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Patent GB-190105610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Boxes and the like.
Inventor: GOWANS JAMES FERGUSON
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 5610. Gowans, J. F. March 18. Match and like boxes.-Relates to the provision of a wind guard for use with match and like boxes. The wind guard is in the form of a tray A with three sides a, in one of which is an opening D for the lighted match. The tray A slides, as shown in Fig. 1, between the drawer B and the outer metal or other case C of an ordinary push-through match box. In the case of metal boxes, the tray A may be hinged to the box so that it acts also as a cover.
Patent GB-190116036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Speed Indicating or Recording Apparatus.
Inventor: CUBITT ARCHIBALD STANNARD
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 16,036. Cubitt, A. S. Aug. 9. Speed indicators. -A cam A revolving under a spring feeler B constitutes an intermittent cut. out to an ammeter J or a heated wire V or, in the case of a supply of electricity of variable pressure, to an instrument of the ratio galvanometer type. The current through the instrument is thus intermittent with the frequency of the revolutions of the cam, but the intermissions last a constant length of time, namely the period of vibration of the spring feeler. With the circuit so arranged, the variation of the current through the instrument is dependent on the number of intermissions, the instrument thus indicating or recording the speed of rotation. The cam may take the form of a split disc, Fig. 2, so as to suit both directions of rotation, or it may be replaced by a crank reciprocating an arm. The feeler may be a stiff rod attached to a rocker on springs. The indicator may, as shown in Fig. 7, be a heated wire affecting a pointer by greater or less curvature.
Patent GB-190123436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vehicle Tyres.
Inventor: PRICE RAYMOND BEACH
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 23,436. Price, R. B. Nov. 19. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-The rubber tyre B is formed with a series of transverse wires C, bound together by a few longitudinal wires D. Some of the transverse wires have their ends bent down as shown in Fig. 1. The attaching-wires E, F rest on the transverse wires, which may have recesses G.
Patent GB-190123627-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Means for Watering Plants.
Inventor: GRANT JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 23,627. Grant, J. Nov. 21. Drawings to Specification. Watering-cans.-Relates to an appliance for supplying water to the roots of plants. The appliance consists of a tube with a perforated pointed end for insertion in the ground. The Provisional Specification states that the appliance may be constructed as the prolongation of the spout of an ordinary watering-can.
Patent GB-190124676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: DOWSWELL GEORGE BRANUM
Filed: 1901-12-04
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 24,676. Dowswell, G. B. Dec. 4. Washing-machines.-Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan with some of the upper parts removed. The clothes-rubber B oscillates on centres D in the sides of the machine, under the action of levers E and connecting-rods J. A compressor C, connected to the sides by pivoted links U, is carried by arms 2 which pass freely through the heads N of the rubber B, and are yieldingly held by springs S, adjusted by nuts T.
Patent GB-190209162-A (GB)
Title: Combined Mill for Grinding and at the same time Drying Clay Chalk Marl and the like
Inventor: KEEBLE JAMES
Filed: 1902-04-21
Granted: 1903-04-21
Abstract: 9162. Keeble, J. April 21. Drying chalk, clay, &c.-Relates to a ballgrinding-mill provided with drying- apparatus. The drum, fed at the small end, is fitted at the large end with a perforated delivery plate R through which passes a pipe I. A blast of hot air introduced through this pipe dries the material and prevents clogging. Washers may be threaded on the bolts between the plate R and the end of the drum to form a space V for the delivery of the ground material when desired.
Patent GB-190211849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Controlling Motors from a Distance
Inventor: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Filed: 1902-05-24
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 11,849. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. May 24. Stop - gear. - Re- lates to devices for controlling motors from a distance, and particularly to means whereby large steam engines, the throttle valves of which are actuated by electric motors, may be stopped by simply throwing a switch arranged a the distant point. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the valve is of the sliding-gate pat- tern, and is actuated by an electric motor 3 through gearing 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and a threaded sleeve 9, engaging the screw spindle 10 of the valve. The gear-wheel 8 is loose on the sleeve 9, and motion is communicated from one to the other through a lost-motion device, consisting of a loosely-mounted arm 12, abutting against a rib on the upper side of the gear-wheel and also against an arm 14 forming part of the sleeve. By such means, the gear-wheel 8 is caused to make nearly two revolutions before communicating motion to the valve spindle, thus permitting the motor to get up speed. Fig. 6 shows an alternative form of lost-motion device, placed between the gear-wheels 5, 7. Rotation of the gear-wheel 5 causes a nut 15 to travel up a central screw spindle 6<1> until lugs 18 on the nut engage corresponding lugs 19 on the hub of the pinion 7. Means are provided for automatically taking resistance out of the armature circuit shortly after the motor starts and replacing it towards the end of the operation. The arm 23 of the resistance switch is operated by a pin or roller 25, engaging with a cam groove in a disc 26, driven by worm gearing 28, 29 from the shaft 6. Fig. 5 is a diagram of the circuits, 32 representing the motor armature, 33 the motor field, and 34 a double-pole double-throw switch located at the distant joint. For the purpose of automatically indicating whether the valve is fully open or fully closed, a signalling circuit is provided, containing a double-pole switch 39 and audible or visible signals 40. This circuit is closed on the comple- tion of the operation by one of a pair of tappets 41, 42, on the worm-wheel 28, pressing one of the contact springs 43,44 against a central contact 45. To prevent the switch 34 from being closed in the wrong direction in a case of emergency, a pivoted dog 46 is provided that. drops by gravity behind one of the switch blades.
Patent GB-190217702-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Making Wood-pipes.
Inventor: ANDERSON ANDREW
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1903-09-12
Abstract: 17,702. Anderson, A. Aug. 12, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Sawing.-Relates to a machine for cutting one or more pipes or tubes of great length from a stick of timber. Preferably a number of annular cutters a are employed, and a number of pipes simultaneously formed. The timber stick 4 is suspended and rotated axially above the co-axial cutters, which are mounted upon upright supports adapted to enter the kerfs cut by the cutters. The stick 4 is held by the chuck 3, shown in Fig. 5, which is detachably connected with the vertical rotary shaft 7, and is guided at the lower end by the annular guide 33, which allows the stick to swing slightly. The cutter support is moved up by the counterbalance 11. Screwadjusted wedges position and hold the lower ends of the cutter supports, and holes, through which bars can be inserted, are provided near the upper ends of the cutter supports. The annular cutters are supported by the vertical tubes 21.
Patent GB-190220655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Receptacles for Containing Paste, Mucilage, and the like.
Inventor: WADE MARTIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-09-22
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 20,655. Wade, M. J. April 5, [date ap- plied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bottles, jars, and like vessels. -Gum, paste, or the like is contained in a porous vessel D fitted centrally in an outer vessel A of metal, glass, earthen- ware, &c. Between the two vessels is placed water, which percolates through the vessel D to keep the paste &c. moist. A packing-washer f rests on the rims of both vessels, and is kept in place by a screw cover B with a flange and opening c. A cap C fits over the opening, as shown.
Patent GB-190222826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pumps
Inventor: MAURER JACOB
Filed: 1902-10-20
Granted: 1903-10-20
Abstract: 22,826. Maurer, J. Oct. 20. Direct explosive-gas pressure apparatus.-The apparatus, a general view of which is shown in Fig. 1, comprises a main chamber a, fitted with suction and discharge valves e, f and communicating with an explosion chamber b. Above the latter are an ignition chamber and a cylinder h and piston i, by which the charge is forced into the explosion chamber and the exhaust removed therefrom. A chamber p can be connected by means of valves either with the cylinder h or with the explosion chamber. The piston i is driven by a motor, which also, by means of cams, actuates the different valves. In operation, the piston moving from right to left drives a charge of air past a hydrocarbon-vapour inlet into the explosion chamber, and, at the same time, partially exhausts the chamber p. The mixture in the explosion chamber is then ignited, and the liquid driven out of the chamber a, most of the explosion gases then escaping direct into the air and the remainder being drawn into the partially-exhausted chamber p. The return stroke of the piston i draws in air for a fresh charge, and expels the gases previously drawn from the chamber p.
Patent GB-190223229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Folded Boxes
Filed: 1902-10-24
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 23,229. Lake, H. H., [American Type Founders Co.]. Oct. 24. Folding-boxes of pasteboard or other material, for grain, sugar, and similar granular or pulverulent substances, are formed from blanks cut and scored, as shown in Fig. 1, which represents two blanks side by side adapted to show how a saving of material may be effected in cutting the blanks. In forming the box, the flaps A<1>, A<2> are set up at right-angles to the bottom A, and then the sides B, C are turned up. The ends B<1>, B<2>, suitably gummed, are turned in to abut on the bottom flaps A', A', and on the flaps C<1>, C<2> on the side C, the parts being then pressed together to ensure attachment. The flaps for closing the mouth of the box may be formed as shown, or they may be omitted. Modifications as to the size and shape of the parts are also described.
Patent GB-190223491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetic Wheels.
Inventor: HEINZE JOHN OTTO
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,491. Heinze, J. O. Feb. 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles ; rope railways and tramways. - Wheels are built up of two or more independent electromagnets, the poles of every electromagnet being at the peripheries of the wheels. The application to a pair of railway vehicle wheels is described. A ribbed circular plate a, Fig. 3, has a number of yokes a<1> around which are wound copper wires a<2>, and insulated sector plates a<3> ht over and are bolted to them, the whole forming a flanged wheel. On the axle B is mounted the commutator b<1> having a number of metallic segments b<3>, b<4>, each pair of which compose the terminals of an electric circuit. One end of each of the wires a' of the wheel A is connected to its proper segment b<3>, while the other ends are twisted into a coil a<5>, which is passed through the commutator and, after untwisting, is passed round the yokes of the wheel A', the various wires being connected to the proper segments b<4>. The segments b<3>, b<4> contact with the brushes b<5>, b<6>, and the electric current for magnetizing the various sections of the wheel is supplied by the battery b. In a modification, a solid ring is used in lieu of the plates a<3>, while the coils around the yokes are connected in series. A metallic rope, partially or wholly encircling the tread of the wheel, may be used instead of the rail.
Patent GB-190227810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving Mechanism for Motor Vehicles
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 27,810. Thompson, W. P., [Berg, C.]. Dec. 16. Moto)- road vehicles.-Relates to driving-mechanism and brakes for motor vehicles, in which some or all of the wheels are driven by separate electric motors. The wheel axle 12, Fig. 2, is formed on the detachable end 11 of the motor casing 5, the other end 8 of which fits into a socket 9 on the axle C or is hinged thereto to allow the wheel to be moved for steering purposes. The motor spindle 2 rotates in bearings 14, 15 in the wheel axle and the casing respectively, and carries at its outer end a pinion 20 which gears with the wheel 21. The shaft 22 of the wheel 21 rotates in a bearing 23 in the hub 16 of the wheel A, and carries a pinion 24 which gears with a wheel 25 fixed to the casing 11. Outside the cylindrical portion 27 of the hub is placed a brake consisting of a steel ring 34 lined with wood or leather, and inside is fixed a plate 28 which fits against the casing 11. A ring 30, with packing 31 to exclude dust &c., is fixed to the casing 11, and a cylindrical casing 32 on the outside of the wheel A.
Patent GB-190300011-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Hauling Weights.
Inventor: STEVENSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-01
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 11. Stevenson, J. Jan. 1. Winches; hauling and winding drums; brakes; rope or chain stress indicators and limiting- devices; ropes, chains, and the like, tensioning and guiding. - Means are provided whereby the rope or chain cannot be strained beyond a certain limit, and an alarm is given when this limit is approached ; also, whereby a brake is applied during unwinding proportional to the load. By the use of a guide-pulley and a large drum, the wear on the rope is reduced. The spindle b of the winch, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is mounted in brackets, in which, on the pivots g, are also loosely mounted the levers h, i and the short arms k, l. These short arms support a spindle o, on which is loosely mounted the pulley p, which guides the rope and travels along the spindle. The tension of the rope tends to move the spindle o forward in opposition to springs r, the action of which is transmitted to the shaft o through the levers h, i and cams w carried by the spindle o. When the tension of the rope exceeds a certain limit, the catch i<2> on the lever i is pushed into engagement with a ratchetwheel j fixed to the drum a, so that the drum is stopped and further strain on the rope is prevented. The cams on the shaft o are set by an arm z, which rotates with the drum and acts through segmental gearing x, x<1>. When unwinding begins, the cams w, through this gearing, are disengaged from the levers h, i, the tension on the rope then acting to apply the brake shown in Fig. 6. To take off the brake, the spindle b with the arm z is turned in the direction of winding-on. An electric alarm circuit is closed when a movement of the levers h, i takes place approaching that which would be sufficient to stop the drum, the lever h carrying a contact z<3>, shown in Fig. 3. In order that the winding drum may be made large, it is constructed as shown in Fig. 8. The cheeks a<1> are cast separately, and the drum is held between them.
Patent GB-190304025-A (GB)
Title: Contrivance to Alter the Size of or Enlarge Bracelets, and the like.
Inventor: DREWS EMIL
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 4025. Drews, E. Feb. 20. Bracelets; necklaces ; rings, finger ; jewellery fastenings.-Relates to an arrangement for adjusting and securing bracelets, necklaces, rings, &c. To each end of the bracelet or other band is attached a slide loop d, through which the band a of the bracelet slides. A separate loop e<1>, embracing the overlapping parts of the bracelet &c., carries a clamping-screw g with an ornamental head f.
Patent GB-190309621-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: CUTTING SAMUEL BRAYTON
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 9621. Cutting, S. B. April 28. Loom shuttles.- Relates to tension devices for selfthreading shuttles of any form. The top plate of the guide 4, of which the walls 9, 10 are inclined downwards, is cut away intermediate between the slots 5, 6, along which the weft 8 passes during threading, to provide a space 14 for the reception of two steel or porcelain discs 15, 16, made flaring at the upper edges to form a groove substantially in line with the slots 5, 6, to facilitate the entry of the thread between the discs. The discs are held in yielding contact by coiled springs 19. held between nipples 20 on the sides of the discs, and enclosed within extension hubs 18 formed on the side walls 17 of the guide 4, and closed at the outer end by tap screws 21, by which the pressure between the discs may be adjusted. The tension discs are supported on a pin 23, fixed on the walls 17 and passing loosely through the discs. The slot 5 lies in a horizontal plane above that of the slot 6, so that, during threading, the thread is drawn between the discs, and a constant tension is secured during weaving. Flat springs may be used to secure pressure between the discs, or tensio i may be caused by passing the thread through bristles mounted in a block in the space 14.
Patent GB-190313376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sanitary Buckets or Pails and the like.
Inventor: FORD CHRISTOPHER RICHARD
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 13,376. Ford, C. R. June 15. Drawings to Specification. Sanitary tubs and pails; commodes; chamberpots; dust bins &c.-Sanitary buckets, pails, commodes, chambers, and the like are provided with a loose flexible lining which is removed and renewed each time the utensil is emptied. The lining may be made of paper or other suitable flexible material such as linen-lined paper, or paper provided with a backing of textile material of suitable texture. The lining may be blocked to shape from pulp, or it may be blocked from a sheet of the paper or other material ; or it may be produced from sheets cut to the requisite shape. The material either before or after shaping is treated with an oil and a disinfectant to render it impervious to moisture and to deodorize and disinfect the contents of the pail. The lining may also be tarred.
Patent GB-190314978-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Tapping Vessels, Pipes or other Closed or Sealed Chambers, applicable also for Plugging Holes in the same
Inventor: SAUNDERS LEWIS ERNEST
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 14,978. Saunders, L. E., and Saunders, H. J. July 6. Couplings with valves; stopping pipes and tubes.- Relates to a tapping-appliance, principally adapted for use with thin sheet metal vessels, but also applicable for pipes. A mndified form of the appliance may be employed fcr plugging holes. It consists of a boss a, Fig. 3, having lugs c on which are pivoted arms e having gripping-surfaces g. An opening is first made in the vessel n, Fig. 1, and then the arms e, in the position shown in Fig. 3, are introduced into the vessel, a flange b on the boss a preventing the latter from passing through the opening. A draw-off tube h is then screwed through a central aperture in the boss a and, entering the vessel, moves the arms e, so that they fall into the position shown in Fig. 1, and the vessel is gripped between them and the boss a. The tube h is shown as made in one with a tap k and collarj, which, when screwed up, bears agamst a washer i. When the appliance is used for plugging holes, the tube h is replaced by a threaded bolt or rod p, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190315596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padding containing Compressed Air to be used for Collars, Saddles, Back-pads and Harness of all kinds.
Inventor: VILLETTE EUGENE PAUL ALFRED
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 15,596. Villette, E. P. A. July 14. Pads for.-Pneumatic pads are employed instead of the usual padding in harness and saddlery. Figs. 1 and 2, the latter a view from below, show the pads fitted to a saddle, and Fig. 6 to a collar. The india-rubber air chambers a are inflated by means of the valves b, and are contained in canvas or supple leather covers d, the edges c of which are laced together, the cover being fastened to the saddle &c. by straps f.
Patent GB-190318174-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Hollow Baked Goods and the like.
Inventor: FORCKE CARL
Filed: 1903-08-22
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 18,174. Forcke, C. Aug. 22. Moulding pastry &c.-Relates to a process for making tube-shaped pastry and the like in moulds made in two or more sections, and consists in heating the cores before inserting them into the moulds, so that the paste is heated from both the inside and the outside, thereby accelerating the baking and preventing the pastry from adhering to the cores. The pastry is preferably removed from the mould by an auxiliary instrument of the same shape as the core, but having a thinner rod.
Patent GB-190320098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery Driving Belts.
Inventor: HENDRY JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 20,098. Hendry, J., Hendry, A., and Hendry, M. A. Sept. 18. Belts and bands.-Relates to an improvement in the belts described in Specifications No. 12,592, A.D. 1890, and No. 504, A.D. 1892, which are formed of leather strips laid side by side and stitched together. Small strips b are cut away from one or more edges of the belt strips B. Fig. 2 shows a belt in which a strip is cut from one edge only, and Fig. 8 one in which all four corners are cut, while Figs. 3 and 5 show the leather strips with two edges cut away. In the modification shown in Fig. 11, intermediate strips of leather b are placed between the strips forming the belt.
Patent GB-190326591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Fabrics and the Production thereon of Figured or Variegated Effects.
Inventor: WATSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 26,591. Watson, W., and Hoyle, E. Dec. 4. Looms, warp tension regulating in.-In looms for weaving fabrics having variegated effects, figures, or designs produced by varying the tension of the warp threads, the warps A, A' are passed through secondary mails E, E', in addition to being operated by the ordinary shedding-motion. Between the mails E, E' and the ordinary healds C, C' a transverse bar H is mounted on pivoted levers, so that it may be raised and lowered by cams K, or by a jacquard which actuates the mails E, E'. To produce the figured effect, certain of the mails E, E<1> are raised by the jacquard at the beat-up, and at the same time the bar H is lowered, so that extra tension is put on the raised warp threads. The uneven tension produces a slight displacement of the warp and weft threads in a formation which is controlled by the jacquard, and which may be enhanced after weaving by treatment suitable to the class of fabric woven. Both the primary and the secondary mails may be controlled by one jacquard, the primary mails being raised when the lay is in its rearmost position, and the secondary mails at the beat-up.