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Patent GB-190212126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combing Hackling or like Machines
Inventor: CREPY EDOUARD
Filed: 1902-05-27
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 12,126. Crepy, E., and Fremaux, L. May 27. Heckling-machines. - Relates to machines for combing or heckling flax, hemp, jute, &c. The ma- terial is passed upwards from feed-rollers 21 to delivery or drawing rollers 2, 22, between combs or heckle-bars 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Each heckle- bar carries three combs, as shown, and with a cor- responding bar on the opposite side of the medial line forms a pair which rise and fall together and approach and recede from the central line simul- taneously. The bars of each pair approach in their lowest position so that their combs pierce the ma- terial, then rise through the desired distance whereby the material is combed, recede so as to withdraw their pins from the fibrous material, and descend to their lowest position. The three pairs of bars are in different phases, so that one or other of them has its teeth always engaged with the material. The bars are suspended by pairs of rods 7, 8 from segmental racks 10, 9 operated by cams and levers 11, 12 for the purpose of raising and lowering the bars, their horizontal motion being produced by cams 14 acting on extensions of the rods 8. In a modification, only two pairs of comb bars are used, the material is passed downwards between them, and they are suspended by adjustable carriers from the ends of beams which are oscillated by eccentrics &c.
Patent GB-190212403-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Turning the Leaves of Music or other Publications.
Inventor: WALLACE CHARLES
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 12,403. Wallace, C. May 31. Leaf-turners. - S h e e t s of music or a book &c. are held between a strip 19 which drops into a socket on the book ledge, and an elastic cord 13. A spring finger is placed over the leaves which are not to be turned. Each leaf is engaged with a clip on the outer end of a lever 1 pivoted at 2 and urged to the left by a spring 4. When the leaves and arms are brought over to the right, they slip past a spring-actuated clutch latch 10 carried on a counterbalance lever 7. To this lever is movably attached an arm 6 which projects outwards and upwards and carries a light celluloid &c. cup 15. By blowing on the cup the counterbalanced lever takes up the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7 and releases the first arm whilst the projection 8 prevents the second arm from turning. When the lever 7 returns to the normal position, the projection 8 releases the remaining arms, which are retained by the projection 10 till another puff depresses the lever 6. Instead of blowing on the cup, the lever 6 may be actuated by a pneumatic bulb or other means.
Patent GB-190213398-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable, Camp or Field Service Hot Water Boiler.
Inventor: HOLDAWAY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-13
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 13,398. Holdaway, F. W. June 13. Cooking-stoves; boilers.-A portable boiler for field or camp use, consists of a tank with arched bottom to go over a fire, and with hinged lids A, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the boiler. Water is drawn off at B, B. A chimney composed of two flat conical sections, fitted together when in use as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, is attached at one end, being held in place by one of the handles A by which the boiler is carried. When not in use, the top half of the chimney is fitted inside the lower half.
Patent GB-190214775-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Laminated Armatures and the like for Ventilation thereof.
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 14,775. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim and Williamson, A. D. July 2. Transformers.-Relates to the ventilation of laminated transformer cores and the like. Corrugated metal strips h, Fig. 5, are interposed between some of the plates constituting laminated transformer cores, or like magnetic circuits. Fig. 1 illustrates the application of the invention to laminated dynamo armatures. In the laminated armature a, which is mounted on the frame b keyed to the shaft c, pairs of thick plates e, e' are substituted at intervals for the ordinary discs, and between these plates are corrugated strips h secured by screws. One strip is conveniently attached to the inner periphery of the armature core, and the other concentric therewith and just clear of the bottoms of the slots in which the armature conductors i are embedded, in the case of a slotted armature. A rigid armature is thus obtained, and a free air passage provided at intervals through the armature core by the ventilating-holes d, and the spaces maintained between pairs of plates e, e<1> by the corrugated strips.
Patent GB-190218183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fork Crowns for Use in the Construction of Bicycles and other like Vehicles.
Inventor: MARSHALL DALE
Filed: 1902-08-19
Granted: 1903-08-19
Abstract: 18,183. Marshall, D., and Harpur, T. P. Aug. 19. Forks.-Consists of a thin polished or electroplated casing B, which may be made and finished indepen- dently, and which slides over the crown A of the front forks of bi- cycles and the like, but it is in no way fixed to prevent it from being readily attached or detached.
Patent GB-190222086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gear for Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1902-10-10
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,086. Mills, G. P., and Raleigh Cycle Co. Oct. 10. Driving-mechanism.-A device for actuating the transmitting-mechanism of variable-speed gears for velocipedes and other road vehicles, comprises a fixed outer sleeve A, clipped to the handle-bar and provided with an inclined plane cam furnished with the ratchet teeth or stops a. An inner sleeve, formed in two parts with cam-engaging edges b, b<1>, has the part B fixed to the sleeve A, while the part B<1> is free to rotate and carries an operating- lever C, pivoted transversely by the pin c, and so arranged as to engage both the ratchet teeth a and a slot formed in the part B<1>. On turning the part B<1>, by means of the lever C, it is caused to slide longitudinally in the outer sleeve, and so, through the washer b<2>, moves the member W of the transmitting-mechanism, while the lever is locked in the various positions by the stops a. A suitable spring c<2>, carried by a stud on the washer b<2>, allows the lever to override the stops, and also keeps it in engagement therewith. As a modification, the incompressible member of the Bowden-wire mechanism may be employed, when the part B is made to slide but not to rotate in the outer sleeve, and a suitable stop is provided for the other part of the cam to work against, no cam on the outer sleeve being then required. In another arrangement, the internal sleeve is made in one part, and is provided with a spiral slot adapted to be engaged by a stud on the outer sleeve.
Patent GB-190224711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnet Coil Spools.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 24,711. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 11. Electromagnets; field magnets.-The bobbin of an electromagnet for use as a field magnet in a dynamo-electric machine or for other purposes consists of a tubular shell 5, made by bending a strip of sheet metal over a former and riveting the overlapping ends together, which is covered with a layer of insulation and is fitted with insulating- washers 8 near its ends. A circumferential spacing-bead 6 may be raised near each end of the shell 5. The coil which is placed on the shell between the washers 8 is divided into two concentric layers by spacing-blocks to provide for proper ventilation, and openings 15 are made in the washers 8 to allow of the circulation of the ventilating air currents. The washers 8 are retained by pieces of corrugated strip wrought iron or other flexible metal having projecting corrugations 12 separated by portions 11, which lie against and are riveted to the shell 5. The portions 11 may be curved when the strips are made or when about to be applied to the shell.
Patent GB-190227582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers
Inventor: OKES JOHN CHARLES RAYMOND
Filed: 1902-12-15
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 27,582. Okes, J. C. R. Dec. 15. Making steam generators.-The divided headers of water - tube boilers with close-ended tubes containing concentric circulation tubes are constructed of channeliron beams of H-section, by welding flat or curved plates across the open sides. The web of the bar constitutes the division plate between the two compartments of the header. Figs. 3<a>, 3<b>, and 3<c> show cross-sections of a header in successive stages of manufacture.
Patent GB-190227691-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trouser Stretcher.
Inventor: TRUSCOTT WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 27,691. Truscott, W. Dec. 16. Trouser stretchers.-Through a hole c in the side of a flat box having one side a<8> open, passes the shank d' of a T-shaped piece d, the head d<3> of which is preferably pivoted at d<4> to the shank. The trousers j, Fig. 3, are placed over the frame and clamped by bars l, m secured by bolts n, o and wing nuts. The shank d' is raised by a lever f pivoted at f<2>, and is guided by a pin and slot e', e. The head d<3> is thus raised, and the trousers stretched. The lever f is kept in position by a catch i which engages with grooves g. The lever f, when not in use, fits into the opening a<8>.
Patent GB-190228311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Spinning and Twisting Machinery.
Inventor: ROBINSON LUTHER
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1904-01-23
Abstract: 28,311. Robinson, L., and Walton, W. Dec. 23. Doubles, preventing ; guards.-In spinning and twisting machinery in which a top board carrying a guide-eye above each spindle is employed, broken ends are prevented from becoming entangled with neighbouring ends by means of sheet-metal partitions 3 pivoted in sheet-metal guides 7 fixed across the top board 2, which is hinged to the rail 5. Each partition 3 is normally held in a vertical position by a spiral spring 6 covered in by a plate 9 fitting the guide 7, and may be pressed down on either side to facilitate the piecing-up of broken ends. The pivot 13 for the partition is turned up at the ends 14, 15 which are secured to the partition, and one end of the spring 6 is fixed to the pivot and the other end to the plate 9. The spring 6 is in tension, and normally holds the turned-up end 15 of the pivot in a notch in the plate 9. Rods 17 connected by cross-bars 20 are pivoted to the partition 3, and are normally held in a vertical position by a spring 25 which holds the lower part 21 of one of the rods against a stop 22 on the partition. When the top board 2 is turned on its hinge, the upper corner 21 of a sheet-metal lever 26, pivoted to the partition and bearing on the rail 5, acts against one of the rods 17 and collapses the parts, or, according to the Provisional Specification, the spring 25 may be extended to effect this object.
Patent GB-190301685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Lubricators.
Inventor: ISHERWOOD JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-23
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 1685. Isherwood, J. Jan. 23. Lubricators.-Relates to lubricators of the type in which the lubricant is forced from a reservoir by means of a loaded piston. Figs. 1 and 2 show a lubricator suitable for a crank-pin bearing. The reservoir a for the lubricant, which may be solidified oil, is fitted with a piston b, the hollow stem c of which passes through the cap of the reservoir, Channels e in the piston communicate with the passage in the stem, such passage being controlled by a valve g. The valve is opened, by pressing down the knob i on the valve stem, to permit the escape of air from the reservoir. The piston is loaded to expel the lubricant by weights l supported by a collar on the stem c. The delivery pipe o is in line with the crank shaft, and is formed at the end as a ball, which takes into a socket n formed by a passage m leading from the reservoir and a plug p. The pipe o is connected to a pipe s terminating in a cap secured to the crank-pin u, passages v in the pin leading from the pipe s to the bearing-surface. The reservoir may be made in the form of a cylinder terminating in a delivery pipe, which may be directly secured to the part to be lubricated.
Patent GB-190302308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cushion Truss for Cycles.
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 2308. Thomas Motor Co., E. R., and Becker, C. E. Jan. 30. Forks; heads; frames.-Relates to a cushioned truss, specially suitable for the steering-forks of motor cycles, but applicable also-to the rear forks thereof, or to other cycles, motor cars, &c., for reducing the jar and for relieving-strain. Two tie-rods i connected to the axle are coupled, by a sleeve M which fits over their shanks i<2>, to a strut K, pivoted on the upper part of the fork, and engage with the ends of a tubular casing 0 containing a strong cushioning-spring Q and a light buffer spring R. A rod P, carrying the nuts t against which the springs abut, is pivoted to a bracket s secured to the fork spindle D journalled in the head A' ; the fork sides are provided with vertical slots c<1> in which the axle moves up and down. If the wheel is raised relatively to the frame, the spring Q is compressed, while, when this spring expands, the buffer spring is compressed. As the rods i and the spring casing move up and down, the strut oscillates on the steering-fork.
Patent GB-190309481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttons for Hose Supporters.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9481. Page, S. E., [Kleinert Rubber Co.]. April 27. Stocking suspenders.-A tapering loop F attached to one part a of a tape A passes over a stud or button C attached to another part of the tape. About a metallic stud C is placed a sleeve D of celluloid or other material comprising a shank d and a head E. The shank and the under part of the bead are prnvided with corrugations d', e, the latter being wider and deeper than the former. The corrugations serve to hold the stocking firmly.
Patent GB-190309727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Cooling Apartments, Dwellings and the like.
Inventor: MAGNIN HENRI
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 9727. Magnin, H. April 29. Cooling buildings; cooling air.-A double-walled cylinder with a perforated bottom is filled with ice and the wall space is filled with an insulating- material, such as compressed sawdust. The cylinder is enclosed in an outer vessel provided with a drain cock i and with apertures at the top, and is used for cooling the air of rooms. The air flows in through the apertures in the top and is cooled there and by the sides of the outer vessel.
Patent GB-190310296-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable to Metal-sheathed Electric Cables for Counteracting the Effects of Induction.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-05-06
Abstract: 10,296. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Felton & Guilleaume Carlswerk Akt.-Ges.]. May 6. C a b l e s.-To increase the self - induction and thereby to reduce the electrostatic capacity of a metal-sheathed electric telephone &c. cable, each insulated conductor c, d, g, Figs. 1 and 2, is laid round a core a, b of iron wires at intervals. The cores a, b of two conductors c, d forming an electric circuit are preferably connected to form a closed magnetic circuit to which the magnetic fields of the two currents are confined, thus preventing induction in the sheathing e. The windings on the connected cores are of equal number, and are wound in the same direction. The remaining conductors g are carried past the cores a, b in the spaces between them, and have their respective cores placed one after the other at appropriate distances apart. The two cores a, b may be twisted together to render the cable more flexible.
Patent GB-190310856-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Positive Clutch
Inventor: PAYNE CALEB
Filed: 1903-05-13
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 10,856. Payne, C. May 13. Motor cycles; clutches.-Relates to a clutch for use in connection with toothed, belt, chain, &c. gearing for motor cycles &c. Figs. 1 and 2 show the clutch arranged in connection with a V-pulley for a driving-belt. The pulley is made in two parts, an outer part A and a part B fixed to the driving-shaft, a ball bearing R, adjustable by means of the ring D, being arranged between the parts. A loose driving-ring K is arranged in a groove in the part A and has slots adapted to be engaged by bevelled pawls C mounted to slide in the part B. The pawls C are connected by links T with a piston E<1> sliding in a casing H secured to the part B by screws. The piston-rod E is square and passes through a corresponding hole in the casing. A spring J encircling the rod E presses the piston E' so as to force the pawls C into engagement with the driving-ring K. A lever F is coupled to a collar G on the rod E for the purpose of withdrawing the pawls out of engagement with the ring K and thus disconnecting the parts A, B. Between the engaging parts of the ring K and the pulley part A are arranged buffer springs M encircling stops M'.
Patent GB-190315421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Connecting or Binding Brackets and the like for Furniture and other Frames.
Inventor: SEGURA DIONISIO
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 15,421. Segura, D. July 11. Furniture connections.-A bracket for connecting parts of chair seats, arm chairs, sofas, and other furniture, and frames in general consists of an arm c with lugs b, d for attachment to the framing by screws or nails g.
Patent GB-190321289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Boilers.
Inventor: SCHULZ RICHARD
Filed: 1903-10-03
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 21,289. Schulz, R. Oct. 3. Water - tube boilers. - Relates to water-tube boilers in which the furnace gases pursue a circuitous path amongst the water-tubes. The gases pass from the tubes at one side to those at the other side through a second combustion chamber x at the end, to which fresh furnace gases and air pass through passages x<2>, x<3> in both walls. In the boiler shown, two sets of curved watertubes, one on each side of the main combustion chamber, connect the steam drum to two bottom water drums. Straight tubes may be used, and the bottom water drums may be dispensed with when double tubes are used. A double set of tubes may be used at one or both sides. Four series of tubes separated by three main combustion chambers, or tbree series of tubes separated by two main combustion chambers, may be used, connected to one or two steam drums and a number of bottom water drums. The steam and water drums may be connected together by steam and water pipes respectively. Partitions may be arranged to cause the gases to pursue an up and down course amongst the tubes. Each series of water-tubes may consist of one or two sets. Two or more series of tubes may be arranged on each side of the second combustion chamber.
Patent GB-190327974-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Shuttles for Looms
Inventor: FIELDING JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 27,974. Fielding, J. H., and Gregory, W. Dec. 21. Loom shuttles, pegs of. The body of the spring b, Fig. 1, is made with a flatter curve than usual, so that the cop can be easily threaded thereon, the free end of the spring being made with a sharp bend or curve b<1> passing round the hinge-pin c and projecting beyond the squared base a<1> of the peg a. On turning the peg down in the shuttle, the bend is pressed into the base of the peg as shown in Fig. 8, the spring expands, and the cop is securely held on the peg. Modifications, such as that shown in Fig. 6, are described.
Patent GB-190408317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Elastic Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: MATHEY ETIENNE DESIRE APOLLON
Filed: 1904-04-11
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 8317. Mathey, E. D. A. June 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other t h a n pneumatic; felloes or rims.-A flexible felloe B, which is connected to the fixed felloe A by springs C, D, is built up of one or more elastic blades or strips and an outer copper or like strip with projecting rivet heads for preventing side-slip. The springs D encircle rods screwed into the outer felloe B and sliding in tubes F fixed to the inner felloe A between or at the ends of the spokes, or fixed to a smooth steel plate attached to the hollow iron felloe of an existing wheel. The space between the felloes A, B is enclosed by pieces of metal or fabric in order to exclude dust &c.
Patent GB-190414276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single Phase Electric Motors.
Inventor: PUNGA FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 14,276. Punga, F. June 25. Motors, controlling.-Relates to a single-phase commutator motor in which the stator winding forms twice as many poles at starting as at constant speed, the machine behaving as a repulsion motor when starting and as a single-phase induction motor when running at its normal speed. For a two-pole machine, two coils are arranged as shown in Fig. 3. To start the machine, these coils are connected in series by the leads 3<a>, giving a fourpole winding and high starting-torque, and, when the required speed is reached, the coils are coitnected in parallel by the leads 4<a> to give a two-pole winding. Four brushes are used on this machine, opposite pairs being connected. To brake, the brushes are shifted so that their axis, with the stator arranged with the four-pole connection, forms a negative angle with the axis of the winding, if the angle at starting be taken as positive. Three brushes may be used, connected as shown in Fig. 4, the switch 4<b> connecting the brushes 1<b>, 2<b>, and the switch 5<b> the brushes 1<b>, 3<b>. By closing the switch 4<b>, the motor starts with a large torque, and, if the switch 5<b> be closed as well, the motor runs at practically constant speed. If the switch 4<b> be now opened, the motor will be braked. In practice, resistances are inserted in the circuit with these switches and gradually cut out or in.