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Patent GB-190211422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Racking Beer
Inventor: COLBY HARRY WILMONT
Filed: 1902-05-17
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 11,422. Colby, H. W. May 17. Filling with liquids.-A barrel to be filled with beer or the like under pressure is lifted up against a head, which seals the bunghole, the filling-tube, provided with a valve at the base, passing through the sealing-head. The filling-tube is connected by a pipe 14 with the base of tne reservoir 10. The rod of the valve at the base of the filling-tube passes through the filling-tube, and is connected with the piston of a pneumatic cylinder 36 having a pipe 37 leading to the top and bottom and provided with a four-way cock having ports which may be opened to either of these pipes, to an air pump, or to the atmosphere. This cock or valve is operated by a lever 41 through a rod 40 and lever 39. The sealing-head, which slides on the filling- tube, is connected by rods with the pistons of two pneumatic cylinders 31, having pipes 33 leading from their tops provided with safety-valves 32 and check-valves 35, to prevent the air from returning to the air pumps by which air may be forced into the cylinders. The top of the reservoir communicates with the sealing-head, and thus with the barrel, through pipes 21, 25 and the sight glass 27 having an adjustable section by which the quantity of liquid which the glass is adapted to contain may be regulated. The stand on which the barrel rests, is carried by a crosshead 46 connected by the rods 47 with the pistons of two hydraulic cylinders 48 having pipes 49 leading to the top and bottom, provided with a four-way cock 51, worked by a lever 52, by which the water from the accumulator is directed to the bottoms or tops of the cylinders. When the barrel is lifted, the sealing head is forced upwards by it against the cushions of air in the pneumatic cylinders 31 until the sealing-head makes a perfectly tight joint with the barrel. The valve 26 in the pipe 24 being opened, the compressed air at the top of the reservoir flows into the barrel, and, the valve at the base of the filling-tube being opened by working the lever 41, the barrel is filled under pressure. The lever 52 has a projection thereon, which, on this lever being turned upwards to withdraw the barrel from a filling-tube and sealing-head, engages with the lever 41, thus actuating it to close the filling-tube valve.
Patent GB-190211427-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Endless Electric Conveyor for Conveying Tin Plates from the Bath of Molten Metal to a Suitable or Desirable Place.
Inventor: BAXTER JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-17
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 11,427. Baxter, J., Clark, O., and Hillman, C. May 17. Tinning and coating by dipping.-Relates to means for conveying the plates away from the bath of molten metal. The conveyer consists of an endless travelling band fitted with a series of electromagnets. Figs. 1 and 3 show one arrangement. The travelling band d is fitted with conducting-strips f, f along the edges, and also with a series of electromagnets g, the current being supplied through brushes k, k<1>. The plates c, as they rise from the pot a, are attracted by the magnets and carried round, being removed by arms j suitably arranged on the frame. Fig. 4 shows a modified construction. The electromagnets p<1> are circular and carried by brackets q, and the conducting-strips are in sections, so that the magnets are de-energized and release the plates, which drop on to a cross-carrier t for conveying them to any desired spot. Suitable guides are provided for keeping the plates in position.
Patent GB-190215746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plansifters and other Sifting Machines particularly those used in Flour Milling
Inventor: STACEY FRANK
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 15,746. Stacey, F., and Freeman, T. W. July 15. Sifting flour and meal.-Relates to plan sifters, and more particularly to those employed in flourmilling. Fig. 1 shows a plan sifter in vertical section. The reference letters a<2>, a<3>, &c. denote the sifting-surfaces, e<2>, e<3>, &c. the feed and distributing discs, d<2>, d<3>, &c. the outlets from the sieves, and j the central passage for the tailings from the sieve a<2>. The sifting-surfaces a', a<4> are provided with means for breaking up the sluggish stock moving over them. For this purpose three radial arms f are secured to the sifting-surface, and on these arms is secured an annular plate g from which depend pegs, pins, studs, wipers, blades, &c. g<2>, between which the material must work its way as it passes from the external circumference to the interior of the annular sieve. The pegs &c. do not quite touch the sifting-surface, and they may be of circular, square, or other section, and may be fluted vertically or spirally or otherwise roughened. The usual rotating brushes h are applied to the undersides of the sifting-surfaces to clean them. Fig. 7 shows a sieve a<3> fitted with inclined annular barriers or walls m, n to check the too-rapid progress of "lively" stock, which heaps up until it overflows the barriers. Fig. 8 shows an annular platform o rising from the annular sieve a<3>. An inclined approach o<3> leads the materials on to the platform. The upper surface of the platform is ribbed or corrugated, and an annular brush q works upon this surface so as to break up flaky particles of the material. The brush q is guided by a vertical flange o<5>, in which openings o<4> are formed for the passage of the materials. The rotation of the brush is due to the gyratory movement of the sieve, as in the case of the usual cleaning-brushes h.
Patent GB-190220950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoking Pipes.
Inventor: METCALF WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 20,950. Metcalf, W. Sept. 26. Tobacco pipes.- The pipe stem e has an extension b with a small hole g, the length of the extension and size of the hole preferably having the reflation shown to the length of the bowl and the size of the smoke passage i. As the pipe is smoked, a small current of air enters by this hole. Nicotine may also be expelled through it.
Patent GB-190223658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Mechanism for Explosion Motors Principally Intended for Motor Cycles.
Inventor: HAUSTGEN FRANCOIS FERNAND
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 23,658. Haustgen, F. F. Oct. 29. Clutches.- The clutch is particularly applicable to explosion engines for motor cycles. The members d, e are provided with a wood-fibre contact cone c, and are pressed together by a spring f. They are separated by a ring i with inclined faces, which ride up similar faces on the fixed ring h when it is turned, and presses against a flange k on the part e.
Patent GB-190224647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Flights of Stairs or Steps
Inventor: KULHANEK JAN
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 24,647. Kulhanek, J. Nov. 10. Stairs and staircases.-Relates to the construction of flights of stairs of cement strengthened by longitudinal and transverse bars or wires. A scaffolding n, Fig. 1, is constructed from landing to landing, and the longitudinal bars c and transverse bars b are laid upon it. Between these bars moulded blocks p or hollow moulded frameworks l are placed, and cement is poured in between them. The tread and riser surfaces are then formed on the blocks p, l, which may be removed, if desired, with the scaffold. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through one of the steps showing the longitudinal and transverse bars c, b and the vertical cement ribs r. The underlining a, Fig. 4, is formed in one piece with the structure, by spreading a layer of cement upon the scaffold before the' rods b, c and the hollow bodies z are laid thereon.
Patent GB-190225386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Baby Cars or Mail-carts.
Inventor: HILL JESSE
Filed: 1902-11-19
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 25,386. Hill, J. Nov. 19. Children's mail carts.-A folding baby car or mail cart has its sides built up of two bars a<2>, a<3> hinged together and adapted to open out and close up like a pair of scissors. The upper ends of the bars a<3> form partitions of the back-rest, while the bars a<2> carry the handle-bar f so that the person wheeling the car faces the child. The hinged seat h, coupled at its front to a cross-bar, and the footboard i, fold up with the sides. The back-rest may be hinged to swing down, to form with the seat a bed for the child, when the flap m, carrying a rigid bracket o, is attached to a piece of canvas t secured to the top cross-bar and adapted to form a hood. A screw r, working through the bracket, engages a bar s fixed between the bars a<3>, and serves to adjust the flap. According to the Provisional Specification, the flap, when opened out, may be retained by suitable stretcher bars, and preferably by the hinged bars which, when the flap is folded up form the arms of the seat. The foot-rest is lifted up and forms a foot end to the bed, and the flap may rest upon outstanding supports attached to the side frames.
Patent GB-190306513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Operation and Regulation of Electric Motors.
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 6513. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim, and Williamson, A. D. March 20. Driving machines by electromotors.-Relates to means applicable to electrically-driven printing- presses &c. for controlling the series-wound driving- motors without the use of starting-resistances in the motor circuits, the current used being regulated as desired by varying the exciting-currentof the generator. In the case shown in Fig. 1, the generator A supplying current to the motor D is excited by means of a separate shunt-wound generator B driven with or separately from the main generator A. A resistance switch or controller C in the field circuit of the generator A varies the exciting-current by cutting out a resistance C as the arm C' is moved to the left or right over the contacts c' or c<2>. When the arm C' is first moved to start tbe motor D, the generator A supplies a larger current than during normal working, but at a lower voltage, to the motor D, so that the motor speeds up rapidly ; as the back electromotive force of the motor thus rises to its normal value, the resistance c is further reduced, to raise the voltage of the generator A. The motorreversing switch E consists of two moving contacts e which co-operate with fixed contacts e', e<2>, e<3> to control the direction of the motor armature current. The switch E may be actuated in one or other direction from the controller according to the contacts c' or c<2> over which the arm C' is moved from the central position, or may be operated separately by hand. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the exciting-current of the generator A is drawn from supply mains F, F<1> and is controlled by the switch C. The moving contacts of the reversing-switch E are carried by a barrel, the spindle g of which is oscillated, when necessary, by a small motor G. The controller C is fitted with conducting-segments c<2>, c' and a ring c' in connection with field-magnet coils g<4>, g<5> of the motor G and with the main F<1>. According to the direction in which the arm C' is moved, current flows from the main F through a wire f to the motor armature g<1>, and thence through one or other of the coils g<4>, g<5> to the segment c' or c', arm C', ring c<4>, and main F<1>, thus moving the spindle g in opposition to a spring to establish the proper connections to the armature d'. An additional motor, driven at practically-constant speed by current from the mains F, F<1> may be used in this case to drive the generator A. If, however, the current supplied by the mains is alternating, the exciting-current of the generator A is supplied by an auxiliary generator which is driven with the generator A by an alternating- current motor ; the reversing-switch is in this case directly geared to the controller.
Patent GB-190307426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Apparatus for Removing Suspended Matter from Liquids by Continuous Decantation.
Inventor: WOLLASTON THOMAS ROLAND
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 7426. Wollaston, T. R. March 31. Drawings to Specification. Mixing liquids.-Consists in a modification of the decanting-vessel used in the apparatus for softening water, described in Specification No. 6129, A.D. 1901, which apparatus comprises arrangements for heating water and mixing it with reagent by means of helical vanes on the vessel through which it flows.
Patent GB-190311053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Weft Supplying Mechanism for Looms, and the like.
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 11,053. Baker, W. H., and Mather & Platt. May 14. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism is brought into action on the substantial exhaustion of the weft, by means of a feeler arrangement such as is described in Specification No. 14,509, A.D. 1901. An electromagnet B" is energized, and acts through a bell-crank lever B" on a pivoted lever B<9>. A flanged roller on the lever B<9> is moved into the path of a suitably-shaped end of a cam B', so that the cam is moved a short distance along the cam shaft B', and its wings act on bowls on levers B<5>, B<6> to effect a change of shuttle in the manner described in Specification No. 24,614, A.D. 1901. Instead of the electromagnetic arrangement, suitable mechanical means may be employed to move the lever B<9>. When a sleeve W<13>, described in the last-mentioned Specification, is raised by the lever B<5>, its hooked surface engages and holds a hook J<2> on the lever J of the shuttle placer E, until the proper time for the return of the shuttlechanging mechanism to its normal position, which return is effected by springs. If the placer E or the shuttle box W become caught, springs J<6>, J' respectively yield, and allow the levers B<6>, B<5> to be moved by the cam B<2>. The shuttle box W may be mounted to swing about a rod W<1> fixed to the lay, and is normally kept in position by hooks fixed to the rod W, and having sockets, which engage a rod W<2> passing through holes in the ends of the shuttle box. The rod W' is lifted out of the sockets when the sleeve W<13> is raised, by means of rods W<10>, so that the shuttle box may be rocked to eject the exhausted shuttle. In another arrangement, the shuttle box is held in position by two pairs of short links, both fulcrumed on the rod supported by the rods W<10>. One link of each pair is connected to the shuttle box, and the other to a projection on the lay, so that, when the fulcrum rcd is raised by the rods W<10>, the shuttle box is rocked. One link of each pair may be dispensed with, in which case the other link is fulcrumed on the rod W<2>, and has a slot engaging a pin fixed to a projection on the lay.
Patent GB-190312107-A (GB)
Title: Starting Mechanism for Engines or Motors.
Inventor: HAGSPIEL WILHELM
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 12,107. Hagspiel, W. May 27. Turning-gear. -The apparatus is particularly applicable for starting explosion engines, and is automatically thrown out of action when the engine has started, or turns backwards, owiug to premature ignition. Figs. 1 and 4 show a handoperated device. A crank a with handle b is mounted loosely on the shaft g. Another crank k, with semicylindrical handle l, is mounted on the boss d of the crank a, and has ratchet teeth n, which pass through the crank a, and drive a pin h or a clutch sleeve on the shaft g. When the engine is started, the pin h overruns the teeth n, and moves both cranks axially on the shaft. But, on starting backwards, the crank k turns backwards relatively to the crank a, and, by means of a pin p and slot q, withdraws the teeth within the crank a. Fig. 5 shows the gear used with a hydraulic or other starting-engine. A chain-wheel v is keyed to the starting-motor shaft y, and drives a loose wheel x by spring dowels z. These wheels are geared to others r, s, loose on the shaft g, which they drive by helical teeth n on the wheel s, projecting through similar holes in the wheel r. Both wheels move laterally when the pin h moves faster than they do, and, on starting backwards, the teeth are thrust through the wheel r and the wheels s, x turned relatively to the wheels v, r. The wheel s is held out of action, in the position shown in dotted lines, by a pin t.
Patent GB-190318181-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Determining the Length of Waves and Observing the Oscillations in Electric Oscillation Systems.
Inventor: FRANKE ADOLF
Filed: 1903-08-22
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 18,181. Franke, A. Aug. 22. Testing.-The wave lengths of electric oscillations are measured directly. The waves to be examined act upon a closed oscillation circuit, formed of a horizontal coil s with terminals k, a condenser c, and the primary i of an induction coil in series. The condenser c consists of a series of parallel semicircular plates f connected to a terminal p<1>, and a second series, insulated from the first, of similar plates b, revoluble as a whole by a spindle a, and all connected to the terminal p'. The capacity of the oscillation circuit can thus be altered at will, and attached to the spindle a is an arm z, which moves over a scale, graduated to read off wavelengths directly for each of three changeable coils s. These coils serve to vary the induction in the oscillation circuit. The two factors, capacity and induction, are adjusted to best resonance, which is ascertained by means of a thermal current meter h, in circuit with the secondary i<1> of the induction coil. The meter consists of a fine wire w surrounded by gas, which on becoming heated drives around the column of liquid. The examination of a wave system as to whether waves of different lengths are present is effected by observing whether current maxima arise with a continuous alteration of the factors in the oscillation system. The amplitudes of the separate waves are ascertained relatively from the proportion of the separate movements of the current meter. Observations as to whether the current diminishes rapidly or slowly if the oscillation circuit undergoes small displacements from the position of resonance give a sure conclusion as to the sharpness of the wave.
Patent GB-190318924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production or Manufacture of Coloring Matters
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 18,924. Holliday & Sons, R., Turner, J., Dean, H., and Turner, J. Sept. 2. Dyes, artificial.-Black and greenish-black dyes are obtained by sulphuretting the nitrated diphenylamine sulphonic acid or yellow dye-stuff, described in Specification No. 22,078, A D. 1902, with or without the addition of m-dinitro-p-oxydiphenylamine. For example, the temperature of a mixture of the yellow colouring-matter, produced according to Example II of the said Specification, sodium sulphide, sulphur, and water, is slowly raised to 120‹ C., and the heating continued until no further dye-stuff is formed. The dye is isolated byevaporation to dryness, or by precipitation from an aqueous solution of the melt by a mineral acid, followed by filtering, pressing, and drying. In a modification, the water is dispensed with, and a higher temperature is employed. The dye obtained by either method dyes vegetable fibres greenish-black from a sodium sulphide bath. If m-dinitro-p-oxydiphenylamine is added to the other materials in the first process, a colouring-matter dyeing vegetable fibres black is obtained.
Patent GB-190322724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Combined Fire Extinguishing Tanks and Buckets.
Inventor: ARKINSTALL DAVID
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 22,724. Arkinstall, D. Oct. 21. Buckets; tanks. - Relates to buckets to be stacked in a vertical pile in a fire-extinguishing tank. The buckets are made with small lateral projections to prevent them from slipping too far into one another and jamming, and their handles are large enough to clear the buckets by about two inches when turned down. The handle 13 of the top bucket 12 of the stack projects, in the apparatus shown, through slots in the edges of the two parts 14, 15 of the cover, and is supported in an upright position. By grasping the handle 13 and lifting the top bucket, the parts 14, 15 are turned on their hinges 16, 17, the weights 22, 23 sliding down their stems 20, 21 to assist the movement and to keep the cover in its open position. Other auxiliary means can be employed, or they may be dispensed with altogether. In a modification, the two parts of the cover are connected to the sides of the tank 1 by chains, and are flanged but not hinged. They merely rest on the top and are thrown aside when the first bucket is pulled out.
Patent GB-190327289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, certain Parts of Lock Furniture for Trunks and the like
Inventor: WAKELAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 27,289. Wakelam, S., [trading as Wakelam & Co., W.]. Dec. 14. Drawings to Specification. Stamping.-In making the case of a lock, the cut-out blank is laid on a die with a matrix of the required shape, and its edges held down by a presser-plate or the like, while the central parts are stamped out. The article may be finished in this way, or else given its general form and then finished by other tools.
Patent GB-190327578-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Percussive Hand Tool
Inventor: POTTER HENRY
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 27,578. Potter, H. Dec. 16. Percussive hand tools.-The piston 8 of a pneumatic hammer for riveting &c. works in the tubular valve 9, which, along with the cylinder proper, is provided with longitudinal ports. The valve may have wings 10, 11, of different areas, working in a bushing 12 in the enlarged parts 4, 5 of the half cylinders 1, 2 which are locked together by a hinged sleeve 3 and a taper pin 7. The cylinder ports 24, 28 and the port 32 from the smaller wing chamber 16 lead to the air-supply duct 19, and the cylinder ports 33, 35 to the atmosphere. Near the end of the out-stroke, the piston uncovers the port 32<a> and live air passes into the larger wing chamber 17 and moves the valve. The port 37 now coincide, with one 38 leading to the atmosphere, and when the piston necking 38<a> connects the ports 37, 32<a>, the valve returns to its original position.
Patent GB-190328000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Stoves
Inventor: FAIRBROTHER HENRY
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,000. Fairbrother, H., [Wilder, W. H.]. Dec. 21. Oil cooking-stoves.-Relates to the type of stove described in Specification No. 8827, A.D. 1898. Figs. 1 and 3 show, partly in section, front and end views respectively. The oil from the reservoir I, whih is suspended by springs to regulate automatically the level, flows by the outlet pipe h, with down-turned end h<1>, into a receiver H. This receiver communicates by a hole 11 with an adjustable distributing-pipe G which supplies the various burners 20. Each of these is fitted with a siphon tube 21, the vertical end of which is adapted to slide in a stand-pipe 14 mounted on the pipe G. A non-return valve is fitted at the junction of the pipes G, 14 so that when the siphon is pressed down it is charged. The indicator frame 17 and burner siphon are raised by a cam 18. The front of the stove is formed by plates d and a third one e adapted to slide as a door on a rail a<1>. The top is formed by openwork sections F sliding on rails 2.
Patent GB-190404599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Feeders and Cutters for Packing-paper and the like.
Inventor: GUTTMANN ADAM
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4599. Guttmann, A. Feb. 24. Cutting-machines for paper.-Sheets of packing paper are cut from a roll 2, Figs. 1 and 2, by a plain or serrated knife 5, fixed between two pieces of wood 11, 12, which are depressed by cams 19, 22 and a hand-lever 18 against the. action of a spring 15. The paper is clamped while being cut by rubber cushions c fixed to the knife-holder. To avoid the necessity of placing the hand under the knife, two feed-rollers 6, 7 are provided which feed the paper forward a short distance when the knife rises. The rollers 6, 7 are geared to a ratchet-wheel which is operated by a pawl connected to a lever 25, which is provided with a pin 26 engaging a slot in the cam 19.