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Patent GB-190201661-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Preserving Eggs
Inventor: AUFSBERG CARL
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 1661. Aufsberg, C. Jan. 21. Preserving eqgs.-Eggs are preserved by treating them first with a boiling solution of magnesium and calcium sulphate to sterilize the contents, and then with a cold solution of sodium silicate to close the pores of the shell.
Patent GB-190207832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Spent Iron Pickling or Cleaning Liquors or other Solutions containing Sulphate or Chloride of Iron, for obtaining Sulphate or Chloride of Iron or other useful products therefrom.
Inventor: CROSSLEY FREDERICK BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-04-03
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 7832. Crossley, F. B. April 3. Mordants and fixing-agents.-Solutions containing chloride or sulphate of iron, such as spent pickling liquors, are treated to obtain either crystals of these salts or a mordant. In the latter case, the solution is heated with scrap iron or the like until it is only just acid and is of a strength of 60‹- 100‹ Tw. The liquor is then treated with sodium or potassium nitrate or with acetic acid, pyroligneous acid, or an acetate, such as calcium acetate. When acetic acid or an acetate is used, " black liquor" is obtained.
Patent GB-190208242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Show Cards, Signs, Window Tickets, certain Advertisement Cards and the like.
Inventor: GRAINGER FREDERIC
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 8242. Grainger, F. April 9. Window tickets &c. having letters such as described in Specification No. 6846, A.D. 1901, or otherwise, are formed with a plain or corrugated background 2 which serves as a reflecting-surface, and with a corrugated &c. glass plate 5 placed some distance in front, the whole being enclosed in a frame 4. The letters may be painted on a transparent ground on the back of the glass 5, the remaining parts of the glass being opaque ; or the letters may be opaque, and the remainder of the glass transparent.
Patent GB-190209132-A (GB)
Title: Improved Overalls
Inventor: DUNHILL ALFRED
Filed: 1902-04-19
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 9 1 3 2. Dunhill, A. April 19. Waterproof garments.-Overalls, particularly adapted for cyclists, are made in the form of knickerbockers, but with the back and seat parts C omitted. A strap E may extend from the fork to the waistband at the back.
Patent GB-190214310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 14,310. Clark, A. M., [Wagner Typewriter Co.]. June 24. Type-writers. - Type-writer carriage-feed mechanism is shown in vertical section in Fig. 1, embodied in an Underwood machine for example. A rack 20 on the carriage 11 gears with a pinion 21 on a shaft 22, which carries a two-part clutch. One clutch section 24, Figs. 1 and 9, is splined on the shaft, and has a peripheral groove 25 engaged by pins 26 of a vibratory frame 37. The other clutch section comprises a sleeve 31, connected to or forming part of a star or escapement wheel 32, and held from longitudinal motion by means of a pin 33 and a groove on the shaft 22. The frame 27 is held down by a spring 27x, and is linked to a rod 37 movably connected to the carriage on links 38, one of which is connected to a releasekey lever, not shown. A vibratory dog-carrying frame 43 carries a rigid dog 45 and a movable dog 47. The dog 47 is preferably supported by ball bearings, and a spring 48 is connected to the dog and to a fixed pin 49. The frame 43 has two abutments 50, which may be adjustable, and are adapted to co-operate with abutments 55 of a frame 54 connected to the segmental universal bar 53. Cams 52 on the type-bars 3 are adapted to bear against the universal bar. The dog 47 cooperates with an abutment consisting of a fixed pin and cam surface 57 for lateral deflection. The universal bar is restored by means of spring-pressed links connected to the frame 54 and a rock-shaft 59, and the links may be serrated for adjustment of the springs. The space-bar levers 64 have an arm 65 with a pin 66 adapted to bear against a crank arm 67 of the shaft 59. The tabulating-key lever has an extension 72, Fig. 9, adapted to bear against a lever 73 pivoted to the framing. The lever 73 is connected to an arm 76 of a toothed rock-shaft 77, which is normally retained by a spring 78. A movable stop 82 has teeth 79 adapted to engage the teeth of the shaft 77, and is pivoted to a slide 80, and is normally out of the path of the carriage stop. The stop 82 can be adjusted by means of a handle 84, and has a pointer 85 moving along an index bar 86. An arm 88 of the shaft 77 is connected to a link 89, which has a slotted portion 90 receiving a pin 91 carried by a crank arm 92 of the frame 27, for disconnecting the clutch sections. The bar 86 is adapted to come into contact with a leather brake-shoe 93.
Patent GB-190221168-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Heating Stove
Inventor: POLLARD JACQUES LOUIS AUGUSTIN
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 21,168. Pollard, J. L. A. Sept. 29. Stoves.-In a stove for beating schools, public buildings, workshops, houses, or hotels, the fireplace is surmonnted by an earthenware or pottery column formed of elements d with partitions f and grooves to receive joint rings or packing e. The column has a closing plug or cap g at the top, and each element has iron bands h. The products of combustion from the coal, coke, wood, oil, or other fuel pass from the column, through a flue i, to the chimney j. The stove can be arranged horizontally with several columns.
Patent GB-190224699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prismatic Glass Plates for Windows, Daylight Reflectors and Refractors and the like.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 24,699. Justice, P. M., [Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co.]. Nov. 11. Windows; daylight reflectors and refractors.- Prismatic glass plates are strengthened and made fireproof by rods or wires w, embedded in the neutral portions of the plates, or in angles or recesses of the prisms, in such a manner as not to interfere with the transmission of light. Fig. 12 shows the wires cemented in the angles by a fusible cement or enamel which serves to reflect the light. In the arrangements shown in Fig. 10, the cement is transparent and the triangular rods or wires reflect the light. The wires w may be combined with cross-wires v to form a network or skeleton.
Patent GB-190227853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Biscuits or the like.
Inventor: VICARS JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 27,853. Vicars, J., Vicars, T., and Vicars, J. Dec. 17. Moulding biscuits.- Relates to machines for stamping and cutting biscuits and the like, and consists in means for adjusting the parts of the machine to suit the thickness of the sheet of dough under treatment. Fig. 1 shows a view of a machine in which the stampers and cutters reciprocate, while the table is stationary. The stampers 7 are carried by a bar 8 connected by rods 9 to a crosshead 10, which is moved down against the action of springs 13 by means of rods 11 actuated by cams 12 on the driving-shaft. The upper screwed ends of the rods 11 engage with internally-threaded sleeves 14 rotatable in bosses 15 on the crosshead 10. By means of a hand-wheel 21 which transmits motion through spur-wheels to the sleeves 14, the distance between the table 1 and the stampers 7, when at the bottom of the stroke, can be regulated. The cutters 3 are attached to a bar 4 connected to a crosshead 5 which is moved up and down by eccentrics 6 on the main shaft. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the stampers are fixed, while the cutters and table reciprocate, as described in Specification No. 16,602, A.D. 1902. The table 1 is supported by screwed rods 11<a> which engage with sleeves 14<a> rotatable in bearings in a bearer 22, which, together with the table, is moved up and down by cams 23 on the main shaft 24. The table is adjusted by means of a hand-wheel 21<a> which transmits motion through toothed gearing to the sleeves 14<a>. The bar 4 carrying the cutters 3 is connected to the crosshead 5 by rods 29 screwed at their upper ends, the sleeves 30 in this case carrying wormwheels 32 actuated by worms 33 on the hand-shaft 34. Instead of the table and cutters being adjustable, the stampers may be adjustable. In another modification, in which the cutters are fixed, and the stampers and table move, as described in the prior Specification, the stampers are made adjustable by means similar to that shown in Fig. 1. The regulating-mechanism may be applied to the rods connecting the stampers with the crosshead, instead of to the rods connecting the crosshead with the operating-mechanism on the driving-shaft.
Patent GB-190305807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wooden Boxes.
Inventor: PLATT RICHARD
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 5807. Platt, R. March 13. Wood boxes.-Relates to wooden boxes. Six similar pieces of wood are each grooved across each end, and fitted together, as shown in Fig. 1, five pieces being first placed in position and the sixth piece being then sprung into position to lock the parts together.
Patent GB-190308963-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Surfacing or Cleaning and Grinding or Polishing Floors of Wood and other Materials
Inventor: SPENCE AARON TINDLE
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 8963. Spence, A. T., Prugh, J. H., and Zimmer, S. B. April 21 Floors, cleaning. -Relates to apparatus for surfacing or cleaning floors of wood or other material and for grinding or polishing those made of mosiacs, marble, or any composition. The apparatus consists of a wheeled vehicle, which can be driven back. wards and forwards, and is provided with rollers Ccovered with sandpaper, emery, felt, or other material, according to the operation to be performed. Means are provided for raising the rollers off the floor. Fig. 1 shows a side view of the machine, Fig. 3 a plan, with the platform T, on which the driver stands, removed, and Fig. 4 a longitudinal section on the line 1, 1, Fig. 3. The vehicle wheels D, E are rubber-tyred, and the wheels D, which are fixed on a shaft f, are driven backwards or forwards by moving a clutch f Fig. 7, along the shaft f to the right or left by means of a lever A', whereby the bevelled projections f<2> of the clutch engage one or the other of two levers o pivoted to the divided rims of friction wheels F' fixed on the shaft f, thereby jamming one of them against one of two wheels F, mounted loosely on the shaft and driven by a wheel G, itself driven from a shaft b, which is, in turn, driven from a shaft a operated by an electromotor B. The steering is effected by moving a lever Z connected to a rod 7, which is, in turn, connected to a bar 8 fastened to cross-arms secured to the carriage wheels E. The sandpaper &c. is tightly drawn on the rollers C by pincers t<2> pivoted within the roller and serving to hold the ends of the material, which are passed through a slot into the interior of the roller. Cams on the roller shaft d serve to open and close the jaws of the pincers. The shafts d are mounted on the ends of pivoted arms r, the other ends of which are resiliently mounted in clips t and are connected by linkages g, S to foot plates L, L', so that the operator, by pressing on one or the other of these plates, may raise rollers C off the work, or lower them down to it, as required. The linkages are also capable of operation by the lever A<1>, which, for this purpose, has a small wheel at its lower end riding on and over a projection on a bar a<1> connected to the linkages g, 8, and thereby moving the arms r up or down.
Patent GB-190309557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches for Sliding, Folding, Shutting and other like Doors.
Inventor: CHILDS JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 9557. Childs, J. W. April 28. Latches; locks, key.-Relates to combined locks and latches for doors. In one arrangement, a dead-weight latch b, Fig. 1, is operated by means of a handle passing through the hole c, and is locked in position by means of a sliding bolt e, which is operated by means of the arm f and a square key inserted in the hole g. A pivoted lever h enters a recess in the bolt e to secure the bolt in its normal position. In a modified form, the bolt e is locked in both positions by means of the lever h entering notches, and the bolt is provided with projections to facilitate its operation by means of an ordinary key. A rim or mortice latch p, shown in Fig. 5, works between two slides q, q<1>, and the head r engages a recess in the pivoted lever s. Another form of locking-bolt v, Fig. 6, is slotted to slide on the pin w and is fixed in either position by the lever y. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the latch h<1> is notched to receive a projection e' on the latch bolt k<1>, the tail end of which rests on a pin f<1>. A projection c<1> bears upon a guide b<1>.
Patent GB-190310684-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Tools for Pyrographic Work in Artistic Delineation.
Inventor: TYSSOWSKA ZELL NIVER
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,684. Tyssowska, Z. N. May 11. Branding by heat.-Relates to tools for pyrography or poker work on leather, wood, &c., and consists in providing a tool with the usual hollow burning point, and also with means for obtaining a jet of hot gases for scorching lighter or finer marks on the work. The burning point 12 is formed hollow to provide a chamber to which the air and vapour are supplied in the usual manner. At the orifice 14, Fig. 1, where the heated gases escape, a nozzle 16 with a fine bore is provided for producing a jet and directing it on to the work The nozzle 16 may be on a sleeve removably fixed on the part 12. According to Fig. 3, the nozzle 16 is on a removable cap or hood 20, into which the hot gases escape by the orifice 14. The nozzle 16 may be at the end or other part of the cap 20.
Patent GB-190314191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Treatment of Wool Slivers
Inventor: BERGER EUGENE
Filed: 1903-06-25
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 14,191. Berger, E. Dec. 11, A.D. 1902, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Sliver-rubbing apparatus. - In a device for rubbing and imparting torsion to wool slivers on leaving the preparing-machines, the slivers are passed between rotating circular plates a, d and d, b. The plate d rotates on a shaft e, and the plates a, b rotate in the opposite direction on a shaft c, along which they are free to slide, but are pressed towards each other by springs a<1>, b<1>, covered in to prevent their injuring a displaced sliver. The plates a, b are separated for the introduction of the slivers by forks f, g. The surfaces of the plates may be smooth, or striated circularly, radially, or otherwise. On leaving the device, the slivers are wound on bobbins, as usual.
Patent GB-190315353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket Punching, Indicating and Registering Machines.
Inventor: MAXWELL DAVID
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,353. Maxwell, D., and Dewar, W. July 11. Ticket punches. - The operations of the mechanism can be carried out with one hand, and the punching of the ticket is automatically registered. The ticket is placed through the slit 5 and raises a catch 20 so as to clear a check piece 21, which prevents the bolster 4 from being pressed back except when a ticket is inserted. The sliding bolster 4 projects beyond the bottom of the case 3 and is pressed outward by the spring 8. When pushed back after the ticket is inserted, the lever 9, pivoted on the stud 10, rocks and depresses the punch 7, which is hinged to the lever and which pierces the ticket. At the same time, the projecting piece 15 catches a cam 16, causing the hammer 17 at the end of the flexible handle 18 to strike a bell, and the lever 12 vibrates with the lever 9, to which it is attached by a stud 13, causing the visible index unit of any registering- apparatus 1 L to move forward one figure.
Patent GB-190316747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear especially suitable for Velocipedes, Motor Cars, and the like.
Inventor: MURRAY CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1903-07-30
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,747. Murray, C. H., and Johnston, F. G. D. July 30. Driving-mechanism; clutches,-Relates to a threespeed gear for bicycles, tricycles, &c. The main fixed axle 4 has a toothed wheel 6, upon which run four planet - wheels 13. These wheels are mounted in a rotatable frame 11 and gear with a loose toothed ring 21 situated inside the chainring 18. The chain-ring is provided with two sets of ratchet teeth ; the teeth of one set 17 can be engaged by pawls mounted in the frame 11, while those of the other set 24 are engaged by pawls in the toothed ring 21. The wheel-carrying hub is provided with two sets of ratchet-teeth ; the teeth of one set 15 are engaged by pawls on the frame 11, and those of the other set 26 can be engaged by pawls on the loose ring 21. The gearing can be changed by the shifting-ring 32, which is mounted on a quick-pitched screw 7 on the fixed axle. The ring is operated by a connection attached to the lug H and a returning-spring 36. The shifting-rings can throw the pawls of the ratchet-rings 17, 26 out of gear by means of spring tail-pieces on the pawls. For high speed, the driving is through the chain-ring 18, ratchet 17, frame 11, pinions 13, and loose ring 21 to the hub through the ratchet 26, the other ratchet running free. For the normal speed, the driving is through the chain-ring 18, loose ring 21, to the hub by the ratchet 26, the ratchet 17 being thrown out of gear by the shifting-ring 32. For the slow speed, the shifting-ring disconnects the ratchet 26, so that the hub is driven from the frame 11 carrying the pinions 13 by means of the ratchet 15. The ratchets are arranged for the machine to run free at any speed.
Patent GB-190322442-A (GB)
Title: Process and Compound for Removing Hair from Hides.
Inventor: MELLINGER JACOB
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 22,442. Mellinger, J. Oct. 17. Hides and skins, raw, treating.-A process for removing the hair and epidermis from hides consists in hanging them, after being soaked in cold water, in a solution made by dissolving a, mixture of about 100 parts of lye of soda saturated with hydrogen protosulphide, 50 parts of soda lye and 50 parts commercial carbonate of ammonia, in a suitable quantity of warm water. A heavy hide for sole leather should remain in the solution from 2 to 3 hours, a lighter hide for shoe upper or patent leather, about 30 minutes, while a still lighter one for kid or glove leather, only 10 minutes. After immersion, the hide is carried to a water vat, in which the gelatine mass formed upon its surface, is removed, and the hide is then ready for tanning.
Patent GB-190407467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut-locks.
Inventor: MITCHELL JAMES CHARLES
Filed: 1904-03-29
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 7467. Mitchell, J. C., and Hartford, M. E. March 29. Locking nuts.-The nut C, which locks the nut B on the bolt A, Fig. 1, is made preferably of moulded india-rubber with embedded fabric strips c, Fig. 3. The surface which grips the nut B is concave, with a rounded edge or ridge c<3>, at the opening. The opening, which is plain, extends partially as in the nut c', Fig. 3, or wholly through the nut, and its diameter is less than that of the bolt. By this means, the thread of the bolt is embedded in the material of the nut C when it is screwed up to the nut B.
Patent GB-190409230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atmospheric Gas Burners.
Inventor: APPLEYARD JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-04-22
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 9230. Appleyard, J. April 22. Ironing; rollers.-Relates to atmospheric gas burners to which air is supplied above atmospheric pressure by means of a blower or its equivalent. A laundry iron, fitted with such a burner, is shown in Fig. 1. Gas and air enter by the pipe 3 into the burner 4, closed at the end 6. The burner is provided with perforations and is surrounded by a cylinder having lateral openings 10. The burner may be made separate from the outer cylinder as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be combined with it. It may also be made of iron or of any suitable refractory material. The burners may be applied to a calendering-roller as shown in Fig. 4, in which case the openings 10, Fig. 1, may be dispensed with, the burner being arranged as shown in detail in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190412777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sharpening Rock-drilling Machine Bits, Hand Drills, and the like.
Inventor: KIRSTEN JOSEPH ADOLPH GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 12,777. Kirsten, J. A. G. June 6. Rock drills.-In a machine for cutting off the fractured portion of the webs of rock drills of cruciform section, four cutters D, Fig. 1, working in slots c<1> are made to approach at the same time. The two horizontal cutters and the lower vertical one are operated through levers by an eccentric b<1> on the shaft B. The eccentric causes the plate E to move up and down in its guides, and the lower vertical cutter is adjustably attached to the projection e<6> of the plate by means of a wedge e<9>. The horizontal cutters are operated by levers f<5> pivoted to a plate F and connected at their lower ends f<7> by adjustable connecting-rods f to the plate E. The top vertical cutter is connected to a rod G operated by an eccentric b<2>. The flywheel carries a wiper to remove the portion of the bit which is severed or partially severed by the cutters. A machine, Figs. 10 and 11, for working out the worn-down corners of the bits and for forming the cutting-edges has four dies running in slots, the upper die being stationary, and the other three operated from an eccentric actuated by a handlever by mechanism similar to that described in reference to Fig. 1. A ram 62, running in guides 61, operates a " dolly 65 with a convex face and made with four radial grooves. The convex face works out the centre portions of the bit to the tips, and the grooves form the cutting-edges. A block 81 supported on plates 75 runs along the table 2 and serves to support the end of the bit while being operated upon. It is moved by a pinion running on a rack formed by pins, and is held in position by a lever operating a pawl on a ratchet-wheel.
Patent GB-190414434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Whisking, Agitating and Mixing Machines.
Inventor: REESE LOUIS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 14,434. Reese, L. C. June 27. Moving-beater apparatus. -In mixing - machines which have two sets of beaters on the same axis, revolving i n opposite directions, the inner set b is attached to the spindle c and the outer set d to hubs e. The beaters are carried by a lifting-frame formed by links f and cross-bars g. The links fit into recesses h in the sides of the pan, and are held by hooks k, or they slide into dovetailed grooves. The driving - spindle l for the inner beaters has a flattened end n, and the driving-bush m for the outer set has projections o, Fig. 3, which fit into corresponding recesses in the spindle c and bush e. The beater frame can be removed when the flattened end and projections are in line with the opening r in the link. In hand-driven machines, the shaft u drives the beaters b through an internally - toothed wheel t and pinion s, and the outer set d through toothed gearing x, w. In power-driven machines, the pulley is attached to the spindle l and drives the outer beaters through internal teeth and pinions.
Patent GB-190416651-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Covering Operating Wires or Cables used for Imparting Motion or Power.
Inventor: THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,651. Thomas, J. July 28. Flexible metal pipes.-A flexible tube for the operating-wires of brake levers, valve levers, &c. is made by helically coiling a channel-shaped metal ribbon. Fig. 1 shows the shape of the ribbon as a double channel a<1>, a<2>, one channel being reversed. This ribbon is coiled as shown in Fig. 2, so that adjacent convolutions overlap and interlock. Yielding packing b may be placed between the interlocking rarts, thus producing an expansible and compressible tube impervious to dust and wet. Fig. 5 shows the wire in its tube or sheath.