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Patent GB-190010309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: COOK FRANCIS LUCIEN
Filed: 1900-06-05
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 10,309. Cook, F. L. June 5. Stoppers.-Bottle stoppers are made of wood, turned to form, with the grain running lengthways of the stopper, or are moulded from wood pulp, the plug portion A being formed with a hollow or chamber a to make it sufficiently resilient. The chamber a may open downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, or upwardly, and may be coated with a waterproof lining f, to render the stopper impervious. The plug A is tapered externally, and the head b is formed with an annular recess d. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the plug A is made separate from the head, the flange b<2> on the plug being glued to the hollow head b<3> at h. An impervious packing i may be inserted in the head. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the upper rim of the plug is crowded into the undercut recess j in the head b, and may be further secured by glueing. Fig. 5 shows a form adapted for wide-mouthed bottles. The plug A is formed with an annular recess a<2> which is closed by the head m, and the central tubular part k of the plug extends through the head. The tube k is closed by the cap n, which can be removed to permit the contents to be poured out without removing the whole stopper. The cap n may also be made integral with the head m.
Patent GB-190010320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone Dressing Machines.
Inventor: JONES ALBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-06-05
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 10,320. Jones, A. F. June 5. D r e s s i n g. - The stone may be dressed from the edge inwards all round, after which the rest of the surface may be dressed in parallel or radial lines. The tools and means for actuating them are carried by a turret on a saddle b, which slides on the bars a, a<1> of the crosshead adjustable vertically on the two tubular sectional standards B, B<1> by screws a<5>. These screws are d r i v e n simultaneously from the sprocket - wheel shaft a<16> through bevel and other gear and the shaft a<8>. The saddle is adjustable along the crosshead by a pair of chains b<1>, b<2> attached to it and passing over the sprocket-wheels on the crosshead, one pair of these wheels b<5> being driven from a shaft b<20> through belting and other gearing which includes a vertical splined shaft b<14> to allow for the rise and fall of the crosshead. The truck D for the stone carries a rack driven through spur and worm gearing from a shaft d<14>. These three shafts a<8>, b<20>, d<14> are provided with hand adjusting-wheels, and also with pulleys for open and crossed belts. The intermediate gearing is fully traced in the Specification. The saddle carries a turret which is adjustable by the hand-wheel f<7> through worm and spur gearing. On its underside is mounted a pair of pointing-tools i and a pair of bushing-tools u. Each tool i is carried by a holder angularly adjustable on the end of a pivoted lever i<8>, which is moved in one direction by a cam i<9> and returned for the working stroke by a pneumatic cylinder. Each bushing-tool u is mounted on the piston-rod of a pneumatic cylinder u<12>, against the action of which it is lifted by the cam i<9> acting through the pivoted lever u<14>. The rod is splined, and passes through a collar having an angular adjustment by the handle u<5>. The cams i<9> are splined on the shaft, and movable vertically to adjust the stroke of the tools by a collar i<20> engaged by a fork which is mounted on a rocking arm i<23> and operated by a right and left hand screw and hand-wheel i<31>. Pressure is maintained in the pneumatic cylinders by pipe connections to an air reservoir k<7> supplied with compressed air. The cams i<9> are driven from a central shaft i<14>, on which is a belt pulley i<16> from which the belt m runs round a series of idlers on the crosshead and on the frame of the machine to a main shaft, the arrangement being such that any motion of the saddle or crosshead does not interfere with the driving. In the modification shown in Fig. 17, the turret is similar to that described above, but the tool o is carried by an arm o<2> pivoted to a cylindrical frame o<4>, which is angularly adjustable in clamps and contains a cam shaft o<6> driven from the shaft i<14>. The cam acts through the lever p<6> and adjustable screw to lift the tool-holder, which is returned by a flexible bulb p<1> supplied with compressed air. The downward motion of the tool is limited by a stop p.
Patent GB-190012030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-feeding Device for Boilers.
Inventor: SQUIRES CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1900-07-03
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 12,030. Squires, C. E. Dec. 4, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Feedwater, controlling.-The expansion and contraction of a zig-zag piece of piping r, r<1>, r<2>, arranged outside the boiler at the water level and communicating with the water and steam spaces, is made to operate a valve B in a casing m, shown separately in Fig. 5. This valve regulates the pressure of steam on a flexible diaphragm i by which the feed-supply valve g is controlled. It has a loosely-fitting plunger p, past which steam is constantly allowed to flow from the pipe n to the pipe l, and so to the space above the diaphragm. When, owing to the fall of the water level in the boiler, the greater part of the pipe r, r<1>, r<2> is filled with steam, the pipe expands, and, the bends r<3>, r<4> being rigidly connected, respectively, with the valve B and the casing m, the valve B is opened, allowing steam from the pipe l to pass away through the pipe s. The diaphragm i is then lifted by a spring, and the -valve g is opened for the admission of feedwater to the boiler.
Patent GB-190013155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lubricating Apparatus.
Inventor: HEYLANDT HERMANN
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 13,155. Heylandt, H. July 20. Lubricators.-A stirring or agitating device is added to a lubricator to prevent the formation of sediment or to allow a mixture of oil and other material, such as graphite, to be employed. Fig. 1 shows a lubricator in which the plunger d, actuated by ratchet mechanism and worm gearing, forces lubricant through the passage o to the supply pipe of a steam-engine cylinder. The screws r, r<1>, actuated from the shaft of the worm s, convey the sediment from the cylinder to the chamber u, and return it through the opening g. Fig. 2 shows a lubricator in which a pump m is employed to convey lubricant to the parts to be lubricated. The.curved blade r<2> working in the vessel q raises the sediment, which falls back over the upper edge of the blade.
Patent GB-190022941-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Producing Artificial Stone.
Inventor: DOYLE JOHN
Filed: 1900-12-15
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 22,941. Doyle, J. Dec. 15. Stone, artificial.-Relates to the production of artificial stone suitable for facing buildings, or for window sills, arch-stones, quoins, &c. The inner surface of the mould in which the artificial stone is to be formed is coated with a layer of glue and whiting, sodium silicate, or other adhesive substance, and on this layer is sprinkled a layer of pulverized granite, quartz, glass, limestone, sandstone, &c., according to the appearance of the natural stone to be imitated. The mould is then filled with cement and sand, plaster-of-Paris, or other material. After removing the block from the mould, the surface is washed with a solution of chloride of lime and oxalic acid, which removes the adhesive substance, and the surface of the stone may then be treated with a waterproofing- composition.
Patent GB-190100845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Bedsteads.
Inventor: PRYKE WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1901-01-12
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 845. Pryke, W. R., and Palmer, W. Jan. 12. Bedsteads a n d cots; cupboards.- Relates to bedsteads for use in hospitals &c. A cupboard or locker 1 is supported by flanges 4, 5 on the bars 6, 7 of the bedstead, so that its door comes flush with the foot of the bedstead. In a modification, the hooks 15 rest on the end bar of the separate mattress, while the other end of the cupboard is supported on the wire mesh of the mattress by the plate 14 and bolts or hooks 13.
Patent GB-190106931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Liquid Waste Products Obtained in the Manufacture of Sugar
Inventor: FISCHEL IGNAZ
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 6931. Fischel, I. April 2. Syrups and the like, treatingfor transport.-Waste saccharine products obtained in the manufacture of sugar, such as molasses, osmotic water, and the waste lye of the strontia process, are treated to facilitate transit by mixing with an absorbent material, and then drying the mixture, either by exposure to the air, or by heating. The dried product may be conveyed to be treated in spirit distilleries, or potash factories. Sawdust, moss, peat, beet-root, cotton waste, crushed or ground cereals, straw, hay, kieselguhr, asbestos, alumina, or coal dust may he employed as an absorbent.
Patent GB-190107607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brakes for Railway and similar Vehicles
Inventor: HANCOCK JOHN
Filed: 1901-04-13
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 7607. Hancock, J., Sudbury, F., and Smith, T. April 13. Drawings to Specification. Stopping trains.-Relates to "eitherside " wagon brakes which may be applied by hand or automatically from the permanent way. Depending levers are fitted on a shaft on the wagon, and these levers may be operated to set the brakes by projections placed in their path by connections from a signal box.
Patent GB-190109864-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Securing Blades to Knife Handles
Inventor: DAVIES HUGH
Filed: 1901-05-13
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 9864. Davies, H. May 13. Table, carving, and like knives.-The blade is made with a projecting piece A, which enters the handle and is secured by rivets C.
Patent GB-190118388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: JENNENS JOHN STEPHEN
Filed: 1901-09-14
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 18,388. Jonnens, J. S. Sept. 14. Annular-chamber type.-A rotary engine driven by steam, gas, compressed air, oil, or other motive fluid is shown in Fig. 3. The drum c has two or more projections or piston vanes e, which also act as cams actuating the hinged abutments i. In the position shown, motive fluid enters the passage h<6> passes the recessed piston valve h<1> into a pipe h<7> leading to the annular chamber. As the drum rotates, the projection e allows the abutment and the piston valve resting on it to drop and also uncovers the admission port h<8>. The fluid so admitted expands in the annular chamber, and the moving projection e strikes a flap k which actuates a sliding rod m and pivoted lever n so as to give a positive closing action to the piston valve. The piston valve and rod m and their hinged flaps are mounted in detachable covers f<2>, g<2> secured to the casing a. A counterweight n<5> may be used with the lower piston valve.
Patent GB-190122734-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Sulphurised Colouring Matters Directly Dyeing Cotton.
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 22,734. Abel, C. D., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin- Fabrikation]. Nov. 11. Dyes, artificial.-Sulphurized dyes, which dye cotton directly blue shades are produced from indophenols, or leucoindophenols, sulphur, and an alkali sulphur, by boiling these substances together in alcoholic solution at the reflux condenser for about 24 hours. The leuco compound of the dye is precipitated from the resulting solution by common salt, or the dye-stuff itself is precipitated by a current of air. Examples are given in which the indophenols obtained by the joint oxidation of p-amidophenol and alpha-naphthylamine, or ethyl-otoluidine, or ethyl-alpha-naphthylamine, are employed.
Patent GB-190123404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coverings for the Floor Openings of Elevators or Lifts and to Means for Raising and Lowering the same.
Inventor: KETT WILLIAM GREGORY
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 23,404. Kett. W. G., and Hossenlopp, L. R. Nov. 19. Lifts.-Relates to well guards for lift shafts. On the top of the cage are carried guards corresponding in number to the number of floors, and, as the cage descends, one is left at each floor supported on projections there. The projections at each floor are wider than those above it, and the guards are formed with corresponding recesses B, C, D, as shown in the underside plan, Fig. 7. A similar set of guards are hung below the cage by chains, or are carried by the cage and left one at each floor as the cage rises, by means of the device shown in Fig. 8. Hooks L carry the guards on the cage, and hooks S hung from brackets at each floor support the guards in the shaft. These hooks tend to engage the guards under the action of gravity, and are automatically disengaged as required by means of the incline M and projection N on each of the hooks L, and the incline T and inclined projections V, U above and below it on each of the hooks S. The guards are fireproof.
Patent GB-190125764-A (GB)
Inventor: ROZAR COLOMAN
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 25,764. Rozßr, C. Dec. 17. Type, setting; type-writers etc.; linotype machines.-Relates to keyboard mechanism for composing and similar machines, in which the operations in the machine are effected after the release of the key which is operated. Each key 1 depresses a lever 3, pivoted at 2, and having an anchor 14, 20 on its end. Each anchor 14, 20 co-operates with a toothed disc 6 on a shaft 5. Springs 7 tend to rotate the discs 6, and also engage arms 9 pivoted on levers 11, normally holding the arms 9 away from the bar 15 against the pull of springs 10. The bar 15 is carried by arms 16 pivoted at 18 and continuously oscillated by a shaft 17. When a key is depressed, the tooth 14 releases the tooth 13 of the disc 6, and the tooth 20 engages the tooth 19, permitting only a slight rotation of the disc. When the key is released, the disc 6 is rotated further by its spring 7, and the arm 9 is released and moved by its spring 10 into position for the projecting tooth 12 to be engaged by the bar 15 on its next downward movement. The arm 9 is drawn down by the bar 15, and the lever 11, or a pin 23 and lever 24, operate the parts of the machine. Towards the end of the downward movement the lever 11 engages the tooth 22 of the disc 6, re-setting the disc with the tooth 14 engaging the tooth 13. A bar 21 limits the movements of the discs 6 by engaging the teeth 13.
Patent GB-190205522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids.
Inventor: SCHWANINGER VITUS
Filed: 1902-03-05
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 5522. Schwaninger, V. March 5. Direct air or steam pressure apparatus.-Relates to apparatus in which the pressure-fluid valve 5 is operated by a rod 14 carrying upper and lower floats 11, 10. Instead of adjusting the upper float in order to regulate the quantity of liquid discharged, the lower float is adjusted, and the pressure fluid, instead of being exhausted by the rising pipe 2, is exhausted by a valve 26 operated from the float-rod. This valve may be operated from the rod 14 through a lever, or, as shown, may be directly operated by collars 30, 31 on the rod, being arranged to control an annular port 32 communicating with the exhaust pipe 33.
Patent GB-190215011-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam Generating System.
Inventor: CHESTERMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 15,011. Chesterman, W. July 5, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Compound boilers; steam-heated boilers.-Steam from a primary boiler heated by a furnace is conducted through coils immersed in a series of secondary boilers which have no furnace, and, if desired, also in the primary boiler. Fig. 2 shows the primary boiler with a steam coil 11. The secondary boilers are placed by its side, their steam coils being connected to transverse steam pipes 25, 33, of which the former receives steam from a similar pipe 22. Into this last pipe all the boilers discharge, and from it an engine may be supplied. Water is fed from a main pipe 21 through branches 24 descending into the various boilers ; it is supplied by an injector fed with steam from the pipe 25. The discharge pipe 33 from the coils may deliver into a condenser.
Patent GB-190219068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mincing and other Shredding or Disintegrating Machines.
Inventor: HIGGINBOTTOM ALBERT HOWARD
Filed: 1902-08-30
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,068. Higginbottom, A. H., and Lennox, A. B. Aug. 30. Mincing.-The screw feed-shaft b, Fig. 1, of the cylindrical casing a of a machine for mincing, shredding, or disintegrating animal, vegetable, or other substances, terminates short of the extrusion end of the casing, this end being fitted with a perforated plate or disc c, in front of which a knifecarrier or block h revolves. The carrier h is fitted to one end of a sleeve f free to rotate and slide on a shaft d, the other end of the sleeve carrying a pulley g. The shaft d is carried at its outer end by a support e, and at its inner end by the plate c. The knife-carrier h, Fig. 3, has any desired number of radial arms, to which the knives i are removably and adjustably secured. A spiral or other spring k between the sleeve f and a collar j on the shaft. keeps the knives up to the face of the disc a, and allows the sleeve to move along the shaft in the event of any foreign substance passing through the perforations of the disc. Or the block h may be carried on a feather key on the sleeve f, and the spring k placed between the block and a collar or shoulder on the sleeve.
Patent GB-190220916-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Engine Capable also of Acting as a Pump.
Inventor: BUTIN LOUIS MARCEL ALBERT
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 20,916. Butin, L. M. A. April 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Disc-engine and inclined-shaft type.-A rotary steam engine constructed on the universal-joint principle, and applicable as an explosion, compressed-air, or hydraulic engine, or as a pump, is shown in Fig. 5. Two intersecting discs A, B enclosed in a spherical casing C rotate on axes x x, y y respectively. Inlet and exhaust apertures h, i are arranged on both sides of the disc A, and a projecting lug l on the disc B acts as a cut-off valve for producing expansion. The engine may be used as an explosion engine by arranging the four chambers 6, 7, 8, 9, Fig. 11, as inlet, compression, explosion, and exhaust chambers, the alternate chambers 7, 8 being connected by a passage 12. The apparatus may be driven and used as a pump, or one-half may be used as a steam engine and the other half as a pump.
Patent GB-190224914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mixing and Supplying Gases.
Inventor: MELLES JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-13
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 24,914. Melles, J. Nov. 13. Mixing-valves for gases. The proportions of gas and air in the mixture are adjusted independently of the regulation of the supply of the mixture. The gas is led to an annular chamber 2 having ports 5 in its inner wall. Corresponding ports are formed in a spring ring 8, which is fitted inside the inner wall of the chamber upon a spider. The spider is mounted on a spindle, at the upper end of which is secured a disc 14 having ports corresponding to other ports 13 in the seating 11. The openings through the ports 5, 13 are regulated by turning the spindle by means of the lever 27. In order to regulate the passage through the ports 5 independently, the spider is also adjustable vertically by means of a hand-wheel 28, screw and nut 30, and a spindle 18, which is connected to the spider by a key passing through longitudinal slots in the main spindle, which is tubular at its lower end. The mixed gases pass down through the spider to the chamber 23 from which they proceed through a lining of coarse fabric 25 to the delivery pipe 24. In a modification, the regulation of the two valves is effected by the longitudinal movement of the spindle, and the independent adjustment of one of them by a rotary movement. Both valves may be disc valves, one of them formed with adjustable ports.
Patent GB-190228804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines for Steam or other Fluid Pressure.
Inventor: BENTLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-30
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 28,804. Bentley, W. Dec. 30. Annular-chamber type of steam or other fluidpressure engines. The piston drum a has lateral flanges b, which are slotted to receive a number of piston vanes d pressed outwards by springs f. The steam inlet g is formed at the side of the abutment G and each piston vane is partially depressed, when the next piston has passed the abutment, by a cam k. The piston vanes may be actuated by means of rollers and cam-grooves. More than one steam inlet may be provided, and the engine may be adapted for multiple expansion.
Patent GB-190300433-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Composite Metal Tubes
Inventor: VOURET ALPHONSE CHARLES
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 433. Vouret, A. C. Jan. 7. Making pipes and tubes.-Tubes for supporting curtains and the like, and hooks or supports for displaying goods in windows are made by placing a soft-metal sleeve over a hard metal interior, as shown in Fig. 1. The iron or steel core a is covered by another steel tube b, which has a longitudinal groove in it to receive a channel-piece c. The outer soft-metal sleeve d is bent over the ribs of the channel-piece c, and these are bent down into the groove to give the tube a smooth exterior, as shown in Fig. 2. Various modifications of the tubes are shown in Figs. 3,5,7,9, and 11, in some of which a sire interior tube is used. The bending of the metal to form the core, and the bending of the softmetal cover and the folding down of the ribs of the channel-piece may be accomplished by passing the metal through draw-plates.
Patent GB-190301164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Ventilators
Inventor: UTLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 1164. Utley, T. Jan. 16. Ventilating-shaft tops.-Relates to ships' ventilators, especially those described in Specification No. 8729, A.D. 1890, and consists of baffle-plates c<5>, arranged alternately in the cover, as shown, for preventing ingress of water, but at the same time permitting the free circulation of air. The opening in the cover c' may have a sliding shutter to close it entirely. The shutter is capable of being hinged at c and turned back, the projection b<5> on the body of the ventilator forming a stop.
Patent GB-190302063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Rolling Mills.
Inventor: SACK HUGO
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 2063. Sack, H. Jan. 28. Rolling.-The horizontal rolls of a universal mill for rollmetal bars of a considerable width are roughened for a portion of their length, as shown at b, Fig. 2, to allow of a considerable reduction of the bar in one pass. The bar is subsequently passed between the smooth portions c of the rolls, and, if of approximately-square crosssection, may be finished by passing it between the grooved ends a, d of the rolls. This form of roll may be used in two-high reversing mills or in three-high mills with a movable middle roll. The vertical rolls B are adjustable laterally to suit the portions of the horizontal rolls in use. The spindles f, Fig. 4, of the vertical rolls are suspended at their upper ends in bearings e, the lower ends entering closed cups k to which the overflow from the upper bearings is conducted by cups g and ducts h, The bearings e, k are adjusted by screws, and may be arranged to yield when the pressure exceeds an allowable limit. Fig. 6 shows an arrangement for effecting this, the nut 5 of the adjusting-screw 7 being supported by a hydraulic piston 2, the cylinder 1 of which is in communication through a passage 9 with an accumulator. The nut is toothed externally so that it may be rotated by a screw 6.