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Patent GB-190210548-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Water-tube Boiler.
Inventor: THODE GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-07
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 10,548. Thode, G. W. May 7. Water-tube boilers.-Two sets of water tubes c, b, forming independent circulation systems, on which the furnace gases act successively, are connected to the same steam and water drum a, a low partition being fitted in the drum, as shown in dotted lines at f. Feedwater is admitted at d and circulates through the relatively cooler system c, in which impurities are deposited, before passing over the partition into the hotter system b.
Patent GB-190221240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Gas Burners.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 21,240. Howorth, F. W., [Beleuchtungslndustrie Paul Flor]. Sept. 30. Incandescent gas burners.-The quantity of gas supplied by the nozzle d to the mixing-tube g is controlled by screwing the cap d up or down upon the stem a, so that the central outlet f is more or less closed by the cone h. Round the outlet f are smaller apertures e, but the quantity of gas supplied by these fine apertures is insufficient to feed a small flame. A spring n prevents the cap d from accidentally turning upon the stem a, and airsupplv holes k are formed in the flange of the cap d.
Patent GB-190223426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Accumulators.
Inventor: GARCIN LUCIEN
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 23,426. Garein, L. Oct. 27. Primary batteries; secondary batteries.-To obtain a uniform distribution of current over the plates, the current is arranged to enter at the .upper ends of one set of plates and discharge at the lower ends of the other set. The plates are formed of two parts x, y, Fig. 6, each having crossbars which fit together and form recesses with undercut edges, and a grating of smaller bars 13, as shown, to support the blocks of active substance, and also to distribute the current. This construction of plates may be used in any type of reversible or non- reversible battery. The active material or paste is composed of red lead and ammonium sulphate mixed together in an ammonium-sulphate solution. The positive and negative plates 1, 4 are arranged alternately, as usual, but all the positive plates 1 are connected to a bar 2 having a terminal 3 arranged at the top of the case and all the negative plates to a bar 5 at the bottom of the case. The two end negative plates, which may be formed with solid portions 8, are also connected to a cross-bar 6 having a terminal 7 and arranged at the top of the case.
Patent GB-190224098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Legs.
Inventor: POLD OLE PETER RASMUSSEN
IPC: A61F2/60
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 24,098. Pold, O. P. R. Nov. 4. Limbs, artificial.-Relates to the construction of artificial legs for the use of persons whose legs have been amputated above the knee. The socket 1 is removably attached to a metal frame 4 pivoted at 2, preferably by means of ball bearings, to a frame 6 to which the leg 3 is attached. A hook 5 on the frame 4 ia adapted to engage either a hook 7 or the frame 6 to limit the movement of the leg. The leg 3, which is made of leather, is brought into the forward position by means of a spring 8 attached to the leg at its lower end and at its upper end to a band 9 secured to the frame 4. The foot is made of cork covered with leather, and its flexibility is increased by inserting springs in an angular cut 22. The foot is connected to the leg by a form of universal joint and by a band 29. The joint consists of a plate 14 secured to the leg and resting upon a mushroom-headed pin 18 on a plate 12 secured to the foot. Bolts B secured to the plate 12 pass through holes in the plate 14. Springs are arranged round the bolts 13 above and below the plate 14 to form a resilient joint. In a modification, the leg fits into a socket secured to the foot, and may be adjusted in the socket to alter the length of the leg.
Patent GB-190302406-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for the Delivery of Stamps, Tickets and the like.
Inventor: SIELAFF MAX
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 2406. Sielaff, M. Jan. 31. Tickets, issuing.-To prevent incomplete or excessive delivery due to accumulated under-feed or over-feed of the strip by the feed-rolls, it is arranged that the delivery must be made or completed by hand, mechanical jaws, or secondary rolls, and that the friction between the main rolls or one roll and a brake shall be great enough to sever the strip when the perforations reach the nipping line. In one arrangement, one of a pair of cylindrical rolls pressed together by a spring is driven by a pawl and ratchet which has sufficient feed to make the ticket protrude but require further pulling by the thumb and finger, in which action the pawl acts as a brake. In another arrangement, the roils are reduced in thickness centrally so that the strip can be seized between them by the thumb and finger. In another arrangement, with such reduced rolls or rolls not covering the edges of the strip, the lever and jaw mechanism shown in Figs. 10 and 12 is used. The pivoted jaw 46 is closed on the jaw 43 formed by the end of the lever 40, by the spring 47, but, on striking a stop 48, it lets the ticket drop and becomes locked in the open position, because a pin 49 in the lever springs out behind it. When the lever is returned to take another ticket, the hook 50, Fig. 12, of the pin 49 encounters a bevelled stop 51, which draws it to let the jaw close again. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, a large roll 18 drives a small one 19, and a cam-disc 25 on the ends of the former, acting against discs 24 on the ends of the latter, makes the feed of the strip intermittent by separating them. During the intermission, the arm 28, of a lever 29 which is pulled by a spring 31, presses the strip against the roll, so as to divide it, as desired, while it is pulled by hand or a second small roller 20 which revolves continuously. The lever 29 is intermittently allowed to act by the cam and wiper action of pins 33 in the large roll against an arm 32. With a sufficiently-strong spring 31, the function of the cam 25 may be performed by the lever 29. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 13, two pairs of rolls 52, 53 are used, but one of the first pair is incomplete so as to leave the strip when it is caught by the second pair. Immediately afterwards, a cam 54 on the other first roll applies a flap 55 against a lever 57, so nipping the strip, advantageously with increasing pressure, that it tears when the perforations come to the nipping place. In a coin-freed apparatus, Fig. 3, the shaft 8 of the roller to be actuated ends in a disc 12 bearing a ring of pins 13, and a coaxial lever 17 turns, within this ring of pins, a disc 14 which has a central thickening 14<1> and a peripheral lug 16. The coin 15, dropped down a shoot 15<11> into the space between the discs, forms a connection between the lug and a pin so that both discs are operated by the lever.
Patent GB-190306219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Extinguishers.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 6219. Haddan, R., [Legrand, H.]. March 17. Extincteurs.-In one form, a perforated tube L, Fig. 2, is inserted through an aperture Q into a metal vessel A, and the aperture is closed, and the tube secured, by a screwed cap E and a packing- ring n. The tube L contains a bladder F supported on a spring RS and containing a liquid, which, when mixed with the water in the vessel A, generates gas and imparts extinguishing properties to the water. The outer end of the discharge tube T is closed by a rubber cap h, which is released by turning down the handle P<2> and rod Z. The bladder is broken and liquid is discharged by forcing down the rod t. The bladder may be supported by a wire cage instead of by the tube L. In a modification, the tube L is secured horizontally to the side of the vessel A. In a second modification, the rod t is dispensed with, and the bladder is broken when the apparatus is shaken by a leaden ball placed in the tube L. In a third modification, the tube L and its enclosed bladder are replaced by a tube F, Fig. 4, gripped between rods m, m<1> secured to the top of the vessel A. The open end of the tube F can be closed by a stopper S. The liquid contained in the tube F is mixed with the water in the vessel A by turning the vessel upside down.
Patent GB-190308312-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fountain Attachment for Pens.
Inventor: QUINLAN THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8312. Quinlan, T. April 9. Pens.-Ordinary nibs are fitted with a fountain attachment a formed with a point b and ears c and made of aluminium, aluminium alloy, or other metal. The attachment may be supplied in blank form, as shown, in which case the metal used is soft enough to be bent by the fingers; or the ears may be bent ready for use, in which case a more rigid material is used. Reference is made in the Provisional Specification No. 20,924. A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-190314213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Separation of Nitrogen and Oxygen from Atmospheric Air.
Inventor: PRICE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1904-06-27
Abstract: 14,213. Price, J. June 27. Nitrogen ; oxygen.-Relates to the obtaining of oxygen and nitrogen continuously from atmospheric air by alternate oxidation and de-oxidation of a suitable chemical. The apparatus consists, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of a vertical iron, brick, or like structure a, having a vertical spindle i to which are attached a shutter or vertical partition h and a series of arms k' carrying asbestos or other perforated or meshed shelves k. The chemical body, preferably barium oxide, is placed upon the shelves. The chamber is heated by a gas burner d assisted, if desired, by superheated steam entering through a pipe g. The burner is placed beneath a compartment b, which is provided with an oxygen outlet n. The other compartment c is provided with an air inlet l, a nitrogen outlet m, and sliding doors o<1> for charging the shelves. Suction pumps for the gases may be provided. In use, the spindle is turned so that communication is established between the two compartments, and the chamber is heated to about 500‹-600‹ C. Air is then introduced until barium peroxide forms. The shutter is now turned by the handle i' close up to the stops j so as to cut off communication between the two compartments, and the shelves and their contents then in the compartment b are raised in temperature to about 800‹ C. to drive off the oxygen. When the peroxide has become deoxidized, the spindle is given a half revolution, bringing the de-oxidized trays into the compartment c, and fresh peroxide into the compartment b. The latter, being now heated to about 800‹ C., gives off oxygen, while the former, reduced in temperature to about 500‹-600‹ C., re-absorbs oxygen and gives off nitrogen. In the form shown in Fig. 4, three rectangular compartments B, C, C<1> are employed, cut off from one another by sliding partitions H. The central compartment is heated by a furnace A<1>, and the whole is surrounded with a casing packed with coke or asbestos, into which superheated steam may be introduced. The barium oxide &c. is carried in trays K carried on wheeled trolleys running on rails and moved by means of rods Q or otherwise. The chambers are first raised to the per-oxidizing temperature, and then the trolleys are alternately passed from the outer chambers into the central one, which is kept at the higher temperature required for de-oxidizing. Inlet and outlet tubes for gases are provided as before. The Provisional Specification states that the oxygen and nitrogen formed are especially intended for use in the manufacture of sodium, potassium, or calcium nitrates and nitrites ; that the deoxidizing-compartment may be heated by a furnace or by external or internal flues, and that the trays may be moved from one compartment to another by means of pivots, endless chains, or other contrivances.
Patent GB-190316379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Needle Lubricators.
Inventor: REED ERNEST CHARLES
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 16,379. Reed, E. C. July 24. Lubricators. - In a needle lubricator, dirt and other foreign materials are prevented from passing with the lubricant to the bearing, by means of a knitted cotton or other mantle E placed over a perforated tube D, which is closed at the top and is fitted to the plug B. The needle C is free to work within the tube and plug. A . metal lining b may be fitted to the plug. The edges of the mantle are preferably gummed to make them smooth. The tube D may be of wire gauze, or of slitted or like material, or may consist of bars, or of a coiled wire ; the top may be open and the mantle formed with an end to cover it, or a cork or other stopper may be used. The lower end of the tube D may be screwed into the recess b.
Patent GB-190320237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sifting Cinders and the like.
Inventor: STEUP LUDWIG
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 20,237. Steup, L. Sept. 21. Cinder sifters. - Relates to cinder sifters combined with dust bins. The apparatus consists of a wooden frame a, standing over two drawers or buckets y, z, and having at the top a drum sieve c turned by a handle x. A partition w, mounted on an axle, can be turned by a handle m, so as to rest on the right or left side of the frame a. The ashes &c. are placed in the sieve c, and the cover b put on. On turning the handle x, the ashes are sifted and pass down the partition w into the bucket y. The lid of the drum c is afterwards opened and the partition w reversed, so that on turning the drum the cinders are discharged into the bucket z. Shoots f at the sides of the frame are provided with lids d, and serve for the introduction of combustible and non-combustible refuse into the buckets y, z respectively.
Patent GB-190320269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bodices, Corsages and the like.
Inventor: SCHMID CARL
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 20,269. Schmid, O. Sept. 21. Corsets.-A bodice, corsage, or the like is formed of a shaped body part a<1> terminating in two flaps a, b, of which the flap a is slit at c for the passage of the second flap. Both flaps are provided with buttonholes d any of which may engage with buttons e on the hip parts, to regulate the tightness of the bodice &c. The lower edge is fitted with flaps g provided with buttons for suspending the underskirts and petticoats. The weight of these garments is supported on the shoulders by means of shoulder straps f, each of which is formed of two flaps adjustably buttoned together.
Patent GB-190326210-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement for Supplying Hot Water for Domestic and other purposes
Inventor: BURDON WILLIAM MURRAY
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 26,210. Burdon, W. M. Dec. 1. Water supply.- A hot-water supply system is provided with means for heating the water in the supply cistern, thereby preventing the failure of the supply due to frost. Referring to Fig. 1, the water enters the cistern A by the supply pipe a, and passes to the stove boiler C by the pipe e, which has two branches inside the cistern and is in communication with the circulating-tank B. A pipe f leads from the top of the tank B to a coil pipe gin the supply cistern. The other end of the coil g is in connection with the pipe e, leading to the boiler. The pipe h is the supply pipe to the house. The hot water from the boiler C passes to the tank B and then round the coil pipe g, thus heating the cold water in the supply cistern A. The supply pipe a, being also entirely in the cistern, is prevented from being frozen up.
Patent GB-190327870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hank-dyeing Machines.
Inventor: DITTMAR EBERHARD
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 27,870. Dittmar, E. Dec. 20, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dyeing.-The movable frame of a hank-dyeing machine is suspended from levers D, Figs. 1 and 2, on the shafts B of a number of worm-wheels A, which are carried in brackets C along the edges of the vat frame X and are driven from worms G on longitudinal shafts H. The shafts H are driven from the driving-pulley 0 through bevelwheels, two of which L, L<1> are driven directly and are alternately coupled to their shaft by a sliding clutch P. The clutch is operated by a lever and a bar h which is reciprocated by a face cam f on a shaft d driven by worm gearing from the wheel L'. This arrangement causes the wheels A and levers D to oscillate through half revolutions in the forward and backward directions alternately. The worms G and wheels A may be replaced by bevel-wheels, or by toothed sectors and gear-wheels, the sectors in the latter case being oscillated by cranks and connecting- rods.
Patent GB-190402183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Couplers.
Inventor: ASHBY HUGH ROSS
Filed: 1904-01-28
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 2183. Ashby, H. R. Jan. 28. Couplings, disconnectible; spigot-and-socket joints. -Consists in arranging on the spigot end of the pipe a number of triangular casings which enter and lock into similar casings on the socket end of the other pipe, for the purpose of forming a hose coupling which can be readily connected or disconnected without the use of screw threads. Fig. 2 shows a view of the coupling, in which the casing 7 is arranged on the spigoted pipe 1, and fits into the casing 8 on the other pipe 2<1>. Each casing has an aperture and the casing 7 has a pivoted spring- operated catch projecting through its aperture 11. When the pipes are coupled, this catch projects through the aperture 9 of the casing 8, and so locks the parts together.
Patent GB-190406863-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Separating Carbon from Pulverized Carbonaceous Materials.
Inventor: DARLING JAMES DOUGLAS
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 6863. Darling, J. D. March 21. Drawings to Specification. Paints, materials for.-In a process for separating graphite or carbon from pulverized graphitic ores or carbonaceous materials, the material is mixed with a hydrocarbon oil, such as petroleum, the carbon and oil forming a homogeneous mass which will not pass through a foraminate partition under the influence of a current of water, while the gangue passes through. After the separation by washing in a special apparatus, the remaining mass may be used as a paint.
Patent GB-190407610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps
Inventor: FOSTER CHARLES EDWIN
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 7610. Foster, C. E., Grote, E. R., and Ely. M. V., [trading as Foster & Co.]. March 30. Arc lamps.-The regulation of lamps of the thermal type is made more sensitive by the addition of solenoids or electromagnets. The invention is described in connection with the lamps described in Specification No. 24,863, A.D. 1901, but it may also be applied to those described in Specification No. 6110, A.D. 1904, or to other thermal lamps. The solenoid or electromagnet may be shunt or series connected, and may be arranged to short-circuit or substitute a resistance for the arc when the voltage of the latter varies. One or both carbons may be controlled in this way, or the thermal regulation may be confined to one and the magnetic regulation to the other carbon. In the form shown, the core 27 of the shunt solenoid 26 is connected through the lever 28 and link 30 to the end of the lever 12 to which the expansive conductor 7 is also connected. The pull of the core assists that of the conductor 7 in balancing that of the spring 14, but, when the solenoid is series connected, the core and the conductor oppose one another, and the spring is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190410682-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Furnace applicable for use in Roasting Ores and for other purposes.
Inventor: HEBERLEIN FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 10,682. Heberlein, F., and Hommel, W. May 9. Roasting &c. furnaces; charges, agitating.-Relates to a horizontal rotary "muffle" furnace for oxidiz. ing or roasting sulphides, such as zinc blende, iron and copper pyrites, copper and lead mattes, nickel and silver sulphides, arsenical and antimonial sulphides and compounds, telluride ores and the like, for the manufacture of sulphates from sulphides, plumbates, and. bi-oxides for the chlorination of gold, silver, copper, and other ores, for the reduction of barium sulphate to the sulphide, for the manufacture of minium, and for drying various materials. The space under the floor B of the ore chamber A is divided into three compartments B<1>, each of which is furnished with partitions b, b<1>, so that, as the floor, the heating. chambers B<1>, and the metal framework E are revolved by suitable means, such as the gearing e<2> &c., the gases from the furnaces D pass between the partitions in the directions indicated by arrows and are led from peripheral flues C over the fixed roof a of the chamber A, and ultimately escape through openings a<1>. To prevent the furnace gases from gaining access to the ore chamber, the upper and lower edges of the heating-chamber B<1> are furnished with curtains b<2>, b<3>, which work in circular troughs b<4> charged with sand. The ore or other material is fed from a hopper G to a point slightly out of the centre of the floor B, and is agitated and worked towards the discharge shoot f<2> by a number of fixed, inclined plates f, the outermost plate f<1> of the series being arranged so that its distance above the floor may be adjusted for regulating the depth of material discharged. For moving the material both inwards and outwards, or otherwise stirring it, plates f<x> may be arranged at any angle on the opposite side of the centre. The floor of the chamber may be inclined between the centre and the periphery, and, at the edge, where the heat is greatest, may be formed of carborundum. Air may be supplied to the chamber A by pipes H extending through the external walls and provided with suitable dampers, and the gases evolved from the material may be conducted through outlets a' to acid chambers or other vessels. In a modification, where only one fireplace is used, the walls dividing the heating- chamber into compartments are perforated to facilitate the circulation of gases.
Patent GB-190418160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheel Tires
Inventor: WORTHINGTON CHARLES CAMPBELL
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 18,160. Worthington, C. C. Aug. 22. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-The tyres consist of arched spring rods secured at their ends to the felloes. Figs. 1 and 2 show a wheel with rods A placed longitudinally on the inner tyre or rim D, which is formed with transverse ribs E having sockets F for the ends of the rods A. The crowns of the arches are bonded by complementary plates B screwed or riveted together, and they may be fitted with anti-slipping projections C. In a modification, the crowns of the arches may be slightly re-entrant so that the bonds B are flush with the circular surface of the tread, and, in another modification, the rods are waved, as shown in Fig. 4, to diminish the tendency to skid. The ribs supporting the ends of the arches may be placed obliquely, or the arches may be placed obliquely, as shown in Fig 7, their ends being secured in the flanges D<1> or in bosses on the tyre D. Bends H, Fig. 11, H<1>, Fig.11<a>, or curls H<2>, Figs. 11<b> and 14, may be formed in various parts of the arched rods. The rods shown in Fig. 14 are secured in the flanges J, Fig. 16, of a curved rim, which is secured to the felloe of a wheel or to wire spokes K. Each rod may have several bends or arches.