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Patent GB-190206306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Alarm Signals for Railways.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1903-03-14
Abstract: 6306. Thompson, W. P., [Penza, P.]. March 14. Signalling and communicating between trains ; signals on engines ; indicating condition of bridges, permanent way, &c. ; accidents, signalling in case of ; contacts, electric.-Relates to means for preventing collisions or other accidents on railways. In the case of two trains, travelling in the same or opposite directions, approaching each other within a prescribed limit of distance on the same line, an electric alarm bell is automatically rung on each engine. The same bell can also be rung by the line-keepers or watchmen at the watchhouses, in case of a landslip, or the breakdown of a bridge, viaduct, &c. The alarm bell s is mounted in a casing c on the tender, in circuit with a dry battery p of suitable power. One pole of the battery is connected to the wheels and rails b, and the other to a conducting-rod d mounted on a caoutchouc arm t, which serves as a trolley to hold the rod in contact with an insulated conducting-wire a, mounted on supporting poles or posts parallel with the track. Preferably, a rod d is mounted on each side of the train. The lead f for the second rod being indicated in Fig. 2. A switch i is provided, for reversing the polar connecticns of the battery p. For trains travelling in opposite directions, the switches i are set reversely, so that, on two trains approaching each other within the prescribed limit of distance, the bells s on both engines will be rung. For trains travelling in the same direction, the switches are set reversely on successive trains. The strength of the battery p is suitably adapted to the resistance of the circuit, and the limit of distance to be maintained. At crossings, the conductor is raised to a sufficient height to permit crossing traffic, the continuity of the circuit being maintained by a horizontal bar actuated by the attendant. In the case of landslips &c., the watchman connects the conductor a to earth by means of a press-button arranged close to his door, first placing a stop signal, such as a flag or red lantern, on the line.
Patent GB-190208279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Dyeing of Yarns in the Hank.
Inventor: SHUTTLEWOOD ROBERT
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 8279. Shuttlewood, R., and Fanshawe, W. F., [trading as Shuttlewood & Fanshawe]. April 9. Drawings to Specification, Dyeing.-Consists in a method of producing parti-coloured or multi-coloured hanks of yarn. The hank may, or may not, be first dyed in one or more colours. It is then knotted two or more times, and each knot is dyed of a different colour ; or, when three or more knots are made, alternate knots, or every third or other proportion of the knots, may be dyed of the same or a different colour. The knots are removed from the dye before the latter has completely impregnated them, so that shaded effects are obtained.
Patent GB-190220997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Travellers' Cases.
Inventor: BOCK JOHANN
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 20,997. Bock, J. Sept. 26. Displaying. - Travellers' cases are fitted with two sets of compartments 17, which are connected with bottom compartments 18 by lazy-tongs arrangements, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the compartments may be raised and uncovered for displaying the contents. The longitudinal walls of the case are attached to the bottom 1, and the end walls 24, 25 are attached to the upper compartments 17, each of which also carries a side wall 26 or 27, which, when the case is closed, encloses the longitudinal side 2. A screw shaft 5, mounted vertically at the centre of the case, carries a threaded collar 11 having arms 12, 13 connected by links 16 with the lazy-tongs arrangements, so that, by rotating the shaft by a hand-wheel 10 and gearing 7, 8, the compartments can be opened or closed. The end 3 is at the same time opened and closed by a link 15 connected with a link 14 hinged to the collar 11, the lid having a flange 4 which encloses the walls.
Patent GB-190226245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closures for Receptacles for Alimentary Products and other Liquid or Solid Substances.
Inventor: BOUSSAROQUE FERNAND
Filed: 1902-11-28
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 26,245. Boussaroque, F. Nov. 28. Capsuling bottles, jars, and the like; capsules, bottle, jar, and like.-Relates to a method of closing glass or earthenware bottles, jars, or like vessels, of circular, square, or rectangular shape, for enclosing alimentary products, especially useful for closing rectangular receptacles for preserving sardines. The neck of the receptacle is made with a conical or cylindrical bead A, Figs. 1 and 4, which is grooved at the top to receive a rubber packing- ring C. The capsule D, which is stamped or drawn to the shape of the bead in one piece from sheet steel, is provided with a tearing-band E, between tearing lines F, which are formed by weakening the metal, or by producing projections, as shown, by means of a runner tool, or by rolls. The capsule is closed round the neck and bead, as shown in Fig. 4, in a capsuling or other machine, to compress the rubber ring and secure the capsule in place. In some cases, a cap or cover of tin, parchment paper, or other material is first placed on the neck under the packing-ring, to prevent contact between the contents of the receptacle and the packing-ring.
Patent GB-190228102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coherers for use with Ætheric Electrical Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER FERDINAND
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,102. Schneider, F. Dec. 19. Drawings to Specification. Alloys.-Metallic particles for use in electric coherers are composed of an alloy of zinc (3 parts) and copper (7 parts), one of silver (4 parts) and copper (6 parts), or one of aluminium and copper (equal parts).
Patent GB-190307058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Nitrated Cellulose.
Inventor: ATKINS GEORGE JONES
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 7058. Atkins, G. J. March 27. Bleaching.-Cotton-seed waste or other cellulose material is bleached, preparatory to the manufacture of nitro-cellulose, by means of a solution containing sodium or potassium chloride and oxychloride, preferably prepared by the process described in Specification No. 5596, A.D. 1901, Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.]. This bleaching process is stated to remove silica from the waste.
Patent GB-190307517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparel Belts, Collars and the like.
Inventor: WHITTLESEY EDITH OLIVE
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 7517. Whittlesey, E. 0. March 31. Belts, collars, and like articles of apparel are made of one or more rows of rings A held in an overlapping position by a ribbon B threaded through them. A strip of flexible material is sewn to the rear side of the ribbon and its ends are, preferably, secured to the end rings of the belt. Adjacent rows of rings are loosely connected by links 4. C is a clasp for fastening the belt.
Patent GB-190308910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooking or Baking Ovens.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 8910. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Italiana dei Forni per Pane]. April 20. Oven furnaces; air supply, heating.-Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. 5 a sectional plan of a baking-oven. The gases from the furnace a pass through flues b between the two baking- chambers r, s, and escape by a chimney c. Air is supplied to the furnaces by orifices e<1>, x, m. The two orifices e<1> communicate with two chambers at the side, and the orifices x with two chambers at the back of the oven. Air, entering through the orifice m, passes up the front of the oven into branch passages l. Air also enters flues f, h, which, with the flues e, l, pass along the top of the oven and meet in lateral flues, which descend and meet in the ashpit p, so that the heated air is admitted under the grate. A small portion of the hot air is admitted above the grate by two small branch flues.
Patent GB-190318323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine for Making Battery Grids
Inventor: COSTER THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1903-08-25
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 18,323. Coster, T. J., and Smith Storage Battery Co. Aug. 25. Spinning; tools; toolholders. - Relates to a machine for making secondary - battery grids or plates by spinning the surfaces of blank plates to form concentric grooves therein, the metal spun from the grooves forming concentric ridges upon the surface of the plate to receive and ho d the active material of the battery. The holders 9, Fig. 1, carry the cutting-tools 17 in the squared sockets 16, and are caused to approach or recede along a V-shaped ridge 8, by means of the screwed shafts 10, 11 and the bevel gearing shown, the shafts being screwed in opposite directions at the two ends for this purpose. A frame, with slotted ,ends and guide-ribs, for receiving the lead plates is carried between the two sets of cutters as shown, and may be moved longitudinally by the screw shaft 25 which engages a lug 26 on the frame. The spinning-tools, Fig. 5, consist of a shank 27 with a squared head to engage the socket 16, and a cup 28 in which a number of circular cutters 29, separated by suitable spacing-rings 30, are held by a pin 31. The cutters in each frame 9 are connected by gearwheels 20, the spindles of which engage in the sockets 18, one spindle projecting through each frame and having a driving-pulley 21 upon it, whereby the cutters may be rotated.
Patent GB-190320444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for the Wheels of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BELL ROBERT
Filed: 1903-09-23
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,444. Bell, R. Sept. 23. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -An elastic tyre for motor cars or other vehicles is made by rolling a sheet or sheets of rubber or the like B, Figs. 1 and 4, into a cylindrical form with or without a central air space or solid core of rubber or the like. The tyre may be made in sections, and may have an outer covering of moulded sections of rubber C<1>, Figs. 3 and 4, or of rubber, cord, or tape C, Fig. 1, wound on. The tyre is secured to the rim D by eye-bolts F and rods or tubes E, each of which engages two sections of the tyre.
Patent GB-190321919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Scrubbing Brushes.
Inventor: DEIWIKS WILHELM
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,919. Deiwiks, W. Oct. 12. Scrubbing-brushes; reservoir brushes ; flexible rubbers.-The brush head consists of a flat vessel 4, Fig. 3, of sheet metal having longitudinal slots turned up at the edges 6 to bold bunches of bristles, or strips 7 of leather, or other suitable material. It is stated that by putting water or other liquid into the vessel, the bristles will be kept continually moist. The sleeve 8 may be attached by bolts as shown, or cast in one piece with the brush head.
Patent GB-190414795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lavatories Baths and Closets.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 14,795. Adams, M. J. July 1. Lavatory basins ; baths; closets flushed with waste water.- A lavatory basin is placed above a closet or bath so that it may discharge its waste water thereto, and is hinged so that it can be swung out of the way. Fig. 1 shows a closet A with the lavatory basin B turned to one side, the basin being hinged to the wall, or to some part of the apparatus at D.
Patent GB-190420010-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: REGNART CHARLES CLARE
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 20,010. Regnart, C. C., and Hunter Electric Candle Lamp Co. Sept. 16. Incandescent l a m p s, holders for. The case a, a<1> is made in one piece, with the outer portion a<1> narrower than the inner a. The usual porcelain insulator f holding contacts is retained in place by a disc, which screws into the inner end of the case and has a flange which meets the edge of the case and prevents undue strain from being put on the porcelain f. This disc has a short screwed tubular projection e, for attachment to a support. The porcelain insulator has recesses g' which, by engaging corresponding indentations g in the casing, are prevented from turning. The case has slots for the pins on a lamp-cap, and may carry screwed collars for holding a shade.
Patent GB-190420402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket and Transfer-issuing Machines.
Inventor: OHMER JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 20,402. Ohmer, J. F. Sept. 21. Ticket punches; tickets, issuing.-The apparatus described in Specification No. 8511, A.D. 1904, is modified by the addition of perforators for indicating the month, the day of the month, the hour, and minute or part of an hour, as well as the direction and limit of the journey, on the tickets or transfers issued. The punches are actuated simultaneously by means of a pitman 15 and connecting-links 20, 31, 46, 51. The sockets 22 of the perforators are movable by means of arms 23, which pass through slots in the casing and are provided with buttons 25 and pointers 26 ; they are held in position by means of spring-pressed notched plates 32. Or they may be moved by means of screwed spindles. Instead of each single movable punch, a series of stationary punches may be employed with a movable actuator. The perforators are so shaped as to leave the pieces adhering on one side, to be folded back as they leave the machine.
Patent GB-190423358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Application of Elastic-fluid Turbines to the Driving of Locomotives.
Inventor: GRAY JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 23,358. Gray, J., [Stump, J.]. Oct. 29. Steam turbines for driving locomotives are divided up into several stages, one for each driving wheel or axle, the steam passing through the several stages in succession. The steam is led from the boiler through the turbines c<1>, c' ... c<6>, which are mounted directly on the driving-axles a, and then passes to the blast nozzle in the usual manner. The turbine forming each stage may be of any suitable type, the casings being fitted to the locomotive frame so as to allow relative movement. If desired, each side of the locomotive may be fitted with a complete turbine, having the same number of stages as there are driving-axles. Separate turbines may be provided for reversing.
Patent GB-190424301-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hatchet
Inventor: PHILLIPS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 24,301. Phillips, W., and Robins, W. Nov. 10. Axes.-The blade of a hatchet is made detachable and fixed by countersunk set-screws as shown
Patent GB-190429363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Measuring Instruments
Inventor: ARCIONI VITTORIO
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 29,363. Lake, H. H., [Arcioni, V.]. Dec. 31. Current meters. - A recording ammeter of the thermal type is constructed to give its indications very slowly. A rigid rod c of considerable heat capacity, through which the current is led by means of flexible conductors L, is fixed between blocks A, B held by springs M, M<1>. The spring M is fixed at C, and the other M<1> is connected to an arm R held by a spring N fixed at F. The arm R, which has the same coefficient of expansion as the rod c, is acted upon by a spring V or by a weight, and is connected by a link H to a tracing-lever I. Several conductors in parallel may be used in place of the rod c. If sufficiently thin, and especially if in the form of a strip, the conductor may be connected directly to the blocks.
Patent GB-190502104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Machines for Cutting Pipes and the like.
Inventor: HAYES JAMES ROBERT SLADE
Filed: 1905-02-02
Granted: 1906-05-02
Abstract: 2104. Hayes, J. R. S., and Burrowes, B. E. Feb. 2. Pipe and rod severing machines.-A pipe &c. p to be cut is gripped at four points in its circumference by the edges of the long, concave-faced jaws u, which have lugs working in slides in the support d and forming nuts for the right and .left handed screws v operated by worm-wheels x, worms, and a handle 9. The disk h, supported by the segments of a ring n, is rotated by gearing 13 and a handle 11, or by means of bars inserted in radial holes in its periphery, and carries one or more tools i in holders 18, which are advanced by hand or by ratchet-wheels 22 and a pawl 24.
Patent GB-190503139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns for Drying and Burning Earthenware Goods, applicable for Drying Malt, Wet Crops and the like.
Inventor: SHARP ROBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 3139. Sharp, R. C. Feb. 15. Kilns.-Kilns for drying and burning bricks, blocks, slabs, plates, pipes, or other earthenware goods, and for drying wet crops, malt, cereals, wood pulp, or other granular or powdery materials, are preferably horseshoe shaped and consist of an inner series of drying- chambers which receive from an outer series of burning chambers or from any other suitable source the waste gases after they have been passed to and fro through flues of thin sheet iron, cast iron, or other smooth surfaced material such as tile or slate forming the side walls and supporting the floor of the drying- chambers. To facilitate the travel of the carriages through the drying-chamber, the rail tracks are inclined, and, to prevent loss of heat during charging and discharging, each end of the kiln is provide with air-tight inner and outer doors. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the kiln, Fig. 2 a sect'on on the line A-B, and Fig. 4 a section on the line C-D. At the end of the kiln where the goods leave, waste gases from the burning-chambers 1, the perforated floors of which form the roof of the furnaces 27, pass through openings 2, 3, regulated by dampers 10, into flues 15, 4, 9 terminating in a chamber 6 below the floor of the drying-chambers 25. The upper part of the chambers 1 may also be connected to the chamber 6 by suitable flues. From the chamber 6 the gases enter flues 7, 16, 22, 17, pass to the other end of the kiln, mix in a chamber 18 with hot gases from the burning- chambers at that end, and return through flues 8, 20, 26, 21 to the exit end of the kiln ; they then enter a chamber 18<1> and pass through a grating 11 to the drying-chambers, and are withdrawn through a flue at the other end of the kiln by a fan or equivalent means. In order to distribute the heat equally, the inlets to the lower flues are covered with gratings. Hot gases may also be supplied at the centre of the kiln by the burning-chambers situated at that part. The sloping rail tracks are laid on chequer plates or grid plates forming the floor of the drying-chambers, and a lobby 12 at each end of the kiln is provided with doors 13, 14 alternately opened and closed when a carriage is passed into or withdrawn from the kilo. Sand, ashes, or the like may be spread on the top of the burning and drying chambers and under or over the flues beneath the floor. When drying malt, wet crops, wood pulp, and other materials not requiring to be burnt, the gases may be supplied from furnaces at each end of the structure or from any other source of heat.
Patent GB-190503453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Connecting Pattern Cards or Plates for Weaving and other purposes.
Inventor: WOODHOUSE THOMAS
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 3453. Woodhouse, T., and Scott, W. Feb. 20. Cards &c., connecting. Pattern cards or metal plates for weaving and other purposes are connected together by similar methods to those described in Specifications No. 12,585, A.D. 1889, and No. 11,675, A.D. 1894. A second cord or set of cords F is, however, added, and rotates in opposite directions to the first set G. A collar B, driving-wheel C, and arms D are mounted loosely on the hollow shaft E, which carries the arms A. The cords F, G bind the cards H, which are suitably spaced on the cylinder J, and they may be tensioned partly on the arms and partly before reaching the latter. The arms are driven through chain, pulley, or toothed gearing put in motion by power, treadles, or a combination of treadles and springs.
Patent GB-190511211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HOUBEN CARL
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 11,211. Houbon, C. May 29. Gas and like engines.- To enable the cylinder to withstand high pressures, it and the outer jacket are made in one piece of equal thickness, and the cooling-water is forced into the jacket under pressure, so that the jacket supports the cylinder. To avoid accumulation of air in the jacket, the water is admitted underneath at c' and discharged through orifices d at the highest edge of the jacket.
Patent GB-190518026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Overflows of Lavatory-basins, Sinks, Baths, and the like.
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 18,026. Tylor & Sons, J., and Appleby, T. H. Sept. 6. Lavatory basins; sinks; baths.- Overflow fittings are provided with a hinged or removable grating i supported by the wall k and a bolt d. The bolt is formed with a bracket g, and a latch m carried by a rotatable pin l engages with the bracket on rotation of the pin by means of a key or a ring n. Cleansing of the bottom part of the overflow is facilitated by providing it with a detachable panel q, one end screwing upon the discharge pipe and the other being supported by washers t secured by nuts and bolts.
Patent GB-190520088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Incandescent Gas Lamps
Inventor: GLOVER JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 20,088. Clover, J. G. Oct. 4. Incandescent gas lamps; globe hulders.-The airsupply passages are heated by combustion products, by conduction, or directly by the burner in order to burn the impurities from the incoming air. In one arrangement, the combustion products pass between a canopy H, Fig. 1, and hood G to the flue, and the air supply passes between a shield K and the lamp casing A, through perforations L, and between the casing A and the hood G to the burner, the closed globe D being carried by a hinged holder C secured by a fastening F. In a second arrangement, the air supply passes through perforations L, Fig. 2, tubes N, and a central tube P. In a third arrangement, the air supply travels through a spiral passage Q, Fig. 3, round the flue, and thence over a hood G. In a modification, the spiral passages are replaced by chambers S, T, U, connected by tubes N fitted-in the flue, and a canopy H as shown in Fig. 1 may also be used. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 5267, A.D. 1879, Nos. 1450 and 3851, A.D. 1883, No. 7459, A.D. 1885, No. 6744, A.D. 1886, Nos. 5354 and 7990, A.D. 1887, No. 23,619, A.D. 1899, and No. 13,902, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190522250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fountains.
Inventor: CHONE FRITZ
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 22,250. ChonÚ, F., and Schmidt, R. Oct. 31. Flexible-tube type of pumps for supplying fountains. A clockwork-driven rotating arm i carries a roller k, which presses against a circular hose tube a fitted with a suction pipe e and discharge pipe f, separated by a partition d.