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Patent GB-190116075-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Infusor
Inventor: CROSS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1901-08-10
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 16,075. Cross, W. J. Aug. 10. Infusions.-An infuser consists of a perforated spoon with a perforated cover pivoted at A and adapted to be held in position by the jaw B and indentation C.
Patent GB-190123303-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Photographic Printing Frame.
Inventor: BOESCH JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-11-18
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 23,303. Boesch, J. Nov. 18. Printing.-Relates to a printing- frame for printing from negatives on a continuous band. The negative film or band is wound on two rollers b, c mounted on the ends of the frame a. By turning the rollers, any required negative can be brought under a pane of glass fitted in grooves in the frame. The sensitized plate or film is inserted by removing the hinged back i, which is afterwards placed above the plate or film and fastened by springs k in the ordinary way.
Patent GB-190124737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Electric Batteries or Combined Batteries and Lamps.
Inventor: SUTHERLAND MALCOLM
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 24,737. Sutherland, M., and Marcuson, E. Dec. 5. Incandescent, lamps.-A portable battery lamp is arranged as shown. A primary or secondary battery 2 is fitted in a portable case, the battery being connected to the front 4, which is secured by screws or otherwise to the remainder of the case so as to be detachable ; the front carries charging terminals 2<b>, a switch 7, and a lamp-holder, which may be arranged, as shown at 5, between a reflector 8 and a lens 9. The back 3 or the front of the case may be partly open, and transparent battery cells may be used. A handle 11 is attached to the sides 1<a>. In modifications, the front may slide in grooves in the sides of the case, the top being hinged, or the sides and top removable from the front and bottom. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of a ball joint to support a lamp-holder adjustably on the case.
Patent GB-190201440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Music-leaf Turners
Inventor: HAMMOND ROBERT O'CONNER
Filed: 1902-01-18
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 1440. Hammond, R. O. C. June 20, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Leaf-turners; leaf-holders.-The leaf-turning mechanism is contained in a case which forms the base of the desk. The sheet of music is gripped between a pair of central spring bars a<2> which, with uprights a, support the top cross-bar of the desk. The leaf-turning arms having clips m to receive the music are pivoted on a shaft L, and the back extension thereof is connected by a pivoted slotted link N with a cross-bar I pivoted on a shaft G. The shaft G is geared with a spring- actuated spur-wheel, but is prevented from rotation by a stop j<3> on a spring-actuated slide J coming in front of one end of the bar I. On depressing the slide J, the arm I is released ; it rotates through 180‹ and carries over the turning arm ; another depression of the slide will cause the leaf to turn back. There is a spring gear-wheel and a turning arm to each leaf to be turned.
Patent GB-190202115-A (GB)
Title: Composition of Hardening Steel.
Inventor: KOLB GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 2115. Kolb, G. Jan. 27. Case-hardening; burnt metal, restoring.-A composition for use in hardening steel is prepared by mixing together 700 parts by weight of colophony, 100 parts of copper vitriol, 300 parts of prussiate of potash, and 100 parts of linseed oil. Burnt steel may be restored by treatment with the composition.
Patent GB-190208284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Engines Operated by Steam or other Expansible Fluid.
Inventor: KNIGHT RONALD FRANK
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 8284. Knight, R. F. April 9. Valve gear.-Comprises several forms of linkage gear in which, in general, variation in the point of cut-off, or a variation in the lead, can be effected separately, so that one can be altered without the other, or may be effected simultaneously, so that the changes in one are dependent on those in the other. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the valve spindle P is operated by a floating lever H, one point in which is connected by a rod G to a block adjustable in a rocking-link C, and another point is connected by a rod 0 to a block adjustable in a rocking-link L. The link C is rocked by an eccentric B disposed on the crank shaft suitably for giving the lead movement to the valve, and the link L is rocked by an eccentric K placed at right-angles to the crank. The rods G 0 can be adjusted in their respective links by suitable means. In a modification, the link C may be suppressed and the rod of the eccentric B connected directly to the floating lever H. In the form shown in Fig. 4, no floating lever is used, but the link L is supported by radius rods V and is reciprocated bodily by the eccentric B, through the link C and rod G, and is also rocked through the linkage S, T by the eccentric K, the motion of the valve spindle P being derived directly from the link L. In a modification of this form, the link L is supported on a sliding rod actuated by the link U. In the form shown in Fig. 5, no regulation is provided for, the two eccentric-rods being connected directly to the floating lever H. Various minor modifications may be combined with the leading features of the invention. Loose eccentrics may be used ; the links may be half the lengths shown ; levers with sliding blocks or with a number of pin-holes may be substituted for slotlinks ; and, finally, the several parts may be variously interchanged as regards position.
Patent GB-190208693-A (GB)
Title: The Treatment of Tin and other Scrap
Inventor: BRINDLEY CHARLES DENNIS
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1903-05-15
Abstract: 8693. Brindley, C. D. April 15. Shearing tinned, galvanized, or like; scrap, such as cuttings, old tins, &c., after treatment in a furnace to remove the solder. The shears are shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and consist of a set of fixed blades m and suitably-reciprocated blades n. The cut scrap falls between bars o, and is then washed to remove grease &c.
Patent GB-190210712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods and Apparatus for Incandescence Gas or Vapour Lighting
Inventor: HOOKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 10,712. Hooker, W. May 9. Incandescent gas and vapour burners. - A burner for consuming mixtures of air and gas or vapour has a head a screwed to a stem band containing a number of concentric rows of tubes e, which may rest on a gauze disc h. A socketed central cylinder d may be provided to receive the e mantle rod. The tube b is screwed i n t o a nipple c, and encloses tubes g, which may be dispensed with if a longer head a is used. The tubes e may be replaced by concentric cylinders j and corrugated brass strips i.
Patent GB-190216147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Thread Guides for Spinning Twisting Doubling and Winding Machines.
Inventor: SKINNER George
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,147. Skinner, G., and Hardman, F. July 21. Thread-guides. - Thread-guides f, Fig. 1, for spinning, twisting, doubling, and winding frames are bent over at the end f<1> to form a pivot about which they may be turned out of the way during the doffing of the spindles, the arrangement being particularly applicable to ring frames. The ends f<1> I rest in a channel d formed in a plate c, which is slotted opposite each spindle to receive a guide, and is supported between the turned-up ends of a plate e, the plates c, e being adjustably fixed, by bolts d<111> passing through slots, to a bracket b which is secured to the ordinary fixed rail a. The plate c is formed with a projection c<1> against which the heels f<11> of the guides rest when in working position, the guides being turned about the bent- over end f<1> to the position shown in dotted lines, when the spindles are to be doffed. Independent plates may be provided for each thread-guide, and the upper plate or plates prevent fluff from accumulating on the pivots f <1>. In one modifi- cation, the plate e is turned about a hinge at its back end to move the guide out of action. In another, the combination of the plates c, e is turned the other way up, the heel f<11> on the guide and the projection c<1> on the plate c being dispensed with, and the guide resting, when in working position, on the turned-up edge of the plate e. In another arrangement, the rear end of the guide is made spherical to take into a cup at the back of one of the plates c, e, and the guide is cranked so that the guide-eye is moved clear of the spindle by rotating the cranked arm. In Fig. 11, the end of the guide f is coiled twice round a rod, i<1> carried by a thread board i<11>, which is hinged to a thread board i<111> hinged to the rail a. A heel at the end of the coiled parts keeps the guide in its hori- zontal position. In Fig. 13, the heels j of the guides rest against fingers k on a shaft k<1>, which may be turned to lift all the guides out of action. A. porcelain eye is adapted to the guide-eye for wet spinning.
Patent GB-190216340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Selecting or Individualizing Instruments.
Inventor: BURNETT WILLIAM SYLVESTER
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 16,340. Burnett, W. S. July 22. Signals, electric-bell.-Relates to an individual call or selective system in which the stations are arranged in series or in parallel on the line. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the apparatus at each station. The selective device consists of a number of rods 24 mounted to slide in a pivoted frame provided with a ratchet disc 1. The disc is fed forward by an anchor pawl m n pivoted on the armature lever of the magnet 8, which is excited by all current impulses, short or long. A tripping-rocker 40, having a dash-pot .50, is only allowed to fall on the receipt of a long impulse, when it closes the circuit of the magnet 31. The armature lever of the magnet 31 acts as a striker to shift the rods 24. Rockers 58, 59 are arranged with recesses and projections to correspond with combinations of the rods 24, so that, on the receipt of a predetermined combination, the rockers can tilt and allow the arm 55 to complete the local circuit at d e of the bell H.
Patent GB-190216986-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Apparatus for, Producing Gas for Motive Power Purposes.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1903-07-31
Abstract: 16,986. Thwaite, B. H. July 31. Drawings to Specification. Coking.-A gas-producer furnace and plant for generating gas for motive-power purposes is preferably arranged alongside bye-product recovery coke ovens, part of the gases evolved during the coking operations being utilized to enrich the producer gas. The proportion of coke oven gas available for enriching purposes may be increased by introducing superheated steam into the coke oven just before withdrawing the coke, and while the floors are still closed. The steam expels the nitrogen in the fuel as ammonia, cools the coke, produces carbonic oxide, and liberates hydrogen. The steam is shut off and the coke withdrawn when the temperature of the coke falls below visible redness. The gas thus produced is drawn by a fan through washers and forced into the mixing-chamber.
Patent GB-190217613-A (GB)
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1902-08-11
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 17,613. Marks, G. C., [Weiss, J. J.]. Aug. 11. Rollers and roller heads.-The top rollers of worsted frames &c. are mounted loosely on their axles so that they may rotate independently of one another. Each axle 23 carrying a pair of rollers rests at each end upon an inclined slide or table 14, adjacent axles being separated by a central rib on the slides. Each upper pair of rollers is pressed upon the corresponding lower pair by a saddle 30 and adjustable spring 28. Each roller is mounted loosely between collars 26 upon a spool-shaped bushing 21, which is separated from the collars by felt washers 22, and is perforated to allow lubricant to pass from the hollow and perforated axle 23 to the recessed part of the bushing which acts as an oil reservoir. A single oil-hole 25 serves to admit oil to the axle 23 and for the lubrication of both of the rollers mounted thereon.
Patent GB-190219088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Concentrating Ores.
Inventor: SEBILLOT AMEDEE MATHURIN GABRI
Filed: 1902-08-30
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 19,088. SÚbillot, A. M. G. Aug. 30. Washing ores &c.-An inclined trough A is suspended by chains or the like, and given an oscillating motion by suitable gearing. The trough is divided into sections by removable riffles R suspended from a plate D, which may be raised or lowered by screws E. Prongs or stirrers U projecting from a plate S dip into the space between the riffle, and serve to agitate the ore &c. thoroughly. A piece G carried by the trough strikes against a cam N when the trough rocks, and gives a jolting motion.
Patent GB-190220910-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition or Substance suitable as a Substitute for Indiarubber and Method of Preparing the same.
Inventor: PRAMPOLINI WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 20,910. Prampolini, W. Feb. 6, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. India-rubber substitutes.- The gum obtained from synantheroeas mexicanas as described in Specification No. 6972, A.D. 1900, is vulcanized with from one to eight per cent. of sulphur or sulphur compounds, at temperatures between 130‹ and 280‹ F., and pressures up to 8 atmospheres. Colouring and loading materials may also be added. The materials are mixed by rolling. The operations are conducted similarly to those in the manufacture of vulcanized Para rubber, and products resembling this are obtained.
Patent GB-190224769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two-cycle Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: LINDEMANN OTTOCAR
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 24,769. Lindemann, O., [Hardt, A.]. Nov. 11. Gas and like engines. -In two-stroke cycle engines of the type shown, the exhaust is completely expelled and kept from contact with the new charge by placing the exhaust port n on the same side of the cylinder as the admission port g, and by a baffle o directing the entering charge all round the cylinder, and by drawing air into the crank chamber b through passages d, f, g, hand combustible mixture through the port c, so that the air in the passage h meets the exhaust before the combustible mixture.
Patent GB-190224807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paving Material or Asphalt, Filling Up Cement, Waterproofing Material and Paint.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-12-12
Abstract: 24,807. Thompson, W. P. Nov. 12. Paints, materials for.-Consists in the use of fine waste sand from glass works, or quartz slimes obtained in crushing gold ore &c. with pitch, and with, or without the addition of tars, resins, lac, or dissolved varnish gum, colouring-matters, lime, or basic material, linseed oil, heavy oil of gas works, naphtha, benzine, or other solvents, in the manufacture of asphalts for paving roads, waterproofing roofs, walls, floors, &c., ofor making black ornaments, paints, &c. For paints, a priming coat consists of 30 parts of fine waste sand, 15 of hard gas-works pitch, 4 of resin, and 1 of heavy oil of gas works, melted and mixed with sufficient naphtha to obtain the requisite fluidity. An outer coat consists of 20 parts of fine sand, 14 of pitch, 6 of resin, 1 of heavy oil, and the requisite quantity of naphtha. Red paint is made of 16 parts of fine sand, 4 of red oxide of iron, 15 of resin, 1 of resin oil, and naphtha.
Patent GB-190225719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Filtering, Straining or Sieving Paint and other Liquids.
Inventor: ROSCOE THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1902-11-22
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 25,719. Roscoe, T. E., and Unsworth, W. Nov. 22. Strainers.-An appliance for "filtering, strain- " ing, or sieving paint and other liquids, such as '' beer, stout, herb and other drinks, oils, boiled " tallow, and the like," consists of a vessel A, B of tinned iron &c., provided with a flange C, a removable wire-gauze disc or perforated sheet D, and an internal cylinder E detachably secured to the part A by means of two pins H and corresponding bayonet slots K, K' having the parts K<1> inclined upwards. Flat pieces I, placed inside the cylinder E and secured to the pins H, are employed to facilitate turning the cylinder E when securing it in position or removing it.
Patent GB-190301083-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Collars for Horses and other Animals.
Inventor: GAECK ROBERT
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1083. Gõck, R., and Spengler, F. H. Jan. 15. Collars, neck.-The collar is made by stretching and nailing a piece of leather 1 over a suitablyshaped piece of wood &c. 2. The leather is then removed and lined with soft, i.e., not cemented, felt &c. 5. The overlapping edges are then sewn together by a single row of stitches 6, which serve also to form the groove for the hame. The collar is then stuffed with straw, and is bent to proper shape, and the ends are joined together at what forms the top of the collar. Fig. 8 shows a form of collar where the inner surface is formed in a continuous curve. The lower ends of the hames 10 are connected by an eye, bolt, and nut, and the top ends are slipped beneath the separate leather piece covering the top. Fig. 10 shows a clamp for keeping the part 7 of the collar in shape while being stuffed. The clamp is in two parts held together by screws.
Patent GB-190303186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Sleepers
Inventor: MIDDLEBROOKS THADDIUS JOSEPHUS
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 3186. Middlebrooks, T. J. June 26, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Sleepers are laid in a zig-zag fashion and connected near their ends by plates 3 bolted or spiked thereto.
Patent GB-190303704-A (GB)
Title: Alternating Current Machine applicable as Converter, Motor and Generator.
Inventor: BRAGSTAD OLE SIVERT
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 3704. Bragstad, 0. S., and La Cour, J. L. April 29, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Electric railways and tramways.-An alternating- current machine, capable of being used as converter, motor, or generator, consists essentially of an ordinary asynchronous motor and a rotary converter, mechanically coupled together, the secondary winding of the asynchronous motor being con. nected in concatenation with equidistant parts of the armature winding of the rotary converter. Fig. 6 shows the application of the invention to a system of electric traction. The stator S of the asynchronous motor is laid between the rails, while the rotor P is carried bv the vehicle and connected through a switch A<u> to the armature winding of the converter U, which is also supplied with continuous current from a battery. At starting, the switch A<u> is opened, and the resistances W, W<1> are partially switched off. On attaining a certain speed, the switch is closed, and the combination operates as a synchronous motor. The speed may then be regulated by varying the resistance.
Patent GB-190304684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heating Apparatus or Fireplaces.
Inventor: MATHIAS PAUL
Filed: 1903-02-27
Granted: 1904-02-27
Abstract: 4684. Mathias, P. Feb. 27. Air-heating stoves; smoke-consuming; draught, regulating. - In a stove for heating apartments, factories, &c., the draught is regulated by a number of differently-sized rings e having flanges g to rest on a plate d, which can be removed at an opening f. The ring e separates the combustion chamber, which has an outlet k, from a flue c, the gases in which meet the secondary air supply passing from a flue b through openings i. Air-heating tubes j are arranged as shown. According to the Provisional Specification, air for combustion enters the fireplace under the ashpit and passes up and down passages at the sides.
Patent GB-190305243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea-kettles.
Inventor: BARNS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 5243. Barns, W. J. March 6. Kettles.-To prevent boiling - over and scalding by steam escaping, the lid h is formed with the depending collar a, the bottom of which determines the height to which the kettle should be filled. The collar is formed with apertures f. In addition, a duct e from the steam space passes through the rear of the handle of the kettle.
Patent GB-190305288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instruments for Determining the Power Factor of Alternating Current Electric Circuits.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 5288. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. March 6. Testing.-An instrument for measuring power factors on alternating-current circuits is shown, in perspective, as applied to a single circuit containing a motor 14. The instrument consists of a divided ring 1 of conductive material, carried by arms 4 of a vertical shaft, not shown, which also carries a pointer 16<1> over a stationary scale 17. The ring tapers on each side to a short air-gap. The ring is movable through gaps between the poles of two iron cores 5, 11, which carry pressure coils 6, 10 and co-operate with adjacent pairs of current coils 7, 8 and 12, 13. These current coils are in series with the motor 14. The pressure coils 6, 10 are, respectively, in series with a large non-inductive resistance 22 and an inductance coil 16. The current in the pressure coil 6 is thus in the same phase as the pressure in the supply mains, and if the current in the coils 7, 8 lags or leads relatively to this pressure, the combination 5, 6, 7, 8 turns the ring in one direction or the other until its action is balanced by one side of the ring advancing into the gap in the core 11. The apparatus is applicable to 'any alternating-current system. On a three-phase three-wire system, each pair of coils 7, 8 and 12, 13 is connected in a separate supply wire, the corresponding pressure coils 6, 10 being connected between these wires and the third one ; an inductance coil is then used .in series with each pressure coil.
Patent GB-190305830-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Measuring and Filling Sacks with Grain.
Inventor: THOMSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 5830. Thomson, A. March 13. Filling grain.-Grain is filled into sacks by means of an apparatus built in the form of a hand truck with lifting-gear. A measure A is pivoted in a lifting-frame e and is provided with rollers a mounted on arms attached to the axis. The measure is lifted by a rope c, which runs over a pulley D and is attached to a wheel C. The wheel C is turned by a lever B. A stop s holds the lever B when the measure is raised. The measure is tilted as it rises by means of the rollers a bearing against curved guides G, so that the contents are emptied into the hopper F, to the lower end of which a sack is attached. The frame E, carrying the measure support, has a lug e', which acts on a series of levers to cause a loose side f of the hopper to be projected, so as to catch the last grains as delivered from the measure. One of the handle-bars R of the truck is shown pivoted so as to be movable to the vertical position. A weighing- machine, to receive the sack, may be placed under the shoot. The Provisional Specification refers to the hopper having an inner casing, one portion of which may form a shoot that may be projected outwards into the mouth of the sack.