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Patent GB-190213033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Antifriction Bearings.
Inventor: HILLMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-07
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 13,033. Hillman, W. June 7. Roller and ball bearings. - Relates to improvements in the bearing described in Specification No. 3121, A.D. 1900, and has for its object the reduction of end-thrust friction. The bearing, a section of which is shown in Fig. 3, comprises a cage consisting of two rings a, a, which have inner faces of less diameter than the rollers b. Upon each of the inner faces a recess is formed to provide a curved ball race, between which and a sleeve e a series of balls d are held. The stationary sleeve within which the bearing rotates is shown at f. By means of the rows of balls at each end of the sleeve e, the latter is enabled to take the thrust of the rollers.
Patent GB-190215157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Playing Balls.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 15,157. Kempshall, E. July 7. Drawings to Specification. Moulding balls.-Golf &c. balls are formed with an outer shell enclosing a perforated layer of hard rubber, metal, or other hard material. In one arrangement, a soft rubber sphere is enclosed by a shell consisting of layers of gutta-percha between which are placed two perforated segments of hard rubber. The outer layer of gutta-percha is preferably encased in a compound layer of woven fabric and celluloid. The whole ball is subjected to heat and compression, the compression being maintained until the shell cools.
Patent GB-190215163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knife Cleaning Boards.
Inventor: BANKS ELIZA CHRISTINA
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 15,163. Banks, B. C. July 7. Drawings to Specification. Knives, cleaning and polishing.-Consists in the employment of velvet or other pile material for covering knife-cleaning boards.
Patent GB-190215457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches for use in connection with Cycles and other Wheeled Vehicles
Inventor: PIHLFELDT OLAF
Filed: 1902-07-11
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 15,457. Pihlfeldt, O. July 11. Clutches for cycles, motor cars, and d other purposes. Figs. 1 and 2 show a ball clutch designed to prevent the balls from sticking. The balls b, which, when in action, are gripped between sockets a' in the chain-wheel flange and recesses d<1> in the sides of sockets d formed in the inner clutch member, are carried, when coasting, between flat discs e, f enclosing the sockets d, which have flat sides and are formed with lugs g, h which hold the balls in central positions over recesses i. Fig. 4 shows a ball-bearing clutch having special means for adjusting the bearings. Rings o, n, formed with ball races m and loosely-mounted on the part p of the clutch, are first adjusted by means of bolts q passing through coincident holes in the ring n and clutch flange p<3>, and screwing into holes formed in the ring o. The parts are then locked in this position by screwing headless studs r through tapped holes p<6> in the part p<3> until they engage the ring n as shown. In a modification, the holes p<6> are not tapped, the holes in the ring o being tapped to engage the studs r. In another form, the ring o is rigidly secured to, or formed in one with, the part p<3>, the ring n being first adjusted by bolts q passing through it into the part p<6> and then locked by studs r. According to the Provisional Specification, one or both of the rings may be screwed on the part p, studs r locking them in adjustment.
Patent GB-190218199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Changeable Gear for Chainless Bicycles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-08-19
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 18,199. Boult, A. J., [Scharbach, P. J.]. Aug. 19. Driving - mechanism.-Relates to three - speed chainless driving-mechanism for bicycles. A disc 3 secured on the hub is formed with rings of bevel teeth 4, 5, 6, which are permanently in gear with bevel-wheels 22, 23, 24 mounted loosely between shoulders and nuts formed on sleeves 18, 19, 20 keyed on a shaft 7 mounted in suitable ball bear- ings 9, 10 and driven from the crank axle, as usual. Clutches 30, 31, 32, formed with pins to engage in holes in the wheels 22, 23, 24, are mounted free to slide, but not to rotate, on the sleeves 18, 19, 20, springs 40, mounted in recesses in the clutches and gear-wheels, pressing them out of engagement. Each clutch is fitted with an actuating-lever 44, 45, 46 pivoted on the frame member 12 and extended towards a rod 62, which is mounted free to slide on an angle-plate secured to the frame member 12, and is provided with pawls 50, 51, 52, Fig. 5, which can be turned so that one of them engages one of the levers 44, 45, 46, by a flexible cord 53 connected to a lever 58 pivoted on the steering-head and fitted with a spring, which normally holds the pawls in their active positions. The rod 62 is actuated by a cord 54 connected to a lever 57 fitted with a catch adapted to engage in either of three notches formed in a quadrant plate 59 secured on the steering-head. The parts are shown in the low-speed position. To alter the speed, the pawls are turned up and the rod 62 slid along until the pawl 52 would no longer engage the lever 46 when the pawls are released, and the rod slid still further so as to actuate the clutch 31. By similarly sliding the pawl 51 past the lever 45 before releasing it, the highest speed is obtained.
Patent GB-190221368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WOOD CHARLES
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 21,368. Wood, C. Oct. 1. Inertia governors.-The exhaust valve g of a four-stroke cycle internal-combustion engine is worked by a lever f driven by an eccentric d. The lever f also works a lever h carrying an inertia governor q, which works the oil and water injection pumps during the exhaust stroke. The governor may be carried on the lever f.
Patent GB-190228658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water-tight Bulkhead Doors.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 28,658. Robertson, A. Dec. 29. Bulkhead doors; cabin and deck lights.-Relates to water-tight bulkhead doors in which, after the completion of the closing movement, the door is forced into close contact with the bearing-faces on the door frame, and withdrawn from such contact previous to opening. Fig. 1 shows a vertical sliding door, and Figs. 2 and 3 show vertical and horizontal sections of the door. Tubular recesses D, extending through the length of the door, have fitted in them vertical rocking shafts E, which have a groove e cut in each, wherein fits a projecting flange b on the door frame B. The rocking shafts are actuated through the crank E' by the screw H, actuated by the rack and pinion gear M, N. The turning of the screw H causes the door to be pressed into close contact with the frame, or released therefrom. In order not to effect the tightening of the door until completely closed, the traversing-screw J passes through a loose nut K connected to the rack M and capable of a short sliding movement in a bearing L on the door. Owing to the weight of the door, the nut K only operates the rack M after closing and before opening the door. The invention is also shown applied in horizontal doors, and hinged doors and ship's sidelights or windows. The rocking shafts may have projections instead of grooves.
Patent GB-190300139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear more especially applicable to Cycles
Inventor: STILMANT LEON
Filed: 1903-01-03
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 139. Stilmant, L Jan. 3. Driving - mechanism ; cranks ; treadle - levers.- consists of means for converting oscillatory into continuous, rotary motion, and of a variable-throw crank or treadle-lever, applicable for driving bicycles &c. A pair of double-armed levers l are mounted on the oscillating shaft, and a pair of chain-wheels d are secured on the driven shaft by means of one-way clutches ; a chain h wrapped around each wheel is secured at its ends to the ends of the corresponding lever ; one of the chains is crossed and works through a guide. An intermediate shaft and spur gearing may be used instead of the levers and chains. The driving-shaft may be rocked by a lever composed of an outer troughshaped section e and an incer tubular part f, which is drawn inwards by springs r. The two parts are locked together by a spring lever g pivoted on the part e and provided with a pin to engage holes in the part f.
Patent GB-190304576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators
Inventor: CHABOCHE MARIE EDMOND PHILBERT
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 4576. Chaboche, M. E. P. Feb. 26. Governing or controlling pumps.- Relates to feeding water-tube boilers, so that, on an excessive pressure arising by a closing of the supply-cock 14 to the motor, a bye-pass to the feed-trough is opened. The coil boiler communicates directly with the cooling-coil 13, and, by the pipe 23, chamber 22, and pipe 10, with the vessel 11, in which, therefore, the pressure is the same as that in the boiler. The pressure in the vessel 11, acting upon the underside of the piston 17, raises, through the spring-pressed lever 5, the valve 8, and thus opens a direct passage from the feedpump delivery 4, 6 to the feed-trough. In normal working, the valve 8 is closed, and, consequently, the feedwater passes to the boiler through the pipe 23 and the cooling-coil 13.
Patent GB-190307549-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or in connection with Portable Cabinets for Hot Air and Vapour Baths.
Inventor: KITCHING CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1903-04-01
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7549. Kitching, C. H. April 1. Baths. - Portable bath cabinets for hot air and vapour are fitted with a cover consisting of two or more hinged frames or pieces B, B<1>, so that the top may be folded back in sections and the occupant allowed to cool gradually. The part B may be fixed or hinged to the back, or the whole top may be detachable.
Patent GB-190308505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving and Reversing Devices Adapted for use in Book Binding and other Machines.
Inventor: CRAWLEY ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-04-14
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 8505. Crawley, A. April 14. Brakes; stopping and starting arrangements. -Means for operating the belt fork of a machine are combined with friction gearing for reversing the motion and a brake ; the arrangement being suitable for printing and bookbinding machiney. Fig. 2 shows an end view and Fig. 3 a plan. A rope pnlley h is locked to the idle pulley f upon the main shaft a, and can drive the cross-shaft k by means of a rope i and pulley j. The cross-shaft is carried by a swivel bearing l, Fig. 4, the part n of which is keyed to the shaft m, and can be moved by means of the link z, lever y, and treadle x, so as to bring a friction wheel o carried upon it into contact with the flywheel d and thereby drive the main shaft a in reverse direction. To the shaft m is keyed the fork p for shifting the belt g. When the belt is on the fast pulley e, depression of the treadle v rotates the shaft t, moves the fork by means of linkwork u, s, r operating the shaft m, and then applies the brake w, which is keyed to the shaft t. Depression of the treadle q returns the belt, and takes off the brake. Modifications are described.
Patent GB-190309394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machine Guns.
Inventor: SMITH MORRIS FORD
Filed: 1903-04-25
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 9394. Smith, M. F. April 25. Machine guns.-Figs. 1 and 1<a> together show a vertical section of the whole gun, Fig. 3 shows the breech action, and Fig. 6 the breech-block. The breech-block 3 slides longitudinally in grooves in the breechcasing under the guidance of three ribs on each side, the ribs having vertical notches cut in them, so that, when the breech-block is in its forward position, it is able to descend a short distance to cause the rib segments to interlock with similar segments in the breech-casing. The breech-block is operated by a sliding rod 29, which is moved either by the handle 68, or by the powder gases, acting on the piston 9. The rod 29 has inclined ribs 33, which engage with corresponding grooves 32 in the breech-block, to impart the necessary vertical locking and unlocking movements to the breech-block. The gases reach the piston 9 through a series of graduated perforations 19 in the barrel, and expand into a chamber 13, the entrance ports to which are regulated by rotating the chamber. The barrel is provided with a muzzle attachment 21 having a series of expanding chambers to compensate for recoil, and, as a further aid in producing this effect, the ports 19 are cut first forwards and then rearwards. The cartridges are carried in a hopper 1, and are fed in front of the breechblock by a cylinder 58, which is rotated by a transversely-moving rack 61, having a cam engagement with the pin 63 on the breech-block. The firing-pin 37 has a sear 42, which is tripped, when the breech-block is down, by the pin 46, acted upon by the trigger 50, which can be pulled for single shots, or grasped tightly to cause continuous fire.
Patent GB-190321216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Railways.
Inventor: EADER WILLIAM MANTZ
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 21,216. Eader, W. M. Oct. 2. Electric railways on the third rail or conduit system. Collectors ; conductors.-Relates to a current collecting device and third rail which may be placed on the surface or in a conduit. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of the arrangement as applied to a surface system. Conducting-strips 10 are laid on the upper and lower surfaces of the third rail 9, which is secured to standards 1 at suitable intervals. The collecting- device consists of a plate 17 having projecting pieces 20 in which are pivoted the two bell-crank levers 30, carrying at one end the rollers 23, and in contact with the springs 27 at the other end. These springs keep the rollers in good contact with the live conductors. The plate 17 is supported at the desired position by one set of the pins 19 fitting on a frame 16, Fig. 6, which is attached to the vehicle. Fig. 3 shows a face view of the collector showing the roller guides 31. Instead of the conductors being laid on non-conducting material they may be made as shown in Fig. 7. At points or switches the conductors are made inclined so that the rollers readily pass from one section to another. Fig. 8 shows the application to a conduit system. The conductors 60 are here carried by transverse sills 57 and insulating-blocks 58. Small openings 63 are made to allow water to drain off the conductor. The trolley wheel is here shown as formed with peripheral corrugations in order to remove ice from the conductor in cold weather. The conducting-wires pass up to the cars through the slot bar 54.
Patent GB-190324864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Clocks.
Inventor: CHANDLER FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-11-16
Abstract: 24,864. Chandler, F. A., and Bonniksen, B. Nov. 16. Electric clocks.-Consists of driving-mechanism suitable for employment with the synchronizing- mechanism described in Specification No. 22,858, A.D. 1903. An arbor S, midway between, and parallel to, the limbs N of an electromagnet, carries an armature T with a weighted end and a disc t with a pawl T<3> upon it engaging a loose ratchet-wheel. The ratchet-wheel, being prevented from reversal by a pawl, drives the clock movement through a maintaining-power. As the armature turns into an oblique position while driving the ratchet-wheel, a pin T<4> upon it slightly turns a loose roller R having recesses R', R', so that a spring M<2> bearing a nipple M<4> to enter one of the recesses makes contact with a fellow spring M<3>, to complete the circuit of the electromagnet, which re-lifts the armature.
Patent GB-190408005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces, Stoves, and Fire-places.
Inventor: SAVAGE GILES CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 8005. Savage, G. C. April 7. Stoves and fireplaces; air supply; smoke - consuming; fronts.-The air supply for the closed ash. pit 4 is admitted to the chamber 14 of the hollow front by apertures 15. Air for secondary combustion enters the rear chamber of the front and escapes by the holes 18 to the gases as they are evolved from the fuel. The hollow front may be applied to existing structures or may be built into new ones.
Patent GB-190417695-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Printing Photographs
Inventor: SEAMAN FREDERICK JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-08-15
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 17,695. Seaman, F. J. Aug. 15. Printing. - Relates to printing- apparatus in which a succession of prints is taken on the same sheet of sensitized paper from the same negative or group of negatives. Figs. 1 and 2 show the apparatus in front and end elevation respectively. The case A has walls hinged at B, B', B'. A shutter C which can be raised by means of a finger-plate D against the tension of a spring I)' covers the aperture E behind which the negative is mounted. The carrier for the negative comprises strips or bars adapted to grip the negative on opposite edges, the lower strip being fixed and the upper one adjustable in glides by means of screws. Another slide adjustable by bolts M' is adapted to cover the distinguishing numbers of the various portraits &c., after the first print has been taken, so that the subsequent points are not disfigured thereby. The printing-paper is held on a roller with several flat faces, one end of the paper being inserted into a saw-cut in the roller and the other end held by a clamping-bar. After a print has been taken, the roller can be drawn back out of contact with the negative sufficiently to turn the next face into the working position. The roller is journalled in sliding end-pieces for this purpose. A detent F' engages with numbered recesses which serve to record the number of prints taken. Stops are used to prevent complete rotation of the roller. In a modified form of the apparatus, a negative of twice the depth, with two rows of portraits &c., can be received, the carrier having movable strips which enable the negative to be clamped with either row in the printing position. Three or more rows of portraits may be provided for.
Patent GB-190418910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Heaters.
Inventor: PEMBERTON LOVELL BEARSE
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 18,910. Pemberton, L. B. Jan. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Heating liquids. -An electric heater for water and other liquids contains a heating- coil surrounded by a concentric coil of pipe, through which water is passed, and anon-conducting covering. Thecoils are preferably cylindrical. The electric coil 6 is wound in deep grooves in a cylinder 3 of earthenware, porcelain, or other non-conducting substance, having air vents 17<a> and is made of iron, german silver, " Climax " or other alloy. The water coil 2 is of seamless copper, and is provided with a tap 13 and connected to the water supply at 14. Within the cylinder 3 is a cylinder 4 of magnesia, asbestos, or other non-conducting substance. The apparatus has also a surrounding cylinder 5, a convex cover 19, and a washer 5<a>, having air holes 17<c>, all of similar material. A metal case 1 surrounds the whole. The current is conveyed to the coil and switch by a flexible fireproof conductor 7, provided with a plug to fit an ordinary incandescent-lamp socket. At the bottom of the cylinders is a perforated insulating-plate 9, carrying contact-studs 10, 10<a>, 10<b>, 10<c>, Fig. 4, and a switch arm 16 of insulating-material, projecting through a slot in the cover and carrying a contact-plate 15, connected to one wire of the flexible conductor 7. The stud 10 is insulated, and the studs 10<a>, 10 are connected through regulating-resistances to the stud 10<c>, which is directly connected to the other wire of the conductor.
Patent GB-190421305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottle-washing Machines.
Inventor: GILLESSEN FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 21,305. Gillessen, F. W. Dec. 10, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bottles, washing and drying.-An endless band formed of plates pivoted together and provided with sockets to receive the necks of bottles is moved forward discontinuously through a soaking-vat, so that the bottles on each plate come in turn into a position in which they are cleaned internally and externally by rotating brushes. On the ends of the shafts to which contiguous plates of the chain are pivoted are rollers running on rails 2. Spring bottleholders are adjustably attached to arms on the plates. The wheels on which the band moves forward are turned by a wheel 16, Fig. 2, on the same spindle, driven by a pulley provided with a projecting roller 18. On the same spindle as the pulley, shown at 20, Fig. 2, is a wheel engaging with a worm on the driving-shaft 26. This shaft also drives the crank shaft 31 through a worm and wheel, and the crank shaft is connected to the brush-head 35 by rods. The internal brushes are mounted on four of a series of engaging pinions in the brush-head, turned by a square shaft 38 which is driven through pulleys 40, 42 and engaging toothed wheels from the main shaft 26. This shaft also drives the outer and bottom brushes through pulleys 46, 48 and a series of engaging toothed wheels. Water and finally air are injected into the bottles in their horizontal passage after leaving the brushes. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the bottles are in a vertical position when cleaned by the brushes, and the inner brush shafts are open at the top and are connected to a crosspipe 59 attached to the brush-head. This crosspipe is in communication with a pipe 60 with a perforation 64, Fig. 11, which moves in a fixed cylinder to which water is supplied. The square shaft 38 turns the pinions in the brush-head, and is itself driven through toothed wheels from the shaft 143. This shaft operates the outer and bottom brushes, and also drives the crank 31 through the worm 130 and wheel 132 and the wheels 72, 73, which engage by means of rollers 74, 75 and recesses, as shown in Fig. 12. A drain board 81 is provided. Water is supplied to the outer brushes by means of a pipe 82 and branch pipes.
Patent GB-190427478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Shutters or Flexible Screens.
Inventor: WILSON PERCY HUNT
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,478. Wilson, P. H. Dec. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Partitions; window and door shutters. - Relates to roller shutters, screens, and the like, and consists of means for connecting the slats together. One edge of each slat A, Figs. 1 and 4, is provided with a cylindrical rib 1, which slides into a correspondingly-shaped channel in the edge of an adjacent slot, the jaws 2, 3 or 5, 6 of the latter being strengthened by a strip 4. The hollow slats may be filled with wood or pulp, or, in the case of fireproof screens, with lignolith, and their ends are capped, so as to prevent relative longitudinal slipping between the slats.
Patent GB-190427621-A (GB)
Title: A Contrivance for Forming a Reservoir and Separator of the Excess of Ozone in Stands for Supplying Sterilized Water.
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,621. Compagnie Franþaise de l'Ozone. Aug. 5, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Mixing liquids and gases.-In a stand for supplying sterilized water, ozone and water under pressure enter a restricted chamber b by pipes 1, 2, and then pass through the concentric pip e s d, e for complete sterilization. Excess of ozone escapes, while the liquid passes through the tubes e, f. The tube d may be spiral, and both the tubes d, e large enough to contain inert material.