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Patent GB-190314091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 14,091. Winton, A. May 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles. -Relates to a clutch and change-speed and reversing gearing. The crank shaft 3, Figs. 1 and 4, of the engine extends longitudinally to the vehicle, and carries a disc 8, to which is attached a heavy ring 7. Figs. 2 and 4 show enlarged sections through the casing of the change gear and through the clutch respectively. A short shaft 8<a>, journalled in the shaft 3 at the point 9, is keyed to the piece 20, which carries clutch shoes 18. These bear on the inner surface of the ring 7, being forced into contact by means of the pivoted levers 23 and the coned sleeve 25. Spiral springs keep the shoes off the ring when the shaft 8<a> is not to be driven. The other end of this shaft is journalled in the gear case, and drives the pinion 10. The driving-shaft 11 is journalled in the shaft 8<a> at the point 17, and carries the sliding pinion 33, which may be clutched directly to the wheel 10. A countershaft 28 carries pinions 29, 30, 31, the latter gearing with the idle wheel 32 so that, by shifting the pinion 33, the engine may be geared down, or the reversing-gear brought into action. By cutting away the ends of the teeth of the wheels 33, 30, 32, as shown in Fig. 3, they are made to come into gear smoothly.
Patent GB-190314157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draught-inducing Apparatus for Locomotive and other Furnaces.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-25
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 14,157. Brown, J., and Mackenzie, F. C. June 25. Blast apparatus and draught-inducers.-A draught of air is induced through a locomotive, marineboiler, or other furnace by air and steam issuing from three ring jets A arranged as shown at the end of the boiler tubes M and beneath three chimneys K cased to form a single chimney k. The side jets A are connected to the blast pipe N by a clip n, and each jet is connected by a pipe C to an airsupply pipe B with perforated openings b. Conical pipe jets F, below each pipe C, are connected by unions f with a steam-supply pipe E leading to a chest G outside. A second steam pipe D leads from the steam dome to the chest G, and the steam supply is controlled by a slide H operated by a rod extending to the front of the furnace.
Patent GB-190316420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capes, Coats, Cloaks and the like.
Inventor: ROTHENBUECHER MAX
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 16,420. Rothenb³cher, M. July 25. Waterproof capes, cloaks, and coats; leggings and gaiters.-Relates to a cape cloak or covering for cyclists &c., to protect the body and legs of the wearer. The coat or cloak b has two lower parts c, d and a central slit a. The parts c, d may be fastened round the legs, and may protect the whole or only the front of the legs. The back part may be folded back, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the garment can be worn by a rider without using the leg fastenings. The garment may be worn when walking, and may have armholes and a cape. The material may be made water-tight in any usual way.
Patent GB-190316957-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bridge for Pianofortes
Inventor: DODDRELL THOMAS
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 16,957. Doddrell, T. Aug. 4. Pianofortes.-The under part of the bridge D is arched in spans, with four feet at the ends of the spans to bear upon the soundboard, to which the bridge is screwed and glued, and the upper plain surface of the bridge carries the short wire pieces B to form top bridges for the strings A. The strings are held by the small hooked or eyed screws C, which are placed alternately above and below the top bridges B to counteract the strains, and to give freedom between the bridge and soundboard. The broader surface of the bass bridge admits of two string rests or bridges and a screw hook between the rests.
Patent GB-190323073-A (GB)
Title: A Marine Life Saving Garment
Inventor: MANGEPAN EDMOND
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 23,073. Mangepan, E. Oct. 24. Buoyant wearing- apparel.-A coat a or other similar garment is provided with an internal pocket g, f within which is placed an india-rubber belt b which can be inflated when desired with gas from the small cylinder e.
Patent GB-190328384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Machines for Rivetting, Punching, Shearing and the like.
Inventor: PIAT ALBERT
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 28,384. Piat, A. Dec. 24. Riveting; punching; shearing.-Hydraulic machines of various types are controlled by a single lever, and the liquid is under compression during one stroke only. Fig. 10 shows the invention applied to an electrically driven riveting-machine. A nut 19, driven through bevel gearing, and provided with a ball thrust-bearing 37, engages a screwed extension 18 of a pump plunger 16. The pump cylinder 17 is connected to a cylinder 2, containing a heading-ram 3, kept in contact with the liquid in the cylinder by a spring 8, rod 9, and arm 9<1>. A screw stop is provided, not shown in the Figure, to limit the stroke of the ram to the minimum necessary for closing. A small reservoir 14 provides for the change in the volume of the liquid required, when the stroke of the ram is altered, and for any leakage that may occur. Communication is effected between the cylinder 2 and the reservoir 14 by a valve held tightly on its seat by the bydraulic pressure, a safety-valve 14<1> being provided to limit the pressure on the piston to a predetermined amount. A control-lever 38 pivoted at 38<1> carries a slide 39, on which inclines 40 are adjustably mounted, and a cam arm 41, engaging a roller 42<1> which operates a band brake 43, the arm 44 serving as a flywheel foi the motor. The lever 38 is shown in the off position, and a movement of the lever first releases the brake strap, and then operates a reversing-rheostat 47. The plunger 16 carries a roller 40<1> which engages one of the inclines 40, restores the lever 38 to the off position, and prevents its further motion except in the reverse direction, thus acting as a safety locking-device. In a belt-driven machine, the lever 38 operates the belt-shipper. Modifications are described showing various arrangements of the parts as adapted for belt-driven, portable, and suspended types. In small hand-power machines, the plunger cylinder is in one with, or is directly attached to, the ram cylinder ; the nut 19 is fixed to the framing, and the screwed extension 18 of the plunger is provided with a feather-way, and is driven by bevel gearing 23, 28, Fig. 2. Two cranks 34, loose on fixed shafts 29, are provided, one, not shown, forming part of a flywheel. Screws 32 in the crank-arms, carrying pinions 31 engaging fixed bevels 30, traverse nuts 35 attached to the handles, so that the leverage obtained is continuously increased during the closing of the rivet.
Patent GB-190400851-A (GB)
Title: A Pheasant and Poultry Coop and Run.
Inventor: HEARN HENRY
Filed: 1904-01-13
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 851. Hearn, H. Jan. 13. Poultry coops.-A coop for pheasants or poultry is constructed so that it may be taken to pieces and packed within a small space for transport or storage, and is provided with a removable collapsable run. Fig. 2 is a front view of the coop, and Fig. 11 a perspective view of the run. The front of the coop consists of horizontal bars band vertical bars a, the middle one c being movable vertically. The ends of the bars b and similar projections on the back of the coop fit into recesses in the sides d, and the back, front, and sides are held in position by a ledge or lip f on the separate top f, the lip extending all round the coop but being deeper at the front than elsewhere. The parts are further secured by means of pins g<111>, bolts, hooks, keys, or other fastenings. For storage or transport, the sides and ends are packed in the top f. A shutter may be made of horizontal and vertical bars, the latter fitting between the bars a. The shutter fits under the projecting ledge f and is provided with a plate similar to the plate c<11> so that it may be held in position by the bar c. The sides and front of the run, Fig. 11, are connected to the frame h<1> of the barred or wire top h, by projecting ends k fitting into slots. They may be secured by pins l, bolts, hooks, keys, hasps, or other fastenings. The run may be attached to the coop by similar fastenings, or its sides i may project as shown, so as simply to embrace the sides of the coop. The sides i and front j may be hinged to the top so as to fold inwards. The coop and run are preferably constructed mainly of wood, but may be made of wire, iron, or other metal or material or combination of materials. Hinged, folding, or sliding doors may be provided.
Patent GB-190401393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Coal Gas.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-01-19
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 1393. Johnson, J. Y., [Deutsche Continental Gas Ges, and Bueb, J.]. Jan. 19. Gas retorts ; tar.-Vertical gas retorts are charged so that no space is left in which tar can quickly separate from the gas, and are worked so that the temperature of the gas is prevented from rising beyond the limit at which the heavy hydrocarbons would be decomposed into naphthalene. The retorts a, preferably of an oval section, taper uniformly upwards, and are heated to a high temperature by gases which pass from a producer c and traverse three superposed sets of flues b in a course indicated by dotted lines, The bottom of each retort is closed by a cover or shutter d provided with a projection e to support the charge above the bottom of the retort. The top of each retort is fitted with a mouthpiece f, for introducing the charge, provided with a gas outlet and a cover h. The retorts are first heated to a high temperature and the charge, which is then introduced, is kept at a constant level corresponding with the highest of the surrounding flues. The coal, commencing with that in contact with the internal surface of the retort, is gradually converted into compact and impermeable coke, and the gas is thereby caused to pass upwards through the uncoked part of the charge. By this means the gas is prevented from reaching too high a temperature, and the tar passes over in the form of a condensable brown oil free from carbon particles.
Patent GB-190405075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pendulums
Inventor: DAILY JOHN WESLEY
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 5075. Lake, H. H., [Daily, J. W.]. March 1. Pendulums, compensating. The rod a is made of wood, and is provided with an adjusting-nut as, upon which rests a support b<2> for two vertical members c; these carry the bob b, which is made of metal and has an exp a n s i o n coefficient different from that of the wooden rod, upon movable nuts c'. The nuts C<2> are adjusted, either by calculation or experiment so that variation in the length of the rod is compensated by the expansion or contraction of the metallic bob and its supporting- rods c; the effective length of the pendulum is kept constant by finally adjusting the nut a<3> until the bob occupies its original position as shown by the scale. A slotted block d is screwed into the top of the pendulum rod, and a thin spring d<1> supported at d<5> is secured in the slot d<3> by means of the pin d<6>. This arrangement permits the adjustment of the pendulum so that its plane is parallel to the plane of its oscillation.
Patent GB-190418456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production or Manufacture of Combustible Vapour or Gas.
Inventor: SHIELS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 18,456. Shiels, A. Aug. 25. Compressing.-In a plant for pumping air through a carburetter, a toothed wheel a gearing with the toothed wheel a<1> drives the cam J on the shaft a', which causes one stroke of the piston B' by working against a roller in the pivoted lever B<1>. The return stroke of the pump piston is effected in a constant period, whatever the speed of the hot-air driving- engine A, by the action of a spring H, which may be arranged to work either in compression or extension. The compressing- cylinders are in duplicate.
Patent GB-190418599-A (GB)
Title: Wave Motor.
Inventor: HAGEN FERDINAND JOSEF
Filed: 1904-08-27
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 18,599. Hagen, r. J. Aug. 27. Actuating pumps.-Consists of a wave motor of the class in which a float is raised by the action of the waves and the weight of the descending float is utilized to drive pumping-apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a side view of the apparatus. A float, secured by pivoted rods and carrying a rack 5, operates a wheel 4 loosely mounted on the shaft 3. This wheel operates another wheel 10 on the shaft 3 by means of pawls, so that the shaft is rotated on the descent of the float. A frame 12 carrying flanged rollers 13 and a toothed wheel 15 is pivoted on the shaft 3, and serves to hold the rack 5 against the wheel 4 in all positions of the float. By means of cranks 16 on the shaft, the pumps 22 are worked and water is drawn from the tank 28 and forced into the storage tank 26, which contains compressed air. The water stored in this tank is forced through a nozzle 29 to drive a water motor which is connected to a dynamo.
Patent GB-190420398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Production of Matrices for Stereotyping.
Inventor: GLANZ ERNST
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 20,398. Glanz, E. Sept. 22, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stereotype.-Dry stereotype matrices are formed of cardboard or pasteboard provided with a flexible superficial layer which will not crumble when the forme is impressed. The surface may consist of parchment paper, rendered soft and pliable by being treated with calcium chloride, glycerine, or other hydroscopic material, and attached to the board by means of a suitable flexible adhesive. The flexible surface may also be produced by parchmentizing the surface of the board in the usual manner. A further modification of the process for producing a flexible surface consists in treating the surface of the board with a solution of cellulose in cuprammonium, the superficial layer being subsequently made soft and pliable by treating it in the manner above described.
Patent GB-190502008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candelabra for use in Churches and by Undertakers.
Inventor: GUNTZER ANTHONY CHARLES
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 2008. Guntzer, A. C. Feb. 1. Crosses.-A combined candelabrum and cross of the type used in churches and by undertakers is detachably mounted at an angle on a standard 16 by means of a head plate 14 engaging two converging slideways 12. The candlesticks Care made detachable, and some of them can, when desired, be removed to make space for a figure of Christ.
Patent GB-190502970-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Elastic or Spring Wheel for Vehicles.
Inventor: BARDET GEORGETTE
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 2970. Bardet [nÚe Bon], G. Feb. 13. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A continuous or divided spring strip 1, held by pins or projections 7, which may have an elastic covering 12, supports leather or other flexible bands 2, 3, projections 4 on which engage between the corrugations of the strip. The strip 1 and the bands 2, 3 may be connected in any suitable manner. The rigid portion of the wheel has two parallel cheeks 5, 6 which support the pins 7 and the strip 1, the cheek 6 being fixed to a flange on the ring 10 so as to be easily removed for placing the spring 1 in position. Fibrous or other suitable material 13 which covers the cheeks prevents noise. The pins or projections 7 are preferably in every corrugation of the spring, and the ring 10 is such that considerable radial motion of the spring is possible. In a modification, two spring strips covered with a leather casing are used, the ring 10 being E-shaped and the pins 7 projecting from the central rib. In another modification, five spring strips are used and are completely enclosed in a leather case which has free radial motion.
Patent GB-190503419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wood Paving and in the Manufacture of Blocks therefor
Inventor: DUFFY JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 3419. Duffy, J. Feb. 18. Paving-blocks.-The component pieces a of builtup wood paving-blocks have one or more saw cuts b, which receive locking-bars b<1> of metal, hard wood, &c. The slots b are preferably oppositely inclined, and the protruding portions c of the bars enter the parts c<1> of the slots in the adjacent block, thereby locking neighbouring blocks together. The sides or ends of the blocks or sections may have grouting- grooves d.
Patent GB-190504672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Jacks
Inventor: CASGRAIN LOUIS AMEDEE
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 4672. Casgrain, L. A. March 7, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lifting - jacks. - Relates to lifting - jacks for vehicles in which the vehicle is run over the jack, the momentum of the vehicle in coming to rest operating the jack so as to lift the wheels clear of the ground. Figs. 1 and 2 show side elevations of the apparatus with the lifting-devices in their lowered and raised positions respectively. The base A, constructed preferably of metal tubing, is made up of a series of curved pieces connected together by cross-bars, the length of the frame being adjusted to suit the distance between the axles of any vehicle by nuts a<4> engaging the right and left hand threaded ends of adjacent pieces. The base is adjusted laterally if necessary by the ,wheels of the vehicle striking the rounded end over which the vehicle first travels. The base is supported when in its lowered position by castors b carried by feet d, d'. The feet are pivoted on the cross-bars a<7>, being rigidly fixed in pairs to tubes a<8> which surround the crossbars. The axle sustainers e<3>, e<4> are fixed together by rods e and pivoted to the upper ends of the feet. The front axle of the vehicle in travelling over the jack strikes the longer finger e<7> of the axle sustainer e<4>, as shown in Fig. 1, and the momentum of the vehicle causes the feet to turn about their pivots into the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the wheels are clear of the ground, the lower ends of the feet being so shaped as to engage the ground on being turned. Stops g' carried by the axle sustainers prevent further movement of the feet, and pins h may be inserted into eyes in the sustainers to prevent backward movement. The jack is preferably anchored by means of springs b<3> connected to the feet d'.
Patent GB-190505713-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus to be Affixed to Two-wheeled Vehicles for Preventing Horses Running Away when Left Unattended.
Inventor: GARDNER EDWARD LANCE
Filed: 1905-03-18
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 5713. Gardner, E. L., and King, F. W. March 18. Brakes.-A rein-holder to be attached to twowheeled vehicles to prevent the horse from running away when left unattended is also adapted to skid the wheels if the horse moves backwards. The reins are passed under a hook D projecting from an extensible spring rod B, B<1> fixed in a vertical position at the side of the vehicle, and the rod is turned by the handle C so that its cranked lower end E enters between the spokes of the wheel. The rod is enclosed in a slotted case G, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190505999-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Slip or Case for Pillows, Bolters and Cushions.
Inventor: COAKLEY FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 5999. Coakley, F. March 22. Pillow slips &c.-A slip for pillows and the like is made with a rectangular opening b<1>, b<2> in the body of one side, covered by an overlapping flap e attacked along two or three of its edges, leaving two openings or a single opening for the insertion of the pillow &c.
Patent GB-190512093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Strengthening Glass, China Porcelain and the like.
Inventor: MAZZA CARLO GIUSEPPE
Filed: 1905-06-09
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 12,093. Mazza, C. G. June 9. Pottery.-Sheets of paper or of canvas or other fabric or both are glued to the exterior of glass, china, porcelain, or like vessels and reinforced by wires or metallic rings, so as to strengthen them and retain the contained liquid if the vessels should be fractured.
Patent GB-190512834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Straining and Splicing Wire.
Inventor: NEPEAN-HUTCHISON WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 12,834. Hutchison, W. Nepean-, and Wodson, T. W. June 21. Wire strainers ; wire couplings. -Apparatus for straining and joining the ends of wires comprises a straining-block, adapted to receive a coil of wire and to remain permanently in position, and a twisting- lever. The former consists of a drum a, Figs. I. and VI., carrying at one end two arms b, c, bearing hooked lugs b<1>, c', and formed at the other into two prongs d, e of unequal length. The twisting-lever h, Fig. VII., is provided with handles and clips, between which the straining-block is held. To unite two wires, the ends are bent at right-angles and passed in opposite directions into the hole f formed in the drum, and the whole apparatus is twisted, the lugs b<1>, c' serving to lock the wires in position. When the apparatus is used as a strainer, the slack wire is placed between the lugs d, e before twisting.
Patent GB-190520666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Distribution Systems.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 20,666. Marks, G. C., [Roberts, J.]. Oct. 12. Quantity meters. - A supply - controlling apparatus consists of an electro-magnetic cut-out which may be combined with a mechanicallydriven clock whereby the supply of current is wholly or partly interrupted when a predetermined time of using a predetermined current is exceeded. The cutout comprises an electromagnet a, Fig. 1, coacting with a pivoted armature b carrying contacts c dipping into mercury cups e, the terminals of which are also connected by a shunt resistance h and connected to the consumer's line so that the mercury cups are in the main supply circuit. When the number of lamps in use exceeds that contracted for, the armature b is attracted, and the main circuit broken at the contacts c but main tained through the resistance h. The cut-out is combined with a clock-work mechanism n, Fig. 2, which is arranged to actuate a ratchet-wheel o by means of a pawl p. The ratchet-wheel is fixed to the sleeve q carrying a cam r, which is adapted, at the end of every revolution of the ratchet-wheel, to raise a rod s pivoted upon the armature bar b and constrained by the link t. The raising of the rod s lifts the arm d, and breaks the main circuit at the contacts c, or cuts in resistance. A pointer attached to the sleeve q moves over a dial graduated in hours, the cam making one comp'ete revolution in the time contracted for. To set the clock work in operation when the current is switched on, a device such as an electro-magnet w, Fig. 4, is so arranged in relation to the circuit of the electro-magnet a that, when a small predetermined current passes through the magnet w, its armature x is attracted, rocking a pivoted lever y, raising a detent from the escapement-wheel, and so allowing the clock-work to rotate. When one lamp only is in use, the armature x, which may have a stop such as k, Fig. 1, is released, and the clock stopped.
Patent GB-190521503-A (GB)
Title: Improved Skirt and Blouse Holder.
Inventor: MARX CARL II
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 21,503. Marx, C., and Davenport [nÚe Allen], M. E. Oct. 23. Skirt and blouse grips. - A skirt and blouse fastening consists of a strip of metal a of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The bent-out portions b, c are formed as a series of separate tongues, each furnished with a number of teeth f. The device is furnished with loops h placed at each end, through which a band may be passed for attaching it more securely to the person.