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Patent GB-190223224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Means for Forming Collapsible Boxes and Lids or Covers and Fittings therefor.
Inventor: PERRY RICHARD WILLIAM CROSLAND
Filed: 1902-10-24
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 23,224. Perry, R. W. C., and Watson, J. Oct. 24. Cardboard folding-boxes.-Collapsable carboard &c. boxes, Fig. 4, are made from blanks as shown in Fig. 1, folded along the dotted lines. The lids, Fig. 6, are made from the blanks, Fig. 5. The sides and ends are fastened by spring studs, Figs. 8 and 10, in the eyelets G, as shown in Fig. 13. In boxes of large size, the sides D may be stitched or secured by fasteners to the bottom A.
Patent GB-190223276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manual Power Mechanism for Drawing or Propelling Agricultural Implements and Vehicles and for other uses
Inventor: LUBIN DAVID
Filed: 1902-10-24
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 23,276. Lubin, D. Oct. 24. Propelling.-Relates to band driven winding-gear for drawing agricultural implements or vehicles and the like. As adapted for drawing a cart loaded with fruit or the like to an unloading place and then returning it after being emptied, an ordinary fork 2, Fig. 3, fitted with a footplate 18, is driven into the ground, and is fitted with a winch 5. The winch has a drum 4 and a handle 13. An endless rope 22 passes over the drum and pulleys 20 on the fork to a distant fixed pulley. The upper rope 22 is fixed to. the cart, so that, on rotating the winch, the cart is drawn backwards and forwards.
Patent GB-190228067-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Implement for Transplanting Plants.
Inventor: CRANFIELD HARRY PERCIVAL GURFO
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 28,067. Cranfield, H. P. G. Dec. 19. Planting-tools for garden use.-Relates to a hand tool for use in transplanting. Scoop-shaped blades d are attached to a bent spring handle a. A ledge f is formed in each blade d, and a ring h is provided and can be slipped over the top of the blades as far as the ledge f to hold the blades closed, while the roots of the plant with soil attached are enclosed between them.
Patent GB-190228359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors.
Inventor: HUNT CHARLES WALLACE
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 28,359. Hunt, C. W. Dec. 23. Conveyers.-Relates to endless-chain bucket-conveyers in which the buckets are dumped by the engagement of a gear wheel on the bucket with a fixed rack. In order to cushion the impact between these parts and prevent breakage, either the gear wheel or the rack is made to yield. In the embodiment of the invention described, the rack g is carried on swinging links h, one of which is backed by a spring k and fixed stop l. A movable stop m may limit the movement of the rack under the action of the spring.
Patent GB-190301007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machine Printing, whereby the Appearance of a Photograph is Obtained, and Colour-printing is Simplified.
Inventor: NOAKES WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 1007. Noakes, W. Jan. 15. Right to Patent relinquinshed. Lithographic and like printing.-(1) Prints from photo-process blocks or from lithographic stones &c. are made to resemble photographs by printing them on the darker or shaded parts only with a thin transparent tinted printers' varnish. The varnish may be tinted with coloured ink or a transparent colouring-matter. (2) Colour printing. The picture is first printed in black or darkcoloured ink, from a process block or lithographic stone, and is then printed in flat colour tints from separate blocks or stones, with printing inks or colours mixed with clear printers' varnish, such that the details and shading of the print in block show clearly through the colours.
Patent GB-190301495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Pendants for Hanging Lamps and the like.
Inventor: SHAW EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-21
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 1495. Shaw, E. J. Jan. 21. Supporting lamps. - In an adjustable pendant, two grooved pulleys are mounted side by side on a common axle c, Fig. 4, which is carried by a fixed or adjustable support d. Flexible connections f, g are secured upon the pulleys, their free ends being connected to a lamp and a balance weight respectively. The connections are wound in opposite directions on the pulleys, so that, as the lamp descends, the balance weight ascends, and vice versÔ. The weight may be hollow and slide upon the lamp connection, guide-rollers for the flexible connections being provided just below the pulleys. When an electric lamp is suspended from the pendant, the leads may pass down through the support d and one of the forked arms e, electric contact being made between the axle c and the connection f supporting the lamp. The connection may be a flexible metallic or rubber pipe carrying the leads for the lamp. Friction plates may be mounted on the axle to prevent accidental rotation of the pulleys. To limit the upward movement of the lamp, a nut p, Fig. 8, is screwed upon the flexible metallic pipe f. The upper face p<1> of the nut is curved to the periphery of the pulley and acts as a stop when it meets the pulley in the upward movement of the pipe.
Patent GB-190304742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-incrustators for Steam-boilers and the like.
Inventor: VERSLUYS LOUIS
Filed: 1903-02-28
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 4742. Versluys, L. Feb. 28. Incrustation and corrosion, preventing.-An antiincrustant, which is either added to the feedwater or supplied to the boiler, consists of a mixture of sulphide of potassium, sodium, calcium, or ammonium with margarate or oleate of potassium, sodium, or ammonium, and phosphate of sodium. If desired, a decoction of Panama wood may be added as an ingredient, also carbonate of soda for decomposing oil and creoline for preventing putrefaction of the vegetable substances.
Patent GB-190307685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Elastic Fluid Turbine Engines.
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANI DE
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 7685. Ferranti, S. Z. de. April 2. Steam &c. turbines.-Relates to elastic-fluid turbines of the kind described in Specification No. 24,781, A.D. 1902, and in which the turbine is combined with appliances for superheating the steam and for re-heating it between the various stages of expansion. As shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, steam from a boiler 2 is passed through a superheater 4. One portion of the superheated steam is passed d into the chambers of a re-heater 7 and the other portion drives the multiple - expansion turbine 5. The exhaust steam from one stage of the turbine circulates through a coil 12 in the corresponding chamber of the re-heater, and then passes to the next stage of the turbine, and so on. The exhaust steam finallypasses through a chamber 14 to a condenser 19 and heats the feedwater, which is pumped through the chamber, and then joins the condensation water from the re-heater and passes through a heating-coil 26 in the boiler chimney, and so to the boiler. A modified re-heating chamber has a heating-coil 18, Fig. 2, surrounding a pipe 15, through which the turbine steam passes to the bottom of the chamber, and then returns to a pipe 16 leading to the turbine, All the coils may be placed in a common re-heating chamber. Modified ways of circulating the steam are described.
Patent GB-190312945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Brakes
Inventor: APPLER HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,945. Appler, H. June 9. Brakes.-The wheels of railway cars and other vehicles are braked by causing them to mount upon segmental blocks, which are lowered upon the rails, the wheels being free to rotate in the blocks, which slide upon the rails. Wedges are interposed between the segmental blocks and the rails. A brake shoe is also applied to the rim of the wheel. Fig. 2 shows the segmental block 4, which is carried by a boss capable of turning freely on the axle but is normally locked by a sliding bolt 15 engaging a notch in the inner face of the block. Teeth on the inner face of the boss of the segmental block are adapted to be engaged with teeth on the end of a sleeve 18, which is caused to slide on the axle by means of a yoke 20 operated by the sliding bolt 15. When the brake is to be applied, the bolt 15 is withdrawn by a link operated by gearing under the control of the brakesman. At the same time, the yoke 20 causes the sleeve 18 to engage the boss of the segmental block, which, consequently, turns with the axle. By the time that the block reaches the rail, the bolt 15 and the sleeve 18 will have been returned to their normal positions by the brakesman, and, when the wheel mounts upon the block, the latter will be locked by the engagement of the bolt 15 with a second notch in the block. As the wheel mounts the block, wedges will be protruded from recesses in the block by the action of a verticallymoving finger 37 connected to short levers carrying the wedges. The wedges will thus become jammed between the block and the rail. The brake shoe to be applied to the wheel rim is shown at 44 ; it is fitted in a recess in the segmental block and is carried by an arm 42 sliding in a groove in the block. At the lower end of the arm 42, a tapered finger 46 projects ; this is acted upon, to pull the brake shoe on the wheel, by the cam-like rim of a sleeve 48, which is caused to slide upon the sleeve 18 by means similar to those employed for moving the bolt 15.
Patent GB-190313987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Lace Fasteners.
Inventor: ORSDALE LYNN FRED VAN
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 13,987. Robertson, W. A. June 23. Acetylene. - Relates to apparatus for making acetylene by regulating the supply of carbide. A carbide receptacle 2,which can be hermetically closed, is provided with a plate to support the weight of the carbide and with an inclined bottom which conducts the carbide to a gauge 4 arranged to deliver a measured quantity of carbide to a generator 17, on each fall of the gasholder bell 10. The gas produced is discharged by a pipe 19 below the water seal of a bell 10 guided &c. by a rod 33 sliding in a tube 34. The service pipe 35 leading from the gas holder is provided with a branch opening beneath the surface of liquid contained in a vessel 36 having an air vent 37 and acting as a safety device. The generator 17 is connected by pipes 28, 29 with a reservoir 27 having a gas vent 32 and an overflow pipe 30, and is provided with a water supply cock 26 the jet from which agitates the surface of the water and prevents any accumulation of lime. The generator and reservoir are also provided with flush cocks 24, 31. The reservoir is stated to keep the generator cool. The gauge 4 is operated by a lever 8. provided with a roller which engages a rod 9 secured to the gas-holder bell, guided by rollers 12 and formed with a detent 14 and a slot 13. The roller on the lever 8 travels on the rod 9 as the latter is depressed, until it falls into the slot 13, and becomes depressed by the detent 14. A weight 16, mounted on the curved upper part 15 of the lever 8, then moves violently to the end of the lever and actuates the gauge 4. The reservoir 27 may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190314733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea Tables and the like.
Inventor: OETZMANN FRANK WILLOUGHBY
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 14,733. Oetzmann, F. W. June 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tables.-Relates to tables of the class in which a movable tray is lifted and lowered, inside the upper part of the table, by the action of opening and shutting the covers. A chain c, the ends of which are fastened to the covers b, b<1>, passes over pulleys e, e', on the side of the table, and under a pulley f on the movable tray d. The chain is of such a length that, when one cover is open, the slack has just been taken up. On opening the other cover, the tray is raised to the level ot the covers. Two chains, one on each side of the table, may be employed ; or one chain only may be used, the chain, in that case, being fastened to one cover, passing over a pulley on the side of the table, crossing under the movable tray, and, after passing over a pulley on the other side of the table, being fastened to the other cover. When the table has only one cover, no movement of the tray is produced until the cover is partly open.
Patent GB-190315963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trap-shooting Apparatus
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 15,963. Marks, G. C., [Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Co.]. July 18. Trap-shooting.-Relates to a trap or apparatus for throwing " disc targets " for shooting purposes. The frame 1, Fig. 1, of the trap is pivotally attached to a pivot stem 2, which is mounted in a collar 6 supported on a base 7 extending across a pit A. The stem is fitted with arms 8, by means of which the trap is manipulated, for the direction of throw, by the feet of the operator ; the arms are weighted, as shown, to give steadiness to the apparatus. The arrow 1<a>, carried on the frame, indicates the direction of throw to the marksman. The throw-arm 12, Figs. 1 and 4, is attached to and rotated by means of a rock-shaft 13, the power being supplied by means of a throw-spring 16, which is attached to a crank-arm 15 and connected to a pull-rod 18. A coil spring 20 is placed on the rock-shaft, to return the throw-arm into position against the stop 23, after the throw, and after the release of the spring 16. When in position for throwing, the throw-arm is retained by an attached notched latch-arm 24, which is engaged by a block 29 of the trigger 25 carried in the frame, and pressed forwards by a spring 27. The target-carrying plate 32 is pivotally mounted at 33 on the end of the throw-arm, the swinging motion being limited by an arm 34, to which is connected a rod 35 passing through an eye 36, tension being given by the spring 37, which is placed on the rod 35 between the eye 36 and a nut 38 on the rod. The target-holding jaw 39 is fixed to the plate 32, and is surmounted by a keeper 40 ; a second rocking jaw 41, pivoted at 42, diverges from the stationary jaw, and is held yieldingly by a spring 46, which is carried on a rod 44, connected to the pivot plate 32, and on which slides a stud projecting from the jaw 41. A light spring 48 is fixed to the pivot plate 32 between the target-holding jaws 39, 41, to act as a retainer to prevent accidental dislodgment of the targets. The pull-rod 18, Fig. 1, is drawn, to distend the throw spring 16, by means of a rocking-lever device 51, 54, Fig. 11, which is placed at a distance from the trap and connected thereto by a wire 50. The posts 53, 56 of the device, Fig. 11, are placed a distance apart, thus providing a support for the pulling-wire between the handle and the trap, and thereby preventing sagging. When the second operator pulls at the handle 54 and distends the spring, the finger 19, Fig. 1, on the pull-rod 18 catches the trigger at 28, and releases the latcharm 24, allowing the arm to swing out suddenly to throw the disc. In the outstretched position, the arm is arrested by the coil spring 20, which returns the arm to its former position against the stop 23, the latch-arm being engaged automatically by the trigger.
Patent GB-190315995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Charge Indicators for Secondary Batteries
Inventor: MAXIM HIRAM PERCY
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 15,995. Maxim, H. P. Aug. 4, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Secondary batteries.-Relates to a charge-indicator for secondary batteries which reduces the actual voltage of a battery while discharging to the corresponding voltage under the condition of normal discharge, this being an indication of the available charge. As shown in Fig. 3, the spindle 11 of the indicating-pointer 14 is actuated from the armature 7 of an electromagnet 6, 4 through a lever 9 and cord &c. 12. The spindle 11 is controlled by a spring 13, and the armature 7 and lever 9 are both carried by a resilient metal strip 8 supported by posts at its ends. The metal strap 6 forming the low-resistance series coil of the electromagnet is placed over the high-resistance shunt coil 4, and is connected directly in the working circuit of the battery 16 ; the coil 4 is connected directly to one end of the battery 16, and through the strap 6 to the other end. The magnetic effects of the two coils add together so that the low indication due to the coil 4, when the discharge current is high, is increased to the proper value by the coil 6 &c. The apparatus is shown in Fig. 3 applied to a motor circuit, as is an automobile, the controller not being shown. The coils 4, 6 may be wound on a permanent magnet, if desired.
Patent GB-190319453-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Fixing Plugs in Walls.
Inventor: BOLDT HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 19,453. Boldt, H., and Marquardt, H. Sept. 9. Nails, sockets for. -A metal blank a, of the form shown in Fig. 1, is formed into a cylinder with pointed bent tongues b, Fig. 3. The cylinder is fitted into a hole in the wall, and the wooden plug is driven in, whereupon its rounded end forces the bent tongues z into the wall. The lugs f are then bent over to retain the wooden plug.
Patent GB-190323360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Fastening of Placquet-holes Pocket-mouths Fly-openings and the like, of Wearing Apparel
Inventor: TINDALL HERBERT
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 23,360. Tindall, H. Oct. 28. Stud-and-socket fa8tenings.-Relates to fastenings for pockets, placket holes of dresses, flys of trousers, &c. The parts of one or more two-part fastenings, such as glove fastenings C, are mounted on lengths of pliable metal, celluloid, &c., and may be covered with linen &c. The strips are sewn inside the meeting edges, and room is left between the fastenings and the strips for the intervening thicknesses of cloth &c.
Patent GB-190325546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Protocatechuic Aldehyde and its Derivatives
Inventor: VERLEY ALBERT
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 25,546. Verley, A. Nov. 27, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vanillin.-Alkyl oxyvanillins, such as methoxyvanillin or ethoxyvanillin, and their derivatives are obtained by oxidizing alkyloxyisoeugenols and their derivatives, and the products obtained are converted into protocatechuic aldehyde and its derivatives by saponification. Safrol or isosafrol is mixed with caustic potash and methyl alcohol, for example, and the whole is heated in an autoclave for ten hours to 150‹ C. while stirring. Afterwards, the methylalcohol is distilled off, and a certain proportion of the undissolved isosafrol carried away by a current of steam. The residue is neutralized by an acid, when methoxyisoeugenol separates as a brown oil. On oxidizing-with ozone in the cold, an additional product is obtained, which decomposes spontaneously giving out heat and forming acetic aldehyde and a new aromatic aldehyde, namely, the methoxyvanillin This aldehyde is extracted by sodium bisulphite, and the compound formed decomposed by sodium carbonate. It is a very viscous, white oil, which may be distilled without decomposition, and has a weak odour. It is slightly soluble in water, and is dissolved and saponified by gentle heat and an acid to obtain pure protocatechuic aldehyde. The latter may also be obtained directly from the bisulphite combination by treating it with an acid. Instead of methyl alcohol, other homologous alcohols may be used, such as ethyl, isobutyl, or amyl alcohol, producing homologous alkyl derivatives, which may be oxidized to aldehyde; and the latter may be saponified to produce the protocatechuic aldehyde. Instead of oxidizing methoxyisoeugenol, any of its acid or alcoholic derivatives may be used, and the oxidation may be performed by potassium permanganate. The methoxyisoeugenol may, in a modification, be treated with chlorosulphonic acid in presence of pyridine and carbon bisulphide. The carbon bisulphide is afterwards distilled off, the solution neutralized by sodium carbonate, and the pyridine driven off by steam. A solution is left having the composition On oxidation and saponification this also forms protocatechuic aldehyde. The sodium methoxyisoeugenol may also be treated with benzyl chloride. The derivative obtained when oxidized gives benzyl-methoxyvanillin which when boiled with dilute acids yields benzyl protocatechuic aldehyde On methylating this, there is obtained benzylvanillin, from which vanillin is easily obtained.
Patent GB-190328219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kerbs Fenders and Fireplace Fittings.
Inventor: TAYLOR LEONARD
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 28,219. Taylor, L. Dec. 23. Fenders.-A kerb fender A is provided with a pivoted or telescopic stop B against which the ends of the fire-irons rest. The stop is preferably made in two parts, connected by pivot pins a' to a lug a and adapted to fold back into a recess in the fender. When the stop is formed in one piece, it may be pivoted so as to swivel to one or both sides and may be held in its extended position by a spring.
Patent GB-190400783-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in and relating to the connection between the Removable Point and the Spindle of a Rock Drill.
Inventor: CHRIST LUDWIG
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 783. Christ, L., and Goerg, C. L. Jan. 12. Rock drills, rotary, attaching renewable tools and bits for. The recessed wedgeshaped end d of the bit is locked in the sleeve e on the shank by turning a notched bolt f.
Patent GB-190405997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Locks or Fastenings for Doors.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5997. Hipkins, W. E. March 11. Fastenings for doors &c.-As an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 20,679, A.D. 1900, in the case of the illness &c. of an occupant of an apartment with a coinfreed lock onthe door, the attendant, by inserting a key in the lock, may withdraw the main bolt, while, on pushing the door, the supplementary bolt A may be forced back by the inclined plane F in the slotted plate D. The supplementary bolt is used, as before, to close the coin slot C and show the word " engaged " on the door.
Patent GB-190408481-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Purifying Liquids by Centrifugal Force.
Inventor: SAGASSER GUSTAV
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 8481. Sagasser, G. April 13. Separating liquids from solids.-Liquids are purified in a centrifugal conical drum b mounted on a shaft a which also carries a distributing-disc c having vertical blades f. A conical screen h, a mud collector d with an inlet slit p, and discharge openings i, e are provided as shown. When muddy liquid begins to issue from the opening i, the drum is stopped and the mud discharged through a channel m. This channel and the pure liquid channel n are controlled by a trap o.
Patent GB-190409052-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Ascertaining the Counts of Yarn in a Woven Fabric.
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9052. Wilson, W. G., and Heuer & Co., E. April 20. Slide rules.-For ascertaining the counts of yarn in a woven fabric, a broad slide rule, with its ends accurately squared, is used, consisting of two graduated scales a, b, one sliding in the other for a space limited to about 3¢ inches by a slot and pin c. When the instrument is extended to, say, 24 inches in length, it is used to measure a piece of the fabric for cutting off. The weft threads of the cut-off portion are measured after unravelling, and may measure, say, 25 inches. The instrument is then shortened 1 inch by sliding its parts one within another, and a piece of fabric is cut off to the new length. When unravelled, the threads will measure 24 inches, and 180 of them are taken and weighed; from the weight the count is calculated and ascertained in the usual way.