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Patent GB-190202470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving Aprons.
Inventor: HOLDING THOMAS HIRAM
Filed: 1902-01-30
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 2470. Holding, T. H. Jan. 30. Waterproof aprons.-Relates to driving-aprons particularly adapted for wear by automobilists. Fig. 1 shows the front, and Fig. 2 the rear, of the apron. The apron is fastened by straps b, b<1> furnished respectively with a buckle and eyelets. When the apron is worn by one person the strap b<1> is passed twice around the wearer's body and through the slit c before it is fastened to the strap b. The apron may be supported at front by passing the straps through a loop c<1>. When the apron is worn by two persons, the strap b<1> is passed round one person's back and under the loop d before it is fastened to the strap b. Pointed projections a' are formed on each side of the apron and are fastened together, When worn by one person, it may be fastened round each leg so as to serve as an overall, the buttonholes g being fastened to the buttons g'.
Patent GB-190208548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switch Fuses.
Inventor: BERRY HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-12
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 8548. Berry, H. H., Simon, P. F. W., and Skinner, E. April 12. Cut-outs; switches.-Relates to a combined fusible cut-out and quick-break switch. The fuse is fitted in a recess in an insulating-block A, Fig. 4, and clamped to terminals or contacts b, b<1>. The base e, Fig. 1, is grooved and fitted with spring contacts p, p<1> adapted to receive the contacts b, b<1>. An indicator j held up by the fuse wire may be fitted in the block A. The block or carrier A forms the moving contact-lever or bridge of the switch. In the double-pole switch shown in Fig. 7, two carriers are connected by a rod secured to a lever r pivoted to a bracket s. The operating-handle is connected to the lever r by a spring t which gives a quick break when the lever has been started by the engagement of the heel-piece r'. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the handle is connected to the moving front A of the casing, the fuse-carrier c being fitted with contacts e engaging with the contacts e' on the base. Fig. 12 shows another form, the quick break being given by a spring K. In the form shown in Fig. 14, the spring is enclosed within a telescopic handle. In another form, a combination of links gives a parallel motion.
Patent GB-190209973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Couplers.
Inventor: MASON STEPHEN CHAPMAN
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 9973. Mason, S. C. Nov. 16, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gouplings, automatic and non-automatic.-Relates to means for connecting couplings of the ordinary link type to those of the Janney type, although the couplings may vary in height. The clevis 1 has a number of notches 2, and its arms 4 have lugs 8 projecting inwardly behind the knuckle 7 to which the arms are pivoted.
Patent GB-190211384-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Illuminated Bicycle
Inventor: PROVEANIE ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-05-17
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 11,384. Proveanie, A. May 17 Bicycles; lighting by electricity, arrangements for. -Relates to means for illuminating a bicycle by means of electricity. Cross-arms a, mounted on the axles of the wheels and driven in the reverse direction to the wheels, either by suitable bevel gearing a<7>, or by a crossed belt a<2> connecting a pulley a<3> on the crank axle to the boss of the arms, are fitted with vacuum tubes b and glow lamps the wires x<1>, Fig. 2, from which are connected by a suitable switch, comprising, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, springs y, z bearing on insulated rings i, j. The springs are connected by wires x to suitable sources of electricity, such as batteries f. Glow lamps c are also arranged on the frame and on the wheel rims. The rims are also fitted with knobs &c. e from which sparks pass to brushes &c. d on the forks as the wheels rotate. Suitable switches g are fitted on the handle-bar.
Patent GB-190215657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding and Pulverizing Mills
Inventor: KONEGEN JULIUS
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 15,657. Konegen, J. July 14. Ball mills. - The balls are supported upon, and receive their motion from, a rotary dish a. The grinding- surface b is formed with a straight or curved face. The balls have ouly a single point of contact with the dish a and with the surface b.
Patent GB-190218504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Passenger Elevators and Conveyors.
Inventor: ADKINS BENJAMIN RATCLIFFE
Filed: 1902-08-22
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 18,504. Adkins, B. R., and Lewis, W. Y. Aug. 22. Lifts ; conveyers.- Relates to passenger elevators and conveyers of the continuous-stairway type, the main feature being that the treads, which are to a large extent independent, are driven, by screw shafts o f variable pitch or otherwise, so as to leave the starting- floor and reach the landing - place at a low speed while traversing the intermediate space at a relatively-high speed. Fig. 3 shows the lower, and Fig. 4 the upper, end of an inclined stairway. The treads g are hinged at their rear endsj to frames m, guided by two pairs of wheels n running in tracks o, and engaging by means of rollers q with the threads b of two parallel screw shafts. The threads b are of slow pitch at and near the starting and landing places, but of quick pitch in between. The varying spaces between the treads thus caused are closed by risers 4 hinged to the frames m at j, the riser of one frame resting on the front crossbar of the frame below it. The treads and risers are both composed of slats separated by the width of a slat, and can thus interpenetrate. At the upper landing, auxiliary rollers r at the end of the treads engage in tracks, and thus turn the treads so as to come into the plane of the landing v. Fingers u of the landing project between the slats of the treads as these last reach the landing and turn down thereunder, so that a passenger will be left supported on the stationary fingers u. At the starting-floor w, Fig. 3, tracks x turn the treads, so that they emerge from under the floor in a position parallel to the screw shaft, thus preventing gaps between the floor and treads. The frames m are kept in a horizontal position during their upward travel by the tracks o, and the treads may be further independently retained in this position, by the engagement of the rollers r in continuation of the tracks x parallel to the screw shafts. The return run of the tracks o is joined to the upward run by semicircular parts. The motion of the treads along the level after they have passed beyond the screws, is obtained by those in the rear pushing the ones in front. The remainder of their return journey is effected by gravity, or, if the incline is insufficient, the frames form themselves into a chain by means of hooks 6 on the risers, and are pulled along. Below the starting- floor, the threads b are of quick pitch, and as each tread emerges above the floor, the frame m next below it is pulled into engagement with the thread by the hooks 6. Fixed banisters 2 are fitted close to the ends of the treads, and at the ends of the treads, outside the banisters, are handles 3. Two electric motors may be provided to drive the screw shafts, one being used for light loads and both for heavy loads.
Patent GB-190225472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: RICHARDSON SAM THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 25,472. Richardson, S. T., and Price, R. Nov. 20. Ty r e s, pneumatic.-I n t h e manufacture of single - tube pneumatic tyres, the canvasstrengthened india-rubber airtube part a, and the tread part b, both in the green state, are laid in a mould, made in two halves, and compressed by forcing the two halves of the mould together, and by inflating the air tube ; the tyre is then vulcanized in the mould while the air pressure is maintained. By this process the tread part is securely fixed to the tube.
Patent GB-190305604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Slide Valves for Steam Engines and the like.
Inventor: NUTTER SIDNEY HERBERT
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5604. Natter, S. H. March 10. Slide valves for steam, compressed-air, and like engines consist of two cylindrical porttons a, b, one having. a rectangular projection working on ,the cylinder face, and the other, b, bearing against the back or cover of the valve-chest. The two parts are pressed outwards by a pair of concentric spring rings h. Steam or the like is admitted to the centre of the valve through the passage i, and enters the cylinder through the port f, finally exhausting through the port g. Modifications may be used in which the portion a of the valve is made in more than one piece, and in which steam or the like enters the centre of the valve from a port situated between the cylinder admission ports ; or the motive fluid may enter the cylinder purts outside the valve, exhausting through the centre of a valve to a port between the cylinder admission ports. In this case, the spring ring is arranged outside the upper portion of the valve.
Patent GB-190306088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Winding Clocks.
Inventor: OEHMIGEN KARL GEORG
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1904-03-16
Abstract: 6088. Oehmigen, K. G. March 16. Winding-mechan - ism for springs. The spring of the going - train being in a barrel 1, which turns on a fixed arbor and has a ratchet-wheel connection with the first wheel of the train, a pulleytackle 9 is connected to the barrel by a band, and is actuated by an electromotor 10, the movable pulley-block operating an electric switch 14 at each end of its travel. The spring of the striking-train is similarly wound by a duplicate tackle.
Patent GB-190309814-A (GB)
Title: An Instrument for the Application of Shaving Cream or the like
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 9814. Mills, B. J. B., [Damiam, C., and Gandolphe, E.]. April 30. Shaving - appliances. -Relates to an instrument for applying shaving - cream. The cream is contained in a cylindrical vessel a open at one end and having a narrow portion at the other end terminating in a mushroom-shaped head b with one or more ducts, which can be closed by the screwstopper h. The cream is forced out of the container by a piston c attached to the sliding cap e.
Patent GB-190309860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Pattern Mechanism of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: DUNCAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 9860. Duncan, A. May 1. Jacquards; loom dobbies.-In order to ensure that the pattern barrel B' shall engage with the needle board N squarely in the manner desired, a spring arm J is pivoted to an adjustable bracket A on the rising and falling griffe, so that, if the pattern barrel is moved towards the needle board in a position otherwise than square, one of the angles thereof will be caught by the end of the arm J, and, as the griffe descends, the barrel will be turned into the correct position. Round the barrel is placed a metal band H, with which the end of the arm J engages.
Patent GB-190311488-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clamp for Dental Work.
Inventor: SLOANE GEORGE GREENSHIELDS
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 11,488. Sloane, G. G. May 20. Stamping.-Relates to a clamp for use in striking dental plates. The die J, formed in the usual manner, is placed on a base A having turned-up points B fitted with adjusting-screws P. The plate to be struck is placed upon the die and held in position by a rod H which is secured in a socket G having a clamping-screw K. The socket is carried by a bar F hinged to the base A and bestridden by a stirrup-piece M fitted with a screw O. The screw bears upon a block L which is capable of sliding on the bar F. The action of the screw is to force the rod H against. the plate resting on the die.
Patent GB-190312120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Disazo Colouring Matters.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 12,120. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co.]. May 27. Dyes, artificial.-Primary azo dyes from the periamidonaphthol sulphonic acids in aqueous solutions, such as amidonaphthol disulphonic acids K, H, B and the amidonaphthol monosulphonic acid S, are treated with an alkaline reducing-agent, such as sodium sulphide or grape sugar, forming new colouring-matters of greater intensity and of greener shade than the original colouring-matter. These products are especially suitable for printing wool. In an example, pure p-nitraniline amidonaphthol disulphonic acid K aniline dye is dissolved in hot water, and the solution cooled and mixed with crystallized sodium sulphide or a polysulphide. The product is salted out, pressed, and dried. The solution is blue-green, turning to blue on adding acid, and to violet on adding alkali. It dyes wool green-black shades in an acid bath. The production may be combined with the production of the corresponding diazo colouring-matter. Other arnidonaphthol sulphonic acids may be used, the colouring-matter from the H acid being yellower. In another example, acetyl-p-phenylenediamine-K- acid aniline dye is boiled with dilute caustic soda lye, or with dilute acid, the product neutralized, and the colouring-matter salted out as usual. Colouring-matters from other amidonaphthol sulphonic acids are similarly treated. The isolation of the primary colouring-matter is not necessary In another example, p-amidobenzolazo-amidonaphthol disulphonic-K-acid is dissolved in dilute soda, and a solution of aniline diazo compound added. After combination, the mass is heated, and the colouring-matter salted out.
Patent GB-190315689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Dust from Carpets and other Fabrics.
Inventor: THURMAN JOHN STROTHER
Filed: 1903-07-15
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 15,689. Thurman, J. S. Nov. 12, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Carpets and the like, cleaning; cleaning fabrics. -Relates to an apparatus which is run over the carpet &c. so as to blow the dust into a receiver, and which operates when moved either backwards or forwards. A is a chamber having a nozzle B, for the reception of a hose, through which air is blown. The nozzle is connected to side passages 2 so that the air enters a passage 3 reaching from one side to the other of the chamber. Below the passage 3 is a long plug cock having a cylindrical plug 7, the ends of which carry levers connected to the handle 22 for manipulating the cleaner. The plug delivers the air into either of the passages 15, 16, the outlets of which can be adjusted by a movable block 18, and are adjacent to the dustdischarge orifices B'. These lead to the interior of the chamber A, and are covered by flap valves C, above which dust deflectors D are fixed. When the handle 22 is pushed or pulled so as to move the apparatus, the plug 7 is automatically turned by the levers so as to deliver the blast of air in the direction of motion. The cock may also be used for a suction apparatus.
Patent GB-190323710-A (GB)
Title: A Cleaner for Knives & other Articles
Inventor: PORTER HENRY ALFRED
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 23,710. Porter, H. A. Nov. 2. Knives &c., cleaning and polishing. - Knives and other metal articles are cleaned with brickdnst or emery, by rubbing them with a flat circular piece of cork A which has rounded sides, and which is fixed by glue or cement t o a wooden handle B.
Patent GB-190324496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Temperature Regulators for Cooling, Heating, and like Apparatus.
Inventor: TEMPLE GEORGE THEODORE
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 24,496. Temple, G. T., and McRae, J. Nov. 11. Heating-apparatus. - Storage chambers in which articles are to be heated or cooled are provided with louvres arranged in series at the tops and may also have ports or apertures in the bottoms, so that the amount of hot or cold air introduced may be regulated, external temperature indicators being provided so that any desired temperature may be maintained. The Figure shows a chamber with double valls a<1>, a<2>, divided into boxes or cubicles each provided with louvres, temperature indicators, ports, and with rotary or other goods-carrying vessels d. The roof of the chamber is preferably inclined and has a covering of insulating-material. In its upper part is a fan h which circulates the air, and under a grating g in the upper part are drums j containing a heating or cooling medium ; or coils, pipes, or other arrangements may be used. The louvres k over each box are connected together and operated from outside by levers l, which are held in place by means of quadrants m with notch pins or other catches. Trays or pans n are provided below the drums j to receive condensation products falling from the drums. The double walls are partly filled with slagwool or other insulator, and serve also for air circulation, which is further regulated by the baffle q.
Patent GB-190409517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulators for Overhead Electric Conductors.
Inventor: RICHARDSON ABRAHAM
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 9517. Richardson, A., Heap, J., Heap, H., Bailey, J., Brierley, T., and Billington, R. April 26. Insulators for overhead electric conductors are constructed of two metal parts, one formed with a stirrup a and the other with a crosshead b, which can be interlocked as shown in Fig. 3. These metallic parts are separated from one another by insulating-material C, which may be hard inside and soft outside, as indicated in Fig. 1, and eyes or shackles e are also provided to give facilities for adjustment without using a separate device for this purpose. The Provisional Specification describes the interlocking ends as being furnished with crossheads, discs, or plates which are connected by insulated bolts or the like.
Patent GB-190416434-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical Corkscrew.
Inventor: ECKBLAD EDVARD
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 16,434. Eckblad, E. Aug. 1, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cork-drawers.-Relates to cork-drawers of the type in which the cork is drawn by one revolution of a handle and released from the corkscrew by a second revolution in the opposite direction. A shaft b is journalled in bearings in a casing, and has fixed to it an arm e, a pinion d, and also, outside the casing, a handle a by which it may be rotated. On the shaft is loosely mounted a spurwheel c, which gears with a wheel k, the latter rotating in bearings in the casing. When the handle is moved, the pinion d depresses a rack h. The rack has a projection at its base in which swivels one end of a spindle j, the spindle also passing through, and having a splined connection with, the pinion k, The spindle, together with a corkscrew l fixed to the spindle, is thus moved downwards on to the cork. Further movement of the handle causes the arm e to engage with a projection f on the wheel c, moving the letter, the wheel c at the same time rotating the wheel k. The corkscrew is thus fully driven into the cork. Rotation of the shaft b in the opposite direction first raises the cork directly out of the bottle, and then, when the arm e butts against a projection g on the wheel c, causes a reverse rotation of the wheel k and spindle j, the cork being thus rotated off the corkscrew.
Patent GB-190416472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Harness Hames and Traces.
Inventor: MORRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,472. Morrison, G. July 26. Hooks.-A spring hook for connecting traces to harness hames consists of a hollow, tapering casing A with an eye a at the narrow end pivoted to the hames. Blocks C of india-rubber are placed in the casing to serve as a spring cushioning when strain is brought to bear on the trace hook B<1>.
Patent GB-190418085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread Clearers used in Winding Machines,
Inventor: RATHGEBER CARL
Filed: 1904-08-20
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 18,085. Rathgeber, C., [trading as Roscher (Nachfolger), C. A.]. Aug. 20. Winding-machines; yarns and threads, clearing. -The space between the plates a, b, through which the yarn or thread passes, is regulated by means of a thumb-screw k which is mounted between two lugs f on the supporting-plate f, and engages with a downwardly-projecting eye, forming part of a bolt t attached to the movable plate a. The plate is made to move parallel to its length by means of bolts or studs h fixed to the plate f and engaging with slots g formed in the plate a. In a modified form, the adjusting thumb-screw is placed so as to move the plate a in the direction of its length and the slots g are inclined so as to cause it to move simultaneously towards or from the plate b.
Patent GB-190422939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: GRIEVE THOMAS SCOTT
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 22,939. Grieve, T. S. Oct. 25. Circular knitting-machines.-Relates to patterncontrolled splicing and thread-severing apparatus applicable more particularly to the superposedcylinder type of machine. The splicing-thread 5 and main thread 8 travel together from a rotating gear-driven guide 44, Fig. 4, down to a feeder 4 on the rotating cam carrier, and by these means the threads are twisted together and their mutual adhesion is increased. The thread 5 first passes across the arms of a horse-shoe, between which a slack loop can be drawn by a lever thread-eye which is depressed, at the end of each splicing operation, by pattern studs or dogs. The thread 5 then passes down along a vertical channelled piece 6, Fig. 2, moved towards the main thread by a pattern-controlled bell-crank arm 9 and limited in movement by a slot 6<c> and studs 6<a>. The thread 5 proceeds between the jaws 18, Fig. 5, of a cutter, the movable cutting-arm 18 of which can be provided with a plate 31 for clipping the cut end of the thread 5, or the thread can be nipped between and round the edges of the blades. The blade arm 21 is held and operated by a wire loop 22 on a bell-crank lever 23, the pivot 24 of which can be lifted by pattern -controlled intermediate means. When this is done, a cam 32 on the revolving guide 44 rocks the lever 23 and cuts out the thread 5. To free the latter again, the lever 23 is drawn back by a patterncontrolled link 27. The main thread 8, Fig. 5, travels outside the shear blade 18 and is unaffected by its movement.
Patent GB-190426072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Head Coverings.
Inventor: KOLLER HERMANN
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 26,072. Koller, H. Dec. 16; A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Cements.-For bats and other head coverings consisting of a celluloid shape with a covering of soft material such as felt, leather or the like fastened thereto, a cement is used consisting of a solution of celluloid in amyl acetate or in acetone.
Patent GB-190501101-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Brushing Apparatus for Automatically Sweeping Sewage Screens.
Inventor: HOWATSON ERNEST HODGSON
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 1101. Kowatson, E. H. Jan. 20. Sewage and foul waters, threating; straining.- A cleansing brush 7 is inter mittently drawn over the surface of a sewage strainer 3 by the alternate action of a weight 17 and a tipping- tank 22, which is filled by a cock 26 in connexion with the tank 1. When the tipper is full, it descends and draws by means of two cords 19 the brush 7 across the strainer, the sludge being carried off by the trough 4. Each cord is attached at its ends to an arm 11 on the brush, and to a fixed hook 23, and passes over pulleys 20, 21. At the bottom of its descent the tank is emptied and the brush is drawn over the strainer by the action of the weight 17, which is connected by cords 12 passing over pulleys. The ends of the cords are attached to arms 10 and fixed hooks 18. The pulleys 13 are placed below the arms 10 so that the brush is raised during the return motion.