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Patent GB-190200391-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Refining, Ageing, Mellowing, and Purifying Malt and Spirituous Wines and Liquors.
Inventor: DUFFY JAMES FRANKLIN
Filed: 1902-01-06
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 391. Duffy, J. F. Jan. 6. Beer, ageing or maturing; beverages, ageing, maturing, and purifying; cider; spirits; wine.- In a method of ageing or purifying alcoholic liquors, the liquor is fed from a tank A, Fig. 1, through a pipe C, in which it is treated with compressed air injected into it at F. From the pipe C the liquor passes through a coil immersed in hot water in a tank B, and then flows through a pipe H into a tank I, shown separately in Fig. 4. The pipe H terminates in a spray nozzle K and the spray is treated with air impregnated with tannic or acetic acid and introduced through a nozzle m. The liquor is then preferably distilled in a still q and condensed in a worm contained in a vessel q<5>. G is an ordinary air compressor, and N is the vessel in which the impregnation of the air is effected.
Patent GB-190218563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Shafting.
Inventor: WILSON LIDA
Filed: 1902-08-23
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 18,563. Wilson, L. Aug. 23. Making shafts and d shafting. - Shafting is formed by coiling heated ribbons or strands b in one or more layers round a hollow or solid core a, the coils of successive layers being in the same or opposite directions. Rings d' or a continuous shell d may be shrunk on to finish the shafting, which is particularly suitable for propeller shafts. The adjacent surfaces of the coils and layers are welded together by any suitable method of welding. The core may be omitted.
Patent GB-190221423-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Deadening or Reducing Exterior Noises Audible in Buildings.
Inventor: BAXTER HERBERT NEWSOME
Filed: 1902-10-02
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 21,423. Baxter, H. N. Oct. 2. Windows; glazing windows. - Sound-proof windows are formed by two or more sheets of glass or the like placed parallel, or otherwise, and bedded on rubber &c. The glass b, Fig. 1, may consist of several small panes, and the inner pane may be mounted in a hinged frame c to facilitate cleaning. Instead of two sheets, a hollow pane of rectangular, circular, or other shape may be cast or blown, or formed by cementing or fusing the edges of glass sheets ; the interior may be exhausted and strengthened by perforated partitions.
Patent GB-190226861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Separable Fasteners.
Inventor: TRAUT GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1902-12-05
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 26,861. Traut, G. W. Feb. 11, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stud-and-socket fastenings.-Relates to the sockets of stud fastenings for garments and other articles. The resilient portion of the socket member is formed by arms A, which are usually doubled over at the ends, and are preferably formed round and integral with a cupped or concavo-convex flanged body A'. The resilient portion is attached to the article by means of a disc or cap B provided with a stem B', which is preferably tubular, and is passed through a central perforation in the body A' and upset. A cap C with a rigid socket opening c is secured below the resilient portion by means of a flange C<1>. A supplementary cap D may be placed over the cap B for ornamental effect.
Patent GB-190301428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Fermented Liquors.
Inventor: SCHNEIBLE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 1428. Schneible, J. Jan. 20. Brewing; beverages, fining, clarifying, and the like; beverages, fermenting.-Relates to the finishing of fermented liquors by cooling newly-fermented liquor, charging it with carbonic-acid gas, and finally allowing the liquor to rest until coagulation of the albuminous matters is effected. In this process, the carbonic-acid gas arising from the fermenting liquor is made use of, and the invention consists in using this gas while it is quite fresh or at any rate has not been stored for a longer period than two days. In the practice of the invention, the temperature of fermentation is preferably somewhat higher than usual and the liquor is separated from the yeast before the treatment is effected.
Patent GB-190302180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siphon Bottles.
Inventor: KEMP-WELCH JAMES
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 2180. Welch, J. Kemp-. Jan. 29. Sip h o n bottles.- To allow the escape of air when the bottle is being filled with aÙrated water, small holes F, provided in the cap B, are put i n t o communication with the interior by partly unscrewing the cap, thus raising the washer C from the top of the bottle. The Provisional Specification states that the upper part of the bottle is made with a perforation which is lined with a tube provided with a valve, which may be spring-held, and, as an alternative, that the opening may be made in the lower part of the cap.
Patent GB-190302521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube Joints or Couplings.
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2521. Brotherton, Ltd., J., and Hill, J. Feb. 3. Metal pipes; ball- and-socket joints.- Joints for wroughtiron pipes are made without the use of separate coupling-pieces, and such that the angle of inclination of the tubes to each other may be varied. The end of the pipe A is provided with a hemispherical or conical end a either by bulging or forging, which fits into the flared end of the tube A<1>, as shown in Fig. 1. The joint is tightened by the loose collars B, B', held together by bolts.
Patent GB-190306282-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Extinguishing Lights whether Gas Burners or Electric Lights or the like, after they have Burnt a Given Length of Time.
Filed: 1903-03-18
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 6282. Abel, C. D., [Compagnie Anon. Continentale pour la Fabrication des Compteurs de Gaz et autres Appareils]. March 18. Actuating valves and cocks; gas valves and cocks.- Relates to a device for automatically extinguishing gas, or electric, street or other lamps at any required time. A quadrant lever S mounted on an axis gears by internal teeth with a pinion P fixed on the axis of the spring of a clockwork. To the plug of the gas cock R is attached a lever, to the end of which is fixed a spring Z holding the cock closed. When the quadrant S is turned by pulling down the hook C, the arm m lifts a stud c which is caught by a spring catch n, thus holding the gas cock open. The same motion turns the pinion P and winds up the spring of the clockwork. The spring drives a fly or other regulator through the clockwork so that the pinion turns slowly and the quadrant returns to its first position. When the quadrant reaches a certain point, an arm d presses out the catch n and allows the pin c to escape, so that the spring Z shuts the cock. To enable the time of burning of the lamp to be regulated, the quadrant has a series of stepped teeth, arranged at an increasing distance from the axis. A sliding stop k fixed by a screw v is adjusted to stop the quadrant at the required point, when it is pulled down by the hook c. The travel of the quadrant can thus be varied. A scale graduated in hours may be placed at the side of the stop. The casing B contains a spiral main spring Y, Fig. 3, the outer end being fixed to the casing at x and the inner end to the axis o. A sleeve on the axis carries a ratchet-wheel h engaged by spring pawls g carried by a two-armed lever T fixed to the axis. When applied to electric lights, a suitable switch is operated in the same way.
Patent GB-190317111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Pressing the Bobbins of Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: ATKINSON LEONARD ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 17,111. Atkinson, L. A. Aug 6 Lace bobbins, pressing.-Relates to presses for pressing the filled bobbins of twist-lace machines. A hollow casing A carries a yoke H on vertical standards H<1>, H<1>. Screwed shafts B, B work in sleeves A' and carry worm-wheels C, C driven by worms on the driving-shaft E. A plain part of each shaft B passes through the yoke H while the screwed part passes through, and moves vertically, a platen J which may also work on the standards H<1>. The bobbins are placed in cages on the casing A under the platen J which is slowly lowered by the rotation of a large fast pulley F. When the bobbins are sufficiently pressed a screwed adjustable bolt M on the platen J disengages a detent L from the notch L<2> on a shipper-rod, and the driving-belt is then drawn by a spring over the loose pulley F<1>. The platen J is quickly raised by moving the handle P<1> of a second shipper-rod N' which brings a second belt from a small loose pulley G' to the fast pulley G. A plunger on a sliding rod 0 then slips into a notch O<1> on the shipper-rod. The platen J in moving up strikes a tappet 0' and lifts the plunger out of the notch 0<1> when the belt is returned by a spring to the loose pulley G'. In the press described in the Provisional Specification the rod M disengages a vertical bolt from a notch on the shipper - rod which shifts the belt from the pulley F.
Patent GB-190323736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nasal Inhalers.
Inventor: TETER CHARLES KINNEY
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,736. Teter, C. K. April 1, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Anµsthetics, administering ; in- - halers.-Relates to an appliance for administering gas through the nose. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a sectional view, of the apparatus, in which a piece 1 of hard rubber, shaped to fix over the nose and mounted in a metal cup 2, has an aperture carrying a screwed flanged tube 4. A cap 7 screws on this tube 4, and is perforated with holes 8 to allow escape of exhaled air. A valve 14, kept normally closed by a spring 13 and limited in its motion by an adjustable head 12, allows exhalation but not inhalation. The latter is effected through a tube which proceeds from a gas bag, and is attached to a nipple 15 in the side of the cup 2.
Patent GB-190324555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Holding, Retaining, or Securing Removable Leaves of Albums, Letter Files, Specimen, Account and other Books and the like in Covers, and the Appliances connected therewith.
Inventor: STEVENS ROBERT TYETH
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,555. Stevens, R. T. Nov. 12. Filing papers &c.-Relates to a device for holding the leaves of albums, letter files, specimen, account, and other books and the like, so that any leaf may be readily removed and replaced. In the back edges of the leaves are formed shaped notches B, which are engaged by a mechanism in the back of the cover of the album or other book. Two or more brackets or shoes E, of metal or other material, are attached to the cover D, and a rod F is placed across each. To each end of the cover is attached a spring H, operated by a lever J pivoted at K. The leaf is placed in position, one of the springs being compressed by the lever, and the other lever is closed, locking the leaf in position. In a modification, each bracket 0, Fig. 7, has a bridge P and two springs R which enter notches M in the edge of the leaf. A rod T having a knob S and projections U, runs through the centre of the back. When the rod is turned partly round, the projections come between the springs R, forcing them apart and securing the leaf. A rod may be operated at each end of the cover, and, for large leaves, the mechanism may be multiplied. The back edges of the leaves may be separate strips of cardboard, paper, sheet metal, celluloid, or the like, attached to the leaves by a strip of calico or the like.
Patent GB-190324997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Raising and Lowering Mechanism for Window Sashes.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 24,997. Robertson, A. Nov. 17. Windows.- Relates to operating and holding devices for railway-carriage and other windows, and provides means for closing them water-tight, as described in Specifications Nos. 27,572 and 28,658, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Ships &c., Div. I.]. The sash a is operated by an ordinary or peculiarly constructed rack b, c and pinion g, driven by suitable gearing, such as that shown, the shaft e being connected to similar gearing on the side, not shown. When the window is closed, (1) a starwheel o, Fig. 1, meshes with a wheel n, similar to the wheel g, on the shaft e and closes the sash water-tight, as described in the later Specification referred to above, (2) a toothed disc q, Fig. 5, on the frame takes in a rack s, t similar to the rack b, c, Fig. 1, this rack being on sliding bars x carrying inclined planes v which slide in slots w in the frame, or (3) a toothed segment q<1>, Fig. 6, on a sleeve q<2> takes in a rack u on the sliding bar x, and is operated separately by worm gearing y, z. For rapidly lowering the window, the worm l or the pinion g may be disengaged, and a brake or cushion device employed, and in railway-carriage and ordinary windows the water-tight joint may be omitted.
Patent GB-190325699-A (GB)
Title: Gas Burner with Lighting Attachment.
Inventor: NIELSEN CARL
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 25,699. Nielsen, C. Nov. 24. Automatic cut-offs for gas cocks; actuating v a l v e s and cocks.-A double-seated valve or two single valves for controlling the two gas inlets to the burner and to the lighting-attachment of incandescent street and other lamps are connected through levers to a collapsable storage vessel communicating with the gas main, so that the increased night gas pressure automatically lights the burner and extinguishes the lighting-attachment and the decreased day gas pressure reverses these operations. Several burners may be simultaneously operated in a similar manner. In one arrangement, the collapsable storage vessel g, Fig. 1, is retained in the collapsed position during the day by a weight q, by an adjustable weight h on the connecting-lever i, and by springs acting upwards on the valve, the springs preferably consisting of a light and a strong spring separated by a disc so that the gas inlet l to the burner will be opened before the other gas inlet m is closed. Fig. 3 shows the conical storage vessel g<1> arranged beneath the burner, and forced into the collapsed position by a weight q<1> and a spring o<1>. Excessive sensitiveness is prevented by a ball h<2> rolling in one of the hollow connecting-levers x, or by a movable load, such as a weighted carriage, arranged externally on the connecting-levers, or by weighted pendulum levers connected thereto. In a modification, the collapsable vessel g<1>, Fig. 7, is forced downwards by rolling weights h<2> in pivoted levers or casings i, and is connected to the valve k through levers 4, 5, 6, 7. In a second modification, the casings i, Fig. 8, are carried by adjustable pivoted rings 9 hung from adjustable sciews 10, and the leather gas vessel g<1> is formed with an upper thin bulging portion upon which the weight q<1> rests.
Patent GB-190326429-A (GB)
Title: Improved Variable Speed Pulley and Disconnecting Device
Inventor: PAYNE CALEB
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 26,429. Payne, C. Dec. 3. Motor road vehicles.-Pulleys for motor vehicles &c. are constructed as shown in Fig. 1 to obtain a variable speed, and to facilitate disconnection. On the hub of the principal part A of the pulley, there slides on feathers K a part B, which is pressed inwards by a spring S, enclosed by a ring W screwed to the hub of the part A. On the peripheries of the parts A, B are loose rings D, revolving on roller bearings R fitted with adjustable discs C. When the band rests on the rings D, it runs loose and the gearing is disconnected ; but, when the band is tightened by a jockey pulley, it descends between the parts B, against the spring S, thus driving the pulley at a variable speed depending on the amount of tension of the band.
Patent GB-190328152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Golf Balls.
Inventor: KINGZETT CHARLES THOMAS
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 28,152. Kingzett, C. T. Dec. 22. Balls.-The cores of golf balls are formed in a similar manner to that described in Specification No. 22,368, A.D. 1902, but preferably the non- vulcanized rubber fibres forming the core are softened by heat instead of by a volatile solvent. The rubber strips are heated by a steam-heated hollow steel plate, and they are wound either by hand, or mechanically, around a neucleus such as a metal ball, or a weighted cork sphere ; or, the neucleus may be dispensed with. The metal bail is in some cases gripped by a revolving spindle, and a tension is given to the rubber strips while they are being wound. This spherical core, when wound, may be moulded before it is enclosed in an outer layer of gutta-percha, which is applied by moulding. The rubber core may be enclosed in a spherical xylonite shell before the gutta-percha layer is applied.
Patent GB-190328406-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Devices for Attaching Articles or Parts of Articles Together.
Inventor: PETFORD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 28,406. Petford, J. T. Dec. 24. Making saucepans &c.-Relates to a method of attaching articles or parts of articles together, which may be used for attaching castors or ornamental knobs to bed-posts. The method is also applicable to cooking-pot legs, saucepan handles, and other articles. A split washer c is held between two caps b, b<1> which fit on to the end of the bed-post a. The caps may be secured by means of a metal casting e. The shank of the castor or ornamental knob ends in a conical part g below which is a reduced part. The end of the shank is pushed through the washer which then closes on the reduced part and prevents the castor from being withdrawn. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the washer c is divided into two parts by an oblique cut, and is held in place by a single cap b. Fig. 9 shows the device applied to a wooden or like post, a recess being made in the end of the post for the end of the shank. Springs, or a wire encircling loop, or other device may be used to press together the parts of the washer. When the device is applied to an ornamental knob, the outer end of the shank is screw-threaded and rotation is prevented by means of non-circular parts or equivalent devices on the washer or shank. In applying the method to cooking-pot legs and saucepan handles, a metal casting may be employed as shown in Fig. 3, or the article is cast with a boss k, Fig. 11. Within the mould is supported, by means of a core, a split washer c covered with blacklead, sand, or the like. After casting, the core and the sand or the like are removed, and the leg or handle h<1>, provided with a cone-headed pin, is inserted. The Provisional Specification states also that the washer may be replaced by a screwed nut with which a screwed pin or the like may engage.
Patent GB-190403432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prismatic Glass Plates for Windows, Daylight Reflectors, Refractors and the like
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 3432. Justice, P. M., [Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co.]. Feb. 11. Windows; daylight reflectors.-Figs. 1, 10, 11, 12, and 13 show vertical sections, Fig. 6 a back view, and Fig. 7 a perspective view of different types of prismatic lights. One face of the light is plane, as shown at n, Figs. 1, 10, and 11, while the other is composed of obtuse-angled prisms, the incident face s of each prism is transparent, so that light is refracted to the face n, and is there totally reflected to the other prism face r, which, being covered with silver, enamel, on the like, reflects it to the transparent face n, emerging nearly horizontal, as at 1, 1<a>, 1<b>, 1<c>, Fig. 1. The outer and inner reflecting-surfaces r may be parallel as shown in Fig. 1 ; inclined to one another, as shown in Fig. 12 ; both convex, as shown in Fig. 11 ; both concave as shown in Fig. 13; or, one plane and the other concave. As shown in Fig. 11, the light consists of two plates N', N<2>, the intermediate space being occupied by a transparent material having nearly the same refractive index as the glass of the plates. In the type shown in Fig. 12, the plates N, Q are separated by an air film, and the plate N is built up of a series of bars joined by a transparent material, or by fusing. The plate Q, Fig. 13, has a number of convex ribs r<1>. In all these types the prism face r may consist of a number of auxiliary prisms, Figs. 6 and 7, running across the face of the main prisms at a right-angle or otherwise.
Patent GB-190404517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cases, Books or other Receptacles or Holders for Fish Hooks.
Inventor: FORREST GEORGE
IPC: A01K97/06
Filed: 1904-02-23
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 4517. Forrest, G. Feb. 23. Fly-books and tackle cases are provided with strips A of cork or other incorrodible material of a resilient nature which are secured in any appropriate manner against a backing B, preferably of the same material, so that the barb or point of the hook can be inserted between the strip and the backing and subsequently removed without any injury to the support. The strips may be attached by fasteners C similar to Taper fasteners, or a flexible metal strip such as C<2> may be employed passing down the centre of the cork strip and fixed at the ends to the case. Fig. 3 shows an alternative method of arranging the strips which, in this case, are made wider so that they overlap. The device described above can also be applied to the appliances for storing or carrying books.
Patent GB-190408000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Brick-making Drying Sheds.
Inventor: ARNOLD THOMAS
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 8000. Arnold, T., and Hardy, W. H. April 7. Bricks, drying. A ridge-shaped hood b for use in drying sheds is made of expanded metal and cement, with wood supports c at intervals, and encloses a steam chamber a. The bricks d are placed on the ledges and can be covered with boards f. A gutter e retains the hot water condensed from the steam, to prevent rapid cooling when steam is not available. The hood may also be heated by means of pipes from kilns &c. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the hood is replaced by pipes g, which are supported at their ends on brickwork &c., and through which steam can be passed, condensed steam being collected, if desired, in a gutter as before. Fig. 3 shows a method of stacking bricks by means of pipes g and plates i in a shed having a floor h of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190410556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewers.
Inventor: ARNOLD JAMES
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 1 0 , 5 5 6. Arnold, J. May 7. Building blocks, slabs, or plates b of artificial stone, cement, &c. for lining sewers are suitably curved or shaped to form, when fitted together, the sides or body of the sewer.
Patent GB-190414839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Cork for the Manufacture of Cork Fabrics
Inventor: GRIMOIN-SANSON RAOUL ADRIEN
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1905-07-01
Abstract: 1 4 , 8 3 9. Sanson, R. A. Grimoin-. Jan. 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Waterproof fabrics; waterproofing-compositions.- An impermeable product, of use in the manufacture of hats and clothes, is obtained by cementing sheet cork to leather, canvas, and fabrics of all descriptions. The cork is previously heated with a mixture of benzine, turpentine, or carbon disulphide, glycerine, hydrochloric acid, and para rubber to render it less brittle. The fabric &c., freed from dust and stretched on a tentering-roller, is passed beneath a distributing-roller and covered with a layer of cement containing 10 litres of petroleum ether, 50 grammes of acetone, and 1 kilog. of caoutchouc (allowed to macerate in the mixture 48 hours before using the solution). The sheets of cork are automatically arranged on the layer of cement, and the compound fabric &c. is passed between three sets of rollers with progressively-increasing pressure, into a stove kept at 60‹ C., over steam-heated copper rollers, and finally into a ventilated stove which completes the drying and removes the odour of the solvents &c. employed.