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Patent GB-190228260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicators.
Inventor: METCALFE HENRY WRAY
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 28,260. Metcalfe, H. W., Smith. W. O., and Elphinstone, G. K. B. Dec. 22. Speed indicators. -The indicator is constructed on the principle of giving to a timepiece provided with a centre second hand a rotary movement which just neutralizes the forward movement of the hand. Variableratio speed-gear is introduced between the timepiece and the shaft the speed of which is to be measured, the ratio of the gear being used as a measure of the speed when the band appears stationary. The shaft is connected through a flexible coupling 55, shaft 53, and clutch] 52 with the conical member 1 of the variable-ratio friction gearing, the other member of which consists of a vulcanite disc 4 splined to a shaft 2. The disc 4 is movable to and fro on the shaft 2 by means of the screwed shaft 17 and hand-wheel 18, thus varying the speed transmitted through the gearing 51, 50, 47, 45 to the shaft 30 and timepiece 38. The speed-ratio is varied until the centre seconds hand 37 appears motionless. A fiducial mark 36 on the glass front of the instrument serves to indicate movements of the second hand, and can be brought opposite to it at any time by moving the glass front by means of handles 43. The speed is read off on the fixed scale 34 by means of a pointer 33 carried by an arm 31, 32, which receives movement from a toothed sector 28 gearing with a pinion 29 mounted loosely on the shaft 30. The sector 28 is mounted on a shaft from which projects an arm 26, which is raised and lowered as the disc 4 and its carrier 19 are moved by the screwed shaft 17, and the pointer 33 consequently takes up a position depending on the speed-ratio of the gearing, the scale 34 being graduated directly in revolutions per minute of the shaft. The shaft 2 is mounted in a frame 12 pivoted at 13 and spring- pressed towards the cone 1. A shaft 21 bears cams adapted to rock the frame 12 away from the cone, and thus to release the disc 4 therefrom. To ensure that no considerable movements of the shaft 17 or disc 4 shall be made while the disc is in contact with the cone, a detent arm 22 on the shaft 21 engages with a notched wheel 23 loose on the shaft 17 but spring-pressed against a friction washer 23<a>, so that there is considerable resistance to the movement of the hand-wheel 18 unless the arm 22 is lifted and the shaft 21 rocked. A wickfeed lubricator 59 supplies oil through a pipe 58 to a cup 1<a> at the upper pivoted bearing of the cone, the oil passing through an interior passage 62 to the lower pivot. The bearings of the shaft 2 are similarly lubricated.
Patent GB-190305476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anemometers
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 5476. Boult, A. J., [Hunt, H. A.]. March 9. A n e mometers. - A hollow cubical box has its front and rear faces a<1>, a connected by rods d guided between pulleys c, c<1> mounted on a fixed frame. The wind, acting on the front face a<1>, displaces the box against a spring U interposed between the end a and the end of a short cataract cylinder r, which prevents shocks. The pressure-recording pencil is attached to one of the rods d, and marks in the usual way on a clockdriven cylinder. The frame is rigidly connected to a sleeve e, carrying the directing vane f, which rotates on a fixed spindle g. The upper end of the spindle g carries a toothed ring h, which, upon the rotation of the box, drives through gearing a spindle k, on which a disc l, shown in plan in Fig. 8, is mounted. Four arms m, each carrying a pencil p<1>, are pivoted to the periphery of this disc, and are acted upon by tension springs m<1>. The pencil which, by the rotation of the box, is brought into position over the chart cylinder n is constrained to move along a straight line by a guide p. The pencils are prevented from fouling the ends of the cylinder n by guards o.
Patent GB-190312653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Peat into Blocks or Briquettes for Fuel.
Inventor: KELLOND ROBERT ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-06-04
Granted: 1904-06-04
Abstract: 12,653. Kellond, R. A., and Morrison, J. C. June 4. Moulding peat. - Finely-divided dry peat from a hopper H, Fig. 3, is forced through water-jacketed tubular dies 15 by plungers 13 operated, through crossheads 10, Fig. 1, and eccentrics 7, from the shaft C, and the cylindrical blocks formed are forced along guides 18, Fig. 3, into slightly-larger heated dies 20. As the blocks issue from the dies, they are detached by the downward stroke of cross-bars 39, and are conveyed through an inclined trough 46 and a twisted spout 47 into buckets 48 on a travelling band 48<a>. The feeding- plate 34, Fig. 1, of each hopper H is operated through a double forked frame 33 and an arm 27 from a cam-disc 22<a> on the shaft C, a pin or roller 26 on the arm 27 engaging in a groove in the disc. In addition to the feeding action, the plate 34 is forced downwards into a slanting position, in order to compress the peat in front of the plungers, the plate 34 being retracted and gradually raised by a slanting movement. To effect these additional movements, a pin 30 connecting the frame 33 and the arm 27 engages in curved slots 31 in fixed brackets 32, and a lever 36 rigidly connected with the frame 33 is brought into contact with a cam 25 on the shaft C by a sinuouslyshaped cam 24 on the face of the disc 22<a> acting on a pin 37 on the lever 36. The escape of the material through the aperture in the side of the hopper is prevented by spring-controlled shutters &c. 35, Fig. 3, or the like. The dies 15, 20 are adjustable longitudinally, preferably by means of nuts on the tie-rods 38, Fig. 1. The cross-bars 39 are operated by spring latches 44 on the crosshead 10 engaging with spring pins on the short arm of levers 40 carrying the cross-bars. The sides of the spout 47 preferably extend on both sides of the band 48<a>.
Patent GB-190313874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armor Piercing Projectiles.
Inventor: JOHNSON ELIAS MATTISON
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 13,874. Johnson, E. M. June 22. Projectiles, ordnance.-Consists in the combination of the nose-cap 7 described in Specification No. 9868, A.D. 1897, with a projectile 1 having a bottleshaped interior 3.
Patent GB-190313907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cylindrical Drying Machines
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,907. Hatmaker, J. R., [Merrett, J. A.]. June 22. Drying-apparatus ;drying milk. -Relates to a stripping-device for removing layers of materials from the revolving s t a a mheated cylinders of cylinder drying-machines, especially machines employed for drying materials easily injured by heat, such as milk. The stripping- knife, shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 3, is carried by a back-plate I, which is pivoted upon an axis, parallel to the axis of the cylinder, in bearings K, which are capable of being adjusted by screws L. The back-plate is held in position by means of screw bolts N freely attached to a fixed bar M forming part of the framework of the machine. The stripping-edge of the knife is adjusted by set-screws arranged in a cover plate 0 which is secured to the back-plate.
Patent GB-190319915-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Combination Expanding Bangle Attachment & Photo Frame.
Inventor: MENDEL SAM
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 19,915. Mendel, S. Sept. 16. Picture frames.- An expanding fastening for bangles, bracelets, &c. is adapted to hold one or more photographs. I n the inner part c or in both the parts c, a<1> are made openings i, each of which is provided with a piece of glass.
Patent GB-190320602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Cylinder Printing Machines.
Inventor: HALL JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 20,602. Hall, J., and Barber, M. T. Sept. 25. Feeding sheets; cylinder machines with plane printing - surfaces; rotary machines; stopping and starting arrangements. -Automatic devices are used to stop cylinder printing-machines if no sheet, or more than one sheet at a time, is fed thereto. The sheets pass to the machine on tapes W, Fig. 3, and over two rollers d. Against one of these a roller d<1> on a lever d<2>, pivoted at d<3> to an insulated bracket c, is lowered by a cam d<5> bearing against an insulated roller d<7>. If no sheet has been fed, an electrical circuit is completed from the battery a through an insulated wire a<4>, the bracket c, rollers d<1>, d, the framework of the machine, the electromagnet b, and the insulated wire a<1>, and the armature e is thereby held against the magnet b. If more than one sheet is fed at a time, the roller k<1> on the bell-crank lever k<5>, pivoted at k<3>, is lifted so far that the upper end of the arm k<5> makes contact with the adjustable screw c<2> on the insulated bracket c, and completes the circuit, as before explained. The belt-striking gear may be actuated at any time by partially . turning the shaft s<2> by the handle s. It is automatically actuated to stop the machine by a catch f<4> on a lever f engaging with an arm s<1> on the shaft s<2>. The lever f is pivoted to a lever g, oscillating on the fixed pivot g<8> by means of a cam g<3> and lever g'. A spring g<1> tends to pull the catch f<4> away from the arm s', and at the same time to push the armature e, on a pivoted lever e<1>, away from the magnet b, but is prevented from doing so, when the lever f is in its uppermost position, by a projection engaging with a fixed stop g<3>. When the lever f is pulled down, if the magnet is not excited, the armature is pushed away, and the catch f<4> misses the striking-gear arm s<1>. If the magnet is excited, the armature e, through the pin e<4>, prevents the spring g' from pulling the catch f<4> out of engagement with the arm s', and the machine is stopped.
Patent GB-190404701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjusting Devices for Binocular Telescopes.
Filed: 1904-02-25
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 4701. Optische Anatalt C. P. Goerz, Akt.-Ges. Sept. 3, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Field glasses &c.-Fig. 2 shows a section of apparatus for effecting either the independent or the simultaneous focussing of binoculars. The eyepiece tubes a, b engage with nuts c, d fitted respectively with gear-wheels e, f. Adapted to rotate on a central stud p are sleeves n, o carrying respectively gear-wheels l, m. An idle gear-wheel h occurs between the wheels m, f, and a second one g between the wheels l, e. The sleeve n is fitted with a button q and the sleeve o with a button r. Either one or both of these buttons may be operated to effect the independent or simultaneous adjustment of the eyepieces.
Patent GB-190409358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Card Indexes.
Inventor: GRANT WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9358. Grant, W. C. April 23. indexing.-In card-index files, a series of progressively-arranged shoulders a are formed on the cards, which may also carry the tabs b having corresponding markings.
Patent GB-190409381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Fire Bridges for Furnaces.
Inventor: MARCKMANN JOHANNES CORNELIUS A
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9381. Marckmann, J. C. A. April 23. Bricks.-A furnace firebridge is built up of bricks or stone blocks, which are all of one size and shape, in such a manner as to form a coherent structure without the use of mortar. The bricks, one of which is shown in Fig. 5, are provided with projections d on one side and corresponding recesses on their opposite sides. They are placed upon the bridge framing b, Fig. 3, in such a manner that the projections on one brick engage with recesses upon an adjacent brick, and are finally pressed together by a wedge which is driven in between the last brick and the furnace wall. The length of each brick is a multiple of its width, so that the bricks may be laid either upon their sides or ends to enable firebridges of various heights and depths to be constructed. The projections and recesses may be pyramidal, as shown in Fig. 6, or cylindrical, as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190413966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines or Motors.
Inventor: EGERSDOERFER FRITZ
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 13,966. Egersd÷rfer, F. June 20. Crescent-shaped chamber type.-In a crescentshaped chamber type of rotary engine, the piston pressure is taken by two discs e attached to the shaft, which forms the ends of the steam chamber. The piston c reciprocates through the shaft b, slides in grooves in the discs, and is provided with a roller l and packing-device i.
Patent GB-190415943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, the Production of Coloured Discharges on Dyed Materials.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 15,943. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. July 18. Dyeing.-Coloured discharges on dyed materials are obtained by adding aniline or other amine to the discharging-paste, which contains a formaldehyde-hydrosulphite compound, tannin, basic colouring-matter, and thickening. The aniline or other amido compound may be added pure or dissolved in alcohol or other solvent. After printing with this mixture, the fabric is steamed, passed through a solution of tartar emetic, oxidized by treatment with a chromic acid salt, hydrogen peroxide, or other oxidizing solution or by simple exposure to the air, and finally may be steamed again.
Patent GB-190418278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Drying Bricks and other Articles.
Inventor: BECHTEL BYRON ERB
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,278. Bechtel, B. E. Aug. 23. Bricks, drying. Fig. 1 shows in perspective view, and Fig. 4 in diagrammatic plan, a shed or building for use in drying bricks or other articles. Beneath the floor are formed longitudinal flues e placed in connection with an air-heater 2 and a blower 3, whereby air is forced through the pit 4 into the flues ; any other blast arrangement may be used. The flues are partly open at the top, and are divided one from another by walls g. Over their tops are laid transverse planks h, suitably spaced so that hot air can rise-through the intermediate apertures. Longitudinal raised supports j are provided at the sides of the flues for the brick pallets, and wheel tracks are provided outside these supports for trucks carrying the bricks. Canvas or other flexible covers l, made in sections or otherwise, are stretched over frames m and have their sides stretched and held down by means of strips n of wood or other material. The hot air rises among the bricks and takes up moisture, which it deposits on the canvas, thereby rendering the canvas impervious to air. Thus, the only exits for the air are at the bottoms of the brick piles, and the air is caused to circulate thoroughly and dry the bricks over any one flue in a manner independent of the condition of the atmosphere in the shed, which may be provided with ventilation flues c, as shown, and may have its doors and windows open.
Patent GB-190424118-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in connection with the Glands and Stuffing Boxes of Pumping Engines.
Inventor: BLACKITH FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 24,118. Blackith, F. Nov. 8. Stuffing - boxes.- The gland b of the stuffing-box a of a pump, such as a steam - engine a i r pump or a boiler feed-pump, forms a second stuffing- box, which is fitted with a gland d. Between the two stuffing-boxes there is a space e connected to the steamengine condenser by a pipe controlled by a cock.
Patent GB-190428724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lighting Devices for Billiard Tables, Exhibition Tables, Sale Counters and the like.
Inventor: SCHWABE CARL
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,724. Schwabe, C. Dec. 29. Incandescent lamps supporting lamps.-For lighting billiard tables, exhibition tables, sale counters, and the like, rows of tubular incandescent lamps are used. The lamps are held end to end in clips on a batten. The clips are protected by shields g, and the lamps are enclosed in a troughshaped casing fixed by a suitable support to the ceiling. Several rows of lamps may be used.
Patent GB-190505289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring-balances
Inventor: SALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 5289. Salter, G. March 14. Indicating.- The first few graduations on a straight or circular scale, especially in balances used for weighing heavy objects, are omitted, as at the part c, to prevent the balance from being used for weighing articles lighter than those for which it is adapted.
Patent GB-190506483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling Systems for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GREEN GUSTAVUS
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 6483. Green, G., Hope, Lord F. P. C., and Miller, J. March 27. Gas and like engines, cooling cylinders in. The cylinders of motor-cycle engines are cooled by the circulation of water through an arrangement of horizontal or other tubes k which open into vertical tubes m, as shown in Fig. 1. The copper or brass water jacket c is supported by a flange at its upper end, and is held in position by screwed sleeves e, g. The joint at the bottom of the jacket is made by an india-rubber or other ring h, held in lugs i formed on the cylinder. Fig. 2 shows a modified form of jacket in which the tubes shown in Fig. 1 are replaced by corrugations r having air passages s. A second modification is shown in Fig. 8 in which vertical tubes open into annular chambers o surrounding the cylinders. Various other small modifications are described in which coils, Field tubes, &c. are used. In each cooling-system, means are provided for releasing the steam pressure in the water jackets. The jackets may be cast in one with the cylinders. The Provisional Specification states that the air circulation may be increased by fans.
Patent GB-190509029-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or in connection with Pumps for Sand, Grit, Slurry and the like Laden Water.
Inventor: HALL ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 9029. Hall, A. April 29. Cleaning pumps. -In pumps for water laden with sand, grit, &c., and especially such as are used in stonesawing machinery, means are employed to prevent scoring of the barrels and plungers. For this purpose, a supply of clean water is drawn into the annular space between the plunger and barrel during the suction stroke. The Figure shows two such arrangements. In that shown on the right - hand side, a supply pipe h, placed above the highest point that the bottom of the plunger reaches in its stroke, is fitted with a non-return valve and delivers clean water to an annular duct f having apertures g<1> leading into the barrel. In the arrangement shown in the left-band side of the Figure, the clean water is delivered by a flexible pipe n to the hollow plunger, and passes to the annular space through openings g<2>.
Patent GB-190510711-A (GB)
Title: Measuring and Delivering Apparatus for Coal and other Materials.
Inventor: INGREY CHARLES
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 10,711. Ingrey, C. May 23. Measured quantities, delivering.-Fig. 4 shows an apparatus for measuring coal or other substance and delivering it to a hopper, self-stoking furnace, or weighing-machine. The measurer is formed by a pivoted chamber a, which can be rocked to present two openings alternately to supply and discharge openings, the former being towards one side. The measurer has a knife-edge e at one side of its upper or supply opening, as shown in Fig. 3, and may also have a small aperture t to admit any coal which may escape over the knife-edge. Rocking is effected, preferably through levers f<1>, by a cam, eccentric, or crank d', driven through a clutch mechanism b<1>, but the apparatus may be operated manually. The clutch, which may be of the kind described in Specification No. 25.469, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Weighing-apparatus], is disengaged after each delivery of coal, and, as shown, is operated automatically by a pivoted inclined delivery shoot i<11> leading to a hopper or other receptacle. This shoot is pressed towards the vertical by the weight of the coal discharged into it, but, when emptied, is tilted back by a counterweight ; it thus moves a lever engaging the clutch and operating the measurer. A counting- apparatus y<1> may be added, linked to the actuating- lever f<1> of the measure. A bifurcated fixed shoot may replace the pivoted one shown, and the clutch is then actuated by a hanging baffle-plate which is depressed against, a counterweight by the discharged coal. According to the Provisional Specification, the weighing-machines which the apparatus may feed may be those described in Specifications No. 22.126, A.D. 1895, No. 25,764, A.D. 1899, and No. 25,469, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Weighing-apparatus].
Patent GB-190511142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulating Tapes.
Filed: 1905-05-27
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 11,142. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Barnard, G. May 27. Insulation.-Insulating-tape is made by sticking together a strip of linen, silk, cotton, or like fabric, and a strip of manilla or other paper, with some adhesive insulating-material. The separate strips are first dried in a vacuum, and then preferably impregnated with insulating oils, waxes, or the like. The fabric a passes beneath a roller into a bath of the adhesive medium, and, after one side of the strip has been cleaned by a scraper, the fabric passes through the pair of warm drawing-off rollers d. The paper b passes round another roller, and the two strips are pressed together into one tape, which, after passing beneath a hopper g containing French chalk and a duster h, is cut to width, wound on the reel f, and dried. The reel is removed when full, and the tape is trimmed.