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Patent GB-190305318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriage-axle and similar Bearings
Inventor: THUERMER FRITZ CARL AUGUST FRA
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 5318. Th³rmer, F. C. A. F. March 6. Lubricating; axle boxes. - Fig. 15 shows in longitudinal section the device for lubricating a carriage-axle together with a locking arrangement for the cone-ring. Theaxle c is provided with a longitudinal channel (which may be slightly curved) for containing a feeder e, which may take various forms, e.g., it may consist of a zig-zag or similar piece of metal, or may be channel-shaped and perforated. The channel may extend such that the feeder can be pushed in from the end of the box, or it may be shortened as shown. To fit the feeder tightly, a loose or fixed wavy-spring i may be used. When no spring is used, the feeder must be aomewhat lower through part of its length than at its extreme points so as to allow the lubricant to enter from the lubricator and fill the holes. The lubricating-cup n, fitted with the thumb-screw cover m may be also provided. To secure the nut that holds the cone-ring r in position, an elastic pawl q is fixed in a groove in the ring, the pawl entering holes or cuts p in the circumference of the collar of the nut. The spring may be placed on the nut and the cuts on the ring.
Patent GB-190306095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drive Chains and Sprocket Wheels therefor
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 6095. Johnson, J. Y., [Dodge, J. M.]. March 16. Driving-chains.-The object is to produce a chain without backlash, which will therefore drive silently. Fig. 1 shows a form of link which is used with the sprocket-wheel shown in Fig. 5, Fig. 4 showing the chain and wheel together. The wheel A has central teeth a<1> and side teeth a. The teeth a are engaged by the projections E on the arms D of the links, and the teeth a<1> by the backward projections F. The links are connected by the bars b engaging in the recesses c. To disconnect a link, it is turned into such a position that the lip C<1> can be slid out sideways through the slot d. The form of the surfaces E, F and the taper of the teeth a, a<1> prevents backlash. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the links bridge over the teeth. The projections a, a' on the links bear against the opposite sides i, i<1> of the teeth.
Patent GB-190306511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Torpedoes
Inventor: FISCHHABER MANFRED
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 6511. Fischhaber, M. March 20. Torpedoes.-Relates to torpedoes which are propelled by compressed air, and consists in the provision of apparatus whereby the torpedo, although discharged from the bow or stern of a vessel, is subsequently turned into a direction at right-angles to the ship's track. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 an end view. The air reservoir B communicates (1) by a pipe C with the motor D for rotating the propeller shaft S, and (2) by a pipe F with the U-shaped tube G. The rotating shaft S acts through gearing s, f on the valve X, the gearing being so adjusted that the valve is not opened until a certain time has elapsed after the discharge of the torpedo, and is closed again as soon as sufficient air has been expelled from one of the branches of the pipe G to move the torpedo 90‹ about its vertical axis.
Patent GB-190306837-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam Engine Valve
Inventor: CHAPELL ELISHA STOUGHTON
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 6837. Chapell, E. S. March 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Valves, distributing.-Relates to an improved oscillating-valve, which may be actuated by an eccentric on the crank shaft or otherwise. As shown in Fig. 2, the valve is cylindrical with conical shoulders at the ends, to fit against similar seatings in the casing. It is provided with steam and exhaust ports 9, 10, separated by a longitudinal partition 17, and a helical web 18, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7. Steam is admitted to one end of the casing by a pipe 14, and is exhausted at the other through a pipe 7.
Patent GB-190311916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Masks for Anæsthetic Purposes.
Inventor: ROBINSON FREDERICK FIELD
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 11,916. Robinson, F. F. May 25. Anaesthetics, administering.- The mask a is of glass, an airtight joint being obtained by a separate cushion g inflated through the valve h. The mask is narrowed at the part b, which is open at the end and is provided with a side opening c closed by a spring stopper d fastened by a catch e. The opening c is provided with means for breaking off the end of the bulbs used for containing anµsthetics, the means shown in Fig. 1 consisting of a strip f having a hole with sharp edges. A disc m, consisting of several thicknesses of filtering- fabric, is pressed up against the throat of the mask by a bolt i fitted with a nut j. When an anµsthetic other than chloroform is used, a bag k is secured on the part b of the mask. The anµsthetic is introduced through the opening c, which is also used to admit air, if necessary.
Patent GB-190317031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Knives or Pen-knives, Intended to be Attached to the Watchchain, or to any Chain or Cord Attached to the Garments.
Inventor: LINES ALFRED
Filed: 1903-08-05
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 17,031. Lines, A. Aug. 5. Pocket, pen, and like knives.-For the purpose of hanging the knife on a watch chain, or a chain or cord attached to a garment, one of the blades or tools in it is provided at the root with a semicircular spring jaw d which overlaps and snaps against a similar jaw e at the end of one of the scales of the handle. When the blade is fully open, its jaw snaps into a recess h in the adjacent scale, thus serving to prevent accidental closure. A spur f on the root of the blade also comes up against a shoulder f on the other scale which prevents it from opening too far.
Patent GB-190319338-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Umbrella-cases.
Inventor: KLUGE OTTO LORENZ
Filed: 1903-09-08
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 19,338. Kluge, O. L. Sept. 8. Drawings to Specification. Cases.-An umbrella case is made with no seam by weaving a conical hose of suitable size and finishing the ends in the usual manner. The textile material employed, and the manner of weaving, may vary according to requirements.
Patent GB-190320744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consumers for Furnaces and the like.
Inventor: BARBU CHARLES
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 20,744. Barbu, C. Sept. 26. Combustion products, returning to furnaces.-The products of combustion from a Cornish boiler or other furnace b are forced by a fan c or other device through a pipe d having a louvred air-inlet part and terminating in pipes f, f<1> with outlets above and below the firebars. Both the pipes f, f<1> may be entirely or partly closed to regulate the supply of air and products of combustion, or the upper branch f may be dispensed with. The chimney may be connected with the part g at starting, or the fan may be operated by hand. The air may be fed under pressure to an air pipe inside the pipe conveying the combustion products so as to produce a draught. A solution of caustic soda or potash or other smoke-preventing chemical may be sprinkled on the fuel.
Patent GB-190324617-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Heating Fabrics and similar Materials.
Inventor: MATHER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,617. Mather, Sir W., and Hepburn, G. G. Nov. 12. Bleaching.-Heated mercury is employed to heat fabrics and similar materials in bleaching and other processes, for instance where it is desired to act with great heat on chemicals in the fabrics. The fabric A is drawn around rollers d immersed in mercury contained in semi-circular troughs c formed in a closed vat a heated by gas jets below. The removable cover b is formed with a flange g extending into a channel f formed around the vat, the channel being filled with mercury, mercury and water, or other liquid, to form a seal. Rollers h, which may be above or below the surface of the mercury, carry the fabric between the rollers d, these rollers being supported in bearings inside the vat, or carried through the vat to receive gearwheels on the outside. Packed glands ware provided in the tank for the insertion of thermometers. Mercury vapour and, when moist fabrics are treated, water vapour escape along a pipe k to a condensing or preliminary-washing tank l for the recovery of the mercury, the fabric being also led around a revolving square or polygonal roller s in the tank, by which any small particles of mercury adhering to the fabric are beaten out.
Patent GB-190327086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Mechanism for Fluid Actuated Motors.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 27,086. Thompson, W. P., [Holzwarth, H.]. Dec. 10. Transmitting-mechanism.-The governor is described as applied to a turbine ; it is of the type in which the valve is moved by a shaft 8 which is made to rotate in either direction by the contact of a roller 23 thereon with a friction disc 22. The disc is moved out of contact with the roller when the latter is in its central position by a spring 35 acting on the lever 28, and is forced into contact by a pin 37, which moves with the governor sleeve, sliding over the V-shaped end of a rod 40 which also bears on the lever 28.
Patent GB-190403393-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hare or Rabbit Snare.
Inventor: MCPHERSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3393. McPherson, A. Feb. 11. Traps.-In order that the wire or cord A of a rabbit or hare snare may not be broken by being twisted, it is passed through a loop b in a stiff wire support B having a bottom loop b<1> fastened into the ground and connected with a shackle C free to swing on a peg D. The end a is knotted, and is loosely held by a twisted part of the support.
Patent GB-190405281-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brake for Motor Cars or Motor Vehicles Driven by Explosion or Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DARE ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5281. Dare, A. H. March 7. Motor road vehicles.-The brakes of vehicles driven by explosion or internal - combustion engines are applied by the pressure of the exhaust gases, by the suction of the gases supplied to the engine, or by both these means combined as shown in Fig. 3. The exhaust gases normally enter the cylinder a, on one side of the piston b, from the pipe c, and pass away through the port d and the pipe e. The air or gaseous mixture for the engine passes into the cylinder on the other side of the piston through the port k, and is conducted to the engine through the pipe j. To apply the brake, the ports d, k are partially or entirely closed by valves f, f<1> respectively on a rod g, so that the pressure is increased on the righthand side of the piston and diminished on its other side and the brake operated through the rod h. When the pressure of the exhaust gases only is utilized, the left-hand end of the cylinder is open to the atmosphere ; and when the suction caused by the engine is used alone, its right-hand end is so open. In a modified arrangement, the exhaust gases do not pass continuously through the cylinder, but can be diverted into it to apply the brake by means of a three-way cock, as shown at l, Fig. 5, which may be adapted to be worked in conjunction with the valve of the exhaust port. An arrangement for actuating two sets of brakes is shown in Fig. 5. When the three-way cock l is in the position shown, the full pressure of the exhaust gases acts upon the piston b and applies one set of brakes through the rod h. When this piston has uncovered a port m, the gases are admitted to a second cylinder a' and act on its piston b<1> to apply the second set of brakes. The action in the cylinder a<1> may be assisted by the suction of the engine, in which case this cylinder would be fitted with an air inlet k and an outlet pipej, and the rod g, by which the valve f<1> is operated, may be connected with the piston-rod h' so as to close the air inlet as the piston b<1> moves. Fig. 6 shows a device whereby the brake can be operated either by one of the arrangements described above, or by a hand or foot lever. The rods o, p, connected to a piston and to a hand or foot lever respectively, are slotted where they engage the brake band n so that either can be moved independently of the other.
Patent GB-190405697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: GRATZ MIHAEL
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 5697. GrÓtz, M., and Gßbos, G. March 8. Steam-generator furnaces ; ashpits.-In a watertube boiler, consisting of one or more arched water and steam chambers with transverse water tubes, the ashpit extends beneath the firebridge, and contains a flap 17, which can be turned down during cleaning.
Patent GB-190407716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspended Cable Railways
Inventor: REINHOLD HERMANN WALTHER
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7716. Reinhold, H. W. March 31. Rope railways; rope grips.-Relates to suspended cable railways in which cable grips adapted to be operated by the weight of the cars are used, and consists in providing at curves, stations, and crossings a device in the form of an overhead trolley which automatically releases the cable grip before the curve, station, or crossing is reached, and another similar device which closes the grip when these points have been passed. At termini, where the grip only requires opening, only one trolley is used. An arrangement of the rope in order to pass round curves is also shown. Fig. 8 shows the method of arranging two of the overhead trolleys at a crossing or station, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of a four-wheeled trolley running on two rails, and the running and gripping gear of the car. Between the side frame plates 1 of the car running-gear, the slide 2 is vertically guided in the usual manner, and it carries the suspending-bolt 3. This slide, when caused to move up or down, operates the gripper 6. The trolley, which causes the traction rope 13 to be automatically released and gripped, comprises a bracket 22, carried by the wheel axles. This bracket is provided with abutments 23 against which the projecting ends of the slide 2, or the bolt 3, are adapted to abut when approaching a crossing, station, or curve. Various modifications in the shape of the bracket 22 and the arm 14, to suit different trolleys or cars, are shown. When the striker 14, or its equivalent, reaches the abutments 23, position 1, Fig. 8, the trolley and car travel together to the point 26 of the rail 29, which replaces or is inserted into the suspending- cable. Beyond this point the rail 29 descends to such an extent that the running-gear of the car is completely lifted by the trolley, the gripper 6 opened, and the cable released, position II. When the trolley reaches the point 28 of its own rail, it descends and liberates the striker 14, the car then continuing its journey alone, due to the incline in the rail 29, position III, the trolley being pulled back to its original position by the weight 25. As soon as the car gets past the crossing, or station, into position IV, it meets another trolley 22<a> which, by a similar cycle of movements, causes the gripper to again grip the cable 13<a>. In passing curves, the cable is guided idly round the curve by the pulleys 32, 33, 34 and two other pulleys placed similarly to the pulleys 32, 33 ; the cable is again gripped as it leaves the last pulley. The same trolley may also be used for both uncoupling and coupling the car to the cable.
Patent GB-190413298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Outer Covers for Protecting the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tyres from Puncture
Inventor: PLANE MAURICE GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 13,298. Plane, M. G., and Phillips, G. June 13. Tyres, pneumatic.-As a means for preventing punctures, an endless or other strip d of compressed leather or other material is inserted between the air tube band outer coverc. According to the Provisional Specification, the strip is formed with dovetail edges to engage similarlyshaped recesses in the outer cover.
Patent GB-190416385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres for Motor-cars.
Inventor: COURTHOPE FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 16,385. Courthope, F. July 25. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.-A removable tyre rim 1 carrying the outer cover and fitted with a series of transverse-dovetailed blocks 2 is slid sideways on to a steel band surrounding the felloe 4 of the wheel formed with corresponding keyways. Side play is prevented by means of the fixed coverplates a<5> and the plates 5 formed with slits 7 engaging with bolts d and pivoted to the felloe at 6. The outer cover may be secured by the bolts f, Fig. 3, screwing into nuts e placed in recesses formed in the blocks 2, the bolts f receiving a screw g by unscrewing the nut e, the bolts f may be pushed up into the rim and the outer cover removed.
Patent GB-190417307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water-purifying Apparatus.
Inventor: WALTER OTTO
Filed: 1904-08-08
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 17,307. Walter, O. Sept. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Water, purifying.-The disadvantages arising from the use of milk of lime or like reagent after standing are removed by the periodic withdrawal of the requisite quantities from a current of the material. A pump a creates a circulation through the pipes b, c and the tank d, liquid being drawn off periodically by a valve e controlled by the watermeasuring device f.
Patent GB-190424454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Spools of Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,454. Boult, A. J., [Spiro, C.]. Nov. 11. Type-writers. - The ribbon - spool hub is formed of two strips, preferably of sheet steel. One strip is bent to form an inner tube A. The other strip B is bent around the tube A, and, preferably, forms shoulders for the heads C. One end of the strip B is, preferably,left as a tangential extension B<1> for attachment of the ribbon clip or hook D. The part A may be formed of drawn tubing. The ends of the part A are turned over after placing the heads C in position.
Patent GB-190500523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 523. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Holden, F. Jan. 10. Quantity meters. -In a brakeless motor meter, in which the armature rotates in the field of a permanent magnet or magnets, and is shunted across a portion of the main circuit, the commutator, or the armature itself without a commutator, is totally immersed in mercury. In the meter shown in vertical section in Fig. 1, the armature rotates between the concentric faces of the pole-pieces 2 and magnetic cylinder 3, and consists of a metal tube divided vertically to within a short distance of the top into a number of segments, connected individually to the sections of a commutator 8 of disk form. The disk, which is insulated except at the edge, rotates in mercury enclosed in a narrow space below the insulated diaphragm 10. Divided metal disk and wire-wound or other forms of armature may be used and may be adapted for multi-polar fields. In the meter shown in Fig. 5, the armature consists of a number of separate vertical segments mounted on a spider 27, and covered with insulation, except at the upper and lower edges. The armature is entirely immersed in mercury between the insulating- cylinder 22 and the cast-iron ring 19. A bar magnet enclosed by the cylinder 22 has its ends opposite polar projections on the ring 19. Current enters and leaves the mercury by the conductors 35, 36 and is conveyed across the top of the armature by an insulated metal diaphragm 32 having studs 33 just above the armature segments. The diaphragm is covered by a cap of the form described in Specification No. 10,882, A.D. 1904, to prevent loss of mercury. The magnetic field of this and other mercury meters may be produced by external semicircular magnets with inwardly-projecting poles, and a soft-iron bar or cylinder, or by magnets arranged as shown in Fig. 9 to produce a multipolar field. The soft-iron ring may be grooved on either side of the pole faces, as shown. To adjust the rate of this meter, a channel may be cut in the insulating- cylinder 22, between the conductors 35,36, and an adjustable screw plug or other means may be provided for varying the resistance of the mercury in the channel.
Patent GB-190503422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twister Heads for Spinning Machines.
Inventor: THWAITES ERNEST
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1906-02-17
Abstract: 3422. Thwaites, E. Feb. 18. Twist tubes and like twisters.-The object is to provide means whereby the jaws or gripping- fingers of thetwister may be readily adjusted for wear &c., or removed for regrinding &c. The jaws c, f have flat gripping - surfaces, are formed of round steel, and are secured by set-screws d, g in apertures which are drilled at the proper angle, the one in a fixed block b and the other in a block e pivoted to the block b at i. The mass of the block e which is above the pivot i is greater than the mass of the block and finger f below the pivot, so that the effect of centrifugal force when the twister rotates is to force the jaws together. If desired, the block e may be made short, so as to allow the finger f to project above the pivot and carry an adjustable centrifugal block.
Patent GB-190505265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Process of Generating Incandescent Light.
Inventor: MEWES RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 5265. Mewes, R. March 13. Carburetting.- Finely-divided oxides are introduced into the flame of a lamp by adding liquid combustibles or incombustible volatile compounds, such as calcium ethyl, methyl, or ethylate, or magnesium, silicon, boron, or aluminium ethyl, or silicon, or aluminium ethylate, to the gas or vapour, or to the combustion supporter, or to both.
Patent GB-190505295-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic Pump
Inventor: IBBETSON ROBERT LYON
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 5295. Ibbetson, R. L. March 14. Electrically-actuated pumps; flexible-diaphragm pumps.-In apparatus in which the vibrations of a number of plates in an alternating magnetic field are utilized to pump liquids or gases, the plates are mounted in pairs a, b upon the opposite poles of a large electro-magnet d by means of a non-magnetic material c, in such a manner that adjacent pairs of plates are in magnetic contact with opposite poles. The spaces between the plates of opposite polarity are connected to a suction pipe f and a delivery pipe h fitted with valves in the usual manner, so that, when the exciting-current of the electromagnet is periodically varied, the plates reciprocate and cause the fluid to pass from the suction to the delivery. The spaces between the plates of similar polarity may be caused to pump fluid in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190505808-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clamp for Picture Frames, Window Frames, and the like.
Inventor: BRAMHALL ALBERT FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-03-20
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 5808. Bramhall, A. F. March 20. Clamps. - A clamp for picture and window frames, which may be used as a single or parallel bar clamp, has corner-pieces a having grooves c, f through which clamp-bars d or e slide. The groove c is as deep as the bars are thick, and the groove f is T-shaped to allow the bars to be used vertically or horizontally. Each bar has a projection g through which a tightening-screw h passes. Holes j are provided in each bar into which may be put a pin k attached by a chain l to a slotted piece m.