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Patent GB-190307431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Operated Railway Points.
Inventor: MACEY ERNEST HERBERT
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 7431. Macey, E. H. March 31. Points and switches.-Relates to an arrangement of railway points operated from, and by, the car. The point tongue a is connected by a rod 9 to a three-armed lever 7, 7<a>, 7<b>, the arms 7, 7<b> of which are connected by rods 6, 10 to arms 5, 15 on rock - shafts 3, 14 mounted in boxes sunk in the track. The rock-shaft 3 carries a lever 2, which is depressed by the wheels of the car, thus moving the point tongue into position for the main line M, while the rock-shaft 14 carries a lever 11, which is depressed, by means of a roller 23 carried on the car, to move the point into the opposite position, for the branch line B. A spring may be arranged in connection with the three-armed lever to hold the point in either position.
Patent GB-190312061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Suspending Maps, Charts, Sheets of Letterpress and the like.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD WRIGHT
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 12,061. Schofield, W., and Sims, C. May 27. Hooks.-The maps or other sheets b are fixed in any suitable manner to a top bar or binding- strip a, fitted with small folding hooks c, pivoted on plates d. The hooks, which are formed out of bent wire or nails, hook on the top of a blackboard or other support, and do not prevent any of the maps not in use from being folded over the top and behind the board. The hooks c fold on to the strip a when it is desired to roll up the maps, and with the bases d may also be countersunk into the strip a. They may also be pivoted directly in bearings in the strip a, or be pivotally connected to pins passing through the bar, and lie flat on the top of the bar a when not in use.
Patent GB-190314022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Changing of Photographic Films in Plates.
Inventor: BYNOE FREDERICK OATLEY
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 14,022. Bynoe, F. O., and Beck, C. June 23. Change-boxes.-The film or plate changing device described in Specification No. 15,277, A.D. 1902, is modified as regards the manner in which the films are held in position and also as regards the interleaves connecting the sheaths. Fig. 1 shows the series of sheaths in perspective, with the interleaves b connecting the top and bottom of adjacent sheaths and connected about half-way up the edges, as shown by the dotted lines. The last of the sheaths is made light-tight, and a light-tight front cover a<1> is provided, so that the pa.ck may be handled in daylight. The changing-bag shown in Fig. 2 has a light-tight opening c<3>, an opening c<1> for exposure, a slot c<6> for handling the tags a<2>, and a tag c<7> by which it may be removed from the frame, shown in Fig. 4. The edges of the bag itself may be stiffened for direct insertion in the camera. The upper part of the bag may be turned down and secured to the lower half, by means of the tag c<5>. The frame is provided with a hinged door d<12>. for the insertion of the bag, and a flap d<4>, which is buttoned on to the pivoted cross-bar d<6>, for holding the bag. The tag a<2> of the sheaths are bent over and secured in order on the stud d<10> of the cross-bar, and are manipulated through the slot d<4> in the hinged back d<2>. The tags may also be secured in a spring clip, shown in Fig. 6, and attached either to the cross-bar or the bag itself. In a modified form of the frame, the flap is dispensed with, and the cross-bar is pivoted to the bottom of the frame.
Patent GB-190315059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Winding Apparatus.
Filed: 1903-07-07
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 15,059. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. July 7. Hauling and winding engines.-Consists of means for obtaining any desired constant speed under varying load in electric hauling and winding apparatus. For this purpose, an auxiliary load is automatically varied by a device so connected with the controlling lever or handle that a definite speed of the motor corresponds to each position of the handle. The auxiliary load may take the form of a brake controlled by an electromagnetic relay or by a centrifugal governor, and two arrangements of this kind are described in connection with a three-phase motor. In the former case, Fig. 1, the electromagnet c is energized by a current induced by the current of the motor a, and, in the latter, the centrifugal governor is driven through a variablespeed gear controlled by the controller handle, or controls an auxiliary load motor, through movable contacts, the position of which is dependent on the position of the controller handle.
Patent GB-190317317-A (GB)
Title: Grain Cleaning and Scouring Machine.
Inventor: JOHNSON ADOLPH
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,317. Johnson, A. Aug. 10. Drawings to Specification. Separating grain.-In a special apparatus for scouring grain, exhaust pipes are employed for removing the light impurities.
Patent GB-190317423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Diving Suits
Filed: 1903-08-11
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 17,423. Lake, H. H., [Petrie Deep Sea Diving Co.]. Aug. 11. Diving.-A metal diving-suit capable of resisting, great pressures is fitted with ball bearings at the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee joints, as shown in- Fig. 1. The body portion of the suit comprises a vertical cylinder 10 having a transverse cylinder 14, and a half cylinder 15 flanged and secured to the corresponding flanged portion 11<a> of the head section 11. The cylinders 17, 27 have their outer ends closed by screw caps 19, 29, respectively, while the cylinders 14, 45 are closed at both ends in a similar manner. The cylinders 27 have projecting tubes 25, which screw into tubular sockets 24 carried by the cylinders 18, and contain cylinders 28 fitted with tubes 33 for the forearms. These tubes have stuffing-boxes, through which pass rods 35 having hooks 36 at their outer ends and handles 37 at their inner ends. The foot portion 54 is flanged obliquely and bolted to a corresponding flange on the leg portion 51 screwed into a socket in the cylinder 46 having the thigh portion, which screws into the socket 43 of the crutch. The shoulders are fastened to the main body by rings 26. Fig. 5 shows a portion of one of the bearings of the various joints on an enlarged scale, in which the wearing strips 18<a>, 20<a> are cut away to provide a clearance for the balls. A construction particularly applicable to the hip joints is shown in Fig. 7. The balls, after passing through the race 55, return without wear through the enlarged race 56. Fig. 8 shows a form in which the outer shell moves over the inner. A cap 63, carried by the adjustable arm 64 and having a thimble 66, surrounds the rollers 65 fitted round the boss 62 attached to the end-plate 59.
Patent GB-190318526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: LANGFORD JEREMIAH EUCHLET
Filed: 1903-08-27
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 18,526. Langford, J. E. Aug. 27. Steam -generator furnaces; smokeconsuming; combust i o n chambers.- Relates more particularly to furnaces for stationary boilers. Immediately behind the firebridge 12 is situated a depending arch 13, end behind this again is a vertical wall 26 forming a baffle, the face of which inclines inwards towards the centre. The space between the bridge 12 and arch 13 forms a combustion chamber 15, which is fitted with two upright partitions 14 forming side passages 17. Air from the ashpit passes through openings 22 at the sides of the bridge into the passages 17, and thence into the combustion chamber through the lateral openings 2.5 formed by the tiles 24. A further quantity of air is admitted at a higher level through an opening 21 at the top of a central passage 19 in the bridge. Lateral passages connect the inlet 18 of the passage 19 with the openings 22.
Patent GB-190321304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Electrical Machines by Means of Steam Turbines.
Filed: 1903-10-03
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 21,304. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 3. Steam turbines.-In the form shown, the guidenozzles or channels d revolve in a contrary direction to the turbine-wheel s, and the mechanical coupling of their corresponding shafts is dispensed with by making use of the synchronizing action of electrical machines arranged in parallel. The shaft carrying the steam jet disc is hollow, and supplies steam to the nozzles. Both shafts carry armatures a revolving in their field-magnet systems m, both generators being connected in parallel to one and the same network. By varying the relative sizes of the electric machines, and by regulating their field-magnet systems, the relative velocities of the two working parts and the distribution of the total work developed may be altered in any desired proportion. The arrangement is not limited to any particular turbine ; e.g., the steam jet apparatus may be stationary, and two similar turbines be arranged side by side on different shafts, and their vanes so shaped that, when acted on by the same steam, they are driven in opposite directions.
Patent GB-190322204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blind-rollers
Inventor: ROWTHORN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,204. Rowthorn, W. H. Oct. 15. Window blinds.-A blind roller A, Fig. 1, is made of one solid piece of wood, and has a longitudinal slit or opening B communicating with an enlarged bore or passage C of the form shown in Fig. 2. To one end of the roller is screwed a plate D, having a slot E, and to the other a plate I, by which the pulley F is secured to the roller. The upper edge of the blind has a hem in which a rod is placed, the rod being inserted into the slot in the roller so that the blind hangs down through the opening B. The Provisional Specification states that the roller may be formed in two parts, the slit B and bore C being made by cutting away portions of one or both parts.
Patent GB-190326758-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Cushion for Lessening the Shocks on the Draw-bars of Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: EDMUNDS JOHN PARRY
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 26,758. Edmunds, J. P. Dec. 7. Buffers; draw-gear.-To lessen the shock on the draw-bars of railway vehicles, buffers composed of india-rubber rings c, Fig. 1, are held between cups a, b mounted on the draw-bars. The deep cup is wider internally than the outside of the shallow cup, as shown, and the rubber is protected by the side of the cup from too great expansion as well as from exposure to the hot sun, light, grease, or other deteriorating influences. Several of these devices may be threaded on the draw-bar, or several rubber rings, separated by shallow cups, may be fitted within one deep cup. These springs may be used in buffers and in the hangers of bearing springs.
Patent GB-190400308-A (GB)
Title: Window Sash Fastener
Inventor: HUGHES ROBERT CLINTON
Filed: 1904-01-05
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 308. Hughes, R. C. Jan. 5. Sash fastenings; catches, spring.-A sash fastener for securing a window in the closed, or in a partly open, position, consists of a bolt enclosed in a casing i secured to the lower sash b, and engaging a recess e in the stile of the upper sash a when the window is closed, or engaging perforations in a brass bar attached to the stile, when the window is partly open. The bolt is acted upon by a spring h, and is provided with a knob k to facilitate its operation. The inner end has a ball c, a steel ferrule f is loosely mounted upon the part d to prevent the bolt from being cut through by means of a saw or file, and a shoulder g guides the bolt in the casing i. A projection l engages a notch m when the catch is shot, and a notch n when the catch is withdrawn, the notches being formed in a bracket o, on the flange i<1> of the casing i. A hole in an arm s registers with a hole in the bracket o, and the bow of a padlock is passed through them, to act as a further security to the fastening. A shoulder r limits the travel of the catch.
Patent GB-190406539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spark Arresters and Extinguishers.
Inventor: ZINK AUGUSTINE PASCHAL
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 6539. Zink, A. P. May 5, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Spark arresters and extinguishers. - T h e arrester is specially applicable to a locomotive chimney 6, Fig. 3, of the form shown. A hood 7, with a central escape pipe 9, and a central cup-shaped spark receiver 10 are connected to the chimney as shown. The sparks pass down the conical extension 7<a> of the hood, the tubular part 10<a> of the spark receiver 10, and a spout 14 to a channel b at the bottom of a funnel-shaped trough 13. The sparks then pass through a tube 15 to a pivoted spark-extinguishing chamber 16, Fig. 7, held horizontal by a spring catch 18 engaging a weighted rod d'. The supply of water or steam to the chamber 16 is controlled by a float-operated valve e' the motion of which is limited by braces d<4>. The smoke outlet 9, Fig. 3, may be cylindrical, and the trough 13 may be integral with, or connected to, the hood. The spark-extinguisher may consist of an enlargement of the pipe 15 containing a pan arranged beneath the inlet of a steam and water pipe.
Patent GB-190407295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Coupling or Uncoupling Cars or Locomotives.
Inventor: HONE AUGUSTUS CRANE
Filed: 1904-03-26
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 7295. Hone, A. C. April 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Couplings, non-automatic.-For coupling and uncoupling cars and locomotives, the pin or key of the coupler is pneumatically operated by the engineer, passengers, or other persons, or it may be operated by hand. As shown in Fig. 1, applied to the front of an engine and to the tender, levers 5,18, pivoted to the cross-bar of handles 11, are connected by chains to the keys 9, 19 of the couplers, while the levers are pivoted at 4 to the bifurcated ends of the piston-rods of cylinders 1, 16, so that, on operating valves 12<a>, 20<a>, air from a compressed-air tank may be admitted to the cylinders, the outer end of the levers raised, and the keys withdrawn. In applying the arrangement to cars and wagons, the cylinder may be mounted upon an end bracket, and the lever pivoted upon the end of the vehicle, the handle cross-bar being placed below the bracket and provided with an arm extending to an intermediate point of the chain. The valves admitting pressure may be placed at the top of the cars, or within reach of a person on the platform, or within the vehicle. To keep the pressure pipes clear of liquids, a drain cock 30, Fig. 7, is normally held open by a spring 36, when the liquid escapes by openings 38, 39. A key 41 limits the inward motion of the valve 34.
Patent GB-190413643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Signals in Telephonic Exchange.
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER HERMANN
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 13,643. Oppenheimer, H., [Akt.-Ges. Mix & Genest.]. June 16. Telephone systems; telephone calls.-In a ring-through exchange system. each subscriber has two calling keys, one of which actuates his annunciator or claring-out relay at the exchange, while the other is used to ring up the second subscriber without affecting the exchange. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the apparatus at the exchange comprises a sensitive relay l, m, wound differentially, and an annunciator or non- sensitive relay n, o, in which the currents in the two windings support each other. The subscriber actuates his annunciator d by pressing a key s, thus earthing the line-wire a through the resistance W. The operator effects the desired connection by means of the plugs g, h, and the subscriber A calls up the second subscriber by again pressing the key s, thus completing a circuit from ground q, through resistance W, line a, plug g, resistance i, windings l, o, and battery by to earth. This actuates the relay l, m and bridges the generator R across the lines of the called subscriber, but is not strong enough to actuate the clearing-out relay n, o. When the conversation is finished, the subscriber presses a key t, thus earthing both lines, so that current flows from the battery by through both windings of the relays n, o, and l, m, and the line-wires a, b to earth. This current has no effect on the relay l, m, but energizes the clearing-out relay n, o. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the resistance W is dispensed with, the relay n, o is wound differentially, and an additional winding L to the relay l, m and a resistance Q are connected as shown. The resistances l, m, L, Q are so adjusted that an equal current flows through all four when the subscriber's lines are earthed. To ring through, subscriber A presses the key t, earthing both line-wires. The relay n, o is unacted on, but the relay l, m is actuated by the third winding L so that the generator R is bridged across the called subscriber's lines. To ring off, the key s is pressed, and current passes through one winding o of the clearing-out relay so that this is actuated.
Patent GB-190424968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cards or the like for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: BAKER RICHARD COLLINS
Filed: 1904-11-17
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 24,968. Baker, R. C. Nov. 17. Letter-cards; postcards.-A letter-card consists of a central card a, with side extensions or flaps b, b<1> and with end extensions c, c<1> which have extensions e,f, e<1>, f <1>. The space a is intended for written matter, the flaps or extensions being utilized for advertisements or pictures, and, if desired, being suitable for use as postcards (mainly picture postcards) when detached from the central card a. To fold the card, the flaps e, f are folded over the flap c, and the flaps e', f<1> over the flap c<1> at the creases or perforations d. The flaps c, c' are then folded over the card a, the flaps b, b<1> being afterwards folded over to enclose the whole. The letter-card may be fastened by the tongue- and-slot arrangement shown, or by gum or other fastening, or by a postage stamp. The perforations or creases d at the sides of the card a are slightly set out, as shown, to allow the extra thickness to be covered.
Patent GB-190427441-A (GB)
Title: Water Level Regulator for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: HANNEMANN EMIL
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 27,441. Hannemann, E. Dec. 16. Lift valves.-The regulating-valve of an apparatus for controlling the feedwater supply of a boiler is prevented from sticking by being placed between elastic guides 9, Fig. 4, which, in the modification shown in Fig. 5, act only on the lower end of the valve.
Patent GB-190502141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Machines
Inventor: SHAW PHILIP EGERTON
Filed: 1905-02-03
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 2141. Shaw, P. E. Feb. 3. Calliper and like gauges.-A micrometer for measuring the dimensions of a body, especially of an engineering gauge, and for testing the truth of plane surfaces, is shown in side elevation in Fig. 1. The test-piece G is mounted on a special support and makes electric contact with the ends c, d of two screws, each of which is advanced by the rotation of a nut N carried by a headstock R. This headstock, shown in section in Fig. 3, can be clamped at any desired position on a metal bed, a jockey screw J being provided for fine adjustment. The micrometer nut N, Fig. 3, is kept from axial movement by pressure of a strong spring F, this forcing its closed end against a stud m. The screw s<2> is kept from rotating by a yoke q held by an adjustable screw, this yoke also moving over a scale. The screw-point carries a small sphere, preferably of iridio-platinum, and the screw and nut are pressed in contact by weights t<1>, t<2>, hanging over pulleys r<1>, r<2>. The nut is fastened to a graduated wheel Q, which has a vernier near it and is turned by a belt from a small hand-wheel Z at one side. The headstock also carries a microscope (not shown), for observation of a standard carried by the bed, and is insulated from the bed by a mica plate. The support for the test-piece allows the latter to be turned about a horizontal axis by a screw h and about a vertical axis by a screw a, and to be raised and lowered by a rack and pinion. The support can also slide in a grooved plate D, itself slidably mounted on the bed-plate. In setting the test-piece in line with the ends c, d of the measuring-screws, one of these is covered with a cap having a point placed eccentrically. When the test-piece is a non-conductor, small caps are placed on the ends c, d of the screws, these caps having each a small sphere connected to it by a spring. A wire is fastened to this sphere, and contact is made when the sphere and its cap are pressed together by the test-piece. A telephone is preferably used to signal when contact is made. Caps with plane or cylindrical faces may be used for spheres and cylinders. The bed, headstocks, and support for the test-piece rest on suitably-placed studs. The apparatus may be used to measure the change in length of a rod due to thermal or other physical change. The pitch of the screw may be obtained by comparison with the standard on the bed, and the screw may be calibrated optically, e.g. by the displacement of Newton's rings. The Provisional Specification also states that the measuring-screws may move in fixed nnts, or that the screw may rotate only, and cause nuts bearing measuring-points to slide along guides. It also states that the headstocks may be rotatable, that the measuring-screws may be actuated by hand or by worm gear, and that the bed may be vertical and be suspended or supported by rubber or other springs.
Patent GB-190504269-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Watch Brooch.
Inventor: MURRLE ERNEST
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 4269. Murrle, E. March 1. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-Brooches designed to support watches are formed with spring hooks b, carried round to the back of the body a of the brooch and adapted to receive and hold securely the bow d of a watch c.
Patent GB-190504851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gloves and the like.
Inventor: MAHLER IGNAZ
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 4851. Mahler, I. March 8. Gloves &c. are made with an inside pocket a, the closing-flap c being cut in one piece with the pressure lining b and opening inside.
Patent GB-190505139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boat Propellers.
Inventor: ATWOOD GEORGE FRENCH
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1906-03-10
Abstract: 5139. Atwood, G. F. March 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches. - For controlling the motor used to drive a boat propeller, the tiller is provided with two disks N, Q fitted with contacts as shown. These are placed face to face on the tiller and are capable of relative movement about the axis of the tiller. One position of this switch enables the motor H to be driven by the whole of the accumulators I, and another position by only half of the accumulators, while in a third position the motor is reversed.
Patent GB-190508965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traps for the Waste Pipes of Sinks, Baths and the like.
Inventor: TOMKINS ALFRED
Filed: 1905-04-28
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 8965. Tomkins, A April 23. Traps for the waste pipes of sinks, baths, &c. 'The pipe is connected to the body of the trap B by a joint A inclined at about forty-five degrees to the horizontal so that by turning the pipe it may be made to tike up various positions and : inclinations.