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Patent GB-190211527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ring Spinning, Doubling or Twisting Machines.
Inventor: SCHOCH CARL MARCEL
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 11,527. Schoch, C. M. May 20. Ring and traveller frames.-In order that the length of thread between the thread-guide a and the traveller may be equal throughout the formation of the cop &c., the thread-guide is made to rise and fall with the ring rail p. Each threadguide a is hinged to a common support l, which carries vertical racks b engaging with pinions on a shaft c, which is oscillated by a rack d on the upper end of a lifting-poker operated by the usual building-motion. A similar shaft c is provided on the opposite side of the machine, and the two are connected together by a transverse shaft f and bevel gearing. The rack d and its corresponding pinion drive the shaft c through a friction clutch, which can be disconnected by a handle h in order to allow the shafts c to be turned by the handles r for the purpose of setting the thread-guides with regard to the spindles.
Patent GB-190211645-A (GB)
Title: A Means for Evaporating and Drying Liquid Distillery Refuse or Bye-Products.
Inventor: GRANT FRANCIS LEWIS
Filed: 1902-05-22
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 11,645. Grant, F. L., and Duff, J. May 22. Drawings to Specification. Manures.-Liquid distillery refuse or bye-products known as "pot ales" are evaporated and dried and used as manure.
Patent GB-190214067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Locks
Inventor: WOOD GEORGE DYER
Filed: 1902-06-21
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 14,067. Wood, G. D. June 21. Locks, key.- In a lock fitted with a revolving, b a r r e l, the bar A across the centre of the barrel does not extend to the face, but stops at about the middle of the barrel. This enables the slot B in the key to be made more shallow, and thereby strengthens the key. The length of the bar A may be different in different locks, thereby preventing one key from being used for more than one lock.
Patent GB-190219207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calico Printing Machines.
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 19,207. Calico Printers' Association, and Wilson, W. W. Sept. 2. Printing fabrics. - Relates to calico-printing machines, and especially to machines of the kind described in Specification No. 13,755, A.D. 1901. The fabric c is printed upon by two or more rollers 4, 5, which are in contact with the bowl 1, and are geared together by pinions 10, 13 and an intermediate pinion 11. After being printed upon, the fabric may pass over the drying-cylinders, and return to the bowl to be printed upon by means of rollers 6, 7, and 8, driven from the crown-wheel 2. The pinion 11 is mounted upon an adjustable bracket.
Patent GB-190219254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Exhibiting and Taking Animated Pictures
Inventor: BIANCHI JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 19,254. Bianchi, J., and Harbach, T. J. Sept. 2 Magic-lantern apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for taking or exhibiting animated pictures. Fig. 1 shows a section of the apparatus constructed for projecting the pictures on to a screen. The film 25 is fed through the apparatus from a reel 27 by means of a sprocket-wheel 3 actuated through gearing 39 by a crank axle on an axle 40. A vertically-reciprocating screen 19 with a central opening, mounted on a plate 21, is driven by a crank-pin on an arm 16 which is rotated through bevel gearing &c. by the axle 40. In front of the screen is placed a transparent prism 4, which is rotated at irregular speed through a train of eccentric &c. gearing 5, 9, 10, 15, &c. by the axle 40. The gearing is arranged so that, when a complete picture is properly centered in the opening, the body 4 has its face parallel therewith and the picture is projected as though the prism 4 were absent. When the halves of two adjacent pictures are in the central position, the prism comes into the position shown, the body then causing the two half-pictures to be combined into a single picture. A lever 34 carrying a roller 32 bearing on the film can be moved so as to centre the pictures properly. The film 25 is led over a curved guide 26 which gives a transverse curve to it so as to produce a sharp picture.
Patent GB-190221252-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Lubricators.
Inventor: DUNCAN MATTHEW
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 21,252. Duncan, M., and Duncan, T. Sept. 30. Lubricat ors.- Relates to lubricators for loose pulleys. The lubricator consists of a vessel 4 secured to one of the spokes by loose bands or formed integral with the spoke. The vessel is provided with a valve 8, which is held closed by a spring 9 when the wheel is at rest, but opens under the centrifugal action of the wheel in motion. The valve block 10 is connected by a tube 11 with the oil-hole in the hub of the wheel.
Patent GB-190223019-A (GB)
Title: A Means of Producing Coloured Flames for Illuminations, and the like
Inventor: HODGKINSON WILLIAM RICHARD
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 23,019. Hodgkinson, W. R. Oct. 22. Gas and vapour burners.-In the production of coloured flames for illuminations and the like, solutions or mixtures are burnt from an open dish, with or without a wick, or, preferably, are absorbed by a porous substance, such as asbestos, porous porcelain, or coke, and vaporized and burnt in a bunsen or other non-luminous flame. For very large flames, asbestos &c. cylinders are heated from beneath by a ring burner, and the solution or mixture is dropped upon the asbestos &c. so as to give a constant supply. The solutions or mixtures consist of metallic salts, such as copper chloride, or non-metallic compounds, such as boric acid, dissolved or partially dissolved in, or moistened by, combustible or partially combustible liquids having little or no luminosity, such as glycerine, methyl or ethyl alcohol, or mixtures of these with each other or with small quantities of water or other liquid.
Patent GB-190223970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: METZMEIER HERMANN
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 23,970. Metzmeier, H., and LiÚnard, F. Nov. 3. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-Consists of a pair of double interlocking-hooks, d, d<1> mounted loosely on the buffers c, c' and provided with coupling-sleeves f, f<1>, which have projections for engaging projections on the fixed parts g, g<1>. Inclined surfaces h, h<1> are provided on the hooks d, d', so that they can slide past each other when the cars are brought together. In some cases, the hooks engage behind each other. The parts are coupled by means of hand-levers e, operated from the side and provided with locking-pawls i, which engage behind segments k. To the pawls i are connected rods e, for engaging notches in segments m, thereby preventing the levers e, e' from being turned. Teeth may be provided on the back of the segments k, to effect a double security against the turning of the levers e.
Patent GB-190225973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
IPC: F42B12/76
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 25,973. Hadfield, R. A. Nov. 25. Annealing.-Steel is heated to a temperature above 850‹ C., and, in some cases, up to 1000‹ C. or 1100‹ C., according to the hardness desired. It is then cooled, either to air temperature, as described in Specification No. 7778, A.D. 1902, or else to 300‹ C. or 400‹C., and re-heated to a temperature of from 500‹ C. to 720‹ C., according to the hardness and toughness required, and again cooled in air, or in a non-conducting material, such as sand, or in the furnace. The process is specially applicable to the treatment of hard nickel chromium steel used for armour-piercing projectiles.
Patent GB-190306197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Links, for Shirt Cuffs and the like.
Inventor: TRITSCH JULIUS
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 6197. Tritsch, J. March 17. Sleeve-links. - The plate a has a snap or spring ring or snap-hook b engaging a fixed eye or a chain of small links attache d to the plate c.
Patent GB-190311590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flongs and Flexible Matrices for Stereotyping.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,590. Lock, W. H. May 21. Drawings to Specification. Stereotype.-Flongs are made capable of taking impressions from intaglio cavities of different sizes, as from a forme containing both type matter and half-tone blocks. The printing-faces of the portions having small cavities are coated with a substance such as whiting, powdered clay, or a mixture of equal parts of the two, which will fill the cavities, harden, adhere to the flong, and withstand the heat of the stereotype metal. The printing-faces are then wiped clean, and a flong of the usual material pressed upon the forme so as to take an impression of the parts in higher relief. When the flong is removed, the coating substance, bearing an impression of the parts in low relief, adheres to it. The coating substance may be applied to the parts of the flong corresponding with the low-relief surfaces, or may be made into a paste with water and applied to pieces of rice paper, which are laid upon the forme, paper upwards. The pressure causes the rice paper to adhere to the flong.
Patent GB-190314321-A (GB)
Title: Improved Case or Portfolio for Holding Newspapers Advertisement Sheets and the like.
Inventor: DEMBER JULIUS
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 14,321. Dember, J. June 27. Newspaper holders.-A case or portfolio in which newspapers are held by means of a clip is also provided with arrangements for holding advertisement sheets so as to be easily interchangeable. To the inside of the case a is attached the slotted spring tube c, which is provided with toggle-levers i and handles for opening the clip. The advertisement sheets h are held between the plates g and the tube c by means of screws f, or in frames on the inside of the covers a. A protective sheet of transparent material may be inserted with the advertisements.
Patent GB-190317169-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Arresting Nicotine and Tobacco Dust in Cigar- and Cigarette-holders, and Tobacco-pipes.
Inventor: SCHUBERT HERMANN
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 17,169. Schubert, H. Aug. 7. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders.- A finely-perforated finger-stall-shaped piece a with or without a rim f, is placed in the cigarette or cigar receiving end of a holder, or at the lower part of the pipe bowl, Fig. 11, for the purpose of arresting nicotine and tobacco dust. Fig. 5 shows another form which is made funnel-shaped. In front of the perforated point g is a channel h in which nicotine and tobacco dust collect. In another modification, the piece k, Fig. 12, is pressed inwards, and, with the perforated removable cap l, forms a casing for any nicotine-absorbing material m.
Patent GB-190323047-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photographic View Finder
Inventor: HOUGHTON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 23,047. Houghton, G., and Douglas, H. A Oct. 24. Cameras.-A view-finder is provided with arising front and scale corresponding with a similar scale on the lens panel. The scale c on the rising part b of the view-finder a corresponds with the scale c' on the lens panel and by this means the exact view may be seen in the view-finder before the lens is raised or lowered to the corresponding mark. on the lens front.
Patent GB-190326456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulated Electric Conductors
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,456. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 3. Conductors, insulating and preserving; insulating-compositions.-Relates to the insulation of conductors by means of nitro-cellulose. The conductor is covered first with one or more layers of an inert varnish, such as a solution of tetracetate or other ester of cellulose dissolved in chloroform, for protecting the conductor from contact with the collodion. The varnish may be secured, if desired, by means of Canada balsam or the like. Over this, collodion, or other nitrocellulose in solution, with or without some body such as camphor, is placed, and finally a coating of the varnish first used may be given. The layers may be applied as described in Specification No. 2264, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190326585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Propelled Road Vehicles.
Inventor: THORNYCROFT JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 26,585. Thornycroft, J. E. Dec. 4. Steam-generator furnaces; grates.-A. locomotivetype boiler for a motor road vehicle, is constructed as shown in Fig. 3, with a vertical tube p forming a stay between the upper parts of the inner and outer walls of the firebox, the fuel being supplied through the tube when the cover q is removed. The firegrate is carried by a holder or ashpan hinged at one end to the framing or firebox, the other end being supported, so that it may be raised or lowered, by chains or the like passing round drums on a shaft which can be rotated when required, the shaft being provided with a ratchetwheel for the purpose of holding the grate in its normally-raised position.
Patent GB-190327500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Inventor: NICHOLS-PRATT GEORGE
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,500. Pratt-Nicholls, G. Dec. 15. Reaping and mowing machines.-Relates to the construction of the fingers and the means for attaching them to the finger-bar, so that they can be readily removed when necessary. The finger a is provided at the rear end with a flange b, by which it is secured to the finger-bar. The flange is provided with two bolt holes c, provided on the lower side of the flange, as shown in Fig. 1, with square countersunk recesses for the heads of the bolts. The bolts pass through corresponding openings in the finger-bar. The upper surface of the flange b is recessed, as shown by the dotted line d, so that only the edge of the flange comes in contact with the finger-bar.
Patent GB-190327981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Charts.
Inventor: COWELL EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 27,981. Cowell, E. Dec. 21. Charts.-A chart constructed to compare the times of different cities at any moment, consists of a sheet A, Fig. 2, ruled with vertical lines C, to represent meridians, and marked with cities arranged according to their longitude. A flexible strip D, adapted to slide through slits in the sheet, is marked with divisions of time corresponding with the time intervals between the meridians, so that, by adjusting the strip, the time in any particular city can be found, at any moment. The meridians are preferably arranged so that the time intervals indicate hours. The sheet may be folded into leaves and enclosed in a cover.
Patent GB-190400070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grates for Stoves and Furnaces.
Inventor: PIPER JOSEPH WARREN
Filed: 1904-01-01
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 70. Piper, J. W. Jan. 1. Firebars and grates.-In stoves having ring grates with radial firebars pivoted to the edge of the grate, waste of fine fuel is prevented by using a curved tapering firebar, having an upwardlyextending wing which overlaps the body of the adjacent firebar without preventing the admission of air. The grate bars e<3> are pivoted on pins e<1> fixed to the grate ring E and project between equally-spaced abutments d<10> on the flat portion d<7> of the stationary housing d<1>. These abutments, which are short enough to allow the wings e<4> of the bars to pass over them, force the bars towards or from the centre of the grate according to the movement of the handle e<7> of the ring E. When the bars are in the operative position shown in Fig. 1, the concave side e<5> of each wing is nearly parallel with the convex side of the adjacent grate bar, and the end e<6> is parallel to the inner wall of the housing.
Patent GB-190404347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols.
Inventor: PEATE ALFRED M
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4347. Peate, A. M. Feb. 22. Joints; top-notches; gits.-For locking the several parts of an umbrella together so as to admit of quick application and removal of ribs and stretchers, the parts are modified to act as ball-and-socket joints. Fig. 1 shows an umbrella stick having socket - plates 5, 6 attached to the stick A and runner 9 respectively. Balls 3 on the ends of ribs and stretchers fit into sockets in these plates, and are locked therein by discs 7, Figs. 1 and 3, which are held in position by collars 10 sliding on the sleeves 4 of the socketplates. Pins 12 hold the collars on to their respective discs, the collars being provided with vertical slots 14 which are turned into register with the pins when it is required to release the locking-discs. The discs have notches b to afford clearance for the ribs, and, to cause them to register with the sockets, notches 13 are made on the inner side which receive lugs 11 on the sleeves 4. Fig. 4 shows a joint for connecting ribs and braces in which a clip 17 surrounds the rib 1 and terminates in a socket 18 which receives a ball 15 on the stretcher 2. A filling-block 16 is secured inside the rib. The socket may be made on the outer end of the brace, and the ball on the end of the filling-block. Instead of using a clip, the socket may be formed in an extension of the edges of the rib, or in the rib itself.
Patent GB-190408192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Water Supply Taps or Valves.
Inventor: SHANKS JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8192. Shanks, J. April 9. Lift valves; self-closing valves; actuating valves. -Relates to the construction of water-supply valves of the self-closing type for use in connection with lavatory or like basins, plunge, spray, shower, douche, or like baths, and waterclosets. As shown in Fig. 1, the valve A is operated by a cam-lever C', the cam C' of which rides on the top of the barrel B'. The valve is closed by the action of the enclosed spring C and by the pressure of water ; the closing is retarded in order to prevent shocks, by the expansion, within the barrel B<1>, of the lip of the cupleather packing A' due to the pressure of the water. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, adapted to water-closets, the valve is of the push type. The main valve A is loosely mounted on the spindle which is fitted with an auxiliary valve D'. This valve is opened first against the action of the spring C, and permits the escape of water from behind the valves, allowing the main valve to be readily opened by a shoulder E of the valve spindle. A mixing-valve for hot and cold water is shown in Fig. 3. The two valves are arranged opposite to each other in the inlets G<1>, G', and open into a mixing-chamber E<1> having a single outlet. The central control-cam H is operated by a handle outside, and acts through two pivoted levers J<1>, J<2>, which open the valves in succession. The cold-water valve is thus opened first and then the hot-water valve, the handle being prevented, by a stop, from being turned in the wrong direction. A further turning of the handle allows the cold-water valve to be closed by the spring and water pressure, leaving the hot-water valve open. The closing of the valves is retarded, as before, by the action of the expanding cup-leathers. The handle may have a pointer working over a dial, and the cam may be actuated by the foot, knee, or elbow, as described in Specification No. 21,127, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Closets &c.].
Patent GB-190411925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Lowering Apparatus chiefly designed for use as a Fire Escape.
Inventor: HORNSEY THOMAS
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 11,925. Hornsey, T. May 25. Fire-escape type of apparatus ropes, arranging and guiding,-A safety lowering-device, applicable for lowering goods, consists of a frama c, carrying a grooved or roughened pulley b, over which passes a rope a held in position by friction rollers d, e, which are retarded by rollers or brake blocks q attached to toggle-levers n pivoted at o and supported by links or a rope p, whereby the whole device is suspended. Attached to the lower part of the frame is a closed cylinder f in which revolve a series of vanes h, mounted on the axis g, driven from the axle of the pulley b by bevel-wheels k, l. The vessel is filled with a viscous liquid and contains lead shot or heavy balls placed between the vanes. The rope may be an endless one carrying loops at intervals, or it may be provided with a loop at each end.
Patent GB-190414196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Arc Lighting
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 14,196. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 23. Arc lamps, electrodes for. The consumption of electrodes giving flaming or luminous arcs, such as those described in Specification No. 26,915, A.D. 1904, is restrained by the addition of refractory substances such as chromium oxide. The oxide may be used alone or mixed naturally or artificially with other substances, such as iron oxide in the form of the mineral chromite or a mixture of magnesia and chromium oxide. Electrodes of this kind are preferably formed by packing tightly a finelypowdered mixture of 70 parts of magnetite, 30 parts of rutile, and 12 or 15 parts of chromite in a thin iron tube. The tube may be closed by a wooden plug at one end, and the other end may be either fused by means of an arc or closed by crimping the end of the tube over a piece of sheet iron.
Patent GB-190414701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balls for Golf and similar Games
Inventor: MORGAN ROBERT RUSSELL LANDALE
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,701. Morgan, R. R. L. June 30. Balls for golf and like games are formed with a hollow metal core made in two halves suitably fastened together, and with a roughened or corru. gated uniform cover of india-rubber or guttapercha, which is shrunk on to, cast upon, or drawn over the core.