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Patent GB-190319913-A (GB)
Title: Improved Horse-shoe.
Inventor: HILLMAN JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 19,913. Hillman, J. Sept. 16. Treads.-Shoes have plates B adjustably fitted to recesses in the limbs by means of screws D, and are provided with buffer springs C at the heel ends. The springs work on pins b<1> attached to the plates B, and the heel ends of the shoe are recessed to admit the pins, on compression of the springs.
Patent GB-190322389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Hammers.
Inventor: KETCHEN WILLIAM LAIRD
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 22,389. Ketchen, W. L., and Adams, H. F. Oct. 16. Locking nuts. - The barrel end of a pneumatic hammer which is screwed into the handle socket is prevented from slacking back by ratchet teeth on the barrel and a spring pawl 5. The pawl shank 6 has a feather 10 so that the pawl, when withdrawn, is retained on the shank being partly rotated.
Patent GB-190323009-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Printing or Transferring Designs and the like.
Inventor: ROWE GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 23,009. Rowe, G. W. Oct. 24. Printing with flexible printing-surfaces; transferring designs and the like.-In printing or transferring designs to irregularly.shaped objects, the design is first prepared on a lithographic stone or similar surface, inked in the usual manner, and is then transferred to the object by a flexible transferring pad of india-rubber or other suitable material capable of being expanded or altered in shape by fluid or other pressure. In one form of apparatus, Fig. 1, for carrying out the invention the pad c of flexible rubber or other material is formed with a beaded edge, by which it is clamped to the plate b by a ring v. The plate b is fixed on a rod l pivoted to linksj, h, and counterbalanced by weights s. By means of handle m, the plate is brought above the inked lithographic stone by turning about the pillar g, and the pad c, either distended by compressed air introduced at t through a flexible pipe, or flat, is pressed against the stone, or against several differently-coloured stones if desired. The object d to be printed, in this case a dinner plate, may be brought into position by a travelling band e, passing above the table f, and the inked surface c is brought down upon it, and made to conform to its surface by compressed air. Stops or guides may be provided to make the surface c register accurately with the lithographic surfaces and also with the objects to be printed. Canvas or the like may be combined with different parts of the pad to regulate the expansion, and an enclosed cushion of air may take the place of the alternate expansion and contraction by compressed air.
Patent GB-190405752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-heated Stoves.
Inventor: NIEMECZEK HANNS
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5752. Niemeczek, H. March 9. Air-heating gas stoves.-A closed gas stove is provided with extensive air-heating metal surfaces, and with stone &c. blocks, which give off heat after the burner is extinguished, the whole being mounted in a water-sealed base, which moistens the air. The stove consists of a cylinder e, Figs. 2 and 3, with extensive wedge-shaped heat-radiating surfaces d, which are surrounded by segmental plates l placed between prismatic blocks m of artificial stone. The parts are enclosed in an outer casing k, which is cut away to allow the air to pass between the plates l and the surfaces d, and out under the flanged plate n. The gases from the burner c pass through and round the cylinder h, and through the cylinder r, which consists of two casings filled with sand &c., and contains a number of balls or bricks t. The water in the troughshaped base a moistens the air, and prevents the dust in it from burning and emitting smells. The cylinder h is supported by a flange f, and is fitted with a perforated bottom g.
Patent GB-190416221-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Fabric for Covering Seats and like purposes
Inventor: LAYCOCK WILLIAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 16,221. Laycock, W. S. July 22. Mixed fabrics; figured fabrics.-A durable fabric, suitable for covering the seats and backs of railway carriages and tramcars, and like seats, is woven with a cotton or linen warp and a horse-hair or other hair weft. A pattern is produced upon the face of the fabric in any ordinary manner by fibre, preferably manila fibre, or whalebone, thin metallic cord, or flattened wire.
Patent GB-190420292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Cream Product or Preparation and the Means by which it is Made.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES MAUS
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 20,292. Taylor, C. M. Sept. 20. Drawings to Specification. Absorbent paper; materials, fibrous.-The fatty constituents of cream are separated from the non- fatty fluid constituents by means of an absorbent material, which may consist of paper made of coldpressed long staple cotton fibre.
Patent GB-190427724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps for Automobiles and other Vehicles
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,724. Boult, A. J., [Gray, W.]. Dec. 19. Velocipede. carriage, and vehicular lamps.-The air supply is admitted at the top of the lamp, and the detachable reservoir and burner are secured to the body of the lamp by spring levers. The air supply, admitted through slots 13 in, and holes 11 below, a deflector 12, passes between the smoke tube 5 and an outer tube 10, between the outer conoidal lamp-shell 1 and an inner conical shell 4, and thence upwards through a perforated flange 19 on the inner shell and a perforated collar 34 on the burner to the outside and inside of the burner cone 36. The reservoir carrying the burner is provided with two spring levers 22, Fig. 5, working between two plates 20, 21, Fig. 2, so that, in the locked position, the ends 23, Fig. 5, of the levers engage in lateral slots in a tubular portion 15 of the lamp shell and lugs 24 engage above a flange 16, Fig. 2, on the portion 15. A cap 7 is secured above the upper end of the smoke tube, and the cone 36 is frictionally held between the flange 19 and the collar 34.
Patent GB-190502864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Installations for Controlling Electrically Propelled Trains.
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 2864. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Jenkin, C. F. Feb. 11. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles. - Relates to the equipment of electric cars, propelled by single - phase alternating currents as described in Specification No. 23,398, A.D. 1901, which relates to means for varying the v o l t a g e actuating the motors by taking current from various parts of the secondary coil of a transformer having its primary supplied from the line. By the present invention, the voltage is increased without any intermediate drop from step to step of the controller barrel by the introduction of two or more resistances or reactances in the secondary circuit, and shortcircuiting of the secondary windings is prevented by electrically or mechanically interlocking the " contactors " or electricallycontrolled switches of the various parts of the secondary winding or by the introduction of automatic cut-outs in the sections of the secondary winding. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the secondary circuit of the transformer g is connected in four sections through contactors x<3>, x<4>, x<5>, x<6> with the motor d. The reactances k, l in this circuit may be short-circuited by contactors x<1>, x', electrically interlocked by contacts 22, 23. The circuits of the master controller p are supplied by a small transformer w or other convenient means. In the branch circuit 8<a>, which closes the main switch e, is a gap 11, normally bridged, but which is cut out in the position p<1> by the circuit 7 or by excessive current passing through a tripping-coil e<1> in the secondary of the main circuit. 24, 25, 26, 27, are the interlocking- contacts on the contactors x<3> &c. closing the gaps 14, 15, 16, 17 in the main circuit, and p<2> to p<9> are the steps by which the various sections of the secondary coil are switched into the main circuit. In position p<2>, the gap 17 is closed, and both reactances k, l are in circuit. On step p<3>, the resistance k is bridged by the circuit 2. On step p<4>, gaps 16, 17 are closed, and the reactances k, l are both in circuit. Mechanical interlocking of the contactors x<3> &c. is shown in Fig. 5. On the shafts m, n are sleeves m<1>, n' each having three projecting arms, of which m<4>, n<4> are vertically downward, adapted to engage lugs o, o<1>, o<2>, o<3> on the contactor stems. The lugs o<2>, o<3> are shaped so that rotation of the sleeves m<1>, n<1> prevents the contactors x<5>, x<6> from rising, but ascent of these contactors locks the sleeves by contact of the arms m<4>, n<4> with the sides of the lugs o<2>, o<3>. Automatic cut-outs in each section tripped by coils e', e<3>, e<4>, e<5>, Fig. 1, may replace the interlocking systems. Various controlling means for the main switch e are also described.
Patent GB-190510694-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Neutralizing Static Electricity
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 10,694. Chapman, W. H. May 22. Electricity, discharging from paper, fabrics, and the like.-Relates to a method of carrying out the process for removing static electricity from printing-presses, paper machines, textile machines, &c. described in Specification No. 19,419, A.D. 1904, in which a conductor provided with a number of points and charged with an alternating static charge is passed over the paper, yarn, roving, &c. from which electricity is to be discharged, A series of plates B, made preferably of hard rubber or other good insulating-material, are secured by screws b in a longitudinal rabbet cut in one edge of the wooden bar A. A longitudinal groove b<1>, in which the conductor C lies, is formed in the plates B, and from it numerous holes b<2> extend to the outer edge, where they may be enlarged as shown. The wire C is held in place by inserting blocks h in the groove b<1> at the back of the branch wires c. The conductor C is connected to the lead e<1> through a metal stud D, which fits in a socket f to which the cable e is secured. The conductor C and branches c may be made of steel, and may be connected either with a source of alternating or direct current.
Patent GB-190511778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exhaust Mufflers.
Inventor: REID DAVID
Filed: 1905-06-05
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 11,778. Reid, D. June 5. Exhaust -silencers. - In an exhaust - silencer, a portion of the exhaust gases by an ejector action draws the remainder of the gases through a tortuous passage formed by perforated conical diaphragms. The outer casing 1 is double and is filled with a non-conducting material. The ends of the casing are closed by heads 2, 3, having hollow conical bosses 4, 5 receiving the exhaust and outlet pipes respectively. The heads by means of radial ribs carry rings 6, 7 supporting a tube 8 secured by a screw nut 17 and a screwed nozzle 15, which may have more than one jet. The diaphragms 9 are mounted on the tube 8, and are perforated alternately at the inner and outer edges. They may be separated by ribs, or alternate cones may be corrugated. Perforated diaphragms 13, 14 are placed at each end of the casing. The reduction of pressure in the chamber 16 causes air for cooling purposes to enter between the exhausts.
Patent GB-190513076-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Means for Wrapping-up Tin Cans or other Articles.
Inventor: HORNE JAMES AUSTIN
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 13,076. Horne, J. A. June 24. Wrapping-up cans &c.-The folding-fingers described in Specifications Nos. 14,885 and 22,960, A.D. 1898, for folding in the ends 4<a> of wrappers of .circular cans &c. are modified to produce a better arrangement of the folds. The first pair of folders 3 which the cam meets as it is propelled along the track 1 are inclined outwards at a greater angle than the succeeding folders 3<a>, 3<b>, &c., and are made about half the height and width of these. The parts of the machine are preferably so arranged that the forward edge of the wrapper arrives in close contact with the small folders 3 or at a distance therefrom equal to the width of one of the larger folders. One set of folders is omitted when only one end of each wrapper has to be folded in.
Patent GB-190516223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Hand Separators.
Inventor: SALENIUS ERIC GUSTAF NICOLAUS
Filed: 1905-08-09
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 16,223. Salenius, E. G. N. Oct. 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fastenings for centrifugal eparators. The worm-wheel housings of centrifugal separators are fitted with covers which are each formed with a projection 10 fitting into a recess in the casting, and with a spring bolt 12 which may be pressed back to remove the cover.
Patent GB-190516298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepared Carbides for Acetylene Lamps, Generators, and the like.
Inventor: FORBES CHARLES STEWART
Filed: 1905-08-10
Granted: 1906-08-10
Abstract: 16,298. Forbes, Sir C. S. Aug. 10. Acetylene.-Carbides for acetylene lamps, generators, and the like are treated with a retarding- solution in a vacuum. The carbide to be prepared is placed in an air-tight vessel in which a vacuum is then produced, a retarding solution, preferably a solution of resin in petroleum, being run in, and the carbide then removed ready for use.
Patent GB-190518533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Fire-resisting Flooring, Walls, Ceilings or the like.
Inventor: HARRIS FRANCIS ALDRED LODGE
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 18,533. Harris, F. A. L. Sept. 14. Floors and flooring; ceilings; walls.-Relates to means for securing boards directly on to a concrete base, applicable to floors, ceilings, walls, &c. Dovetail-shaped blocks b, Fig. 2, are supported above suitable centering by brackets h so as to be keyed into the concrete and flush with it at the top, and the blocks are connected by a longitudinal plate or plank l, also undercut or grooved, which retains in place the bevelled or tongued transverse boards f. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the blocks b are grooved to key into the concrete, and the flooring or like boards are rabbeted.
Patent GB-190519521-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process of Treating Milk to Produce Artificial Human Milk.
Inventor: HOLGATE LAWRENCE OSWALD
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 19,521. Holgate, L. O., and Jessop, J. A. Sept. 27. Milk, treating to produce artificial human milk.- Full milk is divided into two equal portions, and the cream removed and the casein precipitated from one portion. The sweet whey obtained is mixed with the cream, more milk sugar or sweet whey may be added, and finally the other portion of full milk is added. The preparation may be reduced to a powder.
Patent GB-190521632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Web Printing Machines.
Inventor: ALLISON THOMAS ERNEST
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 21,632. Allison, T. E. Nov. 17. Printing in several colours.-Relates to rotary web printing-machines in which separate printing- couples are used for printing the text and the illustrations. (1) The illustration cylinders 1 are larger in diameter than the text cylinders 2, 3 in proportion such as three to two, so that there is the necessary increase of dwell during the printing of the illustrations and also reduction in wear of the illustration plates. (2) The web is slit longitudinally and part only is led to the illustration cylinders, which are correspondingly reduced in width. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the web A passes from the text cylinders 2, 3 to slitters 4, 5, the section 8 proceeds to the cone folder 11 and cutting and folding mechanism 12, and the section 9 is directed over turning-bars 14 to the illustration cylinders 1 and then superposed with the section 8.
Patent GB-190523577-A (GB)
Title: Navigational Sounding Instruments.
Inventor: WIGZELL EUSTACE ERNEST
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 23,577. Wigzell, E. E. Nov. 16. Sounding - apparatus.- Concentric tubes for the overflow type of sounding apparatus are made by joining the end of the narrow inner tube B to the open end of the outer tube. Projections E on the upper end of the inner tube prevent contact between the tubes. The water which overflows may be coloured to facilitate reading, in the manner described in Specification No. 2409, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190525679-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spanner.
Inventor: EDWARDS ARTHUR ERNEST
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 25,679. Edwards, A. E., [Reyken, M. W. C.]. Dec. 9. Spanners.-A spanner for enabling a nut to be continuously rotated until screwed up has an enlarged part with an eccentrically-arranged recess a containing a ring c, provided with teeth band having an aperture in its centre shaped to correspond to a nut. A detent d pressed by a spring e engages the teeth b. Specifications No. 1288, A.D. 1894, No. 9832, A.D. 1899, and No. 25,990, A.D. 1904, are referred to.
Patent GB-190527088-A (GB)
Title: Improved Proces and Apparatus for the Production of Photographs
Inventor: DISCHNER FRIEDRICH JULIUS
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 27,088. Dischner, F. J. Dec. 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Producing composite photopraphs.-The method for producing composite photographs showing any desired backgrounds by giving two successive exposures to the negative under different conditions is adapted for dry plates. For the first exposure, the object is arranged as a silhouette against a light background and a short exposure is given through a positive picture-background transparency in actual contact with the negative. For the second exposure, the background transparency is removed, and the object is illuminated against a dark background. The backgrounds are arranged in the form of screens which can be easily interchanged. The positive transparency d may be hinged to the dark slide to fall away from the negative e for the second exposure.
Patent GB-190601334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Figures or Models of Paper or the like.
Inventor: BAEHR ADOLF
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 1334. Baehr, A., [trading as Baehr & Co., A.]. Oct. 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Toy animals dolls.-Model figures with foldable paper bodies of honeycomb structure are mounted on rockers. In the example shown, a toy rocking- horse is constructed with a honeycomb body f, which can be folded about an horizontal axis. The body is connected to cardboard &c. legs a, b, mounted on rockers c, d. When required for use as a toy, the rockers are connected together by means of a strip e, which is attached to one rocker and formed with a hook-shaped end for engaging a hook-shaped projection on the other rocker. Human figures may be represented, and more than one figure may be mounted on one pair of rockers.
Patent GB-190605350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supporting Railway Rails.
Inventor: BEUSTER FRITZ
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 5350. Beuster, F. March 5. Chairs; sleepers; sound and vibration, preventing.-Rails are supported on reinforced-concrete sleepers by resilient plates p, bridging recesses in the sleepers and carrying both the rail and the means for securing the rail, which may consist of a hook-shaped projection d and a clamping-bolt f. The platep may be made in one with, or be bolted to, plates v, w, Fig. 2, embedded in the concrete, and bound by wires m to the metal reinforcement n. Or the plate may rest on wooden blocks h, Fig. 4, and be secured by bolts i passed through metal bushings g embedded in the concrete.
Patent GB-190606961-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Implement particularly for Distributing Winter Beans in the Furrows of Land.
Inventor: LAMBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 6961. Lambert, C. March 23. Sifting grain &c.-In a machine for distributing beans or wheat in the furrows of ploughed land, the seed falls from a box on to a shaking screen provided with a delivery spout and with a receptacle for collecting the material sifted out. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the hopper E is divided into two chambers at the sides of a central wheel B, which is mounted in a frame A provided with handles A<1> and legs A<2>. Each chamber is provided with a cover M, an outlet E', and a screen F, the two screens terminating in one spout G. Each outlet E<1> is provided with a perforated tray or the like, and each screen with a receptacle L. The screens are vibrated -by enlargements or cams J on the axle C engaging with them or with projections K. They may be lifted out of engagement with the cams J by means of a rod Q connected to a pivoted lever provided with a catch P. A machine with a single screen may be connected to the beam of a plough, and may be lifted out of action by means of a lever or levers.
Patent GB-190608346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Apparatus for Playing Keyboard Musical Instruments
Inventor: ARMSTRONG JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-04-06
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 8346. Armstrong, J. A. April 6. ! Automatic instruments.-In a mechanica apparatus for playing a keyboard instrument, the key-strikers are formed with annular parts c surrounding a continuously revolving drum, and inflatable means are provided for frictionally connecting them. The invention is described as a modification of the apparatus described in Specification No. 25,974, A.D. 1903, but is generally applicable. Each annular part c has a portion bearing directly on the roller d, the remainder being recessed to accommodate a flattened tube e, one end of which is closed, while the other is connected by a nipple o to a flexible tube 51. A projection g is normally held against a rail h by a spring k on a set-screw i with lock-nut n; or any equivalent spring or weight restoring-means may be provided. The inflatable tube may be of rubber faced with leather or thin strip metal ; or an elastic ring or coil may be operated by any inflatable means. The air escanes through a fine hole. The strikers for the black keys are shorter than the others, and the arms q are formed of flexible metal to enable them to be adjusted to the keys. The music roll 8, its check spring, the take up roll 9, the tracker-bars the octave-coupler 77, the pumps 20, and the regulating-cylinder or "lung" 27, are mounted in a frame 7 on the middle of a bar 4. The roller d, extending across the whole keyboard, is carried by a frame comprising the bar 4, a stay 3, and side pieces 1 ; it is preferably supported also by a hanger close to the pulley for the driving-belt 67.
Patent GB-190610094-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Lustrous Threads, Bands, Strips and the like of Viscose.
Inventor: MUELLER MAX
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 10,094. M³ller, M. May 1, 1905, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Viscose.-Thread, bands, strips, or the like of cellulose are made by squirting viscose through suitable apertures into sulphuric acid in which a salt, preferably an alkali bisulphate, is dissolved. Any soluble sulphate or any body yielding, with sulphuric acid, a sulphate, may be used.
Patent GB-190610929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cycle Brake Connections.
Inventor: WEBB HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 10,929. Webb, H. May 10. Brakes.-For actuating the rear brakes of cycles, the connexions B, E are pivotally at - tached to a cradle comprising links A carrying rollers F adapted to travel round the bottom bracket. As shown in Fig. 1, the rollers are mounted upon rockers a<1> carried by the links, but they may be mounted directly upon the links and be arranged on the outside faces of, or between, the links. The connexion E<1> is adjustably attached to the part E by a screw e' engaging one of a number of holes e<3>, the attachment at b<1> being also adjustable by a screw clamping-arrangement.