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Patent GB-190008160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: ELY WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-02
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 8160. Ely, W. May 2. Switches adapted to be quickly thrown over to break one circuit or set of circuits and make another. In the arrangement shown in the Figures, contact-levers 7, 8 are connected to a shaft 4 by means of an insulating-block 9. To the shaft is fixed a cranked arm 10, adapted to engage with one of the catches 15, 16. An operating-lever 11 is loosely fitted on the shaft, and is connected to the arm 10 by a spring 14. On moving the lever into the position shown in Fig. 2, a heel-piece pushes back the catch 16, and the spring 14 pulls over the shaft 4 and contact-arms to make contact for the opposite side. In a modified arrangement, the catches are dispensed with, the friction of the contacts binding them in position. The box may be formed of two parts, inclined at an angle, instead of being in one plane.
Patent GB-190008588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stuffing Box Packing and the like .
Inventor: BOBERG JOHANN ANDREAS
Filed: 1900-05-09
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 8588. Boberg, J. A., and Boberg, C. J. L. May 9. stuging - boxes.- Relates to packing- rings composed of two dished discs b, b, connected with each other by spacing-pieces a. The outer surfaces may be grooved and the discs may be perforated ; in particular, tapped holes for the insertion of screwed rods for extracting the rings are provided. Several such rings, which may either be solid or divided, are placed in the stuffing-box with hemp, asbestos, or similar material intervening. The joint is made solely by the soft packing, kept moist by the water of condensation which collects in the rings.
Patent GB-190014290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Keys for Securing Rails and the like.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-08-09
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 14,290. Jones, W. Aug. 9. Chair keys.-The key is made in two wedgeshaped parts A', A<2> drawn together by a bolt and nut B. One part A' may be recessed, or the key may have a pivoted wire loop or arms to engage the chair jaw. Wooden keys may have metal end plates A<6>, or, if the keys are of metal, felt &c. may be placed between them and the rail and chair. The adjacent faces of the two parts may have ribs or tongues and grooves or recesses to fit together.
Patent GB-190016729-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means, applicable for use in Looms, for Severing the Weft Thread upon the Exhaustion of the Bobbin.
Inventor: WEBER-HONEGGER WERNER
Filed: 1900-09-19
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 16,729. Weber-Honegger, W. Sept. 19. Looms, weftcutting in. - I n looms of the Northrop type, as described in Specification No. 10,633, A.D. 1891, in which bobbins are exchanged in the shuttle b y the action of feeler mechanism, the weft thread of the exhausted bobbin is cut by a pair of serrated knives b, b<1>. The knife b is fixed in a transverse groove a<3> in the lay, and the knife b<1> is pivoted upon a lever c and operated by a pin-and-slot connection from a pin o on the lay. The lever e is pivoted at f to the lay-sword e, and is operated by the engagement of a spring pin upon it with an arm k on the shaft d<1>. which is actuated by the feeler mechanism.
Patent GB-190018076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: HOPKINSON WILLIAM CRESSWELL
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 18,076. Hopkinson, W. C. Oct. 11. Tyres, pneumatic.-The outer cover b is connected by an inner central diaphragm a to a wire ring or the like, lying within the rim r. On each side of the diaphragm is placed an air tube c, so that, when one air tube becomes punctured, the other expands and takes a central position. Normally the two tread parts of the air tubes tend to prevent side-slip.
Patent GB-190100419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heating Stoves.
Inventor: HEUER JOHANN WILHELM
Filed: 1901-01-07
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 419. Heuer, J. W. Jan. 7. Slow-combustion stoves; casings.-The fire-pot is formed of an outer imperforate wall 1, and an inner wall 2 formed with a series of tapering fingers 3 in its lower part. The pot is provided with a fuel magazine 4, around which is a casing 5, extending from the fire-pot to the top of the stove, and forming an annular space 12. Surrounding and supporting the fire-pot and casing 5 is an outer casing 7, provided below with a slide 20 and opening 19 for removing ashes to the sliding ashpan 18, and with a door 21, having a damper 22. Between the annular spaces 6 and 15 are an annular hit-and-miss slotted partition 14 and damper 17, operated externally. The spaces 12 and 6 open respectively into the spaces 9, 10. An opening 23 and an L-shaped damper 24 are provided, so that the space 9 may communicate with either the air-induction pipe 11 (bringing air from the upper parts of the apartment), or with the flue 13, or partly with each. When the damper 24 is moved to shut the opening to the air-induction pipe, the damper 17 is also closed, and the damper 22 is opened. Air then passes upwards through the fuel and spaces 12 and 9 to the flue 13. On reversing all the dampers, air passes downwards from the pipe 11, through the space 12, the fuel pot, and the spaces 15, 6, 10 to the flue 13.
Patent GB-190104519-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Rail for Electric and other Railways or Tramways.
Inventor: HENGST CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-03-02
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 4519. Hengst, C. F. March 2. Rails; rail joints; conductors for electric railways and tramways. These are made substantially as shown in three parts 1, 2, 3, or in two parts, the lower sections 2, 3 being then in one piece. The lower sections have overlapping ribs 6, 7, and their webs lie within the ribs 9, under the head in the upper part 1. The sections are laid to break joint, and bolted together. The rail may be plain or grooved and may serve as a conductor.
Patent GB-190116402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Breech Mechanism for Guns.
Inventor: SCHWARZLOSE ANDREAS WILHELM
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 16,402. Schwarzlose, A. W. Aug. 15. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to firing- devices. Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan of the breech mechanism, and Fig. 3 an end elevation. The projection c on the firing-pin a travels in a triangular groove cut upon the inside of the sleeve d. The discharge of the gun is effected by rotating the sleeve d by the lanyard o, by which movement the projection c of the firing-pin is drawn up the inclined groove h in the sleeve d, until it comes opposite the horizontal groove g, whereupon the spring f throws the firing-pin forward and discharges the gun. In a modification, the rotary sleeve d is replaced by a horizontally-sliding bar upon which a triangular operating-groove is out.
Patent GB-190120202-A (GB)
Title: A Furnace for the Melting of Metals and for like purposes.
Inventor: BOSSHARDT EDWIN
Filed: 1901-10-09
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 20,202. Bosshardt, E. Oct. 9. Crucible &c. furnaces ; air supply, heating. - Relates to furnaces for melting metals and for like purposes, and more especially to crucible furnaces for melting wrought iron, and consists in heating the air supply by passing it through a hollow casing a enclosing the ashpit, and also in constructing the furnace with a layer of non-conducting material f between the casing and the firebrick lining. The jacket a may, or may not, be provided with deflecting-baffles as shown, the inlet being suitably arranged accordingly. The outlets c are arranged at the bottom.
Patent GB-190120330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tables or Scrays for Feeding Dyeing and like Machines in which the Material to be treated is passed more than once through the Liquor.
Inventor: SHAW JOHN
Filed: 1901-10-11
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 20,330. Shaw, J. Oct. 11. Dyeing.-Tables or scrays for feeding dyeing and like machines, in which the fabric to be treated is passed more than once through the liquid, are made with a rotatable top so as to facilitate the bringing of the pile of material into position. The rotatable top 10 rests upon runners 18, mounted in bearings formed in a casting 15, fixed to the top of the stand 12. The runners work in an annular groove in a casting 22, fixed to the underside of the rotatable top. A bolt 30, attached to a pivoted lever 31, is employed for locking the table in position ; this bolt is released by lifting the weighted end 38 of the lever 31.
Patent GB-190201641-A (GB)
Title: A Roller Attachment for Children's Chairs.
Inventor: CLARK ISAAC MONTGOMERY
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 1641. Clark, I. M. Jan. 21. Chairs; castors. -Relates t o the application of castors to the back legs of children's high chairs, to prevent tilting and to facilitate motion. The roller is pivoted on a pin stretching between horns formed by bending a substantially triangular blank. A cross-piece prevents the leg from meeting the roller, and a bolt and nut serve to clamp the horn-piece in place.
Patent GB-190207609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Signalling.
Inventor: MUNDY ARTHUR JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 7609. Lake, H. H., [Mundy, A. J.]. March 29. Bearings, determining.-Relates to a system of signalling, in which an instantaneous signal is sent from the transmitting to the receiving station, simultaneously with, or at a known interval of time before or after, the transmission of an audible signal through water or air to the same receiving- station. The Figure shows diagrammatically the arrangement for signalling from a shore station D to a ship 0, to enable the position of the ship to be determined. The station D is provided with a wireless electric signalling apparatus, by which the instantaneous signal is transmitted to the ship. The impulses transmitted act also on receivers located at two or more sub-stations E, F, where they put into operation electrical apparatus for sounding submerged bells &c. A, B. The observer on the ship, by noting the intervals of time between the receipt of the instantaneous signal and the receipt of the audible signals, can, from the known velocity of sound in water, determine his distance from each sub-station, and so locate his position on the chart. Signalling - apparatus G, H, such as steam whistles, sirens, or diaphragms vibrated magnetically, for transmitting signals through the air, may be actuated at the sub stations in the same manner, the calculation of distances being made from the time intervals observed and the velocity of sound in air. The bells A, B may be of different tones, or may give distinctive signals by different numbers of strokes. The audible signals may be transmitted independently from the sub - stations, by employing known devices used to confine the effect of the transmitter at the central station to any one of the several receivers.
Patent GB-190213569-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or connected with Crutches or Supports for Incandescent Gas Light Mantles.
Inventor: ROSE ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,569. Rose, A. June 16. Incandescent gas lamps. - To ensure that mantle rods C of various sizes shall fit tightly within the socket D, and to facilitate the removal therefrom of the stump or lower end in the event of the rod C being broken, the socket D is made resilient and detachable by forming it from a split tube, Fig. 1, or by bending up the two or more radial arms d<3>, d<4>, d<5>, Fig. 5, or the ends d<9>, d<10>, Fig. 7, of a stamped piece of metal.
Patent GB-190213790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Temporary Binders.
Inventor: SOENNECKEN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-06-17
Abstract: 13,790. Soennecken, F. June 17. Filing papers and documents. - R e - lates to temporary binders for letters, bills, receipts, and other papers, and specially to binders in which tubular needles are used d closed by a bow. To reduce friction in the apparatus, the lever a, provided with a pin b to actuate the bow d, is journalled by a pin g in the slot c, which has an extension f to receive the pin when the apparatus is closed. A spring e opens the apparatus. In a modified form, two slots are formed in the plate c, one serving as a guide for the pin b, while the other receives the pin g, or the latter slot may be in the lever, the pin g being fixed to the plate.
Patent GB-190300072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hydrocyanic Acid and of Cyanide Salts therefrom.
Inventor: PAUL JAMES HUGH
Filed: 1903-01-01
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 72. Paul, J. H. Jan. 1. Cyanides hydrocyanic acid.-In the production of hydrocyanic acid, calcium ferrocyanide is employed in place of the potassium salt in order to avoid formation of insoluble double ferrocyanide. The crystallized calcium salt is dissolved in four parts of water, and heated with six parts of 20 per cent. sulphuric acid. The double salt of calcium and potassium may be substituted for calcium ferrocyanide, but is not so effective. To produce cyanides, a solution of caustic potash or soda is treated with the acids obtained as above, and the solution is then evaporated in vacuo to obtain the solid salt, or used at once, as may be most convenient.
Patent GB-190300908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Rings and the like for Ring-spinning, Doubling, and like Machinery
Inventor: PALEY GEORGE
Filed: 1903-01-14
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 908. Paley, G. Jan. 14. Ring-and-traveller frames.-The object is automatically to retard the speed of the traveller b upon the ring a to suit the varying tension of the thread in ring spinning, doubling, &c. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the ring a is raised or lowered so as to vary the friction of the traveller b on the edge of the ring orifice e<4> or on a collar d fixed thereto. The ring a screws into the orifice e<4>, and is fitted with a pin for turning it. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the ring a is fixed and a collar c is raised to bear against the traveller by means of inclines on the collar c and fixed pins f on the ring a. The collar is turned by a pin g. The pins in either form are operated by a bar h, Fig. 7, which slides parallel to the lifting-rail m. As the rail moves up and down, the bar h is operated by a bell-crank lever k connected by a link n<2> to an L-shaped bar n. This bar carries a stud n<2> which is struck by the piece p fixed to the rail m. A catch o prevents the bar n from falling until the cop has been built up, when a stud at the bottom of the bar n disengages the catch. In commencing a new cop, the rail m is lowered, and a projection upon it puts the catch o into gear again.
Patent GB-190305473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Engines for Running on Road and Rail
Inventor: COLLET ALBERT
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1904-03-09
Abstract: 5473. Collet, A. March 9. Portable engines.-Relates to portable engines adapted to run on road or rail. The axle K, on which is mounted the road wheels G, slides in the guides H and supports the nut J, also capable of sliding in the guides H, through the medium of a spring K. The vertical spindles I pass freely through the axle, and are screwed to engage the nuts J. The spindles I are provided with collars for supporting the vehicle through the medium of ball bearings, and opposite spindles are connected by chain gearing. On turning the spindles by means of the handle P and gearing shown, the vehicle is allowed to rest either on the road wheels G or the wheels R which are adapted to run on rails, the axle K in this case being suspended from the nut J by links. The brackets j, J fitted with the axles of the wheels R terminate in a cylinder rotatably mounted with ball bearings in brackets on the undercarriage, thus enabling the wheels R to be turned in a direction at right-angles to the road wheels.
Patent GB-190305715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes.
Inventor: GRAYSON CHARLES
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 5715. Grayson, C. March 12. Scaffolding.-A portable fire-escape, applicable also for cleaning and painting windows, consists of telescopic ladders N, N', N<2> connected, respectively, to pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic cylinders pivoted to a carriage B and held in an inclined position by blocks D and a chain E. Air &c. is forced by a pump into the inlet H, and escapes, when lowering, through an outlet K. A cradle S, suspended by a cradle operated by a windlass R, is raised as the ladders are extended ; the lower end of the cylinder is steadied by a screw jack V. Separate ladders, hooked to each other, may be raised by the telescopic tubes.
Patent GB-190317320-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Escapement and Carriage-feed Mechanism for Typewriters and other Machines
Inventor: SINGLETON GEORGE WILSON
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 17,320. Singleton, G. W. Aug. 10. Type-writers.-Relates to escapement and carriagefeed mechanism for type - writers and other machines. Fig. 1 shows a rear view, and Fig. 4 a cross-section. A bracket 10, adapted to be fixed to the frame of the type-writer, is formed with a housing 12, and with a bearing 13 for a shaft 14 on which is fixed a pinion 15 gearing with the carriage rack. The teeth of the carriage rack and of the pinion 15 are formed on one side with vertical or inclined engaging faces, Figs. 1 and 5, to prevent the rack from lifting from the pinion under strain. On the other end of the shaft 14 is a fixed ratchetwheel 17, and a loose sleeve 18, on which is loosely mounted an escapement-wheel 19. A washer 21 and screw 20 hold the wheel 19 in place. A spring- pressed pawl pivoted on the wheel 19 engages the wheel 17, so that the wheel 19 rotates with the shaft 14 in one direction. In a recess in the bracket 10 is pivoted a retaining-pawl 32, on a pin 31 removably held by a plate 29 fixed by a screw 30 in a groove. The pawl 32 is pressed by a spring- pin 34 so that the upper end of its vertical arm normally engages and holds the wheel 19. The arm engages only sufficient of a tooth of the wheel to retain the wheel, and such engagement is between the flat end of the arm and the inclined face of the tooth, so that the wheel is released with a minimum of sliding friction. The releasing and feeding dog 36 slides in the bracket, and is connected by a rod 37 with the universal bar of the type-writer. The upper end of the dog 36 is apexed or bevelled in opposite directions, and normally stands just clear of the points of the teeth of the wheel 19. A screw 38 fixed in the dog 36 engages under the arm 32<b> of the pawl 32, and actuates the pawl to release the wheel. A roller on the bracket 10 is provided to support the rear bar of the carriage.
Patent GB-190400209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing the Spread of Explosions, or Back Firing, Blow Pipes and the like
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-01-04
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 209. Johnson, J. Y., [Compagnie Franraise de l' AcÚtylÚne Dissous]. Jan. 4. Gas burners.-Relates to means for preventing the " spread of explosions " or back-firing in blowpipes and the like by providing the inlet end of the gas supply pipe with a thin porous body protected, if necessary, by a perforated metallic lining, and arranging the inlets to the mixing-chamber perpendicular to its axis. When gaseous jets are required to strike each other, or to cause eddying motion, the inlets are arranged to converge towards, or to be directed obliquely on, the axis of the mixing-chamber. In the form shown in the Figure, the combustible gas, such as acetylene, is conducted by a pipe a to a chamber a<1> containing the perforated end of a pipe a<2>. This end is covered by a thin cylinder d of porous material, and the other end opens into an annular chamber a<3> having orifices g leading to the mixing-chamber c, which is supplied with oxygen from a pipe b.
Patent GB-190403017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Pumps
Inventor: ABENDROTH ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-02-06
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 3017. Abendroth, A. Feb. 6. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-Relates to a steam pump suitable for mixing liquids at fixed intervals, and consists in controlling the steam valve, which is of the usual rotary type, by a slowly sinking weight, the valve being reversed by a lever connected to the piston-rod by means of a spring.
Patent GB-190403584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Water and other Liquids, applicable also as a Stove for Heating Apartments, Drying and Airing Clothes and the like.
Inventor: EICKERSHOFF JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-02-11
Abstract: 3584. Eickershoff, J. H. Feb. 12. O i l and spirit stoves. - An apparatus for heating liquids, warming rooms, and drying or warming clothes, which is particularly applicable to baths, consists of a geyser mounted on a reflecting open casing containing an adjustable burner in which the vapour of methylated spirits is burnt. The water, which enters the outer space a' at the base of the water heater, passes successively through the concentric annular spaces to a hollow lid d, from which a pipe e leads to within a hollow pan f. This pan, which serves to collect the water of condensation, is provided with the outlet pipe E of the apparatus, while a pipe h conveys the water of condensation to a gutter x. The annular spaces have extensions, which cause the products of combustion to pass alternately above and below the spaces on their way to a central vent pipe. A methylated-spirit reservoir c', having a concave perforated top, is mounted above a spirit burner e<6> in a frame c which slides between two guides o in the casing. The vapour of the spirit from the reservoir c is ignited by the flame of the burner c<6> passing through a central opening m. A hook p, with which engages the pipe leading from a filling- nozzle c' to the reservoir, serves to hold the burner in its uppermost position. An eyelet q, fixed to the outside of the reflecting casing, supports rods which may carry clothes or the like.
Patent GB-190403688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Coating Seed with Germinating Substances, and Products thus Obtained.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1905-02-13
Abstract: 3688. Boult, A. J., [Re, A.]. Feb. 13. Drawings to Specification. Manures.-Barley and other seeds are coated with a germinating or fertilizing substance, consisting of a mixture containing silica, clay, ammonia, lime, potash, soda, superphosphates, Thomas slag, glue, and copper sulphate, according to the kind of seed treated, and the soil for which it is intended. The seeds are coated with the mixture so as to form spherical, ovoidal, or ellipsoidal balls, with the germinating points almost outside the coating. The seeds are first damped with a solution of glue in a rotary drum and the earth or mixture afterwards added by degrees.