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Patent GB-190405832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed and Reversing Gearing for Motor Road Vehicles and Machinery in general.
Inventor: LLOYD WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 5832. Lloyd, W. J., and Priest, W. March 9. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed and reversing gearing for motor road vehicles and other machinery. By means of a sliding clutch, any of a series of toothed driving-wheels may be secured to the driving-shaft. The summits of undulations or pins at the bottom of a keyway i cut in the driving-shaft e coincide with the positions of loose toothed wheels a, b, c, d, provided with two or more keyways p. One end g<1> of a bar g engages with a sliding collar h on the shaft e, and the other end has curved projections g<2> which are pressed by collars f out of the keyways p, and by the undulations &c. into the keyways, thus locking the wheels to the shaft. An intermediate wheel may be introduced to give a reverse speed. According to the Provisional Specification, to ensure a change without shock, the shaft e and the motor crank shaft are coupled by a friction clutch. By pressing a lever, a sliding bolt is caused to release the operating-handle, the friction clutch being simultaneously released. The bar g in its extreme position may engage with a keyway in the principal shaft, effecting a direct coupling and permitting the principal shaft to be freed, if desired.
Patent GB-190406252-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mill Band Fastener.
Inventor: TARBUCK HERBERT
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6252. Tarbuck, H. March 15 Belt and band fastenings.-Mill and motor car belts and bands are fastened by means of two square or rectangular plates A B, Fig. 3, cut from sheet iron, steel, brass, or other metal, and connected by a bridge D riveted or brazed in position. The ends I, J of a band are placed between the plates, the inner surfaces of which are roughened by cross-cuts or undulations. Screw pins F, Figs. 3 and 6, are pushed through holes in the plates and belt, and the conical neck nut K screwed home. The holes in the plate B are countersunk and provided with recesses to receive the lug on the pin F and prevent it from turning. Instead of the screw pin F, hollow rivets may be used. The fastening may be made from one sheet of metal, as shown in Fig. 8, the bridge D<2> fitting along the sides of the ends of the belt. Large size fasteners are preferably cast.
Patent GB-190407164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seat Frames for Railway Carriages for Tram Cars and for Motor Omnibuses and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: MORGAN ALFRED EVAN
Filed: 1904-03-25
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 7164. Morgan, A. E. March 25. Seats and seat-backs.-End frames for single or double seats for corridor railway carriages, tramcars, and motor omnibuses are made from sheet metal by successive stamping. The legs B<1>, B<2>, which may be fluted as shown, are attached by flanges b<2>, b<1> to the front bar D and the lower flange a<2> of the trough-piece A respectively, the latter joint being preferably made by means of a wooden filling C, as shown. The feet contain metal or other blocks E for attachment to the floor. To the upper flange a' of the trough-piece A is bolted the end frame F, which may be ornamentally stamped, and which has a continuous flange f<2>, to which the arm-rests G<2> and the central bar H are attached.
Patent GB-190409215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches for Electric Chronographic or Time-recording Devices.
Inventor: WILSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 9215. Wilson, W. April 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Chronographs. - In a time-beater for chronographs, and particularly for use with electrically-operated timerecording devices, the main timebeating mechanism controls the escapement lever of an auxiliary clockwork mechanism, which actuates a quick-break electric switch in a circuit either containing the translating-devices for effecting the chronographic record or arranged as a relay to another containing these devices. The timebeating mechanism consists of a spring 6, Fig. 1, a wheel train 7, 8, 9, and an escapement wheel 10, pallet 11, and balance wheel 12. The auxiliary clockwork mechanism consists of a spring 14, wheel train 15, 16, 17, and an escapement disc 18, Figs. 1 and 3, provided with a stop-pin 19 and lever 20. The lever 20 is controlled by a light spring 21 and a ratchet-wheel 13 on the minute or other shafts of the time mechanism, and in its two extreme positions obstructs the pin 19 by the arm 22 and catch 24 respectively. The switch consists of two silver &c. brushes 26 and a silver &c. segmental strip 25 on an insulating-piece carried by the disc 18 ; the strip 25 may be arranged to be out of or in contact with the brushes 26 when the disc 18 is at rest, according to requirements, and a fan 30 is provided to dampen the motion of the disc 18. The above apparatus is mounted on a partition in a box having a hinged lid and glass front, and containing also in the front compartment a relay 31 and in the rear compartment two dry cells 39,40. The circuit of the battery 39 contains the switch 25, 26 and also a hand-switch which, when turned off the contact 38 to break the circuit, moves a sliding piece 34 to press a light brake 35 against the wheel 12. The other battery circuit contains one or more translating-devices, and is broken between the armature 47 and front stop 32 of the relay until the relay circuit is closed.
Patent GB-190412235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Systems
Inventor: THULLEN JOSEPH COSPER
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 12,235. Thullen, J. C., and Thullen, L. H. May 30. Contacts, electric ; electric railways and tramways, signalling on; signalling between trains.-Relates to block signalling systems in which alternating currents of more than one phase are used for operating the signals. One of the rails is divided into insulated block sections 8, 9, 10, 11. Alternating current flows from a generator or other source by leads 2, 6 to a transformer 4, wound with two secondary coils 18, 22, in which currents of different phase are generated. The same effect may be produced by placing inductive and non-inductive resistances in the circuits of the two coils respectively, or otherwise. The cores of the other transformers 4<1>, 4<11> may be of different forms in order to give secondary currents of different phase from those produced in the transformer 4, but the connections are similar. The current from the coil 22 flows to the two rails 7, 8, and that from the coil 22 to the rails 7, 9, in each case passing through a resistance 21. A relay 30 keeps a local circuit closed and thereby holds down the arm of the signal 34, except when short-circuited by a train on the section. The relay is arranged to operate with either or both of the currents from the coils 18, 22<1>. Two relays may be used for each section, one at each end, either of which may, when short-circuited, allow the local circuit to be broken. In another arrangement, the relay is so constructed as to close the local circuit only when it simultaneously receives a current from the rails and a current of different phase from some other source, such as the coil 22, or a two-phase alternator which replaces the one-phase generator. If the coil 22 is used as the source of the second current, a two-phase alternator may supply consecutive transformers with current of different phase. In electric railways, the circuit through the rails 8, 9, 10, 11 and the secondary coils of the transformers is utilized as a return for the propulsion currents, as well as the rail 7.
Patent GB-190413088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for the Illumination of Streets and similar places.
Inventor: HARRISON HAYDN THIES
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,088. Harrison, H. T. June 9. Street and like lamps; reflector holders lamp brackets.-Incandescent electric and like lamps a, b are placed upright at, or slightly in front of, the foci of adjustable concave reflectors f, and may be enclosed in globes or casings r. According to Fig. 1, the adjustment of the reflectors relatively to the rod e is effected by means of the blocks h, m, the collar p with its projection o, the pins g, i, and the set-screws j, k, q. The globe r and its hood r<1>, Fig. 2, are secured in position by screwing the nut r<2> on to the rod e. Fig. 3 shows a lamp and reflector mounted on a bracket u rotatable in a socket v, which is carried by a collar w clamped to the post s.
Patent GB-190416767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Apparatus for Ordnance
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,767. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. July 29. Sights.-Various improvements in rocking-bar sights are described. (1) To obtain large range graduations for short ranges, the dial B, Fig. 1, which revolves in the casing A<9>, has a graduated spiral groove b engaged by a pin b<5> on the pointer b<4>, so that, as the dial revolves, the pointer is moved along the radial guides b<1>. The range is read through the aperture b<3>. (2) The deflection dial C is revolved relatively to the adjustable pointer c<9> by gears c<2>, c<3>, c<4>. (3) The; sight is steadied by pivoting the bar A<2> on a long radius, as at a', by applying Belleville washers where possible, to the working joints of the apparatus, and by splitting the nut of the deflection spindle c<5>, so that back-lash may be absorbed. The bracket A is steadied by surrounding the eccentric bush a<4>, Fig. 4, by which the bracket is adjusted relatively to the gun, by a bush a<3>, with flats a<5> engaging the edges of the slot a x. (4) To compensate for variations in muzzle-velocity, a disc B<1>, Fig. 7, graduated on its outer edge for maximum, velocity and on its inner edge for minimum velocity, is attached to the range dial. Corresponding graduations are joined by lines, not necessarily straight. The reader B<2> is arranged to slide radially across the disc, the position corresponding to a given muzzle-velocity being indicated by a scale B<3>.
Patent GB-190417579-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of an Improved Substitute for India-rubber
Inventor: TIEHSEN HORST
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 17,579. Tiehsen, H. Aug. 12. India-rubber substitutes.-Amber is dissolved in castor oil and heated at 180‹ C. for about four hours with sulphur, in the following proportions :- 10 parts of amber, 100 of castor oil, and 4À5 of sulphur. Ozonized air is then passed through the cooled mass until it becomes viscous, after which 15 parts of calcium carbonate, 12 of benzol, and 10 of sulphur chloride are added, the latter in small portions, to 100 parts of the mass. The temperature is kept below zero, preferably at - 6‹ C., during the latter operation. Hydrochloric acid and calcium chloride are removed by washing, and the mass is kneaded between rolls, one of which is heated.
Patent GB-190419644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ironing Tables.
Inventor: ADEATH JULIO
Filed: 1904-09-12
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 19,644. AdÚath, J. Sept. 12. Ironing.-A folding table is supported at one end by a pair of legs 5 pivoted to it, to the top of which a bar 10 is attached, passing loosely round a rod 9 which connects the other pair of legs 7. The legs 7 are provided with an upper crosspiece 8, a hook on which engages an eye on the table. Rods 12 are attached to the middle of the brace 10 and at their other ends engage eyes on the legs 5, 7. The board tapers at one end to suit the garments ironed, and at the other end is provided with a hinged arm for ironing sleeves, cuffs, and small articles and with a metal stand for an iron.
Patent GB-190419751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: RAWORTH JOHN SMITH
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,751. Raworth, J. S. Sept. 13. Motor road vehicles.-Road vehicles, designed to be drawn by animal traction, are converted into motor vehicles by replacing the existing forecarriage in four-wheeled vehicles by a specially constructed fore-carriage carrying electric and other motors and storage batteries ; the latter forecarriage may be added to two-wheeled vehicles. Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention applied to a fourwheeled road vehicle ; the special fore-carriage is connected to the vehicle body by springs 7 and also to the rear axle 4. Storage batteries 5 are mounted in the fore-carriage frame 3 and transmit power to electric motors 2 forming part of, or geared to, motor wheels on the fore-carriage axle 1. Steering- gear is shown, consisting of a handle 8 which moves a pivoted lever 10 by means of a shaft and crank. The lever 10 transmits motion through the transverse rod 13 and levers 14 rigidly connected to the wheels. A controller 6 is mounted on the vehicle, and petrol or other motors may also be mounted on the fore-carriage to drive the vehicle by the electric motors directly, or to charge the storage batteries.
Patent GB-190421516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Looms for Weaving Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: PATTERSON ROBERT
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 21,516. Patterson, R. Oct. 7. Shuttleless looms; forming and protecting selvages; weft needles or carriers; weft tension, regulating.- The weft 11, Fig. 1, and 36, 37, Fig 4, passes from a suspended cone or hank 10, through porcelain guides 13, 14, and between projecting pins 16 into the curved through-going eyelet 17 in the solid weft-carrier 12 to the cloth. After being picked to the right, one portion 36 of the double thread or loop is caused by a pin 26, oscillated by lever and cam mechanism from the wiper shaft, to encircle or pass around a smooth cone or egg-shaped and weighted magazine 19, carried by a slightly-inclined cup bracket 23. The magazine 19 contains a length of anchor thread 21, preferably equal to the length of the cloth being woven. The thread passes through a series of holes 25 in the magazine, forming a tension device, issues at right-angles to the warps, and is incorporated in the selvage. On the return pick, the carrier runs freely along the second thread 37 of the loop, a channel being made in the carrier to prevent chafing of the thread. The shed is then changed, and so on. The cup bracket is provided with a V-shaped guide 24 near the thread exit, its opening facing the weft thread. The usual picking-motion is used, and an ordinary shuttle may be employed, if desired. According to the Provisional Specification, the cup bracket may be caused to vibrate and perform the functions of the finger 26.
Patent GB-190421617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato-diggers and Cleaners.
Inventor: OSTAU HANS VON
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 21,617. Ostau, H. von. Oct. 8. Potato diggers.-In a machine for digging and cleaning potatoes, the tubers are raised by a special share, elevated to an oscillating grating by means of rotating plates and a curved track, and then allowed to roll down an inclined track at the back of the machine. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus. The frame 1 is carried by two wheels 3 adjustably mounted on squared parts of an axle 2, which is lengthened to receive larger wheels 24 for transport purposes. The arms of the U-shaped digger 4 pass through eyes in bars 6, and are adjustably held by bolts 8 passing through slots in the frame. The curved blades 11, which push the potatoes, stalks, and soil up the curved track 12, are carried by spokes projecting from a hub on the axle. The grating 14 is oscillated by means of a crank shaft connected with the axle by bevel gearing. The inclined track or grating 21 consists of longitudinal bars, and its lower end runs on a roller or wheels 22, which may be eccentrically mounted so as to impart a vertical reciprocating motion to it. The side-plates 13 of the track 12 and the raised sides of the gratings 14, 21 prevent the potatoes from falling off laterally. The stalks and leaves collecting on the grating 14 are removed periodically by the driver. The blades 11 may be made like rakes.
Patent GB-190424072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chains
Inventor: CROSBY WILLIAM HUGH
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 24,072. Crosby, W. H., and Mann, C. A. Nov. 7. Flat-folded link chains ; sheet-metal chains.- Chains formed of bent sheet metal are so constructed that the links may be readily separated. Metal blanks are cut into the form shown in Fig. 4, and are folded into the form shown in section in Fig. 2. The portions D, C of the blank may be corrugated to strengthen the links, the convex surfaces of the corrugations serving also to permit the links to move with greater freedom laterally. The links may also be connected differently.
Patent GB-190424216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Securing or Locking and Releasing Simultaneously the Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: CHALLENAR FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-11-09
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 24,216. Challenor, F., and Pilling, J. Nov. 9. Doors, locking automatically o r simultaneously.- A cylinder A, Fig. 2, containing a piston bolt H is bolted to the door frame. Upon exhausting the air from the cylinder A through a pipe J, the bolt is shot into a socket G fixed to the door. The bolt is bevelled at its end b so that the door can be closed after the bolt is shot. A spring D withdraws the bolt when the air is again admitted. A seating h is provided for a conical part on the piston-rod so as to render the cylinder airtight when the bolt is shot. Instead of employing a vacuum, compressed air &c. may be admitted behind the piston, in which case the pipe J and seating h are dispensed with. A pin b<2> attached to the bolt slides in a slot in the casing and prevents the bolt from rotating. In a modification, the bolt is carried by bearings parallel to and at the side of the cylinder A and is connected by a yoke to the piston-rod, the socket G being at the other end of the cylinder to receive the bolt. In a further modification, the bolt is operated by a pinion which engages racks on the bolt and piston-rod. Fig. 4 shows a catch L and striking-plate l which may be used in conjunction with the invention. To enable the bolts to be operated individually, a plate 0, Fig. 8, is attached to the bolt casing and provided with a slot through which a pin R attached to the bolt projects. The pin R engages a slot in a link Q pivoted to a plate P which rotates about a point p. An L-shaped bolt S slides in the plate P and is acted upon by a spring T. In the position shown, the bolt is locked in the forward position. By inserting a wedge-shaped key at the point p, the bolt S is drawn up, and, on turning the key, the link Q is brought parallel with the bolt, leaving the pin R free to move. When the key is withdrawn, the bolt 8 enters the space between two stops s, s<1>. If the plate P be rotated further, the door bolt is held back by the pin R and link Q.
Patent GB-190425505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Manufacture of Chloronitranisol.
Inventor: OEHLER K
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,505. Lake, H. H., [Oehler, K.]. Nov. 23. 4-Chlor-2-nitranisol is produced by chlorinating o-nitranisol in the presence of an organic acid such as formic acid, acetic acid, or monochloracetic acid. An inorganic chlorine-conductor, such as iron, may also be added. The chlornitranisol is precipitated by pouring the reaction mixture into water. It may be reduced to the chloranisidine described in Specification No. 20,200, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190425600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Driving the Spindles of Spinning, or Twisting, or Spinning or Twisting and Coiling Apparatus.
Inventor: TETLEY HENRY GREENWOOD
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 25,600. Tetley, H. G., and Clayton, J. Nov. 24. Spindle apparatus.-The spindles of spinning and twisting machines, and of machines in which spinning and coiling in a box are effected simultaneously, are driven by toothed wheels B gearing with helical teeth or a worm a. The spindles are self-balancing, and are supported by bushes D, D' and a bolster C mounted in spherical bearings so as to allow of slight oscillation. The bearings consists of a partly-spherical annular projection c on the bolster working in a similarly-formed socket, the upper surface of which is formed by the end of a tube F yieldingly pressed downwards by an adjustable spring G. The bolster C is prevented from rotating by a pin which is fixed to the gear casing E, and pins d<2> secure the bushes D, D<2> to the bolster. The lower part of the gear case E and the part e<3> serve as oil reservoirs, the lubricant being distributed by grooves a<2>, d. The helical teeth a may be made long, and, when the upper part is worn, the lower part may be brought into gear on raising the spindle by means of a screw H. The worm may be mounted on a shaft or continuation of the spindle, the bolster of which is mounted in a bearing which will allow of a slight oscillation to take place during rotation.
Patent GB-190500868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens.
Inventor: HAMILTON ROBERT ALMY
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 868. Hamilton, R. A., Irvine, W., and Lein, J. P. Jan. 16. Pens, reservoir. In a self-filling reservoir pen, the compressible reservoir 5, of rubber or other suitable material, is secured to the contracted portion 4 of the body portion 1, which has a duct 3 leading to the nib 2. The reservoir is adapted to be compressed for filling by a bar 9 of curved cross-section to avoid damaging the reservoir, extending nearly the whole length of the reservoir. A spring 8, preferably of leaf form and attached to, or formed in one with, a protecting-tube 7, is attached at the other end to approximately the middle of the bar 9, so that, when the compressing force exerted by the operator's finger through the elliptical opening 13 is withdrawn, the spring 8 withdraws the bar 9, and allows the tube 5 to expand freely and take in ink. An end tube fits over the tube 7 to prevent accidental compression of the reservoir, slits 11 being formed in the tube 7 to allow it to expand and frictionally engage the end tube.
Patent GB-190501919-A (GB)
Title: Brush-holder for Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: BURKE JAMES
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 1919. Burke, J. Jan. 31. Brush-holders.- Relates to a construction of brushholder for dynamoelectric machines, by which the pressure of the brush on the commutator may be readily adjusted. The brushholders 5, Figs. 1 and 2, which are preferably stamped and formed into a U-shape from sheet metal, are mounted on a threaded stud 1. A plate 2 is provided with ears 3, to which the stud 1 is fixed by screws 4. The brushes 6, which are preferably formed with bevelled sides overlapping each other as shown in Fig. 1, are secured to the holders by screws 8 and nuts 8<1>. The arms of the holders have each a rounded corner 5<1>, which clears the support 2, and a square corner 5" adapted to engage the support when the holder is turned back. Spiral springs 11 are fixed at one end to the plate 2 and at the other end to an insulating-sleeve 10, which surrounds a pin 10<1> adapted to engage in notches 9. The brush pressure is regulated by varying the position of the pin 10<1> in the notches 9. The brushes 6 may be at right-angles to the supports as in Fig. 2, or inclined thereto as shown in Fig. 4, in which the circle 12 represents the commutator, the plates 2 being insulated from the parts 13, which extend from the end bracket of the machine, by sheets 16 and suitable insulating-bushings. In cases where a brush yoke or supporting-ring is used, the stud 1 forms the main support for all the parts, and passes through an opening in the brush yoke 17, Fig. 5, from which it is insulated by a suitable bushing 18. A terminal plate 21 may be inserted between the nut 19 and washer 20, which hold the stud 1 securely in position. Where the stud 1 is not threaded, flexible conductors may connect the brushes or support to the stud 1 or plate 2.