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Patent GB-190112110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Tilting or Tip Wagons and the like
Inventor: SERVAIS EMILE
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 12,110. Servais, E. June 13. Tip-wagons.- The body a of a tilting or tip wagon, for conveying molten slag &c., is mounted on pivots d engaging horizontal slots b and arranged between the centres of gravity of the wagon when full and when empty. Guiding - pivots e, engaging circular guide-grooves in the side members c, carry pinions g gearing with curved racks i. The pinions are rotated to tip the wagon by sprocket-wheels or rope rollers &c. and gearing n, o operated by a handle p. Bolts, hooks, or like safety devices are provided to keep the vessel upright. A brake apparatus is provided to regulate the tipping, or the gearing n, o may be replaced by worm gearing.
Patent GB-190112748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Paper and other Tubes.
Inventor: BEACH JOHN NEWTON
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 12,748. Beach, J. N., [Thompson, R. H.]. June 22. Paper &c. tubes.-In an apparatus for making paper, postal, and other tubes, shown in plan in Fig. 2, strips of paper a, b are wound from feeding-devices A, B on to a mandrel C, Fig. 3, secured to the frame and having an enlargement c with ledges c<5> and directing-edges c<3> for the paper strips a, and fixed in place by a screw c<1>. The strip a passes through a guide a<2>, on a bent rod a<3> secured to the frame, and may pass over a wax cylinder a<5>. The strips bare pressed by curved elastic blades &c. b<2> against a cylinder b<1> rotating in a trough containing dextrin or other adhesive. The feeding- device B is angularly adjustable. The mandrel is carried at one end by a shaft, mounted in bearings, and at the other end by a sleeve running in contact with and supported by a number of milled friction rollers mounted loosely in a fixed interrupted ring D. The friction rollers are mounted on stems passing through flanges on the ring D, and are pressed against the paper by springs acting between adjustable collars, on the stems, and flat springs adjusted by screw pins. The inclination of the rollers is adjusted to regulate the feed of the tube by levers d<8> on the stems and engaging rods projecting radially from a ring d<10> adjusted by a screw d<11> engaging lugs. The cutting-mechanism consists of a carriage running on a fixed rail and a roller and carrying a cone and a rotary cutter. The tube T passes over a rocking table, carried by a fixed bracket and pressed outwards by a spring. A retaining-device keeps the tube on the table. A weight returns the carriage to its normal position. As the tube is fed forwards it engages the cone and moves the carriage to the right, so that a roller, supported by the carriage, engages a cam carried by the table, which is then drawn against the cutter. The part of the tube cut off falls down a shoot.
Patent GB-190123519-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Devices for Tapping Jars and other Vessels.
Inventor: STIFF SYDNEY JAMES
Filed: 1901-11-20
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 23,519. Stiff, S. J., and Trendell, A. G. P. Nov. 20. Tapping. - Jars and other vessels are formed with a boss 3 surrounding the tap - hole, in which fits the tap 6, the driving-head 10 only of which extends beyond the boss, thus forming a compact tapping- arrangement. The tap spigot has a reduced part to receive the packing 8. The boss has a vertical perforation, to receive the hollow plug or valve 7 having a port through which the liquid is withdrawn. The plug serves also to retain the tap in position.
Patent GB-190124637-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Locking Screwed Parts of Pneumatic Hammers and other Articles.
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 24,637. New Taite-Howard Pneumatic Tool Co., [Boyer, J.]. Dec. 3. Locking nuts.-The object is to lock screwed parts together, and the invention is shown applied to locking the screwed handle a of a pneumatic hammer to its cylinder k. The handle a carries a toothed ring b which is locked by a toothed collar f sliding upon an eccentric projection e on a plug d. The position of the collar f may be varied by turning the plug d through two right-angles, and by having several slots in the collar for the projection e. The collar is held up to the ring by a flanged split ring h which embraces both parts.
Patent GB-190208750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trace Fasteners.
Inventor: FREELAND WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 8750. Freeland, W. Jan. 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Harness attachments.-The trace b is fastened to the whipple-tree a by a forked pin hollowed at c for the trace and screwed at d to enter the whipple-tree. The trace is kept in place by a spring catch g pivoted at g<1> on the fork. The catch or dog g has a lug g<2> which can move between the lugs f<1>, f of the pin. A notch is made at f<3>, and the dog is cut back, as shown, to receive the spring h.
Patent GB-190212221-A (GB)
Title: Fastenings for Gold, Silver Metal & other Purses & Bags
Inventor: ISAACS ARTHUR DANZIGER
Filed: 1902-05-29
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 12,221. Isaacs, A. D., and Bloch, V. May 29. Fastenings for purees, bags, &c. A spring E is placed round the hinge or hinges F a n d within the tubular sides or frames of purse, bag, or other snaps or fastenings A, B, so that the framing is rendered self-open- ing on release of the fastening.
Patent GB-190212291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Switches
Filed: 1902-05-29
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 12,291. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. May 29. Switches.-Relates to a snap switch in which a pawl engages a toothed ring until released by a cam when a spring has been put under sufficient, tension. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section, and Fig. 2 an underside view. Posts 2, 3 carry contact-clips 4, two of which engage with blades 5, while two others (not shown) engage with lower blades (also not shown) carried by the part 6. The blades are mounted on the insulating-support 7. A bearing- plate 9, fixed to the support 7, is held loosely in position by the notched ring 10 rigidly connected to the base 1. The spindle 12 is yieldingly connected to the support 7 and the disc 9 by means of the spring 16, one end engaging a pin 17 on the upper surface of the disc. Beneath this disc are a controlling-cam attached to the spindle, and an eccentrically-pivoted pawl 20 adapted to engage shoulders 21 on the ring 10. The bearing-surfaces of these shoulders are not exactly radial and the pawl has a tendency to slip off when the disc 9 tends to turn in the direction of the arrow. On turning the thumb-head 13, the spring is put under tension until the notch 22 of the cam 18 is brought into the position to allow the head 20 to move out of engagement with the shoulder 21, when the plate 9, and consequently the blades, make a quarter turn.
Patent GB-190214519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopes
Inventor: COMMON ANDREW AINSLIE
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 14,519. Common, A. A. June 30. Telescopes.-The eye-piece draw-tube B engages by means of a longitudinal groove and feather with a short tube G helically grooved on its outer surface to engage with a fixed stud F. Focussing is effected by first withdrawing to its full extent the tube B, and then rotating it on its axis to bring the screw D into action. A focussing-scale may be made in the face of the nut K.
Patent GB-190215367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sweep Rakes for Hay, Grain & the like
Inventor: BOUGHTON THOMAS TRAFFORD
Filed: 1902-07-10
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 15,367. Boughton, T. T. July 10. Rakes, horse.-Relates to sweep rakes for collecting hay or other crops and conveying it direct to the stack. The rake is made with a main central portion and two hinged side wings which can be folded up to reduce the width of the rake sufficiently to enable it to be drawn through gateways. The main portion consists of the frame bars a, tines b, and driver's seat k, all supported on the ground wheels c. The side wings consist of the frame bars e, pivoted to the bars a at f, and further secured thereto by bolts l. The side wings each carry two or more tines g, draughtpoles h, and whipple-trees j secured to extension bars i.
Patent GB-190216290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: WHEELER CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 16,290. Wheeler, C. H., and Kremer, F. W. July 22. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic, - The rubber tyre 1 is attached to the channel-shaped rim by wires 7 located in grooves 6 so as to engage the flat circular heads 5 of transversely-placed rods 4 embedded at intervals in the base of the tyre. The rods extend far enough to take under both wires, and are arranged so that the heads of consecutive rods be on opposite sides of the tyre. Internal attaching-wires may be additionally employed.
Patent GB-190216291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: WEBB JOSEPH EDMUND
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 16,291. Webb, J. E. July 22. Gas lamps; reflectors.-Street and other gas lamps have a head 3, which is practically airtight, an atmospheric burner 5, and reflectors 2, 6. The reflector 2 may be made airtight by means of a packing 4, and the reflector 6 may have a collar 7 enclosing a rubber or like packing 8, which surrounds the burner pipe and bye-pass 9 ; the bottom of the reflector 6 is formed of wire gauze or other open material 10, admitting air to the opening 11. A weighted valve may be used to open automatically if the pressure in the head 3 passes a certain limit. The glass 13 is secured in longitudinal channels formed in metal bars 14. Blocks 16 of rubber or other elastic material may be interposed between the bead and supporting-brackets 15.
Patent GB-190226495-A (GB)
Title: Improved Waste Water Closet
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,495. Place & Sons, J., and Place, W. H. Dec. 2. Closets flushed with waste water.-The tipper box a containing the tipper h and the down pipe bare made open and in one piece. The pipe c to which the pedestal e is jointed and the part d carrying the waste-water inlet f are also made open and in a single piece. The whole closet is thus easy of access either by lifting the cover g or by removing the pedestal.
Patent GB-190304537-A (GB)
Title: Process of and Apparatus for Subjecting Materials to the Action of Air or other Gases.
Inventor: MARK CHARLIE EDGAR
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 4537. Mark, C. E. Feb. 26. Bricks, burning. Relates to a process and apparatus for subjecting materials to the action of air and other gases by placing the materials on a porous bed and causing a suitable gas to pass upwards through the bed into the materials. The process is claimed as a furnace process, and a furnace is also claimed. The bed may be composed of any suitable materials, such as a slab, or bricks of fireclay ; silica sand, with or without a binding- agent, or fritted together ; gravel or crushed rock or other broken granular material ; asbestos ; or any material which is naturally porous, as distinguished from a bed having definite artificial openings. Among the materials and the treatments mentioned is burning bricks or subjecting them to gas while burning. Any suitable apparatus may be used, such as the reverberatory furnace shown with perforated pipes E embedded in a porous bed A above a non-porous bottom.
Patent GB-190311952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or in the Production of, Sheet-metal-cased Hinges
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES
Filed: 1903-05-26
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 11,952. Harvey, C., and Shorthouse, H. G. May 26. Making hinges.- In making butt hinges which are cased in sheet brass or other metal, the foundation blank of wrought or cast metal is bent atone end to form a tube a, the joint being left open. This is then covered with the sheet - metal casing b, the edges b<1>, b<2> extending within the tube as shown in Fig. 4. The tube is next closed to grip the casing, and notches are cut through the tube by milling &c. to allow the two parts of the hinge to interlock. The hinge pin further serves to hold the ends of the casing. The casing thus put on has the appearance of being seamless and is protected from being frayed at the edges. The notches may in the first instance be cut in the foundation blank and the casing ; or the blank may be enclosed with the casing before forming the tube a.
Patent GB-190317877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sewing Machines
Inventor: DIMOND GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,877. Dimond, G. H. Aug. 18. Glove-sewing machines ; feed; needlebars, vibrating laterally ; presser lifted automatically. -Relates to machines for making the triple stitch used in the manufacture of gloves and the like described in Specification No. 19,262, A.D. 1902. Fig. 1 shows a front view of one form of machine and Fig. 2 shows a side elevation. The needlebar 5, which is reciprocated in the usual manner, is mounted in a gate 3 pivoted to the machine frame 2 and having an arm 9 which is pivoted to a connecting-rod 8 carrying a block operatively mounted in a grooved segment-lever 11 provided with a roller which is engaged by a cam groove 19 formed in a wheel 13 driven by the main shaft 7, the two latter being so proportioned that the wheel 13 makes one revolution for three revolutions of the shaft 7. The contour of the cam-groove 19 is such that the needle-bar gate 3 will be oscillated during the first and second revolutions of the shaft, while the needle 20 is raised out of the material, but during the third revolution the oscillation will take place while the needle is in the material thereby effecting the feeding of the material. Means are provided for slightly raising the presser-foot 28 during the feed. This is effected by a lever 30 which raises a link 29, and causes a collar 31 to rise against the resistance of a spring 32, and engage with the presser-bar 26 and lift it until the lever 30 makes its return movement. The cam 38 which operates the lever 30, is actuated by wheels proportioned similarly to those which actuate the lever 11 so that the movements of the lever 30 will be in proper time with the feed movements. A modification is described in which the feeding-mechanism is independent of the needle-actuating mechanism, the shape of the cam-groove 19 being such that the needlebar gate 3 is oscillated only when the needle is withdrawn from the material. A compound feed movement may be provided in which the feed-bar of the modified machine and the needle are conjointly actuated to feed the material.
Patent GB-190321522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Studs for Chain Links.
Inventor: BAXTER LEONARD
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 21,522. Baxter, L., and Vaughan, W., [trading as Baxter, Vaughan, & Co.]. Oct. 7. Stamping ; forging.-Relates to a method of making studs for chain links, by which they are formed and stamped with the maker's name and the year in one operation. The dies for forming the stud are made to correspond with those halves of the stud which, when in position, are towards the ends of the link k and in each of them are sunk the necessary letters and figures, as shown in the die A, Fig. 1. The stud is thus stamped on both sides as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the position of the name and year on one side being preferably reversed so that they can be seen from any position.
Patent GB-190321556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turntables and Tripod Heads used with Cameras and the like.
Inventor: CRALLAN FRANKLYN ARDEN
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 21,556. Crallan, F. A. Oct. 7. Tripod stands.-In a fitting for tripod camera and like stands, by means of which each tripod leg can revolve independently around its own centre, the tripod legs are secured by side nuts on pins 1,2 of frames F which are secured to the tripod head A by screws E' around which the frames have free movement. By this arrangement, a wide range of positions is possible for the camera or like instrument.
Patent GB-190323149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spraying Devices for Liquids.
Inventor: GORDEJEFF GRIGORY
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 23,149. Gordejeff, G. Oct. 26. Spray burners. - A spraying - device for liquids, s u c h as are used for fuel, comprises a part 1 provided with a valve 5, and a cap 3 which carries the piece for producing the spray, as shown in Fig. 1. This piece is formed of a stem 8, enlarged at one end and carrying a threaded disc 9. The enlarged end is provided with an inclined passage 12, Fig. 3, leading to a conical cavity 11, which, when the apparatus is ready for use, is adjacent to the conical part 7<1> in the cap 3. The fluid, which is led to the part 1 by the branch 2 under pressure, is thus given a rotary motion in the recess 11, and passes out through the orifice 7. The disc 9 is provided with radial slots 10 to allow of the passage of the fluid.
Patent GB-190403277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Automatically Coupling and Uncoupling Railway Carriages, Waggons and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DARLING JOHN
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 3277. Darling, J., and Lennie, J. M. Feb. 10. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling for railway vehicles, the draw-bar B, Fig. 3, has attached to it a slide A, Figs. 1 and 2, the forked head C of which carries a hook E, and a link F, both being pivoted on a bolt D. The hook E is shaped so as to be knocked upwards by the impact of the link F of the vehicle to be coupled, after which it falls and engages with that link. For uncoupling, a rack I, Fig. 3, is connected to the hook E by a rod G, and is worked from handles L placed on either side of the vehicle on a shaft K which carries a pawl O at its centre. The pawl is released from the ratchet by a spring P. To lock the hook against coupling, the ratchet I is made to catch against one or other of pieces of metal p, q fixed to the draw-bar B by a lateral movement of the handles L. A spring J is provided at the end of the draw-bar B to restore the slide A after the impact of coupling, and the arrangement may be enclosed in a hollow buffer shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190403482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Acetylene Gas Lighting.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3482. Haddan, H. J., [Frenot, E. L.]. Feb. 11. Acetylene lamps and burners; velocipede, signal, and lighthouse lamps; reflectors.-Relates to an apparatus for acetylene gas lighting which can be employed for houses, work-yards, automobiles, cycles, locomotives, lighthouses, &c., and in which a series of horizontal burners are placed in front of a parabolic reflector. A tube d, Fig. 1, which may carry a number of burners f passes through the rear part of the reflector a which may be grooved, as at b. The burners are attached to the tube d by tubes e at right-angles, and consist of balls f in which are inserted tubes g provided with capillary ducts and directed towards the back of the reflector. For a single burner, the supporting tube is bent and extends along the wall of the reflector and terminates in the centre.
Patent GB-190404062-A (GB)
Title: A New Type of Electric Arc-lamp
Inventor: SCIALPI GIOVANNI
Filed: 1904-02-18
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 4062. Scialpi, G. Feb. 18. Arc lamps.-Flat carbons Care placed side by side, the carbon-holders H being pivoted at P, and, in the case of a shunt lamp, being connected by levers L and insulated links A to the core of the solenoid S, the object being that a small movement of the core shall produce the necessary angular displacement of the carbons.
Patent GB-190406564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Mechanism for Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: LILEY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6564. Liley, E., and Jones, M. F. March 18. Brakes.-Means are provided for operating the ordinary hand-lever of a railway wagon brake from either side of the wagon, and for locking the brakes on the wheels. The ordinary side lever a, Fig. 1, is operated by an auxiliary hand-lever d having at its end a. roller which, when the handle of the lever is depressed, bears under and lifts the upwardly-curved end of the side lever, thus applying the brakes. A balanced pawl b pivoted on the side lever engages with a fixed rack c to lock the brakes. On lifting the handle d<3>, the roller on the lever depresses the tail of the pawl b and thus frees the side lever, which then falls and releases the brakes. The lever d can be operated from the other side of the wagon by a link f attached to its arm d' and actuated by bell cranks and links from a bent lever at the opposite end and side of the vehicle. Fig. 2 shows a modification, in which the lever d is pivoted on a cross-shaft h, on which is fixed, at the' other side of the vehicle, a second similar hand-lever. It is stated that the arrangement, with a slight modification, can be adapted for use on common-road vehicles.
Patent GB-190415895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway or Tramway Vehicles
Inventor: WILKINSON RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 15,895. Wilkinson, R. H. July 18. Brakes.-Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, and Fig. 2 in end elevation, a slipper brake for tramway or railway vehicles, which is applied by means of springs. The brake blocks 2 are pressed to the rails by the springs 8, which, at the upper end, bear against the head of the brackets 5 fixed to the car base. The blocks are raised out of contact with the rails by means of a worm 25 turned by a handle 26, which rotates a worm-wheel 24 keyed to the shaft 21. Riding loose on this shaft is a wheel 19, which engages with a clutch 23 sliding on feathers on the shaft. On rotating the wormwheel, the clutch 23 turns the wheel 19, which exerts a pull on a lever 16 by means of the connecting-rod 17. The pull is communicated to the brake blocks, raising them by means of the crank 13 keyed to a transverse shaft 14 and links, as shown in Fig. 2. For emergency application of the brake, the clutch 23 is moved by a forked end of a foot-lever 27 out of contact with the wheel 19, which is free to rotate, the brakes being then applied by the springs. A modified arrangement is shown in Fig. 4, in which the brake shoe has a central arm 3 sliding in the bracket 5, the arm 13 on the shaft 14 being connected directly to the arm 3.
Patent GB-190419528-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bond Iron or Tie for Walls.
Inventor: PETERS JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 1 9 , 5 2 8 . Peters, J., and Riley, A. Sept. 10. Walls.-A wall-tie is formed in two parts between which is clamped a vertical damp-proof course. In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 9, one part A is formed with a T-shaped head C, which is passed through slots in the damp-proof course J and boss H of the other part B, and is then turned in wedge-shaped recesses F to draw the parts together. In a modification, shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12, the dovetailed head C engages a similar tapered slot E, the front wall of which is inclined.