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Patent GB-190012917-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Casting Sheet Glass.
Inventor: SHEPPARD JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 12,917. Sheppard, J. W. July 17. Moulding; annealing.-Relates to the manufacture of sheet glass by casting. On the platform 3 of a truck 3<a> are laid a number of firebrick sections 4, provided with grooves in which fit steel plates 10 which constitute the walls of the moulds 10<a>. The firebrick sections 4 are furnished with gas burners 8, which heat the chambers 10<b> and plates 10. The moulds are completed by end sections 12 into which the plates 10 fit. The plates 10 are highly polished, when transparent glass sheets are required. The chambers 10<b> are covered by caps 11, and a group of moulds built up in this manner is wedged between brackets and is covered by a hood 15 having a door 16 and lifting- rings 17. The gas burners are lighted, and the group of moulds brought to a suitable temperature for the casting operation. The truck is then conveyed to the glass furnace, and molten glass is supplied through the door 16 until all the moulds are full. The truck is removed from the furnace, and the gas supply slowly reduced so as to anneal the sheets in sit¹. The sheets are finally removed by separating the sections of the moulds when cold.
Patent GB-190018174-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Leg Guard.
Inventor: MITCHELL JOHN
Filed: 1900-10-12
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 18,174. Mitchell, J. Oct. 12. Drawings to Specification. Spur-carriers.-Relates to a special form of legging. The Provisional Specification states that in association with the legging is used a spat piece which serves to cover the boot instep and to carry a spur-holder and an under boot strap, the three being readily separable from each other.
Patent GB-190023448-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Telephone Switchboard Cords.
Inventor: WHALLEY ALFRED
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 23,448. Whalley, A. Dec. 22. Conductors.-Flexible plug cords for telephone systems are formed with a central core of braided hemp around which are arranged cotton insulated flexible conductors in sets of three. The core is attached to the switchboard and to the plug by means of a cross-pin or screw cap, the conductors being attached by soldering.
Patent GB-190102396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus to be Employed in Injecting Gas, for Curative Antiseptic, or analogous purposes
Filed: 1901-02-04
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 2396. AÙrators, Ltd., [SternÚ, E.]. Feb. 4. Syringes; medicines, administering.-Relates to an appliance for injecting gas for curative, antiseptic, or analogous purposes. A capsule C containing compressed gas is placed in a chamber A formed in sections, and is pressed upon a hollow perforator B by screwing down the cup N. The perforator B is held in place by a nut D, and a flexible ring E is provided to receive the neck of the capsule. The gas passes through the outlet F to a tube with a non- return valve H, through which it enters a flexible ball G<2>. The ball is fitted with an outlet tube J provided with a cock K<2> and fitted with an injecting-nozzle I. In a modification, the capsule is forced down on the perforator by a lever in place of the screw cap N.
Patent GB-190106263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ambulances for Carrying Horses or other Animals, applicable also to other Purposes.
Inventor: SIMS FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-03-25
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 6263. Sims, F. March 25. Ambulance carts; military transport carts.-Consists of a wheeled ambulance for carrying a sick or disabled horse or other animal, and capable of being converted into an ordinary transport cart. The cart is fitted with a tailboard g capable of being turned down on to a platform h, to form therewith an inclined plane up which a trolley i carrying the horse can be pulled by means of a drum l pivoted in the cart. The platform has a recess h<2> to take the end of the tailboard, and ribs h<3> which project over the tailboard into contact with similar ribs on the tailbuard, the ends of the ribs in contact being bevelled in the manner of a scarfed joint. The trolley is mounted on rollers and fitted with a hinged and tapered tail piece i<2>, Fig. 3. The axle e is cranked in order that the cart may be low.
Patent GB-190113335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JOHN
Filed: 1901-07-01
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 13,335. Whitehead, J., Whitehead, W., Whitehead, H., Whitehead, J., and Whitehead, F. July 1. Firebars and grates; blast apparatus.-Relates to forced-draught steam-boiler furnaces, the object being to prevent back draught on opening the firedoors. The firebars, which are transverse, are formed with vertical webs and backwardlyinclined upper portions having narrowing spaces between them. They are formed with distance-pieces and held together by longitudinal bolts, being supported either in a trough G, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, or on the sides of the flue. In the latter case, the distance-pieces are in the form of flanges, as shown at C in Fig. 9, extending round the lower edges of the webs. The bars may be straight, curved, or angular, but are preferably angular. The trough G, Figs. 5 and 6, is provided with an air inlet opening L, opposite to which are steam jetsN. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 9, the front bar carries air-inlet tubes L, and the other bars have openings K in a line with these inlets, as well as openings P below. According to the Provisional Specification, the webs of the bars may rest on the bottom of the flue.
Patent GB-190115811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke and Gaseous Products of Combustion in Furnaces.
Inventor: GALLAGHER GEORGE STAGG
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 15,811. Gallagher, G. S. Aug. 6. Firebricks refractory tiles and blocks.-Relates to the flues of steam-generator furnaces whereby heated air is introduced to facilitate tl e complete combustion of the smoke and gaseous products. A sectional plan and elevation of one form are shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The flues 13 open into tubes 2 formed through bricks i arranged immediately above, and the bricks i are provided with openings 3 leading into the furnace. Air also passes through a central flue 7 to tubes 4 formed through the bricks k with which the upper part of the bridge wall is built. Each brick has two openings 5, 6 and an incomplete partition, so that the gaseous products of combustion are drawn in through the lower openings 5, and, after being mixed with the heated air, are expelled through the upper openings 6. Arranged on the top ot the bridge wall is a chamber e provided with openings 14, through which air passes from the flue 7.
Patent GB-190116347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Peat
Inventor: JEBSEN PETER
Filed: 1901-08-14
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 16,347. Lake, H. H., [Jebsen, P.]. Aug. 14. Carbon or charcoal.-A coking or carbonizing plant, for use in treating peat comprises two series of retorts A, heated by means of gases which pass from a fireplace B, in zig-zag courses through chambers c, c<1>, c<2>, arranged about the upper parts of the retorts, and communicating with a series of chambers r in which the peat is dried before being carbonized. In the upper part of each retort is a flue or tube p through which some of the heating gases pass. After leaving the upper part of a retort, the carbonized peat passes through an air-cooled part t, of the retort, and a water-cooled part u, and is finally discharged along a shoot v, provided with a door b. Gaseous products of distillation pass from the retorts along a pipe m, connected to a receiver whence a gas pipe n leads to the fireplace B.
Patent GB-190117030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulating Material and the Application of the same in the Construction of Commutators for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1901-08-24
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 17,030. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Emmet, W. le R.]. Aug. 24. Drawings to Specification. Insulating-compositions.-Asbestos board or paper is dipped into heated oxidized oil or varnish, and is dried. The sheets of asbestos are afterwards pressed together and heated. After pressure the composite sheet is baked. The invention is described as particularly applicable to commutators of dynamo-electric machines.
Patent GB-190122121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Brazing Rims for Wheels for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CASHMORE WALTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-02
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 22,121. Cashmore, W. W. Nov. 2. Brazing.-For brazing the rims of cycle and like wheels, the spelter consists of continuous flat strips A, Fig. 3, which are inserted within the joint b of the rim at the same time as the edges of the rim are turned over during manufacture. The rims are then placed upon a frame formed with a series of projections for carrying the rims. The rims and frame are then deposited within the circular muffle or furnace E, Fig. 4, heated by blasts from the jet F. The centre of the furnace within the rims is filled with a cylinder or cone J capable of rotation, or the cylinder may be fixed and the frame revolved.
Patent GB-190123079-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Water or like Motor Mechanism.
Inventor: TENNANT JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-11-15
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,079. Tennant, J. J., and Whitaker, F. Nov. 15. Plunger pumps.-Relates to pumping-mechanism driven by a series of revolving wheels, which are rotated by independent power, which may be assisted by a turbine or water wheel driven by the water pumped. A belt pulley m drives a shaft a' having a frame a<1> carrying heavy wheels a, which revolve on a track c A ring of plunger pumps d<1> are actuated by pivoted levers b<1> connected to the plungers and depressed by the rotating discs. The levers are pressed upwards by springs e.
Patent GB-190124067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Irons.
Inventor: BLAIR DUNCAN RAMSAY
Filed: 1901-11-27
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 24,067. Blair, D. R., and Kirby, C. Nov. 27. Ironing.-Relates to a hand-iron heated by block fuel. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section, Fig. 3 a plan with the top removed, Fig. 7 a cross-section, and Fig. 9 a back view. A series of tapering plates B<3>, formed integral with the bottom A<2>, and a perforated plate B<5> enclose a channel B. The cover F pivoted at E is secured by means of a lever G pivoted at G<1> and adapted to enter a saw cut G<2> in the toe A<1>. The lid liner H is provided along its edges with a series of tapering outlets H<1> for the body of the iron, and a series of intermediate recesses to permit the passage of air beneath the top. The ash door D' and the air door D<3> mounted on a pivot D', and separated by a spring washer, are provided with opening-pins D<6>, D<7>. The Provisional Specification states that the handle may be attached to the liner H, thereby dispensing with the lid F.
Patent GB-190201436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safes or Strong Boxes
Inventor: LOWRIE HARVEY CHILDS
Filed: 1902-01-18
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 1436. Lowrie, H. C. Jan. 18. Safes; locks, permutation. - The door of a safe or strongbox is provided with key less locking - mechanism. Figs. 2 and 3 show the application of the invention to a wall safe. The safe 1 is provided with lugs 2 to receive tie rods for anchoring it to the wall. The door 3 of the safe is circular in form, and fits into a casing 4 secured in the front wall. Grooves 9, 10, and 11 are formed in this casing to receive rings 12, 13, 14, each of which carries locking-lugs 15, 16. The casing 4 may be made in two parts for convenience in inserting the rings, or the rings may be made in parts, inserted in grooves in the wall of the safe, and connected together, in place, by screws. Collars or projections are formed on the periphery of the door to receive the rings, and these collars are cut away to form passage-ways 28, 29, which may be of different widths, for the lugs on the rings. The door is provided with a marked dial, which cooperates with an inder on the door casing. Screws are inserted in holes in the rings to allow the rings to be turned, a screw 32 on the door engaging a screw on the ring 14. Upon turning the door, by means of a detachable handle 5, the rings may be turned so as to bring the lugs into alignment. In unlocking the door, the door is turned in one direction until the ring 12 is in the proper position as indicated by the index and dial. The door is now rotated in the opposite direction to bring the ring 13 into position, and the direction of rotation is again reversed to bring the ring 14 into position. The door is now turned to bring the ways 28, 29 into line with the lugs 15, 16, and the door may now be withdrawn. A number of boles are provided in the door and rings to receive the screws, so that the combination may be readily altered. The door may be attached to the safe by a chain or by supporting-hinges. In a modification, shown in Fig. 9, the locking-lugs are on the door, and the co-operating projections on the door casing. The door .39 has a dial in connection with an index on the casing, and is provided with lugs 59 taking into two of a number of holes. A spindle 44 passing through the door carries a plate 52, provided with lugs 53, and on a bush 48 is mounted a plate 49 with lugs 50. A screw 55 takes into one of a number of holes in the plate 52, and is adapted to engage a screw 56 in the plate 49, so as to operate the same. The lugs 50, 53, and 59 engage recesses in the casing, the projections thereon being cut away to form ways for the passage of the lugs. The spindle is formed with a dial in connection with an index on the door. By turning the door and the spindle in the required directions, the lugs may be brought into alignment with the passage-ways to allow the door to be withdrawn.
Patent GB-190205565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Protectors for Tram-cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: UNITT EDGAR DUNCAN
Filed: 1902-03-06
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 5565. Unitt, E. D. March 6. Obstruction - removers for electric, steam, and other tramway engines and cars. The roller A is rotated in the direction opposite to that of the wheels of the vehicle by means of the spur-wheels F, E and the chain gearing shown.
Patent GB-190212402-A (GB)
Title: Process for Rapid Manufacture of Paste-board Horses and other Animals.
Inventor: DAXBEK JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 12,402. Daxbek, J. May 31. Drawings to Specification. Embossing.-Relates to the manufacture of toy animals from damped pasteboard and consists in forming the animals in two parts, each of which is made by pressure, in a suitable mould which is arranged so as to be subsequently heated to dry the pasteboard. The counter part of the mould is made of a soft alloy to facilitate the work of carving it.
Patent GB-190215252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism to Regulate the Admission of Air to Liquids in a Fermentation Apparatus during the Process of Fermentation.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 15,252. Thompson, W. P., [Pfaudler Vacuum Fermentation Co.]. July 8. Drawings to Specification. Vacuum gauges.-A vacuum gauge is provided with a sliding multiplying scale so as to read off from the height of the mercury in one column of the gauge the difference between the heights of the mercury in the two columns of the gauge. For this purpose the sliding scale is divided to read twice the number of inches or fractions of an inch indicated on the scale of the gauge itself.
Patent GB-190216097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed Water Regulators for Steam Generators.
Inventor: MUMFORD ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1902-07-19
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 16,097. Mumford, A. G., and Anthony, A. July 19. Feedwater, controlling.-In the feed-regulator shown in Fig. 1, the stem a' of a non-return valve A, fitted between the feed-pump and the boiler, abuts against the rod c of a piston C contained in a cylinder B, which is connected at the upper and lower ends by pipes D, E with the valve casing A' below the valve A and the hot-well or feed-tank respectively. The piston C is larger in area than the valve A, and it has a small hole or passage c' through it, or is of such a fit in the cylinder that water can leak through or past it from one end of the cylinder to the other. A valve, controlled by a float in the boiler, is fitted in the pipe E. The feedwater is pumped into the lower end of the casing A<1> through the opening a, and a portion of it passes upwards through the pipe D to the cylinder B. Normally, the valve A is kept closed by the pressure above the piston C. When the water level in the boiler falls below the normal height, the float closes the valve in the pipe E, and the water which leaks past or through the piston C accumulates in the lower part of the cylinder B. The pressure is thus equalized on both sides of the piston, and the valve A opens to allow the water to enter the boiler. In a modification, Fig. 2, the piston C is made in one with the valve A and the cylinder B in one with the casing A', the feed- water being admitted between the valve and the piston. The pressure in the boiler keeps the valve tight on its seat until the pressure of the water on both sides of the piston C is equalized, when the valve A is forced open by the action of the feed-pump.
Patent GB-190225530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Trimming Knives of Linotype Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 25,530. Lock, W. H., and Broadhouse, J. Nov. 20. Linotype machines.-An arrangement of trimming knives for producing parallel-sided linotypes is shown, in Fig. 3, as applied to knives of the kind described in Specification No. 22,921, A.D. 1894. Two pairs of knives 1, 2 are disposed symmetrically about a centre line, the knives 1 slightly farther apart than the knives 2. The knives 1 occupy the usual position, and the knives 2 are nearer to the front of the machine. Gaps or grooves 4 are formed behind the knives 2 to receive the shavings. The adjacent knives are formed either integral or separate, and are secured on the usual blocks 5. Reference is made to Specification No. 14,582, A.D. 1890.
Patent GB-190225897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for use with Bacteria Beds and the like.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 25,897. Doulton, H. L., and Pleace, R. J. Nov. 25. Sewage and foul waters, treating; bacteriological processes; filtering.-For the purpose of regulating the flow of liquid from one bacteria bed to another, a pipe A, with upturned ends situated within bells F, G, is arranged between the two chambers B, C. As the liquid rises in the chamber B, it overflows into the chamber C, either intermittently or continuously according to the position of the bells F, G, which may be vertically adjustable. When the liquid attains a certain height in the chamber C, a siphon M commences to discharge that chamber. A second siphon 0 in the chamber B is then started into action by suction, created by the discharge of the first siphon, acting through the connecting-pipe P.
Patent GB-190228704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatical Tension Devices for Adjusting the Wires in Railways Signals or Semaphores
Inventor: IDLE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 28,704. Idle, W. Dec. 29. Wire compensators.-The wiref from the signal lever is connected to a rack d, suspended by rollers c from a guide-rail b. The rack consists of two parallel metal strips provided with equidistant cross-bars e, and is connected to a chain q, which passes over a grooved pulley l and carries a weight or weights h, h' at its free end. The wire r, which operates the signal, is similarly connected through the sliding bar i and chain p to a weight k, the weights serving to keep the wires under tension. The bar i carries a hooked latch g, which, when the signal lever is pulled, is raised by one of the pivoted pieces n, Fig. 3, into engagement with one or other of the cross-bars e, to effect the operation of the signal. The pieces n are mounted on the disc m connected to the pulley l, their freedom of movement being limited by the stops o. When the signal lever is put back, the parts return to normal position, a pawl serving to ensure the disengagement of the latch g.
Patent GB-190306159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tips or Tags for Laces
Inventor: RICHARDSON FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 6159. Richardson, F. March 17. Laces. - Tags c for laces are formed by bending metal plates over the ends of the laces, the tags being secured by forming crimps or folds d at opposite sides out of line with one another.
Patent GB-190311645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Instruments
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 11,645. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. May 21. Registering small movements.-A recording apparatus, applicable generally, has a marker 35 carried by an arm 34 of a vertical shaft 28, which is supported between jewels on two horizontal arms 26, projecting forwards from the vertical axle of the indicating-instrument ; a parallel tie-rod connects the arms 26 together, near the shaft 28. A spring 30, surrounding and attached to the shaft 28, bears against the tie-rod, to cause the marker to bear against the paper. If the marker and arm 34 are turned outwards by hand, a projection on the shaft 28 engages under a spring catch on the tierod. The axle of the indicating-instrument has weighted arms to balance the forwardly-extending arms 26, shaft 28, &c. The axle is a tube having end plugs perforated to turn about a stretched vertical wire, and is suspended by two threads or wires 19 from a disc 20 ; this disc is suspended by two flexible supports, which are situated in a plane perpendicular to that of the wires 19, to compensate for difference in the length of these wires. A perforated central boss projects from the stationary support towards the middle of the disc 20. The marker 35 records on a strip of paper held by clips on a drum 36<1>. The drum consists of sheet metal, flanged outwardly at its edges, and secured on flanged discs or spiders 43, 43' which are loose on a shaft 39. The shaft 39 is carried at one end by a bearing, supported by a bridge 7 on a backplate 1, and at the other end by the driving-shaft of a spring or other motor 38. Spring arms 41 attached to the shaft 39 press a disc against the end 43 of the drum, to hold this endways against an enlargement on the shaft, and to turn it frictionally. A projection 44 on the drum limits its revolution by contact with a stop. A spiral spring 47, connected to the drum and the frame, opposes the action of the motor, to take up back-lash in the gearing.