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Patent GB-190225218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Furnaces of Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: BAKER TOM WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 25,218. Baker, T. W. Nov. 17. Smoke-consuming.-In steam-generator furnaces and the like, air is conveyed from the front of the furnace to a hollow perforated bridge and to a similar but additional chamber in the flues, and also returned by pipes at the side of the furnace to perforated chambers above the dead-plate. Fig. 1 shows the arrangements as applied to the flue of a boiler of the Cornish type. Air is forced into the central pipe F by steam from the nozzle G and is thus conveyed to the hollow back L of the bridge, from which a portion escapes. The remainder is conducted either to the cross-chamber M, from which also air escapes, or is taken direct to archshaped perforated chambers K. When applied to a water-tube boiler, the escape-apertures in the bridge are inclined in the same direction as the tubes. Fig. 8 shows, in connection with a locomotive firebox, the air-supply pipe D opening to the hollow fire-door I. A portion also of the gases escape by way of a passage in the arch B. The air-heating tube may form bearers for the firebars. In a modification for use with an internally-flued boiler, there is placed behind the bridge a transverse baffle formed with a manhole and perforations, while the space between the bridge and baffle is enclosed by an inclined slab having apertures therein, the chamber formed in this way being supplied with air from the front.
Patent GB-190225234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Steam Traps and Grease Separators.
Inventor: NESBIT DAVID MEIN
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 25,234. Nesbit, D. M. Nov. 17. Exhaust, freeing from grease.-Relates to blowout apparatus for steam traps, grease separators, and the like employed on heating systems &c., the object being to provide a form of apparatus which will work effectively whether the pressure in the main is above or below the atmospheric pressure. In addition to the usual inlet and outlet connections b, c, the trap is provided with two connections d, e, one d from the pipe main to balance the pressure in the trap, and the other e for the inlet of air or steam for blowing out the foreign matter which accumulates. These two connections are controlled by valves h, i, Fig. 3, operated by the rise and fall of a float b<1>, which is carried by an arm j on a shaft k. Outside the casing, the shaft k is fitted with an arm l carrying a balance weight m and having an extension to which is attached a link n with a slotted end o. A lever q mounted loosely on a shaft which carries a rocker s for the valves h, i, is provided at its upper end with a weight t, and at its lower end with a pin p for engaging the slot o. Normally, the valve h is open and the valve i and outlet care closed. When the level of the water has risen sufficiently in the trap for the slotted link n to throw the lever q past the vertical position, the weight t causes the lever to fall rapidly and strike a projection on a plate u fixed to the shaft. This action operates the rockers s so as to open the valve i and close the valve h. At the same time, the pin p engages the slotted end of a second lever v and through the link w opens the valve g in the outlet c. Air or steam, according to whether the trap is on a vacuum or high-pressure system, then enters the top of the trap through the connection e and causes the water to be discharged. As the level falls, the float b<1> drops and the slot o of the link n slides freely over the pin p, until the float approaches its lowest position, when the link n throws the lever q back past the vertical position. The weight t then brings the lever into contact with a second projection in the plate u so as to open the valve h and close the valve i. At the same time, the valve g is closed by the pin p operating the link v. Waste of steam is prevented by so arranging the links n, v that the valve g is operated before the valve i. In the arrangement shown, an ordinary gate valve is shown at g, but any other suitable form of valve may be used. For example, an equilibrium valve may be used as shown at x, Fig. 5. In this case, the lever v is worked off a pin on the lever l, and the valve x counterbalanced by a weight y on the link v.
Patent GB-190225628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Controlling Mechanism for Motor Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: CHAMBERS REUBEN
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 25,628. Chambers, R., Maxfield, A. I. B., and Maxfield, A. I. Nov. 21. Motor cycles.- Comprises means whereby the regulable devices in motor cycles may be controlled without the hold on the steering-handles being released. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the steering-head and handle-bar, and Fig. 3 a front elevation at right-angles to the head. Surrounding the steering-head are as many rings 7, as required for the parts to be controlled, mounted so as to be capable of sliding on guide-rods 2, 2 extending from the fork crown to the head clip. These rings are connected by rods 18, 19 to arms on rods 11, 12, which are supported in bearings 13 on the handlebar 10. The rods 11, 12 are provided with handles 15 for adjusting them angularly in order to raise or lower the rings. From the timing-gear, throttle valve, mixture tap, and other devices, connections are made through linkage, Bowden wires, or otherwise to jaw-pieces 21 or the like engaging the sliding rings in such manner that, when they are raised or lowered, the regulation of the corresponding device is effected. In connection with the ignition device, a forked spring arm 34 is provided on the rod 12 to close the circuit and to enable it to. be broken when the ignition is retarded and the exhaust valve lifted. The circuit may be entirely broken by the removal of the plug 35.
Patent GB-190226384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Relieving the Bearing Pressure of Revolving Shafts.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-29
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,384. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 29. Energy meters.- The pressure on its bearing of the armature shaft 3 of the meter shown in Fig. 1 is reduced or entirely avoided by the use of the electromagnet 8, which consists of the disc-shaped top portion 9, stem 10, with the enlargement 11 forming one pole of the magnet, and the cylindrical portion 12 having an in-turned portion 13 forming the other pole. The terminals 14<1> of the coil 14 are carried through the disc 9. The upper end of the shaft carries the disc 15 of brass or other non-magnetic material on which is a raised ring 16. A number of blocks 17 of magnetic material, shown in Fig. 2, held to the disc 15 by pins 19 and separated by circular spaces 20, form the armature of the electromagnet. They are covered by the brass ring 18 fastened by one or more screws. The blocks and ring 18 may be grooved to fit one another. By forming the armature of a number of blocks of the shape shown, the reluctance of the magnetic path from one block to another is great, and there is little tendency for the magnet to hold the armature when accidentally displaced. The shaft 3 may be hollow, and may be positioned by the wire 21 passing through it and through the guide-plate 23.
Patent GB-190227354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Shirts.
Inventor: NORRIS ARTHUR HARRY
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 27,354. Norris, A. H. Dec. 11. S h i r t s .-In order to facilitate fastening and prevent creasing, rearfastening shirts are provided with an overlapping opening right down the centre of the front A, but the neckband a' is not divided at this part.
Patent GB-190227811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packings for Hydraulic Rams, Pump Buckets, Pistons and the like.
Inventor: ASHWORTH JAMES
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 27,811. Ashworth, J. Dec. 16. Pistons.-Relates to packing for hydraulic rams, pump buckets, pistons, &c, The packing consists of an outer split band A, Fig. 1, of leather, guttapercha, or similar material, which is expanded by an inner split band B of a springy material, such as steel. Fig. 1 shows the packing applied to a hydraulic ram Y, and confined between collars Z. The band may have overlapping ends a, b, Fig. 1, or a tongue and slot a, b<2>, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190302146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Live" Bait Tins or Kettles for the use of Anglers
Inventor: CUNLIFFE ELLIS
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 2146. Cunliffe, E. Jan. 29. Bait cans; nets.-An inner vessel A, to contain the bait, is mounted to swivel on trunnions F carried by an outer vessel X. The bait is placed in a net C the mouth of which, closed purse-like, rests on a ring J fixed inside a loose collar G. A baffle-plate K' prevents splashing. Loops Pare fitted for a carrying-strap.
Patent GB-190310035-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Dyeing, Scouring, Bleaching, or Treating with Liquids, Textile Fibres in the Form of Cops, Cheeses or the like, with or without Perforated Broaches or Tubes.
Inventor: RAWSON ROMULUS
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 10,035. Rawson, R., and Lodge, E. May 4. Yarns, treating with liquids.-Relates to apparatus for treating with liquids textile fibres in the form of cops, cheeses, or the like, with or without perforated broaches or tubes. The cops &c. are fitted in recesses open above and below and formed one above another in frames, and liquid is forced vertically through the frames. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 8, a series of frames a of metal, earthenware, &c. are provided with cross-bars a' shaped to fit the sides of the cops. The cops are separated by blocks c shaped to fit the ends of the cops, and secured to sliding cross-bars d. The blocks c slide on the bars a<1>. In the case of cheeses, the blocks c have flat sides. They may be formed with bearings for the tubes on which the cheeses are built. They may be arranged to slide individually on the bars a<1>, their lower ends being of T-shape in this case. The bars a' may be of triangular cross-section. Fig. 11 shows a diamondshaped form, in which the cops &c. are gripped above and below. The frames may be cast or formed in one piece, when intended for use with cops &c. of equal size. They may be jacketed and heated by steam &c. The bars a<1> may be hollow, steam, hot or cold air, &c. being led therethrough. They may also be perforated to allow steam &c. to be applied directly to the cops, for heating, drying, or cooling. The frames may be treated singly, but are preferably arranged one above another on a vat, or on a flat bed, suitable packing being placed between the frames. Liquid is then fed by a flexible pipe from a pump to a trough, which may be formed of separate pieces secured above the frames by long bolts which compress the frames together. A second pipe, connecting the bottom of the vat to the pump, draws the liquid through the cops &c. back to the pump. The direction of movement of the liquid may be reversed. At the end of the operation, the upper pipe may be turned to convey the liquid to a reservoir.
Patent GB-190313305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Brush Boxes of Dynamos and Motors.
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 13,305. Allen, Son, & Co., W. H., and Hawkins, C. C. June 13. Brush-holders.-In a brush box for a dynamo or motor, contact is made with the carbon brush a by means of a moderately-stiff arched spring plate b, which turns on a hinge b<1> and is pulled down by two side spiral springs c. The position of the plate b, when thrown back into the 'off' position, is shown in dotted lines. The tension of the springs c is regulated by means of a nut d.
Patent GB-190320338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for the Wheels of Heavy Vehicles and in Means for Securing the same
Inventor: CHALLINER CHARLES
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 20,338. Challiner, C. Sept. 22. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-The felloes of the wheels of wagons, lorries, and other heavy vehicles are shaped to receive and secure solid elastic tyres. The felloes a', Fig. 4, are formed with bevelled sides a<1> and with narrow peripheries a<2>, on to which narrow steel bands b are shrunk. The flanges c<x> of the elastic tyre c are shaped to fit into the recesses ia the felloes and are held in position by steel rings e secured by bolts g, which pass obliquely through the rings, flanges, and felloes. Endless wires d, d<1> may be embedded in the tyre, and the periphery of the band b may be slightly recessed under the central wire. In modifications, the securing bolts may be reposed by wood-screws, or each bolt g<2>, Fig. 3, may be bent to pass through both steel rings e. Additional bolts may pass through both steel rings outside the endless wires as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190322836-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Process of Reducing Hot Metal Bars into Sheets.
Inventor: ALLIS THOMAS VALENTINE
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 22,836. Allis, T. V. March 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rolling.-Bars are reduced to sheets by first reducing them to plates by passing the bars singly through a train of rolls arranged tandem fashion, secondly, roll i n g the plates t h u s produced singly between a single pair of rolls, and thirdly, making said plates into a pile or pack and pack-rolling them in a single pair of rolls. The bars are fed singly at right-angles to their length between the first pair of rolls 10 of the train by arms 8 on a shaft 6 rocked by a lever 7, the arms passing up through slots in a table 4 on which the bar is placed. The bar is transferred from one pair of rolls to the next by chain conveyers 12, and is deposited in the form of a plate on a table 15. The pile of plates may be re-heated before passing it through one of the pairs of rolls 1, the rolling of each plate singly being dispensed with. The length of the pack can be gauged by a bar placed over the pack, as shown in Fig. 4. Water may played on the rolls to remove scale from the sheets.
Patent GB-190403307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Aerial Navigation
Inventor: VOJACEK LADISLAV
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 3307. Vojßcek, L. Feb. 10. AÙrial machines without aÙrostats ; propedling and steering; shock of landing, deadening.-Relates to the construction and arrangement of centrifugal fans for aÙrial machines, and for propelling air for other purposes. The rotating part of each fan comprises two curved plates 5 with star-shaped central openings, of which the edges 14 are secured to the edges 13 of rotating blades 2 formed with curved inlets 11 and peripheral outlets 12. The blades are secured to the rotating shaft 1 by arms 3 and bosses 4, so that the fan rotates within a shaped casing 6 provided with a peripheral outlet 10 and central inlets 8, 9. The shape of the inlets is determined by experiment to give the maximum flow of air into the fan. In the plan shown in Fig. 12, the aÙrial machine is fitted with four lifting-fans 17 ... 20 driven by separate motors 29 ... 32. Each fan casing is formed with an outlet which is directed vertically downwards through the bottom of the machine, and with two inlets 21, 22, which lead from the top of the machine into opposite sides of the fan. Two similar fans 33, 34 are employed to steer the machine, which is propelled horizontally by another fan 37. The shock of landing may be deadened by varying the volocity of the lifting-fans.
Patent GB-190405053-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Disinfecting Device for use with Hose Pipes and similar Cleansing Apparatus.
Inventor: JONES FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 5053. Jones, F. G., and Roberts, S. March 1. Watering r o a d s.-A device for supplying disinfectant to water fed by hose pipes for flushing roads, consists of a cylinder a, Fig. 1, fitted at one end with a rose or nozzle b and at the other with a screw cap c. The cap is fitted with a pipe d, which is attached to the hose pipe. The cylinder a contains a smaller cylinder g, made of perforated plate or metal gauze, and surrounded by canvas or cloth h, which will permit of the percolation of water through the cylinder. The inner cylinder is provided with a screw cap i, through which solid or liquid disinfectant may be introduced. The inner cylinder may be replaced by a permeable cartridge closed at both ends and filled with disinfectant. The cartridge, when exhausted, may be removed and replaced by a fresh one. In a modified form of cartridge and cylinder, shown in Fig. 4, the perforated cylinder l has a central rod m, which passes through a tube n carried by a plate o on which the cylinder rests. The plate has teeth o<1> to raise it from the bottom of the cylinder in which it is placed. The cartridge consists of a roll p of canvas or gauze, coiled around a paper core q and threaded on the tube n. The disinfectant material, in a powdered or plastic form, is spread between the coils of canvas. By removing the plate o and tube n from the cylinder, the cartridge may be withdrawn and replaced by a fresh one.
Patent GB-190405223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with Valves
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5223. Johnson, J. Y., [Mansfield, A. K.]. March 2. Hinged valves; check valves. - Relates to a method of constructing a valve so that it will open and close with considerable rapidity, and is described in the Specification as applied to the cylinder of an air compressor or blowing-engine. An inlet chamber 2, Fig. 2, made in two longitudinal sections secured together by bolts, and open at the bottom, is monnted on the cylinder head, and is provided with a number of ports 3 communicating freely with the atmosphere. To reduce the clearance space in the cylinder above its piston, a casting 6 is fixed in the chamber 2 in such a manner that sufficient room is left for the play of valves 14 closing the ports 2. Another and similar outlet chamber, also mounted on the cylinder head, and open at the bottom to communicate freely with the interior of the cylinder, is enclosed within an airtight chamber which communicates with a pipe through which air from the blowing-engine is forced. The ports in the two chambers are alike, except that in the second chamber they are flared in the opposite direction to those in the chamber 2, and have the valve seats on the outside, while a transverse partition is used instead of the casting 6. The ports are in the form of long narrow slits, surrounded by raised lips, slightly convex on their upper surfaces, to form seats for the valves 14, which consist of strips of flexible sheet metal secured at one end to the frame of the chambers by a bolt 15, Fig. 5, which also passes through, and secures, one end of a perforated stop-piece 16. The other end of the stop-piece is bolted, in a raised position, to a lug 17 on the frame, so as to limit the amount of play of the free ends of the valves 14. A bridge-piece 21 may or may not be placed midway between the series of ports, as desired. In a modification, Fig. 7, each of the valves is in the form of a thin flexible metal plate 26, bent as shown, and with a thin continuous marginal rib 29, rounded on its under surface, where it bears against the surface of a wall 28 over a port 25, the play of the valve being limited by a perforated stop-piece 27, as before. In a further modification, the strip forming the valve is secured to, or formed with, two flexible metal strips, which are screwed or bolted to the ported wall or other support.
Patent GB-190405985-A (GB)
Title: Method of Manufacturing Tiles or other Glazed Articles from Slate or Slate Refuse.
Inventor: FRYDENLUND KNUD NIELSEN
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5985. Frydenlund, K. N. March 11. Plates.-Relates to the manufacture of tiles, plates, and other glazed articles from slate. The slate is finely ground, and is moistened with a liquid consisting of 40 parts of water, 3 of sodium hydrate, 16 of colophony, 30 of sodium silicate, and 1 of kaolin. These proportions may be altered and 5 to 8 per cent. of powdered chalk may be added to the slate. This mixture is moulded under a pressure of 15 to 40 kilogrammes per square centimetre into the desired form, and then, after remaining for some days at the ordinary temperature, the articles are dried for three days at a temperature of 60‹ to 100‹ C., and are finally glazed and burnt at a temperature of 800‹ to 1000‹ C.
Patent GB-190410463-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Producing Sound Vibrations in Water applicable to Marine Signalling
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 10,463. Lake, H. H., [Submarine Signal Co.]. May 6. Signals, marine and ship.-Transmitting - apparatus for audible signals conveyed through the water is placed in liquid contained in a tank of a ship below the waterline, the plates of the tank being so shaped as to reflect the sounds in the desired direction. Fig. 1 shows signalling-apparatus consisting of a bell B with hammer H operated by the rod R, all submerged in the water W of the tank T placed in the bow of the ship S, and provided with a curved reflecting-plate Q backed by sawdust or other non-conducting material in the cavity Y. The curved plate throws the sound waves forwards, and they pass without obstruction through the plates of the vessel into the external water L. Other audible signalling-means may be employed, and the transmitters may be placed in two tanks T<1>, T<2>, Fig. 3, on the port and starboard sides respectively, different signals being given by the bells or equivalents B', B<2> so that the relative loudness of the two sounds when heard at an external point may indicate the course which the ship is steering. Oil or other non-freezing liquid may be employed in place of water within the tanks.
Patent GB-190420603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sanitary Conveniences for Invalid's Beds
Inventor: KNIGHT CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-24
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 20,603. Knight, C. H. Sept. 24. Bed-lifts.-In an invalid's bedstead, a supplementary frame or bottom A, provided with h a hole for sanitary purposes, i s connected to the head and foot rails by four levers c each pivoted at one end in clamps E attached to the rails, and at the other to the supplementary frame A, the part c' forming a support for the frame in the raised position. The pivots e<1> may also be arranged below the level of the bedstead bottom.
Patent GB-190423280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRADLEY EDWARD FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,280. Bradley, E. F. Oct. 28. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The valve E in the spraying-nozzle is adjustably attached to, and opened by, the supplementary air valve B, which admits air from the passage C leading from the atmosphere to the chamber D. The oil valve is never completely closed but always permits sufficient oil to escape to carburet the air that enters through the pipe a; this pipe may be jacketed as at g or the air may be otherwise heated. The valve B has a dash-pot F.
Patent GB-190500406-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Blue Dyestuffs by Oxidation on the Fibre.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 406. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Jan. 9. Dyes, artificial.-Leuco compounds of dyes are prepared by heating with sulphuric acid mixtures of alkylated diamidobenzhydrols or the corresponding methane derivatives with p-oxy-, or pamido-diphenylamines or their derivatives. The use of the following bodies is described, namely, p-oxydiphenylamine, r-amidodiphenylamine, pamidodiphenylmethylamine, C6H5N(CH3)C6H4NH2, p-amidophenyltolylamine, p-diamidodiphenylamine, dimethyl-p-amido-p-oxyphenyltotylamine, tetramethyl- or tetra-ethyl-diamidobenzhydrol, or the corresponding methane derivatives.