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Patent GB-190017832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens.
Inventor: GRASS HENRY
Filed: 1900-10-08
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 17,832. Grass, H. Oct. 8. Pens, reservoir. The nib f is secured in a slit in the plug c. Ink passes from the reservoir b through the duct e, and is conveyed to the nib by the spiral spring l, which is enclosed in the chamber j. The rotatable sleeve n is provided with an opening which may be brought above the part q of the rubber tube r, so that pressure may be applied to expel ink from the reservoir.
Patent GB-190100142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Surgical and other Bandages, Cotton Wool, Lint and similar Articles.
Inventor: WELLCOME HENRY SOLOMON
Filed: 1901-01-02
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 142. Wellcome, H. S. Jan. 2. Drawings to Specification. Packing surgical appliances &c.-Relates to the preparation of compressed packages of surgical &c. appliances, bandages, dressings, lint, cotton wool, wool or other fibres, fabrics, sponges and spongy substances, &c. The articles are folded into an elongated package, paper being inserted between the folds when desired, to aid in unpacking, and are compressed between wooden blocks in wooden cylinders. Pins may be inserted in the packages before treatment. The packages may be encased in tin-foil by covering the end of the plunger with tinfoil and inserting it in the mould, then removing the plunger, and placing the packing in the tin-foil left in the mould, folding over the edges of the foil, and compressing the package by again inserting the plunger. The packages may be enclosed in a suitable airtight covering.
Patent GB-190102692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamps
Inventor: LOBENTHAL LEVI
Filed: 1901-02-07
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 2692. Lobenthal, L. Feb. 7. Switches for incandescent lamps. A screwcapped lamp with two filaments is provided with a switch for disconnecting one or both of them. In the form shown in Fig. 4, one filament is connected permanently between the cap c and ordinary central contact b. The other is connected between the central contact b and a special contact i, which is carried within a slot in the cap by a T-shaped piece of fibre sheet, or other insulator. A wire ring p is movable circularly in guides formed by turning over parts of the cap, and has a part bent out to stand clear of the contact i, when the ring is in the position shown ; when the ring is turned it connects the contact i with the cap c, to place the second filament in circuit. In a modification, the ring is made of strip, and is carried in a circular groove formed in the cap. In another modification, both filaments are connected to contacts, such as that shown at i, carried within two slots in the cap, so that either may be connected with the cap by turning the ring in one direction or the other, or both may be disconnected.
Patent GB-190103031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milling Machines
Inventor: SCHONAUER OTTO
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1902-02-12
Abstract: 3031. Schonauer, O. Feb. 12. Milling.-Relates to a quick-return movement for the table of a milling-machine. To start the forward feed of the table 1, Fig. 1, the worm 7 is thrown into gear with the wheel 6 by raising the end of the lever 9 on which the worm shaft 8 is mounted. At the end of the forward stroke the worm is disengaged by depressing the lever 9 by hand. This movement, acting through a bellcrank lever 13, throws the pinion 18 into engagement with the shaft 12 by means of the clutch 17. The pinion 18 imparts a quick-return movement to the wheel 6 keyed on the shaft 5 of the leading screw. In a modified form, the disengagement is effected by separating the spur-wheels 10 and 11, the shaft of the wheel 10 being mounted on the lever 9. At the end of the return movement, a wedge 21 throws the pinion 18 out of gear without throwing the worm 7 into gear.
Patent GB-190106379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical Trusses.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 6379. Smith, W. T., and Singleton, R.. T. March 27. Trusses.-The pads and supports are secured to the belt 1 by means of clips 9 and screws 10. The supporting - stud 4 is mounted on a spring 5, secured in a recess 6 in the back of the pad &c. 3. The guard-plate 7 is secured by screws. The pads &c. may be covered with leather &c., and the ends of the belt may be connected by a strap to increase the pressure.
Patent GB-190108893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: HOCHGESAND JEAN NEPOMUCENE
Filed: 1901-04-30
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 8893. Hochgesand, J. N. April 30. Lubricators.-Relates to a valve or cock for regulating the delivery of lubricant in lubricators of all kinds. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the rod a of a needle valve for regulating the delivery is formed with a screw a<1> working in a fixed nut b. The rod is provided with a square stem which slides in a socket c secured to a sleeve c<1>. This sleeve is forced against the bearing d' by means of a spring e interposed between the sleeve and a washer f, or a collar on the rod. A rotary motion may be given to the sleeve, for the purpose of operating the valve, by means of a knob g provided with teeth adapted to engage teeth on the bearing d<1>. A pin g<2> in the knob passes through a slot in the sleeve, so as to connect the knob and sleeve and enable the knob to be freed from the bearing, a spring i being arranged to keep the teeth normally in gear. A gauge mark may be fitted to the knob. Instead of the knob, the sleeve may be provided with a neck or groove to receive a turning-tool. The sleeve may be secured in the regulated position by means of a locking-nut. Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the nut b is movable so as to permit rapid operation of the valve. The nut b is provided with flats to engage a fork l, or it may have a semi-cylindrical projection engaging a similar projection on the sleeve, and, by means of a forked lever m keyed on a shaft n, the nut together with the rod a may be raised to lift the valve. The position of the nut on the rod is altered, so as to control the motion of the valve, by turning the sleeve c'. Several levers may be fixed on the rod n so as to enable a corresponding number of valves to be operated simultaneously. Various modifications are described the object of which is to reduce the number of parts and simplify the construction. In one of these, the operating-sleeve is formed with a cap carrying a pin, which passes through a slot in the knob. The spring i is arranged on the exterior of the sleeve, and the spring e wholly within the same. In another arrangement, the sleeve c<1> has two slots to receive a pin passing through the head of the valve rod. The sleeve may terminate in a plain pin, or may have a conical end to engage a corresponding bearing in the part d<1>, in which case the spring i is dispensed with, the spring e keeping the parts in contact. In another modification, the nut may be rotated and the rod have simply a longitudinal movement. In this case, a squared portion of the rod engages the forks of the lever m, and the nut is formed with tenons to engage slots in the sleeve. Instead of a separate nut, the regulating-sleeve may be internally screwthreaded to receive the screwed portion of the valve-rod, which has guide-pins adapted to enter slots in a fixed sleeve.
Patent GB-190109135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Registering Banks.
Inventor: HEALY JAMES FREDERIC
Filed: 1901-05-02
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 9135. Healy, J. F. May 2. Counting - apparatus.- Money is sorted automatically and added mechanically. Figs. 3 and 4 show front and rear views of the sorting-apparatus. The upper part of the plate 93 is slightly inclined and is pierced by a series of graded apertures 94, through which the different-sized coins running along a slope 92 fall over into shoots 97, 99 on one side, and 98, 100, 101 on the other ; the largest coin drops off the end of the slope into a shoot 102. Reading from the left to right in Fig. 4, the shoots are arranged in order for cents, half dimes, quarter dollars, dimes, half dollars, and dollars. This sorting-apparatus is set in a case having a slot at one end, through which the coins are put on the slope and which contains the automatic counting-apparatus. A slot near the bottom of the casing allows removal of the contents after a shutter over it has been opened by a key. Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 illustrate the adding-mechanism. Pawls 35, 35<b>, 35<c>, 35<d>, 35<e>, 351, project from a lever frame 48 into the shoots in the order given above, and are applied to ratchet-wheels 33, 38, 40, &c., so that the wheels are operated when the lever frame is actuated, but the coins drop off the pawls. The first and second ratchet-wheels are geared to the units adding-wheel 21, but the gearing is continuous for one wheel and broken for the other so that there is no reciprocal driving. The fourth and third ratchet-wheels are similarly geared to the tens adding-wheel 22, but the pawl for the third wheel is broad enough to drive also the second so as to account for the odd five cents of quarter dollars. Pairs of ten-toothed and single - toothed wheels 60, 62 carry from the tens of units the tens of tens, and so on, this gear preventing back driving while the broken gear prevents simultaneous carrying and direct driving. The operating-mechanism, Fig. 7, is a crank shaft 55 bearing a pair of cams 54; which act either directly on the lever frame 48 or through the medium of a pair of levers 53.
Patent GB-190112548-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Coupling for Railway Vehicles
Inventor: CARPENTER JAMES
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 12,548. Carpenter, J. June 20. Couplings, automatic.-Each vehicle has a spring draw-bar with a rigid anchor-like hook b to which is pivoted the link c, shown in plan in Fig. 4, and the locking-lever c which is controlled by the lever f and fork f<1>. When two vehicles come together; the link c slides up the front of the hook and knocks the lever e up, and then drops over and engages with the hook. The locking-device is released by a cord, line, or lever operated from either side of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190114049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley-heads for Electric Tram Cars.
Inventor: BALE JOHN HENRY FOOKS
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 14,049. Bale, J. H. F. July 10. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors.-The trolley wheel in a swivelling head is returned to alignment with the pole by a spring. As shown, the spring r, fixed to the socket at one end, is attached to an eye-bolt e screwed into the swivelling pin of the fork and passing through a slot in the bearing B.
Patent GB-190114602-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Producing Cold Air for Refrigerating Purposes.
Inventor: COLE THOMAS
Filed: 1901-07-17
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,602. Cole, T., and Cole, W. L. July 17. Compressing.-Relates to cold-air machines for refrigerating with an expansion cylinder q, compression cylinder c, and a double-compartment cooling-chamber e, i. The compressor is placed over the cooling-chamber, and drives the crank shaft 2 which is also coupled to the piston in the expansion cylinder. The latter is mounted in a well r in the base, and may be provided with exterior ribs u, which, in conjunction with partitions s in the well, form a circuitous passage for the compressed air. The cooling-chamber is also formed in the base of the machine, and is furnished with perforated partitions carrying balls l over which cooling-water is delivered. A spray of water is also injected into the compressing-cylinder, the water being supplied from tanks 5, y by a pump driven from the crank shaft by a cam 1. Water is removed from the cooling-chambers and the well through pipes g, 10, 10<a>. The inlet and outlet valves v, w are placed at the bottom of the expansion chamber, and are worked through levers 13, 14 and rods from eccentrics 17, 18. Return air may be led round the well r to aid in cooling it, or the well may be insulated.
Patent GB-190116968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-08-23
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 16,968. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Aug. 23. Salicylic esters of cinchona alkaloids of the formula C6H4(OH).COOR, in which R represents the radicle of quinine, cinchonine, cinchonidine, or the like, are produced by acting upon the alkaloids, or their salts, with salicylide, or its polymers, such as the disalicylide melting at 200‹-201‹ C., or the tetrasalicylide melting at 260‹-261‹ C., or the polysalicylide melting at 322‹-325‹ C. ; or with the addition-product, salicylide-chloroform; or with the halogenides of salicylic acid, such as the chloride of the formula C6H4(OH)COCl. Reference is made to Specification No. 8165, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190117953-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of a Preservative Material for Gut Strings
Inventor: LUTZ PETER
Filed: 1901-09-07
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 17,953. Lutz, P. Sept. 7. Catgut.-The invention has special reference to strings for musical instruments, and consists of a composition for treating them. The composition is made up as follows :-Paraffin oil, 45 per cent. ; benzine, 45 per cent. ; spirits of camphor, 7 per cent. ; and oil of cloves, 3 per cent., together with a few drops of eau de cologne. The mixture is well shaken, and allowed to stand, when it separates into two parts, the upper of which is used.
Patent GB-190124455-A (GB)
Title: A Fastening Device for Wire Ropes
Inventor: ENDE MAX AM
Filed: 1901-12-02
Granted: 1903-03-02
Abstract: 24,455. Am Ende, M. Dec. 2. Cleats or holders ; couplings for wire ropes. A bulb is formed at the end of a wire rope A, Fig. 1, by inserting pieces of metal B, N, so that the rope end is secured in a tapered sleeve F, which can be attached to a support. One or more wire wrappings S, Fig. 3, may be put round the rope end, and a second bulb b and sleeve f may be formed. The wrapping may be replaced by rings. Several bulbs and sleeves may be formed on a cable for a suspension bridge. The sleeve F may have a perforated extension for attachment to a similar sleeve to form a coupling.
Patent GB-190125207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device adapted to be used in Lighting Tobacco Pipes, Cigars, Cigarettes or Lamps during Windy Weather.
Inventor: WALTON JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-12-10
Abstract: 25,207. Walton, J., and Hannah, J. D. Dec. 10. Wind guards for use in lighting tobacco-pipes, lamps, &c. The pertorated cover A is provided with a slot C backed by a striking plate D, leaving a recess for the insertion of the ignited match. The base is covered by a band E of fibre or other non-conductor. The Provisional Specification also states that an L-shaped plate may be provided to form a support for the match.
Patent GB-190202276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Mixing Gas and Air.
Inventor: SEYMOUR JOHN
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 2276. Seymour, J. Jan. 28. Mixing air and gases.-The apparatus consists of a casing a, charged with water to a level which is maintained constant, in which two concentric drums are mounted to rotate. The inner drum i, provided with helical bladesj, is supplied with gas under pressure by a pipe l. The outer drum is composed of inner and outer walls, between which extend helical blades h, and an air chamber e supplied by a pipe k. The two drums are geared together by toothed rings m, n and a pinion p. The gas, acting upon the blades of the inner drum, causes both drums to rotate ; the air and gas meet at the right-hand end of the casing and escape by the pipe c.
Patent GB-190204862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pianofortes and similar Musical Instruments
Inventor: HOY THOMAS ALBERT
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 4862. Hoy, T. A. Feb. 26. Pianofortes.-A pianoforte has music cabinets b at each side in place of legs. The cabinets are provided with compartments b<1> hinged at b<2>. Ordinary castors are fitted at d.
Patent GB-190208675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Boring Machines.
Inventor: SHAW ALBERT LAWRENCE
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 8675. Shaw, A. L. April 14. Drilling.-A machine specially suitable for drilling one or a series of holes in the edges of boards to form the bottom of a tank, vat, cistern, still, or other receptacle, has a number of saddles 14 adjustably clamped on a bed 6 with guide-ribs 7, each saddle having a spindle B driven by bevel gearing 18 from a back shaft 8 provided with fast and loose pulleys 9,10. A work-table C is mounted on brackets 22 vertically adjustable simultaneously on the front of the machine framing by screws 26, bevel gearing 27, and a hand-wheel shaft 29. The table can be moved to or from the drills 20 by sectors 32 on a shaft 31 provided with a handle 34, the table having racks 33 and being guided by ribs 21. The work is clamped by eccentrics 36, carried by vertically-adjustable yokes 35 secured to the table and straddling the drills, each eccentric having an arm 38 connected to a perforated bar 39, so that the eccentrics may be operated simultaneously. Any eccentric may be disconnected and used with a single spindle to clamp the work for drilling a single hole.
Patent GB-190218711-A (GB)
Title: Certain Improvements in Means for Certifying Checks, Drafts, and other Instruments
Inventor: ALEXANDER JOHN STIRLING
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 18,711. Alexander, J. S. Aug. 26. Tickets; stamps, postage and like. - Stamps signed by the drawer, purchaser, or owner, and also, if desired, by the certifier, are affixed to cheques, drafts, certificates, money orders, warehouse receipts, bills of sale, orders, tickets, or other instruments representing money, property, or service. The Figure represents a cheque for six dollars sixty cents. Each stamp contains a designation of value so disposed that the units and fractional parts occupy different lateral positions when affixed. The issuer of stamps may charge for the same when issued, or by fee stamps as shown.
Patent GB-190218756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Treating Textile Materials with Liquids, for Dyeing, Bleaching and other purposes.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 18,756. Wetter, J., [Holle & Co., A.]. Aug. 26. Yarns, finishing and dressing.-Relates to apparatus for treating textile materials, such as yarns or fabrics, with liquids for dyeing, bleaching, and other purposes. Two vats 1, 2, which may be of any suitable design, are connected together by one or more circulating pipes, and are connected by pipes 4, 5 to a suitable pump 3, by which the liquid can be forced alternately from one to the other. The pump may also be connected, as shown in Fig. 3, to a supply or exit pipe 10 fitted with a hose 11. In order to distribute the liquid more uniformly in appliances for dyeing &c. cops, the pipes 4, 5 terminate in branch pipes 16, formed with holes 9, which are either spaced further apart or are made smaller in diameter as the distance from the pipes 4, 5 decreases. The cop tubes are supported and connected by pipes 18 formed with central flanges and fitting half way into the cop tubes. The top tube terminates in a flange, and the bottom tube is secured in the holes 9. The tubes 18 are formed with holes, which are made larger in size or placed closer together as the distance from the tubes 16 increases.
Patent GB-190222235-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Mercerising Yarn in the Form of Skeins.
Inventor: HAHN PAUL
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 22,235. Hahn, P. Oct. 13. Yarns, mercerizing.-Relates to apparatus for mercerizing skeins of yarn. The skeins are stretched over rollers 5, 7, which project on opposite sides of a central frame, and are so arranged that the skeins pass through troughs 18. The roller 7 is fixed in position, while the roller 5 is carried by weighted levers 1, 2, which are operated by a cam and lever 10 so that the skeins are stretched during the mercerizing operation and slackened to facilitate removal and replacement. Lye and washing-water are alternately admitted to spraying-pipes 24, the liquid being collected in the troughs. The troughs are each provided with two outlet valves, which are opened and closed alternately, in the manner required, in order to pass the waste lye and wash water into separate tanks. All the operations are performed automatically and in the proper order by cams on the shaft 17.
Patent GB-190225942-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus and Processes for the Rapid Production of Photographs on Post Cards and the like
Inventor: LAUTERBACH HUGO
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 25,942. Lauterbach, H. Nov. 25. Cameras; developing; fixing; printing.-Relates to apparatus and processes for the rapid production of photographs on postcards and the like. In the form of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the negative developed and fixed, but not dried, is placed in a slide a and inserted in a copying- camera having an electric lamp enclosed in a casing f, and a lens connected to the casing by a bellows n. The postcard with a sensitized surface is mounted in the adjustable holder r, t, s. The negative is preferably developed in a solution containing water, hydroquinone, potassium metabisulphite, and potassium bromide, and fixed in a solution containing water, hypo, and potassium metabisulphite. In a modification, the photograph is printed by contact, light from the electric lamp (contained in a chamber) being thrown up by a reflector. Both the negative and the postcard are immersed in water during printing. In some cases, fixing is dispensed with ; or the postcard may be kept dry by interposing a plate of mica between it and the wet negative. The positive image on the card is preferably developed in a solution containing metal, sodium sulphite, potash, and potassium bromide.
Patent GB-190226076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attaching Suspenders to Corsets
Inventor: REDFERN CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,076. Redfern, C. G., [Soc. des Etablissements Farcy et Oppenheim]. Nov. 26. Stocking suspenders; corsets.-Relates to a device for attaching suspenders to corsets. A piece of metal, lacquered, silvered, gilded, or covered with celluloid, is made with two lugs a, and a slot b, having an opening c for inserting the suspender. It is secured to the corset by a riveted ring. The device may also be made in the shape of a flattened S, and secured to the corset by riveted eyelets, or by stitching. In a further form, the device is rectangular in shape, with an opening in one of the sides for inserting the suspender. The device may also be secured to the busk, either by riveting one to each of the two halves of the busk, or by making it in one with the lowest fastener of the busk, as shown in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190306898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttle Boxes.
Inventor: HEATON ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-03-25
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 6898. Heaton, A. March 25. Loom shuttle boxes.- Shuttle boxes are made of sheet steel stamped out and bent so as to form the required number of cells from one piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 4, which represents a drop-box for the " Dobcross or " Ameri- "can" loom. Castings are riveted or otherwise secured to the box, and to one of these the swells are hinged, while the other contains eyeleted lugs f, through which the pins for limiting the outward movement of the swells are passed. Plates of metal may be added to fill the gaps in the body of the box, and removable strips of metal are fastened at opposite corners of the box to fit into the slides in the loom framework. Longitudinal slots for the pickers are cut between certain of the shelves h, one of such openings being already left, as shown, in the back of the box when forming it.