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Patent GB-190202201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Massage and Electro-therapeutical Apparatus.
Inventor: PATERSON DAVID ROBERT
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 2201. Paterson, D. R. Jan. 28. Massage ; electricity, administering.-In electric massage apparatus, the rotary brush a consisting of intermixed fibrous and metallic spines, is actuated through a flexible shaft i driven by a motor e, the current for which is supplied through a cable l provided with a plug l' for connection to an electric service. A battery f supplies current to a coil g, one terminal of the secondary of which is connected to a wire g<1> leading through the motor and flexible shaft to the brush, and coupled with the metallic spines. The other terminal is connected by a wire g<2> to a handle k to be held by the user of the apparatus, so as to complete the circuit. The brush may be disconnected and used without administering electricity. A second handle k<1> may be connected to an additional terminal g<3> so as to administer the current in the usual way. A " buzzer " or bell may be used, to indicate the strength of the current used. An alternating current of high frequency may be used in place of that from the coil. The whole apparatus is arranged so as to pack in a box o fitted with a lid o<2> and a door o<1>.
Patent GB-190205849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piston Packing Rings
Inventor: MURRAY ANGUS
Filed: 1902-03-10
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 5849. Murray, A. March 10. Pistons.-A self-adjust- ing packing for the pistons of high-speed steam engines consists of two metal split rings a, c, which are placed in a groove in the piston and are forced outwards against the flanges of the groove and against the cylinder walls by an inter- mediate split spring-ring b. The faces of the rings are bevelled, as shown, and the rings are grooved to retain oil or other lubricant. The cut parts of the rings may be cut at an angle, or checked, or fitted with a jointing-tongue. The ex- pansion of the rings is limited by checks on the outside rings and on the flanges of the groove in the piston.
Patent GB-190210663-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Clerical Vests.
Inventor: KROENIG CHARLES SIMEON
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 10,663. Kroenig, C. S., Tonkin, F. D., and Tonkin, A. J. May 9. Waistcoats.-Relates to clerical vests and consists in providing for contracting or letting-out the neck aperture as desired. This is effected by making at or near the neck a slit or slits provided with adjustable fastenings b, c.
Patent GB-190213111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives
Inventor: AZ JAN MIJS
Filed: 1902-06-09
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,111. Az, J. M. June 9. Explosives.-Relates to safety blasting-explosives, and consists of a mixture of about 92 parts of ammonium nitrate, 6 parts of pure anthracene, and 2 parts of barium sulphide.
Patent GB-190219160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dredging Buckets or Grales.
Inventor: PAY CHARLES
Filed: 1902-09-01
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 19,160. Pay, C. Sept. 1. Grabs.-Relates to dredging buckets or grabs applicable for general excavating purposes, for wet or dry soils, or for hoisting or elevating coal, grain, or other substances. Figs. 1 and 2 show the apparatus in side and front elevation respectively, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show details. The bucket consists of two shells or scoops 44, each scoop having straight sides and a spherically-shaped bottom, and being strengthened by the metallic straps 46. The scoops are pivotally connected with the ear-pieces 47 of the boxes 31 for the shaft 36 of the cams 40. On the cam shaft, is fastened the pulley 37 to which is fixed the end of the operating-chain 23. The chains 41 attached to the cams 40 are also attached to the collars 42 on the shaft 18. The shaft 18 is held to the lifting bar or yoke 17 by eye-bolts and the sliding blocks 16 are mounted between the strips 14, 15, Figs. 3 and 4, of the frame. The tail arms 51, 52, are mounted on the lifting-bar and connected to the scoops at the centres of the digging-edge. The pull on the chain 38 turns the pulley 37, and the shaft 36 rotates the cams 40, so winding np the chains 41 and drawing down the shaft 18 and sliding blocks 16, and results in the closing of the scoops 44. When the chain 23 is pulled and the chain 38 is let out, the shaft 18 is raised and the scoops are opened. The power exerted to close the scoops is applied to the cams 40 on their shortest radii so that there is less tendency to lift the bucket in closing.
Patent GB-190219985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Filed: 1902-09-12
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 19,985. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Holden, F. Sept. 12. Energy meters.-Two improvements in motor meters are described, namely, a device to prevent sparking at the commutator, and an arrangement for intensifying the magnetic field and increasing the torque by means of a fixed iron core. The device for preventing sparking is shown in Fig. 2. When the main brush f<3> passes on to the section f<1> of the commutator, an auxiliary brush h remains in contact with the projection h<1> on the section f<2>. The brush h is connected to the brush f through the non-inductive resistance 4, the difference of potential between the two sections being thus equalized without sparking. In a modification, the projection h<1> is dispensed with, and an insulating rod is placed between the sections to prevent the brush h from touching both sections simultaneously. The armature with fixed iron core m is shown in Fig. 4. The core is laminated, and supported on a tube n<1> mounted on the end of a bracket o. The coils i, j are clamped to the shaft a by insulating-plates l, k<1>, and kept apart by the distance-piece k.
Patent GB-190221508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Gear
Inventor: ECCLES ROBERT
Filed: 1902-10-03
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 21,508. Eccles, R. Oct. 3. Driving-mechanism; treadle-levers.-Relates to improvements in the driving-mechanism described in Specification No. 10,262, A.D. 1900. The pedals are carried by sleeves v adjustably-secured by studs w on treadle-levers h, h<1>, which are formed with or secured on sleeves m, n mounted in ball bearings on an axle c secured in a cross-sleeve formed in the saddle post, which is preferably arranged vertically.
Patent GB-190223432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stereoscopes.
Inventor: RICHMOND HENRY EMSLEY
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 23,432. Richmond, H. E. Nov. 4, A.D. 1901, [date appdied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stereoscopes. - Relates to a method of mounting the lenses in the frame. A conical thimble 1 is made with a circular flange 2 and a flange 3 with a square aperture, against which the lens is secured by a disc 8, held in place by projections 7. The thimble 1 is secured by a flanged ring 9, which is forced over it.
Patent GB-190228898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Looms.
Inventor: WALKER ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1902-12-31
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 28,898. Walker, A. E., Walker, A., and Walker, G. Dec. 31. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism; shuttle boxes; lays.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 16,156, A.D. 1901. The lowest shuttle in the hopper 140, Fig. 1, is supported by a bent projection 142 extending from the back thereof, and the reciprocating feeder 145 is provided with end extensions 146 for supporting the shuttle during and after its removal from the projection 142. The front of the shuttle box, Fig. 3, is provided with an incline 148, which engages with the shuttle as the latter and the box approach one another, so as to force the shuttle beneath the bar or screed 5, and cause it to enter the box properly ; 149 are grooves to allow of the passage of the parts 146 carried by the feeder. In order to prevent the loose ends from spent shuttles from being drawn into the shed, the lay is provided with an undercut groove 150, Fig. 5, and a hook. When the shuttle box 2 is rotated and the lay reciprocated, the spent thread 158 passes into the undercut part of the groove and beneath the hook, being thereby held flat on the shuttle-race and clear of the new weft thread 157. At the next rotation of the shuttle box, the weft 158 is severed, as shown at 159, and in the manner described in the prior Specification by cutters 160, 161, and is finally drawn clear of the fabric.
Patent GB-190301571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coupling Devices for Rotatable Shafts
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 1571. Brookes, A. G., [Bradley, P. B.]. Jan. 22. Mills and apparatus.-Relates to a ball-and-socket type of coupling, particularly applicable to a grinding-mill, one modification of the application being shown in Fig. 1, and another in Fig. 6. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 3 is rotated through the coupling by means of the pulley 13 formed integrally with the casing of the couplings. The upper end of the shaft 3 is tapered so as to fit a correspondingly-shaped orifice in the crosshead C, upon the trunnions of which the members D are supported. These members D are enclosed in the bearing, which is composed of two portions G, H, the portion G being extended downwardly to form a conical bearing for supporting the rotating coupling. Two vertical cheeks are formed in the portion G, and provided with recesses for the reception of Babbitt metal, which is also supplied to other bearing-surfaces. Between each pair of cheeks is placed the retaining-piece M having the concave surface m, and held in place by suitable screws and nuts. When assembling the parts, the members D are placed over the trunnions of the crosshead, and then the crosshead is placed into its bearing from the top, the shaft 3 is inverted, and the keys M placed in position with Babbitt metal behind. The cover H may be formed with a hub h<3>, which rotates on a journal 21 ; or the hub may be secured to the driving- shaft. In the modified form of coupling, the end of the hole p<x>, Fig. 6, is preferably counterbored to receive the threaded shank 40 of the retaining- nut 42, and a locking-pin 43 is inserted. The casing forming the bearing for the coupling is made in halves E, F, the latter having a hub f<x> to receive the shaft end s<1>. Concave pockets are provided in each of the halves, the pockets being filled with Babbitt metal to provide bearings for the segmental members of the crosshead. On each side of the seats, each part is formed to present cheeks also for the reception of metal. If the section S is rotatable in fixed bearings, one bearing such as L may extend into the opening E, while a cover plate L<10> may be provided.
Patent GB-190301578-A (GB)
Title: Appliances for Controlling the Flow of Liquids and Gases.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 1578. Doulton, H. L., and Pleace, R. J. Jan. 22. Liquids, regulating flow of; gas valves; rotary disc valves. - A device for regulating the flow of liquids and gases through pipes &c. consists of a screw plug A, in which passages D, D', of the form shown in Fig. 1, are cut, the plug A working in a projecting rim B on the inside of a pipe C. By adjusting the position of the plug A, the area of the opening through which the liquid may flow is increased or diminished. In another method, perforations are cut in two adjustable plates E, F fixed in a pipe H, Fig. 3, the perforations being brought partially or wholly opposite each other, so as to regulate the opening G through which the liquid &c. may flow, by turning the plate F.
Patent GB-190302341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padlock Fasteners for Curb Bracelets Charms Pendants and the like.
Inventor: LEONARDT OTTO
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 2341. Leonardt, O., [trading as Fitter & Sons]. Jan. 31. Jewellery fastenings.- Relates to a padlock fastener for bracelets, charms, pendants, &c. The padlock is fitted with a loop L and spring catch B. The part B is a bell-crank lever pivoted at H<1> and closed by a spring S. The arm P, hinged to the catch B at H<11>, is fitted with a handle N projecting beyond the front of the lock through the slot H. The part K forms a guide for the arm P and a support for the spring S. To open the catch, the handle N is pressed down in the slot. A safety chain may be attached to the ring R.
Patent GB-190302600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: MELVIN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 2600. Melvin, W. H., and Mann, A. Feb. 3. Lift valves; self-closing valves; casings; spindles; tampering with valves, preventing; protecting from injury from external sources; dirt, preventing lodgment of; repairing, facilitating ; cleaning.- The valve casing a is provided with a bib or nozzle b. The valve proper e, made of metal, is mounted on a spindle c, which is provided with a small pin or stud g adapted to engage a helical slot h formed in a sleeve i, which is screwed to the casing a, at k. The pitch of the slot h is so quick that ordinary water pressure is sufficient to close the valve. Coned metal packing l is provided, to prevent the escape of water along the valve spindle. The slot h and stud g may be protected from dirt, or damage, or from being tampered with, by means of a sleeve m held in place by the operating-handle &c. f. The valve may be easily taken apart for cleaning, adjustment or renewal, and the valve proper e is provided with a screwed hole n to facilitate the insertion of a tool for grinding the valve on to its seating d, formed in the casing a.
Patent GB-190315870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 15,870. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. July 17. Steam &c. turbines.-An elastic-fluid turbine has rows of vanes 3 made in sections with integral bases 4, fitting in a groove in the rim of the turbine wheel. Studs 8 project from the bases of the sections and, passing through apertures 11 in the rim, are secured by nuts 10. The outer apertures are cut away to allow the studs to enter them. The invention may be applied to securing vanes to a turbine casing.
Patent GB-190317866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steering and Controlling Apparatus for Automobiles.
Inventor: WHITE ROLLIN HENRY
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,866. White, R. H. Dec. 1, A.D. 1902, [date, applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Comprises mechanism for operating the steering-wheels of automobiles, and includes means for supporting a throttle-operating shaft concentric to the tubular steering-post. A bracket I, having laterally-extended feet J, by which it is secured to the vehicle frame A, B, has an inclined tubular sleeve K. In this are provided bearings for the tubular steering-post N, and, in an enlargement, is lodged a worm P attached to the post, and prevented from moving endwise by a plug R screwed into the lower end of the sleeve. At the back of the bracket is a divided casing U for a worm-segment fast on a shaft W carrying an arm X which is connected by a ball-joint coupling with the steering-linkage. The coupling is shown in Fig. 4. This consists of a split tube, with an elongated opening at the side for the ball-arm X, containing two blocks Y forming the ball-socket, and adjusted by a screwed plug Z, which can be fixed by clamping the split tube together. The throttle-operating shaft S extends right through the tubular steering-post and the plug R.
Patent GB-190320874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Baling and other Presses.
Inventor: SHALLIS FREDERICK WALTER
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 20,874. Shallis, F. W. Sept. 29. Baling-presses.- Relates to hydraulic presses in which the hydraulic compressing-cylinder is directly coupled to a filling- box, and consists in providing reliable means for connecting the compressing-cylinder and filling box together and also for preventing the admission of water to the compressing-cylinder before the connection is properly made. The binding-ring c, which is made in two parts hinged together at c<1>, has a dovetailed recess fitting over the projecting flanges a', b<1> on the compressing-cylinder a and filling-box b. The two parts of the ring c are preferably swung together by hydraulic pressure, and are secured by the notched piece d fitting over the lugs c'. The piece d is forced upwards by a small hydraulic ram e. The rod g, connected to the piece d, leads to a safety-valve, and thus prevents water from entering the main cylinder a until the piece d, encloses the lugs c<2>. The ring c may be formed of two separate halves secured together by two locking-pieces d fitting over lugs. The chamber b may revolve about the spindle h or may run on rails.
Patent GB-190320938-A (GB)
Title: Improved Snap Hook
Inventor: COVERT ROBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,938. Covert, R. F. Sept. 29. Hooks.-The bolt 4 is pressed against the bill of the hook 6 by the spring 5. The thumb-piece 3 connected to the bolt 4 slides in a longitudinal slot 2. The stop latch 8 is pivoted at 9, and has a stop lug 10 at one end. A spring 13 presses down the end 10, which will engage with the slots 16 or 15 according as the bolt is shot or is pushed back by the piece 3. The bolt is released by pressing down the end 11 of the stop latch 8.
Patent GB-190323409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Springs for Wheeled-chair-carriages and the like Vehicles.
Inventor: GRANT THOMAS
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 23,409. Grant, T. Oct. 29. Perambulators and like vehicles.-Helical springs are fitted to the axles and framework of chair carriages and like vehicles to reduce vibration. In Fig. 1, the springs are shown fitted only to one axle C, which can slide in a slot S in the frame. The axles C, Fig. 2, slide on bolts D in supports B, under the action of springs A.
Patent GB-190324138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cans and the like to Facilitate Opening.
Inventor: NICHOLS JESSE WORICK
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 24,138. Nichols, J. W. Nov. 6. Cans, opening.-Cans and analogous receptacles are formed with weakened lines 4, 5, Figs. 3 and 4, around the body part, near one end, to facilitate the removal of the intervening strip 3 to open the receptacle. A weakened line 6 is formed across the strip 3, and a depressed part 8, having weakened lines, is formed at the side of the strip 3, near the line 6 to facilitate the severance of the strip 3 along the line 6. The point of a forked key 9, or other suitable instrument, is forced through the depression 8, and the strip, being engaged in the forked part, is torn off by rotating the key. The strip 3 may be on the end instead of being on the body of the can. In the modification shown in Fig. 1<a>, the depression is dispensed with,and the tongue formed by the transverse line 7<1> is shaped as shown, an additional weakened line 14<1> being used to facilitate the insertion of the instrument between the points marked 11<1>, 12<1> to sever the tongue and strip.
Patent GB-190400963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Seats.
Inventor: MEECH HAROLD EDGAR BROMHALL
Filed: 1904-01-14
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 963. Meech, H. E. B. Jan. 14. Lift valves; check valves; seats.-In order to prevent the scoring of the valve seats in lift, check, stop, and like valves, the valves and their seats are constructed as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The main seat a<3>, Fig. 1, is fitted with a perforated hollow sliding piston b provided with a piston ring b<1> to ensure a tight joint. The upper end of the piston b forms the seat of a secondary valve d<2> carried by the main valve d. On operating the valve-spindle c to open the valve, the piston b rises, by the action of the fluid pressure and of the spring e<1> on the pin e, with the valves d, d<2>, keeping close joint with the valve d<2> until the upper edge of the piston has risen above the main seat a'. The piston b is then arrested by the head of the pin e, while the valves continue to rise, thus opening the passage past the secondary valve d<2>. The edge of the main seat is thus protected from scoring by the upper part of the piston b. Fig. 3 shows a modification to facilitate the renewal of the parts, the detachable main seat being connected by a hollow cylindrical part to a screw-nut a<4> screwed into the casing, as shown.
Patent GB-190410819-A (GB)
Title: A Levelling Apparatus for Ascertain Readily and Automatically any Deviation of Vessels and Floating Docks from their Horizontal Position.
Inventor: BREITLAENDER WILHELM
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 10,819. Breitlõnder, W. May 10. Trim, indicating.-Floats 5, 6, which work in vessels communicating by a pipe 4, are attached by arms 7 to a cross-shaft. The float-vessels being arranged fore-and-aft, any change in the trim in that direction causes one float to rise and the other to fall and thus to rock the shaft to which they are attached. This shaft is connected by an arm 15, link 14, lever 12, and link 11 to a bell-crank lever, of which one arm 17 acts as a pointer to indicate the want of level, and thus the difference of the bow and stern draughts, on a scale 18.
Patent GB-190421436-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machinery for Compressing Gases and in connection therewith.
Inventor: NORTHCOTT WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 21,436. Northcott, W. H. Oct. 6. Drawings to Specification. Liquids, purifying.-A mixture of spent lubricating-oil and water obtained from the separator of a wet air-compressor is purified by passing it into a collecting-vessel having a continuous supply of clean water ; the scum rises to the surface and passes away by an overflow pipe, while the purified liquid is returned for re-use in the compressor.
Patent GB-190422342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc-lamp Electrodes.
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 22,342. K÷rting & Mathiesen Akt.- Ges. Oct. 31, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Arc lamps, electrodes for. Carbons are provided with undulating or helical metallic cores in order to reduce their resistance. A straight wire a is passed through a channel in the carbon c, and the protruding portion d, equal in length to the carbon, is bent as desired. The bent wire is then pulled back until inside the carbon, so that the undulations make good contact with the carbon.
Patent GB-190424087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sand Moulding Machines.
Inventor: HALL FREDERICK WILSON
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 24,087. Hall, F. W. Nov. 7. Moulding. - The ramming cylinder G of a sand - moulding machine is adjustably connected to a rack-plate D connecting two sliding collars a', a<4> on a hollow column A. A spring a<18> causes the ramming cylinder to turn about the column out of the way of the flask as soon as the catch a<8> is released from the fixed collar a by depressing the hand-lever a<11>. The bottom of the cylinder piston has a head g' with bevelled recesses into which ramming-blocks of various shapes can be fitted. Compressed air or other fluid is conveyed to the cylinder and depresses the block, the return motion being obtained by a spring h<1>, and the pressure being regulated by a hand-operated plug cock, shown in Fig. 4. The position of the cylinder, the weight of which is balanced by a spring S, may be altered to suit the depth of the flask. Attached to a bracket B on the column are arms B<2> which act as supports for the stripping-plate ; and bars b<5>, jointed at their lower ends to a hub B<7> running on a supporting- shaft B<6> and guided to prevent lateral motion, form the pattern-plate support, the latter being lowered after ramming by a spring-controlled crank-lever, shown in dotted lines. The plug cock has holes k<1>, k<2> communicating with the air supply and the cylinder respectively. The plug has a channel k<3> giving communication with the holes k<1>, k<2> and a hole k<6> which, when the plug is turned partly round, will allow the air to escape from the pipe h through the adjustable valve k<5>.