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Patent GB-190313741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machinery.
Inventor: MIDGLEY ALBERT HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-19
Granted: 1904-06-18
Abstract: 13,741. Midgley, A. H., and Wright, A. P. June 19. Armatures; dynamos, regulating; motors, controlling.-Relates to dynamo-electric machinery, particularly to dynamos for giving (a) a constant voltage at all speeds between two extremes, and (b) the same current at any voltage between two extremes, the speed being constant, and to motors for giving (c) the same horse-power at any speed between two extremes, and (d) the same horse-power at the same speed on a supply circuit of varying voltage. These results are ootained by means of a single field magnet, and two armatures 1, 2, slidably mounted on, or keyed to, the same shaft 3, the replacing-armature 2 having no winding upon it, but otherwise being similar to the operative armature 1, while the length of the latter to that of the former is as the highest to the lowest speeds at which the machine is to be run. As the machine speeds up, an ordinary centrifugal governor 7, or a spring or weight, draws the inoperative armature 2 into the field, and the operating-armature 1 out of the field, and vice versÔ, keeping the voltage constant. The armatures may be mounted on two separate shafts which are in alignment and are coupled together. One arrangement of hand-levers may be used for shifting the armatures when the regulations (b), (c), (d) are to be effected. The regulation (a) is particularly useful in train lighting from the carriage axle, and also in charging accumulators on automobiles while running.
Patent GB-190316176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: HOLFERT MAXIMILIAN WENZEL
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 16,176. Holfert, M. W. July 22. Acetylene lamps. -Relates to apparatus for making acetylene in which the amount of water supplied to the carbide is regulated by the pressure of the acetylene. The carbide is enclosed in a metal vessel or canister g, lined with fine wire gauze, open at the top or formed with holes k to allow gas to escape, and formed with small holes i arranged spirally or vertically to admit water. The holes may be covered with strips of paper or tinfoil, when the can is not in use, to preserve the carbide. The vessel g is placed under a bell d connected by a tube c to a tap o and burner p, and secured to the cover b of a vessel a. The vessel g may be placed in position either through a removable part r of the base of the vessel a, or by removing the cover b. The vessel a is filled with water through a hole l in the cover b, which is then closed by a perforated cap m. A cock n enables the vessel a to be emptied. In operation, when the cock o is opened, water passes into the bell d, and enters the vessel g through the holes i, until the pressure of the gas produced is sufficient to prevent further rise of the water. On closing the cock o, the gas forces the water out of the bell, any excess of gas passing up through the water to outlets in the cap m.
Patent GB-190321168-A (GB)
Title: Safety Keels for Vessels.
Inventor: STROMBORG FRITZ OSCAR
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,168. Stromborg, F. O. Oct. 2. Centreboards and drop-keels.-For the purpose of increasing the stability of vessels, and allowing speedy turning of the direction, a double balancing safety keel is fitted as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5. The two portions 2, 4 of the keel are alike, and are so arranged that they may be turned in opposite directions by the hand-wheel H, Fig. 5, or in the same direction by the hand-wheel J, through the toothed gearing and bevel-wheels shown. The upper portion of the keel is attached to the sleeve F, which rotates in the bush 7 and freely on the shaft E. To prevent eddies forming behind the keels, a flexible blade 20 is attached. When working together, the keels form an auxiliary to the rudder, facilitating the turning of the vessel. In a modification, the keel sections are supported on a vertical axis and are adapted to be swung laterally.
Patent GB-190321518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Charges of Powder.
Inventor: BUIT PAUL DE
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,518. Du Butt, P. Oct. 7. Explosives; c a r - tridges, small-arm and ordnance.-Relates to modifications in the cartridge p o w d e r - charge described in Specifications No. 17,863, A.D. 1899, and No. 12,536, A.D. 1900. The powder-charge consists of a powder sheet a, Fig. 1, formed with transverse slits b and shorter slits d, leaving an uncut portion c, which, when the sheet is rolled up for insertion in the cartridge case, covers the slit portion. In some cases, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the slits do not extend completely through the sheet, the longer slits being preferably inclined.
Patent GB-190325765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Electricity Meters.
Inventor: CERVERA DOMINGO
Filed: 1903-11-25
Granted: 1904-11-25
Abstract: 25,765. Cervera, D. Nov. 25. Electric clocks.- In a time-keeping apparatus, forming part of an electricity meter, a shaft T<2>, carrying a seconds-hand in front of a dial, is turned once a minute by a ratchetwheel R on it being driven by a pawl carried by an oscillating shaft L, which carries a balanced iron armature M and is controlled by a spiral spring X. The armature M and shaft L are oscillated by an electromagnet I, supplied with current through a contactspring f, which normally touches a contact-screw but is displaced by a tappet r' on the shaft L when this turns. The shaft L carries a friction disc h<1>, the rotation of which is limited by a stop, so that too extensive oscillation of the shaft L is checked by friction with the disc ; another stop definitely limits the oscillation.
Patent GB-190401942-A (GB)
Title: Spring Attachment for Reins or Traces.
Inventor: KOCH HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 1942. Koch, H. Jan. 26. Fastening.- Driving or riding reins, and traces, are provided with a spring attachment, so that any pull on them will be transmitted gradually. The attachment comprises a sliphook a ; a buffer spring b, supported by bearing-pins h in a sleeve g ; a draw-bar e, provided with a flange c ; and a guide plunger f, connected to the draw - bar e, and having an eyelet k which is attached to the rein or trace. When, for example, the reins are suddenly pulled, the plunger f is drawn outwards, and the flange c compresses the spring b. The restoring action of the spring is retarded by the plunger compressing the air in the sleeve. The sleeve is preferably made oval in section, the plunger guide and flange being shaped to correspond.
Patent GB-190404965-A (GB)
Title: Driving Gear for Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: KRUSEMAN HENRY
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 4965. Kruseman, H. Feb. 29. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to pawl driving- gear for automobiles. The rotary motion of the motors is converted into a reciprocating motion by one of two arrangements, according as the motor has its axle parallel or perpendicular to the driving-axle. When the axles are parallel, the driving-axle a, Fig. 1, is caused to reciprocate by being connected to the motor axle b through the rod g, the slide e pivoted at f, and the crank c with stud d. Figs. 2 and 4 show the motor axle b<1> perpendicular to the driving-axle a<1>. The crank c' is reciprocated by the inclined plate i, which runs between rollers at the end thereof thus les3ening the friction. The reaction on the motor axle may be obviated by mounting the plate i on an independent axle held firmly between two bearings, and rotated by the motor shaft b<1>, or by employing two cranks c' and two plates i. Fig. 7 shows the arrangement for suspending the carriage body on the spring r, and the wheel p, on ball bearings, to which is attached a toothed box which engages with the pawl carrier o attached to the tube n reciprocated about the fixed axle m by the crank l as before described, so that the successive pulsations of the crank l cause the wheel p to rotate. To permit forward motion, stoppage, and backward motion, the pawl carrier and toothed box are arranged as shown in Fig. 10. The plate x, which follows the oscillating motion of the pawl carrier but can move along its axis placed at rightangles to the plate x, has fixed to it the inclined planes w, w<1>. The pawls v, v<1> and the plate x are shown in different planes for better comprehension. In the position represented, the two pawls are lowered and the wheel remains immovable or free, but if the two pawls are moved either to the left or to the right, then the wheel rotates in one direction or the other.
Patent GB-190407692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Anthracene Dyestuffs, suitable for Dyeing and Printing.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 7692. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. March 31. Dyeing.- Dye-stuffs, obtained by condensing together two molecules of alpha1#1-anthraquinone derivatives, are mixed with reducing-agents such as hyposulphites, with caustic soda lye and water to form vats suitable for printing or dyeing unmordanted cotton or other vegetable fibres. Shades of blue, pure-blue, greenish-olive, green, greyish-blue, and greenish-blue are obtained.
Patent GB-190409742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting and Precipitating Dust in Flour-mills, Factories and the like.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 9742. Smith, J. April 28. Turbines.-Air drawn into a cylindrical chamber a is washed by a spray from a stationary perforated chamber b. To form the spray, water is supplied by pipes f to the interior of the chamber b to drive a drum or turbine e, which is keyed on the spindle c and provided with blades e<1>. Blades may also be arranged upon the top of the turbine e, and the tops of the turbine and chamber b may be conical, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190413533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Nuts, Bolts, Screws and the like.
Inventor: GRIMWADE HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 13,533. Grimwade, H. J. June 15. Locking nuts, bolts, screws, and the like.- Square or hexagonal nuts, bolts, screws, and the like are secured by means of a washer 1 with bent prongs 9, which, as the nut or head is screwed down, are flattened and engage the bolt or screw 6, rigidly connecting the washer thereto. An upright piece 4 is also formed integrally with the washer and carries two spring arms or tongues 2, 3 which may have crimped ends 7, 8 to grip the corners of the nut 5, the spring.tongues being of such resiliency as to allow the screwing-operation, but being sufficiently strong to prevent backward rotation under shocks or vibration. According to the Provisional Specification, the washer may be applied above the nut, thereby dispensing with the spring arms and compressing the prongs by means of internally screw-threaded tongs or other tool ; this form of washer is adapted for use as an intermediate piece in assembling two parts by a screw or bolt.
Patent GB-190414896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boilers for Gas Stoves and the like.
Inventor: NUTTING JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-07-02
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,896. Nutting, J. July 2. Gas stoves; boilers.-A boiler, consisting of an arrangement of tubes or equivalent chambers in connection with an ordinary storage tank, is placed inside and around the base of the oven immediately over the burners. The tube a, preferably of the sectional shape shown in Fig. 4, is placed over the jets b and supported by brackets in any convenient manner. The down-flow pipe l passes through the back of the oven and is connected with the transverse portion of the tube a. The up-flow pipe proceeds from the front extremities of the tube a and runs above and parallel to it. The tube a may be corrugated, or may be replaced by several tubes disposed as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the whole may be used either with or without the boilers described in Specifications Nos. 19,583 and 23,151, A.D. 1901, and No. 28,375, A.D. 1903. By suitable arrangement of the down-flow and up-flow pipes, the non-use of one boiler does not affect the efficiency of the other.
Patent GB-190415704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Inventor: MORDEY WILLIAM MORRIS
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,704. Mordey, W. M., and Fricker, G. C. July 14. Electricity, supplying, in general.-In prepayment meters of the electrolytic type, the anode is in the form of a strip of uniform cross-section, a definite length of which is fed into the electrolyte for each coin inserted. The strip is marked to indicate the total consumption or the number of coins used. Actuating-mechanism; coin action.-A block 23 having a diametral slot or pocket 26 is mounted in a bearing in the casing and provided with a coiled spring and an external turn-button, the motion of which is limited to a half-revolution by a stop. The coin projects from the pocket into a slot in a block 20 mounted on the spindle of the pinion 18 which gears with a toothed wheel on the spindle of the roller 12. A spring-loaded pawl or detent 31 engages a ratchet-wheel on the same spindle, and as it snaps into place towards the end of the motion, releases the coin. Delivery mechanism.-The roller 12 is provided in the middle with sprocket teeth to engage a row of perforations in the strip, which is fed from the spool 10, between the roller 12 and the spring- pressed roller 13.
Patent GB-190421002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Furnaces of Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: CROSTHWAITE WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 21,002. Crosthwaite, W. G. Sept. 30. Firebars and grates; firebridges; smoke-consuming. -The firebarsof steam-generator and other furnaces are formed with holes running along the length of the furnace for supplying air for primary and secondary combustion. The air for secondary combustion is heated by being passed through zig-zag passages in the firebridge before it comes into contact with the furnace gases. The firebars B, Fig. 10, are similar to those described in Specification No. 21,514, A.D. 1900, and are provided with the air supply openings E which communicate with the furnace by the fan-shaped recesses b<1>. The air is supplied by a blower J, Fig. 9, and issues through slits L, thereby cooling the firebars. The air for secondary combustion passes along the openings I, Figs. 1 and 10, into the air chamber 6 at the firebridge. The bridge D is built over a portion of the rear bars B, and consists of five layers 0, P, Q, R, S having passages formed in them communicating with one another. The layer or course 0 is provided with two air passages and a passage 3 by which the air from the conduits I is discharged into the air chamber 6 in the course P. The air chamber 6 is divided by a longitudinal piece 7, and the air passes from this chamber by passages 9, 10, Fig. 3, into the course Q, and by a passage 8, Fig. 1, into two air chambers 11,12, Fig. 3, in the course R which are covered at the top by slabs S and open at the rear of the firebridge to the flue A. The grate is suitable for burning small coal, coal dust, sawdust, and refuse and may be applied to refuse destructors.
Patent GB-190422829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Ascertaining Errors in the Alignment or Level of Shafting, and for like purposes.
Inventor: HORSFALL ARTHUR EDGAR
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,829. Horsfall, A. E. Oct. 24. Calculating-apparatus.-Fig. 4 shows a calculating-scale used in connection with a clinometer. Units of length are marked along the line k, and a pointer l is pivoted at the zero mark. The pointer is moved along the line m to the reading given by the instrument. The vertical distance between any graduation of the line k and the pointer gives the error for that distance.
Patent GB-190502273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kettles
Inventor: YOUNG ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 2273. Young, E. W. Feb. 6. Kettles; lids.-Kettles or similar hollow-ware articles are fitted with self-closing lids or shutters adapted to be pushed open by the insertion of the filling-tap. The lid 3, which closes the aperture 4 in the kettle &c., is controlled by the spring 1, Fig. 1, or by the counterweight 1, Fig. 2. In the application to the flat top of a kettle &c., a sliding lid 4, Fig. 5, controlled by the spiral spring 3, is mounted in a frame 1, made from the blank shown in Fig. 6. A similarly-controlled lid may be applied to an aperture in the side of a vessel. I
Patent GB-190505278-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Disinfecting.
Inventor: ILLINGWORTH JOHN
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 5278. Illingworth, J. March 14. Disinfecting.-A movable, self-contained disinfecting-station for the treatment of bedding &c. and the clothes of persons who have been exposed to infection consists of a road vehicle in which are provided a steam disinfector d, waiting-rooms g, h, dressing-rooms i, j, and bathroom k. Clothes are disinfected during the time the person passes from the dressing-room i, through the bath, to the dressing-room j.
Patent GB-190510189-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for the Prevention of Downdraught in Chimneys or Flues also applicable for purposes of Ventilation.
Inventor: COOPER CHARLES COUTTS
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 10,189. Cooper, C. C. May 15. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-For preventing down-draught and assisting the u p - draught i n chimneys or ventilating-shafts, an inverted conical, dished, or troughshaped cover is placed over the outlet, and is provided with one or more downwardly-directed tubes, outside of the chimney or shaft, having upturned ends which cause any down-draught to be converted into an up-draught inside the chimney. Fig. 1 shows the device applied to a single shaft. The tubes c, preferably tapered, lead the air from the inverted cover b to the upturned branches c<1>. A conical or tapered ring d may be disposed below the cover b, and a deflector e may also be employed. When the device is applied to a group of brick or other chimneys, a separate tube c, Fig. 3, is provided for each chimney, the upturned branches c<1> being either built into the wall, or, in the case of earthenware chimneys, moulded with it. The cover b is supported by rods g from the walls, and the ring d is supported by the tubes. The cover b may be provided with an inturned flange, which may be corrugated to assist the draught, and the deflector e may be in the form of an open-topped funnel with a flared bottom to assist the draught. Water is led from the trough b by a pipe f, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190512711-A (GB)
Inventor: BAGGULEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 12,711. Bagguley, W. June 20. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims.-The tyre of a motor-car or other vehicle wheel is almost surrounded by a metal rim formed in two parts secured together transversely, and is protected along the tread part by a continuous rubber strip. The two flexible metal parts a, b of the rim are secured together by bolts d so that the edges e,f of the continuous chamber g are held between the parts. The side walls of the chamber are composed of alternate layers i, k, Fig. 2, of rubber and canvas, and the tread part c is a continuous rubber strip. The tyres may be inflated to a high pressure or may be used at atmospheric pressure.
Patent GB-190514155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picking Motions of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: SOWDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 14,155. Sowden, A. July 10. Loom picking-motions ; changebox motions. - Relates to change-box looms in which the catches of the picking-tappets are controlled by the action of the swells and means are provided for holding the catches out of action whilelagging back to find a broken pick. When a shuttle is in the active shuttle box at the left side of the loom, the swell 2 acts upon a finger 1 on a short shaft 23<a>, and a finger 24 on the shaft lowers a rod 25, which is connected to a crank on a crossshaft 27. A crank on the other end of the shaft 27 raises a sliding bolt 29, which lifts out of action the catch 30 of the picking-tappet 31 on the right side of the loom. The catch 30<A> of the picking-tappet on the left side of the loom is controlled through similar mechanism by the action of the swell of the active shuttle box at the right side of the loom. The double catch 36, which operates the catch-wheel of the pattern barrel, is raised for lagging back by a bowl 39 on a bell-crank lever 40 connected by a spring escapement to a rod 43, when the rod 43 is moved to the right, the rod being retained in its displaced position by a catch on its handle 44 engaging with a fixed piece 46. A projection on the handle acts through a lever 48, a shaft, and a lever 53 to raise a rod 55, which, through a lever 56, rocks a shaft 57 and causes an arm 60 on the shaft 57 to raise a crank and the sliding bolt 29, thereby holding the catch 30 out of action. The lever 48 is held in its displaced position by a pin thereon being engaged by a notch in a catch 52, which is raised to put the picking-mechanism into operation. Loom stop-motions.-When the stop-rod is at the back of the lay, a finger on each short shaft 23<a> engages an arm on the stop-rod, and puts the stoprod finger into and out of position to act upon the frog.
Patent GB-190514197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carving Machines.
Inventor: ACKER CHARLES SMITZ-VAN
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 14,197. Acker, C. S. van. July 10. Carving.- Machines for carving oruaments and statues, &c. produce a number of copies from the same pattern. Standards 2, Figs. 1 and 2, carry vertical rods supporting a double parallel motion 4, 7, having rods 9, supporting pivoted arms 10 carrying a parallel motion 11, 13, 15, supporting the tool bar 14. The upper members 13 are adjustable by pivot holes 16 to incline the tools if re- - quired,for example, to deal with undercut work. The bar 14 carries a tracer 28, adjustable by a screw, and a number of rotary tools 27 frictionally driven from a shaft universally coupled at 36 to a shaft freely mounted in a universal bearing carrying a driving-pulley. The tool spindles are mounted in bushes having pins 24, Fig. 4, engaging cam-surfaces on split sleeves 22 bolted to the bar 14 and tightened on the bushes by wing-nuts at 23. This arrangement gives independent adjustment for each tool. Pins 32 mounted on a cross-bar carried by the uprights 11 support weighted levers 31, connected by ropes or the like to balance the bar 14 and the parts carried by it. A screw 41 limits the depth of cut, and handles 42 provide for the manipulation of the tools over the work which is carried on a table 35 replaceable by centrestocks of ordinary type when statuary is to be copied.
Patent GB-190514430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Ring Spinning and Ring and Flyer Doubling Frames.
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 14,430. Fine Cotton Spinners' & Doubters' Association, and Graham, T. July 13. Guards; doubles, preventing. - Ballooning and doubles are prevented in ring spinning and ring and flyer doubling frames by vertical plates a arranged between the spindles, and recessed to clear the rollers e, f and the end bearing against the thread board. The plates, which may be mad e of sheet metal with wired or beaded edges, are each formed with a wide boss c mounted on a rod d, and may be turned back independently to rest on a bar m during piecing or dulfing. In some cases, a number of plates are carried by one boss so as to be turned back together.