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Patent GB-190211621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Musical Instruments
Inventor: KLEIST EUGENE DE
Filed: 1902-05-21
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 11,621. Kleist, E. de. May 21. Automatic instruments.-Relates to automatic piano players and pianos. The primary pneumatics l consist of diaphragms mounted on rings carried on a removable board E<2>. The rings have small perforations l<3> to exhaust the tracker board ports m, m<1>. The primary pneumatics operate horizontal rods j, which pass through chambers i running underneath the secondary pneumatics F and connected with them by lateral ports i<1>. The rods are carried by supports j<2>, j<3>, and operate valves j, k which close the ends of the chambers i. The valves k are situated outside the exhaust chamber E. The pneumatics F are arranged in staggered rows, and actuate the key strikers C by means of stickers h, which have collapsable bellows-like connection at h<2> with the top of the exhaust chamber E where they pass through it. This mode of connection makes the exhaust chamber E airtight, and it may be supplemented by valves h<5> on the stickers, which valves close down on the top of the chamber when the pneumatics F are collapsed. The key strikers C are carried on a board c, which is pivoted to uprights c', thus enabling its front part c<1> to be raised by a spring c<3>, so that the strikers will clear the keys of the piano when the apparatus is moved. The board can be drawn down and locked in the operative position by hooks D, which are actuated by rods d<2>.
Patent GB-190211765-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Measuring Temperature at a Distance by Electrical Means.
Inventor: CRAWLEY CHARLES WILLIAM SCOTT
Filed: 1902-05-23
Granted: 1903-05-23
Abstract: 11,765. Crawley, C. W. S., and Trotter, A. P. May 23. Thermometers.-In an apparatus for measuring and indicating temperature at a distance electrically, a Wheatstone bridge a, b, c, d is exposed to the temperature to be measured. The bridge has four coils of equal resistance at 0‹ C., but adjacent coils are composed of metals or alloys having different temperature coefficients, such as copper and german silver or iron and maganin. Two opposite junctions are connected to a battery or other source of electricity, and the other junctions are connected to a galvanometer calibrated to read temperature. Three temperature-measuring bridges and a testbridge m are shown adapted to be thrown into action singly by switches l, l*. The current may be taken from an electric lighting circuit, the main current being passed through a bridge consisting of a number of sections k, k*. The Wheatstone bridges are connected to the ends of the section k*, a switch n being provided to adjust the current when the test bridge m is in action. The sections k are made of german silver, and the section k* and the galvanometer coil of copper or other materials arranged to give a constant current as their temperature varies.
Patent GB-190213674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Attaching Parcels to Ropes or Rods
Inventor: METCALFE HENRY WRAY
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 13,674. Metcalfe, H. W. June 17. Rope grips.-Relates to clips for attaching parels to ropes or rods. Figs. 1 and 3 show the clip closed on the rope, and Fig. 2 shows it open. The parcel is attached at B to a frame A pivoted in a block D on which is formed one of the gripping jaws. The other jaw E is pivoted to the block D by a pin F which, when the clip is closed, is on the same side of the rope as the jaw E, so that the weight of the parcel acts to close the jaws on the rope. The clip is opened and released from the rope by depressing a handle K forming an extension of the jaw E. In the case of a travelling rope, this may be effected automatically at any desired point.
Patent GB-190224616-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Manufacturing Hollow Glass Articles.
Inventor: SIEVERT PAUL THEODOR
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 24,616. Sievert, P. T. Nov. 10. Blowing; moulding. -Relates to the method of blowing hollow glass bodies described in Specification No. 1233, A.D. 1901. The body c, after being shaped in a mould by means of a plunger, is suspended, as shown, in the finishing-mould d, and a damp cover of wood, asbestos, &c. is placed over the mouth. The steam generated blows the vessel out until it conforms with the mould, as shown in Fig. 3. The operation is regulated by removing and replacing the cover and by the pressure with which it is pressed on the mouth.
Patent GB-190225462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Boilers and the like.
Inventor: COTTON GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-11-20
Abstract: 25,462. Cotton, G. Nov. 20. Furnaces for heating water.-Fig. 1 shows a front view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of a hot-water circulating boiler in which the walls of the grate flues &c. are built up of laterallyabutting tubes. Headers A, B are connected by a number of tubes D, D<1>, which form the walls of the spaces. Water enters at Q and passes by the hollow firebars E to the header A, from which, by the tubes forming the side walls and the tubes F, it returns to the header B to again pass to the header A by tubes G, returning by tubes D<1> to the outlet Q<X>. At opposite ends of the boiler, the tubes are shortened and connected by cross-tubes to form flue-openings x. The flue may be extended by tubes D<x>. Each tube D is of square section with rounded ends stepped to make joint with the header.
Patent GB-190300487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slide Rules.
Inventor: GLASER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-01-08
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 487. Glaser, W. H. Jan. 8. Slide-rules.- Relates to a special slide-rule for use in the textile-fabric trade, to convert English weights and measures into metric ones. A frame A is fitted with sliding scales D, E and a fixed fiducial line C. The slide D is graduated logarithmetically from 1 to 10, and then with a scale of the same radius from 10 to 70. The lower slide E is similarly graduated but differently numbered. The upper slide, in addition, is marked with a third scale, also to the same radius as the others, running back from 16 at a given mark F.
Patent GB-190301557-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Cartridges for Fire-arms
Inventor: KURTH CARL
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 1557. Kurth, C. Jan. 22. Cartridges, smallarm and machinegun. - To ensure the complete combustion of the powder charge, an air space is provided contiguous to it. In the shot cartridge shown in Fig. 1, the air space is provided by a paper cylinder g, closed by gauze h at its rear end, which cylinder is placed between the powder charge b and its wad c. In the cartridge shown in Fig. 3, the air space is annular, and is obtained by enclosing the powder b in a cylinder g having gauzecovered ports h. In a third form, not shown, the air space is formed in the centre of the powder charge.
Patent GB-190302354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood Boring Machines.
Inventor: WHITE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 2354. White, T., and Christie, W. Jan. 31. Drilling.-A machine for drilling wood, particularly chair and table legs for the reception of dowel pins, has two headstocks l sliding on brackets n, which are angularly adjustable on a bracket f so that the drills h may be presented at different angles to the work, which is supported in a vertically-adjustable. bracket p. The drill spindles k are mounted in sets in the headstocks and geared together so that they may be driven by single pulleys m from pulleys j on a pulley shaft at the other end of the machine. The headstocks are fed forward and retracted on the brackets n by a slotted T-piece q, the stem of which is moved down by a cam r to effect the feed, the withdrawal being effected by a weighted arm. Roller pins on the headstocks engage the slots in the T-piece. The cam is shaped to give a quick return to the headstocks, and is mounted on a shaft e driven from a shaft d through a clutch t.
Patent GB-190312030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gun Sights
Inventor: CHYLINSKI ALEXANDER RITTER VON
Filed: 1903-05-26
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,030. Chylinski, Alexander, Ritter von. May 26. Sights.-To ensure accuracy in aiming, and to protect the fore-sight a, a vertical side piece c is formed at each side of the fore-sight, and the back sight is made with a rectangular notch d which registers when aiming with the side pieces.
Patent GB-190316648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Standards for Supporting Wires or the like for Fencing Purposes.
Inventor: GILBERT WALTER VILLA
Filed: 1903-07-29
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 16,648. Gilbert, W.V. July 29. Fencing.-Each metal standard is made from a stamped blank, shaped as shown in Fig. 1. The flared inlets b on the two sides slope at different angles or in different directions, but the recesses b<1> are at the same level on both sides, so that, when the side parts d, Fig. 2, are bent back parallel to one another, wires, barbed or otherwise, can be carried straight across. The blank has a sharp portion a<2> to fix in the ground, and a head part a', which is turned down and fixed to the main body of the standard. The body portion a is preferably indented longitudinally at c, and the sides may be tapering, so that the standard is made conical instead of cylindrical when the blank is bent round.
Patent GB-190323480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Boiler Tubes
Inventor: WEINLAND HENRY FORRY
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 23,480. Weinland, H. F. Oct. 29. Cleaning pipes and tubes. -Fig. 1 shows a general view in perspective of apparatus for cleaning out boiler tubes; Fig. 5 is a section of the telescopic connection between the motor and the rotating tool. The motor, consisting of some form of Pelton wheel mounted in a casing 3, is supplied with water by a pipe 8 and exhausted by a pipe 10. A small quantity of water passes by a branch pipe 20 to the hollow axle of the wheel, the outer end of which is squared to engage with a square section pipe 23, Fig. 5. Within this pipe are telescoped two others 24, 25. On the pipe 23 is fixed a collar 29 in a groove 28 in which an antifriction ring 32 is mounted. The collar also carries a spring radial pin 35 adapted to lock the tubes 23, 24 together in the collapsed position shown, or with the opening 41 opposite to the locking-pin. The tubes 24, 25 are similarly locked together by a collar and pin 42 in one of two positions, determined by which opening, 47 or 48, is in engagement with the pin. The tool is mounted on the end of the section 25 while the motor engages with the section 23. By this arrangement, the length of the connection between the motor and the tool is extended a certain minimum length at a time. The rings 31, 44 fit, the inside of the tubes being cleared, and are made with perforations 32, 45 to allow of the passage of water. The apparatus may be supported at its work by a rope 51 passing over guide-pulleys 52 and attached to a balance weight 50.
Patent GB-190400031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Power Brakes for Railway Wagons or similar Vehicles.
Inventor: MORGAN DAVID JOHN
Filed: 1904-01-01
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 31. Morgan, D. J. Jan. 1. Brakes, wagon. The hand-levers of an eitherside brake are pivoted near the opposite corners of the under frame, and are connected to each other by a system of levers and rods; one part of this system is connected to the central brake spindle, which operates the brake blocks by means of eccentrics and eccentric-rods. Various parts of the mechanism are made adjustable. The handlevers A, A<2>, Figs. 1 and 2, are mounted on fixed pins Z, Z<1>, and are connected by pins T, T<1> to levers a, aa on the outer ends of the shafts U, V, which are connected by the levers Q, S and the link R. A short lever J on the shaft U rotates the central brake spindle M by means of the adjustable rod K and the lever L, and the eccentrics N and rods 0 apply the brake blocks P. When the hand-lever A is lifted out of the rest B, and is pulled outwards, the rod C and the triangular lever D draw inwards the rest B, so that the lever A may be pushed down. The connecting-rod H, H<1> operates a similar triangular lever D' at the other end of the wagon so that the hand-lever A' is pushed outwards, and its rest B<2> pulled inwards, thus allowing the lever A<2> also to be moved downwards by the levers &c. connecting it to the spindle V. The brakes are held on by the centres of the eccentrics N passing beyond the dead-centre lines with respect to the eccentric-rods O. The brake blocks may be adjusted by the screws SC, Figs. 6 and 7, or by the movable linings LV, Fig. 8, secured on the eccentrics N by the bolts p. The connecting- rod K, Fig. 1, may also be adjusted by the screw m. The axle M may be made in one with the eccentrics, and may be made hollow. The rests B, B', Fig. 2, may be pivoted to the rods F, F', which may be fitted with racks AB, Fig. 14, adapted to be caught by small lugs on the hand-levers A, A'. Fig. 16 shows an arrangement in which a lever OP on the spindle U moves a spring-controlled longitudinal rod H, and the bell cranks E, E' move inwardly the rest-bars F, F'. The rests B, B' may be fitted and operated so as to move outwards and drop when the levers A, A' rise, and thus to clear the downward path of the levers. According to the Provisional Specification, the hand-levers may be connected to the levers a, aa by slot-andbolt and like adjusting-mechanisms, and the spindles of the triangular levers D, D<2> may be placed horizontally and suitably connected. The eccentrics may be placed on the shafts U, V, the eccentricrods being connected to a lever or disc on the shaft M. Pawls, operated by the gear for moving the rests B, B', may be fitted so as to engage with racks on the eccentric sheaves or straps.
Patent GB-190406957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Coal and other Carbonaceous Materials for the Production of Gas and Coke or other Carbonized Substances.
Inventor: BOWING JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 6957. Bowing, J. March 22. Coking.-Coke is obtained in the manufacture of gas from; coal and other substances, such as wood, peat, lignite, and household refuse, by heating the material directly by means of superheated steam. Superheaters a, a', which can be used alternately, contain bricks of refractory material, and are heated by gas supplied through a pipe o, the waste gases passing off by pipes g. Steam is introduced by a pipe d, and led by a pipe h to the vessel k in which the coal is placed. Valves e, c, g, i serve to open or close the various branches of the pipes as desired. The vessel k may be in the form of an inverted cone, and has a removable cover plate l at the bottom to facilitate discharge, and charging- openings m at the top. Round the walls are arranged perforated tubes n, through which the steam is supplied. The steam passing on with the gas is condensed in a number of chambers immersed in cooling-water, the bottom of each chamber being connected to the top of the succeeding chamber. The charge of coal is crushed small enough to pass through a half-inch mesh screen. Steam is passed into the superheater, preferably at a pressure of 15-35 lb. per square inch, and is heated to 650‹ C., or higher in the case of coal which does not become plastic at this temperature. Bituminous coal has a tendency to soften, and clog the steam inlets. It is therefore distilled at a lower temperature, say 300‹-400‹ C. At this temperature, soft cinder is formed instead of coke, and the entire operation may be carried through at the lower temperature, but in some cases it is necessary to raise the temperature towards the end to complete the distillation. The Provisional Specification states that crushed iron ore or sand may be mixed with the coal before treatment, the resulting mixture of coke and ore being suitable for smelting in a blast or cupola furnace.
Patent GB-190407124-A (GB)
Title: Lotion for Curing Foot Rot and Analogous Diseases in Sheep & Cattle.
Inventor: MORRIS DAVID
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 7124. Morris, D. March 24. Lotions.-A lotion for treating foot-rot and analogous diseases in sheep and cattle consists of a mixture of hydrochloric acid, Friars' balsam, and tincture of myrrh.
Patent GB-190408787-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable End-pin for Cellos
Inventor: LUELSDORFF JOSEF
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 8787. L ³ l s - dorff, J. April 16. Violoncellos.-An adjustable end-pin is so constructed that no metal parts touch the instrument. The split-cone clamp c has a cylindrical upper portion which fits in a recess in the hollow red ebony plug b.
Patent GB-190412752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Apparatus for Vacuum Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 12,752. Westinghouse Brake Co., and Elmer, J. J. June 6. Brakes, vacuum. Means are provided for automatically cutting into and out of operation the exhaust pump, ejector, or other apparatus employed for exhausting the brake apparatus, according as the vacuum rises above or falls below a predetermined degree. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement as applied for controlling an electromotor which actuates the exhauster, but it may be applied to other types of actuating-apparatus. A switch of any suitable form for cutting into or out of operation the motor is actuated by the rise and fall of the stem 4 of a diaphragm 6, the upper surface of which is always open to the atmosphere through a leakage hole 22 while the pressure on its lower surface varies between atmospheric pressure and train-pipe pressure by the action of two valves 15, 14 as follows. The valve chambers 17, 16 are in communication by passages (not shown) with the underside of the diaphragm 6. The valve 15 is pressed downwards by a spring 12, and the chamber 3 above it is open to the atmosphere at 23. The valve 14 is pressed upwards by a spring 11, and the chamber 2 above it is open to the train-pipe by a branch connection (not shown). Each valve stem is attached to a diaphragm 8, 7, the space below the diaphragm 7 being connected with the space above the diaphragm 8 by a passage 24, and the space above the diaphragm 7 being open to the atmosphere through a leakage hole 25. When the parts are in the positions shown, the train-pipe pressure in the chamber 2 will have risen sufficiently to overcome, with the aid of a spring 11, the atmospheric pressure above the diaphragm 7, and thus to close the valve 14, and, through the passage 24, to overcome, with the aid of the spring 12, the atmospheric pressure below the diaphragm 8, and thus to open the valve 15. The space below the diaphragm 6 is thus open to the atmosphere and shut off from the train-pipe. The diaphragm is consequently raised by a spring 5 and puts the motor into operation to exhaust the train-pipe. When sufficient exhaustion is attained, the pressure in the chamber 2 and above the diaphragm 8 will fall to such an extent that the atmospheric pressure will lower the diaphragm 7 and raise the diaphragm 8, thus opening the valve 14 and closing the valve 15. The space below the diaphragm 6 will thus be opened to the train-pipe, and the diaphragm will be pressed downwards by the atmosphere against the pressure of the spring 5 and will stop the pump or other exhauster.
Patent GB-190416354-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Removing Dust from Gases.
Inventor: SHIELDS JOHN
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1905-07-22
Abstract: 16,354. Shields, J. July 23. Fumes, treating. -Dusty gases, such as those issuing from pyrites burners, are filtered through coke, sand pumice, or other porous or granular material, which is continuously replaced. The filtering-material b is fed from a shoot k into a conical chamber a, in which a horizontal plate d is supported on a pipe c and girders. The dusty gases enter through the pipe c into the space beneath the plate d, and, after passing upwards through the filtering-material, are led away through the outlet indicated by the arrow. The filtering-material is continuously withdrawn from the bottom of the conical chamber by a screw conveyer f, and may be raised by an elevator g to a separator h, from which the clean filtering-material passes to the shoot k and the dust to a side shoot.
Patent GB-190418488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Evaporators for Evaporating the Liquid in Brewers Wash, Sewage, Waste or Spent Dyes and the like, the Evaporator being also applicable as a Smoke Washer.
Inventor: LENNOX ALLISON BELL
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 18,488. Lennox, A. B. Aug. 26. Smoke, treating.-Relates to modifications in the combined evaporator and smoke-washer described in Specification No. 13,227, A.D. 1904, and consisting of a casing a through which the flue gases, passing by a sinuous path provided by partitions b, meet the brewers' wash, sewage, waste or spent dye, &c. under treatment as it falls from a suitable distributing-device. The portions d of the partitions which are in line with the inlet C are hinged so that any or all of the compartments may be put out of action.
Patent GB-190423200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Conveyers.
Inventor: MEYER EMIL
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,200. Meyer, E. Oct. 27 Conveyers.-In roller conveyers in which the rollers are rotated by means of cranks and common coupling-rods, the coupling-rods are connected to the end rollers r<1> by means of fixed crank-pins or the like, but to the intermediate rollers by means of pins z on the rods engaging in slots in the crank discs p of the rollers. Severe binding strains due to alteration in the relative adjustment of the roller bearings are thus avoided.
Patent GB-190423497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Apparatus.
Inventor: HENDEL ALFRED
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,497. Hendel, A. Oct. 31. Air, drawing-off and supplying. methods of; louvred apparatus ; shafts. -Relates to draught - inducing apparatus. On opening one of the stop-cocks l, m, water flows from the conduit a through one of the nozzles f, g downwards into an arm d or e of the ventilating - conduit, where it is atomized and in which it induces a current of air. Louvres p can be fitted in one or both of the adjustable elbow joints h, i. To allow a current in the opposite direction to that shown, the louvre can be turned through a right-angle by a handle s. The waste water runs off through an aperture k, protected by a grating n and having a covered opening o above it for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-190425165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mordanting Vegetable Fibres for Dyeing or Printing.
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 25,165. Calico Printers' Association, and Warr, W. Nov. 19. Dyeing.-Substantive dyes, hitherto imperfectly fixed upon cotton goods and other vegetable fibres, are fixed, in dyeing or printing, by using an insoluble magnesium compound as a mordant. The hydroxide is preferred and may be produced in the fibre in various ways. Thus, the goods may be saturated in a solution of Epsom salts, of greater or less concentrations for darker or lighter shades, and dried if required. The magnesium hydroxide is then formed and fixed by treatment with caustic soda solution or other suitable alkaline agent. If a magnesium salt of a volatile acid be used, such as the acetate, formate, or sulphite, the hydroxide may be produced by steaming or the like. Other insoluble magnesium compounds may be produced by using suitable reagents, such as sodium silicate. After washing and drying, the goods may be dyed or printed with substantive dyes as usual. Other sequences may be employed, such as first dyeing &c., and then fixing, or first treating the goods with the soluble magnesium salt, drying, and then dyeing &c., and finally steaming &c. Or the dye and salt may be applied in the same bath, steaming &c. following.