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Patent GB-190205545-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Casement Stay and Window Fastener Combined.
Inventor: BAKER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-06
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 5545. Baker, F. W. March 6. Casement fasteners.-Relates to a combined stay and fastening for casement windows, fanlights, &c. A stay A is pivoted to an arm B secured to and projecting from or through a plate C fixed to the window. On the window frame is fixed a plate D provided with a bracket D<1>, which acts as a rest or guide for the stay. A pin E' serves to retain the stay, or the bracket may be bent over at the top for this purpose. A fixed projection or pin E on the bracket, and a pin E<2>, mounted on a spring F and projecting through the plate, are adapted to engage in slots H in the stay. A finger piece G is provided for the manipulation of the spring F. When the window is closed, the stay A is turned down, and the pin E<2> engages a hole H<3> in the arm B to secure the window. In the open and partially-open positions, the pin E takes into holes H<1> formed in the stay, the spring F pressing the parts into engagement. The stay is released by pressing it against the pin E<2>. A cross-slot H<2> is formed at the end of the slots H, to permit the stay to be removed from the bracket D'.
Patent GB-190208040-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Fastening the Rails of Railways and Tramways to Sole Plates
Inventor: LACEY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-07
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 8040. Lacey, F. W. April 7. Rail joints; chairs.-Stirrup straps f and wedges g are used to secure the sole-plate, shown as a short length of rail placed under the fish joint.
Patent GB-190210544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lace.
Inventor: BIRKIN CHARLES WILFRED
Filed: 1902-05-07
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 10,544. Birkin, C. W., Bente, G. E., and Sands, E. May 7. Lace and lace-making.-Relates to the manufacture of Torchon, Cluny, and similar laces on machines of the kind described in Specification No. 11,411, A.D. 1894, and has for its object the production of Maltese cross, Maltese, or Cluny spots or effects produced by combinations of Cluny or Maltese spots. One or more lightly-weighted thread or threads c are interwoven in the manner indicated with heavily-weighted threads a. The heavily-weighted threads twist together at the commencement or end of a spot.
Patent GB-190213647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-lighting Fittings for Gas Burners
Inventor: SHAW SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 13,647. Shaw, S. June 16. Grant of Patent refused. Gas valves; lift valves.-A self-lighting or bye-pass fitting for an incandescent or other gas burner is shown in section in the Figure. The burner is screwed into a nipple top A<1> of a cylinder A, which forms a domed screw cover A<2> for a valve box B adapted to be screwed at B' to the supply pipe. A lift valve C with a spindle C' is seated in the box B and guided in a perforated cross plate B<3>. The valve C is preferably constructed of sheet metal in the form of a spherical segment, and may be grooved at the top to maintain the burner supply should the valve be lifted against the domed cover A<2>. The pilot tube J is fitted in a tube H surrounding an outlet tube E of a branch pipe or box D. The pipe E is formed at the top with a serrated seat for a ball or shot valve G, and the bottom of the tube J or the top of the tube H is adapted to form a seat for the valve G, which is lifted when the gas supply is turned on at the full, and is preferably scratched to maintain the pilot light.
Patent GB-190215767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Cars.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 15,767. Imray, O., [National Malleable Castings Co.]. July 15. Couplings, automatic.-In couplings of the Janney type, the locking and opening piece 5 is of simple construction and easily operated. Fig. 2 shows the piece 5, as set for coupling in the head A, and as locked in the head B. On bringing two vehicles together, the pins b are dislodged from the shelves 12, and drop into the holes 6, as shown to the right of Fig. 2. On pulling the chain 11, the piece is drawn upwards until the projection d engages the recess 8. A further pull causes the piece 5 to turn on the recess 8 as a fulcrum, and a projection f acts on the tail 3<1> of the knuckle and swings it open. Should the knuckle be open, and the piece 5 accidentally be in the locked position, as the knuckle closes, its tail engages the projections g, h, and lifts the block sufficiently to let the tail pass, after which the piece drops again into the locked position. The lifting-link 7 is kept upright by a stop m, while a guard i prevents the pin b from catching under the knuckle. A recess 13 in the knuckle engages a hook in the coupling-head to hold the parts together should the pin 4 break. Fig. 6 shows a modified construction, in which the piece 5 is of a different shape from that shown in Fig. 2, the projection f is dispensed with, and the top of the recess 8 is inclined laterally.
Patent GB-190219716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Packing for the Pistons of Gaseous or Fluid Pressure Motors, Pumps and the like.
Filed: 1902-09-09
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 19,716. Perks, E., Birch, F., and Singer Cycle Co. Sept. 9. Pistons. -Spring rings 1, 2, 3, with bevelled edges, are retained by a groove in the piston, and expanded against the cylinder walls and the shoulders 6, 7 by the ring 3. Studs in the joints prevent the rings from rotating. More than three rings may be employed. The packing is particularly applicable to explosion engines and pumps.
Patent GB-190220126-A (GB)
Title: Spray Producer for Perfumes, Disinfectants, and other Liquids.
Inventor: ADAMS JOSEPH BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-09-15
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 20,126. Adams, J. B. Sept. 15. Stoppers. - R elates to stoppers for spray producers. To the stopper b of the vessel a, containing the liquid to be sprayed, is fitted a long wide tube c, as shown in Fig. 1, extending nearly to the bottom of the vessel. The disinfectant, oil, or other liquid, is forced up the tube c by air pumped i through the nipple d, and is met by a current of air at the top, entering through the hole f. The liquid thus leaves the orifice e as spray. The stopper b, in a modified form, is prolonged in the form of a tube, through which the tube c passes, the spraying- orifice being at the extremity.
Patent GB-190220426-A (GB)
Title: Improved Portable Testing and Comparing Instrument, for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: MCCANDLISH ALBERT
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 20,426. McCandlish, A. Sept. 19. Drawings to Specification. Photometers.-A portable testing-set for electric incandescent lamps is described, in which a standard lamp and the lamp to be tested are placed in blackened receptacles in the case and their brilliancy compared by the eye. The current or energy consumed by each lamp is measured by an ammeter or wattmeter provided with a suitable switch.
Patent GB-190221031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sample Containing and Displaying Trays, Cases Bags and such like.
Inventor: WARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-27
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 21,031. Ward, W. Sept. 27. Bags.-A bag for carrying samples of boots, shoes, &c. consists of two triangular-shaped parts a, c, hinged together and opening along the oblique line e. Suitable projections m and ncessesj serve to hold the articles contained. The catches g, which hook on to the studs h, i for closing the bag, are adapted to form a support for the upper part of the bag when it is opened. Flexible handles n are provided for carrying the bag, which is preferably rectangular both in transverse and longitudinal section.
Patent GB-190222567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Heeling Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: KEPPER HYMAN
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 22,567. Kepper, H. Oct. 16. Drawings to Specification. Boxes combined with machines for making boots and shoes.-In a machine for heeling boots and shoes, the metal table is provided at two opposite corners with recesses or receptacles for holding nails.
Patent GB-190227760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Magnetic Core Structures of Electric Apparatus especially applicable to Reactance Coils.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 27,760. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 16. Electromagnets.- Relates to the construction of reactance coils and other appliances in which a magnetic circuit possessing high reluctance is required. without the disadvantage of magnetic leakage and a large stray field. Fig. 2 shows a three-phase reactance coil in section, one of the core laminµ being shown in Fig. 3. Upon lugs 2 on the inner side of the base 1 are mounted members 3 supporting members 4 on which the core of the reactance coil is placed. The core is built up of laminµ 5 in groups separated by ventilating-spaces 5<1>. Each lamina has three openings 7 for the triple winding, and the magnetic reluctance is increased by slots 7<a> transverse to the magnetic flux, and either staggered, as shown, or in alignment. The channels 7 are lined with insulating-material 12, the windings consisting of U-shaped strips of copper connected at the bottom by cross-bars 14 soldered to opposite sides of adjacent U-strips. The conductors are spaced apart to allow air to circulate between them. The reactance coit is placed over a fan chamber, and is cooled by forced or exhaust draught. The invention is also applicable to oil-cooled reactance coils.
Patent GB-190228189-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in connection with Means for Closing the Placket Holes of Ladies' Skirts and the like.
Inventor: NICHOLSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 28,189. Nicholson, A., and Hall, J. Dec. 22. Fastenings, attaching.- Stud - and - socket fastenings for use in closing placket holes &c. are mounted on strips of glacÚ silk &c. Two strips 1 of glacÚ silk are placed one on either side of a stiffening-strip 2, the edges of one strip 1 being folded inwards over the stiffening-strip 2. The edges of the other strip 1 are folded inwards, and the whole are stitched together. Fig. 3 shows the two parts of the fastening secured together.
Patent GB-190300656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plant & Machinery for the Separation & Precipitation of Heavy or Flocculent Matter from Works Effluents or other Liquids by a Continuous Process
Inventor: ALLEN MARCUS
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 656. Allen, M. Jan. 10. Sewage and foul waters, treating; settling and decanting; tanks for.-Consists in means for separating heavy or flocculent matter from works, effluents, or other liquids, by a continuous process. For this purpose, each settling-tank of a series is fitted with three or more baffles E, the outer two of which, rising above the liquid but not descending to the bottom, serve for retaining the flocculent matter, while the inner one, rising from the bottom, but not reaching the surface, serves for retaining the heavy matter. The dividing-walls of the series of tanks are provided with connecting-troughs B fitted with removable sluices b<1>, in order that the liquid may pass diagonally from tank to tank and across the tanks. The supply trough A is fitted with sluices a, for admitting liquid to any tank of the series. A connecting-trough C, sunk in the division walls and fitted with plugs c<1> and sluices c<2>, serves to conduct the liquid from either end tank to any other tank. An overflow trough D is connected with each tank by sluices d<1> and with the troughs C. By these means, the liquid may be caused to pass through all the tanks which are at work, in the same order of sequence, whichever tank first receives the inflowing liquid. The clear liquid is drawn off by a pipe F fitted by swivel joints, with a branch f<1> in each tank. The upper end of each pipe f', when in a vertical position, is above the level of the liquid, and the pipe is then inoperative. Subsequently, for removing the deposited and flocculent matter, a door e<1> in the middle baffle is opened, and the material flows down the sloping bottom to an outlet valve G which delivers it to the sludge trough H.
Patent GB-190303688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Utilization of Distillers and Brewers Bye Products.
Inventor: SOUTER GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 3688. Souter, G., and Souter, J. S. Feb. 17. Food for animals.-A food for cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, poultry, game, and other animals is prepared by mixing burnt ale extracts (obtained by the evaporation of burnt ale, as described in Specification No. 11,532, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Distilling &c.], with distillers' or brewers' draff, cut straw, hay, chaff, or such like fodder, with or without the addition of linseed meal, maize, molasses, or other condiments.
Patent GB-190303922-A (GB)
Title: Cover for Fountain and other Pens.
Inventor: BAKER CHARLES
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 3922. Baker, C. Feb. 19. Penholders; writers' cramp, preventing.-In order to give a firm gripping-surface, and to prevent writers' cramp, a rubber tube a, of any suitable form of outer surface, is slipped over the handles of fountain or other pens.
Patent GB-190306737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Escapements for Watches and other Portable Timekeepers.
Inventor: NORTH ROBERT BENSON
IPC: G04B17/28
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1904-03-23
Abstract: 6737. North, R. B. March 23. Tourbillons.-The carriage a, bearing the balance and escape wheel in the cocks h, i, and having a cannon boss n, revolves under a screw g on a stud b, which is let through the pillar plate d. Gearing itself with the pinion e of the fourth arbor f, it carries a pinion on the escape-wheel arbor round a fixed wheel k.
Patent GB-190307910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Automatically Operating the Track and Conductor Switch Points of Electric Tramway Systems.
Inventor: HARTLEY JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-04-06
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 7910. Hartley, J., and Greenwood, J. April 6. Electric tramways on the overhead conductor system. Points and switches.-Relates to mechanical means whereby the track and conductor switch points of electric tramway systems may be automatically operated from oncoming cars. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the arrangement, only part of the car being shown, and Fig. 2 a plan view of the tramway track. Pivoted to the tramway rail at 10, and working in its groove, is a doubleended lever 11, which is connected elastically, by the rod 15 and spring 16, to a bell-crank lever 14. A similar connection is made between this bellcrank lever and a second bell-crank lever 19. One of the arms of the lever 14 is connected by the rod 17 to the track switch point 12, while the other arm is connected by means of a cord or chain 25 through the bell-crank lever 26 to the conductor switch 23. To move the points over, the driver depresses the push-rod 1, which, through the levers and rod shown, lowers the bar 7 into the rail groove. As the car advances, this rod rocks thelever 11 on its pivot, thus moving all the bellcrank levers, which operate the point - switches, as desired; simultaneously, the bell-crank lever 19 presses the rod 20 upwards into the rail groove. When the car has passed over the points, they are returned to their initial positions by the flange of the car wheel depressing the rod 20.
Patent GB-190308911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Thrust Bearings
Inventor: PATSCHKE ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1904-04-20
Abstract: 8911. Patschke, A. April 20. Thrust and end pressure bearings; vertical shaft bearings.-Shafts for rotary steam engines, turbines, ships' propellers, &c. are mounted and supported so that no pressure is transmitted axially to the engine. The invention is described as applied to a vertical shaft. A hoop or plunger W<1> on the shaft W is coupled to a ring D by means of a setscrew N, a ring R<1> or other suitable means being provided to prevent the screw N from working loose. Packing-rings D' may be interposed between the plunger W<1> and the ring D. The ring D is stepped and takes into a corresponding recess in the casing. A stepped ring D' is secured to the shaft by a screw N', locked in position by a ring R' &c., and is supported in a piston B<2>. The piston B<3> is provided with packing-rings D', and forms part of a body B, fixed to the casing by a set-screw N<3> and supported by a spring F. The set-screws N, N', N<3> engage vertical slots so as to permit a slight longitudinal displacement of the bodies W<1>, B. Rings K on the shaft take into a thrust bearing K<1>, forming part of a body B' supported on balls K' running in races in the body B. A fluid under pressure, such as condensation water under steam or accumulator pressure, is admitted through an opening p between the plunger W<1> and the piston B', and this fluid pressure, together with the spring F, serves to balance the shaft axially. The bearings are lubricated by oil admitted through the inlet s. The spring F serves to take up any wear in the bearings.
Patent GB-190309976-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Milk Can Holder for Doors for Prevention of Theft
Inventor: BAKER STEPHEN
Filed: 1903-05-02
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 9976. Baker, S. May 2. Milk, delivering to houses &c.-In a safety milkcan holder for doors, the wire of the can is inserted in the corresponding slots a, d, in the flat sliding bar A and the socket D, and pushed along a horizontal slot d<1> in the socket till the slot b in the moving bar A comes over the plate c on the inside of the door and is pressed down upon it by the spring B.
Patent GB-190316964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shrapnel.
Inventor: DUNN BEVERLY WYLY
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 16,964. Dunn, B. W. Aug. 4. Projectiles, ordnance.-Relates to shrapnel, and consists (a) in making the case 1 of uniform crosssection throughout, so that the bullets will be projected as from a gun, and (b) in compressing the powder charge 6, so that a comparatively thin diaphragm 9 can be used. Some loose igniting- powder 7 is carried in a central cavity of the powder charge. Specification No. 17,041, A.D. 1899, is referred to.
Patent GB-190316987-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or connected with Clocks.
Inventor: SERAPHIN LUCIEN
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 16,987. SÚraphin, L. Aug. 4. Alarms; clock cases; clocks combined with electric switches.-The rim C of the case contains a band B, which can be turned by a metal knob e fitted into an electrically-insulating inlay E, so as to set a strip a, which projects inwards from the knob, to be touched by the hour-hand A at the required time. The circuit of an electric bell or lamp secured to the bow and the knob is thus completed.
Patent GB-190323348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Couches and Sofas
Inventor: TAGG WILLIAM GRAVES
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 23,348. Tagg, W. G. Oct. 28. Sofas and couches ; bedsteads.-Relates to convertible couches or sofas and beds. The framing is made in two parts X, Y, the latter sliding within the former. The main part X is provided with upper and lower front and back rails a, a', b, b<1> and cross-bars c, c<1>, between which is a space for the back rail F and transverse bars d of the part Y. The rail F is provided with stops g. The front rail E of the part Y conceals the parts a, a<1> and the legs y conceal the legs x. Some or all of the bars d are provided with runners formed of metal strips fitted to slide over metal guides. The scroll or ornamental front J of the head frame K is attached to the rail E. The part of the frame K beneath the top roll K is made double, the two members l, l<1> being hinged together for extension ; the part rests against a support m on the scroll, and prevents return of the part Y. The cushion or mattress is made in two parts N, N' connected together. The part N is preferably thicker than the part N<1>, and is supported at the outer edge by a ledge e of the rail E.
Patent GB-190400589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Rapidly Heating Water for Domestic and like purposes.
Filed: 1904-01-09
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 589. Wilson, H., and Wilsons & Mathiesons. Jan. 9. Water-heaters, gas and oil.-An apparatus for rapidly heating water for baths and for other purposes consists of an outer fixed casing and an inner removable casing. The outer casing has, in its lower portion, a double wall forming a narrow space B, and a plate C, forming the bottom of the casing. The inner casing consists of two or more boxes H, having inclined top and bottom surfaces, and communicating with each other by apertures D', which are connected so as to leave narrow spaces B<1> between the boxes. The apertures of the lowest box are provided with flanges J, which pass through corresponding apertures in the plate C and are secured by threaded rings K or the like. T-tubes L, passing through the boxes, connect the narrow spaces B' formed between the inner and outer casings. Water, entering by inlets F, passes through the narrow spaces B, B', B' to the outlet E, while the gaseous products of combustion from bunsen burners or oil lamps, placed under the apparatus, pass successively through the boxes to the chimney M.
Patent GB-190403664-A (GB)
Title: Carburetting Apparatus for Hydro-carbon Motors.
Inventor: BRILLIE AUGUSTE EUGENE
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 3664. BrilliÚ, A. E. Feb. 13. Expansion joints.-The outlet pipe 18 of the carburetter of an internal - combustion engine enters the cylinder inlet pipe 19 as shown, the spring 20 being inserted in the recess formed between the pipes.
Patent GB-190403680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Grinding Corks
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3680. Lake, H. H., [Miquel, Vincke, & Meyer]. Feb. 13. Surfacing.-In a machine for grinding or finishing corks, the latter are seized in turn by pincers mounted upon a rotating disc, and are then carried between two rotating emery discs. The corks p, Figs. 1 and 2, upon the inclined guideway q are taken up by the jaw f<1> of the pincers the arms f, g of which are mounted between the discs b, c. The arm g is operated by the guide-roll i which projects through the slot c<2> into a groove of a cam disc k, and the arm f is mounted upon the spring m which controls the grip of the pincers. The corks p thus gripped are centered by the spring- controlled stirrups 1 which are maintained in position by an adjustable spring- controlled crosshead 5. They are then carried between the rotating emery discs s, s', displaceably mounted on the shaft r, their distance apart being controlled by the adjustable rotating cams y, y<1> through the levers w, w<1> which have friction-wheels to engage grooves u, u<1> on the hubs t, t<1> of the discs. The shafts a, r, z are all driven through suitable gearing 8, 9, 10, and chain gearing 12 from the main driving-shaft 7.
Patent GB-190413623-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Handle for Rotary Brushes and other Devices driven by Electricity.
Inventor: MACLEAN JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,623. Maclean, J. June 16. Electrically-actuated.-A handle for rotary cutters and the like driven by electricity, is so made that an ordinary lamp socket can be fitted thereto so as to supply current to the driving-motor. The hollow handle a is provided with a tumbler switch f and a plug d of insulating-material with contactpieces at the end. Wires k, lead from the contact-pieces to the motor by way of the switch. g is the spindle of the motor. The plug d fits into a pendant lamp socket.
Patent GB-190416591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holdfasts or Clips for Roofing Gutters.
Inventor: HARMAN GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 16,591. Harman, G., and Wing, J. July 27. Holdfasts.-A clip or holdfast for securing roofing-gutters is pierced at one end a to receive a screw passing over the gutter, and is bent under at the lower end b to grip the outer edge of the gutter.