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Patent GB-190023523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Block Signalling and in Supplying Electric Current to Trains in connection therewith.
Inventor: CRUVELLIER BAPTISTIN
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 23,523. Cruvellier, B. Dec. 22 Electric railways and tramways. - Relates to an electric block signalling system for electric or other railways, and to a sectional conductor system of electric traction in which current is cut off from the section behind the occupied section when the train is running i the ordinary direction, and from the section in front when the train is moved in the reverse direction. Continuous, alternating, or multiphase currents may be used with rail or insulated return conductors. Conductors; switches.-Fig. 4 is a diagram of circuits for block working and signalling with continuous currents from a main supply conductor 73 and return through the rails 1, 2. Each section 76 of the conductor supplying the motors is normally connected to the main through the branches 87, 88 and ball switch 86. When a train comes on any section, it mechanically operates the switch 95 at the beginning of the section to supply current to one solenoid of each of the two previous ball switches. These solenoids are in series, and are wound so as to break the contacts 86 in the last switch and to restore them in the switch which is last but one. Corresponding sections 100 for the signals are connected, through lamp or semaphore signals 96, 97, at the ends of the sections in front and behind the occupied sections, to the main conductor so that current flows from the of cupied section to the return through a brush on the vehicle and those signals are operated. When electric traction is not used, the signal circuits only are retained, and may be supplied with current from a line-wire or from a generator on the vehicle, on which indicators and registering-apparatus may also be provided. An arrangement for alternating currents is also described and illustrated in the Specification. In this, insulated main and return conductors and corresponding power sectional conductors are used, the connections between the mains and sections being made at both ends through transformers and double switches. A single set of sections serves for the signals. For triphase currents, third conductors may be added. For full power, both ends of the working sections must be supplied from the mains, but, in the case of meeting trains, the switches arrange themselves so that only one end is connected, thus giving power for slower movements. In the arrangement here illustrated, current is supplied by band-switches in such a case. The mechanically-operated switch 95 is shown in detail in Fig. 2. The spring-supported plunger 46 depressed by the vehicle acts through the lever 52 and plunger 63 to lift shot or the like 70 over a pair of contacts 64 in the box 57.
Patent GB-190100205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ironing-machines
Inventor: HALL TIMOTHY
Filed: 1901-01-03
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 205. Hall, T., and Hall, C. W., [trading as Hall Bros.]. Jan. 3. Ironing-machines.-Fig. 1 shows an end view, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section. The sliding table B consists of.a thin sheet of aluminium B<1>, supported on steel webs or H or T pieces B<2>, secured to a wooden base B<3>, and is mounted on rotating drums D and smaller drums F. The ironing-roll N is mounted in the ends of the arms M' of the bent levers M journalled on the framing A, and carries a toothed wheel N<1> gearing with the wheel H on the driving-shaft E. The arms M<2> of the bent levers M may be connected, and are raised or lowered by means of either one or two screwthreaded rods R provided with hand-wheels R' and springs T. The fast and loose pulleys L mounted on the shaft K<1> are surrounded by the loose ring V carrying belt guides V<1> and secured by rods W to the crosshead W', which is actuated by the treadle X and the spring Z.
Patent GB-190109713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Valve Seats.
Inventor: MARCHANT GEORGE MAULE
Filed: 1901-05-10
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 9713. Marchant, G. M. May 10. Seats; repairing, facilitating.-The seat d, Fig. 1, of a stop valve is formed in a recessed cage c, which fits into the diaphragm and is secured by a coiled spring f and cap e so that the parts permit expansion and contraction and also can be readily removed for repairs. A number of springs f, Fig. 2, or adjustable screws, with or without springs, may be used. The springs f, Fig. 4, may be placed in slots in downward extensions of the cap c, and act on bolts secured to the cage c<1>. Sliding-valves a, Fig. 5, are fitted with ring seats secured by bolts k with tail-pieces l engaging in slots in the casing. Various forms of screwed studs, with or without springs, are described, and a wedging action may be obtained by using inclined slots.
Patent GB-190109805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Disappearing Gun Carriages.
Inventor: REICHWALD AUGUST
Filed: 1901-05-11
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 9805. Reichwald, A., [Krupp, F.]. May 11. Mountings for disappearing guns. The counterweight M is carried by a toggle joint H L, which is connected by arms G to the links C at F, the links being pivoted at D, the distance of which from the point F is half the distance from the trunnions B. The centre of gravity of the weight falls in the centre line of the turntable T. In a modification, the axes D, J are brought together, so that the upper arms H of the toggle joint are formed by the lower arms of the links C.
Patent GB-190111420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Bagging or Packing Meal and the like.
Filed: 1901-06-04
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 11,420. Cotton Seed Co., [Stanley, J. C. W.]. June 4. Filling meal &c. into sacks. The bag B is supported on a platform C and hooks C<2> attached to a frame C' sliding in guides D'. The platform is lifted by a cam F<1>, and falls onto a rigid or slightly yielding stop E.
Patent GB-190111578-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Means Relating to the Repairing of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: KARMEL LEWIN
Filed: 1901-06-06
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 11,578. Karmel, L. June 6. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to repair shields for outer covers, and one form is shown opened out in Figs. 1 and 2. The shield consists of a rubber strip a secured to a canvas backing b and provided with interposed metal strips c to which projecting hooks d are fixed. When the outer cover has been damaged, the shield is placed over the damaged part, either externally or between the air tube and the cover, so that the hooks d engage with the attaching-wires. The canvas may be coated with soft soap or the like. If one of the attaching- bands becomes broken, the ends may be connected together by engaging them with the hooks d. In modifications, a number of separate hooks may be provided on each edge of the shield, and they may be arranged to give the greatest width of the shield along its middle line, or the edges of the shield may be thickened to form hooks or stops which engage with the attaching-wires.
Patent GB-190123632-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game of Association Football for the Table
Inventor: SCOTT THOMAS
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 23,632. Scott, T. Nov. 21. Games imitating football.-Relates to appliances for playing a table game imitating football. A cover, marked as shown to represent a football field, is fixed to a table by tapes at the corners. Discs of glazed material secured to the cover serve to receive suckers fixed to the lower ends of the goal posts. Bevelled counters marked to represent the various players of the opposing teams are arranged on the table, and are actuated so as to propel a ball of cork, celluloid, or other light materials, by snicking them with pieces of wood &c. The game can be played by two or more players.
Patent GB-190125296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Valves
Inventor: BERG HANS
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 25,296. Berg, H. Dec. 11. Valves closing with rush of fluid. - A balanced valve for preventing an outrush from a broken steam pipe is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The main valve K can close in either direction on seats L formed by two similar screwed rings. The spindle A carries auxiliary valves N seating on the ends of the main valve, and the spindle has a slight motion within the main valve to allow the auxiliary valve to open first and establish equilibrium. The hand-wheel spindle A' is then detached from the crosshead C, and the lower end of the crosshead, engaging with weighted levers F, keeps the valve open until a rush of steam overpowers one of the levers and closes the valve. In a modification, the valve K, Fig. 5, closes downwards, and the hand-wheel need not be detached. The weighted levers may be loaded with springs.
Patent GB-190200934-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sink Trap.
Inventor: EICKHOFF ANTON
Filed: 1902-01-13
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 934. Eickhoff, A. Jan. 13. Sinks, traps for. The grating d, screwed into the casing a, has depending from it a flange e which dips into an annular trough band forms a seal.
Patent GB-190203715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Instruments.
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 3715. Short & Mason, and Short, H. W. Feb. 13. Driving-mechanism for record sheets; record sheets specially prepared for registering.-In barographs and other recording-instruments in which the chart or diagram to be traced is mounted upon a cylinder containing clockwork for rotating it, the clockwork B is raised and rendered more accessible within the cylinder A, without lengthening the spindle of the driving-pinion E<1>, by mounting the fixed rack-wheel E upon a wooden block F, which rises through the bottom end of the cylinder. Instead of securing the record chart G to the drum by means of a clamp, the ends G<1>, G' of the chart are perforated, and one of the perforated ends is coated with adhesive material, so that it may be secured to the other overlapping end when the chart is placed round the drum. The chart is removed by tearing away the perforated strip formed by the overlapping ends G', G', as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190207334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road Vehicles
Inventor: ROWLANDS WILLIAM ELLISON
Filed: 1902-03-26
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 7334. Rowlands, W. E., and Hay, W. G. March 26. Flywheels.-A. flywheel E used in connection with a petrol motor on a motor cycle &c. is formed of plain or radially fluted or corrugated sheet metal plates attached to a collar on the crank- shaft F within the propelling-wheel G. Two heavy rings i are riveted to the plates at the circumference. A single central plate or two diverging sets of plates may be used.
Patent GB-190213782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Crossings.
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,782. Sykes, W. R., and Howard, J. June 17. Crossings.-To prevent derailment &c. at crossings in which the angle of divergence is small, the points c, c<1>, d, d' are made movable like switch tongues, so that they may be closed against the adjacent stock rails. The points are connected in pairs by rods e, e<1> secured to the ends of pivoted levers f, and they may be operated through a threearmed lever h and rods g. Or the points or tongues Means for locking the tongues may be may be operated automatically by the wheel flanges. Means for locking the tongues may be provided.
Patent GB-190215066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Transmitting Heat from one Fluid to another Fluid, such as Evaporators, Water Heaters, Condensers and the like.
Inventor: ANDREWS JAMES
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 15,066. Andrews, J. July 7. Feedwater, heating and purifying.-The tubes of surface apparatus for heating, evaporating, or condensing are arranged in one or more closed circuits, in which circulation of the heating or cooling fluid, or the fluid to be heated, cooled, or condensed, is maintained by means of an injector, means being provided for removing the water of condensation, or other excess of fluid admitted through the injector. Fig. 6 shows a sea-water evaporator for boiler-feed purposes, with a double steam-heating coil connected up to an injector 14 and to a tank 28 with a float valve, through which excess of water of condensation is withdrawn. In place of the tank 28, a hand-operated drain valve may be connected to the bottom of the coil or elsewhere. Several pairs of flat coils, each with a separate injector 14, may be arranged as shown in Fig. 7, their outer ends having a common connection to a chamber 32, whence an extra coil 17<a> leads excess of water of condensation to a drain valve 10. Similar sets of coils may be arranged in series, the excess of steam and the condensed water from the first being supplied to the injector of the second, and so on. Figs. 4, 5, 10, and 11 show suitable forms of injector. Fig. 12 shows a heater having four cells in two concentric series, for the return circulation, and a single central pipe 37 for the flow induced by a central injection nozzle 14 ; 10 is a drain cock, but any suitaole drain trap may be employed. In a modification of this arrangement, two of the coils serve for the flow of the heating medium and the other two for the return. Fig. 17 shows a heater with straight tubes, similarly arranged. Fig. 19 shows a screw gland arrangement for securing the tubes in the tube plates. Fig. 20 shows a heater with a single coil and straight return tube, and Fig. 22 a heater with concentric straight flow and return tubes.
Patent GB-190217750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Seamless Fashioned Stockings, with Tuck Stitches and with Plain Mesh Stitches, by Machinery.
Inventor: BARD JAMES FRAZIER
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 17,750. Bard, J. F. Aug. 12. Knitting stockings &c. The foot and ankle are made of ordinary plain knitting b, and the remainder of the stocking of openwork a. The openwork is produced by knitting first a plain course and then a course in which alternate needles are not allowed to cast off their loops, and then another plain course, and so on. The loose openwork fabric conforms to the shape of the calf and leg.
Patent GB-190226003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks which are Fitted with Curtains.
Inventor: BARKER FREDERIC
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 26,003. Barker, F. Nov. 26. Locks, key.-Relates to locks fitted with curtains. Figs. 1 and 2 show parts of a cabinet lock. The barrel c of the curtain is formed integral with the flange or disc a, or is fixed thereto preferably by means of nibs or tenons acting as rivets. The curtain is mounted on the drill pin b, and abuts against the back plate A and the cap C. The barrel is adapted to receive the pipe of the key, and is slotted for the passage of the key bitt. The curtain is provided with a notch for the engagement of a spring catch f &c., which serves to retain the curtain in position for receiving the key. The stump or ward, or stumps or wards, g may be fixed to the flange a instead of to the back plate A. Where a pin key is employed, the curtain is mounted on a stud fixed to the back plate, or a stud fixed to the curtain is mounted to turn in the back plate ; the barrel c is made of the same diameter as the key pin. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the curtain is adapted to operate the bolt B<1>. The curtain is arranged between the bolt face and the cap, and is mounted upon a pin b<1> passing through a slot in the bolt. A stud on the curtain flange a' engages a slot or recess k in the bolt. A ward or stump g<1> is arranged on the flange a<1>. Levers or tumblers are mounted in the casing, and are provided with nibs P to engage the bolt. The inner lever carries a stud r engaging a notch in the flange a' to retain the curtain in the required position for receiving the key.
Patent GB-190300639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Compressed Fruit Essences, Juices, or Flavours.
Inventor: EVENDEN THOMAS RICHARD
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 639. Evenden, T. R., and Daw, S. W. Jan. 10. Flavourings; preserving fruit.-Relates to compressed fruit essences, juices, or flavours, for use in making beverages and for other purposes. The expressed juice from lemons or other fruit, with or without citric, tartaric, or other suitable acid, is mixed with sugar or other suitable ingredient, and the mixture compressed in a mould, which may be of the same shape as the natural fruit. After removal from the mould, the article is dried, and coated with a mixture containing flavouring and other ingredients, to preserve the interior of the fruit from deterioration and the exterior from rancidness. The compressed mixture may be further protected by a wrapping of tinfoil or prepared paper, and then dipped into a solution of shellac, wax, &c. The coating-material is prepared by mixing arrowroot and gelatine with sugar and flavouring and colouring matters, with or without the addition of saccharin &c., and then making the mixture into the consistency of a thick paste by adding a mixture of arrowroot and gelatine, gum, glucose, or albumen, dissolved in boiling water.
Patent GB-190302963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telegraph and Telephone Cables and the like.
Inventor: MANSBRIDGE GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-02-07
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2963. Mansbridge, G. F. Feb. 7. Cables. - Consists in decreasing the induction effects in telegraph, telephone, and like cables, and in combined telegraph and telephone cables, containing one or more single-wire circuits, by enclosing the single conductors, or the different concentric layers of pairs of conductors, in a sheath of paper, thin fabric, parchment, or the like which is coated on one or both sides with powdered metal, such as tin paste, or other conducting-material. The conducting-coating is connected to earth, or to some suitable conductor at the end of the cable, and also at intermediate points, if desired.
Patent GB-190308189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MEYER PAUL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 8189. Meyer, P. W., and Kellermann, O. E. April 8. Tyres, pneumatic. -An inner cover placed between the outer cover and the air tube of a tyre for a cycle, motorvehicle or like wheel to protect the air tube against puncture or other damage, consists of a number of overlapping metal or other plates 1, Figs. 4 and 5, sewn or otherwise attached to an elastic band 2. An elastic band 3, attached at its edges to the band 2, prevents the plates from touching the cover. The plates may be attached to the band 2 by projections 6, Fig. 4, which are passed through the band 2 and are bent over behind it.
Patent GB-190316780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sluice Gates and Valves.
Inventor: BARR JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 16,780. Barr, J. July 31. Actuating valves and cocks; sliding valves; rotary or oscillating cylindrical and like valves.- Relates to sluice valves for dams, adapted to work under great pressure, and to steam cocks, and consists in giving the plug or door, which is formed slightly conical, a vertical movement before the rotary opening movement. Fig. 1 shows a view of the mechanism for operating the spindle c of the valve B shown in Fig. 3. The valve or door is of a segmental, conical shape and bears against the opening A, being counterbalanced against the water pressure during turning by the plate R. The spindle is raised by rotating the longitudinallyfixed nut D, and rotated by means of worm gearing J, G. In closing the valve, the spindle is first rotated until the valve B meets the projection L and is then lowered. Fig. 4 shows a blow-off cock in which the plug B is raised until the collar J meets the bottom of the nut G which is rotated by a key N. Further motion of the nut turns the plug B. In closing, the plug is rotated until the pin K meets the stop L, when lowering takes place.
Patent GB-190320358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Keys for the same.
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 20,358. Wormald Patent Locks Co., and Wormald, A. H. Sept. 22. Locking valves.-Relates to screw locks and keys for valves to prevent any unauthorized rotation of the plug a, Fig. 2. A screw plug b is arranged within the nipple c to engage the plug a. The nipple is preferably cast solid with the casing d. The head e of the plug b is triangular or of other shape, or is provided with slots &c., to engage a special key, shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The part g through which the key passes is formed with projections h acting as wards, the end k of the key is made to fit the wards and also to engage the head e, and a part l of the key is reduced in size to allow the key to rotate when the end has passed the wards. The head e and key k are shown in section in Fig. 4. The keyway may be provided with slots instead of projections, the key being modified accordingly. An additional slot or slots may be formed perpendicular to the longitudinal slots ; the key is then provided with projections t) slide down the longitudinal slots until it is in position to be turned with the projections in the slots at right-angles. The screw plug b, Fig. 2, forms the subject-matter of Specification No. 15,211, A.D. 1889.
Patent GB-190321020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Apparatus for, the Treatment of Products Containing Gums, and Resins for the Separation and Obtainment of the Gums and Resins therefrom.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 21,020. Johnson, J. Y., [Foelsing, A.]. Sept. 30. Resins and resinous compounds. - Gums and resins are extracted from mixtures containing them, such as pontianak, or gum geletong, which contain resins and rubber, by treatment with a solvent for the resin &c. but not for the gum. The apparatus employed is duplex, and is fed with the solvent, such as acetone, from a reservoir common to both parts and provided with a suitable inlet and outlet. Each part consists in an extractor A, a still D, and a condenser E, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and may be used alone if desired. The substance to be treated is divided or rolled into thin sheets or strips and, after drying, these are rolled up and placed endwise on the perforated or reticulated trays a, which are kept apart by the distance-pieces a<1>, a<2>. The extractor it closed tightly with a hinged cover and provided with a pressure gauge, a vacuum gauge, a thermometer, and a sight glass. The still D is similarly provided. The solvent is run in from the reservoir through the pipe b, and the extractor A is heated for an hour to about 56‹ C., preferably by passing steam through the double bottom. The saturated solvent is then run through the valves d<2> and pipe d' into the still D, a fresh supply of solvent being run into the extractor A. In the still D, the solvent is evaporated off, preferably by means of the steam jacket d<3>, the contents being stirred by the apparatus d<7>, d<10>, d<11> operated through gearing d<12>, d<13> as shown. The resin remaining is removed through the door d<6> ready for the next charge from the extractor A. The vaporized solvent passes through the valve d<5> and piped' to the coil e<1> in the condenser E, is condensed, and passes through the pipes f f<1>, the siphon E' (thecover G of which may be provided with, or arranged to act as, a relief valve), and the pipe g, to the reservoir B. The open upright pipe f<1> preserves equilibrium in the apparatus, and has a jacket F so as to act as a small condenser and prevent vapour from escaping. The extractor A is connected by the pipe f<3>, provided with a valve f<4>, with the pipe f<1>, as shown. The condensing- water passes into the jacket F by the pipe f and out through the pipe e<2> to the condenser E, finally passing away by the pipe e<3>. Vapour from the extractor A passes through the valve a<7> and pipe a<6> into the pipe d' and thence into the coil e'. When sufficient of the resin has been removed from the rubber, the latter is removed for a fresh charge. In the duplex arrangement, the two extractors may be connected with the two stills, and these with the two condensers, so that either of the stills, or condensers, can be used as necessary.