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Patent GB-190112100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dobbies, or Shedding Motions, of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: REPENNING HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1902-06-13
Abstract: 12,100. Repenning, H. June 13. Loom dobbies; reversing-mechanism.-Relates to means for facilitating the process of finding broken or faulty picks. The cylinder of the dobby is provided with a pin-wheel a, the movements of which, to the extent of one card at a time, are effected in the usual manner by means of a hook b connected to a lever c actuated by a cam k. A forked lever e, capable of rotating the wheel through a space represented by two cards, carries two hooked arms f, g, engaging respectively with lugs h, i on the lever c. When looking for broken ends, the weaver raises the arms f, g and hook b by means of a cord l; the lug h then engages with the arm f, and rocks the lever e, which rotates the wheel a backwards through a space represented by two cards, and the hook b afterwards rotates the wheel through a space represented by one card. In a modification, the hooksf, g are connected together in the form of a fork. In another form of the apparatus, reciprocating racks are used instead of the lever e, and two pin-wheels, of unequal size, engaging respectively with the racks and a hook corresponding to the hook b, Fig. 1. A second form of apparatus, for use with card cylinders having ten or other large number of sides, is provided with a three-armed lever f<1>, g<1> having an anchor-like attachment d' on one arm and loosely mounted on the cylinder shaft. The first movement of the hook b, in the position shown in Fig. 4, turns the pin-whee through a space represented by two cards, but the lever f<1>, g<1> is simultaneously revolved through a space represented by one card, and is then held in its new position. During subsequent movements of the hook b, the anchor-like attachment d' serves as a guard, and prevents the hook b from rotating the wheel through a space greater than that represented by one card. In a third form of the apparatus, the card cylinder is vertically movable, and the hooks and arms for rotating it are mounted on fixed pivots, or both cylinder and actuating-hooks &c. are movable.
Patent GB-190116314-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Step or Cone Pulley.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER CHARLES OTTO
Filed: 1901-08-14
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 16,314. Schneider, C. O., and Schumacher, E. Aug. 14. Making pulleys.-Step or cone pulleys are produced by stamping from sheet metal. Figs. 1 and 2 show a three-step pulley for a lathe, stamped from a single sheet. An internal or external flange may be formed on the body to which the disc h at the large end may be secured. The pulley may be built up of a number of cup-shaped stampings which may be secured together by flanges and rivets, by beading, or by slots and tongues adapted to be bent over.
Patent GB-190200940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Freezing Apparatus
Inventor: VOLLMANN CARL WILHELM
Filed: 1902-01-13
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 940. Vollmann, C. W. Jan. 13. Ice-making.-In the tank system of ice-making, the divisional walls are built up of alternate pipes g and solid sections h. The alternate pipes are coupled by the connecting-pipes j, k, to form separate zig-zag coils for ammonia and brine circulation, respectively, inlet and outlet pipes being connected to the upper and lower sections at o, p and s, t. The end and bottom plates and pipes may be the same as those described in Specification No. 2484, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190207133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means of Ventilating Underground Railways.
Inventor: RUSSELL ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 7133. Russell, R. J. March 24. Ventilating tunnels.-Underground or tube railways are ventilated by utilizing the lifts as pistons in their shafts for expelling or forcing in air. The shafts are lined to give a smooth surface for packing attached to the lifts, and the doors are arranged to act as valves. In the case of collapsable doors, strips of material may be hung on them to close the air passage without interfering with their opening. Part of the lift shaft or hoist-ways may be partitioned off for entrance or exit of fresh or foul air.
Patent GB-190214398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Roller Curtains or Screens.
Inventor: BAYLOR ARMISTEAD KEITH
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 14,398. Baylor, A. K. June 25. Indicators, route, for vehicles.-Relates to a tension device for curtains or screens mounted on rollers, applicable for use in route or destination indicators of the type described iu Specification No. 6152, A.D. 1900. Inside the casing 1 are mounted two parallel drums 2, 3, which carry the curtain 10. One end of the drum 2 runs loosely on a spindle 7, the other end being mounted on a spindle or in a bearing. A spiral spring 12 is wound around the spindle 7 under tension, one end 13 of the spring being secured to the spindle, and the other end to a collar 14, which is secured to the drum and runs loosely on the spindle. The other drum is mounted loosely on a shaft or on spindles 8, 8' ; or the drum may be secured to the spindles, the latter being carried in bearings. The spindles of the two drums are caused to rotate together by sprocket-wheels and a chain, or by equivalent mechanism. One end of the drum 3 is provided with bevel gearing, which may be operated by a rod beneath the casing. Or the roller may be actuated directly by a knob or handle at the side of the casing. Both rollers, instead of one, may be fitted with a coiled spring, the springs being arranged to act against one another ; or the springs may be replaced by weights.
Patent GB-190220077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Pill Boxes and the like
Inventor: FETTBACK FRANZ
Filed: 1902-09-13
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 20,077. Fettback, F. Sept. 13. Pill-boxes.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 19,169, A.D. 1901. In the present case the gripping- device by which the strip is fed consists of a jaw 7, Fig. 2, having a perforated slide surface f to receive the pasted side of the strip, and a pivoted spring jaw 8. The finger 14, Fig. 4, by which the end of the strip is secured to the mandrel, is mounted on a ring 21, being adapted to slide therein. The ring has a projecting arm e, which, when the ring is slid to the left, engages with the shoulder d of the finger, pressing it down as shown, a projection h on the ring being arrested by the surface 29 of a sleeve 20. The end of the coil forming the body is prevented from moving away by a toothed or a curved clamp which may be actuated by the cutting - mechanism. The bottom dics 3, Fig. 11, are pressed forwards along a trough to a reciprocating slide 0, by which they are fed to the mandrel 6, the slide moving in a slot q formed by an adjustable plate. The slide has a tail end which prevents another disc being fed into the slot until the slide returns. The covering strip 4 of the box is folded over the upper edge and inside the latter by an arrangement shown in Fig. 12. The box is held on the mandrel between clamps t, t<1> as shown, the clamp t being within the mandrel. The mandrel is moved in the direction of the arrow, and the strip is folded at right-angles by a roller u. The mandrel is then returned to fold the strip inside the box. The same result may be obtained by moving the box, the mandrel being stationary. The edge of the covering-strip may also be folded within the neck, or within the box, by circumferentially grooving the mandrel, folding the edge of the strip by a roller into the groove, and then sliding the mandrel.
Patent GB-190225042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases for Cigars and other Articles.
Inventor: PARMENTER ORVILLE LUCIUS
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-11-14
Abstract: 25,042. Parmenter, O. L. Nov. 14. Paper and like bags.- Cases for cigars and other articles are formed as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 15. Collapsable paper or like tubes 4 to receive the cigars &c. are closed at the bottom and open at the top, and are pasted to an inner sheet 5 and to an outer sheet 2, which have lines of perforations so that a single tube, or several, may be torn off, the torn off part then serving as pocket cigar case. The cases are preferably formed double, or in two sections, as shown, the outer sheet 2 having a fold 9 at the bottom to serve as a hinge between the two parts, or the fold or hinge 9 may consist of a separate attached strip. The sheet 2 may have flaps 3 at the upper end to fold over the articles, and the sheet 5 may have a flap 18 which folds around the bottoms of the tubes. Slits may be used for the lines of perforations, and the folds of the hinge may also be weakened to facilitate severance. The tubes or pockets may also be in pairs separated by a sheet 15, as in Fig. 15, and the cases may be connected by an additional hinge above the hinge 9.
Patent GB-190228316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Pile Fabrics, particularly Axminster or Morquette or like Carpets.
Inventor: BARRON THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 28,316. Barren, T. H., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Dec. 23. Carpets; pile fabrics.-In the process of weaving pile fabrics, particularly Axminster or Moquette carpets, two extra warp threads 7, 8 are employed in addition to the usual warp threads 1, 2 for each row of tufts 3. These extra warp threads extend through the fabric in a substantially straight direction, and are not interwoven with the weft threads, but extend between the weft 4, which is in the loops of the tufts, and the wefts 6, which is below the tufts.
Patent GB-190301604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Microscopes
Inventor: CHEATLE GEORGE LENTHAL
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1904-01-22
Abstract: 1604. Cheatle, G. L. Jan. 22. Microscopes.- Fig. 5 shows a plan of a detachable microscope stage. The slide is held by clips D, carried by a bar G, which is adapted to slide in a second bar I. The latter is connected by a crosspiece N to a slide .T fitted with a rack which is in gear with a pinion mounted on the carriage A. This carriage is traversed in guides Q by a rack and pinion. The two operating-pinions are mounted coaxially and operated by milled heads R, T.
Patent GB-190302078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco-pipes and Cigar-holders.
Inventor: SAURMAN THOMAS MARTIN
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 2078. Saurman, T. M. Jan. 28, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tobacco pipes and cigar holders.-The stem is made with chambers a<2>, a<3> closed by removable plugs b, b<1> and communicating with channels c, c', c<2>. A roll of absorbent material b' is supported in the plug b<1>.
Patent GB-190307625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trolleys for Electric Tram Cars
Inventor: ALDWORTH JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 7625. Aldworth, J. April 2. Electric tramways on the overhead system. Collectors.-The bracket used for carrying the swivel head and trolley pulley on electric tramcars is made with cheeks or side plates, the top edges h of which are higher than the centre of the trolley wheel. These cheeks are shaped to permit the: trolley wheel to turn about a vertical .axis and prevent the trolley head from becoming entangled with the overhead wires when the pulley jumps the conductor. The pulley a is mounted in the usual way, so as to be able to rotate about the vertical shaft c.
Patent GB-190309998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: NORBALLE HANS JACOB
Filed: 1903-05-02
Granted: 1904-05-02
Abstract: 9998. Norballe, H. J., and rulkes, T. G. May 2. Arc lamps.-In a brake or clutch, one frictional surface is made of carbon such as is generally used for electrical p u rposes, the other surface being metal. In carrying out this invention, a brake drum may consist entirely of carbon, or carry a carbon ring, or have carbon blocks set in slots to co-operate with a metal brake block or cord. Or a brake lever or strap may carry one or more carbon blocks to bear on a metal drum ; a strap may consist of carbon blocks connected by links. Or a brake disc may carry a conical carbon ring to bear against a corresponding part of a metal pulley. Or two curved carbon blocks s may be pivoted at t on a disc u, so that they bear against an internal cylindrical surface in an adjacent pulley, when they are pressed apart by arms z of a pin 1, carried by the disc ; an arm of the pin 1 extends across the axis of the disc u, and is connected to the core of a series coil. A screw adjustable on the disc u may engage a stop, to limit the turning of the disc by the action of a weighted arm v. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of other materials than carbon, such as talc or French chalk.
Patent GB-190310124-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Concentrating and Evaporating Liquids
Inventor: EKENBERG MARTIN
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,124. Ekenberg, M. May 4. Preserving milk. -Relates to apparatus for concentrating and evaporating emulsions, solutions, &c., either under reduced or ordinary pressures, and relates especially to the production of milk powder by the evaporation of skimmed milk. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a crosssection, of the apparatus. Liquid, supplied through the pipe 5 to the pan 1, is circulated through the pipes 7, 9 by the pump 6, and is evaporated to dryness on the outer surface of the slowlyrotating body 3, which is heated internally by steam supplied through the pipe 2, and made to travel in the course indicated by arrows in Fig. 1. The dry product is removed from the body 3 by the scraper 10.
Patent GB-190311056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Exhibiting Parts of Bedsteads and the like.
Inventor: MARX RUDOLPH
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 11,056. Marx, R. May 14. Displaying.-Consists of a holder for exhibiting the various parts of bedsteads and the like. In the double-elbowed frame a there is a slot containing a screw which is actuated by the spindle e and carries the jaws b, both elbows and jaws being preferably coated at f, as shown, with felt or the like. The screw may be partly left and partly right handed, causing the jaws to approach, or recede from, the elbows, together. If the screw has only one thread, then only one part is screwed, and the other is pivoted. Alternatively, toggle connections may be employed.
Patent GB-190314002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Chucks of Rock-Drilling Machines.
Inventor: HENDERSON FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 14,002. Henderson, F. June 23. Rock drills, percussive. Relates to tool-holders for percussive drills. The drill D is held in the bushed socket A by two pads or keys F, F<1>, which are tightened by the cottar H working inside the ring G. The socket or chuck is flat on two sides, and has lugs a, a' on the other sides to support the ring, which is recessed where the cottar passes through it. One of the pads F, F<1> may be omitted, or two cottars H may be used, one for each pad. Or the pads may be wedge-shaped and tightened by moving the ring G over them.
Patent GB-190314976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Mercurial Horizons
Inventor: IGLESIAS ALFREDO RAFAEL
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 14,976. Iglesias, A. R. July 6. Horizons, artificial.-A pane of glass c floats on the surface of mercury in a receptacle with wide inner flanges d' and a lip-shaped extension d in one inner corner. The pane c may be of transparent glass or of black or red glass with the lower face unpolished.
Patent GB-190316005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Recovery of By-products in Processes of Destructive Distillation and in Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 16,005. Otto-Hilgenstock Coke-Oven Co., [Otto & Co., C.]. July 20. Coking.-The condensing-apparatus used in gas manufacture, coking, or like processes of destructive distillation is sloped upwards for a determined distance from the oven or retort, so that the products condensed above a particular temperature flow backwards, and are subjected to the action of the hot ascending gases, for better separation. An outlet for the returned products is provided in the system near the oven or retort. In the arrangement shown, a pipe d is sloped upwards from the hydraulic main c of a coke oven a to an air condenser e, which is supported on, and delivers into, a water cooler f.
Patent GB-190316138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Signalling Systems for Railways.
Inventor: MILLS CHARLES WILLARD
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 16,138. Mills, C. W., and Piddington, W. W. July 21. Signalling and communicating between trains.-A single track automatic electric signalling-syatem, of the kind described in Specification No. 22,551, A.D. 1902, is shown in Fig. 1. The system also provides for an indication to be given when it is safe for a train to run from a siding on to the main track, and provides warning to the driver of a train approaching a certain point on the main line when a train is improperly switched from the main track on to a siding. The duplex conductor 6, 7 shown in Fig. 3 is divided into insulated sections and is connected with the insulated sections of the rail sections 1, 1<a>. The vehicles have three distinct lamp signals A, B, C, indicating danger, safety, and an abnormal condition of the track respectively, generators connected with the signals, connections between the generators and the truck wheels 57, 57<a>, and the travelling contacts 9, 10 for the duplex conductor. A telephone circuit is included in the signal system for each vehicle, and the bell 46 affords an audible signal to the driver. Adjacent ends of the duplex-conductor sections are connected through resistances 14, 15, and the two rails of each block of the track are connected together by resistances 19. When the electromagnet 27 is energized and attracts the armature lever 26 against the action of the spring 34, the contacts 43, 44 are closed, and the local circuit is through the red lamp A. After receiving the signals, the drivers reverse the switches 23,23<a>, so that they can communicate by the telephones. Normally, the armature lever 26 is in the central position. At a switch, one switch rail is connected electrically with one of the track rails, and with the other track rail when the switch is open. Two electromagnets, arranged opposite one another and respectively electrically connected with the parts of the duplex conductor, are provided at the switch, a battery is connected to the electromagnets and to one track rail, and an oscillatory armature lever is disposed between the poles of the electromagnets. The free end of the armature lever travels over a direction index.
Patent GB-190316590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Work Tables or Benches and Vices
Inventor: GUTTENBERG PAUL
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 16,590. Guttenberg, P., and NÚmeth, J. July 28. Tables.-A work table or bench for school workshops is formed by fitting a number of removable carpenters' vices 2 to a polygonal, elliptical, or circular table-top 1, which is used for the usual school tasks, meals, modelling, &c. At each work place, the table-top is fitted underneath with two ledges 3 provided with recesses for tenons 5 on the vice, which is secured by means of wedges 7 driven through slots in the tenons. The top 1 is provided with holes 10 for bench hooks &c.
Patent GB-190327072-A (GB)
Title: The Construction of a Pad or Protector for the Abdomen Hips and Thighs for use of all Kinds of Players in the Game of Cricket.
Inventor: FISH ROBERT HARRY
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-12-10
Abstract: 27,072. Fish, R. H., and Peace, H. Dec. 10. Guards for games.-A pad, adapted to protect the lower parts of a cricketer's body, is constructed as shown. The pad A is made of a soft material such as linen, canvas, woven fabrics, chamois leather, &c., and the parts protecting the thighs are quilted, or padded with felt, hair, &c., as shown at E. The upper parts are similarly padded, and may also be provided with strips of rubber or felt B, fastened by rubber solution or stitching to the pad. The pad is secured by a belt and buckle D, and an elastic string or tape C.
Patent GB-190328090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriage, Ship and other Lamp Bells and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: WATHEN JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,090. Wathen, J., Wathen, W. H., and Wathen, J. C., [trading as Wathen & Sons, J.]. Dec. 22. Metal, sheet, beading and curling edges of.-The beading of sheet - metal bells for the lenses of carriage, ship, or other lamps, or of ashtrays and the like, is formed by bending the edges over malleable-cast-iron cores having recesses into which the edges are turned. The bell A is secured between two dummies E on a rotating table F, or on a lathe head, and its edges are turned over the core by one or more sets of grooved rollers carried by rods J, which are mounted between guides K, and held against the work, preferably by springs or weights W, slots k<2>, j<1>, j<2> in the guides and the rods J allowing the rollers to adjust themselves to the different shapes of bells Instead of employing movable levers, the dummies may be mounted on the rotating table so as to be capable of a reciprocating movement. The Provisional Specification also states that the rods J are slidably fitted in a socket and operated by a spring, the rollers being mounted on a lateral slide to allow further adjustment.
Patent GB-190401314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Igniters for Explosion Motors
Inventor: ROPIQUET CLEMENT
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 1314. Ropiquet, C., and Daveluy, A. May 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines. - Sparking-plugs for explosion motors are formed with two or more sparking gaps to facilitate ignition. In the sparking-plug shown in Fig. 1, a spark takes place between a projection 10 on the casing 1 and a metal ring 8 mounted on mica or other insulating- material and also between the ring 8 and the bent end 9 of the insulated terminal wire. In the sparking-plug shown in Fig. 3, sparks take place outside the explosion chamber between the projecting ends of wires 13, 14 contained in the insulating-plug 2. Inside the explosion chamber sparks take place between the insulated terminal wire and the wire 13, and between the wire 14 and a projection on the casing. In a modified sparking- plug, sparks are formed between two projections on the casing and two insulated terminal wires. In all the varieties of plugs annular spaces are formed either in the insulating-plug 2 or by insulating-discs 6 alternately of larger and smaller diameters threaded on the central conducting-wire.
Patent GB-190415691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising by Means of Electric Lamps
Inventor: MEAD ALFRED EDWARD
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 15,691. Mead, A. E. July 14. Advertising; signs. -Incandescent electric lamps for advertising p u r - poses and for use on railway stations, shop fronts, fire hydrants, and the like are made bv bending a tube in the form of any letter, word, number, or device and arranging the filament along the axis of this tube, or by making the filament itself of an ordinary lamp in the form of the required device. Vacuum tubes of the required shape may be similarly used.
Patent GB-190418081-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Socks or Stockings.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JOHANNIS OTTO CHRISTIA
Filed: 1904-08-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,081. Schmidt, J. O. C. Aug. 20. Stockings and socks.-An openwork linen fabric for a stocking or sock is made by knitting loosely spun or twisted linen threads either singly or several together. When two or more threads are used, they are arranged side by side so as to avoid unnecessary thickness. A mixed fabric for winter use is made by knitting woollen yarn together with, but on top of, the linen threads above described, so that the linen yarn alone comes in contact with the foot.