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Patent GB-190309712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electric Railway and Tramway Systems.
Inventor: COOPER ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 9712. Cooper, A. T. April 29. Electric railways and tramways on the third rail or other system in which the cars are temporarily propelled, at breaks in the conductor, by accumulators or the like. Conductors.-Relates to the conductors of electric railways, tramways, and the like, and consists in providing means whereby the continuity of the third rail, or its equivalent, may be broken at complicated or other track junctions, or where the conductor sections meet, without perceptibly interfering with the uniform speed of the vehicles, and also without causing any rapid fluctuations in the amount of electrical energy supplied to the vehicles at these points. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the arrangement of the broken conductor b at a track junction A. The different parts of the conductor are joined together by resistances c, which prevent any sudden rush of current to the vehicle motors as the collector shoe e passes from one section to another. To carry the vehicles over the junction A, accumulators d are carried on them, which are thrown into the motor circuits by the hand switches g. The same arrangement is adopted at the junction of two conductor sections, which are fed from different supply sub-stations or feeders. The two sections are joined by a dead length of conductor, the end portions of the sections being broken, as shown, and resistances inserted. This, it is stated, enables a vehicle to pass from one section to another without sudden fluctuations of current or speed.
Patent GB-190309932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Materials by Radiated or Reflected Heat in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 9932. Howorth, F. W., [Trollhõttans Elektriska Kraftaktiebolag]. May 1. Electric furnaces.-The material is fed into an arc radiation furnace so as always to present a sloping surface to the radiant heat. The arc is produced between carbons which pass through the sides of the furnace chamber 1 at 2. The material is placed in a hopper, and is forced into the furnace chamber by pistons 11. Screw conveyers may be used instead of the pistons. The rate of feed is regulated so that the sloping surface 6 is always at a constant distance, determined by experiment, from the carbons 2. A layer of half molten material formed on the surface of the slope 6 slides down, while the volat.le products escape through the opening 3.
Patent GB-190310996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burner Cones or the like.
Inventor: FRANKL RUDOLF
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,996. Frankl, R., Weiss, L., and Ziegler, F. May 14. Oil-lamp burner cones; reflectors.-Relates to a cone for burners of all kinds. The cone is glazed, to enable a larger proportion of the light to be reflected, and made of a material as white as possible and of low thermal conductivity, such as clay, porcelain, or stoneware. Fig. 2 shows a cone for a lamp having one or more flat wicks. The cone is mounted in a metal ring 4 and is provided with air holes 5. For burners with circular wicks, a sleeve-shaped cone 2, Fig. 4, having air openings 3, is used.
Patent GB-190311032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters.
Inventor: BRYANT CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 11,032. Bryant, C. H. May 14. Carburetting. - The apparatus is applicable to motors for cycles, road vehicles, launches, &c., and for supplying gas to burners for heating and incandescent lighting. It comprises a casing A with a central perforated tube B which may be made of gauze and inlet G for petrol, gasoline, or other light hydrocarbon, and an inlet H for heated air. A baffle C is situated below the inlets, and from it may depend one or more perforated casings D, between which and the tube B arc suspended wicks E, interwoven or otherwise. The oil is supplied in slight excess, the surplus escaping at J. A permanent air gas escapes at F. In a modification, the tube B is perforated at the bottom only, which is splayed, and the air and oil are directed by a helical surface which extends from the tube B to the casing A. The space between the helical surfaces is packed with the absorbent E.
Patent GB-190312015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Controlled Locks for Telephone Receivers
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-05-26
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 12,015. Justice, P. M., [Controller Co.]. May 26. Telephone systems.-Figs. 1 and 2 show plan and elevation of the coin-freeing apparatus used when the receiver 3 hangs on a fork 2, and Fig. 6 shows an elevation of a modification adopted when the receiver hangs from a peg 24. Removal of the receiver from the fork is prevented by one of four rotary arms 9, the opposite one being engaged by a latch 12. Removal from the peg is prevented by a single hook-ended arm 28 which, having a lug 29, is held by a latch 32, after the thrusting of the ring 25 of the receiver against a second arm 27 has brought down the first arm from the position shown in the dotted live till a supporting-spring has passed the dead centre. The coin dropped down the shoot 6 disengages the latch 12 or 32, and, as the receiver is removed, the latch sheds the coin because the finger 14 or the lip 33 escapes from the rotary arm 9 or lug 29. The latch 12 may be disengaged without a coin by means of an electromagnet 16 operating a lever 18, and it then lodges on a bent pivoted support 19 which is tripped by one of the rotary arms. Telephones.-The casing 4 is attached to a bent iron bracket 40 shaped to allow vertical and horizontal adjustment, the adjustment being made by means of staggered set-screws 43, 44, the middle pair of which press the bracket over depressions 42 in the back of the casing.
Patent GB-190323720-A (GB)
Title: Lumbar Belt
Inventor: SHELLEY ADOLPHUS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 23,720. Shelley, A. W. Nov. 2. Belts.-A body belt is made of three equally thick layers of felt, flannel, chamois leather, elastic webbing, or other material, which are cut out in strips and bound with galloon, and two of which are provided with buttonholes so that they may be readily attached to, or detached from, the third outer strip, which is provided with buttons A as shown. The belt is strengthened by two or more leather straps sewn to the back thereof, while straps D and buckles E enable the belt to be adjusted and fixed round the body. The Provisional Specification states that more than three strips of material may be used to form the belt, being held together by four clips.
Patent GB-190325697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ornamental-stitch Sewing Machines.
Inventor: WEVER FRITZ
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 25,697. Wever, F. Nov. 24 Multiple - needle machines ornamental - sewing machines ; cords, applying ; thread - guiding eyes.-Relates to a twoneedle sewing - machine for applying thread to produce the stitch shown in Fig. 5. The ornamental thread is moved backwards and forwards between the needles 2, Fig. 1, by means of the adjustable holder 23 mounted on a vertical spindle 13 which is caused to oscillate in fixed guides on the frame 1. This oscillatory motion is imparted by an arm 7 through a ball-andsocket joint 11 and yoke 8 which turns freely on a spindle 10. The end of the arm 7 is guided in a cam groove in the spur-wheel 4 driven from the main shaft. At the end of each oscillation the thread is caught by a double hook 26 caused to oscillate at right-angles to the thread carrier by the spur-wheel 4, which actuates the spindle 10 by cam or other mechanism, this motion being transmitted to the bar on which the hook is mounted by ball-and-socket joints. The thread having been caught by the hook 26 as shown in Fig. 5, the thread-carrier returns, in this way making a series of loops which are sewn on to the fabric.
Patent GB-190327921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems for the Automatic Control of Electric Motors.
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 27,921. Otis Elevator Co., [Otis Elevator Co.]. Dec. 19. Motors, controlling.-Relates to the automatic control of motors, the resistance being automatically cut out as the current falls below a predetermined limit. This applies to the starting- resistance and also to a resistance which may be thrown into the armature circuit when it is desired to stop the motor. Fig. 1 shows a starting- arrangement. On closing the main switch D the shunt field C is closed, and also the series field B and the resistances F, G, H are connected up in the circuit by the operation of the electromagnetic switch E. As the motor speeds up, the resistances and series field are successively cut out through the action of the electromagnets I and 1, 2, 3. The magnet I has a shunt winding, and the magnets 1, 2, 3 a shunt h and series winding j, wound in opposition. The operation of the magnet I closes the circuit through the coil h of the electromagnet 1, and so on The electromagnet 3 has an additional or holding winding p, so that, when it is operated, it closes a circuit through the cells p, q operating a switch to cut out the coils h. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the magnets 1, 2, 3, 4 have one winding, the armatures 5, 6, 7, 8 being arranged at different distances from the cores, so that they are operated in succession, or the magnets may be wound to have different strengths, or the armatures may have controlling springs of different strengths. Any desired number of magnets 1 &c. may be employed to cut in or out a desired number of resistance steps, or the magnet I may be dispensed with, the coils h being then in series. In stopping the motor, the arm c of the switch D first breaks contact at e, breaking the circuit of the coils p, q and throwing the resistance back into circuit before the magnet E is de-energized. Fig. 5 also shows the application of the system to a motor having a reversing- switch, applicable for lifts &c., the differentiallywound magnet I having several cores serving to cut a stopping or braking resistance J in or out of the armature circuit. The switch D is provided with contacts for reversing the motor. A reversing-switch V is operated by the electromagnets E, E', and the electromagnets 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9, 10 are successively operated. The resistance S in circuit with the magnets 1, 2, 3, 4 prevents the successive actuation of the armatures 5, 6, 7, 8 until the current in the magnet F falls sufficiently to close the contact h on a short-circuit round the resistance.
Patent GB-190403152-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pump for Feeding Liquid or Gaseous Fuel to Motor Engines applicable also to other Pumping Purposes.
Inventor: BOULAY ERNEST DE VISMES DU
IPC: F04B43/08
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 3152. Du Boulay, E. de V. Feb. 9. Flexible-tube p u m p s ; bellows or flexible-chamber pumps.-Relates to a pump, more particularly for use in feeding liquid or gaseous fuel to motor engines, but also applicable for lubricating and other pumping purposes, the stroke of which can be set to feed a given amount of paraffin, petrol, or other liquid, gas, or air. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a sensitive tube a, similar in form to that of a Bourdon pressure gauge, is employed, the open end being connected to a valve piece b containing valves in communication with the suction and delivery, respectively, while the closed end a<1> is attached to a rod h, which is caused to oscillate by the engine. An air vent i is provided. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the straight tube a of any suitable section can be caused to alter its internal capacity by bending, twisting, or vibrating. In other modifications, the vessel a is formed by two corrugated discs or by a spiral-shaped Bourdon tube. The amount of liquid delivered per stroke is not only dependent on the length of the stroke, but also on the speed of the motor ; thus, if the motor runs too fast, the amount delivered will be reduced, and vice versÔ.
Patent GB-190403484-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Constrictors for Printing Press Inking Rollers.
Inventor: HUNTER FREDERICK WADSWORTH
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 3484. Hunter, F. W. Feb. 11. Cutting and perforating apparatus; inking-apparatus; inking-rollers, making.-Inking-rollers may be provided with constrictors of varying widths to prevent the rollers from being inked in certain parts, and also to protect the rollers from injury by cutting or perforating edges. The constrictors may be adjustable in size, and provided with resilient ridges to prevent injury to the faces of the type formes, and also to prevent the constrictors from coming into contact with the inking- faces. The constrictor 1, Fig. 3, is shown in section mounted on a roller 2, thereby allowing each part of the roller to run over differentlycoloured inking-tables or type formes, without mixing the colours. The constrictor is made of thin sheet metal narrowed and formed as a hook at one end, which may engage in one of several slits formed at the other end, thereby squeezing the roller. The edges 3 are turned up to avoid damage to the roller, and may again be turned outwards to form " riding ridges " 4. The riding ridges may also be formed separately from the constrictors, and may consist of rubber or other bands placed anywhere along the constrictor, clasping it, and helping it to constrict the roller. The constrictor may also take the form of a ring 1<a>, Fig. 6, split at 1<b>, so as to allow it to contract on to the roller by its own elasticity, and form a guard for the roller against a cutting or perforating edge, which would simply pass along the groove.
Patent GB-190404011-A (GB)
Title: Condensing Apparatus for Preventing Losses in Distilleries through the Escape of Alcohol Vapour.
Inventor: SZATHMARY JULIUS SZABO VON
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 4011. Szathmßry, J. S. von. Feb. 17. Drawings to Specification. Condensing spirits.-In order to prevent the escape of alcoholic vapour in distilleries, the pipe from the condensing-coil to the receiver is provided with an upwardly-extending branch connected to a subsidiary condensing-coil, and the discharge ends of both pipes are partly covered, leaving only a small opening at the bottom of each, for the escape of liquid, the vapour being retained in the pipes and thus forced to return through one or other of the condensing-coils.
Patent GB-190406111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Tipping Coal and other Materials
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6111. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Homfray, S. G. March 12. Tipping apparatus.-Relates to tipping-apparatus for railway trucks, in which tipping-frames are pivoted to hoists or cradles provided with two decks, so that either tipping - frame may be operated at will by one set of machinery. The frames b are pivoted to the cage a at b<1> as seen from the Figure. The tipping-rope D is fastened at D<1> to the upper frame, and passes over a series of pulleys in the order shown by the reference letters to the lower frame at D<8>. Of these pulleys, D' is fixed to a hydraulic cylinder, and D' to the ram thereof. The other rope d is joined to the upper frame behind D', and passes by a horizontal pulley d<1> over a similar system of pulleys d', d<3>, d<4>, d<5> to the lower frame behind D<8>. Handlevers e<1> move bolts e<2>, and are connected by a link e so that, withdrawing one bolt, secures the other, whereby one frame only can be tipped at a time.
Patent GB-190406737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: OROSZ LUDVIG MATIASZ
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6737. Orosz, L. M., and Garai, B. March 19. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling-arrangement, links c, e, Figs. 1 and 3, are pivoted to the ordinary coupling-hook a, and are connected at their outer ends by a pin d, the end of the link c being formed into an anchor-shaped hook f. For uncoupling, the links c, e are connected by rods k to cranks which are fixed to a transverse shaft h, which shaft may be rotated from handles i placed at either side of the vehicle. This rotation is limited to an angle of 90‹ by stops m on the handles i coming against stops n formed on the fixed bearings of the shaft h. The arrangement is held in the coupled or coupling position by two levers o, which have sliding weights q, adjustable by screws t, and may be further secured by the engagement of the stops m with clicks r pivoted to a transverse shaft s which may be actuated from either side. The coupling is held in the uncoupled position by its own weight, the effect of the weights q being obviated by their sliding down to the inner ends of the levers o, which have now been brought to the position shown in Fig 2. A curve p is made in each lever o to b:eak the fall of the weights q. At the connection between the cranks j, Fig. 1, and the rods k, slots l are made in the rods k to allow for slight displacement of the parts.
Patent GB-190408314-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in Discharging Copper from Refining Furnaces.
Inventor: NESTOR-SCHNURMANN HARRY
Filed: 1904-04-11
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 8314. Schnurmann, H. Nestor-, and John, E. April 11. Metallurgical furnaces; discharging. -A fore-hearth is combined with a copper-refining furnace to receive the molten metal and to deliver it direct into the ingot or plate moulds, so as to dispense with ladling. The forehearth A may consist of an iron casing, lined with refractory material and provided with hinged covers B. It is connected to the furnace F by a launder E, and is placed so that the moulds D can be run underneath it to receive the molten metal from one or more tapholes. Each taphole is cloeed by a stopper G, which is carried by a slide J and worked by a hand-lever K.
Patent GB-190408829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paper Feeding Apparatus
Inventor: HALLBERG ERNST JULIUS
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 8829. Hallberg, E. J. April 16. Feeding sheets.-Relates to paper-feeding apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 10,997, A.D. 1901. The pile of paper is placed upon the machine table 1, and the sheets are fed forward by a friction wheel 7. This wheel is supported by bars 5, 6, and driven by a band from pulleys 8 mounted on a shaft 2 carried by the bearing 4, and passing through a rotary framepiece 3. The pressure of the wheel 7 upon the paper is regulated by means of the weight 10 mounted on a lever 11, which is pivoted to the frame carrying the wheel and rests upon a projection 12. In the bearing 4 is also mounted a shaft 25 carrying levers 24, 26, the lever 26 being connected by a bar 27 with a device which is automatically operated when the sheet of paper reaches a certain point. On the shaft 29, which carries the feeding-wheel, is loosely mounted a bell-crank lever 23, the upper arm of which is connected by a bar 31 with the lever 24. A frame 19 having projecting arms 13, 14 moves vertically on pins 20 carried by a collar which loosely fits the shaft 29. The arm 13 is connected by bars 15 to the fixed arms 16 on the bearing 4, the bars 15, 6 and the arms 13, 16 forming a parallelogram. The arm 14 is slotted and is connected by a pin 33 to the forward arm of the bell-crank lever 23. The frame 19 carries two parallel horizontal arms 17, 30, the rear ends of which are supported by a bar 18 fixed to the arm 13, to which is attached the guide-foot 21, the position of which may be adjusted by moving the sleeve 22 along the bars. The foot carries small rollers 35 at the extremities of spring levers 36, which press on the sheets as they are being drawn forward by the wheel 7. As the sheet of paper being drawn forward reaches a certain point, the arm 27 operates the bell-crank lever 23 by means of the rod 31, causing it to rotate slightly with the shaft 29 as fulcrum, thus pressing the feet 21 on to the surface of the pile at the rear of the top sheet. The lever 23 then turns slightly about the pin 33 and raises the wheel 7 from the paper, the lift being varied by moving the pin 33 along the slot. The whole feeding- apparatus may be raised into a vertical position, as shown, when required, the weight 10 resting on the arm 28. The bearing 4 is adjustable laterally by means of the wheel and screw 37, to permit of the wheel 7 being placed in the centre of the sheet and thus to prevent it from being fed forward obliquely. To facilitate this adjustment, the shaft 2 is made in two portions, one of which slides within the other. To prevent the arm 27 from being moved with the shaft 2, it is extended and its end is pivoted to an arm 40 of the same length as the arm 26 and turniug about a fixed pivot. The arm 26 is forked and provided with a pin which passes through a boss in the rod 27.
Patent GB-190410311-A (GB)
Inventor: REID HUGH
IPC: C01D3/26
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 10,311. Reid, H., and Ramsay, D. M. May 5. Condensers for locomotives fitted with steam turbines and electric transmission. The exhaust steam from the turbine is condensed in an air-cooled condenser consisting of three series of tubes L, Fig. 4, arranged along the sides of the structure enclosing the mechanism. Opposite ends of the tubes are connected to headers M, N, the header M being supplied with exhaust steam, and the header N connected to an exhaust pump, the water of condensation being discharged into a hot-well from which the boiler is supplied. Each set of tubes is enclosed in a casing 0 fitted with louvres P, R, through which air is forced by the motion of the locomotive.
Patent GB-190410416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Openers, Scutchers and Lap Machines.
Inventor: RUSHTON JAMES LEVER
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 10,416. Rushton, J. L., [Bernard, C.]. May 6. Lap machines.- Relates to a guard over the lap roller &c., and toan apparatus for guiding the sliver round the lap roller at the commencement of a lap in openers, scutchers, &c., the object being to safeguard the hands of the workman. A curved and prefer ably perforated plate a pivoted at d is supported by studs g in the horizontal slots of compound brackets h fixed adjustably on the rack-heads i. The rack-heads and the curved plate are raised together as the diameter of the lap increases, so that the plate always forms a guard for the hands of the operator. A cross shaft k, mounted in brackets on the curved plate a, carries on its ends arms l to which are attached pivoted fingers m supporting across rod or roller n. Pivoted to the fingers m are rods o sliding through blocks g<1> fixed on the studs g, and carrying collars p. These collars work upon the shaped guiding- surfaces of brackets q so that, when the cross-shaft k is partly turned round by a handle s, the rod n moves forwards along the path shown in dotted lines, taking with it the end t of the lap to the entry side of the lap roller c, thus starting the winding. A spring returns the arms l and connections to their initial positions when the handle s is released.
Patent GB-190414370-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust Silencer and Dust and Odour Preventer for Motor Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 14,370. Albany Manufacturing Co., and Lamplough, F. June 25. Exhaust-silencers &c.-An exhaust-silencer and dust and odour preventer for motor road vehicles is provided with an expansion chamber a into which the exhaust gases are led. This communicates with the perforated cylinder g in the chamber h. The gases from this chamber issue through holes i extending along its length into a slotted enclosure j, and thence into an eductor l, which is attached to the chamber h so as to form air-inlet passages m. Baffling is produced by making the area of the air passages greater than the area of the outlet n.