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Patent GB-190324083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Apparatus used in Propelling Autocars and other Vehicles, Launches and the like.
Inventor: REES EDMUND SCOTT GUSTAVE
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1904-11-05
Abstract: 24,083. Rees, E. S. G. Nov. 6. Dynamos and motors combined as transformers; rotary transformers.-Consists in using electromotors which are adaptable as transformers upon eleotrically-propelled motor cars, launches, &c., in order to facilitate the charging of the accumulators in cases where the potential at which current is supplied at the charging-station is not suitable. For this purpose, one or more electromotors, each having two armature windings connected with separate commutators, or two or more electromotors having their armatures mechanically coupled together, are employed, and a clutch is fitted on the driving-shaft, so that the motor may revolve without propelling the vehicle when in use as a transformer. The apparatus may be connected up in a variety of ways for effecting the transformation of the current, and the motor armatures may be wound in suitable ratios, as will be found most convenient. In the example shown, two motors A, mounted upon the same shaft B, are employed, C being the clutch, H the accumulators, J the charging-terminals, and K the controlling switch.
Patent GB-190326375-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Hard Soldering Aluminium.
Inventor: MICHELIS CARL
Filed: 1903-12-02
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 26,375. Michelis, C., Michelis, L., Kruse, C., and Kuhn, O. Dec. 2. Soldering.-In hard-soldering aluminium, silver is first electrolytically deposited on the parts, a current at 2À5 to 3 volts being used.
Patent GB-190327044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Submarine and Submergible Boats.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 27,044. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Electric Boat Co.]. Dec. 10. Steering-gear. - Consists in a hand-operated steering-gear, particularly applicable to submarine boats such that the rudder will be held in any position in which it may be set. A rotary or other pump 25, operated by the hand-wheel shown, transfers liquid to either end of the cylinder 19 from the other end, so actuating the piston and thus the rudder. A bye-pass 27 connects the pipes about the cylinder, and a pump 29 is used for filling the system with oil or other liquid.
Patent GB-190328157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Hammers.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,157. Lorrain, J. G., [Standard Railway Equipment Co.]. Dec. 22. Percussive hand tools; chisels.-In a pneumatic percussive hand tool, the grooved differential piston valve 4 works in a cylindrical four-ported valve-block 3 which is separated from the piston chamber by a plate 7, the plate, valve, and valve - block being enclosed i the socket part of the handle 5. Air from the main duct 13 always acts on the rear and smaller end of the valve, and, when the valve is in its foremost position, air passes through the port 24 and passages 25 to the rear of the piston 2 and exhausts from the front of the piston partly through the ports and passages 34, 18, 19, 21, 23 and the groove 20 in the valve, and also partly through the ports and passages 36, 35, 23. When the valve is in the position shown, air passes through the ports and passages 15, 16, 17, 18, 34 to the front of the piston, and exhausts from behind the piston through the passages and ports 25, 24, 21, 23. The valve is always pressed forwards, but when the groove 33 in the piston coincides with the ports 27, 28, air passes through the passages 26, 29 to the front end of the valve and forces the same backwards, and thus opens the port 16 leading directly from the air space 14. On the return stroke when the piston uncovers the ports 36, 39, the air from the front ends of the valve and the piston exhausts through the passages 29, 35, 23, and the valve is moved again into its former position. The piston is prevented from leaving the cylinder 1 by a shoulder 38, but, should it move too far forward due to the chisel or other tool 6 not being in position, it passes the ports 27, 28, closes the port 34, and connects the ports 36, 39 by the groove 33. Air then passes into the rear end of the cylinder through the port 27, and partly escapes through the ports 39,36 to the atmosphere and partly through the passage 29 to the front end of the valve-chamber moving the valve into the position shown, when the rear end of the cylinder, the passage 29, and front end of the valve-chamber are put in communication with the atmosphere through the passages and ports 25, 24, 21, 23, and the valve is moved forward. The valve thus continues to reciprocate.
Patent GB-190402912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Steam Engines
Inventor: ALLEN CHARLES WESLEY
Filed: 1904-02-05
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 2912. Allen, C. W. Feb. 5. Annular-chamber type of compound rotary engines. The piston drum 2 of the high- pressure cylinder 1 has lateral semi- circular packing- rings 2<x>, and two piston vanes 2<b>, pressed outwards by springs and pushed into their slots in the drum by lateral cam- guides 3 so that they can pass the abutment 4. The abutment is pressed inwards by a spring and works in guides 4<c>. Distribution ports 5 are formed in the casing and are controlled by a reversing-valve 6 which has steam ports 6<e> and exhaust ports 6<b>. The steam ports are controlled by an expansion slide valve 12 operated from the shaft by linkage 11<a>. The exhaust ports are connected by duplicate pipes 9 to the low-pressure cylinder 10 which has piston vanes and similar parts but is without valves. A modification has a slide valve with a central exhaust chamber.
Patent GB-190408124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Exhaust Valves of Internal Combustion Engines
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 8124. Soc. Franþaise de Constructions MÚcaniques Anciens Etablissements Cail. Aug. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines, exhaust valve and valve gear for, and starting. Fig. 1 shows a compressionreducing device to facilitate starting as applied to the valve described in Specification No. 16,133, A.D. 1903. It is also applicable to all motors in which the exhaust valve is operated by an eccentric, and to two-stroke as well as four-stroke motors. The eccentric e controls the exhaust valve a by the rod d and levers e, b. The valve a is open during a period of time corresponding to the angle A, the a n g l e B corresponding to the compression stroke. The compression-reducing device comprises a roller h carried by a link j jointed to the extension of the lever b and controlled by a lever k. The arm n of the lever c has a projection o which gears with the roller h. To reduce the compression, the lever k is brought into the position shown. While the eccentric describes the angle B or a fraction of it, the projection o comes in contact with the roller h and raises the valve. By placing the lever k in position k', the roller h is thrown out of gear. The lever k may be controlled by hand or by a governor.
Patent GB-190408586-A (GB)
Title: Improved Portable Vulcanising or Tyre Repairing Apparatus.
Filed: 1904-04-14
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 8586. Hill, W., Leeson, G. W. T., and County Chemical Co. April 14. Tyres, pneumatic.-A portable vulcanizing-apparatus, especially adapted for repairing pneumatic tyres, comprises a cast-iron or other box, the top of which is formed with one or more parabolic recesses, with means for heating to the required temperature, which is ascertained by means of a thermometer placed in a recess in the box. In the form shown in Fig. 1, adapted for treating the air tubes of pneumatic tyres, the box A may be formed with, or fitted on, a stand D, in which a previously heated metal block is placed, or a bunsen or other burner E is placed under a gauze or like diffuser F, the space G being packed with asbestos fibre, slag, glass, or the like. A recess I, normally closed hy a stopper i<1>, is adapted to receive the valve when this is near the part of the tube under repair. In working, the patch, previously vulcanized to about 75 per cent., is solutioned to the tube, which is then placed on the bed B with the patch downwards, and a rubber or other block L covered by a plate M is screwed tightly down by means of nuts on bolts 0 or the like. In a modification adapted for repairing outer covers, a deeper recess is formed, and wedge packing is also used to fit covers of various diameters.
Patent GB-190415718-A (GB)
Title: Improved Door Latch.
Inventor: SMITH JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-15
Granted: 1905-09-15
Abstract: 15,718. Smith, J. July 15. Latches. - In a door latch, the bolt B, which is slotted at its inner end to engage with a fixed pin, engages with the piece 3, the tapered face of which presses the bolt horizontally inwards, against the action of a spring, as the door is closed. The bolt is raised, to release it from the piece 3. by turning the knob spindle 1<o> or by means of an ordinary thumb-lift. The slotted guide 1<A> extends across the whole thickness of the door, as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190417207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trolley Pulleys for Electric Railways, Tramways and the like.
Inventor: WELSH ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1904-08-06
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,207. Welsh, A. Aug. 6. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Collectors.-Trolley pulleys are constructed in two main portions fitting round an interchangeable bearing ring that receives the conducting- wire, while a removable bush is provided for the "eye" of the pulley. Figs, 1 and 2 show the pulley made up of two parts A, B held together by screws or similar fastenings at D. The removable ring E may be fixed to the portion A of the pulley by a projecting pin e, or may be free to revolve on ball bearings or on the top of a similar replaceable ring. The removable bush G is held in place by a projection g at its centre which fits into a recess formed in the two halves of the pulley. In the modified form shown in Fig. 6, the two halves of the pulley screw together, while the removable bush has screwed ends engaging circular nuts J which keep the washers I pressed against the balls H. Fig. 13 shows the removable bush G applied to a solid pulley, the upper half showing an arrangement similar to that in Fig. 6, where the bush can rotate within the pulley, while the lower half shows a circular nut screwed into a recess in the pulley and bearing against the projection on the bush, which arrangement prevents the bush from rotating within the pulley.
Patent GB-190422741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Heating Systems.
Inventor: BOLZE HEINRICH ATHANASIUS
Filed: 1904-10-21
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 22,741. Bolze, H. A. Oct. 22, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Heating buildings heating water.-In a hot-water heating-system, the water is kept at a constant head, and the circulation is maintained and regulated independently of the level of the source of heat. Above the highest point of the system, shown in its simplest form in Fig. 1, are two open vessels k, i which are in communication through the pump o. Water passes from the upper vessel i to the boiler a, and thence to the radiators ; it returns to the lower vessel k, from which it is pumped to the vesseli. Aconstant head is maintained by means of an overflow pipe n. In the complete aarangement, shown in Fig. 3, the vessels i, k are formed in one, and the overflow pipe n is placed inside. The return pipe c leads back to the boiler a, and the pipe ljoins the pipe c on that side of the pipe m nearer the boiler. A valve d is provided in the pipe c between the junction of the pipes l, m. A steam boiler e supplies steam for working the pulsometer o and for heating the water in the pre-heater g. A three-way cock 2 regulates the flow of water through the pre-heater. In the place of the overflow pipe n, a pipe 5 may be arranged to discharge into a vessel suspended from a lever w, the other arm of which is connected to a valve 6 in the steam pipe of the water lifter. In the bottom of the vessel is an opening, so that, normally, water does not collect in the vessel, but, if too much water is being raised, it will fill the vessel and depress it, thus adjusting the valve 6. In order to prevent water from rising too high in the vessel k, a float u is connected, as shown, to a valve in a pipe t, through which excess of water in the system may escape. The top of the pipe t is at a somewhat lower level than that of the overflow pipe n. A pump or the like 8 may be placed at any desired point of the system, instead of, or in combination with, the water lifter o, and the arrangement described in connection with the water lifter may be used for regulating the pump 8. It is stated with reference to the pulsometer o that no valves are used in the pipes p, q, and that the heat given to the system in the pulsometer may alone, in some cases, be sufficient.
Patent GB-190423268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Hammers and similar Tools
Inventor: TIERNEY JOHN WILBUR
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 23,268. Tierney, J. W. Oct. 28. Percussive hand tools. -In the handle of a pneumatic hammer or other tool for riveting &c., a valve D for controlling the inlet of motive fluid through the inlet D<1> is moved by a lever D<4> against a spring D<3>. To produce the initial impulse of the piston B, the fluid passes into the chamber a and through the passage c' to the groove c<18>, whence it enters the space a' behind the piston by a duct c<19>. Part of the fluid presses against the shoulder c<x> on the slide valve C, which has two external diameters with grooves in each, and the annular groove ax is filled with the fluid through the groove c<4> and passage c<5>. When the piston has passed the groove a<x>, it is driven outwards at full pressure. A portion of the fluid in front of the piston passes into the atmosphere through ports a<8>, and on these being closed the rest passes through the ducts a<4>, a<3> to the passage c<9> in the valve-box and through passages c<11>, c<10>, c<12> into the space c<13> and finally into the air by the outlet a<5>. When the piston B passes the port a<6>, the driving-fluid passes through the passage a<7> to the recess c<16> and forces out the slide valve. The fluid from the opening D<1> then passes through the port c<7> to the groove c<6> and through the port c<8> to the passages c<@>, a<2> and forces up the piston, the exhaust at the same time taking place through the recess a<x> and passages c<5>, c<15>, a<5>. The piston on uncovering the ports a<8> continues its motion by impulse received at the beginning of the stroke. When the piston covers the recess a<x>, the fluid is forced from the space a<2> through the passage c<19> against the shoulder c<x> of the slide valve, which is driven back, the fluid behind the valve escaping through passages c<16>, a<7>, a<6>, a<8>.
Patent GB-190426575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Driving Mechanism of Velocipedes
Inventor: GREENISON NELSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-12-06
Abstract: 26,575. Lake, H. H., [Greenison, N. J.]. Dec. 6. Driving-mechanism ; treadle-levers.-In a driving- gear for bicycles, engines, &c., wheels 17 upon the driving-wheel axle gear with wheels 15 which are driven by the engagement of pins 16 with the slotted ends 14 of oscillating levers 11- For obtaining different speeds, each pin may be screw-threaded at 19, Fig. 3, to engage any one of a number of holes 22 in the wheel 15, a retaining-piece 20 being secured to the slotted end of the lever to retain antifriction balls 21 in position ; or the pin, capable of sliding in a slot, such as 23, may be held in any position of adjustment by nuts.
Patent GB-190507368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Market and other Baskets
Inventor: TIMAR LASZLO
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 7368. Timßr, L. April 7. Baskets.-Market and other baskets are made to facilitate taking apart. The wooden or other rings a, b are connected by uprights c, fastened by ordinary clamps e. The movable body d resting on the lower ring is made of enamelled iron or other metal, the handle f may be made in one piece with two opposite uprights, and covers g may be provided.
Patent GB-190507485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Belts
Inventor: FRIEDMAN SIGMUND
Filed: 1905-04-08
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 7485. Friedman, S., and Hollander, A. April 8. Plug cocks.-A valve p, constructed as shown in Fig. 2, is employed for connecting the air tubes v, u, of an inflatable life-belt.
Patent GB-190508365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cramps for Joiners and the like.
Inventor: KRUEGER AUGUST
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 8365. Kr³ger, A. April 19. Cramps.- A cramp for compressing freshly glued joints in the construction of framework, furniture, &c.for attaching fillets to the ends of boards, or for securing two fillets with a mitre joint or joining boards together, and for use in smiths' and fitters' work, is constructed on the principle of there being three points of pressure, and consists of two limbs a which have pivoted jaws and are jointed to a link b, which has a bearing for a hollow screw spindle f, longitudinally fixed by a collar h and passing through a screw collar d connected to the limbs by links e. Through the handle of the hollow spindle is screwed a movable spindle k, itself provided with a similar handle,
Patent GB-190509855-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Supplying Air to Furnaces
Inventor: ARCHER JOHN BURCH
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 9855. Archer, J. B. May 10. Smoke-consuming.-An air-supply conduit, embedded in the walls of the fire-box, is provided with openings arranged in superposed series which deliver air above the fuel in directions substantially tangential to a horizontal circle, so that, by the rotary movement, the heavier unburned particles are caused to be thrown outwardly against the hot walls of the fire-box. To assist in consuming the gases, projections 18, consisting preferably of a mixture of graphite and fire-clay, are arranged in the sides of the fire box. The conduit is formed of flanged sections 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 bolted together, the front sections 12, 13 being arched, and their tuyÞres being slightly inclined downwards. Dampers 23 are provided to regulate the volume of air delivered from the various sections, and the air may be supplied through the inlet 11 from a valved pipe 20, or from a pipe 21 leading from heating-coils 22 beneath the boiler. The pressure and temperature of the air in different sections of the conduit may be ascertained by the withdrawal of portions through the pipes 28. The inner faces of the conduit may be protected by fire-clay tiles 19, and, to baffle air that enters through the doors, a perforated extension 26 is formed on the lining 25 beneath the arched sections 12, 13.
Patent GB-190522637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Making Cup Wafers, Sugar Wafer Biscuits, and the like.
Inventor: BATES THOMAS OWEN
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 22,637. Bates, T. O. Nov. 6. Moulding biscuits.-A machine for making sugar wafer cups, biscuits, &c. comprises a plate a formed with matrices a<1> to which is hinged at b a plate c carrying dies c<1>. Projecting parts a<3>, c<3> on the front and back of the plates form trunnions, which rest on the end plates e of the casing of the machine and on which the plates can be revolved. Weighted levers f, mounted on axes normally in line with the axis b on which the plates are hinged, are connected by a forked lever h and link h<1> with the front of the upper plate, and serve to balance the plates. The plates are connected to each other at the front by a ring as on a bar a<4> projecting from the upper plate. The bar a<4> is hinged at a<6> to the lower plate and has a backwardlyprojecting part, so that, when the plates are released and the bar a<4> depressed, the plates are separated from each other. To remove the wafers from the dies c', a perforated plate d, which rests on the under surface of the upper plate and through which the dies project, is adapted to be moved slightly forward when the plate is raised by a lever i ; this lever is hinged at i<1> to the upper plate and has its upper end connected to pins i<2> on the plate d and its back end resting on a cam projection a<2x> on the lower plate. The movement of the plate d is limited by setscrews d<1>. The apparatus is heated by burners k in the casing c. In operation, the lower plate a is first heated, and the plates are then given a halfrevolution on the trunnions so that the upper plate is heated, the link h<1> being placed on the side of the bar c<4> to enable this to be done. The plates are then disconnected and the upper plate raised and balanced by the weighted levers while the cooked material is removed and fresh batter placed on the plates.
Patent GB-190526557-A (GB)
Title: Improved Change Box Motion for Looms.
Inventor: ROESLER HERMANN
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 26,557. R÷sler, H. Dec. 20. Loom change-box motions.-The revolving changeboxes a are provided with lantern - wheels, and these are turned in either direction by spring- controlled hooks or pawls c, d, jointed to spring- actuated levers e, g carried by the lay, when weighted catching-levers w are set so that their hooked ends engage the hooked ends h of the levers e, g. The levers w turn on a pivot x fixed to the loom side, and are cornected to needle-rods which are raised by the weighted levers w and depressed by eccentrics on a shaf o, the eccentric-rods having spring connexions with the needle - rods. The needles carried by the latter are adapted to engage cards on a cylinder l, which may be turned by a pawl on one of the eccentric-rods. When a needle enters a hole in a card, the corresponding needle-rod is depressed sufficiently to turn its catching-lever, the hooked end of which actuates the lever e or g on the movement of the lay ; a blank on the card prevents such action. The lever arms w may be made so as to yield longitudinally when the change-box cannot be turned.
Patent GB-190601597-A (GB)
Title: Game-board
Inventor: HEGELER ERNST
Filed: 1906-01-20
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 1597. Hegeler, E. Jan. 22. Games imitating chess and draughts; boards for games.-A board is marked to represent a spider's web, and pieces a, b, c, d are placed at the junctions of the lines. The game is played according to rules somewhat resembling those of chess and draughts.
Patent GB-190605503-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Partly Coking Peat and similar Fuel containing a Large Quantity of Water, in conjunction with Coke Ovens.
Filed: 1906-03-07
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 5503. Oberbayerische Kotswerke und Fabrik Chemischer Produkte Akt.- Ges. May 20, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Superheaters, steam.-In a method and apparatus for coking peat &c., hot gases, especially the flue gases of the coke oven, and superheated steam are passed through the peat. The steam superheater consists of a coil or reservoir l built into the walls of a coke oven A and heated by a gas furnace m having an air supply o. The steam passes through a pipe h<1> into the peat coking-kiln B.
Patent GB-190609821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spray Baths.
Inventor: SHANKS JOHN
Filed: 1906-04-27
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 9821. Shanks, J. April 27. Baths.-The screen enclosing the spray pipes and fittings is formed of glass plates A fitted into checks or angles b in the roll top B<1> of the bath, and is supported by uprights C secured to the bath and by binder tubes C<1>. The screen may be applied to any ordinary form of bath and also to the bath described in Specification No. 25,704, A.D. 1899.