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Patent GB-190204835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to Gas Cookers or Gas Cooking Stoves
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 4835. Parkinson & W. & B. Cowan, and Parkinson, B. R. Feb. 26. Gas cooking-stoves.-The stove is provided with a hinged hot-plate a, shown in its raised position, and with burner tubes d<1>, d<2> adjustable in position, so that the jets may be above or below the griller plate e, according as grilling or boiling is required. The latter is supported, so as to be readily detachable, on brackets e<1>, e<2>, into slots e<3> of which enter projecting studs e<4> on the bottom of the plate. The brackets and the burner tubes are carried upon the front hot-plate bracket b<1> and upon the cross-bar c. The change in position of the burner tubes is made !by means of a rod f, operated by an external handle f<3>, and provided with two pairs of reversely-arranged cams g<1>, g<2>, g<3>, g<4> which engage with the projecting studs h<1>, h<2>, h<3>, h<4> on the tubes. The cams are designed so that, while the cams g<1> and g<3> are raising the studs h<1>, h<3>, the cams g<2> and g<4> move into position to act as stops to the studs h<2>, h<4>, and vice versÔ, so that the movements of the tubes are limited m each direction. The tubes d<1>, d<2> may be independently operated, if desired. The tubes j of the ring burners are held against longitudinal displacement by studs bearing against the bracket b<1> and the cross-bar c, and against rotary movement by a lug entering a recess in the bracket b<1>.
Patent GB-190206761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Busks and Steels for Stiffening Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: HAYWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 6761. Hayward, T. March 19. Corsets; dresses; waistcoats; stays or stiffeners.- Relates to busks and steels for stiffening corsets, corset shields, bodices, waistcoats, and other garments, in which each busk or steel is composed of separate parts, adapted to slide longitudinally to a limited extent upon each other. The busks are constructed so as to prevent the parts from becoming detached from one another, and when there are two parts they are arranged so that the lower end of the upper part will be acted upon by the front surface of the lower part and the upper end of the lower part will be acted upon by the front surface of the upper part. Figs. 1 and 2 show one arrangement with two separate parts or blades 1, 2. The blade 2 at its upper end is somewhat reduced in breadth, and has secured to it a flattened loop 3, which embraces a correspondinglynarrowed part 4 of the blade 1. The lower end of the blade 1 is also reduced in breadth, and engages in a loop 6 secured near the lower end of the blade 2. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the upper end of the blade 2 is narrowed and provided with a slotted portion 3<a>, which is passed through a slot 9 in the part in the blade 1 and is engaged with a stud 4<a> on the blade 1. The lower end of the blade 1 is provided with a slot 5<a>, which is engaged with a stud 6<a> on the blade 2. In another modification, a reduced end of one blade 1 is passed through a slot in the other blade and is then engaged with a loop struck up from the same. Any combination of the connections shown may be used in the construction of a busk.
Patent GB-190208670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: CARBONE TITO LIVIO
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 8670. Carbone, T. L. April 14. Arc lamps. - A lamp with convergent pairs of converging carbons 1,2, is provided with carbons which are flat on one side, those in each pair having their flat sides together at their lower ends. The upper ends of the carbons are secured in four holders 17, sliding in slots in two plates 6, one o f which is fixed in the lamp casing 24, the other, shown in Fig. 1, being carried by pivots 7 and linked to the pivoted armature 15 of an electromagnet 12. This strikes the arc, and by means of two rods 22 produces a weak magnetic field across the arc, tending to spread it in ellipsoidal form. The two carbon holders on each plate 6 are connected together to prevent independent movement of the carbons. The connection may be by horizontal arms 18, provided with a pin and slot, as shown, or with a dovetail projection and groove ; or each holder may have a projection or loop sliding on a single horizontal bar, which slides vertically on a central guide on the plate 6 ; or the holders may be linked to a pin which slides in such a central guide. The carbons pass through slots in a reflector 23, of refractory material, into a space enclosed by a globe 25 ; this is carried by a ring 26 attached to the casing 24 by a bayonet joint. An outer globe 27 may also be provided.
Patent GB-190210259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Actuating Signals on and Stopping Railway Engines and Trains
Inventor: PERTOT GIOVONNO
Filed: 1902-05-03
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 10,259. Pertot, G., and Cuizza, D. May 3. Signals on engines; stopping engines and trains; signalling and communicating b e t w e e n trains.-Relates to means whereby an audible or visible signal is given on a train, or the brakes automatically applied, by means of a continuous electric current generated on the train, when another train similarly equipped approaches in the opposite direction, the circuit being closed through an overhead conductor and the rails. The present invention provides also for actuating the signals &c., when one train approaches another travelling in the same direction within the prescribed limit. For this purpose, a commutator m, having reversing-contacts of unequal length, is included in the circuit of the battery or other continuous generator p, so that the polar connections of the battery with the overhead conductor w and the rails are periodically reversed, in phases of unequal duration. When two trains, whether travelling in the same direction or in opposite directions, approach each other more closely than the prescribed limit, transient similarly-directed currents are sent into the line, and these currents actuate the signals, or apply the brakes, in known manner.
Patent GB-190218350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lever Flush Valves.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1902-08-20
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 1 8 , 3 5 0. Haddan, R., [VachÚ, E. J.-B.]. Aug. 20. Lift valves.-Relates to water-waste preventers. A valve 4 is mounted in a fixed perforated dome 3, and is forced on to its seat by a spring 11. The valve is operated by a pull on the outer end of a rod 10 mounted in a flexible bearing 13. The valve casing is secured by a band to a wall bracket. An annular air cushion is formed by the lip 17.
Patent GB-190227766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potential Indicators for High Voltage Electric Circuits
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 27,766. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Dec 16. Current meters.-High alternating pressures are measured by interposing condensers in conductors connecting current meters to the mains. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement applied to a polyphase system. In one arrangement, the condensers 14, 15, 16 are interposed in the conductors 11, 12, 13 which connect the mains 1, 2, 3 to one of the terminals of the milliampÞre meters 17, 18, 19. The other terminals of the meters are connected to the earth plate 21. In another arrangement, the meters 22, 23, 24 are connected in the delta relation, and the conductors 25, 26, 27 with their interposed condensers 28, 29, 30 are connected at points between the meters. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement to prevent injury to operators in case the dielectric of the condensers should break down. A shunt coil 39 between two terminals of the meter 36 is connected to earth at 40.
Patent GB-190309308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Drying and Evaporating Apparatus
Inventor: GLASS JULIUS
Filed: 1903-04-24
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 9308. Glass, J., and Glass, R. April 24. Evaporators; vacuum apparatus.-Apparatus for evaporating water from, among other materials, aniline and other dyes, lime, albumen, earths, starch, milk, sugar, dextrin and salts, consists of a chamber A, which is adapted to have a partial vacuum created within it, and to which the material to be evaporated is supplied from a hopper d to bands b, travelling round horizontal heating-boxes a. The hopper d has a pipe e, which enters the vessel and is provided with ducts g leading on to the bands b. Any residue falls from the bands b on to other travelling bands i, and is conveyed to one end of the chamber where it falls into a trough or the like l. Scrapers h are fixed under the ducts g.
Patent GB-190309790-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of, and Apparatus for Forming Articles Composed of Plastic Materials
Inventor: ROMERO LUIS
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 9790. Romero, L. April 30. Moulding cakes, food, bricks, tiles, pottery, artificial stone, &c.-Plastic material, such as ground maize or corn and water, is supplied to a hopper 2, and forced by rotary toothed wheels or paddles 6 through a slit or die 8, which is opened and closed by a pair of sliding bars operated by cams 12 and a pair of levers 10 pivoted at 11 to the frame. The cams may be designed to give a quick opening and closing movement to the die slides so as to produce circular cakes, which are carried on an endless conveyer belt 18 through a baking-oven or furnace. An air ball is provided in the mouthpiece 7 to prevent excessive pressure due to the momentary closing of the die. The shaft 13, carrying the cams, is connected by a universal joint 14 to a shaft 15, which carries a balance-wheel 16, and is driven from the main shaft by an endless belt passing round a pulley 17. A shaft 20 of the delivery-apparatus is adjustable vertically and horizontally, and is driven at a definite rate relatively to the feeding-apparatus by a belt from the main shatt. The lower portion of the band 18 runs in a cooling-channel below the furnace, and the upper portion may be supported at intervals by idle rollers. The apparatus is specially adapted for making tortillas, or griddle cakes.
Patent GB-190317802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bottles and like Receptacles
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,802. Fell, J. C., [Ondra, F., Kacer, M. V., Triska, C., and Perka, E.]. Aug. 17. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The bottle 1 has a neck 2 with a tapered valve-seat 3, on to which fits a valve 7 with a stem 8 and a spring 9 preferably of german silver. The stem 8 slides in a frame 10 resting on the shoulder 4, and is provided with a guard 11 to prevent tampering. A nozzle 12 with nipple 13 has a cork or bushing 14 fitting tightly to the neck ; the nozzle is secured by a bow spring 15, Fig. 4, having tapered fingers 16 passing through apertures 12<a> in the nozzle and adapted to fit in the groove 5. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1. The pressure of the liquid in the bottle, when slanting, is sufficient to open the valve, but when the bottle is empty, the spring 9 keeps the valve closed.
Patent GB-190321292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of and Apparatus for Warming Food and other Material.
Inventor: SCHNITZER HANS
Filed: 1903-10-03
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 21,292. Schnitzer, H. Oct. 3. Drawings to Specification. Heating-appliances, -The heat evolved when chemical action takes place is utilized for cooking or warming food and other materials. The apparatus may also be used or medical purposes, in cases where it is necessary to apply beat to various parts of the body. In one arrangement, the apparatus consists of an outer vessel containing the chemicals, and an inner vessel containing the food &c. In another arrangement, a vessel containing one of the ingredients, such as water, is made with a narrow neck in which a packet or cartridge containing the other ingredient or ingredients, such as zinc chloride or caustic potash, is inserted so as to form a stopper. When required for use, the contents of the cartridge are emptied into the vessel. For medical purposes, it is preferred to employ a box having two compartments, one containing water and the other the chemical ingredient ; or the chemical may be contained in a cartridge forming a stopper to the water compartment.
Patent GB-190407047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Ironing or Smoothing Tubular Stockingette and like Articles.
Inventor: WEVER FRITZ
IPC: D06F67/00
Filed: 1904-03-23
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 7047. Wever, F. March 23. Ironing-machines.-Fig. 1 shows an ironing. machine in which tubular stockingette is drawn up from a box 26, over steaming-apparatus 27, and stretched by a stretcher 28 to the correct width. It is then passed by an endless band 15 over rollers 14, 11 and under an ironing-roller 5 heated by steam and rotated at a high speed in the direction in which the material is being fed. In its passage under the ironing-roller 5, it is pressed upwards against the latter by pressure rollers 18 on a weighted lever 22. A second endless band 16 is rotated on rollers 12, 9 so as to bear on the band 15 and receive the material from it as the latter passes over a pulley 13. The reverse side of the material is then passed under a second ironing- roller 4 against which it is pressed by a weighted lever 23 as before. A removable shaft 29 at the top of the machine receives the ironed material when the latter is in the form of a continuous strip, but is dispensed with when single articles are being ironed. The ironing-rollers 4, 5 are driven by bands from a pulley 2, this motion being transmitted to the other rollers by means of spur and worm-wheel gearing.
Patent GB-190411303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery for Forming or Making Paper Bags.
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1905-05-17
Abstract: 11,303. Day & Sons, J., and Day, A. May 17. Paper and like bags. - Relates to improvements i n the machine described in Specification No. 7731, A.D. 1902, whereby the paper bags or box &c. linings are made from single sheets instead of from webs, and the ends of the bags are closed in a better manner. The sheets of paper are placed on a fixed block c, Fig. 3, or in a corresponding receptacle, the bottom of which is slowly raised automatically. The sheets are picked up singly from the block c by plates g receiving paste from the pad u, which is caused to dip into the paste tank b by the sliding rod 15 driven by the cam x. The plates g are fixed to the frame f, which is alternately raised and lowered by the cam wand is intermittently rotated by the oscillating disc m carrying a tooth o engaging with recesses p in the disc q when the frame f is in its raised position. The sheets of paper are stripped off the blocks g by an oscillating pivoted stripper, Figs. 8 and 9, which projects across the path of the blocks g. The sheets are then transferred to the bag-forming moulds by the mechanism described in the previously mentioned Specification. The end flaps of the bag are folded in the order 5, 6, 7, 8, Fig. 2. The top flap 5 is folded by the piece 17, Figs. 10 and 12, which is pivoted at 19 and is actuated by the cam 20. The side flaps 6, 7 are creased against the sides of the piece 17, and afterwards folded over the mould 31, by the pieces 23, 24 operated by cams 29, 30. The crease for the bottom flap 8 is formed by the hinged piece 33, operated from the cam 30, pressing the flap against the underside of the piece 24. The piece 23 has a projection which turns back the bottom flap 8 and thus allows the side flaps to be properly creased before they are folded. When the flaps 5, 6, and 7 have been folded, and the bottom flap 8 has been creased for folding, the mould 31 rises, rotates into the position 31<a>, and then descends to close the flap 8 by pressing it against the spring-pressed plate 41. When it is desired to supply a quantity of paste &c. before turning in the last flap 8, the parts may be modified as shown in Fig. 31. Paste is transferred from the rotating paste roller 47 to the bag A by the roller 48, mounted on the pivoted arm 49, driven by the cam 50. The spring-pressed plate 41 is mounted on the rod 43 oscillated by the cam 45. The paste employed for lifting the sheet of paper from the block c, Fig. 3, may be used for causing the longitudinal edges of the bag to adhere when folded.
Patent GB-190412721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-acting Mules.
Inventor: HOUGET FERNAND
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 12,721. Houget, F. June 6. Mules.-Relates to an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 12,584, A.D. 1904, in which the rise of the counterfaller when backing-off takes place is regulated by the movement of a piston in an air cylinder &c. In order that, after the backing-off, the counterfaller may be free to rise and fall during the inward traverse of the mule carriage, the valve 6 in the bottom of the cylinder is kept open, to allow of the free entrance and exit of air, by means of a system of levers 20, 17, 16, of which the arm 20 engages with the valve and the extremity of the lever 16 runs on a rail 21.
Patent GB-190417667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fire Escapes.
Inventor: FISCHER MORITZ
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1905-08-12
Abstract: 17,667. Fischer, M. Aug. 13. Fire-escapes.-A two-part T-frame of angle-iron 1, 2, 3, hinged at 4, has levers 19 pivoted to it at 18 and recesses for the pin 7 of the cable pulley 8. Springs 22 normally retain the levers in the position shown in dotted lines. In operation, the rope a is fixed to the window frame and placed in position around the pulley 8, where it is acted on in use by the brake pulley 9 pressed up by the hooks 20 on the ends of the levers. A crown roller 31 loosely mounted in slots in the frame and acted on by a pin 34 further tends to brake the pulley 8, which has casings 44 to protect its crown surfaces. The two parts of the frame may be locked together by a spring-pressed catch 14, disengaged, when necessary, by its handle 17. To hold the escaping person, a belt 23 is provided with adjustable attachments 24 secured by hooks 26 to holes 21 in the levers. Hooks 28 are provided for suspending baskets &c., and a strap 29 may form a seat. Levers 50 on the handles 27 are attached to the divided ends of a brake belt which passes over the roller 31 to a pin 46 held, when in use, in a slot 45 in the casing 44.
Patent GB-190418459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Shearing or Finishing Fabrics.
Inventor: KING JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 18,459. King, J. Aug. 26. Shearing; clipping.- Relates to machines for automatically cutting the floating or unwoven-in threads or warps extend. ing lengthwise of fabrics and then cropping or finishing the latter. By altering the direction of motion of the cutters, weft floats may be cut in the same machine. A series of shears are used consisting of blades a, b, Fig. 7, having multiple cutting-edges, the blades b reciprocating in contact with the others a, which are fixed by their projecting pins a', Fig. 2, to bars c carried by framework d supported on framework B. The framework B is reciprocated lengthwise by links e<3> and pins e', adjustably mounted in discs e<1> on a shaft e driven from the main shaft f by bevel gearing through a coupling g<3>. Rods h, Fig. 3, connected to bearings h<1> fixed on rods h' take within openings in the blades b. The rods h'slide through bearings h<6> mounted on the framework d; but, besides the motion of the latter, they are reciprocated sideways so as to move the blades b over the blades a. This is effected by connecting them together in series by binding-pieces h<3>, and by connecting certain of them to the straps k<1> of eccentrics k mounted on a shaft k<2>. This shaft passes through bearings k<3> carried by the framework d, and is rotated by a feather and groove from a shaft m driven from the shaft f. To prevent the cutters from tearing or damaging the cloth, they are provided with enlarged end parts a<4>, a<5>, Fig. 7. The fabric n, Fig. 3, is delivered from the roller n<1>, and then travels over guides n<2>, n<3> and over and under rods n<4>, which suitably incline the fabric while being acted upon by the cutters. The fabric then passes beneath a guide n<5> and between plates or guides o, o<1>, where it is cropped or finished by a rotary clipping-cutter or cropper q, mounted on the shaft m. The fabric may be brought nearer to or further from the cutter q by adjusting the guide o' by means of the screws s' connected to the guide by arms s. A fan t, which causes air to pass through the fabric, enables the blades a, b to lay hold of and cut the loose threads with more certainty. The upper part of the machine may be enclosed, and dust &c. may be carried away by airexhausting mechanism. The shears a, b are arranged in two series C, D, one series C cutting the threads when the shears are travelling in one direction, the other D when the shears travel in the reverse direction. The fabric finally passes around a roller o<2>, over a guide o<4>, and on to the cloth roller o<3>, the roller o<2> being rotated by a suitable train of gear wheels.
Patent GB-190419125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush Holders for Dynamo and other Rotary Electrical Machines.
Inventor: LAMME BENJAMIN GARVER
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 19,125. Lamme, B. G. Sept. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Brush-holders.-Relates to a brush-holder adapted for use where space is limited, and consists essentially in mounting the springs for advancing the brush in planes parallel to that of the brush and the axis of the commutator. The carbon brush 4, Fig. 1, situated in a guide-space in a frame 1 having a bracket 2 for attachment to a collecting-ring &c., has fastened to its outer edge by means of clips 5 a cross-shaped plate 7, the two arms 12, 13 of which rest upon the brush and the arms 14, extending at right-angles thereto, are pressed downwards by convex blocks 18 riveted at the extremities of two spiral springs 15 mounted upon an adjustable shaft 16. The plate 7 is fitted with a lifting-ring 8, and a lug or boss 9 at the outer end of the arm 13 receives the ends of the shunt conductors 10, the other extremities of which are inserted in openings in bosses 11 on the frame 1.
Patent GB-190419283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Delivery Power Pumps.
Inventor: SPENCE WILFRID L
Filed: 1904-09-07
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 19,283. Spence, W. L. Sept. 7. Pump stroke, varying.-The effective stroke of the crank-pins which drive a duplex double-acting piston pump is varied, and the discharge altered, by mounting the crank-pins on eccentrics or slides carried upon enlarged crank-discs on the powerdriven shaft. Figs. 1 and 2 show one arrangement. The enlarged disc A carries an eccentric B, on which is mounted the crank-pin C. The periphery of the eccentric B is formed as a toothed wheel, which engages with a pinion D mounted on a pin F carrying a star-wheel E, which, as the shaft S revolves, may be brought into contact with an adjustable tappet, so as to rotate the eccentric B, and thus alter the eccentricity of the crank-pin relatively to the shaft S. The periphery of the disc B may be formed as a ratchet-wheel adapted to engage a fixed pawl. Fig. 4 shows a similar arrangement in which a worm W meshes with a worm-wheel cut on the periphery of the crankdisc B. The star-wheels E are actuated by tappets T, arranged as shown in Fig. 5. The crank-pin may be carried upon a slide, which is worked by screw-and tappet gear across the face of the larger disc. The tappet gear may be actuated from a distance by any suitable agency.