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Patent GB-190006603-A (GB)
Title: Service Equipment Braces and Belt.
Inventor: HERBERT EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-04-09
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 6603. Herbert, E. W. April 9. Drawings to Specification. Drinking-vessels.-A special military equipment comprises, among other articles, a bucket or case which is slung on the belt and serves for holding the water bottle. The Provisional Specification states this bucket or case may be detached from the belt and be used as a drinking-vessel.
Patent GB-190007092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Motors.
Inventor: CASSEL ELMER FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-04-17
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 7092. Cassel, E. F. April 17. Centrifugal governors.-A device for governing water-wheels driven by jets is shown in Fig. 1. The wheel is made of two discs 11, 12 pressed together by suitable springs, and each carrying buckets 30 on which a jet 31 impinges. A differential governor is carried by brackets 19, and consists of unequal and adjustable weights 25, 26 secured on the frames 20. The arms 22 of the governor press the discs apart, when the speed is too high, and so allow the jet to pass between the separated buckets. The weights can be replaced by loaded arms pivoted to one of the discs, or one set of buckets can be dispensed with. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the buckets 53 are divided, each half carrying a loaded arm 55 pivoted at 54, so that, when the speed is too high, the halves of the bucket are separated by the arms moving away from the shaft.
Patent GB-190008077-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or Addition to Safety Bicycles.
Inventor: LLOYD WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 8077. Lloyd, W. J., and Priest, W. May 1. Stands or supports; brakes.-Relates to means for enabling safety bicycles to stand alone. A prop, rod, or tube b, provided with a double joint at the top and stops for the joints to limit the angular motion of the prop, is attached to the cycle by the clip c, and is preferably provided with a spring e, by the action of which it automatically takes up its supporting position when released from the clip g, Fig. 8, attached to the rear fork of the machine. A flange and spike are provided at the foot of the prop. To keep the bicycle from moving forwards when standing, the brake rod i, Fig. 10, has an elliptical shoulder i<1> which engages under the eye or guide in which the brake rod works.
Patent GB-190012935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Rooms and other Enclosed Spaces.
Inventor: FRAME THOMAS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-07-18
Granted: 1901-09-18
Abstract: 12,935. Frame, T. A., Hickson, J., and Goldie, G. July 18. Ventilating.-For ventilating enclosed spaces, such as rooms, railway compartments, &c., the incoming air is constrained to follow a sinuous course and impinge against a surface from which it is reflected into the compartment to be ventilated. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement as applied to a window, A series of independent passages B open from the outside air and curve in such a way that the currents, escaping into the trough D, impinge upon the window glass C and, by reflection, spread themselves in all directions over the room to be ventilated. Preferably the passages increase in area. To control the air supply, the trough may be provided with sliding perforated covers or with blocks E, the latter of which are easily removable for placing in the bracket e when not required. As applied to fanlights, the passages are formed in the transom of the door frame. The same arrangement may be also applied to railway carriage doors by removing the usual ventilator and fitting a glass pane or other surface in its place.
Patent GB-190014036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Linotypes having Accented Capital Letters thereon.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-08-04
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 14,036. Lock, W. H., Holliwell, C., and Elliot, R. C. Aug. 4. Stereotype.-Relates to improvements in linotypes having accented capital letters thereon, or capital letters with a numeral or exponent. The linotype 1 to be accented, and the preceding linotype 3 in the column, are placed together in reverse order as shown in Fig. 1, and are secured on the table of a slotting-machine. The capital letter 2 to be accented then forms a guide for the cutting of a slot 8 in the other linotype, or, if leaded type are in use, in the lead 9 as well, as shown in Fig. 7. An accent type 4, Fig. 2, is placed in the slot 8, and, when the linotypes are set up in proper order, prints an accent in the proper position.
Patent GB-190015632-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Mechanical Ventilators for Chimneys and other Air Passages.
Inventor: CHAMPAGNE ONESIME HENRY
Filed: 1900-09-03
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 15,632. Champagne, O. H., and Tanguay, J. B. A. Sept. 3. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-A rotating top B carried on the uptake A by a central spindle C drives a fan N inside the uptake on a sleeve I by means of speed gearing consisting of an annular wheel J on the spindle, a pinion K on the sleeve, :and intervening pinions L on pins e in a fixed basin M. Ball bearings are used.
Patent GB-190018094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Types.
Inventor: SCHLEICHER AGNES
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 18,094. Schleicher, A. Oct. 11. Type.-Ordinary types a are formed with rounded projections b on one or both sides for spacing between words. Lines composed too long may be compressed to justify them, the projections b yielding under the pressure.
Patent GB-190019295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Double Fast Warp-pile Fabrics.
Inventor: DREY OSCAR
Filed: 1900-10-29
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 19,295. Drey, O. Oct. 29. Pile fabrics. - In double warp-pile fabrics of the kind described in Specification No. 13,059, A.D. 1896, especially when woven with mohair, wool, silk, or the like, the guide warp threads a and complementary ground warp threads c are interwoven with the weft in plain calico weave, as shown. The pile warp threads b, b<1> are bound in in the manner described in the previous Specification.
Patent GB-190022866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Extracting Pens from their Holders.
Inventor: DAVIS ANDREW JACKSON
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 22,866. Davis, A. J. Dec. 14. Pen extractors.-Fig. 5 shows a section. The appliance consists of a tapering tube 2 provided with a handle 6, and containing a loose ball 3.
Patent GB-190101666-A (GB)
Title: Improved Twine-holder.
Inventor: MATSSON ERKES ERIK
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 1666. Matsson, E. E. Jan. 24. String holders.-The twine or string is held and the slack is rewound to a limited extent, by apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1, so that a certain length of the string will always hang down to be laid hold of. The ball of twine is enclosed in a cylinder 3, which is mounted on a spring spindle 4 carried on the frame 1, which may be attached to the ceiling by a rod 2. The cylinder, which has a clip 17 to which one end of the twine is attached, and a perforation 18 through which the other, end is withdrawn, is, before inserting the twine, first rotated against the action of the spring, which is enclosed in a casing 5. The string is then threaded through the perforation 18, and through a perforation 19 in a protecting outer ring or cylinder 8, and then through loops 12, 13 in a balance lever 9 pivoted at 10. The lever 9, which is weighted to balance the length of string which it is desired should hang down, and has also an adjusting-weight 20, is provided with a vertical arm 14, which, when the rear end of the lever 9 descends, arrests a frictionmounted arm 15, thus preventing the further winding of the slack twine on the cylinder 3.
Patent GB-190106861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: LAMBOURNE WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 6861. Lambourne, W. T., and Wood, J. C. April 2. Acetylene.-Consists of means for the easy alternative generation of gas in one of two or more generators and for isolating, opening, and recharging one of the retorts without interfering with the continuous working of the apparatus as a whole. The apparatus comprises two or more generators c, which are mounted in the lower part of the tank a and are provided with carbide trays o and external screw-on covers d. Water is supplied from the tank a by a pipe e, in which is mounted a valve f normally closed by a weighted lever g, but opened, when the holder descends, by a projection h on the bell depressing the lever g. The water passes into a deep siphon seal j, and overflows therefrom into branch pipes k leading to the generators. Each pipe k is provided with a cock l, and the pipe m which connects the generators directly with each other is also provided with a cock n. In operation, water is supplied, as required, to one of the generators until the carbide therein is exhausted, and the water then overflows by the pipe m into the other generator. Thereupon the cock l on the feed-pipe of the second generator is opened and the other cocks are closed, so that the first generator may be opened and recharged. The gas produced passes into the holder by pipes q fitted with non-return valves r. On leaving the holder, the gas passes through a condenser s fitted with baffle-plates t, and the water of condensation is run off from the condenser, when necessary, through a cock v. A safety escape device is provided, consisting of a pipe x which is surrounded by a tube w perforated at w<1> near its lower end and depending from the top of the bell.
Patent GB-190109847-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Discharging Dyed Textile Fabrics.
Filed: 1901-05-13
Granted: 1902-06-13
Abstract: 9847. Knecht, E., and Spence & Sons, P. May 13. Dyeing.-For the purpose of discharging the colour in dyed textile fabrics, either wholly or in parts, salts of titanium are employed, either in the form of a paste or solution. Examples are given (1) of the production of a white discharge on cotton, dyed with benzo-purpurine 4 B, by printing the fabric with a paste made up of titanium sesquichloride and British gum, and afterwards drying, steaming in a rapid ager, washing, and again drying the same ; (2) of the production of a red discharge on cotton, dyed with diamine green, by printing with a paste made up of titanium sesquichloride, sodium acetate, citric acid, saffranine, and British gum thickening, and completing the treatment as before ; and (3) of the production of a white discharge on wool dyed with crystal scarlet by proceeding as in example 1 with the addition of ammonium sulphocyanide to the paste. In place of sodium acetate in example 2, sulphocyanide of ammonia, of potash, of soda, or of lime, may be employed. Mixtures of stannous salts and titanous salts may also be employed in the process.
Patent GB-190118066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces.
Inventor: LOWE THOMAS
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 18,066. Lowe, T. Sept. 10. Smoke-consuming.-A number of nozzles A, each formed of a coiled bar as shown in Fig. 3, or a perforated tube as shown in Fig. 7, project from an arched air chamber B above the fire-hole, so as to form a screen or baffle, or from an air chamber in the fire-door, or from both as shown in Fig. 2. The air chamber B may be prolonged on both sides of the fire-hole to chambers below the deadplate to which air is admitted by slides, as shown in Fig. 2, or openings may be made leading direct into the chamber B. In the case of a locomotive firebox, the nozzles may be fitted in an ordinary baffle-plate J, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190118326-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fertilizer.
Inventor: JONAS EUGEN
Filed: 1901-09-13
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 18,326. Jonas, E. Sept. 13. Manures.-Wood reduced by machinery to pieces varying in size from that of peas to that of beans is used as a fertilizer, which keeps the soil moist, provides heat by its slow decomposition, and favours the production of humus. Resinous wood should, preferably, be deprived of its resin prior to comminution. The pieces of wood are advantageously introduced into the soil together with the seeds.
Patent GB-190122730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Manufacturing Steel
Inventor: JOHNSON HENRY
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 22,730. Johnson, H., ani Frier, G. W. Nov. 11. Iron and steel furnaces.-In the manufacture of steel by a combined pneumatic and open-hearth process, highly-heated steel scrap or alloy and molten pig iron are respectively introduced from a cupola or blast furnace A, and heating-furnace C, into a fixed converter B, whence the partiallyrefined charge is run into an open-hearth furnace D, which may be basic-lined. A siphon-shaped trap A', Fig. 4 is provided for the cupola or blastfurnace tap-hole, to prevent slag from flowing into the channel A<3>, connecting the furnace with the converter. A movable brick-lined cover is fitted to the top of the converter, which is also provided with a series of slag-holes. The discharge passage B<6> of the furnace C opens into the upper part of the converter. The waste heat from the furnace C may be utilized for heating the blast for the converter and open-hearth furnace.
Patent GB-190125751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Couplings.
Inventor: OAKES PETER
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 25,751. Oakes, P. Dec. 17. Couplings, automatic.-The coupling-chain comprises two links, one of which f<1> is pivoted to the draw-bar h, and, when raised, comes against stops j on the link f, so that both links then move rigidly together. The links are raised by pins on the arms b of the cross-shaft d, and are retained by pivoted catches c forming part of the light buffer plates a. On bringing two vehicles together, the plates a meet and are lifted, and the link on one vehicle falls on to the draw-hook of the adjacent vehicle.
Patent GB-190125804-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 25,804. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec. 17. Medicinal preparations. - Atropinium - alkylnitrates, which have therapeutic properties, are produced by the following processes :-(1) treating atropine with alkylnitrates ; (2) treating atropinium-alkylhydroxides with nitric acid ; (3) reacting on atropinium - alkylhalogenides with nitrates of metals which yield insoluble or difficultly soluble halogen salts, such as silver and lead nitrates ; or (4) acting upon atropinium-alkylsulphates with nitrates of metal which yield insoluble or difficultly soluble sulphates, such as nitrates of the alkaline earths and lead nitrate. Examples are given in which atropinium-methyl-nitrate, melting at 163‹ C. is obtained from atropiniummethyl-iodide and silver nitrate, from atropine and methyl nitrate, and from atropinium methylhydroxide and nitric acid ; and atropinium-ethylnitrate melting at 116‹-118‹ C. is obtained from atropinium-ethyl sulphate and barium nitrate.
Patent GB-190203965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Heated Smoothing Irons for Laundry Purposes and the like
Inventor: BLAKEY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-02-17
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 3965. Blakey, J. W., and Parsons, S. Feb. 17. Ironing.-Relates to a gas-heated hand iron. The ends K of the handle I rest upon supports H and are secured by screws L which may also pass through the ends of the hand shield. The burner tube is made of three parts P, R, Q provided with air holes T, secured to the iron by a bolt Y, and held in position by a plate U. The part P may be spun loosely to the part R to form a swivelling- joint. The tube may be made in one piece and bent to either side. The body A is provided with air holes C, D. A coil of soft steel wire, compressed to form a core N and secured in place by pieces O, is employed to prevent radiation. The cover F is provided with a flange M for a similar purpose.
Patent GB-190207230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means and Applicances for Operating Flaps and Swing Doors, applicable to Refrigerating Rooms and otherwise
Inventor: LLOYD GABRIEL
Filed: 1902-03-25
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7230. Lloyd, G. March 25. Doors.-Relates to a method of opening a flap or swing door, and is specially applicable to the doors of refrigerating-rooms. In Figs. 1 and 2, the flap door A above the main door F is opened and closed by the movement of the latter. When the door F is opened, a projecting bar G, fixed upon it, strikes against the arm H of a bell-crank lever, which, through the link J and lever E, turns the rod C, on which the flap A is hinged. On closing the door F, the flap A closes by its own weight.
Patent GB-190207706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Arrangements applicable for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other Carriages
Inventor: MOEHRSTAEDT GUSTAV WILHELM
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7706. Mohrstõdt, G. W., and Featherstone, A. J. April 2. Wheels, locking while standing.-Relates to means for locking the steering-mechanism or other moving parts of cycles, motor cars, and other vehicles. Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 show a bicycle steering-lock. A cylindrical casing 1 formed with a tube 3 having a slot 3<a> is secured to a band 2 secured round the head by a bolt 32 screwed through a short tube 34 fixed on one end into a nut 33 fixed to the other end of the band, the edges of the tube 34 being finally clinched over the bolt head. A hollow bolt 7 mounted in the tube 3 and actuated by a lever 11 pivoted in the case 1 and passing through the slot 3<a> and a slot 7<a> in the bolt 7, can be moved through an opening in the head to engage a hole in the steering-post 31. It is secured in this position by a permutation lock comprising a pawl 8 pivoted at 9 and pressed by a spring 10 so that its nose passes through the slot 3<a> and engages with discs 16, 15 secured free to rotate on the tube 3 by a head 29. The pawl is released by rotating the discs until numbers marked on them to correspond with slots 23, 24 in them come opposite an arrow marked on the head 29. To enable the lock to be opened in the dark, the discs 15, 16 are provided with a series of holes 20, 17 corresponding with the numbers. A rod 27, Fig. 3, mounted above a spring 28 in a socket 5 formed in the casing 1, springs partially into the holes 17, emitting ticks. A second rod 27 passing through a slot 18, Fig. 5, in the disc 16 similarly engages the holes 20 and limits the rotation of the disc 16. Stops 21 on the disc 15 limit its motion so that either disc can be adjusted by turning it to its end position and counting a fixed number of ticks from that position.
Patent GB-190209984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Driving Cranks for Cycles and for like Purposes.
Inventor: HAMPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 9984. Hampson, W. April 30. Cranks; pedals.- Relates to cranks the throw of which can be adjusted while riding. The hollow pedal spindle e is screwed or otherwise secured to a ring d mounted in ball or other bearings f, g in a boss c formed on the end of the crank a. A flange l on the ring d fits in an aperture k in the boss c. The ring d is secured in any desired position by a rod o mounted in the pedal spindle, pressed by a spring p into one of a series of holes u formed in a ring m secured in the boss c. The rod is provided with an end-plate q, by means of which an outward movement of the foot releases the ring d and allows the pedal leverage to be altered. The spindle e is formed with slots e' by which it is turned when screwing it into the ring d.
Patent GB-190218443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Crushing Stones, Ores and the like.
Inventor: DALTON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-08-22
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 18,443. Dalton, G. Aug. 22. Drawings to Specification. Oil cups.-In a machine for crushing stones, ores, and the like by means of vibrating jaws operated by toggle gearing, the eccentric for operating the toggle-lever works through a slot in the lever. The bottom of the slot is formed as an oil receptacle for keeping the eccentric lubricated.
Patent GB-190220225-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Utilizing the Heat of Hot Slag for Generating Steam
Inventor: MITCHELL GEORGE
Filed: 1902-09-16
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 20,225. Mitchell, G., and Copeland, L. D. Sept. 16. Steam generation by hot slag.-Consists in the utilization of slag for generating steam, by feeding it intermittently into a body of water contained under pressure. The slag falls to the bottom of the generator, which is preferably conical, and may be withdrawn in a granulated condition through a valved aperture into a water chamber beneath, whence it may be withdrawn at intervals and used as feedwater or for other purposes. Fig. 2 shows one form of apparatus for feeding the slag, consisting of a tipping-receptacle 6, which is fed with hot slag through the funnel 4 when pressed tightly against a seating above it by the lever 18. The valve 5 having been closed, and steam having been admitted by the pipe 24, the receptacle 6 is lowered and overturned to discharge the slag into the water, it being broken as it falls by the bar 27. The receptacle may be rotated, when raised, by means of the pinions 20, in order to bed it to its seat. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of feeding-apparatus, consisting of a fixed slag receptacle fitted with a rotary cylindrical supply valve 40 (see also Fig. 4) and a rocking discharge valve 36, the latter being pressed to its seat by springs. The base of the receptacle may be cleared, when the valve 36 is open, by the " drift "hook" 41, which is mounted on one rocking shaft and operated, by means of link connections by another ; or this hook may be carried on a rocking shaft with an external handle. Fig. 9 shows another form of valved feeder, with a valve 55, capable of being rotated like that shown in Fig. 2, but mounted on a rocking carrier 58. This carrier is connected by a link to a rocking " bail " 61, which is turned on its axis 62 by the hand-lever shown. In this and the preceding form of feeder, the breaking-bar for the falling slag may be attached to the side of the receptacle. Yet another form of feeder is shown in Figs. 13 and 15, consisting of a cylinder or block 76, with one or more slag receptacles 75<a>, mounted to rotate or oscillate on a vertical axis, so as to bring the receptacles alternately opposite the supply and discharge openings. The generator may be lined with removable sections 48, Fig. 3. Fig. 8 shows the water chamber 70 for receiving the spent slag, fitted with a reciprocating bar having a series of discs 75, to clear the aperture leading from the generator and stir up the slag. The water chamber may be of smaller size than the generator, and it may be fitted with rotary or other suitable valves.
Patent GB-190220492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Stone and Process of Making the same
Inventor: BIRKBECK HENRY
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 20,492. Birkbeck, H., [Mielck's Stone and Terra-Cotta Co.]. Sept. 19. Stone, artificial. - A mixture of sand, burnt magnesia, and a concentrated solution of magnesium chloride is tamped into wood, iron, or other moulds, and is confined on all sides during the slow hardening reaction. Kaolin may be used together with or instead of sand, or a face layer in which pulverized marble waste replaces the sand may be tamped in the mould above a foundation of the cheaper material. Pigments and dye-stuffs may be used to produce coloured or veined effects. Zinc oxide or other white metallic oxide may be used when a clear white stone is to be produced. Vegetable fibres may be incorporated with the mixture to produce a light stone.