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Patent GB-190102501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Malting Purposes
Inventor: SCHEPPER ARMAND DE
Filed: 1901-02-05
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 2501. Schepper, A. de. Feb. 5. Malting.-Relates to an apparatus in which the entire malting process may be carried out. It consists of a perforated drum 1 mounted on a perforated tube 4 and enclosed in a stationary watertight casing 6. The drum and pipe are mounted so that they can be rotated, but when the modified shape of pipe 4 shown in dotted lines is used, the drum only is rotated. Water is supplied through the perforated pipes 16, and moist air and hot air for germination and drying, respectively, are supplied through the pipes 12, 13, 19.
Patent GB-190103470-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Extracting Oil, Grease, Glue and the like from Waste Products and other Substances.
Inventor: POWTER NATHANIEL BARREIT
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 3470. Powter, N. B. Feb. 18. Refuse, treating; manures.-Relates to a process and apparatus for the extraction of oil and grease, and also in some cases glue and isinglass, from substances containing them, particularly waste products such as refuse meat, town waste, fish waste, garbage, &c. Fig. 1 shows a general view of the apparatus employed. The material is placed in the digester 1 and sulphuric acid added when desirable. The digester is closed, steam is admitted from the pipe 40 and the mass disintegrated by arms secured to a rotating shaft. When this operation has proceeded a sufficient time, suction is apphed by the vacuum pump 6, and the steam and vapours drawn through water to condense the lighter oils and greases. The contents of the digester 1 are then discharged into the separator 2, which is provided with stirring-arms, and water is admitted at the bottom until all the grease and oil have been drawn off through the pipe 30. The residue is run into the steam-jacketed chamber 3, where it is agitated by horizontal beaters carried on arms fixed to a rotating shaft. The powder produced may be used for fertilizing purposes. The grease and oil are delivered into the purifier 4, where they may be treated with steam and dry air or with any suitable purifying-liquid. After settling to precipitate solid matter, water is admitted, and the lighter oils drawn off at the top. The heavier greases are passed into the steamjacketed purifier 5 and heated to drive off contained water. Water is then slowly admitted at the bottom and the grease drawn off at the top. In the extraction of oil &c. from fish, salt or other glue restrainer is added to the matter in the digester to prevent the glue and isinglass from rising. After the separation of the oil, the salt is washed out and the residue heated with water under pressure to dissolve out the glue and isinglass. Fig. 3 shows a section of a vessel which may be employed either as a digester or separator. The perforated screen 19 is kept clear by a scraper 20 carried by the rotating shaft 13 which bears the stirring-arms 14. Baffles 15 are attached to the sides. In a modification, the vessel is composed of two conical parts separated by a perforated partition the main part tapering to the bottom.
Patent GB-190104459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boat-hooks and the like.
Inventor: MCKENNA WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-02
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 4459. McKenna, W. J. March 2. Boat -hooks; grapnels. - Boat - hooks, Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and grapnels for rescuing people from drowning, Fig. 7, are combined with h incandescent electric lamps D and electric batteries or accumulators B. The batteries are arranged within the hollow pole A, and the lamp is protected either by a metallic shield c or by a glass globe. By providing glass o r other coloured screens d, d<1> round the lamp, and arranging for relative rotation between them and the boat-hook a, the lamp may be used for signalling purposes.
Patent GB-190105522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Tramcars and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-03-15
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 5522. Thompson, W. P., [Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft N³rnberg]. March 15. Axle-trucks or undercarriages; springs, bearing. -In tramcars having long bodies carried on short wheel bases, pitching is prevented by the arrangement of springs shown in Fig. 1. The spring e is connected to the centre of the underframe a and to the brackets g, h depending from the body p. The end springs i, l are bolted to the ends of the frame a, their short arms k, m being attached to springs r, s bolted to the body p, while their long arms are linked to the body in the manner shown. The axle-boxes y are supported by springs x. In a modification, two spiral springs, arranged at equal distances from the point b, are substituted for the spring e.
Patent GB-190106812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Method and Apparatus for Drafting Garment Patterns.
Inventor: CURRAN EDWARD JAMES
Filed: 1901-04-01
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 6812. Curran, E. J. April 1. Measuring for.- Relates to the method of and apparatus for draughting garment patterns described in Specification No. 8791, A.D. 1897, in which the pattern is obtained by flexible wires which are bent to the shape of the person, and the outline thus obtained is transferred to prepared paper by electrical or other means. This invention consists in arranging the wires along the garment seams, the wires being provided with means for fixing them in position and connected together so that the electrical current can be passed simultaneously through the whole system. Figs. 5 and 6 show an arrangement of wires for draughting a bodice. A, Fig. 6, is the neckband, the ends of which are adjustably fastened together by a strap B and buckle. Three sliding connections C are mounted on the wire A, to which are connected wires E, F, G, which serve respectively for marking the position of the centre back seam, the shoulder seam, and the centre front seam. The wires are sewn on to silk elastic webbing D. H, I, Fig. 5, is the shoulder band, consisting of two half-loops, one of which H slides into the other I so as to vary the size. On this band are wires M, N, 0, R. The wires M, N, 0 mark the side seams. The wire R is stretched around the bust, and carries wires P, Q for marking front darts. Fig. 2 is a rear view showing the wires in position and held closely to the figure by a sash L, band 8, and a wire T, the latter of which marks the lowest edge of the bodice and has on it pieces of tubing with claws, Fig. 3, for attaching it to the wearer's clothing. The wire F makes electrical connection with the wire I at the point U. The patterns of the parts above and below the wire R are obtained separately, and are subsequently fitted together to make continuous patterns for the front of the garment.
Patent GB-190109653-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Preserving Foods.
Inventor: MANASSE WILHELM
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9653. Manasse, W. May 9. Preserving food.-Meat, fish, crustacea, eggs, fungi, vegetables, &c. are first boiled or roasted, and are next immersed in dilute hydrochloric acid, and, after removal from the acid, are then enveloped in a gelatinous or glutinous substance or a mixture of both, to which bicarbonate of soda or other alkaline substance has been added. The product may then be sterilized and preserved in closed vessels.
Patent GB-190111824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: TOPPING JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-10
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 11,824. Topping, J. June 10. Couplings, automatic.-Figs. 1 and 2 show a side elevation and a plan of a double coupling. Each vehicle has a loose plate a having bearings c for the transverse spring shaft d, to which is secured the coupling-link h and the uncoupling-device i, while the coupling-hooks j are loose on the shaft d. On bringing two vehicles together, the links h ride up the inclined fronts of the hooks j, and drop into the recesses o. The parts are uncoupled by turning one of the shafts d to raise the parts h, connected to it. The plates a are retained in position by the ordinary draw-hooks k.
Patent GB-190118270-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Transforming Bottles into Syphons.
Inventor: BIZET LOUIS JEAN
Filed: 1901-09-12
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 18,270. Bizet, L. J. Sept. 12. Siphon bottles.-An appliance to be attached to ordinary bottles to convert them into siphon bottles, consists of three principal parts, viz., a tube 1, a head 2, and a stopper 3. The shape of the last is varied according to the kind of bottle. Fig. 1 shows the appliance attached to a screw stopper bottle, and Fig. 2 shows it attached to a champagne bottle. In the head is a capsule 4 charged with gas under pressure and a valve for regulating the issue of the gas. A feature of the invention is the safety-valve 6, which prevents risks of bursting.
Patent GB-190120563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Simultaneously and Uniformly Bending the Handles of Several Walking Sticks, Umbrella Sticks and the like.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1901-10-14
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 20,563. Haddan, R., [Becker, P., and Becker, 0.]. Oct. 14. Bending.-Relates to a machine for bending the ends of a number of sticks simultaneously so as to form handles. The invention is applicable to forming handles on walking-sticks or umbrella sticks. The ends of the sticks are heated and inserted between a former or mandrel m and a steel hoop o. The ring b, on which the former is pivoted, is rotated by bevel gearing from the hand-wheel shaft f. The angle through which the former rotates during a half revolution of the ring b is determined by a slotted arm i, connected to the former and fitting on a fixed bolt k. The bent part of the stick is enclosed between the former and the steel hoop o, which are kept hot for a certain time and then cooled. The hoop is locked round the former and the stick by spring catches s, which have to be disengaged to remove the bent stick.
Patent GB-190125604-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Purifying and Enriching Blast Furnace Gas
Inventor: SNELUS GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 25,604. Snelus, G. J. Dec. 14. Gas - producers; smoke and fumes, treating.-Blast furnace gas is freed from dust and enriched so as to make it suitable for use in internal-combustion engines. An upright furnace A is provided with blast tuyÞres B, tuyÞres C through which the blast furnace gas is introduced, steam inlets D, and gas outlet pipes E. It is charged with coke, anthracite, or other suitable fuel, with or without a mixture of small bituminous coal. In every case, a suitable flux, such as ground brick, powdered aluminous clay, or soda ash, is added to the fuel. In use, the dust in the blast furnace gases forms with the flux a highly fusible slag, while the gas is enriched by the addition thereto of the products of the distillation of the bituminous fuel, and of the carbonic oxide and hydrogen formed by the decomposition of steam and carbonic acid by hot carbon. A double cap and cone F prevent escape of gas when charging,
Patent GB-190201694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Workman's Time Checkers.
Inventor: CORBETT JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 1694. Corbett, J., Phillips, W. G., and Fessenden, A. H. Jan, 21. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. When the timekeeper opens the circuit of an electromagnet G by raising the knife switch 20,. a pivoted armature E falls into the position shown, upon the latch F of the door B of a cupboard A. The workmen then receive tickets or checks from pockets c in the cupboard, after which the circuit is completed, the armature is raised by the handle e', and the door is shut. The workmen as they arrive drop their checks through a slot in the corner of a locked drawer K, which is divided into back and front compartments, between which is a hinged flap I held up by an electromagnet H. After the time has elapsed when the men should be in, the circuit of this electromagnet is broken by raising the knife switch 17, and the flap I is allowed to fall against a rib i<1>, to direct all following checks into the rear compartment of the drawer. Alarms 25, 23 sound while the circuits are broken, The timekeeper returns the checks from the drawer to the cupboard and only reopens the latter when it is time for the workmen to leave. The act of reopening the drawer resets the hinged flap I. Should any workmen wish to get away before the proper time, the timekeeper may allow him, by opening the drawer K and shortcircuiting the electromagnet of the door through a switch 11.
Patent GB-190201993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nest Boxes for Birds.
Inventor: ANDREWS GEORGE
Filed: 1902-01-24
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 1993. Andrews, G. Jan. 24. Nests.-Relates to nest boxes for birds. The box a is provided with one or more sloping floors b, arranged with a space at the back of the box, down which the egg can roll into a receptacle e in the bottom of the box. The receptacle e is covered with felt or other soft material f to prevent breakage of the eggs. The box is provided with a doorway for the fowl, and also with a door g for giving access to the receptacle e.
Patent GB-190207698-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Utilizing Waste Heat of Domestic Stoves and the like
Inventor: DIDIER JULES LOUIS
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 7698. Didier, J. L. April 1. Waste heat, utilizing.-Consists in utilizing the waste heat of domestic and other ranges by means of a hot-air motor. The Figure shows an arrangement in which one of the flues b of a kitchen range is fitted with the hot-air pump d of a motor. The pump is connected by a pipe r with the driving- cylinder i, the piston of which is connected with a crank l fixed to the shaft e at right-angles to the crank f, to which the pump d is connected. The motor may be used for running machines of any kind. As shown, it is connected by a pulley n and band o with a dynamo p, which charges an accumulator q for supplying the house with electric light.
Patent GB-190207933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines of Securing Gauge Marks, Firm Names and the like on Casks and the like.
Inventor: HEYD HERRMANN
Filed: 1902-04-04
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 7933. Heyd, H. April 4. Label holders.- Plates or labels bearing gauge marks and the names of firms and the like i, k are secured to the head b of a cask or the like by being threaded on an open ring d which rests on the head and against the staves, the ends e of the hoop, which are bent to enter a recess in one of the staves, being secured by a cord or the like f which is passed to a recess h in the outside of the stave in which a seal g is attached to it. The hoop c covers the recess h. The plates or labels are also riveted &c. to the head b, and the ends of the staves, being inclined inwards, hold the ring in place. By this arrangement, any tampering with the fastening is apt to be discovered. The ring may be replaced by a segment, or by wires crossing the bottom of the cask.
Patent GB-190208042-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Railway Trucks for the Conveyance of Timber, Girders or other Articles of Exceptional Length Designated and Known as Bolster Trucks.
Inventor: BALLAN ARTHUR EDMUND
Filed: 1902-04-07
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 8042. Ballan, A. E. April 7. Wagons for carrying girders, timber, and long articles. The usual fixed beam or bolster c is pivoted so that it may be turned when not required and lowered into the gap b formed between the two portions of the beam a, a flush floor being obtained thereby. The movements of the beam c are controlled by radial bars fitted with stop-pins.
Patent GB-190208298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Earth Closets.
Inventor: DONKIN JOHN
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 8298. Donkin, J. April 9. Dry closets; urinals.-The urine is discharged into a separate vessel A, which may be trapped and flushed independently. The soil may pass into a pail, or, in the case of the upper stories of a building, into a basin B discharging into a vertical soil-pipe G. The earth is stored in a hopper D, below the mouth D<1> of which a plate d on the lower end of an arm d<2> pivoted at d<3> oscillates. This plate d carries a pipe d, which, as it passes the mouth D', allows escape of earth. The oscillation of the arm d<3> is effected by the rising and falling of the seat E acting through the levers e and e<1> pivoted at e<3>. The earth discharge may be controlled by hand through a pull-rod acting on the arm d<2>. The earth hoppers on the various floors of a building may all be supplied from a large one at the top, to which the earth may be hoisted in sacks.
Patent GB-190212967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Car Coupling.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-06-06
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 12,967. Thompson, W. P., [Simpson, T. H.]. June 6. Couplings, automatic. - In couplings of the Janney tvpe, means are provided for swinging the closed knuckles of uncoupled vehicles open, and also for limiting the movements of the knuckle. A rock-shaft 1, shown detached in Fig. 8, has one arm 2, which normally rests on the lip c' of, and projects into, a groove c<3> in the lock pin C, while a second arm 3 bears against the rail of the knuckle B. In Fig. 1, the pin C is shown with its shoulders c resting on the ledge a<1> of the draw-head, and the act of lifting the pin to this position cannot affect the knuckle. Should, however, the knuckle of an uncoupled vehicle be closed, on raising the pin higher, the lip c<4> lifts the arm 2, and rocks the shaft 1, thereby swinging the knuckle open. When the parts are set for coupling, the pin C rest on the tails of the knuckles, and when two vehicles come together, the knuckles close, and the pins drop into the locked position. Stops b, b', or b<3> fitted to the tail end of the knuckle engage corresponding stops in the draw-head to limit the motion of the knuckle.
Patent GB-190214603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stationery Envelopes
Inventor: ELLIOT ROBERT NEWTON
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 14,603. Elliot, R. N. June 30. Envelopes.-The flaps 2,3,4, Fig. 1, are provided with slits 6 through which the gummed extension 7 of the flap 5 is passed backwards, as shown in Fig. 3. Long envelopes are provided with similar locking-arrangements at both ends.
Patent GB-190217834-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Tell-tale Steering Indicator for Ships.
Inventor: ANDREWS CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1902-08-14
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 17,834. Andrews, C. A. Aug. 14. Signals, ship.-Relates to apparatus for indi. cating the position of a ship's helm by night. Screened red and green glasses B, B' respectively are fitted on each side of the casing A, and the light from the elec- tric lamp G may be entirely or partly cut off by the shutter C mounted on a rotatable spindle connected to the rod E of the steer- ing-gear. Fig. 3 shows s the helm hard over to star- board, all the glasses B<1> being fully illuminated. A pointer may be fitted to the top of the spindle to indi- cate on a plate the position of the helm by day.
Patent GB-190228716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Mills.
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 28,716. Wise, W. L., [B³hler Bros.]. Dec. 29. Roller mills; feeding-devices.-Relates especially to an arrangement of downwardly-opening doors between the standards and on the hopper, to the construction of the roller cover, and to the feeding-device. Fig. 2 shows the mill partly in transverse cross-section and partly in end elevation. The fixed end standards 5 have inclined slots 9 to facilitate removal of the rollers, and a fixed upper part 7, on which the double hopper rests. Removable plates 10 are held in position by covers 11 opening downwards about link-hinges 13, while downwardly-opening doors 14 in the side frames fix the covers 11 by means of bolt-handles 16. Similar doors 18 are provided in the double hoppers, all the doors being provided with linkhinges, one pivot in each link being adjustable in a slot, or eccentrically mounted in the fixed frame to ensure exact fitting of the doors, when closed. The doors 14 and covers 11 provide easy access to the rollers, and guide-plate 17, for cleaning and removal of the meal. A swinging feed-plate 25 is suspended above the feed-rollers from a bar 24, by means of a pin 26 sliding in guides 28, and adjusted by a screw 29, the plate 25 being flexibly held against the feed-roller 23 through links 30, 31, 33, by a spring 35 adjustable by a screw 34. A segmental piece 37 limits the movement of the feed-plate 25, and is adjustable through an axle 36, and a link 38 carrying a fixing-screw 41 movable in a guide-slot 40, which is pivoted on a pin 39. An adjusting-screw 43 bears against the screw 41, and thus adjusts the position of the segmental piece 37.
Patent GB-190300018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Woven Driving Belting.
Inventor: REDDAWAY FRANK
Filed: 1903-01-01
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 18. Reddaway, F. Jan. 1. Drawings to Specification. Compound fabrics.-Driving-belts are woven in layers united by warp threads, animal fibre or a mixture of animal and vegetable fibre being employed. The belts are coated with rubber or cement, sheets of thin rubber are placed upon them, and they are then vulcanized in sections by heat.
Patent GB-190302680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Beading Metal Polish Boxes and other Round Articles.
Inventor: PATON JAMES WALLACE
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 2680. Paton, J. W., and Taylor, H. G. Feb. 4. Metal, sheet, beading.-Sheet metal boxes for containing metal polish, vaseline, and other articles, are beaded by placing them on mandrels d carried on rotating arms a and rolling them against a die m as the arms revolve. A cover e prevents the boxes from coming off the mandrels during their passage through the machine, but at the end of their course they are ejected by a spring plunger t which is raised by a stationary cam. The mandrels are adjusted radially by screws l. The boxes are fed to the mandrels down a shoot y through an opening q. The lowest box is held by spring clips until it is engaged by a mandrel. The boxes escape at r.