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Patent GB-190004548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Piles, Columns, and analogous Structures.
Inventor: MOUCHEL GUSTAVE LOUIS
Filed: 1900-03-09
Granted: 1901-04-09
Abstract: 4548. Mouchel, G. L. March 9. Mains and pipes.- Relates to concrete piles, columns, poles, or the like suitable for use as supports for large gas mains or for other purposes. I n the form shown in horizontal section in Fig. 3, the hollow concrete structure 4 is strengthened by embedded vertical metallic bars 2 connected together by metallic tie-rods 3<a> and iron struts 10. The internal space 14 may be enlarged at the intervals between the struts, and the tie-rods may be either horizontal, or, as shown in Fig. 15, inclined to form a helix 25 round the vertical bars 24. Water may be forced through a pipe 46 and apertures 46<a> to soften the earth around the shoe during the driving operations. The structure may be driven into the ground either by a falling weight or by a screw motion, in which latter case the iron-cased shoe 27 has a screw surface 27<a>. The shoe may be rotated either by reason of its connection with the rotated structure, or directly, as shown in Fig. 11, by providing the shoe with teeth 30, adapted to engage with the toothed end 33 of a central rotating shaft 32. In the modification shown in Fig. 13, the shoe 39 rotates without any rotation of the main structure 4, and water is forced between the bearing parts 42, 43. The structure may be made in sections, which are secured together by screwing the vertical bars 34, 34<a>, Fig. 11, of adjacent sections into a metallic ring 36 and fixing them by nuts. A long structure may have screw surfaces 38 at intervals or, when the soil is soft, a bearing-flange may be formed. The head of the structure shown in section in Fig. 18 is bound together by a large number of vertical rods 48, 49, 52 and horizontal tie-rods 53, 54, and surrounding binders 55 may also be employed. During the operation of driving with a falling weight, an open metallic tube is placed round the head, and is filled with a mixture of rubber waste or other elastic material and sand or other pulverulent substances. When the structure is to support pipes 16, Fig. 4, a special head 15 is grouted on to a recess 4<b> after the structure has been fixed in position, and a flange 17 for bearing on the ground may be employed.
Patent GB-190006865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Apparatus for the Generation of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: SUNDERLAND RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1900-04-12
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 6865. Sunderland, R. H., Sunderland, F., and Marshall, G. April 12. Acetylene. - Relates to acetylene-generating apparatus of the type in which the carbide is automatically supplied to the generating-chamber in accordance with the movements of the gas holder. The casing a is partitioned so as to form a closed generating-chamber b and an open tank c for the annular gas holder d. The generating- chamber is provided with a water-supply pipe b<3>, a water-levelling pipe b<6>, and a spring-closed valve e through which the sludge is removed. The carbide container i consists of a conical box, having a depending trunk which telescopes into the central shaft f, and a sealing-tube which telescopes over the same. The carbide supply valve i<5> is normally kept closed by a spring i<8>, but is automatically opened, when the holder descends below a certain level, by means of a cross-bar j<2>, operated from the holder through telescopic or sliding connections j, which allow only a limited movement of the crossbar. To prevent the opening of the valve during the charging of the carbide container, the cross-bar i<2> is rendered detachable. Gas leaves the generating-chamber by a pipe b<8>, and passes first through a purifying-box h, containing a solution of sulphate of iron or other purifying-material, thence through a scrubber h<3> packed with granulated coke, slagwool, or the like, and thence through a cooling-coil g into the holder. As the pipe b<8> dips well below the liquid in the purifying-box, it prevents the escape of gas from the holder while the apparatus is being charged. Disclaiming references are given to Specifications Nos. 6274 and 13,786, A.D. 1899:
Patent GB-190008898-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carrier for Rifles and other Articles on Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: PEDERSEN MIKAEL
Filed: 1900-05-15
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 8898. Pedersen, M. May 15. Luggage-carriers.-Relates to devices for carrying rifles and luggage, and is shown as applied to the former. A bent arm A, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is bolted by nuts f, h to the spindle g of the front fork hub, and is supported by a spring e from the crown plate e<1> of the fork. The gun is provided with a hook a, which engages over the part i of the arm A, or with a loop a<2> which is made larger at its lower end a<1> to enable it to slip over the end of the arm A. The upper part of the gun is provided with a band C, Figs. 1, 4, and 6, engaging with a spindle b on a second arm B carried also from the front fork. The band C is locked to the arm B by a projection b<1> on the spindle b, Fig. 4, or by a hook d, Fig. 6. When the device is employed as a luggage-carrier, the arms A, B are connected by a bar provided with straps.
Patent GB-190010073-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Making Nutritive Meal from Dried Potatoes.
Inventor: KOENIGES JOHANN
Filed: 1900-05-31
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 10,073. K÷niges, J. May 31. Preparing flour and meal from potatoes.-A meal which can be kept without deterioration is made by cleaning and peeling potatoes, cooking in a closed vessel by means of hot air or steam, then cutting up small, drying, and grinding to form meal, groats, &c. When intended for animal food, the peeling is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190014373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrical Fuze Boards.
Inventor: FARRELL HENRY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-08-11
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 14,373. Joly, C. Aug. 16. Refrigerators.-Liquefied air and other gases are stored for transport in a vessel 1 with a jacket of insulating-material 2. The vessel is contained in a double-walled casing 4, 5, with a lid 6 and with insulating-material between the walls. Ice or a freezing-mixture is packed around the vessel, and may be separated from it by a perforated screen 3, through which liquid from the freezing-mixture may pass. In Fig. 2, a space is shown at the bottom for the collection of the liquid. A casing for containing several vessels is also described.
Patent GB-190022396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Central-valve Fluid Pressure Engines
Inventor: ADAMS EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1900-12-08
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 22,396. Adams, E. T. Dec. 8. Compound engines; central-valve engines. - Relates, mainly, to the construction and arrangement of the distribution and automatic cut-off valves of engines of the central-valve class. Fig. 1 shows in vertical section a cross compound engine in accordance with the invention. The high-pressure piston 4 is formed with a trunk or tubular rod 6 and crosshead 8 working in the cylindrical guide 7. In the piston tube 6 is fitted the admission tube 5, which projects into a sleeve 2 fixed in the steam-chest 1, and in which works the tubular distributing-valve 27. The valve 27 is worked by rods 33 from eccentrics on the main crank-pin, and controls the admission to and exhaust from the upper side of the piston 4 through ports 26. Within the tubular valve 27 is situated the stationary cut-off valve 35, which by a rod 37 and arms on a rocking shaft 40 is connected with a throttle valve 38 embracing the fixed sleeve 2. The throttle valve is arranged so that, in order to secure efficient working, throttling is substituted for variation of the grade of expansion at excessively early cut-off. The tube 5 is closed at the bottom, and thus provides for cushioning and maintaining a constantly-downward pressure on the piston, and the space 67 between the tubes 5 and 6 prevents loss of heat by conduction to the exhaust space 14. This space is connected with the low-pressure steam-chest 16 by the pipe 15. The construction of the low-pressure side of the engine is the same as that of the high-pressure side, except that the throttle valve is omitted. In a modification, the invention is shown applied to a tandem compound engine. In this, the highpressure valve surrounds the tube 5, and the low-pressure expansion valve rod may pass through that of the high-pressure expansion valve. Also the crosshead guide may form an air-cushioning cylinder. In another modification, the valves and valve tubes may be disposed, not at the centre of the cylinder, but one on each side of the pistonrod. The cut-off valves, also, may be made with triangular ports, so that variation of the cut-off is effected by an angular adjustment.
Patent GB-190023541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picking Sticks for Overpick Looms.
Inventor: PORTER ENOCH
Filed: 1900-12-24
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 23,541. Porter, E. Dec. 24. Loom picking-sticks.-A picking-stick, for overpick looms, may be made with flat sides B and narrower flat sides A, which taper towards the slotted or striking end C of the stick.
Patent GB-190103002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Insulators
Inventor: HARLOE MORTON
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 3002. Harloe, M. Feb. 12. Insulators.-An insulator is constructed with the upper part A, provided on its top with overhanging horns H, I, I<1>, underneath which the wire is sprung to enter a curved groove round a medial raised portion K. The part A may either be screwed on to a wooden base-block B, which is secured to the support by an eccentric screw C, or may be directly attached to the support by a screw passing through an eccentric opening. Sheds are provided in each form.
Patent GB-190103499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Draught or Pressure Gauges
Inventor: BOMHARD KARL
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 3499. Bomhard, K. Feb. 18. Pressure and vacuum gauges.-A well manometer a, with float d in a central tube b, operating an index and recording- pencil, is used to measure air draughts, specially in furnaces, the instrument and draught passage being connected by a pipe c.
Patent GB-190104075-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Inkhorns, Vessels, or Inkstands.
Inventor: BLOTT FRANK GOLDSMITH
Filed: 1901-02-26
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 4075. Blott, F. G. Feb. 26. Inkstands; pen trays.-The lid A of the inkstand is provided with a counterbalance E, and is connected by the rod G with the lever H, which supports the pen tray K. When the pen is in place on the tray K, the lid is closed, and, when it is removed, the lid is opened.
Patent GB-190106828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Porous Bodies suitable for use as Contact Bodies in Chemical Operations.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-04-01
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 6828. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. April 1. Catalysis; sulphuric anhydride.-A porous body is prepared by mixing a non-volatile metallic base, or a salt of a non-volatile metallic base which contains the radicle of a volatile acid, with a salt having a volatile base and a difficultly volatile, or non-volatile, inorganic acid, sufficient water or other liquid being added to form a paste. The paste is then heated so that double decomposition takes place, and the volatile elements escape. The actual catalytic substance, such as platinum, is added either at or after any desired stage of the process. Some examples are given, the following being the materials used :-(1) finely-powdered manganese carbonate and ammonium phosphate, (2) barium hydrate and ammonium phosphate, (3) calcium chloride and ammonium sulphate, and (4) ferric hydrate and ammonium phosphate. The catalytic body formed may be used in the manufacture of sulphuric anhydride.
Patent GB-190107976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bicycles.
Inventor: MANSON GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1901-04-18
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 7976. Manson, G. W. April 18. Bicycles ; frames; seats ; handles; driving-mechanism. - The frame comprises two side portions, each made up of tubular rails 1 and 2 united by vertical tubes 3. Inclined tubular standards 2<a>, 3<a> converge to the bead 4, and tubular rails 1<b>, 2<b> converge to the boxes 7 in which are mounted the bearings of the rear wheel 8. Standards 1<a>, 3<b> support the seat 10. The side frames are united by cross-tubes 11, 11<a>, &c. Treadle-levers 13 hang from brackets 12 on the standards 3<a>, and are connected by rods 15 to cranks 16 on the main shaft 17. A train of gearing in the casing 21 drives a sprocket-wheel 18, over which passes the chain 19. The gearing is variable by means of a change-speed lever 23 pivoted at 24. The tubu'ar handle-bars 26 are turned sharply backwards from the steering-head. The ends of the handle-bars are screw-threaded to receive conical nuts 31, Fig. 3, and are split so as to clamp the tubular shanks 28<a> of the handles 28, which are thus adjustable on the bars. The seat 10, Fig. 5, is adjustably supported on horizontal rods 70 by setscrews 73 passing through lugs 72, 72<a>. The rods 70 are also adjustably held in the sleeve 69, these sleeves constituting the heads of pillars 63 sliding in tubular standards. A double clamping-screw 64, threaded oppositely at its ends, is turned by means of a handle 67 so as to clamp the pillars 63 simultaneously.
Patent GB-190116412-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Forward Progress of Horses Attached to Vehicles when left Standing
Inventor: TACON WILLIAM LEONARD
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 16,412. Tacon, W. L. Aug. 15. Runaway or restive horses, stopping and controlling.-A rope &c. a is attached at one end to the collar b and at the other end to the wheel c of a vehicle.
Patent GB-190118276-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Excavating.
Inventor: POWELL JOHN LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1901-09-13
Granted: 1902-09-13
Abstract: 18,276. Powell, J. L., and Davey, S. H. Sept. 13. Excavating.-A machine for excavating is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The disc 1 is mounted on the shaft 4 supported on a wheeled frame resting on the rails 14, and carries the radial cutting-buckets 2 with their shoots 7 on its face. The open shoots 7 extend to the rim of the disc 1 and discharge to the wagon 8. The disc 1 is driven from the power shaft 9 through the pinion 11 and the cog rim 12 on the rear of the disc. The machine may be worked over the stern of a vessel. A continuous forward pressure is exerted on the frame to keep the cutting-edges of the buckets in contact with the wall to b excavated, as by the chain or rope 13 and the winch 17 on the shaft 4.
Patent GB-190207673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Eyelets.
Inventor: LELAND FRANK JAMES
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 7673. Leland, F. J. April 1. Eyelets.-B e l t eyelets comprise two oblong tubular members B, A provided with flanges or heads B<2>, A<2> having serrated edges, and also the one with resilient tongues B<3> for engagement with a corresponding pair of a series of notches or shoulders A<3> in the other, according to the thickness of belt. The tongues may be rigid, in which case the tubular shank yields.
Patent GB-190208253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush Size Boxes Employed in Connection with Textile Machinery.
Inventor: BRAIME THOMAS FLETCHER
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 8253. Braime, T. F., and Braime, J. H. April 9. Pasting cops. - A paste box for use in pasting cop bottoms is formed in one piece and has a longitudinal partition b secured by any suitable means. The upper parts of the ends and sides are preferably turned over a wire or filling a<1> of suitable material. A horizontally-sliding cover c is fitted to the box, and is adjustable by means of screws e. The compartments a<2>, a<3> formed by the partition b are for holding the brush and paste respectively. In a modification, the paste receptacle is formed separately and in one piece, the brush receptacle being also formed separately and secured to one side of the paste receptacle, or inserted within it.
Patent GB-190225363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paddle-wheels for Vessels.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 25,363. Boult, A. J., [Gottlebe, E. H. H.]. Nov. 18. Paddle-wheels, feathering. The rotatably and adjustably m o u n t e d eccentric and intermediate ring a upon the eccentric disc b rigidly connected to the wheel shaft o, constitutes the working face for the eccentric ring e connected to the paddlecontrolling levers, so that the angle of immersion and emergence of the paddle blades can be varied. The adjusting-shaft d carries the gearwheel d<1>, which engages with the internally-toothed ring c on the interposed ring a, and the securing- bolts g carried by the disc b engage with the clamping-plates f. The adjusting and securing of the intermediate eccentric a are effected from the interior of the ship.
Patent GB-190225772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatic Supply of Water from Low Pressure Mains to Fire Mains Tanks or other Receptacles.
Inventor: ETCHELLS JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 25,772. Etchells, J. C. Nov. 24. Water supply.-Relates to the automatic supply of water at an increased pressure from low - pressure mains A to sprinkler or other mains D, fire-hydrants, tanks, &c. An injector C, for increasing the pressure, is fed by a high-pressure main E, fitted with a valve f, which is opened automatically, when the pressure in the main D falls, by means of a lever and a spring or weight W. A ram at the end of the lever works in a cylinder, which communicates by means of a pipe g<1> with the delivery-main D. When the pressure in the main D rises, the valve f is closed by the ram and lever. Lift valves a, a<1>, d regulate the flow of water through the pipes, and the apparatus may be fitted with a safety-valve K, high-pressure water meter M, air vessels, and pressure gauges L, L'. The high-pressure supply valve may deliver directly into the main D, and the injector apparatus, shown in the Figure, may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190226919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mortar Mills
Inventor: MAHON MARTIN
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-12-05
Abstract: 26,919. Mahon, M. Dec. 6. Edge-runners and pans.-A vertical metal plate D is attached by rivets E to the scraper A in a mortar mill, and thus keeps the side of the pan clean. A piece of hard wood F is attached by bolts G to the plate D, so as to scrape the edge of the pan, and prevent mortar from falling out.
Patent GB-190227232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Electric Contacts for High Tension Circuits.
Inventor: BLAKE FRANCIS CLAUDE
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 27,232. Blake, F. C. Dec. 10. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, igniting in. A spring-pressed ball carried by a rotating part rubs against fixed contacts and makes and breaks the high-tension circuit. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement. The fixed contacts a are carried by a block b. A ball e is carried in a recess in the rotating part c, and is pressed against the block b by a spring f electrically connected with the hightension source by a spring and ball. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, in addition to the high-tension contacts a, e, the rotation shaft carries a contact k' adapted to rub on contacts i and break the primary circuit.
Patent GB-190300820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Core-making Machines.
Inventor: NOLAN JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-01-13
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 820. Nolan, J. F. Jan. 13. Moulding.-A core-making machine has a sand plate 8 carried by a slide 2 reciprocated on ways 1<a> on a frame 1. A half core-box 10 suspended from a trolley 24 is pressed upon the sand on the sand-plate by a pressure cylinder 11, and held against longitudinal movement by hinged flaps (not shown) secured to lugs cn the frame, while the slide and sand-plate are reciprocated to compress the sand into the recesses c to form half-cores, surplus sand being expelled through slots 20 in the core box. When the core box reaches the sand-plate, the reciprocation is stopped and strips 9, which close slots 8<a> in the sand-plate during the formation of the half-cores, are lowered by means of an air cylinder 14, operating a crosshead 13 with crossbars 12 supporting the strips. Core or vent rods are then placed on the strips and inserted in the half-cores by an upward movement of the crosshead. The core box and sand-plate are then clamped together and removed, as, for instance, by a bail 40 hooked over trunnions 23 on a framework 16 on the sand-plate The machine is shown as making pipe cores, but cores for radiators and other castings may be made.
Patent GB-190301257-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Attaching Syphon Heads to Aerated Water Bottles having Internally Threaded Mouths for Screw Stoppers
Inventor: DUNBAR JAMES
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 1257. Dunbar, J. Jan. 19. Stoppers. - The siphon head H is formed with a screw-thread S adapted to screw into the threaded neck M of a screwstoppered aeratedwater bottle, so that, after the ordinary stopper has been withdrawn, the siphon head can be applied, and used to draw off the contents of the bcttle as required. A washer R is employed to form a tight joint between the siphon head and the bottle.
Patent GB-190301446-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Ventilating Waterproof Garments.
Inventor: SPIRO NAPHTALI
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1904-02-20
Abstract: 1446. Spiro, N. Jan. 20. Waterproof coats &c.- In ventilating waterproof coats and other garments, an air chamber, consisting of a doubled piece of waterproof fabric, is placed between the outer fabric of the garment and the lining. Fig. 4 shows a diagrammatic view of the plies of fabric prior to their being cemented together. Holes b<2> are formed in the lower portion of the outer wall of the air chamber b, and opposite the holes b<2> the waterproofing is removed from the outer fabric a, thus rendering the fabric a permeable for ventilation purposes at these points. Holes b<1> are formed in the upper porof the inner wall of the air chamber, and corresponding holes are formed in the lining c. When the fabrics b, c are cemented together, eyelets dare inserted in the holes. The arrows in the diagram show the paths followed by air passing from the interior to the exterior of the garment. Any water that may find its way into the air chamber, drains off at the lowest row of holes b<2>, and evaporates from the exterior surface of the garment.
Patent GB-190303995-A (GB)
Title: A Non-slipping Tread Attachment for Carriage Steps
Inventor: TRISCOTT HUGH PERCY LORAINE
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 3995. Triscott, H. P. L. Feb. 20. Steps.-A non-slipping tread attachment for carriage steps comprises a covering a of pyramidal rubber sheeting, cemented or otherwise secured to a foundation plate or backing b of metal, preferably with upturned edges c, and provided with screw bolts d, having nuts e and washers f, for securing it to the carriage step.
Patent GB-190308898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Explosives.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 8898. Wetter, J., [Westfõlisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff-Akt.-Ges.]. April 20. Blasting and mining cartridges.-Consists in the employment of metallic wool, preferably in the form of felt, as an envelope for explosives. Specifications No. 21,357, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.], and No. 25,540, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Ammunition &c.], are referred to.