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Patent GB-190213508-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Purifier
Inventor: DELMOULY ELOI
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 13,508. Delmouly, E. June 14. Feedwater, purifying.-Fig. 1 shows a section of the apparatus. The water to be treated is supplied by a pipe 1 to a multiple-way valve 3, by which it is distributed alternately to pockets 4, 5 of the two compartments 9, 10 of a tank A. The compartments 9, 10, when full, are discharged by siphons, or, in a modification, by overflow pipes, on to a double water wheel B, the movement of which is limited by stops so that it is turned alternately in opposite directions through a small angle. On the shaft of the wheel B are mounted the valve 3 and another multiple way valve for measuring the reagent from the tank 30. The valve 3, in addition to supplying the tank A, empties the pockets 4, 5 alternately into the lime tank 23. Fig. 3 shows one form of oscillating reagent-measurer, comprising two compartments 27,28. In a modification, the casing is oscillated on a fixed central plug, and, in another, the oscillating plug is replaced by a piston reciprocated from the water wheel shaft. The water mixes with the reagent in the chamber 12, and then flows down the central tube and up through openings 39 in the conical settling-plates 35. The openings 39 are arranged so as not to register with those immediately above and beneath them and open above the base of the next highest cone. The deposit is discharged through holes in the central tube, normally closed by rings 36 which can be raised by rods 37. In a modification, the deposit falls through spaces left between the cones and the central tube, and a double-conical chamber is fitted at the bottom of the central tube. In another modification, the liquid from the mixing-tank is supplied to the bottom of the settling-tank by an external tube, the central tube being dispensed with. The pipe 1 is controlled by a valve 2 operated by a float F.
Patent GB-190219162-A (GB)
Title: Photographic Printing Frame.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM GRAHAM
Filed: 1902-09-01
Granted: 1903-09-01
Abstract: 19,162. Wood, W. G. Sept. 1. Printing.-To obviate the use of borders in limiting the size of the print, longitudinal and transverse strips 2, 3 are used, which are provided with projections 5 engaging in grooves 4 in the frame 1 so as to be moved towards or from one another. The strips project beyond the frame to facilitate handling. Instead of the guide projections 5, the strips may have loops which move on rods in the grooves 4. The negative is received in the rabbet of a top frame 8 secured to the frame 1. For small negatives, a carrier may be used consisting of a frame having rabbets 11, 12, as shown in Fig. 6. The carrier holds a plate of plain glass on which the negative is laid.
Patent GB-190220907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines Actuated by Steam, Compressed Air or Gases.
Inventor: DAW ALBERT WILLIAMS
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 20,907. Daw, A. W., and Daw, Z. W. Sept. 25. Steam &c. turbines.-A turbine of the impact-wheel type driven by steam, air, or gas, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The turbine wheel 3 is formed of two similar discs, each having a ring of curved passages 1 adapted to co-operate with similar guidepassages 2, in the casing 7, this arrangement forming a duplex wheel. The passages 1, 2, Fig. 7, are inclined to the plane of the wheel, and form a spiral channel through which steam from the inlets 15 passes, the steam, after repeated expansion, reaching the exhaust 16. Some of the guide-channels are branched to allow for expansion, and to cut out some of the wheel passages. In a modification, the guidechannels are not branched, and the steam inlet contains a tubular valve, rotated from the driving- shaft, and producing an intermittent supply. of steam. The wheel passages may be fitted with partitions.
Patent GB-190226575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Copy Holders, for Typewriters and the like.
Inventor: SHOBERT FREDERIC CLARKE
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 26,575. Shobert, F. C., and Reno, M. H. Dec. 2. Copy-holders for type-writers and the like.-The base consists of a plate 1. approximately triangular in shape, and two walls 2, 3. The foot of a typowriting machine may be placed on the plate 1. A tubular standard 6 is attached to the base, and in it slides a bar 7 having the copy-holding plate 8 fixed on its upper end. The plate 8 overhangs the base-plate 1. On the plate are a front flange 8<1> forming a stop for one side of the copy, and rear flanges 5<1>, 6<1>, 7<1>. The copy is held on the plate 8 by a serrated bar 17 pivoted in an arm 18, pivoted on an arm 19 and pressed by a spring. The plate and copy are fed up step by step under a scale 49 pivoted in an arm 12, which is jointed to an arm 10<1> and pressed by a spring 51. The arm 10<1> extends from the upper end of the standard 6, and serves as a support for the back of the plate 8 as the latter moves over it. The copy-holder is fed up by depressing a key 26 adjustable in height on the part 24 of a lever 21 pivoted on a post 22. The part 24 is movable to vary the length of the lever, and is fixed by a set-screw 24'. A rod 28 pivoted to the rear end of the lever 21 and guided in a bracket 29 on the standard 6, carries a spring- pressed pawl 31 engaging teeth on the bar 7. A spring 37 returns the rod 28 to normal position. A detent pawl 33 is pivoted on the bracket 29, and is formed with a tail-piece 34 through which the rod 28 passes. A spring 35 is interposed between the bracket 29 and tail-piece 34. On lifting the end 24 of the key lever, the piece 30 on the rod 28 depresses the tail-piece 34 and disengages the pawl 33 from the teeth of the bar 7, and a projection 36 on the pawl 33 engages and lifts the pawl 31. The bar -7 and copy-holding plate are thus free to descend, and the downward movement is cushioned by the cylindrical end of the rod 7 moving as a piston in the tubular standard 6, a hole 46 being provided for escape of air. A means for supporting copies wider than the plate 8 is provided, consisting of rods 14 sliding in lugs in the back of the plate. The scale 49 is also extensible, having a part 50 sliding therein.
Patent GB-190227195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connection with Noble's Circular Combing Machines.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 27,195. Whitehead, J. H., Whitehead, A. R., and Layland, W. E. Dec. 10. Combing-machines.-In combing-machines of the Noble type, the pillars a, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying the top shaft b and dabbing-motions are arranged outside the small comb circles e in one of the angles between the small and large combs, thus facilitating the removal of the small combs when required. In one position, the noil-removing device is displaced, the noil being taken off the small combs by knives, inserted between the circular rows of teeth, and inclined downwards from the outside to the inside of the comb, so as to deliver it to shoots arranged in the centres of the combs. In the other position, the straightening- out bands are displaced, and the bands, which are driven by fluted rollers f, rub in parallel courses. The large circular count plate p is supported by ball bearings on a guide-plate o, carried by four pillars r from the plate n, which rests on quadrantal feet q and is formed with recesses for the shoots. The steam box s is cast separate from the plate o, being supported by strips or springs between flanges projecting from the plate. The ball bearing is lubricated by means of a bent pipe carrying an oil cup and passing down inside the large comb, and round below the plate o, terminating in a flattened end which is inserted in the ball grove. The dabbing-slide k, Fig. 5, works in a guide-box carried by a bracket j from the pillar a, and the dabbing-brush is attached angularly to the foot of the slide k by forming the foot circular, or by twisting it. The slide k is actuated from a shaft parallel to and driven from the shaft b, and the brush acts tangentially to both combs at their point of contact.
Patent GB-190313492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Swath Turners and Hay Collectors
Inventor: JARMAIN THOMAS MARTIN
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 13,492. Jarmain, T. M. June 16. Haymaking; rakes, horse.-Relates to a machine for turning swaths of hay, applicable also for collecting two swaths into a windrow. Reference is made to Specifications No. 20,795, A.D. 1894, No. 15,171, A.D. 1896, and No. 3630, A.D. 1902. The implement is provided with two turning- devices f, such as are described in the prior Specifications, and will act as a swath-turner or haycollector according to the relative positions of the two turning-devices f, which are mounted on shafts g carried, at their rear ends, in brackets supported on castor wheels i, and supported in front in brackets h adjustably pivoted on shafts k, from which the shafts g are driven by bevel gearing. The two shafts k are independent, and are mounted in bearings at each end, which can be moved and fixed in segmental guide ways b, o centered round the axles c of the travelling wheels. The shafts k are driven from the axles c by chain or other gearing mounted within hollow arms m, which also contain bearings for the shafts k and axles c. The position of the turning-devices is adjusted by swinging the shafts k into their extreme forward or rearward position, in which positions they may be secured by suitable locking- devices.
Patent GB-190313566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sluice Gates or Shutters for Water Ways.
Inventor: LONGWORTH DANIEL
Filed: 1903-06-17
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,566. Longworth, D. June 17. Sliding valves.-Consists in methods of balancing the forward pressure of the water on the sluice gates, shutters, or valves of reservoirs, weirs, and the like, and also in dispensing with the well or tower of the full height of the dam usually employed to enclose sluice gates. The gates are extended on either side and work upon plates against which they are forced by the water of the reservoir or other means; when a well or tower is used, the water is allowed to enter between the side extensions of the gates and the plates for the purpose of balancing the pressure. Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan of a gate formed of a number of horizontal sections, in which the plate c<1> forms the gate to close the sluice a, and the side extensions c<2>, c<3> work upon plates e, e<1> built upon the buttresses l, l<1> of the reservoir. Any water between the faces of the plates c<2>, e, c<3>, e<1> is allowed to escape by means of the passages c<6>, c<7>, and by means of other channels in the gate the water from the reservoir is admitted to the spaces b<4>, b<5>, so that it may act upon the backs of the plates c<2>, c<3>. Staunching-rods, some of which are shown at i, i<1>, i<2>, i<3>, are used for preventing leakage. Fig. 4 shows the arrangement in which a well or tower is employed. The plates e, e' are attached to the dam f, and the water from the reservoir is admitted to the spaces between the plates by passages c<8>, c<9> in the valve, the water being prevented from entering the spaces b<4>, b<5>. When back-pressure water of a pressure higher than that of the reservoir is used, the passages c<8>, c<9> are dispensed with, the water being led to the spaces by pipes or passages from the source.
Patent GB-190314598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor-driven Machine Tools.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,598. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. June 30. Lathes; electrically-actuated.-In an electricallydriven machine tool, in order that the cutting speed may remain constant and the torque decrease proportionally with the cutting radius, a compoundwound motor 3 is used in conjunction with a rheostat, the arm 7 of which is connected by a pinion 8, a rack, and levers 14, 16 with one of the two tool carriages F, G of the machine, a hollowspindled disc-cutting machine being shown. The arm 7 is connected with the feed-wire a, the ring c<1>, which has two continuous parts with intermediate resistance contacts, by a wire c with the field shunt circuit, the ring b<1>, which consists of resistance contacts and a continuous part, by a wire b with the field and armature series circuit, and the segment d', which consists of resistance contacts and a continuous part, by a wire d with the armature circuit. As the cutting radius decreases and the arm 7 moves counter-clockwise, the resistance of b<1> is gradually cut out, the circuit d is closed and its resistance d<1> gradually reduced, and then the resistance of c<1> is introduced. When the carriage F reaches a predetermined position, it engages a catch 21 and allows the pivoted bearing 19 of the worm-shaft J to drop, throwing the feed out of gear.
Patent GB-190316301-A (GB)
Title: Building Blocks or Slabs.
Inventor: LAMBERT ALBERT MAURICE
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 16,301. Lambert, A. M. July 23. Building - blocks and slabs.-Blocks and slabs for partition walls &c, are made with arched oval-rounded grooves a in the edges to receive grouting or cement, and may be laid diagonally, or so as to break joint and form cement keys of equal strength throughout, as shown in Fig. 3. The grooves may be serrated or roughened to key with the cement.
Patent GB-190320216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Explosives or Blasting Compositions.
Inventor: BIEDEFELDT MAX
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 20,216. Bielefeldt, M. Sept. 19. Explosives.-Potassium perchlorate, instead of sodium chloride, is used in safety blasting- compositions.
Patent GB-190321146-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Jointing and Laying Flags for Machinery Shed Floors
Inventor: FLETCHER RICHARD
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 21,146. Fletcher, R. Oct. 2. Looms, securing to floors.-The flags to which looms &c. are bolted are arranged as shown by dotted lines in the Figure, so that four looms, shown by full lines, are bolted to one flag. This arrangement reduces vibration, and avoids straight joints in the alleys.
Patent GB-190323378-A (GB)
Title: Segregating Machine or Apparatus for Pressing Dividing and Cutting up Pulpy or Plastic Materials such as Food Substances or for the like purposes.
Inventor: IVESON ALBERT ERNEST
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 23,378. Iveson, A. E., and Wilson, A. R. Oct. 28. Moulding food preparations, food for animals, &c.-Relates to apparatus for pressing, dividing, and cutting-up human and ammal food substances and other pulpy or plastic material, the process being similar to that described in Specifications Nos. 24,849 and 24,850, A.D. 1901, and No. 9148, A.D. 1903. Four cylinders A, Fig. 1, two only of which are shown, are mounted in pairs on trunnions and counterbalanced at the rear by weights connected by levers and rods H<1> to a bar H raised by the piston-rods, so that the cylinders are tilted automatically for re-charging. The pistons are operated by their screwed rods working in nuts in the spur-wheels A<4> driven by a vertical shaft G' from reversible clutches F. The bottom of each cylinder is perforated and fitted with a reciprocating or rotary bar or cutter B<1>, Fig. 4, connected by flat springs B' to a bevel-wheel B<3> driven by a belt D<1>, Fig. 1, from a reversible countershaft D<3>. The gearing operating the plungers is reversed automatically by a tappet-rod connected by rods H<4> to the beams H, and also by a slotted bar K<7> actuated by screw-and-nut mechanism K<4>, K<5> driven by reversible belt gearing J<4> controlled by a bell crank J<1> and rod J in the path of a piston. The speed of the plungers may be accelerated on the up-stroke.
Patent GB-190323647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps
Inventor: MCLAUGHLIN JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-31
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 23,647. McLaughlin, J. Oct. 31. Globes and holders therefor.-The single and medium-sized globe of an enclosed arc lamp is secured to the plate 18 by screws 38 in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and an outwardly opening valve 41 prevents any excess of pressure.
Patent GB-190328699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Telegraphy.
Inventor: RUGH HARRY O
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 28,699. Rugh, H. O. Dec. 30. Telegraphs.-Combined duplex systems, in which direct-current stations are protected by choking- coils, and alternating-current stations by condensers and a relay containing a vibratory contact-element. Transmitting and receiving apparatus for direct currents are shown at 2, Fig. 1, and the like for alternating-currents at 3. The former consists of a battery 10, sending-key 11, choking-coil 13, and relay 9 operating a receiving-sounder 12 in a local circuit. Intermediate stations of this type are placed as shunts across condensers in the line-wire. Alternating currents will pass by the wire 15 and condenser 16 to the relay 17, which has a permanent magnet 18 and an armature of soft iron, in the form of a disc 19, Fig. 2, pivoted at its upper end and normally completing the local circuit of a receiver by contacting with a spring-held arm 21 possessing inertia. Continuous currents will not break this contact, but alternating currents will break the circuit of the battery 25 and relay 26, thereby actuating the sounder 29. Current is supplied from an alternator 33 to the sending-key 36, whence part goes to the wire 15 through the variable impedance 39, which may be inductance or capacity, the other part passing to this wire through the relay 17 in order to give the message on the sounder at the sending-station. Normally the sending-key earths the relay 17. The generator may be replaced by leads conveying alternating current.
Patent GB-190404371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Preservation of Potatoes and other Root Crops
Inventor: HOLTZ GEORG
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4371. Holtz, G. Feb. 22. Preserving potatoes &c. -In order to preserve potatoes and other root crops in stacks, two short pipes are built into the stack, being supported by annular plates at the bottoms and held in position by the covering of earth. Air is blown down one pipe and escapes by the other.
Patent GB-190405778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 5778. Cloud, J. W. March 9. Steam &c. turbines.-An impactwheel 1, Figs. 2 and 3, has peripheral semicircular recesses 2 which are acted on by jets from nozzles 3. Each nozzle is followed by a series of separate chambers 9 formed in a set of rings 7, and each chamber has a receiving - passage and a nozzle so that the driving fluid is caused to impinge repeatedly on the wheel. Soft-metal packing-strips 13 are inserted in grooves in the casing, and, by tightening the casing bolts, the chamfered edges of the rings 7 force the strips on to the rim of the wheel. The turbine casing may be mounted on bearings on the shaft, but is prevented from rotating so that it follows distortional movements of the wheel. In a modification, the jets impinge centrally on the buckets instead of at one side, and the chambers are correspondingly modified. Another modification has a drum with rows of recesses surrounded by rows of chambers, and a central inlet admits steam which impinges repeatedly on the drum recesses as it moves towards the ends of the drum. A reversible drum tubine has a drum 22 on a shaft 16. and both sides of the drum have recesses 2 inclined in opposite directions, while corresponding sets of chambers 9 are formed in the rings 7.
Patent GB-190406293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Feeds for Rock-drilling Machines.
Inventor: DICKINSON EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6293. Dickinson, E. March 15. Rock drills.- Ball bearings are interposed between the barrel and the socket of a rock drill in order to reduce friction and wear. A socket b, provided with a pivoted claw foot c, is formed with a clip band b<1> which may be caused by means of a screw d to grip a shank e formed on the rear end of a ratchet barrel a. The end of the shank e is formed with a ball race between which and a corresponding ball race formed on the socket b balls f are placed, the socket b being rotatably attached to the shank e by means of a screw g which projects into an annular groove e<1> formed in the shank e.
Patent GB-190410062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Navigable Aerial Machines.
Inventor: GLENDINNING WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 10,062. Glendinning, W. May 2. AÙrial machines with aÙrostats ; propelling and steering.-In order to regulate the altitude of the air ship, air is pumped into or exhausted from chambers c at the front and rear of the aÙrostat. In the arrangement shown, a centrifugal pump e is provided for this purpose. The pump may also be used for filling the aÙrostat with gas by means of a pipe l. When the machine is to ascend, air from the chambers c is either exhausted by the pump or is allowed to escape through a valve o. A safety-valve is fitted to the aÙrostat at m, and openings with valves are provided at n to permit air to flow into the aÙrostat below the gas. Propellers j, k may be fitted at the front, back, and sides of the machine.
Patent GB-190413943-A (GB)
Title: An Attachment for "T" Squares.
Inventor: HOLT BERNARD MOLINEUX
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 13,943. Holt, B. M. June 20. Squares.-Relates to an attachment for holding the head of a T-square closely against the edge of the drawing-board. To the free end of the blade d is secured a cylinder a serving as a guide for a rod i carrying a frame m to which a wheel k is pivoted. This wheel is held against the edge of the drawing- board by a spring j acting between the cylinder end a<1> and a sliding block f, which engages a guidegroove h in the cylinder and is clamped to the rod i by a screw n.