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Patent GB-190309068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mechanical Toys
Inventor: JEFFREYS EDWARD AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 9068. Jeffreys, E. A. April 22. Toys, driving - mechanism for toy animals; galloping toys ; jumping toys riding toys.-A mechanical toy representing an animal is given a jumping or galloping action when drawn along by a string &c. suitably attached to it. Fig. 2 is a section of the toy. Two pairs of legs a<1>, b<1> are pivoted to the body c, the fore legs b<1> being provided witb spiked rubber shoes to give a good grip on the ground, and the lower parts of the hind legs being curved to the arc of a circle. Cranks or levers a<3>, b<3>, on the pins to which the legs are pivoted, are connected by a spring f. The tail part d is provided with a counterweight, or the counterweight may take the form of a rider, so that, normally, the legs b<1> are raised, as shown. On pulling the toy forward, it rocks about the legs a' until the legs b<1> come to the ground ; the momentum then raises the hind legs and the toy moves over about the points of the leg b<1> in contact with the ground as pivots. The legs a' then fall, and the fore legs b<1> return to the position shown in Fig. 2. The pivotal movements of the legs are limited by stops, and the legs may be connected by a coupling or catch which disconnects the pairs of legs for a part of each step.
Patent GB-190309455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Bucket Elevators used with Mining, Stone Breaking, Crushing, Screening, Loading and Unloading and similar Machinery.
Inventor: DALTON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 9455. Dalton, G. April 27. Sifting ores and stones.-The stone-breaker or ore-crusher a delivers the crushed material, through the shoot g, into the lower drum of an elevator of the kind described in Specification No. 9455, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Lifting &c.], which lifts it into a conical screening-drum i, forming a continuation of the upper drum of the elevator. The screening-drum may be cylindrical and inclined when the axes of the drums of the elevator are also inclined. The various parts are mounted longitudinally on the wheeled platform b.
Patent GB-190314343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes and Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER SINA
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 14,343. Oppenheimer, S., [Bouvard, A.]. June 27. Tobacco pipes and cigar a n d cigarette holders.-The stem a and mouthpiece b have series of teeth and recesses which engage with one another when the two parts are brought together. The tube or spigot c, preferably fixed to the mouthpiece and forming a continuation of its bore, enters the bore of the stem so as to retain the parts of the joint together securely.
Patent GB-190315306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Breech Mechanism for Ordnance
Inventor: MOORE JOHN BOLYN
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 15,306. Moore, J. B. July 10. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a rear elevation, plan, and longitudinal section respectively, and the other Figures show certain details separately. The breech-block D is not provided with the usual interrupted screw thread, but with a number of continuous threads D<1>, D' of rapid pitch, the threads D' being right-handed and the threads D' lefthanded. The threads A, B, which receive the breech-block when it is screwed into the gun, are formed on the inside of two rings a, b, which are permanently serewed into the gun and locked in position by the bolt B<2>. The breech-block D carries a locking-ring E, upon which is mounted a ring H, for rotating the breech-block D and the locking-ring E, while per mitting the locking-ring to slide therein, the ring H being itself mounted in a carrier F, which is hinged at F<1> to the gun. In order to close the breech, the breech-block must first be turned to the right to cause the part D<1> to screw into the part A of the breech ring a, and then, while the breechblock is held against backward movement, the locking-ring E must be turned to the left to cause its outside threads E<1> to screw into the threads B of the breech ring b, while its inside threads E' engage with the part D' of the breech-block. A rod R, having two projections R', R<3>, is pivoted at R<1> to the ring H, and is connected to a crank on the shaft P, which is rotated through gearing from the swinging operating-lever M. As the crank swings from its upper to its lower position, it first pushes the ring H away from it and then draws it towards it, these opposite movements being necessary first to withdraw, bya righthand movement, the locking-ring E from the part D<2> of the breech-block, and then to withdraw, by a left-hand movement, the part D<1> of the breechblock from the screw A. The projection R' locks the breech-block to the ring E during the first part of the breech-closing movement, and the projection R<3> then holds the breech-block in its forward position during the time that the locking-ring E is being screwed home. When the breech is open, the breech-block and the rings E, H are prevented from rotating in the carrier F by a sliding locking- latch, carried in a recess in the ring H and provided with the housing J, which latch is released as soon as the carrier F is swung into the closing position. For heavy guns, the operating-lever M is replaced by worm-gearing.
Patent GB-190323696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Tubes.
Inventor: MCTEAR BALFOUR FRASER
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-12-02
Abstract: 23,696. McTear, B. F. Nov. 2. Rolling.-Seamless tubes are rolled from large ingots. A large axial hole is punched in an ingot as at c, Fig. 1, and the ingot is rolled internally and externally by rolls a, b, being supported during the process by rolls e mounted on pivoted levers. The resulting tube of relatively short length and large diameter is rolled out by a train of rolls j, Fig. 2, placed in line so that the tube passes directly from one pair to the next. The rolls are placed at gradually increasing distances apart, the distance between consecutive rolls being always slightly greater than the length of the tube at that stage. The tube is supported in its passage from roll to roll by rollers p. A collared mandrel k, k<1> may be used in the process.
Patent GB-190326992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacquard Machines.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,992. Mills, B. J. B., [Soc. Anon. des MÚcaniques Verdol]. Dec. 9. Jacquards.-Two separate but similar sets of hooks c<1>-c<4>, e<1>-e<4>, Fig. 1, with separate griffe frames f, g, are used in Verdol or similar jacquards. Each horizontal needle a', say, has two projections o which control two hooks c<1>, e<1> attached to the same harness b<1>. The griffe frames, carried on rods k, are moved at half their usual speed to raise the hooks of each set alternately by lever mechanism m, n, p, d, &c. and a crank and eccentric on the driving-shaft. The hooks are bent to form spaces i to prevent them from being pushed when raised, as shown in the case of the raised hook c<4>, the needle a<4> for which is required to push the hook e<4>. The hooks have also long right arms, so that re-adjusting plates g<1>, f<1>, fixed to the griffe frames, may press down the hooks which otherwise might remain accidently raised. The horizontal carriage t, Fig. 3, carrying the grill which is used in connection with the supplementary horizontal and vertical needles in the Verdol jacquard to give motion to the needles a &c., is operated by cam-slots 2, 3 on the griffe frames acting on pulleys 4, 5 on the carriage. The cylinder which draws forward the perforated pattern paper has a lantern r fixed on its axis, operated by a hook l, lever mechanism u<1>, and a connecting-rod q. The rod q is operated by a spring and inclined planes 6, 7 on the arms of the griffe frames, at each motion of the latter, a stud v simultaneously acting on a lever x releasing the stop-roller s. The hook turns the lantern a little more than half a division. A brake z, controlled by a spring w, prevents further movement owing to acquired speed, the rod q then moves backwards, the hook l descends and the stop-pulley s is pressed by the spring w to the lantern, completing the motion of the latter through the space between two studs and retaining it in position till the following beat. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of hooks when the needles are arranged quincuncially.
Patent GB-190327102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Distorting Mirrors
Inventor: IDE THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 27,102. I d e , T. J., and Ide, J. W. Dec. 10. Looking - glasses. -The face of a distorting-mirror a is formed with a combination of curves, as shown or otherwise, to produce a large number of distorted images. The mirror is mounted in a frame which is pivoted on a central axis or otherwise mounted to turn about its central axis.
Patent GB-190327215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Button-holes
Inventor: JONES EVELYNE MATILDA SOPHIA
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 27,215. Jones, E. M. S. Dec. 11. Buttonholes; buttonhole strips.-In order to dispense with the necessity of stitching buttonholes or providing them with an edging, the buttonholes are woven in a strip or piece of fabric, from which they may be cut and applied to a garment &c. as required. In weaving the fabric, the buttonholes are formed parallel with the selvage thereof, one or more of the warp threads, at the points where the buttonhole begins and ends, being crossed as shown in Fig. 1. These warp threads may be stronger than the others if desired. The fabric may be woven in strips having a row of buttonholes along the centre, or the buttonholes may be woven in rows across the piece of fabric, which is subsequently cut across between the rows and hemmer, whereby a strip of fabric is obtained in which are buttonholes at right-angles to the hemmed edges.
Patent GB-190327772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines
Inventor: BRADFORD WILLIAM LITLER
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 27,772. Bradford, W. L. Dec. 18. Washing-machines.-Within a casing of circular form, free from internal projections, rotates a receptacle containing the articles to be washed, of such a length as just to c'ear the ends of the outer casing. A flap or scoop c of the full length of the inner vessel is hinged over a perforated part of it. When the vessel rotates in the direction shown by the arrow, the scoop, in the lower part of its course, falls outwards, driving the water through the perforations d or driving it onwards so that it afterwards falls through these perforations. During the upper part of its journey, the scoop falls forward, so that water is not driven through the door a<1> of the casing, and when it falls, the water runs out through the perforations, a thorough circulation being thus kept up. In some cases, two oppositely-disposed scoops are provided, the door a' being made water-tight, or set at the top of the casing.
Patent GB-190405589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding Machines.
Inventor: SWIFT JOHN PRICE
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 5589. Swift, J. P., and Sutcliffe, A. March 7. Braiding-machines ; braid. - Relates to a machine carrying two sets of bobbins moving in circular paths in opposite directions at the same speed. The outer series of bobbins are mounted on the arms of a revolving spider. The spider arms are provided with recesses forming an interrupted circular track in which slide the bobbin carriers of the inner series. Through the breaks of the interrupted track are lifted the outer bobbin threads by arms rocked by the driving gear of the inner bobbins. Stop-motions for acting on the threads of each set are described. The bobbin carriers 16, Fig. 3, for the horizontal inner bobbins 17 are held in the pieces 15 by projections fitting in corresponding recesses. Each piece 15 is screwed to a projecting segment 14 carrying a rack on its underside, and sliding in the groove formed on the end of each spider arm. Each rack 14<1>, Fig. 4, is driven by a separate train of wheels carried round with the spider and consisting of the wheel 13, carrying on its axle the wheel 12, gearing with the wheel 11, which is rotated by passing over a fixed rack on the bedplate 9. The thread 43 from an outer bobbin 50 passes in at the top of a vertical tube 29 and emerges at the lower end, continues horizontally between a sliding weight 31 and a flat seating, and then passes through a lateral slot in a hanging weight 28. The thread rises through the forked end of a movable arm 32, then passes through a fork on the top of a rod 26, round a grooved stud 27, and through eyes on a rocking arm 25, the extension 24 of which is vibrated by a link 19 connected to the wheel 11. When the machine is at work, the pull on the thread 43 causes the rod 28 to rise and lift the weight 31 by which thread is released. Should the thread break, the rod 28 falls and is carried round until it strikes a cranked lever which releases the shipper rod and allows a spring to shift the driving-belt. The stop-motion for an inner bobbin acts by releasing the rod 28 of the corresponding outer bobbin. The thread 45<1> of an inner bobbin passes through a tube 42, Figs. 3, 7, and 8, and through a hole near the periphery of a loose disc 54, then through the hollow bobbin spindle 56 to the braiding-point. The weighted segmental disc 54 has an arm which is kept almost horizontal until the thread breaks and the disc 54 sinks. The arm 41 then engages with a projection 40, Fig. 3, on the end of a rocking arm 30, the continuation 32 of which carries the thread of the corresponding outer bobbin. The motion of the arm 32 draws the outer bobbin thread out of its lateral slot in the rod 28, which falls and acts as before. The inner bobbin is brought to rest by the pressure of a washer 58, Fig. 8, behind which is a coiled spring. By suitably combining and arranging the motions of the arms 25 relative to the inner bobbins, various new designs of braid may be formed.
Patent GB-190416792-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Dental Plates.
Inventor: MATHERET JEAN PROSPER
Filed: 1904-07-30
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 16,792. Matheret, J. P. July 30. Stamping.-In the manufacture of dental plates, a wax impression of the mouth is taken, and from this a plaster mould is made. From the plaster mould two matrices are made, one in cast iron or steel, the surface of which is made smooth by chiselling, and one by electrodeposition of copper. The copper matrix is strengthened by a backing of zinc. A die is produced by striking a mass of lead in the iron or steel matrix, and the gold plate is struck in the same matrix by means of this die. A sheet of copper is next placed in the iron or steel matrix and is moulded on to the leaden die. The gold plate is next struck with this compound die in the steel matrix. A third die is produced by striking a mass of white hot copper in the matrix, and this is used for striking the gold plate a third time. Finally, the copper die is used for striking the gold plate in the matrix produced by electrodeposition.
Patent GB-190417182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Dressing Silk Waste.
Inventor: BONACOSSA PRIMO
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-08-05
Abstract: 17,182. Bonacossa, P., and Schleicher, C. Aug. 5. Silk-dressing machines for silk waste. The tufts of silk are held by books b round the main drum a and dressed by endless card sheets c, c<1> or rollers travelling in opposite directions and having teeth pointing in the direction of motion. The fibres taken by the sheet c are transferred to the sheet c' by a rapidly-revolving brush e, the dirt falling away, and all the fibres are removed from the sheet c' to a sharp-toothed doffer f by a brush e'. The fleece is removed from the doffer by a comb g, and is lapped on a drum, or passed through a funnel and coiler to form a sliver.
Patent GB-190428678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Cranes and other Lifting Machinery Driven by Electric Motors.
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 28,678. Reed, F. W., and Craven Bros. Dec. 29. Cranes; electrically-actuated apparatus; brakes.- Relates to the electric equipment of cranes or other hoisting-mechanism, and includes means for disconnecting the winding-drum from the engine and also electric and mechanical brake-operating devices. Figs. 1 and 2 show the general arrangement of the mechanism, with the winding-drum 3 loosely mounted on the shaft 2 and adapted to be clutched to this shaft by a spring clutch 5, the sliding member of which is connected to the slotted sliding plate 12 by a bell crank at the upper end of the adjustable rod 9. The sliding plate 12 is guided in slide-ways 13 by a rocking lever 90, and is connected to an operating-handle 18, mounted on a sleeve of the shaft 17, by means of the links 14, 15. A foot-pedal 180 on the same sleeve is provided to assist in operating the lever 18. A band brake 30 is shown connected at one end to the framework, and at the other end to the armature 35 of a solenoid and also to a lever 170, fixed on the shaft 17, through links 34, 36, 37. The brake is normally applied to the drum by the weight of the armature 35, but by the operation of the handle 20, the toothed quadrant 21 rotates the spindle 23 of the motor controller, thereby supplying current to the motor for the hoisting operation and at the same time energizing the solenoid and raising the armature to release the brake. The levers 18, 20 are provided with detents 38, 39 which engage one another in certain positions and prevent the power from being supplied to the motor until the winding-drum is clutched to the shaft, and also prevent the clutch from being disengaged from the winding-drum while the motor is supplied with current. On further movement of the handle 18 in the same direction after unclutching, a nut 19 on the handle operates the lever 170 and rotates the shaft 17, thereby releasing the brake mechanically to lower the load.
Patent GB-190500241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Treating Fuel Briquettes.
Inventor: WAGNER BERNHARD
Filed: 1905-01-05
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 241. Wagner, B. Jan. 5. Composition fuel; coking.-Fuel briquettes, made with a water-soluble binding - agent, are rendered weather-proof by coking the binding-agent, the coking being effected by causing a string of briquettes to traverse in one direction a drum through which furnace gases pass in the reverse direction. In one form of apparatus shown in Fig. 1, a horizontal perforated wall 7 is fixed in a casing 1 through which furnace gases pass, and a string of briquettes is passed through the tube and discharged into a hopper 10 provided with a flap 11, by means of a rotating flier 5. Air entering at the feed end 4 passes, through the uptake 3 and does not pass into the coking-casing 1. The casing 1 may be divided longitudinally and provided with means for traversing more than one string of briquettes. In the apparatus shown in Figs. 10,11, and 12, a casing 1 is divided into a number of longitudinal chambers each adapted to receive briquettes, which, as the casing slowly rotates, enter the ends of the chambers lying in front of the openings of the passages of feed conduits 16 and traverse the coking space. A furnace 17 is in communication with the lower end of the casing 1 and the furnace gases are withdrawn at 18. The briquettes accumulate in a hopper 10 from which they pass to a belt 12, a flap 11 being provided. Air entering through the feed hopper 16 cannot gain admission to the coking-casing as it passes immediately to the smoke uptake.
Patent GB-190500789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electric Heating of Electrically Propelled Vehicles
Filed: 1905-01-14
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 789. Union Elektricitõts-Ges. Jan. 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric motor vehicles, heating. The current passing through the heaters h of an electric car is derived from a transformer t in the circuit of the windings B of the motor or motors, so that the current in the heaters increases with the fall of the current in the circuit K of the armature A, and, during braking, when the armature circuit is open, the heaters take all the energy due to the full secondary voltage e derived from the full line voltage E.
Patent GB-190503360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sight Magnetic Compasses.
Inventor: BENTLEY ARTHUR FRED COLLINS
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 3360. Bentley, A. F. C. Feb. 17. Compasses, magnetic.-In a compass fitted with a sighting - device, the graduated compass rim b is fixed to, and rotates with, the bezel c. A pointer e is fixed in the line of sight.
Patent GB-190506233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Relating to Means or Apparatus for Imparting and Transmitting Motion to Machinery.
Inventor: HORSFALL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 6233. Horsfall, W. March 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Lifts. - Relates to worm reversing- gearing for electric and other lifts and other machinery. A driving - shaft f carrying a worm h is mounted in bearings d in a casing a. The worm-wheel i is divided into two parts rotating loosely with independent bosses k, k<1> retained between collars l, l<1> upon the driven shaft e, which is supported on standard bearings b. The worm h is provided with both right - banded and left - handed interrupted screw - threads, and the teeth on the parts of the wheel i are adapted to engage one with the right - band and the other with the lefthand thread of the worm. The outer faces of the worm-wheel sections are provided with conical recesses m, m<1> to engage similar surfaces on clutch members n, n<1> mounted upon long bosses p, p<1> fixed to chain &c. wheels q, q<1>. Grooves r, r<1> are formed in the bosses p, p<1> for the reception of projections u, u<1> from bifurcated clutch levers s, s<1> pivoted below and connected above by a spring rod v. The shaft e may be caused to rotate with either of the halves of the wheel i.
Patent GB-190506409-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Outdoor Dry Seat.
Inventor: FRESHMAN AUBREY
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 6409. Freshman, A. March 27. Seats.-In a dry seat for use in gardens &c., the seat bottom is pivoted at its rear edge and counterweighted so as to fold against the back when not in use, while a flap hinged to the top of the back is turned down so as to cover the top edges of the back and bottom when thus folded together. The bottom b, pivoted at c to end frames a, is connected to levers e, f, the shorter arms f of which are connected by a counterweight g. The flap i, hinged to the rear edge of the back h, is operated by means of a lever p, bracket k, and link m, so as to be horizontal when the bottom b is vertical. In a modification, the link m may be connected to one of the levers e, f ; or, again, the link m may be flexible, in which case the flap i is hinged out of its central line to the back h, and is counterweighted at its rear edge so as to turn automatically into the vertical position as the seat bottom is drawn down for use.
Patent GB-190518713-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bracket for Supporting Curtain Rods and the like.
Inventor: HOSKINS JOHN
Filed: 1905-09-16
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 18,713. Hoskins, J. Sept. 16. Brackets.-A bracket, for curtain rods and made preferably from one piece of sheet metal, comprises a back portion a and two sides d, e, of which the side e has a slot f to admit the end of a curtain rod. Between the sides e, f are two bent arms h, between which the curtain rod is introduced. The bracket may be provided with projections i, j to prevent twisting when secured in place.