baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-190015108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: DARGUE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-08-24
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 15,108. Dargue, W. H. Aug. 24. Acetylene.-Relates to apparatus in which the supply of water to the carbide is automatically regulated. The carbide is contained in one or more generating-chambers C, which pass through the tank A containing the gas holder B, and are fitted with a door at one or both ends. The pipe D serves both for admission of water to the generator and for passage of the gas from the generator to the holder. The supply of water is controlled by a weighted cap F, which normally covers the opening d in the pipe D. When the holder descends, a cross - piece b<1> on a weighted cord b depending from the holder engages the lever g, from which the cap F is suspended, and raises the cap above the opening d so as to admit water to the generator. It is preferred to use also a pipe E for conducting the gas into the holder. Modifications are referred to in which the pipe D is placed in or connected with a separate water tank, and in which equivalent devices are substituted for the cap F.
Patent GB-190020440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Tooth and other Powders
Inventor: BREWER GRIFFITH
Filed: 1900-11-13
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 20,440. Brewer, G., [Hall, W. H.]. Nov. 13. Boxes, contents of, delivering ; powder distributers. - Boxes for tooth and other powders are formed with a cap C having a flange 3 which fits within the neck 1 of the box, and which is splayed at the edge to abut lightly against the shoulder 2. The flange and neck have perforations through which, when brought opposite one another by turning the cap, the powder can be delivered. A projection d on the flange, which works in a slot in the neck, serves as a stop.
Patent GB-190020546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding Pneumatic Sealing Caps in Closing Condition on Vessels Filled with Liquid to be Sterilized by Heat.
Inventor: KROOG JOHANN
Filed: 1900-11-14
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 20,546. Kroog, J. Nov, 14. Stoppers; stoppering. -Relates to means for securing caps on liquidcontaining vessels s while the contents of the vessels are being sterilized by heat, and is especially adapted for use with caps which consist of a rigid ring r and a diaphragm m of rubber &c. The cap is secured by the crown or pressure-piece k and the spring bow f, the flange w<2> of the pressurepiece pressing the cap on the mouth of the jar &c. so as to prevent the escape of gases &c. during the heating process. The rim w<1> of the pressure-piece fits inside the mouth of the vessel. The gases &c. generated by the heating process distend the diaphragm m, but are prevented from escaping. On the subsequent cooling of the contents, the external pressure forces the diaphragm m inwards, and secures the cap in position. The bow f and the pressure-piece are then removed.
Patent GB-190106350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tiles, Quarries or other like Pressed Articles.
Inventor: STANLEY REGINALD
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 6350. Stanley, R. March 26. Moulding tiles, quarries, &c.-Relates to means for lubricating the dies and moulds of presses of the kinds described in Specifications No. 18,442, A.D. 1899, and No. 17,132, A.D. 1900. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the lower plungers or dies H are surrounded by a casing Z containing oil or other lubricant, and the heads of the plungers are grooved, and may be fitted with soft packing-material H'. The casing communicates with a sediment tank Y and a supply tank X, fitted with a float valve P for regulating the supply automatically. An air-escape valve Q at the top of the casing is closed normally by a spring, and is opened, when the crosshead F is at the bottom of its stroke, by a rnd K and tappet-lever J. In a modification, the lubricant is forced positively from the supply tank to the casing by a piston operated by a weighted lever and a hooked rod carried by the upper crosshead. The hooked rod is pressed into engagement with the weighted lever by a spring pin carrying an antifriction roller, and is disengaged from the lever by a cam or wedge of the rod coming n contact with a fixed bracket when the crosshead is at the top of its stroke. The piston works in a cylinder formed with an air escape passage in the side lead ng to a cup or enlargement of the cylinder filled with oil. In another arrangement, the moulds are lubricated by pads of hollow porous oiling-plungers, which slide in vertical dovetail guide-grooves in front of the feed-box, and are operated by a spring lever and a cam roller at the side of the driving-wheel. Oil flows by gravity from a tank in the feed-box through perforated pipes over the oil plungers. In another arrangement, oil is sprayed through perforated pipes into the moulds by apparatus such as that described in Specification No. 18,442, A.D. 1899. Fig. 10 shows a method of spraying the moulds by means of a perforated oil box o in front of the feed-box. The supply of oil is regulated by a pair of perforated sliding plates q, which work between perforated plates of the box, and carry rollers r, which run over stationary wedges or cams s. On moving the sliding plates in one direction, oil passes from the upper compartment p to the lower compartment p<1>. When the plates are moved in the opposite direction, the supply is cut off, and the oil is blown from the lower chamber into the moulds b compressed air supplied bv a pipe m. In a modification, the oil box is fitted with a single perforated slide valve, and is connected by a flexible pipe to an elevated oil tank.
Patent GB-190106590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braking or Stopping Appliances for Vehicles, applicable also to Lifts and the like.
Inventor: BENY FRIEDRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1901-03-29
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 6590. Beny, F. A. March 29. Brakes; backward motion on inclines, preventing.- Consists of means whereby a brake or other retarding- appliance comes into action on the breaking of the drawgear or relaxation of the pull thereon, and is especially applicable to trucks such as used in brickworks or mines, but is applicable also to other vehicles. Fig. 1<b> shows one form of the invention applied to a truck. The brake lever c is connected to the draw-bar b so that, when the pull is relaxed, the draw-spring a applies the brake. Modifications differing in detail are described. In other modifications, the relaxation of the pull causes a pawl to engage a ratchet-wheel on the axle, or a rack on the roadway.
Patent GB-190108952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Circular Knitted Fabrics and Articles
Inventor: SMITH SAMSON
Filed: 1901-05-01
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 8952. Smith, S. May 1. Knitted fabrics.-Relates to methods of making fabrics for sweaters on circular knitting-machines. Preferably three feeders are employed. The thread A is knitted on both sets of needles, the thread B is knitted on the machine needles and tucked in the frame needles, and the thread at the next feeder is knitted on the frame needles and tucked on the machine needles. A plating-thread for patterning is knitted on selected needles in a well-known manner. Other than one-and-one rib may be knitted by the thread A. The bottom of the sweater is finished with a royal or other ribbed strip ending with a fast welt. Fancy knitted collar f and sleeves may be made. The holes produced by the tucking facilitate ventilation.
Patent GB-190109924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1901-05-13
Granted: 1902-07-12
Abstract: 9924. Cowan, J. May 13. Water-tube boilers.-In place of the two lower water drums usually employed in boilers of the Stirling type, a single divided drum d is provided ; in a double-ended marine boiler, however, there may be two divided lower drums, one for each end. The drum d is divided by a partition A provided with openings. The feed-drum c is also divided, by a partial partition n, so that the feedwater does not pass into circulation until it has entered the rear division of the drum d, in which most of the pre cipitated impurities are deposited. The front portion of the feed-drum is connected as shown to the steam drums a, b, so that any accumulation of water in these drums, owing to the forcing of the boiler, can escape into the feed-drum and over the partition n. In a double-ended boiler with a single lower drum, the latter has two partitions, as also has the feed-drums.
Patent GB-190111444-A (GB)
Title: Process for Printing on Paper or the like to Resemble Pictures on Silk
Inventor: WEHRT AUGUSTE
Filed: 1901-06-04
Granted: 1902-06-04
Abstract: 11,444. Wehrt, A. June 4. Lithographic and like printing; printing in imitation of pictures on silk.-Relates to a process of printing on paper in imitation of woven silk pictures. The paper is first coated with aluminium bromide or silver bromide, and the colours are then printed upon it in the usual manner with sharp lights, so that parts of the ground appear through the colours, giving the appearance of a silky sheen. A woven silk pattern is finally impressed upon the picture.
Patent GB-190115449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Copy Holders and Indicators for Type Writers
Inventor: LAWTON GEORGE BROWN
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,449. Lawton, G. B. July 30. Copy-holders for type-writers. -Relates to copy-holders and line indicators for attachment to type-writing machines. The copy-holder 1 having the pivoted clips 2 is carried by standards 3 removably held in sockets 5 of a bar 4 clamped by a screw 8 on to the rear of the frame of the machine. The line indicator comprises a pointer 10 frictionally engaging a post 11 on which it may be adjusted angularly and towards and from the copy. The post 11 projects from a carrier 12 mounted to slide on two bars 30 fixed on end pieces 31 clamped by screws on to the holder 1. The carrier 12 has lugs 16 on its upper part, loosely engaging the bars' 30, so that its lower part may swing towards and from a: toothed bar 20. The carrier 12 has a tooth 13 on its lower end normally er gaging the teeth of the bar 20, and has also a tooth 4. The bar 20 is polygonal, and has teeth of different pitch on its different faces, so that it may be turned by a knob to bring the row of teeth, having the same pitch as the distance between the lines of the copy, into operation. At one side of the bar 20 is a toothed strip 40 carried loosely, by pins and slots 42, on the forked end of a lever 50 pivoted at 51 and having a key 52 for operating it. The lower end of the strip 40 engages inclined teeth on a disc 44, prevented from rotating in one direction by a spring 45. When the key is depressed, the strip 40 sliding over the tooth of the disc 44 is moved upwardly and forwardly, and engages the tooth 4, lifting the tooth 13 out of engagement with the bar. When the lever is released, the tooth 13 drops into engagement with the next tooth on the bar 20, and the strip 40 in returning to position rotates the disc 44 one tooth. The pivoted clips 2 have arms, at the rear of the holder 1, connected by links to levers 2<c> pivoted on the holder. The clips may be raised by operating the levers 2<c>, which are pressed apart by a spring.. To facilitate the removal of the indicator mechanism from the copyholder, the lever 60 is in two parts, one of which carries split ring pins 53 for engaging holes in the other part.
Patent GB-190115479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Burners.
Inventor: ROOTS JAMES DENNIS
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 15,479. Roots, J. D., and Venables, C. E. July 31. Vapour burners.- Oil is contained in a reservoir D, and is put under pressure, whereby it is caused to ascend a vertical tube C, which is connected by T-pieces C', C' with a similar tube H leading to a removable nozzle A. The oil is vaporized by heat while passing through these tubes, the vapour being ignited at the nozzle. In either or both the tubes C, H is a rod, removable by a screw H<1>. Above the tubes C, His a perforated dished plate F. The size of the nozzle orifice is regulated and the orifice kept cleau, hy a needlevalve B. The vertical tubes are surrounded by a tubular casing E. In modifications, the plate F may be hollow, and the tubes C, H carried into the hollow space, so that the plate itself acts as a vaporizer. In one modification, the hollow space is divided into two compartments, the tube C entering one, and the tube H the other, while the compartments are connected by a depending U-shaped tube.
Patent GB-190123111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathe or like Chucks.
Inventor: GEYER HEINRICH HERMANN
Filed: 1901-11-15
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 23,111. Geyer, H. H. Nov. 15. Chucks.-A lathe or drill chuck has cylindrical jawd e, h in a hole c, d at right-angles to a central hole b in the body a. The jaw e is screwed externally to engage the body, and internally with a thread of double the pitch to engage a screwed end h<1> of the jaw k, so that the jaws are symmetrically moved when the jaw e is rotated by means of a square hole e<3> and spanner, the jaw h being held against rotation by a feather g. The work &c. x is held in a grooved aperture h<2> formed in the jaw h.
Patent GB-190124378-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanism for Imparting Reciprocating or Sliding Movements to Rotating Shafts Spindles ans such like from their own Rotation such Mechanism Being particularly Applicable to the Shafts of Shaking or Rumbling Barrels
Inventor: EDMONDS HENRY
Filed: 1901-11-30
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 24,378. Edmonds, H. Nov. 30. Rumbles and tumbling barrels.-An axial recipro- cating motion is imparted to the barrel in addition to the rotary motion. A bell-crank lever f is jointed at one end to a sleeve h, placed on the shaft between two fixed collars, and at the other to a link e which is coupled to the strap of an eccentric d, or to a crank fixed on the shaft. The lever may be pivoted on swinging-links g, Fig. 4, or it may be slotted to engage the pin on the sleeve, Fig. 5. Fig. 6 shows a modification, in which aT-shaped lever f is rocked by two cams d.
Patent GB-190206869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppering and Sealing Jugs, Bottles and the like.
Inventor: DANT JOHN PROCTOR
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 6869. Dant, J. P. March 20. Stoppers; corks, retaining sealing bottles &c.- The object is to prevent the contents from being removed without destroying the seal. The neck of the vessel is formed with an internal shoulder c<2>, and with two pairs of holes d oppositely arranged, the cork or stopper C being inserted into the bore of the thicker part b of the neck. A disc E provided with an eye e is placed above the stopper, and a wire D is threaded through the holes d and eye e, as shown in Fig. 3, to secure the stopper in position, the ends of the wire being then seated, preferably by a leaden seal F. To open the vessel, the seal is prised off and the wire removed by a pointed instrument &c. A recess c<3> may be formed in the neck, to facilitate the removal of the wire.
Patent GB-190206911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Fixing and Extracting Screw Studs and for like Purposes.
Inventor: EDWARDS GEORGE PERCY
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 6911. Edwards, G. P., and Newton, O. S. March 21. Studs, screwing into place.-The stud or the like C is gripped by toggle-like pieces B pivoted to the casing A and kept up to their work by springs D. The pieces B and springs are reversed when it is desired to extract the studs after insertion by the tool. The casing has a shank for turning by a wrench or for insertion in the chuck of a machine. A screw a<2> acts as a stop to determine how far the stud is inserted.
Patent GB-190207399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bobbins used in Condensing Carding Engines and in Spools or Creel Spindles used in Spinning Machinery
Inventor: WILKINSON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1903-03-27
Abstract: 7399. Wilkinson, C. E. March 27. Bobbins and s p o o l s ; skewers ; processes. - The rovings from a con- denser carding-en- gine are wound in cheese form on short flangeless tubes placed side by side upon the ordinary wooden bobbin, and when used in a spinning-machine, the cheeses a are placed upon spools or skewers of the form shown in Fig. 3, consisting of a spindle d having a flange f near one end and a cylindrical enlargement e to receive a cheese with or without its central tube. The spindles d are supported in the creel g in a slightly- inclined position, as shown in Fig. 5, to facilitate unwinding.
Patent GB-190209238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Transmission Gear of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: CRAIG ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-04-21
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 9238. Craig, A. April 21. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to transmission gear and consists in a method of fixing chain rings to the road driving-wheels, and in means for protecting the gearing. Instead of securing the chain ring 10 to the wheel spokes by long bolts, a sleeve 2 having two flanges or two sets of radial arms 3, 4 is employed. One flange or set of arms 3 is secured to the wheel, and the chain ring, with or without a brake drum 13, is secured to the other flange or set of arms 4. In order to allow for the relative movements of parts of the gearing when passing over uneven ground, the cover 18 for the gearing is secured to and supported by the chain tension strut or radius rod 14 by means of brackets 19 and clips 20.
Patent GB-190213356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Garbage and the Manufacture of Fertilizers therefrom
Inventor: NEWPORT RODMAN BRIGGS
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 13,356. Newport, R. B. June 12. Refuse, treating; manures.-Garbage, such as ordinary domestic garbage, is treated as follows : It is digested in a steam digester for melting and separating the grease contained in it, and then pressed in a hydraulic or other press so as to express the grease and other liquid matters. The press cake is broken up and mixed with commercial or "recovered" sulphuric acid or "sludge," and with mineral or animal phosphate, such as ground phosphate rock, ground Belgian rock, basic slag, natural guanos, natural marls, ground animal bone, or boneblack, and the mixture is then left for 24 hours in order that the garbage may be chemically and mechanically disintegrated by the acid ; the ammonia may be fixed, and the phosphoric acid rendered available.
Patent GB-190213884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Driving Wheels for Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: MARCHANT JOHN
Filed: 1902-06-19
Granted: 1903-06-19
Abstract: 13,884. Marchant, J., and Cooper, W. June 19. Spring wheels; ; hubs; spokes.-Relates to driving- wheels for valocipedes and other motor-driven vehicles. The driving-pinion B or its equivalent is loosely mounted on the wheel hub H by means of a sleeve E and securing-nut G. The pinion is provided with arms K which are connected to the wheel rim by spring spokes A, arranged tangentially to the hub so as to allow a slight relative rotation between the wheel and the driving-pinion.
Patent GB-190224012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Pulverulent and Small Fuel to Furnaces.
Inventor: WILSON OSBORNE ERNEST
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 24,012. Wilson, O. E. Nov. 3. Mechanical stoking.-Relates to apparatus for boiler and other furnaces in which small fuel is projected by a rotating brush. To prevent the accumulation of dust-fuel between the ends of the brush d and the casing, and, at the same time, to provide for the admission of air, openings e in the casing at the ends of the brush are provided. These openings may extend over the whole of the ends of the brush, in which case perforated caps are fitted to the chamber. The supply of fuel can be regulated by a flap k in the hopper, the flap being adjusted by the handle l. A pointer m indicates on a scale the extent of the opening. Air is also admitted by the holes o. Instead of connecting the feeding-apparatus directly to the furnace front, it is hinged to the intervening cylinder p. In this cylinder, openings q are provided for supplying air, the openings being provided with flaps r having catches u. When the feeding-device is out of action, the hollow counterweighted screen s is lowered, as shown. The screen is constructed with an air opening t*.
Patent GB-190313473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for the Production of Lubricants.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 13,473. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. zur Verwertung der Boleg'schen Wasserl÷slichen Mineral÷le und Kohlenwasserstoffe]. June 16. Lubricants; oxidizing mineral oils; soaps.- Relates to the production of mineral-oil lubricants soluble in and containing water. A mineral-oil product soluble in water, as, for example, that obtained according to the process described in Specification No. 12,349, A.D. 1899, by treating mineral oil with crude resin oil, washing, treating with direct steam and excess of soda lye, separating the resin soap lye, and oxidizing by means of air or ozone under pressure, is treated with alkaline lye and further oxidized by means of finely-sprayed air or ozone at 70‹-105‹ C. Hot water, preferably containing a little soap or gelatine, is mixed in and the temperature is allowed to fall. Ceresine and paraffin, previously treated with alkali, are added. Graphite may also be employed. The grease is finally passed through a fine grinding or rolling machine.
Patent GB-190313879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stereotypers' Disc Shooting-up Machines.
Inventor: BLACK JAMES
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 13,879. Black, J. June 22. Milling; planing and shaping; work -holding devices.-Relates to a work-holder and stop for disc shooting-up machines, edge-planers, and the like, for reducing stereotype lines or pages, wood blocks or mounts, to a predetermined width or thickness. The stereotype line or block &c. f is fixed on the plate or holder a, on a ledge c and under a clamping-plate d operated by screws &c. e. The edge or face b of the holder is parallel to the disc &c. cutter, and the holder is guided to and from the cutter by a recess in the part g at right-angles to the face b engaging and sliding upon the usual stop or guide on the table of the machine. A block h adjustable by screws i renders the recess adjustable for various widths of stops. On the holder is a bracket carrying a screw l which may be clamped in its adjusted position by a screw n, and, when the line or block has been reduced to the proper width, the end of this screw comes into contact with a fixed stop on the machine table. The holder is applicable to machines having reciprocating cutters.
Patent GB-190316338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Balls.
Inventor: SHORT WILFRID MAURICE
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 16,338. Short, W. M. July 24. Balls.-A golf ball is formed with an inner core of boxwood a, which is provided with a ball race containing a number of steel balls b. The core is enclosed in the usual way by a layer of india-rubber c and the usual outer cover d of gutta-percha.
Patent GB-190316926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Wagons.
Inventor: NICHOLS JOHN
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 16,926. Nichols, J. Aug. 4. Brakes, handpower. The brakes, which may be applied from either side of the wagon, are held on by rack- and - d e ten t mechanisms disconnectible from either side. The handlevers D, Fig. 1, are connected by a transverse rod d, to which is pivoted a rack G passing through a guide and engaging with the catch H. The rack is disengaged from the catch by a cam H<1> on a transverse rod h operated by a handle at each end. The rack G may be fixed on the wagon end, the catch engaging with it being placed on the rod d. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the rack G is pivoted on the underframing so as to engage with a segmental rack H on the spindle C<1> of one of the band-levers D. The rack is lifted by rods k and levers K on the transverse rods h with a handle h' at each end, or by equivalent means.