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Patent GB-190103568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for use in the Mercerizing of Yarn.
Inventor: SHUMAN FRANK
Filed: 1901-02-19
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 3568. Shaman, F. Feb. 19. Yarns, mercerizing.-Hanks of yarn are placed over bobbins or holders M carried by pairs of endless chains arranged one above another as shown. The chains are provided with antifriction rollers K, which travel on guides G, G', H, H<1>, the guides H, H', which regulate the distance apart of those portions of the chains which are facing one another and carry the hank holders, being made of such a form that no tension is applied to the hanks at the ends of the machine, where the hanks are applied to the holders and removed therefrom, while at intermediate positions the tension on the hanks is increased or diminished as required. The guides H, H<1> are carried on screwed rods P, which by means of worm gearing &c. may be operated so as to regulate the distance apart of the guides. The axles L carrying the holders are rotated during the traverse of the hanks through the machine by means of pinions m engaging with fixed racks m<1>, m<2> on the frame, one of the racks on the upper frame terminating opposite the point at which another on the lower frame begins, so that the hank holders are rotated in opposite directions alternately. For the purpose of intermittently stretching the hanks, one or both of the sets of holders M may be mounted on eccentric pins or studs, which are rotated with the axles L. During the earlier portion of the operation caustic soda is sprayed upon the hanks from perforated pipes N, and subsequently washing-water is similarly sprayed upon them, the two liquids being collected separately in troughs N' beneath. The caustic soda may be circulated by a pump through a cooling-apparatus and re-used.
Patent GB-190103743-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cuff and Sleeve Protector or Shield
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-02-21
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 3743. Smith, A. Feb. 21. Cuff protectors ; s l e e v e protectors.- Consists of a doubled piece of celluloid or other material, Fig. 1, moulded into the curved form shown. It may be self-gripping or springs &c. may be used to hold it in place.
Patent GB-190108665-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Smoothing-iron.
Inventor: COSLER JOHN MYRES
Filed: 1901-04-27
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 8665. Cosler, J. M. Sept. 27, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Ironing.-A hand-iron is provided with a recess A terminating at the bottom in a slot B, to facilitate ironing garments &c. provided with buttons. The recess &c. may be formed at the side of the iron.
Patent GB-190111842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Indicators for Showing the Position of Hatches, Doors or other like Barriers
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1901-06-10
Granted: 1902-06-10
Abstract: 11,842. Justice, P. M., [" Long Arm " System Co.]. June 10. Bulkhead doors; hatches.-The invention is, primarily, intended to indicate when one or all of the bulkhead doors or hatches are closed in the pneumatic system shown in Specifications No. 18,248, A.D. 1897, and No. 13,026, A.D. 1899 ; but it may be applied to indicating any other position of the door or hatch, and may be also used with other barriers than those described in the aforesaid Specifications. The valve, when operated by a tappet on the door, admits the acting pressure to a Bourdon gauge which accordingly shows both the accomplishment of the closure and whether the emergency or ordinary pressure has been used. The construction and action of the valve are as follows :-The casing is divided into three chambers 2, 10, and 13, which communicate, respectively, by the tubulures 11 and 13<a> with the pressure pipe, the gauge, and the atmosphere, and contain, respectively, a poppet valve 3, a fluted stem 6<a>, and a second poppet valve 6. The first poppet, being pressed by a spring 4 against a seat between the left and middle chambers, normally keeps the pressure from the gauge, while the second poppet valve stands away from a movable seat 6<a> in a stuffing-box 9 and leaves the gauge open to the atmosphere. The tappet on the door pushes the second valve back to the movable seat and then pushes this back against a spring 8 till the fluted stem has displaced the first valve from its seat.
Patent GB-190114027-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Hinges or Braces for Boat's-rudders or Swing-gates.
Inventor: HUGHES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 14,027. Hughes, G. July 10. Hinges and pivots. -Relates to a hinge for rudders for ships and boats and for gates. It consists of a U-shaped band E, Figs. 4 and 5, by means of which it is fastened to the rudder or gate, and a block F which is riveted into the bend of the band E. The hole C for the pivot is shown in two different positions in the block F, in Figs. 4 and 5.
Patent GB-190123435-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Fastening Envelopes for Transmission by Post and for similar Purposes.
Inventor: SHILTON GEORGE TINNISWOOD
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 23,435. Shilton, G. T. Nov. 19. Envelopes.-Relates to a fastening for envelopes containing postal or other matter. Figs. 2 and 4 show the parts of the fastening, and Fig. 6 shows the fastening as applied to an envelope. The flap B of the envelope A is formed with a tongue which is turned over and sealed to secure a staple C, the loop of which projects through a slot in the tongue. Secured to the interior of the body of the envelope by projections or dogs e is a plate or fastening D, which is provided with a bowed tail piece or bolt d. A slot d<1> in the plate registers with a slot in the envelope. When the flap B is bent over, the loop of the staple C is caused to pass through the slot d<1>, and the tail-piece d is straightened out, by pressure, causing the end to pass through the staple loop and secure the envelope. A paper flap may be arranged to separate the fastening from the contents of the en velope.
Patent GB-190208514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Operated Cigarette Making Machines.
Inventor: KARTHAUS JULIUS
Filed: 1902-04-11
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 8514. Karthaus, J. April 11. Cigarette-making machines. -In hand-operated machines tobacco is fed from the table f into a mould consisting of side plates a, b, pivoted at d to the frame c, and a slide e. The upward movement of the slide i first operates the lever j, k to close together the side plates a, b, then lifts the crosspiece g and the slide e to press the tobacco into form. Rubber blocks or springs o are carried in recesses n in the ends of the levers j, k. The tobacco is pushed out of the mould into the cigarette shell by a suitable plunger.
Patent GB-190211730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Narp Stop Motions, and in Means for Indicating Breakage of Warp Threads.
Inventor: MACQUISTEN ARTHUR PENRHYN STAN
Filed: 1902-05-23
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 11,730. Mecquisten, A. P. S. May 23. Yarns, warping; Loom stop-motions; warp, detecting faults in.-The breakage of a warp thread in looms, warping - machines, and the like is automatically i n d icated, or acts to stop the machine, by means of elastic wites which are normally deflected by the warp threads. The alternate threads c, d are passed over and under and under and over the rods e,f respectively, and each pair of adjacent threads is crossed between the rods to engage and deflect a spring wire a, which is fixed at its lower end. When a thread breaks, the liberated wire a springs back to indicate the broken thread, and may also act electrically by completing a circuit through a wire g, or mechanically, to stop the machine. In some cases, the rod f is dispensed with. An inverted U- shaped casting may cover the free ends of the wires, and either allow play for the wires to move as cantilevers, or hold their upper ends steady, the wires being sufficiently flexible to effect their object. Two or more sets of rods e, f and two or more rows of flexible wires may be employed when the warp threads are close together.
Patent GB-190214819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hanging Brackets, Wall Brackets Pedestals and the like Supports and Bearings for Revolving and other Shafting.
Inventor: PERKINS WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1902-07-03
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 14,819. Perkins, W. H. July 3. Hangers and brackets; plummer blocks and Pedestals.-Relates to the construction of hanging and wall brackets, pedestals, and like supports and bearings for revolving &c. shafts, whereby the erection and adjustment is facilitated. Figs. 1 and 2 show a hanging bracket. The hanger a has a vertical face b, provided with a central recess c and side slots d. A faceplate e, which carries the bearing-bush f, has a projection h adapted to enter the recess c, and concentric slots adapted to register with the slots d. The faceplate e and the hanger a are connected together by bolts passing through the slots, the construction of the slots permitting both vertical and rotary adjustment of the plate relatively to the hanger. A screw k is provided for obtaining vertical adjustment. The bush f, which may be made in one or two parts, and is provided with an oil-hole &c., has flat surfaces m formed on the bottom, and arranged to sit on flat surfaces n on the lower arm l of the plate e, so that the bush can be readily adjusted in a horizontal plane. The bush is secured by means of bolts o, which pass through slots in the arms l and engage recesses in the bushes, thus allowing the bush to oscillate in a horizontal plane. In applying the invention to a wall bracket &c., the engaging-faces of the bracket and faceplate are horizontal.
Patent GB-190218476-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of an Improved Composition Forming an Imitation of Statuary Marble, Onyx Stone, Polychromatic Materials, and the like.
Inventor: BEAUMEL LEONCE AUGUSTE
Filed: 1902-08-22
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 18,476. Beaumel, L. A. Feb. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Statuary; stone, artificial.-Alum is dissolved in warm water, which is then heated to the boiling point, and sulphate of baryta, water, or colouring- matter are added. The mixture is subjected to evaporation until it has lost about 3 per cent. of its weight. The mixture is agitated and stirred while cooling, until it has the consistency of a slightly-liquid paste. To imitate veined or streaky marble, pasty colouring-substances insoluble in the mixture are added, the fragments of which are of the requisite shape to imitate the veins &c. A sectional mould is prepared, and is coated internally with collodion. The pasty mixture is poured into it, and the mould is removed when the mixture is cooled and set. The statue or other object is dried in the air, and is polished or otherwise finished in any suitable manner. Imitation onyx or imitations of polychromatic objects are produced by pouring into a mould a solution of alum in water, and adding coloured fragments of alum.
Patent GB-190218739-A (GB)
Title: A Governor Valve for Automatically Controlling the Effective Operation of Air Compressors by the Air Pressure Particularly Adapted for use in Air Brake Apparatus for Street Cars.
Inventor: DOWELL ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 18,739. Dowell, A. E. Aug. 26. Brakes.-Relates to valves for automatically controlling air-compressors, particularly those used for air brakes for street railway cars. The pump A<1>, Fig. 1, which is driven from the car axle C by the gearing shown, has ordinary suction and delivery valves D', D<3>, Fig. 5, and a piston valve e, e<1>, which is arranged to connect the pump cylinder with the atmosphere or with the crank casing when the pressure reaches a certain limit. These valves may be placed in the same casing or in separate casings as shown in Fig. 1. The valve e, e<1> is controlled by a slide valve G, Fig. 4, which is actuated by a piston H against the pressure of a spring I when the pressure in the reservoir S, Fig. 1, reaches the required limit. The valve G, Fig. 4, when lowered, exhausts air from above the piston e and admits it below the piston e<1>, thus causing them to move upwards and connect a port d<2>, leading from the pump cylinder, to a port E', leading to the atmosphere or to the crank casing. On the pressure falling, the valve G is raised, and the valve e, e<1> caused to cut off the ports d', E' again.
Patent GB-190301910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Signs on Roofs
Inventor: MCINTOSH ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 1910. McIntosh, A. Jan. 27. Tiles.-Ridge or coping tiles d are recessed to receive letters, words, signs, tablets, or the like for the production of sky signs.
Patent GB-190306485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Reactance Coils
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 6485. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. March 20. Resistances, inductive. Reactance coils are subdivided, as shown, into concentrically-arranged pairs 9, 10 and 11, 12, in order to reduce heating and also to allow of variation of the reactance, by connecting the coils in series or parallel. When in parallel, the coils are crossconnected as shown in the Figure, in order to reduce inequality between the reactance of the two circuits. The coils are secured by long bolts passing between the coils and provided with insulating blocks, to the underside of a slate slab. A laminated iron core of cruciform section is arranged to be raised and lowered in the coils, and, to prevent abrasion, the legs of the core are enclosed in cylindrical sleeves of non- ducting material (not shown).
Patent GB-190313065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Washing Machines
Inventor: BRADFORD WILLIAM LITLER
Filed: 1903-06-11
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 13,065. Bradford, W. L. June 11. Washing-machines. - In machines such as are described in Specification No. 10,942, A.D. 1899, having a circular internal compartment, the lid a, Figs. 1 and 2, is supported to prevent it from being displaced by any extra internal pressure by causing it to fit into grooves b at the side of the aperture and into a groove b<x> at the bottom of the aperture, while, at the top, the lid rests on a T- shaped block d, which is guided between pieces e on the underside of the lid. The invention also relates to the reversing-gear described in Specification No. 21,419, A.D. 1892, and consists in providing two slots or recesses g, Fig. 5, into which the latch j, connected to the reversing-lever will fall at each end of its traverse and thereby ensure the strap rod and its forks remaining in their proper position during the intervals between the reversing movements. The 8-shaped space k<x>, in which works the pin p on the worm-wheel q, is formed on one side of the rocking-lever k, thereby enabling the latter to be placed nearer than usual to the driving-pulleys, and so economizing space.
Patent GB-190321558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Cooling Heated Substances.
Inventor: BENNETT EDWIN
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 21,558. Bennett, E. Oct. 7. Cooling coffee beans &c.-Apparatus for cooling roasted coffee beans and other substances consists of a rotatable cylindrical or prismatic vessel A of wire gauze or perforated metal. Round the sides of the vessel, air collectors D are formed, so that, as the vessel rotates, air is driven into the mouths of the collectors and into the vessel. Similar projecting hoods may be formed on the end for outlet of air ; or the direction of rotation may be reversed, the end hoods serving as inlets and the side hoods or plates as outlets. One or more of the sides of the vessel may be hinged to provide entrance for the substance to be cooled. The doors E<1> so formed may be fastened as shown by means of a bolt E<2>, actuated by a handle E<3> and engaging a slot in the lug E'. They may be provided with quadrantal end plates or guides by which, in conjunction with set-screws or other devices, they may be held open. In order to agitate the substance cooled, the vessel may be mounted eccentrically, and may be provided with baffles. A removable tray G may be provided underneath the vessel, for the cooled substances.
Patent GB-190326540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cameras for Three-color Photography
Inventor: DAVIDSON WILLIAM NORMAN LASCEL
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 26,540. Davidson, W. N. L. Dec. 4. Cameras; dark slides.-Relates to modifications in the class of camera described in Specifications No. 15,444, A.D. 1899, and No. 10,043, A.D. 1901, and comprises a stereoscopic camera, which can be used for three-colour photographic work, and a dark slide for use therewith. The red-sensitive plate f, Fig. 1, is exposed through an orange filter g on one lens c. In the other half of the plate carrier the two plates h, i are placed face to face, with a suitable filter j between then, at the back being the yellow or green-sensitive plate h and in the front an ordinary or blue-sensitive plate i. The lens b is stopped to a much smaller aperture to balance the exposure. To get a complete set of.,pictures required for a stereoscopic photograph, the above arrangement of plates is exposed to a reversed position, and for this purpose the double dark slide, Fig. 2, is provided. The rabbets in each leaf k, m are deep enough to take two plates, and the red filters l, n are placed in the relatively-opposite halves of the two leaves.. The camera has a sliding baseboard so that, when stereoscopic photographs are not required, the axis of each lens can be brought successively into the same position relatively to the object photographed. This dark slide can be used in combination with a stereotransmitter, such as is described in Specification No. 21,406, A.D. 1894, in a single-lens camera.
Patent GB-190327845-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pen Rest, or Heel for Attachment to Penholders and Pencils.
Inventor: MORRISON CHARLES
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 27,845. Morrison, C. Dec. 19. Writers' cramp, preventing; penholders; pencil &c. holders.-A rest or heel for attaching to penholders or pencils for giving support and preventing writers' cramp consists of a small plate A having turned-up edges, and resting on the paper beneath the pen or pencil ; this plate is connected to a clasp D, by means of a wire B. The clasp D may be temporarily or permanently secured to the penholder or pencil, and may be adjusted thereon to give any desired inclination of the pen or pencil. The device may be made of vulcanite, celluloid, tin, brass, german silver, or other materials, and nickled or silvered if desired.
Patent GB-190400831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing or Pulverizing Apparatus
Inventor: KITTO WALTER
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 831. Kitto, W. Jan. 12. Dust, confining and expelling on generation. - In a ball-and-ring mill for grinding cement &c., openings a<23> are made adjacent to the crushing path and communicate with an air - inlet conduit A<9>, a baffle a<24> above the openings directing the air towards the balls A<2>. The hood A<7> surrounding the crushing path, is connected by a conduit A<8> to a collecting- chamber, whence the air, after depositing its suspended particles, may return to the openings a<23> by a pipe a<25>. An exhaust fan is connected to the conduit A<8>, or a blower to the conduit A<9>, and a tube a<26> open to the atmosphere supplies external air for cooling the air present in the apparatus.
Patent GB-190403140-A (GB)
Title: Improved Temple for Looms for Weaving
Inventor: NIEUWENHUYSEN JONATHAN
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 3140. Nieuwenhuysen, J. Feb. 9. Loom temples.- The cloth passes under the front roller 12, and over the slightly-raised back roller 13, which is mounted in open recessed bearings, so that it is displaced by the pressure of any obstruction. The cover 2 of the front roller is securely fixed to an end extension of the base-plate 5, and the other part 7 of the cap is hinged to the part 2 so as to be capable of yielding to any obstacle which may enter the temple. The part 7 may be devised to slide with rods acted upon by springs.
Patent GB-190403485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Race Games.
Inventor: SANDOZ NUMA
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 3485. Sandoz, N. Oct. 24. A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act A.D. 1901]. Race games.-Objects such as a toy horse, velocipede, locomotive, &c., being attached to a series of loose arms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Figs. 3 and 7, radial to a vertical shaft a, Fig. 5, are set revolving around it by means of a radial lever 6, which is held while a spring 8 is wound up and is then suddenly released. After release by a coin, the first effect of turning the winding-shaft b is to carry the lever 6 round twice ; the first time, an arm f at the end is erected because its. root encounters and passes un ler a resilient stop 26 ; the second time, the arm brings all the racing arms up to a stoplever s, which is meanwhile erected by a cam r. The cam is on the arbor of a Maltese cross q, which is actuated by the finger u of a collar t on the winding-shaft. Further rotation of the winding-shaft then winds up the spring 8 and turns the cam till it lets the stop-lever s drop, whereupon the spring uncoils and the radial lever 6 impels the racing arms, which, in revolving, throw the erected arm f down again. A pin v on the Maltese cross disengages the detent of a musical box or other automatic musical instrument. The coin 18, Fig. 3, first disengages a lateral detent 15, shown separately in Fig. 6, from a detent lever n with forked ends 13, and then overbalances it, so that it is disengaged from a stop m on the winding-shaft. The detent lever sinks to a magnet 20, which retains it while the coin rolls off, after which a lever 11 pressed by a pin y on the Maltese cross detaches it.
Patent GB-190404481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gullies.
Inventor: WAKEFIELD ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-02-23
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4481. Wakefield, A. Feb. 23. Gully traps.-The gully is constructed with a double water seal to ensure against evaporation during dry weather, and to secure passage of water unhindered by silt. A partition B cuts off a chamber from the main body of the gully, and this is divided into chambers D, E, by a partition which does not extend to the bottom. The gully having filled, water strains through apertures G into the chamber E, passes underneath the incomplete partition, and flows out by the opening S, Fig. 3. A cleansing-eye Q closed by a stopper N is provided for the insertion of a tool R. Stoppers F, P may close corresponding holes in the covers of the chambers D, E.
Patent GB-190409953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture and Production of New Phenol Compounds and to the Separation of Phenols from Phenol Mixtures.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9953. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. April 30. Medicinal preparations; disinfectants.-Crystalline compounds having disinfecting and therapeutic properties, are produced by the addition to phenols or mixtures of phenols, of alkali carbonates or hydrates, with or without the addition of a suitable solvent such as benzene. Compounds of the types C6H5OKÀ3 C6H5ÀOH and C6H5ÀONaÀ2 C6H5OH are produced.