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Patent GB-190015346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tramcar, Garden, and other Seats Exposed to the Action of the Weather.
Inventor: MARTIN JAMES MILLAR
Filed: 1900-08-29
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 15,346. Martin, J. M. Aug. 29. Seats and seat backs ; covers for exposed seats.- A tramcar seat a is provided with a hinged waterproof cover c which may be raised on either side to serve as a back-rest. The seat has recesses d, d' and spring-supported pivoted pawls e at the sides. Each recess has a hollow h to receive a pin j on a flange i when the cover is raised. When the cover is lowered, projections k depress the pawls e so as to release the pinsj. When the person rises from the seat, the cover is automatically closed by springs under the seat. These springs may act on a lever connected by links to two boards hinged to the sides of the seat and bearing against the lower end of the raised cover. The rate of closing is controlled by a cup-leather piston v in a cylinder u, closed at its upper end and connected by a link w to the cover. An air valve may be provided to regulate the action. An air-compressing, a bellows, or a spring arrangement may be used. In a modification, the hollows h are made deeper, and the cover has to be pushed laterally before it can be raised.
Patent GB-190023138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Mounting and Preserving Natural History Specimens.
Inventor: DENTON SHELLEY WRIGHT
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 23,138. Denton, S. W., [Denton, W. D., and Denton, R. W.]. Dec. 18. Flowers and leaves, preserving dead.-Botanical and other natural-history specimens are mounted for preservation and display on or within devices as shown in Figs. 2 and 7. The specimen is received on a backing, which may be of plaster of Paris and have a depression to receive the specimen, as in the backing 1, Fig. 2, or it may be composed of a yielding or fibrous material into which the specimen may be caused to sink as in the backing 16, Fig. 7. Surrounding the backing 1 is a shell 5, which is secured to a transparent lid 6 and to a bottom 10 by a strip 8 which is pasted over the top and bottom. The backing 16 is preferably enclosed in a bottom shell 12, surrounding the flanges of which is a shell 11, the transparent lid and parts being secured by a strip as before.
Patent GB-190101490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machinery for Packing Mouthpieces for Cigarettes and the like.
Inventor: BARON LOUIS BERNHARD
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 1490. Baron, L. B. Jan. 22. Parcelling cigarette mouthpieces. -The invention is shown applied to a machine for packeting cigarettes, in which packets are held in peripheral recesses 2 in an intermittently-rotating wheel 1, and the cigarettes are forced into them in the direction of the arrow 3, Fig. 1. The mouthpieces 24 are fed on to an intermittently-moving band 17, which traverses a tube 27 where it wraps around them, and thus moves them forward. Beyond the tube is a spring clip 29, which holds them while a slide 44 moves to the left beneath them, and the knife edge 42 springs behind the third one. On its movement to the right, it carries the three into a clip 47, Figs. 1 and 6. Figs. 6 and 8 show two rows of mouthpieces, one on each side of the cigarettes. The movements of the slide 44 to the left causes an arm 45 to raise the clips 47, and allow the mouthpieces to fall into a tray 39, whence they are pushed into the packet by a plunger 43 as the slide moves t) the right. This movement also causes a cam 34 to lift the spring clip 29, and allow the mouthpieces to travel forward on the band 17. A separating-piece 54 falls into the recess before the cigarettes are inserted, and its sides are so inclined as to have flared openings for both cigarettes and mouthpieces.
Patent GB-190104453-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Securing Cartridges in Cartridge-belts or Bandoliers.
Inventor: PENNEFATHER ELLEN ISABELLA
Filed: 1901-03-02
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 4453. Pennefather, E. I. March 2. Ammunition receptacles.-Relates to bandoleers, and consists in providing a leather thong b working through loops d for securing the cartridges in position in the pockets a.
Patent GB-190112002-A (GB)
Title: Improved Altitude Meter.
Inventor: HICKS JAMES JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-06-12
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 12,002. Hicks, J. J. June 12. Drawings to Specification. Barometers.-The adjustable scale of an aneroid is made to run from zero in both directions, so that it may be used by cyclists &c. for indicating ascending and descending altitudes.
Patent GB-190112428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Feeding Apparatus for Tinning Machines.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-18
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 12,428. Haddan, H. J., [American Tin Plate Co.]. June 18. Tinning and coating by dipping. - Relates to means for feeding plates through the tinning-pot. The machine shown in Fig. 5 is made double, so that two sheets may be fed side by side, preferably one in advance of the next. The plates are fed through the pot 1 to the rolls 3, 4 by oscillating arms 2 carried by the levers 20 rocking on a shaft 18. The levers are rocked by the rods 16 connected to cranks fitted on the shaft 15. The shaft is rotated by the chain 21 and the gearing which also drives the rolls. The frame 25 carrying the chain gearing may be tilted on the shaft 15 by means of the lever 27, to lift the wheel 26 out of engagement with the wheel 11 and so stop the feed. Rods or fingers A are pivoted at p, and are operated by cams c on the shaft 15 to press the plates against a magnetic carrier which delivers them on to the carrying-off table as described in Specification No. 12,429, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190112905-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Bottles.
Inventor: RAMSDEN HENRY KAY
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1903-01-16
Abstract: 12,905. Ramsden, H. K. Jan. 16, A.D. 1902. Stoppers; sealing bottles; refilling, preventing.- A seat B, Fig. 1, for one or more outwardly opening valves A. is provided at the base of the neck, which is furnished with internal projections D to prevent tampering with the valves. The valves are made entirely of iron, or may consist of iron cores covered with glass, and each has a stem H serving as a guide, the opening movement of the valves being limited by wires C. The valves permit the contacts to be poured out, but prevent refilling except by raising the valves with a magnet. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the valves, valve seat, and projections D are carried by a separate cylindrical piece, secured in the neck by sealing or removable cement, which indicates any attempt at tampering with the closure. In this form, the valves need not be magnetic, the cylindrical piece being removable. In a modification, the valves are magnetic, and the cylindrical piece is fixed so that it cannot be removed. One of the valves may have an extension of glass tubing, to serve as an air-inlet.
Patent GB-190113516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drain Boxes for Tramway Rails.
Inventor: WALSH EDWARD YATES
Filed: 1901-07-03
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 13,516. Walsh, E. Y., and Leigh, J. July 3. Drainage.-Drainage boxes A for tramway rails are made separate from the rails, with a projecting part B fitting below the grooved side of the head and on the flange. They are provided with inlet openings b, an outlet D, and a removable lid. The boxes are bolted to the rails.
Patent GB-190114846-A (GB)
Title: A Super-heated Steam-pan for Boiling Fat, Sugar, and Sundry other Materials.
Inventor: HOWFIELD ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1901-07-22
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 14,846. Howfield, A. J., and Colliver, G. V. July 22. Fats, melting. A steam-heated pan for boiling fat, sugar, and other materials consists of a pan D provided with a steam pipe C connected to a steam jacket B.
Patent GB-190116188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Lever Brakes for Railway Waggons or Trucks.
Inventor: HILL EDWARD JACOB
Filed: 1901-08-12
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 16,188. Hill, E. J. Aug. 12. Brakes, hand. Relates to wagon brake gear of the kind described in Specification No. 10,045, A.D. 1888, and comprises means for readily converting the ordinary singlesided type into the either-side type. The cross-shaft j, mounted to slide and rotate, has at its ends oppositelydirected cranks m, n having pins fitted to the slotted plate z bolted to the lever a and to the slot p in the lever g respectively. The lever a is allowed lateral play by means of the spring bracket c', in which the tumbler shaft b is mounted, and the lever g of the first order also has freedom laterally. The brakes are operated directly by the lever a or indirectly by the lever g, and each of the levers has a dog s for engaging the teeth of the racks.
Patent GB-190118967-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Use in the Manufacture of Horse-shoes and the like.
Inventor: STELLNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-23
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 18,967. Stellner, W., and Dickson, S. G. Sept. 23. Bending ; forging.-A machine for making horseshoes &c. is formed with means for bending two blanks simultaneously. The bar G rests on the base b<2> of the mandrel B and is kept in place by a stop G' and lug b<4>. The mandrel B is advanced by the connecting-rod C' and eccentric C, and presses the bar between rollers E carried by the upper levers F and lower levers pressed by springs so as to urge the rollers inwards. The levers F are pivoted at F<1>, and carry rollers F<2> against which act the cams C<3> on the eccentric so that the bar is pressed d firmly against the block B to form the heels. The rollers E have bevelled edges as shown at e<2>, Fig. 12. The base b<2> may have projections to form the nail creases and the depressions for the nail holes. The front part B<1>, Fig. 6, of the die is hinged at B<2> to the rest of the die, and falls down at the end of the stroke so as to deliver automatically the shoe. A second bar may be bent between the roller E, Figs. 2 and 12, and a die h on the base H. The die and base are fixed to the shaft D, and the roller is carried by a weighted lever J. A fixed projection h' acts on a bar h' carrying pins h<1> for ejecting the bent bar or shoe.
Patent GB-190201104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dynamo Electric Machinery.
Inventor: SOAR ARTHUR BURGESS
Filed: 1902-01-15
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 1104. Soar, A. B. Jan. 15. Field magnets.-In dynamos and motors, particularly small motors of the enclosed type for driving fans, the field magnets are provided with integral cores and pole-pieces which are specially shaped so as to allow of " former-wound " coils being slipped on and off. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the limbs or cores A with their pole-pieces A<1> are cast in one piece with an annular yoke A', and each pole-piece is extended on one side, as at A<3>, so as to form a leading or trailing horn ; the two sides of the core are curved, as shown, to permit of the coil B being turned into position. The coils may be shaped as shown at B'. Fig. 3 shows a modified construction, in which the annular yoke A<2> is divided into two parts, the cores and pole-pieces being integral with each or either of the parts ; in this case, the pole-pieces are extended on both sides in the direction of the length of the armature. A further modification is described in which the yoke is in one piece and the integral pole-pieces are extended on one side only in the direction of the length of the armature.
Patent GB-190203454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling Steam Actuated Apparatus
Inventor: LEMP HERMANN
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 3454. Lemp, H. Feb. 11. Feedwater, supplying and controlling.-Relates to the automatic supply of feedwater to steam generators, especially applicable to motor road vehicles with flash boilers. The object is to control the action and not merely the pressure in the boiler, n accordance with the demands on the engine. Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic representation of an engine and boiler with the regulating means applied. The engine E works a pump H<1> which draws water from the tank J and delivers it into the boiler A. A relief valve is provided at V which allows surplus water to return to the tank, the quantity forced being always in excess of the maximum required.
Patent GB-190206456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Apparatus
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-17
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 6456. Smith, W. March 17. Turbines.-A tank and hydraulic apparatus are arranged for supplying water for turbines &c. A tank A, Fig. 1, is made with double walls, connected together at the top to form an air space C. The tank is conical at the bottom, and the outer wall is con- nected to a stop-cock F by parallel and conical pipes. A conical pipe leads from the cock to the connections for the turbine. The tank is fitted with a lid and connection, such as are described in Specification No. 12,584, A.D. 1901. The water in the tank rises in the space C, and compresses the air therein, this compressed air serving to assist in forcing out the water to the turbine. In Fig. 2, a similar tank A is shown with an air space C between the walls. The parallel portions of the tank pass through the lid of a hemispherical tank I, to which the water passes from the turbine. The leg of a siphon J passes through this tank, such leg being provided with a cock N and having a bell- shaped lower end. A pump, operated from the turbine shaft, is fitted to the siphon. According to the Specification, the water is forced through the siphon to the tank A, Fig. 1. The surplus water is returned to the tank A by an overflow pipe. The tank I may be made integral with the outer wall of the tank A. To the air chamber are fitted inflators for replacing the air lost by absorption &c. The tank for recovering waste water, before it is returned to the " turbine "pressure tank" described in Specification No. 12,584, A.D. 1901, is made with double walls, the space between the walls forming an air chamber. A stop-cock is also fitted in the siphon leg.
Patent GB-190212565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture or Production of Paraffin Wax and Lubricating Oil from Mineral Oils and other Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: SINGER LEOPOLD
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 12,565. Singer, L., and Pauli, R. June 2. Resins and resinous compounds.-Relates to the production of lubricating - oil and paraffin wax from mineral oils and other hydrocarbons. The oil is dissolved in concentrated ethyl alcohol by the aid of heat, with or without raising the pressure. The resinous and tarry matters are allowed to subside and are separated. The wax is precipitated by adding water or by cooling.
Patent GB-190212987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Route Indicators for Tramcars and like Vehicles.
Inventor: GILES ALFRED SHARMAN
Filed: 1902-06-07
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 12,987. Giles, A. S. June 7. Indicators, route, for vehicles. - Relates to an indicator for displaying the destination of a tramcar, omnibus, &c. The indicator, which is of semitransparent material and has the names of the destination at each end of the route thereon, is arranged in a revolving frame 1, preferably between sheets of glass. The frame is mounted in spring clips at the ends of arms 3 pivoted to brackets 4 secured to the window frame 5. Spring bolts 6, mounted in brackets on the window frame, engage recesses in the bottom of the frame 1 to retain it in position, and at the top the frame 1 takes behind plates or brackets 7 on the window frame. The portion of the indicator bearing the name of the destination not required is concealed by a painted or covered part of the window, so that it is not visible from outside the vehicle. The indicator is reversed to display a different destination by withdrawing the bolt 6, swinging out the arms 3, and rotating the frame 1 through half a revolution. The frame can be removed readily from the clips when required. Instead of a revolving frame, a fixed frame, which is provided with a sliding piece for covering up either of the names, may be provided.
Patent GB-190223302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Nuts of the Helical or Coiled Type.
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 23,302. Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss, and Bayliss, W. Oct. 27. Locking nuts.-Relates to screw nuts of the type described in Specifications No. 6215, A.D. 1892, and No. 4637, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.]. To produce an elastic pressure upon the fishplate or other body upon which the nut is screwed, the coiling of the bar, in making the nut, is continued beyond the ordinary thickness, and the inner surface of the part d so formed is treated by means of a rimer or other tool so as to pass clear of the threads on the bolt, and is opened between the convolutions as shown to produce an elastic pressure when screwed up. The nuts are made preferably of tempered steel.
Patent GB-190225331-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Crank and Pedal for Cycles.
Inventor: KOENIG FRITZ
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 25,331. K÷nig, F. Nov. 18. Cranks; pedals. - Relates to variable - throw cranks for cycles &c. The crank 2 terminates in a ring carrying in ball bearings 5 a ring 4, to which is rigidly secured, in an eccentric position, the pin 7 of a special pedal comprising a rigid frame 6 having the usual ears 13, 14 and provided with elastic pads x secured by suitable means, such as fishplates y, to the side plates. The pedal is also fitted with a plate 8 extending to the rear and secured to the side plate and pin 7 by a bolt 9 and nuts 10, 11.
Patent GB-190225448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding or Pulverizing Mills.
Inventor: WUSTENHOEFER JULIUS
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 25,448. Wustenh÷fer, J. Nov. 20. Roller-andring mills or pendulum mills for cements, ores, coal, &c. Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 26,718, A.D. 1898, and has for its object to rotate the rollers on their own axes, by gearing, while they revolve in the ring. Fig. 1 shows a machine driven from below, in which the roller spindles 15 are rotated by frictionwheels 22, on their upper ends, which are pressed into contact with a wheel 23 on the shaft 8. The bearings 17 of the roller spindles are suspended by means of arms and sliding bearings 21 from a forked crosshead 14, which is secured on the end of a hollow shaft 6. The shafts 6, 8 are both driven by bevel gearing from a horizontal shaft. In Fig. 4 is shown a machine driven from above, in which the spindles 34, coupled by universal joints to the roller spindles 15, carry grooved friction-wheels, which run inside a grooved ring 37. This ring may be fixed to the frame, as shown, or it may be driven by gearing. The bearings 30<a>, 30<b> of the spindles 34 are formed in frames 30, which are carried on pins 31 fitted in the forked crosshead 29 of the driving-shaft 24. The frames and friction-wheels are pressed outwards by springs 38 acting on the inner ends of the pins 31. In a modified arrangement, the spindles 34 are mounted in the ends of a crosshead, loose on the shaft 24, and carry pinions which gear with a toothed wheel on the shaft and with an internal wheel fixed to the frame. The roller spindles are hung by ball-and-socket joints, and are enclosed in bushes which work in radial guides fixed to the crosshead below the pinions. In another modification, the crosshead is fixed to a hollow shaft which encloses the shaft 24 and is independently driven ; the internal wheel is, in this case, dispensed with. In order to regulate the fineness of grinding, a disc, Fig. 4, may be secured to the spindle of each roller to run in an internally-coned ring ; the ring has wedge projections on its underside adapted to rest upon inclined brackets on the frame. By moving the ring regularly, its height is adjusted and, accordingly, also the radius of the surface of contact with the roller.
Patent GB-190227316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows and Window Sashes.
Inventor: PROCTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1904-01-11
Abstract: 27,316. Procter, J. Dec. 11. Window appliances.-The lower ends of the side rails 14 of the upper sash 10 of a window are rounded and rest in hollowed projections fixed to the sides 15 of the framework, so that, when placed in an inclined position, the outer end 8 of the ventilating-passage 3 is opened, a bolt catch 12 being provided to hold the sash in the closed or open position. The opening 8 may be continued down the sides of the frame and, where a casement window is used instead of a lower sliding sash, the opening may be formed down the side opposite to the hinge.
Patent GB-190304482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Compressing Air and Gases.
Inventor: VOLLMANN CARL WILHELM
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 4482. Vollmann, C. W. Feb. 25. Compressing. - Double-acting compressors, particularly those used in ammonia refrigerating- machines, have their efficiency increased by equalizing the pressure in the two ends of the cylinder at the end of each stroke. Liquefied ammonia under greater pressure may be admitted to the cylinder at the end of the suction stroke, to increase the pressure of the gas which leaves the cylinder. The cylinder is provided with two valves in its side having passages 7 leading from them to the clearance spaces and a pipe 6 joining their casings. They have a removable seating q secured by a screw w, and they are opened by cams 25 on the shaft 23, acting through the link 19, which is guided by the links 20, 22. The shaft 23 is driven at double the speed of the crank shaft 28, and the cams are adjusted to open the valves simultaneously for putting the two ends of the cylinder into communication. But, to admit high-pressure fluid to the cylinder, the shaft 23 is driven at the same speed as the crank shaft, and the cams 25 are adjusted to open the valves alternately. The latter purpose is described in connection with a refrigerating-plant, Fig. 4, in which the gas circulates through the condenser m and refrigerator o back to the pump b. The small quantity of liquid may leave the pipe system after passing through the condenser m by the pipes 42, 43, a supplementary cooler 40, and a pipe 35 leading to the pipe 6, or it may pass by way of the pipes 42, 39 to the pipes 35, 6.
Patent GB-190308983-A (GB)
Title: Process of Treating Pulp Stock or the like
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 8983. Justice, P. M., [United States Fibre Stopper Co.] April 21. Paper machines.-Relates to a process for treating pulp stock, whereby the pulp is formed into a web of proper consistence to be manufactured by suitable apparatus into finished articles such as stoppers. Fig. 1 shows a suitable apparatus for carrying out the process. The fluid pulp is delivered from the vat or hopper A through the shoot 42 on to the rotating perforated cylinder 37, on which it is formed into a relatively wide thin sheet, from which a portion of the water escapes through the cylinder. This water is collected in a drip-cup within the cylinder and discharged through the pipe 41. The web so formed on the cylinder 37 is piled up on the slower-moving conveyer screen 46, which carries the pulp over the suction chamber 68 and under compressing- rollers 54, by means of which a further quantity of moisture is extracted and the pulp is compressed to the required consistence. The conveyer 46 may be arranged, as shown, to deliver the pulp to the feedtrough or raceway 67 of a machine D for forming the articles, and the cylinder 37 and conveyer 46 may be driven from a secondary shaft 74 geared to the main shaft 73 of this machine.