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Patent GB-190302195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Accumulators
Inventor: PETO WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 2195. Peto, W., and Cadett, J. W. T. Jan. 29. Secondary batteries.-The electrolyte is a plastic mixture of lead sulphate and dilute sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-190302399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Golf Balls and Balls for other Purposes.
Inventor: KINGZETT CHARLES THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2399. Kingzett, C. T. Jan. 31. Balls for golf and other games are made with a solid core of gutta-percha, surrounded by a thin layer of india-rubber and encased in gutta-percha. The rubber is prepared as described in Specification No. 22,368, A.D. 1902, and is used alone, or covered with a thin layer of vulcanized indiarubber. The rubber may also be used in the form of strips, sheet, tape, or thread, or of vulcanized or non-vulcanized pieces or tube. Balata may be mixed with the gutta-percha for the core, and the core may be. weighted with metallic beads ; or, inner solid or hollow cores of xylonite or other material may be inserted.
Patent GB-190306583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Couplings or Joints.
Inventor: DORGANS AUGUSTE
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 6583. Dorgans, A. March 21. Couplings, disconnectible.-Comprises a coupling especially for hose pipes, but applicable to pipes generally. The two members of the coupling are exactly the same. Fig. 1 shows an elevation, and Fig. 3 a section looking at the coupling from the opposite side. On the socket A, to which the pipe is attached, a ring B is mounted so that it can turn round while confined by an enlarged collar at the end of the socket A. The ring B has projecting lugs or bayonet catches E and claws B<1> with counterpart notches R. At the middle is an indiarubber or other flexible ring C, which gives inwards when the pipe ends are brought together, but is pressed outwards so as to make a joint, when the pipes are coupled, by the pressure in the pipe. To couple the pipes, the coupling members are brought together, the claws of one entering between those of the other and then by a slight twist the bayonet joint connection is engaged
Patent GB-190308207-A (GB)
Title: Improved Agricultural Hoes
Inventor: WELLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 8207. Weller, W. April 8. Hoes, traction.-In a traction hoe, a balanced frame is bent at right-angles and is provided with an adjustable tool-carrier fitted with shanks T to which blades P are secured. The sides of the angle-iron frame are stayed together, and are straight from the wooden handles E to the bend at A, but meet and are riveted to each other at the point C, after which they are bent outwards and provided with handles D. The tool-carrier consists of two bars of angle-iron riveted to two end bars, which are pivoted on the frame. One of the end bars forms a spring lever L, by means of which the tool-carrier may be rotated so as to adjust the angle of the hoes, the lever being sprung into notches in the curved bar M. Bolts pass between the two bars of the tool-carrier into eyes at the ends of the two shanks T. A horizontal slot is cut in the shank T and a piece cut out of the back of the hoe-plate P, so that, when the hoe-plate is fitted into the slot, the shank is gripped by the sides of the recess, The Provisional Specification states that the hoe is suitable for use by a man and boy.
Patent GB-190312412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Brakes.
Inventor: BATTLE LEANDER R
Filed: 1903-05-30
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 12,412. Battle, L. R. May 30. Brakes.-To enable an attendant to set the emergency air brakes from his position on the top of a freight car, a branch pipe 4, connected with a controlling - valve 7 on the supply pipe 2, extends to the top of the car, where it is provided with an escape valve 5. To determine the scope of movement of the hand-levers 8, 6 of the valves 7, 5 respectively, they are provided with lugs 11 which engage shoulders 12 on the valves, and to bring back the valve 5 to its initial position, a spring may be attached to the valve body and to the handle 6. The air pipe 2 may be connected to the pipe 4 by a union in front of the valve 7.
Patent GB-190312758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Shirts and Underclothing.
Inventor: YARROW WILLIAM GARBUTT
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 12,758. Farrow, W. G. June 6. Shirts; undergarments. -Slits or openings a are formed in shirts and undergarments for men ; the edges of these slits are bound like buttonholes and through them the supporting loops b of the pants B are passed and engaged by the braces C in the ordinary manner. The pants can thus be worn next the skin and at the same time be properly supported.
Patent GB-190314043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treads for Stairs Steps Footways and the like.
Inventor: HEAP CHARLES
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 14,043. Heap, C., and Shore, C. June 24. Treads for floors, stairs, &c.-Instead of making a tread with a continuous surface of lead, as described in Specification No. 19,531, A.D. 1894, the lead is in the form of bars or strips B, rolled or cast between and about parallel rows of projections a of cast-iron or other hard metal backing plates or bars A. Holes b are cast or bored in the plate to receive the lead. Transverse grooves may be made in the lead between the projections a, so as to form a tread with square projections.
Patent GB-190320593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roofing Skylight Windows, Side Lights, and the like.
Inventor: LUTHER WILLIAM HENRI
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 20,593. Luther, W. H. Sept. 25. Windows and roof-lights; glazing windows and rooflights.-A skylight or side-light frame is constructed of strips a, bent to clip the galvanizediron or like sheet b, and formed with a groove for the reception of rope or like packing c. A rectangular channelled cap or frame e is secured over the glass sheets d by nuts f<1> on screws f riveted to an outstanding flange a' of the frame.
Patent GB-190322455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rim Brakes for Cycles.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,455. Griffiths, J. Oct. 17. Brakes.-Rim brakes for cycles are formed so that each block exerts an equal pressure on the wheel. The blocks C are carried by arms projecting from verticallysliding rods E. The upper ends of the rods project into a tubular or channel - sectioned inverted U fixed to the fork, and are normally pressed downwards by a spring therein. A chain or cord L, fixed to the rods, passes over a pulley K which is adjustably suspended on a wire connected to the lever on the handle-bar.
Patent GB-190326696-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Washing Clothes
Inventor: DICKINSON TOM
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 26,696. Dickinson, T. Dec. 7. Washing -machines.-In a washing -machine, which may be fitted in a wash-box, dolly-tub, or other vessel, a fan drives the washing-water through slots C in an enclosing-grid B, upon the outer surface of which a frame I, mounted on the fan shaft, rubs the clothes. The fan, shown in Fig. 3, may consist of blades G mounted on radial shafts F. The grid, which is preferably in the form of an inverted corrugated dish, is provided on the inside with baffle-ribs D, Fig. 3. The grid rests on three feet, one of which is adjustable. The rubbing-frame I, which is fitted with downwardly-projecting pieces J, carries a socket K, which receives a removable handle L so that the fan and frame may be rotated or oscillated together.
Patent GB-190327446-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Mechanical Ear for Suspending Overhead Lines or Wires, especially for Electric Traction Purposes.
Inventor: REA FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 27,446. Rea, F., and Reindorp, E. J. Dec. 15. Conductors.-Relates to an ear or support for suspending overhead conductors which is especially applicable for electric traction purposes. Fig. 3 shows a side view, and Fig. 4 an end view, one half being in mid-section, of one form of support. The support is made up of two plates P', P<2>, the part P<2> being connected at l to an ordinary insulator I. Both plates are grooved so that the conductor, when curved or bent into the form indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 3, can be secured between them by the screws a, b, c. The object of this arrangement is to prevent the collector from meeting with any protuberance when passing under an ear. The device may also be used for holding two separate ends of trolley wires securely together.
Patent GB-190328037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chains, such as are Employed in Stentering Machines and the like
Inventor: WHITLEY ALFRED AUSTIN
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 28,037. Whitley, A. A., Bentley, G., and Nuttall, J. Dec. 21. Driving and like chains.-The chains of stentering and other machines are made to last longer by providing each lug which fits between the lugs a of the adjacent link with a bush c, a pin b being passed through the whole as shown. A pin b<2> fixed upon the pin b prevents the rotation of the latter. The bushes c can be renewed when worn.
Patent GB-190400140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Hub Spindles of cycles and Motor Cycles.
Inventor: LEE EDWARD
Filed: 1904-01-04
Granted: 1905-01-04
Abstract: 140. Lee, E. Jan. 4. Axles.-The hub spindles of cycles and motor cycles are provided with a detachable end b which is secured by a nut or step c. Tyres may thus be removed without dismounting the wheels.
Patent GB-190400552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Microphones for Telephonic Apparatus.
Inventor: BASSOMPIERRE LOUIS THEOPHILE
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 552. Bassompierre, L. T., and Dardeau, L. J. M. Jan. 15, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telephones.-The diaphragm, carbon electrode, and the granular carbon or metal of a microphone are all coated with lampblack, preferably that obtained from petroleum. The cup a is mounted on a spring b, to ensure contact between the diaphragm e and granular material d. The effect of the lampblack is to increase the resistance when inoperative. The cover m is attached to the casing l by a bayonet joint and held by a screw. The diaphragm is held in place by a rib on the cover with interposed washers r, s, and contact is made with it through a spring.
Patent GB-190401674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Transmission Gear for Motor Vehicles
Inventor: KARMELI FELIX
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 1674. Karmeli, F. Jan. 22. Motor road vehicles.-The motor shaft a of a motor road vehicle gives a variable oscillation to a crank g, loose on the wheel shaft h, through a crank b, link c, and lever d rocking upon an adjustable pivot e. The crank g is connected to the shaft h by a ratchet or ball or roller free-wheel so as to rotate it intermittently in one direction only. Two gears may be set at an angle of 180‹ at opposite ends of the shaft so as to rotate the shaft h continuously.
Patent GB-190401936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Thread Controlling Devices for Sewing Machines
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1936. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 26. Buttonhole-sewing machines ; overedgestitching machines ; buttonholes, barring ; needle-bars, vibrating laterally.-Relates to buttonholesewing machines of the type described in Specification No. 20,358, A.D. 1902. The method of varying the amplitude of oscillation of the needle-bar for side stitching and barring, is essentially that described in the prior Specification. The adjustable pawl-releasing plate on the ratchetwheel, instead of acting directly on the pulling- over pawl, acts on the latter by means of a pivoted lever. An additional feature consists in recessing the edge of the ratchet-wheel, so that one shoulder contacts in starting position with an adjustable stop on a pointer, the latter moving over a graduated scale to indicate the number of barring stitches required. In this case also the detent pawl has a projecting finger which is engaged by the ratchet-wheel pawl so that both this and the detent pawl are tripped together. Governing needle thread.-During the formation of the side stitches, the thread is passed over a grooved tension wheel 62, Fig. 12, which is caused to drag by means of a tension spring 64. A felt washer 68 contacts with the tension wheel, and a washer 66 contacts with the spring, a conical ring on the washer 66 preventing lateral movement of the spring. When the barring stitches are being made, the tension wheel is rotated in the direction of the thread feed so as to supply additional thread. To effect this, the hub of the tension wheel is provided with ratchet teeth 67, Fig. 11, and these are embraced, when the wheel is rotated, by two spring-closed toothed jaws 71, which are independently pivoted at 72 to a rocking arm 73. The arm 73 is rocked from the mechanism used to oscillate the needle-bar by means of a link 74, the ends of which have universal joint connections with the adjacent links. The jaws are thrown out of working engagement with the ratchet-wheel by means of a cam block 82 which can be rotated to separate the jaws by means of a lever 88, one end of which raises a pin 86 on a link 85. To the other end of the link is pivoted an arm 89 with a nose 90, which passes through a slot in the capplate of the machine, and is kept down to the latter by a spring 92. The nose is lifted, to operate the cam block, by a chisel surface 101, Fig. 6, on a sliding piece 93. The latter is pulled into operative position by a pin 100 moved by a cam in the needle-vibrating mechanism, and at the completion of the barring stitches is moved transversely against a spring 97 by the pawl-tripping lever in the above mechanism.
Patent GB-190403763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condeser Systems.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3763. Newton, H. E., [Worthington, H. R.]. Feb. 15. Condensers; air pumps.-The air and remaining vapour in a surface condenser are mixed with the condensed steam by an ejector, and are withdrawn from the condenser by the ejector and a centrifugal or turbine pump. The water tubes F of the horizontal condenser A communicate with an inlet chamber G for the circulating water and an outlet chamber H, and are connected at the other end of the condenser by a chamber I. The exhaust steam enters the condenser by a pipe B. The air, vapour, and water are withdrawn at the bottom of the condenser by a centrifugal pump D and an ejector L fitted with two cone frustums K and supplied with water by a pipe M. The discharge pipe C is contracted at the point 11 below the ejector.
Patent GB-190416390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Pressure Brakes.
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,390. Westinghouse Brake Co., [Westinghouse Air Brake Co.]. July 25. Brakes.-A gradual release of pneumatic pressure brakes is secured by means of a supplementary piston or valve moving with the main piston or valve of an ordinary triple valve. The usual brake cylinder and auxiliary and supplementary reservoirs are fitted to the carriage and connected by means of a triple valve to the train-pipe. The main slide valve 27, Fig. 2, moves in connection with a piston 10, and on this valve is placed a supplementary valve 33. Connection is established between the auxiliary reservoir 4 and the train-pipe in full-release position, Fig. 2, by ports and passages 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, chambers 8, 9, and the train-pipe connection 20, and communication between the supplementary-reservoir pipe 6 and the train-pipe is controlled by a port 32 in the slide valve 27. On reducing the pressure in the train-pipe, the piston 10 is moved back until ports 35, 38, 21 register with one another, when connection is made between the brake-cylinder pipe, shown at the end of the passage 21, and the auxiliary-reservoir pipe 15 through the valve chamber 8. When the pressure in the chamber 8 is substantially equal to that in the train-pipe, the spring 13 partly returns the piston and graduating-valve, but does not move the main valve. During this time, the supplementaryreservoir port 26 has been closed, retaining its compressed air. To release the brakes gradually, a slight increase is made in the train-pipe pressure, which moves the piston and graduating- valve until the brake cylinder is opened to exhaust through the small ports 29, 30 and a cavity 37 in the graduating-valve. At the same time, the port 36, Fig. 7, registers with the supplementaryreservoir ports 39, 26, releasing air from this reservoir to the valve chamber. This puff of air moves back the piston and graduating-valve, closing the small exhaust ports 29, 30. If a full release is required, a considerable increase is made in train-pipe pressure, which causes the piston to move both valves to the position shown in Fig. 2. In another form of the invention, a supplementary piston working in a cylinder 121, Fig. 13, is connected to the slide valve 27. When the brakes are applied, the valve cuts off the connection between the supplementary-reservoir pipe 26 and the port 127 leading to the upper part of the chamber 121, the compressed air being enclosed in the supplementary reservoir. On slightly increasing the train-pipe pressure, the piston 10 moves the valve to exhaust the brake cylinder, but, at the same time, the port 127 is opened to the supplementary reservoir, and the chamber 121 below the piston is opened to exhaust. The inrush of air into the chamber 121 moves the piston and valve back, closing the exhaust from the brake cylinder.
Patent GB-190417439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Toys.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNST PAUL
Filed: 1904-08-10
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 17,439. Lehmann, E. P. Aug. 10. Mechanical toys representing human or animal figures have oscillating movements given to the limbs, so that the figures imitate natural movements of animals or perform abnormal movements. Fig. 1 shows the application to a walking toy, the body b of which contains clockwork mechanism for driving a shaft a, Figs. 1 and 5, provided with cranks c, d, which each give motions to thighs i and legs k. The crank c works in a short slot f in a rod e, pivoted at n to the leg k, which is itself pivoted at m to the thigh i. The thighs i are loosely mounted to a traversing pin h, which may pass through a slot g of the rod e. As the shaft a rotates, the thighs i and legs k are bent in the natural way as though walking, and the toy walks along. In a modification, the slot f is increased in length, and this causes the toy to move in an unnatural manner as it progresses.
Patent GB-190421006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Resilient Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: FOLEY JAMES SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,006. Foley, J. S. Sept. 30. Spring wheels.- Resilient wheels for cycles, motor road vehicles, horse-drawn vehicles, tramcars, &c. are constructed with a body part, having a hollow U-shaped rim b and a supplementary rim, the two parts being connected together by transverse helical springs j, Fig. 3, passing through holes h formed in a central web d of the supplementary rim. The ends of the springs are enclosed in cap3 k which enter recesses l in the cheeks of the rim b, so that relative movement both in a radial and circumferential direction may take place against the action of the springs. Side-plates m, screwed to the supplementary rim at t, Fig. 4, are additionally secured by bolts s passing through clearance holes n in the central web and recesses z in the rim b.
Patent GB-190422518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Vehicles, Locomotives and the like.
Inventor: LEWIS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,518. Lewis, W. G. Oct. 19. Propelling. - Consists in driving either of the axles of a motor vehicle from the motor through different ratios of gearing. In the example shown, the motor D drives either axle A, B according to which of the clutches E, F is engaged. The axles may be coupled by rods C. The motor may be set across the frame or its disposition otherwise varied and any suitable form of parallel transmission employed instead of bevel gearing.
Patent GB-190500514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Field Windings for Single Phase Alternating Current Electric Motors.
Inventor: ZANI ARLNALDO PAOLO
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 514. Zani, A. P. Jan. 10. Motors, alternating- current; field magnets. -A continuous ring or drum winding is employedfor the stationary field of a single - phase alternating-current motor having its terminals arranged at such points as to produce a flux the component o f which, in the line of the brushes, compensates for armature reaction. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a commutator motor of the series type with stator a, terminals 1, 2, 3, 4, rotor b, and brushes c, d. The terminals 1, 2 correspond to rotation in one direction, and 3, 4 to rotation in the opposite direction. The angle between the terminal axes and the normal to the line of the brushes is so chosen that the armature reaction = F, sin #, where F represents the impressed flux. The continuous winding may be used in combination with the short-circuited compensating-coil described in Specification No. 135, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190501186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttles for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: ROTH CARL HERRMANN
Filed: 1905-01-21
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 1186. Roth, C. H. Jan. 21. Loom shuttles.-In a shuttle having a device to facilitate threading, means are provided to render the weft less liable to balloon or fly out of the delivery passage or eye. In the shuttle body, in front of the tongue, is a recess a, crossed by a horizontal pin g. The weft is drawn along the recess a, and into a slot c, extending from the recess diagonally towards the end of the shuttle. The weft is then drawn back along a horizontal slot d into the delivery passage b, which extends from the recess a diagonally backwards, and is provided with a spiral or open eye e. The eye may be formed as shown, or in the manner described in Specifications Nos. 6809 and 24,883, A.D. 1897, and its free end extends into a small recess f, which prevents the weft from slipping back into the slot d. The weft passes over the pin g, and partially round an inclined pin h at the junction of the passage b and the slot c. The pins guide the weft and give it the required drag, and the pin h also prevents the thread from jumping out. The part of the shuttle separated from the remainder by the slots c, d is strengthened by an inclined pin driven through it into the bottom of the shuttle.
Patent GB-190502969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-lamps.
Inventor: WINKLER HERMANN
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 2969. Winkler, H. Feb. 13. Incandescent gas lamps; street and like lamps; gas burners, air supply to.-In chimney less incandescent lamps, in which air enters at the top of the globe, a steady air supply is maintained by a flat ring a detachably secured to the lower end of the inner flue c, and by rings b beneath the burner heads d. The flat ring a causes the air to flow downwards along the side of the globe, and the rings b protect the burners from direct upward currents.