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Patent GB-190306390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Securing a Circular Door or Cover to its Casing, particularly applicable to Safes.
Inventor: LOWRIE HARVEY CHILDS
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 6390. Lowrie, H. C. March 19. Locks, permutation; safes.-Relates to the lock mechanism, such as is described in Specification No. 1436, A.D. 1902, for securing a circular door or cover to its casing, and is especially applicable to a safe or lock box. The door 1 is provided with projections or lugs 7, 8, 9 adapted to pass behind lugs 10, 11, 12 on the casing 2, to secure the door. The rear of the door is provided with lugs 15, 16, 17 which are engaged by tumblers or locking-rings 13, 14. Any number of these lugs and rings may be employed. The rings 13, 14 are located in recesses in rings 21, 22 which form a housing and are provided with lugs to take behind projections on the casing, to secure them in position. The bottom ring 13 is retained by a ring 25 secured to the rings 21, 22 by rivets. A spring latch 35, preferably struck out of the ring 25, enters a notch in the casing to secure the housing against rotation. A pin 29 on the door is adapted to engage a pin 30 on the ring 14, and a pin 32 on the underside of the ring 14 is adapted to engage a pin 31 on the ring 13. In a certain position of the rings 13, 14 relatively to the lugs 10, 11, 12, the door can be placed in position or withdrawn. By turning the door, after it is in position, the combination can be upset. In this position, the lower lugs are out of contact with the locking-rings. A numbered scale on the door is adapted to register with an index on the casing, and a three-number combination must be known to enable the door to be unlocked. By turning the door so as to bring the required numbers of the scales opposite the index, the rings 13, 14 can be brought successively to the position required for removing the door. By turning the door to the position in which the lugs 7, 8, 9 are out of register with the lugs 10, 11, 12, the door may be removed. The pin 30 may be screwed into any one of a number of holes in the ring 14, so that the combination may be altered, the combination corresponding to the hole in use being stamped on the rear of the housing. The holes for the other pins are arranged at random so that two doors will not have the same combination.
Patent GB-190306853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Road Carriages and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: DRAULLETTE EDMOND
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 6853. Draullette, E. March 24. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to electrically-propelled road vehicles having the motor, accumulators, &c., fitted to, or carried by, a fore-carriage, which can be easily disconnected and attached to different carriage bodies. The accumulator is mounted in the metal frame 1, Fig. 1, which is bolted to the carriage body. The frame 1 has a central block 4 forming a pivot for the undercarriage carrying the driving-wheels 5, motor 27, axle 6 and bearing-springs 7. The pivoted door 14 is fitted with contact-pieces for completing the circuit from the accumulators to the controller 18, so that when the door is swung into the position 16 shown by dotted lines, for enabling the undercarriage &c. to be removed. the circuit is broken. The undercarriage carries the circular ring 9, Figs. 1 and 2, fitted with rollers 10 running in the fixed ring 11. The rollers are spaced so as to engage the worm 25 operated by the steering-wheel through the medium of the shaft 12 and the bevel-wheels 20, 21. The thrust of the worm is transmitted through the springs 26, and these prevent shocks on the road wheel from being transmitted to the gearing. The motion of the motor 27 is conveyed by the Cardan shaft 60 to the spur-wheel 29, which gears with the wheel 30 attached to the driving-wheel hub, the closed gear casing 31 protecting the gearing. The spur-wheel 29 is mounted on a shaft, carried eccentrically by another shaft, thus allowing easy adjustment between the gear wheels by rotating the latter shaft. The controller 18 is fixed beneath the seat and consists of an insulating- plate carrying the resistances, stops, &c., for varying the speed, reversing, or applying the electric brakes. These operations are effected by means of the rotating arm 43 operated by means of the hand-lever 37 or foot-lever 38, the levers being attached to the sleeve 39 carrying the bevel-wheel 42. The mechanical brake is also operated through the sleeve 39 by means of the levers 37, 38, but the controller is so arranged that the electric brakes are put into action before the mechanical brakes can be operated.
Patent GB-190308108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Securing of the Hooks and Eyes or Lacing Fastenings of Boots, Shoes, Leggings, Coverings, Corsets, and the like.
Inventor: KENNEDY FRANK
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 8108. Kennedy, F. April 8. Lacing-fastenings; eyelets.-Relates to fastenings for boots and shoes, leggings, corsets, &c. The eyes or hooks for lacing-fastenings are attached to the material by the use of a plate A, which is secured by one or more eyelets or caps c. The parts may be formed in one piece, as shown in Fig. 7. Another plate, such as A, may be placed on the other side of the material. Where two thicknesses of material are employed, the plate A may be secured between them, and the eyelets c need only pass through one thickness of the material.
Patent GB-190308240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Closet Cones or Connections
Inventor: WILLIS CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8240. Willis, C., and Bates, A. April 9. Couplings, disconnectible; sleeve joints.- Pipes are connected to closet basins and the like by means of a metal or like cone b, provided with indiarubber rings a, c at its ends, as shown. The rubber may be in the form of a flanged or round ring a, or a thin expanding disc c.
Patent GB-190311621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Shoes.
Inventor: KINZER JOHN JACOB
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,621. Kinzer, J. J. May 21. Brakes.-To increase the durability of brake shoes, the metal casing 1 of the shoe, preferably corrugated and provided with braces 1<b> perforated to receive the filling 3, is attached to the brake head by a hollow lug 2, fitted with a liner 2<a> to prevent the entrance of the filling, and either integral with the casing or attached as shown in Fig. 2. The back of the casing is provided with preferably recessed bearing-surfaces 1<e>; if it has also central bearing-surfaces 1<f>, an independent back between it and the brake head may be dispensed with. The filling may be cast iron or other material, cast or pressed into the casing.
Patent GB-190316348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Stop Motion Mechanism for Spinning Weaving Warping and other Textile Machinery.
Inventor: WHITNEY JOSEPH BOTSFORD
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 16,348. Whitney, J. B. July 24. Loom stop-motions; yarns, warping and beaming.-Comprises an electromagnetic stop-motion for weaving, warping, and other textile machinery. In a loom, the warp m from the warp beam passes over rollers l, Fig. 4, supported on antifriction bearings. Each warp thread passes through an eyelet 14 in a faller 12, the eyelets being formed by bending the metal of the fallers, so that minimum abrasion of the threads is produced. The fallers 12 are pivoted at 13 on wires p, which are stretched taut between insulated end plates and are supported by a notched brace 3. The fallers are held up by the warp threads, but when a thread breaks the corresponding faller drops and electrically connects the wire p with a similar wire q, also stretched between insulated end plates. A lever 30, Fig. 10, is pivoted to the breast beam, and is vibrated by its inclined end 34 being acted on by a bowl 33 on a feeler 26 reciprocated by connection with the lay. The other end of the lever 30 engages a slot 31 in the feeler 26, which is thereby vibrated laterally, but is normally returned, as it is moved forward by the lay, by a spring 32. When a thread breaks and the wires p, q are connected, a piece 39, on the lever 30, completes the electric circuit by joining contactpieces 35, and an electromagnet 36 is energized and holds the lever 30, so that when the feeler 26 is moved forward its end strikes an arm 21 and turns a rock-shaft 17. A hook 19 on the rockshaft 17 releases the shipper lever 16 and stops the loom. At the same time an arm 22 throws back a lever 23, which forces a contact-spring 37 away from a contact-piece 38, and breaks the circuit, so that energy is not wasted. The rockshaft 17 may be turned by hand by means of the lever 23. When the stop-motion is applied to warping and other machinery, the faller mechanism is the same as described above, and the feeler 26 is reciprocated by connection with any relatively moving part.
Patent GB-190319587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Linotype Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-11
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 19,587. Lock, W. H., [Dodge, P. T.]. Sept. 11. Linotype machines.-The sectional mould A of the Mergenthaler linotypo machine, (Specification No. 14,582, A.D. 1890), is symmetrically supported, when opposite the vertical trimming-knives F, against the thrust of the ejector, and springing of the mould-wheel B is prevented, by means of two fixed studs I or the like.
Patent GB-190322882-A (GB)
Title: Distributor of Liquids in Portions Adapted for Apparatus Serving for the Production of an Intimate Mixture of Air and Hydro-carbon Vapours.
Inventor: RUEDEMANN LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 22,882. R³demann, L. Oct. 22. Carburetting.-In apparatus for carburetting compressed air, the hydrocarbon from the reservoir 3 is automatically supplied in the required quantity to the inclined plates g of the carburetter, by means of a bucket chain. One of the pitch-wheels 6, 7 of the bucket-chain 8 is driven by a belt f from the shaft d of the aircompressor, and the buckets 9 discharge the hydrocarbon into a trough in the upper part of the chamber b. From this trough, the hydrocarbon is fed to the funnel 13 and the supply pipe 14 of the carburetter by other buckets 12 mounted by arms on the wheel 7. The mixture of air and gas passes from the carburetter to a receiver h, whence it is delivered for consumption.
Patent GB-190327703-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible Frame applicable as or for Supporting a Lamp Shade.
Inventor: INNES-NOAD ADINE
Filed: 1903-12-17
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 27,703. Noad, A. Innes-. Dec. 17. Lamp-shade holders. -Collapsable supports for lamp shades are made similar to umbrellaframes as shown. The ribs a are expanded by pushing the ferrule d into the ring b. In a modification, the upper ring d is supported by legs fixed at their lower ends to a second ringresting on the lamp gallery.
Patent GB-190328678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches-in which a Lifting Latch is used.
Inventor: RODNEY ROBERT WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,678. Rodney, R. W. H. Dec. 30. Latches; l o c k s, key.-A sliding latch bolt L is mounted in a lock case and is operated by a thumb-lever f acting through a s p ring-controlled bell-crank lever B. The latch bolt has a central perforated tail t for engagement with a pin on the lever so that the bolt can be reversed. The lock case is shown as a mortice lock for doors, and is stated to be suitable for use on ships.
Patent GB-190401598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling Apparatus for Cash Registers and Recorders
Inventor: THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY LTD
Filed: 1904-01-21
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 1598. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. Jan. 21. Receipts, checking and recording.- In multiple- drawer registers of the type described in Specifi- cation No. 27,574, A.D. 1898, the opening of a drawer produces a distinctive sound on a bell, which may be electrically repeated at a distance. Depression of any one department key and operation of the register releases the latch 7, Fig. 1, of the drawer, and as the latter flies out, one or more loose gravity pins 15, carried by the finger. piece 14, strike the hammer lever 13 of a bell 12, thereby giving a note or succession of notes. On the return of the drawer, the pins rise and pass over the lever, a cover plate 16 limiting their movement. The drawers may be identified by different-toned bells and by different combinations of strokes made upon them. To give a similar signal at a distance, the drawers carry pins 20, Fig. 3, upon their sides, which, on the opening- movement, bring springs 18 momentarily in con- tact with pieces 19, both upon the casing, and hereby complete a circuit containing a battery and a bell 17. On closing the drawer, the spring is merely deflected to allow the pins to pass. The drawers are identified as before.
Patent GB-190409173-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring for Doors.
Inventor: MARTIN LEONARD JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 9173. Martin, L. J. April 21. Door-closing apparatus. - Door springs for closing doors capable of single or double motion consist of single or double coiled springs set in a curved case and acting on a push-bolt attached to the door. Fig. 3 shows the section of a form for allowing the door to close from either side. A circular tube D is secured in the framework and contains two coiled springs E set in blocks fitting the tube and provided with buffer-pieces F which normally rest against an internal stop-sleeve K. The tube D is slotted along the underside to receive the push-bolt 0 which is fixed in a recess in the door. One spring may be employed in place of the two springs E, the ends being held in the sockets J of the bufferpieces F. When the door opens one way only, a curved and straight tube may be mounted on the frame above the level of the top of the door. The tube contains a straight coiled spring, and is acted upon by a short curved push-bolt fixed on a bracket on the door. The push-bolt is cut away so as to enter the straight part of the tube. Or the tube may be set to work through the door as shown in the form illustrated.
Patent GB-190414411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Screening, Elevating, and Loading Broken or Crushed Stone, Ore, Refuse Clinker, and other Material.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 14,411. Baxter, W. H. June 27. Sifting clinkers, ores, &c.- Crushed stone, ore, clinker, &c. from a stone-breaker A passes by a shoot G into a rotary screen or conveyer N, whence it is raised by an elevator to another rotary screen M, the graded material falling into the compartments Y, Y<1>, Y<2> of a receptacle carried by the framework H, while the tailings are delivered to a " Raff elevator R and pass by an inclined shoot S back to the stone-breaker. The screening and elevating apparatus is carried by a platform H mounted on wheels; or the stone-breaker and the screening &c. apparatus may be mounted on one platform. The screen M may be conical, cylindrical, inclined, or stepped, as described in Specification No. 3802, A.D. 1902, and is mounted on a shaft L, supported in bearings J<2>, J<3> and driven through bevel-gearing from a shaft W receiving motion through a belt T from the driving-shaft C of the stone-breaker. The screen or conveyer N is mounted on a shaft K, its inner end being secured to a flange on one of a pair of pulleys 0, Ox, constructed as described in Specifications No. 29,910, A.D. 1897, and No. 8503, A.D. 1901. The narrow rims O<1> of the pulleys are provided with vertical flanges O<2> and connected by spokes O<2> to a boss O<4>. The end of the screen M is connected to one of a similar pair of pulleys O<6>, O<7> on the shaft L, and an endless belt carrying buckets passes over the pulleys on the shafts K, L. The elevator R is of larger diameter than the adjacent part of the screen M, and delivers into the shoot S above the level of the shaft L. The compartments Y, Y<1>, Y<2> may be provided with one or two inclines, so as to deliver the graded material on one or both sides of the machine as desired,
Patent GB-190414484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Liquids from Solids applicable for the Treatment of Garbage and for other Purposes
Inventor: WHEELWRIGHT CHARLES STOREY
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,484. Wheelwright, C. S., and Fiske, J. T. June 27. Refuse, treating.-Straining-apparatus is combined with vessels in which substances are subjected to water treatment, for example, with a digester in which oil is extracted from garbage. Wet garbage is discharged from the digester A into a cylinder B, and is forced along the cylinder by a rotating screw C. Beneath the cylinder are suction boxes M, separated from it by perforated plates O. Water, withdrawn from the cylinder through these boxes, is forced by a pump N<1> up the pipe N' to the top of the digester or of the cistern N<3>. The strained garbage is passed on to the extension B<1> of the cylinder, and packed against a valve, which can be screwed by the hand-wheel J along the axis E of the screw to occupy any position in the part B<2>. The valve rotates with the screw, and has projections which push the garbage through the outlet B<3>. The boxes M are hinged to the cylinder, so as to allow of the removal of the perforated plates. The cylinder is provided with " vibrating fins " P, which help to push the garbage. along. These consist of cam-shaped pieces, placed in pairs about the screw to work between the screw threads, and are forced to rotate about axes P<1> by the motion of the screw.
Patent GB-190415187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Scales and Weighing Machines.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 15,187. Hipkins, W. E. July 7. Relieving-mechanism.-Consists of means for relieving the knife-edges and working parts of scales when not in actual use, and particularly of that class of weighing-apparatus used in vehicles. On depressing the handles D<1> of the lever D pivoted to a bracket B on the body of the weighing-machine, the vertical rod or rods F, which work in guides in the bracket and lever, are raised into contact with the scale-pan cross-beam L, relieving the knife-edge from contact with the bearings as shown, the central knife-edge being lifted, as shown, by a cap or projection on the beam L coming into contact with the underside of the knife-edge M'. A pawl H pivoted to the bracket then falls into the notch J, and locks the lever D in this position. The pawl may be raised by the projection K. In a modification, the bearings are lifted from their knife-edges by the upright R when the stay Q is raised by an eccentric cam mounted on a spindle which is rotated by a lever. Both these forms of relieving-mechanism may be used on either side of the machine.
Patent GB-190416212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bridges and Mutes for Zither-banjoes and Banjoes.
Inventor: BLUNT ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 16,212. Blunt, A. J. July 22. Banjoes.-A wood bridge and mute attachment for banjoes and zither banjoes is shown. In the cross-bar 2 of the bridge, there is one soundpost 1 for each string, and the foot of each soundpost 1 is provided with a small cavity to contain resin, to prevent the bridge from slipping. The mute 4 has eight soundposts 3, provided with resin cavities at the foot, and with shallow longitudinal resin cavities adjacent to the sides of the bridge. The mute may be placed on the bridge, or removed, by hand, or it may be moved by the device comprising the bracket 10, the adjusting-screw 13, the sliding rod 12, the support 14, carrying the mute by the side wedge 19, and the rod 20 and button 22.
Patent GB-190421433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriages or Trucks for Moving Carboys, Large Bottles or other Vessels.
Inventor: DURRANT GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-11-06
Abstract: 21,433. Durrant, G. Oct. 6. Hand-trucks.-A carriage f for carboys and other vessels is pivoted at e to a framework a mounted on wheels b. The carriage f is open at the front, and the bottom is formed with a flanged ring i to prevent the carboy from slipping. On raising the handles d into a vertical position, the bottom i of the carriage is caused to rest on the ground ; the carboy can then be placed in position and secured by chains j, k. A handle l is attached'to the carriage f for tilting the bottle in its carriage.
Patent GB-190424565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Curtain Poles.
Inventor: ROE HARRY DALRYMPLE
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 24,565. Roe, H. D. Nov. 12. Curtains, suspending; brackets. - A curtain pole 6, Figs. 2 and 3, is formed with a longitudinal groove 7 to receive sliding curtain clamps 10, 12, Figs. 2 and 5. The groove 7 is restricted at the outer edge by means of strips 8. The upper part 10 of the clamp is formed with stems 9, and the lower part 12 with corresponding recesses 11. Clamping-screws 13 pass through the interposed folded edge of the curtain and secure the parts 10, 12. A friction spring 16 is secured on the part 10. Terminals 18 are attached to the pole after the clamps have been inserted. The pole is supported by two or more brackets 3 having a portion 5 cut away underneath.
Patent GB-190425746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Driving Mechanism for Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: DORAN LEWIS ROBERT
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 25,746. Doran, L. R., and Taggart, A. Nov. 26. Motor road vehicles.- Flexible transmission gearing is employed, which automatically varies the motion transmitted to the road wheels in the inverse ratio of the load on the vehicle; also, a resilient connection is made between the differential gear and clutches on the rear axle. Figs. 1 and 2 show the motor crank A which reciprocates the link B pivoted at B<1>. A sliding sleeve C, which can be adjusted by the bell crank P, transmits the motion to a quadrant D, pivoted at D<1>. To opposite ends of the quadrant are attached flexible driving-connectors F, G having extensible portions F<1>, G' which may be helical springs. The connector F passes directly to the clutch H on the rear axle, while the connector G passes round the pulley J and thence to the clutch K. The clutches are preferably of the pawl-andratchet type, and drive ratchet-wheels integral with the sleeve R, which is connected to an extension S of the differential-gear box by means of volute springs T. The clutches are connected by a coupling-band M, so that the reciprocation of the quadrant D imparts forward rotary motion to each clutch in turn and at the same time rotates the other clutch in the reverse direction. The extension of the portions F<1>, G<1> increases with the load and so reduces the motion imparted to the vehicle, which remains stationary when overloaded. Means for locking the driving-clutches against rotation, and suitable reversing-clutches may be provided.
Patent GB-190426688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Paper Bag Making Machines.
Inventor: HESSER OTTO
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,688. Hesser, O. Dec. 7. Paper bags.-Relates to details of paper-bag making machines having a number of folder plates or cores mounted upon the several links of a chain. The chain is kept tight by mounting the journals 9, Fig. 1, of the forwarding-disc 14<a> on the ends of weighted bell-crank levers 33. Irregular movement of the chain-bearing rollers 13, Fig. 2, at the points where they pass from the straight to the curved path, is prevented by pivoted levers 18 which are pressed upon the rollers 13 at this point by the springs 21. Each link 8, Figs. 4 and 5, of the chain is provided with an extension 36, against which the folder plate or core 10 is held by a cover-plate 38 and screw 39. Lateral movement is prevented by plates 37, 41. The folder plate &c. 10 is slotted at 40 to facilitate changing.