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Patent GB-190302333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun Mountings and Carriages
Inventor: BEARDMORE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 2333. Beardmore, W., Kohler, G. A., and Brembergr, A. Jan. 31. Mountings; field carriages; sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to training and sighting gear. The gun and cradle A are carried in a mounting B, which slides in guides C', C<2> on the trail C, as shown in Fig. 1, the back end of the mounting being fitted to a vertical pivot B' about which the gun is trained. Parts of the training-gear are shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 7. A screwed shaft D, mounted on the front of the trail, is rotated by a hand-wheel through the gearing shown in Fig. 1. An internally-screwed sleeve D<4>, traversing on the screwed shaft D, carries a pin D<5>, engaging in a socket D<6>, eccentrically placed in disc D<7>, which engages in a bearing B<2> formed in the mounting B, the disc D<7> acting as a link connection to allow the gun to travel in an arc. In some cases, a link G, Fig. 7, with two sockets G<1>, G', connects the parts. In order to reduce friction, the weight of the gun and mounting, is taken off the guides C<1>, C' by placing plungers H<1>, H<2>, with springs H<3> between them, under each trunnion, the lower plungers engaging on rollers H' bearing upon a track C<3> on the trail C. The sighting-gear is shown in Figs. 8, 10, 12, and 13. The sight-bar J, Fig. 8, is carried on a curved rack J, engaging with a pinion K formed on a spindle K<1> mounted in the sight bracket J<2>. A sleeve L, keyed to the spindle K<1>, is rotated by a hand-wheel L<1> connected to the sleeve by keys L' in the wheel engaging in keyways L<3>, which are wider than the keys L' so that the hand-wheel turns slightly on the sleeve before engaging with it and thus rotating the pinion K. During this first movement, the spring-controlled clamping-segment M, furnished with teeth which engage with corresponding teeth on a ring M<3>, is pushed along the sleeve L, on which it is mounted by a feather and groove, out of engagement with the ring M<3> by cam parts L<1> on the wheel boss. The rack and pinion can be disengaged by pushing in the spindle K<1> against the spring K<3>. An indicating-drum P, Fig. 12, is actuated by the pinion N engaging with an internal ring of teeth P<1>. A spring-controlled catch Q, Fig. 13, engages in an opening P<3> in the drum flange to hold the drum in the correct position before the rack J<1> is inserted and the catch pushed forward out of engagement with the drum.
Patent GB-190305714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leaves for Books.
Inventor: WHEATON CHARLES HILMON
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 5714. Wheaton, C. H. March 12, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Account books. - Ledgers for bankers' deposit accounts and the like are made with a balance column F at the extreme right of each right-hand page. By means of a vertical crease E, the column F may be folded over on to the left-hand page, so that the figures can be transferred at sight. A blank space is left at the edge on the next page, on which the column F can be folded back.
Patent GB-190306522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Tires.
Inventor: WORTH WILLIAM OSCAR
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 6522. Worth, W. O. July 28, A.D. 1902, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A solid tyre of resilient material for vehicle wheels is constructed with a continuous narrow central portion 7 and lateral extensions 8 alternately arranged on opposite sides of the central portion. The parts 7 and 8 are inclined at the sides and project from a thin base portion 6 which is made the full width of the tyre and to fit between the flanges 4 of the rim 3. The tyre is secured at intervals by bolts 10 passing through the rim and felloe and arranged in the spaces between the lateral extensions 8. The tyre is also secured at intermediate points by screws 12 screwing into the rim. Washers 11 are placed under the heads of the bolts and screws. The tyre may be made in sections of suitable length.
Patent GB-190306960-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Escape.
Inventor: WITHEY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-05-09
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 6960. Withey, T. May 9. Fire-escapes.-A fire-escape is so constructed that the descent of a person is controlled by a piston working in a liquid, such as rape oil, in a fixed vertical tube, by the inertia of a weight at the end of the supporting cord, and by a brake operated by the descending person. A verticallysuspended chain l, Fig. 1, to which a sling, A, Fig. 6, or cage, H, Fig. 8, for carrying a person can be hooked, is arranged in front of a line of windows, and is connected to a wire cord g, Fig. 1, which passes up a downwardly-projecting nipple e, along a horizontal tube b, and down a vertical tube a and is connected to a weight, the cord g being guided by pulleys h, by wooden plugs s, w, and by a screwed piece v. A perforated metal block m is fitted on the cord g within the tube a, and is provided with a cover n fitted on the cord g and having smaller perforations than the block m, so that the liquid in the tube a passes through the small perforations in the cover when the block m rises, but passes through the large perforations in the block m when the block descends, a knot o limiting the upward movement of the cover n. A coiled spring r, arranged between a disc p resting on the knot o and another disc q, prevents any sudden shock when the disc q strikes against a leather washer u arranged beneath the plug s at the upper end of the tube a. The sling A, Fig. 6, is preferably formed of leather with a central strengthening wire and shaped as shown. The cage H, Fig. 8, preferably consists of a board or plate E and hoops G connected together by chains and surrounded by a canvas covering, the whole being slung from a hooked cross-bar 1. The cord g, Fig. 1, passes between the inclined adjacent faces of two wooden blocks L which are carried by pivoted arms M and are forced apart by springs P. The blocks L are drawn together to control a person's descent by means of double wires connected to one block and passing through holes in and over pulleys on the other block.
Patent GB-190308462-A (GB)
Title: Bench Vises.
Inventor: LONG JOHN REEVES
Filed: 1903-04-14
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 8462. Long, J. R. April 14. Vices.-The bearing, in which the jaws of a bench vice may be rotated, is in two parts B, B<1>, Fig. 2, the lower ends of which are pressed outwards and locked in the annular base A, when anything is gripped in the vice. A cap E, in contact with the bearing B and loosely connected by screws or otherwise to the jaw C, carries the sleeve nut H. The cap g prevents the screw G from being run out of the nut H, and the collar L and bush J cause the jaw to move with the screw.
Patent GB-190308517-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Curtain Hook or Suspender
Inventor: HODGSON CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8517. Hodgson, C. R. April 15. Suspenders for articles of dress consist of safetypin devices having loops A formed in their top bars B and their points curved so as to lock themselvesin the portions D which receive them.
Patent GB-190311552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Section Insulating Bridges to Electric Overhead Conductors.
Inventor: HARRIS HENRY BURDEN
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 11,552. Harris, H. B. May 20. Conductors; insulation.-Relates to section-insulators used in overhead power-conductors for separating one section of the system from another, and is described as applied to a well-known section insulator. A metal rod 1 of steel, or preferably copper, of the same dimensions as the conductor 2, is tapered to a point at each end and pivoted by means of lugs 3 to the ear of the bridge-piece of the section insulator. As the collecting-trolley 7 runs on to the metal, it presses it up against the further section c as it passes over the pivot 3, the upward motion of the bar 1 being guided by the lugs 5 engaging with the sides of the insulating- strip 4, such as lignum-vitµ. By this arrangement current is always applied to the trolley even when it is passing under the insulators. A momentary connection occurs between the two systems, when the trolley 7 comes into the position indicated by dotted lines. This may be avoided, if desired, by placing a block of insulating-material on the end b of the bar 1 to engage the wire of the second system. The bar 1 normally hangs clear of the second system with its end a in contact with the first system. The lignum-vitµ strip may be replaced by some cheaper insulating-material.
Patent GB-190316752-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Lamp Suspender.
Inventor: WILLIAMS AUBREY JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-30
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,752. Williams, A. J. July 30. Lamp-shade holders.-Relates to arrangements for suspending electric lamps and shades so that the latter may be tilted to any desired angle. In one arrangement, the shade is carried by two or more strings a, b, Fig. 1. Both ends of each string are fastened to arms n in one plane on the shade ; and the string passes over pulleys attached to the rose g, and under a pulley on the balance weight j. Thus when one end of the string is raised, the other is correspondingly lowered, and the shade is tilted. The conductors s pass through a hole, protected by pads t, t<1>, in the balance weight, and are wound on a spring roller r, which keeps them taut. In a modification, the conductors do not pass through the weight, but are carried down outside the strings, the lamp being held horizontally, as shown in Fig. 4. In another arrangement, the conductors form the suspending-cords. The pulleys 1, 2, Fig. 6, are connected by a flexible cord 3, which passes over a pulley 4 in the rose 5. The conductors pass over fixed pulleys 12, 13 on the balance weight, and are fastened to the outer part of the shade and then continued to the centre thereof, or the fixed pulleys may be carried by the rose, and the movable ones by the balance weighs
Patent GB-190318806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Button Hole Sewing Machines.
Inventor: GUTMANN JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-01
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 18,806. Gutmann, J. Sept. 1. Buttonhole-sewing machines ; needle-bars, vibrating laterally.-Relates to a buttonhole-sewing machine for producing regular and symmetrical barring stitches. A needle-bar 26, Fig. 5, works in a guide 25 pivoted at 27. The guide is made to oscillate by means of a cam 29 working on a spindle z against a spring 28. An independent means for regulating the effective throw of the cam consists of an adjustable stop 24 which is screwed into a bar 34. When the barring stitches are being made, the bar 34 is rotated outwards, and for the edge stitches inwards by the shaft 21. This rotation is effected by a bell-crank lever 19, Fig. 4, one end of which slides on the cam-disc 60 mounted on a ratchet-wheel n, and is raised twice in each revolution of the wheel n by the pieces 17. The other end of the lever 19 engages a bar 20 that moves the shaft 21. The cloth is held during the stitching operation by a carrier 40, which is reciprocated longitudinally by a connecting-rod 14. The latter works in a slotted lever 12 which is pivoted at 13, and the free end of which takes into a heart-shaped cam-groove 10. Symmetry in the barring stitches is obtained by moving the cloth transversely during their formation in the direction of the movable stop. This is done by means of the pieces 54, also on the cam-disc, acting on the lever 51 whose other end is connected to the cloth carrier. When the barring stitches are being made, the cloth is fed more slowly in order to cause the stitches to lie closer together. This is effected by driving the wheel n more slowly at this part of the operation by mechanism shown in Fig. 8. The main driving-pawl m is mounted on an arm l which is acted upon by a sliding bar, the latter being reciprocated by a pivoted lever taking into a cam-groove on the main shaft. To rotate the wheel more slowly, a stop S on it moves a catch t outwardly so as to throw the pawl m out of action. The wheel is then rotated only by a second pawl r the throw of which is less than that of the pawl m. The pawl r is on the lever q which is continuously oscillated about its centre p by a bar g moved in the direction of the arrows by a cam on the main shaft. A rol'er o on the bar g takes into a hollow q<1> in the lever q. Buttonholes, cutting.-After the buttonhole has been sewn, a knife which slides in guides in the machine is depressed by a knob on its upper end to cut the buttonhole.
Patent GB-190320702-A (GB)
Title: An Aerial Roundabout
Inventor: STEWART JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 20,702. Stewart, J. Sept. 26. AÙrial machines without aÙrostats.-A beam E is suspended on trunnions D on a sleeve C which is carried on ball bearings by a pivot at the top of the pole A. At one end of the beam is a balance weight F, and at the other is an aÙrial machine propelled by the rider's feet or by other power. The propeller P is driven by gearing N, and may be raised by winding the string R on the revolving handle-bar M. By adjusting the aÙroplanes U, and the height and speed of the propeller, the rider and machine are raised in the air in addition to having a rotary motion round the pole.
Patent GB-190321856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means for Signalling and Indicating Position of Objects.
Inventor: GRUBB HOWARD
Filed: 1903-10-10
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 21,856. Grubb, Sir H. Oct. 10. Reflectors; bearings and courses, instruments for determining; range-finders.-A special reflector is employed for signalling purposes, and for indicating the position of perches or buoys in the fairway of a river, or for indicating the position of objects such as lighthouses, for guiding purposes in private roads, underground passages, or mines. The reflector reflects an incident-beam back in the same direction only. Three mirrors 1, 2, 3 are arranged mutually perpendicular, the mirrors 1, 2, being fixed to plates 6, which are fastened by set-crews to a rigid holder 8, with interposed set-screws between the plates 6 and the holder 8 for exact adjustment of the angles. The mirror 3 is fixed to the holder 8, which is enclosed in a box 11 provided with a handle 12, or supported on trunnions 14 and a pillar 16. An occulting-shutter 17 for transmission of Morse or other code signals may be provided. The reflector may be used in conjunction with a heliostat as a source of light. Such reflectors fixed on objects such as buoys in a river fairway, or at corners in roads or passages, are rendered visible to an observer carrying a source of light. The reflector may be employed in conjunction with a range-finder at night, and is here located at the point, the range of which is required, the source of light being situated beside the range-finder.
Patent GB-190326103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: BRUNDRIT JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,103. Brundrit, J. Nov. 30. Steam &c. turbines. -A compound reversible turbine of the impact-wheel type has a drum B carrying a series of rings of blades c of graduated size. Steam or other motive fluid is admitted through a channel h at one end of the casing, and, after impinging on the first ring of vanes, passes through a channel to the second ring, and so on. The turbine is reversed by means of oppositelyarranged passages h<1>. Flat T-shaped packing-rings f are arranged inside the casing to prevent leakage.
Patent GB-190327936-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clip for Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: GUNSBOURG BENZION
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 27,936. Gunsbourg, B. Dec. 19. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel; trimmings.-A clip for attaching articles such as ribbons and flowers to wearing-apparel consists of two multiple plates m, n, Fig. 1, united by an elastic band 6 which passes around the middle part. The thin plates 1, 2, 3 forming the larger part of the clip and those 4, 5 forming the smaller part are bent to face one another, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 4. To the hollow of the part m is stitched an elastic tape 7 which is attached at its middle to the shorter part n and acts as a return spring. The meeting ends of the plates act as spring jaws and are covered with textile fabric or skin.
Patent GB-190328570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multiple Expansion Turbines.
Inventor: WOLKE HERMAN
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,570. Wolke, H. Dec. 29. Steam &c. turbines. - A multiple-expansion steam turbine, of the impact-wheel type, which may be driven by vapour, or water, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The wheel is built up of corrugated metal discs f with peripheral strengthening-rings k, and a series of U-shaped buckets m, Fig. 4, are tangentially arranged at the rim of the wheel. A similar series of guide-buckets q are fixed to supporting-rings r, and the open sides o f t h e buckets are cut away so that a steam channel w<1> is formed between the wheelbuckets and guidebuckets. The curvature of the buckets is flatter at the receiving end than at the discharge end, and their open sides are inclined to the axis of the wheel so that steam from one or more nozzles n passes from wheel to guide buckets and vice versÔ in a spiral curve and is finally directed by one or more curved plates u to the exhaust. The wheel axle e is adjusted by means of nuts j and is set by means of a gauge s, Fig. 6, which is inserted in a hole y in the casing.
Patent GB-190401213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Cans, and Tanks, Cabinets and Vessels for Containing and Delivering Oil and other Liquids
Inventor: SHAW WALTER
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 1213. Shaw, W., (trading as Lloyd & Co., R.), [Hjorth & Co., B. A.]. Jan. 18. Cans.-Relates to vessels for containing and delivering oil and other liquids, described as applied to lubricating-cans. The vessel a, shown partly in section in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2 as a section upon the line x, Fig. 1, is filled through the opening c, and is discharged by means of air pressure produced by the pump g, situated preferably within the can as shown. The non-return valve g<1> of the pump is spring-closed. The pump may be provided with a pipe leading to the top of the vessel. The valve c, which controls the discharge of the oil &c., is, normally, pressed upon its seat by a spring, as shown in Fig. 2, and is opened by pressing upon the head f<1> of a rod f. Fig. 4 shows the valve in the open position.
Patent GB-190405756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Anti-skidding Appliances for the Wheels of Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: STEWART THOMAS
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 5756. Stewart, T. March 9. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-An anti.skidding device for the wheels of motor cars &c. consists of bands A riveted to latticework B, the rivet heads B<1> being formed as studs to grip the road. The latticework is connected to the rings D passing round the rim and held by leather straps or hooked bands H. The bands C are either riveted as shown at C<1>, or hooked as shown at C<2>, to the rings D. One of the rings D is cut, to facilitate placing the appliance over the tyre, the ends of the ring being formed either with right- - and-left hand screws drawn together by a screwed sleeve, or with eyes connected by a bolt. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the rings D are dispensed with, and the transverse bands C on one side are elongated and passed round the rim to allow them to be connected to the other band C by the bolt c screwing into the blocks C', or by hooks, or by passing a bolt through eyes formed in the ends.
Patent GB-190409809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve-gearing for Steam-, Gas-, Petroleum- and like Engines.
Inventor: HARTMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1904-04-29
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 9809. Hartmann, W. April 29. Valve gears. - A valve gear for steam, gas, and like like engines is shown, by which the opening and closing of the lift valves is effected, without the aid of springs or the like, by an arrangement of cams and levers operated by an eccentric on a countershaft. The gear for the inlet valve V<1> is shown separately in Fig. 9, and that for the exhaust valve V<2> in Fig. 6. The coupling-claws s, t are on a lever c, and the others u, v on a lever c<1>, c'. When the eccentricrod moves up, the valve is opened, the surfaces s, v and t, u remaining in contact. When lowered, the detent f comes in contact with the projection z holding the valve closed. In Fig. 9, the detent is provided with a reversing-device which permits locking and unlocking to take place very rapidly. The exhaust valve is worked by an eccentric, but, to obtain a short time of opening for the inlet valve, the intermediate mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is employed. The pivot I is at the centre of curvature of the curve at the point II. The effective length of the lever h is adjusted by the governor. The springs shown in Fig. 1 are to reduce the forces set up in the valve gear by acceleration.
Patent GB-190420543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces or Apparatus for Obtaining Zinc.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 20,543. Armstrong, J. Sept. 23. Furnaces for z i n c.- Zinc ores, more especially those of a complex nature, are treated in narrow vertical chambers or retorts a, which are heated externally by means of flues f on each side, the walls of the retorts and the divisions of the flues being built of interlocking bricks or slabs. The charge is continually fed to and discharged from the retorts, and constitutes its own seal. The vapours given off are passed through condensers h, containing carbon, arranged contiguous to the retorts, and the zinc collects in troughs w. The passages leading to the retorts are in the form of gills, as shown, to prevent them from being choked by the descending material. The gas burners shown for heating the retorts are formed of outer gas pipes c with vertical branches opening into the flues f, and inner air pipes d with nozzles entering the gas branches. A secondary supply of air descends through passages P in the brickwork and enters the combustion flues f. Liquid fuel or other heating-means may however be employed.
Patent GB-190423420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Pump Connection Means or Fittings.
Inventor: FLETCHER ROBERT ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,420. Fletcher, R. A. Oct. 31. Inflators, tyre and like, carrying and securing ; clips. -Relates to the manufacture of the clips and conical pieces for retaining pumps upon a c y c l e. For the movable conical piece d, a blank of the form shown in Fig. 5 is provided with projections d<4>, which, passed through the holes left by closing-in portions b<4>, Fig. 3, upon a clip a and then through holes e<2> in a milled head e, are closed down as shown in Fig. 7, a spring f being interposed between the portions b<4> and the piece d. The clip a and portions c, b<4> are shaped from a single blank. For the fixed cone, a blank, Fig. 8, has a portion g to clip the cycle-frame member and projections i<3> to form the cone, a bolt being passed through the holes i<2>. To remove the pump, the plunger d may be raised by the head e or the pump itself may be pulled upwards.
Patent GB-190424972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Preventing the Accidental Ignition of Volatile Inflammable Liquids.
Inventor: WESTERBORG NELSON WILLEM VAN
Filed: 1904-11-17
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 2 4 , 9 7 2 . Westerborg, N. W. van. Nov. 17. Explosive gases, preventing accumulation of.- Comprises means for preventing the accidental ignition of volatile inflammable liquids, such as alcohol or benzine, when stored in cans, casks, tanks, or other vessels. To the tube e secured to the vessel g is attached a wire net-tube a, closed at the bottom and shielded by a perforated tube b having projections d. The cap shown in Fig. 1 may be replaced by the cap h, Fig. 2, fitted with fusible plugs i which act automatically as safety-valves when the pressure and temperature in the vessel become excessive.