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Patent GB-190125720-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Providing Dry Coverings for Wet Seats of Vehicles
Inventor: HART FRANK BROOKS
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 25,720. Hart, F. B. Dec. 17. Seats and seat backs; aprons and seat protectors. -Relates to providing dry covers for the wet surfaces of the exposed seats on vehicles, and is shown applied to a seat a with a reversible back b, the front casing of the back being removed. Pivoted between bars c are rollers d, which contain spiral springs and carry flexible material e connected to metal holders f supporting rollers g over which pass the strips h adapted to form the dry cover for the seat. The tabs i allow the strips to be pulled out, and the thickened slips k near the edges prevent the strips from being drawn completely into the seat back. The mouldings l are shaped to carry off water from the casing of the back.
Patent GB-190212938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Storing of Refuse and to Charging Destructor Furnaces
Inventor: WATSON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-06-06
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 12,938. Watson, G. June 6. Refuse consuming furnaces; charging. - The refuse is deposited from the collecting-carts in a pit A on the ground level, near the furnaces, where it drains. It is taken thence by a scoop E mounted on a radial arm, after the manner of a steam navvy, and raised above the level of the furnaces B. The travelling frame D, which carries the scoop and arm, is then brought over the furnace, and the refuse is discharged from the scoop, either by removing the bottom or by tilting. The scoop arm is mounted on a carriage D<1>, which can travel laterally on the carriage D, and on which the operator is seated. An adjustable fork Q is provided on the carriage D', which may be brought into engagement with a lever S for starting gearing by which the cover of the furnace to be charged is removed
Patent GB-190214639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Shuttle-boxes of Looms for Weaving
Inventor: DUCKETT FRANCIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 14,639. Duckett, F. J., and Duckett, J. July 1. Loom shuttle boxes; shuttle-changing mechanism.- An auxiliary shuttle box k is pivoted at one end to the lay, and, when the weft fails, is automatically oscillated so as to receive the spent shuttle from the shuttle race and transfer it into a position directly over a slot b<1> in the lay, whence the shuttle falls into a receptacle. The box k is connected by an arm d' to a lever d attached to a cam c<1> pivoted to a bracket a on the lay ; the lower end of the lever d carries a dagger, which, when lifted by means of an oscillatory arm,f, strikes against an abutment e". The arm f is actuated by the usual weft-fork mechanism. Two curved portions of the cam, of different forms, engage with a spring c<11>, which serves to hold the lever d in its extreme positions. The shuttle magazine may be of the kind described in Specification No. 14,061, A.D. 1897. In a modification, the cam c' is dispensed with, and the lower end of a lever, corresponding to the lever d, carries a pin which engages with a hooked lever, when the weft fails. The Provisional Specification states also that the auxiliary shuttle box may be arranged to tilt to allow the shuttle to pass under it.
Patent GB-190227375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mixing Mills.
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,375. Sutcliffe, Speakman, & Co., and Sutcliffe, E. R. Dec. 11. Moving-beater apparatus.-A steam jacket surrounds the mixing-pan C, which contains materials for concrete, bricks, or the like. The pan is shown combined with an ordinary roller grinding-apparatus, a rotating rake with obliquely-mounted blades, being mounted radially on the same shaft, 4, as the rollers 5, 6 and working in the space a. The material is thus fed through the opening o to the grinding-mill below. The water formed on the initial condensation collects in the space a, and does not moisten the material, which, when hot enough, is subjected to the action of jets of steam from radial pipes g, and moistening is prevented. The inner casing b is made thin to facilitate the heating. Fig. 6 shows a mixing-machine with spiral blades q upon a shaft p within a hollow casing j, at the bottom of which the initially-formed water collects, the steam entering by the perforated pipe r. Live steam is admitted through pipe s when the material is hot enough to cause no condensation. In a modification, the steam jacket extends only half-way down the sides.
Patent GB-190227414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coin-freed Apparatus for Supplying and Controlling a Discharge of Steam, Water or Air for Clearing Pipes of Nicotine.
Inventor: SHOULER THOMAS SIDNEY
Filed: 1902-12-12
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 27,414. Shouler, T. S., and Rammell, E. P. Dec. 12. Measured quantities, delivering. - A coinfreed apparatus is provided for giving a blast of steam or a stream of water through a tobacco pipe after prepayment. A pipe 10 conveying the steam or water ends outside the casing in a nozzle 12, against which the bowl of the pipe is pressed after being placed stem pointing inwards, in the cup end 11<a> of a lever 29 which is pulled down by hand and left again to the upward pull of a spring 43. In the arrangement for supplying steam, the discharge pipe comes from a coil or other boiler 9 over a gas burner 14 having a pilot burner 13, or normally burning low. The gas is turned full on by the lever holding the tobacco pipe, and a supply of water is delivered to the boiler by a measuring-cock 6 which, with the aid of an intermediate lever 40, is operated by a drawbar 32 having a returning-spring 45. For the supply of water from an ordinary cock, the intermediate lever is connected to a dash-pot and is pulled back by a spring. The draw-bar having a shoulder 31 and the hand-lever 29 having an arm 28<a>, are normally held from movement by a detent 27 hanging in a sling 22, but a coin dropped down a shoot 18 into a pocket 19 at the front end of the detent disengages it by overbalancing a counterweight at the other end. The detent however at first only drops clear of the handlever, but not clear of a stop 21<a> because a pin 25 upon it is caught by a pallet 27 on the handlever. The provision of the pin, pallet, and stop makes it necessary to use the hand-lever before using the draw-bar, in order to leave the pin unsupported by the pallet so that the detent falls clear of the stop. A second supply for one coin is made impossible because the measuring-cock does not fill again and the lever for re-opening the self-closing water cock is not connected again until the draw-bar has gone home, so allowing the detent to re-engage it and to re-abut against the stop. The coin falls out of the pocket as a cover 32<a> on the draw-bar leaves it.
Patent GB-190228264-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hydro-carbon Burner.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 28,264. Thompson, W. P., [Miner, R. J., Jessup, W. S., and Tucker, W. L.]. Dec. 22. Liquid-fuel fittings.-A burner, especially applicable for generating steam in motor vehicles, is formed of a shell 1 having tubular mouths 5 and concentric air tubes 6, which end just under the internally-bevelled lips 5<a>, so that the vapour issues as a thin annulus with a core of air. As shown in Fig. 7, the shell may be replaced by mouthpieces which screw together in series. The liquid fuel is vaporized in the annular space of a tube 2<a> containing a concentric tube or filler 10, after being supplied through a .nozzle 8<a> and a chamber'8 containing a double floating valve 9, Fig. 2. Excess of pressure in either direction puts the valve against one of the two seats, but a minimum supply is still allowed by reason of grooves in the seats. The vapour blows off into the burner through the contracted nozzle 3<a> containing the needle valve 4. The shell may be divided and the divisions be fed through separate pipes 1<a>.
Patent GB-190303988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Parts of the Body
Inventor: ENAX HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 3988. Enax, H., and Geyer, W. Feb. 19. Cooling - appliances.-An appliance for cooling parts of the body consists of a flexible cushion a having metallic heat-conducting plates b on the side to be applied to the body in communication with the cooling-medium c within the cushion. The cushion may be water-tight, or the side bearing the plates b may be porous.
Patent GB-190305663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Colour Printing.
Inventor: MACBETH-RAEBURN HENRY RAEBURN
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 5663. Raeburn, H. R. Macbeth-. March 11. Printing in several colours.-To enable colours in rotary and perfecting machines to be printed successively in one passage of the sheet or web through the machine, thereby saving expense and the loss of time consequent on interleaving and stacking, the back of the sheet is, after the printing of each colour, passed over a heated surface, whereupon the next colour may be immediately printed. After the sheet has been finally heated, the sheets may be placed directly on each other without interleaving, or the sheets may be cut and folded without risk of being spoiled by rubbing. The back of the sheet may subsequently be printed on, if desired. The invention may be applied to single printing-machines, thereby saving the interleaving of the sheets.
Patent GB-190323038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Short Base Range Finders.
Inventor: TAYLOR HAROLD DENNIS
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 23,038. Taylor, H. D. Oct. 24. Range-finders.-A short-base range-finder, to be used horizontally or vertically, is built up of two totally-reflecting right-angled prisms B, b and a telescope T in line with one another. The prism b is supported by a frame F<2>, arranged in a tube I and held in fixed relation to a frame F<1>, near the prism B, by non-expanding rods r engaging guiderings v and held against sockets b, by springs. The prisms are mounted in holders adjusted and held in place by screws and springs. The prism B is mounted in a pivoted tube i which can be adjusted, to bring the two reflected images into coincidence, by a tangent screw TS operated by a worm-wheel h and a worm on a collar RC graduated to indicate the range. The index error is eliminated by adjusting a screw against which the tangent screw is held by a spring. The telescope is pivoted to the outer tube 0 and can be adjusted by a pushing-screw e. To facilitate initial adjustment of the instrument, two glass diaphragms, with vertical lines marked on them, are supported by adjusting screws in the focal plane of the objective. These lines, fine wires, or spider lines are illuminated by light reflected by glass plates g arranged opposite an aperture with a cover. Parts of the outer faces of the prisms are silvered to facilitate these operations. Either prism can be cut off at will by a screen sh with projecting guide-rods. Rotatory apertured collars S are arranged round each prism. In two modifications, two prisms or four half prisms are arranged in a tube arranged at right-angles to the telescope. The instrument may be mounted on a tripod stand, by a pivoted clasp collar at its centre of gravity, so that the tube can be turned into any position. According to the Provisional Specification, a transparent scale, graduated to ranges, may be placed in the focal plane of the objective to measure the displacement between the two images ; or a pair of cross-lines may be traversed across the field by a micrometer gauge for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190324258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Cooking-ovens.
Inventor: HARTMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1903-11-09
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 24,258. Hartmann, W. Nov. 9. Gas cooking-stoves.-An oven a for roasting meat &c., and its hinged cover b, are lined with corrugated iron, a space d, leading to the outlet e, being left under the cover. The oven rests on the mixing-chamber i of the burner. Stepped supports h are provided at each side to hold the grid f, which has projecting bent ends. An inclined dripping- pan l, having supports m and a depression n, is provided.
Patent GB-190324916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cranes for Ingots and like uses, with Devices for Releasing or Stripping Ingots and the like
Inventor: REUTER WOLFGANG
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 24,916. Reuter, W. Nov. 16. Cranes; lifting-dogs; jacks. -Relates to ingot cranes, and consists of means for ejecting ingots from their moulds, designed to prevent the shock due to the sudden ejection of the ingot from being transmitted to the crane framework. Within a frame c, sliding vertically on guides d, is slidably mounted a frame a, carrying at its lower end gripping-arms, pivoted at k, and engaging by pins f, Fig. 4, in slots g of a plate secured to the frame c. The ejecting-rod m is movable within the frame a by a nut n rotated by a motor o mounted on the frame a. The frame c is hung from drums w, and to the frame a is attached a chain passing over a pulley b and carrying a counterweight. In operation, the gripping-jaws are closed by raising the frame c and allowing the frame a to remain stationary, and the rod m is depressed to hold the ingot against the ground ; on then raising the frame c, the mould is pulled off the ingot. To open the jaws, the frame c is let down, and the frame a at the same time held stationary by applying a brake to the pulley b.
Patent GB-190325470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Washers or Nut Locks.
Inventor: SPIEGEL CHARLES
Filed: 1903-11-21
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,470. Spiegel, C. Nov. 21. Locking nuts.-A spring washer for locking nuts used in securing fishplates to rails consists of a pair of spring discs stamped from spring steel and held together by the tongues g of the larger disc a, Figs. 2 and 3. When the nut is tightened on the washer, the opposite faces of the two discs a, b are forced into contact, but owing to the concentric bosses c, d and e,f of the respective discs, the washer retains enough elasticity to lock the nut.
Patent GB-190326997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double-acting Pumps.
Inventor: GRUNDEL JAN
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 26,997. Grundel, J. Dec. 9. Plunger pumps; barrels and cylinders. - The central portion of the barrel of a double-acting plunger pump is constructed in such a manner as to form a stuffing-box which is readily accessible for repairs. The plunger e reciprocates within the cylinder b, which is removably attached to the upper pump-chamber a, and fits at its lower end into the gland ring c, with which a joint is made by means of the stuffing-box i and collar f. The lower end of the gland ring enters the stuffing-box h, which serves to separate the two pump-chambers a, d, and the packing, both in this stuffing-box and also in the stuffing-box i, is tightened by means of the nuts g', g<2> upon the same bolts g, Fig. 3. Upon removing these nuts, the ring c and collar f can readily be withdrawn for the insertion of fresh packing.
Patent GB-190328175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Ships.
Inventor: GIOACHINO GIUSEPPE VIGO DI
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 28,175. Gloachino, G. V. di. Dec. 22. Rudders.-In addition to the ordinary rudder r, a balanced rudder r<1> is fitted at the bows.
Patent GB-190328695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Crossings
Inventor: INGRAM ANDREW B
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 28,695. Ingram, A. B., and Heard, T. Dec. 30. Crossings.-Relates to the construction of railway crossings whereby a continuous track, without break or notch, is formed when a vehicle passes over the crossing. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of such a crossing in which two sets of rails cross each other at rightangles. The ends of the rails 1, 2, 3, and 4 are rigidly secured to a metal bed-plate 7 and bevelled off in the direction of the diagonals of the square formed by the short rails 9, 10, 11, and 12. The ends of these sections are also similarly bevelled and the rails are left sufficiently far apart for the carriers 18, 19 to slide between them. Fixed on to, or formed integral with, the ends of these carriers are short splicing- rails, which are set at such an angle that when the carriers are moved into particular positions the tread of one or other set of rails is made continuous. In the Figure, the rails 3, 4 are shown continuous. The carriers 18, 19 are operated simultaneously by connecting them by means of an adjustable link 33, which is pivoted at one end and slidably connected at the other. The carriers may be operated by any suitable device. The short splicing rails are made to register accurately with the rails by means of stops 38, 39, 40, 41. The bed-plate 7 may be made of concrete or cement if desired, and grooves formed in it to guide the carriers instead of using the blocks 16, 17.
Patent GB-190400108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulley Coverings
Inventor: WEBB JEAN FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-01-02
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 108. Webb, J. F. Jan. 2. Pulleys.-To promote adhesion of the belts, pulleys are covered with leather, raw hide, rubber belting, or canvas. One end 2 of the covering, Fig. 1, is made with a shoulder 3, the other end being split, so that the under part 4 may be laced or otherwise secured to the end 2, the upper part 5 covering the joint and butting against the shoulder 3. The end 5 is cemented down. For flat pulleys, the bands extend beyond the edges, and strips are sewn or otherwise secured to the undersides of the overhanging parts of the bands. For convex pulleys, the ends of the bands are made curved, to ensure fitting. Two ply belts may be used in a similar manner. Three-ply belts may have the ends of the middle layer laced and the top and bottom layers at one end cemented over the joint. Four-ply belts may be cut as shown in Fig. 7, the centre pieces being secured together and the outside parts cemented to them. In three-ply belts cut in a similar manner, the bottom tongues are secured, and the top tongue cemented over them.
Patent GB-190400421-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Gear for Motor and other Cycles, Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: LYDDON RALPH BOWSHER
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 421. Lyddon, R. B. Jan. 7. Driving-mechanism ; motor cycles.-Relates to toothed variable-speed gearing for motor and other cycles &c. The engine or pedal shaft is geared to a chain-wheel or belt pulley f on a fixed axis e, upon which are two spur-wheels f<4>, f<5> and a pivoted frame h, carrying spur-wheels i, j', j<3> which may be swung round by a lever-and-link connection. Either of the wheels i, i<2> may run free or be caused to engage with a pinion c, which is attached to the driven wheel a by a friction clutch operated by the lever d<2>.
Patent GB-190401698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Railway Crossing Gates.
Inventor: MILLER JOHN DOUGLASS
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 1698. Miller, J. D. Jan. 22. Crossing - gates are constructed and arranged so as to be automatically opened and closed by the action of the passing train. Fig. 1 shows the preferred form of crossing - gate. Two gates 6, counterweighted at 7, are pivoted at 5 to gateboxes 3 placed at each side of the line, and connected by a transverse shaft 4. This shaft carries grooved segments 10 connected by chains to pulleys 8 on the spindles 5 for operating the gates, and it is rotated through bars 18, 19 supported on links 20 parallel to the rail. Each bar is formed of two abutting sections 21, 22 connected through arms and pins to the shaft 4, and to a countershaft 13 connected to the shaft 4 by a rod 16 and crank arms. When either of the bars 18 or 19 is depressed by the wheels of an approaching train, the gates 6 are closed. The bars are returned by the springs 26. In a modified arrangement, two pairs of gates are used, which are opened and closed by the gearing shown in Fig. 6. Each gate 6 has a small auxiliary gate 6<1> which falls down in the opposite direction to the main gate to close a side walk, being controlled by the cam projections 30, 33 on the shafts 5, 32 carrying the gates. The ends of the springs 26 may be connected to the sleepers through loops or other devices.
Patent GB-190409550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cheese.
Inventor: MASON ALFED
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9550. Mason, A. April 26. Cheese.-Small cheeses with blue streaks or veins are made by mixing ordinary white cheese curd with ripe blue mould stilton cheese from which the rind has been removed, and shaping the mixture.
Patent GB-190410221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Engines, Changes Gear and Clutches of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: PILKINGTON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-04
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 10,221. Pilkington, G. May 4. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to means whereby the engine, change gear, and levers for operating the positive and slipping clutches of the change gear in motor road vehicles, are contained within or mounted upon the same casing, and also comprises improvements in these clutches whereby rapid engagement of the positive clutch during change of gear is ensured, and longtitudinal thrust in the transmission shaft is obviated by absorption in the slipping clutch. The engine and changegear case A is made in one piece, and the shafts E are mounted in bearings in this case, whereby their perfect alignment is ensured. The faces of the parts of the positive clutch H of the change gear are formed with screw or cam inclines, Fig. 5, down which the projections on the clutch H travel before engagement with the projection h<4>. The cone M of the slipping clutch, which does not rotate, has a ring N from which project several pins P on which are springs R tending to keep the members M, J in contact. The lever for operating this clutch is mounted on a bracket or extension a<4> of the casing A, on which is also mounted at F the lever for operating the clutch H.
Patent GB-190410915-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stone-perforating or Boring-machine.
Inventor: KORTH FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 10,915. Korth, F. May 12. Rock drills.-A support for a stone drill is telescopic, the part a being pointed at one end and the part b provided with a fixing- screw e. The nut for the feed-screw l i prevented by friction from rotating in the clamp g during normal working, this clamp being secured at any height by bolts through the holes f. The brace may be supported in a recess s in a plate h, the part b being then dispensed with and the top of the part a held against the shoulder.
Patent GB-190412873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mouthpieces of Tobacco Pipes and the like.
Inventor: PRAG JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 12,873. Prag, J. June 7. Tobacco pipes &c.- Mouthpieces are made with the lip end E elongated and the lower half L curved as shown. The usual projections P are placed at different distances from the end, the upper one being nearer the end than the lower one.
Patent GB-190416125-A (GB)
Title: Improved Corsets.
Inventor: VERMEULEN MARIA
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 16,125. Paelt, M. V. van der. July 20. Corsets; suspenders for articles of dress.-A corset is made closed at the back, and laced or otherwise fastened in front. Each half of the front is continued upwards in straps 3, which pass over the shoulders and cross behind, and either fasten in front at the waist or are prolonged to act as stocking suspenders 4. To give elasticity, the corset is provided with insertions of thread or whalebone 1. Straps 5 attached in front pass backwards over the hips and are fastened behind, keeping the lower parts against the person. Articles of wearing-apparel may be suspended from the corset by hooks 8.