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Patent GB-190111391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Exhaust Steam Automatic Surface Condensers.
Inventor: SIME JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-04
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 11,391. Sime, J., [James, A. W.]. June 4. Condensers.-Relates to marine-engine condensers, and consists of a construction in which the exhaust steam entering by the branch G is discharged into a tubular apparatus, composed of gun-metal or like cells A, A<1> connected by a cluster of tubes B, B. The cells A, A' are bolted to the side and end of a cavity built inwards in the side or bottom of the vessel. The entire condenser is thus exposed to the sea-water.
Patent GB-190112832-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Rolling Metal in Packs to Thin Gauges.
Inventor: ALLIS THOMAS VALENTINE
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 12,832. Allis, T. V. June 24. Rolling.-In rolling metal packs to thin gauges by passing the packs through a train of rolls, an additional pair of rolls 10 is provided, out of line with the train, so that any pack which has not been elongated sufficiently to reduce the sheets to the desired thickness, is passed through the rolls 10 to reduce it without interrupting the progress of the remaining packs. The rolls 10 may be co-axial with the finishing-rolls 9 of the train and connected thereto. A furnace 1, for heating the packs, is provided.
Patent GB-190120026-A (GB)
Title: A Process and Apparatus for Producing Linoleum.
Inventor: BLAUBACH PAUL
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 20,026. Blaubach, P. Oct. 7. Coated fabrics.- In making linoleum having a pattern which extends right through, an endless board c is used to carry moulds d, d<1>, through which the material is deposited according to the desired pattern on a temporary base consisting of a strip of fabric placed on the band. The material is passed into the moulds through stencils e', e<2>, the moulds being moved under the stencils in succession to receive the differently-coloured materials forming the pattern. The stencils are adapted to be raised and lowered by means of suitable gearing. As the moulds reach the end of their travel, having received the material in all their compartments, the material is pressed on to the temporary backing by a screw press l suspended from a pulley-block h, which travels on rail guides g, g<1>. The press lifts the empty mould, preferably by means of electromagnets l<2>, Fig. 3. the cores of which may be adapted to protrude, and the mould is then carried to the original position. The material thus deposited is afterwards pressed to its permanent backing.
Patent GB-190123701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Relating to Collapsable Wheel Barrows and Similar Vehicles.
Inventor: DUNCAN JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 23,701. Duncan, J., and Baird, J. Nov. 22. Hand-trucks; wheelbarrows.-Relates to collapsable wheelbarrows and similar vehicles, one form being shown in a partially-collapsed state in Figs. 1 and 2. The two rigid side frames A are connected together at the front by two stays B, which are pivoted to the side frames and to one another, preferably by hinged links b<1>. Similar stays connect the back ends of the frames and two intermediate points, but the intermediate stays B', which are normally held extended by a pivoted bar b<3>,. collapse in a horizontal plane, and the end stays in vertical planes. The parts C of the axle are pivoted together at B<2>, b<2>, to allow the axle to collapse in a horizontal plane, and sleeves C<2> are pinned over the joints when the parts are extended. When the front and rear stays are extended, detachable bars may be fitted over them, and may be held in position by bent clips and spring catches. The floor of the vehicle consists of boards D hinged at D' to the side frames and normally held down either by sliding bolts D<2> or by the detachable bars.
Patent GB-190126164-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Extinguisher for Petroleum Lamps.
Inventor: HAYWARD RICHARD BAKER
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 26,164. Hayward, R. B. Dec. 21. Extinguishing oil lamps. - The extinction of the flames of cheap lamps unprovided with extinguishing- apparatus is effected by cutting off the draught through the chimney by pressing upon the upper end thereof a disc a of cardboard, tin plate, or other material, to which disc a pad b of asbestos has been secured by wires b<1>. The disc a is stamped out in one piece with a handle a', through which a cord a<2> is passed to allow of the device being hung upon the spindle of the wick-raising pinions.
Patent GB-190204895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heating and Soldering Lamps.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 4895. Boult, A. J., [Barthel, G.]. Feb. 26. Soldering.-An oil heating and soldering lamp is constructed with a reservoir having a pump and an oil-filling opening provided with a cap having a closable outlet for allowing air to escape when it is desired to put out the lamp. The oil is forced up a central tube f, which is formed of a non-heatconducting metal composition (nickel silver for instance), so as to keep the reservoir cool. The tube is surrounded by a spirit cup for use in heating the burner at the commencement. The tube leads to an annular vaporizing-chamber g, from which the vapour passes by a tube o to a screwed-on nozzle p. The tube o is surrounded by a cap k having air inlets n. The vapour and air are directed through the central tube r to the burner tube s, which has air holes t and is formed of a fire-resisting composition, such as an alloy of copper and aluminium. The tube is soldered, or otherwise intimately secured, to the vaporizer.
Patent GB-190210083-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method for Producing Electric Insulating Bodies
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-01
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 10,083. Haddan, H. J., ["Pyrisolith'' Isolating Material Manufacturing Co.]. May 1. Insulating-compositions.-Relates to a composition suitable for use in making insulators, insulating- tubes, lamp-holders, and cable boxes. The composition consists of a mixture of powdered brittle insulating-material, such as lime, gypsum, magnesite, porcelain clay, quartz, mica, glass, &c., and a bituminous substance, such as bitumen or tar. The ingredients are mixed, heated, and stirred in a jacketed vessel, and the powdered product may be moulded when heated to a temperature of 140‹-180‹ C. Natural bituminous limestone with or without the addition of lime &c. or bitumen may also be used. The product may be vulcanized with the addition of sulphur.
Patent GB-190211484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Marking Packages for Transmission by Post or for similar purposes
Inventor: WAITE HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 11,484. Waite, H. E. May 20. Postmarking-machines.-Relates to mail-marking machines in which there is letter-controlled means for locking a movable member of the printing- couple in printing position. In the machine shown in horizontal section in Fig. 2 and vertical section in Fig. 3,1 represents a marking-cylinder revolving in fixed bearings and carrying a printing or marking die 2, and 3 represents an impression roll mounted on a rock lever 4 pivoted on another rock lever 6 retained by a spring 8. The arm 6 carries a shaft 9 rotating in unison with the cylinder 1 and provided with a cam 10 engaging a roller 11 on the lever 4 against the action of a spring 12. A pivoted locking-dog 13 is normally held out of the path of the end of the lever 4 by a spring 14, and has a trip arm 15 extending normally across the path of the letter on the belt 16. The letter is first arrested by yielding stops, and then forced past these by pivoted spring-projected grippers 19, 20 and advanced by treads 21,22 on the cylinder 1 and shaft 9 respectively. In operation, when no letter is present, the low part of the cam 10 comes into action just before the die 2 reaches the roll 3, and, when a letter is present, the trip arm 15 is actuated just before the high part of the cam goes out of action, and after the letter has passed the high part of the cam lifts the lever 4 sufficiently to release the dog 13. In a modification, the lever carrying the impression roll rocks on a fixed pivot, and the marking-cylinder is mounted on a pivoted rock lever. In another modification, shown in Fig. 6, an impression member 24 is pivoted on a rotating support 25, and operated by means of a protuberance 28 and roll 27, and locked by a letter-controlled dog 13.
Patent GB-190214121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machinery for Forming and Labelling Paper or Cardboard Tubes Suitable for the Manufacture of Round Boxes.
Inventor: JAGENBERG FERDINAND EMIL
Filed: 1902-06-21
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 14,121. Jagenberg, F. E. June 21. Paper tubes.-Paper or cardboard tubes for forming round boxes are made and covered or labelled by apparatus such as that shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 10. The material is first pasted or glued by suitable means, and is then fed to a hollow mandrel or shaft 13 having a slit through which the end of the material is inserted. Grippers or jaws 3 are opened and closed and reciprocated, to feed the material, by means of a cam 5, which operates a lever 7 connected with the jaws by a link 8. Moving on the mandrel 13 is a sleeve 16 having a tappet 21 which actuates a spring rail 14 pivoted within the mandrel to grip the end of the material. The mandrel is rotated by means of an incomplete pinion 29, which meshes with a pinion 30 on the mandrel, and, when the rotation of the mandrel ceases, shears 2 are operated by a lever 10 and cam 9 to cut the material. A pressure plate 31 serves to press the tube while being formed. The tube is pushed forwards by the sleeve 16, which is reciprocatad by means of a cam 17 having a groove 18, in which engages a roller 26 on a piece 20 mounted on sliding rods 25 connected with the sleeve. The mandrel is suitably shaped internally, so that, as the tube is slid, the inner end of the material is pressed to it. The tube in its new position is over a vertically-reciprocating receptacle 35 containing covering strips or labels, the upper one of which, when the receptacle is lifted by means of a cam 39 and suitable mechanism, becomes attached at one end to the glued or pasted surface of the tube, the other end receiving paste from an overhead perforated pasting-device. The mandrel is again rotated by the pinion 29, and the covering-strip or label is closely attached by a roller 4 on a lever 41 until the pasted end overlaps the other. The lever 41 receives a compound movement to bring the roller to and from the work by means of a lever 15 operated by the cam 39, a spring 40, and a cam 42, which moves on the end of a fixed lever 43.
Patent GB-190214849-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Manufacturing Porcelain.
Inventor: FRANZEK CARL JOSEF AUGUST
Filed: 1902-07-03
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 14,849. Franzek, C. J. A., and Weigl, F. X. July 3. Pottery; glazes.-Consists in the substitution of silica schist for felspar and quartz in the manufacture of translucent, green-tinted, porcelain, electric insulators, and pottery. A powdered mixture of kaolin and a fusible silica schist, such as Silesian schist, in equal parts, is moulded, cast, turned, or modelled into shape. Colouring-materials, such as porcelain fragments, quartz, or other materials, may be added to the mixture. Any good glaze may be used, such as the following :-38 parts of quartz, 20 parts of felspar, 17 parts of kaolin, 9 parts of marble, and 16 parts of porcelain fragments, with or without the addition of silica schist.
Patent GB-190217563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning and Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Substances
Inventor: ASHWORTH THOMAS
Filed: 1902-08-11
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 17,563. Ashworth, T., and Gaunt, J. S. Aug. 11. Spindle apparatus. - Consists of improve- ments on the invention described in Specification No. 20,496, A.D. 1894, aud has for its object to prevent the oil for lubri- cating the bolster cup bearings, therein d e- scribed, from becoming " sudded " or formed into a frothy state. Into the interior of the oil cup e, made of one piece with the fixed bolster d as usual, is introduced a short loose tube or sleeve g, having a flange g<x> at its lower end, fitting into, and resting on the base of the oil cup e. The cup shaped flier b re- volves closely at top and bottom on the internal tube f, which is part of the bolster d, and the lower boss of the wharve c projects inside the oil cup, while its tubular extension c<x> revolves freely inside the loose tube or sleeve g. This sleeve prevents the extension c<x> from churning the oil in the cup e into a frothy state.
Patent GB-190227892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Supplying Liquids in Measured Quantities
Inventor: DEVER JACQUES
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 27,892. Dever, J., and Surmont, F. Aug. 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Measured quantities, delivering.- Channels i in the plug cocks h control the flow of petrol or other liquid from the storage chamber c to the chambers e, f of definite capacity, and other channels j, arranged in the cocks h at right-angles to the channels i, so that the channels j are closed when the channels i are open, and vice versÔ, control the flow of the liquid from the measuring- chambers e, f through the pipes k to the common outlet l. The upper ends of the measuring- chambers e, f are connected with the atmosphere by tubes m.
Patent GB-190228322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchanges
Inventor: COHEN BERTRAM
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 28,322. Cohen, B. Dec. 23. Telephone systems; telephone calls.-In an exchange system, the ringing of a subscriber's bell takes place automatically when the exchange operator inserts a plug into the jack, the ringing- current being cut off directly the subscriber's telephone is lifted from the hook. In the system shown in Fig. 1, the insertion of the plug P into the jack closes the circuit of the battery B through the relay F, bush K<1>, resistance coil R, and earth. The tongue M of the relay F then puts the line wire l<1> and the short spring of the jack into connection with the generator G through the resistance lamps T, thus ringing the bell b through earth return. Owing to the connection of the line-wire l<2> to earth at c', no current from the generator passes through the relay C. While the subscriber's bell is ringing, the battery B lights up the signal lamp S, the circuit comprising the tongues L, H and an earth return. As soon as the subscriber removes his telephone from the hook, the earth return to the generator is broken, but the generator circuit is now complete through the lamps T, tongues 0, M, line l<1>, subscriber's instrument, line l<2>, tongue V, and relay C. The tongues H, Y, O are consequently attracted, and the circuit of the battery B closed through the tongue H and relay C, thus keeping the relay magnet energized until the relay F is rendered inactive by the removal of the plug from the switchboard. The generator circuit is broken at O<1>, and the tongues V, O put the lines l<1>, l<2> into connection with lines E, which serve as the medium of communication with the exchange operator or another subscriber. Shock to the operator is prevented by the fact that the plug is not connected with the ringing circuit until it is inserted in the jack. The plug is normally connected through the tongue M to the test winding of an induction coil N. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a double-tongued relay with independent windings d, s replaces the relay C, and the tongue L is dispensed with. The ringing-circuit is closed through the lamps t, tongues o, m, line l<1>, and earth when the plug is inserted. When the subscriber's telephone is lifted from the hook the return circuit to the generator is made through the line l<2>, winding d (shunted by a non-inductive resistance r), resistance w, and earth. The tongues o, h being attracted, the coil s is energized by the battery b through the tongue a, bush k<1>, and earth, and the speaking-circuit is completed through the lines l<1>, l<2>, e. The non-inductive shunt r prevents impedance to the speaking-currents.
Patent GB-190306097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Firing Arrangements of Breech-loading Ordnance
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 6097. Johnson, J. Y., [Ordnance Improvement Co.]. March 16. Ordnance breech mechanism; mountings.-Relates to the firing mechanism, and provides means for carrying (1) the firing-lever on the non-recoiling cradle, and (2) the firing-pin eccentrically to the cartridge whenever the breech-screw is unlocked. The first part is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of the gun 2 and its cradle 3. the parts being in position ready for discharge, and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail when the gun has recoiled. A rod 9, mounted on a lug 8 on the gun, carries the lever 10 for operating the sear, and has its pointed end angular in section for engagement with a socket 15, which is mounted on the non-recoiling cradle 3, and is provided with the firing-arm 16<a> to which the lanyard 17 is attached. This arrangement ensures that, before the gun can be discharged, it must have returned, or nearly returned, to its forward position after recoil. The second part is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, in which Fig. 7 shows the breech-screw locked, and Fig. 8 shows it unlocked. The breech-screw 21 rotates through 90‹, and is provided with a firing-pin B having a sleeve A and cocking-lever 30, none of which parts rotate with the breech-screw. The sleeve A is mounted electrically in the breech-screw 21 and the firing-pin B is mounted eccentrically in the sleeve A, the two eccentricities balancing each other and bringing the firing-pin in line with the axis of the gun only when the breech-screw is in locked position, as shown in Fig. 7. The cocking- lever 30 is operated by the cam surface 32 when the breech-screw is unlocked.
Patent GB-190310401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: FIVEASH ZIAN ELMORE
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 10,401. Fiveash, Z. E. May 7, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rail joints.-The end of one rail A is formed with a wedge-shaped tongue 10, which fits into a correspondingly-shaped groove 11 formed in the thickened end of the adjacent rail B, the two parts being secured together by bolts 12. In a modification, the wedge-shaped tongue is formed in one with the head of the rail, and the groove is formed in the web, but not so as to extend through the base.
Patent GB-190310529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Radiators and the like for Heating Buildings.
Inventor: COOKSEY ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 10,529. Cooksey, A. W. May 8. Air, moistening &c.-A radiator for heating buildings and having a number of more or less vertical pipes for delivering hot air, has a deflector b, the mouth of which is protected by a grating e. Asbestos or other non-conducting packing may be placed between the deflector and the radiator and on the outer surface of the deflector. A back and sides may be provided to form a water container to keep the air of the room moist.
Patent GB-190312860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blowing Engines or Compressors.
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 12,860. Lake H. H., [Southwark Foundry and Machine Co.]. June 8. Compressing.-Relates to the valve-actuating mechanism of compressors or blowing-engines. At the ends of a compressing-cylinder N are admission valves P' and delivery valves P, the latter, as shown in Fig. 3, which is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, having their backs exposed to the pressure in the receiver T. A rocking lever, connected to the shaft of a steam engine, communicates reciprocating motion to cam-blocks L, l, through a rod K, and to cam-blocks L', l<1>, through a rod K'. The blocks L', l<1> actuating rocking levers R, open and close the admission valves P', while the cam-blocks L, l, acting through rollers Q<5> on the pistons Q, serve only to close the valves P. The valves are opened by the advance of the piston 0, when air passes through a conduit S into cylinders Q', and the pressure is communicated through a rod h to the valves ; but the latter, held on their seats by the difference of pressures, do not move until the pressure in the compressing-cylinder is substantially equal to that in the receiver. The cam-blocks L, l are timed in their movement to permit the outward motion of the pistons Q at this instant. Because of the weight and rapidity of movement of the delivery valves P, their motion is cushioned by providing an opening Q<3>, which receives a corresponding projection Q<1> on the rear of the piston Q, the air finally confined in the cylinder escaping through a restricted orifice Q<7>.
Patent GB-190315472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Applying Liquid Preparations to the Scalp.
Inventor: O'HIGGINS JOHN BERNARD
Filed: 1903-07-13
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 15,472. O'Higgins, J. B. July 13. Combs, hair.-The teeth and back of the comb B are made hollow, so that liquid preparations can be fed from a bottle A, to which the comb is attached, through holes placed at the points of the teeth. The holes in the teeth are closed by tapering plugs F attached to springs G, hence the liquid only escapes when these plugs touch the scalp.
Patent GB-190317089-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Weaving Double Bordered Cloth.
Inventor: HOVE GUSTAVE
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 17,089. Hove, G. Aug. 6. Bordered fabrics; jacquards.-To weave a doublebordered fabric with satin or twill between the outer and inner borders, and if desired between the inner border and the centre, so as to obtain continuous corner and end borders, two 612's jacquard machines a, b, in which there are two hooks for each needle, are employed, one for the border and one for the centre or repeats. The odd rows of hooks of the needles 200<d> of the jacquard a are arranged to weave the edgings of the outer border c as shown, and the cords for the centre of the outer border are tied up to the odd rows of hooks of the needles 400s of the jacquard a. Two cords are used for each warp thread of the inner border and of the satin or twill bands, one set f being tied up to the even rows of hooks of the jacquard b, while the other set f for the inner border is tied up to the even rows of hooks of the needles 400s of the jacquard a, and the other cords for the satin bands are tied up to a spare row of hooks 12r of the machine b. The odd rows of hooks of the machine b work the centre of the fabric and the cross-borders. Both machines a, b are provided with slide-bars made like the twilling-bars described in Specification No. 8760, A.D. 1901. When one of these bars is pulled forward by a cord against the action of a spring until it is engaged by a catch the griffe-knives of the even rows of hooks are raised into a vertical and inoperative position. When the catch is released by a cord, the spring returns the bar. In weaving from g to g', the slide-bar of the machine a is pulled forward, while both odd and even rows of hooks of the machine b are working, the cards being cut to produce the cross-border and then the satin or twill band. At g<1>, the slide-bar of the machine a is released and that of the machine b is pulled forward, so that both inner and outer borders are worked by the machine a, the satin bands by the spare rows of the machine b, and the centre by the odd rows of the machine b. The unused hooks in the machines may be removed. Instead of working with odd and even rows of hooks, the hooks may be otherwise arranged. Thus, the first needles may work the first and thirteenth rows of hooks, the second needles the second and fourteenth rows, and so on. In this case, the rows 1 to 12 correspond to the odd rows, and the rows 13 to 24 correspond to the even rows.