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Patent GB-190111691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in File Cutting Machines
Inventor: FLERON CARL EMIL CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 11,691. Fleron, C. E. C. June 7. File-cutting machines.-The object is to make the feed of the blank-carrying slide irregular, so that the file teeth are irregularly spaced. The slide 2 is movable with respect to the feed-nut 4, which is traversed uniformly by the screw 3. This may be effected by making the trunnions 6 of the nut movable axially, and making the nut bear against a slide 9, Fig. 3, actuated by a cam 18 or directly against a cam 13, Fig. 4. The cam 18 is rotated by a spur-wheel 10 running on a rack 11, and the cam 13 is actuated by an arm 14 bearing on a wavy track 17, the shafts of the cams in either case having a fixed bearing on the slide 2.
Patent GB-190113463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting and Printing Dots upon Stencil Sheets for Use in Preparing Music Sheets for Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 13,463. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. July 2. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to machines for punching holes in, and printing dots upon, stencil sheets for use in preparing tunesheets. The stencil sheet is shown in Fig. 8, and has preferably 12 equidistant holes a<1>, a<2> to the foot, and 60 rows of dots printed upon it within the same length. The sheet is fed into the machine over a table b<1> furnished with guides b<2>, and passes underneath a bar C, which carries punches at c<4> and is vertically oscillated by eccentrics on the main shaft D. A series of holes an inch apart is punched in each side of the sheet, and the operation is continued until the sheet reaches sprocket-wheels E, which continue the feeding. These sprocket-wheels are carried on the shaft of a drum E<2>, which is intermittently rotated by pawl gearing, actuated by an eccentric e<3>. A printing- roller F is geared by means of wheels E<3>, F<2> with the roller and sprocket-wheels E<2>, E, and the sheet passes between the rollers E<2>, F, and thus has the dots printed upon it. H is an inking- roller journalled in boxes capable of sliding longitudinally in oscillating arms, so that the roller H oscillates for the purpose of inking the printing- roller, but is raised out of contact with the printing-roller while receiving ink from another roller I. This last roller has a slight movement in the direction of its axis communicated to it by a cam i<4>, as well as a rotary motion. J is a "doctor" roller for inking the roller I. The roller I, as well as a take-up roller on the shaft k, are driven by chains i<1>, k<4>. The take-up roller is driven through friction discs k<1>, k<2>, so as to permit of an automatic adjustment of its speed, which is rendered necessary by the increasing size of the roll being wound upon it.
Patent GB-190122441-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brake for Cycles or other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DRIVER JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 22,441. Driver, J. Nov. 7. Brakes for cycles and other road vehicles. Brake blocks h, Fig. 1, adapted to engage the rim, are secured by bolts h<1> to plates g<1> pivoted at g between ears f formed on slides e, and adapted to be secured at any distance apart by a bolt i engaging in a slot g<11>. The slides e, which slide in clips b secured to the forks, are supported by ears e', drawn downwards by springs f<1> connecting them to lugs formed on the clips b, and are actuated so as to apply the brake by a cord j passing round a pulley j<1> mounted in a block j<11> carrying a pulley k<1> actuated by a looped cord, which is passed through flexible guidetubes k<11> secured by clips to the frame, and is connected at its end either to an ordinary hand-lever or to the arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and comprising a plate m clipped on the handle-bar and formed with an axle m<11> carrying a pulley n', round which the cord k is wound, the end being secured to a lug n<11>. A ratchet-wheel n, secured to the pulley n<1>, is actuated so as to apply the brake by a pivoted thumb-lever o. The brake is held in operation by a spring or other pawl p, which can be released by returning the lever o to its original position and then lifting it so as to raise a lug p<1> formed on the pawl. A cover q resembling a bell dome is secured over the plate m as shown. The tendency of the flexible tubes k<11> to straighten assists in keeping the cord taut.
Patent GB-190123381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in End Play Devices for Rotary Machines.
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 23,381. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Geisenhoner, H.]. Nov. 19. Converting alternating and direct currents; transformers.-Relates to means for maintaining end play in the moving elements of rotary machines, such as electrical converters, which tend to wear tracks in the commutators, resulting in sparking &c., due to the tread of the brushes. The invention consists in modifying the device described in Specification No. 18,614, A.D. 1900. A casting 3 is secured to the end of the standard 2, in which the shaft 1 of the machine is journalled, and to it is pivoted an axle 4 adapted to carry, preferably on a ball bearing, a cam 5. This cam is an eccentrically-mounted disc or roller, and is adapted to cooperate with a hardened steel 6 fixed in the end of the shaft. Bearing against the axle 4 is a pin 7 guided in a hollow set-screw 8, a spring 9 being interposed between a collar on the pin and the setscrew, the latter of which serves to adjust the tension of the spring. The shaft moves towards the right, owing to the action of the field magnet, thereby compressing the spring and rotating the cam. The combined effect of the spring and the eccentricity of the cam is to start the shaft on a backward course. The cycle is repeated continually, thus effectively maintaining end play. The rate of oscillation of the shaft may be varied by altering the distance of the point of contact of the cam and the shaft from the shaft centre, or by altering the diameter of the cam.
Patent GB-190201557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Planters for Potatoes and the like.
Inventor: BACHMANN GEORGE JOHN
Filed: 1902-01-20
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 1557. Bachmann, G. J. Jan. 20. Potato planters.-Relates tc a machine for cutting potatoes into seed eyes, dropping them at intervals into a furrow, and then covering them with soil. The machine comprises a main frame 3 supported on two main wheels 2 and on a front castor wheel 8. Two frames 10, carrying the ploughs 14 and covering-in blades 17, are adjustably secured to the frame 3 The front end of the frames 10 are provided with a bracket 11 having holes, by any one of which it may be secured to the frame 3 by a pin 12. The rear end of each frame 10 has a projection 20 working in a guide bracket 21, which is adjustably secured by a clip to the main axle. The upper end of the bracket 21 is provided with a quadrant 26 and with a lever 24, the shorter end of which is connected by a chain 27 with the beam 10. The lever 24 is secured in its adjusted position by the quadrant 26. The frame 10 is provided, behind the share 14, with an opening through which the seed-dropping tube 50 projects. The machine is provided with a hopper 51, to which is hinged at 58, a table 54 for a sack or other supply of potatoes. The outer end of the table 54 is connected by a series of links and levers with a hand-lever 64, by means of which the inclination of the table 54 can be adjusted. The hopper 51 is itself hinged to facilitate access to the cutting and feeding mechanism arranged beneath it. The hopper 51 is formed with a bottom sloping towards an outlet at each end of the hopper immediately over the seed tubes 50. The cutting and feeding mechanism consists of slides, operated in one direction by connections from a cam on the hub of one of the main wheels, and operated in the opposite direction by springs. The slide is provided with a bottom plate and also with a cutting- plate, and these plates are situated in different horizontal and vertical planes, so that only one of them closes the outlet from the hopper 51 at any given time, but they both close the outlet in alternation. By this arrangement the potatoes are cut and dropped singly at intervals into the furrow.
Patent GB-190207895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pince-nez
Inventor: DOBSON WILLIAM GRESWELL
Filed: 1902-04-04
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 7895. Dobson, W. G. April 4. Eyeglasses.-One of the buffers B is fitted with a projection D passing through a ring C on the frame, so that, by pressure on the end E, the frame is opened for fixing on the nose.
Patent GB-190213842-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Cyclometer and Time Piece for Motor Cars, Bicycles, Tricycles and all Wheeled Vehicles.
Inventor: FLORY THOMAS WASS
Filed: 1902-06-18
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 13,842. Flory, T. W., Reingpach, C. P., and Newman, E. June 18. Odometers.-A watch provided with the speedindicating mechanism described in Specification No. 25,571, A.D. 1901, or with the gear without the dial, as shown, is also provided with the train of dial wheels common to cyclometers generally.
Patent GB-190216731-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Automatic Alarm.
Inventor: REISSMANN CURT
Filed: 1902-07-28
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 16,731. Reissmann, C. July 28. Alarms, burglar and like.-Relates to a portable automatic alarm capable of being applied to any door, window, &c. The dry battery c and bell mechanism g are contained in a pocket case a, which has a side cover b and a top cover b<1>. The leads are connected to the two arms 1<1>, m<1> of the contact-mechanism, which, as shown in Fig. 3, is mounted on a base k, the arm l<1> being fixed to the base, and the arm m<1> pivoted on the screw p thereon. The spring q tends to force the tail of the arm m<1> into contact with the bent extension s of the arm l<1>. When the contact is applied to a door &c., the arm m<1> is moved into and held in alignment with the arm l<1>, so breaking the circuit between the parts r, s. When the door &c. is opened, as shown in Fig. 3, the spring q acts on the arm m<1> to close the alarm circuit. The contactpin i in the battery connection is disconnected by the plunger h on the cover b when the cover is closed, the battery being connected up by opening the cover.
Patent GB-190222845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Mechanical Toys.
Inventor: DENNYS ARTHUR VERNON LASCELLES
Filed: 1902-10-20
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 22,845. Dennys, A. V. L. Oct. 20. Mechanical toys.-Consists of a propelling mechanisin for mechanical toys having motions imitating the walking, crawling, or running of certain animals, or otherwise presenting an animated appearance. The mechanism comprises two or more star-wheels vertically disposed on the spindle of a clockwork mechanism. The radial arms of the wheels project beyond the casing as they revolve. One wheel is set in advance or in rear of the other, and has longer arms. The arms of the star-wheels alternately engage the surface on which the toy is placed, so that the toy is propelled in a wobbling fashion, and travels in a circle or curve due to the unequal lengths of the arms. The invention may be applied to toys representing an animal &c., but is particularly applicable to an imitation cheese, or portion of cheese, as illustrated in Fig. 1, where d, e represent the star-wheels, b the clock mechanism with a winding-up key, and a a portion of cheese. The cheese may be wound up and placed in a box with a lid having a suitable fastening, if desired, when the toy will open the box and run out.
Patent GB-190223684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Hubs and Free Wheel Clutches for Velocipedes and the like.
Inventor: RILEY VICTOR
Filed: 1902-10-30
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,684. Riley, V., and Riley, P. Oct. 30. Clutches driving - mechanism.-A free - wheel clutch for bicycles &c. consists of a disc 8 lying between bearings 2, 3 and provided with a sleeve 10 adapted to engage loosely with a steadying-collar 11 on the spindle 1. Into the recess on the end of the hub is secured a ring having, preferably, an even number of teeth 12, and the part of the disc 8 within the recess is formed with pockets to receive the pawls &c. 15. These pawls are adapted to engage the teeth for forward driving, when the hub rotates as a whole on the end bearings 2, 3, and to over-run them in free-wheeling, when the hub rotates on the bearings 3, 7. The disc is formed with a boss to carry the chain or other gear wheel.
Patent GB-190225593-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Plastering Walls, Ceilings and the like.
Inventor: LIND GEORG
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 25,593. Lind, G. Nov. 21. Plastering.-A box or chamber b, containing plaster a, is arranged to slide in guides f parallel to the wall, ceiling, or surface to be coated, and the plaster is forced through an aperture n by a pivoted plate h rotated by a weighted lever g, cord or chain k, and crank arm i<1>. To facilitate the plastering of the lower part of the wall, the weighted lever g can be moved from a loose square collar on to a fixed square collar on the spindle i, and the plaster is inserted in the lower part of the box, which is provided with an aperture o. Cut-off plates pare arranged to slide vertically or horizontally within the box, which is fitted with movable smoothing- rails r and a lid s, and is raised and lowered by a cord d passing over a pulley c. In a modification, plaster is forced through apertures in a casing by a plunger operated by a weighted lever and cord. In another arrangement, a quadrantal box is formed with a single aperture, and is fitted with a pivoted plate adapted to work in one direction only.
Patent GB-190225856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Invalid Bedsteads.
Inventor: KUCKHOFF JOHANN
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 25,856. Kuckhoff, J. Nov. 24. Bedsteads, invalids'. The bottom is in three parts. The head part can be raised by means of toothed quadrants and pinions on a shaft which can be turned by a crank. Pins put through holes in the sides of the bedstead engage holes in the pinions, and so hold the head part in its raised position. The foot part can be lowered by means of cords, which unwind from a cross-shaft provided with pulleys with holes in which engage pins to hold the foot part in position. A table K is connected to the foot end frame by pivoted bars. The table can fold up against the foot end frame when not in use.
Patent GB-190228369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus Suitable for Delivering Postage Stamps, Tickets and other Articles in Sheet Form.
Inventor: HOLLAND SWINTON COLTHURST
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-12-23
Abstract: 28,369. Holland, S. C. Dec. 23. Sale apparatus for postage stamps, tickets, and other articles delivered as a strip from a roll or drum. Delivery mechanism.-The strip 9 led from a flanged roller 8 along a guideway 6 is delivered to an external tray 48 by a pair of feed-rollers 10 driven by a motor 3. A lever 12 lying over the strip carries pins 15 to drop through the perforation between the stamps and arrest the fly 5 of the motor. At every prepayment, the lever is raised to lift the pins clear of the strip, and a propping-plate 19 hinged to it at 18 sets itself vertical but is drawn aside by the strip moving under it. When the protruding stamp is pulled away, its separation from the strip is facilitated by a lever plate 44 on an axis 45 which bears at both ends 47, 46 upon the strip. Coin action.-The coin passing down a shoot 24 acts on a lever 13, which bears a pin 23 projecting into the shoot through a slot 24<a> and is connected to the tail of the pinning-lever 12 by a link 20. Coin-discharging mechanism.-To prevent release of the coin lever 13 before the prop has set itself, a lever stop 21<a> is provided, which the coin lever meets before the coin has passed the pin projecting through the slot, but which is pushed aside to let this occur by a cam 21<c> on one of the motor wheels. Coin-slit closing devices.-When the last stamp has been taken, a hole in a ribbon which connects the strip to the flanged roller lets fall a feeler 41 and with it a vertical lever 34 which is slotted upon its fulcrum pin 36<a>. The lower end of the lever accordingly comes into the path of a pin 37 on one of the motor wheels, and the lever is operated to trip a bell-crank detent 31 at the upper end from a sliding shutter 26, which is pulled by a spring 28.
Patent GB-190301427-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Safety Devices for Elevators.
Inventor: SMITH RUDOLPH CHARLES
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 1427. Smith, R.. C. May 5, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Safety suspending or retaining apparatus for elevators or lifts. The stoppage of the cage in the event of excessive speed being attained, is effected by the engagement of a dog or dogs D mounted on the cage, with corresponding "retarders" or braking-blocks C mounted in the shaft. The position of each dog is controlled by a gcvernor roller 7 running on a track 8, and carried by a pivoted frame 6. The dog is mounted on a shaft 12 and connected by a link 13 with an arm 14, which has the same pivot as the frame 6, is raised by a lug 16 on the frame 6, and is normally held up by a detent 15 to retain the dog in position to engage the retarder fully. Just before the dog reaches a retarder, the roller 7 comes opposite a depression x in the track 8, and, if the speed is not excessive, enters this depression, releases the detent 15 by a projection 17 on the arm 6, and thus allows the dog to drop clear of the retarder. Should, however, the speed be excessive, the roller 7 does not enter the depression x far enough to release the detent 15, and any shifting of the dog while it remains in proximity to the retarder is now prevented by the engagement of the roller 7 with a part 9 of the track, which is below the main surface 10. Although the surface 9 is high enough to prevent the release of the detent 15 in the circumstances just described, it is yet not high enough to return the dog to engaging position, once the latter has been released by the full entry of the roller 7 into the depression x, and the return of the dog to full engaging position is not effected until the roller 7 again runs on to the main surface 10. The dog when in full engaging position projects beyond the retarder, so that when the two engage, the retarder is drawn inwards to the position shown in dotted lines, where it is rigidly supported by a bar 21. By the construction described above, incomplete engagement of the dog with the retarder is prevented. The retarder preferably consists of a block carrying pins, between which fixed ropes 2 are bent, as shown in Fig. 6. In the case shown, in which there are two sets of dogs, one at each side of the cage, the retarders are so arranged that the dogs are in operative position alternately. The dogs on the one side, each connected to its own governor, are connected to those on the other side by rock-shafts 25, 26, in such a way that the diagonally-opposite dogs move inwards or outwards together, and when one of these pairs is in non- engaging position, the other pair is locked in engaging position by means of projections or hooks 28 and corresponding notches y.
Patent GB-190302166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Vending Machines.
Inventor: KNAPP WILLIAM ALLEN
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 2166. Knapp, W. A. Jan. 29. Sale apparatus; delivery mechanism.-Articles, more particularly cigars, are delivered from a glazed casing A by an endless carrier B travelling across the bottom 8 of the cigar chamber and composed of links 9 pivoted to bearings on the ends of selecting-rollers 11 which have narrow central portions. The carrier is actuated by sprocket-wheels on a shaft 13 and guided by discs on an idle shaft 15. The bearings on the rollers 11 carry antifriction rollers engaging recesses in the sprocket-wheels, and the shaft 13 carries an external operating-wheel 32. The cigars are dropped into a tray 50, being pressed outwards by a projection 51 on the plate 8 and an inward projection on the tray. The cigars are kept parallel with the rollers by a hollow cylinder 53, which may contain a sponge or other absorbent material. The rear section 3 of the casing A is preferably removably hooked at 4 to the base and locked to the hinged top 5. Coin action; fraud, preventing.-A coin wheel 18, mounted on the shaft 13 to which it is geared by a pin and a notched hub, has an annular flange 22 with flat seats 23 to receive the coins inserted at a shoot 31. The coins are retained in position by lugs 25, 26 which allow small coins to pass direct to the till. Each coin presses a pair of spring- operated levers 30 out of the path of the end 28 of a locking-notch 27 in the flange 22. A spring pawl 34 engages internal teeth 36 and the ends 35 of the notches 27 to prevent backward motion. The coins are visible through three windows in the casing 43, and are finally dropped into a shoot 44 leading to the till. When the money drawer is opened, the levers 30 may be released by pressing their ends 46, so as to allow all the coins to be discharged from the coin wheel 18.
Patent GB-190302657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Taking and Producing Photographs.
Inventor: PAGE ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2657. Page, R. W. Feb. 4. Automatic apparatus.-Consists of a regulating-device for controlling the operations in the automatic photographic apparatus described in Specification No. 12,419, A.D. 1902. A shaft 72, Fig. 2, is rotated by a weight 450, which is geared to it by a rack 400 and pinion 401. Fixed on the shaft 72 is a cam 419, the profile of which is shaped so as to determine the length of time occupied by developing, fixing, and other operations on the photograph. The profile of the cam acts upon a roller 418 on the lever 413, the free end of which acts through a rod 412 on the valve 407. The valve 407 regulates the rate of descent of the weight 450 by controlling the escape of liquid from the lower side of a piston in the cylinder 404, this piston being mounted on the end of the rod supporting the weight. The extent to which the lever 413 can fall, when the roller 418 is opposite a notch on the cam 419, is regulated by turning the snail 426, which arrests an extension 425 of the lever 413.
Patent GB-190303025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casement Stays
Inventor: ADAMS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-09
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 3025. Adams, F. W. Feb. 9. Stays for casements, The rectangular bar a is pivoted to the bracket b on the casement A, and slides through the socket c which is pivoted on the bracket d secured to the casement frame B. The cam g on the lever e, which is pivoted in lugs f on the socket c, engages with slots i in the bar a and so locks the casement in any position by the weight of the lever e. The slots may be cut in the top instead of in the side of the bar e. By modification of the shapes of the brackets b, d, the device may be applied to flush frames and also to sashes opening inwardly.
Patent GB-190312287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wardrobes or the like
Inventor: CHAMIER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-29
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,287. Chamier, W. May 29. Mirrors; wardrobes. - A wardrobe a, Fig. 2, with or without compartments, is provided with double walls b, between which stide frames g, pivoted to bars h, and carrying mirrors on one or both sides. A handle k serves to slide the frame in and out.
Patent GB-190312460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WRIGHT EARL EMERY
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 12,460. Wright, E. E. June 2. Hubs.-Comprises a construction of toothed driving-gear for use in connection with a motorvehicle frame adapted to yield when passing over uneven ground, and capable of driving the front steering-wheels positively when they are at an angle with the rear wheels. The steering-wheel hubs 24 enclose the bevel gearing and protect it from dust and dirt.