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Patent GB-190108764-A (GB)
Title: Hook with Rotatable Point.
Inventor: HECHT ERNST
Filed: 1901-04-29
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 8764. Hecht, E., and Birnbaum, R. April 29. Hooks.-The hinged or pivoted tongue b is locked by a spring catch g, pivoted to the tongue and bearing on a fixed projection c', or by a link such as p<1>, pivoted to the tongue or to the body part a and engaging with a projection on the body part or tongue respectively. A rubber ring such as p<2> keeps the link normally in position. The part a does not extend far beyond the bend, so that the hook may be used as a slip hook.
Patent GB-190111352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Fastening and Releasing Covers, more especially Intended for Fastening and Releasing the Covers of Gas Purifiers
Inventor: MILBOURNE ROBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-03
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 11,352. Milbourne, R. J. June 3. Purifiers.-The covers of gas purifiers and the like are provided with means for securmg or releasing all the fastenings at one operation. The top part B of the purifier is provided with a flange b, and the cover with a flange a, an elastic material c being placed between the flanges. Notches a<2> are formed at intervals in the flange a. to allow catches D to pass from above to beneath the flange b, where adjusting-screws d<3> are preferably provided. The tops of the clamps are formed as eccentric straps d, surrounding eccentrics e<2> mounted upon rotatable shafts E, which pass above all the edges of the purifier cover. The eccentrics have rounded parts e, which move in bearings F. The shafts are preferably square, and each one is connected to two others by bevel gear E<2>, so that, on rotating, by any means, one shaft, all the shafts are rotated, and all the eccentrics are therefore simultaneously turned to secure or release the cover. A screw g in each strap moves in a groove g<2> in each eccentric, and, when the clamps are released, a stop g<3> at the end of each groove engages, with the screw to turn the ends of the clamps free from the flange b.
Patent GB-190123959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Manure, the same being also applicable for the Destruction of Worms, Slugs and such like.
Inventor: MILLIGAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-11-26
Abstract: 23,959. Milligan, W. Nov. 26. Manures.-Consists in a composition for use as a manure and for the destruction of worms, slugs, &c. Sulphate of ammonia (61À25 per cent.), guano (15À15 per cent.), kainite (15À15 per cent.), washing-soda or phosphate of soda (4 15 per cent.), sulphur (2À15 per cent.), and alum (2À15 per cent.), are ground and mixed together, and afterwards dried. A manure suitable for the cultivation of plants, fruits, or other garden produce is obtained if saltpetre is substituted for washing-soda in the foregoing mixture. This manure may also be mixed with water and used as a wash.
Patent GB-190125518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Metallic Pipes and Tubes.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-12-13
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 25,518. Thompson, W. P., [Rudolph, C.]. Dec. 13. Flexible metal pipes or tubes are formed by winding spirally a band or strip shaped to the form shown in Fig. 2. The band comprises parts a, c, and f parallel to the axis of the tube, parts b, e, and g inclined to the axis, and the part d bent back from, but attached to, the part c. One or more channels are provided for lodging one or more packing- washers k of rubber or asbestos fibre. The parts d', c', Fig. 4, may be separated so as to receive the horizontal extension m<1> of the band or strip. The bands may be wound in right or left handed directions, the exterior and interior parts being interchanged by a reversal in the winding.
Patent GB-190207036-A (GB)
Title: Weight Sorting Machine.
Inventor: KELLINGTON JOHN
Filed: 1902-03-22
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 7036. Kellington, J. March 22. Separating or sorting by weighing.-An appliance for weighing canned goods &c. and for rejecting those which are under weight is shown in Fig. 1. The filled cans are brought to the machine by a conveyer belt 48, and, after being spaced by a rotating worm 60, they are pushed on to the scalepans by a second worm 63. The weighing-beams 13 (only one shown) are arranged radially and supported on standards 12 on a rotary table 11, which has corresponding apertures 11<a>. Each beam 13, as shown in perspective in Fig. 3, has a scale-pan and a sliding weight 20, and its free end 13<a> projects on to a fixed cam 21. In operation, the cans are slid on to the scale-pans as the tablet rotates in a contra-clockwise direction, and, if of full weight, the beam tilts so that the beam end 13<d> rides on to an upper cam-track 21<c>, Fig. 6, to enable a guide 23 to sweep the can on to a discharge conveyer 24. An underweight can does not tilt the beam, which keeps to the lower track, so that the can escapes the guide 23 but is subsequently removed by a guide 46. Cans of doubtful weight are rejected by the beam end striking a looselypivoted rod 35, Fig. 6, arranged at the junction of the tracks and carrying a pinion 40 gearing with a fixed rack 39. The rotation of the pinion by the beam end causes the beam to take the lower track. A relieving-device consists of a sliding rod 28, Fig. 3, connected to an arm 30<a> ; these are adapted to grip the scale-pan and its guard 19 when a downwardly-projecting lever strikes a track under the table.
Patent GB-190208056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles.
Inventor: BRYANT CHARLES EMMANUEL
Filed: 1902-04-07
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 8056. Bryant, C. E. April 7. Bottles.-The bottom a of a bottle is formed with a recess e, f for the label d, which is gummed on the part e and enamelled on the back, being thus protected from acids &c. When the bottle contains liquid, the label is magnified.
Patent GB-190214638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed and Reversing Gear for Motor Cars and other Machinery.
Inventor: STURMEY JOHN JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 14,638. Sturmey, J. J. H., [Duryea, C. E.]. July 1. Motor road vehicles, variable-speed and reversing gearing for. The pinion 1 on the driving-shaft 2 is geared, through a set of planet-pinions 3, with an internal wheel 4. The chain or other wheel 5, by which motion is transmitted from the mechanism, is secured upon the sleeve of a wheel 8. When the carrier 6 of the planet-pinions is locked to the wheel 8, and the internal wheel is held stationary, the chain-wheel is driven in the same direction as the shaft 2, but at a reduced speed ; by locking the internal wheel as well as the carrier to the wheel 8, the entire mechanism revolves as one piece, and the chain-wheel moves with the shaft 2 ; upon disconnecting the carrier from the wheel 8 and holding it stationary, the internal wheel, the wheel 8, and the chain-wheel are rotated in the opposite direction. By the use of double planet-pinions and an additional internal wheel, a third speed in the forward direction may be obtained. The carrier 6 is connected to its brake wheel 9 by means of the pins on which the pinions are mounted, and to the wheel 8 by means of spring plungers 7 which are retracted upon the application of the brake band 10 to the wheel 9, by means of arms 14 and levers 11 ; the levers for the set of plungers are connected together by a ring 15. The internal wheel 4 has secured to it a flanged ring 19 upon which is screwed a ring 20 ; this forms a brake wheel and is provided with lugs to carry rollers 25. The inside of the ring 19 is coned, and a corresponding surface is formed on a loose disc 21 so that, by pressing up the wedges under the rollers 25, by means of a sliding sleeve, the two conical surfaces are caused to grip a double cone on the surface of the wheel 8, and thus to lock it to the internal wheel. The gearing is mounted on a spindle fixed in the end of the driving-shaft, and supported in a bearing adjacent to the chain-wheel.
Patent GB-190305456-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Manufacturing Buttons out of Hard or Stone Nuts, or Vegetable Ivory and the like.
Inventor: EHRLICH HERMANN
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 5456. Ehrlich, H. March 9. Buttons.-Two buttons, instead of one as heretofore, are obtained from a single hard nut or from a piece of vegetable ivory or the like by first shaping the back or shank side of the button, as shown in Fig. 1, then shaping the other side, as shown in Fig. 2, and finally separating the two buttons, as shown in Fig. 3. The buttons are then finished in the front and perforated.
Patent GB-190309910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Reproducers.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 9910. Johnson, G. W., [American Graphophone Co.]. May 1. Phonographs, graphophones, &c.-Relates to a pivoting-device for the stylus lever used in sound reproducers, for use with sound-records of the laterally-undulating type. The lever 4 is attached at one end to the diaphragm 3, contained in the diaphragm case 1, which is attached to the soundconveying tube 2. The lever 4 is pivoted, by means of its rigid attachment 6, to an extension 10 of the diaphragm-case 1, being supported by points 9, fitting in conical holes 11. Screws 12, furnished with spiral springs 13, pass loosely through the piece 6, and serve to hold the lever and its rigid attachment 6, 7, with the stylus, down to its pivots. The pivots 9 and screws 12 are in one plane, and the diaphragm and stylus are in one line, which is intersected by the line between the pivoting-points 9. These conditions ensure there being no undue pressure on the diaphragm. A knife edge may be substituted for the two pivots 9.
Patent GB-190313133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Numbering or Marking Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-06-11
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 13,133. Boult, A. J., [Troy Laundry Machinery Co.]. June 11. Numbering-apparatus.-Relates to a machine for numbering or marking clothing, bed and table linen, shirts, collars, cuffs, &c., in laundries, factories, &c. A frame 1, preferably enclosed in a casing 4, is provided with a base 2 for attachment to a table 3. Type wheels or discs 7 are carried over a movable platen 38 by a verticallymovable frame 5 guided on rods 6, and each wheel 7 is provided with a gear-wheel 10 for engagement with a toothed segment 11 of a setting-lever 12. The levers 12 are mounted on a shaft 13, and provided with spring catches for engagement in notches 17 in plates 15 on the frame 5, and pass through slots 16 formed by the plates 15. Indicating- numbers are arranged adjacent to the slots 16. An inking-roller 21 is supported by arms 19 pivoted to the frame 5, and is held out of the way by means of links 22 pivoted to the arms 19 and to the frame 1. An inking-pad 35 is pivoted at the front and supported by a spring 37 at the rear. The machine may be operated by hand, foot, or power. A treadle or a hand-lever is attached to a rod or chain 32, which is connected by a cross-bar 31 to spring-supported rods 30. Levers 26 are connected to the rods 30 and pivoted to the frame 1 and linked to arms 28 of the frame 5. The platen 38 is mounted in arms 39 pivoted to the base 2, and spring arms 43 of the platen bear against a depending piece 42 between the arms 39. An arm 45 of the piece 42 is connected to a link 46, which rests on a projection 47 of the base 2 and is connected to a spring-supported rod hung from a yoke carried by an arm 51 of the frame 5. In a modification, the type-wheels are disposed closer together, the intermediate wheels being provided with extension hubs for the gear-wheels, and the setting-levers being correspondingly bent.
Patent GB-190319449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Reducing or Preventing the Production of Sparks at the Collectors or Commutators of Dynamos Electric Motors, and the like
Inventor: THURY RENE
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1904-09-09
Abstract: 19,449. Thury, R. Oct. 16, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Sparking,preventing. - To prevent or reduce sparking at the commutators and collectors of dynamos, motors, rotating transformers, &c., the adjacent commutator &c. segments are connected, either permanently or when in action only, by condensers. In the case of a fixed collector C, Fig. 1, the segments 1, 2, &c. are permanently connected to condensers arranged in two compact sets P', P<2> and connected in series. The condensers are clamped between an insulating-base and upper plates by holding bolts. In the case of a rotating collector &c., the condensers consist of perforated discs clamped on the shaft of the collector &c. between the collector and the armature of the dynamo &c. Terminals project from the condenser plates to facilitate their connection to the segments. With multipolar machines, condensers equal in number to the elementary winding-sections of the armature are provided. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for the temporary connection of the segments of the collector &c. K by a condenser C. The condenser C is connected to one of the main brushes b and to an auxiliary brush b<1>, which has lead relatively to the brush band is too narrow to short-circuit two adjacent segments. For the latter purpose, the segments k are reduced in width at the parts over which the brush b<1> works, the intervening insulation k<1> being correspondingly widened.
Patent GB-190321407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 21,407. Schroeder, F. W. Oct. 5. Variable-speed gearing; bevel gearing. - The driving-shaft a carries a disc c having rings of teeth d gearing with bevel-wheels f, f<1> on the shaft e at right-angles to the driving-shaft. The wheels f, f slide together on the shaft e, and are actuated by the forked lever g. The wheels are so spaced that only one can be in gear at a time, and the wheel f<1> is arranged to drive the shaft e in the opposite direction to the wheels f. The forked lever c<1> allows the disc c to be withdrawn when a different speed ratio is required, and the forked lever b<1> actuates a clutch b. The levers b<1>, c' are so arranged that they become interlocked when the clutch b is in gear and the disc c out of gear with the wheels f or f<1>. The disc c cannot be again thrown into gear until the clutch b is withdrawn. The rings d may be fastened to the disc c in segments, as shown in Fig. 3, the sides of each segment being slightly wedge-shaped.
Patent GB-190322189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mercerizing Yarn.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-10-14
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,189. Thompson, W. P., [Wyser, A.]. Oct. 14. Yarns, mercerizing.- Relates to mercerizing- apparatus in which the hanks on removable stretching-holders 6 are rotated first in a tank 1 filled with mercerizing- liquid and then in an empty tank over which a washing-liquid is sprayed from side pipes 15. As the spraying takes twice as long as the immersing, a second empty tank 1 is provided to make the operations continuous. To economize the mercerizing-liquid, a draining-stand 27 is provided over the tank. To avoid dragging or tangling the underbinding of adjacent hanks as the holders expand, reversing and stopping gear is provided between the main shaft 16 and the worms 19 which gear with the worm-wheels 18 on the shafts of the holders. This consists of pairs of idle pinions 23 on hand-levers 21 having the shaft for fulcrum. One idle pinion of a pair is always in gear with a pinion 17 on the shaft, but, according to the position of the hand-lever, is in or out of gear with the pinion 20 on the worm, and when out of gear, the other idle pinion may be either in or out of gear.
Patent GB-190322392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: SIEGENBERG LEWIS
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 22,392. Siegeaberg, L. Oct. 16. Gas burners.-In order that an incandescent burner B may be readily placed in position upon a bracket H or the like without removing the ordinary fish tail or other burner D, the incandescent burner B is provided with a tubular extension C, which fits over the ordinary burner D, supporting the incandescent burner B,and making a gas-tight joint. The t u b.e C may be tapered, split, or lined with indiarubber, leather, or other resilient material, and a gas nozzle A mav either be formed integrally with the burner B or be dispensed with. In the event of the incandescent burner being damaged, it is slipped off the ordinary burner D, which is then ready for use.
Patent GB-190324464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathe Tail Stocks.
Inventor: STENDER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 24,464. Stender, F., and Zweibr³ck, F. Nov. 11. Lathes.-Tailstocks are fitted with spring-controlled centres. The end e, Figs. 1 and 3, of the tailstock sleeve, is chambered to receive the enlarged end of the spindle i, which is retained in place by a screwed bush. A volute spring g is enclosed between the end e and the end d of the tailstock boring. A pointer l indicates the compression of the spring.
Patent GB-190324914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Engaging Devices and Magnetic Lifting Contrivances for Cranes and other Lifting Devices.
Inventor: REUTER WOLFGANG
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 24,914. Reuter, W. Nov. 16. Lifting-dogs; grabs; lifting by magnets.-Consists in the use of positive mechanical devices to co-operate with lifting-magnets, thereby ensuring safety in operation. Fig. 1 shows a device suitable for lifting bars. The magnet e is hung from a crosshead d to which the arms c of the jaws a are also connected, so that, when the magnet is down, as shown, the jaws are open, and when the magnet has been raised, the jaws are closed and can receive the bars &c. should the magnet be de-energized, whether accidentally or otherwise. In another form of the invention, Fig. 6, the jaws a grip the sides of the object, and in a third form, Fig. 7, the jaws take the form of a single U-shaped piece a<1> pivoted as shown. Light articles can then be loaded in by hand after heavier ones have been dropped into position by the magnet. Fig. 10 shows the same principle embodied in a grab for goods in bulk such as screws, scrap iron, &c.
Patent GB-190326058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Voltage Spark Arresters
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-11-28
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 26,058. Johnson, J. Y., [Elektrizitõts-Akt.- Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co.]. Nov. 28. Lightning- arresters. - In a safety device against excessive voltage consisting of two electrodes A, B, connected to the line to be protected through high resistances, one electrode is formed of metal and the other of carbon. The distance apart of the two electrodes is not altered by the passage of a hightension spark, since the pearls of fused metal on the metal electrode correspond to cavities in the carbon electrode. The horns C, D are for increased safety and do not come into action in normal working.
Patent GB-190326427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnetic Controlling Gear for Electric Arc Lamps Electric Circuit Breakers, and the like Automatic Mechanism
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 26,427. E c k - stein, A., and Angold, A. E. Dec. 3. Electromagnets for arc lamps, circuitbreakers, &c. in which two coils are adapted to act independently or differentially upon a core. In the form shown, the core I slides in a brass tube A on which is fitted an iron sleeve B. The coils F, G are placed on the tube, and are separated by an iron washer C. Similar washers D, E are fitted on the ends of the tube, and are connected bv iron bars or plates H. The magnetic flux passes from the sleeve H through the iron core I, which may be tubular or solid, and, should the coils have unequal magnetizing effects, the core will be correspondingly moved.
Patent GB-190327782-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adaptable Window Blind Roller with Simplified Check-action Fittings.
Inventor: HARKUS WILLIAM SCOTT
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 27,782. Harkus, W. S., and Houlgate, J. E. Dec. 18. Window blinds.-A window-blind roller A is made in two parts adjustably connected by a split steel tube B. The cord end of the roller is fitted with a grooved wheel C covered in the groove by a rubber band, over which runs an endless cord D retained in adjustment by a horseshoe steel spring E, the ends of which are hooked for fixing by a metal flange F on an attachment plate G.
Patent GB-190400680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fishing-bait
Inventor: GEEN PHILIP
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 680. Geen, P. Jan. 11. Artificial bait.-The " spinner" a, instead of being fixed to the bait b so that the whole whirls together, is rotatably mounted upon a pin projecting from the tail of tne bait so that a more effective imitation of a natural fish is obtained. Bristles or like fins d, e may be provided, and a groove passes lengthways down the back of the bait in which lies the shank of a single or double pointed hook h loosely hung from a loop i in front of the bait. The bait is weighted from the head to a point midway between the head and tail.
Patent GB-190403981-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Leather.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3981. Boult, A. J., [Trenckmann, B.]. Feb. 17. Leather prepared from intestines, stomachs, and the like.-An airtight, light, and flexible material, particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of organ pipes, bellows, and the like, is obtained from the outer skin of the blind gut, cleaned with potash or the like, and tanned or otherwise, by treatment with a filling consisting of yolk of eggs, and flour or the like. These skins are then rinsed, stretched, and dried in pairs superposed grain to grain, in which process they adhere together. Finally, the combined skin is freed from fat and rendered supple by working in benzene.
Patent GB-190404610-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dyeing Raw Stock, Wool and similar Materials.
Inventor: WILLARD JAMES ADOLPHUS
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4610. Willard, J. A. May 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dyeing ; washing.-Raw stock, wool, and similar materials are dyed, washed, and fixed in a vat 1 arranged'so that the cotton &c. is completely submerged under the liquids until the colours are set. The raw cotton &c. is placed on the removable perforated bottom 6 of a receptacle 5 within the vat 1, and is compressed by an upper perforated plate 14 which is forced down by a nut 22 on a central rod 18 standing up from the vat and held by depending dogs 28 on vertical bolts 26 within the annular space 23 between the receptacle 5 and the vat. The bottom 6 is supported by angle-irons 8, 9 either on itself or on the vat bottom 4, forming a lower chamber 10. The apace 23 is provided with a steam coil 24 and with supply and suction pipes 33, 38 in connection with a feed-pipe 37, a pump 43, and an auxiliary supply pipe 45 terminating in the perforated deflector 11 in the chamber 10. After the vat and the receptacle 5 have been filled with liquor from the pipes 37, 33, the three-way cocks 36, 42, 52 may be set in such a manner that the pump 43 circulates the liquor either upwards or downwards through the cotton &c. When the dyeing and washing operations are completed, the dogs 28 are swung outwards, the plate 14 is removed, and the cotton &c. lifted out on the bottom 6. suitable ring bolts 21 and chains 13 being provided on these parts for connection to hoisting-gear, which may be operated from the pump engine 44.