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Patent GB-190102854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Starting and Regulating or Controlling Electro-motors.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1901-02-09
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 2854. Wetter, J., [Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. vorm. Schuckert & Co.]. Feb. 9. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.- Relates to master-control systems for electric motors, for use on electric railway trains and elsewhere. The switches employed for directly controlling the motors on each car are operated by pneumatic devices, the distributing valves of which are actuated by means of electromagnets, the excitation of which depends upon the movements of the m a s t e r - controller. Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view, of the apparatus employed on a single car, A<1>, A<2> representing the motors, B the resistance switch, C the starting switch, D the seriesparallel switch, E the brake switch, and F the reversing switch, these switches being connected with a mastercontrol switch G, and a switch H for determining the direction of motion. The contacts are represented as developed on a plane surface. Each of the switches B, U, D, E, F is furnished with a set of auxiliary contact-pieces, connected with the actuating electromagnet coils So, Sw, &c., and adapted to break the circuits of those coils after the switches have performed the necessary movements. The direction of running is determined by the positions I and II of the switch H ; the necessary movements of the several motor switches B, C, D, E, F in either direction of running is determined by the positions x to x<1> of the mastercontroller G ; and the necessary movements during braking by the positions xxx to r<11>of the mastercontroller. Series connection of the motors is established when the switch B is at m, C at V, D at VIII, E at IX, and F at III ; parallel connection is established when B is at 8, C at V, D at VII, E at IX, and F at III ; and the motors are disconnected from the supply and connected up in a closed circuit for braking when B is at m, C at VI, D at VII, E at X, and F at IV.
Patent GB-190111226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Horticultural Shades and Protectors.
Inventor: WEST RICHARD EDWARD
Filed: 1901-05-31
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 11,226. West, R. E. May 31. Plant protectors.-Relates to a shade or protector for the blooms of roses, chrysanthemums, and other plants. The protector consists of a conical wire frame a<1> covered with linen, waterproof paper, or similar material, and attached to a square socket b capable of sliding on a square support c. The socket b may be provided with a spring wire d tu secure it in its adjusted position on the support c, or the socket may be provided with a set-screw or may be made in the form of a clip. For dwarf plants, the wire frame a<1> may be made integral with a wire leg or support adapted to be inserted into the ground.
Patent GB-190114167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: SCHULZ RICHARD
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 14,167. Schulz, R. July 11. Water-tube boilers.-In marine boilers of the type shown, the tubes of both the outer and inner groups all terminate in the water space of the steam drum, with the object of obtaining water circulation not only in the shortest tubes of the central group, but also in the longest tubes of the outer groups, without the use of external downcomers.
Patent GB-190114434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Soup Tureens, and Breakfast Dishes having Covers.
Inventor: RIDGE JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 14,434. Ridge, J. July 16. Dishes and tureens, coversfor.- Relates to a method o f mounting the cover of a soup tureen or breakfast dish so that it is actuated by the handle of the tureen. The cover C of the tureen A is hinged at D, and is connected to the handle E by a rod G. When the handle E is folded down, the lid is lifted by the rod G.
Patent GB-190115033-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cross Cut Stone Sawing Machine
Inventor: PICKLES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-07-24
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 15,033. Pickles, G., and Jones, J. July 24. Sawing stone or slate into slabs &c. The saw p is carried by a carriage j<1> traversed along the rails b by the screw k, and is driven by the endless belt g, which passes round the driving-pulley f and the guide-pulleys f<1>, h, h'. The pulleys h, h<1> are mounted on a bracket on the carriage j<1>. The shaft of the pulley f has fast and loose pulleys with open and crossed belts from the source of power d. The feedscrew k is driven through bevel gearing m, stepped speed pulleys m<2>, n, and open and crossed belts from the shaft of the pulley f. The saw can thus be traversed at any desired speed, and can cut the stone o on the trolley u in either direction of traverse. The saw guard r has its bottom edges turned up to form a lip r<1> to catch loose diamonds, and a water-supply tube r<2> is attached. Diamonds are fixed with copper or other metal in holes drilled vertically in the edge of the saw blade, or drilled at an angle to the edges, but not clean through the same.
Patent GB-190119596-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Advertising and Credit Disc.
Inventor: ROGERS LEWIS
Filed: 1901-10-01
Granted: 1902-10-01
Abstract: 19,596. Rogers, L., and Boorne, W. H. Oct. 1. Puzzles. - Relates to discs to be used for advertising &c., which may also form puzzles. Two or more discs a, b, Figs. 6, 7, and 8, may be superposed and framed or enclosed in a ring, which is preferably in two parts e, f, Fig. 8. The disc b has a slit d leading to a cross slit, and to a perforation at the centre, as shown in Fig. 6. The disc a has a curved slit h, k, and at the centre is a perforation fitted with an eyelet g of rectangular section. By rotating the disc a by means of a key &c. inserted into the eyelet, and by causing the edges formed by the slit h, k to enter the slit d of the disc b, the disc a can be moved from one side to the other of the disc b, thus exposing both sides of the discs, which also serve as a puzzle.
Patent GB-190124054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resistances for Arc Lamps and other Electrical Apparatus.
Inventor: DAVIES JOHN LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 24,054. Davies, J. L. Nov. 26. Arc lamps, resistances for. A lamp may be hung from a hook l on the central bolt e of a covered resistance. This consists of a helix f, laid helically round several notched porcelain strips a, which are perforated to receive pins projecting from the arms of a spider c, and are held against the top plate b by the bolt e, connecting the plate and spider. A clip i is provided to connect any part of the resistance with a flexible conductor.
Patent GB-190203533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding and Circuit Closing Devices for Electrically Wound Clocks.
Inventor: CROOK CHARLES MADISON
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 3533. Crook, C. M. Feb. 11. Winding -mechanism.-The mainspring, being attached to the frame and to the arbor of a driving-ratchet, as it runs down brings an arm G, Fig. 1, towards an electromagnetic lever C', till a spring finger G' on it touches an insulated ring C" upon the lever, and so completes the circuit of the electromagnet B, which is wired to the framework and the ring. The lever being consequently operated, a roller concentric with the insulated ring strikes the arm after the finger has been pressed back and comes to rest against a stud A<11>, while the arm carried on by the impetus leaves the circuit broken. The spring of the striking- train is attached to a sleeve arbor M' which bears a loose arm N having a pivoted pawl N' for engaging a fast incomplete ratchet pinion m<10>. This pawl extending as a fork N" embraces a second roller c<11> on the electromagnetic lever, and the latter consequently both applies it and operates it as a lever to wind up the spring. This action largely occurs before the action on the mainspring. The loose arm N extends as a hook N<3> over a pin c on the electromagnetic lever to limit the return movement. To avoid frictional drag, the winding- arbor is a sleeve not touching the included arbor of the first wheel of the going-train. Pendulums.-The suspension spring of the pendulum passes up through a slit r, Fig. 9, in a fixed shelf R upon a cock Q, and is attached to a shelf T, which can be raised and lowered by a screw and a geared nut U.
Patent GB-190204587-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Protector for Gauge Glasses
Filed: 1902-02-24
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 4587. Moorhouse, A. H., and Moorhouse & Co., S. Feb. 24. Gauge-glass fittings.-Relates to a shield or protector consisting of a glazed frame a of angular or semicircular form, which is secured to the spigots of the gauge-glass gland nuts by means of slotted screwed bosses c and correspondingly-slotted nuts g. The nuts being turned so that their slots coincide with the slots in the bosses, the frame is put over the gauge glass, the slots engaging the spigots on the gland nuts. The nuts g are then turned to bring their slots into the reverse position and lock the frame on the spigots. The slotted bosses c may be formed solid with the ends of the frame, or each may be made to form part of a plate, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which is secured to the end plate of the frame by screws e, to hold the glass in position.
Patent GB-190211131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Burners.
Inventor: BRAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 11,131. Bray, J. W. May 15. Acetylene burners. -To prevent burning back and fouling of the burner, the aperture A is made of the conical form shown, air inlets C<2> being formed at the apex.
Patent GB-190211662-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lifting Arrangement for Hoes Drills and other Agricultural Implements
Inventor: HUNDLEBY JOHN
Filed: 1902-05-22
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 11,662. Hundleby, J. May 22. Pulley-blocks and lifting-tackle; lifting by levers and the like.-Relates to lifting-mechanism for the tools of horse hoes, drills, and other agricultural implements. The mechanism may also be adapted for use generally such as for lifting sacks in mills, thrashing-machines and the like. A spindle c carried in fixed bearings is provided at each end with pulleys d Chains e pass over the pulleys d, and each is connected at one end to a bar g and at the other end to the pivoted tool frame f or other article to be lifted. A handle h is connected to the centre of the bar g, and arms j are connected to each end of it. The arms j are fitted with hooks to engage some link of the chains e. The frame f is raised by depressing the handle h, and can be held in the raised position by engaging the handle h in the hook l.
Patent GB-190220870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Tunnels for Ships to Enable them to Carry Water Ballast
Inventor: HETHERINGTON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 20,870. Hetherington, W. H. Sept. 25. Tunnels, propeller - shaft; ships' ballasttanks.- The propeller shaft D is enclosed in a water-tight casing A fitted with manhole doors B, B<1> for oiling the bearings and removable plates C, C' for facilitating repairs. The tunnel E, being watertight, can be used as a tank for receiving water ballast.
Patent GB-190227990-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Opening and Closing the Openings of Tunnels or Galleries in Mine Shafts.
Inventor: DRECKMANN MAX
Filed: 1902-12-18
Granted: 1903-12-18
Abstract: 27,990. Dreckmann, M., and Marx, E. Dec. 18. Lifts.-Relates to means for automatically closing and opening shaft doors or gates in mines. The door or gate a slides up and down on the guide bars b, c and is raised by two arms on the mine cage engaging with the striking plate d, when it is in the locked position shown in Fig. 1. The locking is effected by the latch or bell-crank lever i, the hooked end k of which engages the end y of the lever h, and which is kept in position by the weighted end l. When the latch is disengaged, the lever x, y, which holds the pivoted plate d, is free, and the plate is brought from the horizontal position, shown m Fig. 1, to the vertical, shown in Fig. 2. by the overhanging weight of the arm g fixed to the plate. To prevent a passing cage from damaging a gate in which the plate is locked, the rod n attached to the bell-crank lever i is fitted, on depressing which the latch k is unlocked, and the plate swings into the vertical position. The gate is prevented from being raised too high, by the head o of rod n coming in contact with a stop fixed in the shaft, thereby releasing the latch.
Patent GB-190306100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Escutcheons.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 6100. Golby, F. W., [Chalmers, W.]. March 16. Locks, key; escutcheons, keyhole. - To facilitate the insertion of a key into the escutcheons of a door lock, a guide is arranged about the keyhole. The escutcheon plate 1 is provided with a hole for the door handle, and below this is arranged the keyhole 3. A guide 7 is formed by sinking the metal about the keyhole, the upper part of the guide partially surrounding the keyhole. Upon inserting the key in the guide and moving it along the curved sides thereof, the key is guided to the hole 3. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention is applicable to the keyhole of a trunk lock, padlock, or other lock.
Patent GB-190306796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Movable Spiral Stairways or Elevators.
Inventor: SOUDER LEAMON GRIFFITH
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 6796. Souder, L. G. March 24. Lifts.-Relates to moving stairways or elevators and consists, chiefly, in constructing a stairway of this kind, such as is described in Specification No. 11,296, A.D. 1899, so that the steps ascend or descend in a spiral. There are, preferably, two parallel stairways, the moving steps ascending in one and descending in the other. At top and bottom, the steps are extended into a horizontal surface connecting the two ways. Fig. 5 shows a portion of one of the ways, Fig. 3 some of the steps extended into a horizontal sarface, and Fig 4 a section on the line 4-4, Fig. 3. In recesses in the treads b are pivoted at d' strips d, to which the risers b<1> are connected by pins d<2> and links b<2>. By this construction, the steps may be bent from their spiral course, as shown at the left of Fig. 3. The treads are supported on inner and outer rails by rollers b<5>, b3, and have also rollers e<2> running in vertical grooves in a central rotating drum e. The risers carry at their outer ends rollers d<3> of the same diameter as the rollers b<3> but not so wide. These rollers run in a groove f Fig. 6, which, just before the point at which the steps begin to rise from their horizontal position, is formed with a wedge-shaped projection f<2>. The rollers b<3> are thereby depressed, but the rollers d<3>, owing to their lesser width, continue in contact with the top of the groove f<1>, and the risers are thus flexed into their vertical position. The steps are driven by a suitably-guided rope g which, according as the steps are ascending or descending, engages grooves g<2> or g<3> in heads g<1> of fixed shafts carrying the rollers b<3>, d3. Landing-places at intermediate floors have their inner edges conforming to the spiral of the stairway, and slope downwards and upwards therefrom, to meet the main surface of the floor.
Patent GB-190315614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Setting Rivets in Treads for Tires.
Inventor: ADAMS CALVIN THAYER
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 15,614. Adams, C. T. July 14. Riveting.-Relates to means for setting rivets in treads for tyres. The rivets are first distributed into holes 11, Fig. 4, in a perforated plate 10 fixed in a trough 14. This is done by placing the troughs on an inclined frame 15, Fig. 1, which can be reciprocated rapidly on guides 16 by a shaft 19, eccentric 18, and rod 21, and feeding the rivets by hand to the tops of the troughs. The rivets are then transferred to a rail 24, Fig. 6, by placing the trough under the rail and inverting both by turning the rail on centres 25. The trough is lifted off, leaving the rivets headdownwards on the rail, as shown in Fig. 11, and in the positions in which they are required to be applied to the tread. The shanks are then pressed through the tread by means of a wheel 28, Fig. 6, covered with a layer of felt and rubber. The tread is laid around the wheel, and the wheel is passed over the rail by means of a sliding frame 30 and a screw 32. A supporting-wheel 36 may be arranged under the rail 24. A spur-wheel 37 on the same shaft as the wheel 28 gears with a rack 38 and prevents slipping. The shanks of the rivets are riveted down by a hard-surfaced wheel 40, Fig. 8, and a rail 39 combined in the same machine with the wheel 28 and rail 24. A stationary roll or rolls may also be used for setting and fixing the rivets.
Patent GB-190319647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Changing and Regulating the Speed of Driven Parts in Machines.
Inventor: VIEBAHN ADOLF
Filed: 1903-09-12
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 19,647. Viebahn, A. Sept. 12. Toothed gearing. - Relates to variable-speed driving-gear for machinery, tools, &c. in which the speed is required to be accelerated or retarded without stopping the machine. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the driving-shaft 1 carries loosely the piece 2 to which a variable speed is to be imparted. A boss 3, fixed to the shaft 1, carries a spur-wheel 4, having a long boss 6 to which a hand-wheel 8 is fixed. A second boss 7 carries an internallytoothed wheel 5 and a hand-wheel 9, and a collar 10 prevents longitudinal motion of the parts. A bracket 13, fixed to the boss 3, carries a shaft 12, one end of which is provided with a pinion 11 gearing with the wheels 4, 5, and the opposite end is provided with a worm 14 gearing with a wheel 15 on a shaft 16, which is carried in brackets 17, and is perpendicular to the shaft 1. A worm 18, keyed to the shaft 16, gears with a worm-wheel 19 loose on the boss 3, and fitted with a bolt 21 by which it may be coupled to the piece 2. In operation, when the shaft 1 is driven in one direction, the worm 18 and brackets 17 are rotated, and rotate the wheel 19 and part 2, the wheels 4, 5 both being rotated. If the hand-wheel 8 is fixed, the pinion 11 then rolls on the wheel 4, and is rotated about its axis as it is carried round the shaft 1; the rotation on its own axis, acting through the worms 15, 18, retards the wheel 19 and the part 2. By fixing the wheel 9, the pinion rolls on the teeth of the wheel 5, and the speed of the part 2 is accelerated. In a modified arrangement, the wheels 4, 5 and pinion 11 are replaced by bevel-wheels and a pinion, the worm 14 being actuated by means of spur gearing from the bevelpinion. In a second modification, the pinion 11 is actuated in one direction or the other by spurwheels of different diameters. The pinion rolls directly upon the smaller wheel, and is geared indirectly to the larger wheel by means of a second pinion which is sufficiently broad to gear with the pinion 11 and the larger spur-wheel. The gear in each arrangement is independent of the machine frame, and may be fixed to the free end of the shaft carrying the eccentric, crank, spur-wheel, roller, or other part the speed of which is to be varied.
Patent GB-190320183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Riving Mechanism for Circular Saw Benches.
Inventor: HULL WILLIAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 20,183. Hull, W. S. Sept. 19. Sawing.-A riving-wheel D or D<1>, having a sharp edge and two shoulders d, is mounted behind a circular saw E, either in the bench K or in a bracket A, or in both, this bracket being pivoted to the guard B or to another support and pressed downwards by a spring G, which, along with the swivelling support H, is situated between the two adjusting-nuts f or the rod F.
Patent GB-190320971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Elevating, Screening, and Loading Broken or Crushed Stone, Ore, Refuse Clinker, and the like or other Materials.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 20,971. Baxter, W. H. Sept. 30. Screening stone, ore, clinker, &c.-Relates to machinery for elevating, screening, and loading stone, ore, clinker, &c. after breaking or crushing, and consists in elevating the material in two or more steps so as to allow of the removal of the rejected material at an early stage, and in the arrangement of the elevators &c. for this purpose. In the example described there are three screens F, G, H, into which the material is successively passed. The material is fed from the crusher &c. into the screen F from which the coarser parts are removed by the inside buckets S of the elevator R to the middle screen G. From this screen, the material of excessive size is returned to the crusher &c. by a shoot Y, while the remainder is carried up by the upper elevator to the final grading-screen H, which delivers it into compartments fitted with shoots. The dust &c. passing through the screen F may drop on the ground, or it may be collected by a hopper W<7> rotating with the screen and discharged into a hopper 0, whence it is removed by the outside buckets Q of the elevator R. The elevators run on pairs of pulleys W W<1>, W<2> W<3>, W<3> W<4>, W<5> W<6>, similar to those described in Specification No. 8503, A.D. 1901. The upper end of the lower elevator R and the lower end of the upper elevator run on the flanges of the pulleys W<2>, W<3>, W<4> fixed on a common shaft D, which also carries the screen G. The elevator R delivers into a shoot 7, which is arranged between the pulleys W<2>, W<3>, and delivers into the screen G. The hopper into which the material passing through this screen falls, is formed by the conical flanges W<8>, t of the pulleys W<3>, W<4>, and by the upper elevator. Power is preferably applied to a shaft N at the top of the machine, and thus, by the arrangement of the elevators and of their common shaft D described, the power is transmitted downwards and the material upwards. The screens, which may be similar to those described in Specification No. 3802, A.D. 1902, are mounted on flanges of the elevator pulleys. The stone crusher working in connection with the machine may be mounted on the same frame, and may drive the shaft N.
Patent GB-190321181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sound Boxes for Disc Phonographs.
Inventor: JUNGHANS ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 21,181. Junghans, A. Oct. 2. Phonographs.- Relates to a sound box for disc phonographs. To the border b of the sound box casing carrying the diaphragm a are attached two projections c, through which are screwed two pointed screws or pivots d, the points of which engage in corresponding recesses of the membrane stylus e.