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Patent GB-190101544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: WHITE THOMAS
Filed: 1901-01-23
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 1544. White, T., and Rainbow, C. Jan. 23. Joints and connections ; vertical boilers ; superheaters, steam.-The walls of the water space are formed of separable parts united by flanged joints and coupling-rings with wedge surfaces. The invention is particularly applicable to vertical boilers for use on motor cars, steam launches, and the like. Fig. shows such a boiler with the shell and firebox connected by a flanged joint g embraced by a ring a, which is tightened by a bolt and nut (not shown) so RS to grip the flanges and press them together. The crown plate k is connected to the shell by a similar joint tightened by an expansible ring a. Fig. 4 shows a boiler with the shell in two parts united by a similar joint d, the ring a being in two parts hinged together. The joint i between the crown plate and shell is in this case tightened by a wedge ring a between the inwardly-turned flange of the shell and the projecting ring 2 on the crown. The arrangement of water and fire tubes shown, and the steam pipe 6 passing through the firebox in Fig. 4, though described in the Specification, are not claimed as part of the invention.
Patent GB-190105141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bending Printing Plates
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1901-03-11
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 5141. Marks, G. C., [Campbell Printing Press and Manufacturing Co.]. March 11. Bending.-A machine for bending electrotype and other printing-plates has a cylinder 22, Fig. 3, journalled in blocks 21, Fig. 1, sliding in slots 12 in a frame 10. Wheels 23 on the cylinder gear with fixed racks 25, so that the cylinder is rotated when traversed by a screw 16 engaging a nut on one of the blocks 21 and driven by a belt pulley 19. One end of the backing E of the printing- surface A is gripped by fingers 30 on the cylinder, and the other end is clamped on a slide 34 having racks 35 engaging pinions 39 on a shaft 38 with a handle 40. The printing-plate is put under sufficient tension by the handle 40, and the cylinder is then rotated to wrap the plate round it, the printing-surface being outside. The plate is heated by gas jets B, 42. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the axis of the cylinder 50 is stationary, and the cylinder is rotated by a handle 55 and gearing, the plate being put under tension by a weight 68 supported by a cable 63 attached to grippers 60 at the rear end of the plate. In another modification, the plate is bent round a stationary cylinder, the type-face being upwards.
Patent GB-190105928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hangers.
Inventor: ASHLEY CHARLES
Filed: 1901-03-21
Granted: 1902-03-21
Abstract: 5928. Ashley, C. March 21. Suspenders for articles of dress.-Relates to suspensory loops for garments, and consists in making them of a strap of leather or its equivalent which is attached at each end to the garment by eyeleting or the like in the manner described in Specification No. 18,891, A.D. 1895, or by sewing. The holes through which the eyelets are passed are preferably elongated, so that the strap will still lie flat although it should become stretched. The strap may be a plain strap, or it may have two slits A, Fig. 2, cut in it, the part between the slits serving as the hanger proper, or it may have a second narrower strap B, Fig. 4, attached to it.
Patent GB-190106714-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Looking Glass Movement.
Inventor: HALL JAMES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-03-30
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 6714. Hall, J. G. March 30. Pivot adjustments.-Relates to a pivot adjustment for looking-glasses. The shank E of a friction disc C fits into a dovetail recess in the plate F, which is screwed on the pillar J. The friction disc C is clamped by the screws h between two plates A, B attached to the side of the looking- glass K. The friction of the disc C is regulated by giving the screws h a turn more or less. The position of the plates F and A B are interchanged in a modification, F being attached to the looking-glass in an inverted position.
Patent GB-190109104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Structure of Leg Fastenings and Cleated Joints in Tables.
Inventor: TYDEN EMIL
Filed: 1901-05-02
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 9104. Tyden, E. May 2. Tables.-Relates to means for connecting the legs to the tops of tables, and for connecting strips or cleats or extending slides to the underside of the top and to the side and end members of the frame ; it has a cylindrical or tapered recess C<2>, having an annular extension C<20>. The leg is shouldered at D<2>, and the shank which fits in the recess c<2> has an extension or projection D<10> which fits into the recess C<20>. The leg is connected to the block by a coach screw E with washer E'‹. By means of the screw the parts may be firmly wedged together ; the tapered lowered part of the projection D<10>, pressing on the lower edge of the recess C<20>, draws the block C and shoulder D<2> into close contact. Cleats P or the slides in extension tables are secured to the strips a forming the table top by screws L, the holes in the cleats P being widened, as shown at p, so as to allow of a certain amount of expansion and contraction of the strips a.
Patent GB-190111583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Slop Shutes, Channels and Grates for Waste Water or Slop Sinks.
Inventor: HIRST JOE
Filed: 1901-06-06
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 11,583. Hirst, J. June 6. Sinks.-A hopper-shaped slop sink A, fixed outside the building, receives the waste pipe M and discharges by a passage E, F to the usual gully or trap. The grating may be in two parts to facilitate cleaning.
Patent GB-190112082-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Drilling Brush Backs and for Inserting the Bristles therein.
Inventor: FLEMMING CARL EDUARD
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 12,082. Flemming, C. E. June 13. Machines for making.-The tables a, b, for supporting the brush blocks beneath the boring and tufting tools, respectively, are mounted so as to be capable of moving longitudinally, laterally, or vertically. The tables are fixed to rods c which pass through ball-and-socket joints at s and are pivoted to the bearer g by ball-and-socket joints d. The joints at s engage laterally-arranged parallel bars r<1> of a frame r, r<1>, and longitudinally-arranged parallel bars q of a frame q, q<1>. The frame r, r<1> is reciprocated longitudinally on the bars o by the cam-actuated rod w, and the frame q, q<1> is reciprocated laterally on the bars p by a rack y<1>, pinion y, and shaft x actuated by a cam, rack, and pinion. The bearer g is raised and lowered by a cam z.
Patent GB-190114024-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Controlling Pumps for Raising and Delivering Beer and other Liquids
Inventor: MASON SAMUEL GEORGE
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 14,024. Mason, S. G. July 10. Beer and other beverages, raising.-Each pump is driven by an eccentric or the like clutched to a continuously - rotating shaft.The delivery of the pump communicates with a ram cylinder, the ram of which is connected with the clutch so that, when the tap at the counter is closed, the resulting rise of pressure forces out the ram and disconnects the clutch. In a modification, the suction stroke of the pump is effected by an eccentric B on the continuously-rotating shaft A, but the delivery stroke by a weight W or spring, so that, when the bar tap is closed, the weight is held up and the pump ceases to work. A r a m D similar to that before described is forced out when the tap is closed, and is so connected with a switch or the like that, when all the rams D a r e forced out, the motor which works the shaft A is stopped.
Patent GB-190118262-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Regulators for Controlling Gases of High Pressure.
Inventor: MORRELL REGINALD LISTER
Filed: 1901-09-12
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 18,262. Morrell, R. L., and Leigh-Hunt, W. Sept. 12. Regulators; gas holders.-Gas at high pressure, such as oxygen and hydrogen, is led to a holder D, from which it is to be delivered at a constant pressure notwithstandi n g variations in the demand. The bell C of the holder carries a lever A, one end of which is connected by a cord &c. E, which passes around a pulley F, to one end of a counterbalanced lever G, which is attached to the gas supply tap I. As the bell rises, the supply tap is turned more or less off ; as it falls, the tap is turned on to a corresponding amount.
Patent GB-190118828-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Nasal Cup.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1901-09-20
Granted: 1902-09-20
Abstract: 18,828. Evans, W. J. May 28, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Medicines, administering. - A cup for administering medicines to the nose is formed in its upper part with a shallow depression C to fit on the lip, and with a deep depression D which allows the cup to be tilted until the parts B engage the cheeks and the medicine enters the nose.
Patent GB-190119205-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Gear for Cycles
Inventor: FOSTER JOHN BURNIP
Filed: 1901-09-26
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 19,205. Forster, J. B. Sept. 26. Driving - mechanism; frames; treadle - levers.- Relates to treadle-driving gear for cycles. In the bicycle shown, each side of the cycle is fitted with a lever b pivoted at c to the forks d, carrying a treadle e having a toe clip j, and formed at its rear end with a toothed sector f gearing with a toothed wheel g mounted on a free-wheel clutch on the driving-hub h. The treadles may be raised either by the weight of the sectors f or by springs p con- necting the levers to the frame. The downward motion of the treadles is limited by the sectors engaging either with the rear-wheel axle or with fixed stops secured to the forks. The frame may be modified, the members a, d being arranged more nearly in a straight line, and the saddle post may be replaced by tubes connecting the seat lug to the pivots c as shown by dotted lines.
Patent GB-190200549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Wagons, Trucks, or the like.
Inventor: FROGGATT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-01-08
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 549. Froggatt, B., Cook, W., and Bayley, T. Jan. 8. Brakes, hand. Relates to improvements in the either-side brake apparatus described in Specification No. 13,327, A.D. 1900. The brake shaft A, Fig. 1, carries a lever B with a stud B<1>, and a bent spring C, having a free end C<1> adapted to engage the rack D. The stud B<1> passes through the spring C, and the arm G<3> of the lever G is connected to the stud B' by the slotted bar H, which has a cam H<2>. When the lever G is depressed, to apply the brakes, the cam H<2> is first withdrawn from between the lever B and the spring C, the lever B is then moved, and the brakes are retained " on " by the spring C, which engages the rack D and is disengaged by the cam H' when the lever G is lifted. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the spring C is bolted to the brake lever I, and has a lug C' for engagement with the ordinary hanger rack J. The supplementary handle K has pins K<3> for operating the lever I and a wedge K<4> for tripping the spring C, the parts acting in the manner described. The side lever G, Fig. 1, or the lever K, Fig. 5, may be held in the off " position by pivoted catch plates L, Fig. 1, similar to those described in Specification No. 16,490, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190203164-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Purification of Fats or Fatty Substances.
Inventor: KLIMONT ISIDOR
Filed: 1902-02-07
Granted: 1903-02-07
Abstract: 3164. Klimont, I. Feb. 7. Fats and fatty oils, purifying. The fat or fatty substance is first heated and mixed with an aqueous solution of caustic alkali, or of an alkaline salt of carbonic, silicic, or boracic acid, and, after saponification of the free fatty acids present, is washed with water. Soap and albuminous compounds are removed by one of the three following processes :-(a) removing the lye and heating the oil to above 100‹ C. in a vacuum or in the presence of an indifferent gas, (b) heating the oil with limemilk or a concentrated solution of barium chloride, or other soluble alkaline earth compound, or, (c) mixing the oil with acetone or other substance which will dissolve the oil and precipitate the soap. After any of these treatments, the oil is freed from volatile impurities by a blast of superheated steam.
Patent GB-190207752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flanged or Rim Wheels or Pulleys.
Inventor: FISCHER GEORG
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 7752. Fischer, G. April 2. Brazing or welding wheels or pulleys. Spiders of cast steel are secured to wroughtiron rims by brazing or welding, preferably by electricity. To facilitate this, the arms have thin bevel-edged plates on their ends which are shaped to fit the rim. The arms are made of the section shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
Patent GB-190216796-A (GB)
Title: Means to Destroy Foul Air in Deep Wells Pits and the like
Inventor: RIDENTON JAMES
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 16,796. Ridenton, J. July 29. Wells and shafts ; choke-damp, treating. To destroy foul air in wells, pits, and the like, water and caustic potash are lowered in a pail, and then the caustic water is poured over gray lime and lowered again.
Patent GB-190225489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Galleries or Holders for Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: SOUTTER EDWIN
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 25,489. Soutter, E. Nov. 20. Incandescent g a s burners.-The deterioration of the globe or shade holder and other fittings which takes place when inverted burners are attached to the lower ends of vertical gas pipes or pendants is prevented by combining with the annular globe or shade holder A one or more curved tubes D, D<1>, D' terminating in a screw socket E for carrying the inverted burner F and any desired ornamental fittings. One of the arms D serve as a gas way, and communicates with a socket, which can be screwed upon the end of either an ordinary horizontal bracket or an extended arm of a gasalier or the like.
Patent GB-190226717-A (GB)
Title: Electric Locomotives
Inventor: SWINBURNE JAMES
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 26,717. Swinburne, J. Dec. 4. Electric locomotives.-Comprises a combination of constant-speed electric motor, such as an ordinary single - phase alternating - current motor, with variable - throw pumps and hydraulic motors, designed so that, by varying the stroke of the two latter, the speed of the locomotive can be regulated from the start up to full speed, while the speed of the motor armature and field magnets relatively to each other remains the same. As shown in plan in Fig. 1, the motor is mounted on the driving-shaft; and this drives the vehicle wheels 4 through coupling-rods 3. The field. magnets are free to rotate in the opposite direction, and, in doing so, work oil or water pumps 8<a>, 8<b> of variable stroke. The liquid pumped is led to hydraulic engines 10<a>, 10<b> which work on the axle 2 of the vehicle wheels, so that the latter are driven by the armature and the hydraulic engines jointly.
Patent GB-190305186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trumpets for Gramophones, Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: COCKMAN FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1903-03-05
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 5186. Cockman, F. C. March 5. Trumpets.-The bells of trumpets are made of. wood, cut on the quarter, that is, so that each strip radiates from the centre of the tree. The trumpet is preferably made of strips of pine wood a, taper. ing in thickness towards the large end and glued together at their edges. The strips may be curved or flat, producing a circular or many-sided trumpet.
Patent GB-190309143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Gas Burners
Inventor: HUBERT CASIMIR
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 9143. Hubert, C. April 23, A.D 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Regenerative incandescent gas burners.-In both the single-head burner, Figs. 1 and 2, and the multiple-head burner, Fig. 5, the air supply to the exterior of the flame is heated as it descends between concentric chimneys G, H, as indicated by the arrows. The air supply to the mixing-tube F is admitted through one or more chambers B, D, and the mixture is heated in the gauze-covered chambers E or G before it reaches the burner heads k, m, l. The air supply to the chamber B may be controlled by an adjustable disc a.
Patent GB-190309408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for the Transmission of Electrical Energy
Inventor: ARTOM ALESSANDRO
Filed: 1903-04-25
Granted: 1904-04-25
Abstract: 9408. Artom, A. April 25. Telegraphs.-Relates to the wireless transmission of electrical energy in the form of circularly or elliptically polarized electric radiations, as described in Specification No. 26,395, A.D. 1902. Fig. 1 is a diagram of a transmitting station as described in the prior Specification, but with the addition of an induction coil 12. The Wehnelt or other interrupter 11 produces an intermittent current in the primary of the induction coil 4, which is connected with the discharging-spheres or conductors 1, 2, 3, as shown. A fourth discharge-conductor may be connected to one of the others, or may be arranged symmetrically with regard to the conductor 3. Oscillations having a phase difference of one quarter of a period are set up by the discharge conductors in aerial conductors arranged at an angle of 90‹ to one another, as shown in Fig. 5, where the discharge conductor 3 is earthed. The aÙrial conductors may be crossed, as shown in Fig. 9. Transformers may be arranged between the secondary circuit of the induction coil and the aÙrial conductors. Three or more aÙrial conductors may be employed. The aÙrial conductors at the receiving-station may be arranged in directions parallel with those of the transmitting-station, or a circle or ring of conducting wire may be connected at diametrically opposite points to the coherer terminals, or the aÙrial conductors may be in the form of conducting sheets or lattice work of partially cylindrical form as shown in Fig. 17. Additional discharge conductors 51, 52, 53, Fig. 3, may be added to the conductors 1,2, 3, and may be connected in a similar manner to a second induction coil arranged with its primary coil in series or parallel with that of the first, and controlled by the same interrupter. Reflection sheets, mirrors, or gratings may be used for the purpose of concentrating the radiations emitted by the apparatus. A three-phase alternator of high frequency working through a step-up transformer may take the place of the induction coil, or a monophase alternator of high potential may be used in combination with a phase transformer or condenser. Condensers may be placed in the conductors leading from the secondary of the induction coil 4, and may be cross-connected. Fig. 8 shows a modification, in which four discharge conductors 1, 2, 3<1>, 3<11> are used, together with a mutual induction coil 22 without iron. The conductors 3<1>, 3<11> are connected to the outer coatings of a triple condenser 23, of which the inner coating is earthed. The conductors 1, 2 are connected to the aerial conductors 14, 15 and 16, 17. One of the aÙrial conductors may be connected with one of the discharge conductors, and the other may branch from an intermediate point in an inductance coil shunting two of the discharge conductors. In all cases, phase displacement exists between the oscillations in the aÙrial conductors.
Patent GB-190311266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps and Burners using Liquid Hydrocarbons
Inventor: WARREN WALTER PELHAM
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1904-07-18
Abstract: 11,266. Warren, W. P., Pain, J. C., and Escolme, A. May 18. Oil lamps, preventing overflow from; wick-locking devices; chimneys; wicks and wick-tubes.-In lamps burning liquid hydrocarbons, absorbent material is placed in the reservoir to diminish the danger of leakage, and the wicks are furnished with metal cores to assist the vaporization of the liquid and the manipulation of the wick. For heavier hydrocarbons, such as paraffin oil, the absorbent used is a roll of blotting-paper or the like, outside which are rolled alternate layers of blotting-paper and flannel or the like, and finally several layers of flannel. For lighter hydrocarbons, such as benzine and methylated spirit, granulated pumicestone, sponge, cork, or the like, or cereal husks, used singly or in combination are used. The absorbent is enclosed in a perforated chamber of wire gauze, zinc, or the like, which is immersed in the hydrocarbon and then replaced in the body of the lamp. Through the solid circular wick a, Fig. 5, passes a metal strip z which rests on the bottom of the reservoir g and holds the wick firmly in position. When the wick is raised by the star-wheel k, the rod z rises with it and is pushed down to the bottom of the reservoir so as to support the wick as before. Round the wick is placed the roll of absorbent material b, which is then inserted in a perforated tube d which may be fixed to the tubular part e of a cap f, supporting the burner. An outer case g is passed over the tube d, and secured to the cap f by a bayonet joint or other means. To the cap f is fixed the wick-tube h, which has a conical top i formed with perforations and contains a slot to enable the star-wheel k to enter the wick. A support l fixed to the cap f forms a seating for a hood m, open at the top and pierced with air-holes n. A slot permits the hood to pass over the star-wheel. If a chimney and globe are employed, the chimney must be supported slightly above the top of the hood m ; it may be carried by a supporting-rod and steadied by spring guides at the bottom. If a chimney alone is used, it may have an enlargement s', Fig. 11, at the lower end. A lamp having two flat wicks is shown in Fig. 12. The wicks are surrounded by blotting-paper b, outside which is a suitable absorbent u, contained in a case v, the lower part of which is perforated and is immersed in a liquid hydrocarbon contained in a reservoir w. One or more wires z are inserted in each wick, as before. The wick-tubes x may have the top ends straight, for table lamps, or turned inwards, as in Fig. 12, for lamps burning without chimneys, such as van lamps, hand lamps, &c. The inturned edges may be formed on removable caps sliding over the wick-tubes. A washer y of non-conducting material, such as asbestos, may be placed in the top of the perforated tube d, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190312983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Installations for Starting and Working a Number of Independent Electric Motors.
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,983. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. June 9. Motors, controlling.-Consists in coupling together mechanically or electrically the intermediate generators in an installation for starting and working a number of independent electric motors, the load on which fluctuates considerably, for the purpose of employing the total centrifugal mass of the system for compensating the variations of load. In one arrangement, a single intermediate motor is used to drive a number of intermediate generators which are coupled together and provided with a common centrifugal mass, or with separate centrifugal masses. The intermediate motor may be omitted, but it is preferable to employ it. When mechanical coupling is difficult, the arrangements shown in Figs. 2 and 3 are employed. As shown in Fig. 2, the intermediate generators z<1>, z<2>, z<3> are driven by synchronous rotary-current motors a<1>, a<2>, a<3> fed from a common generator d, which may be driven by a motor m connected with the network x. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the synchronous rotary-current generators a<1>, a', a<3> are coupled both with the intermediate generators and with intermediate motors m<1>, m<2>, m<3> which are fed from the power station. The intermediate motors are proportioned to the mean load in the motors to be regulated, while the rotary-current synchronous generators are connected together by separate leads, and work as motors or generators according to the load on the motors to be regulated.