bolts a, a. The levers A are pivoted at d to frames B secured on a square transverse shaft M and carrying springs P which bear upon the levers A. A lever D is rigidly secured to the shaft M, and is weighted at C. A lever G, of the shape shown, is pivoted to the lever D, and encircles a cylinder F carried by the lever K and running the whole width of the machine. The cylinder F is provided with a chain f to engage the outer end of the lever D, with chains c attached to the outer ends of the levers A, and with a chain g to engage the upper notched end of the lever G and put pressure on the lever D. By operating the lever K, the tines may be raised clear of the soil, or may be forced downwards with an adjustable pressure.
Patent GB-190101038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper for Cleansing Telephones.
Inventor: HENCKEL HERMINE
Filed: 1901-01-16
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 1038. Henckel, H., and Henckel, A. Jan. 16. Disinfectants.-A mixture of formic aldehyde and glycerine is used for treating paper to be used for cleansing telephones.
Patent GB-190107216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs.
Inventor: WRIGHT HENRY
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1902-04-05
Abstract: 7216. Wright, H., Wright, T., Wright, R. S., Wright, H., and Wright, G. April 6. Chairs.-Relates to joints for connecting the seat rails E to the back uprights. The side rails of the seat are notched at A to receive nuts with which engage bolts B passed through the uprights. The uprights and rails are connected by dowel pins.
Patent GB-190110642-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Coupling Link for the Pattern Chains Employed in Looms for Weaving
Inventor: FIRTH JOHN
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 10,642. Firth, J. May 23. Loom pattern chains.-Some of the ordinary bushes or tubes employed, for instance, in the Hollingworth and Knowles looms, for retaining the pattern bowls of the chains, are replaced by links a, passing over adjacent lag spindles b. The links, made of sheet or cast metal, or any suitable material, may be arranged upon the spindles wherever they would correspond to healds requiring to be left down for two consecutive picks.
Patent GB-190113157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo Boats.
Inventor: MORIARTY THOMAS JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 13,157. Moriarty, T. J., and Reagan, J. T. June 27. Drawings to Specification. Auxiliary propellers for steamships.-Relates to a submergible one-man torpedo boat which carries a single torpedo underneath. In a case of emergency, the torpedo engines can be started to assist in propelling the boat.
Patent GB-190116277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Traction Motors.
Inventor: RICHTER CHARLES
Filed: 1901-08-13
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 16,277. Richter, C., and Eschler, R. T. Aug. 13. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to an electric traction motor in which the car wheel B,< >B<1> forms the motor case, the field magnets N being held stationary and the armature 0 being in the form of a ring fixed to and revolving with the car wheel, while a suitable commutator K is fixed to one of the inner plates of the car wheel so as to co-operate with brushes L secured to the hub portion of the field magnet. The present improvements comprise :-(1) the special construction of the wheel plates and tyres, which are stepped so as to form a water-tight junction, the electrical parts being all attached to one part B and the tyre C to the other B', the tyre being confined by lateral shoulders ; (2) the construction and arrangement of the roller bearings R, T for supporting the non-rotatory axle Q to which the field magnet N is fixed, but which is not otherwise loaded in any way ; (3) also the means for resisting the end thrust of the wheel by the formation on the wheel trunnions of axles A, A' by ridges F, which engage with grooves in the axle-boxes ; and (4) means for cushioning or holding the axle Q with an elastic action against the torque, consisting of arms D<2> acting against springs L', K<2>, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190120442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in connection with Motor Driven Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: JOYCE FREDERICK RICHARD CHURCH
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 20,442. Joyce. F. a. C. Oct. 12. Driving-mechanism.-Relates to motor bicycles, tricycles, &c., and consists mainly in disconnectible friction driving-gear for transmitting motion from the motor to the rear driving-wheel. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the motor, mounted on the bottom tube G, rotates a chain-wheel N, by which is driven a chain-wheel D. The latter is attached to a disc C mounted on a spindle supported on a lever F pivoted at J. The edge of the disc C by the set lever F<1> can be brought into frictional contact with the frame or ring B, which is secured to the wheel A when it is desired to drive the latter, and can be moved out of contact when disconnection is desired. In another form, the chain-wheel D and disc C are not adjustable in position, but a supplementary adjustable frictionwheel can be pressed between the wheels C, B. In another example, in which the motor is nearer the wheel A, the adjustable friction-wheel may be employed without chain gear or band gear.
Patent GB-190202491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Driving Motor Cars, Cycles and other similar Vehicles.
Inventor: DUMARESQ WILLIAM NEWTON
Filed: 1902-01-30
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 2491. Dumaresq, W. N. Jan. 30. Driving-gear for boat propellers.-Relates to variable-speed chain gearing for driving motor cars, also applicable to motor launches. The essential feature consists in the construction of a chainwheel so that it can be expanded or contracted. Each wheel is composed of a series of sprockets or pinions 32 mounted on separate arms 4 capable of being moved radially in slots in a disc 18 towards, or away from, the centre of the wheel. These pinions are free while the wheel is being expanded or contracted, but locked while it is driving. To this end they may be mounted on their spindles with roller or one-way clutches. The arms 4 carrying the sprockets are simultaneously moved inwards or outwards by means similar to those employed in the scroll-chuck of a lathe. Fig. 2 shows the means for producing relative movement of the scroll-plate 11 for the purpose of effecting the adjustment. Means are provided for enabling the disc 18 to be held stationary while either the pinion 12 is brought into gear with the bevel-wheels 8, 10 or the pinion 13 is brought into gear with the wheels 14, 15, according to whether it is desired to expand or contract the chain-wheel. Figs. 5 and 6 show screw gear for effecting this adjustment. In this, a loose disc 10 with a ring of teeth gearing with the pinions 19 on the screws 16 performs a similar function to that of the scroll-plate 11.
Patent GB-190202740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Supports for Lubricating Pads in Railway or like Vehicle Axle-boxes.
Inventor: LOESEWITZ JOHANNES
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 2740. Loesewitz, J. Feb. 3. Axle-boxes. lubricating.-Relates to spring supports for lubricating - pads. The support comprises a curved plate c and a flat plate d resting on the bottom of the axle-box, kept apart by springs e. U-shaped rods a, b, pivoted to lugs on the plates d, c, respectively, have loops forming a scissorlike connection, so that, by pressing the outer ends of the rods together, the springs e are compressed, and the pad may be easily inserted or removed.
Patent GB-190209345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bridges and Metal Frames for Pianofortes.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON THOMAS HAVELOCK
Filed: 1902-04-23
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 9345. Hutchinson, T. H. April 23. Pianofortes.-The metal frame is made in two parts secured together, the upper part carrying the wrest plank. The lower part, the bracings of which are shown at B, is secured to the wooden frame A, and lies behind the sound board. A metal plate E covers the wrest plank, which it overhangs, the overhanging part covering a bridge F. H shows one of a number of supports for this bridge. The soundboard is carried slightly further up towards the treble end than at present. Reference is made to Specifications No. 23,751, A.D. 1896, and No. 22,067, A.D. 1898.
Patent GB-190213552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bobbins for Spinning Machinery.
Inventor: BELANGER VICTOR
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 13,552. BÚlanger, V. June 14. Spindle apparatus for ring and traveller frames. The bobbin has a cylindrical barrel j and d a conical head f. It is placed in the position shown on a tapered spindle a, which is provided with a cylindrical end b, between which and the tapered portion i a a shoulder c, the interior of the bobbin being formed i n a corresponding manner, so that the end f fits the cylindrical portion of the spindle, a shoulder i on the interior of the bobbin rests on the shoulder c of the spindle, and there is an annular space between the tapered spindle and the inner surface of the barrel.
Patent GB-190215786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Heating or Steam Generating Boilers.
Inventor: LOGAN FERDINAND
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 15,786. Logan, F. July 15. Vertical boilers.-The firebox shell B and the boiler shell D are both outwardly flanged and bolted together as shown. Water tubes 8, in horizontal layers, crossing one another, traverse the upper part of the firebox. The fire-tubes are secured by nuts at their upper ends, yielding packing-washers of asbestos or the like being employed to provide for expansion. The whole is surrounded by an outer casing E, near the base of which the chimney flue 13 is attached.
Patent GB-190219314-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wing Piston for Semi-rotary Pumps.
Inventor: COOK WILLIAM HALL
Filed: 1902-09-03
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 19,314. Cook, W. H., and Cook, T. Sept. 3. Oscillating - vane type of pumps. The oscillating vane d is packed by means of a rectangularshaped strip of flexible material e secured to the vane by means of a metal plate, so that the upturned edges of the strip act like a cup leather.
Patent GB-190225784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Ball Stoppered and other Bottles.
Inventor: ELLERKER THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 25,784. Ellerker, T. Nov. 24. Bottles, washing. -Relates to apparatus for internally brushing ball-stoppered and other bottles. Specification No. 22,686, A.D. 1893, is referred to. To prevent the stationary steel tube a, called E in the Specification above referred to, from rusting into its support c, it is fitted with a non- corrodible end b which is screwed into a hole in the support. A modification is described in which the end b is made plain and clamped in the support c. In both arrangements the tube can be readily removed when worn out.
Patent GB-190226639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Driving Gear
Inventor: GHISLAIN BEAUDOIN
Filed: 1902-12-03
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 26,639. Ghislain, B. Dec. 3. Driving - mechanism; clutches; treadle-levers.- In the form shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, bell-crank levers V, pivoted one to each chain stay at v, each carry on one arm a fixed p e d a the other arm being secured to a chain W wound on and secured to a drum L mounted in roller bearings I on the axle A and connected thereto by a spring S, which raises the pedals to their upper positions, the motion of the levers being limited by buffers U in one direction and by stops Z in the other. Each drum L is connected to the hub by a clutch, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, comprising blocks 0 mounted under inclined blocks P between washers N carried by the drum, and pressed into engagement by plungers Q actuated by springs R enclosed in sockets formed in blocks P secured in the drum. The washers N have ledges N<1> to retain the blocks P in place. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 9, the levers V are pivoted on the chain stays, and are formed with eccentric arms 1 which support the chains when unwound. The ends of the chains are forked to allow a length greater than its circumference to be wound on the drum.
Patent GB-190300129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Respirators for Protection against Smoke and Dust.
Inventor: LOEB BERNHARD
Filed: 1903-01-02
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 129. Loeb, B. Jan. 2. Respirators.-Relates to respirators for breathing amidst smoke or dust. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the air is drawn in through a tube b containing filtering-material, and thence through a pipe g to the end of a similar tube a, which conducts it to a chamber containing a damp sponge h supported in a perforated case screwed into the chamber. The air then passes up through a valve to a mouthpiece d closed by a casing c and provided with an exit valve, as shown. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the tubes are enclosed in a cylinder, the air passing through a layer g<1> of wadding, and then, through semi-cylindrical filters c<1>, d' connected together by a tube g, to a mouthpiece b<1>. In another form, shown in Figs. 5 and 8, funnels f<2> containing filtering-material are screwed into the sides of a chamber d<2> fitted with a valved exit pipe g', a face-piece a<2>, and a nose-piece b<2> provided with a valve s' and connected by a bellows c' to the chamber d<2>. In a modification of this form adapted for blowing dust away, the face-piece is replaced by a tubular mouthpieee, and the nose-piece is connected to the chamber d<2> by a flexible tube provided with a valve which prevents nasal inhalation. Fig. 9 shows a form comprising a chamber fitted with exit valves i<3> and several entry valves leading through a large filter g<3>, which closes the end of the chamber. The face-piece which encloses the nose comprises a pneumatic tube d<3> carried on a wire b<3> flexibly connected to the front of the chamber, so that it can be adjusted to fit different faces. In another form, a chamber, provided with a suitable filter and with an adjustable face-piece, is fitted with a mouthpiece which is adjustable longitudinally on a tube leading to the chamber.
Patent GB-190304820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Calcining of Alumina Sulphate or like Material
Inventor: CUMMER ALBERT EDWIN
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 4820. Cummer, A. E. March 2. Calcining or drying furnaces.-Relates to a process for "calcining" alumina sulphate and like material, in which the sulphate &c. is cooled and broken up in the interval between two drying and heating operations. The sulphate to be treated is crushed and fed into the upper end of a cylinder A, provided with longitudinal divisions and rotating in bearings b above a heating-chamber C provided with an arch having adjustable air openings by which the heat passing to the cylinder can be regulated, the temperature of the cylinder rising from 180‹ F. at the entrance to 210‹ F. at the exit. The partially-dried sulphate is delivered to an elevator D, which conveys it to the top of a chamber E fitted with cross-flues through which cold or hot air is drawn. The sulphate becomes dispersed and cooled or heated by contact with the flues and falls on to an inclined shoot which delivers it to a band H by which it is deposited on a hinged inclined screen L. The fine particles pass through the screen into a funnel M leading to a second chamber A, in which the drying is completed at a temperature ranging from 210‹ to 300‹ F. The coarser particles are broken up by passing through rollers N before entering the funnel M. The screen L may be lifted out of the way of the material.
Patent GB-190306841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watches.
Inventor: FITZGERALD WALTER H
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 6841. FitzGerald, W. H. March 31, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Watch cases.-The construction enables a watch to present either the crystal case or the hunter's case, without entailing additional thickness. The movement 7, having the crystal 19 and cap 20, is fixed in a ring 6, which can be turned, as on trunnions, in a ring 11 held by the channelled case band 2, so that the hinged back 3 of the case forms the hunter's cover and the cap 20 fills the bezel 5. The winding-stem 9 forms one trunnion, and a pin 18 the other, the turning ring having slots 16 to engage them and to allow clearance from the bezel 5 in turning. Pendants.-The hollow pendant 4, closed by the screw plug 10, allows the necessary and lateral play to the winding-stem, the cap 8 not fitting tightly. Case springs.-The lock spring 12 slotted across the winding-stem is a bow with its ends resting on the fixed ring 11.