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Patent GB-190104005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Ship Log Apparatus
Inventor: WALKER THOMAS FERDINAND
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 4005. Walker, T. F., and Walker, T. S. Feb. 25. Logs.-Relates to electrical transmitting- mechanism which may be used with the log apparatus described in Specification No. 25,088, A.D. 1898. The rotator drives, by usual mechanism, a shaft h, upon which a pinion g is fixed, and gears with a wheel a, on the axle of which a spring drum b is mounted. A projection d on the drum, engaging with a pin k on the wheel a, prevents the spring from unwinding. The drum also carries a contact-block b<1>, which, as it passes beneath a spring contact l, completes an electric circuit to actuate the registering-mechanism. In working, the drum rotates with the wheel a until the projection d is arrested by a spring catch e. The drum then stops, until the wheel a in rotating brings a second pin n in contact with the latch e and disengages it. The drum then flies round and catches up the wheel a, and in doing so the block b<1> makes and breaks with the contact l. The operation of the registering-apparatus is thus made independent of any erratic behaviour of the rotator.
Patent GB-190110645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Danger, Signal and other Lamps.
Inventor: KENYON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 10,645. Kenyon, W. H. May 23. Signal lamps; lanterns.-The front and two sides of the lantern of a danger lamp to indicate the presence of obstructions, excavations, and the like in a street, or a signal or other lamp, are made from a flat length or blank of sheet metal. Before this blank is bent into the form shown, the reduced ends b<1> of the cones or bells b, to receive coloured glazing, are inserted in the apertures a', and then spun, expanded, or turned over against the inside of the blank. Instead of forming shoulders b<2> by having reduced ends, annular swells or beadings may be formed on the bells by spinning and then flattened.
Patent GB-190114813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trolleys and like Current Collectors for Electric Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: MENLOVE GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-07-20
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 14,813. Menlove, G. A. July 20. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors.-In order to retain the trolley on the wire I and to facilitate the placing of it thereon, an additional wheel A is carried behind the ordinary wheel D by arms B, which may be further extended rearwardly in the form of a fork with flaring arms. The arms are spring-mounted on the swivelling or other head, so as to have a tendency to rise, and they may be controlled by an auxiliary trolley cord.
Patent GB-190116685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines used in the Manufacture of Paper, Paper Pulp and the like.
Inventor: BERTRAM DAVID NOBLE
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1902-08-20
Abstract: 16,685. Bertram, D. N., and Milne, S. Aug. 20. Paper machines; wasteproducts, treatment and utilization of.-Relates to improvements on the inventions described in Specifications Nos. 8274, [Abridgment Class Injectors &c.], and 8275, A.D. 1899.. The pump A has two branch delivery pipes, of which one supplies a number of ejectors F, and the other D communicates with the mixing-box and also with a tank from which the water may flow to the beating-engines &c. The branch D may be fitted with a check valve 1, which may be controlled by means of a screw and handwheel, and also automatically by a system of levers and a float J in the tank E. The ejectors F are connected on the one hand with the suction boxes of the paper machine, and discharge into the tank E by means of nozzles, which are preferably flat and flaring. The casings thereof are of such a shape that they can be placed close together, as shown, the inlet branch of each being sufficiently large to supply two or more injectors. In order to break up the jet into a number of streams &c., the nozzle H is fitted with a tube L having twisted projections or fingers N, and the spindle cone K is made of the form shown, and is hollowed out at its wider end.
Patent GB-190117439-A (GB)
Title: Combined Windlass and Steering Gear.
Inventor: JOHNSTON HENRY
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 17,439. Johnston, H. Aug. 30. Drawings to Specification. Steering-gear.-The axle of the hand steering- wheel is made to shift longitudinally, so that a pinion upon it can be put into engagement with a train of wheels to drive a windlass when the steering-gear is not required.
Patent GB-190118845-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Folding Rod Joint, Spring and Cap.
Inventor: MANDER JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-21
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 18,845. Mander, J. W., and Haynes. E. E. Sept. 21. Measures of length.-Relates to a joint for surveyors' measuring- rods. The lengths c are pivoted together at ,f, and are secured in both the open and closed position by springs a carrying projections engaging with holes in the plate i.
Patent GB-190119524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Pile Driving Machinery.
Inventor: SISSONS WILLIAM ALBERT
Filed: 1901-10-01
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 19,524. Sissons, W. A., [trading as Sissons & White]. Oct. 1. Pile-drivers. - Relates to steam pile - driving machinery, and more particularly to automatic engaging and disengaging gears of rams or monkeys. The ram or monkey is shown in elevation in Figs 1 and 3, and in section in Fig. 4. The ram lever a is lengthened and weighted at a', so that it may shoot the tongue b into the chain automatically when the detent lever e is removed from engagement with the notch b<1> of the tongue b at the striking of the pile. The working chain passes through the hole d between the leaders i, and close to the back of the ram. To limit the upward stroke of the ram, the stop piece g, Fig. 7, is attached to the chain h, running over the wheels h<1>, h', of the leader i. The chain is actuated by the handle l and the ratchet-wheel j to raise or lower the stop piece, and is kept in tension by an adjusting-screw or tension device.
Patent GB-190121779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Chairs.
Inventor: ROVIRA JOSE
Filed: 1901-10-29
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 21,779. Rovira, J. Oct. 29. Chairs; seats; cradles.-Relates to a folding and portable chair which can be folded as shown in Fig. 7 and be used as a cradle orseat. The legs k, l are pivoted at m, and carry cross-bars i,j to which is fixed the fabric seat h. A chain t limits the extension of the legs. The rockers are shod with metal strips p, slightly wider than themselves; they are secured to the front legs l by a bolt or other fastening, and are hinged at n to the back legs k, so as to be capable of being turned back to rest against bars g and so hold the back at varying angles as indicated in Fig. 4. The foot-bar s is carried in slots in arms r, which are pivoted to the rockers and which rest, when in use, on the strips p; they may be turned up or inwards as indicated in Fig. 1 in dotted lines. The arms are in two parts b, d<1>, connected by an elastic or other spring u. The part b is guided by pins x, z<1> and slots. The pin x is carried by the hinged cover v supporting the upholstery, and can be engaged in one of a series of holes in a plate b<11> when the arms are adjusted.
Patent GB-190121903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Cases.
Inventor: STEVENSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 21,903. Stevenson, A. Oct. 31. Box l i d s and covers.-A paper box c is provided with a lid b, which is glued to it at one side d, and has a tape a passed under its lower edges and gummed to the inner faces. After the box is filled, the other flap and the lid e is stuck down. I t can be easily torn away by a sharp pull of the tape. which serves also as a handle.
Patent GB-190125310-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Ascertaining the Level of Liquids.
Inventor: MAY CHARLES
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 25,310. May, C. Dec. 11. Water and other liquid levels, indicating.-A tube c, pivoted at b, has fixed down its inner side two parallel conductors g. The upper ends of these conductors are connected by leads i,j to a galvanometer. As the tube c, fitted with the float d, tilts, water at the bottom runs along the conductors g and decreases the resistance in the galvanometer circuit. The galvanometer thus indicates the level. When the liquid reaches its highest level, the closure of a contact k rings a bell. Similarly, when it reaches its lowest level, an arm e closes a contact l, and rings a bell. In practice, the strength of a battery current is first determined, and it is then switched through the circuit containing the conductors g, and the resistance determined.
Patent GB-190200827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ash Pan Fronts, Ash Guards and the like
Inventor: ADDICOTT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-01-11
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 827. Addicott, B., and Holland, G., [trading as Addicott & Holland]. Jan. 11. Ashpans and ash - guards.- The front is shaped to fit the grate, and is provided with top and bottom flanges B, C. It is formed with a vertically-concave face E, in which are stamped or pressed a number of oval, diamond, or other longitudinal devices F, so as to o b t a i n a number of lightreflecting curved surfaces.
Patent GB-190203113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vaccination Shields.
Inventor: RICHMOND THOMAS GORDON
Filed: 1902-02-07
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 3113. Richmond, T. G. Feb. 7. Shields and guards.-Relates to the construction of vaccination shields to be fastened in position by tapes. The Specification describes two forms, one for use with infants and the other for adults. Figs. 1 and 2 show views from opposite sides of a shield for infants. The shield A is cut from cardboard or the like and has a flexible flap B at the top, and projecting parts A<1>, at the bottom, to encircle the arm. The parts A' are adjustably fastened together by a piece of tape a passed through holes in the parts. Tapes I, I, attached to the shield A are passed through a slit I<1> in the flap B, and are then passed under the opposite arm-pit, and tied. A plate D of celluloid or other transparent material may be inserted in the shield A. A thick pad E of soft material may be adjustably secured inside the shield by means of a tape E'. In the case of a shield for adults, a strip of cardboard, suitably padded, may be fixed inside the lower end of the shield. Padded strips may be attached to the edges of the shield, and instead of, or in addition to, the said strips, tapes may be adjustably fixed in perforations in the shield, to keep the body of the shield away from the skin of the user. The lower part of the shield may be secured by a band, the end of which is held in an adjustable fastener, consisting of a plate slitted to form openings through which the band is passed, and a flattened ring arranged between the said openings, so that the band is passed through it.
Patent GB-190204329-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Preserving Foods.
Inventor: MANASSE WILHELM
Filed: 1902-02-20
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 4329. Manasse, W. Feb. 20. Preserving food.-Meat, fats, fish, crustacea, eggs, fungi, vegetables, and other foods, are preserved in a raw or cooked state by immersing them in a gelatinous liquid, such as a solution of animal gelatine, gluten, agaragar, &c., and then sterilizing and allowing the mass to solidify in tins &c.
Patent GB-190211657-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Commode Combining Bedstead, Bedding and Wardrobe for use in Camping Out Boating and otherwise
Inventor: HECTOR CHARLES
Filed: 1902-05-22
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 11,657. Hector, C. May 22. Boxes convertible into bedsteads.-Relates to a portable bedstead for use in camping out. A case or chests of drawers is provided with two hinged flaps B, which can be supported in the horizontal position by hinged legs G, to form a bedstead. A short end-board F is supported by stems J fitting in sockets H. When used for transport, the front of the case is closed by a removable front board. Bedding and clothes may be placed in the drawers.
Patent GB-190212491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Horse Shoes
Inventor: SINGLETON JOHN
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 12,491. Singleton, J. June 2. Hoof-pads.-Relates to air cushions or pads which are attached to the shoes of horses while they are racing or training, or to the shoes of carriage or other horses or animals. The pads consist of rubber or like bags enclosed in canvas envelopes, which are attached by their edges to rims a, Fig. 3. The rim a is made in two parts, which are hinged together at a and are connected by hinged bars b<x>. The projections a<2> are inserted in recesses in the shoe or in the hoof, and the rim a is expanded by the swivel bars b<x> and is thus held upon the hoof. In a modification, the rim a, Fig. 4, is made in one piece, with the ends turned up and perforated to receive extensions c<x>, Fig. 6, of the shoe. The rim is secured by studs which are passed through the holes a<5>, Fig. 4, in the rim a, and are screwed into the holes c<2>, Fig. 6, in the shoe. The pads are inflated through valves on flexible tubes, which are then tied near their necks, closed by a suitable solution, and bent over so as to enter the envelopes. The flaps of the envelopes are then drawn over and cemented down.
Patent GB-190215880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Motors and the like
Inventor: DICKSON WILLIAM KENNEDY-LAURIE
Filed: 1902-07-16
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 15,880. Dickson, W. K. L., and Cuccotti, G. A. July 16. Revolving-cylinder type compound.-F'igs. 1 and 2 show a simple engine having four cylinders, the pistons of which are connected, by pivoted bars o to rods u, jointed to straps s, rotating on fixed eccentrics r, r. Steam is distributed by the tapered plug k, about which the cylinder-hub rotates. By rotating the plug through a quarter of a revolution, by means of the lever 8, the engine is reversed. The plug is pressed inwards to make a steam-tight joint by the shell y, which is drawn towards the engine casing by springs. In compound engines, the low-pressure cylinders are arranged alongside the high-pressure cylinders, and the steam may be distributed by two plugs such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by a single plug, having the requisite ports and passages. The Provisional Specification states that a compound motor may be made by arranging two engines side by side, one being pro- vided with larger cylinders than the other. Steam from the high-pressure engine is passed to the other through the tubular shaft. It also describes one arrangement in which a sleeve is placed between the plug and the cylinder hub. Ports in this sleeve may be made to register more or less exactly with those in the hub, by rotating the sleeve by means of a screw. The steam may be supplied to, and exhausted from, the plug by means of flexible tubing instead of by the means shown. The engines are particularly applicable for driving motor cars.
Patent GB-190220941-A (GB)
Title: Clothes Line Hanger and Fastener.
Inventor: LAKELAND THOMAS FRANCIS
Filed: 1902-09-26
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 20,941. Lakeland, T. F. Sept. 26. Cleats or holders.-A hanger, fastener, or hook to be driven into a wall, post, or other support to grip a clothes line, a tent line, or a holding-cord on a lorrie or railway-wagon sheet, has a stem a with two horns b<1>, forming a tapered notch, and side fingers or binders c to receive the cord d. In the form shown, one of the fingers c is arranged in advance of the other. In one modification, these fingers are disposed symmetrically, while, in another, they point in opposite directions.
Patent GB-190226897-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Writing Sheet for use with Metallic Styles
Inventor: DARKE EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,897. Darke, E. T. Dec. 6. Memorandum tablets.-A writing-sheet for use with a metallic style is made by coating a sheet of celluloid with a mixture of wood naphtha, acetate of amyl, fusel oil, celluloid, and prepared chalk.
Patent GB-190228494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Additions to Kitchen or Cooking Ranges
Inventor: BRODIE GEORGE GORDON
Filed: 1902-12-24
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 28,494. Brodie, G. G., and Prior, J. D. Dec. 24. Cooking stoves and ranges.- Relates to improvements in grates, firebars, oven doors, canopies, cover plates, cinder sifters, toast plates and supporting-racks, and means for converting ordinary into slowcombustion ranges. The firebars b are made separate from the frame a of the hinged bottom of the grate. The socket a<2> has a vertical elongated hole for the reception of an elastic metal bar which will yield to lateral pressure and avoid the socket being snapped off. A plate c is hinged to the underside of the bottom, and, when brought up to the frame, shuts off the admission of air through the bottom of the grate. In another arrangement, the plate c is loose and moves in guideways provided in the frame, thus resembling a damper. The frame d of the front bars is hinged, Fig. 5, and retained in its closed position by a fixed catch f. A pivoted catch g prevents the grate from being accidentally lifted. A rocking curved cinder sifter h, Fig. 2, is pivoted in bearings on the sides of the grate. An adjustable toast plate i, Fig. 7, engages by pins i<3> with a rack k at each side of the grate. The rack k has a slot at the back to allow the pins i<3> to move up or down. A frame-like oven door l, Fig. 9, has two or more openings opposite each compartment of the oven, which are closed by supplementary doors l<1>. The front plates m, Fig. 11, have end pins m<2>, Fig. 1, sliding in guideways n, so that, when the front plates are turned up for opening the canopy, they may be pushed inwards. The cover plate is made in sections, the two end sections p being held by flanges v on the top of the cove plates and front rail. In a modified arrangement, Fig. 12, the end plates p rest on a single flange and are made to bear thereon by studs t, the plates having notches v to permit them to be dropped on the flanges and then by a movement endwise brought into their proper position. The plate p' moves over the plate p<1>, which is screwed to the plates p.
Patent GB-190302029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Gas Meters.
Inventor: THORP THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2029. Thorp, T. Jan. 28. Meters.-Relates to improvements in rotary gas meters of the kind described in Specification No. 20,214, A.D. 1901. To prevent pulsation of the valve during the flow of gas, a cylindrical chamber d<2>, closed at the bottom, is arranged below the baffle-plate d. The valve-spindle is prolonged, and passes through the bottom of the chamber, a disc b<2> being attached to it inside the chamber, so that the disc and cylinder act as a dash-pot for the valve b. A conical ring a' surrounds the valve seating, and is itself surrounded by an annular chamber a<5>, which communicates by one or more tubes h<6> with the turbine or fanwheel c. These tubes may be arranged to swivel so as to deliver the gas in the most effective direction against the fan-wheel. When the valve first begins to open, the gas passes through holes a<6> in the ring a' into the chamber a<5>, but, when the valve is fully open, it has risen above the edge of the ring. To prevent the over-running of the fan when the gas is suddenly shut off, a lever p has one end connected to the valve-spindle and the other to a vertical rod p<3> carrying a piece of leather p<4> at its upper end. When the valve closes, the leather comes against the fan-disc c and acts as a brake, while, when the valve opens, the leather is removed from the disc.
Patent GB-190302670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Disinfectors and other Chambers Requiring the Use of Vapours Free from Air.
Inventor: DEFRIES WOLF
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 2670. Defries, W. Feb. 4. Indicating presence of air in steam or other vapour.-To prevent the use of a mixture of air and steam or other vapour in a steam disinfector or other chamber, a sample is withdrawn and condensed in a siphon, which flushes only when air is absent. The siphon has a number of spiral coils in each leg, and has a relatively-small difference of legs. In the lower vessel h is a siphon i with a relatively-large difference of legs, so arranged that it will not flush until the upper siphon is fully charged. Steam is admitted by a double cock l, the handle of which controls both passages, whereby water is simultaneously admitted to the upper vessel e until it reaches a fixed height. A float d in this vessel thereupon cuts off, by means of the cock b, the connection between the pressurerecording gauge and the disinfector. If air is absent when steam is cut off, the siphons flush and empty the upper vessel. Alternatively, the motion of the float may operate a one or two way cock, admitting steam to one or both sides of a piston, which closes or opens the exhaust valve or other mechanism of the disinfector.
Patent GB-190305902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment, or Extraversion, of Chrome Ironstone for the Separation of the Iron and the Obtainment of Chromium Compounds.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 5902. Johnson, J. Y., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron]. March 13. Chromium sulphate; chromium sulphuric acid.- Chrome ironstone is decomposed by hot sulphuric acid and an oxidizing-agent, such as lead or manganese dioxide, permanganates, chromic acid, &c. The oxidizing - agent may be regenerated electrolytically during the reaction. In some cases, ferric sulphate separates from the solution and the chromium sulphate forms chromium sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-190308288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Rollers for Window Blinds
Inventor: VICKERY FRANK MOSES
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 8288. Vickery, F. M. April 12, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Window blinds. -Relates to an improved spring roller blind having means for stopping the rotation of the roller before the blind is entirely unwound. The hollow roller a contains the spring b, one end of which is fastened to the dowel f, which is free to move longitudinally, and is engaged with the roller by means of a pin g entering a longitudinal slot a<2> in the roller a. The other end of the spring b is fastened to a spindle d, preferably made of wood, the narrow part d<1> of which projects from the roller and rests in the bracket p. The gravity pawls h, Fig. 4, are pivoted to the end of the roller and engage with notches i in the portion d' of the spindle. The portion d<1> is fixed in a socket in the spindle d by a pin d'. The spindle d is screw-threaded and engages with a metallic lug k, which slides in the slot a<2> in the roller. Fastened to the lug k is a helical band k<1> passing round the spindle and occupying one convolution of the thread. Pins d<3>, d<7> in the spindle serve to limit the motion of the parts k, k<1>. They form abutting surfaces substantially parallel to the axis of the roller, and will therefore not bind the roller. A handle m in the form of a ring is fastened to the part d<1>, and serves, by rotation, to tighten the spring b, the part d' being removed from its bracket during this operation. The same bracket p may be used for either end of the roller. It contains one or more circular orifices 4 with slots 5 to hold projections 3 on the part d<1>, thus preventing the spindle from rotating. The bracket may be provided with notches 6 to support the roller during adjustment. The flanged ferrule r fits on to the roller, and limits the outward movement of the pawls h. As the roller revolves, the piece k slides along the slot a<2>. The stop pins d<3>, d<7> and the length of the blind are so adjusted that the revolution of the roller ceases before the blind is completely wound and before it is completely unwound. The adjustment is so arranged that, when the piece k meets the pin which stops the downward pull of the blind, the pawls h lie midway between the notches i, thus causing the blind to return slightly, leaving sufficient play for the usual jerk required to release the pawls.