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Patent GB-190022004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Hubs.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1900-12-04
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 22,004. Thompson, W. P., [Stowe, F. F.]. Dec. 4. Spring wheels; hubs; axle-boxes; adjusting on axles.-Relates to a spring hub adapted to absorb any slight lateral deflection of the wheel, and is shown in section in Fig. 1 applied to a wheel fitted to the driving-axle A of a motor road vehicle. The hub B has lugs b which rotate two internallyconed end pieces C, C', of which the outer one C' also slides longitudinally in the hub to allow adjustment. Each conical end piece has radial projections 4 with which engage corresponding projections 6 on the flanges D, D' of two axle sleeves d, and two cones I, J, sliding on these sleeves, are pressed against the end pieces C, C' by a helical spring K. The inner flange D has a groove 7 which engages with the axle flange a, and the outer flange D' engages, by a rib or groove 9, with a washer F, which is locked to the axle by a key or flattened surfaces and nut G. In non- rotating axles, the engaging ribs and grooves are dispensed with, and the two tubes d may be formed in one piece. In a modification, the conical surfaces are replaced by spherical surfaces.
Patent GB-190022607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Accumulator Cells.
Inventor: MUELLER THEODOR
Filed: 1900-12-11
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 22,607. M³ller, T. Dec. 11. Secondary batteries.-Consists in providing each of the cells with a cover b, Figs. 1 and 2, made of soft rubber and provided with openings for the passage of the poles or electrodes d. Soft rubber sockets or bushes c are placed in these openings, so as to ensure tight joints.
Patent GB-190103575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-locking Pulley Blocks.
Inventor: WALTON JOSEPH OCTAVIUS
Filed: 1901-02-19
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 3575. Walton, J. O. Feb. 19. Cleats or holders.-Relates to pulley-blocks of the kind in which the rope may be thrown by a lateral movement into an eccentric locking-groove c, as in devices for suspending window-blinds, curtains, mosquito nets, &c. The abutment against which the rope is pinched by this groove c consists of a roller F, which, during the backward clamping movement, at first rotates with the rope, but is ultimately brought to a stop by means of the projection d and stop e, thus positively locking the rope. The easy movement of the roller in the reverse direction facilitates the release of the lock. The projection d and stop e may be outside the frame, instead of inside as shown.
Patent GB-190105229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Boiler Cleaners
Inventor: GARRIGUS CULBERSON SPANGLER
Filed: 1901-03-12
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 5229. Garrigus, C. S., and Madison, P. C. March 12 Water, withdrawing, purifying, and returning; scum apparatus.-Relates to means for removing scum and other deleterious substances from the surface of the water in the boiler, and, after separating the scum &c. from the water withdrawn with it, returning the water to the boiler, a sectional elevation of one form being shown in Fig. 1. The pipe 12 enters the boiler 10 near the back end, and has pivoted to it at 21 a swinging tube 18, counterbalanced by an adjustable weight 25. The outwardly-flared open end 19 of the tube 18 is supported on the surface of the water by two floats 43, connected to the end 19 by a cross-piece 42 and uprights 41. Supported within the boiler, preferably upon the tubes 11 in the form shown, are standards 31, to which is adjustably secured the horizontal piece 26, having couplings 27 for supporting respectively the lower part of the pipe 12 and the guide-bolder 34. The guide-holder is secured to two guides 35 having inturned lower edges 39, and these, together with the lip 20 and extension 36, guide the scum into the end 19. From the pipe 12 it passes through the valve 15 and pipes 13 into the cylindrical vessel 44, which it enters tangentially through the nozzle 50, thus imparting a circular movement to the water and scum already in the vessel. The heavier particles are thrown outwards by centrifugal action, and fall, through perforations near the periphery of the convex diaphragm 45, towards the drawing-off pipe 48, and the purified water may be returned to the boiler through the pipe 47. The central part of the diaphragm is unperforated. In modifications, the floats are arranged to rise and fall parallel to the pipe 12, and the tube is counterbalanced by a weighted lever pivoted to the support of the guide-holder.
Patent GB-190105798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Moulding Sand for Foundry Purposes.
Inventor: DENKE GUSTAV
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 5798. Denke, G., and Brinkmann, T. March 19. Moulding. - A moulding-sand consists of the waste products from wool and cloth washing houses, mixed with sand and burnt or baked loam. The waste products referred to consist chiefly of wool-fat, soap, and wool hair or wool-fibre. The composition, which is suitable for moulds or cores, may consist of equal parts of the ingredients.
Patent GB-190108303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Pneumatic Action of Organs
Inventor: BRINDLEY CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1902-04-23
Abstract: 8303. Brindley, C. F. April 23. Organs.-The object is to secure quick attack. The key M operates a lever L, which operates separately adjustable supply and exhaust valves V<1>, V<2>, the former being situated in a pressure chest K. Wind can thus be admitted to, or exhausted from, tubes T', T', the former of which leads direct to a chest G and thence through a tube T<3> to the apparatus which produces the sound proper to the key, while the latter, viz. T', leads to a coupling-box E, which may be of any suitable construction. As soon as the wind controlled by the tube T<2> passes to the tube T<3>, a valve V<3> closes, thus interrupting the passage between the tubes T<1>, T<3>.
Patent GB-190118486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Action Fuses for Projectiles.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1901-09-16
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 18,486. Wetter, J., [Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, and Rubin, E.]. Sept. 16. Fuzes for projectiles.-The time igniting - device e and the percussion device e<1> are held at safe by springs s, s<1>, one of which is shown separately in Fig. 4. The upper ring s has its arm equally spaced by being held in recesses in a flat ring r. A vent k relieves the pressure of the gas from the time device. A powder chamber p is enclosed by the fuze body, the screw plug g, and the holder l.
Patent GB-190126058-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Indoxyl.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 26,058. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Dec. 20. Dyes, artificial.-Indoxyl is produced in excellent yield from methylanthranilic acid, or from its derivatives in which a formyl, acetyl, or other acidyl radicle is attached to the nitrogen, bv heating a salt of either of these compounds with an alloy or amalgam of an alkali metal, or alkalineearth metal, and a heavy metal, such as lead, tin, zinc, or mercury. After the reaction is over the cooled mass is dissolved in water and filtered, and the solution of indoxyl thus obtained is worked up into indigo in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190202844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Laboratories
Inventor: FLAVITSKY FLAVIAN
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 2844. Flavitsky, F. Feb. 4. Testing solid substances.-A number of solid reagents in receptacles b, a wooden spatula or mixing-stick cut obliquely at one end, two mortars, and two pestles d are placed in clips on a hinged metallic stand a, which can be folded up and laid inside another folding stand h, Fig. 5. On the outer side of the latter are placed two printed tables, one giving the reactions of bases, and the other of acids. On the inner side of the second stand are printed the formulae and names of the substances present, and directions for use. The whole can be placed in a pocket case g, Fig. 5, and forms a "portable laboratory" for chemically testing solid substances.
Patent GB-190209061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blocks used for Whitening or Colouring Surfaces
Inventor: SUTHERLAND ANDREW GUTHRIE
Filed: 1902-04-18
Granted: 1903-04-18
Abstract: 9061. Sutheriand, A. G. April 18. Colour cakes, blocks, and sticks.-Whiting and colouring-blocks are made by mixing dry plaster of Paris with water, to form a thick cream, with or without the addition of colouring-matter, borax, or a disinfectant, such ai camphor or carbolic acid, and then pouring the mixture into suitable moulds, in which it is allowed to set, with or without application of pressure.
Patent GB-190214749-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Pocket-stand for Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: TRAENKNER THEODOR HEINRICH
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 14.749. Trõnkner, T. H., and Perl, F. July 2. Stands.-Relates to a pocket stand for photographic cameras, consisting of a bracket to be screwed into a tree or the like. The camera is screwed on to one of the ends of the rod i which is clamped by a thumb-screw h in a socket f. The socket f is connected to the rod a by a joint e which is clamped at the required angle by the screw g. On the end of the rod a is a wood screw b, which is screwed into a tree, stake, or the like. An additional supporting-leg may be hinged to the rod a. A cap d is screwed over the end b, when the stand is not in use.
Patent GB-190215583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Embroidering Machines.
Inventor: CORNELY EMILE
Filed: 1902-07-12
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 15,583. Cornely, E., and Comely, R., [trading as Cornely et Fils, E.]. July 12. Embroidery; chain-stitching machines; cords, applying; needles, hook, threading-devices for; work-supports.-Relates to improvements in the machines for applying cord by means of a chainstitch described in Specifications No. 6877, A.D. 1885, and No. 21,210, A.D. 1895, and consists chiefly of means for preventing the stitcher from being missed. The cord 28, or cords, if there are more than one, is carried in a reel 27, and passes upwards through a guide 46 and through a hole in a plate 17 which is situated just underneath the work. The thread 5 is supplied from a reel 44, and passes through a hole 45 in a rotary thread-guide 4, which lays it round the needle. In order to ensure this, the thread is held for a time, while the needle is descending, by a pin 36 carried by the cord guide, and, when in the raised position shown in Fig. 4, entering a recess in the plate 17. When the time comes for releasing the thread, the cord guide descends as shown in Fig. 5. This motion is effected by the co-operation of two cams 31, 32. The former is fixed on the thread-guide, which is thus prevented from moving upwards, while a collar 34 prevents it from falling. The cam 32 is on the cord guide, which is thus pushed down, its ascent being caused by a spring 26. The thread-guide is rotated from the main shaft by gears 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16, and the needle, the plate 17, the cord guide, and the threadguide can all be turned from a handle 41 in a way which will be seen readily from Fig. 1. The motion of the thread-guide is effected by interposing a gear 13, which is in a sleeve operated by the handle, between the gears 12, 14.
Patent GB-190220313-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means in and relating to the Prevention of Overboiling in Saucepans Kettles and the like.
Inventor: DUC ERNEST WILLIAM LE
Filed: 1902-09-17
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 20,313. Le Duc, E. W. Sept. 17. Glue pots.-To prevent boiling over, the outer vessel is provided with a flange F<1> with a vertical wall F'. The inner vessel has a flange G', scalloped as shown at G', resting on the flange F<1>. The wall F<2> extends above the inner vessel, so that liquid rising in the outer vessel and passing through the scallops G' may flow into the inner vessel to thin the glue.
Patent GB-190227360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Recovery of Precious Metals.
Inventor: SULMAN HENRY LIVINGSTONE
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 27,360. Sulman, H. L., and Kirkpatrick-Picard, H. F. Dec. 11. Amalgamating; gold; metals, precious. - To recover precious metals, finely-ground ores or pulps, mixed with a solvent, or cyanide &c. solutions containing the values, are passed up through a vertical or inclined column, film, or sheet of mercury, held between amalgamated surfaces and kept charged with an electropositive metal, such as sodium. The mercury may be kept moving downwards. In the apparatus shown, mercury is placed between the concentric copper cones C, D, which are adjustable in relation to each other by the screw J and screwed tube F<1>. A pump draws off mercury from the bottom, and sends it to an electrolytic cell P, where it is charged with sodium prior to its return to the cones through the distributing-cup 0 and pipes O<1>. Materials or solutions to be treated are forced in through the pipe F<1>, and the overflow is received in the trough E. The apparatus may be made with more than two cones, or with cylinders, or as a vessel containing tubes, baffles, &c., and sodium may be added by means other than the electrolytic cell.
Patent GB-190301683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: FOWLER ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1903-01-23
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 1683. Fowler, R. H., and Achilles, G. Jan. 23. Steamgenerator fireboxes.-To increase the strength of the crown of a firebox, a hollow girder b, shown in section, is fixed to the side plates and crown a, being reinforced at intervals by the tie-bolts b<2>. The external bridge stays c, supported at one end by the tube plate d, and at the other by the end plate e, may also be supported by saddles f resting on the girders b.
Patent GB-190302159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake-valves for Locomotive-engines
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 2159. Heide, H. C., [New York Air-Brake Co.]. Jan 29. Brakes. -The locomotive brake valve is fitted with a subsidiary valve which is moved automatically by a piston so as to cut off the escape of air and to hold the brakes set, and a lift valve is fitted to maintain constant the reduced pressure in the air pipes. The slide valve 1, Fig. 4, is moved by a handle on the spindle s, and covers or uncovers ports in a valve face 9 so that air passes from the main reservoir to the train-pipes, and from the train-pipes to the atmosphere, as required. The valve-chest 8 is connected by a pipe with the main reservoir, and the train-pipes 4 are connected to the body of the apparatus, in a part of which is formed the cylinder 11. When the valve 1 is moved to the left-hand position, as shown, the air passes from the reservoir through the opening 10 m the valve face 9 into the cylinder 11 and into the train-pipes, thus releasing the brakes. To maintain the pressure in the main reservoir higher than that in the train-pipes while running, the valve 1 is moved slightly to the right, so that the air passes through a reducing-valve in the passage 13 and through the passage 14 and ports to the body of the apparatus, and through pockets 16 in the valve 1 to the port 10, and thence to the cylinder 11. To apply the brakes, the valve 1 is moved to the extreme right, so that the air passes from the cylinder 11 and the train-pipes through the port 10 and through the ports 20, 21, Fig. 3, and the passage 19 in the slide valve, and thence into the exhaust passage 17, Fig. 4. The brakes being set, further escape of the air is prevented by the cut-off slide 22, which is moved by the lever 24 and the piston 12, this movement being produced by a body of air confined in a reservoir connected to the space at the right-hand end of the cylinder 11. To maintain the reduced pressure in the train-pipes, an annular passage 48 is formed in the walls of the cylinder 11, and leads into the chamber 47, while the space 53 is connected to the trainpipes. When the valve 1 is moved to the right, the air flows from the cylinder 11 through the passage 29, Fig. 3, into the port 49, Fig. 4, and the passage 48, and thence to the chamber 47, which is thus filled with air at a pressure equal to that in the train-pipes. When the valve 1 is moved so that all the ports are closed, the air in the chamber 14 is trapped. If the train-pipe pressure is reduced by any cause, the diaphragm rod 51<a> opens a spring valve beneath it, which allows air to pass from the main reservoir through a passage on the side of the chamber 47, and thence into the space 53 and into the train-pipes, until the pressure there rises, and the valve returns to its seat. The brakes are applied with more or less force according to the position of the handle on the spindle s, which handle is held in various positions by a spring pawl and notched segment.
Patent GB-190304041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel and Ingot Iron.
Inventor: TALBOT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 4041. Talbot, B., and Gredt, P. Sept. 15, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Basic processes; Bessemer processes.-Relates to the manufacture of steel and ingot iron, After a charge of pig iron has been converted into steel in a Bessemer converter or similar vessel, a portion is run off into a ladle, the remainder, together with most of the slag, being left behind. Molten pig iron is then run into the converter, and a chemical reaction ensues, in consequence of which silicon and carbon are eliminated from the pig iron ; a portion of the slag is next tapped off, or the withdrawal of slag may be deferred, and the charge may be blown for the purpose of completely eliminating the silicon ; in either case a part of the charge is tapped off, as before. When phosphoric pig iron is being treated, lime is added to the charge after the slag has been tapped off, and the elimination of the remaining carbon and phosphorus is effected by blowing in the usual way. Before re-charging the converter with pig iron, the slag in the converter may be enriched by additions of iron oxide.
Patent GB-190305437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: RENTZEL JOHN BAKER
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 5437. Rentzel, J. B. March 9. Washing-machines ; wringing-machines.-Fig. 3 shows a cross-section of the machine, which is preferably semi-cylindrical in shape and is provided along one side with an extended shelf 5 on which the stationary rubber 15 may lie when it is turned out of the tub to enable the latter to be cleaned. The clothes are cleaned by friction between a stationary rubber 15 and an oscillating rubber 22. The stationary rubber consists of two semicircular strips 15 pivoted each to one end of the machine at 15<a> and serving as supports for the ends of longitudinally-grooved rollers 16. The rubber 22 is of similar construction, but is connected to the tub at each end by a link 28, one end of which fits over a trunnion 23 on the rubber. These trunnions rest in bearings 18 of the shape shown, which are formed in the ends of the tub and allow of an oscillatory motion being imparted to the rubber by means of the handle 27. Journalled at the part 8 of the machine are two horizontally-disposed rollers, the upper journalled in sliding bearings pressed down by a spring. They are rotated by a handle on the exterior of the machine, and serve to wring the clothes which are passed between them to the exit 1<a>.
Patent GB-190305827-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Rubber Coverings of Handles of Cricket Bats, Tennis Racquets, Golf Clubs, and other similar Implements.
Inventor: BELDAM CYRIL ASPLAN
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5827. Beldam, C. A. March 13. Bats; racquets; golf.-Handles of cricket bats, tennis racquets, golf clubs, and the like are provided with a rubber cover b, smooth on the outside, but ribbed or provided with projections c on the inside, so that, when grasped, a firm but not injurious grip is furnished.
Patent GB-190310280-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Damp-proof Coating or Paint.
Inventor: ROBINSON WILLIAM BRASS
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 10,280. Robinson, W. B. May 6. Waterproof paints; coating surfaces, compositions for.-A damp-proof coating or paint, which may be applied in the same manner as ordinary paint to walls, brick, stone, wood, and iron, is composed of boiled linseed oil, mastic cement, and red oxide of iron, with or without colouring-matter.
Patent GB-190314061-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliances for Heating the Air in Cars, Rooms or Buildings.
Inventor: KEHM AUGUST
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,061. Kehm, A. June 24. Heating; ventilating.-The invention is described in connection with the building shown in Fig. 1. Compressed air from a reservoir 8 in the basement is led through a main 9 to each apartment and there heated by passing it through a coil 26. Fig. 2, contained in a chamber 25 filled with steam, after which it passes through a nozzle 27 into a chamber 23 and thence into the apartment through an opening 24. The current of air issuing from the nozzle 27 induces a flow of air from the apartment or from outside the building, according to the position of the three-way valve 20, into a second coil 28 in the chamber 25 and thence into the chamber 23 and through the opening 24. Steam is supplied to the several chambers 25 by a boiler 5, which also supplies the air compressor 6. A pipe 22 from each chamber 25 leals the condensed steam into a main pipe 11, which drains it into a steam trap 12 or directly into the boiler. In a modification, only one heating-coil is employed, the compressed air being supplied to it through a nozzle so as to draw in air from the apartment.
Patent GB-190316547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Steam Boilers.
Inventor: WALTON JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 16,547. Walton, J. July 28. Steam-generator furnaces. - In a water - tube boiler of the form shown, the path of the furnace gases from the firebox E to the chimney G is determined by a baffle F, which may be made of solid or hollow firebricks, steel plates, or castings, through which feed or other water may be circulated. In another form of baffle, the gases pass first along the middle and then along the sides to the chimney. The detachable casing D has a fuel-supply door H, and the firebox has an ashpan J with a door K.