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Patent GB-190010606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Fuse Boxes.
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR DENBY
Filed: 1900-06-11
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 10,606. Smith, A. D. June 11. Cut - outs. - Relates to a fuse box for use in distributing to a number of consumers from one set of service cables. Figs. 2 and 3 show an arrangement for two circuits. A box A having a glazed lid is fitted with an insulating - b l o c k H, formed with channels separated by a ridge or ridges K. The main is led in through an opening D and connected to a 'bus bar F fitted with terminals G for the fuse wires W, which are isolated by the ridge K. The upper part of the box is fitted with openings D' for the conductors. For concentric or like mains, two 'bus bars are provided, and the block H may have any desired number of channels and ridges.
Patent GB-190017765-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in connecting the Glow Bodies of Incandescent Electric Lamps to the Leading in Wires.
Inventor: SCHARF PAUL
Filed: 1900-10-06
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 17,765. Scharf, P. Oct. 6. Incandescent lamps.-A filament is attached to short wires by heating the connections in a liquid hydrocarbon, to deposit carbon on them. The free ends of these wires may be formed into sockets or helices to fit on the ends of ordinary leading-in wires, and the wires are connected by solder fusing at a high temperature, an electricallyheated bit being preferably used. Such joints between the wires can be disconnected for the application of a new filament provided with short wires, through an opening in the bulb.
Patent GB-190022309-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Fire-iron.
Inventor: LAMB ADELAIDE GALLOWAY
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 22,309. Lamb, A. G. Dec. 7. Fire - shovels. - Relates to a fire-shovel which can be used as a cinder sifter, the bottom of the shovel being perforated, and the edges c flared outwards.
Patent GB-190023200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches for Transmitting Rotary Motion.
Inventor: LANCASTER CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-12-19
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 23,200. Lancaster, C. W. Dec. 19. Loom cloth beams; warp beams; yarns, winding. -Relates to clutches for transmitting rotary motion, in one direction only, for use with chainwheels, pulleys, toothed wheels &c., or with rollers or beams of looms, machines for winding yarns, &c. In an annular space between the driving and driven members is placed a bent bar or plate, preferably of spring steel. One end of this bar is hooked into a notch in, say, the driving part, while the other is free in the annular space and, when the driver rotates in one direction, engages positively with a shoulder in the driven part, as shown in Fig. 1 ; or the engagement may be effected against a frictional lining, as shown in Fig. 4. When applied to the beam of a machine for winding yarn, the driving-member of the clutch is coupled to the driving-pulley or wheel, mounted on the shaft beside it, by a coil spring. The opposite ends of the beam may be provided with clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and have their pulleys driven by open and crossed belts, respectively, so that the beam may be driven in either direction.
Patent GB-190100665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Universal Joints.
Inventor: VIVINUS ALEXIS EDOUARD
Filed: 1901-01-10
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 665. Vivinus, A. E. Jan. 10. Universal joints.-A rounded head b on one shaft fits in a hollow head a on the other, and is formed with a central slot to receive a disc d with rounded edges. The disc is connected to the head a by a pin e, and to the head b by studs g.
Patent GB-190104274-A (GB)
Title: Rotary Cultivators.
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN
Filed: 1901-02-28
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 4274. Scott, J. Feb. 28. Cultivators.-Relates to tools for use with cultivating implements such as are described in Specification No. 29,997, A.D. 1897 The tool A is made in the form of a helix with cutting-edge A<1> and with sprocket-wheels or pinions B, B at each end by means of which it is driven. In a modification, the tool may be made in a shape resembling a corkscrew, and may also be operated vertically so that its end penetrates the soil.
Patent GB-190108005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ploughs
Inventor: MONEY JEREMIAH
Filed: 1901-04-18
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 8005. Money, J., and Grice, W. April 18. Ploughs.-Relates to the construction of the head of ploughs having provision for adjustably securing either one or two wheels. The head a, which is fixed on the end of the beam b, is provided with a transverse slot e in which a cross-bar h is secured by a loop f with screw stem. The standards of the land and furrow wheels are secured to the ends of the cross-bar h. The head is also provided with a socket g, in which the standard of one of the wheels is secured by a set-screw m when only one wheel is employed. In the latter case, the cross-bar h is removed.
Patent GB-190108828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Bleaching or other Treatment of Fabrics or Fibrous Materials with Liquids or Lyes
Inventor: GEBAUER JULIUS
Filed: 1901-04-29
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 8828. Gebauer, J. April 29. Yarns, finishing; fibres, treating with liquids.- Apparatus for washing, bleaching, or otherwise treating yarns or fibrous materials with liquids or lyes is so constructed that the liquid is caused to pass uniformly through the material in a horizontal and radial direction. The outer or main vessel a is fitted with an inner perforated vessel b, provided with a central perforated eduction pipe d closed at the top. This inner vessel is supported on a ring u, and to its outer periphery are attached a number of rings t, t<1>, increasing in thickness towards the bottom of the vessel. The liquor is supplied to the top of the apparatus, either through the pipe l or through the boiler f, and from the annular spaces between the inner and outer vessels it is drawn through the material into the eduction pipe d, the rings t, t<1> ensuring uniform treatment ot all parts of the material. By closing the supply valves o, p and the discharge valve s, and opening the intermediate valve r, the liquor may be circulated continuously by means of the pump g. The vessel b may be either fixed or removable, and, instead of being fitted with rings t, t<1>, it may be provided on its outer surface with a spiral rib, having the spaces between the convolutions decreasing towards the bottom.
Patent GB-190110735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Circuit Breakers.
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 10,735. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Stewart, S. B.]. May 23. Cut-outs; switches.-The Figures show a circuitbreaker, adapted for use on trolley cars, fitted with a blow-out magnet and a releasing-arrangement in case of over-load. The fixed contacts 2, 2<a> are bridged by a contact 6 carried by an arm 7 mounted on the same spindle as the operating- handle 14. Projections 13, 13<a> engage when the handle is turned to the' on' position. The switch is locked by a detent 15 engaging a projection 16, and also by a catch 17 passing through a slot in the detent, its further end being connected to the detent by a spring 18. The switch is released by hand by lifting the handle when a projection 19 lifts the catch 17. The casing 3 of the switch forms part of the magnetic circuit of the magnet 1, and the contacts 2, 2<a> are placed in a shoot 4, 4<a>. For opening the switch in case of overload, the pivoted armature 20 of the magnet is provided with an extension 21 adapted to raise the catch 17 and positively move the detent 15. Removable studs 23, 23<a> are fitted for taking the arc.
Patent GB-190115809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Ear Drums.
Inventor: VICKERS LAURA HELENA
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 15,809. Vickers, L. H. Aug. 6. Ear appliances.-An. artificial ear drum a is made cup-shaped, having its edges crimped so as to support it when in position and allow the ventilation of the original drum. A cord d is attached to its centre. It is inserted by means of a tube e, through which the core is passed as shown.
Patent GB-190117884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Fluids.
Inventor: SCHWANINGER VITUS
Filed: 1901-09-06
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 17,884. Schwaninger, V. Sept. 6. Direct air or steam pressure apparatus.-The valve 5 controlling the supply of pressure fluid, such as steam or air, is operated by a double float, of which the lower member 10 is not sufficiently large, when immersed, to open the valve 5. but is large enough to hold the valve open when the downward fluid pressure thereon has been removed owing to such opening. The period of expansion, and the amount of liquid delivered at each operation, are varied by adjusting the heights of the floats 10, 11, respectively. These adjustments are effected by means of set-screws, as shown, or by forming the floats with tubular extensions which telescope into each other. The apparatus is adapted for dealing with acids.
Patent GB-190118728-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of Mercerised Cotton Yarn.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-09-19
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 18,728. Boult, A. J., [Reichenbach, C. 0.]. Sept. 19. Processes; yarns, mercerizing.-Cotton yarn is stretched during the mercerizing operation up to or beyond its tensile strength, and the partially- broken product is then completely broken up by passing through a willowing-machine &c., and re-spun. The process is specially applicable to the manufacture of mercerized single in contra- distinction to doubled yarn.
Patent GB-190121741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stencil Sheets and the Method of Attaching them to Duplicating Machines.
Inventor: KLABER AUGUSTUS DAVID
Filed: 1901-10-29
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 21,741. Klaber, A. D. Oct. 29. Copying documents &c. ; typewriters.-Relates to means used in writing upon stencil sheets in type-writers or otherwise, and to means for fixing and protecting the stencils in duplicating- machines. Fig. 1 shows a plan of a stencil sheet A. placed between a backing-sheet B and a thin protecting or covering sheet C. The stencil and covering-sheet may be attached together and to the upper end of the backing-sheet by adhesive. The backing-sheet has, at its upper end, a triangular projecting-part B<2>, which may be used for attaching the stencil in the duplicating machine, and this part B<2> forms part of the portion B', from which the rest of the sheet B may be torn away along the perforated line B<6>. The part B', when the stencil is fixed on the machine, extends beyond the line B<11> at which the sheets to be printed are picked up, and serves as a protector for the stencil at this part. The flap B<2> is used to fix the stencil in the machine by passing it through a slot D<1> in a bar D, Fig. 2, fixed on the cylinder, a central indicating-line B<3> and mark on the bar being provided to assist in positioning it correctly. The flap is turned over and stuck down on to the part B'. The flap B<2> &c. may be part of the covering or other sheet, or may be an extension of the stencil sheet itself, and the stencil may be strengthened or otherwise protected at the pickup line B<11>. The bottom end of the sheet B is provided with an extension B<7>, which may be torn off along the line of perforations B<8> and fixed on the duplicating-machine to form an ink-protector to prevent ink from the pad from working round the lower end of the stencil The protecting-piece B<7> may be part of the covering or other sheet. Suitable indicating scales and lines B<4>, B<9>, B<5>, &c. may be provided on the backing, stencil, or covering sheets, to assist in placing the stencil and locating the part to be written upon.
Patent GB-190122864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Covers for Vessels' Hatchways and similar Openings.
Inventor: DERUSETT EDWIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-12
Granted: 1902-11-12
Abstract: 22,864. Derusett, E. W. Nov. 12. Hatches.-To reduce the time occupied in opening and closing the covers of hatchways while increasing the durability of the means employed for rendering the covers practically w a t e r - tight, the flat, corrugated, or other covers A of steel or other metal stiffened by bars a may be hinged at a<1> and rest, when closed, on the top e d g e of the coaming c, water-tight joints being made by fixing strips of tarpaulin or like material D to the covers by metal strips d or equivalent means. The tarpaulin D may be attached directly to the cover A or to a stiffening angle - iron or other bar A<2> thereon, and is passed down within cleats E and clamped by iron battening bars e and wooden wedges e' or equivalent devices. With the bar A<2>, the usual moulding may be used round the coaming. When the covers are divided either transversely or longitudinally, a water-tight joint is made between the adjacent ends of the sections A, A<1>, Fig. 5, by a metal strip A<2> on the section A<1> overlapping a strip L of india-rubber or other material on the section A and being secured by dogs and nuts M, P or their equivalents. Bolts and nuts F may be provided for securing the covers when closed, and additional security when the covers are open may be obtained by the use of ropes or chains G. The Provisional Specification states that, where the coaming is not sufficiently raised above the deck to permit the making of the lapped joints, the cover may be mounted on wheels, the axles of which are fitted eccentrically in rotary bushes provided with levers, so that, by turning the bushes, the covers may be raised off the hatch or lowered thereon. The tracks for the wheels are, preferably, formed by Z-shaped bars fixed to the coaming.
Patent GB-190202113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Drying-Apparatus.
Inventor: KRONHEIM WOLF
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 2113. Kronheim, W. Jan. 27. Drying clothes.-An appliance for drying linen and wearing-apparel consists of two discs c mounted on an axis b and fitted with eyelets d through which ropes e are threaded. The clothes are secured on the ropes, and, by means of manually or power operated bevel or other gearing g, the discs are rotated and the clothes dried. The discs may be replaced by a frame.
Patent GB-190205331-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Dry Seat for Tramway Cars, Parks, Piers, Promenades or any Outside Seats.
Inventor: DAWSON JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1903-03-04
Abstract: 5331. Dawson, J. T., and Sunderland, L. March 4. Seats.-Relates to automatic dry seats for tramcars. The bottom A, Fig. 1, consists of a flexible apron of wooden lags, wire, &c., and, when in use, it is drawn forwards by means of the tab N in grooves in the side frames. When out of use, the apron falls automatically into the housing D formed in the back or front frame, the flap E closing the housing to keep it rain-proof. To prevent the apron from fully retiring except when the user definitely leaves the seat, the flap E is provided with claws G which engage recesses A<xxx>, Fig. 5, or the ordinary openings between the lags. A pivoted platform H, supported by the spring I, carries a spring lever J, which has a projection K passing through a slot in the housing. The upward movement of the platform and lever, when the user steps off the platform, raises the end lag A<x> and disengages the claws G ; the apron then retires into the housing. For seats with reversible backs, two platforms, housings, and aprons are used, or two or more aprons may be arranged side by side.
Patent GB-190209784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt-reversing Gear.
Filed: 1902-04-28
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 9784. Lake, H. H., [Adams Laundry Machinery Co.]. April 28. Drawings to Specification. Lubricating belt gearing. The loose pulleys on a countershaft are formed with hollow bosses to contain oil, and the shaft bearings with chambers to receive lubricating-rings which hang over the shaft.
Patent GB-190213091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Motors.
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1903-03-21
Abstract: 13,091. Wise, W. L., [Churchward, W. P.]. March 21. Annular - chamber type.-A reversible rotary engine, applicable for propelling tramcars, motor road vehicles, &c. is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The shaft 41 carries a drum 33, which is divided by flanges 34 so as to form with the casing 44 four working chambers 35, separated by loosely-fitting packing-rings 51. Each chamber has a cam-shaped piston 42 and the inner chambers are arranged for forward running, and the outer chambers for reversed running. The valve-chest 50 has sliding abutments 53, carried by two rocking-shafts 63, connected to a reversing-lever so that either pair of abutments can be raised into the inoperative position. The steam pipe 25 admits steam to a reversing-valve 59, supplying steam to either pair of abutments, which have ports opening to the right and to the left respectively. In a modification, the drum 33, Fig. 5, has spring-pressed pistons 6<a>, and the reversing-valve is replaced by the suitablyformed ports 13 in the casing, so that, by means of the reversing-lever 70, either pair of abutments can be brought into operation. A sliding cut-off valve 5 is placed in the valve casing and actuated by an eccentric 11 on the shaft.
Patent GB-190223381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Pot.
Inventor: CHEESBROUGH CHARLES
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 23,381. Cheesebrough, C. Oct. 27. Chimney tops.- A chimney pot or cowl has a preferably conical upper part A connected by ribs D to a cylindrical or slightly-conical lower part B of smaller diameter having a square base E. Air enters at an annular space C. A movable hood may be fitted at the top.
Patent GB-190224346-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Displaying Cards, Price Tickets, and the like.
Inventor: CUSHMAN JAMES STEWART
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 24,346. Cushman, J. S. Nov. 6. Ticket holders. - A holder for displaying cards, price tickets, and the like is formed of wire, bent at one end to form a base, as shown, and at the other end to form loops e, f and g, h in the same plane, the card &c. being clipped between the loops e, f and g, h. The base may also be used to clip the article which is ticketed or labelled.
Patent GB-190225373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Door and other Knobs to their Spindles
Inventor: BAILEY EDWARD VERNON
Filed: 1902-11-19
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 25,373. Bailey, E. V. Nov. 19. Knobs, attaching.-The knob a has a socket a<2> and a square hole a<3> to receive the square-threaded spindle b. The nut c is screwed on to the spindle and is provided with an annular groove c<1>, which is engaged by the catch e pivoted in the gap d in the neck of the knob. When in position, the catch e is retained by the semicircular collar f<1> on the rose f. The socket a<2> and the nut c may be slightly conical. The nut is prevented from rotating by the pin g, which engages one of a number of holes g<1> in the socket a<2>; or the nut mayhave a square projection fitting into a similar depression in the knob. The forked slide e, Fig. 11, may be used instead of the pivoted catch ; or the nut may be held by a pin screwed through a hole in the neck so as to engage the groove c<1>. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that, to prevent the rotation of the nut, the inner edge of the catch and the surface of the groove may be serrated, or the walls of the socket may have a series of longitudinal grooves, one of which is engaged by a rib or projection on the nut.
Patent GB-190301283-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Means for Inducing Draught in Chimneys Funnels and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM TOWLER PECK
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1283. Taylor, W. T. P., and Notley, R. V. Jan. 19. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-Relates to apparatus for inducing draught in chimneys, funnels, flues, and the like, particularly in the funnels and stove and other pipes of sea-going vessels, locomotives, traction engines, and the like. Above a conical nozzle 3 is mounted a hood 6 having a mouth slightly larger than that of the nozzle. Corrugations, Fig. 6, may be formed upon the exterior surfaces of the cone, and of the hood, which may also be extended downwards, or outwards. A tubular extension 8 may be mounted upon the hood. Fig. 4 shows the top applied to a locomotive. Another modification is shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190302053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electro-capillary Relays and the like.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG JAMES TARBOTTON
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 2053. Armstrong, J. T., and Orling, A. Jan. 28. Relays.-Relates to electro-capillary relay apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 21,981, A.D. 1901, arranged to act simply as a relay or as a decoherer when used in connection with a coherer and an aÙrial radiator. Fig. 1 shows one form of the apparatus as a relay, in which one end of a siphon f is drawn out to a capillary opening h dipping into a shallow bath containing, a conducting-liquid d. The siphon is full of a different liquid, such as mercury, the supply of which is contained in a deep reservoir c. A siphon reservoir r is employed for keeping the level of the mercury constant. On the passage of a current between i and j, mercury passes from the siphon and causes the relay lever k to move so as to close the relay circuit p. The reservoirs may be mounted on adjustment screws, and the lower reservoir may be provided with a mercury overflow reservoir which is connected to the supply reservoir by a flexible tube and stop valve so as to return the mercury. Floats may also be connected by a balance frame or by pivoted levers, so as to adjust the level of the mercury in the upper reservoir. The relay contacts may be situated in a heavy non-conducting liquid, such as carbolic acid, over which is placed a layer of a light conducting-liquid, such as a solution of potassium iodide in alcohol. The capillary mercury tube may also be enclosed by an external siphon tube leading from a reservoir of conducting-liquid, such as weak acid, this tube also having a capillary opening slightly larger than and situated just below the opening of the mercury tube. On completion of the circuit, a relay circuit is closed by mercury dropping between two contacts or on to two intermeshing forked contacts. Fig. 4 shows the relay contacts n', o' situated in an insulating-liquid, the upper contact being formed to cause the mercury to fall on to a plate A<3> forming part of the upper supporting contact spring A' of a coherer A connected with the aÙrial rod B. In a modified form, the coherer is suspended outside but has a dependent rod, which hangs in a reservoir of conducting- liquid so that the mercury, falling, owing to coherence, first operates a balanced relay lever and then falls on the dependent rod to produce decoherence.
Patent GB-190303307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coke Ovens.
Filed: 1903-02-11
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 3307. Otto - Hilgenstock Coke - Oven Co., [Otto & Co., C.]. Feb. 11. Coking.-In horizontal coke ovens with bottom firing, the channels which conduct the combustible gas or mixtures of gases or air to the side flues are arranged between the sole flues, so that the combustible gas &c. is preliminarily heated. The oven shown has conducting-channels d, sole flues a, side flues c, and gas mains e ; the point of ignition v is above the sole flues. In a modification, the sole flues are divided by longitudinal baffles, so that the gases travel in a zig-zag course to the waste-gas flue.
Patent GB-190306711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pin Cushions.
Inventor: CHAPMAN ANNIE
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 6711. Chapman, A. March 23. Pincushions.-Pincushions A, for dressmakers or fitters, are attached to a strap or band B, preferably with a thumb-hole C, so that they may be carried on the back of the hand. The band may be elastic, or may have a suitable button or other fastening.