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Patent GB-190106221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perforating Machines for Paper and similar material.
Inventor: ASHLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1901-03-25
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 6221. Ashley, T. March 25. Punching and perforating machines for wall paper &c.-Wall paper &c. to be perforated is drawn over a table e beneath a weighted and grooved roller f, and is perforated by a tool d, which projects through a slit in the table and is mounted on the end of the spring armature c of an adjustable electromagnet a. The armature oscillates between stops i, j, of which i is adjustable ; k is an adjusting-stud for the armature, and forms one terminal of the circuit. The roller f is mounted upon a lever g, which carries a pointer or scraper h for clearing the groove in the roller.
Patent GB-190110036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ramps and Guides for Automatically Replacing De-railed Trams or Corves upon Road Lines.
Inventor: WOFFENDEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-05-15
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 10,036. Woffenden, W., and Woffenden, G. May 15. Ramps.-Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Figs. 3 and 4 sections on the lines a-b, c-d, Fig. 1, respectively. The wheels K of a derailed corve or other vehicle engage, in the example shown, with the outer and inner inclines F, G of the left and right ramps, and the traction and flanges H cause the wheels to run on to the rails B, arranged in line with the rails C, and their flanges to engage with the guide-recesses.
Patent GB-190112509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Deriving Electrical Currents of One Direction from a source of Alternating Currents
Filed: 1901-06-19
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,509. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. June 19. Converting alternating and direct currents; switches. -Relates to means for deriving a direct current from a polyphase current by means of a synchronously-oscillating armature, by an improvement upon the arrangements described in Specifications Nos. 12,466 and 12,508, A.D. 1901. The preceding phase, which is caused to lag by a choking- coil, serves to cause the armature to oscillate and close the circuit for the next succeeding phase. In the arrangement shown, a, b, c is the source of alternating currfnt, y a battery to be charged, f the oscillating armature, m an electromagnet, and N S a permanent magnet. i is the chok ing-coil.
Patent GB-190201430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use in the Manufacture or Treatment of Soap or other Plastic Composition.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-01-18
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 1430. Boult, A. J., [Lehmann, L. B.]. Jan. 18. Soaps.-Relates to presses for producing bars or strips of soap or other plastic compositions. The worm g, Fig. 1, is mounted on a vertical hollow shaft h, which may be heated internally by superheated steam or by other suitable means. The hopper a is cooled by means of a jacket c, and a hollow cross-piece f placed just over the extrusion plate b, Figs. 1 and 2. The plate b can be removed and replaced by a cover. The hopper a is mounted on a slide o, which can be raised or lowered along the guide p.
Patent GB-190204542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: MORGAN KATE
Filed: 1902-02-22
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 4542. Morgan, K., [trading as Wolstenholme, K.]. Feb. 22. Corsets.-Fig. 2 shows the outside and Fig. 3 the inside of one half of the corset, the other half being of the same construction. It is provided at the bosom part with a laced opening a' which can be laced-up tightly for morning wear and loosely for evening wear. A spring a<5>, loose at its upper end and connected with the lace a', serves as an additional support to the bosom. A side piece a<6> is fastened to a similar piece on the other half of the corset, and is also held in place by passing the lace a<4> through the eyelets a<10>; these pieces serve to impart to the bust a rounded appearance without creases or ridges. The back part b of each half is attached to the front part b<1> by a long seam k. There are six pleats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in each half, two bosom gores e, e<1>, and two hip gores f, f<1>. Elastic material is let in at each back gore f<1>.
Patent GB-190204849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Seat Hinges.
Inventor: CHADWICK FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 4849. Chadwick, F. Feb. 26 Punching; riveting; making hinges.-Relates to a hinge for the seats of water closets and to the method of making it. At each side of the seat are fixed two plates A, B. The plate B is screwed to the lid, and the plate A to the fixed part of the seat. The hole in the plate A is first punched parallel and then countersunk as shown in Fig. 5. A parallel hole, of larger size, is punched in the plate B. The pin C is inserted as shown in Fig. 5, and the small end of the pin is then riveted over as shown in Fig. 6, thus connecting the two plates while allowing them at the same time to turn on the pin.
Patent GB-190204976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Heating Water.
Inventor: FIRTH HARRY
Filed: 1902-02-27
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 4976. Firth, H. Feb. 27. Heating water by steam. Steam-heating apparatus, particularly applicable for heating the feedwater supplied to machines for washing textile fabrics, is shown in Fig. 1. It consists of the T-connection A, into which the cold-water inlet B, the steam inlet C, and the discharge or delivery pipe D are fixed by suitable flange joints. The small inner steam pipe terminates in an elbow nozzle F, and the steam and water are impeded by the fixed perforated baffle-plate or disu G, to aid in the mixing of the steam and water. The baffleplate G may be movable or turnable by arranging the spindle K, Fig. 3, and pivoted thumb-piece L, with the rib H of the disc G, in the manner shown in Fig. 3. In a modified form of heater, the steam pipe enters in line with the discharge pipe, and the straight steam nozzle is carried beyond the coldwater inlet.
Patent GB-190209131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Calendering-machines for Paper, Fabrics and the like.
Inventor: SCHUERMANN CARL
Filed: 1902-04-19
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 9131. Sch³rmann, C. April 19. Calendering.-In order that the relative speeds of the calendering - rollers may be properly regulated, the axle of the last roller W<2>, or of one of the intermediate rollers W, is provided with one or more brakes, the pressure of which can be regulated by a hand - wheel H &c., and the speeds of the lowest roller W<1> a n d of the uppermost roller W<2> are indicated by separate speed indicators T', T<2> which are connected with the axles of the rollers by means of driving-bands. The pressure of the upper bearing- blocks of the roller W<2> is regulated by the lever 6, coupling-link 2, and adjusting-screw 7. The brake employed is shown in Fig. 3, the brake ring being in two parts B, C, of which the upper part B is connected by an adjustable link S with a fixed pivot R on the machine, while the lower part C is connected by levers E, F, G, pivoted at F on the upper part B, and by the links shown, to collars or nuts K which engage with right and left handed screws on the shaft L of the wheel H ; N are springs arranged between the nuts K and fixed collars on the spindle L.
Patent GB-190213383-A (GB)
Inventor: RHODES HERBERT NORMAN
Filed: 1902-06-13
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,383. Rhodes, H. N., and Rhodes, A. B. June 13. Carding-engines; openers etc.; cards, wire.- Relates to apparatus for cleaning the rollers or toothed surfaces of Garnett or like waste openers &c. Fig. 1 shows a separate apparatus for cleaning the workers, and such other rollers as can be readily removed from the machine. The roller g is supported in bearings above a receptacle c, and coupled by a suitable chuck to a power-driven shaft, so that it is rapidly rotated while the dirt is loosened by flexible blades e and the cleaning is completed by a card-covered bar p. The blades e, are carried on a rocking shaft a, which is provided with handles f and is mounted to slide longitudinally, so that the blades can follow the spiral arrangement of the teeth. The card-covered bar p is mounted on a hinged frame q, and can be turned out of the way, when not required, as shown. Blades e and a card-covered block similar top may be mounted on the frame of the machine, when required. Fig. 3 shows a portable apparatus, adapted for cleaning the fancies, doffers, swifts, &c. without removal from the machine. The card-covered block v is mounted on the ends of removable levers s, and may be secured in positions suitable for cleaning any one of the three rollers shown.
Patent GB-190213877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Railways on a Road Contact or Sectional Conductor System.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-06-18
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,877. Boult, A. J., [Negro, L.]. June 18. Electric railways.-Relates to electric railways on a road-contact or sectional conductor system, the contacts or conductor sections being successively connected to the main conductor by electromagnetic switches. Fig. 1 shows a stud or contactsystem, in which pairs of contacts 2, 3, 4, 5 are connected by electromagnetic switches 7, 8 to the main conductor 1. The electromagnets have pivoted armatures, the movements of which bring together the contacts 10, 11, and complete the circuit from the conductor 1 to the pairs of studs through the armatures, wires 12, magnet coils, and magnet-coil wires. Each electromagnet has two cores bolted together, and the poles and the armatures are provided with curved surfaces formed with the same curvature. The car has motors 6 and a long shoe formed of sections connected by resistances 9. To start the car, the shoe or collector is placed in an accumulator circuit 20, 13, R to energize the first electromagnet and operate the switch, thus completing the circuit from the main conductor 1 and allowing the current to be passed through the motors. When the car is running, the accumulator circuit is not required, as the successive switches are operated by the current from the preceding section. In a modified arrangement, a sectional conductor is used, the shoe on the car being formed of two pairs of sections arranged zig-zag, the two sections of each pair making contact with alternate sections of the conductor.
Patent GB-190217072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Envelopes Paper Bags and the like
Inventor: BERGMANN CARL RUDOLF
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 17,072. Bergmann, C. R. Aug. 1. Paper and like bags.- Relates to machines for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like of various sizes. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section, Fig. 2 a plan of the folding mechanism, and Figs. 4 and 8 plans of folding boxes with modified plates. The block 12 is fixed to the frame plate 17, the blocks 13, 14, 15 slide on guide-rails 16, and each block carries a hinge 18 connected with the adjacent block by means of a slot 20. Angle-plates 19 attached to the hinge joints are connected by means of slots 21. The hinges are detachably connected with folding plates 22, operated by means of connecting-rods 25, cranks 26, lever mechanism 27, 28, 29, 30, and cams and step pulleys 31, 32, 33, 34. The pivoted plate 23 is operated by the lever 35 and cam 36 When the size of envelope &c. to be folded is altered, the plates 22 are removed, the slot guides 20, 21, cranks 26, and the joints 44, 45 of the lever 27 and rod 30 are all disconnected. The blocks 13, 14, 15 are then moved into suitable positions, the connections re-made, and the plates 22, 24 replaced by others adapted to the new blanks. Fig. 4 shows a folding box with plates 18, 18' divided in the direction of the edges of the envelope. The folding plates 22 may be perforated or provided with projecting bars 48, Fig. 8, to effect the folding of the flaps.
Patent GB-190218037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Fire Boxes of Locomotive Boilers and in Fire Boxes of a similar Type.
Inventor: GLOVER LEONARD
Filed: 1902-08-16
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 18,037. Glover, L., Glover, C., and Crowther, D. Aug. 16. Fireboxes ; tubes, water. -The sides of the fire- box of a locomotive or other boiler are protected by a vertical row or rows of L-shaped water tubes a, Fig. 1, having their ends fitted into the roof of the firebox and the tube - plate respectively. Where the firebox is of considerable length, some of the lower ends of the tubes are connected with the tube-plate and the others with front plate of the firebox, and, in specially-long fireboxes, the lower limbs of the tubes in the middle of the row are carried transversely across the bottom of the firebox, thereby forming a middle grate. In Fig. 4, the front plate is protected by similar water tubes a, which are bent round the firing-hole k and carried to the sides of the firebox as shown. If desired, the lower limbs may be carried backwards and fitted into the lower part of the tube-plate. The tubes are secured to the plates by tapered ferrules, screwed internally and externally.
Patent GB-190221291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: BERNINGER ADAM
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 21,291. Berninger, A. Sept. 30. Tobacco pipes.-The tubular bowl 1 is hermetically closed at the top by the cover 6, and is provided with a perforated bottom plate 8 and a lower cover 10 with side openings 11. The tobacco is lit at the bottom. The removable stem 14 is connected to the mouthpiece 18 by the screwthreaded collar 16. The tube 20, frictionally held in place by lugs 23, is provided with a closed end 21, and with perforations 22 near its open end. An absorbent plug 26 is carried by a wire 25 resting in the tube 24 secured to the mouthpiece 18.
Patent GB-190222815-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rowing Machine for Physical Exercise, Training and Coaching.
Inventor: GRAYSON LAWRENCE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-10-20
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 22,815. Grayson, L. W., and Cunning- ham, C. S. Oct. 20. Rowing-machines.-Relates to a rowing-machine comprising a framing resembling a portion of a boat with a sliding or other seat and a pair of rotatable oar looms 2, mounted upon the tapered horizonal arm 4 of a crank 5, and secured thereto by a tapered adjustable pin 6, working in a groove 7. The vertical arm of the crank 5 is surrounded by a roller clutch-box 12, formed on a friction wheel 9, and provided with recesses, in which the rollers are set. On pulling the handle 2, the clutch engages the wheel 9 and rotates it against the resistance of a band-brake 10, the resistance of which may be varied by means of a thumb-screw. Instead of the clutch described, the crank 5 may be formed with an eccentric adapted to force a clutch-plate against the inner periphery of the wheel 9. On the forward motion of the body, the resistance is removed by the opposite movement of the clutch mechanism, and the handle may be partially rotated, as in feathering. The dip of the oar may be varied by mounting the mechanism in casings 14, pivotally supported at 15, in bearings in the side supports 16.
Patent GB-190300336-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or connected with Hernial Trusses.
Inventor: WECK CARL
Filed: 1903-01-06
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 336. Weck, C., and Weck, F. Jan. 6. Trusses.-Consists of a rivetless fastening for attaching the end of the spring to the pad in hernial trusses. A guide for the spring f, permitting of angular as well as longitudinal adjustment, is formed by making two parallel cuts in the metal cover p of the plate and bending the intermediate portion of the plate up to form a loop o. The end of the spring passes under a circular pressed-up part of the plate, which is provided with holes l, and a pin i is passed through a hole in the spring into one of the holes l. The pin i is retained in position by a disc s, which is secured by a screw, or by spring catches at the edge of the disc, Fig. 2, or by other means. In Fig. 4 is shown a form in which the pin i is replaced by a clamp Tc and the disc s is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190306033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Oiling Devices for Pistons of Air-compressors.
Inventor: THURSTON GLENN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 6033. Thurston, G. W. April 1, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Brakes.-Relates to the lubrication of the piston of an air-compressor, shown in connection with a steam-actuated pump used in an air-brake system. From the reservoir D fixed against the steam supply pipe A, the oil descends the drop-tube G and the sight tube K which extends to near the top of the casing H. As the pump piston descends, the partial vacuum above it opens the spring-seated valves I and 0 and through the tube U draws the oil into the pump cylinder with the air which is induced through the opening L. If desired, the check-valve O and its casing may be omitted. The flow of oil from the reservoir is regulated by the valve V.
Patent GB-190306323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttons for Gloves, Garments and the like.
Inventor: KOTTHAUS GUSTAV ADOLF
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6323. Kotthaus, G. A. March 19. Stud-and-eye fastenings for gloves, garments, &c. The furrow c in the stud b engages the elastic ring d in the cap e. The parts are separated by moderate force.
Patent GB-190306576-A (GB)
Title: Machinery or Apparatus for the Continuous Production of Twisted "Condenser" Yarn of Comparatively Fine Counts.
Inventor: HOYLE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 6576. Hoyle, W. H., and Barker, T. March 21. Combined carding, drawing, and spinning machines; yarns and threads.- Relates to improvements on the machinery or apparatus described in Specification No. 8147, A.D. 1901, whereby better condenser yarn of fine count may be produced at one operation, and the sliver-rubbing apparatus may be run at a greatly reduced speed. The material is passed in sections through a drawing or elongating machine similar to that described in the prior Specification, but the yarn produced, instead of being wound on to bobbins &c. when they leave the rubbers r, r<1>, and subsequently spun on a separate machine, are passed through one or more pairs of rollers U, C<1>, to a throstle or ring-andtraveller spindle apparatus, as shown. The sliverrubbing apparatus may be operated by the means described in Specification No. 2540, A.D. 1902. The driving-mechanism may be arranged centrally between two machines or two portions of the same machine.
Patent GB-190306644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: RACKHAM ROWLAND
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 6644. Rackham, R. March 21. Cylinders, draining; cushioning reciprocating parts.-A steam - engine cylinder is drained through exhaust passages opening at the bottom of the cylinder. The passages may be formed in the body of the cylinder or be separate pipes. Each end of the cylinder shown in Fig. 1 is drained through an exhaust passage B, which' terminates at the valve face in a port situated between the admission port C and the exhaust port A. Figs. 5 and 6 show an arrangement in which the exhaust takes place through the admission passages F in the usual manner. Before the port of the passage F is uncovered by the slide valve for exhaust the port of a passage J is uncovered, and the water in the cylinder is driven out through this passage by the steam. The passages F open at a short distance from the end of the cylinder in order to trap cushioning steam, and admission takes place through additional passages H. The slide valve has no cavity over the ports H, so that they cannot communicate with the exhaust port E.
Patent GB-190306972-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chain Cable Holder.
Inventor: CARPENTER JAMES
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 6972. Carpenter, J. March 26. Cable stoppers.- Chain cable holders consist of pivoted jaws secured by a buckle or locking- piece. Figs. 1 and 4 show opposite plans of the holder. The jaws 1, 2 of the clamp, jointed together at 3, have recesses and projections 5, 7 for holding the cable and are locked by the pivoted buckle 8, which is held in position by the pin 10.
Patent GB-190307712-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Glazing Blasting Powder, Gun Powder and the like
Inventor: PONT ALFRED IRENIE DU
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 7712. Du Pont, A. I. April 2. Drawings to Specification. Explosives.-Relates to a process for glazing grains of blasting and gun powder. The grains are placed in a rotary steam-jacketed drum, the heat from which causes the moisture to evaporate from the grains. When the grains have been brought to the glazing point, the steam is shut off from the jacket, and the vapour in the cylinder then unites with the dust from the grains, and forms a cake on the inside of the cylinder. A polishing-powder, consisting of pulverized plumbago, is then added to the grains, and the process completed by a final rotation of the cylinder, during which operation cold air is passed through the cylinder. The apparatus employed is that described in Specification No. 7695, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190314824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators
Inventor: JACOBSON SAMUEL HOUSTON
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,824. Jacobson, S. H. July 3. Ventilating.-A horizontal section of a ventilator is shown. An opening 2 in the side of the car is covered by a casing 3 with open funnel-shaped ends. Within the casing is a series of vanes 6, 7, 8 mounted on pivots 12, 13 and connected at their free ends by a wire 9. The end vanes 6, 8 carry fingers 17, 18. The vanes arrange themselves as shown when the car is moving in the direction of the arrow, a stop 15 limiting the travel of the vanes. The current of air forced through the casing draws air from the car through the opening 2. When the motion of the car is reversed, the valve 20 is pressed against the vane 8, thus closing the end of the casing. The pressure then turns the valve and vanes round as far as the stop 16 permits, the valve 20 then lying against the casing in the same manner as the valve at the other end formerly did, the latter valve being now against its stop 21.
Patent GB-190316298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Oxygen by Means of Liquid Air.
Inventor: CLAUDE GEORGES
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 16,298. Claude, G. July 23. Nitrogen ; oxygen.-In the production of oxygen or super-oxygenated air and nitrogen by the evaporation of liquid air and the simultaneous liquefaction of air previously purified and subjected to a pressure greater than that of the liquid air, the gaseous air is supplied through a cooler K to the lower end of an inclined condenser B L placed in the liquid air in a closed vessel A divided up into compartments by partial partitions C, D, X, Y, Z. The liquid condensed in the condenser B L is drawn from the collector V, and delivered on to the outer surface of the upper part of the condenser by a pipe T, the uncondensed gas, which contains a less proportion of oxygen than originally, escaping through a tap M into the first compartment of the vessel A. The nitrogen finally discharged from the tap M and the more or less pure oxygen evaporated in the vessel A escape through pipes J, I, H passing through the cooler K. The liquid in the vessel A circulates from the coldest end, i.e., the compartment surrounding the upper end L of the condenser, towards the other end, so that the air containing the largest proportion of oxygen is subjected to the action of the liquid of highest temperature. The condenser surface may be increased by filling its tubes with wire or metal shavings &c. The condenser may also be arranged vertically in an apparatus having horizontal plates over which the liquid to be evaporated runs while descending.