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Patent GB-190101773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Agglutinating Material, and the Manufacture of Briquettes of Coal, Charcoal, Ore, and other Materials therewith.
Inventor: INGHAM THOMAS
Filed: 1901-01-25
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 1773. Ingham, T. Jan. 25. Fuel.-Briquettes of coal, charcoal, ore, and other materials are made by moulding a mixture of such materials with a material obtained by treating laminaria and other seaweeds with alkali and water ; the seaweeds, thus treated, are either used in this condition, or after more or less of the algin has been extracted from them. The briquettes, before, during, or after drying, are treated with any substance which is known to make algin insoluble in water, such as chloride of zinc, sulphuric acid, sulphurous acid, alum, methylated spirits, naphtha, or petroleum ; the Provisional Specification also gives chloride of calcium, hydrochloric acid, lime water, and sulphate of alumina as substances which may be used.
Patent GB-190102540-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Writing Music and Application thereof to Musical Instruments.
Inventor: PETERSON GIDEON LESLIE
Filed: 1901-02-06
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 2540. Peterson, G. L. Feb. 6. Music notation. - The invention is specially applicable to music for a harp or zither. The music is written in paper or on a tablet which is placed adjacent to the strings of the instrument. The notation consists in employing numbers corresponding to the strings instead of the ordinary note signs, the numbers being disposed in two lines, one for the treble and one for the bass. In the example shown, the strings 8, 9 are played by themselves, then the string 10 in the treble along with the string 1 in the bass, after which the bass strings 3, 5 are sounded together and repeated three times, this repetition being indicated by the numeral 3 above the short line. The numbers 4, 4 on the left indicate, the one the measure, and the other the number of times the piece is to be repeated. The short lines in the treble indicate when the treble is silent.
Patent GB-190105022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: BLAKEY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-03-09
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 5022. Blakey, J. W. March 9. Incandescent gas lamps.-The burner and mantle or the burner, mantle, and gallery are supported upon the pointed end P of a rod or spring E, to permit of these parts rocking freely ; the conical mixing-tube of the burner, open at its lower end, has the walls of its upper and lower parts F, G arranged at different angles, and discharges through lateral openings K into an annular gauze-covered burner head L ; and the lower edge of the mantle is protected by an annular shield N. Springs may be provided on the burner nozzle B to steady the rocking movement of the burner, and the Provisional Specification states that, when the burner is not required to rock, the rod E may pass through the cone F and be used to support the mantle.
Patent GB-190108325-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Water Closets.
Inventor: BASSICK FREDERICK CLEVELAND
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 8325. Bassick, F. C. April 23. Butt and flange joints for water-closet basins. The basin is made with an integral V-section flange B, which rests upon a similarly-flanged collar G screwed to the floor. The joint is secured by V- section half-rings bolted together by lugs K. A similar joint may be employed for lateral outlets.
Patent GB-190113287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coin-freed Motor-driven "Automatic" Pianos.
Inventor: RISSONE GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Filed: 1901-06-29
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 13,287. Rissone, G. B. June 29. Musical instruments ; actuating - mechanism.- The pin barrel a of an automatic piano is operated by a spring motor B through the gearing shown. The pinion f <3> is broader than the wheel b to allow longitudinal motion of the barrel. The spring is wound by a key on a shaft el connected by chain and sprocket-wheel gearing to an axle c' to which the spring is connected. An electric motor may be used instead of a spring motor. The rate of rotation of the barrel a is regulated by a governor, which may consist of balls g operated by toothed wheels g<2> and worm gearing as shown. The speed may be varied by the action of a brake block on a brake-wheel g<5> operated by the governor, the brake being operated either by hand or automatically. Coin action; coin-discharging mechanism.-The operating-mechanism is normally locked by the end h<3> of a pivoted counterweighted lever h<2> engaging an arm g<6> on the governor spindle g<4>. A coin, dropped down a shoot i, falls into a holder h<5> on the lever h<2>, which is then tilted so as to free the arm g<6>. The coin is retained in the holder by a spring catch pivoted to the lever h<2> and automatically released on the completion of one or more rotations of the barrel a. For this purpose, the catch may be connected to a pivoted lever p, the free end of which is in the path of pins o on a rotary disc n, having other pins n<1> arranged in the path of an arm m carried by the pin barrel.
Patent GB-190116819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HALL WILLIAM SILVER
Filed: 1901-08-21
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 16,819. Hall, W. S. Aug. 21. Brakes, hand. The shaft E, mounted in pivoted spring or rigid hangers, has right and left handed screwed portions engaging with correspondinglythreaded blocks D1, Da connected by the push-rods C3, C4, C1, C2 to the brake-block hangers B3, B4, B1, B2. The brakes are operated from either side of the vehicle by turning one of the hand-wheels F1, F2, or a crank handle &c. The hand-wheels are provided with saw-like teeth, and the crank handles with a flat or a groove, so that the direction in which these parts must be turned to apply or take off the brakes is determined by the sense of touch. If both hand-wheels F1, F2 are to be turned in the same direction for applying the brakes, the shaft E is formed in two lengths connected by the fast bevel-wheels L1, L2 and loose bevel-wheels M1, M2, Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190117129-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Manufacture of Yarn.
Inventor: BARRACLOUGH ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 17,129. Barraclough, A., and Barraclough, H. Aug. 27. Yarns and threads.-A sliver 2 of wool &c. from a condenser carding-engine is rubbed round a core or centre thread 1 of cotton &c., the combined thread being wound on a condenser bobbin and subsequently spun in the ordinary way. In the Figure, the core thread is passed between the two stripper rollers 5, 6, where it is joined by the covering-sliver 2 and passed between the rubbers 7.
Patent GB-190118746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermal Explosion Engines.
Inventor: JAUBERT GEORGE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1901-09-19
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 18,746. Jaubert, G. F. Sept. 19. Gas and like engines.-Gas, petroleum, oil-gas, producer-gas, and like engines are rendered more efficient by supplying them with pure or dilute oxygen instead of with air. They may work on an open circuit and discharge the products of com- bustion, or on a closed circuit in which the exhaust is washed in a scrubber and freed from carbonic acid and then re-enriched with oxygen. By the latter system an excess of oxygen is not wasted.
Patent GB-190120193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Covering Electric Conductors or Wires with Insulating Material or Producing Small Tubings and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: HEYL-DIA GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1901-10-09
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 20,193. Dia, G. E. Heyl-. Oct. 9. Drawings to Specification. India-rubber and like tubing; paper tubing.- Wires coated with india-rubber, paper, &c. in plastic condition are withdrawn from the coverings which thus form small tubing.
Patent GB-190200852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to the Working of Gas Retorts.
Filed: 1902-01-11
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 852. Wise, W. L., [Compagnie Parisienne d'Eclairage et de Chauffage par le Gaz]. Jan. 11. Drawings to Specification. Coking.-Horizontal or approximately horizontal gas retorts of twice the usual length are provided with a combination of mechanical apparatus for simultaneously discharging one retort and charging another retort at one end of the retorts and for quenching and conveying away the coke from the other end. Any suitable apparatus may be used, but preferably, for quenching and conveying, the apparatus used is that described in Specification No. 586, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190204774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braces or Suspenders.
Inventor: ROBINSON ROBERT PRESTON
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 4774. Robinson, R. P., and Shilling- ton, A. T. Feb. 25. Braces. -Fig. 3 shows a rear view. The shoulder straps b are made of inelastic material and are connected together at the back by a cross-strap f of inelastic material sewn to the straps b at h. The strap f may be connected to side straps t, which are connected at their front ends to rings i, as shown. The rear tabs q are each formed on a cord n, which has a sliding connection on its front end o to the cord k of the front tabs m. Each cord n is passed through a tube b<1> attached to the rear end of the straps b, and the two cords n are connected together by a shackle s provided with tubes r.
Patent GB-190208723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsable Boxes.
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 8723. Stevenson, A. W., and Stevenson & Sons, H. April 15. Folding-boxes of cardboard or the like consist each of a drawer, Fig. 2, which is adapted to fold along the lines 1 on the sides 2, the line making an angle of about 45‹ with the ends 3. The collapsed drawer is shown in Fig. 1. The shell into which the drawer is inserted is also adapted to fold at the corners.
Patent GB-190212884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Cleansing the Surfaces of Floors, Walls and the like.
Inventor: STEWART-WALLACE JOHN STEWART
Filed: 1902-06-05
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 12,884. Wallace, J. S. Stewart-. June 5. Dusters; mops; mop-wringers. -The invention relates to brushers, mops, and dusters for floors and walls. A piece of flannel or the like C is fixed at one end and attached at the other to a sleeve D which slides in a handle A without turning, and can be fixed in the position shown in Fig. 2 by a catch a'. When the sleeve D is run down to the end of the handle, as shown in Fig. 3, the flannel can be used as a mop or a duster. The end ot the handle carries either a support for the flannel when it is used as a duster, or a scrubbing-brush B. The flannel can be wrung out by fixing the sleeve D as in Fig. 2, and turning it by a handle d which is rotated to its original position on release by a spring d'. The handle d may have a screw thread so that the flannel is twisted and stretched at the same time. The part of the handle A which carries the flannel may be divided, the flannel lying between the two branches. In a modification, the flannel is secured to the handle by a sleeve as before, but the sleeve can be turned so as to twist the flannel and is preventel from running back by a pawl. The twisting of the flannel can also be effected by multiplying spur gaaring. The device can be fitted with a soap dish, and the Provisional Specification states that a sponge, pad, or the like, or means for supplying water to the surface cleaned, may be added.
Patent GB-190217080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brakes for Ordnance
Inventor: EHRHARDT HEINRICH
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 17,080. Ehrhardt, H. Aug. 1. Field carriages.- Relates to frictional recoil apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a sectional plan. The brake blocks a are carried on pivoted levers b, and move parallel to themselves, being pressed up to their work by the springs. When the gun is discharged, the movement of the rod h carries the blocks in the same direction as the rod, thereby increasing the grip of the blocks. In modifications, (1) the blocks form a toggle joint, (2) one block is fixed and the other moves, and (3) the blocks are drawn together by a scissor action, alone or combined with a lazy-tongs.
Patent GB-190217668-A (GB)
Title: Effecting the Propulsion and Steering of Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 17,668. Thwaite, B. H. Aug. 12. Driving-gear for screw propellers and paddlewheels steering by paddle-wheels.-The driving wheel or wheels of a motor cycle or car drive a friction drum or drums 2 on a shaft 1, which may be the shaft of the paddle-wheels or be geared to the screw-propeller shaft 4. The shaft 1 is fitted with clutches, so that one or both paddle-wheels may be disconnected.
Patent GB-190224021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Fuel Injecting and Burning Apparatus.
Inventor: CARR THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 24,021. Carr, T. J. Nov. 3. Filters or strainers.- Liquid fuel, such as crude petroleum, is pumped through a filter or strainer, consisting of a vessel 40, in which are placed a metal basket 41 filled with broken coke 42, and a perforated plate 43, on which are layers of 'gauze and muslin 44.
Patent GB-190300097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Needle or Shuttle-less Looms.
Inventor: SIDWELL ERNEST
Filed: 1903-01-02
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 97. Sidwell, E. Jan. 2. Shuttleless looms for weaving figured or brocaded narrow fabrics. In a needle loom of the kind described in Specification No. 25,908, A.D. 1902, in addition to the two needles 8 required for forming the foundation, two other needles 8<1> may be used for each colour, when separate colours are used for different parts of the foundation. For each additional needle an additional colour may be introduced, and, when there are more colours than needles, one or more of the needle eyes may be slotted so that the weft threads may be readily changed. The needles are carried by holders 4, 5, the shorter arms of which are engaged by narrow-necked slots 58 in slides 13, equal in number to the number of needles. Pawls 24, 25 are pivoted in recesses in the slides 13, and, when the weft of a needle is to be introduced, the corresponding pawl is raised by a spring, operated by a sliding block connected with the jacquard mechanism, so that it is engaged by a roller on a projection 15 from one of two vibrating levers 56, 57. The slide is then moved, and the corresponding needle-bolder and needle make their angular movement. The levers 56, 57 are geared together by toothed sectors 60 on spindles 61, upon which are mounted arms 62 carrying pins engaging in slots in the levers. The levers are vibrated by means of a crank 65, coupled to a suitable rotating or reciprocating part of the loom.
Patent GB-190302845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Securely Holding Articles of Unequal Length and Thickness.
Inventor: ROBERTSON PETER
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1904-02-06
Abstract: 2845. Robertson, P., and Dawson, A. J. Feb. 6. Vices.-An appliance for holding articles 23 of unequal length and thickness is shown m the Figures, the jaw 11 being fixed in any of the recesses 17, and the other jaws 12, 21, simultaneously moved by means of the screw 13 and a hand-wheel or a lever. The screw works in a nut 18 preferably pivoted in the cross-bar 16 connecting the two longitudinally - movable rods 15 carrying the wedges or inclines 24. Each of these wedges acts on the tail end of a lever 20, or on a compensating-lever 25 which engages the tail ends of two adjacent levers 20 on the same side of the appliance. The jaws are provided with interlacing fingers 22 to support the article. The pins 14 serve for adjusting the jaw 12.
Patent GB-190303494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Eye-glasses".
Inventor: WELLS THOMAS VERNON
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 3494. Wells, T. V. Feb. 13. Eyeglasses.- The plaquets of astigmatic-clips or pincenez are mounted so as to be adjustable. Each plaquet is carried by a stem A in line with the pivotal axis of the plaquet. The stem A is adjustably fitted in a socket, which is carried by another stem B at right-angles horizontally to the stem A. The stem A is similarly fitted in a socket C on the frame. The stems may be screwed into their respective sockets, or fit friction-tight, and be secured by set-screws. The plaquet may be adjusted by means of a single stem only.
Patent GB-190306832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: VARLEY THOMAS WILCOCK
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 6832. Varley, T. W. March 24. Current and energy meters.-In an instrument of the electrodynamometer t y p e , the effect of an external magnetic field on the moving coil is eliminated by sending a current through the said coil and then setting the zero of the scale to the pointer. The arrangement is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 3. The leads from the source of current are first connected to the terminals 8, 16. This sends a current through the movable coil 2 only. The coil, with its pointer 3, then sets itself in a neutral position with reference to the external magnetic field. The instrument is then swung on a pivot 12, Fig. 2, till the pointer 3 indicates zero on the scale 4. A hand 14 is then turned by the button 15 to register with the pointer 3. The terminal of the circuit connected to 16 is now connected to 7, so that the current now passes through the fixed coil 1 as well as the movable coil 2. The instrument is again swung till the pointer 3 coincides with the hand 14. The reading at the point of registry is the true reading.
Patent GB-190315064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Rotary Motors.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY CHRISTOPHER JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-07
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 15,064. Montgomery, C. J., and Prescott, W. July 7. Wheels with motors.-A tractor wheel, driven by a rotary acetylene, petrol, or like engine, is shown in Fig. 4, and developed views of the compressing and working chambers are shown in Figs. 10 and 11. A casing T forming the hub of the tractor wheel is rotatably mounted on an axle Y, and has two ring-shaped chambers, the outer one A being a compression chamber and the inner one D a working chamber. Each chamber contains a piston block B with sloping sides adapted to raise the sliding abutments C which work in recesses in a fixed plate or frame H. The abutments are normally kept in the closed position by springs G. An admission pipe L<3> for the explosive fluid has a regulating-nozzle L' and an air-supply nozzle L'. The explosive mixture is first drawn into the outer chamber, and is then compressed and forced through a channel controlled by a cam-actuated valve R into the inner chamber and is then exploded and so on. The relative sizes of the chambers may be varied by reversing them. The rotary casing and the contacting face of the frame are formed with annular grooves containing flattened metal tubes W, which are split along one side so that any leaking pressure fluid can get into the tubes and increases the tightness of the joints. Each abutment is provided with overlapping packing-pieces C' adapted to be pressed apart by the wedge-shaped end of the abutment.
Patent GB-190317189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Potatoes and other Materials by Means of Revolving Drums.
Inventor: ULLRICH GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 17,189. Ullrich, G. Aug. 7. Drying kilns.- Relates to apparatus for drying potatoes intended for use in distilleries, and applicable also to the desiccation of other materials. Revolving drums a, open at the ends, are fitted internally with helically - inclined hook-shaped blades b. The drums a are supported by rollers r, running in grooved rings d, and are fitted with toothed rims z, which gear one into the other, and are turned by means of a spur wheel f. A funnel g and star-wheel i serve to feed the apparatus, the potatoes &c. being then guided from one drum to the next by deflecting plates h, k, l until they reach an endless travelling band p. Heating-gases are conveyed by an axial heating-tube c, provided with a roof-shaped guard q, which passes successively in opposite directions through the drums.
Patent GB-190317246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in End-play Devices for Rotary Shafts.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-08-08
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 17,246. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 8. Commutators.-Relates to an end-play device for imparting an axial motion to a rotating shaft, and is adapted for dynamo-electric machines employing a commutator, to prevent the brushes from wearing grooves in the commutator. A casting 3, Fig. 1, is secured to an extension of the frame of the machine or to one of the bearings, or in some cases, as in a rotary converter, it is secured to extensions of the brush-holder rods. The casting has a bore eccentric to the axis of the shaft 1, and also another eccentric bore fitted with a screwed piece 8, to which is connected, by a ball-and-socket joint, a pin 10. This pin may be solid, or it may be made in two parts, as shown in Fig. 2, the parts being connected by a pin-and-slot connection and having a spring 15 interposed between them. The end 14 of the pin takes against the end of the shaft 1 at a point below the axis, and is carried round with it, thereby imparting an axial movement to the shaft. When the pin reaches the highest point of its travel, it is released from the shaft, and drops down to the position shown in Fig. 1. Another pin &c. may be arranged at the other end of the shaft, to perform the return movement, or, preferably, in the case of dynamo-electric machines, the shaft is returned by the attraction of the field magnets on the armature.
Patent GB-190319549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings and in Means for Securing Pulleys or other Articles to Shafts.
Inventor: SCHMIDT CARL
Filed: 1903-09-10
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 19,549. Schmidt, C. Sept. 10. Shaft couplings; mounting and securing pulleys &c. on shafts; pulleys and driving-drums.-A device for coupling shafts, or for securing pulleys &c. on shafts, comprises a ring A, Fig. 1, bored to fit the shaft, and provided with an eccentric projection a, preferably bevelled, and a cap B, bored to fit the shaft, and provided with an eccentric groove b corresponding to the projection a. When the projection and groove are brought into engagement, the parts A, B are turned relatively to each other until they lock, the arrangement being such that the pressure between the ring A and the shaft is distributed over the bore of the ring. Holes are formed in the parts A, B for the insertion of studs or hooks for use in moving the parts. Fig. 5 shows the device arranged as a shaft coupling. The ring A takes over the ends of the shafts to be coupled, and is provided with projections for the engagement of the caps B. Figs. 6 and 7 show the device arranged in connection with belt pulleys. In the case of a large pulley, the hub of the pulley forms the ring A, projections thereon being engaged by caps B, as hown in Fig. 6; in the case of a small pulley, the tread of the pulley forms the ring A, and the'caps B form belt-retaining ribs t, as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190325611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Process of and in the Means for Producing Parti-coloured Yarns
Inventor: DONISTHORPE ALFRED RUSSELL
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 25,611. Donisthorpe, A. R., and White, G. Nov. 24. Yarns.-Mottled or parti-coloured yarns of worsted, wool, or other fibre are obtained by taking the drawings or rovings, reeling them into a hank, dyeing the hank several different colours, such as scarlet or magenta for one portion, blue or green for the next, a darker shade of the first for the next, and a darker shade of the second for the last, and then spinning or doubling one or more threads with one or more threads of a dyed or undyed top yarn. The object is to obtain mixed coloured or mottled stripes in plain, ribbed, or fancy knitted half-hose, socks, stockings, sweaters, jerseys, tam o'shauters and the like.