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Patent GB-190123774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: JACKSON RALPH
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 23,774. Jackson, R. Nov. 23. Motor road vehicles. -Comprises a motor tricycle with a front passenger seat mounted between the two steering - wheels, and a rear seat for the driver. Fig. 1 shows the vehicle in side elevation. The two side tubes 1 are each provided with bow-string tie-rods 4, buttressed at the centre as shown. The rear seat 5 is supported by springs 11, 13 hung from a transverse spindle 7 and an arm 8 fixed to a tripod 6. The supporting-rods 10 slide through guide-brackets 9. In front of the driver's seat is a footplate (not shown) hinged to the cross-tube and resting on a spring on the carburetter 16. The front seat frame is composed of a pair of side frames 17, connected together by the petrol reservoir 18, a casing 19 formed with three compartments, a tool box 20, battery cupboard 21, and splashboard 22. On this frame; which is carried by springs 25, is mounted an upholstered " shape." The compartments in the casing 19 are for an induction coil, engine-lubricating device, and engine circulating-water. The steering band-wheel is composed of a rim 41 with a single spoke formed by bending the adjustable stem 42. The air and vapour mixing and throttle valves 48 have vertical spindles extending to handles 50 moving over a quadrant attached to the steering-mast just beneath the hand-wheel.
Patent GB-190123858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Measuring the Area of Leather and like Articles of Irregular Figure.
Inventor: DUDGEON HARRY ALLSOP
Filed: 1901-11-25
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 23,858. Dudgeon, H. A. Nov. 25. Calculating - apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for measuring the area of skins of leather and like articles of irregular figure. A row of hinged arms D<1>, bearing back against stops D<3>, holds a row of separate wheels E, arranged side by side almost in contact with a rotating roller B, and, as the leather passes between the roller and the wheels, cords E<2>, wound up by the hubs of the wheels, draw weights E<3> with rollers up inclined arms E<5> which extend from a shaft C, The turning-movement of the weights about the shaft is balanced by a spring h, pulling a shorter arm at one end of the shaft, and an index is provided either by means of a pressure gauge 1 with a sensitive reservoir 4 under the short arm or by means of a rack - and - pinion attachment. A friction pawl P prevents the measuring - wheels from running back, until it is lifted by a handle 0<2>. Means are, however, provided to allow a return movement of eachmeasuring - wheel equal to the amount of movement imparted to the rollers by the thickness of the substance measured. The number of revolutions a wheel may make is limited by a spiral groove e and an engaging-pin on an arm M'.
Patent GB-190126106-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Scoring Points in Games.
Inventor: FLETCHER FRED TAYLOR
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 26,106. Fletcher, F. T. Dec. 21. Scoring and marking ; net supports.-A scoring - device for games such as " ping- " pong consists of an elastic cord A, attached to a suitable support and having strung upon it a number of beads B equal to the number of points in the game. The beads are supported b y a spring G, which, by pulling a cord J, can be drawn back so that its end is the distance of one bead from a fixed projection H. On releasing the cord, a single ball is disengaged, and travels downwards. In the example shown, the elastic cord A is attached to the netsupport D.
Patent GB-190126413-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Water Gauges for Steam Generators
Inventor: WOOD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 26,413. Wood, A. Dec. 27. Gauge - glass fittings.-Valves a, b in the upper and lower fittings are normally held open by a slender glass rod c, a thin metal rod, or the like, so as to permit the passage of steam and water to the gauge glass. When, however, the glass breaks, the pressure of the boiler, acting on the valves, crushes the rod c and closes them. The valves are preferably guided by openwork frames h attached to them.
Patent GB-190200314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bags, Reticules and the like.
Inventor: AMSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-01-04
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 314. Amson, A. Jan. 4. Bags.-Ladies' hand-bags, reticules, &c. are provided with a running loop which will grip the wrist in carrying them. In Fig. 1, the bag is shown provided with a flexible chain or cord a, fitted at the ends with balls e which are too large to pass through the suspension loops b, and on the cord a is fitted a second cord g. The cord g is provided at its ends with balls, of which f is fixed on the cord a, while f can slide on it, so that, when the cord g is applied to the wrist, the ball f <1> will approach the ball f, and the bag will be securely suspended.
Patent GB-190202157-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Ladies' Hand Bag, Chatelainebag, Bagpurse & the like
Inventor: KAHN RUDOLPH
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 2157. Kahn, R. Jan. 27. Money bags. - Ladies' hand-bags, chÔtelaine bags, purses, &c. are made without a frame. Fig. 1 shows a chÔtelaine bag formed by securing together two pieces of leather or other suitable material of the shape shown and attaching thereto a handle k. The bag is closed by folding inwards the flaps e, a, f, and g, b, f, and securing them by means of spring fastenings h ; a spring fastening l is also applied to the handle. A third piece or gusset may be inserted between the two pieces forming the sides of the bag. The Provisional Specification describes a frameless bag, which is formed of four pieces of material having projecting flaps which cover the mouth of the bag.
Patent GB-190204335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Devices for Distributing Sand or the like on Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: HILDEBRAND WILHELM KARL MAX
Filed: 1902-02-20
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 4335. Hildebrand, W. K. M. Feb. 20. Locomotives and tramway engines.- Relates to means for distributing sand or the like on railways and tramways, and consists in means for causing an emergency application of the brakes automatically to operate the airsupply valve of the sanding-apparatus, while the valve can yet be operated independently at other times. Fig. 1 shows, in side elevation, the brake e shaft f and sanding shaft b. In addition to the usual handle c, the shaft b has an arm d, which is capable of being operated by a cam e on the brake shaft when the latter is turned into the position for producing an emergency application of the brakes.
Patent GB-190204431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicating and Regulating Apparatus
Inventor: WETZEL ALBERT
Filed: 1902-02-21
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 4431. Wetzel, A. Feb. 21. Speed indicators.-Relates to speed indicating or regulating apparatus which may be employed either for stationary or portable engines, or for vehicles. or as an anemometer, or for other purposes. A propeller or like screw g, loosely mounted on the spindle h and set in rotation, through links e, f, by the shaft d< >of the engine or vehicle, exerts upon the surrounding glycerine, air, or other fluid c a pressure causing the displacement of the screw in the direction of its axis. This displacement, the amount of which varies according to the speed of the driving-shaft and the corresponding pressure of the screw as it overcomes more or less the pressure opposing the same, is transmitted by levers and gearing, such as k, l, n, o, p, to an indicating or registering mechanism r, q, or to the distributing gear or throttle valve of the engine. The Provisional Specification states that the weight of the propeller screw and lever mechanism may be compensated by a float, in which case the spring m is replaced by a pendulum provided with an adjustable weight.
Patent GB-190205537-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bat or Racquet for Table Tennis and like Games.
Inventor: DEWHURST WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-06
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 5537. Dewhurst, W. March 6. Battledores or racquets.-Table-tennis and like racquets are provided with covers made of rubber or other elastic material, and adapted to be stretched over or otherwise detachably secured to the racquets.
Patent GB-190207382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam-traps
Inventor: SILK AUGUST
Filed: 1902-03-26
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 7382. Silk, A., and Light, P. April 4, A.D. 1901, [date applied under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam traps.-In the trap shown in Figs. 2 and 3 there are arranged, within the closed housing 9, the float 31 and the valve-operating mechanism, which comprises the arm 29, and the angle lever 24 to which is connected the valve rod 22. The inlet opening is provided with the pipe 33, which may be arranged to lead the steam below the level of the condensed water in the trap, and the housing has the inlet 11 closed by the cap 12, to permit access to the interior. The outlet is controlled by the valve 15, and the valve seat 16 is fitted between the upper end of the pipe-attaching nipple 17 and the lower end of the semi-plug 21, the nipple 17 being held in position by the union 19. The float- arm is positively actuated by hand from the outside when it is required to remove sediment. This is accomplished by means of the eccentric cam on the rod 34 from the hand-lever 36, which may be fitted on one or other side of the housing.
Patent GB-190210221-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stop Motion for Spinning Mules
Inventor: ROYLE WALTER
Filed: 1902-05-03
Granted: 1903-05-02
Abstract: 10,221. Royle, W. May 3. Mules.-Relates to means for automatically stopping the mule when the rim band breaks or frays. The loose part of the rim band is caused to engage with the bent end j<x> of a balanced lever j, i, the opposite end of which is brought into engagement with a cam l on the cam shaft f, as shown in dotted lines. The cam shaft is therefore blocked with the strap on the loose pulley, and the further operation of the mule is prevented until the cam has been released and the strap shifted on to the fast pulley.
Patent GB-190213199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Casting Metals.
Inventor: FRANKLIN HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1902-06-10
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 13,199. Franklin, H. H. June 10. Casting and moulding.-Moulds for casting type or other metal articles are maintained with a slight space between the parts of the mould during casting, in order to allow free escape of the air from the metal. In the apparatus shown, the parts e, e<1> of the mould are secured to supports F, G, the lower support being pivoted on the table a and carrying a standard f to guide the upper support. Metal is supplied to the mould from a casing B below the table. being forced through a nozzle C by a plunger D. The upper part e<1> is connected by a link g<1> to a bell crank g pivoted on a cap on, and connected by a link g<2> to, the table, the cap being adjustable so that the centres of the link g<1> and bell crank are in alignment when the support F is turned into position over the nozzle, the parts of the mould being thus held firmly at the desired distance apart. This spacing may also be determined by forming thin projections on one part.
Patent GB-190214982-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Treatment of Zinc Ores and other Zinc Material.
Inventor: DOWN JOHN RICHARD
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 14,982. Down, J. R. July 5. Zinc.-Zinc ores and other materials, such as roasted blende, zinc ozides, &c., are mixed with coal or other carbonaceous material and sago starch or sago flour to serve as a binding-material for briquetting them. The blocks are made to fit the retorts. The Provisional Specification mentions zinc ashes.
Patent GB-190216613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Consuming Smoke in Furnaces.
Inventor: BOTTOMLEY JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1902-07-26
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 16,613. Bottomley, J. A. July 26. Smoke-consuming.-Relates to means for supplying heated air at the bridge under the control of the fire-door and clockwork. An air chamber b in the firebridge has an elongated extension d through which the heated air is delivered. The admission of air to the chamber b is controlled by the damper h, which is connected by rods and levers to a shaft k extending across the furnace front. This shaft is turned, to open the damper, on the opening of the fire-door 9, by means of an arm n, spindle m<1>, and bevel-wheels at o. It is turned back gradually to close the damper by a weight r, under the control of an ordinary clock train with a pendulum and escapement at s.
Patent GB-190223009-A (GB)
Title: Album with Cover Serving as Frame for an Adage, Picture or the like.
Inventor: HERRMANN EDMUND
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 23,009. Herrmann, E. Oct. 22. Albums.-An album cover is formed with a cavity or frame a for a sheet, plate, or the like bearing an adage, picture, &c., the plate &c. being inserted through a slot b and retained by a device such as a spring member projecting beyond the inner surface of the cover so that it is forced into the cover to close the slot b on closing the album.
Patent GB-190224859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Arc Lamps.
Inventor: CARBONE TITO LIVIO
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 24,859. Carbone, T. L. Nov. 12. Arc lamps.-In order to steady and increase the arc, it is produced a little below an iron ring a, which is connected bv two iron rods b, c to the core of an electromagnet d. A third iron rod e extends from the rod b to near the rod c. The arc may be produced between the lower ends of two inclined pairs of inclined carbons, as shown ; the carbons in each pair have flat sides in contact.
Patent GB-190228388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pulverizing or Disintegrating Machines
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 28,388. Thame, J., and Oliver Mill Co. Dec. 23. Impact pulverizers.-Beaters in an impact pulverizer are spring - sup - ported, so as to prevent them from being jammed within the casing by large pieces of material, and special connections for the beater - head and stem are provided. Fig. 1 shows a beater in section. A spring-supported sliding bearing- piece d in an elongated hole c in the stem a abuts against the pivot e, and allows movement of the beater bodily in the direction of the stem against the pivot. The Figure also shows one form of connection for the beater-head band stem a, in which bearing-surfaces h, k on the stem, and head, respectively, are arranged perpendicular to the stem, so that these surfaces bear the whole of the centrifugal thrust, a wedge-shaped fixing- piece l being thus unaffected centrifugally. Figs. 3 and 4 show, in section and plan, a modified form of connection, in which the bearing-surfaces on the T-shaped end o of the stem a and of the recessed hole m in the beater-head b are again perpendicular to the stem. The T-shaped end o is inserted in the slot n in the head, and then turned through a right-angle, being held in this position by one or two wedges l fixed in the slot n.
Patent GB-190304693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photometrical Apparatus.
Inventor: SIMMANCE JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-02-28
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 4693. Simmance, J. F., and Abady, J. Feb. 28. Photometers.-The relative intensities of lights are estimated by apparatus such as shown in Figs. 1, 5, 6A, and 7. The rays from the standard light B and from the light A to be tested pass through an aperture in a slide C and fall on a white translucent screen G. The slide is caused to oscillate by means of a crank E operated by a band passing over the pulley F, and, if the illuminations on the screen from the two lights are of different intensities, these, as observed through the eyepiece D, will have a flickering or throbbing effect. By altering the intensity of the standard light, such as by lessening its supply, as in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, or by altering its distance, until the flickering effect disappears, the illumination, produced on the screen by both lights, will be the same, and the light A can then be estimated in terms of the light B in the usual manner. The slide, instead of having only one slit, may have two slits, the intervening part serving to cut off the rays from each light alternately. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the slide carries a prism from which the rays from the lights A, B, arranged as shown, are reflected to the eyepiece D. In Fig. 6A the prism is replaced by two rectangular blocks M of a translucent substance, separated by a thin sheet of opaque material. In further modifications, of which Fig. 7 is a type, a rotating wheel C is used for the slide, the periphery of which is furnished with vanes or teeth, each being cut alternately with a right and left bevel, thus reflecting to the eye the effect of each light in turn. A further modification consists of a combination of the rotating-wheel with the translucent blocks.
Patent GB-190313607-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Making Handles for Butcher and Table Knives
Inventor: GIBBINS THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-18
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 13,607. Gibbins, T. H. June 18. Making knives.-The scales of the handles of butchers' and table knives are stamped from sheet metal either separately or combined, as shown in Fig. 3. The separate scales are secured to the tang by pins. The combined scales are bent at the part A which fits into a notch in the tang.
Patent GB-190315192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stapling Machines.
Inventor: ALEXE FRANK
Filed: 1903-07-09
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 15,192. Alere, F. July 9. Stapling.-A machine for simultaneously driving a number of staples into the staves of collapsable barrels, or other articles, consists of a number of standards b sliding in a groove in the base-plate a, so that the distances between the staples can be adjusted. One standard only is shown in Fig. 1. The shaft d, mounted in bearings b' in the forked ends b<1> of the standards, is driven by toothed or other gearing from the main shaft n. The strap f of an eccentric on the shaft d has a lug f<1>, into which is screwed the rod g, pivoted to the tool h, which slides in a groove i in the standard b. The lower end of the groove i is normally closed by the spot plate k, fitted with aguide-lug k<1> engaging the recess k<3>, and pressed outwards by the spring l. The lower end h<1> of the tool h is tapered so as to push back the plate k, and the driving-point is curved or shaped to correspond with the head of the staple. The staple is placed on the inclined arm m and slides down to the groove i. The sliding stop q can be moved across the arm m to stop the supply of staples. The stave &c. is placed upon the bed-plate a', against adjustable stops a<2>. A foot-operated belt-shifter is used.
Patent GB-190315401-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of a New Serum for Curative Purposes
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 15,401. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co.]. July 11. Medicinal preparations; antitoxines.-A serum, which increases the action of sodium cinnamate in the "Hetol" treatment of human tuberculosis, is obtained from tuberculous animals, such as cows, which have been treated with sodium cinnamate by injection until increase in weight has taken place, and the animals do not show reaction by increase of temperature when tuberculine is subcutaneously injected.
Patent GB-190318111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Inventor: WUEST PHILIP
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 18,111. Wuest, P. Aug. 21. Automatic instruments.- A mechanical piano player is provided with means to operate the pedals of the piano or similar instrument, more particularly the loud pedal, in accordance with the music being played without, or with, the interposition of the operator. Fig. 4 shows in part elevation the player to which the pedal mechanism is applied. Fig. 5 shows the pneumatic motor for operating the pedal. A plunger mechanism adapted to depress the loud pedal is connected by linkage gearing with the hand lever 36, and with the motor bellows 40. The bellows motor is controlled by the diaphragm 41. When the slide valve 60, Fig. 7, is shifted by the rod 64 of a finger lever, until the recess 61 establishes communication between the ports 55, 57, the bellows 40 is collapsed and the pedal depressed. When the pedal is operated by the perforated music web 8, the valve 60 is set to make communication between the ports 56, 58, and the valve 70 is operated to open the port 68 to the atmosphere, by a cross-bar which connects the two pivoted arms 79, 80, and is common to, and actuated by, the vertical arms of the finger levers corresponding to the first sixteen tones of the lower register.
Patent GB-190318746-A (GB)
Title: A Tension Regulating Device for Thread Dressing Machines
Inventor: FREDENBURGH GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 18,746. Fredenburgh, G. A. Aug. 31. Threads, finishing and dressing. -A device for putting tension on the threads in threaddressing machines is arranged with bars A, Figs. 1 and 3, each carrying a freely - mounted flanged roller d at one end, and formed with grooves b at the other end, end, which is passed through a hole f formed in a cross-bar B of the machine. The thread passes up from a twisting-head over a roller d, then round and in contact with a rotating brush cylinder, next over another roller d, and finally in contact with a rotating ironer cylinder and over another roller d to a second twisting-head. The bars A are locked in position in the cross-bars B by blocks h, which are shaped to fit the grooves b and are capable of sliding in tubes C screwed into the cross-bars above the holes f. The tension on the threads is adjusted by moving the bars A in or out, the bar being first partially rotated to raise the block h, against the action of the spring j, to the position shown in Fig. 3, then moved in or out as required, and finally rotated back again to allow the block to descend into a fresh groove and so lock the bar in its new position. To prevent the block from rotating, a pin h<1> projects from it through a vertical slot in the tube C.
Patent GB-190321674-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Sawing Machine Operated by Fluid Pressure.
Inventor: BERGSTROM THEODORE
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 21,674. Bergstrom, T. Oct. 8. Sawing.-The frame 16 of a portable hack - saw is either fixed to a piston-rod 11, or to a cylinder 9 as shown, and is reciprocated by compressed air or other fluid which is admitted to the ends of the cylinder through the passage 67, the ports 68, 69 in the valve bushing 56, the annular grooves 58, 59 of the triple - grooved piston valve 55, and passages such as 71. At the end of each stroke, a groove 74 or 78 in the piston-rod connects one end of the valve - chamber with the live-air port 62 by means of the ports and passages 72, 73, 65, 63, and a recess 75 or 79 in the piston-rod opens the port 73 leading from the other end of the valve-chamber to exhaust. so that the valve 55 is moved to its extreme position. Air escapes from the cylinder 9 through the passages 71, the grooves 58, 59, and the ports 80, 81. The cylinder slides on guide-rods 7 which, with the piston-rod, are secured to blocks 5, 6 sliding on the bars 2, the saw being fed to its work by the weight of the cylinder &c., or by ratchet machinery. When the block 6 depresses the pin 50 and the plug 43 of the valve casing 39 which is adjustable on the bar 2, the supply of fluid to the flexible pipe 20 and the cylinder 9 is cut off. Another flexible pipe 33 leads air to the cylinder 28, to the piston-rod 25 of which the movable jaw 23 of the vice is attached. In one position of the cock 32, air can exhaust from the cylinder 28 through the hole 34. The jaws are slotted at 22<a>, 23<a> to receive the saw 15, a length gauge 37 is provided, and also a shield 35 for keeping the cylinder 28 &c. free from cuttings.