baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-190226597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Tires.
Inventor: WORTH WILLIAM OSCAR
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 26,597. Worth, W. O. Dec. 2. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A cushion tyre for motor and other road vehicles consists of a narrow base portion 6, Figs. 2 and 3, having a projecting longitudinal tread piece 7 and lateral extensions 8 at each side. The base 6 fits on to the rim 3 between the flanges 4, and is secured to the wheel by bolts 10, which are placed between adjacent extensions 8 and pass through the rim 3 and felloe 1. Other short bolts 12 may also be placed in some of the recesses of the tyre, and are screwed into the rim. Washers are placed under the heads of the bolts. The tyre is preferably made of india-rubber, and may be composed of several independent sections. The extensions 8 on opposite sides of the tyre are arranged in a staggered or alternating manner. The sides or faces of the recesses are all inclined so that the recesses are contracted towards the bottom.
Patent GB-190227496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoists & Winches
Inventor: GRAVE LANCELOT WALTER DE
Filed: 1902-12-13
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 27,496. Grave, L. W. de. Dec. 13. Hoists; winches. -The drum B is mounted on ball or roller bearings C outside the frame or casing A enclosing the motor. The balls or rollers run between steel races fixed outside the casing A and inside the drum B, respectively. The drum is driven from the motor through the pinion F, wheel G, and pinion H gearing with an internally toothed ring J inside the brake ring K. Feet E on the motor end plates take the weight of the motor and drum.
Patent GB-190228254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 28,254. Fell, J. C., [Union Typewriter Co.]. Dec. 22. Type-writers. - Relates to the spring restoring devices for the escapement dog rockers of type - writing machines, and is described with reference to the spacing- mechanism of the Remington machine. A bracket 2 depending from the top plate 1 of the machine is provided with lugs 3 tapped to receive the pivot screws of the rock-shaft 6 which carries the rocker arm 8 and feed-dogs 9, 10. The controlling-spring 14 of the rocker is seated at one end in a recess 13 in the arm 8 and at the other end in a threaded plug 16, split at 17, as shown in Fig. 3. A nick 20 is formed in the base of the plug, and a screwdriver can be passed from the rear of the machine through the opening 12 to engage the nick 20 and enable the pressure of the spring to be adjusted by turning the plug. The forward end of an arm 21 extending from the rockshaft 6 is connected by a link 23 to the universal spacing-bar.
Patent GB-190305781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Gas.
Inventor: JONES WALTER ROBERTS
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 5781. Jones, W. R. March 12. Mixing gases; fixing illuminating - constituents ; carburetting.-Illuminating-gas is manufactured by mixing crude retort gas with water gas at a high temperature and subsequently superheating the mixture, whereby the hydrocarbons are rendered fixed and uncondensible. In the construction shown in Fig. 6, three producers or generators a are arranged in proximity to retorts 14 having from three to nine times the capacity of ordinary retorts. One of the three producers a gives producer gas, which passes by the outlet k<4>, the valve 26, and the pipe 12 to the chamber 13, where it is burnt to heat the retorts 14 and the fixing-chamber b, air being supplied through the channels 27. To the top of the second producer, which yields water gas, the crude retort gas is admitted by the valve 15, and, mixing with the water gas at a high temperature, is superheated and fixed while traversing the chamber b. u<4> is a stop for preventing the coal in the retort from sliding. The third producer is shut down to allow for clinkering or repairs. When the producers are not arranged in proximity to the retorts, the crude coal gas passes to a main, whence it is forced by a steam exhauster through the upper part of the producer which is yielding water gas, and thence either through a chequer-brick or other heat-retaining chamber, or through a chamber heated by producer gas from the second producer. After the illuminating-constituents have been fixed, the mixed gas is passed through the condensers, purifiers, and other gas plant. The chequer-brick chambers may be dispensed with, if the temperature of the mixture of the coal and water gas is sufficiently high to ensure fixing ; and if the water gas be in excess, oil distillates may be injected into the fixing-chamber or other parts of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190318427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Non-refillable Bottles
Inventor: OULLIE ADRIEN
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 18,427. OulliÚ, A., and Lambert, I. Aug. 26. Stoppers ; refilling, preventing.-The sleeve or tube f, mounted within the casing l, is adapted to be closed at its outer and inner ends by the balls i, c, which are provided with stems j, h, d, b and projecting wings g, e, the stem b of the ball c being connected to the hollow glass float a. The stem d and ball i are loaded with small shot. The casing l, which is made in two parts, is formed with apertures n for the passage of the liquid, and with apertures m, k for the stems j, b. Above the stem j are placed two washers o, q, with a weak spring p between them, this spring acting on the ball i, to prevent refilling. The washer q is surmounted by a baffle-plate r, Fig. 7, to prevent the ball i from being tampered with. An external hood s, or an internal hood, adapted to receive an ordinary cork or stopper, is fixed to the bottle neck by a suitable cement. When the bottle is inverted to pour out the contents, it is given a slight shake, to cause the ball i to leave its seat ; the ball c being held away from its seat on the tube f by the action of the float a, the liquid is free to pass out through the apertures n in the casing l.
Patent GB-190320756-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Lubricating Device for use in connection with Tram-cars and the like
Inventor: COUCHEMANN HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,756. Couchemann, H. Sept. 26. Axle-boxes, lubricating.-A lubricating-device for the motor-shaft bearings and axle-boxes of tramcars &c. consists of three chambers, or of one receptacle a divided by partitions b into three compartments, each having a funnel-shaped bottom c connected by a flexible metal tube 2 to the union g, which is attached to the part to be lubricated. In each chamber are two metal sieves d, e, above which is placed maize-pith or other absorbent material saturated with oil, serving to maintain the oil level in the funnel c. Screw taps f are fitted to the chambers, and the flow of oil through the unions g is regulated by screws 5. The receptacle a is fixed to the body of the vehicle. Each inlet stopper j is provided with an air hole.
Patent GB-190323171-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Thrashing and Corn Grinding Machine.
Inventor: RINDFLEISCH WILHELM
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 23,171. Rindfleisch, W. Oct. 26. Thrashing-machines.-A thrashing-machine has an attached apparatus for rough-grinding. Fig. 1 shows one form, in which the grain passes from the classifying-cylinder 2 of the thrasning-machine through discharging-boxes 8 to inlets 6 having slides 7, and leading into a screw conveyer 4 driven from the frame-sieve shaft, whence an endless chain of buckets forming an elevator 11 driven by the drum shaft carries the grain into an ordinary mill 14. The cylinder 4 may have a separate inlet hopper, so as to rough-grind corn, while clover, grass, &c. are being thrashed, the classifying-cylinder 2 in this case of course not being used. The elevator 11 may be dispensed with, the mill 14 being placed so as to receive the grain directly from the screw conveyer 4. Fig. 3 shows a double conical mill used in combination with a thrashing-machine, the cylinder 4 being modified so as to have two enlarged portions 24, 25, having conical rollers 29, 30. The smooth roller 29 crushes the grain, which is carried into the conical part 25 by a screw 31, and the serrated roller 30 completes the grinding. Inlets 22, 36, inside and outside the machine respectively, are provided for the cylinder 4 in this case.
Patent GB-190327146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Suspended Ships' Berths or Bunks, Platforms, and other similar Structures or Objects.
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE WALTER
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 27,146. Whitehouse, W. Dec. 11. Berths; selflevelling apparatus. -Consists of electrically - controlled means for preserving the horizontality of ships' fittings, described in connection with ships' berths. The berth is suspended from gimbals B, the cross-bar b<1> of which is fitted with a feather b<6> and a sleeve b'. When not in use, the berth is placed against the partition, but, when in use, is drawn away from the partition and retained by partly rotating the bar b<1>. In addition to the gimbals B, cords c are fitted, being wound on spring-drums c<2> as shown. These drums are provided with electricallyoperated band brakes, which are normally out of action. When the berth moves out of its horizontal position, the hollow frame E, Figs. 1 and 5, moves with it, and an electric circuit is closed by mercury contained in the frame coming into contact with the ends of the wires e<3>. This brings one or other of the band brakes into operation ; the brake remains in operation until the horizontality is once more obtained. -The vertical tubes e are fitted with diaphragms e<6> having a small hole in them so that the action of the mercury is retarded. A form of switch is described consisting of a four-armed cross supported at its centre and partly filled with mercury. The inclination of the switch causes the mercury in one of the arms to tilt the whole of it and close the electric circuit to the brakes.
Patent GB-190328488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubbing and Polishing Machines.
Inventor: YARNELL CHARLES SHELDRON
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 28,488. Yarnell, C. S. Dec. 29, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Sandpapering; surfacing and polishing.- The work, such as a wood table - top, is placed on an adjustable table 3 and acted on by an abrading- band running over pulleys 12 of which one is fixed to the main sbaft 8. Preferably two bands are used ; one, 60, a supporting-band, and the other, 61, a sandpaper band which runs over a tightening-pulley on the bellcrank lever 62. The abrading-band is pressed on to the work by reciprocating heads 5 adjustably secured by hooked bolts to a cord 7 attached to an oscillating wheel 48 and guided over pulleys 50. The wheel 48 is fixed to a pinion engaging with an oscillating sector worked by the connecting rod 44 attached to a variable-throw crank 36 on a rockshaft carrying an arm 33. The arm 33 is worked by a connecting-rod 32, crank-pin 31, and toothed gearing connected to the shaft 22 which may be clutched to the loose pulley 21. The pulley may be driven in either direction and at two different speeds by belt gearing connected to the main shaft 8. The throw of the crank 36 and thus the extent of travel of the pressure heads 5 may be varied while the machine is running by turning the handle 55 ; this handle is connected by chain gearing to the shaft 40 which works the screw 37 engaging with the nut of the crank-pin.
Patent GB-190404896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pressure Regulating Valves.
Inventor: CARLSON SVEN
Filed: 1904-02-27
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4896. Carlson, S. Feb. 27. Pressure-regulating valves; s af e t y-valves.- The valve is in tended for illuminating or heating apparatus where a liquid bydrocarbon is forced by compressed gas into a burner, but can be used for other purposes, e.g., in apparatus in which liquids are forced from one vessel into another by compressed gas. In a casing o is fitted e flexible diaphragm b beneath which are a spring-controlled valve a for the admission of compressed gas and an outlet pipe l for the exit of the gas which has. been reduced in pressure. In the diaphragm b is fitted a valve seat c with one or more apertures d and a spring-controlled valve e, movable by an eccentric f, is adapted to engage with the seat c. The diaphragm b is pressed down by a spring i. By turning the eccentric f, the valve seat c is forced downwards and opens the valve a. When the pressure rises beyond a determined limit, the diaphragm b is forced upwards and the spring g closes the valve a until the pressure is sufficiently reduced to allow the spring i to force the diaphragm down and re-open the valve a. When the pressure becomes too high for safety, the valve e is lifted and the gas escapes through the apertures d into the air.
Patent GB-190414018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Catchers for use with Tinning Pots
Inventor: MASKREY ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,018. Maskrey, A. J. June 21. Tinning and similarly coating metals by dipping. -Relates to automatic machines for catching and removing the plates as they emerge from the rolls in a tinning - pot. The plate is caught by a gripper on the arm 10 which is loosely mounted on a continuously - revolving shaft 1, and is clutched thereto, as soon as a plate enters the grippers, by electromagnetic means. When the arm is moving over, it is uncoupled from the shaft and returned by frictional contact with the spring face of a drum 48, which is driven in the opposite direction to the shaft 1 by belting through the second shaft 57. The gripper, shown separately in Fig. 4, is mounted on the arm 10 at right angles as shown in Fig 1, or parallel thereto if the machine is placed at the end of the pot. The plate rises between the guides 25, 29 and strikes the switch lever 31, thereby breaking the circuit of an electromagnet 43, which liberates the pawl 15 that connects the arm 10 to the shaft. As the arm turns, a switch thereon, normally held open by an adjustable stop 66, closes and completes the circuit to the electromagnet 23, which then attracts its armature 27 on the pivoted arm 22 and grips the plate. At the end of the stroke of the arm, the same switch is opened by a second stop to release the plate, and the pawl 15 is tripped by a fixed stop to disconnect the arm from the shaft. The removal of the plate allows the switch 31 to close the circuit of the electromagnet 43 which holds the pawl during the return. The arm 10 is counterbalanced and provided with a spring-hinged joint 72 at the middle.
Patent GB-190418818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Writing Machines.
Filed: 1904-08-31
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 18,818. Wanderer Fahrradwerke vorm. Winklhofer & Jaenicke Akt. Ges. Sept. 18, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901] Type-writers.-Relates to ribbon feeding and guiding mechanism for front-strike machines. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation, in which a is a key-lever and b is the universal bar pivoted at c. An arm d on the shaft c operates a lever e on a shaft f. The driving-wheels g of the ribbon-spool shafts are operated in the usual manner by a rod i and an arm h on the shaft f. The ribbon guide m is lifted at each depression of a key by a lever l and rod k. The lever l is pivoted at n on the support of the pulley p by which the platen is raised, so that the platen and ribbon guide are raised and lowered together.
Patent GB-190427505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Percussive Rock Drills, Hammers and other similar Apparatus.
Inventor: BRADY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 27,505. Brady, W., and Spencer, W. C. Dec. 16. Rock drills.-A percussive rock drill, hammer, or the like comprises two aligned cylinders having a common piston-rod and adapted to operate as four-stroke -cycle internal-combustion motors, the out-stroke of the piston being effected by alternate explosions in the two cylinders, and the return stroke by means of a crosshead which may slide on the drill shank and is connected to two flywheels journalled at the rear of the apparatus. Two cylinders A, B, having exhaust valves 3 and inlet valves 2, are provided with a common piston rod, an extension of which is formed with a chuck 12 for the reception of a drill 6. A shaft 7 journalled in the frame carries flywheels 8 connected by rods 9 to a yoke 11 which may slide on the drill 6, a spring 14 and a cushion 13 being provided in order to minimize shock. The exhaust valves 3 are actuated by means of a cam 20, which may engage with levers 22 and is carried by an internally-toothed ring 21 driven by a planet pinion from the shaft 7. Means are provided for giving a partial rotation to the drill during the instroke, and a screw 16 serves to feed the drill bodily forward. The Provisional Specification also states that a two-cycle engine may be employed.
Patent GB-190500101-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Means for Indicating the Pressure in Cylinders or other Pressure Containing Vessels
Inventor: GIBSON ARTHUR HUGO CECIL
Filed: 1905-01-03
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 101. Gibson, A. H. C. Jan. 3. Pressure gauges. - A cylinder of an internalcombustion engine, or other pressure-containing vessel, is connected to a pressure.gauge A through a non-return valve F. An opening el, adjustable by a screw valve E, allows leakage to take place into the air. In motor-cars, several of such devices, one for each cylinder, may be mounted side by side. The screw valve E may be marked to facilitate adjustment to a definite leakage.
Patent GB-190503047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Heating Water to be used in conjunction with a Time Alarm.
Inventor: GRAY GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1905-02-14
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 3047. Gray, G. J. Feb. 14. Signals, time-alarm; signals, automatic alarm.- In a method of heating water, which may be used in conjunction with a time-alarm, the circuit of a magnet A, Fig. 1, is closed by a time-switch or otherwise, thereby closing contacts 2, c, Fig. 2, of a two-way switch and completing the circuit of an electric kettle. When the water boils, it is forced into a cup A<1>, Fig. 3, on one arm of a balance so that when the cup is full the balance rocks, breaking the contact 2 and closing the contact 1, which cuts off current from the magnet A and transfers it to the magnet B. The switch contacts 2, c in the heating-current circuit are thus separated, and an alarm-bell circuit is closed by the contacts 1, b.
Patent GB-190505846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Devices for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: HAYDEN WILLIAM BUCK
Filed: 1905-03-20
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 5846. Hayden, W. B. March 20. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A make-andbreak sparking-plug is shown in Fig. 2, and consists of two hollow portions 1, 2, held together by screws 8, with a layer 9 of insulating-material between them. A projection 4 is slit to receive a sparking- point 5, preferably of platinum. The closed end of the section 2 may be provided with a screwed plug 10. The section 1 is threaded externally to screw into the cylinder. An arm 12, fixed to the section 2, carries a cross-piece 15, through which pass suspending-devices 16 for holding an electromagnet 11 in position. The armature 23 is fitted to an arm 27 on a rocking shaft 26 which actuates the movable electrode, consisting of an arm 24, Fig. 2, split at one end to receive a contactpoint 25. The current from the supply enters at the binding-screw 17, energizes the magnet 11, and then flows to the arm 12, shaft 26, contact-point 25, projection 4, section 1 of the plug, engine-bed, timing-device and back to the source. The points 5, 25 are kept together normally by a spring 28 and screws 29, but, when the magnet 11 becomes excited, the armature is attracted and a vibratory breaking of the circuit occurs with consequent multiple sparks. The intermittent touching of the contact-points keeps them clean and ensures certainty of ignition.
Patent GB-190506469-A (GB)
Title: Electro-magnetic Speed Gear applicable mainly to Automobile Vehicles and Boats.
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 6469. Soc. en Participation des Automobiles " La MagnÚtique." Oct. 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-The change-speed gear of motor vehicles or boats is constructed with a series of electromagnets fixed on the driving-shaft each of which on excitation attracts an armature connected to a loose toothed wheel on the driving-shaft, thereby causing it to rotate and communicate motion to the driven shaft through toothed wheels always in mesh with one another. A crownshaped electro-magnet B is provided with an annular recess C to receive the exciting-coil. One end of this coil is permanently connected to a source of current, which may consist of a dynamo worked by the vehicle, and which is also connected to a brush H working on an insulated copper ring E connected to the other end of the coil. The magnet B, when excited, attracts the disk armature K connected to the toothed wheel M and so causes it to communicate motion to the shaft O. By having a series of such clutches connected to toothed wheels of different size, different speeds can be obtained, the shaft 0 acting as the intermediate shaft. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act 1902, to Specification No. 1320, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190509416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Reduction and Reversing Driving Gear for Screw Propellor Shafts.
Inventor: FAIRFAX JOSEPH SINCLAIR
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 9416. Fairfax, J. S. May 4. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-Consists in the combination with a screw propeller shaft, &c. of an epicyclic variable-speed and reversing gear. Reference is made to Specifications Nos. 7029, 8117, 9414, and 9415, A.D. 1905. Upon the engine shaft a' are keyed carriers b, b<1> forming bearings for spindles c upon which are secured planet pinions in mesh with toothed rings d, e, f, g, h. The ring h, which forms the driven element, is fixed to a sleeve h<1> coupled to the screw shaft a<2>. As the rings g, f, d, which are smaller than the ring h, are braked a series of speeds is imparted to the shaft a' in the direction opposite to that of the shaft a'. On the ring e, which is larger than the ring h, being braked, the shaft a<2> is caused to rotate in the same direction as the shaft a<1>.