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Patent GB-190210120-A (GB)
Title: Cooper's Improved Equipment for Land and Sea Forces.
Inventor: COOPER EDWIN HERBERT
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 10,120. Cooper, E. H., and Perkins, A. B. May 2. Equipments and accoutrements.-In this equipment, there are no straps crossing each other on the chest and nothing that requires to be passed over the head in putting on. It consists of a waistbelt a, braces c', c<2> and two haversacks l<1>, l<2>. The haversacks are fastened together, and one strap k<1>, k<3> of each haversack is led along the braces and fastened at its further end to a strap k<4> of the other haversack. The ammunition is held in " falling pockets " n<1>. The bayonet frog consists of a closely-fitting jacket s provided with a strap t and buckle for fastening over the bottom of the bayonet ; it is suspended from the waistbelt. The equipment may be used by gamekeepers, postmen, and other persons carrying weights. The Provisional Specification states that the pockets n' may be used to carry other articles than cartridges.
Patent GB-190213325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brick-moulding Machines
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 13,325. Parker, T. June 12. Pug-mills; moulding bricks.-Clay is forced through the die of a pug-mill m on to a cutting- platform l, and is cut into clots or pieces sufficient to fill a set of moulds d mounted on a trolley h with flanged wheels i running on tracks k formed with curved ends to serve as stops. The clot of clay is forced into the moulds by a forked plunger a operated by a crank or eccentric and rod b, and the clay is cut off level with the top of the mould frame by a slide e, which is formed with apertures corresponding with the moulds, and is operated by a rocking lever and link f.
Patent GB-190213529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches and Cut-outs.
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 13,529. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Harthan, C. E.]. June 14. Cut-outs; switches.-Relates to a thermal switch for automatically opening, on a persistent overload, the circuits of electromotors and other electrodynamic apparatus, such as starting-rheostats, circuit-breakers, &c. Fig. 4 shows the application to the starting-rheostat of a shunt-wound motor, in which the field coil B is excited by a circuit 3 passing round an electromagnet d<3>, and the armature circuit 2 passes through a starting-rheostat D, the arm d of which is actuated by a spring d<4> and the electromagnet d<3>, and through a thermal switch. The latter comprises two cams E pressed apart and electrically connected by a spring E<3>, and each made of two dissimilar metal bars, so that, if an overload persists, they become heated and bend until insulated contacts F, connected by a shunt circuit 4 to the circuit 3, touch, and cut out the magnet d<3>, the spring d<4> then drawing back the arm d and breaking the circuit 2. A double-pole switch C is arranged in the main circuit 1. Fig. 5 shows the switch E arranged to cut out an electromagnet P operating a toggle M fitted with a spring N and carrying a bridge K adapted to connect contacts I in a circuit containing a generator and trolley.
Patent GB-190216996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Preparation of Ingredients for use in the Manufacture of Street Pavements and the like.
Inventor: WARREN FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 16,996. Lake, H. H., [Warren, F. J.]. July 31. Paving.-The mineral or stony ingredients, used in making bituminous macadam street pavements in which mineral ingredients of varying sizes and proportions are combined with each other and with bituminous composition, are first roughly selected as to size and quantity, heated, and dried. They are then screened and separated into a number of grades, divided by weight or measure into different quantities, and mixed together and with the bituminous compound in the required proportions. The mixture is laid in a heated condition, and compacted by heavy pressure, which may be produced by a steam roller.
Patent GB-190218066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Steaming Fabrics.
Inventor: SCHITTKE ROBERT
Filed: 1902-08-16
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 18,066. Schittke, R. Aug. 16. Steaming.-Fabrics, while being steamed, are fed in a continuous manner by apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1. Moving in a track a, curved as shown, are rollers b over which the fabric is folded. The fabric, which is fed into the appa- ratus from the side, passes over rollers in the direction of the arrows, and descends into the apparatus between feed-rollers c'. The lowest roller b at the right is now pushed to the left to engage with the fabric by means of a pusher c<2>, and thus the fabric is folded over the rollers in succession, a brake f preventing slipping. The fabric is finally led from the apparatus in the direction of the arrows by rollers, the speed of rotation of which is regulated by an arrangement which, through the movement of the fabric, shifts the driving-belt over cone pulleys.
Patent GB-190222463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying the Hair.
Inventor: HORNUNG JEAN
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 22,463. Hornung, J. Oct. 15. Hair and head, special drying- appliances for.- The casing a contains a fan c<1> on the spindle of which is an impactwheel d driven by a jet o. Cold air is drawn by the fan through the hair laid on the gauze plate k and over the heating-tube f supplied by a gas jet g. The warmed air is sent by the fan through the flexible tube n and the fixed tube m<1>. The latter may be closed by a valve at m<3>. Under the gauze k is a corrugated plate l, which may be heated by a bunsen burner i.
Patent GB-190226184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Agricultural Machines.
Inventor: PACKHAM FRANK RUSSELL
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 26,184. Packham, F. R. Nov. 27. Draught attachments; steering implements.-Consists in a steering truck or fore-carriage provided with a pole and hitch by which the machine is drawn and guided by the draught animals, or other drawing means, and provided also with means whereby the direction of travel of the implement may be temporarily varied without affecting the direction of travel of the drawing means. The truck comprises a frame a, cross-beam a<1>, brackets a<5> carrying in trunnions a' the axles a<3> of the wheels a<2>, and a king-bolt b on which are mounted the reaches b<1> of the implement and the hitch c<1> for the drawing means. The wheels a<2> are turned, for steering purposes, by a hand-lever b<4> mounted by a trunnion b<5> in a yoke b<3> fixed to the top of the king-bolt b and by an arm b<8> fixed to the bottom of the king- bolt and connected by rods a<6> with extensions a<7> on the trunnions a<4>. The lever b<4> is supported on either side of the truck by arms b<6>, to which it may be bolted. An extension b<9> of the yoke b<3> carries a roller which runs on a spring track b<11>, in the centre of which is a depression for normally locking the steering-gear in the central position.
Patent GB-190226829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Creels Employed in Machines for Spinning and Twisting Fibrous Materials.
Inventor: OPENSHAW WILLIAM ASHFORTH
Filed: 1902-12-05
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 26,829. Openshaw, W. A., and Openshaw, N. Dec. 5. Creel arrangements.-Relates to means for supporting and unwinding the small bobbins described in Specification No. 4405, A.D. 1902 The bobbins are placed in one or more rows upon rollers h, i driven by chain gearing from the roller d ; they are held in the desired position on the rollers by means of side guides j
Patent GB-190309181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Flushing Apparatus Principally for Sanitary Purposes.
Inventor: TWYFORD THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-23
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 9181. Twyford, T. W. April 23. Water-waste preventers, siphon -discharge. An automatic flushing-apparatus for urinals, waterclosets, drains, &c. consists of a bell a,supported on feet in the flush tank, and having an air vent c near the top. A stand-pipe g, the lower end of which passes into a closed box d, connected to the discharge pipe, is placed inside the bell a. The stand-pipe dips into a water-seal cup f, which is filled after each discharge by a siphon j from the catch-box e. As the flush tank and bell fill with water, the air escapes from the bell until the hole c is covered, when the trapped air, becoming compressed, will finally escape by a U-tube k, into which water can enter from the box f through a hole k<3>. The escape of the air starts the siphon, and water is drawn from the tank, np the bell, down the standpipe, into the box d, and thence into the discharge pipe, until the air-vent c is uncovered. Air then enters and breaks the siphon.
Patent GB-190311635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling apparatus Applicable for Hoists and the like.
Inventor: BOWIE DANIEL
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 11,635. Bowie, D. May 21. Signals, indicator or visible.-Indicator signalling- apparatus for hoists and the like is shown in Fig. 3. A pair of index pointers C, C' are fixed on two independent shafts D, D', which are provided with ratchet gearing G, G<1> for turning the shafts, on cords communicating with the top and bottom, respectively, of the hoist being pulled. The detents L. L', and the pawls H, H<1>, engaging the ratchet-wheels G, G<1>, are lifted temporarily out of engagement when the engine is started, on receipt of both signals, by means of the cam Q raising the push-plate R<1> and through the medium of the yoke 8, the rods and levers U, and the push fingers engaging the pawls H, H<1>. The counterweights F, F<1> return the pointers to zero.
Patent GB-190311736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats for Vehicles.
Inventor: HALE HENRY SAFFORD
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 11,736. Hale, H. S. May 22. Seats and seat backs, reversible. Brackets E slide on guides A' and carry arms E<1> fitting into the seat-back and having slots h, in which work pins H carried by arms D mounted on the shaft D<1>. These arms extend through openings E<2> in the brackets, and engage with projections F on plates G, fixed to the seat-back and having slots to accommodate the arms E<1>. When the back is pushed over, since the arc described by the pins H is of less radius than the guides A<1>, the seatback is raised from the brackets E and the seat cushions C' as it attains a vertical position, and is subsequently lowered ; also pins d, working in slots in frames C, move the cam surfaces C' upon the sockets B<1> and so tilt and shift the seat cushions. The back being provided, low down, with handles for reversing, the arms D may be made to rest so obliquely in their extreme positions as practically to lock the back. The space between the cushion and end frames is covered by hinged lids I, held normally horizontally by springs &c. and successively raised by the brackets E during the reversal of the back.
Patent GB-190316900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belts or Aprons and Means for Providing Sufficient Grip between the same and the Pulleys or Drums over which they pass.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1903-08-01
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,900. Mills, B. J. B., [Goud, Berlioz, & Co., L.]. Aug. 1. Conveyers.-Conveyer aprons are formed of a number of transverse helices a, of iron, copper, steel, &c. wire, screwed into one another. The ends of the aprons are secured together by the insertion of a separate helix a' which engages with the two end helices a<2>. The apron may be covered or impregnated with a plastic and elastic material, such as linoleum composition, or the pulleys or drums may be covered with linoleum. The linoleum is cemented on to the surface of the pulley or drum. The linoleum preferred has no internal colouring-matter nor external varnish and is not rolled as hard as that used for ordinary purposes.
Patent GB-190319790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ruler Cleaners.
Inventor: ATKINS ARTHUR CHARLES
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 19,790. Atkins, A. C. Sept. 14. Rulers, cleaning. Relates to apparatus for cleaning rulers, m o r e especially round rulers, by means of a pad of absorbent material, such as blotting paper, which is held on the ruler. Fig. 2 shows in section one form of apparatus, in which a casing A of springy material, such as metal or celluloid, extends nearly round the ruler, on which it is sprung, and encloses a pad of absorbent material, the edges of which are secured by spring clips C to the turnedup edges of the casing ; other means may be used for securing the lining B. The casing A may be made in parts connected by springs which force the cleaner against the ruler surface. The casing may also be made in two parts hinged together, springs being dispensed with. The cleaner may extend over a small part only of the circumference of the ruler, being held thereto by a spring or otherwise.
Patent GB-190323164-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Sprayer for use in Steam, Vapour and Gas Condensers, Cooling Towers and the like.
Inventor: SUTHERLAND JOHN WATERS
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 23,164. Sutherland, J. W. Oct. 26. Condensers; stuffing-boxes.-In rotary sprayers for use in steam, vapour, and gas condensers &c., the liquid is sprayed by means of rapidly-rotating discs, or coned or dished plates, such as shown in section in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 4 shows a vertical section' of a condenser of the kind used for steam engines &c., comprising a closed chamber provided with spraying-discs A, which are supplied with cooling-liquid through the pipes P. The stuffing-box D is surrounded by a chamber E containing liquid. The vapour to be condensed is supplied through the pipe M and spread by the baffles N. The liquid &c. is withdrawn through the pipe S by means of an air pump. Fig. 6 shows a sectional elevation, and Fig. 7 a partial plan of apparatus for cooling-liquids. The liquid is supplied through the pipes P to the rotary discs A and is thrown against the louvres L. Air is forced through the apparatus by the fan W. Either of the forms of apparatus described above may be adapted for condensing vapours or gases &c.
Patent GB-190407067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Rectifying Alternating Electric Currents
Inventor: WEINTRAUB EZECHIEL
Filed: 1904-03-23
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 7067. Weintraub, E. March 23, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vacuum tubes.-A mercury vapour apparatus for rectifying single or multiphase electric currents is fitted with two anodes 7, 8 of iron, artificial graphite, or other non-vaporizable material, and with a mercury cathode 10, to which one end 11 of the directcurrent work-circuit is connected. A small storage battery 14 or other direct - current source is connected between the lead 11 and an auxiliary mercury electrode 2, which is separated from the cathode 10 by a ridge 13 forming part of the glass &c. envelope 9. The return lead 4 of the work-circuit is connected to an intermediate point 3 in the transformer, compensator, or generator supplying the alternating current.
Patent GB-190409467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves or Cocks for Regulating the Mixture of Air and Combustible Material for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9467. Boult, A. J., [Ganz & Co. Eisengiesserei und Maschinenfabrik Act.-Ges.]. April 25. Gas and like engines.-A double cock is arranged to control both the air and the fuel supply passages, the air supply being throttled by turning the cock in one direction, and the fuel supply by turning it in the other direction. The air-supply passage 4, Fig. 1, and the fuel-supply passage 5 are controlled by a double cock 2, 3. Fig. 2 is a section of the cock in the air-supply passage, and Fig. 3 a section in the fuel-supply passage. The casing is so formed that, by turning the cock clockwise, the air supply is throttled while the fuel supply is unaffected, and, by turning the cock counterclockwise, the fuel supply is throttled but e air supply remains the same.
Patent GB-190416251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Jewel Cases, Dressing and other Bags or Boxes and the like.
Inventor: VICKERY JOHN COLLARD
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 16,251. Vickery, J. C., and Chard, G. H. July 22. Despatch - boxes. -It is arranged that upon a despatch-box a, Fig. 1, being lifted without the circuit having been previously broken by means of a switch d, an electric bell c is set ringing inside the box. The circuit is completed through the gravity contact-apparatus e. The battery b supplies the current.
Patent GB-190417242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Finishing Piece Goods.
Filed: 1904-08-06
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 17,242. Krais, P., and Bradford Dyers' Association. Aug. 6. Glossing and glazing.-To render the " Schreiner " finish permanent under the influence of a moist atmosphere, rain, or the tailor's iron, the fabric is treated with a five to ten per-cent. solution of nitrocellulose in amyl acetate. The solution is applied by spraying, rolling, or dipping, preferably twice, and the solvent is evaporated.
Patent GB-190418205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances (Flag-pins) used for Golf & other Games.
Inventor: SANDEMAN HARRY
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 18,205. Sandeman, H. Aug. 22. Drawings to Specification. Golf.-In order to maintain a flag staff for a golf hole &c. in a vertical position, and to prevent injury to the lining of the hole should cattle rub against the staff, the staff is provided with a spiral or other spring adapted to return it to an upright position when it has been deflected. When the staff is of metal, the spring is made integral with it, while wooden or like staff are made in two parts, and the ends of the spring are inserted in the ends of the parts and secured by rivets &c.
Patent GB-190418843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1904-08-31
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 1 8 , 8 4 3. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 31. Steam turbines.-Wheels 13 having a number of rows of buckets 17 are built up of sections 11 with interlocking cylindrical walls 12 held together by bolts 14. Mounted on the casing 1 between each two rows of buckets is a ring of nozzles 16, the effective area of each of which is greater than that of the preceding one ; a stage of expansion is thus performed between each two buckets. The wheel shown in Fig. 1 forms the low-pressure part of a turbine and opens into the condenser 3 ; it is separated from the high-pressure part by a diaphragm 10, and the two high-pressure wheels 7, 8 are similarly separated. The rows of buckets on these wheels are separated by a ring of guide-blades 21 which merely alter the direction of flow. The disadvantages of diaphragms and guide-blades may be further reduced by using a high-pressure wheel like the wheel 13, in which there are eight stages of expansion with only one diaphragm, or by substituting rings of nozzles for the guide-blades 21, when the same number of expansions may be obtained. This substitution allows a wide range of axial adjustment of the wheel. The pressures on different sides of the wheels may be balanced bv perforating them or by means of valved pipes 19. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of head 5 or diaphragm with a pipe 34 connecting the space beneath it to a chamber of lower pressure.
Patent GB-190418987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas and Vapour Electric Devices for Lighting, Rectifying Alternating Currents, and the like.
Inventor: THOMAS PERCY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 18,987. Thomas, P. H. Sept. 4, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vacuum tubes.-In systems of electric distribution in which alternating currents are rectified by gas or vapour devices, the circuits are arranged so as to prevent the starting-resistance of the rectifier from re-establishing itself when the potential falls below a certain value. An independent source of alternating current is connected to one or more supplemental positive electrodes of the rectifier and also to the negative electrode, an inductance device being included in one of the circuits. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the work-circuit 10 is arranged between one pole of a source of alternating current 1 and the mercury electrode 6 of a rectifier 5, the main positive electrode 4 of which is connected to the other pole of the alternator 1. The secondary coil 13 of a transformer, the primary coil 12 of which is in shunt with the alternator 1, is connected at its ends to supplemental positive electrodes 16, 17 in the rectifier 5. Its neutral point is connected through a choking-coil 18 to the cathode 6, so that a continuous flow of energy is maintained through the rectifier. In a modification, the alternator is replaced by a transformer, the coil 12 is dispensed with, and the coil 13 is arranged as a second secondary to the main transformer. In another modification, the primary coil 12 is fed from a separate source of alternating current and two main anodes 4 are provided, connected to the ends of the secondary coil of a transformer, the neutral point of which is connected through the work-circuit to the cathode 6. In a further modification, shown in Fig. 4, the transformer 12, 13 is dispensed with, a choking-coil 50 is arranged between the work-circuit 10 and the cathode 6, and a coil 35 wound on the core of the coil 50 is connected between a positive electrode 36 and the cathode 6. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, four main positive electrodes 31, 32, 33, 34 are connected to transformers 23, 24 connected at their middle points through the circuit 10 to the cathode 6. Three auxiliary positive electrodes 28, 29, 30 are connected to a three-phase generator 25, driven by a four-phase motor 27 and connected at its neutral point to the cathode 6.
Patent GB-190421958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vessels for Cooking, Carrying Food, and the like.
Inventor: CHALLIS CHARLES EBENEZER
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 21,958. Challis, C. E. Oct. 12. Bottoms; lids and covers; handles; hollow-ware, non-metallic.-A pudding-bowl or other vessel for cooking or for carrying food is made of earthenware, enamelware, or sheet metal, and is provided with projections on the bottom, as shown in Figs. 1 and 9, which allow of the circulation of water under the vessel during cooking operations. The bowl A may be provided with a rolled rim as in Fig. 1, or with a projecting rim below the edge as described with reference to a modification. An arrangement for lifting the lid B, Fig. 1, consists of two clips D which may be of wire or solid metal united to a handle. The modification shown in Fig. 7 is intended to facilitate the removal of the lifting arrangement from the lid of the vessel. When the piece E is moved over into the position indicated by the broken line, the clamp D recedes from the rim of the lid. Fig. 9 shows an arraugement adapted for use with lids of considerable depth. The clamps D encircle the vessel and serve to retain the lid in position.
Patent GB-190422425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Travellers for Ring Spinning and Twisting Frames.
Inventor: MELLETT LEMUEL
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 22,425. Mellett, L. Oct. 18. Spindle apparatus.-The traveller of ring frames is formed from a strip b, Fig. 1, which is bent down at the ends c, d to embrace the ring a. The outer end d and, in some cases, both ends are bent so that the rear side of the traveller is wider than the front side, the outer end thereby offering, during the motion of the traveller, a resistance to the atmosphere, which tends to retain the traveller at rightangles to the ring, and the inner end c clear of it. Ordinary travellers may be provided with a projection 15, Fig. 6, on their outer end to effect the same result.