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Patent GB-190116960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Unrolling, Stretching, and Measuring Woven Fabrics
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-08-23
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 16,960. Boult, A. J., [Gierisch, C. J. C.]. Aug. 23. Unwinding; measuring; stretching.- In unrolling, stretching, and measuring woven fabrics, apparatus such as that shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6 is used. The roll of fabric is mounted on a bar 5 having trunnions at the ends which rest in sockets in the frame, the bar being inserted. into the piece or roll along the core or board. From the roll thus mounted the fabric S is withdrawn over a rod 2. between the stretching-rolls 7, 10, and over the measuring-roll 18. The trunnions of the stretching-rolls 7, 10 move in slits 9, Fig. 6, in the frame, the slits having extensions 12, Fig. 2, at the top to receive the trunnions of the upper roll while the fabric is being inserted. The rolls may be pressed together by rubber bands 13, which pass over pulleys on the upper roll and over one or other of the rods 14, attached to the frame, according to the tension desired. In order to regulate the position of layers of double-width fabrics, when these are unrolled, one of the stretching-rollers, such as 10, is adapted to be fixed. This may be effected by means of a notched disc 16 on its trunnion, with which a pawl 17 may be caused to engage. The measuring-roll 18 has a rough surface to which the fabric is pressed by a roll 20. The roll is connected by coupling 22, Fig. 4, with the shaft 24 of the indicating-mechanism. A pinion 26 on the shaft 24 gears with a pinion 27, which by means of a fixed pointer 28 indicates fractions of the standard length, such as a metre. A disc 31 mounted on a shaft 30, which receives motion from the shaft 24 by worm gearing, moves before a fixed pointer 32 to indicate the number of standard lengths.
Patent GB-190200148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trucks Fitted with Lifting Gear.
Inventor: SCOTT ALEXANDER ANDERSON
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 148. Scott, A. A. Jan. 3, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hand-trucks with lifting-gear.-Consists of a truck which is especially adapted to facilitate the transport of pallets of bricks, but which may be used for other purposes. The truck has upper side bars L sliding in grooves in the vertical posts H, I, and lifted and lowered by toggle-levers N operated by a link S and lever Q pivoted in slots in the posts H. A pallet of bricks C can thus be lifted from, or lowered on to, the frame B arranged over the rails on which the truck runs.
Patent GB-190201024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Date and Time Stamps.
Inventor: MOSELEY CHARLES SCOTT
Filed: 1902-01-14
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 1024. Moseley, C. S. Jan. 14. Date and time printing stamps.- Relates to date and time stamps of the kind in which a controlled electromagnet actuates the indicator mechanism. In the form shown in section in Fig. 2, a metal case a is provided with a platen a', preferably of rubber faced with canvas, and encloses an electromagnet b, preferably of two bobbins, the cores passing through a yoke b<9> and having threads for securing- nuts b<10>. Standards k depending from the upper wall of the case have openings for insulating-shells k<1> receiving conducting-rods k<2> having openings at opposite ends for the conductors. The armature b<1> is mounted on screw pivots b' provided with setscrews. A screw b<3> is threaded through an arm b<4>, and has a half-ball or head b<5> engaging a socket b<6> in the armature, and a tapered portion passing through a conical opening b<7> in the armature, and is adjusted through an opening b<8> in the case. A hollow rocking-arm c is mounted on pivots c', and supports at its enlarged end a bevelled face plate h retained by the head of a screw h<1>, and a hollow removable cap c<3> with a seat for a flat rubber disc forming a dome-shaped knob or handle c<5>. The arm c is depressed by hand and retracted by a spring c<6>. The indicator mechanism is of usual construction, and comprises a month wheel g, Fig. 4, and year-wheel g<1> operated by hand and mounted on a shaft d, and six wheels g<2> .... g<7> loosely mounted on the shaft d and operated by the electromagnet through pawls on a cross-bar d<7>. This bar is provided with lugs d<8> through which passes a rod d<9> journalled in side arms d<10> connected by a bar d<11> and loosely hung on the shaft d. A spring e, coiled round the rod d<9>, bears against the bars d<7>, d<11>. The rod d<9> is connected by a link e' to a lever e<2>, Fig. 2, which is slotted to engage a lug e<6> on a lever e<7> pivoted to the arm b<4> co-axially with the pivots c'. A spring e<4> is bent over a lug e<5> and carried over the fulcrum e<3> of the lever e', under the lever, and back over the fulcrum to the lug e<5>. Backward movement of the pawlactuated wheels is prevented by detents e<9>, which are loosely hung on a bar f secured to the arm c, and pressed by springs f<1> adjusted by screws f<2> provided with set-screws. In a modification, the two levers in the rocking-arm are replaced by a single lever provided at its forward end with a rack engaging a pinion, on the side of which is mounted a disc having a pin connected by a link to the pawl frame.
Patent GB-190204714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bicycles and Tricycles.
Inventor: ASHBURN THOMAS
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 4714. Ashburn, T. Feb. 25. Frames; forks; steering- mechanism ; guards, mud; heads; bicycles; tricycles.-In the application of the invention to a bicycle, shown in the Figures, the front forks i are carried by a tube j<2> which slides vertically in a tube c secured by a fixed lug f and a detachable lug e to the usual steering-post, which is mounted in the usual head a and carries ordinary handle-bars. The forks i are supported by links h connecting them to a tube &c. o formed on the steering-post and serving as a mud guard. The motion of the forks &c. is controlled by springs l, m arranged on each side of a diaphragm in the tube c, as shown in Fig. 3. In a modification, the forks are rigidly secured to the tube c and to the end of the tube o. The rear forks i are similarly connected by links h to the bottom bracket and slide in a similar spring device.
Patent GB-190205307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: WHITWELL THOMAS
Filed: 1902-03-03
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 5307. Whitwell, T. March 3. Heating liquids. -In water-heating apparatus, especially that described in Specification No. 11,070, A.D. 1901, a valve 5, Fig. 1, for regulating the passage of steam from the internal steam pipes 3 to the water space is controlled by the relative expansions of two rods 7, 8 arranged, respectively, in one of the steam pipes 3 and in the water space. The valve 5 is connected to the rod 7 by a pivoted lever 6. In one arrangement, the rods 7, 8 are hinged to an external lever 12 having an aperture fitting loosely over a fixed stud 13, a spiral spring 16 forcing the lever upwards against adjustable lock-nuts on the stud 13. The expansion of the rod 7, when steam is admitted to the pipe, opens the valve 5 which is afterwards closed by the expansion of the rod 8 when the water is sufficiently heated. The valve 5 may be opened by depressing the lever 12 by means of a handle. 8 at its end. In a second arrangement, the rod 8 is hinged to an external pivoted lever 19, Fig. 2, and a nut 7<a> on the rod 7 bears underneath another pivoted lever 12, a spiral spring 16 keeping the nut 7<a> against the lever 12. The levers 19, 12 are connected together by a screwed link 21 provided with regulating screws or cottars. The spring 16 may be arranged under the lever 12, as in the first arrangement, and the rod 8 is then hinged to the lever 12. According to the Provisional Specification, other liquids than water may be heated in the apparatus.
Patent GB-190206284-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Combined Fork and many Bladed Knife for Table Use.
Inventor: GARDA GIOVANNI
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 6284. Garda, G. March 14. .Table and pocket knives andforks.-The knife is provided with a number of folding blades, which are removably arranged on the pin r of the handle at a such a distance apart that the prongs of a folding fork can pass between them. The blades are secured to the handle in the open and closed positions by the hinged plates m n, the former of which has a loop m<1> to receive one end of the folded fork while the other end of the fork enters a recess b in the handle.
Patent GB-190225949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas or Electric Light Brackets applicable for Bakers' Ovens.
Inventor: GILLARD THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 25,949. Gillard, T. Nov. 25. Supporting lamps.-A bracket A carrying a gas jet or electric lamp K is connected to the lead B by a flexible coupling C. The bracket, made without swivel joints, is especially shaped to lie lengthwise close to the tapering or converging side walls D of an oven mouth and to the wall on the inside of the oven. A handle E, for resting on the sloping bottom D' of the oven mouth, and the upright end A<1> of the bracket, are made reversible so that the apparatus can be made either right or left handed and applicable to either side of the oven mouth. When the bracket is not in use, the bend f can be passed over a hook F and the lamp utilized for lighting the bakehouse. The glass of the lamp is protected by a swivelling guard provided with a hinged front I and a reflector H. The base H<1> of the guard serves as a reflector when the bracket is suspended on the hook F.
Patent GB-190226761-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tobacco Feeding Device for Cigarette Machines.
Inventor: SCHUERMANN EDUARD
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 26,761. Sch³rmann, E. Dec. 4. Cigarette-making machines.-Relates to tobaccofeeding apparatus. The tobacco carried up by the spiked band a is evened up and the excess removed by the rotating spiked or brush rollers b. The tobacco is swept on to the inclined plane d by the brush c.
Patent GB-190300174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Electrically Controlling Lifts, Hoists, and the like.
Inventor: RICHMOND JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-01-03
Granted: 1904-01-02
Abstract: 174. Richmond, J., and Carey, R. F. Jan. 3. Lifts.-Consists in controlling electricallyactuated lifts &c. by employing a secondary motor for working a rheostat, which is in circuit with the hauling-motor, by means of an electromagnetic clutch, and also for working the reversing-switch. The secondary motor 3 actuates, through the worm-gearing 4, the electro-magnetic clutch 6, 7 and the reversing-switch 9, and also the rheostat arm 13, through the medium of the chaingearing 11, 12. When the pilot switch 1 in the car 2 is operated for working the lift, the motor 3 is rotated, and also the reversing- switch for actuating the hauling- motor, and the chain-wheel. The arm 13 is therefore drawn up, raising the contact-maker 16 and cutting out resistances. from the rheostat, and the arm, on reaching its highest position, comes in contact with a fixed stop, causing the clutch to slip, or the current through the motor to be broken. When the switch is operated to stop the working, the motor 13 and the clutch are de-energized, and the weighted lever returns the switch and rheostat arm to their former positions. The use of this arrangement with a circular form of rheostat fitted on the chain-wheel shaft is also described.
Patent GB-190307589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means to be Employed in connection with Paper Hangings and the like.
Inventor: HANS JEAN ALFRED
Filed: 1903-04-01
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7589. Hans, J. A. April 1. Wall and ceiling coverings.-Paper or like hangings, such as printed woven fabrics, are decorated by applying borders from which the ground of the design has been removed by cutting or stamping.
Patent GB-190312645-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Protective Composition and Method of Applying same
Inventor: STEMPEL OMAR ALWIN
Filed: 1903-06-04
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 12,645. Stempel, O. A. June 4. Antifouling compositions; preservative compositions; coating surfaces, compositions for.- Relates to a composition and method of applying the same to wood, metal, or other surfaces to protect them from the destructive influences of the weather, fire, water, rodents, and insects. The composition consists of asphaltum, asbestos, and sand or similar body material, ground and mixed cold. The coating is applied by first dusting the surface with powdered asphaltum and melting the same with a hot fusing-plate to form a priming coat, and then dusting on the composition and again fusing it to form the protective coating.
Patent GB-190315223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottle-filling or similar Apparatus.
Inventor: GOLDMAN SIGMUND LUDWIG
Filed: 1903-07-09
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 15,223. Goldman, S. L., [Vogel, 0.]. July 9. Bottling.-Fig. 1 shows a multiple machine for filling beer or other liquid into bottles &c. against a counter-pressure. The bottle rests A<1> are adjustable on the screwed stems A<2> of the plungers A<3>, and can be fixed by the band-wheel nuts a, the plungers being yieldingly supported on springs &c. A<5> within the sockets A<4> carried by the arms F<1> on the revoluble frame F. The sockets A<4> are provided with rollers A<6>, which travel on the cam track B, whereby the bottles X are raised to and lowered from the filling-nozzles C'. The frame F<1> is connected by the sleeve G to the casing H, which rotates on the stationary valve plug D carried by the fixed sleeve E<1>. The liquid is supplied through the inlet D' and pipe D<2> to the chamber d in the plug D, and, from thence, passes under control of the valve to the filling-nozzles. The chamber d communicates through the lateral port D<8>, Fig. 3, with the circumferential recess D<7> in the plug D, the liquid being supplied to the bottles through the passages C<5>, Fig. 1, while the nozzles are passing this recess. On the top of the plug D is mounted the counter-pressure chamber J, which communicates with the chamber D<4> in the plug, the chamber D<4> being connected by the passage D<5>, Fig. 3, with the circumferential recess D<6> in the plug. The recess D<5> has a lead of the recess D<7>, as shown in Fig. 3, so that, in the rotation of the bottle-carrying frame, the bottles are connected through the air passages C<4> in the nozzles with the counter-pressure chamber, before the liquid passages C<5> in the nozzle are connected with the liquid-supply. The liquid thus enters the bottles against the connter-pressure. In case of a bottle being prematurely filled, any overflow through the air passage C<4> is collected in the chamber d, and is returned to an empty bottle through a downwardly-inclined passage D<9>, Fig. 3, simultaneously with the admission of the counterpressure to this bottle. Before the filled bottles reach the point where they are removed from the machine, the pressure within them is relieved through the port D<11>, Fig. 3, which is opened to the atmosphere through a disc H<4> upon the plug D. The chamber J is preferably provided with a pressure-gauge J', and is adapted to slide in an outer casing J<5>, being weighted with shot &c. In case of excessive admission of air to the chamber, the chamber is raised so as to uncover an opening, through which the excess gas escapes.
Patent GB-190319285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boiler Feeding Apparatus
Inventor: BREITLAENDER WILHELM
Filed: 1903-09-07
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 19,285. BrÚitlõnder, W. Sept. 7. Feed -pumps; delivery, regulating. -Relates to feedpumps which work continuously, and consists in fitting them with a byepass for regulating the discharge. According to t h e arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the suction and delivery sides of the pump 1 are connected by a pipe 5 fitted with a cock 12, which is operated automatically to open or close the connection by a float 8 in a separate chamber 7 attached to the side of the hot-well or collector 10. The pipe 5 may be connected on the suction side either with the suction pipe or the hot-well, and on the delivery side either above or below the delivery valve 3. In any case, the arrangements are such that, when the level in the hot-well falls below the normal level, the float 8 opens the cock 12 so as to allow more or less of the discharge water to flow back to the suction side. In another arrangement, the hot-well or collector 10 is in the form of an air vessel mounted on the top of a chamber in the upper part of the air pump 9. The float lever 13 may be made to operate directly on the cock by arranging the spindle of the latter within the float chamber, as shown in Fig. 4. Any axial pressure on the plug 22 is taken by thin washers 25 at the small end and by a disc 28 at the large end. Sticking or loosening of the plug in its seat is thus prevented. A lever, carrying a counterweight, may be provided on the spindle 29 at the opposite end of the plug. When the plug is re-ground, it is only necessary to remove one or more of the washers 25 and place them in front of the disc 28. With the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the float lever 17 operates the cock indirectly through a link 18. If desired, the float chamber may be dispensed with and the float arranged in the hot-well or collector 10.
Patent GB-190320439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Curlers
Inventor: LENTON LAVINIA
Filed: 1903-09-23
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 20,439. Lenton, L. Sept. 23. Hair-curling appliances. -A flexible cord is made in the usual way from about twenty lengths of pure soft-annealed and tinned iron wire, covered with two-fold cotton or other fibrous material in threads. The cord is cut into lengths, which are formed into rings, the ends being joined and covered by metal tags, Fig 4. The rings are bent into the shape of a hair-pin with double prongs, and the hair D is preferably wound round and threaded through one of the double prongs, Fig. 2, the other serving to enclose and fasten it. Extra metal tags may be supplied to afford a firmer grip to the hair where it is first wound. The flexible cord may be made without wire by combining about 100 cotton threads. The Provisional Specification also states that curlers for children's hair may be made of a length of cord with loops at each end bound with cotton or the like. The centre of the curler is also bound round till it is of sufficient thickness for use. Specification No. 3416, A.D. 1899, is referred to.
Patent GB-190328032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway or Tramway Rails.
Inventor: BIGWOOD JOSHUA
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 28,032. Bigwood, J. Dec. 21. Rails; rails, securing to sleepers.-Consists in making railway and tramway rails in two parts, one a supporting girder, and the other the surface or rail proper. The rail proper a has a longitudinal rib i formed on its under surface which fits into a corresponding groove k in the upper surface of the supporting girder e. The position of the rail proper on the girder is such that the crushing strain acts vertically on the web of the girder. The two parts are preferably arranged so as to break joint with each other, and are bolted together in either of the ways shown. The part e is shown in the Figures as kept in place on an iron sleeper f by tongues g cut out of the sleeper and bent over the lower flanges of the girder.
Patent GB-190328350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Washing Machines.
Inventor: AUSTEL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 28,350. Austel, r. Dec. 24. Washing-machines.-A receptacle a, formed of elliptical or other suitable cross - section, and mounted on legs as shown, is fitted with a vertical frame b, which supports brackets f, from which beams c are suspended. The beams c carry rubbing - blocks d, curved on their lower surfaces to the form of the drum, and operated by band-levers g, so as to move the linen &c. to be washed to and fro, and press it against the walls of the drum. The levers g are pivoted to the frame at h, and engage grooves in the blocks d. A soap dish i may be arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190401044-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Contact Maker Gas, Oil, and all Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: ALLTREE ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-01-15
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1044. Alltree, A. Jan. 15. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The contact- breaker shown in Figs. 4 and 4<A>, consists of a pair of brushes which engage with a common contact- piece on the rotating disc B. The brushes are con- nected to the respective poles of a battery, the current passing when both brushes simultaneously engage the contact-piece c. The time of ignition and the period of contact may be adjusted by the movable brush E, carried by the hand-operated rocker F. If preferred, the brushes may be arranged on the side of the insulated disc B.
Patent GB-190408932-A (GB)
Title: Folding Go-cart.
Inventor: GWATHMEY CHRISTOPHER BROWNE
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8932. Gwathmey, C. B. April 19. Children's mail carts.-In a folding carriage for infants, Fig. 1, a foot-rest 3 and front axle 4 are carried by extensions 2 hinged to the underside of the seat 1. A staple under the seat is held, by a spring 11, in engagement with notches in a bar 6, an eye 7 in which encircles the axle 4. Extensions 13 hinged to the rear axle 12 are held in place by pivoted catches 16. At each side of the vehicle, a rod 18 moving in an eye-clip 17 carries the arm 19. A notched clip 20 on the arm engages with a catch 21 pivoted at the back 22, which, hinged to the rear of the seat, is fitted with extension handles 23 held by catches 24. A strap 25 serves to hold the child when the cart is in use, and to secure the different parts when folded. In folding, the bar 6 is disengaged from the staple and pushed forwards ; the foot-rest and front wheels are extended and held in place by the outer notch in the bar 6 engaging the staple. The extensions 13 are turned outwards and engaged by the catches 16, the arms 19 and back 22 being turned upward and locked together by catches 21, and the extensions 23 are fixed in place, as in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190408998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cash Boxes.
Inventor: DEDERICH WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 8998. Dederich, W., [Stiebel, F.]. April 19. Money and cash boxes are made by arranging one or more blocks in a frame b, the blocks being hollowed out into troughs a corresponding to the sizes of the denominations of the coins to be counted ; scales c are impressed on the blocks, or scales of paper, metal, celluloid, or wood are fastened thereto. Cross-grooves d are provided in the troughs at specified distances, for instance, at every tenth coin, for holding certain coins in position. The effect due to variations in the thickness and shape of worn and battered coins is thus eliminated, and the actual number of coins in the box always corresponds with the scale reading.
Patent GB-190409703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Flour.
Inventor: SHACKLETON EBENEZER
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9703. Shackleton, E. April 28. Drawings to Specification. Hydrogen evolved during the process of obtaining oxides of nitrogen for the treatment of flour by the electrolysis of an acid solution of sodium nitrate is conveyed away by a pipe, and may be utilized for lighting, heating, &c., or stored.