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Patent GB-190117659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Engines.
Inventor: JAMIESON MARCUS WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-03
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 17,659. Jamieson, M. W. Sept. 3. Gas engines.-The engine may be single-acting, as shown in Fig. 1, or double-acting, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The single - acting engine comprises two pistons B, C, the former making two strokes to the latter's one. It works on a four-stioke cycle, and is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1 as having completed its compression stroke. During the suction stroke the pistons move in opposite directions outwards, during the compression stroke the piston B moves inwards, while C continues to move outwards, during the explosion stroke they both move in the opposite direction ; B outward and C inward, and during the exhaust stroke they are brought close together again. The double-acting engine has pistons B, B' on each side of the piston C, Fig. 10. The piston C is operated through a rocking-shaft 17 by a piu- and-slot mechanism 10, 1, Fig. 9, driven at half the speed of the crank shaft 6. The exhaust valves E are worked by a cam 27 on the wheel 8 through levers 25, 26. The crank shaft may be in line with the cylinder axis, the more remote piston being worked by a return connecting-rod. The admission pipe is packed with metallic filaments, such as fine iron or brass turnings, to prevent back firing.
Patent GB-190119957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Step Axles for Carriages and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MARSHALL CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 19,957. Marshall, C. H., Sanders, F., Smythe, N., and Richards, J. S., [trading as Richards & Co., J.]. Oct. 7. Axles; steps.-Relates mainly to steps attached to the axle arms of road vehicles, Specification No. 16,061, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Wheels &c.], being referred to. The axle arm G of the form shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1 has a flat part c<1> adapted to receive the similarly-shaped collar D, which, when secured by the screw nut E, holds the axle-box A and wheel in position. A second flat part c<3> of the axle arm receives a similarly-shaped collar F which has a tooth f<2> adapted to engage any one of a series of notches in the face of the screw-nut E, thereby locking it in position. The oil cap G having a central aperture which just clears the part c<3> screws into the end of the axle box and is provided with a leather washer h, which contains the oil while allowing the cap to rotate with the wheel. The step I fits on to the square part c<4> of the axle arm and is secured between the flange j<1> and the shoulder c<5> by the screw-nut K. In modifications, the collar F may have more than one tooth, or teeth may be formed on the face of the nut E.
Patent GB-190123423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Supporting and Insulating the Trolley Wires of Electric Tramways on the Overhead Trolley, Wire System,
Inventor: ULLMANN WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 23,423. Ullmann, W. C., and Barber, A. E. Nov. 19. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Insulation; conductors, supports for. Instead of pivoting the trolley-wire hanger 1 directly to the support, it is hung by one or more pivoted links or their equivalents 7 so as to maintain a horizontal position under unbalanced forces. Preferably the link also serves as an insulator, being made with two forked ends 9, 10 held in insulating-material 20 containing strengthening metal pieces 21.
Patent GB-190123834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Mechanism.
Inventor: STILMANT LEON
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 23,834. Stilmant, L. Nov. 23. Clutches; driving mechanism. -Relates to a pawl and ratchet clutch applicable in free-wheel bicycles. On the boss of the crank is secured a disc d, formed with a pocket e for the pawl f. The chain-wheel is fixed to a ring l, mounted on ball bearings on the side-plates o, p which rotate with the disc d. The ring is formed with one or more ratchet teeth k, into engagement with which the. pawl is pressed by a spring h. The pawl may be rendered inoperative by locking it in its retracted position by means of a sliding bolt u, which is shot into a recess g in the pawl by the action of the spring t upon the outer end of the lever p. The bolt is drawn out, to liberate the pawl, by the pressure of the foot on the outer end of the lever. The invention may be applied in connection with speed gears in which two chains &c. are used.
Patent GB-190123945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Artificial Fuel
Filed: 1901-11-25
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 23,945. Star Patent Fuel Co., and Heath, T. E. Nov. 25. Mixing in definite proportions. -Apparatus for making artificial fuel from pitch and small coal or other carbonaceous matter is shown in elevation in Fig. 1. The different kinds of small coal &c. are fed into separate or divided hoppers A provided with outlets c controlled by sliding doors c<1> with screws and hand-wheels c<2>, and the coal is discharged in desired proportions into a receptacle D, and thence taken up by a conveyer E to a shoot E<1> and disintegrator F. The pitch is fed to the disintegrator from a hopper H, by means of a conveyer G provided with a speed adjustment such as an expanding pulley K' with a lever K and dial K<4>. The mixture of pitch and coal is taken from the disintegrator by means of a conveyer S, and delivered down a shoot S<1> into a chamber Q fitted with a screw creeper q'. The mixture is fed through a passage Q' into an upper chamber or cylinder L, and then into lower chambers or cylinders L', all of which have stirrers, indicated in dotted lines, provided with chisel-shaped ends or scrapers. Hot furnace gases are fed into the cylinders L<1> at M, and can be injected by steam jets N<1> through passages 0 into the cylinder L, passing forward to an uptake P and passage P' provided with a dust box. The inlets and outlets of the cylinders L. L<1> should be arranged to maintain a sufficient quantity of mixture to prevent the escape of gases, for which purpose the blades q' are helically arranged and serve at the passage Q', and the connecting-chamber R between the cylinders is provided with helically-arranged rotating blades r and outlets R' controlled by sliding doors. The heated mixture passes down a shoot T, and is carried by an elevator U to a suitable press.
Patent GB-190126062-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: EDENBOROUGH HAROLD
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 26,062. Edenborough, H., Price, G. H., and Yuill, J., [trading as Price & Co., G. H.]. Dec. 20. Field - carriages. -Relates to the tyres of wooden wheels for field guns, whereby loose parts are easily tightened, and consists of an improvement in the invention described in Specification No. 4390, A.D. 1901. The wooden rim a has a V-sectioned periphery b, the preferred angle of sloope being about 40‹ to the axis of the wheel. The tread band h is held in position by radial bolts (not shown), passing through the rim, and is tightened by wedge-shaped segments c which are adapted to move laterally under the action of headed screwbolts d passing transversely through the rim.
Patent GB-190214145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rotary Motors and Pumps.
Inventor: ROND LOUIS JULES JEAN-BAPTISTE
Filed: 1902-06-21
Granted: 1903-06-20
Abstract: 14,145. Le Rond, L. J. J. B. June 21. Annular - chamber type.-Relates to rotary engines, applicable for use as pumps, of the kind described in Specification No. 10,968, A.D. 1898, and adapted for automobiles and aÙrostatic machines. A compound engine has a high-pressure chamber containing a piston drum A, Fig. 2, with vanes B adapted to co-operate with recesses in rotary abutments C, adjacent to which are fluid-pressure ports l<1>, l<2>, connected by pipes D, Fig. 1, to corresponding ports in a low-pressure chamber on the same shaft and having alternately-arranged abutments E. Duplicate supply and exhaust pipes a, e are provided, so that the motive fluid can be directed into the high-pressure chamber to produce rotation in either direction. As adapted for a triple-expansion engine, pipes F, G, Fig. 6, are arranged in duplicate to connect the supply pipes r, and by means of suitable valves the course of the fluid can be reversed. The connecting-pipes may join the inlet ports of each chamber. In a modification having a more uniform torque and adapted for automobiles and aÙrostatic machines, the number of vanes differs from the number of working-compartments in each chamber, these numbers, such as, say, four and three respectively, being chosen so that neither is a devisor of the other.
Patent GB-190221563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulated Rail Joints.
Inventor: GREENEY MICHAEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 21,563. Greeney, M. J. Oct. 3. Signalling between trains.-Relates to insulated rail joints for use when the rails form part of an automatic electric signalling system. The fishplates on each side of the rail are in two parts with laterally-extending flanges C drawn together by bolts D. A sheet of insulating-material E is placed between the ends and insulating bushes &c. surround the bolts. Each part of the fishplate is made with a part B' to rest on the sleeper and a downward extension B<2>.
Patent GB-190222167-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Lids or Covers of Boxes or Canisters.
Inventor: SYKES JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 22,167. Sykes, J., and Martin, W. Oct. 11. Cans and canisters.-The lid a of a box or canister has a recess b in the flange to receive a bar c retaining a pad passed underneath, which, being moistened, serves to retain the contents in condition.
Patent GB-190225142-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of and Means for Forming Ceilings, Partitions, Floors and the like, and for Covering Girders, Columns and the like.
Inventor: SHARP ALFRED WALTER
Filed: 1902-11-15
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 25,142. Sharp, A. W. Nov. 15. Ceilings; partitions; floors; columns; girders.- Relates to the use of corrugated and other metal sheets for forming ceilings, partitions, floors, and the like, and for covering columns, girders, and similar structures. Wires, cords, rods, or bars e, Figs. 1 and 3, are fixed across the space or to the sides of the structure to be covered, and lie in recesses c, d formed above and below the corrugations of the metal sheets, the whole being united by wedges h, Fig. 4, wire f, Fig. 3, or the like. The wires or rods e may be threaded through perforations in plain or stamped sheets. The plates may afterwards be covered with plastic material.
Patent GB-190228948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Discharging Pig-iron from Blast Furnaces.
Inventor: KERPELY ANTON VON
Filed: 1902-12-31
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 28,948. Kerpely, A. von. Dec. 31. Blast furnaces.-The pig iron is withdrawn from a blast furnace by means of a bent pipe a, supported by a tie bar f, and a pipe c secured to a casting e built into the masonry d. A taphole i and an auxiliary taphole are formed in the pipe a. The molten iron is about the level n in the furnace crucible, but at a higher level o in the pipe, and the difference of level may be increased by means of an exhausting-apparatus connected to a pipe h in a cover g.
Patent GB-190300120-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Road Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: CARMONT WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-01-02
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 120. Carmont, W. E. Jan. 2. Motor road vehicles; traction engines. - T w o motor vehicles, one containing the steering- wheels F, are united to form one vehicle, which may be used as a traction engine for military or other purposes. The two vehicles A, B are provided with the extensions D, which are coupled together as shown in Fig. 2. The steering- wheels, which are in the centre of the vehicle, are controlled by the pulleys G worked by either of the hand-wheels J. A steam generator K may be carried on either or both of the vehicles, and the engines L may be driven separately or connected by means of flexible tubing Q, so that they are both fed from the same boiler, when little power is desired. The water tanks R are arranged beneath the vehicle.
Patent GB-190301174-A (GB)
Title: Abrading Blocks and Mountings therefor.
Inventor: GARDNER ROLAND
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1174. Gardner, R. Jan. 16. Surfacing a n d polishing stone. Cored-out triangular or segmental blocks A of abrading - material are adjustably fixed by set-screws d, f to a skeleton wheel B. Radial spaces are thus left between adjacent blocks. Openings are made at i, i<1> for supplying water to the surface being treated. The walls of the blocks may be parallel or taper.
Patent GB-190305082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weft Replenishing Mechanism for Drop-box Looms
Inventor: GABLER JOHANNES
Filed: 1903-03-04
Granted: 1904-03-04
Abstract: 5082. Gabler, J. March 4. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins in, automatically. -Relates to means for changing the bobbins in drop-box looms. The bobbin magazine comprises as many vertically-sliding compartments w, w<1>, w', w<3> as there are compartments ip the shuttle box, and the rising and falling box is caused to depress the compartments of the magazine, so that for each position of the box, the corresponding compartment of the magazine is depressed so as to bring the lowest bobbin therein opposite the pushers m of the bobbin-changing mechanism. The compartments w, w<1>, w<2>, w<3> are normally held in their highest position by springs, and are depressed by a projection on a sliding rod v, which is connected by a bell-crank lever u and rod u<1> with the rising and falling box. The shuttle bobbin is provided with a head o, Fig. 6, which is gripped by springs o<1> on the shuttle.
Patent GB-190306508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Generators.
Inventor: CALTHROP EVERARD RICHARD
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 6508. Calthrop, E. R., and Brewer, E. G. March 20. Drawings to Specification. Exhaust, disposing of.-To render the exhaust invisible, it may be passed through heating tubes in the annular smoke-box of a vertical boiler ; or the chimney of the boiler may be provided with an air-jacket open above and below so that the exhaust is enveloped in heated air with which it mixes at the head of the chimney.
Patent GB-190309570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators
Inventor: PATTERSON THOMAS S
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 9570. Lake, H. H., [Patterson, T. S.]. April 28. Steam turbines combined with centrifugal separators. Oil extractors and like separators are driven directly by steam, which is used to heat the drum. The drum 32 for containing oily waste or the like is mounted on a table 21, an under view of which is shown in Fig. 2. Steam from a nozzle 23 impinges on vanes 22 and rotates the table. Passing through the curved passages 27 the steam escapes into the dome 29 within the drum, which is thus heated. The dome has vanes 30 to draw the steam through to the outlet 31. Oil extracted is withdrawn by the pipe 36. some of it being drawn off through the hole 19<a> to lubricate the shaft 17.
Patent GB-190314700-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment for Suspending Maps, Charts, and the like
Inventor: BACON GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 14,700. Bacon, G. W., and Best, T. July 2. Maps and charts.- A map or chart may be suspended from the top of a blackboard D, or the top rail of an easel by means of a h o o k A, which is pivoted to a plate B screwed to the mounting C of the map. When the map is hung upon a wall, or rolled up, the hook is closed against the mounting. The plate may be dispensed with, and the hook attached directly to the mounting.
Patent GB-190319208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bread Moulding Machines.
Inventor: WESTWATER PETER
Filed: 1903-09-07
Granted: 1904-09-07
Abstract: 19,208. Westwater, P. Sept. 7. Moulding dough.-Dough is passed between the adjustable rollers a and carried by the endless band c, revolving on pulleys b, e, through right and left handed plough - shaped blocks f, which guide the dough through an aperture g, shown in section in Fig. 3, under a second pair of rollers d. The dough is then carried by the band c<1> underneath a grooved block h, mounted to move horizontally and vertically on a path h<2> formed by recessing the sides of the machine, and is delivered to the baking-table. The motion of the block h is limited by the spring-controlled plate i<1>, and the belts are actuated: by chain wheels b, b<1>, d driven from the pulley j.
Patent GB-190324691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheating Apparatus
Filed: 1903-11-13
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 24,691. Simpson & Co., J., and Simpson, C.L. Nov. 13. Plates, securing tubes to.-Fig. 7 showts a method of attachment for the tubes of superheaters. The tube end g is first expanded in the bellmouthed hole in the plate b, then hammered to the shape of the bell-mouth, and finally expanded again.
Patent GB-190327823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: WILSON LIDA
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 27,823. Wilson, L. Dec. 18. Gas-producers.-Relates to producers in which a constant production of gas of regulable composition, illuminating and thermal power, is obtained, the heat from the producer being used to heat the air and to produce and superheat the steam employed to make the gas. The inner and outer casings A, A' are lined internally with firebrick B, B', and the double casing is closed by a cover C having a hopper C' to admit fuel to the inner chamber. Air for supporting combustion on the grate D and in the central chamber, is supplied by a coiled pipe F, and a supply of steam is passed into a second pipe H coiled between the turns of the pipe F each pipe having a controlling-valve. The air, water, or steam may be arranged to pass through adjustable inlets into a common pipe, liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons are supplied by a perforated pipe K having a valve K<1>, and the gas escapes through outlets E to flues M, L, one of which conducts the gas away for use, while the other allows the gas to discharge into the atmosphere when not required for use or when the fire is first lighted. Doors N are provided for cleaning the outlets E, and the dust carried through these outlets is baffled by the pipes H, F, and may be removed through doors 0.
Patent GB-190407393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Hollow Building Blocks, Bricks, Stones, Walls, Floors, Ceilings and Beams, and to the Fixing of Dowels and the like therein
Inventor: FOERSTER OTTO
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 7393. F÷rster, O. March 28. Bricks ; building - blocks. - Hollow bricks and building-blocks a are moulded with break-away panels or stay-pieces c, which prevent distortion in the burning, and are notched in such a manner as to avoid the danger of breaking the sides by outward thrust when the panels are driven inwards. Fig. 1 shows an interlocking flooring-block, Fig. 2 a brick of standard size, Fig. 3 a floor constructed of blocks with the stay-pieces driven in, and the spaces filled in with cement or concrete strengthened by iron rods r, and Fig. 4 a hollow brick with a wood plug or fixing-block n secured in the cavity by asphalt or water-resisting material o.
Patent GB-190408949-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fertiliser and Insecticide.
Inventor: BELL ROBERT
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8949. Bell, R. April 19. Manures.-A. combined fertilizer and insecticide is composed of rectified spirit of tar, ammonium sulphate, iron sulphate, oil of citron, and powdered charcoal or other inert or inuocuous absorbent material.
Patent GB-190410880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Transmitting Power Electrically and in Controlling the same.
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 10,880. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 11. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power ; dynamos, regulating; motors, controlling.- Relates to the transmission of power from a prime mover to a load, such as from an engine on an automobile. Two dynamo-electric machines are provided, one acting as a generator and the other as a motor and the two being so electrically connected that the speed and torque can be controlled. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement, and Fig. 2 a diagram of the connections. The armatures of the generator G and motor M are mounted on a shaft c connected to a load C. The field magnets of the generator are driven by the gas engine A, and the field magnets of the motor M are fixed. The two machines are preferably electrically connected in series, and the field-magnet excitations are controlled by a controller D, S being a reversing-switch. In the position 1, one-third only of the generator field is excited, and the machines are started. In the position 3, the two machines are in series, and this position gives the slowest speed and greatest torque. In the positions 4 and 5, parts of the motor field are cut out, and the motor speeds up. In the position 6, the motor is cut out and the generator closed on itself, forming a clutch, the engine and load rotating at the same speed. In the position 7, the motor is again connected up with part of its field reversed, and the speed is thus increased beyond that of the engine. The positions 1<1>, 2<1>, and 3<1> are braking positions, the generator being disconnected and the motor circuit closed through the resistances R, which in the position 3<1> are cut out to give the maximum braking power. When the reversing-switch S is thrown, the backward speeds depend upon the difference between the torques of the two machines.
Patent GB-190412413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas or Air Compressors or Pumps
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 12,413. Keith, J., and Keith, G. June 1. Compressing.-Relates particularly to compressors of the kind described in Specifications No. 14,057, A.D. 1897, No. 15,291, A.D. 1898, No. 13,926, A.D. 1900, and No. 16,436, A.D. 1902, and to means for regulating hydraulically-actuated and power-driven compressors. Gas is supplied by a pipe C, Fig. 1, to the pump from the space between the hood L and holder A, and the gas inlet is at the top of the holder. The water supply to a hydraulicallyactuated compressor is controlled by a tubular valve J actuated by the rising and falling of the holder. The valve communicates with a supply inlet N by portsj, and with a passage H<1> leading to the motor cylinder by a loosely-keyed ported sleeve G ; it is connected to a metal strip I, which has a twist of about 45‹ throughout its length and is engaged by a fork K pivoted on the holder. As the holder rises, the sleeve G is turned so as to throttle the passage H<1> ; an abnormal rise brings the fork K in contact with a projection I<1> to lift the tube and thereby to cut off the ports j from the inlet N. The pressure within the tube is normally sufficient to return the tube on the fall of the holder, but the return is ensured by the fork engaging a pin I<2> on the strip I. Hat-leathers M or U -leathers are provided, also a conical plate O for preventing any leakage from passing into the pipe C. The ports in the sleeve G may discharge into an annular chamber formed by bushing the valve body H with a liner, or the sleeve may be dispensed with and the tube itself fit the valve body. In a modification, a tube with a simple lift only is balanced by reason of its closed upper end working in a chamber connected by a #-tube with the gas-supply space. In power-driven compressors, the rising of the holder allows gas to pass therefrom to the inlet side of the pump through ports U<3>, U<4>, Fig. 5, in an extension of the pipe C. To prevent this extension from binding within its sleeve T as the bolder oscillates, a rubber ring U is interposed between the sleeve and a metal cup U<1> held in position by a screwed ring U<2>.