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Patent GB-190121046-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Indicating the Depth of Water in Rivers, Harbours, Seas and the like, and Photographing said Depths to Scale or otherwise.
Inventor: DILLON JAMES
Filed: 1901-10-21
Granted: 1902-10-21
Abstract: 21,046. Dillon, J. Oct. 21. Sounding - apparatus.-Describes improvements on the invention described in Specifications No. 3418, A.D. 1881, No. 9969, A.D. 1885, No. 16,817, A.D. 1889, No. 19,845, A.D. 1893, and No. 24,347, A.D. 1897. The compound telescopic arms G I and D F are fitted to a short arm B which is free to move in a plane parallel to the keel of the ship about an axis A carried by a telescopic arm 0 hooked to the side of the ship. The arm G I trails on the bottom, and thus rocks the arm D F which bears a head M which carries a V-shaped glass tube containing a coloured liquid, the level of which indicates on a scale the depth below the axis A. For shallow waters, below 20 feet say, the arm G I is folded up aod the arm 0 used working about a pivot at Q. The depth may also be indicated on a scale by a pointer r connected by a wire i to a point h on the arm 0. To preserve a record of the soundings, the board M may be fitted with a time-piece, date card, &c., and photographed at intervals on a photographic strip. The arm D F as it rocks, may operate a semaphore arm to signal the depth to a following ship.
Patent GB-190123373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closets.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 23,373. Doulton, H. L. Nov. 19. Closet basins and seats.-The top of the basin is sloped upwards from back to front, and the seat is fitted to correspond.
Patent GB-190125100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds to the Corresponding Amines
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-12-09
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 25,100. Johnson, G. W., [Boehringer & Soehne, C. F.]. Dec. 9. Amines.-Aromatic amines are produced in good yields from the corresponding nitro compounds by subjecting them to the action of an electric current in a cathode bath containing an alkali, or an alkaline earth, or a salt thereof, with or without an organic solvent, the cathode being copper alone, or copper or other material in the presence of finely-divided copper or a copper salt. Examples are given in which nitrobenzene is reduced to aniline, o-nitro toluene to o-toluidine, m-nitraniline to m-phenylenediamine, and alpha-nitronaphthalene to alpha-naphthylamine. In these examples an anode of carbon or other indifferent substance, a cathode of copper, platinum, tin, or nickel, and an electrolyte containing common salt, or barium chloride are employed, and the cathode compartment contains also finely-divided copper powder, cuprous chloride, or copper sulphate, alcohol being in some cases also added. A beating and cooling coil and stirring apparatus are provided in the cathode compartment, and a current of 1500 to 2000 amperes per square metre is employed.
Patent GB-190200627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Water Supply Cisterns,
Inventor: PLATT ALFRED
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 627. Platt, A. Jan. 9. Couplings, disconnectible.-The parts of a watersupply cistern are so constructed that they may be assembled without soldering or the use of unions. The end of the lead discharge pipe M is flanged, and the flange is clamped between the block H and a piece I by means of screws K which engage nuts soldered to the cistern. A rubber &c. washer is interposed between the block H and the flange. Similar joints are employed for coupling the ends of the supply and overflow pipes Y to the cistern, the fitting for the ball cock S being secured to the supply pipe joint. The cistern and some of the parts are made of an alloy of lead and antimony, the bolts and nuts, tubes C, D, and other minor fittings being made of brass.
Patent GB-190202001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances or Chambers for Purifying Acetylene or other Gas.
Inventor: MCNALLY JOHN
Filed: 1902-01-25
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 2001. McNally, J. Jan. 25. Acetylene, purifying. The cylindrical vessel a of glass, porcelain, or glazed fire-clay, is closed at the lower end, and is provided with a flange b at the upper end in which are four slots e. Beneath the flange is an angle-iron or other band f provided with four holes corresponding with the slots, and the cover c and rubber packing-ring d are also provided with four holes, so that the cover may be secured airtight by bolts g. Upon internal ledges h are supported fire-clay or other plates i. In the lowest compartment j is an inlet k for the gas and an outlet l for water. The uppermost compartment has an inlet m, fitted with a plug, for admitting water for washing or purifying. The apparatus may be used for dry or wet methods, or for both.
Patent GB-190209042-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Automatic Gas Lighters.
Inventor: BERTHOLD CARL ERNST JULIUS
Filed: 1902-04-18
Granted: 1903-04-18
Abstract: 9042. Berthold, C. E. J. April 18. Lighting gas. - An automatic gas lighter consists of one or more stretched or looped platinum wires a, surrounded by a coil c of thin platinum wire, attached at the ends to a frame b, and carrying catalytic pellets d at intervals. The pellets are formed of plastic material pressed on to the wires and allowed to solidify, and they may be made wholly of catalytic material, or with refractory non-catalytic cores coated with catalytic material.
Patent GB-190214085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Filling and Stoppering Bottles and for Securing the Stoppers therein.
Inventor: CHAVASSE JAMES JOHNSON
Filed: 1902-06-21
Granted: 1903-06-20
Abstract: 14,085. Chavasse, J. J., and Kerr, J. W. June 21. Bottling; corking ; stoppering.- Relates to machines for filling and stoppering aeratedwater and other bottles, and for securing the corks or other stoppers therein by means of the bail fastening described in Specification No. 14,086, A.D. 1902. This fastening is shown in Fig. 1 with the top-plate 8 of the bail 3 overlying the cork or other stopper 7, to secure the latter in the bottle neck. Fig. 6 shows a hand-operated machine for filling and corking o r stoppering the bottles, and for moving the bail into the fastening position, the top-plate 8 being recessed to permit it to be moved over the cork &c., before the corking-plunger 24 is withdrawn. The bottle 12 is supported on the rest 13, and the filling-head 14 is mounted on vertical guides and connected to the treadle 17, by which the head is lowered to make a tight joint with the bottle neck. The cork 7 is placed in the conical throat 23, and forced down therein by a partial operation of the corking-lever 27, which is connected to the plunger 24 by the rod 28 and yoke 29. The filling-valve is then opened by operating the lever 37 until the bottle is filled, snifting being effected by releasing the filling-head 14 slightly at intervals, after which the plunger 24 is further actuated by its lever 27 to force the cork through the throat 23 into the bottle neck. The treadle 17 is then released, and is raised by its counterweight 21 and the spring 22, so raising the filling-head, the corking-plunger being still held down in contact with the cork until the roller 33 carried by the rods 18 connected to the treadle engages the upper end 8 of the bail 3 and moves it over the cork. In a modification, adapted to be driven by power, the filling and stoppering mechanism may be of the construction described in Specification No. 19,838, A.D. 1893, in which a number of bottles are mounted on a rotating frame, and are filled and stoppered successively by the action of fixed cams. In this case, the rollers for raising the bail are carried by horizontal spring- controlled sliding rods, and come into action as the bottles are lowered by the cams from the filling- heads, the cams being shaped to maintain the corking-plungers in contact with the corks until the bails have been applied. The slides which carry the bail-operating rollers are also adapted to close a valve in the liquid-supply passage, when a bottle is omitted from the machine, the omission of the bottle permitting the slide to be projected by its spring, so that a wedge carried by the slide engages the valve spindle and closes the valve. On the completion of the revolution, the slide is retracted again by a fixed cam. The Provisional Specification states that the bails may be applied by a lever and pusher adapted to engage and depress the lower part 9 of the bail, the pusher being preferably operated by the head of the machine as it rises slightly after the bottle is filled and corked.
Patent GB-190219148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Address and Advertisement Registers.
Inventor: MEINDL ANTON
Filed: 1902-09-01
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 19,148. Meindl, A. Sept. 1. Indexing or cataloguing. - A register for addresses, advertisements, town maps, and other information comprises a base A ruled with columns C, D, E, F, C', D<1>, E', F<1>, for entries of names. trades, &c., and a series of overlapping tablets b pivoted between laths c provided with index letters, numerals, &c. and bearing any desirable information. More than one set of tablets b may be provided.
Patent GB-190220334-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Actuating Shuttles of Looms
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN PETRIE
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 20,334. Robertson, J. P., and Adie, W. Sept. 18. Swivel looms; picking-motions.-In looms for weaving narrow fabrics, such as ribbons, tapes, and webbings, the shuttle A is provided with slots A', A<2>, the distance between which is longer than the shed B, and the shuttle carrier C has projecting pins C<1>, C<2> which engage in the slots A', A<2>. The carrier runs on a guide-race D, fitted to the underside of the lay and having a depression D' under the warp. It is moved from side to side by the rod G, pivoted to it and drawn downwards by the adjustable G<1>. The rod is actuated by cords K, K<1>, the ends of which are fixed to pulleys L, L<1> pivoted on brackets fixed to the sword M, and moved, either directly or through pulleys on the same shafts, by arrangements of cords, levers, and tappets from the low shaft P, which is rotated by spur gearing from the crank shaft Q. One set of tappets, levers, and cords may be replaced by a spiral or other spring. As the carrier C is moved across the loom, it sinks under the warp, and the projections C', C' are, in turn, released from the slots A<1>,A<2> to be re-engaged therein as the carrier rises on the other side of the warp. The loom may be arranged for several shuttles, each weaving a separate width of fabric.
Patent GB-190220561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means for Regulating Speed and Power, Applicable to Motor Vehicles, Travelling Cranes, Moving Platforms, and other Power Transmitting Appliances
Inventor: ANTHOINE FERNAND
Filed: 1902-09-20
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 20,561. Anthoine, F. Sept. 20. Railways for recreation.-Relates to means for regulating speed and power, applicable to motor. vehicles, travelling cranes, moving platforms, and other power-transmitting appliances. The invention is shown applied to motor cars, Fig. 1 showing. diagrammatically the mechanical elements, and Fig. 2 the electric circuits. The transmission of power from the shaft 1, which is driven directly, by the engine, to the shaft 4, which drives the road wheels, is effected by rotating inductors 2, which are in series with an armature 3 on the shaft 4. On the shaft 4 is also an electromotor with a revolving armature 5 and fixed field magnets 6. This motor is brought into action, when required to assist, by a centrifugal governor 7, by which a contact sliding on the rheostat 10 is adjusted. When the load is normal, the slide rests on the contacts 14, the field magnets 6 being thereby cut out and the armature 5 short circuited. When the slide rests on the contacts 10, the armatures 3 and 5 are in series, and the field magnets 6 in shunt through a resistance, the amount of which depends on the position of the contact.
Patent GB-190221281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines and the like.
Inventor: OKUN MOSES SOLOMON
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 21,281. Okun, M. S. Sept. 30. Crescent-shaped chamber type.-The engine is described as an explosion engine, but is applicable as a steam engine or pump. The piston drum 6, Fig. 2, is mounted on the shaft 5 by means of a universal-joint device consisting of two sleeves 12, 16, having lugs 13, 17, at right-angles and loosely engaging in sockets 14, so that the slight lateral play allows the drum to accommodate itself to the casing 3. Spring-pressed vanes 7 are in contact with the wall of the elliptic casing, which carries inlet pipes 20, exhaust pipes, and an igniter 23. The shaft is eccentric to the casing, so that the smaller working-chamber 10 acts as a compression chamber. In a modification, an elliptic drum 6, Fig. 3, is mounted in a cylindrical casing 2 carrying the vanes. The drum has lateral grooves 29 connected to the chamber 10 by ports 30, 32 and in communication with supply and exhaust pipes in the sides of the casing.
Patent GB-190228405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Separators and like Apparatus
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 28,405. Walker, H., and Newell & Co., E. Dec. 23. Separating.-Relates to pneumatic separators designed to give two grades of product, the ratio of fineness of which is variable. The material is fed into the inverted truncated cone E', and falls on to the high-speed spreader disc K<2>, its progress being assisted by the propeller blades G', G<2>, which also constitute the driving-arms of a deflecting- plate J and of the central cone G<5> which carries the arms of a fan G<3>. The materials thrown outwards by the spreader K<2> are aspirated by a vertical air current induced by the fan G<3> and guided by the skirt or air deflector M. The coarse material is collected in the inner hopper F, and is discharged at C' ; the fine material is carried through the fan to the annular chamber D', and is collected in the hopper D and discharged at B<1>. The air returns to the space C through openings F' in the wall F<1>. These openings can be closed more or less by means of a rotatable ring or damper L, adjustable by means of a hand-wheel, pinion, and rack. The stepped pulleys H<3>, K<4> enable the relative speeds of the spreader K<2> and fan G<3> to be varied, and such variation combined with adjustment of the damper L enables any desired ratio of fineness of the two grades of material to be obtained.
Patent GB-190306182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid Meters.
Inventor: PASCAL FRANCISQUE
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 6182. Pascal, F. March 17. Impulse and reaction meters.- Helical blades d are arranged around a cylinder a mounted on pivots c, b within a casing. The arrangement is such that the axis of inertia of the cylinder coincides with the axis of rotation, and the whole is so proportioned that the weight is equal to the volume of water displaced. By these means, the losses due to friction are reduced and the meter is consequently more sensitive. The support e for the lever pivot c is shaped so as to form a jacket i provided with small holes j opening under the ends of the blades d. The support e is perforated and is mounted on a cap f in which is an opening controlled by a weighted valve g. When the quantity of water passing is smalt, the valve g is closed and the water passes through the holes j on to the blades and rotates the same. When the quantity passing is large, the valve g is lifted and the liquid passes round the cylinder a to the blades. The rotation of the pivot b is transmitted by screw &c. gearing to the counting mechanism m.
Patent GB-190322171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ball Bearings
Inventor: WESTEBBE WILHELM
Filed: 1903-10-14
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 22,171. Westebbe, W. Oct. 14. Ball bearings.-A holder for the balls is employed in connection with a ball bearing. Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention as applied to a wheel bearing. The holder comprises an annular ring 1 provided with yielding, bowshaped pieces 2, which are bent so as loosely to retain the balls 3. The inner and outer walls of the bow parts are rounded off. The holder is arranged between the cup 4 and the cone 5 of the bearing. The holder may conveniently be stamped from a piece of spring metal, the bow parts being afterwards bent to the required shape. Instead of the bow parts being formed on the outer edge of the ring 1, as shown, they may be formed on the inner edge.
Patent GB-190322685-A (GB)
Title: Improved Liquid Fuel Feed Regulating Apparatus.
Inventor: SGAL LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,685. Syal, L. Oct. 20. Liquid - fuel fittings.-In a steamgenerator furnace, the liquid - fuel supply valve is controlled by a piston working in a cylinder connected with the boiler. A rod C, passing through a guide D in the open end of the cylinder, is attached to the piston B, and carries a spiral spring E tending to force the piston towards the steam inlet Q, the pressure on the spring being regulated by a nut F screwing in the guide. A cap P is adjustably mounted on the end of the rod C, and abuts against the end of the spindle H of a needle valve X, which controls the communication between the liquid-fuel supply port K and the opening M leading to the burner. A second spring N, regulated by a nut 0, tends to remove the valve X from the port K. Instead of connecting the rods C, H, as described above, a lever may be arranged to permit an extended travel of the piston and a limited movement of the valve.
Patent GB-190326211-A (GB)
Title: Multiplex Telephony.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 26,211. Fairweather, W., [Miner, W. M.]. Dec. 1. Telephone systems.-In a system of multiplex telephony a single line circuit with earth or metallic return is used, the telephones being thrown into circuit at intervals by synchronously-rotating circuit closers at opposite ends of the line. The circuit of each telephone is closed from 3500 to 4300 times per second. The Figure illustrates the arrangement applied to a single line wire with earth return. The circuit closers consist of two rotary arms 3, 3<1> which are rotated synchronously by any well known method. Telephones 4, 5, 6. 7, and 8 are connected to five contact pieces at one end, and a corresponding set 4<1>, 5<1>, 6<1>, 7<1>, and 8<1> to contact pieces at the other end. The single line wire 2 is connected to semicircular contact pieces, which are successively connected to each of the telephone contacts as the arms 3, 3<1> rotate. An arrangement suitable for a double line wire is illustrated and described.
Patent GB-190328370-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Metal Ring
Inventor: MARTIN DANIEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 28,370. Martin, D. F. Dec. 24. Rings.-Metal rings are formed in two parts a, b hinged together at c. One part b is screw-threaded at one end, the other part a has a threaded nut e rotatably attached at its end. The ring is closed by inserting the screw d into the nut e.
Patent GB-190402470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Sheets and of other Articles, of Glass
Inventor: GOBBE EMILE
Filed: 1904-02-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 2470. Gobbe, E. Feb. 1. Measured quantities, delivering.-For gather- ing molten glass and delivering the glass to casting tables to form sheets, or to other moulds, &c., a cast-iron vessel a, preferably with a refrac- tory lining, is lowered by means of a wire rope i and a windlass j of a crane k, so that a hole b in the tapered end of the vessel a is immersed in the glass. A tube e, which is attached to the vessel a and is in air connection with the vessel through its per- forated end f, is connected to pipes g, h, communi- cating by means of cocks with a vacuum and a compressed-air reservoir, respectively. The exhaust cock is first opened, and the vessel a is thus filled with glass. The vessel a is raised by the windlass j, and the opening b is closed by a slide c. When the vessel a is in position to deliver the molten metal, the slide c is removed, and the tube e put into connection with the pressure chamber, whereby the glass is forced out of the vessel a. To prevent the glass from adhering to the vessel a, this may be provided with a jacket supplied with a stream of water. In a modified form of the vessel a, the refractory lining extends further downwards than the metal part, and a sight-tube may be provided for the vessel a.
Patent GB-190406527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Process and Apparatus for Quenching and Bleaching Coke
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 6527. Thompson, W P., [Moore, E. A.]. March 17. Coking.-The hot coke is transferred from the ovens into a quenching-apparatus, consisting of a series of detachablyconnected sections from which air is excluded, where it is treated with cold water, the steam evolved "bleaching" it. The apparatus runs on rails 5, Fig. 1, in front of a series of ovens 1, and is driven by a motor 6 governed by a controller 7 on the platform 8. The sections have hollow rectangular sides 9, Fig. 4, and are supported by brackets 12 which rest on sills extending the length of the structure. The bottoms 15 are connected to the sides 9 by flanges 16, and to each other by flanges 18. The covers 24 have flanges 25 connected to flanges 10 of the sides 9, and are connected to each other by flanges 26. The coke chamber has a permanent bottom 33 bolted to inner flanges 34 of the sides 9, and is protected by a secondary bottom 42. Its upper end is partially closed by plates provided with vertically-adjustable water-levelling boards 40, and the end section has an outlet 28 connected with a stack 29 to which a controlling-valve 30 is attached. The joints between and in the sections are packed with asbestos or magnesia to render the enclosure airtight. To the ends of the structure are secured hollow casings 45, which contain laterally-movable doors supported on horizontal rollers, and fitted with rack and pinion movements operated from the platform 8 by means of pulleys 58, 60, 61. At the end adjacent to the ovens is a vestibule with laterally - swinging doors 67, Fig. 15, and a bottom 74 which swings vertically on the hinged rod 75. The bottom is raised and lowered by the crank 76, to which wire cables 77, 78 are connected, passing over pulleys, and it is balanced by a weight 81 over a pulley 83, Fig. 1. The doors and bottom fold over as indicated in Fig. 15, and engage with the door frame 2 of the oven 1, to form a tight joint. The hot coke is pushed by a rake from the oven through the vestibule and adjacent doors, which are opened, and is spread over the floors of the sections. The doors and vestibule are then closed, and a regulated supply of water is forced through a main pipe and inlets 19, Figs. 1 and 4, of the sections, up through the hollow sides, and through openings on to the hot coke. The steam generated passes off through the stack 29. The structure has a fall of six inches, and the excess of water flows down through a discharge opening and shoot 65 to a trough 66. After treatment, the coke is discharged through the doors in the casing 45 on the left of Fig. 1, into cars 87.
Patent GB-190409728-A (GB)
Title: Device for Painting or Varnishing Floors and the like.
Inventor: MOLITOR HEINRICH VON
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 9728. Molitor, H. von, [trading as Erste Weinheimer Bursten-Fabrik]. April 28. Painting and varnishing.-A device for painting or varnishing floors and the like consists of a case a, fitted with a reservoir d, an exchangeable brush b, and a suitable handle. The wood b<1> of the brush b, which is fixed to the case by screws c, is provided with holes b'. Liquid is supplied to the brush by loosening the winged screws i, and thereby both opening the lateral outlets d' of the reservoir and loosening the tightening-band e, and so allowing the liquid to pass between the taper a' and the flange d'.