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Patent GB-190114763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: TREICHLER DANIEL HENRY
Filed: 1901-07-19
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 14,763. Treichler, D. H. July 19. Acetylene lamps.-Relates to apparatus in which water is allowed to drip upon the carbide. The generator consists of a fixed part 17, and a lower part which is removable, but is normally pressed against the upper part by a screwed ring 21 engaging its lower end and resting upon the base 1. Above the generator is an equalizer or water-supply chamber 3, and above this is the water tank 4, carrying a purifying-chamber 5 and the burner 16. In operation, water is conveyed from the tank 4 by the pipes 8, 9, sediment receptacles 10, and pipe 11 to a safety vent pipe 12, and thence by the pipes 13, 14, 15 to the equalizing chamber 3, these arrangements constituting a double water seal for the chamber 3. This chamber is provided with a stand pipe 27 which permits variations in the height of the liquid and communicates at the top through the purifier with the generator. From the chamber 3 the water passes through a valve 24, provided with a handle 26, into the generator. The gas produced passes by the pipe 31, coil 32, and dip pipe 33 into the purifying and cooling liquid. Here it is broken into small bubbles by the notches 35 in the pipe 33, and after distribution by a plate 36 it is further broken up by a removable perforated screen 38. From the purifier the gas passes by the nozzle 39 to the burner tube 28. Irregular production of gas, in consequence of water of condensation falling upon the carbide at other points than immediately below the valve 24, is prevented by inclining the top of the generator towards the valve and by arranging the gas delivery pipe adjacent to the valve. Normally, the gas pressure in the chamber 3 is less than that in the generator by the height of the column of liquid above the outlet 35 in the purifier, and consequently an increase of pressure in the generator stops the water supply. When the gas pressure becomes excessive, the water is driven out of the pipe 27 and the chamber 3 into the vent pipe 12, and thence by the pipes 11, 9, 8 to the tank 4. Any gas following the first part of the same course escapes by the pipe 12 around the burner 16 where it is consumed. Should the apparatus be upset, the water seal in the pipes 11, 9, 8 prevents the gas from getting into the water tank. Further, the construction of the purifier with a small lower chamber for liquid, and with a large upper chamber having a perforated gas outlet 39 projecting into the middle of it, prevents the escape of purifying liquid into the burner 16 or equalizing-chamber 3, and the use of the coil 32 prevents the liquid from gaining access to the generator. In a modification, the purifying-chamber is omitted, and the trap coil 32 is arranged between the gas conduit and the stand and burner, but it does not normally act as a gas conduit.
Patent GB-190115006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Loading Cars or the like with Coke
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-07-23
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 15,006. Johnson, J. Y., [Wellman-Seaver Engineering Co.]. July 23. Drawings to Specification. Coking.-Consists of means whereby coke from a series of coke ovens is quenched and loaded into trucks on two or more parallel lines. A tray is supported in front of each oven in an inclined position, with an open side uppermost and nearest the oven. Coke is pushed into the tray and quenched, the water running away by a pipe at the bottom of a channel in front of the ovens. The tray is then seized by a crare, carried in a horizontal position to the truck, and there tilted and discharged.
Patent GB-190117199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Turbines
Inventor: WEICHELT CARL
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 17,199. Weichelt, C. Aug. 27. Steam turbines. - An outward - flow turbine, specially adapted for working under its full power, is shown in Fig. 1. The turbine wheel 31 has rings of blades 29, which rotate between similar rings of blades 30 on the casing wall 10. The blades are secured in their grooves by means of projections 32, Fig. 5, on one or both sides. The position of the projections may be varied, or recesses in the blades may engage with ridges in the grooves. The rings of blades are secured by locking-pieces a, b. The annular steam admission channel 17 is controlled by a sliding tubular valve 18 connected to a governor 20. The outer walls c, Fig. 5, of the blades prevent axial pressure, and large turbine blades may have intermediate walls d, Fig. 8. The invention may be applied to parallel-flow and compound turbines.
Patent GB-190119502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Incandescent Lamp Burners.
Inventor: SCHAPIRO AISIK
Filed: 1901-09-30
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 19,502. Schapiro, A. Sept. 30. Incandescent oil burners.- Relates to means by which the proportions of air and oil supplied can be regulated. The wick b is enclosed between a tube d and a tube a having a lip c which covers the outer side of the wick and may be arranged to cover the upper side. A cylinder c is secured to a rod f, which carries the burner cap g and can be raised or lowered by a rack and pinion h so as to partially cover the exposed part of the wick by the cylinder or to cause the cap g to throttle the air supply.
Patent GB-190121987-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cooking Utensil.
Inventor: ALLEN GEORGE TAYLOR
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 21,987. Allen, G. T. Oct. 31. Saucepans and cooking-kettles.-The lid C of the cooking-utensil A has a shallow flange, and is provided with forks c embracing the bail B, which serves as a lever to move the lid.
Patent GB-190124475-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Elastic Plaster for Walls and Ceilings and for other purposes.
Inventor: CARTER HENRY LEE
Filed: 1901-12-02
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 24,475. Carter, R. L. Dec. 2. Plasters.-Small quantities of althoea or marshmallow root and dextrin, and, in some cases, gelatine, are mixed in a mortar &c. with finely-ground or screened calcined gypsum to form a plaster applicable especially for the walls and ceilings of hospitals &c., where a smooth polished surface is required. The plaster has elastic properties, and may be used for picture frames, statuary, plaques, cornice mouldings, &c. In place of the marshmallow root, the leaves, flowers, &c. of certain species of althoea, malva, hibiscus, or abutilon may be employed. Calcined lime or marble dust may be substituted for the gypsum.
Patent GB-190126446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Annealing of Metals.
Inventor: BATES DARWIN
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 26,446. Bates, D., and Peard, G. W. Dec. 27. Annealing-ovens.-Copper and other metals, in the form of wire, rods, strips, sheets, and the like, are annealed by heating in a retort or retorts a, forming parts of a furnace b, and provided with downwardly-inclined tubes c dipping beneath the surface of water into which the metal articles may be drawn'by means of a wire i, or other suitable means ; the metal articles may be connected together by links h, during the annealing process. Non-oxidizing gas may be introduced into the retorts by means of pipes k. The charging ends of the retorts are fitted with gas-tight doors e. In a modified form of annealing-furnace, the retorts are inclined downwards from the charging to the discharging end.
Patent GB-190126687-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Game for the Table
Inventor: SCOTT THOMAS
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 26,687. Scott, T. Dec. 31. Race games; games played with boards and counters.-Relates to a form of race game for two players. A board is marked, as shown, with corresponding designs at the right and left. The object of each player is to cause a counter operated by a flipper to traverse one of the courses from 1 to 30, in the least number of moves. The counter must be made to successively cover the small and rest within the larger circles. Each circle is marked with some event in the history of the King and Queen, these events being arranged in chronological order on the course.
Patent GB-190200867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Cookers Particularly for Domestic Purposes.
Inventor: MACKEY JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-13
Granted: 1903-04-11
Abstract: 867. Mackey, J. Jan. 13. Saucepans.-The steam cooker shown in vertical section in Fig. 3 comprises pans 2, 3, 4 provided wit h flattopped lids 5 having in order a side pipe 6 and drip cup 16, a branch pipe 9 and vertical pipe 8, and a branch pipe 12 and vertical pipe 10. Other pan s may be connected up in a similar way, the composite vertical pipe being finally closed by a cap 14. The bottom pan 2 is preferably provided with a water-supply opening closed by a hinged lid. The lids and pans are all provided with handles, not shown.
Patent GB-190204336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Feeding Wrapping Material to Wrapping Machines.
Filed: 1902-02-20
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 4336. Forgrove Machinery Co., Forbes, A., and Grover, F. Feb. 20. Shearing. - Wrappers of paper, metal foil, &c. are cut and fed to a wrapping-machine by the apparatus shown. A length of the wrapping material is placed on the tray 3, which is moved to the left at intervals by a large link 35 on the chain 31 engaging the end 36 of the lever 29. The material is seized by the rollers 10, and fed forwards until the gap 28 in the upper one reaches its lowest position, and then a knife 15 and presserfeet 25, 27 carried on the lever 17 are depressed by the cam 20 acting on the lever 21, and a wrapper is severed from the length of material and conveyed away by rollers 11. This goes on until the length of material is cut up, when a second length placed on the tray above the first one and secured by the clip 41 is fed between the rollers 10 by another movement of the tray to the left. The cam 20 is adjusted angularly by a helical key in the shaft 13. The tray is adjustable laterally.
Patent GB-190206786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuously Acting Presses
Inventor: INGLEBY JOHN
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 6786. Ingleby, J. March 20. Coated f a b r i c s.-The advantage of flat presses is combined with those of cylindrical or rotating presses or calenders. The linoleum or other material m to be calendered or pressed, is passed between two endless pressing-ways formed of blocks A, a hinged together by hinges C, c, respectively. The pressing - ways pass s between fixed pressing- heads D, d, and between the pressing-ways and pressing- heads are antifriction rollers E, e connected by links to form endless chains. In some cases, such as in treating linoleum with a canvas backing, the upper blocks A are dispensed with, the pressure on the upper side of the material to be pressed being effected by the rollers E. The upper pressing-arrangement may be also replaced by a drum, and the lower pressing- head may be replaced by a continuously-travelling- table, as described in Specification No. 8324, A.D. 1902. The pressing-ways may be fitted with half nuts &c. I, i at the side for engagement with actuating-screws &c. J, j. The passage between the pressing-heads may be narrower towards the outlet, or the narrowed passage towards the outlet may be extended, to give a longer time of pressure. The block A, a, instead of being hinged, may be connected by strips of spring steel.
Patent GB-190214432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus to be Employed in the Manufacture of Caramel
Inventor: LICHTENSTEIN THEODORE DAVID
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 14,432. Lichtenstein, T. D. June 25. Caramel is formed in pans, vats, or vessels connected to condensers and worked at or under atmospheric pressure. The vessel a is heated by steam &c. coils b and a jacket c, and provided with a stirrer d, an inlet e and outletf for the materials, and a cover with a part j counterweighted if necessary and dipping into a water seal k. The condenser consists of a long pipe g of lessening diameter provided with outlets i and with means h for applying water or other cooling-agent to the exterior.
Patent GB-190214645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Merry-go-rounds.
Inventor: BULMER GEORGE DITCHBURN
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 14,645. Bulmer, G. D. July 1. Roundabouts; toy roundabouts.-Relates to toy or other roundabouts. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, seats 26 are mounted on arms 14 turning on ball bearings on a central post and connected to a circular track 11 supported by wheels 9 running on a fixed track 2. The wheels 9 are mounted in a circular frame 10. The roundabout is propelled by the riders by means of crank handles 22 connected to rods 21 with universal joints, the inner ends of the rods carrying bevelwheels gearing with a stationary bevel-wheel fixed to the central post. The seats are fixed to the arms by screw clamps, so that they can be readily reversed. In a modification, the arms 14 are fixed to the central post, which is driven by a motor. A platform may be connected to the arms 14. A toy can be similarly constructed, puppets placed in the seats being connected to the cranks, which are thus apparently operated by the riders.
Patent GB-190217541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Inventor: THOMSON ROBERT CLEGHORN
Filed: 1902-08-11
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 17,541. Thomson, R. C. Aug. 11. Reaping and mowing machines.-The cutting- apparatus consists of a swiftly-running endless wire or wire cord in combination with a fingerbar. The wire 7 passes round the horizontal pulley 1 at the end of the finger-bar 3, under two vertical guide-pulleys 4, under two slightly-inclined tension pulleys 8, and over the vertical driving-pulley 9. The latter pulley is formed with a feather 18 to slide on the shaft 17, and is driven at high speed by the sprocket-wheel 10. In a modification, the wire passes round a horizontal pulley at each end of the finger-bar, the outer pulley being fitted with a spring tension device and the inner one having a second grooved pulley above it for a driving-cord, or it may be driven in any convenient manner. The finger-bar 3 is provided at the outer end with bearings for the pulley 1, and at the inner end with a fork with eyes for the bolt 5. The fingers 20 are made in groups or sections 21 for bolting to the finger-bar, and may be formed reverted as shown in Fig. 4, or a double set of fingers may be used in order to afford bearings for the stalks above and below the wire-cutter.
Patent GB-190219077-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Horse Collar.
Inventor: SCHMIDT ALBIN
Filed: 1902-08-30
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 19,077. Schmidt, A., and Elsner, K. Aug. 30. Collars, neck.-The frame of an adjustable collar consists of the bars 2, 6, 8 united by the cross-bars 21. The bars 6 are hinged together at 1, and the bars 8 are connected by the projection 10 fitting into the socket 11 and by the wedge 12 entering a slot. The bars 6, 8 are adjustably connected by screws 4 passing through sockets on the bars 8 and engaging with holes 5 in the bars 6. The bars 2 are hinged at 3, and the upper and lower sections are connected by screws 19 passing through slots 18 in the lower section and engaging with the upper section flanged at 20. The bars 2, 8 are riveted together. The bars 8 are provided with eyes 15. between any adjacent pair of which the eye 16 of the hame book &c. 14 is secured by the pin 17. The body of the collar is in two parts 26 connected together by straps 24, which are secured by pins 28. The body is connected to the frame by screwing and by the straps 27.
Patent GB-190220393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire-stretchers.
Inventor: BATES SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 20,393. Bates, S. April 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Wire strainers.-The ends of fencing or electric &c. wire to be stretched are gripped between jaws 5, 6 fixed on the end of a screw 1, and jaws 23, 24 carried on a yoke 12 having a flange 11 engaging in a groove in a cylinder 9. which is threaded on the screw 1. The jaws are actuated by screws 7, 25, to grip the wires. The cylinder 9 has ratchet teeth 14 with which either of the pawls 16, 17 pivoted on the lever 15 may be caused to engage, the pawl 16 being adapted to engage with the ratchet teeth when moved in one direction, and the pawl 17 when moved in the opposite direction. In this manner, the two clamps may be caused to approach or recede from one another. Either pawl may be put out of action by a detent or catch 19. Connected with the yoke 12 are rods 27<a> passing through a guide-bar 27, these rods serving to anchor one end of the stretcher and to prevent rotation of the yoke.
Patent GB-190223460-A (GB)
Title: A Solid Soluble Antiseptic.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 23,460. Mills, B. J. B., [Soc. Anon. des Produits Chimiques SpÚciaux]. Oct. 27. Antiseptics.-In order to prepare alhehyde for use as a disinfectant or antiseptic in a solid soluble form, trioxymethylene is mixed with sulphite of soda, in solutions of which it is soluble. The mixture may be employed alone or with other antiseptics, and colouring, perfuming, and other matters may be added. It may be compressed into tablets or used in other forms.
Patent GB-190226172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Apparatus for Railway Wagons and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 26,172. Spencer, A. Nov. 27. Brakes.-Relates t o improvements in brake mechanism, which can be operated from either side of the vehicle, as described in Specification No. 1583, A.D. 1901. A transverse shaft a is mounted in Y-shaped brackets b, and has fixed to it, at each end, a handlever f. An arm e, which may be integral with one of the hand-levers, has a projection extending beneath a lever d, loosely mounted on the shaft a. Jointed to this lever is a pawl comprising a tooth l fixed between arms m, which embrace a rack, formed on a T-shaped plate secured to one of the brackets b, and extend beyond the tooth where they are connected by pins. When either handlever is depressed, the lever d is raised by the arm e, and the brakes are applied and held in the operative position by the pawl engaging the rack, over which it is guided by a stop c<1>. When a hand-lever is raised, a projection o on one of them lifts the pawl out of engagement with the rack, and the apparatus falls into the inoperative position, and the pawl is retained in a recess k in the rack. The brake apparatus may be of any suitable construction, that shown comprises hanging brake blocks, push-rods q, levers r, and a shaft s connected to the lever d by the lever u and a link.
Patent GB-190300968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sterilizers.
Inventor: KNY RICHARD
Filed: 1903-01-14
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 968. Kny, R. Jan. 14. Disinfecting. - Relates to apparatus for sterilizing surgical instruments, dressings, &c. The articles are placed on a grid G in a cylindrical vessel A provided with a water jacket G and an outer casing D. The vessel A is closed at one end, and at the other is fitted with a cover F. The water in the space is heated by coils v or by a gas burner U, the hot gases from which pass into the casing D below and escape by a chimney D'. Steam may be led from the jacket G by pipes L<1>, L to an ejector on a pipe K<1>, which serves to exhaust the chamber. Steam may also be admitted from the jacket into the chamber by a partitioned pipe R, R<1> Fig. 3, communicating with a pipe S provided with a shield. Inlets M, for water for the jacket, and J for disinfecting-vapour are provided, and suitable regulating-valves, outlet cocks, safety-valves, and pressure gauges are fitted to the apparatus.
Patent GB-190302984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Locking Hand-levers
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1903-02-07
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 2984. Marks, G. C., [Low, A. A.]. Feb. 7. Levers.-Relates to locking - devices for bell-crank hand-levers. The hand - lever is fitted with a spring plunger t<4> formed with a thumb-piece t<5> and with a stem by which it is connected to a block t. This block is fitted to slide in a slot in the lever, and is formed with an offset tooth adapted to engage with a quadrant R toothed on to its inner surface. The quadrant is supported on offset supports F.
Patent GB-190305187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carding Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-03-05
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 5187. Thompson, W. P., [Batten, W., and Hayes, W.]. March 5. Carding-engines.-The flats are raised from the cylinder and stripped or cleaned after having travelled only a portion of their journey round the cylinder, in addition to being stripped and cleaned in the ordinary way. The ordinary flexible bends 8 carry supplementary bends 11 over which the flats travel, while they are cleaned by an adjustable stripping-comb 14, which is connected by the lever 145 and link 122, with the lever 103 of the ordinary stripping-comb 10. The strip pings which are removed from the flats by the comb 11 fall on to a cover-plate 13 having bevelled edges and adjustably mounted on the bends 8. The flats when passing on to and leaving the supplementary bends 11 are held down thereon by adjustable brackets 12 ; and in order that the flats may pass readily round these sharply-curved bends, they may have their edges slightly bevelled. The bracket 9 is made of the open form shown to facilitate inspection and the removal of strippings &c.
Patent GB-190307639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Standards and Trolley Boom Controlling Apparatus for Electric Tram Cars and the like Vehicles.
Inventor: HINDLEY SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 7639. Hindley, S. April 2. Electric tramways &c. on the overhead system. Collectors.-Relates to trolleys used on electric tramcars and like vehicles and has for its object to cause the trolley pole automatically to take up a safe position along the line of travel when the trolley wheel leaves the wire. Fig. 1 shows a sectional side elevation of the arrangement. The link H is connected at its upper end to the short arm I of the rolley pole J and at its lower end to the tube G. This tube has inclined projections d at its upper end, which can actuate a sliding block K shown enlarged in Figs. 3 and 4. This block K moves in a cylindrical piece B, which is fixed to the tube D and can move vertically. when the block K is not pressed back into the recess a. The usual spring is placed between the block B and a pin F fixed to the end of the tube G and passing through a slot 0 in the tube D. At the end of the tube D is fastened a block L' made in the form of two helical wedges, which, when the tube D is raised, move so as to fit into two similar fixed wedges L. When the trolley wheel leaves the wire, the link H is pulled down by the spring, thus drawing the block K out of the recess a, when the block B, tubes D, G, and all their connections move upwards until the two sets of wedges L, L<1> meet and rotate the trolley until it comes into a safe position in the line of travel. The mechanism is re-adjusted by forcing the link at the bottom downwards by means of a hand-lever passed through this link and suitably placed openings in the standard.