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Patent GB-190104368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed and Reversing Gear
Inventor: MITCHELL JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 4368. Mitchell, J. H. March 1. Motor road vehicles, variable-speed and reversing gearing for. The driving-shaft B carries a series of friction wheels C, of different diameters, which are geared to corresponding wheels E on the driven shaft D by intermediate wheels G. Each intermediate wheel is mounted in a yoke guided above and below in the frame and pressed upwards by a spring g<7>. The upper stems of the yokes carry rollers g<5> which bear against a plate H. The plate is formed with a number of slots corresponding to the rollers, and is movable endways, by a hand-lever, so as to keep them all depressed, or to allow any one of them to rise and bring the corresponding intermediate wheel into action. Driving in the opposite direction is provided for by spur-wheels C<4>, E<4>, the latter loose on its shaft but adapted to be secured thereto by a friction clutch E<5>, which is formed in one with a brake disc E<7>. The clutch may be moved in one direction, to secure the wheel, or in the other, to apply the disc to brake shoes carried by levers P pivoted on the frame, by means of a lever which is normally retained in a central position by a pair of springs.
Patent GB-190105595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Merry-go-rounds.
Inventor: SELLERS HERBERT
Filed: 1901-03-16
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 5595. Sellers, H. March 16. Roundabouts.-A polygonal &c. platform 1 is mounted on wheels 7, 7<1>, which run on concentric rails 8, 8<1>. The platform is driven by a rope encircling a large pulley connected to the platform framework, and passing downwards and outwards over guide-pulleys to the driving-engine. Steps 3 give access to the platform, and under, these steps are pivoted see-saws 18, which receive an oscillating motion by being connected by cranks and connecting-rods 23, 25, 26 with spur-wheels 20 gearing with pinions on the axles of the wheels 7. The platform is fitted with rails 4, a central band stand 5, and model horses 6.
Patent GB-190108966-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating Railway and like Switches from the Vehicle.
Inventor: SCHINZER CARL
Filed: 1901-05-01
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 8966. Schinzer, C., and Goldfarb, N. J. May 1. Points and switches operated from the vehicle. The tongues are worked by the rod a and bracket c<1> attached to the piston-rod c common to the two cylinders e, f. These are connected to the larger cylinders i, k, in one or other of which the pistons are depressed by spring-supported rollers q on the vehicle lowered to bear on elongated heads l or m on the piston-rods. The apparatus is supported on a beam A in a well between the rails.
Patent GB-190109845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Windows Walls, Floors, Carpets and Painted Surfaces.
Inventor: BAIRD HUGH
Filed: 1901-05-13
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 9845. Baird, H. May 13. Windows, buildings, and carpets, cleaning. -Reference is made to Specification No. 29,802, A.D. 1896. The frame of the appliance, shown in side view in Fig. 1, consists of two parts A, B, hinged or otherwise secured together. The part B can be folded on the pivot b. The travelling frame G slides on the two vertical rods E of the part A, and is moved up and down by the cord L operated by the pulley K. The brush H consists of short pieces of cloth secured to a cylindrical body ; it is cleaned by rotating against a wire-cloth plate P, and is driven by the frictional contact of the pulley R with the cord Q, which passes over the pulleys q, r, m<1>, t, and has its ends secured to the travelling frame G. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the rotary brush is carried in a box G' secured to the frame or handle E'. The cord W passes round the brush pulley, and has its ends secured to the sliding collar V.
Patent GB-190110961-A (GB)
Title: Electric Striking Clock
Inventor: MOLLER MAX
Filed: 1901-05-28
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 10,961. M÷ller, M. May 28. Electric clocks.-The hands are driven by the oscillating armature d of an electromagnet a, b, contact being made and broken between a lug e and an arm f. Winding-mechanism for the driving-spring of the striking-train. The barrel containing the spring is turned by ratchet gear operating with the electro- magnetic armature which drives the hands, and the spring drives the arbor. As the armature is attracted, a lug h upon it bearing a stud i rides over a latch l subject to a spring m, and by catching the hooked end n of a lever p, on which the catch is pivoted, lifts the lever so that a pawl q hanging from it takes a tooth of the barrel ratchet r. As the armature is pulled down by a spring (not shown) the pawl drives the barrel. Overwinding, preventing.-A wheel u bearing a single pin v on its face, and a co-axial loose wheel w having a bevelled hole y at the same distance from the centre as the pins, are driven respectively by wheels on the barrel arbor and the barrel. When the hole overtakes the pin, a spring z bearing against the loose wheel and ending with a bevelled pin disengages the pawl q.
Patent GB-190111156-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Waxing Thread
Filed: 1901-05-30
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 11,156. Phoenix Boot Machinery Co., [Keats, J.]. May 30. Sewing - machines, waxing thread in.- Consists of a threadwaxing device, capable of easy attachment to any kind of sewing- machine. A holder f containing a plug of wax e, slides in a socket a, through which the thread passes by holes c, the wax being pressed against the thread by gravity. The holder has slots g to allow the passage of the thread, one or some of these slots being engaged by studs in the holder, such as the bushes of of the holes c. The slots g may be straight, or helical so as to cause a gradual rotation of the holder as the wax wears away.
Patent GB-190112737-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition for Covering Boilers, Steam Pipes, and for the like Purposes.
Inventor: CHURCH ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 12,737. Church, A. T. June 22. Non-conducting coverings and compositions.- A covering for boilers, steam pipes, and like purposes is made up from a composition composed of cow hair, small fibre such as chopped manilla, yellow clay, asbestos pulp, water, papier mÔchÚ, starch, and glue sizing. For 28 lb. of the composition the following are suitable proportions for the ingredients, “ lb. each of cow hair, fibre, starch, and glue sizing, and 5, 11, 3, and 8 lb. respectively of yellow clay, asbestos pulp, water, and papier mÔchÚ.
Patent GB-190117142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Lamp Fittings
Inventor: BUNTING WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1902-09-27
Abstract: 17,142. Bunting, W. Aug. 27. Incandescent gas lamps.-The transmission of shocks and vibrations to the mantles is prevented by the interposition of a ball-and-socket joints c in the gas-supply pipes within the lamp frames h and of springs a between the lamp frames h and the burners i. The lamps are provided with papier mÔchÚ or other shades b, which can be raised or lowered by chains or cords e and pulleys d or their equivalents, for use as billiard lights or the like.
Patent GB-190120579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Garden Shears
Inventor: WARD DAVID
Filed: 1901-10-15
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 20,579. Ward, D., and Ashberry, P. Oct. 15. Making shears.-For garden shears, a pair of blades B with shanks S and tangs T are cut from a single bar, without waste of material, as shown in Fig. 2, the shanks S are then set down at S', Fig. 4, and the tang T hollowed and curved from the point S<2>. The blades are finally fitted together and provided with handles.
Patent GB-190123342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Machines.
Inventor: RANKINE WILLIAM HARTLEY
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-11-19
Abstract: 23,342. Rankine, W. H. Nov. 19 Carding-engines.-The oscillating shaft 10 of the doffing-comb is operated through a pair of toggle-levers 8, 5 actuated by an eccentric 3 and link 4, the toggle-lever 5 being pivoted about an eccentric 6, which maybe adjusted for the purpose of regulating the position of the comb 12, with regard to the surface of the doffer.
Patent GB-190124183-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Plates for Sound Reproducing Apparatus, Gramophones, and the like.
Inventor: MULTHAUPT OTTO
Filed: 1901-11-28
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 24,183. Multhaupt, O. Nov. 28. Phonographs and like sound-recording instruments. -Records for gramaphones &c. are made of celluloid with an admixture of baryta or other suitable substance.
Patent GB-190125759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Matches.
Inventor: ABBOTT MARY SUSAN
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 25,759. Abbott, M. S., Loomis, F. A. H., and Ives, F. D. Dec. 17. Cutting-up; planing and moulding; tools and toolholders.-A matchmaking machine is provided with improved means for forming veneers into round or angular splints, cutting off lengths of alternate splints, and pushing the projecting ends of the uncut splints into a carrier chain before they in turn are cut off. The veneer and splints are fed forward intermittently by two pairs of rollers 6, 6<1>, Fig. 5, driven hy spur and bevel gears from a wheel which engages an irregular worm on the main shaft of the machine. The roller 6<1> over the splints is covered with rubber. Between the pairs of rollers the veneer passes over a thin yielding metal bed 13, below a fixed plate, and is acted on by revolving knives 12, serrated to produce splints of the desired shape. These knives are driven by belts and a countershaft from the main shaft. The splints pass under a spring-pressed bar 74, over a fixed cutting-bar which co-operates with a row of separate cutters carried by a sliding head 41. This head is reciprocated vertically by linkage to grooved face cams on the main shaft, and laterally on a transverse rod 50 by an eccentric geared to this shaft, the lateral movement serving to place the cutters over adjacent splints alternately. The vertical cutters 64, Fig. 10, are placed between partitions 66 on the head 41, and are clamped by a plate 67, which has a ridge to engage grooves in the stems of the cutters, and is movable by screws 70 to adjust them verticaliy.
Patent GB-190202279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anchors
Inventor: LANGLEY GEORGE HARDEN
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 2279. Langley, G. H. Jan. 28. Anchors.-Relates to anchors of the Martin type, as described in Specification No. 1632, A.D. 1872, and consists in providing a throttle bolt or bar B in connection with the anchor cross or crown arms and the hollow or forked head of the shank of the anchor. The throttle bolt B is fitted and secured to the anchor cross or crown arms by a screw, cross-pin, rivet, or the like, and regulates the angle of the anchor cross or crown arms and arrests them at the extreme angle. The throttle bolt is made of the maximum size and strength.
Patent GB-190202371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combustion Stoves for Heating Water.
Inventor: PILLANS WALTER MUCKERSIE
Filed: 1902-01-29
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 2371. Pillans, W. M. Jan. 29. Water - heating stoves. - The stove consists of a rectangular casing 10, having in the top a feeding-aperture 12 and an outlet 24 for products of combustion. The feeding - aperture may be closed by a cover 14, and it leads to an outwardlyspreading fuel receptacle 27. immediately below which is a coil 18 or a tubular casing through which water continuously passes, to be heated. The coil may be connected with a heating-radiator or an open tank. It is inserted through either one of the sides or the back of the casing, stuffing-boxes 25 having asbestos or the like packing 26 making tight joints. Beneath the coil is a plate 20, having a central opening in which is placed a circular firebar plate 21, which plate can be completely removed through a front door, or be oscillated by a handle to clear the ashes. The latter collect in a pit below, and are withdrawn through a door. Air enters through either or both of the doors mentioned, and a baffle-plate may be provided within the casing, to deflect the air current.
Patent GB-190203728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Carrying Parcels by Hand or on a Bicycle
Inventor: POL STANISLAS DE PLESS
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 3728. Pol, S. de P. Feb. 13. Parcel carriers.-The handle b is attached rigidly, or by means of chains i, to the plate a, which is provided at the ends with hooks and slots d, e, to which the hooks g and slotted plates f of the fastening-straps may be secured. Or the ends of the plate a may be provided with studs k, which engage with slots m in the plates h on the ends of the straps. The straps may be detached from the handle and used for securing luggage on to a bicycle, one of the plates h being provided also with a stud n, so that the two plates on the ends of a strap may be secured together. The straps are preferably formed of elastic material, and are each provided with a well-known grip or clasp l, whereby its length may be adjusted as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190205893-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Increasing the Power of Steam Engines
Inventor: TEMPLER JAMES LETHBRIDGE BROOKE
Filed: 1902-03-10
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 5893. Templer, J. L. B. March 10. Engines actuated by mixed steam and com- bustion products.-The power of steam engines, particularly those working with expan- sion, is increased by supplying heat, pro- duced by the combus- tion of benzol, petrol, or other combustible liquids or gases with oxygen, which may be in the liquid form, or air, to the steam in the cylinder. The combustion may be effected in the cylin- der, the valve-chest, or a jacket on the cylin- der, or, in some cases. in a separate internal combustion motor, the exhaust gases from which are introduced into the cylinder or the jacket. The Figure shows a combustion chamber a connected with the cylinder cover b. The com- bustible mixture is pumped into the chamber a through the inlet c and valve d and is ignited, electrically or otherwise, during the admission of steam to the cylinder, the hot gases passing through the valve e into the cylinder. The valve e closes during the exhaust stroke of the engine. A chamber a may be fitted to each cover of double-acting engine cylinders.
Patent GB-190207434-A (GB)
Title: Case Motor for Direct Driving of Machines with Oscillating Motion.
Inventor: KOHLLOEFFEL ULRICH
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 7434. Kohll÷ffel, U. March 27. Oscillating-vane type.- Relates to a motor for the direct driving of machines with an oscillating motion, especially washing - machines, ratchet-gear, and the like. Figs. 1 and 2 show sectional views at rightangles to each other of one form of the motor. The vane piston 2 is mounted on the shaft 9, 10 so as to be capable of rocking in the casing 1 under the action of fluid under pressure admitted first to one side and then to the other by a piston slide valve 3. This valve is actuated by a rocking-spindle 5 with a crank 12, which is acted on by arms 11 carried by the shaft 10. The stroke of the valve is completed after the arm 11 has pushed the crank over the dead centre by a spring 13, Fig. 3. In another form, an oscillating plug valve is substituted for the slide valve, the action being, however, the same. Water, compressed air, steam, or gas is admitted by the pipe 6 and exhausted at 7, 7<a>.
Patent GB-190210234-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of a Compound of Guaiacol, Cinnamic Acid and Tannin.
Inventor: NISSEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-05-03
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 10,234. Nissel, A. May 3. Medicinal preparations.-A compound of guaiacol, cinnamic acid, and tannin, which is suitable for use in medicine, is produced by gradually adding to a mixture of these substances dissolved in excess of alcohol, oxychloride or pentachloride of phosphorus. The vessel employed requires to be cooled during the addition, and the reaction is then completed by heating the mixture at the reflux condenser.
Patent GB-190213658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: SEVENOAKES WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 13,658. Sevenoakes, W. June 16. Switches.-In a switch particularly adapted for use in an incandescent lamp holder, connection is made between terminals e<2>, Fig. 4, on the insulating- base a by a metallic contact-piece e<1>, Figs. 1 and 4, which may be of W-shape as shown, on an insulating-block e which slides vertically between pillars b. The block e is depressed by an arm &c. d<1> on the key spindle d, and is locked in the depressed position by a catch-lever f mounted on the cover-plate c and working in a plate f<1> on the block e. The catch f is released from the plate f<1> when the arm d' is turned to strike its upper end, and springs in the pillars b then rapidly raise the block e to break the circuit. In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the block e is connected by a link d' to a crank on a loose sleeve c surrounding the spindle d. The arm d' on the spindle d bears against the link d<3> to depress it in closing the circuit, and the crank is then locked past the dead centre by the impingement of a finger d<4> against the spindle. Turning the spindle in the opposite direction causes the arm d' to press the crank back past the dead centre, and the springs in the pillars b then raise the block e as before.
Patent GB-190216053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1902-07-18
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 16,053. Soc. F. Charron, Girardot, et Voigt. Nov. 6, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The carburetter is provided with a hot-water jacket formed by the parts band c, the water entering at t and escaping at v. The air enters through the passage a<1>, meets with oil sprayed from the nozzle b, and passes to the engine by the pipe s.
Patent GB-190218221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Rolls
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-08-19
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 18,221. Kempshall, E. April 10, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rollers.-The hollow iron cylinder or core a is covered with a layer of india-rubber b and then with a compound layer c, d of fabric and celluloid. The fabric and celluloid are first united into a single sheet by means of heat and pressure, and are then applied to the rubber-covered roller by means of suitably-heated dies e, f, the abutting- edges of the compound layer becoming united in the operation. The surface of the covered roller may be finally finished in a lathe.
Patent GB-190222917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Files.
Inventor: MELZER PAUL
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 22,917. Melzer, P. Oct. 21. Filing papers. - The flexible strip c passes through perforations in the papers, the covering- plate d, and the holding-piece b attached to one of the covers a. The ends of the strip c are made arrow-head shaped, or are otherwise enlarged, or hold cross-bolts, and the perforations in the plate d are slots with enlargements at their inner ends.
Patent GB-190227883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solenoids
Inventor: HAMILTON-ADAMS THOMAS
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 27,883. Adams, T. Hamilton-. Dec. 17. Electromagnets.-The brass tube a, having flanges b, is fitted with rings d of magnetic material, preferably of soft iron, alternating with air spaces e or with rings of non-magnetic material, such as brass. The wire g is coiled on a non-magnetic tube f surrounding the rings. When alternating air spaces occur, they may be filled with wire, either in series or shunt connection with the solenoid coil. The solenoid may have an iron casing c.
Patent GB-190303446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosion Engines.
Inventor: MORGAN CHARLES HILL
Filed: 1903-02-13
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 3446. Morgan, C. H. Feb. 13. Lift valves; piston valves.-In an explosion engine, the admission valve, Fig. 5, is a combined piston and beat valve. The piston valve controls ports 18, 19 ; these ports are not situated vertically over each other, so that, by turning the valve on its axis, the radial webs 25 tend to obstruct one set of ports and clear the other. The valve is turned by a lever 39 ; it is lifted at first a little way so that the part 27 opens the port 18 and afterwards the ring 26 opens the port 19 also. The valve is worked by tappet gear.
Patent GB-190304427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Walking Sticks and the Sticks of Umbrellas and the like
Inventor: NEWMAN EBENEZER
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 4427. Newman, E. Feb. 25. Measures of length.-A hollow circular sca,le A, graduated for horse-measurement, is arranged to slide telescopically into a hollow umbrella or walking-stick. An arm D furnished with a spiritlevel G can slide into the measure A, from which it can be withdrawn and pivotally supported.by a double eye B and a slot E on a square shoulder C so as to be at right-angles to the measure A. A metal tube H is provided in the stick to strengthen the stick and to form a casing for the measure. The innermost end of the measure A is provided with a flange which engages the lower end of the tube H and prevents a total withdrawal of the measure. A button F is provided to cover up the hole in the stick and may be formed with a thumb-notch to facilitate the withdrawal of the measure.
Patent GB-190305595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Film-bands
Inventor: FRITZSCHE HUGO
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 5595. Fritzsche, H. March 10. Sensitized films; roller slides.-Relates to a film for roller slides, in which the sensitive surfaces are in sections separated by spaces not sensitive to light, to enable the lens to be uncovered, when necessary, without exposing the film. In one form, Fig. 1, the sensitive film a is in separate sheets, which are inserted in pockets in the film of non-sensitive material. Between each film is a non-sensitive section b equal in area to the sensitive film, and by turning the spool this section b is brought opposite the lens when it is desired to uncover it, without making an exposure. Figures are marked on the back of the film opposite the sensitive sections, and an X opposite all the non- sensitive sections. These numbers &c. are visible when opposite the window at the back of the camera. In a modification, the sensitive film is continuous, but is covered at regular intervals with sections of non-sensitive material.
Patent GB-190308531-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Box or Holder for Twine, String and the like.
Inventor: COOKSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 8531. Cookson, J., and Stevenson, A. W. April 15. String holders.- A case a is provided at one end with an aperture through which the ball of twine is inserted, the aperture being covered by a lid d, and is provided with a slit e at the side through which the twine c is withdrawn. The case is suspended by a wire loop f. By this arrangement, the edge of the slit e serves as a brake on the twine.
Patent GB-190311806-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Milling Cutter
Inventor: WHITHAM FREDRIC EDWARD
Filed: 1903-05-23
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 11,806. Whitham, F. E. May 23. Milling. - Cutters for toothed gearing and general work are provided with renewable teeth. Surface cutters C, Fig. 1, are fitted into perforations in a shell A, and are locked in position by a slotted disc G, ribbed or grooved to engage corresponding heads on the cutters. End cutters are similarly arranged, the heads being locked by grooves in the sides of discs ; two such cutters may be separated by a spacing-ring and carry a shell similar to A, to form a double end and face cutter. Fig. 9 shows a method of employing worn teeth. The teeth are re-ground, and the carrying-disc is recessed to receive the shouldered heads.