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Patent GB-190015352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Articles Composed of Concrete and to be used for Building, Paving and other purposes.
Inventor: ROUSE THOMAS
Filed: 1900-08-29
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 15,352. Rouse, T. Aug. 29. Slabs ; bricks paving-blocks &c.-Slabs, building and paving blocks, bricks, and other articles are made of a central body, core, or part of limeconcrete, faced with cement-concrete, or, in the case of partition slabs, &c., the inner parts may be of cement-concrete and the faces may be of the softer and more porous lime-concrete. The compound blocks are subjected to pressure in moulds, and are submitted to the action of vapour or steam at a temperature of 212‹ F. for from 80 to 120 hours, to cause the lime-concrete to unite with the cement-concrete, and prevent disintegration of the lime-concrete on exposure to weather. The cement-concrete consists of Portland or other cement mixed with sand, broken granite, &c., and moistened with water or steam. The lime-concrete is produced by mixing unslaked lime with gravel, sand, broken or powdered stone, bricks, clinkers, slag, coke breeze, &c., and steam in a closed mixer. Moulds for slabs may have projections on the sides to form channels in the edges of the slabs for the reception of grout. The cement and lime may be coloured to present the same appearance, or so that one may be in contrast to the other.
Patent GB-190018121-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Mechanically Colouring or Tinting Fashion-plates, Stamps, Engravings, Photographs, Maps and the like
Inventor: LORIMEY JEANNE MARIE
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 18,121. Lorimey, J. M. Oct. 11. Feeding sheets.- In stencilling-apparatus for tinting or colouring fashion plates, maps, engravings &c. &c., the sheets are placed in special registering clips, by which they are fed and conveyed through the stencilling-apparatus, by which several colours are applied in succession. The clip a, Fig. 1, is of tubular form with a pair of projecting spring gripping blades a' between which one edge of the sheet b is placed. Tubular ends project from the clip, and are the parts by which the clips and sheets therein are fed and carried through the stencilling-machine. The apparatus for placing the sheets in the clips a includes a table A having a groove m for the clip. The blades a' are opened, for insertion of the sheet, by pins e which pass through holes in the clip, and are carried by a slide s operated by a treadle. A pivoted frame j, carrying a false stencil or guide l for reg stering, is lowered on to the table by a second treadle. The frame j carries guides g by which the sheets are guided into the clip. In the stencilling-machine the ends of the clips are placed on inclines, with the sheets hanging down, and the front one is pushed down on to an intermittently reciprocating carrier having notches for engaging the ends of the clip. The sheets are stencilled on a rising and falling table which, as it rises lifts the clips from the carriers for stencilling. When the table moves down the carriers move forward, taking the sheets on one step, and they return empty when the table is raised.
Patent GB-190022058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Conveyors or Elevators for Coal Coke or like Material or Substances
Filed: 1900-12-05
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 22,058. Dempster & Sons, R., and Broadhead, J. W. Dec. 5. Conveyers; elevators.-The scrapers or rakes b of trough conveyers &c. for coal, coke, &c. are .attached to chains e which run on guide-rollers f, h outside the trough. When the conveyer is of the trough-with-travelling-bottom type, the plates are secured to a central chain running over flanged guide-rollers. Special chains with U-section links and flush joints are used to enable them to pass easily over the flanged guide-pulleys.
Patent GB-190101178-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Exhaust Steam Expander, Coal Economiser and Spark Arrester for Locomotive Engines.
Inventor: WALKER GEORGE
Filed: 1901-01-18
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 1178. Walker, G. Jan. 18. Blast apparatus. -A metal cone is fixed point - downwards in a locomotive chimney above the blast nozzle, to improve the draught and act as a sparkarrester.
Patent GB-190104407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Apparatus.
Inventor: STANLEY WILLIAM OSWALD
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 4407. Stanley, W. O. March 1. Stands.-Relates chiefly to a lazy-tongs mechanism applied to an adjustable camera-stand and also to a copying camera. The adjustable camera-stand is shown in Fig. 1. The platform a on which the camera is placed is raised and lowered by the lazytongs k. One end of the actuating-rod e screws into a nut f connected to one corner of a cell, while the other end is connected to the opposite corner of the cell by a collar h. The rod e is turned by a hand-wheel. The lower terminals of the lazy-longs are mounted on rollers m running under guide-straps n.
Patent GB-190105679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads.
Inventor: CLOOSTER VICTOR VAN DEN
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 5679. Clooster, V. van den. March 18. Packing-cases.-Relates to a portable bedstead which can fold up into a box or case suitable for travellers. The bed frame consists of tubes 1, 2, 4 hinged together and to legs 14 which fit into sockets in the corners of the box 22, which is in two parts hinged together.
Patent GB-190106733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Indicating in Hydrometers or Similar Instruments in which Floats are used.
Inventor: ATKINSON LLEWELYN BIRCHALL
Filed: 1901-03-30
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 6733. Atkinson, L. B. March 30. Specific - gravity estimating - a p p a - ratus.-The graduations of a hydrometer are made on the jar e, and read off by means of a fiducial mark d on the bulb of the instrument. Projections f prevent contact of bulb and jar. The mark d may be made in several ways, as, for instance, the boundary line between two colours,
Patent GB-190107341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mills.
Inventor: HUBER SIGMUND VINCENT
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 7341. Huber, S. V. April 9. Rolling.-The ends of a roll of a two-high or three-high mill may be simultaneously adjusted vertically by screws 2 having crown toothed-wheels 3, 3<a> engaged by levers 4, 5 coupled by a strap 7. The levers are pivoted on sleeves 6 loose on the screws, and are raised, turned, and lowered to reengage the wheels to feed the screws. One of the screws may be moved independently to level the roll. This is effected by forming the strap end 7<a>with a slot 9 in which slides a block 10, pivoted to the lever 5 at 11, and adjusted by a screw 12 and hand-wheel 13 to move the lever 4, the lever 5 being held meanwhile by a pin 17 engaging a pair of holes in concentric rows a, b of different pitches in plates 15, 16 on the housing and lever 5 respectively. Or the same result may be obtained by varying the length of the strap 7 by a right and left hand screw coupling 8 which may be provided with a hand-wheel.
Patent GB-190117941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Propulsion and Driving of Steam Vessels
Inventor: SOLIANI NABOR
Filed: 1901-09-07
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 17,941. Soliani, N. Sept. 7. Driving-gear for screw propellers.-To secure economy of steam consumption at full speed as well as at cruising speed, and avoidance of all auxiliary engines, either for reversing or for economical steaming, one or more sets of independent reciprocating engines D, acting each on its screw-propeller shaft, are combined with two or more sets of turbine propelling-motors E, each acting also on its main-propeller shafting. All the reciprocating and the turbine engines work together at full speed. The reciprocating engines, of about one-third to one-half of the collective full propelling-power of the ship, are always at work as main propelling-engines, whether the ship is steaming at high or at cruising speed, and work alone when the ship is steaming at reduced or cruising speed. At cruising speed, the propellers of the turbine moturs may be left dragging freely, or, to avoid the dragging resistance, steam may be supplied by the slide and hand valves A, B from the low-pressure receivers of the main reciprocating engines to the turbines to cause them to run apace with the ship, the slide valves being so arranged that they are closed by the reversing-gear of the reciprocating engines when the reciprocating engines go astern.
Patent GB-190118179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cables.
Inventor: WEST JULIUS HENRIK
Filed: 1901-09-11
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 18,179. West, J. H. Sept. 11. Grant of Patent refused. Cables for telephones and other purposes. Two or more wires are arranged in notches in the edges of a strip of paper &c. which is bent to a zig-zag form. The wires are held in position by a thread j. Each group of wires is covered with a paper ribbon, and several groups may be combined to form a cable, which may be coated with insulating-material and lead sheathing. Some of the pairs of wires may be cross-connected to reduce induction.
Patent GB-190120457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Handles for Fry-pans, Saucepans, and similar Articles of Hollow-ware.
Inventor: HOLMES JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 20,457. Holmes, J. Oct. 12. Handles for fry-pans, saucepans, &c. are made from a single strip of metal a shaped as a tube having its edges turned inwards so as to produce adjacent longitudinal flanges b. One end is flattened so as to form an enlargement c for junction with the utensil, the enlargement being strengthened by the groove e. The cross-section of the handle may be of appropriate shape.
Patent GB-190208175-A (GB)
Title: Improved Covering for the Lower Portion of the Body when Driving
Inventor: DUNHILL ALFRED
Filed: 1902-04-08
Granted: 1903-04-08
Abstract: 8175. Dunhill, A. April 8. Cloaks and mantles. - Relates to a covering for the body when driving, and consists of a garment A of a shape similar to a skirt but without a placequet hole. It is put on by slipping it over the head, and is fastened by a belt or other means. It is provided with a pocket C for the hands and one D for the feet. External pockets may also be provided. A gore may be inserted in the front of the garment to make room for a steering-pillar &c.
Patent GB-190209841-A (GB)
Title: A Laundry Washing Brush-board
Inventor: NIXON FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 9841. Nixon, F. April 29. Washing boards. -A washing-board a is provided with bristles c, to form a brush-like rubb i n g surface of rectangular or other shape.
Patent GB-190218664-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Automatic Office Appliance for use as a Diary and Mechanical Reminder
Inventor: BAYNES FREDERICK WALTER
Filed: 1902-08-25
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 18,664. Baynes, F. W., and Eckhaus, P. Aug. 25. Signals, time-alarm.-Consists of a mechanical appliance actuated by a clock, which throws out a tablet and rings a bell when the time arrives for attention to be called to an appointment. A frame d, Fig. 1, is mounted on the hour band of a clock lying so that the frame rotates in a horizontal plane. The frame rotates once in 12 hours, and radial slits h to contain tablets or cards are made at each quarter hour. The particulars of the appointment or the like are written on the tablet, and it is inserted in a slit which the movement of the clock brings between the spring arms o, n. At the required moment, the tablet passes over the end of the arm n, and is thrown out by the spring o, and when the arm n, which is connected to the hammer of the bell j, is released, the bell is sounded.
Patent GB-190221004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Tables for the Display of Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: SPOONER ARTHUR FREEMORE
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1903-09-26
Abstract: 21,004. Spooner, A. F., [Rain, E., and BoldÞs, H.]. Sept. 26. Advertising; displaying.-Relates to tables for displaying advertisements and the like. In the form shown, the advertisements &c. are carried on endless flexible bands g mounted on rollers e, f supported in brackets h, two of which are adjustable, on the table top a. The top a, which may be strengthened by an angle-plate b, carries in a frame d a plate c having a central transparent portion. The roller e is rotated by bevel gearing i, j so as to carry the matter to be displayed in succession under the transparent portion of the place c. In a modification, the rollers e, f are replaced by axles carrying cog-wheels which gear with holes formed in the edges of the band. Two or more bands may be fitted in each table top, the rollers or axles carrying them being connected by chain gearing when the bands are placed end to end, and by rods when the rollers are placed end to end.
Patent GB-190222873-A (GB)
Title: Improved Argand Burner for Gas Testing.
Inventor: GRAFTON WALTER
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 22,873. Grafton, W. Oct. 21. Gas burners.-Illuminating-gas is tested by a standard Argand burner of the form shown. The hollow steatite ring B, pierced with holes at the top for the egress of gas, the glass chimney C and a metallic cone, resting on a gallery supported by the gas supply tubes, and the central air-supply passage and its reduced lower end A have special dimensions, so that the burner gives the maximum illumination for the particular gas which is being tested.
Patent GB-190225911-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Converting Omnibuses and other Vehicles into Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 25,911. Buckingham, E. J. Nov. 25. Omnibuses; vans.-To convert omnibuses, vans, and other vehicles into motor-driven vehicles, a bogie-truck carrying the steering and driving wheels and the engines or electric motors compensating-gear, steering-gear, driver's seat, &c., is substituted for the ordinary fore-carriage and forewheels. The truck c, Fig. 1, swivels on the perch pin and carries two internal-combustion engines or motors g. Either or both engines may be clutched to a short shaft geared to an intermediate shaft l, which is fitted with change-speed gear and compensating-gear and drives through sprocket or spur gearing. Channel-irons bolted to the body of the vehicle, may take the place of the bogie-truck, and the vehicle is then propelled by the ordinary hind wheels provided with sprocket gear. Steps.-The steps p of an omnibus are preferably made double, so that passengers mount by one half and descend by the other.
Patent GB-190228368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for the Opening and Closing of Fanlights.
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 28,368. Tonks, Ltd., Tonks, W. H., and Sparks, W. Dec. 23. Window opening and closing apparatus.-A hinged fanlight is opened or closed by a pair of curved arms e, Fig. 2, and bearing-rollers e<2>, which engage in slots in the plates g. The arms are carried on a rod c of hexagonal section operated by a wormwheel h and a worm carried by the rod i<2>, which is driven by a worm-wheel and winch at its lower end. The worm is carried in bearings d<1> and the wormwheel and rod in the bearings d, constructed in two parts, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. which, when superposed as indicated in Fig.4, form the foundation-plate shown in Fig. 3. The bearings for the lower end of the rod and worm-wheel are shown in two parts in Figs. 11 and 12, which, when superposed, form a casing, as shown in Fig. 8. The worm l is operated by a winch, or an endless cord and pulley, Fig. 15. The pulley is made in two parts connected by a pin and is provided with a guard-plate m<2> and two guiding-rollers m<1>.
Patent GB-190300329-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Regulating Electric Motors.
Inventor: LANG JOHAN GUSTAF VIKTOR
Filed: 1903-01-06
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 329. Lang, J. G. V. Jan. 6. Field magnets; motors, controlling. -Relates to the regulation of motors :Eor cars, hoists, &c. employing both shunt and series field excitation. In the running position, the field coils are connected in series or parallel-series, but in stopping, or running down hill, the motors are connected up as compound-wound generators for braking purposes or for restoring energy to the line. The controller is fitted with an additional cylinder operated by the movement of the handle forwards or backwards and fitted with contacts for changing the field from series to compound winding. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the developed controller, in which A is the main cylinder, C the reversing - cylinder, and B the additional cylinder for changing the series to compound windi n g for regenerative purposes. Fig. 2 shows the successive positions, and Figs. 7 and 8 a method of connection for reducing the number of contacts or connections in changing the shunt windings from series to parallel, by changing the ends of each seriesparallel group only, instead of changing the ends of each coil. As shown in the first running position, Fig. 2, the four armatures d<1> .... d<4> are in series, and the field coils F (consisting of four coils e<1> .... e<4> in parallel) and the series coils f also in series. On a backward movement of the handle for braking &c., the cylinder B is moved, and the coils e<1> . . e<4> are now in shunt, the coils f being as before in series. In the position 4 the motors are in series-parallel and in the position 7 entirely in parallel. In intermediate running positions, the field coil f is in parallel with the coils F. The position 9 shows the final running position. Resistances are also introduced and cut out in due order.
Patent GB-190306187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cushioned Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: MARTINSEN ADA ELLA
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 6187. Lake, H. H., [Martinsen, A. E.]. March 17. Pneumatic wheels; axle-caps; felloes or rims; hubs; spokes; tyres, non-elastic.-Relates to pneumatic wheels in which the cushion is arranged between a hub portion and a tyre portion, and is applicable either to ordinary road wheels or to power-driven wheels. The hub portion consists of two parts 4, 5 secured together by screws 9 on radial projections 7, within which screw bushings 8 for adjusting the spokes 2 carried by the rim 3. Within the hub portion is a floating plate 10 having spokes 11, which, together with detachable parts 14, are supported by flanges 12, 13 bolted together through the tyre 15 to form a channel, in which lies the pneumatic tube 16 carrying the rim 3. Between the floating plate and the part 4 of the hub, lies a guide-plate 19 which has studs 21 adapted to move along a slot 23 in the floating plate. Other studs 211 secured to the part 4. move in a groove 241 formed on the guide-plate by ribs 24 at right-angles to the slot. Each stud 21, 211 is surrounded by a series of small cylinders or spheres 22 which are held in position by a ring 20 adapted to bear against either face of the slot 23 or groove 241 in which it lies. The hub is closed by a dust-excluding cap 6.
Patent GB-190307232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Humidifying Air.
Inventor: SOWDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-03-28
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 7232. Sowden, A., [Sowden, M.]. March 28. Air, moistening and cooling.-Apparatus for moistening and cooling the atmosphere of weaving and spinning sheds and other rooms or buildings consists of a tube 1, of woven or other absorbent material, which is saturated with water, and through which a stream of air passes in order to distribute the moisture in the form of fine spray or mist. The tube is provided with a handle 3 to facilitate its being raised and lowered, and is strengthened by metal rings 2. The air current may be induced through the tube by a fan, and one end of the tube may be placed outside the building to convey fresh air to the interior.
Patent GB-190316549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing, Bleaching, Mordanting, Washing, and Drying Cloth.
Inventor: CLEFF FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 16,549. Cleff, F. July 28. Bleaching; dyeing; washing.-Relates to apparatus for dyeing, bleaching, mordanting, washing, or drying cloth or fabrics, and consists of a rotary frame fitted with perforated cross-pipes on which the fabric is wound in a spiral for treatment with liquid forced out of the pipes and contained in the vessel in which the frame rotates. In one form, the frame consists of two sets of six pipes b, Figs. 2 and 4, projecting from hollow trunnions f on a central solid shaft d and connected by perforated pipes c. Pipes g, passed through stuffing- boxes on the vessel a, and screwed into the trunnions f, rotate in other stuffing-boxes on the outlet pipes of a pump in communication with the vessel and supply the dyeing &c. liquid to the pipes c. To keep the coils of the fabric h, Fig. 4, apart, the pipes c are arranged in pairs. The open ends of these pipes are inserted into sockets i, Fig. 7, on the pipes b, the closed ends being held in spring sockets k sliding on guides l on the opposite pipes b. The pipes c may be open at both ends, and the sockets k arranged in communication with the pipes b, or the pipes b at one end only of the frame may be hollow and open to the pipes c. The pipes c may be sinuous or fluted, to reduce the surface of contact with the fabric. The frame is removed from the vessel a, and has one or two spirals of fabric wound on it before it is replaced in the vessel a. It is then driven by means of a belt &c. to rotate the fabric in the dyeing &c. liquid at the same time as it is treated with the iets of liquid from the pipes c. The pipes b may be replaced by hollow discs, and the vessel a may be covered or open.
Patent GB-190400512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treads for Stairs, Passages, Paving and other like Surfaces.
Inventor: BLOWES PHILIP
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 512. Blowes, P. Jan. 8. Treads for paving and like surfaces are formed of artificial-stone tiles, preferably composed of two parts of crushed granite and one part of Portland cement, and formed with rows of rectangular projections running either transversely or longitudinally and separated by draining- channels c, d. A channel b extends along the front, and the side tiles have boundary channels a extending to the front edge. The tiles are laid on a concrete or like foundation before the latter is dry.
Patent GB-190403224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DENNIS JOHN CAWSEY
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 3224. Dennis, J. C., and Dennis, R. Feb. 9. Motor road vehicles.-Comprises mainly improvements in worm driving-gear and mechanism for transmitting motion to the road wheels, also improvements in swivelling stud axles. The wormwheel, Figs. 1 and 2, consists of an annular periphery a, in which the worm teeth are cut, secured to the balance-gear box c, the latter being adjustably mounted in ball or other bearings in a webbed oil-tight casing e, formed in two parts. The worm shaft g, mounted in bearings in the casing, is provided with thrust blocks f<1>, i<2>, and the front bearing i<1> is constructed so that the worm may be withdrawn. A pair of axle tubes k<1>, shown also in Fig. 3, are fixed to the gear casing, and contain the two parts l of the live axle, the latter being connected by star couplings m to the wheel hubs n, which are mounted on the ends of the axle tubes. The swivelling stud axles are constructed, as shown in Fig. 5, in two parts. The short axle r is formed with a flanged end r<1> fitting into a recess in the vertical pivot arm p, the recess being preferably deeper than the flange, in order that the end s of the wheel hub may revolve therein. The axle and pivot are secured together by pins r<2> and nuts p<2>. The upper end of the pivot is mounted in a large socket bearing t<1>, and the lower end in a detachable socket v, in order that the pivot may be readily removed.