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Patent GB-190212257-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for Towing Boats on Canals or Slack Water.
Inventor: WOOD STEPHEN WELLS
Filed: 1902-05-29
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 12,257. Wood, S. W. May 29. Towing.-Two motors F for towing boats on canals and slack waters are supported and guided by rails B, C, D carried by brackets A' fixed to upright posts A. Each motor consists of two frames rigidly connected together and carrying guide-wheels G and a traction wheel I, which is held against the rail by a gripper wheel L journalled in a yoke N pressed down by a spring S surrounding a screw T carried by the hooked extension F<4> of the frame. The wheel I is carried by a driving-axle R operated by a worm-wheel 0 and a worm P on an electric or other motor shaft H. The shaft R may be driven by a crank and connecting-rod from a steam engine. A variable-speed gear, operated by a shifting-lever K, may be used. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the variable-speed gear, which transmits motion from the shaft 11 to the shaft R, is controlled by a shifting-lever K, two friction discs 13, 12 being interposed between two parts of the driving-shaft and brought into contact by a shifting-lever K<1>. If undue resistance to motion arises, the discs slip on each other, and prevent undue strain. In another modification, the rails are toothed, and engage toothed wheels on the axle R.
Patent GB-190216893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sewing Thimbles.
Inventor: BYRON MELVILLE
Filed: 1902-07-30
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,893. Byron, M., and Johnson, H. July 30. Thimbles.-A thimble is formed with, or has attached to it, a cutting-edge for severing threads and ripping up seams. Fig. 1 shows a cutter A attached to a thimble B by rivets a<3>, a<4>. Fig. 3 shows a thimble open at the top and formed with a projecting cutter b<3>. A cutter b<3> may be formed at the bottom edge of a thimble. The upper edge b<4> , Fig. 5, of a thimble may be sharpened, and may be formed with a V-notch b for the insertion of the thread. A cut may be made in a thimble, and a portion b<6>, Fig. 6, turned out and sharpened to form a cutter.
Patent GB-190222018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Fabrics
Inventor: HARDWICK HARRY
Filed: 1902-10-09
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 22,018. Hardwick, H. Oct. 9. Double and multiple fabrics; ingrain fabrics. - A three-ply ingrain fabric is woven with weft threads 1, 2, 3 in sets of three or more, binding-warp threads 11, 12, and stuffer-warp threads 6, 7 in sets of two or more. The warp threads 11, 12 pass from one face of the fabric to the other, and the warp threads 6, 7 lie sometimes between the front and intermediate plies, and at other times between the intermediate and back plies. The pattern of each face of the fabric is formed mainly by the weft threads, but the stuffer-warp threads being visible to a greater or less extent, they can, by varying their colours, be made to alter the appearance of the patterns in any desired manner. The fabric shown in section in Figs. 1 and 19 has sets of three weft threads, and sets of two stuffer-warp threads. In another fabric, the stuffer-warp threads are. in sets of three each. A three-ply fabric may also be woven with weft threads in sets of four each, there being two weft threads in each shed of binding-warp threads, either in the back ply or the intermediate ply, and, in a modification of this form of fabric, there are three stuffer-warp threads in each set. Three-ply and four-ply fabrics may be woven with weft threads in sets of four each, and stuffer-warp threads in sets of four each. A three-ply fabric may also be woven with weft threads in sets of five each. Fabrics may also be woven with weft threads in sets of three or more, and stuffer-warp threads in sets of two or more arranged so that there are more plies in some parts of the fabrics than in others.
Patent GB-190222435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Projectiles.
Inventor: YORK RICHARD LISTER
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 22,435. Work, R. L. Oct. 15. Projectiles, small-arm and machine-gun.-The bullet 1 is formed with a central channel 2, and carries a loose pin 3 and base-plate 4 which fall away when the bullet leaves the gun.
Patent GB-190303052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Cigarettes.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES CLAREMONT
Filed: 1903-02-09
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 3052. Parsons, C. C. Feb. 9. Cigarettes.-Thin asbestos paper or other suitable non-inflammable paper is employed for the coverings of cigarettes, in place of the inflammable cigarette papers usually employed.
Patent GB-190305056-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Securing Nuts, Bolts and Screws.
Inventor: COOK WALTER HERBERT
Filed: 1903-03-04
Granted: 1904-05-04
Abstract: 5056. Cook, W. H. March 4. Locking nuts.-The washer has pointed tongues e, which are bent downwards so o that they lie below the level of the body of the washer. When the nut d is tightened down on the washer, the points of t h e tongues e are pressed into the bolt or screw, thus preventing the washer from rotating. The spring f<1>, which is attached to the wasber by the part f, is sufficiently flexible to allow the nut to be tightened, but prevents the nut from working loose. According to the Provisional Specification, two or more springs may be employed and other means may be used to prevent rotation of the washer.
Patent GB-190306705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balls more particularly Golf Balls and the like
Inventor: PAINTER KENYON VICKERS
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 6705. Painter, K. V. Oct. 13, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Balls for golf, baseball, and the like are constructed with an inner hollow core 1, Fig. 1, of paper, and a body 2 of elastic material, such as elastic bands wound under tension, or other elastic composition, and an outer covering 3 of paper. The inner core may be filled with an elastic or other material, and a paper shell may divide the elastic material 2 into two concentric sections. The use of paper gives the required weight and stability to the ball.
Patent GB-190312751-A (GB)
Title: Rock Drilling Machine
Inventor: HEIMRICH JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,751. Heimrich, J. G., and Heimrich, J. June 6. Rock drills, percussive. The hollow reciprocating spindle 8 of a percussive rock drill carries the tool 10 at one end, and a piston 13 at the other end to work in a pump chamber 14, from which water is supplied to the drill. The piston contains the suction valve 17, and a three-way cock 15 on the pump head is turned to regulate the water supply or to admit air. A transverse crank shaft 19, driven from a reciprocating motor 4, carries a flywheel 22, which may be connected by a clutch to the sleeve 23. The clutch consists of friction blocks 52 carried by arms 51 pivoted on a spider 55 and forced outwardly by the cone 50, which is moved by the lever 50<11>. The sleeve 23 carries an eccentric 24, which works the slider 28 in the slotted centre of the rocking lever 25 pivoted at 26 in the casing. The opposite end of the lever is forked to embrace trunnions on a collar 33 lying between springs surrounding the drill spindle 8, which is thereby reciprocated. The shaft 19 may be driven by a rotary motor. Cushioning-springs 37, 38 are provided in the pump cylinder and against the front guides. The forward end of the spindle has a straight and an inclined groove, which engage splines inside the ratchet-wheels 41, 42 respectively held from rotation in opposite directions by spring pawls 46 mounted in separate screwed holders 45.
Patent GB-190320904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spittoons or Receptacles for Expectoration.
Inventor: BLIVET FRIDOLIN
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 20,904. Blivet, F. Sept. 29. Disinfecting. - A spittoon is constructed with a moving or revolving surface to receive the expectoration and deliver it down a shoot to a trough of disinfectant. A cylindrical, concave, convex, or conical roller b, made of glass, metal, earthenware, o r other material, is rotated in a trough f containing disinfectant fluid, and the expectoration is removed from the roller by a scraper c and delivered through a shoot d into a well e containing disinfectant. The scraper c is carried, and pressed against the roller, by pivoted counterbalanced arms g, and may serve to regulate the speed of the roller. An adjustable bevel-edged scraper j prevents the disinfectant fluid from being carried up by the roller. The apparatus is enclosed in a casing a, with a removable cover which may be hinged at l. A spring barrel acts through wheels to rotate the roller, from which a regulator is driven. In one modification, two rollers revolving towards one another are employed. In another, the roller is dispensed with, and a flat, convex, or concave plate, fixed to an inclined or vertical revolving spindle, is employed, part of the plate being exposed, and the remainder immersed in disinfectant fluid. The apparatus may be enclosed in an ornamental wooden casing, which may form an independent piece of furniture, or be fixed to a wall or a pedestal.
Patent GB-190327381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Blade Liners for Centrifugal Liquid Separators.
Inventor: HULT CARL ALRIK
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 27,381. Hult, C. A., and Hult, O. W. Feb. 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Separating liquids. -In order to facilitate cleaning, the blades 1, Fig. 1, of a liquid separator are threaded loosely on a ring 2 so that when removed from the drum they hang in a bunch. The position the blades occupy when in the drum is shown in Fig. 4. Two modifications are described. In one, the blades are threaded on two or more rings, while in the other they are divided into two sets 4, 6, Fig. 7, which are threaded on separate rings. In the latter case, the ring of one set engages a notch in the end of the blades of the other set. Flat blades of oblong or triangular form, or curved blades of triangular form, may be employed in lieu of those shown. Radial corrugations 3, Fig. 1, may be provided in all the blades, or in the alternate ones.
Patent GB-190328623-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint Box for Electrical Conductors.
Inventor: MARTIN HAROLD SHEEN
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 28,623. Martin, H. S. Dec. 30. Junction boxes.-Consists of an arrangement of joints of electric conductors in a fireproof box, adapted for easy removal and inspection. A box a, conveniently made of cast iron lined with asbestos or other fireproof material, is screwed down to a fixture x. It has a removable screwed-on lid b, under which pass cables d of the twin leadcovered or any other type, recessed into the ends of the box, a tight joint being formed by a lining of lead which fills up the recess. The outer metallic coverings of these cables are all connected to one another by strips, and, in addition, to earth, so that, if one of the conductors comes in contact with the lead covering, the current may flow to earth and blow a fuse. Inside the box is a removable slab g of slate, porcelain, or other insulating- material, with metallic terminals f, f into which the bared ends of the separate wires, after being joined by twisting, sweating together, or otherwise, are clamped or fixed in position. Partitions g<1> of insulating-material prevent sparking between the joints. The slab with its terminals and joints can be taken out bodily for inspection.
Patent GB-190400444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Waste Preventers.
Inventor: MATHEWS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 444. Mathews, C. Jan. 7. Water-waste preventers, valve - discharge. Cisterns are so constructed as to be normally empty, in two ways. In the first case, to the rocking lever 13, Fig. 1, are connected a weight 17 and a rod 4 carrying the discharge valve 11. When the chain 2 is pulled, the rod 4 engages a stop on the rod 8, the conical plug valve 10 is opened, and the cistern is supplied with water, while the valve 11 is simultaneously closed. As the water rises, at a certain point it lifts the hemispherical float 3 and this, through connecting links 22, 12, opens the discharge valve. The float is hinged at 19 to the service pipe, or to some other fixed part of the apparatus. The lever 13 may be dispensed with by substituting a rod for the chain 2 and attaching it to the end 4<b> of the lever 4. The weight 17 is then carried by the other end of the lever. In the second case, on depressing the weighted pull-rod 2, Fig. 3, the valve spindle 32 is raised by the lever 37 by which it is carried, and the hole 33 made to register with the supply pipe 7. When the water which is thus admitted reaches the level of the top of the cylinder 26, it overflows into a receptacle formed at the top of the inner cylinder 28. This then descends and the aperture or apertures 29 is or are brought into registration with a similar opening or openings 27 in the outer cylinder, and the cistern is discharged. The inner cylinder and valve-spindle are connected by a rod 34, so that they move together. In a modification, the outer cylinder is made movable and the inner one fixed. The diaphragm 30, which traverses the movable cylinder, is pierced by a minute aperture 36 for the gradual escape of the water above it.
Patent GB-190401704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Thermostatic Indicators and in Thermostatic Systems.
Inventor: RENNERT OTTO
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1905-01-21
Abstract: 1704. Rennert, O. Jan. 22. Thermometers.-Relates to an electrically-operated thermostatic apparatus applicable as a maximum and minimum thermometer. The arrangement, which as described serves as a thermostat, consists of a contact thermometer b, a switchboard H for adjusting the maximum and minimum points, a relay L which puts in and out of action apparatus P controlling the supply of heating or cooling medium. The several contacts c ... g of the thermometer are connected to insulated contact-pieces c<2>.. g<2> on the switchboard. On each side of these pieces is located a metal strip carrying a metal rod upon which a movable contact-arm is mounted. As shown in the Figure, the maximum temperature is controlled by the contact-arm i<2>, and the minimum temperature by the contact-arm i<3>. When a maximum or minimum temperature only is required to be indicated, the corresponding arm is moved on to one of the plates k, which have no connection with the thermometer. The arms i<2>, i<3> may be provided with conically-ended pins which pass into holes in the contact-plates. The apparatus P consists of two electromagnets having, as armatures, levers adapted to turn the tap t in opposite directions. When the mercury in the thermometer falls below the minimum, the relay solenoid n, contained in a circuit x, is de-energized, thus closing a circuit y in which the solenoid S of the apparatus P is contained. The tap t is then turned so as to admit more heating-fluid. When the mercury in the thermometer rises above the minimum but not above the maximum, the solenoid n of the relay is energized and the circuit y broken. When the maximum is passed, the other solenoid s<2> of the apparatus P, which is contained in a circuit y<1>, is energized, and the tap t thus turned to shut off the supply of heating-fluid. A battery m is contained within the circuit x, other batteries r, q being arranged within the circuits y, y. In order to avoid waste of current, a clockwork contact-breaker u may be employed to make and break the circuits y, y<1> at regular intervals. A plug switch w<3> is arranged to place the contact-breaker in or out of the circuit.
Patent GB-190403698-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means of Fastening on Horse and Cattle Rugs.
Inventor: FISKE ANDREW JAMES
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 3698. Fiske, A. J. Feb. 13. Clothing for animals.-Horse and cattle rugs are secured by adjustable body straps H attached to straps K<1> secured at I and to the ends of a V-shaped piece E of webbing secured to the bellyband B. The bellyband is attached, by clips D' or buckles, to rings at the junction of the straps K, and is fitted with a lengthening-strap D at one or both sides. The straps K, K<1> may be extended to the central seam S running along the back.
Patent GB-190404130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Stones or Bricks in which the Waste from the Leblanc or Ammonia Soda Process is used.
Inventor: AHRENDTS CARL
Filed: 1904-02-18
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 4130. Ahrendts, C. May 5, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bricks.-Relates to improvements in the method of treating artificial stone blocks manufactured as described in Specification No. 16,307, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Cements &c.], and consists in mixing the alkali waste, lime, and sand or powdered slag with water so as to make the mixture workable, and subjecting the blocks formed from this mixture to a temperature of 30‹ to 40‹ C. in a hardening-vessel heated by steam pipes, a cover being hung loosely over the blocks. The vessel is then tightly closed, and superheated steam admitted.
Patent GB-190408623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints for Railways
Inventor: KRAUS BURNIE
Filed: 1904-04-14
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 8623. Kraus, B. April 14. Rail joints.-The ends of rails, such as 3 and 4, are connected together, without the use of bolts, by longitudinal plates or splice bars 1, 2, which are shaped to fit against the head, web, and flange, and have central projecting and interlocking parts 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 fitting together and forming an interposed piece between the rail ends. The meeting faces of the two splice bars 1, 2 are curved as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, and they are caused to interlock by moving the bar 1 downwardly into engagement with the bar 2, as shown in Fig. 8, the surfaces 10 being suitably curved to allow of this movement. To allow for expansion and contraction, the space between the interlocking parts of the splice bars gradually increases from the top to the bottom of the joint, as shown in Fig. 9. The splice bars have notches 7 for receiving the heads of the securing spikes.
Patent GB-190411587-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Breathing in Impure Air Spaces.
Inventor: GUY EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 11,587. Guy, E. H. May 20. Respirators.-For breathing in impure air, two tubes are used, one, the air-supply tube, being provided with a valve a opening towards the nostril, and the other for the exhaled air, with a valve b opening outwards. The two tubes may terminate in a mask fitting the nose or nose and mouth, or may be attached one to each nostril. The mask is formed of rubber or the like on a wire frame and is fitted with a steel spring arching over the bridge of the nose. Cottonwool or an inflated rubber tube is attached round the edge, and the mask is held in position by bands round the head.
Patent GB-190412061-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Sterilization of Water by Means of Ozone.
Filed: 1904-05-27
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 12,061. Compagnie Franþaise de l'Ozone. Nov. 20, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Liquids, sterilizing. -Water is sterilized by treatment with ozonized air in injector and tower apparatus. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the ozonized air passes through the pipe e and up the coke-filled tower f to an injector a, supplied with water by the pipe c. The water is siphoned from the chamber 6, which is provided with an air - discharge pipe h, and is sprayed into the tower f, where it is again ozonized. The stopping and starting valve, Fig. 2, is actuated by the pressure of water, admitted to or released from the cylinder 8 by a pipe w and a three-way cock v, controlled by the stops s, t on the float o, and provided with a waste pipe 7, and a pipe x, leading from the main y. When the reservoir m is full, the piston 9 is forced back against the pressure of the spring 10, and the plate 12 breaks contact with the knob 13, throwing the ozonizer out of action. Simultaneously, the pointer 17 allows the spring 22 to close the valve 18, and prevents the water from flowing from the main by the pipes 21, c to the injector alpha. Two modifications are described, one omitting the reservoir m and the starting and stopping gear, and the other, Fig. 8, in which the tower f is also omitted, and a press-button c<2>, controlling the water supply to the injector a, and also a mixing-chamber g<1> and a spout g<2>, are provided.
Patent GB-190413484-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Dyeing of Cotton and the like, in the form of Cops, Spools and so forth, with Alizarin Red.
Inventor: DOLDER JULIUS
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,484. Dolder, J. June 14. Sucrates. - Strontium bisaccharate, C13H20 (SrOH)2011, is prepared by mixing saturated boiling aqueous solutions of strontium hydrate and cane sugar. The product is obtained by passing an electric current through the solution, and is separated by evaporation and then dried. Strontium oxide is obtained by heating strontinite, and the hydrate results upon treatment with water.
Patent GB-190419739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gearing.
Inventor: KENRICK ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,739. Kenrick, A. Sept. 13. Variable-speed gearing; friction gearing.-Two friction cones a, a<1>, with pulleys i, i<1>, are loosely mounted upon a rod b. Motion is transmitted from one cone to the other by means of one or more intermediate bevel carrier-wheels c, c', preferably faced with material c' that will promote adhesion and conform to the slightly varying curvature of the cones. The carrier-wheels are loosely mounted on axles d, d' pivoted to each other by a pin e on the axis b. The rod b is held by a frame g, and it is prevented from rotating by means of a feather g<1> in a groove or keyway b<3> at one end. At the other end of the rod, a handlever f operates an internally screw-threaded sleeve f<1> which engages a screw thread b<1> on the rod. By this means, the rod b can be moved longitudinally, in which case the axles d, d' will move on the pin e to give the carrier-wheels inclined positions with regard to the cones. The shape of each of the cone surfaces a, a' is obtained by drawing lines through the pivot e tangential to the convex faces c<2> of the bevel-wheels as the pivot is moved in either direction. Each of the cones is connected with a pulley i, i<1>, the former being integral with the cone a, the latter being connected by pins a<2> on the cone a<1> sliding in holes in the pulley. The cone a may be retained from longitudinal movement by the frame g, while a long helical spring h presses the second cone a<1> to provide good frictional contact with the wheels c, c<1>; or springs h may be provided behind each cone. The carrierwheels and cones and pulleys are provided with thrust bearings d<2>, i<2>. Figs. 3 and 4 show a modification designed to afford an increased speed range. The carrier-wheels are provided with springs h<1>. The axles d, d<1> are mounted on yokes d', pivoted together, and carried by the casing d<5> fixed to the rod j, which is movable longitudinally by the forked pivoted lever k. The cones a, a<1> are respectively fixed and movable as before. Instead of the spring h to press the cone into contact, a non-rotating sleeve a<3> is moved by a bell-crank lever l actuated by a cam k<2> on the lever k, so that, as the lever is moved, the sleeve a<3> automatically presses the cone a' into engagement. In this modification, both the cones may be movable, and springs may be disposed behind one or both the cones if the springs h<1> against the carrierwheels be dispensed with.