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Patent GB-190302178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Governors for Turbine Engines.
Inventor: MCCOLLUM JAMES HARRY KEIGHLY
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 2178. McCollum, J. H. K., and Forster, J. W. L. Jan. 29. Steam &c. turbines.-Relates to steam governors for turbine engines designed to keep the speed constant under varying loads by cutting off the steam intermittently, and for varying periods dependent on the variation of the load. The invention is especially adapted for turbines running electric generators, but is also applicable to ships' turbines. Fig. 2 shows in plan the governor applied to a turbine a. The turbine shaft b drives, through a worm f, a transverse shaft g. On this shaft is mounted, in the example given, a sleeve s carrying an eccentric 22, and an inertia governor, by which the sleeve s can be adjusted along the shaft. The governor is composed of weighted arms m, n connected to a loose sleeve, which, through a bevel-wheel p, operates the sleeve s by means of crank-pins on the wheel r. The eccentric 22 works a piston valve 17, 18 directly, and the sleeve s works a ported sleeve 6 through the bent lever 25. The piston valve and the ported sleeve are enclosed in a casing which is supplied with steam by a pipe at the side leading into the space between the partitions 4 and 5, and delivering steam into the turbine by the piped. The result of the movements of the valves is that the ports 7, 8 are intermittently covered more or less according to the load, and the supply of steam is thereby regulated. A centrifugal governor may be used in place of an inertia governor on the shaft g.
Patent GB-190304859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Latches or Door Fastenings.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER ALBERT
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 4859. Schneider, A. March 2. Latches; handles, attaching.-The bearing-sleeves a, b, Fig. 1, are rigidly connected by the bow c, and are preferably cast in one piece with one of the side plates of the latch case. The spindle d, which engages the follower of the latch h, projects beyond the sleeves a, b and is connected by the pins f to the knobs e, to which the handles g are attached. Each knob has an annular groove fitting over the sleeve. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the bearing-sleeves form one tube i. The latch is operated by the narrow steel lever l working in the opening n in the tube i. The slot o in the tube enables the spindle and lever to be introduced. The ends of the tube are covered by sleeves p, on which the knobs e for the handles g are mounted.
Patent GB-190305304-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Legging and Spat or Gaiter.
Inventor: WALKER WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5304. Walker, W. G., and Bryan, W. March 6. Leggings and gaiters. -A legging, which is adapted for use in motor-cycling &c., is provided with a spat or gaiter at its lower end. Preferably the gaiter or spat d is formed with a tongue e for securing it over the legging by means of a stud or button f. The legging is secured by a strap c, and the spat &c. by a strap g fastening under the boot. The lower end of the legging is curved at i, j, to give free play to the foot. The spat &c. may be formed integrally with the legging, or may be stitched to it. The legging may be of the puttee type.
Patent GB-190308887-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Sounding Machines for Navigational Purposes.
Inventor: WIGZELL EUSTACE ERNEST
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 8887. Wigzell, E. E. April 20. Sounding apparatus. - The drum C, shown in section by Fig. 1, runs on a spindle D and is fitted with a number of radial slots B, in which bolts or balls are free to slide. The spindle D is recessed at E, so that, in the position shown by Fig. 1, the bolt A, engaging with the slot B and the slot E, locks the drum on its spindle. When the spindle D is turned through an angle of 180‹, the key A falls out. The drum C may be fitted with a greater number of radial slots, each of which contains a bolt. In a modification, a single bolt, housed in a diametral slot, engages with one of a number of slots carried by the drum. A pawl and ratchet may also be employed. The drum is mounted in a casing with a hole for the passage of the sounding-wire, which may be closed by a sliding door. The drum is stopped, when required, by a screw brake.
Patent GB-190309546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bucket Cutting Tools for Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9546. Boult, A. J., [Continental Turbine Co.]. April 28. Tools. - A tool for cutting deep and narrow curved slots in the edge of a disc to form the vanes of a turbine wheel has a shank 2, Fig. 1, with a blade 1, shown in crosssection in Fig. 4, the sides of the blade baing curved to clear the sides of the slots and to allow the tool to be partially rotated on its axis in cutting the slot. The cutting-edge 3 is slightly widened to afford the necessary clearance. Fig. 6 shows an alternative section of blade.
Patent GB-190311495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Wagons and Trucks used for the Transport of Coal and other Minerals.
Inventor: SHAW JOHN
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 11,495. Shaw, J. May 20. Wagons; doors, wagon.-The bottom doors of the coal and other mineral wagons or trucks described in Specification No. 27,438, A.D. 1902, are operated and locked by handles at the sides of the vehicles. The doors b, Fig. 3, are hinged to brackets e at the sides of the underframing, and close towards the centre longitudinals l, where they are secured by catches h on the brackets i. The doors are connected by links u, Fig. 4, and the lever v, and are balanced by a weight d, so that they may be closed by the handle a at either side of the wagon. To allow the doors b to open, the catches h, Fig. 3, are moved inwards by links connecting them to a pin z, which is moved upwards in a guide t by a link connecting it to an arm o on a spindle x in the brackets i. The spindle x is rotated by the handles s on rods c, pin-jointed to levers x<1> on its ends. Springs f, Fig. 5, on the sole k and springs g on the doors b hold the doors so as to prevent the coal &c. from spreading over the track. The edges q of the doors are rounded, and work into recesses in the brackets e, which, like the central beams l, Fig. 3, are sheathed to prevent coal from lodging on them.
Patent GB-190315321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Mechanism for Gas Meters and the like.
Inventor: COWAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 15,321. Cowan, W. July 10. Gas meters; actuating-mechanism.-Reference is made to the inventions described in Specifications No. 23,248, A.D. 1900, and No. 12,348, A.D. 1901. When a coin-pocket a, Fig. 4, and a notched disc h are turned by a handle b, a pin 2 on the disc disengages a latch y from a lever t, so that, under the action of a spring x, it shifts a clutch q to connect the pocket with the actuating-shaft r. Instead of the spring, however, a bevelled lug 4 on the disc may positively operate the clutch. The shaft is accordingly turned till the cam-end p of an arm k on the disc puts the clutch-lever again under latch. To determine the unit of supply, the arm k is secured by a screw m at any desired notch in the disc. In a modification, the actuating-shaft r is at right-angles to the handle and upon a plate which has a slight swivelling motion so that a spur-wheel on the shaft can be put into or out of gear with a crown-wheel attached to the pocket. A ratchetwheel c prevents reversal of the handle and skew gear is used to transmit rotation from the meter to the measuring-out screw. Coin action ; coindischarging mechanism.-The coin, thrust between fixed pins 42, 43, Fig. 12, into the rotary pocket which is formed by a disc 39 bearing two angle-pieces 40, loads a pawl 36 upon a spring 38, so that it is clear of the fixed pins. The pawl, having a projection 37 to bear against a band 44, forces the coin out during the rotation. Fraud, preventing.-If the coin by chance does not leave the pocket, the contact of the projection with a continuation of 'the band 44 prevents it from passing the fixed pins a second time.
Patent GB-190316534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Secondary Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER MAX
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 16,534. Schneider, M and Beissbarth, J. July 28. Secondary batteries.-The positive electrode of a secondary battery consists of a number of conical, dished, or funnel-shaped pieces a of lead united by burning &c. to a central tube b and formed with radial and concentric ridges on one or both faces to retain the active material. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the positive electrode is divided in a central vertical plane and united to a fork c in connection with a terminal l above the insulating- cover g of the cell f. Walls, partitions, or ribs on the inner surface of the vertically-slit cylindrical negative electrode d enter into radial or other intersecting slits or openings in the positive electrode. The slit in the negative electrode mav be dispensed with. For example, a central wall d' on the electrode d passes in the form shown through the space h between the legs of the fork c and the two halves of the electrode a; otherwise a series of diametral walls d' and corresponding openings h may be provided, the walls being burned &c. to a solid lead core on the upper edge of which the positive electrode is suspended. The electrode is secured in position by insulating-blocks, and is insulated from the electrode a and cell f by sheets e, k of fibrous cellulose treated with a neutral salt &c.
Patent GB-190317584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Wheels.
Inventor: REICHWALD AUGUST
Filed: 1903-08-13
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 17,584. Reichwald, A., [Krupp Akt.-Ges., F.]. Aug. 13. Felloes or rims; spokes ;hubs.- Wheels are made from sheet metal in two halves to form hollow spokes and a hollow rim Each half A, B is pressed from a metal sheet with sector-shaped spaces, and has a central portion, tapering spokes of semicircular section, Fig. 4, and a trough-shaped rim. Flanges are provided round the spaces between the spokes, on the outer periphery of the rim, and round the central aperture. A plate C, formed with spokes, is inserted between the parts A, B, and the whole secured together by rivets, screws, soldering, or welding. The hub comprises a lined socket H to which plates K are screwed or pinned. The plates A, B, C are bolted between the plates K, distance-rings D, E, F, G being provided. The tyre N has a groove to take the flanges on the rim, over which it is pressed. The central plate C is sometimes dispensed with.
Patent GB-190317716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piano Actions.
Inventor: AHLSTROM CHARLES ANTON
Filed: 1903-08-15
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 17,716. Ahlstrom, C. A. Aug. 15. Pianofortes, actions for. In the action shown the back check 22 on the wippen 13 is provided with an extension to engage with the stop rail 21 which acts as a positive means of regulating the upward and forward position of the back checks, no matter how much the parts may be out of regulation by dampness &c. The opposing faces of the back check 22 and the hammer-butt-heel 28 are felted. The hammer rail 20 is raised by usual trap-work and pedal to hold the hammers 15 in proximity to the strings. Soft-tonal effects are produced by light key-touches when the hammer rail 20 is raised. The hammer mechanism and the damper mechanism are operated by the sticker 12, the lever or wippen 13, the jack 14, and the spoon 17 in a usual manner.
Patent GB-190318648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Grapnels for Raising Submarine Cables.
Inventor: HILL WALTER JAMES EDWARD
Filed: 1903-08-29
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 18,648. Hill, W. J. E. Aug. 29. Grapnels for hooking and raising submarine cables are formed with shanks a of rectangular section, each face of which has a recess d containing a pivoted hook e, the arrangement being such that, whichever side of the shank is downwards, a hook falls outwards and is available to grip the cable. In a modification, singleprong grapnels are shackled together to form a " centipede grapnel, or behind a four-prong grapnel to form a trailer.
Patent GB-190321572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting and Delivery Devices for Clay and like Presses.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,572. Boult, A. J., [McRoy Clay Works]. Oct. 7. Moulding tiles, conduits, &c.-Relates to cutting- apparatus and delivery devices for an extrusion press for tiles, conduits, &c. A travelling table C, Figs. 3 and 5, is provided with two series of rollers d mounted in frames c, the left-hand series being capable o f lateral motion over rollers d<1> as shown ; projecting rods c' serve as handles. When the clay, passing from a press E over the rollers d, is near stops e, the table C is moved by a band-lever g at the same rate as the clay, a cutting-frame F being simultaneously lowered. The severed clay is then carried by the laterally-moving frame and trans ferred to a car ready for drying. The lever g is next reversed, another section of rollers placed under the cutter F, and the operation repeated.
Patent GB-190323506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Distributing Manure or other Granular Material.
Inventor: WALLACE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 23,506. Wallace, W., Wallace, J., and Wallace, R. Oct. 30. Manuring; ploughs.-The hoppers of apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 13,041, A.D. 1899, are modified to render them more suitable for distributing manures, granular materials, or like substances on sloping or undulating land. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hopper of a combined plough and manure distributer. The two conical revolving bottoms a, b, fitted with star-wheels a<1>, b<1>, are provided with radial fingers C which traverse over a stationary bottom B, and discharge the material at the ends of its extensions B<1> outside the hopper. The radial fingers are preferably formed on rings mounted on the revolving bottoms, which are driven by bevel and chain gearing. The extension B' in front of the machine is preferably concentric with the revolving bottoms a, b, and continues outside the hopper to a distance equal to its diameter.
Patent GB-190326438-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus or Means for Simultaneously Locking and Unlocking the Doors of a Railway Train.
Inventor: ARMITAGE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,438. Armitage, J., and Senior, A. R. Dec. 3. Doors, locking simultaneously.-Railway-carriage doors are simultaneously locked or unlocked, from the guard's van, by rotating a rod a connected to a handle k by chain gearing. As the rod a rotates, screwed brackets b<1> cause it to move longitudinally, thus bringing the ends of sliding bolts o over the edges of the doors. The bolts o pass through guides in the brackets b and are loosely mounted between collars on the rod a. Instead of causing the rod a to move longitudinally, it may merely rotate, the bolts o being actuated by screwed portions of the rod a, as shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 4 and 5 show the telescopic, detachable coupling for connecting together the rods a on two successive carriages. The pins e pass through the rods a and through the slot d in the loose sleeve c.
Patent GB-190326639-A (GB)
Title: Improved Nicotine Absorbing Device for Tobacco-pipes.
Inventor: PFLUEGER ALBERT
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 26,639. Pflueger, A. Dec. 5. Tobacco pipes.-The stem is a simple connecting tube 6, preferably of aluminium, having a leather covering 7, and contains a shorter roll 4 of absorbent material such as filtering-paper.
Patent GB-190401879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ornamenting Tulle or Net Fabrics.
Inventor: DIEM-BEUTLER JEAN
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 1879. Beutler, J. Diem-. Jan. 25. Drawings to Specification. Embroidery.-Tulle or net embroidery is made by applying colour free from grease so as to form a pattern. The edges of the pattern are bordered with ornamental stitching.
Patent GB-190403121-A (GB)
Title: Device for Filling Fountain Pens
Inventor: FISK LYMAN
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 3121. Fisk, L. March 18, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Inkstands.-Relates to a device for filling fountain pens. The stopper a<1> of the ink bottle a has an air vent b and a spout c which enters a tapered sleeve f of elastic material fitting into the pen reservoir g. A tube e passing through the sleeve f communicates with a pump consisting of a rubber ball with a small opening in the top. The pen reservoir is attached to the sleeve f, the ball is compressed, and the finger placed over the hole. The ball is then allowed to expand and ink is drawn into the reservoir g. After filling the pen by one or more operations, the finger is removed from the hole in the ball, and the surplus ink flows back into the bottle.
Patent GB-190403450-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Draughting the Pattern of Garments, and Charts therefor.
Inventor: WINTER CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 3450. Winter, C. E. Feb. 11. Measuring for.-A chart for enabling patterns of parts of bodices or jackets to be cut out without calculation, has slots J<2>, R, Fig. 1, cut in it, each provided with a scale. The breast measurement is noted on each scale and marked through the slots on a sheet of paper laid underneath the chart. The points thus found are afterwards connected by lines following the contour of the chart, and shown dotted in Fig. 1. The lower part of the chart is cut out at Z, and a bar W is arranged across the gap with its ends adjustable in slots W<2> according to the length of front of the bodice. The left-hand end of the bar having been fixed. by this measurement against the side J of the gap, the right-hand end is fixed by a measurement taken diagonally from the neck to the intersection of the under-arm seam and the waistband. The latter distance is laid off from the point noted on scale Q<1> to a point on a scale U on the bar, which represents the waist measurement. Slots D', D<2> in the chart indicate the points of the darts, the width of which is set out by means of scales U<1>, U' on the bar. The lower part of the chart gives, at H, H<1>, the run of the front and side seams below the waist. A similar chart is used for obtaining patterns of the back of the garment.
Patent GB-190404690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mono-rail Traction.
Inventor: FAROUX CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1904-02-25
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 4690. Faroux, C. E. Feb. 25. Single-rail railways; - electric railways. - Relates to a method of, and means for, mono-rail traction, whereby high speeds may be economically attained. Fig. 5 shows the locomotor vehicle b resting on the truck c, which is mounted on the driving - wheels d, e, and on the guiding- wheels h, i. Sections of the driving and guiding- wheels are shown in Figs. 2 and 4, respectively. The hollow rim of the driving-wheel has only two points of contact f and g with the rail a. The rail a, Figs. 2 and 4, has an isosceles triangle section, with the apex rounded off. The guide-wheels i, Fig. 4, and the wheels of all vehicles drawn by the lucomotor have double flanges. To prevent upsetting, two wheels k on a vertical axis and travelling upon either side of an upper rail are used. With electric traction, these wheels act as current collectors for the motors. In a modification, the rim of the driving-wheel maybe suitably formed to enter a hollowed rail.
Patent GB-190405332-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Moving and Vanishing Targets
Inventor: BRISLAND WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 5332. Brisland, W. F. March 4. Targets.-One or more vanishing targets A are mounted on slides moved in a slotted tube B by means of a cord D. The tube may be rotated by a cord attached to a lever F.
Patent GB-190505374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Retrievers for Electric Railways.
Inventor: ALBEE WASHINGTON LENDLEY
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 5374. Albee, W. L. March 14. Collectors.-Relates to a trolly retriever and trolly-rope controller for electric railways by which the trolly-rope is maintained taut by a spring device and the trolly pole drawn downwards automatically by pneumatic mechanism when the pulley jumps the overhead conductor. Fig. 1 shows a portion of a car with the retriever secured in position on the top, Fig. 4 a central longitudinal section of the retriever, and Fig. 5 a bottom plan view of it. In Fig. 4, the pulley is supposed to be in contact with the conductor, while in Fig. 5 it has jumped the conductor and is being drawn downwards. The trolly pole is connected by the rope 11 to the winding-drum 13, which is rotatably mounted on a shaft 19 and enclosed in the housmg 20. A spring fastened at one end to the shaft and at the other to the inside of the drum serves to rotate the drum and keep the rope taut. Mounted on the shift 19 is also a ratchet-wheel 23, Fig. 7, which supports the drum and its attached pawls 24. These pawls are normally held out of engagement with the ratchet teeth by the springs 26. The piston 7 is kept in the position shown in Fig. 4 by the spring 8, and is forced outwards, by compressed air admitted to the cylinder through the port 4. When the pulley jumps the wire, the sudden acceleration of the winding causes the pawls to fly ontwards, the drum and ratchet-wheel then revolving together against the action of the spring 27 until checked by the stop 28. A link 31, attached to the ratchet-wheel, is thereby caused to operate the three-way valve 33, when compressed air passes from the supply pipe 37 to the cylinder 1 and causes the trolly pole to be quickly drawn downwards. To re-set the pulley, the rope 41 is pulled, when the pawls 24 are liberated, the cylinder 1 exhausted, and the various parts moved back to their normal positions. The rope 11, which is preferably made of steel or wire, is protected and guided by the tubes 12, hood 16, and pulleys 38, 39.
Patent GB-190506761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Kneading Machines.
Inventor: BARTOSCHEK FRANZ
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 6761. Bartoschok, F. March 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Moving stirrer apparatus. -In apparatus for kneading dough, a pair of rotary arms are carried by a vertical shaft, which revolves around the centre of the container. The shaft n carrying the arms k is supported by a rotary arm e, and is connected to the toothed wheel o which gears with the fixed wheel c. The central shaft may be made in two parts b<11>, d, separably connected, and is surrounded by a tubular shield, so that the mechanism can be removed and the container used for permitting the dough to rise. In a modification, the central shaft is driven by toothed and belt gearing, the rotary arm fixed to it carries a weight at its outer end, and the fixed toothed wheel is attached to the tubular shield.
Patent GB-190510975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stubless Duplicating Cheque and Columnar Cash Books.
Inventor: BENEDIC AUGUSTIN MARION
Filed: 1905-05-25
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 10,975. Benedic, A. M. May 25. Duplicating-books ; account-books ; cheque-books. -A cheque-book is combined with a cash-book and by the use of carbon duplicating-paper the addition of "stubs" to the cheques is avoided. Every alternate sheet of the cash-book consists of a series of blank cheques, and the sheet beneath this is ruled so as to receive the duplicate entries of the carbon paper. The carbon paper is preferably mounted in a paper or board frame. The figure illustrates the book open with two of the cheques removed, showing the corresponding entry underneath. The left-hand page may be ruled for cash purposes.