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Patent GB-190114236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Working and Controlling of Electrically Driven Cars.
Filed: 1901-07-12
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 14,236. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Siemens, A. July 12. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to the modification described in Specification No. 5766, A.D. 1901, of the means described in Specification No. 4242, A.D. 1890, [Abridgment Glass Electricity, Regulating &c.], for controlling electrically all the motors of a train from one point, in which modification the relays on adjoining cars are coupled mechanically. Fig. 1 shows the invention diagrammatically. According to the present invention there is substituted for the auxiliary motor a number of relays, each of which either carries contacts on its axle, or moves mechanically a switch or switches 8, S‹, S<1> ... S<9> provided with springs so that they can rest only in one or other of two positions. On each car is a relay M carrying a barrel A fitted with three sets of contact-pieces, whereby the grouping of the motors A<1>, A' is controlled. The three positions of the grouping barrel correspond to no current, starting with the motors in series, and changing the grouping from series to parallel. When the contacts or. the line 2 are engaged, the motors are put in series with suitable resistances, which are cut out as the train speed rises, and the current falls, by the relay switches shown on the right of the Figure. These are arranged so that they come into action automatically one after the other as the current sinks to a certain predetermined value, and an increase of current is therefore demanded to keep up the acceleration of the train. When the contacts on the line 3<1> are engaged, the motors are put in parallel, suitable resistances being simultaneously introduced. These resistances like the former are cut out as the vehicle speed rises further, and a further fall in current takes place, by the relay switches shown on the left of the Figure. These switches also come into action automatically one after the other. In the example shown, each of the relay switches is operated by a lever arm to which is attached an iron core, capable of being attracted by the solenoids c', c<2>, &c. In the switches S<3>, S' ... S<9>, one of the solenoids is traversed by a current of small amount and is in a shunt circuit across the line L and earth, and the other solenoid is in series with one of the car motors. If neither solenoid is carrying current, the spring urges the iron core into the series solenoid, and the strengths of the springs and windings are so adjusted that, in the operation of starting the train, the attraction of the shunt solenoid in each switch overcomes the combined pull of the series solenoid and spring at the requisite moment during the fall of the current to cut out the resistances in proper succession.
Patent GB-190114317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waterproof Garments.
Inventor: ANTILL GEORGE CHARLES
Filed: 1901-07-13
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,317. Antill, G. C. July 13. Waterproof garments.-Relates to waterproof garments made of cloth such as is described in Specification No. 9711, A.D. 1890, [Abridgment Class Waterproof &c. fabrics], which is porous to air. This cloth is able to resist the penetration of water, except when the inside surface is subjected to mechanical action such as rubbing contact with another surface. This invention consists in providing on the inside of these garments at the kness, elbows, and other parts liable to be rubbed an additional thickness of waterproof material such as macintosh cloth or linen.
Patent GB-190121447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tailor's Measures.
Inventor: GRIFFEN STEPHEN MERRITT
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 21,447. Griffen, S. M. Oct. 25. Calliper and like gauges.-Consists of an inch measure a on which are mounted a fixed rod g and a sliding rod p the two together constituting a pair of callipers. A tape m preferably of steel is pivoted at i to the measure a, and to the free end of the tape m is attached an auxiliary tape n of any suitable pliable or soft material. Spirit levels d, q at right-angles to each other are mounted on the appliance. The appliance is to be used in measuring for garments.
Patent GB-190121956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: VOGT ADOLF
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1903-01-31
Abstract: 21,956. Vogt, A. Oct. 31. Gas and like engines.-The engines work on a two-stroke cycle, according to the diagram shown in Fig. 10, in which ignition is delayed until the explosion can produce a greater turning effort. The charge is admitted cold and under pressure in varying volume, according to the load, to a cylinder having nn clearance space. The fuel may be gaseous or liquid, and the air may be compressed in stages. Various arrangements of the cylinders, pumps, and reservoirs, both single and doubleacting, are described. Fig. 5 shows an engine suitable for motor vehicles. The motor cylinders 36, 37 drive cranks at right-angles. The carburetter 41 is supplied with air by the pump 38 and reservoir 40, oil being supplied by the pump 39. The charge is cooled and further mixed in a chamber 41<a>. Where a combustible charge is drawn from a reservoir, a non-return valve of large surface is placed in the admission pipe to prevent back firing. The supply to the reservoir is automatically controlled, and an expansible reservoir may be added to hold any excess delivered by the pumps. The cylinder may be cooled by injecting water at the end of the exhaust stroke under the control of the governor. The invention is preferably carried out in stationary engines in a motor of the liquid-piston type described in Specification No. 23,684, A.D. 1900. The liquid is forced through the inlet valve at the end of the exhaust stroke in order to eliminate clearance, and the igniter is worked by the admission valve or its gear so as to operate directly the valve closes. The combustible mixture may be compressed by a separate engine. Specifications No. 12,203, A.D. 1901, No. 14,212, A D. 1893, and No. 23,236, A.D. 1889, are also referred to.
Patent GB-190126195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Racquets or Battledores
Inventor: BATTEN GEORGE BECKETT
Filed: 1901-12-23
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 26,195. Batten, G. B. Dec. 23. Battledores or racquets.-The frame of a table-tennis or other racquet is made with a peripheral groove or grooves, as shown in the section of one edge of a frame 7, to receive the edges of vellum, parchment, leather, paper, celluloid, or other resilient coverings 1, 2, and a cord 4, wire, catgut, or metal band, to secure them. The racquet can thus be made thinner than usual. When both sides of the racquet are covered, as shown, the edges of the coverings are sewn together before applying the cord. The cord is passed through holes in the handle. The frame may be made of thin aluminium, of U, V, or Y section, its ends being formed into a handle, or to fit a wooden or other handle, to which it is secured by screws or rivets. Or, the frame may consist of thin wood, hollowed on one or both sides, and having its edge grooved. Holes or depressions may be made in the frame at the bottom of the grooves, and pins may be placed in them to assist in holding the covering, The groove is afterwards filled with a rubber or leather band, secured adhesively.
Patent GB-190205008-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Device for Holding Hats Suspended Beneath Seats.
Inventor: RING MICHAEL
Filed: 1902-02-27
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 5008. Ring, M. Feb. 27. Clothes-hanging apparatus.-For suspending bats under seats, a frame, bent and twisted from wire and of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is used. The hat is sprung in from the front, the oval wire frame a clipping it on its band.
Patent GB-190213362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Side Lights
Inventor: PRESTON FREDERICK GEORGE PANIZ
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,362. Preston, F. G. P., Gillies, J., and Hayes, W. R. June 12. Side-lights.-In port-lights, side lights, or scuttles of the type described in Specification No. 13,394, A.D. 1898, means are provided for preventing the rotatable compression ring referred to therein from being moved by unauthorized persons. The compression ring h, Fig. 2, has a lug g, over which is adapted to take a slotted slide f, which is clamped by the nut e mounted on a strut c screwed into the lug b of the fixed frame a. In the modified forms shown in Figs. 4 and 6, the screw p may engage the lug g, or enter a rece3s in the hook u carried by the ring h.
Patent GB-190218266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Petrol Motors.
Inventor: CLEMENT ADOLPHE
Filed: 1902-08-19
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 18,266. ClÚment, A. Aug. 19. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-Relates to petrol motors of the four-stroke cycle type. The crank, and in some cases the flywheel, rotates in a casing A, which has an upward extension C, forming a water-jacket for the cylinder, or cylin- ders. The cylinder is a plain casting, bored, and turned, having one end open and the other closed. and provided with a flange D, resting on, and bolted to, a similar flange on the casing. The bottom of the jacket is formed by a flange a, which fits the cylinder, and a tight joint is made by means of a stuffing-box, or by a ring b, screwed on to a ring c of asbestos or the like. In a modification, the ring b is screwed into the casing. In the cylinder end, openings are pro- vided for the admission and exhaust valves. The valve seats F are removable, and are secured by nuts i, and the valves are open inwards by levers, actuated by cams on a shaft G. The valves may be placed in a horizontal, or an inclined position, instead of vertically as shown, and the cam- shaft may be placed at one side of the cylinder or cylinders.
Patent GB-190218561-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Producing Models or Reproductions of Parts of the Human Body.
Inventor: KROENER DE ALFONS
Filed: 1902-08-23
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 18,561. Kroener, A. Aug. 23. Anatomy and pathology, teaching.-Relates to an improved method of producing reproductions in wax &c. of parts of the human body, and particularly of injured or unhealthy parts. A plaster cast or hollow mould of the part or member is first taken, and a thin layer or skin coat of coloured wax or wax composition is applied to the interior wall of the cast by means of a brush. The colour should correspond as exactly as possible with the exterior of the healthy or unhealthy part to be reproduced. A representation of the veins, arteries, muscles, &c. visible through the skin in is painted at the back of the thin coat aforesaid, and a second coat of suitable flesh tint is then applied. When this is sufficiently thick the mould is filled in with composition the colour of which is immaterial. The transparent nature of the materials causes the painted arteries &c. to show through the skin in a natural manner. Unhealthy and inflammatory conditions can be reproduced in this way, blisters &c. being filled in with transparent wax or even with liquids. Compositions suitable for use are described, containing dammar resin, carnauba wax, beeswax, mastic, Japan wax, Burgundy pitch, paraffin wax, castor oil, and pigment.
Patent GB-190219941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Clocks.
Inventor: WEBB WILLIAM WALTER GERALD
Filed: 1902-09-12
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,941. Webb, W. W. G., and Hall, J. Sept. 12. Electric clocks; weight-driving apparutus; winding-mechanism.-A weight or spring acts through a lever having a driving-pawl engaged with the first wheel of the train, and, when the lever touches the resilient armature of an electromagnet, the circuit of the latter is thereby c o m - pleted, so that the armature throws the lever back again, thus again raising the weight or stretching the spring and simultaneously breaking the circuit. The precise arr angement of the parts may be varied.
Patent GB-190221708-A (GB)
Title: Pumping Engines.
Inventor: DAVEY HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 21,708. Davey, H. Oct. 6. Steam pumps actuating pumps.-Consists of an improved quadruple-expansion pump which can be used for pumping from bore-holes or wells, and as a forcing-pump. The invention consists, partly, of improved distributing valve gear, and, partly, in the means for adapting the engine to the purposes above enumerated. Fig. 3 shows the application to a pair of single-acting well pumps and a doubleacting force pump, A, C, B, D denoting the first, third, second, and fourth stage cylinders, respectively, connected by a quadrant beam G. The force pump is driven from one side of the point I of the quadrant G, and the two well pumps from the other side through quadrants P, R. The engine may also be arranged as a horizontal force pump, and, in another modification, the steam cylinders are all side by side and work on a common beam to which the two single-acting well pumps and two single-acting force pumps are directly connected. The valve gear comprises four main valves, worked partly from the engine beam and partly from a steam-actuated cataract cylinder, and also a separate cut-off valve for the high-pressure cylinder worked from the engine beam by tappets.
Patent GB-190221840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mosaic Steps.
Filed: 1902-10-07
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 21,840. Schlentheim, L., and Dies- peker, Ltd. Oct. 7. Mosaics; treads for stairs.-Risers and treads of mosaic steps are moulded in sit¹ on a concrete or other core or foundation from white, coloured, and black mixtures composed of granulated white and black marble and cement. A design may be pro- duced in one piece in wood by means of a fret saw, or may be built up of a number of pieces, and is placed on, or secured against, the tread or riser, and a mixture of the white marble and cement is applied to form the background or main part of the step. After the white marble composition has set, the wood model or design is removed, and the space is filled in with black or coloured marble compositions. The design may extend across the risers and treads of several steps, the ends or edges of the steps may be ornamented, and the concrete cores may be moulded about tubular tiles. Non- slipping grooves or recesses may be made in the treads by means of rods, grids, 6r frames.
Patent GB-190223106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Mixing Dough.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1902-10-23
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 23,106. Justice, P. M., [Chambers, C.]. Oct. 23. Moving beater apparatus for mixing dough. The mixing- vessel consists of a lower or basin part 1 <b> and an upper or domeshaped cover 1<a>, the two parts being detachably connected by means of bolts 4 hinged to flanges 3 on the lower part and passing through slots in the flanges 3 of the upper part. Two longitudinal shafts 6, 6<a> in the vessel are geared together so as to rotate in opposite directions, and are supported at their ends in bearings, one half of each bearing being in the upper part and the other half in the lower part of the vessel. The shafts 6, 6<a> are provided with blades 9, 9<a> arranged in a spiral form round the shafts, so that when the shafts are revolved the blades tend to draw the material towards opposite ends of the vessel. A sieve 11 is mounted over the perforated cover 10 of the upper part of the vessel, and contains an agitating-frame 12, a crank 14 on the axis of which is connected by a rod 15 to a crank 16 on the shaft 6<a>, so that when this shaft is revolved, the frame is reciprocated to and fro. A frame 17 having projecting internal fingers 18 between which the blades 9, 9<a> pass, is clamped between the upper and lower parts of the vessel, and prevents the material from being carried round in a mass. Water, yeast, &c. being placed in the lower part of the vessel, the top part is put on and secured by the bolts 4, and the rod 15 connected to the crank 16. Flour is then placed in the sieve 11, and the handle on the end of the shaft 6 turned, causing the frame 12 to reciprocate and sift the flour into the lower part of the vessel, where it is caught by the blades 9, 9<a> and drawn through the liquid, the resulting dough being drawn or pulled apart in the air by the blades. When all the flour has passed through the cover 10, the upper part of the vessel is removed, the shafts 6, 6<a> and frame 17 lifted out, and the dough in the basin 1<b> set to rise, when it is made into loaves and baked.
Patent GB-190227624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power Operated Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1902-12-15
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 27,624. O'Donnell, J. P., and Irving, E. C. Dec. 15. Controlling and locking signals; interlocking.- In power-operated railway signalling-apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 183, A.D. 1900, means are provided for locking the point lever or levers automatically in the normal or reverse positions until the train or vehicle passes clear of the switch points. The locking lever or Lar L<1> has an additional slot 1 to receive the roller and pin 4 of the piston of the locking- cylinder 2. The locking-cylinder is connected by the pipe 5 with an electro-pneumatic valve device 6, preferably of the kind described in Specification No. 3078, A.D. 1903. The electro-pneumatic valve circuit wires 8, 9 ate in circuit with the relay armature 12. When a train enters the insulated section, the track circuit is short-circuited, the relay magnet is de-energized, and the valve 6 admits air from the main X<1> to the locking- cylinder 2. The track circuit may be normally open, and be closed by an entering train or vehicle. The valve device 6 in this arrangement is of the kind described in Specification No. 6553, A.D. 1901. The lever or bar L<1> may have a slot 1 designed merely to lock it in either normal or in reverse position, or it may have notches in the lower edge to engage with spring-pressed piston-rods to lock it in both normal and reverse positions.
Patent GB-190303781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syringes.
Inventor: WILDER EDWARD BLISS
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 3781. Wilder, E. B. Feb. 17. Syringes.-Relates to syringes which are operated by squeezing a hand bulb, and comprises means to secure rapidity of action, to make the apparatus self-charging, and to utilize the pressure of the liquid for expanding the bulb. The nipple 8 has a valve-controlled suction pipe 5, and is connected by a flexible tube to the usual discharge nozzle, while the nipple 9 is similarly connected to the bulb, which is of less capacity than that of the box 1 made sufficiently heavy to sink to the bottom of a water tank and rest on the studs s so that water can enter through the valve 2. When the box 1 is submerged and fully charged, the level of the liquid therein is always lower than the level of the main supply.
Patent GB-190304565-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Pencil Holder and Calendar
Inventor: WIDDERS WILLIAM DANIEL
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 4565. Widders, W. D., and Ames, S. D. Feb. 26. Calendars.-A pencil holder 1 is combined with a perpetual calendar. A tube 5, fitted with an eraser 6 and a milled head 7, is aligned with the holder 1, and a coiled spring 13 is interposed between the parts 1, 5. Names or abbreviations of the days of the week are placed on the inner end of the holder 1, and names or abbreviations of the months, together with numerals indicating the number of days in the months, are placed on the inner end of the tube 5. A sleeve 9 is provided with crimped edges or flanges 11, 12 to bear against beads 4, 8 on the parts 1, 5, and formed with slots 15, 14 to expose the indications on the parts 1, 5, and marked with the calendar numerals 1 to 31 disposed in rows corresponding to weeks. A slotted shield 17, fitted on the sleeve 9 and retained by a bead 18 on the holder 1, is used to cover up the numerals 29, 30, 31 on the sleeve, as required for certain months. The parts 5, 1 are turned successively in setting the calendar.
Patent GB-190327001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Water Wheels.
Inventor: KIRCHBACK FRANK
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 27,001. Kirchbach, r. Dec. 9. Water-wheels.-Consists in increasing the starting momentum of water-wheels by an arrangement of overflow passages, whereby almost all the effective cells or compartments on one half of the wheel are filled in succession. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one form of the water-wheel, and Fig. 4 a modification of the same. Water passages a, which are of the same section as the water feed inlet b, allow the water after filling each compartment c to pass into the next compartment beneath it. In a modified form, the water passes unimpededly from two concentric rows of cells, as the overflow passages are made of equal width to the cells.
Patent GB-190327249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting, Separating, Drying or similarly Treating Oxygen and Hydrogen Generated by Electrolysis of Water
Inventor: GARUTI POMPEO
Filed: 1903-12-12
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 27,249. Garuti, P., and Pompili, C. R. Dec. 12. Explosive and combustible gases, testing.- Oxygen and hydrogen, obtained electrolytically, are separately collected, and after any water has been allowed to condense out, the gases are led away to holders. A small portion of each is, however, withdrawn from the pipes for testing purposes by means of valved fine tubes leading to glass siphon tubes y, y<1>, each containing a small column of water, and then pass to jets z, where they are ignited and the flame allowed to play upon asbestos u. Should one of the gases hold traces of the other, the external flame will go out, and the gas will burn in its tube below the outlet.
Patent GB-190327404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks or Suspender Fittings for Curtains and other Draperies.
Inventor: HOSKINS WILLIAM MARRIAN
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 27,404. Hoskins, W. M. Dec. 15. Curtains, suspending.-A curtain hook for attaching to fixed rods or poles, Figs. 3 and 6, consists of a double hook, the two branches a, b of which are set in opposite directions, and are at a distance apart greater than the diameter of the rod or pole. The shank c is provided with a stud d, a loop, or other device for attaching a curtain or other drapery. The fitting is attached by passing it on to the rod or pole as shown in Fig. 6, and turning it through a right-angle. The device may be made of stout wire, or by casting, stamping, or other method. The device may also be utilized to suspend a supplementary curtain rod or rail from a tube or frame member of a ship's berth or the like, in which case the shank c is provided with an eye to receive the supplementary rail, or may carry swivel blocks to which the rod may be secured by screws.