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Patent GB-190124810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Charging Stations for Electrically Propelled Vehicles
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 24,810. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Holmes, C. E., and Cox, F. P.]. Dec. 5. Signals, electric. - A. local charging station for electrically-propelled vehicles consists of a castiron box containing a "bull's eye," behind which is placed an electric lamp 2, and a charging socket 5 normally covered by a door 6. When a coin has been dropped down a shoot, and the driver inserts a plug in the socket, a signal operated by electromagnets 10, 10<a> is brought opposite an opening 17 at the central station, and a switch 11 is turned by the operator into the position shown, to charge the battery. The coin connects metal contacts 8, 8<a> in a circuit containing a resistance 14, which, while the switch 11 is open, so modifies the corrent through the magnets 10, 10<a> that the signal appears at the opening 17. When the switch 11 is closed, the circuit through the lamp 2 is closed by a tongue 19 operated by an electromagnet 20.
Patent GB-190203950-A (GB)
Title: Process of Cutting and Storing Cigar Wrappers under Tension.
Inventor: HAMMERSTEIN OSCAR
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 3950. Hammerstein, O. Feb. 15, A.D. 1901, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cigars.-Relates to a process and apparatus for cutting and storing cigar wrappers and the like, under tension, reference being made to prior Specification No. 19,908, A.D. 1901. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan of one form of the apparatus. The tobacco leaf is placed above the suction plate a, and is cut by the knife b on the passage of the pivoted pressure-roller k. The suction is maintained while the cutting- appliance is rotated on the pipe d until the plate a is just over the apron g, when it falls forwards to the extent allowed by the bolts l, and the wrapper is transferred to the apron g by the suction maintained through the perforated table B. On turning the cutting-appliance back into the horizontal position, the pawl q r, operated by the wheel s and toothed arc t, turns the wheel and causes the portion of the apron g bearing the cut wrapper, to be wound upon the roller i. Fig. 5 shows apparatus in which the suction table e<2> can be raised from the fixed cutting-knife e<3> by the treadle e<7>, and the suction in the table e<2> is automatically cut off by the valve e<24> when the wrapper is sufficiently near the apron g carried on the suction table e<22>. Fig. 6 shows a movable suction table f<1> surrounded by a fixed cutting-knife f, and adapted to be raised by the frame f<2> when either of the arms f come in contact with the cam f The aprons g, suction rolls f and the pressure roller f<15> for cutting the wrapper, are carried on a travelling frame f <6>. The roll of cigar wrappers may be transferred to a cigar handrolling table consisting in a suction table similar to the table B with the lower roller provided with a handle for unrolling the apron as required. Fig. 7 shows an automatic cigar-rolling suction table in which the apron forms a loop between the suction rolld<3> and the co-operating roll d' which gears with it, and is mounted on swinging arms d<2> and is suitably maintained in the position shown.
Patent GB-190204284-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for use in connection with Artillery Practice also applicable as a Position Finder.
Inventor: FOGERTY JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-02-19
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 4284. Fogerty, J. F., and Kelaart, E. F. Feb. 19. Position -finders. - Relates to apparatus for enabling artillery drill to be carried out in a hall, applicable also as a position-finder. When employed for drill purposes, the apparatus consists of a projecting lantern b which throws the image of a target on a screen. The lantern is carried on a vertical pivot about which it can be trained, and its front end c carries an arm g which rests on a carriage k movable along the rail i for adjusting the elevation. A pantograph n, attached to the table a, is connected to the carriage k, so that the movements of the image on the screen are shown on a chart. When employed as a position-finder, the apparatus must be in an elevated position, so that the field takes the place of the screen,
Patent GB-190211432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sliding Bolts for Securing Doors and the like.
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 11,432. Leggott, R., and Leggott, W. & R. May 20. Sliding bolts for doors &c. The bolt G is arranged to slide between crossbars J and guiding- pieces H on a frame plate A. Pivoted to the plate is a lever arranged to take into a recess formed in the plate. Arms E' of the lever are adapted to engage arms K, connected to the bolt G, for the purpose of operating the bolt. In the shot and retracted positions of the bolt, the lever lies in the recess in the plate A, and the arms E<1> serve as stops to prevent the movement of the bolt, which can only be moved by the operation of the lever. The lever is retained within the recess by means of a spring S, the arm of which acts upon a pin L projecting from an arm E<1>.
Patent GB-190212287-A (GB)
Title: Improved Work or Lady's Companion or Device serving as a Cushion for Pins and Needles, and Holder for Thimble, Buttons, Pencil and the like
Inventor: KOLLER ELIZABETH
Filed: 1902-05-29
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 12,287. Koller, E. Jan. 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pencil and like holders. - Consists of a cushion for pins and needles which is provided at one end with a receptacle 4 for a thimble or buttons and at the lower part with another one 7 for a pencil. The front is made of plush and the back of heavy silk, and to the latter may be attached a flap for carrying spare needles. The whole may be suspended from the neck by ribbons 10.
Patent GB-190213271-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Controlling the Delivery of Viscous Liquids, in Measured or other Quantities, Chiefly Designed for use in Filling Jars, Tins and other Receptacles with such Liquids.
Inventor: MENDHAM CONRAD FIELD
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 13,271. Mendham, C. F. June 11. Measured quantities, delivering.-Treacle, syrups, tar, paint, birdlime, heated pitch, and other viscous liquids are forced from a cylinder c so as to flow out through an annular valve m which cuts off sharply and is supplied with an annular current of air to prevent the substance from adhering. The valve seat n is fitted into the lower side of the passage h from the cylinder, in the bevelled mouth of a short perforated delivery tube j which crosses the passage and screws into a collar on its upper side. The valve is the sharply bevelled end of a tube m, which extends down from a piston s in a cylinder r, and contains a tube p to form an annular passage for air from the underside of the piston where the valve tube has holes t. The piston can be lifted but not lowered by means of a rod x, which can be raised and lowered with a screw sleeve w by means of a lever 3, and which can be screwed up and down through the sleeve. A spring v intervenes between the piston and the bottom of the sleeve w, and a spring bolt 11 is provided to engage a collar 10 on the valve tube when raised. The lever 3 forms part of a three-armed lever which is connected by a link 8 to the slide valve of the forcing cylinder and by a link 19 to a bell crank 17 which can draw the bolt. On pulling the hand-lever 5 from the position shown towards the left-hand, the slide-valve g is moved so as to close the port e and open the port f ; at the same time the valve m is opened and held in its opened position by the detent 11. Liquid under pressure from the supplypipe b then enters the cylinder c and, acting through the piston d, forces the liquid out through the passage h and delivery-tube j until the head 15 of the piston-rod reaches the bell crank 17, whereupon the spring v is compressed, and, when such compression has reached a suitable degree, the detent 11 is tripped. The valve m then descends under the action of the spring v, and the piston s compresses the air in the lower part of the cylinder r and forces it out through the annular nozzle at the bottom of the valve m on to the valve-seat n so as to cut the liquid column and prevent the formation of dropping strings of liquid. The air, after impinging on the seat n, is drawn up through the interior of the pipe p to the space on the upper side of the piston s, thus preventing excessive pressure in the hollow upper part of the column of liquid before it is cut. In a modified form of apparatus, an auxiliary annular nozzle is arranged around the exterior of the orifice of the delivery-tube j, and with this arrangement the valve may be made solid and open downwards.
Patent GB-190217723-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Locking Device.
Inventor: CROZIER HENRY MONTGOMERY
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 17,723. Crozier, H. M. Aug. 12 Fastenings; door fastenings; locks, key.-Relates to a locking-device for boxes, doors, &c. To the door &c. is secured a plate C, to which is hinged a plate or hasp A provided with a slot D. To the door post &c. is fixed a plate F which carries a T or L shaped button E. The head of the button passes through the slot D, and is then turned through a right-angle to secure the door &c. The button is locked in the position shown by means of a lid H, which enters the casing G surrounding the slot, and is provided with a projection or projections J to engage the button head. The lid is secured by a lock K, the bolt of which may engage the side of the chamber, or one or both of the lugs L provided in the chamber. In a modification, a notched catch or pin on the plate F is engaged by a bar pivoted to the hasp A, this bar being secured by the lid H. The bar may project through the side of the casing, and be fitted with an operating-handle. The device may also be applied to securing a sliding bolt, the part A being secured to the bolt.
Patent GB-190217795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Auto-motor Vehicles
Inventor: WALDEN LORD HOWARD DE
Filed: 1902-08-13
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 17,795. Howard de Walden, Lord, and Knudsen, H. Aug. 13. Axle-boxes; wheels with two ormore tyres side by side.-(1) The steering-wheels for motor cars are mounted on the swivelling axles b, Fig. 11, with roller bearings b<1> to carry the weight, and ball bearings b<2> to resist lateral thrusts. (2) To prevent or reduce side slip in turning corners, ths driving-wheels are made with rims so constructed that each carries two pneumatic tyres placed side by side, as shown in Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190220348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brace Fittings.
Inventor: PATCHING ALEXANDER WHEELER
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 20,348. Patching, A. W. Sept. 18. Braces.-The fitting which carries the elastic cord &c. is made with a pivoted crescent-shaped piece A, with a groove a<1> in which the cord lies. The part A is supported by projections a engaging slots b in the hook B.
Patent GB-190228186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Whitening Sugar in Centrifugal Machines by Means of Steam.
Inventor: DEUTSCH GUSTAV
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 28,186. Deutsch, G. Dec. 20. Steam separators. -Steam for centrifugal machines for separating the molasses from the sugar crystals is dried by being passed through the combined steam drier and wire-drawing valve c. The steam enters through the passage i and is whirled round the helical rib on the hollow cylinder k. The steam, thus separated from water, passes through the slots l to the wire-drawing valve. The valve seat m is in the form of a disc with radial slots, and the valve n, Fig. 4, is of similar construction and regulated by the handle s. In modified form, the wire-drawing valve consists of a cylinder with helical slots inside the cylinder k, which has corresponding slots. The whole apparatus is also provided with a thermometer and a steam-sampling cock, and is encased in an insulating coating. The steam is sprayed and again wire-drawn in a nozzle, Fig. 6, consisting of a valve v adjustably screwed into the conical valve seat u. The valve stem n has apertures x in its sides.
Patent GB-190304507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ribbon-feed Mechanism for Type-writing Machines
Inventor: SALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 4507. Salter, G., and Foley, J. S. Feb. 26. Type-writers. - A reversible ribbon-feed mechanism for type-writers is shown. The ribbon is secured to two reels or spools a, b mounted side-byside on a two-part spindle disposed between brackets d' of a frame e. The reel a is fast on, and rotates with, one half of the spindle ; the reel b is loose on the other half, which is stationary. The inner ends of the halves are held together by means of a peg or extension and a corresponding hole. A slide f, actuated from the universal bar or other moving part through a lever or rocker f 1, is mounted on the front of the frame e and guided by pins l<2> and slots f <2>, and actuates either reel through pawls g, h and ratchet-wheels g<1>, h<1>. The pawls are pivoted on studs g<2>, h<2> on the slide and pressed forward by springs, and one or other is thrown out of action by means of a rocking beam or plate i, which is pivoted on the slide and is formed with knife-edges or inclined surfaces i<5>, i<6> for engagement against tails or extensions of the pawls. The beam is provided with a stop or catch, such as a spring blade i<3> on the slide and a \/-shaped stud i<4> on the beam. The beam is operated by a hand-lever i<2>, and also automatically by engagement with ears or projections on spring-pressed arms or followers j, k, which are loose on a spindle m, and lie normally on the surfaces of the ribbon, and are provided with noses j<2>, k<2> for depression into gaps in the reel hubs when the unwinding is complete. The ribbon is guided between the reels by a pivoted shield o, which preferably consists of a flat metal plate provided with a type gap and formed at the end edge with two inclined notches. The reel a is provided also with a hand winding- spindle p<3>, which carries a clutch member p<2> for engagement, against the action of a spring p<6>, with a clutch member p<1> on the reel spindle.
Patent GB-190305624-A (GB)
Title: Expansion Joint for the Tubes of Hot Air Stoves.
Inventor: LANGFIELD JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 5624. Langfield, J. March 11. Hot-air stoves; joints and connections.-Expansion of the tubes A of a hot-air stove is provided for by fitting their lower ends into a stuffing-box C secured on the inner side of the tube-plate D.
Patent GB-190305996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Bottling of Aerated Liquids
Inventor: JACKSON JOHN PERKINS
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 5996. Jackson, J. P. March 16. Bottling; corking.-Bottles, which are to be filled with aÙrated liquids, are first filled with gas under pressure, in order to prevent frothing &c. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bottling-machine, and Fig. 1 is a section of the bottling-chamber and snifting-chamber. The bottle is held tightly against a mouth-piece 20 on a filling-head 4 by a support 28 operated by a foot-lever 29. A cork 18 is pressed into the top of the passage 19 in the filling-bead. A filling-tube 21 operated by a handle 30 is introduced into the bottle B. The handle 30 also actuates a three-way plug cock 14, which puts the head 4 in communication with a vessel 5 containing compressed gas, and with a glass snifting or back pressure chamber 1, the volume of which can be adjusted by means of a piston 2. The bottle B is thus full of gas under pressure, when the liquid is flowing into it. When the bottle is full, the handle 30 is drawn back, and the plug 14 is returned to its original position, thereby connecting the chambers 4, 1 to a waste pipe, and the vessel 5 to a reservoir of compressed gas. The cork is then pressed home. The piston 2 is preferably formed of two discs 6, 6<1> with a washer 8 between them ; the washer can be tightened by rotating the threaded spindle in the screwed part 6<a> of the disc 6<1>. The spindle 3 can be raised or lowered, and is held in position by a clamp 9, which can be tightened or loosened by a wing nut. The glass chamber 1 may be replaced by a metal vessel having one or more chambers communicating with the main chamber, which extra chambers may be cut off by cocks, so that the capacity can be adjusted. Or a number of various sized chambers may be used, any one of which can be screwed to the body of the plug.
Patent GB-190307077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Camp Stools.
Inventor: WOOD JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 7077. Wood, J. March 27. Drawings to Specification. Umbrellas and walking-sticks combined with stools. The back leg of a folding camp stool, which is composed of three or more legs pivoted so as to support a seat when open, is made hollow to provide a receptacle for a sunshade, umbrella, or the hke. The other legs may be datached from the back leg. which may then be used as a walking- stick, the upper part being curved to form a handle.
Patent GB-190308166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Gas for Obtaining Cyanogen Compounds therefrom.
Inventor: CARPENTER CHARLES CLAUDE
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1903-06-17
Abstract: 8166. Carpenter, C. C., and Somerville, J. M. April 8. Sulphocyanates.-Cyanogen compounds are recovered from coal or other gas in the form of magnesium sulphocyanide by passing the gas, after removing tar fog and ammonia, through suitable vessels containing sulphur and magnesium suspended in water in the approximate proportious to form magnesium sulphide. The purifying-liquid may be prepared by passing sulphuretted hydrogen or the gas from a lime purifier through a mixture of magnesia and sulphur suspended in water, and decanting or filtering off the product.
Patent GB-190311910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Advertising and Displaying.
Inventor: MANNERS CHARLES
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 11,910. Manners, C., and Reddan, W.H. May 25. Advertising; displaying.-Relates to means for displaying and advertising, and consists in mounting a number of hollow, rectangular, boxlike frames a, b, c, d, Fig. 1, of decreasing sectional area one upon another, in such a manner as to leave a ledge at the base of each upon which articles may be displayed and to prevent lateral displacement. The top e of a frame may have an opening f, from which a vertical beading g rises on all sides or on opposite sides only, so that the hollow bottom of the next frame above may be supported by this beading. Or a peripheral beading h may be placed near the bottom of a frame, to support it in the opening f. The openings f may be placed eccentrically, forming a ledge on three sides only, the flush surface of the device being placed against a mirror or other surface if desired. The walls may bear printed or other matter upon them, and when not required, the various sections may be taken apart, inverted, and nested one within the other. The frames may be of circular, semicircular, or any other convenient section.
Patent GB-190312312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Materials suitable for Electric Insulating Purposes.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-05-29
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 12,312. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. May 29. Washers for electric insulating purposes. An intimate mixture is formed of equal quantities of calcium hydrate, or other comparatively-soluble compound of an alkaline earth, and a refractory fibrous binding material, such as asbestos fibre or mineral wool, to which mixture about 10 per cent. of its weight of borax glass may be added. Enough water is added to make the mass plastic. The mixture is then compressed to form the washer, which, after partial drying, is soaked in a solution of a soluble carbonate, such as that of sodium or ammonium, a current of carbonic-acid gas being continuously passed through the solution. When the whole of the calcium hydrate has been converted into insoluble carbonate, the material is thoroughly washed with running water to remove all the soluble bodies, after which it is heated to a temperature of between 200‹ and 300‹ C. until it is thoroughly dried.
Patent GB-190315147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Gas
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-07-08
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 15,147. Johnson, J. Y., [Deutsche Continental Gas Ges., and Bueb, J.]. July 8. Gas manufacture, processes for.-In the manufacture of illuminating gas, coal is distilled in the ordinary way in long vertical retorts until the yield of gas begins to diminish, when steam is introduced at the bottom of the retorts and caused to pass up through the charge. If the retort has lateral outlets, they are closed before the steam is introduced.
Patent GB-190316061-A (GB)
Title: Embossing Presses
Inventor: SEYBOLD CHARLES
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 16,061. Seybold, C. July 21. Embossing-presses.-Sheet feeding and delivery apparatus for embossing-presses is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as applied to a press comprising a head-plate and a platen D operated by toggle-levers E, F, and a cam P on a shaft N geared to a main shaft. The apparatus consists of a travelling carriage formed of rack-bars T and cross-bars c, d, e and provided with two sets of nippers l, m, the former to grasp a new sheet from a table T<1>, and the latter to grasp the sheet already embossed and deliver it to a table R. The carriage and nippers are automatically actuated to travel in with the one sheet and out with the other, and to hold the new sheet in embossing position, and pull it outwards from the dies and leave the edge slightly beyond the platen after the embossing. The rackbars T are guided and supported by flanged rollers a, b mounted respectively above and below on brackets S. The upper rollers a are spring- depressed. The lower rollers b are provided with teeth or pins for engagement with the teeth of the rack bars T. Sector gears V, mounted on a shaft U, mesh with the rack-bars T and serve to withdraw the carriage from the press. The shaft U carries a pinion meshing with a rack-bar provided with a guide or steadying block and terminating in a yoke, which embraces a square block on the shaft N, and carries a roller for engagement with a cam on the main gear wheel on the shaft N. The carriage is returned into the press by means of coiled springs B', which are secured at one end to the base of the machine, and, at the other end, to chains C' connected with a sprocket D<1> on the shaft U. The nippers l, m are mounted on oscillating rods n, p, and are normally held closed by springs mounted on the rods n, p and bearing at one end against lugs on the adjacent rack-bars T, and, at the other end, against pins secured on the oscillating rods ; the pins project through the rack-bar T in position to engage rollers and operate the rods n, p to open the nippers. The nippers are held open by means of locking-devices b<1>, c<1> located on the opposite rack-bar T and comprising spring- pressed latches d<1>, e<1> for engagement under knuckles f<1>, g<1> on the rods n, p. The latches d', e<1> are provided with pins h<1>, l<1> for contact with releasing-lugs m<1>, n<1> on the framing.
Patent GB-190320647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leaf Turners for Music and the like.
Inventor: MADER LEOPOLD
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 20,647. Mader, L. Sept. 25. Leaf-turners; leaf-holders.- S p r i n g -actuated leaf-turning levers l are mounted on an axis m on a plate a adjustable on a music stand &c. by means of a sliding bar band clamps. A ratchetbar g engages through slots in the levers l, and is raised step by step, to release the levers, by means of a spring pawl e on a lever d provided with a piston f actuated by treadle-bellows B, or by electromagnets, or otherwise. The bar g is retained by a spring n and is urged downwards by a weaker spring o. A cover-plate r on the axis m is provided with a pin s for releasing the spring n. The levers l terminate in flat pivoted fingers p, to which slips q of transparent material are attached for holding the leaves.