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Patent GB-190123886-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Slid-rule Consisting in the Provision of Elastic Supports or Runners which Allow the Slide to Work Freely under all Atmospheric Conditions
Inventor: DUNLOP HENRY CLELAND
Filed: 1901-11-25
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 23,886. Dunlop, H. C. Nov. 25. Slide-rules. - To reduce friction, the ordinary tongue- and-groove slide is replaced by silk strands a, upon which the slide C runs. Fixed metal springs may be fitted for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190126436-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Reflector or Shade for Electric Lamps and the like
Inventor: RHODES OSMOND YEADON
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 26,436. Rhodes, O. Y. Dec. 27. Lamp shades and reflectors and holders therefor.- For use with outdoor illuminating devices and for other lighting purposes, a shade or reflector a in the form of a flower or a cluster of leaves is punched or otherwise produced at a single operation from sheet tin, the leaves being variously coloured to increase the ornamental effect produced. When an ordinary shade or reflector holder is not employed, the central part b of the device may be slit radially and bent to form attaching prongs or clips c.
Patent GB-190204019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Proof Constructions
Inventor: THE NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO
Filed: 1902-02-17
Granted: 1902-03-07
Abstract: 4019. Newton, P. A., [New Jersey Wire Cloth Co.]. Feb. 17. Floors; ceilings; lathing; fireproof structures.- Straight or corrugated transverse rods E, inter- woven with twisted wires, wire netting, or the like F, are bent over the flanges of the beams A, or are turned at the ends to engage with the con- crete D. The beams may be protected from fire by concrete D and plaster G applied to reticulated metal H supported by U-shaped clips attached to the lower flanges of the beams. Air spaces may be left under the beams.
Patent GB-190204162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion or Explosion Engines
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-02-18
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 4162. Haddan, H. J., [Rogers, J. S.]. Feb. 18. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-Between the cylinder E and the exhaust valve H of a four- stroke cycle engine is situated a displacer J working in a regenerator chamber I. During the suction and compression strokes, the cooled faces I', J<1> of the displacer and chamber are exposed, and during the expansion and exhaust strokes, the hot faces K<1>, L<1>. The faces are preferably of iron, are serrated, and are easily renewable ; the hot faces have glass or other non-conducting packing behind them. The face I' is cooled by a water chamber M. The engine may be of the explosion or continuous-combustion type, may be double-acting, and may work with gas, vapour, petroleum, gaso- line or other liquid. The displacer is worked by a cam N and spring.
Patent GB-190208300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Nitric Acid and Oxides of Nitrogen.
Inventor: OSTWALD WILHELM
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 8300. Ostwald, W. April 9. Nitric acid; nitrogen oxides. - Consists of the following improvements in the catalytic process of manufacture described in Specification No. 698, A.D. 1902:-(1) The proportion of oxygen to ammonia should preferably be in excess of that required by the following equation :-2 NH3 + 7 0 = 2 NO2 + 3 H2O. The oxygen is preferably used in the form of air. (2) The temperature of the reaction should exceed 300' C., a temperature between a dark and bright red heat being suitable. (3) The gases should be in contact with the catalytic material for as short a time as possible, to prevent decomposition ; this time should not exceed <1>/100 of a second. To carry out these requirements, two concentric tubes b, c are used. The mixture of air and ammonia, heated to 300‹ C., enters the tube b through the inlet a, and becomes heated by contact with the tube c. It then passes through the catalytic material d at the end of the tube c. The gases are exhausted or forced through the tubes. The heated product gives up some of its heat to the incoming gases. The contactmaterial used may be a combination of solid platinum and finely-divided platinum, but other heavy metals and oxides may be used.
Patent GB-190208983-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Golf and other Balls
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-04-17
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8983. Kempshall, E. Dec. 19, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding balls.- Balls for golf &c. are made with a core A of highlyvulcanized i n d i arubber on which hemispherical shells B, C of guttapercha are welded in heated moulds D, E. The core is made slightly large, so that it is under compression in the completed ball.
Patent GB-190216278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armour Plate for Defeating Capped Projectiles.
Inventor: JAMES BURTON SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 16,278. James, B. S. July 22. Armour.-One or more hard-faced armour-plates, arranged in front of, but at some distance from, the main plate, cause the caps of projectiles to be destroyed before they reach the main plate.
Patent GB-190216977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Registering at a Distance all Admissions by Turnstiles and the like
Inventor: MARSH ALBERT
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,977. Marsh, A. July 31. Turnstiles. - Relates to an electrical apparatus fcr recording at a distance the number of persons passing through a turnstile. On the top of the spindle a of a turnstile are mounted pairs of spring radial arms which close an electric circuit k, when they make contact with two fixed spring arms h. There is one pair of radial contactarms for each arm b of the turnstile. Every time the circuit k is closed, the battery i energizes the electromagnet j, which attracts the hinged armature l and advances the wheel n one tooth, by the action of a pin l<2> on the inclined back of the tooth. Pointers on the wheels n, n', n' record units, tens, and hundreds of persons passing through the turnstile. Either of the counting - wheels may be disengaged by hand by an axial movement against a restoring - spring, so that the pointers can be set to zero. The counter of the turnstile may be in the manager's office.
Patent GB-190219185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot and Shoe Fastenings
Inventor: SNAPPER REBECCA
Filed: 1902-09-01
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 19,185. Snapper, R. Sept. 1. Boot and shoe fastenings.-A pair of pivoted bowed spring legs A, A<1> are inserted in the upper, as shown in Fig. 6. The leg A' is provided with studs D passing through the outer ply of the upper, and the leg A is provided with holes C, for attachment of straps F, Fig. 2, and also securing the leg to the upper by rivets, eyelets, &c. The straps F are provided with eyelet holes G for engagement on the studs D. The free ends of the straps may be provided with depressing springs or wires, and may be passed into slits in the upper, or between the ends of keepers attached to the upper. One side of the upper may have an overlapping strip or dust &c. excluder. Elastic &c. may be provided to give the straps a yielding action.
Patent GB-190222272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combustible Charge Forming and Regulating Apparatus for Engines and Motors
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 22,272. Boult, A. J., ["Automobiles Belgicõ" Soc. Anon. Franco-Belge de Construction Automobile]. Oct. 13. Gas or explosive-vapourengines, carburetting in. Oil from a float-controlled vessel issues from the adjustable valve F, and meets a current of air entering through K and directed towards it by the shield G. The mixture passes to the engine through a combined throttle and relief valve 0, U, the relief valve U opening when the throttle valve 0 is closed on descending hills &c. The valve F is surmounted by a stepped cone z.
Patent GB-190226521-A (GB)
Title: Certain Novel Features connected with Post Cards, Advertisment Cards, Pictorial Cards or the like.
Inventor: JASSE ALFRED
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 26,521. JassÚ, A. Dec. 2. Postcards.-Relates to postcards, advertisement cards, &c. provided with a picture having moving parts and means for producing sound. Fig. 1 shows a cross-section of a postcard &c. The address is written on the part a, and the part b is marked with a representation of a human face, the tongue n and the eyes being carried on the sliding-piece l which is connected by a spring k with the part a. On pressing the parts a, b together against the resistance of the spiral spring g, air is forced through the opening d, setting the musical tongue e in vibration, and the piece slides, causing the eyes and tongue of the figure to move. In modifications, the appliance is provided with an opening through which air is blown, or with a movable projecting strip for actuating the parts by hand.
Patent GB-190228641-A (GB)
Title: Indicating Surface Gage.
Inventor: REISNER WILLIAM HARRY
Filed: 1902-12-27
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,641. Reisner, W. H. Dec. 27. Surface and calliper gauges.-A surface gauge 1, which can also be fixed in the tool-post of a lathe, and employed as a calliper gauge for locating departures in a turned body from a given diameter, comprises a contact head 35 secured by a screw 33 and a collar 32 to a push-pin 3, which is diametrically traversed by a bar 5. This bar works in slots 4 in the upper end of the nipple 2, is depressed by a spring 12, and is guided at one end by a groove 6 in the casing 1, while its other end engages in a helical groove 7 in a barrel 8. The rotary movement of the barrel 8 caused by the upward movement of the pin 3 and the bar 5 is transmitted through the gearing 14 to the pointer 27, a hair-spring 30 being mounted on the arbor 15 to ensure that there is no play or lost motion between the groove 7 and the end of the bar 5. The dial 23 is attached to the movable part 18 of the casing, so that, when the part 18 is turned by means of the milled rib 21, the dial slides easily upon a circumferentially-placed wire 24. The downward and upward movements of the pin 3 are limited by the bar 5 and the collar 32 respectively, while the screw 33 is weakened by a groove 34, which allows the screw to break without damaging the gauge in the event of the head 35 being subjected to unintentional knocks. The wrist 37 of the stirrup 36 carrying the gauge 1 is connected by a friction joint 38 to a rod 39, which is clamped to a pillar 40 or other support.
Patent GB-190300244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Casting and Moulding Pipes.
Inventor: JORDAN JOHN EVAN
Filed: 1903-01-05
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 244. Jordan, J. E., and Kimber, W. E. Jan. 5. Casting and moulding.-Gas, steam, water, sewerage, and other pipes, and similar articles are cast by centrifugal action in a divided mould A, Fig. 1, the upper and lower parts B, C of which are secured together by cottar bolts, while the flange D forming part of the lower half C is bolted to a faceplate f<1>, and the other end of the (mould is supported preferably on balls in a rest] I. The spindle f may be put into or out of gear with the belt pulley f<2> by the sliding friction-cone h, and the [hand-lever h<4>. Perforated snugs . b<2> are provided on the upper half B for lifting purposes, and both halves are grooved to receive the flange e<1> of the socket plug E coated with loam &c. The plug E is screw-threaded when internally-threaded pipes are being made, and either or both ends of the mould when externally-threaded pipes are being made. The mould may be entirely of metal, have a strip of loam the whole length ot the bottom half C, or be lined with loam, the metal being run either directly into the mould from the git J<1> and spout j, or into a tipping-trough extending the whole length of the mould, and then tipped into the mould, while fixed or in motion. During the casting operation, air escapes through the hole c<2>. To allow for the contraction of the casting, the mould may be in two sections having internally and externally tapered ends l, n, Fig. 9, and flanges to take into recesses o<3> in the connecting-sleeve O. One end of the mould may be closed by a plate, through the centre of which the metal is introduced, or the metal may be introduced at an intermediate point. When the metal has solidified, the sleeve 0 is removed to allow the pipe to contract longitudinally while cooling.
Patent GB-190302315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Bridles and the like, for Breaking and Controlling Restive Horses.
Inventor: BURTON JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2315. Burton, J., Nutt, G., and Talbot, C. S. Jan. 31. Bridles; horse breaking and training harness.- Bridles and the like for breaking-in and controlling restive horses are provided with a wroughtiron noseband a, which carries an eye with a lead. ing-ring c, and to which are jointed plates or bars d. The bars d are formed with closed hooks to take rings g which are fitted to the head collar or bridle as shown. The device is partially covered with leather i and padded with felt.
Patent GB-190307029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Smoke Box and other Doors for Boilers and the like.
Inventor: SILLEY JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 7029. Silley, J. H. March 26. Smoke - boxes; manhole doors.-Relates to a fastening for smoke-box, furnace, and other doors for boilers and the like, and has for its object to provide a means for closing the doors quickly and tightly. A perspective view of the fastening is shown in Fig. 1. It consists of an angle-iron bar a, having inclined surfaces b and " spindles " c. It may be attached either to the door itself or to the casing. The wedges b engage with hooks or catches g fitted to the casing or to the door. The angle-iron bar is mounted in brackets f, Fig. 2, and is capable of being slid along or turned about the axis of the spindles c, being moved by means of the handle d. A recess e is made in the bar so that, when the wedges b are disengaged, it may be turned upon the spindles away from the catches g, and the door is then free to be opened on its binges. The brackets f are provided with extensions h to prevent the sliding of the bar in any position other than that in which the door can be locked or unlocked. The device as applied to a furnace door is shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190310271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anchors.
Inventor: JOHNSON BENJAMIN JOHN
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 10,271. Johnson, B. J. May 6. Anchors.-The arms b, central collar c, and squared connecting-portion a are forged in one piece. The collar c turns in a seat in the shank d, while a removable slotted head e fits over, and turns with, the squared portion a, and is secured by pins g.
Patent GB-190311016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Process of and Apparatus for, Keeping Constant the Tension of Fabrics, Paper, and the like during Winding
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 11,016. Schoening, E., and Carl Schoening Eisengiesserei & Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Akt.-Ges. May 14. Winding.-A constant tension is maintained on piece goods or long rolls of paper, fabric, and the like, during winding, by arranging a roller h to rest on the piece a as it passes in an almost horizontal direction from the let-off drum b to the take-up drum c, and causing the movements of the roller to vary the speed of the shaft n, which drives the roller c by a belt. The roller h is supported in levers i, which are freely mounted on a shaft k and carry eccentric brake blocks l opposite brake wheels m fixed on the shaft n. The shaft n is driven by a friction clutch, and when the tension on the piece increases, the roller h is raised and increases the pressure of the blocks l on the wheels m, thus reducing the speed of the shaft n and of the drum c. A decrease of tension on the piece allows the roller to descend and reduce the brake effect on the shaft n, so that the speed of the drum c is increased. In a modification, the regulation is applied to the drum b.
Patent GB-190312588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Expansion Sockets for Lead Waste and other Pipes.
Inventor: STEWART JAMES
Filed: 1903-06-04
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 12,588. Stewart, J. June 4. Expansion joints; spigot and - socket joint.s; holdfasts.- The sockets of waste pipes are made independent of the holdfasts, into which they fit easily, so that the lengths of pipe may be readily raised for cleaning or renewing the joint. Fig. 1 shows the socketed pipe d resting in the holdfast a. The spigot end of the other pipe is provided with a protecting-collar and packing-ring, and enters about one-third the length of the socket, so that the pipe d may be raised the other two-thirds of this length. If a length of pipe is fixed by a branch pipe and cannot be raised, the screws of the holdfast beneath are removed, and the length of pipe below is lowered, or may be entirely unsocketed.
Patent GB-190313905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cart and other Hames.
Inventor: WHEWAY SYDNEY BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 13,905. Wheway, S. B. June 22. Collars, neck.-Hames are made of rolled steel or other bars a, which are rounded off to an edge as in Fig. 3, or curved along the whole of one side, as in Fig. 6. The ends of the bars are tapered and bent to the required shape to form the side pieces of the hames. Their upper parts are pierced with holes b to take straps for connecting the two side pieces ; or, instead of making holes in both sides, the thick edge of one of them may be formed with notches. The sides are provided with eyes to take the chain at the bottom of the hames ; they may also have eyes at their tops. The plates c, the edges of which may be extended as shown in dotted lines, or the staples shown in Fig. 9, to which the draught hooks d are jointed, are shaped to fit the curved faces of the hames. Their edges may be bent round the edges of the side pieces, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190322263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Saucepans and other Vessels or Receptacles having an Handle and Lid.
Inventor: MARSHALL EDITH ELLEN LOUISA
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 22,263. Marshall, E. E. L. Oct. 15. Biscuit boxes; dishes.-The lid of a biscuit-barrel or of a jam or preserve dish is provided with a lid and hinged handle so arranged that the lid may be raised by the h a n d carrying the vessel. The lid may also be raised by deflecting the hinged handle. The fingerring c<1>, the end of which slips into a hole in the handle b, is connected to the detachably-hinged lid d by a chain, cord, &c. The lid may be connected to the vessel as shown, the parts d<1>, a' being held together by a removable pin d<2>. The lid may be connected to the vessel as shown, the parts d<1>, a' being held together by a removable pin d'. The lid may be connected to the vessel by a metal tongue engaging with a slot, or with a pin, formed at the edge of the vessel. A gap may be formed in the edge of the lid to allow it to be closed when a spoon is in the vessel. A step on the handle may bear against the piece f to limit its deflection, and a coiled spring c<1> may restore the handle to its original position after deflection. The lid may be made airtight by replacing the chain c by a hinged bar which may be tightened by a screw. Instead of the lid being hinged, it may slide vertically on the sides of the handle.
Patent GB-190324213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Folding, Piling and Cutting Paper and the like, for use in connection with Rotary Printing Presses.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 24,213. Haddan, H. J., [Moriz & Kummer]. Nov. 7. Delivery apparatus; cutting-apparatus; folding paper. - Relates to apparatus for folding and piling in zig-zag fashion, and cutting at given intervals, the perforated web delivered from rotary printing-presses. The web a is led to cylinders b, b<1>, of which the circumference is equal to twice the distance between two lines of web perforations. A row of pins k, k<1> is provided on each cylinder b, b<1>, to penetrate the web so that it is moved alternately to the right and left and folded at the lines of perforations. Grippers c, c<1> extend into recesses g, g<1> in the cylinders b, b<1>, and remove the paper from the pins k, k<1> to the table i. Counter grippers f, f<1> are connected with the grippers c, c<1> through toothed segments d, d<1> and wheels e, e'. A knife m in the one cylinder b<1> is projected at intervals into a groove o in the other cylinder b, by engagement of guide-pins or rods l on the knife with tongues q on a shaft r driven from the cylinder b<1> by toothed gearing.
Patent GB-190326065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Gas and Oxygen and similar Mixtures.
Inventor: REISS HERMANN
Filed: 1903-11-28
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 26,065. Riess, H. Nov. 28. Actuating valves and cocks.-In burners for street lamps &c. using coal gas and oxygen or like mixtures, the gas is admitted before, and cut off after, the oxygen supply. Two tap plugs b, c having suitable passages are placed side by side in a casing a. One b of these admits coal gas to a pipe g from a supply pipe d, and the other c, admits oxygen to an inner pipe f from a supply pipe e. The two plugs are operated by levers l, i, the latter, which controls the oxygen, engaging by means of a pin k with a slot m in the lever l which controls the gas. The slot m is so formed that, on turning the lever l, the gas cock partly opens before the oxygen cock moves, and, on extinguishing the light, the oxygen is cut off before the gas, thus diminishing the risk of explosion.
Patent GB-190401295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Guards for the Axle Boxes of Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DENEGRE EDWARD
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 1295. Denegre, E. Jan. 18. Axle-boxes.-In a dust-guard for the axle-boxes of railway and other vehicles, a sectional packing-ring d is interposed between the box and a guard-plate c, hooked as shown at c<3>, Fig. 3, to flanges b<2> on the box, and is held in close contact with the end of the box and with the axle, by springs and cam surfaces, so arranged as to act on the ring in both an axial and a radial direction for the purpose of taking up wear. The springs also serve to clamp the plate yieldingly to the box. The packing-ring, provided with lap joints d<1>, has cam lugs d<2>, against which cam blocks f in pockets c<2> of the guard-plate are held with their cam surfaces in contact by springs e, interposed under compression between the blocks f and the plate. As the sections of the ring wear away, they are forced closer together, while the face of the ring is always pressed against the box. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the ring d has a bevelled hub surface adapted to be fitted by a corresponding surface of the plate c, and with this arrangement, the springs may be interposed between the hooks c<3> and the flanges b' of the box, and the blocks f and lugs d' would not be necessary.
Patent GB-190401656-A (GB)
Title: Incandescent Mantle Preserver.
Inventor: WOOD EBENEZER
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 1656. Wood, E. Jan. 22. Incandescent gas and oil lamps.-To preserve the mantle by preventing contact with the burner, two or more strips a of asbestos or like material are suspended from the mantle rod, either inside or outside the mantle X. These strips are attached to one or more bands b, and are either fixed or adjustable.