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Patent GB-190008941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Fasteners.
Inventor: STEWART DAVID
Filed: 1900-05-15
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 8941. Stewart, D. May 15. Sash fastenings. - A plate 12, having a recess, which may be formed by folding over the plate is preferably attached to the lower sash 11 of a window so as to cover the meeting-edges of the sashes. A bolt 13, pivoted to the other sash 10, is brought round to engage the recesses on the plate 12 when it is desired to fasten the window. The overlapping of the plate 12 prevents the bolt from being operated from the outside. An inclined slot in the plate 12 is engaged by a projection 17 on the bolt, when the bolt is operated, to draw the sishes together and prevent rattling.
Patent GB-190014949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Retarding Warp Beams.
Inventor: SCHWARZENBACH HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-08-21
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 14,949. Sohwarzenbach, H. Aug. 21. Loom let-off motions ; yarns, warping and beaming. - An apparatus for use in retarding warp beams comprises a brake, similar to a Prony friction-brake. Two brake levers b, c, provided with brake blocks n and hinged together, are mounted upon one end of the beam a. The lever c is connected, by means of a bolt k, to the shorter arm of a lever f, which is pivoted to the lever b, and supports two weights g, i. A bent hand-lever m is pivoted to the lever b, and is used for pressing down the shorter arm of the lever f, and putting the brake out of action.
Patent GB-190018036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Thermo-electric Generators
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-10-10
Granted: 1901-10-10
Abstract: 18,036. Boult, A. J., [Tissier, A.]. Oct. 10. Thermo - electric batteries.-Consists in the use of a mixture of special felspar mineral which is quarried at Antogny le Tillar, France, with zinc or antimony, or their oxides or other chemical compounds, to form bricks, cylinders, &c., which when heated at one end remain cold at the other, and give off a current of electricity. Fig. 4 shows a thermoelectric apparatus arranged as a return - flame furnace, in which the parts 9, 10 are formed of blocks of this material, the space between the parts 9 being heated by a special burner or heater G, and the space 10 between the lower surface of the part 9 and the upper surface of the part 10 being cooled by the cold air which passes through it. The burner G consists of a number of superposed blocks 1, Fig. 1, of the above-described material, in which are made holes 2 connected by semicircular passages 3. The holes 2 in adjacent blocks intercommunicate, and to one of them petroleum is supplied through a pipe 5. The end blocks of this burner have no holes in them, except apertures for the passage of the bolts by which the blocks are held together. The current is led off by the wires 11 and 13. The walls 15 are made of insulating refractory material.
Patent GB-190023531-A (GB)
Title: A Light Jointless and Non Rusting Water Jacket for Internal Combustion Motors, with Method of Making Same.
Inventor: HOWARD HORACE JOHN
Filed: 1900-12-24
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 23,531. Howard, H. J. Dec. 24. Metal pipes and tubes.-A jacket is formed round internal-combustion engines, cylinders, or pipes for cooling or heating purposes, by electrodeposition. A cylinder is first coated by electrodeposition or otherwise, then a model of the interior of the jacket is cast in easily fusible or soluble material, leaving the edges of the coating exposed, and finally the metal forming the jacket is deposited, adhering at the edges to the coating on the cylinder.
Patent GB-190101664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes
Inventor: LEATHWOOD ROBERT
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 1664. Leathwood, R. Jan. 24. Tobacco pipes.-The stem a and mouthpiece b, Fig. 2, are socketed in the sleeve c, which is divided by a partition d, and provided with openings f, f<1> leading into the chamber e. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which the stem is prolonged in front of the bowl and fitted with a cap h, and the stem a and mouthpiece b are not in the same line. In both cases, a piece of sponge or other absorbent material may be placed in the chamber nearest the bowl, and a removable cap g is provided to permit the discharge of matter from the chamber e.
Patent GB-190102852-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for use in connection with Bedroom Utensils or Chambers.
Inventor: MESSENT CATHERINE ANNE
Filed: 1901-02-09
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 2852. Messent, C. A. Feb. 9. Chamber -pots.- To take the weight of the user, a stool, formed by an annular flange a supported by legs b, is used. The legs may be replaced by a tubular section slotted to allow of the projection of the handle of the chamber-pot.
Patent GB-190109753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Presses.
Inventor: PHILLIPS ROBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1901-05-10
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9753. Phillips, R. E., [Williams, J. W.]. May 10. Platen presses; printing on cheques and the like. -Relates to apparatus for embossing or stamping cheques and other documents, and printing them with indelible ink on the depressed parts. A printing and embossing cylinder E having longitudinal rows of types e<1> is journalled to a frame connected to an operating-lever D. The frame &c. are enclosed in a casing A having slots a in which the ends of the cylinder shaft e engage. The impression bed consists of a metal bar I having a soft rubber covering i. The types are inked by a roller F in pivoted arms G operated to remove the roller when the lever D is depressed, by pins c<1> on the frame engaging the arms G<1>. A suitable spring such as H returns the parts to normal position. To prevent the types from nipping the roller F, the shaft e is journalled in slots c<2> in the frame, so that the roller F first moves. The cylinder is rotated to bring any row of types into printing position by means of a button on one end of the shaft e and an index on the casing. The cheque &c. X is inserted through a slot a'.
Patent GB-190111634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hat Brushes and the like.
Inventor: WALTHO ALFRED
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 11,634. Waltho, A. June 7. Hat brushes; hat pads. -The hat brush B has a light stock A of aluminium or celluloid &c. and a thin handle C, which is adapted to slip behind the sweat band of a hat for convenience in carrying. A piece of velvet may be provided at D, and advertisements may be printed &c. on the handle C.
Patent GB-190112624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manual Jacks, especially for Moving or Pushing Box or Freight Cars.
Inventor: ROISUM PEDER
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 12,624. Roisum, P. June 20. Shunting, levers and the like for.-Consists of an improved jack, especially adapted for moving box or freight cars. Within a casing 2, the upper end of which engages the car, slides a bar 1 having an edged lower end to enable it to bite on the rail. A hand-lever 5 is pivoted at 6 to the casing 2, and at 4 to a bar 1<a> similar to the bar 1, and is connected to the bar 1 by links 7 and a pin 8 passing through slots in the casing 2. A yoke 3 limits the lateral movement of the bars 1<a>, 1 from each other. In use, the bars 1<a>, 1 are alternately pressed against the rail, and the car is thus pushed along step-by-step. Extensions of the casing 2 embrace the rail.
Patent GB-190112967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Plumbing Spinning Spindles.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 12,967. Thompson, W. P., [Kelly, H.]. June 25. Spindle apparatus.-The spindle is adjusted in the vertical position by means of a pair of wedge-shaped forks or discs d, which are placed one upon the other between the rail a and the flange c of the spindle case, and are provided with projecting ears f by which they may be turned or adjusted.
Patent GB-190116568-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cleansing Casks.
Inventor: DRAKE BERNARD MERVYN
Filed: 1901-08-17
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 16,568. Drake, B. M., and Gorham, J. M. Aug. 17. Cleansing casks. - Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 20,855, A.D. 1900, for cleansing casks. The nozzle a, through which cold water, hot water, and steam are successively ejected to the interior of the cask c, which is mounted on a suitable revolving stand x, is provided with the usual perforations g, and with perforations e a t the base through which water and steam issue for keeping the bunghole clear. The nozzle may have also a worm h to facilitate the exit of solid matter through the bunghole. The cask is preferably rotated by a worm j, which gears with a wormwheel l, the worm being put into gear with its shaft k by slightly rotating a shaft m having a cam n which operates a lever to connected with the clutch. The worm further gears with a wormwheel u, and thus through the pinions s, t rotates the shaft m having cams r, r', r<2> by which, through levers q, q<1>, q<2>, the valves p, p<1>, p' are actuated successively to admit the various fluids to the cask. After the valve p<2> is actuated, the clutch is automatically withdrawn, and the apparatus stops. The nozzle may be rotated instead of the cask. The escaping steam is preferably removed by exhaustion, and the hops and other sediment are separated from the liquid before being run off, by cooling and allowing to settle.
Patent GB-190117743-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lawn-mower.
Inventor: GARRETT HENRY
Filed: 1901-09-05
Granted: 1902-09-05
Abstract: 17,743. Garrett, H. Feb. 11, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Lawn - momers.- Relates to the construction of a lawnmower having a reciprocating cutting- apparatus. The main frame is rectangular, with an intermediate crossbar 6, as shown in Fig. 1. The machine is supported on the main wheels 23, 24 on the main axle 22 and on a shoe situated at the outer end of the finger-bar. The machine is propelled by a handle 28 connected by a strap 29 to the main axle 22 and adjustably supported in a quadrant 30 fixed on the rear bar of the main frame. The reciprocating knife-bar is driven by a crank 12 on the shaft 13 driven by the gearing shown from the main axle 22. The crank 12 operates in a vertical slotted standard 10 secured to the end of the knife-bar. The wheels 23, 24 may be connected to the axle 22 by ratchet clutches, or a clutch may be interposed at any other part of the gearing.
Patent GB-190121476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooking Utensils for Military and similar Purposes
Inventor: KLIMA LEOPOLD
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 21,476. Klima, L. Oct. 25. Field, camp, and like cooking-apparatus.-Cooking-utensils for military and similar purposes consist of tapered lids 1, Fig. 4, with movable eyes 6, and tapered bodies 2, Fig. 2, with handles comprising eyes or loops 4 and long parts 5, which normally extend through the eyes 6 and serve for attachment to a kit or saddle, and are also used for coupling the utensils together for use without digging a trench. Methods of using the vessels are shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The part 5 of one vessel is passed through the loop 4 of the next, and the eyes 6 are turned down over both parts 5. A hook-and-eye or other coupling may be used instead.
Patent GB-190122143-A (GB)
Inventor: HOLAUBEK MARIE
Filed: 1901-11-02
Granted: 1902-11-01
Abstract: 22,143. Holaubek, M. Nov. 2. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims.-Relates to protected pneumatic and other elastic tyres of the general form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Between the channel-shaped rim 1 and the inverted channelshaped tyre 2 is a pneumatic, rubber, or other elastic band 3. The tyre is constructed in sections, the adjacent ends of which are connected together by a plate 4 allowing relative motion. In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the spring plate 4 overlaps the ends, and is secured by a rivet 5 and cross-bar 6. The countersunk head of a bolt 7 passes through the middle of the plate, which is pressed radially outwards by a helical spring 10. The sections may have flanges 11, which slide between flanges 12 secured to or formed integral with the rim. Fig. 11 shows a modification, in which the spring plate consists of alternating rubber and metal plates 15, 16, having elongated slots 20 in which engage bolts 21. Under the spring plate is another plate 19 having a protected rubber strip 23, against which presses the helical spring 26. Transverse screws 22 and a radial bolt 25 hold the plate 19 in position. The rim may be in sections connected together by similar spring plates.
Patent GB-190122531-A (GB)
Title: A Clinch for the Prongs of Paper Fasteners and Rivets.
Inventor: BROWN HAYDN
Filed: 1901-11-08
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 22,531. Brown. H. Nov. 8. Paper-fasteners. -Relates to clinches for the prongs of paper fasteners and rivets when in position. The prongs of the paper-fastener are passed through the slot a, Fig. 1, and when flattened down, the part e folded over them, and the part b turned over to cover the whole. The form of clinch may be modified, as shown in plan in Figs. 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, and 15 and in section in Fig. 8. String or wire may be passed beneath the caps of the fastener and the clinch, and secured round the edge of the papers. When used with a rivet, the projecting end of the latter is folded and doubled back.
Patent GB-190124923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Stone
Inventor: BOIVIE GUSTAF CARL FREDRIK
Filed: 1901-12-06
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 24,923. Boivie, G. C. F. Dec. 6. Bricks; blocks; facing bricks and tiles.-Waste or scrap slate, flinty or micaceous, is reduced to powder and treated with a weak solution of hydrochloric and nitric acids, with or without alum. The mass is exposed to the action of steam, and is then moulded into blocks, bricks, &c. which are dried in air from 6 to 12 hours, and are subsequently hardened by means of high pressure steam. Carbonic-acid gas may be used with the steam. Water-glass may be added to the materials as a binding-agent. When moulding hard facing bricks or tiles, pulverized burnt lime is added to the slate before moistening it with the solution.
Patent GB-190126692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Current Controlling Devices.
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 26,692. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Knox, S. L. G.]. Dec. 31. Regulating; switches.-Relates particularly to motor controllers, and to means for preventing such controllers from being turned on too quickly. A shoe, controlled by a coil through which the current flows, is adapted to engage a wheel on the shaft, and so prevent its movement when the current is excessive. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application to a motor controller. An iron wheel W is mounted on the shaft S. A brass shoe b is mounted on an iron arm a pivoted to the iron core a<1>, which is bolted to the iron back of the controller casing. A magnetic circuit is thus completed with the exception of the air-gap and brass shoe. A spring s tends to hold the shoe away, and is so adjusted that, should the current be excessive, the arm a is attracted and the shoe is pressed against the wheel and prevents, by its jamming action, any further movement in a forward direction, while not interfering with a reverse movement.
Patent GB-190201425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Files.
Inventor: THOMANN ADOLF
Filed: 1902-01-18
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 1425. Thomann, A. Jan. 18. Filing papers.-A perforated metal strip f, Fig. 2, is passed over the metal strips d, e secured to the cover b, the papers are then filed on the strips d, e, a perforated wooden plate is placed above them, and the ends of the strips d, e are bent over to secure the whole together. The wooden plate may be provided with loops adapted to pass through the openings k, l in the flap of the cover a, so that it can be secured close above the papers by means of a wire passed through the loops. In an alternative method of securing the cover a, a stud j, Fig. 6, attached to the middle of the wooden plate, is passed through an opening in the flap and the parts o, p of the head are turned down.
Patent GB-190209828-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coupling for Lead and other Pipes
Inventor: TROTTER GEORGE
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 9828. Trotter, G. April 29. Lead and like pipe joints; spigot-and-socket joints.-Relates to couplings for lead, copper, and other soft-metal pipes, or for connecting soft pipes to iron and other pipes, or to water tanks, mains, meters, cocks, &c., or for hose pipes. Fig. 2 shows a coupling for a pipe and a water tank outlet or the like. The solid centre-piece a is made with an external groove b, screw c, and nut part d. At one end is the conic extension e for insertion into the pipe k after its expansion, and at the other end is the screwed spigot f. A circular groove g is provided in the piece a. The tubular sleeve h has an expanded conical flange i, and the nut j, when screwed up on the part c, engages with its flange j<1> the flange i. For coupling together two pipes, the centre-piece a is screwed at both parts c, d, and two cones and sleeves and nuts are used to make the two joints with the ends of the centre-piece a. A tapered boxwood expander or a stepped steel expander is employed to expand or flute the ends of the pipes. In a modified coupling, the centrepiece has an external and central nut portion with internally-screwed socket ends and internal cones. Both ends of the coupling are made alike.
Patent GB-190214745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neckwear.
Inventor: FLEISCH SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 14,745. Fleisch, S. Jan. 21, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Neckties.-Relates to a made-up necktie, Fig. 3, which presents the appearance of one tied by hand. For this purpose, one side of the strip 1 is provided with a special piece 3, Figs. 2 and 4, which is folded around the two lengths of the tie and fastened by a stud and socket 4, 5, or other fastening.
Patent GB-190216315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spirit and like Lamps and Cigar-lighters
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 16,315. Marks, G. C., [Gervais Manufacturing Co.]. July 22. Spirit lamps combined with primary batteries and cigar cutters; lighting gas. -Spirit burners B, which may be used for illuminating purposes, Fig. 2, for igniting gas jets, or as cigar lighters, Fig. 6, have the wick-tubes recessed adjacent to the igniting coil b<2>, which is rendered incandescent by plunging the zinc plate f<1> between the carbon platesf into the exciting liquid F of the battery E by means of the push button h and the rod f<3>, which are restored to their normal position by a spring f<4> when the button h is released. The reservoir A may be packed with absorbent material. When used as a cigar lighter the igniting coil b<2> is protected by a guard C', and the wick by a smaller guard b<1>. An extinguisher d<2> is earried by a pivoted lever d', which passes through the slotted end of the pusher rod f<3> so as to be operated thereby, although it may be operated independently. The edge m' of the lever d<1> may be utilized in conjunction with a recess m<1> in the mount D as a cigar cutter.
Patent GB-190224830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Springs
Inventor: ADAMS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 24,830. Adams, F. W. Nov. 12. Door-closing apparatus.-A spiral spring c, partly or wholly enclosed in a casing b, lies in a U-shaped groove a in the top of the door A. One end of the spring bears against the adjusting-nut e on the rod d, and the other end against the shoulder c<1> on the part of the hinge C attached fo the door. The rod d is connected to a chain f, the end of which is pivoted at g to the door post B. Two rollers h, h<1> are pivoted to the hinge part C, their centres being slightly behind the hinge centres. When the door is opened, the spring is compressed and the chain wraps round one of the rollers h, h<1>. The position of the rollers is so arranged that, as the door opens through 180‹ in either direction, the pull exerted by the spring decreases, it being strongest at the closed position. The invention is applicable to single-acting or double-acting doors.
Patent GB-190225353-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangement of the Mercury in Apparatus for the Electrolytic Decomposition of Alkaline Chlorides.
Inventor: ARZANO CORRADO
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 25,353. Arzano, C. Nov. 18. Chlorine; hydrogen.-These are obtained in the electrolytic manufacture of a caustic solution from an alkaline chloride solution with the aid of mercury falling in any form, without supports. In the apparatus shown, mercury is raised from a trough 13 by an elevator to a funnel 4, from which it falls in a thin sheet between two carbon anodes 14, in the chloride solution, in a cell 3. The amalgam produced passes through a trap 7 into a second funnel 9, and falls between two iron cathodes 16 in the caustic solution, in a lower receptacle 3 ; the mercury then returns through a trap 11 to the trough 13. The liquids are supplied to the upper and lower vessels 3 through tubes 21, 23, and the residual solutions flow over the edges of these vessels to outlets 22. The chlorine and hydrogen produced pass through outlets 24, 25.
Patent GB-190303396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrotype Blocks.
Inventor: CORNELIUS JESSE W
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1904-02-13
Abstract: 3396. Cornelius, J. W. Feb. 13, A D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Printing-surfaces.-The electrotype plate B is supported and secured upon a block composed of two parts A', A<3> connected to each other by rods C passing through holes in transverse ribs on the undersides of the blocks. The blocks A', A<3> have longitudinal ribs D, and on their upper sides have projections A<4>, A<5> of substantially-semicircular form with undercut edges. These projections are adapted to engage recesses B<2>, having undercut edges, in the underside of the plate B. When the plate is placed on the block, and the two parts are pressed towards each other by the surrounding parts of the forme, the projections A<4>, A<5> engage the recesses B<2> and secure the plate to the block.
Patent GB-190304863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Celluloid.
Inventor: SCHMERBER JULES
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1904-03-02
Abstract: 4863. Schmerber, J., and Morane, L. March 2. Celluloid is rendered less combustible by the incorporation of acetic cellulose instead of metallic salts. 5U-60 kilogrammes of a solvent consisting of ethyl or methyl alcohol, or acetone, or a mixture of these, in which 40-50 kilogrammes of camphor have been dissolved, are added to 100 kilogrammes of nitro-cellulose, and the whole is allowed to soak for from 24 to 48 hours. 100 kilogrammes ot acetic cellulose, soaked for from 24 to 48 hours in methyl alcohol, or acetone, or a mixture of the two, containing nitro-benzene, are worked with the nitro-cellulose between heated rollers in a mill, and, after the mastication is complete, the mixture is pressed into blocks.
Patent GB-190307507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: KNIGHT ARTHUR F
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 7507. Knight, A. F. March 31. Golf.-In order to obtain greater accuracy in playing golf, the club shown in Fig. 2 is constructed with the centre of the shaft 1 located between the heel and toe, and between the striking-face and the centre of mass of the head, so that the major portion of the club is behind the axis of the shaft. A long striking-face is provided, so that an accurate alignment of the stroke may be easily attained.