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Patent GB-190300563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Limit and other Gauges.
Inventor: HUMPAGE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-09
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 563. Humpage, T. Jan. 9. Calliper and like gauges.-Limit gauges to measure the accuracy in execution of work within given limits of inaccuracy are described. In the form shown in Fig. 1, both the spindle a for adjusting to standard bar lengths and the anvil b for indicating the limits of inaccuracy are screw-threaded. On the outer end of the anvil b is clamped the 'limits lever' c, which extends to the scale d attached to the frame e of the instrument. The adjustable slide f limits the lateral motion of the lever c. The spindle a can be locked by the bolt h, which is kept in contact therewith by the screw k. A supplementary look l, m to prevent tampering with the instrument may also be used. In using the gauge, the centre line on the lever c is brought to coincide with the zero line on the scale d. Adjustment is then made to the required dimension, and the spindle a is locked. The slide f is then adjusted to the given limits of inaccuracy and locked there ; the gauge is now ready for use. Fig. 6 shows a form in which the anvil b is not screw-threaded, but its motion is limited by the conical end of a spindle q, which is screw-threaded at its base and is attached to the limits lever c. In another form, the anvil b is angularly shaped and receives its motion from the limits lever, which, in this case, is bent at rigbtangles, as in Fig. 10. The limits lever may also be employed on a micrometer gauge, being clamped to its thimble. In this case, the limits lever may take the form shown in Fig. 18, in which the frame of the gauge limits the motion of the lever and hence of the thimble of the gauge. A fixed gauge is described, which is similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that the anvil b has no limits lever or other appendage.
Patent GB-190303243-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-lighting Device for Gas Burners.
Inventor: CLAUSS HANS
Filed: 1903-02-11
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 3243. Clauss, H., and Schmandt, W. Feb. 11. Gas valves and cocks.-Deterioration of catalytic gas-igniting pellets is minimized by mounting the pellets e upon bye-jets d and so arranging the byepass and main channels f <2>, f<1> in the plugs of the gas cocks c that, in turning on the cocks, gas is supplied, firstly, to the pilot jets, where it is ignited by the pellets e, then, to both the pilot jets and the main burners, Fig. 4, whereupon the main burners are lit from the pilot jets, and, finally, to the main burners only, the cocks being then in the position shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190303600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Supply of Air for Respiration to Firemen's and like Helmets.
Inventor: ALONSO JOSE MARIA GARDE
Filed: 1903-02-16
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 3600. Alonso, J. M. G. Feb. 16. Firemen's dress.-Relates chiefly to a device for supplying fresh air to the helmet by means of suction induced by the stream of water in the fireextinguishing nozzle. The helmet a is connected airtight to a leather jacket a', which is pressed close to the body by an elastic waistband band elastic waistbands b<1>. Air enters the helmet by a pipe c, and is drawn out through the pipe e by induction of the stream of water in the nozzle g. The position of the end of the tube e in the nozzle g is shown in the section, Fig. 5. The pipe c terminates in a trumpet mouth inside the helmet, and is used as a speaking-tube.
Patent GB-190306855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Machines.
Inventor: PEASE DURELL ORVILLE
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 6855. Pease, D. O. March 24. Twist tubes; rollers and roller heads; roving and thread guides.-The roving g is passed in an inclined fashion from the feed-rollers a to the twist head b, which is provided with two pins d, at opposite ends of a diameter, so that the roving is stretched and released twice for each rotation of the twist head. From the twist bead, the roving passes to the drawing-rollers c. Between the twist head b and the feed-rollers a is an adjustable deflector or guide e, over which the roving passes to the twist head, so that the twist in the roving is confined principally between the twist head and the deflector, while the stretching of the roving takes place principally between the twist head and the rollers a.
Patent GB-190307113-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Collapsable Box.
Inventor: RUSSELL CHARLES HOWARD
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 7113. Russell, C. H. March 27, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Folding boxes, of paper, veneer, fabrics, leather, &c., are formed of two separate blanks A, B, which are scored along the lines 1, 2 respectively. The blank B, when bent, forms the sides B<1> and the front B<2> of the box, and the blank A forms the back A', and the bottom and lid A<1>, A'. The blank B has flaps B<3> which are attached to the part A<2> of the blank A by metal tongues, like paper-fastenings, which are passed through slits in both and then bent. A corresponding fastening C is used to secure the lid and bottom. It is passed through a slit in the front B<2>, the tongues being bent in opposite directions along the inside of the front, and passed through slits a<1> in the top and bottom, and then bent on the outside of the front.
Patent GB-190308585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casters for Furniture.
Inventor: BUESCHE ERNST
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 8585. B³sche, E., Kolmetz, W., and Gerbeck, C. April 15. Castors.-Relates to castors for tables, couches, bedsteads, pianos, and other articles of furniture. A ball c, Figs. 1 and 4, is mounted in a socket a, and is prevented from falling out by a sheath b. The sheath may be held in place by a pin f, Fig. 1, which enters a groove in the casing. Part of the groove is vertical, the remainder g being horizontal. The sheath may also be screwed to the socketpiece. Or slots e, Fig. 4, may be cut in the sheath to form spring flaps, which hold it in place. The socket-piece is secured eccentrically on the foot of the article by a screw d, which may be separate or formed in one with the socket-piece.
Patent GB-190315970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Tram Cars.
Inventor: LYCETT JAMES ALBERT
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1904-07-20
Abstract: 15,970. Lycett, J. A., and Conaty, G. J. July 20. Electric motor vehicles.-In an electric tramcar with four wheels, the axles 3, 6 are mounted in radial axle-boxes 7 so as to be capable of turning about centres 12, 13, and the brake gear is arranged in such a manner as to remain unaffected by the radial movement of the axles. The frames of the motors 41, 60 are pivoted at 12, 13 to bars 63, 64, to allow them to move with the axles, and the bars 63,64 are supported by springs resting on transverse bars 69, 70 of the truck frame.
Patent GB-190316916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Abstracting Stones, Metal and other Foreign Matters from Wheat or other Granular Materials.
Inventor: GREENSLADE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-08-01
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 16,916. Greenslade, J. Aug. 1. Washing grain.- In apparatus for separating stones, metal, &c. from wheat or other granular material by washing or sorting by means of upward currents of water, plates or baffles, sloping downwards in opposite directions alternately, are arranged to check the rush of grain, direct the upward currents in diagonal directions, and ensure that there shall be a body of still water for the grain to fall into. Fig. 2 represents a section of the preferred form of apparatus. The grain falls from the hopper B, and, passing between the baffles E in the trunk A, is carried away by the water through the outlets I, while the stones &c. fall into the tank G through the openings D. The tank G is provided with a water inlet near the top, with hand-holes P, and with an outlet J. Preferably, two valves, with a receiving-chamber between them, are attached at J to facilitate the discharge of the stones while the tank is full of water. The openings e, through which the material falls, may be made adjustable by employing sliding plates E movable by means of toothed segments K. The plates E and the sides of the trunk A may be made of glass.
Patent GB-190317427-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Attachment to Milling Machines for Machining Internal Ovals.
Inventor: HUDSON ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-08-11
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,427. Hudson, E. W. Aug. 11. Milling; chucks.-A milling-machine attachment for use in milling internal ovals, such as the castiron hat moulds used in hydraulic presses in the straw hat trade, consists of a bracket a carrying a vertical slide b, in which is mounted a spindle f carrying a chuck or holder e. The bracket is secured on the machine table and the spindle rotated by worm gearing g, h. A former c, carried by a plate k which secures the work in the holder, rests upon a slipper d resting on a block d', the slide b moving freely up and down the bracket a to enable the desired oval to be cut.
Patent GB-190320319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Douches.
Inventor: BRANDES HERMANN
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 20,319. Brandes, H. Sept. 21. Baths.-A portable douching- apparatus, which allows of the use of cold or warm water or a mixture thereof, consists of a perforated sickleshaped neck tube a, connected b y pipes to the hot and cold water reservoirs e, f. The arms of the forked connecting-piece c are provided with valves g, g<1>. In place of a cold water reservoir, the hose may be connected to a water-cock, the valve in its arm being then dispensed with. The forked piece may be connected directly to the tube a, and the valves may be placed in the tubes d, d'.
Patent GB-190321105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Locomotives, Semi-portable Engines and the like.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1903-10-01
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 21,105. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Trevithick, F. H.]. Oct. 1. Locomotives; portable engines. -Consists in heating and thereby depositing impurities in the feedwater by means of the exhaust steam and products of combustion. The smoke-box, Figs. 1 and 2, contains an arrangement of three cylindrical shells, forming two annular chambers c, c<1> ; and a feedwater heater f consists of three cylindrical shells, forming two annular chambers, and a central chamber f <6>. The feedwater coming from the feed-pump by the pipe g<1> enters a condenser or the inner annular chamber of the feedwater heater f, and passes thence to the inner annular chamber c' in the smoke-box, where it is further heated by the furnace gases and by the exhaust steam in the outer annular chamber c, until the impurities it contains are deposited, and can be blown off through cocks h<1> ; the purified feedwater then passes through the pipe i to the boiler. The surplus exhaust steam is conducted from the exhaust pipe d to the outer annular chamber c, from which it passes by the pipe c<3> to the central chamber f and outer annular chamber of the feedwater heater, the uncondensed steam escaping through the cock h. The inner annular chamber in the smoke-box may be divided into two compartments by a central shell b<3>, perforated in places. A modified form is shown in which three annular chambers are formed in the smoke-box, exhaust steam being admitted to the middle chamber, the feedwater passing through the outer and inner chambers.
Patent GB-190325084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Lubricating Apparatus
Inventor: FOWLER ROBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-11-18
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 25,084. Fowler, R. J., and Briddon, G. Nov. 18. Lubricating eccentric and other bearings. The eccentric-strap e of the eccentric-rod e', which bears on the eccentric portion of the shaft b, is lubricated by oil carried round by the disc c, mounted on the shaft, from the supply d at the bottom of the casing d. The oil is caught in, and distributed from, a chamber f attached to, or formed as part of, the casing a, instead of being rubbed off the disc c by a scraper as described in Specification No. 3336, A.D. 1903. From the mouth g of the chamber f, the oil passes through one or more holes g<1>, and drops directly on to the parts to be lubricated, or into a well h in the eccentric-strap e and through a passage i to the bearing. Pipes or conduits may lead to the various parts, their discharge ends being immediately over receiving-cups or funnels. In some cases, the open chamber is placed in the position shown at j, the oil thrown off by the disc c passing through the slot k on to a projecting lip l, which directs its course.
Patent GB-190328642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Scarifiers or Steam Navvies.
Inventor: DAWSON JAMES ROBERT
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-12-30
Abstract: 28,642. Dawson, J. R. Dec. 30. Roads and ways, making and repairing.-Consists in a non - rigid toolholder for road scarifiers or steam navvies. The lever g for adjusting the angle of the tool-holder h is connected by a strong spring f to a sliding block e, the position of which is regulated by an adjusting-screw c.
Patent GB-190402881-A (GB)
Title: A Suspended Shelf for Tip Up other Seats and Chairs
Inventor: BRACEWELL HARTLEY
Filed: 1904-02-05
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 2881. Bracewell, H., and Bracewell, S. Feb. 5. Shelves; chains; seats.-A shelf for receiving hats, coats, or other articles, is suspended under the bottom of a tip-up or other seat or chair, and particularly of a tip-up theatre or hall.chair. The shelf k, Fig. 1, is jointed to rods or links g, h, i,j, which are jointed to brackets a, b, c, d for attach- ment to the seat. The shelf k, Fig. 2, is made of wirework, and the links g, h, i, are hooked over the wirework and suspended by screw- honks m,n, o,p. A cloth, netting, or the like l is fitted at the back, and, if desired, at the sides of the shelf.
Patent GB-190403947-A (GB)
Title: Operating Bulkhead and other Doors
Inventor: HURLEY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 3947. Hurley, J. T. Feb. 17. Bulkhead doors. -Consists in forms and arrangements of valves, used in conjunction with a two-main fluidpressure system for operating bulkhead doors. Two valves, of the form shown in Fig. 1, are used in connection with the operating-cylinder of each door. Each casing contains two sets of valves operated from the lever K. The valves B, E are opened by bridge-pieces M, L, and the spring- loaded valves C, F are similarly opened after the upper valves are closed. Pressure is admitted above the valve E and may pass to the valve B by a non-return valve in the casing. Similarly, a non- return valve is situated between the exhaust outlet S and the outlet R. Pipes G, D are connected with the top and bottom of the operating- cylinder. Two such valves are used together, as shown in Fig. 4, the valve c being the bilge valve, and the valve d the working valve at the door. The mains W, X may be made, alternately, pressure and exhaust mains from the central station. The valve d enables a person to operate the door irrespective of the condition of the preasure in the mains W, X. Normally, pressure from the main X enters the valve c by the pipe P, passing through the valve E and pipe G to the working valve d, entering by the pipe S, and passing through the pipe D to the cylinder. The non-return valve between the valves B, E prevents passage to the exhaust main. Exhaust takes place through pipes G, P of the working valve and pipe D, S of the bilge valve to the main W. Should the main W become the pressure main, the reverse action takes place and the door is closed. Whenever pressure is admitted by the pipe S, movement of the handle produces no effect on the door. By raising the handle K<1> at the door, the pressure passes through to the valve B and thence by way of the pipe D to the cylinder, thus opening the door. The exhaust takes place in a similar manner to that described above. The lever K of the bilge valve is fitted with a float g, by which it is operated upon an influx of water to the compartment. A weight h is also suspended by a rod j of alloy having a low melting point, so that, in case of fire, it will melt and permit the weight h to operate the valve. The movement of this lever operates the valve in a similar fashion to that of the movement of the lever K<1>, the effect being to alter the relative distribution of pressure and to close the door.
Patent GB-190404800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indexes
Inventor: BOGUE RICHARD
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 4800. Bogue, R. Sept. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Indexing.-In an Index for account or record books having groups of leaves, the first leaf a, Fig. 2, of each group has at its upper corner a double notch f, f<1> forming two extensionsf f<2>, f<3>, provided respectively with a primary index letter such as A and with one or more supplemental index letters B, C, D, F. Successive pages b, c, d, e in the same group exhibit through one part of the double notch further supplemental letters such as G, H, I, K, the last page e of each group having a continuous edge, disposed to cover the succeeding pages of the same group, and the supplemental letters on the pages of other groups, bearing successive primary index letters. Each page of the group is ruled into columns h, i, j, designed to receive names having characters corresponding to the primary and supplemental index letters of the particular page, and to show the number of the page on which the corresponding account is to be found. Such numbered pages are interspersed with the groups of the index pages. To obtain reference to the approximate page where an account is to be found, the operator may turn to the key page, shown in Fig. 1, in which the numbers of the pages, corresponding to the primary and supplemental index letters, are shown.
Patent GB-190408459-A (GB)
Title: Improved Self-acting Temple Barrel for Looms
Inventor: KYLE ANDREW
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 8459. Kyle, A. April 13. Loom temples.- To prevent the cloth from being nipped between the segments d and the spiked rings b, the outer part of the segments or rings or both is chamfered, as shown. Another method is to make the rings of greater or less diameter than the segments, or to fit a washer between the segment and the rings. The rings revolve on flanged projections of the segments.
Patent GB-190410335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steering Gear for Motor-propelled Road Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: HUMPHRIS FRANK
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 10,335. Humphris, F. May 5. Motor road vehicles.-The position of the steering- handle of a motor road vehicle can be varied to suit the driver by releasing the bolts in the curved slots a', Figs. 1 and 2, on the bracket A, and rotating the handle and bracket about the pivot a<1>. Two cords, or other flexible connections, are fastened to eye-bolts b<4> at one end, which pass freely through brackets c<1> fixed to the bar C which slides in the fixed guide c. These eye-bolts can be used to keep the cords taut and so prevent backlash. The other ends of the cords are fastened to two pulleys b, b<1>, on the axle of the steering-handle, which have grooved peripheries and the surfaces of which do not lie in one plane. These pulleys are arranged so that the portion of the groove where the cord enters is in alignment with the direction of the cord for all positions of the steering-handle. On rotating the steering-handle in either direction, a sliding motion is imparted to the bar C by one of the ropes, and this bar has one end attached to the fore-carriage of the vehicle and so turns it.
Patent GB-190410633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Feeding and Drinking Hoppers for Pigeons and other Birds or Live Stock.
Inventor: NEVETT ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 10,633. Nevett, A. W. May 9. Feeding and drinking appliances for birds consist each of a round or othershaped trough having a movable conical cover with a vertical rim pierced with holes for access.
Patent GB-190413090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Fulling of Woollen Fabrics and other Fibres or Materials Adapted to be Felted.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 13,090. Haddan, H. J., [Elosegui, A.]. June 9. Yarns and threads, felting.-In fulling woollen and other threads adapted to be felted, moist heat, in the form of hot water or steam, is supplied to them while they are subjected to compression in the usual way by stamps or between rollers.
Patent GB-190416641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Curtain-suspending Devices.
Inventor: MCHARDY JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,641. McHardy, J. July 28. Curtains, drawing and suspending.- A curtain suspenderconsists of a double hook or ring made from a length of wire bent at its centre to form two arms a which are then bent outwardly at a' and into a hook a'. The curtain is attached by means of a clip comprising a transverse member b with ends bent round at b<1>, the curtain being held between these ends and the parts a of the hook. The resilient nature of the hook causes the clip to be firmly held, and a projecting hook b<2> for lifting the suspender on or off the rod is provided ; or the clip may be dispensed with and the wire bent to form tongues for insertion in the curtain. The hook b<2> may be made ornamental, and the suspender itself can be bent with the centre part forming the hook as in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190417592-A (GB)
Title: Process and Devices for Producing Corks Coated with Paraffin or similar Substances.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 17,592. Mackenzie, J. W., [Hamburger Maschinenbauanstalt Ges. C. F. Gabel]. Aug. 12. Cork-, treating.-Corks are immersed in melted paraffin or the like, after which they are placed in a rotary drum a, the sides and double bottom d of which are perforated. High-pressure steam is admitted through the pipes b, c, e, so as to heat the corks uniformly on all sides. The drum a is driven by a pulley k, and the centrifugal action causes the superfluous paraffin to enter an outer casing f of non-rusting material, from which it may be drained by the pipe g. The perforated bottom slopes as shown, in order to promote the uniform distribution of the corks while the drum is rotating. The total area of the perforations in the pipes b, c and in the bottom d is less than the sectional area of the steam pipes, in order that the steam may be hot when it enters the drum.
Patent GB-190420073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Points for Tramways and Light Railways
Inventor: BLAND FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-09-17
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 20,073. Bland, F., and Radford, R. H. Sept. 17. Points and switches are made hollow, the rail portions being connected by spacing-ribs ; also, renewable bearing-surfaces having the same hollow form may be provided and fixed by running molten lead or white metal around the two portions. Fig. 1 shows the hollow body of a point with spacing-ribs c and drainage channel d. Fig. 2 shows the removable portion having the rail portions a, a<1> connected by similar spacing-ribs b; this portion is adapted to fit into the hollow body and be leaded in position. Stiffening-ribs b<1> may be provided to strengthen the spacing-ribs b. With this construction, the removable point-tongue only bears on the ribs b, and thus friction is reduced, while mud or similar matter cannot collect in the working-parts of the apparatus.