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Patent GB-190119888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Making Colour Plates for Multi-colour Printing.
Inventor: ZIEGLER WALTER
Filed: 1901-10-05
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 19,888. Ziegler, W. Oct. 5. Photo-mechanical printing.-Relates to the production of multi-colour printing-plates. In one process, tracings or impressions are made on simple paper &c. sheets, either by preparing the underside of the drawing-surface with soot and grease &c., or using an intermediate thin colouryielding tracing paper, and the tracings are photographed to obtain printing-plates with or without graining. The grain may be produced on the drawing-surface, or by inserting grained paper between the drawing-surface and the transfer substance.
Patent GB-190122726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes.
Inventor: WANKLYN HERBERT ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 22,726. Wanklyn, H. A. Nov. 11. Balls, cleaning. Brushes for cleaning golf balls have their stocks or handles A, B of circular, square, hexagonal, or like symmetrical shape, to facilitate equal wear. The bristles C may be arranged closer together at the centre than at the edges, for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190122751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Generators and Burners
Inventor: EWART JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 22,751. Ewart, J. W. Nov. 11. Vapour burners.-The burner is shown applied to a stove for boiling and like purposes. The oil within the reservoir c is put under pressure by a pump d, and is forced up a tube b, provided with a valve l, to a vaporizing-coil a. This coil is heated by any suitable means, such as by an ordinary vapour burner e, also receiving oil from the reservoir c. The vapour generated in the coil a passes by a tube f to a jet within a mixing-tube g, and the mixture of air and vapour ascends to an annular casing h, supported upon standards i, and provided with numerous perforations j for the escape of the mixture. The mixture is ignited above the perforations. Further supplies of air pass to the flames through openings k.
Patent GB-190201244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffers for the Valves and Main Pistons of Percussive Rock Drills and Force or Lifting Pumps
Inventor: STEPHENS WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 1244. Stephens, W. C. Jan. 16. Rock drills, percussive. Buffers a for the valves and pistons of percussive rock drills and force or lifting pumps are placed outside the cylinder or valve box. They are made of the form shown and are entirely enclosed in the recesses in the cylinder head or valve-box end band in the cap i, which may be held by the usual clamps or bolts j.
Patent GB-190201298-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for Unobservedly Removing Liquors from Glasses, and the like.
Inventor: MUMMENDEY ERNST
Filed: 1902-01-17
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 1298. M u m - mendey, E. Jan. 17. Beverages, drawing-off.-An instrument is provided by which such persons as travellers in the wine and spirit trades can dispose of intoxicants without attractingattention to the fact of their not drinking. It consists of a compressible and selfexpanding bulb or flask a to be carried in the pocket, having a nozzle c connected to it by a long flexible tube b. The nozzle is provided with a sheath e which, in the use of the instrument, is turned or pushed against the pull of a spring g, so as to make two lateral holes d, f coincide.
Patent GB-190206840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hammocks and in Looms or Machines therefor.
Inventor: CHADBOURNE ZEBULON L
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 6840. Chadbourne, Z. L. March 20. Loom let - off motions ; picking - mechanism; shuttles; weft carriers; warp tension, regulating; weaving gauze &c. Relates to machines for making hammocks. A series of warp threads A passes from reels into a box 4 through spring tension-devices 7, carried by a bar 6, and thence over a pin roller 9. This roller is provided with series of pins for guiding the warps, and is rotated by means of belt gearing from the main shaft 2. The bar 6 and roller 9 are simultaneously moved longitudinally by racks 28, 30, pinions 24, 25, and a rack bar 21 reciprocated by means of a lever 19, rod 18, and cam 14. During every rotation of the main shaft, the roller 9 and bar 6 move through a distance equal to four times the pitch of the warp threads, and back again ; each of these movements is made in two equal stages, so that there are two longitudinal movements, in one direction, and two in the opposite direction. From the pin roller, the threads pass over another roller and between two feed rollers 32, 33 driven intermittently by means of toothed gearing and cams from the main shaft. The weft threads B are supplied from bobbins mounted upon pins 106, Fig. 11, carried by two parallel bars 102 secured to carriers 101, which are supported by sliding-blocks. From the bobbins, the weft threads pass to the pin roller and, after each traverse of the warp thread, the weft carriers are driven between the warps by a series of pushers or sliding rods. The fabric produced in this way by the interlacing of the warp and weft threads travels over the pin roller and is beaten up by lugs on the links 110 of the endless chains 109. These chains pass over sheaves at one end of the machine mounted in yielding bearings, and at the other end over a drum 122 driven by belt gearing. The fabric afterwards passes between the feed rollers to a drum 63 driven by a disc 70, against the face of which is pressed a friction disc 64 mounted upon the spindle 63<a> of the drum ; the disc 64 is pressed forwards by a series of springs encircling pins 67 which are adjustably fitted in apertures in a disc 65 keyed to the spindle. One part of the spindle 63<a> is formed in two parts detachably connected together. After a length of fabric sufficient for a hammock has been woven, the feed-rollers are driven at a rapid rate by means of gearing 127, 128, 133, 134, ratchet-wheel 130, pawls 131, and cam 139 from a countershaft 48 ; when several feet of unwoven threads have been run through the machine in this way, the weaving operations are re-commenced.
Patent GB-190214058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus Employed in connection with the Charging of Coke Ovens in which Compressed Charges of Coal are Coked.
Inventor: HEAD ARCHIBALD POTTER
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 14,058. Head, A. P., [Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering Co.]. June 20. Wagons.-The wheeled platform B' runs on rails in front of a row of coking-ovens. It carries a discharging-ram B and rails D, upon which a truck E can be run for the purpose of charging the ovens with compressed coal. The truck has hinged doors in front, which are opened when the platform is in position for filling an oven. Eccentrics l<1> are also moved to draw outwards the sides, which are hinged above the contained coal at e<2>. The block of compressed coal can then be carried into the oven by the movable bottom or peel, the truck being held by brakes. Motors and gearing for effecting the required movements are indicated. Sheds are provided on the discharger and on the truck.
Patent GB-190217055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumping Cars.
Inventor: SOUDER JACOB JAMES
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 17,055. Souder, J. J. Aug. 1. Wagons; bodies; ; underframing of bodies.-Relates to steel "dumping" freight cars, particularly adapted for carrying coke, in which the ordinary draw sills and bolster beams are dispensed with. The body framing comprises side sills c, end sills d, a braced centre #-shaped sill A', and side and end bars a', b, and to this framing are secured angle bars, which form the sides and ends of the car. The draw-bar and its fittings are mounted in a frame composed of angle bars o, channel bars p, and Z-bars r, the bars o, r being riveted to plates s secured to the sill A'. To the rear ends of the angle-bars o, which extend beyond the ends of the bars r, is secured the bolster plate t, Fig. 6, which is braced by triangular frames u, and is attached by angle bars t<1> to the sill A. Doors, wagon.-The load is discharged outside the track through doors B hinged to the sills c, and operated by chains g on the winding-shaft C, which is fitted with the ratchet device h and a star-wheel, not shown, which, when the longitudinal shaft D is turned into a certain position by the handle n, is engaged and securely locked by a toothed dog pivoted to the sill A<1> and connected to the shaft D.
Patent GB-190220574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Drying of Wet or Humid Materials and Means Employed therein.
Inventor: HIGGINBOITOM ALBERT HOWARD
Filed: 1902-09-20
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 20,574. Higginbottom, A. H., and Lennox, A. B. Sept. 20. Bricks, drying. Hot air is circulated in a chamber through which the bricks are passed. Fig. 1 shows in sectional elevation the hot-air chamber, and Fig. 2 a vertical section on the line X-Y, of Fig. 1. The chamber a is divided by a vertical partition c into two compartments, which communicate with one or other of the chambers h, j of the vertical portion f of the structure. The air, which is circulated by the fan k, after reaching the end of the partition c passes to the adjacent compartment and returns to the front of the vertical portion. Flap valves m, n and the circulating-fan determine the direction of the hot air, which may be compelled to assume a sinuous course by reason of vertical deflectors in the chambers. The material to be dried is placed upon trays which may be perforated and placed on wheels or otherwise. Wheeled vehicles, when employed, run on rails q, r. The air may be heated in steam pipes s, flues, or the like, disposed within the chambers.
Patent GB-190300708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Distributing Sand Beneath the Driving Wheels of Locomotive Engines and other Motor Vehicles on Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: HOLDEN JAMES
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 708. Holden, J., and Russell, F. V. Jan. 10. Sanding rails.-Relates to apparatus for distributing sand by means of fluid pressure so as to prevent the slipping of motor vehicles or the driving-wheels of locomotive engines on railways and tramways. Fig. 1 shows a locomotive fitted with the complete apparatus. The fluid used is preferably the compressed air used for actuating the brakes. A pipe c passes from the compressedair chamber e to the controlling-valve a, shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 9, by means of which the air is allowed to pass into the tube d when desired. After passing through this tube d, the air enters the valve 13, and, according as this valve is set, enters either the tube 14 or the tube 17. These tubes pass respectively to five-way junction boxes 15, 18, by means of which the air passes to the various chambers f or g on both sides of the engine. Fig. 19 is an enlarged view of one of these junction boxes. The chambers f, g contain the sandejecting devices, which may be of any suitable and known kind operated by a current of compressed fluid. The valve a, which consists of a tubular sliding piston b, is operated by a lever m, pivoted at n on the engine starting-handle k. The sleeve p rotates freely on the arm r so that the engineer may work both levers together or separately, or the lever m may have a separate handle. Fig. 6 shows a modification, the starting of the engine being performed by moving the arm k about the pivot 1, and the actuation of the valve a by rotating the arm about v, the valve spindle being connected to the arm 4. Fig. 8<a> shows an electromagnetic method of operating the valve a. The function of the valve 13 is to guide the compressed air so that it will eject the sand at the front or back of the wheels according as the engine is moving forwards or backwards. This valve, shown in detail in Figs. 13, 14., and 16, is of the oscillating-disc type and is automatically operated from the engine reversing-shaft 22 by the levers 20, 21. The oscillating-valve disc 33 has three apertures 35 which move against the ports 32, 31, as shown in Fig. 16. The amount of sand ejected at any wheel may be regulated by means of screws or cocks 24, Fig. 19, placed in the air-supply pipes.
Patent GB-190304984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ice Making and Refrigerating Machines.
Inventor: HODGKIN PHILIP ELIOT
Filed: 1903-03-03
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 4984. Hodgkin, P. E., and Rigg, J. L. March 3. Ice-making and refrigerating.- Relates to ammonia and like compression machines, and consists in enlarging the valve supplying ammonia to the refrigerating - chamber and regulating it automatically by the pressure in this chamber, also in an arrangement for keeping the quantity of ammonia in the apparatus constant. A compression pump 7, condenser 9, ammonia bottle 5, regulating- valve box 3, and refrigerating- chamber or coil 1 are joined in series by pipes, the ammonia bottle being provided with valves 28, 29, and being readily disconnectable from the rest of the system. The pipe leading to the refrigerating coil from the valve box 3 and another pipe 2<a>, leading from a chamber 20 which controls the valve, both enter a portion of the valve box screened from the main portion by the valve disc 11. The valve stem 13 passes through a stuffing-box in the valve-box casing, and is in line with a pusher 14 reciprocated by a cam and spring. Between the valve stem and the pusher is a distance-piece 18, pivoted to the end of the valve stem as shown, or not. This is joined by an arm to one side 19 of the controlling- chamber 20, and both this side and the opposite side 19<a> are made as diaphragms, the side 19 being movable by the internal and external pressures and the action of a spring on the piece 18, and the side 19<a> being held in a fixed position by the adjustable support 22. In equilibrium, the pressures in the refrigerator and the controlling-chamber are equal. If this pressure is too low the spring 23 pushes the distance-piece towards the controlling-chamber and it is then reciprocated by the pusher and itself opens the valve, which is closed by the pressure of fluid; a spring may also be used for this purpose. When the pressures in the two chambers become high enough, the piece 18 is again pushed out of adjustment. In order to keep the quantity of ammonia in the system constant when it is to be recharged with ammonia, the bottle 5 is charged to a standard height before being replaced, and when the bottle is withdrawn the ammonia in the system is allowed to evaporate entirely. By closing the valve 28, the whole of the ammonia may be pumped into the bottle, when the apparatus is to be put out of action.
Patent GB-190309599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism of Self-propelled Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SYNNESTVEDT PAUL
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 9599. Synnestvedt, P. April 28. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the mounting or supporting of the motor and its appurtenances separately from the body, applicable to electromotors and to steam or gas engines. Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, and Fig. 4 in sectional plan, one form of the invention. A rigid motor frame 15 with arms 16 pivoted on the fixed axle is supported at the front on the fixed vehicle frame 10 by springs 21. This frame also has arms 19, which, in conjunction with the central part, provide a rigid line of bearings for the motor shaft 26, one of which, at each side, supports the shaft beyond the chain-wheels or driving-pinions 24, 24'. These may be geared to each other by differential gear 27, as shown in Fig. 4, or may each be separately driven, the frame being constructed to carry two motors. The lower half of the casing 15<1> may be hinged at 22. Fig. 7 shows a form in which a pair of steam engines or gas engines enclosed in casings 39 drive the shaft 23<11>, the frame being spring supported at 21 and pivoted on the axle 12.
Patent GB-190315645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process for Making Gas.
Inventor: KENT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-15
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 15,645. Kent, W. July 15. Gas-producers.-In a process and apparatus for making producer gas, free from hydrocarbons and tarry or sooty vapours, from bituminous coal and other fuel, the producer, Fig. 1, is first filled with incandescent carbon, formed either by partially burning bituminous coal or by filling with coke, the charge being kept hot by an air blast E<2>. A charge of bituminous coal is fed in through a hopper at the top with a cover C and a valve D, and all the hydrocarbon vapours are converted into carbon dioxide and hydrogen or water by air blasts from pipes E, E<1>, but, in passing downwards through the incandescent coke, the water vapour is decomposed, forming hydrogen and carbon monoxide, the carbon dioxide also being converted into carbon monoxide. Steam or water is admitted at F, F<1>, at or about the zone of maximum temperature, in as large a quantity as is necessary to prevent the gases passing out of the producer by the flue at too high temperature, but not in sufficient quantity to cool the carbon below the point at which hydrogen and carbon monoxide are formed ; the flue is at about the level of the middle of the charge. The air entering by the pipes E<2> also forms carbon monoxide, and the ashes may be removed at the bottom through a water seal as shown, or by other means.
Patent GB-190321271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Balance Wheels of Watches.
Inventor: HUET GUSTAVE
Filed: 1903-10-03
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 21,271. Huet, G. Oct. 3. Balances.-A collet a, which has a neck b for the balance spring and a ratchet e for the balance, carries the roller d, and is clipped to the staff at the neck b, which is split, by the collet of the balance spring. The arrangement enables the escapement to be adjusted between the wheels with great accuracy, when putting the movement together.
Patent GB-190323675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Presses
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE FRANCIS HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,675. Whitehouse, F. H. Nov. 2. Trouser presses.-A trouser &c. press, constructed so that it adjusts itself to suit the thickness of material which is to be pressed, consists of the usual top and bottom boards A, B, the former of which has bolted or otherwise secured to it, two transverse bars C, which are each bent to form an eye, at its back end. The upper ends of coiled springs F are passed through the eyes, the lower ends being secured to bars G on the bottom board B. The ends of the bars G at the front of the press are formed into brackets H for supporting pivoted locking-levers I. The press is closed by turning the levers I over the ends of the bars C. Instead of bars G, double lengths of strong wire coiled at the end to form a spring, may be used, while the brackets H may be separately attached instead of forming parts of the bars G.
Patent GB-190325369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Steaming Cloth and other Fabrics.
Inventor: BURGHER FRANCIS IRVING
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 25,369. Burgher, F. I. Nov. 20. Steaming; shrinking.- In machines for shrinking and finishing woollen cloth and other fabrics, steaming is effected by means of two similar cylinders B, B<1>, Fig. 1, the fabric being wound from a reel D on to the cylinder B, where it is subjected to dry steam, and then wound in the reverse order on to the cylinder B<1> and again subjected to dry steam. Each cylinder is constructed with a shell E, Figs. 2 and 4, fitted with ends E<1> carrying trunnions, one of which is hollow and conducts steam from a supply pipe G to a slightly conical receiver N provided with perforations at its upper part. A longitudinal shoulder E<3> is formed at one part of the shell, which is covered with fabric H, and a shoulder is formed in the fabric by a cord I passing across it near to the shoulder E<3> and secured to pins I<1> on the ends E<1>. A sheetmetal stiffener J formed with longitudinal corrugations is fitted in the shell, and is perforated at J<3> opposite the perforations E<4> in the shell, its object being to prevent condensed steam from passing to the fabric. The corrugations terminate at one end in a cylindrical chamber which collects the condensed steam and discharges it through a pipe K to the trough L, Fig. 1. The cloth to be treated is placed with its edge against the shoulder formed in the fabric H, thus preventing the formation of a crease in the next layer wound on. After winding, the cylinder is brought to rest with the pipe K below, and steam is supplied and passes through the perforations in the chamber N, stiffener J, and shell E to the cloth. A pipe O leads condensed steam from the chamber N to the pipe K. The cloth is afterwards wound from the cylinder B on to the cylinder B<1> and similarly treated.
Patent GB-190403579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multi-stage Centrifugal and similar Pumps
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3579. Newton, H. E., [Worthington, H. R.]. Feb. 12. Centrifugal pumps. - Relates to centrifugal, turbine, or like pumps of that class having a plurality of impellers in series, and consists in an improved construction for obtaining different discharge pressures with the pump running at constant speed. The Figure shows a sectional elevation of a twostage pump in which B, B' are the impellers, D the suction pipe, and G, H the delivery chamber and pipe. The first impeller B takes its supply from the suction pipe D and delivers the water through the diffusing-ring- F to the chamber C' and then to the second impeller. The chamber C' is also provided with a suction pipe D'. Full pressure is obtained by closing the pipe D', and the lower pressure by opening the pipe D<1> and closing D. When the pipe D is closed, the impeller B revolves in air.
Patent GB-190403890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand and Foot Driving Gear for Shafts
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 3890. Lake, H. H., [Aktiebolaget Separator]. Feb. 16. Hand driving gearing; treadle-driving gearing.- A hand-lever or crank a is fixed to a shaft c and provided with a pin b, which is coupled by a rod d to a treadle-lever f, pivoted at e. The operator, when turning the lever a by means of the handle g, stands on the lever f with a foot on each side of the pivot e so that be can apply the weight of his body to assist in rotating the shaft c. The pin b may be mounted on a flywheel on the shaft c, or the treadle lever may be connected by levermechanism to a separate crank on the shaft.
Patent GB-190405590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus
Inventor: HOPKINSON ALFRED AUSTIN
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 5590. Hopkinson, A. A. March 7. Lifts; single-rope winding-gear for mines.-A balancing-device for singlerope winding-gear for mines and the like is shown in the Figure. The hoisting-ropes d, d<1> pass over a grooved pulley in opposite directions, and their extremities are connected by a balance rope e, which is preferably heavier,length for length, than the hoisting-ropes, and which hangs in a bight or may pass round a guide-pulley. These three ropes are about equal in length to the depth of the shaft. The arrangement also facilitates starting.