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Patent GB-190104321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Superheaters for Steam Generators.
Inventor: DUERR GUSTAV
Filed: 1901-02-28
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 4321. D³rr, G. Feb. 28. Superheaters, steam. - The steam is passed through a series of U -shaped tubes a, b, arranged between the steam drums and the tubes of a watertube boiler. and communicating with the divisions c and d of a chamber at one side. A bye-pass valve is provided to enable steam to be passed direct to the engine without going through the superheater.
Patent GB-190114009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heating Devices.
Inventor: ROZES JEAN FERDINAND
Filed: 1901-07-09
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,009. Rozes, J. F. July 9. Footwarmers.-Relates to warmers which store up the heat communicated to them from spirit lamps or other sources of heat, the heat-storing material consisting of ashes such as from wood and oil, burnt sand, ground earth, and calcined dust or powder in general. A warmer for apartments is shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 shows a spirit warmer in which the reservoirs f, f<1> are arranged so as to prevent them from being overheated by the ash compartment a. The ash receptacle a and the lamp c are supported by the frame or stand d. The wick of the lamp shown in Fig. 4 dips into the secondary reservoir h and the upper part of the wick tube j is screw-threaded so as to allow the drilled edged ring k with the tube l to screw up and down to adjust the wick length. In another form of warmer the spirit reservoir consists of a tube which may be of circular, square, triangular, elliptical, or other section. For warming railway carriages and wagons, the hot lamp-gases are conveyed, or steam is passed through pipes carried through the ash-receptacle a.
Patent GB-190115924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Dyestuffs.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1901-08-07
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 15,924. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella, & Co., L.]. Aug. 7. Dyes, artificial.-A new pure blue azo dye for wool, which is distinguished by its levelling power and fastness to alkalies and light, is produced by combining nitrochlordiazobenzene with 1 : 8-dioxynaphthalene-3 : 6-disulphonic acid, reducing the resulting azo compound, for example, by means of sodium sulphide, and then alkylating the product in alcoholic solution by means of ethyl bromide and sodium acetate, or by means of other alkylating-agents, such as methyl-sulphuric acid, or benzyl chloride.
Patent GB-190117315-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flexible Safety Coupling for Railway, Tramway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: STEEL HENRY STEPHENSON
Filed: 1901-08-29
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 17,315. Steel, H. S. Aug. 29. Coupling vehicles.-The application to a railway vehicle is shown, but the invention is' stated to be applicable to road wagons. The rigid coupling described in Specification No. 16,703, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Railway &c. vehicles], is rendered flexible by pivoting to the bar B of the shackle A a link F which, when being raised for coupling, rests against the bar E and is for the time being rigid. The link F assumes the position shown in Fig. 7 when the vehicles are coupled. A third link may be fitted, if required, and in this case the link F has a cross-pin corresponding to the bar E.
Patent GB-190122764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Alarms or Indicators for Machinery.
Inventor: ANDERSON DAVID
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 22,764. Anderson, D. Nov. 11. Couting-apparatus.-Relates to automatic alarms for machines, especially such as are used for laundry purposes, dyeing, cleaning, &c., an alarm being sounded when the machine has worked for an approximately predetermined length of time. The indicator hand g, Fig. 1, is arranged to iudicate the revolutions of the machine in terms of time upon the dial, and is driven from the machine through the interchangeable pulley b, spindle a, and gearing j, k, k<1>, l, m, the indicator being adapted to the normal rate of the machine by employing a pulley b of the required dimensions. The pulley is movable on the spindle a, so that the clutch d can be disconnected to stop the indicator. The second or alarm hand nis provided with a cam p, which normally engages the arm s, to hold the pinion v, on the sleeve x engaged by a fork on the arm, out of gear with the pinion y. In use, the hand n is set at the zero (twelve o'clock) position, the band g is set at the required distance in terms of time from it, and the clutch d is connected. The hand g rotates until the stop 3 on it engages the stop 4 of the hand n, and then moves the latter hand so that the cam p releases the arm s, on which the pinion v is thrown into gear with the pinion y by the spring w, and the pinion y acting on the escapement 2 sounds the bell 1. Interchangeable gearwheels, or friction cones, may be used instead of the pulley b, and the camp may be replaced by a projecting pin or catch &c. actuated by the pointer. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the hand n is omitted, and the cam p is mounted on the spindle of the hand g, so that the arm s is released when the indicator hand reaches a fixed zero point on the dial. The hand is loose on its spindle, and is provided with a projection g<1> engaged by the adjusting-screws g<2> on the boss o<1>, the screws enabling the hand to be adjusted relatively to the cam p, to obtain the release of the mechanism when the hand reaches zero. The bell hammer 16 is actuated by the arms 15 on the sleeve 13 controlled by the arm s, the sleeve when released being put in gear with the spindle a by the pin clutch 14. The pulley b is connected to the spindle a by the conical clutch d', mounted on a left-handed screw on the end of the spindle. To disconnect the indicator, the clutch is held by the operator until it is disengaged by the rotation of the spindle. The application of the indention for use in starching, rinsing, blueing, &c , is mentioned in the Provisional Specification, which also states that the alarm may consist of a reed actuated by an air pump or fan, and indicates various alternative arrangements for driving and controlling the apparatus.
Patent GB-190200739-A (GB)
Title: A Device for use in Bottle Cleansing.
Inventor: KNIPPEN JOHANN
Filed: 1902-01-10
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 739. Knippen, J. Jan. 10. Bottles, washing.-In order that all the bottles in a case may be treated simultaneously and without removal, a frame a, provided with cross-bars b recessed to fit the bottle necks, is attached to the bottle case a by pivoted spring claps c, which enter recesses in the sides f.
Patent GB-190201242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Lighting and Heating with Hydrocarbon Vapour
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 1242. Bousfield, J. E., [Soc. des Br¹leurs Roger]. Jan. 16. Soldering. - Vapour burners for solderers' lamps comprise an annular vaporizing-chamber formed between a tube A, Figs. 1 and 4, and a cylindrical plug B therein. The choking of the nozzle o by impurities is prevented by the use of perforated-metal and wire-gauze discs E, C, f, and by forming intercepting grooves e on the head of the plug B. The vapour mixes in the tube H with air entering through the tubes I, the mixture partly passing around the baffle J to the burner head, and being partly deflected by the baffle J down the passages M, N, o to the jets j, which play upon the vaporizers A. The burner is started by burning alcohol in the cup R, the flame ascending the perforated tube V to ignite the main burner. Fig. 2 shows the burner as adapted for heating purposes.
Patent GB-190208164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Supplying and Water Waste Preventing Apparatus.
Inventor: BRIGGS WESLEY
Filed: 1902-04-08
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 8164. Briggs, W. April 8. Water-waste preventers, siphon - discharge. A chamber B, C is formed round the siphon inlet D. This chamber communicates by a pipe F with an air-chamber G, which, when compressed, forces water over the top of the pipe D and starts a flush. The flush may be determined at any time by admitting air to the crown of the siphon M by an air valve P. The apparatus is applicable to closets, baths, sinks, lavatory basins, &c.
Patent GB-190209706-A (GB)
Title: Improved Flying Machine Propeller
Inventor: BLUNT ARTHUR HENRY PHILIP
Filed: 1902-04-26
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 9706. Blunt, A. H. P. April 26. Propelling.-Propellers to be used with aerial machines of the type described in Specification No. 346, A.D. 1901, are constructed, as shown in plan in Fig. 1 and side elevation in Fig. 3, to act like the wings of birds. The transverse bars A<8> are braced by flexible ribs A<12>, A<13>, and the frame is tied to a tube A<9> normal to the plane of the wing by ties A<19>. The forward edge A<4> of the propeller is deflected downwards and the rear part A<2> upwards. It is covered with fabric and reciprocates on the guide A<1>.
Patent GB-190210989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipes and in the Method of Jointing the same.
Inventor: THORPE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 10,989. Thorpe, W. May 13. Spigot-and-socket joints. - Water, sewage, and other pipes in earthenware or metal are made with cam-shaped projections or collars b on the spigot end and cam-shaped projections or linings c on the inside of the socket. The cam-surfaces when in position nearly fill the space at the joint, and the clearance space j allows a wedge of wood or other material to be driven in to bring the pipes into alignment. The wedge may be driven through holes k in the sockets. Grooves for packing or cementing material may be provided in the faces of the cam-surfaces. Loose collars and linings of cam shape may be employed in jointing pipes, and these collars or linings may be of iron, earthenware, bitumen, or other suitable material.
Patent GB-190213292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: MASON JAMES FRANCIS
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 13,292. Mason, J. F. June 11. Dust guards or deflectors.-A screen c of waterproof canvas or other material is stretched between two stanchions a, a fitted to the sides of the vehicle. It is so inclined that a current of air is deflected against the rising dust when the vehicle is in motion.
Patent GB-190214625-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Providing a Dry Outdoor Seat.
Inventor: CUTHBERTSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 14,625. Cuthbertson, W. July 1. Deck-seats.-The object is to provide deck and like outdoor seats with a dry seat in wet weather. A sheet-metal box C, of the same width as the seat A, is bolted with its top side immediately below the outer edge of the seat, and contains one or more waterproof aprons D. One end of these aprons is secured to a rod or points near the top of the front side of the box while the other passes over a rod F, terminates in a loop G enclosing a rod I, and is provided with a flap H ; each apron passing round a roller weight E. The apron D is pulled out of the box C until it covers the seat A, and is kept in this position by the occupant of the seat, being drawn back into the box C by the weight E, when the seat is quitted, until stopped by the loop G bearing against, and so closing, the top of the box C. In the case of reversible seats, the apron D of one seat may be used as a knee cover by a person occupying the seat behind, and the boxes C are joined by a link G<x>. The aprons D are preferably made of cloth or felt, proofed on one or both sides, and, to prevent their adhering to the surfaces of the seat, they are provided with fluted or roughened surfaces, or the seat may be roughened. The boxes C are open at the ends, and the front sides are hinged upon a pin J or are otherwise removable.
Patent GB-190215082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condenser Bobbins and the like
Inventor: HEATON ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 15,082. Heaton, A. July 7. Bobbins.-Relates to means for securing the end a and stud e to the barrel of a condenser bobbin. Projections d on the hoop c attached to the barrel are passed through slots or apertures in the end disc a and clinched. The stud e is formed of two diameters, as shown, is passed through a central aperture in the disc, the head f being on the inside, and a washer g is placed on the enlarged part of the stud and secured in place by hammering down the shoulder over the washer as shown at h.
Patent GB-190301693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bench Vices and the like.
Inventor: BLEWETT PERCY
Filed: 1903-01-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1693. Blewett, P. Jan. 23. Vices.-The movable jaw 4 of a bench vice is toothed at 9 to engage the teeth 10 of the bedplate 2, and consists of upper and lower wedgeshaped blocks 6, 5. A bolt 16 passes through a slot in the block 6, a hole in the block 5, and a longitudinal slot 13 in the bed-plate, and screws into a nut 17 sliding in the enlarged part 14 of the slot 13. The jaw 4 is moved up to the work to be held, and is locked to the bed-plate on the bolt 16 being turned, the block 6 being, at the same time, moved down the block 5. Springs 21 draw the block 6 up the block 5 when the bolt is slackened. The fixed jaw, as well as, or instead of, the movable jaw, may be fitted with a block such as 6.
Patent GB-190302810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Feeding Packing Machines, Printing Machines Paper Bag Machines, Cutting or Serrating Apparatus or other Mechanism, with Paper, Cardboard or similar Material from a Continuous Length or Roll of the Material
Inventor: ROSE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-05
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 2810. Rose, W. Feb. 5. Feeding-apparatus for webs.-Webs of paper, cardboard, and similar material are fed to printing, cutting, packing, or wrapping, paper-bag, label, and other machines by apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1. The web is fed from a roll 7 mounted on a drum 6, which has movable sections adapted to be moved inwards and outwards by a slotted disc so as to fit rolls having central apertures of different sizes. The hub of the roll is operated upon by a ring brake 25 having arms 26, 27 which are actuated by a screw 28 to tighten or loosen the brake, a pin 29 on the framing serving to arrest the arm 27, and thus the brake, while the web is being unwound. From the roll 7, the web passes over a guide rod or roller 9 and under a tension rod or roller 10 which acts by gravity and moves in guides 11. Thence it passes over a feed or "paying-out" roller 13, against which it is pressed by a roller 12 carried on a weighted arm. From the roller 13, the web passes to a guide-rod 14, or it may pass to the rod 14 direct from the rod 10, and thence under the roller 15, and between the pairs of feed-rollers 16, 17 and 18, 19 to the cutters 20, 21, the upper rollers 16, 18 being pressed against the rollers 17, 19 by a counterweighted arm. The web may also pass directly from the rollers 12, 13 to the rollers 18, 19. The roller 13 and the rollers 17, 19 are provided with one or more flat faces on their circumferences of slightly greater width than the web, so that the web will not be fed by these rollers when the flat faces come in contact with it, the flat faces being so arranged that one roller is inoperative while the other is operative. The rollers 17, 19, instead of being provided with flat faces, may be provided with cams which intermittently lift the top rollers. Again, the roller 17 is larger than the roller 19 so that, both being driven by corresponding gearing, the web will be fed more quickly by the roller 17 than by the roller 19, thus causing the web to be slack between both rollers, to permit the entrance of teeth on the flat parts of the roller 19 into perforations in the web, so that the rear parts of the teeth abut against the rear sides of the perforations. By this. means, definite lengths of the paper will always be presented intermittently to the cutters &c. The web may be first fed to the printing- machine, such as to produce multicoloured devices, and then to the cutting-devices. In the case shown, the cutters consist of a fixed knife 20 and a movable knife 21 carried on pivoted arms 43 actuated by arms. According to the Provisional Specification, the web as it passes between the rollers 17, 19 may be pressed down by a wire, and it may be fed as described over measuring-rollers.
Patent GB-190305593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Planning Machines
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 5 5 9 3. S o c. A n o n. Westinghouse. Sept. 5, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Planing. - A planing-machine is provided with a double tool-holder so that it may cut during each stroke, and with a driving- mechanism for effecting each stroke at the same speed or quickening the return stroke when only one tool is in use. The tools 1, 4 are held in separate boxes pivoted on the pin 3, so that each tool may trail while the other cuts. When two tools are being used, the machine is driven by open and crossed belts working on loose pulleys 14, 16 and a pulley 15 fast on a shaft 12 operating the table through gearing 20, 21, but, when only one tool is in use, the belts are alternately applied to the pulleys 15, 17, the pulley 17 being carried by a loose sleeve which can be clutched to a sleeve 13 by a clutch 18, thus obtaining a quick return stroke through gearing 22, 23, 24. When the feed only takes place at one end of the stroke, the tools are "staggered" to take the width of the feed in two successive strokes.
Patent GB-190307022-A (GB)
Title: Means for Varying the Self-induction of Induction Coils and the Application thereof to the Measurement of the Velocity of Bodies in Motion.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1904-03-26
Abstract: 7022. Johnson, J. Y., [Elektrizitõts-Akt.- Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co.]. March 26. Speed indicators. -Relates to a modification of the invention described in Specification No. 17,413, A.D. 1902, for measuring the velocity of a moving body by means of variations o f a current in an induction or choking coil. A transformer T is provided with a primary winding Q, connected across a pair of mains, a second primary circuit P in which is placed a circuit-breaker U connected to the shaft or other body of which the velocity is to be measured, and a secondary winding J in the circuit of which is arranged the measuring- instrument M. Resistances W, V are arranged in the branches, and, by suitably proportioning them, the variation in the self-induction of the coils can be adjusted and sparking prevented.
Patent GB-190308235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Regulating and Controlling the Supply or Change of Filling, or Bobbins to Shuttles, or of the Shuttles, and for Preventing Faulty Weaving in Looms.
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 8235. British Northrop Loom Co., [Northrop Loom Co.]. April 9. Loom weft-replenishing mechanism; stop-motions. -Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 6197, A.D. 1900. The spring lever d<47>, Fig. 1, carrying the feeler f, is itself mounted on a spring lever g, of which the end g<3> beneath the feeler f is engaged by a projection b<2> on the shuttle box at each beatup of the lay, so that the relative positions of the feeler and the front face of the shuttle box do not vary with slight variations in the extent of the beat-up caused by vibrations in speed &c. The extremity d<40> of the lever d<47> normally supports the end of a latch lever d<6>, the free end of which is pressed downwards by a spring, the lever d<6> being carried by a lever d' from the rocking shaft d<1>. So long as there is sufficient weft on the bobbin, the lever d<47> is oscillated sufficiently to release the latch lever d<6>, so that it falls and moves a projection d<7> thereon out of the path of a bunter w<x> on the weft hammer w. During the return another of the weft hammer, a projection w<1> thereon raises the lever d<6>, so that it may be again supported by the extremity d<40> of the lever d<47>. When the weft fails or becomes exhausted, the lever d<6> is operated by the weft hammer w so as to rock the shaft d' and operate the stop-motion or weft-replenishing mechanism in the usual way.
Patent GB-190310324-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture or Artificial Wax.
Inventor: DELAHAYE LUCIEN AUGUSTE GASTON
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,324. Delahaye, L. A. G. May 6. Waxes, artificial. A substitute for beeswax in its various applications, including its use in the encaustic art, is made by slowly melting paraffin and ordinary resin together, and adding decolorized petroleum and any suitable colouring-matter dissolved or suspended in a suitable alcohol, oil, turpentine, ketone, &c. Stearine and the pitches or resins generally, and benzine, turpentine, &c. may be used in place of the ingredients specified above.
Patent GB-190314770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motors or Dynamos
Inventor: BURNAND WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1904-07-02
Abstract: 14,770. Burnand, W. E. July 2. Armatures; field magnets.-Relates to alternating-current dynamos and motors having the magnetic circuit formed of iron stampings. The stator consists of annular plates A, Figs. 1 and 2, which are held concentric by a sheet-iron or other casing D fitted with lugs E, E' and tightening- screws F. The plates are held rigid laterally by bolts C, C<1> passing through end plates B, B'. To hold the motor concentric, its shaft is supported in bearings carried by frames G, G<1> secured to the casing, grooves G' receiving the edges. For cooling purposes, slots are formed in the iron plates to allow air currents as shown by the arrows. Holes may be provided in the casing to allow the air to pass out radially. Or the casing may be made double, so as to form an annular air chamber. The rotor winding preferred is shown in Fig. 4. The bars are connected to a ring at one end, but at the other they are bent into the form of an evolute of a circle, and the bars connected together are preferably about a pole pitch apart.
Patent GB-190319742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: NACK PETER HEINRICH HERMANN
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 19,742. Nack, P. H. H. Sept. 14. Advertising.-A series of advertisements is displayed through the glazed front of a casing a' by mounting them upon an endless band g carried by rollers e, f, the former of which is continuously rotated by a clockwork, electric, or other motor m through reducing-gearing n, o, i, k. The rollers e, f are centered on adjustable screw-pins d, d', and are so formed as to present only a few points of contact to the endless band. A clock, barometer, revolving star, or other device adapted to attract attention is fitted in the upper portion of the front of the casing. In a modification, three endless bands, moving side by side, in separate compartments, are driven at the same or at different speeds from a single motor by connecting together the three upper rollers e by means of spur gearing. The Provisional Specification states that the bands may be marked out by division lines for the reception or inscription of the advertisements, and that several endless bands may be placed side by side upon the same pair of upper and lower rollers.
Patent GB-190327279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners.
Inventor: REINHARDT LEONARD JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-12
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 27,279. Reinhardt, L. J. Dec. 12. Lift valves; gas valves; locking.-Incandescent gas burners are provided with a governing-valve consisting of a piece 1 which screws on to the gas fixture and carries a needle. Over this screws a second piece 6 carrying the burner. The gas passes through holes 9 surrounding the needle and then through a hole 7 which the needle enters and closes when the piece 6 is screwed down. A lock-nut 4 is retained on the screw by a flange 3.
Patent GB-190328771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flower Pots or other Receptacles for Growing Plants.
Inventor: ADCOCK EDWARD OBERLIN
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,771. A d - cock, E. O. Dec. 31. Flower pots and the like are made with one or more holes at the bottom of their sides or walls.