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Patent GB-190124856-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Cleansing Scouring or Removing Oil and Fat from Wool, Hair, Bristles, and other Material.
Inventor: BORN ALFRED
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 24,856. Born, A. Dec. 5. Cleaning fabrics, fibres, and the like.-Relates to a procees and apparatus for cleansing, scouring, or removing oil and fat from wool, hair, bristles, and other materials (including yarns and fabrics) by means of a powdered absorbent earth. The process consists in first evenly powdering the material by means of a current of air in a state of agitation, and afterwards freeing the material from the powder by beating or rinsing. The wool or material is carried by means of an endless band e to the feeding-opening of a suitable beating-machine, before entering which it meets with a supply of absorbent earth fed in regulated quantity from a hopper a. It passes into the machine between the rollers g, and is subjected therein to the action of a number of revolving beaters h, while a strong current of air is drawn through by an exhauster or fan. The feeding-opening is covered in by a hood i, so as to prevent escape of dust. A portion of the saturated earth falls through a sieve k into a box, and is removed therefrom by a screw conveyer l for further use. The remainder is carried on by the air current through a very fine sieve, kept clean by a revolving brush or fan o, into a conduit leading to a dust catcher of any suitable construction. The complete removal of the powder from the wool is effected either in a beating-machine or, preferably, by rinsing it with water.
Patent GB-190206698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printed and Painted Wall Paper and the like.
Inventor: SCHMITZ JOSEPH SIMON
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 6698. Schmitz, J. S. March 19. Painting.-Relates to printed wall paper or woven fabrics which may be painted after printing and when fixed on the wall or otherwise. The design is printed in oil or lack colours, and when this is dry the paper or fabric may be coated or painted with diluted colours &c. to modify or vary the colour &c. of the ground and design, without causing the printed design to run or disappear.
Patent GB-190207969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Printing Frames for Photographic Purposes
Inventor: HENDERSON JOHN EWAN
Filed: 1902-04-05
Granted: 1903-04-04
Abstract: 7969. Henderson, J. E. April 5. Printing. - Relates to a printing-frame in which the hinged back is opened automatically by a spring, when the pressure spring is removed. As shown in the Figure, the spring e for automatically opening the hinged back b when one of the pressure springs c is removed, is incorporated with the hinge d. Other arrangements may be used, such as placing a spring between the two faces of the joint between the two halves of the back b.
Patent GB-190210073-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spittoon.
Inventor: PURSCHE KARL
Filed: 1902-05-01
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 10,073. Pursche, K. May 1. Spittoons.-Two sets of folded paper discs bare supported on two parallel elastic bands e in the cardboard case a.
Patent GB-190210210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke in Furnaces
Inventor: BERRY AARON
Filed: 1902-05-03
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 10,210. Berry, A. May 3. Drawings to Specification. Firebricks.-The bridge in the flue of a furnace is built of separate bricks held together by tongues, flanges, and suitable recesses, and a space is formed around the inner surface of the flue.
Patent GB-190213080-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Carrying or Holding Umbrellas, Sunshades and the like.
Inventor: JOLLEY MARTIN GWILT
Filed: 1902-06-09
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,080. Jolley, M. G. June 9. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel. -Relates to an appliance for carrying on the person an umbrella, sunshade, or the like, either open or closed. It consists of a strong leather piece a, Figs. 1 and 2, which is attached at its lower end to a waistbelt l and at its upper end to a shoulder-strap k, the other end of which is slidably attached to the belt l. In the piece a is an opening b, in which is adjustably fixed a clip e having hinged to it a plate g which carries at its upper end a hinged clip h by which the umbrella &c. is held. The strap j also aids in holding the umbrella in place. An additional strap may be provided to hold the plate g in position.
Patent GB-190217718-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Perforating Paper Strips and the like, specially applicable for use in connection with Automatic Telegraphic Apparatus.
Inventor: POLLAK ANTON
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 17,718. Pollak, A., Egger, G., and Silberstein, F. Aug. 12. Type-writers and like machines. -Relates to perforating-machines which are especially applicable for punching paper strips &c. for use in automatic telegraphic apparatus such as that described in Specification No. 7678, A.D. 1900. The apparatus is arranged so that the'depression of a perforating-key 2 tirst selects the required group of punches corresponding to the key and liberates those which have been used in a previous punching operation ; it then energizes a magnet which completes the punching operation, feeds forward the strip to the required extent, and causes a mark corresponding to the depressed key to be printed upon the strip. The strip 38 is passed between the plates 18, 19, carried by a vertically-reciprocating frame 17 carrying the punches 7, and is fed forwards intermittently by an oscillating frame 30, both the frame 30 and the fixed frame 24 of the machine being provided with spring catches or levers 34, 48, 40 for holding and feeding forward the strip as the frame 30 reciprocates. A ratchet and pin-wheel arrangement which engages with a regular series of apertures in the strip may be substituted for the spring catches shown. The extent to which the strip is fed forwards depends on the extent of oscillation of the frame 30, and this is regulated by a stepped lever and stop, the position of which is determined by a sliding bar operated by the depressed key. The punches 7, Fig. 5, are supported on the ends of verticallysliding pins 6, which in their turn are supported or allowed to fall by the ends of sliding bars 3, which are arranged at right-angles to the key levers 2 and are notched on their upper edges as shown. The depression of a key therefore will move some of the bars to the right and others to the left so as to support the punches which are required to be brought into action and to release the others. If the spring frame 17 is now depressed by the action of the electromagnet on the lever 15, the desired apertures will be punched in the strip. When a key is depressed, it completes an electric circuit by reason of engaging with the spring sides 65 of a pivoted frame 9, Fig. 8, and, when the punching operation is completed, the last part of the movement of the armature is caused to open a switch whereby the circuit is broken. The depression of the punching-frame 17 operates, by means of a lever 24, to raise a table 59 and to press the strip 33 against the inked printing-roller 60. For the purpose of turning the roller 60 in order to bring the desired device thereon opposite the strip, the frame 9 has its sides 10, 11 inclined in opposite directions so that, when a key 2 is depressed, the frame is rocked in one direction or the other according to the position of the key lever above the frame. The rocking of the frame 9 is caused to operate the roller 60 by means of an arm 62 and a rack-and-pinion arrangement 63, 71.
Patent GB-190300162-A (GB)
Title: Electric Railway System.
Inventor: MISMAHL FREDERIC
Filed: 1903-01-03
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 162. Mismahl, F. Jan. 3. Drawings to Specification. Electric railways and tramways; electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-An oil or other explosion motor and a dynamo are carried by a bogie truck for supplying current to motors driving any suitable number of axles on a train. The motor and dynamo truck may be used to supply current for driving ploughs, saw-mills, &c., when not used for driving the train. A compound-wound dynamo is employed, with a separate exciter driven from one of the axles to regulate the current generated.
Patent GB-190302185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Operating Mechanism for Railway and Tramway Points.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1904-01-29
Abstract: 2185. Mackenzie, J. W., [Smith, R. H.]. Jan. 29. Electric railways and tramways.- Relates to electric operating-mechanism for electric railway and tramway points. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the mechanism with the terminal plate removed, and Fig. 2 a side elevation. The back-board 10 is secured in a box at the side of the track. Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically the complete circuits and track. A portion P of the trolley wire W, which is just in front of the points to be operated, is insulated from the rest of the wire, so that, when a trolley arm D passes on to it, the current supplied to the car must all pass through the solenoid 11. If this current is weak, that is only for heating and lighting, no action on the points is produced, but if the motor circuit is closed the current becomes strong enough to raise the core 12 and move the arm 13<1> from the contact 14 to the contact 15. This throws the solenoid 18 into the circuit, which then raises the core 19 and plate 20. The edge 40, in rising, catches against one of the projections 38 and rotates the switch 35 one-eighth of a revolution, connecting the contacts 32, 34 and thus throwing the solenoid II, which operates the points T, into the circuit, as shown in Fig. 6. At the upper limit of the motion of the plate 20, the arm 54 catches the projection 53, moving the arm 50<1> from contact 51 and thus throwing the solenoid I out of the circuit ; the points then move into position. When the trolley leaves the section P, the solenoids 11, 18 are de-energized, and the core 19 and plate 20 at first quickly fall and then, by means of the controlling escapement mechanism 81, are retarded, so that the car can pass the points before the edge 42, catching one of the projections 39 and turning the switch through another eighth of a revolution, breaks the circuit through the solenoid II. If it happens by accident that, upon throwing the motors into the circuit, the points are moved over into the wrong position, this can be rectified by switching the current off and then switching it on again, when, by the same action as described previously, the switch 35 is moved into the position shown in Fig. 9. The solenoid I then being in circuit, the points are moved into the correct position . The solenoid 11 and its circuit may be omitted, and the lever 13<1> worked by hand, if desired.
Patent GB-190304306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wind Motors.
Inventor: SAUNDERSON HERBERT PERCY
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 4306. Saunderson, H. P. Feb. 24. Windmill governors.-A windmill suitable for pumping water and for other purpoes is shown in Fig. 1. The wheel A has radial vanes a riveted to rings a<1> and supported by brackets a' shaped so that the inclination of the blades increases towards the centre of the wheel. The wheel axis d is inclined and has a hub b with skew bevel teeth gearing with a pinion c on the driving shaft e, which drives a rotary pump or the like. The tail vane g, seen endwise, is connected by gearing to a weighted governor arm k, which descends and sets the tail vane at right-angles to the vane wheel. This effect is balanced by the pressure of the wind on the wheel, which, as the pressure increases, is correspondingly twisted sideways. The weighted lever is connected by a rod l to a collar m, which controls a brake s on the vane wheel hub and is connected to an operating-cord o, for stopping the motor.
Patent GB-190306108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheep Shears.
Inventor: MCGRATH JAMES
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 6108. McGrath, J. March 16. Shears.-A hinged plate f, Figs. 1 and 2, is adjustably attached to one of the blades b of sheep shears to act as a thumb rest and guard attachment. The plate is forked to form a knucklejoint with a bracket e, the joint pin being fixed to the plate. The bracket e is fixed to the blade b by a screw d which may be passed through any of a series of holes c, or through slots, in the blade. The plate f rests at right-angles to the blade when the shears are in use, but can be turned back when the blade is to be sharpened.
Patent GB-190309007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: BROOKS EVERETT WELLINGTON
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 9007. Brooks, E. W. April 21. Centrifugal pumps.-The runner consists of a hollow drum 4, mounted in the line of the axis of the inlet 2, to which one of its sides is open, and divided by a diametral partition 9. The outer portions of this partition form two impelling- faces, in advance of which the drum is formed with outlets 12, 13, preferably having rearwardlydirected lips. The backs of the two partitions of the runner are formed by concave surfaces 17, 18, extending obliquely across the runner and corresponding more or less to the natural direction taken by the liquid. The axial length of the outlets 12, 13 is such as to include, at one end, the lines of flow passing through the axis, and at the other, those entering the runner near its periphery. This length is greater than half the diameter of the inlet. An extension 16 of the partition 9 projects into the inlet passage.
Patent GB-190310022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Spiral Springs.
Inventor: TERRY ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 10,022. Terry, A. E. May 4. Springs.-One or more coils 9, Fig. 2, of the spring 8 are turned up at right-angles to form the loop for the tensional pull of the spring. Passing over the lower portion of the loop 9 is the supporting-bar 10, the ends of which embrace one or more of the coils 8. The bar 10<a>, Fig. 3, may itself form a loop. The bar 10<b>, Fig. 4, may be carried round the outside or the inside of the loop 9, or it may be arranged in a plane at rightangles to the loop. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the end of the wire from which the loop has been formed may be made to embrace some of the coils at the opposite side to that on which the loop is connected to the spring.
Patent GB-190310292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solid Rubber Tyres
Inventor: MARTIN EDWARD
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 10,292. Martin, E. May 6. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-A solid endless rubber tyre B is put on over an iron tyre A and held in position by two flanges C having a row of inwardly-projecting studs F bedding in the rubber, the flanges being bolted to the felloes, as shown. The rubber is made to overlap the flanges, to prevent the entrance of dirt or wet.
Patent GB-190320799-A (GB)
Title: Improved Closing- and Opening-device for Rotary Receptacles.
Inventor: HAEGELE CARL
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 20,799. Haegele, C., and Haegele, K. Sept. 28. Moving-container apparatus.-A rotating receptacle used for mixing, disintegrating, or refining mortar, gravel, sand, ore, coal, concrete, and the like, is provided with a hinged cover 2 bearing a roller 4. The cover is kept closed during the upper half of its path by its own weight, and during the lower half by the pressure of the roller on the rail 5. The rail is hinged at 6, and the receptacle is discharged by moving it aside.
Patent GB-190327387-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine suitable for use in Facing Gun Seatings and the like.
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 27,387. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Walker, H. J. Dec. 14. Lathes; end-facing.-Fig. 2 shows an elevation of a machine for facing gun seatings and the like in situ. A spindle a, adapted to be clamped by a bolt d, has mounted upon it a frame e, carrying a motor g by which the frame and a tool-holder s are made to rotate round the spindle a. The motor shaft is geared to the shaft k, which is mounted in the long bearing l and provided with a worm m gearing with a worm-wheel n keyed to the spindle a. Preferably an electromotor is employed and is supplied with current from the contact-rings w in the grooved underside of a disc v on the boss of the worm-wheel n.
Patent GB-190328299-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Coupling for Railway Waggons and the like Vehicles, and Means for Disconnecting or Uncoupling the same.
Inventor: EARL HENRY DOUGLAS
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 28,299. Earl, H. D. Dec. 24. Couplings, automatic.-Relates to couplings in which engagement and disengagement is effected by a twisting motion of the coupling-rods. Fig. 4 shows in plan two engaged couplings, one of which is in section, and Fig. 3 shows in end view the means for uncoupling. The casting c carries the coupling-bar d which has a doubly-curved head g, normally horizontal, but which, on impact, enters the flared vertical slot e of the casting of the neighbouring vehicle and is rotated into the vertical position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, thus freely entering the space f. After entry, the restoring-lever j contacts with the rubber stop or spring k and then drops, turning the head g in its bearings i into the vertical position, and effecting the coupling by the abutment of the shoulders h on the inside of the lips l. The weighted lever j may be replaced by a spring. For uncoupling from either side, the head g may be turned by the chain n attached to the lever j, and it may be held in the uncoupled position by linking the ring s over the inverted hook r of the cross-shaft p, which has handles q. By turning the handles, the ring may be freed and the lever allowed to drop. The castings c may be made with flush ends, but are preferably as shown, so that they dovetail on impact. For use with ordinary stock, the end of the draw-bar v may be formed into a hook which is passed through the opening t and carries the coupling-chain u.
Patent GB-190400870-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Connecting Device between the Shafts and Bodies of all kinds of Two Wheeled Vehicles and which is particularly applicable to Governess, Rallie and Shooting Carts
Inventor: BARNWELL ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-01-13
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 870. Barnwell, A. Jan. 13. Shafts; undercarriages.-Relates to a spring connection between the shafts and bodies of twowheeled vehicles, especially governess, Ralli, and shooting cars, for counteracting knee action. The shafts B are pivoted to shaft supports b<1> and their rear ends are fixed to a transverse bar C, between which and a stay F is placed a spring E. A stop H on the bar C, by engaging some part of the vehicle or an extension of the stay F, prevents the back of the car from dropping too much when a person is entering.
Patent GB-190401945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Clasps.
Inventor: DOWNES WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1945. Downes, W. J. Jan. 26. Leaf-holders ; bookmarkers.-A spring clasp or clip for note books, pocket books, memorandum books, and the like, which also serves as a leaf holder and bookmarker, comprises a clasp a, Fig. 6, attached to the book back, and a hinged spring tongue b to be inserted between the leaves ; or a hinged clasp a, Fig. 7, with a hinged spring tongue b may be used.
Patent GB-190408153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atmospheric Gas Burners in combination with Reflectors and Protectors for same.
Inventor: COX GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 8153. Cox, G. J. April 9. Gas burners.- A removable atmospheric gas burner applicable for use on the hot-plate of a cooking-stove, is provided with a reflector and protector and channels in which the air supplied is heated. The mixing-tube of the burner A is supported centrally within an air-inlet tube B by bent parts a and non - conducting distance-pieces g resting on a trough E of the form shown. The tube B fits into a rim on a fitting C which may be secured to the hot-plate, and carries an injector nipple b screwing into a gas fitting D with a regulating- plug e. The trough E is closed at the top where it is connected to the air-inlet tube B, it encloses similarly-shaped reflectors F, air being admitted to the space between them through apertures k, and may have feet with studs to engage apertures, or aperture to engage studs, on the stove. These feet may have notched side extensions to support notched utensil-supporting bars m. The bracket C may be dispensed with, the tube B being slipped over the rim and up to the shoulder of a hollow plug having air inlets and carrying the gas nipple. The two parts are connected together by screws engaging projections between the two tubes A, B. The inner surface of the trough E may form the reflector, air inlets being formed in the inner ridge, and a straight burner tube may be used with air inlets opposite a gas nipple carried by a piece adapted to receive the end of an india-rubber tube. The burner tube may be mounted independently and detached from the injection gas nipple, its end may be cut away at the top and bottom to form distance-pieces, and the trough E may have a curved reflecting-surface. The burner tube may be attached to, and supported by, a removable reflector and the trough provided with horizontal side extensions. In another modification, the reflector has a stepped surface, and air enters and leaves the stepped spaces at opposite ends. A bent or circular burner tube with correspondinglyshaped reflectors and troughs may be used. Each burner tube may have two rows of apertures, or a single row with steatite or other refractory burners having outlets on both sides.
Patent GB-190408351-A (GB)
Title: A Trap to Catch Beetles.
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8351. Sewell, J., and Davenport, Vernon, & Co. April 12. Traps for beetles consist of a vessel a with inclined roughened sides and a top flange a<1> on which rests a rim b carrying pivotally-mounted radial flaps c. The outer ends c<Î> of the flaps are counterweighted to retain the flaps in a horizontal position. A wire gauze bait cage d<2> is supported on a rod d' attached to a weighted base d which fits into a socket on the base of the vessel. A glass tube d<1Î>, fitting over the rod, supports the cage and prevents insects from climbing to it. The rim b may be attached to the flange a by means of loops which project through holes in the rim and receive pins. The bait cage may be hung from a rod removably fitted to the loose rim b, and carrying a horizontal plate to prevent insects from climbing the rod.
Patent GB-190411159-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ointment.
Inventor: BUTCHER ANNIE ELIZABETH
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 11,159. Butcher, A. E., and Dominy, L. May 14. Ointments.-An ointment for abscesses, poisoned fingers, &c. consists of olive oil, beeswax, white diachylon, and honey.
Patent GB-190411172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Oxygen.
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 11,172. Compagnie Franþaise de l'AcÚtylÞne Dissous. May 15, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Oxygen is obtained by the ignition in closed vessels of a mixture of a large excess of a chlorate, particularly of an alkali, combustible material, such as metal filings, powdered coal, hydrocarbons, and cellulose, and, if desired, in order to render the mixture non-explosive, an inert material such as sand, clay, infusorial earth, or a suitable fusible substance. Ignition is accomplished by means of a metal wire made red-hot by the passage of an electric current, or otherwise. The combustible material burns at the expense of part of the chlorate. The mixture is advantageously formed into cartridges, or moulded into blocks, which give off known quantities of oxygen ; any desired pressure is then obtained by using a vessel of suitable size. Gaseous impurities are removed by suitable absorbents, such as lime or potash in the case of carbonic acid.