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Patent GB-190010181-A (GB)
Title: Means for Electrically Generating Steam.
Inventor: GRIFFING CHARLES EDWIN
Filed: 1900-06-02
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 10,181. Griffing, C. E. June 2. Steam generation by electricity.-A boiler is heated by the passage of a current through conductors in internal tubes 19, and surrounding its cylindrical shell, the feedwater being projected against these from small perforations in the underside of parallel tubes 17, 11. The current is supplied from a dynamo, driven at first by a gas or gasoline engine, and afterwards by a steam engine supplied from the boiler itself. The water-supply tubes 17, 11 are arranged in two semicircles, and connect headers 13, 10, the inner ones 13 being divided into compartments supplied through separate pipes 14 and valves, to enable a part only of the supply tubes to be used. The heating-tubes 19 are set alternately in two layers, between the tubes 17, 11, and screwed into the flat ends 4 of the shell. Each tube 19 contains two parallel straight conductors, separated by and covered with asbestos or other insulating-material, on which the heating- wire is wound spirally and connected at its ends to the straight wires ; the coiled wire is covered with insulating-material, and placed in the tube. The boiler shell is covered with mica or asbestos, and then with porcelain or silicate of soda, on which heating-wire is coiled; the wire layer is covered with porcelain or other insulating-material. Detachable end covers 2 are bolted on.
Patent GB-190010959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM COLIN
Filed: 1900-06-16
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 10,959. Wood, W. C. June 16. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Round the rim A, shown in section in Fig. 1, is placed a metal or like band B, having beaded edges B'. The band can be displaced transversely to the rim by means of levers O, so as to allow the insertion or removal of the beaded edges G of the outer cover F. Inflation secures the parts iu position.
Patent GB-190013819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Educational Games.
Inventor: HUGHES JAMES ROBERTS
Filed: 1900-08-01
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 13,819. Hughes, J. R. Aug. 1. Educational games.-Relates to a game for teaching the conjugation of Latin verbs. A model railway station B is connected to a board A, on which are marked four tracks representing the principal parts of the verb and along which tracks small stations are arranged, each being marked with the various tenses. The game is played with model figures, each bearing the name of one of the Latin forms, and a dial correspondingly marked provided with a spinning index-finger. A guide marked with the various Latin forms and the corresponding tenses may be used to facilitate play. The index-finger is spun and the model figure corresponding to the word at which it stops is moved from the main station in a car F to the proper smaller station. This is repeated until all the model figures are allotted to their respective positions, the player doing this in the least time winning the game.
Patent GB-190014105-A (GB)
Title: Sounding Tube for Navigator's Use.
Inventor: BENEDICT JAMES EVERARD
Filed: 1900-08-07
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 14,105. Benedict, J. E. Aug. 7. Drawings to Specification. Sounding-apparatus.-In apparatus of the Thomson type, the interior of the tube is made alternately rough and smooth, preferably along helical lines, to prevent moisture from creeping along it. This is effected by coating the tube with a wax, removing the required parts with a cutter, and then etching with fluoric acid. The remaining wax is then melted out.
Patent GB-190104441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Bleaching, Dyeing Drying and like Treatment of Textile Fabrics, especially Fabrics having a Pile.
Inventor: SACKVILLE JAMES ALLAN
Filed: 1901-03-02
Granted: 1902-03-01
Abstract: 4441. Sackville, J. A. March 2. Bleaching; dyeing.-Relates to apparatus for use in bleaching, dyeing, drying, and similarly treating textile fabrics, especially fabrics having a pile, e.g., velvets, plushes, and corduroys. Two forms are described (1) in which the fabric is wound around a shaft or drum and has loose rods inserted at intervals between the convolutions, and (2) in which the fabric is threaded backwards and forwards round two series of rods held in a suitable frame. The first arrangement, shown in Fig. 2, consists of a drum or shaft, carrying at each end a series of arms or a wheel 2 having a number of spokes 3, the arms or spokes being formed with channels for receiving the ends of the loose rods, which are inserted between the convolutions of the fabric. These rods 5 are arranged on a cradle, or set of inclined rails 6, and are picked up by the projecting ends of the arms or spokes 3, and fall into the channels one by one as the fabric is wound on. The rods are retained in position by wedge-shaped pieces 18 and set-screws 19, Fig. 4. The frame carrying the wound-on fabrics is placed in the bleaching or other vat 7, and rotated by suitable means. After the bleaching or dyeing operation, the frame may be moved to other bearings, and rotated so as to remove superfluous liquor. If desired, the operations of bleaching, dyeing, and drying may be carried out successively in the same apparatus. When the apparatus is to be used for drying, a suitable air inlet and outlet is provided. The second form of machine is shown in Figs. 7 and 9. The fabric is threaded backwards and forwards round two parallel series of rods, supported in two pairs of channelled uprights 12, connected together by links 13, provided with screws 14 for adjusting the tension of the fabric. The uprights 12 are supported in grooved holders 15, mounted on trunnions 16 so as to be capable of rotation in a bleaching, dyeing, or drying vat 7x, the rods being retained in their supports by hinged flaps 20.
Patent GB-190109137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sand Moulding Boxes.
Inventor: TIMINGS SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-05-02
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 9137. Timings, S. May 2. Moulding.-A moulding-box for plate moulding consists of two parts A, B, each provided with a pressure plate E and an inturned flange to aid in retaining the sand. The lower part A is placed on a table K, Fig. 4, with a recess to accommodate the angle-iron strengthening-pieces e on the pressure plate, and is filled with sand. The part A has guides a<8> and dowels a<9> to allow the pattern plate C and upper part B to be correctly placed in position. After the upper part is filled and the pressure plate placed in position, the sand is compressed by transferring the complete box to an ordinary press. The pattern plate is then removed, and the parts held together by a yoke F, Fig. 5, and crossbar G while the metal is poured.
Patent GB-190113482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Musical Instruments.
Inventor: KLEIST EUGENE DE
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 13,482. Kleist, E. de. July 2. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to mechanical pianos. The action of the piano is of any ordinary kind, and is operated by pneumatics C which are controlled by valves g<2>. The valves g' are situated in separate chambers g communicating with a continuous exhaust chamber E. The tune-barrel I actuates the valves g<2> through levers J and rods K, which also carry venting- valves l<1>, the seats l of which are flexibly mounted and are pressed upwards by springs l<3>. The valves g<2> are also acted on by springs k, which tend to close them, and the rods K by springs m, which tend to raise them, thus preventing the valves l<1> from sticking on their seats through the suction of the vacuum within the chambers g.
Patent GB-190119670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Driving Mechanism of Bicycles and other Vehicles
Inventor: FICHTEL KARL
Filed: 1901-10-02
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 19,670. Fichtel, K., and Sachs, E., [trading as Fichtel & Sachs]. Oct. 2. Driving-mechanism; clutches; brakes.-Relates to clutch driving-mechanism for bicycles and other vehicles which allows of coasting and of applying a brake on back-pedalling as described in Specifica- tion No. 7513, A.D. 1899, and also of backward driving. The chain-wheel c is mounted on and connected to a ring b screwed on the hub, by a forward-driving clutch comprising balls d pressed by springs towards the front shallow ends of sockets formed in the ring b. Teeth having inclined rear faces are formed on the wheel c to engage during forward-driving with similar teeth formed on a sleeve g loosely mounted on the hub a, and connected by a roller clutch during reverse- driving with a ring e having a tapered friction surfacef adapted to engage with a cup formed on the hub a. The ring e is prevented from rotating by a pawl n pressed by a spring into a recess in the ring e and pivoted to an arm m loosely secured on the ring e by a flanged ring l and secured to the cycle frame by a clip. On back-pedalling the teeth on the chain-wheel force the sleeve g and ring e backwards against the cup on the hub a and retard the cycle. In order to allow of backward driving, the pawl n is fitted with a rod p attached by a nut to a pivoted lever r, which can be lifted so as to release the pawl n by a cord actuated by the rider. The nut enables the pawl to be per- manently raised. The lever m is readily disconnected by removing the sleeve p and ring l.
Patent GB-190122962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Foldable and Portable Music Stands Reading Desks or the like.
Inventor: DEANS CHARLES
Filed: 1901-11-13
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 22,962. Deans, C. Nov. 13. Reading-desks and music stands.-Relates to portable music stands of the kind described in Specification No. 11,257, A.D. 1888. The rod b has an extension a, to the base of which are pivoted a number of arms c, c<x>. These arms are connected at their outer ends by pairs of pivoted links d. The joints d<1> are made so as to be incapable of opening out beyond a certain point, and the outer angle-bars c<x> cannot move beyond the horizontal. The whole can fold as shown in Fig. 1. The angle of the desk can be adjusted by a clamping-screw x.
Patent GB-190203570-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hand Presses for Printing, and Type Frames or Holders, and Inking Pads, adapted for use in conjunction therewith.
Inventor: MANIFOLD ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 3570. Manifold, A. G., Manifold, J. C., and Manifold, A. C. Feb. 12. Platen presses; inking-apparatus chases; ; type, aetting.-Relates to hand-operated printing-presses, and to type holders and inking-pads therefor. The press shown in Fig. 1 is formed of three parts A, B, C, hinged one to another by flexible hinges M of sheet metal or wire. The part A receives, in grooves formed by plates J, a plate D on which are secured the boxes L carrying the types N. The part B similarly receives a plate E on which are secured holders L' for inking-pads O, which may be inked with different colours, and ink the types when the part B is turned over on to the part A. The part C receives a clamp rod G, between which and a atop H the card &c. to be printed is laid. The type boxes A<2>, Fig. 4, may be secured by clips B<2> to holders F, having dovetail strips D formed by inclined saw cuts E or otherwise ; or the boxes may slide in trough-shaped holders, secured by tags or eyelets &c. to the plate D, which may be of cardboard or wood &c. Fig. 6 shows a box formed of a block D having slots or recesses X<3> for the type blocks N ; or the plate D may be of metal and the sides and ends of the recesses X<3> formed by parts struck up from it. In another arrangement, the type boxes are formed with studs on their undersides, vhich enter holes bored vertically in a supporting-plate.
Patent GB-190203577-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or connected with Water Closet Basins.
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 3577. Sharpe Bros. & Co., and Cooke, N. E. Feb. 12. Flushing closets.-The flashing-horn is fitted with a short metal tube e<1> the upper side of which is continued forward, e<2>, and bent down to form lateral outlets as e<5> and a downward outlet e<3>. In a modification, the upper lip e<2> is dispensed with and the lower lip e<4> carried forward to form a horizontal ledge.
Patent GB-190209634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens.
Inventor: SANFORD WILLIAM WELLS
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 9634. Sanford, W. W., and Bennett, F. D. April 25. Pens, reservoir. The case A contains a collaps. able rubber ink bag E fitted to the end of the feeder C. A small hole k is provided in the pointprotector J, and the screwed plug j is made with a groove h, so that, on partly withdrawing it, air may be blown into the case A to collapse the bag E previous to filling it with ink by suction through the feeder C on removal of the air pressure. The groove h may be replaced by a small hole through the case A, just above the bottom of the plug j when in its lowest position.
Patent GB-190213295-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cycling Skirt.
Inventor: FISK MATILDA JANE
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 13,295. Fisk, M. J. June 12. Costumes, cyclists'.-Fig. 1 shows a side view of the skirt after it is made up, the dotted lines indicating the position of one half of the lining. Fig. 2 represents the skirt divided at the back and laid open. The chief feature of the invention is the piece of lining IV., which is of the shape shown, is attached along its central line to the front of the skirt, and is buttoned along its outside edges C, C to pieces of lining V, thus providing two apertures through which the legs are passed. The two pieces III of the saddle gore are pleated and joined A to A.
Patent GB-190214042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving-gear of Rolling Mills.
Inventor: ORTMANN HERMANN
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 14,042. Ortmann, H. June 20. R olling.-The driving-gear of a rolling - mill consists of a countershaft d driven from the engine shaft a and connected by spur gearing h to a second shaft mounted directly below it in the engine framework. The two shafts are connected by coupling-sleeves l to the roll shafts m, the spur-wheels h being placed between the bearings f, g in the framework. When applied to three-high mills, a third shaft is mounted in the engine framework.
Patent GB-190216951-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Rotary Exhausters for Gas or Air
Inventor: MACKENROT CHARLES ANTHONEY
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 16,951. Mackenrot, C. A. July 31. Crescent-shaped chamber type of rotary exhausters for gas retorts. An eccentrically-mounted small drum D carries two sliding vanes C having pins J near their outer ends engaging with curved guides B working in grooves P in the casing A. A wedge-shaped spring-pressed packing-strip 0 is placed under the drum. A square inlet port R opens into a rectangular port S, of equal area and provided with guide-bars or partitions. The outlet port T has a removable flat valve E. A baffler Z in the inlet stops dust.
Patent GB-190218442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Castors for Furniture and the like.
Inventor: PARDON AUGUSTE
Filed: 1902-08-21
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 18,442. Pardon, A. Aug. 21. Castors; bedsteads; furniture legs.-Castor horns f are detachably secured to bedsteads, furniture, and the like by passing a split spring end c of a drawn iron or steel stem b through the hole h in the horn, instead of using a pivot pin riveted over at the end, and a ball bearing may be provided over the horn. The stems b, Figs. 1 and 3, are provided with notches d, and a metal body a, of a bedstead leg or foot, for example, is cast round the stem, leaving a basin e, Fig. 1, or basins e', e<2>, Fig. 3. The stem b, Fig. 6, is provided with a screw thread l, for attachment to wood furniture, and a metal basin o is formed by bending or rolling. The horn f, Fig. 3, is formed with a crown or collar g provided with a race to receive balls g<2>, or the balls may be dispensed with, and then a rounded surface of the crown comes into contact with the rounded edge of the basin e<2>.
Patent GB-190219243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tiles and Coverings for Floors, Walls and the like
Inventor: FLOOD ALFRED
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 19,243. Flood, A. Sept. 2. Tiles for floors, walls, &c. Interlocking coloured tiles a, d, e, g, of rectangular, hexagonal, or circular shape, with dovetail keys and recesses, are laid in combination with long border or intermediate strips h, which are formed with projections and recesses to interlock with the tiles.
Patent GB-190220965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mouthpieces of Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1903-09-26
Abstract: 20,965. Thomas, D. Sept. 26. Tobacco pipes.-In order to prevent the entrance of saliva, the end of the mouthpiece is covered by a rubber cap T, Fig. 2, provided with a lipped slit or hole 0 constructed to open outwards only. The appliance may be made with a long upper lip A overlapping a short under lip, as shown in Fig. 4. The middle of the cap may be made of gutta-percha to prevent it from being bitten through.
Patent GB-190226256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: BUERGER CHARLES
Filed: 1902-11-28
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 26,256. B³rger, C. Nov. 28. Tyres,pneumatic.-Semi-cylindrical strips a<2>, a<3>, a<4> of tempered steel or other spring metal are embedded in the outer rubber cover b, so as to overlap sufficiently to give two thicknesses for the purpose of preventing a puncture at any point.
Patent GB-190228391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire-alarm Systems.
Inventor: BOWELL GEORGE BENNETT
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 28,391. Bowell, G. B. Dec. 23. Alarms, fire. - Automatic fire-alarm apparatus is arranged so that, when a thermostat is acted upon by heat, it short-circuits a relay and releases a make-and-break wheel in the closed main circuit, thereby sending a code signal to the central station. The disconnection of the thermostat wires also causes the make-and-break wheel to send a trouble call. The apparatus is related to that described in Specification No. 25,421, A.U. 1901. In the transmitting- apparatus shown, the main circuit current normally passes through contacts c<6>, c<5>, c<7>, a resistance R', contacts c<10>, c<9>, c<8>, c<11>, and a make-and-break wheel c<13>, and a shunt circuit to the resistance R<2> passes through a wire t<1>, relay R, and wire t<2>. When the action of heat causes a thermostat to connect the wires t<1>, t', the relay is short-circuited, and its armature breaks the contact c<11>, so that an electromagnet M in a branch circuit is energized, and the clockwork of the wheel c<13> is consequently released. The switch S' is simultaneously caused to connect the contacts c<6>, c<8>, and disconnect the thermostat apparatus. If either of the wires t<1>, t<2> becomes disconnected, the contact c<11> is similarly broken. During the first revolution of the wheel c<13>, a switch S' is raised to connect contacts c<1>, c<3> with contacts c<2>, c<4> respectively, thereby completing in this case the circuit through the relay R, and stopping the wheel c<13>, so that only a partial call is sent. The magnet M, relay R, and wheel c<13> are constructed, and the switches S', S' are operated as described in the prior Specification. According to the Provisional Specification, the apparatus may be connected to the same lines, or the same receiver, as the apparatus described in Specifications No. 25,421, A.D. 1901, and No. 23,265, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190300060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Silencers for Explosion and Steam Engines
Inventor: FISCHER HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-01-01
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 60. Fischer, H. Jan. 1. Exhaust-silencers.-The products of combustion from explosion engines, or the exhaust steam from steam engines, pass by a pipe c, Fig. 1, into a series of tubes a, a', a<2> connected together by springs b, b<1>, and escape by a pipe d. Buffers g may be arranged at suitable points to take the shocks. Fig. 2 shows a silencer consisting of a cylinder a, in which slides a piston f provided with a spring b and an escape pipe d, the exhaust gases or steam beirg introduced at c. Instead of springs, weights may be used to return the moving parts of the apparatus to their original positions.
Patent GB-190302094-A (GB)
Title: Door Lock and Fastening with Alarm Device.
Inventor: JUERDENS LUDWIG
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 2094. J³rdens, L. Jan. 28. Alarms, burglar and like.-A door lock or fastening is fitted with an alarm device whereby a bell is sounded when the locking- bolt is withdrawn. Spring contactpieces b, f are fitted to the casing a and the rear end of the bolt e respectively, and to these pieces b, f are coupled, by binding-screws c, d, the wires of an electric circuit. A bell is included in the circuit. When the bolt e is shot, the circuit is broken, but, upon withdrawing the bolt, the circuit is closed and the bell is sounded.
Patent GB-190305555-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wiper for Wiping Printing Dies, Engraved Plates or Photogravure Plates.
Inventor: MACBETH-RAEBURN HENRY RAEBURN
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 5555. Raeburn, H. R. Macbeth-. March 10. Printing from engraved plates; embossing. Wipers for wiping printing-dies, engraved plates, or photogravure plates, are made from vegetable parchment paper, in the form of strips or sheets. The wipers may be used in similar ways to the ordinary wipers, and, after use, may be cleaned by passing them through water, and between rollers, to rub or press off the ink. They may be used over and over again either dry or moist, and in the latter condition may have the surplus ink collected from them and used again.
Patent GB-190306951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Electrical Current Meters.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1903-03-25
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 6951. Bloxam, A. G., [Luxsche Industriewerke Akt.-Ges.]. March 25. Energy meters.-In an induction motor meter, a conductive disc e turns between electromagnets f a, respectively provided with main-current and pressure coils, narrow gaps separating the poles of each magnet being situated opposite the pole surfaces of the other magnet. A sufficient turning movement is thus obtained, although the magnetic flux of the pressure magnet a passes mainly between its own poles, which arrangement produces the necessary phase shift of the current in the pressure coil b, without use of a separate inductance coil. The pressure magnet consists of an iron core a, surrounded by the pressure coil b, and having side pieces c<1>, c' applied to it so as to leave narrow gaps near the disc e. In the form shown, the maincurrent electromagnet f<1> consists of four bars, to which a yoke may be applied, the inner cores being oppositely wound ; one of the wound cores may be dispensed with ; or a two-pole magnet may be used, wound on the yoke. Permanent magnets are used to retard the disc e.
Patent GB-190307567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Purification of Air.
Inventor: HARRIS JOSIAH
Filed: 1903-04-01
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 7567. Harris, J. April 1. Purifying oils; fats and fatty oils; paraffin.- Air for purifying oils, fats, and paraffin is ozonized by drawing it between panels A of ebonite, wood, or other suitable material, fitted with metallic points a<1> connected to an electrical generator so that the current of air passes between oppositely electrified surfaces.