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Patent GB-190102617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Joints or Connections for Pipes or Tubes.
Inventor: EADIE ANDREW
Filed: 1901-02-07
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 2617. Eadie, A., and Tannahill, J. Feb. 7. Butt and flange joints; spigot-andsocket joints.-The pipes or tubes A, B have their ends formed into collars C, D, so that the flanges G, H may bear on the shoulders E, F of the collars as shown in Fig. 2. The flange H forms a spigot for the end of the pipe A, and by tightening the bolts J the joint is made good.
Patent GB-190108636-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Directly Dyeing Sulphurised Dyestuffs from 1:8-dinitronaphthalene.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 8636. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. April 26. Dyes, artificial. - Directly-dyeing sulphurized dyes are produced by a modification of the process described in Specification No. 19,271, A.D. 1900, consisting in substituting for 1 : 8-dinitronaphthalene the compounds obtained from it by acting upon it with sodium sulphide and sulphur in aqueous solution. Dyes which are similar, but possess inferior tinctorial power, are obtained by using compounds obtained from 1 : 8-dinitronaphthalene by the processes described in the German Specifications Nos. 84,989, 117,188, and 117,189, and in the English Specifications No. 3828, A.D. 1894, Nos. 14,955 and 20,250, A.D. 1896, and No. 890, A.D. 1900, or by acting on it with sulphuric acid containing S2O3. The compounds described in the German Specification No. 84,989 are obtained by heating 1 : 8-dinitronaphthalene with sodiumsulphide solution and afterwards treating the solution with hydrochloric or acetic acid. Those described in the German Specifications Nos. 117,188 and 117,189 are obtained by reducing 1 : 8-dinitronaphthalene with two molecular proportions of sodium sulplide, and boiling the solution with ammonium chloride or sodium bisulphate. Examples are given in which the foregoing products are converted into brownish-black and bluish-black dyes for cotton.
Patent GB-190115751-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Coke Ovens
Inventor: COLLIN FRANCIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 15,751. Collin, F. J. Aug. 3. Coking.-Coke ovens of the kind described in Specification No. 15,962, A.D. 1900, are fitted with inclined flues a connected by pipes b to the main gas-supply conduit c, and with similar inclined flues disposed at the sides of the gas flues and connected to air-supply flues, to obtain uniform distribution to the wall flues f.
Patent GB-190121898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cramps for Screwing up Picture Frames or other Open or solid Mitred Joinery Articles and the like.
Inventor: LAWSON HENRY
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 21,898. Lawson, H. Oct. 31. Cramps, joiners', for making mitred joints for picture frames &c. Four arms 6 are pivoted by means of plates 5 to plates 7, 4 carrying lugs 9, 8. A screw 10 swivels in the lug 8, and engages with the lug 9 so as to draw the plates 7, 4 together. The plates 7, 4 slide on and are fixed respectively to the cross-bars 3, 2 of the rectangular &c. frame 1. The arms 6 have T or like grooves 13 for T-headed or like bolts 15, which, together with the wing nuts 19, serve to clamp the corner blocks 17. The picture frame &c. may be kept out of contact with the arms by blocks 20, which fit into the grooves 13 in the arms.
Patent GB-190210660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Vessels, for Tyres, Foot Supports or Elevators and the like
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 10,660. Sayer, R. O. May 9. Expanding wheels; rims tyres, pneumatic.- Elastic fluid - pressure vessels for wheel tyres &c. are each formed of an inner fluid-tight elastic membrane, one or more intermediate coatings to prevent abrading, and an outer wire-gauze, netting, perforated-metal, or other coating of great strength. Some or all of the coatings are stitched, riveted, or cemented together, or made in one. Granules, pellets, or flakes are placed inside the vessels to close punctures, and the vessels are formed in spirals or otherwise to enable their height or length to be varied. Each of the vessels may have auxiliary fluid-pressure vessels round its periphery, containing air or liquid and serving to control its shape. In applying the invention to a wheel tyre, the outer coat may be continued as a diaphragm to the hollow axle, to which it is secured by hoops chilled in place. As shown in Fig. 14, the tyre a is held on the wheel rim by the auxiliary inflated vessels b, the size ofthe wheel being varied to suit the belt h by adjusting the pressure in the vessel a by air introduced through pipes e. In another expansible wheel; the main vessel forms the body of the wheel and is corrugated annularly, radially, and peripherally, and carries at its periphery a continuous spiral or convoluted auxiliary vessel, the convolutions being separated by solid elastic blocks to prevent kinking. The blocks are held together by divided bands or split rings, tied in by wires, and secured upon expansible metal plates having flanges at the sides and connected by bolts and slots. In a mechanically-expansible or umbrella wheel, a spiral tyre is expanded and contracted by a piston-rod together with the rim plates, which are connected to the axle by pivoted ribs, and may be held between spring plates carried by pins engaging slots in the rim plates.
Patent GB-190215261-A (GB)
Title: A New Solid Compound containing Alkaline Hypochlorite and the Various Applications thereof, particularly for the Purification of Acetylene or other Gases.
Inventor: BULLIER LOUIS MICHEL
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 15,261. Bullier, L. M., and Maquenne, L. G. July 9, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Acetylene is purified by means of a new body consisting of a mixture of sodium hypochlorite and calcium sulphate, and produced by compressing together about 60 parts of commercial chloride of lime and 40 parts of crystalline sodium sulphate.
Patent GB-190215336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Tubes.
Inventor: COLCLOUGH ERNEST
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 15,336. Colclough, E. July 9. Couplings, disconnectible ; spigot - and - socket joints.-Relates to pipe joints having the ends of the two pipes expanded after flanges have been placed on. One pipe, being expanded less than the other, slides into it. Fig. 1 shows a view of the joint. The pipes a, a' have their ends expanded after having flanges b, b<1> slipped on. The flange b<1> has a lip c in which slides the end of the pipe a. Packing is placed between the end of the pipe a and flange b<1>. The flanges may be tightened either by bolts and nuts or by screwing one into the other. In a modification, the end of the pipe a<1> is thickened to form a collar, instead of being expanded.
Patent GB-190217694-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Cooling Carbonating and Filtering Ales Beers and other Liquids.
Inventor: HOUSE JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 17,694. House, J., and Lancaster, E. W. Aug. 12. Aerating liquids.-In an apparatus for cooling, carbonating, and filtering ales, beers, and other liquids, liquid carbonic anhydride is passed through a conically-coiled pipe 2, Fig. 1, over which the liquid is allowed to trickle. The coil is enclosed by an aluminium, tinned-copper, or other vessel 1 with flanged ends, to which are bolted covers 7: with inlet and outlet cocks 3, 4. The carbonicacid gas is led by pipes 6 to a perforated rose or ring 8 arranged in a carbonating-chamber 5. The ascending gas meets the liquid descending from a spreader at the top of the chamber 5. A pressure gauge 11 and a liquid-level gauge 12 are provided. The liquid is next forced by gas pressure or a pump to a filter comprising a receptacle 20, Fig. 4, with a bridge-piece 21, which supports a series of dished metal plates 25 separated by discs 27 of asbestos or cellulose made from cotton or flax, and long fibre asbestos. The liquid enters a central perforated pipe 23 and passes upward through the filtering-discs. The parts are held together by a plate 31 and a nnt 32. Carbonating-gas may be supplied to a perforated ring 35 arranged in the path of the filtered liquid. The gas formed during the fermentation of ales and beer is preferably used.
Patent GB-190221571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM MUDD
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 21,571. Still, W. M. Oct. 3. Steam traps. - A n expansible liquid, such as alcohol, is enclosed in a vessel d, made, preferably, with corrugated walls and carried by a disc h on an adjustable screw i. The top of the chamber d is fitted with a conical plug e, which, when the liquid expands, closes the inlet to the trap. Ribs g serve as guides to the chamber d. The arrangement may be inverted, to act upon and close the outlet.
Patent GB-190222222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Boxes and the like.
Inventor: JENNINGS EDWARD
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 22,222. Jennings, E., and Claughton, T. Oct. 13. Making boxes.-The sides and ends of wooden boxes are jointed so as to be dust and water proof. The edges to be connected are mitered, and a dovetailed tenon or projection 4 on one part engages with a corresponding recess 5 in the other.
Patent GB-190222350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking or Arresting Devices for Self-closing Ventilators.
Inventor: TELLANDER GUNNAR RICHARD
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 22,350. Tellander, G. R. Oct. 14. Ventilators. - Relates to locking or arresting pawl-and-rack devices for self-closing ventilators and the like. The rack shown is formed with recesses at its extremities such that the pawl, which takes an inclined position when engaging the segment, will, on account of gravity, hang freely when the valve is fully open or fully closed. The result is that when the ventilator is opened by, say, a pull on the cord shown, the pawl will slide over the teeth but, on the pull being relaxed, the pawl will engage with a tooth and secure the ventilator. To close the ventilator, it is opened so that the pawl disengages from the teeth and the spring is allowed to act. In a modification, the pawl is placed below the toothed segment, and is provided with a weight to give it an upright position.
Patent GB-190225220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: SIEVERTS WILHELM HEINRICH AUGU
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 25,220. Sieverts, W. H. A. Nov. 17. Incandescent gas burners. - The burner head comprises the combination of a plane, conical, or curved annulus b of perforated metal with a perforated tubulus regenerator c surmounted by a flame spreader d. In the form shown in Fig. 5 the mixture of air and gas from the bunsen tube i, and in that shown in Fig. 4, air only from the passages k, m, is supplied to the regenerator c, whence it issues laterally with increased velocity and in a highly - heated condition. The construction permits of the use of an approximatelyhemispherical mantle, of which the height is from one to one and a half times the diameter of the burner head.
Patent GB-190227139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Power Hammers, for Use in Riveting and other Operations
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES HOMER
Filed: 1902-12-09
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 27,139. Jackson, J. H. Dec. 9. Percussive t o o l s. - The tool is for use in chipping, carving, &c. and is actuated by a alible shaft M. This shaft may be connected to any power-driven shaft or to the shaft of any suitable motor ; but is preferably connected to the shaft of a portable electric motor N, in which case the handle D of the tool is provided with a push-piece e for making contact between the terminals of the electric wires s passing to the motor. The tool shank F bears against a sliding collar f<2> pressed outwards by a spring a<2>, and is struck by a hammer block G which is reciprocated by a connecting-rod I and a crank on the shaft B provided with a flywheel. The rod I is slotted for a pin g fixed to the hammer G and takes a bearing against the plunger H, the motion of which is communicated to the hammer by a spring J. The shaft B is supported rearwardly by pieces A' bolted to the cylinder A. The handle slides on the cylinder against the action of a spring K to absorb shocks.
Patent GB-190300861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Drivers and Cushions for Loom Shuttles
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1903-01-13
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 861. Jensen, C. A., [Pneumatic Textile Machinery Co.]. Jan. 13. Loom picking mechanism; checking shuttles; pickers. - A pneumatic picking-apparatus, which serves also as a means for checking shuttles, comprises a main cylinder B secured to the lay I and a second cylinder C provided with a piston valve for controlling the passage of compressed air from a pipe B' into the cylinder B. A piston-rod F<9> is fitted in the cylinder C, and carries a piston F<8>, which is normally held in its outer position, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of a spring F<7> fitted within a sleeve F<6> projecting from the piston valve. A picking-head E' is secured to a rod D<3>, which carries a piston E and a disc D<5> and passes through a rod D', to which are secured a head D<4> and a plunger D with apertures D'. During the forward stroke of the piston E, air escapes from the cylinder through a series of apertures B'. When the lay returns after beating up the weft, the rod F<8> strikes a stop on the loom and is forced inwards so as to cause the piston valve to open the port between the pipe B<1> and the cylinder C. Compressed air then flows through the cylinder C into the space between the plunger D and the piston E, which is driven outwards together with the picking-head E'. During the motion, the disc D<6> strikes the head D' and causes the plunger D to cloae the port C' between the two cylinders. When the rod F<9> recedes from the stop, the springs within the cylinder C bring the parts of that cylinder into their original positions ; the head E' is then in the position shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 9, ready to act as a buffer for the incoming shuttle. The picking - head E<2> is recessed to receive a filling of raw hide, which is countersunk at its central part to receive the pointed end of the shuttle.
Patent GB-190302459-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hand Tool.
Inventor: MILLEA THOMAS DANIEL
Filed: 1903-02-02
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 2459. Millea, T. D. Feb. 2. Wrenches; vices; pipe-cutters; combination tools. -The jaws a, c are carried, respectively, by stems b, d, of which the stem b is trough-shaped and has swivelled to it a screwed sleeve i for the screwed end of the stem d, the sleeve having thumb-pieces, not shown, for turning it. The jaws project in three directions, as shown, the parts k, k<1> having angular recesses for gripping pipes, and forming a hand-vice. A hole is made at s for passing the pipe through, and a cutting-wheel turns on a stud r. A reversible toothed gripping-piece l may be held in the jaw c by a spring m, or this gripping- piece may be replaced by a cutting-wheel. Wire is cut by a notch u in the stem b and the sharp edge of the plate e which holds the stems b, d together at their upper ends. The jaw a is notched for extracting nails, and the stem d ends in a screwdriver blade t. One or more of the tools forming the combination tool may be omitted.
Patent GB-190304181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ammunition Hoisting Apparatus for Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1903-02-21
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 4181. Dawson, A. T., and Horne, J. Feb. 21. Loading-appliances.- A trunk attached to an ordnance turntable is provided with hoists for conveying shell and powder charges separately to the gun platform. In a double gun mounting, the shells are delivered between the guns, and the powder is delivered on the outer sides of the guns. The shells are raised by a cage or cages D, Fig. 1, lifted by means of wire ropes along guides in the central portion of the trunk C. The shells are supplied to the cages D from inclined trays at the bottom of the trunk by releasing stops of the trays, and are allowed to slide, when the cages D arrive at their highest position, across fixed or pivoted inclined trays G to loading-cages H by releasing stops d, g on the cages D and the trays G respectively, the trays G being sometimes tilted by hand or automatically. The cages H are raised along rails h arranged concentrically with the trunnions, and the pivoted trays h<1> on the cages H are tilted by levers thereon striking against cams or the like on the gun cradle, so as to discharge the shells to radial loading-trays I similar, in some cases, to those described in Specification No. 9417, A.D. 1899. Compensating-gear, such as that described in Specification No. 9415, A.D. 1899, may be provided, so that the relative positions of the trays I and cages H shall remain unaltered while the shells are being tilted. The powder hoists may consist of vertical double buckets suspended between endless chains, or of cages having double compartments and running on rails. In a single gun mounting, the powder and shell are delivered at opposite sides of the gun.
Patent GB-190312622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Undercarriages for Road Vehicles
Inventor: CONDICT GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1903-06-04
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 12,622. Condict, G. H. Jan. 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Undercarriages; springs, bearing.-Relates to undercarriages for vehicles, and is especially adapted for motor road vehicles. The body B is formed integral with or supported upon a frame A formed of angle-irons. The front axle C and rear driving- axle D are supported by springs E, F, E', F<1>. The springs E, F are secured to a block I fixed to the frame, and the springs E', F<1> are secured to a member G, which carries a lug J supported on a bar H. The bar H is fixed, at one end, to the block I, and, at the other end, it is supported in the side member of the frame, which is reinforced by an angle-iron a<11>. By this arrangement, distortion of the frame, due to the passage of the vehicle over uneven roads, is prevented. In heavy vehicles, a swivel connection may be formed between the axles and springs, or a combination of joints, including a spherical bearing, may be formed between the member G and the bar H. In this case, the frame A may be braced by members extending from the swivel joint on one side to the bearings on the other side. The springs on each side of the vehicle may be made continuous.
Patent GB-190314060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disengaging Gear for Weighing Machines
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,060. Smith & Co., A. & W., an d Mitchell, R. June 24. Relieving-mechanism for a l l disengaging platform machines having index levers, and especially a p p l i - cable to the heavier class of machines. A vertical slide B is provided with a rack B<2> which engages with a pinion operated by a handwheel. The slide has a bracket B<1> which engages with a pin c on the vertical rod C connected with the platform. Above the vertical rod is a forked eye t o which is pivoted a hook E of the special shape shown, and which is adapted to engage with a swinging link H depending from the index lever G. The latter is supported on knife-edges at G' on a column. Starting with the hook in the position shown, as the slide B is lowered, one horn of the hook bears against the plane F, by which it is thrown over to the opposite side. When it is required to connect the hook and the link H, the slide is raised, and the curved top surface of the hook gradually throws the link in the direction of the slide, until the link passes below the lower horn of the hook, when the two engage, and the machine is in a position for weighing. To release the hook, the slide is raised slightly, when the former falls over to the position shown, and the two are again disconnected.
Patent GB-190314850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Printing Numbering Perforating Slitting Cutting Folding and Rewinding Tickets and the like
Inventor: TAYLOR HENRY
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1904-07-02
Abstract: 14,850. Taylor, H. July 3. Platen presses; numbering, cutting, perforating, and delivery apparatus.-Relates to a platen machine for printing and numbering webs or sheets on both sides, and perforating, slitting and rewinding, or cutting and delivering, the tickets from the printed webs or sheets. Fig. 1 shows a machine having two stationary type beds C and two oscillating platens B, the web being led from a roll successively under the platens by means of guide-rollers r. The formes are inked by rollers in carriages F reciprocated by levers &c. The printed web is drawn forward intermittently by rollers I, J, operated to an adjustable extent by ratchet gear K, actuated from a crank or eccentric on the shaft M. The web is perforated transversely by a bar L operated by a rod S, lever R, and cam Q, and is cut into strips by pairs of rotary cutting- discs or slitters U. The strips are wound on spindles X, driven by a chain and cord and regulated by a disc clutch m. When separate tickets are required, the strips are cut by a fixed cutter a and a movable cutter b, Fig. 5. The tickets slide down an incline d on to a table or into the compartments of a box f, which is adjustable in height, width, and inclination by means of the slot e in carrying bars g, adjusting-screw h, and shaftj. When one side only of the paper is to be printed upon, the perforating, cutting, and winding or delivery apparatus may bs combined with an ordinary platen printing-machine.
Patent GB-190325492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Concrete Floors and Ceilings.
Inventor: HODKIN HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 25,492. H o d - k i n, H. H. Nov. 23. Ceilings; floors ; girders. -To prevent the supporting-bars or girders of concrete floors and ceilings from dropping, and the concrete from cracking, the bars or girders A, Bare corrugated longitudinally and supported at their ends in sinuous or straight slots in flat plates C formed or provided with feet C<2>, C<3>, shown in plan on a reduced scale.
Patent GB-190328388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges and Fastenings for the Lids of Packing Cases and similar Boxes.
Inventor: MARTINEAU GEOFFREY ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 28,388. Martineau, G. A. Dec. 24. Fastenings for packing-cases &c. The screw e' connected to the lid b engages a threaded hole in the bent metal plate d, screwed to the inside or outside of the box a. The head of the screw is retained in an opening in the doubled metal plate e screwed to the lid. The screwdriver is,inserted in the hole e<3> which is slightly smaller than the head of the screw. To ensure alignment, a rivet or stamped projection d<1>, Fig. 9, on either of the parts d, e engages a hole in the other part. The hole e<3> is adapted to receive a paper or other seal.
Patent GB-190411962-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Buffing Spring-shoes for Railway-vehicles.
Inventor: GATWOOD WALTER
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 11,962. Gatwood, W. May 26. Buffers.-The spring shoe for the buffer rod is made from one or two stamped iron or steel plates a, b with the meeting ends flanged and riveted together. A bearing-plate h to receive the spring is riveted between the front flanges of the plates. When a single plate is used, it is bent to shape on a mandrel. The Provisional Specification states that the shoe may be strengthened at its rear end by an annular plate riveted to flanges on the plates.