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Patent GB-190101771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Woven Wire Mattresses
Inventor: HILTON THOMAS
Filed: 1901-01-25
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 1771. Hilton, T. Jan. 25. Mattresses; bedsteads.-Relates to means for preventing the edges of wire mattresses from sagging inwards, and to valance holders. A strip, rod, or tube of metal, wood, &c. a is secured to each of the side edges of the wirework by inserting it in the coils or by connecting it to the edge by rings as shown in Fig. 5. A stretcher c has pins which fit in holes in the rods &c. a it hangs and swings on the pins, and keeps the centre of the mattress distended. The rod or tube may extend the whole length of the surface, and may be clamped on the raw edges. The stretcher may be forked, and permanently secured to the rod a as in Fig. 4. Several stretchers may be used, instead of only one. The rods or tubes may be secured some distance from the edges of the surface, and the edges may be turned up to form a safety rail or bedding stop. The valance pin g, Figs. 6 and 7, is secured in place by an eye engaging a coil or a rod or core inserted in the outside coils.
Patent GB-190104032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Heliographic Printing Plates for Lithographic Printing Presses with Permanent Damping and Uninterrupted Working
Inventor: HENKING PAUL
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 4032. Henking, P. Feb. 25. Lithographic and like printing.-Relates to the production of a durable printing-surface for use in lithographic presses. A dull ground-glass plate is coated with bichromatized gelatine containing finely-powdered stone. After this has been printed upon from a photographic plate, and developed by washing, the surface is moistened with a mixture of glycerine and the strongest liquid ammonia. The most strongly exposed parts of the plate harden, and the least exposed swell up, and both parts receive the proper amount of ink. The glycerine is removed from the inked plate by subjecting it to a water bath, and the film is hardened with a solution of alum containing a few drops of nitric acid. It is now only necessary in printing to damp the surface with water in the usual way. The plate may be used after it has been laid aside for months, by previously soaking it for 20 to 30 minutes in water.
Patent GB-190112945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Moulding Insertions into Bars or Cakes of Soap.
Inventor: BERRY WASHINGTON
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 12,945. Berry, W. June 25. Soaps.-Cores or buoyant insertions E, of wood, papier mÔchÚ, wood pulp, or the like, are supported by pins D in a vertical open-ended mould A, of circular, oval, polygonal, or other shape, in plan ; fluid transparent soap is run into the mould, and the bar thus produced is cut up into cakes. The pins are attached to a guide-rod C adapted to slide in a tubular passage B at the side of the mould, and are made with flattened ends, which enter grooves F in the cores, and are afterwards withdrawn from the bar of soap. Pictures, advertisement cards, or designs are inserted in recesses in the cores, and may be protected from the action of the soap by transparent coverings of celluloid or the like. The lower end of the mould is inserted in a bed of hard soap or other material, which will close the mould. To facilitate handling, apertures are formed in the rod C.
Patent GB-190115503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Crushing and Removing or Transporting Cinders, Ashes or the like
Inventor: THIRION ANTOINE ROMAIN
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 15,503. Thirion, A. R. July 31. Pumps combined with grinding, crushing, &c. apparatus.-Cinders, ashes, &c. are first crushed, and then carried to the desired point in a current of water set in motion by a pump. The plunger l of the pump may be worked by any suitable motor ; in the drawing a steam engine is shown, the piston of which has an upwardly extending rod, connected by a lever to the swing jaw a of the crusher. The water is introduced by the pipes n, q.
Patent GB-190116629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1901-08-19
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 16,629. British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Go., [Arnold, E. E., and Kasley, A. T.]. Aug. 19. Gas and like engines.-A double-acting, compound, two - stroke cycle engine comprises a high-pressure cylinder 1, a pump 2, and a lowpressure cylinder 3. A rich mixture is admitted to the pump from a pipe 17 by a piston valve, while piston valves 16 on the same spindle admit air through ports 12, pipes 11, and valve chambers 9 to the pipes 8. At the end of the out stroke of the piston 4, when it uncovers the ports 18 leading to the cylinder 3, the charge from the pump enters the cylinder 1, and the air in the pipe 8, being in advance, flushes the cylinder. On the in stroke of the piston 4 this charge is compressed, and the port 18 of the cylinder 3 put into communication with the exhaust ports 19. In the form shown in Fig. 4, two pumps are shown, the inner ends of which pump air and the outer rich mixture. Some of the mixture is returned to the suction pipe through valves 30 held open by levers 31 under the ccntrol of the governor.
Patent GB-190116817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ceilings
Inventor: SCHLEUNING WILHELM
Filed: 1901-08-21
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 16,817. Schleuning, W. Aug. 21. Building-blocks.-Curved or rectilinear hollow blocks for the flat arches of floors and ceilings are formed with transverse ribs s, inclined in the median direction of the line of pressure, so as to contain the lines when the arch is loaded in the centre and uniformly. By using a pair of springers or skewbacks c for the keystone, an arch can be constructed of two kinds of blocks. Hollow rectangular blocks may be moulded with zig-zag ribs, as shown in Fig. 6, or crossed ribs, as shown in Fig. 7, to enable them to be used on either the right or left hand side of the centre of the ceiling
Patent GB-190117064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Measuring Devices for Yarn and other Materials.
Inventor: HOLT JAMES HAROLD
Filed: 1901-08-26
Granted: 1902-11-26
Abstract: 17,064. Holt, J. H. Aug. 26. Measures of leragth.-Improvements in the invention described in Specification No. 1730, A.D. 1901. Consists of a measuring-apparatus more particularly intended for measuring yarn wound in a winding-machine, but applicable for measuring other materials. A measuring-wheel a is connected through suitable gearing with a ratchet-wheel d, which, by means of one or more pawls e, can move an index finger d' over a graduated dial f from an adjustable stop g to the zero position of the scale, where the finger operates a slide or lever so as to stop the machine and the pawls e are automatically disengaged, whereby the finger d' is free to be turned by a spring back to the starting position. The stop g is carried by a toothed wheel, which can be rotated for the purpose of setting the stop by gearing to a handle or key, the axle of one of the gear wheels carrying the index finger h<11>, so that, while the larger denominations are indicated on the larger dial f, the finger h<11> indicates more accurately on the smaller dial i the smaller denominations of the larger dial. For winding lengths which are smaller than those which can conveniently be indicated by the dial i, a third dial is used, the axle of the index finger of which carries a catch or lever j<11>. For the measuring of short lengths such as are indicated on this dial, the finger d' is disconnected from the ratchet-wheel d, and the lever j<11> at each revolution operates a spring catch lever k<1> whereby the stop lever l is released and the machine stopped. When the larger dial d and finger d<1> are to be used, the forked lever k at the lower end of the lever k' is held out of rarge of the lever j<11> by the bent end of a spring l<l>', the latter having in the previous case been held in the depressed position, by a removable stud u. As the finger d' approaches the zero position, it operates an adjustable slide m, whereby the spring l<11> is depressed, and the forked lever k is released and is forced upwards by its spring k<11> into the path of the lever j<11> so that, at the next return of the latter, the lever k<1> is operated and the machine stopped as before. On the rising of the stop lever l, a trip lever p<11> is caused to disengage the pawls e, and the finger d<1> is returned to its starting position by a spring, the pawls being in the meantime held out of engagement with the ratchet by a catch lever s which, on impinging against the stop g, is moved into a normal position so as to allow the pawls to engage again with the ratchet d. If desired, a cutting-apparatus may be employed for severing the yarn after each predetermined length has been wound, and also another index finger or dial may be provided for indicating the number of predetermined lengths which have been wound into spools &c. A brake device similar to that described in the prior Specification may be employed for arresting the motion of the measuring-wheel a.
Patent GB-190124450-A (GB)
Title: A Labelling Machine.
Inventor: GAYNOR JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1901-12-02
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 24,450. Gaynor, J. J., and Fauvre, F. M. Dec. 2. Affixing labels.-Relates to machines for labelling bottles, cans, &c. with one or more labels, The bottle &c. is placed horizontally on the plates 2, which have the pasting- pads on their undersides and have picked up a label from the pile 4. A label holder 8 is then brought under the centre of the label, to hold it on the bottle while the plates 2 are withdrawn and the wipers 9 drawn over it. The holder may, as shown in Fig. 8, have rubber blocks 13, 14, conforming to the neck and body of the bottle, spring-supported on a head 8 pivoted on the vertically-movable rod 11. The bottle is carried up by the spring plates against the end guide 20 and back and front stops 6, which are adjustable in relation to their supporting-bar 18. The plates 2 are attached to bent arms 23, which have spring hinges and adjusting- screws at 22, and these arms are pivoted to the upper ends of vertically-moving slides 26 operated from a crank and connecting-rod through a crosshead at their lower ends. Three-armed levers 34 pivoted on the slides 26 engage fixed stops 35 and the bent arms 23 so as to swing them and their plates 2 out of the way of the bottle at the top of the stroke. The same motion brings the pads under the plates across the pasting-rollers in the boxes 38. As the slides 26 descend, the plates come back and bring the pasted pads over the labels 4 to pick up another label. The wipers 9 are carried by arms 45, which are also pivoted to the slides 26 and have rollers running in cam slots in the standards 35. The cam slots on opposite sides of the machine are suitably placed so as to control the motion of two pairs of wipers which work on the neck and body respectively The paste boxes 38 are also carried by the slides 26, and, on the down-stroke, ratchet-wheels on the rollers are brought into contact with fixed racks 43 so as to turn the rollers. The label-holder rod 11 is bent, and works against a fixed pin 54 to swing itself in and out. Its lower end is carried bv a spring lever 50, which tends to lift it, and it is depressed partly by a projection 61 on a counterweight 56 and partly by a pin on one side 26. The weight 56 is lifted by a cord 57 passing over a pulley and connected to the crosshead of the slides 26.
Patent GB-190201937-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Axle-cap for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HAWKINS EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-01-24
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 1937. Hawkins, E. W. Jan. 24. Axle-caps; lubricating. - The outer end of the axlecap A is provided with a hole in which fits a screwthreaded plug B. The head of the plug is either milled round the edge, or shaped or slotted to engage with a spanner or screwdriver, whereby the plug may be easily removed, and the bearing lubricated without disturbing the cap.
Patent GB-190203820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Weather Strips and Guides for Windows.
Inventor: KENNY HUGH EDWARD
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 3820. Kenny, H. E. Feb. 14. Windows ; weather-excluders.-Relates to weather strips for windows, two forms being shown in section in Figs. 2 and 4. To the frame 5 is secured the base 1 of a metal weather strip provided with a rib 2 which engages in a groove 3 in the sash 6. The rib is formed of greatest width near its outer edge, so that this enlargement alone is in contact with the sash, whereby swelling, due to damp weather, does not prodnce jamming between the strip and sash.
Patent GB-190208781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bushings for Sheaves Pulleys, and the like
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 8781. Lake, H. H., [Duplex Roller Busking Co.]. April 15. Roller bearings for loose pulleys, sheaves, &c. The cam is in two parts a, b, screwed or otherwise secured together, and is made a driving fit in the eye of the pulley. In the ends of the case are formed annular grooves for the journals of the bearing - rollers 5, which are kept apart by smaller spacing-rollers 6.
Patent GB-190212982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dry Seats for Street Cars, Ship Decks, Gardens, Verandahs or other Exposed Situations
Inventor: SMAILL DAVID BEST
Filed: 1902-06-07
Granted: 1903-07-07
Abstract: 12,982. Smaill, D. B. June 7. Seats and seat backs.-Relates to seats for street cars or other exposed places. The seat is formed of a number of bars C supported on the end frames B by pivots c, and connected to the backrest A by pins d, a perforated and slotted plate D, and a hooked stud a' in such a manner that the act of reversing the back A also turns over the bars C. The pivots c and pins d are fixed to metal plates c<1> secured to the ends of the bars C. The bars are slightly hollowed and inclined, to ensure drainage at the ends.
Patent GB-190216061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Engines.
Inventor: DAVEY HENRY
Filed: 1902-07-18
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 16,061. Davey, H. July 18. Working-valves.-Fig. 2 shows an arrangement of valves for a double-acting engine, in which the valves can be actuated mechanically or by water pressure. Thevalve- casing communi- cates with the cy- linder through passages B, B<1>, and with the supply and exhaust through passages A, C, res- pectively. The hollow inlet valves E, E' have ports L, L<1> communicating with the passage A, and take a seating against the ends of the exhaust valves F, F<1>. These ex- haust valves have seatings H, H<1>, and are controlled by springs K, K<1>, passages I, I<1> ad- mitting pressure water to the spaces at the back of the valves. The inlet valves are connected by rods M, M' coupled to a rocking lever N. When operated mechani- cally, the lever N is rocked by means of a crank D, and passages P, P<1> are formed in the ends of the valves E, E' to equalize the pressure on both sides of the valves. When the crank D is moved in one direction, the inlet valve E opens to admit pressure water to the cylinder through the port B, and the valve F<1> is opened to exhaust water from the other end of the cylinder, the valves F, E<1> remaining closed. When the crank is moved in the opposite direction, the valves F, E<1> are opened, and the valves E, F<1> closed. When operated by water pressure, the crank D and the passages P, P' are dispensed with, and openings Q, Q<1> are provided in the cover R to admit water, the supply being controlled by valves. If water be admitted through the opening Q<1> to the back of the valve E', this valve is in equilibrium, but the valve E is moved to open the passage B to pressure. The movement-of the valve E is trans- mitted through the rods M, M' to the valve E<1>, which moves the valve F<1> so as to open the passage B' to exhaust. When water is admitted through the opening Q, the valves E<1>, F are opened, and the valves E, F<1> closed. In another arrange- ment, the valves E, F and E', F<1> are arranged in tandem fashion, with separate inlet and exhaust openings for the respective valves. The inlet valves are operated by a rocking lever, and in the case of duplex engines, one engine mechanism operates the valves of the other. An arrangement is also described for cushioning the plungers or pistons of duplex and all double-acting engines near the ends of the stroke. The exhaust ports or pipes lead into a pipe in which are arranged two connected pistons, operated through a pivoted lever by the plunger or piston. These pistons are arranged so that they come over the openings of the exhaust pipes and throttle the exhaust near the end of the stroke, thus cushioning the plunger or piston.
Patent GB-190225522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boosters for Charging and Discharging Storage Batteries; and Regulating the Pressure of the Bus Bars.
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 25,522. Crompton & Co., and MacIntosh, J. R. Nov. 20. Dynamos and motors combined as transformers; field magnets.-Boosters are arranged in connection with secondary batteries and generators to regulate the pressure under varying conditions of the load, regulating-cells being dispensed with. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the booster armature N, driven by a motor M or other driving-arrangement, is in series with the battery S between the bus bars H, H. One field coil a is in series with the outgoing current, a second b is in parallel with the battery and opposes the coil a, and a third coil c, connected between the battery and the bus bar, in which the current varies according as the electromotive force of the battery or that impressed on the bus bar is the greater. Regulating-resistances for the coils may be placed as shown at D, r<1>, and r<2>. When the load rises above the normal, the coil a overpowers the coil b, and the battery discharges ; when the load falls below the normal, the reverse action takes place. When the battery discharges, its pressure falls, a current flows from the bus bar through the coil c, and the booster adds to the battery voltage. The generator G, which may be compound-wound or otherwise, may be placed between the bus bars, or the current may be received from a distant source. In a modified arrangement, the coil b may be connected between the bus bars, and the coil a may be replaced by two coils, one in series with the bus bars and the other with the booster armature. Or, as shown in Fig. 2, the generators G and armature N may be connected to an equalizing-conductor J connected to one of the bus bars through an adjustable resistance P, the series coils T of the generators being connected directly to the bus bar. The booster is applicable to a three-wire or other multiple wire system, as shown in Fig. 3. All the boosters are on one shaft, the armatures and coils being connected across the wires as shown. The field magnets of the booster should be laminated. The coil b may in some cases be entirely omitted. -
Patent GB-190227411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Nightlights, Candles, or Spirit Lamps for Heating or Lighting and other Purposes.
Inventor: HALL SILAS
Filed: 1902-12-12
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 27,411. Hall, S. Dec. 12. Night-light holders; candle holders; o i llamp pedestals. - A holder for night-lights, candles, or spirit lamps for heating, lighting, and other purposes, comprises a base-plate 1 supporting a conical mantle o r stand 2 formed with an opening in its front side and a vertical slot 3 in its rear side. An open-sided ring 4 is fitted adjustably to the walls of the slot 3, its ends being forced apart by a spring 5 ; this ring serves to carry a cup, glass, or the like, for a night-light. A small kettle, or a cup. glass, or like vessel may be supported by wires 6 secured to the upper part of the stand, and a cup, kettle, or like vessel may be supported by a bent wire 8 attached to the lower part of the stand. Candles, night-lights, or the like may be supported by a disc placed on the wire 8. A watch may be suspended from a bent wire 9. The Provisional Specification states also that an arm for supporting curling-tongs may be attached to the holder.
Patent GB-190227802-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Porcelain Insulators and other Hollow Earthenware Articles and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: LOCKE FRED MORTON
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 27,802. Locke, F. M. Dec. 16. Moulding electric insulators &c.- In an apparatus for moulding hollow earthenware articles, such as porcelain insulators, a heated die having a valved air passage is rotated into and out of the plastic mass, the heat of the die causing the inner surface of the material to shrink away from the die, while the valve admits air between the die and the said surface as the plunger begins to withdraw. The die 9 is carried by a verticallymovable screwed shaft 2, driven through toothed gearing 23, 24 and reversible bevel gearing 3, 4, 5. When the die has been forced into the mould, a stop 30 on the shaft 2 acts upon an arm of the rocking lever 25 and reverses the motion. A die for making insulators is shown separately in Fig. 3, having a tapering threaded portion 10, annular ribs 11, 12, and a central air passage 13, fitted with a valve 14 normally held closed by a spring. The outer flange 12 is so formed as to remove superfluous plastic material during the insertion of the die. Heat is applied to the die as it enters and leaves the mould by a gas jet 36.
Patent GB-190228356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders, or Cases.
Inventor: JORDAN EDWIN
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 28,356. Jordan, E., and Raybould, H. Dec. 23. Cigar and cigarette cases are made of a number of ornamental, round, oval, &c. tubes A closed at one end, and flexibly j o i n t e d together at B.
Patent GB-190228682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators and similar Apparatus
Inventor: SHIELS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-12-29
Abstract: 28,682. Shiels, A. Dec. 29. Sectiunal boilers; feedwater, heating; superheaters, steam. -Each element consists of a block of copper, gunmetal, &c., Figs. 2 and 3, in which the tubes a are formed. The ends of these are connected by short curved lengths B made e with flanges B<1>, by means of which they are bolted to corresponding flanges A' on the blocks. The inner faces of these flanges may be ribbed to engage a packing-strip of copper. A number of units, such as shown by Fig. 2, may be arranged one above the other in a vertical casing springing alternately from opposite sides so as to form a zigzag flue of gradually-decreasing cross-section. The invention is stated to be applicable to the construction of water heaters, steam superheaters, economizers, evaporators, and feedwater heaters.
Patent GB-190302305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Objectives
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 2305. Johnson, G. W., [Arbeit, E.]. Jan. 30. Lenses.-A photographic lens consists of three elements, of which the two outer elements are of practically the same kind of glass, there being an air lens or space between the central element and one of the outer elements, The two outer elements A,'B, shown in the Figure, are of the same kind, the centre element C having a different refractive index and dispersion. There is an air space or lens D between the lenses A and C. The objective may be used as a single lens or as a doublet.
Patent GB-190302682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fencing
Inventor: BROUGHTON FREDERIC LENNOX
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 2682. Broughton, F. L. Feb. 4. Fencing.-In steel or wrought-iron fences, the standards or posts A, which are of troughsection, are connected with the cross-bars B of angle or other section by clips or tongues C cut out of either of the bars and engaging with the other.