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Patent GB-190104504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cutting or Dividing Slabs of Sweetmeat or other Material, into Smaller Slabs, Cakes or Blocks
Inventor: ROSE HENRY
Filed: 1901-03-02
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 4504. Rose, H. March 2. Moulding confectionery, sweetmeats, &c.-Slabs of butterscotch, caramel, or other sweetmeat or material are divided or cut into smaller slabs, cakes, or blocks by traversing under two sets of cutters in directions inclined at the desired angle. Machinery for cutting rectangular blocks is shown in plan in Fig. 4. Cutter-shafts 6, 6<a> are driven by bevel gear from a main shaft 3, and mounted in bearings 5, 5<a> provided with hinged caps secured by screws 9, 9<a>. Circular cutters 7, 7<a> are spaced on the shafts 6, 6<a> by washers 16, 16<a>, and clamped between collars 17, 17<a> by lock-nuts 18, 18<a>. The material is fed in trays or frames 30 provided with notches 32 on the sides for the passage of the cutters. The frames are placed between guiderollers 33 and engaged by projections 23 on endless chains 21, 21<a> travelling in grooves 20, 20<a> of tables 19, 19<a>. The material is held down in the trays during cutting by bars or strips 40 secured at one end to bars 41 connected to the bearings 5, 5<a>. The chains 21, 21<a> are carried on sprocketwheels 22, 22<a> and wheels fixed on shafts 26, 26<a>, on which are also loose wheels 25, 25<a> gearing with pinions 24, 24<a> on the shafts 6, 6<a>. Sliding clutchblosks 28, 28<a> on the shafts 6, 6<a> are engaged with the wheels 25, 25<a> by operating handles 29*, 29<a*> of forked levers 22, 29<a>, and are automatically disengaged by the projections 23 forcing back rollers 34, 34<a>, Figs. 4 and 8, each on an arm 35 pressed outwards by a spring 38 and suspended from an arm 36, which has a long bearing on a stud 37 or 37<a> and a tail 36* held in contact with an arm of the forked lever 29 or 29<a> by the spring 38. The tray is carried by the chains 21<a> from the second set of cutters 6<a> on to one part 42 of a folding grid or frame on an axis 46, the second part 43 of the grid being then folded over and secured by spring catches. The grid is then rotated by means of a hand-wheel 45, so that arms 47 of the spring catches strike the framing 48 and release the parts; the part 42 can then be returned, assisted by a weight 49, and the tray and material removed from the part 43.
Patent GB-190108149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Nuts.
Inventor: WICKSTEED JOSEPH HARTLEY
Filed: 1901-04-20
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 8149. Wicksteed, J. H. April 20. Locking nuts and the like.-The bolt A of a rail joint, connecting-rod, girder, &c., or the screwed end of a shaft A<3>, has a lengthened nut B, B<3> which is locked by a stud C or sleeve C<3>, the thread of which is the same as that on the bolt &c. The sleeve may be screwed up by a key inserted into it, and the nut B<3> may serve as a collar.
Patent GB-190108761-A (GB)
Title: Spring Supports for the Axles of Bicycle Wheels.
Inventor: ZIEGLER JOHANN JACOB
Filed: 1901-04-29
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 8761. Ziegler, J. J. April 29. Bearings, spring supports for.-The axle a of each wheel of a bicycle has ball-shaped ends engaging sockets d on the ends of pins e adapted to slide in the tubes b of the frame. A spring c encircles each pin e and takes an abutment against the socket d and against pins f, which are screwed in the tube and serve to guide the pin e. The ends of the tubes are closed by caps. The chain stays are provided with plates at the rear end, which are connected to plates formed on the tubes by means of screws.
Patent GB-190123399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Equipment of Electrically Propelled Cars.
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,399. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Lydall, F.]. Nov. 19. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to the equipment of cars propelled by single-phase alternating - current motors, and consists in a method of varying the current for working the motors by introducing in series with them a greater or less number of reactance coils. In the diagram, R', R', R<3> denote the reactance coils, which can be put in or out of series with the motors A', A' by electromagnetic switches s<4> ... s<7>. These switches together with the solenoids s<1> ... s<3>for operating the reversing-barrel RB and grouping-barrel GB, which puts the motors in series or in parallel, are actuated simultaneously on all the cars by current conveyed by the car wires to all parts of the train. At each end of the car is a master controller MC for actuating the various switches and solenoids ; there are also two cut-out barrels CB<1>, CB<2> with break-down indicators b<1> ... b<4>. The equalizing connection is made through the grouping-barrel and through each cutout barrel in series, so that, when the motors are in series, or either is cut out, the connection is broken.
Patent GB-190124605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM BELL
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 24,605. Taylor, W. B. Dec. 3. Water - heaters, gas.-The hotwater heating - apparatus shown in the Figure comprises the two dome or saddle-like shells A, B, the crescent or other shaped expansion crown C, the coil D, and suitable burners and stand for the boiler. The crown C is in communication with the annular space of the boiler and the coil D. A pilot burner is provided, and a thermostatic valve for the gas supply. The coil space is filled with asbestos blocks. The top flue S may be covered with the perforated cap T. There may be two spiral coils employed, and part of the boiler wall may be cut away to show the coil and the asbestos. The expansion crown piece C may be omitted in small boilers.
Patent GB-190125602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Mixing and Kneading Dough or other Analogous Materials.
Inventor: LEE JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 25,602. Lee, J. Dec. 14. Moving-beater apparatus for mixing and kneading dough &c. Two worms 11 rotate in opposite directions in a trough 10 ; between them work pestles 9 secured to a crosshead 7, which moves in guides, and is worked up and down by crank discs 5 on the shaft 3.
Patent GB-190200001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-01-01
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 1. Boult, A. J., [Adrot, G and Pons, P.]. Jan. 1. Exhaust steam, returning to boiler; auxiliary generators.-The water from an ordinary boiler is forced by a pump through an auxiliary generator in the furnace flues, from which the steam is taken to the engine or other steam-using apparatus. On its way to the engine &c. through the pipe 11 and branch 12, the steam acts on a spring piston 2, which is connected to piston valves 3,4 controlling the passage through two branches 15, 16 of the exhaust pipe 14. The branch 15 opens to the atmosphere, and the branch 16 leads back to the boiler. When the pressure of the steam rises sufficiently, the branch 15 is more or less closed, and the branch 16 correspondingly opened. Handoperated valves (not shown) are fitted in the branches 15, 16 at about the position of the line 17, so that either branch may be closed while the other is opened ; the branch 16 may thus be closed at starting.
Patent GB-190201603-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Frame for Motor Bicycles.
Inventor: WELLER JOHN
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 1603. Weller, J. Jan. 21. Motor cycles frames.-In a motor bicycle, the usual bottom member is replaced by two tubes c, preferably of D-shaped section, and curved to receive the motor d as shown. Both tubes are secured at their ends in the same sockets.
Patent GB-190202018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Junction Boxes for Electric Wiring.
Inventor: WALDRON JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-25
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2018. Waldron, J., and White, E. Jan. 25. Junction boxes.-A junction box is formed with squared angle columns a mounted on a base-plate A ; the side pieces c are formed whole, or in two parts to be screwed together, and screwed on to the angle columns a. The top plate C is secured by screws on to the ends of the columns. Any of the side plates may have openings, or may be plain. In a modified form, the angle columns have tapering dovetail grooves so that the sides merely slip into position.
Patent GB-190202322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Blowing or Compressing Air and Gases
Inventor: LANE HOWARD
Filed: 1902-01-29
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2322. Lane, H., and Schill, C. H. Jan. 29. Compressing. -An air-com - pressor is designed to deliver a continuous current of air or gas. The cylinder a contains t h r e e pistons d, e, f driven by a three-throw crank. The pistons cont a i n non-return valves, and draw air in from below and deliver it from the top of the cylinder.
Patent GB-190202619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Handles of Hold-alls, Book and Parcel Straps, and the like.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
Filed: 1902-02-01
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2619. Brooks, B. Feb. 1. Hold-alls, parcel-carriers, &c.-In order that the extremities of the handle or carrier bar a may be prevented from dropping, owing to the weight of the load being carried, they are connected by tiestraps d, e either to the handle, or to swinging or jointed loops, links, &c., by which the handle is connected to the middle part of the carrier bar. Several arrangements are described. In Fig. 1, the straps d, e are shown attached to the handle c and passed through swinging-loops f. The handle and the tie straps may be attached independently to the swinging-loops f, which may be of various forms. Figs. 9 and 10 show two arrangements in which the handle c' is attached to a strap c which passes from one end to the other of the carrier bar, in the one case passing through a central loop f, and in the other having its central portion secured to the bar.
Patent GB-190207533-A (GB)
Title: Wire Brush Boot & Shoe Scraper
Inventor: HAILEY HERBERT
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 7533. Hailey, H. March 29. Foot-scraping brushes.-A boot or shoe scraper is constructed of a series of resilient metal wires b secured to their ends, either singly or in bundles, in a suitable frame a. The wires may be arranged in one or in several rows, and may be all placed vertically.
Patent GB-190207962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Mechanism to be used in connection with the Display of Stereoscopic and other Pictures and for Analogous Uses
Inventor: JACKSON PEARSON JACQUES
Filed: 1902-04-05
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 7962. Jackson, P. J. April 5. Displaying pictures &c. ; sale apparatus; actuating-mechanism.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 8569, A.D. 1901, for displaying stereoscopic views and other pictures, or delivering pictures, printed matter, and other objects. The wheel b, which intermittently rotates the drums carrying the displaying-band, is geared by a pinion b<1> to a toothed wheel c<1> on a spring-operated barrel c, geared as shown to a regulating-flyer c<7>. The spring is wound by a handle d<2> on an arbor d carrying a ratchet-wheel d<3> engaged by a spring pawl d<3> to prevent backward motion, Coin action ; coin-discharging mechanism ; money shoots.-A coin dropped down a shoot g falls on to the forked end f of a lever f<2>, so as to raise a stop f<5> out of engagement with a projection on the inner face of the ratchet-wheel d<3> and allow the spring to be wound. At the same time, a stop or stud i on the lever f<2> enters a recess in the barrel c and locks it against motion until the abovementioned projection acts on a cam part of the lever f<2> and moves it back to the position shown, the coin being first pressed into a slot g<2> in the coin shoot and then allowed to fall on to a lever k<4>. This lever carries a tooth n, normally engaging a notch in the periphery of the barrel c, and a hanging-wire m, the lower end of which is normally in the path of the flyer c<7>. As the barrel completes its rotation, a snug o on it acts on the tooth n so as to tilt the lever k<4> until the coin is discharged. Fraud, preventing.-The stop f<5> cannot move out of the path of the projection on the ratchetwheel unless the stud i is opposite the recess in the barrel, so that it is impossible to manipulate the lever f<2> fraudulently while the barrel is turning, and fraudulent unwinding of the spring also is prevented.
Patent GB-190208452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tipping Vans, Carts, or any such like Road Vehicles
Inventor: CONSTABLE HERBERT
Filed: 1902-04-11
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 8452. Constable, H. April 11. Tip-carts and tipwagons; tip-vans; undercarriages.- Relates to tip - carts, tip-vans, and similar vehicles. The body A of the vehicle has a hinged connection F with two underframing beams B, which are connected together by a transverse bearer L provided with a socket K. The rear axle G supports a bearer E on an interposed spring R, and pins D on the ends of the bearer carry rollers C on which the body runs when tipping, the pins being adapted to slide in guides S fixed under the body. The rear axle and bearer E are held in position by stays H, of which the rear ends pass freely downwards through eyes P fixed to the axle, and the front ends run parallel through the socket K. To tip the vehicle, the bolt 0, which normally passes through the eye N to hold the stays in position, is withdrawn, and by backing the horse, the forecarriage, which is connected to the bearer L by the king-bolt J passing between the stays H, forces back the body, which then tips by its own weight. To bring the body again to its normal position, the hook T is engaged with a spoke or the rim of the rear wheel, and the horse is moved forwards.
Patent GB-190211451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Appertaining to Machines for Ironing Smoothing or Glossing Linen or the like.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 11,451. Longsdon, H. C. May 20. Ironing- machines. - Relates to machines for ironing, smoothing, and glossing linen and the like, and consists, firstly, in providing the rotary heated roller a with grooves a', in which the edges of collars and the like may be smoothed or glossed, and, secondly, in fixing on a bracket c a case d having a slot g in the top and containing a wet sponge e for damping the linen.
Patent GB-190214784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Core Supports for Castings.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 14,784. Thompson, W. P., (Sodorfabrik Z³rich]. July 2. Casting and moulding.-A core support consists of a hat-shaped metal capsule with a flat base b, Figs. 1 and 2, rim c, and openings e in the side walls, for the entrance of the fluid metal into the capsule. Holes d for the escape of air, and fixing- holes f are also provided. The capsule may be round, square, or of any other form, and may be made of the same material as the casting.
Patent GB-190218416-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Forcing and Heating the Air Supply to Boiler Fires.
Inventor: TEMPLER JAMES LETHBRIDGE BROOK
Filed: 1902-08-21
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 18,416. Templer, J. L. B. Aug. 21. Air supply, heating.- The hot gases, after leaving the tubes of a steam boiler, are passed through or round a series of tubes, so as to heat the air supply to the fire. In Fig. 1 these tubes are shown transversely arranged in the space below the barrel of a locomotive boiler, the air being passed to and fro through the various sections of them while the hot gases circulate around them. The air first passes through a casing which surrounds the smoke box. In a modification, the tubes are longitudinally arranged, and the air passes round them while the gases pass through them. Fans are arranged to draw both the air and the gases through the apparatus.
Patent GB-190218934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: MARTIN JEAN BAPTISTE GEORGES
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 18,934. Martin, J. S. G. Aug. 28. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders.- The bowl or receptacle a, provided with openings c, is screwed into the part e in which is formed the chamber k with the edge g, on which rest two discs i, h. The disc i is perforated with holes, and made of pumicestone, china, biscuit porcelain, fine porcelain clay, bone, ivory, vegetable ivory, or other bad conductor of beat, while the disc h is made of felt, wadding, cloth, knitted material, thin layers of celluloid, or other absorbent material permeible by gases. Each disc, or the disc h only, is treated in a tannic or other bath, and rendered suitable for retaining the alkaloid distillation products of tobacco. The chamber k communicates by a passage with an enlarged opening m in the stem of the pipe to receive the mouthpiece n, which may be furnished with a screw-extension piece p forming a kind of drain. The joint in the holder may be covered by a ferrule q<1>.
Patent GB-190219370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolts applicable for Warehouse and other Doors.
Inventor: BARKER JOHN
Filed: 1902-09-04
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 19,370. Barker, J. Sept. 4. Sliding bolts.-Sliding bolts or bolt bars of large size, applicable for warehouse and other swinging or folding doors or windows, are arranged to move simultaneously in opposite directions such as up and down. Links D of suitable shape are pivoted to the ends of the bolts A and also to studs d on a disc or lever B, which may be rotated about its centre by a handle E. Fig. 2 shows the bolts A withdrawn. To shoot the bolts, the disc or lever is rotated until the links D come in contact with a stop b, which may be a boss or a pin or projection on the disc B. In this position, Fig. 4, the studs d have passed beyond the vertical line through the centre of the disc, so that the weight of the top bolt or any force applied to it does not tend to rotate the disc in the reverse direction. The disc may be provided with a notch or a projection to engage the bolt of a lock or latch.
Patent GB-190221121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Needles for Manipulating and Threading Ribbons, Tapes and the like.
Inventor: ARMITAGE SARAH AGNES
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 21,121. Armitage, S. A. Sept. 29. Bodkins.-Relates to an instrument for threading or inserting ribbons, tape, and the like through perforations, slits, or other openings in dresses or fabrics, for the purpose of ornamentation. The threader consists of a flat tapered piece of ivory, vulcanite, wood, or metal A, Fig. 1, pointed at one end, the wide end having two slits C at rightangles to the axis, through which the ribbons or the like are threaded, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The cross-section of the instrument may be rectangular, or somewhat oval-shaped. By these means, the ribbons &c. may be inserted in the dress or fabric without crupling or injuring the ribbons.
Patent GB-190312510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoves and Fireplaces.
Inventor: BEECH JOHN MORTON
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 12,510. Beech, J. M. June 2. Grates.-To enable the front to be completely and easily removed, the " feed section " 5 is cast in one piece and fitted with side rests 7, sloping backwards and downwards. Upon these, the combined grate front and dead-plate 6, Fig. 4, rests, being held in position by its lugs 10 and projecting edge 12. Recesses 9 in the grate front 8 permit the insertion of pokers. Separate doors 15, 14, 16 provide access to the firebox, grate front, and ashpit, respectively. The invention is shown fitted to a hot-air stove, but may be applied generally to other stoves and fireplaces.
Patent GB-190312760-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Roller Fluting or Grooving Machine.
Inventor: BURTON JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 12,760. Burton, J. H. June 6. Planing.-A machine for fluting or grooving rollers, such as are used in spinning machinery, is shown in plan in Fig. 2, and in cross-section in Fig. 3. The cutting-tool b, Fig. 5, has one or more grooved cutters Q and apertures S, T for the supply of lubricant and the discharge of lubricant and cuttings. A number of these tools b, Fig. 2, are fixed in a frame a, and the rollers m, Fig. 3, which are to be grooved pass from a hopper through slots l<1> on to balanced pulleys K. The rollers are then forced through the cutters by studs k on a crosshead e, which is traversed backwards and forwards by screw gear d and driving-gear A. The crosshead carries tumblers s, which strike pivoted forks o adapted to let the rollers fall from the hopper slots one at a time.
Patent GB-190313800-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adding Apparatus.
Inventor: BERGGREN PER
Filed: 1903-06-20
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 13,800. Berggren, P. June 20. Calculating - apparatus. - The number - keys in an adding - apparatus are each capable of being depressed a different distance, so that a ratchetwheel actuating a pointer, which moves over a dial, is rotated through distances which vary according to the key depressed. Fig. 1 shows a plan-view, and Fig. 4 a sectional side elevation, of the apparatus. Each number-key 2 is normally held up by a spring 4, and rotates freely on a shaft 1, to which is fixed at the ends a frame 5. The sizes of the openings 3 in the case of the apparatus vary, and so allow the keys 2 to be depressed to various extents. A piece 6 fixed to the shaft 1 rotates with it, and on depression of a key the frame 5, and so the attached shaft 1 and piece 6 are rotated. The piece 6 bears upon a conical piece 7 fixed to a disc 8, which rotates on a vertical shaft 9, and is normally held back by a spring 10. A pawl 11 fixed to the disc 8 actuates a ratchet-wheel 12 having 100 teeth, and thereby moves a pointer 13 over a dial with 100 divisions. A second dial indicates the hundreds, the wheel which drives its pointer gearing with a singletoothed wheel, moving with the pointer 13 on the shaft 9.
Patent GB-190313844-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Detachable Handles to the Covers of Entree Dishes and like Covers
Inventor: DIXON LENNOX BURTON
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 13,844. Dixon, L. B., and Drummond, W. H. June 22. Dishes, covers for. - Handles are attached to the covers of entrÚe dishes by projections D, D', which engage in the mouth C' of the helical grooves C, C<2>, and are turned through a quarter of a circle.
Patent GB-190315606-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Nutritive Substance.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 15,606. Thompson, W. P., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Chemische Industrie]. July 14. Food preparations.-A blood preparation, which yields soluble haematin on digestion with gastric juice is made by warming blood or haemoglobin solution with sodium hydrate or other alkali, acidifying the solution with hydrochloric acid, and drying the precipitated albuminates, which contain iron and phosphorus.
Patent GB-190316152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes for Motor Cars and other Machinery.
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 16,152. Drake, A. J., and Stirling's Motor Carriages. Ltd. July 22. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to brakes of the internal - expansion type for motor cars &c. A drum 3 is mounted upon each of the driving road wheels, and, upon a stud 5 fixed to the framework of the car, two semicircular arms 6, 7 are pivoted. preferably carrying friction blocks 19. The free ends of the arms are normally held in contact with the surfaces of a double cam 8 by a tension spring 2, but, when the cam is rotated upon its pivot 11 by a suitable lever, the ends of the arms are forced apart and the brake put into action through the contact of the blocks 19 with the drum. The actuating surfaces of the cam are set out partly as radii from the axis of the drum and the straight surfaces joined by suitable curves. Brakes con. structed in a similar manner may be applied to, and adapted to act simultaneously upon, two co-axial wheels, and in other suitable cases,