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Patent GB-190022958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Devices applicable to Trolley Poles and like Current Collectors for Electric Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: MCCULLOUGH PHELAM
Filed: 1900-12-15
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 22,958. McCullough, P., Blaney, T., and Baron, R. Dec. 15. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Relates to trolley rope holding and pulling-down appliances. Collectors.-The trolley rope E is wound on a spring barrel A inside a heavy ball C, which is supported so that a sudden jerk releases it and the escaping pole is thereby pulled down, the ordinary slack of the rope being taken up by the barrel. In Fig. 9, the barrel and the ball are mounted eccentrically on the same spindle, and the rope passes through the side of the ball, so that the jerk turns the ball and causes the ratchet teeth on the barrel and ball to engage. In Fig. 6, the rapid unwinding of the barrel throws out the pawls N to engage teeth in the ball. The jerk lifts the ball slightly, so that counterweighted hooks I which support the axle or the ball are liberated, or the ball may be supported out of the direct line of pull of the rope, so that it is rolled off its support R, as in Fig. 11. The spindle B may have guides L working in vertical slides J, which prevent it from rotating but guide it in its fall, and a handle attached to the spindle allows the appliance to be carried without unwinding the spring. Instead of the ball, a weighted frame may be used.
Patent GB-190023451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: JENNENS JOHN STEPHEN
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 23,451. Jennens, J. S. Dec. 22. Annular-chamber type. -A rotary engine driven by steam, gas, oil, compressed air, or other motive fluid is shown in the Figures. The casing a contains a rotating drum c, which has two or more cam - shaped vanes e. Hinged abutm e n t s i are normally pushed into the annular chamber by weights h<12>, or springs, acting on sliding spindles h<11> which rest on the abutments. The rotation of the drum causes the vanes to push the abutments &c. away from the chamber so that the motive fluid can pass from the supply pipes h<6> r o u n d the contracted parts h<2> of the spindles and through the pipes h<7> to the chamber. After expanding between the vanes and abutments, the motive fluid passes through lateral recesses a<5> to the exhaust passages o. The number and arrangement of the vanes and valves may be varied.
Patent GB-190102853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-02-09
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 2853. Johnson, G. W., [Soc. P. Chapuy & Co.]. Feb. 9. Primary batteries; secondary batteries. -Relates to both primary and secondary batteries, and consists in embedding the electrodes b, c, Fig. 4, in blocks a which have large pores and are not acted upon by the electrolyte. The blocks are preferably made of a mixture of a substance such as pure clay or kaolin and a flux, and of a volatilizable substance such as coal. The materials are crushed and made into a paste with water, which is formed into the required shape and dried, after which the blocks are baked in a kiln, so as to volatilize the coal and thus leave apertures in the finished blocks. Distance-pieces d may be placed between adjacent blocks.
Patent GB-190106230-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Securing Elastic Tyres to Wheels.
Inventor: SWINEHART JAMES ALLEN
Filed: 1901-03-25
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 6230. Swinehart, J. A., and Byrider, W. A. March 25. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to securing elastic tyres to wheel rims. In the form shown in Fig. 2, dovetailed grooves b, c, in the tyre a and rim d respectively, are first filled with cement, glue, alloy, or the like which melts at a temperature not high enough to iujure the tyre, and, after the cement or its equivalent has been softened by heat, the parts are united and allowed to cool to form a key e, which locks the tyre to the rim. In modifications, the grooves either may be longitudinal, transverse, or zig-zag, or may be separate holes of a truncated conical form. In one modification, the grooves in the rim are replaced by completely covering its base with a layer of cement or its equivalent, in which a canvas strip is embedded.
Patent GB-190109439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Warp Stop-motion Apparatus.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 9439. Brookes, A. G., [Draper, G. 0.]. May 7. Loom stop - motions. -A warp stop-motion, of the kind which is controlled by detectors normally supported by the warp threads, comprises a series of bent wire or equivalent detectors d<11> mounted upon transverse bars d which are supported b y projections 14, formed on shoulders 12 of brackets B on the loom frame. One half of the detectors are supported by one series of warp threads w, and the other half by the other series w<1>, separated by tubular lease rods L, L', fitted in hollow bosses on the brackets. Beneath the detectors is a reciprocating plate f formed with square teeth f corresponding in width with series of triangular teeth h<2>, formed on a fixed bar h substantially triangular in cross-section ; the plate f slides between the base of the bar h and a series of plates h<7> secured to the bar h by screws 18. The plate f is positively driven in one direction, and is moved in the opposite direction by the action of gravity, or by other means ; at the end of the positive stroke the spaces between the teeth f<1> are uncovered by tha teeth h<2>, ready to receive any detector which has fallen from a broken thread, and so cause the stoppage of the sliding plate f, which is connected to a stop-motion of the usual kind.
Patent GB-190111277-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Utilizing Electric Lamps in the Heating of Plates and other Domestic Utensils, and in the Boiling of Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: BOYD RICHARD WADE
Filed: 1901-06-01
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 11,277. Boyd, R. W. June 1. Heating by electricity.-A case a, which may be square in plan, with a side door or a removable top, and having its sides covered with asbestos, slagwool, or other non-conducting material b, contains one or more incandescent lamps g of ordinary construction, by which it is heated. The lamps may be placed in the corners of the case, and protected by wire guards k. Racks or shelves c may be carried on side projections in the case, to support plates or like articles. The apparatus may be used for boiling water or other liquids, and the top serves as a hot-plate to warm plates or vessels containing food. The apparatus may also be used to warm a room. A shelf on the outside of the case may carry a lamp under a wire guard n, to enter a recess in the underside of a kettle, saucepan, or like vessel r, to be heated.
Patent GB-190111706-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Organ Pipes.
Inventor: WEIGLE GOTTHILF FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 11,706. Weigle, G. F. June 7. Organs.-The invention relates to pipes with two mouths. Instead of making the mouths opposite to one e another and parallel, they are placed at an angle as shown. In the case of a pipe of square section, they are situated in adjacent sides of the pipe. The lips may be either straight or curved.
Patent GB-190116168-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus or Means for Diffusing or Spinkling Water.
Inventor: WINTER HEINRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1901-08-12
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 16,168. Winter, H. W. Aug. 12. Theatrical appliances.-Relates to apparatus for producing spray or rain upon the stages of theatres, and for other purposes. To the end of a watersupply hose a is screwed an ordinary nozzle b, a ring or collar d mounted on legs e fitting below the joint to form a stand. A short length of narrowsection hose f is secured to the nozzle band terminates in a sprinkling-nozzle g formed with an angular, curved, or other surface, against which the jet impinges and is broken up. During the passage of the water, the hose f has a swinging motion which assists in distributing the water.
Patent GB-190121856-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Treating the Substances Deposited from Sewage Water and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-10-30
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 21,856. Thompson, W. P., [Maschinenbau- Akt.-Ges. vorm. Beck & Henkel]. Oct. 30. Manures.-The sludge which accumulates in sewers or clarifying-tanks from the sewage of towns, slaughter-house drains, and the like is rendered useful as follows :-It is first treated, at preferably 80‹-90‹ C., with sufficient sulphuric or hydrochloric acid to decompose all soaps and enable a warm sample to be filtered. The thin fluid is then freed from the bulk of its water by centrifugal or suction apparatus, or a filter-press, and the product, either directly or after drying, is brought into an extracting-apparatus for the removal of the grease. The residue contains 2À5 to 4À5 per cent. of nitrogen, and may be used as a manure, or, after separation of pulverulent constituents, as material for paper manufacture. The grease may be employed for making soaps, stearic acid, oleic acid, or wagon grease.
Patent GB-190200103-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Frames, Joints and Fittings for Umbrellas, Rain Sun Dust & Wind Covers for Bicycles, Carriages Traps and the like
Inventor: BLACKHAM JOSEPH JOSIAH
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1903-02-02
Abstract: 103. Blackham, J. J. Jan. 2. Hoods. - The frame of a cover for carriages, traps, and the like is formed by three or more arches, of hollow or solid steel, or iron wire, or metal tubes, each arch being jointed at the top in three places. Two or more jointed cross-bars k are also employed by means of which the cover when not in use may be folded up. For larger sizes, the cover may be made in halves, and fitted together by screws and nuts, or a rod may be passed through the eyes which are left in the centre of each arch. The covers may be fixed in place by screws passing through eyes, or the ends may be straight and fitted into sockets on the vehicles.
Patent GB-190210181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syntonic Space Telegraphy.
Inventor: LODGE OLIVER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1903-06-02
Abstract: 10,181. Lodge, O. J., and Muirhead, A. May 2. Wireless telegraphy. - Relates to a system of syntonic telegraphy such as described in Specification No. 11,575, A.D. 1897, including the arrangements of the circuits for transmitting and receiving, including automatic and duplex working. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement of transmitter in which condensers c, d, separated by an inductance e, are connected between the aerial and earth capacities a, b. The spark gap f may be variously placed in the series, or may be arranged in a condenser shunt, or in a local tuned Tesla circuit. Adjustable condensers, such as described in Specification No. 29,069, A.D. 1897, may be employed, Fig. 10 shows the arrangement of the coherer circuit in inductive relation to the aerial conductor a, or directly connected to it through a condenser. For automatic transmission, two pairs of magnets are arranged with their magnet coils and armature contacts cross-connected, so as to produce a series of makes and breaks, the armature of one pair of magnets being made to operate a pivoted contact-lever closing and opening the primary of the induction coil. The contactneedles are set slightly out of line, so that, with double perforations, the tape produces a short train of waves for a dot &c. and a longer train for a dash. In duplex working, the homo transmitting aerial conductor is situated to one side of the plane containing two receiving aerial conductors, one of which may be tilted so as to produce a neutralizing effect. The receiving-apparatus is preferably enclosed in a screen casing, and the circuits may be figure-of-eighted. The Provisional Specification refers to the use of coherers such as described in Specification No. 11,348, A.D. 1901. Decoherence is obtained by using the vibrating contact-plate of the cable relay described in Specification No. 3343, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], and bringing the coherer, or an arm attached thereto, near to the contact-plate. A second recorder coil may be connected by fibres to the coherer apparatus to regulate its position.
Patent GB-190216889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Purifying Fumes and Gases.
Inventor: ELLIOTT SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-07-30
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 16,889. Elliott, S. July 30. Drawings to Specification. Manures.-The solution obtained by passing the smoke and fumes of furnaces through a washer or scrubber containing water is utilized as a fertilizer.
Patent GB-190220613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Motor Bicycles and other Machines
Inventor: MERINGTON CHARLES
Filed: 1902-09-22
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 20,613. Meringrton, C. Sept. 22. Motor cycles; driving-mechanism - Relates to pulley or chain dr-iving-gear for motor bicycles or the like. The pulley fixed to the driving- wheel of the bicycle is made in two parts A B, Fig. 2. The part B is fixed to the wheel. The part A is connected by curved spring spokes C, Fig. 1, to the wheel hub and by rigid spokes a to a clutch box which can turn, in a forward direction only. on a ratchet-wheel D fitted to the wheel spindle Y. The driving-belt E, Fig. 2, is fitted with two strips e, e<1> on its inner side, one for engaging the part A of the pulley and the other for engaging the part B. Each of these strips extends over one half of the length of the belt E, so that the parts A, B are driven alternately. When the part A is being driven, the springs C are deflected. When the part B is being driven, the energy stored up in the springs C is transmitted to the wheel, and an additional driving-force is thus obtained. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the belt E is plain and runs on a ring F which sur- rounds both parts A, B of the driving-pulley and is formed with an internal transverse groove to engage a ball f<1> running in recesses a<1>, b in the pulleys A, B. This is stated to be a modification of the mechanism described in Specification No. 18,496, A.D. 1901. The ball f<1>, running in the sinuous groove formed by the recesses a<1>, b, drives the pulleys A, B alternately. The recesses a<1>, b. instead of being arranged to form a continuous groove, may be arranged at spaced intervals. In this case the spring spokes of the pulley A are con- nected to the hub by a one-way clutch which allows a backward movement of the spring pulley A relatively to the hub. In another modification, shown in Fig. 4 as applied to a motor-driven vehicle, the driving-pulley is divided into two parts A<1>, B<1>, each of which is prevented from turning backwards by a one-way clutch D on the fixed axle Z and is connected by spring spokes C to the box H<1> of a clutch, the inner part H of which is con- nected by a sleeve x to the hub X of one of the wheels. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that a round belt may be used in con junction with a loose ring which surrounds the divided pulley and is formed with spaced pro- jections on its exterior for throwing the belt alternately from side to side and thus causing the ring to engage frictionally with the two parts of the divided pulley alternately. Or the external projections may be dispensed with, the ring being formed inside in such a manner as to make it drive the two parts of the divided pulley alter- nately. Or the divided pulley may have flanges against which the belt is jammed alternately by spaced projections on the ring. The motor pulley may be fitted with a ring capable of moving from side to side on transverse ball races in response to the lateral movements of the belt.
Patent GB-190222035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle or the like Cleaning Machines.
Inventor: HILL THOMAS
Filed: 1902-10-10
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 22,035. Hill, T. Oct. 10. Bottles &c., washing.-Relates to machines of the kind described in Specification No. 22,129, A.D. 1899. Fig. 2 shows a part plan. The guard A, which covers the cylindrical vessels B containing the brushes C, is constructed to form a collecting board or trough to collect the water draining from bottles placed on the brushes D or the rinsers E, and to discharge it into an outsidebrushing apparatus C. Cylindrical vessels B are mounted on elevated supports in the tank, so that labels &c., removed from the bottles, may sink into comparatively still water at the bottom.
Patent GB-190222557-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Sash-balances.
Inventor: RATHBUN HENRY ERASTUS
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 22,557. Rathbun, H. E., and Lonergan, W. H. Oct. 16. Windows, balancing. A hollow toothed wheel, constructed of telescopic sheet-metal halves 46, 47, is mounted loosely on a spindle 40 fixed in a sliding frame 43 guided by lugs passing through horizontal slots in a fixed casing, also constructed of overlapping interlocking sheet-metal halves 7, 8, and contains a balancing spring 51, the ends of which engage with teeth or projections of the wheel and spindle. The casing is secured in a recess in theframe by screws through holes 9, and the wheel is forced into engagement with a rack fixed to the sash by a slotted spring 24, which bears against flanges of the sliding frame 43. To facilitate the removal of the sash from the frame, the sliding frame, with the wheel, can be moved back against the force of the spring 24 by a cam-piece 23, which is operated by a screwdriver or key inserted through a hole c in the frame, and bears against a lever 37 carried by the sliding frame. An arm of the lever engages with the teeth of the wheel to prevent unwinding of the spring, and the end of the cam enters a notch 38 in the lever so as to lock it until the sash is replaced and the cam spindle is turned back again. Curved arms 22 of the cam spindle fit over a cross-pin 34 of the sliding frame, in order to keep the wheel in engagement with the rack. The parts of the casing are secured together by bolts 12 passing through curved flanged clamping-plates 26.
Patent GB-190223357-A (GB)
Title: Electrically Driven Surface Planing and Jointing Machine, for Wood and the like.
Inventor: BARR JAMES
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 23,357. Barr, J., and Anderson, R. Oct. 27. Planing and moulding.-In a planing and jointing machine driven by an electromotor, the revolving cutter spindle C is driven by the electromotor A by pulleys and a multiple-rope band furnished with a guide and tension-pulley. The heights of the tables F, G are adjusted separately by screws H, I, which actuate the diagonal slides D, E. The machine may be made portable by mounting it on wheels P, or it may be fixed to the floor.
Patent GB-190225004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: GUNTON OLIVER EDWARD
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 25,004. Gunton, 0. E., and Warren, W. W., [trading as Gunton & Co.]. Nov. 14. Leather-sewing machines; guiding materials.- Comprises a guide for sewing-in the beading between the leather and the lining at the top edge of the upper of a boot. 4 is a guide, cranked at 10 to keep the strip of beading from contact with the work-plate as far as possible, and adjustably secured by a set-screw 5. The operative part of the guide consists of a curved channel 9, through which the beading 8 passes from the upper side of the guide, and a notch 7 also curved, and shaped as shown in Fig. 4, so as to prevent disarrangement of the serrations of the beading. The beading is thus guided to its proper place between the two thicknesses of material, which are not shown in the Figures.
Patent GB-190300132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Tents and Cloaks
Inventor: DICHTL HERMANN
Filed: 1903-01-02
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 132. Dichtl, H. Jan. 2. Coats; cloaks; capes.-A long sleeveless cloak or coat a, for use as a tent covering, is provided with tailpieces b, Fig. 11, sewn or buttoned thereon, or made in one piece with it, which may be turned up inside when being worn. The cloak or coat may be furnished with a cape u and a body part v, Fig. 19, which, in wear, is buttoned to the vest w, and to the cape when used as a tent covering. A leather-lined hole x is provided for the tent pole. The cords f are fixed to buttons, and loops are provided at the bottom of the tail-pieces, these being slipped over the pegs g. A slit m in the lower part provides an entrance, and the lines along which the tent is fixed are strengthened by strips of cloth. The sleeve y is used as a covering for a rifle.
Patent GB-190303635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liners for Centrifugal Separator Drums.
Inventor: ALGOT LEVIN CHRISTENSON
Filed: 1903-02-16
Abstract: 3635. Christenson, A. L. Aug. 16, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, A.D. 1901.] Cream separators &c.-A drum insertion, consisting of a tapering liner made with longitudinal folds 1 having perforations 3 along their outer edges, is provided with wings 4 which extend from the outer edges of the folds to, or nearly to, the wall of the drum, and are preferably inclined to a radius and to the horizontal plane. The wings may be corrugated, as shown at 4<a>, or folded in various ways. The lever and wings may be formed of a number of metal plates 4<d> each of which is bent to form a fold and one wing or parts of two wings the plates are soldered or otherwise fixed together. The liner may be held in place by a ring 9 the central opening of which may be so large that the ring rests only on the liners, or its inner edge may be notched to agree with that of the top of the liner.
Patent GB-190303906-A (GB)
Title: Wire Splicing Sleeve
Inventor: HUMPHRIES RICHARD
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 3906. Humphries, R. Feb. 19. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. A gun-metal wire-splicing sleeve is formed in two parts b, b<1>, each bored with a taper hole. The ends of the wires to be connected are passed through the two parts b, b<1> and beaten out as at a, a<1>. The two halves of the sleeve are then pulled up over the beaten-out ends and connected by the screw nipple c. Solder is run in at the holes d, d' to complete the joint.
Patent GB-190306629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Appliances used in Manifold Writing.
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 6629. Kenrick & Jefferson, and Jefferson, F. March 21. Duplicating books.-Relates to a device applicable to manifold writing, to avoid handling the carbon paper, to facilitate the introduction into the copybook or like of the firm board used to give solidity, and to permit the simultaneous withdrawal of the board and carbon paper. It consists of a board a, Figs. 2 and 3, having at one edge a clip to hold the carbon paper. The bar b occupies a shallow trough d, its under surface and that of the depression being corrugated. The clip is secured to the edge of the board by a spring hinge e, and is raised by means of a lever g. The bar b may have an india-rubber strip on its underside, which enters a slight depression in the board. The form shown in Figs. 8 and 9 may be used when loose forms are to be written on in duplicate, the forms as well as the carbon paper being inserted in the spring clip. The edge of the board, particularly when hard millboard is used, may be doubled on itself as in Fig. 10 and secured at the top and bottom by elastic loops k. A second strip l is fixed to the board a under the folded strip by means of eyelets or other fastening.