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Patent GB-190211074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Forms for use in Winding Armature Coils and the like.
Filed: 1902-05-14
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 11,074. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Lundskog, J. W.]. May 14. Wire; bending.-Relates to forms for use in winding armature coils &c. The form, which is intended to be bolted to the faceplate of a lathe or some other rotating device, consists of a base A, having on one side a stepped surface C, formed by detachable plates D, and on the other side an inclined surface, formed by a detachable plate H. At each end, a pair of oppositely-turned hooks E, F, E', F<1> are provided for the purpose of guiding the wire from one side of the coil to the other in forming the off-sets. The wire is kept in place by a detachable plate J, overlapping the inclined edge of the form at J<4>, and by a clamping-device L. In winding a coil, one end of the wire is placed against a gauge K and secured by the clamp L ; the wire is then carried under a projection J<5>, along the inclined side H, under a second projection J<5>, and thence to the offset-forming device E, F, where it crosses over to the opposite side and is carried along one of the ledges on the stepped surface C to the second offset-forming device E', F<1>, where it again crosses over to the other side, and so on. Clips T retain the wire in place on removing the coil from the form.
Patent GB-190215348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cans for Containing Inflammable Liquids.
Inventor: BERGNER PAUL
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 15,348. Bargner, P. July 9. Stoppers.-Safety cans for containing inflammable liquids are provided with the stopper and outlet shown in Fig. 1. The outlet pipe c of the screwed stopper b projects to a relatively small 1 extent into the interior of the can, and is there covered with gauze d. The air-tube f passes to a relatively great extent into the can. Externally, it is shorter than the outlet pipe. As regards the opening from the can into the outlet, preferably the gauze is on one side only, and not completely round the pipe, so that the gauze is always covered with liquid when the can is used for filling a reservoir. An additional piece g is conveniently affixed as shown.
Patent GB-190216227-A (GB)
Title: Brake for Button Making and other Machines.
Inventor: HORMBY JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 16,227. Hormby, J. July 21. Lathes. - Braking - mechanism for machines, particularly machines for making vegetable-ivory &c. buttons, such as the machine described in Specification No. 20,903, A.D. 1898, is shown in sectional elevation in the Figure. A disc or pulley B is keyed on the cam shaft A, and provided with an eccentric peripheral projection M, the fore end 0 of which is bevelled, and the other end P cut off abruptly. The part M co-operates with a (preferably) wooden brake shoe L held in a seat in a lever D, which is pivoted at E to a rigid part of the machine frame, and at H to a screw G passing through a rigid arm or portion F of the machine and provided with a spring J and adjusting- nuts I, K.
Patent GB-190225107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Switch Boxes.
Inventor: URIE GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-15
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 25,107. Urie, G. Nov. 15. Points and switches.-The rack B, sliding on the support C in the casing A, is reciprocated by the pinion D on the spindle of the weighted lever E. One arm of the bell crank F lies in the slot E<1> in the rack, and its other end is connected to the railway or like points. A bracket H on the casing carries the pivot for the bell crank.
Patent GB-190225329-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Trimming Grain or like Material.
Inventor: PHILIP WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 25,329. Philip, W. L. Nov. 18. Grain-carrying vessels.-Relates to apparatus for trimming grain and like materials in a vessel. The apparatus consists of a light girder frame having drums B mounted at either end, over which works an endless apron C with levelling-blades D. The apron C is maintained in position by guiderollers E. One of the drums B is mounted in adjustable bearings to regulate the tension of the apron C. The other drum B is driven by bevel gearing from the shaft G of an electric or other suitable motor F. The frame is provided at intervals with feet K and with adjustable flaps J, to prevent it from sinking too far into the grain. The apparatus is held stationary when in operation by a rope or the like L.
Patent GB-190304061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ordnance
Inventor: PALMBORG JOHAN ALFRED
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 4061. Palmborg, J. A. March 3, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Ordnance, breech mechanism.-To avoid premature discharge, the firing-pin is moved out of line with the cartridge primer, as soon as the breechscrew is rotated to unlock it. The firing-pin 7 is carried in a core 2, which is arranged eccentrically in the breech-screw 1 and is prevented from rotating (1) by an arm 3, Fig. 2, which is loosely pivoted at 5 to the carrier 6, or (2) by a pin 10, Fig. 4, on a screw block 9, which is locked from rotation by a connection with the carrier.
Patent GB-190316033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Luminous Advertisements and the like
Inventor: MARTIN EDOUARD
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1904-07-20
Abstract: 16,033. Martin, E. July 20. Magic-lantern apparatus.-Consists in projecting luminous advertisements, names of stations, or other devices from moving objects, such as railway, tramway, and other vehicles, so that passengers can easily observe the same, such as by projecting them on to the walls of tunnels, screens at railway stations, railway and like cuttings, tramway and other tracks, the surfaces of water and ordinary roads, &c. The projecting-device, being carried by the moving vehicle &c., moves along with the observer. It consists of a clockwork device for rotating, at intervals, a disc or discs a<1> upon which transparent advertisements &c. are mounted, and which are projected by an ordinary electric or other projecting-lantern. The spring drum c drives through a shaft d, having a ratchet-wheel e and spring pawl f, toothed gearing j, k, m, n. The wheel n controls the escapement, while a ratchetwheel o on the same arbor actuates a pivoted bar p having a tooth q and moving a sliding bar r against the action of a spring u. The sliding bar, by means of a pawls, operates a ratchet-wheel v on the shaft of the disc a'. The ratchet-wheel is provided with a spring pawl y, preventing backward turning, and the rod r with a stop a to prevent more than one tooth from passing at each impulse. The advertisements &c. may be otherwise moved, such as by hand or by opening the doors of the vehicles. The latter may also serve to extinguish or turn on the light. Kinematograph pictures may be similarly projected, and may be set in motion by a coin-freed mechanism.
Patent GB-190322366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spools for Musical Instrument Controlling Sheets
Inventor: CLARK ERNEST GRANT
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,366. Clark, E. G. Oct. 16. Automatic instruments. -In a spool for carrying tune-sheets the distance between its two heads is adjustable to accommodate slight variations in the width of the sheets. The wooden shaft 1 ends in tenons 2, with sockets 3 to receive the bushings 4, 4<a> of the end pieces 5, 5<a>. One end 5 is provided with a ferrule 6 which has a peripheral oblique slot 8, from one end of which a notch 9 is cut to the end of the ferrule. This slot engages with the pin 10 in the end piece 5, so that on rotating the end-piece, this moves longitudinally, since the ferrule is fixed. The ferrule at the end 5 and the end-piece 5<a> are fixed to the tenon 2 by the bushings 4, 4<a>, which are tapered at the end and on being driven in, press the tenon against the inside of the ferrule or endpiece as the case may be. The ferrule is further fixed by the pin 12. The spool is driven by the bushing 4<a>, the other one serving as a bearing.
Patent GB-190324193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hook and Eye Fastenings
Inventor: PHILLIPS EDWARD
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 24,193. Phillips, E., and Landau, A. Nov. 7. Hooks and eyes.-The hook has two extra eyes b as well as the ordinary ones c. The beak d is bent inwards at e to retain the eye.
Patent GB-190324235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: DAVY WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1904-11-07
Abstract: 24,235. Davy, W. J. Nov. 7. Arc lamps.-In a brake lamp, the deflection of a hot wire, secured between two fixed points, and connected in series with the arc, is employed to operate the controlling - mechan - ism. The wire 1, Fig. 1, connected between the terminals 2, 3 in series with the carbons e, f, passes the pulley 4, its length, and consequently its pressure on the pulley, being regulated by the screws 32. The carbons e, f tend to feed by gravity, and are connected by the cord g over the pulley h, Fig. 2, while the controlling- mechanism acts on the pulley h<1>. The pulleys h, h<1> are insulated on the spindle i, which is mounted on the arms l attached to the two vertical side supports c. The pulley 4 is mounted between two links 5, pivoted between the rods c. When the current is turned on, the strip 1 expands, and the weight 6 deflects the links 5 and pulley 4, while simultaneously the link p and two links n are lowered, causing the brake wire or strap 8, attached to the links n at the points o, o', to engage the pulley h'. This pulley h<1>, two angle-levers m, and the links n, are thus operated to rotate the pulley h and strike the arc, the angle-levers m moving away from a stop 11. As the arc lengthens, the strip 1 contracts and the brake 8 is relieved to ensure an even feeding of the carbons. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the lower carbon is fixed, the upper carbon being fed by gravity through a grip device. When the wire 1 first expands, the rod r, engaged in a slot in the lever 5, raises the grip device to strike the arc, after which the grip gradually falls back to its stop and allows the carbon to feed steadily. Any extra tension in the strip i is relieved by the lever 7 and spring 9. According to the Provisional Specification, an extra thin resistance of suitable form is provided, in series with the expansion strip, and an extra regulating-electromagnet is described, the armature of which is attached by a flexible connection to the pulley lever over which the wire passes so as to leave a certain amount of free. movement for the lever. The armature is attracted when the arc is struck, and when the current begins to alter substantially, the flexible connection is tightened and the lever cannot feed the carbons any longer. The arc then becomes unsteady and goes out, releasing the armature and leaving the carbons free to fall together and re-strike the arc.
Patent GB-190324679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Running-gear for Vehicles
Inventor: GIBBS LUCIUS TUCKERMAN
Filed: 1903-11-13
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 24,679. Gibbs, L. T. Nov. 13. Undercarriages.-The axles are free to move vertically in guides 3, 4, as described in Specification No. 7125, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Locomotives &c.], but the sliding boxes are replaced by rollers 7 mounted on the axle. In a modification, there may be two rollers adapted to roll one on each side of a single guide. Arms 8 for carrying motors &c. may be attached to the axle in the case of motor cars.
Patent GB-190325655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for the Lenses of Cameras adapted for Bringing into Action Additional Magnifying Powers, Isochromatic Screens or the like.
Inventor: ISAACS MYER LEWIS
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 25,655. Isaacs, M. L., Isaacs, L. M., and Isaacs, F. M., [trading as Levi & Co., J.]. Nov. 24. Lenses and lens fittings. -Relates to a device for carrying supplementary lenses, isochromatic screens, or other optical glasses for use in conjunction with the primary lens The lenses c, d, screens b, &c. are mounted on a common pivot, and are provided with projections b<1>, c<1>, d' to distinguish them. The attachment a is secured to the front of the camera.
Patent GB-190328447-A (GB)
Title: Method of Applying Spring Buffers to Solid Buffer Wagons.
Inventor: MURRAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 28,447. Murray, W. Dec. 28. Buffers.-In applying spring buffers to wagons, a part of the usual solid wooden buffer is cut off, and the spring-buffer casing is secured on the cut end by flanges D and bolts, as shown. One of the flanges serves also to replace the usual angle-iron between the buffer and the headstock B. A recess is cut in the solid buffer to accommodate the plunger of the spring buffer.
Patent GB-190404200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vulcanising Apparatus.
Inventor: FROST HENRY HARVEY
Filed: 1904-02-19
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 4200. Frost, H. H. Feb. 19. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to a portable vulcanizing-apparatus particularly adapted for repairing pneumatic tyres. A hollow mandrel A, preferably circular in cross-section, and shaped to the form of the tyre cover, is heated internally and externally by steam from a generator B<1>. The tyre, with the mandrel inserted, is placed in a recess B<3> in the upper part B<2> of the generator, steam being led into and out of the mandrel through valve-controlled openings. The patch is secured upon the tyre by tapes or by a clamping-arrangement which consists of a screw C<1> carrying a curved plate C' and passing through an adjustable block C<3>. In placing patches on the outer surface of a tyre, the mandrel may be dispensed with and the tyre need not be removed from the wheel. Small tyres or other articles may be treated on the flat surface B<8>, a recess B<9> being provided to receive the valve of an air tube. A pivoted lever D may be tightened upon the work by means of a nut D'. For joining the ends of tyres or tubes, an inverted mould, which is preferably hollow and has a valve-controlled opening for the admission of steam, is adapted to be fitted in the recess B<3>. Other means for heating the apparatus may be used, and the part B may be formed with two or more channels B<3> of varying sizes.
Patent GB-190407882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Projectiles, and of Caps for use therewith.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7882. Hadfield, R. A. April 5. Tempering. - Relates to hardening armourpiercing projectiles and to the manufacture of caps for the points. The projectiles, suitably prepared for hardening, are treated by heating to a temperature ranging from 720‹ to 820‹ C. and then dipping point downwards to a suitable depth in oil or in water heated so as to produce the same cooling effect as oil at the ordinary temperature. The rest of the projectile may be dipped at any stage of the cooling process, the point in any case being allowed to cool down to the temperature of the cooling-medium. The projectiles are preferably made of nickel-chromium steel of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 27,753, 27,754, and 27,755, A.D. 1897, with a lower percentage of carbon than usual. For example, the steel may contain À60 per cent. of carbon, 2 per cent. of nickel, and 2 per cent. of chromium with the manganese as low as possible. The projectile may be prepared by the methods described in Specifications No. 16,131, A.D. 1901, and Nos. 7778 and 25,973, A.D. 1902. Projectiles to be hardened as described may be forged or cast to shape, but are preferably made by casting them solid and afterwards boring out a chamber. The wrought iron or mild steel used for the caps, or the caps themselves after they have been forged or machined, or cast, or stamped to shape, is heated to 950‹-1100‹ C., cooled preferably by quenching in a liquid, and then re-heated to 600‹-800‹ C., after which it is allowed to cool slowly.
Patent GB-190413108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Gas Burners for Heating and Lighting.
Inventor: CLAYTON RICHARD
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 13,108. Clayton, R., and Whitehouse, E. June 10. Gas burners.-Relates to means for regulating the air and gas supplies to atmospheric burners for heating purposes, and to means for adapting the supply pipes of atmospheric burners for stoves or gas fires for connection to pipes at either side of the stove &c. The air supply is regulated by a perforated plate d, which may be moved so as to cover more or less the apertures c in the mixing-chamber a, and the gas supply is regulated by a hollow plug h', which may be screwed into the boss f so as to constrict or close the four small ports g<1>, leaving open only the central port g. The plate d is supported by the arch e, and its movements are limited by a stop working in a slot in the chamber a. The gas-fire or gas-stove burner shown in Fig. 8 is formed with a collar n, which seats itself into the socket o<1> on the supply pipe o, and enables the pipe to be placed at the right or at the left of the fireplace. According to the Provisional Specification, sliding baffle-plates may be used instead of the rotary regulators described above.
Patent GB-190415043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Telephonic Transmitters and like Instruments.
Filed: 1904-07-05
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 15,043. Lake, H. H., [Submarine Signal Co.]. July 5. Telephones. - The resistance in a microphone consists of carbon filaments which are contained in separate cylindrical spaces between two carbon plates mounted on mica diaphragms. The filaments c lie between the two carbon plates C<1>, C<2> which are held by the heads c<2>, c<7> of the studs c<1>, c<8>. The stud c<1> is clamped to the mica diaphragm B by the nut c<6> which clamps the flange c<4> of the nut c<3>. The stud c<8> is similarly clamped to the other diaphragm B<1>. The diaphragms B, B<1> are clamped against the flanges b, a<2> of the cylindrical case A by annular nuts b<2>, b<3>, and an insulating- ring D is held against the shoulder formed by the flange a<2> so as to be opposite the space between the carbon plates. The circuit leads c<10>, c<11> are connected to the studs c', c<8> by flange nuts c<12>, c<13>.
Patent GB-190417350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Inventor: WHITE JOHN
Filed: 1904-08-09
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,350. White, J., and Halligan, R. Aug. 9. Circular knitting - machines.-Fig. 2 shows a switching-device used in lowering part or all of the needles to an inoperative position, and Fig. 5 an arrangement by which a needle may be dropped here and there in making fancy work &c. A passage d, Fig. 2, leading to the horizontal groove c, is closed or opened by the switch e having an outside arm g carrying a projection which slips into one of two depression3 k on the cam-cylinder. The needles can be raised into the passage d by a switch g<1>, similarly constructed and operated. To remove a needle here and there, a space between adjacent cams, normally bridged by a bolt o, Fig. 5, of semicircular section, is brought under the needle, and the bolt o drawn back and rotated until the pin r is held by the edge of the casing s. The semicircular end of the bolt, by being rotated, leaves sufficient space for the needle to drop through into the track c below.
Patent GB-190417983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows.
Inventor: HERSCHMANN MORITZ
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,983. Herschmann, M., and Walchner, C. Aug. 18. Windows. - Consists in the construction of windows with an upper sash C, sliding in guides in the window frame, and two casements B, provided on the inside with hinges a, a<1> and on the outside with hinges a<2>, a<3>, adapted to allow the window to open inwards or outwards. To open the window inwards, the casements are lowered into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5, thus bringing the part a of the lower hinge into engagement with the part a<x>, Figs. 8 and 8<a>, while retaining the pin of the hinge a<1> in its socket. To open the window, the part a<x> is moved into the position shown in Fig. 8<b>, and the casement is lowered to its fullest extent, as shown in Figs 3 and 6, thus disengaging the hinges a, a<1> and bringing the hinges a<2>, a<3> into gear. The upper hinge a<3> is provided with lugs a<y>, shown in Fig. 10<b>, which permit the casements to be opened only when the pins of the outer hinges are in complete engagement with their sockets. The window is locked, and the casements raised and lowered, by the rail c, Fig. 9<a>, operated by the cam c<1>. The window frame is provided with a weather-strip c<2> and beading c'.
Patent GB-190418060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-mechanical Apparatus for Automatically Operating the Rail and Electrical Conductor Points on Electric Tramways & Railways from the Tram or Train.
Inventor: PARR GEORGE DUDLEY ASPINALL
Filed: 1904-08-20
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 18,060. Parr, G. D. A., and Binns, W. Aug. 20. Points and switches; electric railways and tramways on the overhead-conductor and conduit systems. Rail and conductor points of electric or other railways and tramways are operated by an electro-mechanical apparatus set in action by the trolley-pole or skate of the car completing an electric circuit through an electromagnet and thus unlocking the operating-mechanism. Figs. 1 and 2 show the general arrangement of the apparatus ; the electromotor 1 drives the shaft 3 through toothed gearing 2 and rocks the lever arms 5, 6, thereby moving the point-operating rod 7 and also moving the chains 9, 10 to raise one of the weights 13, 14. These weights are also connected by chains 15, 16 to a slider 19 which is normally prevented from moving by a projection 32, Fig. 4, on its rear surface which engages directly, or through the medium of a latch 34, with a bolt 38 forming part of the armature of an electromagnet. When the car trolley-pole completes the circuit, the bolt 38 is withdrawn against the action of a spring, and the raised weight falls and actuates the slider. The moving slider has projections which engage a T-shaped lever 42, shown enlarged in Fig. 3, and move it to the right or left into a position similar to that shown by dotted lines. This lever is rigidly connected to the shaft 41 carrying at its other end the brush arm of a reversing-switch 4, Figs. 1 and 2, normally kept in the "off" position by a spring in the box 40, and also has a projection 45, Fig. 3, which depresses one of the horns of the trip 21 against the action of springs 27, 28 and thereby slides over them in one direction but is prevented from returning. When the T-shaped lever is in the position shown in dotted lines, the circuit is completed through the reversing-switch, and the motor rotates and operates the points. When the operation is complete, the iever 6 engages the projection 24 on the trip and depresses it on to one of the stops 29, 30, thereby releasing the T-shaped lever, which springs back to the "off position, carrying the slider with it until the latter is again engaged by the catch. A suitable arrangement of circuits is shown for reversing the current through the motor field by the movement of the reversing- switch, and for operating the electromagnetic latch. Overhead points may be operated by connecting them by cords or wires to the lever 5, Fig. 1, and the invention may be applied to ordinary railways by supplying the motor and electromagnet with current from any external source. Clutches or worm gearing may be used if found desirable in any part of the apparatus.