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Patent GB-190118854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sweeping Brooms or Brushes.
Inventor: TRAVERS WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1901-09-21
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 18,854. Travers, W. H., and Winstanley, D. W. Sept. 21. Handles, fixing to stocks.-The handle d is connected to the stock a of a brush or broom by a spring device which may consist of an elastic plate e or helical springs e<1> fixed to the stock and the doublehandle socket c. The Provisional Specification states that the handle may carry a bow pivoted to the ends of the stock.
Patent GB-190120775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Doffing-arrangements for Roving Frames and the like
Inventor: HENDERSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-10-17
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 20,775. Henderson, W., and Dallas, J. Oct. 17. Doffing - arrangements for roving-frames &c. Means are provided for simultaneously rotating all the bobbins of the frame forwards, or the spindles backwards, for the purpose of slackening the ends previous to doffing, and also for raising all the free ends 11<a> into a suitable position for winding on the empty bobbins on re-starting. The invention is shown as applied to the bobbin-driving mechanism. The wheel 15 slides on a feather or key on the shaft, and is held in its normal driving position by a spring 16. For the purpose of slacken- ing the ends, the wheel 15 is slid on its shaft, so as to be free of its driving-key, by a lever 20, which carries at one end a bevel-wheel 19 for gearing with a bevel-wheel 18 on the side of the wheel 15, and on the other end a hand-wheel. The shaft or lever 20 may be locked in either of its extreme positions by a pivoted latch 27 engaging with the stops 28, 29. To facilitate re-starting, a rope 30 is carried by levers 33 at the end of the frame, so that, when the frame is running, it hangs in the position shown in full lines, but, on re-starting, it is raised into the position shown in dotted lines, so as to support the ends 11<a> and cause the winding to be started at a suitable tension and on a suitable part of the bobbin.
Patent GB-190200691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Stuffing or Packing Material Composed of Wood Shavings
Inventor: BATE JAMES RUSSELL
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 691. Bate, J. R. Jan. 9. Wood shavings and wood wool.-The face of a rotating disc is provided with scoring and slicing knives, for producing wood shavings or wool (termed "excelsior ") from the face of a block of wood which is pressed against them. Two sets of scoring-knives 5 and several slicing-knives 41 are mounted on the face of the rotating disc 4. The rod 7 on which the scoring-knives are fixed is kept always parallel to itself by epicyclic gear behind the disc, and, while passing over the face of the block at 29, the rod 7 is moved longitudinally by the cam-groove 25, so that the scoring-knives move in vertical lines. The block of wood is pressed against the face of the disc 4 by a weight 40 which acts through a cord 39, a pulley 37, and a pinion and rack 35, 31. The block, with its holder 29, is pulled back either by hand or by throwing the pinion 35 into gear with the shaft of the disc 4 by means of friction gear 47, 50.
Patent GB-190201083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Thread Guides of Spinning and like Machinery.
Inventor: APPLEBY JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-01-15
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 1083. Appleby, J. Jan. 15. Thread-g u i d e s. -The wire guide 6 is held by friction in a spring clip 5 secured in a slot in a plate 2 hinged to a plate 1 secured to the guide board. The clip 5 may be formed in one piece with a plate, similar to 2, fixed to the thread board. A piece of wire may be bent so as to form at one end a guide-eye, and, at the other, so that it may be hinged to the plate 1. Or the hinged wire may, instead of being bent into a guide-eye, be coiled on itself, so as to form a holder for a separate wire guide. When wire guides are inserted into apertures in the thread board, each aperture is lined with a split and flanged metal bush, which may be corrugated. Sheetmetal guides, Fig. 15, have their guide-slots lined with bent wire 14. Or the edges of the slot in the plate may be bent outwards to receive a guidewire similar to 14. The plate may be slotted, as shown at 19, Fig. 18, and the edges of the slot turned outwards to receive a guide-plate 21. For holding pot-eye guides without the use of cement &c., the flanged and split guide is passed through an aperture in the lower of two plates 26, 28, and is held in the desired position by sliding a spring plate 29 between the plates and beneath the flange of the guide 23.
Patent GB-190201530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Perforating or Punching Documents or other Articles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-01-20
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 1530. Boult, A. J., [Morgan, F.]. Jan. 20. Punching and perforating machines for cheques, postage stamps, &c.-The cheque &c. is placed in the space b between a pair of jaws a, c, in which are apertures e arranged according to any desired pattern or device. The perforating-pins h are mounted in a vertically-sliding head f, which is normally held in the raised portion shown by springs i, the pins h being always engaged with the apertures e of the upper jaw a. To perforate the document, the spring head f is depressed by means of the finger &c.
Patent GB-190203515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Camp Beds
Inventor: CURRY WILLIAM JAMISON
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 3515. Curry, W. J. Feb. 11. Litters, ambulance.-A portable camp bedstead may be converted into a stretcher, or used as a hammock. The side bars B are in two parts connected by ferrules b, b<1> forming a spigot joint. The ends of the side bars fit into holes in the end bars C which are cut away at the inner central parts as shown in Fig. 2. The legs fit into holes in the end bars and engage notches in the side bars, so holding the latter in their sockets ; they may be removed and inserted into other holes in the end bars as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus forming a stretcher. The canvas &c. bottom is secured to the side bars, which may be rotated to stretch the canvas ; the side bars are provided with ratchet wheels and pawls to keep the bottom stretched. The canvas is cut away round the joints of the side bars. The whole can be folded and rolled up in the canvas as shown in Fig. 4. The pillow support F is hemmed at the ends, and through the hems pass supporting-wires f engaging boles in the end bars. The bottom is connected to the end bars by links d.
Patent GB-190206960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telescopes
Inventor: FISKE BRADLEY ALLAN
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 6960. Fiske, B. A. March 21. Telescopes.-Relates to a mounting for ships' use. The telescope is clamped to a frame F pivoted in standards G carried by a frame K, which can be rotated in azimuth by worm gearing about a pillar L. The objective end of the telescope is balanced by weights R in tubes 0 connected to the instrument by cords S passing over pulleys Q. The movement i n altitude is controlled by a lever H. A cross-bar W is fitted as a rest for the head of the observer.
Patent GB-190208783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Preventing Racing in Marine Engines.
Inventor: LAMB RESTORE BIDDLE
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8783. Lamb, R. B. April 15. Marine governors.-Relates to the prevention of racing in marine engines when the propeller becomes uncovered or partially so. Fig. 1 shows the governor in elevation partly in section. The action depends on the flow of mercury from one to the other of two cylinders A, A, connected by a tube B, as the apparatus is tilted by the pitching of the vessel. In these two cylinders are plungerlike floats C, C connected to a beam E, which is actuated by the rise and fall of the floats due to the flow of mercury. The beam E is connected by linkwork G, H to a lever J by which the engine throttle valve can be adjusted. Suitable means are provided for enabling the lever J to be disconnected when desired.
Patent GB-190209578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collotype Printing Machines of the Cylinder Type.
Inventor: COE ALFRED
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-07-25
Abstract: 9578. Coe, A. April 25. Lithographic and like printing.-Relates to a collotype printing - machine, and consists of a modification of a machine described in Specification No. 1494, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Printing other than letterpress &c.], in which machine there is a "dwell" at both ends of the traverse of the bed for inking purposes. In this invention there is a dwell at one end of the traverse only, namely, during the first inking. Mechanism is also described for putting the inking-rollers out of action. The bed 2 of the machine is reciprocated by a rack 6 fixed on its underside. Movement is communicated to the rack 6 by the top of the spur-wheel 8 which rolls on the fixed rack 9. The centre 12 of the wheel 8 is reciprocated by a connecting-rod 10 and crank 15 which is arrested at one end of its stroke by the hook 23 thereby effecting the "dwell" at one end of the traverse of the bed. At the end of the dwell the hook 23 is disengaged from the crank by a cam acting on the end 34 of the rod 32. The inking-rollers are reciprocated by rods connected to the centre of the wheel 8. The reciprocating roller which transfers ink from inking-rollers to the underside of the other slab, may be thrown out of action by interposing inclined rods. The inking-rollers may be raised and thrown out of action by levers and connecting-rods, on which the ends of the rollers rest. The inking-slab is raised out of action by pins on links acting in curved slots in a plate, to which the slab is connected. The height of the inking-slab is adjusted by four screws, connected by a pitch chain.
Patent GB-190211163-A (GB)
Title: Improved Securer for Scarf-pins, Ear-studs and like Articles of Jewelry.
Inventor: BREWER GRIFFITH
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 11,163. Brewer, G., [Washburn, C. I.]. May 15. Jewellery fastenings.- Relates to safety-attachments for scarf pins, earstuds, and other jewellery having pins or the like. A fastening for a scarf pin is shown in section in Fig. 2. A frame A is formed with a rounded edge or pin sheath 1, parallel sides secured by a rivet 6 and retaining a spring tongue B and depressor C, and a bottom 9 notched &c. to facilitate actuation of the depressor by the thumb and finger.
Patent GB-190215110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers for Marine Vessels, Air Ships, and the like.
Inventor: BAUSSET ARTHUR DE
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 15,110. Bausset, A. de. July 7. Propelling by air or water jets; screw propellers. -Two co-axial cylinders a, b are arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the sectional area of the annular space s being somewhat less than that of the inner cylinder b. The whole casing has lugs a<2> for bolting it to the object to be propelled. The shaft c, mounted in bearings 4, 5, and 6, carries a propeller 10, which, on being rotated, causes air or water to follow the path indicated by the arrows.
Patent GB-190219042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Harness Buckles.
Inventor: TRIFFITT JOHN CARRINGTON
Filed: 1902-08-29
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 19,042. Triffitt, J. C. Aug. 29. Fastening.-Harness buckles are formed with two loops B, and, when used as hame-tug buckles, are further provided with an extension C, to which an eye or ring D can be attached by means of lugs E and rivets, bolts, &c. The extension C may be grooved on one or both sides to receive the lugs E.
Patent GB-190220424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Carriages for Common Roads.
Inventor: KNIGHT ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 20,424. Knight, A. W. Sept. 19. Axles, attaching to springs; vibration, preventing.- Relates to attaching together the springs and axles of carriages and other road vehicles, and consists of improvements on the means described in Specification No. 17,842, A.D. 1894. The spring D rests on a cushioned casing E mounted on the axle F, and is secured to the casing by a bolt A which passes through the spring and through a hole in the bearing-part C of the casing, the nut B being prevented from unscrewing by fitting into a recess in the cap G secured to the casing. The bearing- part C, through which the bolt passes, is raised to allow its upper surface to be filed away sufficiently to give any desired inclination of the spring relatively to the axle. The spring may be similarly secured to the futchell irons.
Patent GB-190223350-A (GB)
Title: Thread Controlling Devices for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: MACDONALD JOHN KING
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 23,350. Macdonald, J. K., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Oct. 27. Buttonhole - sewing machines; governing needle thread.-In the buttonhole-sewing machine described in Specification No. 18,195, A.D. 1902, or other chain-stitching machine for sewing isolated groups of stitches, as, for example, in the sewing on of buttons or sewing of eyelet holes, a tension mechanism is used which prevents the formation of a loop of thread at the completion of a buttonhole, so that the loop of thread extending from one buttonhole to another is avoided. The tension mechanism also draws out enough thread to extend from one buttonhole to another, and an automatic stop-motion is used for controlling the number of stitches in a buttonhole. The thread of the needle d, which works round the buttonhole at a distance from the cut, is controlled by tension discs C, Figs. 1 and 3, and a take-up lever D, and also passes through a spring hook e<1> carried by a lever E turning on a fulcrum pin e. The lower arm of the lever E is slotted to receive a pin at the end of a lever F, which is normally held in the position shown by a spring f When the machine is stopped, however, a projection r on the rod r<1>, which is connected to the stopping-lever P, comes in contact with the lever F, and causes the lever E to take up the thread, so that a stitch is missed. The spring hook e<1> yields somewhat to the tension of the thread, but its motion relatively to the lever E is limited by a ring e'. A projection g<12> on a rotating cam-wheel g<1>, which controls the rotating movements of the stitch-forming devices, comes in contact with the projection r on the rod r', and so stops the machine at the completion of a buttonhole.
Patent GB-190223720-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game
Inventor: FOX RICHARD
Filed: 1902-10-30
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,720. Fox, R. Oct. 30. Games played with model men, animals, cycles, or motor cars.-In a race game, models of men, animals, cycles, or motor cars K are drawn by means of plaited wires F working on spindles in the box or frame A, turned by handles D. The box A is secured by clamps C to the table or board B on which the figures move. The box is supported by a leg G, which either fits into a socket H or is secured to a hinge I. The speed at which the figures K move depends on the rate at which the handles D are turned.
Patent GB-190300163-A (GB)
Title: Machines for Making Spools and other Articles from Fibrous Pulp
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1903-01-03
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 163. Fairweather, W., [American Thread Co.]. Jan 3. Moulding bobbins, spools, &c.-In a machine for moulding bobbins, spools, and other articles from fibrous pulp, a collapsable mould is used consisting of perforated and wire-cloth covered staves F, Figs. 2 and 6, which are bevelled to overlap each other as shown, and slide in grooves in the fixed head C and the movable head E carried by the ram B. A star-shaped drainage core G, shown separately in Fig. 9, is supported by the springs J<1>, and consists of perforated metal or woven-wire cloth supported by a central tube G<1> and rods G<2>. A removable cover C', sufficiently large to allow the withdrawal of the finished spool or bobbin, is secured to the fixed head by buttons C'‹, and is provided with a drainage plate grooved on the underside and covered with wire cloth, the grooves communicating with the annular groove c which is drained through the duct c'. A similar drainage plate J, fixed in the movable head, is drained through the duct e'. Each stave F is provided, at its outer lapped edge, with a stem F<1> parallel to a radial plane through the inner lapped edge, and 'inclined at the top and bottom to fit grooves in the conical cavities in the heads. Arms F<10> projecting from the stems pass through an annular carrier M and engage springs m, which tend to draw the staves outwards to open the mould. To ensure a uniform lifting of the staves as the movable head rises, the carrier M is lifted by means of levers N, pivoted to fixed collars P ; the long arms N' engage arms E<30> bolted to the annular apron E<3> which is fixed to the movable head, and the short arms N<2> engage a flange M<1> on the carrier M. The arms are adjusted to make the rise of the carrier half that of the movable head. The pulp is supplied through an opening in the fixed head, the opening being closed by a sliding gate during the compression of the spool.
Patent GB-190302416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condenser Bands for Carding Machines.
Filed: 1903-02-02
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2416. Frictionless Engine Packing Co., and Parkes, H. C. Feb. 2. Carding-engines.-Relates to condenser bands for carding-engines. In one form, the band is made of tubular or circular woven or other fabric. In another form, the fabric is wound upon itself to form the tubular band, the several layers being secured by cement, stitching, &c. The edges of the band are strengthened and flanged by turning them in, and securing the turned-in edges by stitching, cementing, &c. Otherwise, or in addition, as in Fig. 3, a leather or like strip e is stitched &c. to the edges, beyond which it may extend slightly to protect them. Metal rivets g, Fig. 7, passing through the folded edges of the band, and through metal and leather washers h,j, may be used to secure the turned-in edges, or bolt- and-nut belt fasteners may be employed. The edges may be impregnated with a glutinous or cementitious substance. The turned-in or flanged edges serve to keep the band on the rollers or pulleys as shown at m, Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190305678-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Ironing or Polishing Hats.
Inventor: PETTY DORA ANNIE ELIZABETH
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 5678. Petty, D. A. E. March 11. Hat pads or revivers.-An appliance for polishing hats consists of a hollow receptacle into which hot liquid can be poured and retained. It is preferably made as a rubber bag faced with velvet, plush, or other material of a shape to accommodate itself to the configuration of the hat. If made of thin metal, the face has preferably a concave form with convex edges. The appliance may be provided with a handle.
Patent GB-190306064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Hinging Boxes or other Articles.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 6064. Allison, C. A., [Williams Wire Hing- ing Machine Co.]. March 16. Stapling. -Staples 41 are interlocked and driven through the boards x, y, Figs. 3<a>, 3<b>, forming the parts of boxes or other articles, by apparatus such as that shown in Figs. 1, 3<a>, 3<b>. The table 2 on which the articles are laid forms a rightangle at the top and is provided with spring and adjustable supports 3, 4 for the boards. It is carried on supports 11, 12, which are adjustable vertically and transversely. The support 12 has a roller which bears on a cam on the shaft 16, by which the table can be raised to clamp the boards against a clamping-head carried on the arm 1<a>, a dash-pot arrangement 17 serving to cushion the support 12 on its descent. The motor shaft 29 is in gear with a pinion 18, mounted loosely on the shaft 16, with which it is put in gear by working the treadle 26 which withdraws a cam-lever from the path of a spring clutch. The treadle being liberated, the clutch is again withdrawn at the end of a revolution. The shaft 16 oscillates, through cranks and a connecting-rod 37, a shaft 35 by which the hinging-mechanism is operated. The staples are fed from a reservoir 43 along tracks 41, 42, the track 41 leading to a vertical guide along which that staple is fed which is inserted in the board x as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3<a>, and the tiack 42 leading to a horizontal guide along which that other staple is fed which is looped through the first staple and is driven into the boards y, Fig. 3<b>. The staples are fed from the reservoir to the tracks by revolving discs having teeth which take up the staples from a pile lying underneath, brushes or wheels being provided to brush off extra staples which may be accidentally taken up. At the end of the track 41, a spring arm plays upon the staples to feed them to the vertical guide. The vertical guide is in two parts, one part 47, Fig. 3<a>, being movable and actuated by a star-wheel to bring the staple to the point of insertion. The driver by which the staple is moved along the guide and inserted is connected by a link 51 with an arm 40<a> on the shaft 35. The other arm 40<b> on the shaft 35 is linked to the horizontal driver. In the case of the staples fed horizontally, an electromagnet serves to guide them into position as they leave the track 42, and a movable guide 72. Fig. 3<b>, actuated as before by the driver and a star-wheel, serves to bring the staple to the point of insertion. Suitable anvils are provided to clench the staples.
Patent GB-190308290-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Devices for Protecting Trees and the like, also Applicable for the Protection of other Objects
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 8290. Lake, H. H., [Arndt Tree Protector Co.]. April 9. Animals, destroying ; traps.-Relates to a sheet metal guard for trees and the like to prevent the passage of insects and small destructive animals. Fig. 2 shows the guard applied to a tree ; the narrow strips C are bent to conform with the irregularities of the bark. It may also be applied to the walls of a room and may be used for stopping mice or rat holes and for other purposes. Sharp prongs or teeth are stamped or struck up in rows as shown. One or both edges may be divided into strips C.