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Patent GB-190108196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sockets or Holders for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: UYTENBOGAART JOHANNES WILHELMU
Filed: 1901-04-20
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 8196. Uytenbogaart, J. W. H. April 20. Incandescent lamps.-A lamp is provided with a cap l, Fig. 1, having two projecting lugs m connected to one end of the filament, and a projecting central contact s connected to the other end. A holder for such a lamp consists of two porcelain or other non-conducting pieces b, c, Fig. 2, screwed together, and containing a non-conducting hollow guide e for the supply conductors, an insulating- disc d carrying binding- screws, and a metal lining a. A helical spring k is placed within the lining, and has its inner end bevelled to lie flat thereon. One binding - screw is connected to the lining, and the other to a central contact g. In inserting a lamp, the lugs m on the cap l are passed through slots o into the holder, and then the lamp is rotated so that the lugs engage the spring k as a screw, and the cap advances into the holder, until the central contacts g, s bear on each other. In a modification, the central contact in the holder is a shouldered pin, sliding in metal plates carried on the surfaces of the insulating-disc, and pressed up by a small helical spring, which is sufficiently strong to hold the lamp against the pressure of the larger spring k ; the slots o in the holder are bevelled inwardly.
Patent GB-190110449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: WEYLAND JONAS ALBERT
Filed: 1901-05-20
Granted: 1902-05-20
Abstract: 10,449. Weyland, J. A. May 20. Gas and explosivevapour engines.-Water is drawn into the cylinder on the suction stroke through holes in the seating of the air valve o, in order to cool the charge and prevent premature ignition when a high compression is used. The water is sprayed on to an evaporator d, or on to the hot walls of the piston or cylinder, and evaporated. The air may be heated in a pipe g. The combustion chamber b is kept comparatively free from steam, and the charge is richer there where it enters than near the piston.
Patent GB-190115545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ferrules for Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and the like.
Inventor: SHARPLESS GEORGE
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,545. Sharpless, G. July 31. Stamping.-A wearing-surface or tip e, preferably of steel, is put on a ferrule b for an umbrella, a walking-stick, or the like, by means of dies, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The ferrule is placed on an inner die a having a shoulder c. On the ferrule the steel cap or tip e is placed, as shown in Fig. 1, and then the die f is depressed to secure the tip, as shown in Fig. 2. In a modification, the ferrule has an open end to receive the tip, which is secured within the ferrule.
Patent GB-190116686-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Toy applicable also as a Race Game.
Inventor: HAIGH WILLIAM CHANCELLOR
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 16,686. Haigh, W. C. Aug. 20. Flying toys; race games.- Relates to a toy simulating the flight of a bird, and two or more of which may be employed for a race game. The bird A has preferably a cardboard back having holes E through which a cord B is passed, and a staple F or hole for guiding the front end of the bird. In the cord is an elastic section C of rubber &c. The hook D of the cord is connected to a fixed object, such as a bird-loft, and the other end is held in the hand. The bird is caused to move along the cord by a succession of short pulls on the cord.
Patent GB-190123777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reflecting and Refracting Glass Plates or Lenses for Windows and the like and in the Frames for same.
Inventor: GOODMAN SIDNEY
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,777. Goodman, S. Nov. 23. Windows; daylight reflectors and refractors; glazing.-Reflecting or refracting glass plates 1, for lights or windows of cellars, basements, roofs, &c., are made of any desired shape in section, and are rabbeted at their front horizontal and back vertical edges to receive wood or metal sash bars 7, 8, secured together at their crossing-points by screws 9. The front of the sides and back of the horizontal rails of the frame 4 are rabbeted and recessed to receive the glass plates and ends of the sash bars 7, 8. For roofs, the edges of the glass plates are painted with marine glue or the like. The sash bars may be made hollow or of U-shape in section, and the edges may be turned over the plates.
Patent GB-190124850-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Pressing Animal Fat-especially applicable for use in Preparing Fat in a 'Granular Form' for Cooking purposes
Inventor: IVESON ALBERT ERNEST
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 24,850. Iveson, A. E. Dec. 5. Drawings to Specification. Fats.-Relates to apparatus for pressing fat or suet into strings or cords in preparing it in granular form for cooking &c. purposes. Duplex apparatus described and claimed in the Specification is identical with that used for carrying out the invention described in Specification No. 24,849, A.D. 1901, except that the plungers are provided, in addition, with shields or covering-plates for opening and shutting-off the feed. Only one cylinder &c. fitted with a plunger and closed by a die, perforated plate, &c. may be used. The cylinders may be mounted so that they can be turned from under the plungers for charging, and are then provided with means for locking them in position under the plungers, which may be operated by a screw or lever movement.
Patent GB-190126578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fuel Feeders for Furnaces.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1901-12-30
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 26,578. Brookes, A. G., [Bradley, P. B.]. Dec. 30. Pulverulent-fuel fittings.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which powdered fuel is delivered into a furnace by a vane-wheel, and more particularly to means for controlling the supply to the wheel and to the construction of the wheel itself. At the bottom of the feed-hopper (not shown) is a rotary feeder and loosener a, and below it is a measuring device consisting of a recessed cylinder d, between which and the adjustable feed-regulating plate e the fuel passes to the vane-wheel C. The feed may also be regulated, when the plate e is close up, by varying the speed of the feed-roller d. The vanes c' of the wheel C are constructed and secured in place as shown in Fig. 4, their bentover euds being inserted in dovetail grooves c and held therein by wedges. The feeder a is driven by worm gearing from the shaft of the vanewheel 0, and eccentrics on its shaft work ratchet pawls by which the measuring-roller d and the adjusting-shaft e<4> of the regulating - plate are operated ; the latter may also be operated by hand. The ratchet pawl driving the roller d is preferably connected by a chain to a piston exposed to the varying pressure of steam in the case of a boiler furnace, so as to be thrown out of gear to stop the feed when the pressure rises above a certain point. The ratchet gear for operating the shaft e<4> is reversible, and is preferably also under the control of the steam-pressure apparatus. It has two pawls, acting in opposite directions, connected by a chain to the piston above mentioned. One or other of the pawls is placed in gear, or both are held out of gear, according as the steam pressure is above, below, or at the normal.
Patent GB-190207178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical or Medical Syringes
Inventor: GORDON ARTHUR ROSCOE
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 7178. Gordon, A. R. March 24 Syringes. - Vaginal &c. syringes are constructed so that they can be taken to pieces for cleaning, and so as to give a rotary motion to the injected liquid. Fig. 2 shows a syringe in section. The central tube 11 carrying a cap and a helix 22 fits in an outer tube 10, and is detachably secured to it by screw &c. joints 14.18. The outer tube is formed with a sunk diaphragm at its end, which is provided with a series of oblique hole. Liquid supplied through the pipe 20 receives a rotary motion in passing along the helix, and escapes tangentially. through the perforations. The tube 11 forms a return passage for the liquid.
Patent GB-190214493-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Appliance for Forward Drying of Bricks and the like in Continuous Down Draught Kilns.
Inventor: COCKING FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 14,493. Cocking, F. W. June 30. Kilns.- Bricks or the like stacked in a kiln E receive a preliminary drying by placing portable furnaces or grates A on the inlet ends of the flues F, so that the combustion p r o - ducts from the grates are drawn into the kiln.
Patent GB-190220930-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Smelting of Iron Ores, and Blast Furnaces therefor
Inventor: SERVAIS EMIL
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 20,930. Servais, E. Sept. 25. Blast furnaces ; blast - furnace charges.-In a process of smelting iron ores, a blast furnace, having one or more shafts A for ores and fluxes, and a shaft B for fuel, is employed. The furnace is formed w i t h a tapping hole E, tuyÞre or tuyÞres T, and close-fitting slides s, s<1> in the fuel shaft. Several ore shafts, each with its own fuel shaft, may be built side by side. Small quantities of coke may be mixed with the ores.
Patent GB-190226036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Automatically Stopping an Electric Railway Car or Train.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,036. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 26. Stopping engines and trains.-Relates to a method of automatically stopping an electric railway car or train, It is intended especially for use in connection with a system of electric train-control such as is described in Specification No. 20,275, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.], and consists in a safety switch placed in the lead between the master reversing-switch and its trainwire. A tripping-device 20, Figs. 1 and 2, placed at the side of the track automatically opens this safety switch by striking the handle 21. This tripping-device is connected with the signal-operating mechanism and moves into the position shown when the signal is at danger. It is arranged so as only to operate the switch when the train moves forwards, and, in order that the train may run either end foremost, a second switch is placed at the rear end of the train or at the opposite side to the first one, as indicated at 28. Fig. 3 shows a detail view of the safety switch, the contact being made by the piece 13 which rotates about the axis 15 ; the switch and its connections are enclosed in the case 18. After the circuit has been broken, it can only be made again by the motorman turning the handle 25 back into its former position. If desired, the rock-shaft 27 may carry an arm 29 for operating a suitable escape valve in the trainpipe of the air-brake system. When the safety switch is opened, the backward lead from the master reversing-switch still remains available for reversing the motors to assist the brakes if desired.
Patent GB-190226706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Resistances.
Filed: 1902-12-03
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 26,706. Bray, E. N., Markham, F. R., Reiss, F. E., and Bray, Markham, & Reiss. Dec. 3. Resistance coils.-Wire is wound on a split metal tube, and fixed and insulated by enamel. The split tube has its edges b turned in, and is then coated with two layers of insulating - enamel, the inner being less fusible than the outer. The wire c is then wound tightly round the tube, and its ends are fastened to clips d. A current is now sent through the wire till the outer layer of enamel fuses and the wire becomes embedded in it. Intermediate clips may be wound in with the wire, thus dividing the tube into as many sections as desired.
Patent GB-190227874-A (GB)
Title: A Speed Indicator and Time Register.
Inventor: TODHUNTER WILLIAM GRAHAM
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 27,874. Todhunter, W. G. Dec. 17 Speed indicators.-A combined clock and speed indicator, described as applied to motor road vehicles and ships' logs, has an annular rotating band of paper surrounding the clock face and receiving perforations at regular intervals of distance, the total distance being recorded on counting-apparatus. The box a, Figs. 1 and 2, contains the clock b, upon the hour arbor c of which is a frame d with clips f holding the paper ring e. A star-wheel p<2> on the spindle p receives motion from the vehicle, and rotates, by means of the screw o, the annular wormwheel n, which is concentric with the clock face and rides on rollers n<1>, its position being indicated by the pointer q which travels once round the graduated clock face in one mile. Upon the completion of every mile, the cam projection m on the wormwheel presses back the arm l, and thus pulls the slide i and the paper e held therein in the slit i<1> so that a perforation is made by the fixed pricker g, which passes through the hole h in the slide. Simultaneously, the contact effected between the parts t, u causes the electric bell s to ring. The counting-apparatus r is operated by a stud r' on the worm-wheel. In the case of a ship's log, a combination of worm and spur gearing is employed to transmit motion from the driving-spindle to an annular spur-wheel, which occupies the place of the worm-wheel ; as the pointer q, Fig. 7, rotates with it, moving in the direction indicated, the projection z thereon forces the pricker x through the paper e, and causes its tail to make the contact 1, 2 in the bell circuit.
Patent GB-190300760-A (GB)
Title: Door Lock with Alarm Bell.
Inventor: SIMSIG LUIGI
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 760. Simsig, L. Jan. 12. Alarms, burglar and like.-A latch lock for a door is so arranged that a bell is sounded each time the latch handle or the bolt is operated. The latch 2 is spring-controlled, and is operated by a follower 7 on the handle spindle 6. The follower takes between a projection 3 on the latch stem 1 and a guide 4. One arm 10 of a lever pivoted on the spindle 6 takes behind the projection 3, and the other arm 9 is connected by a rod 11 to a spring detent 13 in engagement with a ratchet-wheel 14. On the spindle of the wheel 14 is a pinion in gear with a wheel 16 driven by clockwork. An escapement 17 engages the wheel 14 and carries a hammer 18 adapted to strike a bell. When the follower 7 is operated to withdraw the latch, the detent 13 is lifted and the wheel 14 is rotated by the clockwork mechanism and sounds the bell. Upon the release of the handle, the detent again engages the wheel 14. The spring-controlled lever 27 of the lock is provided with a horizontal arm 26 which projects into the path of the key, and is provided with a nose which takes into one of three recesses in the top of the bolt 20. The lever is raised so that the nose is clear of these recesses before the key comes into engagement with either of the recesses 21, 22 arranged in the bottom of the bolt. A projection 34 on the arm 9 bears on the lever 27. Upon operating the bolt 20, the lever 27 is raised by the key and lifts the arm 9, thereby releasing the wheel 14 and permitting the bell to be sounded. The clockwork for sounding the bell is wound up by the rotation of the spindle 6. On the spindle is secured an arm 39, connected to a lever 38 carrying a catch kept in engagement with a ratchet-wheel 35 of the clockwork by means of a spring 41. This mechanism enables the oscillating movement of the spindle to be utilized for winding up the clockwork.
Patent GB-190305973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Intercommunication Telephone Wall Sets and the Connections or Wiring thereof.
Inventor: BERLINER JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 5973. Berliner, J., and Birnbaum, I. B. March 14. Telephone systems; telephones.-In the wall sets of telephone systems used for private intercommunication without employing a central station, the sets and connections are contained by the hinged casing c and the cable or bundle of line and other leads e is brought over the back board a, its separate conductors being connected to the binding- plates f. Flexible leads g connect the plates f, h, and to press out the flex-wires g when the casing is closed, the hinged toggles k connected together by the cross-rod m covered with insulation are employed. Instead of the toggles k and cross-rod m, a spring-pressed rod may be used, and, instead of there being a number of flex-wires g, the wires may be formed into a single cable, or separate conducting toggle-links may be used to connect the binding-plates f, h.
Patent GB-190307128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for Utilizing Waste Heat in Brick and other Kilns.
Inventor: KIRKLAND THOMAS
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-03-26
Abstract: 7128. Kirkland, T., and Cooke, F. H. March 27. Kilns. - Relates to continuous kilns of the "Hoffman" type, for drying and burning bricks or the like. The drying-chambers may be connected to the burning-chamber either in parallel or in series by flues, which are closed or opened by means of valves or dampers. Fig. 1 is a sectional plan of part of a kiln, and Fig. 3 a vertical section of a smaller portion on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. The chambers A may be connected by a common flue B, which surrounds the kiln below the floor level, communication being made by means of branch flues a, a<x> and flue chambers a', a<2>, in which are valves b<4>, b<5>. Each chamber also communicates, by means of the branch flues a, with a tunnel C, through which the products finally pass to the chimney D. When the drying - chambers are connected in parallel, the outlet a<x> and the inlet valve b<4> of the burning-chamber are closed. The hot products enter the outlet flue a, and pass through the outlet valve b<5> to the flue B, from which they enter through the inlet valves of the other chambers. The outlet valves b<5> are closed in these drying-chambers, and the products are allowed to escape through the outlets ax to the chimney tunnel. When the chambers are connected in series, communication with the flue tube B is cut off, by closing the valves b<4>, b<5>, and the products pass from the burning-chamber into the corresponding flue tube a, and then into the flue chamber a<2>. This chamber a' is connected to the flue chamber a<1> by means of a pipe 6'', and passage be, and communication may be closed by means of a valve b<7>. All the outlets a<x> are closed, with the exception of that in the last chamber, so that the hot products, by the above arrangement, may pass through the whole series of chambers, and finally escape from the last outlet a<x> to the tunnel.
Patent GB-190309123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Dressing or Finishing Tulle and the like
Inventor: VIOLLET HORACE
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 9123. Viollet, H., Simian, G., and Rey, M. April 22. Drawings to Specification. Drying fabrics.-In a machine for stretching, impregnating with dressing, drying, and winding- up tulle &c., the material is placed on pins carried by diverging travelling belts and carried over atomizers or spray-producers which spray the dressing on to the fabric. The belts then carry the fabric through a heated chamber to dry and set the finish, and the fabric is afterwards removed from the pins and wound up. When a stronger dressing is required, the fabric is carried over two or more sets of atomizers, alternating with radiator pipes supplied with hot air, steam, or the like, for drying the dressing after each application. After passing the last atomizer, the fabric is carried through a heated chamber as described above.
Patent GB-190310919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Calenders for Cloth and Paper
Inventor: ECK LORENZ
Filed: 1903-05-13
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 10,919. Eck, L. May 13. Calendering and pressing.-The upper and lower rollers o, u, Fig. 1, of calenders for paper &c. are pressed towards the middle roller m, which is mounted in fixed bearings, by pressure fluid supplied to a cylinder d and acting through pistons, rods, and levers, on the roller bearings. The cylinder d may be shaped to receive two unequal pistons, so that constant but different pressures are applied to the rollers o, u. A greater pressure variation can be effected by means of the cylinder d, Fig. 3, divided by a partition w into two compartments, which may both be connected with the supply pipe by a tbree-way cock h, or either of them shut off. A pressure-relief pipe t connected with either or both compartments serves to reduce the pressure in either when required. A reducing valve is fitted in the supply pipe. The supply may be fed to a radial passage in the partition w which, in this case, is fitted with a three-way cock for admitting pressure fluid into either or both compartments. A buffer spring s prevents shock when the pressure is suddenly removed from the upper roller.
Patent GB-190311665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Fireplaces
Inventor: SHERWIN JAMES
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 11,665. Sherwin, J. May 22. Fireplaces. - A rectangular antechamber or air-pit f, placed in front of the ashpit, admits air beneath the fire, receives ashes from the hearth, and allows the ashes to be removed from below the fire, if desirable, while the fire is burning. The fire rests on a grid c, placed either on a stand, or in recesses b in the firebrick back a and front vertical wall d. The airpit communicates with the ashpit through an aperture e in the wall d, and has its top opening closed by a removable lid, provided with a sliding grid g, to regulate the air supply. The grid with its stand, the front wall d, the air-pit walls, the lid, and its grid are all, preferably, made of metal. The remainder of the front may consist of metal, tiles, faience, or other material.
Patent GB-190319053-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Guiding Trolley-heads along Frogs and Crossings Attached to Overhead Wires in connection with Electric Railways & Tramways
Inventor: COOLEY HORATIO
Filed: 1903-09-04
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 19,053. Cooley, H. Sept. 4. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors; conductors.-Com. prises a method of guiding trolley heads along frogs and crossings attached to overhead wires, and consists in forming guides G upon the frogs and fitting rollers w for making contact therewith on the trolley head. The guides G may be formed by bending down a portion of the sides of the frogs, and the rollers ware adjustably mounted on arms A, clamped to the trolley head, so that they can be set or adjusted to make contact with either face of the guide, and thus cause the trolley to run along the desired line. Studs or rollers g are fitted to the underside of the frog to take up any shook which may be imparted to the trolley wheel T when the wheels w come in contact with the guides G.
Patent GB-190319446-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Products from Compounds having Aldehydie Function or their Analogues.
Inventor: DESCAMPS LOUIS
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 19,446. Descamps, L. Feb. 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dyeing.-A new body, which forms a good discharge for reducible colouring-matters, is prepared by treating an aldehyde or an analogous body with a hyposulphite, for example, by treating a 40 per cent. formaldehyde solution with a solution of calcium hyposulphite. The body can be desiccated at 100‹ C. without decomposition.