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Patent GB-190022119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows
Inventor: WRIGHT ALFRED EMANUEL
Filed: 1900-12-05
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 22,119. Wright, A. E. Dec. 5. Windows. - The upper sash is balanced and closed by springs b in compression, and the lower sash is closed by similar springs in tension. Lead or like blocks b<1>, c are cast on the ends of the springs, and the sashes are secured to the upper blocks by pins or screws d, which slide through slotted casings a. To allow the sashes to turn inwards, the beads are detachable, the lower casings are pivoted to the bottom of the frame, and bolts or pivots m of the upper casings are arranged toslide in angular slots in fixed plates i.
Patent GB-190110746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Outdoor Seats.
Inventor: WALKER JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-25
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 10,746. Walker, J. May 25. Seats and seat backs; seat protectors.-Relates to omnibus and like outdoor seats, and consists in providing means for securing dry sitting-surfaces. To the fixed seat B, Fig. 1, is hinged a cover U to which is hinged a second cover D at F. When the arm G is in the position shown in full lines, a dry seat is obtained by lifting the cover D, while when pushed over to the left both covers C and D are raised to expose the seat B. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the covers N, 0 are hinged upon the common rod P, but may be hinged to separate rods, and in fine weather form the seat back, being forced against india-rubber or other waterproof strips Q by springs. The covers, which may have wire frames sheathed with waterproof material, form convenient places for displaying advertisements.
Patent GB-190113123-A (GB)
Title: Cloak having Tails which can be Formed into Trousers.
Inventor: MUNDEN WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 13,123. Munden, W. J., [Str÷m, G., an Str÷m, A.]. June 27. Cloaks; trousers.-A cloak, Fig. 1, is provided with tails of extra width, which may be wrapped around the legs in the form of trousers, so as to serve in place of a travelling rug. In wear as trousers, the buttonhole C is engaged with the button E, and the buttonhole D with the button F. The part of the cloak above the line x-y may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190113666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp-holders for Electrolytic Lamps.
Filed: 1901-07-04
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 13,666. Drake, B. M., and Nernst Electric Light, Ltd. July 4. Incandescent lamps.-A bayonet holder for an " electrolytic " lamp has a slot a in its edge to receive a third pin f on the cap of the lamp, to ensure the lamp being placed so that a continuous current passes in a definite direction through it, without preventing the use of ordinary lamps in the same holder. The slot may be cut by a punch having guides to enter the ordinary bayonet slots. The direction of current is found by placing an adapter temporarily between the holder and a lamp ; this adapter carries an electromagnet and an indicating-magnet. Instead of using the additional slot, one of the ordinary slots may be widened to receive a wider pin on one side of the lamp cap.
Patent GB-190115831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Zinc or other Distillation Furnaces.
Inventor: FERRARIS ERMINIO
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 15,831. Ferraris, E. Aug. 6. Regenerative retort furnaces for zinc &c.-Relates to a regenerative furnace employed in the process of distillation, such as the manufacture of zinc from its ores. The form shown in broken sections in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of four similar parts combined into one furnace. Each part contains series of retorts a in a chamber A, and the combustible gases pass into the right-hand chambers A, Fig. 1, through holes e from the pipe B and flues c, d. Each chamber A rests on a regenerator D, which is filled with bricks arranged to form horizontal passages, some of which are separated from the others by a partition l. The air required for combustion passes through a valve C to flues g, h, and thence through the two corresponding regenerators D and openings into the chambers A, where it mixes with the combustible gases. The products of combustion pass through openings o' to the regenerators D' and thence through the flues h<1>, g<1> and valve C to the chimney. The valve C can be reversed so that the air enters the flue g<1> and the products of combustion leave by the flue g, and, by connecting the valve C to a valve b in the pipe B, the valve b is simultaneously operated to deflect the combustible gases initially into the left-hand chambers A.
Patent GB-190118344-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Heating Liquids and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WALDBAUR ADOLF
Filed: 1901-09-13
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 18,344. Waldbaur, A. Sept. 13. Water-heaters, gas.-Relates to a method of, and apparatus for, heating water and other liquids for cooking, bathing, and other purposes, by iujecting or introducing gas flames or products of com. bustion into the water or liquids, which are sprayed or introduced in the form of jets. The heating takes place in a pipe a, and is controlled by suitable valves in the water pipe h and in the gassupply pipe f. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the water to be heated issues around the conical nozzle c and the bunsen jets d are placed within the nozzle c. The gas chamber e is connected with the part b by the sleeve k, which is provided with the air openings for the burners. The burners may be placed as shown in Fig. 5, and the water sprayed out behind the flame inlets by the rose h, or the water may be injected as an annular spray and the burners situated behind as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190118755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Free Wheels for Cycles and like Purposes.
Filed: 1901-09-19
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 18,755. Kynoch, Ltd., and Anderson, E. W. Sept. 19. Clutches, free-wheel, for cycles &c. having posi- tive driving action. In the form shown in Figs. 2 to 5, the chain-wheel is formed with a flange having recesses in which are mounted, so as to oscillate on their ends f, pawls d, Fig. 4, having teeth e on each side adapted to engage with rings of ratchet teeth k, n formed respectively on a ring l secured to the hub and on a ring m secured to the ring l so that the points of the teeth n are opposite to the recesses of the teeth k. By this arrangement the pawls d during coasting are rocked from side to side, but on forward pedalling, they engage with either the teeth k or n. In a modification, shown in Figs. 8 and 10, the teeth k, n are formed on rings s, t mounted on a sleeve and secured in their proper relative position by a ring v formed, as shown separately in Fig. 8, with recesses w to engage with lugs formed on the rings s, t and with internal lugs to engage in slots in the sleeve. In another modification, rotary pawls 2 of the form shown in Fig. 13 are mounted in recesses formed in the chain-wheel flange and en- gage with either of two sets of teeth 6, 6<1> formed on a sleeve 5, the teeth on one row being opposite the recesses in the other row. In another form, shown in Fig. 15, the chain-wheel is formed with rings of teeth 10, 11, and the pawls are mounted in a flanged disc 13, secured on the hub. Fig. 16 shows a form in which the pawls 14 slide in recesses in the chain-wheel flange, and in Fig. 17 the pawls are replaced by balls or rollers 15, the recesses in the chain-wheel having curved driving-surfaces 16 to grip the balls.
Patent GB-190125069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blotting Appliances.
Inventor: BAUMERT RUDOLF
Filed: 1901-12-09
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 25,069. Baumert, R. Dec. 9. Blotting-appliances.-Blotting-paper wound off the roll e carried by the spindle d attached to the top part a, is passed round the outer face of the pivoted part g, and is secured in position by the clips h, i when the appliance is closed. The Provisional Specification also states that the clip i, carried by the part g, may be replaced by a clamp attached to the part a, and a second clamp may be attached at the end h ; a loose sleeve may also be placed over the pivot of the part g, to facilitate the passage of the paper.
Patent GB-190200770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerative Gas Furnaces.
Inventor: SIEMENS FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-01-10
Granted: 1903-02-10
Abstract: 770. Siemens, F. Jan. 10. Regenerative furnaces.-Relates to means for supplying regenerative gas furnaces, such as those described in Specifications Nos. 4644 and 20,083, A.D. 1889, No. 16,207, A.D. 1890, No. 11,433, A.D. 1896, and No. 8355, A.D. 1898, or other regenera. tive gas furnaces, with a hotter gas without deterioration of the valves. According to one method, the valves which govern the gas ports are made of thin metal, and are kept filled with water to keep them cool, while according to another mode of operating, the gas on its way from the valve to the melting or heating chamber is heated by having, at one or more parts of the gas flue, which runs parallel or near to the flue which conducts highly-heated air from the regenerative chamber to the furnace, one or more holes, such as n, m, Fig. 10, through the flue wall, so that streams of hot air can enter the gas flue k. The valve a, Figs. 1 and 2, may be conical, cylindrical, or spherical, and may be supplied with water through the hollow spindle d, or by a pipe i over the open top. A metal box g may prevent the escape of gas, or a gland may be employed with cylindrical valves.
Patent GB-190210653-A (GB)
Title: An Automatically Acting Door Catch or Holder.
Inventor: HUNTER THOMAS
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 10,653. Hunter, T., and Weir, J. May 9. Door holders.-Relates to a catch or holder for the doors of ships' cabins or baths, railway carriages, &c. A tumbler or gravity catch d with a hooked end e is pivoted in a casing &c. a secured to the bulkhead or wall. On the door i is secured a plate carrying a catch piece k with a bevelled end. Upon pushing back the door, the catch k passes through a slot in the casing a and engages the tumbler d to secure the door. The tumbler can be released by means of a lever f projecting through a slot in the casing. An upwardlyprojecting lever, or a press knob or plate, may be used alone or in conjunction with the lever f for releasing the tumbler. A rubber cushion l is fixed in a countersunk hole in the door plate.
Patent GB-190211072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switches for Electric Circuits.
Filed: 1902-05-14
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 11,072. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Wood, J. J.]. May 14. Switches. -Relates to switches adapted to be operated from a distance, such as those for power circuits or electric railways. The switch member is flexible, and is operated by electromagnetic or hydraulic, pneumatic, or other means so as to obtain good contact. Fig. 3 shows one arrangement, and Fig. 6 a diagram of the connections. The movable switch member D consists of two blocks of metal laminµ c, fitted in a socket d pivoted on a stud b. The operating-mechanism preferably consists of the double solenoids E, E', the cores f of which are connected by toggle-levers G, H with the arm e of the socket piece d. The toggles are arranged to bend the laminµ slightly while in the 'on' position, which is just past the alignment of the levers. The switch is insulated from the electromagnets by making the link H wholly or in part of insulating-material. The elbow-lever t is connected to the toggle by a lever u, and carries an indicator to show the position of the switch, the casing being provided with a window or aperture.
Patent GB-190214202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-regulating Dynamos specially applicable to Electric Lighting of Trains.
Inventor: LEITNER HENRY
Filed: 1902-06-23
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 14,202. Leitner, H., and Lucas, R. N. June 23. Dynamos, particularly applicable for train lighting, or to be driven from a variable source of power, such as wind or water, &c. A subsidiary dynamo is provided to regulate the main dynamo and so obtain an approximately-constant voltage over a wide range of speed. The armature of the small dynamo is in series with the field of the main dynamo, and produces a counter electromotive force, so that, as the speed rises, the field is reduced. Fig. 2 shows one arrangement. The armatures b, e are mounted on the same shaft, and the field coil 2 is in series with the armature e. The winding 2 may also form an additional winding 4 to the field winding 3, which is wound in the contrary direction, and act to assist it, except at very high speeds, at which the current is reversed in the field of the main dynamo by the small dynamo, and therefore tends to demagnetize the field of the latter and prevent it from being burnt out. In order to prevent the back electromotive force from risiug too rapidly, the armature may have a second winding either shortcircuited or closed through a resistance, as shown in Fig. 4, in which the armature is double, the part k having its circuit closed through a resistance m.
Patent GB-190218680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Presses.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1902-08-25
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 18,680. Evans, W. E., [Bechmann, H. F.]. Aug. 25. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.- Relates to cylinder machines, more particularly web printing-machines in which the cylinder reciprocates over the type bed, such as the "Cox- " Duplex " prese. In case the cylinder is not so packed that its diameter exactly coincides with the pitch line of the cylinder wheel in gear with the driving-rack, the cylinder has a tendency to grind or slip on the types, and rupture the web. To prevent this, some of the teeth of the gearing are made thinner than the normal sized teeth, so that the cylinder may have a slight play and independent movement during the impression, in case the bed tends to rotate it slightly faster or slower than the gearing. The teeth of the central portion of the rack are thus thinned, and the teeth are gradually thickened to the normal size near the ends, so that the gearing works in the usual manner when the cylinder is off impression.
Patent GB-190227834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brackets and Supports for Shop Window and like Fittings.
Inventor: BEX ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 27,834. Bex, A. Dec. 17. Brackets. - Brackets or supports e for shopwindow and like fittings are adjusted along their standard or supports a by means of a long arm f carrying a pin g for engagement in one of a series of halfround holes or notches b on one or both sides of the standard, and a short arm h carrying a thumb-screw i for engagement in a longitudinal groove c in the opposite side of the standard.
Patent GB-190300476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steel Tubes such as are used in Pressure Gauges.
Filed: 1903-01-08
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 476. Schaffer & Budenberg, [Schaffer & Budenberg]. Jan. 8. Pressure gauges.-Relates to means for preventing the corrosion of the tubes of Bourdon gauges. The steel tube b is lined with a tube a, which does not corrode under the conditions of use. This lining may be placed in before the flattening and bending process is performed, and is flanged at the end c and gripped by the screwed socket as shown in the Figure. The other end may be similarly attached, the tube a being otherwise unattached to the tube b.
Patent GB-190301169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints.
Inventor: SCHERRER FRANZ
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 1169. Scherrer, F. Jan. 16. Rail joints.-The rail ends are formed as shown, the head being reduced on one end and the web being thickened and slotted to form a fork on the other end to embrace the reduced end. Elongated bolt holes are provided
Patent GB-190301537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Stoppering and Sealing of Bottles Containing Lager Beer or other Liquids.
Inventor: RICHMOND THOMAS GORDON
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 1537. Richmond, T. G. Jan. 22. Capsuling and sealing bottles; stoppers.-In the ordinary holding-down and releasing devices, the horizontal wire 1, Figs. 1 and 2 passing through the stopper 2, has an attachment 10, which, when the bottle is closed, lies within the stopper and under a circular recess 8 in it, whkh may receive a seal or capsule. In opening the bottle, the piece 10 rises and ruptures the capsule.
Patent GB-190304379-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Lubricating Motors and Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 4379. Soc. Anon. des Anciens Etablissements Panhard & Levassor. Feb. 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Exhaust, obtaining power from.-The exhaust gases from the motor actuate a pump which delivers the oil to the parts to be lubricated. In the arrangement shown, oil from a reservoir is delivered by the aperture g to the interior of the pump above the piston d, which is depressed by the spring above it, a check - valve f being interposed between the inlet g and the piston, and a valve h, between the piston and the delivery outlet i. At every exhaust, the pressure in the exhaust pipe n, which communicates with the space below the piston, raises the piston and by that means delivers oil to the part to be lubricated. The supply from the receiver may be regulated by a small valve.
Patent GB-190307291-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Operating Punkahs and Apparatus for that purpose.
Inventor: PREECE FRANK HUGH
Filed: 1903-03-28
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7291. Preece, F. H. March 28. Fans, punkah. - Relates to apparatus for driving punkahs from the main shaft of a highspeed motor without the use of reducing-gear. Figs. 2 and 3 show the apparatus used, in which b is a shaft coupled directly to the main shaft of the motor and provided with a screw thread. A carrier, composed of shoes d and rods e, slides on the guides c. Two segments f of a nut are mounted on guide-rods e and are pressed into gear with the screwed portion of the shaft b by the spring f<1>. The rotation of the shaft causes the carrier to move forward on the guides c until, at the end of its stroke, a stop h forces the nuts f apart, in which position they are held by the spring catch i. Rods k, bolted to the carrier, connect the frame to the punkah, the latter being displaced in one direction as the nut traverses the screwed shaft. The return swing of the punkah moves the carrier backward until the catch i is forced downward by the inclined surface of a second stop, whereupon the nuts again thus pass into gear with the screwed shaft.
Patent GB-190307872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Chemicing, Souring, Bleaching, Dyeing, Mercerising, Washing or similarly Treating Textile Fabrics in the Open State.
Inventor: JACKSON CHARLES LOXTON
Filed: 1903-04-06
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 7872. Jackson, C. L., and Hunt, E. W. April 6. Bleaching; dyeing; washing.-In a machine for use in chemicking, souring, bleaching, dyeing, mercerizing, washing, or similarly treating fabrics in the open state, the fabric is wound on two batch rollers 2, 3 and passed over a self-adjusting drum 4 in an open vessel 1. The drum 4 is mounted in pivoted arms 5, and the fabric is wound from one roller to the other as described in Specification No. 5409, A.D. 1900. The fabric is pressed against the drum 4 by a roller 6 which is carried by crossheads 7 in the slots of the arms 5. The liquid with which the fabric is treated is discharged preferably into the nip of the drum 4 and roller 6 from spurt pipes 8 carried between the crossheads 7. The liquid is raised from either of two wells 15 through pipes 14 by a pump 12 which discharges through a fixed pipe 11, a flexible pipe, a cross-piece 9, and the pipes 8. Connection is also made with a water supply for the purpose of washing the fabrics.
Patent GB-190310050-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Carbonating or Aerating Malt Liquors.
Inventor: MARLEY ERNEST LEONARD
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 10,050. Marley, E. L. May 4. Drawings to Specification. Preservative compositions.-In aerating liquids, the inside of a metal carbonating cylinder is coated with a composition consisting of beeswax and resin, to prevent the liquid from acquiring a metallic taste.
Patent GB-190311793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Marine Sound Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: DUNLOP JOHN DAWSON
Filed: 1903-05-23
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 11,793. Dunlop, J. D., and Maddick, H. M. R. May 23. Signals, marine and ship. - Horn, reed, whistle, syren, or other audible signals to indicate a ship's course are given by the controlling - apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Ring cams a of definite forms to signify courses a r e mounted in parallel planes are set by means of the hand-wheel i through the shaft k and tne nut j, and are rotated by the hand-wheel e. Vertical movement of the cams places one cam in position to actuate the arm h, the quadrant h<1> and the sounding-apparatus when the rotary movement is communicated through bevel-gearing by the wheel e. The horizontal wheel i has the code signals on its spokes, and spring bolts hold the setting and actuating wheels in position. The lower end of the cam barrel a has a flange a' mounted loosely in the nut j, which engages the threads on the cylinder l.
Patent GB-190319030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tip Wagons or Corves for Colliery or other Purposes.
Filed: 1903-09-04
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 19,030. Bergren, A. von, and McLachlan & Co. Sept. 4. Tip-wagons.-The bodies of tip-wagons and corves for colliery and other purposes are mounted so that, during the act of tipping, the load is raised and laterally displaced only very slightly before the final position of the body is reached. The body a is mounted on rollers b on the undercarriage d, on which it rolls, when tipping, until one of the hooks e engages between a pin f, which preferably forms the spindle of one of the rollers, and a lug g on the undercarriage. The body then tips about the hook e as centre until the motion is stopped by pins h on the body reaching their upper limiting positions in slotted links pivoted to the undercarriage. The pins and slotted links may be replaced by other means, and the body, when erect, may be retained in position by a projecting arm engaged between two pivoted levers, or by other means.
Patent GB-190323760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Binoculars.
Inventor: FOURNIER GASTON
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,760. Fournier, G. Nov. 3, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Opera and field glasses. - In a folding binocular, the object glasses E are mounted in a frame D connected by a spindle d to a body C, so that, when the case is closed, the frame D is folded down against the action of a spring d' which tends to return it to operative position. The body C forms a guide for a slide F carrying arms f to which the eyepieces G are attached, the focussing being effected by a milled disc H carrying a pinion h engaging a rack f on the slide F. The disc H projects through slotted depressed parts a' of the case flaps A which are connected by hinges a to a plate B fixed to the body C. When the case is closed it is locked by a clip I. The frame D has a button d' by which it can be held.