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Patent GB-190101536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Organs.
Inventor: CONN CHARLES GERARD
Filed: 1901-01-23
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 1536. Conn, C. G., and Pezzoni, W. V. Jan. 23. Organs and like instruments.-The invention consists of a folding portable organ. When folded up, the instrument appears as in Fig. 1, and is opened by turning the upper and smaller part of the case about a pivot 20, the side 15 of the lower part of the case then forming the base, on which the instrument stands. The keyboard is made in halves pivoted together at 4, and folds into a vertical position as shown in Fig. 5, but, when open, is supported by the side flaps 8 of the casing. The lid 19 forms a music stand. Underneath each half of the keyboard are feeders and reservoir bellows 10, 11, which tend to close under the influence of springs, and which may be connected together. They are operated by pedals 14. The instrument may be played either by suction or compression.
Patent GB-190106331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: DOW FRED FORD
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 6331. Lake, H. H., [Dow, F.F.]. March 26. Vapour and gas burners.-Relates to a powerful heating oil or gas burner suitable for motor road vehicles, boats, furnaces, stores, and other purposes. Oil is applied under pressure by a tube 5 to a coil 4, which is heated by a portion of the vapour which escapes through perforations in the top plate 1<a> of the casing 1, and is ignited. The vapour which forms passes by a tube 6 to a number of injector valves 72, each consisting of a casing 8 attached to the main casing 1 of the burner by flanges 9, projections 11, and screws 10. Through the casing passes a valve 13 having an adjusting-wheel at its outer end, a needle point 12 at its inner end, and an inclined face 17 which can be screwed close against the similarly-shaped face 18 of the valve casing. The vapour is directed towards the centre of one of three tubes 73, and draws air into them through the open ends. The middle tube 73 is longer than the outer ones. The mixture of vapour and air escapes by a simple self-closing valve 20 at the inner ends of these tubes to the closed casing 1. A portion passes through central perforations to heat the coil, but the larger portion passes through the short burner tubes 2, each of which is covered with metal gauze 3. Surrounding each burner tube is a ring of tubes 26, passing completely through the burner, for the purpose of supplying the amount of air necessary for perfect combustion. One or more of the injector valves may be closed, when it is required to reduce the amount of heat without cutting it off altogether. When gas is used instead of liquid as a fuel, it is supplied by the tube 5, is superheated in the coil 4, and then proceeds in the same way as the vapour.
Patent GB-190111890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Casement Windows
Inventor: MONK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-06-11
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 11,890. Monk, W. H. June 11. Casements. - Relates to casements which are made reversible to facilitate the cleaning of both sides of the glass from the inside of the room. Pivots or studs C of the casement B slide in grooves in the frame A, and connecting-links F are pivoted to lugs D, E of the frame and casement.
Patent GB-190117423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Couplings and Fittings for Pipe Lines for Trains and other Heating and like Purposes.
Inventor: GRESHAM JAMES
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1902-06-15
Abstract: 17,423. Gresham, J. Aug. 30. Couplings, disconnectible.-Relates to couplings and fittings for hose and like pipe lines for warming railway carriages and vehicles and for like purposes. The couplings preferably used are those described in Specifications No. 751, A.D. 1894, and No. 7927, A.D. 1895, but the steam trap and valve fittings may be adapted to other pipe couplings. Upon the body a of a pipe coupling, Figs. 1 and 2, is arranged the supplementary steam chamber b, within which is mounted the expansion rod, tube, or thermostatic member c. The spirit tube c or the like controls the spring-pressed valve e by bearing on it at the end g, or the tube may carry the valve at one end, or be forked and connected to the valve-spindle. If desired, the supplementary chamber b may be screwed to a boss upon the coupling to be fitted with the trap arrangement. The three-way controlling and shut-off cock, shown in Fig. 6, for the pipe line is arranged to permit of a slight leaking by the connection m when the plug g<1> is placed in an intermediate position with the coupling-opening h closed.
Patent GB-190125944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collectors and Guards for Third-rail Conductors on Electric Railways.
Filed: 1901-12-19
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 25,944. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Stewart, S. B.]. Dec. 19. Electric railways and tramways with protected third-rail conductors. Collectors; conductors.-The third rail conductor and its insulators are mounted in a housing which is somewhat analogous to an ordinary slotted conduit, and may be built up of a board K supported by brackets on the longitudinal stringer G and the boards B, C, supported at right-angles by bent straps or brackets A on the sleepers. The upper edge of the narrow slot may be protected by a wearing strip W. The collector consists of a plate S with bevelled edges and an upturned part L, which is perforated to fit loosely on the pins P These pins are carried by brackets mounted on a suitable support Z on the vehicle. Stops X, U, the latter adjustable, and springs 0, held by countersinks in the plate and bracket around the pins P, control the play of the coltector.
Patent GB-190200818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Collar Studs.
Inventor: FORSYTH JAMES RAVENSCROFT
Filed: 1902-01-11
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 818. Forsyth, J. R. Jan. 11. Studs.-Collar studs comprise a bas e E, Fig. 3, a stem B provided with a slot C, and a detachable head A, Fig. 2, provided with a loop D, to engage the slot 0, and a spring F to press against the end of the stem.
Patent GB-190204790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Pipe Joints.
Inventor: MORAN THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 4790. Moran, T. W. Feb. 25. Hinge and swivelling joints.-A pivot or universal flexible joint for pipe sections is shown. The screwed end sections a, b are in alignment, and the middle section h is connected to the end sections by the inside or concealed pivot bolts f, n, arranged at right-angles one to the other. The sections a, b have annular contact faces a', v, and rubber gaskets l, l<1>, having their outer peripheral walls spanning the joints and their inner walls exposed to fluid pressure, are provided. The spider diaphragm c has fluid openings d and receives the head of the bolt f. A small screw Z<1> may be employed to lock the pivot bolt. By omitting the straight end section a and using the two semicircular sections b, h, the section h being screwed at the end, a single form of joint results, in which a horizontal motion only is possible.
Patent GB-190208747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Locking Devices of Electrical Blocking Apparatus for Railways.
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 8747. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. April 15. Interlocking; signalling-instruments.-Relates to locking-mechanism for the known electrical blocking-apparatus for locking levers, slides, &c., so arranged that, when one blocking-apparatus has been actuated, it is locked against further operation until a second blocking-apparatus has been actuated. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the locking-pawl 3 has been added to the original construction. When the button 1 is depressed, the rod 6 is held down by the spring pawl 11, and when the button rises, the pawl 3 drops under the projection 4, so preventing a second operation. When the button 2 of the second apparatus is depressed. it actuates the arm 14 to disengage the catch 11 ; the rod 6 then rises, and the projection 5 on it releases the pawl 3. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the depression of the blocking-rod 7 causes the pin 8 to move the end of the lever 9 from the upper notch in the spring catch 10 into the lower notch, which, being deeper than the upper notch, allows the catch to be drawn under the collar 12 on the rod 7. When the second blocking-rod 13 is depressed, its pin 15 returns the lever 9 to its former position and releases the rod 7. The operation of the second apparatus can also be made dependent on the operation of the first, by duplicating the locking-mechanism as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190214336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Boiler Cleaners
Inventor: FRAZER PIERCE
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 14,336. Gibbons, P. F., Taylor, C. T., and Gibbons, J. C. June 24. Incrustation, removing. -Relates to scrapers for the outer surfaces of the tubes of tubular boilers, and to internal brushes for cleaning the bottom of the boiler and the crown of the furnace or smoke - box. Fig. 17 shows the tube cleaner combined with means for cleaning the bottom and the smoke-box crown ; it also shows mechanism mounted on the smokebox door 27, for operating the driving-screw. The frame 35 of the tubescrapers carries an adj ustable wire brush 58, curved to the shape of the bottom of the boiler. It is also connected by bars 62 to a frame 66 running on rollers on the stay 65. This frame carries the brush 70, which is shaped to conform to the smoke-box crown and so mounted as to be capable of being raised out of contact with it. The brush is raised at the extremity of its rightward movement by means of rollers engaging inclined surfaces 82, and is held in the raised position by a bell-crank catch 75 pivoted to the frame 56. On reaching the end of its leftward movement, the brush is released by rollers 77 on the bell-crank catch striking against fixed inclines shown in dotted lines at 79. It then falls and acts on the crown during the return movement.
Patent GB-190214906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boot Trees.
Inventor: JACKSON WILLIAM CROSBY
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 14,906. Jackson, W. C. July 4. Drawings to Specification. Plastic compositions.-An absorbent material for coating boottrees consists of a mixture of fireclay or other clay, lime, or plaster, or one or more of these materials, with cotton waste or peat compound ; the mixture is made plastic by the addition of marine glue or other adhesive solution, or cement, or water.
Patent GB-190218616-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for Automatic Change of Bobbins, for Direct Use with Ordinary Looms.
Inventor: HAEMIG CONRAD
Filed: 1902-08-25
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 18,616. Hõmig, C. Aug. 25. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in automatically.-When the weft fails, a hook 2 on the weft fork operates a lever 4 on a rocking-shaft, whereby a slide 8 is brought within range of a hook 15. Further movement of the lay in beating- up then operates the levers 14, 12, 13, 16, and causes the depression of a slide bar 17 carrying a push-bar 23, 24, whereby the lowermost cop in the carrier 20 is forced against the action of springs out of the carrier and into the shuttle beneath it, the spent cop being simultaneously forced out of the shuttle from beneath and into a box. The carrier 20 will hold from 30 to 40 cops or bobbins, the ends from which are carried round a roller 26, which is partially rotated, by a ratchet arrangement 29, 31, at each reciprocation of the slide 17, so as to keep the ends tight as the bobbins descend to a lower position in the carrier. The bobbin is held in the shuttle by its base between a pair of springs, and the shuttle is provided with slits whereby it is threaded automatically as the bobbin enters it. When the shuttle fails to enter the box properly, a lever 37 is lifted by it, thereby rocking a shaft 35 carrying an arm which lifts the weft fork and prevents the above-described mechanism from being brought iinto operation. The invention may be applied to ordinary looms.
Patent GB-190222414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Steam Boilers
Inventor: DIMBERLINE EDWARD JAMES
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 22,414. Dimberline, E. J., Leyman, J., and Cowen, W. Oct. 15. Feedwater, heating.-The front of the furnace is formed by a chamber or tank A, in which the feedwater is heated. This chamber, which is preferably semicircular in shape, is secured to the front plate H of the boiler by lugs or flanges, and is provided with the usual opening D for stoking the fire. Pipes, fitted with check valves, connect the chamber with the feed supply and boiler respectively, and handholes are provided at the top and bottom for cleaning porposes. When several furnaces are provided in one boiler, the chambers may be connected in series, or they may be arranged in parallel. An escape valve or the like may be fitted to each chamber, as shown at Q.
Patent GB-190223555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller-ways and the like for Conveying of Lumber and the like.
Inventor: TENOW ADOLF JULIUS
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-10-28
Abstract: 23,555. Tenow, A. J., and Flodstr÷m, J. E. Nov. 13, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Conveyers.-In roller-ways having conical rollers for conveying lumber, the rollers 1, Fig. 2, are driven by bevel gearing from a longitudinal shaft, or by other driving-mechanism. The lumber is thus driven towards the smaller ends of the rollers against a side wall 2. The wall on the opposite side is dispensed with so that the lumber may be unloaded at any point. In a modification, the side wall is replaced by conical flanges 3, Fig. 4, on the rollers. Where the roller-way is divided longitudinally by intermediate walls, the rollers are made conical on both sides of the walls, so that the lumber is driven against the latter. The intermediate walls may also be replaced by flanges on the rollers.
Patent GB-190223597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Shaping, Facing, Saw-cutting, Burnishing, Knurling, and otherwise similarly Operating upon Articles, particularly Articles of small size such as Butt Hinges.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 23,597. Taylor, C., and Taylor, G. B. Oct. 29. Milling; end facing; sawing.-Relates to machines for shaping, facing, saw-cutting, burnishing, knurling, and otherwise treating small articles, such as butt hinges, and consists in arranging the cutters in a spiral or eccentric path with respect to the work-carrier, the spiral being in all cases less than one convolution, to allow for feeding and withdrawing the work. Either the cutters or the work-carrier may rotate. Figs. 1 and 2 show a machine for facing the ends of butt-hinge flaps. Two spiral fixed cutters a, c are used, the parts f, g, f<3> of each being inoperative, to enable the blanks h to be fed into pockets i in the capstan-like work-carrier l, which rotates on the table e by means of worm gearing l<3>, l<4>. The pockets i are concentric with the axis d. The blanks are faced at both ends during one revolution of the carrier, on the completion of which they drop into the shoot m. A rest n, extending from the point o to the point o<2>, supports the blanks until the cutters have sufficiently penetrated to hold them. For cutting the gaps in the knuckle parts of hinges, similar machines are used containing three cutters and with pockets i of suitable shape. Fig. 6 shows a similar device, in which the cutter is the inner edge t<2> of the ring t, the cutter being stationary and the work revolving. Fig. 8 shows a stationary spiral cutter a and a concentric rotating workcarrier l. The articles h rotate on spindles i by means of a toothed annulusj and pinions j<2>. The cutter a, Fig. 9, has an active spiral face a<2> and an active helical face a<3>. Figs. 11 and 12 show in section and end elevation the means for automatically feeding the work to the machines. The articles fall down the shoot y, which is provided with a gauge y<4> to stop any article too large for the recesses i. The shoot is connected to the hopper w by the ball joint w<2>, which enables it to oscillate within the inactive part g of the cutter a, to provide time for each article to drop from the shoot into the recess i. The shoot y is connected to the arm m pivoted concentric with the axis d, but having its axis of rotation inclined to the vertical. A projection m<3> at the extremity of the arm m is engaged by a series of triggers l<2> on the revolving carrier l causing the shoot to swing. At the escape of each trigger, the shoot is brought back to the vertical position by the spring o. The springs r, r<2> keep the upper end of the shoot in contact with the hopper.
Patent GB-190225798-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tooth-brush.
Inventor: HORSEY GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 25,798. Horsey, G. F. Nov. 24. Tooth brushes.-A piece of wood from the tree known in Arabia and the Soudan as "E1 rag" or "A1 arak" is attached to the handle g by the split ring clip e upon the divided stem f. The clip has pins within it, and is closed hy pushing up the sliding ring h. The block of wood has preferably the shape shown in section in Fig. 3. The block is steamed &c. and the part b crushed and combed &c. to loosen the fibres, which take the place of bristles. The part b may be separate from the part a.
Patent GB-190225810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fitting Flexible Tyres to Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: HOPTON ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 25,810. Hopton, A. Nov. 24. Felloes or rims;tyreselastic other than pneumatic.-A flexible solid tyre A, Fig. 1, is fitted into a channelled rim B, the edges of which are turned inwards. The tyre is formed with a T-shaped groove along its whole length, and is secured by plates D and bolts D' placed in the groove and passing through the rim. The ends of the tyre are secured by aslotted plate E, Fig. 2, and two bolts F, F which pull the tyre down on to a serrated plate G. Serrated plates may be employed all round the rim, or the channel forming the rim may be rolled with serrations. The Provisional Specification statesthat a layer of cork may be placed between the tyre and the rim.
Patent GB-190228683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hopper Barges and Dredgers.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM
IPC: E02F7/04
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 28,683. Brown, W. Dec. 29. Dredgers; dumping vessels; ships' keelsons. - To facilitate the discharge of the spoil of dredgers and hopper barges ashore, these vessels are made with hollow keelsons, which communicate with the hoppers through doors. Fig. 2 shows a plan of a dredger with a central well, and Fig. 5 a cross-section of the same. The keelsons a, b communicate with the hoppers h, h<1> through the hinged doors c, c<1>, worked from the deck. The water inlets f, g and the inlet valves l allow water to mix with the sand entering the keelsons, and the pipes n, o supply water to dilute the sand in the hopper. The sand is discharged by means of pumps p, which suck it from chambers a, b. The keelsons may be made so as to be divided only by a partition, no central well being provided. Fig. 6 shows a modification, in which the ordinary hopper discharge doors q, r are made the doors to the keelson. These doors are made with thickened ends to cover openings s, so that, hy slightly lowering the doors, suction can take place from the keelsons, and, by fully lowering them, the spoil is discharged through the bottom of the vessel.
Patent GB-190300461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising and Adjusting the Seats or Upper Portions of Music Stools or other Furniture
Inventor: MARSDEN SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-01-08
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 461. Marsden, S. Jan. 8. Furniture, adjusting height of; stools.-Relates to means for raising and lowering the bottoms of music stools or similar parts of other furniture, and particularly to improvements on the means described in Specification No. 8514, A.D. 1888, and comprising a right and left handed screw shaft A mounted in the seat framework e and provided with nuts G connected by links H, g and levers B, B<2> to the leg framework a. The journals and bearings of the shaft A are formed with corresponding \/-shaped rings, collars, or recesses, and the bearing-holes are preferably oblong and wide enough at one end for inserting the shaft. The levers B are disposed between the nuts G and the brackets or bearings, instead of on the opposite side of the nuts. The outer ends of the levers B' are curved to roll against the side rails c, or may be toothed for engagement with racks on the leg framework. The seat framework is arranged so that it can be lowered within the leg framework, for protection of the upholstery, and the seat framework overhangs at the front and back, instead of all round, and the leg framework is correspondingly extended to conceal the mechanism.
Patent GB-190301947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Uniting Parts of Article of Furniture and the like.
Inventor: RAVELLI RAFFAELE
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 1947. Ravelli, R. Jan. 27. Bolts, nuts, &c. ; hooks.-The shank of a bolt used to secure two parts of a table or other article of furniture, or other construction, is provided with a sleeve of wood or other material one end of which is recessed to engage with, and hold against rotation, the bolt head or nut. The sleeve a, Fig. 1, is fixed in a hole c made in one part d of a table or other article, and the other part d' is united to the part d by passing the bolt b<1> through a hole d<2> in the part d' and through the sleeve to engage with the nut b. The bolt head recess may be closed by a plug e. The bolt head or nut may also be held from rotation by a squared or other formation of the bolt or nut, or by means used to secure the sleeve. In applying turnable hooks and the like to articles, the sleeve may be made in longitudinal parts a<*>, Figs. 4 and 5, and secured in a hole c in the article d. The embedded head or ends b<2> of the shank b, in this case, may be circular, and need not be held against rotation.
Patent GB-190302202-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of an Odourless Tallow-like Product.
Inventor: SANDBERG GREGOR
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 2202. Sandberg, G. Jan. 29. Fats and fatty oils; fatty acids; candles; soaps.- Relates to the manufacture of an odourless consistent product from seal, whale, dolphin, or like oils, suitable for use in the manufacture of soap or candles. The fatty acids obtained by saponifying the fats in any known way are treated with sulphuric acid, commencing at a temperature of 12‹-20‹ C. and concluding at a temperature of 25‹-40‹C. The mass is washed and the sulpho acids decomposed by treatment with steam. The process may be modified by allowing the final temperature of the acid treatment to reach 60‹-70‹ C., when the congealing temperature of the product will be higher. The anhydrides present are converted into fatty acids by treatment of the mass in autoclaves with water under steam pressure. A mixture of nitrous and sulphuric acids may be used in place of sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-190303565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HUNT CHARLES WALLACE
Filed: 1903-02-14
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 3565. Hunt, C. W. Feb. 14. . Motor road vehicles. -In vehicles having a forward steering-truck b supporting the motor o a n d a continuous body a supported on two axle-trucks; power is transmitted from the motor o to the load-carrying wheels d through a central shaft p, p<1>, p<2> formed d in sections connected by universal joints q, q<1>, r, r<1>, two of the joints r, r<1> being located in the vertical planes of the axles c to allow for the movements of the axles. The shaft carries worms s, s<1> which gear into worm gears t, t<1> on the balance gears u, u<1>, which drive two-part shafts v carrying pinions w gearing into toothed wheels x on the wheels d.