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Patent GB-190009738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireproof Floors or Ceilings.
Inventor: SCHULZ VALENTIN
Filed: 1900-05-26
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 9738. Schulz, V. May 26. Ceilings; floors; girders and beams. -Metal bars or joists c, of U-shape in cross-section, and of straight or curved shape longitudinally, are laid on the girders a or supports, and are embedded in cement or concrete k. The ends of the bars may be flattened or bent over the girders, as shown in Fig. 5, and connected by wire or wire netting d, or they may be bent down to rest on the bottom flanges of the girders, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190012143-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Printing with Rubber Type and for like purposes.
Inventor: BOWLEY JOSEPH WILFRED
Filed: 1900-07-05
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 12,143. Bowley, J. W. July 5. Rotary machines.-Relates to apparatus for printing with rubber or other types, such as is described in Specifications Nos. 10,356 and 10,685, A.D. 1900, and consists in means for indicating the starting and stopping positions of the printing roller. On the frame c of the apparatus is a tablet or plate b the edge b<1> of which registers with one or more coloured or numbered bands or lines a' on the printing roller a. The differently coloured lines each indicate one of the printing surfaces, and the tablet b may be coloured at d', d<2>, d<3>, to correspond, and have a description of each surface at d<4>, d<5>, d<6>.
Patent GB-190017790-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clothes Horse
Inventor: CRUMP HARRY
Filed: 1900-10-08
Granted: 1901-11-08
Abstract: 17,790. Crump, H. Oct. 8. Clothes-horses.-Relates to a folding clotheshorse in which the rails A are secured to the stiles B by rivets b so that the horse can be folded up. Rigidity in the extended position is secured by means of extra stiles a, which are hinged to the stiles B at f and, after being pushed home under the rails A, are secured by hooks and eyes.
Patent GB-190022586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ice Houses and Process of Forming Ice.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1900-12-11
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 22,586. Thompson, W. P., [International Ice Co.]. Dec. 11. Ice-making; refrigerators.-Ice is made from water previously cooled to a low temperature and introduce in thin layers into the tank with adjustable sides placed in a housing maintained at a low temperature. Means are also described for facilitating the division of the ice. The housing is built of outer and inner walls A, B, with a dead air space C and a coating on the walls of a mixture of asphaltum, pitch, oil, sulphur, lime, and sawdust The lower compartment contains the tank, which is built up of sills G and slats L laid on one another to the desired height as the water is added, so that the walls of the tank wiil yield under the effect of the expansion. These slats &c. are made with inclined or stepped &c. forms, so that they can move vertically and horizontally without opening the joints, and their ends are tongued and grooved together. The upper compartment contains a number of tanks R placed so that the water runs from one to the other and is cooled before it is led by the pipe T to the freezing-tank. To facilitate the removal of the ice, paper X placed over a frozen layer is frozen thereto, and a second strip of paper W is placed over it to form the base for the next layer of ice.
Patent GB-190113772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to the Cutters of Biscuit Cutting and other Machines.
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-07-06
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 13,772. Baker, G. S., and Hole, H. W. July 6. Moulding biscuits &c.-Relates to means for adjusting and securing the ejectors of biscuit and other cutting-machines. Sectional end elevations of a portion of a cutter-frame 9 with cutters 8, and of a scrap ejector-plate 7 secured by bolts 6 to a back-plate 1, are shown in Figs. 1 and 7. In Fig. 1 the biscuit &c. ejector-plate 5 is shown attached to stud screws 4 fitting in screwed sleeves 2, which have raised heads and are fitted in tapped holes in the plate 1 and retained by lock-nuts 3. The head of the sleeve may fit under the plate 1, in which case the hole in the plate and the corresponding part of the sleeve are plain, and the part of the sleeve above the plate is threaded to receive a lock-nut. In another form, the sleeve is threaded, as shown in Fig. 1, but there is no head and the lock-nut fits on the sleeve. In Fig. 7 two headed sleeves 2<3>, 2' work in conjunction, and the inner sleeve has a screwed extension for a lock-nut 3<3> and a hexagonal end to facilitate turning.
Patent GB-190123969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-oiling Bearings.
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 23,969. Buck, G. F., and " Unbreakable " Pulley & Millgearing Co. Nov. 26. Brasses; pedestals; lubricating. -Relates to the method of fitting brasses or steps into the pedestals of self-oiling bearings, and to means for filling and emptying and ascertaining the level of the oil in the bearings. The body A, Fig. 1, and the cap B are formed with cylindrical seats to receive the brasses. Stops D are cast on the pedestal to engage stops or lugs E cast or fixed to the brasses. By arranging the position of the stops E the joint between the brasses can be arranged at any desired angle. Projections and recesses on the pedestal and cap interlock so as to distribute the strain on the parts. A filling-elbow N, Fig. 5, is arranged to communicate with the oil reservoir M formed in the body L of the bearing. This elbow is preferably secured in place by a bolt P and nut P<1>, suitable washers 0, 0<1> being interposed at the joints. By this method of attachment the elbow may be removed without turning it. The elbow, in the position shown, can be used as a means for filling the reservoir, and also as a means for ascertaining the level of the oil within the same. Upon slightly unscrewing the nut the elbow can be turned down to empty the reservoir. A hinged dustexcluding cap may be provided for the elbow. As usual in this class of bearing, the oil is conveyed to the shaft by a ring, chain, or other means.
Patent GB-190126109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Scaffolds for use upon Chimney Stacks and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 26,109. Johnson, J. Dec. 21. Scaffolding and staging.-Relates to movable platforms or scaffolds for chimney stacks and the like. A scaffold S, constructed of timbers bolted together about a chimney C, is connected to counterbalance weights W by wire ropes R passing round pulleys P carried by a frame A, which is constructed of timbers bolted together above a moulding M projecting from the top of the chimney. A winch may be used, and the weights may be dispensed with. The scaffold may be fitted with a guard rail H and wire netting or canvas screens, and may be secured at any required height by a rope gripper or clip.
Patent GB-190126728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: WILSON CLAYTON LEONE
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 26,728. Wilson, C. L. Dec. 31. Tobacco pipes.- The bowl-passage 8 enters a cavity 7 which serves as a chamber for the collection of nicotine &c. The mouthpiece 4, provided with an extension 6, is secured to the saliva chamber 9 which is provided with a smoke passage 5.
Patent GB-190201437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pit Sinking and Bricking Appliances.
Inventor: WALKER CHARLES
Filed: 1902-01-18
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 1437. Walker, C. Jan. 18. Wells and shafts; rock drills.-The platform from which the shaft is lined with brickwork, tubbing, &c. is of annular form, made with circular and radial girders B, C, covered with planking &c. E. Bolts G in the radial girders are extruded to rest on a crib or on the finished lining, and further support is given by the ropes T suspended from an upper crib. A pneumatic ring I is used to make a tight joint at the edge. The central circular opening is guarded on two sides by vertical shields N, and on the other two sides by bars Q<1> and hinged counterweighted trapdoors Q. These doors can be lowered to close the opening when bricks, mortar, &c., are being landed on the stage, and are raised when spoil is being wound from the bottom. The hoppit is guided by the rider which runs on the ropes V, and is left on the stage when the hoppit descends lower. The ropes V are weighted by a heavy cast-iron ring W held centrally by expanding struts X which may serve as supports for rock drills. The ring is made with a number of recesses into which the drill-supporting bars may be placed.
Patent GB-190204598-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Filter
Inventor: KURKA RICHARD
Filed: 1902-02-24
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 4598. Rurka, R. Feb. 24. Filters of similar fillering-units.-Relates to filters formed of a number of tubes of porous stone, and adapted for ordinary water, waste water, or sewage. Each element has a longitudinal bore a closed at one end and communicating at the other with a transverse bore c open at both ends. The bores c are formed in the cubical ends of the elements which fit tightly together when the elements are in position, the bores c thus forming a filtered water space in communication with the outlet F. Tight joint may be assured by cement d, and the spaces between the elements may be filled with gravel and sand, by which they may, if desired, be completely covered. This sand &c. acts as a preliminary filter, and, during cleansing, exerts a scouring action on the filter elements. The bores c may be connected by spigot-and socket joints, or, as shown, by plain butt joints. In a modification, the bores c are at the top of the filter.
Patent GB-190209202-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mattress or Cushion Especially for Use with Baths
Inventor: ROSE EDWARD
Filed: 1902-04-21
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 9202. Rose, E. April 21. Mattresses; cushions.-Relates to an air or water mattress or cushion for use in baths. The mattress &c. is made of india-rubber or other elastic material the faces of which are stuck or quilted together. The mattress may be in two or more parts one filled with air and the other with water and is fitted with a tube b or h for inflation.
Patent GB-190210382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drum Winding and Beaming Machines for use in Lace Making and the like.
Inventor: HICKTON CHARLES
Filed: 1902-05-06
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 10,382. Kickton, C., and Wragg, W. May 6. Yarns, warping and beaming.-The threads A<1>, after leaving the spools &c. and before reaching the beam &c., pass over pulleys C, D and round a roller B covered with cloth &c. to prevent the threads from slipping. An adjustable spring brake band acts on the roller to produce the required tension of the threads. Each thread passes through an eye in a guided dropper I, and when a thread breaks, or a spool runs out, the dropper drops and comes into the path of a constantly-rocked bar K the motion of which is arrested, the effect of the stoppage of the bar K is to give additional motion to a rocking lever N and so to disengage a spring- actuated sliding bar which then shifts the belt fork and stops the machine. A rotating shaft with a projecting blade may take the place of the rocking bar K. The bar in which the droppers work may be moved by the bar K, and may act directly on the belt-shifting bar. The bar K and a dropper may make an electric contact and canse the belt to be shifted.
Patent GB-190218911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Blinds.
Inventor: JARRETT GEORGE
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 18,911. Jarrett, G. Aug. 28. Window blinds.-Relates to lath blinds in which the slats are raised and collected by means of screws placed in bearings at the sides of the frame. The slats f, Fig. 1, have pins attached at each end, by clips f<3>, which, passing through slots in the guides e, enter the screw thread. If the pins are placed slightly nearer one edge, each slat rests with its lower edge on the slat beneath, or the pins may be in the middle, and a single tape ladder h may be used, as in a venetian blind. To control the inclination of the slats a cord is attached to each. The threads of the screws are parallel for some distance from the bottom, but towards the top become less steep, to gather the slats together, or they are dispensed with, as in Fig. 1. A short screw b, Fig. 11, can be used ; in this case the slats are supported by tape ladders, and the entrance b<4> to the thread is widened to ensure the entry of the pins as the slats are raised. A box can be provided at the top of the window to receive the slats. The screws are rotated simultaneously by a handle, gearing with bevel-wheels b<2>, b<1>, c', Fig. 1, and a shaft c. When the blind is made of strong materials and supplied with any suitable means of locking, it may be used as a shutter.
Patent GB-190220981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smelting Antimony Ores.
Inventor: COOKSON NORMAN CHARLES
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 20,981. Cookson, N. C., [Sanderson, T. C.]. Sept. 26. Antimony is obtained in reverberatory or like furnaces by adding the ore, which may be mixed with reducing-agents, to a bath of molten iron sulphide or the like. The bath should be heated sufficiently to complete the reduction with additional firing, the furnace being closed.
Patent GB-190225636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Smoking-Pipes.
Inventor: BARGER ROBERT NEWTON
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 25,636. Barger, R. N. April 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tobacco pipes; tobacco.-A. clay &c. tube or cartridge C filled with tobacco, is placed inside the wooden &c. casing B with one end fitting the mouthpiece F. The parts are secured in position by the ring E. Air admitted through the openings G passes along the outside of the tube C to the front I. The tubes C may be smooth or corrugated. When filled with tobacco, the ends are temporarily closed by paper or other bands.
Patent GB-190226924-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Cleaning Knives
Inventor: PARRY CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,924. Parry, C. J. Dec. 6. Knives, cleaning and polishing.-A pad or block A, of cork, rubber, leather, kamptulicon, felt, composition, or some similar substance, is fitted, as shown, to a U or V shaped frame made of metal, wood, cane, vulcanite, or the like. The base of this frame acts as a spring, as in ordinary sugar-tongs. The pads are attached by shaping the edges of the frame to an acute angle, as at B, and forcing the pads in position, or by an adhesive substance, by riveting, or in any other convenient manner. When in use, the pads are pressed together and the knife is rubbed between them. By enlarging the end of one of the pads, as at E, the knife is prevented from slipping up the cleaner, and at the same time the back is cleaned.
Patent GB-190228047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Photographic and like Frame and other Supports.
Inventor: HARTLEY JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 28,047. Hartley, J. Dec. 19. Stands, card, photograph, and like.-Relates to a strut or stay for stands, cards, &c. which can also be used as a hanger. The stay 2 having a loop 15 for the purpose of hanging has its ends bent inwards at 8 to form pivots and cranked at 9 to form stops. The pivots are sprung into a socket 4 bent up from a plate 3 ; the socket is placed through a hole in a plate 5 secured to the back of the frame &c. 1 by lugs 12 or by screws, paper fasteners, &c. The stay 2 and plate 3 can rotate so that the short or long side of the frame can be uppermost. A metal washer may be placed over the socket 4 before the stay is sprung into place. The plate 3 may have stamped-up lugs to bear on the back of the part 1.
Patent GB-190305621-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement whereby the Ash-pans of Stoves and Fire Grates can be Moved or Adjusted so as to Regulate and Control the Admission of Air to the Fuel.
Inventor: URE GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 5621. Ure, G. A. March 11. Ashpans; draught, regulating.-Relates to an ashpan, for a domestic stove, which, by means of a cam, cam-disc, or wedge, can be tilted so as to regulate the supply of air to the fuel. A view of the ashpan a, placed in position, is shown in Fig. 1. It is hinged to the front b of the stove in such a manner that it may be tilted so as to leave an opening at the top and sides for the admission of air. The lugs d, Fig. 4, retain it in position when it is placed in the recess formed at the bottom of the stove. By turning a cam-disc f, Fig. 8, pivoted on the screw e<1> of the handle e, by its handle g, the wedge-shaped surface f<1> acts against the pin i, and causes the pan to tilt. A counterweight f<2> is formed upon the camdisc. To remove the ashpan from the stove, it is lifted so that the projections d clear the bearing- surface c, and it is then drawn out.
Patent GB-190305649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process for the Separation of Gases from Gaseous Mixtures particularly Oxygen and Nitrogen from Atmospheric Air and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LEVY RENE JACQUES
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 5649. LÚvy, R. J. March 11. Oxygen; nitrogen.- Relates to the separation of mixtures of gases into their ingredients. The invention is described for the separation of air into oxygen and nitrogen, in which liquid air is first rectified, and the gaseous distillate is expanded to reliquefy it, with or without external work, the reliquefied portion being finally used to complete the separation into pure nitrogen and oxygen. A column is divided by transverse partitions into compartments, namely vaporizing-chambers D, E, and chambers 1 to 10. The chamber E is provided with an inlet tube and coil e leading to a vertical tube H, an inlet for liquid, having a float valve F, and an outlet M for pure oxygen. The chamber D is divided into communicating concentric spaces, and has an inlet tube and coil d leading to the compartment 1. Each partition A has perforations a and overflow pipes C. To start the process, the apparatus is charged up to the compartment 8 with liquid air. Dry cool air is then introduced through both d and e, and, becoming liquefied, passes through the tube H to the compartment 8. When the process is fully working, the chamber E contains only pure oxygen, which is partly vaporized by the fresh air, the gaseous oxygen leaving by the tube M and passing, before collection or use, through heat-exchangers to cool down the fresh-air supply. The liquid in D is also partly vaporized, the vapour, consisting of oxygen with some nitrogen, passing to the compartment 1, while the pure liquid oxygen passes to the chamber E. In the compartments 1 to 10, the liquid gradually accumulates oxygen in its lower, and nitrogen in its upper, compartments. Leaving the top compartment, the vapour passes to an expansion chamber K, which may be an expansion valve, or a turbine or any other motor, the result being that the vapour is partly condensed, the liquid being pumped back by the pump P to the top compartment, while the gas, consisting of pure nitrogen, is passed first through a temperatureexchanger to cool the gas passing in an opposite direction, and next through another exchanger to cool down the fresh air, after which it is used or collected. The invention is not limited to the apparatus shown.
Patent GB-190305867-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of New Hydrosulphite Compounds and Methods of Dyeing and Printing with their Aid.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 5867. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. March 13. Dyeing.-A new series of bodies is prepared by treating hyposulphurous acid (hydrosulphurous acid) or hyposulphites (hydrosulphites) with an aldehyde, or a derivative or analogue thereof. The new bodies are useful in dyeing and printing processes, and they may be produced in the discharge and printing colours or baths by adding the aldehyde to the baths and colours made np with hyposulphite. For discharge-printing on cotton, dyed as usual, one of the following white discharges is used :-(1) Sodium hyposulphite, formaldehyde, thick gum thickening, and glycerine ; (2) zinc hyposulphite thickened with gum solution, formaldehyde, glycerine, sodium chloride, and gum solution. After printing, the material is well dried and steamed for 3¢ to 7 minutes in a Mather- Platt apparatus, washed, and acidified or treated with chlorine. Multi-colour effects are produced by adding to the discharge colours, colours which resist the action of the hyposulphite discharge. For discharge-printing on wool, the same discharges are used, the wool being afterwards steamed, washed, and, if necessary, acidified. For discharge-printing on silk dyeings, after using the discharges as above, and primuline to produce fancy effects if desired, the wool is steamed, washed, acidified, washed, and dried. For indigo printing on cotton, a mixture is used of zinc hyposulphite, formaldehyde, indigo, Solvay soda, glycerine, and gum solution. Bleached cotton is printed, well dried, and steamed, then well washed, or previously impregnated with a weak solution of sodium carbonate, and the indigo-white formed is oxidized by air. The printing colour is also available as blue discharge on para-red, direct-dyeing dyestuffs, or the like.
Patent GB-190307971-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Piano Players.
Inventor: SHARPS HERBERT EVERETT
Filed: 1903-04-06
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 7971. Sharps, H. E. April 6. Automatic instruments.-The key-striking mechanism for an automatically-playing piano controlled by the operation of pneumatics, shown in Fig. 1, has the horizontal hammer levers 3, 15, for the white and black keys respectively, pivoted at their front ends, while their rear extremities are operated directly by the pneumatics 1, 2. The levers are pivoted to the stationary part 5 by the screws 8, Fig. 2, which pass through conical holes 6 in the levers, and by the conical parts 7 secured to the stationary part 5. Felt washers 9, 10 are provided.
Patent GB-190310490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gauge-glass Fittings for Steam Boilers and the like
Inventor: PAUL FRITZ
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,490. Paul, F. May 8. Gauge-glass fittings.-To protect the gauge-glass and to lessen danger of fracture, an outer glass 2 is provided and also longitudinal bars 13, which connect the right and left handed nuts 11, 12. The inner and outer glasses, having a space between them, are carried in cups in the mountings in which the short tubes 8, 9 are placed. The gauge-glass fittings are secured to the flanges on the boiler by means of pivoted eye-bolts 16, which, passing through slots, are secured by nuts. By loosening the nuts, the gauge-glass fittings are easily removable.