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Patent GB-190100420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Valve Gear.
Inventor: GARRELS WILLIAM LOUIS
Filed: 1901-01-07
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 420. Garrels, W. L., and Kimball, C. Jan. 7. Valve gear.-Relates to a duplex linkage gear in which the slide valves on each side of the engine are operated by an aggregate motion derived in part from the crosshead on the same side and in part from the crosshead on the opposite side of the engine. Fig. 1 shows one form of the gear in elevation, and Fig. 2 shows the same in sectional plan. The parts of the gear on one side of the engine are denoted by capital letters, and the corresponding parts on the other side of the engine by small letters. The valve rod A is operated by a floating lever C connected at one end through the rocking lever E to the crosshead G. By this means an invariable component of the travel of the valve equal to the lap and lead is imparted to the valve rod A. The other end of the floating lever C is connected by the rod I to a block K, which can be adjusted on the curved link L. The link is rocked by the crosshead on the other side of the engine. By adjusting the position of the block K by means of the lever P, the motion of the valve can be varied for altering the grade of expansion and for reversing. In the example shown, the pivots M, m on which the links L, l rock are concentric with and pass through the tubular sleeves of the lever E, e ; and the pivot M is connected with the lever e by a plate N, and the pivot m with the lever E by the plate n. The gears on the two sides of the engine may be adjusted simultaneously through the levers P, p by means of links Q, q and a set-lever R, shown in Fig. 6, or by a modified linkage in which the levers corresponding to P, are not centered at the same point. As applied to motor cars, the reversing- shaft U, Fig. 10, by which the lever R is adjusted, is actuated by a hand-lever V, on which is mounted a supplementary lever Y operated by a handle X for controlling the engine throttle valve. The' movement of the lever Y is communicated to the throttle valve by a link passing through the shaft U, which is mace in the form of a tube.
Patent GB-190103906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases Designed for Holding Charts and similar Articles.
Inventor: CARVER JACOB HENRY
Filed: 1901-02-23
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 3906. Carver, J. H. Feb 23. Charts.-Relates to a case for containing charts and similar articles. Fig. 2 shows a section. The chart is wound on the rollers D, D', contained in cylinders A, A', which are united by a web A' containing one or two windows C. The ends of the case are closed by caps having flanges b, b<1>, b<2>.
Patent GB-190103937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Stones for Lithographic Stones and the like.
Inventor: REUCHLIN OSCAR
Filed: 1901-02-23
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 3937. Reuchlin, O. Feb. 23. Lithographic stones, grinding and surfacing.- Grinding-tools for grinding and surfacing lithographic stones and the like are made of a mixture of fine emery and resin or like binding-material, and with grinding-surfaces having curved outlines or rounded corners ; and, in the case of large surfaces, the grinder is made hollow or recessed. Fig. 2.shows a solid tool having a round or oval grinding-face a, and Fig. 5 shows a hollow tool with a round or oval grinding ring or face d. Fig. 9 shows a large grinding-tool with rounded corners and perforations through it.
Patent GB-190107224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Covering Telegraph Cables and Wires with Lead or other Metallic Substance for Electric Purposes, or for Manufacturing Metallic Pipes or Tubes or like uses
Inventor: CLAREMONT ERNEST ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 7224. Claremont, E. A., and Stratton, J. April 6. Squirting.-Lead presses for armouring electric cables or conductors, forming pipes, and for similar purposes, are provided with a die b, adjustable by the hollow screw g, surrounded with a guide sheath c. The sheath, bevelled as shown at c<x>, forms a partial hoop round the die b and is adjustable by a hollow screw f. The sheath is provided with a guide stop e. The core or guide for the cable is shown at d.
Patent GB-190109823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Malting of Rice.
Inventor: SCHROTTKY EUGENE CHARLES
Filed: 1901-05-11
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 9823. Schrottky, E. C. May 11. Malt and malting.-Relates to the manufacture from rice of a malt suitable for the manufacture of beer, spirits, glucose, &c. The malting is effected in or below water at a temperature of from 35‹ to 38‹ C., the water after a time being run off in the evening, leaving the rice exposed to the action of air during the night, fresh water being introduced the next morning. This treatment is continued for from five to six days. By pumping air through the rice layer the periodical drawing off of the water may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190110341-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Independent Hot Water Radiator or Heating Stove.
Inventor: EWART JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-05-18
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 10,341. Ewart, J. W. May 18. Water - heaters, gas. - Relates to hot-water radiators or heating-stoves of the self - contained or independent type. The radiator a, as regards the central portion thereof, is of any usual form, having a filling-screw m. At one end is a boiler b, and at the other a water overflow receptacle k. The boiler consists of an outer sliell b and an inner flue e, across which pass a number of spirallyarranged inclined tubes g opening into the annular apace f. The space f communicates with the radiator by tubes. At the bottom of the boiler is a heating-device h, here shown as a gas burner, holes admitting the necessary supply of air. Any moisture that condenses out may be absorbed by fireclay or the like n. The tube k is closed at the bottom k<1>, but open to the atmosphere at the top. It is connected to the radiator by a narrow tube l reaching nearly to the bottom of the tube k. As the water in the radiator gets hotter it expands, and a portion of it passes to the bottom of the tube k ; as it gets cooler, it passes back again.
Patent GB-190114031-A (GB)
Title: Am Improved Device for use in the Manufacture of Sanitary Pipes, Chimney Pots and the like.
Inventor: ROBINSON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 14,031. Robinson, C. E., and Staley, J. July 10. Pottery.-Relates to a device for eradicating blebs or blisters in sanitary pipes, chimney pots, and the like, and for finishing the surface after the pipes have been made and before they are burnt. The device consists of the needles or prickers B connected to the sections C of a spring-controlled ring, the outer perforated ring A, the wedge-shaped expanding or operating device F, and the rubber ring J or smoothing-device. The expanding-device F is connected to the rod or rods G, which pass through the handle E. Stops K may be fixed on the rods G to limit the projection of the needles B. Each section C may carry more than one needle, if desired. According to the Provisional Specification, the apparatus, when adapted for use on the outside of a pipe, comprises a ring with needles, which is opened and placed on the pipe and is drawn up and down by suitable handles to eradicate the blisters, or a half-round form without a spring connection may be employed.
Patent GB-190119096-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Connection for Cycle Brake Rods.
Inventor: LEWIS WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 19,096. Lewis, W. H. Sept. 25. Brakes.-In the application to a front-wheel rim brake of the push-down type shown in Fig. 1, the lever a is connected to the brake rod c by a curved plate spring d, and is formed with a curved extension a<3> having a smaller radius of curvature than that of the spring d. A hooked arm g formed on the clip a<2> serves as a guide for the spring. On depressing the handle of the lever a, the spring is first drawn tight round the extension a<3>, before lifting, the brake rod thus gradually applying the power, and, on releasing the pressure, the spring returns the parts to the position shown. When applied to a pull-up lever, as shown in Fig. 5, the lever a is pivoted at a', and the spring d and a curved arm a<3> are secured in the position shown. In the application to a rear-wheel rim brake, shown in Fig. 7, the brake rod c is connected by a spring d to a lever a, pivoted at a', formed with a curved extension a<3> and actuated by a flexible connection f<2>, which passes round a pulley mounted on the lower bead lug, and is actuated by a lever pivoted to the handle-bar stem.
Patent GB-190122187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Couplings and Joints.
Inventor: BAND HENRY FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-11-04
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 22,187. Band, H. F. Nov. 4. Wire couplings and joints. - The vertical wire 1, which is slightly bent to receive the transverse wire 5, is secured to the wire 5 by a coupling - plate having a groove in which the wire 1 fits, and ears 2, 3 for engagement with both wires, as shown.
Patent GB-190124235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Treatment of Alloys
Inventor: KELLER CHARLES ALBERT
Filed: 1901-11-28
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 24,235. Keller, C. A. July 6, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Alloys are prepared in electric furnaces, pre- ferably by melting each metal in a separate fur- nace under the most favourable conditions, and then mixing in one of the furnaces. The process is also applicable for enriching certain alloys, par- ticularly for obtaining a rich ferro-silicon. It may be carried out by arranging an ordinary ferro-silicon (25 per cent. of silicon), silicon, and carbon in layers with the ferro-silicon on top ; the ferro- silicon melts and runs down, taking up silicon in its progress. Preferably the low-grade ferro-silicon is prepared in one furnace, and run into a second containing the silicon and carbon. The alloy may contain as much as 70 to 80 per cent. of silicon, and, being free from impurities, is useful in iron and steel manufacture.
Patent GB-190125418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ordnance.
Filed: 1901-12-12
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 25,418. Wise, W. L., [Skodawerke Akt.- Ges.]. Dec. 12. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to firing- gear. The firing-spring is arranged to be normally uncompressed, so that the trigger, upon being pulled, first cocks and then releases the hammer. In the form of construction shown in Fig. 1, the gun has a vertically-sliding wedge breech-block. The trigger j is pivoted to the axle k which carries the bell-crank lever h. The hammer a is provided with an operating-spring d and with two projections c, b. The lever h is acted upon by the spring f, and normally presses against the projection c, so as to keep the hammer slightly retracted, as shown. Upon the trigger being pulled, the lever h engages with the projection b, first withdrawing and then releasing the hammer. A safety device is obtained by cutting a slot 2 in the spindle n of the breechblock operating-lever m, in which slot a projection on the trigger j travels only when the breech-block is in locked position. In a modification, the spring f is arranged concentric with and around the hammer a. Fig. 7 shows the invention as applied to a gun provided with a screw breech-block, the parts being lettered as in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190200146-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Utilising Two Conductors and Earth for Transmitting a Number of Different Electrical Communications.
Inventor: JACOBS CHARLES MARK
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 146. Jacobs, C. M., and Nicholson, A. H. Jan. 2. Telegraphs; telephone systems; telegraph and telephone calls.-Relates to a selective system for calling on party-line working, or for sending a number of separate signals to a station, by placing at any station one or more sets or combinations of relays arranged between two lines and earth or a common return. The Provisional Specification refers to these multiple combinations at any receiving-station as applicable for printing- telegraphs. The apparatus consists of a series of keys k at the transmitting-station adapted to send by means of a common battery (circuit P N) + or - currents to either of two lines A, B or to earth E. Each separate receiving-station has its particular combination of relays to close the local communication circuit. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement when currents from A to E through relays m, n close the local circuit i, b.
Patent GB-190202439-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder or Suspender for Handkerchiefs and other like Articles
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1902-01-30
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 2439. Wilcox, T. Jan. 30. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel; pockethandkerchiefs. - Relates to an appliance serving as a holder or suspender for pocket-handkerchiefs and like articles, and consists of a coil of wire A between the turns of which the handkerchief &c. is held. It may have attached to it a chain D and hook E by which it is suspended from a belt or dress.
Patent GB-190207641-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Repairing Air Tubes in the Wheels of Cycles and other Rolling Stock.
Inventor: SQUIRE LEOPOLD ALFRED
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 7641. Squire, L. A. April 1. Tyres, pneumatic.- Before the ends of the air tube a are joined together to form an endless tube, a repairing-tube b of rubber or other material is threaded on, and is normally held in position by the valve-stem c. In case of puncture, a ring d, cut from the tube b, is slid over the puncture, and is preferably solutioned in position.
Patent GB-190212510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing, Bleaching, Treating with Mordants, Washing and Otherwise Treating Textile Materials.
Inventor: SCHIRP PAUL
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 12,510. Schirp, P. June 2. Yarns and threads, finishing; fibres, treating.- Relates to apparatus for dyeing, bleaching, treating with mordants, washing, or otherwise treating textile materials by circulating the liquid through them. A rectangular tub 1 is mounted on trunnions 9 in bearings on the heads of hydraulic rams 7 carried by a wheeled frame 3 so that it can be run over and lowered into the tank 5. A crank and spur gearing 12 is provided on one of toe ram heads to turn the tub, which may be held by a ratchet and pawl 15. Covers 18, 19 held by clamping bolts 22 close the end of the tub and are provided with sight windows 36. Perforated partitions 29, 30 are fixed in the middle of the tub, and movable perforated partitions 33 are placed under the covers, being pressed on to the material by springs 34. Liquid from the tank is circulated by a pump 17<a> and enters the tub through one trunnion 9, flows through the perforated partitions between which the material is placed, and finds an exit through the bottom valves 25 which are controlled by ratchet levers 26. In a modification shown in Fig. 5, the liquid is introduced under a perforated false bottom 57 and flows out through the perforated cover 64 when the tub is inverted and lowered into the tank. The cover in this form is held by cross-bars and clamping-screws 65, but the arrangements for lifting and turning are similar in each case.
Patent GB-190215203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fences and in Gates and Doors therefor.
Inventor: WORRALL ROBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1903-07-08
Abstract: 15,203. Worrall, R. J. July 8. Lifts, automatically operating well doors. Fig. 79 shows a method of operating vertically-sliding doors or gates 91 of a lift-well of a warehouse by means of projections or tappets coming in contact with angular projections or keys 58, 59 attached to cords, which pass round pulleys 92, and are attached to the gates and weights 93. One projection or tappet may act on two sets of keys 58, 59 attached to opposite sides of the cords in different planes so as to open the gates when the lift is moving either up or down. Fig. 80 shows a key 65 pivoted to a frame 62, which is attached to the operating-cord and is arranged to slide in a slotted channelled guide 66. When an arm of the key comes opposite to a slot 60 in the guide, the key is tilted, and the tappet passes on to the next key. Similar reversed keys, operated by the downward motion of the lift, are maintained in position by springs. The gates are closed by gravity, when released, and abrupt movement is prevented by the keys coming in contact with the tappets of the lift. The sliding frame may embrace the guide-rail, and may be fitted with friction rollers.
Patent GB-190215474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Securing the Handles of Brushes Brooms, or the like to their Stocks.
Inventor: CROOK JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-11
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 15,474. Crook, J. W. July 11. Spiked plates.-Relates to fastenings for the handles of brushes, hand tools, &c., and for mortise joints. The fastener consists of a strip of stoat metal 1, one end of which is bent at right-angles into one or more prongs 2. At the other end is a hole for a screw or nail 4. The strip may be indented, forming a raised rib 13 on the opposite face, or may be bow-shaped. Fig. 2 shows the application of the fastener to brushes. The fastener is first placed in position in the hole, and, when the handle 5 is driven in, the prongs 2 are driven home, the action being assisted by the rib 13. Fig. 3 shows the application of the fastener to hammers and like tools, and Fig. 4 to mortise joints. In the Provisional Specification, modifications are described, in one of which the strip is provided with prongs at both ends, and in the other the strip has a feathered edge, which feather becomes embedded in the wood of the handle.
Patent GB-190216832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Consuming Smoke in Furnaces
Inventor: DOEBBEL GUSTAV ADOLPH
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 16,832. Doebbel, G. A. July 29. Smoke-consuming.-Relates to means for consuming smoke in furnaces generally, and consists in placing burners in the flues leading to the chimney and in supplying compressed air behind the firebridge ; also in placing heat-retaining devices, consisting of gratings of iron or stone or of iron and stone combined, in the flues. Fig. 3 shows the invention as applied to a Cornish boiler. The burners a consist of a long tube f placed in a pipe e and containing a wick, which is supplied with oil from a small reservoir g. A hole is provided in the inner end of the pipe e for the flame to pass through. Perforated pipes c are placed in the ashpit for supplying compressed air to the fire, to compensate for the loss of draught caused by the air entering the flues through the pipes b. The air may be taken from a preliminary heating-chamber heated by waste steam passing through radiator pipes and built in the upper masonry of the boiler. In most cases, however, this chamber is dispensed with when the heat-retaining devices d are fitted. For coal-gas furnaces, the burners a are supplied with gas instead of with oil.
Patent GB-190217650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Obtaining Ammonia from Town's Refuse or other Nitrogenous Organic Matter by Means of Waste Heat from Refuse Destructor Furnaces.
Inventor: NAYLOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 17,650. Naylor, W. Aug. 12. Refuse, treating.-Relates to drying, and to the extraction of ammonia or ammonium salts from, towns' refuse or other nitrogenous material. The refuse, which is powdered and rendered alkaline, if necessary, is passed on a travelling conveyer, to and from which it is fed by hoppers having gas-tight lids, through an oven of suitable form, through which is led air previously heated by passing it through pipes arranged in the path of the hot furnace gases &c. Water is sprayed on to the heated refuse before it leaves the conveyer, and the ammonia given off is collected by passing the gases through any form of cooling- tower, condenser, scrubber, &c., or through a coke or plate tower containing weak acid. The gases are finally re-heated in tubes in the path of the furnace gases, and are fed to the destructor furnace. Sulphur dioxide may be mixed with the gases from the oven. The refuse which has been dried in the oven is charged into the destructor. The oven may also be heated by a jacket containing furnace gases.
Patent GB-190220476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change-speed Gear particularly applicable for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 20,476. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Rondet Schor et Cie.]. Sept. 19. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change-speed toothed gearing for general use, but particularly intended for motor vehicles. A number of hollow gear wheels b, c, d of different diameters, as shown in Fig. 1, are journalled on ball bearings e between vertical standards f, g, which also have central openings corresponding to those through the wheels. Motion can be communicated to any one of three wheels from the driving-shaft a, which passes through all the wheels and their standards and can be moved endways, by means of an expansible wedge device j. This is shown in section in Figs. 2 and 3. It consists of the curved wedgeplates j, mounted between discs k and stops m, n on the shaft a, and cams i carried by the shaft. When the shaft a is driven, the cams i tend to expand the wedges j and so to engage one or other of the pinions b, c, d, means being provided for shifting the shaft a so that the desired pinion is engaged. The pinions b, c, d give two speeds to the shaft t through the wheels r, s, and reverse motion through the wheels p, q.
Patent GB-190222299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust or Stife Collectors of Corn Milling and like Machines.
Inventor: THORNLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,299. Thornley, T. Oct. 14. Separating dust &c. from air.-A collector for removing dust and stive from the air in wheatcleaning, milling, and like machines, consists of one or more chambers 3 having scrolls into which the air is driven by a fan 1 along a pipe 2. The dust here settles and falls through the hoppers 5 and pipes 6 into the receptacles 7, while the air escapes through an outlet 8 communicating at the lower end with the central coil. The fall pipes 6 may be connected to a cross horizontal receiving- pipe provided with a revolving worm for conveying the dust to the discharge end.
Patent GB-190225012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Clock Cases and the like, also applicable to Pendulums.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 25,012. James, R. W., [Nathan, C.]. Nov. 14. Clock cases dials; pendulums.-Consists in employing flexible elastic material, such as lincrusta or linoleum, in the manufacture of clock cases and the like, and for making pendulum bobs. The front, back, and sides of a case are stamped o u t with suitable ornaments embossed thereon. The dial and the feet may be made in one piece with the case. A backing of linen, millboard, or the like may be employed. Pendulum bobs are stamped from the same material, with or without an ornamental embossed design.