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Patent GB-190122844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Perforating the Tape used on Automatic Telegraphic Instruments.
Inventor: GELL JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-12
Granted: 1902-11-12
Abstract: 22,844. Gell, J. Nov. 12. Telegraphs.-Relates to perforators for the tapes of telegraph transmitters. Keys 25, Fig. 5, are arranged to raise corresponding combs 19 so as to cause the necessary punches for the combination of any particular letter &c. to perforate the complete signal for any character. The marking-punches ,are arranged in two parallel banks of four, separated by spacing punches. The marking-punches are provided with shoulders 14, Fig. 2, which, by engaging with collars 15 on the spacing-punches, cause simultaneous operation. An extra independent space punch, for letter spacing, precedes and is operated by the punching of any character combination. The character combs 19 act on one or more link-mounted parallel bars 28, Fig. 6, so as to bring the selected bars into contact with contactsprings in the circuits of the punch-operating magnets, Fig. 2. These magnets correspond in number to the marking-punches and the extra space punch, the punches being struck by the bell-crank armature levers 18. The tape is fed by means of a pin roller 37 mounted on the shaft of the ratchet-wheel 38. The ratchet-wheel 38, Fig. 3, is operated by a rack 39 carried by the lever 41, and is locked by a pawl 45'. The lever 41 is brought to the feed position by a magnet 43 on the depression of a key, and the feed takes place on the release of the key, the circuit of the magnet 43 being broken, and that of the magnet 44 closed, or a spring may take the place of magnet 44. The feed is adjusted according to the signal by means of two pairs of magnets a, c, (not shown) and b, d, by means of which stops can be interposed into the path of the lever 57, the character combs 19 being arranged with extra contacts indicating the length of each signal. 75 is a dash-pot. A common spacing-key is provided for word-spacing, and a shifting-key is employed for cross-connecting the spacing-magnets a, b, c, d so as to obliterate the space between letters when it is desired to punch a combined signal, such as a two-letter signal representing a number &c.
Patent GB-190200595-A (GB)
Title: Portable Disinfected Ash-bin
Inventor: ARNOTT WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-01-08
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 595. Arnott, W. Jan. 8. Dust bins. - A dust bin is fitted with a hinged lid c carrying on its underside a hollow perforated chamber g filled with disinfectant, such as chloride of lime, through a capped opening h. Perforated tubes e, at the back of the bin, may be similarly used.
Patent GB-190202814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wall Paper Removers.
Inventor: CORPS WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 2814. Corps, W. Feb. 4. Walls, papered, cleaning.-Wall papers are removed by applying a solution of sal-ammoniac and salt by a brush or sponge, and heating the surface with a lamp.
Patent GB-190214689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Flashing of Glass-ware with Coloured Glass.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 14,689. Thompson, W. P., [Fontaine & Cie.]. July 1. Ornamenting.-Relates to the process for flashing glass-ware described in Specification No. 3355, A.D. 1902. According to the present invention, the " lenses " of coloured glass are made in the form of rings, stars, letters, figures, rosettes, crowns, leaves, &c. Fig. 1 shows a star-shaped "lens," and Fig. 3 a vessel ornamented with such " lens" a and with coloured letter b.
Patent GB-190216285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: REAGAN JAMES
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 16,285. Reagan, J. July 22. Bricks and blocks for furnaces. Relates to means for taking air from the ashpit or from the outside of a furnace, and delivering it in required quantities above the firegrate without interfering with the walls, sheets, or linings of the furnace and without fastenings or securing-devices ; also to superheat and dissipate steam so that it sprays in the combustion chamber and draws air from the ashpit or outside. Hollow blocks A, such as are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are suitably supported, e.g. by resting upon the grate round the furnace, and are loosely fitted together, e.g. by tongues H and grooves I. These blocks have tapering air passages U and inclined outlets G. The outlets G may also be tapered. The upper openings F can be closed by removable covers, such as bricks, as shown in Fig. 4, which shows a furnace in transverse section fitted with the hollow blocks A. By governing the number of openings G or hollow blocks employed, the quantity of heated air for introduction into the combustion chamber can be regulated as required. Fig. 17 shows in vertical transverse section a furnace fitted with the steam and air delivering devices. The hollow blocks A<2>, Fig. 20, are similar to the blocks A, except that a steam superheater L, Fig. 18, is accommodated in the chamber f<2> in the side and a steam pipe in the upper groove f<5>. The superheater L is surrounded by the air passage g, and has at the front the thick plate n having oblique or inclined perforations p. Each block A<2> has a branch steam pipe, and the branch pipes are connected up with a main steam pipe. The blocks are removably arranged around the furnace resting on the plate c of the support C. Legs c<1> are secured to the plate c, and the spaces between the legs c' allow air to pass from the ashpit J to the space D behind the support C. The arrangement may be used for the purpose of supplying gases, other than air, or liquids, by suitably delivering the gases or liquids into the hollow passages of the blocks A', or into the steam pipes.
Patent GB-190219560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Conveyer-trays or Sieves.
Inventor: LEMMER ALBERT
Filed: 1902-09-06
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 19,560. Lemmer, A. Sept. 6. Sifting. -Relates to a method of mounting screens to facilitate their reciprocation. The troughs or trays are carried by channel-irons g be- tween which, and similar irons h, sector-shaped rollers a, b connected transversely in pairs, are mounted. The bearing-surfaces are circular and struck from the centres c. Displacement is pre- vented by steel bands q, r, i, and p each of which is fixed at one end to a girder and at the other to a roller. In Fig. 4 these securing strips are dis- pensed with by forming each rolling-surface with a tooth k engaging with a corresponding recess. Fig. 15 shows a modification of the latter. The tooth may be in the form of a lateral projection of circular section.
Patent GB-190223056-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Cooling and Drying the Materials in Dressing Machines for Ground Cereals and the like, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WESTGATE JOHN
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 23,056. Westgate, J. Oct. 22. Sifting flour &c.- In dressing - machines for ground cereals and the like, the material is cooled and dried by a current of air, in order to prevent the clogging of the silk covering of the reel B by pasty deposit. A fan H is secured to the central shaft C, which carries the curved conveyer beaters E, and which revolves at a high speed in the opposite direction to the reel. The air is admitted at an inlet K having a perforated grid L with a regulating-plate M. In a modification, the cold-air inlet is arranged on the charging-shoot F. The hot moist air escapes at the perforated sides N.
Patent GB-190224236-A (GB)
Title: Process for Obtaining Metallic Sulphides in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: BRONN ISRAEL JEGOR
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 24,236. Bronn, I. J. Nov. 5. Hydrochloric acid; sodium sulphide; sulphides. -Consists in obtaining metallic sulphides, for instance, sodium sulphide, by mixing the corresponding neutral or acid sulphates with substances containing carbon, such as coal, coke, &c., and subjecting the same to the heat generated in electric arc or resistance furnaces by alternating, polyphase, or continuous currents. The carbon should not be much in excess of the quantity required theoretically for, say, the decomposition Na2SO4 + 2 C=Na2S + 2 CO, in the case of sodium sulphate, while the intensity of the current should vary according to the fusibility of the sulphide to be obtained, too great an intensity resulting in the liberation of sulphur and sulphurous acid. The mixture of coal and sulphate or wetted coke and sulphate, if dried before being treated, produces a better yield, while the materials should not be pulverized but left coarsely granular, to allow the generated gases to escape. When the acid sulphate is employed, it should be mixed with the corresponding metallic chloride, the escaping hydrochloric-acid fumes being condensed and employed in the ordinary manner.
Patent GB-190226220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarns in the Preparation of Sample Colour Shade Cards or Sheets
Inventor: WILKINSON ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-28
Granted: 1903-11-28
Abstract: 26,220. Wilkinson, A. Nov. 28. Winding - machines. - Manufacturers' sample shade cards for yarns or threads of silk, wool, worsted, cotton, &c. are produced in machines constructed with a cylinder 2, Fig. 2, provided with a longitudinal groove 12 into which the ends of the cardboard sheet passing around the cylinder are held by means of a bar 13, Figs. 4 and 6, carrying springs 14. The yarns are wound helically and side by side on the foundation, and strips of paper are afterwards gummed across the yarns parallel to the axis of the cylinder. The foundation and yarns are finally cut across along the middle of the paper strips, and close to the bar 13, to separate the samples. The cardboard passes round the cylinder, and the bar is partially inserted in the groove to hold it. The yarns or threads 15 are drawn from bobbins freely mounted on vertical pins, and pass around tension bars 45, and between guide-pins arranged in two rows on a traversing frame 22, to the bar 13. A number of slits are cut in the edge 19 of the bar, and the threads are held to it by knotting the ends of adjacent threads together and laying the threads in adjacent slits, the bar being afterwards pressed home in the groove in the cylinder and locked by pins 20. The cylinder is rotated by a handle to lay the threads on the cylinder, the frame 22 being traversed along the shaft 23, by means of a revolving screwed shaft 24 engaging a part nut formed on the frame, to prevent the threads from overlapping one another. A press roller 40 or bar, which may be covered with leather or other material, is pressed down by a lever acted upon by springs or weights, and is arranged to depress the threads before they reach the cylinder, thus ensuring greater uniformity in winding. The shaft 24 is driven by spur-wheels from a cone 33, which is driven by a belt from a cone 35 on the cylinder axis, and the traverse of the frame 22 is adjusted so that the threads just completely cover the card. A dish spring is inserted between the frame and the end of the cylinder to prevent lateral movement of the cylinder,
Patent GB-190300361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Evaporating or Distilling Liquids.
Inventor: NORMANDY ALPHONSE LOUIS
Filed: 1903-01-06
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 361. Normandy, A. L., and Normandy, F. Jan. 6. Drawings to Specification. Direct steam-pressure apparatus.-In apparatus for evaporating or distilling sea-water, salt water, &c., the concentrated brine is forced by the steam pressure, from the bottom of the still up an exit pipe.
Patent GB-190303034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: HERLITSCHKA CLARA
Filed: 1903-02-09
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 3034. Herlitschka, (nÚe Lieske), C. Feb. 9. Cream separators &c.-The drum is divided by radial partitions w into a series of vertical compartment s, which are again divided by horizontal partitions p. The partitions extend to the walls of the compartment except along the side, where a gap is left. The gaps are on opposite sides in alternate partitions, so that the liquid supplied at the bottoms of the compartment, through openings o in the feed-pipe, is compelled to follow a zig-zag course in its ascent through the drum. Openings c near the inner edge of the partitions p allow of the direct descent of the lighter constituent. The partitions, instead of being flat, may incline upwards to the centre of the drum.
Patent GB-190306185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for use in Exhibition Cycle Riding
Inventor: LANGLE HIRAM DODGE
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 6185. Lake, H. H., [Lingle, H. D.]. March 17. Theatrical appliances. - A bowl-shaped cycle track, supported high above the stage, is approached by a spiral or inclined path, and is left by a stairway. The staves forming the track a are inclined at an angle of from 35‹ to 70‹ to a horizontal circular path b, which is preferably connected with the ground by a helical path c. The cyclist rides rapidly round the track a until he reaches the upper edge, and passes over it on to a platform e and down the stairs or inclined run-way d.
Patent GB-190309683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mercerising Cotton Yarns.
Inventor: CIPOLLINA LUIGI
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 9683. Cipollina, L. April 29. Ya r n s, mercerizing.- The skeins of yarn are placed on pairs of upper and lower rollers 5, 10. The lower rollers are geared together by spur-wheels and to the upper rollers by bevel-wheels 12, 13 on a shaft 14 capable of sliding vertically. The upper rollers are driven by worm gearing from a shaft 20. The lower rollers can be bodily and simultaneously lowered to put tension on the yarns by being hung on four non- rotatable screws 17 having nuts 18 driven by worm gearing, all the four nuts being connected by shafts and bevel gearing. The cross-bars 3, 16, in which bear the front pivots of the rollers 5, 10, are hinged at one end 33 and can be swung aside to allow of the skeins being placed on the rollers. When the rollers 10 have been lowered sufficiently to give the requisite tension, a receptacle 42 containing the solution of caustic soda is raised by rack gearing 60, 61 until the skeins dip sufficiently in the liquid. The rotation of the rollers 5, 10 causes the whole length of the skeins to be dipped. The receptacle 42 is now lowered and a cover 44, worked by racks and pinions, is moved over the receptacle to prevent the drippings from the rollers from falling back into the solution. Steam from a Giffard's injector and water which is raised by the steam to a temperature of 60‹ are admitted into receptacles 51, whence they pass into perforated tubes 52 through small holes, in which the water is sprayed on to the skeins. Rubber cylinders 53 pressed upwards by springs encircling the suspending-rods 56 press on the underside of the lower rollers and squeeze out the liquid from the wet skeins. The belt to operate the gearing for raising and lowering the rollers 10 may be thrown on to fast or loose pulleys by a hand shipper, or automatically by a projection acting on a lever 63 acting through links 65, 66 on a slide.
Patent GB-190316565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to "Syphon" Fittings, Valves or Measuring Apparatus for Aerated Water Bottles and for other purposes.
Inventor: CLAYTON CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 16,565. Clayton, C. W., and Handoll, H. July 28. Measured quantities, delivering.-A s t o p p e r with a spherical valve is used in siphon apparatus for use with bottles &c for liquids under pressure, and also for measuring liquids either under pressure or not. The drawoff tube or the ball may be made to return to the closed position by means of a spring. The ball is made hollow and of known capacity when the apparatus is used for measuring purposes. Fig. 5 shows such an apparatus in the discharge position, with the valve C<2>, controlling the draw-off tube C, open, and the air vent D communicating with the passage B' in the ball B. When filling, the passages A<4>, B<1> are in communication, the valve C<2> being closed, and the passages B<2>, D allowing the escape of air.
Patent GB-190320612-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of or Means for Supporting the Silk or other Medium which Forms the Cover of Centrifugal Dressing Machines.
Inventor: MCDONELL JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 20,612. McDonell, J. Sept. 25. Centrifugal flour-dressing machines.-The bolting or dressing cloth is made up of tubular sections each of which may be made in one piece in the loom described in Specification No. 24,933, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Weaving &c.]. The ends are reinforced by split rings j which are sprung over flanges on discs k, k<1>. Supporting- rings m may be secured in the fabric at intervals. The tubular sections may, as shown by Fig. 4, be connected by flanged rings o engaging with end rings o<11>. A number of rods r are fitted between the discs k, k<1> and upon them are mounted grooved rollers s adapted to engage exteriorly with the supporting- rings of the screen. The material is fed from the opening c by a worm d upon which the usual beaters are mounted. The disc k is solid and the disc k<1> is perforated for the escape of overtails. The worm d is adjustably fixed on the shaft f so that when loosened the shaft f may be withdrawn to allow of the introduction or withdrawal of the silk tube. The invention may be applied to apparatus with a number of bolting compartments such as described in Specification No. 9787, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190403223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sorting and Separating Minerals and other Materials or Substances.
Inventor: MACKEY WILLIAM MCDONNELL
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3223. Mackey, W. M. Feb. 9. Separating or sorting.-Minerals and other substances are sorted and separated by being fed on to an endless travelling band or belt, which is inclined according to the materials to be treated, and is made of flexible material with such a rough or coarse surface that the minerals or other substances will roll down it or ascend with it according to the shape, size, or smoothness of the particles. In this way shale may be separated from ironstone or coal, and dust from coal or other substances. Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of apparatus for separating dust from coal. The material in the hopper 11 passes on to the canvas belt 1 by way of the weighted door 12, shoot 10, and hinged deflecting-plate 9. The dust clings to the belt and is carried upwards and discharged into a shoot or hopper 13, and the larger particles of coal roll down into the shoot or hopper 14. The upper roller 2 is carried in stationary bearings and is driven by means of a pulley 4, but the lower roller 3 is mounted in segmental arms 5 adjustable in fixed brackets 7, Brushes or scrapers may be mounted within the shoot 13, or a beater may operate on the underside of the belt or in the space enclosed by the belt. When it is difficult to separate the materials, an automatic or hand rake may be used, and a shaking action may be imparted to the belt. The Provisional Specification states that a single drum may be employed instead of the endless belt.
Patent GB-190410050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brushes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1905-05-02
Abstract: 10,050. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. May 2. Bristles, fixing; boot and shoe cleaning and polishing brushes; rotary brushes; stocks.-Relates to brushes in which strips of canvas, strawboard, or the like and layers of bristles are placed alternately and clamped together in a stock, and consists in the introduction of' cords, wires, or the like 7, Fig. 2, which lock the bristles in place and prevent them from being pulled out. The device is shown applied to a rotary brush, but it may be applied to brushes generally. The locking effect of the wires 7 is best produced by placing them out of line on opposite sides of the bristles and in line on opposite sides of the strips 5, which, for a general binding effect, should be of somewhat soft material, such as strawboard, so as to afford the wires a partial bedding. In rotary brushes, the cords or wires help to keep the parts of the brushes together at high speeds. The cords or wires 7 are secured to the strips 5 by zig-zag sewing 8 as shown in Fig. 3 or otherwise. The bristles and strips are put together with glue, and clamped in place between the jaws 3, 4 of a stock made as in Fig. 2, which enables a set of bristles to be replaced when worn. If only one layer of bristles is required, intermediate strips 5 are unnecessary, or the wires 7 may be placed directly against the flanges 3, 4 without using strips. If desired, more than one wire or cord may be applied to one side of any or all the strips. The rotary brush described is adapted, amongst other things, for finishing boots and shoes.
Patent GB-190411292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Maps.
Inventor: HOLLAND SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,292. Holland, S. May 17. Maps and charts.-Maps for cyclists, motorists, tourists, &c. are made by mounting maps, preferably continuations of one another, on each side of a linen or other backing, which is made to fold up so that the sections of the map may be turned over, both horizontally and vertically like the leaves of a book. The maps are preferably without a border, to permit of the map being traced to the edge and over on to the other side. Suitable covers are provided, preferably external to the square of the map, which are the same on both sides, so as to be reversible. Several of these maps may be enclosed in a box which is attached to the frame of, or carried loose in, motor cars.
Patent GB-190421492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cutters for Wood Working and other Machines.
Inventor: WADKIN JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 21,492. Wadkin, J. W., and Jarvis, D. J., [trading as Wadkin & Co.]. Oct. 6. Tools and tool-holders.-Cutters for operating on wood or other materials are provided with a number of adjustable cutting-blades. In one form, as in Fig. 1, which shows a stop-trenching cutter, the two blades A are attached to blocks C, provided with faces slidable in recesses D' in the cutter-head D, and fixed in any position by bolts E. The blocks are arranged so that the blades may be slightly diagonal, and may be adjusted relatively to each other by screws. The blades may be straight, with cutting-edges A' and lips A<2>, may be bent at right-angles, may have circular edges, or may be shaped for mouldings. A routing- tool, as shown in Fig. 4, has three blades, the two F of which are adjustable horizontally by means of slot-and-bolt connections, and the cutter F<1> is slid in the slot G<1> in the cutter-head and is fixed by one of the blades F or by a set-pin impinging on it. Another tool for forming concavities, such as in core boxes, and adapted to fit on the end of an arm. consists of a number of blades which are slid into the slotted or grooved ends of a shallow body and are fixed by set-pins, wedges, or other means. The blades may be arranged at right-angle to the body when the tool is required for surfacing. Fig. 8 shows a similar cutter for forming core boxes with square ends. The cutter-blades K are slid into slots L<1> in the spindles L, which pass into holes M' in the body and are held in position by pins N. The body is placed over the reduced end of the arm P and fixed by a nut p<3>, the pin P<1> at the end of the arm fitting in a hole 0 in the body. In the form of cutter illustrated in Fig. 10, blocks R, in the jaws of which the cutter-blades S are fixed by bolts S', are pivoted by bolts R<1> to the face Q<2> of the bead, which is fixed to the cutter spindle by a set-pin screwed into the hole Q<1>. To adjust the blades to or from each other, the blocks R are turned about their pivots and then fixed in position by nuts U and bolts T which pass through segmental slots in the bead, any tendency to fly back being overcome by wedge-shaped faces R'.