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Patent GB-190213774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Type Setting Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 13,774. Thompson, W. P., [McClintock, F.]. June 17. Type, setting.-Relates to the type - ejecting mechanism of type-setting machines. The types 4 are ejected singly from the lower ends of the channels 3 of a case 2 mounted on the frame 1, by sliding ejector bars 8 which enter the rear openings 6 of the channels. Springs 13 retract the bars 8, and also the sliding bars 15 which engage the rear ends 11 of the bars 8. The ends 11 slide in parallel guide - grooves 12, and padded stops 14 limit their forw a r d movement. The bars 15 are provided with teeth 18 on their upper edges, and their front ends rest on levers 20 pivoted on a transverse bar 22. The levers 20 are connected by flexible wire cords 24 to key levers 26, and, when a lever 26 is depressed, the lever 20 lifts the corresponding bar 15, so that its teeth engage a toothed roller, which is instantly driven by a band 32 and pulley 31. The bar 15 is held in engagement with the roller throughout its forward movement, by a rib 40 on the bar 15 engaging over a projection 42 on a block 43. The blocks 43 are fixed, side by side, on a pivoted frame 45. The pulley 31 is frictionally held to the shaft of the toothed roller by means of a spring spider 34 and a friction disc engaged by adjusting-nuts on the end of the shaft. Thus, if an obstruction prevents the full forward movement of the ejector bars, the pulley 31 rotates without the shaft and roller. When the types are exhausted from a channel, the follower block 5 prevents the forward movement of the ejector. To free the bar 15, so stopped, from the toothed roller, the pivoted frame 45 is depressed against the pressure of the spring 53, by depressing a key lever 50 connected to it by a wire 51. The bar 15 is then retracted by the spring 13. When the bar 15 makes a full forward ejecting- movement, the rib 40 passes over the projection 42, and the front end of the bar then falls, and is retracted, unless the key lever has not been released. If the key lever has not been released, it holds up the bar, and prevents its retraction, thus preventing a repeat or second forward movement of the ejector. Springs 27, adjustable by screws 29, return the levers 20 and key levers 26 to normal position. Each wire 24 passes round a stud 60 on its lever 26, and is connected to a flattened screw 61 passed into a slot 65 in the laterally-bent end 64 of the lever. A nut 62 adjusts the tension of the wire. The levers are formed with recesses 71 engaging in grooves in the transverse bar 66.
Patent GB-190214167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Impurities from Gases.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1902-06-23
Granted: 1903-06-23
Abstract: 14,167. Crossley, W. J., and Rigby, T. June 23. Fumes, treating. - Gases from gas-producers, blast furnaces, and the like are cleansed sufficiently for use in gas engines and similar apparatus by causing the gas to traverse coke or other filtering-material n packed in one or more towers b, to the npper ends of which water is admitted by pipes g. The water from the pipe g is distributed by a splash plate h on to a perforated plate c, and, being prevented from passing through the fine perforations in the plate by the gas ascending from the filtering-material n, overflows by the pipe d, and the sealing-chamber l on to a second splash plate, and thence on to the filtering-material n. Several superposed perforated plates c and sealing-cbambers l may be employed, each plate from the highest to the lowest having larger perforations than the plate above it. The water usel may be cooled and freed from the impurities and pumped back to the top of the tower.
Patent GB-190216852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perforators more particularly for use with Automatic Telegraph Transmitters.
Inventor: GELL JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 16,852. Gell, J. July 29. Telegraphs.-Relates to a perforating-machine for preparing the strips for use in automatic transmitters. The keys a are arranged as in a type-writer, and have the shanks slotted to receive the ends of rocking levers g, Fig. 2. The free ends of the rocking levers engage in slots k in vertical rods l. The rods l are attached to transverse bars n, in the upper edge of which are mounted rollers o corresponding to the elements of the character to be perforated. The rollers o bear against rods u arranged with parallel motion so as to raise these rods and operate the punches by means of bellc r a n k levers 7, 8. The spacing and character punch rods are mounted in a reciprocating frame, so that the spacing-punch is always operated whenever a character is perforated. The punches are set in three rows, the character punches forming the outer rows, and the punches selected by the levers 7, 8 are locked by projections so as to be operated by mechanical power. The series of rods u<1> to u<13>, Fig. 1, have the rods u<1>... u<9> employed for the signal punches, the rods u<1o>... u<13> being employed for producing a variable feed ; pivoted rods 71 are arranged to bear on the rods u<9> ... u<13> inclusive. The rods 71 are arranged in connection with detents which allow a variable motion of the feed-wheel, the positive drive of the feed-wheel being obtained by means of a rocking frame and pawl operated by a cam on the primary countershaft. The detents are arranged to move up to a stop-plate 104. This plate is mounted on toggle-levers, and is operated by the limiting-key so as to omit the space between letters when sending a combined signal. The feed-wheel is limited to one rotation by means of a staggered escapement. The driving- gear preferably consists of an electromotor acting on a spring barrel by means of worm gear, the spring barrel containing an epicyclic train from which two countershafts may be independently driven. To prevent overwinding, the motor circuit may be controlled by a switch operated by means of a Geneva detent. The various parts are preferably mounted in blocks provided with two concentric screws for adjustment.
Patent GB-190220406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Field Mounts for Machine Guns or other Light Artillery.
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 20,406. Hotchkiss Ordnance Co., [BenÚt, L. V.]. Sept. 18. Field carriages; mountings.-Consists in combining a portable tripod mount with a field carriage. Fig. 1 shows the gun and its tripod mounted on the field carriage, and Fig. 4 shows them dismounted and ready for action. The tripod consists of two short front legs b<1>, adapted to fold rearwards, and a long rear leg b<2>, which is provided with a shoe b<4> adapted to engage with a lug a<9> on the carriage trail a<2>. The gun is carried by the fork c<10> in the socket b, which, in turn, is secured by a bayonet joint b<5> to the socket piece a<5> which connects the trail a<2> to the carriage axle a'. The gun is elevated by the shoulder piece s, and is retained in set position by the rod c, Figs. 4 and 9, being locked to the rod b<2> by the grip-lever c<3>. Small training movements are effected by rotating the screw sleeve d on the rod c, which turns in the nut d<2> on the gun. By withdrawing the nut c<8> the gun can be oscillated to spread the discharge.
Patent GB-190220760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas or Oil Engines.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1902-09-23
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 20,760. Edwards, E. Sept. 23. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-The engine is an improvement on that described in Specification No. 19,564, A.D. 1901, in which the motor piston was in advance of the pump piston, and ignition occurred when the latter had completed its in- stroke. In this case, the pump piston g is in advance of the motor piston h, and the new charge expels some of the exhaust through the port k before the piston h closes it. The pump is con- structed without clearance, and the combustion chamber s is formed in the cylinder cover. The engine may be reversed by timing the ignition to occur at the end of the in-stroke of the pump piston g. The cranks e', e<2> may be coupled together by flanges t, t<1>, Fig. 4, having numerous bolt holes so that the angle between the cranks may bo altered. The Provisional Specification states that a cam-actuated exhaust valve may be used, and that the water reservoir and other accessories described in the above - mentioned Specification may be used as far as they are applicable.
Patent GB-190222696-A (GB)
Title: A GLove Protector.
Inventor: WALLEY WINIFRED BUCKLAND
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 22,696. Walley, W. B. Oct. 18. Finger shields for table use.-To protect the fingers of gloves from being soiled when a t table, finger slips or stalls for the thumb and forefinger are used. These protectors may consist of hoods, as in Fig. 7, separate or connected together by a band g, or they may consist of a curved shield e, Fig. 6, secured by an elastic band or a spring clip f. The articles are made of paper, cotton, silk, gutta-percha, india-rubber, xylonite, or other pliant material, and those for refreshment rooms may bear advertisements.
Patent GB-190224566-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Brush.
Inventor: CRUSE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 24,566. Cruse, W. Nov. 10. Rotary brushes for cleaning and greasing baking tins and the like. Two circular brushes A, B with bristles on the face and rim are mounted so as to be freely rotated. They may be fixed on a spindle provided with a pulley C rotated by a cord &c. E running over a pulley F operated by a crank-handle, as shown, or by a treadle or otherwise. The bristles on the face are i n concentric rings, and the tufts preferably alternate with one another so that the stock is not weakened. Hair or wire &c. may be used for the tufts.
Patent GB-190227165-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Waist Lining
Inventor: LATOUR MARIE ELISE DE
Filed: 1902-12-09
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 27,165. Latour, M. E. de. Dec. 9. Dresses; blouses.-Relates to linings for bodices, blouses, and the like, and consists in providing them with tapered armhole pieces e, which are attached at their upper ends to the rear part of the armhole on both sides of the lining. They are preferably left unattached at their lower end, so that, if it is necessary to make tucks in the armhole part of the lining, the unstitched ends of the pieces e are sewn over the tucks so as to hold them in position. Another part of the invention consists in providing a fulness in the breast part of the front sections a<2>.
Patent GB-190228028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in Apparatus for use in the Construction of Certain Partitions, and Partition-walls and Certain other Walls and Baths, Tanks and other Analogous Receptacles
Inventor: WHITE WALTER
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 28,028. White, W. Dec. 19. Drawings to Specification. Baths are constructed of granite plaster, or other quick-setting non-shrinking plaster, used alone, or applied to a skeleton or framework of wood laths, and the surfaces are made waterproof by three or more coats of Zonca paint.
Patent GB-190311598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perambulators or Children's Carts.
Inventor: LEADBETTER GEORGE DANIEL
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,598. Leadbetter, G. D, May 21. Perambulators and like vehicles.-A folding perambulator or cart comprises two curved arms 4, carrying the front wheels 7, and having sockets 5 to receive the lower ends of the uprights 1, to which are pivoted the arms 10. The seat 8, pivoted to the pieces 4, has pins 23 engaging slots 22 in the braces 20, also pivoted to the pieces 4 and carrying springs A to support the axle 19 of the hind wheels. When the cart is in ordinary use, the pins 23 rest in the notches 24 of the slots. To place the occupant in a partially recumbent position, the pins are disengaged from the the notches, permitting the oraces 20 to swing on their pivots until the pins reach the tops of the slots. The back is then rearwardly inclined, and the foot-rest 16, supported by the pivoted rods 12, 17, is extended forwards To fold the cart, the foot is placed on the axle 19 and the uprights 1 are pulled upwards until the pins 23 reach the other ends of the slots. When desired for use, the cart may readily be changed from its folded position by pressing downwards the outer end of the seat.
Patent GB-190313033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Oxidation and from the Action of Liquids Steam and Air.
Inventor: GLINSKY BORIS
Filed: 1903-06-10
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 13,033. Glinsky, B. June 10. Drawings to Specification. Propeller shafts, preventing corrosion of.- To prevent ships' screw propellers from deteriorating in the neighbourhood of the bearings, where the driving-shaft emerges, the driving-shaft is made a cathode of an electric circuit, an anode being plunged into the water.
Patent GB-190315291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sealing Devices for Milk Cans
Inventor: DREYER NILS
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 15,291. Lake, H. H., [Dreyer, N., Dahl, J., and Hystad, N. J.]. July 10. Preserving milk. -Milk is sterilized in the well-known manner by the action of steam, and the tins which have been partially sealed before being introduced into the steam chamber are closed by metal stopples while the vacuum pump is in operation. The casting b fits tightly on the steam chamber, and is provided with a washer e held by a ring f between the cover of the tin, which is pressed against it, and an annular flange g. The tin is centered under the apparatus by an annular ridge t coming into contact with the edge s of a sleeve p, which is pressed downwards by a spring r. The stopple v (preferably of solder metal) is introduced into the pipe h through the branch k and comes to rest in the narrow lower part. The cock l is closed and steam is admitted through the pipe c and cock d to all parts, including the stopple, which are thus sterilized. The stopple is forced into the aperture in the tin by means of the rod m, after which the tin may be taken out and the sealing completed by means of solder. The pipe h is provided with a stuffing-box i, and the rod m with a tightening-cap o.
Patent GB-190318118-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lawn Mowing Machine Attachment.
Inventor: LAKE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 18,118. Lake, A. Aug. 21, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Lawn-mowers provided with an attachment for cutting the grass at the edges of a lawn. An arm 1 is adjustably secured to the shaft of the ground wheel B by means of a set-screw 2. A sleeve 3 is secured to the arm 1, and on it is adjustably clamped an arm or bracket 4. The arm 4 has longitudinal side flanges 6 forming a recess in which is adjustably secured a knife-bar 8. A clipper shaft 11, secured in the sleeve 3, is turned in one direction only by means of a ratchet on the pinion 12, which engages with the teeth of the wheel B. The clipper shaft carries radial arms, provided with clipper knives 13. If the machine is not fitted with a ground wheel having suitable teeth, a gearwheel may, when the shaft is sufficiently long, be attached adjacent to the ground wheel.
Patent GB-190323116-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Cutting Millimetre Pitches on Lathes having "English" Pitch Lead Screws
Inventor: DRUMMOND ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 23,116. Drummond, A. Oct. 26. Lathes.-A bracket, bolted to existing lathes or cast on new lathes, supports change gearing which enables millimeter pitches to be cut off inch leadscrews. The bracket B forms a bearing for a spindle A, and has a circular nose G on which is rotatably clamped an arm H carrying a spindle on which are mounted wheels K, L. The wheel K is in gear with a wheel D of 127 teeth fixed on the spindle A. Rotation of the arm H brings the wheel L into gear with a wheel I driven from the lathe spindle. The arm H and spindle A are arranged to leave clearance for the ordinary quadrant arm M, and the lead-screw is driven through the usual change gearing from a wheel F on the spindle A, the wheel F taking the place of the wheel I in the ordinary train, and the velocity ratio of the spindle A and wheel I being a multiple or submultiple of <5>/127. In new lathes, the design may be modified to dispense with the arm H.
Patent GB-190324709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: JACKSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-11-13
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,709. Jackson, J. Nov. 13. Spring wheels; hubs.-Relates to improvements in the construction of spring hubs such as are described in Specification No. 10,991, A.D. 1902. The heads e of the buffers d are shaped to bear on a sleeve a mounted or formed on the axle. The shanks of the buffers pass through radial holes 1 in the outer ring b, and their outer ends are threaded to receive nuts by means of which the buffer springs c can be compressed, when necessary, in order to facilitate the fitting together or separation of the parts of the hub. When the wheel is ready for use, the compressing-nuts are removed, and the ends of the buffer stems are covered by caps w screwed on flanged bushes in the holes 1. Annular covering-plates i, k are bolted to the sleeve a, and overlap the sides of the outer ring b. To prevent relative rotation of the ring b and sleeve a, the plate i is formed with an inwardly-projecting boss i<1>, the external form of which is polygonal with rounded corners in order to engage a recess b<1> in the outer ring b, sufficient space being left between the engaging parts to permit the relative movements of the outer ring b and sleeve a.
Patent GB-190325282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
Inventor: BAGGULEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-19
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 25,282. Bagguley, W. Nov. 19. Cigarette - making machines.-T h e tobacco is fed by a conveyer to spiked pressing and opening rollers working in connection with a hopper, and passes thence to a horizontal ring 8 fixed to a toothed ring by which it is rotated. The tobacco is thus fed between the grooved discs 15, 16 which form it into a continuous rod. The disc 15 and part of the disc 16 are covered over by a rotating disc 19 which may be concentric with the disc 15 or otherwise. The tobacco iod t, Fig. 8, is received on to a grooved plate 28 which is supplied with a strip or tape of paper 21 resting upon an endless travelling band 24. The paper and band pass together over the roller 23 which may be placed in the position shown, or at the point p. The tobacco rod passes beneath a grooved roller 29 and then beneath a bar 30. The bar and the plate 28 are shaped so that the paper 21 and band 24 are gradually folded over as shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12. When the paper is in the position shown in Fig. 11, its edge is pasted or gummed by a horizontal roller 34 suitably supplied with the paste &c. The continuous cigarette rod is now cut into lengths by a circular revolving cutter 51 which acts on the rod as it passes from the funnel 50 to the tube 71. The piece 78 carrying the funnel and tube is mounted on the horizontal bar so that if the cutter 51 encounters a nail &c. in the cigarette, the piece 78 pivots back against the action of the spring 77 and prevents damage. The piece 78 and the cutter are moved laterally so that the cutting can proceed properly notwithstanding the constant feed of the cigarette rod. For this purpose, the sleeve 53 carrying the cutter shaft is adjustably fixed to the connecting- rod 57 connecting cranks on the vertical shafts 60, 61 which are connected together also by a second connecting-rod and a second pair of cranks at right-angles to the first pair. The shaft 60 is driven from the main shaft by toothed gearing. The connecting-rod 57 is connected by the rod 73 to the bar 67 which oscillates on the pivot 69.
Patent GB-190400112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blotters.
Inventor: SARASON DAVID
Filed: 1904-01-02
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 112. Sarason, D. Jan. 2. Blotting-appliances.-Superposed sheets of blotting-paper or like absorbent material a, Fig. 3, having two rows of perforations f, may be held on a hand-blotter h by rubber or elastic rings e passing through holes in the pad, and attached to buttons g, the other ends passing round the han le h<1>. The ends may be loosely bound by strips of paper or fabric b. One loop only may be used, extending right over to a hook which takes the place of the other loop, or two loops n, o, Fig. 6, having hooks p, q, and attached to a ring m, may hold the pad to the blotter, and, if desired, the ring m may be omitted, the loops passing over the handle as in Fig. 3, or a single loop with two hooks p, q may be used. Other suitable flexible attaching means may also be employed.
Patent GB-190400125-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ZINGEL GUSTAVUS MARTIN
Filed: 1904-01-02
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 125. Zingel, G. M., and Lehmann, A. Jan. 2. Revolving-cylinder type.-An internal-combustion engine has two or more cylinders revolving about a fixed axis. The framework carrying the cylinders carries also exhaust silencers and coolers and serves as a flywheel, and in some cases as a driving-wheel. The cylinders A', A<2>, Fig. 1, are formed in one with a central chamber C. Fig. 5 shows an axial section of the central chamber C. The central shaft B is not continuous, and its two parts carry recessed discs B at their ends on which the casing C runs on ball bearings. Escape of fluid is prevented by plates E', E<2>, spring pressed against flanges e', e<2>. The chamber C is divided into three compartments C<1>, C<2>, C<3> by two discs F', F<2>, which are held against an internal flange F in the chamber by a screw with a spring washer. The fixed eccentric or crank-pin h passes through the chamber C, and the connecting-rods g<1> are arranged on opposite sides of the discs F<1>, F'. The explosive mixture enters the space C<3> between the discs F<1>, F<2>, through the hollow crank-pin h, and escapes to the chambers C<1>, C<2>. In order to effect the distribution, the periphery of each disc F<1>, F<2> is cut away at one place, and the flange F is correspondingly bevelled. The gases issue in a thin sheet, and are thus thoroughly mixed. The discs F<1>, F' may be made thin and flexible and may be circularly corrugated, in order to yield and admit gas to the chambers C<1>, C when their pressures fall below that in the chamber C<3>. After compression by the descending piston the gases pass by passages k<1>, k<2>, Fig. 1, to ports in the cylinders. A guard m<1> on the piston deflects the charge upwards, and prevents mixture with the exhaust, which escapes by a port L' and pipe o' to one of two semicircular cylindrical chambers P' forming the periphery of the framework. Each chamber P<2> is divided into several compartments by partitions q<1>. Compartments are connected by thin metal casings secured to the exteriors of the chambers P<2> and perforations r. The gases escape at the end of each chamber P<2> through perforations.