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Patent GB-190219294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burglar or similar Alarms or Indicating Apparatus.
Inventor: LIEVENS PIERRE
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 19,294. Lievens, P., and Jahn, G. Sept. 2. Alarms, burglar and like.-Clockwork indicating- mechanism so controls a detonating or other alarm apparatus that the opening of the door, window, or safe to which it is applied sounds an alarm unless a special key is used and the position of the apparatus known. Fig. 3 shows the door 1 in edge view, with key shown in the lock 3, and carrying in casings 8, 10 the mechanism shown in detail in Figs. 7, 8, and 10. The spring 12, Fig. 8, wound by means of the handle, and provided with a stop to prevent over-winding, can turn the shaft 13, an arm, Fig. 7, on which, by engaging in the recess 55 of the piece 56, unlocks the arm 63 and allows the spring 64 in the tube 65 to force the rod 68 upwards and fire the detonator in the tube 69. The piece 56 is slotted, and can slide, under the control of springs 61, 62, upon the piece 58, which is pivoted at 59 and has a cover-plate 60. By means of movable stops 27, 38 bearing against projections 25, 26 upon the pinion 23, the train of wheels 21, 22, 23 and the shaft 13, which drives them through the ratchet-wheel 14 and pawl 17, can be locked. The indicating-arm 31, Fig. 3, moving externally over a circle 32 with twelve divisions, is keyed to the same shaft as the twelvetoothed ratchet-wheel 28, and when it indicates zero the stop 27 upon the ratchet-wheel engages with and locks the projection 25. Upon closing the door, the adjustable bolt 50, Fig. 5, in the lever 45 pivoted at 44 presses against the frame 2, and moves the lever 40 and stud 51, so as to cause the stop 38 upon the spring 39 to engage with the second projection 26 and lock the mechanism. Rotation of the key in the lock causes the keybit 5, lever 6, and cord 7 to lift the cover 8 on the outside of the door and disclose a spring push 9 operating the ratchet-wheel by the pawl 34, whereby a known position of the indicator can be altered to zero, and the shaft 13 double locked. Otherwise the withdrawal of the stop 38 upon opening the door will sound the alarm.
Patent GB-190224183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cranks, Compensators, and the like, required for Rods or Wires Operating Switches or Signals on Railways.
Inventor: WILLIAMS LLEWELLYN WYNN
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 24,183. Williams, L. W., and Williams, 0. R. Nov. 5. Wire and rod compensators rods and wires for operating, bearings for ; signal levers. - Levers, compensators, guide - pulleys, and the like are mounted on ball bearings, the bearings being adapted to take up the wear. Figs. 1 and 2 show two forms of horizontal bearings, and Fig. 3 a vertical form. The wear is taken up by adjusting the circular wedge or cone a<1>, which screws on the central spindle a.
Patent GB-190224356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Turbines and similar Motors
Inventor: WALDEN HOWARD DE
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-10-05
Abstract: 24,356. Howard de Walden, Lord, and Knudsen, H. Nov. 6. Turbines and reaction-wheels.-Relates to elastic fluid-pressure turbines or reaction-wheels, adapted to be driven by jets from nozzles having spiral passageways. The shaft c, Figs. 1 and 2, carries a rotary disc a with rings of blades d alternating with fixed blades e on the casing b. An admission chamber g surrounds the shaft, and has nozzles i, containing helical partitions k, which give a twisting motion to the issuing jets. End pressure may be balanced by arranging two turbines on the same shaft, or by fitting the rotary disc with blades on both sides. The engine may be compounded, and is adapted to be driven by the exhaust from a steam. or compressed-air engine.
Patent GB-190303484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Points and Signals therefor Operated from the Vehicles.
Inventor: JONAS HERMANN
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 3484. Jonas, H. Feb. 13. Indicators, point or switch ; controlling and locking signals;. signals, lamp; contacts, mechanical.- Relates to points and switches, and signals therefor, operated from the vehicles &c. The points n and signal lamp r are held for the main line by a weight a or springs, and are set for the branch by a striker p on the locomotive placed to meet the arm e on the vertical rock-shaft d. The points &c. are locked, during the passage of the train, by the cam f on the shaft d lifting an arm l on a vertical slide k into its notch i, and a second striker q at the end of the train lifts the slide to free the parts.
Patent GB-190309576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telephonic Apparatus.
Inventor: WOOD FRANKLIN WASHINGTON
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 9576. Wood, F. W. April 28. Flexible tubes.-The flexible metal tube 72 of special telephonic apparatus is enclosed by rubber, and again by a metal helix 71.
Patent GB-190309589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Slitting Welts.
Inventor: LYON HARRY
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 9589. Friskey, A. W. April 28. Bookbinding.- The leaves of a loose-leaf ledger are slotted at their edges and passed upon telescopic cross-rods, being clamped thereon by means of a metal back and movable side - pieces, operated by suitable racks, pinions, and screw. Fig. 1 is a view of the back from the inside, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section. Rods h sliding in tubes i pass through slots in the leaves and are fixed to side-pieces f having end flanges g, which can slide between the end flange b of the back a and a plate c, the plate being clamped to the flange b by screws d. The sides f can be drawn together or separated by means of racks j fixed to them. The racks are moved by pinions l, k carried by the back a and rotated by a rack s on the piece p capable of sliding on the pin r fixed to the piece o upon the back a. The piece p can be moved longitudinally by means of a screw t, which engages with it and is provided with flanges u bearing against the plate c, rotation being made by means of a key w fitting the square head v. The covers x of the ledger are hinged to lugs y on the side-pieces.
Patent GB-190311938-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Making Pralines.
Inventor: FRANKE PAUL ROBERT
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,938. Franke, P. R., and Roediger, G. C. F. May 25. Moulding confectionery &c.--Relates to a machine for making pralines. The sugar-almond or nut-paste contained in the receptacle a, Fig. 2, is forced by a weight q through an opening a' in the bottom of the receptacle i n t o recesses o r moulds d in the periphery of a rotary disc b. Ejectors g, Fig. 4, in the moulds d carry, on their inner ends, pins s, on which are rollers r guided in a cam path formed in a fixed disc k. As the ejectors approach the opening a<1>, they are drawn inwards, and remain stationary, until they reach their lowest position, when they are pushed outwards and eject the finished cores, which are received by hooks m hanging perpendicularly from an endless chain n moving at the same speed as the disc b. As the hooks m are carried round, they dip the finished cores into chocolate &c. contained in a trough t. A disc o, to guide the hooks m, may be arranged behind the disc b, the disc o being provided with indentations i to receive the hooks approaching the ejecting spot and keep them concentric to the disc b.
Patent GB-190320207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Polishing Wood.
Inventor: HEINE EMIL
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 20,207. Heine, E. Sept. 19. Polishing, French and like; painting and varnishing; polishing-liquids; varnishes.-The unplaned wood is painted several times with a polishing- material composed of copal resin and colophony, dissolved in spirits, to which clay, hydroxide of calcium, and yellow ochre are added. The surface so obtained is ground and grained, and treated with a glazing varnish composed of shellac, alcohol, umber, and colza oil. Finally the surface is ground with an oil composed of linseed oil, oil of turpentine, and paraffin oil, and polished with shellac varnish and the polishing- stones usually employed.
Patent GB-190320500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Closing Cocks or Faucets
Inventor: DOUENNE CHARLES
Filed: 1903-09-23
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,500. DouÙnne, C. Sept. 23. Self-closing valves ; regulating discharge from valves.-Fig. 1 shows the construction of a selfclosing cock iu which the back pressure of fluid in a chamber d, Fig. 1, behind the valve a is utilized for closing the valve after a regulated quantity of liquid has passed. To open the cock, a valve g is forced back by means of a pivoted lever-handle m, and the chamber d is thus put into communication with the atmosphere through the perforated disc e, past the spring-closed valve g, through the passage hand chamber i, past the valve j and through the discharge passage k. The liquid in the chamber d is thus discharged allowing the valve q to be forced open by fluid pressure and liquid to issue through the nozzle. The valve a is forced against a disc c on a rod b which passes loosely through the valve a allowing liquid to escape along it into the chamber d ; the rod b pushes the valve j on to its seat, thereby closing the discharge passage k. The chamber d then fills gradually, the pressure forcing back the valve a to its closed position. An india-rubber membrane p between the valve and the chamber d ensures tightness. To close the valve quickly, the lever-handle is operated to press back the valve j, and consequently the valve a by means of the rod b and disc c. The quantity of liquid discharged is regulated by adjusting the size of the passage in the ring q through which the pin b passes. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, in opening the valve a the back-pressure chamber d is discharged by operating the hollow plug t to drain the plug through the port v and discharge passages v<1>, o, the valve opening by fluid pressure. The plug t is turned to the position shown. The liquid then finds its way along the pin b through the apertures u, u<1> into the hollow plug, in which it rises and compresses the air therein, thereby producing a back pressure which closes the valve. For immediately closing the valve, the plug t is turned to bring the apertures x, y into register with the apertures z, u, so that water from the supply pipe n fills the hollow plug, enters the chamber d, and closes the valve.
Patent GB-190320984-A (GB)
Title: Augers for Boring Square and Rectangular Holes.
Inventor: PEARL AZARIAH YELDON
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 20,984. Pearl, A. Y. Sept. 30. Drills and cutters. -In an auger for boring square and rectangular holes, the shank 1 carrying the bit 2 is journalled in a guide-block 3, of the same shape as the hole to be cut. and a cup-shaped ring 9, fixed to the ends of a tube 7. and cutter wheels 4 are pivoted in recesses in the sides of the block 3 and are rotated by the e propeller blades 20 on the shank 1. These blades grow thinner and smaller in diameter towards the top, and one terminates in a spiral 22 which conveys the chips up the tube 7 and discharges them through the hole 8. The recess in the block 3 for the propeller 20 flares out towards the cutters 4 to facilitate the passage of the chips. A ring 10, pinned to the shank 1, and a ring 13, screwed to the ring 9, from a thrust bearing for the shank 1, the ring 13 being countersunk at 15 to receive a lubricant which passes through the holes 16, 17 to the cutters 4. A split ferrule 18 to be engaged by the set-screw of a drill-press spindle is placed on the shank 1.
Patent GB-190322113-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of and Means for Ventilating.
Inventor: MAITRE JOHN BRACHE LE
Filed: 1903-10-14
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,113. Le Maitre, J. B. Oct. 14. Ventilators.- Relates to ejector ventilators, the exhaust being caused by the motion of the vehicle or by fans. In the carriage roof and door ventilators, Figs. 1 and 5, air enters through one of two bell-shaped mouths A, according to the direction of motion, and exhausts the central passage B. Fig. 8 shows a combined exhaust and blow-in ventilator for a car or room. Air entering through the funnel A exhausts the passages B, which may be fitted with slides, and that entering the blow-in funnels T<2>, T<3> passes into the room through inlets I.
Patent GB-190324119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Trouser Straps and the like
Inventor: WOTSCHAK ROBERT
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,119. Wotschak, R. Nov. 6. Stud-and-socket fastenings.-Relates to a twopart fastening for trouser straps &c. One part, Fig. 5, consists of a tube b cut to form a bayonet slot c mounted on a base provided with securing- tongues f which are passed through the material. The other part, Fig. 6, consists of a stem h with a lateral projection i for being passed into the tube b, and securing by rotation in the bayonet slot c. The stem h is mounted on a base-plate and is attached similarly to the socket part.
Patent GB-190325927-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Frames for Clothes-lines to be Wound up on.
Inventor: THIEL CARL
Filed: 1903-11-27
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 25,927. Thiel, C. Nov. 27. Reeling cords &c.-Relates to wire frames upon which clothes-lines and the like may be wound. In the modification shown in Fig. 1, a circular frame a, having hooks, is attached to a rectangular frame b, so as to leave a portion c which may rest on the ground without the rope coming in contact therewith. Fig. 3 shows another modification consisting of one single frame. The apparatus may be suspended about the body by strings attached to loops e, or may be suspended by another larger loop d.
Patent GB-190402192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turnip Lifters.
Inventor: PARMITER PHILIP JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-01-28
Granted: 1905-01-28
Abstract: 2192. Parmiter, P. J. Jan. 28. Crops, root, digging; turnip-thinning machines.- Machines for lifting or uprooting turnips are made of a similar type to the turnip-thinning machine described in Specification No. 17,345, A.D. 1900. Each machine has a suitable frame a mounted on wheels b, and carries two or other number of wheels or discs c, which are driven by contact with the ground and have their axes in such a position that they touch the ground at one point only. The frame of the turnip-thinning machine may be used. The discs c are fitted with toothed or serrated peripheral rings e, which enter the ground beneath and behind the turnips. The rings are built up in sections, which are slotted at rightangles to their length so as to be adjustable for lifting large or small roots. Topping-knives j are sometimes arranged in front of the discs c.
Patent GB-190407688-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Means for Constructing Firelighters.
Inventor: BEVINGTON TIMOTHY
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 7688. Bevington, T. March 31. Firelighters.-A framework firelighter is formed by impaling a sheet of strawboard upon each end of a group of sticks 23, Fig. 7, held in a clamp. The ends may be dipped in resin or the like, and the sticks may have between them a mass 24 of shavings round a chip, or other inflammable matter, which may be contained in coloured paper. The impaling is done in a treadle-worked press, having a fixed die-block d and a movable one g. Each die-block has holes m to receive the ends of the sticks 23, these holes being wider at the moutb. The fixed block d has a recess p to receive a strawboard sheet 25, and projecting pins 9, 10 to support a clamp. The movable block g carries springs q and pins s, Fig. 1, to hold the second strawboard sheet, and is connected to a sliding piece k, Fig. 1, which can be reciprocated by a bell-crank lever t linked to a treadle-lever 1. The clamp is made in two halves hinged together, and is preferably of cast aluminium. Each half has erd pieces joined by three rods 16, 17, 18, Fig. 7, which leave recesses for the insertion of sticks 23 ; these are kept in place by springs 20 or other device. A hand-worked screw press may also be used, having die-blocks as described, and a name or other matter may also be stamped by one of the die blocks.
Patent GB-190411625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Grain from Straw in Threshing-machines.
Inventor: WHITE JAMES K
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,625. White, J. K. May 20. Separating grain, chaff, and straw.-In an apparatus for separating grain from straw and chaff in thrashing-machines, an inclined tubular case 1 is divided longitudinally into an upper and a lower passage by fans 11 within casings 10 separated by cylinders 21. Inclined buckets 22 form the periphery of each cylinder 21, and are covered with screen material. Air blast from each fan 11 is conducted into the upper and lower passages through openings 12, 13, and rotates the cylinders 21 by impinging on the buckets 22. The thrashed straw, grain, and chaff pass through a feed opening 2, and the grain falls into the buckets 22 of the cylinders 21, which rotate and deposit the grain in the lower passage, from which it is blown downwards through an opening 4. The straw and chaff are blown upwards along the upper passage and through an opening 3. The fans are geared together by belts or otherwise, and graded sizes of screen material may be used to cover the cylinders 21.
Patent GB-190413874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Direct Acting Pumps for Compressing Air or Gas.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 13,874. Preston, W. R., and Green, F. D. June 18. Brakes.-Relates to direct-acting aircompressors of the Westinghouse type used in connection with the Westing- house brake. The steam enters the steam cylinder A through the pipe F, which has a bore F<3> to receive the rod K, provided with a large port K<1> and a small port K'. The rod K is connected to the piston valve K<3>, which works over the ports I, and is operated by the steam piston K<4> and the slide valve K<5> in the usual manner. The piston-rod E between the steam piston C and the pump piston D is of considerably greater diameter than usual. During the up-stroke, steam passes to the cylinder A by the port K<1> and the passage H, which replaces the usual inlet and exhaust valves at the bottom of the cylinder ; at the end of the stroke, the port K<1> is taken out of register with the inlet pipe F and the valve K<3> is moved by the pressure in the space F<2> so as to uncover the ports I and allow the steam from the underside of the piston to pass through the port H to the top of the cylinder. The difference in effective areas on the two sides of the piston causes it to descend, extra steam to facilitate this being provided by the small port K<2>. At the end of the down-stroke, the ports I are closed to steam admission and opened to exhaust by means of the valve K<3> operated in the usual way. The pump piston' D has a valve O loaded with a spring O<1> which lifts in the down-stroke, allowing compressed air to pass from below to above the piston and to close the suction valve N. During the up-stroke, air is drawn into the lower part of the piston, which is only provided with a suction valve, and the air above the piston is forced into the reservoir through the delivery valve Q.
Patent GB-190425202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing.
Inventor: JANZER CARL
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,202. Janzer, C. Nov. 19. Ink, printing. In order to prevent set-off when freshly printed sheets are placed one on another, and to enable colours to be printed in rapid succession on a sheet in colour printing &c., and also to give a better appearance to the printed sheets, the ink or colour is treated or prepared so that immediately after printing a skin is formed on the ink and smearing &c. is prevented. To the usual ink or colour is added, and thoroughly mixed, from 5 per cent. to 30 per cent. of a mixture of pyroxiline, Canada turpentine, castor oil, alcohol or methylated spirit, and ether. Suitable proportions are specified.
Patent GB-190426069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Gear for Greenhouses and the like Buildings.
Inventor: BATCOCK CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 26,069. Batcock, C. E., and Ricks, P. W. Nov. 30. Ventilator opening and closing apparatus.-Ventilator-gear for greenhouses and other buildings consists of a lever pivoted to a bracket e, Fig. 1, and operated by cords h, i passed over guide-rollers and attached to an endless cord or wire l actuated by a hand-wheel. The lever carries a roller c bearing on a bar b on the ventilator. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, a lever 1, pivoted to the ventilator, carries a roller 2 bearing on a fixed bar 3, and is operated by cords 6, 7 connected to an endless cord or wire 16 as before, and suitably guided.
Patent GB-190427400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Motor Control
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 27,400. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 15. Motors, controlling.-Relates to master-control systems for trains on the multiple-unit system. The object is to obtain smooth acceleration by means of a large number of control steps, and also to provide means by which any of the motors can be cut out without interfering with the others, and further to provide improvements in the reversing-switch. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement for obtaining, with four motors, series, series-parallel, and parallel connections, the same resistances being used at each change. The mastercontroller has two cylinders H, R geared together so that the cylinder R, which controls the resistances, makes three revolutions to one of H. M<1>, M<2>, M<3>, M' are the motors, RS, R'S' the reversing-switches, X<1>, X', X<3>, X<4> switches for cutting out the motors, and F a throttle or over-load relay. The connections are so arranged that the resistances are cut out symmetrically, every resistance section coming into play during each arrangement of motor connections. Fig. 3 shows the series connection. In cutting out the resistances, the blocks Y, Y', Y<2> are successively shortcircuited, and finally the sections Y<3> to Y<6>. In the parallel position, Fig. 6, the sections are cut out individually. Abridging-contact h<b> is provided so that the circuits are not interrupted in passing from series-parallel to parallel. The connections of the cut-out switches X<1> &c, are so arranged that the opening of any one prevents the completion of the circuit through the corresponding motor or groups of motors, except when the motors are to be connected in parallel or like symmetrical arrangement. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show the reversing- switch, one being used for each pair of motors. The operating-magnets V<1>, V<2> are mounted in a frame 35, and on opposite sides are arranged the contacts for forward or reverse movement. Each set consists of fixed contacts 36 and movable contacts 37 carried by arms 39 pivoted to the frame at 41. These arms are moved by a toggle comprising links 43 and levers 42, 44, these being controlled by the magnets. According to the magnet energized the corresponding contacts are closed. A pivoted rocking lever 51 is interlocked with the toggles, so that, when one is operated, the other must be thrown into the 'off' position. The lever 51 carries extensions 52 adapted to operate the contacts 48, 49, Fig. 9, of the interlocks e<1>, e<2>, &c., Fig. 1, which are fitted in arc chutes 54.