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Patent GB-190105768-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Instrument applicable to Cleaning Windows or the like.
Inventor: MASON WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 5768. Mason, W. March 19. Windows and the like, cleaning; mops, squeegees, and like cleansing-appliances. - Relates to an appliance for use in cleaning windows or the like. The felt &c. pad a<4>, covered with baize &c., is secured to a base a provided with a pivoted handle b<2>. The cleaning-cloth, leather, &c. c is held in place by rubber bands d passed over studs a<5>. As alternatives, the cloth may be secured by a spiral spring, a spring-held frame or flap, an eccentrically-mounted bar with or without a longitudinal groove, or a downwardly - curved bar cranked at both ends, pivoted at one end, and provided at the other with a hook to engage a stud fixed on the base a.
Patent GB-190110510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines or Motors for Self Propelled Vehicles and other Uses.
Inventor: ROLLS CHARLES STEWART
Filed: 1901-05-21
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 10,510. Rolls, C. S., and Esterre, C. R. d'. May 21. Gas and like engines, cylinders for. The cylinder barrel and ends are cast in one piece with apertures d for the valves and e for the igniting-plug. The casting has flanges o for securing it to the crank casing g, and is machined at its outer end to fit a casing f forming the water jacket. The joints may be taper, or they may be packed and tightened by glands r. Projections l in the passages d arrest broken valves, and a broad V- groove m in the barrel a facilitates the insertion and removal of the piston when the former is worn. The flanges o may be broad enough to support the casing f, as in Fig. 7. The casing and crank chamber may be of aluminium, and the former may be constructed to enclose two barrels. The cylinder is suitable for motor cars.
Patent GB-190112894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boilers applicable for Hot Water Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: NEWSUM GEORGE
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 12,894. Newsum, G. June 25. Heating water.-In a conical hot-water boiler, for use in heating conservatories and other buildings, the inner and outer shell plates D and F are rigidly connected at the bottom, and have a water-tight connection at the top which allows expansion and contraction o f t h e inner shell. A cylindrical extension D' on the inner shell is surrounded by a flexible packing - ring J, held in place by a gland K with screwed studs and nuts L. The water space G has inlet and outlet openings as shown.
Patent GB-190116893-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Throwing out of Gear or Arresting the Plate Operating Mechanism of Gramophones or like Apparatus
Inventor: BIRNBAUM THEODORE
Filed: 1901-08-22
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 16,893. Birnbaum, T. Aug. 22. Phonograph and like sound recording instruments. - Relates to means for automatically stopping a gramophone and lifting and returning the reproducer to the initial position on the completion of the reproduction. The record disc a is provided with a metal contact b, or a recess to receive a contact, at the end of the record. This contact forms one end of an electric circuit, the other end being arranged in connection with the stylus c. The circuit includes a lifting - magnet and returning-plane acting on the reproducer support. The arrangement of the contacts may be varied.
Patent GB-190119822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Obtaining Motive Power.
Inventor: WOODHOUSE SAMUEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-10-04
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 19,822. Woodhouse, S. J. Oct. 4. Motors.-Comprises apparatus for generating an inexhaustible supply of motive power without the consumption of fuel. Air supplied by blowers to the chamber D passes by dip pipes C into a compressed-air reservoir A, being delivered below the surface of water or other liquid B over the surface of which may be placed a perforated cover M. The motor or machine to be driven is supplied with air by the pipe F, and drives the blowers which feed the chamber D.
Patent GB-190200313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gear Cutting Machines
Inventor: RYD GUSTAF ADOLF
Filed: 1902-01-04
Granted: 1903-01-03
Abstract: 313. Ryd, G. A. Jan. 4. Milling.-A machine for cutting the teeth of worm or spur wheels has a vertical slide S, Fig. 1, on which the cutter-spindle 13 is angularly adjustable, the spindle being driven from a vertical shaft 5 geared to the cone-shaft 3. A shaft 15 in the bed is driven from the shaft 3 at a slow speed during the cutting stroke by belt pulleys 19<1>, 19, and at a quick return speed by pulleys 20', 20, the shaft being connected by gearing 16 with the worm-wheel for traversing the slide S. The pulleys 19, 20 are loose on the shaft 15, but either can be engaged with it by a clutch 21 operated by levers 50, 22 from a tappet rod 23, which has adjustable stops 24, 25 engaged at each end of the stroke by a tappet 26 on the slide. The shaft 15 drives a wheel 31, Fig. 3, loose on a shaft 32, through change gears 27, 28 and a pinion 30. Secured to the shaft 32 is a wheel 35 gearing with a pinion 41 on a frictionally-driven shaft 42. The shaft 32 gears through change-wheels with the side shaft 36, which drives the work spindle 14 through worm gearing 37. The wheel 31 has secured to it a snail 33 engaged by a pawl 34 on a short shaft carried by the wheel 35 and having at its other end an arm with a pawl 39. The parts are shown in Fig. 3 in position for the idle or return stroke of the slide. During the cutting stroke the clutch 21 is in gear with the pulley 19, and a loose cone 38 on the shaft 32, with which the upper end of the lever 22 engages, is in the position shown in dotted lines. The wheel 31 then drives the wheel 35 through the snail and pawl 34 against the action of the frictionallydriven shaft 42, thus slowly rotating the blank to give the required inclination to the tooth. At the bottom of the stroke the clutch 21 is reversed by the tappet rod, the cone tripping the pawl 39 without disengaging the pawl 34 from the snail. The slide and blank are next quickly returned. the shaft 42 now driving the wheel 35 at a speed controlled by the engagement of the pawl 34 with the snail, so that the cutter returns through the space just cut. At the top of the stroke the clutch is again operated, the cone 38 rocking the shaft carrying the pawl 34 to disengage the pawl from the snail, allowing the wheel 35 to be driven an extra revolution by the shaft 42 to space the blank for the next tooth. For cutting spur-wheels, the change-wheels 27, 28 are disengaged, and the wheel 31 locked by a stud 45, the spacing of the blank being effected as before.
Patent GB-190202257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Feeding Devices for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 2257. Ransford, R. B., [Mechanical Improvements Co.]. Jan. 28. Type-writers. -Relates to feeding and guiding devices for paper, cards, &c. in type-writers. A gear wheel at one end of the platen f meshes with a pinion on the shaft of a roll g of the same length as the platen. Over this roll, and over a smaller roll i, passes an endless and, preferably, inelastic band h, which serve, to feed the paper &c. to the platen. The roller i is journalled in arms k pivoted in brackets m and tensioned towards the platen by springs l. Upward extensions of the arms k are connected by links n with radial arms o of the rock-shaft p. By turning this shaft by means of a lever q, the roller d can be moved away from the platen, as shown in Fig. 6. The rollers i, g may be crowned, to ensure accurate travelling of the band h, and the band may be positively driven by sprocket devices. The paper is guided over the front or impression side of the platen by means of narrow bands t passing over rollers or pulleys u, y ; these bands are frictionally driven. The rollers u have bearings in the lower ends of curved arms v pivoted on the spindles of the rollers y, and are carried by horizontal arms extending from blocks adjustably mounted on a bar extending from end to end of the platen. By moving these blocks, the guide-bands t can be adjusted in position to suit the width of the paper in use. Splined to the rock-shaft p are arms 3 connected by slotted links 4 with upward extensions of the arms v. The same movement of the lever q which releases the pressure on the platen of the roller i serves therefore to swing forward the arms v and slacken the guide-bands t. Instead of using the endless guide-bands t, ordinary clamping-fingers 8, Fig. 7, attached to a spring bail 9, may be employed. The endless carrier h may be divided into two or more sections. The line-space devices employed are of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190208407-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Manufacture of Playing Balls.
Inventor: RICHARDS FRANCIS HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-10
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 8407. Richards, F. H. Dec. 9, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding balls.-Balls are made with an outer expanded envelope and a compressed core. The envelope A of soft rubber is plaeed in a two-part mould E, F, and melted g u t t apercha L, or other material in a fluid condition, is forced into it through a tube H by means of a plunger K. A vent M is provided, and, when the envelope is filled, the mat erial escapes through the vent and the outlet N. The outlet is then closed by a screw plug, and further pressure is applied to the plunger, so as to expand the envelope in the mould cavity, air from which escapes between the mould sections, or through a vent T. The ball is left under pressure until the filling- material solidifies. The hole left by the tube H is filled with a suitable plug. The ball thus formed serves as a playing-ball, or may be used as a core. The claims are for the processes of manufacture.
Patent GB-190209270-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Mud or Sand Bands for Vehicles.
Inventor: HORGER SIMEON DAVID
Filed: 1902-04-22
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 9270. Horger, S. D., and Horger, J. M. April 22. Mud guards; axles.-Relates to means for guarding the inner end of the wheel hub so as to prevent any mud or sand from falling off the wheel into the axle bearing. The plate 20, Fig. 2, is provided with adjustable arms 23, 24 having clamping-screws 27, 28 which grip the axle and thus hold the plate projecting over the inner end of the wheel hub. In modifications, one of the arms may be fixed to the plate, or the arms may be connected together to form a U-shaped piece, the clamping-screws being then dispensed with. In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, the plate 40 has an arm 43 provided with clamping-screws 46 for taking against the axle, which passes through the space between the arm 43 and an adjustable arm 42.
Patent GB-190211501-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Frame for Landing Nets.
Inventor: TCHERKASSOV PAUL
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 11,501. Tcherkassov, P. May 20. Landing-nets.-The net frame is secured to two arms D, D' which swivel from the closed to the open position about the axis of the handle G. The side members A, A' of the net frame are connected by an end member C hinged by one end b and engaging at the other end c by means of a counter and ferrule b<1>. The joint is locked by a spring C'.
Patent GB-190211741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cartridge Loading Machines.
Inventor: NICHOL THOMAS
Filed: 1902-05-17
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 11,741. Nichol, T., and Nichol, W. H. Oct. 10, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cartridge-loading machines.-A sectional elevation and a sectional plan are shown. A rotary cartridge-case carrier 3 receives a step-by-step movement from the cam-disc 9 on the power shaft 8. The carrier 3 is supported by its flanged edge from the stationary table 2, from which a ring track 14 is also supported to serve as an abutment for the cartridge cases while they are being subjected to the various loading operations. A central sliding shaft 52 is connected by a link 55 to the weighted lever 54 on the shaft 53, which shaft is rocked by the cam-wheel 49 acting on the shaft 53 through the arm 57. A second shaft 59 is rocked by the cam-wheel 50 acting through the arm 60. The vertical movement of the shaft 52 actuates the rammers 23 of the wadders 19, 19, 19, 29, and also the crimper 30 and the printer 32, while the shaft 59 operates the rods 77 of the wad feed-slides and the rods 78 of the powder and shot valves. The empty cartridge cases are fed to the carrier 3 down a twisted gravity slide 64, and, as they pass into position beneath a vertical plunger 69, they are thrust through a hole in the track 14 and held there until they are moved laterally by the carrier 3. To enable cartridges of various sizes to be loaded by the machine, the distance of the ring track 14 from the table 2 can be varied, and the pockets in the carrier may have various linings.
Patent GB-190223824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armour Plates
Inventor: LORENZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1902-10-31
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 23,824. Lorenz, F. W. Oct. 31. Armour - plating.-To increase the resistance to projectiles, armour plates are formed with ribs p, which, in the application to ships, run parallel with the water. The ribs p and spaces z between them have cross - sections which are isosceles triangles, the base of each triangle being about as 4 to 5 to the length of the sides.
Patent GB-190224879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Method of Manufacturing Metal Wheels.
Inventor: BRUNON JOANNES
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 24,879. Brunon, J., and Vallette, M. Nov. 12. Metallic wheels spokes; felloes or rims; hubs.- To prevent the entrance of foreign substances into the hollow spokes and felloes of metal wheels, small plates are riveted or soldered into the ends of the spokes and of the segments of the felloes. The nave has coninal cavities 3 into which the similarly-shaped ends of the spokes are inserted, and the outer end of eachspoke screws into a nut 10, by which the length of the spoke may be suitably altered, the nut being ultimately secured by a lock-nut or by pressing in the four segments 12 formed by notches in itsperiphery. A shoe 13 provided with a web or projection engaging a transverse groove in the felloe, has its face hollowed out to form a ball-and-socket joint with the rounded head of the nut10, but in some cases the shoe may be dispensed with and a spherical cavity be made in the inner surface of the felloe. The bolts which secure the tyre to the felloe pass through tubes or liners 18 soldered in the holes bored in the felloe segments. The tyre may be of a section suitable for holding an outer pneumatic tyre.
Patent GB-190226176-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Supporting Candles.
Inventor: LOVERING JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 26,176. Lovering, J. G. Nov. 27. Candles are provided with non-combustible bases a, preferably of non-conducting material. Each base is tapered and may be the same width as, or wider than, the candle, and may be hollowed out at the top. The candle is dovetailed or screwed to the base, and the screw-thread may be conical or interrupted. The wick may end in the base, or be passed through a non-combustible disc, and the base may be elongated to allow the clip of the shade holder to slide up and down.
Patent GB-190302524-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pudding Basin
Inventor: ROBINSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1904-02-03
Abstract: 2524. Robinson, W. Feb. 3. Fastenings.-A pudding-basin A is fitted with a tin cover or lid B having a downwardly-extending rim c, carrying a catch-piece C, which engages under the curled-over edge b of the basin, and one or more thumb-bits D, the inner ends f of which pass up under the rim b of the basin when the lid is secured in position. The piece D is carried by an arm e pivoted at d to a sheet-metal strip h soldered to the lid.
Patent GB-190302549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Automatic Pianos.
Inventor: OPPERMANN CARL JOHANN DAVID
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 2549. Oppermann, C. J. D. Feb. 3. Automatic instruments.-The weight or spring driving- mechanism is wound up by means of gear consisting of a wormwheel e or bevelwheel f on the barrel spindle and an intermeshing worm h or pinion i on a tumbler shaft k, which is turned by mitre gear l, m aud a crank-handle, or by a crankhandle only upon the tumbler shaft itself.
Patent GB-190315426-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening Device for Bracelets, Chains and the like.
Inventor: STOEFFLER WILHELM
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 15,426. St÷ffler, W. July 11. Jewellery fasteni n g s ; bracelets ; pendants. - A fastening for bracelets, chains, pendants, and the like consists of several folding plates a, hinged or otherwise flexibly conn e c t e d together. The plates may be extended, as shown in Fig. 1, when the bracelet &c. is to be taken off, or they may be folded one over the other, as shown in Fig. 3, to fasten the bracelet. A clasp d pivoted to one plate lies over the plates and engages beneath a projection h on one of the other plates. Springs f, in recesses in the plates, push the plates apart.
Patent GB-190321906-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Placing and Fixing Water Tubes in Boilers.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 21,906. Wilson, J. Oct. 12. Plates, securing tubes to. -Fig. 3 shows a method of attachment for the cross water-tubes of steam boilers. The tubes are inserted from inside the boiler and are held in position by coned nipples h, k. The nipple h is screwed directly into the shell of the flue, and is provided internally with a shoulder i against which the end of the tube abuts. A lock nut j completes the connection.
Patent GB-190322682-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Charging Pneumatic Tyres with Compressed Gas.
Inventor: LEITNER GEORG
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 22,682. Leitner, G., Bessin, W., and Passoth. C. Oct. 20. Actuating self-closing lift valves.-In the inflation of pneumatic tyres, compressed carbonic acid or other gas is charged into a reservoir of oval section such as that shown. The piece b screwed into the reservoir a contains the valve h<1> held against its seat by the spring e<1> and bearing against the shoe h carried by the screw d. On turning the screw d, the valve h<1> is opened to inflate the tyre through the nozzle f. The reservoir is charged through the nozzle m.
Patent GB-190403589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Electric Motors
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3589. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 12. Motors, alternating-current.-A single-phase alternating-current motor, of the type described in Specification No. 22,913, A.D. 1903, having the starting characteristics of a repulsion motor and the running characteristics of an induction motor, is shown in Fig. 1. In addition to the shortcircuiting brushes b, the rotor winding is crossconnected by a pair of impedances i, the selfinduction of which at starting is large, and consequently the motor acts as a repulsion motor with a high starting-torque. As the motor approaches synchronism, the current-frequency in the rotor windings and the self-induction of the impedances decrease, and the motor acts as an ordinary induction motor. The circuit of the brushes b may be opened for the introduction of a low voltage to compensate for the magnetizing - current of the motor, as indicated in the prior Specification, and four impedances, each connected across 90‹ of the rotor winding instead of 180‹ to form a closed circuit, may be employed. In another modification, Fig. 3, four brushes b, fed with a compensating-voltage by means of the leads 5, 6, and three impedances i are used. The motors are stated to be applicable for operating elevators and some machine tools.
Patent GB-190406639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gramophones or Talking Machines.
Inventor: LOCHMANN WILLIAM PAUL
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6639. Lochmann, W. P., and Lochmann, F. March 18. Gramophones.-The trumpet may be swung round into any position relatively to the gramophone case. In the Figure, the trumpet support E is fixed on a spindle F which is mounted on the casing A concentrically with the spindle B, which supports the record disc D. The spindle F may carry a toothed wheel H actuated by a pinion I, which is easily put out of action.
Patent GB-190411566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tennis Racquets
Inventor: SAVOIE JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 11,566. Savoie, J., and Glines, E. C. May 19. Racquets. - To prevent a tennis racquet from splitting or separating at the point near the throat, the handle C and the throat piece Bare slotted for the reception of a reinforcing - piece A, Fig. 2, the grain of which runs at right-angles to the throat piece. The piece A is secured in position by glueing to both arms of the racquet and the throat piece.
Patent GB-190412226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cork-screws.
Inventor: VIARENGO CARLO
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 12,226. Viarengo, C. May 30. Corkscrews. - A corkscrew is provided, just above its screw portion b, with laterallyextending and helically-arranged arms c, which are pointed at their extremities, and also with a stop or stops d, formed by a tightly-fitting pin passing through the stem a of the corkscrew, or in any other manner. The arms c serve to remove the hardened part of the cork in the bottle neck, but are prevented from cutting too far into the cork by the stops d. The handle of the corkscrew may be provided with a wire cutter e.
Patent GB-190421293-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Means of Fixing Pipe and other Vices and the like.
Inventor: PRIME JAMES HERBERT
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 21,293. Prime, J. H. Oct. 4. Benches, work; vices.-An apparatus for supporting a pipe-vice &c. is expansible by means of a screw E so as to be capable of being fixed in a doorway, or other opening. The slotted plate H to which the vice is secured is locked by a spring or pin &c. on the tube or body-part C, which may have lengthening-pieces and is provided with a foot A. The screw also has a foot, and the nut may have a locking-pawl.
Patent GB-190421903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 21,903. British Thomson-Bouston Co., and Lloyd, W. J. Oct. 11. Quantity meters.-In motor meters, of the type in which an armature rotates in mercury in the field of a permanent magnet, and is retarded by eddy currents, series coils producing additional torque proportional to the square of the current are provided to compensate for fluid friction. In the meter shown, the disc A rotates between the magnetic plate B, screwed to one limb of the magnet D, and the non-magnetic plate C in which the pole-piece F is embedded. The compensating- coil H is placed on the other side of the disc, to be as far as possible from the permanent field. The coil may be wound on a soft-iron core M or embedded in a groove in the upper plate.
Patent GB-190428643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protecting-wrappers for Casks Containing Butter and similar Products.
Inventor: ROSEN CARL CHRISTIAN KROYER
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,643. Rosen, C. C. K., and Bay, A. Q. Dec. 29. Wrappers.-Casks for butter and the like are protected during transit by a wrapper made up of a number of pieces of straw matting d. The wrapper is so arranged that the marks on the cask remain uncovered. It is secured to the cask by bands e, preferably of iron wire. The wrapper may be so shaped that the ends r, s and r<1>, s<1> touch one another.