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Patent GB-190205304-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ink-feeder for Pens.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1902-03-03
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 5304. Wheatley, W. H., [Hultman, I., and Johanson, A. M.]. March 3. Pens, reservoir. Fig. 2 shows a cross-section and Fig. 4 a plan of a reservoir attachment for writing-pens. It is made of metal, celluloid, &c., is provided with channels b, c, and is secured to the nib e by clips d. In modifications, the attachment is provided with extensions which are turned up to close the inner ends of the channels b, c, and is provided with a projection to facilitate removal.
Patent GB-190207763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Medicine Spoons.
Inventor: DAY MATTHEW CHARLES
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 7763. Day, M. C. April 2. Measures of capacity.-A medicine spoon is constructed with an inturned flange a<2> to prevent spilling, and a flared month a'. The handle b<1>, b<3> is of the form shown, and serves to support the spoon on a flat suriace so that the bowl forms a measure, excess of liquid escaping by the spout.
Patent GB-190212710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing Air and Gas or other Fluids.
Inventor: LOEBEN GUSTAVE ADOLPH
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 12,710. Loeben, G. A. June 3. Mixing air and gases. - Relates to apparatus for mixing air and gas for gas burners, gasengines, &c., or for mixing other fluids, the gas under pressure being made to compress the air. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section, and Figs. 2 and 3 horizontal sections, of such an apparatus, having two outer air chambers 2, 3 and two inner gas chambers 4, 5 separated by two large flexible discs 7, 9 and an intermediate smaller disc 6. These discs are connected to flanges on the casing 1 by flexible bellows structures, and are connected together by a rod 15 so as to be actuated in unison as the gas enters one chamber and leaves the other. The passage of gas from the inlet pipe 12 and chest 10 to the gas chambers, and its passage to an outlet chest 11 and pipe 13, is controlled by sliding valves 14 having pin-and-slot connections with arms 24, 25 on levers 23 operated by springs 27 and stops 22 on rods 21, the motion of the levers 23 being limited by pins and slots. The rods 21 are connected by pins and slots to levers 20 on spindles 16 connected by rods 17, 19, as shown, to the discs 6, 7, 9. The entry and exit of air is controlled by check valves 29, 30. Springs 47 may be interposed between the gas and air chambers, and the removable diaphragm 6 replaced by a solid partition. In a modification, the spindles 16 are situated in the air chambers, and carry fixed and loose arms connected to the discs 7, 9 and the heads of auxiliary bellows also situated in the air chambers. In another modification, solid partitions, carrying stuffing-boxes for the passage of the rod 15, are placed between the central and side diaphragms so as to form two air chambers at each side of the apparatus. A single-acting apparatus may be used, having an air chamber and a gas chamber separated by a horizontal weighted disc and a flexible diaphragm. Pistons moving in cylinders may be used in place of the movable diaphragms, and air under pressure may be used to compress the gas supplied.
Patent GB-190223237-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cleansing Composition for Railway Carriages and the like.
Inventor: MOON HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-24
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 23,237. Moon, H. Oct. 24. Coating.-A mixture of copper chloride, hydrochloric acid, potato flour or other fecula, soap, water, rape or other fatty oil, and creosote is used for cleaning railway carriages, urinals, &c. When used on iron or steel surfaces copper is deposited. After the use of the composition, the surface may be wiped with cotton-seed or other slow-drying oil to leave it bright and glossy.
Patent GB-190226756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Materials for use in Filter or Bacterial Beds
Inventor: CANDY EDGAR RALPH
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,756. Candy, E. R. Dec. 4. Sewage and foul waters, treating; bacteriological processes; filtering - media. - Materials, such as clinkers, coke, flint, stones, &c., for use in filter beds or bacterial beds, are encrusted with oxidizing- substances. such as iron or manganese oxides, charcoal, &c. The incrustation may be produced by first wetting the clinkers &c. with water, tar, a solution of tar in benzolene or naphtha, a mixture of quicklime and water, with or without the addition of tallow &c., and then sprinkling it with or rolling it in the powdered oxidizing-material, which may have cement incorporated with it.
Patent GB-190226856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Sweetmeats.
Inventor: BARRATT EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-05
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 26,856. Barratt, E. W. Dec. 5. Moulding confectionery or sweetmeats.-In a candy rolling and cutting machine, also applicable for the production of cream and lozenge or other paste rock sticks, the candy &c. is subjected to a drawing or pulling operation to form it into lengths, and is then rolled into cylindrical sticks, which are afterwards cut into pieces of the desired size. The plastic candy is placed in a conically-shaped frame B, Figs. 1 and 3, which rests on a table A, and receives an oscillating motion from a shaft B through a universal joint b<2>, which allows the frame to be turned about its axis by hand, when desired. Resilient fingers b<3> projecting from the end piece b<1> of the frame converge towards their outer ends, and are embraced by a sliding ring bx. The plastic candy passes from the cone B to a series of grooved wheels C, which are covered with india-rubber or other suitable material at their grooved parts. The wheels C are geared together, and may revolve at different speeds so as to reduce the diameter of the piece of candy. The candy passes from the wheels on to an endless band C', and, when the desired length is on the band, it is severed by the workman and pushed off on to the lower of two transverse endless bands D. The stick of candy, after passing between the bands, is conveyed by the upper band over -serrated blades or saws E fixed in a block e, which has a lip e<1> to direct the candy on to the blades. The incisions thus made in the stick allow it to be readily broken into lengths on leaving the knives by the shoot or inclined board e'. A hinged inclined platform D<1> may be employed to assist the passage of the sticks from the band C<1> to the bands D. The series of grooved wheels C may be provided with indiarubber bands, the lower of which may serve as the conveyer C<1>.
Patent GB-190228163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle-cap Making Machines.
Inventor: ADRIANCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 28,163. Adriance, B., and Calleson, A. May 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Counting-apparatus.-In a machine for making metal bottle caps of the kind described in Specification No. 7597, A.D. 1893, [Abridgment Class Stoppering &c.], a counting-apparatus is employed, which is actuated from the slide which feeds the cork discs or washers to the caps. Each cap consists of an annular band or flange and a cupped top-plate separate from the band. The annular band is sheared off a continuous metal strip, after it has been punched to form a tongue and eye and marked by a lettered punch. It is then bent in a coiling-head, and the tongue engaged with the eye, and, after the top-plate has been inserted, one edge of the band is curled in a die over the top-plate. The top-plates are punched and drawn by dies from continuous metal strips. If either the band or the top-plate is omitted in assembling the cap, the feed-slide and the counting- apparatus are not operated, only finished caps being counted.
Patent GB-190300737-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Displaying Biscuits and other Articles in Cases
Inventor: CRAWFORD JAMES SHIELDS RUSSELL
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 737. Crawford, J. S. R., Crawford, J. S., Crawford, W., and Crawford, A.I. Jan. 12. Displaying.-Biscuits, confectionery, and other goods stored in a box or canister i are displayed in a show case or holder a. The box i is connected with the base of the case a by hinges l, m connected by a link k, and, when turned into the position shown in full lines, the open mouth abuts against the hinged lid c of the case, the lid having glazed panels e through which the biscuits &c. can be seen. To get at the biscuits &c. the lid c may be raised, or the box i may, by means of the handle i<1>, be turned through the open back of the case a into the position shown in dotted lines, the inclined rest o serving to support it in this position.
Patent GB-190304555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters.
Inventor: STROUD LEWIS
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 4555. Stroud, L., and Gittos, J. G. Feb. 26. Carburetting.-The carburetter is particularly applicable to internal-combustion engines. It comprises an oil chamber A which is kept filled and has an outlet A' with two valves, one C<2> adjusted by hand, the other D opened by the suction of the motor piston acting upon a disc E attached to or working between collars on its spindle D'. The oil escaping from the passage A<2> is sprayed against cones or discs of gauze K on the spindle through the hole F<2> in the outer casing F<1> and the rotary valve G in the wall of the mixing chamber B<1>. This chamber is provided with a layer of absorbent material L, L<1>. The lift of the valve D is controlled by the governor rod N<1>. Additional air may enter the engine feed-pipe B<3> by the valve M. The apparatus is suitable for using both heavy and light oil.
Patent GB-190306167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Compressors for Gaseous Fluids.
Inventor: MUNSON CORYDON WILLARD
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 6167. Munson, C. W. March 17. Crescent-shaped chamber type of air or gas compressing pumps, in which vanes are hinged to an axis placed eccentrically in a cylindrical casing. The air enters by inlets l and is forced through the valves k by the vanes l, which are pressed out by spring plugs i. The air passes into a small annular recess between the vane carrier g and the tube m, and thence through the apertures m<1> into the annular conduit between the pipes o, m. The carrier g may be rotated on the tube m, the casing b being fixed, or the casing b may be rotated, the carrier g being fixed. The supply of oil to the pump is maintained so large that the packing of the edges of the vanes &c. may be omitted, the oil sealing the joints where relative movements of metal on metal occur. To cool the air and the pump, water is forced through the pipe o and the annular casing b which are connected by a pipe o<1>.
Patent GB-190308049-A (GB)
Title: Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1903-04-07
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 8049. Edwards, E., [MacWilliam, J. E.]. April 7. Sprinklers, autornatic; portable pressure reservoirs; extincteurs. - A water tank or reservoir A, in the corner of a compartment or room, is connected with overhead sprinklers by a supply pipe B, and is fitted with a hand-rail 11, a pressure gauge 13, an air - inlet valve 14, and a swivelling bottle 17, which contains acid, and is connected to a float 19 by a chain. The water in the reservoir contains sufficient carbonate, or chemical matter, in solution to produce an increased pressure of gas when the acid is discharged by the lowering of the level of the water and the consequent pull of the float and chain on the bottle 17. The fusible rod or section of the sprinkler head may be connected to an electric contact-piece in a circuit containing an alarm bell.
Patent GB-190311008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nailing, Slugging or like Machines for use in Boot and Shoe Manufacture.
Inventor: MADDISON WILLIAM EDGAR
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 11,008. Maddison, W. E., and Downs, W. May 14. Nailing.-Relates to nailing, slugging, or like machines for forming and inserting wire pegs and the like in the soles or heels of boots and shoes. The apparatus shown may be duplicated &c., so as to insert two or more rows of pegs simultaneously. The wire a*, Figs. 4 and 6, from which the pegs are formed, is fed with a step-bystep movement between the toothed feed-wheel a' and a roller a<2> The feed-wheel is rotated by pawl-and ratchet gearing, the actuating pawl or pawls being carried by a lever, which is loosely mounted on the feed-wheel spindle and is actuated by the cam b and returned by a spring. The feedwheel spindle is mounted eccentrically in a sleeve provided with an operating-handle b', which may be turned by hand or by a cam to throw the feedwheel into or out of contact with the wire. Means, such as a key screwed on the feed-wheel spindle, may be provided for rotating the feedwheels by hand. This key also serves for clamping a loose feed-wheel to a feed-wheel fast on the spindle, so that both rotate together ; by unscrewing the key, the loose feed-wheel is released and rendered inoperative, thus permitting the number of rows of pegs to be diminished or increased, as required. The wire, as it is fed forwards, enters a hole in the slide c', which is then actuated through the lever c<2> by the cam c to shear off the part of the wire within the slide, and to carry the peg so formed over the inserting-nozzle e'.
Patent GB-190311276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrodes for Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: RODERBOURG CARL
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 11,276. Roderbourg, C. May 18. Secondary batteries.-In forming a nickel-oxide electrode for a storage battery, a paste of a nickel salt and water supported by a plate or carrier is first oxidized by immersion in an alkaline lye into hydrated nickel protoxide, a hard surface layer being formed to retard the oxidation of the interior paste and so to prevent crumbling. The material is then further oxidized in an alkaline lye by an electric current into nickel oxide, which is stated to be pressed firmly on to the carrier and to acquire a consistency resembling that of stone. The electrode is used with fresh lye in the battery.
Patent GB-190312027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Dividing and Moulding Dough.
Inventor: GUELTIG AUGUST
Filed: 1903-05-26
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,027. G³ltig, A., and Reichert, E. May 26. Moulding dough.-Dough is placed in a mould box 3, supported by a frame 6, 7 raised and towered by a lever 55, crank shaft 54, and connecting-rod 52. It is pressed into a flat cake against a plate 39 secured to a hinged lid 15, and is divided into rolls or pieces by plates or partitions 69, which slide through slots in the plate 39, and are carried by a plate 37 operated by a handlever 29, a cross-bar 27, and rods sliding through the lid. 'The lid is connected to the mould during the moulding and cutting operations by latches 9, which are mounted on a spring spindle provided with a handle 12, and engage with latches 8 of the mould. The cutting-apparatus is supported in a raised position out of action, while the cake is moulded, by a catch, which is pivoted to the lid, engages with a pin of the lever 29, and is locked in, or out of, action by a sliding spring block bearing against flats on the catch pivot. The lid is balanced by a weight and springs on the hinge spindle 17 acting through crank arms and chains. To regulate the feed, the mould is maintained at the desired height with respect to a fixed frame 40 and loose bottom plate 41 by a pawl engaging with a toothed segment 56 on the shaft 54. To prevent lifting of the mould in the cutting operation, inclined plates 62 of the frame 6 bear against inclined spring plates pivoted to the frame 40, and these spring plates give way under excessive pressure. The mould box is formed with internal recessed sides, with the corrugations on opposite sides alternating with one another in order to produce either milk rolls or ordinary rolls; by changing the plate 39 and cutters 69. The plate 39 is fastened to the lid by pivoted notched catches engaging with grooved pins fixed to the plate. Sliding, spring, bevel-ended, retaining-bolts engage with projections of the catches. Ribs may be formed on the plate 39 to produce notches in the rolls.
Patent GB-190316762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gravity Locks.
Inventor: STOUT GEORGE HUSTON
Filed: 1903-07-30
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 16,762. Stout, G. H., and Turner, L. A. July 30. Latches; locks, key.- Relates to springless locks or door fastenings. The bolt 7 is pivoted at a lower rear corner, is operated by an ordinary square handle-spindle 8, and is provided on its rear edge with recesses 7<d>, 7<h> to receive the lock and the night-latch levers 12<c>, 15, respectively. The night-latch lever is operated by a knob on one side. The locking-lever is loosely mounted on a slotted key cylinder 13, journalled into the front and back plates of the lock case, the lock case being slotted in one position to allow the key to enter. The locking-lever acts by gravity and is provided with keyways 12<a> in two positions, the centre part 12<b>, Figs. 4 and 5, between being cut away in one or more slots to allow the wards of the key to pass, so that the key can make a complete revolution in locking and unlocking. The striking-plate is made reversible and has upwardly-bevelled guides for raising the bolt in closing the door.
Patent GB-190316961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Oil and Spirit Lamp Burners
Inventor: BINGENHEIMER GUSTAVE ADOLPH
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 16,961. Bingenheimer, G.A., Bingenheimer, E. W., and Kistler, C. M. Aug. 4. Oil-lamp burners; night lamps. -To permit of the escape of all the rays of light when the flame is full, to diffuse the rays of light when the flame is low or small as in night lamps, and to regulate the flame and prevent the formation of " forks," the burner body 11 is formed with a hinged collar 14 for the reception of a glass or transparent burner cone 17, of which the serrated flange forms substantially a series of diffusing lenses 20, and the wick-tube 13 is provided with a flanged sleeve 21, which can be moved transversely upon it to prevent the formation of "forks" by cutting off the air supply to either end of the flame. The emission of light may be increased by perforating the collar 14, and inserting a mica or transparent lining to prevent the entrance of air.
Patent GB-190322474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Headstocks for Lathes.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,474. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. Oct. 17. Lathes.-A headstock for use with tools of a high cutting speed is constructed with a two-speed drive through gearing, the usual direct belt drive being dispensed with, and the cone speed increased so that the speeds usually obtained by the direct drive are obtained by the quicker of the two speeds, the other speed corresponding to the usual back-gear. The cone pulley and the two wheels c, d are secured on a sleeve loose on the lathe spindle, the wheels gearing with a pair e, f which can be separately clutched to the back-shaft g on which is a pinion gearing with a wheel on the lathe spindle. A suitable form of friction clutch for each wheel consists of an internal split ring n, Fig. 3, which is expanded against a flange on the wheel by the radial movement of a wedge n<2>, produced by the longitudinal movement of a rod m in the backshaft. The rod has a bowl m<2> which may engage the bevelled end of either of the wedges, the rod being pinned to a ring l<3>, which is slid by a sleeve l<1> carrying a rack l, Fig. 5, gearing with. a pinion k rotated by a segment on a hand-shaft j<1>.
Patent GB-190322793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Speed-indicators.
Inventor: CHAUVIN RAPHAEL
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 22,793. Chauvin, R., and Arnoux, R. Oct. 21. Speed indicators. -A magnetoelectric machine is coupled to the movable part, the speed of which is to be measured, and the current from this apparatus passes through a suitably graduated galvanometer. The shaft d, Fig. 1, coupled by the pulley g and band f to the moving part, carries extensions e, e<1>, Fig. 3, which act as inductors to the fixed coil b, the permanent magnet a thus producing an alternating current in the coil b. For rapid calibration of the galvanometer, a screw-threaded washer h of soft iron can be adjusted near the magnet so as to modify the magnetic flux. The same result can be obtained by varying the resistance of the galvanometer circuit. In the preferred form of galvanometer, the current passes through a wire k of very expansible metal, fixed to a terminal l and an adjustable spring m. To the centre of the wire k is attached, by a stirrup p, a silk thread q, acted on by a spring r, and coiled round an arbor s, controlling the motion of the indicating-needle t.
Patent GB-190328368-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening Device more especially intended for Connecting the Ends of Ropes, or Cords, together.
Inventor: ANDERSSON CHARLES BERNHARD
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,368. Andersson, C. B. Dec. 24. Couplings.-Fastening-devices for connecting the ends of ropes &c. for signalling flags &c. are made of two parts A, B, Figs. 1 aud 2, to which the ropes &c. are fastened. The parts are connected by placing the part A successively in the positions x, y, Fig. 1, when the head a<2> can be made to slide in the recess b<1>, the shank a' passing through the slot b<2>, the head a<2> ultimately reaching the enlargement b<4>, when the part A can be turned down into line with the part B. The two pieces A, B can then only be separated by a reversal of the process described for locking them.
Patent GB-190402188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Smoke Consuming Furnaces.
Inventor: MOONEY LAWRENCE CARPENTER
Filed: 1904-01-28
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 2188. Mooney, L, C. Jan. 28. Smokeconsuming. - A mixture of steam and air is injected into the combustion chamber of a stationary, marine, locomotive, or other boiler furnace through pipes 10 connected to a header 7. Hot air is supplied through pipes 11, 8 from a pipe 1 passing through the steam space of the boiler and having an intermediate chamber 5 and a funnel-shaped end 4 protected by wire gauze. Cold air may be admitted through wire gauze covered funnels 13. The header 7 is connected by nozzle-ended pipes 15 with a header which receives steam through a pipe 17. In the case of a locomotive boiler, the mixture of air and steam is directed horizontally against an inclined baffle, and the air supplied is heated in a coiled pipe in the smoke-box.
Patent GB-190403543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vanes for Steam and other Fluid Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: FAGERSTROEM ERNST ELIS FRIDOLF
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 3543. Fagerstr÷m, E. E. F. Feb. 12. Steam &c. turbines.-Devices for securing vanes in transverse slots in a turbine wheel are shown. The wheel e, Fig. 1, has transverse slots b, each slot having one or more enlargements c. The vanes a have tongues corrugated to fit the enlargements, and after being inserted into the slots sideways, are secured by pins, wedges, or the like which are inserted in the enlargements. In a modification, an annular groove f, Figs. 2 and 4, is formed on each side of the wheel e, and the tongues of the blades a have lateral apertures through which wedging-plates g are passed. One side of the vanes may be secured by a turned-over edge projecting into the groove.
Patent GB-190404756-A (GB)
Title: Device for Keeping Coffee Mills in Position while the Coffee is being Ground.
Inventor: DUERING ADOLF
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4756. niiring, A. Feb. 26. Coffee mills. - A stand for holding a coffee mill in position during the grinding operation consists of a metal plate a slightly larger than the bottom of the mill resting upon the corner of a table, and having two adjacent edges b of the plate turned up, while the other edges c are turned down.