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Patent GB-190119961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Production of Tubular Articles from Metal Strip.
Inventor: GARRARD CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-10-07
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 19.961. Garrard, C. G. Oct. 7. Bending; shearing.-A machine for making tubular articles, such as sleeves, rollers, and hollow rivets for cycle chains &c., from metal strips, has a suitably-reciprocated press head a carrying cutting and shaping punches b, d. The strip c is fed by rolls over a fixed shear-blade k, and a finger piece g on a bar f against a stop m. The head then descends, the punch b cutting off the required length and bending it over the finger piece, Fig. 4. During the ascent of the head, the blank is stripped from the punch by a stripper l, and is carried forwards by a movement of the bar f into a die consisting of three plates, the outer plates o, p having sector openings, while the centre plate q has a slot in which the blank will be held by its own elasticity. During the next descent of the head, the blank is bent to a tubular shape round a mandrel j on the bar f by a punch d coacting with the die. The next movement of the bar f carries the tubular blank through a smoothing-die r into a hollow block s from which it is discharged by the next blank, the blank expanding in the block s so that it cannot return with the mandrel. The strip c is fed over a guidepulley mounted on bell-crank levers, which rock if excessive tension due to entanglement is put on the strip, thus releasing a catch and allowing the driving-clutch of the machine to disengage to stop the machine.
Patent GB-190121806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranes
Inventor: GRIFFITHS GRIFFITH
Filed: 1901-10-30
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 21,806. Griffiths, G. Oct. 30. Cranes.-In jib cranes, winding-barrels D, D<1> of different diameters are mounted upon the same shaft and driven by spur gearing from the crank shaft H. The two ends of the lifting-rope, which passes around pulley-blocks suspended from the end of the jib, are attached to these drums so as to wind up in different directions. Differential winding for power is thus obtained.
Patent GB-190123208-A (GB)
Inventor: MARSTON RICHARD
Filed: 1901-11-16
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,208. Marston, R. Nov. 16. Milk, delivering to houses etc.; milk cans.-Relates to means for securing cans or other vessels to doors &c. Fig. 2 shows the means for securing a milk can to a door. A bolt d, mounted to slide in guides c on the hinged lid b of the can, is provided at the end with one or more slots or ratchet teeth f. The bolt is shot through a hole in the door i, and a pivoted latch g on the inside of the door engages one of the teeth f to secure the bolt. In order to prevent the can from being opened, the bolt passes through a loop l secured to a protecting piece m on the side of the can. To hold the can in a vertical position, the piece m takes between lugs n on a plate o secured to the door. When required, the latch g may be operated from the outside of the door by means of a tool or key with a bevelled end, which is inserted through a hole in the door. Flaps may be provided to cover the holes in the door. According to the Provisional Specification, the latch may be provided with locking-mechanism, and the bolt may be separate from the can, or may be adapted for use as a handle. In another form of the invention described in the Provisional Specification, the bolt is hinged or fixed to the can, and a spring latch engages a catch or slot in the bolt to secure the can to the door.
Patent GB-190202710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Locomotive Engine Spark Arresting Appliances and Arrangements.
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT HARRY SMITH
Filed: 1902-02-03
Granted: 1903-02-03
Abstract: 2710. Wainwright, H. S. Feb. 3. Spark-arresters &c.-Relates to spark-arresters for locomotives, and comprises various constructions designed so as to be readily collapsed or shifted in such a manner as to afford access to the fire-tubes without its being necessary to disconnect and remove the spark-arrester completely. In some cases, the spark-arresters are constructed as described in Specification No. 14,262, A.D. 1901. Fig. 1 shows a form in which the spark-arrester is composed of several sections a, d, which, after disconnecting the hook bolts j, can be telescoped into the position shown in dotted lines. A forked lever k with a counterweight m may be connected to the lowest section, so that, on being unfastened, the spark-arrester collapses automatically. Fig. 2 shows a form in which the spark-arrester can be swung out of the way on the vertical pivots 11. A form is also shown in which the upper part is telescopic and the whole is pivoted on a vertical axis.
Patent GB-190203403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Protecting Openings made to Facilitate Intercommunication through Bulkheads or other Partitions Particularly Applicable to Ships.
Inventor: CHADDOCK GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 3403. Chaddock, G. A. Feb. 11. Bulkhead doors. -Relates to apparatus, such as doors, windows, or the like, for protecting openings made to facilitate intercommunication,as through bulkheads or other partitions, and particularly applicable to ships. In ships or in buildings or structures in which a number of the closing-devices are employed, the closing and opening of any or all can be effected either from a central control station or by local manual operation. Figs. 1 and 2 show the closing-device and Fig. 2<a> shows the top mechanism in detail. The door &c. is constructed in two sections, the main or closing member A being revolvable on the central shaft C and movable vertically, to give clearance for its swing, and of such a height as to leave a top space B to afford escape for people or for ventilation, and the subsidiary section D being movable vertically without rotation to close the top space. The shaft C when rotated to open the door &c. by hand or by power through bevel gearing, first raises the sleeve H and the shutter D. When the space B is nearly fully open, the flange h of the sleeve H engages the cover-plate N, and further rotation of the shaft C raises the closing-member A until the bottom edge is out of the sill groove e. When the member A is clear of the sill, the clutch parts P, P' engage, and rotation causes the member A to be swung open. To facilitate the engaging and disengaging of the clutch parts P, P', the part P carried by the closing-member A is loosely mounted on the boss Q of the plate 0 and has pins engaging in a helical slot q in the boss. The lifting action may be assisted by having inclines r on the flange h of the sleeve H and projections on the coverplate N, so as to give a slight lift to the member A. The downward movement in the final closing may be caused to produce a wedging action, by arranging the pins y on the frame G to engage in oblique slots x on the closing-member, and the aperture to be closed may be formed narrower towards the bottom, to allow the closing-member to be dropped in the form of a wedge. Modified or equivalent parts or means for securing the efficiency of bulkheads and other partitions as water-tight stops and fire-resisting mediums are mentioned in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-190208681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: HAAS THEODOR
Filed: 1902-04-14
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 8681. Haas, T. April 14. AÙrial machines without aÙrostats.-Two elongated bodies a of oval cross-section are mounted on forks b carried on a pivoted frame of tubes c and rods q, r. Wings f made up of steel strips as shown in Fig. 4 are pivoted to the bodies and moved in one direction by cams m and rods d which pass through the tubes c and in the other by springs. Each pivot b carries two wings, one overlapping the other ; they are covered by airproof material. Horizontal steering is effected by turning the fork b by means of rope gearing s, t, u, and vertical steering by rods v, w and a rack and pinion z.
Patent GB-190208911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Heating or Steaming Textile and similar Fabrics
Inventor: CLIMPSON LAURINA MILLY
Filed: 1902-04-17
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 8911. Climpson, L. M. April 17. Ironing. - Relates to the invention described in Specification No. 4248, A.D. 1893. A stove, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, for steaming lace, velvet, chiffon, and the like fabrics, and for heating flatirons &c. is, as in the invention described in the previous Specification, fitted at the top with a cloth B which is damped by being mounted on a roller in a trough b. Over the cloth is fitted a screen C of reticulated or perforated metal or other material to protect the fabric from the damp cloth. The stove may be fitted with a slitted shelf or partition a<1> to receive the flat irons D in an inverted position, and the top of the stove may be fitted with bars a<2> on which the flat-irons rest for being heated when, as shown in Fig. 3, the cloth and screen are removed. A hook or claw having a heat-insulating handle may be used to withdraw the irons.
Patent GB-190212670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Articles of Clothing
Inventor: DUFFY JOHN MARTIN
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 12,670. Duffy, J. M. June 3. Cleats or holders. -Cord, lacing, or string used for fastening shoes and other articles of clothing is secured by fasteners comprising a baseplate B with attaching-spurs and an upper tongue E and lower tongue D.
Patent GB-190213561-A (GB)
Title: New Draught Dust and Weather Excluder and Door or Window Wedge
Inventor: WOODS ALFRED EDWARD
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 13,561. Woods, A. E. June 14. Wedges a for doors, casements, or windows bare made of sheet metal, with, or without, flanges a', or beaded edges a', and rubber or the like may be inserted between the sides of the strips.
Patent GB-190215290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in Means for Use in, the Manufacture of Hook Bolts.
Inventor: ALLEN SAMUEL SIMEON
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 15,290. Allen, S. S., and Allen, W. S., [trading as Allen, W. & S. S.]. July 9. Bending.-Hook bolts are bent from rod in the cold state by tools carried in a press. The tools comprise an upper or forcing tool C and a lower tool A with an opening a through which the rod E is forced. The tool A is grooved at c, d to guide the rod and is provided with a stop G. As the tool C rises, the end of the hook catches under the tool A, and afterwards falls through the opening e.
Patent GB-190225720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Lamps.
Inventor: POLKEY GEORGE
Filed: 1902-11-22
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 25,720. Polkey, G. Nov. 22. Oil lamps.-In motor-car, vehicular, and other lamps subjected to vibration, the reflector F is so mounted by a back stay h' and d screws passing through the casing A that the portions cut away for the passage of the argand burner and the chimney leave the effective central portion of the reflector intact. Springs N coiled round a wire loop prevent the chimney from rattling against the reflector, a locknut l arranged at right - angles to the wick regulator prevents the descent of the wick from vibration, and perforated plates check the movement of the oil in the reservoir, of which the screw plug of the filling. aperture is attached by a chain. The glass is mounted in a frame k which is flush with the cylindrical body A, and the space behind the reflector is utilized to carry accessories, an asbestoslined tube j<1> for carrying a spare lamp glass being shown in Fig. 4. The air supply enters through gauze-covered openings a', and the products of combustion escape through the openings d' and the protected holes d<2> in the cowl. Means for attaching the lamp to the vehicle, and a handle e<1> for carrying it, are provided.
Patent GB-190305248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cupboard and like Fastening Devices.
Inventor: HARCOURT EDGAR GODWIN
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 5248. Harcourt, E. G. March 6. Cupboardturns.-Relates to means for securing the tongue to the spindle. The spindle C is screwed through the tongue B, which is bent into a channel-shape at one end b, and a piece of wire A is wedged between the spindle C and channel b, as shown in Fig. 6. A thumb-piece a is provided on the wire, and the tongue is bent at b<1> to prevent loss of the piece A. The Provisional Specification describes a modification, in which the slide or wedge piece is formed from sheet metal, and is provided with an extension piece passing through the tongue into a groove on the other side.
Patent GB-190305289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Fans for Cooling Dynamos and other Machines and for other purposes.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1904-03-05
Abstract: 5289. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. March 6. Cooling and ventilating.-The vanes of a centrifugal or screw fan for cooling dynamos are hinged so that the direction of their inclination is reversed when the dynamo is reversed. The fan will thus work equally well in either direction. The armature core 3, Fig. 1, is formed with ventilating- passages 4, 5, and the armature head 7 is formed with a number of openings 11, in each of which is mounted a pair of vanes 13, capable of turning on pivots 14 and resting against rubber stops 17, 18, Fig. 3. Each pair of vanes may be linked together so as to require only the stop 18. The outer ends of the openings 11 are narrowed to the space between. the blades. A single blade may be employed in each opening, instead of a pair.
Patent GB-190306723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Ignition for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: DAWSON HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 6723. Dawson, H. T., and Dawson, H. A. March 23. Magneto-electric machines.-The armature of a magneto-electric machine for igniting in explosionengines is automatically arrested, and then released to give it an abnormal acceleration at low speeds. For this purpose, the armature shaft 5 carries a cam disc C, which is driven by rollers 4 on two levers D engaging notches 5 in it; the rollers are drawn into the notches by springs 9 on the levers. The levers are pivoted to a frame A which is driven from the wheel 7. The cam carries a pawl k, which is arrested by a tooth on a fixed ring B, and prevents the cam from moving while the rollers are dragged up its faces. At a certain point, a pin on the frame A lifts the pawl k and releases the cam C, which is pulled round rapidly by the springs 9. When the engine has attained its normal speed, the pawl is kept out of engagement with the ring B by centrifugal force. The cam is joined to the armature shaft by a spring connection v, w. The time of sparking is adjusted according to the speed of the engine by driving the frame A by means of pins 13 on the arms 10 of a centrifugal governor. The pins pass through slots in web of the wheel 7.
Patent GB-190307259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Driving Mechanism.
Inventor: CORDNER ROBERT ALLEN
Filed: 1903-03-28
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 7259. Cordner, R. A. March 28. Driving - mechanism. - Variable - speed gear especially applicable for motor and other cycles for obtaining two speeds of driving and an intermediate free position. A hollow axle A is provided with a spring and cord operated sliding rod B carrying a finger B' for moving the sleeve E. The sleeve E is provided with internal teeth E' that lock, in one position, with the teeth D' on the hub and, in the other position, with teeth A<1> on the axle. In the middle position, the sleeve is free. External teeth E<2> on the sleeve engage with pinions G loose on axles G<1> fixed to the hub. The pinions G also engage with internal teeth on the driving-ring H. I is a bearing between the hub and the driving-ring and K is a dust cap. In a modified form, the pinions are carried by the driving-ring, the outer tooth ring being formed internally on the hub.
Patent GB-190313279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil-separators or Appliances for Removing Oil from Steam.
Inventor: KIESSELBACH CLEMENS
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 13,279. Kiesselbach, C. June 13. Exhaust, collecting oil from.-An apparatus for separating oil from steam is shown in Fig. 1, and consists of a number of parallel pipes r, fixed between two multiple-branch pipes, or cup or funnelshaped vessels a, b. Helically -twisted guide-plates r<1>, fixed in the pipes, divide the steam into small streams, and facilitate the deposit of the oil. The lower ends, and the upper ends, if desired, of the pipes are provided with outlets o for the oil, which is prevented from being carried on with the steam by short inner tubes or rings s.
Patent GB-190317133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Weighing Trucks.
Inventor: STEVENS THOMAS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 17,133. Stevens, T. G. Aug. 6. Carts with weighing-apparatus. -The invention is applicable to four-wheeled vehicles, and described in connection with a railway wagon. Brackets t carry pivoted supporting-levers s, the outer arms s' of which are spring-supported and slide on guides u on the axle-boxes v. The inner ends s<2> are connected by inverted U-shaped links s<3> with rocking levers a<1> on a shaft b, which, by means of the arms s', rods s<5> and nuts s<9>, is resiliently supported on the spring s<7> bearing on the transverse frame member s<6>. An arm w on the shaft b is linked to the arm w<2> on the cross-shaft w<3>, which carries toothed sectors x actuating the pointers of the dials x<3> mounted at each side of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190323264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means or Apparatus for Storing and Cooling or Freezing Fish in Navigable Vessels.
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 23,264. Irvin, G. D., Rigg, J. L., and Pulsometer Engineering Co. Oct. 27. Fish-carrying vessels.-Consists in fitting the vessel with a large number of removable shelves and with refrigerating-apparatus, so that the fish may be readily stored and kept in good condition. The outer walls a of the fish-storing chamber are arranged near the sides of the vessel, and, together with the transverse ends of the chamber, are insulated by means of an air space d and a layer of suitable non-conducting material c. The fish are stored. upon removable shelves l in a number of compartments formed by fixed transverse partitions f, placed at intervals within the chamber, and, as the shelves of each compartment are gradually filled, planks h are slipped one by one into grooves formed in the stanchions g, so as to enclose the compartments, leaving a narrow chamber i down the centre. Pipes o, o' containing cold brine pass through the air spaces d, and under the roof of the chamber, respectively, and a current of cold air is thus caused to pass through the holes m formed above each shelf, over the fish, and out through holes, which may be formed in the planks h, into the chamber i, when it rises to be again cooled by the pipes o'. If desired, the cooling-pipes o may be dispensed with, in which case the current of cold air will pass in the opposite direction over the fish. The shelves and floor are slightly inclined, so that the slime can drain away from the fish into a receiving-tank q at one end of the chamber i, and ice, obtained from the refrigerating - chamber of an ice-making plant which is also placed within the chamber i, may be packed with the fish to facilitate the drainage of the slime therefrom. Light is admitted into the chamber through suitable deck - lights placed above.
Patent GB-190326268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrolytic Meters.
Inventor: ATKINSON CLAUDE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,268. Atkinson, C. W. Dec. 1. Electricity, supplying, in general.-A prepayment meter of the electrolytic type is arranged as shown. The anode is carried by a float having a tubular stem with a funnel at the top and carrying one member of a contact-device p. When the proper amount of metal has been dissolved, the circuit of the electromagnet s is completed and the spring switch t is released. The insertion of a coin allows of the operation of the sliding-rod u, the detent v<1> being held out of action, the switch is closed, and a small ball or weight is dropped from the drum z into the interior of the float. The drum is rotated a step at a time by means of a pawl on the sliding rod.
Patent GB-190326596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Producer Gas and in Producers therefor.
Inventor: SCHWEICH EMILE
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 26,596. Schweich, E. Dec. 4. Gas-producers.-To gasify fuels rich in volatile constituents in such a way as to produce a gas free from tar, and at the same time to completely gasify the combustible matter contained in the fuel, a gas producer of the down-draught type is provided with supplementary feeding-chambers b arranged at the sides of a central chamber a, and communicating with it in a common chamber c at the bottom. In addition to the feeding-hopper d and blast inlet e at the top of the chamber a, supplementary feeding-hoppers d<1> and air or air and steam blast inlets e<1> are provided in connection with the chambers b. Grates g are arranged below the chambers b, and form the sides of the chamber c. Gas escapes through outlets f, but the gas produced from the supplementary supply of fuel, together with air or air and steam, passes up through a zone of incandescent fuel below the outlets f before it escapes, and the tarry vapours are decomposed. Coke or bituminous fuel may be fed into either of the chambers b or a, but in the latter case the chamber a is preferably made smaller than the chambers b.
Patent GB-190400675-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus for Introducing Medicaments into Channel-like Parts of the Body.
Inventor: MUESSIGBRODT HERMANN
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 675. M³ssigbrodt, H. Jan. 11. Medicines, administering; irrigators.-An appliance for introducing medicaments into channel-like parts of the body, such as the trachea, intestines, &c., also into wounds or channels caused by bullets or stabs, consists of a tube g, the mouth d of which is secured in a conical hole in a ring b carrying a basket-like part a, consisting of wires bent against each other at their points. The part a is introduced into the wound &c., and the washing or other liquid or powder applied escapes through holes in the ring b into an open-ended tube f surrounding the supply tube g.
Patent GB-190401036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Accumulators or Secondary Batteries
Inventor: PESCATORE THEODORE
Filed: 1904-01-15
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1036. Pescatore, T. Jan. 15. Secondary batteries.-Negative plates of accumu- lators are constructed of two hard lead grids tightly joined together by any convenient means, and containing in compression between them a composition of an active material (spongy lead) and an inert powder, such as a paste of lampblack and a powdered higher oxide of lead. The grid A consists of a stout framing a with large squares of interstices a' enclosed on one side by a mesh of cross ribs a'. The grids are placed back to back, as in Fig. 2, the spaces a' being filled with the composition B. For use with heavy currents, a thin sheet of lead D, Fig. 3, is placed between the plates to increase the contact surface. By the above method of packing, the loss of conductivity consequent upon expansion of the material is avoided.
Patent GB-190403424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Fastening of Elastic Tyres to Vehicle-wheels.
Inventor: COLLIER ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3424. Collier, A. T., Williams, W. G., and Collier Tyre Co. Feb. 11. Tyres, pneumatic &c. ; felloes or rims. -A pneumatic or other elastic tyre such as that described in Specification No. 19,504, A.D. 1900, is secured to a wooden rim a with an iron tyre b by the bolts f and nuts g, which are passed into recesses d in the rim and into keyholeshaped slots e in the iron tyre. The flanges j for supporting the elastic tyre are secured by bolts m, the heads of which are bedded in the recesses d if the arrangement of the bolts f permits.