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Patent GB-190215276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Regulating Delivery in Lubricators and other Apparatus.
Inventor: HOCHGESAND JEAN NEPOMUCENE
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 15,276. Hochgesand, J. N. July 8. Lift valves; liquids, regulating flow of.-Relates to means for enabling the position of a delivery valve to be known at a distance, or at night, by the touch, the arrangement being applicable more particularly to lubricators, as shown in Fig. 1. The rod a, regulating the flow, carries at its upper end a button b, which is movable round an axis c so that it may assume a horizontal position when the apparatus is shut off, a vertical position when normal delivery is being effected, and an inclined position when the apparatus is furnishing an abnormal delivery. Facial notches on the seating d retain the button in its inclined position. By flattening the side b<1> of the button, a further variation in the supply may be effected, the upper part of the button being similarly flattened so as to indicate by touch the side upon which the flat b<1> appears. Instead of notches d, flats may be formed on the lower edges of the button. The seating may be formed with raised portions to ensure a much greater delivery. The needle valve f is mounted upon a regulating rod a by the spring g whereby accurate seating is obtained ihe valve being fixed on one end of the spring. One end of the sleeve h<1> rests against the spring g, the other end being acted upon by the closing-spring i. The sleeve is formed with a notch at its lower end so that, when rotated, the notch grips the end of the spring g and permits it to be unscrewed from the rod a. To avoid the use of a lock-nut, the cylindrical body j is split longitudinally, the parts being sprung apart slightly. Their elasticity prevents accidental unscrewing of the nut d'.
Patent GB-190216965-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Purifying Water.
Inventor: REISERT HANS
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 16,965. Reisert, H. July 31. Feedwater, purifying.-The feedwater is freed from sulphates and carbonates by treatment with barium carbonate and lime water in the apparatus shown. The water is fed from a tank a by tubes b, c to the bottom of a vessel d, into the lower part of which powdered barium carbonate is charged. Lime water produced in an ordinary saturator m enters at the same time by way of the tubes n. The water ascending through the barium carbonate causes a continuous movement thereof, and chemical reactions take place resulting in barium sulphate and calcium and magnesium carbonates being precipitated. The water rises up the tube f and overflows through openings g, as shown on the left side of the vessel d, to a gravel filter h. The pure water flows away through the tubes i, k. After allowing the apparatus to rest for a time, and drawing off excess water through a tube r, water from the tank a and tube o and air from the tube p are forced, by steam entering through the tube q, through the tube i and the filtering-media to cleanse the latter. The liquid then overflows through the tube f, as shown on the right-hand side of the vessel d.
Patent GB-190220979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Children's Mail Carts.
Inventor: SIMPSON DAVID
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 20,979. Simpson, D., and Simpson, J. J. Sept. 26. Children's mail carts.-A mail cart for children is constructed with a fixed seat 1 and well 3, and with a folding seat 5 hinged at a point 7 a little way back from the edge of the seat. The sides 6 of the seat 5, are made flush with the sides 2 of the seat 1, and are cut to a curve such that the seat 5 when folded up, forms a protective apron closed in at the sides. The front edge of the seat 5 may be fixed or hinged.
Patent GB-190223328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Rope, Chain, or Belt Driving or Hauling Gear.
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 23,328. Spence, W. L., and British Electric Plant Co. Oct. 27. Lifts; gearing ; ropes, chains, and the like, arranging, tensioning, and guiding.-Relates to an arrangement of gearing particularly applicable to elevators or lifts driven by electric motors, also applicable in connection with hauling ropes, belt, rope, and chain driving, and other mechanisms. An arrangement shown in Fig. 1 (Sheet 1), is used with electric lifts fitted with rope gearing of the type described in Specification No. 16,229, A.D. 1897, to reduce the space occupied by the gearing. The shafts and bearings for the rope sheaves are replaced by ball or roller paths of large diameter, and internal teeth E<1> are formed on one of the sheaves. The driving-pinion A and the teeth E<1> gear with intermediate wheels B carried by a frame D which rotates within the sheave E. A pinion F attached to the frame is geared by an intermediate wheel G with the wheel H of the second sheave J. The sheaves E, J are constrained by the ropes to run at the same speed, and, by proportioning the wheels F, H, A, any required reduction may be obtained between the driving-motor and the sheaves. The arrangement shown is adapted for overhead winding-gear, but it may be used to drive from the ground floor as shown in Fig. 1 (Sheet 3). The motor pinion A, idle wheels B, internal wheel E<1>, wheel F, and the intermediate wheel G have the same functions as those shown in Fig. 1 (Sheet 1), but the wheel H is an internal wheel, and is fixed to the rope sheave to which the wheel E<1> is fixed. A similar arrangement may be used for overhead winding- gear.
Patent GB-190224283-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Marking Off Sheet applicable for use at Elections.
Inventor: HONEY AUGUSTINE
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 24,283. Honey, A. Nov. 6. Drawings to Specification. Voting-apparatus.-In marking-off sheets for use by canvassers, polling-clerks, &c. at elections, the numbers are printed in blocks from 1 to 100, and a blank space is left at the head of each block for the insertion of an index number, say, " From '' 501," which indicates the particular hundred to which the block relates. The sheets can thus be printed in quantity, the index numbers being filled in by means of rubber stamps or pasted strips. Blanks may also be left for the name of the ward or polling-district.
Patent GB-190227785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Marking the Scores in Playing Games on Billiard Tables, for Indicating the Names and Relative Positions of the Players in Handicap Games, for Printing the Score of any Player, for Electrically Transmitting the Scores to Distant Places, and for Simultaneously Displaying Advertisements.
Inventor: FAIRBRASS HERBERT WYNNE
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-12-16
Abstract: 27,785. Fairbrass, H. W. Dec. 16. Printing-apparatus combined with apparatus for scoring and marking games.-In apparatus for scoring billiards and like games, means are provided whereby the score of either player may be printed upon a card at any time during the game. Scoring-cylinders j , k, l, Fig. 4, adapted to exhibit through holes in the casing numbers showing the scores of the players, drive spindles u, v, w through pulleys x and belts y. Printing-types are mounted on wheels or drums 1, 2, 3, the numbers on these type-wheels always corresponding to the numbers on the scoring-cylinders. The spindles u, v, w are mounted in a frame 11, pivoted at 12 and supported at the front by springs 13. The frame can be depressed by a lever 14, so as to press the type. wheels upon the top card of a pile of circular cards 4, carried on a spring support 5 turning on a centre 6 and driven by a rack 7 and pinion 8, operated by a ratchet-wheel 10, which is turned through a distance of one tooth after each impression, by a pawl mounted on an arm of the frame 11. The printing is performed through a sheet of carbon paper &c. When the records have been printed, the disc may be delivered from the apparatus by means of a spindle 17, turned by a knob or handle outside the case. Finely-toothed discs adapted to press upon the upper card are mounted on the spindle 17 and deliver the card through a slot in the apparatus when the spindle is turned. If desired, means may be provided whereby the printing of the scores can only be effected, after a penny or other determined coin has been placed in the apparatus.
Patent GB-190303913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Rollers for Calendering, Wool-washing and other Purposes
Inventor: MITCHELL ROBERT JOHN CHADWICK
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 3913. Mitchell, R. J. C. Feb. 19. Rollers or cylinder.-Rollers for washing &c. are manufactured by stringing felt discs about an eighth of an inch thick on a metal axle and compressing them thereon. Fig. 5 shows in section the punched discs of felt a, preferably made without warp or weft or any woven foundation, threaded on to the axle b and pressed up against the end plate c. The discs are arranged so that the fibres cross and radiate in all directions, and at suitable distances apart, a series of smaller discs d of thin metal are interspersed. The whole is compressed hydraulically and the second end plate c<x> attached. For wool-washing &c. the felt is left with a certain amount of elasticity.
Patent GB-190304431-A (GB)
Title: New Method of Treating Shale Oil and similar Substances
Inventor: ADIASSEWICH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 4431. Adiassewich, A. Feb. 25. Purifying oils.- Shale oil and other mineral oils are desulphurized and otherwise purified by heating, under pressure, with dilute sulphuric acid, caustic alkali, and aluminium chloride, successively, in the order named. The invention is described with reference to an oil for burning. The temperatures and pressures employed vary with the kind of oil treated, and, according to the Provisional Specification, the reagents are added in any order. The Figure shows an appliance for use in adding the aluminium chloride. The cylinder a, provided with a stirrer b, is fitted with a hopper c having an airtight cover d, grinding- rollers e, and a slide valve f.
Patent GB-190304990-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement for Automatically Regulating the Supply of Water to Boilers
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-04
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 4990. Richardson, J. March 4. Feedwater, supplying and controlling. - The steam pipe g for the injector enters the crown of the boiler as a cylinder a, in which works a piston b, connected by a rod to the float c. When the water level falls, the valve b opens an inlet d for steam, which is again wholly or partly closed, when the level again rises. The float arm may be arranged horizontally, as shown in broken lines.
Patent GB-190306218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Suspending Stirrup Straps from Saddles.
Inventor: BAUEER LAMBERT
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-06-17
Abstract: 6218. Ba³er, L. March 17. Stirrup straps, suspending.-The arms of a member d pass through the bottom of a casing a attached to the saddle frame by flaps b, c. These arms carry helical or spiral buffer springs i and a cross-piece f the down and up play of which is limited by the shoulder k and cover l respectively. The stirrup strap passes through the loop e ; and any sudden shocks are taken up by the springs.
Patent GB-190311216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Wheels or Discs of Steam Turbines.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-05-16
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 11,216. Evans, W. E., [Ges. zur Einfuchrung von Erfindungen]. May 16. Steam turbines.-Consists in forming incisions d, terminating in bored holes f, in the rim of an impact wheel, in order to prevent the formation of splits or cracks produced by the overheating of the wheel rim. Other forms of steam turbines may be similarly treated.
Patent GB-190312889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Driving Vehicles and other purposes
Inventor: CAMPENS FRANCOIS
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 12,889. Campens, F. June 8. Gearing, driving; lathes.-Relates to a mechanism, without dead points, for converting reciprocating into rotary motion, which may be actuated by any kind of motor, or by hand, and may be used with machine tools, turning-lathes, &c. One or two levers I, connected to the chain L by the pin a, are caused to oscillate and thus to turn the wheels G, H connected by free-wheel clutches E, F to the shafts A, B, on which the wheels N, 0 are rigidly fixed. The motion of the lever I in either direction causes the shafts A, B to rotate in the direction of the arrows, the clutch E being in gear while the clutch F is out of gear, and vice versÔ. When used with a steam engine, the gear is in duplicate, a chain L being connected to each side of the crosshead. The wheels N, O, or one of the sprocket-wheels G, H, may be omitted. In thelatter case, the chain L is supported by a pulley or by an ordinary toothed wheel.
Patent GB-190314834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathes for Cutting Metals.
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 14,834. Hulse & Co., Adams, E., and Lowthian, T. M. July 3. Lathes.-The saddle is traversed by means of a rack 3, Fig. 1, fixed on one side of the bed or on both sides as shown. A worm 4, mounted on the saddle, gears with each rack and is connected by toothed gearing 14 to a transverse shaft fitted with a reversing-clutch 11. A constantly-rotating shaft 7, which may be driven by gearing of the kind described in Specification No. 11,088, A.D. 1894, carries a toothed wheel 8, which drives a set of three bevel-wheels 9. The clutch is set so that either of the lateral bevel-wheels is in gear, according as forward or backward motion is required. In a modification, two saddles are used and each is driven by a constantly-rotating shaft.
Patent GB-190321672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tops for Top-boots.
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 21,672. Hubert & Co., and Thierry, J. A. Oct. 8. Screw - and nut fastenings for top - boots. A stud E', Fig. 4, is provided with a hollow stem which is screw-threaded internally to engage the stud G, Fig. 5. The head of the stud E<2> is fixed in the divisional plane between two layers of celluloid, welded together to form a strap-like attachment E for a top-boot. The top of the piece E is bent over and perforated, and secured in position by the screw piece G.
Patent GB-190400514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Mills.
Inventor: ROBINSON AARON JOSIAH
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 514. Robinson, A. J. Jan. 8. Disc mills having vertical metal grinding-discs are arranged to provide easy access to the grinding- plates for renewal after wear, while all the wearing- portions are made detachable and renewable. The discs 12, 13 are mounted on the ends of oppositelyrotating shafts 3, 4 by detachable hubs 16 within a circular casing having a semicircular upper portion 18, the semicircular lower portion being divided longitudinally into two parts, of which one part 23 is fixed to the bed 1 of the mill while the other part is pivoted in the bed. Thus on removal of the upper casing 18 and the ordinary fixing-bolts the disc 13 with its shaft 4, its hub 16, and the bearing 7 can be swung round on the pivot for inspection of the grinding-plates 14 fixed to the discs 12, 13. The corn or other material is fed between the discs from a feed shoot 40 through a hole 17 in the disc 13, the shaft of a rotary adjustable feeder above the shoot 40 being rotated by a belt from the shaft 4. The throat of the shoot 40 consists of two upper semicircular detachable portions 47, 50, and a lower semicircular detachable portion 45. renewable on wear. A detachable ring 59 on the disc 13 bears against the portions 50, 45 which are bolted to a detachable ring 54 semicircularly divided, and fixed to the upper and lower portions of the casing. A similar detachable ring 61 carries the detachable bearing- portion 62 for the hub 16 of the disc 12. The semicircular piece 47 is adjusted exactly against the fixed part 42 of the feed shoot by the cylindrical form of their meeting-surfaces 43.
Patent GB-190401376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eyeglass or Spectacle Cases
Inventor: BIRMINGHAM WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1904-01-19
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 1376. Birmingham, W. E. Jan. 19. Spectacles and eyeglasses, cases for. A spring, secured to the body of the case, engages a cam fixed to the lid, so that the lid is held in the open or closed position while the lining retains its predetermined position. The cam 7, which has its extremity doubled upon itself, engages the central portion of a spring 10, which has resilient portions 12 extending in opposite directions. These resilient portions are bent and passed through the rim of the case, the ends being clinched. The lid and the body of the case are provided with a lining inside and a covering outside, to conceal the spring and the attachment of the spring to the body.
Patent GB-190404265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tongs for Domestic use.
Inventor: ADDICOTT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4265. Addicott, B., and Holland, G., [trading as Addicott & Holland]. Feb. 20. Fire-tongs.-The clawed legs a<1>, a<2> of fire-tongs are scissorsjointed at a<3> and:pivoted at b<4>, b<3> to the spring handle B, which is of channel section. A link or hook may be provided to keep the trays closed when not in use.
Patent GB-190407884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harness Snaps.
Inventor: LAWHEAD JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7884. Lawhead, J. W. April 5. Hooks.-Snap-hooks for attaching straps to bit rings are made of a single piece of wire twisted in the middle, as shown at 3, to separate the strap 1cop 2 from the snap 7. The ends of the wire are crossed and bent oppositely to form hooks 7, the free ends 8 of which fit close each to the opposite branch 4. The bit ring is inserted or withdrawn by pressure between the hooks 7, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190409463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Permanent Way Construction.
Inventor: BRYANT WILLIAM POSTLETHWAITE
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 9463. Bryant, W. P. May 12, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Permanent way; rails; sleepers.-Relates to the general construction of the road-beds of railways and more particularly to the rails and sleepers. Fig.3 shows a transverse elevation taken through one of the rails and Fig. 4 a plan showing the method of connecting the longitudinal and transverse sleepers together by means of the combined tie-plate and chair shown in Fig. 5. The rails are formed in two parts 11, 13 which are bolted together at their ends and middle so as to break joint with each other. The outer portion 11 of the rails is formed with the tread 10, and the web portion of this part is made thicker than that of the other part 13. The two web portions fit centrally beneath the tread 10, and the rail is further strengthened by fish-plates 17. When ordinary rails are to be united with the above rails, the flange 14 of the section 13 is removed and the web part 13 forms a fishplate to connect the. two sets of rails. The rails are mounted upon transverse ties 20 which are connected by longitudinal tie-sections 21. The tie-plate 22 is used to connect these two sets of ties or sleepers together and also to form a chair or support for the rails. Channels 26 are formed in the tiesections 21 to allow for drainage, and clips 27 are attached to provide means for the connection of the lifting-bars when "ballasting." The tie-plates 22 and the rails are secured in position by spikes or bolts.
Patent GB-190412265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Manufacture of Pipe, Bar, and the like of Lead or Lead Alloy.
Inventor: SCHUELER GEORGE RICHARD
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-08-30
Abstract: 12,265. Schueler, G. R., and Rosenthal, A. May 30. Squirting.- Pipes, tubes, and bars are made, and electric cables armoured, by squirting lead or lead alloy through the die of a machine having a revoluble screwed shaft working in a chamber into which the molten metal can be run. The molten lead or lead alloy is poured from a melting-pot into ports r, and runs into a chamber d formed by a liner c, secured by screws to a cylinder b mounted on a main frame a, and which is serrated, ribbed, or polygonal in cross-section, to prevent the metal from being rotated by a rotating screw e. The screw e is formed with several threads, and by its rotation forces the metal through passages u and between a die g and a core s to form a tube. In forming a solid bar, the core is omitted. The core s may be attached to the end of the screw e, in which case the chamber in the die g is serrated to prevent the metal from rotating, or the core may be screwed to a core plate t, or it may be screwed into a casting v and made hollow as shown in Fig. 12 to cover electric cables. Other methods of attaching the core and die are shown in the Specification. Before using the machine, it is necessary to heat it to the required temperature, and a portable gas burner may be employed for this purpose, but, when it is in full operation, it is necessary to cool both the cylinder b and the screw e. The cylinder b is cooled by an air or water jacket in two parts x, y, and the screw by a cooling-medium supplied through a pipe 6 which enters the hollow shaft through a stuffing-box 8, as shown in Fig. 8. To take the thrust of the screw, a thrust bearing is provided, which consists of a collar 11, fixed to the shaft k, and a loose collar 12 between which a disc 14, with radial spindles 15 and conical rollers 13, works. The outer face of each roller may be recessed to form a ball race, while a nut and disc on each spindle keep the balls in position. Tapered rollers may also be used instead of balls, and a taper-bored liner instead of the cylindrical liner c. The shaft k may be fitted with right and left handed screws feeding into a common die, in which case no thrust bearing is needed. The thread of the screw e is rectangular for about three-fourths of its length, while for the remaining quarter end-length the leading face is inclined backwards to form a cuneiform section.
Patent GB-190412495-A (GB)
Title: Improved Portable Apparatus for Boiling Water for Picnic Parties and the like.
Inventor: WOODGATE WILLIAM LEWIS
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 12,495. Woodgate, W. L. June 2. Portable stoves. - A portable apparatus for boiling water consists of a ring tripod a, Fig. 1, supporting a casing c, within a recess in which is placed a lamp d which rests on feet d', Fig. 6, within the casing. Air is supplied to the burner through holes in the bottom of the casing and through perforations p, Fig. 9, in a tube o which passes up through the reservoir of the lamp. The burners,s, Fig. 10, are arranged radially around this central tube. On the top of the casing rests a conical part e, Fig. 5, to which is attached a rail n supporting a kettle, the space m allowing the products of combustion to escape; the whole is surmounted by a cover g and provided with a wind shield q, Fig. 2, which fits round the legs of the The apparatus may be heated by gas instead of by the lamp described.
Patent GB-190413219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Regulating the Buoyancy of Submarine and Submergible Boats and for Maintaining the Fore-and-aft Center of Gravity of the same.
Inventor: WATKINS STEPHEN
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 13,219. Watkins, S., [Electric Boat Co.]. June 11. Specific-gravity estimating-apparatus.-A hydrometer used in connection with apparatus for regulating the buoyancy of submarine torpedo boats, whereby the operator is enabled to adjust the amount of reserve buoyancy to any condition or change of specific gravity of the water of flotation, consists of an upright, closed cylinder 29, Fig. 4, fitted with drain cocks 32. The float 33 has circumferential vanes 34 to prevent vertical vibration, and has fitted to it a pointer, traversing a fixed scale 37 and an adjustable scale 39. The scale 37 is graduated to indicate the difference in displacement of the vessel in salt and fresh water, and the scale 39 is of sufficient length to read, on each side of its zero, a change in displacement equal to the reserve buoyancy.