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Patent GB-190012487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Starting Oil Engines.
Inventor: CUNDALL JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1900-07-11
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 12,487. Cundall, J. S., Cuadall, R. D., Cundall, W. D., and Cundall, H. C. July 11. Gas or explosivevapour engines, starting. Air is pumped into the cylinder through two or more inlets, and one of these may be in the vaporizer G. The air is supplied by a hand - pump A, the handle A<1> of which, after a certain number of strokes, is turned so that it presses on its down-stroke on the plunger of an oil pump B, which forces oil into the air contained in the vaporizer. The engine is held by a brake until the charge is ignited, when it is automatically released.
Patent GB-190012877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locomotive Exhausts and Means for Regulating the Draft.
Inventor: PRENDERGAST WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 12,877. Prendergast, W. H., and Kline, T. D. July 17. Locomotives.-Relates to locomotive chimneys and blast pipes, and to means for regulating the draught: The exhaust is delivered into a box 11 with two outlets 12, 13, each furnished with a valve. The outlet 12 serves for creating the blast, but the outlet 13 connects with a tube 13<a> at the side of the chimney. The two valves 9, 10 are mounted on shafts, both geared to a centrallyplaced pinion, which can be adjusted by a handlever in the cab. One of the valves, viz. 10, is mounted loosely on its shaft so that the other can be adjusted to a limited extent alone. Opposite the tube 13<a> is a tube 22 for the exhaust from air pumps and electric engines. At the bottom of this is a drain pipe 27 for water of condensation.
Patent GB-190016311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for connecting Pipes and the like.
Inventor: WIGHAM JOHN
Filed: 1900-09-13
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 16,311. Wigham, J., and Wigham, G. A. Sept. 13. Spigot-and-socket joints; sleeve joints.-One pipe a is provided with the half-socket d, having inclined faces to engage with the corresponding faces on the loose sliding sleeve c. Any suitable packing may be placed in the recess g, and a suitable packing may be inserted between the ends of the pipes.
Patent GB-190017755-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pneumatic Tyre for Cycles and other Vehicles
Inventor: YANDELL WILLIAM WARD
Filed: 1900-10-06
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 17,755. Yandell, W. W. Oct. 6. Tyres, pneumatic.-The tyre a, shown with parts slightly displaced in sectional plan in Fig. 1, is attached to the rim b by inserting in each pocketedge of the cover a wire f, which may encircle the rim more than once. The ends of each wire project through holes in the pockets, and are provided with complementary pieces d which, when brought together, form a screw bolt, adapted to project through a hole in the rim to receive a nut G. The end parts of each wire also have sliders e which are connected together by a rod c lying within the pocket. The wires f have enlargements H which act as stops to limit the motion of the sliders. To attach the tyres, the projecting ends of the wires are secured by the nuts G, and the air tube is inflated. In a modification, each piece d projects through a separate hole in the rim, and receives a separate nut.
Patent GB-190101700-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Post Box.
Inventor: SCHULZE PAUL
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 1700. Schulze, P. Jan. 24. Letter boxes, - Private postal boxes, which are adapted to be placed in the post office to have letters &c. inserted in them by the p o s t office official, and the box to be taken thence by a person deputed by the owner, are constructed and arranged as shown in Fig. 1. The letter-box proper e is inserted in a case a having a flexible shutter b, which is ordinarily in the position shown in Fig. 1, to close the side of the case presented to the public, being secured by a lock d of which the owner's messenger has the key. When the shutter b is in this position, a door g, having pivots moving in guides f on the box e, is allowed to fall down, as shown, for the insertion of the letters by the post office official. To withdraw the box e, the messenger unlocks the shutter b, and pushes it down, when its rear end lifts the door g of the box e into the closed position, and automatically locks it by means of the lock h, of which the owner has the key. When the owner has withdrawn the letters &c., the door g is prevented from being accidentally closed by means of a hook m, Fig. 4, on an arm k, pivoted to the top of the box, which engages in a slit n in the door. In a modification, the hook may also pass through a slit in the top of the door, and the slit n may have a plate on the outside. A spring catch, adapted to hold the door open, may also be fitted in the side of the box. These catches are adapted to be automatically opened by the sides of the case a when inserting the box e, and suitable springs o at the base of the case a then throw the door g open, as shown in Fig. 1. The box e may be provided with a handle s for withdrawal, or the box e may be partially ejected by springs, when the shutter b on being pushed down trips retaining- catches.
Patent GB-190110777-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Railway Coupling Apparatus.
Inventor: CAMERON JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-05-25
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 10,777. Cameron, J. May 25. Couplings, automatic.-Each draw-head A' has a fixed bar C terminating in a hook c, and a block E having the pivoted sector F. When a hook c enters the bevelled opening a<3> in the draw-head, it forces back the sliding pin G, which rucks the lever g and causes the pins f<1> on the sector F to slide in the slots e', thereby lifting the sector, which then falls and automatically couples with the hook. The lever L is linked to the arm j<1> of the crank J, which also has an arm j jointed to the lever H and a third arm j<2> bearing against the pins f<1>. When the crank J is turned, the front end of the lever H, which is pivoted in a slot in the bar C, raises the sector F clear of the hook. The draw-head, which acts as a central buffer, is formed with the sliding spring draw-bar A, which may be lifted vertically by the cam M<1> on the cross-shaft M.
Patent GB-190119144-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Washing Wools and other Textile Materials which Enables the Substances Used for such Washing to be Recovered, and also for Manufacturing a Homogeneous Ammoniacal Soap.
Inventor: KONING JOSUE
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 19,144. Koning, J. Sept. 25. Soaps; fats and fatty oils.-A process of washing wool, which may be used for washing the materials treated in carded wool-spinning mills, consists in sprinkling it with olein or other fatty body, pressing it between rollers to disseminate the fat, then leading it through a tank containing a solution of ammonia or an ammonium salt so that an ammonia soap is formed in the wool, again pressing between rollers, repeating the sprinkling with fat, pressing and submersion in ammonia, and finally rinsing. The soap may be produced separately by sprinkling an endless band of felt &c. with olein &c., pressing it between rollers, and leading it through an ammoniacal solution. After use, the fatty matter and the ammonia may be recovered by treating the washing-waters with acid, separating the fatty magma, and extracting the ammonia from the solution by means of lime, or in any other suitable manner.
Patent GB-190119469-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Preventing the Entrance of Dust or Cinder Laden Air, Smoke and Rain through the Windows of Passenger and other Railway Cars, and for Effecting the Ventilation of such Cars.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-09-30
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 19,469. Imray, O., [Withers, C. A.]. Sept. 30. Wind guards or deflectors; ventilating.-Fig. 1 shows a deflector and ventilator fitted to the outside of a passenger carriage, but the invention is applicable to refrigerator, cold-storage, and other cars. To each vertical partition 7 is secured a plate 1 having top and bottom horizontal plates 2, 3 and hinged wing plates 5, 6, connected by levers 14, 15 to the deflector plate 4 secured to the rotatable shaft 11, which is capable of slight longitudinal movement. When the vehicle travels in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, the plate 5 is in line with the plate 1, while the plate 6 assumes the angle shown, so that dusty or sooty air is deflected as shown, while foul air is extracted from the inside of the carriage. The plate 4 is locked by causing the necks 21 of the buttons 20 to engage the narrow portions 19 of the slots 18 formed in the lugs 17 on the plate 2. The parts are unlocked by lifting the shaft 11 until the necks 21 are in the large parts of the slots 18, so that the buttons can be withdrawn. In the form shown in Fig. 11, the horizontal parts 46 of the brackets 45 hook on to the levers 14, 15 when the plate is locked. Figs. 6, 8, and 9 show a locking-arrangement for a deflector plate which cannot move longitudinally. Through the hollow shaft 11<a> carrying the deflector plate passes a rod 33 having a bottom handle 34 and a top T-piece 31, the lugs 30 of which always engage the slotted crossbead 24 formed on the top of the shaft 11<a> which passes through the top plate 2<a> having projections 26, 27 and notches 28, 29. Normally the parts are locked by the lugs 30, which pass into notches 28, 29, but, when the handle 34 is pushed up, the lugs leave these notches, and the rods 33,11<a> may be turned together to adjust the plate 4<a>, the amount of motion being limited by one of the stops 26, 27 engaging the crosshead 24. Figs. 8 and 9 show the lock for the lower end of the plate 4<a>. When the handle 34 is raised to release the top of the plate, the weighted dogs 41 fall into the cam surfaces 43, and out of the slots 38, 39 formed in the lower plate 3<a>. On lowering the handle 34, the lugs 30 re-engage the notches 28 or 29, while the shoulders 44 force the dogs 41 outwards into engagement with the slots 38 or 39, and the top and bottom of the plate 4<a> is locked.
Patent GB-190122105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Acetylene Gas Burners.
Inventor: BRAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-02
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 22,105. Bray, J. W. Nov. 2. Acetylene burners.-The construction and adjustment of burners, in which two jets impinge upon each other to form a single flat flame, is facilitated by boring a small hole D from end to end of a bar A, Fig. 1, and a hole E in the nipple B for attaching the burner to the gas fitting. The two ends of the hole D are plugged up, holes are bored through the burner-tip sockets C to the hole D, and the bar A is curved to the form shown in Fig. 3, the "setting" of the ends C to the desired angles being facilitated by the formation thereon of plane surfaces K to which the levers or tools are applied.
Patent GB-190211162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Recoil Brakes for Ordnance in which the Gun Barrel alone Recoils.
Inventor: REICHWALD AUGUST
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 11,162. Reichwald, A., [Krupp, F.]. May 15. Mountings.-Relates to recoil apparatus, and provides a construction whereby the apparatus can be readily taken to pieces. The gun A recoils on the cradle B, compressing the spring E and withdrawing the hydraulic cylinder C, while the pistonrod D is held by the cover L of the brake-cylinder casing. The pistonrod D is connected to the cover L by a bayonet joint at M, and is prevented from turning by providing the piston T with a projection t, which slides in a groove in the brake cylinder. The cover L is turned about the rod D to cause it to engage therewith, and is afterwards looked against rotation by being bolted to its square socket in the brake-cylinder casing. A screw F is employed for drawing the brake cylinder up to the gun, and for putting the initial compression upon the spring E.
Patent GB-190214578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Lenses and the like.
Inventor: RUECKL ANTONIN
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 14,578. R³ckl, A. June 30. Moulding.- Crossheads 11, 5, 12, connected by rods 13, 14, are reciprocated on standards 8. The crosshead 5, which carries the mould 4, is pressed d o w n on to collars 15, 16, by springs 19, 20. A ring-knife 9 is adjustably secured by cross-bars to the crosshead 12. The glass to be moulded into lenses is placed upon the lower die 2, and the upper one caused to descend to mould the lens. Cont i n u e d descent compresses the springs 19, 20, and causes the knife 9 to move relatively to the die 4 and cut off the extruded glass.
Patent GB-190215405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Tube Cutters.
Inventor: CASHMER JACOB
Filed: 1902-07-10
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 15,405. Cashmer, J., and Dalton, J. T. July 10. Pipe cutters.-A tool for cutting boiler tubes has a spindle 1 which is squared at 2 for adapting it for rotation by a spanner, and is provided with loose collars 4, 5, 6 for holding the tool centrally in the tube. A loose sleeve 8 determines the distance the tool is inserted. The cutters 7<d> slide in radial slots in the sleeve 7, and are protruded by the cam or eccentric part 10 of the spindle 1. Springs 12 retract the cutters. After the cam &c. has protruded the cutters, the sleeve carrying the cutters is rotated by the engagement of the pins 9 with the lugs 7<c> on the sleeve. Fig. 2 shows the use of a single cutter, and Fig. 6 the use of two cutters.
Patent GB-190216259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns for Fireclay and other Goods.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 16,259. Adams, M. J. July 22. Kilns.-The furnace gases from one of a pair of kilns (No. 1), after passing round the muffle chamber of that kiln and through flues beneath it, pass through similar flues round and beneath the chamber of the other kiln (No. 2). A separate furnace is also provided for the second kiln to complete the heating ; and when this furnace is in use, the gases from the furnace of the first kiln are diverted to the chimney after heating the first chamber, the gases from the second furnace being passed through the flues surrounding the second chamber.
Patent GB-190219096-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Metal Wheels.
Filed: 1902-08-30
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 19,096. Abel, C. D., [Rheinische Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik]. Aug. 30. Making wheels for vehicles.-A railway or other metal wheel is made from a cast, forged, or pressed blank, which may be plain, as in Fig. 1, or have ribs, as in Fig. 2, by rolling it between a grooved disc-roll d, Fig. 3, and a roller h, or by subjecting it to a suitable press-tool while placed in a die or matrix similar to the roll d. The metal is thus worked into the grooves in the roll or die, and produces a disc-wheel with a rim f and spokes g connected by a web e. The rim is then forged, pressed, or rolled to shape, Fig. 3 showing a roll n for rolling it while the blank is held between the roll d and the roller h or clamped in the die by a top plate. The roll d is supported by a roller k. The blank may then be finished by pressing, to give curved spokes, as in Fig. 5, or the portions of the web between the spokes may be removed, and the spokes curved or left straight.
Patent GB-190219261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railroad Signaling Systems.
Inventor: KNEE ALLISON WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 19,261. Knee, A. W. March 7, [date upplied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Signalling and communicating between trains ; signals on engines and trains; indicating condition of bridges and tunnels ; indicators and repeaters, point, or switch; contacts, electric.-Relates to an automatic electric block signalling system for indicating to the driver of a train the approach or presence of another train on the same track, and applicable also for use at switches, tunnels, bridges, curves, &c., where extra precautions are required. Each locomotive or car is provided with two batteries &c. 1, 2, either of which can be connected by the switches B', h' to a normally-open circuit comprising a bell or alarm H and two contact-brushes &c. F, F', adapted to make contact with a conducting-rail arranged on the track. The switches B', h<1> are connected by an insulating-rod r, and are set by the driver. In the position shown, the battery 1 is connected up to the brushes through the contact e and the contacts a, a', d. By moving the switch B' on to the contacts b, b<1>, the switch h' moving simultaneously on to the contact e', the battery 1 is cut out, and the battery 2 is connected with reversed polarity to the brushes, this latter being the arrangement for trains travelling in the opposite direction to that of the train in which the battery 1 is in circuit. The contact d is connected to the contacts a', b<1>, and to a contact g' in permanent electrical connection with one of the axles &c. E of the vehicle. For working on the block system, the circuit is completed between the brushes F, F<1> by the conducting-rail A', which consists of insulated sections overlapping to the extent required for the block sections. When only one train is on the section, the bell H is rung, indicating that the line is clear, but if a second train approaches in the opposite direction and enters the section, the bells are short-circuited through the wheels and ordinary rails C, and are prevented or stopped from sounding, thus indicating Àdanger. When a train is stopped, the driver moves the switch B<1> on to the contacts d, d<1>, thus forming a short-circuit for an approaching train. Similarly, when starting, he can move the switch on to the contacts a, a<1>, or b, b<1>, to signal a train in the front or rear. At tunnels, bridges, curves, &c., the conducting-rail A<1> extends the entire length of the structure or section, and. a short conducting- rail D', Fig. 5, is arranged at each end to give a warning to the driver. At switches, the switch tongue is provided with a contact-plate, which, when the switch is open, connects the rail A<1> with the ordinary rail, to short-circuit the bell of an approaching train.
Patent GB-190221471-A (GB)
Title: Electrically Actuated and Controlled Clock
Inventor: CARRUTHERS JOSEPH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-10-02
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 21,471. Carruthers, J. A. Oct. 2. Electric clocks.-Relates to (1) the operation of indicators by a pendulum making and breaking a circuit ; (2) the re-energization of the pendulum ; and (3) the direct operation of an indicator by the pendulum itself. (1) The circuit for indicators is made and broken at a pair of strip contacts h<2>, h<3> by means of a pendulum d bearing, by a bracket j, a finger j<3>, Fig. 4, which thrusts the upper contacts down when the pendulum is moving to the left and rubs idly in the return swing. (2) Owing to the kink in the upper contact, the closure of the circuit only occurs when the armature e at the bottom of the pendulum is approaching an electromagnet f beneath it, which replenishes the energy for continuing the vibration. The contact may be pivoted and counterbalanced, instead of being a spring strip. (3) The pendulum gives oscillation to a crutch l hanging from a pivot s, and the crutch, in turn, rocks a spindle m, on which is a cross-arm n having two pawls n<1>, n<2> for driving a wheel p.
Patent GB-190222205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for use in the Manufacture of Firelighters, Briquettes and the like.
Inventor: ECCLES WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-10-13
Abstract: 22,205. Eccles, W. H. Oct. 13. Moulding firelighters, briquettes, &c.-Relates, primarily, to the manufacture of firelighters, but is applicable also to the manufacture of briquettes and the like. An inflammable mixture, preferably consisting of wood chippings, shavings, oil, and melted resin, is fed by an endless travelling conveyer, or by a vibrating inclined shoot or plate, or otherwise into slide boxes 5, Fig. 9, and is pushed by slides 9 into the space beneath plungers 8, which then force the mixture into the alloted spaces within a mould-box 12 on a table 10. Before filling the box 12, two wooden side pieces pinned or bound together by wire are inserted in the box, and are held in position by the division pieces of the box. The slides 9 and plungers 8 are respectively operated from cams 18, 25, Fig. 1, on the driving-shaft through levers, as shown. The slide boxes may be heated by steam or hot water. Tapering extensions on the mould-boxes 12 fit in holes in the table 10, and the table 10 is intermittently rotated by means of a pawl 26 engaging with teeth on the table and connected by oscillating levers 27, a link 28, a slide 29, a leyer 32, and a cam 33 to the driving- shaft. The finished lighters may be removed from the mould-boxes by hand through the cutaway sides, or mechanically by causing a rod connected to a foot-lever or to the plunger to act on a downwardly-projecting piece on the loose false bottom of each mould. In a modification, two or more slide boxes are placed side by side, and the table has then a rectilinear instead of a circular movement. According to the Provisional Specification, the mixture may be forced by the slides directly into the mould-boxes.
Patent GB-190224295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Embossed Wall Coverings and like Material.
Inventor: SHEPHERD JAMES AITKEN
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 24,295. Shepherd, J. A. Nov. 6. Coated fabrics.-Relates to wall coverings of the lincrusta class, and consists in employing a composition containing wood dust or like materials, gum tragasol, and linseed oil. Specification No. 14,169, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190224505-A (GB)
Title: Improved Leather Driving-belts.
Inventor: BIERTZ CARL
Filed: 1902-11-08
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 24,505. Biertz, C. Nov. 8. Belts and bands. - Leather belts are perforated along the centre, in order to equalize the stretch.
Patent GB-190301856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: DEVER JACQUES
Filed: 1903-01-26
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 1856. Dever, J., and Surmont, F. Oct. 23, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Acetylene.-Consists of means for regulating the supply of water to the carbide and of the construction of the carbide containers. The generator q, which is mounted in a vessel r containing water for cooling purposes, is provided with two or more superposed carbide containers s, each of which has a central perforated tube t closed at the bottom and an inner tube open at both ends. Water is supplied to the first tube t by a spout v communicating by a pipe y with a reservoir i. When the carbide in the first container has been exhausted, the water overflows by the pipe z to the pipe t of the container below, and so on. The supply of water to the generator is controlled by a check-valve z in the pipe y, which is closed when the pressure of the gas in the apparatus exceeds a certain limit.