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Patent GB-190305923-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machinery or Appliances to be used in connection with the Grinding of certain kinds of Springs
Inventor: BACHE ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 5923. Bache, E. W. March 14. Chucks for use in grinding springs. The end of a spiral or other spring is ground on the face or edge of a grindstone, the spring being held in an adjustable work-holder fixed to an ordinary compound slide-rest. The spring is gripped by several adjustable jaws e moved by the screws e<1> working in the bosses d<6> on the ring d<5>. A hollow cylinder d' slides with a longitudinal motion limited by fixed stops in the upper part of the standard c<1>, and is connected by arms (not shown) with the ring d<5>, which can thus be rotated. The guide-pieces f which bear against these arms prevent the jaws e from moving laterally, whilst the swivel-piece e<20> prevents the jaws from turning with the screws e<1>. Traversing and surfacing motions are imparted to the work-holder from the slide-rest, the top slide of which bears the standard c<1> of the workholder and also a fixed bracket carrying a thrustplate to take the thrust of the spring at the end of an adjustable rod.
Patent GB-190307857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brakes for Motor Driven Vehicles
Inventor: BERGMANN EMIL
Filed: 1903-04-04
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7857. Bergmann, E. April 4. Motor road vehicles. - Consists in providing means for disconnecting the motor from the driven axle, when the brake lever is operated in applying the brakes. The motor is carried in the front of the vehicle and is provided with a friction disc a, with which the disc d can be placed in gear, the motion being transmitted from the disc d to the back driving-axle by suitable means, such as chains &c. The disc d is mounted on the axle c carried by short links pivoted in bearings b on the vehicle frame, the rods i connecting the links to the back axle, which supports the frame by bearings capable of sliding. The brake lever z, carrying the brake blocks l, is pivoted to the frames. When the brake blocks are applied to the back wheels, the frame and the disc a slide relatively to the back wheels and disc d, so that the friction discs are disconnected. Connection between them can be made by operating the brake lever in the opposite direction, when the lower end of the lever engages the lugs p fixed on the rods i.
Patent GB-190309232-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Machines for Crimping or Folding Metal Strips
Inventor: NEWELL FRANK CLARENCE
Filed: 1903-04-23
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 9232. Newell, F. C., and England, A. April 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bending.-A machine for crimping or folding a metal strip or ribbon to form a flexible conductor for the resistance coils of electric heaters, rheostats, &c., has three vertical shafts mounted in a framing 1 and geared together so that they may be driven at the same speed from a horizontal pulley shaft (not shown). One shaft carries a crank disc, the pin 12 of which engages an opening 60 in a lever 29 pivoted at 30 on the underside of the table 3. The other vertical shafts carry cams 21, 22, which rock levers 23, 24, pivoted on the underside of the table and engaging slides 33, 34 with pins projecting through slots in the table. Arms 39, 40, with intermeshing-fingers a<1>, b<1>, c<1>, and a, b. c, respectively, are pivoted on the slide pins and pressed towards stop-bowls 47, 48 on the table by spring plungers in casings 53, 54, between which the crimped strip issues, the strip being further guided by a vertically - adjustable cap-plate 55 on a bridgepiece 52. In the operation of the machine, the strip is passed between a pair of rollers 50, which are carried by the lever 29 and project above the table, the end of the strip being gripped by the fingers a, a'. The rotation of the crank-pin 12 to the position d rocks the lever 29 so that the rollers 50 assume the position shown in dotted lines and fold the strip along the outside of the finger a. As the pin 12 moves from d to e, the lever 29 remains stationary due to the segmental shape of the opening 60, but the lever 23 is operated to draw back the arm 39 so that the finger a<1> may be on the outside of the finger a when the arm is returned, an inclined face 66 on the arm allowing it to turn on its pivot as the face passes the bowl 47. As the pin 12 moves from e to f, the lever 29 is oscillated to form the second crimp or fold on the outside of the finger a<1>, the first crimp being held between the fingers a, a'. The return of the pin 12 to the position shown places the finger a again on the outside, the cycle of operations being repeated and the crimped strip passing out through the fingers.
Patent GB-190309956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Operating Fire Alarms.
Inventor: SIMPSON HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-02
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 9956. Simpson, H., and Thomlinson, R. May 2. Alarms, fire and temperature.-An alarm, similar to that described in Specification No. 22,666, A.D. 1900, is actuated automatically when the temperature gradually or suddenly reaches a predetermined maximum. The alarm consists of a long tube 3 containing an expansible liquid acting on a flexible capsule 4 communicating with a rubber tube 5 constrained to move axially. A liquid container, housed in the casing 1 and connected to a similar tube 7, is made of material that responds slowly to changes of temperature and assumes the normal temperature of the room. The tubes 5, 7 act, respectively, on adjustable contacts A, B. With a sudden rise of temperature, the contact A overtakes the contact B and completes the circuit of the bell 11. With a gradual rise in temperature, the contacts A, B move until the former closes on the latter against the fixed contact C. The circuit may be tested by a push 13.
Patent GB-190310218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garbage Crematories.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 10,218. Thompson, W. P., [Municipal Engineering Co.]. 'May 5. Corpses, cremating.-A crematory for garbage &c. has a main central body 1 with two series of horizontal chambers 2, 3 separated by a floor 4 with doors 21 operated by chains passing through the roof. Communication between these chambers and chimney flues 5, 7 is controlled by pivoted dampers 13, 18 operated by spindles 15 and cranks 16. The bottom part of the flue 7 is supported by columns 10, and consists of cast metal plates 8 bolted together and having wings or flanges projecting into the central chamber 6. Walls 20 extend from the lower chamber 11 into the chambers 3, the communication of which with the garbage drying and consuming chambers is controlled by hinged dampers 45. For starting the apparatus and drying the initial charge preparatory to burning, disposing of dead animals which cannot be treated successfully in other parts of the apparatus, and heating the central stack flue to produce a draught up the outer flue, a furnace is provided, having a grate 23 in the position shown. Doors 25, 27 are provided to the ashpit 24 and the furnace chamber 26. The wall 28, forming the back of the ashpit, has a perforated metal cup 29 registering with openings in the wall. A grate 29<a> is provided to receive any animal matter introduced through an opening sealed by two covers 30, 31. The products of combustion pass through a chamber 48 into the central chamber 11 or through an opening 34 into the adjacent-chamber 3. A bye-pass 35, passing under the ashpit, connects the chamber 2 on the left to the chamber 3 on the right.
Patent GB-190310642-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Gauge or Indicator.
Inventor: WHITAKER ALFRED
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,642. Whitaker, A. May 11. Water levels, indicating.-For indicating the quantity of water in tanks or reservoirs, especially the tanks of locomotives, a float a, Fig. 8, is arranged to slide on a spindle h, which is caused to rotate by the motion of the float, the rotation being indicated on a dial y. The rotation may be communicated to the float and the spindle by means of a spiral groove or slot p in the tube b, or to the spindle only by means of a spiral groove in the spindle itself, or a twisted spindle of square section, the float being guided by a vertical rod. The tube b may be inside the tank, as shown, or outside and connected to the tank by a pipe. The pointer of the dial may be attached to the spindle h directly, or connected by bevel gearing with a horizontal spindle w of suitable length. Or instead of a dial, a drum may be mounted on the spindle h bearing numbers to appear through an opening in the casing. Fig. 3 shows the way in which the tube b is secured in the tank. The bearings u, j for the two spindles are formed in one piece and the spindle h is made of I section. The boss m and pin o are both formed on a plate n attached to the float.
Patent GB-190316419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Liquids.
Inventor: JUNKERS HUGO
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 16,419. Junkers, H. July 25. Boilers &c.-Relates to improvements upon the heating-surfaces described in Specification No. 13,113, A.D. 1902. To counteract injurious expansion and contraction of the heating-surfaces, the surfaces are slotted transversely and longitudinally, the slots in width being preferably not greater than the distance apart of the surfaces of the plates. By way of example, Figs. 6 and 13 show in plan plates with longitudinal slots a and transverse slots b. Fig. 18 shows a continuous ziz-zag plateforming band and Fig. 20 a series of plates engaging one another like combs, each of which is constructed with slots. The shaded portions indicate the connection to the enclosing-wall of the liquid space, which may be effected by soft solder.
Patent GB-190323091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: AUSTIN HERBERT
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 23,091. Austin, H. Oct. 26. Cream separators &c.-Relates to centrifugal machines in which the separation of liquids from one another is effected between the surfaces of superposed conical plates arranged within a rapidlyrevolving bowl. Cream passes direct from the separator plates to the outlet, at which it is collected without passing in contact with the inflowing milk. The conical plates B are arranged round the central hollow pillar C so as to leave an annular space b into which the milk passing down the pillar flows through openings a. The plates, portions of which are shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 5, have their inner edges curled over so as to form pockets e in which the cream collects. The pockets e are connected to vertical slots d, Fig. 4, in the exterior surface of the pillar by tubes or nozzles c, which bridge across the annular space b and form supports for the plate immediately above. The vertical slots d may be replaced by an annular space formed by a tube surrounding the pillar. The slots d or annular passage communicate with a passage in which an adjusting-screw h and a projecting lip g are arranged. The milk passes up the space m to an outlet p.
Patent GB-190324618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Building and Decorating Materials.
Inventor: SILBIGER ADOLPHUS
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 24,618. Silbiger, A. Nov. 12. Waterproofing-compoaitions.-A composite board used for building and decorating is rendered weather-proof by being washed with zinc or magnesium fluoride.
Patent GB-190408716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traps for Catching Rats and the like.
Inventor: NELSON LINUS
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 8716. Nelson, L., and Ekelund, O. E. April 15. Traps.-Relates to a rat or mouse trap provided with self-setting means. The animal on entering passes on to a tilting platform 2, pivoted at 3, which by means of the upright piece 4 lifts the pivoted lock-bar 5, thereby releasing the falling trap door 1. The animal then passes on to the tilting platform 8 and is dropped into the vessel of water 10. The other end of the platform 8 raises the lever 7, which engages the arm 6, thereby raising the trap-door 1, the lock-bar 5 falling into position to hold it open, and the platform 8 and lever 7 swinging back. The bait 13 is placed inside the wire net crib 12, and is accessible by withdrawing the water vessel 10.
Patent GB-190409427-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Electro-magnetic Sanding Gear for use on Electric Railways and Tramways Operated Instantaneously with the Electric Brake from the Controller Handle.
Inventor: CROSBIE CHARLES WILSON
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 9427. Crosbie, C. W., and Ward, A. April 25. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-For sanding rails on electric railways and tramways the current generated by the motors for rheostatic, magnetic, or other braking energizes a solenoid g, the armature k of which opens the valve a<1> of the sand box a by means of the link j and lever b. The restoring-springs l may be set so that the valve is opened by a predetermined braking-current. Ordinary operation of the sand box may be effected independently by the pedal f, which moves the bell crank d and rod a attached to the lower arm of the lever b. The device is fitted at both ends of the car, the one which is operated by the forward controller always being used.
Patent GB-190413919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose-Leaf Books.
Inventor: PITT WILLIAM PERCIVAL
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,919. Pitt, W. P. June 20. Filing papers; portfolios.-The loose leaves of a loose-leaf book are held by hooks fixed to plates which are retained by other plates adapted to a cover of book form. The hooks 7, 8, Figs. 1 and 3, have a wedge-shaped tongue 9 and recess 10, respectively, and are fastened to the plates 4, which wedge together in a similar way. The spring plate 11, Figs. 1 and 4, with flanges 12 holds the plates 4 together and has recesses 14 registering with the hooks 7, 8. A similar retaining-plate 16, Figs. 1 and 2, engages the spring plate 11 and holds down a piece 19 of cloth, passing under the flanges 17 and fastened to the inner surfaces of the sides 2 of the cover, which are covered with paper or leather sheets 22 to give a finished appearance of book form. In a modification, the plates 4<a>, Fig. 8, are held together by a plate 24 which has alternately-arranged tongues 25 as shown, and the retaining-plate 16 is secured to a strip of tarboard fastened to the inner surface of the back cover 3, Fig. 1, by rivets passing through marginal recesses 27 in the tongue-plate.
Patent GB-190414375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Delivery Devices for Tile and like Moulding Machines.
Inventor: HENRY DAVID FORD
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 14,375. Henry, D. F. June 25. Moulding tiles &c. -Relates to apparatus for turning hollow fireproofing- tiles and other clay products from a horizontal to a vertical position as they emerge from the press, and depositing them on portable pallets. The invention is specially applicable for delivering tiles to the drier described in Specification No. 28,604, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Drying], but may be used with other apparatus. Four boards 5, Figs. 1 and 2, slidably mounted on a shaft 4, are brought in succession opposite a discharge-table 2 of a press, and receive the tiles on loose pallets 6. The intermittent motion of the shaft 4 is obtained from slats 15 connecting driving-chairs 10 and engaging shoulders 14 formed on opposite sides of a drum 13 secured to the shaft 4. The slats are held by spring catches 16, Fig. 5, on the drum 13. The pallet and tiles are then carried over and deposited on arms 19 projecting from a table 18, which is retracted by racks 20 and pinions 21, and brings the pallet over lifts 26 of a conveyer or elevator 2@, whence it is transferred to a drying or other apparatus. The table 18 is automatically retracted by a projection on an endless chain 30 engaging a lug 35 on the table, and is returned by a weighted cord 24 rotating the pinioas 21.
Patent GB-190416728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compounding Dynamo-electric Machines for Three-wire Systems.
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 16,728. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. July 31, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dynamos, regulating ; field magnets.-In compounding generators for three-wire systems, e.g., when it is required to run the machine in parallel with an ordinary compound - wound machine, instead of dividing the series winding equally between the two outer wires of the supply system, the same result is arrived at by connecting the main series winding H to one of the outer wires and effecting the balancing by means of a second series winding h joined to the middle wire. The winding h has preferably half the number of turns of the main winding, and is wound in the same sense as the latter. The invention is applicable also to series - wound machines.
Patent GB-190423113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machine Guns
Inventor: GRAVE LANCELOT WALTER DE
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,113. Grave, L. W. de. Oct. 27. Machine guns.- In adapting automatic guns for blank -ammunition practice, a valve B<2>, adjusted by a screwed bush D and spring C to yield at any given pressure, is carried oy a casing E, with longitudinal slots, screwed to the blankammunition attachment F. The gases, wad, &c. escape through the valve B' and tapered passage G, and pass out through the slots. The Provisional Specification states that the attachment F may be of the kind described in Specification No. 20,355, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190426983-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cooking Stove for Burning Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: GOETZE HERMANN
Filed: 1904-12-10
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 26,983. G÷tze, H. Dec. 10. Spirit lamps.-A cooking stove or burner, burning spirit &c., consists of a stand or vessel a packed with porous stone b, to which the spirit may be supplied by an adjacent reservoir.
Patent GB-190428463-A (GB)
Title: An Automatically Closing Cock or Valve.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,463. Mills, B. J. B., [Blein, T., and SallÚ, E.]. Dec. 527. Lift valves; waste-preventing valves; shocks, preventing.-Relates to a push or other valve which does not open until the push-knob or other operating-mechanism is returned to its normal position, and which gradually closes automatically, so preventing the fraudulent obtaining of a continuous flow. On the first pressing of the knob d of the push-valve, a bye-pass valve p, attached to a fluted stem o, is opened to introduce the water pressure behind a piston j and so to equilibrate a valve i, which co-operates with a seating in a partition a. On further depression of the knob d, this valve is opened and the water is free to pass through the perforations in a guide-plunger l. At the same time, however, a piston c fixed to the push-spindle has closed the exit g, so that the pushknob and cylinder must be returned before the water can flow. The valve i then remains open until the water which fills the space between the cylinder c and the piston j has escaped by leakage or through a hole p. During the closing of the valve, the perforations in the piston l are gradually closed, and any shock is thereby prevented.
Patent GB-190501072-A (GB)
Title: Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: GEROW ROYAL
Filed: 1905-01-19
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 1072. Gerow, R., and Grerow, G. H. Jan. 19. Incandescent lamps, which can be easily opened to permit renewal of the filaments, are constructed as shown. The open end of the bulb B is made with a bead, and is cemented or otherwise fastened in a ring b<1>, which is screwed on a metal cap a, with a rubber gasket B' to 'make the joint tight ; the cap a contains a porcelain body A', formed as shown in section, and provided with a central hole containing a conical valve 8, to seal the lamp after exhaustion through the hole. The outer end of the hole in the porcelain contains a sleeve to receive a screw plug 10, forming a central contact. The leading-in wires pass through the porcelain, and the filament is held in contact with them by screws in rings A<4>, on parts of the porcelain insulator.
Patent GB-190502648-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Construction of Ball Bearings.
Filed: 1905-02-09
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 2648. Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., Austin, H., and Silverman, L. Feb. 9. Ball bearings.-Two rings of balls B are inserted through a single aperture in one of the race rings, such aperture being closed by a plug E shaped to complete the ball-races. The plug has an elongated head e<2> lying in grooves in the ring C, and is held in place by the cap D. The diameter of the plug E is equal to the distance between the centres of the balls. The ball-races in the ring are connected by the crosschannel d in the inner ring or may consist of a single broad channel. The plug may be of sufficient width to render the channel d unnecessary. Fig. 8 shows a shouldered plug prevented from turning by the key g engaging grooves in the head and in the ring C.
Patent GB-190502757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Vehicles for Passengers.
Inventor: SERGEANT CHARLES SPENCER
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 2757. Sergeant, C. S., and Lindall, J. Feb. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric motor vehicles. - In electric cars in which the passenger-carrying capacity is increased by utilizing the end platforms for the accommodation of passengers, the usual end walls between the body and platforms are dispensed with, the end walls of the body being located near the end sills of the car and only a small space being provided for the motorman. To provide for the rapid emptying and filling of the car, sliding doors are fitted in the sides at each end of the car, in addition to the side doors at the centre of body, and may be operated pneumatically and locked automatically and unlocked by the motorman from outside the car body. A pneumatic cushion on the edge of each door prevents injury to the fingers or dress of passengers, if trapped, and serves also to make a draught-tight and weather - tight joint. Fig. 3 shows a plan of one end of the car. The small end platform g is shut off from the body by a sliding door h. Each of the side doors n is attached to a piston-rod p, Fig. 5, the piston of which slides in a cylinder r, to either end of which compressed air from a reservoir can be admitted by the guard or operator by means of a four-way cock in order to open and close the door. The door, as it closes, is locked by a hook 77, projecting from it, engaging a spring bolt 72, which can be withdrawn, for unlocking the doors, by an attendant on the platform g operating a treadle 76. On the edge of each door, or on the jamb, is the pneumatic cushion 61, which can be filled with air through an inflating-valve. The doors at the centre of the car may be operated by compressed air in a similar manner. One of the side doors at the end of the car is provided with an opening which is normally closed by a window sliding on rollers running on the piston-rod as a guide. Each door is provided at its inner end with a yielding stop 170 of rubber &c. to relieve the cushion at the outer edge from over pressure, and to assist in forming a weather-tight joint. When the car is used as a leading car, the cab for the motorman is shut off from the car body by a hinged door or partition 88, Fig. 3, co-operating with a smaller hinged door 89. When the car is used as a trailer, these doors take the positions shown by dotted lines, the door 88 serving to screen the controller 90 and brake-operating mechanism 91. The overhanging portion of the roof at each end of the car is reinforcad by a transverse header secured by long vertical bolts to a cross-beam of the floor.