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Patent GB-190010830-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Supporting Shirt or the like Cuffs for the Purpose of Preventing them from becoming Unnecessarily Soiled and Worn.
Inventor: GOUGH CYRIL
Filed: 1900-06-14
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 10,830. Gough, C. June 14. Cuff suspenders.-Consists of a metal band A provided with a hook C under which the cuff is placed and held, and with prongs B or other means for attaching it to the lining of the coat sleeve.
Patent GB-190011504-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Fitting Submarine Cables for Quick Signalling
Inventor: KETTLER HERMANN EBERHARD
Filed: 1900-06-25
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 11,504. Kettler, H. E. June 25. Cables.-Submarine cables for quick signalling have the armouring and sheathing wires interconnected at the joints and completely insulated from the main conductor and lead sheathing. The armouring-wires and lead sheathing are earthed at each end.
Patent GB-190011643-A (GB)
Title: Improved Switch for Lamp Holders.
Inventor: RAWLINGS FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-06-27
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 11,643. Rawlings, F. June 27. Switches for lamp-holders. The insulating-base A is fitted with the usual plungers, and the circuit is completed between the contacts C and F, Fig. 3, by contacts K fitted on an insulating-piece M carried by an oscillating forked bar E. The bar is operated by the cam or inclined plane I, turned by the handle D. A roller L is fitted on the bar to reduce friction, and a spring J gives a quick break. The bar E and handle D are supported in a bridge-piece H secured to the base A.
Patent GB-190014905-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Abacus for Use in Teaching Arithmetic.
Inventor: HODGSON WILLIAM ALFRED
Filed: 1900-08-21
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 14,905. Hodgson, W. A. Aug. 21. Arithmetic, teaching; blackboards.- The apparatus comprises three compartments a, b, c, provided with blinds d, e, f, and carrying either panels painted with spots, or, preferably, wires carrying sliding balls. Trays of a hundred balls each are placed in the compartment a, rows of ten each in the compartment b, and units in the compartment c. Balls may be slipped along the wires through the openings in the partition between the compartments b, c. The lowest wire g is extended through an opening in the side of the case. A blackboard k may form part of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190022739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valve and Inflator Connections for Pneumatic Tyres and the like.
Inventor: RUPP PHILIPP
Filed: 1900-12-13
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 22,739. Rupp, P. Dec. 13. Couplings, disconnectible.-Relatea to means for connecting the inflator A to the inflating-valve g of a pneumatic tyre or the like. The end of the inflator is secured to a tube a, of which the outer extremity b is internally screw-threaded and slit. To connect the inflator to the inflatable vessel, the slit part c is pushed over the screwed end of the valve g, and a sleeve e is then pushed over the slit part to compress it. The slit part may have flat surfaces.
Patent GB-190023103-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Signalling between the Drivers on Electrically Propelled Vehicles or Trains.
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 23,103. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Potter, W. B.]. Dec. 18. Electric railways and tramways, signalling on; signals on engines &c.- Electric railway and tramway vehicles are arranged so that the drivers or motormen may know the position to which the controller has been placed by the driver in the front vehicle. A switch arm H, operated from the leading controller D, works over the contacts N so as to connect one or more of the batteries 0 to the leads 1, 2, which run through the train. Indicating- devices, such as volt-meters F, bridging these leads 1, 2, are placed near each of the controllers, and they show the position of the leading controller. The arm H, which is connected to one wire 1, is provided with two contacts connected by a resistance, so that the circuit, is not broken at intermediate positions. One terminal of the battery is connected to the wire 2, and the contacts N are connected with the several cells in order. An adjusting-rheostat M and flexible couplings 3 for the leads 1, 2 are provided.
Patent GB-190103827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Expanded Metal.
Inventor: TURNBULL GEORGE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-02-22
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 3827. Turnbull, G. A. July 23, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c, Act, A.D. 1883]. Shearing; bending.-A machine for converting sheet metal into expanded metalwork, such as lathing and the like, has a pair of slitting-rolls B, B', a pair of forming-rolls C, C', and a series of pairs of expanding rolls D ... D<6>, all the rolls being driven at the same speed from a shaft H by gearing h. One or both of the slitting-rolls are built up of circular notched blades, the action of the rolls being to form offset or staggered slits x, Fig. 13. The forming-rolls have suitable coacting dies and punches to bend down the edges of the slits, leaving the intermediate webs flat, as shown at x<1>, Fig. 13, and in section in Fig. 9. The punches may be all on one roll, to bend the edges in one direction, or some may be on each roll, to invert at suitable intervals the V-formation produced. The expanding-rolls have a ring of guidepins d formed on each of the upper rolls, and also offset or staggered rings of expanding bevelled pins d<1> ... d<8>. The pins d on the roll D enter the centre row of apertures x<2>, and expand them to the desired width, opening the apertures of the adjacent rows sufficiently for the pins d<1>, d<3> to engage therein and expand the metal outwards from the centre by the bevel shape of the pins. This allows the pins d<2>, d<4> to engage the next rows, and so on for the remainder of the rolls. The guide-pins may be arranged at one end of the rolls, and offset in one direction only, to expand the metal from. one side. The pins may be screwed into sockets in the rolls, similar coacting sockets being provided in the lower rolls. When the rolls C, C' form V's on opposite sides of the sheet or inverted V's, the pins are secured on the upper and lower expanding rolls alternately, to correspond to the V-formation. A toothed stripper G is provided adjacent to the slitting-rolls.
Patent GB-190104819-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Connecting the Trolley with the Trolley-wire in Electrically Driven Vehicles
Inventor: WEINTZ HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-07
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 4819. Weintz, H. J. March 7. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors.-Two strips d, connected by a bridge-piece/, are pivoted on the trolley head, and are pulled into an upright position by the trolley rope j, to facilitate placing the trolley wheel under the wire.
Patent GB-190105680-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Indicating the Water Level in Boilers.
Inventor: CALVI GIUSEPPE
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 5680. Calvi, G. March 18. Water-level indicators and alarms. -Relates to electrical means for indicating the waterlevel in boilers. The gauge glass 16 is supported from a metallic tube 1, which is in communication, through the tubes 2, 3, with the steam and water spaces respectively of the boiler. A float 4 slides in the tube along a guide 5, which supports one band 6 extending the whole length of the tube and a series of shorter bands 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Each band is of gilded copper or like inoxidizable good conductor of electricity, and is insulated from the guide 5 and from all the other bands, but is connected to a corresponding external terminal. At each position of the float, the contact-maker 33, carried by the float, gives a connection between the band 6 and one of the bands 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The short bands are connected through corresponding terminals with corresponding electromagnets 17 of the indicator shown in section in Fig. 4. The return wire from all the electromagnets is connected to the band 6, so that, as the position of the float 4 varies, the circuit of the corresponding electromagnet is closed, and the corresponding spring-controlled part 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 of the indicator is brought into view. The current is supplied from any convenient source, and an indicator for each of a series of boilers may be placed in any desired position. The two electromagnets which correspond to the dangerous levels of the water are provided with alarm bells.
Patent GB-190108375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers and Tills.
Inventor: HIBBERD CHARLES
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1902-04-23
Abstract: 8375. Hibberd, C. April 23. Receipts, checking and recording.-Key levers g for different values, with pawls h, drive, tooth by tooth, ratchet-wheels i combined with drums a which draw arithmetical tapes l from larger drums d, and the total taken from the zero condition of the winding is obtained by adding the readings of the tapes. The zero condition is then restored by turning the shaft of the large drums by a crank handle, in which action the drums turn with internal friction clutches. The driving-pawls are previously disengaged, because they are linked to a hinged flap n which is rocked by a special key. The key levers also raise tablet rods r, and cams t on them operate a hinged shelf v, which strikes the previously raised rods off a fixed shelf y, but catches those just lifted and leaves them up.
Patent GB-190113579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Igniting Devices for Automatic Gas Lighting
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-07-03
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 13,579. Thompson, W. P., [Simonini, A.]. July 3. Lighting gas.-Quick-acting and reliable catalytic igniters are prepared by combining a pellet C consisting essentially of platinum black with a hood A of fabric which has been impregnated with a solution containing 99 per cent. of thorium nitrate, <98>/100ths of 1 per cent. of cerium nitrate, and <2>/100ths of 1 per cent. of rhodium chloride. When dried, lines B, Fig. 2, on spots B<1>, Fig. 3, are painted thereon, preferably so as to overlap, with a solution containing 99 per cent. of thorium nitrate, <8>/10ths of 1 per cent. of cerium nitrate, and <2>/10ths of 1 per cent. of rhodium chloride. The percentage of rhodium in the impregnated fabric is not only increased where the lines or spots are painted, but is steadily varied, as the lines or spots are painted gradually lighter from the upper to the lower end of the fabric, care being taken not to paint along the lower edge.
Patent GB-190116840-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement for Shifting the Points of Tramway Lines.
Inventor: ROSS GEORGE DOW
Filed: 1901-08-22
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 16,840. Ross, G. D. Aug. 22. Points and switches, tramway, operated from the vehicle. A pointed shoe or roller z, normally held up by the spring in the casing y' under the vehicle, is depressed by a treadle y' to engage with one or other of the crossed grooves in a plate g or in a roller g<3> connected to the point tongue. The .plate g may be mounted on a rocking arm l, or may run on rollers, or may slide on fixed rods, and either the arm or the plate itself is connected to the point rod. The roller is mounted on trunnions, and has wipers v', v<3> attiched to actuate the point rod v. The plate or roller is mounted under the slotted cover of a box o, which is provided with a drainage hole p. Grooved rails w, x are placed on either side of the box to guide the shoe or roller z.
Patent GB-190200411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Snap-hooks.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1902-01-07
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 411. Willis, P. R. J., [Ferguson, J. F.]. Jan. 7. Hooks.-The hook, for use at pit heads for raising and hauling and for other purposes, consists, in one form, of a hooked body 1 provided with a swivelling or hinged eye 2, a latch 9, and a sliding locking-piece 13 notched at 16 for a pin 14 and provided with a projection 18 for engaging with a notch 19 in the latch. When the strain comes on the hook through the link 31, the piece 13 is drawn forwards so as to raise the latch and bring the parts 18 into engagement, thus preventing the piece from being forced back accidentally. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the latch is dispensed with, and the parts 1, 13 have openings 21, 20 which coincide only when the piece 13 is pressed back against the spring 23. The piece 13 may have a projection 26 sliding in a slot 27 so that it may be pressed back by hand. The side flanges 28 may extend beyond the point 25, to prevent the piece 13 from being forced back accidentally.
Patent GB-190204783-A (GB)
Title: Improved Switch for Operating Electric Currents.
Inventor: RAWLINGS FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 4783. Rawlings, F. Feb. 25. Switches.-The tumbler lever G is pivoted at K to a triangular or similar shaped piece or frame J<3> carrying the contacts J<1>. On moving the handle, Fig. 9, the piece J<3> is moved forwards and tilted to make contact, the roller N rolling on the inclined face of the bridge-piece formed in the base. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the piece J<3> is provided with pins working in guide-slots in the supports I.
Patent GB-190206727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Iron or Steel.
Inventor: JOUKOFFSKY WLADISLAV
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 6727. Joukoffsky, W., and StrouvÚ, P. de. March 19. Refractory substances.-The elimination of sulphur from iron or steel during the Thomas, Martin, or other process, is effected by means of salt which is mixed with the materials used for making the basic linings of the converters or other furnaces. When treating highly-sulphurous pig iron, salt is added to the metal, as well as mixed with the basic lining-material of the furnace. In the Bessemer or acid process, and in the puddling-process, the salt may be introduced into the molten metal by means of a rod carrying a sieve or box containing the salt, or by means of an iron tube packed at one end with the salt to be added.
Patent GB-190219002-A (GB)
Title: Methods of and Means for Heating, Drying and Sub-dividing Materials.
Inventor: WELCH ABRAHAM THOMAS
Filed: 1902-08-29
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 19,002. Welch, A. T., and Poole, G. Aug. 29. Weighing- apparatus combined with apparatus for drying granular materials.-Relates to apparatus for heating, drying, and subdividing granular &c. materials by means of a horizontany-projected flame through which the material falls. The material is weighed before entering the feed-shoot 13 by means of two pivoted boxes 19, which have balance weights 21, and are alternately filled and discharged.
Patent GB-190221129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Balls.
Inventor: MATTHEW PATRICK MILLAR
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 21,129. Matthew, P. M., and Crombie, C. R. Sept. 29. Drawings to Specification. Balls for golf have the interior portions made by winding rubber thread or tape under tension, either by itself or upon a core. Previous to the winding, the thread or tape is immersed in melted gutta-percha, balata, or gatta-compound ; or it may be wound in contact with repeated layers of plastic gutta-percha &c., in which it becomes embedded. An external coating of gutta - percha may be applied, and the ball finished in a mould in the usual way.
Patent GB-190300019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bronzing and Dusting Machines
Inventor: SMITH MARK
Filed: 1903-01-01
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 19. Smith, M. Jan. 1. Bronzing and the like. -Relates to bronzing and dusting machines, and consists of means for preventing loss and diffusion into the air of the bronze powder or dust. Dusting- rollers g, Fig. 1, and a part or the whole of a gripper or like cylinder d, are contained in a closed chamber, which may consist of the end walls of the machine, side walls e, a trough-like bottom e<1>, and radial or other plates f. A bronze &c. receptacle o communicates through a valve o<1> with a pipe j, which communicates with a rotary fan k and an outlet i below the bottom e'. The fan k communicates through a pipe j<1> with a settling or exhaust chamber l, whicL is provided at the top with a fabric diaphragm m and a valve n, and at the bottom with a flattened distributing-nozzle q controlled by a valve q<1>. A receptacle o' is connected by a pipe p and valve p<1> to the chamber l, and is provided with a valve-controlled outlet o<3>, and, when the work is finished, the valves o<1>, q<1> are closed and the valve p<1> is opened, so that the air current passes in part through the diaphragm m and in part through the receptacle o<2>. The dusting-rollers g and the packing-rollers g<1> may be mounted eccentrically in discs g<2> with screw-andslot adjustments. The receptacles o, o<2> and the settling-chamber l may be replaced by the device shown in Fig. 5. A settling-chamber C is separated from air outlets D by cloth &c. diaphragms B, and is provided with a fan inlet N, and a distributing- nozzle O controlled by a slide J reciprocated from the gripper cylinder and having perforations for register with perforations in the bottom of the chamber. The chamber is charged or discharged by means of a drawer or tray F inserted through an aperture closed by a slide G, which serves as a scraper for charging. The nozzle O may serve instead of the upper plate f, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190301331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lock-nuts.
Inventor: RAFFERTY PETER JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1331. Rafferty, P. J. Jan. 19. Locking nuts. - The nut D is locked by a spring piece E, the end of which acts as a pawl and engages with one or more grooves C in the bolt B formed with a pointed end. The piece E is fixed to the nut by one or more screws F, H, or by a pin &c. It may be held out of engagement with the grooves by a peg inserted in the hole L.
Patent GB-190302669-A (GB)
Title: A Heat-retaining Lining for Garments
Inventor: LEDRUE CHARLES CLEMENT
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 2669. Ledrue, C. C. Feb. 5, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Linings.-A heat-retaining lining for garments consists of one or more sheets of piper placed between two layers of fabric, the whole being sewn and quilted together. The lining may be made up of several pieces of fabric and paper arranged alternately.
Patent GB-190308789-A (GB)
Title: Means for Utilizing Waste Heat from Reheating Furnaces, known as "Glowry Holes", used in Glass Works, and Means for further Effecting Economy in the use of such Furnaces and for Reducing the Quantity of Smoke Escaping therefrom.
Inventor: RIDSDALE GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1903-04-18
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 8789. Ridsdale, G. R. April 18. Glass furnaces.- Relates to the utilization of waste heat from a reheating furnaceknown as a glowry hole-used in glass works for the purpose of heating annealing-lears. In addition, for consuming smoke in the lears, air is supplied thereto after having been heated on its passage through ducts in the setting. Fig. 2 shows in plan, along the line y-y of Fig. 3, a larger glowry hole A serving two lears B, and a smaller glowry hole C opening to its adjacent lear. A third and similarlyplaced hole is employed, but is not shown. The connecting-flues c, d are suitably constructed in the roof of the structure. A single lear, or two lears only may utilize waste heat. The air for mixture with the combustible gases passes into the lower ducts k in the setting and travels round the glowry holes in a circuitous manner, until it escapes from the outlet duct p in the connecting- flue c.
Patent GB-190317574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Fastening Adjusting and Locking Window Sashes.
Inventor: WEDLER AUGUST HEINRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1903-08-13
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 17,574. Wedler, A. H. W. Aug. 13. Window holders.-A sliding bolt B, controlled by a spring E, is mounted in a barrel A secured to the top bar of the lower sash. The head of the bolt is made of hardened steel. Owing to the shape and material of the head, it is impossible to open the window by sawing the head. A campiece C is pivoted in a slot in the stem of the bolt, and works against the barrel. The bolt is withdrawn by turning the cam. An indent in the cam engages the barrel to retain the bolt in the retracted position. A screw bolt F, engaging a tubular projection on the barrel A, is employed to lock the bolt B. The bolt F is turned by means of a key K, and a cap H is provided to cover the head of the bolt when the key is not in use. An arm M, provided with a series of holes M', is pivoted to a pin P mounted in a bracket L secured to the upper sash. The pin P is bored to receive the bolt B when the sashes are in the closed position. When the window is open, the bolt is brought into engagement with one of the holes M<2> to secure the sashes. The arm M is retained in a vertical position by means of a lip M<1>, which takes against the attachment plate for the bracket L, and by the engagement of a spring N. When the arm is turned down, the lip M' acts as a striking-plate, so that the sashes can be locked automatically when the window is closed. The arm M and pin P can be dispensed with, and the bolt B arranged to engage a hole in a bracket on the lower sash, the bracket being provided with a striking-plate. The locking - device F may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190323072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seat-wheeling Machines for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: DILLEY ISAAC
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 23,072. Dilley, I., and Dilley, W. Oct. 24, Lubricating.-In a seat-wheeling machine for ornamenting or finishing boots and shoes, the seatwheel c is mounted on a sleeve m provided with race-ways d, e for the ball bearings j. A recess is preferably formed between the race-ways, and filled with felt &c. n, which is saturated with lubricant for oiling the bearings.
Patent GB-190323267-A (GB)
Title: A Relief Valve for use in connection with Air Compressors, Hydraulic Pumps and the like
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 23,267. Harrison, W., and Scott & Son, G. Oct. 27. Pump relief devices.-A relief valve for a continuously-driven hydraulic pump or air-compressor is arranged to be opened wide when the desired pressure has been reached in the receiver or the like. The relief valve l, which is preferably a partly-balanced double-beat valve, is connected to a lever h, which is acted upon by weights k and a piston g subjected to the receiver pressure. When this pressure reaches the required limit, the piston g lifts the lever h and opens the valve l. A weighted bell-crank lever n is connected at p to the lever h, and its long arm stands vertically while the valve l is closed. As the valve l is opened, the lever n is moved from the vertical and becomes operative to lift the lever h and open the valve l more widely. On the pressure falling, the parts return to their original position. A non- return valve f is placed between the valve l and the receiver connection d.