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Patent GB-190107481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Facilitating the Starting of Gas and similar Engines.
Inventor: HUTCHINGS JAMES
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 7481. Hutchings, J. April 11. Gas and like engines, starting. A gap in a shunt circuit of any cylinder containing a combustible charge is closed automatically, and a second gap is closed and the circuit completed by a push when it is desired to start the engine. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically two cylinders working opposite cranks. The primary circuits E<1>, E' of the induction coils e', e<2> are closed for normal working by a cam and terminals a<1>, a<2>. For starting, the shunt circuits F<1>, F<2> are closed first by a cam b<1> and terminals G', G<2>, and, when desired, by the press-button C, which controls all the shunt circuits. Fig. 2 shows the contacts arranged in a hinged box H. When a two-cylinder engine is employed, and the cranks are arranged as shown, the engine may be stopped with one piston on the working and the other on the compression stroke the igniter of the former is brought into action. If they are stopped on the compression and suction strokes, then the igniter of the latter is in action. With four-cylinder engines, the igniter of the cylinder which stops on the working stroke is in action.
Patent GB-190108159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar-studs and Tie-holders.
Inventor: MACGILLIVRAY MADGE COLQUHOUN
Filed: 1901-04-20
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 8159. Macgillivray, M. C. April 20. Studs ; necktie retainers.-Combined collar studs and necktie retainers are shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6, and comprise a base a<4> with a head a formed in one with, or pivoted to, an extension a<1> provided with a pin point a<2> or a toothed gripping-bar a<3> to engage the necktie. The base is preferably formed with a rounded surface to prevent chafing. The base a<4>, Fig. 6, is elongated to protect the pin point, and tapered to facilitate insertion.
Patent GB-190111193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wood Boards and the Methods and Means for Uniting Them Together.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-31
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 11,193. Robertson, J. May 31. Wood substitutes. - Relates to a method of making up or binding together boards for panelling, wainscotting, and other purposes. In the section shown in Fig. 7, a number of narrow pieces a<2>, which may be of different kinds of wood, are bound together by a tube B by flaring it out at the ends as shown. A number of the sections thus made up may be bound together by bolts b<4> passed through the tubes and fastened by nuts b<3> at one end. Insertions of wood a<3> may be made for the attachment of mouldings a<4>.
Patent GB-190111748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette & Cigar Holders
Inventor: HOLT DAVID
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 11,748. Holt, D. June 8. Cigar and cigarette holders. - The holder consists of an inner expansible tube c sliding in a socket carried by the mouthpiece (not shown). The tube c is slotted as at d, and its motion is limited by a pin f working in a slot or by a collar on its inner end. A pin e or a collar is provided to allow the tube to be drawn outwards. The expansible tube c renders the holder adjustable for different sizes of cigars &c., and also facilitates the ejection of the stump.
Patent GB-190111914-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Protecting the Hand when Opening Bottles, and Extracting Corks or other Stoppers Therefrom, also applicable as an Advertising Medium.
Inventor: STANBURY HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-11
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 11,914. Stanbury, H. J. June 11. Gloves.-The guard A, for protecting the hand when opening bottles, consists of a piece of pliable leather or other suitable tough material, shaped as shown, and is secured on the palm by vulcanite or other clips c, c<1>, c<2>, adapted respectively to engage with the wrist, second finger, and thumb of the operator. The part a of the guard protects the thumb, and the part b the fingers. The guard may be made either left or right handed, to suit the hand with which the bottle is grasped when the cork or stopper is being withdrawn &c. The face of the guard and the clips may bear advertisements.
Patent GB-190202713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Paper
Inventor: NEMECEK FRANZ
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 2713. Nemecek, F. Feb. 3. Stuff-chests; mixing and agitating pulp; paper machines.-Pulp is passed from the pulping-engine into one of a pair of vats a arranged side by side and communicating with one another by an overflow b and a pipe c fitted with a valve. The lower part of each vat communicates with a chamber f containing rotary scoops k which lift the pulp and discharge it into troughs i communicating with the paper machine. The vats and chambers are provided with suitable agitators, when necessary. In order to maintain the pulp in the chambers f at a uniform level, the opening e between each chamber f and its supply vat a is fitted with a valve l, and by the side of the chambers f is a float chamber h, communicating with the chamber f by the passage g, and fitted with a float o, which is connected, by the lever mechanism shown with the valve l.
Patent GB-190204884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tip Trucks.
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 4884. Tasker & Sons, W., and Brown, W. Feb. 26. Tip-carts and tip-wagons.-Relates to tip-trucks or tip-wagons, and is shown applied to a tip-truck for use with a traction engine. To each end of the underframing B is fixed a girder E on which the body of the truck can travel from side to side on rollers F when operated by means of gearing G, G<1>, G<2>. The curved ends H of the girders limit the travel of the body of the truck, and are provided with projections N against one of which engages a corresponding projection M, when the body has reached its extreme position and is about to tip sideways. The projections are carried by bell-crank levers L connected by rods K to similar levers J, which move the catches I and release the doors D to allow them to open about their hinges D<3>. The releasing-mechanism may be replaced by various equivalent mechanical devices.
Patent GB-190205687-A (GB)
Title: Down Draft Steam Generators
Inventor: ORVIS OREL DIGHTON
Filed: 1902-03-07
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 5687. Orvis, O. D. March 7. Tubes, water; water-circulation, promoting.-A water-grate for a down-draught boiler consists of a front header L and a rear header L', connected together by a series of pipes 4, 9, 10, 11 and com- municating with the ends of the return tubular or other boiler A by means of pipes 3, 7, 8. The different sections of each grate are capable of being inserted through the firedoors G. The horizontal header L<1> and the front header L are made in two portions, each portion of the latter having a ver- tical part and an inwardly and downwardly inclined part. The uppermost tubes 10 of the grate are preferably larger than the others and support the arch J. A blow-off pipe 14 is connected to the header L', and a grate M is placed beneath the water-grate, the space between the grates com- municating with the combustion chamber N by flues 13 through the bridge E.
Patent GB-190206631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Plan Sifters.
Inventor: KONEGEN JULIUS
Filed: 1902-03-18
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 6631. Konegren, J. March 18. Sifting.-Relates to plansifters of the general construction shown in Fig. 1, in which a frame a is suspended by rods b, and is set in motion by a crank on the shaft c<2>. The frame a comprises a central cross-bar g, Fig. 3, to which the long side bars f of channel-iron are secured. The bars f are not united at the ends, but are tightened up by draw-rods h and nuts i, after the sifting- frames d have been placed between them. Other frames d are placed above and below those clamped between the bars f, and are held together by clamping rods and nuts e. The frames held by the bars f can be clamped in a direction at rightangles to the direction of action of the rods h by pivoted bell-crank levers q, Fig. 5, united by removable draw-rods o, or by levers s, Fig. 6 actuated by screws r.
Patent GB-190207865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smut or Smoke Catching Devices for Gas Brackets and the like.
Inventor: BARNETT BERITA
Filed: 1902-04-03
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7865. Barnett, B. April 3. Smut - catcher holders.-The smut-plate g, Fig. 1, i supported b y arms d at any desired height above the chimney o r globe of gas brackets, pendants, o r other fittings, without having to break a w a y the arms as described in Specification No. 18,352, A.D. 1901. The arms fit into tubes b attached to a base-plate a, which is passed over the burner. The tubes are split longitudinally and are provided with notches c. The lower ends of the arms d are bent outwards, so as to project through the slits in the tubes and pass into one or other of the notches. The upper end of each arm is coiled, to form a support f for the smutplate. The upper ends of the bars may be held together by a ring which passes over them, or they may be extended above the support and pass through holes in the plate. Instead of being coiled, the bars may be provided with discs for supporting the plate. The base-plate and tubes may be stamped from sheet metal, the tubes being afterwards bent into shape. A tubular arm may also slide over a solid support. In a modification, the upper ends of the tubes b, Fig. 5, are tapered, screwed, and split, and are closed to grip the arms d at any point by tapered nuts i. With incandescent burners, one supporting-arm is employed, The upper end, after being coiled, may be bent outwards to extend across the smut-plate and provide a support on the opposite edge of the plate.
Patent GB-190222601-A (GB)
Title: New System of Hot Water Supply for Baths
Inventor: SECKERSON JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-10-17
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 22.601. Seckerson, J. W. Oct. 1 . Water supply, hot, for baths. Hot water is supplied to the bath E by the force-pump C connected by the pipe B with the ordinary scullery boiler A.
Patent GB-190224163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spittoon Apparatus for Railway and other Carriages or the like use.
Inventor: MEESON WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 24,163. Meeson, W. Nov. 5. Spittoons fornaing parts of vehicles.-The spittoon 5 is fixed to a lever 6, which may be turned on its pivot 7 fixed to the floor &c. 8 by pulling a cord 10 or rod &c. The spittoon is thus made to protrude beyond the seat or table &c. 12 in position for use. It is retracted by a spring 11. A cord 17 attached to the lid 19 and to the fixed arm 13 pulls open the lid when the spittoon is swung outwards. The spittoon may be carried in a slide &c., and may be protruded by levers, cords, pulleys, &c.
Patent GB-190225110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Apparatus for Closets and other purposes.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-15
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 25,110. Adams, M. J. Nov. 15. Latrines ; urinals; water-waste preventers.-Each time the latrine &c. is used, the opening of the door determines the discharge of a small tank E into a larger one A with a siphon discharge. The latter then discharges in periods determined by the use of the closet &c.
Patent GB-190227204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Game of Bowls Played upon Tables in Lieu of Bowling Greens.
Inventor: LEACH JAMES
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,204. Leach, J. Dec. 10. Games played with bowls and projectors.-An instrument for projecting table bowls consists of a trough-shaped plate a with a handle b. A pivoted spring thumb-plate c serves to hold the bowl in position, the bowl being discharged by gravity when the plate is raised.
Patent GB-190227792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ignitors for Hydro-carbon Engines.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 27,792. Marks, G. C., [Low, A. A.]. Dec. 16. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A perforated plate A contained in a chamber I on the cylinder cover is heated at starting by electricity, and afterwards kept hot by the explosions.
Patent GB-190302779-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Box or Case for Document Copying or Duplicating Apparatus.
Filed: 1903-02-05
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 2779. Farmer, M., and Oliver Typewriter Co. Feb. 5. Copying documents &c.-Relates to cases for apparatus, for copying or duplicating documents &c. The main box A, Fig. 2, has compartments a for holding ink rollers and other accessories. One detachable side B forms the inking pad or slate, and a second detachable side C carries the copying frame and "ptaten." The lower edges of the sides B, C are inserted behind the beadings a*, and are secured by fastenings D.
Patent GB-190303515-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Drying Sand and the like.
Inventor: BULLIVANT WILLIAM REED
Filed: 1903-02-14
Granted: 1904-02-13
Abstract: 3515. Bullivant, W. R. Feb. 14. Drying - furnaces.- Sand, for nse on tramways and roadways, and other granulated or powdered substances are dried by propelling them along a heated trough, special means for feeding and delivering being provided. Fig. 1 shows the complete plant, and Fig. 1<a> a cross-section through the trough and furnace flues beneath. By means of the bucket elevator Q, the wet sand, for instance, is raised from the pit P and delivered to the sheet N. To feed the elevator, one or more worms are provided in a box, into which the sand is charged and from which it is allowed to drop by a reciprocating slide, the motion of the worms being communicated thereto by suitable mechanism. From the shoot the sand is delivered to the drying-trough E, below which are constructed the shallow flues B<1>, B<2>, Fig. 1<a>. The sand is propelled by the worm H until it reaches the delivery end of the trough. Each segmental worm-blade H is in one with or coupled to the boss of the arm g, which is so shaped as to stir up the sand at each revolution and cause part of the sand to be thrown back, thus prolonging its passage along the trough. By fitting the boss of each arm loosely upon the shaft, the blades are enabled to scrape the sand from the faces of the trough. From the trough, the dried sand &c. falls into the pit X direct or into an open riddle or screen Y for the elimination of stones. The screen, suspended by wires, is oscillated by an eccentric driven by the shaft shown. The stones, however, may be screened prior to the drying. From the pit, the sand is elevated and discharged. Reference is made to Specification No. 5926, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190304795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic Sewage and other Liquid Moving or Forcing Apparatus.
Inventor: SHONE ISAAC
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 4795. Shone, I., and Ault, E. March 2. Direct air - pressure apparatus. - Relates to apparatus, for raising sewage and other liquids, of the type in which two "ejectors" alternately fill and discharge, and consists, mainly, in the arrangement of the airdistributing valves and their connections. Fig. 1 shows the upper portion of one ejector and its connections, while Fig. 1<a> shows a section of the lower portion, the line of division being shown as X-X in Figs. 1 and 1<a>. The sewage &c. enters through valve-controlled pipes F, and, after filling the ejector A, is forced out again by air pressure through the non-return valve i<3> and pipes H. A central piston valve B controlled by slide valves D admits air through the pipe J<1> to the piston valve C of the ejector A, or through the pipe J<2> to the corresponding valve of the other ejector. A float E and bell E<1> operate, by means of the rod e and a weighted lever, the slide valve D, the casing of which is connected to the valves B, C by the pipes b, c, respectively, while a branch b<2> also connects the pipe b to the right-hand end of the valve C. Air is admitted to the ejector A through the pipes c<5>, c<6>, c<7>, and exhausted through the pipe c<4>. A strainer i is fitted to the lower end of the pipe c<5>. In a modification, the apparatus is encased, and the pipes c<7>, instead of being concentric, are n-shaped.
Patent GB-190305725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Overhead Equipment of Electric Tramways and Cars therefor.
Inventor: PEARSON JAMES TOWNSLEY
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 5725. Pearson, J. T. March 12. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors. - To prevent undue strain on the trolley wire, the trolley rope is formed with a loop which takes over a stud or projection and thus holds the trolley down in position for the trolley wire to rest upon it. Or the trolley rope may be fitted with a tube 1 and loop or hook 2 for engaging the stud 4, as shown in Fig. 2, or with a spring 6 and turn-buckle or adjusting- screw 5, as shown in Fig. 3. The trolley rope may be formed of rubber, or of a rubber tube enclosing a spring, and it may be fitted with a projection for engaging an orifice on the car.
Patent GB-190307315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines
Inventor: DENISON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-30
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 7315. Denison, G. H. March 30. Compound - lever apparatus; relieving - mechanism; indicating and registering mechanism. - Relates to mechanism for weighing the combined load on either one or both of two adjacent weigh-bridges, using only one indicator or steelyard. Transferring-levers R<5>, L<5> from the weighbridges communicate, respectively, with supplementary levers R<1>, L' arranged vertically under one another with their knife-edges bearing upon loops R', L<2> fixed to the steelyard connecting-rod 3. The lever L<5> is placed in and out of gear by means of a double yoke lifted by a projection L<6> on a lever 6, which is pivoted at 6<D> to the steelyard plate and is operated by a coupling-rod, eccentric, or crank attached to a bell-crank lever 11, working in a quadrant 12 for retaining a catch on the lever 11. On pulling over the handle 11 to the right, the lever L<5> is lifted from the rod L', and simultaneously a counterweight 7, carried by a rod provided with a bearing-loop 9 at the other end of the lever 6, is dropped upon the rod L', thereby compensating for the loss of weight of the lever L<5>. When the handle 11 is at the extreme left, both weighbridges are in operation. Alternatively, (1) the extreme end of the lever R<1> may be looped to the rod L', as shown in dotted lines, whereby only one knife-edge is placed beneath the connecting-rod 3 ; (2) both transferring-levers may be connected to the same supplementary lever L', the attachment being similar to that shown in dotted lines round the knife r<2> ; (3) a series of transferring- levers may be connected to the supplementary ones at places proportional to the leverages of their respective weigh-bridges, the balance weight being placed on the supplementary lever when any one of them is disengaged. In a modification, for allowing the weighing to take place on either one of the two bridges, the lever 11 is, in addition, extended downwards and bears upon a projection A<2>, Fig. 3, on the compensating-weight lever 6<A>, and the above-mentioned double yoke is carried at one end of a second lever 6, pivoted on the same axis as the first and provided at its other end with a loop 6B passing underneath a prolongation of the lever R<1>. When the handle 11 is vertical, the extension bears upon the projection A, thereby lifting the compensating-weight off the supplementary lever L<1> and placing both bridges in action. On moving the handle to the right, the weight is placed on the level L<1>, and the lever L<5> is raised out of gear ; if moved to the left, the loop 6<B> is raised, lifting the lever R<1> from its bearings R<2> and replacing the compensating-weight. By the use of these mechanisms, since the weighing- error is corrected before reaching the indicating- devices, the rod 3 may be attached directly to a dial indicator.
Patent GB-190311282-A (GB)
Title: Device for Registering and Indicating the Time during which a Vehicle has been used and the Number of Different Drives Executed.
Inventor: MISURA MICHAEL
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 11,282. Misura, M. May 18. Indicating times of running of vehicles.-An ordinary clock mechanism is arranged to indicate the time of use of a vehicle, and the number of drives executed. Fig. 1 is a front, and Fig. 2 a back view, with the dials removed. Fig. 4 is a plan view, and Fig. 6 a view of a detail, while Fig. 7 shows the arrangement in use in a vehicle. A vertical rod 2 stops or starts the clockwork by means of a projecting-piece 3, which may press on the clock flywheel. A toothed wheel 8 drives the time-recording hand, and is itself driven through wheels 7, 6 from the clockwork. When a drive is finished, the wheel 8 is rotated back, so as to point its hand to zero, by means of the lever 14 engaging the heart-shaped cam 23 fixed to the wheel 8, the wheel 7 being meanwhile held out of gear in the following manner:-The wheel 7 is pivoted on a two-armed lever 12, Fig. 6, which rests on the nose 15 of a one-armed lever 14, actuated through levers 17, 20 by a notch in the vertical rod 2. When the rod 2 descends, it thus disengages the wheel 7 from the wheel 8, and allows the latter to return to zero. The clockwork drives a time-recording pointer on the back dial through wheels 25, 26 and a stud, and the number of drives executed is recorded by means of a ratchet-wheel 31, which has a pointer moving over another scale on the back dial. As the vertical rod 2 descends, it rotates the ratchet-wheel 31 through the space of one tooth by means of a pawl 32. A spring detent 33 is added. One tooth of the ratchet-wheel is out of reach of the pawl, so that only one complete revolution is possible without resetting the apparatus, in which case the ratchet-wheel can be turned back by means of a lever 47. A lever 42, Fig. 7, engages with the rod 2 at the slot 43, and is connected with the hinged floor and seat of the vehicle through a pivoted lever 41. Thus, on entering the vehicle, the rod 2 is pulled up. and the time-recorder contained in the locked case 34 is automatically started. The driver operates the lever 45 to push down the rod 2 on the completion of a drive.
Patent GB-190311594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery for Scutching or Decorticating Fibrous Stems such as Ramie, Hemp Jute or the like
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM MCGREGOR
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 11,594. Smith, W. M. May 21. Breaking and scutching apparatus for ramie, hemp, jute, &c. The material s is fed along the trough c, and, after passing through the feed rollers d, is struck by the inclined arms i fixed to the rotating disc l. The fixed bar n supports the material during the blow. The current of air set up drives the material on to the conveyer o. An extra fan may aid this action. The disc l is fixed to the main shaft e, which drives the shaft g through bevel gearing f. The sbaft g drives the feed-rollers and conveyer through spur gearing h and sprocket gearing r respectively.
Patent GB-190314294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Blow-pipes
Inventor: JACKSON ALBERT HENRY OAKLEY
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 14,294. Jackson, A. H. O. June 27. Brazing.-In a blowlamp, an inflammable spirit, such as petrol, flows from a reservoir B through a valve L, opened by depressing the lever G, to the nozzle Q by the pipe P. Compressed air, admitted to a chamber C which is soldered to the reservoir B, passes through the extension T to the nozzle Q, which has perforations R in its top and back side. A lock set-screw H, mounted on a bracket J, regulates the extent to which the valve can be opened.