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Patent GB-190204309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Warp Beams used in Looms, Warping, Beaming and Dressing Frames and the like.
Inventor: CARR WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-02-20
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 4309. Carr, W. Feb. 20. Warp beams.-A warp beam, such as is used in looms and warping, beaming, and dressing machines, comprises a central shaft a upon which are loose flanges d having their inner or opposed faces grooved, to receive the ends of a tube or barrel f, while pins or feathers g in the grooves engage with the ends of a longitudinal slot h formed in the tube or barrel. The warps are attached to a rod l connected by cords, tapes, chains, bands, or the like k to grooved discs i splined to the shaft a. Notches m, for receiving the rod l, are formed in the edges of the discs i. When the warps are wound upon the beam, the cords &c. k are first wound up so that the rod l lies within the tube or barrel f, and then the warps are wound upon the latter. During the unwinding of the warps, the barrel and shaft rotate together, being connected by means of the rod l, until the last wrap of the warp has been withdrawn when the rod l is pulled through the slot h, and the shaft rotates without the barrel. By these means, the extreme ends of the warps may be drawn nearly up to the healds, as shown in Fig. 4, and the amount of waste is reduced.
Patent GB-190206690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Safety Valves for Steam and other Boilers, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Pressures, and the like purposes.
Inventor: WILSON PETER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 6690. Wilson, P. J. March 19. Safety-valves.-A safety-valve for steam and other boilers, hydraulic and pneumatic pressures, and the like, is shown in Fig. 1. A T-shaped casing A is placed on the boiler B and contains a valve P opening outwards and a valve V opening inwards. The valves are held against their seats by springs S, S'. The valve P allows excess pressure to escape from the boiler and the valve V allows air to enter when the inside pressure falls. In a modification, the excess pressure valve P, Fig. 2, is seated on the inwardly-opening valve V and is kept to its seat by a spring S working against a nut N.
Patent GB-190206974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Lamps Burning Vapour of Liquid Hydrocarbon.
Inventor: DENAYROUZE LOUIS
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 6974. Denayrouze, L. Aug. 7, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vapour lamps and burners.-Relates to incandescent vapour lamps which burn alcohol, petroleum, or other liquid hydrocarbon. A wick b, squeezed into a german-silver tube a, Fig. 1, as described in Specifications No. 22,098, A.D. 1899, and No. 11,665, A.D. 1900, ends at a vaporizing- chamber c having a pointed nozzle d with outlets e controlled by a screwed socket f. This socket is controlled by a handle, so as to enable the lamp to be used as a night-light, and has an aperture g opening into the base of the Bunsen tube B. The vaporization is effected by heat conducted to the chamber c by the mantle rod A, the action being commenced by the flame from a small wick i enclosed by a tube j. The flame is directed against the chamber c by a small curved metal plate k. An annular space formed by a tube h, closed at the bottom, retards the transmission of heat to the lamp body. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a number of wicks bare enclosed by separate tubes a ending in vaporizing chambers c communicating by tubes l with a common chamber m carrying the nozzle. Rods o and p conduct heat to the chambers c, and vaporization is commenced by the flame from a lateral wick r<1> extending from an annular wick r, the lateral wick being ignited by the flame from a small starting- wick u. The lower parts of the rods o, p are protected from cold by a german-silver sheath q, and the wick-tubes are surrounded by tubes h, t.
Patent GB-190208962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: PIOTROWSKI EUSTACHE
Filed: 1902-04-17
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 8962. Piotrowski, E. April 17. Couplings, automatic.- Relates to couplings of the type described in Specification No. 3085, A.D. 1902, and consists in providing means for preventing coupling. w h e necessary. The bell cranks 10, which support the coupling- link, are jointed to bell cranks 16 the lower ends of which are connected by chains 20 to cam rollers 24 on the shaft 25, which has pawl-wheels 26 in line with the buffer stems. Above the shaft 25 is a shaft 22 having fixed hooked levers 21 for engagement with the wheel 26 and loose levers in line with the cam rollers 24. By inserting the "key" 30, Fig. 16, in one of the end eyes of the shaft 25, the parts are raised to the position shown in Fig. 1, and, when two vehicles come together, the buffer stems release the levers 21 from the wheels 26, and the link on one vehicle automatically couples with the hook on the other. For shunting &c., the parts are raised through about 80‹, and the pin 17 between the bell cranks 16 engages the fixed stop 18. To return the parts to the coupling position, the shaft 25 is turned so that the cam rollers 24 engage the loose arms on the shaft 22, which release the pin 17, and the parts fall into position.
Patent GB-190212496-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Outdoor Pastime and Apparatus used in connection with the same.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON ANTHONY
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 12,496. Hutchinson, A. June 2. Coco - n u t shies and the like.-Relates to a sport or pastime to be played at fairs and the like. Fig. 1 shows a front view, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the apparatus, c o n - tained in a show or booth, and provided with figures of moving animals at which balls are thrown. Each figure is hinged to its support, and, when struck, it falls over so as to lie in a horizontal position, and, after it has passed out of sight behind screens h, it is turned back to the upright position by inclined boards. The figure is mounted on an endless cord e running in guides c, j and over pulleys f, g, to the latter of which is connected a handle, by which an operator can cause the figure to advance or recede in a regulator or irregular manner. The figures may be actuated by power. The apparatus is arranged so that the figure passes along the top of an imitation wall A. Behind the wall is an imitation house B with a window C and a hinged figure k, which, when knocked down, is brought back into position again by a cord and weight. Balls thrown at the figure k pass into a box l, and drop down into the alley D. A portion of the figures a may be made of flexible material which will yield when struck, but allows the figures as a whole to remain in an upright position.
Patent GB-190215165-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Telescopic Levelling Staves.
Inventor: YOUNG JOHN BARROW
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 15.165. Young, J. B. July 8. Staves.-To the inside of the lower telescopic section a tape J is attached, graduated so as to read continuously with the scale on the upper section. The tape J is kept taut, for any extension of the section H, by a weight L.
Patent GB-190215176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Producers and Kilns for Burning Bricks Terra-cotta Goods and the like
Inventor: KNOX JAMES
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1903-09-08
Abstract: 15,176. Knox, J., and Helps, G. July 8. Drawings to Specification. Firebricks.-Each of the lining firebricks of an arch-roofed kiln, for burning bricks and other clay and terra-cotta goods, has two or more independent passages in which the air supplied to the kiln is heated.
Patent GB-190223157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chalk Holders for the use of Billiard Players
Inventor: DANIELS FRANK AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1902-10-23
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 23,157. Daniels, F. A. Oct. 23. Billiards. - Relates to the construction of a suspended chalk - holder for the use of billiard players. The holder 10 is suspended by a cord 8 passing over a pulley 9 fixed to the ceiling and then attached to a weight 7 sliding on a guide-rod 3 between stop or washers 5. The rod 3 may be fixed to the ceiling, as shown in Fig. 1, or may be attached to a bracket on the wall. The weight 7 and guide-rod 3 may be replaced by a weighted rod pivoted either to the ceiling or to the wall. The chalk holder may be made as shown in Fig. 5 or in Fig. 6. As shown in Fig. 5, the chalk is held between jaws 15 on spring arms 13. A set-screw 16 is employed to fasten the arms 13. As shown in Fig. 6, the jaws 15<1> are formed on arms 13<1> adapted to slide one within the other and maintained in their operative position by a coiled spring 16<1>.
Patent GB-190223533-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combination Egg Cup and Egg Cutter.
Inventor: PAYNTER PAUL JAMES
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 23,533. Paynter, P. J. Oct. 28. Egg-cups. - Relates to a c o m - bined egg-cup and cutter. The eggcup consists of two ordinary eggcups a, a' hinged together at b, Fig. 1 being a side view, and Fig. 2 a plan of the arrangement. The half a' is used as a cap to cover the egg in a and keep it warm. On the edge of a' is pivoted a cutting-disc c, which is forced between the two halves a, a', so as to cut the egg in two. The cup is then opened into the position shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190302374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels and other Appliances for Grinding and Polishing.
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2374. Clark, I. C., Davies, A. J., and Russell, W. L., (Executrix and Executors of Clark, A. M.), [Naxos Schmirgel-Schleifwaarenfabrik Burkhard & Co.]. Jan. 31. Wheels and tools, composition of.-Relates to grinding and polishing wheels &c., by which roughground steel articles, such as the blades of scissors and knives, are polished at one operation, so that only one operation with the final polishing-wheel is required to finish them. The polishing-wheel consists wholly of, or is covered with, an intimate mixture of from 5 to 25 parts of finely-powdered leather and 100 parts of emery, boiled linseed oil, shellac, dissolved caoutchouc, and other materials, which do not require to be fired to become operative, may be used as a binding or agglutinous agent. By using 200 parts of leather in the mixture, an elastic material, suitable for smoothing, and for the final buffing operation, is produced, which may be made to give a very high polish by substituting rouge &c. for the emery.
Patent GB-190303295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spacing Apparatus for Punching, Drilling and like Machines
Inventor: CONLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-02-11
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 3295. Conley, T. Feb. 11. Punching ; drilling; spacing machines and apparatus.-A spacing-apparatus for punching, drilling, and like machines comprises a stop rail E secured to the machine bed, on which travels a work-table D. Stops F are adjustably secured to the rail by bolts h, as shown in Fig. 3, and are successively engaged by a rod on the table to determine the spacing of the holes, the rod being retracted by a handle against the action of a spring when the table is to be moved forward. The rail and stops are serrated to prevent slip, and the serrations are inclined so that a fine adjustment of the stops may be obtained by adjusting them vertically by the aid of screws M bearing on a lip n on the rail. Holes P are provided in the back of the rail so that the bolts h may be easily removed. The tops of the stops are bevelled at one edge T, so that the rod may enter between them when they are arranged close together. The top of the rail may have a scale V.
Patent GB-190303975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators, especially applicable to Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: MCDONALD ALEXANDER JOHN
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 3975. McDonald, A. J. Feb. 19. Steam-generator furnaces. - An instantaneous steam generator especially applicable for motor vehicles, for boats or for electrical power stations, is shown in front elevation in Fig. 1 and in sectional plan in Fig. 3. The grate-bars are laid in the longitudinal tubular water coil F which rests upon the rails G in the bottom of the double casing A. The casing is divided into two chambers by the division plate K, preferably formed in sections to facilitate the replacement and removal of the separate tubes 0 which are arranged in a serpentine manner above the coil F. The furnace is lined with asbestos or the like held in place by the metal laths N. To support the grid tubes 0 the vertical tie-rods Q with the cross laths S and the sleeves or collars T are provided. Instead of the loose sleeves T, nuts may be threaded on the rods. All the tubes are connected to the plate K and the connections are in the side chamber away from the furnace. A connection is provided between the door X of the ash tray and the steam regulator valve so that steam evolution may vary with steam consumption. One way of connecting the door X and handle of the regulator valve is by the linkage gear shown in Fig. 4. The handle 5 has a toothed sector 8 to engage with the pawl 12 of the bell crank 9.
Patent GB-190309501-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Bucket and Suction Dredge for Recovering Gold, Tin, and other Minerals from River Beds and the like.
Inventor: ANDREW ROBERT
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9501. Andrew, R. April 27. Pump pipes; centrifugal pumps for dredging. Relates to a combined bucket and suction dredge for recovering gold, tin, &c. from river beds &c. The auction pipe C<1> terminates in a breeches pipe C', the mouths of which are situated one at each side of the bucket chain and just behind the cutting position of the buckets. Each arm of the breeches pipe comprises a tube C<3>, which is mounted by means of a flange c and spring E in a spherical socket c<1>, so as to be capable of displacement without injury. The centrifugal pump C is mounted, at about the deck level, between the sides of the bucket ladder, and is driven from a shaft in line with the upper tumbler shaft A<1>. The pump deliven through a telescopic tube C<5> into a revolving screen D or other mineral-saving appliance.
Patent GB-190309883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Playing Keyed Instruments.
Inventor: MURDOCH JAMES SEMPLE
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 9883. Murdoch, J. S., and Stone, F. May 1. Automatic instruments.-Apparatus for playing keyed instruments automatically is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. At each end of the apparatus is an adjustable screw rod a, Fig. 4, and the adjustable bar b<2>, to prevent forward movement of the apparatus when the pedals are worked, and to prevent lateral displacement. The fingers C have their pivots on the bar C' extending across the apparatus, and the ends c guided in grooves and mounted on screw rods c' to permit the fingers to be raised or lowered, as required, without interfering with the rear ends, upon which the wires B<1> of the pneumatics B act. The pedals D are mounted in the bracket D<1>, which is dropped until the bottom board rests on the floor and is tightened up in that position. The chamber containing the primary pneumatics is connected by the pipe E with the main-pressure chest. The music spool is mounted in the slide or carriage F, which is moved laterally by the lever g hinged at h to the front of the tracker.
Patent GB-190314721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Holders for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: LEONARD PETER
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1904-07-02
Abstract: 14,721. Leonard, P., and Jones, C. H. July 2. Drawings to Specification. Signboards are provided with special waterproof holders for electric incandescent lamps, connections being made to short loops of the electric supply wires.
Patent GB-190318430-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Printing Curves and the like.
Inventor: BRUSSELET VICTOR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 18,430. Brusselet, V. A. Aug. 26. Leads and rules; type; printing designs or patternsfrom type, rules, and the like.-Barometric, thermometric, and other curves may be printed by means of a series of parallel plates a made of the usual alloy and formed, on the printing side, with central ribs b, and cross-ribs c. These ribs serve to print the ordinates and abscissoe of the curves, which may be printed in blank, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of notches d formed in the required positions in the plates a, or in black dots by means of cylindrical bosses formed on the plates.
Patent GB-190319167-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Locally Softening or Annealing Hardened Steel Plates
Inventor: SCHNEIDER CHARLES PROSPER EUGE
Filed: 1903-09-05
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 19,167. Schneider, C. P. E. Sept. 5. Annealing. - Relates to means for locally y annealing and softening hardened armour and other steel plates. A thin layer of sand is sprinkled over the area of the cemented surface d of the steel plate p which is to be annealed, and a frame of bricks a is placed on the top, the whole being surrounded by a ring of argillaceous earth b. An easily-fusible metal m, such as lead, plumbers' solder, &c., the melting-point of which is below the temperature of recalescence of the plate to be annealed, is poured into the frame, and an electric arc or arcs are formed between the surface of the molten mass and a carbon pole or poles c. To avoid raising the temperature above the point of recalescence, the molten metal is alternately heated and cooled, the temperature being estimated by immersing a steel bar immediately after the passage of the current. When the steel surface is raised to a red-heat, the molten composition remains red for several minutes. To avoid oxidation, the molten metal is covered with powdered charcoal, soot, &c. Instead of a frame of bricks, movable frames of stiffened cement, concrete, &c. may be used. The fused metal may be heated by inducing an electric current therein by means of an exterior transformer, or by passing a current through a high-resistance filament contained in the fused mass.
Patent GB-190324041-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Manufacturing Fire-bricks, Crucibles, Retorts, and other Refractory Articles.
Inventor: BACH JEAN
Filed: 1903-11-05
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,041. Bach, J. Nov. 5. Firebricks and other refractory articles are made as follows :-Chrome-ore, washed or otherwise separated from easily-fusible admixtures, is pulverized, mixed, and burned with powdered fireclay, aluminium hydrate or hydrate of other refractory oxide which does not fuse with chromeore, and a little resin, sugar, coal, or other substance rich in carbon.
Patent GB-190403442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Feed Mechanism of Fish Hook Flattening Machines and other Machines.
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 3442. Milward & Sons, H., and Miles, W. Feb. 11. Sewing-needles.-Consists in a feed mechanism applicable to needle-punching machines but described in connection with a fish-hook flattening- machine of the type described in Specification No. 19,871, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.]. The hooks to be flattened slide down the feed-bar h, Fig. 1, and are carried forward to the stamping-machine by the chain a, the links of which are shaped so as to form slots into which the shanks of the hooks fall. This chain receives an intermittent motion from the roller b, and the distances between the parts of the machine are so arranged that, while one hook is held stationary beneath the flattening-punch t, another is falling from the feed-bar into a slot in the chain immediately below. Slots a<2>, Fig. 4, are formed in the sides of the links of the chain to enable the curved part of the hooks to swing down into a vertical position when being carried forward by the chain. The lower end of the bar h is twisted so as to cause the shanks of the hooks to assume a horizontal instead of a vertical position, and one edge is provided with a wire beading e, Fig. 8, which engages with the barbs of the hooks. Suitable guides m, m<2>, d and a wire k are respectively provided to keep the hooks in position and to lift them from the chain after they have been flattened. The position of the bar h can be adjusted by means of the screw s. In applying the feed mechanism to other machines, as for example needle-stamping machines, it may be found necessary to employ two or more parallel feed bands or chains as the needle shafts are usually double and are stamped with a pair of eyes near the centre.
Patent GB-190406749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters.
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6749. Willans & Robinson, and Bennett, A. F. March 19. Superheaters, steam.-A superheater, specially applicable to water-tube boilers the tubes of which are accessible for removal, consists of two small drums A, B, mounted on a casting G above the boiler, and connected by tubes C coiled at their lower ends and situated among the water tubes at a convenient level. The Figures show the invention as applied to a Niclausse boiler. When inserting, a sufficient number of tubes must be removed to admit the full width of the superheater, all tubes except those actually in the way of the coils being subsequently again inserted. If the tubes are not easily removable, a sufficient number must be omitted in the first instance. A transverse partition E in one drum lengthens the path of the steam through the superheater, which may form a bye-pass on the main steam pipe.
Patent GB-190407491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MABUT FRANCOIS JULES ADOLPHE
Filed: 1904-03-29
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7491. Mabut, F. J. A. March 29. Spring wheels ; axle-boxes; hubs.- Helical, spiral, or like springs, or their equivalents, are fitted wi;hin the hub to form a resilient wheel. The outer part c of the hub has recesses b, into which engage the outer ends of radial helical springs a. The inner ends of these springs engage on guidepins formed on plates d, which can move along the flat outer surfaces g of the polygonal inner part e of the hub. The hub may be secured to a rotating axle or may be carried by a sieeve f rotating on a fixed axle. In a modification, the guide-pins and plates d are formed integral with the inner part of the hub. Balls or rollers may be interposed between the plates d and surfaces g, and balls may be interposed between the inner part of the hub and the sleeve f.
Patent GB-190408545-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of Cotton Seed Hulls to obtain Useful Products therefrom.
Inventor: CROSS CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8545. Cross, C. F. April 13. Materials, fibrous; raw materials, treating; sizes. -Relates to the treatment of cotton-seed hulls to obtain cellulose, papermaker's size, &c. The hulls are heated for 6-3 hours with a 3-5 per cent. solution of caustic soda in a digester at a pressure of 20-40 lb. The solution, pressed from the solid matter, may be used as a size in the manufacture of paper and boards, while the fibrous residue may be washed and used for making paper and solutions of cellulose. To obtain pure cellulose from this residue, it is treated with chlorine until the orangeyellow colour of the chlorinated material is uniform. It is then washed and digested at 80‹-100‹ C. with a solution containing 2 per cent. of sodium carbonate and 6 per cent. of sodium sulphite. The mass then contains two forms of cellulose having different lengths of fibre, and may be used for paper-making. Or the two forms of cellulose may be separated from one another by first breaking this material in a suitable grinding- apparatus and then passing it through a succession of tanks, or over a papermaker's sand-table &c. the shorter fibres settling quicker than the others ; or the mixture may be passed through a suitably meshed sieve on which the longer fibres are retained. The longer fibres may be used for many of the purposes to which ordinary cellulose is applied. The shorter fibred cellulose may be hydrolized and otherwise treated to obtain sugar and furfural.