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Patent GB-190201112-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ball Gatherer for Use in the Game of Table Tennis and other Games.
Inventor: MINTON FRANCIS
Filed: 1902-01-15
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 1112. Minton, F. Jan. 15. Balls.-Relates to an appliance for picking up table-tennis and other balls. A cage or receptacle A A', of the form shown, is fitted with springs B, C, or their equivalents, which yield when pressed on the ball, so as to allow it to enter the cage. The receptacle is mounted on a suitable handle, and is fitted with a lid E.
Patent GB-190207429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water or other Liquid Heaters or Coolers.
Inventor: HOCKING HENRY
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 7429. Hocking, H. March 27. Feedwater, heating. -Relates to apparatus for heating or cooling water or other liquids by a fluid,and is specially applicable as a feedwater heater for a steam boiler. A number of coiled tubes or conduits bare arranged within the casing a and connected above and below by the chambers c, d. The compartment d<1> of the chamber d is connected to the steam inlet p and the compartment d' to the outlet for condensed steam. The tubes b are secured to the chambers c, d by the screwed nipples b<3> or by nipples b<1> bearing lateral holes, and are kept central by the spigot c<1> and the cross-bar f. By disconnecting the steam chest or chamber d from the casing, the whole nest of tubes can be withdrawn. In a modified construction of apparatus, the steam chamber is not divided into two compartments and both top and bottom chambers are connected to the tubes b by nipples having lateral holes.
Patent GB-190207786-A (GB)
Title: A Measuring Wheel for Sewage and other Liquids.
Inventor: ANSTEE JOHN
Filed: 1902-04-03
Granted: 1903-04-03
Abstract: 7786. Anstee, J. April 3. Liquid meters.- Sewage and other liquids are measured by the equal compartments of a rotary partitioned drum 1, in each compartment of which is pivoted a cylindrical float 5 whose upward movement is limited by a stop 8. While the uppermost compartment A is being filled with the liquid to be measured, the float gradually rises until a wheel at the outer end of the projecting arm 7 of the float is beneath the lowest part of the stop block 10. The weight of the liquid in the compartment being then greater on the side nearest the stop 10 causes the drum to revolve until it is brought to a stationary position by the projecting arm 7 of the float in the next compartment coming into contact with the stop block 10. As each compartment is brought into position by the revolution of the drum, a stud projecting from its side actuates the spurwheel of an ordinary counter, thereby recording the number of compartments of known capacity which have been filled.
Patent GB-190208918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: CROWTHER FREDERICK JOSHUA
Filed: 1902-04-17
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 8918. Crowther, F. J. April 17. Semaphore signals; lamp signals ; signals for line; fog and audible signals.-The semaphore and lamp signals d, instead of being placed at variable distances from the rails, are placed at uniform distances from the rails and as close to them as is permissible, the signals being also mounted at such a height, on their posts a, b, that they are approximately level with the driver's line of sight, to enable the driver to see the signal more readily in case of fogs &c. An " attention board" e, preferably composed of wooden bars, suitably spaced, painted, and illuminated by a lamp &c., is mounted a suitable distance in the rear of the ' home ' signal, to inform the driver of his approach to the latter, the board being rather less in height than the signal, and set at an inclination to the line. A gong j, actuated by a treadle-lever k, may be employed to indicate approach to the ' distant' signal. At trailing points, separate posts and signals are provided for each line. At facing points, a similar arrangement may be employed, or both junction signals may be supported on a bracket on a single post. The ' home' or 'starting' signal of one section and the 'distant' signal of the next section in advance may be mounted on the same post, at equal distances above and below the line of sight. When, as at curves, gradients, cuttings, &c., the view of the signal d may be obstructed, an additional set of signals may be mounted on the signal post at the usual height.
Patent GB-190209767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games.
Inventor: ROBERTS EDITH CONSTANCE LILIAN
Filed: 1902-04-28
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 9767. Roberts, E. C. L. S. April 28. Games played with balls or marbles and boards.- A folding board A with a raised edge B has marked centrally upon it a number of divisions H, preferably in the form of segments, as shown, such divisions being suitably numbered. The corners of the board are also marked off into compartments. The central divisions are coloured in four shades, and each player is provided with a set of balls or marbles correspondingly coloured. The balls or marbles are propelled by means of mallets &c. from a marked point, with the object of causing them to come to re3t on the numbered divisions.
Patent GB-190215017-A (GB)
Title: Improved Feeding Device for Bees.
Inventor: HARTMANN HUGO
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 15,017. Hartmann, H. July 5. Bee-feeders.-Relates to feeding- appliances for the use of bees. The three parts of the appliance are shown detached in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. 11 is a conical casing for insertion in the opening in the hive. 10 is a queen - excluder. 9 is the feeding- tray, supported on the part 8. 1 is the food receptacle, having a depending outlet 2, which is covered by a cap 3 having perforations 4 in the bottom. is a regulator with openings 7 which, by tunning the handle 6, can be caused to register with the openings 4, or these openings may be partially or entirely closed, so that the supply of food may be regulated or entirely cut off.
Patent GB-190220833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianaforte Actions.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1902-09-24
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 20,833. Smith, J. A. Sept. 24. Pianofortes, actions for, and means for regulating the touch. The hammer is pivoted to a rail b, and is acted upon by a jack c, the lower end of which has a button d<1> adjusted by a screw pin d. The button d' rests on the key. An arm c<1> projects rigidly from the lower end of the jack, and is guided by a pin e carried by a fixed rail f, into which is also screwed an adjustable button g, the shank of which engages with the forked end of the arm c<1>. The set-off is effected by the button g engaging with the arm c'. An adjustable button h<1> screwed into the hammer butt engages with the upper end of the jack when the key is struck and forms the check. The button h<1> is connected to the jack by a spring x and a flexible tie y. The dampers i are above the hammers, and are operated by the arm c<1>. Fig. 3 shows the method of adjusting the touch. The usual weights m<1> are preferably dispensed with, and are replaced by adjustable weights o attached to arms p, which are pivoted in a rail n. This rail n can be moved to and fro at will by rods r, which pass through keyhole slots in the front rail t of the piano, and can be fixed in any position by pins s.
Patent GB-190227812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steaming Chambers and other Receptacles under Pressure and in Removable Covers therefor, especially applicable to Chambers for Steaming Bricks.
Inventor: WALLIS GEORGE PEARSON
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 27,812. Wallis, G. P. Dec. 16. Manhole doors, for steaming-chambers for treating artificial stone goods, bricks, and the like. The door c is hinged internally and is forced to its seating by the steam pressure. The hinge bolts pass through slotted holes k in brackets e so as to allow the steam pressure to press the whole door against its seating. Suitable packing, preferably of lead, is inserted in a recess l of a ring m, into which a corresponding ridge of the door c fits. Wheel nuts, or bolts i and nuts j, which are provided to draw the door tight on its seating when first closed, are swivelled on a pin p, Fig. 3, so that they can be turned round through slots o. To strengthen the end plate d and the door e, stays s and ribs r are provided. The door is raised by a windlass and chain v passing through a handhole t. To allow the door to pass through the aperture, it is made of oval or rectangular shape ; or its edge is made from a plate so that it may pass through slots in the side of the aperture.
Patent GB-190228140-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for the Prevention of Dust in Connection with Rock-drill Operations
Inventor: TREGONING FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 28,140. Tregoning, F. J. Dec. 20. Laying dust in mines; rock drills.-Dust, made in rock-drilling, is arrested at the mouth of the hole by a wet sponge held by a metal skeleton inside a perforated casing a, which surrounds the drill f. The casing is fixed over the hole by means of the rod g and bracket h on the drill cradle, with adjusting-screws at m, p.
Patent GB-190304697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Handles of Fancy Hand Bags and the like
Inventor: GOOLD LEWIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-28
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 4697. Goold, L. W., [Gr³newald & Kuppenheim]. Feb. 28. Hand-bags.-The flexible handle of a hand-bag or the like is made of chain, cord, &c., and has an adjustable coil a<3> formed in it, by which it may be secured to the wrist. The coil a<3> is formed by passing each of the ends a<1>, a' of the handle through both the rings B,B', these rings being large enough to encircle two thicknesses of the chain or cord. Any pull on the hag causes the handle to grip more tightly round the wrist. The rings B, B<1> are made of metal, leather, &c. ; when made of metal, the ends are made bell-shaped to prevent them from cutting or fraying the handle.
Patent GB-190305449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscillating Fans.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5449. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. March 9. Fans.-Screw fans are made to oscillate about an axis at right-angles to their axis of rotation, and so distribute air currents. The fan and motor are carried on a vertical pillar 1, Fig. 1, which oscillates about a vertical shaft and is borne on balls carried in holes in a circular plate 4 and running on the base-plate 2. The guard 10 carries two horizontal rods 12, in which are journalled damper blades 13', 14', Fig. 2, by means of the prolonged ends of vertical wire stiffeners 13<11>, 14<11>. Projections at the bottom of these blades are pivoted to a reciprocating bar so as to deflect the blades on being moved horizontally by a lever 19 pivoted to the pillar 1 and moving against stops 20, 20<1> fitted in any chosen pair of a series of holes arranged in the base-plate. The current of air acting against the closed dampers turns the fan till the lever reverses the dampers, thus causing an oscillating action.
Patent GB-190314652-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stand for Motor and other Cycles.
Inventor: CORDOCK THOMAS CHARLES
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 14,652. Cordock, T. C. July 1. Stands.-A stand for motor or other cycles is formed by two A-shaped frames a connected by stays c, and a double lever d, which is pivoted at e to the two frames a and is joined at the bottom to a piece d' embracing a perforated or notched segment f for holding it in any position. Jaws h, i are formed on the frames a and on the lever d for gripping the nuts on the wheel spindle. The lever d also serves for lifting the wheel off the ground.
Patent GB-190316117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Tables.
Inventor: NOBLE WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 16,117. Noble, W. J. July 21. Tables.-In a folding table, a number of leaves a, a', b, b<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, are hinged together ; each leaf is provided with a folding leg so that the whole may be folded up, as shown in Fig. 4. The middle sections a, a<1>, Fig. 2, have cleats c fastened to their adjacent edges ; mounted on these cleats are hinges c<1> and a pivoted button c<2>. The middle sections are connected to end or adjacent sections b, b<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, by means of hinges d, e on the top of the table. The legs f, g, h, i are hinged to cleats f<1>, d<1>, c, e<1> fixed to the edges of the sections b, a, a', b<1>, an end leg k being. attached directly to the outer part of an end section b<1>. Braces f<2>, g', h', i<1>, k<1> attached to the legsf, g, h, i, k, and co-acting with thumb-screws f<3>, g<2>, h<2>, i<2>, k<2>, hold the legs rigid when in their operative positions. Tongues d<2>, Fig, 2, may be used to act as a brace between the outer and inner sections.
Patent GB-190316334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flower Holders or Supports for Cut Flowers and the like.
Inventor: LEVI SAMUEL HARRIS
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 16,334. Levi, S. H. July 24. Drawings to Specification. Flower holders.-Lengths of wire are bent into the form of a loop to be clipped to the edges or stand of a larger vase, bracket, shelf, or other object. The clip may be formed separately from the loop, which is then made with a stem sliding in a guide forming part of the clip.
Patent GB-190325217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydraulic Presses
Filed: 1903-11-19
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 25,217. Soc. Nouvelle des Etablissements de l'Horme et de la Buire. April 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bending; forging.-Relates to hydraulic presses, which may be used for bending and forging, in which power is applied by steam pressure acting on a piston, the rod of which acts as the plunger of the press. The steam cylinders are arranged horizontally instead of vertically to obviate the effect of the weight of the piston, and two pistons with rods of different sizes may be used. One of these may be used for high-pressures, such as are necessary for forging operations, and the other may be used for lower pressures, such as are used for bending armour-plates. Fig. 3 shows a steam cylinder with only one piston and rod 11, which works in the hydraulic cylinder 13. Fig. 4 shows a steam cylinder with two pistons, the rod 17 of one being larger than the rod 11 of the other, and receiving the guiding-rod 22, as shown in Fig. 5. The two-way cock 21 places either of the hydraulic cylinders 13, 18 in communication with the ram of the press through the pipe 14.
Patent GB-190400781-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Construction of Concrete, Cement, or like Walls.
Inventor: BONGARTZ WILHELM HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 781. Bongartz, W. H. Jan. 12. Walls.-An apparatus for the erection of cement or concrete walls consists of planks a, Fig. 1, fastened together by abutment struts b, bolts c, and wedges f, the bolts being covered by tubes d. The bolts are provided with a series of holes in which the wedges engage, to adjust the distance between the planks. Decorations may be stamped on the wall by a die g, held in position by bolts and braces as in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 shows another form of abutment strut and bolt, the strut h carrying holes which engage with notches i carried by the bolt.
Patent GB-190401781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syringes.
Inventor: WACKENHUTH FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-01-23
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1781. Wachenhuth, F. Jan. 23. Syringes.-A syringe comprises a glass cylinder a, provided with a stuffing-box a' and nipple a<2>. A glass piston b works in the cylinder, both being ground, and also made airtight by a rubber packing and gland c, consisting of an outer flange and an inner cylindrical portion with an annular slit c' in connection with the cylinder, pressure from which thus distends the packing. The gland and packing are held in place by a cap d, which screws upon curved tongues e<2>, carried, with finger-pieces e', upon a collar e. These parts are made from the blank shown in Fig. 7 by bending and curving the portions e'. A hypodermic needle f is fastened to a brass sleeve g with flange g<1>. The sleeve screws into a bushing h, which fits in the ground tapered bore of the nipple, and which, being preferably of hard rubber, forms a hermetic connection. For cleaning or packing the syringe, or to introduce liquid, the bushing is removed, and to replace the needle the sleeve is unscrewed. A modified form of syringe has a metal piston-rod with pins or flanges, upon which is vulcanized a soft rubber piston with an annular slit.
Patent GB-190402714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door or Window Fasteners.
Inventor: BEECH ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-03
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 2714. Beech, E. W. Feb. 3. Window and door fastenings.-Fasten- ings for doors and casement windows are made in the form of a hinge, the pin of which may be moved to lock the parts. For this purpose, part of the pin may be bent back to engage a groove in the hinge. In the form shown, the rib K, engaged in the slot J, may be brought into engagement with either of the slots H, G as required. The Provisional Specifica- tion mentions the application of the invention to door bolts and to fastenings for sash windows. The door-bolt consists of a movable member which may be lifted on the hinge pin, and dropped behind a catch on the door. The hinge pin, which is formed with an interrupted rib, has a number of grooved rings threaded on it, and certain letters on the rings must be brought into line before the bolt can be moved.
Patent GB-190403858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Heated Laundry Irons and the like
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 3858. Keith, J., and Keith, G. Feb. 16. Soldering.-Soldering - irons, laundry irons, rolls, and the like are heated internally by atmospheric gas burners to which a mixture too poor to burn in the air, but readily combustible in a closed chamber, is supplied. The gas is introduced from a steady high - pressure source, such as a gas-compressor, through a flexible pipe k, into the nozzle h, the air necessary for combustion being drawn in through holes g in an outer surrounding-tube G, a nipple serviog to adjust the air supply. The invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as applied to solder- - ing-irons, the gas being admitted at the end of the handle. The copper bit B, approximately square in section, or as shown in Fig. 2, is held in position in a cast-iron casing A by a set-screw C ; in this casing, an opening a, which is normally closed by a clip-ring F, is provided to allow the gas mixture issuing from the nozzle E to be ignited by the insertion of a taper or the like. The products of combustion escape around the soldering-bit.
Patent GB-190409869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machine Tools.
Inventor: FRANZ BERNHARD
Filed: 1904-04-29
Granted: 1905-04-29
Abstract: 9869. Franz, B. April 29. Milling; boring and drilling; lathes; screwing; feed-motions.-In machine tools, the feed or resetting of the work or tool is effected, during the return movement, directly by means of the mechanism producing the return, rendering a special dividing-device unnecessary. The tool is removed from and returned to the cut automatically and suddenly. Fig. 1 illustrates the invention as applied to a machine for milling, for example, the spiral grooves in twist drills. The milling-cutter 3 is mounted in an angularly - adjustable head mounted on a slide 6. The work is held in a spindle 5 rotated by worm, spur, and bevel gearing from a shaft 12 slidable through the boss of a clutch and wheel 20, 11, geared to the shaft 8 which produces the forward motion of the spindle carriage 4. Tappets 25, or a striking ledge of suitable length, engage a spring-controlled lever 23 on the return of the carriage, and temporarily unclutch the shaft 12 to produce the required amount of angular feed. A spur-wheel 31 rotatably secured to the frame and driven from the shaft 8 has a screwed boss receiving a sleeve 32 feathered to a non-rotatable rod 33 connected at one end to a rack plunger 39 and at the other to a detent plunger 36. During the traverse of the carriage 4 in either direction, one or other of the springs 34, 35 is compressed and when, by a tappet or other arrangement, a detent is removed from one of the holes in the plunger 36, the spring is relased, and the rack plunger rotates the screw 7 through the intermediate spur gearing, thus removing the tool 3 from the work or returning it as the case may be. The detention and liberation of the rod 33 may be effected in any other way, such as electrically. This method of return may be applied for cutting screws on ordinary universal machines. The springs may be replaced by other traction or pressure means such as compressed air, water under pressure, a raised weight, or the like. The invention may be applied to effect the division in wheel-cutting machines, the return and reversal of a lathe headstock or capstan, or the quick return of a drill spindle or boring-head.
Patent GB-190411516-A (GB)
Title: Guard for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: NUSCH FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 11,516. Nusch, F., [Simon, L. Vanderpere-]. May 19. Tyres, pneumatic. -Puncture is prevented by a chain of metal plates a, Fig. 8, enclosed in a canvas covering b, Fig. 6, and placed between the cover and the inner tube, and also by a series of embossed metal plates A, Fig. 3, riveted to canvas, leather, or like strips B, Fig. 1, which are secured to the cover by bolts C.
Patent GB-190412900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases or Jackets for Cartridges Principally for use with Luminous Targets.
Inventor: HERRMANN GUSTAV HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 12,900. Herrmann, G. H. June 7. Metal-burning lamps.-Relates to cases for containing illuminants for use with targets. The cases consist of seamless porous tubes of woven animal hair, and are threaded on a single fuze e, Figs. 1 and 2, one end of the tube being tied around the fuze. The illuminant, such as gunpowder and aluminium for producing the flash, is placed in the case, and the other end also tied. The cases are mounted on a frame b fixed to the target a.
Patent GB-190418619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ring, Bracelet, or the like Circlets for Ornamental Personal Wear.
Inventor: MATTHEWS WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 18,619. Matthews, W. G. Aug. 29. Electric appliances. Expanding ring bracelets and like circlets, made in two parts 7, 8, shown sectionally in Fig. 5, are lined with a series of rings 12 of dissimilar metals, such as copper and zinc for curative purposes.
Patent GB-190420274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Calculating Machines.
Inventor: ROUGET JULES RENE
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 20,274. Rouget, J. R. Sept. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Calculating-apparatus.-In the adding-machine shown, the figures registered are borne by metallic tapes which are set by means of a style, and pass without slip around pulleys on the spindles of the transferring- gear. The result is read through the windows F, and below each window is a slit S provided with a fixed metal scale whereby the style may be inserted into the proper bole in the tape T and a corresponding motion given to it. These holes engage with small projecting pins on the pulleys R, which are mounted loosely on the spindle B and have attached to them spur-wheels k, gearing with others h on a countershaft A. provided with fingers l for moving at the transferring-points the spur-wheels d fixed to the pulleys of next higher order. The tapes pass around guide-pulleys C at their lower ends, and are marked with figures on the left and the corresponding pinholes on the right.