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Patent GB-190202617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Retort Houses for Inclined Gas Retorts and the like
Filed: 1902-02-01
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 2617. Dempster & Sons, R., and Broadhead, J. W. Feb. 1 Roofs; workshops, factories, and mills.-To prevent the necessity of building high walls for gas retort houses, in which inclined retorts are employed, or of raising the walls when the system is changed from horizontal to inclined retorts, the fuel hoppers b are placed between the principals a of the roof, and the conveyer c is placed outside the main roof in a ventilator or other light structure g. The invention is here shown applied to an old retort house having a central ventilator d. In a new building the roof principals spring from the sides of the hoppers.
Patent GB-190207753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulleys or other Rim Wheels
Inventor: FISCHER GEORG
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 7753. Fischer, G. April 2. Pulleys; toothed wheels.-Cast-steel wheels or pulleys are made with the arms forked at the ends where they join the rim. The;arms are made of the section shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Patent GB-190208664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine Valves
Inventor: PAULSEN PEDER
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 8664. Paulsen, P. April 14. Valves and valve gear.-Relates to valve mechanism for engines, especially those employed for operating rams, pumps, air-compressors, or other engines in which the work is done during one stroke, but not during the return stroke. The action can be rendered automatic and continuous, or intermittent, so that the piston will make an outstroke and return and then stop. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan. The hydraulic ram 3 is thrust forwards by the steam acting behind the piston 1. Steam is distributed to the cylinder 2 by a piston slide valve 5 which is actuated by fluid under pressure distributed by an auxiliary slide valve 7. The auxiliary valve is worked by tappet gear 14, 16, which derives its motion, through a reducing-lever 10, either from a rod 13 attached to the piston, or from the pistonrod. To prevent too sudden movements of the main valve 5, the ports controlled by the auxiliary valve are branched, so that one branch of the admission port is opened before the exhaust takes place at the other side. The passages 25, 26 of the main cylinder are also branched, one part serving only for admission and the other only for exhaust. This is in order to permit of controlling- valves being inserted in the admission ports at 29, 30. To the valve 30, the gear shown in Fig 1 may be attached, whereby, after it has been opened to start the engine by the handle 31, it is closed by the tappet 34 on the completion of the return stroke, so that the piston comes to rest.
Patent GB-190214253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Appliances for Preventing the Puncture of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WELSH JOHN MASON
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 14,253. Welsh, J. M. June 24. Tyres, pneumatic.-To increase the resilience and prevent puncture of pneumatic tyres for vehicles, cycles, motor cars, &c., the air tube B is surrounded by a band or hoop a of strong welltempered spring steel enclosed in a sleeve b of canvas or other suitable material. The ends a', a<2> of the band a, which overlap and glide one upon the other, may be suitably turned round, or provided with a metal loop, the corners being simply rounded off. In another arrangement, two similar strips of thinner and narrower steel are placed in separate compartments, one on each side of the central band a.
Patent GB-190214695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Inflatable Wheels
Inventor: HONRATH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 14,695. Honrath, A. July 1. Axles; undercarriages.-Relates to pneumatic wheels for velocipedes, automobiles, and other road vehicles. Each of the several chambers 8 of the pneumatic cushion is connected by a pipe 23 to a circular tube 17 which is secured to the wheel by clips 18, and which communicates either with the hollow rotating axle 26 through the pipe 28 or with an inflating-pump through the nipple 22, thus allowing the chambers to be charged to a uniform pressure. The axle may act as a reservoir for fluid under pressure, a check valve 25 being provided in each pipe 23. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, each wheel consists of one air chamber which communicates with the rotating axle 26 through either the pipe 28 or hose 32 having non- return valves. The coupling 31 and tubes 30 allow the axles to be charged to a uniform high pressure, after which the coupling and tubes are disconnected from the axles.
Patent GB-190221703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Game Score Boards.
Inventor: HARTON FRANCIS XAVIER JOHN
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 21,703. Harton, F. X. J. Oct. 6. Scoring and marking. - Relates to a scoring- board for the games of euchre, pinochle, &c. The board is provided with a series of holes, as shown, adapted to receive pegs &c. for registering the points and games. In euchre, the points are registered by the radial lines B terminating in a central hole A, and the games by the lines F forming a polygon. The oval spaces E, E<1>, E<2>, E<3>, E<4> are distinctively coloured for use by different players. The outer margin of the board is divided into parts, which are coloured correspondingly to the oval spaces and are used for scoring the game of pinochle.
Patent GB-190223809-A (GB)
Title: Improved Photographic Toning and Fixing Sheets of Absorbent Material.
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1902-10-31
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 23,809. Bromhead, S. S., [Chemische Fabrik Helfenberg Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 31. Toning; fixing.-Consists in saturating sheets of porous material, such ae blotting-paper, asbestos, or the like, with a combined toning and fixing solution, and then drying the sheets, which are thus kept till required for use. The bath is prepared by immersing one or more of these sheets in water. The constituents of two preferred solutions are given in the Specification.
Patent GB-190304231-A (GB)
Title: Improved Joint or Connectin for the Rods of Chimney Sweeping Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: MATHEWS FRANCIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-02-23
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 4231. Mathews, F. J., and Mathews, F. Feb. 23. Rod couplings.-The rods of chimney-cleaning apparatus, and other rods having joints of the male and female type, are secured by the spring bolt d, the adjacent ends of rods being joined by screwing one into the other. The head of the bolt is held in the nut b, which enables the bolt to be withdrawn from a depression e, into which the bolt is thrust by its encircling spring on the joint being screwed up.
Patent GB-190305565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Carriage Jacks.
Inventor: EDELINE HENRI
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 5565. Edeline, H. March 10. Supports for vehicles not in use.-Consists of a jack or support, which is adapted to lift the wheels off the ground by merely backing the vehicle on to the apparatus. Two side frames B, connected by stays, are pivoted to a stand A at C on one side of their centre line, so that, when the frame is tipped forwards, the top b, which receives the axle E, is lower than when the frame has been pushed back to the vertical by the vehicle. A projection b<2> limits the forward movement of the frame.
Patent GB-190306379-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device which Enables a Piece of Mechanism to be Locked in Position whilst Rotating.
Inventor: OSBORNE RYLE SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 6379. Osborne, R. S. March 19. Mounting and securing pulleys and toothed wheels on shafts; clutches.-Relates to a device for locking to a shaft, while it is rotating, the movable part of an expanding pulley, or a bevel-wheel, or the movable part of a clutch, or any other piece of mechanism which is adjustable longitudinally on the shaft. Fig. 1 shows the device as applied to the variable speed belt-pulley described in Specification No. 25,400, A.D. 1902. A sleeve f on the movable part a is perforated to receive balls g which enter recesses h in the shaft b. A fork in the groove c moves the part a, and a ring i in the position shown locks the balls in one of the recesses, but may be moved by means of a fork to bring the groove l over the balls so that the part a may be adjusted, the balls then riding over the edges of the recesses. In a modified arrangement, pins with rounded ends replace the balls, and may be pressed outwards by spring plungers fitted in the shaft, or pawls g<1>, Fig. 3, with rounded ends may be used instead of pins or balls, the ring ! i locking them in position.
Patent GB-190319402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Locking or Sealing the Joints of Sanitary and like Pipes or Conduits.
Inventor: COULTHURST JESHURUN LAWRENCE
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 19,402. Coulthurst, J. L. Sept. 9. Spigot-and-socket joints.-Relates to locking or sealing sanitary or like pipe joints, so that the pipes cannot be disconnected without breaking the joint. Fig. 1 is an an elevation of one pipe joint. Bituminous or cement jointing rings a<1>, b<1> are applied to the ends a, b of the pipes. Two or more recesses or sockets are left in each of these jointing-rings, so that, when the pipe ends are put together, the recesses will come opposite to each other as shown at b<11>. A plastic cement is then poured or rammed into these recesses and into the space between the jointing-rings. In a modified joint, dovetailed lugs fitting into corresponding sockets are formed on the spigot-and socket ends. In another joint, the dovetailed sockets or openings may be undercut, and the cuts may extend into the metal of the pipe.
Patent GB-190319690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compound Engines.
Inventor: FOWLER ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-12
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 19,690. Fowler, R. H., and Achilles, G. Sept. 12. Compound engines, particularly traction, ploughing, and other portable engines, in which the diameters of the cylinders are limited, are provided with an auxiliary low-pressure cylinder to permit of the economic expansion of high-pressure steam. The auxiliary low-pressure cylinder b and the highpressure cylinder a are arranged in tandem to act on a crank at right-angles to the crank of the main low-pressure cylinder b<1>. The valves of the tandem cylinders are operated by a single valverod, and the two low-pressure cylinder chests are in communication with the exhaust from the highpressure cylinder. A starting-cock n, operated from the foot-plate, enables throttled boiler steam to be admitted to the low-pressure cylinders to increase temporarily the power developed.
Patent GB-190320917-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating the Pistons in Steam and other Fluid Pressure Cylinders.
Inventor: WOOD WILFRED ROTHERY
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 20,917. Wood, W. R. Sept. 29. Valve gear.-The gear is for use when it is intended to impart to the piston an intermittent motion, or a period of rest or dwell at the end of a stroke. The main valve 4 is moved in one direction by the pressure in a cataract cylinder 10, the passage of fluid to and from which is controlled by a cock 11, and in the other direction by the steam or other motive fluid acting upon the piston 18. The port by which steam passes to and from the piston 18 is opened to the pressure passage 8 and exhaust pass1ge 2 by the balanced valve 5 which is worked by a tappet 6 on the main piston-rod.
Patent GB-190322889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Switch Operating Devices.
Inventor: PENCE EDWARD LOGAN
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 22,889. Pence, E. L. Oct. 22. Points and switches.-Relates to mechanism for automatically operating and locking railway points and switches from an approaching train which also allows them to be operated manually. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the arrangement, and Figs. 2 and 5 sectional elevations along the lines 2-2 and 5-5 of Fig. 1, respectively. The movable switch sections 1 are connected by a bridle bar 2, which is slidably connected to a lower plate 5 by the bolts 6 and spring 12 ; this plate being itself connected, by a pivoted lever 14, to the rod 17. The rod 17 is pivotally connected to the operating- rod 19 which is capable of moving in the casting 20. The lower rod 23.which is fixed to the casting 20 is slidably connected to the rod 17. This arrangement allows the switch to be moved over by manually turning the shaft 29. The rod 17 is, however, susceptible of movement for the same purpose independently of the rod 23. Loosely mounted on the shaft 19, between the spring 32 and nut 35, is a block 34 having on one side a rack 36 engaged by a pinion 37 which is loosely mounted on the shaft 38, Fig. 3. Fixed upon the shaft is a collar 40 carrying a pawl 41 which engages a lug 42 on the pinion. The block 34 has ears 44 formed on it to carry the lever 43 which, when the rod 17 is drawn backwards to move the points over, locks them by catching on the shoulder 46. When this lever 43 is moved so as to release the parts, the spring 30, which was compressed, opens the switch. The block 34 is operated to move and lock the points by the pinion 37, pawl 41, and shaft 38, which are rotated by a projection 52, on the oncoming train, moving the arm 49. After the requisite amount of motion of the pinion 37 to set and lock the points, the pawl is knocked out of action by the projection 48, and the shaft 38 locked in position by the leaf spring 50. The projection 52 is fixed upon the rotary shaft 53 which is kept in the striking position by the spring 58. For moving the member to a non- engaging position, a cable 60, which works around a collar 59, is provided. This cable is attached to the piston of the steam cylinder 62, which can be connected to the steam supply when it is required to rotate the piece 52 to its non-engaging position.
Patent GB-190325437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Partitions Employed in Fireproof or other Buildings.
Inventor: HOMAN ERNEST
Filed: 1903-11-21
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,437. Homan, B. Nov. 21. Bricks, building- blocks, or slabs a for partitions are formed with grooved edges, Figs. 1, 11, and 14, or perforations a<1>, Fig. 7, for the reception of tierods b.
Patent GB-190326988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Gripping Apparatus for Transporting Loads by Means of Ropes.
Inventor: BULLIVANT WILLIAM PELHAM
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,988. Bullivant, W. P., and Vallance. B. Dec. 9. Rope grips.-In apparatus for transporting loads by means of ropes, the rope grip is automatically closed on the rope by the weight of the load, and is opened when the load is removed. On the saddle or trolley, supported by wheels e and carrying the load by an arm e<2>, is a box A<2>, open at the bottom, and having one side formed as a fixed jaw a to co-operate with the movable jaw b, which is formed at the end of a lever or toggle B pivoted at b<2>, and which is thus forced towards the fixed jaw by the upward pressure of the rope. A stop c limits the downward movement of the lever B, and lateral extensions b<4> help to guide the rope into the jaws. Preferably the lever B is not pivoted, but its end is rounded to fit a rounded slot, Fig. 5, and in any case lateral play is allowed. Adjustment for different sizes of rope is effected by means of a screw f, or by making the jaw a separate and packing it up by liners. Extensions of the box A<2> may replace the horns b<4> and serve also as lateral guides for the lever B. Preferably there is a box A<2> at each end of the saddle, and they may be made capable of slight play in a vertical plane to adjust themselves to the curve of the rope.
Patent GB-190328703-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Covering for Out Door Seats
Inventor: BINGE ETHELBERT MILNER
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 28,703. Binge, E. M., and Binge, E. S. Dec. 31. Covers for exposed seals.-A flexible cover A for an outdoor seat or chair is shown as applied in duplicate to a reversible tramcar seat. The cover A works on rollers L in a casing J in the back, and is pulled out for use and retained. by engagement of a projection E with a hole in the front of the seat, against the action of a return weight M on the inner end. When the user sits down, the projection E is released by means of a central projection G and lever I, so that the cover A is returned on rising. A guard P, attached at one side by a screw Q, prevents the back cover from being pulled out when the seat is in use, a wire ring passing through the end of the cover being used to secure it.
Patent GB-190403263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: ROACH WILLIAM FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 3263. Roach, W. F. Feb. 10. Annular-chamber type. -The working chamber 8, Fig. 2, of a rotary steam engine has a central shaft 32, Fig. 7, on the end of which is mounted a collar 36 which supports an adjustable hanger bearing 39 adjustably mounted on pins 34 surrounded by springs. The bearing carries a trunnion 40 projecting from a rotatable piston 43, which has a rim 40<a> adapted to roll against the wall of the chamber and has lateral spring-pressed packing-rings 44. The bearing may be supported on the ends of a divided shaft which passes through both sides of the working casing. Two sliding abutments 15 work in curved recesses in the casing, and are pressed outwards against the piston by steam pressure. Distribution ports 7, 11 are formed on each side of each abutment, and these, together with a central exhaust port 5, are controlled by an arc-sbaped valve 20 which is rocked on its curved seat by a crank arm 29 on a shaft 30, and actuated from the main shaft by eccentric gearing. Each valve has laterally-opening steam passages 24 and central exhaust passages 21, the steam chest 1 having a steam-pipe connection 2. The engine may be fitted with a reversing gear by making the external crank arms 48, Fig. 8, on the valve shafts 30 engage with slotted plates 47 which are rocked by eccentrics on the shaft and which are connected by links 51 to a reversing-lever 53. The valves may be arranged to work on convex seats.
Patent GB-190403576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stands for Supporting Kettles and other Articles.
Inventor: JONES JOHN
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 3576. Jones, J. Feb. 12. Fender stands.-Relates to stands for kettles, toast or muffin dishes, or other articles, which are required for table use, or are to be kept warm in front of a fire, and consists in strengthening the ordinary sheet-metal top T of such stands by means of a stiffener S, which is held against and secured to the top T by a bolt passing down through the pillar P. The stiffener may be in the form of a maltese cross, or star pattern, or it may be in the form of a circular perforated dish, and is stamped from sheet metal, preferably mild steel.
Patent GB-190408018-A (GB)
Title: Improved Smoke Condensing and Draught Increasing Appliance for Furnace Chimneys.
Inventor: STOKES GEORGE
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 8018. Stokes, G. April 7. Smoke and fumes, treating,. blast apparatus.- To prevent smoke from issuing from furnace chimneys and to increase the draught through the furnace, a jet of steam is projected horizontally across the stack a, Figs. 1 and 3, by means of a steam pipe b provided with a flattened end c, as shown in Fig. 2, or a perforated ring d, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190408531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Figuring or Shading of Velvet.
Inventor: PALMER THEKLA
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 8531. Palmer, T. April 13. Branding by heat.-Figured and shaded effects are produced on velvet by the apparatus shown. According to one method, in which colours are employed, the colour, preferably in the form of powder, is sprinkled on parts of the velvet according to the required design, and a heated tool, pin, &c. d is passed over these parts to fix the colour and impart a lustre. In this method, the pile is not scorched or burnt, but furtber ornamentation may be effected by replacing the heated tool by a thermocauter, such as is used in pyrography and shown in Specification No. 6496, A.D. 1899, whereby varying degrees of scorching and hair-line patterns may be produced. The tool d is heated by means of carburetted air supplied by a tube h, from a bottle c containing benzine, air at an adjustable pressure being supplied to the bottle from a reservoir a provided with a piston on to which varying weights f may be placed. A pipe b branching from the air pipe g and opening into the atmosphere serves to produce an elastic pressure on the benzine in the bottle.
Patent GB-190409390-A (GB)
Title: A New Table Game.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED BOWMAN
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 9390. Smith, A. B., Roberts, H. O., and Roberts, J. O., [trading as Roberts Bros.]. April 25. Games imitating golf; balls-Hollow or solid balls made of felt, wool, or like substances, or celluloid balls provided with a covering of such substances, are struck by small clubs, similar in shape to golf clubs, over, under, or through various obstacles called " bunkers," and into a final hole in a board forming a "putting green." The bunkers take the form of bridges, through the arches of which the ball has to pass, and models of fences, hedges, ponds, &c. The surface of the putting green may be roughened with fluff, wool, or dust, or may be covered with cloth, baize, &c.
Patent GB-190413620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Polishing Rice and similar Grains.
Inventor: WELCH ROSIA WASHINGTON
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 13,620. Welch, R. W. June 16. Sifting grain &c.-Apparatus for polishing rice &c. consists of a drum 16 mounted on a vertical shaft 15 and revolving within a fine-wire screen 19 supported by vertical strips 26 between the circular heads 22. Polishing-combs on the drum have spring wire teeth or bristles 17, which bear against the screen 19. The rice &c. is fed into the hopper 23, and after passing down between the teeth 17 and the screen 19 is discharged through a spout 24.
Patent GB-190413773-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Treating Flax Jute and similar Fibres for the purpose of Bleaching.
Inventor: KEUKELAERE GUSTAVE DE
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,773. Keukelaere, G. de. June 17. Bleaching; washing.-Soluble alkaline or alkalineearth sulphides are used to remove organic and other substances from flax, jute, and similar fibres prior to, and in order to accelerate, bleaching. It is stated that the fibres lose less in weight and are preserved in better condition. They may be in any form, flock, thread, twisted, or in the piece. The fibres to be bleached are scalded for some minutes in an aqueous solution of the sulphide, such as sodium, potassium, or barium sulphide, and are then raised first with pure water and then with water acidulated, for example, with sulphuric acid. The operations are repeated two or three times according to the degree of whiteness required and the quality of the material treated. The usual bleaching is then proceeded with.
Patent GB-190427158-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of or Means for Rotating Gas Washer Scrubbers.
Inventor: SMITH-REWSE HENRY STINTON
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 27,158. Rewse, H. S. Smith-. Dec. 13. Scrubbers and washers.-Gas scrubber-washers in which wheels are rotated on a shaft are arranged so that the driving-mechanism is at the centre of the shaft and between the scrubbing-chambers. The scrubber wheels are mounted in the chambers a, a<1> upon the shafts b, b<1>, which are fixed in the boss d of the central wheel of the driving- mechanism. Connection between the chambers is made by the pipes e, g, and bearings/between them support the shafts.