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Patent GB-190105892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners.
Inventor: DURBAN WILLIAM LANG
Filed: 1901-03-20
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 5892. Durban, W. L. March 20. Gas valves and cocks. - In incandescent gas burners, the gas supply from the nozzle g is controlled by a valve f, which may be adjusted by securing the screw h in the desired position in the slot i by the nut l, or by a rack and pinion.
Patent GB-190105975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriers for Glow Lamps.
Inventor: COLSMAN CARL
Filed: 1901-03-21
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 5975. Colsman, C., and Colsman, A March 21. Supporting lamps.-An adjustable support for an incandescent lamp, applicable to a stand or bracket, consists of a U-shaped metal piece d, pivoted in a similar larger piece a. Each piece is made by casting a tin or lead alloy, preferably containing antimony, such as Britannia metal, on iron or other strengthening strips or wires c, shown broken away. The curve d of the movable piece is thickened to serve as a counterweight.
Patent GB-190108097-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Manufacture of Metallic Alloys.
Inventor: WHEATLEY RICHARD BEAUCHAMP
Filed: 1901-04-19
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 8097. Wheatley, R. B. April 19. Alloys having the appearance of gold. A base alloy, consisting of 66 parts of copper and 50 parts of zinc, is first prepared, and to this base other alloys of copper are added. Suitable alloys are copper and ferro-manganese or ferro-nickel or ferro-tungsten, or copper and tin or aluminium, or copper, tin, and nickel. Tungsten in the form of phosphide is then added to give a good colour.
Patent GB-190114300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Attaching Ladies' Dress Skirts to Waist Belts or Bodices.
Inventor: CARTWRIGHT GEORGE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1901-07-13
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 14,300. Cartwright, G. A. July 13. Hook fastenings; fastenings, attaching.- Dress skirts are secured to waist-belts or bodices by hooks struck from a metal plate, or independent, and provided with tubular bosses or sleeves for suspension from a safety-pin, or the pin of a buckle, brooch, &c. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the plate 1 is formed with hooks 2 and bosses or sleeves 4, and provided with a safety-pin 3. The pin is passed through the skirt band from the outside, the plate 1 threaded on the pin, the pin fastened on the outside, and the plate turned upwards, as shown in dotted lines, to engage the bodice. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the pin 3 is disposed centrally, and additional hooks 5 are provided to engage the skirt band &c. to relieve the strain on the pin, the hooks 2 gripping the belt or bodice.
Patent GB-190115530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regulating Electric Currents and to Switches therefor.
Inventor: THIEME PAUL
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 15,530. Thieme, P. July 31. Regulating; switches.-Relates to the means for actuating automatic switches, particularly for accumulator cells. regulators, &c. The apparatus is arranged so that the switch completes its movement when started independently of the starting- device. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement adapted for cutting in or out accumulator cells. A solenoid a is connected to the circuit to be regulated, and, if it varies from the normal, the core is actuated to make contact at c or d with a contact b. A current is thus sent through one or other of the electromagnets e, f, and the armature h or i attracted, and the switch r of the motor for operating the accumulator switch operated. The motor also rotates a disc o fitted with contactrings p, q, the ring p having an insulating-piece s. A bar k connected to the armatures h, i carries contacts l, m, n, the latter being connected to one of the mains, and the others to the magnets e,f. A shunt circuit is thus maintained through one of the magnets during a complete revolution, the motor being suitably braked.
Patent GB-190115733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Binding.
Inventor: IRVING JAMES ROBERT
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1902-08-02
Abstract: 15,733. Irving, J. R. Aug. 3. Bookbinding. - Flat-opening books consist of sections a which have linen, jaconet, &c. backings c pasted to the outer leaves, and are sewn by stitches passed through the leaves a<1>, flexible hinge cords b, and backings c, and round or through binding- tapes d.
Patent GB-190118108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hanks for connecting Sails to Stays.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 18,108. Wood, W., and Fake, G. J. Sept. 10. Sails, hanks for. Hanks C, which, while having a rigid connertion to the jib or other sail B, can be readily applied to a rigged stay A and moved up and down thereon without risk of casual disconnection therefrom, are formed of two double semicircular members c, c<1> and a screw d. The bank is connected to the sail by placing the members c, c<1> on the opposite sides of the small rope a, and of the usual metal eyes b of the sail, and securing them together by the screw d, the inner side of the opening f being chamfered to receive snugly the rope a. The members c, c' are mitrejointed at g to permit of their being moved sufficiently far apart for the introduction or removal of the small rope a, while preventing the disconnection of the hank from the larger stay A. The member c' has a square surface m to meet a similar surface n on the member c, and a hook p, which rests and moves in a loop i on the member c, the cross-bar j of the loop having a square side k. The hanks are applied to the stay A by placing the members c, c<1> on opposite sides thereof and passing the hooks p through the loops i and closing them upon the cross-bars j, the opening e being of such a size as to fit loosely upon the stay A.
Patent GB-190118357-A (GB)
Title: A Process or Method for the Treatment of Screw Propellers.
Inventor: BAUER JACOB HEINRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1901-09-13
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 18,357. Bauer, J. H. W. Sept. 13. Screw propellers.-Corrosion is prevented, and surface friction is reduced, by partially or wholly covering the screw-propeller blades with enamel or similar material prepared from one or more of the ingredients "kielsel earth," borax, potash, soda, lead oxides, clay, magnesia, lime, or compounds of the same.
Patent GB-190122457-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening of Pickaxes and the like Tools, with their Handles
Inventor: HUEPPE FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 22,457. H³ppe, F. Nov. 7. Rolling.-Relates to a metal socket for fixing handles to pick-axes &c. The split tubular socket A, preferably made of rolled steel, has one or more sharp-edged ribs b on its inner surface. The ribs are preferably made during the rolling process.
Patent GB-190124624-A (GB)
Title: Stokers for Marine Furnaces.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 24,624. Mills, B. J. B., [Taylor, J. R.]. Dec. 3. Steam-generator furnaces; mechanical stoking; firebars and grates; air, supplying.-Relates to marine boiler furnaces burning "pulverized" fuel. Fig. 2 is a cross-section to an enlarged scale through the furnace shown in vertical longitudinal section in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of the blast injector. " Pulverized " fuel is supplied to the hopper 15, and fed thence by a revolving screw 12 into a trough 8 at one side of the furnace. Rising in this trough it passes laterally over the inclined grate composed of revolving hollow perforated bars 11. The screw 12 and the grate bars are rotated by a small steam engine 14. At the grate side of the fuel trough is an air-chest 6, above which is a revolving "tuyÞre" 7, and a stationary "tuyÞre" 10 at each end. Air is delivered into the chest 6 by the injector 17, shown separately in Fig. 4, which consists of a nest of nozzles 18 to which live or exhaust steam is delivered by the nozzle 23, air being admitted to the casing at 19, preferably from the casing 3 of the chimney stack ; live steam is supplied at 20, and exhaust steam at 21.
Patent GB-190200142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Car Seats
Inventor: JANSON LOUIS
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 142. Janson, L. Jan. 2. Seats, reversible. The base a has undercut recesses a', which receive the flanges c<1> of toothed wheels c mounted on the undersides of the seats b. The double rack d gears with both the wheels c, and has notches d', which may be engaged by the latch e when the rack is in either of its extreme positions.
Patent GB-190211142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles and other Vessels with Liquids and for Stoppering the same
Inventor: FLETCHER FRANCIS JAMES
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 11,142. Fletcher, F. J. May 15. Bottling ; corking ; stoppering. - Relates to machines for filling bottles or other vessels with aÙrated or carbonated liquids &c. The machine is provided with a number of filling and stoppering heads c, e, each adapted for filling vessels of a definite type, such as siphon bottles, screwstoppered bottles, internally-stoppered bottles, and bottles closed by corks, the stoppering - arrangements being of ordinary construction. The heads are mounted on a disc a carried by the hollow spindle f, which is revolubly mounted in the standard i, a stuffing-box i<1> being employed to secure a tight joint. The liquid is supplied from an aerating-apparatus p &c. through the pipe p<1>, the passage g in the spindle f, and separate passages h in the disc a to the filling-heads. A single bottle-rest is provided, which is mounted under control of a spring adapted to press the bottle up to the filling-head. To permit the introduction of the bottle; the rest is lowered by a cam n, on the hand-operated spindle n<1>, engaging the tappet l<2> on the rest. In use, the filling-bead suited to the type of bottle to be filled is brought over the bottle-rest by rotating the disc a, and is then locked in position by the spring pinj engaging one or other of the recesses j<1> in the spindle. The syrup pump q is actuated by the crank r on the spindle n', the piston-rod t being made in two telescoping parts connected by an adj ustable pin-andslot connection s, u, to enable the stroke of the pump to be regulated. In the arrangement shown, the rod t also forms the rod of the pumping- mechanism for introducing the liquid into the aerator.
Patent GB-190214308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 14,308. O'Donnell, J. P., and Irvingr, E. C. June 24. Controlling and locking signals; signalling and communicating between trains.-In railway signalling - a p p a - ratus of the mechanical type shown in Fig. 1, or of the pneumatic type shown in Fig. 3 and described in Specification No. 183, A.D. 1900, or of similar mechanical, pneumatic, or electrical type, means are provided whereby the interlocked signals at a station or block can be rendered automatic at the direction o the signalman, t h u s enabling the signal cabin to be closed while the advantages of the block section are retained for the traffic. The lever 1 of the dropoff slot mechanism is connected up with the ordinary lever 3 in the signal cabin, while the lever 4 is connected to the piston 5 of the pneumatic cylinder or motor 6. Fluid pressure from the mains 11 to the cylinder 6 is controlled by the electromagnetic-valve devices 9, 10. which, when excited by the current from the battery 15, cause the piston to be moved up, and, when de-energized, cause the piston to descend. The valve 10 is of the type described in Specification No. 6552, A.D. 1901, and the valve 9 is of the kind described in Specification No. 3078, A.D. 1903. Normally the fluid pressure is admitted to the pipe 8, and onehalf of the safety operation performed, so that, on pulling over the lever 3, the signal is put at safety. When the track circuit through the relay 14 is broken, contact at 21 is broken, and the lever 4 is pulled down, replacing the signal arm at ' danger.' The departure of the train or vehicle from the section 13 restores the signal to safety, if the lever 3 is pulled over as when the cabin is locked up. In the pneumatic system shown in Fig. 3, the cut-off device 38 is connected to a branch of the main-supply pipe X', and to the pipe 37 which leads from the valves 35. 40, and connects with the cylinder. The valves 35, 40 and the relay valves R', R<2>, R<3> are of ordinary construction, the valve R<1> being in the induction circuit. The operating-lever or bar L has an additional slot 26, and a king lever 30 is provided in the interlocking apparatus, which lever, when operated after all the other signal levers have been operated, locks all the levers in their over position by means of tappet mechanism of a known type.
Patent GB-190214449-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Feeding Device for Mining and Rock Drills.
Inventor: CHURCHILL JAMES REGINALD
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 14,449. Churchill, J. R., and Champion, C. H. June 30. Rock drills.-Relates to the feed. The swerved spindle C gears with the worm-wheel E, which acts as a feed-nut and is frictionally held by the friction cones F mounted on the square or feathered shank of the bolt G in the trunnioned support B. The friction is adjusted by a nut G<3>, or by a lever, and a spring may be interposed.
Patent GB-190216346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Mills
Inventor: BARFORD JAMES GOLBY
Filed: 1902-07-23
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,346. Barford, J. G., and Perkins, J. E. S. July 23. Casting.-Relates to the manufacture of castmetal grooved discs employed in grinding-mills. A plate C ot iron is placed in the centre of the mould, and the disc B is cast around it. The object of the plate C is to barden the surfaces of the disc by chilling it. The plate C is supported in the mould by extensions A which are removed when the casting is completed.
Patent GB-190216647-A (GB)
Inventor: GRIDLEY SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-07-26
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 16,647. Gridley, S. July 26. Venting bottles, jars, etc.; stoppers.-A venting, valve is formed in stoppers and bungs for casks, bottles, jars, and other vessels containing beer and other alcoholic liquors. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, which shows the application to a screw stopper, the centre of the hollow stopper is provided with a hollow stem B, the inner end of which is fitted with an india-rubber or other valve washer B' secured by a screw plug b ; the outer end of the stem is closed to form a push head, which is flush with the top of the stopper. The valve is kept up against its seat at the bottom of the stopper by a spring C, contained in a recess at the top of the stopper. Openings b<1>, b' are made at opposite ends of the tube, for the escape of gas or the inlet of air when the tube B is pushed down. This construction is applicable also in conjunction with a bush, bung, or similar device on a cask, jar, or other vessel. In a modification, the valve B<1> is placed on the stem B outside at the top of the stopper, and the spring is placed below so that the valve is operated automatically by internal pressure. When this modification is used as an air inlet, a knob is provided for opening the valve by hand.
Patent GB-190218787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pattern-Cards for Weaving.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-08-26
Abstract: 18,787. Boult, A. J., [Voselsang, A.]. Aug. 26. Cards.-A printing-plate produced by photomechanical means so a3 to represent an enlargement of the weaving-design is employed as a pattern card for jacquards, and reading-in and punching-machines. A negative is obtained from the original by interposing a net or screen, and is laid upon a metal plate covered with a sensitive asphalt coating. After exposure of the plate to the action of light in the ordinary way, it is treated with a solvent. The recessed parts of the plate, thus prepared, represent the perforations in the usual jacquard card. The plate a, when used in a jacquard, controls a series of auxiliary needles b which are looped to the main needles d controlling the hooks p. A jacquard card g having as many perforations as there are needles d is moved to and fro in the usual way, and those needles which are raised by the auxiliary needles b are pressed, in opposition to the nsual springs f, by the card g. In electric jacquards, the recessed parts of the plate are filled-in with a non-conducting material, such as glue, plaster, or the like.
Patent GB-190220057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Conveyors, Elevators, and the like, for Coke or other Materials.
Filed: 1902-09-13
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 20,057. Dempster & Sons, R., and Broadhead, J. W. Sept. 13. Conveyers ; elevators.-Relates to conveyers, elevators, and the like for coke &c., more especially of the kind in which the moving chains run outside the trough containing the material. Each link of the chains is formed on both sides with a V or concave groove running its entire length, and both upper and lower ims of the chains thus formed are guided on paths e of corresponding section. At intervals gaps are left in the ways e, and in these gaps are mounted rollers f dipping in oil baths, and projecting into contact with the chain, which is thus lubricated. To allow for wear, the rollers are pressed upwards by springs or mounted on eccentric spindles. At about the points where the chains leave their drum, are pivoted weighted scrapers or brushes adapted to keep the chain grooves clean.
Patent GB-190221155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Machines for Sewing the Soles of Boots and Shoes, and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 21,155. Johnson, G. W., [Moenus Machine Works]. Sept. 29. Boot-sole stitching- machines; waxt h r e a d machines; waxing thread. - The thread is not waxed until it has been drawn through the work, the wax being then applied to the loop just before the stitch is set. The thread can thus be taken for sewing from its original reel, and the necessity for respooling is avoided. The thread is carried in a box, through a gland in the cover of which it passes, and thence over tension and take-up devices to the sewing - apparatus. The wax is heated in a reservoir i by the circulation of some heating-agent, and is deliveredby a pipe i<2> to a wax distributor. This consists of two plungers h, h<2>, both operated by the same cam g and working in holes transverse to the end of the pipe i<2>. The plungers have holes h<3>, h<4> respectively, so that, when they are in their retracted position, the plungers h can obtain a supply of wax. The plungers then move forwards, the plunger h<2> cutting off the supply of wax while the plunger h carries. forwards a small quantity of wax, contained in the hole h<3>, into contact with the thread.
Patent GB-190222229-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Glazing Windows and the like.
Inventor: DIAT ANTOINE
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,229. Diat, A., [called Diaz]. Oct. 13. Glazing windows &c.-A warehouse, workshop, spinning-mill, or other window or the like is glazed by means of thick glass bedded on asbestos in an L-iron frame b, Fig. 3, having T-iron astragals, Fig. 7, the metal being on the outside to prevent warping in case of fire. The glass is secured by means of copper or iron stops c bearing on asbestos washers f. The panes overlap on their horizontal edges, packing-strips g being provided on the lower bars. In a modification, shown in Fig. 16, the L-iron frame is omitted, and the glass a and asbestos f are slipped in a cemented recess h. Putty x is used in each case.
Patent GB-190225575-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System for the Manufacture of Coke, the Construction of Coke Ovens and the Recovery of By Products from same.
Inventor: KEY JOHN THOMAS
IPC: C10B15/02
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 25,575. Key, J. T. Nov. 21. Flooring blocks. -False bottoms for coking ovens are formed of fireproof blocks, shown in plan in Fig. 13, and elevation Fig. 14. They have corrugations which interlock, and the sides taper, with oblique angles.
Patent GB-190225954-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process and Furnace for Obtaining Metals, Metalloids, and Compounds of the same.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-11-25
Abstract: 25,954. Lorrain, J. G., [Electricitõts Akt.- Ges. vorm. Schuckert & Co.]. Nov. 25. Silicon.-Relates to the production of metalloids, such as silicon. The material M to be reduced is charged into a tube A B, and the spaces D, D at the ends of the charge are filled loosely with an oxide of the metalloid which is to be produced. The part of the tube between the lines a-b and a-b is then heated to a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the metalloid, which diffuses through the molten oxide, and condenses in the loose parts of the oxide. When it is desired to produce the metalloid in a definite external form, hollows or recesses of the desired form are made in the charges.
Patent GB-190225997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop Hammers for Forging, Pile Driving and the like purposes.
Inventor: BRETT ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 25,997. Brett, A. W. Nov. 26. Hammers, power.-The lifting of a drop hammer 8 for forging purposes &c. is effected by a brake block 15 and a continuously-revolving pulley 13, the block 15 being fixed to an arm 18 so that it can be moved radially to grip the pulley by means of a roller 19, a wedge 20 formed on Lhe sliding sleeve 21, and a lever 22. The arm 18 may be pivoted to one end of a lever fulcrumed on a loose sleeve on the shaft 9, the other end of the lever carrying a roller which is engaged by a conical pulley capable of being slid along the shaft 9 by a lever 22. A stop 31 for the block 15, which may be arranged to free the block from the pulley 13, may be provided. When a succession of light blows are required to be given, such as in the case of a helve hammer, the acting-face of the conical pulley may be corrugated and the pulley fixed on the shaft 9. The hammer is then free to fall whenever the roller at the end of the lever is in a hollow of the conical pulley.
Patent GB-190305402-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to the Outside Seats of Tramcars and other like Seats
Inventor: BUTTERWORTH GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 5402. Butterworth, G. F. March 9. Covers and aprons for exposed seats.- Tramcarand like exposed seats are provided with waterproof covers for use in wet weather. Lengths of waterproof cloth d are wound on spring rollers b, c contained in a box beneath the seat. The lengths, after passing round the roller b or c as the case may be, extend through slots in the box, their ends being retained outside the box by rods g. When the seat is wet, one of the covers is drawn from the box and turned back over the seat ; it is automatically re-wound on its spring roller when the occupant of the seat rises. The other cover may be used to protect the knees of the person occupying the seat behind. Additional tension may be put on the covers by means of a ratchet-wheel on the case at one end of each spring roller, which is engaged by a pawl f and may be operated by a key from the outside of the box.
Patent GB-190310310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve Gearing for Engines Actuated by Steam or other Elastic Fluid.
Inventor: STULLER IGNAZ
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 10,310. Stuller, I. May 6. Valve gear.- Separate beat valves are employed for admission and exhaust at each end of the cylinder. The admission valves are worked by a cam 29 through levers 21, 16, the cut-off being varied by the adjustment of the pivot 24 of the lever 21 in the slide 26 by means of the governor acting through the mechanism 34, 35, 36. The exhaust valve is worked by a cam 42 through a lever 38. The two exhaust valves are closed by a leaf or carriage spring. The gear is applicable to steam and gas and oil engines.