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Patent GB-190227488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sad-Irons
Inventor: BEACH ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1902-12-12
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 27,488. Beach, A. T. Dec. 12. Ironing.-Relates to gas-heated sad-irons. The gas pipe F communicates with a channel f formed in the toe of the iron and terminating in a gauzecovered orifice c. The heat-concentrating plate G, formed with a baffle G<1> and strengthening-ribs r, r<1>, rests upon the lugs f<1>, h, and is secured in position by the screw b and jam-nut b<1>. The door B, pivoted at the bottom, falls outwards when the latch C is turned.
Patent GB-190300052-A (GB)
Title: Improved Contact Arrangement for Ships Compasses for Electrically Transferring the Position of the Needle
Inventor: FREESE BERNHARD
Filed: 1903-01-01
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 52. Freese, B. Jan. 1. Compasses, magnetic.-The compass card n has mounted on its underside a pivoted lever h, one end of which carries an arc-shaped contact p for closing an electrical indicating-circuit through a number of mercury cups k arranged in a circle. Irregularities due to vertical oscillations are thus avoided. The width of the contact p is made equal to 1¢ times the distance between the cups to double the number of positions which can be transferred and also to avoid sparking.
Patent GB-190300246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Twine Holders.
Inventor: TOTTY EDWARD
Filed: 1903-01-05
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 246. Totty, E., and Fleming, W. R. Jan. 5. String holders.-A twine holder A has an upright pair of guides C on which a cross-piece D can slide from end to end. The twine passes through a slot at the top of the holder and through a ring H, It then passes over a pulley F at one side of the top of the guide C, down under a pulley E on the cross-piece D, and over a second pulley F<1> on the guide. When the end of the twine is pulled, the part D rises to the top of the guides, as, owing to the friction between the twine and the eye H, the ball does not unroll freely. When the twine is released, the crosspiece falls to the bottom of the guide and pulls up the end of the twine. The whole apparatus may be hung from the ceiling by a ring.
Patent GB-190301933-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cock for Filter-presses.
Inventor: JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 1933. James, A. Jan. 27. Hinged valves; actuating valves and cocks.- Relates to a cock for filter-presses. A disc c is carried by a cam-shaped arm e, and closes the outlet b of the cock. The pivot h of the arm e may work in a slot, as shown, to allow for wear, and the back of the arm is curved so as to engage with a pin or roller f or a bridle handle by which it is operated. When the valve is open, the handle is raised and the arm e hangs in the position shown, so that the parts are out of the way of the issuing liquid.
Patent GB-190302295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ginning, Burring and like Fibre Cleaning Machines.
Inventor: YOULTEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1904-04-30
Abstract: 2295. Youlten, W. Jan. 30. Gins; burring-apparatus; cleaners. -The material is fed intermittently from a hopper b down a shoot, of which one side is formed by the side f of the hopper and the other by a sieve i, which carries prongs k at its lower end and is oscillated about its pivots j towards and from the ginning- rollers h. The bolls are drawn from the hopper by prongs a, which project through a grid on the underside of the hopper and are caused to move in the curved path shown in dotted lines. The pronged sieve i is moved towards the ginning-roller against the action of a spring by a bent lever 3, 6, of which the arm 6 rests on the rising and falling lever 5 of the clearing- comb 13. The action of the vibrating sieve may be assisted by jets of air forced through a perforated pipe o ; or the effect of the vibrating sieve may be produced by the jets of air alone. The clearing-comb is provided with curved and rounded teeth, and is carried by the arms 5, 11, of which the arm 11 may be adjusted on the oscillating shaft 58 operated by the cam 56 and a spring. The knifebar is provided with an edge of hard metal, and is oscillated against the action of a spring by a face-cam on the shaft 2 of the ginning-roller. The ginning- roller is made by covering a cylinder or tube with cards formed by inserting steel wires or bristles into a suitable foundation, and filling up the spaces between the teeth with a composition composed of glue, whiting, saccharin, and linseed oil. The fibre is removed from the ginning- roller by a card-covered roller 18, which is doffed by an oscillating combi 37. A rotating roller carrying series of brushes may be substituted for the doffing-roller 18. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show the forms of teeth which may be used in place of the saw-toothed discs of the usual saw gin. They resemble the teeth of an ordinary hair comb, and may be straight, bent, or curved as shown.
Patent GB-190302301-A (GB)
Title: A Pneumatic Percussive Tool.
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 2301. Clark, I. C., Davies, A. J., and Russell, W. L., (executors of Clark, A. M.). [Collet & Engelhard]. Jan. 30. Percussive hand tools.-In a pneumatic percussive tool or hammer, the compressed air acts continuously on the annular face of the differential piston d, is admitted to the back of the piston when the same uncovers the forward end of the passage or groove g in the cylinder wall, and exhausts through the hole m, uncovered by the piston near the end of its out-stroke. A hole n permits of free access of air to the space p in front of the piston d.
Patent GB-190303562-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Working, Forging and Shaping Presses.
Filed: 1903-02-14
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 3562. Abel, C. D., [Haniel & Lueg]. Feb. 14. Forging; anvils. -Articles of disc and cylindrical form, such as axles &c., are produced from ingots by a forging-press with a series of dies. Hydraulic cylinders c bring any desired tool, such as d or e, against the upper platen. The tool is changed by lowering by means of the cylinders c and then raising by means of one set of cylinders f ; the other set of cylinders f supply the fresh tool, the tools being connected to the plungers by jointed rods; chains, or the like. More than two tools may be used, and the raising and lowering may be done electrically or by hand. The cylinders c, f are connected to the water supply by jointed or flexible pipes. The anvil g is movable laterally by a hydraulic cylinder or by other gear, and carries sets of dies i, i<1>, i<2> corresponding to the tools on the upper platen. These dies are capable of rotation, imparted when required by toothed rings k, k<1>, k<2> through locking- pins l. The end ring k is driven by any gear, such as a chain-wheel. The motion is preferably intermittent, and may be imparted by ratchet gearing operated from the crosshead a.
Patent GB-190304833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Generators.
Inventor: MORSE IRVING JAY
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 4833. Morse, I. J., and Shave, G. J. March 2. Safety-valves. - The feedwater for a coiledtube instantaneous steam generator is pumped into a " pressure cylinder " E, which is connected through a relief valve K to the water reservoir. A plunger K<1> is held against its seating on a cylinder K<2> by a spring coil K<4> fixed around the rod K<3>, which is connected to the plunger K<1>. The valve spindle K<6> screws into the rod K<3>, so that the length of travel required to open the valve K may be varied.
Patent GB-190309775-A (GB)
Title: Case for Packing Eggs.
Inventor: HUTCHESON WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 9775. Hutcheson, W. April 30. Frames for packing eggs are formed with perforations in vertical lines through which string or cord is passed, cardboard partitions being threaded on the string to divide the eggs as shown. The trays are suitably packed in a box.
Patent GB-190311925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Joints for Railway Rails
Inventor: MCCOOL PETER FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 11,925. McCool, P. F. May 25. R a i l joints. - The joint is formed of two parts or plates b, c, which abut against the rail head and embrace the web and flange, as shown. The part b is formed with a tapered key d having shoulders g, h and inclined faces, and the part c with a correspondingly-shaped keyway i for receiving the key d. The two parts b, c are firmly clamped on to the ends of the rails by driving home the key portion b, d into the keyway portion c, i. The key and keyway may be modified, the key being formed with only one shoulder.
Patent GB-190314601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Mechanism specially applicable for Electricity and other Meters.
Inventor: DUBOIS EDWARD
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 14,601. Du Bois, E. June 30. Actuating-mechanism ; coin action.-According to the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the coin, dropped down a shoot 1, momentarily overbalances a lever 2, which, by means of a hook 5, brings down a second lever 7, and, by means of an arm 13, advances a pair of star-wheels 15, 21, so that an arm 17 on their shaft leaves a detent 11 free to hold the second lever by engaging a lug 12. The second lever constitutes a starting and stopping lever for a meter or motor, which runs till a cam 23 allows a lever 18<a> to reverse the star-wheel, so making the arm 17 detach the detent 11, whereupon the starting-lever rises again. The starwheel 15, on which the coin-lever 2 acts, has one tooth suppressed in order to limit the advance by a number of coins to one revolution. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the coin disengages a detent 30 from a cam 33, which is turned by a handle in order to operate the first lever 2. In both arrangements, the detent 11 may be disengaged by an electromagnet, the circuit of which is completed by the arm 17. Coin-discharging mechanism.-Either the lever 2, Fig. 1, sinks till the coin rolls off, or the detent 30, Fig. 4, being under the control of the cam 33, tips the coin under a bridge 37. Electricity, supplying; gas meters; liquid meters. -For the supply of electricity, the starting-lever 7 either dips into two mercury wells 9, Fig. 1, or bridges two terminals 41, Fig. 4, and, for the supply of fluids, it opens a valve. Fraud, preventing.-In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the circuit must be also closed by a switch 42, 43, which ensures the cam being turned back to its initial position.
Patent GB-190315767-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Actuating Cycle and other Brakes and Retaining same in Action, applicable also for Operating Valves, Switches, or the like.
Inventor: VARTY RICHARD
Filed: 1903-07-16
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 15,767. Varty, R. July 16. Brakes. -Relates to means for actuating and retaining in action bicycle and other brakes. The mechanism comprises one or more eccentrics operated by a projecting arm. As applied to a dropped handle-bar of a bicycle, the arrangement may be concealed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. An eccentric strap 9 encircles a disc 8 embraced by the cheeks 6, 7 of the operating-lever 5, so that, by swinging over the lever, the eccentric being turned on its pivots 1, the brake is applied. A block 26 forms a guide for the brake rod 23. The mechanism may be mounted on the outside of the frame, in which case, the eccentric comprises a cheek on the lever, a disc, and a cover bar or plate 13, Fig. 5, the eccentric being screwed to a boss on a clip 16, or mounted on a boss projecting from the lug which connects the stem and the handle-bar. To operate the brake from the end of the handle-bar, the eccentric mounted on a clip is connected by a rod and a bell-crank lever or eccentric to the brake rod. For actuating a rear brake, the eccentric may be mounted on the top tube of the machine ; or, as shown in Fig. 12, the front and rear brakes may be operated simultaneously by connecting the latter by a universal joint 49 to a bell-crank lever 46, which is pivoted to a pin screwed into a plug 48 in the fork crown and to the yoke 45 of the front brake ; or, for operating both brakes together, two eccentrics turning on a pin 51, Fig. 14, and mounted on the frame are worked by a bifurcated lever 52, the cables 36 being connected with the brakes. With the latter arrangement also, each eccentric may be connected with one of the rear-brake blocks, or one eccentric may work a rim brake and the other a hub brake, or two rim brakes may be thus operated. If desired, the brake may be worked directly from the handle grips, in which case the rod 23 would assume a slanting position, while, to enable the rear brake to be applied shortly after the application of the front brake, a coil spring may be inserted in the mechanism. If the braking pressure tends turn the eccentric back and so throw it out of action, additional eccentrics may be used. The Provisional Specification states that a spring may be provided to release the brake.
Patent GB-190317642-A (GB)
Title: Improved Umbrella of like Tip Retainer.
Inventor: KAHLENBERG PAUL
Filed: 1903-08-14
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 17,642. Kahlenberg, P. Aug. 14. Holding closed.-An elastic tip cup is formed of rubber or the like, and has a collar which may have a projecting ring 3 adapted to engage a groove 4 in the stick, as shown in Fig. 1. The elastic cup terminates in a rim 6 and, when pulled down, engages the tips 7 and the ribs, as shown in Fig. 2. The collar 1 may be fixed to the stick by pins, an outer ring, or by glue.
Patent GB-190320510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Lapping or Wrapping Up Plaited Piece Goods.
Inventor: TOD JAMES NIEBUHR
Filed: 1903-09-24
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 20,510. Tod, J. N. Sept. 24. Folding. - Relates to the lapping of plaited piece goods, that is to say, the wrapping of the end of the piece round the plaits in order to bind them together. The material, after plaiting is completed, is laid on one or more steel blades L the extremities of which rest on castings K, K<1>, sliding loosely on the rods H, H', and screwed on to the screws G actuated from the shaft C by bevel gearing. A certain number of plaits are drawn on one side, and the piece is covered with one or more steel blades. By turning the wheels 0, O<1>, the castings M, M', tapped on the screws N, are raised or lowered to a convenient height. A belt, actuating the fixed pulley E, causes the castings K, K<1> to rise until the upper steel plates come into contact with the castings M, M' when the plaited piece becomes compressed. The loose piece of cloth is then wrapped round the piece and the blades, and the castings K, K<1> lowered, the blades being afterwards drawn out sideways. For the purpose of raising and lowering the castings K, K<1>, open and crossed belts are used.
Patent GB-190322736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cornets.
Inventor: CONN CHARLES GERARD
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 22,736. Conn, C. G. Oct. 21. Cornets.-In the special type of cornet shown in Fig. 5, the passages in the valves are constructed without sharp turns or crooks, so that the air column is continuous whether the valves are up or down. The valves are shown in section in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, in which the passages through the valves are shown in dotted lines. The valves are shown in sectional plan in Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190325036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Paper Cutting Machines.
Inventor: GRAY NIEL
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 25,036. Gray, N. Nov. 17. Cutting-machines for paper.-The stamp C, Fig. 1, works in vertical guides D on the machine frame, and is brought down gently, at a gradually increasing and then a gradually decreasing speed, to hold the pile of paper placed on the table B, by means of an eccentric H on the main shaft G, from which the knife stock m is operated as usual. The eccentric H oscillates a bell-crank lever R, Q, freely mounted on a shaft P, by means of a friction device consisting of a split ring of fibrous material placed on the extended boss of the bell-crank lever and embraced by a metal ring which is oscillated by the eccentric-rod. The arm Q acts on a projection c to turn a toothed quadrant S gearing with a pinion T fixed on a shaft carrying another pinion, and these pinions engage racks F dependent from the ends of the clamp C. The friction device acts positively to lower the clamp on to the work and then slips round the boss of the bell crank, and an adjustable stop V is arranged to return the parts to their initial relative position on the return stroke of the eccentric. The clamp may be raised by any suitable means, e.g., by springs I<1>, Fig. 1<a> arranged in slotted pockets B' formed in the side frames. The springs act on projections F<1> on the clamp C, and are adjusted by screwed rods secured by nuts and fitted with hand-wheels. The rack-bars D<1> work in the slots C<1> of the pockets. Vertical rods i, also shown in Fig. 9, are carried by bell-crank levers which may be moved to carry the rods over the clamp and thus limit its upward movement when low piles of paper are to be cut. The bellcrank levers are pivoted to the top d of the frame and are linked together, and an operating handle f is fixed on one of the pivots. The rods i may terminate in screwed sockets, by means of which their length may be regulated.
Patent GB-190327994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Dry Covered Seats
Inventor: NELHAMS FREDERICK ESMER
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 27,994. Nelhams, F. E., and Lloyd, G. A. Dec. 21. Seats.-Relates to outdoor seats which are automatically covered when not in use. The end bars a, Fig. 2, of the back b, which are pivoted below the seat c to cross-bars d, are normally kept in a vertical position by means of a weight h. This weight is attached to one end of a rod g which is pivoted at its centre f to a cross-bar d<1>, and carries at its other end a pin i to engage with, and run in, a slot j in one of the bars a. To the pin are pivoted the lower ends of two rods k, the upper ends of which are pivoted to two crossed plates l. The plates are pivoted, at m, to the bar a and are attached to two flaps n each of which covers half the width of the seat. On pushing the back towards either edge of the seat, the pin slides in the slot, and the rods k pull down the crossed plates and thereby raise the flaps to lie against the back. A groove o is provided near the front edge of each flap to cause water to run off, and, to prevent rain from getting in between the inner edges, a curved strip q, Fig. 5, on one flap is covered by the turned-over part s of a strip r on the other flap.
Patent GB-190400228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sand Moulding Machines.
Inventor: BROWN THOMAS REACH
Filed: 1904-01-04
Granted: 1905-01-04
Abstract: 228. Brown, T. R. Jan. 4. Moulding.-In the moulding machine shown in Fig. 1, in which the sand is compressed by repeatedly raising and dropping the flask and pattern, means are provided for rapping or vibrating the pattern to secure a clean draw, and arrangements are also made for raising the flask when such rapping is completed. The patternplate 10 is secured to a cover-plate 9 fitted to a crosshead 7 and given a reciprocating motion by means of a compressed-air or other fluid-pressure cylinder 4, a shock being given at the end of each stroke by the pistonrod striking the jarring-block 3, the flask 20 being held down on the pattern-plate by a revolvable spring-controlled arm 62. The rapping is accomplished by two horizontal fluid-pressure cylinders 32, 33 arranged one above the other at right-angles and attached to the cover-plate. They are designed so that the fluid passes from one into the other and causes in each a vibration of the piston which strikes against stops at each end of the cylinders. The flask 20 is lifted from the pattern after the ramming and rapping is finished by means of racks 26 on guided bars 25 actuated by spurwheels on a horizontal shaft 27, and having projections 55 passing through the coverplate which engage the edge of the flask, the arm 62 being turned out of engagement with the projections on the latter. The operating-lever 38 is fixed on the horizontal shaft and by moving the lever, the flask is raised. It has a trigger 41, Fig. 3, operating the fluid-pressure valve 37 and releasing a pawl 30 from a ratchet-wheel 31 on the horizontal shaft. The lever is held in its normal or horizontal position by a catch 48 held beneath a projection 50 on the machine standard and released by the trigger. Thus, on releasing the tiigger, the rapping motion is started and the flask can then be raised by lowering the lever.
Patent GB-190401894-A (GB)
Title: A Device to Prevent Theft of Letters from Letter Boxes.
Inventor: PATRICKSON JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 1894. P a t - rickson, J. W. Jan. 25. Letter - boxes.- To prevent the fraudulent abstraction of the contents, the letterslit flap a, held closed by a spring d, is connected through arms e, cross-bar f, and links g with a hinged flap h which, when the flap a is opened, closes the bottom of a shoot, formed by side plates i, and a front plate j.
Patent GB-190406640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gramophones or Talking Machines.
Inventor: LOCHMANN WILLIAM PAUL
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 6640. Lochmann, W. P., and Lochmann, F. March 18. Phonographs.-An adjustable rod extends over the record disc and serves to guide the stylus point to the centre of the disc so as to bring into action the device for removing the diaphragm. Above the spindle B, Fig. 1, of the record disc A is another smaller disc C, the edge H of which is bevelled and which carries the arm D. This arm is adjusted so that its end coincides with the final position of the stylus point. The removal device comes into action just as the stylus reaches the edge of the disc C. In Fig. 4, the spring arm D is adjusted by the lever K which is controlled by a pin sliding in the slot L of the disc I. By rotating the disc I or the knob B, the arm D is either removed away from, or caused to bear against, the periphery of the disc C. If the spindle does not extend through the record disc A, the arm D may be carried on a separate piece in the centre of the disc supported if necessary on a layer of indiarubber to ensure sufficient rigidity.
Patent GB-190407099-A (GB)
Title: A Collapsible Tin Box
Inventor: KENNEDY ANDREW
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 7099. Kennedy, A. March 24. Metal boxes with separable parts.- The parts of a tin box for conveying grouse or other goods are so secured together that they may be separated to render the box collapsable. The bottom edges of the two side-plates E, F are bent round to form channels e, f, which engage with the turned-down portions b<2>, b<3> of .the bottom-plate B. The bottom edges of the end-plates engage with the channels b<1> formed in the two ends of the bottom-plate B. The manner in which the side and end plates are secured together is shown in Fig. 3, which' is a plan of a corner of the box with the flanged lid A removed. The side F is prevented from falling outwards by the flange d, and from falling inwards by slightly clinching the end of the flange d<1> over the flange f<1>. Air holes c may be formed in the ends of the box, and stays G, passing through holes g, g<1>, may be used to strengthen the box. These stays may be replaced by small bolts passing through the flanges of the side and end plates. Channels e', f<2> may be formed in the sideplates E, F.