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Patent GB-190016073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Ships.
Inventor: STANLEY CHARLES
Filed: 1900-09-10
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 16,073. Stanley, C. Sept. 10. AÙrial machines with aÙrostats.-The aÙrostat has a cylindrical body A with conical ends B ; it is preferably made of aluminium, and is braced at intervals by frames C. It is divided by longitudinal partitions D, D' into three compartments, the top one forming the gas space, the middle one a space into which the gas may be allowed to expand through valves 5, and the bottom one the car. Propulsion is effected by independent propellers G, driven by shafts F<1>, lifting by screws P, and steering by rudders R and aeroplanes S. A propeller H serves to move the machine when it alights in water, and parachutes 0 stowed in tubes O<1> are projected and expand during descent.
Patent GB-190018077-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Automatic Guard to Prevent Accidents in the Process of Bottling Liquids under Pressure
Inventor: DAY LEWIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1901-11-11
Abstract: 18,077. Day, L. W. Oct. 11. Bottling. - Relates to turn-over machines for bottling liquids under pressure, and consists of a guard made in two parts, one part being fixed to the rotary bottle - holder, while the other is pivoted and is opened and closed automatically. The guard may be made of sheet metal, woven wire, &c. The fixed part A, B of the guard may be secured by rivets &c. at the back A, while its front edge is preferably lapped round a rod D, adjustably secured by set-screws E, or by pins N, &c. to the holder. One or more separate pieces may be attached to the rod D, and secured by rivets to the guard A, B. The movable part C' of the guard is pivoted at F, and is normally held open by the spring H attached to the arm 0, the projection G<1> lying in the recess M cut in the edge of the fixed disc K. When the bottle-holder is rotated, the projection G<1> is actuated by the disc K, and the guard is held closed, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, until the projection again reaches the notch M.
Patent GB-190020511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Plate Holders.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1900-11-14
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 20,511. Justice, P. M., [Gaffney, A.]. Nov. 14. Dark slides.-Relates to single or double dark slides with spring bars for holding plates of different sizes in a central position. These bars D, D' are pulled towards the centre of the slide by spiral springs d clamped to the frame at the centre d<0>. The face of one of the bars D<1> is stepped to fit different standard sizes of plates. The springs are placed in recesses in the side bars a<10>, a<11> of the frame. The bars may be fixed at certain points by sliding catches a<3>.
Patent GB-190109475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Riveters or Punches
Inventor: CASKEY SAMUEL SHEARER
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 9475. Caskey, S. S. May 7. Punching; riveting.-A fluidpressure tool for punching and riveting has a cylinder 9 to which is attached a framing 43 with a cylinder 50, in which is a spring-returned plunger 54 carrying the tool 55. A spherical piston 29 in the cylinder 9 is packed to slide over a fixed hollow rod 35, communicating, in the position shown, between the interior of the piston 29 and the upper side of the plunger 54 through a passage 44. The piston has a hollow tail rod 24, packed to slide in an extension on the cylinder 9, and grooved at 34 to work fluid-tight over the rod 35 as the piston moves forward. Ports 5, 12 at opposite ends of the cylinder communicate with a divided tube 7, on which is a valve sleeve 18, having a passage 16 connecting opposite ends of the cylinder as shown, and an exhaust passage 22 which can be turned to communicate with the passage 12 and allow exhaust to take place from that end of the cylinder. The piston is filled with a suitable fluid and pressure admitted by the passage 1, which is constantly open. The valve sleeve is turned to allow the right end of the cylinder to exhaust, the piston then moving over the rod 35 and causing the whole of the piston pressure to be transmitted through this rod to operate the tool. On turning the valve sleeve back to the position shown, the exhaust is shut off, communication is made between opposite ends of the cylinder and the piston is returned owing to its differential area.
Patent GB-190118926-A (GB)
Title: Improved Metal Boxes and Trunks
Inventor: JONES BENJAMIN HIGHFIELD
Filed: 1901-09-23
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 18,926. Jones, B. H. Sept. 23. Trunks.-Mouldings are produced on metal trunks without soldering and without indentations on the inside of the receptacles. The sheet from which the receptacle is formed is moulded at the end, as shown at A, and is then bent as shown at B C, D, E, F, G, or H, the ledge shown at D, E, F, and G being used to strengthen the receptacle. The trough shown at H is used for airtight receptacles. Wood or other suitable material may be inserted in the moulding for strengthening purposes, as shown at CA. The moulding may be of other shape, such as rectangular.
Patent GB-190120970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Half-Gladstone and like Travelling Bags.
Inventor: PESCOTT GEORGE
Filed: 1901-10-19
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 20,970. Pescott, G. Oct. 19. Bags.-The frame of a half Gladstone or like bag is made in the form of a complete rectangle a, b, c, d, with an internal flange e, while the lid g may be hinged or secured to the lower edge of the frame, but is preferably detached from it as shown. The lid also has a rectangular frame, and, when applied to the bag, the lower edge thereof is placed behind a pair of claws or projections f on the bag frame, the upper edge being secured by a lock and bolts in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190122629-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Titanium Lactate.
Inventor: DREHER CARL
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 22,629. Dreher, C. Nov. 9. Lactates of titanium, suitable for dyeing purposes and especially for dyeing leather, are prepared by acting upon freshly-prepared titanic oxide or acid with lactic acid and with alkaline or alkaline-earth lactates. To prepare the salt without using an excess of lactic acid, the titanium oxide may be dissolved in strong acids, such as hydrochloric, sulphuric, and oxalic acids, the salt formed being afterwards decomposed by an alkaline or alkalineearth lactate, the base of which forms an insoluble or in some cases a soluble chloride, sulphate or oxalate. The acid titanium lactates obtained may be neutralized by alkalies or alkaline earths, or their carbonates. Reference is made to Specifications No. 5712, A.D. 1896, and No. 9556, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Bleaching &c.].
Patent GB-190209135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Electric Meters.
Filed: 1902-04-19
Granted: 1903-04-18
Abstract: 9135. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Holden, F. April 19. Electricity, supplying, in general; coin action. -In a prepayment electric meter, which may be of the type described in Specification No. 8832, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring &c.], a measuring-out disc a, fixed to a spindle b carrying a pointer g<2> which indicates the amount of unused electricity paid for, carries a pinion d. This pinion gears with two wheels f, g, mounted loosely on the spindle b and operated by the registering-train h and a spring feed-pawl k carried by an arm l pivoted at m and operated by a coin in the rotatory weighted receiver o. Backward motion of the receiver is prevented by a pawl s engaging a ratchetwheel s, and the coin is discharged when it reaches a fixed opening. A cam t on the receiver engages a recess u in a pivoted switch-actuating plate v carried by the same axis as the spring-withdrawn switch arm w and adapted to engage a pin y<2> on a lever y weighted so as normally to occupy the position shown. A lever x of the form shown keeps the lever y in the position shown relative to the switch w as long as the nose x<2> rests on the periphery of the disc a. In this position of the lever y, the pin y<2> is free to engage a spring catch y<3> but is released when the nose x<2> falls into the recess a<1>. The wheel f may be actuated by an electromagnetically-operated feed-pawl, the electromagnet being arranged in a shunt circuit controlled by the registering-train.
Patent GB-190214554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: JARVIS HAROLD
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 14,554. Jarvis, H. July 2, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Typewriters.-Relates to governors for preventing shock to the paper carriage when skipping a number of spaces in writing tabular matter. When a tabulating-key E is pushed inwards, the corresponding bell-crank lever e<1> is actuated so as to interpose a stop in the path of the carriage, such stop forming no part of the invention. The lever e<1> actuates a universal frame F, Figs. 3 and 4, so as to pull down the rod f<2> and depress the lever H<1>. A pin h lifts the lever H, which in turn lifts the bar g<1> of a frame g pivoted at g<2>. The frame g supports a long bearing i for a shaft I, which carries at its forward end a pinion j. The frame g being raised, the pinion j and shoe o serve to lift the carriage-feed rack c<3> clear of the pinion c of the escapement mechanism. The carriage, being thus s freed, is advanced by its driving-spring towards the projected stop. Too rapid movement is, however, prevented by the engagement of a pinion m at the rear end of the shaft I with a pinion k<1> on the governor shaft k, the movement of the carriage being thus transmitted to the governor arms n, which open out and come into frictional contact with the flared walls of the cavity n'.
Patent GB-190218158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Raw-liquid-fuel Measurers for Explosion Engines, and in Explosion Chambers for this class of Engine.
Inventor: RONAN ANSON GROVES
Filed: 1902-08-18
Granted: 1903-09-18
Abstract: 18,158. Ronan, A. G. Aug. 18. Check valves. - Relates to explosion - vapour engines. Fig. 3 shows one form of measuring- device for the liquid fuel, in which the supply is regulated by a double-beaded grooved valve F. The head G is held to its seat by an adjustable spring, and is prevented from rotating. It is made in one with the stem, while the other head 0 is screwed on so that the distance between the heads can be adjusted. This adjustment is effected by a lever attached to a stem which is tightly seated in the cap B<2>, and has a flat end, engaging with a slot in the valve-head 0. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of fuel-supply valve. The valve is tubular, is open at one end, and is held closed by a spring, the tension of which can be adjusted by means of the stem F<2>.
Patent GB-190219827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Contact Electric Traction Systems.
Filed: 1902-09-10
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,827. Dolter Electric Traction, Ltd., [Dolter, H.]. Sept. 10. Electric railways and tramways (on a road contact system with switches operated by electromagnets on the vehicle, as described in Specification No. 667, A.D. 1902. To enable a car to be restarted when it has stopped on account of the magnetized contact skate failing to make connection with a stud, or because the fuse of the stud has blown, a portable permanent magnet or an electromagnet excited by a battery, dynamo, &c., is connected to the skate and applied to one of the forward or rear studs, to operate the switch and send current through the car motors to start the car. In the arrangement shown, an electromagnet 5, having a U-shaped iron core, is excited by the battery 11 and applied to the forward stud 1, to operate the switch and thus send current through the conductor 12 to the skate 2, whence it passes to the motors 4. The conductors 7, 8, 12 are formed as a triple conductor of suitable length.
Patent GB-190222113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Folding and Pressing Blanks for Collars and other Articles.
Inventor: FENWICK ALBERT DIXON
Filed: 1902-10-10
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 22,113. Fenwick, A. D. Oct. 10. Folding - instruments.- Relates to machine for folding the edges of blanks for collars and other articles; such as are described in Specifications Nos. 22,114 and 22,115, A.D. 1902. Fig. 1 shows an elevation, partly in section, of the apparatus. The blank is laid on two plates a, a collapsable templet d is turned down on to the blank, the plates c are moved towards each other so as to force the edges of the blank over the templet d, which is then collapsed and drawn up, after which the plates a are moved apart, and, simultaneously, the electricallyheated plate e is raised so as to press the blank against the undersides of the plates c. The presser is then lowered, the plates a are moved towards each other until they meet, and then a blast of air through the pipe g blows the folded blank away into a receptacle. The operations are co-ordinated by cam mechanism.
Patent GB-190223725-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Printer's Fudge-box
Inventor: NEWMAN HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1902-10-30
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 23,725. Newman, H. C. Oct. 30. Late news, means for printing.-The types are placed in a fudge box a having a frame-like lid b hinged to it by pins c, attached eccentrically to a roller c<1>. On the sides of the frame b are angle pieces or strips d, which project over the sides of the box and hold the types down in place. At the end of the box are two spring bolts f, pressed out by springs and having pins g for withdrawing them. The pins g move in slots having recesses at the ends for holding the bolts in retracted position. As the lid b is closed, the eccentric roller c<1> presses the linotypes together, through an interposed spring i. As the lid closes, pins thereon engage the pins g, moving them out of the recesses, and permitting the bolts f to spring out through holes in the lid b to secure the lid in closed position.
Patent GB-190226330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Filing Cabinets and the like.
Inventor: GILBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-29
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,330. Gilbert, A. Nov. 29. Receipts, check. ing and recording. -In a paper salesstrip holder for use with a filing- cabinet, the ruled strip L, Fig. 14, is held upon a board O by a hinged strip p<2>, which is secured by a hinged clip O<1>. The carbon strip, which is usually placed under the paper to obtain a duplicate, is secured by a similar hinged strip R. The customer's card N, or other sheet upon which the duplicate entry is to be made, is placed under the carbon strip, and is guided by a rabbet o', Fig. 16, in the board, the edge of the card being placed against the rabbet. The strip P, which holds the paper in position, may have projections on its underside further to secure the paper. The edge of the board is bevelled to allow room for the fingers to manipulate the card N. The strip R, for holding the carbon strip independently, may be dispensed with. When the sales-strips are full, they are filed in the cabinet.
Patent GB-190228842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Screw Propellers
Inventor: DAVIDSON ALEXANDER WALLACE
Filed: 1902-12-31
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 28,842. Davidson, A. W. Dec. 31. Screw propellers. -Fig. 1 is a view of the propeller, looking forward, and Fig. 3 a section of the blades on the line a, b. The boss A has a slight taper forward, and the blades B, C, D are "shaped some- " what in the form "of a wing of a bird." The part nearest the boss has a slight convex bend towards the hull and a gradual concave swell in the direction of the stern. The blade, on account of the hollow of the thrusting-side, enables the propeller to benefit by the head of water.
Patent GB-190300134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephone Systems.
Inventor: BIRNBAUM ISIDORE BERNARD
Filed: 1903-01-02
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 134. Birnbaum, I. B., [Telephone-Fabrik Akt.-Ges. vorn. J. Berliner]. Jan. 2. Telephone systems. - Relates to a party-line centralbattery system, in which some of the stations cannot be called by the chief or central stations, all stations being able to call the central. The Figure shows a central station I and two substations II, III. of which If only can be called. At the central station, a is a calling- magneto, b a line battery, c a local battery for bell p, f an induction coil, g a hand telephone set, and m a relay in line circuit for operating the call bell. At station II a magneto call bell d is arranged in series with a condenser e across the terminals 6, 8. At station III the instruments are plugged into line only when required. The arrangements of the hand telephone set and induction coil are essentially the same at all stations. One line terminal 42 in station III is connected to a common terminal of the primary and secondary of the induction coil, the other end of the primary being connected to the switch lever 39 and the secondary through the receiver to switch point 43. The other line terminal is connected through microphone to the switch point 38.
Patent GB-190300877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Discharging Sand from Moulding Flasks
Inventor: REED JOHN C
Filed: 1903-01-13
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 877. Reed, J. C. Jan. 13. Moulding.-To dislodge the sand from a large moulding box or flask after the casting has been removed, the flask is subjected to a series of vertical jolts by means of cams E, Fig. 2, vertical bars C, and horizontal bars B<3>, which lift the flask and then allow it to fall on to the fixed rails B<1>. The two pairs of cams are preferably arranged to lift the bars B<3> alternately, one being at rest while the other is being raised. The sand falls into the pit A, and is drawn through the horizontal passage B by means of a series of reciprocating flaps or hinged scrapers, and is then conveyed back to the moulding-shop.
Patent GB-190305459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopic Travelling Baskets.
Inventor: MORITZ ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 5459. Moritz, A., Evison, E. E., and Stutchbury, P. J. March 9. Trunks.-A telescopic travelling- basket consists of two wickerwork sections A, B. The section B slides into the section A, and is prevented from being completely withdrawn by straps D. The section B is fitted with a hinged lid C provided with a short downwardlydirected flange c.
Patent GB-190311997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Tubular Metallic Telegraph and like Poles.
Inventor: GUY FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1903-05-26
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,997. Guy, F. C. May 26. Posts.-Relates to joints for the sections of tubular metallic telegraph and like poles, and consists in forming the top end of one section with a triangular-shaped cross-bar d, and the bottom of the next section with two triangular grooves c, the angle of which is less than that of the apical angle of the cross-bar d. On driving down the upper section, the wedge d entering the groove c expands the bottom of the segment b<2>, causing it to fit tightly inside the segment a, which may have a strengthening-ring e. For coupling segments of approximately-equal diameter, one end b<2> of the upper segment, Fig. 1, is contracted as shown, and the shoulder b' enters the portion a just as the end b<2> is expanded by the wedge d. When the upper segment is of smaller diameter, the ring e is replaced by a collar e<2>, Fig. 7, partly or wholly conical in bore, which presses the segments a, b together on being driven down, the parts a, b being previously joined as described above. The interior of the collar e<2> is preferably corrugated vertically.
Patent GB-190313282-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coupling Device or Clutch for Electric Motors
Inventor: WUEST-KUNZ CASPAR
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 13,282. Kunz, C. W³st-. June 13. Motors, gearing for.-Relates to a clutch for automatically coupling the belt pulley of a motor to the motor shaft when the speed of the motor rises to a fixed point. The belt pulley 3 is loosely mounted on the hub of a disc 2 keyed to the motor shaft 1. Two weights 6, 7, mounted on pivots 4, 5 fixed in the disc 2 and fitted with pins 12, 13 which slide in guide-slots 10, 11 in a plate 8 pivoted by a rod 9 to the axle 1, are formed with flat-sided heads 14 which, when the speed of the motor rises sufficiently to displace the weights 6, 7, press apart elastic segments 15, 16, bearing on the heads, so that friction blocks 19, 20, loosely placed on the segments, are pressed by springs 22, encircling rods carried by the segments, against a flange 23 formed on the pulley 3. The pulley 3 may be mounted on a separate shaft.
Patent GB-190314164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas or Vapour Electric Apparatus such as Mercury Vapour Lamps for Lighting or other purposes.
Inventor: TALL FREDERICK WILLIAM LE
Filed: 1903-06-25
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 14,164. Le Tali, F. W., [Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co.]. June 25. R÷ntgen-ray and like apparatus.-To start the Cooper-Hewitt vapour lamp. the resistance at the negative electrode is reduced by placing near it radium or other radio active material. The radioactive material 6 is placed in a recess near the negative mercury electrode 5. The starting- potential in the leads 14, 15 may be raised, if necessary, by placing a self-induction coil 18 in one of the leads, and a quick-break switch 16 in a shunt between the leads. To reduce the internal static charge in the tube, a conducting-hand 9 is mounted on the end of the tube and connected to the positive lead.
Patent GB-190323166-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Production, by Means of Liquid Hydro-carbons, of a Gaseous Mixture which is as Dry as Possible, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: RUEDEMANN LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 23,166. R³demann, L. Oct. 26. Carburetting.-In apparatus for carburetting air, the air is deprived of its moisture before it enters the generator, thereby obviating the disadvantages arising from the condensation of the moisture within the generator. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement of the generator a, the hydrocarbon distributer x, the pressure producer y, and the gasometer z, various constructions of the generator being shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 7. In Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the generator a is enclosed in a casing c. In Fig. 2, the air entering at d is caused to deposit its moisture by passing around the generator a before entering the inlet e, whereas in Fig. 4, the casing c is supplemented by baffles g carrying chloride of lime h or other hygroscopic substance. In Fig. 7, the casing c is dispensed with, the air entering at d and traversing a tube k provided with external cooling-wings. In a modification of Fig. 2, the generator a is arranged to form the lower wall of the zig-zag casing c, and in a modification of Fig. 7, the air is passed through hygroscopic material to the inlet of an uncased generator a, the tube k being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190327889-A (GB)
Title: Process for Solidifying such Liquid Compounds of Phenol or Cresol and Soap which are Soluble in Water and Form Emulsions, Intensifying at the same time their Antiseptic Properties.
Inventor: RAETZ ERNST MAX
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 27,889. Raetz, E. M. Dec. 19. Antiseptics. -Liquid compounds of phenols, cresols, or the like, and soap, are heated with an aldehyde or ketone in an autoclave. On cooling, a solid product is obtained which forms an emulsion with water.