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Patent GB-190115756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Cutting and like Machines.
Inventor: LASCELLES FRANCIS JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 15,756. Lascelles, F. J. H. Aug. 3. Undercutting &c.-Relates to a machine for cutting out coal in blocks in headings and elsewhere by means of a combination of vertical and horizontal rotary cutter-wheels mounted on a frame adapted to swing round a centre. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Figs. 2 and 3 sections on lines A A, B B, respectively. The base 6, carrying a circular rack 7, is held by a screw extension post 12, which forms the centre bearing for the machine. Vertical cutter-wheels 25, 26, which may be flat, but preferably are dished to economize in the width of the cut, are carried by shafts 27, 28, and the horizontal cutter-wheels e,j, k, f are mounted on the shaft a and driven by bevel gear from the shafts m, q. The wheels j, k cut a path for the shafts 27, 28. Chain gearing o connects the shafts 27, 28, m, q, and the shaft 28 is driven through bevel gear from the flexible shaft 20. The shaft q drives the pinion 4 by means of the double worm gear r, y, and this pinion 4 gears with the circular rack 7 to swing the machine. In a modification, the motor is mounted on the machine, and the machine itself may be carried by a wheeled trolley.
Patent GB-190122414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Wardrobes, Hanging Cupboards and the like
Inventor: LEBUS HARRIS
Filed: 1901-11-06
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 22,414. L e b u s, H., and L e b u s, S. Nov. 6. Wardrobes; clothes-hanging hooks and pegs.- The clothes hooks a are secured to a stiff band b, which runs round pulleys or rollers c pivoted to the top of the wardrobe &c.
Patent GB-190124046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevators & Conveyors
Inventor: CHILDS JOSEPH GERSHOM
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 24,046. Childs, J. G. Nov. 26. Lifts ; conveyers. -Relates to hoists and hoist conveyers such as those described in Specifications No. 19,575, A.D. 1900, and No. 22,804, A.D. 1901, and consists in arranging both a loading and an unloading floor on each side of the hoist. The loading- floor on one side of the hoist consists of the hinged prongs 12,and the unloading-floor of similar prongs 13, which are shown turned aside out of use. On the other side the unloading-floor 15 is shown in use and the loading-floor 16 out of use. In a modification, the same floor may be used both for loading and unloading ; or the loading and unloading floors at each point may be partly separate and partly in common.
Patent GB-190202678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine Guns.
Inventor: NOSS FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 2678. Noss, F. W. Feb. 3. Machine guns.-Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan, Fig. 2 a sectional elevation, Fig. 3 an elevation, and Fig. 4 a cross section. A cross-shaft 10, which is rotated by a hand-wheel 11 or by a motor, carries a cam-plate 12 which reciprocates the sliding frame 13. This frame, through the rods 23<a> and 22, reciprocates the breech-bolt 21, and, through the plate 34, depresses the trigger 32, so as to turn the sear 31 away from the projection 27 on the firing- pin 26. The cartridges are held in recesses 8 in the carrier 5, which receives a step-by-step motion of rotation from an arm 14 on the frame 13, and, as the cartridges successively come into position at the side of the barrel, a bell-crank lever 20, which is rocked by a rod 19 from the disc 18 on the shaft 10, pushes the cartridges into loading position in front of the breech-bolt 21.
Patent GB-190203748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Alternate Current Distribution for Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: MORDEY WILLIAM MORRIS
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 3748. Mordey, W. M. Feb. 13. Electric railways and tramways.-Relates to means for diverting the return current from the rails into return conductors and thus reducing fall of pressure in the return circuit in traction systems. The outgoing current is passed through one winding of a transformer, while the other winding is connected to a return main. Fig. 1 shows a simple arrangement, in which c is the outgoing conductor, d the ordinary return, e a return feeder, and g the transformer, having the windings p, s in, suitable relation. For long distance transmissio n, transformers may be arranged at intervals and there may be one or more return wires as e, e<1>, e' Fig. 2. The system is also applicable with polyphase distribution, the transformer or transformers being suitably wound.
Patent GB-190211251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Drying, Roasting and Milling of Coffee, Cereals and the like and Apparatus connected therewith
Inventor: DRYSDALE ROBERT
Filed: 1902-05-16
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 11,251. Drysdale, R. May 16. Roasting coffee, cereals, &c. -Relates to the drying, roasting, and milling of coffee, cereals, &c. As applied to coffee, the beans are first de-germinated by a preliminary drying operation in a heated rotary wirework receptacle, and a subsequent rapid cooling. The beans are then placed in a rotary drum running on hollow spindles E, Fig. 1, in a casing A. Bunsen or other burners placed under the casing heat the drum by means of an aperture in the casing, and the drum is rotated by a handle E<1>. A rod H having a receptacle at one end can be inserted through one of the spindles, and a sample with- drawn for examination. The roasted beans are transferred to a grinding-mill.
Patent GB-190215615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Knives.
Inventor: JANSEN EDMUND
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 15,615. Jansen, E., and Weck, W. July 14. Pocket knives.-The blades 1 and 2 are thrown half open, as shown in Fig. 4, by springs 6, 7 and, when fully opened, are locked by ordinary springs 8, 9, but the opening-springs are prevented from being effective until desired, by the following provision:-The outer scales a, b are bevelled off at one end, and are attached to the inner scales 5 by spring strips 17, so that, normally, lugs 6, 11, 12, engage holes 15, 16 in the blades. Pressure on the bevelled end of the scale, however, tilts it so as to disengage the lug from the blade. The lugs are bevelled so that the springs can be thrust past them by the closing blade.
Patent GB-190223899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Removing or Transporting Ashes from Ash-pits and the like
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-01
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 23,899. Harrison, G., [Smearman, M. F.]. Nov. 1. Ashpits.-The ashes are discharged from the engine into one or more ashpits 1, and are fed by gravity along an inclined bed 10 to another pit 2 containing buckets 9 which rest on suitable supports 11. One or more ashpits 1 are also arranged on the opposite side of the pit 2. A perforated pipe laid in each ashpit 1 supplies water for cooling the ashes, and doors 3 control their feed along the bed 10. Excess of water leaks through the. bottoms of the buckets to a waste pipe 14.
Patent GB-190225239-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: STAFFORD WALTER
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 25,239. Stafford, W., and Holt, R. C. Nov. 17. Circular knitting-machines.-Relates to striping- mechanism. An endless pattern band H, toothed at one edge and having a series of notches on the other, is carried by a pair of pulleys adjustable on a rod k. The band is driven by a pinion G on a shaft driven by gearing from the needle cylinder. The edge of the lower span of the endless band acts on the butts of the needles, and raises some of them into range of a cam which causes them to knit at a certain yarn feeder. When a notch comes opposite a needle, it is not raised, and consequently does not knit. The band may be changed to form a different pattern.
Patent GB-190227728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guides for Rods in Rod Polishing Mills.
Inventor: MELLORS JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 27,728. Mellors, J. H. Dec. 16. Rolling.-Relates to guides used in polishing rods and bars by passing them between the rolls 1, 2, shaped and arranged as shown. The rod rests upon a bar 14 shaped to correspond with the rolls and held at its ends in brackets 12. Above this bar are the upper guides 15, shaped as shown and dovetailed to brackets 9. The rod is temporarily bent as it passes between the rolls, this action serving to remove the scale.
Patent GB-190307410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Oils.
Inventor: MEUSEL EDUARD
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 7410. Meusel, E. March 31. Coating surfaces, compositions for; lacquers; varnishes resinous compounds.-Relates to the production of chemically modified fatty oils by subjecting them to the action of bacteria, or of fission fungi, in the presence of nitrates or nitrites, whereby a separation into glycerine and fatty acids, and the partial oxidation of these products, is effected. When the modified oil is separated from the aqueous solution containing the glycerine, its acid Equivalent is high and its iodine absorption is often found to be greatly changed. The modified oils, (e,g. modified castor oil) may be mixed with minium, chalk, &c. when quick-drying coating-substances are obtained ; or heated with dilute nitric acid when adhesive bodies are produced which are soluble in soda and alcohol, and are suitable for use as shellac substitutes. Lacquers are prepared by dissolving modified oils in soda solution, adding a dye, such as alizarin, and precipitating with alum or lime salts.
Patent GB-190318598-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Electro-mechanical Cut-out.
Inventor: SPAGNOLETTI JAMES ERNEST
Filed: 1903-08-28
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 18,598. Spagnoletti, J. E. Aug. 28. Electromagnets.-An electromagnet for tripping an electric cut-out consists of a coil N in series with the main current, and a plunger 0 which has a screw P, a lock-nut p, a handle Q, and an index q for setting it at any desired excess of current. When this excess of current passes, the plunger is sucked in and operates a trigger lever to actuate the detent lever J, allowing the cut-out to be mechanically operated.
Patent GB-190321684-A (GB)
Title: Improved Gymnastic Apparatus or Exerciser.
Inventor: BARTH THEODOR
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 21,684. Barth, T., and Kampschulte, W. Oct. 8. Exercising-apparatus.-A gymnastic apparatus or exerciser is shown in Fig. 1, and consists of two parallel elastic cords a, b passing over pulleys in the manner shown. A tension device f of an ordinary pattern is placed between the cords a, b, and connected to their ends by a hook h. This device may be put of action. If desired, a stirrup may be attached to the end h of the cords, the tension device f being preferably placed out of action. Fig. 5 shows a modification. A cord passes over pulleys attached to a centre piece w, which is connected to a fixed support in the manner shown. The cords may be arranged in a variety of ways according to the exercise to be performed.
Patent GB-190322634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Terminals for Stranded Electrical and other Wires.
Inventor: VEULLE FREDERICK HENRY DE
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,634. Voulle, F. H. de. Oct. 20. Wire couplings. - Terminals for stranded wires consist of a sleeve A, of vulcanite or other material, internally threaded, one part of the bore being screwed or forced over the end of the wire B, and an eye-bolt C, of brass or other suitable material, which screws into the other end of the sleeve and drive sits pointed shank between the strands of the wire so as to force them into the screw thread of the sleeve. Part only of the bore of the sleeve may be screwed ; the remaining part is then tapered and its interior surface may be rendered uneven. The eye may be detachably connected with its shank by any suitable form of spring clip or fastening.
Patent GB-190408185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to the Joints of, Certain Kinds of Hose and other Pipes, Buckets, Bottles and Analogous Articles
Inventor: MARTIN PATRICK ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 8185. Martin, P. A. April 9. Riveted joints.-Comprises a double-riveted buttjoint for canvas, leather, rubber, or other non- metallic bottles, buckets, pipes, and tubular articles, applicable to leather work generally. As shown, the rivets d, e pass through the edges a, b of a leather pipe, the bonding-strip c, and the double washers or links f. When the butting parts are brought together so as to touch, the pitch of the rivet holes is greater than the pitch of the holes in the bonding-strip and links. On aligning the holes for the insertion of the rivets, the material is compressed and is kept in this condition when the links are riveted. In a modification, internal and external bonding-strips are used.
Patent GB-190409126-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Imparting Perspective to Pictorial Representations.
Inventor: BULL ARTHUR SEYMOUR
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9126. Bull, A. S. April 20. Pictures.-Relates to a method of imparting a perspective effect to pictures. Two or more photographic views of the subject are taken, and from one of these a are obliterated the objects which appear in the middle distance and foreground. From the other views are cut out the objects b, c which form the middle distance and foreground, these parts being arranged in front of the background and at suitable distances from it. Parts of the different views may be bent at various angles to improve the effect. The picture may be enclosed in a frame, the parts b, c being glued or otherwise fixed in position. An electric or other lamp may be concealed behind the frame to illuminate the picture.
Patent GB-190414699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for use with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LEE HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 14,699. Lee, H. J., and Sturmey, J. J. H. June 30. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The main air supply to the heated carburetter shown in Fig. 3 passes into the mixing-chamber through the inlet a and the stationary tube d surrounding the fuel-inlet nozzle c. When working, the sleeve j is raised by the engine suction and opens the lower ring of ports s communicating with the air-supply passage f. The sleeve j, after reaching the limit of its independent movement, raises the sleeve h, which admits an auxiliary supply of air from the passage f through the port t, and a further supply from the annular passage g through the upper ring of ports s in the sleeve h, and the port to in the sleeve j. Auxiliary air supplies are also admitted to the mixing-chamber through the ports m controlled by the suction-operated valve l, and the port u opening into the passage a. If preferred, a supply of gaseous mixture may be fed through the passage g.
Patent GB-190419065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Driving, Free Wheel and Brake Mechanism for Velocipedes.
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 19,065. Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd., and Pugh, J. V. Sept. 3. Brakes; driving- mechanism.-In the type of free-wheel and back-pedalling brake mechanism in which the chainwheel moves axially upon a thread to engage the hub or a brake disc, to obviate the use of a spring or like device, the internal threads upon one part are made larger than the external threads upon the other. As shown in Fig. 1, the threads c of the sprocketwheel b are smaller than the threads d upon a bearing-cone e capable only of rotation. Thus, in driving, the sprocket-wheel moves towards the left until the teeth a<3>, b<2> engage ; in free-wheeling, the chain - wheel assumes an intermediate position, while, on back-pedalling, the wheel moves into engagement with the teeth k' of a sleeve k, so that, through the ratchet-teeth g<2>, the Weston brake i, i<2> is applied. If desired, a band brake similar to that shown in Figs. 36-42<A> of Specification No. 17,416, A.D. 1904, may be applied by the sleeve k, or a contracting band may be used. Fig. 27 shows an arrangement in which spiral teeth on the inside of the chain-wheel engage external teeth on the cone, the teeth or threads having a dovetail engagement. The sleeve k is threaded to apply the brake. Forms in which, through ratchetteeth, the sleeve k operates a cone brake, or, through a ribbed sleeve, the sleeve k actuates a band brake, are also shown and described.
Patent GB-190423272-A (GB)
Title: Toothed Wheel Variable Speed Driving Gear for the Drawing Rollers of Nap-raising Carding Machines.
Inventor: GESSNER ERNST
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,272. Gessner, E. Oct. 28. Nap, raising.-Relates to variable-speed gearing for driving the drawing-roller c of a nap-raising carding-macbine at a velocity independent of that of the other drawing-roller b. The roller 2, driven by belt and stepped pulleys from the drum a, by gearing 3, 4, 5, 6 drives a shaft f fitting in a casing d and carrying by a feather and groove a toothed wheel 7 gearing with the wheel 8, which may successively be brought into gear with toothed wheels 9-13 fast on the shaft of the roller c, the wheels having the same diameter but each having one tooth less than the one before it. A notched slot is made in the casing d for a lever e, which carries the wheel 8, encircles the wheel 7 in the manner of a claw, and is traversed, when required, by hand. One arm of a bell crank on the lever e is caused by a spring to engage in one of the preferably numbered notches so that the lever e is kept securely in position.
Patent GB-190429605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing and the like Rollers and the Production thereof.
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 29,605. Walker, J., Carver, H, Walker, H., and Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd. Dec. 31. Photo-mechanical printing.-Printing-rollers are prepared photographically by printing the pattern on to a sensitized roller and afterwards etching the roller. The pattern is printed from the cylinder b, Fig. 1, on to the roller a by the use of cylindrical lenses c, d. The pattern may be produced upon transparent paper which is attached to the inner surface of the cylinder, or the cylinder may have the pattern produced directly upon it. For tone printing, a cylindrical tone-screen is interposed between the cylinder band roller a, or the cylinder itself may be hatched. According to a modified method, the cylinder rotates on the outside of the roller a, Fig. 4, which is encased in the date chamber g. Instead of lenses, a narrow slit e may be used, the light being situated within the cylinder b. For a repeat pattern, only a part of the cylinder b is used, the remainder being opaque, and after each printing the roller or cylinder is rotated to print a contiguous pattern. For colour processes, separate printing-rollers are prepared for the separate colours.
Patent GB-190502299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electroliers and Electric Wall-brackets
Inventor: SHILVOCK GEORGE
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 2299. Shilvock, G. Feb. 6. Couplings, plug -and -socket, foi detachable alectric-light fittings. The plug-pins or sockets m, n, Fig. 2, on the movable part of the fitting are attached to a tapered insulating-block l, which screws on the projecting end of the bracket arm &c. k, and has a central hole for the wires. Fig. 1 shows the fixed part of the fitting ; Fig. 4 shows another form of coupling.
Patent GB-190502787-A (GB)
Title: Method of Preparing Diethylmalonylurea.
Inventor: MAYER FRITZ
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 2787. Mayer, F. June 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Diethylmalonylureide is obtained by melting on the water bath a mixture of diethylmalonyl chloride and biuret.
Patent GB-190507997-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Device for Shaft Cages of Mines.
Inventor: SHUTT JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 7997. Shutt, J., and Shutt, W. M. April 14. Mine cage fittings; safety suspending or retaining apparatus. -Mine cages are constructed with a tubular framework and have two floors separated by springs, the lower floor being attached to rods passing through the framing-tubes of the cage and connected to the winding-gear, thus compressing the springs between the floors during normal working of the cage and preventing pawls from engaging racks in the mine shaft. Figs. 2 and 4 show the general arrangement ; the main floor B and roof A of the cage are fastened by collars t<1> to the tubular frame T, which also carries guide-blocks G engaging the sides of guides in the shaft. The lower floor B<1>, connected by rods D to the winding-gear, carries slotted bars E which receive the inner ends of pawls P pivoted to brackets p<1> fastened to the main floor B. During normal working, the weight of the cage compresses the springs S and moves the two floors nearer together, thereby rotating the pawls P so that their outer ends do not engage the racks R. These racks are made preferably in the form of renewable facings of the girders forming the guides for the cage.
Patent GB-190509199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Iron.
Inventor: THIEL OTTO
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 9199. Thiel, O. May 2. Open-hearth processes.-Iron may be reduced from a slag containing iron oxide by maintaining the slag in a liquid state over a bath of molten iron before, during, and after the reduction, the iron extracted being directly absorbed by the iron forming the bath. The process may be carried out in a tipping furnace. The door openings of the furnace are closed by insertions, the furnace is then tipped until the slag flows over the insertions, and at that moment the reducing-agent is introduced through holes in the insertions. The furnace is then returned to its normal position, and the slag is poured off when the reaction is completed. The reduicing-material consists of coke dust, anthracite, or other carbonaceous matter, and may be mixed with hot tar so as to form a fluid paste. If the bath becomes over-oxidized by the melting of the slag, cast iron may be added, or the reducing material may be introduced into the bath itself.
Patent GB-190516979-A (GB)
Title: A Fourfold Card, intended to be used as a Programme & the like.
Inventor: BROWN BERNARD
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 16,979. Brown, B. Aug. 22. Advertising. - Relates to a postal card or wrapper made of cardboard, paper, or other suitable material, which may have advertisements, pictures, or letterpress printed on it, and may be used as a programme for entertainments &c. The central space D, Fig. 1, is intended for a programme, portrait. &c. Memorandum sheets may be attached in this space by an adhesive, and the card is creased for folding four times along the lines b and becomes a pocket, Fig. 3, of the regulation postal size. The ends are tucked one into the other, and may be secured by two halfpenny stamps, as indicated at D, when the card is to be sent by letter post. When the card is to be sent by book post, the halfpenny stamp is placed in the space C. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2090, A.D. 1874, Nos. 533 and 12,588, A.D. 1889, and No. 20,158, A.D. 1891.]