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Patent GB-190312866-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Transferring Coal and Similar Cargo from Ships or Lighters to Ships or Wharves
Inventor: PAUL MICHEL JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 12,866. Paul, M. J. June 8. Loading and unloading; conveyers; elevators.- Consists of apparatus for transferring coal &c. from ships or lighters to ships or wharves. Fig. 6 shows an apparatus for transferring coal from a collier to a wharf, transversely of the barge carrying the apparatus. Conveyer arms F<4>, F<5> are pivoted to standards H<1>, and to one of them, F<4>, is connected by plates S a swinging elevator arm F<3>. The arms F<4>, F<5> are set at any desired angle by tackle q wound on drums q<3>, and are retained by studs r<2> raised and lowered by rack-and-pinion gear r<3>. An endless conveyer chain runs through the arms F<4>, F5, and, in order that variations of their angles may not affect its passage, the arms are connected to the standards, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The upper rails f on which the conveyer chains run, are connected to pivoted quadrants f <5>, the space between which is bridged by a fixed block f<10> ; the lower rails f<3> are loosely connected to pivoted arms p<2>, the space between the arms being bridged by a block p. The coal &c. is conducted from the elevator F<3> to a hopper L<3>, Fig. 7, at the end of the arm F<4> by a plate s<2> hinged to the arm F<3>. The conveyer chain in the arms F<4>, F<5> is driven by a drum at J' and drives the elevator F<3> by a belt s<6>. The conveyer and elevator chains are composed of plates e, Fig. 5, secured to the links e' and bent up to form sides e<2>, a certain number being also bent to form bottoms e<3>. The forward end of one plate curves closely under the trailing end of the next, thus preventing escape of dust through a wide range of relative inclination. The apparatus may be arranged on the wharf &c. instead of on a barge. In a modification, suitable for tranferring coal from a lighter to a ship's bunkers, and, as before, mounted transversely on a barge &c., a conveyer, having at its lower end the arm F<3>, is mounted in a position inclined upwards from the lighter, and consists of two frames, each containing an independently-driven endless-chain conveyer, such as shown in Fig. 5. The two frames are slidingly mounted so that they can be drawn inboard when not in use, and the conveyer chains are driven by shafting and gearing which allows of this movement. Specification No. 2140, A.D. 1890, is referred to.
Patent GB-190314741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motion Transmitting Devices, especially applicable to Railway Switches and other like Apparatuses.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 14,741. Justice, P. M., [American Automatic Switch Co.]. July 2. Controlling and lucking signals.- Relates to motion-transmitting devices especially applicable for operating railway switches and signals, and consists mainly of a 'specially-slotted cam-plate, the movement of which imparts motion to the switch or other apparatus. The Figures show the apparatus as applied for operating a railway switch, the cam-plate being moved by means of an electromagnet. A cam-plate C, mounted to move freely in an enclosing-frame b<1>, d<1>, is connected to the forked end of an operating-rod A by pins a and slots c, and provided with a specially-shaped operating-slot c<1>, and bifurcated gulding or controlling slots c<2> engaged by pins e on the frame b<1>, d<1>. The slot c' engages a pin b on the rod B of the switch S. The rod A may be moved directly by the action of the electromagnet M, or it may be actuated through a lever carrying the magnet armature. When the plate C is raised from the position shown in Fig. 1, and in dotted lines in Fig. 6, to that shown in full lines in Fig. 6, the inclined side t<1> of the slot c<1> acts on the pin b and moves over the switch S ; at the same time, the slots c' and pins e cause the plate to move slightly to the right, on account of the inclination of the slots r<1>, so that, when the plate is released, it falls in an inclined direction and causes the pin b to rest in the part t<4> of the slut c<1>, as shown in Fig. 8. The next vertical movement of the camplate reverses the motion of the switch, as the pin b is acted on by the inclined side t<2> of the slot c<1> and the plate is guided or controlled by the inclined parts r<2> of the slots c<2>. The parts of the apparatus may be modified ; the cam-plate may be formed of a frame of the required shape, and it may have only one guiding-slot ; the cam-plate may also be inverted and the other parts may be differently arranged. To lock the cam-plate C and also the rod B and switch in either position, the curved portions t3, t<4> of the slot c<1> may be slightly recessed to receive the pin b. The electric connections for the electromagnet M may be arranged as shown in Fig. 4. The trolley wire H is provided with an insulated portion h bridged by a conductor h', the terminals m<1>, m<2> of the magnet being connected by wires l<1>, l<2> to the trolley wire H and insulated part h respectively. When the trolley K reaches the insulated portion h, current passes to it through the shunt containing the electromagnet, which thus becomes energized and actuates the plate C. In block and other systems of signalling, the cam-plate is used in an inverted position, in which case the normal or resting position of the plate is with the pin b resting in the apex of the slot, as shown in full lines in Fig. 6, which locks the plate against external movement.
Patent GB-190317015-A (GB)
Title: A Combination Book Marker, Paper Knife & Toothpick
Inventor: ROBERTS EDWIN
Filed: 1903-08-05
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 17,015. Roberts, E. Aug. 5. Paper-knives.-A combined bookmarker, paper knife, and toothpick, as shown in Fig. 1, to be made of ivory or metal. The toothpick 3 closes up between the book marker 1 and paperknife 2.
Patent GB-190317448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Binding Mechanism for Grain Harvesters.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1903-08-11
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,448. Haddan, R., [International Harvester Co.]. Aug. 11. Sheafing or binding apparatus. - Relates to the driving-mechanism of the binding-mechanism of harvesting-machines, and consists in means for preventing the parts from working loose and thus tripping the binder prematurely into action. The continuouslyrunning packer shaft is in alignment with the shaft 14 on one end of which is a pinion 16 which drives the internally - toothed camwheel 17 which actuates the binding - mechanism. The other end of the shaft 14 carries the spring-controlled three-armed lever having a friction-wheel adapted, when the lever is released, to engage a clutch disc on the end of the packer shaft, and thus drive the binding- mechanism. The cam wheel 17 is formed with a peripheral recess 29 which co-acts with a roller 30 on a spring-controlled arm to bring the wheel 17 to rest, and hold it until the binder is again tripped into action. The construction of the stop arm carrying the roller 30 is shown in detail in Fig. 4. The roller 30 is mounted in a fork 35 having a threaded stem 36 which screws into an arm 31 connected to the bar 32 of the frame in such a way that it is incapable of longitudinal movement, but under the action of the spring 33 can move sideways to enter the recess 29. The parts 31, 36 are held in their adjusted position by a set-screw 41, the point of which enters one of a series of grooves formed in the threaded stem 36, and prevents it from turning.
Patent GB-190317872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Grinding, Polishing and similarly Operating upon Reflectors, Specula, Lenses, and the like.
Inventor: PAYNE FRANK HOWARD
IPC: B24B13/015
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 17,872. Payne, F. H. Aug. 18. Specula; reflectors; lenses.-Relates to grinding and polishing apparatus for giving a true spherical, parabolic, or other surface to specula, reflectors, lenses, and the like. The work d, Figs. 2 and 4, is rotated in a horizontal plane, in any suitable manner, beneath the grinding or polishing disc c rotated by an electric motor a. For producing a spherical surface, the parts a, c, Fig. 2, are carried by an arm b, centered at k and provided with means, such as the screw e, for traversing it. For producing a parabolic surface, the parts a, c, Fig. 4, are carried by a slide e carrying a pulley h for a cord g, one end of which is attached at a fixed point corresponding to the focus of the parabola, the other end being attached at the point m to a carriage on which (he slide moves. The carriage is moved by a screw &c. n, in a straight line parallel to the directrix of the parabola.
Patent GB-190318903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil & Spirit Lamps and Stoves.
Inventor: GILMAN WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 18,903. Gilman, W. H. Sept. 2. Oil and spirit lamps and stoves.-To prevent danger from the upsetting of oil and spirit lamps and stoves, and to filter the oil or spirit, an inner tube B, having at its base a filter plug D of carbon or other analogous porous substance, either solid, pulverized, or semi-pulverized, and also an upper layer E of cottonwool, waste, or the like, upon which the wick rests, is fitted in the outer reservoir A. In a modification, the porous substance may rest on an internal flange of the tube B ; or the tube B may have a bottom cap of wire gauze, on a perforated disc.
Patent GB-190326357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cork Drawing Machines and the like.
Inventor: FRASER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-02
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,357. Fraser, W. Dec. 2. Corkscrews and cork-drawers; corking.-Relates to improvements in hydraulic cork - drawing machines of the kind described in Specification No. 9728, A.D. 1902. The lower end of the cover A<1> of the corkscrew A is made with a pair of gripping-jaws A<3>, A', which grip the neck of the bottle during the downward movement of the corkscrew, and automatically release the bottle during the upward, or cork-drawing, movement. The jaws are constructed with inclined shanks a<3>, a<4> passing through inclined holes in the cover A', and they may be made of wood, or of metal lined with india-rubber. The reciprocating nut, through which the screw-spindle a passes, is formed with rollers a<5> to reduce the friction, and ball bearings are placed between the spindle a and its operating- rod a<2>. The bottle is placed upon a spring- controlled table adapted to slide up and down on the supporting pillars D, the springs pressing the bottle into engagement with the jaws. By compressing the springs, the bottle may be withdrawn. The rods E are connected by a rod M', Fig. 9, with the treadle N, or a valve as shown, so that, when the movable parts carrying the corkscrew reach the bottom of their stroke, the valve is automatically reversed without the use of a spring. The gripping-device may also be used in conjunction with a corking-machine, for holding the bottles while being corked.
Patent GB-190407739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Drying Apparatus
Inventor: HOFFBAUR BERNHARD
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-03-31
Abstract: 7739. Hoffbaur, B. March 31. Drying granular and pulverulent materials.-In apparatus in which drying is effected by passing currents of hot air or gases through the material, means are provided for preventing the escape, with the moisture, of the lighter particles of the material. The apparatus, of whatever form, is divided into two compartments, and a current of hot air or gases is directed into each. The air or gases pass directly through the compartment first entered by the material, and, becoming charged with moisture, escape to the flue. The other current, which effects the final drying, has no direct access to the flue, but, after passing through the second compartment, is forced to pass into the first, carrying with it the dust given up by the material. The dust is thus restore to the material in the first compartment, and the current, after becoming charged with moisture, escapes to the flue. The invention is shown applied to a form of apparatus, Figs. 1 and 2, in which the material is forced to take a sinuous course through a series of rotary concentric cylinders containing steam tubes placed longitudinally. The apparatus is divided into two compartments by a plate 12. The material, entering at 10, is taken by the conveyers 11 to the plates 13, which, owing to the inclined guide-plates 14, convey it into the drum 15. The shovel-pieces 16 and the plates 17 then direct the material into the drum 18 from which it passes to the outlet 22. Hot air passes into the compartments through the shutters 23, which extend the whole length of the apparatus. Air also enters through the outlet 22. In another form of apparatus, shown in section in Fig. 3, the drying- chamber is divided by a fixed plate 40 and a plate 42 carried by the revolving cylinder. The invention is shown in the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification, applied to apparatus with stationary heating members. The shutter 52, Fig. 3, which is provided to allow the admission of air without loss of material, consists of a series of overlapping plates hinged to the walls of the chamber. They are actuated simultaneously by the lever shown. In another form of shutter, the plates are coupled by links to the walls of the chamber. Spring straps 38, Fig. 1, provided with rollers may be used in the rotary form of apparatus for breaking the lumps. The trough of the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is formed with double walls, and ribs are provided on the outer surface in order to utilize the whole of the heat of the hot air or gases.
Patent GB-190411717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Hoeing Turnips and the like.
Inventor: LIMOND WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 11,717. Limond, W. May 21. Turnip - thinning machines. - In a machine for hoeing or thinning turnips and the like, the hoe blades are attached by a fork frame to the lower ends of slotted links driven by cranks and bevel gearing from the axle of the travelling wheels, so as to have a rotating and an oscillating movement. On the axle 2 of the travelling wheels 3 is a frame 4 suspended by a chain 5 from the upper part of the frame 1. Mounted in the frame 4 is a transverse spindle 7, driven from the axle 2 by the chain 9 and carrying a bevel-wheel 8 which gears with another bevelwheel 12, and so drives the longitudinal spindle 11. To a crank or eccentric 17 on the end of the spindle 11 is attached a slotted link 16, working over a stud 18 and carrying at its end the hoe, which consists of a circular disc or the like 13 carried in a fork 14. A small flywheel, weighted to balance the crank 17 and link 16, may be provided. In a modification, the slot in the link 16 and the stud 18 are dispensed with, and the link 16 is continued backwards beyond the crank 17 and attached by a link to a bracket on the frame. A roller may be placed on an arm behind the hoe 13 as a guide and to protect the plants.
Patent GB-190411989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Cigar and Cigarette Tubes and Pipes.
Inventor: DUPRE FRITZ
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 11,989. DuprÚ, F. May 26. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders.- In order, while smoking a pipe, cigar, or cigarette, to prevent or allow of the tobacco being smoked, as desired from time to time, the pipe stem or cigar &c. holder is made with a transverse hole b, Fig. 1, which, during the actual time of smoking, is covered by the finger or by a spring blade e, Fig. 9, or by a rotatable or slidable ring or pivoted cap.
Patent GB-190412522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ROOTS JAMES DENNIS
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1905-07-01
Abstract: 12,522. Roots, J. D. June 2. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, igniting in. The charge is ignited in a small chamber communicating with the combustion chamber by a passage containing a non-return valve operated by a cam. The ignition chamber may be placed in the vaporizer or vaporizer-jacket of an oil engine, or may protrude into the combustion chamber itself. In Fig. 1, the ignition chamber A, preferably turned from a piece of steel, is screwed into the valve-box B. The non-return vaive C is kept on its seat normally by a spring C<2>. The admission valve is shown at L When the piston S compresses the charge, some of it passes into the chamber A, where it is ignited, generating a high pressure which closes the valve 0. At a given instant, near the inner dead point on the compression stroke, the cam N opens the valve C and allows the ignited charge to flow into the combustion chamber Z to fire the working charge. The cam N is on the hair-speed shaft M, and strikes the rollers R on a link Q suspended from one arm O<1> of a bell-crank lever, the other arm O of which is shifted by a governor or by hand to vary the time of opening of the valve C. Thu ignition chamber A is thus kept hot by the exhaust gases and by the heat of compression. When the engine is started by tube ignition, the chamber A soon becomes hot, due to the combustion within it. The ignition chamber A, which may have a rod U of refractory material, Fig. 3, screwed into a hole filled with red lead, is provided with a square top, so that a box spanner may be used for its removal. Coverings of asbestos and sheet metal may be used as lagging for the chamber A. The vaporizer is shown at J and the vaporizerjacket at K. The Provisional Specification states that, in twin-cylinder vaporizers, the exhaust may pass over the top of the vaporizer.
Patent GB-190413818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brushing Apparatus for Cleaning Conveyer Belts and other uses.
Inventor: BALDWIN CLARENCE KEMBLE
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,818. Baldwin, C. K. June 18. Conveyers.-A rotary brush is mounted so as to brush the underside of a conveyer or other travelling belt, and is driven, in the opposite direction to the belt, by means of belting, toothed gearing, or a combination of both from the head pulley C, an idle pulley, or a lower guide-pulley. The brush is mounted on a bracket F which may be adjusted, by means of quadrant arm I, so as to allow for the wear of the brush. The belt may be passed over a guide-pulley mounted in sliding bearings which can be adjusted by screws to take up the slack of the belt.
Patent GB-190415298-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Treating the Metal Mixtures Produced as a By-product in Electrolytic Metal Refining Operations.
Inventor: BETTS ANSON GARDNER
Filed: 1904-07-08
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 15,298. Betts, A. G. July 8. Arsenious acid; antimony oxides and hydrates; copper sulphate.-In a process for the treatment of anode slime, especially that obtained in refining lead and copper for the separation of arsenic, antimony, and copper, the sludge is oxidized and treated with acids or bases to get certain metals into solution. The oxidizing compounds are regenerated by anode oxygen while the metal is being electrodeposited. The sludge from lead refining contains lead, copper, arsenic, and antimony, which may be separated and recovered by this process. Copper sludge may be treated similarly. The sludge is agitated in lead-lined vats with a 4 per cent. solution of ferric sulphate in 2 per cent. sulphuric acid. Copper, lead, and antimony form sulphates, and arsenic forms arsenious oxide, while the ferric sulphate is reduced to ferrous sulphate. The mass is filtered and the solid matter treated with hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid, or cream of tartar solution to remove basic antimony compounds and antimony oxide. Arsenic and antimony produce free sulphuric acid in the solution besides removing oxygen, and, to neutralize the acid and introduce oxygen, copper oxide or roasted copper matte is added, or the solution is allowed to trickle over copper in the presence of air. The reduced solution of ferrous sulphate is then electrolysed, first in the cathode chamber, where copper is deposited, secondly in the anode chamber provided with a carbon electrode, where the ferrous sulphate is oxidized to ferric sulphate, and the solution is then ready for use again. The arsenic which accumulates is crystallized out as arsenious acid, and the copper may be removed by crystallization as sulphate. Re-oxidation of the solution may be carried out with nitric acid.
Patent GB-190424709-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus or Machine for Producing Power by Utilizing the easily Expansive and Contractive Volume under Heat and Cold respectively of Liquid Materials such as Alcohol, Liquid Ammonia Mercury and the like.
Inventor: KOELLING GUSTAV
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 24,709. K÷lling, G., and Behr, H. Nov. 15. Actuating pumps.-A motor operated by the expansion of a liquid such as alcohol, ammonia, or mercury, and combined with a pump which raises water for driving a Pelton or like wheel is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A number of chambers a surrounded by cooling-chambers and containing the working fluid are arranged side by side or in other formation. Each chamber has a tubular extension containing a plunger c, which is fixed to a piston e working in a cylinder f connected to a water reservoir g and to an accumulator chamber k. The working fluid is heated electrically or by other means, and the plungers are operated successively, so that water is alternately drawn into the piston chambers and then forced into the accumulator chamber. The pressure water passes to a nozzle p and actuates a Pelton wheel. The pistons may be double-acting.
Patent GB-190503177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Inventor: GEIPEL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 3177. Geipel, W., and Lange, F. M. T. Feb. 15. Smitches.-Relates to the control of electric motors, particularly for starting motors for driving heavy machinery such as printing-presses, gun turrets, &c. The starting-switch is so arranged that, at the first contact position, a high voltage is impressed, which is reduced in the next position, so that the motor continues to run slowly, and then in subsequent positions the voltage is slowly raised. The motor can be kept running slowly by making and breaking contact, so giving it a series of "kicks." Fig. 1 shows a simple arrangement. The first contact of the switch is connected directly to the contact 13, so that the motor is given a "kick" at the start. This method is particularly applicable in connexion with the arrangement described in Specifications No. 14,509, A.D. 1891, [Abridgment Class Dynamo-electric generators &c.], and Nos. 5213 and 5214, A.D. 1904. Fig. 3 shows such an arrangement, in which the first voltage or " kick " given to the motor can be adjusted. The motor is controlled through a motor-generator k, the motor of which is controlled by a rheostat switch l. The starting- voltage given by the switch d is controlled by adjustment of the switch arm m. Fig. 4 shows another arrangement in which the resistance switch is electro-magnetically operated. By moving the switch arm D<3> on to the contacts 1 or 2, the solenoid M or N is excited, and the contact d<1> moved. By moving the arm D<3> on to the contacts 1, 2 alternately, a series of " kicks " is imparted to the motor. To facilitate this, the switch may be provided with an auxiliary contact p, Fig. 5, and an adjustable stop S, so that contact can only be made with 2 when the stop is in one position. Fig. 6 shows a further modification, the resistance g being arranged directly across the mains a, b. The switch arm is divided into two insulated sections adapted to bridge the contacts t, p and to connect the contact 2 with the line b.