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Patent GB-190307641-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Apparatus for the Steaming of Meal and Seed in the Manner Required for the Extraction of Oil in connection with the Manufacture of Feeding Cake.
Inventor: MARSHALL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 7641. Marshall, W. April 2. Fatty oils, extracting. Apparatus for steaming meal and seed for the extraction of oil and preparation of oilcake, consists of a jacketed receptacle provided with a horizontal rotating shaft carrying stirring-arms. Fig. 1 shows a cross-section, and Fig. 2 a partially-sectional side view. The receptacle a, surrounded by steam jackets a', a<2>, is surmounted by a plain or hopper-like cover b provided with a slide m actuated by means of the lever n. The rotary shaft c carries arms e connected by bars f. Steam can be introduced through a ferrule, which is screwed through the shells of the kettle, and is provided with a cock. The meal &c. is discharged through the outlets l.
Patent GB-190308058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Portable Supports for Cameras and other Instruments.
Inventor: GEIGER GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-04-07
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 8058. Geiger, G. April 7. Camera stands or supports.-Walking-stick stands for cameras and other instruments have a hinged cover in the handle, under which is a rod, which can be placed at right-angles to the rest of the handle. Fig. 1 shows the handle a held by means of an internal flange i to the screw cap b for attachment to the stick. The cover g of elastic material is hinged at the back h, Fig. 3, and when it is opened, the rod c can be turned through 90‹ until it falls into the recess f round the stud d, in the position shown in Fig. 3. The screw e provides for attachment of the camera, and the parts a, c are preferably covered with velvet.
Patent GB-190309952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Pneumatic Tyres upon Wheel Rims.
Inventor: MUSKETT JABEZ
Filed: 1903-05-02
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 9952. Muskett, J. May 2. Tyres, pneumatic. - In wires for attaching the covers of pneumatic tyres to wheel rims such as are described in Specification No. 20,087, A.D. 1902, consisting of an endless ring of closely-coiled wire and a wire core, the core is secured to the covering-coil on either side of its abutting ends so as to limit the extensibility of the coil, as shown at d in Fig. 3. To prevent the coiled wire from jamming between the ends of the inner wire the coils may be straightened out at the junction, as shown at a, Fig. 4, and a sleeve h may be added.
Patent GB-190311641-A (GB)
Title: Improved Life Saving Vessel.
Inventor: TERWILLEGER FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 11,641. Terwilleger, F., and Terwilleger, B. E. May 21. Lifeboats; hulls.-Relates to spherical vessels containing a carriage adapted to move in any direction. The outer skin of the vessel comprises steel or other sections 2 with radial flanges 3 .bolted together and flanges 4 bolted to the sections which form the inner skin 6. A carriage 12, having a well 29 and seat 30 and tanks or compartments 14,15 for water and provisions, is mounted so as to run on the castors 16 which are relieved of the weight of the carriage on depressing, by means of the pivoted lever 23, the rod 17 having a bracket, in which is journalled the castor 19 with a bevel face 20. By rotating the crank 27, the bevelwheels 28, shaft 24, and bevel-wheels 26, 20 rotate the castor 19 when it bears on the inner skin, thereby turning the vessel so as to cause one of the hatches 8, 9 to be raised above the water..
Patent GB-190317999-A (GB)
Title: Semi-submergeable Vessels.
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1903-08-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 17,999. Lake, S. Aug. 20. Sectional ships; salvage vessels; hulls.-Relates to ships jointed together, o which one is always floating and has propelling, steering, lighting, and pumping arrangements, while the other, though normally floating may be lowered to allow divers to work on ships' bottoms &c., or to inspect or work on submerged objects. Fig. 2 shows the motor section a and the section 1, which may be submerged, in its floating, and in one of its lowered positions. The trunnions 2 of the vessel 1 are mounted in bearings n arranged in sockets m in the vessel a, and access to the diver's chamber 11 is gained through the hatch 3, passage 13, and air lock 12. The buoyancy of the section 1 is controlled by admitting water to, or pumping it from, one or more of the compartments 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 which are connected by valves. The divers leave the chamber 11 through one of the wells 16, and are supported, if required, by the top 34, or the staging 35. In shallow water, the section 1 is supported on the bottom by the roller 18.
Patent GB-190318489-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cigar-cutter.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-08-27
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 18,489. Walker, J. F. Aug. 27. Cigar cutters and piercers.-Instead of cutting off the ends of cigars prior to smoking, a transverse passage is made through them, just above the part usually cut off, by means of a tubular cutter b, blade, or sharp point, which is fixed in a hole in a ring a.
Patent GB-190319520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Systems for Controlling Alternating Current Motors
Inventor: SCOTT CHARLES FELTON
Filed: 1903-09-10
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 19,520. Scott, C. F. Sept. 13, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motors, controlling. -Relates to the operation of single-phase alternating - current motors in which a series relation or its equivalent is maintained between the armature and the field, the object being to supply a different amount of current to the armature from that supplied to the field while yet being able to vary the different currents proportionately for controlling purposes as though they were in simple series connection. Series transformers are provided for supplying the armature and field, or either, in any desired relative proportion, the current in the primary being varied for control purposes. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement as applied to a railway vehicle. The armature 7 is connected in series with the secondary 8 of a transformer 9, and the field 10 with the secondary 11 of a transformer 12. The primaries 13, 15 are in series with the secondary of a regulating- transformer 5, the primary of which is connected to any suitable source. Instead of separate transformers 9, 12, an auto-transformer 17, Fig. 3, may be employed, and also a regulating auto-transformer 18. The arrangements may be applied to two or more motors connected in series or in parallel.
Patent GB-190324891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Piano Playing Machines
Inventor: MAXFIELD ALFRED
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 24,891. Maxfield, A. Nov. 16. Automatic instruments. -The secondary valves controlling the pneumatics of piano-players, and the valves controlling the bass and treble action, are arranged as shown. Primary valves g of ordinary construction admit air to the diaphragm boards h in which are mounted the seatings m, k, Fig. 3, for the secondary valves j. These boards and valves are built up tier upon tier, and the air passing through the primary valves operates the secondary valves and diaphragms and causes collapse of the bellows p which actuate the striking- mechanism q. The secondary valves l are preferably of wood for lightness, and have washers resting on the seatings with triangular pieces n, n<1> which work freely in the apertures of the seatings and are mounted on the ends of a weighted valvespindle. The triangular pieces are covered at their edges with cloth or like material, and in modifications square pieces are substituted, their function being to guide the valve during movement. Fig. 2 shows the stop-controlled lever t actuating a slide rod s with dampers u, v for closing and opening the air passages y, z respectively for the treble and bass mechanism. The Provisional Specification states that instead of covering the angular pieces, the holes in the valve-seat flanges may be lined with felt for the same purpose of deadening noise.
Patent GB-190327149-A (GB)
Title: An Hydraulic Piston Brake Mechanism
Inventor: MONDRAGON MANUEL
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 27,149. Mondragon, M. Dec. 11. Mountings.-Relates to recoil apparatus, and consists in an hydraulic brake comprising a piston with spring-loaded valves at each end, which allow the passage of fluid from one side of the piston to the other. Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the apparatus, in which the valves E, D have projections C, C<1> fitted into grooves, arranged in pairs at opposite ends of two diameters at right-angles in the piston. One of these valves is used as a recoil valve, and the other is operated when the gun is placed in position again for firing. In a modification, the piston, instead of being made solid with the rod B, is supported on this rod.
Patent GB-190401872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines, more particularly for Sewing Sacks and the like
Inventor: DURAND ERNEST FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1872. Durand, E. F. Jan. 25. Double - loop stitching- machines ; overedge-stitching machines ; sack-seaming machines. - In the machine shown in Fig. 1, for sewing sacks and the like, and for other purposes, an overedge stitch is formed by means of an upper and lower thread manipulated by a needle B, and by a looper a', oscillating in a vertical plane, and a forked loopspreader m, oscillating in an approximately-horizontal plane, respectively. The nose a of the looper, which coincides with its curved path, carries the under thread ax, Figs. 1 and 5, threaded through an eye d, along a groove c, and through an eye b at the end. As shown in Fig. 5, the looper a' carries a loop ax of under thread through the needle-thread loop and up above the edge of the work, where the loop a<x> is drawn across the path of the needle by the spreader m, for the passage of the needle at its next descent. The looper is mounted on a shaft e<1>, Fig. 1, operated from the needle arm j by a link h and crank f. The spreader m is carried by an inclined spindle n, its motion being obtained by means of a crank n<1> a rod n<2>, and a bell-crank lever n<3>, driven from the main shaft k by an eccentric n'. Governing needle thread.-The needle thread b<X> is tightened after each stitch by means of a stud p, carried by the needle-bar q, which impinges on the thread near the fixed guide-pulley r, as shown in Fig. 2. The thread b is passed through a tension device s, and guide-eyes t, t<1>, t<2>, and led from the back of the needle-arm j below the stud p to the guide-pulley r, and thence to the needle. Needle-driving.-The needle-arm j is driven from the main shaft k by an eccentric l. Governing under thread.-According to the Provisional Specification, a device is provided for alternately giving tension to, and releasing, the under thread. The device consists of a blade spring which is attached to the back of the looper, and shaped at its free end to receive and guide the thread. A protuberance at the back is acted upon by a fixed cam on the frame, thereby closing the spring and giving the tension required.
Patent GB-190416850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hulls of Vessels, (which Float, or are Driven on or in Water.)
Inventor: HANCOX EDWDIN
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,850. Hancox, E. Aug. 2. Frames;hulls keels; plates.-In boats, barges. and other vessels, the edges of the skin plates are thickened up or flanged, and they are connected together by inserting these edges into grooves in bars of T-section. The grooves are formed in the sides of the bars, as shown in Fig. 3, or in their T-heads, as shown in Fig. 7. The keel is formed of these bars in conjunction with transverse stiffeners. When the thickened edges have been inserted into the grooves, the outer lips of the bars are closed down on the plates to make a tight joint.
Patent GB-190419592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reservoir Attachments or Appliances for Pens.
Inventor: CHUBB HARRY RICHMOND
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,592. Chubb, H. R., and Young, A. Sept. 10. Pens, reservoir. Relates to a reservoir attachment for pens consisting in a shallow " well " a of oval shape, secured at its back end to a flexible baud or clip c which is attached to the pen or penholder. The back of the pen forms the bottom of the reservoir, and the movement of the nib in writing causes the ink to flow. The attachment may be made in one piece and of rubber or other material, or it may be made in thin metal with the well so attached to the clip to allow perfect freedom in writing. The well may also be made separate fiom the clip and attached by any suitable means. The pen itself may have a recess on each side for receiving the band c. The Provisional Specification states that the well may be formed integrally with the pen.
Patent GB-190423551-A (GB)
Title: Curtain Rods.
Inventor: MILLER JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,551. Miller, J. T. Nov. 1. Curtains, drawing and suspending.- An adjustable curtain rod adapted to be self-supporting between the sides of a window &c. comprises a rod a of wood or other material provided at one end with a rubber tip d and metal band e, and at the other end with a metal tube f and block, which are provided with screw threads. The rod a is cut off to approximately the right length, and so that it can be securely jammed between the sides of a window. If a metal rod is employed, a block of wood may be provided in one end for the attachment of the screwed block.
Patent GB-190424728-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Regenerator Tubes for Gas Retort Settings.
Inventor: TOWNSEND HARRY
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 24,728. Townsend, H. Nov. 15. Spigot-and-socket joints. -In regenerator tubes for gas-retort settings, each tube has a plain end, while the other end is adapted to make a socket joint with the plain end of the next tube.
Patent GB-190427109-A (GB)
Title: Saw-set
Inventor: LINDFORS OLAF EDWIN
Filed: 1904-08-24
Granted: 1904-12-12
Abstract: 27,109. Lindfors, O. E., and Borrell, S. Dec. 12. Saws, setting.-An apparatus for setting saws sets all the teeth in one operation by rolling a notched wheel along each side of the saw. Frames 6 actuated by cam-levers 20 run on bars 5 in the central chamber 4 of the machine. The frames have their corners pivoted together by pins, and carry journals in which shafts 11 are fitted. These shafts carry guide gear-wheels 9, setting-wheels 17, and guide-discs 16, held down by thumb-nuts 15. The operator takes hold of the handles 19, the motion of which is limited by screws 28 or 28<x>, and moves the tool along the saw-blade, the latter being guided by lugs 3.
Patent GB-190428303-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Draught and Dust Excluder for Doors
Inventor: DOWNIE HENRY ADAMSON
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 28,303. Downie, H. A. Dec. 27. Draught-excluders. - Consists of a metal casing A bent over at the top, Figs. 1 and 3, and attached to the edge of the door by end-pieces. Supported on two or more guides C<1>, riveted to the casing, is a bolt B, which, on striking a projection on the doorpost, forces down, through bell cranks D<1>, a second casing E carrying a rubber strip F and moving in guides c<1>. The casing E is attached to the levers by eyes e<1>, and is raised by the spring G when the door is opened. When applied to a double door, one of the bolts is cranked as shown in Fig. 8 and may be fixed by a pin b<1>. A strip of rubber may be placed between the casing E and the guides c<1>.
Patent GB-190503170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boots and Shoes
Inventor: SKINNER GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 3170. Skinner, G. H. Feb. 15. Drawings to Specification. Socks; soles; waterproofing.-Turned boots and shoes are made waterproof by replacing the usual cardboard filler by one composed of some waterproofing-material, such as a mixture of powdered cork, backed with cloth, felt, or the like. The filler is sometimes provided with a facing on its upper side.
Patent GB-190503462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Heads or Hoods of Carriages and Motor Cars
Inventor: HARRISON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 3462. Harrison, C. E. Feb. 20. Stays.-A l o c k fastening i, Fig. 2, for holding open the folding supports or stays f, g, h of vehicle hoods, coverings, or screens, consists of a rotatable locking- pin k, Fig. 4, mounted on one member i<2> and provided with flattened surfaces k<1>, k<2>, and a hole i<5>, formed in the other member i<1> and having an entrance i<6>, through which the flattened part k<1> of the pin passes. On turning the pin in the hole, by means of a handle k<4>, through a part rotation determined by shoulders k<6>, k<7>, Fig. 5, on a washer attached to the pin and a stop k<8> fixed to the member i<2>, the rounded surfaces i<8>, i<9> of the pin are brought to bear against the sides of the entrance i<6> and prevent the pin from coming out of the hole i<5>.
Patent GB-190506462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: PHELAN HARRY
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 6462. Phelan, H. July 6,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spanners and wrenches. -The two parts of the shank of a pipe or nut wrench are connected by screws at one end to the fixed jaw 4 and at the other end to a yoke 13, through which is guided a rod 10 having bearings in plates 11, 12 fixed to the movable jaw 6. The rod is furnished with a locking-block 8, provided at two sides with inclined teeth so as to engage corresponding teeth 3 in the shank pieces, and is put in engagement by a plate 15. The gripping- member 16 is attached to the jaw by two pairs of links 23, 19, the former of which are pivoted on pins 24 on the jaw and have a pin-and-slot connexion with the member, and the latter of which are pivoted to the member by pins 20 and connected to the jaw by a pin 21 passing through the inclined slot 22. The inner end of the gripping- member is provided with a shoulder 27, normally pressed outwards by a pawl 28 operated by a pin and a spring situated in a perforation in the jaw.
Patent GB-190507194-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Greenhouse and other Blinds
Inventor: BOARD ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 7194. Board, R. J. April 5. Window blinds.- The rafters of greenhouse and other roofs are fitted with flanges B to serve as guides for blinds E wound on spring rollers D, the laths A of the blind projecting over the flanges for this purpose. The blinds are operated by cords passing round pulleys C.
Patent GB-190508708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire Tubes for Boilers
Inventor: ROYE ALEXANDRE LOUIS MARIE
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 8708. RoyÚ, A. L. M. April 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tubes, smoke.-The cross-section of a smoke-tube varies in shape to allow for the contraction of the gases on cooling and to preserve the internal area of contact practically constant. The sections taken across the lines A-A, B-B, C-C in the sectional elevation shown in Fig. 1 are illustrated by Figs. 3, 4, and 5, respectively, a being the inlet and b the outlet ends of the tube.
Patent GB-190511408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsable Baby Carriages and other Vehicles.
Inventor: STEIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-05-31
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 11,408. Stein, A. May 31. Stays.-Collapsible perambulators, baby carriages, mail carts, and the like are made tu fold up compactly with the wheels inside. The bottom of the vehicle consists of two parts 2,3, Fig. 3, hinged to the middle 1 and having the wheels 9, 10 on one side borne on short axles by springs 12, Fig. 7, secured to longitudinal axles which are carried in brackets 15 and cranked at 21 for attachment to forked stays 17, the inner ends of which have projections 22, Fig. 9, adapted to engage in the outer or inner end of a slot 23 in the carriage bottom in the open or folded position respectively. The slot has narrowed middle and recessed end portions, as shown, to give stability in either position. The wheels 9<1>, 10<1> on the other side are similarly mounted, but on longer brackets 15<a>, Fig. 6<a>, to allow them to fold over the others, and the longitudinal axles are cranked upwards to take the corresponding forked stays 16, which are at the inner or outer end of their slots in the open or folded position.
Patent GB-190514696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Plain End Pipes
Inventor: DRESSER SOLOMON ROBERT
Filed: 1905-07-17
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 14,696. Dresser, S. R. July 17. Joint - making packing.-In a joint for connecting to. gether plain-ended pipes, a packing- ring D is so shaped as to bear against the ring B and sleeve c.
Patent GB-190521505-A (GB)
Title: Utilization of Ulex Europeus Celluloses for Manufacturing Artificial Silk, Celluloid, Plastic Matters, Guncotton, and for any other uses.
Inventor: HORTELOUP GABRIEL-PAUL
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 21,505. Horteloup, G.-P. Oct. 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose, non-fibrous, and cellulose ethers.-Relates to the use of the wild or cultivated furze Ulex europeus known in France as lande, jan, jomarin, genÛt, &c., or its substitutes, such as the Brenellac furze, the Enropean furze, or the foxtail furze, either alone or mixed with other bodies, in the manufacture of artificial silk, celluloid, plastic matters, nitrocellulose, &c. The furze &c. may be made into pulp by the process described in Specification No. 26,150, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Paper &c.], and may then be suitably nitrated and transformed into pyroxylin, or may be treated with alkalies. It may then be dissolved by suitable means. Specification No. 26,149, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Paper &c.], is also referred to.
Patent GB-190523501-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic-hydraulic Reversing-gas-valve for Regenerator Furnace.
Inventor: SIEWERT FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 23,501. Siewert, F. Nov. 15. Liquid-seal valves.-Each of four valves I, II, III, IV, two of which are connected to a gasmain g and two to a chimney flue n, consists of a casing a which extends into another casing b as shown : a tube r, with a cap h, communicates with the regenerator of a furnace. The valves are worked by means of water seals in the chamber b, the level of the water being raised to reach the cap h by means of air pressure through pipes l connected through a reversing - board s with a pressure chamber d. With a lever p in the position shown, water seals in the valves I, III are under pressure from the chamber d so as to close these valves. In reversing, all valves are connected momentarily with the pressure chamber d, so that all are sealed until the operation is complete. The caps h are sprayed with water and overflows are arranged for the water seals.
Patent GB-190523788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slide Valves for Compound Steam Engines.
Inventor: STAINTON THOMAS
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 23,788. Stainton, T. Nov. 18. Compound &c. engines; slide valves.-In a compound engine in which the low-pressure crank is 135 degrees in advance of the other, the steam is distributed by a single flat slide valve E, which is placed in a chest into which lead the high and low pressure ports B, A of the cylinders.