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Patent GB-190113620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smokeless Powder Charges for Guns.
Inventor: MAXIM HUDSON
Filed: 1901-07-04
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 13,620. Maxim, H. July 4. Explosives. cartridges, ordnance.- Relates to the construction of the units of smokeless gunpowder from which the charge is built up. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the charge consists of two concentric c y l i nders cut into sections by radial planes which break joint, radial vents being also provided which extend wholly or partly to the centre. In modifications, a cylinder is provided with longitudinal perforations having lateral vents, the perforations being either circular in section, Fig. 2, or angular, Fig. 3, or elongated, as in Fig. 4, some of the vents in the latter case being carried into the perforations, while others merely form cells.
Patent GB-190114377-A (GB)
Title: Improved Face Guard or Protector for Cyclists and others.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-07-15
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 14,377. Boult, A. J., [G³nther, C.]. July 15. Eye and face, protectors. A protector for the use of cyclists, motorists, &c. consists of a curved celluloid plate mounted in a frame a provided with spring ear-clips c, and with a nose-piece g carried by an adjustable rod f hinged at e to the frame a.
Patent GB-190115484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Stentering Machines for Finishing Cloth.
Inventor: GRANT THOMAS NELSON
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,484. Grant, T. N. July 31. Stretching and tentering.-On the clip arm A is mounted, besides the ordinary pivoted clip B, a plate C provided with pins D, the clip B or the pins D being used, as desired. The pins, being mounted in the elevated position shown, permit free passage of air around the selvage of the fabric while being dried &c.
Patent GB-190118392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Feeding Appliances for Laundry Wringers and other Machines.
Inventor: JOHNSTON CYRIL FABIAN RATCHLIF
Filed: 1901-09-14
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 18,392. Johnston, C. F. R. Sept. 14. Wringing-machines.-Relates to feeding-apparatus for wringers constructed to prevent liability of the operator's hands being drawn between the rollers. A frame d pivoted at e and provided with a counterweight g, carries rollers b, c supporting an endless band a. When the frame is moved into the position indicated by dotted lines, an endless band a is driven by contact with the upper roller f, and the articles upon it are fed into the machine. In a modification, the counterweight is arranged below the frame in such a manner as to hold the band either away from the upper roller or in contact with it.
Patent GB-190203252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Doors
Inventor: NEWDYKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-02-08
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 3252. Newdyke, W. Feb. 8. Doors and door frames.-The door 9 of a hall, closet, bathroom, or the like can swing into either of the door- ways 6, 7 leading to rooms at the sides. The hang- ing stile of the door is bevelled at each side, and is connected to a bevelled door jamb 8 by four-leaved hinges 10. The lock is provided with a double bevelled bolt or spring latch 11, adapted to engage with either casing.
Patent GB-190203560-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to "Miners-safety" and other Lamps
Inventor: PRESTWICH JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 3560. Prestwich, J. Feb. 12. Oil-lamp reservoir fittings; miners and like safety lamps.- The accumulation of explosive vapour in the reservoir, and the escape of oil therefrom in the event of the lamp being upset, are prevented by forming the reservoirs of miners safety and other oil lamps with a circumferential channel or tube c which the oil has to traverse in passing from the filling- aperture b to the opening e into the body a of the reservoir, or vice versÔ. The invention may be applied to the miners' safety lamps described in Specifications No. 8007, A.D. 1892, and No. 3786, A.D. 1893.
Patent GB-190207109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Baking Wafers and the like.
Inventor: MACKENZIE HUGH WATSON
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7109. Mackenzie, H. W. March 24. Gas cooking-stoves ; gas burners; ; hot plates.- Relates to wafer and like baking-apparatus in which the material is received between matrix plates, and consists in fitting these plates so that gas can be used as the heating-agent. The matrix plates A, B, Fig. 1, are secured on the faces of heat-conducting plates C, and casings D with covers E are arranged on the backs of the plates C. Perforated diaphragms G extend across, and are integral with, the casings D, and divide the casings into mixing-chambers H and combustion chambers J. Exhaust openings M in the walls of the casings communicate with the chambers J, and are formed by providing distancing-lugs on the casings. Additional exhaust openings M' may be provided. Apertures N in the cover E serve for supplying a regulated mixture of gas and air to the chambers H. The two parts of the apparatus are shown pivoted at P and provided with ordinary distancing and fastening devices. The plates C may be dispensed with. In the case of large matrix plates, exhaust tubes may be fitted through the covers and diaphragms, and the chambers may be subdivided by vertical partitions. According to the Provisional Specification, electricity, oil, or other heating-agent may be used, the parts may be packed with refractory material, and the devices may be arranged in series, and the upper matrix plates opened automatically by means of a cam shaft.
Patent GB-190208599-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dress or Skirt Lifter or Suspender
Inventor: BRENDEL BERNILARD OSCAR
Filed: 1902-04-12
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 8599. Brendel, B. O. April 12. Suspenders for articles of dress.- Consists of a plate A, Fig. 2, which is connected to a dress belt o r elsewhere by a chain B', plate D, and hook E, or by other means. Formed on or attached to the back of the plate A is a clip F, Fig. 5, by which the skirt is held at any height,
Patent GB-190210354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Sealing together Adjacent Sheets of Newspapers.
Inventor: SIMPSON EDWARD CHARLES
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 10,354. Simpson, E. C. May 5. Newspaper sealing arrangements.- Relates to mechanism for sealing or pasting and perforating portions of newspapers so prevent fraudulent return of read copies as unsold, and particularly to improvements on the mechanisms described in Specification No. 12,333, A.D. 1899. The mechanism is shown in side elevation in Fig. 1 with only the side frame bars 2 and frame portions 3, 4 of an associated printing- press. The web 16 passes between a rubber-bound roll 15 adjustable on a shaft 5, and a roll 14 adjustable on a shaft 6. The shafts 5, 6 are geared together as shown, and driven so that the rolls 15, 14 have the same speed as the web. Paste is applied to the web by a shaped projection 17, which may be fixed to the roll 14, or carried by a plate 18, Fig. 6, secured in a peripheral depression of the roll 14, and reversible into another depression, normallyclosed by a plate 19. Paste is preferably delivered to the projection 17 by a disc 28 driven from the shaft 6 and turning in a paste receptacle 30, which is provided with an edge scraper 32, and supported in extensions 10<1>, 11<1> of the parts 10, 117 of a frame adjustable on the shaft 6 and a bar 7. The web is perforated by points 21, Fig. 6, on a recessed head 20 secured to an arm 23, which is reciprocated through guides 24 and a peripheral opening in the roll 14 by means of a projection 25 and a cam-groove in a head fixed on the part 10. The pasting-mechanism may be used without the perforating-mechanism.
Patent GB-190213372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional Book or other Cases
Inventor: FORSTER FRANK LEWIS
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 13,372. Forster, F. L., Conrey, J. A., Conrey, M., and Hildreth, A. H. June 12. Book cases.-Relates to book cases &c. made in sections, which can be placed one on another or side by side, and which can readily be taken to pieces. The top 15 and bottom 9, and in some cases the ends, are provided with two-part clutches, shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The part 26 has a projection 46, which can be made to engage a hole 56 in the other part 36. The parts 26, 36 may be made to engage, as shown in Fig. 4, or may be withdrawn into recesses 86, 96 by rotating the screw 66, which is held from longitudinal movement by plates 76. The top 15 and the underedge of each of the partitions 12 are provided with bars having downwardly-projecting hooks 52 which are passed through holes 21 in the bottom and in the upper edges of the partitions 12, and the shelves have similar hooks 71 which are passed through holes 31 in the parts 12. These hooks 52, 71 engage under inclined cross-pieces 43, or in slots 33 in a latch bar 13 which is moved longitudinally by a screw and nut to wedge and lock the parts together. The parts of the back have tongues engaging grooves 81 in the shelves. The glazed door is provided with a flexible three-link connection 47, one end of which is secured to the door and the other runs on a central rod 55, Fig. 3, situated below a groove 58. The rod 55 is supported at its back end in notches in a plate 48 ; it can be disengaged from the plate 48 to facilitate the removal of the door. Stops 59 prevent the door from being pushed in too far. The door is supported at the front by pins 25 when being pushed in. Hooks 44 engage the pins 25, which serve as pivots on which the door can be swung from the vertical to the horizontal position.
Patent GB-190218795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: BEECHING FRANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-08-27
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 18,795. Beeching, F. W. Aug. 27. Gas or explosive vapour engines, carburetting in. Air from a passage l and oil from the pipe n pass together from a central chamber a to a pocket d, whence it passes over and under the radial partitions c', c to the pocket d<5>. Thence it escapes through the port f and valve k to an annular passage g, which forms an extension of the combustion chamber and is heated when necessary by a lamp placed beneath it; it may also serve for igniting, or a tube o may be employed. The heating of the vaporizer depends upon the volume of the chamber g. 18,797. Ridings, W. R. Aug. 27. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, valves and valve-chests for, and igniting in. The valve-chest containing the air and fuel valves d, e is secured to the cylinder so as to be readily detachable. The air valve seating i is screwed in and by removing it access is obtained to the fuel valve. The Provisional Specification states that a taper plug on the piston makes and breaks electric contact with an adjustable tube on the cylinder cover for igniting. The engine is suitable for motor cycles.
Patent GB-190221648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Control of the Electromotors on Electric Railway Cars.
Filed: 1902-10-04
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 21,648. Siemens Bros. & Co., Lydall, F., and Duke, A. M. Oct. 4. Motors, controlling.-Relates to controlling motors on electrically-propelled trains, each car having its motor equipment and a master-controller controlling the motors through electromagnetic switches. The connections are so arranged that the motors can be changed from series to parallel without breaking the circuit. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing this system. A, F<1> and A<2>, F<2> are the armatures and fields respectively, R<1>, R' the resistances, and l, m, n, o, p, p', r, s switches. On closing the switches l, m, n, o, r, a current flows through both motors and the resistances in series, and these resistances may be cut out successively by switches a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k. On closing the switch s the motors are in series. On now opening the switch r and closing p, p<1> the resistances are in parallel with the motors, and on opening s the two motors are in parallel with the resistances in series. The resistances may then be cut-out. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the general arrangement. B is the controlling-drum, and B<1> the reversing-drum controlling the reversing-switches l<1>, m<1>, n', o'. The positions 1 to 6 control the motors in series, and the positions 7 to 12 the parallel positions. The top contact of the barrel engages with specially-arranged contactfingers, and these in a backward movement of the controller break the circuit at the change from parallel to series, so that the controller must be moved back to the 'off' position before the motors can be run in parallel.
Patent GB-190225058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathe Drivers or Carriers.
Inventor: HESSE AUGUST REINHOLD
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 25,058. Hesse, A. R. Nov. 14. Lathe drivers or carriers-A lathe carrier with no projecting parts consists of a ring b turning in a ring a and having pivoted to it at c jaws d, the outer ends of which are slotted to engage pins f on the ring a. The jaws are simultaneously adjusted by turning a screw g, journalled on the ring a and engaging a nut h on the ring b. A guard-ring i is screwed or cast on the ring a to cover the screw.
Patent GB-190225950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Linen Collars or other Collars.
Inventor: GILL RICHARD ALOYSIUS
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 25,950. Gill, R. A., [Gill, J. G.]. Nov. 25. Collars; neckties.-In order to facilitate the pulling round of a necktie, bow, cravat, scarf, or the like in the operation of tying or adjusting upon a turn-down collar, the band is arranged in a folded holder or guide a, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of celluloid, xylonite, pyroxylin, steel, or other material, which is placed between the folds of the collar d. The holder is curved to the shape of the collar, and is made smooth inside to allow the tie &c. f to be readily pulled through, and the outer side is rough to cause it to grip between the folds of the collar. The holder is buttoned on the back stud, together with the collar, by means of a tab b, and hooks e catch under the inner fold of the collar. The holder is made about two-thirds the length of the collar. By this means the tie or the like may be taken off and replaced without unbuttoning the collar, the holder, with the tie or the like inserted, being pushed between the folds of the collar, or the tie entered into the holder when in position in the collar by an attached strip of celluloid.
Patent GB-190226238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: DOBBIN FRANCIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-28
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 26,238. Dobbin, F. W. Nov. 28. Gas and like engines. -A two-stroke cycle engine has two pistons A, B working in one cylinder and connected to cranks of different throws placed at a small angle so that, in the arrangement shown, the piston B has risen from its lowest position H before the piston A has reached its lowest position L, the Figure showing the positions of the parts when the charge is exploded between the pistons. The piston B rapidly separates from the piston A during the expansion, till it uncovers an exhaust aperture P in the cylinder. The piston A, during its upstroke, draws a charge into the closed end of the cylinder through an inlet valve N. Air may be admitted to the exploded charge by a mechanically operated exhaust valve S, the times of opening and closing of this valve determining the composition and quantity of the mixture left in the cylinder and, consequently, the compression produced. During the descent of the pistons, the charge passes from below the piston A through a valve-controlled passage U in the cylinder, or through a valve in the piston, to the space between the pistons in which it is compressed by the approach of the pistons before being fired. In the arrangement shown, a small portion of the charge forms a cushion between the piston A and the cylinder end during the explosion, and there is a space left between the pistons when they approach one another most closely during the down-stroke. The pistons may, however, be arranged so that they would touch during their descent, and so that the piston A rests on the cylinder end during a fraction of a revolution, the rod of the piston A being made flexible or with a flexible connection K to allow it to yield during these periods. The arrangement of parts may be modified so that the explosion takes place between the piston A and the cylinder end, the charge being drawn in between the pistons.
Patent GB-190226782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces for the Roasting of Ores.
Inventor: RUSHTON WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 26,782. Rushton, W. T. Dec. 4. Roasting-furnaces.-Relates to the type of furnace in which two or more rotating superposed cylinders are arranged within a suitable chamber and heated by gas. Fig. 1 shows a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 an end view. Each cylinder is constructed with internal helical flanges B<2>, and with inclined baffles B<3> for causing the ore to pass from the feeding-end to the discharge opening. The cylinders are supported upon broad rollers or wheels D<1> mounted upon shafts, and are rotated through worm and pinion gearing. The annular pinions H are provided with inwardly - projecting flanges H<1>, which fit round fixed discs J closing the ends of the cylinders. Each disc is formed of two metal plates between which a layer of asbestos is placed, the asbestos projecting round the periphery of the disc forming a sufficientlytight joint. In the discs are formed the necessary openings for the entry of the ore to the cylinders and its discharge therefrom. Air and steam inlets, respectively, are shown at J<1>, J<2>. For feeding the material in regulated quantities, the hopper is provided with the valves M', M'. When the valve M' is closed by the cam O, the valve M<2> is opened through the lever N. Normally the valve M' remains open. The discharge from the first cylinder is preferably continuous. It enters the second cylinder through a hopper with valves similar to the arrangement fitted to the first cylinder, and similarly discharged from the second cylinder. The heating-apparatus comprises the burners P, which are supplied with gas from the mains Q, and with air from chambers S. The chambers S are disposed close to the burners, in order that the air supply may be heated. In a modification, instead of constructing the cylinders with their sections engaging each other by spigot- and-faucet joints B', the sections may be formed with flanges through which securing-bolts are passed. The bolt holes may be elongated so as to facilitate relative adjustment of the sections. The flanges may run on the wheels supporting the cylinders. Instead of an intermittent discharging- device, the hopper may be constructed with an outwardly - opening flap - valve. The whole is enclosed in a suitable arched chamber A.
Patent GB-190227733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine Engines
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 27,733. Bromhead, S. S., [Ingham, C. R.]. Dec. 16. Steam turbines.-In a multiple-expansion steam turbine, a rotatable centre A is formed with two or more series of peripheral buckets A', A<2>, A<3>, a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, which increase in size from the centre outwards, and have radial faces upon which the steam impinges. Steam is admitted to the groove s which communicates with the pockets E', e<1> in the fixed casing B by means of spiral branches s<2>, s<1>, or the branches may be supplied directly with steam. From the pocket E<1> the steam passes through inlet ports I' in the port cylinder R to. the buckets A<1>, and is exhausted through ports D' to the pocket E<2> which communicates by ports I<2>with the buckets A<2>. Discharge ports D<2> communicate with the pocket E<3>, and ports I<3> convey the steam to the buckets A<3>, which exhaust through ports in the cylinder R to the chamber D<4>. The buckets a', a', a<3> are similarly supplied and exhausted. The casing B is preferably made in sections B', B', B<3>, b<1>, b<2>, 63, and partitions C<1>, C<2>, C<3>, C<4>, c<1>, c<2>, c<3>, rigidly secured together. The inlet and discharge ports are alternately opened and closed as the centre rotates.
Patent GB-190227767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 27,767. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 16. Arc lamps. - Electromotor focussing lamps, suitable for magic-lanterns and search-lights, are constructed as shown. The casing 1 has a slot 14 in its front plate to allow of vertical movement of studs 15 attached to the rod 16, depending from the block 28 and carrying, on the spring-hinged bracket 20, the set-screw 26 and holder 25 for the vertical carbon 27. The horizontal carbon-holder 7 slides on the bar 6 of a carriage 3 travelling on a rod 2 secured to the casing,.and can be adjusted by the screw 9. A protecting screen 69 partly surrounds the horizontal carbon. Posts 33 connect two metal plates 30 fixed to the front wall of the casing, which plates carry a spindle 35, with pinions 36, 37 gearing with the feed-racks 13, 29 on the blocks 3, 28, and driven through the train of wheels 38, 40 by the ratchet-wheel 41, which has a brake wheel 43 on its spindle, steadied by the brake 44. The pinions may be arranged to feed the carbons at the same or different rates. Shunt coils 50 actuate the ratchet-wheel by a motor arrangement consisting of an armature 48 with guide-rods 52 and felt-covered surface 61, of a make-and-break in the shunt circuit between the spring 66 on the armature and the screw 63, and of pivoted links 47, 49 with the pawl 57 controlled by fixed pins 59, 60. There is a controlling- spring 56 attached to the armature. The series coil 19 strikes the arc by attracting to its polepiece 18 the armature 20 hinged at 21. An external hand-wheel is provided on the spindle 39 for hand feeding.
Patent GB-190305386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roll Film Holders.
Inventor: FRITZSCHE HUGO
Filed: 1903-03-07
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 5386. Fritzsche, H. March 7. Roller slides.-Relates to a device for preventing the film, in roll films, from unwinding accidentally. In one arrangement, a sheet-metal, celluloid, or other case b, Fig. 2, is provided with a spring piece d extending almost from one end to the other and bearing upon the film a. Separate spring tongues, or tongues connected by a rod or wire, may replace the spring side d. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, plates e embrace the end-plates f of the roll h and support a rod k, which carries a wire frame m pressed upon the film by springs n. In another form, the plates e have projecting lugs to grip the end-plates f, or the plates carrying the rod may be slotted to provide lugs o, Fig. 14, which are bent over the endplates f, or a semicircular slide p, Figs. 15 and 16, may be employed, or the end-plates may be replaced by discs having eccentric projections provided with holders for the rod k. In another form, spring clamps r, Fig. 12, secured to a rod t are pushed over the spool. The casing b, Fig. 5, may have end covers q provided with slots s to facilitate unwinding the film, and may be provided with lugs, arms, or the like capable of being turned back under spring action for inserting and withdrawing the spool. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 17 and 18, a piece u is connected to each end of the spool, and a rod v has a flat spring w to bear directly upon the film, or preferably, the spring bears upon a wire frame x, y carried by the rod. The spring tongues or frame, when they extend the full length of the casing, may be used as knifeedges for cutting off strips of the film when required.