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Patent GB-190106149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bicycle Frames.
Inventor: KENNARD WILLIAM ENOS
Filed: 1901-03-23
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 6149. Kennard, W. E. March 23. Bicycles; frames; convertibles; adapted for use by ladies.-A cross-frame for a bicycle Fig. 1, comprises a saddle post c, bottom bar b, head a, member d connecting the lower head lug a' with the top of the saddle post, and pair of members g fitting against and bolted to lugs on the bottom bracket, curved to pass the member d, and bolted to ears formed on the upper head lug. The members g may be arranged parallel to the bottom bar, their lower ends being bolted to a special lug secured on the sadele post. Fig. 5 shows a convertible cycle for use by either sex, the members g being secured either horizontally or parallel with the bottom bar by means of lugs j as shown.
Patent GB-190111130-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Pot or Ventilator
Inventor: LANCHESTER HENRY JONES
Filed: 1901-05-30
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 11,130. Lanchester, H. J. May 30. Chimney and ventilating- shaft tops. - Consists of a tapering fluted pot with base to fit the brick flue.
Patent GB-190112098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Marine Signal Lights.
Inventor: TOURLE ALGERNON BEDE
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 12,098. Tourle, A. B., and Arzt, H. June 13. Drawings to Specification. Hydrogen.-A material composed of sodium and phosphorus, is employed in marine signal lights, hydrogen and spontaneously inflammable phosphoretted hydrogen being evolved when the material comes in contact with the water. The sodium and phosphorus, approximately in the proportions of their atomic weights, are melted together in a crucible, then cooled and granulated beneath rock oil, and thoroughly dried.
Patent GB-190112805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycles.
Inventor: WILLOUGHBY FRANK STANLEY
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 12,805. Willoughby, F. S. June 24. Driving-mechanism; cranks.-Relates to driving- mechanism in which the cranks oscillate instead of rotate. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the crank-axle is formed in two parts 1, 1<a>, the inner ends forming ball races for balls 4, which allow the axles to move independently. The axles 1, 1<a> are fitted with cranks 6, 6<a> and with chain-wheels 5 connected by chains to wheels mounted on freewheel clutches on the rear-wheel hub. The cranks are raised to their upper positions either by springs connecting them to the top bar, or by coiled springs secured to the axles and to a fixed bracket, or by an elastic cord passing over a pulley on the frame and secured at its ends to the cranks. In a modification, the axles 1, 1<a> are mounted in separate bearings in the bottom bracket. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which one chain only is used. The axle 1 is mounted in ball bearings in a hollow axle 1<a>, mounted in the bottom bracket, the axles 1, 1<a>, being fitted with cranks 6, 6<a> respectively. A chain-wheel 5, loosely mounted on the axle 1<a>, is formed with a flange 5<b> which is engaged on its outer side by a forward driving-clutch carried by a boss on the crank 6 and on its inner side by a similar clutch secured to the axle 1<a>. Discs 5<e> and 6<m> support the clutches as shown.
Patent GB-190114676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives.
Inventor: STEELE EVERARD
Filed: 1901-07-18
Granted: 1902-07-18
Abstract: 14,676. Steele, E., Bower, C. J., and Poehlman, H. E. July 18. Explosives.-Grains of an oxidizing-agent, such as potassium chlorate, are coated with a substance, such as nitro-phthalic acid, which reacts explosively with the oxidizing-agent and is unaffected by moisture.
Patent GB-190116870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear, Suitable for Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: CRAVEN ROBERT EDWIN PEACOCK
Filed: 1901-08-22
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 16,870. Craven, R. E. P. Aug. 22. Valve gear.-Relates to a single-eccentric linkmotion. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the slot link 14 is pivoted to a motion bar 1 supported at one end by a radius link 12, and at the other sliding on a bush 7 on the crank shaft. The eccentric strap is pivoted to the motion bar at 16, and is prolonged so as to form a lever 17 by which the slot link 14 is rocked on its pivots. The motion bar gives the valve the invariable lap and lead component of its motion, and the lever 17 the variable component. Fig. 3 shows a modification. The numerals show the correspondence between the parts in this and in the form shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190118061-A (GB)
Title: An Excavator for Trenches, Cuttings and the like.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD ERNEST
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 18,061. Schofield, E. Sept. 10. Trench - excavators.-An excavator for trenches, cuttings, and the like is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The machine is designed to cut trenches of varied width and depth, to raise the material to the top of the trench, and to take up little room so that the trenches may be immediately propped up. The machine may be driven by steam, electricity, or other power, and consists of a series of spades and cutters n, o arranged on cross-bars, which, in turn, are fastened to driving-rods a which work down the side of the trench. The thrusting-rods bare hinged to the driving-rods a near the bottom, and the driving and thrusting rods are connected by hinges or bearings to the cranked axles c, d, working in the axle-boxes on the frame and driven by chain or other gearing at the same speed and in the same direction. The driving and thrusting rods have semicircular threads p, Fig. 3, on their back edges, and are connected to the cranks by the block or casing r so that they may be lifted or lowered or maintained at a desired height. The spades and cutters are fixed to the cutter bars y by means of fixed hooks or sockets on their undersides being placed over the front edge of the cutter bars and by tightening bolts at the back to bring small flanges into contact with or over the back edges of the cutter bars. The lifting-bars 5 are free to sink to any depth, are adjustable and guided, and carry one or both tumbler shafts of the chain bucket elevator. The shoot 15 is carried from the treadle frame 8 or from the lifting-arm or vertical beam 5. The excavator is advanced by means of the worm-wheel 16 on the axle of the wheel C gearing with the worm 17 on the shaft 18, bevel-wheels 19, 20, cross-shaft 21 with the gear wheel 22, and the wheel 23 on the crank shaft d. By altering the position of the clamping-brackets e,f on the rods, the working face of the trench may be inclined, and, by adding cutters and spades, trenches of different depths can be cut. Also, by altering the angular position of the cranks or by making the throws unequal, the motion of the cutters may be made elliptical and percussive. The machine, with or without the elevating-apparatus, can be used similarly to a power navvy, and can also be used for cutting military trenches.
Patent GB-190123831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chaff-cutting and Bagging Machines
Inventor: PADDOCK BRUCE
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 23,831. Paddock, B. Nov. 23. Filling chaff.-Relates to apparatus for cutting and bagging chaff. In Fig. 1, C represents an ordinary chaff-cutter, and 4 an elevator which delivers the cut chaff by a shoot 5 into a sack 6 secured to a ring 8 adjustably secured in slotted standards 7. A plunger 17 working on guide-rods is operated by a screw driven by means of bevel reversing gear from a shaft 12, to compress the chaff in the sack 6. The moving parts of the machine are driven by belt gearing from the shaft of the chaff-cutter.
Patent GB-190204633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Rulers.
Inventor: HUNT FRANK GARDNER
Filed: 1902-02-24
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 4633. Hunt, F. G. Feb. 24. Rulers.-Between a flexible top plate A, which may be of metal, and a similar bottom plate B, a number of absorbent strips C are secured by loops d<1>, which permit of longitudinal slipping only.
Patent GB-190205363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casement Windows.
Inventor: SHRIVELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 5363. Shrivell, W., and Shrivell, A. March 4. Casements.-To facilitate cleaning and repairs, the casement is pivoted to lugs C<1> of grooved slide bars E, which work on rounded rails D of the window head and sill. The sliding bar can be locked within the frame A by a pin F, and may be fitted with rollers, wheels, ball bearings, or the like. Fig. 4 shows the application of the invention to a metal window frame. In a modification for wooden frames, shown in Fig. 7, pivot plates or lugs C are fixed to the casement J, and the rails D are fixed to the outer wood frame H. A weather strip G is fixed to the bottom rail of the casement to protect the fittings.
Patent GB-190206881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: MCKNIGHT JAMES
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 6881. McKnight, J., and Anderson, J. March 20. Vertical boilers; shells.-A cylindrical furnace flue b extends across a vertical shell to a combustion chamber d, whence horizontal smoke tubes proceed, as shown. The top and bottom plates of the shell are arched, as shown at s in Fig. 2, this construction being claimed for the end plates of boilers in general. An arch p surmounts the rear end of the furnace, being supported on forward extensions of the rear grate bearer at each side: The side firebars are thus shorter than the rest. The furnace flue may be attached in various ways to the shell and to the combustion chamber.
Patent GB-190206937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firebars and Smoke Consuming Devices for Furnaces.
Inventor: TAYLOR EPHRAIM
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 6937. Taylor, E. March 21. Firebars and grates ; smoke-consuming.-Rocking firebars a, Fig. 2, with rounded tops, are operated by means of transverse serrated bars e, which are reciprocated by cranks on a longitudinal shaft with a handle in front. Beneath the firebars is a lattice grate, Figs. 4 and 5, with depending coils of wire, as shown in Fig. 5. This, by its action on the ascending currents of air, is said to cause better combustion and the consumption of smoke. The application of the invention to horizontal and vertical steam boilers is illustrated in the Specification.
Patent GB-190209564-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Automatically Igniting Fuel
Inventor: TRYTHALL ARTHUR BUCKINGHAM
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 9564. Trythall, A. B. April 25. Drawings to Specification. Clocks combined with firelighters. - Automatic apparatus for lighting fires is released by means of an alarm clock and a flexible cord, string, or wire, which may be adapted to be wound on the alarm spindle, or may be connected to a grooved and slotted pulley mounted on the handle of the alarm spindle and provided with a hole in its front flange for passage of the cord &c.
Patent GB-190209932-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combination Folding Bath and Bedstead.
Inventor: KREUSSLER CHRISTIAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-30
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 9932. Kreussler, C. W. April 30. Baths.-A bath J is fixed in a casing H, free to fold up about pivots G into a wardrobe-shaped casing A. The waste and overflow pipes S, T are flexible. The bath, when lowered, is supported in front by hinged legs K. For use as a bedstead, a mattress Z may be secured to the rim of the bath by spring clips C.
Patent GB-190210160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings.
Inventor: CLARK MERRILL ELBRIDGE
Filed: 1902-05-02
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 10,160. Clark, M. E. May 2. Axle-boxes.-In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the journal A is surrounded by a bushing 6 of gun-metal &c., upon which is driven a sleeve 5 forming with an outer sleeve 4 a chamber for rows of balls. These rows of balls are separated by rings 2, of different thicknesses, and by varying the position of the rings the paths of the balls may be varied. On one end of the sleeve 4 is screwed a collar 7, to which the dust cap 8 is screwed, and on the other end is screwed a cap E provided with a flange engaging a groove in a collar B on the axle, packing being inserted between the cap and collar. A hardened steel ring 1 is interposed between the cap E and the first row of balls, and a ring 9 is interposed between the balls and the flanged nut C on the end of the axle, Suitable packing 10<a> is inserted between the ring 9 and the nut C to provide an elastic surface to receive the end thrust In Fig. 2 the bearing is shown as fitted with ball - bearing washers to receive the end thrust. The washers 13 are placed at the ends of the bearing and are kept in place by a collar 14 and a nut 14', elastic washers being interposed between the washers 13 and collar and nut. Each washer is provided with a groove to receive and retain the balls 20, which are inserted through an aperture afterwards closed by a screw. The balls 20 take a bearing against rings 19, and the ring 21 between the outer row of bearing-balls, and the ring 19 may be removed and placed at the other extremity of the bearing to vary the path of the balls. Each washer 13 is provided with a gunmetal &c. bushing 23 which bears on the journal. The hub plate 15<1> secured to the hub by screws is provided with pins to hold the dust plate 18 in position, packing being inserted between the plate and the hub. Packing 15 prevents the entrance of dust at the other end of the bearing. Normally, the bearing works as a ball bearing, but in the event of a ball breaking &c. the bushings 5, 23 would turn upon the journal.
Patent GB-190211714-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Steps for Railway Carriages
Inventor: NELSON GEORGE MARMADUKE
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 11,714. Nelson, G. M., and Rowles, M. July 9. Safety guards between carriages and platform ; steps.-Relates to means for bridging the gaps between the end platforms of carriages of " tube " and other railways and curved station platforms. The guided step c has a pin m, which engages a slot k in a pivoted lever i having a slot l which receives the extension h<2> of a jointed lever h. A slide d connected to the gate handle e has a tappet f which can turn in one direction only. The arrangement is such that, when the step c is extended by hand by operating the lever h, or automatically on opening the gate by means of the link z, Fig. 1<A>, the act of closing the gate invariably causes the tappet f to engage the projection h<1>, and draws in the step c.
Patent GB-190212482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Glass Shades and Chimneys of Incandescent Gas and other Lights.
Inventor: BEAL WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 12,482. Beal, W. June 2. Lamp shade and chimney holders.-A holder for glass shades and chimneys, with cylindrical bases and no rims and used with incandescent gas or other burners, comprises a spring plate A attached to a stem a', which passes through a hollow screw C and has its outer end a<2> flattened ; this flattened end bears against a washer e threaded on the stem a'. The screw C is passed through a tapped boss d<1 >on the annular holder D. India rubber pads a<3>, a' may be attached to the ends of the plate A. A pad, preferably covered with india-rubber, may be used instead of the spring plate A. In a modification, the screw is fitted in a bracket projecting below the holder D, and is connected to a spring plate which presses against the interior of the lower part of the shade or chimney. In another modification, the spring plate is not attached to the stem a<1>, but has one end secured to the inside of the holder' D ; in this case, the screw may be solid. In another form of holder, one or more leaf springs, which normally spring inwards, are attached to the bolder D, and the screw C is dispensed with, or the springs may be secured to the inner flange of the holder D and arranged to spring outwards. The Provisional Specification states also that an expansible ring may be employed for holding the chimneys or shades.
Patent GB-190215229-A (GB)
Title: Triple Expansion Rotary Engine.
Inventor: CARY JULIAN EDWIN
Filed: 1902-07-08
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 15,229. Cary, J. E. July 8. Crescent-shaped chamber type; impact-wheels.- Relates to triple-expansion engines, the pistoncarrying wheels of which are made with pockets to utilize the impact of the steam. Figs. 1 and 2 show an engine in which the casing consists of four parts q, r, t, &c., forming three cylindrical chambers, symmetrically arranged about the central spindle. Steam is supplied to the high-pressure cylinder by a pipe a, so that its impact on the wheel c is utilized. Pockets e are formed in the wheel to further this object. The wheel c is slotted at n, Fig. 6, to receive the piston shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which is divided at 11 to pass on each side of the diaphragm g of the wheel, and is slotted at 12, to embrace the boss. It carries rollers u, bearing on cams p, by which it is positively moved in and out while sweeping round the cylinder. It has a packing consisting of thin plates x, secured by a bolt y in slotted holes, and pressed outwards by springs z, bearing on a block 2, which is also pressed outwards by a spring. Its outer end is guided by rollers 4, the spindles of which are carried by plates 6, bolted to the sides of the wheels, and its inner end is guided by blocks 10, or by rollers. The steam is exhausted through the pipe h into the intermediate cylinder, and from it passes by a pipe k to the lowpressure cylinder, which is fitted with an exhaust pipe m. The pistons and wheels of all three cylinders are similar in construction. Between the supply and exhaust passages of the highpressure cylinder, there is a spring abutment, consisting of two parts 13, Fig. 7, pressed inwards by springs. By means of projections on the cams p, the pistons are drawn back after passing the exhaust pipes to prevent compression, and, by means of cams 34 on the wheels, the gates or abutments are raised clear of the pistons as shown in Fig. 7. The gate 3 of the intermediate cylinder is a single one, and has a surface sufficiently wide to cover each pocket e. The gate 16 for the lowpressure cylinder is adjusted by means of removable distance-plates 17, Fig. 2. A cam-ring 20, on the wheel c, acts through a roller 22, and a rod 23, to cut off and admit steam through the valve 25. High-pressure steam may be supplied to the lowpressure cylinder through a pipe 28, fitted with a valve controlled in the same way as the valve 25. In this case the pipe k leading from the intermediate to the low-pressure cylinder is closed by a valve 35, and the exhaust valve 32 is opened.
Patent GB-190215726-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tap for Drawing and Aerating Liquors.
Inventor: AXDORFER GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 15,726. Axdorfer, G. July 15. Plug cocks for casks are formed with a second passage in the body, for the supply of carbonic acid under pressure to aÙrate the liquid.
Patent GB-190218745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tires and Means for Fastening the same to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: HAINES JACQUES CHARLES
Filed: 1902-08-26
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 18,745. Haines, J. C., and Huber, W. E. Aug.26. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-The rubber tyre 1 is attached to the channel-shaped rim 2 by two endless wires 3, 4, which pass through projecting-eyelets 5, 6 formed from a single wire 7, embedded in the tyre during its manufacture so as to pass transversely to and fro from one to the other of the wires 3, 4.
Patent GB-190219269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shoots for Loading or Discharging.
Inventor: BROSIG CARL
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 19,269. Brosig, C. Sept. 2. Counting-apparatus.-A loading-shoot b is fitted with a spring flap c, which, when depressed by a passing sack, operates through a sector g and pinion h a rope k, to actuate counting-apparatus. The spur gearing may be replaced by bell-crank levers. The flap may also be fitted with electric contacts to complete a circuit through electromagnets, from the armature of which the counting- apparatus is operated. In Fig. 11 the counter is shown mounted above the shoot, and operated directly by a gravity pendent arm w acting through a sector and pinion.
Patent GB-190224737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metallic Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: MIDGLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 24,737. Midgley, T. Nov. 11. Building wheels; metallic wheels; hubs; spokes. -Relates to the construction of metallic wheels for motor cars and other vehicles, parts of a spoke during manufacture being shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 11, and one spoke secured to the hub bemg shown in Figs. 12 and 13. A blank, cut out of rolled sheet steel, is shaped in dies to give an ellipticallysectioned spoke 24 with an open end having flanged sides 7. The sides are then bent inwards to give the wedge-shaped recesses 4, and, after recesses 9 have been cut in the flanges, a reinforcing-strip 10 formed in two parts is inserted. The parts are shaped to give an opening 12<1> and to have bent edges 13 which bear inside the spoke. The spokes with the reinforcing strips are then placed between two hub flanges 18 having plates 19, with which the recesses 9 engage so that the projections 20 on the plates fill the recesses 4. After the spokes have been assembled, the joints are closed by hammering, cylinders 22 are inserted into the openings 12<1>, and the parts are fixed together by immersion in a bath of molten metal. In the form shown in Fig. 18, the reinforcing-strips have wedge-shaped heads 14. In a modified form, each spoke with its reinforcing-strip may be separately immersed in a bath of molten metal.
Patent GB-190228166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective-devices applicable to Platen Printing Machines, Cutting-out, Stamping, Embossing and like Machines for Protecting the Attendants on such Machines from Injury
Inventor: GIESECKE GEORG FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 28,166. Giesecke, G. F., and Giesecke, C. W.. Dec. 20. ' Pluten presses : stopping and starting apparatus. -Relates to safety guards or protectors for platen printing, embossing, stamping, cutting-out, and like presses. On the driving-shaft 5 of the machine is a loose flywheel 3 driven by a band and having a flange 3<a> formed conical internally. Rotating with and sliding on the shaft 5 is a sleeve connected by toggle-arms 8 with clutch blocks 7, which engage with, or are disengaged from, the flange 3<a> according to the position of the sleeve. The sleeve is moved by a starting and stopping lever 6, pivoted at 11, and when the sleeve is in the stopping position it engages a brake flange 10 fixed on the framing 1. Above the platen 2 is the cross-bar 23 of a lever frame 22 pivoted at 14, and extending from the frame 22 is an arm 15 the end of which normally engages a spring bolt in the framing, holding it in its retracted position. Opposite this spring bolt is an arm 20 of the starting-lever 6, and when the frame 22 is moved by the operator's hand remaining too long on the platen face, the spring bolt is released and operates the arm 20 and lever 6 to stop the machine at once. The bolt is re-set on operating the lever 6 to start the machine. The lever frame 22 may be arranged near any dangerous part of the machine.