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Patent GB-190300305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mill Apparatus for Manipulating Bars, Billets or the like.
Inventor: HAMPTON JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-01-06
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 305. Hampton, J. A., and Roberts, J. Jan. 6. Rolling.-Relates to ingot and like manipulating- apparatus. A carriage 9, Figs. 4 and 6, carrying fingers 14, adjustably connected by bolts and slots, is provided with rollers 10 which bear on a camsurface 13. The roller spindles 11 also carry rollers 20, which work in horizontal slots 21 in frames carrying stops 18 corresponding to the number of passes in the rolls. When a piece 24 has left the rolls, the carriage 9 is drawn forward and the fingers and stops rise to a position level with the mill floor. A further movement of the carriage pushes the piece against the next stop 18 ready to be returned into the next pass by the live rollers 16. The carriage 9 is then returned to its lowest position.
Patent GB-190302164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash-locks or Fastenings
Inventor: WELLMAN SAMUEL GRAHAM
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 2164. Wellman, S. G. Feb. 1, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Window holders.-In the edge of each sash A' is arranged a rack A' having ratchet teeth, the inclinations of the teeth being different in the two sashes. In casings C in the frame are arranged spring-controlled dogs or latches B, with inclined noses to engage the racks. Each of the dogs will allow movement of the sash in one direction. Each dog B projects through a hole in the casing, and is provided with flanges taking against stops to limit the outward movement. The shank or stem B<1> of the dog has a pivoting lip B<2>, which engages a recess C' in the end of the casing. A bridge-piece C<5>, which may be secured in place by upsetting lugs projecting from the casing, carries a post adapted to receive a spiral spring C<8> arranged to press against the shank B'. The face-plate of the casing is preferably formed so as to fit the recesses formed by an auger, and is provided with sharp lugs which take into the frame to secure the casing in position. The dog is released from engagement with the rack by a suitable push device, such as the pin D.
Patent GB-190303193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Indicators.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 3193. Boult, A. J., [Gl÷ckner, O. G., and Gl÷ckner, H. C.]. Feb. 10. Speed indicators.-The rotating shaft or axle, the speed of which is to be measured, is connected by gearing to the driving-spindle 1 of the speed indicator. On the spindle 1 is mounted the worm 2 which turns the spindle 3 and the electromagnetic core or coupling-member 4. The winding 6 of the core 4 is connected with the conductor-rings 7, 8, and by the spring contacts 10, 11 with the battery S and the spring contacts 12, 13, working on the insulator - drum 14 rotated by suitable clockwork and provided with a contact strip 15 or a number of strips. The coupling-member or armature 16 is loosely mounted on the spindle 3, and has two projecting studs 18 engaging with pins 20 on the guided frame 21. When the electromagnetic coupling is closed, the frame 21 is raised to an extent dpending on the speed whatever be the direction of rotation. The frame 21 may serve as the index finger, or be provided with one, or operate one. A weighted toothed rack 26 with a pencil 27 for recording the speeds on the moving band 28 may be engaged by a third stud on the frame 21, and an index finger moving over a quadrant scale may be connected to the rack - wheel 24. The frame or index finger or the like driven from the rotating shaft or axle is released by clockwork mechanism at regular intervals, and is returned to its original position, so that the highest position of the index finger, reached just before it is released, is proportional to the speed.
Patent GB-190306022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Extracting Apparatus for Chimneys applicable also for Ventilating and other purposes.
Inventor: MOTTERSHALL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6022. Mottershall, W. March 16. Ventilating. -A movable chimney top, stated to be applicable also as a ventilator for railway and tramway vehicles, is provided with a wind nozzle e and vane h. The casing d may be made cylindrical or conical or in the form of a double cone as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190311138-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Esters of Trimethyl-cyclohexenonecarboxylic Acid.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1903-05-15
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 11,138. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. May 15. Trimethylcyclohexenone carboxylic esters ; sodium ethyl carbonate.-Esters of trimethylcyclohexenone carboxylic acids are made by condensing an alkyl sodio-acetoacetate with an alkyl isopropylidene acetoacetate. Thus, to a mixture of ethyl acetoacetate and a solution of sodium in absolute alcohol, when cool, is added ethyl isopropylidene acetoacetate, After standing several weeks at a low temperature sodium ethyl carbonate separates, the alcoholic solution is neutralized with dilute sulphuric acid, for example, whilst keeping cool, and the alcohol is distilled off. Ethyl trimethylcyclohexenone carboxylate, remaining as a layer of oil, is extracted with ether, dried with sodium sulphate, and, the ether being distilled off, is purified by distillation in a vacuum. The ethyl ester is a colourless oil of feeble aromatic odour boiling at 146-8‹ C. at 16 mm. pressure, and may serve as a parent material for making perfumes. The esters decompose when heated with alkalies into isophorone, carbon dioxide, and the corresponding alcohol.
Patent GB-190317124-A (GB)
Title: A Composition to be used for Preserving Eggs.
Inventor: BROOKS JAMES MORDECAI
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,124. Brooks, J. M. Oct. 18, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Preserving eggs.-A composition for preserving eggs consists of a mixture of hog's lard, formaldehyde, oil of citronella, petroleum jelly, paraffin, and bees wax. The oil of citronella may be omitted.
Patent GB-190323062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Removal of Ice from Freezing Plates and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WOODCOCK WILLARD JAY
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 23,062. Woodcock, W. J. Oct. 24. Ice-making.-Relates to the removal of ice from freezing - plates. Blocks of plate ice, formed at temperatures below 0‹ F. upon freezing-plates in which brine circulates, are thawed off by first confining brine in the plate, and then causing it to circulate repeatedly through a closed system, including the plate and a heating-device, from which, at each circulation, it obtains a small increment of heat. In a tank C, containing the water to be frozen, is placed a freezing-plate A, containing a coil B, which, during the freezing process, communicates with the brine supply by means of the pipes D, E. After the ice is formed, the valves F, G, in the pipes D, E, are closed, and the valves H, I are opened, so that circulation is established from the coil B to a steam pump J, and through a cylinder L, heated by the exhaust steam from the steam pump, back to the plate A.
Patent GB-190327903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Washing Machines.
Inventor: ZUILL WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 27,903. Zuill, W. J. Dec. 19. Washing-machines; washing-plungers or dollies; wash-tubs; wash-tub stands.-Consists of a metal tub A, Fig. 1, supported by legs C made of channelled-iron, the hollow faces of which are turned towards the tub. The legs C are bent outwardly at their lower extremities, and are held together by iron braces D which also serve to support and stiffen the tub bottom. The castors G, Figs. 1 and 6, consist of a shank F and a rollersupporting fork H made integral with the shank. The shanks of the different rollers are arranged at such an angle to the fork that, when attached to the legs, the rollers are parallel to each other, making it easy to move the tub. K is a metal piece folded over the upper edge of the tub and secured to the tub by bolts ; it carries a post on which is fitted the sleeve Q of a crank R on the outer end of which is a post on which is mounted a sleeve S having trunnions a on opposite sides of it carrying arms T which at their other end are fastened to similar trunnions on a socket V; one of the arms is prolonged to provide a socket for a handle W by which a plunger X is operated. The pieces S, V are also connected together by a bar U, and an arm, carrying a spring e, is pivoted to the piece S, the other arm of the spring being hooked to the socket V. In the socket V is adjustably fitted the conical plunger X which is provided with an enlarged rounded margin turned inwardly on its lower edge, and may be of the construction shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-190407690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tabulating Mechanism for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 7690. Marks, G. C., [Jarvis Type-writer and Tabulator Co.]. March 31. Type-writers.-Relates to tabulating-mechanism for type-writers. Reference is made to Specifications Nos. 14,554 and 25,403, A.D. 1902. The denomination dogs H, Fig. 4, which co-operate with the adjustable stops G seated in the slots in the tubular rack or bar F, are pivoted on a slide I urged against a front stop by a spring. The dogs H are elevated by means of tabulating-keys J, elbow levers L, and connections L<1> terminating in hooks l. A spring-retained bar M automatically returns the dogs H. The bar M is raised by means of a lifting-lever n, Fig. 3, and connections to a universal bar n@ located across the levers L, and is maintained in the raised position by movement of a pivoted spring latch o under a lug o<2> on the lever n. The latch o is returned by means of a hook p on the slide I. A tappet or projection z<12> on the hook p co-operates with the margin stop Z<2> in case a tabulating-key is operated after the last tabulating-stop has passed the denomination dogs. The shifting-arm Q, Fig. 6, for the carriage-rack E is secured on the rock-shaft q having an arm r for actuation by the lever n, Fig. 3. A rock-arm T loose on the shaft q is provided with a circular barrel or drum engaged by brake shoes T' pivoted on a hub t<1> on an arbor t'. A spindle U mounted at the outer end of the arm T carries a pinion u for engagement with a governor rack S, and a gear-wheel u<1> for engagement with a pinion u<2> connected with the hub t<1>. The rack S is secured to the paper carriage between the rack E and the bar F. A tension or actuating arm secured on the shaft q is connected with the loose arm T by a spring, and limited by a stop ; this yielding connection prevents blocking or injury in case the teeth of the pinion u and the rack S meet end to end. The stops G are formed with an enlargement or head for limiting the downward movement in the bar F, and are secured against upward movement by means of a hinged bar W co-operating with a spring catch X. The lower ends of the stops G are bevelled off on the rear face, to prevent striking of the ends by the dogs H. In order to ensure insertion of the stops with the bevelled face in the proper direction, the heads are notched to receive an offset on the bar W ; or the heads project farther on one side and the bar F is provided with a baffle or stop-rail along one edge.
Patent GB-190408968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrical Apparatus.
Inventor: ALBERT PARKER HANSON
Filed: 1904-04-19
Abstract: 8968. Hanson, A. P. Nov. 20, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, A.D. 1901.] Telephone systems.-In the manufacture of the jack springs of the switchboards of telephone exchanges, the banks of contacts in automatic telephone switches, and other contact-pieces, springs, or conducting-pieces which are arranged closely together but insulated from each other, a number of the contacts &c. in being worked out of the metal are left hanging together until any desired point in their treatment to allow punching, bending, tinning, polishing, and other operations to be carried out on a number ani to facilitate the assembling of the finished contacts in the apparatus. Figs. 1 and 3 show several connected contacts a, of a form suitable for use in an automatic telephone switch, as they appear when blanked out. The angular notches d in the second arrangement allow the contacts to be spread apart as in Fig. 1 into the required relative position, after which they may be separated along the line x, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows a series of double contacts a, a<1> with connecting- pieces b. Before the pieces b are cut away, a sheet f of paper or other insulating-material is cemented on to the bodies h of the contacts, and the contacts are soldered at holes g to longitudinal wires e above the sheet f ; the pieces b are then cut off in lines concentric with the scalloped edges of the sheet f. Contact-blanks may be built up of insulated layers of this description. The pieces b may be replaced by a separate clip as shown in Fig. 8, in which the contacts a are shown only half-formed ; strips of paper laid on one or both sides of the contacts a and cemented to them or to each other between them may replace the clip b. Fig. 11 shows a flat metal strip cut and stretched to position the contacts a properly without separating them. In the modification shown in Fig. 13, a sheet i of german silver &c. is cemented along its central part to a strip b of paper &c. and is punched out to form contacts a. The paper may be turned back at its edges on to the central part to facilitate operations on the contacts, and may finally be removed or allowed to remain to serve as insulation. To facilitate tinning by dipping, the strip may be rolled up.
Patent GB-190413223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Meters.
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 13,223. Holden, S. H., and Chamberlain & Hookham. June 11. Quantity meters.-Electrolytic meters are arranged so that indicating-hands are operated by springs controlled by loss in weight of the electrolyte or variation in its specific gravity. In the form shown, an electrolytic cell A is supported by springs C<2> and guided by four links a<1>; the vessel A carries a pivoted rack H, which is pressed by a spring I into engagement with a pinion on the axle of a pointer E, turning in front of a stationary dial. The electrodes may be carried by the cell and provided with flexible connections J, or may be stationary. Nickel electrodes may be used in a caustic potash solution, the vessel A being made of thin sheet iron ; or platinum electrodes and sul. phuric acid solution may be used in a glass or ebonite vessel. A little oil is placed on the electrolyte. The vessel has an ebonite cover and a funnel C<1>. When current is passed through the cell, the evolution of gas causes the cell to become lighter, and the pointer to turn. When change in specific gravity is to be utilized, the cell is stationary, and a weight is suspended in the electrolyte by a cord from a spring, the cord being passed around a pulley attached to a pointer. In either arrangement, the pinion or pulley may carry a pawl to engage a ratchet-wheel, which carries the pointer and is prevented from turning backwards by a stationary pawl, when the motion of the pinion or pulley is reversed on refilling the cell. Or the pinion or pulley may be connected to an ordinary counting-gear by a clutch, which is opened by connection with the lid of the meter casing, when this is opened for refilling. The two springs C<2> may be replaced by a single spring of large diameter surrounding or above or below the cell A.
Patent GB-190415438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines of the Impact Wheel Type.
Inventor: WYAND WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 15,438. Wyand, W. July 11. Steam &c. turbines. - The casing A has a steam inlet H leading to two annular steam channels h provided with nozzles I each having a spiral guide k, which directs the steam into the L-shaped passages of the wheel B. Return channels J are arranged opposite the nozzles. The wheel is mounted on a sleeve D on the shaft C, and the wheel hub and sleeve have aligned holes containing spiral springs F. The springs allow the wheel to have a certain amount of play, and, to assist this freedom, the wheel is connected to the shaft by a clutch G containing friction blocks f adapted to be thrown outwards centrifugally and also engaging with a sleeve n which engages with the wheel hub.
Patent GB-190416846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Element Devices applicable to Electric Circuit Breakers and other Apparatus.
Inventor: STATTER JOHN GRICE
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 16,846. Statter, J. G. Aug. 2. Brake or retarding mechanism.- The start of action of an electric circuit - breaker or other mechanism is delayed by a sucker device. As shown applied to an electric circuitbreaker, the device consists of a non-magnetic rod 8 fixed to a disc 13 by a ball joint. The disc rests on the bottom of the cylinder 5 in a small quantity of oil. When the disc is pressed down by a spring or weight, it clings to the bottom of the cylinder, and a sudden pull does not easily lift it. The sucker may be made of brass faced with leather or ambroin &c. It may be plain, or have a series of concentric rings or channels in its face, or be made as a flexible dome, and may be provided with a valve to allow air to escape.
Patent GB-190419228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cooking and Kitchen Utensils
Inventor: THIEL RUDOLF
Filed: 1904-09-06
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 19,228. Thiel, R. Sept. 6. Drawings to Specification. Jugs.-Household or cooking and kitchen utensils are made of sheet iron, and tinned either internally only or internally and externally ; the outer surfaces are provided with a coating of copper.
Patent GB-190420499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckle Fastenings.
Inventor: MALLINSON RALPH
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-09-23
Abstract: 20,499. Mallinson, R. Sept. 23. Stapling. - In buckle fastenings, the cross loop is stapled to the main strap by means of apparatus such as that shown in the Figures. Fig. 7 is an elevation, from the driving-end, of the mechanism employed for paying out the wire. The lever 61, actuated by the cam 60, presses together the pieces 64, 65 which grip the wire. To prevent wear of the surfaces, two hard-steel blocks 66 are inserted. The lever acts on the sliding pieces 64, 65 through the spring piece 63. The length of wire used for the staples may be regulated by means of an adjustable screw which varies the throw of the lever 55. The wire is next gripped between the jaws 67, 68, Fig. 4, the latter being movable by a cam against the resistance of the spring 69, and passes on across the cutter-block 72 and under the crown 73, where a piece is cut off by the knife 74. The motion of the knife along a groove in the adjustable block 72 is obtained by means of the cam 76. The wire is bent into the form of a staple round the crown 73 by the rising of the fingers 82, which move more quickly than the carriage bearing the crown ; the crown then falls back, and the tongue 81, on rising, forces the staple into the holes in the strap. This motion is effected by means of the levers 80, Fig. 5. The staples are next bent down on to the strap by the fingers 27, Fig. 5, which are embraced by the loop and move towards each other. This motion is effected by the cam 89 rocking the lever 90. In order that the staple may be clinked without crumpling the strap, the metal strip, flat on the underside and rounded at each edge, is placed between and supports the projecting ends of the staple. The strip retires as the fingers 27 close.
Patent GB-190420557-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerator, Condenser, Radiator or Boiler of Corrugated Sheet Metal.
Inventor: MEWES RUDOLF
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-09-23
Abstract: 20,557. Mewes, R. Sept. 23. Condensers.-In condensers and the like made of corrugated sheet metal, the sheets forming the single elements are either folded along their middle, or two sheets of the same size and shape are placed one above the other. The plates are then secured together at their edges so that the cooling- air passes through the channels formed by the; superposed corrugations, while the medium to be cooled travels transversely over the corrugations.- Fig. 1 shows a horizontally-placed automobile cooler formed of two superposed sheets between the borders of which a strip or band c is placed and riveted to the two plates. Fig. 3 shows a similar element formed of a single sheet folded at g. In another modification, Fig. 4, a refrigerator or radiator of corrugated sheet metal is formed by winding an element into a scroll. The different spiral windings may communicate with each other through tubes (not shown). Fig. 5 shows a radiator in which the elements are made of corrugated sheets with fiat borders bent to a rectangular shape and joined together at the borders. The passages formed between the sheets communicate with tanks a, b. In another form of apparatus, Fig. 7, several elements formed of corrugated plates folded at g and secured by rivets d communicate with each other by means of bent tubes h. The different elements may be in direct communication with the tanks through circular holes or slits.
Patent GB-190421453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ammunition Hoisting Mechanism.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,453. Justice, P. M., [Bethlehem Steel Co.]. Oct. 6. Loading-appliances.-Fig. 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan of a turret in which the ammunition hoist is arranged to prevent the ingress of sparks to the magazines. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the upper part of the elevator d, and Fig. 4 an elevation of the ramming-appliance for transferring the charge from the elevator d to the transfer car e for conveyance to the loading-cage c. The elevator d consists of an endless chain 7 to which are pivoted a number of flights 10, adapted to receive the charge, and maintained in a horizontal position while ascending by spurs 11 ; after being unloaded and while passing over the sprocketwheel 8, the flights are folded against the chain by the engagement of spurs 12 on the flights with a fixed nose 13 on the standard 9. The device f consists of rammers 21 provided with toothed racks 22 in gear with pinions 24 on a shaft 25 driven by a motor 26. When the charge has been transferred to the transfer car e by the rammers 21, the openings in the sheathing 16 of the elevator d are closed by hinged shutters, as are also those in the car e. The car e when loaded is traversed on rails 18, by a motor 19 and screw gearing 20, to bring its charge chambers into line with those of the cage c, the transference of the charge being effected by rammers g similar to the rammers 21, arranged as shown in Fig. 6 in the elevator chamber and actuated by the motor 27.
Patent GB-190422546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Superheating or Drying Steam.
Inventor: MCPHAIL HUGH
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,546. McPhail, H. Oct. 19. Steam - generator furnaces; baffles.- A baffle, curved or angular in crosssection, is placed in the path of the hot gases issuing from the flues of a boiler, to cause them to impart their heat to laterally - arranged superheaters. A s shown in end view in Fig. 1 and in section in Fig. 3, the chamber C, at the end of the boiler A, contains the superheater tubes B. A baffle D, arranged as shown, causes the gases to impinge upon the tubes.