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Patent GB-190312807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: ROWDEN WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 12,807. Rowden, W. T. June 8. Lubricators.-Lubricating-oil under pressure is distributed from a common supply to parts of a machine at different levels or against various pressures. Pressure may be imparted to the oil by a force pump, by compressed air, by placing the oil tank in an elevated position, or by other means. The oil is supplied to a chamber 2, and is delivered to pipes 3 through cocks 4. Sight-feeds are arranged on the pipes 3. the cocks are intermittently actuated by a reciprocating rod 5, which engages pins a on arms 8 secured to the plugs. During the periods of rest, the cocks are closed. The rod 5 is operated, at intervals, by a pawl 6, which engages one end of a lever 7, the other end of which is coupled to the rod. The pawl also engages a ratchet-wheel 9 mounted on the spindle of the lever 7. Some of the notches in the wheel 9 are too shallow to allow the pawl to engage the notch 11 in the lever, so that the lever is actuated only when the pawl comes into engagement with a deep notch in the wheel. The pawl, when not in engagement with the deep notch 11, engages a shallow notch in the lever. In some cases, a second ratchet-wheel, provided with deep and shallow notches, is arranged so that the pawl only comes into engagement with the notch 11 when deep notches in each of the ratchet-wheels are in register. The pawl is mounted on a lever 12 operated by some moving part of the machine. The valves may be rotated intermittently in one direction, provided they are closed during periods of rest, by ratchet-wheels or other mechanisms, such as a Geneva stop with the convex portion removed. Instead of plug cocks, piston or mushroom valves may be employed. When lubricant is required at several places under similar conditions of pressure and level, a single, intermittentlyactuated valve is employed, the distribution being effected by branch pipes, each ot which is provided with a non-return valve. When closed, the non- return valve rests on its seat at the bottom of a cup 15, which, being filled with oil, prevents leakage of air past the valve. The oil drips from the cup 15 through a tube 16 to the delivery pipe 18, the whole arrangement being enclosed in a glass cylinder.
Patent GB-190315879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders and Cutters for Rolls of Paper
Inventor: LACOSTE-DELPERIER RENE
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 15,879. DelpÚrier, R. Lacoste-. July 17. Inkstands.-Relates to holders and cutters for rolls of sanitary, memorandum, toilet, or packing paper, alone or combined with ink stands, string boxes, &c. A semi-cylindrical box 1, Fig. 4, has a hinged cover 2, secured by a fastening 4, and a slot 5 for the paper 6, a cutter 7 being fixed normally, or in a slightly backwardly inclined position or formed in one piece with the bottom. The paper is severed by an oblique upward and forward drawing motion. The paper-holder may be hooked to the walls, or may be supported by uprights 10 on an inkstand 11, trays being provided for penholders.
Patent GB-190320828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Packing of Eggs for Transit
Inventor: BARSTAD ALBERT LARSEN
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 20,828. Lake, H. H., [Barstad, A. L., and Barstad, O. L.]. Sept. 28. Boxes for eggs are provided with a number of plates of cardboard or other stiff material b, having pockets c each adapted to receive about one half of an egg. The lowest plate rests with the undersides of its pockets on the bottom, or on a layer of cotton &c. The next plate has its pockets resting on the plane sections between the pockets of the first plate, as shown by the dotted lines. The pockets of the third plate are vertically above those of the first plate, and so on. Over the uppermost or any other layer of eggs may be placed a similar plate d. The plates are made exactly alike so that they can be nested when not in use. In use, each alternate plate is turned in its own plane through 180‹.
Patent GB-190324951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Chimneys for Preventing them Smoking.
Inventor: MCLEAN DUNCAN
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 24,951. McLean, D. Nov. 16. Chimneys and chimney tops.-To effect a cure of smoky chimneys, the chimney-pot, Fig. 2, or chimney, Fig. 5, is provided with one or more upwardly-inclined outlet passages b, flared at each end, and having a contraction at b<4>. The passage may be made integral with the chimney-pot, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be formed in a separate block, which is secured in the brickwork of the chimney, as shown in Fig. 5. A wind guard c may be arranged over the outlet, and in the case of a chimney-top, the wind guard is balanced by the thick portion a<2>.
Patent GB-190411629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mine Cages.
Inventor: THIELMANN PETER
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 11,629. Thielmann, P., and Meisenburg, J. May 20. Mine cage fittings. -Relates to means for passing corves into or out of mine cages, and for locking them while the cage is in motion. The floor a of the cage is loose, and on its underside are catches e, which can be locked by means of nuts in a position to engage a projection f when the cage comes to rest at the top or bottom of the shaft, thus inclining the floor so as to cause the automatic entry or delivery of a wagon. Stops k, l, projecting through the floor and connected by a rod m, are actuated by the wheels of the entering wagon to prevent over-running. Locking-arms p, Fig. 3, normally occupying their locking position shown, are raised, when the floor is inclined, by means of rods r &c., to allow the passage of a wagon.
Patent GB-190413139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Attaching Saddles to Bicycles.
Inventor: GILES GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 13,139. Giles, G. H. June 10. Saddle clips.-For attaching a child's saddle to the top tube of a bicycle, the upper part A of a two-part clip A, B, bolted upon the frame, has a lug E to which the saddle is clipped. If desired, the parts of the clip A, B may be hinged together on one side and bolted on the other, or the lug may be dispensed with, the saddle springs being bolted to the flanges a<1>, which are appropriately enlarged.
Patent GB-190414829-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Electro Medical Apparatus for the Curative Treatment of Disease.
Inventor: BRAUN HENRY CHARLES
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1905-07-01
Abstract: 14,829. Braun, H. C. July 1. Electricity, administering ; medicines, administering. -An apparatus for administering electric currents consists of a pair of hollow handles a', a', one of which contains one or more galvanic cells d, and the other an induction coil k provided with the usual trembler n and a sliding metal tube l for adjusting the strength of the current. By means of a flexible cord e, the battery in the one handle a<1> is connected to the coil in the other handle a', and the current from the battery is caused to traverse the coil on depressing a contactkey h. Metallic electrodes b<1>, b<2> are connected to the circuit at two points, viz., the electrode b<1> to the wire e at j, and the other b<2> to the plate p and so to the trembler n. In a modification, for continuous currents, a further number of cells is substituted for the coil in the handle a'. The electrodes may be used with damped pads, and the Provisional Specification states that the pads may be damped with medicaments with which it is desired to treat the body electrolytically.
Patent GB-190423893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gum Elastic and Flexible Catheters and Bougies.
Inventor: ALLEN MARCUS
Filed: 1904-11-04
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 23,893. Allen, M. Nov. 4. Catheters and bougies are made by moulding gum elastic or other flexible material upon a metallic or other core. The core is preferably made of metal wire with a projection at one or both ends ; in the former case, the other end is formed into a top.
Patent GB-190426574-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Producing Sounds by Means of Gramophones and similar Sound or Voice Reproducing Apparatus.
Inventor: MOLOKOFF ARSENIUS
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,574. Molokoff, A. Dec. 6. Sound-magnifying appliances.-A trumpet for gramophones and similar instruments contains a resonating-flap on to which the sound waves are concentrated before issue. A tube a, Fig. 1, preferably of oval cross-section, is continued into the hemispherical portion b, which forms the end of a trumpet mouth c. The highest line of the tube a would pass, if continued, through the centre c of the portion b, and the axis of the trumpet mouth c makes an acute angle with this line. This highest line is actually continued by the tongue-like flap d up to the centre e, where it terminates in a straight thickened edge as shown in Fig. 4. It is stated that the issuing sound waves will be reflected from the portion b, and, failing on the flap d, cause it to vibrate and reinforce the sound.
Patent GB-190505997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices upon which Neckties can be Knotted, and the Means of Securing same to the Neck of the Wearer.
Inventor: HOLROYD JACKSON
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 5997. Holroyd, J. March 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Neckties.-A device on which neckties may be knotted, consists of a wire frame having a bar a, Fig. 1, on which the tying is effected, and a hole e through which the knotted end is passed. A hole d about the middle admits the stud top, and a slot c allows the shank to pass to a smaller hole b. Instead of the latter means of securing the article, it may be made of single wire and one end turned inwards and notched to engage a hollow-shanked stud as in Fig. 5. The wire is provided with depressions k which are entered by inwardly projecting points in the barrel. The barrel has slots to enable the sides to spring apart when the wire is admitted. The principal parts of the device may be stamped out of metal, and the knotting bar either bent round as in Fig. 9. or hinged thereto as in Fig. 12. When made of wire, the device may be arranged so as to present free ends into which the collar stud may be inserted. In this case the hole d is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190508221-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Electro Metallurgical Manufacture of Metals or Alloys free from Carbon.
Inventor: GIN GUSTAVE
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 8221. Gin, G. April 18. Electric furnaces.-In the production of metals and alloys free from carbon by the interaction of the corresponding silicides and oxides in the presence of a suitable flux, an ordinary incandescence furnace with two hearths in series is employed, with electrodes cast from the silicide to be refined, which gradually meet in contact with the oxide bath. The silicide is prepared as usual by electric fusion, and cast in moulds, and the percentage of silicon is preferably kept below that required by the general formula SiR<11>2 in order to avoid the formation of brittle electrodes. The furnace may be that described in Specification No. 8216, A.D. 1904, the silicide bath being covered with the necessary oxide.
Patent GB-190508446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Ventilation of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: PROSSER RICHARD ALBERT SHIPMAN
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 8446. Prosser, R. A. S. April 20. Uppers; ventilating.-Ventilating-eyelets for the uppers of boots and shoes consist of a piece of wire-gauze or a perforated disk a tightly fixed in the head c<2> of a metal frame c, which is made in one piece. The frame is provided with prongs c<3>, which are passed through a hole in the upper from the outside and then clinched, on one or more metal or leather washers c according to the thickness of the upper. Fig. 7 shows the preferred positions of the eyelets in the upper.
Patent GB-190509444-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Combined Corset and Abdominal Belt.
Inventor: BRUN PAUL FERNAND
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 9444. Brun, P. F. May 4. Corsets ; belts. - A corset is. combined with an abdominal belt made in two portions J, each being made of elastic webbing and fastened by lacing N to strips M sewn to the corset. The belt halves fasten together by buttons K, and have suspender tabs P. The corset has no busk, and is fastened behind partly by lacing E and partly by buttons attached by short lengths of thread to the corset. In front the corset is fastened by appliances H attached to strips I.
Patent GB-190510866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Artificial Fuel.
Inventor: GRAYSON PAULINE
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 10,866. Grayson, P. May 24. Composition fuel.-Coal dust ground to an impalpable powder is used with plaster of paris, cement, or the like and water in composition fuel. The fuel blocks may be coated with oil or other waterproofing-substance, and chalk, sawdust, peat, pitch, petroleum, flour of wood, lime, whitening, and clay may be used.
Patent GB-190514345-A (GB)
Filed: 1905-07-12
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 14,345. Electric and Ordnance Accessories Co., Hall, R. F., and Garner, J. R. July 12. Switches.-In controllers foi electric motors for operating cranes or hoists, or for doing other heavy and frequently interrupted work, a main-circuit switch is made to open in case of emergency, either electromagnetically with under-load or over-load or by hand, and is maintained or locked in the open position till the controller is turned off, which operation either closes or frees the closing- handle of the switch. Fig. 2 shows the invention with electro-magnetic release, completely enclosed within the controller casing and inaccessible from the outside. The electro-magnet i in shunt across the mains holds on an armature h at the end of a lever g pivoted at g<4>, a shorter arm of which g<1> is toothed and in gear with a sector e<1> rigidly fixed to a sleeve loose on the controller sliaft b and carrying the contacts c<5> of a double pole main switch. A spring f acting on another lever e tends to turn the switch to the open position. An underload releases the armature h, which takes place also if an overload magnet closes shortcircuiting contacts of the magnet i. To close the main switch again, the controller dram must be turned back to its ' off ' position, when a cam forces back the lever g. After turning the controller ' on ' again, the lever. g will not retain the main switch closed unless the main current is flowing. Fig. 3 shows the invention adapted to be operated by hand, without electro-magnetic release. In this case the switch sector e' is in gear with a toothed sector o<1> movable by a handle o and can be turned from the closed position at any time, a spring pressed roller p<2> and notches p<3> giving a quick break. Another notch o<3> interlocks with a tooth g<6> on the end of the lever g, if the main switch is opened while the controller is ' on.' The handle o cannot be turned to close the switch again until the controller is turned ' off,' when its cam e presses back the lever g as before.
Patent GB-190515127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters.
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 15,127. Mills, English, & Co., and King, T. Scott-. July 22. Superheaters, steam. - The steam is first dried in tubes c, then further heated at constant pressure in tubes d, and finally raised to a higher temperature in tubes e. The size or number of the tubes in each set is gradually increased for each stage of the operation. The caps or inverted troughs f, g forming the compartments in the headers a, b are held in place by extensions m, Fig. 4, on the access plugs h.
Patent GB-190515752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-releasing Brake Handles for Electric Tramcars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BELMONDO MARIUS
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 15,752. Belmondo, M. Aug. 1. Brakes.-The handle A of a hand-brake for electric tramcars &c. is connected to the brake standard I by a ratchet clutch B, which can be lifted out of gear by pressing a knob F on the handle. The clutch is normally held in gear by a spring J, the knob F being held up by a spring G. The arrangement permits the release of the brakes without rotation of the handle.
Patent GB-190516564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash-hangers.
Inventor: SCOTT GEORGE MCINTOSH
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-08-15
Abstract: 16,564. Scott, G. M. Aug. 15. Windows; window holders.-Relates to sliding sashes, balanced by spring pinions, mounted behind the pulley stiles engaging with racks on the sash stiles. The pinion 5, Fig. 2, engages with a rack 17 and is locked to hold the sash in any position by means of a locking-lever 10, pivoted at 11, and also pivoted to a spindle carrying a push-button 14 by which it can be released against the action of a spring. To maintain each rack and pinion in engagement, a bracket case 20 is attached to the upper edge of each sash stile on the opposite side of the sash to the pinion, this case being provided with inclined faces 22 which mate with inclined faces 23 of a roller bracket 24, which is forced downwards by a spring 26. The inclined faces 22, 23 cause the roller of the bracket 24 to be forced out into engagement with the pulley stile, thus keeping the rack on the opposite side in close engagement with its pinion.
Patent GB-190520263-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Methods and Means of Teaching to Write and Spell
Inventor: WINN LESLIE HINCHLIFF
Filed: 1905-10-07
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 20,263. Winn, L. H. Oct. 7. Copy-books.-Relates to means for simultaneously teaching writing and spelling. At the head of a sheet A of paper, one or more suitable alphabets, in any desired language or style of handwriting, are printed, and the sheet is attached by stitching or otherwise to a stiff backing-sheet B and a number of sheets C slightly shorter on one side, which lie in front of the first-mentioned sheet. These sheets are printed on either or both sides with columns of suitably chosen words or sentences, or if desired the words or sentences are arranged otherwise than in columns.
Patent GB-190522225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Making Oxalates and Oxalic Acid.
Inventor: FELDKAMP FREDERICK ANTHONY
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 22,225. Feldkamp, F. A. Oct. 31. Hydrogen.-In the manufacture of oxalic acid, water gas, producer gas, Siemens gas, or other suitable mixture of carbon monoxide and dioxide is absorbed by alkalies. The mixture of alkali formate and carbonate thus obtained is heated to yield oxalate and carbonate, during which process hydrogen is evolved and may be collected.
Patent GB-190603243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Mechanism especially applicable for use in connection with Electric Meters.
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 3243. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 9. Electricity, supplying.-Consists of an arrangement whereby a plurality of coins may be inserted in the apparatus at one time, and is specially applicable to the apparatus described in Specification No. 1073, A.D. 1905, in which the inserted coin falls on and depresses the bell-crank 1, thereby freeing the spring-actuated arm 24 from the projection 25 and closing the consumer's circuit, the meter causing the arm to re-engage the projection at the conclusion of the supply. Coin action; coin - discharging mechanism.-A number of coins may be inserted in the slot 14, the lowest entering the slot 16 in the insulating- block 9 and bridging the two contacts 7. An auxiliary circuit is thereby closed, the current flowing between the lines 26, 27, through the line 20, resistance 21, solenoid 3, contacts 7, and coin, conductor 23, bell-crank 1, arm 24, and the brush 28. The solenoid 3, then being energized, sucks in the core 11, moving with it the spring-actuated insulated block 9, to which the core is firmly secured and which works in the casing 5 along the fixed contacts 7. The coin is then brought opposite the slit 18 through which it escapes, rocking the bell-crank 1 and freeing the arm 24 to break the auxiliary circuit and close that of the consumer. The spring 13 then returns the insulated block and core, the next coin from the shoot 14 entering the slit in readiness to close the auxiliary circuit at the conclusion of the supply, The insulated block 9 carries a metallic plate which bridges extensions of the contacts 7, preventing the auxiliary circuit from being broken before the consumer's circuit is closed.
Patent GB-190603673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOSEPH MOSES WARD
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 3673. Kitchen, J. M. W. Feb. 14. Sectional boilers.-Relates to modifications in the arrangements described in Specifications No. 11,672, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Furnaces &c.], and No. 9004, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Heating]. According to the present invention, the gases after complete -combustion are passed first through a number of small openings B<3>, Fig. 12, in the section M and then through the vertical passages B<4>, Fig. 11, in one or more sections P<1>. The gases finally pass through an opening at a low level in the back section into a vertical flue D, Fig. 2, open at the bottom. There is also an exit opening at a high level for use when starting the fire. The draught is controlled by dampers I<1>, I<2>, F<3>, Fig. 2, having actuating-rods running to the front of boiler and fitted with handles and indicating- dials. Air is supplied above the fire through a conduit J having tuyÞres W<2>, Fig. 6, and controlling-valves V<1>. The various sections are connected together by nipples, which, for the sections A<1> enclosing the grate, are of comparatively small diameter. These sections A' have their heating-surfaces increased by the depending water chambers.
Patent GB-190605391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas or Steam Engine Indicators.
Inventor: ATKINSON JAMES
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 5391. Atkinson, J. March 6. Steam-engine indicators.-In indicators for highspeed engines, one of the links of the multiplying- gear is pivoted to a spring-controlled piece which yields to very high pressures, whereby excessive vibrations owing to the frequent changes in pressure are damped. Fig. 1 shows the application to a Richards' indicator, in which the normally stationary pivot b is formed in a piece d having a projection g engaging in a hole in the framework and pressed downwards by the adjustable spring f. In Fig. 3, a modification applicable to a singlelever indicator is shown ; the pivoting-point h of the lever instead of being directly attached to the link j, has an adjustable spring member interposed. The vibration period of the spring is arranged to differ from that of the pressure-gauge spring.
Patent GB-190607297-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Methyl-alcohol from Methane.
Inventor: LANCE DENIS
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 7297. Lance, D., and Elworthy, E. G., [administratrix of Elworthy, H. S.]. March 24, 1905, [date a;oplied for under Patents Act, 1901]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Methyl alcohol; formaldehyde; formic acid.- Methyl alcohol is produced by oxidizing methane by means of hydrogen dioxide or mono- or per-sulphuric acids, or by mixtures of hydrogen dioxide with these acids. The oxidation may be carried out in presence of ferrous sulphate. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 describes also (1) the use of ferrous oxides or salts and (2) the production of formic acid by oxidizing methane with mono-persulphuric acid and manganese dioxide. The formic acid is converted into calcium formate and is distilled to produce formaldehyde and methyl alcohol. Formaldehyde is also obtained by oxidizing methane with ozone. This subject matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.