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Patent GB-190121593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Wheels for Bicycles, Tricycles Carriages, Carts, and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DAWSON THOMAS
Filed: 1901-10-28
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 21,593. Dawson, T. Oct. 28. Spring wheels ; dust-excluders; felloes or rims; hubs; spokes; tyres, non-elastic.-In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hub C has sockets D adapted to receive the screwed ends of metal tubes E, in which slide plungers G secured at their outer ends to the rim H, either by riveting or by transverse bolts I and distance-pieces K. Within the tubes are helical springs M, on which the inner ends of the plungers bear to give a resilient connection between the hub and rim. Dust-excluding caps L may be fitted on to the outer ends of the tubes. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the hub C is formed in two similar halves, which are fixed together by transverse rivets P so as to secure the inner ends of curved springs 0 in recesses. The outer ends of the curved springs are riveted to a channel-shaped rim H, in which a wood or similar tyre R is secured by rivets S.
Patent GB-190122647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor Control Systems.
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 22,647. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Potter, W. B.]. Nov. 9. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to motor control systems in which a number of series-wound motors are connected in parallel. In order to prevent the exchange of excessive currents between the motors when disconnected from the power circuit and connected for reverse rotation, means are provided for diverting practically all the current from the motor fields whenever the supply circuit is broken. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the equipment for each of the two end cars of an electric railway train, comprising four motors M', M<2>, M<3>, M<4> connected in parallel, a power switch P, a reversing switch RS, a switch E for controlling the operation of the reversing switches, and switches D, F for making ground connections. For the purpose of the invention, connections are made between the junctions a, b, c, d of the armatures and fields of the motors and the fixed contacts a', b<1>, c<1> d' of an electromagnetic switch S, the actuating-coil of which is connected in series with the motors. Whenever the electromagnet is de-energized, a conducting-bar K bridges the contacts a', b<1>, c', d', and so diverts the current from the motor fields.
Patent GB-190125523-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sliding Handle for Staircases.
Inventor: RUDIGER FERDINAND
Filed: 1901-12-13
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 25,523. Rudiger, F. Dec. 13. Balusters and hand - rails. - A handle d, attached to an endless cords passing round pulleys at the ends of a guide-rail t, slides in a groove in the rail, and is formed with a toothed counterweighted projection n, which engages with a rack z<1> under the rail when the handle is pressed down heavily, or by a falling person. A weight g, attached to the upper part of the cord, returns the handle automatically to the top of the guide-rail. The weight comes in contact with a spring catch and buffer spring at the lower end of the rail, and is thus brought to rest. Instead of the weight g, a second handle may be attached to the cord, so as to move in the opposite direction to the first handle.
Patent GB-190125976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Liquids with Gases or Gases with Liquids
Inventor: VOSMAER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-12-19
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 25,976. Vosmaer, A., and Lebret, A. Dec. 19. Aerating liquids.-Apparatus for treating any liquid with a gas, or any gas with a liquid, applicable for treating water with ozone, is constructed of a column, into the upper part a of which the water or other liquid is introduced by a tube b, and from which the treated gas escapes through a tube n. A lower portion c is provided with an annular chamber m, from which the liquid escapes through the tube d, and which is separated from the interior of the chamber by a vertical screen k having perforations l of a diameter of about “ m.m. The portion c is supported by the lowest portion e, into the bottom of which the air or gas is admitted through a tube f. Between the parts c and e is a diaphragm g, the central portion of which is provided with perforations h of about <1>/20 m.m. in diameter. The diaphragm supports a vertical cylinder i. In use, the air or gas under pressure is broken up into very small bubbles on passing through the diaphragm h, which bubbles are conducted upwards by the cylinder i, and have no tendency to pass out with the liquid through the perforations l. On the other hand, the liquid cannot pass out through the fine perforations in the plate g. Thus, intimate contact between the liquid and the gas is effected without any loss of gas.
Patent GB-190205373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevator and Conveyor Chains.
Inventor: GIBBONS WILLIAM PIKE
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 5373. Gibbons, W. P., and Gibbons, G. B. A. March 4. Lubricating conveyer and elevator chains. The joint-pin b is fixed in the outer links a<1>, a<2>, and the bush d in the inner links f<1>, f<2>. The bush is formed with an annular chamber j to contain lubricant, and with a hole k passing through it. The lubricant is supplied through a hole, fitted with a screw plug i, in the roller g.
Patent GB-190207066-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Substitute for Coffee Extract, and Process for Making the same.
Inventor: GRUENFELD ADOLF
Filed: 1902-03-22
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 7066. Gr³nfeld, A. March 22. Coffee substitutes.-A substitute for coffee extract is prepared by treating powdered roasted horse chestnuts with water, boiling the liquid, adding water, allowing to settle, concentrating the clear liquid, adding a solution of salt, after again allowing to settle adding burnt sugar with a solution of potash, boiling, and adding water. If a solution of the paste produced, to which sugar has been added, is still bitter, an addition is made of a rectifying- liquid prepared in a similar manner to the original decoction with the omission of the horse chestnuts. After standing, the liquid is boiled, hermetically sealed in vessels, and exposed to a temperature of 60‹-70‹ C., after which it is ready for sale or for use.
Patent GB-190211085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cranes.
Filed: 1902-05-14
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 11,085. Stothert & Pitt, and Evans, E. May 11. Motors, controlling.-Relates to electric cranes fitted with a hand or foot-power brake. When the brake lever A is in its 'off' position, the controller lever B can be moved freely, but, when the brake lever is moved to its on position, the controller lever is moved to its 'off' position and there retained, thus rendering it impossible to give undue current to the motor when the armature is locked by the brake. This connection is effected by means of a pin E on the lever B, engaged either by a slotted link D connected to the brake lever, or, where the two levers have the same centre, by a horn on the brake lever.
Patent GB-190213265-A (GB)
Title: An Adjusting Device for Hair Clippers.
Inventor: MACKIE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-11
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 13,265. Mackie, W. June 11. Horse-clippers and the like.-Relates to a device for attachment to bair-clippers to regulate the length of hair left uncut. The clipper is supported by an adjustable shield b which rests on the skin. This shield, which may have prongs or teeth on its front edge, is adjusted by two nuts d which engage with screws c fixed to the shield. The nuts are carried in loops or brackets e on a plate f which is fixed beneath the comb plate of the clipper by means of its bent-over side edges, screws g, spring clips h, and lugs k.
Patent GB-190218764-A (GB)
Inventor: MATHEWS GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 18,764. Mathews, G. F. Aug. 26. Ovens.-Relates to peels for bakers' ovens. A metal stay or bracket C, Fig. 1, is attached to each side of the shoulder of the peel head A and projects beyond the shoulder, the projecting part of each stay being grooved on the inside so as to embrace the handle B, Fig. 2, which has an iron dowel D at its end to fit into a hole H at the bottom of the peel socket F. The handle is secured to the peel head by means of a bolt E, which passes through the handle and through slots G in the projecting parts of the stays C.
Patent GB-190221688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axles for Vehicles.
Inventor: SIMONS WILLIAM CARROLL
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 21,688. Simons, W. C. Oct. 6. Axles.-Relates to axles which can be adjusted to take up the wear produced by rotation of the wheel. The axle arm B formed on each arm of the axle A is split longitudinally along the plane D, and the outer end of the slot is shaped to receive a wedge E, which is secured by rivets F, and which has a screwed end E<1> for the securing-nut. A clip G embraces the axle, and between this clip and the collar C a set-screw H is threaded through one half of the axle to bear against the other, so that, after the clip has been loosened, the set-screw can be turned to force apart slightly the halves of the axle. The space between them may be filled with cotton waste saturated with oil, and the set-screw may be replaced by a wedge.
Patent GB-190223112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horseshoe Calks.
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM JOHN ELMER
Filed: 1902-10-23
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 23,112. Cunningham, J. E. Feb. 21, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Roughing; calks. -The calk 5 is detachably fixed to the shoe 1 by lugs 3 and by a piece 9, which fits in a hole in the upwardlybent extension 4 of the calk and is locked by a key 12 forced between the calk and the piece 9. The key is kept in place by bending up its ends.
Patent GB-190227262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Sand-blast Apparatus
Inventor: WEILL SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 27,262. Weill, S., [Soc. des Etablissements S. Grauer & Cie.]. Dec. 10. Sand blast.-The sand, which is contained in a reservoir a, Fig. 1, having a conical bottom, is delivered past a regulating screw e or valve into a cylinder d<1>, and compressed air, issuing from an injector f conveys it along a pipe g to a jet pipe h terminating in a tempered-steel nozzle h<2>. Two equally-inclined tubes h<1> entering the jet h on opposite sides supply compressed air, which mingles with the sand and drives it on to the article treated. The air is supplied to the injector f through a valve i, Fig. 2, actuated from a pivoted lever k, the other end of which is connected to a piston l working in a cylinder j<1>. The space above the piston l communicates with the air pipe j, and also, through the outlet l<5>, with a flexible pipe passing to the tubes h<1> and containing a valve j<3>. On opening the valve j<3>, the pressure above the piston l is reduced sufficiently to allow the air in the pipe j to lift the valve i and start the blast. On closing the valve j<3>, the pressure on the piston l is restored and the piston and the lever k descend and close the valve i. In a modification, the air is led through the valve i direct to a nozzle placed centrally in the jet h, and a branch pipe passes from the valve to the cylinder d' to drive the sand down an inclined pipe which divides and delivers the sand into two oblique passages in the jet h where it mingles with, and is driven forward by, the air. The valve i and a cock in the air tube are operated by hand. Any other compressed gas, or steam, may be employed, the valve i in this case being closed by a screw, Fig. 2, and the sand being conveyed along the pipe by suction.
Patent GB-190300689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Spinning and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: PFERDEKAEMPER EWALD
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 689. Pferdekõmper, E. Jan. 10. Spindle apparatus. -The flyer 1 is mounted in a fixed bracket, is driven by a cord 3, and drags round the bobbin and spindle by the tension of the yarn. The spindle is mounted loosely in the copping-rail 9, and carries a disc 6 upon which the bobbin rests. To diminish friction in the spindle bearings, the spindle may be made hollow. To facilitate the doffing of the bobbins while running, the spindles extend within them only for about half their height, so that they may be removed during the lower portion of the lift, the flyer of the particular bobbin to be doffed being stopped by hand.
Patent GB-190301005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1005. Kitchen, J. G. A., and Perkins, L. P. Jan. 15. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the staying of the under carriages or framework in vehicles having four wheels, driven by steam or internal combustion motors. To each end of the motor crank case 10, or the change-speed gear case, a bracket carrying a journal 4 is rigidly attached, on which, fitted in two halves, is a collar having two transverse bosses or pivots 6 formed on it. The sleeves 13, 14 of the driving and leading axles are connected to the pivots 6 by the links 15, so that the links are capable of swinging about the pivots. The mode of attachment permits one or both wheels to move upwards when passing over uneven ground without disturbing the plane of the frame.
Patent GB-190308731-A (GB)
Title: Wind or Water Current Motor
Inventor: MAREK JOHN ALBERT
Filed: 1903-04-17
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 8731. Marek, J. A. April 17. Wind motors.-A rotary motor adapted to be driven by a current of water, but which may also be driven by wind or waves, is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Several vane wheels 12 are mounted on a shaft 11 supported in a cylindrical casing 5, which has at its inlet end a pair of hinged gates 6, adjustable by means of a rack and pinion 39. The casing has lugs 24 engaging with the frame 23 and it can be adjusted vertically by pulley gearing 27. The vane-wheel shaft has sprocket-wheels 19 geared to wheels 17 on the driving-shaft 16, which is connected by sprocket gearing 34 to a rotary pump 33, and has a driving-pulley 20.
Patent GB-190310921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Refrigerating and Ice-making Machines
Inventor: HESKETH EVERARD
Filed: 1903-05-13
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,921. Hesketh, E. May 13. Ice-making.-A container A of compressed or liquefied gas is connected to the discharge side of the system between the expansion valve D and the cooler C. The container G is shown as connected in the usual way to the suction side of the system.
Patent GB-190312162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Suspending or Displaying Boots Shoes or the like.
Inventor: GREENWOOD HERBERT
Filed: 1903-05-28
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 12,162. Greenwood, H. May 28. Displaying.-For displaying boots, shoes, and like articles in windows, show cases, &c., the support 1, Fig. 1, constructed from a sheet-metal stamping shaped to the sole of the boot and provided with a beading 2 round the edges, is hung from the window rods 6 by means of four cords 5 engaging with eyelet holes 3 or notches 4. One end of the support has a hook 8 for hanging it on the window rods when not in use. In a modification, Fig. 3, the support is formed from a single piece of wire, the ends of which are turned up to produce the hook.8, the eyelet holes 3 being either clamped to the corners or formed as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The boot is placed on the support with the inside of the heel resting against the hook 8, the support being invisible.
Patent GB-190317318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Playing Balls.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,318. Page, S. E., [Kleinert Rubber Co., I. B.]. Aug. 10. Balls.-Golf and other playing balls are constructed with soft hollow spherical cores A of indiarubber, celluloid, or other resilient material covered with gutta-percha, which is wound in bands upon the cores. The guttapercha bands form a grain throughout the outer shell C of each ball, which runs circumferentially, as shown in Fig. 4. After the outer shell has been wound on, the ball is placed under compression so as to form projections E on the outside. The cores may consist of inflated rubber balls.
Patent GB-190317370-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Dissolving Gases in Liquids for the Purpose of Keeping Alive Animal and Vegetable Organisms in Water.
Inventor: KALTENEGGER FERDINAND
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,370. Kaltenegger, F., and Liburnau, Norbert Lorenz, Ritter von. Aug. 10. Aquaria; fish culture ; fish tanks.-Relates to a method of dissolving gases in water for keeping alive aquatic animals and their ova and for fishhatching cases and aquaria. As shown in the Figure, a is an ordinary gas cylinder with a suitable reducing-valve b, which is connected to a porous diaphragm g. This diaphragm, which may be a hollow porous stone, is placed in the water in which the gas is to be dissolved. The water soaking into the pores of the diaphragm meets the outflowing gas and becomes super-saturated, and by diffusion saturates the water outside. It is stated that any gas escaping from the diaphragm does so in extremely minute bubbles which are dissolved before reaching the surface of the water. The amount of gas passing into the porous chamber per second can be made approximately constant, although the pressure of the gas in a varies, by allowing the gas to pass through a fine opening h in a partition in the tube c.
Patent GB-190318511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watering Troughs.
Inventor: LEAL ALBERT HENRY
Filed: 1903-08-27
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 18,511. Leal, A. H. Aug. 27. Feeding and drinking appliances for animals.- Troughs for watering and feeding cattle, pigs, &c. designed with the object of preventing lodgment of dirt &c., interference of one animal with another, and breakage by formation of ice therein. The troughs consist of one or more sheets of metal 7 bent into the form shown in section in Fig. 4, and riveted to flanges 10 on end plates 8. Orossbars 15 are provided at regular intervals, and the troughs are supported by legs 9 and feet 12 on the end-plates. The upper edges are turned outwards over a rod 17 ; or tubes 18 are slotted and driven over them as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190320086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Rolling Axles and the like.
Inventor: WALKER GEORGE EDWIN
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 20,086. Walker, G. E., and Peacock, A. Sept. 18. Rolling.-Axles or like bars are rolled between three parallel rolls rotating in the same direction, the work being placed centrally between and parallel to the rolls. The rolls swell in diameter towards the centre to form the reduced central portion of the axle, and have sliding collars D to form the roll journals. The collars may be adjusted independently or simultaneously by hand or by mechanism, that shown consisting of a right and left handed screw G engaging yokes J embracing the collars. The top roll is shown as adjusted by hydraulic cylinders, but the top and the lower rolls may be adjusted by various means.
Patent GB-190321864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surveying Instruments.
Inventor: BELL ARTHUR LANGTRY
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 21,864. Bell, A. L. Oct. 12. Levelling-staves.- In order to adjust a staff, it is fitted with an auxiliary sighting device as shown in Fig. 1. A rectangular piece of wood B with white sides and a black-painted end face b, is clamped so as to stand out normal to the graduated face of the staff. The latter is then adjusted until, as seen through a telescope, the end face b only is visible. The block B may be pivoted to the 'staff, to fold into a recess when not in use. Two parallel and similar flaps, one behind the other and painted a different colour, may be hinged to the staff ; or a disc with a broad tyre, black on the outside and white on the inside, may be employed. The two flaps may also be threaded on a tube.
Patent GB-190408411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Lathes.
Inventor: PEALING JOSEPH JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 8411. Pealing, J. J., and Harrison, J. D. April 12. Lathes. - Grinding and lapping devices are driven by an adjustable countershaft, arranged, when a rising and falling headstock is used, so as to dispense with belt - tightening arrangements. The countershaft a is carried by brackets b from the lathe bed, and is provided with a pulley d' and speed cone d. A feathered extension f sliding in the countershaft a, carries a driving-pulley e and is clamped in position by a nut h on a taper screwed extension k of the countershaft, provided with a number of saw cuts, and by a coned screw m engaging a recess l in the end of the extension f, which is also saw cut. Fig. 1 illustrates the invention more particularly as applied to a footlathe. The flywheel comprises a pulley o and speed cone o'. The pulley o drives the countershaft, and the lathe spindle is driven from the speed cone d. When higher speeds are required, the lathe spindle is driven direct from the speed cone o'. The countershaft a is mounted on a level with the headstock spindle when the latter is in its intermediate position, thus allowing it to be raised or lowered without the provision of a belt-tightener.
Patent GB-190414426-A (GB)
Title: A Computing-scale for Reducing the Levels obtained from Surveying Instruments
Inventor: RICHARDSON ADAM DEWAR
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,426. Richardson, A. D. June 27. Calculating-apparatus.-An instrument for reducing levels obtained from surveying-instruments consists of two concentric rings a, b, graduated in opposite directions and fitted together as shown. A sliding part c moves freely over the rings and is provided with a glass d, on which verniers, one for each ring, are engraved to right and left of a zero line. To reduce the levels, this zero line is set, on the outer scale, to the reduced level of the starting- point, and the sliding part is fixed by a clamping- screw f. The inner ring is moved until the backsight at the starting-point coincides with the zero, when the two rings are fixed by a clamp e. The screw f is then released, and the zero of the slide c is set on the inner scale to the next level-staff reading, and the reduced level is read off on the outer scale.
Patent GB-190414489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Appertaining to Mechanical Music-sheets for Automatic Music-playing Instruments.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,489. Thompson, W. P., [Wilcox & White Co.]. June 27. Automatic instruments, tune-sheets for. The perforated music-sheet is provided with the line 5 to mark the division of the upper and lower register note-perforations, and with distinctive marks n', or letters, for the melody notes. One side of the tune-sheet may be coloured distinctively.
Patent GB-190416244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Document Files.
Inventor: BONG MARTIN OLOF
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,244. Bong, M. O. July 22. Filing papers.-A file for documents has a hinged back 2, Figs. 2 aod 3, to which wires 6 on which the documents are threaded are attached. The back is opened by a spring and held in the closed position normally by a hand operated catch. In the example shown, the spring is coiled around the pivot 3, its ends being attached to the two portions 2 of the hinged back. The plate 7 is fixed to one half of the back, and, in the closed position of the file, projects through a slot in the other half, where it is held by a spring-controlled catch 9, which may be released by pressing a button 12. The file then assumes its open position, Fig. 3. The catch 9 may engage with either of the two holes 10 in the plate 7, the outer one allowing the file to be partially open for more conveniently handling the documents.