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Patent GB-190121999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Reservoirs for containing Inflammable and other Liquids.
Inventor: KEAY JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1901-11-01
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 21,999. Keay, J. A. Nov. 1. Paint and like cans.-Relates to vessels for containing inflammable &c. liquids or solutions, such as india-rubber solutions containing naphtha &c., and consists of means for closing and sealing the mouth of the vessel when not in use. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the vessel A is provided with trunnions &c. A<2> which rest in bearings in the frame sides B so that the vessel is mounted out of balance, or the vessel may be counterweighied. The supply opening A<3> of the vessel is closed by a screw plug, and an orifice or mouth a<2> is provided for the insertion of a brush to take up the liquid. The vessel is maintained in the open position, as shown, by means of a yoke E journalled in a spindle B<4> and engaging a projecting lip E on the vessel. A plate D is mounted on the spindle B<4> and has a slotted extension through which a rod B<5>, connecting the sides B, passes. As soon as the yoke or catch E is disengaged from the projection E<1>, the vessel swings round until the mouth a<2> comes against the plate D. The yoke is then lowered over a projection F and, by means of the screw E', the mouth is tightly sealed against the plate. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the vessel A is rotated to bring the mouth a<2> into contact with the plate D by a spring 6, one end of which is secured to the frame and the other end to a pulley 5 fixed on a rocking shaft 4. The shaft 4 carries an arm 3 provided with a cam roll engaging a cam groove 1 on the side of the vessel. In order to maintain the vessel in the open position, a pawl 9 engages a notch in the pulley 5. The pawl is carried by a lever 7, which is operated to release the pawl by a treadle or like device. The yoke E has a projection e<1> provided with pin, which rests on and moves with the arm 3. The plate D is carried on an eccentric on the shaft 4 which presses it against the mouth a', when the vessel is in the raised position. In a modification, two pairs of levers are arranged to act as toggle levers and press the mouth a<2> against the plate D, one lever of each pair being mounted on the shaft 4 and the other secured near the mouth a<2>. According to the Provisional Specification, the vessel may rotate about a vertical axis.
Patent GB-190206926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nail Making Machines.
Inventor: CLARK JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 6926. Clark, J. H., and Mayer, A. March 21. Wire.-Relates to winding wire which has been operated on to form a string of nails 35. The slack due to the intermittent feed is taken up by a pair of guide-rollers 77 and a second pair 78 on the pivoted arm 79 urged upwards by the spring 82. The reel 83 is rotated by a conical friction pulley 84 which is gradually moved towards the periphery of the reel, so that the winding is regular notwithstanding the increase in the size of the coil. The spindle of the cone and the spindle 95 to which it is geared are carried by a slide actuated by the rack 108. The rack is actuated by a pawl on an oscillating lever worked by a cam 103 on a spindle 102 connected by worm gearing with the spindle of the reel. The spindle 95 is rotated by a band running over the pulley 93 and the drum 92 connected to the main shaft 3 by spur gearing. The wire is moved to and fro across the reel by the slide 80 to which the guide-rollers 77, 78 are connected. The slide is operated by a cam 112, a lever 115, and the rock-shaft 114. The flanges of the reel and the surface of its drum are slotted as shown at 124 so that tying wires may be passed round the coil. The hank may then be removed by unscrewing the nut 121 and removing the disc 118 forming one side of the reel. The slots on the further side of the reel may be filled up by hinged arms to prevent the slots from interfering with the action of the cone 84.
Patent GB-190207674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Wrenches.
Inventor: BROWN FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 7674. Brown, F. W. April 1. Wrenches.-The tool shank 5 has a pair of jaws at each end. One jaw 6 of each pair is integral with the shank, and the other jaw 8 has a forked stem 18, which slides in undercut grooves formed by the reduced part 16. The parts 18 are correspondingly bevelled at 20, 21. The jaw is clamped in position by two plates 10, an upper and a lower plate, which have a projection 24 for a recess 14 in the shank, a bevelled edge 25 for engagement with the edge 21 of the jaw stem, and a hole for a bolt 29 provided with a thumb-nut 31.
Patent GB-190208631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Automatically Tilting Barrels and the like.
Inventor: ACKROYD THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 8631. Ackroyd, T. H., and Horton, P. April 14. Stands and tilters. -The gantry or trough C, which may contain water for cooling purposes, is fitted at the rear with blocks A to support tilting-springs D connected at the top with the cradle E on which the cask end rests. The springs, which, instead of being spiral as shown, may be blade springs, may also rest directly on the trough.
Patent GB-190210470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Exercising, Developing, Chest-expanding and Gripping Apparatus.
Inventor: ROCHE CHARLES HENDERSON
Filed: 1902-05-07
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 10,470. Roche, C. H. May 7. Chest-expanders gymnastic apparatus.-Relates to an exercising or developing apparatus for arms and legs. Two bare B are connected by coiled springs A by means of loose detachable fastenings G. One bar may have a foot-strap D, and the other bar may have loose hand-pieces E connected to the bar by springs F. The arrangements of the hand-pieces and springs may be varied. According to the Provisional Specification, the springs may be inside or on the outer ends of the handpieces. One bar may be removed, so as to attach the apparatus to a fixture. The bars are long enough to pass over the shoulders. The apparatus is referred to in the Provisional Specification as an improvement on Specification No. 7290, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-190220115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sights for Ordnance.
Inventor: REICHWALD AUGUST
Filed: 1902-09-15
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 20,115. Reichwald, A., [Krupp, F.]. Sept. 15. Sights. -A back elevation and crosssection of the rear sight are shown. A slide B, operated by the screw F and carrying the sight, travels over a graduated second slide K, which, in turn, travels over a graduated fixed bar G. Screws 0, L, connected by gear wheels and operated by the milled head S, clamp the slide K either to the slide B or to the bar G. When the slide K is clamped to the slide B it can be set for drift on the scale g, and, when it is released from the slide B and damped to the bar G, the slide B can be set for speed of target on the scale k.
Patent GB-190222480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Building-blocks.
Inventor: KALWEIT FERDINAND
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 22,480. Kalweit, F. Oct. 15. Slabs.-Slabs for fireproof floors, walls, roofs, &c. are made of channel-iron frames a filled in with cement b, and are connected together by bolts or rivets. The frames are formed from sheet-metal blanks of the shape shown in Fig. 3 by bending the strips along the dotted lines. The slabs may be recessed and perforated, and the metal may be protected against heat, cold, and sound by a coating of plaster of Paris. For roofs, the slabs may be covered with pitch and gravel or other material, and for tiled or slated roofs the frames may be left empty.
Patent GB-190224312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carbonic Anhydride Refrigerators.
Inventor: CADETT JAMES WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 24,312. Cadett, J. W. T. Nov. 6. Refrigerators.-To produce an augmented circulation in the cooling-coils or cooling-chambers of carbonic anhydride apparatus, one or more coils have their ends connected. In the case of cooling- chambers, one or more pipes are fitted therein so as to form auxiliary circuits. Liquid carbonic anhydride passes through the pipe a, Fig. 1, into the conduit k, whence it is forced through the expansion coils d by a pump i, which is of sufficient capacity to circulate more of the fluid than the compressor pump can draw off, thus causing an auxiliary circulation through the coils d and conduit k. Fig. 2 shows an alternative arrangement of the pump i, in which the pipes a, k are separate. The pumps may, however, be placed in any other convenient position. In this arrangement the conduit k is connected directly to the coils d. A fan f drives the air over the coils. The above arrangements may be adopted where brine instead of air is cooled.
Patent GB-190225490-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-locking Mechanism for Safes and Strong Rooms.
Inventor: ANTCLIFFE HARRY RICHARD
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 25,490. Antcliffe, H. R. Nov. 20. Safes and strongrooms; locks, key. -Relates to mechanism for locking the door of a safe or strongroom upon closing the door. The door is provided with bolts b arranged on a carrier bar c. An extension e of the bar c is slotted to receive one end of a follower g mounted on a handle spindle. The other end of the follower engages a slot in a sliding plate m, a catch o projecting into this slot for the purpose of engaging the D-shaped part p of the follower. The extension e and the plate m slide on distance-pieces j, q which act as stops. A spring s is arranged between the bar s and the plate m. A part w<1> of the plate m abuts against a projection x on the door frame, and a striking-plate w on this part is adapted to engage a catch piece u, which holds a locking-bolt v in the retracted position. When the door is open, the mechanism is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the catch o engaging the part p. As the door is closed, the projection x on the frame presses the plate m inwards, and the bolts bare withdrawn. When the follower g reaches a vertical position, the part p slips past the catch o, and the bolts are shot by the action of the spring s. At the same time, the plate w comes into contact with the catch piece u and releases the bolt v, which shoots into engagement with the extension e and locks the bolts b in the shot position. When the door is to be opened, the bolt v is retracted by means of a key, and the bolts b are withdrawn by operating the handle, the parts being restored to the positions shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190301096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Rail or Rod Holders for Mantel Shelves and the like
Inventor: RUCK JOHN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 1096. Ruck, J. C. Jan. 16. Clothes-hanging apparatus; brackets.-Relates to means for attaching a rail or rod to a mantel or other shelf for use in airing clothes, holding screens, or suspending decorative hangings and the like in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 5266, A.D. 1901. The rail cr rod is held within rings k attached by means of thumb-nuts i to brackets e having upper and lower limbs adjustably secured by a screw c and nuts g to a clamp a attached, also by means of the screw c, to the shelf b. When desired, the brackets can be adjusted so as to carry the rail or rod beneath the shelf.
Patent GB-190305562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted Garments.
Inventor: WILKIN ERNEST EDMUND
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5562. Wilkin, E. E. March 10. Belts; drawers and pants.-A knitted body belt 6 intended to cling closely to the body is inserted into and forms the waist of a pair of knitted pants or drawers. The belt opens down the front and is provided with fastenings in the usual way, and does not ruck up as a separate body belt would do.
Patent GB-190312518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Evaporating Apparatus for Separating Naphtha or other Readily Volatile Matter from Oil or other Liquid
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,518. Haddan, R., [Edson, E. R.]. June 2. Evaporating oils. -Relates to evaporating - apparatus for separating naphtha or other volatile matter from oil &c. The oil, introduced through the pipe y, flows over the edges of the trough wand down the series of heated chambers a and funnels x. Vapour escapes through the pipe l. The steam jacket j is connected to the chambers a by a pipe f, which is capable of sliding through the stuffing-box t, and screw-threaded bushing B, to adjust itself to any slight alterations due to expansion &c. The funnels x are removably secured to four standards 17. The jacket k, casing e, and bottom n, are respectively constructed with flanges 12, 13, 14, which are secured together by bolts s.
Patent GB-190317797-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Wheel for Vehicles
Inventor: HALLE CLIFFORD ROBERT STEPHEN
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 17,797. HallÚ, C. R. S. J. Aug. 17. Spring wheels; hubs.-Inspring wheels, the springs are arranged to act in a direction at right-angles to the plane of the wheel ; auxiliary springs acting in the plane of the wheel may be used in addition. In the construction shown in Fig. 2 side-plates 17, mounted on the axle by means of sleeves 18 and pressed apart by springs 21 are coupled by jointed links to a flange formed in the hub of the wheel. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the side-plates 17 are coupled to the flange 3 by rods 24 having ball-heads, and circular or other springs 22 rest on hollow extensions 26 formed on the collar 20 and on the hub. For driving, pins 27 on the axle engage with pins 28 on the hub. In another modification the springs 21 are dispensed with, and the side-plates are formed with spring-arms connected to the hub by chains fitted with ball-heads, or the side-plates may be rigid and connected to the hub by spiral springs carrying ball-heads. To drive direct from the axle, the arms of a star fixed on the axle either engage with projections on the inside of the hub or pass through slots in the hub. In another modification, shown in Figs. 18 and 19, to assist the action of the spiral springs 21, and to allow a greater eccentricity of the wheel, carriage springs 39 resting on the hub 1 are connected to links 37, 38, which are pivoted on the end of double bars 35, the knuckle ends 36 of which can rock in hollows cut in a ring 20 formed on the tube 34.
Patent GB-190322246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Gulleys
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 22,246. Duckett & Son, J., and Lawton, W. C. Oct. 15. Gully traps.-A movable piece D is fitted airtight into the exit B and supported on a partition C by a projection G, forming a trap. By this arrangement, detritus is retained in the chamber A, and access to the outlet is facilitated.
Patent GB-190323825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Air and other Gases and for Condensing Gases and Vapors by the Evaporation of Liquids.
Inventor: DUBOIS HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 23,825. Dubois, H. Nov. 3. Cooling gases; refrigerating.-In a system made up of a number of pipes through which the cooling-medium passes while the air or gas to be cooled circulates around the pipes, means are provided for reversing at intervals the direction of the air or gas with the view to the removal of the accumulating frost on the pipes. Fig. 2 shows in diagram a plan of the arrangement, and Fig. 3 an elevation, partly in section, of one part of the same. By a suitable opening. or closure of the valves A', A', 01, 0', E', &c. the cooling-medium is caused to circulate in one direction, as, for instance, that shown by the arrows, while the gas is drawn over the pipes by a fan C in the opposite direction. By reversing the position of the valves A<1>, A', &c., the direction of the cooling-medium is changed and at the same time the fan is reversed so that the direction of the gases is also reversed. In case of ammonia or carbonic acid being used in the place of sulphurous acid, the gases of the cooling-medium are drawn off mid-way in the length of the piping, as at Z. In Fig. 3, the header D' is shown with the external cocks E', E', &c., through which, with the pipes H<1> &c., the cooling- medium passes to enter the system. The position of the valves and the direction of the rotation of the fan may be simultaneously changed.
Patent GB-190400508-A (GB)
Title: An Improved "Portable" Destructor and Disinfecting Apparatus for the use of Military Field Hospitals and the like.
Inventor: WATSON FRANK LESLIE
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 508. Watson, F. L. Jan. 8. Refuse-consuming a n d disinfecting furnaces.-In a portable destructor for the use of military field hospitals, camps, and the like, a refuseconsuming furnace A is partly surrounded by a double boiling-tank C in one side of which infected stools, and in the other infected clothing, may be boiled. The furnace grate preferably consists of a perforated plate. The chimney E is made in socketed sections which, when not in use, can be packed between brackets J fitted on the tanks. Fig. 1 shows one form, mounted on wheels, and provided with shafts K. Fig. 6 shows another form, which may be carried by a man, and in which the tanks are made in two or more sections bolted together. Poles may be passed through brackets K to enable the apparatus to be carried by two men. In both forms the tanks are provided with doors D and outlet stop cocks H. Vessels, containing combustible material to be mixed with the wet or foul materials to be burnt, may be carried inside the apparatus.
Patent GB-190407065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmitting Alternating Electric Current Through a Vapour for Rectifying or Lighting Purposes.
Inventor: WEINTRAUB EZECHIEL
Filed: 1904-03-23
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 7065. Weintraub, E. March 23, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vacuum tubes.- A vapour lamp or rectifier, containing vapour of mercury, amalgams, or alkali metals, consists of a glass or other envelope 9 fitted with two anodes 7, 8 of iron, artificial graphite, or other non -vaporizable material, and with a mercury or other cathode 10. A small storage battery 14 or other directcurrent source is connected between the cathode 10 and an auxiliary mercury electrode 12, which is separated from the electrode 10 by a ridge 13 forming part of the envelope 9. Any suitable means, such as a displacing-device normally floating in the mercury 10, 12, and actuated by a magnet to cause the mercury to flow back from the ridge 13, may be used to start the arc. The envelope 9 may be fitted with a condensing-chamber 31 to keep down the vapour pressure, and a steadying resistance or inductance 0 is placed in the direct-current conductor
Patent GB-190417115-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Drying Hops and other similar Material.
Inventor: LASCELLES CHARLES THOMAS EVANS
Filed: 1904-08-04
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,115. Lascelles, C. T. E. Aug. 4. Fumigating hops, grain, &c. The floor G of a building for drying hops &c. is made removable to facilitate the use of the apparatus in sulphurizing the material.
Patent GB-190421998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tram-car Guards or Fenders.
Inventor: O'CONNOR FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 21,998. O'Connor, F. W. Oct. 12. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers for tramcars. The fender, Fig. 1, consisting of flexible iron or other bands F, is supported on a frame D, which can slide vertically between rollers in guidebrackets C, B and is held at a constant height above the rails, independently of the undulatory movement of the end of the car, by means of a cam k, Fig. 4, connected by an adjustable rod s to the car truck. Instead of the cam k, a bell-crank lever may be employed. The rollers can slide in the guide-brackets, as shown in Fig. 4, against springs, to permit the front of the guard to recede and move downwards on to the rail when it strikes an obstruction. In order to assist this action and to prevent the guard from rising again after it has moved down on to the rails, the lower guidebracket B is fitted with the arrangement shown in plan in Fig. 3. When the sliding block S carrying the guide-rollers has been moved slightly to the right, a wedge e pressed inwards by a spring f slips behind the block and completes the movement, and then acts as a catch to prevent the return of the block.
Patent GB-190422761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ribbons or Trimmings for Ornamental Purposes.
Inventor: HENKELS ALBERT
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 22,761. Henkels, A. Oct. 22. Hem-stitching ; embroidery.-The. weft threads in openwork ribbon trimmings for dresses &c. are sewn together in bundles D by threads entering the groundwork A of the ribbon on each side of the opening. One of each pair passes above, and the other below, the bundle of weft threads at each side of the latter, forming the stitch shown.
Patent GB-190425835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes Lines and Holders
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 25,835. Smith, J., and Dennis, G. C. Nov. 28. Clothes-lines.-The line consists of a number of galvanized steel wire links with looped ends b and straight middle portions. A soldered zinc band a is fixed midway between the ends. The links are united by steel wire rings c. To hang clothes, they are slipped into one of the loops, and then slid along until gripped by the straight portions of the wire.
Patent GB-190428072-A (GB)
Title: A Protector for the Points of Miners' Picks.
Inventor: CHARLES WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 28,072. Charles, W. H., and Williams, J. Dec. 22. Picks; tool edges. -The sharp points of miners' picks are protected by close spirals A of wire connected by an elastic strap of less length than the distance between the points of the pick. The wire spirals may be replaced by tapering ferrules, shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190502779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frying Pans.
Inventor: SPENCER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 2779. Spencer, W. J. Feb. 10. Frying-pans.-Afrying-pan having two pouring- lips a' is provided with an inturned portion a, which forms a cavity to receive grease &c. when the pan is suspended by its handle.
Patent GB-190504917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suction Gas Producer Plant.
Inventor: WHITFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 4917. Whitfield, C. March 9. Steam generators combined with gas-producers.- A steam generator for use in connexion with a suction gas plant of the type described in Specification No. 9608, A.D. 1904, is formed by cutting a spiral groove d on the exterior of the vertical gas-outlet pipe. An open-ended sleeve surrounds this part of the tube, so that air may be drawn in to mix with the steam. The water-supply pipe may pass through the upper part of the producer.
Patent GB-190505308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corks for Stoppering Bottles and the like.
Inventor: DAWSON HERBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 5308. Dawson, H. W. March 14. Corks for stoppering bottles &c. are cut from a block of cork wood and are formed with enlarged heads B, which may be of square, hexagonal, circular, oval, &c. forms, in order that the corks may be used several times, and in order to give a good grip for the removal and insertion of the corks. The body A of the cork tapers towards its lower end. The corks may be used with bottles having screwed necks. When a circular projecting head is used, this is adapted to give a more effective sealing, and to present a neat appearance.
Patent GB-190516245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Air Pumps
Inventor: KOHL MAX
Filed: 1905-08-09
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 16,245. Kohl, M. Aug. 9. Pistons.-In a vacuum pump having a liquidsealed piston comprising a part 13 displaceable t e le - scopically with regard to a part 10, 11, rigidly secured to the hollow piston-rod, the packings of the displaceable part consists of a cupleather 18 secured by screws 19 passing through a metal ring 20.