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Patent GB-190115914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Mechanisms.
Filed: 1901-08-07
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 15,914. Lake, H. H., [Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.]. Aug. 7. Variable-speed gearing.-Two sets of wheels on the shaft A gear with two corresponding sets of wheels nested together and mounted loose on the shaft B, on either side of a . disc C fixed thereto. In the disc are fitted spring-pressed pins c, one for each wheel, each adapted to lock its wheel to the shaft by engagement with a notch in the end of its hub or sleeve. The pins are formed with racks to gear each with a corresponding radially-arranged pinion d<3>, having at its outer end a lever d<2>; they are kept retracted by means of a sleeve d<1>, formed with a shoulder which presses back the levers ; the shoulder is recessed at one point d, and the sleeve may be turned to bring the recess opposite any one of the pinions, and thereby to liberate the lever and to allow the corresponding pin to be shot forward by its spring. The sleeve is provided with a spring locking-pin d<5>, which fits over the outer end of the pinion.
Patent GB-190119074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Metal-workers' Tables.
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 19,074. Hobbies, Ltd., and Jewson, H. Sept. 24. Shearing; bending; anvils.-The table A has tapering flanges a' for attaching the vice B, B', of which the part B carries the screw for clamping the table and vice to a work-bench or other support. The table carries a lever handle K pivoted at c and provided with a shearing-head C. A scale of length is marked on the table, and a T-shaped piece forming a gauge can be adjustably fixed by a screw in a slot over the scale. The table has holes for the attachment of an anvil or a bending-block G &c.
Patent GB-190124909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blinds.
Inventor: HAWORTH JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-06
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 24,909. Haworth, J. Dec. 6. Drawings to Specification. Thread-strengthened paper.-A thread or tape or a strip of strong thin paper is incorporated with the edge of the paper during manufacture, or a strip of paper may be secured by an adhesive to the edge of the web as it leaves the machine.
Patent GB-190126749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Safety Fuses.
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 26,749. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Dec. 31. Cut-outs.-Safety-fuses are enclosed in a casing having a cap or end of thin metal or other yielding material. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement. The fuse wire s is embedded in talc or like material, and the metal cap d is corrugated so that, should the fuse blow explosively, the cap is expanded as shown in dotted lines in the modified arrangement, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows another construction, with the end caps d corrugated.
Patent GB-190200235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Traps
Inventor: FLINN RICHARD JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-01-03
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 235. Flinn, R. J., and Aborn, G. P. Jan. 3. S t e a m traps.- Relates to a trap which is operated by the differential pressure of water columns acting on a flexible diaphragm 2 dividing the trap into two compartments. The upper chamber 3 has a discharge outlet 5 controlled by the valve 6, the steam of which slides in the tubular guide 8 and bears on the diaphragm 1 by the action of the coiled spring 10. The pipe 11 is surrounded by the pipe 13, which connects the reservoir chamber 15 with the passage 14 of the lower chamber 4. The drainage inlet is provided with the flaring nipple 18, so that the pipe 13 and lower chamber 4 are supplied with water when the flow is slight. Discharge takes place when the water collected in the pipe 11 overbalances the outside column of water, which is also opposed by the spring 10. A forked lever, attached to the rocking spindle 22, which projects through a stufling-box in the casing, and has the lever 24 fixed to it, engages with the flange 20 of the sleeve 19. The slotted lever 24 enables the tension of the spring 10 to the adjusted or the valve to be opened. Stop nuts 27, 28 for the lever 24 are arranged on the screw 26.
Patent GB-190200661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turret Lathes.
Inventor: BROCKIE JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 661. Brockie, J. Jan. 9. Lathes.-The bed of a turret lathe is arranged so that the turret slide and front and rear crossslides, each provided with guiding extensions or slippers, can be brought close together. The bed has rails 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the turret slide 11 bearing on the rails 2, 5 and having slippers projecting towards the headstock. The two cross-slides 7, 8 bear on the rails 1, 3 and 4, 6, respectively, and are of bridge-shape at 18, 19, to pass over the slippers of the turret slide. The turret slide is bridge-shaped at 17, to pass over the slippers 15, 16 of the cross-slides, these slides having surfacing-slides 13, 14. The rails 1, 6 only extend along the bed sufficiently to accommodate the cross-slides. In a modification in which the slippers of the turret slide are at its rear end, the rails 1, 6 are omitted, the rails 2, 5 receiving the outer ends of the cross-slides, which need not be bridge-shaped. The slides carry suitable screwcutting, boring, or turning tools, so that the work may be simultaneously bored, turned, and surfaced.
Patent GB-190205659-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Carbureettor for Motors
Inventor: GREATHED EDWARD ARCHER
Filed: 1902-03-07
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 5659. Greathed, E. A., and Rough, F. March 7. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Petrol drops from the opening 0 on to grids B, through which air is drawn from the opening E.
Patent GB-190209044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telephonic Apparatus
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
Filed: 1902-04-18
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 9044. Brown, S. G. April 18. Converting alternating and direct currents.-Relates to telephone relay and duplex working, and enbodies the principles set out in Specification No. 18,261, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.]. Fig. 11 shows a method of rectifying the alternating currents used therein. The alternating-current system is connected by lines 10 to a brush 33, and to two primary coils 35, 36 of a transformer the secondary 42 of which is connected up to ordinary instruments. The other terminals of the coils 35, 36 are connected to brushes 37, 38 rubbing on the divided surface of a commutator disc 33, the connections being bridged by condensers as described in Specification No. 1434, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.]. The commutator disc is driven so as to produce a synchronous change with the alternations. An aluminium electrolytic rectifier may also be employed. A similar commutator with a battery and opposing parallel magnet coils is employed for producing an alternating magnetic field.
Patent GB-190216716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Road Vehicles
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM SANFORD
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 16,716. Taylor, W. S. July 28. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to frictional variable-speed and reversing driving-gear for road vehicles. Fig. 1 shows in side elevation an outside view of the mechanism, and Fig. 2 a central horizontal section. The object is to communicate motion from the chain 22 to the shaft A, the speed and direction of motion of which is to be controlled. On this shaft is a fast disc 2 with an elongated boss 1, on which is supported on ball bearings the gear casing B. This casing is composed, broadly, of two discs, fastened together by bolts 11, with projecting boxes c, c<1> for enclosing the forward driving discs and shafts, and two similar boxes 71 to enclose the reversing-gear. On the periphery of the discs forming the body of the casing runs the chain-wheel 21, which is in the form of a ring with sprockets and is supported on ball bearings. The motion of the chain-wheel 21 is transmitted to the disc 2 through friction wheels 34, shafts 34<a>, and friction wheels 44<a>. The latter are splined on the shafts 34<a>, and can be slid along by rods connected to a yoke 49, so as to act on the disc 2 at a greater or less distance from the centre. The friction wheels are mounted in housings pivoted on vertical trunnions in boxes 28, which allow the wheels to be pressed against and withdrawn from the chain-wheel and disc by arms on a series of shafts in outside brackets 44. Similar mechanism is provided in the box containing the reversing-gear, a pair of wheels being used, however, in place of each of the wheels 44<a>, and speed changes being effected by sliding the shafts endways by means of a lever. All the gearcontrolling shafts in the outside brackets 44, 86, 87 are linked together to a lever 56, so that they are all appropriately adjusted simultaneously by the movements of a single lever. Brakes in the form of eccentrics 63 mounted at the sides of the casing on bolts 65 are provided. On turning these on their pivots by pulling on a lever 69 they are pressed on each side against the disc 2.
Patent GB-190223004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Wheels for Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 23,004. Taylor, J. Oct. 22. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims. -Relates to a resilient tyre for the wheels of motor and other vehicles. One of the sides b of the trough-shaped metal felloe a is detachable, and forms part of a ring c, which may be secured by bolts e passing through alternate bayonet slots therein, the spokes i passing through the intermediate slots. An indiarubber tyre or tread g is secured in a troughshaped ring f, fitting in the trough of the felloe and being of a larger diameter than the bottom thereof. When no load is upon the wheel, the ring f is kept concentric with the felloe by buffers j, j<x> on the bolt e. The buffers are sufficiently elastic to permit of the eccentric movement of the ring in the felloe when the wheel is in motion, and circumferential motion of the ring in the felloe being prevented by the bolts e, which pass through it, and have heads outside it and nuts inside the felloe. Metal ferrules may be placed between the bolts and the buffersj.
Patent GB-190300258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rail Bonds for Electric Railways Tramways and the like.
Filed: 1903-01-05
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 258. Compagnie GÚnÚrale d'ElectricitÚ. Jan. 6, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rail bonds or couplings for electric railways, tramways, &c. The wire, cable, or sheets of copper, forming the body of the bond, surround the fixing- plugs or terminals, instead of passing through them. The wires may be straight, or twisted between the ends, and the sheets may be placed flat or on edge. The plug is formed from two tubes or capsules A, which are flanged over the wires &c. B.
Patent GB-190301955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumping Cars or Wagons
Inventor: HART HARRY STILLSON
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 1955. Hart, H. S. Jan. 27. Wagons.-Relates to improvements in dumping cars or wagons. The side boards f and end boards g are secured to the framework formed of the sills a, b, c, d, e, the side sills a being arranged above the floor level. The bottom portion of the car is formed in three central A-shaped sections, the apices at the ends of the car being at a higher level than the apex i between the trucks. A number of doors j, k are pivoted to the framework of the car along its length, and can be raised, from a position in which they form dumping-boards with the central apex portions to a position in which they serve as the horizontal portion of the floor of the car, by means of the chains m secured to their ends and to the shafts l. Housings n, preferably of metal, between the side stakes q, furnish bearings for the shaft l and protect the chains.
Patent GB-190307418-A (GB)
Title: Improved Trouser Hangers.
Inventor: MEADOWS ARNOLD
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7418. Meadows, A. March 31. Suspenders for articles of dress; trouser stretchers. -Relates to a device in which trousers or other garments may be hung and kept in shape and stretched by their own weight. The bottoms of the legs of the trousers are gripped between pairs of gripping-plates A, Figs. 1 and 5, which may be shaped to the contour of the trouser bottoms. The plates A are hinged together at one end, as shown in plan in Figs. 1 and 2, the ends of the plates being divided and turned in opposite directions to form two eyelets on each plate ; the free ends of the grippers are secured together by a sliding clip, or the like, so that the grippers may be opened out bookwise and a selection of trousers made. The inside plate may be attached to a wooden panel G hung on a door, or in a closet or wardrobe, or elsewhere, the ends of the grippers resting on brackets H. The hinge pins C may be removable so that one or more pairs of grippers may be removed for convenience in travelling ; in this case, each pair is provided with a loop or eyelet, so that they may be hung up separately. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the grippers are arranged in tiers upon stepped brackets E, and are formed of doubled pieces of steel A. The steps in the bracket supporting the open ends of the grippers are inclined downwards. In another modification, the pivot pins of the grippers are arranged on the horizontal bracket at an angle to the vertical surface to which the brackets are attached, instead of being arranged as in the previous modification.
Patent GB-190310169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Stop and like Valves for Liquids and Fluids.
Inventor: OSBERG OSCAR
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,169. Osberg, O. May 5. Lift valves; packinq, special methods of.-A stop or like valve is faced with a packing of copper or similar metal or alloy backed with a soft metal or alloy such as lead or with vulcanized fibre. In the screw-down or lift valve shown in Fig. 1, the valve block d is recessed to receive a lead packing-disc g faced by a thinner copper disc h. The packing bears on the seating b of the casing a, and is retained in place by the overhanging lip f of the valve block d and a nut i, which screws on to the stem j of the block d. Fig. 3 shows a similar but larger valve, in which the packing is in the form of a ring. The packing has initially a curved section as shown, so that, when compressed by the nut i, it is forced into the recess k above the lip f. To facilitate the insertion of a tool for removing the packing, a slot m is made in the valve block d or a slot i, Fig. 6, is made in the packing. The packing may be retained in place by a ring n, Fig. 5, screwing on to the valve block d, so that the packing need not be initially curved.
Patent GB-190310395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Incandescent Lamp Holders.
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 10,395. Evered & Co., and Evered, S. May 7. Incandescent lamps, holders for, with switches. The insulating-base a, Figs. 2 and 4, of the switch is recessed to fit on the lamp socket b, and, in its upper part, has aT-shaped slot, in the crossing part c of which the terminals d, d<1> are secured, and in the other part of which the spring-hinged contactbar e works. The pin h in the bridge f supports the tumbler lever g, g<2>, of which the long arm g works in the slot k and the short arm g' carries a roller i, which acts on the spring-hinged contactbar e. The lead n is connected directly to the lamp terminals while the lead m is connected to one terminal d, which can be connected by the bar e to the terminal d', and thus, by the rod p, to the other terminal of the lamp.
Patent GB-190314628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Travellers for Ring Spinning, Doubling & Twisting.
Inventor: COOK JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,628. Cook, J. W., [trading as Cook & Co.]. July 1. Ring and traveller frames.-The traveller is made of wire or sheet metal in the form of two bows B, B' coupled at one end C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or, according to the Provisional Specification, the bows may be coupled at both ends. The method of threading is shown in Fig. 3, the portion of the thread D passing to the traveller being crossed on the inner side by the portion D<1> leaving the traveller on its way to the spindle. In this way, a heavier traveller than usual may be employed in spinning, doubling, or twisting any given counts, and it is stated that the size of the balloon is decreased, and the winding is improved so as to render it possible to spin on the bare spindle.
Patent GB-190322280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in Means for Operating, Railway and the like Switches and Signals.
Inventor: BLEYNIE GUSTAVE GABRIEL
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,280. Bleynie, G. G., and Ducousso, T. Nov. 8, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Interlocking.-Relates to means for operating all the points, switches, and signals required for any prescribed movement of a train by a single lever apparatus, and is an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 24,820, A.D 1901. The improvement consists in substituting a new controlling - apparatus, partly mechanical, while preserving as a whole the essential features of the abovementioned system. Fig. 1 shows the application of the method to a station controlling four tracks and the signal 5. Figs. 2, 5, and 6 show details and Figs. 3 and 4 sections along the lines v-x, y-z of Fig. 2. Each of the horizontal shafts 55, 56, 57, 58 corresponds to a given track mechanism or signal, and is actuated and controlled by one of the vertical bars 30 which are connected to the operating-levers and also the locking-bars 31. The horizontal shafts are capable of receiving a rotary movement and a displacement parallel to their axes. As an example of the method of working, the operation of the switch 6 by the lever 1-2 will be described. The mechanism in Fig. 2 is shown in a position corresponding to the normal position of the switch 6, the levers 1-1, 1-3, 1-4 being then capable of operating their corresponding bars 34, the sleeves 33 on the shaft 56 being in a position to allow the projections 34 to pass. Upon the operation of the lover 1-2, these bars become looked. When the signalman pulls the lever 1-2, the projection 37 freely passes the stop 39, but the projection 38 catches the piece 40, and rotates the shaft 56, thus de-energizing the electromagnet 52 by means of the contacts 12, the shaft then being moved into the position shown in Fig. 5 by means of the spring 44. This movement of the shaft 56 throws the motor 22 into operation by moving the contact-cylinder 17, reversing the switches 6, and closing the contacts 24, 25 and opening simultaneously contacts 27, 28. This energizes the magnet 51, which gives a further endways movement to the shaft 56, thus breaking the motor circuit and moving the piece 30 so that the lever 1-2 can be pulled further over to actuate the signal 5 through a similar electromagnetic arrangement on the shaft 55 to the one described. The last position is shown in Fig. 6, and a reverse process can now be performed by reversing the lever 1-2. The horizontal shaft can also be operated directly by means of the handles 49.
Patent GB-190328286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Abrasive Material to Grinding Machines.
Inventor: KANN MYER MILTON
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,286. Kann, M. M. Dec. 23. Bevelling and chamfering.-Crushed steel abrasive material and water are uniformly supplied to grinding-machines, particularly those for bevelling plate glass, through a hopper 6 provided with agitating blades 12 fixed in a revolving spindle 9, the material being afterwards returned to the hopper. The hopper is conical near its lower end, and terminates in a reduced extension 7 fitted with an adjustable discharge valve 8. A triangular agitating. blade 13 with an extension 14 is fixed at the end of the spindle 9, and works in the lower conical part and extension 7 of the hopper, and water is supplied by a pipe 15 and escapes by a pipe 17. The grinding-wheel 3 revolves in a box 2 supporting the hopper, and the abrasive material and pulverized grindings collect in the box in the form of a mud, which is transferred to the hopper and used again, the agitation and water circulation in the hopper causing the pulverized grindings to be separated and carried away along the pipe 17.
Patent GB-190405164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 5164. Crompton & Co., and Hodgson, A. J. March 2. Arc lamps. -Brake lamps have the upper carbons supported by what is, in effect, a continuous band. Fig. 1 shows a twin - arc lamp arranged for parallel burning. The lamp-base A, consisting of two discs preferably cast together, or of one disc, is attached to a frame B, also preferably one casting, and having an upper and a lower plate. Carbonholders M, Fig. 3, are contained in two tubes G which pass from the top plate of the frame B to the base A, and are insulated from both. Each carbon-holder is suspended by a metallic cord K, Fig. 3, which conveys current from a brake-wheel J, round grooves in which it is coiled. The brakewheels are mounted above the top plate of the frame B, and each has a second cord L attached to it, coiled in the opposite direction and in the same or different grooves to the first cord K. An extra wheel may be provided for the second cord L, which passes round a pulley N attached to the lamp-base A, and is fixed to a screw or clamp 0 on the carbon-holder M. This screw projects through a slit in the tube G in which the carbonholder slides. The second cord L may be of silk or other insulating-material, or of metal ; if it is of metal, the pulley N is insulated from the lampbase A or else attached to the carbon-holder tube G. A rocking-lever D is pivoted to the lampframe B, and has a solenoid at one end and a dash-pot F at the other. For series burning, two solenoids are provided, a dash-pot being below one of them. In place of the solenoid, a thermal device may be used, and the brake mechanism may be of any form, e.g., a band passing over each brakewheel and attached to a spring or weight at one end and to the rocking-lever at the other. Preferably, however, the device shown in Fig.3 is used. This consists of an arm or quadrant Q pivoted to the brake-wheel axle and having pivoted to it a small clutch-lever P, two pins on one end of which engage the rim of a brake-wheel J, while the other end is attached to the rocking-lever D. A small spring may be employed to assist in pulling down the quadrant, and, in a twin-arc lamp, the two clutch-levers P are preferably connected together. The Provisional Specification states that to ensure both carbons being released together a small insulated balanced lever may be provided, each end of which engages a quadrant before the clutch-levers are released. If one quadrant falls before the other, it depresses its end of the balanced lever, but does not release the clutch until the other quadrant also rests on the balanced lever. The Provisional Specification also states that the clutches may be released only after the arcs have broken, such release being accomplished by the weight of the solenoid core acting on a spring or like supported piece when no current passes in the solenoid. A lamp-top R is fixed to the top plate by studs, which may carry a resistance or choking coil and terminals.