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Patent GB-190200560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candlesticks or Candle Lamps
Inventor: LEVI DAVID THOMAS
Filed: 1902-01-08
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 560. Levi, D. T. Jan. 8. Candlesticks; candle lamps; candle grease-guards. -To allow of the candlestick, Fig. 1, or of the candle lamp, Fig. 2, being carried about without spilling the grease, the candlestick or lamp is lifted by the handle h on the grease-guard g, which then slides up the guides c' to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The upper end of the candle a is maintained in contact with the hole f in the removable disc e by a clip b, Fig. 1, and by a spring i, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190201323-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cleaning Tram Rails and the like.
Inventor: JERRARD CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1902-01-17
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 1323. Jerrard, C. H. Jan. 17 Rail-cleaners fitted to electric and other tramcars. The box C bolted to the car by brackets D has slots J forming guides for the arms I of the spring- pressed plate H to which the railscraper M is bolted.
Patent GB-190203931-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Scoring Ping Pong, Table Tennis and like Games.
Inventor: MARTIN FELIX HAROLD CARLYON
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 3931. Martin, F. H. C. Feb. 15. Scoring and marking.-Relates to a marker for table tennis and like games. The successive scores for the games are marked on rollers, and are exhibited through slots I, the points being indi. cated by sliding pieces K. Panels C, D, E and F, G, H are provided for recording the name of each player and the respective games and sets won. The rollers are marked with the score for ping- pong, table tennis, &c., and are turned as required. The marker forms the door of a cupboard A, which serves for holding chalk for scoring on the panels &c.
Patent GB-190207575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Edging for Skirts and the like.
Inventor: WHITELOW EDWARD TURNER
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 7575. Whitelow, E. T., [Bartels, Dierichs, & Co.]. March 29. Trimmings.-Relates to skirt edgings, and consists in making them of a strip of material a, Figs. 1 and 2, to which is applied a border or hem b, coated on one face with adhesive material, and secured in place by pressing or embossing, so as to produce indentations c.
Patent GB-190207711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tea Drying Machines.
Inventor: LAMONT WALTER
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 7711. Lamont, W., and Michie, D. K. April 2. Stuffing-boxes.-A t e a - drying apparatus consists of an air-heating furnace, connected to a drying- chamber. Combustion products from the firegrate of the air-heating furnace circulate through sets of tubes in a casing containing diverting partitions. The tubes 6, Fig. 2, are fitted in the tube plates 7 by means of stuffing-boxes 11 to allow for expansion. The tube ends are fitted with glands 12 secured by pins 13.
Patent GB-190207979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Applicable to Closets, Night Commodes and the like
Inventor: JONES ABSALOM COLWYN
Filed: 1902-04-05
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 7979. Jones, A. C. April 5. Closet seats ; commodes.-Fig. 4 shows a front view of a commode. The front of the hinged closet &c. seat a is fitted with a rack j, which drives a drum e connected by a belt d to a pulley f on the axle of a flap c arranged normally to close the aperture in the seat. The flap and seat are held up by a spring k. When the seat is depressed, the flap is lowered to a vertical position. In a modification, the flap is replaced by a flexible material wound on a roller.
Patent GB-190208234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Music Cases or Cabinets for Pianofortes and the like.
Inventor: HARGREAVES THOMAS WALKER
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 8234. Hargreaves, T. W. April 9. Pianofortes.-A music case or cabinet is hinged to bars 2 connected by a bar 1 which has hooks 3 to engage over the upper edge of the front door of a pianoforte. When open the position of the case is determined by the cord 8. When closed the case is held by the button 10.
Patent GB-190210808-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cutting or Sawing Slate, Stone, Metal, Wood and other Materials.
Inventor: LANDALE CHARLES
Filed: 1902-05-10
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 10,808. Landale, C. May 10. Sawing.-The invention is shown as applied to machinery for sawing slate with a toothed saw working in an upward direction, but it is applicable to other stone, metal, wood, &c. sawing-machines and to machines in which the saws work downwardly. The saws A<1> are held in end members A on supports a connected by longitudinal members a' and tension-rods a<2> below the saws. The table T is made with longitudinal slots and enlarged recesses in its cross-girders to accommodate the saws. The saw frame is pivoted at b on the middle members B of the three-membered linkage B', B, B<2>, of which the ends are pivoted on blocks B<3>, B' adjustable in the vertical feed-slides on the columns. The arrangement of the pivots can be varied and adjusted, but, as shown, the saw receives a slight rocking motion as it reciprocates, so that one end is cutting while the other is out of cut. The vertical slides and the saw-guide B<5> may be connected by rods b<6>, or can be made in one, and are raised or lowered on the columns by feedscrews F driven through bevel gear and shafts from a ratchet and pawl g<3>, which is worked by a crank shaft G. A quicker up or down feed may be given through spur gearing driven from the shaft G by a belt, either of the intermediate spurwheels g<8>, g<9> being thrown into gear by a handlever. The connecting-rod D may be attached directly to the saw frame, but, as shown, it drives it through a connection intended to lo wer the saws out of cut on the return stroke. For this purpose it is connected to the lever D' pivoted on the saw frame, and this lever D<1> acts through links e, e<3> and the rock-shaft E on eccentrics which may carry the pivots b on the links or crossheads B thus raising and lowering the saws. The lever D<1> is held from moving relatively to the saw frame until the end of the stroke by a bolt d' and spring catch d' which is tripped at the proper time by a bell crank and tappet-rod encountering the stops d<8> fixed on the frame. A modification, with similar gear, is also described for saws cutting downwardly .
Patent GB-190214586-A (GB)
Title: Improved Incandescence Alcohol Lamp.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1903-06-30
Abstract: 14,586. Thompson, W. P., [Dillemann, A.]. June 30. Incandescent vapour lamps.- An alcohol or other lamp, specially intended for use in a projection lantern, comprises a bunsen burner 1, a flat vaporizer 4, with its heating-apparatus 7, and a reservoir 16 for the alcohol or other combustible-liquid. The vaporizer 4 has attached thereto a tube 5 containing the wick and provided with a stopper 6, with a caoutchouc and asbestos washer. A burner 9, with a wick and a safety tube 10, are attached to the oil vessel of the apparatus 7. The reservoir 16 is secured adjustably to a rod 20, and oil flows therefrom along a flexible tube 22 connected to a tube 47 fitted with a valve 18 and having an air pipe 19 communicating with the atmosphere, the whole acting like a Mariotte vessel. In other forms of lamp, a cylindrical vaporizer is employed, and in one of these forms the vaporizer has attached thereto a bent V-shaped tube, from which the mantle is suspended, and which serves to utilize the heat of the mantle in heating the vaporizer ; in this form, the reservoir is fixed at the upper end of a tube which is adjustably pivoted to a horizontal tube connected to the vaporizer. The reservoir may comprise a caouthouc ball connected to the pipe for delivering alcohol to the vaporizer ; this ball is fitted within a vessel, and weighted with wrought-iron or other discs for regulating the pressure. An arc-shaped extinguisher may be secured to the valve for shutting- off the supply of alcohol, and this extinguisher serves to close the nozzle of the burner.
Patent GB-190222006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Forming Selvages and Fancy Figured Stripes in Fabrics.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1902-10-09
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 22,006. Ransford, R. B., [Soc. Franþaise pour l'Industrie et les Mines]. Oct. 9. Shuttleless looms; forming selvages; lays; weft needles.-Relates to the weaving of selvages and fancy or figured stripes by means of sets of vertical and horizontal needles, in the manner described in Specification No. 20,029, A.D. 1901. The weft threads 22 pass through the eyes of a double needle 12 supported by a stem 11 fitted within an aperture in the lower pivot of a cylinder 7, which is mounted to rotate in brackets 3 on the batten 1. A cam-groove 14 in the cylinder engages with a pin 18 on a support 17 secured to the frame, or to one of the bars 15 forming part of the frame, which carries the vertical needles. The frame is moved vertically by means of a cam, and, simultaneously, the cylinder and needle 12 are rotated, so that the needle is sometimes parallel and sometimes at right angles to the reed 2, as required by the conditions of working.
Patent GB-190224099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Alternating-current Generators
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 24,099. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 4. Dynamos, regulating.-Relates to means for automatically regulating alternating-current generators both for changes of load and changes of phase relation between current and electromotive force in the main circuit. An auxiliary electromotive force is set up that will rise and fall in value with changes of load and phase displacement ; this electromotive force is combined with an electromotive force developed in a coil on the generator and having the proper phase relation, and the resultant electromotive force is employed for varying the excitation of the generator field. Fig. 8 shows the principle of the invention in its application to a single-phase generator, M representing the armature and P the field winding. One terminal of the armature winding is connected to its collecting-ring through part of the winding of a compensator or single-coil transformer N, and one terminal of this compensator is connected through the primary of a two-coil transformer 0 to a point on the armature winding. The secondary coil of the transformer 0 is connected with a rotary converter RC, which supplies current to the field winding P. Fig. 9 shows a modified arrangement, in which the twocoil transformer 0<1> takes the place of the compensator, its secondary being connected in series with a separate winding M<1> and to the rotary converter RC. In the case of three-phase generators, the compensators or induction coils are arranged in the several branches of the armature circuit. When, in a three-phase machine, the auxiliary electromotive forces are obtained by means of selfinduction devices, each is combined with the generator electromotive force of the preceding phase. The regulating action may be varied in value and character by means of suitably-arranged switches and resistances, in connection with the compensators or induction coils from which the auxiliary electromotive forces are derived.
Patent GB-190227318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Travelling Trunks and like Receptacles.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,318. Smith, J. Dec. 11. Trunks are made light, strong, and impervious to moisture by forming the shell A of waterproof boards B of two or more plies, cemented together and strengthened by spars C, C', fitted with angular metal mounts D.
Patent GB-190308123-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wrench.
Inventor: WHITTAKER JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8123. Whittaker, J. J., and Tattersall, R. April 8. Wrenches.-The handle A and the jaw part E of a wrench are pivoted on two of the three or more equidistant pins C, D, G connecting the two plates H forming the other jaw. The handle and jaw E are toothed and geared together, as shown, but the teeth may be replaced by a pin on one part working in a slot in the other. The plates may be partly turned round, when worn.
Patent GB-190309581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: DUDLEY FRANK THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 9581. Dudley, F. T., Dubois, J. L., and Thom, T. M. April 28. Diaphragm valves; self-closing valves; actuating valves.-In vapour lamps placed in more or less inaccessible positions, the needle valve is so arranged as to be operated automatically. The spindle f of the needle valve e is placed in the generating-tube c and connected with a diaphragm i and spring l which tend to close the valve. On opening a valve h in the pipe, which supplies spirit to the iamp, the pressure of the spirit on the diaphragm opens the valve e and allows the spirit to pass to a torch m which is ignited by an electric or other device k. The valve h is then closed, and the diaphragm closes the valve e. When the spirit in the tube c is vaporized by the torch, the valve h is opened again ; the valve e consequently opens and vapour passes to the burner a and is ignited by the torch.
Patent GB-190312124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Straw Chopping and Bruising Apparatus of Thrashing Machines
Inventor: BORNEMANN JOHANN AUGUST DIEDER
Filed: 1903-05-28
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 12,124. Bornemann, J. A. D., and Kirby, G. C. May 28. Thrashing-machines; straw, softening.-Relates to the apparatus used for bruising and chopping straw in connection with thrashing-machines. The straw, after it leaves the main chopping and bruising drums, passes to the sifter G, of ordinary construction, and is then fed by a rotating feeder F to an additional chopping and bruising drum A working in conjunction with a concave C fitted with bruising-pegs and chopping-knives.
Patent GB-190316429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Cooking Stoves.
Inventor: PRICE HENRY ADDIS
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 16,429. Price, H. A., and Turner, F. W. July 25. Gas cooking- stoves.-A small pin C, attached to the gas cock B, bears against the pivoted catch D, so as to raise the oven door latch E, when the cock is turned on.
Patent GB-190318318-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Incandescent Lamp.
Inventor: WALLACE GEORGE
Filed: 1903-08-25
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 18,318. Wallace, G. Aug. 25. Incandescent lamps are provided with glass caps. The bulb F is fused to a ridge B on the cap A, thus allowing renewal of a broken bulb. The platinum wires supporting the filament pass through tubes in the cap, the inner ends of these tubes being fused over the wires, while the outer ends open into recesses C for the reception of the contact-pieces, which are cemented, cast, or moulded in position. The projections on the cap to engage the bayonet joint of the holder may be glass projections cast with the cap, or may be formed by pins inserted in the cap.
Patent GB-190319770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Car Brakes.
Inventor: PEACOCK JOHN LANGFORD
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 19,770. Peacock, J. L. Sept. 14. Brakes. - Brake - operating mechanism, particularly for use with hand - brake systems, is arranged to take up rapidly the slack of the brakechain, and so enable speedy application of the brakes. A pinion 5 on the lower end of the brake post gears with a toothed wheel 9 of a spiral drum 10, which tapers to a cylindrical part 13, so that the brake chain attached by a pin 15 operates with a variable leverage. To reduce friction, roller bearings may be adapted to the parts subject to strain, particularly the chain drum. These bearings consist of a number of cylindrical rolls 16 carried by two end collars.
Patent GB-190320164-A (GB)
Title: Multiple Stage Steam, or Gas Turbine.
Inventor: REUTER THEODOR
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,164. Reuter, T. Sept. 18. Steam &c. turbines.-Compound or multipleexpansion steam or gas turbines are fitted with a valve-regulating device which causes the same number of inlet valves to open in each stage of the turbine at the same time. As adapted for a compound turbine, the nozzles b, b<1>, Fig. 1, for the high and low pressure stages are respectively controlled by valves d, d' connected to spring-pressed operating-pistons e. The pistons work in cylinders f connected by pipes h to regulating-chambers i, Figs. 1 and 3. The pipes open by separate passages k<1> into a central channel k containing a governorregulated piston l and connected by a pipe m to a source of fluid pressure. The position of the piston l determines how many valves of each stage are opened by the admission of fluid pressure to their actuating-pistons.
Patent GB-190322913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating-current Motors and Methods of Controlling the same.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-10-22
Abstract: 22,913. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 22. Brushes ; motors, controlling.-Relates to the adaptation and control of repulsion motors for railway traction purposes &c., the motor being reversed or controlled by fixing the line of polarization of either the primary or secondary member and displacing the line of polarization of the other member about a fixed extremity. If the shortcircuiting brushes of the secondary member are fixed, taps are made to the primary winding on each side of the polar axis. The speed and direction of rotation are varied by changing, by means of a switch, the connections with the taps of the primary winding. If, when the motor is rotating in one direction, the switch is moved into one of its positions for rotation in the reverse direction, the motor will operate as a braking- generator for returning energy to line. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing one arrangement. The primary winding A, preferably a distributed winding giving four poles, has taps 1<a> to 8<a> and 1<b> to 8<b>. The secondary winding B has an ordinary direct current winding with short-circuiting brushes D, suitable resistances being preferably interposed between the conductors and the commutator segments. A switch 10 serves to change the polar axis of the primary. Figs. 3 and 4 show arrangements of tapping in order to reduce the number of taps in relation to the number of speeds. In the case of Fig. 4, the switch contacts are so arranged that six taps serve for five speed changes if the motor revolves in one direction only, or twelve taps if the motor revolves in either direction. The circuit of the primary winding is completed successively through 2<a> and 2<b>, 2<a> and 3<b>, 3<a> and 3<b>, and so on. A suitable controller works the necessary connections. Figs. 7 and 8 show preferred methods of supporting the brushes D. The holders G are supported on rods H fixed to the frame, and the brushes are short-circuited by a metal ring E.
Patent GB-190327875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metal Stamping Presses and like Machines
Inventor: GRIFFITHS HARRY ALBERT
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 27,875. Griffiths, H. A., and Griffiths, R. H. Dec. 19. Punching.-Sheet metal to be punched into blanks for boxes, cases, &c. is fed to the machine by a combined work - support, adjustable gauge, and guide. The sheet f, Fig. 3, is supported at its edge by a plate g, Figs. 1 and 3, provided with guide-pins h and carried by a block a sliding in a rest b secured to the frame of the machine. Adjustable stops d on the rest engage a detent on the block. The stops and detent may be in duplicate, one set on each side of the rest. A stop j mounted with its end in line with the edge of the die prevents waste of material, and causes the scrap produced to fall away in strips. In a modification, for dealing with large or heavy sheets, the rest b slides at right-angles to its length along a fixed bed as controlled by pawls which engage stops on the rest. The pawls are mounted on a secondary slide which may be operated by a rack and pinion or from the crank shaft of the machine ; one pawl gives movement in one direction and the other in the other according to the motion required.
Patent GB-190328491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel.
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-12-28
Abstract: 28,491. Cammell, Laird, & Co., Fletcher, J. E., and Hamilton, W. B. Dec. 28. Drawings to Specification. Open-hearth furnaces for melting pig iron. The furnace is made to tilt so that the molten metal may be run into a trough and conveyed to a Bessemer or other converter. The waste gases from the converter, assisted by the combustion of producer gas, are employed to melt the iron.
Patent GB-190401817-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Carburetter for Motor Car or Cycle Engines.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 1817. Smith, R. Jan. 25. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The motor car or cycle carburetter shown consists of an outer casing 4, supported on a base in which is formed a seat for the air-inlet valve 9. The inlet valve or valve seat is perforated to increase the supply of air which is regulated by a cap 13, having a port registering with a port in the supply pipe 7. The fuel inlet is shown at 3, and is situated above a conical gauze screen 11, surrounded by a second screen 12, above which is placed two or more gauze diaphragms 6.
Patent GB-190404990-A (GB)
Title: Device for Facilitating the Starting of Gas, Oil and other Engines Worked by Explosive Gases
Inventor: HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER JACOB CHRIST
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 4990. Ellehammer, J. C., Hansen-. Feb. 29. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, starting in. To facilitate the starting of gas and oil engines, a conical valve, seated in the head of the cylinder, is held open during part of the compression stroke and during the suction stroke by the spring e, and closes when some predetermined compression pressure has been reached in the cylinder.