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Patent GB-190111679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Connections Chiefly Designed for Water Closets.
Inventor: DELEHANTY WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 11,679. Delehanty, W. E. June 7. Flange joints. - A pipe connection, chiefly designed for water-closets, is shown in Fig. 2. The discharge leg B of the closet has an annular groove a for packing b formed between the baseplate and the tubular part d. The floor plate D encircles the soil-pipe C, and is provided with the flange e, which is carried up at least as high as the upper edge of the soil-pipe. The flange e is bevelled and soldered to the soil-pipe at h, and is grooved at n. The base-plate overlies the floor plate, and the parts are tightened by screw bolts.
Patent GB-190111689-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or connected with the Manufacture of Tooth Fillings.
Inventor: BRUHN CHRISTIAN NISS NIKOLAS
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 11,689. Bruhn, C. N. N. June 7. Drawings to Specification. Stamping.-Moulds or impressions for making tooth fillings of porcelain, enamel, glass, &c., are made from metal foil. The foil is laid on a sheet of rubber &c., and is then rough shaped by means of a die selected from a stock as most nearly fitting the hole to be stopped. The rough mould is then finished in the tooth in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190122487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Methods of Operating Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: BORMANN JOHANN GOTTLIEB LEBERE
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 22,487. Bormann, J. G. L. Nov. 7. Combined steam, gas, and vapour engines.-Comprises a system for obtaining motive power economically by the use of working fluids having widelydifferent boiling points, which are employed in the motor cylinders at temperatures above the critical temperatures. The invention is described in general terms in the Specification, but is illustrated in the drawing as embodied in a combined steam and gas engine and liquefied carbonic-acid engine. In this, combustible gas drawn from the producer or generator A, or from any other suitable source, is forced iuto the motor cylinder M<1> along with oxygen, or air rich in oxygen, drawn from the container C, and is there ignited. At the same time superheated water is ignited from the heater B<1>, and is converted into steam, the quantity of heat supplied being such as to keep the temperature above the critical temperature. The exhaust from this cylinder is then circulated round the carbonicacid cylinder M<11>, and through the coiled-tube generator R in which the liquid carbonic acid is gasefied, and a portion is then finally delivered into the gas-producer A, to be reduced, and the remainder is discharged into the chimney E. The exhaust from the carbonic-acid engine M" is again liquefied for re-use in a coiled-tube condenser S<3>, cooled by an ammonia compression refrigerating- apparatus. This apparatus consists of a compressor K and coiled-tube water cooler or condenser h, i. When liquid oxygen or liquid air is employed, its pressure may first be utilized in another working cylinder before it is passed into the gas producer or generator A. Among the liquids of low boiling point that may be employed are mentioned alcohol, benzol, ether, acetone, and sulphurous acid.
Patent GB-190123333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers or Generators
Inventor: FRASER HARRY JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-18
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 23,333. Fraser, H. J. Nov. 18. Multitubular boilers for motor cars &c. A central firebox or combustion chamber b is connected by horizontal tubes d with a smoke-box at each end, whence return flues f pass to an uptake g<1>, which, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, opens directly from the firebox, but may be cut-off therefrom by a sliding damper h in one of the flues f. Figs. 3 and 5 show another arrangement, with curved flue tubes f opening into an uptake which has no direct connection with the firebox. The fire may burn on a conical grate 1, Fig. 1, within the firebox, or on an ordinary grate in a downward extension, part of which is shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and which may be brick-lined or water-jacketed. In the former case, the fire is fed from above through door j, Fig. 1, and in the latter through an opening n, Fig. 5, in the side of the combustion chamber b. The steam is superheated in coils p, Fig. 1, in the smoke-boxes, or in a dome p, Figs. 3 and 5, in the uptake. Steam jets may be delivered at q into the flues f to increase the draught.
Patent GB-190123795-A (GB)
Title: Selflighting Cigars & Cigarettes
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 23,795. Jackson, J. G. Nov. 23. Cigarettes ; cigars.-A cigar lighter, with a single head somewhat longer than usual, is inserted in the cigar or cigarette during manufacture, to render it self-lighting.
Patent GB-190206220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mechanism for the Transmission of Power
Inventor: DRING JOHN
Filed: 1902-03-13
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 6220. Dring, J. March 13. Tension members in guide-tubes.-Relates to mechanism such as described in Specification No. 25,325, A.D. 1896. The outer incompressible member b is composed of a closely-wound helix of wire, of approximately square, rectangular, oblong, or oval form in cross-section, and it is enclosed in a closely-wound helix of half-round wire c coiled in the opposite direction to the coil b.
Patent GB-190218778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brake Apparatus for Field Guns
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 18,778. Lake, H. H., [Ehrhardt, H.]. Aug. 26. , Field carriages.-Inasmuch as the weight of the gun assists the recoil when the gun is elevated, the invention provides means, as the elevation proceeds, for automatically loosening the friction brakes which surround the brake cylinder. In the form shown in Fig. 5, a bent lever f, g is pivoted to the trail k and to the gun cradle c. When the gun is elevated, the lever withdraws the wedge e, and so loosens the brakes. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the brakes are applied by a screw i, which is loosened by the lever g as the elevation proceeds.
Patent GB-190222475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Dispensing Beer or other Liquid.
Inventor: DURAFORT VICTOR
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,475. Durafort, V. Oct. 15. Beer and other beverages, raising and drawing off. - consists of an apparatus for dispensing beer or other liquid under pressure directly from a barrel or like container. The spigot a, Fig. 1, has a vessel b attached to it, containing a receiver e of liquefied carbonic acid, a manometer j being provided at the junction i of the spigot and vessel b if desired. The pressure piston d is adjusted to press lightly on the rubber diaphragm o and the opener n of the receiver e, and the cap c is screwed tightly down. The tube m, carrying the tap f, which was at first just level with the end of the spigot, is then pushed down into the barrel and fastened by the clip h to the vessel b and tightened in the spigot by the thumb-screw k of a stuffing-box. On pressing the knob of the piston d, carbonic acid is discharged into the barrel and the liquid drawn off from the tap f, which is locked by the stirrup and padlock g when not in use. In a modified form, Fig. 3, the discharge tube m is replaced by an ordinary tap r, while the receiver vessel b is arranged horizontally to occupy less room. If the barrel is upright, the tap r is placed in the side and the spigot a in the horizontal end.
Patent GB-190228899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Medical Syringes.
Inventor: HRISS ENGELBERT
Filed: 1902-12-31
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 28,899. Hriss, E. Dec. 31. Syringes.-To enable a medical syringe to be charged from a bottle or phial into which its nozzle cannot be inserted far enough, also in cases when it is undesirable to insert the nozzle into the liquid, the cylinder A is provided at its upper part with a funnel D, through which the liquid may be introduced when the plunger B is raised sufficiently, the nozzle being closed by the finger or by a valve &c. A small hole e opposite the orifice d of the funnel allows air to escape, and, on depressing the piston B, the orifice d and hole e are simultaneously closed. The funnel D may be separate from, or in one with, the cylinder A.
Patent GB-190300348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Corsets and other Garments.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-01-06
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 348. Thompson, W. P., [Stone, I. L.]. Jan. 6. Stud-and-eye fastenings.-A separable fastening for corsets and other garments is shown applied to a pair of corset steels. The steel A is provided with headed pins or studs a, and the steel B with corresponding openings b, which are provided with concavo-convex shields C. Spring tongues or catches C', having notched ends adapted to be brought into engagement with the stems of the pins a, are formed integral with the shields C, or with the steel B, and project partly over the openings b. The steel B must be tilted in unfastening, and in order to facilitate disengagement of the pins, inclined tongues D' are arranged opposite the tongues C'. Guard plates D are preferably provided round the openings b, and the tongues D<1> are preferably formed integral with the guard plates, but may be integral with the steel B. The shields may be provided with pockets to receive the heads of the pins.
Patent GB-190302276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Motion for Steam Engines
Inventor: MEANLEY FRANK
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 2276. Meanley, F. Jan. 30. Eccentrics; reversing, adapting valve-gear for.- Relates to a reversing motion comprising a single variable-throw eccentric, which can be adjusted by a hand-lever. Fig. 1 shows the engine in plan. The eccentric sheave is made in halves which are dowelled and bolted together, each half being recessed so that the completed sheave can slide across two flats on the crank shaft 17 like those shown in Fig. 9. The slot in the eccentric sheave is shaped to fit a pair of wedges or inclines 29, 36, which are held one on each side of the shaft by the collars 37, 39, Fig. 7. At one end of the inclines and in a groove runs a ring 42, which is pivoted in a hand-lever 44 whereby the inclines may be caused to traverse laterally through the eccentric sheave and so alter its throw. The hand-lever is held by a spring latch and notched sector 48. The eccentric strap and other parts of the engine are of usual construction. In a modification, the slot through the eccentric sheave may be curved, and the wedge-shaped plates correspondingly shaped, so that as the throw is varied the lead is also appropriately regulated.
Patent GB-190309427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for use in connection with Apparatus for Drilling and Tapping Mains under Pressure.
Inventor: PRESTON EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-25
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 9427. Preston, B. J., and Jakeman, G. E. April 25. Branches and mains, connecting.-Relates to a valve for use in connection with apparatus for drilling and tapping mains referred to in Specifications No. 5380, A.D. 1882, and No. 24,625, A.D. 1895. Fig. 1 shows a valve-casing a having a lateral outlet b and a screw-threaded ferrule g for screwing into the main. A screw plug d closes the upper end of the casing and is removed to admit a key, which passes in through packing e and engages bayonet-wise in a recess i in the upper end of a screw plug f. The plug may be thus screwed up from its seating in the ferrule g, or raised vertically till a flange on its upper end seats against a washer h in the upper part of the casing. A fluid-way is provided for by cutting vertical slots in the thread of the ferrule. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which one or more lateral passages k in the plug f form, when the plug is raised, a waterway between the main and the branch b.
Patent GB-190316106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Points and Switches and the like.
Inventor: GEORGE-MOORE RICHARD ST GEORGE
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 16,106. Moore, R. St. G. St. George-. July 21. Indicators, point or switch.-Relates to means for locking railway rail points and switches in position, the same means being also used for indicating when the points have moved over into their correct positions. Fig. 3 shows a portion of the plan of the arrangement in which 2 is the movable point rail, 4, 6 the fixed rails of the two diverging tracks, 14 the cams for operating the points, and 25 the locking and indicating bolt which is operated by the rod 27. This bolt works between the fixed rails 4, 6, and by its motion locks or unlocks the rail 2 and indicates its position to the operator.
Patent GB-190316750-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Sugar.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-07-30
Granted: 1904-07-30
Abstract: 16,750. Harrison, G., [Hlavati & Co., F.]. July 30. Resinous compounds.-Resinous substances are obtained in purifying sugar juices. At a particular stage of the process a silicate belonging to the aluminium or magnesium group, after being treated with acid, is added to the alkaline sugar solution. The mixture of polysilicate and soluble salt, for example, sulphate of aluminium, thus added are transformed to a mixture of polysilicates and basic salt, which react with the alkaline substances present, precipitating them. At the same time, aluminium hydroxide is formed, which, combining with the organic non-sugar substances, forms a so-called gum or resinous substance.
Patent GB-190316973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Antiseptic Powders and the like.
Inventor: GRIMES WALTER
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 16,973. Grimes, W. Aug. 4. Antiseptics.-An antiseptic powder consisting of boric acid, zinc oxide, aud pulverized amylum is especially suitable for obviating the discomfort due to perspiration, and is used, when dusted into socks &c., for keeping the feet cool during walking.
Patent GB-190318385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Golf and Analogous Balls
Inventor: MARTIN PATRICK ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 18,385. Martin, P. A. Aug. 26. Balls.-In the manufacture of golf and like balls, a seamless gutta-percha covering is placed over an india-rubber core by a pressing and moulding process. A thick disc of gutta-percha is softened, and moulded by hand, and by means of the moulds shown in Fig. 4, into a cup-shaped form, into which the core is placed. The edges of the cover are then closed over the core, and sealed by local melting. Fig. 8 shows an intermediate stage, the superfluous material left at the closing of the throat c, d being afterwards twisted and broken away, forming an egg-shaped ball, which is then brought to the spherical form and the thickness of the cover made uniform, in the moulds shown in Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190319434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Photo Mechanical Printing Surfaces
Inventor: BARRICELLI MAURIZIO
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 19,434. Barricelli, M., and Levi, C. Sept. 9. Photo-mechanical printing. - A photographic gelatine negative, prepared by any ordinary process, is sensitized in the dark with a solution of bichromate of potassium or ammonium and alcohol. After drying, the negative is exposed face downwards on a reflecting-surface such as a mirror, a surface of polished metal, or mercury. The negative is then washed and the gelatine can then be used to produce prints with printers' ink on paper, cloth, &c. The gelatine film may be detached and put down on celluloid or metal for typographic purposes. Electrotypes and typographic cliches may also be prepared from the negative.. A set of the negatives may also be used in three-colour processes.
Patent GB-190319451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Removing Products of Milling and the like which Adhere to the Cylinders of Flour and other Mills, and for Simultaneous Disaggregation of such Products
Inventor: NOEDING CARL
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 19,451. N÷ding, C. Sept. 9. Roller mills.-The flour or the like which adheres to the cylinders of roller mills is removed by means of an adjustable obstacle in the path of the milled material, thus causing an accumulation which brushes off the small cakes. These in turn remove the remainder of the material, and are themselves simultaneously disintegrated by the friction. The obstacles may be prisms 4, flat metal plates, curved plates, rotating brushes 7, screws, cylinders, and the like. The accumulation may also take place on each cylinder at points more or less distant from the point of contact.
Patent GB-190324228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Incandescent Gas Light or for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: SHOOB ISAAC
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 24,228. Shoob, I. Nov. 7. G a s burners; gas cooking-stoves. -The atmospheric burner, shown in Fig. 2 applied to an inverted incandescent gas lamp, may be used for heating purposes or adapted to cooking- stoves and the like. The air-supply inlets d to the mixing- tube of the burner are protected by a spherical or other casing j, of which the air inlets care controlled by a hit- and-miss valve k. In passing from the inlets c to the inlets d, the air supply is heated in the lower part of the casing j. The shape of the casing j and that within it may be varied, the air inlets d may be further protected by a baffle or an additional casing, and the burner tube g may be adjustably mounted in an extension of the inner casing. The burner may be detachably connected to the permanent fittings by flexible tubing.
Patent GB-190407527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, the Propulsion of Motor-vehicles Launches and the like.
Inventor: PIEPER HENRI
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 7527. Pieper, H. March 30. Propelling by electromotors and internal-combustion engines. Consists of means for regulating the supply of gas to internal-combustion engines coupled to an electric dynamo and secondary battery as used on cars running on rails. On either the inlet or exhaust pipe is a throttle valve worked by the core of a solenoid having windings w<1>, w<2>, the former of fine wire with many turns and connected to the battery terminals, and the latter with few turns of small resistance in series with the motor and battery. During free running of the engine, the battery is being charged, and the disposition is such that the coils act in unison and operate the valve so that overcharging of the battery is obviated. When the power called for is greater than that which the explosion motor is capable of supplying, the battery, operating as a generator, reverses the current in the wire w<2>, which partly or wholly neutralizes the field of the wire W and allows the spring to open the inlet valve.
Patent GB-190413994-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement connected with Advertisement Boards and the like.
Inventor: ARTHUR JAMES MILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,994. Arthur, J. M. June 21. Advertising.-Relates to advertising-boards on which bills, posters, &c. are secured by means of spring clamps. On two or more sides of the board a, metal holders c are fastened by hinges d. When the holder is lifted, as by the knob g, the spring f acting on the raised part e keeps the holder in the raised position, but, when the bill or other sheet has been inserted and the holder is shut down, the spring holds it firmly down. The edges of the board may be hinged thus and provided with springs to act as holders, and the board may be made in sections for folding up.
Patent GB-190416527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blankets or Coverlets made chiefly of Paper, Felt Paper and the like.
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 16,527. Haworth, J., and Japa Blinds, Ltd. July 26. Blankets; quilts; sheets; rugs.-Blankets, rugs, quilts, sheets, coverlets, furniture covers, &c. are made from paper or paperfelt segments A of equal or unequal size, spaced somewhat apart and joined by, preferably, porous tapes B, which are stitched on one or both sides of the segments, or attached by means of gelatine fixed with formalin or tannic acid, or otherwise pasted to the segments, or secured by both methods. The blanket &c. may thus be neatly folded without creasing. A strong paper or tape binding D is folded over and stitched or pasted to the edges of the blanket &c. To prevent rough edges on the backs of the segments, these edges are folded, and tapes are inserted between them and then sewn thereto, or the edges are pasted down on the tapes. The blanket may, however, if desired, be bound by a whipped edge by means of a sewing-machine. The paper may be mounted on a backing and have tapes on one side only, or the segments may be mounted between two sheets, or two sets of segments can be placed back to back with tapes between them, cement or sewing uniting the three together.
Patent GB-190416888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-desiccating Depilatories.
Inventor: HANNEMANN EDUARD
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 16,888. Hannemann, E. Aug. 2. Hair, removing superfluous.-Relates to depilatories containing calcium sulphide, zine oxide, strontium sulphide, and sugar, and consists in adding pulverized gum arabic, neutral soap-powder, and zinc and strontium sulphides to keep the paste moist. Zinc and sodium sulphides may be added to the water used to wash off the paste, or to the paste itself, to remove the sulphurous odour ; ionone may be added to the paste for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190421100-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Appliance to Prevent Batchairs, Invalid Chairs and Carriages, Perambulators, Mailcarts and other Hand-propelled Vehicles Getting Into or Continuing in Motion of their own Accord
Inventor: POLITO CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 21,100. Polito, C. W. Oct. 1. Invalid carriages; perambulators, children's mail carts, and like vehicles; hand-trucks.-The wheels of bath chairs, invalid chairs and carriages, perambulators, children's mail carts, and other hand-propelled vehicles are automatically locked when the attendant leaves hold of the handle or shafts. Levers E are pivoted to, and adapted to fit grooves H in, the handle F, and their weighted ends J are connected by wires, chains, or cords G to rods A, pivoted at A<1> to a bar B. When the levers E are released, the outer end of the rod A on the left-hand side is moved upwards by its weighted opposite end, and that of the rod on the other side moves downwards, into positions between the spokes of the respective wheels, so that the wheels are prevented from moving forwards and backwards respectively. The rods are prevented from passing their horizontal positions by the bar B. They may be covered with india-rubber or other material to reduce the jar when they are interposed between the spokes. When shafts are used, the levers E are placed along them, their weighted ends being turned to one side to keep the wires &c. from contact with the shafts.