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Patent GB-190221707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games.
Inventor: ATKINS CHARLES MEADOWS
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 21,707. Atkins, C. M. Oct. 6. Games played with balls, pockets, &c. -Relates to a game played with balls, pockets, and bats or racquets. A frame enclosing a second frame divided into compartments and covered in front with netting, as shown, is placed on a table. The players allow balls to rebound from the table, and then endeavour to drive them into the compartments with the bats. The pockets are numbered to indicate the score, and the balls may be distinctively coloured for each player. The bottoms of the pockets are inclined so as to cause the balls to roll towards corresponding corners, where the partitions are cut away, the balls being kept in position by projections on a door forming the back of the case. When the door is opened, the balls are delivered through a shoot 10 into a drawer in the bottom of the frame. Other arrangements for delivering the balls may be used. The door is covered with cloth inside, to prevent the balls from rebounding. Nets 25, 26 are provided to return badly-directed balls.
Patent GB-190223417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tunneling Shields.
Inventor: COOPER THEODORE
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 23,417. Cooper, T. Oct. 27. Tunnelling.-An after-bulkhead C is secured to the shield at or near its cutting-edge E, and extends rearwards therefrom with a conical or reduced section, its sides rising above the water level maintained by the internal air pressure counterbalancing the external hydrostatic pressure. The excavation is carried on in advance of the forward bulkhead B by working under it from a standpoint, such as a platform F behind it, in the conical after-bulkhead. The rear end may be provided with a door H, and it may project into the finished portion of the tunnel over the trucks K which receive the spoil. The bottom cutting-edge may be behind that of the upper portion, so that piles &c. may be driven downwards. The spoil may be lifted by conveyers &c., or may be forced up the conical bulkhead by the advance of the shield.
Patent GB-190224916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saw-filing Devices.
Inventor: BECK AMBROSE JOSIAH
Filed: 1902-11-13
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 24,916. Beck, A. J. Nov. 13. Saws, sharpening.-The saw is held in a clamp consisting of a U-shaped frame 1, Fig. 3, having a fixed jaw 2. The movable jaw 3 is pivoted to the other limb of the U-frame at 16 and is forced against the saw by an eccentric 18 journalled at 19 in the fixed frame. The file 5, Fig. 1, is mounted in a fixed frame 8, 7, 9, the straight bar 7 of which works in a guide 32 which is mounted so that it can be adjusted in a vertical or a horizontal plane, on a plate 21 which slides longitudinally on the jaw 2. A plate, Fig. 6, with different shapes of teeth, is used for setting the file to the required pitch angle.
Patent GB-190227274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating at a Distance the Position of a Magnetic Needle principally for use with "Tell-tale" Compasses.
Inventor: PIEPER ADOLF
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 27,274. Pieper, A. Dec. 10. Indicating at a distance electrically.-In apparatus for indicating at a distance the position of a magnetic needle, principally for use with tell-tale compasses, the influence exerted by light rays on the resistance of selenium cells is employed. During the rotation of the compass card, selenium cells are successively illuminated by light thrown from a source outside the compass box either through the apertures b in the card directly on the cells a, or through apertures in the cover on to reflecting-strips on the card by which the light is reflected to cells outside the compass box. When four cells a are employed there are eight apertures b placed at intervals with three scale units between them.
Patent GB-190228229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buoyant Safes.
Inventor: HONECK FRANK
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 28,229. Honeck, F., and Hopkins, R. H. Dec. 22. Hatches and hatchways.-Relates to a buoyant safe, Fig. 1, for carrying mails or ships' papers or articles of value, so constructed that, in the event of the vessel sinking, the safe 1 is disengaged automatically from its position below the deck 22 and the hatch 24 and floats to the surface. The safe is pointed and has a lug 16 with a number of openings at the apex. The hatch covering 24 is in sections ; the sections are detachably jointed by the pins 26 with the hatchway walls, and are further connected by the hangers 29 and levers 31 with the lug 16 at the apex of the safe. The ends 34 of the levers 31 pass through the holes in the top lug, and the ends 32 engage with the underside 33 of the hatchway walls. On flotation of the safe, the hatch 24 is lifted from its connection with the hatchway.
Patent GB-190228358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: PICKEL JOHN WILKERSON
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,358. Pickel, J. W. Dec. 23. Annular and crescent-shaped chamber types.-An engine of the annular-chamber type is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The piston drum 28 has a central enlarged part fitting the cylinder 3 and slotted to receive the sliding piston vanes 48, and the slots and vanes are fitted with spring-pressed packing- strips 49, 50 made in sections with cut-away joints. The vanes are connected by crank-arms 40 to rocking shafts 37 supported on a spider 36 and carrying arms 38 fitted with rollers which run on fixed cams 33. The vanes are thus operated to work in conjunction with a fixed abutment 14, having a packing-dog 53. A sliding cut-off valve 4 is operated by a link motion 9 driven by an eccentric on the shaft, and may be controlled by a governor. A combined admission, exhaust, and reversing valve 17 connects the admission port 5 to one of the ports 15, 16, and the other of these ports to the annular exhaust passage 18. This passage has extra ports 20 controlled by valves 22, and the valves 22 and reversing-valve 17 are simultaneously operated by lever gear 24. The centrifugal force on the piston vanes is counterbalanced by springs 56. In a modification adapted for a crescent-shaped chamber type of engine, the cam - rollers are mounted on spring - supported adjustable arms.
Patent GB-190300248-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Railway Switch and Signal Operating Mechanism.
Inventor: PIERCE LA FAYETTE
Filed: 1903-01-05
Granted: 1904-01-05
Abstract: 248. La Pierce, F. Jan. 3, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A D. 1901]. Contacts, mechanical.-The switch mechanism, applicable for operating signals of any type and shown in Fig. 1, is automatically operated by the crank arm 44 of the vehicle 37, Fig. 3, the switch being opened or closed according to the direction of travel, and locked against accidental movement. To the switch cross-bar 7 is pivoted the link 10, Fig. 4, to the outer end of which is pivoted the double sprocket-wheel 13,14. The sprocket-wheel pin 17 is engaged by the shoulders 19, 20 on the stop plate 18 to limit the movement to a little more than half a revolution. The link 10 is slightly out of alignment with the cross-bar 7 when the switch is closed. The slotted ways 21, 22, located at opposite ends of the switch, have the sprocket-wheels 25, 35 connected up by crossed and open flexible connections with the wheels 13, 14 respectively. Adjustable levers 32, 33, with flaring mouths, operate over the ways 21, 22, so that, by controlling the crank arm 44 from the vehicle 37, the vehicle may be steered on to the side track or may be kept on the main track. The sprocket-wheel connections consist of chain sections and wire sections with three buckles for tensioning the connections.
Patent GB-190308112-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Automatic Electric Signalling Apparatus for Tramways.
Inventor: HARVEY LIONEL EDWARD
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 8112. Harvey, L. E., Estler, E. P. B., Estler, P. T. J., and Estler, H. P. C., [trading as Estler Bros.]. April 8. Electric tramways, signalling on; contacts, electric; semaphore &c. signals; signalling between trains. -Relates to automatic electric systems, described for a single-track electric tramway, in which a tramcar, upon entering a section, sets an oppositedirection signal at the distant end thereof at danger, and restores it to line-clear upon leaving the section. The trolley-wheel running upon the overhead conductor 2, Fig. 2, encounters a contactbar 1, having upturned ends and suspended by bolts 3 and springs 7 from a bracket-piece 4, 5 on the arm 6 of the wire-supporting pole. Fig. 3 shows a similar contact suspended from a spanwire 8 between two of - the main supports 9. During contact, current flows from the trolleywire through a solenoid 11, Fig. 1, at the distant station, attracting the core 12 and pulling the semaphore arm B into a horizontal position. Buffer springs 16, 17 check the motion of the arm, which has a projection 18 snapping under a spring bolt 19 as the arm rises, and also a piece 24 contacting with a spring piece 23 to complete a circuit through the electromagnet 21 and an external contact at the' end of the section similar to that described. When this circuit is energized, the retainiag-bolt 19 is withdrawn and the semaphore falls to " lineclear."
Patent GB-190316453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Alloys
Inventor: RUEBEL WALTER
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 16,453. R³bel, W. July 25. Alloys.-An aluminium alloy, specially adapted for castings which are afterwards mechanically operated upon, consists of 4 parts of copper, 2À5 of cadmium, and 93À5 of aluminium ; or 6 parts of copper, 3À5 of cadmium, and 90À5 of aluminium.
Patent GB-190318760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vapour Generating Lamps for Hydrocarbon Oil or Spirit.
Inventor: TURNER FREDERICK ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 18,760. Turner, F. A. Aug. 31. Vapour lamps.-In a vapour lamp for lighting or beating purposes, the reservoir 1 has a central orifice with a threaded collar 2 in which is screwed an annular stopper 3 from which depends a tapered or other tube 5. The burner tube 6 is fixed in the bottom of the tube 5, and is packed with asbestos 9 to near the top, where the tube is provided with perforations or a perforated bulb 7. The tube 5 minimizes the transmission of heat from the burner to the oil in the reservoir. A tube 4 may surround the central orifice and extend nearly to the bottom of the reservoir. An auxiliary burner tube 11 slides through a stuffing - box 10 on the reservoir and is bent at its upper end into a ring or semicircle, which surrounds or partly surrounds the main burner tube. The auxiliary tube h packed with asbestos, and the upper part may be provided with perforations 14, or a slit, or the circular or semicircular part may be in the form of an open channel. When the tube is in its raised position, the asbestos in its lower end is just clear of the oil. To start the lamp, the tube is depressed to allow the asbestos to become saturated with oil or spirit. It is then raised, and the oil is ignited at its upper end. The flames impinge on the main burner tube just below the perforations, heating the tube and causing the vaporizing of the oil, the vapour issuing through the perforations and becoming ignited by the auxiliary burner, which becomes extinguished when its supply of oil has been consumed.
Patent GB-190320332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Inventor: HIRST ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 20,332. Hirst, A., Hirst, R. R., and Hirst, A. Sept. 22. Mangling and wringing machines. -The backboard c of a combined mangling and wringing machine is provided at its ends with brackets d having pivot pins d<1> engaging open slots a' on the machine frame. A hook-shaped lever e is pivoted to a point d<11> on each bracket. These levers are connected by a horizontal bar f. The board is held in a horizontal or vertical position by the levers e engaging projections on the machine as shown. The board may also rest in an inclined position against stops h.
Patent GB-190323573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube-sheets or Plates for Steam Boilers
Inventor: RHEUTAN GARRETT HERRING
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,573. Rheutan, G. H. Aug. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tube-plates.-The tube sheets or plates of return-tube or other firetube boilers have flat perforated lower parts 13 to receive the ends of the tubes 11, and bulged convex upper portions 14 with horizontal connecting-shelves 15. Each plate has a cylindrical flange 16 riveted to the shell 10.
Patent GB-190403418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket-clips for penholders and the like
Inventor: DITTMAR WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 3418. Dittmar, W. Feb. 11. Stamping; making clips for penholders &c. - A pocket clip for fountain pens &c. is formed from two sheet-metal stampings b, c as shown in Fig. 1. The part c, Figs. 1 and 7, is formed into a split ring tightly clamping the pen &c., and having two upturned perforated ears h, which may engage trunnions e on the part 3. The part b may be formed with a spring f and also with points d to grip the edge of the pocket &c. In some cases, the part b has ears similar to the part c, but lying on one side of them, and a pin is passed through all four ears and riveted over. In this form, a spiral spring wound round the pin may be substituted for the spring f. Instead of points d, the downturned edge of the part b may be formed straight or curved.
Patent GB-190406963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Detachable Buckets for Turbines.
Inventor: REIST HENRY GERBER
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6963. Reist, H. G. March 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam turbines. - Detachable vane buckets 5 for steam turbines are made with integral covers 10. Each bucket has a tongue 6 formed with a projection 7 adapted to engage with a dovetailed groove in the side of the turbine wheel 1 or casing. The buckets are secured in position by means of segmental filling-pieces 8 held by bolts 9 passing through the wheel.
Patent GB-190408072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Golf or like Balls.
Inventor: CRUICKSHANK PETER
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 8072. Cruickshank, P. April 8. Balls.-The intermediate padding between the central core and the outer cover of a golf or like ball consists of perforated rubber sheeting or tape A. The tape &c. is vulcanized or cured before being wound on to the core. The perforations are stated to increase the elasticity of the ball, by promoting more perfect vulcanization and by imprisoning air in the ball. In order to produce a more perfect joint, the edges of the halves C of the outer cover of gutta-percha &c are serrated before being applied to the core. The invention is applicable to balls without central cores.
Patent GB-190412010-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cooking Stove for use with Petroleum or the like.
Inventor: TOERNER CARL EVALD
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 12,010. T÷rner, C. E. May 27, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A. D. 1901]. Oil cooking-stoves.- In a cooking - stove burning petroleum or a similar fuel, air is supplied to the burner 2 through openings 14 in a passage 6, which extends downwards to the bottom of the stove, and has in its lower part an auxiliary burner 9 for increasing the draught. The main burner consists of a conical piece 16, in which is an inverted cone 15 and beneath which air enters to the vaporized oil drawn up by an incombustible wick 3. The auxiliary burner may be raised by a rod so that the wick can project through the aperture 12, where it may be lit. A stand, suitable for cooking-utensils, is placed above the burner. Instead of one round burner, two flat burners may be used, arranged in such a manner that they enclose a passage between them which serves the purpose of an air duct ; and instead of the burner 9, an ordinary lamp or the like may be placed in the bottom of the stove.
Patent GB-190413311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Apparatus for Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: SINCLAIR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 13,311. Sinclair, G. June 13. Smoke-consuming. -Relates to means of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 4622 and 7098, A.D. 1904, for regulating the supply of air through the doors of steam-generator and other furnaces. The front plate A, Fig. 2, sides a, and bottom a<1> of the box-like door are perforated, and a flap or baffle C, which is actuated by a rack-lever E passing through a slot e in the front plate, rests in a recess in the lower part of the casting. When open to its full extent, the flap rests against a back-piece D formed on the door casting. Steam may be supplied to the furnace by a pipe 1. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the supply of air to the furnace is closed by pushing back the flap G to abut against a flange h on the furnace door F. In a further modification, the door is flush with the furnace front and is perforated, the amount of air passing through the perforations being regulated by a vertical or horizontal shutter which works in slides on the door.
Patent GB-190417205-A (GB)
Title: Improved Portable Means for Propelling and Steering Boats
Inventor: TUCKFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1904-08-06
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,205. Tuckfield, C., and Garland, W. G. de F. Aug. 6. Detachable propelling-installations. - Relates to an installation for barges, punts, and other small craft, which is adjustable to suit varying draughts. A pivoted or fixed rod A is fitted at the bow or stern or alongside a well in the boat, and carries a vertically-adjustable forked bar B from which is suspended a motor connected with a paddle-wheel, or a screw propeller with after guide-blades. The boat is steered by turning the tiller handle D to port or starboard, and is driven astern by turning the motor and propeller through 180‹ by means of the chain-gear E, F.
Patent GB-190420609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters and Measuring Instruments
Filed: 1904-09-24
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 20,609. British Thomson-Houston Co. [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 24. Quantity meters of the electrolytic type, for alternating currents. Two electrolytic "valves" are oppositely connected in parallel i the e circuit, and the amount of decomposition in one or both of them serves to indicate the quantity of electricity used. The "valves" preferably have aluminium and carbon electrodes in solution of Rochelle salt, and are contained in separate jars 2, 3 with covers 16. The electrodes are held close together by bolts 9 with interposed insulating - washers, and the conductors 11 are protected by closefitting rubber tubes. A film 6 of paraffin or other liquid may be coloured to facilitate the reading of the scale 4, showing the volume of liquid removed by decomposition.
Patent GB-190421228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches, Spanners and the like.
Inventor: RIASSE ALEXANDRE ANTOINE
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 21,228. Riasse, A. A. Oct. 6, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patent8 Act, A.D. 1901]. Spanners.-T h e available opening between the fixed jaws 2 of a spanner is varied by means of plates 3 which may be slidable or pivoted on a pin 4 and be locked in or out of position by a nut 6 or a spring.
Patent GB-190425817-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Incubator Alarm.
Inventor: JAMES WALTER
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 25,817. James, W. Nov. 28. Incubators.-The heat-regulating mechanism of incubators is arranged to ring an electric bell when the temperature rises or falls beyond certain limits, means being provided for regulating the maximum and minimum temperatures and for preventing the regulating-apparatus from being damaged when the attendant is absent. The rod a, which is moved by the regulating-capsules and carries the damper b, passes through a slot in an attachment e, and completes the electric circuit when it touches either of the adjustable screws f, g. The slot is lined with insulating-material, and the upper screw f is fitted with a spring buffer, so as to allow the rod a to continue to rise after the alarm is given. The screws f, g are secured by set-screws.
Patent GB-190426019-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Handle-bar for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: FRASER GORDON SCOTT
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,019. Fraser, G. S. Nov. 30. Handle-bars.-Relates to handle-bars with spring devices for preventing vibration. The vertical member 20, Figs. 1 and 2, of the frame carries a T-piece 22 through which the member 23 passes. The clamps 25 securing the handles 24 to the free member 23 are connected by a bridge-piece 26, at the centre of which is jointed the rod 27 sliding through the fixed bracket 28 and controlled by springs 29, 30. In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the handle-bars 24 are fixed by brazing or otherwise to the rotating member 23, and brackets 33, 34 are clamped to the fixed T-piece 22 and the handlebar 24 respectively. A rod 35 hinged to the bracket 34 slides through the bracket 35, and motion is controlled by the spring 37, a leather or like cushion 38 being provided. In other forms, the springs may be enclosed in a sector-shaped double clamp 39, 40, Figs. 6 and 7, or a coiled spring 46, Fig. 12, may be arranged in a cylindrical box, stops 47 being provided to limit the motion of the handle-bars.
Patent GB-190428434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulating Material and the Process of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: BILLWILLER JOHANN
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 28,434. Billwiller, J., and Karrer, P., [proprietor of Schweizerische Xilolith-(Steinholz) Fabrik Dr. P. Karrer, vorm. Rilliet & Karrer]. Dec. 27. Insulating-compositions. - Blocks of insulating- material are formed by mixing finely-divided raw or cured vegetable fibre, such as sawdust, with pulverized insulating-material, such as mica and magnesia; sulphur may be added, and the mass is moistened and strongly compressed until it hardens. The blocks may then be impregnated, preferably ,at 150‹ to 170‹ C., with insulating-liquid such as oil, which may carry in solution some substance, such as the aluminium salt of one of the fatty acids, to diminish the combustibility of the oil, and lessen the affinity of the mass for water. Instead of treating the mass with oil, it may be treated with, say, a solution of sulphur in carbon bisulphide, particularly if the mass' has been made up with sulphur, and various dyes or pigments may be used with the materials to produce a coloured block.