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Patent GB-190109524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for Braces or Suspenders.
Inventor: DOME CHARLES H
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 9524. Dome, C. H. May 7. Braces.-Suspenders or braces are attached to an article of apparel, such as trousers, by means of a yielding attachment. The attachment consists of a number of bows E of rigid wire provided with pulleys f which connect the bows together in such a manner that they can adjust themselves to the movements of the body. The free ends of the top row terminate in buttons g, and the free ends of the lowest row are connected to the links of a frame B, which is rendered elastic by a spring ribbon D. C, C are clips for engaging the garment.
Patent GB-190109540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Couplings.
Inventor: FODEN STEPHEN BECKET
Filed: 1901-05-08
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 9540. Foden, S. B., and Oakes, P. May 8. Couplings, non.automatic.-Spring slide bars terminate in knuckles to which are jointed links B pivoted to links E which carry the jointed loop F. Projections and recesses are formed on these links so that, when the pins J' are moved upwards by depressing one of the handles G, the whole chain becomes rigid and moves with them into the coupling position and is retained by the hooks K on the shaft K<1>. Fig. 2 shows a modified coupling- chain comprising two links Q, R, while in Fig. 4 the shaft H has a finger Y' which can be engaged by the end Y of the sliding shaft W'. The Provisional Specification describes spur and bevel gearing for tensioning the draw-bar. Couplings, automatic.-The coupling shown in Fig. 1 is rendered automatic by fitting on the shaft K' strikers P adapted to engage inclined plates on the adjacent vehicle.
Patent GB-190111529-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Electric Lighting Heating and Resistance Bodies.
Inventor: BOEHM WILHELM
Filed: 1901-06-05
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 11,529. Boehm, W. June 5. Incandescent lamps; heating by electricity.-Resistant bodies, applicable for lighting or heating, are made from earthy oxides or the like, and either the materials or the formed bodies, or both, are heated to very high temperatures in an electric furnace or arc, or an oxyhydrogen flame, to increase their density. The materials may thus be fused, after which they are finely ground, made into paste, and formed into filaments, tubes, rods, or the like, with or without admixture of carbon or metals. The ends of the resistant bodies may be fused in an arc so as to have increased contact surfaces for metal connections ; they may be enlarged by previous application of difficultly-fusible material.
Patent GB-190115925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Shearing or Finishing Fabrics.
Inventor: HAAS FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1901-08-07
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 15,925. Haas, F. Aug. 7. Compound processes.-In a machine for clipping, shearing, and finishing fabrics having floating threads, air is blown through the fabric to raise the threads to be cut. The threads are cut by the usual serrated discs a mounted on a rotating shaft d, cutters b, mounted on an oscillating shaft c actuated by an eccentric h, being arranged between the discs to co-operate with them. Air is blown by a blower f through the fabric at the place where the cutters operate. The fabric is afterwards operated upon by an ordinary shearing- cutter q, and by brushes placed before and after the shearing-cutter. A second blower i blows air through the fabric under the cutter q. Both cutters are enclosed, so that the dust and waste are blown off or exhausted through pipes.
Patent GB-190116272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Valveless Rock Drills
Filed: 1901-08-13
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 16,272. Lake, H. H., [Rand Drill Co.]. Aug. 13. Rock drills, percussive, with the main piston acting as its own distributing-valve. The inlet ports l, h, i, the exhaust ports j, k, and the central reduced portion of the piston are placed approximately in the positions shown, so as to cushion the back stroke and to obtain expansive working on both strokes.
Patent GB-190119040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Clutches.
Inventor: BROWNING VICTOR REED
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 19,040. Browning, V. R. Sept. 24. Clutches. - Relates to spring-coil friction clutches. The driving- shaft carries two discs 3, 4 ; the coil 7 surrounds the disc 4, and bears at one end upon a shoulder 8 formed thereon, and at the other upon an adjustable stop secured to the disc 3. The operating-sleeve 14 is formed with taper fingers 15, which engage corresponding recesses in the peripheries of the discs. Normally, the coil grips the disc 4, and the driven member 1 of the clutch runs free. By moving inwards the sleeve 14, the discs are caused to turn one in relation to the other. They are formed with keyways wider than the keys in the shaft to allow of this. The coil is expanded in the driven member by the pressure of the shoulders against its ends. The clutch will drive in either direction.
Patent GB-190120005-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Mechanism for Rotary Gramophone Turn or Supporting Plates
Inventor: BIRNBAUM THEODORE
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 20,005. Birnbaum, T. Oct. 7. Phonographs and like sound-recording instruments. -Relates to the driving-mechanism of gramophones. The spring or other motor is mounted in a case c pivoted at g and maintained raised by a spring h, i being a depression handle. The driving shaft d terminates in a friction roller e arranged to bear against the inner side of a flange f on the record turntable a. A brake k is operated when the motor is depressed. On depression, the motor is stopped, by a pawl in the case of a spring motor, or a switch in the case of an electric motor.
Patent GB-190121570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for the Manufacture of Tubes.
Inventor: HAMPTON JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-10-28
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 21,570. Hampton, J. A. Oct. 28. Rolling.-Relates to the support and operation of the mandrel during the rolling of tubes in gapped rolls. A travelling carriage of the ordinary kind, of which the bracket 9, Fig. 1, forms part, carries the usual grooved spindle 10, which is pressed back by the action of the rolls on the work, and moved forward by springs, a quarter turn being imparted to it during the forward stroke only. The invention provides means whereby the rose 30 of the mandrel holder, which receives the end thrust of the billet during working, may be gradually withdrawn as the nose nears the rolls, to allow the billet to be completely rolled. The mandrel 16 is held in a hollow screw 15 on the spindle 10 by sliding blocks 21, Fig. 4, engaged by levers 23 pivoted in slots in the screw and having their rear ends pressed out by springs 24. The nose 30 is carried by a nut 25 working on the screw and having lugs 28 engaging long slots 29 in a casing 11 secured to a clutch sleeve 13 surrounding the spindle. The sleeve may be clutched to the spindle by a sliding member 31, operated by a handle, the disengaging movement of which moves an arm into engagement with a notch on the sleeve 13 to lock it against rotation. During the initial steps of the rolling, the clutch 31, 13 is in engagement, and the screw, nut, and casing rotate with the spindle. To withdraw the rose 30, the clutch is disengaged and the sleeve locked, so that the quarter turn of the spindle draws back the nut 25 and nose towards the rear position shown in Fig. 1, allowing the work to be finished, after which the nut moves over the levers 23, depressing their rear ends and releasing the mandrel. The nut is then screwed out again by suitable means, and a fresh mandrel inserted.
Patent GB-190124628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lanterns for Electric Incandescent Lamps
Inventor: FLEMING JOHN CRONIN
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 24,628. Fleming, J. C. Dec. 3. Lanterns for incandescent lamps are constructed as shown. A coloured liquid of any consistency is contained between concentric walls -d of glass or other transparent or translucent material, preferably conical, as shown. These are held between grooved rings e, e', carried by arms e<5> on bosses e<2>, e<8>, which are secured by nuts on a central tube a hung from a support. The lower end of the conical part is closed by a plate b<4> carried on the tube, and having openings to allow the lamps b to be placed in position. The lamp-holders are carried by arms of a boss b<2>, which may be moved on the central tube or secured by screw. The plate b<4> and tube a are enamelled white, and a concave reflector g, or a downwardly-pointing conical reflector, is carried on the upper part of the tube. A casing f, f<1> screws on to the lower end of the tube.
Patent GB-190124848-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Shipping on to and Unshipping from Barges, Ferries or the like, Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: RAVIER SYLVAIN LOUIS
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1903-01-05
Abstract: 24,848. Ravier, S. L. Dec. 5. Landing - gangways. - Relates to means for shipping railway wagons and other vehicles on to and unshipping from barges, ferries, or the like. A very long bridge or gangway a, Fig. 2, supported on the wood packings b or other fixing- devices arranged at several points of its length, and moving up and down within a channel of timber or masonry, is employed to make up for differences of water level due to tides &c. For regulating the height of the bridge or gangway, screwed rods, or chains and rollers, or suitable locks may be used instead of wood packings. The end of the vessel connected to the bridge is kept stationary by means such as chains attached to the piles d or other fixtures. The vessel may also be used stationary at the other or free end. A small bridge or drawbridgef, Fig. 3, attached to the main bridge a or to the vessel, may be employed, and the bridge may be built up of several links so as to rest properly upon the packings at the joints of links. The bridge is balanced by counterweights g, g<1> so as to avoid deformation when the packing-supports are removed, or the counterweights may be replaced by hydraulic presses or equivalent means. In the bridge shown in Fig. 3, the last counterweight g' is used for the end of the main bridge a and for the drawbridge f, the chain q, r being rolled round a windlass W for working the small bridge or drawbridge. Figs. 4 and 5 show means for locking or fixing the long bridge at several points of its length. The frame h forms part of the bridge or gangway, and the notched piece o for the reception of the bolt n is fixed on the face of the quay, or vice versÔ. The jackets k and the collars q are keyed on the screws j, which are threaded into the socket m of the locking-device and may be rotated by means of the gearing k; k<1> so as to raise or lower the locking-bolt. For very large variations of level, use is made of a rack-gear locomotive for shipping or unshipping the wagons or trains.
Patent GB-190207926-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means or Apparatus for Automatically Controlling the Supply of Steam to Marine Engines.
Inventor: GOVER ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-04
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 7926. G o v e r, E. W., [Buck, E. C.]. April 4. Throttle valves; actuating valves.- To prevent racing in marine engines when the propeller rises out of the water, the steam pipe is provided with a throttle valve which is operated by a pendulum to check the passage of steam to the engine. The valve consists of two sliding parts d, arranged on a right and left handed screw spindle e ; the spindle is fitted outside the valve chest b with a pinion h, gearing with a segmental rack on a pivoted pendulum frame. When the stern of the ship rises, the pendulum causes the parts d to come together and close the passages c leading to the engine.
Patent GB-190211233-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Driving and Speed Gear or Mechanism for Motor Cycles and Light Motor Cars
Inventor: ROE CHARLES
Filed: 1902-05-16
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 11,233. Roe, C. May 16. Driving - mechanism; clutches.--Relates to epicy- clic driving and speed gear or mechanism for motor cycles &c. The driving spur, chain, worm, or other wheel or pulley e is loosely mounted on an extension a<4> of the hub a, and provided with a central pinion e<2>. The hub extension a<4> has a disc a<3> in which are mounted studs carrying pinions c, d gearing with the pinion e<2> and also with an internally-toothed ring f mounted on the ball bearings f<3> and embraced by the brake band g. Clutches are provided for connecting the driving- wheel e and the toothed ring f. The preferred form of clutch is shown in Fig. 3 ; it consists of segmental blocks h, having inclined sides h<2>, arranged between the pinion e<2> and ring f and carried by a plate j, moved laterally by the action of a screw j<4> and nut j<3> to cause the blocks to engage the teeth of the pinion and ring. When the clutch is in operation, the gearing is locked together and the hub rotates at the same speed as the wheel e ; when the clutch is disengaged and the toothed ring f held stationary by the brake g, the hub is driven at a slower speed through the pinions c, d, which roll round the central pinion e<2>. When the wheel e is held stationary, the hub a may rotate, thus forming a free wheel. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the hub extension carries a spur-wheel f gearing with double pinions c, d which also gear with the central pinion e'. These double pinions are mounted on pins carried in a box m capable of rotating around the hub and held stationary, to change the gear, by a brake band. The locking-clutches are formed of blocks, which may be caused to engage simultaneously the teeth of the pinion e<2> and wheel f, through the action of the screw j<4> and levers. An ordinary chain gear may be placed on the opposite side in a motor cycle, to assist starting &c. In another modifica- tion, the wheel e and toothed ring f may carry clutch parts, the ring f being mounted so that it may be moved laterally to engage and disengage the clutch.
Patent GB-190211541-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Pressure-controlling Screws of Rolling Mills for Rolling Steel and other Plates, Rails, Bars or the like.
Inventor: REES DAVID
Filed: 1902-05-21
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 11,541. Rees, D., and Davies, J. P. May 21. Rolling.-In order that the pressure-controlling screws a, Fig. 1, of a mill for rolling plates, rails, bars, &c. may be removed without the screw-boxes b being disturbed, the upper parts a<1> are reduced in size, and are fitted with cap-nuts d, by means of which the screws are turned. The caps are perforated at e for the introduction of a bar for loosening them.
Patent GB-190224304-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Standard Spring Clip to Hold Newspapers Periodicals or Announcement Documents.
Inventor: TATTERSALL ALFRED RISHWORTH
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 24,304. Tattersall, A. R. Nov. 6. Reading - desks; stands, card.-In a portable arrangement for supporting newspapers, periodicals, and other announcement documents so that they may be read without being held by the reader, the paper is held between a spring strip c and ornamental metalwork b. The upper part of the paper is held by a spring clip a forming part of the strip c. The metalwork and strip are secured to an earthenware, metal, or other heavy base.
Patent GB-190225820-A (GB)
Title: "Improvements in Trestles" for Objects Requiring Adjustment of Height
Inventor: EDELINE HENRI
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 25,820. Edeline, H. Nov. 24. Lifting-jacks.-Relates to screw-jack trestles for use in place of ordinary screw jacks for raising or adjusting drawing-boards, carriages, and other objects, and adaptable for use as vices. In the form shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1, two or more nuts B are fixed in the top trestle bar a, and engage screws C provided with heads c having sockets for pivots d of forked pieces D, which sup. port a loose cross-bar E. The screws may be operated by bars F or hand-wheels G. In a modification, the nuts are mounted in brackets and rotated by tangent screws. Another modification is shown in Fig. 5. The cross-bar E is mounted on tubes J, which slide through the bar a and are tied at the lower ends by a cross-bar j. Springs K are disposed between the bar E and the lower part of the framing, within the tubes J, and on guiderods L extending up to the bar a. When the trestles are used as vices, the objects are gripped between the parts a, E, suitable clamps being provided, and the part E is fixed to the heads c.
Patent GB-190225990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing or Scouring Wool or the like.
Inventor: COLBURN HEBDEN
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 25,990. Colburn, H., and Colburn, F. Nov. 26. Washing.-Relates to means whereby the advancing and retreating motions of the forks used in wool scouring or washing machines are rendered independent of the vertical or up-and-down motions, and to means for conveying the wool or like fibrous material to the wringing or pressing rollers after it has been deposited by the forks. The forks b, Figs. 1 and 2, of aluminium or other incorrodible metal, are carried by the tubular frame a, which reciprocates between the rollers c carried by brackets d, or which carries the rollers, the bearings in this case being adapted to allow the motion of the rollers. The reciprocating motion is derived from the driving-shaft h through the gear-wheels h<1>, k, o, o<1>, o<5>, and is obtained by a crank shaft working in the slot f of the lever f, which is fulcrumed at f<2> and connected with the frame a by the tie-rod g. The relative positions of the shaft e<1> of the crank and the fulcrum f<2> are such that the lever f is worked at a greatly increased speed during its return motion as compired with its speed during the operating motion of the forks. The sweep of the crank, or that of the lever f, may be regulated by mounting the nut or stud e' of the crank on a screw radiating from the centre e' of the crank and adjusting it as desired, and thus the motion of the forks is controlled. The vertical motion of the forks is derived from cams p, p<1>, which operate the runners r carried in sliding supports d, weighted levers s or sorings serving to assist the action of the cams. The cam p<1> is driven from the shaft q, by means of the bevel gearing t, t<1>, t<4>, t<5>, t<2>. The forks w, Fig. 5, are guided by the helical screws w<1>, w', as usual, but the spring-regulated guiding-pieces x, one of which is mounted on each side of the machine, serve to preserve the forks in their proper relative positions without twisting &c. when they are carried from one set of screws to another. The screws are driven from the shaft w<1>, Fig. 1, by means of the helical gearing w<5>, w<6>, w<7>. The wool or other fibrous substance is fed into the brattice 1, Fig. 2, which is operated by the chain-wheels 2,3, 4 and the chain 5, from the shaft 6, the latter being driven by pulleys from the shaft q<1>. It traverses the liquid in the bowl A owing to the action of the forks b, which deliver it to the forks w to be fed to the pressure rollers m, n, Fig. 5, whence it is passed forwards to another travelling brattice, and is removed or passed to the next or succeeding operation.
Patent GB-190226115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shuttle Changing Motions of Looms.
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 26,115. Baron, J., and Lancashire Automatic Loom, (Crossley's Patent), Ltd. Nov. 27. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism; guards.-Relates to shuttle-changing motions of the kind described in Specifications No. 23,925, A.D. 1898, and No. 6071, A.D. 1902. Two flexible bars 76 are hinged at 77 to the shuttle box 35, and pass through slots 78 in the face g<4> of the tray g, on to which the shuttle ejected from the shuttle box is thrown. These bars always bridge the space between the shuttle box and the tray. Above the tray g, two guards 79 are fixed to the hopper d, so that the ejected shuttle will strike the guards, and be projected into the tray.
Patent GB-190308840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moving Rails and other Articles in Relation to the Rolls of Rolling-mills.
Inventor: MILLS FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-04-18
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 8840. Mills, F. April 18. Rolling.-Rails &c. are turned and passed from groove to groove. The rail 39 is received in an aperture 4 of a head 1, 2, Figs. 2, 3, and 4. Cylindrical projections 5 support plates 6, 6<a>, provided with pins 8 and with teeth 7, 7<a>, engaging racks 20, 16. Slotted links 9 connect the pins on the two plates, and are caused to grip the rail by a relative rotation of the plates, and turn it by a simultaneous rotation. The head 1, 2 is mounted on a slide 11 traversed on a carriage 12 by a hydraulic ram 14. The racks 16, 20 are connected to a slide 19, connected :o the slide 11 by a hydraulic ram, the connection with the slide 16 being adjustable by a hydraulic ram 17. A bell-crank lever is arranged to be tripped by the carriage 12 when the rail is gripped by the rolls, and is connected to the controllever of the cylinder 18, to secure the automatic release of the rail from the links 9. The carriage 12 may be traversed by a hydraulic cylinder or by the action of live rollers on the rail. In the latter case, a counterweight returns the carriage. Two of the supporting-wheels 25 are connected, as by a shaft 27, and gear with teeth on the supporting-rails.
Patent GB-190310788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Dynamos and Motors
Inventor: EDGERTON NATHAN HUNTLEY
Filed: 1903-05-12
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 10,788. Edgerton, N. H., and Bowers, E. W. May 12. Armatures ; field magnets.-In a magneto-electric machine for use as a dynamo or motor, the field magnets are unprovided with windings and are magnetized by induction from the armature current. The upper and lower frames, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, of the machine are of diamagnetic material, and are fitted with internal field magnets G, H between which the armature K, Fig. 1, rotates when the shaft A is held in the bearings B. The armature core and field magnets are built up of stampings, of the shapes shown in Figs. 4 and 7, of tinned soft iron, such as commercial tin plate, or may be tinned after they are cut. The tin is fused when the stampings have been clamped together, and acts as a magnetic insulator between them. The armature is wound longitudinally at right-angles to its own and the field-magnet stampings. A commutator E is fitted to the shaft A. A machine having any desired number of poles may be constructed on the above lines. The field magnets may otherwise be composed of strips or wires suitably disposed about the armature to be energized or intensified by the armature current.