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Patent GB-190108327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signs.
Inventor: DALUMI JULIUS ANTONIO
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 8327. Dalumi, J. A. April 23. Signs; letters. - In signs in which the letters are formed by pivoted shutters, laths a are mounted on a frame A, and in the space between the laths are pintles C, on which the shutters bare mounted or pivoted, springs located in the sockets of the shutters bearing on the pintles so that the shutters will rotate with the pintles unless arrested by stops. The shutters are separated by vertical partitions d, which serve as bearings for the pintles. Pivoted to the partitions d, at the back of the laths, are stops e which are held in position by springs mounted on the pivots. The stops have noses e', which, when turned into engagement with the polygonal sockets of the shutters, prevent these from rotating with the pintles. To form or set up the sign, the shutters which are to remain inoperative are arrested by the stops e, and then the pintles are rotated by moving the hand &c over wheels c<1> on their ends. Various coloured effects are obtained by painting the top halves of the laths of a different colour from the lower halves, and painting the front side of the shutter of a different colour from the hack. Supplementary, pivoted, coloured plates, and other arrangements to vary the coloured effects, may be also used. In a modification, the partitions d are replaced by vertical bars which are suitably slotted and perforated to receive the laths, and the pivots of the shutters and stops.
Patent GB-190109671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slack Adjusters for Railway Brakes.
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9 6 7 1 . Westinghouse Brake Co. and Stone, L. G. May 9. Brakes, air. Relates to an automatic device for taking up the slack of the brake rigging. The sleeve 4, which is connected to the brake pistonrod, is mounted to slide, but not rotate, upon the screw 5, which has an end eye 3 and a nut 6 formed with ratchet teeth 9 and capable of rotation only. The frame 11, adapted to turn on the nut 6, has a pawl 10, and is linked to the bell crank 16 connected to any fixed point by the rod 19. Should there be play in the rigging, the brake piston exceeds its normal stroke, aud the pawl 10 slips over one or more teeth of the nut 6, and on the return stroke of the piston the nut will be turned and the sleeve moved so as to increase the distance between the eye 3 and the point of connection of the piston-rod. The device may be applied to other parts of the brake mechanism. Fig. 6 shows it applied to the trunk piston of a short brake cylinder.
Patent GB-190116721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Making Foundations in Sandy and Gravelly Ground, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SCHIETKIEWICZ NICOLAS
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 16,721. Schietkiewicz, N. Aug. 20. Foundations. - Relates to means for making foundations in watercharged sand, gravel, or the like. Liquid cement is forced through pipes a into the ground, and water is drawn through a central perforated pipe c. When the cement appears in the suction pipe, the frame and pipes are raised, and the layer of sand above is charged. The operation is continued until the surface is reached. Wood or metal plugs d are screwed or inserted in the tubes, and may be removed by the pressure of the cement, or by lifting the tubes. Clay or loam may be washed out of the earth by forcing water through the pipes a before the cement is forced in.
Patent GB-190123840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Titaniferous Ores.
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-11-22
Abstract: 23,840. Wise, W. L., [Homan, C. H.]. Nov. 23. Blast -furnace charges and processes.-Iron is reduced and run off from a charge of titaniferous ore and carbon in an electric furnace.
Patent GB-190125785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot and Shoe Laces.
Inventor: REYNOLDS HENRY KINGSTON
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 25,785. Reynolds, H. K. Dec. 17. Laces.-Leather laces for boots and shoes are rounded for some two, three, or more inches from one or both ends, as indicated at b, the remainder of the lace being left with the usual square crosssection, as indicated at a.
Patent GB-190126171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Rests Music Stands and the like.
Inventor: BEAL WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 26,171. Beal, W. Dec. 21. Leaf-holders or fingers have sleeves m<2> which slide on rods L' projecting from the readiug desk &c. The fingers M<1> can be readily turned or slid on the rods L', but the back pressure of the leaves cause the sleeves to bind.
Patent GB-190126514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feeding Bottles for Children and Invalids.
Inventor: WOLLNY JOHANN
Filed: 1901-12-28
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 26,514. Wollny, J. Dec. 28. Measures of capacity.-The feeding- bottle a is marked with graduations e, for the purpose of measuring the exact quantity of f o o d to be administered.
Patent GB-190204233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Car Couplings
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1902-02-19
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 4233. Cloud, J. W. Feb. 19. Couplings, automatic.-In couplings of the Janney type, the locking- pin 10, when raised, is set so that its ledge 13 rests on the projection 9 on the knuckle. When the vehicles come together, the projections 9 move sideways and the locking-pins fall. Each coupling-head has a front projection 2 which extends above and below the body of the head and thereby permits vehicles of different heights to couple. Couplings, non-automatic.-The front of each coupling-head has a hook 3 for receiving the end link of an ordinary chain coupling ; the construction of the head permits the coupling-link to fall, when slack, clear of the working parts. Buffers.-Each buffer plunger 18 of a vehicle with an automatic coupling has two holes 24, 25, through one of which and the cavity 23 in the sleeve 22 bolted to the beam 16 a securing-pin 26 passes. Fig. 8 shows a vehicle with buffers of this construction coupled to a vehicle having ordinary buffers and a chain 20.
Patent GB-190212844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Drag Plates for Regulating the Tension of the Thread in Spinning, Twisting, Winding, Drawing and similar Machinery
Inventor: CLOUGH PERCY
Filed: 1902-06-05
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 12,844. Clough, P., and Wadsworth, R. June 5. Spindle and lifting rails; tension arrangements.-In order that the drag upon the bobbins in spinning, twisting, winding, drawing, and similar machinery may be more uniform as between the different bobbins in the frame and throughout the operation, the drag rail or plate e is provided around the spindles with circular recesses, as shown at e<1>,so that the lowest washer c engages with the plate at its outer portion only, and, as the weight of the bobbin increases, the outer edge of the washer is raised from the plate, as shown.
Patent GB-190213654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: MCCULLOCH JAMES MCGOWAN
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,654. McCulloch, J. M. June 16. Revolving-cylinder type.-Figs. 1 and 2 show an engine in which the cylinders are arranged in two planes, in a casting rotating on a spindle C. If desired, the cylinders may be all in one plane. The pistons are coupled to a disc D, mounted on a shaft E, eccentric to the spindle C. A cylindrical boss m receives the ends of the spindle and shaft, its axis being about half-way between them. On this boss is mounted a double-armed lever H, one end of which is connected to the cylinder casting, and the other to the disc. The connections may consist of pins K, L, passing through blocks, sliding in the slotted ends of the lever, or may consist of links. In a modification, the boss m is replaced by a lever 4, Fig. 6, having the spindle C in one end, and the shaft E in the other. The lever H is mounted on the central part 4. Steam, water, or compressed air is supplied and exhausted through ports O. The valve N is made of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and is provided with a port P. It is held up to the port face by a spring, and can be adjusted to regulate the cut-off by means of a lever operated by hand or by a governor. It can be reversed, to reverse the engine, by means of the hand-lever V. The valve stem is tubular, and passes through a stuffing-box into the chamber S, to which steam is supplied by a branch T. The cylinders exhaust into the casing, which is provided with a delivery branch 3. The engine may be used as a pump.
Patent GB-190215709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scale Weights.
Inventor: AINSCOW JAMES
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 15,709. Ainscow, J. July 15. Weights.-Consists in providing loose proportional scale weights with a large chamber B, which is covered with a lid C and fastened by a screw D. The chamber B may contain molten lead, or loose pieces of lead, iron, or the like, for adjusting the weight to its proper value. The screw or bolt head may be covered with a leaden seal to receive the verification stamp.
Patent GB-190218308-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for use in connection with the Manufacture of Sanitary and other like Pipes.
Inventor: STANLEY REGINALD
Filed: 1902-08-20
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 18,308. Stanley, R. Aug. 20. Moulding pipes, cable conduits, &c.-The socket ends of pipes &c., moulded in an extrusion press, are grooved internally by rings, segments, or plates which are forced outwards from the socket die. The die 2 is hinged on the plate 1 and is grooved to receive the rings 7, Fig. 2, or segments 44, Fig. 6, which may be shaped to groove circular pipes, rectangular conduits, &c. The rings 7 have projections, which pass through grooves in the rings 8, 9, 10, 11 constituting the die, and bear against the plates 6 carried by the ring 4. Inside this ring is a three-armed wheel 16, driven by bevel gear 22 and a handle 25, carrying rollers 19, 21, which normally lie in a notch and against projections in the ring, so as to centre it, but when the wheel 16 is revolved, it causes the rings 7 to be protruded round the die. The flush position is shown by a spring bolt 26 struck by a tappet 27 on the wheel. The roller 19 may be carried by an arm with a knuckle-joint, so as to straighten out when revolved in one direction. In the form shown in Fig. 6, there are four sets of segments 44, which are positively extruded and returned by the cam-arms 39 working through holes in the plungers 41 and actuated by the lever 34. As shown in Fig. 7, these cam-arms may be arranged to act suc- cessively. The Specification also shows both these arrangements adapted to rectangular pipes &c.
Patent GB-190218810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor-stropping Devices.
Inventor: KAMPFE FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-08-27
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 18,810. Kampfe, F., Kampfe, R., and Kampfe, O. Aug. 27. Sharpening.-Relates to a razorstropping device and to the invention described in Specification No. 9285, A.D. 1889. The blade H is held at an inclination to the axis of the handle B by making the axis of the holder G and that of its spindle g at an angle to one another. The antifriction rollers F, F<1> are carried by spindles D, D<1> similarly inclined. The stop S bears against a guard K<1> fixed to the handle.
Patent GB-190219641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Washers for Preventing the Accidental Loosening of Nuts, Screws, and the like.
Inventor: CONTI JAMES TIBURCE FELIX
Filed: 1902-09-08
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,641. Conti, J. T. F. Sept. 8. Locking nuts ; washers. - To prevent the accidental loosening of nuts, screws, &c., a cupshaped metal washer a is placed beneath the nut or screw-head b and, after the nut has been screwed into place, the sides of the washer are forced against the nut, as shown in Fig. 5. To prevent the washer from turning, it is provided with one or more projections d or a small rib, fitting in corresponding holes e in the piece c, or it may have a tongue f, Fig. 9, engaging a hole or groove in the bolt. Fig. 10 shows a punch g for making the depression e in the piece c, the guidepiece g<1> being placed in the bolt hole.
Patent GB-190221184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows
Inventor: REID ROBERT STUART
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 21,184. Reid, R. S. Sept. 29. Window holders. - A round-nosed bolt e is arranged to slide in a horizontal groove in the pulley stile, and is forced into engagement with ratchet teeth d of the upper sash b by a spring g. The bolt is forced back by the ratchet teeth when the sash is closed, but prevents any further opening of the sash. When the lower sash is raised, an inclined cam-piece j of the sash acts on a pin h of the bolt, and forces the bolt back out of action.
Patent GB-190227125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brick or Briquette Making Machines
Inventor: FERGUSON JOSEPH WELLINGTON
Filed: 1902-12-09
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 27,125. Ferguson, J. W., and Ferguson, G. W. Dec. 9. Moulding bricks and briquettes.-Plastic material is fed to a hopper J and forced by a screw K through a mouthpiece L, which is surrounded by a sand box C' and perforated to allow the sand to pass to the exuding column. When sufficient material has been expressed to form a brick, the end of the column comes in contact with a plate at the end of a lever Y connected by a link X to a bent rod R, which is thrown into engagement with a crown ratchet-wheel V on the driving-shaft A. The rod R is connected to a crank shaft O carrying a pivoted shearing plate or cutter M, which forces the material through an aperture in the press box or mould D'. The bent end S of the rod R is held in engagement with the wheel V by a stud T of the rod R bearing against the outside of a fixed guide rib or plate U. A pressing-ram E' is reciprocated intermittently in the mould by a crank and clutch thrown into action by a pivoted bent fork M<2> moved by a grooved lever P' acted on by the bent end S of the rod R. The clutch is thrown out of action when the ram has completed a double stroke by a cam of the crank coming in contact with the lever P<1>. When the pin T is moved clear of the guide-plate U, the levers are thrown back into the position shown by springs A<1>,W. The blocks are forced one in front of the other through the mould or die D', and partition plates are supplied by a hopper T<1> to separate the blocks from one another.
Patent GB-190227328-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Suspending and (or) Stretching Garments.
Inventor: ENGELS CHARLES
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,328. Engels, C., and Quin, W. Dec. 11. Suspenders for articles of dress; trouser stretchers. -A coat hanger a has grooved guides g into which fits a wedge h securing the legs of a pair of trousers. The thigh parts of the trousers are similarly secured to a bar e, which has a bolt i and wing nut k to secure it to the bar c. The bolt i can move in a slot d, and may pass through a hole in a frame m, so that, by turning the thumb-screw l, the bar e moves and stretches the trousers.
Patent GB-190228257-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Casein Compound.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,257. James, R. W., [Casein Co.]. Dec. 22. Veneering.-A casein compound which forms a thin solution with a comparatively small amount of water and is suitable for use, for example, in veneering and the like, is produced by employing a soluble oxalate in the casein composition. Such a compound is obtained by thoroughly mixing, in the dry state, 100 parts of casein, 2 parts of potassium oxalate, and 15 parts of powdered borax, or other alkaline solvents The product forms a thin solution with 2¢ times its weight of water, preferably at 160‹ F.
Patent GB-190302612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Compounds having Iron Partly or Wholly Decarbonized for their Principal Constituent
Inventor: PARFITT SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2612. Parfitt, S. Feb. 4. Aluminium steel; tungsten steel; materials for purifying or refining.-Aluminium, or a "salt of "aluminium," is substituted for a portion of the carbon of mild steel, such materials being used in lien of the usual carbon-carrying additions. Preferably a mixture of aluminium and tungster, in the proportion of, say, 0À5 and 0À3 per cent. are placed in the ladle, and the metal is run op to it from an open-hearth or other furnace, when it has been partly or completely decarbonized. Manganese, or nickel, or both, may also be added. It is stated that the use of tungsten is to fix a certain proportion of the aluminium in the metal, and that the steel thus produced offers greater resistance to oxidation and corrosion than usual. The steel is used for making castings and ingots.
Patent GB-190304300-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Boot and Shoe Finishing Machines
Inventor: LYNN GEORGE CHARLES ATKIN
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 4300. Lynn, G. C. A. Feb. 24. Treadle - driving gearing.-The driving-gear of a boot-finishing machine is constructed with a saddle, pedals, and chain gear as in chaind r i v e n bicycles. The pedals, as shown in the Figure, are mounted in a bracket fixed on the floor, and motion is transmitted by a chain to the flywheel shaft 18, and thence to the tool shaft by a cord. The saddle is fixed upon a bar 11, one end of which passes into a tube 12 fixed to the floor, the other end passing into a horizontal slotted rod 9 carried in two vertically-slotted uprights 8. The saddle may be adjusted in height, and is secured in position by screws or otherwise in the tube 12 and the uprights 8.
Patent GB-190304673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Rotary or Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: JAEGER CARL HERMANN
Filed: 1903-02-27
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 4673. Jaeger, C. H. Feb. 27. Centrifugal pumps; delivery, regulating. - Consists in arranging the vane or bucket wheels 1 of a centrifugal pump for fluids, so that they can be moved axially by means of a screw 4, or other device, so that the passageway between the periphery of the bucket-wheel and the outlet channel 3 can be varied according to the quantity of fluid which is to be pumped.
Patent GB-190307715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Advertising, or the like.
Inventor: CHART HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 7715. Chart, H. J. April 2. Kinetoscopes.- Consists in employing, for advertising purposes and the like, a series of boxes, each with a vertical slit a in the front, and provided on the inside with an advertisement c, or with (or without) representations d in progressive positions in successive boxes, so as to give the appearance of motion, the vertical components of the devices &c. being narrowed laterally , and the horizontal components contracted horizontally and broadened vertically, so that the observer travelling past the series will see a continuous advertisement &c. with all the letters &c. in proper porportion, the slit being sufficiently narrow to give a good definition. The interior is illuminated by 'any suitable means, and when the boxes are fixed to the wall of a tunnel, a passing train actuates a device for switching on and off electric lamps b in the different boxes. The front of each box is, preferably, sloped outwards from each side to the slit, thus preventing the thickness of material at the slit interfering with the vision, and preserving the parallelism of the slit when thin material is used.
Patent GB-190309777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for Checking Oscillation or Vibration in Carriages or other Wheeled Vehicles
Inventor: WEATHERILL WILLIAM PETTINGER W
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 9777. Weatherill, W. P. W. April 30. Vibration, preventing; springs, bearing.-Vibration of vehicles is prevented by means of rubber blocks between the springs and the axle, and by rubber-covered shackles. The blocks are made T-shaped in plan and are enclosed between two channelled T-shaped plates connected by bolts P, PI, Figs. 2 and 3. The rubber is vulcanized in position. The lower plate is fixed to the axle by a clip B and by the two bolts P passing through ears 0 on the axle. The spring G is secured to the upper plate by a strap H and ears D. The shackles B', C, Fig. 4, for connecting the transverse and longitudinal springs, are covered with rubber A, which is vulcanized on the metal. Rings for securing the springs to the body or to stays are also rubber-covered in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190310119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms having Revolving Shuttle Boxes.
Inventor: WIBAUX JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 10,119. Wibaux, J. May 4. Loom change-box motions.-The constant-feed ratchet levers 24, 25 for turning the shuttle box in opposite directions are provided with hinged hooks for connecting them (one at a time) to an operating-lever, which is worked by a cam. When the picks are being repeated at the same shuttle, the hooks are held out of engagement by springs 28, 29 and the levers are horizontal, but either of them is set so as to catch for one stroke by means of levers 8, 12 and 9, 13, which are operated when pins on a wormwheel 3 pass the free ends of intermediate levers 5, 6, on opposite sides of the wheel. The number and distribution of the pins round the wheel, which has a ring of holes to receive them, determine the number of changes to consecutive shuttles and the number of picks occurring at each one.
Patent GB-190313622-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Fitting Tyres on to Wheels.
Inventor: JANE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-18
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 13,622. Jane, W. H. June 18. Building wheels.-A tool for fitting solid tyres to wheel rims has a piece 5, which can be fixed in various positions on a rod 1 by a screw 6, and carries a bracket 7 with vertical rollers 8, 9, one of which can be adjusted in a slot. The tyre having been placed on the rim by hand as far as possible, the wheel is secured in a vice. The pivoted arm 2 is inserted into the wheel hub, and the piece 5 is adjusted on the rod 1 so that the rollers 8, 9 embrace the tyre while the horizontal guide-roller 13 is placed on the rim. The tyre is lifted upon the roller 13, and the rod 1 pulled round so that the tyre is forced into the rim.
Patent GB-190315108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Materials with Air or other Gases or Vapours for Drying Bleaching or other Purposes.
Inventor: HAAS HERMANN
Filed: 1903-07-08
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,108. Haas, H., [Haas, H., and Haas, F.]. July 8. Bleaching.- Relates to apparatus for treating materials with air or other gases or vapour for bleaching and other purposes. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the arrangement employed, and Fig. 4 the arrangement of one set of valves with their levers, The material to be treated is placed within the compartments d, d<1>, &c., each of which is provided with a chamber h, h<1>, &c., containing a device for heating the gas employed. The course of the gas is shown by arrows from the entering chamber h'. The gas passes successively through the chambers of the structure, including the conduits r and the escape passage e. For regulating or controlling the passage of the gas, each chamber is provided with a shutter av, Fig. 4, for admitting atmospheric air, a valve ev for opening a communication with the escape passage, and a third valve hv for opening the passage from the top of a drying compartment to the next beating compartment. The valves are connected in such a way as to be operated simultaneously. Thus the opening of the valve av closes the valve hv and opens the valve ev, this being effected by the connection of the levers and links m, n, o, o<3>. The valve ev is raised by the lever o<3>, but descends by its own weight. Bye-passes, thermometers, hygrometers steam traps, steam separators, and material such as calcium chloride for absorbing moisture, may be provided.