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Patent GB-190209885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Rock-drills or Rock-drilling Machines.
Inventor: GIBSON ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 9885. Gibson, A. H. April 29. Rock drills, percussive, driven by a rotary electromotor. The hollow drill spindle A slides in bearings b, b<1> on the ends of the casing B, which is in two parts, screwed together at b<3>. A rib C on the spindle A is embraced by a loose tappet sleeve D, for the cam N. This sleeve is made in two parts screwed together, and turns freely on the spindle, its rear bearing d<2> being at some distance from the collar C. A spring E, which gives the forward blow, is placed between the sleeve D and a roller bearing d<5> in the end of the drill casing B. Externally to the casing B is placed a buffer 0 held by a ring and bolts, which forms an abutment against which the end of the spindle A may strike, but the cushioning-device may be placed elsewhere in the casing. The motor G and its gearing is mounted in a casing F attached to the front end of the drill casing B. The rotor spindle is toothed at I to mesh with pinions K, K<1>, which run inside a fixed rack J. The spindles of these pinions K, K<1> are fixed on an arm L on a shaft, which carries the cam N for retracting the drill spindle and also a worm n for turning it. The worm n gears with long straight or spiral teeth n' on the drill spindle but ordinary ratchet rotating-gear may be used. An oil-tight partition H in the motor casing carries one bearing of the rotor shaft, and one of the bearings for the cam shaft is carried by a second partition L<2>. The drill casing B is held adjustably in the split end of the inner tube P<1> by means of a clamping-ring S and the tube P<1> slides, without turning, in the outer tube P which is held adjustably on the ordinary column &c. by the cone p<1>. The tube P<1> is fed inside the tube P by the screw Q, which works through the feed-nut q and extends into the hollow drill spindle A. A spring R is placed between the end of the tube P and the handle which turns the screw Q.
Patent GB-190211406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: HENDERSON GEORGE BRIGHT
Filed: 1902-05-17
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 11,406. Henderson, G. B. May 17. Couplings, automatic.-One hook a, Figs. 1 and 3, pivoted to the draw-bar b of one vehicle, can move in a horizontal plane in one direction only ; another hook or eye c, Fig. 3, pivoted to the draw-bar of the other vehicle so as to stand vertically, is caused by the pin g, working in a slot, to move in the opposite direction to the hook a. When the vehicles are brought together, the curved end of the hook c pushes the hook a to one side, and, striking against the cam-like path d on the hook a, brings this hook back to its normal position, completing the connection. The hook a is connected by the link e with the lever f, pivoted at i and preferably weighted, enabling the hook to be uncoupled from outside the buffers. Figs. 4 and 5 show an arrangement by which the vehicles can be coupled together from either end indiscriminately, the hooks a being provided with claws h and sliding rods j, to which the lever f is loosely pinned.
Patent GB-190215231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Hollow Glass Articles.
Inventor: MACINTIRE JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 15,231. MacIntire, J. J. July 8. Draw-. ings to Specification. Blowing and moulding bottles &c.-The description in the Specification and the accompanying drawings correspond with those of the preceding case, but the (three) claims in the present instance cover apparatus constructed, arranged, and operating as described and shown.
Patent GB-190215666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Carbonating Liquids
Inventor: CARMICHAEL HENRY
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 15,666. Carmichael, H. July 14. Aerating liquids.-Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 an underside view of one of the trays or baffles n. The apparatus comprises a shell or casing a, and a bottom b attached to the shell a by hooked steel bolts d, which expand under great pressure and thus prevent an explosion from taking place. It also comprises a loose perforated false bottom k, a set of nested trays or baffles n, a gas inlet f, a water inlet h, and an outlet g for the aerated liquid. The trays n are held together by bolts each consisting of a corrodible rod surrounded by non-corrodible material. The trays are spaced apart by pieces s, r, surrounding the bolts. The discs may be made of thin material, and the lower discs are stiffened by reflexing the flanges n<3> around a metal hoop u. All the internal parts of the apparatus are made of or coated with block tin. The construction allows the apparatus to be readily taken to pieces for cleaning.
Patent GB-190218983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Draw Plates or Draw Frames of Baking Ovens.
Inventor: MASON WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-08-29
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 18,983. Mason, W. F. Aug. 29. Ovens.-Drawplates of baking-ovens are mounted on antifriction rollers c, the axes of which are free to move in slots d in brackets e attached to the drawplate, and the rails g are mounted on rollers k, the axes of which move in slots g' in the rails. The slots may be replaced by equivalent upper plates or projections.
Patent GB-190226083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Draft Gearing and Buffing Apparatus for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: TIMMS JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 26,083. Timms, J. Nov. 26. Buffers; draw-gear.-Relates to combined frictional buffing and draw - gear. Between the bevelled faces of the inside and outside followers 10, 3, Fig, 1, are arranged blocks 7 with correspondingly bevelled faces, the whole being embraced by the draw-iron 1 and yoke 4. Five springs, four small and long, and one large and short, are placed between the inside followers. The bevelled portions 6 of the followers 3 may be separate blocks. Figs. 4 and 8 show modified forms and arrangements of the followers and the blocks 7.
Patent GB-190304092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Gratings and the like.
Inventor: MELLES JAMES
Filed: 1903-02-20
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 4092. Melles, J., and Sch÷nfelder, H. Feb. 20. Wirework; trellis and lattice work.-Relates to hand-made wire-network gratings and the like having patterns differing in width of mesh. Either of the forms of rod or wire, Figs. 1 and 2, bent or corrugated uniformly throughout its length according to the width of mesh to be formed, may be used in making the grating &c. When the wires shown in Fig. 1 are used, every 3rd, 6tb, &c. wire is discontinued at the parts of wide mesh, as shown in Fig. 7. When the wires shown in Fig. 2 are used, the portions of small mesh are formed by interlacing a sufficient number of wires a, b, c, &c., 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. with a network of wires A, B, &c. I, II, &c., as shown in Fig. 6. In this latter form of network, the wires a, b, c, &c. all pass above the wires I, II, &c., while the wires 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. all pass below A, B, &c. A metal border or framework l filling the pattern shown by the meshes may be secured to the wire of the grating in the manner shown in Fig. 8. The meshes may be of polygonal shape.
Patent GB-190308725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Otter Boards for Surface Water Fishing.
Inventor: REID JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-17
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 8725. Reid, J. April 17. Trawling-gear.-Relates to otter boards for surface water fishing, and consists in providing an auxiliary board, which prevents the otter-board from sinking or being towed under water. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the arrangement. A flat board A is attached to the usual otter-board B by angle-irons a, so as to lie at right-angles to it. At the rear end of this board A, brackets a', a<2> are fixed, in which another board C is hinged. As the otter-board is towed along, this board C is caused to open by the pressure of the water and it thus keeps the otter-board B from being dragged down. The depending parts of the angle-irons c<2>, c<3> work in slots a<3>, a', thus acting as guides. If desired, stops may be provided for limiting the movement of the board C. The dotted line 1-2 indicates the water line.
Patent GB-190309030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mechanical Manufacture of Pipes of Beton or Cement Mortar Strengthened with Insertions and Compressed, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ROZIER FRANCOIS
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 9030. Rozier, F. April 21. Concrete and cement pipes; angle-pieces, junctionpieces and the like; sleeve joints; spigot-and-socket joints.-Relates to the manufacture of bÚton or cement-mortar pipes, joints, elbows, sleeves, and branches, strengthened with insertion and compressed. The production of pipes lined with cement and with smoothed internal surface is described. Fig. 9 shows such pipes, having their ends shaped as shown at 16, connected together by means of a sleeve 17, cement being run into the space between the pipe ends and the sleeve under pressure. Fig. 10 shows a method of producing an elbow having a large angle. The bends of the short length of pipe shown are divided along the planes x-x, y-y after removal from the mould.
Patent GB-190311361-A (GB)
Title: Device for Keeping Drinks at a Uniform Temperature
Inventor: ELSENBACH CARL
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 11,361. Elsenbach, C. May 19. Pipe and tube cleaning brushes.- The pipes of apparatus for regulating the temperature of wine, beer, &c. are cleaned by means of a brush n fixed to a flexible wire.
Patent GB-190313298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of White Paint
Inventor: SCHOLZ RUDOLPH
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 13,298. Scholz, R. June 13. Paints, materials for, and processes for making.- A white paint material is made by triturating lead oxide and sodium chloride, or any other soluble chloride, such as the chlorides of barium, magnesium, and ammonium, with water. The resulting mixture of lead chloride, lead hydrate, and basic hydrate, preferably washed, is neutralized with sulphuric acid, or a sulphate, such as alum, or aluminium sulphate. The product so obtained is pressed, dried, and triturated with oil.
Patent GB-190319156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Passenger Cars for Street Railways and for other purposes.
Inventor: ROMUENDER HERMANN
Filed: 1903-09-05
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 19,156. Rom³nder, H. Sept. 5. Convertible, open to closed; tramcars; bodies; windows, sliding.-Relates to passenger cars for street and other railways, whether of the closed or of the convertible type. The framing of the body of the car is built up of T-iron frames C, Fig. 7, of standard form, independent of the width or length of the car. These frames are placed at suitable distances apart along the length of the car, and are riveted at the bottom to longitudinal sills a of bulb-angle section, and are connected together at the top by transverse bars f and longitudinal stiffening-bars e, e. T-section frames D, united in the middle by bars g, and supported by brackets h from the frames C, carry the roof. The frames C may be stiffened at the bottom by gusset plates and diagonal bracing The bulb-angles a preferably reinforce wooden sills c, Fig. 6, which may also be reinforced by bars of L-section on the inside. The sills are connected by transverse and diagonal bracing. The lower parts of the frames C, Fig. 7, are made straight, and the upper parts circular. They are encased in wood on the inside of the car, as shown in Fig. 8, and grooves l, m are formal in the wood casing to accommodate curved sliding windows F, Fig. 6, and flexible sliding panels E, which can all be lifted up to the roof when it is desired to convert the car from an open to a closed car. Each of the panels E consists of two wood veneer plates n, n, Fig. 18, separated by slats p, and held together by bolts q. The plates n consist of two or more layers of veneer, laid with the grain running in directions at right-angles, and secured together by waterproof cement under heat and pressure. A window sill s, s<1>, serving also as an arm-rest, and having an inclined ledge t for the window, is screwed to the top of the panel E. Each of the windows is constructed with wooden or metal top and bottom bars, and with Z-section metal stiles x, Fig. 14, with wooden fillings w, v. The glass H is embedded in rubber J, and held in place by the filling w. The roof L, Fig. 6, consists of veneer plates made in the same way as the veneer plates of the panels E, and the space M under this roof is separated from the interior of the car by veneer plates z, which may form pockets for the windows F and panels E when raised. Ventilating.-The car is ventilated through the spaces M between the inner and outer roof, the air entering the spaces M through openings J covered with perforated metal J, and passing to the car through ventilators N after depositing dust.
Patent GB-190321054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rheostats
Inventor: HOBART HENRY METCALF
Filed: 1903-10-01
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 21,054. Hobart, H. M., and Punga, F. Oct. 1. Rheostats.-In resistances for intermittent use, thin copper, aluminium, or other good conducting wires are used in contact with stouter wires of lower conductivity, such as iron, to absorb the heat generated. The wires may be wound upon an insulating-tube, the iron wires being outside or between the copper wires. Though the windings are shunt connected, only a small portion of the current will pass through the wire of low conductivity. The wires may be made into a gauze, the copper one way and the iron the other. If the two sets are at right-angles, no current will flow in the iron wires.
Patent GB-190324503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Cutting Pipes.
Inventor: TYERS FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 24,503. Tyers, F. Nov. 11. Pipe and rod cutters.-In a pipe-cutting tool, a block F, carrying a rotary cutter F<2> to operate with other cutters E, or secured to a cutter-carrying chain, one or both ends of which are fixed to the part A<1>, is slid within the part A<1> by a screw G, the squared end of which is engaged by a handled rod J in the lever extension H socketed on, and locked by a screw I' on, the part A<1>. The two sides of the body A<2> are separated by distancepieces C.
Patent GB-190324813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Regulating Mechanism for Motor Vehicles
Inventor: CLEMENT ADOLPHE
Filed: 1903-11-14
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 24,813. ClemÚnt, A. Nov. 14. Motor road vehicles.-Controlling handles fixed to the upper ends of tubes contained within, and concentric with, the steering hand-wheel tube, work over fixed sectors mounted on one of the internal tubes, and are independent of the movement of the steering wheel. The steering handwheel a, Fig. 1, is fixed to an outer tube b connected to the steering-mechanism. The tube c, which is immediately within the tube a, is fixed at its lower end to the steering-gear casing d, and carries the sector p at its upper end. Tubes or rods may be placed within the tube c, each being provided with a handle at its upper end, and connected to some part of the motor at its lower end. Two handles f, g are shown, working over the sector p, and fixed to the tube h and rod l respectively.
Patent GB-190327481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hosiery-printing Machines.
Inventor: BAIRD ROBERT
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 27,481. Baird, R. Dec. 15. Printing fabrics; stencilling - apparatus.- Hoisery is printed by stencilling-apparatus, and preferably between two endle3s pattern belts formed of overlapping stencil sheets 3, 3<1> eecured, preferably, by a hinge pin at the upper edge, to cross-bars 4, 4<1> spaced on sprocket-chains 5<1>, 6<1>. Form-boards 21, on which the hose &c. 20 is stretched, are fed between adjustable endguides 50 from an inclined board or trough 25 by one or two spacing screws or springs 27, which are driven by bevel gear and a sprocket-chain 36 from a sprocket-wheel 37 on the end of one patternchain shaft 12. A pin 38 on the wheel 37 projects into the path of a rockarm 39 on a shaft 40, on which are other arms 41 pivoted to spring-returned slides 42 for supporting and releasing the foremost form-board, which falls between adjustable converging guides 52 over the printing point. The upper pattern-chain shafts 12, 14 are preferably mounted in vertically-adjustable bearings, and the shafts 14, 15 are preferably mounted on a sliding carrier 60 adjusted by nuts and screws 65, 66. Guards 115, 115<1> are placed round the pattern belts to prevent the stencil sheets from springing out at their free ends. Ink &c. reservoirs 100, 100<1> supply distributing-troughs 90, 90<1> through spouts 104, 104<1> controlled by slides 106, 106' The troughs 90, 90<1> are provided with yielding end walls carried by spring arms, for ensuring close contact with the stencil sheets. A preliminary inking is effected by rotating brushes 120, 120', wbich are disposed on the inner sides of the stencil sheets, and are driven from the shafts 12,14, and clean off the surplus ink from the stencil sheets, forcing some of it through the sheets on to the hose &c., and returning the remainder to the reservoirs over scrapers 103,103'. The pattern belts may be guided near the printing point. Each cross-bar 4, 4<1> is preferably provided with a guide for the form-board. When the form-board is released, it is guided by a spring 130 into a transferring-device, consisting of vertical slides 137 engaged by the cross-bars 4, 4<1> and carrying troughshaped guides 140 with movable bottom walls 141 on spring pawls 142, which are released by fixed pawls 145, or other tripping-devices, to deliver the form-board into a conveyer 150 driven from the shaft 13 and consisting of two narrow belts with spacing-fingers 160. The slides 137 may be returned by weights 146 raised on the downward stroke. The parts are driven from a main shaft provided with fast and loose pulleys 73, 74.
Patent GB-190405513-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Propelling Ships & Boats
Inventor: CLERY RICHARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5513. Clery, R. W. March 7. Propelling by reciprocating plates.-Ships and boats are propelled by means of collapsable fanlike saucers on either side of the rudder, each composed of a number of sections g<1> connected by jointed arms h to a rod c, which passes through a stuffing-box and is reciprocated by a piston e in a cylinder f. On being thrust outwards, the sections g<1> expand and propel the ship, and, when drawn in, they collapse.
Patent GB-190411631-A (GB)
Title: Mitre Boxes.
Inventor: BEAMAN JOHN WESLEY
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,631. Beaman, J. W., and Sams, W. T. May 20. Mitering.-The saw-guides 8 of a mitre box are fixed on a shaft 9 which rotates in a tube 6 and carries a graduated arc 18, the tube being pivoted at 7 in the plane of the back-rest 14 and between the upper and lower members of the rear leg of the apparatus. The tube works between the members of the front leg and carries a collar 12 to which is fixed a pointer 13, moving over an arc 5, and a pointer past which the arc 18 moves. When simple bevels are being cut, a false back 16 having a narrow parallel saw groove may be clamped to the rest 14. The divisions on the arcs 5, 18 lie on imaginary lines drawn from the centres of the arcs to the inch divisions on lines a foot away from the axes. The members of each leg are connected near the ends of the bed 22, then separate, and are finally connected at the feet.
Patent GB-190411993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Dark Slides.
Inventor: HOFMANN MAX
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 11,993. Hofmann, M., and Schneider, G. May 26. Roller slides.-A carrier and dark slide for cut films consists of a number of members, linked together to form a flexible band. Each member b is provided with a circular opening d for the exposure, and a pocket, formed by flanges a and a bridge f, to receive the cut film c<1> after exposure. The band b is rolled on to reels in the camera, in the usual way.
Patent GB-190413149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Couplings for Railway and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ROCHE DAVID
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 13,149. Roche, D. June 11, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Couplings, automatic.- An automatic coupling for railway and other vehicles is arranged so that the pin which locks the parts in their coupled position can be readily released by hand whatever be the pull on the coupling. One form is shown uncoupled and coupled respectively in Figs. 1 and 3. Each forked end of the draw-bar D carries a pivoted hook A and a pivoted link B, the link being retained in position, when uncoupled, by a spring E, a counterbalance weight, or the like. During the coupling-operation, one link slides up the opposite link into a recess A<1> in the opposite book, which, as it is rotated backwards by the link, comes into contact with a crank C<3> secured to a transverse shaft C. The consequent rotation of the crank and shaft moves weighted arms C' past their deadcentre position and allows the arms to rotate the shaft still further and so to engage a pin C<4> on the crank into a curved slot A<3> on the hook to lock the parts. The weighted arms can be rotated by hand to unlock the parts, the rotation of the shaft being limited by stops C<5>, C<6> or by stops on the draw-bar. If, when coupling, the hook is not in its proper position, the link slides up the underside of the hook into the recess A'.
Patent GB-190414243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Mechanisms for Elastic-fluid Turbines
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 1 4 , 2 4 3 . Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 23. Steam &c. turbines are governed by opening or closing nozzle valves 19, Fig. 2, which have independent action and are caused to operate one after another. Each carries a piston 18, the upper side of which communicates with a passage 39, Fig. 3, in an auxiliary valve-chest. This passage is connected to the exhaust by the passage 33, or to the steam supply by the passage 36, according to the position of a pilot valve 28. The position of this valve is determined by the action of a cam, fixed on a roller rotated by the governor. The chamber 12 being always in communication with the steam supply, the piston 18 rises whenever its upper side is connected to the exhaust. For each nozzle valve 19, there is a separate pilot valve and cam, and the arms, which are all fixed on the same roller, are relatively staggered so as to produce the effect stated above.
Patent GB-190417912-A (GB)
Title: Combined Door Chain and Socket Bolt.
Inventor: VOCE THOMAS FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 17,912. Voce, T. F., and Phillips, J. Aug. 18. Door chains; sliding bolts.-A chain C, Fig. 1, is attached at one end to the staple E of a sliding bolt, and at the other end to a metal slider C<1>, Figs. 1 and 5, on the barrel of the bolt casing or on a special slide S, Fig. 6. In the former case, the forward motion of the slider C<1> is limited by the knob b<1> of the bolt, and in the latter case by the shoulder S'. In a modification, the slider engages with turned-up edges of the bolt plate.
Patent GB-190418347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Piles.
Filed: 1904-08-24
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 18,347. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Oct. 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Piles.-Metallic piles are formed by riveting together rolled bars of such special section that consecutive piles may be securely held together. Fig. 1 shows two such piles formed of the bars A', A<2> and B', B', the two parts of each being secured together by rivets. One pile is formed with the guides b<4>, which slide in guides a<4> formed on the other pile. In a modification, each pile may have a guide of one section on one side and a guide of the other section on the other side.