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Patent GB-190224077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bearings for Pulleys, Shafts and the like
Inventor: HILDERSLEY DANIEL
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-11-04
Abstract: 24,077. Hildersley, D. Nov. 4. Adjusting bearings; brasses.-Relates to bearings for loose pulleys and shafts and for other purposes. The bearing is made in two parts secured by flanges to the web or spokes of a pulley, and either adjusted to form the bearing-surfaces or to hold divided bearing-brasses in position. The divided bearing b has discs c, which are adjusted on the web a<1> or spokes of the pulley by means of slots d and bolts e. The adjustment is made by screws i, which pass either through the flange a, and are removable after the discs are secured, or through inner lugs when the screws may be secured by lock-nuts. The pulley may have a slotted web or the spokes shaped to form radial guides for guide webs or slots on the discs; the discs may also be packed with emery cloth or paper to give a friction grip with the web to prevent movement. The Provisional Specification refers to varying the arrangements of securing-bolts. The brasses may be formed in two pairs 1, 2 and 3, 4, as shown in Fig. 9, and have end flanges to prevent longitudinal movement. The adjustment faces 5 are preferably radial, but may be otherwise arranged. The sloping back sections 3, 4 may be cut or slotted so as to form portions that can be forced into the joint and allow for wear. Projections may also be formed on some of the meeting surfaces to take into grooves in the other surfaces.
Patent GB-190226567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lighters for Cigars, Cigarettes and the like
Inventor: BUTCHER LEOPOLD ERNEST
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 26,567. Butcher, L. E. Dec. 2. Lighters, cigar and like.-The case a of the lighter resembles a watch ease, and has a lid b containing tinder n or cottonwool saturated in spirit. A plate c is rotatably mounted in the case, and carries a detachable paper disc d with equidistant fulminate caps. A spindle g is turned by a ring, and carries a pinion engaging teeth in the circumference of the plate c, which is thereby rotated to bring a fresh cap under a spring hammer k, simultaneously operated by a star-wheel j. The sparks from the cap ignite the tinder n.
Patent GB-190226970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Registering the Discharge or Liquids by Pumps
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 26,970. Liquid (Electric) Register Syndicate, and Cassal, H. J. S. Dec. 6, Registering action of pumps. - In an electric apparatus for registering the quantity of liquid discharged from a pump or beer engine, a coutact-piece moved by the pump piston or plunger is caused to open and close an electric circuit at intervals during the working of the pump, and electric impulses are thus transmitted to the electromagnet of a recording-apparatus. The contact-piece is mounted on a rod l, which is connected by a piece n<1> and clamp p to the pump piston-rod b and moves in guides on a wooden support i<1>. The other piece of the contact arrangement consists of a metal plate i which is movable between pins on the support i<1> and is connected to a battery r' and a recorder r. The insulating-strips k which break the connection of the metal plate and spring contact - piece are arranged as shown on the plate i, in order that the apparatus may be adapted to pumps of different strokes by moving the plate i horizontally. A crosshead l<2> on the rod l is placed loosely in a hole in the piece n<1>, and makes contact with the piece n<1> only when the pump piston is rising and discharging into the pipes c, e. When the pump piston is descending, the crosshead l<2> bears against an insulating-lining in the piece n<1>. The electric circuit is continued from the piece n<1> to an insulated contact-piece f<1> in a chamber d on the discharge pipe c. A spring g placed within this chamber and pivoted to it at the bottom is forced by the liquid during discharge into contact with the piece f<1> and so connects it to the recorder r. As the electric circuit is otherwise completed during the discharging-strokes of the pump, the impulses sent to the recorder r are then controlled by the plate i and rod l. The plate i may have parallel horizontal strips k, and is then pivoted at one of its lower corners to facilitate the adjustment of the apparatus to different pumps. In a modification of the contact arrangement in the chamber d, the piece f<1> extends downwards within a closed metal tube which is covered with an india - rubber jacket. The pressure of the liquid in the chamber d during discharge depresses the elastic jacket into a hole in the metal tube, and thus moves a spring piece into contact with the piece f<1>. The contact-plate i &c. may be used in apparatus in which the electric circuit is not controlled by the flow of the liquid.
Patent GB-190228854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOSEPH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-12-31
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 28,854. MacKenzie, J. A. Dec. 31. Annular-chamber type of engines which may be actuated by steam, water, gas, air, &c. and used to propel ships. As adapted for use with steam, a ring-shaped chamber A, Fig. 1, contains a piston vane D on a disc B<1>, and has a sliding abutment E actuated by rocking arms H<1> connected to a cam P on the driving-shaft. The shaft has two similar rotary-disc valves I, Fig. 2, each having a segmental aperture I<1> co-operating with a series of admission apertures a in the side walls of the working-chamber. The valves are used for forward and reversed running respectively. In a modification, a rotary abutment is used.
Patent GB-190300255-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Conical or Stepped Objects out of Amber, Imitations thereof and the like, and Appliances therefor.
Inventor: SIMON ERNST
Filed: 1903-01-05
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 255. Simon, E. Jan. 5. Moulding cigar and cigarette holders &c.-Blanks for mouthpieces for cigar and cigarette holders, and other conical or stepped objects having similar forms, are moulded from amber and other amberlike compositions in the moulds shown in Fig. 2. The substance is pressed into tapering holes 4 in cylindrical blocks 1, 2, 3, which are fitted together by studs and may be separated by a plate 5 or by discs 8. The perforations in the plate 5 and the discs 8 allow the substance to flow from one mould into the next, so that the pieces are joined by small connections, and may be broken off readily.
Patent GB-190302930-A (GB)
Title: Couplings for Conduits for Electric Conductors.
Inventor: MUNRO DONALD SMEATON
Filed: 1903-02-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 2930. Munro, D. S. Feb. 7. Conduits.-Good mechanical and electrical connections between the parts of unscrewed tubular metallic conduits for electrical conductors are formed by cleaning the ends of the tubes T to be joined, and inserting them within a coupling-piece C, which is then tightened upon them. The coupling-piece shown in Fig. 1 is split longitudinally, its ends being screwed and a nut N being screwed on to either end. In the form shown in Fig. 2, only the screwed ends are split. In another form, the nuts screw from the centre of the coupling outwards, the screwed ends being thicker than the smooth central part. In the form shown in Fig. 3, wedge-shaped rings W are forced under the ends of the coupling by the collars of the nuts. The coupling shown in Fig. 4 is not screwed, but its ends are thickened, and screws P pass radially through these thickened ends so as to force split rings W, having inclined surfaces, inwards. The coupling shown in Fig. 5 is uniform in thickness throughout, the screws P slightly entering and deforming the material of the tube. In the form shown iu Fig. 6, end projections or ears are formed on the tube, and tangential screws P passed through. The coupling may be permanently connected at one end to a bend inspection box, switch or fuse box, &c. The coupling may be lined with soft metal.
Patent GB-190303808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razors
Inventor: ALLEN JAMES EDWARD
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 3808. Allen, J. E. Feb. 18. Razors. - In place of the usual unadjustable means of fastening the razor blade to the scales, the bolt C working in a metallic bush and screwing into the nut D, is used and can be tightened up when the razor blade becomes loose. The nut D may be let into the adjacent scale and be pinned on by the pins E.
Patent GB-190304667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Printing on Vegetable Fibre and Means therefor
Inventor: OEHLER K
Filed: 1903-02-27
Granted: 1904-02-27
Abstract: 4667. Lake, H. H., [Oehler, K.]. Feb. 27. Dyeing.-Relates to the printing, by means of resists, of white and coloured designs upon cotton goods dyed with p - nitraniline red or other developing-colour, and consists in using as resists hydrazine, hydroxylamine, and their derivatives, such as phenylhydrazine, tolylhydrazine, alpha and #- naphthylhydrazine, phenylhydroxylamine, benzylbydroxylamine, phthalylhydroxylamine, and their salts, their sulphoconjugated derivatives, and the salts of the latter. These bodies are either finely ground or dissolved into suitable thickenings, while, for coloured resists, suitable colours and fixing-agents must be added. There are three methods of carrying out the invention :-(1) On insoluble azo colours developed in the fibre, for example, the #-naphthol combinations of diazotized bases, such as aniline &c., a white resist is formed of phenylhydrazine sulphonic acid, water, ammonia, and ammonium sulphocyanate. This is mixed with a thickening formed of wheat starch, British gum, tragacanth, and water. In this case, the goods are padded with #-naphthol, dried, printed with the resist, dried, developed by diazo - pnitraniline, rinsed, passed through hot water, soaped, rinsed, given a chlorine bath, and again rinsed and dried. A stock of resist may be made, consisting of the hydroxylamine, or hydrazine, and water and thickening, and this is neutralized with ammonia and diluted before used. The reserving power is increased by adding a solution of glue to the thickening, or tannic acid neutralized with ammonia to the resist colour. Directions are also given for making coloured resists for use with basic colours, such as benzoflavine, anramine, thioflavine, benzal, methylene blue, navy blue, fast grey &c. ; and also for coloured resists for use with mordant colours. (2) On the so-called combination method described in Specification No. 5122, A.D. 1897. In this case, the cotton is dyed with toluylene orange G or R, with diazo orange, or with benzonitrol-bordeaux, or with a mixture, dried, and printed with the white resist, after which it is dried, cooled, and padded with a suitable diazo solution. Modifications may be made by simultaneously printing the white resist with a coloured resist, or with white or coloured discharges, directly-dyeing colouring-matters or aniline black or logwood black. (3) On colours which are diazotized upon the fibre and then developed with different compounds, such as azo-mauve, diamiueblack, primuline, &c. By using the white or coloured resists, the following effects may be obtained :-(a) a resist primuline yellow under primuline red ; (b) coloured resists on brick red (obtained with primuline) ; (c) green resists on primuline red ; and (d) coloured resists on primuline brown.
Patent GB-190311242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Trolleys of Electrically Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: FIELDING PERCY
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 11,242. Fielding, P. May 18. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors.-Trolleys for electrically-propelled vehicles are fitted with pivoted and cranked guidearms E, K to enable them to be readily placed in engagement with the wire. The arm E is pivoted to a pin F, carried in brackets D and encircled by a spring, and it is connected to the cord G, which passes through a guide I. When the cord is pulled to depress the trolley pole, the arm E is raised and thus facilitates the trolley being placed in engagement with the wire. The movement of the arm is limited by the stop J, and the arm is returned to its normal position by the spring encircling the pin F. The arm is, preferably, formed of a good conductor, so that, when it strikes the wire, the lamps in the car may be lighted.
Patent GB-190315445-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Fabrics.
Inventor: APPLEBY HENRY BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-07-13
Granted: 1904-07-13
Abstract: 15,445. Appleby, H. B. July 13. Wadding; coffins.-Relates to a material to be used as a substitute for swansdown for the linings of boxes, coffins, &c. Two or more layers of carded, unwoven cotton or wadding are secured together by layers of gauze or other binding-material, which may be coated with size or gum, the compound material being passed through plain or embossed rollers for the purpose of binding the layers together.
Patent GB-190316773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads
Inventor: GADOMSKI KLEMENS
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 16,773. Gadomski, K. July 31. Bedsteads.-Relates to a folding bed which consists of netting supported by bamboo framework. Each side of the frame is formed by two pairs of crossed rods, and the two sides are connected by a fifth pair of crossed rods 15, 16, Fig. 1, one rod being curved so that its ends are in the same plane as those of the other. A bolt, which serves as a pivot, runs through each pair of rods at the crossing point, where each rod is surrounded by a metal sleeve. The pairs of rods forming each side frame are connected to each other by metal plates, which engage in vertical slots in the ends of the rods, pivot bolts passing through the plates and rods. The ends of the rods are surrounded by metal sleeves. The central pair of rods 15, 16 is connected to the sides of the frame by supports 22. A plate 25, Fig. 7, is secured to the bottom of each support, and pivotally connected to the lower end of one of the rods. The plates which connect the pairs of cross-rods forming the side frames engage in slots in the ends of the supports 22, Fig. 1. The upper end of the rod 15 or 16 is provided with a bent plate 30, Fig. 12, a hole in which engages with a stud 29 on the support. The plate is held in position by a pin 32, which passes through the support and carries, on the outside, a hook 34, Fig. 10, which engages a ring 35 connected to the netting. A ring 51 may be interposed between the ring 35 and the hook, for producing a tension in the netting. The upper outer ends of the side frame rods are fitted with ferrules 20, Fig. 9, having eyes 38 which, with the recessed ends of the rods, form circular openings 39, into which fit the ends of rods 36, Fig. 2, to which are fastened the netting. Pins 37 on the ferrules of the rods 36 pass through slots in the openings, and the rods are then rotated slightly to bring the pins away from the slots. Bars 42, Fig. 1, at the ends of the frame turn up and rest on the bars 36, Fig. 2, to form inclined rests at the ends of the bed, the bars having slots which receive pins 44 on bars 45 at the ends of the netting. The bedstead may be provided with legs 46 suspended from the rods 36 by wire rings 47. Hooks 50, Fig. 1, on the side frames engage in slots in the ferrules 49, Fig. 2, on the legs. The supports 22, Fig. 1, instead of being detachable, may be permanently connected to the side frames.
Patent GB-190319087-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Kettles, Saucepans, and like Vessels for Heating Liquids.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN HILTON SMITHIES
Filed: 1903-09-04
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 19,087. Brown, J. H. S. Sept. 4. Kettles ; saucepans. -A coil of tubing A is fixed beneath a kettle, saucepan, or other vessel for heating liquids. Its ends project inside the vessel and are open. One end a terminates near the bottom, and the other is continued to near the top of the vessel and bent as shown at a<2>. The object is to induce a circulation of liquid through the heated coil with a view to rapid heating.
Patent GB-190323629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators
Inventor: BECK CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-31
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 23,629. Beck, C. W. Oct. 31. Acetylene lamps. -In an acetylene lamp in which the generation of the gas is regulated by the action of the gas pressure on a valve controlling the admission of the carbide to the water, the burner is placed in a reflector chamber 33, Fig. 1, attached to the water chamber 1, and is connected by a pipe 34, Figs. 1 and 3, to a gas space in the upper part of the carbide chamber 2. The conical bottom 7 of the chamber 2 terminates in a flexible diaphragm 18, attached to a tube 16 on a hollow stem 14, which is secured to the top of a flexible gas bag 10 and is depressed against the pressure of the contained gas by a contractile spring 25. When the stem 14 is so depressed, the tube 16 is carried below a flexible valve 21, which is held by a finger 22 and a stop 24<a>, so that carbide can then pass through the tube 16 and cylinder 29 into the water chamber 1. The cylinder 29 in its lowered position pushes aside the flaps of a radially-slitted flexible diaphragm 31, which is provided to prevent the water from splashing up owing to the jolting of the vehicle carrying the lamp. When the gas-pressure is sufficient to distend the bag 10 against the action of the spring 25, the tubes 14, 16 are raised, carrying with the valve 21. The tubes 14, 16 continue to rise after the valve 21 is held by the engagement of the finger 22 and stops 24, so that the valve 21 enters, closes, and wipes out the tube 16. Generation of the gas is stopped by screwing down a nut 37 to raise the rod 38 and the attached tubes 14,16. The gas passes from the chamber 2 to the bag 10 through a fibrous filter 13<c> surrounding the perforated part of a tube 13, which carries the stops 24, 24<a> and secures the fastening-ring 11 of the bag 10. A felt &c. filter 36 also surrounds the outlet to the pipe 34. In a modification, the diaphragm 18 is replaced by a flexible ring through which the tube 16 works, and the valve 21 is dispensed with, the tube 16 being closed, when in its highest position, by the surrounding lower end of the tube 13.
Patent GB-190403972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draught Hooks.
Inventor: WITKUGEL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 3972. Witkugel, F., and Welter, W. Feb. 17. Hooks.-A draught-hook for harness, which can be easily released from the tug, consists of the parts a, b which are recessed so as to embrace the bead n of the ring m. The part b is pivoted on the bolt c and its end d projects through the hole e in the part a. The curved lever g is pivoted in the recess f, and projects through an opening in the plate i, which is attached by the screw hand forms a spring blade. When the hook is fastened, the wedge-shaped end l of the spring i lies in the opening e, and the end of the lever g engages the hook d. When the lever g is disengaged from the hook d, the thickened end g<1> depresses the spring i, allowing the part b to be raised as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190405738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Regulators for Steam Engines.
Inventor: WHITE HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5738. White, H. March 9. Safety-gear ; transmitting-mechanism.-Consists of improvements in the type of governor in which two pawls are employed to drive a wheel connected with the valve, and of which the governor described in Specification No. 23,609, A.D. 1895, may be taken as an example. The shaft a, Figs 1 and 2, connected with the engine, gives an oscillatory motion to the pawls b, c which are capable of driving the wheel f thus actuating the steam-valve spindle secured to the wheel g. During normal running of the engine, the pawls rest on a plate e, but when a fluctuation of speed occurs, the arm d connected with the governor rotates the plate e by a toothed arc, thus allowing one of the pawls to engage with teeth on the face of the wheel f and rotate it. The safety gear consists of a solid or hollow shaft h turning with the wheel f and driving a wheel k by the worm i. Levers m, n, p actuated by the wheel k raise the pawls from the wheel f after it has performed any desired movement. This is effected by fitting tail-pieces b<1>, c<1> on the pawls against which pins in the levers m, p bear. The shaft h is prevented from rotating too freely by a collar s, fixed to it by a screw v, engaging with a collar t loose on the shaft and pressed against the bearing w by a spring r.
Patent GB-190406143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manufacturing Salts of Lead
Inventor: MILLS WALTER
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 6143. Mills, W. March 14. Lead nitrate; silicofluorides.-Litharge, or basic lead hydroxide, is added to a hot solution of hydrofluosilicic acid ; after filtering off the precipitated silica from the (preferably slightly acid) solution, sodium or potassium nitrate in fine powder or in solution, is added. The precipitated silicofluoride is filtered off, washed, and dried. White lead.-Litharge, or basic lead hydroxide, is added to a hot solution of lead nitrate ; hot sodium carbonate is added, and the precipitated white lead is filtered off, washed, and dried ; basic carbonates of varied compositions may be obtained by varying the amount of dissolved litharge or hydroxide. Lead hydroxide, fluoride, and sulphate; ammonium nitrates.-Lead sulphate is obtained by adding sulphuric acid to solutions of silicofluoride or nitrate ; lead fluoride by adding to lead nitrate solution ammonium, calcium, potassium, or sodium fluoride, in powder or in solution ; basic lead hydroxide and ammonium nitrate are formed by adding ammoniacal liquor to lead nitrate solution.
Patent GB-190407060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Riding Spurs.
Inventor: TEMPLER JAMES LETHBRIDGE BROOK
Filed: 1904-03-23
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 7060. Templer, J. L. B. March 23. S p u r s.- Spurs are so constructed that the effective length of the rowel or barb can be varied. The construction also provides against accidental application of the spur, and for the interchange of the rowel or barb for another of different size or shape. The barb a is enclosed by a sleeve f terminating in a perforated cap g. Normally, the sleeve is pressed out by a spring, as shown in Fig. 2. When the spur is applied, the sleeve moves inwards under the pressure, until the point of the barb protrudes through the perforation. The sleeve is adjustable, to vary the extent of the protrusion, and its shape will depend upon whether a barb or a rowel is employed.
Patent GB-190407559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lock Nuts.
Inventor: MOWRY ALBERT LAWRENCE
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 7559. Mowry, A. L. March 30. Locking nuts.-A grooved locking-key placed in a recess in the nut engages the thread of the bolt. The recess 4 extends through the nut 2 and is deeper at the side 6 than at the side 5, as shown in Fig. 1. The locking-key 10 has circular grooves 11 and collars 13, and fits into the deeper side 6 of this recess as the nut 2 is screwed on to the bolt 1. In this position, the threads of the bolt engage in the grooves 11 of the locking key, allowing forward movement. Any backward movement of the nut moves the locking-key 10 towards the shallow side 5, and jams it between the base 7 of the recess 4 and the thread 12 of the bolt 1. The nut is released by forcing the locking-pin 10 to the deeper side 6 of the recess, by inserting a wire pin 14 or the like.