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Patent GB-190000041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vaulted Ceilings.
Inventor: RINCKLAKE AUGUST
Filed: 1900-01-01
Granted: 1901-01-01
Abstract: 41. Rincklake, A. Jan. 1. Arches; ceilings; roofs. - Curved openwork permanent centres a, of expanded metal, perforated metal, or wire gauze, are fixed between the flanges of girders A, a covering c of jute-canvas or gunny-cloth is stretched over the centering, and the space above is filled in with layers of plaster, mortar, or cement, or by a layer of cement and brickwork or masonry.
Patent GB-190000200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hangers, Brackets, and similar Shafting Supports.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1900-01-03
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 200. Thompson, W. P., [Kayser, Firm of J.G.]. Jan. 3. Making bearings.-Hangers, brackets, and other supports for shafting are made from sheet metal, pressed or otherwise brought into suitable shape. Two shells a, Fig. 3, may be stamped out and be then united by interlocking their edges or by other means. The cylindrical parts c receive the screws by which the bearing is supported and adjusted. According to another method of construction, a tube a, Fig. 4, is flattened out at h to form a base for attachment to the supporting-beam or other part. The part e, which carries the bearing, may be secured within the tube by bolts f, or it may be clamped outside the tube.
Patent GB-190000930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for the Rollers Employed in Textile Machinery.
Inventor: RYDER GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1900-01-16
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 930. Ryder, G. A., and Parkinson, A Jan. 16. Rollers.-Relates to means for coupling together the rollers used in textile machinery. In each end of each roller is secured a block B in which is a central aperture b<1> and across which is cut a groove b<2>. Adjacent rollers are coupled together by means of a loose coupling-piece C, consisting of a shaft or stud on which are fixed blocks c<1> corresponding in form with the grooves b<2> in the blocks B, the extremities of the stud engaging with the apertures b<1>. The portion of the stud between the blocks c' may serve as a bearing.
Patent GB-190003824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips or Clamps for Tentering Machines and the Like.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1900-02-27
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 3824. Fell, J. C., [Winsor, R. P.]. Feb. 27. Stretching and stentering.-The upper jaw D of the clip is pivoted to the lower jaw A at 1, and it is pressed towards the cloth until arrested by suitable stops, by means of a spring S. To the jaw D is pivoted the gripper or pawl 7 having a projection 8 which rests in the notch c of a controller C pivoted to the jaw D, until the controller drops through the usual slit 6 in the cloth-holding plate a of the jaw A, when the gripper 7 drops on the cloth as shown and holds it. For thin fabrics, the controller is dispensed with, and then the gripper is rigidly held against the stop F of the jaw D by a screw b.
Patent GB-190008287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boards for Chess and other Games.
Filed: 1900-05-04
Granted: 1901-07-04
Abstract: 8287. De La Rue & Co., T., and Lewis, F. W. SMay 4. Chess; games played with boards and pieces or men. -Relates to portable boards for chess and other games. A frame a is fitted with a sheat d of leather or other flexible material, which is formed with perforations and slits, as shown, to receive stud-like men or pieces e. The sbeet d is supported by a perforated distance-piece c, and the board is provided with a suitable backing a<1>. As shown, the board is made in two parts, which are hinged together at b.
Patent GB-190010990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Letters and Signs for Advertising and other Purposes
Inventor: AMY ALFRED CHARLES
Filed: 1900-06-16
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 10,990. Amy, A. C., and Battams, H. [trading as Garnier & Co.]. June 16. Letters; signs; advertising.-Letters and signs for advertisement and d other purposes are formed of opaque material, such as enamelled metal, in which perforations bare made, there being secured to the back a transparent or translucent material c, preferably coloured, which appears through the perforations in the daylight, and through which light at the back may appear at night. The backing may be secured by metallic clips i, passed through slits h, or by other means..Advertising tablets and signboards may be otherwise formed, but on this principle of backing with a transparent or translucent material a perforated opaque material.
Patent GB-190011254-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Coupling for Railway Trains
Inventor: MELLER DAVID
Filed: 1900-06-21
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 11,254. Meller, D. June 21. Couplings, automatic.-The drop-bolt a on each vehicle is carried by a frame e having pins f which rest on the slide h. On bringing the two vehicles together, the balanced links b enter the drawheads and push back the slides h, causing the bolts to assume the position shown in Fig. 3 and effect a double coupling. The parts are uncoupled by rotating the cross-shaft n, causing the frames e to be lifted by the links o, p, and the weighted arms k place the slides h under the pins f again. The shaft n may be locked by preventing the movcments of its cranked.ends or handles by a system of elbow levers controlled by tie-rods.
Patent GB-190014992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blotting Paper and Blotting Pads
Inventor: TINKER JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-08-22
Granted: 1901-08-22
Abstract: 14,992. Tinker, J. J. Aug. 22. Drawings to Specification. Blotting-paper.-In order that blotting-paper and blotting-pads made therefrom may more perfectly absorb the moisture to which they are applied, the paper is provided with a number of holes or apertures which may be made during the process of manufacture or afterwards, and be arranged in regular order or so as to represent designs, letters, figures, &c. for advertising and other purposes.
Patent GB-190100623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siphonal Cisterns for Waterclosets and the like.
Inventor: MURCHLAND WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-01-10
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 623. Murchland, W. Jan. 10. Water-waste preventers, siphon-discharge. To prevent noise, the inlet dips into the compartment A' of a chamber fixed to the side of the tank. Water overflows from the compartment A<2> into the cistern, and also into a compartment A<1> from which a siphon leads into the main discharge siphon G. This auxiliary siphon discharges an after-flush.
Patent GB-190102394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distributing Electricity and in Apparatus for Use therein.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1901-02-04
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 2394. Ransford, R. B., [Soc. Anon. des Brevets Dolter]. Feb. 4. Electric railways and tramways.-In distributing electricity, particularly for surface contact systems of traction, the conductors are divided into sections connected to junction boxes each end of a section being connected to the main conductor which is also divided into sections. Figs 6 and 7 show a junction for four conductors. The junction pieces 13, 14, 15, 16 are embedded in an insulating block and have projecting pieces which can all be connected by a bolt, the head of which is embedded in a cover 17 as shown. Fig. 8 shows the application to the system of distribution described in Specification No. 11,776, A.D. 1899, in which an electromagnetic switch completes the circuit when a car is passing.
Patent GB-190102520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clocks with Plates for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: BERNSTEIN MAX
Filed: 1901-02-05
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 2520. Bernstein, M. Feb. 5. Advertising.-Advertisement plates a, b, c, dare secured to and surround a clock as shown, the clock thus fitted being adapted for railway, tramway, and other vehicles.
Patent GB-190103918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding or Spooling Yarns.
Inventor: BLACKBURN BENJAMIN
Filed: 1901-02-23
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 3918. Blackburn, B., and Blackburn, R. Feb. 23. Winding-machines; yarns, damping.-The invention is specially applicable for winding or spooling yarns for use in hosiery machines. The spindle-driving shaft A is driven at a speed which increases as the diameter of the cop chase diminishes, and vice versÔ, the variations in speed corresponding with the rise and fall of the threadguide K. The shaft A and the main driving-shaft C' are each provided with a friction disc F, E having a thickened edge or rim which is gripped between a pair of discs G<1> pressed together by a spring. The discs G' are carried by a balanced lever I, which is connected by the levers I<4>, L, M with an adjustable crank-pin N<1> on the shaft J, which carries the cam J' for traversing the threadguide K. As the thread-guide rises and falls, the pair of discs G<1> are reciprocated between the shafts C' and A. The yarn P is passed in the manner shown over a damping-roller 0, which is driven uniformly by belts D, R<1> from the main shaft C<2>.
Patent GB-190104031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinets for Displaying Merchandise.
Inventor: MORGAN JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 4031. Morgan, J. W. Feb. 25. Displaying.-Cabinets for displaying oilcloth, linoleum, &c. consist of cases, constructed as shown in Fig. 1, having series of rails a, a' at the top and bottom along which move stiles or supports C, to which are hinged sashes D for displaying the articles. The sashes and stiles can be drawn towards the front of the case, as shown, for displaying the articles on either sides of the sashes, or they can be pushed back so as to be completely enclosed in the case. When drawn towards the front, the sashes drop into notches a<5>, and are thus retained, or they may be retained by weighted catches. Weights E at the back serve to balance the case when the sashes are drawn towards the front. The articles may be held on the sashes by means of supplementary hinged sashes, secured thereto by any suitable means, such as by a hook and pin.
Patent GB-190108449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: MOND LUDWIG
Filed: 1901-04-24
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 8449. Mond, L. April 24. Gas-producers.-Relates to cylindrical gas-producers of the kind described in Specification No. 12,440, A.D. 1893, having at the top a bell m containing raw fuel and at the bottom a grate in the form of an inverted truncated cone. A central hollow shaft q is now provided, carrying agitating-arms r, and having at the top of the bell lateral inlets x for gases and vapours and a steam injector nozzle u, and at the bottom outlets for the gases and vapours, which are drawn off from the bell by the action of the injector and forced into the mass of incandescent fuel.
Patent GB-190109498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in News-paper Wrapping Machines.
Inventor: CLYNE ROBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9498. Clyne, R. G. May 7. Addressing-machines. -In a newspaperwrapping machine a chain of addresses L is drawn from a wheel M by pentagonal wheels U driven by intermittentlyoperating spur gearing 122, 126, Fig. 30. As a link passes over the first wheel U it receives ink from a roller carriage, and at the second wheel U the packet is pressed against it. The chain then passes across a brush s<1> in a tank of benzene S, and is wound on a frictionally-driven wheel M which is exchanged for the wheel from which the chain has been withdrawn.
Patent GB-190114154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 14,154. Stumpf, J. July 11. Milling; making turbines and reaction - wheels.-In order that the semicircularended buckets in a n impact-wheel may be milled out of the solid, a milling-cutter e, Fig. 8, having an upper part f, is used. The buckets b, Fig. 9, are separated by partitions m in which the slots g are produced by the cutter f.
Patent GB-190121895-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Housing Propellers of Warships and the like.
Inventor: HAMILTON JAMES
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 21,895. Hamilton, J. Oct. 31. Screw propellers, housing. In war-ships and the like, the drag and consequent waste of power which occurs when one or more propellers are not doing useful work are obviated by simply drawing the idle propellers forward from their working position and housing them against parts of the ship recessed and shaped to receive them. Thus, in the arrangement of central and wing propellers A, B', B' shown in Figs. 2 and 3, recesses or pockets E, G<1>, G', G<3>. G<4> for housing the boss and blades of the propeller A when drawn forward are formed in the stern post D and in the brackets C carrying the wing propellers B', B<2>. The housing surfaces G<1>, G<2>, G<3>, G<4> may be formed on separate plates or parts instead of on the stern post and brackets, the form of the lines to permit of the closing of the water being not appreciably altered from the existing arrangements. As a modification, the recesses may be formed in the rudder post H and in the side brackets thereof ; the propeller is housed by being moved aft instead of forward.
Patent GB-190126075-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Celluloid-like Substances and their Use in Industry.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 26,075. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec. 20. Celluloid.-Acetyl derivatives of cellulose are mixed with camphor in presence of chloroform or glacial acetic acid, with gentle heating, for some hours ; after evaporation of the liquid, a flexible transparent product is obtained. This may be dissolved in chloroform, spread on glass plates, and dried, to produce films or plates suitable for use in photography. The camphor may be replaced by other materials, such as naphthalene, paratoluenesulphamide, or a methyl ester of oxalic, phthalic, or paratoluenesulphonic acid.
Patent GB-190126334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements Relating to the Construction of Ships' Hulls.
Inventor: COOK SAMUEL GEORGE BAKER
Filed: 1901-12-24
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 26,334. Cook, S. G. B., [Howland-Sherman C. H.]. Dec. 24. Ships' hulls; war-ships; yachts.-By shaping and constructing the hulls of armoured cruisers and other vessels in the manner shown in the transverse section in Fig. 6, they are rendered practically unsinkable from ramming or collisions, the resistance to propulsion is reduced, the buoyancy is increased, and, in the case of warships, the risk of injury by shot or by submarine attack is minimized. The invention is describel and illustrated in connection with an armoured cruiser. The ordinary side and freeboard of the vessel are entirely dispensed with, and replaced by an upwardly and outwardly inclined (preferably parabolic) bottom 2, Fig. 6, connected by curved surfaces 3 to an upwardly and inwardly inclined sea-deck 4 extending to the horizontal or curved central deck 5, which, being much narrower than usual, may be more heavily armour-plated without increasing the aggregate weight. The stern is formed with a ram 50 similar in type and function to the ram 69 on the prow. The structure of the hull comprises the keel 72, web-keelson 164, flange keelson 171, and web plates 185, 186, which all act as longitudinally-continuous defining-members to all of the rectangular keel, keelson, and side-bulkheads 161, 162, 180, 198, 199, which they interrupt in series. The great depth, approximately-triangular form, and rigid connections of the side-bulkheads 198, 199 materially strengthen the keel structure lying between them. Side keelsons 132, sister keelsons 133, and stringer keelsons 134 are provided, and the bottom sheathing-plates and hold floor plates are secured to become flange plates to the vertical duplex floor rib plates 215, rendering the structure sectionally equivalent to a box girder of similar depth and parts. This bottom-structure is united by gussets 115 to the transverse duplex deck beams 74, which are also arrauged to be equivalent to a box girder of similar depth and weight, and are longitudinally connected in series by deck stringers 86 carried by columns 82 from the hold floor 105 directly over the side and sister keelsons 132, 133. The gussets 115 are united in series by a longitudinally-continuous backing-plate 119, and water-line bulkheads are attached to the hold floor plates and secured transversely to and between the webs of the gussets, and to the backing-plate. Over this entire framing structure the bottom-sheathing 143 is plated in the usual manner, and above it the deck sheathing 78 or the deck armour 80 is attached with intervening backing-plates 79 in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190201888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electrical Distribution.
Inventor: HOPKINSON BERTRAM
Filed: 1902-01-24
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 1888. Hopkinson, B. Jan. 24. Diatributing; regulating.-In systems of distribution with storage batteries for taking up the fluctuations of the load a booster is arranged in series with the battery and arranged to produce the desired effect. The Figure shows one arrangement. G, G are generators, M, M motors, H a storage battery, and B the booster armature. The field coils D of the booster are in series with a variable number of the battery cells and with a small exciter E, which is driven at substantially constant speed. The field coils F of the exciter may be traversed by the whole of the current from the generators. By varying the resistance R, the proportion of current from battery and generators may be varied.
Patent GB-190201940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Drawing-boards.
Inventor: MCCAFFERTY JOHN
Filed: 1902-01-24
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 1940. McCafferty, J. Jan. 24. Squares.-Drawing-boards are provided with an extension or slide receiving the stock of a T- square flush with the upper face of the board. In the example shown in section in Fig. 2, the board a is provided on the underside with a transverse strip of wood b at one end, and at the other end with two longitudinal strips c projecting beyond the end and connected by a bar d. The stock f of the T-square s is rabbeted to slide on the bar d, and is urged against the edge of the board by a spring h attached to an adjusting-screw passing through a slot in the stock. The strips c may have slotted screw holes for adjustment. A projection k may be provided on the T-square, to facilitate movement.
Patent GB-190207319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distilling Tar, Oil and the like
Inventor: HOLMES FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1902-03-26
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7319. Holmes, F. G. March 26. Distilling oil, tar, etc.; distilling and condensing apparatus, general arrangement of fractional dis- tillation, apparatus for; liquids, preliminarily heat- ing; evaporators.-Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of one form of apparatus. The liquid to be treated is first heated by causing it to serve as the cooling- medium in the condensers ; it is then further heated in a vessel 19 by the waste gases from the furnace which descend a central flue 20 ; the liquid finally flows into a closed evaporator 3 through a pipe 23, and descends a stepped helix 4, being meanwhile heated by furnace gases, which first pass round the space 9, next round the evaporator 3, and then descend a central flue 5 situated in the evaporator. Baffle-plates 11 are situated in the flue 9. Vapour discharge pipes 24, 25, at various heights, allow the apparatus to be employed for fractional distillation. In distilling tar, the liquid is caused to traverse a number of evaporators arranged in series. An apparatus in which the evaporator is horizontal, or nearly horizontal, is also described.
Patent GB-190207758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Holding Devices.
Inventor: SKINNER ARTHUR JESSE
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 7758. Skinner. A. J. April 2. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-A holder for use when cleaning boots and shoes consists of a bar 2 carrying a toe-piece 3 and sliding in a bracket 4<a>, and a lever 5 provided with a heelpiece 13 and adapted to engage the teeth 10 of a pivoted dog 8.
Patent GB-190208597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flower Pots
Inventor: JONES ERNEST AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1902-04-12
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 8597. Jones, E. A. April 12. Flower pots; plants, apparatus for increasing growth of.-A percolator or drainage and aÙration device for flower pots consists of an inverted saucer like or cone-shaped vessel b provided with holes b<1> near the edge, or with serrations, notches, corrugations, or the like, in the edge.
Patent GB-190212939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Discharging and Regulating or Controlling the Flow of Materials from Silos, Feeding Hoppers and other Receptacles.
Inventor: MARCUS HERMANN
Filed: 1902-06-06
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 12,939. Marcus, H. June 6. Granaries, corn bins, and corn silos.-Relates to means for discharging the contents of silos, feed hoppers, and like receptacles either automatically or otherwise. The invention consists in the application of a pivoted plate or plates in the outlet orifice, and a number of modified forms are described. Fig. 1 shows one form with a single plate 3 having sides and being pivoted at its centre beneath the outlet 2 of the silo 1. When the plate 3 is in the horizontal position shown in dotted lines, the material takes the natural slope shown in dot-and-dash lines with the angle a, a and the outlet is closed. By moving the plate 3 to one side into the position shown in full lines, the material is discharged. The plate 3 may be provided with a counterpoise 6, as shown in dotted lines. In a modification, the plate 3 may be pivoted at one side of its centre so that the pressure of the material will tend to force the plate into a position in which the orifice is always open. In this case, the plate is held in the horizontal position by suitable means such as a chain wound upon a drum. The drum may be provided with a ratchet and pawl so that, on releasing the pawl, the plate 3 is by the pressure of the material automatically forced into the horizontal position, and the orifice is closed. Fig. 7 shows another modification in which the silo bottom is closed by a number of plates 37 pivoted at 38 eccentrically. The plates are arranged to open automatically under the varying pressure due to the natural slope of the material above them. Means are also shown for operating them positively. Locking-bars 39 are mounted on endless chains guided over rollers 41 in a box 40. As the box 40 is traversed along, the bars are removed from the plates 37 immediately over the box, which then opens. The opening of the p'ates is ensured by means of a counterweighted lever 44 pivoted in the box 40, and adapted to engage each plate in succession. The Specification describes further modifications in the forms of the plates, and in the means for locking and operating them.
Patent GB-190215063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Automatic Shuttle Changing Motions of Looms for Weaving
Inventor: HALL ROBERT
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 15,063. Hall, R., Hall, J. H., and Hall, O. S. July 7. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 23,925, A.D. 1898. In order that the shuttle b, which is held in readiness for insertion into the box, may not be displaced by the vibration of the loom &c., one tip thereof is held against the raised bar c<1> of a stationary frame c, while the other is engaged by a plate or stop on the frame or by a plate d secured to the lay. To ensure the removal of the spent shuttle from the vicinity of the shuttle box &c., the spent shuttle 2, Fig. 3, is received on a carrier along which it is pushed by a spring plate or pusher s. The plate s is carried by rods t, r, and is normally held in the retracted position shown in full lines by a catch lever o, which engages with a pin p on the rod r. When the shuttling-mechanism is brought into operation, a lever k thereof during its return motion causes the release of the catch lever o through the connections shown, so that the pusher s removes the shuttle 2 as described. The spring pusher s is reset by means of a tappet and lever, to the latter of which it is connected by the cords and lever w, x, y.