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Patent GB-190103476-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Drying Linen
Inventor: SIEFELDT PAUL
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1902-02-18
Abstract: 3476. Siefeldt, P. Feb. 18. Drying - stores.- A portable apparatus for drying linen is shown in the Figures. The lower chamber A, Figs. 4 and 5, has a stove or fireplace D, from which the combustion gases circulate through doubled pipes E on each side of the fireplace, and the pipes are connected to a common chimney E'. A cover B is placed o v e r the chamber A, and encloses a rotatable drum framework H formed of metal bars h. The linen is secured to the lines or cords of a drying-frame j, Fig. 2, which has a canvas or network covered lid j<3>. Two such drying- frames are secured to opposite sides of the drum framework, the lid C of the cover is closed, the dampers c opened, and the drum rotated until the linen is dry.
Patent GB-190110441-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Deflector for Boiler Tubes.
Inventor: OWEN JENKIN
Filed: 1901-05-20
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 10,441. Owen, J. May 20. Baffles. - Deflectors for boiler tubes are made of conical form with radial supporting - wings as shown. The wings may be separate, uf cast iron, in one piece, while the cone may be of fireclay to fit within them.
Patent GB-190112620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid-pressure Engines.
Inventor: LLOYD GUY ERNEST
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 12,620. Lloyd, G. E. June 20. Valves and valve gear; cycles or systems of working; governing and regulating.- Comprises an improved construction of fluid-pressure engine whereby the periods of admission and of exhaust, though always beginning at the same point, may be lengthened by the use of supplementary valves and ports. In the form shown in section in Fig. 1, in addition to the usual admission and exhaust ports 1 controlled by the piston valve 2 to which the motive agent is supplied at the centre by the branch 8, additional or auxiliary ports 3, 3 are provided to enable motive fluid to be admitted to the cylinder after the main valve 2 has closed the ports 1. These auxiliary ports are controlled by three means, firstly, at a certain point in the stroke they are closed by the main valve 2, secondly, at another part of the stroke they are closed by the piston 5 acting as a valve, and, thirdly, the passage of the motive fluid through them is regulated by controlling-valves 7 which are set by hand or adjusted by the governor either directly or through a relay cylinder. The piston 5 in this case is made with a through port 6 for the purpose of balancing it laterally. In another form, the main valve is a flat slide valve exhausting at the centre, and the controlling-valves are in the form of lift valves. Fig. 7 shows in section the application of the invention to a single-acting central-valve engine. In this, in addition to the main ports auxiliary ports are provided, which are controlled in part by the main valve 2, in part by the controlling-valve 7a, which is in the form of a sleeve sliding with the trunk 9 but adjustable angularly, and in part by the stationary sleeve 10. Fig. 11 shows an arrangement of Corliss valves, the main valve 2 controlling the admission port 1, and the controlling-valve 7<a> the auxiliary port 3. The controlling-valve is actuated by an arm 20 worked by a rocking lever 15, the extent of oscillation being regulated by raising or lowering the block 18 which is adjustable in slots in the two levers. Fig. 13 shows a modified arrangement for double-beat lift valves. In this, 2 is the main admission valve, and 3 the auxiliary port, which is controlled entirely by the valve 7. This valve is operated by a lever 27 which derives its motion through rocking arms 24<a>, 31 and a floating lever 29 from the eccentric and the crosshead jointly, and is independently regulable by an adjustment of the lever 26 by a hand-lever 28. The invention is also shown in connection with the prolongation of the period of exhaust by additional exhaust ports and controlling- valves operating like the auxiliary ports and valves shown in Fig. 1, and as applied to a single-acting centralvalve engine.
Patent GB-190113633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wooden Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ROSENBAUM HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-07-04
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 13,633. Rosenbaum, H., and Grõler, E. July 4. Wooden wheels; hubs; spokes. - Relates to detachably securing wooden spokes to a wooden hub, a section being shown in Fig. 2. The hub A is formed with channels n, which extend from the inner e n d o the hub to beyond the middle, and each channel receives the inner end of a spoke m. The remainder of the channel is filled with a wooden block d, the end of which abuts on a metallic ring r, secured to the inner end of the nub bv bolts s placed between the spokes. The parts are additionally secured by metallic rings a, a', g.
Patent GB-190114046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Coating Iron with Tin, Lead, Spelter, or the like Metals.
Inventor: BERTRAND HENRI VICTOR
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 14,046. Bertrand, H. V. July 10. Coating; tinning, galvanizing, and similarly coating metals by dipping.-Iron and steel, particularly cast iron, is coated with lead, tin, zinc, or the like. Preparatory to the dipping, which is done in the usual way, the iron or steel articles are first cleaned as usual, and then coated electrolytically with a deposit of iron. Immediately after receiving this coating, the article is dipped into the molten metal.
Patent GB-190120658-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Packing for Stuffing Boxes and the like
Inventor: HOCQUART EDOUARD LOUIS
Filed: 1901-10-15
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 20,658. Hocquart, E. L., and Hauchard, A. A. Oct. 15. Drawings to Specification. Stuffing -boxes.-Consists in the employment of soft vulcanized fibre in the form of rings, plaits, or rolls. When the packing is in the form of rings, one surface is flat, and the rings are divided ; and, when in the form of rolls, it is composed of broken fibre or dust enclosed in an envelope or bag.
Patent GB-190123470-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of an Elastic Insolubilised Gelatinous Compound for Making Printers' Inking Rollers and other Purposes.
Inventor: DEBORDE JULIUS
Filed: 1901-11-20
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 23,470. Deborde, J. Nov. 20. Bandages, elastic compounds for. Gelatinous compounds are rendered insoluble by treating in the usual manner with formaldehyde, and are then .made elastic by mixing with turpentine, German or Venice turpentine, or a mixture of these.
Patent GB-190200317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tram Seats and the like.
Inventor: HAIGH HENRY SEPTIMUS
Filed: 1902-01-06
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 317. Haigh, H. S., and Taylor, T. Jan. 6. Seats covers for exposed seats.-A cover for tramcar and like outdoor seats comprises two weighted flaps 4, 4* hinged together and stowed away, when not in use, in slots under the seat, in which position they are protected from rain by the blocks 17. Fig. 3 shows the cover in use. When the seat is vacated, the cover folds up and is returned to the slots 9 by the weights 14. The cover is cushioned by blocks 11 or by springs or dash-pots (not shown). In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the flaps are of canvas and are secured by an extension near their hinges to the pivoted spring quadrant 20. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 11, curved levers 22 are used to return the cover after use. In the modification shown in Fig. 12, pivoted and weighted levers 24 are lifted by the extension 5* just before the cover is fully raised.
Patent GB-190209551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed Gear.
Inventor: OSBORN CHARLES
Filed: 1902-04-24
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 9551. Osborn, C. April 24. Friction and toothed gearing.-Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the speed gear, Fig. 2 a plan, partly in section, and Fig. 4 a modification of a portion of the gearing. The pulley A' upon the driving-shaft is provided with internal and external friction-surfaces so that when its internal surface is brought into contact with the conical surface of the pulley B' by sliding this pulley axially, the shaft B will be driven directly. If the frictioncone is disconnected from the pulley A<2> and the frame D which carries the stepped pulley C, C' swung into contact with the pulleys A<2>, B', the shaft B will be driven indirectly and at a slower speed. The pulley C, C<1> is normally kept out of contact by the spring D'. To avoid strains on the shifts A and B, a second stepped pulley C<3>, C<4>, may be provided. The frames D, D<5> may be operated and drawn together by any convenient means, as for instance, by a wire or rope E or by a rod and a bell-crank lever. In Fig. 4 the pulley upon they frame D is shown formed in two parts G, G<1>, the part G being free upon the spindle H and provided with an internally-toothed flange G<2>. This flange gears with pinions G<3> free to rotate on pins G<4> carried by a disc H<2> secured to the spindle H. A clutch J on the spindle H is capable of engagement with the part G'. When the clutch is as shown, the pulley B' will be slowly driven in a reverse direction. When, however, it engages with the part G<1>, the two parts of the pulley will rotate as one in the same way as the pulley shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Loose pulleys may be employed to take the strain on the opposite sides of the shaft B. In place of the disc H', radial arms may be employed.
Patent GB-190210480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus used in Gas Works for Discharging Coke from and Charging Coal into, Gas Retorts.
Inventor: FIDDES WALTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-07
Granted: 1903-08-07
Abstract: 10,480. Fiddes, W. W., and Aldridge, J. G. W. May 7. Gas retorts.-A " discharging charger " for discharging and charging a double-ended or " through " gas retort in one operation has a number of regularly-spaced push-plates e, e<1>, Figs. 1 and 2, hung on parallel distance-pieces c between two parallel side plates a. The plates a are also connected by a second row of distance-pieces b which hold the plates e in the vertical position when the charger is being advanced into the retort A. The front plate e<1> and the pieces in connection with it are made stronger than those which follow ; and horizontal pieces e" are attached to it to grip the spongy coke near the mouthpiece of the retort. The plate e<1> may bear against the ends of the plates a, and the upper corners of these plates behind it are then cut away to allow it to swing on its hinge when drawn back. Coal is delivered from a hopper into the charger as it is slid along its supporting bed-plate into the retort, and is pushed into position as the coke is delivered through the rear opening of the retort. The plates e, e<1> swing on their hinges and pass over the coal. spreading it out evenly, while being withdrawn from the retort. To reduce the space required in front of the retort, the charger may be made in jointed sections and wound on a vertical polygonal drum. Two pairs of jointed side plates connect the charger to the drum and lie on the bed-plate between the retort mouthpiece and the drum when the charger is inside the retort. Driving-teeth on the drum engage with projections on the sections, and projections and notches on the sections prevent the charger from hog-backing when being driven against the coke. According to the Provisional Specification. the bed-plate of the charger is provided with gearing for actuating the charger, and is movable on wheels on a vertical guide framing in front of the retorts. The charger can thus be brought up to any retort by means of gearing on the framing, and coal is then delivered to it from a hopper.
Patent GB-190221275-A (GB)
Title: Hoisting Apparatus for Salvage Vessels and the like
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 21,275. Lake, S. Sept. 30. Drawings to Specification. Salvage vessels.-Consists broadly of the use in the hoisting-apparatus of a salvage vessel of a yielding device, round which the hoisting-line is led, The device is stationary under normal loads but can yield to pay out line under excessive pull due to the rolling of the vessel, afterwards returning to its normal stationary position.
Patent GB-190224864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brattice Cloth and other Waterproof Fabrics.
Inventor: PILKINGTON WILLIAM WINDLE
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 24,864. Pilkington, W. W., and Ormandy, W. R. Nov. 12. Waterproof paper.-Fabric or paper is coated or impregnated with pitch or tar mixed with fine mineral substances, to produce materials for the manufacture of antiseptic waterproof paper, or wall coverings and the like. The pitch or tar is mixed first with about its own weight of fine waste sand from glass works, small coal, fine slimes from ore crushing, or similar fine substances containing some basic element such as metallic iron, and afterwards with an equal weight of coarser sand. The fabrics or paper may be passed through the heated mixture, or the cold mixture partially dissolved in benzene or the like may be applied to the surface, and the coated material may be ornamented, smoothed by passing between rollers rotated at unequal speeds, crinkled or corrugated by passing between grooved rollers, or roughened by sprinkling with sand. Two sheets of the material may be pressed together between rollers with the sticky surfaces in contact to form waterproof material having both surfaces free from pitch or tar. In a modification, resin or oil may be mixed with the pitch or tar.
Patent GB-190226657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Attachments for Letter Boxes and the like.
Inventor: WRIGHT WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-03
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,657. Wright, W. Dec. 3. Letter-boxes.-To prevent pilfering, the inside of the letter-box is fitted with a shield D pivoted to brackets C, the lower end of the shield having serrations D', and the upper end being fitted with an arm E having an adjustable extension E<1> provided with a roller E<2> bearing on the flap B' of the letter slit. Secured to the inside of the box is preferably a serrated guard F. When the flap B<1> is opened, as shown, the shield D is tilted to protect the contents, it being again returned by gravity or by a spring. The shield may be also formed of wire, or be in skeleton form, and the arm E may be dispensed with, the portion E<1> being secured directly to the shield. The brackets C may be pivoted to adjust the position of the shield, or, with this view, the pivots of the shield may slide on the brackets.
Patent GB-190228161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Writing Appliances
Inventor: SCHUELER AUGUST HERMANN FRANZ
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 28,161. Sch³ler, A. H. F. Dec. 20. Copy-holders.-A writing-slope c, Fig. 1, which may be used as a copy-holder, is pivoted to the lower ends of side uprights b. In the upper ends are formed slots f to hold a roll of paper g, the unwound band of which passes round the edge h of and over the slope, the end of the band being secured by a clip i. The slope may be provided with a ruled cover furnished with numerals, and, if desired for use as a copy-holder, is raised and held in position by means of a rod o hinged to the underside of the plate. A folding barp, bearing against extensions of the sides, retains books, documents, &c. to be copied.
Patent GB-190304479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: FITZGERALD JOHN HERBERT WILSON
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 4479. Fitzgerald, J. H. W. Feb. 25. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to improvements in the tyre described in Specification No. 1282, A.D. 1903. The through holding-bolts and the metallic band are dispensed with. A flexible band C of suitable material, carrying projecting metallic studs a, fits round the tyre or an attached seating in a central groove c or two side grooves c<1>, or (as shown) a central groove c with side grooves c<1>. The edges c<1> of the groove c are dovetailed, undercut, or otherwise shaped to engage with the enlarged edges b of the band C, which have each a core b<1> of fabric or the like. In light forms of tyres all grooving may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190304798-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carrier Plate for Boilers of Self-propelled Road Vehicles
Inventor: ROWCLIFFE JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 4798. Perkins, E., and Rowcliffe, J. A. March 2. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to the heavier type of motor road vehicles, such as wagons, lorries, vans, and the like, and consists in improvements in the method of supporting the boiler. A rectangular plate a has a circular hole cut in it, through which passes the part c of the boiler, attached to the plate a by means of the angle-iron d. The plate a is bent down at the sides f and, extended to be connected at the part h with the vehicle frame i. Stiffening-plates j are provided, secured to the plate a and resting between the members of the main framing i.
Patent GB-190306232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: SEDDON EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-18
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6232. Seddon, E. H. March 18. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In a modification of the tyres described in Specification No. 26,212, A.D. 1902, the edges c, Figs. 1 and 2, of the tyres a are faced at e<1> with soft rubber, and are secured by flanges or rings h, which are bolted to the felloes d so as to force the edges c under the overhanging parts of the rings f. The rings f are faced with soft rubber, particularly where they bear upon the faces e', or soft rubber bands g are stretched over them, and may be cemented or vulcanized to them.
Patent GB-190306503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: STEINBERG GEORGES
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 6503. Steinberg, G. March 20. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.- The inner tubes of pneumatic tyres for cycles, motor cars, and other vehicles are automatically repaired in the event of puncture. The tyres are inflated by inserting the sharp end of the pump into the walls thereof, valves being dispensed with. The inner tube may be in separate replaceable sections, Fig. 2, formed with parts c, d to fit one another. It is composed of layers, the inner of which is of unvulcanized rubber and the outer of vulcanized rubber, with intermediate layers partially vulcanized and strengthened, if desired, by a layer of fabric coated with vulcanized rubber. In the example shown, the inner layer f is of pure rubber, the next and third layers are respectively partially and completely vulcanized, and the coated fabric is interposed between the third and outer layers. In forming the tube or sections, the layers are arranged in a mould, each layer to be vulcanized being provided with the requisite quantity of sulphur or its equivalent to produce the required degree of vulcanization, and heated as usual. The inner layer becomes pasty and contributes principally to the sealing of punctures. The part d may be made simply of fabric and vulcanized rubber. The rims consist preferably of side pieces of hooked-shaped section, one of which k is fixed while the other l is removable and held in place against the outer cover by bolts passing through the felloe.
Patent GB-190306727-A (GB)
Title: Combined Furnace Front Protectors and Feed and other Water Heaters.
Inventor: LEWIS DAVID
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1904-04-23
Abstract: 6727. Lewis, D., and Evans, J. March 23. Furnace front ; door frames.-Furnace fronts and door frames are protected and cooled by water heaters, which may, in the case of a boiler furnace, serve as feedwater heaters or be connected to the boiler. Fig. 1 shows two such heaters, which may be connected together in series or in parallel, applied to a Lancashire boiler and which have inlets 8 and outlets 9 on each side of a partition 4 above a curved partition 3. Mud collects at the lower ends and is discharged through plugged openings 13. Fig. 14 shows another form of heater with an inlet 17, an outlet 19, and partitions 14 arranged as shown, so as to provide a mud chamber at the inlet side of the inner, semicircular connecting-chamber. The application to metallurgical furnaces is mentioned.
Patent GB-190309484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atomizers.
Inventor: TATUM CHARLES ALBERT
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9484. Tatum, C. A. April 27. Spray -producers. - In atomizers or spray-producers, the tube containing the liquid and nozzle is attached to the bulb by means of a thimble and a washer, so that the connection is made airtight. Fig. 1 shows the atomizer in part section. The liquid container D, with nozzle F and air tube E attached, is screwed into a hard-rubber thimble B, which holds the washer C, so that the beading C<1> on this washer presses against the inclined bottom of receptacle D. When not in use, the tube D can be reversed, so as to be enclosd in the bulb A, and the whole apparatus is considerably reduced in bulk.
Patent GB-190322666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: JUNGGREN OSCAR
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,666. Junggren, O. Oct. 20, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam &c. turbines.-Consists in leakagepreventing devices for parallel - flow turbines, and means for securing the blades to the wheel and casing. As applied to a two-stage turbine, the nozzles 8, Fig. 1, are clamped to the guide blade casings 4, 4<a> to prevent leakage sideways. The uncovered ends of the blades 2, 3 fit closely against the casing 4 and wheel 1, respectively, so that leakage past the ends of the blades is minimized. A modification, adapted to the second stage of the turbine, consists in fitting the blades into shallow grooves 11 in the casing and wheel, and providing their inner ends with filling- pieces 9, 12. The filling-pieces on the guide-blades may be dispensed with, and those on the wheel blades 2<a>, Fig. 2, be enclosed in deep grooves 11<a>. The wheel blades may be formed on the filling-pieces 9, and bolted to the wheel. The guide blades 3 may have perforations 21, and be secured in undercut grooves 22 by means of a soft metal filling. Leakage from the nozzle 15, Fig. 2, may be prevented by means of closely-fitting rings 16, 17, secured to the casing and wheel respectively. The guide-blade casing 4<c> may be adjustably connected to the main casing 4<b> by means of studs 27 working in oval boltholes and through packing-pieces.