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Patent GB-190224194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Gas from Bituminous Coals and the like.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 24,194. Crossley, W. J., and Rigby, T. Nov. 5. Gas-producers; grates; charging.-Bituminous coals, lignites. and the like, are charged into retorts a, and the volatile products of distillation are conducted along pipes e, f and a chamber m into a producer situated below the retorts. Any suitable gases, such as those containing carbon monoxide, may be passed into the producer with the products of distillation from the retorts. A centrifugal fan may be used for drawing the gases through the producer, and forcing the resultant permanent gases into the main. - The firegrate t of the producer is rotary, and is supported by an outer casing k, concentric with the chamber m ; a sand or water seal is formed between the top of the chamber m and the lower part of a cylindrical flange p on the lower side of the firegrate. Air and steam pass into the producer through the outer chamber surrounding the chamber m. Each retort is provided with a hollow casting b having an external helix d ; this casting has an enlarged part which closes the bottom of the retort. The casting b is loosely connected to a lifting-screw s and can be rotated in one direction or the other, by means of a capstan c', so as to charge the retort or break up the charge, or, after the casting has been lowered, to discharge the contents of the retort into the producer.
Patent GB-190300437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CHAPMAN HERBERT SYDNEY
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 437. Chapman, H. S., and Jarvis, A. D. Jan. 7. Pistons for internal - combustion engines. A hollow, elongated piston of three diameters is constructed as shown in Fig. 1. Both ends being open to the atmosphere permits the passage of a current of air for cooling purposes.
Patent GB-190302887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps
Inventor: SCHUETZE PAUL
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 2887. Sch³tze, P. Feb. 6. Steam traps.- The steam trap is provided with an upper and large float part a, which is loose on the float spindle f, and with a lower and smaller float part b, which is preferably loose on the spindle f and is surrounded by the cup k connected to the valve seat m. Stops z, x for the floats a, b are fixed on the valve spindle, and a seat i is provided for the upper float, while the lower float is held up by the water retained in the cup k.
Patent GB-190303511-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gauge for Indicating the Depth of Water in the Tender or Tank of a Locomotive Engine.
Inventor: COLE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-02-14
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 3511. Cole, T. Feb. 14. Water levels, indicating.-A gauge for indicating the level of water in the tank of a locomotive engine comprises a float connected to an indicating-pointer. The float C has guides 1, and slides in the vertical tube D ; or the float may be fitted with loops which work up and down vertical rods in the tank. The float C is hung by the cord A from the drum B, to the axle of which is fixed the pulley E, round which the cord 3 passes to the pulley H and thence to the indicating-pointer F near the scale I. The cord A is wound up, as the float ascends, by the spring 2 or by using a weight in place of the indicating - pointer F. The required reduction in the motion of the pointer is effected by the sizes of the drum B and pulley E, or, in another form, is effected by a chain of cog-wheels, in place of the pulley E, the wheels actuating a pointer moving over a dial.
Patent GB-190306684-A (GB)
Title: Clutch Mechanisms for Free-wheel Driving Mechanisms for Bicycles and like Vehicles.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6684. Justice, P. M., [Morrow, A. P.]. March 23. Glutches.-A free-wheel clutch for bicycles and like vehicles is provided with a nut which can be made to traverse the driven sleeve and force a wedge-shaped projection or projections on the nut into a slot or slots in an expansible ring, by means of which connection is made with the hub. The sleeve 9 is driven by a sprocket-wheel 8, and carries a nut 13 which is prevented fromrunning off the sleeve by a split ring thereon. This nut has projections 16 extending within slots in a ring 18, which is preferably in two parts. In forward-driving, the nut is moved towards the ring, and the projections expand the ring against the hub, or against a ring, preferably with flanges 19<a>, secured to the hub, so that a firm clutching action occurs between the hub and the sleeve. When the hub is required to run free, the sleeve 9 is held stationary, by stopping the pedals, while the hub continues to rotate, or the sleeve is rotated backwards, thus partially withdrawing the projections on the nut from the ring 18. The hub then rotates free from the ring except for the slight friction between the two, which is maintained by a spring in an internal groove in the ring and serves to secure the prompt action of the device when forward-driving is resumed. The hub has a ball bearing on the sleeve 9 and on a cone 5 screwed on the spindle. The cone may have an arm 6 rigidly-attached to it for connection to the frame of the bicycle, and a dust cap 7 may be provided. The sleeve 9 has a ball - bearing connection with a cone 12 on the spindle.
Patent GB-190306830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Aprons for Ladies Wear
Inventor: REISEPRT KARL AUGUST
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 6830. Reisert, K. A., [trading as Bower, J.]. March 24. Aprons.-A draw-string is arranged round the collar of an apron in such a manner that the apron can be adjusted for any wearer. A cord a is secured to the apron at a point c<1>, and passes round the collar through a hem b, and is tied to another cord a', which is secured at a point c<3>. Both cords may pass through hems in the collar, and pass out and be tied together at the back of the neck.
Patent GB-190308919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing or Rinsing Baskets for Table Utensils
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 8919. Haddan, H. J., [Steinmetz & Co.]. April 20. Cups, jugs, basins, coffee pots, and the like, cleaning.-Relates to the construction of a wirework rinsing basket for use in a washing-machina in which the articles are held in inclined positions to allow of a free inlet of the cleansing liquid, and also a free outlet for the purpose of draining, thereby rendering drying by a cloth unnecessary A basket for basins and the like is shown in elevation in Fig. 1 ; wooden or wood-covered pegs c are fixed to the bottom or sides to hold the articles in an inclined position, and wooden rings e may also be provided at the centre to prevent lateral displacement. A wire or other lid is screwed down on the central spindle t to press upon and maintain the articles in position. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, for coffee-pots, milk jugs, and the like, the supports consist of perforated tubes c which pass into the vessels, and conduct the liquid into them in the form of jets. Wooden rings h are provided to prevent injury to the vessels; wooden pegs g are also provided to receive the handles i which pass between the pegs. For fragile crockery, such as thin china cups, jugs, &c., the basket shown in Fig. 5 is used ; the articles are placed on inclined bars o arranged between vertical wooden rods m, n, the handles of the cups being placed between adjacent bars. Pegs s may be fixed to the vertical rods m to prevent the cups from falling off the bars.
Patent GB-190310802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Printing of Patterns upon Piece Goods, Paper and the like.
Filed: 1903-05-12
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 10,802. Schoening, E., and Schoening, Eisengiesserei, und Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Akt., Ges., C. May 12. Printing-surfaces; printing fabrics; printing in several colours.-A process for printing webs of paper or other fabric in a rotary machine, consists in taking part of the colour off from a smooth printing-roller, thereby producing a pattern in the ink on that roller, and also in printing with the aforesaid pattern roller on a second web of material. The printing-cylinder c, inked through rollers b, a, rolls in contact with the patterning-cylinder f, printing the fabric e, and thereby has some of the ink taken off, leaving the remaining ink in a pattern. The pattern cylinder, which may be an ordinary printing-cylinder of any type, or may be simply a wooden roller, the grain of which will take up varying quantities of ink, prints on another web h. Either the printing-surfaces or the impression surfaces should be slightly yielding or soft, otherwise irregular printing may result. The fabric may be printed several times, in several colours, if desired, in which case, the successive printing-surfaces and patterning-surfaces may bear against the same impression rollers, or further impression rollers or surfaces may be used, and also the patterning-surfaces should be made to take off as much as possible of the ink on the printing-rollers at those places where they print on parts of the fabric, which will receive impressions in other colours from other printing-rollers. The patterning-roller f may also receive a small amount of ink from a separate ink supply.
Patent GB-190311381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Increasing Speed in Boats and Ships or other suchlike Floating Craft.
Inventor: BLUNT ARTHUR HENRY PHILIP
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 11,381. Blunt, A. H. P. May 19. Drawings to Specification Propelling by air jets; driving-gear for paddlewheels.-In vessels of the type described in Specification No. 20,082, A.D. 1902, [Abridgnaent Class Ships &c., Div. I.], the compressed air, which is used as a cushion between the vessel and the water, is allowed to escape aft to propel the vessel. Vessels supported by chambers filled with hydrogen, so that the hulls merely skim along the surface of the water, are propelled by paddlewheels driven by belt gearing.
Patent GB-190311549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purification of Gases.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 11,549. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. May 20. Sulphurous acid.-Relates to the removal of arsenic, dust, &c. from gases, particularly gases used in the manufacture of sulphuric anhydride by the contact process. The gases are passed over or through certain granular materials, such as burnt or unburnt clay, kieselg³hr, pumicestone, coke, firebrick, slag, phosphates, sulphates, silicates, or such porous substances as can be obtained according to the Specification No. 6828, A.D. 1901. These materials should be heated to 200‹ C. or above. Certain metallic oxides, such as iron oxide, copper oxide, chromium oxide, or manganese oxide, may also be employed ; they should be heated to below redness. The process may be carried out in a tower filled with the purifying-material or a mixture of materials, the gases being first cooled to about 400‹ C. and passed through dust-collecting chambers.
Patent GB-190316876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Machinery for Drawing Rods, Tubes and the like.
Inventor: HEER OTTO
Filed: 1903-08-01
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 16,876. Heer, O. Aug. 1. Drawing.-Hydraulic frames for drawing rods, tubes, wire, and the like are actuated by several driving-cylinders, which may work simultaneously or separately, the fluid pressure always remaining constant. Each of the three cylinders a, b, c have independent controlling-valves t actuated by the levers shown, the rams being forced out by the hydraulic pressure and returned by the suspended weights r. The outer rams d, f have guided blocks, and, when the outer cylinders are in use separately, these blocks carry clamps to hold the end of the rod or tube which is to be drawn through the dies p, p<1>. When the cylinders a, c work together, the clamps are removed and they are secured by bolts m, n to the crosshead l, which has a seat for the end of the ram e when extra power is required. The ram e, which is preferably larger in diameter than the rams d, f, may also be used separately.
Patent GB-190327828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Displaying Advertisements on the Cases of Automatic Vending and similar Apparatus.
Inventor: PREIS ANCELU
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,828. Preis, A. Dec. 18. Sale apparatus; casings.-Interchangeable tablets bearing advertisements are inserted in the spaces of varying size formed by grooved ribs h, h', h<11> carried in dovetail recesses in the panelling a, which is mounted on pins b and supports the vending- device g which is hinged on its right side. When the panel a and vending-device are swung outwards, the ribs may be withdrawn. The vertical division strips i are adjustable between the ribs. In a modification, the panelling consists of a frame a, Fig. 4, pivoted at its centre b, and transverse frames h movable in vertical grooved stiles p. The middle portion of the panel which receives the vending-device may be fixed. The members h may have screw clamps mounted thereon, whereby they are held at any height on the stiles p, which are preferably graduated.
Patent GB-190400399-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chair for use in the Permanent Way of Railways
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 399. Bidder, F. W., and Railway and General Engineering Co. Jan. 7 Chairs for crossings are each formed of a steel or cast or wrought iron base b and jaws d, g. The base-plate is formed with a central recess to receive the lower portions d of the bent jaws, which are riveted to the base. The rails are secured by keys h, and they are bolted together with spacing- blocks k placed between.
Patent GB-190409784-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Means for the Prevention of Wheel Slipping on Rails in Damp or Greasy Weather.
Inventor: HUTTON JAMES
Filed: 1904-04-29
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 9784. Hutton, J. April 29. Locomotives.- Slipping of the driving - wheels on greasy rails is preveuted by directing a jet of steam or water from the boiler on to the rail and the approaching surface of the wheel tyre. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement of pipes a, b, cocks c, and nozzles d for delivering the jets. Fig. 2 shows the form of nozzle employed.
Patent GB-190414624-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wall-hook or Hold-fast for Pipes
Inventor: ALLES HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-06-29
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,624. Alles, H. June 29. Holdfasts.-A wall-hook or holdfast for pipes consists of the two half-rings a, e, hinged at m. Lugs d on the part a support the pivot of the e lever b. When the pipe is i position, the projection k is engaged by the claw g of the lever, and is drawn into the position shown by dotted lines, occupying a slot in the part a. The lever may be attached to the movable part e, and may engage a cut-away part on the fixed hatf a.
Patent GB-190415785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Holders for Scouring or Cleansing Cloths and the like.
Inventor: SIMONNOT JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-07-15
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,785. Simonnot, J. July 15. Scouring-cloths and the like are held by two wire frames attached to a handle. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the frame b, flexibly attached to the handle a by the device b<5>, is bent into loops at the corners and at b<2>. These serve for retaining against the frame b another frame c, which is U-shaped and hinged at c'. To separate the frames and insert or remove the cleaning-cloth, the arm c' is freed from the loops b<2>, b<4> and pulled outwards. A loop c<5> on the arm c<4> serves as a handle. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the frame f is held against the frame e by the springs g.
Patent GB-190416270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Breaking Up and Kneading of Peat.
Inventor: MACGREGOR JOHN
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-09-22
Abstract: 16,270. Macgregor, J., and Pearson, G. C. July 22. Edge-runners and pans.-A machine for breaking up peat and kneading it into a plastic mass consists of rollers working over a flat surface, and with a rotation quicker than that which would be due to the rolling. In the pan a run rollers c, carried by arms d. attached to the vertical shaftj. To the rollers c are attached bevel pinions e gearing with a bevel wheel f, which is prevented from revolving by pins g. The wheel f is attached to the boss h so as to rise and fall with it, and so keep in gear with the pinions e, or may be pressed against them by springs i. In a modification, the pinions e have extra long involute teeth engaging with a circular rack attached to the pan a. Weights q or springs press the rollers down, and a conical cap o protects the gearing. Spiral scrapers l carried by links m attached to the driving arms, work the material towards the edge of the pan, where it is delivered at the outlet p. The links m also carry flat scrapers to clean the rollers.
Patent GB-190421668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reciprocating Pumps, Blowers and Motors.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,668. Thompson, W. P., [Missionsdruckerei Gea.]. Oct. 8. Piston pumps.- To avoid a friction between the cylinder and piston, the latter works loosely in the former and is in the form of a bell B<1>, which works in an annular space situated between the walls A, A<1> of the cylinders and filled with mercury or other liquid. The pump may be double - acting as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190422345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Labelling Machines.
Inventor: CROWELL LUTHER FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 22,345. Crowell, L. F., and Crowell, E. D. Oct. 17. Feeding sheets.-Relates to machines for simultaneously placing separate labels on the body and neck of bottles. The body labels are carried with their unprinted sides upwards in a frame 62, Fig. 2, on a sliding table provided with a rack 20. These labels are fed upwards by a ratchetwheel 64 which is rotated by coming into contact with a fixed pawl 65 attached to the main frame. The neck labels 105, Fig. 11, are carried in a fixed framing. A pawl attached to the spring-controlled arm 157 actuated by the lever 101 rotates the ratchet 158 and feeds forward the labels.
Patent GB-190425507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: BLUNDELL THOMAS GEORGE
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 25,507. Blundell, T. G. Nov. 23. Refractory blocks. -A block forming a bridge or baffle in small metallurgical, enamelling, &c. furnaces is shown at c, Fig. 1 ; its lower face is ribbed and recessed as shown in Fig. 3, and passages c' are formed to enable the combustion products from the burner b to enter the arched upper part of the furnace.
Patent GB-190427266-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Preparing Food Products containing Iron.
Inventor: AUFSBERG CARL
Filed: 1904-12-14
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,266. Aufsberg, C. Dec. 14. Medicinal preparations.-Iron sucrate is mixed with the materials used in making bread, biscuits, cakes, confectionery, soup powders, children's food, &c. The sucrate is prepared by dissolving sugar in a dialysed solution of iron (iron oxychloride), soda solution being added and the mixture heated in a water bath until the precipitate formed is dissolved.
Patent GB-190427294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Vacuum Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1904-12-14
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 27,294. Cloud, J. W. Dec. 14. Brakes.-Relates to improvements on the valve mechanism described in Specification No. 14,318, A.D. 1904, for accelerating the operation of vacuum brakes for railway and like vehicles in ordinary and emergency applications. The Figure shows the application of the improvements to the arrangement in which the communication between the supplementary or "vestibule" reservoir at 4 and the train-pipe 2 is controlled by a slide valve 7 which follows the movements of a diaphragm 10. Normally, the diaphragm is subjected on the left to train pipe pressure and on the right to brakecylinder pressure, a pipe 21 from the brake cylinder being in communication with the operating-chamber 11 through a passage 23. Consequently, springs 12, 13 move the diaphragm to the left as described in the prior Specification. When the train-pipe pressure is increased slightly for an ordinary application of the brakes, the diaphragm is moved to the right and the slide valve opens the vestibule reservoir to the train-pipe through the port 6, the atmospheric port 19 being at the same time closed. Air from the atmosphere then leaks through the clearance passage 20 to the reservoir at 4 and also to the operating chamber 11 through a port 16 in the slide valve, port 7, and pipe 15. The communicating-pipe 21 between the brake cylinder and operating-chamber having been closed by the movement of the diaphragm, the pressure in the operating-chamber will therefore rise to that in the train-pipe, and the spring 12 will return the diaphragm and valve to their normal position. When, in an emergency, there is a sudden large increase of pressure in the train-pipe, the diaphragm moves so far to the right that the atmospheric port 19 is opened to the train-pipe through the port 6. At the same time, atmospheric air flows to the operating- chamber 11 through the clearance space 20, port 16, a restricted cavity 17 in the valve communicating with the port 16, and pipe 15. The small size of the cavity 17 causes this flow to take place slowly, so that the return of the diaphragm will be delayed long enough to ensure the required acceleration of the full application of the brakes. In some cases, a small passage may be made through the diaphragm to equalize slowly the pressures on the two sides of it after a full application. The apparatus may also be used without the vestibule reservoir.
Patent GB-190505971-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: VEITH FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 5971. Velth, F. March 21. Tyres, pneumatic.-Air tubes are constructed with a longitudinal fold a to prevent their being injured when the flanges of the outer cover are being placed in position. When the air tube is inflated, the fold bulges upwards and fills the space towards the rim. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act 1901, to Specification No. 11,593, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190510280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Apparatus specially applicable for Hairdressing Purposes.
Inventor: KLEIN CHARLES
Filed: 1905-05-16
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 10,280. Klein, C. May 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hair and head, special drying appliances for.-A small portable apparatus for supplying a current of heated air consists of an electric fan b in a casing a, the whole being carried by a handle f. The air enters at a central opening j and is driven out at an opening in the side. A small stove g<1>, electric radiator, or the heating - device described in Specification No. 20,225, A.D. 1890, is placed under the casing, the heated air passing by a tube along the side of the casing to the air outlet.