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Patent GB-190214299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Matches
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 14,299. Lake, H. H., [Parker Match Co.]. June 24. Measured quantities, delivering. - Match composition is applied to one or both edges of veneer strips, and the latter are then cut transversely into individual matches, which are filled into boxes. The machine shown in Fig. 1 is adapted for making safety matches. Straight strips are suitably separated, or preferably a strip 10, Fig. 2, is rolled up with a narrower separating- belt 11, and the projecting edge 12 of the strip is dipped. Several of these rolls are mounted on a spindle 13, Fig. 1, and as the strips 10 are fed into the machine, the belts 11 are wound on a shaft 17. The strips pass under a guide 24 to feed-rollers 25, and thence to a two-part cutter-block 34, 35 and knife 36, and the cut matches fall upon an endless belt 46, and are discharged over a shoot 51 into boxes 52 on a cross belt 53. One end of the belt 53 is carried by a pulley 54, which is loose on a shaft 55 driven from the main shaft 22 and connected to a clutch member 62, the corresponding clutch member 63 being connected by a link 64 and rod 65 to a treadle lever 66. The rod 65 is also pivoted to a lever 68 fast on a rock-shaft 69, and a cross-bar 70 connected to the lever 68 and shaft 69 carries a gate 71 adapted to come into contact with the belt 46. For ordinary matches, a strip 10, Fig. 6, is notched or cut on each edge, a projection on one edge being opposite a recess on the other edge. This strip can be rolled with a belt, leaving both edges clear, and the machine must allow of free passage of the dipped ends 74.
Patent GB-190214792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for the Propulsion of Boats
Inventor: LANCHESTER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 14,792. Manchester, F. W. July 2. Detachable propelling-installations.-Relates to the application of a self-contained motor and screw propeller to an oar of special construction. Fig. 1 shows a side view of the arrangement, and Fig. 2 an end view of the propeller. A high-speed motor is employed having the crank shaft along the axis of the oar. The propeller shaft f connects the screw propeller h to the crank shaft. The blade i is placed at such an angle as to allow it to lie flat on the water when the oar is in position. The oil for the motor is stored in the reservoir q. Water-cooling of the cylinder is provided by flow and return pipes from the propeller race. The thrust of propulsion is taken up by the projecting piece l.
Patent GB-190221267-A (GB)
Title: Secret Electrical Interrupter.
Inventor: ZAY EMILE
Filed: 1902-09-30
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 21,267. Zay, E. Sept. 30. Electric railways and tramways.-A switch, constructed on the principle of a combination lock, and useful for electric carriages, is formed of an outer casing, having a number (four in the example shown) of external knobs, which have numerals or other characters marked around their edges. On the spindle b of each knob are (1) an insulating, notched, correspondingly-marked disc c, and (2) a radial arm d secured to the discs and terminating in one of the notches. Supported by the casing are four (or other number of) levers f, each of which has at one end a metallic finger e, which is kept in contact with the disc by a spring h at the opposite end. If the combination for which the device is arranged, and which can be easily altered, is properly set, the current passes from the first terminal i to the first lever f, then through the arm d to the spindle, then to the first bar k, and thence to the second lever, arm, &c., and so on to the last terminal. As shown, only the discs A, B are in contact. For carrying currents of great intensity, contacts are made by brushes and carbons, and communication with the disc spindles may be made by elastic sliding contacts &c.
Patent GB-190221365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Bearings.
Inventor: HILL MYRON FRANCIS
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 21,365. Hill, M. F. Oct. 1 Roller bearings. -The rollers 3 are mounted to run on raceways formed on sleeves 1, 2, and each pair of rollers is separated by a roller 4. The sleeve 2 is keyed or loosely mounted on an axle or shaft, and the sleeve 1 is mounted within a casing. Each roller 4 has enlarged projecting ends 5 radially confined by collars or caps 6. At ordinary speeds of rotation, the ends 5 are kept by centrifugal force in contact with a hardened race 8 pressed into the cap 6. The edges of the rollers 3 are bevelled to engage bevelled portions on the sleeve 2 and on the end pieces 10 of the sleeve 1 to maintain the rollers in position and to take end thrust, and the extensions 5 of the rollers 4 are bevelled to engage the bevelled portions of the rollers 3 to prevent jamming &c. The caps 6 are forced by a press upon grooved shoulders on the sleeve 2, the metal of the caps being pressed into the grooves. Projections or teats may be formed on the ends of the rollers 3 and arranged to project within the caps 6 for the purpose of keeping the bearing assembled. The race 8 does not extend the whole depth of the cap so as to allow teats of a fairly-large diameter to be employed. The parts of the bearing are so proportioned that the contacting-surfaces roll together without rubbing or dragging.
Patent GB-190222256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Filters
Inventor: KIEFER KARL
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 22,256. Kiefer, K. Oct. 13. Pressure filters ; filters of similar filtering- units.-Relates to filters adapted, inter alia, for dealing with effervescent liquids, such as beer. The filter consists of a number of superposed filtering-discs M enclosed in a case. Each disc consists of a layer of paper pulp or the like compressed on an annular core D of stout woven wire, and completely covering its edge. The core D is covered with fine gauze or cloth to prevent the escape of the pulp. The filtering-discs M are of slightly-less diameter than the casing, and are separated by discs E of about the same diameter and similar to the cores D. Each core D is mounted between the flanges 9 of a hollow hub, Fig. 2, the end 4 of which fits over the end 7 of the hub immediately beneath, a joint being made by packing 8. In use, the unfiltered liquid rises between the casing and the discs M, and obtains access to the surfaces of the disc by the capillary passages of the screens E. The filtered liquid is collected by the capillary passages of the cores D, which communicate by radial holes 6 with the interior of the hubs, and so reaches the outlet. The flow may, however, be in the opposite direction. The parts of the filter are tightened together by a cover G and screw K mounted in a head carried by two tension bolts. The head can be swung aside on one of these bolts, and the other bolt carries a crane by which the discs Mare handled, each hub being screwed at 5 to take a hook.
Patent GB-190222967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Generators for Street Lamps.
Inventor: LUDWIG EDMUND BALIFF
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 22,967. Ludwig, E. B. Oct. 21. Posts.-A lamp post for supporting a vapour lamp is provided with a chamber 10 into which gasoline is introduced through a plugged opening 94, and is afterwards forced therein by a pump 96. The air forces the oil up the tubes 22, 23<x> to the spraying and vapourgenerating devices. To start the burner, some of the compressed air is permitted to pass, by means of a valve 25, to a secondary receiver 29, from which it also passes to the spraying- chamber. When sufficient air has entered the chamber 29, the valve 25 is closed. The post is anchored to the ground by a plate 15.
Patent GB-190223580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Multicolour Printing
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 23,580. Printing Arts Co., Black, W., and Mowbray, F. H. Oct. 28. Printing in several colours.-Relates to machines for printing upon tin and other metal plates, glass, china, wood, and the like, the ground colour being applied evenly at one operation, and then the several colours. One form of machine is provided with a reciprocating bed F supporting a plate E for the work, and a series of part-design plates A, B, C, D, which are respectively inked in the desired colours by means of inking-apparatus A<1>, B<1>, C<1>, D<1> Impressions are taken from the plates A, B, C, D by corresponding transferring-rollers L, M, N, O, and these transfer the impressions to the work. The transferring-rollers are covered with elastic material, such as rubber. Each roller may be supported by pivoted brackets, one of which is pulled towards the bed F by a spring ; the extent to which the roller is pulled down is limited by means of an adjustable screw. A disc on the axle of each roller is lifted periodically by a rail secured to the bed F; by these means, the rollers are raised out of contact with the part-design plates by which they are not required to be inked. Another form of printing-machine has a plate for carrying the work and four part-design plates mounted upon a rotating cylinder. The transferring-rollers and inking-mechanisms corresponding to the several plates are mounted about the cylinder.
Patent GB-190224270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trousers Stretchers and Presses.
Inventor: WATTS JOHN ROBERT
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 24,270. Watts, J. R. Nov. 6. Trouser presses; trouser stretchers.-The stretcher consists of two frames A, C, Figs. 1 and 2, pivoted together at F and provided with clamps B, D by which the trousers are gripped. The stretching is effected by turning the frame C from the horizontal to the inclined position shown in Fig. 2, in which position it may be held by a catch E engaging with teeth H on the frame C. The frame C may be pivoted to one end of a press in order to stretch the trousers.
Patent GB-190226755-A (GB)
Title: Improved Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: STILMANT LEON
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 26,755. Stilmant, L. Dec. 4. Driving-mechanism.-Racks r, r<1>, pivoted to the rocking lever T, engage respectively with pinions 1, 2, placed side by side on the shaft 8 and coupled to it by ratchet clutches. The shaft 8 may drive the shaft 9 by chain or toothed gearing. The lever T is rocked by a crank M and link, and, to vary the ratio of the transmission, the extent of its oscillation is made variable by coupling the link to a sleeve m which is adjustable along the lever, or by the use of a crank of variable-throw. In a modified arrangement, the pinions, instead of being fitted with ratchet clutches, carry arms on the ends of which are mounted pinions in gear with an internal wheel on the shaft; the pinions are free to rotate in one direction but are locked in the other by pawls.
Patent GB-190227967-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Phonographs
Inventor: ARON EUGEN
Filed: 1902-12-18
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 27,967. Aron, E. Dec. 18. Phonographs.- The bases of phonographs are manufactured from any suitable material by stamping. Two stiffening-ribs a are formed across the base, to lessen vibration.
Patent GB-190228499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Embossing or Ornamenting Hollow Sheet Metal Goods and similar Objects.
Inventor: WILDEN JEAN
Filed: 1902-12-24
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 28,499. Wilden, J. Dec. 24. Embossing; hammers, power.-A hammer for use in embossing or ornamenting sheet-metal ware, such as urns, vases, cups, fruit dishes, and tablets, has a head h on an arm i drawn away from the work k by a ratchet-wheel d and returned to deliver the blow by a spring f. The ratchet-wheel is carried by a shaft c mounted in a standard n and driven by hand, treadle, or engine power. The arm i and spring f are carried by an arm a angularly adjustable round the shaft c, so that the blow may be delivered upwards when operating on the inside of the work or downwards on the outside, or in any other desired direction. The hammer head may act directly on the metal or through an embossing-iron. An adjustable pointer m indicates the position of the head inside the work.
Patent GB-190301197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Means for and Method of Securing the Lids Covers and Stoppers of Vessels or Containers of all kinds made of Metal, Glass Earthenware China Wood and the like, especially applicable to Articles for Table Use or for similar purposes.
Inventor: CLARKE VICTOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-17
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 1197. Clarke, V. W. Jan. 17. Stoppers; bottles. -Relates to a method of securing the lids, covers, and stoppers of metal, glass, earthenware, china, wood, and other bottles, jars, pots, sauce and condiment bottles, gold, silver, and electroplated table articles, and carboys and other vessels for containing acids, oils, gases, &c. The cover of a pepper caster, shown in Fig. 2, has a corrugated, fluted, milled, or roughened edge, which engages with the interior of the mouth of the caster shown in Fig. 1, or with the bezel collar. The cover may have a plain edge, the corrugations being formed in the mouth of the caster. The receptacle may have a cover which fits over, instead of inside, its mouth, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, either the cover or the receptacle or both being fluted. A receptacle A, Fig. 9, for acids, volatile liquids, aromatic essences, spirits, gases, &c. is fitted with a stopper B having a projecting flange C. The stopper or the bottle, or both, are fluted.
Patent GB-190303880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Needles Intended for use with Sewing Machines and for like purposes.
Inventor: FAULHABER EDWIN
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 3880. Faulhaber, E. Feb. 18. Sewing-machine needles.-The needle has a slot b extending from the eye a up the shank to a point c, where it is bent outwards to receive the thread. The part c of the needle may be embraced by a divided ring d, which is turned round so that its divided part is next the slot when it is required to thread the needle. After threading, the ring is turned back again.
Patent GB-190312841-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device applicable to the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes
Inventor: HEAD PERCY HERBERT
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 12,841. Head, P. H., and Bennett, L. M. June 8. Drawings to Specification. Tempering metal protectors for boots and shoes. The wearing parts or the whole protectors are hardened by cooling from a high temperature in a potash, mercury, oil, or other cold bath.
Patent GB-190315612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips, or Holders, Employed in Tentering Machines for Stretching, or Finishing, Textile Fabrics
Inventor: WHITLEY ALFRED AUSTIN
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 15,612. Whitley, A. A., Nuttall, J.. and Bentley, G. July 14. Stretching and tentering.-Relates to clips of the kind described in Specifications No. 2529, A.D. 1890, No. 14,209, A.D. 1895, and No. 16,126, A.D. 1898. When the fabric 1<x>, Fig. 1, is drawn from below the pivoted gauge tongue 9, the tongue descends into a slot 13 in the link 5, and the arm 8 no longer supports the pivoted lever 6, which then descends and forces down the upper jaw 1 to grip the fabric. The jaw 1, which may be hinged to the lever 6, works in a guide 3, and is furnished with one or more rows of teeth 2, which enter corresponding recesses in the lower jaw. The parts are taised for the release or insertion of a fabric by lifting the lever 6. In a modification, the guide 3 is dispensed with, and the jaw 1 is carried on an arm mounted on the gauge-tongue pivot, and is linked to the lever 6. In another arrangement, the jaw 1, Fig. 5, is carried by an arm 14, and linked to one arm 16 of a two-armed pivoted lever, the other arm 20 of which rests on a pivoted tumbler lever 18. The descent of the tongue 9 and lever 6 causes a projection 21 on the latter to tilt the lever 18 and release the arm 20, thus allowing the jaw 1 to descend. Springs may act on the jaw 1 to augment the grip. In a modification, the arm 16 forms the jaw 1, and is pressed downwards by a spring, the jaws, in this case, being serrated or otherwise roughened. In another arrangement, the descent of the tongue 9, Fig. 12, and lever 6 disengages the catch 18 from the arm 14 carrying the jaw 1, which then descends, and the lever 6 comes down on to the arm 14 to augment the grip. In a modification, the arm 14 has a projection, which is connected to the pivot 17 of the lever 6 by a spiral spring for increasing the grip when the upper jaw is released from the catch. In another modification, a lug formed on the lever 6 bears on a bent-up projection on the jaw 1, when such projection is released from the catch 18, to increase the grip. In another arrangement, a cam-shaped loop 27, Fig. 18, formed on the lever 6 acts on rollers 11, 12 carried by the upper jaw 1 to raise and lower the jaw when the lever is lifted and released respectively. In a modification, the arm 16, Fig. 5, is formed as a cam-shaped loop, similar to the loop 27, Fig. 18, and acting in a similar manner on the upper jaw, and a spring acts on the arm 20, when releasad from the tumbler lever, to depress the jaw.
Patent GB-190320634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attaching Insulators to the Tubular Arms of Telegraph and like Poles.
Inventor: CHAMBERS EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 20,634. Chambers, E. J. Sept. 25. Insulators. -Relates to means for attaching insulators to the cylindrical tubular arms of telegraph and like poles described in Specification No. 5406, A.D. 1891, and consists in preventing the slackening of the nut e by which the insulator stalk b is fixed to the arm d. The stalk b, which has a flat-sided flange b<2>, adapted to be rotated by a spanner and bearing upon a washer c concave on the bottom face; is screwed into a square, hexagonal, &c. nut e, the upper face of which is concave and shaped to seat itself against the tubular arm. Instead of shaping the bearing-face of the nut, the latter may have side arms or horns e<2>, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190322681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signal Flags and in Receptacles therefor
Inventor: NEFF FRANZ
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 22,681. Neff, F. Oct. 20. Signals, flag. -The portable signal flag shown in Fig. 3 consists of the cloth k on the cross - bars or stiffeners f, g, and the staff which is divided in the middle and screwed together. The cloth is fixed to the staff by studs with wing-nuts d, e. When folded up, the flag is carried in the pocket or receptacle m shown in Figs. 4 and 6, the receptacle also providing for a note-book in the pocket n and a pencil in the pocket o.
Patent GB-190323960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Hammers.
Inventor: PIERCY HENRY JAMES TAYLOR
Filed: 1903-11-04
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,960. Piercy, H. J. T. Nov. 4. Hammers, power. - The pump and hammer cylinders a, b of a pneumatic hammer are cast in one piece and at right-angles to each other, and are connected by a passage at the top of the cylinder a. The pump eccentric j is adjustably secured to a disc k on a shaft g driven by a belt and speed cones from a first-motion shaft, and on the shaft n of the handle m for operating the air valve l is a eam for gripping the hammer piston.
Patent GB-190326503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling Torpedoes.
Inventor: RACIC ANTON
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,503. Racic, A. Dec. 3. Torpedoes.-An inclination-corrector for torpedoes comprises two hydrostatic plates b, Fig. 1, connected to a balance-lever c. A lever d pivoted at h to the lever c is connected to the spindle e of a depth-corrector. When the torpedo becomes inclined, the pressure on the plates b is unequal and the lever c is inclined. The motion is transmitied by the levers d, i, k to the horizontal steering-blades or other steering-device. Fig. 2 shows the hydrostatic pistons m connected by a tube n containing mercury. The pistons may be replaced by membranes. A steering-device intended to replace the horizontal steering-blades is shown in Fig. 3. At the rear of the torpedo is arranged a sleeve p connected to the sleeve of the propeller shaft. A plate r, which turns about the horizontal axle q under the action of the lever s connected to the lever k, deflects the exhaust air in an upward or downward direction according to its inclination and so steers the torpedo.
Patent GB-190406035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Attaching Pipes, Electric Cables, or the like, to Walls or other Fixtures.
Inventor: TYERS FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6035. Tyers, F. March 11. Holdfasts.-In order to prevent damage to pipes, electric cables, and the like, clips A for fastening them to walls are provided with liners C of soft material the edges B being turned down to hold the liners. In the case of pipes, the liners are made of soft metal, but in the case of electric cables they are, preferably, of some insulating-material. Clips of larger size are formed with recesses in which the lining-material is placed.
Patent GB-190406875-A (GB)
Title: Jointing Jacket.
Inventor: FAIRBANK FRANK GRAHAM
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6875. Fairbank, F. G. March 22. Road service boxes.-Relates to a guard, shown in end elevation in Fig. 3, for protecting pipe, conduit, or other joints from water or other matter while making or after completion of the joint. A skin a of india-rubber or the like, stiffened by ribs &c. b, is provided with clamps c passing round flanges for connecting the jacket to the pipe &c.
Patent GB-190407857-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wheelbarrow for the Removal of Hot Ashes and other Substances
Inventor: HOWARTH SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7857. Howarth, S. April 5. Wheelbarrows.-A wheelbarrow for the removal of hot ashes and other substances drawn from the furnaces of steam boilers, gas plants, &c. has an iron or steel body a fastened to an iron or woodeu frame b by bolts extending through perforated metal tubes c, so as to leave an air space between the body and the frame.
Patent GB-190413603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Preparation of, Printers' Overlays and Underlays.
Inventor: GIBBONS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,603. Gibbons, W., and Jones, I. June 16. Overlays and underlays.-Relates to the production of overlays and underlays for printing purposes. A sheet of celluloid, paper, or other translucent material is attached to a flat plate of metal, glass, &c. by means of rubber solution or other adhesive, and then coated with a mixture containing fish glue or other colloid substance and a chrome salt. A suitable mixture consists of fish glue, water, sugar, albumen, and potassium bichromate. The coating-operation is carried out in the dark and, to ensure an even coating, the plate is " whirled " or otherwise agitated over any source of heat. The coated sheet is removed from the metal or backing, placed with its uncoated side against the picture side of the negative from which the block was made, and exposed to light, the light passing through the negative. The sheet is then washed in water and dried, thus leaving upon the surface portions in greater or less relief, and in this way producing an overlay or underlay. In Fig. 2, c is the coating, a the celluloid &c. sheet, and d the negative. If the negative is produced on a celluloid or other flexible backing, it may be attached to the metal &c. plate, and itself coated with the composition as in the case of the celluloid sheet described above. The overlay or underlay may be subsequently soaked in any suitable dye to render the design in relief more visible, or colouring- matter such as indian ink may be mixed with the coating-matter. The " high-lights " may be reduced in thickness by dissolving away the celluloid, when exposed at the face of the overlay, in a solvent such as amyl-acetate or acetone, or by scraping &c. The overlay or underlay may be soaked in glycerine to preserve it against cracking, and the finished surface may be coated with malacca varnish to prevent the absorption of moisture.