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Patent GB-190114146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Fusion of Hardened or Metallic Masses by a Flame Jet, particularly applicable to Blast or other Furnaces
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 14,146. Boult, A. J., [C÷ln-M³sener Bergwerks Aktien-Verein]. July 11. Foundry ladles.- Obstructions caused by the accumulation of solidified metal, slag, or other material at the tapping-holes or other places in ladles &c. are removed by means of a burner comprising a gas, petroleum vapour, or other supply pipe b, adjustably fitted within an outer pipe a, to which oxygen is supplied from a tube a'. The bead of the burner is protected by a casing d of refractory material, or may be cooled by means of a water jacket. The obstruction is heated as much as possible, at one place only, by means of the burner, and the fused material is blown out by considerably increasing the pressure of the oxygen gas.
Patent GB-190115695-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Combination Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: KRIMER MOSES LAZAR
Filed: 1901-08-02
Granted: 1901-09-24
Abstract: 15,695. Krimer, M. L., and Cutajar, H. Aug. 2. Water-heating and cooking stoves.-A tank or boiler for water, tea, or coffee is formed with an outer cylindrical casing C and an inner, preferably tapered, casing C', and provided with handles c, a water &c. gauge J, a thermometer, and a detachable tap K. The boiler may be divided into separate compartments by vertical partitions. Tea or coffee is introduced in a wedgeshaped strainer. Heat is supplied by oil, gas, electricity, &c., an oil reservoir A being shown provided with a gauge and three brackets a supporting a flanged base B for the boiler. A receptacle D for cooking eggs, potatoes, &c. by dry heat or steam is provided with an annular rim or tray D<1> fitting tightly on the casing C<1>. A distance-piece and ventilator E with a diaphragm or cover E<1> fits on the part D. A stew-pan F and a frying-pan G, each with a detachable handle H, can be used separately over the part E ; the part G may serve as a lid to the part F. The apparatus is packed in a case L, shown in chain lines, the handles H and tap K being detached, and the parts D, E, F, G inverted and packed in order.
Patent GB-190202742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fibrous Plaster, and in the Manufacture of Slabs, Mouldings and other Articles therefrom
Inventor: TAYLOR GEORGE AUGUSTINE
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 2742. Taylor, G. A., and Macleod, W. Feb. 3. Slabs.-Slabs for partitions, and moulded and ornamented panels for ceilings, are cast from a composition consisting of cement or plaster of Paris, together with shredded bagasse. The cement employed may be economized by casting the work in layers containing successively-larger proportions of bagasse, the back layer containing as much as 25 per cent. by weight. The composition used in the first layer may be suitably coloured or stained. In casting panels for ceilings, the mould may be divided off into sections by means of thin pieces of metal, while the first layer is being cast, the sections being filled in with variously-coloured compositions. The backing-layers bridge over the breaks in the face layer and make the structure continuous.
Patent GB-190202762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Catches and Mounts for Securing Stereotype and Electrotype Plates for Printing
Inventor: MASON THOMAS
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 2762. Mason, T. Feb. 3. Type, setting.-Metal furniture consists of bars c having longitudinal recesses c'. These bars care also used, in conjunction with catches a, a<1>, for mounting stereo or electro plates A.
Patent GB-190202897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Hoops for Children.
Inventor: MAURICE ARTHUR HILL
Filed: 1902-02-05
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 2897. Maurice, A. H., and Meek, G. Feb. 5. Hoops.-A metal &c. disc is fixed centrally in a hoop by means of wires, cords, or the like arranged like the spokes of a cycle wheel. A cord or chain passed through a central hole in the disc, or connected to a wire swivelling therein, serves as a handle by which the hoop can be drawn along.
Patent GB-190215421-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of and Apparatus for Exhibiting Advertisements and the like
Inventor: WERTHEIMER JACQUES
Filed: 1902-07-10
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 15,421. Wertheimer, J. July 10. Advertising-apparatus. - Advertisements, information, or announcements are inscribed on cards a which are obtained from a coin-freed or other distributer 20, Fig. 1, the cards being then exhibited in front of an apparatus, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5 by means of coin-freed apparatus, or otherwise. Each card is inserted in a case b having a hinged cover c provided with projections w by which the card is held upright against a slide d having a rib e at the top which when the slide is moved downwards engages with the card and moves it between guides y into position for inspection. The card in its descent is held against the slide by a roller u mounted on spring-pivoted arms. The slide, which has guiderollers h, i, moving between guides g, is connected by pivoted bars J with a frame pivoted at n, the operating-rod q by which the slide is moved downwards being connected with a crossbar o of the frame. To the frame is also pivoted at 2 bars f sliding on pins I and adapted to project through slits in the slide to support the card when inserted in the case b. When the rod q is operated, the rods f are withdrawn and the card is pushed downwards, springs t returning the parts to the original position when the rod q is released. In the arrangement shown, the rod q which is connected with a crank r on a shaft s, is operated through coin-freed mechanism. On the shafts 5 and s are sectors 7 and 10 respectively, having raised parts which together form a recess to receive a coin dropped down the shoot 12, the coin thus serving as a connection by which the shaft s is actuated in actuating the shaft 5 by means of the hand-lever 4. When the shafts are thus oscillated, the coin falls from the segments, and the segment 10 is held by a pawl 13 which is released by the raised part of the segment 7 when the shaft 5 is returned to its original position by the spring 18. When the column is thus filled, the lower card pushes down a spring slide 21 which serves to actuate a shutter by which the coin-slit is closed. The cards may be displayed in two columns.
Patent GB-190221661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Folding Boxes for Holding and Displaying Suspensory Bandages and other Articles
Inventor: BAUER ALECK
Filed: 1902-10-04
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 21,661. Bauer, A. Oct. 4. Advertising; displaying. - Folding boxes of pasteboard or other material, for holding and displaying suspensory bandages or other articles, are formed in one piece, as shown in Fig. 2, comprising bottom A, ends K, flaps C, D, back and front sides S, R, lid B, and closing-flap E having tongues F, which, when the box is closed, enter slits in the bottom A. A piece H is attached at its lower edge to the bottom A, for attachment of the bandage &c. The flap E has a perforation L for suspension of the open box to display the article. The box may bear advertisements.
Patent GB-190304089-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatically Operated Electric Block-signalling or Brake-operating Device for Railways.
Inventor: DOBRZANSKI NIKOLAUS
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 4089. Dobrzanski, N., and Huschak, J. Feb. 20. Stopping engines and trains; contacts, electric ; signalling between trains; signals on engines.-A train entering a block section on a single line automatically closes an electric contact, the circuit being completed when another train enters the section from the opposite end, whereupon the brakes are applied or an alarm is sounded. A train moving from A to B, Fig. 3, displaces, by means of a rod on the engine, the levers d,f, Fig. 1, in the directions 2, 4, whereupon the insulated armaturej on the arm h is brought within reach of an energized electromagnet l, and the contact m, g is made. The circuit through the line-wire z is completed when a train entering at B depresses a similar lever f, thereby energizing the electromagnet u and causing the slot v of the lever s to hold a lever q in the vertical position. The rod upon the engine is deflected when it strikes this lever, and the brakes are thus applied or a warning signal on the engine is sounded. When an engine leaves a section, it moves the lever d so as to break the contact n, o and de-energize the locking - magnets. Three line-wires are employed.
Patent GB-190309868-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Vapour Driven Turbine or Rotary Heat Engine.
Inventor: WIGLEY GEORGE ALFRED
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 9868. Wigley, G. A. May 1. Screw motors.-A duplex screw motor, driven by combustible gases or vapour or mixed steam and gas or steam alone, is shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The casing S is either cylindrical or, as shown, is flared outwards from its centre and contains a rotary sleeve R on a shaft H and has on each side screw vanes V, which increase in depth and decrease in pitch towards the exhaust ends E. The central admission channel D has injectors Z for supplying compressed air and petrol or other combustible contained in tanks M, U. A water tank X is connected to the combustion chamber by pipes d, so that water for cooling the charge can be introduced and the steam so produced used in the turbine. The charge is fixed by sparking-plugs x for starting until the chamber is hot enough to fire the charge. Small helical vanes L are placed in front of the injectors to give the incoming charge a whirling motion.
Patent GB-190311496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Excavators.
Inventor: JUBB HARRY
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 11,496. Jubb, H. May 20. Cranes.-Relates to steam navvies or excavators, and consists in the combination of excavating-apparatus with the framework of an ordinary travelling jib crane, the object being to enable trenches to be cut to any required depth below the base of the apparatus, and yet always keep the apparatus on a solid foundation. Bolted to the frame of the crane is a horizontal jib A, at the end of which is mounted a short shaft F carrying pinions G gearing with racks on the bucket arm J. The shaft F is connected through gearing P, R, &c. and shafts W, Z, supported by the jib A and pillar B, with the shaft 1 carrying a brake disc 3, by means of which the depth of the bucket's cut is controlled, as it is pulled up by the chain 6. By this arrangement of the shafts W &c. and gearing, a clear space is provided under the jib A. The bucket-arm racks are kept in gear with their pinions by an arm pivoted on the shaft F and carrying rollers M, and the bucket is discharged through a door 14 controlled by a rope 16.
Patent GB-190313315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Joints of Sheet Metal Hinges
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1904-06-15
Abstract: 13,315. Bates & Sons, J. & E., and Bates, A. J. June 15. Fastenings.-The hinges of the hasps of Scarborough trunk hasp fastenings are strengthened by pressing, rolling, or stamping corrugations in the pin sockets. Fig. 3 shows a hinge blank with corrugations A.
Patent GB-190316359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Brickwork of Furnaces, Roasters and the like
Inventor: ROBERTS FRANK CALVIN
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,359. Roberts, F. C. July 24. Settings &c.-Fillers 9, 9<1>, 9<2>, 9<3>, 9<4> of wood or other combustible, compressible, or destructible material are placed between the bricks at the joints of ore roasting and other furnaces, flues, or chambers, which are subjected to high and varying temperatures, so as to prevent distortion due to expansion and contraction of the walls. The fillers and bricks may be of any one of the forms shown, the fillers 9<1>, 9<3> having brick cores. Chequerwork fillings and linings may be similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190320918-A (GB)
Title: A Dental Trough
Inventor: EDGELOW PERCY
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 20,918. Edgelow, P. Sept. 29. Medicines, administering.- A dental trough A for use in applying medicaments to the teeth or gums. is made of soft rubber with an absorbent lining D of spongy rubber, which is saturated with the liquid to be applied. The trough may be made small enough for application to one or more teeth, or to all the teeth of one jaw. The Provisional Specification states that the trough may be made double for application to both the upper and lower teeth and gums simultaneously, and is made of rubber, vulcanite, celluloid, metal, wood, ivory, or the like, with a fixed or removable lining of spongy rubber, sponge, amadou, or wool, for applying the medicaments and cleansing-compositions. Or the lining may bc dispensed with, and the walls of the trough have a honeycombed or toothed surface of rubber, for cleaning the teeth by friction.
Patent GB-190322091-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of Water Soluble or Easily and Permanently Emulsifiable Hydrocarbon Derivatives.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 22,091. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. zur Verwerthung der Boleg'schen Wasserl÷slichen Mineral÷le und Kohlenwasserstoffe]. Oct. 13. Treating oils with reagents.-Mineral oil is treated with crude resin oil. It is then washed and treated with direct steam and caustic soda in excess. The resin-soap lye formed is separated, and the alkaline solution left is oxidized by treatment with air under pressure or with ozone, and is kept for some time under a pressure of from one to one and a half atmospheres. Crude resin oil is boiled with an excess of caustic soda by direct steam, after which it is treated with air under pressure or with ozone at 95‹-110‹ C. until a clear solution is obtained. Reference is made to Specification No. 12,349. A.D 1899. Soaps.-Nitrobenzene is treated to obtain a product for use in soap-making or as a domestic disinfectant as follows :-20 to 30 parts of nitrobenzene are treated at about 50‹ C., a little alkali and water are added, and then 70 to 80 parts of the soluble mineral or resin oil are allowed to enter in a thin stream and the temperature raised to 70‹ C.
Patent GB-190322842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Floors, Ceilings Walls and the like
Inventor: BLIVET FRIDOLIN
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,842. Blivet, F. Oct. 22. Flooring and building blocks and slabs. - Relates more particularly to the use of adjustable blocks and slabs of plaster, cement, terracotta, cork, wood, &c. fitted together between iron girders or joists to serve as ceilings, floorings, and walls, or as fillings or puggings. The effective width of the blocks is altered by using wedge-shaped or triangular blocks fitted together in pairs with some of the angles cut away. Fig. 5 shows the method of employing the blocks c between diverging joists a. Figs. 9, 12, 15, and 18 show the means employed for joining the blocks, such as rabbets e,f, Fig. 9, beadings i and grooves j, Fig. 15, and intermediate pieces or fillets k, Fig. 18. Spaces such as d, Fig. 5, and g, Fig. 9, are filled with cement &c., but holes such as m, Fig. 18, are provided to hinder conduction of heat and sound. Fig. 22 shows the shaping of the ends l of the block to fit the flanges of the girders a, Figs. 25,29. and 39 show one of the devices employed to prevent the gaps g from showing on the underside of the ceilings. Fig. 25 also shows grooves p to receive cement or fillets k. Fig. 43 indicates the construction of a floor and ceiling, and Fig. 45 illustrates the use of triangular adjustable blocks. The flooring-battens q, Fig. 52, are screwed to the bars r, which are moulded into plaster pugging before the parquetry s is laid down. Fillets of plaster &c. may be arranged at the sides of the joists. According to Fig. 53, the ceiling is formed of mouldings u. Between floor and ceiling, a filling may be placed of the blocks themselves or of cement or of felt v in layers secured to battens v<1>, Fig. 56<a>. Intermediate joists a<1>, Figs. 60 and 61, may be employed, and are arranged to be concealed between the ends of the blocks. Fig. 67 illustrate the method of building up a partition.
Patent GB-190326509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: NICOL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 26,509. Nicol, W. Dec. 4. Windows; casements; draught and weather excluders. - Relates to windows w i t h sliding and hinged - and - sliding sashes, and to casements, and comprises weatherexcluders, water traps, detachable beads, and cord attachments. Weather-excluders a r e applied to the bottom rails of sliding sashes, as shown in Fig. 5, and to casements, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 11, loose baffle-plates g, Fig. 6, 6<b>, and 8, and draining-apertures being also provided. A water trap h, Fig. 10, particularly applicable to pivoted windows, may be fitted on to the inner side to drain water to the outside and may be provided with a baffle-board i. The beads j of sliding windows are made detachable, as shown in Figs. 12, 15, and 16, by providing them with a hooked plate k engaging a slotted plate l in the fixed frame, a part j<1> of the bead being pivoted to allow the rod to rise. Spring plates m<1>, Fig. 17, are fitted to hinged beads for hinged-and-sliding sashes, and the sash cords thereof are detachably connected by plates n, Fig. 22, to the lower end of which is pivoted a box o having a hinged slotted front r engaging a hook s, Fig. 23, on the fixed frame when detached. The box c normally fits in a recess on the sash stile and may be used for either side. Fig. 24 shows a modification of the plate n.
Patent GB-190327791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photometric Apparatus.
Inventor: TREWBY GEORGE CARLESS
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-12-17
Abstract: 27,791. Trewby, G. C. Dec. 18. Photometers.-An addition is made to the "gas referees' "table photo- " meter" shown in Fig. 1, of arrangements for adjusting the position of the gas burner, or the standard, or of both. The flame of the burner is kept at a standard height, and the equality of light on the comparison screen is obtained by moving the burner carriage A along the graduated scale E, by means of the rod B and micrometer screw connections C, D. To avoid any flexible-tubing connections, a liquid trough as shown in Fig. 3 may be used for connecting the gas supply.
Patent GB-190328367-A (GB)
Title: Recording-apparatus for Malt Drums.
Inventor: CLUSS EUGEN
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 28,367. Cluss, E. Dec. 24. Indicating time of working and feed of machines. -The rotations, periods of working and of rest, and positions of rest of malt drums are recorded on a cylinder actuated by clockwork, by means of pencils operated by the movements of the drums. The malt drum 1 drives a wheel 3 carrying a crank 5 connected by linkwork 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 with a rod 12 carrying a pencil 6 arranged to trace lightly on the clockwork cylinder 15. A number of drums may be made to trace on different parts of the same cylinder. The linkwork may be replaced by a wire actuated by a crank, passed over suitably situated pulleys, and provided with a tension weight.
Patent GB-190402334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines
Inventor: BARKER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-01-30
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 2334. Barker, A., and Sidebottom, H. Jan. 30. Annular-chamber type of rotary engines. The casing a contains a piston drum c which is preferably formed with flanges i having packing-rings i<1>, and forming an annular working-chamber for the piston vane k. The rotary abutment fhasarecess l for the piston vane. The steam- admission port is controlled by a rotary cut-off valve o formed of a semi-cylinder carried by a cut- away plate n which passes through, and is rotated by, the valve-spindle p. The shafts of the drum and abutment and the valve-spindle are connected externally by sprocket or other gearing. The number of working chambers, piston vanes, and related parts may be varied.
Patent GB-190410697-A (GB)
Title: Differential Gearing for Motor Road Vehicles
Inventor: DILLIG GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 10,697. Dillig, G., and Dillig, H. P. May 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to means for permitting a differential movement of the wheels in motor vehicles. The rear axle of the vehicle is made in two parts 1, 2, Figs. 1 and 2, each carrying a driving-wheel. A casing formed in two parts 5, 6, connected together by bolts 8, has extensions 9 which fit sleeves 11 loose on the axle, and are provided with nuts 15 engaging collars 14 on the axle, to secure the casing in position. A ratchetwheel 16 is keyed to each section of the axle, and a loose sleeve 17 fits between them as shown. Mounted loosely upon the central part of the casing is a toothed ring 25 forming the sprocketwheel for the driving-chain 24 ; a projection 23 on the ring extends inwards through a recess 28, the two sides 29, 30 of which form stops for the projection. A rod 21 passing through the projection 23 is connected at each end to pawls 20 which are pivoted on a shaft 18 and engage respectively the ratchet-wheels 16. In operation, when the vehicle is moving forwards or backwards in a straight line, the chain 24 causes the projection 23 to engage the face 29 or 30, and the pawls 18 are both tilted equally and engage the ratchet-wheels on each section of the axle, thus driving both axles at the same speed. In turning a curve, the wheel on the inside of the curve requires to rotate slower than the outer wheel; the chain 24 causes the projection 23 to engage one of the faces 29, 30, and the rod 21 then tilts the pawls but allows the inner pawl to bear tightly on the ratchet teeth, while the outer pawl may rise clear of the teeth, thus allowing the outer wheel to rotate quicker than the inner one as required. In a modified arrangement, shown in Fig. 4, the ratchet-wheels 31 have flat teeth, and the pawls 32 are slightly hooked as shown, and are acted upon by springs 35. The spindle 37 upon which the pawls are mounted has a segmental wheel 38 gearing with a pinion 39, which in turn gears with a toothed part 42 formed on the projection 43 of the sprocket-wheel. The action is the same as the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-190413343-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Obtaining Unidirectional currents of High Voltage.
Filed: 1904-06-13
Abstract: 13,343. Soc. Anon. Westinghouse. June 17, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, A.D. 1901.] Dynamos, regulating ; field magnets. -In a generator for supplying alternating currents of which the potential in one direction is higher but of shorter duration than that in the other direction, the positive poles 1, 3 are smaller than the negative poles 2, 4. The poles are excited by a continuous current passing through coils 5, 6, 7, 8. As the flux intensity at the positive poles is higher than at the negative poles, the positive potential will be the higher. The rotor is shown with a three-phase winding, one end of each winding being connected through a collector 9 to one main 13. The other ends are connected in pairs through collectors 10, 11, 12, self-induction coils 14, 15, 16, and spark-gaps 17, 18, 19 with the other main 20. In a modification intended to supply a current of constant potential, the poles of the dynamo have each two windings, one connected to a source of continuous current and the other arranged in series with the main 13.