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Patent GB-190210303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gears.
Inventor: GIFKINS ARTHUR VERNON
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 10,303. Gifkins, A. V. May 5. Driving-mechanism.-Relates to two-speed gears for motor cars, motor cycles, &c. The hub E of the road wheel carries a set of planet pinions D, which gear with a ring of internal teeth C on the driving-wheel B and with a pinion A adapted to be moved endways upon the stationary axle F. In the position shown, the pinion, with its edge at A<1>, is locked to the axle by a key G ; when advanced to A<2>, the pinion being clear of this key runs freely and the road wheel and driving-wheel may rotate independently ; when the pinion is advanced to A<1>, its teeth engage the internal teeth J formed in the hub of the road wheel, and the entire gear is locked and rotates at the speed of the driving-wheel. H is a sleeve upon which the pinion is free to revolve ; it is connected by a crosspin to the central rod by which the pinion is shifted, here shown as operated by a sleeve with internal cam grooves.
Patent GB-190214614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cowls for Ventilating Shafts and Chimney Tops.
Inventor: ASHWORTH ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 14,614. Ashworth, A. July 1. Chimney and ventilating - s h a f t tops.-A cowl for ventilating shafts and chimney tops is operated byhand or a wind vane c so as to turn on a spindle. The lower edge of the cowl dips into an annular channel m, containing a non-volatile liquid, such as oil or mercury. The draught is improved by a funnel, the conical part d of which is arranged to meet the wind and contains a cone i to direct the wind on to the blades g in the stem e, the axis of which is below the centre of the outlet f. One or more of the lower blades g are straight, the remainder being curved and having a pitch which decreases towards the outlet. The blades may have rounded projecting outer ends, and they may be fixed to a central plug.
Patent GB-190220031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Operating Mechanism of Cycles.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS REGINALD ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-09-13
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 20,031. Griffiths, R. A., and Partridge, W. J. Sept. 13. Brakes.-Relates to means for adjusting the length of the brake rod of cycles or motor cycles in which a brake is applied to the front wheel by means of a hand-lever and a connecting-rod. The rod R, Fig. 2, is connected to the hand-lever by a pivot pin A' enlarged at A and made hollow to contain a bolt B. The rod R is passed through holes in the part A and the bolt B, and is secured in any position by a nut N, which, together with a washer W, retains the lever on the pin A<1>. The top of the rod is finished off by a knob D. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, the rod R is adjustably connected to the brake yoke Y by a bolt A having an enlarged head, through which passes a bolt B, which is tightened on the rod by a nut N. The fastening shown in Fig. 2 may also be used to connect the rod to a bracket fixed to the brake yoke.
Patent GB-190221585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Meters.
Inventor: REYNOLDS WILLIE HARRISON
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 21,585. Reynolds, W. H, Oct. 3 Oscillating-vane type of liquid meters. A cylin.- drical chamber A has a diaphragm A' with a vane B<1> attached to a vertical spindle B, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The valve or cock C has an inlet passage C' and an outlet passage C<3> communicating with the inlet openings A<4>, A<4> and the outlet openings A<5>, A<5>, respectively, in the cylinder A. The inlet passage has only one small port c' by which the fluid flows to either side of the vane, but the outlet passage has two ports c<2>, c<2>, shown in Fig. 4, so disposed that when c<1> is turned from one opening A<4> to the other, the port c<2> drains the side of the chamber which c<1> has just left.. Stops A<2> restrict the motion of the vane. The valve C is operated in the following manner :-At the end of the shaft B are two projections E, one above, and the other below, a horizontal shaft D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Two fingers D<1>, about 90‹ apart, are moved by the projections E when the-vane moves, and the weight D<3> is so raised, which, by moving the cam D<4> of special form; operates the cock lever C<3> through the sliding lever F and the link H. The cam is so formed that the cock is not moved except at the end of the travel of the vane. A spring may be used instead of the weight. To prevent damage through the water in the meter freezing, the cover A<40> is secured to the cylinder by means of bolts a<4> provided with springs under the heads.
Patent GB-190226264-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Stopping Teeth
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-11-28
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,264. Thompson, W. P., [K÷lliker & Co., P. A.]. Nov. 28. Teeth, stopping ; teeth, Artificial.-A mould of the cavity is made of foil d, Fig. 5, and embedded in a suitable mass e, composed, for example, of moulding sand and plaster. A pointed pin, having two collars b, c, is forced through the centre of the mould until the collar c is in contact with the foil. A cylinder f, of a body such as spongy gold, is pressed round this, as shown. The mould is filled with stopping-material g, and fired. The stopping is then removed from the mould, and the cylinder f and the point of the pin below the collar c are removed from the stopping. The space occupied by the cylinder is now filled with cement h, the cavity of the tooth coated with cement, and the stopping inserted as in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190227188-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Facilitating the Tapping of Barrels Containing Liquor
Inventor: BOARDMAN RICHARD
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 27,188. Boardman, R. Dec. 10. Tapping.- To the taphole of the barrel is attached a tube a having an attachment flange b. The tube is threaded internally at both ends to receive a threaded plug k and the threaded spigot of the tap, and is provided with perforations e. Within the tube is a hollow perforated plug or valve g, actuated by a spring and having a shoulder h adapted to fit a seating f on the tube. Normally, the valve is pressed to its seating, but, to withdraw the liquid, it is pressed from its seating, as shown, by inserting the tap.
Patent GB-190303753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Damask-jacquard-looms.
Inventor: STERNER FRITZ AUGUSTINUS
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 3753. Sterner, F. A. Feb. 17. Jacquards for weaving damasks. The lifting- plates t for the hooks are raised, and the supporting- plate g therefor is simultaneously lowered, by the arrangement of racks q and toothed segments f shown in Fig. 1, the racks being carried by the plate g and the lifting-bar e, which is reciprocated by the eccentric d. For the purpose of selecting the rows of hooks to be lifted, independently of the movement of the same by the card cylinder, pivoted plates p, Fig. 4, are provided between the hooks, the plates being turned, as required, bv cams o on an intermittently-rotated shaft 2, Fig. 1. Or the lifting-plates may themselves be pivoted and provided with pins 9, which engage with cam-grooves in an intermittently-rotated drum 3, Fig. 6. A chain of suitably-grooved lugs may be substituted for the drum 3. The pattern barrel l, Fig. 3, is moved towards and from the needles by grooved cams k, and is partially rotated when it reaches the outward limit of its movement by reason of projections m on the cams engaging with toothed wheels x on the barrel, suitable spring stops being provided for preventing the barrel from rotating too far. Fig. 11 shows an arrangement whereby the pattern barrel is rotated after a variable number of reciprocations thereof. The reciprocating lever 20, carrying the pattern barrel 18, is connected with a sliding catchrod 26, which operates a toothed wheel 21, on the axle of which is a wheel 22 having teeth of varying height, or on which is a chain 23, 24 having links of varying size, which raise the hook 19 out of engagement with the pattern barrel or allow it to fall into engagement therewith, as desired.
Patent GB-190305259-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Racing on Water.
Inventor: SERNE LEON
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 5259. Serne, L. March 6. Racing-boats; twin boats.-Boats a, b, made of zinc or other material, are connected by stays c, d and have recesses f, g for the feet of the person using the seat e. The boats are propelled by paddles or sculls. Any water in the boat can be run off through the valves h, i.
Patent GB-190307147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stringed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: WATSON FRANK HILLIARD
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 7147. Watson, F. H., and MacNeill, A. W. March 27. Instruments with sonorous strings. - In the piano-like stringed instrument shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the strings are bowed by the endless bow 66 propelled continuously by pedaloperated mechanism, connected by the belt 69 to a sprocket wheel on the shaft 64. The finger keys 60 are connected to the plungers 36, which select the strings. These plungers, Fig. 7, are in two parts having spring or yielding connections between, and are held, normally, with the bowdepressing rollers 39 out of contact with the bow, by the springs 47. The pivoted dampers 57 are normally held in contact with the strings by the springs 58, but are moved from contact on the depression of the finger keys. The guard rail 26, Fig. 5, which extends across the striug frame between the strings and the sounding-board, is channelled and forms supports for the guard rollers 28 which lie between the strings. Each roller 28 has an internal bushing of felt or other material. The action supporting-bar serves to support the plungers, the dampers, and the intervening action mechanism. On each side of the pedal flywheel 74 are flanged discs, with which friction dogs engage, and also pedal straps and spiral springs. The bow 66 is a strip of leather with hairs on the face of the strip, and the ends of the hairs are held by a glued backing strip. The resin box 120 may be moved into contact with the bow 66 by the knob 18. Expression attachments are provided, one comprising a damping-bar 105 worked by a knee-swell, and the other a harmonic bar 112 extending across the strings about midway their length, and worked by another knee-swell.
Patent GB-190308259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electrical Distribution.
Inventor: SLAUGHTER JOEL CLEMENTS
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 8259. Slaughter, J. C. April 9. Dynamos, regulating. - In alternating-current distribution, in order to economize the generation during periods of light load a potential-raising device is connected in the circuit, and it and the exciter are adjusted to the load. The diagram shows one arrangement. The alternator 1 is excited by the exciter 4, and supplies the mains 2, 3. At 7 is a rheostat switch in the exciter circuit, and 9 is the primary coil of a transformer in one of the leads 3. The effective number of turns in the coil is regulated by the switch 13, which may be mechanically connected to the switch 7. The secondary coil 10 of the transformer is connected between the leads at the points 11 and 12, and thus gives a higher voltage than that of the supply. At full load, the coil 9, and also the resistances 8, are cut out.
Patent GB-190311844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Brake-gear and Controllers of Electrical Apparatus for Hoisting, Traction, and the like.
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM HARDING
Filed: 1903-05-23
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,844. Scott, W. H. May 23. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to electric traction and like apparatus, and consists of means for ensuring that the brake cannot be applied unless the controller is in the 'off' position. The controller handle B is connected to the vertical controller spindle by a horizontal pivot C, and a vertical extension D of the handle is connected by a collar d and links e to the brake, which is thus applied by depressing the handle B or pulling forwards the handle d<3>. As the handle B is moved to operate the controller, a projection b thereon moves over a plate F, which thus prevents the application of the brake except where it is cut-away under the ' off ' position of the controller handle.
Patent GB-190312093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Traction Systems
Inventor: GIBBS LUCIUS TUCKERMAN
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 12,093. Lake, H. H., [Gibbs, L. T.]. May 27. Traction engines; motor road vehicles.-Comprises a system of electric traction in which the load is distributed over a number of separate wagons or trucks connected together in a train. Each of the trailing vehicles 8, 9 has an electric motor 10, 11 for each wheel or one pair of wheels, and all the motors are supplied with current from batteries 3 carried by an auxiliary vehicle 2. The auxiliary vehicle is also furnished with a motor 4 and acts as a tractor. All the motors are controlled from a single point, preferably the cab 7 of the tractor in which the controllers 5, 6 are provided. The tractor has rubber tyres, but the trailers may have broad steel tyres, the improved distribution of the load permitting this, while preventing slipping and injury to the road.
Patent GB-190314597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Bases for Electric Lamps.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 14,597. Carolan, E. A., (General Electric Co.]. June 30. Drawings to Specification. Glass furnaces.-The metal parts of bases for electric incandescent lamps are filled with glass by passage under a small aperture in the bottom of a melting-furnace, from which glass flows continuously. The furnace is a firebrick box with two blowpipes entering the upper part, opposite one another.
Patent GB-190321110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cakes of Soap and other Washing Compounds
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-10-01
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 21,110. Justice, P. M., [Jones, R, A.]. Oct. 1. Soaps; cleansing- compositions.- Labels bearing advertisements & c. attached to cakes of soap or other washing-composition or lettering &c. formed in the surfaces of such cakes, are protected by means of transparent, impervious coatings of some substance such as paraffin. When the soap &c. is out of use, it may rest with this coating downwards to protect the cake from moisture. Fig. 3 shows a tablet a provided with a coat of paraffin &c. c, a label d, and an outer coating of paraffin &c. e. When desirable, two qualities of paraffin are used for the two coatings. The lower coating is sometimes dispensed with.
Patent GB-190321214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hangers.
Inventor: SCOTT ISABELLA
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 21,214. Scott, I. Oct. 29, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Suspenders for articles of dress.-Relates to a device for suspending skirts and other garments in wardrobes, closets, and other localities. A single piece of brass, steel, or other wire is bent so as to form a pin member 13, a coil 12, a stationary member 10, and a guard coil 11 to receive the point 14 of the pin member. At the middle of the stationary member 10 is a suspending-loop 16 with a pointed upper end 17, so that the loop cannot move transversely upon the support from which it is hung.
Patent GB-190324852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Physical Exercisers and Developers.
Inventor: TERRY ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 24,852. Terry, A. E. Nov. 16. Exercising - apparatus. -Physical exercisers and developers are provided with handles, one of which is attached to a cord wound around a drum, to which is attached a boxed, coiled, involute, or other spring, the other handle being mounted in a frame provided with a pawl lever engaging a ratchet on the shaft of the drum, to which shaft the other end of the spring is connected. The drum 15, Figs. 1 and 3, is formed of a short cylinder 17, to which are connected by beading, flanges 18, 19, and side plates 20, 21, through which passes an arbor 23 to which the spring 16 is connected. The spring 16 is also attached to the drum 15, around which is coiled ropes 28, 28<a>, which pass through guide-pulleys 30, 31, and are connected to a hook 45 on a handle frame 29 provided with a handle 34. The arbor 23 is provided with a ratchet-wheel 24, with which engages a pawl 25 carried by a lever mounted in a bracket 26 carried by the arbor 23 and by a wire frame 27, to which a handle 33 is attached. When the apparatus is to be used, the pawl 25 is put into engagement with the ratchet 24, to prevent the arbor 23 from rotating. As the handles are pulled apart, the drum 15 is moved in opposition to the action of the spring 16. The tension of this spring is regulated by turning a nut 35 on the arbor 23, the pawl 25 being released from the ratchet when it is desired to lessen the tension of the spring 16. Wire guards 36 are placed upon the cylinder 17, to prevent the edges of the spring from grating against the sides of the drum, and a wire guard 38 is provided between the drum and the handle 33, the guard embracing the frame 27. Fig. 9 shows the device with a handle attached to each of the cords 28, 28<a>, and the device is connected to a swivel 44, which is attached to a fixed hook &c. In a further modification, the pulling-out handles are each attached to a cord wound around separate drums. The cords unwind in opposite directions, and the two pulleys are mounted on one arbor, which is fixed to a frame, or may have the pawl and ratchet-device attached to it. The revolving parts of the device are preferably mounted on ball bearings.
Patent GB-190328320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: WETTON HERBERT DAVAN
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,320. Wetton, H. D., and Weiss, L. Dec. 24. Tobacco pipes.-The mouthpiece is connected to the stem by a screw made of bone, ivory, metal, or other suitable material having the threads of both engaging parts divided longitudinally by one or more threadless spaces A. The two portions are first pushed home, and then the whole of the threads brought into engagement simultaneously, by a slight turn to right or left.
Patent GB-190405713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock and Ore Breakers.
Inventor: THURSTON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 5713. Thurston, G. H. March 8. Crushers.-In gyratory crushers for rock, ore, &c., the gyratory head is made in two parts, viz., a conical core B keyed on the shaft A, and a removable conical mantle D. Internal lugs d on the mantle pass through slots b and take under inclines on the lower side of the core, to secure the parts together.
Patent GB-190410040-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Slabs or Sheets Imitating Marble
Inventor: DEVILLERS OCTAVE
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 10,040. Devillers, O. May 2. Slabs, glass, imitation marble. Scales from small burst bubbles of coloured glass, which has been refined in a liquid condition in an earthenware vessel, are applied to the surface of panes or sheets of window or other glass, being fixed on by cement. Liquid or powdered enamel, with or without sand, is then sprinkled on and the whole fired at about 800‹ C. and cooled gradually. The imitation marble slabs formed are used for walls, chimneys, washstands, bricks, &c.
Patent GB-190416213-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Cooling the Cylinders and other Working Parts of Gas-driven Motors
Inventor: CHALLINER CHARLES
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,213. Challiner, C. July 22. Gas and like engines.-The cylinders and other parts of engines for ships and motor road vehicles are cooled by air currents induced by the movement of the ship or vehicle. The air currents enter a trumpet-shaped piece d and are conveyed to the cylinders by pipes e. The piece d and pipes e, in the case of motor road vehicles, are preferably attached to the bonnet enclosing the engine.
Patent GB-190417603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fireproof Wooden-cored Plaster Slabs for Building and other purposes and in Machines for Making the same.
Inventor: MAYHEW GEORGE SKAATS
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1905-08-12
Abstract: 17,603. Mayhew, G. S. Aug. 12. Slabs; moulding slabs.-Relates to fireproof ceiling or partition slabs or sheets consisting of a wooden core covered with plaster, and to a machine for perforating the core if in the form of a board and for applying and rolling the plaster. One form of core, shown in Fig. 1, consists of a compoboard of the kind described in Specification No. 28,810, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Wood &c.], faced on both sides with fireproof paper, and formed by means of the machine described in Specification No. 5311, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Wood &c.]. This sheet is perforated to form a key for the plaster, which, according to the Provisional Specification, consists of ground asbestos, infusorial earth, fireproofed sawdust, starch or flour paste, plaster of Paris, and unslaked lime. Another form of core, shown in Fig. 4, consists of woven strips of wood, preferably cottonwood or elm. After being cut, the strips are dried by passing through hot pressure rollers. Those forming the weft 18 consist of two strips cemented together, each of half the thickness of those forming the warp 19. The compo-board sheet is passed by rollers 1, Fig. 5, below a roller 2, Figs. 5 and 7, provided with a number of punches 3, which register with corresponding dies in a hollow lower roller 5, parallel rows of perforations being formed. The core then passes between countersinking- rollers 6, steel cleaning-brushes 8, and through cement tanks 10, in which brushes 9 distribute a thin layer of cementing-material over its surface. This cement is dried in a hot-air chamber 11, and ridges of plaster are applied to the core through spouts 13 from tanks 12, provided with plungers. Rollers 14, having grooves round their periphery, form the plaster into parallel equidistant strips, corresponding with the rows of perforations, into which the plaster is forced. The sheet is then removed and dried, after which the intervening spaces between the strips are similarly perforated and plastered in the machine, which is adjusted transversely by stops. The rollers and brushes are ridged to allow the sheet to pass a second time through the machine. Finally, the sheet is rolled by adjustable rollers 16. In coating the woven core, the rollers 2, 6, 8 are dispensed with.
Patent GB-190421023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Violins and like Stringed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: PAYNE REGINALD HERBERT
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 21,023. Payne, R. H. Sept. 30. Violins and like bowed instruments ; banjoes and like instruments.-The bridge of a violin or other stringed instrument varies in resiliency for the different strings. In one form, the strings rest upon a cross-bar A, Figs. 1 and 2, with a support D, D<1> at each end, and, in another, each string rests upon a projecting piece A<2>, Fig. 5, of different length, the supports of the strings giving high notes being in each case the more yielding. Varieties of the first form are described, in which the supports D, D<1> are curved, as shown in Fig. 1, or have straight cuts E, E', F, F' in them of different lengths as shown in Fig. 2, or are joined by one or more cross-pieces C, G. Hard woods such as ebony may be used. The Provisional Specification mentions a form of bridge with the lateral portions undercut ; in this case, the part supporting the strings is connected by one portion only with the lower part of the bridge, instead of by a spring support at each end.