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Patent GB-189920768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Facing, Boring, Turning, Milling, and Screw-cutting.
Inventor: TURNER EDWARD
Filed: 1899-10-17
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 20,768. Turner, E. Oct. 17. Boring; turning; milling.-A machine for boring, facing, turning, milling, and screw-cutting articles such as pipes, cylinders, &c. has a head-stock A, mounted on a lathe bed, and formed with vertical guide-ways for a frame B carrying the hollow main spindle. The machine is driven by reversely-rotated belt pulleys F<1>, G<1> on a shaft F and sleeve G respectively. Friction discs H, I are feathered on the shaft and sleeve, and drive a pair of large discs L (shown dotted) mounted on spindles L<2> transverse to the machine. One spindle drives a vertical worm shaft by bevel gearing, the worm engaging a wheel 0 on the main spindle. When used for facing, a head E is secured on the spindle. The wheel O may be secured to the head. The head has a tool slide e fed radially by a rack e<1> and worm e<2>, Fig. 1<A>. The worm spindle e<3>, is driven by bevel gearing from a tube D passing through the main spindle. The cutting-speed of the tool is maintained constant by varying the distance of the discs H, I from the centres of the discs L as the tool slide moves radially. This is effected by a rod c passing through the tube D, and having a lug c' engaging an inclined groove on the back of the slide. The rear end of the rod is connected to an arm on a vertical shaft K, geared to a rock shaft J, connected by arms and links h<1>, i<1> to levers h, i for moving the discs. The feed of the slide is varied by three pairs of change gears V, one member of each pair being on the spindle and one on a front shaft v connected to the tube D by gearing V<2>, V<3>. Each pair of change gears may be coupled by means of a key sliding on the shaft v. The saddle is traversed by a guide-screw X driven from a shaft u<2> by a reversing-train. The shaft u<2> is driven from a shaft l<8> by change-wheels, the shaft l<8> being driven by change gears L<5>, L<6>, L<7> on a spindle driven by worm gearing from the front one of the spindles L'. The guide-screw is connected by a clutch and bevel gearing to a vertical screw P for raising and lowering the spindle frame. The cross feed of the saddle is obtained by forming the nut of the feed - slide as a skewwheel driven from the guide-screw. A handwheel W serves for effecting the traversing and cross feeds and for raising the spindle frame. For boring, the head E is replaced by a drilling or boring bar, but for turning, screw - cutting, &c. the work may be mounted between centres. The saddle may have a circular work table, suitably driven. When used for milling, the cutter is mounted on the mandrel, and the work secured on the saddle or table.
Patent GB-189923034-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-sustaining Gear for Hoisting, Lifting, or Winding Machinery.
Inventor: EASTMEAD FREDRIC
Filed: 1899-11-18
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 23,034. Eastmead, F. Nov. 18. Hoists; brakes of general or unspecified application.-In hoisting, lifting, or winding machinery, the power is transmitted through a disc H fitting one end of a fixed cylinder E closed at the lower end by a similar disc H<1> connected by long links K to the first. Each disc is keyed to the shaft J so as to permit, by means of a wide keyway, of a limited amount of independent angular motion. During lifting, the links K are parallel to the shaft J so that the discs H and H<1> do not grip the cylinder E, but when the power is taken off, the load turns the disc H relatively to the diso H<1>, thus inclining the links K and setting up frictional contact between the discs and the fixed cylinder.
Patent GB-190000848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Updraught Cowls for Chimney Tops and the like.
Inventor: LINKLETER JAMES
Filed: 1900-01-15
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 848. Linkleter, J Jan. 15. Chimney tops. - Consists of a spiral band which may be fixed as shown or mounted upon a vertical spindle to enable it to rotate. In the latter case, the spiral is fitted with blades which are acted upon by the wind.
Patent GB-190003356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Curtain Poles.
Inventor: VENEN ALMON STONE
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 3356. Venen, A. S., and MacLeod, A. L. Feb. 20. Curtains, drawing and suspending; brackets.- A curtain pole is in two sections 1, 2, one having a rib 3 and the other a recess 4. The two parts are pulled together by a spring 7, and may be held apart, while inserting the curtain, by pivoted links 8, 9, one of which has a lug 10 to limit the motion. The curtain is wrapped round a rod, and is prevented from slipping by the projection 5 and notch 6. End clip brackets are formed by a spring band 13 connected at the bottom to plates 12. When the pole is supported on projecting brackets, the sections are held together by a spring-fingered socket 15 with end knob 16.
Patent GB-190003374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks.
Inventor: FERGUSSON ALAN ROBB
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 3374. Fergusson, A. R. Feb. 20. Locks, key; keys.-Relates to a lock for trunks, desks, or other furniture, which is locked automatically but is unlocked by the aid of a key. A casing 1, comprising a plate 2 and an open frame work 4 with a keyhole plate 5, is recessed in a desk top, and in it is mounted a vertical shaft 6 the upper end of which projects beyond the casing and is attached to a spring 7, and at the lower end a head 8 with a recess or groove 9 projects below the casing. When the top of the desk is shut down, the head 8 forces down a block 21 against a spring 25, which presses against a disc 24 and operates a lever 26, so moving a locking-bar 28 into the recess or groove 9 of the head 8. The bar 28 is disposed in a groove or recess 29 in a plate 16 secured to the body of the desk and attached to a frame 18 comprising a cylindrical casing 19 and parallel flanges 20 in which the lever 26 is mounted. A projection 22 on the block 21 moves in a slot 23 of the casing 19 and limits the movements of the block. To unlock the lock, a key 13 of concavo-convex cross-section is inserted so that cut-out parts 12 in it mesh with projections 11, preferably letters and numerals, on the preferably convex periphery of a circular tumbler c secured on the shaft 8. A projection 14 on the tumbler serves as a stop for the end of the key, the inward motion of which is limited by another projection 15. The shaft 8 is thus rotated, and, owing to the shape of its groove or recess 9, the locking bar is forced back. The desk top can now be raised, the block 21 springs upwards flush with the plate 16 and holds the locking-bar, and on withdrawal of the key the shaft 8 is rotated by the spring 7 into its locking position.
Patent GB-190003662-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Candlestick for Use with Christmas Trees.
Inventor: ELLERMANN SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1900-02-24
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 3662. Ellermann, S. Feb. 24. Candlesticks and candle holders. - To enable candles to be supported at any part of a Christmas tree, and at any distance from the stem thereof, the resilient candle holder or socket e and the grease guard d are mounted upon the flattened end f of a rod a of the required length, which is sharpened or screw-threaded at the end b, c for screwing it into the stem of the tree.
Patent GB-190007895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Turning and Facing Sludge Doors and the like.
Inventor: GRACIE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-04-28
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 7895. Gracie, A. April 28. Chucks; work - holders.- A chuck for use in turning and facing sludge doors has a fixed plate 10 forming a guide for a movable holder 2 in which the door 1 is placed. The holder alternately rotates half a revolution and slides in a straight line, the length of the reciprocation being equal to the length of the straight sides of the door. The holder has internal teeth 7 arranged in the form of two semicircles joined by straight lines, and is driven by a pinion 5 on the spindle 6. The holder is made to commence each reciprocation by lugs 8 on it alternately engaging with a stop 9 on the plate 10. The holder is further guided by lugs 11 moving in grooves 12 in the plate, and by a slot 15 engaging a pin 14 on the plate. The door is held in a recess in the holder by a spring rod 3, Fig. 7, inserted between the door and the back centre.
Patent GB-190009892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mills for Disintegrating Rock and other like Substances.
Inventor: SACKETT AUGUST JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-05-29
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 9892. Sackett, A. J. May 29. Impact pulverizers for rock, phosphates, &c. The beaters k are secured in the centrepiece E on the shaft C, and run between a pair of ribbed segmental plates I, pivoted at their upper ends, where they are overlapped by fixed ribbed plates L, and pressed towards the beaters by adjustable springs P surrounding rods N coupled to the segments and passing at their outer ends through brackets Q outside which they bear. nuts ; the springs are interposed between the brackets and the inner ends of sleeves O screwed on the rods. Below the segment plates I is a central segment R, which consists of a web r and wings s, the upper ends of which form teeth which project towards the path of the tips of the beaters..The lower end of this segment is supported by a cross-bar a<2> hung upon spring rods c<2>, f<2>, and its upper end by a spring S bearing on the bracket T. The shaft C is mounted in swivelling bearings.
Patent GB-190101486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cargo Vessels.
Inventor: FERNEZ FRANCOIS ADOLPHE
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1902-01-22
Abstract: 1486. Fernez, F. A., and Breuer, L. J. Jan. 22. Detachable propelling - installations.-Relates to cargo vessels for navigation on streams, rivers, canals, and lakes. The shaft e of two paddlewheels f is. carried by a float b in a water-tight compartment a having discharge and supply cocks l and isolated from the rest of the vessel by a watertight bulkhead k. The float carries rollers g, engaging iron bands in the compartment a, and its upward motion is limited by adjustable stops. The engine c, boiler d, supply of fuel, &c. are carried by the float. The shaft e rises and falls in grooves j. In a modification, the shaft is mounted on a platform supported by screws engaging sockets fixed to the bottom of a cage resting on floor-beams in the compartment a. The platform may be adjusted by hydraulic jacks. The compartment a serves to balance the weight of the propelling- apparatus, which may be lifted out and replaced by a crane t on a rolling deck s supported by rails running from end to end of the coaming.
Patent GB-190104863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Electro Magnetic and Carbon Microphone
Inventor: ROSSETTER WALTER ELLIOTT
Filed: 1901-03-07
Granted: 1902-06-07
Abstract: 4863. Rossetter, W. E. March 7. Telephones.-Relates to a combined magneto and microphonic telephone. A carbon block K is mounted in a case A, and has a number of cells Y in its outer face to contain carbon balls or granules held in place by a diaphragm G. The carbon block is held in position by a screw L, upon which is mounted an electromagnetic coil N ; more than one coil and magnet core passing through the block K may be employed, the diaphragm having, if non- magnetic, a corresponding number of magnetic plates P attached to its outer face. The coil or coils and the microphone are arranged in series. The case may be wood or metal; in the latter case, the terminals are separately insulated as necessary.
Patent GB-190106354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Lamps or Burners
Inventor: DOW FRED FORD
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 6354. Lake, H. H., [Dow, F. F.]. March 26. Incandescent vapour lamps.-The vaporizing-coil 2 for the kerosene or other illuminant is located in proximity to the main burner or burners 7, and communicates by a pipe 3 with the discharge nozzle 41, of which the outlet 49<1> is controlled by a screw valve 47 and cleaned by a needle 49, of somewhat smaller diameter than the outlet 49<1>, projecting from the end of the screw valve. The vapour discharged under pressure from the nozzle enters the open-ended tube 5 and, together with the induced air current, passes to the chamber 6. In the first instance, the lamp is started by igniting asbestos or like material saturated with alcohol beneath the vaporizing.coil 2; but, subsequently, the vaporization is continued by a number of small flames supplied with air and vapour through a number of minute holes 62 in the top of the chamber 6, the holes being preferably arranged in groups of three to increase the beating-efficiency of the flames and to minimize the risk of their accidental extinction. Once the lamp has been started, the valve 47 is only partly closed, in order that these small flames may be maintained as pilot jets. The pressure in the chamber 6 is then insufficient to lift the disc valve 77, which normally closes the lower end of each burner 7 ; but to light the main burners it is only necessary to open the valve 47 further, the increased pressure in the chamber 6 lifting, the disc valve 77, whereupon the mixture of air and vapour issuing from the burners is ignited by the pilot jets.
Patent GB-190108879-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Contractible Box or Holder for Tobacco or other Material
Inventor: NEWBEGIN MARINA WARNE
Filed: 1901-04-30
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 8879. Newbegin, M. W., and Newbegin, E. D., [trading as Newbegin, E. J.]. April 30. Tobacco boxes.-A contractible box for containing tobacco or other material is shown in side view in Fig. 1 and in cross-section in Fig. 2. The cylinder A is provided with a longitudinal ridge AX, which slides in a groove C<x> in the cylinder C. The edges of the open ends are turned inwards at A<1> and C<1>, to prevent the egress of the sliding caps or pistons B, D.
Patent GB-190112966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings
Inventor: RIEBE AUGUST
Filed: 1901-06-25
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 12,966. Riebe, A. June 25. Ball bearings.- In a ball bearing, the separate balls wear unequally, and the larger balls overrun the smaller, thereby causing sliding friction. In order to remove this drawback, more particularly in step bearings, the ball race is provided with a recess c, so that balls k in passing this recess are relieved from pressure and thereby receive an acceleration which frees them from the pressure of following balls.
Patent GB-190123821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus specially adapted for the Investigation or Inspection of the Stomach.
Inventor: POIRIER PAUL
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 23,821. Poirier, P., and Michel, P. Nov. 23. Optical instruments.-An apparatus intended for the inspection of the stomach is composed essentially of an electric lamp arrangement, adapted to illuminate the interior of the organ, in combination with a tube, capable of being made either flexible or rigid at will and fitted with a suitable arrangement of prisms and lenses for enabling the observations to be made. The main tube is composed of a number of sections 1, fitting one into the other, and held together by two or more metal wires 2, passing through them from end to end. At its upper end this sectional tube terminates in a rigid piece 8. The wires 2 emerge at 4, and are attached to a slide 5, capable of being adjusted by means of a longitudinally-stationary nut 12, engaging with a threaded sleeve attached to the slide 5. The electric lamp is mounted in the lowest section 7, and prisms are arranged at 17 and 18, and.a lens constituting an eye-glass at 9. Current is led to the lamp by a single conductor 13, the tube itself constituting the return conductor. Tubes 14, 15 serve to convey a continuous current of water round the lamp so as to keep the parts cool, while a tube 16 serves to convey water for cleaning the front of the prism 17, or to inject air or water into the stomach. To enable the tube to be lengthened, additional sections 20, Fig. 6, may be provided, such sections having longitudinal slits to enable them to be slipped on to the wires, where they are secured by rings 21, also formed with longitudinal slits 22. The electric lamp may be of annular form, the lower prism being in this case replaced by an adjustable mirror arranged beneath the lamp. When the lamp is of ordinary form, a lens is arranged in front of it, and the reflecting- prism and object glasses above it. An alternative arrangement for tightening and slackening the wires 2 is shown in Fig. 15. The slide 5 is carried by a sleeve 41, capable of being moved longitudinally on the rigid piece 8 by a handle 48, and secured against a limiting-nut 49 by a screw 52. For the purpose of turning the lamp section 7, so as to direct the rays to various parts of the stomach, a continuous wire 2 may on the one hand be wound round an extension of the section, and on the other be connected to a pair of screws, mounted on the movable part 44, such screws being geared together and actuated by a knob 45 in such a manner that, as the wire is wound up on one side it is unwound on the other.
Patent GB-190201626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Inventor: HIRSCH JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 1626. Hirsch, J. Jan. 21. Materials; india-rubber with embedded bars; arrangement of nail-holes.-The shoe consists of a vulcanized rubber or like block c and a plate a of leather or the like. A strip of fabric k is preferably cemented between the parts c, a. The shoe is preferably of annular form as shown. Embedded in the rubber are metallic plates e, shaped as shown, and perforated for the nails. The rubber, the fabric, and the leather parts are similarly perforated, and the sides of the rubber part are channelled at i to receive the nails.
Patent GB-190203517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches for Conveying Rotary Motion.
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 3517. Browne, T. B., and Martineau, F. L. Feb. 11. Clutches, friction, for motor cars &c. The male cone D is mounted on studs E, fixed in a disc F secured to the driven shaft, and is pressed into contact with the female cone A, which is connected to the driving part, by springs J encircling the studs. The clutch is disengaged by means of levers K pivoted on the disc F, the outer and short arms of which bear on the male cone and the inner and long arms upon a flanged sleeve L. The sleeve is adapted to slide on the boss of the disc F, and is operated by a rod passing up through the shaft and connected to it by a key.
Patent GB-190206018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ring and Traveller Spindles
Inventor: WALSER GUSTAV ADOLF
Filed: 1902-03-11
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 6018. Walser, G. A. Sept. 13, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Spindle appa- ratus for ring and traveller frames. The yarn is wound on the bare spindle, which is traversed vertically inside the ring. The upper part of the spindle d which receives the yarn is conical, while the lower part is cylindrical and is connected by a pin and groove with a casing c mounted to rotate on a hol- low pin a through which the spindle passes. The spindle and casing thus rotate together, and the latter carries on its upper edge a ring and traveller f, of the ordinary type, on about the same level as the ordinary ring h with its traveller i, the two rings f, h being so close together that the travellers g, i cannot pass one another. The traveller g therefore pushes the traveller i before it, or may be arranged to drag it after it. In a modification, the traveller g may be dispensed with, the ring f being made of india-rubber or other suitable material on which the yarn cannot readily slide.
Patent GB-190210175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces and Fire Places.
Inventor: HARRIS JOHN BROWN
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 10,175. Harris, J. B. May 2. Smoke-consuming stoves ; casings ; combustion chambers ; feeding. - The invention relates to smoke-consuming furnaces, applicable to boilers, stoves, open firegrates, kitchen ranges, and the like. The application to a stove is shown. The primary combustion chamber A is made taper as shown, and contains within its walls a coiled air - supply pipe G, controlled by a valve H, and leading to an annular passage which is connected with vertical tubes K by radial passages J. The tubes K are surmounted by a baffleplate L, and are perforated so as to discharge air into the smoke as it rises into the combustion chamber C. The products of combustion issue thence through a hole C' into a chamber D, and following the course of the arrows, are discharged into a flue. F is a damper used when starting the fire. The fuel is fed through a passage N, closed by a door 0, which forms a receptacle for the fuel, and is shown in its open position in Fig. 3. It is connected by a link P with a door Q which thus closes when the main door opens. Various forms of the apparatus are shown, the feature of which is supplying air under pressure or otherwise for secondary combustion, through a passage in the walls of the furnace or fireplace, the air thus becoming gradually heated.
Patent GB-190211523-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Transmitting Electrical Energy in Installations for Traction Purposes.
Inventor: DERI MAX
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 11,523. DÚri, M. May 20. Electric railways and tramways.-Relates to a method of, and means for, automatically regulating the consumption of energy in a system of electric traction. The current is supplied by a compound - wound generator G, of which one field winding w<1> is in connection with a separate exciter E, while the other w<2> is in series with the mains L leading to the motor M. These two windings are so arranged that normally they act in opposition, so that the voltage of the generator is varied automatically in a contrary sense to the main current. In this way, the necessity for employing starting resistances in the main motor circuit is avoided. The motor field may be separately excited by a battery B, with a reversing-switch S and rheostat C for adjusting the strength of the field as required. In applying the invention to electric railways, independent generators are employed for supplying the separate leads of a number of line sections, on each of which not more than one train is running at the same time.
Patent GB-190223583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Check-punches.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM EDWIN
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 23,583. Heys, W. E., [Schlesinger. L.]. Oct. 28. Receipts, checking and recording.-Inexpensive check punches, which can be utilized as an advertising-medium, have the edges 12, 13 so formed and graduated that the edge 12 can be used both as a rule and a ruler, and the edge 13 as a paperknife. One edge of a plate 4, of which the central part is cut away to form a series of resilient tongues 8 with intervening spaces 11, is secured within the turned - over edge 3 of the back of the aluminium or other frame 2 bv rivets 5. Perforations 9 outlining letters or characters are formed in the tongues 8, and corresponding projections 10 are formed in the frame 2 immediately beneath the tongues, so that the desired letter or character is embossed upon the check by placing it beneath one of the tongues 8, and depressing the tongue.
Patent GB-190227649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Pincenez" Eyeglasses.
Inventor: BRINKHAUS HUGO
Filed: 1902-12-15
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 27,649. Brinkhaus, H. Dec. 15. Eyeglasses.-Pincenez are fitted with a bow or hoop shaped spring b possessing elasticity in a plane perpendicular to that of the glasses. The loops c forming the extremities of the spring project beyond the rear plane of the glasses to form additional support by entering the orbital cavity. The guards d may or may not be connected to the spring, which is, in some cases, fastened to the glasses instead of their periphery.