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Patent GB-190315211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks for Cycles
Inventor: BADONI MAXIMILIEN
Filed: 1903-07-09
Granted: 1904-07-09
Abstract: 15,211. Badoni, M. July 9. Locking-apparatus to prevent theft.-Relates to a lock for cycles, in which, as shown in Fig. 1, a bolt is engaged between two consecutive spokes of a wheel, and is locked by a permutation lock. Each of the buttons h of the lock is connected with a disc i<1> carrying a pin engaging one of the holes of loosely-mounted drums m, Fig. 4. To unlock the machine, each of the buttons is first turned over from right to left until a spring projecting from a groove in the lower face of the button, engages a deep hole l<1>, Fig. 7, in a cover e ; the buttons must now be turned back a predetermined number of holes in the cover until grooves m<1> in the drums are in line to permit the passage of pins a<3> on the sliding bolt a ; the bolt may then be withdrawn from the loop d on one bar of the cycle frame, and the device swung round parallel to the bar to which it is fixed. The bolt head has a pin a' adapted to engage a hole in the cover, but, for changing the combination, when the device is unlocked, the cover may be opened on a pivot f and the drums set in any desired position. The holes l<1> are provided with an incline on one side, so that rotation of the buttons from left to right may be readily effected. To prevent the bolt, when not in use, from turning into the path of the spokes, the head is provided with two side projections a<11> which when the bolt has been swung round and allowed to drop, engage a projection c<2> on a plate c<1>.
Patent GB-190320507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inking and like Rollers Employed in Lithographic and other Printing Machines and Hand Printing Processes.
Inventor: HORSELL FRANK
Filed: 1903-09-24
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 20,507. Horsell, F. Sept. 24. Varnishing.- Rollers for varnishing and the like are made capable of expansion, so as to counteract loosening or stretching of the cover. According to one method, the roller is divided longitudinally into a number of radial segments a, Fig. 1, in the interior walls of which are formed a number of cone-shaped or inclined recesses b. The spindle c of the roller has the form of a succession of truncated cones d, which fit into the recesses b. The segments a are formed with wedge-shaped ends, and are held on the spindle by nuts g and lock-nuts h. To expand the roller, the nuts g, h are unscrewed, and the nut g at the other end of the roller is tightened up. The segments a are prevented from bending away from the spindles by means of longitudinal pins, attached to the segments and entering slots in the cones d. These pins may also be attached to the cones. Another construction of roller is shown in Fig. 4. Two truncated cones d are provided with screw threads, to enable them to approach or recede from one another when the spindle is turned. The cones are prevented from rotating with the spindle by means of projections e, which fit into slots in one of the segments a of the roller. To prevent the segments from slipping out of position when the roller has been expanded, wedges may be inserted between the ends of the segments. If the caps g are arranged to be pressed forward by the nuts h on a plain part of the spindle, the wedges may be cast on to the caps g. The roller is enclosed in one or more shells j of pen-steel or the like, having their edges overlapping. To hold together the segments. of the roller, a number of lapped or C springs or rings or the like may be used.
Patent GB-190322649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansible Pulleys
Inventor: ROWAND LEWIS GARWOOD
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,649. Rowand, L. G. Oct. 20. Pulleys, expanding. Two flanges or discs 1, provided with interlocking hub portions 2, are formed with radial guiding-slots 4. A plate 5, arranged in connection with each of the discs 1, is provided with spiral cam-slots 6. The slots in one plate 5 are arranged oppositely to those in the other plate. A number of rim sections 7 are arranged between the discs,and are formed with plane faces to engage the slots 4, and with projections to engage the cam-slots 6. One cam-slot may engage projections on two or more sections 7. In the arrangement shown, each slot 6 engages two projections. The projections 9 on the sections mounted near the centre of the pulley are formed as studs or pins, while the projections on the outer sections are formed by a bolt 10, which carries on one end a nut for locking the parts in position after adjustment. In adjusting the pulley, the nuts on the bolts 10 are unscrewed, and the plates 5 are turned in opposite directions, by means of wrenches applied to nuts 13 on the faces of the plates, until the pulley is the required diameter ; the parts are then fixed in position by tightening up the nuts 10. One of the studs 9 carries a pointer 11 moving over a scale on a plate 5 to indicate the diameters, or the pointer may be fixed to the rim of the disc 1 or plate 5, and the scale placed upon the adjoining plate 5 or disc 1.
Patent GB-190322684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Liquid Fuel Burners.
Inventor: SGAL LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,684. Syal, L. Oct. 20. Liquid-fuel fittings.-Relates to burners adapted to heat steam generators for motor cars, wagons, and other steam vehicles. The liquid fuel is fed under pressure to a coiled pipe A, heated by the burners when working, the vaporization being started by a pipe B, which is bent so that the flame at the orifice may make its own vapour. From the vaporizer A, the vapour is led to a nozzle E and directed through air-inducing cones arranged in a pipe D leading to the central vapour chamber C. Two ducts F branch out from this chamber, and are provided with perforated burner tubes G, arranged as shown in Fig. 2, other perforated pipes H, parallel to the ducts F, being connected to the central tubes G, so that the chamber C is surrounded by burners. In the Provisional Specification, a modification is mentioned in which the vapour ducts are arranged as a volute spiral within a rectangular casing having perforations in the corner spaces.
Patent GB-190325316-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Wheels for use on Rail and Tramways; or a Device to be Attached to the same.
Inventor: ELLIS CHARLES BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 25,316. Ellis, C. B., and Ashworth, J. Nov. 20. Wheels.-Deeper flanges are made on railway wheels to prevent derailment at high speeds. The flanges may be made on the wheels, or may be "rung on" existing wheels, the flange being chamfered, as shown at C, to pass the chairs &c. on the permanent way.
Patent GB-190325660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Apparatus.
Inventor: HAMELLE HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 25,660. Hamelle, H. Nov. 24. Lubricating.-Relates to a lubricating - apparatus, more particularly for motor vehicles, in which valves are provided for the the return of surplus oil to the reservoir and the prevention of excessive pressure in the distributer. The oil is pumped from the oil reservoir A, Fig. 1, to the distributer through the pipe B by means of one or two pistons D. The pistons are connected by links E to a pivoted lever F, to which a to-and-fro motion is communicated. Each pump-barrel is fitted with a suction valve a, against which bears a spring b. The oil, when forced from the cylinders raises the back-pressure valve c against the spring d, and passes through the aperture e and pipe B to the distributer. Excess of pressure in the distributer causes the oil to be forced back along the pipe B to lift the valve g in the extension f of the aperture e against the spring h, and to flow through the opening z into the reservoir. The tension of the spring h is regulated by the screwed rod i held in position by a looknut k. To prevent the rupture of the distributing- reservoir through expansion of the oil due to sudden heating, the distributer and pipe B are connected by the plug I, Fig. 4, screwed at l, m for that purpose. The plug has two parallel passages n, r ; the passage n is provided at o with a valve pressed by a spring p held by a screwed ring q, the other passage r, enclosing a safety valve s, between which and a screwed part, u is placed the spring t. The pressure of the spring t is so regulated as to be greater than that of the spring h, so that the oil passes from the pumps through the opening x, neck v and connecting-passages n, y, into the distributer. Any sudden excess of pressure in the distributer is relieved by the oil being forced past the valve S through the passage r and pipe B into the oil reservoir.
Patent GB-190326175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil Engines.
Inventor: THORNYCROFT JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 26,175. Thornycroft, J. B. Nov. 30. Drawings to Specification. Feed-pumps.-This Specification describes pumps which form the subject-matter of application No. 26,176, A.D. 1903, and are described in the corresponding abridgment.
Patent GB-190326734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match and other Boxes, Cases, Sheaths, Flasks, and the like.
Inventor: SYMONDS HARRY LAMBERT
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,734. Symonds, H. L. Dec. 7. Flasks &c.-The lids of flasks and other receptacles are constructed so that they may be swung on a pivot to either side of the body of the receptacle, and so leave the mouth open. A spring or other device retains the lid in the closed position. In one form, the lid b of a match-box a has two arms b<1> pivoted at c to the ends of the box. A blade spring d is riveted to the lid in the centre, and its ends tend to stand out from the lid, and take into depressions a' in the upper edges of the sides of the box when it is closed. These edges are rounded off at a<2>. The lid may have at each edge a projecting lug b<2>. In Fig. 4 the lid b is shown flat, and the arms b<1> are pivoted on wires e, which pass down to the bottom of the box. Slots are formed in the sides of the box to allow the bent ends e<1> of the wire to pass through. The bent lower ends of the wires are pressed downwards by a spring d, kept in place by a transverse pin f. The pivots c can thus rise to allow the lid to swing over. Instead of wires, flat strips of metal, carrying rivets which form pivots for the lid, may be used. The arms b<1> may be provided with projections taking into depressions in the sides of the box, and the springs be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190326961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Mechanism for Double Filament Electric Lamps.
Inventor: MCCULLOUGH JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 26,961. McCullough, J. Dec. 10, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-The circuit connections of a two-filament lamp are controlled by means of a switch comprising two fixed contacts b, c, Fig. 2, in the holder a, and three movable contacts o, p, q, Figs. 2 and 3, on the cap m of the lamp. The lamp is secured in the holder as usual by bayonet joints g. The pin s of the bayonet joints is loose in a curved recess r, Fig. 5, in the insulating-disc n forming the top of the cap m, so that the lamp and cap may be rotated slightly when the pin s is engaged into the slots of the joints. The sides t of the recess r maintain the pin s in a position diametrically across the disc n, so that it can be engaged into the slots, and the reduced outer ends of the pin co-operate with the reduced outer parts of the recess to prevent the pin from falling out. The spring-pressed contacts b, c force the cap m outwards, so that the lamp tends to occupy such positions with regard to the holder a that the pin s is at one or other end of the recess r. Movement of the lamp from one position to the other moves the contact c from one to the other of the contacts p, q. The filaments k, l may be connected to the contacts o, p, q as shown in Fig. 3, or otherwise.
Patent GB-190405453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hames for Draft Animals.
Inventor: LEINEN FRANZ
Filed: 1904-03-05
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 5453. Leinen, F. March 5. Collars, neck.-The hame is made of a resilient nature, in order to lessen the shock upon the animal in starting. Fig. 2 is a section at A B, Fig. 1, showing the hollow structure of the body ; the sides a, b are of sheet steel &c. connected at the edges ; padding is provided at c to protect the animal. The inner wall b may be built up in segments. The invention is equally applicable to twopart, hinged, or adjustable hames. In the lastnamed, the sides are preferably in sections adjustably secured to each other. The inner wall and padding are not continued to the point of the hame, a recess d being left to receive the animal's mane.
Patent GB-190408722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sinking Mining Shafts and the like by the Freezing Process.
Inventor: SCHMIDT KARL
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 8722. Schmidt, K. April 15. Shafts.-Freezing-apparatus for use in sinking shafts through boggy or very moist soil, consists of pairs of adjacent vertical pipes a, b, Fig. 2, or concentric vertical pipes a, b, Fig. 1, arranged in a circle and connected together into two or four groups. In one method, a condenser D, Fig. 4, containing a liquid freezing-medium, such as carbonic acid, communicates through pipes i, R, valves o, p, q, r, and pipes k, l, m, n, with the vertical freezing- pipes, and the vapour or gas is conveyed back to the compressors through pipes a, a', a<2>. The compression pumps A, B are arranged as shown in Fig. 4, so that they may act as single pumps during the first part of the compression and as compound pumps during the remainder. When using one compressor only, the valves p, q are closed and the valves t, t<1> opened, so that the vertical pipes are connected in two groups. The freezing-pipes may be arranged in overlapping groups as shown in Fig. 3. The first pair of freezing-pipes of each group into which the freezing-medium is conducted may consist of two concentric tubes a, b, Fig. 5, separated by a concentric casing c. This arrangement may also be used in the brine freezing-process.
Patent GB-190409374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Allaying Dust in connection with Rock Drilling Machinery.
Inventor: STEPHENS WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9374. Stephens, W. C. April 23. Rock drills ; laying dust in mines.-In order to lay the dust raised when drilling dry holes, the air tap of a percussion rock drill is provided with a spraying-device. The body e of the air-supply tap b is formed with a side passage i leading to a fitting d carrying a spraying-nozzle c and attached to the body e by means of a ball-and-socket joint f. The coned extremities of the nozzle c and the part h of the ball f open into a chamber m, formed in the fitting d and in connection through a pipe o with a supply of water. In operation, the flow of compressed air through the part h induces a flow of water through the pipe o which is: delivered through the nozzle c, the quantity being regulated by turning the fitting d. In the position of the plug b<1> shown in Fig. 5, air is supplied to both the drill and the spraying-device, while in other positions of the plug b<1>, air may be supplied to the drill alone or cut off both from the drill and the spraying-device. In a modification shown in Fig. 6, the socket of the joint f is formed in one with the body e and the passage i<1> extends in a straight line from the socket to the plug b<1> of the tap.
Patent GB-190410452-A (GB)
Title: Superheat Regulator for Steam Boilers or Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: EDEN EDGAR MARK
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 10,452. Eden, E. M. May 6. Liquid-fuel fittings.-A thermostat acted upon by superheated steam from a superheater or a flash or semi-flash boiler is adapted to regulate the amount of superheating by controlling a valve which may, for instance, govern the supply of liquid fuel to the furnace. A flexible chamber a partly filled with water is enclosed in a protecting- casing m, the whole being supported by a screw d in a chamber h which is in direct communication with the steam pipe. The other wall of the chamber carries a rod f which actuates the fuelsupply valve g when the pressure within the chamber a sufficiently exceeds the pressure exerted on it by the external steam, which, since the latter is superheated, will be normally less than that of the saturated steam within the chamber. In a modification, the chamber a, Fig. 2, is non-expansive, but communicates with such a chamber a', on the outside of which the boiler steam pressure is maintained through a connecting-tube h<4>. The valve may be loaded, if desired, by a spring as shown. Other liquids than water may be employed in the expansible vessel to control the valve.
Patent GB-190411180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Springs for Car and other Seats.
Inventor: BAYLOR ARMISTEAD KEITH
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 11,180. Baylor, A. K. May 14. Fastenings for upholstery springs. The seat springs of vehicles &c. are secured at their upper ends to the usual metallic strips or plate springs by means of clip plates, such as 5, to which they are riveted in countersunk holes. The side edges of the clip plate are sprung under tongues 2 cut in the metallic strip, and further security is attained by means of interlocking hemispherical projections and recesses 3, 8 bulged in the clip plate and strip. Such an arrangement prevents the working through of the rivet to the seating-surface, which occurs when the spring is riveted, as usual, directly to the metallic strip.
Patent GB-190414260-A (GB)
Title: Coffee Products in the form of Soluble Powder and Tablets of Coffee Either Alone or with Milk.
Inventor: OLIVEIRA ALVARO JOAQUIM DE
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 14,260. Oliveira, A. J. de, and Vasconcellos, H. H. de. June 25. Coffee preparations.-In the preparation of coffee tablets or powder, coffee pressed in layers in a strainer is treated with boiling water, and the extract, mixed with sugar or with condensed milk, is concentrated to a pasty consistency and pressed in moulds, or is treated with more sugar, dried, and pulverized. The concentrated extract can be used to impregnate fragments of sugar. Coffee extract, without the addition of sugar, may also be concentrated and pressed into tablets, or dried and powdered.
Patent GB-190416088-A (GB)
Title: Indoor or Table Cricket
Inventor: COLE GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,088. Cole, G., [trading as Cole & Co., G.]. July 20. Games imitating cricket; bowling-apparatus-A device for playing cricket on a table consists of a platform a, Fig. 1, with a ledge a<1> to hold it in position against the edge of a table, and a hinged wicket b, in front of which is a bat f<1>. The bat is supported by a horizontal spindle mounted in the box e, and is operated by the lever f The bat can also be turned, by means of the lever e<1>, on the vertical pivot e', by which the box e is supported, under control of the spring e<3>, on the arm c. The arm c is pivoted on the mount a<3>, and can be turned, within the limits of the stops a<4>, further to vary the movement of the bat. The arm c has a bearing upon a mount a<6>, and the bat is held in rormal striking position by a spring in the box e. The platform a is bevelled in front of the wicket. The ball is delivered from a recess g<1>, Fig. 3, in a base g by means of a spring k. A hinged platform n assists in guiding the ball, and the inclination of the platform may be varied, so as to alter the trajectory.
Patent GB-190418498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Label Dampers.
Inventor: STEPHENS ALBERT FRANCIS HAMBLY
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 18,498. Stephenson, A. F. H. Aug. 26. Damping envelopes, copying-paper, &c.-Comprises a roller c in contact with the bottom of an absorbing-pad b, to which the supply of moisture can be regulated by adjusting nuts d' on the plate d, which presses the pad against the front of the reservoir a. Wicks b<1> protrude through openings a<3>. When not in use, the apparatus is laid down, resting on the top plate a<4>, the water then passing from the wicks to the pad by capillary attraction. The reservoir has a handle a<2> and a filling-aperture. Springs or other means may be used to restore the pad from its compressed condition when the nuts d' on the plate d are loosened and the reservoir front and plate d mav be provided with oppositely-directed flanges a<5>, d<5>.
Patent GB-190424807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Propulsion of Bodies Floating in the Air.
Inventor: KNAEPPER GUSTAV
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 24,807. Knõpper, G. Nov. 15. Reaction wheels.-Bodies floating in the air are propelled by the reaction of gaseous jets by means of the apparatus shown. A wheel a, closed at one end and divided into a number of chambers by radial partitions b, is mounted to rotate freely in a frame g. Currents of compressed air, carbonic acid, or other highly-compressed gas are directed through inclined nozzles l into a groove i which extends through the wall of the wheel. The compressed gas thus enters the chambers and causes rapid rotation of the wheel ; its escape at the open end of the wheel results in an unbalanced force at the closed end of the wheel, which force is utilized for propelling the body in a horizontal or a vertical direction.
Patent GB-190427853-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photophonic System and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 27,853. Thompson, W. P., [Arnold, F.]. Dec. 20. Photophones.-A thin, intense, parallel beam of light, produced by an arc light placed and maintained in the focus of a mirror, is reflected at another mirror, mounted on a membrane which is subjected to the vibrations of the sound to be conveyed ; this beam is directed and received by telescopes, and finally falls on a selenium cell. The two carbons 16, 17 are mounted on a right and left handed screw 20, so that, by turning the wheel 23, the arc may be adjusted and kept in position. The beam of light is then reflected at the mirror 28 on the membrane 4, which is influenced by a Bell's mouthpiece 3, and then passes through the " eyepiece " 29 and " object glass " 32 of the tube 5 to the distant station. Here it is received in another tube 6 and brought to a focus at 41, the centre of the front plate of the " camera obscura " 7, and finally falls on the rear plate 40, on the inside of which is a selenium cell connected up to a telephone 48. The two tubes 5, 6 may be fastened together one above the other, and in reverse order at the other station ; or they may be placed side by side horizontally. In such cases, only a single sighting-telescope is necessary. The whole apparatus is supported on a table with adjustable feet.
Patent GB-190428296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means or Apparatus for Suspending Oscillating Bodies, such as Apparatus for Determining Moments of Inertia and Parts of Clock Mechanism.
Inventor: BRYAN GEORGE BLACKFORD
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-12-23
Abstract: 28,296. Bryan, G. B. Dec. 23. Moments of inertia, apparatus for determining.- Relates to means for suspending oscillating bodies applicable to apparatus for determining moments of inertia, the integrating - appliances of wattmeters, and parts of clock mechanism. In the application of the invention to apparatus for determining moments of inertia, the oscillating table f for supporting the body m to be experimented on is secured to a longitudinally-slit tube h secured by a clamp i, of the form shown, to the torsion wire e. This wire is rigidly secured to the supporting-arm c and takes the whole weight of the oscillating body. Lateral movement of the table f is prevented by a needle f<1> engaging a jewelled hole, a steel plate with a plain bole, or a ball bearing. The lower end of the wire e may be fixed to a nut g, Fig. 1, screwed to a pin g<1> fixed to the base b by a set-screw g<2>. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, a steadying-pin n, clamped to the bottom of the tube h, engages a jewel or bearing-plate o or a ball bearing.