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Patent GB-190211508-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Preparation of Electrodes for Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 11,508. Thompson, W. P., [Akkumulatoren & Elektricitõts Werke Akt.-Ges. vorm. W. A. Boese & Co.]. May 20. Squirting.-Relates to a method of obtaining tubular pieces x, of the shape shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, having a number of cross pieces y separated hy vacant spaces. These pieces are subsequently converted into secondary battery plates. The tubular pieces, Fig. 2, are formed by a hydraulic press, Fig. 3, having a number of parallel upright thin metal sheets c fixed on the piston b. The vacant space in the cylinder a above the piston b is filled with lead which is squirted into the desired shape by the upward motion of the piston. Reference is made to Specification No. 4494, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Galvanic batteries].
Patent GB-190217285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Covered Rollers of Spinning and like Machinery.
Inventor: CAMPBELL JOHN WALKER
Filed: 1902-08-06
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 17,285. Campbell, J. W. Aug. 6. Rollers.-Relates to the covering of rollers used in spinning, drawing, and roving wool, worsted, mohair, silk, cotton, and other fibrous substances. The covering is made to overlap the rim of the roller on both sides, and is secured thereto by circular side plates C with projecting teeth. These plates may be in one piece or in sections, and are pressed into grooves A in the roller by means of a press fitted with plates B, D recessed to fit the roller. The plates C are afterwards screwed or bolted to the roller.
Patent GB-190221094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Breaking or Disintegrating Coal and the like
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1902-09-27
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 21,094. Brookes, A. G., [Bradley, P. B.]. Sept. 27. Mills and apparatus for breaking or disintegrating coal &c. A rotating crusher is composed of a series of toothed discs 19 graduated in size and mounted on a shaft 7, which rotates in a shell 5. The shell is lined with plates 22 provided with teeth or projections and made flat at the hack to bed against corresponding flats in the shell ; these plates wedge themselves in place, and the last of them is inserted through a gap 31, which is afterwards filled by a key 40 bolted in position. At the bottom of the shell is a ring of separate teeth 50, made removable, so that the fineness of the product may be regulated by the substitution of longer or shorter teeth. The teeth are held in a groove 52, and are formed with lips to engage a shoulder therein. They are inserted from the outside of the shell through an opening 53, and are moved sideways into position ; the last tooth is made longer than the others and extends into the opening ; it is held in place by a cover 56. The upper part of the shell is made in three sections bolted together and to the lower part 4 which has vertical wings 10 to fit in grooves on the upper part. To facilitate the removal of the parts, each section may have a gap 31 and key 40 and an opening and cover 56. The breaker shaft is supported in bearings in spiders 6, 8. The lower bearing and the gearing are protected by a circular shield 63, which has a wing extending over the driving-shaft 17. The broken coal drops down between the shield and the bottom part 4 of the shell. The driving- pulley 18 is secured to its shaft by means of a breaking-pin 82.
Patent GB-190224755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Cables.
Inventor: JOHNSON WALTER CLAUDE
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 24,755. Johnson, W. C., and Bass, J. W. Nov. 11. Conductors, insulating.-Relates to an improved tubular braided covering and to a method of forming the same, for cables and other conductors, such as house wire, leading-in wire, telephone cords, &c. Two threads, or two bundles of more or less parallel threads, termed fascicles, are woven into a long narrow strip of fabric, one of the fascicles forming the warp and the other fascicle forming the woof. The tape thus formed is cut into lengths, and impregnated or treated with insulating and waterproofing material in the usual manner..Two or more of these tapes are passed together with tho electric conductor through a cable-braiding machine, forming a tubular braided cover on the conductor.
Patent GB-190301845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Wheel Guards for Tram Cars.
Inventor: WATSON WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-26
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 1845. Watson, W. T. Jan. 26. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers; railcleaners.-Relates to wheel guards and obstructionremovers for tramcars, such as cable railway and electric cars, and particularly to that type in which a catcher is released by tripping-devices operated by a guard riding over the obstruction. The guard consists of a frame composed of two end bars 38, Fig. 1, pivoted to brackets 6 beneath the end of the car, the front ends of the bars being connected by a bar 37 provided with flexible loops 40. The movement of the bars 38 causes the links 41 to move the T-shaped levers 32, Fig. 2, pivoted at the ends of the pilot board C, and thus to cause the bars 30, 35 to withdraw the keys 28, 29 which are shown as engaging with a bolt 21. The bolt 21 is connected to a plate on the front of the bar 5, which is pivoted to the brackets 6, Fig. 1, and carries the bars 8 forming the catcher. The catcher is thus released, so that the buffer bar 10 falls upon the track and catches the obstruction, which is prevented from rolling off by the pivoted frames 45. The catcher consists of several bars 8 supporting a bar 9 made in three pieces. The front ends of the bars 8 support the wooden or sheet-metal buffer bar 10,. which is slotted to receive a number of spring fingers 14. If one of the fingers 14 strikes a small body, it is pressed back until the body is passed. If several fingers strike a larger body, the springs 18 prevent them from moving back, so that the body is picked up. Fig. 5 shows a modification of the tripping-device. The bar 5 and the catcher 8 are upheld by a tongue 47, which passes through a bracket 49 on the board C. The end bars 38 of the guard are supported by links 56 connected to levers 55 pivoted on the spindles 53 and bearing against stops 57. The rise of the guard causes the spindles 53 to be rotated so that the cranks 54 press down the end of the tongue 47 until its shoulder 51 passes through the bracket 49, and releases the catcher. The curved parts of the bars 38 are adapted for clearing snow from the track. The catcher may be used with a fender of any other pattern.
Patent GB-190303160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Carriage Lamps.
Inventor: NEALE ROWLAND WARWICK
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 3160. Neale, R. W. Feb. 10. Carriage lamps. The parts A, C, D of the lamp head are secured together without the use of solder by means of two or more rivets e<1>, which are formed with shoulders e<3>, Fig. 3, to prevent distortion of the part C when the riveting takes place. Instead, however, of making the rivet of two diameters, a sleeve F, Fig. 4, may be slipped over a rivet, Fig. 5, of uniform diameter throughout. In double or treble plate heads, the additional parts may be spaced and secured by additional shoulders or short tubes on the rivets, or the additional plates A<2> may be formed with openings a<1> bulged at a<2> so that a tight joint with the groove b<1> on the taper neck B may be made by flattening out the bulge after the plate has been forced into position in the groove.
Patent GB-190304284-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tap or Bib-cock
Inventor: SUMNER ROBERT
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 4284. Sumner, R., and Sumner, G. R. Feb. 24. Lift valves.-Relates to bib-cocks in which a ball g controls the passage from the inlet to the outlet. The ball is forced off its seat by a screwed spindle c, and closes again by fluid pressure when the spindle is raised. The spindle is made in two parts, the upper part being screwed and onnected with the lower partj by a swivel joint. The part j is made with a cup which engages the ball. The ball is introduced either by unscrewing the seat e, or by removing a screwed plug at the bottom of the casing, the seating in this case being made in one with the casing.
Patent GB-190304436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscillating Tipplers
Inventor: RIGG JAMES
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 4436. Rigg, J., Rigg, F. J., and Meacock, T. Feb. 25. Tipping-apparatus.-In oscillating tipplers of the kind described in Specification No. 3852, A.D. 1897, means are employed for automatically throwing out of gear the driving-mechanism slightly before the completion of their oscillation, for preventing concussion. Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the lever A controls both the clutch B and the brake C. A roller D bears against the path E of the tippler ring F. On this path E an incline G and vertical portion H is formed. To start the machine, the handle S is pressed, moving the roller D away from H, the lever A being pulled over by the spring V, and putting the clutch member B into engagement with the counterpart B<1> which is always revolving. The movement of the lever A reduces the tension in the spring X, and releases the band brake Y. On the return stroke, the roller D engages with the incline G and throws the clutch B out of gear, at the same time actuating the band brake Y. Fig. 6 shows means for preventing falling coal from impeding the action of the check rollers t. To this end, there are formed on the tippler rings inclines r at a sufficient angle to prevent coal from lodging upon the ring. A shell casing is provided enclosing the tub or tram and extending to the outer faces of the tippler rings.
Patent GB-190312940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning, Twisting, and Cord-making Machines.
Inventor: FAHR JOHANN GEORG
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 12,940. Fahr, J. G. June 9. Machines for making cords. - The material passes from the rollers in the manner shown through the rotating tube d and arm e and then through a second rotating arm f and tube g, being guided on to the bobbin in the usual manner by a guide carried by the traverse screw l, which is suspended from the axles of the arms e, f and is driven by worm gearing v ; s, s are stationary rings to prevent excessive ballooning of the thread &c. The arms e, fare driven at the same speed and in the same direction by spur gearing or by two synchronous alternating-current motors. The machine may be constructedwith two spindles driven from the same countershaft.
Patent GB-190313570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnets for Magnetic Ore Extractors.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-17
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 13,570. Haddan, H. J., [Bergmann-Electricitõts-Werke Akt.-Ges.]. June 17. Electromagnets for magnetic separators are made with a separate or divided iron core, such as shown at b, e, or f, so that the ready-wound coils d may be placed on the core before the parts of the magnet are assembled.
Patent GB-190316725-A (GB)
Title: Jet Condenser
Inventor: SCHNOECKEL RICHARD
Filed: 1903-07-30
Granted: 1904-07-30
Abstract: 16,725. Schn÷ckel, R. July 30. Condensers, regulating water level in.-A jet condens e r is provided with a barometric waste pipe A leading from a chamber C below it in order that it may not be flooded if the pump B ceases to act.
Patent GB-190316919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Driving Gear of Self-propelled Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SPURRIER HENRY
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 16,919. Spurrier, H. Aug. 4. Motor road vehicles.- The driving-shaft of motor vehicles of the type in which the shaft is disposed longitudinally along the vehicle, is flexibly connected to the driving - wheels through universal joints, the portion nearest the wheel being carried by a tubular shaft which is connected to the frame by a universal joint or equivalent means, and which receives and transmits to the vehicle frame the direct thrust from the driving- wheels. The shaft a, Fig. 1, is divided into three portions connected by the universal joints c, d, and communicates motion from the change speed gear b to the gearing within the box i mounted upon the driving-axle. The box i is rigidly connected to the tube e, which carries the end portion of the shaft a, and is mounted on the frame g<1> by a ball- and-socket joint f, or by the modified form of joint l, f<1> shown in Fig. 3. The tube e acts as a radius-rod, and is provided with thrust blocks to prevent independent longitudinal motion of the shaft a. The latter may be made capable of slight longitudinal movement by transmitting motion to part of it through a feather key and keyway. If the ball - and - socket joint f be enlarged and hollowed, and the universal joint d placed concentrically within it, the other joint c may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190318248-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Expansible Driving Pulley.
Inventor: CHAPMAN JOHN
Filed: 1903-08-24
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 18,248. Chapman, J., and Chapman, H. L. Aug. 24. Pulleys; linkwork.- An expansible pulley, specially adapted for a motor - driven cycle, is made of sector-shaped blocks which are moved radially to alter the diameter of the pulley. The plate 1, rigidly fixed to the shaft 4, carries the sector - shaped blocks 6 which may slide in the slots 2. The driving-belt fits in grooves 7. The projections 8 on the block 6 engage with the convolutions of a spiral groove cut in the face of the disc 10. This disc is rotatably secured by the nut 12 engaging with the end of the screwed cap 14. The ends 29, 30 of two ring 22, 23 are pivoted on a rod 28 the ends being bent down at right-angles and pressed outwards by levers 35, 36, Fig. 9, so that the rings may be brought into contact with one side of, and rotates, the leather-covered conical wheel 21, supported on, and rotating with, the plate 1. The rings 22, 23 are normally held out of engagement by spring 22<a>. The levers 35, 36 are actuated by cords attached to the ends of a lever 39. A pivoted lever 45 is attached to the lever 39 above its pivot and is provided with a cross-bar 46, which carries studs 47, 48 pressing against the inside and outside respectively of the levers 35, 36, so as to prevent both lever 35, 36 from operating the rings, 22, 23 simultaneously. The spindle of the wheel 21 carries a worm 19, which engages the worm-wheel 20 on the shaft 16. The shaft 16 is supported on the plate 1, and carries a worm, which engages teeth 11 on the disc 10 and moves the blocks 6. Wheels 24, 25 support the rings 22, 23. The spring-pressed pivoted catch 50 is held by the block 6 until the pulley is fully contracted, when it is released, and the outer end is pressed outwards against the lever 35, releasing the ring 22. A pin 52 on one block 6 presses the lever 36 when the pulley is fully expanded.
Patent GB-190327612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Rolling Machines.
Inventor: TURNER WILLIAM ALFRED
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 27,612. Turner, W. A. Dec. 16. Cigars.-Relates to improvements in the cigarrolling machine described in Specification No. 19,166, A.D. 1902. The pushing-device for forcing the cigar towards the thimbling-end of the machine is discarded, its work being accomplished by the helical knurling on the roll 15. Fig. 3 shows the improved lug on the bracket 20. Its diameter is increased and the bottom conical rollers, being done away with, the rollers 14 are journalled in the lug at 70. Superfluous paste is carried off into a tray by a slot 77. In the joint between the rollers 15 and 19, the spline which caused the two rollers to rotate together is done away with. The bole for the spline is retained for lubricating purposes. The nut on the screw 40 is dispensed with, and, the screw may be turned by means of a saw cut in its head. A small basin 71, Fig. 1, containing paste, is fixed to the bar 17, and is provided with a bar 72 for pressing the brush on, and a coiled spring 73 to act as a brush-bolder. The top and bottom rollers and the bar 17 are lengthened by extending the cylindrical portion near the standard 11. The roller nearest the operator is covered with a smooth rounded guard preferably of aluminium. Change-rolls are made, so that different-sized cigars can be rolled in the same machine. They all fit on a central spindle, and are fastened to it by a set-screw. A small cistern of water 75, Fig. 1, which moistens a tongue 76 of felt, serves to damp the tobacco-leaves. The roll 15 is provided with a loose collar, which is prevented from moving longitudinally by a screw 80, catching in a groove.
Patent GB-190328732-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Pump.
Inventor: MURRIE JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 28,732. Murrie, J. Dec. 31. Centrifugal pumps.-Relates to centrifugal pumps and consists in a construction by which " foaming " is prevented and the pump thus rendered capable of forcing the liquid to a greater height. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation. The pump consists of a hollow cylinder E which is mounted on the hollow shaft D and driven from the pulley H. The shaft D also forms the suction pipe up which the water passes to the cylinder. The water is then driven by centrifugal force through a narrow slit E' into the annular channel G. If desired, the spaces formed between the cylinder and the end covers may serve as feeders and receivers, the shaft D then being formed solid. Packing-rings E' are fitted into grooves on either side of the slit or slits E<1> so as to form a water-tight joint. Radial propellers E<2> are fitted inside the pump barrel, and guiding-plates in the channel G. The width of the slits E<1> is made comparatively small, so that the cylinder is always full of water, with the result that a steady pressure is obtained and "foaming prevented. The Provisional Specification states that the pump is suitable for raising water, oil, or other liquids from mines, and for compressing, exhausting, or circulating aÙriform fluids.
Patent GB-190404866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: FRICK OTTO
Filed: 1904-02-27
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 4866. Frick, O. Feb. 27. Electric furnaces. -The primary C of an induction furnace is formed of a metal winding insulated by mica or the like, and is placed immediately above the channel or crucible B formed in the refractory brickwork A. If the substance to be treated has not to be melted, it may be placed directly on the flat firebrick. The iron core D may be duplicated ; two or more furnaces, with their crucibles combined or otherwise, may be used for polyphase currents.
Patent GB-190405187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Joints for Rods and other like Articles.
Inventor: SPARKES GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5187. Sparkes, G. E. March 2. Rod couplings.- A wedge, tee, triangular, or other shaped projection f on one piece A is received in a corresponding slot on the other C, and the two locked together by a screwed collar E tapered internally to bear on the tapered end of the piece C. Wedges W prevent rotation of the ends on the rods.
Patent GB-190405546-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Propelling and Steering Boats and Vessels
Inventor: RAUHUDT RUDOLF
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 5546. Rauhudt, R. March 7. Propelling and steering by screw propellers; driving-gear for screw propellers.-A hull a is supported by floats c, d which are fitted with spirals i, k and are driven in opposite directions by chain gearing operated by steam turbines. When only one float is fitted, it is arranged in a longitudinal water channel in the hull of the vessel. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of propeller float.
Patent GB-190414171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gas and like Fittings.
Inventor: BLAKEY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 14,171. Blakey, J. W. June 23. Couplings, d i s - connectible; clip joints.-The end of a flexible metal or other tube is provided with a doubled - over rubber or like sleeve 6, which is opened out when the ends 10, 11 of the levers 5, 7 are pressed together.
Patent GB-190419889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro Magnetic Mechanism particularly applicable to Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Filed: 1904-09-15
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 19,889. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 15. Semaphore signals ; controlling signals.-Two or more semaphore signals or other devices are selectively operated by the electromagneticallyactuated movement of a lever carrying at its extremity a number of detents, any of which are made to engage with the signalling-mechanism by their respective selective magnets controlled by corresponding relays at the signalling-station. The main magnet which operates the lever is so arranged that, when the signal has been set at the safety ' position, the current through the magnet is reduced by the automatic introduction of resistance, while, when the current through the magnet is broken, the signal is allowed to fall by gravity to the ' danger' position. This magnet is described in Specification No. 16,110, A.D. 1904. In order to make the single magnet A serve to operate any or several signals, there is placed at the end of the lever C a number of selective magnets, two of which I, I<1> are shown in Fig. 2, These magnets are wound with a few turns of thick wire, and a large number of turns of fine wire. To each core h is attached the end of a spring-controlled dog H<1>, H, pivoted at the end of the lever C and engaging the signalling-mechanism J. The relays L, L<1>, operated manually at the signal-house or connected in a track circuit as in a block signal system, are connected through switches S, S<1>, Fig. 3, to a source of current. The actuating-magnet A is energized by current from the source M and rail R. The thick wire sections of the selector magnets have one terminal connected to the relays L, L<1> and the other terminal to the contacts f. The fine wire sections have also one terminal connected to the relays, the other terminal being connected to the resistance 0, which is thrown into series with the coil A when the bridging-member F is raised. If the relay L is closed, a circuit is completed from the line M through the armature of the relay L, thick wire of the magnet I, bridging-member F, and actuating- coil A to earth. The dog H is consequently brought into engagement with the operating-rod J of the signal N, and the coil A draws up its core, bringing the signal N to the ' safety ' position, whereupon the bridging-member F is lifted out of engagement with the contact f, and the connection between the thick wire section of the coil I and the actuating coil A is broken. The circuit now extends from the armature of the relay L through the fine wire sections of the relay I, the resistance 0, and the actuating-coil A. The greatest economy of working current is thus obtained. If both relays were operated, both signals would be moved to the 'safety' position.