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Patent GB-190205310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Pneumatic Operation of Railway Signals, Points, and the like.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1902-03-03
Granted: 1903-06-03
Abstract: 5310. O'Donnell, J. P., and Irving, E. C. March 3 Semaphore &c. signals ; indicators &c., point or switch and signal. - Relates to pneumatic apparatus of the character described in Specification No. 183, A.D. 1900, for operating railway signals, points, &c. According to the present invention, the movement of the signal, points, or the like in one direction and the indication of the movement are effected or controlled by a pressure greater than atmospheric, while the reverse movement and its indication are effected or controlled by suction or vacuum. By using the vacuum to hasten the exhaust of the air pressure, rapidity of operation is facilitated. In the arrangement shown, as adapted for operating a set of points S, only one pressure pipe X<1> is employed for effecting the operation in both directions. The main and indication relay valves R<30>, R<300> are of the usual construction actuated by pressure, while the corresponding valves R<20>, R<200> are of the construction shown in Fig. 2, and are actuated by vacuum or suction. The passage 12, 13, Fig. 2, from the supply-pipe X<1> to the cylinder C or I is normally closed by the diaphragm valve 8 under the action of the spring 15<a>, which is aided by the pressure in the pipe 1 (or 5<a>) when the latter is connected to the pipe X<1> through the machine valve V<10> (or the indication valve D). The passage 13 is normally open to exhaust through the ports 14, 75. The operation for reversing the points is similar to that described in the above-mentioned Specification, the valve V<10> connecting the pressure-pipe X<1> to the pipe 1 to open the relay valve R<30>, while the valves D, R<300> control the completion of the stroke of the operating-slide L, which gives the usual indication that the points have been fully operated. In the reverse movement, the valve V<10> connects the pipe 1 with the pipe 2, which is in communication with a vacuum tank EX &c., the consequent reduction of pressure in the pipe 1 causing the valve 8 of R<20> to open, to admit pressure from the pipe X<1> to the left of the cylinder C. On the return of the points to the normal position, the valve D is opened to connect the pipes 2, 5, the consequent reduction of pressure in the pipe 5, 5<a> opening the valve R<200>, and admitting pressure to the cylinder I<1> to complete the stroke of the slide L. The valves. V<10>, D are suitably formed to establish the necessary connections.
Patent GB-190206704-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Meat Cutting or Mincing Machine
Inventor: BERCHTOLD HEINRICH
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 6704. Berchtold, H. March 19. M i n c i n g.-A cutting or mincing machine, mainly for treating meat for making sausages &c., is shown in plan in Fig. 3. A basin or receptacle a is mounted on a short vertical pivot, and a knife shaft c is carried by the framing, so that the mouth of the basin is accessible. The shaft c is driven by a pulley g and provided with a worm h gearing with a wormwheel on a shaft s, a worm k on which gears with a toothed ring on the receptacle within a casing n. The knives are secured by a nut wand locking-nut, and are enclosed in a removable cover u held down on a rake frame d by the overlapping ends of handlevers l. The rake frame may be pivoted to the framing and adjusted by means of a screw and hand-wheel e ; or it may be adjusted horizontally in dovetail guides. A meat turner f is secured on the shaft c by a nut v, or is adjusted in a guide secured to the shaft by a nut.
Patent GB-190210180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Manufacture of Signs, Name Plates, Advertisement Tablets and the like.
Inventor: FORDER CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 10,180. Forder, C. J. May 2. Advertising; letters; name plates; signs.-Advertisement tablets, name plates, signs, and the like are formed with letters A of glass and with a background E of the same material, the surfaces of the letters and the background being coloured &c. to present a contrast. The letters are preferably in segments which are attached to the wooden or other backing in any suitable manner. They may be coloured or painted with suitable designs, or they may be ornamented with enamel colours or metals which are burnt in, and the edges may be similarly coloured or ornamented. The background is preferably formed with coloured, opalescent, rippled glass ; but the letters may be also thus formed, and vice versÔ. The tablets are suitably framed and are protected in front by a sheet of clear glass; they may be illuminated at the rear or from the front.
Patent GB-190217111-A (GB)
Title: A New Receiver for Wireless Telegraphy
Inventor: WALTER LOUIS HEATHCOTE
Filed: 1902-08-02
Granted: 1903-08-01
Abstract: 17,111. Walter, L. H. Aug. 2. Telegraphs.-The contacts of a coherer for use in wireless telegraphy consist of a fixed platinum point 2, Figs. 1 and 2, in mercury, and a platinum wire 6 which passes downwards loosely through a glass capillary tube or sheath 5. The sheath 5 dips through a water layer 4 on to the upper surface of the underlying mercury 3. The distance between the lower ends of the wire 6 and sheath 5 is adjustable. The surface tension of the water film and the mercury prevent electric connection between the wire 6 and the mercury 3 until electric oscillations pass down the aerial conductor 11 through the wire 6 to the earth. A relay circuit containing a battery 9 and a relay 10 is then closed through the coherer, the effect being that a signal is given by a bell &c. in a relayed circuit. At the same time an electromagnet 8, energized by current in a second relayed circuit, pulls down a beam 7 to break the circuit of the battery 9. A spring 12 or other means afterwards returns the beam 7 to its original position. The coherer may be connected in any desired manner to the receiving-circuit. Loss of water from the layer 4 may be obviated by enclosing the receiver in an airtight case and providing a small supply reservoir. The return of the coherer to the " non-contact" state may be effected by suitably moving the vessel 1 containing the mercury, or the sheath or wire 6, or by blowing air down the sheath.
Patent GB-190217652-A (GB)
Title: Reversible Screw Propellers.
Inventor: DORRINGTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-08-12
Abstract: 17,652. Dorrington, A., and Coates, H. Aug. 12. Screw propellers.-Relates to an arrangement for adjusting the pitch of, and reversing, screw propellers. Figs. 1 and 2 show a plan and end elevation, respectively. The hollow propeller shaft b is connected at one end to the engine shaft a by the sleeve c, and at the other to the hub d in which the blades are mounted. This hub is made in two parts, which are bolted together. A rod l, passing along the inside of the shaft, is firmly secured to a rod m, which passes through the sleeve c, and into the collar n. This collar can slide on the sleeve and is moved by levers n<11> working in the groove shown ; by these means the required motion is given to the rod l. At the other end of this rod a block j<1> is secured, which, by means of the pins j fixed to the pieces g<11>, give the required adjustments to the blades.
Patent GB-190217699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutting-out Knives.
Inventor: BERRIDGE ALFRED
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 17,699. Berridge, A., and Joyce, S. G. Aug. 12. Cutting and punching machines.-A cutter for cutting-out parts of boots &c. is furnished with guards in order to facilitate lifting the knife, and to prevent the fingers from being caught between the knife and the presser head. The guards B, Fig. 1, may be in one with the cutter A, or leather &c. guards may be attached to the cutter by screws &c. C. Fig. 3 shows the guard B adjustably attached to the cutter by a bolt in the slot D. Two guards B, Fig. 5, may be attached to a cutter A by means of elastic cords or springs G, which may pass under hooks or projections on the cutter, and are connected to hooks H on the guards. Each guard may be separately attached to the cutter by a pair of springs attached to pins or studs on the cutter.
Patent GB-190302265-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Expressing Oils.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 2265. Thompson, W. P., [Anderson, V. D.]. Jan. 30. Drawings to Specification. Fatty oils, extracting from seeds by pressure without the necessity of applying heat. Seeds having a fibrous hull or covering, such as cotton seed, linseed, mustard seed, &c., may be employed. The seeds are fed into the machine whole, and are there crushed, the oil becoming expressed and the solid matter compressed into a mat, which is kept under constant pressure so that the oil cannot be re-absorbed. The apparatus employed is that described in the preceding Abridgment No. 2264, A.D. 1903, and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
Patent GB-190304817-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Raising or Lifting Roots
Inventor: KENT GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 4817. Kent, G. E. March 2. Crops, root, digging-machines for; potato diggers. - Relates to the construction of a machine for digging roots and leaving them in a row on the ground. The frame a is supported on main wheels b and on a front steering-wheel c, to the standard of which a draught-pole or a pair of shafts e is attached. A rotary drum g, consisting of heavy end rings h acting as flywheels and bars i carrying curved tines j, is mounted in the frame a and is driven by sprocket gearing from a shaft u driven by bevel gearing from the main axle. A clutch y operated by a lever z is provided, so that the gearing may be thrown out of action when required. The wheels b are connected by ratchet gearing to the main axle. The shaft of the drum g is mounted at each end in blocks, which can slide in segmental guideways in the frame and are adjusted for vertical position by links from cranks on a shaft p, which can be rocked by an arm q having a nut operated by the screw r. The driver's seat f is fixed at the rear of the machine.
Patent GB-190305693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Electro-plating of Metals and to Apparatus Employed therein.
Inventor: SCHIELE JOSEPHA
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 5693. Schiele, J. March 11. Heating furnaces for metals.-Articles of iron, steel, &c., which are subsequently to receive an electrodeposit of silver, are first heated in a gas furnace a to about 800‹-1000‹ C., and afterwards cooled slowly out of contact with air in a chamber b provided with a slowly-moving endless carrier chain d. Doors c, e allow of the removal of the charge from the furnace to the chamber, and from the latter to the air after it has cooled down to about 30‹ C.
Patent GB-190314962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trays for Glasses.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,962. Newton, P. A., [Lange, A.]. July 6. Trays.-Trays a are provided with overlying plates c which are slotted to receive the stems of the glasses while the feet are held between padding or springs f, b. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification in which forks g in pairs, alternately on opposite sides of a bar d, hold the feet as before described. Padding h may be provided between the slots or forks to clip the stems.
Patent GB-190315500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Cut-outs for Alternating current Circuits.
Filed: 1903-07-13
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 15,500. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, & Cie. Nov. 13, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motors, alternating- current, for electric cut - onts. A non- magnetic conducting- disc 1 is mounted so that it can rotate between the poles of a laminated field magnet 3. Closed circuit coils 4 may be fitted on the poles, and a damping-magnet at 9. The spindle of the disc carries a drum 5 adapted, when the disc rotates, to lift a weight 7 and close a cut-out circuit at 8. In a modified construction, two field magnets are provided, one in shunt and the other in series relation with the circuit.
Patent GB-190318767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Brakes.
Inventor: DAVIS DAVID WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 18,767. Davis, D. W. Aug. 31. Brakes. - A brake for railway vehicles and street cars, acting both on the wheels and rails, is shown in Fig. 3. The undercarriage 7 carries the bracket 4 on springs 11 admitting of a slight vertical motion. The lever 15, swinging from the pivot 16, carries an auxiliary wheel 18 journalled at 21, and has oil ducts to lubricate the axle 22. The brake block 19 is carried on the pivot 25 on the hanging lever 15, and is shaped to fit the wheels 2, 18. The brake is applied by the thrust of the lever 28, pivoted at 29 to the lever 15 and at the other end to a piece 31, Fig. 9, sliding on a guide-rod 32 and actuated by a transverse bar 33 moved by the ordinary brake-rod mechanism. A spring 37 releases the brake.
Patent GB-190319286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Fire Tube Steam Boilers for Motor Vehicles and for other purposes
Filed: 1903-09-07
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 19,286. Coulthard, T., and Coulthard & Co., T. Sept. 7. Vertical boilers especially for use with motor road vehicles. The gases from the firebox, which is provided with the central fire-tube c, pass through the curved smoke-tubes i to smoke-boxes g. The smoke-boxes are each divided into two chambers so that the gases from the curved smoketubes may pass through horizontal tubes l to the other side of the boiler to reach the uptake h. In a modification, one smoke-box only is used, but two sets of curved tubes are still fitted, one set only of which are normally in action, the other set being closed by a damper. The upper part of the shell is formed of the dished plate d bolted in place.
Patent GB-190323891-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hinged Stair Rod Eye or Fastener
Inventor: LYGO FREDERICK WINTER
Filed: 1903-11-04
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 23,891. Lygo, F. W. Nov. 4. Stair -rod fasteners. - The rod rests on a fixed plate formed with a seating to receive it, and is held in place by a hinged flap which is secured by a pivoted catch. The fixed plate a, formed from a sheet-metal blank, is provided with a semicircular seating b in which the rod rests, and is fixed to the stair by screws or nails passing through holes a'. The rod is held by a plate c having at its upper end projections which pass through pierced lugs a<6> formed on the plate a. The plate c is held down by a pivoted catch d, the point of which enters a groove in the plate c. By modifying the form of the plates a, c, rods of any section can be fastened.
Patent GB-190400104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: STEPHENS JAMES
Filed: 1904-01-02
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 104. Stephens, J. Jan. 2. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Liquid hydrocarbons are supplied during compression to the combustion chamber, and impinge on solid or perforated inclined plates 6, contained therein and preferably attached to the cylinder cover. When starting, the charge may be ignited by any convenient method, but when working normally the heat of compression is utilized.
Patent GB-190411535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Selecting from a Number of Independent Acts only those which Occur Simultaneously, said Means being applicable to Telemeters and for other purposes.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: G01C3/10
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 11,535. Lock, W. H., and Pollen, A. H. May 19. Order apparatus.- In an optical range-finding system in which the position of two observing telescopes 4, 5 is repeatedly signalled to a central station, the signalling-circuit 'of each telescope includes contacts 16<4>, 16<5> controlled manually by the two observers respectively, so that simultaneous observations are signalled to the indicators 12, but an observation by only one observer is not transmitted. Each telescope carries a contact which moves over a number of contacts connected by a cable 13 to the indicator 12. An observer, after each alinement of his telescope, depresses the switch 16<4> or 16<5> in the common return circuit 14<4> or 14<5>, which also includes the contact 16<5> or 16<4> controlled by the other observer. The principle underlying the invention, namely the joint control of indicators by independent individuals, is claimed generally.
Patent GB-190413474-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Locks.
Inventor: HORSEY JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,474. Horsey, J. G. June 14. Locks, key. - Togglelinks, pivoted to the bolt and to the casing, are used to prevent the bolt from being forced back from its shot position by means of a jemmy &c. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the toggle - arms B are pivoted to the bolt A and casing C at D, E respectively, and are actuated by the sliding plate G operated by the key. The pivoted link F may be omitted, the pieces B being connected directly to the plate G. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the plate G slides behind the bolt A and both are acted on by the key. In unlocking this bolt, the key first draws down the plate G until the lower toggle-arm B is withdrawn from the gate K. The projection J on the plate G then presses the lower toggle-arm out of its vertical position and allows the key to withdraw the bolt A. Fig. 6 shows a form in which the plate G is dispensed with. After the bolt A has been shot by the key, the key engages with the lug P and turns the piece L so that it holds the toggle-arms B in their straightened position. When unlocking the bolt, the piece L is rotated by the key acting on the projection R, and the spring-pressed piece M deflects the toggle-links so that the bolt A may be withdrawn by the key. Ordinary levers control the locking and unlocking operations.
Patent GB-190413781-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: ALEXANDER CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 13,781. Alexander, C. J. June 17. Gas burners.- Relates to improvements in incandescent burners of the kind described in Specification No. 3499, A.D. 1903, and consists in providing a supplementary mixing and heating chamber f opening into the space h between the tubes b, c. Apertures for admitting an auxiliary supply of air may be formed at the bottom of the chamber f.
Patent GB-190414007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Air Gas.
Inventor: DIEHL GEORGE CLAYTON
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 14,007. Diehl, G. C., Showalter, H. M., Grube, W. H., and Showalter, J. W. June 21. Vapour burners.-In apparatus for producing gas consisting of a mixture of vaporized hydrocarbon and air, a retort vaporizer 5, fitted with two outlet pipes, is heated by a burner 6, which consists of an open-topped cylindrical shell having a lateral inlet 10 and a perforated lining 11, and is mounted for rotation. The burner is started by means of a flash-pan 12, and is then rotated for supply from one outlet pipe controlled by a needle valve.
Patent GB-190414123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motors or Pumps
Inventor: ROND LOUIS JULES JEAN-BAPTISTE
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 14,123. Le Rond, L. J. J.-B. June 22, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rotary engines, pumps, blowers, and exhausters.- The efficiency of motors and pumps either reciprocating or rotary, in which a fluid under pressure expands in a closed chamber or series of chambers of variable capacity and in which no segments or other packing-means are employed, is increased by allowing the fluid to expand through a number of " recuperating " chambers of equal or nearly-equal size to the successive working chambers of the engine ; by this means, waste of power due to leakage is avoided. The invention also applies to compression, circulation, and pneumatic pumps and to combinations of motors and pumps. By way of example, the invention is shown applied to a rotary steam engine of the type described in Specification No. 14,145, A.D. 1902, in which steam passes through a number of annular chambers, Fig. 3, arranged around a central shaft, and causes vanes p attached to the shaft to rotate. Assuming the steam to expand through a number of working chambers 1, 2, 3, 4 of increasing capacities, shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, if there is leakage between any two chambers, such as 3, 4, power will be lost. If, however, a chamber 3<1>, Fig. 2, of equal capacity to chamber 3 be inserted between them, the leakage between the chambers 3<1>, 4 will cause the pressure in chamber 3<1> to fall below that in chamber 3, so that work will be done between the chambers 3, 3<1> and the loss of power due to leakage avoided. It is stated that, by applying the recuperating-device to the last chamber, the loss of power by the escape of steam to the exhaust is obviated. The number and size of the recuperating- chambers may be varied as desired.
Patent GB-190418109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Joints for Vertical Piping.
Inventor: KLINGER RICHARD
Filed: 1904-08-20
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 18,109. Klinger, R. Aug. 20. Ball-and-socket joints. -Relates to means for lubricating ball joints of vertical piping to maintain a tight joint all over the surface of the joint head. In the ball casing a is formed an annular duct f opening into a tubular projection g, which is arranged tangentially to the duct and is normally closed by the screw plug k. By filling the duct f, which is on a level with the end of the joint head, with a viscid lubricant, the screw connection between the parts a, b and the surfaces of contact between these parts and the ball d become lubricated and tight-jointed.
Patent GB-190420981-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening for Swing Windows.
Inventor: WOLFF CARL
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 20,981. Wolff, C. Sept. 29. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Figs. 1, 2; and 3 show the window in the closed position, in which it is retained by the s p r i n g catch f pivoted to the frame and engaging with the iron h on the window. The window is opened by pulling the cord s. By this means, the frame j pivoted to the bracket i on the window is turned, thereby causing the-cross bar m<1> of the stirrup m to engage with the recess f<1> of the catch f, and to raise it from the iron h, against the action of the spring e. By the continued pulling of the cord s, the stirrup m being stopped in its upward motion by the catch f coming against the bracket b, the lever is rotated about the pin k and the window pulled forward. As the window opens, the hook pieces q of the frame l, pivoted on the pin k and kept in place by the cross-bar l<2> engaging with the recess o of the stirrup m, ride up the incline of the bracket i, and, finally, under the action of the spring n, fall behind the projection r. The window can then be fully opened by releasing the cord s. When the window is closed, the cross-bar m<1> slides over the catch f, until it comes to the rounded sides of the bracket b, up which it slides, thus disengaging the hooks q. The catch c then falls into-position and fastens the window. A spring bolt may be used instead of the catch c.
Patent GB-190500680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Spears for Military purposes, or Pig Sticking, applicable also to other like Weapons and Implements.
Inventor: THOMSON ROBERT CLEGHORN
Filed: 1905-01-13
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 680. Thomson, R. C., [Graham, W. L.]. Jan. 13. Couplings, d i s - connectible. - The sections A, B, C of a spear are connected by bayonetjoints and spring catches. Pins F at the lower ends of the sections engage in the bayonet - slots E, and the spring catches a<1>, c<1> engage in holes c<3>, a<3> of the sections. Instead of spring catches, pins s o r screws may be used for preventing the sections from turning round.