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Patent GB-190110188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Indicators for use in Sectional Telephone Circuits.
Inventor: JACOBS CHARLES MARK
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 10,188. Jacobs, C. M. May 16. Drawings to Specification. Indicators or annunciators. - In omnibus or party-line telephone systems, indicators adapted to show when the line is occupied are arranged with the call-bells in local circuits, which are closed by polarized or other relays connected as shunts to the lines, the arrangements being such that when one or more of the telephones are in use the indicators of all the other telephones on the circuit are operated. When unpolarized relays are employed, the call-bells are preferably of the single-stroke type, in which case the indicators may be carried by the bell armatures.
Patent GB-190111070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: WHITWELL THOMAS
Filed: 1901-05-29
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 11,070. Whitwell, T. May 29. Heating water by steam ; steam traps.-Apparatus for heating water by steam and for forcing the water of condensation resulting from the steam into the water space of the apparatus is shown in Fig. 1. The apparatus shown is adapted for heating buildings by hot water. The chamber 1 and the steam piping 2 are of iron, while the valve spindle 5 is of brass or aluminium, so that the valve 4 is thermostatically operated after adjustment by its screwed spindle. The second chamber 9 receives the condensed water discharged from the chamber 1, and is provided with the spring-pressed non-return valve 10, which allows the condensed water to escape into the water chamber 12 when the pressure in the chamber 9 has risen to a suitable extent. The perforated casing 13 condenses, noiselessly, any steam which issues. The water piping 17 has a connection 18 with a displacement receptacle fixed at a suitable height. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of non-return valve 10, in this case weighted, and perforated baffles 13<a>, 13<b> arranged as shown. According to the Provisional Specification, liquids other than water may be heated by apparatus of the above type.
Patent GB-190112788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attaching Guards to Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: WALSH EDWARD YATES
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1902-06-24
Abstract: 12,788. Walsh, E. Y., and Leigh, J. June 24. Obstruction-removers for tramcars, Relates to means for maintaining fenders at a constant distance from the track, and consists in securing the tubes E or plates or boards F, Fig. 10, of the fender framework to sockets A clipped to the axle-box in the manner shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 7.
Patent GB-190114470-A (GB)
Title: Typewriter-case with Rolling Platform for the Machine.
Inventor: SCHUMANN BERNHARD THEODOR KARL
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 14,470. Schumann, B. T. K. July 16. Type-writers.-The front of the case which encloses a type-writer is hinged to the bottom of the case, so that it may be lowered on to the table. Rails are secured to the hinged front, and the typewriter is provided with wheels or rollers mounted either on the frame itself or on a platform to which it is screwed. The machine is drawn forward on the rails when required for use, and is fixed in position by a spring catch. The case may constitute part of a special table.
Patent GB-190115082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Receptacles for the Cultivation of Plants
Inventor: ROBERTS JOHN CORYTON
Filed: 1901-07-24
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,082. Roberts, J. C. July 24. Flower pots; plants, watering.-Relates to pots or receptacles in which openings are formed in the sides for the insertion of the plants. The pot consists of a series of superposed sections a, having rings a<1> at their upper edges. The sections are each open at the top and have a large opening at the bottom. They may be placed on a turntable b, so that any part may be turned towards the sun. The turntable b may be supported on a flange d of a pipe c sunk in the ground. The pipe c may be connected with a water supply at f, and may terminate in a rose e, so that it may be employed for watering the plants.
Patent GB-190115776-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Cut-off for the Engines of Pumping Systems to Prevent Damage Accruing when the Load is Increased or Diminished Beyond a Certain Limit.
Inventor: WILSON JOSEPH BOWMAN
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 15,776. Wilson, J. B. Aug. 6. Stop gear.-Comprises automatic cut-off or stop gear for the engines of pumping systems, to prevent damage when the load is either increased or decreased beyond a certain limit. Fig. 1 shows one form of the invention in elevation. In the gas, steam, or other motive-agent supply pipe S is a cut-off valve E, with a weighted tilting lever f by which it may be actuated. This lever is arranged so that it can be operated on by the rise of a weighted piston X in a cylinder A connected to the rising main M and also to a second cylinder B. The piston in the cylinder A is caused to rise, and the valve E to be thereby closed, either on the closure of the outlet ball valve in the pipe M when the high-level tank becomes full, or by the fall of a weighty float F when the low-level pump well has become empty. The fall of the float F releases the weighted piston in the cylinder B, and allows it to force up the piston in the cylinder A.
Patent GB-190120671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Finger Rings
Inventor: SAVA JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-10-15
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 20,671. Sava, J. Oct. 15. Rings, finger; chains, watch. - Finger-rings, especially wedding rings, are formed of a series of links with a crest or clasp portion, as shown assembled in Fig. 2, and extended to form chain in Fig. 3. The link a has an overlapping slide portion f, prefer- ably in the form of a band, and the link e has a corresponding portion g. Curved channels i, j on the links a, b engage in the assembled position, and similar channels are provided for the other links.
Patent GB-190124063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Rules
Inventor: LEE HARRY EDMOND
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 24,063. Lee, H. E. Nov. 26. Measures of length.-Figs. 2 and 3 show a double hinge between the middle quarters of a fourfold rule. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show a hinge between the middle and outer quarters. In the first hinge, the quarters A, A<1>, having concave ends, are pivoted to a block C by means of terminal plates a<1>, which hold a stud D in a hole c in the block ; the stud contains a spring bolt d<1> to engage two recesses b<1> a quadrant apart in the block. In the second hinge, which provides for turning the outer quarters in planes perpendicular to that containing the middle quarters, the quarters A (only one shown) with concave ends a<2> and pivot plates a<3>, b<2>, as before are pivoted to a block E<1> by means of two pintles E, E<2>, which have two pairs of reduced ends e, e', the former only in the plates, and the latter partly in the block as well as the plate. The contracted parts e<2> of the holes in the block have quadrantal enlargements e<3>, into which project the ends of spring strips e<5> that lie in a groove e<4> in the pintle. In either hinge, one of the hinge plates may be graduated in angles, and the other may bear a reading-arrow.
Patent GB-190126041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solderless Side Seams for Sheet Metal Vessels.
Inventor: ADRIANCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 26,041. Adriance, B. Dec. 20. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining.-Solderless side seams of sheet-metal vessels are formed with one or more rows of conical indentations c, which are separated from each other by outwardly-curved partitions or ridges. The layers of the joint are thickest at the top of the ridges and thinnest at the point of the indentations.
Patent GB-190203173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traction and other Engines.
Inventor: DIPLOCK BRAMAH JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-02-07
Granted: 1903-02-07
Abstract: 3173. Diplock, B. J. Feb. 7. Traction engines.-Relates to the method of supporting the body of the engine on the axle, and is especially applicable to centrally-driven axles, such as those described in Specification No. 19,682, A.D. 1893. A pair of side frames c, which have guides a for the axle boxes b on which the frames are supported by spiral springs b<1>, are connected by three or more transverse levers or beams d, h. These are pivoted to the frames c at the ends, and to cradles or distance-pieces j, e, at the centre by horizontal pivots. The cradles or distance-pieces are connected by vertical pivots f to the body of the engine g, which is thereby supported. The side frames, beams, and cradles form in effect a parallel motion, which permits the axle to swing relatively to the body when the wheels meet with any obstruction. The equilibrium of the parallel motion is maintained by supplementary oblique springs l.
Patent GB-190203597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Opening and Closing of Doors.
Inventor: MOORE JOHN CRAWFORD
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 3597. Moore, J. C. Feb. 12. Door-closing apparatus ; door checks.-Relates to a spring door-closing apparatus combined with a liquid check. The cylinder g is mounted on the door f, and a bracket b is mounted on the door frame a, or vice versÔ. The end of the piston-rod h is connected to the bracket v by a link t. When the door is opened, the piston is raised, the spiral spring p is compressed, and the glycerine y above the piston passes through the openings n (lifting the flap valve l) to the lower side of the piston. When the door is released, it is closed by the spiral spring p forcing down the piston, and the movement is checked by the flow of the glycerine through the small opening v, which is regulated by a valve controlled from the cap q.
Patent GB-190203729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Royal Axminster or Moquette Tufted Carpets or Fabrics.
Inventor: TOMKINSON GERALD
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 3729. Tomkinson, G., and Young, H. Feb. 13. Looms, pile forming in.-In looms for weaving Royal Axminster or moquette tufted carpets, the brackets a, to which are fixed the bars carrying the tubular tuft-guides d, are formed with lugs a<3>, serving as bearings for the ends of the links c supporting the brackets. In a modification, the lugs are formed as parts of a piece of metal secured to the bracket, or to the spring b employed for gripping the chain.
Patent GB-190204766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trackers for Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 4766. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. Feb. 25. Automatic instruments.-Tracker boards are made of a block A of Britannia metal or the like with brass tubes B embedded in it. A mould for making it is shown in Fig. 2, with the tubes in position. The upper and lower parts are kept in their proper relative places by dowels c.
Patent GB-190206890-A (GB)
Title: Improved Collapsable Box:-
Inventor: TURNER THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 6890. Turner, T. E. March 21. Folding-boxes of pasteboard or other material for pastry and the like are formed from blanks cut and scored as shown in Fig. 1. To set up the box, the sides D are turned up at right-angles to the bottom A, and the flaps E are turned inwards. The ends C are then turned up against the flaps E, to which they are secured, say, by a paper fastener inserted through the slits j. The half-lids F have flaps G, which, when turned down, serve as flanges, being secured by tongues H which engage in slits h. Tapes &c., passed through perforations i in the ends C, and secured on the inside, and carried over the lid, serve as handles.
Patent GB-190207581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Chain-bracelets.
Inventor: KIEHNLE AUGUST
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 7581. Kiehnle, A. March 29. Bracelets.-Elastic links of chain bracelets are composed of four hollow hinged parts c, d, e, f, Fig. 1, containing two U-shaped springs g, g<1>, which are fixed to or bent round opposite hinge pins i, and have the free ends inserted in the other hinge casings m. The bracelet shown consists of alternate elastic and rigid links a, b ; but elastic links only may be used, and may be linked together, as in an ordinary chain, or connected by small plates in which the hinge pins are rotatably fixed.
Patent GB-190209964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers.
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 9964. Albany Manufacturing Co., and Lamplough, F. April 30. Condensers.-Relates to air-cooled condensers, especially for motor cars, and comprises improvements in the kind of condenser described in Specification No. 6342, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines]. The object is to make the condenser so that, while it will condense all the steam under normal conditions, under certain circumstances, as when the car is climbing a hill, it will heat and thereby render invisible any uncondensed steam that may escape from it and at the same time induce a stronger current of air. The condenser is composed of several sets of hollow closed corrugated discs 1 connected with top tubes 3, 4, 5 and bottom tubes 6, 7, 8 so that steam entering at 9 passes down through one set then up through the pipe 10 and down through the next set, and so on till either it is all condensed or reaches the eduction hood 13, into which it passes through holes in the tube 8. Thence, after ming- ling with air heated by passing over the discs 1, it escapes through a narrow outlet 14 by its velocity inducing a stronger current of air through the condenser. The condenser is slung below the car by hooks 15.
Patent GB-190213133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain or Reservoir Pens
Inventor: PERKS GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-10
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 13,133. Perks, G. W., and Thacker, F. C. June 10. Pens, reservoir. The nib f is secured between the grooved ink-feeding plug h and the inner surface of the plug g, which is provided with a central passage g<1>. The air tube e slides in the end of the casing a, and carries a flexible cap c, which is normally protected by the removable cover b. Ink is sucked into the pen by removing the cover b, pushing the air tube e into engagement with the inner surface g<3> of the plug g, and collapsing the cap c, and then allowing it to regain its form. A nib protector i may be carried on the end of the cover b.
Patent GB-190218737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rims or Felloes for Vehicles Tyres
Inventor: BAKER JOHN
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 18,737. Baker, J. Aug. 26. Felloes or rims.-Relates to a transversly-split rim for use with pneumatic or other elastic tyres. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the application of the invention to a pneumatic tyre A of the type described in Specification No. 12,433, A.D. 1900. The rim G is divided transversely along the inclined cut M, and one end has a tongue 0 adapted to fit into a groove N in the other end. The inner periphery G<1> of the rim is bevelled to correspond with the bevelled outer periphery of the felloe ring P, which expands the rim to its normal form when it is being forced laterally on to the felloe ring after the tyre has been mounted on the rim with the ends overlapping. Near each end of the rim is a notch, which can be engaged with a jack-screw to expand the rim partially. The felloe ring has a hole to allow for the inflating- valve K, and the bevelling is deepest at the diametrically opposite point. The rim is held in position by bolts R which pass through openings bored partially through both rim and felloe, and have conical countersunk heads and nuts. The application to an inextensible rubber tyre T is shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190219351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Agglomerating Finely Divided Ore.
Inventor: MALDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-09-03
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 19,351. Malden, A., and Malden, W. J. Sept. 3. Blast-furnace charges.-Finely-divided ore, such as New Zealand iron sand, is agglomerated to facilitate smelting, roasting, &c. by the use of a solution of borax, preferably together with one or more of the following :-sodium and potassium carbonate, calcium fluoride, lime or other alkaline earth, clay, and various silicates. The mixture is worked up into a plastic mass and moulded under pressure into blocks &c. which may be heated to accelerate setting.
Patent GB-190307945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knife Cleaners.
Inventor: JONES RICHARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-06
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 7945. Jones, R. W., and Hall, W. Y. H. April 6. Knives, cleaning and polishing.-The knife is moved between two rectangular pads each formed by connecting two pieces of cork fabric back to back. The pads are supported on a frame 5 having end flanges 7 provided with recesses to receive the square ends of trunnion pins mounted in the frames 2, wing nuts being screwed on the ends of the pins to lock the frame 5 in any position. A pneumatic cushion 10 supplied with air through a valve 11 is arranged above the upper pad, and a cover 22, secured in position by wires 28 laying along opposite sides and bent at the ends to pass through lugs on the flanges 7, completes the apparatus. Emery or other polishing powder is placed between the pads, and the cushion 10 is inflated to press them together. Another pneumatic cushion may be arranged below the lower pad, and the pads may be made of leather, linoleum, &c.
Patent GB-190309492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Stretchers.
Inventor: MATHESON MILLAR
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 9492. Matheson, M. April 25, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Wire strainers.-A device for straining fence wires consists of a lever a provided with a V-shaped end having concave sides f, e. The wire is gripped between a curved flange g on the lever and one of the lips i,j on a pivoted lever h on the lever a, so that the wire can be stretched by beating one of the sides f, e against the fence post.
Patent GB-190320223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Products of Condensation from Dioxybenzenes with Formaldehyde and Ammonia, and in the Process of Preparing same.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,223. Thompson, W. P., [M÷ller & Linsert]. Sept. 19. Medicinal preparations.-A condensation product suitable for therapeutical purposes, and having the composition of dioxyphenyl-hexamethylenetetramine, is obtained by treating any of the three dioxybenzenes (hydroquinone, pyrocatechin, and resorcin) with formaldehyde and ammonia. The body is a white crystalline compound, which, after washing with water and drying, forms a stable body easily soluble in water and alcohol.
Patent GB-190322843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Pistons and Piston Rods of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BROWN ARTHUR MORLEY
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,843. Brown, A. M. Oct. 22. Pistons; piston-rods.-For cooling the pistons and piston-rods of internal-combustion engines, the pistons are formed in two parts a, a<2>, provided with sleeves b, b<2> of slightly larger internal diameter than that of the piston-rod e. To render the joint between the parts a, a' fluid-tight, an indiarubber ring is inserted at r and the parts are drawn up by nuts on the ends of the piston-rods. To cool the rods and pistons, water or other liquid is circulated through the interior of the sleeves b, b<2> and the hollow piston. If preferred, the sleeve b<2>, merely used to guide the piston, may be dispensed with. The sleeves may have internal projections k, Fig. 4, to ensure concentricity with the rod e and to direct the liquid.
Patent GB-190324128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Settings and Blocks therefor.
Inventor: MARSH HORACE SMITH
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 24,128. Marsh, H. S. Nov. 6. Firebricks.-Relates to settings for Cornish and like boilers. They are formed of firebrick blocks, which may be easily removed for the inspection of the flues, without breaking away the brickwork. The side and end flues are covered by blocks b, Fig. 1, with curved under surfaces, supported either by the brickwork, or by blocks g. The lower end is flat, or formed of one or more V-shaped projections, which make a gas-tight joint with the supporting-block g. The vertical side of the block g terminates in an edge adapted to receive the projection c upon the cover block. The block g may be made flat instead of angular. The edge e of the cover block is adapted to suit the side of the boiler. The adjacent edges of the blocks may overlap, as shown in Fig. 3, sand being inserted at l ; the overlapping part of one block may rest on a lip on the recessed part of the other. Fig. 5 shows another form of joint, in which a metal or asbestos strip is used. Other forms of joints consist of rectangular or V-shaped grooves formed between the blocks and filled with strips of metal or asbestos and sand, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Keyholes are provided in the blocks to facilitate their removal. The seating-blocks, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, may be easily removed by withdrawing the adjacent blocks, which are provided with keyholes and are not rigidly connected. The seating- blocks are made with overlapping edges at the sides. Fig. 11 shows a form of corner block, which may be used where the side and end flues meet.
Patent GB-190325640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 25,640. Richards, J. Nov. 24. Centrifugal pumps.-Consists in encircling the impellers 12 of centrifugal pumps with an opensided continuous channel 15, the cross-sectional area of which increases, as indicated. The covers 4, 5 are made in one with the inlet pipes 7, 8, and are easily removable, permitting the surface of the channel 15 to be cleaned and inspected. The water in this channel moves at the same velocity as the impeller, and, after one revolution, is discharged into the gradually-diverging outlet 20, whereby the velocity of the discharge is decreased sufficiently to produce a pressure equal to the head against which the pump is working. Illustrative diagrams of the changes in velocity of the water during its passage through the pump are given in the Specification, and a modification is described in which the outlet is used as a support for the pump instead of the inlets, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Patent GB-190328054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Clips.
Inventor: HAZARD DANIEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,054. Hazard, D. A., and Huntington, C. M. May 11, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Filing papers &c.-A paper clip for holding bundles of letters, bills, and other papers consists of a preferably continuous piece of sheet metal or wire, bent into the form shown in Fig. 3. The end of the bar 5 has an offset 7 forming a groove 8 engaging the end of the bar 2 which is bent upwards and outwards forming a guard 9. The wire is resilient so as to cause the bars 3 and 5 to lie normally in contact. The ends of the wire may be soldered or otherwise permanently connected. The clip may be stamped from a single piece of sheet metal and twisted as shown in Fig. 5, to cause the bars 3 and 5 to lie flat. The two ends of the wire may also be connected by a hook on one engaging an eye on the other.
Patent GB-190400300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tunnel-boring Machinery.
Inventor: PRICE JOHN
Filed: 1904-01-05
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 300. Price, J. Jan. 5. Tunnelling.-Relates to attachments to tunnelling- machines with rotating cutter heads, such as are described in Specification No. 19,756, A.D. 1902, for facilitating deviation in any direction, either horizontally or vertically. An additional cutter a is carried by a slide b<7> on one of the arms of the cutter head, and is protruded to cut on the desired side by an eccentric b, adjustable on the bearing of the cutter-head shaft, and acting through the strap B, rocking shaft b<4>, and links b<6>. The eccentric may be adjusted so that the cutter a works concentrically.