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Patent GB-190321947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Portland Cement.
Inventor: HOECKE CARL
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 21,947. H÷cke, C. Oct. 12. Cements.-In manufacturing Portland cement, the raw materials are mixed with low-grade fuel, such as slack, or powdered or other coal, the mixture being pressed into bricks and built into a kiln. The distillation products from the coal maintain the heat in burning, and the escaping gases from moisture &c. render the bricks porous and easily pulverized.
Patent GB-190328020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Treating Hides and Skins
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,020. Clark, W., [Vaughn Machine Co.]. Dec. 21. Hides and skins, raw, treating.-A machine for fleshing, unhairing, and otherwise treating hides and skins, is fitted with a power-operated bed roll and a manually-operated knife cylinder or the like. The bed roll a and the auxiliary feed-roller 44 are mounted in frames c on a carriage which is reciprocated on guides d by spirally-grooved shafts g. The shafts g are rotated by bevel-wheels l, k, and connected by a transverse shaf m. An extension of the shaft m carries a clutch which is engaged with the boss of the wheel q by the hand-lever 8, and is retained in engagement therewith by a cam 15 on the face of the spur-wheel 18 bearing upon an antifriction roller on the lever 8. The carriage being in the position shown by dotted lines, the hide or skin is thrown over the auxiliary feed-roller 44, one half of it hanging below the bed roll a. The hand-lever 8 is then moved so as to set in motion the carriage, which is moved to the position shown by full lines, thus bringing the hide up to the feed-roller 40, which is mounted in the framing e. The rollers 40, 44, acting with the bed roller a, feed the skin past the cylinder 25, which is provided with helical blades or vanes 26 of steel, brass, rubber, or slate. The cylinder 25 is mounted in bearings on the ends of levers 27, and is brought up to the work by the toggle-levers 29 operated by a treadle. One half of the hide having been treated, the hand-lever 8 is again thrown over, thus bring- ing the carriage back to the starting-position ; at the end of the backward movement, the cam 15 allows a spring to move the lever 8 so as to disengage the clutch on the extension of the shaft m, and thus to stop the rotation of the spindles g. The hide is then reversed, and the machine is again set in operation. The machine is fitted with an emery or other grinding-block 48 on a carrier 47 movable on a track 49.
Patent GB-190401911-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Moving Clutches and the like Endwise upon their Axles.
Inventor: MOORHOUSE JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 1911. Moorhouse, J. Jan. 26. Clutches.-In an arrangement for diminishing the wearing effect of friction upon the actuating- parts of ordinary friction clutches and other rotary objects movable along shafts, a friction cone on the loose pulley A, Fig. 1, fits into a corresponding recess on the fast pulley B when A is moved towards B along the shaft C. The hub of the pulley A is extended along the shaft so as to provide for a series of annular grooves D<1>, D<2>, D', and sets of dies E<1>, E<2>, E', instead of one groove and one set of dies. The dies E<1>, E<2>, E<3> are swivelled so as to allow for the radial movements of the operating- lever E which is pivoted at one end and worked by a handle at the other. Each die may have its own lever, the set of levers being linked in unison. Instead of the extended part of the hub, a separate piece may be provided fitting over the ordinary hub and secured to that with a set bolt. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of roller or other antifriction bearings on the working sides of the grooves.
Patent GB-190403171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Agricultural Implements applicable also as a Stationary Engine.
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3171. Scott, J. Feb. 9. Portable engines.-A motor agricultural implement, consisting of a motor vehicle fitted with interchangeable tilling-appliances, is provided with a belt pulley so that it may be used as a stationary engine. The rectangular or other framing a is supported on one or two steering-wheels and a central propelling-wheel c. A shaft e' is driven from a petrol or other motor d through the longitudinal shaft e and friction or other clutch e', and is provided with a bevel pinion f adapted to be brought into gear with either of two bevel-wheels on the transverse shaft g<2> which carries the belt pulley. Tanks i are mounted on each side of the wheel e to carry water for cooling the motor and to act as weights. When two front wheels aro used, either or each of them is made vertically adjustable. When one front wheel is used, trailing wheels are mounted on adjustable swing brackets at the sides of the main wheel c.
Patent GB-190406033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wickerwork or other similar Travelling Trunks.
Inventor: WANDLAINCOURT JULES
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 6033. Wandlaincourt, J. March 11. Trunks.-Wickerwork or like travelling trunks are strengthened by introducing iron wires or metal strips b into the walls during the process of weaving. The wires completely surround the body of the trunk and are hidden by the wickerwork. Metal strips d, fixed to the lid by rivets, are hinged to the plates g riveted on the back of the trunk and to the slotted plates f which fasten the lid. The plates g and the staple-plates h may be prolonged downwards to strengthen the trunk.
Patent GB-190407004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Watering Carts.
Inventor: URWICK ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-23
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7004. Urwick, A. J., and Caink, T. March 23. Watering - carts.-The sprinklers described in Specification No. 10,402, A.D. 1901, are connected to the tanks of watering-carts by swivelling downpipes, to facilitate their application to existing watering-carts. The valves which control the discharge to the distributing-pipe, and the method of operating these valves, are also improved. The lower ends of the down-pipes A are provided with a half-flange a<1>, Fig. 4, and a lug a' which is secured in a well b<1> in the sprinkling-pipe B by a stud D. The down-pipe is coned to take into the socket of the sprinkling-pipe, and the joint is made by a rubber ring C. The swivelling joints at the upper ends of the down-pipe comprise flanges E, E', Fig. 3, in the former of which the pipe can turn on studs a<3>, while the latter is loose. The joint is sealed by a rubber ring D', and a link F prevents undue oscillation. The sprinkling-pipe may be in sections secured together. The valve V, Fig. 5, bears, by means of its rubber ring J, on the rounded annular lip of the seating G, resting on a rubber washer g<1> which makes the joint with the tank plate. The seating is held down by a skeleton cylindrical casting H, bolted to the pipe flange, which forms a guide for the valve disc and is surrounded by metal gauze h<1> to strain the water. The valve is pivoted by a gudgeon pin to its spindle v<1>, and is normally held on its seating by a spring S bearing against a cross-bridge L. The cover M is held down by a fork N, which is slid under a stud on the bridge L and secured by a cam-catch n<1>. Double valves may be used with double sprinkling-pipes and down-tubes. The connection between the pipes and tubes is shown in Fig. 12. The valve spindle v<1> is connected by a chain Q, Fig. 9, and rod w to a treadle T pivoted at t<1> to the casting P. When the treadle is engaged by a catch U, as shown, the valve is held open, but on the driver bringing back his heel against the catch, the spring s<1> raises the treadle and the valve is closed by its own spring. Two or three treadles may be mounted side by side on the framing P.
Patent GB-190407894-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Grip Driving Appliance for Automatic Ore Feeders of Stamp Batteries and the like.
Inventor: HALL WILLIAM LESLIE REID
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7894. Hall, W. L. R. April 5. Ratchet gearing.-A silent-feed gearing for intermittently rotating the shaft of the feed-regulating gear in an ore stamp is shown in elavation in Fig. 1 and in plan in Fig. 3. A grip-lever A is provided with gripping-jaws a', a<2> acting on the flanged rim b<1> of a disc B on the shaft C of the regulating-gear. The intermittent raising of this lever A by a connecting-rod A' actuated from the bumper lever gear of the ore stamp causes the jaws a', a' to rotate the disc B. A spring E draws the lever down again through a link D fitting against a nose a<5> on the lever A, at the same time releasing the jaws a<1>, a<2> from the rim b<1>. A projection a<4> on the side of the lever A holds it in position on the disc B, and clearance grooves a<3> are provided in the lever A.
Patent GB-190408523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Valves or Cocks.
Inventor: TILLEY FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8523. Tilley, F. C. April 13. Locking valves ; sealing valves; casings; handles. - A gas valve, for use between a gas main and a house meter, is provided with a perforated lug A on the plug B corresponding, in the closed position of the valve, with one or other of similar plugs F on a casing E so as to afford ready means for sealing the valve, as shown, when the house supply is cut off. The lug A may also form a stop-pin, but the lugs A, F may be fitted to other parts of the plug and casing. Instead of having a square head, the plug B is fitted to take the threaded end of a piece of gas barrel which serves as a handle.
Patent GB-190409321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Air Valves for Pneumatic Tyres and other Inflated Articles.
Inventor: NEMEROVSKY DEBORAH
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 9321. Nemerovsky, D. April 23. Tyres, pneumatic.-The closure cap e of an inflating - valve for pneumatic tyres and other articles is held firmly over the nozzle f of the valve plug by the springs g, h, attached to the ring a which is secured to the stem c by the plug nut f<2>. The cap may be with drawn for inflation purposes by distending the springs and moving the cap to one side. The Provisional Specification also states that the springs may be replaced by two swinging arms, and the cap secured either by a snap action or by springs in connection with these arms.
Patent GB-190418908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Time-recording Mechanism and Apparatus.
Inventor: KELLY MARSHALL
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 18,908. Kelly, M. Sept. 1. Electric clocks.-In a master-clock, Fig. 1, when a lever b on a fulcrum d drops behind each tooth of a ratchet-wheel a supporting it, terminal pallets e, e<1> engaging an arm f<1> allow a revolution to an arbor f, urged by a weight or spring. A crank g, rotating therewith, accordingly momentarily dips the bridge i of a mercury switch for the secondary clocks into the cups k. Just before the lever drops, the engaging arm escapes from the inner pallet e<1> to the outer one e. To assist the return, the arbor is provided with a spring arm l bearing a tumbling pendulum. In a secondary clock, Fig. 3, having an electromagnet r to receive the currents so sent, the ratchet lever o, which drives by its own unbalanced weight, is lifted back a tooth by the armature lever q<1>. The feed of the ratchet lever is limited to one tooth per action by an oblique stop s which jams the pawl p against the wheel n. Winding-mechanism.-The secondary mechanism may be used as winding-mechanism.
Patent GB-190418962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: SCHOENERT CARL
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,962. Sch÷nert, C., and Weber, W. Sept. 2. Stoppers.-The cork or other packing-disc c is retained in place by a nearly-square plate d, which is sprung into a recess b in the mouth of the bottle. The corners of the plate are preferably curled downwards. The cork is removed by any pointed tool which can be inserted between the corners of the plate.
Patent GB-190419006-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Steam Generator.
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 19,006. Crowther, D., and Glover's Water Tube Boiler Co. Sept. 3. Steam-generator furnaces.-In the boiler shown, the walls of the furnace are formed by water tubes k. A brick wall k, having a largo opening through it, divides the furnace from the combustion chamber. The upper side l of the opening protects the shell a from the flame.
Patent GB-190422795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving Mechanism for Bucket Conveyors
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 22,795. Brookes, A. G., [Bradley, P. B.]. Oct. 22. Conveyers.-Relates to driving -mechanism for bucket conveyers, and is described in connection with a Bradley conveyer, in which buckets a, the upper sides of which form a continuous trough, are hung from single axles c connected together by a cable f and running by means of wheels d on rails e. The driving- mechanism consists of a chain i, running over two adjacent sprocket-wheels h, h<1>, through which the power is communicated, and formed on its outside with teeth s adapted to engage the axles c of the conveyer. The chain i is composed of forked links, Fig. 6, connected by pins n passing through the fork of one link and a boss o on the adjacent end of the next. The teeth s are formed on the forked ends as close as possible to the connecting- pins. The driving-chain is kept in contact with the conveyer by means of rails u on which run rollers v on the ends of the pin n.
Patent GB-190427607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Outdoor Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HAIGHT THORNE STEWART
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,607. Haight, T. S. Den. 17. Shop-front lamps; street lamps; globe holders.- Apparatus for enabling the incandescent gan mantles of outside shop or street lamps to be renewed in stormy weather consists of cylinders E mounted on a frame C, which carries the globe J and is slidably mounted on the gas pipe A within a casing F, the whole being held in position by a nut K on an extension of the gas pipe. On releasing the nut K and lowering the frame C, the cylinders E engage over the burners, and any mantle can then be renewed by raising the corresponding cylinder.
Patent GB-190428420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Desks for School and other use
Inventor: BENNET JAMES DICK
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,420. Bennet, J. D. Dec. 27. School desks.-In the folding top of a school desk, the desk-board B swings upon pivoted brackets C, in each of which is a recess c containing a ball. The recess is shallower towards the bottom end, and co-operates with the ball to form a stop when the desk-board is lowered into the position shown in dotted lines. A longitudinal rail D<1> carried by pivoted brackets D is formed under the desk-board, and supports it in a horizontal position. The rail D<1> is pushed backwards in order to be able to turn up the board B, and a groove d in it then serves to support a drawing- board.
Patent GB-190429598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Fluids
Inventor: REESE LOUIS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 29,598. Reese, L. C. Dec. 31. Liquid meters.-Between inlet and outlet tubes is placed a wall provided with holes or slits, the number of which that are uncovered at any time determining the quantity of fluid delivered in unit time, a pressure regulator being placed in the inlet. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the perforated wall is a tube b, the number of holes b<1> uncovered being determined by the height the tube b is pushed into the inlet a, in which a stuffing-box is fitted. Fig. 2 shows a form in which the wall consists of a plate f having two series of slits f<1>, f<2>, which may be pushed between the inlet and outlet, scales g, g<1> with pointers h, h<1> being provided to indicate the amount of slit uncovered ; these slits are arranged so that, when one series is in use, the other is outside the inlet and outlet casing and may be cleaned. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the plate is circular and revolves about a pin d, while three series of holes f<1>, f<2>, f<3> are provided.
Patent GB-190500001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cotton Gins
Inventor: STARRETT RALPH
Filed: 1905-01-02
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 1. Starrett, R. Jan. 2. Gins.-In order to prevent the matting together of the partially-stripped seeds &c., they al e continuously agitated and presented to the action of the stripping-knife and roller by means of a comb 22, which may be secured to, or form part of, the stripping-knife 8, the operating edge of which is shown at 20. The feed hoard 18 is provided with a seed grid formed by projecting fingers 19, which are bent so that they are approximately at rightangles to the teeth of the comb 22 which pass between them. The stripping-knife may be made in sections, each carried by plungers 9 and operated by eccentrics 11, which are mounted on the shaft 12 in different phases, the whole being so mounted in the frame of the machine as to be adjustable and removable. Above the ginning-roller 2 and behind the stripping-knife 8 is a suction chamber 15, which communicates by pipes 16, 17 with a suitable exhausting-apparatus, which draws air between the knife and roller in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the roller.
Patent GB-190500952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motors
Inventor: LATOUR MARIUS
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 952. Latour, M. Jan. 18, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches for closing a motor circuit to change a repulsion motor into an induction motor are closed by the armature A being attracted against gravity, when the coil B is energized, so as to force the contact C into the contact D,
Patent GB-190504427-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Game.
Inventor: ARENS CARL
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 4427. Arens, C. March 3. Games played with bats, balls, cups, and pockets. -In an indoor or outdoor game played with bats and resilient balls, the object of each player is to cause the ball at its .first bounce to enter a large .pocket e, suspended from a ring d carried by curved radial arms c mounted on a base a, or one of a number of smaller pockets f, Figs. 1 and 3. The pockets f are carried by rings g, secured by means of hooks or clips h to the ring d.
Patent GB-190505950-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Indicating Water and other Liquid Levels.
Inventor: FRENCH JOHN HASTINGS
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 5950. French, J. H. March 21. Water and other liquid levels, indicating.- In apparatus of the kind in which the level of a liquid is indicated by a pressure gauge operated by the air entrapped in a belt-shaped vessel a at the bottom of the chamber containing the liquid, the capacity of the bell is regulated by a plug f, or by other suitable means. Apertures d are formed at the bottom of the bell, and a connexion b, for the tube leading to the gauge, is placed at the top.
Patent GB-190508186-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Roller-blotter.
Inventor: KORTEN PAUL
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 8186. Korten, P. April 17. Blotting - appliances.-A band of blotting - paper is wound on a wooden roller 2 and is mounted in a stirrup 6 formed from a piece of wire which is bent on itself to form a handle 7. Convex disks 8 are provided at the ends of the roller. The blotting-paper is formed along its whole length near each edge with grooves so that elastic bands 10 holding the paper in place do not come in contact with the surface on which the blotter is used.
Patent GB-190509007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Treatment of Ores.
Inventor: BAKER DAVID
Filed: 1905-04-28
Granted: 1906-04-28
Abstract: 9007. Lake, H. H., [Baker, D., and Hearne, W. W.]. April 28. Blast-furnace charges.-Iron ores or residues, such as pyrites residuum, pyrite cinders, purple ore, blue billy, are subjected to a heat which will first oxidize and eliminate sulphur, and then to a heat sufficient to melt'such impurities as alumina, silica, lime, magnesia, &c. and render the mass suitable for use in blast furnaces. Preferably, a long rotary kiln is used, and the material is charged in at the cold end so that desulphurization is completed before the material reaches the zone of highest temperature. The mass is sufficiently fused to become semi-plastic and sticky, and the rolling, or agitation, causes the formation of lumps or nodules. If a short kiln is used, the temperature is varied as required. In some cases, the process may be facilitated by moistening the ore at the outset.
Patent GB-190511911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keys for Fastening Rails to Chairs of Railways
Inventor: MANTLE REUBEN
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 11,911. Mantle, R. June 7. Chairs; chair keys and wedges.- A chair key or wedge comprises two wooden wedgeshaped pieces A, B having serrated edges engaging one another to prevent slackening. The piece A is prevented from endways movement by a vertical recess a<2> in its outer surface which engages the jaw of the chair C, while the movable piece B fits into the space between the head and foot of the rail D in the usual manner. The serrated surfaces may be vertical or slightly curved.
Patent GB-190513161-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clutch Device.
Inventor: ROBERGEL EUGENE LOUIS
Filed: 1905-06-26
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 13,161. Robergel, E. L. June 26. Clutches. - Relates to ratchet clutch devices, particularly applicable to cycles. The chain-wheel g carries part screw threads f engaging corresponding threads f on the hub e. On forward drive, the extension h of the wheel g engages the hub, and on free-wheeling the chain-wheel passes over on to the drum i, which is fixed to the stationary axle b.
Patent GB-190513620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter-cards.
Inventor: RICHARDSON HAROLD
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1906-07-03
Abstract: 13,620. Richardson, H., and Cariss, J. July 3. Letter-cards.-A letter-card is closed by means of a ribbon which is passed through holes 6 in the outer edges of the halves of the card and is tied in the middle by a bow or knot which may be sealed. A view or other device is printed or mounted on the back 4 of the letter-card.
Patent GB-190514052-A (GB)
Inventor: LAMBERT ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 14,052. Lambert, A. J., and Land, C. H. July 7. Printing; enlarging reducing in size; copying documents etc.; vignetting. - A stand for use in bromide printing, and other similar purposes, consists of a sliding or telescopic frame or frames, having a graduated scale thereon, and supporting the printing frames, enlarging camera, copying easel, &c. Figs. 1 and 2 show a stand having two frames E, F, sliding in the base frame A, which supports an adjustable gas burner C. The frames E, F are formed with folding supports G<1>, G<2>, adapted to hold a printing frame or easel, and an enlarging camera respectively. One side of each of the frames is graduated in inches so that the printing distance can be noted. Notches K, M in the sides of the frames engage catches L, by which they are held in position. For vignetting, a ground glass screen R is supported by pins P fitting in the holes N in the iron-bars B. Pins are placed on the short and long sides of the screen, so that it may be arranged to correspond with the position of the negative. For copying documents &c., the gas burner C is removed and an easel attached to the support G<1> by thumb-screw X. For enlarging purposes, a graduated scale Z is placed on the back edge of the frame A, in order that when the enlarging lantern is centrally situated on the frame A, the distance the lens projects beyond the centre of the frame may be noted and deducted when adjusting the frame F.