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Patent GB-190112709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Boxes, Trunks, Packing Cases and the like.
Inventor: LEVAL ALEXANDRE MARIE
Filed: 1901-06-21
Granted: 1902-06-21
Abstract: 12,709. Leval, A. M. June 21. Trunks.-When not in use, the parts are folded within the lid or cover 1. The bottom 5 is hinged to the lower part of the back 4 so that it can be raised against the back or be allowed to rest on a rib or projection on the lower part of the front 6. The ends are in two parts 11, 12, hinged together and to the front and back, and held in their extended position by bolts or catches.
Patent GB-190112750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: WIDMER JAKOB
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,750. Widmer, J. June 22. Cooking-stoves.- Portable cooking- apparatus for tourist, military, domestic, &c. purposes comprises a vessel c, Fig. 1, provided wit b a lid a and removable handle b, and a stand d provided with lugs f and retaining a fuel box e, which is filled with solidified spirit and furnished with a removable lid provided with a loop to receive the handle b. The parts are packed as shown in Fig. 3, and an extra vessel g to serve as a drinking cup may also be included. Various forms of stands are used, such as a base-plate with fixed or pivoted supports for receiving the cooking-vessel and fuel box, or feet carrying a ring support for the cooking vessel, or feet bent to carry the cooking-vessel and connected by a plate to carry the fuel box. The fuel box may serve as a stand for the cooking-vessel, by providing it with flexible riveted supports adapted to be bent and packed inside the box, or, as shown in Fig. 12, with supports having long and short limbs 13, 12 for engagement with loops 14 when in use or packed respectively.
Patent GB-190119077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Churns.
Inventor: MURPHY MARY
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 19,077. Murphy, M. Sept. 24. Moving-beater apparatus.-Relates to the construction of a churn having a rotary beater and means for causing a current of air to be passed through the contents of the churn. The receptacle a is secured on a base to which framework is attached for supporting the gearing for driving a central removable shaft h. The gearing is driven by a hand-wheel m with handle n. A strainer secured to removable abutments q, q with handles r is placed inside the receptacle a, and serves to separate the butter and butter-milk. The beater consists of a stem u and head t, and is adjustably secured by a set-screw x to the shaft h. The stem u fits loosely over the shaft h to form a passage for air, which enters at the orifice v, and is discharged by centrifugal action through the passages 2,3. The head t is formed with tapered wings and abrupt-faced beaters as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190123600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shunts for Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 23,600. Eckstein, A., and Panter, F. Nov. 21. Making electric resistances ; casting.- Metal terminals Care cast on the ends of resistant strips or rods D by first placing the latter in a core box, which may be taken apart, and has slots or holes to hold them in position, with the ends projecting, while the box is filled with sand; the box is then removed from the core and the strips or rods, and these are placed in a mould, into which the metal for the terminals is poured.
Patent GB-190201243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres and Wheel Rims therefor
Inventor: SHEPHERD JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 1243. Shepherd, J. Jan. 16. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to the securing of rubber and like tyres to wheelrims. Each flange b of the channelshaped rim a is formed with an angular inwardlyprojecting rib c with flat sides, and the tyre d is correspondingly shaped to fit the rim. At intervals, pins f pass through transverse holes in the tyre and rim, and have their ends bent down to lie in recesses g formed in the flanges b. The flanges expand slightly from the base outwards.
Patent GB-190202383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solid Rubber Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: SEIBERLING FRANK AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1902-01-29
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 2383. Seiberling, F. A. Jan. 29. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. - The solid rubber wheel tyre 1 has lateral ribs 2 which engage under the inturned edges of the rim 4, and embedded at intervals in the lower part of the tyre are transverselyplaced curved wires or rods 3 sufficiently strong to resist displacement. The base of the tyre is constructed of a convex cross-section, but when the tyre is in position the base lies flat on the rim.
Patent GB-190208960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saws Suitable for Stone.
Inventor: BRADSHAW JOSEPH BETTS
Filed: 1902-04-17
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 8960. Bradshaw, J. B. April 17. Drawings to Specification. Making saws for cutting stone. The blades are corrugated by passing them between corrugated rolls during their manufacture or subsequently.
Patent GB-190212555-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ammunition Shell.
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 12,555. Abel, C. D., [Rheinische Metallwaaren und Maschinenfabrik]. June 2. Projectiles, ordnance.-The explosive charge a is limited to that necessary to burst the projectile, and is made in the shape of a cylinder, prism, or the like. Such charge is surrounded by, or surrounds, a smoke-developer b, and is provided with a detonating charge f, which is ignited from the primary charged. The detonating charge may be omitted.
Patent GB-190222091-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Method of Mounting Electro, Stereo, Zinco, Engraved and other Plates used for Printing From.
Inventor: BRYAN JOSEPH PETER
Filed: 1902-10-10
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 22,091. Bryan, J. P. Oct. 10. Addressing-machines.- Relates to the method of and means for mounting electro, stereo, zinc, engraved, and other printing-blocks, and Fig. 5 shows the blocks applied to addressing - machines such as are described in Specification No. 25,280, A.D. 1901. The blocks C have ribs D for gripping the edges of the printing-plate, and are connected by pine. Springs F<1>, acting on the heads of the pins and on the blocks, press the blocks together or apart, and cause them to grip the plate. When the blocks take up the printing-plate as described in the prior Specification, they are contracted or opened out to receive the plate, and are then released to secure it. The pins may serve as connections for certain links of the chain H, I by which they are carried through the machine.
Patent GB-190300704-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Cementation of Iron, Steel and Cast-iron.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 704. Mills, B. J. B., [Lecarme, J.]. Jan. 10. Cementation; chrome steel; nickel steel; manganese steel.-All kinds of iron, steel, and cast iron are rapidly given a steely surface, or are impregnated with other elements, such as manganese, nickel, and chromium, by coating them with a composition and then heating them out of contact with air in a muffle, or embedded in carbon. The composition consists of powdered wood charcoal mixed with a solution of cyanide, ferrocyanide, or ferricyanide of potassium, ammonium, alkaline, or earthy metals; or carbon and ammoniacal salts generally may be used. An agglutinant, such as gelatine, dextrin, &c., may be added. Cyanides of nickel, manganese, or chromium or other metals or metalloids, and oxides or salts, may be added or substituted. Hardness, toughness, sonorousness, &c. can thus be imparted to a portion or the whole of any article, especial mention being made of bells and other sonorous metallic instruments.
Patent GB-190305532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ball Bearings.
Inventor: DAVIES JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 5532. Davies, J., and Payton, H. March 10. Disc wheels; felloes or rims; tyres, non-elastic.- A groove e, Figs. 1 and 4, is formed in a disc or ring b to receive the balls c, which are inserted through an aperture d closed by a plug. The section of the groove is greater than a semicircle, so that the balls are retained therein. The outer ring a is also formed with a groove to engage the balls, and may act as th: rim or tyre of a wheel. In some cases the member a is dispensed with, and the balls are adapted to run on a plain or grooved rail &c. Metal &c. discs are secured to the inner member to exclude dust, water, or mud.
Patent GB-190306209-A (GB)
Title: A Process of and Apparatus for the Transformation of Heat into Work by the Expansion or Gasification of Liquids
Inventor: JANECEK FRANZ
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 6209. Janecek, r. March 17. Centrifugal pumps combined with dynamo-electric motors.-Heat is transformed into mechanical energy by using it to expand or vaporize a liquid. The liquid is pumped through a cooler, heat exchanger, and heater in succession, and then expands in a motor and becomes reduced in pressure. The motor may be in the form of a turbine 1, Figs. 4 and 5, which also forms the armature disc of a unipolar dynamo and works between annular electromagnets 9. The motor fluid enters the shaft 2 from both ends. The current is collected from a rim 10 on the disc by liquid contained in an insulated annular trough 11. The trough and rim may be arranged as in the manner shown in Fig. 12, if it is desired to keep the motor fluid away from the collecting liquid. The casing is in two parts secured by rings 13, 15. The shaft bearings 3, 4 are made fluid-tight by soft-metal washers 5, kept up by the fluid pressure. A centrifugal pump is combined with an electric motor in the way shown in Fig. 4, the section of the wheel being, preferably, as shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-190307705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baskets and similar Receptacles for Bottles and the like.
Inventor: DOPFER FRANZ
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 7705. Dopfer, F. April 2. Baskets.-An iron basket for carrying bottles has spring tongues at the bottom, on which the bottles rest. The basket is constructed of bars 4, 6, corner bars 5, and partition bars 8, handles 7 being provided at the enda. The tongues 9 may be bent up from the metal of the bottom 1, as shown in Fig. 5, or may be formed from separate plates 10, as shown in Fig. 7. The bottom may be strengthened by ribs 3.
Patent GB-190311827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Apparatus for Producing Mixtures of Gas and Air
Filed: 1903-05-23
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 11,827. Lake, H. H., [Selas Ges.]. May 23. Mixing air and gases. - The mixing of gases, and more especially of gas and air for illuminating purposes, is effected by the pressure of the gas supply in constant quantitive proportions which are determined by the dimensions of the mixing-nozzle. Gas under pressure in the supply pipe 1 issues, under control of the cock 2, from the nozzle 27, and passes together with air drawn in through the flap valve 42 to an expansible chamber or gas holder 31, which is so connected by a rod 32 with the weighted lever 33 of the gas cock 2 that the cock is closed when the holder 31 has reached its highest position. A rotary or other suction or forcing apparatus 4, driven by an electric or other motor 5, draws the gas from the holder 31 and forces it at an increased pressure past the non-return valve 7 to a second expansible holder 25. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the bell 25, when it reaches its highest position, breaks the contact of the strips 9, 10, interrupts the circuit of the electromotor 5, and stops the suction or forcing apparatus 4. The operation of the mixing-nozzle 3 is not influenced by the operation of the suction or forcing apparatus 4, as there is little or no pressure in that part of the conduits which is situated between the valves 2, 7. In a modification, the holder 31 is dispensed with, the gas cock 2 being operated by a governor on the shaft of the motor 5. The moment at which the opening of the cock 2 takes place may be altered by varying the point of contact of the connecting- rods, and the proportions in which the air and gas are mixed may be changed by adjusting the gas nozzle 27 in an outer sleeve. Slight variations may be made in the construction and arrangement of the apparatus described.
Patent GB-190317212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Subaqueous Tunnels.
Inventor: PHILLIPS DAVID
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 17,212. Phillips, D. Aug. 7. Tunnels and tunnelling.-Relates to the construction of subaqueous tunnels. A waterproof and airproof casing 1, Fig. 3, divided into two parts 2, 3 connected by bolts, is lowered into the water. The lower part 3 of the casing is fastened to hollow beams 4, filled with fragments of brick, iron, &c., which rest on a prepared bed or suspended cables. The beams are connected by eye-bolts and rings 5, 6. Bulkheads 9, Figs. 3 and 5, placed in the casing at intervals, are provided with enlarged portions bolted to the casing and narrower parts through which the tunnel wall is to be carried as indicated in Fig. 3. To this reduced portion is bolted a plate 10, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying a valve 11. After the casing has been sunk, the first section is inflated with air, the tunnel built up to the first bulkhead, and the narrow portion of the latter bolted to the tunnel wall. The valve is then opened and air allowed to pass into the second section, the upper portion of the first section of the casing being afterwards removed.
Patent GB-190317862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Ties or Sleepers and Fastenings for Railway Rails.
Inventor: SHOWALTER VINCENT ALIYICIOUS
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 17,862. Showalter, V. A. Aug. 18. Sleepers; chairs; rails, securing to sleepers.- Metallic ties or sleepers are formed with upper and lower transverse grooves or notches 5, 9 and with bottom concave corrugated faces 2 closed at 3 for holding the ballast after it has been rammed into position. The rails 4 are secured to the sleepers by chairs or plates 6 having teeth 7 for engaging the notches 5 and pivoted securing-hooks 8 for engaging the notches 9. The rails may be adjusted laterally by altering the position of the chairs or plates 6 on the sleeper.
Patent GB-190319241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polishing Pads for Boots, Shoes and the like.
Filed: 1903-09-07
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 19,241. Miller, H. G., and Page & Sons, S.D. Sept. 7. Boots and shoes, cleaning.-In order that the one polishing-pad may be used for polishing both black and brown boots, shoes, and the like, its polishing- surfaces a, b are made respectively from dark and light coloured velvet, " selvyt," or other soft material, preferably having a pile. The two pieces of material are sewn together to form a bag which is stuffed with cotton wool or other padding, the edges at the open end of the bag being then stitched together.
Patent GB-190319982-A (GB)
Title: A Fastening for Gloves, Footwear, Garments and other uses.
Inventor: RAYMOND ACHILLE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 19,982. Raymond, A. F. Sept. 16. Ball-and-socket fastenings; eyelets.-Relates to fastenings for gloves, footwear, garments, &c., in whieh a ball is pressed through an aperture in a disc. The head of the ball b, Fig. 1, is larger than any part of the aperture a, Fig. 15, but the neck is so large that it will wedge against the sides of the aperture if it is moved laterally. The aperture may be lozenge-shaped, lens-shaped, &c., and slots f may be formed in the side to facilitate the entry of the ball. The edges of the aperture may be slit radially, and may be turned back to give a greater aperture depth. The disc and ball may be attached to the clothing by sewing through holes o in their borders. The disc A may be attached to an eyelet g, Fig. 21, and attached to the material by riveting, or by securing the ends in a dome-shaped piece h.
Patent GB-190324408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Whizzers, or Apparatus for Drying Grain.
Inventor: DELL WILLIAM BLECKLY
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,408. Dell, W. B. Nov. 10. Hydro - extractors.- In whizzers, or centrifugal apparatus for drying grain, the material is freed from moisture by the combined action of centrifugal force and a radial blast of air. The grain is made to ascend in a helical path inside the perforated casing F by means of inclined plates or "lifters" L, which are so arranged on the ends of the fan blades K, that a series of interrupted helical surfaces extend, round the outer ends of the blades, from the bottom to the top of the casing. On every alternate blade, the bottom "lifter" M, Fig. 3, is formed with an extension for scooping up the grain which is fed to the machine through the passage R, and the top " lifter" N is placed vertically for discharging the grain into the outlet S. Air passes into the machine through the central opening D and the outer opening D<1> in the top, and through the central opening D in the bottom. Round the central openings D are inwardly-projecting cylinders E, E', of which the latter is perforated. The upper and lower ends of the blades K, which are fixed to the arms G, have their outer parts K<1>, formed of a scoop shape, and bent forward in the direction of rotation, as shown in Fig. 4. The parts within the cylinders E, E<1> are considerably more curved, and are also formed of a scoop shape, as shown in Fig. 5. A plate O, at the middle arm G, divides the interior of the machine into two compartments. A cylindrical shield P is arranged outside the casing F in order to catch the water thrown off.
Patent GB-190325405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Driven Blowing Engines.
Inventor: HAMILTON JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-21
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 25,405. Hamilton, J. H. Nov. 21. Compressing.- Fig. 1 shows in outside elevation a tandem - cylinder gas engine, driving an air-compressor, the connecting-rod of the compressor, which works in a trunk attached to the piston of the air-compressor cylinder 3, being connected to the gas-engineoperated crank shown. Gridiron valves, one of which is shown in Fig. 3, which is a section through the aircompressor cylinder, operated by cams on the shaft E admit and exhaust air from the cylinder 3, and also supply the air for combustion, and for scavenging the gas-engine cylinders as described in Specification No. 14,380, A.D. 1900. During the first portion of the upward stroke of the air-compressor piston, the lower part of the gridiron valve V, communicating with the suctionpipe S, is closed, while air for scavenging the cylinders 1 and 2 passes through the upper open portion of the valve to the cylinder supply pipe P. During the remainder of the upward stroke, the upper part of the valve is closed while the lower part is opened to enable the engine cylinders to draw the air for combustion from the compressor suction pipe S. Recesses and connections are shown in Figs. 3 and 1 respectively at the ends of the compressor cylinder for receiving the inlet and outlet valves. To reduce the pressure in the main D, the compressor may work during a portion of the stroke with the suction valve open. The position of the cams operating the valves may be adjusted by moving the actuating cam shaft E vertically.
Patent GB-190327211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Cowls.
Inventor: GAGNE WILLIAM GODFREY
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 27,211. GagnÚ, W. G. May 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Ventilating-shaft tops.-Figs. 1 and 3 represent vertical and horizontal sections respectively. A globular cowl A, in quarters, is fitted on the top of the shaft e. The spaces between the quarters are protected by bands B. A conical and axial deflector C is inserted through an opening in the top.
Patent GB-190400010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Injectors.
Inventor: WHITE THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1904-01-01
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 10. White, T. H. Jan. 1. Injectors for steam generators of the kind in which the regulation of the steam aud water passages is effected simultaneously and to water-lifters stated to be more particularly applicable to locomotive combination injectors. In the first-named injectors, the parts are so arranged that 'they may be readily removed without breaking the pipe connections of the injector. The steam nozzle 8 is held in the stuffing-box 7 which is secured to the diaphagm 2 formed between the steam and water passages 3, 4. The upper part of the steam nozzle, which has ports 12 cut in it for the passage of the steam, engages with a thread on the regulating spindle 20. The spindle terminates in a supplementary steam nozzle 21, and it is provided with a collar 19 which prevents it from moving vertically. The nozzle 8 is prevented from turning by its upper part engaging with the projecting piece 14 formed in the stuffing-box 16. The waterlifter may form part of the injector proper, for instance, arranged as described in Specification No. 1959, A.D. 1885, but is preferably inserted into, or attached to, the water-supply or overflow pipe of the injector. Steam enters the lifter, Fig. 4, through the tube 29, and, drawing in water from the supply pipe 25, fills the injector suction pipe 26. If, when the injector is in action, the supply of water raised by the lifter is insufficient, the auxiliary valve 32 will automatically lift and allow the injector to draw up the necessary quantity of water. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the nozzle 28 is arranged centrally, and the valve 32 is annular. Other arrangements of the nozzle and valve are shown and described, and in one of these the lift of the valve is controlled by a cam connected to a handle outside the apparatus.
Patent GB-190404791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mowing and Reaping Machines
Inventor: BAMFORD SAMUEL BRASSINGTON
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4791. Bamford, S. B. Feb. 26. Reaping and mowing machines.-Reaping and mowing machines are provided with reversible drop slides of channel or U-shaped section. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the drop slide bracket, which is formed upon, or secured to, the inside shoe a, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the drop slide. The slide c fits over the lugs j, k, and is held down by lips e, g fitting into recesses d, d'. The lip g is formed on a pivoted lever f, which is normally held in the position shown by the spring h, but may be raised to release the slide c. The slide may be of steel, wrought iron, or cast iron, the latter being preferably chilled. The catch for holding it may be varied.
Patent GB-190411518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Selfacting Flushing Cisterns with Periodical Discharge.
Inventor: RUEDIGER JOSEF
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,518. R³diger, J. May 19. Water-waste preventers, siphon-discharge. In a self-acting flushing-cistern for urinals &c., as the water level rises in the part b, air escapes first by the hole h and then by a narrow pipe f with airescape k placed as shown, the central part of the siphon having been filled previously with water through the aperture i. Siphonic action takes place when the level reaches the point indicated by x-y. Any air contained in the water escapes by the pipe g.