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Patent GB-190211735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Applicable to Cylinder Printing Machines
Inventor: HALL JAMES
Filed: 1902-05-23
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 11,735. Hall, J., and Barber, M. T. May 23. Cylinder machines with plane printing - surfaces; stopping and starting apparatus.-Relates to means for tripping or stopping the cylinder when a sheet is not fed into the position for printing. Fig. 1 shows a " Wharfe- " dale " stop-cylinder machine, of which b is the cylinder and c is the feed-board. An electric contact 1 is fixed on the feedboard c, and over this is a contact-finger 2, hinged at 3 and oscillated by an arm 5 connected by a rod 6 to a lever 7 operated by a rod 10 reciprocated by a cam 11<a>, 11<b> at each operation of the machine. The contacts 1, 2 are in a circuit including a battery 17 and an electromagnet 18. The rotation-of the cylinder is controlled by a pawl 19 which engages a notched boss 21, and the pawl is prevented from engaging and the rotation of the cylinder prevented when a lever 22 is held in raised position. The lever 22 may be operated by the hand-lever 24 and rod 23. Moving with the lever 7 is an arm 31, which raises the lever 22 at each operation, and, when the lever is permitted to fall, the pawl 19 engages and the cylinder makes its rotation. When no sheet is present, the electric circuit is closed, and the magnet 18 retains the armature lever 26 in contact with it, and with its upper end 26<a> engaging a lug 25 on the lever 22, thus holding up the lever and preventing the next rotation of the cylinder. The armature lever 26 is moved up to the magnet and under the lug 25 at each operation by a pin-and-slot connection 29 with the rod 10. When the magnet is not excited, a sheet being fed on the board c, the lever 26 is moved from under the lug 25 by a spring 32 connecting it to the lever 7. A similar arrangement is described applied to another form of cylinderstopping mechanism, in which the magnet prevents the engagement of a pawl with a part of the mechanism and prevents the rotation of the cylinder. A similar arrangement is also described applied to a " Miehle two-revolution machine, in which the tripping-mechanism prevents the cylinder from being drawn down into the printing position when the magnet is excited owing to the absence of a sheet. In each arrangement the normal working of the machine commences as soon as a sheet is fed.
Patent GB-190212639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stopping Devices for Gullies and similar Openings
Inventor: FARRER FREDERICK TEMPLAR
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 12,639. Farrer, F. T., and Fraser, W. M. June 3. Testing.-To stop gullies preparatory to testing, a cover B with a peripheral packing-ring f is held down by a bolt C and nut h. The lower end of the bolt passes through the centre of four radial arms k, and is fitted with an arm g to engage with the part E. The arms k may be dispensed with by pivoting the lower end of the bolt C to a cross-bar, which engages with a recess in the side of the gully.
Patent GB-190213491-A (GB)
Title: Inter Communication Switch for Telephones.
Inventor: WEBB HARRY RILEY
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 13,491. Webb, H. R. June 14. Switches.-Relates to switching-arrangements for direct-call intercommunication telephone systems. A number of levers 7 are pivoted to studs 8 connected to the various lines. Each lever 7 is provided with a tripping-nose 9. The home line of the station is connected to a pillar 2 which carries a spring-depressed plate or disc 3. The levers 7 raiso the plate 3 when depressed to make contact with the calling-studs 17. On the release of the levers, the tripping-noses retain contact with the disc 3, as shown in Fig. 3. The telephone hook lever 14, Fig. 4, does not lock with the disc 3, but releases any locked lever when the telephone is hung up. The levers may be arranged radially round a disc or along one side of a similarlymounted bar. The bar may also be pivoted at one edge, and push-rods may be used on short-armed levers.
Patent GB-190213775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers, specially applicable for use on Automobiles which Work with Superheated Steam.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 13,775. Thompson, W. P., [Soc. Anon. des Automobiles Peugeot]. June 17. Condensers.-The condenser is designed for use on automobiles worked by superheated steam. It comprises a thin box a traversed by air pipes c, large in diameter compared with their length, placed as close together as possible, and splayed at their front ends, which project through the tube-plate, so that their edges form hexagons f, Fig. 2, which touch each other. Jets cf water sprayed from a pipe h in the steam space aid the condensation. A fan g may be employed to augment the air current.
Patent GB-190213902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Burners and Lanterns for Incandescent Gas Lighting.
Inventor: HOLGATE THOMAS
Filed: 1902-06-19
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,902. Holgate, T. June 19. Incandescent gas lamps.-Fig. 1 shows a burner in which the gas and air are not heated before mixing. The mixing-chamber 1 is formed of a tube having a length equal to five or six times its diameter, and having its upper portion 1<1> expanded to suit the size of mantle 9 to be heated. Air admission holes 2, of larger size than is usual, are made in. the tube 1, or in a separate part in which the tube 1 is fixed. A cap or cover 3 may be provided to regulate the size of the holes 2. The supply of gas is preferably obtained through a suitably-efficient governor 5 made integral with the burner, and between the governor and the nozzle 6 is an opening, closed by a screw 7 or other means, for the purpose of testing the gas pressure. Air is supplied to the interior of the mantle 9 through a perforated cap 8<1>, resting on projections 8, and formed with internal projections which form a space, between the cap and the part 1<1>, for admission of air. The supply of air to the exterior of the mantle is controlled by a glass protector 10 having a contracted lower part 10'. Or, where an ordinary cylindrical protector is employed, it may rest on a glass &c. disc having a central opening of the proper size. Fig. 5 shows a street lantern having a burner 1 such as described, and means for heating the air supply. The heated gases from the mantle pass out through a chimney 11, and the air passes into the lower part 12 or air chamber, through a space 13 surrounding the chimney 11. A partition 17 prevents the mixing of the waste gases and air supplied to the burner. The airsupply tube may be inside the chimney 11. Fig. 6 shows an arrangement in which both the gas and air are heated. The heated gases pass up through a chimney 19, through which the air-supply tube 20 passes to the air chamber 22. The gas-supply tube 21 passes through the tube 20, or through the chimney 19 to the gas chamber 24. In cases where a group of burners is used, the air and gas may be heated by passing through tubes placed centrally of the group. The apparatus described may be applied to inverted incandescent gas burners.
Patent GB-190219702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Cycles, and other Vehicles, Whips, Walking Sticks, Cricket Bats, Golf Clubs, and other similar Purposes.
Inventor: WALE ALFRED EDMUND
Filed: 1902-09-09
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 19,702. Wale, A. E. Sept. 9. Perambulators and like vehicles.-Handles for cycles and other vehicles are provided with a covering W of helical coils such as are described in Specification No. 20,826, A.D. 1891, [Abridgment Class Fencing], interwoven with one another. The covering may have an intermediate lining E of solid, flexible, or resilient material. A cap C, the edges c' of which press over the wire fabric W, may cover the outer end of the handle, and the edges at the other end may be bound by a ferrule F, or a thread or wire.
Patent GB-190221192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Clock-cases
Filed: 1902-09-29
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 21,192. Lake, H. H., [Hamburg Amerikanische Uhrenfabrik]. Sept. 29. Clock cases; alarms; dust caps.-In clocks having the striking-hammers protrudent through the casing g, in order to exclude dust from the works, the hub n of the hammer is pivoted with packing- washers i in checks p on an external bridge-piece d. The switch a with upturned tongue z serves for holding the hammer out of action.
Patent GB-190222559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Valves for Radiators.
Inventor: LEUTHESSER FRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 22,559. Leuthesser, F. W. Oct. 16. Heating buildings &c., radiators for. Relates to air valves for radiators, and more particularly to means for preventing the sparking out of the water of condensation through the vent for the air. The air vent is controlled by the valve stem d<1> carried and actuated by the float D, D<1>. The float is open at the bottom, and is provided with a guiding or centering ring E. The external wall B and the internal wall or shell C are fixed to the base or cup A, by which the nipple or stem a of the valve is attached to the radiator. The protecting cap or cover F surrounds the upper part of the valve casing, and is spaced therefrom to form a chamber for the reception of the water of condensation, the water being evaporated ur vaporized in this chamber. The cap has a closed top and escape openings leading from the chamber G. The body of the cap F and its top f<1> may be in separate pieces, the top fitting inside or outside the body. Indentations g are provided, and the cap is brazed or otherwise fixed to the casing to prevent leakage.
Patent GB-190222575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes.
Inventor: STOW NELSON
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 22,575. Stow, N. Oct. 16. Bristles, fixing ; handles, fixing to stocks; tools for making.-The bristles 2 are fixed between the band 1 and the ferrule 3, into which the part 4 of the handle 5 screws, the shoulder 10 bearing on the band. The ferrule is inserted in the bristles by the shouldered rod 6 provided with a detachable pointed end 8.
Patent GB-190225253-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means & Apparatus for Bunsen or Incandescent Burners to Prevent the Breaking of Incandescent Mantles
Inventor: SUTTON CORNELIUS JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 25,253. Neal, H. P. Nov. 18. Games imitating football.-A table or a covering fabric, paper, &c. is marked with lines b, a, c, e<1>, to indicate the playing-field, position for the ball before the kick-off, goals, boundaries, &c., and is surrounded by a fixed or removable ledge f. The goals d are shaped like those used for association football, and are screwed into the wood, or are provided with horizontally-turned ends n, which enter pockets o. The game is played with two sets of discs h representing the teams, and a larger disc g representing the ball. The discs are propelled in a similar manner to tiddledy winks by any suitable projectors held by the players, certain rules being observed as to when a playerdisc or the ball-disc is employed.
Patent GB-190302961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Actuated Semaphores.
Filed: 1903-02-07
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 2961. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Ferreira, L. M. G. Feb. 7. Semaphore signals.-Relates to an electromagnetic device for actuating the arms of semaphore signals. The axis b on which the arm a is fixed rotates in bearings in the ends of a cylindrical iron casing c which serves also as a yoke for the poles c<1>, c<2> of an electromagnet. The armature d, fixed on the axis b, is of such shape that, when the semaphore is in the " off " position, the faces of the armature are nearer to the poles than when the semaphore is in the " danger " position. In the " off " position, plates d<1>, d<2> held down on the armature by springs d<4>, d<5> come in contact with the pole-pieces of the magnet, and consequently less current is required to hold the signal in this position than is required to move it. The springs d<4>, d<2> act as buffers to the plates d<1>, d'.
Patent GB-190303615-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Feeding Appliances of Printing, Ruling and other Machines.
Inventor: VICKERY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-16
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 3615. Vickery, F. W. Feb. 16. Feeding sheets.-Relates to apparatus for preventing more than one sheet at a time from being fed to a printing, ruling, or other machine. A frame A, carrying an upright E, is adjustably clamped by a thumb-screw B to the feeding-board C, which is slotted to receive it. A lever F, which may either be adjustable in position by a screw G or rigidly fixed to the support E, carries at the other end a lever H. One end of this lever comes close to the feeding-board, or to an extension of the frame A, the other end, which is made lighter, approaching near to an anvil on the lever F. To use the appliance, it is first adjusted through a screw G or otherwise, so that both ends of the lever H just touch the opposing surfaces. A piece of paper J, of the same thickness as that to be fed to the machine, is then inserted between the end of the lever H, and the lever F, thereby raising the other end of the lever H off the feeding-board high enough to allow one thickness of paper to pass under. If two pieces should tend to pass, they get jammed on one side, and, by twisting sideways, operate any known system of mis-feed trip device. The lower end of the lever H should have a curved extension to guide the edge of the paper under it properly ; also a screw may be passed through the lever F opposite the upper end of the lever H, between the adjustable end of which screw and the end of the lever H the slip of paper may be put.
Patent GB-190307019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of Liquid from Bottles and similar Vessels.
Inventor: COWEY LEONARD EUGENE
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 7019. Cowey, L. E. March 26. Measured quantities, delivering.-Liquid flows from a bottle into a measuring-chamber temporarily fitted into the neck, the flow automatically ceasing by the sealing of the air inlet when a given quantity has escaped. The liquid may be discharged by a siphon action or by inversion of the chamber. Fig. 1 shows the measuring-chamber A with cork a fitting the bottle b, into which pass a long air inlet a<2>, and a short outflow pipe a<1>. Liquid will pass into the chamber, and air, entering by the aperture a<3> and orifice a<4>, will pass into the bottle until the level of the liquid rises above the orifice, when the flow ceases. When the chamber is turned over, the contents pass out by the aperture a<3>. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, liquid passes through the tube a' into the chamber A and up and around the annular tube as, air meanwhile passing through holes a<10> into the compartment a<7>, whence it escapes by the pipe a<8>. As soon as the surface reaches the top of the outflow pipe a<5>, the liquid siphons over and seals the holes a<12>, through which air has been passing into the compartment all and air inlet a<2>. At the end of the discharge, sufficient liquid remains at the bottom of the chamber A and the compartment a<11> to seal the tubes a<1>, a' respectively ; but, if the air inlet a' opens directly into the tube a<5>, the bottle will empty itself by successive discharges.
Patent GB-190309085-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Outdoor Seat
Inventor: ROGERS ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9085. Rogers, A. April 22. Covers for exposed seats.-The seat a of a tramcar &c. is supported on legs b, and the rail c of the reversible back is carried by side and central bars d. The central bar d moves between troughshaped metal pieces f, on the ledges g of which slide slotted metal strips h. The outer bars d work between outside plates m and platesj, which latter are slotted and held to plates i by pins k passing through the slots. The cover consists of three pieces of wood or other material n covered with a protecting-material, hinged at u and kept normally in one plane by a spring. It carries pins p which rest in notches q in the pieces f and the plates i. When the back is reversed, the inner bar d, engaging the slots in the strips h, pushes these strips h over the inner pins p, and the outer bars d, engaging pins l on the platesj, move overhanging ends s over the outer pins p on the same side of the cover, permitting the cover to be turned up about the pins p so secured, exposing a dry seat.
Patent GB-190309489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Joiner's Ploughs.
Inventor: BODY GEORGE JOSIAH
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 9489. Body, G. J. April 27. Planes.-The attachment described in Specification No. 19,915, A.D. 1901, for converting a plough into a fillistering - plane, is fitted with a block d, so that, when detached, a plane iron may be secured to the block d and a wooden handle b by the screws c and the tool then used as a shoulder, rabbeting, or chariot plane.
Patent GB-190311410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Brushes.
Inventor: GRUENEBERG CARL
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 11,410. Gr³neberg, C. May 19. Bristles, fixing; stocks; tooth brushes. - Bristles are secured in bone and other hard brush bodies by means of anchors or pronged forks d, Fig. 3, round which the bristles are looped. In addition to the usual holes b, adapted to receive the bunches of bristles, lateral holes or passages care provided, into which the prongs f of the forks d, are adapted to spring, and so prevent the bristles falling out. The invention is shown as applied to a tooth brush.
Patent GB-190311584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weighing Machines.
Inventor: POLLARD EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 11,584. Pollard, E. T., and Behrmann, E. L. May 21. Automatic-feed weighers.-Relates to a machine for automatically weighing and delivering tea, coffee, rice, &c. The tea &c. is fed from a hopper 1, so as to form on the casing 4 a heap of approximately-constant size, by a screw 2 actuated by bevel gearing &c. from a shaft 6. Scoops 11, which are shown arranged in sets of four, are pivoted to beams carrying adjustable weights 10 and pivoted to discs 8 on an axle 7, which is intermittently rotated, as shown in Fig. 3, by a loaded pawl 28 engaging a ratchet-wheel 29 on the axle 7 and pivoted on an arm 27 connected by a rod 26 to a pulley 24 on the shaft 6. To increase the length of the periods of time during which the axle 7 is stationary, the pawl 28, during each alternate forward motion, is held out of action by a shield 35 carried by an arm 34 connected by a rod 33 to a wheel 32 which rotates half as fast as the shaft 6. Each scoop is fitted with a pin 12, Fig. 1, which, as the scoop is carried round, engages with guides 13, causing the scoop to tilt, deliver its tea to shoots 37, and take up a fresh quantity slightly less than the desired amount from the casing 4. The deficiency is made up from pivoted funnels 14 fed by screws 16 from the screw 2 and normally feeding on to slopes 17 leading into the scoops. When the scoop contains the desired weight, it falls, and a pin 18 on its beam connects electric contacts 19 and energizes an electromagnet 21 which turns the funnel 14 over a hole in the slope 17 so that the tea. which falls continuously, drops on the casing 4 until the scoop is moved. The motion of the beams is limited by stops 23 formed on arms 22 carried by the discs 8. The invention is suitable for use with the parcelling- machine described in Specification No. 17,966, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190317871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Arc Lamps known as Flame Arc Lamps.
Inventor: OLIVER CHARLES
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 17,871. Oliver, C. Aug. 18. Arc lamps, thermally regulated. In a lamp having an arc of approximately constant length between the lower ends of two carbons G, G', Fig. 7, the carbons are fed down past frictional retaining- devices Fx by the pressure of a weight E, supported by a vertical rod of glass or other rigid material, when the arc rises so far as to soften or disintegrate the lower end of this rod. The lower end of the glass rod K, shown in the side view, Fig. 5, may rest on a curved tongue j<1> extending downward from a tube J, which is attached to the frame of the lamp by a bayonet joint or otherwise, near the lower ends of the carbons. The softened end of the glass rod subsequently melts and falls off in drops. Fig. 7 shows a lamp with the carbons sliding in inclined slotted tubes C, C<1>, which are carried on a pivot C', and are movable by a series solenoid N and a core, to strike the arc, and to regulate it if desired. Angular links dx are pivoted to the weight E, and bear on the upper ends of the carbons. The upper part of the glass rod is situated in a slotted vertical tube H, into which a pin projects from the weight E, over the glass rod. The frictional pieces Fx are carried by springs on the tubes C, C', and convey the current to the carbons. A reflector L surrounds the arc, which may be of the "flame" description. Modifications are described. The friotional pieces Fx may be carried by weighted angle-levers. The carbons may be parallel, at a small fixed distance apart, and the arc may be deflected towards the rod stop j<1> by a weak magnetic field or otherwise. The arc may be struck by a carbon piece, carried by a lever, and movable from under the main carbons by linkage of the lever to the armature of a series electromagnet. Otherwise, the carbons may be inclined so as to cross each other above the arc. The angular links d<x> may be dispensed with, the weight E being provided with a fixed pin or pins to extend through slots in the tubes C, C<1>. The glass rod may be shorter or longer than the carbons, and connected therewith by gearing. Curved or screw-shaped fusible &c. rods may be used. A lamp may contain a number of pairs of carbons, each with a glass rod, means being provided for supplying current to a fresh pair when a pair burns out.
Patent GB-190320076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Water and the like.
Inventor: JUNKERS HUGO
Filed: 1903-09-17
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 20,076. Junkers, H. Sept. 17. Drawings to Specification. Water-heaters, gas; gas supply.-In hot-water supply systems, the gas cock of the heater is controlled automatically by a thermostat placed in the hot-water tank or the pipes. Preferably, the thermostat is placed at the point where the cold water enters. The water in the tank may be heated by direct circulation through the heater or by a coil placed in the tank and connected at the ends with the heater. The latter arrangement is particularly applicable in cases where the water to be heated contains a large proportion of lime.
Patent GB-190322080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Tea, Grain and other Substances.
Inventor: HASLAM ALFRED SEALE
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,080. Haslam, Sir A. S. Oct. 13. Drying grain &c.- Rotary apparatus for drying grain, tea, or other substances, consists of a cylinder A containing tubes B through which steam is made to pass. Steam enters, from the standard D, through holes in one of the hollow trunnions. The tubes are preferably inclined, so as to allow the condensed steam to run back into the cover C, from which it is raised by the radial pipes N, to the tube 0, and it is then blown out through the cock P. Longitudinal plates are fixed to the inside of the cylinder in order to stir the material being dried.