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Patent GB-190212437-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangement for Operating Several Bulk-head Doors from a Common Controlling Station.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 12,437. Bloxam, A. G., [Norddeutscher Lloyd]. May 31. Bulkhead doors. -By the present improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 15,516, A.D. 1901, several bulkhead doors can be operated from a common controlling-station, such as the bridge of a ship, while a single door, which may be opened locally for the escape of an entrapped person, is s subsequently closed automatically. The hydraulic cylinder M', M<2>, M<3>, and the coupled valves H<o>, H<u>, for each door T<1>, T<2>, T<3>, are connected by branch pipes 7, 8 to the two mains 2, 4, which, by means of the valve at the controlling- station C, can be placed in communication with either the pipe 1 of the compressed-air and water accumulator A or with the pipe 3 of the exhaust tank E, the pipe 3 being also directly connected to cylinders M<1>, M<2>, M<3> by branch pipes 9. When the valve at the controlling-station C is turned to the "open" position, Fig. 3, and the coupled local valves H‹, H" occupy the respective positions shown, the upper end of the cylinder M<1> is placed in communication with the accumulator A by the pipes 1, 4, 7, 5, and the lower end with the exhaust tank E by the pipes 6. 9, 3, and the door T' will remain closed ; whereas the door T<2> will open when the lower end of the cylinder M<2> is placed in connection with the accumulator A by the pipes 1, 4, 7, 6 and the upper end with the exhaust tank E through the pipes 5, 8, 2, the valve at C, and the pipe 3. In Fig. 4, in which the valve at the controlling-station C is turned to the " closed" position, both ends of the cylinder M' are in communication with the exhaust, and the door T<1> remains closed, while the upper end of the cylinder M<2> is connected with the accumulator by the pipes 5, 8, 2, and the lower with the exhaust through the pipes 6, 7, 4, the controlling-valve at C,.and the pipe 3. To enable an entrapped person to escape and the door to be subsequently closed automatically, each door, such as T<3>, is fitted with a small supplementary cylinder M<4> , and with the arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 8, by which the local valves H‹, H" can be temporarily uncoupled. The slotted lever S on the valve H<o> engages with a pin P<1> on the rack R, which gears with the segment S' on the valve H<u>`. The pin P<2>, which normally limits the downward movement of the rack R, can be removed, and the valve H<a> opened by the handle G' by an entrapped person, thus placing the lower end of the cylinder M<3> in communication with the accumulator through the pipes 2, 8, 6, and opening the door, which is again closed when the rack R is raised to its normal position by the pressure in the cylinder M<4>. The valve H" is preferably a fourway valve, in which a circumferential groove h in the plug H<11>, Fig. 5, can be placed by a longitudinal slot k in communication with either of the passages h<7>, h<8>, h<9>.
Patent GB-190213602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power-accumulating and Transmitting Machines.
Inventor: SCHUESSLER CARL FERDINAND
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 13,602. Sch³ssler, C. F. June 16. Weight motors.- Relates to apparatus for equalizing the motion of a driving-shaft subject to a periodically-variable turning effort, such as the crank shaft of a motor. The shaft is coupled by a belt to a flywheel t on the shaft p, which, by means of bevel gearing, drives a vertical shaft m and a horizontal shaft p<1>. A circular table c, concentric with the shaft m, is pivoted by means of lugs b upon a bed a, the upper surface of which inclines downwards on each side of the pivots ; the table is connected at one side to the upper end of a lazy-tongs h, to which are also connected the balance weights z, and it is rocked on its pivots by means of a crank s and rod u. The shaft m carries on a hinged arm w a roller weight v which runs upon the circular track, and the parts are so arranged that this weight is rolling downwards at the point at which the driving-shaft requires assistance. In a modified arrangement, the arm w is rigid with the shaft, and the weight is adapted to move vertically in it.
Patent GB-190213732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 13,732. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Harthan, C. E.]. June 17. Arc lamps.-A clutch lamp for burning two pairs of carbons in series in one enclosing globe, with continuous current at constant pressure, is constructed as shown. The two clutches T' for the upper carbons are linked to the movable U-shaped core R<2> of two series solenoids R. In feeding, as the clutches descend with the carbons, the core e R<2> descends on a spring- supported arm V, which then prevents feeding until the arcs break ; the whole weight of the core &c. then bears on the arm V, which yields and allows the carbons to touch, whereon the arcs are struck afresh. The lamp frame consists of a cover A, a top-plate B, two insulated slotted tubes C, an insulated base-plate F, two hangers F<1>, two insulated segmental plates I on which the clutches trip, an insulated gas-cap K, and two vertical strips M', which are secured together, with intervening insulation, one of them being electrically connected to the gas-cap K. The strips M' have arms N supporting the lower carbons. The upper carbons are inserted in split sockets, which slide in the slotted tubes C and are connected to conducting- helices therein. The electric connections in the lamp are from the positive terminal through a resistance P<1> and the coils R to one tube C, one pair of carbons, an insulated strip M<1>, the other tube C and carbons, and the uninsulated strip M', the gas-cap K, and a switch, to the negative terminal. The two pairs of carbons are placed about two inches apart ; the current in each pair then steadies the arc of the other pair. The resistance P' is on a porcelain or like drum, secured by long screws to the top plate B. The gas-cap K has tortuous openings, and is grooved to receive the arc-enclosing globe, which is supported by a ring x on a looped part of a yoke X, hung by springs Y from the base-plate F ; the ring x may be a turn of the wire forming the yoke X, and the springs Y may be parts of the limbs of the yoke, coiled about a horizontal axis.
Patent GB-190214182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Breaks.
Inventor: PASS ERNEST DE
Filed: 1902-06-23
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 14,182. De Pass, E., [Soc. Anon. des Freins, " Stop "]. June 23. Brakes.-Relates to improvements in the apparatus described in Specifications Noe. 13,339 and 22,815, A.D. 1901, and comprises means for regulating the skidding pressures and for keeping the drum of the controlling-apparatus out of action during service applications. Fig. 1 shows gear of the Wenger type in which the balancing-valve, which may take the place of the valve 24 shown in Fig. 2 of Specification No. 22,815, A.D. 1901, consists of a coned plug a carried by the stem b attached to the spring piston e in the cylinder f, which communicates with the train-pipe h through the small port i and the pipej. In a modification, the cylinder f leads directly to the brake cylinder. Balancing -valves of the construction described may be applied to the winch or drum brake described in Specification No. 13,339, A.D. 1901, or to a modification thereof as shown in Fig. 4, in which the roller o is held away from the wheel tyre by the spring 2 in opposition to which moves the adjustable nut 4 on the piston-rod u, which passes freely through the arm 3, and the roller o will not come into operation during moderate braking action. The arm 3, Fig. 5, may carry a small dynamo driven by the roller o and adapted to energize the electromagnet 6 to attract the lever s. Fig. 6 shows brake apparatus of the Westing- house type. Air from the auxiliary reservoir and the triple valve passes to the brake cylinder through the pipe 11, and is prevented from returning by the valve 12, exhaust of the cylinders being permitted through the pipe 15. A small aperture 16 is bored through the piston c. Fig. 7 shows apparatus for keeping the roller o from the tyre during "running" or "service" conditions, the lever 3 then being forced against the stop 24 by the piston 23. When the train-pipe h is vented sufficiently for an emergency application, the spring 21 forces the lever 3 to the left and applies the roller to the tyre.
Patent GB-190218491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compressing Steel in Conical Moulds.
Inventor: HARMET HENRI
Filed: 1902-08-22
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 18,491. Harmet, H. Aug. 22. Ingots.-A compression of steel ingots is effected, in one or two stages, by forcing the metal through its mould. Apparatus, which may be employed for carrying out the process in two stages, comprises a press A having a ram c acting in conjunction with a smaller ram e or support for the ingot d, and a press B having a ram f. In the first stage of the process the ingot is partially forced through its mould a by means of the ram c, and in the second stage the ingot is forced from the mould by the ram f. The mould is cylindrical at the top, the remainder being conical.
Patent GB-190220400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Water-tube Boilers
Inventor: BROWN HARVEY EZRA
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 20,400. Brown, H. E. Sept. 18. Handhole doors. - The handholes in the headers of water-tube boilers are closed by caps a, Figs. 2 and 3, having corrugations b on its opposite sides. When placed in position for fixing, the closed end projects into the header and the corrugations b bear against the inner edge of the opening, the cylindrical part of the cap being of such a diameter as will enable it to be inserted sideways in the opening. The cap is then expanded in place, this operation being facilitated by holding it temporarily by ears c turned down on to the outer edge of the opening. These ears are afterwards removed. To remove the cap, it is driven inwards and then withdrawn laterally in the same way as it was inserted. Instead of the corrugations b, a single bulge may be made on each side. The cap may be made by stamping, casting, or spinning.
Patent GB-190221750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel
Inventor: KNOTH HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 21,750. Knoth, H. Oct. 6. Open-hearth steel processes.-A portion of the refined charge run off from an open-hearth furnace at the termination of a heat, may be mixed with the pig iron, or metal, for the next heat, and the mixture run into the furnace; or the refined metal may be run into the furnace before or after the pig iron or other crude metal. The process may be carried out in any suitable way, but, preferably, the steel is run into a ladle, whence the desired amount is run into the ingot moulds, the residue being then mixed with the metal for the next heat, and the mixture run from the ladle into the furnace.
Patent GB-190222637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rails or Suspending Devices for Trousers and other Garments and the like.
Inventor: OSTERMANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1902-10-17
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 22,637. Ostermann, F. W. Oct. 17. Clothes-hanging apparatus; brackets.-In a garment hanger, rods A, Fig. 1, are secured at one end to sheet-steel castings or stampings a formed as brackets with bearings a<1> adapting them to be hinged to a vertical rod B carried by an end-piece C. The free ends of the rails are received by recesses d; Fig. 3, in an end piece D, the whole being so arranged that each rod projects further outwards than the one immediately below. In a modification, the rods A, Fig. 4, with brackets and bearings a' are formed from single lengths of wire. A rail, to carry a curtain or covering-piece, may be arranged above the topmost clothes rail.
Patent GB-190225295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Neckties or other Goods.
Inventor: PERRY CHARLES
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 25,295. Perry, C. Nov. 18. Displaying.-Boxes for displaying neckties &c. have partitions 1, 2, the ends 6 of which are turned in at right-angles, as shown in Fig. 1. Between the ends 5 of the box and the ends 6 ot the partitions is fitted a flap which is bent to engage with the notches 8 in the partitions to hold the articles in position. The box may have glass ends.
Patent GB-190301165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concentrators or Separators for Crushed Ore, Grain and other similar Materials.
Inventor: WRIGHT ERNEST
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1904-01-16
Abstract: 1165. Wright, E. Jan. 16. Sifting and separating grain &c.- Relates to apparatus for the wet separation of ores, grain, &c., but it is stated that air under pressure may be employed instead of water in the treatment of grain. The material is fed into a hopper 28 provided with rotary vanes 31. The material falls through a perforated plate 37 into a distributing hopper 32<a>, and thence through pipes 33 on to an inclined trough 1 to which the hopper 32<a> is fixed. Here the falling-material meets an ascending stream of air under pressure passing through a passage 11, and the lighter parts and dust pass over an adjustable metal plate 12 into a receiver through a side passage 10, while the heavy portions fall through a transverse slot 2 into a flask 4, or other receiver held by a spring 9 against a cock 5. A strip 62 prevents passage of the material down the conduit 11. The inclination of the trough 1 can be altered by means of an adjusting-screw 16. A jigging- motion is imparted to the trough 1 by an eccentric 19 and rod 17, and this motion also prevents accumulation of material in the mouth of the hopper 28 by the agitation of a rod 34 attached to the hopper 32<a>, and the trough 1, and projecting into the mouth of the hopper 28. The material may be first graded in a horizontal cylindrical screening-drum, the smaller portions being lifted into the hopper 28 by an endless chain of buckets, or a screening-drum sprayed with water may be interposed between the hopper 28 and the trough 1. This latter modification is employed in sorting sand, gravel, and the like which is first graded in a revolving screening-drum having two or more sizes of mesh, endless chains of buckets being employed to convey the graded materials to their receptacles.
Patent GB-190301434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating and Ventilating Systems.
Inventor: RANDALL JESSE ORAMEL
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 1434. Randall, J. O. March 3, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Air, heating; air-supplying, methods of.-Relates to the heating and ventilation of buildings, and consists in a ranging within or below the room to be heated or ventilated one or more heating- cylinders A together with the air pipes i, d<1> to the outer air and room respectively. The heater A, Fig. 2, is doubled-walled, and the pipe is arranged within the space between the walls. The inner lower wall d has grooves h in its upper surfaces and perforations g in its periphery, and the space f below the wall or partition d is connected with the drip-pipe i to which is attached the pipe d<1> supplying air from the room through the funnel p and the purifying-water tank s. Dampers k, r are provided in the air pipes. Dust and other impurities are carried into the tank s, which has a gauge glass v, an outlet pipe e<1>, and an inlet u. A gasoline or other suitable burner heats the air, fresh air passing round the spiral pipe j and air from the room direct to the central tube of the heater.
Patent GB-190305274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Menstrual Pads.
Inventor: HERBIET FELCIEN
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 5274. Herbiet, F. March 6. Catamenial appliances. -A pocket 6 of rubber, silk, chamois leather, &c., containing a sponge or other absorbent t substance, or itself made of absorbent material, i s suspended by straps 2, 3, 4, 5 from a belt 1 or from the corset. The straps 4, 5 are divided, the parts hooking together, as shown.
Patent GB-190307109-A (GB)
Title: Safety Razor Frames or Casings.
Inventor: SCHEUBER AUGUST WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 7109. Scheuber, A. W. March 27. Razors, safety. A slightly-concave fretted support 4 for a removable blade being hinged at 3 to the trough 1 on handle 2 carries by terminal hinges a clip frame 6 having broad tips 8 to bear on the face of the blade and by a central hinge a finger 17 to press the blade against stops 22 on the support and to serve as a lever for lifting the clip frame when the blade is to be inserted or removed. A spring 11, attached by rivets 12 to the back of the blade support, bears by ends 13 against the clip and by a central pallet 15 against the finger which it holds in either of its two positions. A central tongue 18 of this spring with a point 19 catches in a hole in the trough and is provided with a button 20, which is pressed to disengage it and is used to turn the support on its hinge. The sliding lip shown in Fig. 14, supported and guided by a fork 27, on the spring 11, Fig. 13, may be used in place of the hinged one to avoid violent pressure of the edge of the blade against the stops 22.
Patent GB-190307825-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stand for Holding Bicycles, Wheels and the like
Inventor: SHEARMAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-04-04
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 7825. Shearman, A. April 4. Supports for wheels not in use.-A stand for holding bicycles, wheels, and the like is made in two parts hinged together. Arms C on each part carry rollers B. Rollers D, arranged on bolts which connect the sides of the stand, keep the sides at a sufficient distance apart. When a bicycle wheel is wheeled over either of the end rollers D of the stand, arranged as shown in Fig. 2, towards the hinge, its weight causes the stand to assume the position shown in Fig. 3, the rim of the wheel being gripped between the sides of the stand and between projections F thereon.
Patent GB-190308567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fastenings for the Renewable Wearing Portions of Crossings and like Parts of Railway and like Tracks
Inventor: ERVIN GEORGE MCCLELLEN
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 8567. Ervin, G. M. April 15. Frogs or crossings.-Relates to fastenings for the renewable wearing portions of crossings for railways or tramways. Fig. 1 shows the plan of an oblique crossing to which the invention has been applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same along the line 2-2. The letter A indicates the body portion of the crossing, while B are the diverging rails thereof and C the renewable plate, seated in the body A. The sides c of the plate C are shaped so as to be parallel to the inclined walls a of the body portion. These surfaces are, however, separated by a space for the fastenings D shown in Fig. 5 and 6, which consist of short flat strips of metal, adapted to be driven into the spaces E. After these are fixed, spelter or other material is run in to form the bedding of the plate. To remove the plate, these plugs E are driven through into the hole beneath, which is only loosely closed by the plug G. The plate can then be lifted or prized up by aid of the recesses g.
Patent GB-190310598-A (GB)
Title: A Safety-ladder Spreading Out Automatically
Inventor: SORG FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 10,598. Sorg, F. Nov. 23. Ladders, specially intended for use as fireescapes, are constructed of two or more connected parts, which spread out when the ladder is brought into the upright position. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the ladder folded up and Fig. 4 shows it unfolded. The hollow uprights a have dovetailed grooves to receive sliding hooks h, which unite the different sections. The upper pair of hinged spreaders b is provided with a hook k, and is connected to the lower pair by a slat p. The steps s turn about bolts n, the other ends, which are provided. with rollers, sliding in the hollow uprights until arrested by stops i.
Patent GB-190315399-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chalice or Communion-cup.
Inventor: LISSNER HENRIK
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-07-11
Abstract: 15,399. Lissner, H. July 11. Chalices.-To obviate the risk of contagion or infection in the use of chalices or communion cups, the mouth of the cup 1 is closed by a some. what funnel-shaped or cupped plate 3, which is in communication with the interior of the vessel through two tubes 7, and a strip 9 of paper, parchment, or the like is arranged to be drawn from a roll 10 in the base of the cup, over the lip 8 of the vessel at the part from which the wine is to be partaken, the strip being moved each time the cup is used, to bring a fresh part of the strip into position. From the roll 10, the strip passes up through a slit in the part 3, over the lip 8, down through a slit 12 in the side of the cup, and is rewound on the second roll 13, which is provided with an external handle 14 for effecting the movement of the strip. The cup is filled through the slide &c. 4 in the part 3. In use, the cup is tilted until a portion of the wine passes into the part 3, a curved strip of metal being preferably held against the lip of the cup to prevent overflow, the strip 9 is moved at the same time, and the cup is then handed to the communicant. A tube 15 is provided for draining any residue left in the part 3 into a chamber in the base of the cup.
Patent GB-190317315-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fire Escape
Inventor: HAWKINS FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 17,315. Hawkins, F. Aug. 10. Fire-escapes; pives and tubes, lifting, supporting, and directing.-The sections a, b, c of a telescopic ladder are arranged to slide within one another, and are operated simultaneously by a winch j and wire ropes h, m. The wires h from the winch j pass over pulleys i at the top of the bottom section a, and are attached at h<#> to the lower end of the section b. The wires m pass over pulleys n of the section b and are attached to the sections a, c. The lower part g of the ladder is hinged, to permit of the egress of persons rescued by the telescopic shoot f. The shoot may be dispensed with, and the winch may operate a drum p on which hosepipes q attached to the upper section are wound. The ends of the pipes are fitted with couplings s and nozzles r. The ladder sections are formed with guide tongues and grooves t, faced with metal.
Patent GB-190318245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of a Pharmaceutical Compound
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1903-08-24
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 18,245. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Aug. 24. Medicinal preparations.- Consists in preparing trichloroisopropyl alcohol, which possesses therapeutic, especially soporific, properties, by mixing magnesium filings, a methyl haloid, such as the bromide or iodide, and an ether such as ethyl ether, and then decomposing the addition compound with a mixture of dry chloral and ether, yielding a compound of the formula which, on treatment with water or dilute acids, yields the alcohol.