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Patent GB-190120264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gaiters or Coverings for the Legs
Inventor: HILL THOMAS WATSON
Filed: 1901-10-10
Granted: 1902-10-10
Abstract: 20,264. Hill, T. W. Oct. 10. Lacing - fastenings. - Leggings, gaiters, and the like are formed on the lower flap with a series of pairs of holes or eyelets A, and on the upper flap with corresponding holes G and bars or tongues D free at one end and made of bone, metal, or preferably leather strengthened with metal. The bars D may be replaced by round buckles with tongues, and the tongues may be fitted with rollers. The holes A are preferably disposed in vertical line as shown, but the pairs may be diagonal. A lace or the like B is knotted at the bottom end, and threaded through the holes A, leaving loops C to be passed through the holes G and over the tongues D. The lace is drawn tight, and may be secured in extra holes H. The lower flap may have an extra strip or channel to cover the lace on the inside.
Patent GB-190123344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weaving Weft Pile Fabrics.
Inventor: FISH LEVI
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 23,344. Fish, L. Nov. 19. Pile fabrics.-A weft-pile fabric, such as plain velvet, is woven by means of eighteen or other large number of shafts, actuated in such a way that, for the pile picks c, d. e, pairs of contiguous warp threads a, a' are lifted, and for the binding- picks b, b<1> alternate warp threads.
Patent GB-190200981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprocket Wheels
Inventor: WANGERIN JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1902-01-14
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 981. Wangerin, J. G. Jan. 14. Chain-wheels for bicycles &c. The acting diameter of a chain-wheel is increased, in order to vary the gear, by fitting on a removable chainring. A number of such rings of different diameters may be provided ; they are grooved and indented to fit over the teeth of an ordinary chainwheel, or they may be fitted on special wheels having but two driving-teeth. The rims are made in sections secured together by a hinge joint at one end and a tongue-and-groove and taper pin at the other, as shown. In a modification, they are coupled by pins having spherical heads which engage in corresponding seats, so that they may be folded without disengagement.
Patent GB-190201019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multi-cylinder Rotary Engines.
Inventor: SCANTLEBURY WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-01-14
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 1019. Soantlebury, W. Jan. 14. Revolving-cylinder type.-A reversible engine of the revolving-cylinder type is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The fixed shaft C serves as a bearing for a hub G carrying three cylinders F enclosing pistons working on a crank D. The hub has an extended sleeve P carrying a driving sprocket G<2> and supporting a fixed steam chest O<1> and a rotating chest 0 connected by pipes N to valve-chests K containing piston valves q which can be reversed by means of a handle E<1> and eccentric A'. Instead of having grooved steam chests 0, O<1> communicating by apertures in their walls, a fixed chest may be used having separate supply and exhaust passages. The steam chests are kept in contact by springs k, Fig. 5, acting on lugs f on the chest O<1>. In a modification, the chests are replaced by a hollow shaft for admitting the steam.
Patent GB-190201690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Punching Registers Especially Adapted for use in connection with Fire Alarms and Police Telegraph Systems
Inventor: BERST CHARLES
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 1690. Borst, C. Jan. 21. Tell-tales. - Relates to means for punching registers, especially adapted for nse with firealarms and police telegraph systems. A punch is operated, to pierce a paper strip, by an eccentric on a shaft F, which is geared to a driving spring barrel H, and the feeding-mechanism of the paper strip is operated by a cam c on the same shaft. The cam c forces down a toothed sector I', which is in gear with a loose pinion h on the shaft of the feeding-wheel ; when the sector is raised again by its spring, a ratchet-wheel g<1> attached to the pinion drives a fast wheel f, which is in train with a controlling-escapement L. The actions occur when electric currents are sent through an electromagnet C', because a detent E is then disengaged from an arm b on the cam shaft. Normally, in opposition to a spring below its pivot, a pivoted prop D' is kept under the end of the detent by means of a latch N upon a lug d<1>, but on the magnet attracting the lower end of the prop, the latch N falls from the lug d<1>, and on the current ceasing, the prop is pulled to a slot e<3> in the detent to allow the latter to fall clear of the arm b, which in the course of a revolution ro-sets it.
Patent GB-190202181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing-machines.
Inventor: DUEHRING EMIL
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 2181. D³hring, E. Jan. 27. Packeting tea &c.-An intermittently-revolving table a has four moulds E, each comprising two fixed side pieces and two movable end pieces k. A piece of paper, tin foil, nr the like is laid over each mould and pressed into it by a spring rammer b, while levers g carried on the rammer are operated by cams h, and press inwards the blocks k, thus forming the wrapper into a trough. At station II the wrapper is filled from a measuring- machine r and, on its passage to station III, fixed cams y, z operate plates w, x, which fold down the upstanding sides of the packet. The packet is pressed at station III by another rammer, which also carries levers for pressing in the blocks k. On moving to station IV, cams 7, 8 operate plates 11, 12, which fold the side flaps on to the end of the packet and, at station IV, a forked plunger 16 folds the top end flaps and pushes the packet through an aperture in the table, whereby the bottom end flaps are folded. If it is desired to add another wrapper, the packet is operated upon in another mould wheel 18 in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190203491-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brush Holder for Electrical Apparatus.
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 3491. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 11. Brush-holders.-The sliding brush or contact block b is held in an inclined position against a metal support a by means of a tensional spring f, the support being so inclined that the brush is not only drawn against it, but downwards against the commutator, by which means the parts are automatically adjusted for wear, and chattering and sparking are prevented. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the brush carries a screw bolt e, the head of which passes through a slot i in the support and forms the attachment for the spring f. In that shown in Fig. 2, the screw e is secured to a metal head-piece g, which serves for the attachment of the spring. For regulating the tension of the spring, the limb k is provided with serrations into which takes the spring attachment m. To replace the brush when worn, the bolt e, carrying the brush, is raised up beyond the bend d.
Patent GB-190208456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Ignition Devices for Gas or Oil Motors
Inventor: BRYAN FRANK
Filed: 1902-04-11
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 8456. Bryan, F., and Bayley, A. H. April 11. Gas and explosivevapour engines, igniting. A lever F, Figs. 1 and 2, hinged to a rod S on the cylinder cover m a k e s and breaks electrical contact with a flange E on the piston as the flange moves past it. The lever F is held in a horizontal position by a rod P with a T- shaped head P<1>, which is kept down by a spring K. The flange E is inclined, and the rod S may be turned by a lever C, so as to adjust it for timing the spark. Or the flange E may be level and the rod S adjusted vertically. Fig. 4 shows a device in which the pressure on the spring piston J breaks contact between the sparking-terminal L<1>, J<3>.
Patent GB-190219992-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting Device for the Rolls of Rolling Mills.
Inventor: EYERMANN PETER
Filed: 1902-09-12
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 19,992. Eyermann, P. Sept. 12. Rolling.-The pass of a rolling-mill is adjusted by two motors a<1>, a<2> connected by gearing b, e and b<1>, e<1> to a common spindle d, provided with right and left band screws g<1>, g<2> having nuts f<1>, f<2> linked to levers h<1>, h<2>. The short arms of these levers are linked to the bearings of the rolls m<1>, m<2> in the mill shown in Fig. 1, which is acting on a railway wheel n, the motors being rotated in opposite directions to open and close the pass. The levers may be linked to the bearing q, Fig. 2, of the movable roll p of a tyre-rolling mill, which may have an additional pair of adjustable rolls s. Racks and pinions may be used instead of screws and nuts.
Patent GB-190223579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Multicolour Printing.
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 23,579. Printing Arts Co., Mowbray, r. H., and Black, W. Oct. 28. Printing in several colours.-A machine for use in printing in several colours, at one impression, upon tin and other metal plates, glass, china, and the like, comprises a cylindrical carrier F supporting part-design surfaces A, B, C, D, and a yielding printing-surface E, to which the several partdesigns, in inks of the desired colours are successively transferred by means of transferring-cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4. The part-design surfaces A, B, C, D are inked by means of inking-apparatus A<1>, B<1>, C', D<1>, respectively, and, similarly, the transferring- cyhnders 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively receive the inked impressions from the surfaces A, B, 0, D. In order to ensure contact of any transferring-cylinder with its corresponding part-design surface, and the lifting of the cylinder from the other surfaces, the axle of each cylinder may be mounted at one end in a pivoted bracket W, and at the opposite end in a swing basket P, Figs. 2 and 3, which is drawn towards the carrier by a spring Q to an extent limited by means of an adjustable screw R. A toothed wheel U on the carrier F gears with a pinion V on the axle, which also carries a disc S lifted periodically by one of a series of rails T fixed to the carrier. The part-design surfaces are formed of hard material, and the cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4 may be covered with rubber insertion, or other yielding material, while the surface E may be formed of a somewhat harder substance. In a modification, the part-designs are impressed upon corresponding transferring-surfaces carried by a single cylinder, and are next taken off by a series of printing- rollers, which print, in succession, upon the plates fed to an impression surface on the transferring- cylinder. These forms of printing-apparatus are used, preferably, for printing on flexible plates. For printing upon glass, china, wood, or other material which is not flexible in the same manner as metal plates, a machine with a reciprocating impression table may be used. The work is fed to this table, and receives impressions from printing-surfaces carried by two parallel cylinders, beneath which the table travels in succession. Part-designs, inked in the desired colours, are transferred from surfaces on the parallel cylinders to the printing-surfaces by means of transferring- rollers.
Patent GB-190226839-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Railway Engine Head Lamp.
Inventor: LINLEY ARTHUR VICKERS
Filed: 1902-12-05
Granted: 1903-12-05
Abstract: 26,839. Linley, A. V., and Owensmith, W. H. Dec. 5. Locomotive head lamps. -The inlets for supplying air to the argand burner are protected by wind guards A, A', E, E', D, and, in addition, a perforated plate F and baffles J, B are provided. The chimney is supported upon pins N in such a manner that air entering through perforations in the burner cone K can pass under the edge of the chimney to feed the outer surface of the argand flame. The front M of the runners R and the rear of the travelling frame P are bevelled to facilitate the introduction of the frame, which is held in position by a spring S. The reservoir is vented through the pillar which supports the reflector, and the bush or stud for fastening the reflector to the pillar is formed with an aperture through which a beam of light may pass to show that the lamp is burning, or to illuminate a number or device on the lamp. A wire ring is employed to strengthen the soldered joints of the bushes H, H<1> for the reception of the clamping-bolts, or the bushes may be flanged and fastened by solder or rivets. The connection of the tube T, in which works the rack of the wick-raising mechanism, is strengthened by means of a wire or metal strip U, which is soldered to the tube T and to the inside of the burner tube.
Patent GB-190304747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Turbines.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1903-02-28
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 4747. Parsons, C. A. Feb. 28. Steam &c. turbines.-Elastic-fluid turbines are fitted with means for reducing skin friction, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The invention is stated in the Provisional Specification to be applicable to water-driven turbines. A single-disc jet turbine has a disc b with peripheral blades a. The nozzle m is arranged opposite to an exhaust chamber 14, while the greater part of the disc is enclosed in a chamber i, which fits closely to the upper rim of the disc and has a pipe 8 at its lower end connected to a vacuum intensifier, such as is described in Specification No. 840, A.D. 1902. Leakage is prevented by bafflesegments h, Fig. 8, on the casing engaging project. ing rings on the disc and by means of packing 5 on the shaft. A ring of reversing vanes 11 is arranged in the vacuous chamber. The baffle-segments may project from the casing, and the disc be adapted to rub against them. A modification has complete baffle-rings. Another modification has one or more rings of reversing blades outside the forward blades, and the reversing blades are either partially or wholly outside the vacuous chamber. The invention may be applied to a parallel-flow turbine.
Patent GB-190310006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Driving Wheels.
Inventor: BERGMANN EMIL
Filed: 1903-05-02
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,006. Bergmann, E. May 2. Friction gearing. - Wheels for friction gear are covered with strip of leather, capable of being tightened. One end of a strip c is pressed through a slot k in the periphery and is secured by wedging, as at d. The other end, after passing round the wheel, is passed through the slot k and is attached to the drum f of a ratchet-wheel i having a squared axle for tightening and a spring locking-pawl h. Both ends of the strip may have the tightening- apparatus. Two or more strips may be similarly arranged side by side or a number of lengths may be employed round the periphery.
Patent GB-190313071-A (GB)
Title: Armour Piercing Shell
Inventor: PENNEY PETER JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-11
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 13,071. Penney, P. J. June 11. Projectiles, ordnance.-Armour-piercing shells are constructed with an outer shell A, into which is screwed a case B containing a bursting charge to be fired by a nose fuze.
Patent GB-190315866-A (GB)
Inventor: BOGUSLAVSKY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 15,866. Boguslavsky, A. July 17. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims.-A rubber tread g, Fig. 1, is disposed over a number of wooden or other blocks c,which are free to slide in and out between flanges b of the rim a, but are pushed outwards by an inflated rubber tube d. This tube may be enclosed in an outer tube formed by two trough-shaped rubber rings e, f, Fig. 3, the edges of which are clamped together by plates m and bolts n. This outer tube may be vulcanized at u, v, w, and it'may be used without the tube d, or the tube d and ring e may be used without the ring f. The tread g is secured by rings l and bolts h, distance-pieces j being placed between the flanges b Instead of the pneumatic tube, a cushion of solid rubber, or of blocks of rubber, or of solid rubber with circumferential grooves or holes may be used. Or springs may be used. The blocks c may be alternated with strips of leather, canvas, rubber, or the like. If the blocks are disposed in radial chambers in the rim, blocks of rubber may be placed between them and on the outside of the rim. The spokes may be either tensicn or compression spokes, and may be secured either to the rim or to flanges at the sides of the rim. The Provisional Specification states that a water-filled tube may be used as a cushion for the blocks, that a wood, rubber, metal, or other tyre may be used instead of the blocks, and that the inner side or back of the rim may itself be a resilient cushion.
Patent GB-190318481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spindle Apparatus & Lifting Rails or Plates for Spinning Frames.
Inventor: PARKER ALFRED
Filed: 1903-08-27
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 18,481. Parker, A. Aug. 27. Spindle apparatus; lifting-rails.-The. lifterplate 2 of a spinning- f r a m e is actuated in the usual manner, and has in its upper surface a groove 7, either continuous or in sections, in which is placed a strip 8 of felt, wicking, or other material capable of absorbing the lubricant. Above the strip are fitted washers 9 separated by felt strips. The spindles 4 pass through openings in the rail, strips, and washers, in the centre of circular recesses 11. The lifter-plate is covered by an auxiliary protecting strip 13 with openings at intervals for the introduction of the lubricant, and cut away at the front as at 14 so that lubricant may be introduced directly under the short wharl 5, of which the lower flange 15 is slightly within the recess 11. The upper flange 16 is secured to the tube 6, and is recessed at 17 to receive the bobbin which is held firm by the usual pins. Oil is drawn up by a slight suction caused when the wharl and tube are raised, and by the rapid rotation of the tube is forced into the grooves or threads in its inner surface, and thoroughly lubricates the spindle.
Patent GB-190321425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: WALKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-06
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 21,425. Walker, W. Oct. 6. Systems of working; single-acting engines; governing.-Steam is admitted to the interior of the piston A through a port S<1>, and passes thence to the ends of the cylinder by way of ports P, L, L<1>. Exhaust escapes at the end of the stroke through ports E, and the residuum is forced into the clearance space on the back-stroke, thereby heating the cylinder and preventing condensation of the live steam. The clearance space is adjusted by trial by adding filling-pieces. Starting is effected by admitting steam through ports at the ends of the top of the cylinder, and governing, by throttling the exhaust by means of a hollow cylindrical valve M<1>. The invention is also described in connection with three-cylinder engines, both single and double acting, the former being always open at one end to steam pressure.
Patent GB-190326898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chains for Driving Velocipedes Motor Cars or Machinery
Inventor: HUNNABLE ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-12-08
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 26,898. Hunnable, A., Hunnable, W., and Mullis, F. Dec. 8. Driving.chains.-The spacing-stud consists of two parts A, B, Figs. 1 and 3. The part A is solid, and is formed with the reduced ends a, the semicircular groove b, and the semicircular recess d in the circumference, leading to the groove b. It is adapted to fit the hollow part B, which is provided with the reduced ends e, the internal groove f to correspond with the groove b of the part B, and the semicircular recess g, leading to the groove f. The link is completed by the cranked plates i, shown in Fig. 6, provided with the holes j, k adapted to fit over the reduced ends a, e of the parts A, B respectively. To assemble the parts to form a chain, the parts A, B are fitted together with the recesses d, g coincident, as shown in Fig. 7, and balls are fed down the aperture thus formed into the ball race formed by the grooves b, f. The part B is then rotated through, 180‹, and two plates i are fitted on to the reduced ends e, the projection m engaging with the recess g. The other ends of two more plates are then fitted over the reduced ends a of the part A, the projection l engaging with the recess d ; the ends a are then burred over. A link of the completed chain is shown in Fig. 1. In a modification, the recesses d, g are dispensed with, and a hole n, Fig. 13, is formed in the hollow part B, through which the balls are passed and which is afterwards filled with a soft plug of metal. The plates are, in this case, formed without the projections l, m.
Patent GB-190409103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Igniting Devices for Miners' Safety Lamps and the like.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES AUBREY
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 9103. Day, C. A., [Fabrik Elektrischer Z³nder, Ges.]. April 20. Miners' safety lamps.-In an electric igniting-device, the igniting - wire 1 is arranged on a star-wheel 2, Figs. 1 and 2, and a fresh portion advances at each ignition. The star-wheel 2 is carried by a spindle 3 which works in a disc 4 fixed to a tube 6 sliding in another tube 7. To light the lamp, the lever 11 is raised. This presses the tube 6 forwards until part of the igniting-wire 1 is over the wick 12, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 ; at the same time the electric contacts 19 touch the contacts 20 which are connected' to contact-strips 22 arranged underneath the two spokes of the starwheel 2 which are nearest the wick, so that the portion of the wire 1 bridging the ends of the spokes is brought into the electric circuit and ignites the wick. Each time the tube 6 is moved forwards, a spoke of a star-wheel 5, fixed to the spindle 3, catches on a lever 15 pivoted to the tube 7, so that the star-wheel 2 is turned through the distance between two spokes, thus bringing a fresh portion of wire over the wick. In modifications, the igniting-wire is wound on a coil 27, Figs. 4 and 5, and is unwound by means of clamps 30, 31, pressed together by a spring 34 and insulated from each other around the central spindle 32 ; the device is operated from below, the position of rest being with a spoke on each side of the wick, from which it is first raised and then turned so that a portion of the igniting-wire comes above the wick as in Fig. 5. Greater economy of current can be effected by providing fine points of smokeless powder on the igniting- wire.
Patent GB-190413283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Supplying or Cutting Off Current in connection with Single or Polyphase Alternating Current Electric Motors.
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1905-06-10
Abstract: 13,283. Union Elektricitõts-Ges. June 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Commutators; motors, controlling.-Pairs of dissimilar brushes are connected to the secondary coils of transformers the primary coils of which may be separate or combined. As shown in Fig. 1, the mains q of one phase are connected to transformers n, p, o, the secondary coils of these being respectively connected to the brushes a d, e b, f c. The mains r of the second phase are connected in the same way through transformers s, t, u to the remaining brushes g, k, i, m, h, l. Fig. 3 shows an application to a six-pole singlephase motor. The brushes a, d, c, f, b, e are separately short-circuited, while the remaining brushes are connected as before to separate secondary transformer coils. The transformer has one primary coil connected to the leads q. As shown in Fig. 4, divided brushes are used for one phase, dissimilar brushes being short-circuited directly or through a resistance. The brushes for the second phase are shown on the inside of the commutator, a portion only of the brushes being used.