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Patent GB-190201505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnace Grates and Stokers.
Inventor: GIRTANNER FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-01-20
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 1505. Girtanner, F., and Simpson, S. L. Jan. 20. Mechanical stoking; firebars and grates.-Relates to furnace stokers and grates for furnaces adapted to burn different grades of coal as well as different varieties of fuel. The main reciprocatory grate 13 is composed of a series of stepped parallel grate bars, and is worked as a whole or in sections by reciprocating mechanism connected with the pitman 42, or by other suitable means. The transverse supporting-bars 10, 12 provide bearing-openings for the pins 18, 17 of the firebars. The dead grate 15 is of ordinary construction, and is provided with a dumping-connection 25. Near the front of the furnace is arranged the endless travelling grate 28, comprising the rolls 30 and the bands or chains 31 having fuel -supporting blocks. This grate is housed in front by the extension casing 33, which is removable to enable the travelling grate to be withdrawn, and a stationary grate, if desired, inserted in its place. When a stationary grate replaces the travelling grate, the main grate 13 is worked by hand. The cross-bar 28<1> rests upon the cross-bar 10, and closes the bearing-openings 18. It has a flange 29<1>, which is pierced with openings 30<1> to admit heated air and gases to the fuel on the grate 13. Stops 45<1> assist in positioning and keeping in place the travelling and reciprocating grates. The shaft of the forward roll 30 is extended through the casing 33, and provided with a gear wheel for working the stoker. Dampers in the front of the casing 33 admit air to the travelling grate. The hopper 46 has a division plate 47 forming an air duct 49, the air being admitted to the duct by dampers 51. The secondary hopper 52 receives the fuel which falls from the travelling grate.
Patent GB-190202301-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Hanging Garments.
Inventor: CHADWICK JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 2301. Chadwick, J. J. Jan. 28. Clothes - hanging rails.-Relates to means for hanging trousers &c. in wardrobes. A ladder a, b is suspended by hooks c. Trousers &c. are folded and hung over the rungs, as shown in Fig. 4. The cross-bars a may be attached to chains instead of rods.
Patent GB-190205113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Wheel Axles for Road Vehicles
Inventor: SHEPHERD JAMES
Filed: 1902-02-28
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 5113. Shepherd, J. Feb. 28. Axles; vibration, preventing.-Relates to elastic axles of the type described in Specifications No. 12,098, A.D. 1887, [Abridgment Class Wheels &c.], No. 29,276, A.D. 1896, and No. 14,482, A.D. 1899. The axle arm c rests on a rubber pad f fixed in the lower half of a metal sleeve e on which the axle-box d secured within the hub a revolves. The axle arm has flattened sides g, which take between projections g' inside the sleeve e to prevent relative rotation, and a leather strip i inserted between the top of the axle arm and the sleeve.
Patent GB-190208591-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means Applicable for Use in Filling 'Wafer' Ice-cups and Similar Fragile Receptacles.
Inventor: CARR WILLIAM THEODORE
Filed: 1902-04-12
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 8591. Carr, W. T., and Bryan, F. April 12. Cups, ice-cream.-Apparatus for use in filling wafer ice-cups and similar fragile receptacles is shown in Fig. 1. A collapsable cup or holder A is made in two parts a, a<1>, which are attached, respectively, to ends b, b<1> of a coiled spring handle B. The parts a, a<1> are in the form of a ring and a shallow pan, and have inclined sides. The part a is operated by means of the handle B, either into the extended or collapsed position for filling or removing the fragile receptacle.
Patent GB-190210778-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Exhaust Valve Lifter for the Engines of Motors and the like
Inventor: STRETTON EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1902-05-10
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 10,778. Stretton, E. A. May 10. Motor cycles.-Relates to an exhaust-valve lifter, especially for the engines of motor bicycles, the objects being to obtain a direct action when lifting the valve, and, if so desired, to retain the valve in its raised position after removal of the board from the operating-lever. Attached to the exhaust-valve spindle a<1> is a connecting-rod A with a flat notched extension a<2> passing through a bracket b<2>. By a lever E, the connecting-rod A can be lifted, and the notch caused to engage with the bracket. The lever E has an extension F, so that, by a single movement, the notched end of the connecting-rod is released at the same time that the lifting-lever is returned.
Patent GB-190215790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Testing Apparatus.
Inventor: STAHL FELIX
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 15,790. Stahl, F. July 15. Testing rails.-A portable apparatus for testing the strength or hardness of railway rails, by the penetration under pressure of a hard steel ball into the head of the rail, is shown in Fig. 1. Fluid pressure is transmitted by glycerine or the like to the piston e, to which is secured the steel ballf, from the band-screw a. The small piston b works within the small cylinder c arranged inside the outer cylinder d. The large and small cylinders may be stamped out of a single piece of steel plate. To secure the tester to the rail g, the two projecting lugs i have inserted through them the cross-bolt or key h, which tightens or locks the device to the rail. The pressure on the ball f is measured by a manometer attached to the tester.
Patent GB-190222750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Illuminating Devices, Chiefly Designed for use in connection with Signs or the like on Tramway and other Vehicles
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 22,750. Lake, H. H., [Reversible Electric Car Sign Co.]. Oct. 18. Indicators, route, for vehicles. - Relates t o portable electric illuminated signs, particularly applicable as route indicators on electric tramears. A casing 22 containing a lamp is attached to a hanger 37, through which the leading- in wires pass from contact-plates near its upper end. The lower end of the hanger is supported in the cup-shaped end 20 of the lower bracket on the dash-board of a car, this bracket being provided with a drainage hole and a hinged cover. The upper end of the hanger is passed laterally into the upper bracket, which is open at one side and the bottom and there secured by a latch 16 with a keeper 17. This bracket contains a pair of insulated springs 12, 15, connected to a source of electric supply, and mounted on the insulating- blocks 5, 6, 7 so as to press on to the contact-plates carried by the hanger 37. A translucent slide 23, showing the route of the car, is slid laterally into the front of the casing, and secured by a staple dropping into sockets on the slide and casing. A handle 29 and a hinged door in the back of the casing are provided.
Patent GB-190223565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrically Actuated Musical Instruments.
Inventor: DICKSON WILLIAM KENNEDY-LAURIE
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-10-28
Abstract: 23,565. Dickson, W. K. L. Oct. 28. Automatic instruments.-Music is produced from record sheets by means of electromagnets attracting hammer rods against a rough rotating surface and thus depressing the keys. Fig. 2 shows circular electromagnets a on a revoluble spindle g. The lever j supports the hammer rod h, with a strip of iron n and a facing of leather o. One such arrangement is provided for each key, the rotating spindle being common to all the magnets, and, when the circuit is closed, the hammer h is attracted and then lowered by friction to depress the key m. When the circuit is broken, springs p, q bring the hammer to its normal position. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which, when the hammer is depressed, a small roller 9 presses against the revolving surface and avoids loss of energy by friction. In another form, when the hammer is down, it no longer touches the rotating disc, but is kept down by attraction of a projecting piece by the magnet, which is then separate from the spindle g. Fig. 7 shows the arrangement of the music record u passing from roller 40 over guide-roller 41 to roller 42 and tightened by tension rollers 57, 60. Below the roller 41 is the contact-key 65, each key having its own circuit with one magnet coil. Each contact completes a circuit when it touches a raised note on the record sheet. Fig. 10 shows the speedregulating mechanism. The cone 47, with a rubber band 46 in a fork 49, engages with a cone 38 on the main spindle g driven by a small motor. By moving the band, the speed can be varied, and the record may be re-wound on the roller 40 by moving a lever, so that wheels 45, 39 engage, the wheel 45 being keyed to the shaft of the roller 40. Fig. 14 shows the mechanism for making the music records. When a key is depressed, contacts 70 complete a circuit through a solenoid 73, the core of which carries a small roller 74, which strikes against the metallic strip carried over a table 71 with parallel grooves. As long as the coil is excited, the roller presses the moving sheet into the groove in the table. Means are described for modulation of the sound.
Patent GB-190228131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire Tongs.
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 28,131. Lycett, W. H., and Eagle Brass Stamping Co. Dec. 20. Fire-irons.-The joints of fire-tongs are formed with a large bearing-surface, a socket d and stops being formed on the casting a, and a corresponding ring c on the casting b. Caps f, g are provided with bosses f<2>, g<2> fitting into holes in the joint members d, c, and the parts are held together by a screw pin k or a cap is used on the ring face only, and the parts are secured by a rivet, with or without a washer on the socket face. The legs m are passed through holes in rings o and screwed into bosses n on the castings a, b.
Patent GB-190228778-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Imparting Combined Rotary and Reciprocating Motion, Especially Applicable to Inking Cylinders of Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: THOMSON JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-30
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,778. Thomson, J. Dec. 30. Inking-apparatus ; platen presses.-Relates to means for imparting combined rotary and reciprocating motion, such as is described in Specification No. 18,044, A.D. 1887, and such as is required for the inking-rollers of platen printing-presses. The cylinder or inking-roller 7 is rotated upon the shaft 21, and is at the same time moved endways by means of eccentric or crank pins 19 on epicyclic gears 12, 13 in gear with a gear 24 fixed to the framing 25. The gears 12,13 are journalled on studs on a block 16 attached, as by a screw 23, to the shaft 21. The eccentric pins 19 move in slots 5, 5<a> on the roller 7, and, in order to facilitate the assembling and removal of the parts, the slots are formed between fixed inner walls 6, 6<a> and removable outer walls 8, 9. The walls 8, 9 are attached to the cylinder by screws or pins 11.
Patent GB-190302215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar, Shirt, and Analogous Studs.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2215. Smith, J. Jan. 30. Studs for collars, shirts, &c. The stud back c, Fig. 1, may be of bone, ivory, pearl, composition, celluloid, &c., and has a central hole, formed as shown. The stud a with flange a<1> is passed through the cup b<2>, Figs. 1 and 2, the cup b<1> being dropped on to the flange c'. The parts are then bent into the forms shown, and, as the hole b<5> is a little larger than the stem a, the stem can turn. The stem may be fixed by pressing the edges of the opening in the cup b<2> between two flanges on the stem, as shown in Fig. 4. The space d at the back of the stud may be filled in by a disc of celluloid &c. The metallic cup may be in one piece, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, or in one piece without a bottom, as shown in Fig. 9. The flange a', Fig. 9, is formed before the stem is inserted in the cup. The bottom of the stem is then expanded to form the flange a<2>, and the bottom edge of the cup is turned up under the flange c<20>.
Patent GB-190305809-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Time Indicators for use in the Engagement of Baths and the like
Inventor: MILLARD THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 5809. Millard, T. H. March 13. Dials. - A double clock-dial indicator for use on the doors of public bath compartments and the like is shown in section. The hands are set by the attendant from outside by means of a key through a hole in the glass plate, so as to show the time at which the room should be vacated. The inside hands are set simultaneously with the others by means of a reversing-wheel D.
Patent GB-190308897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Extracting Fat and other Substances by Means of Vapours or Volatile Solvents.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER OTTO
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1904-04-20
Abstract: 8897. Schneider, O. April 20. Fats, extracting. In the extraction of fat from bones, or of other substances from various raw materials, by means of volatile solvents, the solution is prevented from mixing with the pure solvent. The bones &c. are placed upon the perforated floor Q, and solvent is admitted through the pipe o to the lower chamber D, which contains a heating-coil E. The vapour rises through the hooded pipe F and floor Q, and permeates the material. Any vapour which reaches the top of the apparatus is led to a condenser and returned, through a water-separating cylinder, to the solvent tank. The solution of fat falls upon the floor B, and flows through the pipe C to the still A, from which the vapour returns to the jacket G and passes through the perforated pipes M, N and holes L into the upper portions of the material, drying it and extracting the fat. The bottom of the extracting-vessel, the inner cylinder, and the perforated floor Q are removable.
Patent GB-190319372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion.
Inventor: CARLSON CHARLEY AUGUST
Filed: 1903-09-08
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 19,372. Carlson, C. A. Sept. 8. Driving-gear.-The piston-rod 3 is coupled by a rod 4 to a crank or lever 11, loosely mounted on the shaft 7 of a wheel 5. A toothed wheel 12, secured to or formed integral with the lever 11, gears with a wheel 13 provided on an arm 14, loosely mounted on a shaft secured in an extension of the pedestal supporting the shaft 7. The arm 14 is connected by a link to a lever 10 loosely mounted on the shaft 7. The arrangement is such that, when the lever 11 is oscillated by the reciprocating rod 3, the lever 10 oscillates through an equal angle but in opposite phase. The end of each of the levers 10, 11 is inclined, and forms with the rim 6 of the wheel 5 a wedge-shaped chamber in which is located a wedge-shaped platform or retainer 17 supported by a spring 20 attached to the lever. Rows of balls, or rollers, are arranged in apertures in the retainer 17 and serve as pawls to clutch the rim 6 and the end of the lever, when the lever is oscillated in one direction. By this arrangement, the reciprocating motion of the rod 3 is converted into a rotation, in one direction, of the wheel 5.
Patent GB-190327094-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Bending Metal Tubes, Rods and the like.
Inventor: KENNEDY WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 27,094. Kennedy, W. Dec. 10. Bending. - Tubes or rods are bent round an annular block. A tube A, Fig. 1, is provided with flanges C, C<1>, and is threaded internally to receive a second tube D. The tube or rod F to be bent is clamped by a nut E against a ring L which may be grooved and is of a thickness depending on the bend required. The top of the tube D is closed by a plug having a central hole which acts as a pivot for the leg of a cranked bending-lever, not shown, which also serves as a key for screwing down the nut E, provided with lugs G for this purpose. The flange C<1> may be provided with a scale, and with adjustable stops K. The tube D is locked in position in the tube A by pins D<1>.
Patent GB-190327304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Appliance and Means for Stretching and Pressing Trousers, Linen and other Garments.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 27,304. Brown, W., Farquhar, E. E. J., and Wakefield, F. Dec. 14. Stretchers, garment; presses; trousers; trouser stretchers ; linen presses.-A combined stretcher and presser for linen, trousers, and other garments, consists of a lower board, Fig. 1, and an upper board, Fig. 2. The lower one is made in two parts a, a<1>, hinged together so as to fold upwards. The upper one is made in parts a<2>, a<3>, a<4>, a<5>, connected crosswise by bars c<3>, c<4>, c<5>, c<6>, to form two multiple parts hinged together at b<2>. These fold downwards. Stiff ears stand up from the opposite edges of the bottom board and form supports for cam-levers d<1>, d<2>, the ends of which are connected by cross-rods f. The cam-levers enable pressure to be applied to bent metal strips h, h<1>, which serve to hold the garment. The trousers or other garments are placed on the lower board, which is folded while the ends of the trousers are clamped between the holders h, h<1>. The upper board, which is recessed at the ends between horns j to allow for the holders, is then placed over the trousers which are stretched by straightening out the boards. Pressure is applied to the middle of the boards through a bar k pivoted at its centre to a cross-bar c<5> on the upper board and adapted to swing into coincidence with the cross-bar. Its ends are then engaged by camlevers mounted similarly to those at the ends. The cam-levers may be replaced by screws.
Patent GB-190328791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Liquid from Solid Matter, and for Partially Drying the Solid Matter
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 28,791. Houghton, T., and United Alkali Co. Dec. 31. Filters.-In apparatus, similar to that described in Specification No. 7957, A.D. 1903, for separating liquid from solid matter and for partially drying the solid matter, a filtering-surface B is fixed in a slightly inclined rotating tray A, and the space between the filtering-surface and the tray is divided into compartments b<2>. The filtered liquid from the compartments is drawn through passages l to the circular space a, which is connected by the hollow shaft D with the vacuum orexhaust device. Mother liquor or water to wash the solid matter can be passed through any one of the compartments by means of the hollow shaft M, which can be rotated by means of a worm worked from the handle s. The worm gears with a wheel v fixed to the shaft, and the lower end m of the shaft is made to cover any one of the passages l, so as to cut the passage off from the space a and connect it with supply pipe N. A radial knife scrapes the solid matter from the filtering-surface as the tray rotates, and delivers it on to a surface or trough from which it is removed by a travelling band or chain of blades. Fig. 3 shows a weir S for delivering wash water on to the filter, the water admitted from the pipes T being caused to flow as indicated by the arrows before passing down the weir S.
Patent GB-190403282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Lace Machines.
Inventor: SPRIDGEON JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 3282. Spridgeon, J. W. Feb. 10. Lace machines.- Relates to "go- " through " machines, and consists in means for giving similar and equal motions to the two catch bars. The catch-bar shafts a are rocked by means of levers b, links c, and a rocking lever or disc e. The lever or disc e is connected by a link k to a weighted lever h. The link k, which always remains vertical, has a slot n working on the crank shaft m and crank-pin p.
Patent GB-190407437-A (GB)
Title: An Improvements in the Manufacture of Metal Pieces (or Tesserae as they are Technically called) used in the Construction of Mosaics
Inventor: HAMILTON WILLIAM LOUIS HULSENB
Filed: 1904-03-29
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7437. Hamilton, W. L. H. March 29. Mosaics.-In order to protect the edges and sides of tesserµ, the pieces cut from the "cake" are re-heated, so that the upper protecting layer of glass or enamel is fused and runs down the sides. By an alternative process the " cake is heated before cutting, and the soft upper surface is drawn down and over the sides by the operation.
Patent GB-190407677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipes for Smokers.
Inventor: BATTY GEORGE
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7677. Batty, G. March 31. Tobacco pipes.-The bore of the pipe is enlarged as shown at a, in the stem, and at c, in the mouthpiece. A cylinder g of pipe clay or other suitable material, grooved spirally or longitudinally, is fitted in the enlarged bore, blotting paper or other absorbent material being wrapped round it.
Patent GB-190413413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsable Stretchers
Inventor: FREULER KASPAR
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,413. Freuler, K. June 14. Litters, ambulance.-Stretchers are constructed with the side and end frames of lazy-tongs levers, as described in Specification No. 15,559, A.D. 1902. The pivot holes, Fig. 2, are not, however, equidistant, but are so arranged that the spaces k,j, y, h are of diminishing length in that order, and similarly for the other levers. This arrangement causes the side frames to curve upwards on being extended. The extension of the side frames causes these to contract laterally, and in doing so to extend the cross-stays l, Fig. 4. The cross-stays are constructed to curve downwards, and their expansion, and consequently that of the side frames, is limited since the extremities of some of the levers abut against adjacent levers. The corner pieces d are made of angle-iron and have riveted to them plates t which, at the head of the stretcher, have square holes in which rails q are guided. The extremities of the lazy-tongs levers a, b are pivoted to the plates t and to slides g. The handles n are pivoted to the head-plates and to the slides g by means of rails o, by which their upward movement is limited.
Patent GB-190418119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trunks, Valises, Packing Cases and other Box-like Packages.
Inventor: ROMUENDER HERMANN
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 18,119. Rom³nder, H. Aug. 22. Wood substitutes. -Relates to the body-plates B and curved edge-plates G of a trunk or box, which are constructed of a number of layers a, b, c of wood veneer, so arranged as to have the grain of adjacent layers reversed. The layers are held together by a suitable waterproof-composition, such as one of glue and potash, and are kept under heat and pressure until they have attained their permanent shape.
Patent GB-190502409-A (GB)
Title: Navigational Sounding Instruments
Inventor: WIGZELL EUSTACE ERNEST
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 2409. Wigzell, E. E. Feb. 7. Sounding - apparatus.- Relates to apparatus of the type in which the depth is determined from the quantity of water forced into and trapped by a tube, against the pressure of a given quantity of air. Thus, water is forced up the inlet tube B to overflow into the outer tube F. To colour the entrapped water and t h u s facilitate reading against a scale, the outside of a tube B is covered with some soluble colouring-matter ; or a solution may be introduced into the tube F. The tube B is fixed in a cap C which may be secured either by sealing-wax or a rubber band.
Patent GB-190502980-A (GB)
Title: Electric Light Maximum Demand Alarm Relay.
Inventor: WILLS GEORGE OCTAVIUS
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 2980. Wills, G. O. Feb. 13. Switches.-A device for closing an alarm circuit when the current in a lighting-circuit exceeds a certain amount consists of an electro-magnet wound with independent coils and an armature controlled by an adjustable spring and moving between adjustable stops a, b. The coils are connected to suit the maximum current required, and may be short-circuited by a plug switch d.