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Patent GB-190011091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Air and Apparatus therefor; applicable for Extracting Moisture from Air for Use in Blast Furnaces and Steel Converters, and other Purposes in the Arts for which Dry Air is Useful.
Inventor: GAYLEY JAMES
Filed: 1900-06-19
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 11,091. Gayley, J. June 19. Drying air.-Apparatus for drying air by refrigeration for use in blast furnaces, steel converters, cupolas, and for other purposes is shown in plan in Fig. 2. A series of cooling- chambers, preferably consisting of three chambers 4, 5, 6, Fig. 2, is connected by pipes 3, 3<1> to an air-compressor 2, which is connected to a blast furnace or other apparatus. The chambers are shown in detail in side view in Fig. 3, and consist of upper and lower portions 4<1>, 4', fitted with valves 14, 16 by which the air supply from the pipe B can be regulated. The.chambers contain coils of pipes 7 through which a cooling- medium can be circulated. Two chambers are used, the third being kept for use in emergencies or while snow is being removed from another chamber, and air is drawn by the compressor through the chambers alternately, the valves being alternately actuated by the compressor so that cooled and rarefied air is drawn from the lower chamber 4<2> into the compressor and air is admitted from the pipe B into the upper chamber 4<1> during one stroke, while during the next stroke air from the upper chamber passes into the lower chamber. Correspording operations go on alternately with the other acting cooling-chamber 6. Various ways of passing the air through the chambers are described. Perforated pipes 26 are provided for sprinkling brine on to the snow formed, which melts and is removed. Single instead of double chambers may be used, and the pipe coils may be replaced by gratings. Rarefaction may be produced by making the supply pipe B smaller than the discharge opening. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, sets of chambers C, D, E are connected to a compressor, and are provided with valves 14<1>, 14<a>, 16<a>, which allow of suitable variations in the working of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190012753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compression Stop Cocks
Inventor: SCHEIBER EUGEN
Filed: 1900-07-14
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 12,753. Scheiber, E., and Kwaysser, E. July 14. Pinch-cocks.-A stop cock for a siphon bottle or other fluid receptacle is shown in Fig. 1. An elastic tube b is fixed inside the head a of the siphon bottle, and is connected at its ends to the tube d and outlet f. A lever h, fitted with a coiled spring i, is pivoted to the head, and compresses the elastic tube between a sliding plug g and a plug m fixed to the head. In a modification, the lever h, Fig. 2, is pivoted at n, and is in contact with the elastic tube so that the tap is closed by the pressure inside the bottle. The spring i assists the closing action. In another modification, the elastic tube and bottle neck are bent round to form a swan's neck passage with the lever inside the loop.
Patent GB-190014154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Button-hole Sewing Machines.
Inventor: PARKES WILLIAM NELSON
Filed: 1900-08-07
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 14,154. Parkes, W. N. Aug. 7. Drawings to Specification. Ratchet gearing.-In a buttonhole - sewing machine, a shaft driven by a ratchet-wheel is prevented from undesirable movement by a split friction sleeve, carried by it and having an arm connected to a spring.
Patent GB-190100645-A (GB)
Title: Self Igniting Attachment for Gas Burners.
Inventor: BEESE RICHARD
Filed: 1901-01-10
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 645. Beese, R. Jan. 10. Lighting gas. - A self-igniting device g is mounted at the upper end of a tube c which is clamped at l to a thermostatic device k. When the main flame is alight, the device k becomes heated and moves, together with the attached tube c, to the position shown in dotted lines, in which position the lower end f of the tube c is clear of the gas orifice o of the burner. As soon, however, as the main flame is extinguished, the device k cools and resumes the position shown in full lines, in which position the end f of the tube c projects so far over the gas orifice o that, when the gas is again turned on, gas may ascend the tube c, become ignited by the self-igniting device g, and light the gas issuing from the main burner.
Patent GB-190100647-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Producing a Condensed Milk Similar in Composition to Human Milk.
Inventor: SAUER ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-01-10
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 647. Sauer, A. Jan. 10. Preserving milk.-Relates to a process of manufacturing a condensed milk which will have a composition similar to that of human milk. The milk, to which a small quantity of sodium bicarbonate has been added, is first condensed in vacuo to about half its bulk. The required proportions of butter, fat, and sugar are then added and the condensation continued to the desired extent. An aqueous solution of bicarbonate of soda is added, and the milk is sealed in tins. The milk may be sterilized by placing the sealed tins in boiling water.
Patent GB-190103562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Folding and Cutting Paper and other Fabrics.
Filed: 1901-02-19
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 3562. Lake, H. H., [Cottrell & Sons Co., C. B.]. Feb. 19. Folding paper; cutting-apparatus; delivery apparatus.-Fig. 3 shows a folding-mechanism, which may be used on each side of a central cutting- device. The sheets are fed on to a table b having a slot or slots 10 over each of which is a blade e carried by a pivoted arm or block h. A carrier k sliding vertically on the framing has a set of grippers f fixed on its upper end, .and a set of grippers g on a shaft m. The shaft m has an arm o provided with a roller engaging a cam rib 13 on a lever t pivoted at u and operated bv a cam v. When the grippers move up through the slot 10 to the blade e, they are opened by the lever t, and the blade e is rocked to crease the paper against the gripper fingers f, by means of an arm 23 on the block h having an adjustable shoe 24 which is engaged by a cam piece 18 on the carrier k. The lever t is then moved to permit the grippers g to close on the sheet and blade e, and the carrier k moves down, drawing the sheet off the blade e and down through the slot 10, thus completing the fold. The grippers are opened at the lower end of the movement of the carrier k by the cam incline 15, and the folded sheets may be delivered into a trough or receptacle 53 by a reciprocating pusher 52 sliding on a rod 54. A spring rod s operates to close the grippers g when permitted by the cam rib 13. The cam piece 18 moves an arm 22 on the block h against a stop 25, to stop the blade e in its creasing and folding position. A spring 28 rocks the blade e into its inclined position when released by the cam piece 18. The carrier k is reciprocated by rods connected to crank pins on discs on the shaft w. In the machine described, there are two folding-mechanisms, each as described above, arranged one on each side of a cutting-device consisting of a fixed cutter parallel to the blades e, and a movable cutter carried by a vertically-reciprocating slide. Each of the blades e oscillates inwards towards the central cutting- device, so as to draw the paper from its free edges in creasing it against the grippers f. The cutting operation takes place immediately after the creasing of the paper by the blades e. The sheets are fed by tapes on to the table b against stops.
Patent GB-190103859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Measuring of the Axial Deviation of Bore Holes from the Perpendicular and for Accurately Determining the Depth of the same.
Inventor: WACHE ALPHONS
Filed: 1901-02-22
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 3859. Wache, A. Feb. 22. Deep - boring. - I n measuring the deviation and depth of bore-holes, a gripping - device is lowered into the shaft so as to fix a line, which is then stretched from a point at some distance above the surface and its deviation from the centre of the shaft at the surface measured by a special instrument. Fig. 6 shows the gripping- device, which is lowered by means of a rope a fixed to a base b carrying a casing d' and a sliding cylinder c, through which slides a rod d to which the surveying-line k is attached. This rod carries a weight i, and is connected by links h to gripping-claws e, pivoted to the cylinder c. When the line k is allowed to become tight and the line a slack, the links h, aided by bell-crank levers f and links g, force the gripping-claws outwards, through openings in the casing, against the sides of the bore-hole. Fig. 12 shows in plan the apparatus for determining the deviation of the line, and is adjusted centrally in the mouth of the bore-hole. It consists of a cylinder mounted on a frame so as to be rotated by a worm and wormwheel or the like. The cover-plate of the cylinder is slotted, and carries a sliding eye s having a pointer u moving over a scale s<1>. The surveying- line passes through the eye s.
Patent GB-190106375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Ladders.
Inventor: SEAGRAVE FREDERIC SCOTT
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 6375. Seagrave, F. S. March 26. Ladders.-The legs 5 of an aÙrial ladder are fixed to bars 4, 6, secured on a shaft 3, which is mounted in bearings on a turntable 2 on a truck 1. The ladder is raised and lowered by a screw 15, which is operated by a large hand-wheel 16 and works through a nut 10<a> pivoted in a gimbal frame supported by the bars 6. The rear end of the screwed spindle is supported by a bearing 14 pivoted between bars 12 fixed to uprights 11 and the table 2. Springs 21 mounted on rods 19 pivoted to the uprights act on a cross-bar 18 pivoted between arms 17 fixed to the ladder and assist in raising the ladder.
Patent GB-190107308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Proof Floors, Ceilings and similar Structures
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 7308. Newton, P. A., [New Jersey Wire- Cloth Co.]. April 9. Fireproof ceilings, floors, arches, &c.-The edges of adjacent sheets B of wire netting, reticulated lathing, or the like are connected by transverse bars or clamps D, bent round rods C, woven into, or attached to, the lathing. There is thus no waste through the overlapping of the sheets. The ends of the clamps may be formed with downward bends, as shown in Fig. 4, in order to support the edges of the lathing sheets without sagging. The floor or arch is completed by a filling of concrete E, and a ceiling F may be suspended from the beams A in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190110766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnetic Selectors for Loom Jacquards or other Apparatus.
Inventor: MACQUISTEN ARTHUR PENRHYN STAN
Filed: 1901-05-25
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 10,766. Macquisten, A. P. S. May 25. Automatic instruments. - An electromagnetic pattern, or jacquard, apparatus is provided with means for facilitating the removal of the wire feelers for purposes of adjustment or repair. The yielding wires or feelers A have their rear ends removably held between a series of washers F, mounted upon a bar L, and each formed of conducting-material, such as copper, covered on one side with insulating-material. The bar L is covered with insulating-material. The electric conductor G is formed of strands each consisting of a number of wires I, which pass between a pair of a series of sheets of insulating-material ; the uncovered ends of the wires I are soldered to intermediate wires H, wound round the bar L, and arranged between the washers F. Nuts on the bar L may be used for tightening the grip of the washers upon the wires A and intermediate wires H. The wires A may be held between insulated bars B, clamped together by means of girders C. This electromagnetic arrangement may be applied to electrically-controlled apparatus, such as musical instruments, and the Provisional Specification states that it may be used in connection with pianofortes and the like.
Patent GB-190111257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrolytic Incandescence Lamps.
Inventor: QUAIN JOHN ROBERT
Filed: 1901-06-01
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 11,257. Quain, J. R., and Turnbull, T. T. June 1. Incandescent lamps.-A bayonet-joint holder has its slots of different sizes, to fit two pins of differing thickness on the cap of a lamp, so that this can only be connected in one way to the holder. Incandescence bodies of magnesia or rare earths are strengthened with asbestos, by passing a woven thread of this through a tubular body of magnesia &c., or by coating a woven asbestos tube with the earths. The preliminary heating of such a body d is effected by a grooved strip of hard steel b, which is supported below a double-wound solenoid a<1> by a spring g or otherwise, and a soft-iron core a. An alternating or intermittent current is first supplied directly to one winding of the solenoid, drawing down the core a so that the heater b encloses or touches the body d, and causing electromagnetic heating of these ; the body d and the second winding are connected in parallel with the first winding, and the windings are arranged so that their effects are balanced when the incandescent body conveys the desired current, the heater b being then raised by the spring. The winding in circuit with the incandescent body serves as a guard resistance.
Patent GB-190115855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Interior Decorations.
Inventor: HEERWAGEN PAUL MARTIN
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 15,855. Heerwagen, P. M. Aug. 6. Ornaments or mouldings are cut from a single thickness of felt, felt pulp, or textile fabric, as shown in one form in Fig. 2, and are embossed or pressed in relief, as indicated in Fig. 3, for attachment by adhesive material to walls, for interior decoration. They may be curved, or form parts of panels or friezes, and may be coloured after being fixed.
Patent GB-190116232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: WEBSTER WILLIAM LLOYD
Filed: 1901-08-13
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 16,232. Webster, W. L. Aug. 13. Steam turbines.-A three-chambered multiple-expansion steam turbine is shown in Fig. 1. The shaft 1 carries conical hubs 4, 4<a>, 4<b>, arranged in the compartments o f a conical casing 2. The hubs and casing have undercut annular grooves 5, Fig. 8, in which the dovetailed feet of the blades 6, Fig. 9, are inserted together with spacers 9, and are secured at the required inclination by a plate 12. The last inserted blade 6, Fig. 10, may be mutilated at one corner 6<a>. The steam pipe 23 is connected to a four-way valve 20, which is connected by pipes 24, 25 to the ends of the high-pressure compartment and by a pipe 26 to the similar valve to the next compartment and so on. The valves may be connected by a rod, and simultaneously reversed so as to admit steam at the larger end of each compartment. A duplex turbine may be formed of two compartments arranged back to back on one shaft. A packing- device for the shaft consists of a number of slotted thin metal sleeves a, Fig. 3, which are formed into a "nest" a<2>, Fig. 1, and placed on the shaft. A coiled spring e presses the sleeves against the cap d of the stuffing-box, and they are secured by means of a ring i.
Patent GB-190124202-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for and Method of Repairing Pneumatic and other Tyres.
Inventor: STEPHENS HUGH TAYLOR
Filed: 1901-11-28
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 24,202. Stephens, H. T. Nov. 28. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to the repair of punctured air tubes and cuter covers of pneumatic tyres, and outer covers of other tyres. Round the damaged part a hole is cut of the same size and shape as a rubber or like block B, which is secured, preferably by vulcanizing, to a canvas or like strip A, large enough to allow one of its edges to be wrapped round one edge of the tyre. The strip A and the edges of the block B are solutioned to fix the block in the shaped hole cut in the tyre.
Patent GB-190125146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Apparatus for Electric Lighting Telephones and other Purposes
Inventor: ANDREWS JOSEPH DEVONPORT FINNE
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 25,146. Andrews, J. D. F. Dec. 10. Switches for telephones, lighting, &c. for connecting any one of a number of circuits to another circuit, means being provided for disconnecting any circuit previously connected. Figs. 1 and 2 show one arrangement. A number of radial springs A are connected and pivoted at B, a spring E tending to turn them so as to rest against a stop D. A number of coned contacts G having heads A shaped to form catches are fitted below the spring arms. On depressing a spring it will slide on the face of the cone and be held beneath the catch. On depressing another arm A, it will slide over the face of the cone rotating the group, and so release the previously-depressed arm. In the case of telephone switches, a book K may be provided for the telephone, the weight of which pulls the group round to the stop C, so releasing all the arms. Fig. 4 shows a modified construction, the arms A being attached to a plate B connected to the base by links so as to oscillate. In other modifications, the plate B may oscillate transversely, or be capable of limited rotation.
Patent GB-190201648-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Central Transverse Gradation Rule or Straight-edge
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE CROCKER
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 1648. Smith, G. C. Jan. 21. Measures of length.-A rule or straight-edge is provided with transverse graduations A at the centre, so that when laid across a wheel or other article it will gauge the projection of the hub or other central protuberance.
Patent GB-190202533-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Manufacture of Metal Bars, Rods, Forgings, Stay Bolts and the like.
Filed: 1902-01-31
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2533. Broughton Copper Co., and Tomlinson, F. Jan. 31. Rods and bars.-Metal rods, bars, stay-bolts, rail-bonds, forgings, &c. are made from ingots or billets a, Figs. 1 and 2, in which sets of round or elongated holes a<1> are drilled or cast, the ingot being then rolled or otherwise worked, to reduce it to a bar &c., Figs. 3 and 4, in which the holes have become long slits, the bar thus having lengths of solid metal connected by lengths of divided or stranded metal. The bars may be cut at any desired points ; for instance, in forming a locomotive stay-bolt, the ends a<2>, Fig. 5, are solid while the centre portion is stranded to increase the flexibility while retaining the full tensile strength. The ingot &c. may be of any desired cross-section, hollow or solid, and any desired arrangement of holes may be used, and the holes need not completely penetrate the ingot. The bars produced may be round or flattened and may have thickened ends, as in Figs. 22 and 26, to form solid or hollow rail bonds, the stranded portions being twisted or straight. The bar may be divided at a stranded portion and the strands forged out to form the head of a lightning-conductor, Fig. 27.
Patent GB-190203912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: HEROULT PAUL LOUIS TOUSSAINT
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 3912. HÚroult, P. L. T. Feb. 15. Electric furnaces. -An incandesce nee furnace, applicable for the production of cast iron, ferro-silicon, ferro - manganese, and like substances, consists of a carbon base B, refractory walls C, a carbon sill F, a carbon block G, and a shaft H. The current is supplied through the base B and block G, and passes through coke or other fue: with which the furnace is k e p t filled through the shaft H. Ore is supplied over the sill F, after being highly heated ii an adjacent preparatory furnace, in part by the gases escaping between the sill F and the block G from the electric furnace. The sill .F acts as a short circuit for the current, so that a very high temperature is produced at its inner edges. Tap-holes D, E are provided for metal and slag. In a modified construction, the walls of the furnace are of carbon up to the ore inlet, the special sill F being dispensed with ; the conducting-block G is arranged horizontally and made with a vertical hole, through which the coke descends.
Patent GB-190205070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Enemas.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG MARTIN DUNPHY
Filed: 1902-02-28
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 5070. Armstrong, M. D. Feb. 28. Syringes.-An enema having the usual elastic ball and inlet valve is constructed with the outlet valve in a union which connects the nozzle and outlet tube. In the arrangement shown, the nozzle g has a stem h which screws into the union e. The union encloses a spindle valve f, or a ball valve &c., and is formed with a tubular part which is rougheued to receive the tube d. The valve is kept in place by a cross-bar j. The union may screw into the stem of the nozzle, or the parts may be frictionally connected.
Patent GB-190206217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching and Pressing Trousers.
Inventor: FULDA EDWARD
Filed: 1902-03-13
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 6217. Fulda, E. March 13. Trouser presses; trouser stretchers.-The object is to provide a portable apparatus which can easily be put into use. The apparatus consists of two hinged frames a, e, Figs. 1 and 2, the hinges lying respectively on opposite sides of the centre line. Spring catches i engage with studs d, to hold the two frames together. The trousers k are placed between the two frames, which are then placed in the position shown in Fig. 2 ; the trousers are pulled tight and the frames are then pressed flat and the central catches engaged with the studs. For packing in a valise each frame is folded along its hinge
Patent GB-190210724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Air or Liquids to a Constant Temperature.
Inventor: ELTZ VICTOR
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 10,724. Eltz, V. May 9. Thermostats.-Relates to apparatus for heating air or liquids by electricity and maintaining a constant temperature. The apparatus may be used for pasteurizing milk or liquids, for chemical and like purposes, and as a hatching-oven, air bath, or water bath. The liquid or air to be heated is enclosed in the receptacle a, which is heated by the coil b. The terminals c, d are connected to wires leading to mercury contained in the bottlelike vessel i on the insulating-stand h, so that the coils bare short-circuited and the heating diminished when the mercury expands with the rise in temperature. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the coils b are in series with the inner mercury vessel, and, when the float p on the metal rod n rises with the expanding mercury, the metal piston m is raised from the contact j and the electric circuit is broken. In another modification, the lower wire o is carried up an insulating central tube to make contact with a metal cap attached to a float when the mercury in the bottle i is low.
Patent GB-190212591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Projectile Fuses.
Inventor: FIEDLER GEORG EMIL
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 12,591. Fiedler, G. E. June 2. Fuzes for projectiles.-The adjustable ring b is separated from the body a of the fuze by an annular space which is cylindrical at the top and conical at the bottom. A soft metal ring d is carried in the cylindrical portion, and, when the projectile is discharged, is driven by its momentum into the conical portion, thus locking the adjustable ring in set position.