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Patent GB-190206944-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Music Cabinet and Quartette Stand.
Inventor: STEVENS FRED
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 6944. Stevens, F. March 21. Reading-desks and music stands; canterburies.- Relates to a music stand for the use of four or less performers. Music may be stood in the stand. The desks are supported in sockets in four slides B, which are held in the inner position shown by four spring catches E. On pulling out the central spring slide, the four spring catches are disengaged, allowing the slide B to be pulled out. Pins D prevent the slides B from being pulled completely out.
Patent GB-190207696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ceramic Vessels.
Inventor: AIGNER PHILLIP
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7696. Aigner, P. April 1. Drinking- vessels. -A detachable handle of wood, metal, or other material, is secured to a ceramic vessel, Fig. 1, by a screw inserted in a threaded metal socket, Figs. 1 and 2, cast in an undercut recess or lug of the vessel. Radial ribs prevent rotation of the nut or socket within the lug.
Patent GB-190211323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters
Inventor: ARON LEONARD JAMES
Filed: 1902-05-16
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 11,323. Aron, L. J., and Flower, J. W. May 16. Mainsprings.-The clockwork of an electri- city meter is driven by a helical wire spring k, attached at one end to a stationary support k<1> and at the other to a lever k<3>, which act s through a ratchet-wheel and pawl k<4> on the first wheel of the train, as the spring contracts (or expands). The lever k<3> is moved reversely by hand or by electromagnetic apparatus to extend (or compress) the spring.
Patent GB-190212153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Blind Fittings
Inventor: CLARKE ADAM
Filed: 1902-05-28
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 12,153. Clarke, A. May 28. Window blinds.-Relates to a cord pulley and spindle for a roller blind. A square-sectioned pin having a point, a collar C, and cylindrical pivot D is driven into the end of the roller, passing through square holes in discs E, J and a distance-piece F having a cord hole H. The disc J has a circular rib K to centre the pin in the roller.
Patent GB-190212360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: BRAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 12,360. Bray, J. W. May 31. A cetylene gas burners.-To prevent dust and other impurities i the gas from passing into the nipple of the burner, a "stuffing" or filtering medium C of muslin or similar textile fabric is cemented on to the screw-threaded end or shank B of the nipple A. An elastic and gas-tight joint is thus formed when the nipple A is screwed into the end F of the burner E.
Patent GB-190212757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Method and Means for the Generation of Steam.
Inventor: LOUAT PIERRE CLAUDE
Filed: 1902-06-04
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 12,757. Louat, P. C. June 4. Steam generation, methods of; instantaneous generators; feedwater, heating.-Highly-heated oil or other liquid, or melted solid, is used to evaporate water by direct contact or conduction. Fig. 1 shows a heater for the oil, and a preliminary heater for the water. Fig. 3 shows a direct-contact generator. The heater, Fig. 1, consists of a series of flat chambers 4, shown in cross-section, through which the oil passes in succession, and between which the hot gases from burners 13 pass to and fro. The preliminary waterheater consists of a tank 9 with partitions having openings at alternate ends. The generator shown in Fig. 3 consists of a series of trays 18 to which heated water and oil fall from pipes 17, 19, respectively. Oil is removed through the pipe 21 and returned to the heater, and the steam is taken off at 20. The water may be evaporated by contact with a series of coils or pipes through which the oil passes.
Patent GB-190216304-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Cooling, Drying, Purifying and Circulating Air.
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,304. Clark, A. M., [Moore, W. L., and Bromwell, J. H.]. July 22. Air, cooling, drying, &c.-For cooling, drying, and purifying the air in dwelling- houses, railway coaches, hospitals, theatres, hotels, and other places requiring a low temperature, it is passed by means of a fan or by its own gravity through the apparatus shown in Fig. 2. The apparatus, preferably of copper, is packed with ice or freezing-mixtures, ice being preferably placed in the upper portion, and freezing- mixtures in the lower part. Tubes N, N of woven wire or reticulated material are supported by the tray L for assisting in the lateral diffusion of the air. Water is caught by the drip-pan K and carried away through the pipe I, tray M, and drain P from the lower portion of the chamber. After the air has traversed the upper portion of the chamber and, by means of the melting ice, has been deprived of its dust, it passes through the tubes H which are surrounded by a freezing mixture at a temperature lower than the medium above. It is then led into the required direction by the tank D. The air may be returned for re-treatment through the trunk C, which is provided with a damper d.
Patent GB-190221575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WILLIAMS REGINALD
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 21,575. Williams, R. Oct. 3. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A tyre, specially suitable for motor vehicles, has a tread portion E, preferably of solid rubber, which rests upon the pneumatic or cushion tyre D, enclosed between the flanges C bolted to the wooden rim A. Circumferential ribs C<1>,C<2> on each flange interlock with the flanges E<1>, E<2> on the tread, but the outer flange E<1> does not bear upon the rib C', being pressed against the rib C' by the tyre D. Flaps of canvas or other material may be secured to the sides of the rim, and the rubber of the tread may be combined with canvas. A strengthening-band of metal may also be placed along the inner surface or in the body of the tread.
Patent GB-190224539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ventilating Fans
Inventor: MEYDING RUDOLF
Filed: 1902-11-08
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 24,539. Meyding, R., and Thumm, G. Nov.8. Fans, screw, for ventilating. A fan h is driven by a spring motor a through a train of gearing f, and serves as a fly for the motor.
Patent GB-190228118-A (GB)
Title: Portable Telescopic Shoot and Ventilator for Ships.
Inventor: HUNTER WILLIAM WALLACE
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 28,118. Hunter, W. W. Dec. 20. Ventilating ships.-Consists of a portable telescopic shoot for passing coal from an upper to a lower deck, the shoot also serving as a ventilator. Fig. 5 shows one of the sections of the shoot and part of another. The shoot consists of a number of tubes, and, when it is extended, an inner top flange 3<b> of one tube rests on an outer bottom flange< >2<a> of the tube above it. When the tubes are cylindrical, their relative rotation is prevented by strips or keys 7, secured to the walls of the tubes, and engaging in slots in the flanges. The shoot is supported from its upper end, and is collapsed by raising its lower end by means of ropes secured to the bottom section and carried over pulleys at the top. The inner top flanges then engage outwardly-projecting top flanges on the tubes above. These latter flanges may be formed by extensions 7<c> of the strips 7. Packing 18 may be placed between the flanges which engage when the shoot is extended.
Patent GB-190304367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Propellers.
Inventor: VOGEL CARL
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 4367. Vogel, C. Feb. 24. Propelling by vibrating plates or fins; driving-gear.-A triangular well b, Fig. 2, is formed in the stern plating, and receives the pivoted plates c, c<2>, which are linked, as shown, to a reciprocating rod e. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, two wells f, f<2> are fitted, and each contains a pivoted plate connected to the rod h. Any number of wells may be formed, and the position thereof is immaterial as regards the results obtained.
Patent GB-190315406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Compressors.
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,406. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. July 11. Compressing.-A current of elastic fluid is forced through a conical passage so that its vis-viva is converted into pressure. Fig. 1 shows a turbine of the type described in Specifications Nos. 19,246 and 19,247, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Rotary engines &c.], combined with a conical passage L fitted with a check valve Q leading into a cooler 0, from which a pipe R may be led to the next of three turbines connected in series. The passages L may be water-jacketed. The turbines are driven, by any suitable means, in a direction the reverse of that in which they would rotate if they were employed as motors, and each draws in air at one side and discharges it through the conical passage on the other side.
Patent GB-190320259-A (GB)
Title: Game Apparatus
Inventor: CHABOTY JULES
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 20,259. Chaboty, J. March 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Animals, pictorial, attaching tails and nther parts to.- Consists of a game in which the players are blindfolded and required to attach parts, such as ears, eyes, tail, or nose, to a pictorial representation of an animal, on which the proper positions for the various parts are indicated. The picture may be upon cardboard or wood varnished to provide a good surface, or on oilcloth if a portable form of apparatus is required. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a picture of a pig with all the parts correctly attached. Fig. 3 shows the tail and means of attaching the parts. The parts are attached to the picture by means of indiarubber suction cups 5 fastened by screws 14 to wooden bodies 4, to which the tail, ears, &c. are attached by wires lying in the grooves shown. The tail is stiffened and curled by means of a wire 11. In a modified form, a plate may be placed inside each cup 5, and the holding-screw 14 passed through the plate. The invention may be used for advertising purposes.
Patent GB-190322950-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cartridge Case.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 22,950. Lock, W. Oct. 23. Cartridges, smallarm. -Relates to shot cartridges, and consists in the employment of a filling-piece B in the cartridge case A, to concentrate the powerof the powder gases and produce greater destruction.
Patent GB-190326472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Aerating and Delivering Beer or other Fluid.
Inventor: HARVEY EDWARD CHARLES
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 26,472. Harvey, E. C. Dec. 3. AÙrating liquids. -In apparatus of the beer - engine type, beer or other liquid is pumped into a mixing- chamber, to which a suitable quantity of carbon dioxide is admitted from a low-pressure chamber, supplied intermit. tently from a gas cylinder, the valves and mixing- apparatus being actuated by the movements of the pump. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of the apparatus, and Fig. 8 a section of the low-pressure gas valve. The pump b discharges through the channel b<2> into the mixing-chamber c, which is kept cool by means of a water trough o and a felt or other evaporating-surface o<3>. Gas from the cylinder e is supplied through the high-pressure valve f to the low-pressure chamber d, and thence through the valve j to the mixing-chamber c. The valve comprises a conical plug j<1>, Fig. 8, on a screw-threaded spindle j<3>, which is normally held in place by a spiral spring j<7>, and carries a crankpin j<6>, adapted to be operated by a tappet i<5> on a bar i, which is actuated from the pump rod b<1> by means of the lever h<1>, revoluble shaft h, and lever h'. The tappet i<5> is pivoted on the bar i, and is held by a spring, so that it operates the crank-pin i<6> only when moving downwards. The high-pressure valve f comprises a screw-threaded spindle terminating in a needle point, which fits into the gas passage. The spindle is normally kept in the closed position by means of a spiral spring and carries an arm f adapted to be operated by a spring-held detent h<4> pivoted to the lever h<2>. The mixing-blades l' are mounted on a sleeve l, which is free to rotate on the pump rod b<1>, and carries a toothed wheel P gearing with a toothed wheel on the spring drum m<10>. The segmental rack m<9>, carried by the revoluble shaft h, when moving in one direction, winds the spring of the drum m<10> by means of the toothed wheel m<8> and clutch m<4>, m<5>, the drum m<10> being held meanwhile by a detent n carried by a spring-held lever n', which is actuated to release the drum by means of a recessed bar n<*> clamped upon the pump rod b<1>. The mixing- chamber c is provided with a vent c<x> to allow any excess of liquid to escape to the sink x.
Patent GB-190327270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Stoppers and the like.
Inventor: SCHROEDTER AUGUST
Filed: 1903-12-12
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,270. Schroedter, A., and Wernscheid, E. Dec. 12. Stoppers.-In a stopper adapted to be pressed into a tapering bottle mouth by means of a yoke or stirrup mechanism, a conical stopper a of porcelain &c, is provided with a ring of cork d, lying between projections b, c. The form of the stopper is such that the pressure on the cork ring is mainly in a transverse direction, and thus prevents the cork ring from being pushed up on the'cone of the stopper, and also closes the longitudinal pores of the cork, so as to form a tight joint. In a modification, the cork ring may be tapered downwardly, in order to facilitate the insertion of the stopper into the mouth of the bottle, and also to avoid any excess of stress upon the cork when the stopper is pushed in.
Patent GB-190328092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Pile Fabrics
Inventor: BUCKLER JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 28,092. Buckler, J. Dec. 22. Carpets; pile fabrics.-Carpets or pile fabrics, in which the pile loops are formed over longitudinal pile wires 1, are woven with four weft threads 3, 5 in each shed of the binder warps 6, 7. The upper wefts 3 bind in the pile warps 2, which do not pass to the back of the fabric but rest above the stuffer warps 4. Any number of frames may be used, the additional pile warps being disposed of in any desired manner. The pile loops may be uncut as in Brussels or like carpets, or cut as in Wilton or like carpets.
Patent GB-190403278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements and such like.
Inventor: BOST EDWARD AMI
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 3278. Bost, E. A. Feb. 10. Advertising.-Consists in displaying a series of advertisements in turn through glazed object holes or apertures M, Fig. 1, formed in the top of a table L. The advertisements K are mounted on an annular ring of paper or other material carried by arms J extending from a vertical shaft I, which is intermittently rotated by a spring motor attached to the spur-wheel E through the intermediary of spur and bevel gearing, F, G, H, H<1>, H<2>. The rotation of the wheel train is stopped at the desired intervals by the engagement of projections d, d' on a fly D driven from the shaft H with a contactpiece c', Fig. 3, on a horizontal lever C. The lever C is lifted to liberate the fly D by means of an adjustable screwed rod C' attached to a curved lever B<1>, a pawl B on which engages with the teeth of a ratchet-wheel A also driven by a spring motor. A spring-actuated pawl engaging with the teeth of a star-wheel N on the shaft I acts as an additional stop in case the fly makes more than one revolution.
Patent GB-190407101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal-combustion Engines
Inventor: FITCH JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7101. Fitch, J. W., and Howard, G. W. March 24. Flywheels for internal - combustion engines are formed with continuous grooves f into which lead or other heavy metal is run, and held in position by bolts i or in any other suitable way. In a modification, a solid flywheel is formed with an enclosed chamber for receiving the heavy metal.
Patent GB-190410288-A (GB)
Title: Miniature Cartridges for Rifle Practise
Inventor: TRASK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 10,288. Trask, W. H. May 5. Cartridges, small - arm and machine - gun, for miniature-ammunition practice. The miniature bullet B and cartridge C are manually inserted in the ends of a case A of service dimensions exteriorly.
Patent GB-190410480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Motors
Inventor: EVENO ALEXANDRE AUGUSTE
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,480. Eveno, A. A. Oct. 20, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosivevapour engines, carburetting in. The carburetting is kept uniform at varying speeds by vaporizing the liquid combustible and admitting the vapour to the air-suction pipe through apertures the area of which bears the same proportion to that of the air pipe as the quantity of vapour in the mixture does to that of the air. For heavy oils, alcohol, &c., the combustible is admitted by a valve 15, Fig. 1, to a vaporizer 5 heated by an exhaust jacket 4, and in which the walls 8, 7, 6 of the zig-zag passage gradually become hotter from the entrance to the exit pipes 19. A small current of air enters through a valve 16 to oxidize any carbon deposit that may form. At starting, a more volatile oil is admitted to the air pipe 10 through a nozzle 17 from a reservoir at a higher level. Fig. 2 shows the principle applied to carburetters for lighter oils which are drawn by the suction in the air pipe 20 through a nozzle 22 from a tank 21 in which the liquid level is above that of the nozzle. A small quantity of air enters at 23 and with the vapour passes through the restricted orifice 24 into the air pipe.
Patent GB-190412161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: DALL MATHIAS
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 12,161. Dall, M. May 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cream separators.-The revolving fittings of cream separators, usually consisting of a series of cones, are made of some material of nearly the same density as milk, such as gutta-percha, ebonite, wood, paper pulp, and celluloid. By this means, the shape of the fittings is practically unaltered by the motion, and any slight alteration in their position makes little difference in the balancing of the machine.
Patent GB-190413857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Ensuring Safety in the Working of Hoists, Lifts and the like.
Inventor: BOWIE DANIEL
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 13,857. Bowie, D. June 18. Lifts. - Relates to means for ensuring the safe working of hoists, lifts, &c., and consists of gates at the bottom of the shaft which are always closed except when the cage is at the bottom. The invention is described as applied to a blast-furnace hoist, and Fig. 1 shows the lower part of one of the two shafts with the gate raised. The gate C and a projection H sliding in guides in the shaft are connected by ropes to pulleys on a shaft D, so that, when one rises, the other drops. On the cage nearing the bottom, it engages the projection H, and thus raises the gate, which drops by its own weight when the cage rises. To prevent the gate from dropping should its supporting-rods break, it is retained in its raised position by bolts 0, Fig. 3, shot beneath it by means of angle-levers Q operated by projections engaged by the cage as it nears the bottom of the shaft, and withdrawn by means of counterweights &c. on the cage rising.
Patent GB-190417109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: PARMENTER ISAAC FOWLER
Filed: 1904-08-04
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 17,109. Parmenter, I. F. Aug. 4. Annular-chamber type of rotary engines. The piston attached to the drum 39 is supplied with steam from a number of holes placed concentrically with the main shaft 40 around the casing. There are two sets of holes to enable the engine to be reversed. Adjoining the casing is a similarlyperforated disc actuated by the governor driven from the main shaft. The bottom of the governor spindle 113 is slotted as shown in Fig. 9 to actuate a lever 110 at the end of a toothed quadrant which gears with teeth carried by the governing-disc. This disc can rotate slightly in either direction and so partly cut off the supply of steam. In front of the governing-ring is the rever sing-ring 90, operated through the medium of toothed gearing by the handwheel 8 to admit steam through either set of holes. In front of the reversing-ring is the regulating- ring 94, similarly operated by a hand-wheel 106, Fig. 3. This ring is provided with two concentric rows of holes which are placed so that, by rotating it more or less, two, four, or more holes in the reversing-ring are left open to the action of steam, so that the power of the engine may be regulated. Steam is supplied through the pipe 2<e>, Fig. 2. The admission of steam to the holes is intermittent, and takes place through apertures 83, 84, or 85, 86, in the disc 59 attached to the main shaft, according to the direction of rotation. This disc is constructed as shown in Fig. 3. At the bottom is a slidable piece 76 with two curved projections 77, 78. These may be raised or lowered by an eccentric 80 operated by the hand-wheel 82, Fig. 4. On raising them, the shutters 64, 65 are closed and so also the apertures 84, 85, thereby allowing further expansion of the steam. The annular chamber is provided with two abutments, shown in Fig. 2, attached to spindles 15, 16 operated by the cam-disc 53 through the arms 49, 50. The exhaust is controlled by four spring valve plugs 24, 25, 26, 27 ; the plugs 24, 27 are for running in a clockwise direction, the others for the reverse direction. These are opened and closed by discs 21, 22 provided with grooved recesses. These discs are rotated by the toothed wheels 19, 20 which are operated by the handwheel 8, but are capable of longitudinal movement, the wheels being constructed as shown in section in Fig. 13 for this purpose, so that, when the abutment is open on either side, the spring closes the exhaust plug and prevents exhaust until the abutment is closed, when the discs 13<a>, 14<a> act upon the three spindles of the disc and open the plug. The piston drum is packed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, by two wedge-shaped rings connected on either side of the abutments by metallic loops. The method of constructing the joint in these rings is shown in Figs. 22 and 23.
Patent GB-190417128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lifting Jacks for Raising Tramcars from the Trams and Turning them Round without a Turntable.
Inventor: FREY JULES
Filed: 1904-08-04
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 17,128. Frey, J. Aug. 4. Tramcars; b r a k e s acting on permanent way.-Relates to a pivoted lifting - jack, operated by compressed air, water under pressure, or steam, for lifting tramcars from the rails and turning them round, and also stated to be applicable as a brake. A cylinder a, open at its lower end, is fixed to two crossbeams b beneath the tramcar and contains a piston d, which is hollow and carries rollers o at its lower end. Another cylinder f is situated above the larger one, and contains a second piston g fixed to the piston-rod i. This piston is continually forced upwards by a spring h bearing on a collar m. Normally, the piston d is free from the ground, but, when it is desired to lift the car, compressed air, pressure water, or steam is admitted to the cylinder a through a.pipe k, and forces the piston down, first acting as a brake and afterwards, if more air &c. be admitted, lifting the car wheels from the ground. The car may then be swung round, the cylinder turning relatively to the pistons. A guard is used to prevent stones &c. from coming in contact with the cylinder. The jack is preferably placed beneath the centre of gravity of the car, but several jacks may be employed.