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Patent GB-190117625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Winding Thread and the like.
Inventor: MCKEAN JOHN OLIPHANT
Filed: 1901-09-03
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 17,625. Lake, H. H., [McKean, J. 0.]. Sept. 3. Winding-machines. - The spindle is mounted upon a sliding carriage R, P, and is pressed continuously against the reciprocating thread-guides W by a suspended weight p. It is driven through the gearing S, t and a wheel U, which is rotated by a belt O passing over cone drums J, N. The wheel or pulley U may be plain and the belt smooth, or the wheel may be provided with ribs or projections which engage with corresponding depressions or apertures in the belt, so that the wheel is driven uniformly as the spindle carriage slides on its supports owing to the increasing diameter of the cop. The belt may be in one piece or made up of a number of links of leather or other suitable material, When it is desired to wind conical cops or rolls, the upper part of the carriage R carrying the spindle is replaced by another carrying an inclined spindle and a skew gear-wheel in place of the wheel S. The threadguide is traversed by a grooved cam driven by spur gearing from the main-shaft K. The thread passes to the thread-guide W through a tension device X and supports a lever Y, the short arm of which engages with a lever or catch y which, when the parts are in the position shown, holds the spring starting-rod y<1> in such a position that the belt is on the fast pulley. Should the thread break, the lever Y falls and operates the catch-lever y so as to liberate the spring rod y<1>, which immediately transfers the driving-strap from the fast to the loose pulley.
Patent GB-190118253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plumbers' Portable Furnaces.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1901-09-12
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 18,253. Haddan, R., [Clayton & Lambert Manufacturing Co.]. Sept. 12. Blow lamps.-A portable stove for the use of plumbers consists of an oil tank A, a vapour burner F, and a pot B supported above the tank. The gasoline is forced by an air pump H up a tube E to a boss e pivoted thereon, and then passes through hollow ribs c, d, b (fixed beneath a plate a), an inclined tube i and a vertical tube h, to a boredout boss f, through which passes the adjustable valve-stem g. Each of the tubes c, d, b, i, and h is closed at one or both ends by screw plugs. Opposite the needle-valve is a tube o passing at au angle through the wall of the combustion-chamber n, which is opposite the opening B' of the melting- pot. The burner is initially heated by gasoline contained in the cup p.
Patent GB-190123813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamometers or Dynamometric Transmission Gear for Revolving Shafts.
Inventor: MUELLER HERMANN
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 23,813. M³ller, H. Nov. 23. Dynamometers.-A belt pulley a is connected to a sleeve b keyed on the shaft f by means of coiled springs c, c', which are attached at points d, d<1>, e, e<1>, 180‹apart. When the pulley is at rest, an eccentric h on a nut i fixed to the end of the sleeve is concentric with the shaft, but in running it becomes eccentric, as shown in Fig. 4, according to the torque, because a pin m upon it is engaged by a radial groove g in the drum head of the pulley. A counter n upon a pillar has a driving ratchet lever o which ends in a pin engaging a circular groove k in the eccentric. Consequently, as the eccentric revolves the lever is reciprocated, the amount of feed depending on the eccentricity, and so on the power transmitted. The slot g is so curved that the ratio between the torque and the ratchet feed is constant.
Patent GB-190125921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: POTT GIDEON
Filed: 1901-12-19
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 25,921. Pott, G., and Williamson, R. Dec. 19. Guards for machines for treating sugar, clothes, &c. The opening in the casing is fitted with a door composed of a series of segments arranged in the manner of the iris diaphragm and operated by a crank on the spindle i, which carries a pinion in gear with a toothed segment. The closing and opening of the door may be effected automatically upon the starting and stopping of the machine.
Patent GB-190205366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Accumulators
Inventor: MERAN JEAN EMMANUEL GEORGES
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 5366. MÚran, J. E. G. March 4. Pottery.-Porous cylindrical coverings of ceramic ware for holding the active material of electric accumulators are made from magnesium silicate, either pure, or in the form of talc, steatite, &c.
Patent GB-190207497-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Firearm.
Inventor: STAMM HANS
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7497. Stamm, H. March 27. Machine guns; ordnance breech mechanism.-The invention is shown as applied to a magazine rifle, but it is stated to be also applicable to machine guns and ordnance. Fig. 13 shows the gun in vertical section with the breech open, and Figs. 1<a>, 1<b> show a horizontal section. The straight-pull breech-bolt 15, Fig. 15, carries a rotary locking- head 20, Fig. 3, and is connected by a stud 18 to a piston 19, which is chambered at its front end. When the gun is discharged, the powder gases pass from the barrel 1 to the chamber 7 through the regulable channel 6, and, acting on the piston 19, carry the breech-bolt 15 rearwards, compressing the springs 35, 36. During the first part of the rearward movement of the breech-bolt 15, it acts by its curved plates 16 on the curved slots 21 of the bolt head 20, and rotates the head into its unlocked position. The unlocked bolt head then moves rearwards with the breech-bolt, and, in doing so, is further turned by the curved guides 9 acting on the locking-studs 39, 40 of the bolt head, the result being to move the plates 16 into the recesses 22, and thus to lock the firing-pin 25 in its cocked position. The return of the breech-bolt and piston, by the springs 35, 36, carries a fresh cartridge into the gun, unlocks the bolt head from the breech-bolt, and turns it into locking-position, the firing-pin being caught by the sear hook 30. The pull of the trigger 29 is conveyed by the nose 43 to the rod 31, which is pivoted at 32, and is linked to the sear 30 pivoted at M. A spring lever 34 is pivoted at 0 to the rod 31, and acts as a detent to the breech-bolt when it is withdrawn by the handle 17. The trigger 29 and nose 43 are pivoted to the lever 34, and act upon it to release the retracted breech bolt, while the nose allows the sear 30 to re-engage with the firing-pin, even though the trigger is still held back after the discharge of the gun. The forward end of the lever 31 has a projection 33, which blocks the movement of the sear so long as the breech-bolt is retracted. The ejector lever 24 is pivoted at N to the sear 30, and is pressed upwards by a spring, as shown. The firing-pin 25 is provided with an operating- handle 27, which has a pivoted safety locking-piece 28, shown in Fig. 5. The cartridge platform 41 blocks the closing movement of the breech-bolt as soon as the gun is opened after the discharge of the last cartridge.
Patent GB-190209261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: HICKLING ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-04-22
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 9261. Hickling, A. April 22. Knitted fabrics ; straight bar knitting-machines. - Relates to a method of transferring loops from one needle to an adjacent one, the loop being twisted to make a raised portion on the fabric and so produce a pattern. The hooks b are carried on a bar suitably operated, and are selected by a jacquard mechanism. The hook engages, say, the left-hand bar of a loop and transfers it to the right-hand side of the adjacent right - hand needle, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that split points, which may be rotated, can be employed in place of the hooks b.
Patent GB-190212997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weather Screens or Covers for Tramcars.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JOHN
Filed: 1902-06-07
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 12,997. Griffiths, J. June 7. Covers for exposed seats.-Weather screens or covers e, of such a length that, when unrolled, their free ends meet over the centre of the roof of the tramcar, are fixed to spring or other rollers a, on which they are wound when not in use. When unrolled, they are supported by the central wire c and the side wires d, which latter are a little lower than the central wire. The roller a is fitted between standards b fixed at each end of the roof of the car. For the purpose of winding and unwinding the covers e, cords g are attached to their free ends, and pass round pulleys on a central pillar, to which they may be secured when the covers are in use. These covers may be used in combination with the weather frame or screen described in Specification No. 12,999, A.D. 1902, for affording complete protection in inclement weather.
Patent GB-190214032-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Manufacture of Acetyl Chloride.
Inventor: WOHL ALFRED
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 14,032. Wohl, A. June 20. Acetyl chloride and calcium or barium sulphate are produced by slowly adding sulphuryl chloride to calcium or barium acetate and subjecting the mixture to prolonged mechanical disintegration in a ball mill, edge runner, &c., before distilling off the acetyl chloride. The sulphuryl chloride may be replaced by chlorine and an excess of sulphurous acid.
Patent GB-190214397-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Announcing the Destination and Time of Arrival or Departure or both of Vehicles of Locomotion.
Inventor: BAYLOR ARMISTEAD KEITH
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 14,397. Baylor, A. K. June 25. Indicators, departure and arrival; indicators, route, for vehicles.-A route or destination indicator for a tramway or like vehicle, of the type described in Specification No. 6152, A.D. 1900, is provided with the means shown in Fig. 1 for indicating the time of arrival or departure, or both, of the vehicle of locomotion. The hour-screen 3<a>, and the minute-screens 3<b>, 3<c>, pass over their respective upper and lower drums 2<a>, 2<b>, 2<c>, which are separately operated by bevel gearing from the handles 5<a>, 5<b>, 5<c>. The station or destination indicator 3 may be of any preferred construction.
Patent GB-190218743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Rendering or Reducing Fish-waste and other Material Capable of Yielding Oil, Grease or Gelatine.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 18,743. Haddan, R., [Edson, E. R.]. Aug. 26. Refuse, treating.-Relates to apparatus for treating fish waste, garbage, &c. for the production of oil, grease, or gelatine. The receptacle a, Fig 1, surrounded by a jacket d which communicates with the interior heating vessel c, is provided with charging and discharging pipes 5, 10 closed by slides b, 11. Compressed air from the chamber j is admitted to the top through the pipe k, and, when required to disintegrate the matter under treatment, through the pipes A, 43 to the perforated chamber 44 at the bottom. When the valve 13 is closed, any back pressure in the chamber 44 closes the valve 47 against the action of the spring 45. The valve v in the pipe k comprises an inlet pipe 27, Fig. 2, adapted to be closed by the block 16, when the pressure in the chamber 17 is sufficient to raise the diaphragm 29 against the action of the spring 38. When the pressure in the receptacle a, Fig. 1, reaches a certain limit, the valve 53 is raised against the action of the spring 52, which is regulated by the screw cap 54. Oil is drawn off through the strainer s and pipe p. The solution of gelatine passes through the filtering-material x to the pipe r. The residue and the material are discharged through the pipe 10 on withdrawing the slide 11.
Patent GB-190300994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Wheels for Vehicles, Driving Pulleys and the like.
Inventor: STAGG THOMAS DANIEL
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 994. Stagg, T. D. Jan. 15. Hubs; spokes; felloes or rims; packing, elastic and sound-absorbing.-Wheels for vehicles and the like are fitted with wooden spokes and with means for adjusting the parts. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the metal hub comprises a plate H secured by bolts I to a bush D, on which are formed tapering recesses separated by wedgeshaped radial flanges C having ribbed edges F. The inner ends of the spokes, which have transversely-inclined extremities, fit into these recesses, and the outer narrowed ends N project into the felloe J through the ring K, which isformed with pockets L to receive the shoulders O. The felloe is secured by bolts M to the ring K, which is formed in two parts relatively adjustable by means of bolts P. The width of the inner ends of the spokes is greater than the depth of the recesses in the bush to allow for adjustment and shrinkage, and moisture may be kept out by indiarubber or like packing. In modifications, each recess in the bush may be large enough to receive the ends of two spokes E, Fig. 11, the flanges C may have ribs G, and the hub may be formed of similar parts A, A<1>, Fig. 7, each of which is shaped to hold some of the spokes.
Patent GB-190305172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: HANSEN JOHN MORRISON
Filed: 1903-03-05
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 5172. Hansen, J. M. March 5. Wagons; underframing of bodies.-The underframings of railway cars or wagons, and more especially of gondola cars, are built up of rolled channel and angle irons, to which the wooden floor and sides and the hinged ends are secured, and are formed with pockets or hoppers closed by horizontal hinged doors. Fig. 3 shows a plan of part of the underframing, the flooring being removed, and Fig. 5 shows transverse vertical sections at two parts. Two longitudinal built-up central girders 1 and two similar side girders are connected by transverse bolsters 7, and the side girders are also connected by end girders 15, Fig. 3. Four pockets or hoppers, closed by doors or flaps 35, are placed near the middle of the floor of the wagon, and are built up of angleirons. The beams 1, 2, 15 have their greatest depths at the middle of their length and taper towards their ends, and each is built up of two angle-irons 3,4, Fig. 5, and a connecting-web. The beams 1 are further stiffened by angle-irons 6. The bolsters 7 consist of channel-irons placed back to back, and are connected to the centre beams 1 by lap plates 9, 10. Between the beams 1 and in line with the bolster 7 is a casting forming a brace 11, which is provided with a boss 12 for the king pin. Side bearings 13 are riveted to the plate 10. The ends of the end beams 15, Fig. 3, are boxed in and are stiffened by the buffer cases and by struts 18 and gussets 17. The draught beams 20 are secured to the projecting ends of the central beams 1. The underframing is tied together by cross-beams 24, which support the floor stringers 26, Fig. 5. The hopper doors 35 are hinged on lugs 39 on diaphragms 36, and are drawn up by chains which pass over pulleys 46 and are wound upon spindles 47. The doors close against angleirons 41, 44 riveted to the plates forming the sides of the hopp3rs. Brakes.-The brake shaft 50, Fig. 9, having on its upper end a hand-wheel, has its lower end stepped in a bent angle-iron 51, the web of which is cut away, the flange 53 being bent back to form a double thickness. Couplings, non-automatic.-The safety chains on each side of the coupling connecting the draw-bars are connected by eye-bolts 55, Fig. 10, to the end beams, and have on their ends hooks or links which may be engaged with the hooks and links on the chains of the adjacent car. The bolts 55 are supported by "anchors" 56 consisting of hollow castings formed with flanges 58, 59, which are riveted to the end beams and to anglepieces 60.
Patent GB-190305829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sugar-cane Mills.
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 5829. McNeil, J. March 13. Roller mills.-In a sugar-cane mill having a pair of preparatory splitting-rollers combined with the usual mill rolls, means are provided for driving the preparatory splitting-rollers from the usual gearing of the mill. Figs. 1 and 2 show one of several arrangements which may be adopted. The splitting-rollers A, B are mounted in supplementary housings C, carried by beams C' fixed to the headstocks C' of the mill D, and supported by two columns C<3>. The lower roller A drives the upper one B through pinions A', B', and is itself driven by a short shaft H coupled to a gearing shaft J, driven by spur gearing M', M' from a second-motion shaft L' of the usual gearing of the mill. Modifications are described (1) in which the lower roller receives its motion from the intermediate shaft L', and (2) in which the upper roller drives the lower roller.
Patent GB-190306028-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Draught Excluders.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN WILLY CARL
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 6028. Zimmermann, W. C. March 16. Draught excluders. -Relates to draught excluders for the bottoms and sides of doors. A movable flexible strip a, grasped by a number of short clamps b, is pressed against the floor or other surface by springs d attached to each clamp. Where the clamps grasp the strip, the shanks are parallel, and then widen out as indicated. The clamps and strip are fitted into a plate-iron socket e, which is fastened into a divided wooden strip f let into a groove in the door.
Patent GB-190313633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Air Gas for Lighting, Heating and Power Purposes
Inventor: CASSE ALPHONSE
Filed: 1903-06-18
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 13,633. Casse, A., and Digruef, H. June 18. Float valves. - In carburetting-apparatus, the supply of carburetting-material by the pipe 69 is regulated by a valve 68, operated by a float 64 through levers arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190322992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frictional Driving Mechanism.
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,992. Frazer & Chalmers, [Cook, J. F.]. Oct. 23. Friction ratchets. -Relates to friction gearing for producing intermittent rotary motion such as is employed for the feeding devices in ore-stamping machinery. A flanged friction disc a is mounted on the shaft b to be driven. A driving - lever c, having an eccentric boss d, is loosely mounted on the shaft b and carries loosely on the boss d a cam pawl e which, when driving, bears against the inside k of the flange on the disc a. The shaft b is driven intermittently by the reciprocating action of the lever c causing the pawl e to engage alternately with the flange k and then fall back freely to its initial position.
Patent GB-190400525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Elastic and like Wheels for Cycles, Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: JOLY CELESTE
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 525. Joly, C., and Boucher, R. Jan. 8. Drawings to Specification. Coated fabrics; waterproof fabrics.-The protecting-band of elastic tyres for the wheels of cycles, motor cars, and other vehicles is formed of waterproof canvas, leather, skin, or like material covered with india-rubber, and it may be strengthened with wire gauze, wire netting, chain mail, or the like.
Patent GB-190405731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Regulating Devices applicable to Clocks.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5731. Howorth, F. W., [Akt.-Ges. " Magneta " Electrische Uhren ohne Batterie und ohne Contacte]. March 8. Electric clocks ; synchronizing-apparatus; escapements.-The clock is set so as to gain a few minutes per day on a standard clock, from which it receives an electric controlling-current every half-minute. The current acts alternately in opposite directions on the electromagnet 30, and thereby the side of the polarized armature 29 in contact with one of the poles of the magnet is repelled, and the other attracted by the second pole. The armature, pivoted at 31, is connected to one end of a spring 28, the other end of which is fixed to a lever 26 pivoted at 27. If the clock is, say, two seconds fast on the completion of a minute, the secondshand 34 will be at the position shown when the current is sent through the magnet. The escapement 9, pivoted at 10 and carrying the pawls 21, 22, which have a limited vertical movement in the slots 24, 25, has dropped from the higher portion 4, of the disc 3, to the lower portion 5. The pawl 22 has been raised at one end by the lever 26, which, when the current is sent, travels across to the dotted position, and does not raise the pawl 21. The pin 11 is in contact with the disc until it falls into the slotted portion 7, when the disc and escapement wheel are stopped, the pendulum and anchor going on. During the fall of the escapement, the lever 12, 13 turns about the pin 15, and the pan 16 is brought into a position to be engaged by the arm 19 on the anchor. When this engagement takes place, the escapement is lifted, and the disc and escapement-wheel are free to revolve. If the regulating-mechanism is stopped through some cause, the clock will gain, but after the derangement is remedied, slight stoppages, as above described, will take place every minute uutil the clock is right again in time.
Patent GB-190406905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Paper Tubes for Holding Yarn.
Inventor: STELL SAM
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6905. Stell, S. March 22. Paper tubes for holding yarns are made from sheets of paper serrated at one edge in such positions that the corrugations formed on rolling the paper are of irregular section, both as regards depth and width. Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a tube-making machine provided with shearing-apparatus for making the necessary serrations. The paper is fed intermittently over a roller 3 and cutting-table 4 by the feed-rollers 5. When the paper is at rest on the table 4, the serrations are made by the blades 9 carried by the rocking shaft 7, which is actuated by the crank 11 on the shaft 12. The blades pass through the paper and enter corresponding notches 10 in the table 4. When made into a tube, the serrations form at least one lap of the completed tube.
Patent GB-190407404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Split Hubs and Sprokets
Inventor: TOWNSEND RICHARD SIDNEY
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 7404. Townsend, R. S. Nov. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Chain-wheels.-The toothed portion of a split sprocket-wheel may be replaced without replacing the hub of the wheel. The hub is made in four parts 2, 3, 4, 5 which are clamped to the spindle 1 by bolts 6, 7. The bolts 10, 11 pass through holes in the two pieces 8, 9, and grip them firmly between the parts of the hub. The parts 8, 9 may be made in one piece, which is slipped over the end of the spindle before the parts 4, 5 are placed in position.