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Patent GB-190107679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-04-15
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 7679. Boult, A. J., [Sunderland, J. W.]. April 15. Annular-chamber type. -A reversible and balanced engine of the type in which a cylinder rotates on a fixed shaft is shown in the Figures, A central core 6 is secured to a fixed shaft 4, and carries diametrically-arranged abutments 8. A rotary cylinder or drum 19, having a central ring partition 22, is supported on roller bearings 34, and revolves round the central core. The fluid-pressure supply pipe 17 passes through the hollow shaft, and is connected to the valve-chest 35 through a passage in the cylinder wall. Sliding abutments 36 are placed within the valve-chest, and have admission and exhaust passages 40, 41<a> opening on opposite sides of the abutments and connected by suitable passages 49 to tubular reversing-valves 46, 47. A tubular exhaust valve 10 is fitted inside the shaft, and the core has duplicate sets of exhaust ports 74, 75. The valves 46, 47 are connected by links 53, 53<a> to an eccentric 55 actuated by a hand-lever, not shown, so as to rock the valves into the reversed position, and by means of connecting-links simultaneously reversing the exhaust valve. A fixed eccentric 27, by means of rack-and-pinion gearing 62, which gears with racks on the reversing valve spindles, reciprocates the valve so as to regulate the admission and cut-off. By connecting a governor to the reversing-lever, the admission of steam can be automatically regulated.
Patent GB-190108687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Forms or Trees for Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, and the like.
Inventor: NIES FREDERICK HAROLD
Filed: 1901-04-27
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 8687. Nies, F. H. April 27 Gaiters.-Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a tree in use in a boot ; similar trees may be used in shoes and gaiters. A sole-piece a and heel-piece b are made in one or rigidly connected together. To the sole is hinged the instep-piece c, which is held in any desired position by a rack-bar e. The curved part h of the instep-piece is struck from the axis of the joint-pin as a centre.
Patent GB-190110160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bricks, Tiles and the like.
Inventor: KEEBLE ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 10,160. Keeble, A. J. May 16. Bricks; tiles; pottery.-In order to avoid discolouration, or the formation of scum, in the drying or firing process, the articles are dipped in, or coated with animal colloids, such as glue, albumen gelatine, isinglass, and other albuminous or keratinous matters, and are afterwards dried and fired.
Patent GB-190113977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jars, Bottles and like Receptacles
Inventor: HUGHES FREDERIC
Filed: 1901-07-09
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 13,977. Hughes, F. July 9. Bottles, jars, etc.; emptying bottles etc.; bottle, jar, and like holders; stoppers.-To facilitate the cleaning of bottles, jars, and like receptacles, and the discharge of their contents &c., the ves- sels a are formed with a neck b at each end, so that the contents can be withdrawn at either end, while the opposite end serves as a vent. The necks are closed preferably by screw stoppers, one of which is formed to act as, or to be connected to, a tap, valve, or other outlet c. The vessel may also be formed with a bunghole or other aperture capable of being closed. To sup- port the receptacle and to prevent it from colliding with others, it is mounted in a holder or casing d of wood &c., formed so as to permit a glass or other vessel for receiving the contents to be in- serted below the outlet c. The casing may also be pivoted at g in triangular or other supports f, to permit it to be tilted when drawing off the contents. Handholes h in the casing enable it to be carried. The vessel is supported in the casing by rods i; or the sides of the casing may be formed with openings to receive the sides of the vessel, or a suitable framework may be used for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190125280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Addressing Attachments for Printing Presses.
Inventor: BRYAN JOSEPH PETER
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 25,280. Bryan, J. P. Dec. 11. Addressing-machines; platen presses.-Relates to address-printing attachments for printing-presses. Fig. 1 shows a platen press with the addressing- arrangement applied to it. The address-printing blocks are carried successively, by an endless band or chain 25, to position on the forme on the bed 3, and are printed with the other matter of the forme against the platen 4. The bed 3 is mounted on the usual oscillating frame 2. On a bracket 7 extending from the frame 2 is a stud 11, on which is journalled a ratchet-wheel 12 carrying a sprocketwheel round which the band 25 passes, and by which it is fed intermittently. The wheel 12 is operated by a pawl 17 on an arm 14 operated by a rod 15 connected to the roller frame 6 of the press. As the throw of the arm 14 is greater than the feed of the ratchet-wheel, the pawl is disengaged at the proper time by a curved piece 24 engaging the tail 22 of the pawl. Backward movement of the ratchet-wheel is prevented by a pawl 20 on a fixed arm 19. The chain 25 passes round an adjustable pulley 27 and a sprocket wheel 29, and thence up to the forme. At intervals on the chain are sets of barbed books 30, which pick up the address-printing blocks singly from a box 50 at the lower end of a trough or magazine 39, in which they are stacked in a column, one on another. The blocks may be formed from plates 33, Fig. 8, having struck up parts 35 forming grooves or channels in which linotype bars or types are set up. The books 30 engage the bridge-piece 32 of the plate 33. The lowermost block in the box 50 is stopped by a pair of pivoted holders 52, one on each side of the box 50, having arms 54 operated by cams 55 on the sides of the wheel 29. The holders are so formed that, when operated by a cam 55, they permit the lowermost block to drop into position to be engaged and carried away by one of the sets of hooks 30. Displacement of the blocks on the chain, as they pass round the wheel 29, is prevented by an endless band 66 on rollers carried by radial arms 65. After having been printed from, the blocks are delivered into the upper end of the magazine 39 by means of a pawl 71, which engages the block and pushes it off the hooks of the chain on to a shoot 67 leading to the magazine. The pawl 71 is on an arm operated by a pin on the arm 14. After a series of printing - blocks has been placed in the magazine, a plate is placed over them which will not pass the holders 52, and consequently, when this plate reaches the bottom of the box, all further delivery of blocks is prevented, and the blocks will not be printed from a second time.
Patent GB-190206358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of, Parts of Cycle Saddles.
Inventor: MARTIN DAVID ALOYSIUS
Filed: 1902-03-15
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 6358. Martin, D. A. March 15. Making parts of velocipedes.-The underframe of a saddle is formed from a single blank cut out of sheet metal. In one form, a blank of the shape shown in Fig. 4 is bent by suitable tools into the form shown in Fig. 1, the front c<4> being formed into an inverted trough adapted to receive the tension-adjusting device which carries the bracket or spring attached to the saddle front, the sides being vertical but diverging at e, then parallel and slotted at c<3>, the ends c<6>, c<7> diverging and carrying the rear saddle springs. The bridge c<5>-which strengthens the rear part of the frame is curved as shown. Additional rear ends may be arranged when more than two rear springs are desired. In a modification suitable for a springless saddle, a blank of the form shown in Fig. 11 is similarly bent, the curved rear ears being bent upwards and the outer ones turned outward s forming four supports for the cantle plate, which is riveted to the reduced ends g<2>.
Patent GB-190208522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers
Filed: 1902-04-12
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 8522. Ellis & Co., J., and Ellis, J. April 12. Vertical boilers for motor cars &c. Tubes G, surrounding a central fuel shoot D, connect the firebox with a dished smoke-box H. The upper part of the shell is enlarged to receive the smokebox, and in the annular steam space between the two is an anti-priming ring L. The shell is preferably reduced in diameter at the middle, either by tapering it, as shown, or by constructing it of cylindrical sections of different diameters.
Patent GB-190213273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas and Explosion Engines
Inventor: TAYLOR MAURICE
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 13,273. Taylor, M. June 11. Gas engines working with poor gas, particularly those drawing their supply direct from the producer or scrubbers, are ensured the necessary supply by placing in the suction pipe a vessel with an elastic side in which the charge accumulates under a slight pressure during the compression, expansion, and exhaust strokes. Fig. 1 shows a bellows shaped vessel a, distended by a spring i. In Fig. 2, the variation of pressure depends on the head of water in the pipe n. Fig. 4 shows a piston o in the vessel a controlled by the pressure of the exhaust gases in the exhaust box q upon a connected piston r ; the space between the pistons is open to the atmosphere. A piston o controlled by a spring may be employed.
Patent GB-190213538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Bulkhead Doors and other Doors.
Inventor: PRESTON FREDERICK GEORGE PANIZ
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 13,538. Preston, F. G. P., and Ralston, G. C. June 14. Bulkhead doors.-Relates to the moans described in Specification No. 3524, A.D. 1902, for simultaneously closing and opening the bulkhead or other doors in a ship or other structure by hydraulic power controlled from the bridge, engine-room, or other place, and for affording facility for opening a door after it has been automatically closed to permit of persons escaping from the compartment. The invention refers more particularly to the means for opening all the doors simultaneously, and to the emergency ram or valve devices adapted to operate in conjunction with the handle or handles on the bridge or other place. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 shows one form of emergency valve device. The upper cylinder 31 of the accumulator is for the hydraulic pressure, while the larger cylinder 32 has its ram exposed to the boiler pressure. The pipes q, r lead from the door-operating cylinders to the emergency valve t. The ram u of the emergency valve is exposed at the end by the pipe 17 to the pressure in the branch pipe 13 of the main pipe in connection with the valve 27 on the bridge. The relief valve x is connected with the pipe 17 by the pipe z, and with the exhaust s by the pipe 21. The small ram 30 is connected to the lever 6, and has its inner end connected by the pipe 22 with the piping 26 in connection with the bridge valve 28. The ports of the door-controlling pipes q, r are governed by the slide valve v. In a modified form of controlling or emergency valve, the ram is enlarged at the end, and a connection is made above this enlargement with the pipe 22, and the ram 30 is omitted. In the modified valve device shown in Fig. 4, the relief valve x is at the inner end of a central spindle, and pressure against the end of the ram u is relieved by the water passing along the central valve-spindle and through the lateral openings in the ram u and in a packing-ring into the exhaust pipe 21. The opening-inlet 28@ and the closing-inlet 27# are connected with the bridge valves 28, 27, respectively, and the inlets 72,71 lead to the exhaust. The Provisional Specification describes the nature of the bulkhead door-closing system which is described in Specification No. 3524, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190213558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Tuning Pianofortes and other Stringed Instruments
Inventor: ROBINSON FREDERICK AUGUSTUS AR
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,558. Robinson, F A. A. June 14. Tuning; pianofortes.-Pianofortes and other stringed instruments are provided with supplementary means for tuning. Between the bridge of the instrument and the ordinary tuning-pins or means e, the slotted tubes f, Fig. 3, containing screws h through holes j in which the strings dare passed, are arranged. The strings are roughly tuned by the ordinary pins, and are finally adjusted by raising or lowering the screws h by the nuts i.
Patent GB-190213771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Covers or Roofs for Tramcars and other Vehicles also for Maritime Vessels.
Inventor: MAGRINI BONOMO
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 13,771. Magrini, B. June 17. Weather screens; windows.-Relates to adjustable covers for the roofs of omnibuses and other vehicles, and is shown applied to the roof A of a tramcar. Between the side board C and the hand-rail D is fitted a sliding frame B, which is provided either with weather-resisting panels or with glass panes and which is raised either by means such as are described in Specification No. 11,203, A.D. 1902, or by cords G wound on to spindles F held by pawls J and rotated by handles N. The spindles are supported from rails 0 secured to arched metal supports E fixed at intervals to the roof A. The rails carry spring rollers L, on to which are wound awnings K connected at their free ends to spindles M held by pawls U and rotated by handles, a small shelter P being provided. In a modification, the awning may be wound on spindles which are rolled from the centre to the sides to unwind the awning.
Patent GB-190225439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour-burning Apparatus for Incandescent Lighting, Heating and like purposes.
Inventor: DANISCHEVSKI JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-11-19
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 25,439. Danischevski, J., and Meissner, A. Nov. 19. Vapour burners.-Relates mainly to incandescent and other burners for lighting or heating purposes, and to means for supplying petroleum thereto at a constant pressure. This pressure may be obtained by means of a piston working in a tubular reservoir, or by means of a weight P or P<1> acting on a flexible reservoir a. The filling of the flexible reservoir is effected by extending the reservoir by raising, by means of the handle k and the pinion e, a rack attached to the top of the reservoir, the partial vaccum thus created causing the oil to flow from a supply tank through a detachable flexible tube t into the reservoir. The burner comprises a single supply chamber U<3> and a single superheater U<4> connected by two parallel, concentric, or other vaporizing-tubes U', which contain bundles of wires wound spirally and covered with a layer of asbestos and are provided with separate valves z, so that they may be used independently, the one serving to supply the burner while the other is being burnt out or cleaned. Arranged in the superheater U<4> is a thermostatic blade r carrying at its free end a needle or valve r<1>. So long as the burner is alight, the heat causes the blade r to lift the needle r' clear of the orifice s, but as soon as the flame is extinguished and the parts cool, the blade r forces the needle r<1> into the orifice, which is thereby automatically cleaned and closed. To start the lamp, the vaporizing-tubes are initially heated in the usual manner, and the spring pawl f is released by means of handle g so that the weight can act upon the flexible reservoir. To extinguish the lamp without smoke or the exhalation of vapours, the weight P or P' is raised by rotating the handle k. The partial vacuum created causes all the liquid combustible in the vaporizing- tubes to flow back through the tube w into the reservoir A. A portable lamp is described, in which a spring, instead of a weight, is employed for compressing the flexible reservoir.
Patent GB-190225817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop-pipes and Drop-stoppers for Bottles and the like.
Inventor: ELFSTRAND MARTEN
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 25,817. Elfstrand, M. Dec. 27, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Measured quantities, delivering.-In a dropdelivering bottle, to prevent inconvenience or waste when delivering corrosive or expensive liquids, the mouth of the delivery pipe l, Fig. 1, is formed with a tongue-shaped extension m, so that, when the bottle is returned from the pouring to the upright position, the drop retained in the mouth of the tube will adhere to the extension and return by gravity into the bottle. The extension m is preferably of the form of the quadrant of an ellipse, as shown, but the form may be varied. The stopper shown in Fig. 1 consists of a plug b fitted with a delivery tube d and an air-inlet tube e. A revoluble plate f formed with corresponding apertures i, k, in the former of which the tube l is fitted, is secured to the stopper, against which it is pressed by the bolt and nut g, h. By turning the plate, the apertures i, k can be made to register with the pipes d, e, as shown, to enable the liquid to be poured out. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the liquid and air passages o, p are formed in the stopper n, the passage o ending in an extension m formed in the projection q.
Patent GB-190306974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polishing Machines.
Inventor: STONE HERBERT
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 6974. Stone, H., Atkinson, H. G., and Doak, R. D. March 26. Polishing.-In a machine for polishing tubes, rods, &c., the work 19, Fig. 1, is placed in bolsters 18 held in the jaws 17 of a carriage 11 adjusted in the support 9 by a screw &c. 12. The tube &c. is rotated and advanced axially during the polishing. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the bolsters 18<a> can be moved vertically in the support 11<c> by means of a lever 25, and the support 11<c> can be moved laterally on the carriage 11<a> by a lever 22.
Patent GB-190309482-A (GB)
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 9482. Page, S. E., [Brooks, F. E.]. April 27. Roller bearings.-A sleeve C fitted on a shaft A is provided at each end with a runway D, formed by a flange E and guides F secured to, or formed integral with, the sleeve; or the sleeve may be dispensed with and the flanges secured to the shaft. The journal box B is fitted with a liner H, and rollers J are mounted to run between the liner H and the sleeve C. The rollers may have reduced portions to engage ribs I, G on the liner and sleeve, so as to prevent endwise movement of the rollers when the shaft is subjected to end pressure. The rollers are provided with teeth 0, flush with the body portions of the rollers and arranged to gear with teeth P projecting from the sleeve C, so as to keep the rollers in axial alignment. The rollers J are spaced apart by rollers K, adapted to roll on the guides F and on the ribs G. Preferably, bevelled portions of the rollers K engage bevelled shoulders of the rollers J. Each of the rollers J has reduced ends and tongues projecting into the runways D. Slots are formed in the guides F for the passage of these ends and tongues when the rollers are being placed in position, thus ensuring that the rollers are inserted in proper alignment. One or both flanges E may have a hole or holes for the insertion of the spacing-rollers. The slots and holes in the guides and flanges are closed by suitable means when the parts are assembled. The liner and sleeves may be made in sections, with meeting edges X, Y arranged at an angle with the axis of the shaft. The sleeve C is provided with apertures Z, which receive plugs to prevent the rollers from dropping out when the bearing is taken apart.
Patent GB-190314966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Check Devices for Cocks.
Inventor: DEUCHLER ALFRED
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 14,966. Deuchler, A. July 6. Locking valves ; sealing valves; plug cocks.-Fig. 1 is a front view of a device for sealing a gas or other plug cock. Fig. 4 is a sectional side view, and Fig. 5 a sectional plan view, of Fig. 1 when the valve is closed. A box b, closed by a cock, a lead seal, or the like, is arranged above the valve cock a, and in it is a slot c covered by a flap d, and over this slot is a latch f, acted on by a spring g, being chamfered at f and having a groove f<2>. The plug a<1> of the cock has a projecting piece i grooved at i<1>. The cock can only move a quarter of a revolution each way. The flap d has a lug d<1>, which prevents the piece i from being turned upwards until the flap is lifted. To lock the cock, the flap d is raised and, when the plug a<1> is in its closed position, the projection i strikes the inclined face f<1> of the latch and presses it back ; when the piece i is within the box, the latch is forced back by the spring g and the projection f<1> enters the groove i<1> and so keeps the cock fixed. The latch f can be withdrawn by a pin o, which can only be reached by opening the box.
Patent GB-190315878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Ornamentation of Earthenware, China, Porcelain and the like
Inventor: JONES ARTHUR GEORGE HARLEY
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 15,878. Jones, A. G. H. July 17. Pottery, ornamerting. Vases, baskets, flowerpots, jardinieres, pedestals, clockcases, toilet ware, or other articles of china or earthenware, are formed with panels, which are ornamented with lithographic enamel transfers applied to the ware in a biscuit state. The articles are covered with coloured glaze by dipping, pencilling, or blowing, and the panels are cleaned with a sponge, or masked with paper, and are covered with a white or faintly-coloured glaze before the transfers are applied. The borders of the panels, handles, and other parts are ornamented by stamping, pencilling or printing in gold, and the inside of the article may be coated with white or faintlycoloured glaze.
Patent GB-190316857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Polishing Rolls or Wheels.
Filed: 1903-08-01
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 16,857. Gimson, J., and Gimson & Co. Aug. 1. Surfacing and polishing. - In order to polish the sole, heel, waist, or edge of boots or shoes, the polishing-roll shown is used. Pieces of cloth or other suitable material A, built up into a ring and held in position by a long pin a<1>, are gripped between the flanged portions of the rims of the divided bush C by means of screws indicated by the dotted lines C'. The cloth forming the ring is cemented to the fabric lining a<2>. The polishing- roll so formed is replaceable and can be of any desired section to suit a particular operation.
Patent GB-190322552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles to Prevent the Fraudulent Refilling of same.
Inventor: GAJARDO ADRIAN
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 22,552. Gajardo, A., and Sulley, J. Oct. 19. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-A ring b, Fig. 1, of glass, &c, is ground to fit a contraction c in the neck of the bottle and cemented in place. The top of the ring b is covered by a flanged disc d, which is supported out of contact with the ring by studs e. The refilling of the bottle is prevented by a disc g, which rests upon a shoulder formed upon the ring b, and is pressed down by the weight of a loose glass ball f. A hollow ball k is attached to the disc g by a rod i, and acts as a float to keep the disc on its seating when the bottle is inverted. The ordinary cork m is inserted above.