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Patent GB-190302879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Operated Clocks.
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2879. Loebl, A., Scott, H., and American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Co. Feb. 6. Electric clocks pendulums.-Comprises a driving-pendulum re-energized by an electromagnet. The pendulum D, hung by knife-edges to swing from back to front, carries a pawl F which drives a ratchet-wheel G having an inclined axis H<1> to economize space. The tops G<1> of the teeth are notched so that, when the amplitude falls short of a full tooth, the pawl catches the tip and, in returning, is lifted enough to make a spur of it touch a contact-finger K. The circuit of an electromagnet is thus completed, and an armature attached to the bob of the pendulum is attracted. A worm H' on the inclined axis drives a wormwheel which carries the minute-hand. As a modification, Fig. 4, the teeth are not notched but a small insulating-shelf K<6> bearing a contact-bit K<7> is provided to catch the pawl. As another modification, a contact-pin is so set that the pawl clears it or not, according to the amplitude.
Patent GB-190303127-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bustle and Hip Form.
Inventor: SCOTT CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 3127. Scott, C. H. Feb. 10. Dress-improvers.-Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the bustle, Fig. 3 a cross-section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a cross-section on the line 4-4, Fig. 2, showing the bustle in place on the wearer and also the hang of the skirt S. The bustle is of the shape shown, is made of two thicknesses of fabric 22, 23, is padded with curled hair or other material 21, and has an enlarged central part 30. Ventilators 28 are fitted in the bustle, and several different constructions of suitable ventilators are described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190304313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnace Bridges.
Inventor: SPICER EDWARD
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 4313. Spicer, E., an d Gowing, J. Feb. 24. Drawings to Specification. Firebricks.-The bridge of a boiler or other furnace is composed of firebricks or incombustible blocks having ridged interlocking sides.
Patent GB-190307108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Stapling Machines
Inventor: BLACK HORACE DRUMMOND
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 7108. Black, H. D. March 27. Staples and stapling.-Relates to machines for stapling packets of fare tickets such as tramway &c. tickets. The packets are dealt with in the form of strips that are afterwards cut up. The machine is shown as multiple, having five staple formers and drivers, and is arranged so that these act in alternate positions, the work being shifted half a space between the first and second stapling operations so as to form a complete line of stapling. The staples consist of wire cut off and bent to form a long and a short leg, of which the short leg is embedded in the packet while the long leg passes through, the projecting end being bent up. The staple passes obliquely through the packet, so as to indicate the removal or insertion of a ticket in its wrong order. Fig. 1 shows a front view, and Fig. 3 an elevation of the machine. The strips of ticket bundles are placed on a guide d, which is reciprocated to feed them to a work-table, which in turn is moved backwards and forwards to allow the staples to be inserted in two sets. The stapled packets are then moved off the work table and pass to an endless carrier i, by which they are removed from the machine. A number of frames k are set at the required angle on a crossbar q and are each provided with staple forming and driving tools l, o. The cross-bar q is mounted in end slides q<1> and is connected with the cross-frame r by links q<2> having spring connections, so that the bar q can allow the frames k to press on the work while the cross frame r is still descending. The staple-driving tools o are connected to the bar s, which is loosely connected with the rod r, so as to take up the oblique motion of the driving- tools. The staple-forming tools l are connected to and operated by the bar a<7>. The wire is fed intermittently from the spool l<13>, and is cut off by one leg of the forming-tool, while it is still held by a grooved forming-block, about which the upper part of the staple is bent as shown in Fig. 12. The guides are then displaced, and the staple is driven into the packet. The reciprocating-guide v<1>, situated in a groove below the work, is provided with teeth to throw a pivoted support out of place, so as to allow a clinching-tool attached to the guide to bend the projecting end of the staple against the under face of the packet. The various operations are obtained from a main and auxilliary shaft by means of cams, links, and levers, A friction clutch operated by a treadle is provided on the driving - shaft. The Provisional Specification refers to omitting the oblique motions and single leg staples, so as to employ the machine for setting two-legged staples vertically.
Patent GB-190309341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines.
Inventor: HERBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1903-04-24
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 9341. Herbert, G. April 24. Roberval's balance type.-In order to increase the sensitiveness of weighing-machines, more particularly of those with equal arms and double beams, such as counter, inverted counter, sack, and cotton, or inverted sack weighing-machines, each pair of knifeedges is made in one piece and ground at the same time on the same surface and, to prevent side play, striking-plates are provided on the machine. The double beam d is shaped as shown in Fig. 1, and has riveted to it the continuous knife-edge e and rests upon the agate bearings l in links m, Fig. 3, supported by pivots m<1> on the centre support h. The knife-edge e is cut away, preferably in the centre, at f, and, between points p, the striking-plate g of metal, stone, or glass, attached to the support h, is arranged to arrest any side play. The knifeedges i are similarly cut away, and the striking- plates are attached to the stays n carrying the pans b, c. In a modification, the points are formed on the stays and the striking plate or stud is made on the knife-edge, or a metal ball or wheel may be formed on either the stays or on the knife-edge, instead of the plate or stud. The end fittings of the beam are similarly arranged to those of the centre, the supports or stays n being attached by pivots m<1> to the link m and connected to each other in the usual way by the rod o in the hollow base a.
Patent GB-190311651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubbered Threads or Fabric.
Inventor: GRAY CHRISTIAN HAMILTON
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 11,651. Gray, C. H., and Sloper, T. May 21. CorJs.-Rubbered cords are flattened, and are connected with their longer faces together, by passing them between rollers, thus forming them into compound cords. According to one method of manufacture, two or more rubbered cords B are flattened by passing them between two rollers D, and are led over pins D' to the rollers D<3>, D<4>. The roller D<4> is flanged to support the threads with their longer faces vertical, and the roller D<3> presses them together to form a tape or compound cord.
Patent GB-190316151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Cooling Apparatus for Motor Cars and other Machinery.
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 16,151. Drake, A. J., and Stirling's Motor Carriages, Ltd. July 22. Cooling water.-Relates to a water-cooli n g apparatus, described in connection with the engines of motor cars but applicable elsewhere, which is capable of working with a small quantity of water and which does not require the employment o f a pump. The apparatus consists of two metal boxes 2, 3, which may be semi-cylindrical in form and which are placed one above the other, being connected by pipes 8 provided with radiating fins 9. The lower box 3 is provided with a partition 10 rising from the bottom nearly to the lid. The apparatus is preferably set at a higher level than the motor 12 and in the front of the vehicle, where a good draught of air will pass through the radiator. The hot water rises from the water jackets 11 through the pipe 13, and is caused to circulate through the tubes 8 by the partition 10, the cooled water flowing back to the water jackets through the pipe 14. Should the water fall below a certain level, however, circulation is still possible over the top of the partition.
Patent GB-190318634-A (GB)
Title: Improved Smoke Preventing and Fuel Economising Apparatus for Steam Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: HUDSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-08-29
Granted: 1904-08-29
Abstract: 18,634. Hudson, A., Bowring, J., and Campbell, R. Aug. 29. Steam - generator furnaces; smoke - consuming; steam, supplying.-To prevent smoke and ensure more perfect combustion of fuel, steam is directed through the fires by transverse perforated pipes d. The steam jets may be directed upwards, or the steam may be deflected upwards by a pivoted plate m clamped in position by a winged nut p engaging a slotted extension o. A second protecting-plate may be provided, forming, with the plate m, a passage through which a current of air is induced. The supply of air for secondary combustion behind the firebridge q, is controlled by a hinged damper r operated by a rod s with lugs s<x> to engage a locking-part k<x>. The hinged damper may be replaced by a sliding damper.
Patent GB-190322863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: WARD FRANK HERBERT HOARE
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,863. Ward, F. H. H. Oct. 22. Acetylene.-Consists of a portable acetylene generator, specially adapted for supplying gas to motor-car lamps, but also of general application to acetylene lighting, constructed so that it may be readily taken to pieces for cleaning. The carbide is placed on a radially-slid plate E, the vanes e of which have a downward inclination towards the centre. T h i plate, and two perforated plates D, D<1>, are carried by a rod d, and the whole is let down into the generating - cylinder A and rests upon an inturned flange on its open bottom. A cover F, with inverted conical chamber on its underside for holding horse-hair or other fibrous material G for filtering moisture and other impurities from the gas before it passes out through perforations f<1>, is fitted frictionally by means of a flange f into the generator. A gas bell B is now slipped over the generator A, and locked by a stud on the generator being turned into a bayonet slot on the bell by means of a cross-handle b<2> on the generator A. The bell B has a cover H with per forations h through which the gas passes to a supply pipe J. This cover has handles h<1> to enable the bell B to be screwed into a screw-collar K<1> on a water receptacle C, which is preferably rectangular, a rubber flange forming a tight joint. Small holes l allow air to have access to this chamber, which is provided with baffle-plates M, M<1> to prevent water from splashing out of the air holes. The water in passing up to the carbide through the plates D, D', E, receives a gyratory motion in passing the slits e, thus tending to keep them clear of carbide. As the pressure of the gas rises in the generator A, the water is forced out at the bottom into the chamber C, returning to generate more gas as the latter is drawn off from the supply pipe J.
Patent GB-190323217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Supply Apparatus for Yarn Gassing Frames.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 2 3, 2 1 7 . Keith, J., and Keith, G. Oct. 27. Gas burners for gassing- frames for yarns. A single bunsen inlet A, Fig. 1, is provided to supply gas under pressure and air to a mixing-chamber B, from which a series of burners C on swivel pipes Dare. supplied. A pipe running the length of the gassing-frame may be divided into several mixing- chambers B. The burner C may be of the common type but is preferably a bored T-piece, Fig. 7, having a saw-cut orifice c. Other forms of burner are shown in Figs. 3 and 6.
Patent GB-190324444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ships' Telegraphic Apparatus
Inventor: GREEN GEORGE
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 24,444. Green, G., and Prior, F. E. Nov. 11. Signals, ship.-The bridge engine-room telegraph instrument, Fig. 1, is provided with two levers a, c working over respective dials, one for " Ahead and the other for " Astern," their motion being limited by stops. They operate, by independent mechanical means, two indicating- hands m, n, Fig. 4, one for each direction of the engines, attached to an engine-room indicator of the usual type. There are separate connections between each of the reply-back levers h, j and its bridge indicator.
Patent GB-190324624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Liquid Fuel Furnaces
Inventor: SMITH LAUNCELOT EUSTACE
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 24,624. Smith, L. E. Nov. 12. Liquid -fuel fittings.-Relates to furnace burners, for oils such as petroleum, in which the oil is sprayed by a mixture of compressed air and dry or superheated steam, such burners being applicable more particularly to steam generator furnaces. The burner consists of a central spindle surrounded by three concentric cylinders through the spaces between which the air, oil, and steam are passed and discharged together at one end. Fig. 1 shows a construction in which the air is passed through the outer, and the oil and steam through the intermediate and inner, annular spaces ; and the ends of the spindle and cylinders are turned outwards, so as to act as valves and spread the sprayed oil. The inner steam exit is regulated by turning the hand-wheel 13 on the spindle. The spindle has an enlarged lower part with spiral grooves for giving the oil a rotary motion ; or the enlarged part may be plain or have straight grooves. On the upper part of the spindle is an enlarged screw 9 on which a stuffing-box casting with steam entry 14 is fixed. The upper part of the inner cylinder screws into this, and a little below it a ring 17 is screwed on the cylinder. Over this ring a ring 18, made in two or more pieces, is placed, and over this a ring 19 ; handles 20 hold the three together by screwed shanks. A piece 25, rotatably held by the ring 18, is screwed internally beneath and engages a stuffing-box 22 formed with an oil entry 27, so that the gland of the stuffing-box is held by the piece 25. Into the bottom of the stuffing-box is screwed the intermediate cylinder on which rings and handles, and an outer stuffing-box, cylinder, and air entry are fixed as before, except that the cylinder extends to the bottom of the burner and is in one piece with the stuffing-box casting. The inner and middle cylinders are provided, near the bottom, with pieces grooved or plain like the piece 7 on the spindle. The oil and air exits are regulated by turning the handles on the rings.
Patent GB-190324986-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tablet or the like for Recording the Progress of League Football and like Competitions.
Inventor: BOLT HENRY THORNTON
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 24,986. Bolt, H. T. Dec. 16. Scoring and marking.-A tablet for recording the progress of league football &c. competitions is formed of a number of slides a, each bearing the name of a club. The slides are arranged, in the order of merit of the clubs, in grooves B, and spaces D are ruled on the tablet, on which the results of games are marked.
Patent GB-190326033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Arrangement of Screw Propellers in Ships.
Inventor: GOETZE HERMANN
Filed: 1903-11-28
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 26,033. G÷tze, H. Nov. 28. Propeller shafts, arrangement of.-Relates to the arrangement of screw propellers in ships, and consists in placing the propeller c in the forward part of a channel or passage b formed in the ship's bottom and extending from the middle of the ship to the stern. The propeller is thus protected from injury, and is prevented from rising out of the water. The propeller shaft d may be driven by inclined engines e, or otherwise.
Patent GB-190327579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Producers and Purifying Apparatus for use with Gas Engines
Inventor: DELASSUE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 27,579. Delassue, J. Dec. 16. Gas-producers.-In a gas producer and purifier for use with gas engines, the supply of steam is automatically regulated, and means provided for preventing the tuyÞre for air and steam from wearing away. Fig. 1 shows a general arrangement in which a cast-iron, hollow ring-piece E, having a central tuyÞre, is fixed between the castiron body A and the steam generator D upon which the fuel C rests. The ring-piece E is kept cool by contact with the steam generator D, and by the passage of steam, which flows by a passage F to the three way plug cock G, and returns by a passage F<1> to the ring-piece E, whence it passes out by small holes H. The air enters by a passage I, formed by the superposition of the ring-piece E on the steam generator D. The gas from the producer passes down the central compartment of a scrubber S, and ascends through the two exterior compartments, which contain broken coke, and into which water is sprayed. The cock G, one way g of which communicates with the atmosphere, is connected by a rod n' to regulating-mechanism, shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 5, which is actuated by a rod J, Fig. 1, connected to the admission valve of the engine. An axle N, on which is coiled a spring urging it in one direction, is geared to an axle M, on which are keyed a double ratchet-wheel and a crank-disc 7, to which latter is coupled the rod n<2>. A hook pawl 1, which engages one ratchet-wheel, is hinged to a lever 2 attached to the rod J and mounted freely on the axle M. A counterpawl 4, engaging the other ratchet-wheel, is pivoted to a stud secured in the fixed frame K. Each time the admission valve opens the ratchet-wheel advances and is held by the counterpawl. When the pawl 1 is near the end of its back stroke, its pin 8 comes into engagement under the tail 9 of the counterpawl 4, so as to disengage the latter from the ratchet. At the same time the tail 10 of the pawl 1 comes into contact with the abutment 11, fixed to the support K, so that between two suctions of the engine the ratchet-wheel is free to return under the action of the spring through more. than half the forward stroke. If the engine is developing its maximum power, ultimately the pawl 1 encounters a space on the ratchet where the teeth are interrupted, at which point the cock G is fully open. If some of the suctions are missed, the ratchet will return between the successive suctions by a greater distance than that through which it has been advanced, and the cock G thus tends to close. The speed at which the ratchet-wheel returns may be regulated by means of a brakeshoe 12. The pawl 1 may be actuated by an electromagnet. Fuel is introduced into the producer by an air lock Q.
Patent GB-190328057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solutions for use in the Cells of Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 28,057. Wheatley, W. H., [Atwood Electric Co.]. Dec. 21. Primary batteries. - Relates to electrolytes especially adapted for use in cells of the bunsen type. The carbon electrode is placed in a porous cup of clay &c. containing a solution prepared as follows :-4À5 lb. of sulphuric acid (25 BÚ.) are added with stirring to a mixture of 7 lb. of sodium nitrate and 16 lb. of nitric acid (30 Be.); to this solution are added 14 gallons of water containing sufficient sulphuric acid to raise its specific gravity to 1À2 in the cold, and 126 lb. of nitric acid (30 BÚ.). Potassium nitrate may replace the sodium salt. The zinc electrode is contained in a vessel surrounding the porous cup, the outside liquid being prepared by adding sulphuric acid to 30 gallons of water until the specific gravity is 1À2 ; on cooling, 1À5 lb. of ammonium carbonate, 10 bz. of sodium carbonate, and 10 oz. of mercury bisulphate are mixed therewith, and the solution is diluted with 6 parts of water. Corresponding proportions of sodium and ammonium sulphates may be employed instead of the carbonates.
Patent GB-190400551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MELHUISH ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 551. Melhuish, A. G. Jan. 8. Vacuum apparatus.-To circulate cooling-water in the cylinder jackets of internal-combustion engines, a vacuum is created in the vessel X by a piston pump communicating with the vessel through the pipe Z. When a vacuum is formed in the chamber X, water from the tank W is drawn into and circulated through the cylinder jacket. It then passes to the chamber X by the pipe f, and is returned to the tank by the pipe d on the return stroke of the pump piston.
Patent GB-190406112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Medical Plasters and the like.
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6112. Robinson & Sons, and Smith, F. A. U. March 12. Plasters.-In plasters for checking mammary secretion, alkaloids or other drugs, such as any active principle of atropa belladonna (e.g., atropine, hyoscyamine), or of species of scopolia, hyoscyamus, datura, duboisia, &c., are substituted for belladonna. The drugs are applied to backings of cotton lint, swansdown, &c. by dissolving them in water, alcohol, &c., or by the agency of an oil, fat, or wax, as lard, wool-fat, paraffin wax, olive, or almond oil.
Patent GB-190410144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Driving Gear.
Inventor: HUMPHRIS FRANK
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1905-06-03
Abstract: 10,144. Humphris, F. May 3. Motor road vehicles.-In a variable-speed driving- gear for motor cars and the like, a disc F is formed with a number of concentric circles of holes with bell-shaped orifices, into any of which the domeshaped teeth of a pinion C may engage. The pinion C is mounted to slide along a shaft b, and is provided with a boss having a grooved periphery c<1> in which a fork e engages, the fork e being connected to a sliding rod E operated by a lever &c. The disc F is slidably mounted, by means of a sleeve f, on a splined or angular shaft I, having a thrust bearing i, and is actuated by cams G through a block H, having radial pins h with which the cams G respectively engage, bushes h<1> being interposed, and screws h<3> with washers h<2> retaining the parts in position. Studs h<5> secured to the block and engaging in annular groove f<1> in the disc sleeve f limit longtitudinal movement of the disc. Studs h<8> in the framework enter sockets h<7> to guide the block. The block H serves as a support or bearing for the disc F, having an annular ball race h' and balls, constituting an antifriction bearing. The cams G, having partly spiral or parabolic slots in which the guide-pins h slide, are fixed to a shaft g<1> and operated by a lever or handle g<3>, or they may be arranged to work in conjunction with the sliding bar E, to effect withdrawal of the disc F, sliding of the pinion C, and re-engagement of the disc and pinion in order. For the purpose of reversing, a second pinion D with dome-shaped teeth is slidably mounted on the shaft b, and pressed outwards by a spring d<3>. To bring it into engagement, after disengagement of the forward-driving disc C, studs d are arranged near the end of the path of this pinion C and connected, by means of a sliding bar d<1>, to similar studs d' against the remoter face of the pinion D ; thus, when the pinion C, leaving the disc F, pushes the pins d, the remoter pins d<2> press the pinion D into engagement with the opposite side of the disc G in opposition to the spring d<3>.