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Patent GB-190115627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pliers and Kindred Tools.
Inventor: WEIBEZAHL HERMAN GEORG
Filed: 1901-08-01
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 15,627. Weibezahl, H. G. Jan. 9, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Pliers, cutters, and nippers; wrenches.-Relates to parallel gas and other pliers, nippers, cutters, wrenches, and the like. The handles A, B are crossed and separately pivoted to the jaws G, H, which slide upon the shanks of the heads E, F formed with jaws E<1>, F<1>, E<2>, F<2>. The handles are slotted for pins C<2>, D' fixed to the shanks above mentioned and to the lower ends of crossed secondary levers C, D, pivoted together at W. The levers C, D carry pins C', D<1> for engaging with slots in the heads E, F. These levers are further provided with slotted wings C<3>, D<3> for pins G<3>, H<3> carried by the jaws G, H. These pins may be placed in supplemental holes g, h to alter the adjustment of the jaws G, H. Teeth E<4>, F<4> are formed on the shanks of the heads E, F to engage with teeth on bars G<4>, H, pivoted to the jaws G, H and pressed inwards by springs. These teeth serve to hold the jaws in the closed position ; they are automatically disengaged when the handles A, B are opened out. Fig. 9 shows a modification in which only one of the handles, namely, the handle A<9>, is slotted for the pin D'. Either one or both pairs of side jaws may be dispensed with. Fig. 7 shows the tool without side jaws. In this form, the wings C<3>, D<3> are dispensed with, and the pins A<11>, B<11> work in slots in the jaw shanks.
Patent GB-190203412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: MYERS EMMA ELLNOR
Filed: 1902-02-11
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 3412. Myers, E. E. Feb. 11. Rail joints are made alternately with the tongue 5 and recess 3 as shown, and with bevelled ends 8 each carrying a hook 10, which takes through a slot 9.
Patent GB-190203595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Maintaining and Transmitting Chronometric Motion.
Inventor: GIROD ERNEST
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 3595. Girod, E. Feb. 12. Systems of clocks.- The pressure of the ordinary water supply is utilized to drive an air-compressor, and the air pressure drives a standard clock with a pendulum, and operates indicators. Weight-driving apparatus for the standard master clock. A pinwheel V on an intermediate arbor of the train which makes a revolution in six minutes is driven by a weighted lever Q bearing a gravity pawl T, and the lever is raised after each descent by a rotating cam O acting on an arm R. The cam, being attached to a ratchet-wheel L, turns with one or other of a pair of pawl-bearing spur-wbeels J, which gear with racks H under the pull of weights on cords I. Winding-mechanism.-A piston, driven one way in a cylinder by air pressure and returned by a hanging weight when the pressure is removed, has a crosshead in the form of a claw F, Fig. 7, which, when free, is set symmetrically by a spring G so that it catches the rack H which it first meets, and is thereby deflected from the other. The air pressure is controlled by the valve mechanism shown in Fig. 8. The chamber C being connected to the air reservoir by the pipe r and to the cylinder by a pipe, not shown, when the valve D is open, as shown, pressure is admitted to the cylinder and the crosshead F is moved outwards and maintained there while the main ratchet-wheel makes about three-quarters of a revolution. But during the remaining part of the revolution, the cam X, turning with the ratchet-wheel and acting through the lever Y, closes the valve D and opens the complementary valve 11, by which the air escapes from the cylinder and through the pipe 12. The piston is accordingly pulled back again by its weight, and the crosshead leaves the rack last operated. Escapements.-The rotation imparted by the racks to the ratchet-wheel is controlled by an escapement action, which consists of a pair of arms N, N' of different lengths and a pallet W at the root of the weighted lever Q. Pneumatic clocks.-The pipe 12 from the valve chamber conveys the exhaust from the cylinder to distant indicators having ratchet-feeds, Fig. 9, which each puff actuates through the diaphragm 15.
Patent GB-190209945-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Spring Tyre for Cycles and other Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: HENSS LUDWIG
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 9945. Henss, L. April 30. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to spring tyres. Aluminium or other metal wire w is coiled to form a flat resilient band c, in which the convolutions overlap one another. This band is coiled helically to form a hollow tyre, which may have inwardly-bent parts a, b for supporting the tread, and which is enclosed in an outer rubber cover d. In modifications, the hollow tyre may be formed of several resilient bands, which may be either wound in opposite directions, or interlaced, or plaited.
Patent GB-190211096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dressing Intestinal Skins.
Inventor: BITTERLING CHARLES FREDERICK A
Filed: 1902-05-14
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 11,096. Bitterling, C. F. A. May 14. Intestines, cleaning.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 1235, A.D. 1892, for dressing intestinal skins, and in which the skin is drawn over a curved stick or device supported by grooved rollers. The upper end A' of the stick A is curved so as to extend more than half -way round the grooved roller B, the outer part B<1> of which is made detachable and retained by a nut C<2> and a spring C<3>, and may be splined on the shaft C. A second grooved roller E is placed below the roller B on the reverse side of the stick A, to form a stop. The roller E is mounted on a shaft F, and both the rollers are rotated at the requisite surface speed, the one in the reverse direction to the other, by means of a crank shaft G with worms H, H<1> engaging worm-wheels on the shafts C, F. The grooves of the rollers B, E may be lined with india-rubber corrugated transversely. The stick A is provided with a flattened portion A' and side springs J for distending the skins. The knife K, which is situated with its cutting-edge on the inner side and near the part A<2>, is preferably straight, and is reciprocated longitudinally. The inner end of the knife is secured to a bar K<1> sliding in a block adjustable in guideways D<1> in the framing D, the block being connected to a bent strap secured to a hand-wheel M mounted on a screw. The knife-bar K<1> is connected to a crank G<2> on the shaft G by means of a rod K<3>. A guard and guide-plate N is secured to the adjustable knife-bar block, and serves to support the knife, to lead the fat on the skin up to the knife, and to throw off the severed fat, the lower part N' of the plate being bent and formed with a guiding- gap N', and the upper part of the plate being alwavs interspersed between the severed fat and the knife.
Patent GB-190214741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trolleys and Conductors used for Electric Propulsion of Vehicles and Boats.
Inventor: MERCIER MAUNSELL
Filed: 1902-07-02
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 14,741. Mercier, M. July 2. Electric propulsion, supplying currents for.-Relates to trolleys and conductors used for the electric propulsion of vehicles and boats. The live and return wires 1, 2 are suspended from poles &c., and they are spaced by bamboo or other tie-rods 4 secured between insulators 6. The collector or trolley head is formed of a fork 14, each arm of which carries a grooved roller or collector 15 mounted in a pivoted frame 16 controlled by a spring connected to an insulated socket 17. The fork 14 is mounted in a socket 13 formed at the end of the trolley pole hinged to a standard or base upon which it is arranged to swivel. The cables 22, 23 are fixed to the frames 16 and passed through the trolley pole to the motor. To prevent arcing across between the conductors, a shield 30 of wood &c. is interposed between the collectors, as shown. The Provisional Specification states that a non-conducting partition may be suspended between the conductors to prevent short-circuiting.
Patent GB-190218923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Direct Current Electricity Meters
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 18,923. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 28. Current and energy meters.-Relates to a multi polar electric motor, with a switching arrangement for short-circuiting the field coils on one side of the rotating armature. Part of the current from one of the mains 10 is shunted by a resistance 9<1> through the field coils 7 to 7<7> of the motor meter. All the coils are in series, and the terminals of each coil are connected to two adjacent contacts 11, 11<1>, &c. Any coil is short-circuited when a suspended iron bar is pulled against the contacts by a radial magnetic arm mounted on the shaft of the motor. In the position shown, the bars 15 are pulled against the contacts 11<5>, 11<6>, and their coils 7<5>, 7<6> are short-circuited. The armature 4 is then attracted by the coils 7, 7<7>, and continues to rotate at a rate which is a function of the current. The arm 5 may be magnetized by induction through the arm 4 from the coil 7<7>, or it may be a permanent magnet. If a pressure coil is wound on the arm 4, the meter records watt-hours. The rotating armature is braked by vanes or by permanent magnets acting on a conducting-disc.
Patent GB-190218927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Engine Reversing Links and Blocks.
Inventor: MORRIS JAMES JOSHUA
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 18,927. Morris, J. J. Aug. 28. Making parts of s t e a m engines.- Reversing-links H and blocks J are designed so that a number of them may be turned together in the form of a disc or ring from which they are afterwards sawn or slotted. The block works in a dovetailed groove in the convex face of the link, and the groove in the lugs K for the reception of the eccentric-rod end may be turned out in the lathe and finished with a cutter bar.
Patent GB-190224091-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus for Spraying Glowing Blast-furnace Cinder
Inventor: LESSING WILHELM
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 24,091. Lessing, W., and Wolff, A. Nov. 4. Slags, treatment of.-Liquid blast-furnace cinder or slag is sprayed or granulated by a drum or fan wheel revolving on a horizontal axis n mounted in bearings outside the casing g. Slag enters by the channel a, and openings l for air circulation and an inspection window s are provided. Arms or blades c, parallel or inclined to the axis, with straight or undulated edges, act as a centrifugal or screw fan to circulate air for cooling purposes. Openings may be made through these blades and their edges may be sharpened, or a series of adjustable inclined or spiral cutters may be attached to them, one form with two sets of cutting-ribs m being shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190227169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato Digging Machines.
Filed: 1902-12-09
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 27,169. Moulton, C. J., and British Potato Harvester Syndicate. Dec. 9. Potato diggers.-Relates to improvements in potato diggers of the type described in Specifications No. 22,010, A.D. 1899, and No. 11,733. A.D. 1900. A disc d having radial projections is mounted at each side of the digging-share c. The radial projections serve to move the soil and potatoes towards the short elevator or grating e. The discs d are also fitted with means for cutting the haulms and weeds. The cutting-device may consist of a radial cutter on the disc co-acting with a fixed cutter on the frame, or of a saw-tooth d<2> with sharpened edge d<3> on the disc co-acting with a fixed cutter f on the frame. The discs d are mounted on a shaft a carried by levers adjustably secured to quadrants b by means of which the share c is raised or lowered. The shaft a is driven by chain gearing from the main axle. The potatoes are carried by an elevator i from the grating or elevator e to the sieves j, j<1>, from whence they pass to an elevator k which delivers them into a cart. The elevator k is mounted centrally in relation to the machine on a supporting-frame l with stays l<1>. A flexible shoot may be employed in connection with the elevator k to deliver the potatoes into a cart running either behind or at the side of the machine.
Patent GB-190301055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling and Governing Gear for Pressure Engines.
Filed: 1903-01-15
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 1055. Davy Bros., and Crowe, E. Jan. 15. Valve gear starting-engines.-The invention relates to a differential governor which may act upon a throttle valve for regulating, starting, or stopping a non-reversing engine, or upon a distributing valve gear for reversing or varying expansion. It comprises two worms 7, 8 driven respectively by a constant speed motor 55 and by the engine to be governed. The worms gear with a wheel 6, and any difference in their speeds causes the wheel 6 to reciprocate and move the throttle valve or the valve gear. It is shown connected to a single eccentric reversing-gear, the eccentric-rod 48 being pivoted at 50 to a link, which oscillates about a pin 52, carried on arms 53, pivoted at 54 and connected by a rod 14 to the wheel 6. The direction of running is determined by the direction in which the motor 55 is started, and in the case of non-reversing engines, the starting of the motor 55 opens the stop valve, which serves also as the throttle valve, through the rod 14. The worms are driven through friction clutches which slip when the wheel reaches the end of its traverse. They and their driving - trains may be replaced by any other gearing of the same velocity ratios.
Patent GB-190301582-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paint.
Inventor: BRASINGTON WILLIAM WARREN
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1582. Brasington, W. W. Jan. 22. Paints, materials for; antifouling paints and compositions.-A waterproof paint, specially adapted for coating metal surfaces, is prepared by mixing together, in the cold, refined coal tar, rubber cement, and gasoline.
Patent GB-190301850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Armour Plates and Projectiles.
Inventor: FAIRHOLME FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1903-01-26
Granted: 1904-04-26
Abstract: 1850. Fairholme, F. C., and Fletcher, J. E. Jan. 26. Tempering; annealing; chrome, molybdenum, and tungsten steel.-Relates to the manufacture of armour plates, projectiles, and other articles, one side or portion of which requires to be of a hard and the other of a softer or tougher character, and consists in heating and cooling chromium, tungsten, or other steel alloys, which possess the property of hardening when heated to a high temperature and exposed to air, and of softening when heated to a lower temperature and annealed. The article is first heated to about 1,600‹ F., and cooled quickly in a blast of air or other gas ; it is then re-heated to a lower temperature of about 1,300‹ F., and cooled more slowly in sand, air, &c. In this condition, the articles may be machined, or bent if again heated. The face or side to be hardened is now re-heated to the high temperature, and cooled rapidly in a blast of air or gas, the other face being kept at a much lower temperature. The face to be hardened may be first heated in contact with carbon, boron, tungsten, molybdenum, or vanadium. A suitable steel alloy contains 1 per cent. molybdenum, 3¢ per cent. chromium, and À6 per cent. carbon. The process described in the Provisional Specification is of a somewhat simpler character.
Patent GB-190304148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Brooms and Brushes.
Inventor: FRANCIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-02-21
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 4148. Francis, J. Feb. 21. Bristles, fixing.- Relates to methods of fixing the hair, fibres, bristles, or bass &c. to the stock of a broom or brush. Tufts C, Fig. 2, of the material are doubled and are threaded on to a wire D, which is pressed into one of several grooves B in the stock A, Fig. 1, and is secured by bending over its ends into holes E. The wires are further secured by driving wire pegs through transverse holes G. The tufts of bristle &c. C may be held by two twisted wires J, as shown in Fig. 4. The wires J are similarly secured in a grooved stock.
Patent GB-190304290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hatchway and Deck Fittings of Sea-going Vessels
Inventor: CARMICHAEL JOHN
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 4290. Carmichael, J. Feb. 24. Ships' hatchways and decks.-Brackets or shoes, riveted to hatchway coamings for supporting beams or girders or to the decks for supporting deck cargo posts, are made of rolled steel plates or anglebars instead of cast iron. Fig. 1 shows a shoe stamped from a plate and adapted to receive a T-iron. This shoe is bulged at b to clear the hatchway, and has securing-flanges a and water channels c. Figs. 3 and 4 show shoes rolled from angle-bar, adapted to receive a wooden beam or a bulb-iron respectively.
Patent GB-190309428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sewing Machine Rufflers.
Inventor: LAUBSCHER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-04-25
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 9428. Laubscher, A. Sept. 19, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Sewing-machine folding-attachments.-Relates to rufflers and consists in means for ensuring that the needle shall have entered the work before the ruffling-blade commences to move back after forming the fold, and that the making of the next fold shall be well advanced before the needle leaves the work. The device, which consists as usual of a separator blade 9 and a ruffling-blade 19 mounted on a reciprocating carriage 8, is carried by the presser-foot 1. The carriage is moved to and fro by a link 14 adjustably pivoted at 17 to a lever 3 which is pivoted to the presser-foot and is actuated by the needle holder 24. The main part of the invention consists in the shape of the cam-slot in the lever 3 by which the stud or screw 23 actuates tha lever. Taking the initial position as that shown in Fig. 3 where the needle is at its highest and the ruffling-blade 19 has just completed a fold, the needle descends without moving the blade till it is just entering the work, as shown in Fig. 4. The stud 23 then slides along the side 26 of the cam-slot and enters a recess 27. The needle is then at its lowest, and the ruffling-blade at its greatest distance from the work. The needle then begins to rise, moving the ruffling-blade forward suddenly, so as to commence and partly make another fold before the needle leaves the work. This position, where the stud 23 has just left the recess 27, is shown in Fig. 6. The shape of the slot then causes another dwell in the motion of the ruffling-blade until the stud reaches the corner 28, and the new fold is completed while the stud is sliding along the edge 25 to the initial position.
Patent GB-190310545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rail Fastenings.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 10,545. Page, S. E., [Weber Railway Joint Manufacturing Co.]. May 8. Rails, securing to sleepers.-The rail A rests on a shoe angle or plate C, R and is secured by clips D, W resting on the rail flange and plate flange R, respectively, and fastened by bolts E. The heads of the bolts bear against a plate X placed under the sleeper B.. The clips have elongated bolt holes to enable the rail or parts to be adjusted. The shoe angle C is provided with a hook U, which engages a correspondingly shaped hook V formed on the clip W.
Patent GB-190314109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Spark Arresters suitable for Locomotive Engines.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 14,109. Preston, W. R. June 24. Spark-arresters.- Relates to spark-arresters in which the adherence of soot is minimized. Fig. 2 shows the smokebox of a locomotive fitted with one form of apparatus. Between the blast pipe a-and a cone or petticoat b is mounted a device comprising a series of bars c, the lower ends of which rest on a flange d projecting from the blast pipe, and are kept in position by a ring e, through holes in which they extend. The upper ends extend through holes in a ring g, being sufficiently f r e e to vibrate. The rings g, e are held by bars h, which are riveted to them and fastened to the flange d. The lower ends of the bars c are staggered in the ring e, in order that the lower ends may be at the same distance apart as the upper ends. Fig. 5 shows another form of the apparatus, in which semi-annular plates l are loosely inserted, in louvre fashion, one above the other, in upwardly and out. wardly extending barsj, which are secured at their lower ends to a ring k surrounding the blast pipe. In some cases the cone b is omitted, the chimney and spark-arrester being brought close together.
Patent GB-190315483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Bottles.
Inventor: NUNN JOHN HANCOCK
Filed: 1903-07-13
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 15,483. Nunn, J. H., and Headworth, G. July 13. Water bottles; stoppers.-The neck of an india-rubber or other flexible water bottle, suitable for containing hot water, is strengthened by a metal ferrule c or other means to receive an expansible stopper. This stopper is composed of two rubber plugs e, f and a hard washer g mounted on a metal screw h between washers i, k. The stopper is expanded and contracted by adjusting a nut j.
Patent GB-190316962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sashfasteners.
Inventor: LORIE ADOLPH FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 16,962. Lorie, A. F. W. Aug. 4. Window-holders.-Relates to the sash fastenings described in Specification No. 19,738, A.D. 1902. In the screw fastening, described with reference to Fig. 9 of the Drawings accompanying the prior Specification, a locking pin 4, Fig. 1, is passed through a hole in the handle 2 of the screw. This pin has a head 5 filling into a recess in the handle and a piece 7 at the lower end formed to prevent withdrawal of the pin. A recess is formed in the handle to receive the piece 7. The pin engages a balanced hook, or an angle-iron 8 secured to the lower sash, for the purpose of preventing the screw from being turned. The nut 21 and thread are cast in two parts and fixed together by means of screws 25, one of which serves as an adjusting screw. In the spring fastening described with reference to Fig. 12 of the drawings accompanying the prior Specification, a rib is cast integral with the nut to engage the screw. Fig. 4 shows an improvement in the balance hook &c. described with reference to Figs. 13 and 14 of the drawings accompanying the prior Specification. The attachment plate 10 has a perforated shank 13, through which passes a cord 16 connecting the chain 17 and the bottom of the balanced hook 12. Upon pulling the chain to turn the disc 19 and retract the screw fastening, the hook 12 is simultaneously released. A spring hook 20 is provided on the plate 10 to engage the chain and so acts as a lock. The weighted end of the balanced hook is made flat and large so as to give more clearance and to adapt it for use with windows of varying size. Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the balanced hook is dispensed with. The flanged disc 19 is provided with a stop 27 adapted to take under an arm 28 on the attachment bracket 29. The arm is curved to allow the stop to be released upon rotating the disc to withdraw the screw fastening. A curved projection 31 on the bracket prevents the chain 17 from being pulled upwards past the disc. A step 32 on the bracket has an inclined slot, in which the chain may be wedged to prevent the fastening from being released from the outside. In the lever arrangement described with reference to Figs. 15, 16, and 17 of the drawings accompanying the prior Specification, one of the links is dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 9, and a certain amount of play for the rod 39 is allowed in the guides or staples 37,38.