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Patent GB-190209614-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance or Toy for Imparting Motion to Objects such as Toy Soldiers and the like in Imitation of Military and other Movements.
Inventor: DUFFEK ARTUR
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 9614. Abel, C. D., [Duffek, A.]. April 25. Mechanical toys.-Relates to an appliance or toy for imparting imitation military or other movements to toy soldiers, men on horseback, or the like. The appliance consists of a frame a having handles b, b and a number of cross-bars, from which project at right-angles other bars having extensions c, c arranged at an angle. The bases f, f of the soldiers are fastened loosely on pins d, d projecting from the extensions c, c. The bars and extensions c, c are fitted with upstanding projections g, h, which prevent the soldiers from being thrown over when their bases f come in contact with the bars. The four positions shown in Fig. 1 of the bases f indicate the position the soldiers will assume when the frame a is moved in the direction of the accompanying arrow. Modifications in the form of the frame a are described. In another form of the appliance, bars having arms to which the soldiers are attached are pivoted to two bars, which can be moved parallel to each other to give the desired movements to the toy soldiers.
Patent GB-190213585-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Lifting Jack, Vice, and Appliance for Drilling, Reaming Turning and the like
Inventor: DALTON FITZGERALD VERITY
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 13,585. Dalton, F. V. June 16. Braces and other hand drills; rearmering.-Relates to a combined litting-jack, vice, and appliance for drilling, grinding, reamering, turning, and the like. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus when in use as a lifting-jack. Pivoted arms A rest on the jaws G, and are clamped together by the hail H and adjustable chain J. The crosshead B carries a nut L tapped to receive the screw O, through which passes the spindle P squared at one end to receive a handle and having a recess R at the other end for chucks, drills, or other appliances. The screw 0 is rotated by any known reversible ratchet mechanism. Fig. 3 shows how the apparatus may be used as a vice and a ratchet drilling or valve-grinding device, the arms A being held by the bail and chain. When a more powerful vice is required, the screw 0 is passed through the tapped lugs D in the arms A, one of which is fastened to a gate or vehicle by the bail and chain. In one modification, the arms A are fixed, and their ends form one jaw of the vice, while on them is mounted a loose sleeve which is operated by the screw O. In another modification, a single hollow pillar has one jaw of the vice, the other jaw being carried by a sleeve loose on the pillar. The Provisional Specification states that the jaws may be grooved so as to increase the grip on drilled blocks, which may be dies for screwing rods.
Patent GB-190216819-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus with Oscillating Piston for use as a Pumps or as a Motor.
Inventor: SAMAIN PIERRE
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 16,819. Samain, P. July 29. Disc-engine type; gyratorypiston type.-A p u m p or hydraulic engine having a gyrating - cone piston is ehown in Figs. 1 and 3. The gyrating cone 10 has a spherical socket 11, and is connected by a crank-pin 17 to the shaft 13. The cone is slotted, and engages with a partition 16 which separates the inlet and outlet orifices 21, 23 and divides the conical chamber formed by inner and outer fixed cones 1, 9. A modification has a piston disc 50, Fig. 6, and its spherical boss may rock on a pivot, not shown, on the casing the sides 40 of which have packing-leathers 62 and the piston has a packing- strip 64. In another modification, the piston disc 35, Fig. 12, has an adjustable pivot plug 37, a n the operating-pin 67 is pressed outwards by a spring 71 inside the shaft box 69.
Patent GB-190219347-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring-motor Driving Mechanism
Inventor: COLLIS-LOWTHER WALTER
Filed: 1902-09-03
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 19,347. Lowther, W. Collis-, and Curtis, F. Sept.3. Toys, driving-mechanism for; toy engines. - A piece of elastic g, Figs. 1 and 2, is stretched between the supports d of an axle c carrying flywheels a and having a projection or hook f adapted to engage with, and wind up, the elastic when the wheels are rotated. The stretched elastic then drives the wheels. As adapted to a toy engine or the like, the elastic k, Fig. 3, passes through eyes j, and is engaged by a hook l on the axle m.
Patent GB-190222341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Operating Bulkhead Doors, Hatches or the like
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 22,341. Justice, P. M., [" Long Arm " System Co.]. Oct. 14. Bulkhead doors; hatches. - Relates to apparatus for operating bulkhead doors, hatches, or the like, either by electricity or by hand, to improvements on the apparatus described in Specification No. 16,748, A.D. 1901, and more especially to mechanism for moving the door, for cutting-off the current when the load on the motor becomes excessive, for wedging the door tight on its seat when closed, and for releasing it from its seat at the beginning of the opening operation. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a sliding door or hatch with its frame and operating-mechanism, and Fig. 11 shows the auto-mechanical cut-out for cutting-off the current when the load is excessive. The gear wheel M' fast on the shaft M<1> when rotated moves the rack N and the door plate C up or down. The motor pinion H<1> is geared with the spur-wheel M on the power shaft M' through the idler I on the shaft of the bevel gear I<1>. The bevel gears K, K<2>, L, Fig. 3, rotate the hand-gear shaft L'. The shaft M' is journalled in fixed bearings, and is capable of sliding longitudinally with springs 0 and sleeves 0<2>, 0<3> limiting the travel, and the shaft operates the automatic cut-out when the load is excessive. The motor is put in operation by means of a controller in the box R, and the cutout contacts Q', Q<3> are so connected to the controller that, when the motor is closing the bulkhead door, the main motor current is sent through the lower contact Q<3>, while, in opening the door, the motor-current passes through the upper contact Q'. Cut-off is effected by the rocking switch Q<1> through the action of the cam-slot with the pins q on the shaft Q of the switch Q<1>, when either the spring 0 is compressed or the upper spring is compressed as the result of excessive loads. Before the door is closed, the side rollers e are forced to ride upon wedges to press the door on its seat through the medium of an arm and the hook-plate C<4>, Fig. 4. The upper rib C' carries wedges c' which engage the rollers b<3> fast to the bridge B<3>, and the lower rib C' also carries wedges c' which engage the rollers b' on the sill B<1> of the door frame. At the same time that the side rollers and wedges are acting, the top and bottom rollers and wedges are also in engagement.
Patent GB-190225341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corking Machines.
Inventor: COOMBER JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-11-18
Abstract: 25,341. Coomber, J. Nov. 18. Corking.-The invention consists of a machine for compressing and driving corks, and also for gripping bottles in position during the operation. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section in elevation, Fig. 3 a horizontal section, and Fig. 5 is an underside view of the gripping-mechanism. Compressing-members 12, 15, Figs. 2 and 3, are arranged to revolve laterally round pivots 13, 18, the latter in a lug attached to the lever 19, which also moves laterally round the pivot 20. Movement of the lever 19 causes the member 15 to slide into the member 12, thereby compressing the cork in the socket 14. Complete compression is produced when the cork is over the driving- aperture 23 in the extension 22, the piece 12 in this position being automatically held against the face of the frame 9, as seen in section in Fig. 2. The cork is discharged into the bottle from the socket by the driver 25 fixed to the carrier 26, which slides in the groove 30, the nut 29 admitting of adjustment of its length of travel. It is operated by the lever 31 and pinion, as shown, the latter travelling down the slot 36, thereby increasing the travel of the driver. The arms 37, 38, Fig. 5, provided inside with a rubber lining 39 for holding the bottle, are connected at their distal ends by the link 46 and lever 44, the holes 49 engaging with the pin 48 for various sizes of bottle. A metal spring 43 extends the arms when not in use, and, when closed, they lock automatically.
Patent GB-190305360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Boilers of the Locomotive Type
Inventor: HAYTHORN JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-07
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5360. Haythorn, J. March 7. Check valves; hinged valves.-Relates to a clack valve as fitted to a boiler for allowing water to pass from the boiler to the feed water heater when the feed pump or injector is not working. The hinged valve R has another plate similar to the valve itself, and inclined at 60‹ with it. Water flowing from the pump enters the passage Q', and forces the valve against the passage Q<2>. If this supply stops, water will flow in from the boiler through the passage Q<2> and out through the passage Q<1> to the feedwater heater.
Patent GB-190306303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: ROBERTS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-03-18
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 6303. Roberts, T. March 18. Windows.-Windowsashes, without lines and weights, are mounted one above the other so that they may be opened inwards for ventilation and cleaning purposes, by pivoting them at their lower ends, as shown in Fig. 2. Tongues 15, Fig. 3, and 12, Fig. 2, engage grooves in the sashes to prevent draught. The head 24 of the frame is inclined and provided with a perforated frieze 26 and a rail 25, against which the upper sash closes. The bottom sash may be made removable by means of slotted plates 6, Fig. 4, adapted to drop over pins 4, and having side channels 9 to facilitate the passage over the pins. The lower sash may be housed in a recess 27 provided with spring buffers 29, and a cover. Sockets 35, Fig. 7, may be fixed externally for non-removable sashes. Three sashes may be used, the upper sash being hinged to the central one, which is fixed. The sashes are locked by sliding bolts.
Patent GB-190308537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Arrangements or Apparatus for Transferring Passengers and Goods to or from Trains in Motion
Inventor: KASHICHI SUZUKI
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 8537. Kashichi, S. April 15. Transferring passengers and articles to or from trains in motion; couplings, automatic and non- automatic ; axle-trucks or undercarriages. - The goods and passengers are placed in local cars, which, by means of special couplings, are automatically coupled to the moving train and then uncoupled at the next station, after the goods and passengers have been transferred to the cars of the main train. The local car 2 is provided with a hinged link 4 held in position by a spring clamp 8 and hooked at the end, so that it may be engaged by a pin 5 on a coupling-bar 3 on the end vehicle of the train. This coupling-bar is formed of a plate 3<b>, hinged at 30 and carrying a plate 3<a> pivoted so that it may be turned through a right-angle by a handle 16 moving in the slot 16<a>. When the pin 5 engages the hook 4, the local car 2 is drawn along the parallel track by the train 1, and, as the local car runs on to the main line, the parts of the coupling gradually turn on their pivots until the car takes its place at the rear of the train. The car is slipped by depressing the plate 3<b> by means of the screw 15. A bridging-platform with lateral railings is pivoted to the rear of the local car, so that it can be let down to form communication with the train. When let down, it rests on the spring lever 18<a> and is secured by the lever latch 14 passing over the lug 13. The lever 18<a> may be raised, to raise the platform, by means of the screw 20. The plate to which the platform is hinged is pivoted and provided with guide pins and slots, so that it may move when rounding curves &e. To prevent shock to the local car, the body is connected to the truck by means of interposed springs 25, 25<a>. The car body is fitted with rollers 22, which run on rails 21 on the truck, depending lugs on the body entering grooves in the truck to bear against the springs. Lateral guides 23 are provided.
Patent GB-190308628-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Roof Scaffold.
Inventor: WOOD PHILIP JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-16
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 8628. Wood, P. J. April 16. Scaffolding.- R o o f scaffolding boards are carried by arms b adjustably connected to a hinged thrustbar c and hinged to a base-piece a, which is secured to the roof.
Patent GB-190310251-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Purifying Air and Generating Ozone by Electricity
Inventor: WOKES CHARLES
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,251. Wokes, C., and Street, F. H. May 6. Ozone.-Consists of apparatus for producing ozone by electrically treating oxygen, and for purifying atmospheric air, mixed with oxygen or not, by the generation of ozone, such apparatus being applicable for use in connection with hospitals, theatres, hotels, dwellinghouses, and other places. An outer casing A, Fig. 4, is provided with inwardly-projecting rings, discs, ovals, or the like B, while an inner insulated casing G carries external projections H intermediate to the projections B and internal projections I, opposite the spaces between which rings &c. C, mounted on an insulated hollow or solid shaft D, are interposed. The air or oxygen in passing through the apparatus is ozonized by the silent discharge occurring between the electrodes B, H, I, C, the outer casing and spindle D being connected to the terminals of the source. Any number of concentric casings may be employed, and a modification is described, in which one casing A and a spindle D are used for supporting the electrodes. These latter may be in the form of a helical projection, or of longitudinal strips or of other forms, instead of transverse to the barrel axis as above. The electrodes, of any suitable metal, alloy, or good electric conductor, may also be so arranged that the edges or outer peripheries of the rings &c. B are opposite the edges of the rings &c. C and so on, instead of being opposite the spaces between them as above. The casings may be mounted on a loose suppport L, with a bell mouth, but may be directly connected with pipes for conveying and delivering the air &c. before and after treatment, respectively.
Patent GB-190311681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,681. Heys, W. G., [Compagnie Generale de Phonographes, Cinematographes et Appareils de Precision]. May 22. Phonographs.-A moving support for the horn of a phonograph &c. is shown in elevation in Fig. 1 and in plan in Fig. 2. A rod 5 passes through a socket 6 of the frame 9, and is turned up at the end to support the horn by means of a knuckle joint. A roller 7 is free to slide along the rod 5 and runs along the rail of the frame 8. The frame 9, which is formed with loops 10, 11 to receive the diaphragm box 2 when not in use, is hinged to the adjustable cap 12, which is connected to the nut of the traversing-screw. The style is thus free to follow the grooves of the record while the supporting-frame moves with it.
Patent GB-190317403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Roller Stops for Doors.
Filed: 1903-08-11
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 17,403. Smith, Sons, & Co., C., and Moore, J. F. Aug. 11. Door holders.- Relates to spring roller stops for holding open hinged doors, especially those made selfclosing by springs. The frame 1, secured in a mortice in the bottom of the door by screws passing through the base-plate 3, contains the fork 5, in which are slots 7, 8, carrying the pin 6 of the projecting roller 9. The roller is pressed down by the spring 14, and its position is adjusted by the nut 15, which is locked by the nut 18. The roller travels over the inclined. stop-plate 16, and engages behind the shoulder 17 to hold the door open. The stop-plate is screwed to the floor, or,.if the floor be of stone, is secured by the notched and dovetailed shank 19, leaded or cemented in the stone. The vertical motion of the roller is limited by the slots 7, 8, or by the nut 15.
Patent GB-190319756-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stop for Windows and Doors.
Inventor: WEEKS HORACE JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 19,756. Weeks, H. J. Sept. 14. Window holders.-To prevent a window being opened beyond a certain extent, a stop, consisting of an arm 5, Figs. 1 and 3, pivoted to a disc 1 having a recess 6 in which the arm moves, is let into the sash, as shown in Fig. 1. The arm is actuated by a spring at the back, and, when turned out, as shown in Fig. 3, at right-angles to its normal position, it serves as a stop.
Patent GB-190327587-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Paper Stock or Pulp.
Inventor: PFEIFER HERMANN CARL
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-12-16
Abstract: 27,587. Pfeiber, H. C. Dec. 16. Processes; strainers; raw materials, treating; rag-engines.-Relates to a process for making paper stock or pulp from sawdust. After purification from the huks and coarse particles of wood, the sawdust is intimately mixed with water in a vat provided with an agitator, after which it is transferred to a refining-apparatus by means of a pump having a deep cylinder, constructed so as to be easily emptied and provided with deep and large valves. The material is supplied automatically to the rag-engine or pulp mill by a bucketwheel. In passing to the pulp mill, it goes through an inclined strainer or sieve-plate washed on its underside with a stream of water, on to an inclined channel or shoot which delivers it to the feed opening a of the pulp mill shown. The conical grinding-roller revolves in a conical casing, and is divided into zones. The first zone c is armed with cutting-teeth or edges slightly inclined to the axis of the roller, and the part of the casing covering it has corresponding teeth i inclined in the opposite direction. The next zone consists of an emery wheel d between which and the emery blocks g, dovetailed into the base, the material is reduced to a slimy or pulpy mass. The roller is capable of axial adjustment in order to vary clearance. A transporting-screw b, fitted to the end of the grinding-roller, starts the circulation of the material. The ejector e forces the material out of the casing through an opening in the side.
Patent GB-190400212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Inventor: TYBERG OLUF
Filed: 1904-01-04
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 212. Tyberg, O. Jan. 4. Type-writers.-In type-writers having the type mounted on a wheel or drum, this drum may be continuously revolved, and at certain times also given a lateral displacement in such a way that for a short time one of the characters remains in the same place relatively to the paper, which may be struck against the character by a hammer, or may have the character on the type-wheel moved against it for an instant while that particular character is stationary. The type-wheel v is mounted to slide on a shaft i, from which it is driven through a key w. The type is mounted in two or more rows round this wheel, which may be moved along the shaft by an arm y, actuated through a key on the end of a lever 2, in order to bring any desired row of type opposite the hammer 5. To the shaft i a drum n, with projections arranged spirally round it, is fixed, and also a spur-wheel k, gearing into a pinion l fixed to a pulley m, continuously driven by a band from a treadle or other source of power. The shaft i and the pulley m are mounted on a frame f, pivoted on centres in the axis of the pulley m, and with a depending arm j. The finger-keys are at the end of levers p pivoted at, and provided with, extending parts 12. When one of the keys is depressed, the end 12 comes into contact with one of the projections on the continuously-revolving drum n, and prevents the projection from moving. As the drum itself does not stop, the shaft i is tilted upwards, thereby revolving the framework f, and causing the arm j to move the hammer 5 pivoted at 6, into the position indicated by the dotted lines, thereby striking the paper against the particular type which is prevented from moving. By this time, the upward movement of the shaft i has moved the projection o over the top of the lever 12, thereby allowing the drum n to revolve once more about the axis of the shaft i without laterally shifting this axis. A spring returns the hammer 5, the lever j, and the rocking frame f with its fittings, into their normal positions, the lever or arm j resting against a stop 11.
Patent GB-190400770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: STEVENS LE ROY WRIGHT
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 770. Stevens, Le R. W., and Timmerman. B. Jan. 12. Metallurgical &c. furnaces.-In extracting metals from their ores, or making borides, silicides, carbides, cyanides, or other compounds, the raw materials are heated in a flue 2 by oil or gas burners 14 and thence pass through an enlarged chamber 3 and channels 3<1> to a number of electrically-heated or other chambers 4 in which the desired product is produced. The raw materials are fed into the flue 2 by a conveyer 18, and the waste gases are drawn by a fan &c. through a jacket 21 and a flue 20, the end of which is protected by a deflecting-plate 19. Flues 12, having non-conducting jackets 13, conduct hot combustible gases from the chambers 4 to the flue 2, which has a safety-valve 23 at the top.
Patent GB-190405457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic Vibrating Machines for Massaging Purposes.
Inventor: DANIELS JAY VAN TUYL
Filed: 1904-03-05
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 5457. Daniels, J. van T. March 5. Massage.-The transmitter k, Fig. 1, of a massage machine contains a piston l carrying a ball n, and is connected by a tube j to a pivoted air cylinder g, the piston-rod i of which is secured at its outer end to a flywheel f on a shaft driven through spur-gearing by a hand-crank d. A small valve or cock p allows the force of the vibrations to be regulated, and holes m allow air to pass in and out of the transmitter as the piston l reciprocates. Fig. 2 shows a transmitter provided with a screwed cap k<1> in which is mounted a rubber ball s, the piston r striking against the inside of the cap. Or a bell-shaped transmitter, the mouth of which is closed by a flexible plate having one or more semicircular or other shaped projections may be used. Fig. 6 shows the transmitter with a bellshaped base v, and the piston r threaded to receive the shank x of a ball w; a flat, concave, or corrugated plate may replace the ball w. Fig. 11 shows two cylinders g oscillating on pivots h, the pistonrods being connected to a flywheel f driven by a belt from an electric motor c<1>.
Patent GB-190405733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners.
Inventor: ALTMANN FRITZ
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 5733. Altmann, F. March 8. Incandescent gas burners. -In incandescent, bunsen, and like burners, the outlet d of the gas nozzle c is contracted or enlarged by the free ends of wires, bristles, or their equivalents b, which can be moved into or out of the gas outlet d by adjusting, either the cap c upon the body a, or the base e by means of the screw f.
Patent GB-190413915-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Inlet-pipes for Centrifugal Separators
Inventor: CHRISTENSON ALGOT LEVIN
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 13,915. Christenson, A. L. July 6, A.D. 1903. [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cream separators &c.-The inlet pipe is provided on its internal surface with longitudinal wings or ribs 3, preferably located behind the longitudinal slots 2, so as to compel the milk to partake in the rotation of the inlet pipe. The wings may, if they are thin, be inclined to the radial direction. They may also have a helical form so as to tend to raise the milk inside the inlet pipe.