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Patent GB-190209299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Furnaces.
Filed: 1902-04-22
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 9299. Lake, H. H., [American Furnace Co.]. April 22. Smoke-consuming. - A flat-topped arch 8 extends transversely over the fire in a steam-boiler or other furnace, spaces being left at the front and rear, and currents of air are directed from openings 14 or 17 in the front wall of the furnace along the upper surface of the arch, or, in the case of a water-tube boiler, Fig. 7, along the under surface. The arch shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is constructed of cantilever sections. In the case of a wide furnace, the sections rest on inclined skew-back supports in the side walls, and are also supported in the middle at one or both ends, as shown in Fig. 7. The transverse divisions between the various sections may be inclined, as shown in Fig. 7, so that one affords support for another. The application to an internally-flued boiler of the marine type is illustrated in the Specification.
Patent GB-190211591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting or Raising Apparatus, specially adapted for Raising and Lowering Canal Boats and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-05-21
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 11,591. Thompson, W. P., [Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft N³rnberg Akt.-Ges.]. May 21. Lifts for elevating canal boats &c. from one level to another. Two annular troughs or drums 1, braced together and mounted on an axle 9, are adapted to float in troughs 2 transverse to the canal sections 15, 14. Each drum is fitted at two diametrically opposite points with two smaller drums 4. Each adjacent pair receives a canal section 7, mounted on pontoons 5 which float on water in the drums 4. To raise a boat, therefore, it is run from the lower section 15 on to the section 7. The lift is then rotated through half a revolution, and the boat run out on to the upper section 14.
Patent GB-190212598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Key Holders.
Inventor: BROWN FRANK EUGENE
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 12,598. Brown, F. E. June 8, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Key holders.-A spindle A to receive the keys is provided at one end with a fixed plate or disc a<1>, and at the other end with notches or a groove adapted to receive one of the locking plates or discs. These plates B, C are pivoted together ; the plate B has a radial slot to engage the notches &c. in the spindle, and the plate C has a slot f arranged to embrace the spindle and made concentric with the pivot pin. After the keys have been placed on the spindle, the slot in the plate B is placed in engagement with the notches, and the plate C is turned so that the slot f embraces the spindle. A spring tongue g on one side of the slot f is provided with a recess to engage a pin e on the plate B to secure the plates in position.
Patent GB-190213978-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement of Mechanism for Holding Boots and Shoes during the Operation of Cleaning and Polishing
Inventor: ELWIS HENRY
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1903-06-20
Abstract: 13,978. Elwis, H. June 20. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-Relates to an appliance for holding boots and shoes while they are being cleaned and polished. The form shown in Fig. 1 consists of a stand s carried by arms e which pass loosely through sockets in a base-plate b and rest on eccentrics g. By turning the eccentrics by a handle h, the stand is raised so that a flat spring d placed in the boot bears against the end of an arm a and holds the boot in place. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the stand s is fixed, and an attachment to the end of the arm a is forced down by the cam j into engagement with the spring d in the boot.
Patent GB-190214585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Safety-explosives or Blasting Compositions.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 14,585. Wetter, J., [Westfõlisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff Akt.-Ges.]. June 30. Explosives.-Consists in adding oxalic acid or an oxalate (preferably ammonium oxalate) to the safety explosive described in Specifications Nos. 25,884 and 26,617, A.D. 1901. An example consists of 39 parts of nitro-glycerine, 4 parts of paraffin, 25¢ parts of ammonium nitrate, 5 parts of potassium nitrate, 2¢ parts of ammonium oxalate, 10 parts of aluminium stearate, and 14 parts of rye flour.
Patent GB-190225560-A (GB)
Title: Producer Gas Plant.
Inventor: ROBSON JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 25,560. Robson, J. Nov. 21. Vapour engines.-The air supply to the gasproducer A is fed by a fan 14, which is driven by an ammonia, alcohol, or other vapour engine 34 The starting is effected by injecting strong liquid ammonia, alcohol, or the like into a vaporizing- coil 35 heated by the producer, whence it is supplied to the engine by the pipe 36. The exhaust ammoniacal or other gases escape to a tubular condenser, and the resulting liquid is returned to the supply tank for the coil 35. Water from the condenser.is supplied by the tubes 20 to the dishes 18 where it is converted into steam and mixed with the air supply to the producer.
Patent GB-190226443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Transmission and Reversing Gear for Tube Expanders or the like.
Inventor: WICKSTEED CHARLES
Filed: 1902-12-01
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 26,443. Wicksteed, C. Dec. 1. Tube expanders.-Relates to arrangements of bevel gearing and clutches for transmitting power to and reversing the motion of tube expanders or other apparatus. The spindle D<1>, Fig. 1, driven preferably by a flexible shaft, carries a pinion D gearing with wheels B, C mounted upon hollow spindles B', C' in a housing E. By means'of a handle F<2> the collar F may be moved so that its slotted sides engage with pins on the projecting part of the housing and move it on the spindle A so as to engage together the clutches B<2>, A' or the clutches C<2>, A'. The modification shown in Fig. 6 is fitted with conical friction clutches B<2>, C<2>, and the gearing is moved on the spindle A by a screw cap F<3> rotated by a spanner or the like fitted upon the projection F<4>.
Patent GB-190302515-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Melting and Heating Furnaces
Inventor: SHANKS JOHN
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2515. Shanks, J. Feb. 3. Crucible and melting-pot furnaces ; muffle furnaces.-Relates to a combination of crucible and muffle furnaces, with or without the addition of a furnace for melting lead, in which oil or gas may be used as fuel. A space A, in which combustion takes place, contains a double firebrick arched grate B<1>, on which a crucible is placed. Openings A<2> extend through the inner lining wall A<1> to the flue and furnace spaces C', C<2>, which are formed in a surrounding wall C common to both spaces. A muffle or oven D engages the sides of the space C<2> and furnace A, so that a flue space C' is left beneath the oven and partly round it. A passage E leads from the spaces to the chimney, either directly or through a second chamber G, containing a lead-melting pot G<1>. An oil pan H, a spraying- nozzle, or other oil distributing or spraying burner may be employed. A number of furnace sets, consisting of the above mentioned parts, may be arranged around a single central chimney with which flues from each set communicate.
Patent GB-190306435-A (GB)
Title: A New Spectroscope of Direct Vision for a Given Ray of Light
Inventor: BLAKESLEY THOMAS HOLMES
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 6435. Blakesley, T. H. March 20. Spectroscopes.-A train of prisms, made from the same kind of glass, it may be, is used in the way shown, to form a direct vision spectroscope. The first, a right-angled prism, mounted opposite the collimator B, is made with its equivalent refracting angle A, related to the refractive index Á of the standard ray in the following way :- The refracting angle of the second prism is also equal to A. The third and fourth prisms are duplicates of the second and first respectively and are symmetrically arranged with respect to a plane passing through D and normal to the common axis of the collimator B and telescope C. Any number of these tetrad elements may be combined.
Patent GB-190313696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Fabrics having Pleats or Tucks
Inventor: HALL ROBERT
Filed: 1903-06-19
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 13,696. Hall, R., Hall, J. H., and Hall, O. S. June 19. Looms for weaving pleated or tucked fabrics. Reeds.-The reed is fitted between the reed cap 6 and a lower rail 60 carried by two arms 5, which are mounted on the rock-shaft 4 of the lay-swords 3, and are held forward in the position shown by dotted lines by cams 21 on a shaft 18, carried in brackets 19 on the lay-swords. While the part of the fabric to form a tuck is being woven, the reed is gradually moved back as the cams 21 are slowly rotated through spur-wheel gearing from a friction ratchet-wheel 10, actuated by a wedge pawl 12 on a lever 11 which is vibrated through a slotted rod 13 from the dobby. When the arms 5 have reached their rearmost position, a pivoted lever 23 is acted upon by a cord 24 from the dobby, so that pins 25, 26 upon it free the pawl 12 and a detent pawl 14 from the friction ratchet-wheel 10, and allow strong springs 38 attached to pulleys on the shaft 18 to turn the latter, until it is stopped by an arm 26 coming against a boss 16. The cams 21 force the arms 5 forward, so that the reed moves forward and beats up the tuck. When the lay 2 is in its backward position while picking takes place, the reed is always forced against the lay by adjustable springs coiled round rods passing through holes in the arms 5. Take-up motions.-While the reed is back from the lay, the retaining-catch of the taking-up wheel is raised by a cord from the dobby, so that the take-up motion for the cloth is suspended. Let-off motions.-Drag is given to the top warp beam, containing the warps for forming the tucks, by means of a weighted cord attached to a pivoted lever, of which the other end is connected by a cord to the dobby. When a tuck or pleat is being beaten up by the reed, the drag weights are raised by the dobby, to allow a certain quantity of yarn to be let off the beam before the weights again bear upon it.
Patent GB-190314831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treating of Graphite for the Separation of Impurities therefrom.
Inventor: GLOGNER REINHOLD
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 14,831. Glogner, R. July 3. Washing graphite.-A process for purifying graphite consists in first separating out heavy impurities like quartz, iron, and the like by washing with water, and then making a thin paste of graphite and water so that earthy impurities become impregnated with water, afterwards adding petroleum and strongly agitating the mixture. After stopping the agitation, water is sprinkled over the liquid to facilitate the separation of the graphite, and the layer of the petroleum and graphite removed and subjected to pressure in the usual way for obtaining the graphite.
Patent GB-190315386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire Extinguishing Sprinklers.
Inventor: MILLS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,386. Mills, G. July 11. Sprinklers, automatic.-Consists in providing a sensitive solder joint, in automatic sprinkling- apparatus, so that no water from the installation can get to it. Arms terminate in a boss 4, Fig. 1, opposite the mouth of the metal body 1, which secures the device to the installation pipe. The mouth is normally closed by a disc 12, preferably of tin or silver backed by a washer 13 of lead or other soft metal resting on a hard metal block 14, which is recessed, slightly out of the centre, to receive the free ends of the levers 8, 9, 10, supporting the disc 12. A flanged metal tube 15 is passed through the hole of the lever 8, Fig. 8, the lever 9 is then placed next to the lever 8, and kept in place by another flanged tube 16 soldered to the first tube. The lever 10 is recessed at 18, to receive projections 17 of the lever 9, and its bottom ends rest on projections 19 on the lever 8. This middle lever is supported in a groove in a small metal plate 7 on the end of a screw 5, which passes through the boss. A distributer 6, preferably of the type described in Specification No. 28,626, A.D. 1903, is threaded over this screw and kept in place by a nut 20. A split spring ring 11 keeps the disc 12 on its seating. Fusion of the joint 15, 16 causes the disc and levers to fall away, leaving the water to fall on to the distributer. The Provisional Specification also states that the fusible joint may be applied to other sprinklers and levers, and that the three levers may be connected directly by a solder joint.
Patent GB-190316031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Beer and other Beverages Delivered on Draught.
Inventor: BUDD WALTER
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,031. Budd, W. July 20. Cooling liquids.-Beer and other beverages, which are delivered on draught, are cooled by means of a refrigerating- coil, which is connected to the delivery tap of a beer engine as a byepass. The delivery tap is provided with two branches c, d, which are connected to hie ends e of a coil contained in a refrigerating-vessel. A tap b, between the branches, causes the whole or a portion of the liquid to flow through the refrigerating-coil. When not in use, the branches are closed by caps.
Patent GB-190324546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pad Locks
Inventor: PINSON FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 24,546. Pinson, F. W. Nov. 12. - Locks, key; keys; padlocks.-The lock bolt K, Fig. 10, is mounted on the plate D, and is controlled by the tumbler spring J and limited in its motion by the metal piece I. The plate D is held in position in the outer case A, Fig. 1, by the ends B, C, Figs. 2 and 3, which fit therein, and it is secured by the shackle-pin A' which is passed through both parts and riveted down. The bolt is operated by the flat key L which is passed through a revolvable disc M, through the fixed plate G, under the spring J, and then into the piece I. When turned, the key raises the spring J and moves the bolt K.
Patent GB-190328133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Door Checks and Closers
Inventor: OGDEN FREDERICK HAWKINS
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 28,133. Ogden, F. H. Dec. 22. Door-closing apparatus; door checks.-Relates to a combined door check and closing apparatus which may be used for doors opening in one or both directions by arranging the main operating-lever at one side, or in a central position relative to the operating-device. This device is mounted within the door casing and directly above the door. The closing-device consists of a spiral spring 13, Fig. 5, attached at its inner and outer sides to sleeves 8, 10 respectively, these sleeves being supported by the hollow bearing-post 3 of the casing 1. Attached to the spindle 24 is an arm 17 which, when rotated, engages by means of its pin 16 either with the lug 15 at the upper end of the sleeve 10, or the lug 20 of the ring 18 bearing on the boss 19 of the cover-plate 11, according to the direction of motion of the pin from its normal position. Simultaneous rotation of the sleeve 10 and ring 18 is prevented by a stop-lug projecting from the wall of the casing to engage with the radial projection 12 of the sleeve 10, to which the outer end of the spring 13 is attached, or by the stop 21, which projects from the coverplate 11. The tension of the spring is adjusted by means of the pawl 33, Fig. 2, carried by the lug 20 of the ring 18, which pawl engages with the teeth of the ratchet head 9 formed on the projecting head of the sleeve 8. The spindle 24, Fig. 5, is connected to the lever 25, the end roller 26 of which works in a grooved plate 36 set in the top of the door. The casing 1 contains a pivoted checking-cylinder 2, the piston 6 of which is moved through an eccentric-rod 7 and eccentric 5 carried by the sleeve 4. The piston is provided with a check-valve 38 and a leakage port 39 through which the flow of the liquid is regulated by a spring valve. For doors opening in one direction, the lever 25 is placed at the side of the casing 1 and operates through a second spindle and gear-wheels, Fig. 2. The auxiliary spindle bears in a bracket adjustably supported in V-shaped grooves 22 in the side of the casing. The door check and closing apparatus may be used separately.
Patent GB-190403598-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Supplying a Uniform Mixture of Gas and Air to Burners, chiefly Intended for use with Gassing Machines for Yarn or Thread
Inventor: ARUNDEL HENRY BIRKBY
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 3598. Arundel, H. B., and Higginson, J. Feb. 12. Mixing air and gases ; mixing in definite proportions. - Relates to means for supplying a uniform mixture of gas and air to burners chiefly intended for use with yarn or thread gassing machines. The gas and air are supplied by pumps, which are so controlled that they deliver air and gas in constant proportion, at whatever rate the pumps are worked, this rate being controlled by the supply of gases in the gas holder. The gas pump 2 is connected by toothed gearing with the shaft r of the air pump s the shaft r being driven by toothed gearing from the shaft h. The relative speed of the two pumps is proportioned to their size and the desired gas mixture, this being done by the change wheel y. The capacity of the whole apparatus may be varied by the change wheel q. The shaft h, is driven from the main shaft a by the disc d and friction wheel g the position of which on the shaft h is varied by the arm 59 of the sleeve 58 on the partially-threaded shaft 16. This shaft is caused to rotate in one or the other direction when the gas holder rises above or falls below certain critical positions. This is effected as follows :-A rod attached to the gas holder controls the shield 27 in such a way that, when the holder is in the normal position, the shield prevents either of the pawls 17, 18 from engaging with their respective ratchetwheels 19, 20 on the shaft 16. But, when the holder is at either extreme position, one or other of the pawls can engage its ratchet so as to rotate the shaft 16, thus moving the arm 59 and wheel g. The pawls 17, 18 are constantly vibrated by a bell-crank lever 43, connecting-rod 42, and eccentric pin 14 on the disc 13 driven from the shaft h. In a modification, the arm 59 may directly control throttle valves in the gas and air supply pipes, or, in a simpler form, these valves may be controlled directly by a rod attached to the gas holder.
Patent GB-190406141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Cartridge Pouches or Pockets
Inventor: MARTIN PATRICK ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 6141. Martin, P. A. March 14. Ammunition receptacles.-A pouch with two pockets is made from a single piece of leather or webbing, shaped, as shown in Fig. 5. The two V-shaped edges are sewn n together, as shown in Fig. 6, to form a sleeve which is folded in the centre, and the seamed sides are then brought together and fastened by rivets, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. A pouch with three pockets is formed by riveting a third pocket, formed separately, between the other two pockets. The cover flap can be made separately.
Patent GB-190406946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Purifying and Softening of Water
Inventor: ERITH CHARLES
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 6946. Eritb, C. March 22. Water, purifying and softening; tank filters; settling.-Water to be purified, softened, and heated, for steam boilers or industrial use, enters the heater A through the pipe H. The water, as it passes down the inclined trays F in thin streams, is mixed with a reagent such as carbonate of soda, admitted by the pipe G, and heated by steam from the pipe M. Carbon dioxide is driven off, and the carbonates of lime and magnesia become insoluble and settle with other impurities at the bottom of the tank B and of the tank C. The water rises up through a filter D fixed in the tank C, and overflows into a storage tank E provided with an outlet E<1>. The inflow of water and reagent by the pipes H, G is regulated by rods K<1> actuated by a float K, placed either in the tank B or in a separate float box. The sediment is flushed out of the bottom of the tanks by means of the valves R, S. Scum is removed from the surface in the tank B by a skimmer Q. If exhaust steam is used, an oil separator N is placed in the pipe M. The filter D is arranged so that the filtering-material can be easily cleaned or removed.
Patent GB-190409137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Drawing-boards.
Inventor: MUELLER BERNHARD
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9137. M³ller, B. April 20. Squares.-In an arrangement for guiding angle or T-squares on drawing-boards, a portion 7 of a bent plate 5 is secured to the cross-piece 3 of the square 2 by the stud and nut 9. Attached to the plate at 10 is a spring 11 which, by pressing against a guiding-flange 12 on the drawing-board, keeps the plate and attached square firm. A spring 13 may a!so be arranged to press upon the underside of the board, and to both springs may be attached plates 17, 24, which serve as guides at the top and bottom of the board, otherwise, the flange 12 is prolonged beyond the edges of the board. In another modification, rollers 20, Fig. 5, are attached to lugs 21, bent out of the plates 17, 24, thus facilitating motion of the square. A similar arrangement may be adopted at the other end of the square, but the spring 11 presses against the outside of the flange. Ectical springs may be used in all modifications in place of the plate springs shown.
Patent GB-190414317-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spanner or Wrench.
Inventor: CHALLISS PHILIP GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,317. Challiss, P. G. June 25. Spanners and wrenches have a double-action eccentric connected to a handle and working a sliding jaw which grips the nut or bolt head when a pull is applied to the handle. The double-action eccentric E, formed with or attached to a handle G, is pivoted to plates B, C which are riveted to the bent fixed jaw A. Working between the plates B, C is the sliding jaw D which has a rib J working in a slot in the plate B and extending to form a projection H which runs in a groove I in the eccentric. When the jaws are placed over the nut and a rotary movement is given to the handle, the eccentric E forces the sliding jaw D outwards, thus gripping the nut on four sides. The rib J and its projection H and the eccentric groove I may be duplicated, and the projection H may be fitted with a roller to lessen friction.