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Patent GB-190404160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Stools or Seats.
Inventor: MCLENNAN WILLIAM SEATON
Filed: 1904-02-19
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 4160. McLennan, W. S. Feb. 19. Seats and stools.-Relates to stools, in which the seat is supported by spring levers engaging racks secured to the frame of the stool, such as are described in Specification No. 8397, A.D. 1898, and particularly to means for adjusting the seat. The spring-operated levers E, Fig. 1, are pivoted to the underside of the seat A, and engage racks G, the bottom teeth H of which are extended to limit the downward motion of the seat. To prevent lateral displacement of the seat A during adjustment, it is provided at each side with a screw pin B which moves in a vertical groove C in the stay D, the head of the pin being adjusted to bear against the bottom of the groove. The racks G are provided with straight teeth instead of hook teeth as described in the Specification referred to. Instead of employing pins bearing on the bottom of grooves as described, pins having heads adapted to bear on the edges of slots in the members D may be employed. Two pins may be employed at each end of the seat if necessary.
Patent GB-190404793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Separation of Metals from their Ores.
Inventor: WOLF JACOB DAVID
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 4793. Wolf, J. D. May 22, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Washing ores &c.-Relates to the oil process of separating mineral from its gangue. Mineral oil, such as heavy petroleum, mixed with a small proportion of animal or vegetable oil and chloride of sulphur, is used in such amount as to take up some gangue with the values. The gangue is eliminated by passing the mixture of oil and mineral through warm water, and the oil is then separated in filter presses or otherwise. Any oil, remaining in the waste pulp is recovered by blowing air, or air and steam, through it. The Figure shows diagrammatically the plant which may be used, Oil, from the tank A<1>, and ore are fed into the centre of the mixing-vessel B, containing a turbine-wheel B<2> and annular partition B<1>. The mixture flows to the settling-vessel C, from which waste pulp is drawn off at the bottom into a tank L, where it is subjected to jets of air, with or without steam. Oil separates and is skimmed off or otherwise collected. The oil and mineral from the top of the separating-tank C are caused to flow upwards through warm water in one or more jacketed cylinders E<1>, whence gangue is drawn off at the bottom, while the oil, carrying the values, passes to filter presses H.
Patent GB-190405642-A (GB)
Title: An Adjustable Easy Chair.
Inventor: REALFF SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 5642. Realff, S. March 8. Chairs.-Relates to an easy chair with an adjustable back and seat. The seat frame b, extending beyond the front rail of the bottom frame, is pivoted to the side rails a or to the arm - rests d, the rear end being attached to the upright members g by spiral or other springs f The back frame h is pivoted to the members g at i, to which also the lower end may be connected if desired by spiral or other springs. Stops j on the members g limit the motion of the back frame. This frame may also be pivoted lower down on the uprights g, and connected by spiral or other springs above its bearings to the arm-rails e. The frames may be upholstered in any desired style. The Provisional Specification states also that the seat frame b may be supported at the rear end by spiral springs on a rail beneath the chair.
Patent GB-190409057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling Beer, Stout and other Aerated Liquids Under Pressure.
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9057. Bratby & Hinchliffe, and Lang, L. April 20. Bottling.-In apparatus for bottling beer, stout, and other aerated liquids under pressure, the movement of the bottle-guard is utilized to operate the filling-valve and the various parts of the apparatus, and the snift valve is so constructed that it closes and prevents flooding of the back pressure chamber in the event of a bottle bursting. The back pressure chamber A, Fig. 2, is connected by a pipe B with the filling-valve C, to the rotary plug c of which the guard D is secured. The guard D is connected by levers d and links E to a spring-controlled lever F, which operates the bottle-rest. The movement of the guard out of the protective position closes the filling-valve, and also presses the lever F away so as to release the bottle. In the snift valve, a rubber or other cone H, Fig. 6, provided with an internal ring h of metal, fits loosely around the filling-pipe G, along which it can move slightly. In its lowest, and normal, position, the cone H seats against a flange g on the pipe G, leaving a small chamber J above the cone, to which chamber the snift pipe K is connected. When a bottle is introduced, the cone H is pressed upwards, so making a connection between the bottle and the chamber A. Equilibrium is thus established between the pressures in the chamber and the bottle. When the bottle is removed, or if a bottle break, the snift valve closes automatically.
Patent GB-190410248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Apparatus
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1904-05-04
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,248. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. May 4. Vacuum tubes.-A mercury-vapour rectifier or other vapour electric apparatus is constructed so that the mercury condensed in a cooling- chamber 22 flows along an inclined part 9 of the glass envelope into the cathode 23, without passing through the arc or striking the main anodes 6, 7 which are contained in inclined side-tubes 4,5. Discharges between the anodes are thus avoided. The anodes, which are of graphite or like material, may be further protected, if desired, by shields 19, 20. The auxiliary starting-anode 21 may be placed either in the path of the condensed mercury as shown or at the side of the cathode, in which case the bottom of the inclined part 9 may be corrugated. The cathode 23 is connected, through the apparatus receiving the rectified current, to the common terminal of two inductance coils in series across the mains. Inductances may also be placed in series with the anodes 6, 7.
Patent GB-190411819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Apparatus for Facilitating the Transport in a Raised Position of Band or Sheet Material.
Inventor: SHILLITO THOMAS RICHARD
Filed: 1904-05-24
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 11,819. Shillito, T. R., [Flinsch Akt.-Ges. f³r Maschinenbau and Eisengiesserei, F.]. May 24. Coated fabrics.-To protect the damp side of ornamentally coated or covered paper or fabric from injury by contact with pulleys or other supports, and to facilitate drying, the material is supported during its lateral motion by a blast of air blown through a series of cylinders of which a is a type. These cylinders are rotatable about bearings i, whereby the position of the perforations at d may be varied without moving the supply pipe e H ot or cold air enters by pipe e, escapes through perforations at d, and is directed upwards by the inclined plate b<1> on to the moving material c. This blast causes cold air to be drawn in at the opening b, which can be varied in size by the screw f working in the fixed nut g. By rotating the inclined plate b<1>, which is pivoted on the shaft g, the direction of the blast can be varied, and thus it can be made suitable for supporting different materials.
Patent GB-190412314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling Internal-Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SMITH SAMUEL AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1904-05-31
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 12,314. Smith, S. A. May 31. Gas and explosivevapour e n g i n e s , cooling cylinders of. A portion of the exhaust gas is utilized to spray water o v e r the cylinder. The invention may be applied to any form of internal-combustion engine ; it is shown applied to a bicycle engine. Some of the gas on its way through the exhaust pipe b is arrested by a pipe c which causes it to flow into a vessel d containing water and provided with a nozzle j and a small pipe i. The water is therefore directed in the form of spray on to a hot part of the cylinder a. The vessel d is supplied with water from a tank f provided with means k for filling. The flow of gas through the pipe c is regulated by a valve h, operated by the rod and handle l. The Provisional Specification states that several nozzles may be used.
Patent GB-190413996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Planting Potatoes and the like.
Inventor: RICHMOND THOMAS GORDON
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 13,996. Richmond, T. G. June 21. Potato planters.- In machines for planting potatoes &c. in which an endless chain of buckets takes the potatoes from a hopper and tilts them into a delivery shoot, special means are provided to prevent the buckets from raising more than one potato each. The buckets a are of a special twojaw shape, widest at the top and tapering downwards towards the centre. They are connected to the chain c by ribs b which run in a groove in the side of the hopper A. The chain is partly covered by iron plates c' and passes over a loose wheel or pulley d at a curved part of the hopper A. This pulley d causes the buckets to tilt and discharge any extra potatoes, which fall back past the protruding ribs b into the hopper. The first part of the delivery tube e is preferably open at the top, and the chain bears against a flange e<1> to prevent the buckets from rubbing against the tube. The Provisional Specification states that a grooved roller may be attached to the machine to press the potatoes as they drop into the drills.
Patent GB-190414530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sailing Vessels.
Inventor: COLLINS BYRON WALTER
Filed: 1904-06-28
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,530. Collins, B. W. June 28. Drawings to Specification. Yachts; hulls; decks.-In yachts and racing vessels, angular or segmental slots are formed in the decks and hulls to guide pivoted levers, which assist in supporting the sails.
Patent GB-190415838-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device or Apparatus for use as a Stevedore's Sling.
Inventor: ROWBOTHAM ISAAC
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,838. Rowbotham, I. July 16. H o o k s.-In connection with a sling for hoisting timber, a hook is described consisting of two parts e<1>, e<2>, one having a pivoted pin g to fit into a hole in the other. The end of the sling is secured by the pin g, and the load is released by pulling a string attached to the ring h on the part e<2>.
Patent GB-190417043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Electric Bells, Indicators and Domestic Telephones.
Inventor: BHISEY SHANKER ABAJI
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 17,043. Bhisey, S. A. Aug. 3. Indicators or annunciators.-In order to use currents of high voltage, such as lighting current, for operating electric bells and domestic telephones, a filament lamp of suitable resistance is arranged in series with the bell or telephone. The lamp may serve as an indicator. Fig. 3 shows two telephones m', m<3> and an ordinary electric bell a in circuit with the lamp b, the bell a and telephone m<1> being in separate parallel branches of the circuit of the lighting-mains k. The Provisional Specification states that the bell may be replaced by a small motor adapted to sound a gong or whistle or drive a fan. The lamp may be replaced by a high-resistance coil which may actuate a suitable indicator.
Patent GB-190421724-A (GB)
Title: Manifold Counter Check or Sales Book for Drapers; Tailors, or others.
Inventor: CHRYSTAL DAVID
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 21,724. Chrystal, D., and Holmes, J. S. Oct. 10. Filing papers.-A series of sales checks with duplicates are folded in zig-zag fashion, and contained within a metal slide c, which moves into a metal case C, on the top cover of which the upper sales check and its duplicate with an intervening carbon sheet B are laid for writing purposes. The checks are drawn over a rounded edge c<8> of the case C, the carbon sheet being passed round a transverse bar D carried by arms fixed to pins c' on the case C, which abut against shoulders c<5> on the slide to prevent the slide from being entirely withdrawn. A tongue c<3> on the slide clips the sheets and carbon sheet in position. The case C is enclosed within a book-cover C', to which it is fixed by lugs on the case C. A pocket may be formed in this cover to hold an index sheet.
Patent GB-190422318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: EDWARDS BENJAMIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 22,318. Edwards, B. J. Oct. 17. Cameras ; shutters. - Relates to improvements on the type of camera described in Specification No. 14,074, A.D. 1893, more especially with regard to the roller-blind shutter and the framework of the camera. The body portion comprises a metal plate bent into shape to provide a front recess a, Figs. 4 and 13, for the collapsable part of the camera, and recesses a<1> for the rollers I, H. The plate is formed with flanged edges a<2> with which the turned-down rims a<4> of the supplementary side pieces a<3> engage to give a light-tight connection. The folding front flap F brings a spring catch f into engagement with a stud f x on the front D with which are connected the folding struts D<1>. These have springs to keep them rigid when opened, and each pair is connected to a stretcher d<1> which is pivoted or hinged to a fixed metal bar d'. The compound roller I of the roller-blind shutter is used both for setting the shutter and for adjusting the exposure opening. The upper blind is wound on the centre section i<1>, Fig. 6, and tapes B' attached to the ends of this blind are threaded around rollers on the lower blind and wound on the end sections i. These end sections are rotated by pins i<14> on the spindle i<3>, and the centre section i<1> mounted on bosses i<4> is rotated by the clutch i<6>. The spindle i<3> is moved to disengage this clutch by the push-piece i<x> on the outside of the camera, and the section i<1> is held stationary by the pin i<7> engaging projections j<B> on the boss i<4>. The tubular sections of the roller are preferably split to facilitate the connection of the blinds, and are connected with the bosses or collars by the resilient engagement of their burred ends in annular grooves i<13>, Fig. 8. The pinion i<9> gearing with the release mechanism is released from the clutch i<16> at the same time as the clutch i<6> is disengaged. A safety catch retains the release lever when the shutter is wound up, and is liberated only when the lever is intentionally released. The pinion i<10> gears with an exposure time indicator.
Patent GB-190425651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Appliances for Screws and Nuts.
Inventor: DEWETT CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-25
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 25,651. Dewett, C. H., and Griffiths, W. J. Nov. 25. Locking set-screws and nuts. - A locking-device for preventing screws or nuts from becoming loosened or unscrewed consists in arranging a piece of tempered steel wire 7 in the head of the screw, or in the nut, so that one or two turned-down pieces 6 with chisel edges 10 are, by twisting the wire, pressed at a slight angle into the face of the work, so that any tendency to backward rotation causes the edges to bite into the surface. In Fig. 5, a slot 4 is shown across the head 1 of a set-screw 2. In this case, the locking-piece is formed of one piece of wire of semicircular section which will pass through the slot sideways into a cylindrical part, where it is turned round. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 10, the device consists of two pieces 7 which together fill a cylindrical hole, dispensing with the former slot 4. In the case of a screw fitting into a recess 8 as shown in Figs. 11 and 12 the chisel edges 6 may be splayed outwards to grip the sides of the recess. In a locking nut 11, Fig. 9, a piece shaped as shown in Fig. 17 is used, an inclined hole being bored from one of the faces of the nut with a flattened portion corresponding to the end 9 of the locking- piece 7 to prevent rotation of the latter. According to the Provisional Specification, the hole in the nut is bored to open into the bolt-hole, the flattened part in this case being twisted through a rightangle to press against the bolt threads. The device it also described applied to circular-headed screws &c.
Patent GB-190501963-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Tipping Cart.
Inventor: MAYES WALTER
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 1963. Mayes, W. Feb. 1. Brakes.-One end of the usual brake strap for the wheel nave of a tip-cart is secured to a transverse rod e about which the sectional body of the cart tips.
Patent GB-190502313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces
Inventor: BOSWORTH LUTHER LAWRENCE
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 2313. Bosworth, L. L. Feb. 6. Electric furnaces.-A. hot-wire furnace that can be easily repaired has a muffle or crucible G of triangular section, made of Hessian sand or other very refractory material, wound with a platinum heating-wire, and enclosed in a second refractory crucible F, over which one end of the wire is passed to the front. This combination is covered with asbestos and placed in a cavity formed in a cylindrical block C of fire-clay or the like. Two layers of resistant wire surround the block C, separated by and covered with asbestos or other non.conducting material c<1>, c<2>, within a cylindrical metal casing A, which is supported horizontally between flanged ends B, B'. This resistance is placed in series with the heating-wire and rods carrying two terminals 5, by connexions 2 on the front of the block C.
Patent GB-190503456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffers
Inventor: BENNETT JAMES FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 3456. Bennett, J. F., Mastin, J., and Platts, W. Feb. 20. Pistons.-The piston of a pneumatic buffer o r spring is packed by a cup - leather F, which is extended in position by a plate G and expanded by an elastic ring H.
Patent GB-190504463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles for Railways or Tramways.
Inventor: HOOPER GEORGE GLASS
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 4463. Hooper, G. G. March 3. Drawings to Specification. Locomotive-type boilers ; fire-boxes.-In a steam motor-vehicle for railways and tramways, in which a four-wheeled tractor is combined with and partly supports the end of the carriage, the boiler is arranged transversely on the tractor, and is supplied with fuel through a fire-door formed in the front side of the fire-box.
Patent GB-190506448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Substances for Effecting Catalytic Combinations in Electrolytic Electricity Meters.
Inventor: BASTIAN CHARLES ORME
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1906-03-27
Abstract: 6448. Bastian, C. O., and Calvert, G. March 27. Quantity meters, electrolytic. The recombination of hydrogen and oxygen produced in electrolytic meters is effected by means of a mixture of two or more catalytic substances, such as platinum and palladium, or platinum-black and palladium-black. The substances may be mechanically mixed, or may be precipitated electrolytically or chemically from solutions of their salts, or be reduced from a mixture of the salts, for example, from platinum and palladium chlorides; they may be mixed with glass wool and enclosed in a porous container, or may be attached to any suitable surface, preferably an adhesive surface.
Patent GB-190510124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Machines.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 10,124. Taylor, C., and Taylor, G. B. May 15. Ball bearings for a slide in a grinding-machine. The work is reciprocated in front of the grinding-wheel on a slide moving on two or m o r e rows of balls. The table a is supported in front of the grinding- wheel b on two rows of balls c on the bracket d. The balls are held in cages h supported by pegs, and pegs i are provided to prevent accidental longitudinal displacement of the cages. A stud f attached to the bracket d works in a slot in the table.
Patent GB-190515459-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Smoker's Combination Article applicable for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: HARRISON JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-07-27
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 15,459. Harrison, J. J. July 27. Advertising; displaying.-The sloping sides of the hollow receptacles a for cigar ends of a smoker's combination article, which also comprises a cigar cutter, ashtray, call bell, and a match receptacle, are adapted for the display of a picture, photograph, design, or advertisement. The picture &c. may be inserted by an edgeways sliding motion or in any other suitable manner.
Patent GB-190523058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magneto Machines for use in connection with Ignition Systems of Electrically-fired Internal Combustion Engines
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 23,058. Electric Ignition Co., and Hall, F. H. Nov. 10. Magneto - electric machines.-A magneto - electric machine for hightension ignition purposes has two or more armatures mechanically coupled together, with their poles either in line or displaced, e a c h armature being provided with primary and secondary windings which may be employed separately or may be connected in series. The two H-armatures a, b, Fig. 1, are mechanically coupled together, with their poles a<1>, b<1> in line, by a short sleeve c of non-magnetic material sunk into a portion of each armature and secured by screws d, a disk of insulating-material being introduced between the armatures. Caps f, g are secured upon the ends of the armature, and carry the screwed ends of shafts j, j<1> rotating in bearings k, the shaft j<1> being provided with a toothed wheel l gearing with the engine shaft. Each armature is wound with primary and secondary windings, corresponding windings of all the armatures being connected in series. The free end of the primary winding p of one of the two armatures a, b, Fig. 7, is electrically connected to the metal of the armature, the two primaries are connected together, and the other free end is connected, through connecting- rings, to the make-and-break device q shortcircuited by the condenser r, the circuit being completed through the machine to the start of the winding. Over the primary windings, the secondary windings s, s', connected together in series, are wound, one free end being connected to the metal of the armature and the other through connecting- rings to a distributer t connected to the various sparking-plugs u. The secondary windings may be separately connected to the distributer, in which case, upon failure of one of the armatures, the spark is obtained from the remaining one, and, instead of the primaries being connected in series, they must be employed independently. Two plugs may be used in each cylinder, one secondary winding supplying the spark for each. When two or more armatures are connected together not in line, they are disposed with their planes inclined symmetrically round a circle, as in Fig. 6, the speed of rotation being inversely as the number of armatures, and the primary circuit of the ignition system being broken each time a coil is cutting its maximum number of lines of force. When the poles are so displaced, the primaries and secondaries are used separately, and each primary has a separate make-and-break device. As applied to a low-tension system, one coil only is wound upon each armature, which may lead through an intensifier to the distributer.
Patent GB-190523072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tube Boilers.
Inventor: SINCLAIR GEORGE
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 23,072. Sinclair, G. Nov. 10. Water-tube boilers; drums; joints.-In a boiler having upper and lower drums A, B connected by straight water-tubes H, the drums are formed with separate circular parallel bosses or landings G for receiving the ends of each tube. The bosses are so spaced that there is sufficient room between each transverse row of tubes for the withdrawal of a tube from the sides of the boiler.