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Patent GB-190114553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Preparation of Dough and Apparatus for Effecting same.
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-07-17
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 14,553. Baker, G. S. July 17. Liquid-weighers.-Relates to apparatus for use in connection with dough-kneading machinery, for automatically regulating the temperature of and weighing the water. Hot and cold water enter by one pipe into, and are mixed in, a chamber 3, Figs. 1 and 6. A pipe 6, Fig. 1, leading from the chamber 3, is provided with a cut-off valve 7 and weighted lever 8, and connected to a pipe 17 discharging into a tank 19 carried at one end of a lever 21 of weighing-apparatus suspended from the ceiling. A rod 18 carried at the other end of the lever 21 is joined to a weighing-lever 10 fulcrumed on a column 12 and provided with a sliding weight 11 and a rod 13 with tabulated weights 14. The column 12 also supports the chamber 3 and its connections, and the pipe 17 is supported by the fulcrum bracket 22. The lever 8 is raised to the vertical position to open the valve 7, and an arm 9 of the lever rests on the lever 10, and is raised by it to close the valve. The tank 19 is discharged into the kneading-machine shown in dotted lines by means of a a tap 19<a>, which may be opened automatically. In a modification, the weights are placed directly on the rod 18, and the lever 9 is operated by a collar on that rod.
Patent GB-190115371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: HODGES PERCY WALTER OGILVIE
Filed: 1901-07-29
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,371. Hodges, P. W. O. July 29. Cut-outs; switches.-A motor-starting switch is arranged to give a quick make-and-break to the main or armature switch arm, and also to prevent a rapid movement of the resistance switch. Overload and underload releasing-magnets are also pro. vided. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement. Below the main switch arm e is a pivoted plate f, and between them are two springs g, h. The spring g presses against a stop k, and also against a pin l on the plate tending to turn it into the normal (off) position. The spring h presses against the pin l, and against a pin m on the switch arm. A spring catch q tends to hold the arm off. The operating-handle 1 is geared to the resistance switch arm through the pinion z and two wheels x, y of unequal number of teeth, so that the arm d rotates slowly. In its movement the pin o strikes a projection n on the plate f, putting the springs g, h into tension until it releases the catch q, when the arm springs into the position shown in Fig. 4. The arm e is held in this position by a pin 2 engaging a catch t. This catch is controlled by an overload electromagnet v and an underload electromagnet 3. To open the switch, the movement of the handle 1 is continued until the pin o on the arm d strikes a projection u on the catch t, and so releases the pin 2. To open the switch should the arm d be moved in the reverse direction when the switch is on, an arm 6 having a pin 7 is provided as shown. A ratchet and pawl may be provided to prevent a back movement of the handle.
Patent GB-190117557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ball Bearings
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-09-02
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 17,557. Boult, A. J., [Grujon, L.]. Sept. 2. Ball bearings for shafts, steam engines, bicycles, motor road vehicles, &c. The bearing support is screwed for the engagement of two collars or rings i shaped to receive two series of balls d. A hardened steel sleeve a, keyed or secured by a screw to the shaft, is provided with a rib b, having rounded surfaces which co-operate with the collars i to form races for the balls. The bearing is adjusted by moving the collars i. The support may be split and provided with lugs secured by a bolt. In large bearings, the arrangement may be duplicated, as shown, an intervening space being left between the parts to permit the insertion of the collars. In large bearings, the sleeve a may serve for connecting two countershafts g, l.
Patent GB-190125126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Stopping or Controlling the Flow or Passage of Steam, Water or other Fluids
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 25,126. Thompson, W. H., and Thompson, R. Dec. 10. Stuffing-boxes. - Relates to valves of the kind described in Specification No. 2441, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Valves &c.]. A lift valve having a bye-pass valve for equalizing the pressure on both sides of the main valve has a nut N which secures the perforated seat and is used to support the pillars n carrying the spindle nut M<1> and the pillars act as guides for the packing gland M, which is tightened by means of nuts n<2> on the pillars. Another modification has a gland nut M, Fig. 2, formed as a spur-wheel and engaged by a rotatable pinion m<1>, with flanges m<3> on one of the pillars n.
Patent GB-190201792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Purification of Sugar-juice.
Inventor: NODON ALBERT
Filed: 1902-01-22
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 1792. Nodon, A., and Piettre, J. Aug. 7, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Purifying saccharine juices.-Beet-root or other saccharine juices are purified by treating with peroxide of manganese, or peroxide of manganese and milk of lime, and subjecting the mixture to the action of an electric current. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the purifying process comprises a series of vats a, communicating with one another, and provided with electrodes b made of an alloy containing 80 per cent. of lead and 20 per cent. of antimony. Beneath the electrodes are revolving blades c for agitating the juices. After the purifying process, the juice is saturated with carbonic acid, and then filtered and evaporated in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190204432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Leaded Lights.
Inventor: BINDER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-02-21
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 4432. Binder, J. Feb. 21. Windows; glazing. - Lead glazing - bars are stiffened by steel rods b, and connected by pieces a, or ornamental rosettes, to form stiffened mitre joints.
Patent GB-190204907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automobiles.
Inventor: SIMPSON ALFRED LISSACK
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 4907. Simpson, A. L. Feb. 26. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to electricallypropelled motor vehicles of the kind employing storage batteries, and consists in a mounting for the motor which allows it to be disengaged and driven through a flexible shaft from some external engine, so as to act as a dynamo for charging the batteries. The motor casing 25 is suspended by a yoke 23 from a plate 12 secured to the vehicle body, buffers or resilient blocks being inserted at 16, 18. The motor drives, through toothed gearing 9, 10, a chain shaft 8 journalled in the casing, whereby the road wheels are driven through the chain 30. This chain is kept taut by a chain-strut composed of two parts 29, 37 hinged to an intervening lever 31, by means of which the strut can be temporarily shortened and the chain disconnected when it is desired to connect the flexible shaft with the shaft 8 for re-charging the batteries. To render the chain-strut rigid, an extension of the lever 31 is secured to one part by a thumbscrew, and a tubular sleeve is slipped over the joint to the other part. The strut is provided with a turn-buckle at 38.
Patent GB-190212660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: GRUBB WALTER CHARLES
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 12,660. Grubb, W. C. June 3. Cameras; shutters; change-boxes. - Consists of a camera with a plate-changing arrangement and a focussing - mirror, which also acts as a shutter. The plate-changing arrangement is shown in section in Fig. 2. The unexposed plates are placed in an upper compartment separated from the lower compartment by a partition P. The front plate in the upper compartment is pulled down by a rectangle A sliding in grooves in the side of the camera. To make way for the entering plate, the front plate in the lower compartment is pushed back by levers D actuated by projections C on the top of the rectangle. A spring with a knife-edge E ensures that only the front plate is removed by the movement of the rectangle. The focussing- mirror F is shown in Fig. 4. By rotating the crank G, the mirror is lifted, as shown by dotted lines, so as to expose the plate. For instantaneous exposures, the shutter is set by placing the crank G behind the detent lever H. The crank G is actuated by a spiral spring.
Patent GB-190212953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Braiding Machines.
Inventor: KIRSCH BERNHARD
Filed: 1902-06-06
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 12,953. Kirsch, B., and Pessl, A. June 6. Braiding - machines. - Relates to braiding-machines in which one set of threads is carried round in the median plane of the machine, and the other set is moved alternately to one or other side of this plane. Four frames 12 carrying the spools u, on which the first set of threads w are wound, have friction rollers 11 which run on rails 9, 9 bridged over by yokes 7 and carried on two spiders t rotated in the same direction by bevel-wheels q, r. The frames 12 are driven at the same speed as, but in the opposite direction to, the spiders t, by means of rack teeth 13 and pinions 17, 14, of which the pinions 17 gear with a fixed wheel 18. The second set of threads k are wound on bobbins i carried by the spiders, and they pass round rollers 20 and through holes in plates m, Figs. 8 and 9, on the pivots 32, 29, and 26 of a set of jointed threadguides 25, 27, which are alternately moved to one side and the other of the threads w by means of a crosshead, links 22, and suitable motors 33 carried on the spiders. Instead of motors, the threadguides may be rocked by means of links and cams operated by gearing from the shaft 15.
Patent GB-190214989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Heating Devices for Baths and the like.
Inventor: RANKE HERMANN JULIUS
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 14,989. Ranke, H. J. July 5. Water-heating gas stoves.-A water-heater for baths and other purposes is formed of an outer casing 1, which is entirely detached from the hot-water jacket. The water enters through a valve 7 a conical annular casing 5, the inner side of which is corrugated, and thence passes through a union 32 to a second similar casing 4. From the latter it passes in succession through a flat annular pipe 33, a vertical pipe 10, a reversed funnel casing 9, and a tube 12 leading to the delivery pipe 11. The hot gases from the burner 15 pass in the direction of the arrows to the outlet 16. The gas cannot be lit until the burner is withdrawn from the casing and the water is turned on, and the latter cannot be turned off until after the gas has been turned off. To effect these objects, the gas valve has a disc 23, having a slot 36 into which a feather 20 on the socket 35 of the water valve engages, so that, to enable the water to be turned off, the disc 23 must be in such a position that the feather 20 and the slot 36 can engage, that is, in the position when the gas is turned off. Further, the burner 15 is rigidly attached to a small hinged door 17, and to a socket 29 surrounding a tap plug 28. The socket 29 carries a cam disc 30, which, when the burner is swung out of the casing, engages with a counterweighted two-armed lever 24 and removes it from engagement with an opening in a disc 27, and thereby allows the gas tap to be turned on by means of the handle 31.
Patent GB-190217070-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing Embroidery wherein the Material, on which the Embroidery has been Worked is Subsequently Removed.
Inventor: DALICHOW BERNHARD
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 17,070. Dalichow, B. Aug. 1. Carbonizing fabrics.-The invention relates to producing embroidery by a process which has the effect of carbonizing, the material embroidered upon being subsequently removed and the embroidery only left. The material after having been bleached with chlorine by a dry process, is moistened with a solution of chloric acid of about 1‹ or 2‹ BÚ. After being dried it is embroidered upon and then heated to a temperature of 60‹ to 80‹ C. The material, which is thus rendered brittle can then be removed by washing, the embroidery only being left.
Patent GB-190218005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving and Salvage Apparatus for Buildings
Inventor: STONE EDWARD RENDLE
Filed: 1902-08-15
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 18,005. Stone, E. R. Aug. 15. Scaffolding.-Relates to a fire-escape, applicable also as scaffolding for cleaning or painting a bnild- ing. A ladder k is suspended from a traveller c mounted on a rail a secured to the top of the building by brackets. The traveller is actuated by an endless rope e operated from below by a winch &c. The bottom of the ladder is held in position by a hook or shackle. The ladder, wben not in use, is partly enclosed in a cupboard, which may also contain means for signalling to a fire- station. A sling 0 is also suspended from the traveller c, or from a separate carrier, to raise or lower persons, tools, hose, &c.
Patent GB-190218250-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Shrinking Cloth and other Fabrics.
Inventor: SILK MATTHEW BERNARD
Filed: 1902-08-19
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 18,250. Silk, M. B. Aug. 19. Shrinking; steaming.-Fabrics are shrunk &c. by steaming by means of apparatus, such as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. On a frame a<1> is fitted a plate a, which is adapted to be heated by gas supplied to perforated pipes e placed underneath, or by other means. On the heated plate is placed a piece of moistened calico or the like, the fabric to be treated being placed over this. The moisture in the under fabric is converted into steam, which thus serves to steam and shrink &c. the upper fabric. The latter may be withdrawn over a roller b on feeding it to the steaming-apparatus.
Patent GB-190227712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Universally Flexible Couplings for Shafting
Inventor: WELLER JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 27,712. Weller, J. Dec. 16. Shaft couplings; universal joints.-Two shafts are coupled together by means of one or more elastic diaphragms so arranged that motion may be transmitted if the axes of the shafts are inclined. Preferably the diaphragms are corrugated concentrically, and are provided with bosses &c. at the centre and flanges &c. at the circumference for attachment purposes. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a single diaphragm A is provided with a boss C at the centre for attachment to one shaft B, and at the circumference it is secured to a flange D on the other shaft B. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, two diaphragms A are employed. The central bosses C of the diaphragms are coupled together, and at the circumference, the diaphragms are coupled to flanges D on the shafts B. In another arrangement, the two diaphragms are coupled together at the circumference and the central bosses are secured to the shafts.
Patent GB-190308297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Boots.
Inventor: LIEBMANN EMIL
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 8297. Liebmann, E. April 9. Lacing fastenings for boots. The uppers d, which are adapted to fold down, and close up over a tongue b, are fastened by a lace e, which passes alternately round hooks f mounted on the flaps One end of the lace is secured to the boot, and the other end is secured preferably by a clamp stud h. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, a yielding fastening is obtained by connecting the clamp stud h and the end of the lace to pieces of leather k secured to elastic bands g placed between the outer leather and lining of the upper.
Patent GB-190310730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motive Power Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,730. Thompson, W. P., [National Free Piston Engine Co.]. May 11. R o c k drills.- Relates to explosion engines for hammers, pile. drivers, chipping and other percussive tools, riveters, rock drills, pumps, air-compressors, &c. Figs. 4 and 5 show longitudinal s e c - tions of a percussi ve rock drill which is mounted in ways in a carriage 38, and is fed by a screw, rotated by hand. The carriage is supported on a tripod or other stand. There are two cylinders 1, 2, the pistons of which are coupled by a rod 6. On this rod is a crosshead 7, connected by rods 9 to a yoke 10, carrying the tool socket 8. The explosive gas or vapour is admitted by a branch 16 to a chamber 15, from which it passes by valves 11, 12 to the chambers 13, 14, driving the return strokes of the pistons. From these chambers, the gas passes by the ports 17,18 into the cylinders, deflectors 25, 26 preventing its mixing with the exhaust. The charges are compressed by the return of the pistons, and are fired by the electric ignition plugs 19, 20. A contact-maker 32, carried by the crosshead 7, completes the circuits through the primaries of the coils by touching the springs 30, 31 alternately. The exhaust takes place through the ports 21, 22 into the pipes 23, 24. The cylinders are provided with water jackets. The tool socket is rifled and passes through a rifled bush 34, which is prevented from rotating in one direction by pawls. The socket is thus caused to rotate slightly during each return stroke. The socket is tubular, and moves on a fixed tube 37, which communicates with one of the cylinder-jackets, and supplies water to cool the drill. When the machine is used as a hammer, it is placed vertically in a framing, provided with an anvil. A hammer head is fitted to the socket 8.
Patent GB-190312856-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Making Pickles.
Inventor: LODER WILLIAM ALFRED
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 12,856. Loder, W. A. July 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Condiments.-Cucumbers, after being] washed, are placed in kegs, barrels, or the like, and treated with a cold solution of salt in vinegar, in the proportion of about 6 oz. of salt to the gallon, until slight fermentation takes place and ceases. The liquid is then drawn off and, if sour pickles are required, is replaced by fresh strong vinegar, to which spices are added. If sweet pickles are required, the first liquid is replaced bv fresh-sweetened vinegar, which, after 25 to 30 days is brought up to its original sweetness and strength and has spices added to it.
Patent GB-190314983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paper Patterns for Garments and the like.
Inventor: CHRISTY MILLER
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 14 983. Christy, M. July 6. Drawings to Specification. Printing on garment patterns ; perforating- apparatus.-A series of graduated patterns, sufficient to make up a single garment, are all printed from specially-prepared stereotype or electrotype blocks on one sheet of paper, on which reading and pictorial matter is also printed, and the sheet is subsequently folded and may be sold as a separate publication. To facilitate the detachment of each portion of the pattern from the sheet, a strip of perforating-rule is fixed round the edge of each printing-surface, and is set rather more than type-high so that a perforated line is made round the pattern.
Patent GB-190316518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Steering Gear of Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: BRIGHTMORE ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-27
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 16,518. Brightmore, A. W. July 27. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the steering gear of motor vehicles of the type described in Specifications No. 16,056, A.D. 1901, and No. 611, A.D. 1903, in which the front road wheels are both steering and driving wheels, and the steering is effected by retarding one or other of the wheels by braking or otherwise. The invention consists in preventing the direction of motion from being unintentionally changed, by interlocking the steering-rod or equivalent mechanism with a gripping arrangement, which causes the two wheels to rotate together when the steering-rod is in its normal position, but releases them immediately the rod is turned in either direction. In the form shown in the Figures, the two elements b, d of the differential shaft are normally held together by the clutch a, c. This is actuated through the levers o, q and link r from a sleeve l mounted on the steering-rod f in such a manner that, whichever way the rod is turned, the sleeve, and therefore the link r also, will receive a motion from left to right with reference to the Figures, the clutch being thereby released. This motion is effected by the left and right hand threads g, h working in the nuts i, j, which make contact at n with projections on the inner side of the sleeve. One of the steering-brakes is shown at s, being operated by a lever u connected to a nut on the rod f.
Patent GB-190318955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Drills of the Percussion Type.
Inventor: JOHNSON WALTER CLAUDE
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 18,955. Johnson, W. C., and Pearson, G. C. Sept. 2. Rock drills, percussive. In a percussive rock drill, the spindle 1 is drawn back by cams 6 on a revolving shaft 7, or by lugs 19 on the endless chain 18, Fig. 4, and the forward stroke is effected by air compressed in the rear end of the cylinder 2 by the piston 3. The front and rear ends of the cylinder are connected by a bye-pass 11 and non- return valve 10, which is placed to allow cushioning on the forward stroke, and also to allow air to pass to the rear end of the cylinder to make up for leakage therefrom, fresh air being admitted to the forward end through a port 9. The piston may be fixed on the tool spindle, or on the loose sleeve 12 placed between springs 13, 14 thereon. A usual rotating-gear is placed at 16.
Patent GB-190323670-A (GB)
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 23,670. Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co., and Piercy, E. V. Nov. 2. Shutters.-Relates to a method of winding up a roller - blind shutter in which the winding-up cord is drawn back by a spring roller. One end of the winding-up cord F is attached to the spring roller E. From this roller it passes over a pulley C fixed on the axis b of one of the blind rollers. By pulling down the end H of the cord F, the roller C is rotated and the shutter is wound up. When the cord F is released, it is re-wound on the drum E by the action of the spiral spring G.