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Patent GB-190212804-A (GB)
Title: A New Method of Testing and Straightening or Trueing Gun Barrels and other Tubular Articles and in Appliances or Apparatus to be used in connection therewith
Filed: 1902-06-05
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 12,804. Birmingham Small Arms Co., Driver, A. H. M., and Norman, G. June 5. Straightening.-Relates to appaiatus for examining and straightening gun barrels and other tubes. Fig. 1 shows an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan. The barrel is suspended between the fixed hollow centres b and the adjustable hollow centre c, which carries in its bore a glass disc e, Fig. 4, provided with opaque and transparent rings as shown. When the polished interior of the barrel is examined by looking through the hollow centre b, a series of alternating light and dark rings are observed lying one within the other, any eccentricity of the barrel being indicated by a corresponding eccentricity of the rings. To straighten the barrel, a slide g is provided having two fixed jaws f<7>, f<8> and a movable part f<6> operated by the screw f<4>. When examining rifled barrels, a flexible lining tube is first inserted, which tube consists of a series of close-fitting ferrules, or of short lengths of tubing.
Patent GB-190213709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal or other Boxes or Holders for Containing and Delivering Laundry Blue or the like or other Material in Suitable Manner
Inventor: EGESTORFF JOHANN OTTO FLORESTA
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,709. Egestorff, J. O. F. June 17. Washing-blue and other similar laundry colouring- Preparations.-Relates to meial or other holders for containing and delivering laundry blue or other soluble materials under water. Tin plate or other sheet metal, after being cut to the required shape, may be varnished or coated to prevent rusting, and is then stamped or pressed to the shape a, b, Fig. 2, or e, Fig. 4. Flannel, flannelette, linen, or other porous material c', Fig. 2, forms the cover, and is secured in position by a metal ring d<1> having a central opening, the edges being seamed to the part a. The flannel &c. cover is loose or baggy, as shown in Fig. 2. In the form shown in Fig. 4, flannel f passes over a block z of washing-blue &c. and is secured by a string or wire g which takes into a groove formed with, or attached to, the part e, the groove being closed by rolling or pressing. When the lower part of the box is made of china, earthenware, &c., a bead, ledge, or lip is formed to receive the string or wire. The cover is prevented from sinking into the blue &c. by means of spiral or other springs, embedded in the block or formed separate. According to the Provisional Specification, the flannel &c. cover may be supported by combining a chemical with the blue to give off gas when immersed in water.
Patent GB-190215345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Punching Apparatus for Metal and other Sheet Material.
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 15,345. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. July 9. Punching;shearing. - Relates to punches, dies, and shearing-blades for cutting-out parts to form the cores of electric transformers &c. Fig. 1 shows the movable head, and Fig. 2 the fixed table, provided with guidepins 3, 4, and 5 on which the bosses 6-9 of the head slide. The cutting- out is effected in two operations. A long strip of metal is placed with one edge touching the guides 24, 25, and the end projecting slightly beyond the edge 22 of the die 11. The bead is then brought down to shear the edges and punch the strips to the form shown below the line 72 in Fig. 7. The end of the plate is then pushed against the stops 46, 47, Fig. 2, and the head is again brought down, to cut away the part 59, and cut the plate into the two similar parts 70, 71, Fig. 7. The plate 36 on the head is pushed downwards by springs to remove the sheet from the punches, as they move upwards. A slide 75, Fig. 2, moved in one direction by springs 78, and in the other by projections 80 on the head, removes the cut-out parts from the lower die-block.
Patent GB-190216217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Card Index Trays, Drawers and Similar Receptacles.
Inventor: FORTUNE WILLIAM WALTER
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1903-07-21
Abstract: 16,217. Fortune, W. W. July 21. Filing papers.-Cards, letters, and the like, indexed or filed in the drawers or trays of a cabinet, are kept in an inclined position by a sloping piece which can be fixed at any point. The sloping piece 3, Fig, 1, carries the bracket 7 with projections 6, through which the bolt 2 passes. In the bottom of the drawer is a slot 1, along which the bolt head can be drawn, being tightened in any, required position by means of a nut and locking-screw. The rod 13 on which the cards are threaded passes through the sloping piece and bracket. A solid wedge-shaped form of sloping piece is also described.
Patent GB-190216644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Apparatus for Railway Wagons and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-07-26
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 16,644. Spencer, A. July 26. Brakes.-In brakes such as are described in Specification No. 21,566, A.D. 1901, in which a hand-lever 5, when raised, releases a catch 14 and allows a lever A to fall and apply the brakes, there is a liability of the brakes being applied accidentally during shunting &c. by the jolting upwards of the hand-levers and lever A to such an extent as to cause the catch to become disengaged from its notched support. In order to avoid this, the upper side of the connecting-portion 15 between the pawl 13 and catch 14 is provided with a notch 15<a> adapted to engage a tooth 17<c> on the tumbler 17, and the catch 14 may, if desired, have a projection 14<a> received by a notch 12<a> in the guide 9, which then holds back the pawl and catch before the hand-lever 5 can move to an extent sufficiently greater than that of the lever A to cause the tumbler to release the catch. In a modified arrangement, the guides, pawl, rack, and tumbler are arranged under the vehicle, and a supplementary lever, fixed upon the shaft in close proximity to the lever A, passes between the guides secured to the underframe, and carries the tumbler.
Patent GB-190220051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Garden Syringes Engines and Pumps Garden and Fire Hose and its Fittings and such like
Inventor: LUDFORD WILLIAM CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1902-09-13
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 20,051. Ludford, W. C. G. Sept. 13. Syringes. - Consists of an improved swivelling joint applicable to garden syringes &c. The joint comprises a hollow taper plug d<2> and a corresponding socket formed, respectively, on the barrel a and rose a<3>, or vice versÔ. The joint allows of movement through a large angle and a free water-way is obtained between the two parts, in any position, by holes d<4> in the plug and a corresponding annular chamber e' which may be formed in the plug or in the socket, or as shown, partly in both. The plug and socket are so formed that the axes of the rose and syringe barrel or other parts connected are in the same plane, viz., the plane of the joint.
Patent GB-190221923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flanged Bobbins.
Inventor: WALKER NORMAN DIXON
Filed: 1902-10-09
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 21,923. Walker, N. D. Oct. 9. Bobbins. - Con- sists in a method of constructing and fixing bushes in flanged bobbins, known as jointed bobbins, used in the textile trades. The flange A and barrel B are constructed and fixed together in the ordinary manner. The bush is made with its upper end straight or dovetailed as shown, and with a swelling E, which, when the bush is driven into the barrel, is compressed till it arrives at, and fills the groove C, previously made in the barrel.
Patent GB-190225966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boring Drills or Bits
Inventor: FITCH ARTHUR WELLINGTON
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 25,966. Fitch, A. W., [Wickins, H. R.]. Nov 25. Rock drills.- Detachable bits for jumpers and percussive drills are made with claws f, which engage inclined lugs d on the shank.
Patent GB-190228175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Drums
Inventor: MEINEL OTTOMAR
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 28,175. Meinel, O., and Meinel, E. Dec. 20. Automatic instruments.-Relates to an automatic drum. Resilient hammers k are pivoted on a baseplate c, and are acted on by springs l, which tend to depress their striking-ends. A tune sheet e is rotated by hand or other means, and is perforated in the usual way, the holes engaging with projections i on the hammer shanks. When a hole in the tune sheet registers with one of these projections, the corresponding spring l causes the hammer to strike against the head b. The tune sheet is carried by rollers q, and is acted upon by a presser-bar r. The cover s is removable.
Patent GB-190301926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines employed for Calendering Textile Fabrics, Paper and for other similar purposes.
Inventor: JACKSON CHARLES LOXTON
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 1926. Jackson, C. L. Rothwell-, and Jackson, H. L. Rothwell-. Jan. 27. Calendering and pressing.-The axles of the rollers of machines for calendering paper &c. are carried in box frames c, each axle being supported by two pairs of adjustable wedges k, n. The axles bear on or against fixed brasses p, and are moved laterally by turning the screws working in the wedges k. The frames slide vertically in a slotted standard as usual, and are held between a screwed bolt and a hydraulic ram.
Patent GB-190305698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps with Electric Lighting Device and Supplemental Wick.
Inventor: LIND AUGUST LUDVIG
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 5698. Lind, A. L., and Carlsson, C. H. March 11. Oil lamps; lighting; extinguishing; reservoirs and fittings.-Relates to electric ignition devices in lamps having supplemental wicks, one form of lamp with an enclosing-case being provided with a side opening for use as a cigar &c. lighter. Fig. 5 shows the arrangements with a circular wick lamp. The supplementary wick 5 is arranged inside the main wick, the ignition wire 4 being placed close to its upper surface. A flame spreader 23 with an extinguishing &c. protective screen 24 for the supplementary wick is mounted on a sliding fork 19. fhe fork 19 has a cross-bar 21 and a depending arm 25, which carries a pin that projects outside, so as to engage with the forked end of the li hting-lever 26. The arm 25 also carries a roller 25', which, when raised to the position shown, completes the electric circuit between springs 7. The battery is placed in the lower portion of the reservoir, one terminal being connected to the metal framework, and the other terminal being insulated and taken through a binding-screw 8 to one spring 7. In the second form of lamp, the supplementary wick is extinguished and protected by a cap on a pivoted lever, the tail of which is connected to a spring plunger. The lamp is formed as a hand-lamp, the spring plunger being outside the casing but passing inwards to complete the electric circuit. The main flame is arranged behind a lens. and a reflector is set on the top of the protector cap for the supplementary wick.
Patent GB-190309530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Cots, Cradles and Basinettes
Inventor: HOSKINS WILLIAM MARRIAN
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 9530. Hoskins, W. M. April 28. Cradles and bassinettes.-A cradle, crib, cot, or bassinette is mounted on a pillar or pillars supported by a low folding or rigid base frame, so that it can be placed to overhang the side of a bedstead. The support shown in Fig. 1 consists of telescopic end pillars a and a folding base frame formed of crossed members e<\> e<2> pivoted on a stay e<3>. The cot b is provided with lugs or eyes b<1> for attachment to the sliding members a<3> of the pillars a by means of pins or pegs and knobs c, nuts, or other fastenings. The members a<3> are secured in position by spring or gravity catches or equivalent devices. Struts or bracket arms d may be fitted to the pillars, to provide extended supports for the cot. A single pillar may be used at the middle of one side of the cot, which may be attached by a lug or eye. The cot may be hung from an arm or arms, or from an extension or extensions of the pillars. The cot may be supported at opposite ends by bracket arms, which may be braced to the pillars, or may be connected by stop or butt joints for reversal. The support shown in Fig. 9 is provided with swinging arms d and stops f. The cot may be provided with sliding connections on bracket arms, or may be connected to two or more arms by parallel-motion links, or may be carried by compound-jointed arms. The cot may be provided with eyes for vertical adjustment on end pillars.
Patent GB-190309550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Governing Mechanism for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: JUNGGREN OSCAR
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 9550. Junggren, O. Feb. 26, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam &c. turbines; cams.- Relates to means for governing simple, compound, and multiple - expansion turbines, whether of radial or parallel flow. The motive fluid is supplied through nozzles, each of which, or each group of which, is governed by a valve. This valve is either fully open or closed, so that there is no throttling effect. A centrifugal governor of any ordinary form, mounted on the turbine spindle, is arranged to actuate the cam-cylinder 32, Figs. 3 and 4. Steam is supplied from a chest, under the control of valves 14. The valve 14 is shown closed in Fig. 3, and is opened by the following means :-When the governor rotates the cam-cylinder to bring the lump 33 under the roller on the spring lever 35, the valve 27 is raised to cut off the cylinder 17 from the steam chest, and open it to the lowpressure chamber 29. The steam in the chest then moves the piston 16 to the right, and opens the valve. When steam is again admitted to the cylinder 27, the spring 18 closes the valve. The lumps 33 are arranged to open and close the valves successively. Instead of using the spring levers 35, the lumps 33 may be made of some elastic material. The valves 39, 40, Fig. 4, control the governing-valves of the low-pressure wheel of a compound turbine, when similar valves are used in multiple-expansion turbines. When either of these valves is lowered, steam is supplied through a pipe 11, to a cylinder 48, Fig. 2, to close a valve 46, against a spring 54, which opens the valve, when the steam is exhausted from the cylinder 48. The pistons 16 may be cushioned, when opening the valves 14, by the means shown in Fig. 8. As the piston moves to the right, a groove 58 in it moves over a port 59, supplying steam from the chest. From the groove, the steam enters the cylinder through ports 60.
Patent GB-190310575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transmitting Power for Changing Variable Speed Gear for Bicycles and other Vehicles, Applicable for other purposes.
Inventor: REYNOLDS CHARLES HILTON
Filed: 1903-05-09
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 10,575. Reynolds, C. H. May 9. Driving - mechanism. -Means are provided whereby a flexible connection s u c h as a Bowden wire, described in Specifications No. 25,325, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], and No. 14,402, A.D. 1897, can be used to transmit a thrust as well as a pull, such means being applicable for changing variable-speed gears &c. The invention is described in connection with a two-speed gear for a bicycle. Within a casing E, Fig. 2, secured by a clip to the handle-bar, is pivoted a disc or segment C, which is secured to a disc G carrying a handle g by means of a screw g<1>, a slot preferably being provided to allow of adjustment. The inextensible member h of a Bowden wire is connected to the disc C, and the incompressible member H is connected to the casing E. Another casing K, Fig. 4, provided with a front plate N, is clipped to the top tube L or other rigid portion of the bicycle frame. A disc or segment M is pivoted within this casing, and is provided with a pin m<1> projecting through a slot n in the plate N. The member h is connected to the disc M, the member H is connected to the casing K, and a wire, rope, or cord P, for operating the two-speed gear, is secured to the pin m'. Upon moving the disc G so as to exert a pull on the member H, the pin m<1> is raised to the top of the slot n, in which position the wire &c. P is above the dead centre of the pin and is held there by the pull of the wire P. Upon turning the wire P to exert a thrust on the member H, the pin m<1> is lowered until the wire &c. P passes the dead centre, after which the pull on the wire carries the pin m<1> to the bottom of the slot.
Patent GB-190311340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Chairs whereby the Rails are Permanently and Securely Fixed
Inventor: GRANTHAM JOHN
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 11,340. Grantham, J., and Shaw, J. May 19. Chair keys and wedges; chains. - The rail A, Fig. 1, rests on a seat G, forming part of the chair B, and is secured between the jaws C of the chair by means of wedges D. A vertical projection E on the wedge D fits into a corresponding groove F in the jaw C, and prevents movement of the wedge transversely to the chair, or ridges on the sides of the wedges may overlap the jaw, and effect the same purpose.
Patent GB-190328143-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Lock for Doors and the like.
Inventor: GIBBONS FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,143. Gibbons, F. J. J. Dec. 22. Locks, key; striking-plates.-Locks for doors and the like are so constructed that the keys cannot be withdrawn until the doors are first fully closed and locked. In addition to the ordinary keyactuated levers e, a second set of levers or tumblers i is used. The tumblers i, which are pivoted at j, have projections or catches n adapted to engage normally with shoulders o on the bolt a to prevent the bolt from being shot until the tumblers are raised, which is effected by a cam c on the striking- plate on the door being closed. To render difficult the raising of the tumblers by any other means, they are provided with tail-pieces or projections p which engage with projections q on the bolt, thus preventing its being shot if the tumblers are unduly raised.
Patent GB-190408650-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in "Pinc-nez" or Eye-glasses
Inventor: BATEMAN GEORGE CAMPION
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 8650. Bateman, G. C. April 15. Eyeglasses.-Pince-net or eyeglasses with parallel sliding bars are rendered more rigid by curved stay rods c, c', which connect the plaquets a, a' with the ends of the sliding bars b, b<1>. The stay rods are shown crossing each other, but they may pass to the sliding bars without crossing. Two flat sliding bars b, b<1>, arranged one above the other, are shown, but a single bar may slide between the members of a double bar, and the curved stay rods may form continuations of the sliding bars. The stays also prevent straining of the sliding bars.
Patent GB-190409185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leggings or Coverings for the Legs.
Inventor: OSBORNE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 9185. Osborne, W. H. April 21. Lacing-fastenings; buckles.-A lace-up legging capable of adjustment to different sizes is shown in Fig. 1. The nnderlying edge is cut to leave a flap b, in which eyelets are formed. The cut-out part is filled in by a piece i which is stitched at one side and at the ends. The overlapping edge f is stiffened and made to fit close to the leg. The eyelets are formed in pairs below those in the opposite edge so as to pull the legging level on the leg. The lace is secured just below the bottom eyelet in the flap, and is then threaded through the double eyelet in the front part, through the flap, and so on, as shown. The top part is secured by a strap and buckle, the strap passing from the underlying part through an eyelet in the overlapping part from the inside, and thence back to the buckle ; the end of the lace is secured around the buckle. Two buttonholes, one large and one small, are provided at the top back part of the legging to attach them to the breeches of the wearer.
Patent GB-190415987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumping Floors for Malt-kilns.
Inventor: TOEPFER PETER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-19
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 15,987. Toepfer, P. G. July 19. Malt kilns.-A sectional dumping-floor for a malt kiln is made up of a series of tray frames B covered with perforated sheet metal A and provided with hubs b secured to the dumping-shafts E. These hubs rest on bearings c on brackets C secured to girders D. Each bracket has a bevelled part j and a slotted portion straddled by a rocker F weighted at one end f and having a lug at the other end to support the tray. A pin h secured to the rocker F engages the slot d in the bracket C.
Patent GB-190420542-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Substitute for Tin Foil and Process for Making the same.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 20,542. Thompson, W. P., [Wickels Metallpapier-werke Ges.]. Sept. 23. Bronzing.-Thin tissue paper, made impermeable to a solution of resin in ether or alcohol, is treated on one side with this solution and allowed to dry. The resinous skin, when warmed, causes metallic powder, preferably aluminium powder, dusted on it to adhere to the paper, so that, when passed through rollers, a highly polished metal-coated surface, resembling that of tin-foil, is obtained. The opposite side is next well moistened with glycerine water to impart flexibility, and while still moist is waterproofed by means of molten paraffin wax. When the paper is to bear designs, it is passed through impressing-rollers before the application of paraffin wax. The paper obtained is impervious to air, water, and grease, and forms a substitute for tin-foil.
Patent GB-190424452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving and Brake Clutches particularly applicable to Cycles.
Inventor: GOTTSCHALK FRIEDRICH THEODOR
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 24,452. Gottschalk, F. T. Dec. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Driving-mechanism ; clutches ; brakes.-A cluth driving and braking mechanism for cycles consists of a double cone d screwing on an extension b of the sprocket wheel a rotating on the spindle c. The hub e bears on the conical part of the wheel a and on the counter cone n keyed to the spindle c, and is caused to participate in the rotation, during forward pedalling, owing to the cone d becoming screwed up on the extension b and engaging with the conical surface of the hub. The cone d is released when the driving-part begins to rotate in the opposite direction. If the driving-part continues to rotate backwards after the cone d has been uncoupled, the non-rotatable brake wedges f, guided between longitudinal ribs h, Fig. 3, on the conical abutment g secured to the counter cone n, are moved both radially and longitudinally and, pressing against the inner surface of the hub, act as a brake. The release of the brake wedges on the resumption of pedalling is effected by the engagement of a ring k on the cone d with the grooves i in the wedges f, a slight clearance being allowed so that the brake wedges are free from frictional engagement with the cone n before the collar k becomes operative as a driver. To prevent the cone d from rotating with the screw b during the transition from driving to braking and vice versÔ, a spring m rotating with the cone turns in the abutment cone n with a slight amount of friction. In a modification, the braking is effected by a purely longitudinal movement of the wedges f, by making the abutment n cylindrical and dispensing with the conical surface of the cone d, the outwardly-directed wedges f being pushed against conical inner surfaces integral with the hub. The drivers k, i would then effect both the locking and release of the wedges.