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Patent GB-190015154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or Additions to, Shaking and like Barrels, Tubs and Boxes.
Inventor: GOODMAN OLIVER GRIFFITHS
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 15,154. Goodman, O. G., and Goodman, B. L. Aug. 25. Rumbles.-The object is to clean, scour, and polish small metal articles &c., means being provided for draining off the water used in the process, for drying with sawdust, and for separating it by riddling. The barrel or the like a is fixed to the spindle b rotated by bevel-wheels f, g. The spindle rotates freely in sleeves c, h provided with trunnions c<2>, h'. The trunnions c<2> turn in fixed bearings, and are arranged in line with the main shaft carrying the bevel-wheel f. The trunnions h<1> turn in bearings in the slide i, which can be raised and lowered to tilt the barrel upordown without stopping its rotation. This may be done by means of a screw i<1> and hand-wheel nut j, j<1>. The spindle slides through the sleeve h but not through the sleeve c. Other means for rotating and tilting the spindle b may be used. The riddle k, with a hole k<5> for a hose pipe, may be attached by hooked bolts k<1>.
Patent GB-190101485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: BALL HENRY PRICE
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 1485. Ball, H. P. Jan. 22. Current meters. - A stationary coil D, carrying the current to be measured, surrounds a stationary thin iron helix G, supported between paper cylinders on a cylindrical brass cup I, which has a Range held between plates S, carried by two supports on a back-plate A. A smaller iron helix is carried within the cup I by discs on an axle, which is supported between bearings on the plate Sand the cup I. When magnetized, the movable iron helix tends to turn opposite the space between the convolutions of the stationary helix, in opposition to the action of a weighted arm T<4> of the axle. The axle carries a pointer T' between a scale B and a window in the casing A<6>. It also carries a damping-vane T<3>, in a box formed on the back-plate A, with a cover A<5>. Each iron helix may be a continuous strip, or may be divided transversely ; other magnetic material than iron may be used.
Patent GB-190105579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: KNOWLES JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-16
Granted: 1902-03-15
Abstract: 5579. Knowles, J., and Ackers, R. March 16. Lubricators for the cylinders of winding-engines, air-compressors, pumps, condensing- engines, &c. An oil reservoir A is connected to a chamber B by a pipe C, the passage to the chamber being controlled by a valve D. The outlet passage from the chamber leads to a pipe F coupled to the cylinder to be lubricated, and is controlled by a valve G, which may be provided with a flat or groove to regulate the supply of oil. The lift of the valve D is adjusted by a screwed spindle E, so as to control the oil supply, and the stop H for the valve G may also be adjustable. The lubricant is supplied on the suction stroke of the piston within the cylinder. A gauge glass K, open at the upper end, is fitted to the reservoir A, and may be provided at the foot with a ball valve L to prevent the oil from being blown out of the reservoir, should the valves G, D fail in action. The valves G, D may be ball valves, and, according to the Provisional Specification, one of the valves may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190111597-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Inventor: SPANGENBERG GEORG
Filed: 1901-06-06
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 11,597. Spangenberg, G. June 6. Alarms, fire. - Relates to an apparatus which will either close or open an electric circuit in case of fire, and thereby give an alarm. In the form shown in Fig. 3, f is a mass of fluid or fusible metal, such as mercury, enclosed in a ring of tallow or the like e. When the tallow is melted by the heat of the fire, the mercury connects the two terminal wires g of the circuit. The device is re-set by inverting it, when the mercury flows to the bottom of the glass cover c, and the tallow solidifies above it. The form in which the circuit is broken by the fire is shown in Fig. 6. The fusible metal f, which connects the ends of the wires g, is supported at the top of the case, on the surface of the tallow e. When the tallow melts, the metal f falls to the bottom, where the wires are insulated, and breaks the circuit.
Patent GB-190114865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Gas-pumps.
Inventor: RULF ARI
Filed: 1901-07-22
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 14,865. Rulf, A. July 22. Mixing air and gases. - Compressed gases may be mixed as they pass from the pump to the reservoir by passing through the apertures 15, Fig. 4, in the spaces 14 between the cylinders 13 from the pipe 16 to the pipe 17.
Patent GB-190119674-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved foot Prop or Leg Rest
Inventor: MCNAIR ANNIE LAURIE BARLOW
Filed: 1901-10-02
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 19,674. McNair, A. L. B. Oct. 2. Bedsteads; leg-rests.-Relates to a leg-rest or foot-prop for use in bed. To a base-board a is screwed a pillar g in which is adjustable a screw f having a head i to which is loosely secured a curved plate b, a spring h being interposed. The plate a is placed against the footboard of a bedstead, and the user places his feet against the part b. The rest may be used in a vertical position as a leg-rest, in which case the ends of the part b support the bed-clothes and take the weight thereof from the legs.
Patent GB-190119984-A (GB)
Title: Machinery or Apparatus for Bending or Crimping the Sides of Dovetail Edged Plates to be Used in the Manufacture of Certain Rivetless Pipes.
Inventor: HANCOX EDWIN
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 19,984. Hancox, E. Oct. 7. Bending.-The machine shown in plan in Fig. 2 is for shaping the upset edges of metal plates, which are clamped together by bars M of H-section to form rivetless pipes, and is used in conjunction with or in addition to the machine described in Specification No. 8342, A.D. 1900. The machine comprises two sets of rolls D<2>, D<3>, which shape the edge of the plate in two stages. Each roll is made in two parts, which can be relatively adjusted by nuts e<1> on the screwed shafts e to suit plates of different widths.
Patent GB-190121730-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lock-nut Washer.
Inventor: GRACE THOMAS
Filed: 1901-10-29
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 21,730. Grace, T. Oct. 29. Locking nuts.-The nut n is locked by bending up the ends of a washer a, which has a D-shaped bolt-hole to fit a flat b on the bolt,
Patent GB-190200700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Measuring the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: FISCHER BENNO
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 700. Fischer, B. Jan. 9. Drawings to Specification. Clutches.-The operating shaft of a machine for measuring boot and shoe heels carries a loose driving-disc with a conical recess to receive a slidable friction-clutch member carrying a toothed wheel operating a second toothed wheel, against the rim of which a roller is held by a spring. The movable clutch member is operated by arms on a shaft having two other arms, one of which carries the roller, while the other is connected to an operating-treadle. After a complete operation, the roller falls into a recess in the second toothed wheel, and releases the clutch.
Patent GB-190204731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clutch Mechanism for Looms for Weaving and for other like uses.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 4731. Brookes, A. G., [Northrop Loom Co.]. Feb. 25. Loom driving-mechanism.-A clutch mechanism for looms &c. comprises a disc E, fast on a shaft S, and surrounded by the annular flange of a driving- member D, loosely mounted on the shaft. Two curved arms F, furnished with leather or other pads f<1>, are pivoted to studs e<1> on a boss e, forming part of the disc E ; the upper ends of these arms bear against the spherical ends of toggle-links h, which rest against blocks g abutting against each other and fitted within an arm m<2>. This arm is mounted between lugs e'‹ on the inner part of the disc E, and is actuated by means of an arm m' and a sliding collar C. A spring S<20> normally pulls the arms F out of contact with the member D. To compensate for wear of the pads f<1>, a stud g<3> with tapering end is fitted within a boss m<3>, forming part of the arm m<2>, and fits between the recessed ends of the blocks g. In a modification, the curved arms are moved into their operative and inoperative positions by a right-and-left-handed screw actuated by means of a pinion and a rack which forms part of a sliding-collar on the shaft.
Patent GB-190217667-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Maximum Demand Indicator for Alternating Electric Currents.
Inventor: EVANS CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 17,667. Evans, C. J. Aug. 12. Current meters.-In a maximum - demand indicator for alternating- current, a current is induced in the mercury of a thermometer, which forms the secondary circuit of a transformer. The primary circuit a is connected to the supply conductors i, the secondary circuit being the mercury b in the annular tube b<1>. The circuits are looped together by an iron core c made up of stamped plates each with a notch to enable it to be slipped on the tube b<1>. The mercury b is heated by the induced currents, and rises in the stem d, carrying with it an indicator e which indicates the maximum height reached. The current represented by the maximum reading can be read off on a suitable scale alongside the stem. The indicator e is re-set by a magnet. In modified forms, the iron core consists of wire or filings.
Patent GB-190218746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watch Movements.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 18,746. Haddan, R., [Hampden Watch Co.]. Aug. 26. Barrels; arbors.-The barrel is divided into a driving-wheel A, which is screwed up against a boss B on the arbor a, and a half-barrel C, which is turned to wind up the spring that acts at a hook g on the boss, its outer end being attached to the half-barrel by a hook e. Barrel ratchets.-The click-wheel D attached to the half-barrel by pins i<1> has a large central hole, to take over the jewel setting E. Jewelling and pivoting.-One of the jewel settings E for the arbor is stepped to hold the halfbarrel, and forms a bearing for it and the clickwheel. The setting is secured in the movement plate preferably by screws n.
Patent GB-190222338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Combined Chaff Cutters.
Inventor: MAYNARD ROBERT
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,338. Maynard, R. Oct. 14. Chaff-cutters.-In portable chaff-cutters, a mechanical compressor is combined with the drumfeed mechanism and folding elevator described in Specifications No. 2720, A.D. 1895, and No. 4795, A.D. 1902. The appliance consists of a frame a having a clubbed end a<1> with or without teeth or bars b, and hinged to brackets c on the feed-box d. A rising and falling motion is given to it by the crank e, connecting-rod f, and rocking shaft g. Motion is imparted to the crank shaft by spurwheels j driven by a pulley k and belt l from the main shaft of the machine. A tine m may be fixed to the frame a to pull the material more into the centre of the feed-box.
Patent GB-190223409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Furniture.
Inventor: ATKINS EDWIN
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 23,409. Atkins, E. Oct. 27. Furniture, folding; sofas, couches, &c.-Folding articles of furniture, particularly collapsable sofas, couches, and the like, are constructed so that the head F, the back or side arm or rail E, and the legs B, C, D fold down approximately into the plane of the seat A. The legs B are extended above the seat, and form the head F, and are connected by cross-members. The legs are pivoted on the seat, or, preferably, on metal brackets A<3> secured to the seat, which is formed with recesses A<2> to receive and stop the legs. The rail E is pivoted to one of the extended legs B, and to a link or arm E<1> pivoted to the seat. Struts C, D, respectively connected by cross-stays C', D<2>, are pivoted at the foot and head ends, respectively, of the seat. The struts D are slotted for engagement with pins or pivots B<3> secured one on each of the legs B. The struts C are limited by a cross-stay A<4> on the seat.
Patent GB-190223466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Photographic Films.
Inventor: ARCHER JOHN FLETCHER
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,466. Archer, J. F. Oct. 28. Sensitized films.-Roller films are made with each exposure section detachable from the edges or support, for the purpose of separate development. The strips may be slit or perforated, as shown at c, in oblique lines. In a modification, the films are attached to a slit backing. The Provisional Specification describes means for attaching the end of a film by a piece cemented to the back of the film and threaded through slits in the backing.
Patent GB-190224680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Liquid Distributors
Inventor: ADAMS SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 24,680. Adams, S. H. Nov. 11. Sewage and foul waters, treating; filtering; bacteriological processes.-Consists in rotary apparatus for distributing liquids, such as sewage, over filter beds, and comprises the following features. The rotary cylinder m, which forms the connection between the fixed supply pipe d and the distributing arms t, is mounted in a chamber k and is supported in part by a crosshead f running on ball bearings g, h, j, and in part by a cushion of air locked in a chamber n, which is formed around the cylinder m and is disposed over an inner wall lof the chamber k. The revolving troughs t are made especially deep for ensuring the discharge from the perforations therein at a pressure sufficient to drive the apparatus. There are several rows of perforations to provide for an increased discharge when the supply increases, and the troughs are of V or U section for giving the greatest head possible with a small supply of liquid. The air-cushion may be also employed when the liquid is supplied from above instead of from beneath. The Provisional Specification refers also to serrations on the lower sides of the troughs for causing the liquid to fall or drop, and states that the troughs or pipes t are set at an angle and may be fitted with vanes and the like so that the apparatus may be partly rotated by the wind.
Patent GB-190226522-A (GB)
Title: Table Football.
Inventor: PALMER EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 26,522. Palmer, E. T. Dec. 2. Games imitating football.-The game is played on a suitably marked-out table provided with goals, by two players who each manipulate seven men consisting of flat circular bone &c. counters with rounded tops, by means of a bone flipper having a rounded edge, as shown in Fig. 1. A ball, consisting of a cube of cork &c. with rounded corners, is propelled towards one or other of the goals by flipping the men against it.
Patent GB-190227373-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Galvanic Cell.
Inventor: PEARSON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 27,373. Pearson, G., and Fiedler, L. Dec. 11. Primary batteries; secondary batteries. -Relates to the construction of a cell which, in the first instance, can be used as a primary cell and, when exhausted, can be regenerated or recharged like a secondary cell. The containing-vessel a is provided at the bottom with a layer d of bitumen or the like, which holds and insulates the electrodes b, c. The top of the vessel is covered by a plate e of pasteboard or the like, a layer of bitumen &c. f, then a layer g of sawdust, rice husks, or the like, a second pasteboard &c. plate e<1>, and, finally, a layer of bitumen &c. Vent openings i, i<1> are provided for the escape of gases &c. The positive electrode b consists of a rectangular tube or grid of carbon or lead covered with lead peroxide or hydrate. The negative electrode is formed of zinc having an active surface produced by depositing by electrodeposition a coating of mercuric zinc cyanide as described in Specification No. 27,374, A.D. 1902. It is formed with plates c<1> entering the tube b. The electrolyte consists of a solution of sodium silicate, sulphurio acid, and mercuric sulphate, which sets to a jelly-like mass.
Patent GB-190306352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Stampers.
Inventor: SMYTHE JOHN JAMES ROBERT
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 6352. Smythe, J. J. R. March 19. Stamps, ore and like. - In a pneumatic stamp of the type described in Specification No. 2145, A.D. 1899, the pneumatic cylinder C is connected with the overhead crank shaft by means of solid or unbroken connecting - rods, and, in order to compensate for wear and tear, the cylinder is lengthened from the trunnions d o w n - wards and provided with four rows of holes A, A<1>, A<2>, A<3>, of which A' and A<3> are closed by plugs or otherwise when the shoes and dies are new, and A and A<2> when the said parts are worn.
Patent GB-190310094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Liquids
Inventor: MOLLER OSCAR MATHIAS RONNE
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,094. Moller, O. M. R. May 4. Water &c., purifying; electrolytic filters.-Relates to apparatus for purifying water and other liquids by means of electrolysis. The liquid, supplied through the pipe 5, flows through the three-way cock 11 and the pipe 6 to the bottom of the tank 1 and escapes through the pipes 9, 10, or by turning the handle 16 the liquid is made to flow through the pipes 7, 9 to the top of the tank 1 to escape through the pipe 12. The electrodes 17, 18 consist of perforated plates, which are connected alternately to the positive and negative terminals, and are united by bolts 22 passed through insulating-tubes 23, spacing-blocks 19 of rubber &c. being employed. The hydrogen, oxygen, and small quantities of ozone, developed during the electrolysis, pass up through the opening 34 and are brought into intimate contact with the impurities in the liquid in passing through the beds 43, 44, 45 of crushed quartz, powdered glass, sand, &c. The beds 43, 44, 45 and the electrodes 17, 18 are all secured to the rod 37, which is provided with a handle 39, so that it may be moved up and down when the electric terminals are disconnected. A branch pipe 47 is provided, through which impurities may be washed into the pipe 12.
Patent GB-190310319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Axles or the like and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: MERCADER CAMILLE
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 10,319. Mercader, C. May 6. Forging. -In forging axles and the like by placing a blank 4, Fig. 1, between dies 2, 3 and causing the metal to fill up the dies by forcing punches 5 into the ends of the blank as shown in Fig. 2 and as described in Specification No. 20,343, A.D. 1899, the ends of the punches 5 are protected by steel caps 8, Fig. 3, which rest against shoulders 9 when the punch is forced in and are left behind when the punch is withdrawn. The dies may be cooled by circulating water through holes made in the dies, as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190313433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sashes and Stiles and New Device for Fixing and Hanging same.
Inventor: SALT JAMES
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 13,433. Salt, J. June 16. Windows; window holders.- Relates to means for hanging window sashes so that they can be swung inwards for purposes of cleaning, and also to means for securing windows in open or closed positions. Runners, suspended from the pulley cords, fit in grooves in the pulley and sash stiles, and are fastened to the latter by bolts. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of one type of window, and Figs. 6 and 7 of another. The bolts b<1>, Figs. 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10, are attached to the sash stile and are operated by a rack, so that, when they are removed from holes in the runner J, the sashes H can be taken from the frame. The sashes, Figs. 6 and 9, are balanced by a chain K, running in a groove F and passing over a sprocket-wheel L fitted with a band - brake M, which may hold the window in an open or c l o s e d position. This groove is of such a shape that when the window is closed one sash is vertically beneath the other. The bolts b<1>, by taking against the window frame, also hold the window in any radial position, as shown in Fig. 6. Sometimes the runners J are provided with flanges, Fig. 9, and the bolts b<1> take into holes in these flanges. The invention is applicable to ordinary windows by letting pieces e<1>, e<2>, e<3>, Fig. 2, into the pulley stiles so as to form grooves F for the runners J.
Patent GB-190314368-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Apparatus for Timing the Speeds of Vehicles over Measured Distances
Inventor: LONG EDMUND JAMES HARTELL
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 14,368. Long, E. J. H. June 27. Speed indicators.-Electric mechanism is operated from stations at a known distance apart, and between which vehicles &c. are running, to start and stop the chronograph mechanism of a stop watch, so that the time, and from that the speed, is ascertained. The stop watch a, Fig. 2, and the operating-mechanism at the station B, Fig. 4, are contained in a portable box b. The solenoid e contains a movable core f hinged to the lever g, which has a central arm g' bearing on the top h of the stop watch and controlled by an adjustable spring i. When the station A is approached, the operator there depresses the key q, thus closing the circuit o and energizing the relay p. The circuits r, s are also closed and the bell s<1> rings. On hearing the bell, the operator at B closes the key m. When the vehicle is passing the station A, the operator there again depresses the key q so that the circuit k is again closed at l by the relay p, whereby a current flows through and energizes the solenoid e, causing the core f to start the chronograph. The operator at B observes when the station B is passed, and again excites the solenoid e by closing the key t, and the second press of the push h stops the watch. A buzzer u provided at the station A in a branch circuit of the circuit o may be sounded from the station B by closing the key v<1>. By having a duplicate set of connections from the station B to a third station C, the time of passage in either direction between the stations A, C is obtained. The wires of the circuits extending from the station B are provided with jacks w whereby they are easily disconnected from the box containing the apparatus at B.
Patent GB-190322387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes Wardrobes.
Inventor: WEIR RODERICK
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,387. Weir, R., and Richard, E. Oct. 16. Displaying and storing.-Relates to displaywardrobes. Clothes-rails m, provided with ticket slots p, are carried by sliding frames h fitted in frames a sliding in a casing c, which is provided with glass sides and top and with disappearing doors or panels e hinged to sliding stop boards g disposed under the raised flooring f. Trouser &c. rails are shown, but the rails may be fitted with coat hangers and waistcoat hooks &c. The frames a, h are provided with stops j, i, so that the frame a is partly withdrawn with the frame h. In an arrangement suitable for houses and shops, a casing is fitted with upper and lower racks, upper sliding doors, and lower disappearing doors.