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Patent GB-190008960-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Preparing Strips of Rattan and other Material use in Making Whips or other similar Articles, and a Method of Preparing such Strips and Articles.
Inventor: POMEROY JULIAN
Filed: 1900-05-15
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 8960. Pomeroy, J. May 15. Whips, making. Relates to a method of and machine for shaping strips of rattan &c. for making whips &c. The strips are of taper form, and may be made in the machine described in Specification No. 8959, A.D. 1900. Fig. 29 shows sections taken at four different points along the length of a strip. The centre of the strip is first cut away as shown in Fig. 30, the halves are then pressed together as shown in Fig. 31, the sides are next trimmed so that the angle at the apex is a right-angle as shown in Fig. 32, and, lastly, four of such strips are bound together to form a tapering whip &c. of circular section.
Patent GB-190013214-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Exercising the Muscles of the Hand, Wrist and Forearm.
Inventor: MILO LUIGI BORRA
Filed: 1900-07-21
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 13,214. Milo, L. B. July 21. Exercising-apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for exercising the muscles of the hand, wrist, and forearm. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, two parallel handles e, f are respectively fitted with a pair of rods a, c and b, d at their ends, these rods passing through eyes on the end pieces of the opposite handle and terminating in hooked ends a', c', b<1>, d'. The hooked ends are connected by elastic straps g. The exercise is obtained by grasping the handles, as shown, and drawing them together against the elasticity of the straps. A sliding piece, working along graduations, may be provided to indicate the extent of movement of the handles. In a simpler arrangement, the crossbar of the handles and the rods are made from a single length of wire, upon which loops are formed to receive the other rods. In another form of apparatus, the handles are formed of tubes provided with holes for the passage of the rods carried by the opposite handle.
Patent GB-190013392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing out Frames.
Inventor: HIGGINS HENRY
Filed: 1900-07-25
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 13,392. Higgins, H. July 25. Printing.-Relates to a printing-out frame with a device to prevent the paper from moving relatively to the negative during the time when one part of the back is raised. The pins of the hinges d of the back are prolorged at d<x>, and fit in vertical slots c in the frame a. This allows the back to be pressed by the springs on the paper, but prevents lateral movement. The negative rests on a bed of india-rubber.
Patent GB-190017995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Swing Stages or Cradles
Inventor: COPPARD JOHN
Filed: 1900-10-10
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 17,995. Coppard, J. Oct. 10. Staging. - Swinging cradles or stages for builders, decorators, &c. are suspended by wire ropes D, which are looped over cantilevers or poles and are wound on drums B operated by winch handles, worm screws A, and worm-wheels. In the arrangement shown, the ropes pass through rings E and round pulleys C, and are wound on a central drum. In a modification, each end of the stage is fitted with a worm, worm-wheel, and winding-drum. In another arrangement, a longitudinal shaft is operated by a central worm and wheel, and carries a winding-drum at each end.
Patent GB-190115437-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus for Slicing or Cutting Vegetables, Macaroni and similar Materials.
Inventor: RIEDEL ERNST GUIDO
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 15,437. Riedel, E. G. July 30. Macaroni. - Rotary-disc appliances for cutting or slicing vegetables, macaroni, and similar materials are provided with a slotted metal plate or scraper b, which extends between the discs a, and is hinged to the part d<1> of the handle and frame d, or otherwise attached to facilitate removal for cleaning. The frame and handle is made of steel wire, and the loop part d<2> engages recesses in a heelpiece c on the plate b.
Patent GB-190120120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets or the like and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: PANITSCHEK HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-10-08
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 20,120. Panitschek, H., and Ahorn, J. Oct. 8. Looms, pile-forming in; vertical looms.-Relates to looms for making knotted carpets, either with Persian knots or Smyrna knots, as may be required, by means of the same knotting-apparatus. In front of the vertically arranged warp threads is provided a series of knotting-tongs carried by a support 5 mounted on a carriage 7, which is vertically movable along a shaft 6. This shaft is rotated intermittently, and transmits, by means of a chain, a step-bystep motion to the support 5, through a distance equal to that between adjacent pairs of warp threads. Each pair of tongs comprises an outer cylindrical part 1 and a plunger 2, both having longitudinal slots in their operative ends. A sleeve 36, having two diametricallyopposite hooks 37, 38, is mounted on each pair of tongs. The rotation of each pair of tongs is effected by means of pinions 12 carried by a tube 10 provided with an internal key 11, which engages with the slots of the tongs ; the pinions are driven by a rack 14, to which motion is transmitted by chains 30 and segmental levers 28, 31 from a cam on a shaft 13. The longitudinal motion of the tongs is obtained by means of links 20, levers 19, 17, and cams mounted on the shaft 13. The pieces of thread to be knotted are carried by bands 33, comprising two parallel threads between which the threads to be knotted are held at certain distances apart. The bands travel beneath a roller d carried by a weighted lever e, which is oscillated by means of a bar f carried by a rocking shaft w. Knife-like pushers n are secured to reciprocating bars k attached to a bar 35, which is carried by pivoted arms 34, serving as guides for the bands 33. When the arms 34 move inwards, the pushers n push apart the warp threads in front of the tongs, which can then pass through the spaces thus formed, and seize the threads to be knotted. The arms 34 and bar 35 are actuated by the means described in Specification No. 12,334, A.U. 1901. During the movements of the parts of the tongs, the threads are first gripped at their central parts, and then held at the ends so as to form loops enclosing one of the warp threads. By suitably adjusting the initial positions of the sleeves 36 and tongs, so that during the knotting operations the sleeves and tongues rotate to a lesser or greater extent, the knotting-threads are caused to pass round the warp threads in the manner shown in Fig. A or Fig. B, of which the former shows a Persian knot, and the latter a Smyrna knot. The hooks 37, 38 engage with and hold one of the warp threads round which a knot is being made, and in the final stage of the knotting operations, the release from the hooks of this warp thread partially effects the twisting of the knotting-thread.
Patent GB-190121878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Time Switches.
Inventor: MORGAN EDWIN
Filed: 1901-10-30
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 21,878. Morgan, E. Oct. 30. Switches.-Relates to switches operated at predetermined times. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement for cutting in and out a maximum-demand indicator at certain times. A lever 4, carrying contacts 10, 11 adapted to dip in mercury cups, is pivoted below its centre, and is rocked by one or other of the electromagnets 8, 9 when energized. The arm also carries a contact-arm 15, which serves to break the circuit of the magnet which operates the lever and makes the circuit of the other ready for the next operation. In the position shown, the instrument 30 is cut out of the circuit. A disc 1 of insulating-material is driven by a clock movement, and carries a contact 25 adapted to complete the circuit from the terminal 26 through one or other of the brushes 24 or 23, which are set to make contact at the desired time, and one of the magnets 8, 9 to throw over the switch lever 4. At 2 is a disc rotating once in a week, preferably made of conducting-material but fitted with an insulating-portion 28, which serves to prevent the closing of the circuit on one day, say Sunday. Additional discs similar to 1 may be arranged in the circuit, and the switch may serve to cut in or out lamps, transformers, motors, &c. Several switches may be operated from one clock movement.
Patent GB-190122601-A (GB)
Title: Maturing Portland Cement.
Inventor: RIGBY JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 22,601. Rigby, J. S. Nov. 9. Cements. -Relates to processes for cooling a n d maturing Portland cement, the free calcium oxide present being either hydrated or converted into carbonate. The hot cement coming from the grinding- mills is cooled by passing it through an air- or waterjacketed helical conveyer. The cement is then treated with carbonic-acid gas obtained from the kilns, or from rotary furnaces, the gas being cooled o r moistened by passing it through towers filled with coke &c., through which water is constantly passing. The cement is subjected to the action of the gas in a tower, such as that shown in Fig. 1. The falling cement passes over inclined shelves b, which are pivoted at b<1> and are oscillated by means of a vertical rod d and cam e. A worm conveyer g carries away the treated cement. In a modified tower apparatus, the cement passes from shelf to shelf of a horizontally-arranged series, the shelves being swept by arms or scrapers fixed on a vertical shaft. The mixture of moistened atmospheric air and carbonic-acid gas may be passed directly into the mills, so as to act on the cement while it is being ground. The air and gas may be admitted to the hydrating-tower under pressure, the escape taking place through regulated valves. The cement may in this case pass through a perforated plate or cover swept by a scraper. Stive chambers collect the cement escaping with the air &c. The mixture of moistened air and gas may be used to transport the cement through a tube by suction from one bin to another.
Patent GB-190200921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Revolvers.
Inventor: TRESENREUTER GUSTAV
Filed: 1902-01-13
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 921. Tresenreuter, G. Jan. 13. Umbrellas and walking-sticks combined with smallarms; handles.-Relates to a revolver arranged in the handle of an umbrella or walking-stick. Fig. 2 shows the revolver with the parts in the position they occupy immediately after discharge, and Fig. 4 shows it when at the point of discharge. The rear part 1 is hinged at 4 to the front part 2, and the breech is opened by raising the rear part 1 so as to expose the cartridge cylinder 5. The trigger 11 has a rule-jointed connection with the lever 14, which is pivoted at 13. When the trigger is pressed towards the handle 3, the lever 14 is thrown back, and, acting through the lever 27, first carries back the firing-pin 28, at the same time compressing the spring 33, and then slips free of the lever 27, so as to release the firing-pin, whereupon the spring 33 carries such pin forward and discharges the revolver. The lever 14 carries a pawl 22 for rotating the cylinder 5, and the advance of the firing-pin is utilized to depress a lever which locks the cylinder against rotation at the instant of discharge. A lever 20 is pivoted at 19 to the stock, and is operated by the lever 14, so as to cause it to block the advance of the firing- pin 28 at all times except when the lever 14 is thrown back and the lever 20 consequently thrown forward.
Patent GB-190202042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Racquets, for Ping Pong Table Tennis, and like Games.
Inventor: GREENHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1902-01-25
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 2042. Greenham, G. Jan. 25. Battledores or racquets; balls.- Racquets &c. for table -tennis and like games are fitted with devices for picking-up balls. The striking - face of the racquet may be formed of gut, vellum, &c. The opposite f a c e is provided with longitudinal cords H, which pass over pins G or over projections on the frame, and are fixed by passing them through holes in the frame or by other means. The cords H are placed sufficiently near together to grip a ball J as shown.
Patent GB-190204863-A (GB)
Title: Appliances for the Consumption of Smoke in Furnaces.
Inventor: EISELE JOHANN
Filed: 1902-02-26
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 4863. Eisele, J., and Letzgus, A. Feb. 26. Firebars and grates.-For facilitating consumption of smoke, the ordinary horizontal grate a, shown as employed with a Cornish boiler, is provided with what is called a "top grate," consisting on each side, of a back frame b fitting the boiler, to which is secured, at each end, a right-angled triangular side piece b<1> having an inwardly-bent top portion b<2>. A number of thin plates care maintained at equal distances apart by fitting- pieces c', c<2>, c<3>, and secured to the end plates by a rod d.
Patent GB-190205754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Making Compoung Feeding Cakes in Blocks for Cattle Feeding
Inventor: KINNON JAMES M
Filed: 1902-03-08
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 5754. M'Kinnon, J. March 8. Moulding oilcakes.- Relates to a method of making oilcakes so that they will readily break up into small pieces suitable for feeding. A vertical press is employed having a removable top plate 14 and an hydraulic plunger 11. Plates 12 are inserted between each quantity of meal forming a cake. The plates 12 are made with longi- tudinal and transverse ribs or projections, which form recesses in the cake sufficient to enable it to be readily broken into pieces when removed from the press.
Patent GB-190207588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Furnaces.
Inventor: WEGENER CARL
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 7588. Wegener, C. March 29. Firebars and grates; mechanical stoking; air, supplying. - Relates to annular grates, and to underfeed, hydraulic stoking- mechanism for use in connection with them. The lower part of the wall of the furnace chamber is also constructed as a grate. The main grate is formed of radial firebars or segments 10, Figs. 1 and 3, forming a central cone around the mouth of the fuel feed pipe 12. Narrow, movable bars 11, with projecting ends, are placed between the bars or segments 10, to provide means for clearing the grate of clinker. The lower part of the furnace chamber is formed of removable s e g - ments 8, Fig. 1, or of vertical bars 17, Fig. 7. The segments 8 are held in grooves in brackets 7. The bars 17 are cooled by water, which trickles down them from a pipe 23. Figs. 8 and 10 are detail views of a single bar, showing the channels for the water. The fuel feed pipe 12 is of circular section at each end, the discharge end being slightly larger than the inlet end ; the intermediate portion, at the bend, is of elliptical section, the major axis of the ellipse being horizontal. The fuel is spread, as it issues from the tube, by the cone 15, into which the air-supply pipe 13 leads, and which has openings 14 for the discharge of air among the fuel. The hydraulic feed apparatus is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 13. The coal falls from the hopper 30 into the cylinder 31, whence it is pushed by the piston 32 into the feed pipe 12, Fig. 1. The piston carries the motor cylinder 33, which slides over the fixed plunger 34. Water under pressure is constantly supplied at 40, the return movement of the piston being produced by a counterweight 42, when the exhaust valve 46 is opened. The opening of the valve 46 is effected by the tumbling-lever 48, the forked end of which actuates a cam 50 to operate the lever 54. The tumbling-lever is thrown over by a tappet and catch rod 58, the hooked end of which is engaged by a tooth 59 on the cylinder 33. The hopper 30 has transverse slides, also operated automatically by the movement of the cylinder 33. These are opened by toggle links, and closed by springs, the toggle links being straightened out by connection with the rocking shaft 72, which is operated by a catch-piece 80 on the cylinder engaging the hooked end of the rod 79. This catch is disengaged, soon after the cylinder 33 has commenced its forward stroke, by the mechanism shown in Fig. 20, to allow the slides to close suddenly.
Patent GB-190211184-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Printing Warp Yarns
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 11,184. Schmidt, W. May 15. Printing yarns.-Relates to apparatus for printiny yarns, in which the colour is applied to the yarns stretched on a drum k, by a roller a which is journalled in a carriage w reciprocated under the drum by a band or cable attached at its ends to the carriage and passing over pulleys, one of which is driven alternately in opposite directions. The colour is distributed on the yarn by one of the distributers i, the distributer moving in rear of the roller a being the operative one. In the carriage is mounted a sliding rod d, carrying shackles f to which the ends of the driving-cable are attached. The shackles limit the movement of the rod in the carriage. On the rod d are sliding blocks g engaging levers h having arms h<1> which carry the distributers i. The blocks g are pressed by springs j, the force of which presses the distributer in action against the yarn. When the cable exerts its pull on either shackle f<1>, the rod d is moved, and the levers h at that end are operated to depress the leading distributer i, while the spring j at the other end presses the rear distributer up against the yarn. The distributers are thus reversed at each reversal of the movement of the carriage.
Patent GB-190211516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Electrically Operating Tools
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 11,516. Haddan, H. J., [Andrews, J. S., and Simpson, W. M.]. May 20. Drilling; sawing; filing-machines.- The core 9, Fig. 1, of a percussive hand tool, such as a drill, a saw, or a file, is reciprocated by means of two axially-aligned solenoids 5, 6, which are excited alternately. The solenoid sleeves 7, 8, the hammer-end 48 of the core, the guide-tube 47, and the connecting-cylinder 13 are made of some non-magnetic material such as phosphorbronze or aluminium. The solenoids are enclosed by iron discs 12, and perforated iron shields 10,11, which, together with the core 9, form two complete magnetic circuits. The core is provided with a stop 24, and one end is hollow, and contains the insulated contact-ring 27, in communication with one of the electric mains by means of the spring 53, the springs 44, 45 of a circuit-closer, and the plug 37 connected with the push-button 42. Inside the core are a fixed contact-piece 29, in circuit with the solenoid 6 by means of the spring 55 and the contact-piece 54, and another contact-piece 30, adjustable by means of the turn-cap 34 to limit the motion of the core, in circuit with the solenoid 5, by means of the springs 61, fixed to and insulated from the cylinder 13, the contact-pieces 62, 63, the spring 56, and the contact-piece 57. The motion of the tool-holder 20 is limited by the shoulder 50 of the cap 19, and the guide-tube 47. The contact-pieces 62, 63, 54, 57 are curved so that connections with the springs 61, 55, 56 are made without the cylinder 13 and the head-piece 17 being in any particular positions relatively to the shields 10, 11.
Patent GB-190214705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brakes for Cycles, Autocars, and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHAFFNER HENRY LOUIS
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1903-07-01
Abstract: 14,705. Schaffner, H. L. July 1. Brakes.-Relates to rim brakes for bicycles and motor cycles, applicable also for other vehicles. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the invention in connection with the front wheel d of a bicycle. The brake shoes m, in the form of fluted rollers adapted to engage with the wheel rim, are carried by pins l of the bent levers c, which are pivoted at H to clips on the front forks and extend upwards, one on each side of the wheel. The upper ends of the levers engage with rollers e on a cross-bar g, which is coupled by the rods j, h to the brake-actuating device on the handle-bar. When the crossbar is lowered, the levers, under the influence of the springs k, spread apart; when it is drawn upwards, they close together and apply the brake shoes to the rim. The upper end of the rod h is jointed to an arm o on a spindle p, which also carries an arm t, which is coupled by means of a link u and a bent lever v to a thumb-piece x, the spindle w of which is mounted in a clamp y on the handle-bar. A wing t<1> formed on the arm t permits of the brake being applied when the hand is at the middle of the handle-bar. A catch 2 on the thumb-piece x may be pressed into engagement with the rack z for the purpose of locking the brake. The rollers may be made adjustable along the cross-bar, for instance, by forming the pins on sleeves Which may be screwed along the. bar. In a modified arrangement, described in connection with a rear-wheel brake, the bar is pivoted to one of the levers, and engages the other by a cam surface and roller ; the lever spindles also turn on their supports, and carry short levers by which an additional pair of brake shoes may be supported.
Patent GB-190216218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Chairs.
Inventor: CLIFT ROBERT SMITH
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 16,218. Clift, R. S., and Stanton, W. P. July 21. Chairs.-Relates to portable folding chairs for use in travelling, in theatres, or concert halls, on board ship, &c. Two frames a, e, hinged together at r, have the adjoining edges of the cross-bars b,f bevelled. The seat j is hinged to a cross-bar i, connected to brackets s on the frame a. Backward extensions k of the seat have pins m engaging slots o in the frame e. The whole can fold as shown in section in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190219936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Differential Speed Gear for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: FLATRAUD ALBERT
Filed: 1902-09-12
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 19,936. Flatraud, A. Sept. 12. Driving-mechanism; clutches. - Relates to twospeed driving - mechanism, applicable either to the crank-axle or to the rearwheel hub of a bicycle. In the application to the crankaxle a shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a pinion b is mounted on the axle, and is in gear with a rigid crown-wheel c, which gears with teeth d inside the chain-wheel g. The crank k carries a crescent n, which holds the crown-wheel in engagement with the teeth d and pinion b, and the rollers r on the crown-wheel bear on the crescent. The pinion b has a prismatic extension, on which slides a clutch m adapted to be moved, by a handoperated lever on the bottom bracket, into engagement either with the fixed cup p or with the sleeveextension e of the chain - wheel, whereby the angular velocity of the chain-wheel can be made either less than or equal to that of the crank. In the application to a wheel hub, shown in Fig. 4, the pinion b is connected either to the rigid axle a or to the chain-wheel g by a clutch m, which is moved laterally by means of a hand-operated rod l. In a modification, the crown - wheel and crescent are replaced by a chain and roller respectively.