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Patent GB-190200626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Stop and Non-return Valves
Inventor: BALDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 626. Baldwin, J., and Baldwin, A. Jan. 9. Valves closing with rush of fluid.-A valve for preventing an outrush of steam in case of a breakdown in a boiler installation or bursting of a steam pipe, is shown in Fig. 1. The valve C is carried by a horizontal spindle which passes through guides in the seat B and a grid D. A lever F mounted on an axis E has one bifurcated end engaging with the valve spindle and carries a weight I on its other end, so that the valve is normally kept open, but closes when the pressure in the pipe J suddenly drops. The weight may be immersed in liquid, it may be placed outside the casing, or it may be replaced by springs.
Patent GB-190208757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus connected with the Subliming and Refining of Sulphur.
Inventor: CONSOLI ALFREDO ALONZO
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 8757. Consoli, A. A. April 15. Sulphur.-Relates to apparatus for subliming and refining sulphur. A smelting-vessel a and a retort b are arranged on the same level. The raw sulphur is maintained in the vessel a above the level f, and preferably up to the level g, whereby a constant supply of molten sulphur passes through the connecting-tube c to the retort, the distilling operation being thereby rendered continuous.
Patent GB-190216721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trucks or Bogie Carriages for Railway Vehicles
Inventor: KEITHLEY HERBERT RUDOLPH
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 16,721. Keithley, H. R. July 28. Axle-trucks or undercarriages.-Relates to "dia- " mond" trucks built up of rolled flanged shapes riveted together so that the vertical bolts which pass through the axle-boxes are relieved of all shearing stresses. The bottom chord A is an angleiron, the vertical flange a of which is secured by rivets E to the vertical flanges of the angle-irons C, D which form the upper chord. The bolts F pass through the horizontal flanges a<1>, c, the axleboxes B, and the horizontal flange h of the angle tie-bar H. The upper and lower chords are connected and spaced by a U-shaped chamber G composed of angle-iron and secured to the flanges a, h<1> by rivets h<2>. The bolster J rides on springs K carried by the channel beam I, which is riveted to the chamber G, and rigidly connects the side frames of the truck. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 show modified ways of arranging the angle-irons which constitute the upper and lower webs of the truck.
Patent GB-190227203-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Lace for Boots, Shoes, Corsets, and the like.
Inventor: SOUTHALL ROBERT HEAP
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,203. Southall, R. H., and Harrison, P. Y. Dec. 10. Laces; lacing- fastenings.- Laces for boots, shoes, corsets, &c. are made with a strengthening - core A consisting of a number of flexible copper or other metal wires or strands of catgut, twisted or bundled together. They may be intermingled with textile threads. The core is covered with two layers B, C of textile material. The layer B may be mingled with strands of wire or catgut. For a leather-covered lace, the cover D, Fig. 4, may have a join E secured by cement &c., or the core may be inserted in a central channel in a solid piece of leather. The lace may be circular, flat, rectangular, &c. in section. Figs. 7 and 9 show a drawing piece F suitable for use with the lace, consisting of a folding strip of leather, steel, &c. secured together at the part f, f<1>. The folded end is secured by the eyelet G. The ends of the lace are passed through the eyelet G, and through the two eyelets H, I. They are retained between the two folds of the strip by the clip or double pin J. The piece F is secured to the article to be fastened by sockets adapted to engage studs, or by other means.
Patent GB-190300245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Closet Seats.
Inventor: UHLAND ERNST
Filed: 1903-01-05
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 245. Uhland, E. Jan. 5. Closet seats.-The seat is so arranged that it is tilted by the act of flushing the closet. It is hinged at the point b, and is continued backwards to form an extension c carrying a counterweight d. The part c is connected by a link with the vertical rod g, which is guided by eyes f and bears against the handle h of the flushing pull-rod. As this handle is drawn down, it presses the rod g downwards, and the seat is retained in its elevated position by a spring l or by a catch which enters a recess in the part c. The handle h may have a pin hanging down from it, which enters the upper part of the rod g, which is made tubular.
Patent GB-190300759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Bricks.
Inventor: KORFF PAUL
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 759. Korff, P. Jan. 12. Bricks of cement, clay, chalk, or other material are moulded with serrated-dovetail and undercut - rounded grooves b, c t o receive and retain mortar or cement, and may be used in the construction of walls and the attachment of facing-plates.
Patent GB-190301069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Conductor Connections on Third Rail or like Electric Railways.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1069. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 15. Electric railways on the third-rail system. Conductors.-In doubletrack third-rail systems, the third rails are arranged to be connected together at suitable intervals so that the increased carrying capacity thus obtained does away with the necessity of having feeders. In the Figure, A, A<1> represent generating or sub-stations, B, B<1> the bus-bars, C' to C<8> circuit breakers and R, R<1> the track rails. Each section of the third rail. such as a', b<1>, is fed from two stations as shown, and connected together at various points through switches S, which are closed by the linesmen and kept closed by detents t. These switches can be opened from the stations B, B' by closing the switches s, s<1> &c. when the solenoids t<1> attract the detents, and the switches open. Lamps d are also operated by the same current, and indicate to the linesmen how the switches are set and when to close them.
Patent GB-190303408-A (GB)
Title: Vanishing Targets and Running Man for Morris Tube Rifle Ranges
Inventor: HOLLOWAY ENOS
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 3408. Holloway, E. Feb. 13. Targets. - Relates to vanishing and moving targets for Morris - tube ranges. Targets D, mounted on a shaft C oscillated by a lever E, are thereby raised or lowered, and moving targets F, carried by endless chains or ropes G, are actuated by a crank-handle or by power applied to a wheel J. A bullet-proof screen A is provided with masks L for covering the moving targets.
Patent GB-190303879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding Clocks.
Inventor: OEHMIGEN KARL GEORG
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 3879. Oehmigen, K. G. Feb. 18. Weight-driving apparatus; winding-mechanism. -The weight, hanging by a cord and pulleys, one of which drives the first wheel of the clock through a pawl and ratchet, is wound up by an electromotor, which it puts into and out of circuit by operating a switch, all as shown. A duplicate arrangement is used for the striking-train.
Patent GB-190304331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Corner-plates.
Inventor: FUNKE EDWARD
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 4331. Funke, E. Feb. 24. Dust shields for corners.-A corner dust shield for stairs, halls, rooms, &c. consists of a triangular piece of metal stamped or otherwise formed at the back with grooves c, d, Figs. 4 and 5. These grooves contain a disinfectant, which is retained by a pad f and may be replenished through a hole k in the top of the shield.
Patent GB-190304981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Toughening of Manganese Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1903-03-03
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 4981. Hadfield, R. A. March 3. Tempering.-Relates to improvements on the method of toughening manganese steel described in Specifications No. 11,833, A.D. 1896, and No. 5604, A.D. 1902. After heating slowly to 750‹ or 850‹ C., and then quickly to 940‹ or 1125‹ C., as proviously described, the metal is allowed to cool, one or more times, to about 800‹ C., and again heated to the proper toughening point before being quenched in cold water.
Patent GB-190308177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Water Closets and the like.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 8177. Doulton, H. L., and Pleace, R. J. April 8. Siphon-discharge closets; water-waste preventers. -The flushing-cistern F is discharged by two siphons H, L, started by raising the piston R in the vessel G or other means. One siphon is connected to the flushing rim of the basin, and the other forming a trap E is connected to the soil pipe at P just above the water line. The cistern contains another vessel m fitted with a siphon-like air tube, and connected with the leg L, by an aperture n, and with the part C of the basin by a pipe 0. A ventilating-pipe T opens into the trap E just above the water line. The siphon having started, the water, passing down the pipe H, flushes the basin, and that falling into the trap E creates a suction, which draws the air from the chamber C along the pipe O, and water flows from the basin, thus setting up siphonic action in the outlet. Air is admitted through the air-pipe before the end of the flush, so that there is always water in the basin, the action being broken by the admission of air. The basin is constructed with two traps as shown.
Patent GB-190322400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air-cushions for Supporting the Bodies of Vehicles and for other Purposes.
Inventor: PULBROOK ANTHONY
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 22,400. Pulbrook, A., and Pulbrook, E. H. Oct. 16. Springs. - Relates to pneumatic cushioning- devices for supporting the body of a vehicle on its undercarriage or axle, or for other purposes. In one arrangement, shown in Fig. 2, an annular air cushion T communicating by passages o, o<1> with a flexible air reservoir R is secured to a plate P' on the undercarriage by screws entering a rigid ring s<1> inside the cushion, and the body of the vehicle is bolted to an annular plate P which is itself bolted to another ring s inside the cushion. The cushion may have an inner tube of rubber and a canvas outer covering with pockets for the rings s, s<1>. Balls may be used instead of a tube. In order to prevent excessive compression of the cushion T, the body of the vehicle may be arranged to come down on to the reservoir R when the cushion T is partly compressed. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, the reservoir R is of rigid material, and below the cushion, and excessive compression is prevented by additional annular cushions c, c<1>. A plate D is arranged to deflect the current of air passing through the opening between the cushion and the reservoir. The envelope of the cushion is secured to flanges on the reservoir by windings of copper wire or by metal bands cl, cl<1>, Fig. 9, contracted and expanded respectively. In another arrangement, shown in Fig. 5, the body B of a vehicle is supported on the axle A by an annular air cushion T secured by an internal band s' to a suspension wheel I fixed to the axle, which is also fitted with ordinary wheels W. The cover of the cushion T is strengthened by wires e, e', Fig. 11, and is extended outwards to form a flap, which is again strengthened by a wire e'. Part of this flap is clamped to a bracket b on the body.
Patent GB-190324327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Dyeing and similarly Treating Textile Material upon Bobbins or the like.
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2 4 , 3 2 7 . Marshall, A., and Times Coloured Spinning Co. Nov. 10. Cop tubes.-Consists in making cop and like tubes for use in bleaching, dyeing, or otherwise treating yarn, rovings, slubbings, fibres, threads, &c. with a conical end a and an open top. A conical screwed plug c or equivalent device is used to close the top and to press the tube upon a seating in the perforated plate b, india-rubber packings .being used for both joints if desired. The liquid is forced from beneath the plate b up the tube and through the material wound upon it, or in the opposite direction, either continuously, alternately, or intermittently.
Patent GB-190400789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Railways.
Inventor: PULLEN LEON WILBUR
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 789. Pullen, L. W. Jan. 12. Electric railways on the surface - contact system. Collectors switches. -Relates to an electromagnetic switch for automatically connecting the studs or sectional conductors of electric railways to the main conductor when the car moves over it, and also to an improved collector. Fig. 1 shows a sectional side elevation of a car and part of the permanent way, in which C are the switches, K the collector, D the main conductor, and G the car motor. Figs. 3 and 4 show sectional elevations of the electromagnetic switch, the sections being taken along the lines 3 and 4. These switches consist of two upright slotted insulating frames C<1> which support a tubular iron armature F. Secured above these frames are contact caps C', the lower portions C<3> of which are shaped to contact with the armature F. The parts C<2>, C<3> are insulated from each other, and the whole is enclosed in a box of non-magnetic material. One of the contacts C<3> is connected to the main conductor D by a wire d, and the other one is connected to a metal stud E which is fixed to the cover of the box by asphaltum or other insulating-material E<x>. The collector consists of two wheels J and an endless metal band K which moves around them and contacts with the studs E. This band may consist of an endless coil spring K', Fig. 5. surrounded by a wearing or contact surface coil K<1> which can be replaced when worn. Arranged adjacent to the collector and upon each side thereof is a pole bar I which, as it moves over the switch boxes, raises the armatures F and thus energizes the studs. The pole bars are connected together by transverse portions around which magnetizing-coils are wound. Two sets of coils are supplied, one for initially starting the cars, in which case other secondary batteries P are used to energize the pole bars, and the other set which takes its current from the collector and is for use when the car has once started.
Patent GB-190406828-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Means for Constructing Subaqueous Tunnels or the like.
Inventor: MCBEAN DUNCAN DONALD
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 6828. McBean, D. D. May 9, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tunnels and tunnelling.-Subaqueous tunnels and other concrete constructions are built inside a temporary water-tight structure, filled with compressed air. A trench is first dredged. Sheet piling 14 along the sides, and other piles 7 between them, are driven from temporary staging, as described in Specification No. 6831, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Hydraulic engineering]. The sheet piling and piles are then cut off level to receive a roof B, built up of longitudinal and cross members, and planking. The ends of the section are closed by water-tight bulkheads, similarly constructed. Water is pumped out and air under pressure is introduced, after which the construction of the tunnel proceeds, shafts 21 and air-locks being provided for access. Cross and diagonal bracing is used to strengthen the temporary structure, which is removed as the work proceeds, and when the section is finished, the roof may be floated off to a fresh section.
Patent GB-190408565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ALLEY STEPHEN EVANS
Filed: 1904-04-14
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8565. Alley, S. E. April 14. Felloes or rims; tyres, non-elastic.- Relates to means for compensating for the expansion of the metal tyre by stretching, or for the shrinkage of the wooden felloe. The flat rim B with radial flange C is fitted over the central portion A of the wheel. The tyre E is shrunk on the wooden felloe D, of which the inner edges d are bevelled. Wedge - rings F, having corresponding bevelled faces, are drawn inwards by screwing up the nuts of bolts G, passed alternately from each side through the central flange C, and by inclined-plane action radially force the wooden felloe D against the tyre E. The bolts G may screw into the central flange C, or the rings F may be drawn inwards simultaneously by bolts G passing through both rings F and the central flange. In a modification, Fig. 5, a single ring F is drawn inwards by bolts G passing through a flange H.
Patent GB-190408868-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Puzzle
Inventor: JACOB FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 8868. Jacob, F. W. April 18. Puzzles.-A puzzle is constructed of a sheet of cardboard or the like a, having any suitable outline, as the figure of a violin &c., in which are four holes b, c, d, e, through which a cord f is looped as shown, the ends of the cord being secured to beads or discs g, h of a size too large to pass through the holes. The cord f engages the loop of a flexible endless cord i passing through two holes in a rod j or the like having the outline of a violin bow &c. The object of the puzzle is to disengage the cord i from the cord f without untying the cords. The puzzle may be used for advertising purposes, in which case the parts a, j are given some shape consistent with, or showing some relation to, the goods advertised.
Patent GB-190411723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Smoke Stacks for Engine Houses.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 11,723. Boult, A. J., [Dickinson, P.]. May 21. Chimneys.- Relates to a smoke stack for an engine-house, the chimney i being formed of telescopic sections, the upper one of which is secured to a laterally - adjustable monitor roof C, so that the bottom of the chimney can be brought into register with the top of a locomotive chimney. The roof C carries rails h, resting on grooved wheels e mounted in fixed brackets, and is operated by chains passing over pulleys to a drum operated by a handle and adapted to be locked against motion in either direction by a pawl engaging a double ratchetwheel. The chimney sections n, m are operated at different rates, by chains passing over pulleys to two drums of different diameters, on a winch shaft L. Collision between an overhead crane F and the chimney is prevented by a pivoted stop M normally resting on the rail E but raised when the chimney is collapsed. The stop M is operated by a rod actuated by a slotted wheel 41 geared to the winch shaft L.
Patent GB-190415390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Furniture Joints
Inventor: CAMBIER LEON ADOLPHE
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,390. Cambier, L. A. July 9. Chairs; couches.- An angle-joint for connecting and stiffening the legs of chairs and couches consists of a bent metal strap a, the summit being screwed to the leg and the ends to the underside of the seat.
Patent GB-190417167-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to Electric Tremblers or Contact Breakers.
Inventor: BOULANGER ALBERT PAUL LOUIS
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,167. Boulanger, A. P. L., and Smith, G. H. Aug. 5. Gas and like engines, igniting in. Tremblers or contact-breakers for the engines of motor vehicles and the like have the head of the contact-screw notched and a spring-controlled catch adapted to engage with it, in order to prevent the screw tip from being shaken out of adjustment. In Figs. 1 and 2, showing an electromagnetically - operated trembler, the notched head a of the contact-screw is retained in position by the detent d on the spring c, the top edge of the latter being bent over so that it may be readily drawn back by the fingernail. Fig. 4 shows a mechanically - operated trembler, and Fig. 5 a modification in which the detent d' is notched to fit the teeth around the head of the contact-screw.
Patent GB-190421900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: DANNEELS PROSPER
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 21,900. Danneels, P., and Eich, P. Oct. 11. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Figs. 1 and 7 show a carburetter designed for use on a motor road vehicle, and capable of dealing with both light and heavy hydrocarbons. On the suction stroke of the engine, the disc valve 14, which slides on its spindle, is raised simultaneously with the corrugated conical valve 11, thus leaving a free passage for the mixture through the aperture in the partition 15, ard for the hydrocarbon through the tapering recesses formed in the plug 7, carried by the adjustable spindle 6. The liquid enters the chamber 2 by the passage 9, while hot air is admitted to the mixing-chamber through the passage 17, and the circular perforated valve 19. The disc valve is permitted a downward movement for the escape of combustion products should an explosion take place in the upper part of the carburetter. A modification is shown in Fig. 7, in which an oil-filter is provided at 27, and stepped portions at 15, 26 for breaking up the liquid. A second modification is shown in the Specification, in which the valve 11 is carried by the spindle 6, the larger surface of the conical valve bearing against a movable disc which replaces the stationary disc shown in Figs. 1 and 7. A further modification especially applicable to larger motors is described, in which the conical valve enters an aperture formed in the movable disc of the preceeding modification.
Patent GB-190422885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines and Pumps.
Inventor: LECAIME CONSTANT
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 22,885. Lecaime, C. Oct. 24. Annular-chamber type of rotary engines, applicable for use as a pump or exhauster. The piston drum 3, Fig 3, has two piston vanes 12 which are shaped to act as cams, operating spring- controlled sliding abutments 13. The admission and exhaust pipes 10 are connected to opposite sides of the casing and co-operate with ports 17 in the chambered piston drum, which has peripheral ports 18 opening into the working chamber. A reversing-valve K, Fig. 4, has two sets of passages M, the reversing- set being crossed to produce reversal of the fluid stream.