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Patent GB-190006260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surf Motors.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 6260. Fell, J. C., [Ewin, J. L.]. April 3. Wave energy, utilizing.-The waves are directed by an inclined tapering way E leading to an inclined trough E<2>, which terminates in a tank F. The trough has a false bottom composed of overlapping transverse boards I, fixed at a slightly greater angle than the trough, so that water which does not reach the tank is trapped by them and held by partitions K. Pipes G, L lead the water caught in the tank F and in the trough to one or more water-wheels H.
Patent GB-190011534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottling, Corking, and like Machines.
Inventor: DENHAM WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 11,534. Denham, W. June 26. Bottling corking.-In a bottling - machine, a series of tubes 2 attached to a supply tank communicate with a box 4, to which the filling-tubes 11 are connected. A slide valve 6 works within the box, and is provided with holes 7, which may be brought in line with the supply and filling tubes by the operation of the valve through a handlever and rack-and-pinion gearing. Around each tube 11 is arranged a spiral spring 12, resting on a washer 13, and below the tube is a sliding funnel 15 normally held in position by a plate 16. The bottles &c. are placed on a tray. and are raised into engagement with the tubes 11, the funnels 15 serving to guide the bottles to the correct positions. A rubber &c. washer 17 is provided within each funnel, and a ring 14 is placed between the funnel and the washer 13, so that, when the bottle is in position, an airtight joint is ensured between the parts. The filling-tube 11 is divided by a partition 18 into a passage 19 for the liquid and a passage 20 for the air. The passage 2U communicates with an escape tube 25, closed by a valve 26 operated by a float 27, and has a hole 22 which comes about level with the bottle neck when in position. By moving the slide 6 the liquid is supplied to the bottles until it reaches the level of the hole 22, when the air escape is cut off, after which the liquid rises in the passage 25 and causes the float 27 to close the valve 26, thereby stopping the supply of liquid. The liquid supply is cut off by operating the valve, and the vessels are withdrawn. The funnel or guide 15 may be applied to the corking-tube in a corking-machine. According to the Provisional Specification, the box 4 and valve 6 are made of a V form, and the passages lined with aluminium. The valve is so arranged that liquid may first be supplied to measuring- vessels, and then by means of the valve the supply is out off and communication opened between the measuring- vessels and the bottles.
Patent GB-190101679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hollow or Tubular Billets of Wrought Iron or Steel, and in Tools to be used in the said Manufacture.
Inventor: LONES JABEZ
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 1679. Lones, J., and Holden, E., [trading as Lones, Vernon, & Holden]. Jan. 24. Forging; anvils. -A hollow or tubular billet is formed by drifting a solid billet while held in a die in a hammer, press, or stamp. The die may be in one piece or in halves, brought together by right and left hand screws to grip the billet, the halves sliding in a dovetail guide on the hammer &c. bed. A depression is first formed in one side of the billet by a slightlyconical punch e, Fig. 10. The billet is then turned over, and placed in a similar die, a plug g fitting into the depression, while a similar depression is formed on the opposite side. A stripper f is provided, if necessary. The central web is then removed by a punch or drift, which may be loose in its holder, falling through the finished cylindrical hole into the bed of the machine. If a solid die is used, it is held in place by a horse-shoe clip on the anvil &c., and is made taper internally, with the larger end placed downwards for the first step, so that the die and billet may be inverted and transferred to an anvil with a groove m, Fig. 17, into which the die k can be knocked when the second depression has been formed. If the central plug g adheres to the billet, it is removed with the web by the final punch or drift. The billet may be subsequently rolled as described in Specification No. 1680, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190105072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Tooth and Nail Brushes and other Articles against Unauthorised Use or Removal.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1901-03-09
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 5072. Haddan, R., [Rosener, E.]. March 9. Tooth and nail brushes ; stands; supports; sheaths or cases for.- The unauthorised use orremoval of tooth and nail brushes and other articles is prevented by placing the brush &c. in a perforated and locked case of tube or other shape such as that shown in section in Fig. 4, or by combining a sliding or hinged cap a, Fig. 6, with a stand for one or more brushes &c., or by fixing a bar a, Fig. 12, over the bristles by means of a sleeve a' sliding on the handle. The lid s, cap a, or sleeve a' are provided with a suitable lock and key.
Patent GB-190108122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brewing Barley Malt Beers
Inventor: SOUTHBY ANTHONY GAPPER
Filed: 1901-04-20
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 8122. Southby, A. G. April 20. Brewing ; malting.-Beer is made from malt which has not been kiln-dried. The wort obtained from this malt is heated to a temperature above 212‹ F., e.g. to 270‹F. The growth of the malt is only allowed to proceed until the rootlets &c. are one-third or one-fourth of the length usual with malt. The growth may be hastened in any known manner, or by bringing the grain into contact with the earth in the earlier stages of the process, or with water or air that has been in contact with earth. Before use, the malt is ground to a finer degree than is usual.
Patent GB-190108926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Steam and other Fluid Engines.
Filed: 1901-04-30
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 8926. Davey, Paxman, & Co., and King, T. S. April 30. Valve gear.-Re. lates to releasing. devices for gears for working valves of the double-beat type, and the object is to obtain a gravity engagement of the catch parts, and a fixed amount of engagement or overlap of the catch faces, and to hold out of contact the trip catches after disengagement until the gear returns to the point of reengagement. I n Fig. 1, the valve spindle A is lifted by the lever B pivoted at C, and about the same pivot are rocked a pair of shackle links D carrying the catch link E. This is formed with two surfaces e<1>, e<2> of different radii connected by an - incline e<3>. Just above the pivot C is mounted the releasing-cam F. While the surface e<1> is in contact with the cam F the overlap of the catch pieces b, e is constant, while the surface e<3> is in contact the catch pieces are being drawn apart, and while the surface e<2> is in contact the catch pieces are held apart.
Patent GB-190113102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron Finishing Rolls.
Inventor: GONTERMANN WALTHER
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 13,102. Gontermann, W. June 27. Casting and moulding.-Finishing-rolls are cast in a mould in which the projections a for forming the recesses in the rolls are composed of iron blocks or segments thinly coated with a mixture of filings or turnings and a suitable binding-agent such as graphite, clay, &c., to produce a smooth dense surface on the rolls free from graphite specks. A suitable composition for the coating is stated to be 40 per cent. of iron filings, 40 per cent. of sand, and 20 per cent. of coke.
Patent GB-190117332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saddles for Cycles
Inventor: BOYD THOMAS
Filed: 1901-08-29
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 17,332. Boyd, T. April 2, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Saddles.-Relates to spring saddles for cycles, one form being shown in elevation in Fig. 3 and in partial plan in Fig. 1. The saddle consists of two separate similar halves, which are supported on the bottom frame B secured by a clip f to the seat pillar. The frame is connected by a bolt c to a loop on a steel wire A, which is coiled to form one of two front springs a. The upper end of the wire supports a stamped metal plate C, which bears at its rear end on a helical spring D connected by a transverse bar E to the frame B. The steel wires A may be either separate or formed in one strip, and, in the modification shown in Fig. 4, the plate C is replaced by an extension A<1> of the wire A.
Patent GB-190120462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electromagnetic Clutches.
Inventor: EARLE HARDMAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 20,462. Earle, H. A. Oct. 12. Electro-magnetic clutches.-One member of the clutch consists of a shell of iron or steel a traversed by a number of longitudinal bars of copper c, the ends of which are connected by rings of copper d; the other member consists of an electro-magnet, the pole pieces n of which extend towards, but do not touch, the inside of the first member.
Patent GB-190123503-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Box for Containing Stamps.
Inventor: ASPREY LIONEL
Filed: 1901-11-20
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 23,503. Asprey, L. Nov. 20. Stamp cases.-Stamps in strips are wound on a reel or reels A contained in a box and operated by external knobs or handles to propel or withdraw the stamps through one or more apertures B.
Patent GB-190211465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Air Compressors and Motors.
Inventor: COOK WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1903-05-20
Abstract: 11,465. Cook, W. E. May 20. Crescent-shaped chamber type of air-compressors adaptable for use as motors, and, as described in Specification No. 16,513, A.D. 1901, having a cylinder such as A, Fig. 1, mounted on trunnions D eccentric to the piston drum B carried by the eccentrically-placed shaft C. The cylinder and piston drum rotate together, and sliding vanes, not shown, operate in the eccentric working chamber A<2>. In the present invention, the hollow shaft is divided by a central partition H into inlet and outlet branches connected by passages E, E<1> to the working chamber. These passages are controlled by inlet and outlet valves G operated by rods I carrying rollers working on cam plates K, Figs. 1 and 2. A governing-device consists of a spring- pressed piston in a cylinder L, Fig. 3, exposed to the compressed air and connected by levers 0 to a cranked shaft P engaging with a movable portion K<1> of each cam plate which is adapted to be slid outwards to allow premature escape through the valves. A cooling-device consists of a hollow sleeve C' carrying coiled pipes C' and mounted on the discharge end of the shaft. The cooling- device may be immersed in a water or other bath. The compressor is compounded by having two or more working chambers mounted on the same shaft.
Patent GB-190211627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trucks or Trolleys.
Inventor: STUBBS WILLIAM ASBRIDGE
Filed: 1902-05-22
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 11,627. Stubbs, W. A. May 22. Hand-trucks and wheeled parcel-carriers.-Relates to trolleys or trucks for carrying luggage or goods. In the form shown in elevation and under plan respectively in Figs. 1 and 3, the platform A of the truck has three longitudinal beams B<1>, B<2>, B<3>, in which fixed axles G<1>, G<2>, G<3> are secured by brackets C', C<2>, C<3>. On each of the two outer axles G<1>, G<3> two wheels D', D<2> revolve freely, and slide laterally, the lateral position of the wheels being controlled by helical springs F<1>, F<2> coiled round the axles. Two wheels E' revolve freely on the intermediate axle G<2>, but are prevented from sliding laterally. The wheels E' may be larger than the others, or the axle G<2> may be fixed higher than the others, to give a slight rocking motion to the truck. So long as two sliding wheels revolve on the same fixed axle, any of the other wheels may be replaced by laterally-fixed, sliding, or castor wheels. The springs may be employed with fixed or revolving axles of any shape in cross-section.
Patent GB-190213733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Train Signal Systems.
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 13,733. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Davis, A. G.]. June 17. Signalling and communicating &c. on trains.-The driver or motorman of an electric train is notified by an audible or visual signal or indicator that the gates or doors of the cars operated by the conductors or guards have been closed and that the train is ready to proceed. The several conductors are also notified that the driver has received the starting - signal. The system is applied to the well - known system of train control, wherein a series - parallel controller is placed on each motor vehicle to control the motor circuit of that vehicle, and the several motor controllers of the train are under the control of a master controller. An auxiliary train wire 9 is provided with the signal devices B, B<1>, and the electromagnetically - operated circuitbreakers C', C<2>, which are set manually by the conductors, or are automatically operated and are held closed by the catches d, d' until the solenoids m, m<1> are energized. The switches S', S<3> connect the train wire 9 with the trolley T or with the ground G. The switch S' throws the solenoid m or the solenoid m<1> into circuit with the master controller M, and, when the controller is moved into its first operative position, the switches in service are tripped, and the signal circuit opened. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the circuits on a vehicle, the driver being at the left-hand end of the car and the guard at the right, the car moving to the left. With two or more cars in a train the forward switch S' is connected with the trolley, the rear switch S<3> is connected to ground and the intermediate switches S', S<3> are thrown to their off position on the contacts o. For trailer cars, there are no trolley contacts t for the switches S<1>, S<3>, and a resistance takes the place of the resistance of the actuating - windings of the elements T', T<1>, R', S of the series-parallel controller C on the motor car. Ordinary push-buttons or similar circuit-closing devices with knife switches may be substituted for the electromagnetically-actuated circuit-breakers C', C<2>.
Patent GB-190214181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Grinding Trowels.
Inventor: BELTZ HARRY
Filed: 1902-06-23
Granted: 1903-06-23
Abstract: 14,181. Beltz, H. June 23. Surfacing. - The trowel is supported upon a block beneath the grindstone 4. The block 29, Figs. 1 and 2, is used when grinding the under face of the trowel, and the block 43, Fig. 7, when grinding the upper face. The block 29 carries a plate 40 with flanges 42 for engaging with the trowel blade. The shank of the trowel is engaged by a hooked lever 34, pulled inwards by a wire 35, which passes through the block at an angle as shown, and is attached to a cam lever 36 held in place by a hook 37, 38 engaging with ratchet teeth on the block. The block 43 has an arm 51 for engaging the trowel shank. This arm is carried by a casing 47 pivoted at 49 to two plates 44 fixed to the block. The casing 47 is also connected by a link 46 to a bell-crank lever 45 drawn inwards by a wire 55 and cam lever &c. as in the other block. These blocks have teeth 31 and a groove on their lower face to engage with teeth 22 and a rib on a block 19. The block 19 is attached by a chain 24 to the treadle 28. This block rests on the plates 17 of the device shown in Fig. 9. The device has handles 15 and a cross-piece 13, which rests on a cross-bar 8 itself supported by a slide 5 adjusted vertically by a screw 6. The block 29, and hence the work, is drawn forward by the chain 24, is tilted by the rocking device shown in Fig. 9, and is raised and lowered by the screw 6.
Patent GB-190216026-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Necktie-clip
Inventor: CROMPTON REGINALD
Filed: 1902-07-18
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 16,026. Crompton, R. July 18. Necktie retainers. -A piece of metal or other resilient material is formed with a long limb a to pass behind a collar f, and a short limb band turned-over end c to retain the neck- tie e.
Patent GB-190216771-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Shuttle Guide and Guard for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,771. Hollingworth, E. July 29. Loom shuttle guards; shuttle-races. - Each end of the lay b carries one or more antifriction rollers a, which guide the shuttle c in entering or leaving the shuttle box, whether it consists of a single fixed box or of a series of rising and falling boxes d. The rollers also act as guards to lessen the liability of the shuttle being deflected from its course so as to leave the loom, thus dispensing with the ordinary shuttle guard extending across the loom above the weft. The rollers are clear of the shuttle if the latter keeps in contact with its raceway e.
Patent GB-190226625-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Use in Draughting Garment Patterns
Inventor: HALL MARIE LOUISA
Filed: 1902-12-03
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 26,625. Hall, M. L. Dec. 3. Drawing curves.-Fig. 7 shows the shape of an instrument for drawing the curved lines of garment patterns.
Patent GB-190227824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Valves.
Inventor: RECK ANDERS BORCH
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 27,824. Reck, A. B. Dec. 16. G a s supply.- Valves and cocks for heating-stoves are so constructed that a movement of the spindle only opens the valve to a slight extent at first. A strap b is firmly connected to the valve a and embraces an eccentric d mounted on on the spindle c which turns in guides in the frame b, and thus, on turning the handle h, the valve moves and is fully opened by a half turn of the handle. The valve-seat g screws into the valve-box and is adjustable.
Patent GB-190300421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knife Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: MARGETTS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 421. Margetts, F. W., Mitchell, W. L., and Olliffe, C. Jan. 7. Knives, cleaning and polishing.-Fig. 1 shows an elevation partly in section, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line 3, 3, Fig. 1. The knives are suspended vertically from a frame which is horizontally reciprocated so as to bring both sides of the knives into contact with polishing- pads. The handles of the knives are held between two series of blocks f, f<1>, the blocks f being attached to a frame F which is fixed relatively to a frame F<1> to which the blocks f<1> are attached. The frame F is adjusted in position to grip or release the knives by means of a screw G, or it may be retained in the gripping position by a spring and be moved from the position by a lever. The clamp is slightly modified for holding one knife only. The frames F, F<1> are slidingly mounted on bars E, and are reciprocated along them by links M, L operated by the handle m, or by a slotted lever &c. There are two sets of pads D<3> which face one another but are inclined in opposite directions. Each pad D<3> is made up of a number of parallel strips of leather mounted in a bar D<1>, which is suspended by a helical or other spring D<2> from the box A. Bunches of bristles d<3> placed between the pads D<3> serve to catch and retain the polishing-powder which falls from a hopper C. The drawer B serves to hold a store of polishing-powder.
Patent GB-190303170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Brakes for Cars.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1904-02-10
Abstract: 3170. James, R. W., [Algonquin Electric Brake Co.]. Feb. 10. Electric mofor vehicles.-Relates to electric brakes for cars, in which the brake lever D, Fig. 1, is actuated by a rod C to which is attached a chain wound on a drum A, the drum being normally loose on the axle but clutched to it by an electromagnetic clutch when the brakes are to be applied. The power of the magnetic clutch is regulated by a special controlling-switch in order to regulate the force with which the brakes are applied before the drum A begins to slip. The current for energizing the clutch is obtained from the trolley of the propelling circuit or from a storage battery which is charged from the trolley. For locking the brakes on the wheels, the lever D operates by means of a link b<2>, a rod B attached to a piston working in a cylinder F. As the piston moves forwards it forces the liquid in front of it into the other end of the cylinder through a side passage fitted with a check valve. The brakes being applied, the piston cannot return by reason of the imprisoned liquid behind it, and the brakes are thus locked. To release the brake a second valve by the side of the check valve is raised either by a hand-wheel and screw or by the motion of the core of an electromagnet, thus establishing communication between the two ends of the cylinder and allowing the brake lever to be returned by a spring D'. Fig. 8 shows a section of the winding drum and electromagnetic clutch. The loose drum A is fitted round a disc K fixed on the axle. Between the periphery of the disc and the inside of the rim of the drum are three brake shoes shown in Fig. 11 at M, they are held to the periphery of the drum by projections l engaging recesses as shown. The shoes are magnetized by coils, which are connected at their ends r by plugs such as are shown at s, Fig. 8, fitting into liners enclosed in insulating-tubes r', and a hand-hole is fitted in the side of the drum at each junction of the coils. The current is led to the coils by a wire t the end of which is connected to spring contactpieces rotating within a ring fitted in an insulated channel in a stationary ring Y. Oil is prevented from creeping from the eye of the drum to the frictional surfaces of the clutch by means of overlapping rims projecting from the sides of the discs and drum as shown in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190307608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Current Arc Lamps.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-04-01
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 7608. Evans, W. E., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. April 1. Drawings to Specification. Reflectors.-In electric arc lamps, having mutually inclined carbons with a horizontal arc between their lower extremities, the provision of a reflector just above the arc causes the carbons to burn in an atmosphere poor in oxygen.
Patent GB-190314152-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or applicable to Presses or Dies for Forming Tiles Bricks and the like.
Inventor: VIGGARS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-06-25
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 14,152. Viggars, G. June 25. Moulding bricks &c.-Recesses are made by forming-pieces f<2> on tumblers f mounted eccentrically on pins c' in recesses c<1> of the bottom die c of a tile-pressing machine. During compression, the heel f<4> of the tumbler is pressed by the bed-plate a, so as to force the stop-face f<5> against the die stop-face c'. On raising the die c, the tumblers f are carried by their own weight into the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby removing the forming- pieces f<2> from the recesses.
Patent GB-190315686-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Purifying Disinfecting and Scenting the Air.
Inventor: DUBUIS GABRIEL
Filed: 1903-07-15
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 15,686. Dubuis, G. July 15. Disinfecting.- A centrifugal fan for supplying purified and disinfected air is mounted in a casing having a sliding door a<1> and a small perforated cover b which serves as the air inlet. This cover may, however, be unperforated and be opened when the apparatus is to be used. A cover is also fitted over the delivery opening of the fan and closed when the fan is out of use, to prevent the entrance of dust &c. A basket i for saturated sponges or for pure carbon or the like is suspended in the air inlet. The air subsequently passes through fabrics g stretched over frames e, f and enters the fan by openings at the sides. The fabrics g are soaked with a disinfectant liquid such as eucalyptus, their lower portions dripping into the liquid contained in the bottom of the casing.