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Patent GB-190104137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Sale and Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: HOWARD EDWARD
Filed: 1901-02-26
Granted: 1902-04-26
Abstract: 4137. Howard, E., and Morgan, H. J. Feb. 26. Sale apparatus ; advertising-apparatus.-Relates to a coin-freed sale apparatus for delivering papers, books, &c., or an advertising-apparatus consisting of an enamelled iron box having a glass plate under which the advertisements are rotated. Actuating-mechanism; coin action; delivery mechanism; money shoots.-A coin A inserted at a slit d acts on a fixed stop d<1> and the end of a bar d<2>, normally resting against a stop d<0>, so as to turn the lever d<2> on its pivot d<3> and open lazy-tongs levers e connected to the lever d' by a link d<4>. The rear pivot e<1> of the lever e engages a slotted lever f on a rocking shaft g having arms h carrying a pusher i by which the lowest article c is ejected from a column b on to a counterweighted drop flap p on a pivot pin p<1>. The coin falls down a shoot j, having a notch j<1> engaged by a locking-pin k on an arm k<1> pivoted to the lever f, and releases the pin k so as to permit the levers e to be drawn back by a spring l connected to the lever f and a lever m. This lever is carried by a rocking spindle m<1> and connected by a spring n to the frame of the machine. The spindle m' carries a support o with a lip o' brought between the two lowest articles c on the insertion of a coin. When the coin leaves the shoot j, it passes on to a part j<2>, carried by the pin p<1>, so as to tilt the flap p and cause it to discharge the article c into a delivery shoot r, the flap p being locked by the engagement of a lug q with an extension of the pin k when this pin rests in the slot j<1>. In apparatus for delivering papers, books, and the like, delivery rollers are used. In advertising-apparatus, the advertisements are rotated by levers, ratchets, and ratchet-wheels connected to the lazy-tongs. Coin-slit closing-devices.-When the column b is empty, a slide is released so as to be drawn over the coin-slit by a spring. This slide is normally held back by a bar t connected to a bell-crank lever u pivoted at u<1>, the arm u<2> projecting into the path of the lever m, normally held back by the action of the packets c on the support o and its lip @<1>.
Patent GB-190104208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generator and other Furnaces.
Inventor: BROOK EDWARD
Filed: 1901-02-27
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 4208. Brook, E. Feb. 27. Grates.-Relates to grates for forced-draught steam-generator and other furnaces of the kind described in Specification No. 1140, A.D. 1892, No. 4088, A.D. 1894, and No. 12,330, A.D. 1898, having a hollow raised part or " toyere." The raised portion is now made arch-shaped in crosssection, with transverse slits or openings extending from the sides to the centre. It is either made from a single dished plate, or from a series of archshaped bars or sections 6 with recesses between them, as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows one bar or section to an enlarged scale, its ends taking under the rabbeted edges of the side plates or fuel bearers 3, which are unperforated. In a modification, the ends of the bars or sections are prolonged to take under the angle-irons 8.
Patent GB-190105692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trip Valve Gear for Steam Engines
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 5692. Johnson, J. Y., [Soc. Anon. des Etablissements Weyher et Richemond]. March 18. Valve gear.-Relates to trip or releasing gear. Figs. 1 and 5 show respectively a vertical section and an elevation of one form seen from the same point of view, and Fig. 3 shows a sectional plan. Motion is communicated to the valve by the shaft a, which can be rocked in the fixed support b, and is connected directly to the valve in the case of Corliss valves, and indirectly in the case of slide or beat valves. The shaft a, in the form shown, is connected by arms n and links m to a crank j, which in turn is linked to an arm h projecting from a strap f and connected to the dash-pot by which the closure of the valve is effected. In place of being supported on the journal k, the crankj may be keyed on the shaft a. The opening of the valve is effected by an arm r projecting from a sleeve o rocked by an arm q connected to driving - eccentric. This arm r is capable of engaging with a plate g projecting from the sleeve f. The release is provided for by mounting the sleevef on an eccentric c carried on a portion d of the fixed support eccentric to that,f, on which the sleeve o is mounted. The eccentric c is rocked under the control of the governor by a rod connected at e, thus adapting the point of release to the desired grade of expansion. In a modification, the plate g is hinged so as to clear the plate r if the engine makes a turn in the wrong direction.
Patent GB-190110181-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fountain Drawing Pen
Inventor: ROGERS CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 10,181. Rogers, C. F. May 16. Ruling-pens.-The handle is made hollow to serve as a reservoir for ink &c. The pen is screwed to a plug f, which screws into the end of the handle and is fitted with a tube h to conduct the ink to the pen. The upper end of the handle is fitted with a spring piston a, by pressing which air is compressed in the reservoir and ink &c. expelled.
Patent GB-190110373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Sighting of Distant Objects from Submarine Boats, Barbettes, and other Protected Positions.
Inventor: GRUBB HOWARD
Filed: 1901-05-18
Granted: 1902-06-18
Abstract: 10,373. Grubb, Sir H. May 18. Sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to telescopic apparatus for use, inter alia, in combination with the sighting-devices described in Specification No. 20,813, A.D. 1900. At the upper end of a tube a, Fig. 1, a reflecting prism or mirror b is placed. Below this is an objective e at the focus of which a condensing system e<1> is placed. An image is finally formed by the telescope objective f for examination by an eyepiece g. Fig. 6 shows the apparatus combined with sighting-apparatus. The bottom reflector l is formed by a semi-transparent plate, through which and the lens 5, the sight 3 may be seen simultaneously with the picture produced by the telescope. The upper reflector is formed by a mirror tilted from the gun trunnion.
Patent GB-190115724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brooders
Inventor: KAMMER JOHN VON DER
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 15,724. Kammer, J. von der. Jan. 21, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. [Act, A.D. 1883]. Foster-mothers.-Relates to the construction of a foster-mother for chickens, heated by hot water or other liquid. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus in section. The apparatus consists of a circular dishshaped tank c with circulating-pipes a<1>, b<1>. The tank is formed with a central opening e, and with an opening at C through which the chickens can enter the heated chamber, which is of such dimensions that the chickens can warm their backs against the sides of the tank and can stretch their heads through the opening e, which may be closed by a perforated cover B. A shield D, formed of flannel, may be secured to the wall of the heated chamber. In a modification, the tank is made rectangular in form, instead of circular.
Patent GB-190116222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ships.
Inventor: COOKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-08-13
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 16,222. Cooke, W. Aug. 13. Bulkheads; decks; floors; tunnels, propellershaft; torpedo boats.-The floors, bulkheads, screwshaft tunnels, and other parts of ships and torpedo boats are made of plates a having elevations, depressions, or corrugations b. The plates may have flanges c, Figs. 1 and 2, for the reception of rivets, or they may be riveted to angle-irons, Figs. 7 and 8, filling-pieces of the form shown being used to make close joints.
Patent GB-190116340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in means for Electrically Operating Railway Switches.
Inventor: RIGGS FREDERICK NOYES
Filed: 1901-08-14
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 16,340. Riggs, F. N. Aug. 14. Points and switches, electrically operated from the vehicle. The point tongues c, c<1> are connected to a frame g, which is held on one side by the spring i and is moved over by the armature f when current is sent through the coil e from a fixed contact o swept by a brush lowered from the vehicle. The points are held when thrown by a catch lever j<1>, which is liberated, when the vehicle has passed, by an electromagnet l excited through another fixed contact o, or it may be released by pulling up the rod k by hand. The contact-roller w is carried by the spring socket v on the end of the rod s, which is normally held up by the spring r and can be depressed by the driver. The magnets &c. are placed in a casing between the rails, and a fixed guide-rod h is provided for the armature f and frame g.
Patent GB-190119465-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reversing, Differential Speed, and Disconnecting Gear for Revolving Shafts.
Inventor: JACKSON RALPH
Filed: 1901-09-30
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 19,465. Jackson, R. Sept. 30. Motor road vehicles, variablespeed and reversing gear for. The hollow intermediate shaft 2, carries, in its cheeks 6, planet pinions 5 which gear with a spurwheel 4, on the driving-shaft 1, and with an internal wheel 7, formed in a box 8 which constitues a part of the hollow outer shaft 3. The box may be held stationary by a brake applied to its periphery 9, or it may be locked to the shaft 2 when moved endways by means of the sleeve 15 amd the cam levers 12 to bring the clutch surfaces 10 into contact. The driven shaft 1<A> co-axial with the shaft 1, carries a clutch 16 by which it may be driven either from the shaft 2 or the shaft 3. When the clutch surfaces 10 are engaged, the gearing is locked and the shaft 1<A> is driven from the shaft 2 through the clutch 16 at the same speed as the shaft 1. When the clutch 10 is disengaged, the gear becomes inoperative and the engine runs free. If now the brake is applied to the box 8, the epicyclic gear comes into action and the shaft 1<A> is driven at a reduced speed. If the box is liberated, a brake applied to the drum 11 on the shaft 2, and the clutch 16 engaged with the shaft 3, the motion is reversed. In a simpler form of gearing, the reversing arrangement is dispensed with and the brake and sleeve 15 for holding the box or locking it to the shaft 2 are controlled by a single lever. The shaft 1<A> may be coupled to another shaft by means of a sphere having two annular grooves in planes at right-angles to engage with forks on the ends of the shafts.
Patent GB-190119554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Overhead Electric Fittings of Electric Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: ESTLER PAUL TRAUGOTT JULIUS
Filed: 1901-10-01
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 19,554. Estler, P. T. J. Oct. 1. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Conductors, fittings for. The housing 8 of the insulated bolt 11, from which the trolley wire is carried, is supported by the flanged cap 10 and spring 7 in the internallyflanged cylindrical bracket 6, which is clamped on the arm 2 of the post.
Patent GB-190121424-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Recovering Metals and Metallic Compounds from Materials containing Metals and Particularly from Residues
Inventor: BRANDENBURG HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 21,424. Brandenburg, H. Oct. 25. Sulphates; tin oxide.-Metallic residues &c. containing copper, lead, zinc, nickel, tin, &c. are treated with a solution of sodium bisulphate, or are fused with the salt in order to obtain the metal or sulphate, tin being recovered as oxide.
Patent GB-190124120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Heating Buildings by Utilizing Hot Water Generated by Gas and Oil Engines.
Inventor: GRIMSLEY JOSEPH GARRATT
Filed: 1901-11-27
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 24,120. Grimsley, J. G. Nov. 27. Heating buildings.-Relates to the utilization of the hot water generated by or derived by cooling the cylinder of a gas or oil engine. The flow and return pipes of the heating-plant are connected respectively to the return and flow pipes of the water tank which supplies the cylinder jacket with cooling-water. Connecting T-pieces d and suitable cocks p are provided. The pipes e, f may be connected by a spiral pipe carried through the chamber k, which is connected with the exhaust pipe M. To keep up the heat while the engine is not running, a gas burner may be employed below the cone o fixed on the pipe B.
Patent GB-190124788-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Ruler
Inventor: KUEHN ALFRED
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 24,788. K³hn, A. Dec. 5. Rulers.-To facilitate the use of a ruler, a handle a is glued or secured to it.
Patent GB-190125356-A (GB)
Title: Windmills or Wind Motors.
Inventor: SCHNABEL ALEX
Filed: 1901-12-12
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 25,356. Schnabel, A. Dec. 12. Windmills and wind motors.-The wheel has a number of sails b mounted on a hub a. The sails are formed of thin blades fitted together to form V-shaped ribs with slots s, Figs. 2 and 3, on one side, and secured by end pieces i. It is stated that, with the wind moving in the direction k, there will be an excess of pressure on the lefthand side of the wheel, due to the easier escape of the air on the right-hand side, which will rotate the wheel.
Patent GB-190125635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Combustion Regulators for the Furnaces of Steam or Water Heating Plant.
Inventor: KATZ PHILIPP
Filed: 1901-12-16
Granted: 1902-12-16
Abstract: 25,635. Katz, P. Dec. 16. Air supply, regulating.-Relates to automatic combustion regulators for the furnaces of low-pressure steam or water heating plant. For steam heating, the regulator shown in Fig. 1 is employed, and consists of the air-supply casing a, the float d in the float tank c, and the valve g on the float spindle f, which controls the air supply to the channel and to the furnace grate. The pipe i is connected with the boiler, so that, when the pressure rises in the boiler, the float is raised and the valve g closed on the seat h. To reduce the combustion by admitting air to the chimney or by the production of a counter current in the chimney, the regulator valve g is made to seat above the top of the casing a, so that, as the boiler pressure rises, the air supply to the chimney channel is increased. For water heating, the regulator, shown in Fig. 3, consists of the float d in the tank c which communicates with a central tank containing a definite quantity of water and air and surrounded bya water jacket in connection with the heating-pipes k. The regulation, as in the steam plant, is effected by cutting off the air supply to the grate or by supplying air to the chimney.
Patent GB-190203377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters
Inventor: SUGDEN THOMAS
Filed: 1902-02-10
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 3377. Sugden, T. Feb. 10. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to various arrange- ments of superheaters for water-tube boilers, consisting of flow and return tubes connected to a divided steam box F or to a pair of boxes f, f<1>, Fig. 5. The box F may be divided transversely, Fig. 1, or longitudinally, Fig. 6, and the front ends may terminate in a box M, which may be placed behind or in front of the nipples C. or simple bent tubes may be employed. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the upper division of the box F is subdivided by a transverse vertical partition, and the front box M is divided by a transverse vertical partition. The tubes may be straight or sinuous in any of the arrangements. The front box M may be protected by a shield from the furnace gases. The box F may be in the flues immediately behind the down-comers E, or it may be outside altogether. A steam-circulation pipe 0, Figs. 1 and 5, may be fitted for use in preventing burning when getting up steam. The valve P in this pipe may be connected to the main stop valve, so as to be closed when the latter is open.
Patent GB-190207693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters for Sugar Juices and other Liquids.
Inventor: KOSTALEK JOSEF
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 7693. K¾stßlek, J. April 1. Filters of large capacity; media, discharging; supplying liquid.-Consists of a filter for sugar juices and other liquids. The filtering-medium, such as sand, is contained between vertical perforated plates in a chamber 2, spaces being left between these plates and the sides of the chamber. Centrally between these plates is a vertical row of tubes 7, to the open ends of which the liquid to be filtered is supplied from a distributing-chamber 13 at one end. The tubes are split along their lower sides, and the liquid is thus discharged uniformly in the filtering-medium and flows through it to the perforated walls and so to the outlets, of which one, 15, is shown. The filtering-medium is removed through a passage 17 having a door 18. The filter is fitted with an airtight cover 6. A distributing-chamber 13 may be fitted at both ends of the tubes, instead of at one end only.
Patent GB-190207886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubes for Steam Boilers
Inventor: GREAVES WALLACE MCGUFFIN
Filed: 1902-04-04
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 7886. Greaves, W. M. April 4 Tubes, fire.-The tube proper D, Fig. 2, contains a fluted tube C, and bears external rings E. Tubes, water.-Water tubes D, Fig. 3, are furnished with external rings E.
Patent GB-190212497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooking Ranges
Inventor: PRITT RICHARD
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,497. Pritt, R. June 2. Cooking-stoves.-The source of heat, which may be gas, oil, or coal &c., is placed below two superposed ovens D, K, the heat passing through baffled flues E and thence, through gauze-covered openings F, to an outer flue W; from this flue it reaches the flue surrounding the upper oven K by a passage H, finally escaping into the chimney M, which is furnished with a thermostatic regulator R. Below the oven D is arranged a flat boiler T, in which are three openings P, the central one serving as a flue to the ovens, and the side ones for use for boiling purposes. The burner, or fire, is placed in a chamber which is provided with ventilating-openings S, and above which is a "hot chamber " V to conduct the heat radiated from the lamp chimney to the boiling-apertures. The burner or grate may run on a tramway to facilitate withdrawal or shifting the position of the fire. The oven D is made detachable for cleaning.
Patent GB-190215023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Metallic Wheel Rims of Cycles and other Vehicles
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 15,023. Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd., and Pugh, J. V. July 5. Felloes or rims.-The rims of cycle and like wheels, when made of aluminium or other metal which cannot be satisfactorily brazed, are united by butting the ends a<1>, a<2>, Fig. 1, together, and riveting to them on the hollow side an overlapping strip b, stamped out of sheet steel and formed to embrace the edges of the rim as shown in Fig. 3. The rivets c pass twice through the strip b. A smaller overlapping strip d may be riveted to the other side of the rim. Rims with beaded or tubular edges may have strengthening-wires f, f, Fig. 10, at the joints, with the rivets c passing through them. The overlapping strip b is sunk into the metal of the rim, so as to present a smooth surface to the tyre. The strips may be made by rolling or drawing a strip of steel to the required section and cutting it into lengths.
Patent GB-190219957-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bedtable, & Bookrest for Attachment to Cupboards, Tables, & such like Articles of Furniture, & Furniture Fitments.
Inventor: LESTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-12
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 19,957. Lester, W. Sept. 12. Tables; reading &c. desks; cupboards.-Relates to a bed table and book-rest or writing-desk to be secured to a cupboard, table, &c. The hinged flap A has supporting-brackets D, which are held horizontal by spring bolts C which shoot behind them as indicated in Fig. 4 when the flap is raised. The flaps may be supported by draw-out slides. The smaller flap B may be hinged and be supported by a hinged strut, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190220312-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Playing Games.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
Filed: 1902-09-17
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 20,312. Weintraud, A. Sept. 17. Games played with boards and balls.-A board with raised sides K has two or more inclined surfaces A, B, and is provided with conical pockets or goals E, F at the central part. A player stands at each end of the board, each being provided with three balls, which, by a dexterous tilting movement of the portions I, J of the board, can be made to roll into the goals. The object of each player is to get all three balls into his goal, and, at the same time, to frustrate his opponent. When a ball is in one of the goals, it projects slightly at the narrow end, and can be knocked out by the opposing player playing a ball against it. Strings L are placed across the goals, to prevent the balls from jumping out. In a modified construction, the balls rest against tapes when out of play, and are projected up the inclines by means of a bat or stick.
Patent GB-190226144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: WOOD GEORGE WATERS
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,144. Wood, G. W. Nov. 27. Annular-c h a m b e r type of steam or air engines. The working chamber 5, Figs. 1 and 3, contains two piston vanes 14, 15, which act alternately as piston and abutment, and which are mounted on a hollow shaft 7 and a solid shaft 12 respectively. The shafts are geared to a driving-pulley 16, Fig. 2, by means of ratchet gearing 17, and are prevented from rotating backwards by arms 20 adapted to engage stops 38. The steam chest 24 contains a double-ported slide valve 25 having a crosshead 30 carrying pivoted levers 32, which are alternately actuated by a cam 36 on each shaft, and steam passes into the working chamber through ports 22.
Patent GB-190302514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for the Wheels of Cycles Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HEWARD JAMES LOCKWOOD
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 2514. Heward, J. L. Feb. 3. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Pneumatic tyres for the wheels of cycles, motor cars, and other vehicles are protected from puncture by interposing between the air tube b and the outer casing c a helically-coiled strip a of very thin spring steel or other metal. The consecutive coils may overlap, and a second strip may be wound round the first. The Provisional Specification refers also to tyres other than pneumatic.
Patent GB-190302837-A (GB)
Title: Hinge Fittings for Doors, Windows, and the like.
Inventor: HOTZ HERMANN
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 2837. Hotz, H. Feb. 6. Hinging, methods of.-Relates to a method of hinging doors, windows, and the like, so that they can be opened from the right or the left hand side, the parts of the hinges being made separable. Figs. 1 and 2 show the two sides of the door, each fitted with a pair of separable hinges and a latch or lock. The construction of a hinge is shown in section, Fig. 7. As the door is closing, the disc a, fastened to the door by the screw plate d, passes between the two sockets h, k fixed to the door frame. A pin i on the socket h passes along a groove c in the disc a till it is opposite the central aperture b. In the bottom socket k, a spheroidal pin, pivoted at l, is forced into the conical aperture b by the pressure of the plate a upon its tail o. If the hinge is to be permanent, the pin n is fixed by a set-screw p.
Patent GB-190303345-A (GB)
Title: Ornamented Retainer for Collars, Waist Belts and the like made of Lace or Various Materials.
Inventor: CURWEN ELEANOR
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 3345. Curwen, E. Feb. 12. Collars; belts; stays or stiffeners. -Relates to retainersfor supporting lace or like material round the throat, waist, &c. The material i s attached to metal pieces i of ornamental design, by means of pins a which screw into knobs f. The edges of the heads of the pins are milled. Instead of using the knobs, the points of the pins may be masked by the ornamentation.