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Patent GB-190022198-A (GB)
Title: A Probe or Cutting Instrument for Operating on Cows and other Female Animals to Facilitate the Flow of Milk.
Inventor: CALDWELL ROBERT
Filed: 1900-12-06
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 22,198. Caldwell, R. May 9, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Probes; knives; instruments for cutting stenosed passages.-Relates to a probe or cutting instrument for operating on cows or other female animals to remove any growth or obstruction in the milk ducts and thus facilitate the flow of milk. The instrument consists of a hollow probe A secured with a shoulder J to a cylinder G on which the handle Q is screwed. Flexible knives D, D are secured within the probe A, and can be operated to project the knives D through slots in the probe A as shown in Fig. 1. The knives D are retracted within the probe A when the latter is inserted in the duct. The cylinder G is formed with slots H, through which a pin P carried by a sleeve M on the cylinder G works. The pin P is inserted in the openings E between the knives D, Fig. 6, and when it is moved up or down forces the knives apart, thus projecting them through the slots in the probe. A modified form of instrument is described, in which knives are pivoted together and are operated by a spring sliding handle on the rod carrying the probe.
Patent GB-190101360-A (GB)
Title: Telescopes for Sighting Ordnance and for other Purposes.
Inventor: COMMON ANDREW AINSLIE
Filed: 1901-01-21
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 1360. Common, A. A. Jan. 21. Telescopes.-Relates to telescopes for sighting ordnance &c. The crosswires e are placed at the principal focus of the objective c. The adjustment of the eye-piece for different sights is effected by moving the erector h. This is done by rotating the cap g attached to a tube f, the inner end of which is made with a spiral groove j engaging with a pin on a tube k in which the erector is fixed. By means of a scale on the bevel n, any sight can be readily set. An air-hole r, protected by some filtering-medium, is fixed to the tube a.
Patent GB-190104381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Appliances Specially Applicable for use in connection with Beer and like Beverages.
Inventor: PALLISER FRED
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 4381. Palliser, F March 1. Filtering beverages.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 11,293, A.D. 1897. The upper vessel is one which can be used separately to catch the froth and overflow which work out of a cask through the shive hole during the process of fining. It is a pan A having a cover and a tubulure C with a perforated internal extension which can receive a stopper D or a strainer.
Patent GB-190104828-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Process and Apparatus for Separating Fluids rich in Oxygen from Air.
Inventor: LESUEUR ERNEST ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-03-07
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 4828. Le Sneur, E. A. March 7. Oxygen.-Oxygen, or a mixture rich in oxygen, is obtained from the air. The air is passed through a counter-current apparatus, entering at 21 the tube 2 under a pressure greater than is required at the end of the process. When reduced to a moderate temperature,about -25‹C., all the moisture has separated out, and the air is allowed to expand slightly, in a turbine motor 4 of the Delaval type, to the pressure required at the termination of the cooling stage. The air then passes through the second tube 2, in which it becomes gradually colder, and enters a chamber 5, in which a liquid containing an excess of oxygen collects. The unliquefied air escapes through a tube 53 to a second motor 6, in which it further expands, and then passes by a tube 54 to the outer tube 3 of the counter-current cooling-apparatus. It escapes from the upper end thereof at the ordinary air temperature and pressure. The liquid may be withdrawn for use from the vessel 5 by means of a tube 5<a>. The vessel 5 is provided with a float valve 52, so that, when the liquid accumulates above a predetermined height, it escapes by the tube 11 to the low temperature end of the cooling-apparatus, through the tube 1 of which it passes so as to be raised in temperature and rendered gaseous for use. Some modifications are described. In one, the separation of moisture is effected, independently of the main cooling-device, in a comparatively short countercurrent system comprising but two passages. The gases leaving the tubes 3, 1 may be withdrawn by pumps, and the intensely-cooled air may be passed through a motor before passing to the liquid and gas separator 5. In another torm, the intenselycooled air may be led through a coil before passing to the separator, and the liquid from the separator is passed into a chamber containing the said coil. In this case, further evaporation occurs in the latter vessel, the gas given off being led along with that from the separator 5 to the cold end of the tube 3, while the liquid, still richer in oxygen, escapes through a float valve, or is withdrawn by a valve, in the first-described method. In a simplified form of the latter arrangement, the intenselycooled air is passed directly into the separator.
Patent GB-190117089-A (GB)
Title: Improved Meat Cutter.
Inventor: VOIGHT HENRY GUSTAVE
Filed: 1901-08-26
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 17,089. Voight, H. G. Aug. 26. Mincing.-A meat cutter is shown in end elevation in Fig. 2, and a part in enlarged sectional side elevation in Fig. 5. A case of cylindrical form with a hopper 11 at on end is made in two vertically-divided parts A, B, which are respectively provided with hinge lugs 9, 10 fitting on pintles 26, and locking-lugs 28, 29 secured by a strap lever 30 pivoted on the lug 28. The part A is formed integral with a drip trough 7 and a standard 8 provided with an ordinary clamp 24. The case is provided with internal feeding-ribs of ordinary form, and with a screw or forcer 12, a rotary cutter 19, and a stationary cutter-disc 17. The forcer is operated by an ordinary crank, not shown. One journal 13 is of the full diameter of the forcer, and is grooved to receive a rib 14 of a bearing formed in the case. The other journal 21 bears in a hub or ring 18 of the cutter-disc, and is extended to receive the rotary cutter 19 as usual. The cutter-disc 17 has cutter-arms 32 extending tangentially from the ring 18. To prevent insertion of the cutter-disc ir. the wrong direction, a holding-lug 20 and a corresponding notch on the lower meeting edges of the parts A, B are made asymmetrical. A lateral extension 31 of the drip trough 7 is provided at the crank end of the case.
Patent GB-190120896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns.
Inventor: BRICE EDWARD CLIFTON
Filed: 1901-10-18
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 20,896. Brice, E. C. Oct. 18. Drawings to Specification. Wagons for kilns. Relates to tunnel kilns for burning bricks &c., in which the goods are stacked on trucks and run through the kiln on rails. The floors of the trucks are constructed with transverse ribs on which the goods are stacked. Entrance of air between them is prevented by plates attached to one end of each truck and taking under the end of the adjacent truck. Depending flanges at the side enter sand troughs in the walls of the kiln.
Patent GB-190121086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telegraphic Receiving Instruments
Inventor: SKIRROW JOHN FOSTER
Filed: 1901-10-21
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 21,086. Skirrow, J. F. Oct. 21. Couplings.-The invention relates to a swivelling coupling for a support for a Morse r eceiving-instrument. The base 37 which carries the receiver is fitted with a conducting - sleeve 34 and a conducting- plug 32, connected to the wires 36 leading to thereceiver, and separated by a non-conducting material. The opposite end of the coupling consists of a non-conducting plug 27 hollowed out to receive the plug 32, and bored to receive the wire contacts 28 which pass up through it and touch the plug and sleeve 32, 34, for which purpose they are flattened and made of different lengths.
Patent GB-190123924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gear for Motor Carriages
Inventor: MATHIEU EUGENE
Filed: 1901-11-25
Granted: 1902-08-25
Abstract: 23,924. Mathieu, E. Nov. 25. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change-speed toothed gearing, the objects being to simplify the mounting of the gear shafts, and to safety controlling-gear by which the action of putting one train of wheels in gear automatically locks the others in an inoperative position. (1) As shown in Fig. 1, the gearing is enclosed in a casing 1, and is of the kind in which speed changes are effected by sliding the wheels 9, 10, 11 along the shaft 3 by means of forks engaging in grooves 12, 13. In order to permit the casing to be made in one piece without interfering with the insertion of the shafts 2, 3, large apertures 15 are provided, which, subsequently to the placing of the shafts in position, are closed by plates 16 carrying the ball bearings for the shafts. (2) The forks for sliding the toothed wheels to reverse or to change the gear are carried by, and are operated by, sliding rods 18, Figs. 2 and 3. These rods are formed at the ends 20 with deep notches, with which the ends of leverarms 22 on a shaft 23 can be made to engage. The shaft 23 is supported by rollers so that it can be slid endways as well as rotated. By the endways movement the arms 22 are made to operate a sliding bolt 27, thereby unlocking one of the rods 18 and locking the other, while at the same time the lever arm 22 on one side slides into engagement with the free rod 18 and out of engagement with the locked one. The change of speed can then be effected by a rotary movement of the shaft 23. All the necessary movements may be effected by a single lever 36 adapted to be moved in two perpendicular planes so as take up in succession different positions in a slot 35 of the form shown in Fig. 5 through which the lever passes. The same result can also be obtained by means of a lever 36 of the construction shown in Fig. 6, jointed at 43 and movable in a slot 42 as shown in Fig. 8. This slot has three notches, into any one of which the double spring stud 51 can be pressed. The lever may turn about this stud as a pivot for effecting the longitudinal movements of the shaft 23.
Patent GB-190124690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Calender Rollers for Paper Machines and similar Appliances.
Inventor: BECK EMIL RUDOLF
Filed: 1901-12-04
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 24,690. Beck, E. R. Dec. 4. Calendering.-In calender rollers which are formed by stringing and compressing on a shaft a number of discs cut or stamped from a carded fleece, the fleece from which the discs are stamped is formed by laying or folding the fleece from one carding-engine a backwards and forwards, and substantially at right-angles, on to the fleece obtained from a second carding- engine b. The discs being compressed together on a shaft, the surface of the roller is trued up in a lathe &c.
Patent GB-190125884-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Blasting Compositions.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1901-12-18
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 25,884. Wetter, J., [Westfõlisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff Akt.-Ges.]. Dec. 18. Explosives.-Consists of a mixture of nitroglycerine, hydrocarbons, flour of cereals, wood flour, and organic nitrates. An example consists of 40 parts of nitro-glycerine, 8 parts of paraffin, 4 parts of naphthalene, 12 parts of rye flour, 2 parts of wood flour, 27 parts of ammonium nitrate, 5 parts of potassium nitrate, with or without 2 parts of collodion cotton.
Patent GB-190125974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoves.
Inventor: GASSELSEDER CARL THEODOR
Filed: 1901-12-19
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 25,974. Gasselseder, C. T., and Niemeczek, H. Dec. 19. Air-heating stoves.- An air-box is used in connection with a stove. It consists of a casing a having a lower inlet or inlets n for cold air, and an outlet m for warm air. The side of the box exposed directly to the fire is shown separately. I t consists of a removable and replacable plate b having strengthening- ribs k, inclined hooks f engaging with lugs g on the box, and an inclined lower edge d engaging within the inclined lower edge c of the box. The box preferably has internal horizontal plates p to direct the air against the heated plate b.
Patent GB-190202647-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Method of Opening Envelopes.
Inventor: BIRTWHISTLE ANN PARKER
Filed: 1902-02-01
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 2647. Birtwhistle, A. P. Feb. 1. Envelopes.- A piece of cord a, terminating at one end in a knot b, is secured beneath the flap, its free end c being brought round to the front of the envelope, and attached at the part that is to be covered by the stamp.
Patent GB-190204022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Objects of Polygonal Cross Section
Inventor: TANGEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-02-17
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 4022. Tangel, A., and Zbinden, H. Feb. 17. Dressing a n d turning plaster-of- Paris. An appa- ratus for forming columns or other articles of poly- gonal or circular cross-section from plaster-of-Paris or other materials consists of a frame a carrying a shaft f rotated by a handle g and capable of being locked in various angular positions by a pin i and a fixed per- forated disc h. The shaft receives the material, and is continuously rotated to produce circular articles by the aid of a templet e. To form polygonal portions on the article, the shaft is held in the necessary angular positions while flat surfaces are produced by sliding the templet to and fro over the work, portions of which may be left circular.
Patent GB-190205344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolts
Inventor: BENNETT DWIGHT WILSON
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 5344. Bennett, D. W. March 4. Bolts; nuts; screw sockets.-Relates to an expanding bolt fastening for walls &c. The sections D forming a socket are placed in the hole in the wall, and are expanded therein by turning the bolt head a. The shank A passes freely through a disc f to which the sections D are attached, and screws into a nut or socket B, which acts as a wedge. The nut and sections have an oval form as shown ; but at d the nut is of circular section. The parts are kept together by dovetailed lugs e fitting into corresponding slots. The socket may be formed of two pairs of sections like the sections D.
Patent GB-190207205-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Cinder Basket, Riddle and Tray, for use in connection with Cooking Ranges, Firegrates and the like
Inventor: GLOVER SUSAN
Filed: 1902-03-25
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 7205. Glover, S. March 25. Cinder sifters. - Beneath the firegrate of a cooking- range or other stove is placed a cinder basket, comprising an open wirework portion A with a wirework bottom beneath which is a sliding drawer B for collecting the separated ashes. The front and sides of the portion A are partly formed of imperforate metal plate.
Patent GB-190207684-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electric Arc Light Mechanism Applicable for Rapid Exposure Photography.
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 7684. Bonnella, A. J., Bonnella & Son, D. H., Bryant, E. E. R., Bryant, C. H., and Bryant, E. W. April 1. Lamps, actinic; lamp reflectors.- For rapid-exposure photography, a n electric arc lamp, containing two or more pairs of carbons, is supported at the middle of a light parabolic or other reflector, and behind a small reflector to prevent light from passing directly from the lamp. The small reflector may b e supported by crosswires on the rim of the large one, or by the support for the lower carbons. Fig. 2 shows a suitable lamp, in which three upper carbons b are adjustable by racks, pinions, and hand-wheels c, and three lower carbons are carried symmetrically by a central sliding rod g, which is movable in opposition to a spring f, by the armature e of a series electromagnet d, to strike the arcs. The lamp and reflectors are carried on a portable stand, which may be forked, so that they can be pivoted in it for adjustment to any inclination.
Patent GB-190211423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Clam Dredges.
Inventor: CHAQUETTE EPHRAIEM
Filed: 1902-05-17
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 11,423. Chaquette, E. May 17. Dredgers. - Relates to electric clam dredges i n which there is no pole, and in which the clam rises and falls vertically in the water and has a lateral travel equal to the width of the dredge float. The dredge is shown in side view in Fig. 1, and details of the clam are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The clam G is counterbalanced by weights H, and the head frame, from which is suspended the discharge funnel F, is mounted at the forward end of the springing frame D adapted to move on a curved trunk n by rollers o through the engagement of a pinion on a curved rack m. The clam G is surrounded by the collapsable frame L pivoted at p, p<1> to the frame E, and the lower part of the frame r serves as a discharge apron when the clam is in the raised position. The collapsable frame L is held in the closing position only when the clam is raised by resting on the clam. The clam has two segments s, s' pivoted to the triangular frame t to which the rope b is attached, and the electrical motor J within the clam opens and closes the clam as required. The outer surface of the half s and the inner surface of the half s<1> have segmental racks engaging with the pinion u, so that, as the pinion is revolved, the clam is either opened or shut. Electric contact to open the clam is brought about by the switch y making contact with the point w or striking the top z upon the frame t, and contact for closing the clam is effected through the point w by the closer y' under the action of the spring x and the rope b. An alarm bell is sounded when the clam closes by the button z<1> on the motor frame making contact with the point z<2> on the swinging half s<1>.
Patent GB-190213865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Carburetters for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: KNAPEN ACHILLE
Filed: 1902-06-18
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 13,865. Knapen, A. June 18. G a s or explosivevapour engines, carbnretting in. A chamber A, which may be varied in capacity by a screw E, is closed at the top by a ball B and at the bottom by a valve C. The valves are operated by a rod D carrying a vane H in the path of the air current caused by the suction of the motor piston. Air may be supplied through a small port F to break up the oil or spirit. The rod D may be worked by the inlet valve of the motor.
Patent GB-190222142-A (GB)
Title: A Self Tutor and Indicator for the Piano and the like.
Inventor: MACINDOE EBENEZER
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 22,142. Macindoe, E. Oct. 11. Music notation; music note indicators. - A note indicator A, whereby anyone unacquainted with music may play the piano, harmonium, organ, &c., is made of cardboard, and has printed upon it numerals, 22 . . . 41, and letters H ... U, to indicate the natural notes and the sharps or flats respectively. The written music has each note provided with a number or letter, the character being placed in the head of the ordinary music character ; or a notation may be used in which only the numbers and letters are employed together with dashes, script italics, and lines to indicate the length or value of the notes.
Patent GB-190224543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boot and Shoe Machinery.
Inventor: PEGG SAMUEL JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-08
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 24,543. Pegg, S. J. Nov. 8. Belt gearing. - In the machine shown, which is adapted for breasting or paring the heels of boots and shoes, the work is clamped on the sliding support 18 carried on the transverse slide 15, which is reciprocated by the traversing screw 27, driven by the belt 28<a> from the pulley 52 on the shaft 37, to carry the work to the cutter. At the end of each movement of the slide 15, the direction of rotation of the screw 27 is automatically reversed, for which purpose the shaft 37 is shifted longitudinally, to cause the friction clutch member 39 to be disengaged from the pulley 40 and engaged with the pulley 41, or vice versÔ, the pulleys 40, 41 being driven in opposite directions, by open and crossed belts respectively, from a single fast pulley on the driving-shaft 3. The longitudinal movement of the shaft 37 is effected by the fork 45 on the spindle 46, which at its upper end has an arm 50 engaged in the slotted arm 51 fixed to the slide 15. A spring catch 49, Fig. 6, is provided to hold the fork 45 in the position into which it is moved, until the next reversal takes place.
Patent GB-190226051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Poles, for Electric Railways.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 26,051. Carolang E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 26. Electric railways with elevated or overhead conductors. Collectors. - Relates to trolley poles for use on vehicles travelling in contracted passages, such as mine passages, where different portions of the conductor may be fixed overhead or at one side, according to the height or width of the passage. To enable the trolley wheel 12 to adjust itself to the conductor placed above or at the side of the vehicle, it is formed of a straight part 4, revolubly mounted at 5, 6 on the locomotive 1, and a bent portion 7, 8, 9 carrying the trolley-wheel holder 11. The trolley-wheel holder may have a swivel point, and the vertical displacement of the trolley wheel may be varied by rotating the pole with respect to the socketpieces.
Patent GB-190303139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed-Water Heaters for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: WATTS IRA
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 3139. Watts, I. Feb. 10. Condensers.-Exhaust steam brought by a pipe B commingles in a cylinder D with cold water from a perforated pipe G and sometimes also with condensed water from a pipe F. The resulting hot water accumulates in a chamber E having a vent pipe M and runs off by a pipe H.
Patent GB-190303331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Retort Furnace and the Method of Charging the Retort.
Inventor: WESTPHAL CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1904-02-12
Abstract: 3331. Westphal, C. Feb. 12. Coking.-A. vertical retort is made slightly tapering, and the larger, lower part s is constructed to form a cooling-shaft. The materials to be treated are raised to the top by a conveyer and charged through a rotary device f. After passing through the cooling-shaft, the coke is received on a travelling chain k in a water well w, and delivered to a bucket conveyer p. The retort is heated by gases from a producer g, which are burnt in a combustion chamber v and pass through the flues shown to the outlet d. Air to support combustion, both in the gas-producer and in the combustion-chamber v, is heated in channels surrounding the flues and the cooling- shaft s as shown.