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Patent GB-190103730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding Glass Bottles, Jars, Phials and the like.
Inventor: WOODFIELD HARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-02-21
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 3730. Woodfield, H. W., and Harmer, W. Feb. 21. Drawings to Specification. Friction gearing.-The main shaft of a bottleblowing machine is driven through friction gearing consisting of a disc pressed against a roller by a spring. The machine is stopped automatically at certain definite intervals by means of pins on a worm-wheel in gear with a worm fitted to slide on the shaft of the disc. The pins, as they move round, engage with a catch, pivoted to the end of a sliding rod which carries an arm engaging in a neck in the boss of the disc, and draw the disc away from the roller. The catch is disengaged by hand to start the machine.
Patent GB-190103774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: ARNOS VINZENZ
Filed: 1901-02-21
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 3774. Arnos, V., and Alter, P. Feb. 21. Sectional boilers.-A number of concentric shells are arranged as shown, to form alternate water and flue spaces. Water and steam chambers m, n are connected with the various water spaces a, b, c, d, r by pipes o, and with the water and steam drum p by circulation pipes as shown. The flue spaces are connected together, to form a continuous tortuous passage.
Patent GB-190114162-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Clips for Cartridges, and to Means of Applying the same to Rifles.
Inventor: WATKIN HENRY SAMUEL SPILLER
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 14,162. Watkin, H. S. S., and Speed, J. J. July 11. Ammunition receptacles.-Chargers for magazines of repeating guns. The clip is made of steel, and is provided with recesses c for the cartridge flanges, with inward projections e to retain the cartridges, and with outward projections f to support it upon the gun during the charging operation.
Patent GB-190124048-A (GB)
Title: Means and Apparatus for Utilising the Expansive Force of Condensed Gases or Vapours Ice Making and Refrigerating Machines partly applicable to Compressors for Ice Machines generally.
Inventor: MACKAY FREDERICK NOEL
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-11-26
Abstract: 24,048. Mackay, F. N., fox, H. S., and Worssam, H. J. Nov. 26. Stuffing -boxes.-Relates to compressors, which may be partly gas-actuated, for icemaking and refrigerating machines, especially those using carbonic acid, and consists partly in improvements on those described in Specification No. 19,913, A.D. 1901. The top end of the inlet valve stem and the lantern 35 between the two parts of the packing in the stuffing- box of the cam spindle are connected by passages 26, 36 with the exhaust side, to catch leakage of oil and gas and to reduce the pressure on the valve 19. The partition in the cylinder is formed by a gland 38, 39 carried by the upper end of the lantern 37, which is attached to the outer gland 89 of the pistonrod stuffing-box. The leather 90 and packing 92 for the rod are held by the inner gland 94, as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190124473-A (GB)
Title: Cuff Protector.
Inventor: MILLARD EDWIN HAVELOCK
Filed: 1901-12-02
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 24,473. Millard, E. H. Dec. 2. Cuff protectors.-A cuff protector is made of two pieces of material shown respectively in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. The piece F, Fig. 1, forms the outside of the protector, and the piece E, Fig. 2, which is shorter than the piece F, is attached to it so as to impart a permanently-curved shape to the protector. The outer edge C of the piece E is attached either to the outer edge C<1> of the piece F or along the dotted line P. The two pieces E, F are also attached together along the sides, so that a sort of bag for the reception of the cuff is formed. The inner edges of the piece F may be cut away as indicated at M, and alternate forms of cut-away parts are shown in full and dotted lines respectively at the inner edges of the piece E. The buttonhole tabs D serve for the attachment together of the edges of the protector, and the tab D' for attachment to a button on the shirt, but these tabs may be replaced by buttonholes made in the protector itself.
Patent GB-190125348-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Expansion Gear for Winding and Hauling Engines.
Inventor: BARCLAY JOHN GALILEO
Filed: 1901-12-12
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 25,348. Barclay, J. G. Dec. 12. Valves and valve gear.-Relates to expansion gear for winding and hauling engines, shown as applied to a horizontal engine with a slide valve, designed to provide a variable cut-off independently of the direction of rotation of the engine. On the top side of the main steam chest B is fixed a crown valve steam chest A, supplied with steam at a<1> and furnished with a crown valve controlling the port a. On the chest A is mounted a standard E supporting a rocking shaft g and a dash-pot e. Connected to the crown valve spindle below, and to the dash-pot piston-rod above, is a frame F carrying pivoted tripper arms f, f<1>. The shaft g carries a cam G capable of acting on the tripper arms so as to raise the crown valve from its seat and to allow it to close again when the shaft is rocked. The shaft g is rocked by an arm H, actuated through a lever from the spindle c of the main valve. To vary the grade of expansion, the position of the trippers f, f<1> is adjustable by means of screws bearing against the frame F, whereby the period of engagement with the cam G can be regulated.
Patent GB-190204851-A (GB)
Title: Gas Detecting Device for Miners' Safety Lamps.
Inventor: MACKIE MATTHEW DAVID
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 4851. Mackie, M. D. Feb. 26. Explosive and combustible gases, detecting. - Miners' safety lamps are adapted for detecting the presence of explosive gases by suspending or mounting platinum wire 9 or 9<1>, 9', 9<3>, &c., which glows in the presence of explosive gases, upon a support of which can be raised or lowered in the sheath or guide 6 passing through the reservoir 1. A cylindrical rod 7 may be swivelled, as shown at 13, Fig. 3, to an operating- screw 11, or a rectangular rod may be arranged to slide vertically in a guide, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The movement of the slide 7 may be limited by a set-screw 15, and the slide may be graduated, as at 17, to indicate the quantity of explosive gas present. A scale may, however, be placed on the lamp rods, or within the lamp, or on that part of the rod 7 which extends below the reservoir 1.
Patent GB-190208643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Damping the Oscillations of Shafts carrying the Hands or Pointers of Electrical Measuring Instruments or the like.
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8643. Nalder, F. H., and Nalder Bros. & Thompson. April 14. Index hands.- Oscillation o f a shaft c carrying an index band d is prevented by providing it with a pulley e, carrying a silk cord attached to light plungers g, of aluminium or other material, which slide loosely in two stationary vertical cylinders f. The cord may be held under a transverse pin i in the pulley.
Patent GB-190210424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Sweetmeats and similar Articles of Confectionery
Inventor: BARRATT EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-06
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 10,424. Barratt, E. W. May 6. Moving-beater apparatus.-A machine for pulling sugar or candy, and applicable also as a mixer, or beater, or for other purposes in connection with the manufacture of sweetmeats and similar confectionery, is shown in elevation in Fig. 1. The pulling operation is effected by means of movable hooks or supports travelling round or about fixed hooks or supports ; the hooks or supports may be enclosed in a trough or casing to form a mixing- machine &c. In the example, two fixed supports in the form of rods or pins a are mounted on a cross-piece carried by a standard a<2>, and a movable rod or pin b is provided with a collar b<1> travelling in contact with the outer edge or rim d<1> of a path or race c, cut or formed as a figure 8 in a frame d. Two rotary discs or wheels e,f are mounted in the race c, and are provided with grooves or recesses e<6>, f<6> for retaining the collar b<1>, and hooked arms e<1>, f for engaging the end of the pin b. The discs e, f are driven in opposite directions, and revolve the one faster than the other, alternately, in order to actuate the pin b alternately. For this purpose, a pinion f on the axle of the disc f meshes with a pinion on a pulley shaft, and is geared to a pinion e<2> on the axle of the disc e by means of pinions e<3>, f <3> and e<4>, f<4> fast on shafts e<5>, f<3>, the pinions e<4>, f<4> being mounted eccentrically, with the shortest radius of one opposite the longest radius of the other. The discs e, f may be replaced by portions of discs, or by discs having peripheral annular grooves or flanges, or by rotary levers having grooved or recessed ends. A series of links or the like may be used instead of the discs &c. and the train of wheels, as shown in Fig. 5. The pin b is carried by a link b<2> pivoted in bell-crank levers b<3>, which are connected by links b<4> to cranks h<2> on shafts of sprocket-wheels h connected by a chain h<1>.
Patent GB-190214717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Foot-power Mechanism.
Inventor: SLOTKIN MAYER
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 14,717. Slotkin, M., and Praglin, J. July 1. Treadle - driving gearing. - F o o tpower driving- mechanism, suitable for light machinery such as drills, lathes, saws, buffing-machines, &c., is shown in Fig. 1. Two standards B support the spindle of a flywheel F. The pedal r is carried by a curved lever L working on an axis d' and having a toothed sector E engaging with a ratchet clutch C on the driving-axis. Two pedal levers may be used.
Patent GB-190224465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Military and Naval Flash-light Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: REID JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-07
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 24,465. Reid, J. Nov. 7. Tripod stands.-The portable acetylene flashlight signalling-apparatus shown is mounted on the tripod 1 by means of the lug 16 pivoted in the fork 17, which fits easily in the socket 18 screwed to the tripod, thus permitting of vertical and horizontal adjustment of the apparatus. Telescoping links 19, which can be locked by clamping- screws 21, facilitate the adjustment, chains 22 connected to the lugs 16 and to loose rings 23 preventing the arms from becoming detached when the screws 21 are slackened.
Patent GB-190226460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Uniting of Metals
Inventor: JOTTRAND FELIX
Filed: 1902-12-01
Granted: 1903-12-01
Abstract: 26,460. Jottrand, F. Dec. 1. Burning or uniting metals.-Relates to methods of uniting pieces of metal by burning, and especially of uniting a thin piece of metal to a thick piece. In joining two cylinders, a small flange is formed on the end of each cylinder, as shown in Fig. 2, and the two flanges are united by strongly heating the junction. A metal cask may be made by welding two halves together in a similar manner. In joining two sides of a metal box, one side n, Fig. 4, is flanged, and is united to the other side o by strongly heating the joint. To facilitate the uniting of a thin plate to a thick plate or bar or a thick flange and to prevent the burning of the thin metal, a groove is formed near the edge of the thick piece of metal, in order to form a thin lip h, Fig. 5, resting against the thin metal. A hoop may be secured on a metal cask in a similar manner. Fig. 8 shows the application of the process for the insertion of a plug or stopper w in a cask. The plug is received by a thick ring or stopper v, which is united to a cylindrical part x formed in one with the cask.
Patent GB-190301254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinged Joints of Window Casements and the like.
Inventor: MARSHALL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1254. Marshall, W. Jan. 19. Hinges and pivots.- A hinge or joint for windows, fanlights, casements, ventilators, swing doors andgates, &c.consists of upper and lower circular cases a, b fitting together by bevelled edges and attached to the fixed and movable parts by flanges a<1>, b<1>. The upper part a has a central tapering pivot k surrounded by a race to receive balls, rollers, &c. An annular plate g with a corresponding race is recessed to fit the pin k, and is under-cut to receive the head of the locking-screw n, which is fixed in its adjusted position by one or more small screws p engaging in threaded holes in the end of the pin k. The plate g is fixed by screws in the lower case b, and is arranged to break joint with the cases a, b so as to exclude dirt, water, &c. The hinges are fixed in the top and bottom jointing lines, and need not be in the vertical joint ; in the case of casements, weather boards may be applied to cover the joints.
Patent GB-190306195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for Elevators.
Inventor: MEECH ALFRED HARRISON
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 6195. Meech, A. H. March 17. Safety suspending or retaining apparatus.-Relates to safety-devices having the same objects as that described in Specification No. 6176, A.D. 1903, but operated by an electric motor instead of by compressed air. Fig. 3 shows a bottom plan of the cage and Fig. 8 a diagram of the electric circuits. The brakes 5, one on each side of the car, are operated by motors 11, 12, through nuts 14 on the screwed armature shafts, toggles 16, and levers 17. Connected to one of the nuts 14 is a sliding bar 28 carrying insulated contact 29, 30 and 31, 32 adapted to bridge the fixed contacts 20, 21, &c. of the motor circuits. On moving the handle of the controller 33 to the "on" position, circuit is closed through the bridge-pieces 29, 30 and the corresponding fixed contacts, and the motors, which are coupled in series, are rotated so as to apply the brakes. The motors rotate, moving the bar 28, until contact is broken at 29, 30. The bridge-pieces 31, 32 are, however, now bridging their fixed contacts 24, 25, 26, 27, and on moving the controller 33 to the "off" position, the motor circuits are closed through these contacts in the reverse direction and the brakes taken off. In addition to the controller 33, there is provided a switch 66 with a simple pull handle so as to be readily operated by a passenger in case of emergency. When the brakes have been applied by closing the switch 66, the "on" circuit can be broken by a third switch 73 and the brakes then taken off by moving the controller 33 to the "off" position. Automatic switches 86 are provided, one in connection with each hoisting-rope. Each of these switches comprises a sliding bar carrying insulated bridge-pieces and retained in the open position against the action of a spring 88 by means of a lever 95, Fig. 6, carrying a block 93 supported against the taut hoisting-rope. On a rope breaking, the "on" circuit is thus closed and the brakes applied. Each brake shoe has a long flange 9 and a short flange 10, Fig. 3, the long flange of one overlapping the short flange of the other, thus enclosing the cable on which the brakes act. In a modification, there is a single central motor with one end of its shaft right handedly screwed the other left handedly.
Patent GB-190309025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Packing Fruit.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 9025. Haddan, H. J., [Molet, F. A.]. April 21. Parcelling; wrappers.-Bananas and other fruit are packed in a crate or wrapper, such as that shown in Fig. 1, consisting of laths A connected by flexible bands B B', and of star-shaped &c. pieces C, which are hinged at D to the laths. When wrapped or folded round the fruit, the bands are secured by turn-buttons at one end engaging in slits in the other, and the piece C, which serves as ends, may be secured by sliding bolts E. Metal cloth or wirework may be secured over the laths. The device serves to protect the contents while affording ample ventilation.
Patent GB-190312482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire-escape Appliances.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,482. Boult, A. J , [Tonkin, J. E., Barnett, C., and Jones, T. D.]. June 2. Fire-escapes. - Relates to fire -escapes of the vertical fixed - rope and descending sliding- block type. The casing a is provided with sheaves running on fixed ropes and having a side lug to which is secured a belt attached to the user. A brake is formed by pressing the ropes against the part b by means of the lever d and pulley e, or any other braking- appliance may be used.
Patent GB-190318064-A (GB)
Title: A New Manufacture of Cement for Use in Repairing Retorts and for like purposes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 18,064. Williams, J. E. Aug. 21. Cements; refractory substances. - Fireproof cements for repairing retorts and crucibles, and for similar purposes consist of magnetite, china clay, barytes, sodium silicate, water, and borax, the proportions preferred being 25 parts of magnetite and 75 of the remainder, which may consist of 200 cwt. of china slag, 100 cwt. of barytes, 40 gallons of sodium silicate (100‹ Tw.), 24 gallons of water, and 281b. of borax.
Patent GB-190319445-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Rolling Tubes.
Inventor: MANNESMANN MAX
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 19,445. Mannesmann, M. Sept. 9. Drawings to Specification. Rolling.-Tubes are rolled out at a single heat by means of a series of sets of rolls, arranged in line, alternate sets of rolls effecting the stretching, while the remaining pairs loosen the tube upon the mandrel. The loosening-rolls are placed close behind the stretchmg-rolls, and may be at right-angles to them, or successive sets of stretching-rolls may be arranged at right-angles, the loosening-rolls being parallel to the stretching-rolls. The tube is guided and fed from one set of stretching-rolls to the next, being acted on by one set only at a time. A single set of stretching-rolls with oval grooves may be used in place of a pair of sets for stretching and loosening.
Patent GB-190321879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Steam Generators.
Inventor: BLAKE JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 21,879. Blake, J., and Westgarth, T. Oct. 12. Steam - generator furnace flues.-The flues of Cornish, Lancashire, and other boilers are embossed, indented, and provided with auxiliary tube plates so as to accommodate water-tubes without destroying the cylindrical form of the flue. Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 show various forms of bosses and indentations. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the flue is strengthened by thickening the metal round the tubes. Fig. 1 shows a flue in which one side is corrugated, for additional strength, the corrugations dying out at the top and the bottom of the flue. Figs. 13 and 14 illustrate the employment of a tube plate, while Figs. 18 and 21 show different arrangements in which the flue is corrugated.
Patent GB-190321995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in an Apparatus or Device for Singeing and similarly Treating Fabrics.
Inventor: BRENNAND JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 21,995. Brennand, J., and Ferrand, F. Oct. 13. Heating by electricity.- A rod, tube, roller, &c. for singeing fabrics is composed partly or entirely of fireclay, porcelain, or other refractory material, and heated by electricity passed through a resistant strip wound helically round the roller and secured at the ends to rings against which brushes connected with an electric generator bear. In another arrangement, a number of resistant strips c extend along the roller a parallel to its axis. These strips may be connected in series, and the two remaining ends connected to rings as before, or the strips may be connected as shown to commutator bars g', against which adjustable brushes bear so that the operative surface only of the roller may be heated. The resistant strip may be embedded in the material of the roller&c., and may be formed of an alloy known as Beacon' metal, or other metal or alloy not easily oxidizable.
Patent GB-190322067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motors.
Inventor: LIEBETANZ RUDOLF
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,067. Liebetanz, R. Oct. 13. Annular-chamber type of steam, compressed-air, &c. engines. The fixed piston drum a has a peripheral groove b, and an abutment c.. The rotary casing d covers the groove or working chamber, and carries two sliding wedge-shaped piston vanes f, which have rollers k, adapted to engage a fixed cam l to withdraw the piston vanes from the chamber. Admission and exhaust ports m, n are placed adjacent to the abutment, and the piston vanes act alternately. The casing may be fixed and the drum made rotatable. The number of piston vanes and abutments may be varied.
Patent GB-190405002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spikes.
Inventor: ANDERSON JAMES BRUSH
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 5002. Anderson, J. B. Feb. 29. Spikes.-A spike for use on railways &c. is provided with an opening 5 curved laterally from side to side as shown at 6 and from front to rear as show n at 6<a>, terminating in an abrupt curve 8 rounded off at the exit 14. After the spike has been driven into position, a long wire or wroughtmetal nail 16, with a tapered head 18 to fit the half countersink 4, is forced through the opening 5. On meeting the curved sides 8, the nail is deflected in an oblique direction, curves upwards into the material of the tie, and securely locks the spike. The opening 5 can be formed by drilling or, preferably, by grooving the spike longitudinally and providing duplicate flanges to be substantially bent inwardly towards each other.
Patent GB-190407766-A (GB)
Title: A Process of, and Hydraulic Appliances for, Producing Hollow Earthenware Bodies
Inventor: DELATTRE EMILE DOR
IPC: B28B3/02
Filed: 1904-04-02
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7766. Delattre, E. D. April 2. Drawings to Specification. Crucibles are moulded from two kinds of earth or paste, the outer one being fire-resisting and the inner non-corrodible.
Patent GB-190413660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Pneumatic or other Tyres to Motor Car or other Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: PRADEAU CARLO WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,660. Pradeau, C. W. June 16. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-In a means for attaching pneumatic or other tyres to vehicle wheels, a loose rim divided into four or more segments, a1 b, &c., Fig. 1, the edges of which are rounded or rolled as shown in section in Fig. 2, or otherwise suitably shaped, is attached to the rim e of the wheel by means of bolts f fitted with nuts g. These segments are also connected by means of a tongue h on one end of each engaging under the adjacent end of the next segment, a bolt g paasing through each of these tongues. The ,edges of the tyre, suitably enlarged, are secured between the. haped edges of the segmental rim and the ordinary rim e. Springs h<1> are fitted on the bolts f to facilitate removal of the tyre on unscrewing the nuts g.
Patent GB-190416076-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Radiator for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: BUSHELL WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 16,076. Bushell, W. H., and Tomalin, L. R. S. July 20. Heating buildings &c.-In a radiator, the water or other liquid, contained in the lower tube or chamber c, is heated by a gas or oil burner f, arranged so that the flame plays only on one end of the chamber. The vapour rises in the tubes a, which are immediately above the flame, and passes into the upper tube or chamber b, where it expands. It then passes down the colder tubes a and is condensed. The apparatus is hermetically closed. A trough shaped protector h is provided for the burner.