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Patent GB-190118869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rail Crossings for Tramways
Inventor: DEMERBE VICTOR
Filed: 1901-09-21
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 18,869. Demerbe, V. Sept. 21. Crossings for tramway rails. The ribs c, d on the block a hold the ends of one rail f, and the other rail h fits in the gap between them. The ribs are grooved at j to accommodate the heads of the bolts by which the bent plates i are attached. Instead of being made with ribs to fit into the rail, the block may be of trough form.
Patent GB-190118987-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance to be Attached to Power or other Looms for the Formation of a Twisted or Protective Edge or Selvedge to any Textile or Woven Material.
Inventor: HOLLINGDRAKE HENRY
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 18,987. Hollingdrake, H. Sept. 24. Looms, forming selvages in.-The selvages of cotton or other woven belting, or of other woven fabrics, are formed of leather cords 21, or of cotton or other suitable yarns, which are supplied from bobbins 20 supported by discs 18 secured to horizontal shafts 17. The cords 21 pass round guide-pulleys 23, mounted upon discs 24, and through apertures in discs 25, 26, all of which, as well as the discs 24, are secured to the shafts 17. These shafts are rotated intermittently by means of the shafts 16, 8, ratchet - wheel 13, pawl 12, lever 11, and link 10, which is actuated by a lever 9 and cam on the tappet shaft 6. During the weaving operations, the cords 21 are bound into the edges of the fabric, and are twisted round one another by the rotation of the discs.
Patent GB-190122477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 22,477. Johnson, G. W., [Hartmann & Braun]. Nov. 7. Motor meters.-A commutator armature consists of three coils a, b, c. One end of each coil is connected to a segment of the commutator a', the other ends being connected together. Contact is made with the commutator by a single spring, to reduce friction, the other electric connection being obtained by connecting the segments of the commutator by resistances w<1>, w<2>, w<3> to the spindle, the upper end of which is a platinum point in contact with a stationary spring. Each resistance w<1>, w<2>, w<3> may have ten times the resistance of a coil a, b, c. In modifications, the resistances may be coils forming parts of the armature, and more than three coils a, b, c may be used, the commutator spring being arranged to bear on two or more segments simultaneously.
Patent GB-190124608-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Power Hammers.
Inventor: ALINDER JOHANNES
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 24,608. Alinder. J. Dec. 3. Hammers, power.-The beam of a tilt hammer is in two parts b, b<11>, pivoted on the pin b<1> and connected together either by flat springs d, Fig. 1, or by one or more spiral springs d', Fig. 3, to connect the tup a yieldingly to the connecting-rod g which rocks the beam. The rod g is pivoted to a block f adjustable on the part b<11>.
Patent GB-190206641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: GEORGE SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-03-18
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 6641. George, S. March 18. Lift valves; check valves ; repairing, facilitating; cleaning; seats.-As adapted for a check valve, the partition A<1>, Fig. 1, is fitted with a flanged seat B, Fig. 3, formed with vertical ribs b<2>, and covered by a valve cap C with guiding and limiting projections c. The valve can be readily cleaned and repaired, and may be adapted for use as a lift or other valve.
Patent GB-190208266-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Rendering Trailing Cars, Rickshaws and like Vehicles Convertible into Bath Chairs
Inventor: STRETTON EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 8266. Stretton, E. A. April 9. Invalid carriages; jinrickshaws; coupling.- Relates to means for rendering trailing cars, rickshaws, and like vehicles convertible into Bath chairs. In the form shown in Fig. 1, attached to a cycle, the tube H is detachably secured to the underframe A' by a square-sectioned spigot-andsocket joint K and has a swivelling connection with the cycle, whereby the vehicle can be disconnected and a horizontal handle-bar attached in front. A third wheel B is mounted in a bearing head C which is detachably secured by clips n<1> to horizontal bars in the underframe A<1>, a steering- lock M being provided. A safety-wheel P prevents backward tilting. In a modification, the third wheel B is mounted behind the vehicle, the safetywheel being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190210319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Checks and Springs.
Inventor: BEAUREGARD VICTOR
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 10,319. Beauregard, V., and Gooding C. S. May 5. Door-closing apparatus.-Relates chiefly to improvements in the details of the door - closing apparatus described in Specification No. 9074, A.D. 1900. The bracket on which the centre of the closing spring is mounted is made so that the square pin 26, which forms the axis of the spring casing, may be fixed parallel to the plane of the attaching-plate 30 as in Fig. 8, or at right-angles to it as in Fig. 7. The bar 26, 27 is L-shaped, as in Fig. 9, and the change is effected by slackening the set-screw 29, Fig. 8, pulling out the limb 27 from the socket 31, and then inserting the limb 26 into 31 from the back, as in Fig. 7. The link, Fig. 1, which connects the end of the check cylinder 15 to the door frame is made in two parts 42, 43 screwed together to enable the length to be adjusted and connected at one end to the frame or door by a universal joint 40, 45. When a smaller spring is used in the casing, a plate 49, Fig. 12, is interposed between the end of the spring 52 and the casing.
Patent GB-190210948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Negative Plates for Bichromated Gelatine Processes.
Inventor: LEUCHTER AUGUST
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 10,948. Leuchter, A. May 13. Drawings to Specification. Photo-reliefs.-Relates to a method of producing relief pictures by photography. A photographic print of the object is obtained in the ordinary way. On this print, the parts of the object in the highest plane are coloured white, in the next lower plane yellow, and in the lowest planes red and brown. A negative is now taken off the coloured print, and from this negative a relief print is obtained on a thick layer of bichromatized gelatine. From the relief positive thus obtained a plaster cast is taken, from which copies are made in the usual way.
Patent GB-190211715-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Heating Apparatus or Valve for Regulating the Temperature of Water Passed through same.
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
Filed: 1902-05-23
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 11,715. Taylor, T., and Barter, C., [trading as Parker, Ltd., B.]. May 23. Heating water by steam. A water-heating apparatus or valve, for regulating the temperature of water passed through from the service pipe B to the outlet pipe D by means of steam admitted by the pipe C, is shown in Fig. 2. The piston E has its rod E<1> terminated by the steam valve F, which seats upon the upper end of the steam connection G. The steam valve is regulated by the vertical screwed spindle L. The cold-water chambers H, H<1> have a bye-pass governed by the valve J. In the chamber H<1> beneath the piston E the disc E' in the frame E<3> is provided. The discs with the perforations E' is introduced to increase the water pressure. The position of the frame E<3> is regulated by the screw e. The walls P adjacent to the piston E are tapered, and the passage Q at the end of the nozzle G' can be adjusted by screwing up the pipe D.
Patent GB-190213880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Mechanism for Machines having an Intermittently Operating Tool or other Device.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1902-06-18
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 13,880. Jensen, P., [Nahmer, W. von der]. June 18. Feed-motions for machines in which the material to be acted upon receives an intermittent motion. Figs. 3, 4, and 7 show the invention as applied to a bread-cutting machine. The bread is contained in a trough a, and is cut by a knife b fixed to the flywheel c. Along one side of the trough is fixed a bar d, and above this is a bar e carrying an arm e<1> which is pressed into engagement with a cam e<2> by a spring m. The cam is fixed to the flywheel shaft and, when the shaft is rotated, a reciprocating motion is imparted to the bar e. Upon the bars e, d a slide f is mounted. Wedge-shaped chambers g<1>, g<2> in this slide contain spring-controlled balls h<1>, h<2> which act as clutches, or pawls or other similar clutches may be provided. These clutches are so arranged that the slide f is locked to the bar e when it moves in one direction, and is released when the bar moves in the other direction, so that the slide receives an intermittent forward motion in one direction only. An arm p ou the slide f projects into the trough a so as to transmit the motion of the slide to the bread &c. In order to move the slide backwards, the balls are shifted to such a position that they cannot jamb, by means of pins r', r' fixed to a spring-controlled lever q pivoted to the slide. The amount of feed is adjusted by means of a screw n which acts on the rod e and regulates the depth of engagement between the cam and the arm e'.
Patent GB-190214028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiling and Laundry Machinery
Inventor: SCOTT ERNEST GEORGE
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 14,028. Scott, B. G. June 20. Washing-machines.-The washing-machine a is connected with a pump c, by which the air is exhausted from the machine before the washing- solution and steam are admitted to the goods in the vessel. The goods are placed in a rotary cage e.
Patent GB-190221016-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knitted Fabric
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 21,016. Johnson, G. W., [Scott, R. W., and Williams, L. N. D.]. Sept. 26. Knitted fabrics.-Relates to a knitted fabric composed of two layers connected at intervals by loops or stitches. Two sets of needles and two yarn-carriers are used, one for each set of needles. The needles work independently save when one needle is projected sufficiently to take the other yarn and to form either a simply-crossing loop 3, Fig. 1, or a stitch 3<b>, Fig. 7, according as the last loop is not or is cleared. The connecting loops or stitches may be isolated as at 3, Fig. 2, or in groups, in courses 3<a>, Fig. 2, or in wales. In finegauge machines, where the needles are opposite one another, when one needle is projected the opposite one does not knit, thus producing the effect shown at 5, 6, 7 in Fig. 4. The two layers may be of different colours or materials, and one layer may form a fleecy lining of a garment.
Patent GB-190224402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Additions to Ladies' Chatelaine-bags and the like
Inventor: AMSDEN FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-07
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 24,402. Amsden, F. W., and Dawe, W. L. Nov. 7. Suspenders for articles of dress.- One or more ordinary dressholders or clips are perm anently or, preferably, detachably combined with a lady's chÔtelaine bag, reticule, satchel, or the like. In the form shown in sectional view in Fig. 2, a chÔtelaine bag a is connected as usual by straps b to a hook c for attachment to a waist-belt, and a dress-holder d is connected by means of a strap or chain e and a loop d' to the hook c, which is provided with a spring plate or snap c<1>. In a modification, the dress-holder is connected to a loop of the chÔtelaine hook by means of a strap and an ordinary swivel. Two or more dress-holders may be connected by means of bifurcated or othershaped straps.
Patent GB-190225412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Percussion Fuzes for Explosive Projectiles.
Inventor: HALE FREDERICK MARTEN
Filed: 1902-11-19
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 25,412. Hale, F. M., and Reavil, J. B. Nov. 19. Fuzes for projectiles.-In a delayed - action percussion fuze, the screwed cap A' is constructed with a transverse hole a, extending across the flash holes a<1>. A powder pellet a<5> or other slow-burning composition is pushed into the hole a to the end a<2>, communicating with the magazine A<2>, and a few grains of powder a<6> placed in front of the flash holes a<1>. The other end of the hole a is closed by a screw plug a<3>.
Patent GB-190228681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Draw Gear and Buffing Apparatus.
Inventor: MCCORMICK JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 28,681. McCormick, J. H. Dec. 29. Buffers ; drawgear. - Relates to combined drawgear and buffing- apparatus in which frictional resistance is employed in connection with a coiled spring. The application to a railway vehicle is described. Within the yoke 2, bolted to the draw-bar 1, are arranged the casing 5, front and rear followers 3, 4, spring 6, foursided wedge 7, and loose blocks 8, 8<a>, 8<b>, 8<c>. The back of the follower 3 has a four-sided wedge, between which and the wedge 7 the loose blocks are fitted. Ordinary buffing stresses compress the spring 6 only, but abnormal stresses cause the loose blocks to be forced outwards as well as backwards, so that the wood fillings 8<d> bear against the casing 5. When the bar 1 is in tension, the spring 6 is first compressed, and then the casing 5 is drawn forwards against the frictional resistance of the blocks.
Patent GB-190300660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Cycles.
Inventor: WHEWAY JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 660. Wheway, J. Jan. 10. Motor cycles; driving-mechanism.-Consists in attaching a driving-pulley or the like, in a motor tricycle which it is desired should be of light weight, to a balance-geared axle of the kind described in Specification No. 7752, A.D. 1892. The motor tricycle is shown in plan in Fig. 3, and the modified balance driving-gear in section in Fig. 4. In the form shown in full lines, a pulley in the form of a tension wheel 10 is mounted on one part of the divided axle 2 so as to drive it through the fixed sleeve 14. The chain stays 17 are set clear of the pulley, and the interrupted casing tube 4 may be supported by a strut 19 connected to the saddle stay 20. Instead of driving one part of the axle, the pulley hub 11 may drive the star member 21 of the balance gear by a sleeve 22 as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190301175-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method for the Preservation of Perishable Articles.
Inventor: BEALE CHARLES
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1904-02-16
Abstract: 1175. Beale, C. Jan. 16. Fats, preserving. Tallow or the like is sterilized in a chamber, which may be similar to that described in Specification No. 7473, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Cooking &c.], having heating- appliances in the wall together with means for supplying steam, flame, or other sterilizers. The heating-arrangement opens also into a chamber in which the articles undergo a preliminary preparation, after which they are sterilized by the flame, steam, or other agent. The articles may be stored in the first-mentioned chamber, containing sterile air, or enclosed in germproof coverings. When wooden boxes or tins are used, cotton wool or other air filters may be provided to cleanse any entering air. In canning, a steamer is used from which, after heating, the tins are run out into the preparing-chamber on trays to be soldered.
Patent GB-190305683-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Metallic Alloy.
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 5683. Prescott, T., and Green & Son, E. March 11. Alloys are made of approximately the following percentage compositions :- Zinc 53À5 to 74À75, aluminium 25 to 43À5, iron 0À25 to 2À0, and silicon 0À25 to 1À0. The iron is first melted, and then the aluminium and zinc are successively added, after which silicon is introduced. This is done with the aid of a powdered mixture of potassium silicofluoride, calcium chloride, glass, sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, and common salt in specified proportions. These alloys are used for bearings, castings or stampings, and foundry patterns.
Patent GB-190307599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clocks
Inventor: STOCKALL JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-01
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 7599. Stockall, J. J. April 1. Set - screws. - In a case a to hold a clock or watch on a wall or motor car, the cover is secured to the case, preferably, by screws i having collars j, which are prevented from getting lost by set-pins k, and are turned by a key fitting cross-pins l.
Patent GB-190310416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Briquettes for Fuel
Inventor: FAUCHEUR JULES
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,416. Faucheur, J. May 7. Fuel.-Coal dust, gas tar, and artificial Portland cement are employed for the manufacture of fuel briquettes without the aid of heat. The smoke and corrosive properties of the fuel are decreased by treatment of the materials before mixing. The gas tar is mixed with 10 per cent. of concentrated milk of lime, of strength 22‹-25‹ Be., for 24 hours and then washed to eliminate the lime. If the coal dust contains sulphur or bitumen, these are eliminated by mixing it with 10 per cent. of quicklime and immersing in water. The heat melts the sulphur or bitumen, which floats and is thus separated. The dust is then washed and mixed with the other materials to a paste, from which the briquettes are formed. The proportions used are 100 kilograms of coal dust to 8 of tar and 3 of cement.
Patent GB-190311044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Compressors.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN CALDWELL
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 11,044. Williams, J. C. May 14. Compressing.-A number of single-acting air pumps 21 are arranged to be operated simultaneously by hand by means of a lever 19, which is provided with handles 20 and acts on the pistons of the pumps through a lever 14, links 16, and weights 12. The weights work in guides 11 and are connected by ropes or chains to a balance lever 8 working on a knife-edge 4. Each pump has a delivery valve 23 at the bottom delivering into a reservoir 1, and a suction valve 29 pressed against a seating on the piston by a spring 30, which also gives the piston its return motion. The pistonrods 26 are hollow and have lateral holes at the top for the admission of air.
Patent GB-190312051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Rose Boxes or "Strums" for Pumps.
Inventor: SUTTON JOSEPH DEAN
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 12,051. Sutton, J. D. May 27. Suction strainers.-Relates to rose boxes, strums, or strainers used in connection with the suction pipes of bilge and other ships' pumps, or pumps working under similar conditions. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the strum, part being broken away, and Fig. 2 a sectional plan. The strum consists of a cage formed of vertical bars a<1> having narrow spaces between them and being secured at their upper and lower ends to plates a<2>, a<3>, respectively. Inside this cage is a strainer b having teeth c on the edge of the plates c<1>, which project through the gaps between the bars a<1>. At the upper part of the strum a stop valve d<1> is placed, and the space above it is connected to the circulating-pumps by the pipes e. In the space below the valve, a pipe f from the bilge pumps passes in, and is continued to the bottom o f t h e strainer. Another larger pipe g also passes down from the valve case to the strainer. This arrangement allows either the circulating or bilge pumps to take their intake through the strum. The strainer box b is adapted to be raised or lowered by the rods k. The plates e<1> are fixed to rings c<2> which pass over the large pipe g when the strainer box is raised. In some cases, the strainer box may consist of a box proper having one tooth at its upper edge, and one at the lower, which project between the bare a'.
Patent GB-190316831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe-joints.
Inventor: GERHARDT CARL
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 16,831. Gebhardt, C. July 31. Expansion joints; flexible tubes used as couplings. -Relates to expansible pipe joints for pipes exposed to considerable differences of temperature, .for use in places where there is much water. The ends of the pipes c, d are contracted and expanded, respectively, in. order that one may fit into the other. A sleeve e of copper or other easily-expansible metal is riveted and soldered to each of the pipes, as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190322957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Cutting or Mining Coal and other Minerals.
Inventor: NEUKIRCH HUBERT VALENTIN
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,957. Neukirch, H. V. Oct. 23. Undercutting coal, rock salt, &c. Relates to improvements in endless wire rope cutting-apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 88, A.D. 1901, whereby grooves g, g<1> are made simultaneously in the top and bottom of the wall of coal or rock. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the endless rope a is moved backwards and forwards over pulleys m, and is kept in tension by a roller o and a rope p attached to a weight. Fig. 3 shows a horizontal section through two tunnels and the working face, and driving-machines f mounted to rotate on carriages k for the purpose of maintaining the driving-pulleys d in the planes of the outer parts of the endless chain a. The pulleys d are mounted in forks connected to winding- winches h on the carriages by ropes t passing round guide-rollers s. Fig. 4 shows the cutters l fixed at intervals to the wire rope. The pulleys d, m are recessed to receive the cutters.
Patent GB-190326625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Brake Gear of Railway Wagons
Inventor: WHITEHEAD LIONEL DIGBY
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 26,625. Whitehead, L. D. Dec. 5. Brakes.-To prevent contact of the blocks with the wheels of a railway wagon should the brake lever become disengaged from the rack or other holding device, the brake lever b is counterweighted at the tumbler end with a weight a, or a spring tending to hold the blocks from the wheels is attached to the wagon and to the lever. The weight may be recessed to receive the lever b as shown, or the lever may be extended and have the weight adjustably bolted thereto.
Patent GB-190327702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Beds.
Inventor: BURDET AUGUSTIN
Filed: 1903-12-17
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,702. Burdet, A. Dec. 17. Bedsteads.-A canvas, wire gauze, netting, or other openwork support T for airing bedding on the bedstead is carried by a spring roller C mounted in notched plates fixed to the corner posts M, and is secured at the tree end to a rod A for engagement in similar notched plates n on the opposite corner posts M'. When the support is unrolled, a stop-pin is inserted through the roller C into a notched collar on the roller spindle.