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Patent GB-190106628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tricycles.
Inventor: CLARK ELIJAH
Filed: 1901-03-29
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 6628. Clark, E. March 29. Collapsable tricycles; military cycles; luggage-carriers steering-mechanism.-A collapsable tricycle comprises a rear part like a bicycle, and a front part comprising wheels a mounted in forks b carried in bearings d at each end of a tube c secured to a tube h mounted in the steering-head. The tube c is normally secured across the frame by bolts f, connecting it to a plate g secured to the head, but on releasing the bolts the tube c can be turned nearly into the plane of the rear wheel as shown by dotted lines. The steering-mechanism comprises arms m secured to the forks b and connected by links l with an arm k bolted to a rod which is mounted in the steering- head and carries the usual handles. Fig. 5 shows a luggage-carrier comprising a bag secured to a frame q hinged in the middle, bent at q to fit the bottom bar and formed with a bar r adapted to be secured by straps r<1> to the tube c. Shields may be suspended from the tube c when the cycle is used for military purposes.
Patent GB-190111338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: BONFIGLIETTI AURELIO
Filed: 1901-06-03
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 11,338. Bonfiglietti, A. June 3. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Relates to a tyre formed of filaments of hemp, wool, or the like. The filaments intended to form the core a are dried, and, after immersion in a preservative substance such as oil or tar, are bound together by a flexible band or wire e. The cover consists of helically-wound cords b formed from fibres which have been immersed in linseed oil containing minium and white lead. The tyre is secured to the wheel rim by side flanges c connected together by transverse bolts d, which may pass either outside the ordinary rim f or through the felloes j.
Patent GB-190111943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Operating Turbines, Reaction Wheels and like Motors.
Inventor: CORRELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-11
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 11,943. Correll, W. June 11. Turbines and reaction-wheels.-An apparatus for producing a current of water or other liquid for driving turbines, reaction-wheels, &c. is shown in Fig. 3. The liquid-containing receptacle 3 is fitted with a steam pipe 10, which opens into a series of tubes 4, 5, 6 of increasing size ; the steam pipe and tubes are fitted with inclined flanges 7, 8, and, through the apertures thus formed, the liquid is drawn in by the steam. The ends of the tubes carry feathers 9 and are connected by rods 20, 21, 22 to an adjusting-lever 16. By means of the lever, the tubes can be slid lengthwise and the liquid supply can be regulated or cut off. A discharge pipe 11 leads to a suitable motor 2, Fig. 8, and the waste liquid is returned to the chamber 3 through a pipe 25.
Patent GB-190113611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators for Utilizing the Waste Heat Generated by Ordinary Gas Fires.
Inventor: WRIGHT JOHN WILLIAM BERNARD
Filed: 1901-07-04
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 13,611. Wright, J. W. B., and Darwin, R. July 4. Gas fires.-An ordinary gas fire a has a firebrick back c, above and behind which is a hood d and false back d<1>. The latter forms with the back c a flue e lealing to hori z o n t a l communicating flues f having their exit in the chimney opening g. Air enters at the bottom of the space containing the flues f, and by passing up amongst the flues is heated by the waste heat of the products of combustion, and then enters the apartment.
Patent GB-190121103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rotary Printing Presses
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-10-21
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 21,103. Haddan, H. J., [Faber & Schleicher]. Oct. 21. Delivery apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for delivering sheets, printed-side up, from rotary machines. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, in which a is the printing-cylinder, b the impression-cylinder, and c the delivery cylinder of ordinary type. The sheet is run from the cylinder c on to a set of tapes S, which at this time rotate in the same direction as the cylinder c. The direction of movement of the tapes S is then reversed to deliver the sheet to a set of tapes l, which deliver them on to the table k. The tapes l are on rollers v, w in arms t pivoted on arms m operated by a cam n so as to move the tapes to the left as shown in dotted lines, as the sheet is delivered, and thereby straighten it further. The tapes l are driven continuously in one direction. The tapes S are driven alternately in opposite directions by means of a movable cone on the shaft of the tape pulleys o, moved alternately into engagement with wheels driven in opposite directions. The cone is moved by the lever g, operated by a lever hand cam i.
Patent GB-190122966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosives
Filed: 1901-11-13
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 22,966. Cocking, A. T., and Kynoch, Ltd. Nov. 13. Explosives.-The object is to reduce the bulk of the explosive, and starch is employed as the principal absorbent or diluent in explosives in which an absorbent or diluent is employed, such for example as wood meal in blasting-explosives. The rest of the absorbent employed consists of wood meal, kieselg³hr, or other similar inert substance.
Patent GB-190122967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clasps for Hose or Stocking Suspenders
Inventor: OREWILER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1901-11-13
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 22,967. Orewiler, B. F., and Reinberger, G. H. Nov. 13. Stocking suspenders.-Relates to button-andloop clasps of the kind carried on tapes or elastic &c. fabric for suspending hose. The loop member is shown separately in Fig. 4 and the button member in Fig. 5, and the assembled parts in section in Fig. 3. The button member comprises a metal plate 4 with a button head 5, cross-bars 6, 7, 8, 9, and a compressible fin 10 on the bar 8. The top of the loop member is formed with crossbars 20, 21, 22. The tape is threaded as shown in Fig. 3, under the bar 20, over the bars 21, 22, round the bar 22, over and round the bar 21, under the bar 6, over the bar 7, under the part supporting the button 5, over the bars 8, 9, and round the bar 9, the end being secured by compressing the fin 10. The narrow portion 13 of the loop member is parallel-sided, and is split at the middle of the lower end and provided with a tubular bridge 15 having stop lugs 16 engaging in slots of the sides.
Patent GB-190125706-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-12-16
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 25,706. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfarbriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec. 16. Medicinal preparations.-New derivatives of gelatose containing zinc, which possess astringent properties in a high degree but do not irritate mucous membranes, are produced by acting upon gelatoses (albumoses of glue) with organic or inorganic salts of zinc, such as zinc chloride, sulphate, or acetate, in presence of diluted alcohol, water, acetic acid, or other suitable solvent. The product is precipitated from the solution, by addition of strong alcohol, as a yellowish-white substance, and is dried in vacuo. It contains about six per cent. of zinc.
Patent GB-190126126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: STUBLEY ISAIAH
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 26,126. Stubley, I., and Stubley, A. Dec. 21. Circular knitting-machines.-Relates to means for putting the instep needles into or out of action, and for fashioning heels and toes of stockings &c. The needles have two butts, and the instep needles have longer tails below the lower butt than the rest. The instep needles are put out of action by a cam 53 carried by a disc 5 racked round by means controlled from pattern. mechanism. This cam acts on a pin 57. and raises another cam 58, which acts on the long-tailed needles and raises their butts into the path of a cam 59 on the fixed cam cylinder; the latter cam raises the butts out of range of the knitting-cams. The instep needles are put back into action by means of a cam 61<a>, which is pressed upwards by a spring when released from the pressure of a lever 65 controlled by a cam on the disc 5. The means for selecting and putting the fashioning- needles out of and into action, when narrowing or widening, consists of two forked fingers 15, 16, pivoted to a block 12 capable of sliding radially to and from the needles on a block 10, which can be raised and lowered. During fashioning, the block 12 is pressed inwards by a lever 49, 48 and a cam 39. During narrowing, the block 10 is raised by means of a v-shaped projection 32 and notch on a plate 29 moved by an arm 34 on a rocking shaft 35, having an arm 38 which works against the cam 39. The raising of the block 10 brings the finger 15 into the path of the upper needle butt A, and the end needle is raised out of range of the knitting-cams at each reciprocation. During widening, the block 10 is in its lowest position ; in this position, the lower finger is slightly above the lower butts B, but is momentarily turned down on its spindle so as to come into range of the butt by means of a cranked arm 19 and slots 24<a> in a sliding plate 24, which is moved by a lever 21, the turned-up end 22 of which strikes against the upper butts of the needles.
Patent GB-190207009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Engine Valve Gear.
Inventor: RIEKIE JOHN
Filed: 1902-03-22
Granted: 1903-04-22
Abstract: 7009. Riekie, J., and McIntosh, J. F. March 22. Valve gear designed to obtain with a single valve an early cut-off and a late release, and a general distribution of steam similar to that obtained by the use of a separate expansion valve, and consists in the use of a lever, termed a "floating lever," interposed between the ordinary valve gear and the valve. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, in which the floating-lever A is pivoted on the end of the valve rod B. one end of the lever is worked through a rod A', from an eccentric C and a reversing-link A<4> in the ordinary manner, and the other end of the lever is worked from a second eccentric C' through a rod A<1*>, or from a lever A<2>, shown in dotted lines, which is connected to the engine crosshead. The lever A<2> slides up and down in a shoe F which is pivoted on a fixed centre, the rise and fall of the lever being controlled by a swinging link I. As the lever A<2> approaches the vertical position at the middle of each stroke of the engine, the upper end of the lever, by the action of the link I, approaches to coincidence with the centre of the pivoted shoe, thus tending to render the lever A<2> inoperative on the valve. By this means the valve is invested with four dead points, one at each end of the stroke, and one at the middle of each stroke during the exhaust. In the application to the Joy valve gear, as shown in Fig. 2, the floating- lever A slides in a shoe F pivoted on the valve spindle B. As the lever approaches the vertical position the swinging-centre approaches to coincidence with the pivot centre of the shoe thus tending to render the lever A inoperative at the mid-point. In modifications, the swinging-centre of the lever A is connected to the Gooch valve gear or the Stephenson's link motion. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the lever A is made as a shoe, which is caused to slide up and down on the end of the valve spindle B by the link connection D<1> and D<1>* with the engine crosshead D, the lower end of the link being constrained by the radius link D<2> to move in a path shown by the dotted lines. Each end of the lever or shoe A is worked from an eccentric as shown in Fig. 1. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 9, the lever A slides through a shoe pivoted on the valve spindle B, the lower end of the lever A being extended and connected to a short radius rod H. In other arrangements, the lever slides through a shoe which is pivoted to a fixed part of the engine so that it can be raised or lowered to vary the action of the lever on the valve.
Patent GB-190207658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hollow Grate Bars for Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: SHERMAN MORRIS
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 7658. Sherman, M. April 1. Firebars and grates for steam-boiler and other furnaces. Hollow firebars with grated tops 8 are each provided with a centrally-pivoted bottom plate 9 and with connections to a forced-draught main 16. The bottom plate also carries a valve 13 so arranged that, when the bottom is open, the forced draught connection is closed, and vice versÔ. The cranked spindles 12 of the bottom plates may be connected together by a bar, so as to be operated simultaneously.
Patent GB-190208080-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clamp.
Inventor: JEFFRES JOHN OSCAR
Filed: 1902-04-07
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 8080. Jeffres, J. O. April 6, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cramps and clamps, joiners' and like.-Relates to flooring and like cramps or clamps. The joist is gripped between the adjustable jaw 3 and the cam-shaped end of the lever 2. The jaw 3 is pivoted to a strap 6 sliding on the stem 1, and jams against the stem when pressed down. The flooring- boards are pressed up by the arm 5 pivoted to the lever 4. By turning down the lever 4 sufficiently far, the pivot 10 may be made to fall below the line joining the points 11, 12, thus locking the cramp.
Patent GB-190208575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lift Pumps.
Inventor: ASHWORTH JAMES
Filed: 1902-04-12
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 8575. Ashworth, J. April 12. Actuating pumps. -Relates to pumps of the kind described in Specification No. 12,251, A.D. 1901, an d consists in reducing the power required, by utilizing the descending column as a support or fulcrum in raising the ascending column. Racks a on the rising pipes, or extensions thereof, are engaged by a floating g e a r wheel b, which is oscillated by a rod f of the engine. The rising pipes balance each other by means of a chain &c. c passing over a sheave. The rod f is connected to the wheel b by a curved bar e, the ends of which are secured to the wheel at points which, when the bar e is central, are below the axis of the wheel. Instead of the wheel b, two connected gear segments may be used. The Provisional Specification describes alternative operating-devices, comprising connected bell-crank levers. 8664. Paulsen, P. April 14. Steam pumps.-Relates to valve mechanism for engines, especially those employed for operating pumps or other engines in which the work is done during one stroke but not during the return stroke. The action can be rendered automatic and continuous, or intermittent, so that the piston will make an out-stroke and return and then stop. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan. The hydraulic ram 3 is thrust forwards by the steam acting behind the piston 1. Steam is distributed to the cylinder 2 by a piston slide valve 5 which is actuated by fluid under pressure distributed by an auxiliary slide valve 7. The auxiliary valve is worked by tappet gear 14, 16, which derives its motion through a reducing lever 10 either from a rod 13 attached to the piston, or from the piston-rod. To prevent too sudden movements of the main valve 5, the ports controlled by the auxiliary valve are branched so that one branch of the admission port is opened before the exhaust takes place at the other side. The passages 25, 26 of the main cylinder are also branched, one part serving only for admission, and the other only for exhaust, in order to permit of controlling-valves being inserted in the admission ports at 29, 30. To the valve 30, the gear shown in Fig. 1 may be attached, whereby, after it has been opened to start the engine by the handle 31, it is closed by the tappet 34 on the completion of the return stroke so that the piston comes to rest.
Patent GB-190215807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Accumulators
Inventor: SEDNEFF CONSTANTIN DE
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 15,807. Sedneff, C. de. July 15. Secondary batteries.-Consists in applying the active substances to the plates so that the quantity affected by the reactions is the same for both elec- trodes. This is effected by constructing the grids of the electrodes of a number of symmetrically- formed elements comprising radial arms, such as a o, b o, c o, and do, Fig. 1, upon which are lateral ribs e arranged at an angle to the arms other than a right-angle. This disposition of the parts of the element prevents deformation of the grid as a result of expansion of the active material and any injurious effect on the cohesion between the grid and the active material. The radiating arms may form a square, as shown in Fig. 1, or a triangle, hexagon, or other symmetrical geometrical figure. The grid is formed by juxtaposition of a number of these elements, for example, in one layer, as shown by full lines in Fig. 5, or in two layers, as shown by both full and dotted lines in the same Figure ; or by superposition of the elements, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, whereby electrodes of prismatic form are produced, the alternate elements s, t in Fig. 7 being set at an angle of 45‹ with respect to one another. By employing two elec- trodes built up of the same number of elements arranged in different ways, external surfaces of different areas may be obtained, while the same weight of lead support and equal metallic con- tact-surfaces between the support and the active material are secured,
Patent GB-190217126-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Producing an Aperient Medicine.
Inventor: MONDLICHT BERNHARD
Filed: 1902-08-02
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 17,126. Mondlicht, B. Aug. 2. Medicinal preparations.-Effervescent magnesium citrate and similar solutions, to be dispensed from the bulk, are rendered stable and durable by being mixed with liquid carbonic acid and then forced into siphons or like vessels. The solution may be made by adding citric acid and magnesium carbonate to water, or by dissolving previously-prepared magnesium citrate in water.
Patent GB-190304280-A (GB)
Title: A New Material for use as a Substitute for Napped or Ruffed Felt.
Inventor: ROBINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1904-02-24
Abstract: 4280. Robinson, J. Feb. 24. Compound fabrice.-The object is to produce a material resembling napped or ruffed felt suitable for use as a trimming for wearing-apparel. Upon a backing of flannel or like woollen or textile fabric is spread and felted a suitable fur, such as that of the otter, nutria, hare, rabbit, &c., hot water and a slight quantity of cotton being used to assist the felting operation. The amount of fur used may be about 4¢ ozs. to the square yard of fabric. The moistening of the flannel and fur and the felting or napping operation are performed by the usual planking operations used in hat-making.
Patent GB-190314480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: WORDEN MINER ELLSWORTH
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 14,480. Worden, M. E. June 29. Wrenches. - An adjustable wrench has a movable jaw 3 arranged to slide in a sleeve 4 on the head of the shank 1. The fixed jaw 2 has two spring-pressed dogs 17 working in recesses 14 inclined at an angle to each other. The wrench is rocked so as to make the dogs alternately grip the nut which is being operated on. The jaws may be serrated or formed as a complete ring for gripping pipes and the like.
Patent GB-190316329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: THORNLEY PETER
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 16,329. Thornley, P., Gallimore, R., Lathbury, G., and Coxon, J. S. July 24. S i n g l e acting engines.-Steam i s distributed by rotary valves 42, 43, Fig. 7, driven by toothed gearing 49, and the pistons also uncover exhaust ports 53, Fig. 1. The valves 42, 43 revolve at one-eighth of the speed of the crank shaft; they consequently have eight admission ports 50 and eight exhaust ports 51. The latter communicate with ports 38, 39 in the hollow spindles 29, 30 of the stop and reversing valves 20, 21, which also have eight ports, and have hand-levers 32, 33 connected together by a link by which they may be adjusted for reversing or varying expansion. The valves 42, 43 work on an eight-ported valve seat 14. Oil is admitted to the valve-chest with the steam and works through the cylinder into the crank chamber and lubricates the shaft. The engine may be worked by water or air pressure.
Patent GB-190316606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam-traps.
Inventor: DEWRANCE JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 16,606. Dewrance, J., and Wall, G. H. July 28. S t e a m traps.- Condensed steam collects in a vessel E and ultimately overflows into an open-topped vessel D, fitted with a hollow central stem, which works in a fixed tube e<3>. The outlet e<2> is regulated by an equilibrium valve B fitted with a pilot valve d<1>, mounted on the upper end of the stem fixed to the vessel D. The action is as follows :-Water collects in the receptacle E and eventually overflows into the vessel D, which consequently sinks and opens the valve d' to admit steam to the back of the valve B. After falling through a certain distance, the valve d' engages the valve B and opens it. The steam pressure then forces the contents of the vessel D through ports e<4> up the fixed pipe e<3> to the outlet e<2>. When the vessel D has recovered its buoyancy, it rises again and closes the outlet valves.
Patent GB-190322611-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Means for Drying a Stereotype Matrix.
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN RUSSELL
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,611. Soott, J. R., and Guthrie, C. Oct. 20. Stereotype. - A stereotype matrix c, Fig. 1, is dried upon the type a by heat from electric conductors in the form of one or more strips, rods, wires, plates, or the like, perforated, or arranged in a network, or with passages, or otherwise, and placed directly upon the matrix, o r combined with a fireclay, firebrick, or other refractory, porous, and insulating mat, pad, or plate d. The conductors are shown as coils e disposed in perforations f in the plated. The plate d is shown as attached to the top plate g of a screw press, the lower-plate b of which forms a steam. chest or equivalent. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which a second heating-plate d<1> with electric conductors is disposed below the type a.
Patent GB-190325119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpet Sweepers.
Inventor: MATTER PHILIP
Filed: 1903-11-18
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 25,119. Matter, P., and Burk, B. P. Nov. 18. Carpet-sweepers.-A carpet-sweeper is constructed with a spring piece 6, loosely connected co a brush roll 3 by a pin projecting through a band which usually crosses the end of the sweeper case. 5 denotes the elastic band which usually surrounds the sweeper case. The spring 6 is pulled outwards when the brush roll is to be inserted or removed. A handle 13, flattened and forked at one end to receive a pilot screw 17, carries an inwardly-projecting pin 14 which engages in a curved slot 15 cut eccentrically to the pin 17, so that the sweeper may have no tendency to overturn when drawn rapidly towards the operator. At each end of the casing is a pan 18, Fig. 3, which is mounted on a pivot 19, and has an upwardly-turned inner edge 20 adapted to seat in a notch 21 in the casing 1, the pan being protected by a guard 23, one end of which is pivoted to the pan 18, and the other pivotally connected to the casing by a pin 26 passing through a slot 25. An arm 27 of a yoke 28, attached to a piece 29, is pivoted, preferably at the point shown, to the pan 18, the piece 29 passing through the casing 1 to form a finger-piece 30 which controls the position of the pans.