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Patent GB-190306092-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Manumotive and Self Propelled Vehicle.
Inventor: REGONDI GIUSEPTE
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 6092. Regondi, G. March 16. Manumotive vehicles; motor velocipedes. - Relates to a hand - driven vehicle in which the wind resistance is used to assist the propulsion. The vehicle shown in-Fige. 1, 2, and 3 is propelled by a hand-lever 16, moved in one direction by a spring, or by a hand-wheel 22. A chain conveys the movements of the spindle 20 to a spindle 25, geared by wheels 26 and pinions 27 to a crank shaft 28, the movements of which are communicated by rods to a second crank shaft 32, geared to the rear axle by chains. The gearing in front is enclosed by a casing, formed in one with a hood having a front opening. The air entering this hood drives a cup-wheel 41 mounted on the spindle 25, and passes through a tube to a rear casing, and drives a vane-wheel on the crank shaft 32. The cups of the wheel 41 are carried by arms hinged to short spokes.
Patent GB-190307111-A (GB)
Title: Stropping Machine.
Inventor: SCHEUBER AUGUST WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 7111. Scheuber, A. W. March 27. Sharpening. - A razor - stropping device comprises a frame A, B provided with a handle A<1> and rigid rod C, upon which turns freely the tube D. This tube has a rubber &c. surface E for rolling over the surface of the strop. Upon the tube D and a rod C, there is loosely pivoted the holder F for the razor &c. blade. The holder and blade are rocked to and fro as the part E is rolled over the strop by means of bevel gearing d, g, f, of which the wheel g is carried by the frame B and the wheel f is fixed to the holder F. The blade is normally raised from the strop, to prevent accidental cutting, by means of a spring controlling the tube D and therefore the holder. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the spring I acts on a flat pivoted toothed sector H, which engages with the pinion d' fixed to the tube D. In the form shown in Fig. 7, a pin d<2> fixed to the tube is normally held beneath a pin d<3> on the frame B by a spring S.
Patent GB-190308125-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Regulating Furnace Draught, Temperature and Steam Supply in Water Heating Systems.
Inventor: CORMACK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 8125. Cormack, W., and Cormack, J. APril 8. Thermostats.-In a water-heating system, in which the water is heated by steam coils or by a fire, the temperature of the water is regulated by a Heintz regulator, Bourdon gauge, or similar tube arranged in a chamber C in the water-circulating pipe B. The tube operates a spindle, connected through levers and rods or chains, with an equilibrium or other steam valve or an ashpit door for regulating the draught.
Patent GB-190316047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Belt Fasteners.
Inventor: JACKSON ISAAC
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 16,047. Jackson, I. July 21. Belt fastenings.-Plates for belt fastenings are pressed or forged from thin sheets of metal. The edges are beaded, returned, furnished with wire, or otherwise suitably strengthened. Holes are formed in the plates for the reception of the bolts or other fastenings, wbich holes are rimmed, beaded, or the like, and may extend inwardly and engage with the belt. The plates are strengthened by grooves, corrugations, or similar treatment. Figs. 1 and 2 show a plate with beaded edges b, holes a with depressed edges c, and a corrugation d. In Figs. 5 and 6, a wire e is included in the beaded edge b, and the edges c of the holes a are turned upwards for the reception of bolt heads or nuts with concave under faces.
Patent GB-190318405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Vehicles
Inventor: PETHER WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 18,405. Pether, W. R., and Cornwall, M. Aug. 26. Cabs; dogcarts and gigs; breakdowns, preventing accidents through.-Relates to means for supporting a dogcart, gig, hansom cab, or other two-wheeled vehicle in almost its normal position when the horse falls. A support B, carrying a roller C, is secured either under the floor A of the vehicle or to the step D, and the shafts E, pivoted to the vehicle by hinges F, are provided with springs G which allow slight displacement of the shafts, as shown, when the horse falls. There may be more than one support.
Patent GB-190322794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Screening, Separating, Sorting and similar Operations.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM OUTTERSON
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,794. Wood, W. O., and Oughton, R. H. Oct. 21. Sifting coal, coke, gravel, &c.-Relates to apparatus for sifting coal, coke, gravel, limestone, and other materials, and consists of an ossitlating sieve in the form of a helix or spiral. The sieve a is secured to a cylinder g fixed to a central shaft b mounted in a foot-step bearing c and in a bearing d near its upper end. The shaft b may be relieved of part of the weight of the cylinder g and attached sieve by one or more of the following devices, viz., a weight attached by a cord 7 and swivel 5 to the top of the shaft b ; a spring y bearing against a collar z on the shaft b ; rollers, such as 1, attached to arms on the shaft b or to the cylinder g and bearing on rails or supports 4. The sieve is divided into sections with different-sized meshes, as shown at m and g, to separate the material into various grades, and is bolted to the cylinder g and provided with a vertical flange or wall k at its outer edge. A trough t collects the sifted material, and has openings at the end of each section of the sieve to discharge each grade into separate hoppers or shoots n, p, r. The sieve is oscillated by means of an arm 10, actuated by an eccentric 16 driven from the shaft 19 by the gearing shown. In a modification, the cylinder g may be replaced by a cone and the sieve made of corresponding shape; or the sieve may be attached to a shaft or cylinder by arms so that it assumes the form of a spiral. A jerking motion is imparted to the sieve at each limit of its movement, by means of a projection on the sieve coming into contact with fixed stons.
Patent GB-190324068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Retorts.
Inventor: GIELIS HENRI
Filed: 1903-11-05
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,068. Gielis, H. Nov. 5. Gas retorts.-A gas retort is constructed with the four walls a, a', b, b<1> concave and forming diagonally-projecting pillars c, so that the walls resist the internal pressure after the manner of arches. For vertical disposition, the walls are strengthened with longitudinal ribs d, d<1>, e, e\ Figs. 1 and 2, and cross-ribs f, f<1>, g, g<1>. For horizontal disposition, the ribs f, f<1>, g, g', Figs. 3 and 4, are shaped to fill the wall concavities. In the furnace, abutment plates are arranged to support the retorts laterally and form intervening flues.
Patent GB-190324351-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Corrugating Paper.
Inventor: FERRES JEFFREY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 24,351. Ferres, J. T. Nov. 10. Corrugating paper. The paper W is drawn from a roll, and is steamed by steam from a perforated pipe Z. It then passes over an adjustable straightening-bar x and enters between curved guide plates c, d. It is next drawn beneath a corrugated former A by means of a travelling- apron consisting of corrugated lags 8 attached at their ends by screws tc blocks which form links in endless chains I passing over sprocket-wheels J, L, of which the wheels L are driven by gearing from the main shaft. The corrugations on the former and on the lags engage with one another. Fig. 6 shows an underside view of the former. The corrugations run out to a point at the forward end, as shown, and are omitted at x to remove friction at this part. The forward ends of these corrugations are rounded off. The former and a block Dare heated by steam pipes C. The lags are heated as they pass back over the surface of the block D. The lags are supported by ribs F<1> running over fixed rails F, an endless roller chain H being interposed between the two sets of ribs as shown. The former may be adjusted by screws R, R', T, and the lags by screws V which act on the crossbars G supporting the rails F.
Patent GB-190403115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical Speculums
Inventor: VILBISS THOMAS DE
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3115. Vilbiss, T. de. Feb. 8. Specula.-The lower blade 1 of a vaginal speculum carries a slotted bracket 5, which passes through a hole 6 in the upper blade, embracing a pin 7 therein. A screw 9 acting on the pin 7, and a flat screw 10, provided with a nut 12, serve to adjust the inner and outer ends of the blades. The screw 10 is detachably connected to the handle of the lower blade. To take the instrument apart, the pin 7 is lifted out, and the screw 10 is given a quarter turn axially.
Patent GB-190404667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compressed Air Operated Water Raising or Forcing Apparatus.
Inventor: GAUCHER ELIE
Filed: 1904-02-25
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 4667. Gaucher, E. Feb. 25 Direct air -pressure apparatus for raising or forcing water comprises a chamber immersed in the water and containing a float which, by rising and falling, actuates a valve or cock for placing the chamber in communication with the compressed-air reservoir or the atmosphere. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus, in which the compressed-air pipe g communicates with the submerged chamber a. In this is the float h, which actuates the spindle m through rods and levers. This lever is pivoted in fixed uprights q and carries the bent tube z, which contains a ball and is provided with projections w for operating the spindle s of the three-way cock t controlling the air supply to the chamber a, through an oscillating part y. Fig. 3 shows an alternative method of operating the cock by means of bevel-wheels. Fig. 2 shows a method of operating a valve, shown in detail in Fig. 4. The inlet valve 13 for compressed air is connected to a pivoted lever 15, to which is also attached the spring-loaded exhaust valve 14. The spring 24 always acts to open the valve 13 and so close the valve 14, which is opened by means of the connecting-rod 10, shown in Fig. 2. The pipe 26 communicates with the chamber a.
Patent GB-190404868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Circular Saws and Discs for Cutting Stone and other Material.
Inventor: HEARSON THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1904-02-27
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4868. Hearson, T. A., [Bert, E.]. Feb. 27. Sawing.-In a circular saw machine for cutting metal and other materials, in order to cool and generally to preserve the cutting-edge, the material may have reciprocating in addition to the continuous motion, or the saw itself may be reciprocated. In a machine of the latter description, the axle b of the toothed or plain cutter-disc a is mounted on two swingers d, pivoted to the frame at e and oscillated by eccentrics k on a shaft g, and is rotated by a belt p which passes around the pulley o mounted eccentrically on the shaft g, the eccentricities of the pulley o and eccentrics k being the same to maintain the tension of the belt p. The metal &c. q is secured to a table r moved uniformly over guide-rollers s by a worm and rack at a speed to suit the nature of the material. The axis of the driving-pulley may be coincident with the pivot e. In another method of reciprocating the cutter, the disc shaft b may be mounted in eccentric sleeves rotated by suitable means.
Patent GB-190408131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Window Frames.
Inventor: FENNELL THOMAS
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 8131. Fennell, T. April 8. Windows; buildings modified to facilitate fire escape.-A fixed window frame a is fitted with a hinged or removable inner frame c in which sashes slide vertically or horizontally and are counterbalanced by spiral springs g, or helical springs, or are connected together by cords. The meeting edges of the frames are bevelled and are drawn together by a screw m ; the lower edge of the inner frame is fitted with a pivoted leg i reaching to the floor, and a hook o secured in the fixed frame to facilitate fire-escape or to support a weight.
Patent GB-190410369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic, Isolating and Emergency Stop Valves.
Inventor: COXON JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,369. Coxon, J., and Coxon, J. May 5. Lift valves; check valves; valves closing with rush of fluid ; self-closing valves; actuating valves and cocks. -Relates to isolating and emergency stop valves, which close automatically on reduction of the outlet or inlet pressure and are adapted to be closed from a distance, as described in Specifications No. 14,704, A.D. 1898, No. 2565, A.D. 1900, and No. 5116, A.D. 1902. The valve a works between two faces b, c. The upper end of the spindle carries a piston m which works in a steam cylinder n. Steam is admitted at w through a pipe connected to the valve box d and controlled by a valve adapted to be operated electrically, by hand, by boiler pressure, or by any of the devices described in the Specifications quoted above. A screwed spindle j, by bearing upon the piston, may be used to close positively the valve. As an emergency valve, it is closed on its upper seat c if the pressure in the outlet f, or in the steam cylinder n, decreases. As an isolating-valve for a boiler, if the pressure on the inlet side falls below that on the outlet side, the valve automatically closes on to the lower seat a. If for this purpose alone, the upper seat may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190410906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Electrically Stopping Railway Trains.
Inventor: LICHTENFELS BERNARDO
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 10,906. Lichtenfels, B. May 11. Stopping engines and trains.-In a method of electrically stopping trains from the line, an insulated conductor c is connected at the two stations A, B with a switch e, by which it can be put to earth. The dynamo f, carried by the engine or train, has one terminal earthed and the other connected to an electromagnet g, the other end of which is connected to a roller d, passing along the conductor c. The armature of the magnet normally engages the rod h, attached to a lever i, which is fixed to the valve k of an automatic brake. When the switch e is closed, the armature is attracted and releases the rod h, and thus applies the brake. If two trains approach each other on the same line, the brakes of each will be applied, since a circuit will be completed from earth through one dynamo and magnet to conductor c, and thence through the other magnet and dynamo to earth.
Patent GB-190413864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Dynamo-electric Machines
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,864. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allegemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. June 18. Armatures ; field magnets.-Relates to means, of the type described in Specification No. 7384, A.D. 1903, for securing windings on the rotor of a dynamo-electric machine. A tooth or rib c, Fig. 2, of the length of the rotor or in several longitudinal or cross sections as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, is fitted into one of the dovetailed grooves b formed in the solid iron or laminated core. The former-wound coil e is laid against it, and another tooth c is slipped into the adjacent groove so as to enclose it. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the coil is secured by a wedge g made in one or more parts and fitted into a dovetailed space between successive teeth. The teeth may also be secured by wedges k, Fig. 9, driven into slots cut below the dovetail grooves b, or by dovetailed ribs l, Fig. 10, driven into the grooves b. Some of the teeth and wedges are constructed of non-magnetic material, to avoid setting up magnetic fields.
Patent GB-190418610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skates.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-08-27
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,610. Haddan, H. J., (Hallberg, K. V., and Felin, E.]. Aug. 27. Skates.-For securely attaching skates to boots, the sole-plate 1 is provided with two toothed jaws 4 adjustable by nuts 5 to the width of the sole. The heel-plate 6 is secured to the boot by means of a catch 9, which works eccentrically in a slot 6<a> in the plate 6. The catch 9 is engaged by a key, bayonet, or other shaped slot in a plate attached to the boot heel, and the catch is locked in this slot, in order to secure the plate 6 to the boot heel, by turning the catch by means of a lever arm, which embraces a pin 9<a> attached to the catch. The arm is formed with holes to fit the nuts 5, so that it can be used as a spanner. When the lever arm is turned, it forces the sole of the boot against the jaws 4. The heel-plate 6 is preferably thicker at its rear end, so that, as the boot is forced forwards, the heel is pressed firmly against the plate. The heel - plate 6 may be pivoted, and the catch 9 placed eccentrically with regard to the pivot. As shown in Fig. 6, the plate attached to the boot heel is dispensed with, and the fixed heel - plate 11 carries teeth 11<a>. Below the plate 11<a> is a movable plate 10 formed with teeth 10<a>, and the plate 10<a> is moved so as to grip the boot heel by means of an arm 13, similar to the lever arm, Fig. 1, which is provided with a pin 13<a> working in a slot in the plate 10.
Patent GB-190418790-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating and Recording Electrically at a Distance the Movements of Instruments Indicating Physical Conditions.
Inventor: PAGE JOHN FISHER LE
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 18,790. Le Page, J. F. Sept. 30. Registering at a distance electrically; registering observation by instruments.-An electric step-bystep apparatus for recording the indications of a physical instrument, such as a gauge, a clinical thermometer, or magnetic or electric measuring- instrument, is arranged to operate the control pallets of an escapement electrically, thereby allowing a clockwork train to move the recording- pen. A spindle c, Fig. 2, moved directly or through gearing by the instrument, carries on an arm two swing contact-pieces d<1>, d<2>, one or other of which, according to the direction of motion, strikes other platinum-iridium surfaces upon upstanding projections f, f<1> arranged at short intervals around an insulating-disc E and fast to silver base rings F, F<1>. The record strip passes from a clock-driven carrier-drum T, Fig. 5, on to the spring receiving-drum T', and is marked by a transversely moving pencil X, the holder for which is guided by the rods U, U' and is placed according to the indication of the instrument by a cord W passing over pulleys and around the driving-wheel W<1>,controlled by the contact-maker as follows. The spring of the clock train G tends to rotate the wheels L, L', the two pins N on each of which are arranged to lift the detent o at the moment the wheel W<l> receives an impulse, but this can only take place when one or other of the two electromagnets Q, Q<1>, Fig. 7, is energized and the channelled escapement members S, S' allow the pin discs R, R<1> on the pinions to move, the connections being as shown. The apparatus may be arranged to operate only between certain limits on the main instrument scale, and electric contacts may befitted on the guide-rod U' to enable the attainment of certain readings to be announced by bell.
Patent GB-190423050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Electrical Railways.
Inventor: GILL OSCAR SAYLE
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,050. Gill, O. S. Oct. 26. Electric railways on the third-rail system. Conductors; collectors. - Consists in means for covering or protecting " live " rails and in providing a collecting-device particularly applicable for use in conjunction with the covering. Fig. 1 shows an end elevation of the protecting-casing, the "live" rail being in section. The casing consists of L or U section lengths b, c, made of wood or other material and supported at suitable distances by U-shaped brackets e which are carried by chairs f or directly connected to the sleepers. Strengthening-pieces i may be used, or the casing corrugated, the ends of the lengths being made to overlap, or grooved to form a watertight joint. The collector, which enters the casing through the space d, consists of an arm j, Figs. 4 and 6, having a box-end m in which is fitted the collecting-shoe k having renewable wearing-part k<1>. The shoe which is free to move in a vertical direction, is kept pressed down on to the rail by the springs l, the amount of downward motion being limited by the stop p. The motors are connected electrically, through the flexible insulated conductors r and terminals n, to the shoe k.
Patent GB-190425119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Screw Threaded Tenons and Coacting Mortises or Sockets.
Inventor: WHITE CHARLES MELBOURNE
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 25,119. White, C. M., [Wilkinson, J. A.]. Nov. 18. Cutting screws; mortising; tenoning. -Screwed wooden tenons and mortices for connecting parts of wood are provided with metallic coverings and linings respectively, on which the threads are formed, the wood being compressed between the convolutions in the formation of the threads.
Patent GB-190504824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fender and Ash-pan Fronts
Inventor: LAWRENCE HERBERT
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 4824. Lawrence, H. March 8. Stamping.-Twisted "quill" ornaments on fenders and ashpan fronts are produced by working the sheet metal by means of dies &c. The ornaments may be raised, as on the fender shown, or sunk.
Patent GB-190507079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Hooks, Pegs and the like for Holding Hats, Coats, Satchels, and similar Articles.
Inventor: COOK MARY
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 7079. Cook, M. April 4. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Hooks.-Relates to automatically folding hooks for supporting hats, coats, satchels, &c., suitable for attachment to the backs of chairs, seats, &c. in theatres &c. The hook a is pivoted by a pin b, in projections g behind a slotted plate c, and, when not in use, tilts up into a recess in the chair &c. to which the plate c is attached. Formed with or fitted to the inner end of the hook is a counterweight, Fig. 2, or a flat spring e bearing on the shaped end of the hook, Fig. 3, the effect in each case being to keep the hook in the closed position when there is no weight on the outer end. A ring or knob f or some projecting part may serve as means for pulling the hook outward.
Patent GB-190507231-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of Wool Lubricant which is Soluble in Water and Readily Washed Out in Water.
Inventor: RIEP JOHANN WILHELM
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 7231. Riep, J. W., and Bauer, G. H. April 5. Emulsions, making. -A wool lubricant which can be washed out in cold water is produced by partially vaporizing castor oil in the presence of an alkali, the non-saponified portion being dissolved in the soap formed and the excess of alkali, and the whole forming with the water added during saponification a clear solution or an emulsion which can be used on the wool without any further treatment. A mixture of 100 kilos of castor oil with a solution of 50 kilos of caustic potash of 50‹ BÚ. in 50 litres of water is heated to 90‹ C., and 40 litres of water then added in such a manner that the temperature is not appreciably lowered. After some time, when the liquid begins to rise in the vessel, another 40 litres of water are slowly added until a clear thin liquid is produced. After adding five times the volume of water, the liquid is ready for use.