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Patent GB-190319431-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Recording Instrument in connection with Phonographs, Graphophones and similar Machines for Registering Sounds
Inventor: SEYMOUR HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1903-09-09
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 19,431. Seymour, H. A. Sept. 9. Phonographs &c.-A permanent or adjustable bar bridge c fixed to the diaphragm chamber a carries a small wheel or bearing-surface d adapted to run upon the surface of the record disc or cylinder g parallel with the edge of the cutting-stylus, which is otherwise independent of it. In this way, the weight of the recorder is carried by the bridge, and the diaphragm is not subjected to undue strain.
Patent GB-190320291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fittings such as Switches or the like having Combined Insulating and Conducting Portions.
Inventor: RITCHEL CHARLES FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 20,291. Ritchel, C. F. Oct. 13, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Insulation.-In a device for securing a conducting-piece to the insulating-body or rosette of a socket, switch, or other fixture used in electric wiring, a single or double headed stud, which may be integral with or separate from the conducting- piece, is passed through a slot in the insulator and twisted through a right-angle to engage with the rear surface of the insulator. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5 applied to a porcelain socket 1, the fastening-studs 3 are double-headed and pass through slots 21, 13 in the conducting-pieces 2 and the insulating-body 1, the upper heads 31 being held in the slots 21 and the stems 3 being twisted to engage the lower heads 32 with the bottoms of the recesses 12. The studs 3 may be blanked out with the pieces 2, as shown in Fig. 3, and then turned down at right-angles to these pieces. The surface with which each head 32 engages may be inclined so that twisting the studs draws the conductor down against the insulator. The conductors may be dented round the slots 21 to prevent the heads 31 from projecting above the body of the conductors, such dented parts fitting into corresponding recesses at the upper ends of the slots 13.
Patent GB-190322058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Producing Compounds
Inventor: ASCOLI UGO
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,058. Ascoli, U. Oct. 13. Hair restorers.-Cocaine preparations are used to aid the growth of hair. Hydrochlorate of cocaine (1 to 6 parts per 1,000) is made into a pomade with vaseline or other fatty material, to form a hair producer; 10 to 15 parts of menthol and boracic acid as a disinfectant, may be added.
Patent GB-190405168-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Measuring and Indicating the Superficial Area of Hides, Skins, or other Surfaces.
Inventor: CONNOLLY JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 5168. Connolly, J. J., Connolly, S. F., and Osborne, V. March 2. Calculating-apparatus.-A planimeter for measuring the areas of hides, skins, and other surfaces, consisting of suitable linkwork connecting a point for tracing the outline, a recording-wheel travelling on the surface, and a fixed centre of motion, is adapted to calculate the difference between the area in question and a constant area of 100 square feet, the graduations being arranged to take this into account and give a direct reading. The tracing- point C, the bar B, and the frame A carrying the spindle of the wheel F are rigidly connected. The arm D passes from the pivot M to the fixed centre of motion E, the plane of the wheel F being at rightangles to the arm B, while its spindle, the pivot M, and the tracing-point are in one plane. There is a scale upon the edge of the wheel F, with a screw and worm wheel H, I for indicating revolutions upon the dial J, pointers K, L being provided.
Patent GB-190407327-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Preparation of Dynamo Brushes.
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 7327. British Galvanic Metal Packing Co., [Galvanischen Metall-Papier-Fabrik Akt.-Ges.]. March 28. Brushes. - Carbon blocks, prepared in the ordinary way and having, if desired, metal suitably interspersed in them, are first compressed to remove air holes or spaces. They are then transferred to a furnace and heated under high continuous pressure Brushes so prepared require no external covering, and, owing to the metal enclosed in them, have a high conductivity.
Patent GB-190407831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Fixing of Collars on Shafting, the same being also applicable for Couplings or Journal Liners.
Inventor: MCINTOSH PETER
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1905-04-05
Abstract: 7831. McIntosh, P., and Taylor, G. April 5. Mounting pulleys &c. on shafts; shaft couplings; shafting.-Relates to methods of securing collars, pulleys, shaft couplings, journal liners, and the like, to shafts. A collar, coupling-element, or pulley boss b, Figs. 1 and 2, is cut away internally to form an eccentric groove a, against the back of which a ball or roller c is jammed, as at c', when the part b is rotated round the shaft d. For the roller c may be substituted a curved or segment piece e, shown in the gripping position at e', Fig. 6, which may be provided on the side next the shaft with teeth, as at f. In the collar or coupling-joint shown in Fig. 7, the cylindrical contact surfaces of the sleeve parts are eccentric to the shaft d, and jam when relatively rotated. Figs. 3 and 4 show a modification, which may be used as a journal liner, in which the grooved part b, provided with a ball &c. c, jams over a sleeve b<1> slit along one side at g. The collar or liner b, Fig. 13, has one longitudinal slit g like that shown in Fig. 4, and may be of uniform external diameter.
Patent GB-190417004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttonhole Sewing Machines.
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 17,004. Lake, H. H., [National Machine Co.]. Aug. 3. Buttonhole-sewing machines ; needle-bars, vibrating laterally.-To cause the necessary movement of the needle from its mean position when stitching opposite sides of a buttonhole, the vibration is derived from a sliding plate 8, and the point of application of the connecting-rod 7, which actuates a hinged needle-bar slide, is varied. The plate 8 receives its motion from a slotted cam-actuated lever 11. An inclined slide 13 is fixed to the sliding plate 8, and the position in it of a roller attached to the rod 7 is periodically varied by a suitable pattern cam, actuated by the feed-wheel and acting through a lever and a rod 19. The extent of this lateral movement depends upon the inclination of the slide 13, and this can be varied by means of a quadrant attached to the slide and a clamping- screw 22. In a modification, the slide is replaced by a bell-crank lever, of which the arm connected to the rod 19 is slotted so as to permit of variation in the lateral movement.
Patent GB-190419403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Apparatus
Filed: 1904-09-08
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,403. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim, and Silverman, L. Sept. 8. Lubricators. -A lubricator for motor cars, steam or oil engines, &c. consists of a vessel A', Fig. 3, containing a number of superimposed rollers A, from the top one of which oil is removed by a number of flexible scrapers C, mounted on tubes B leading to the parts to be lubricated. The rollers are hollow, and frictionally engage each other at the ends, which are of slightly increased diameter. The top roller is driven by the worm gearing a<2>, a<3> from any moving part. Spiral springs connect the spindles of the top and bottom rollers to ensure sufficient contact. The scrapers C consist of steel wire flattened at the upper ends. The mouths of the pipes B may serve as scrapers. The vessel has a transparent window a<9>, and may also have a gauge glass a<10>, the cover of which a<11> may serve as the filling-aperture. The upper part of the vessel may be hinged to the lower part to permit inspection of the interior. Fig. 9 shows a modification in which the rollers are geared together by means of toothed wheels. The scraper C has a bent portion c lying above the mouth of the tube B, and oil collecting at the bent portion falls drop by drop, forming a sight-feed, viewed through the opening a<9>. The scrapers C are detachably mounted in notches in the bar a<16>, which is retained in position by the cover of the apparatus. For lubricating cylinders, a chamber b is provided in the pipe B, so that the variation of pressure will not affect the flow of lubricant. Instead of a series of superimposed rollers, an endless band of steel &c. passing around a pair of rollers may be used. Fig. 11 shows an arrangement in which the scraper C is made adjustable in size by forming it in two or more parts, which can be moved into or out of contact with the roller A. The scrapers slide in notches in the bar a<16>, and are held in position by spring plungers a<17> engaging recesses a<20> in the scrapers. The movement is limited by finger-pieces a<18> and lips a<21>.
Patent GB-190420468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Steel.
Inventor: DUNCAN JOHN WATT
Filed: 1904-09-22
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 20,468. Duncan, J. W. Sept. 22. Blast for converters. - In t h e conversion of iron into steel by the Bessemer process, a known quantity of oxygen is mixed with the air blast, before entering the converter. For this purpose, a pump a for supplying the blast has an inlet valve b for the air and a balance valve c for the oxygen, which is contained in a reservoir d. On the down-stroke of the piston, the air and oxygen, which have been drawn into and mixed in the pump, are forced through a valve f into a chamber h, and pass into the converter i. A valve e is fitted to the reservoir to govern the oxygen supply.
Patent GB-190420976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Traction.
Inventor: CLOUSTON ROBERT STEWART
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 20,976. Clouston, R. S. Sept. 29. Electric railways and tramways, signalling on. -The sections of the live rail of an electric railway are energized in turn by the operation of electric switches by the movement of one of the permanent-way rails, the same motion operating a detent with an electromagnetic release which keeps any particular section energized until the vehicle has passed on to the next section. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement ; each section of the insulated rail C is connected by a wire to one terminal E<2> of a switch, the other terminal being connected to the main supply wire D. One construction and arrangement of switch is shown in Fig. 2, fitted on a wooden block F secured to the sleepers. The track rail A is depressed by the weight of the vehicle, thereby forcing down the bar G<1> and rotating the lever J, pivoted to the switch terminal E<2>, to engage the contact E<1>. At the same time, the projecting pin J' is caught on the projection K and retained until the vehicle has passed on to the next section, when a circuit is completed through the solenoid K<2> attracting the armature K<1> and releasing the lever J, which immediately falls and cuts its rail section out of circuit. The current obtained from the third rail may be used for advertisements at the side of the line or for signalling.
Patent GB-190425520-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Heating and Circulating Air.
Inventor: MARE FREDERIC DE
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 25,520. Mare, F. de. Nov. 23, A.D. 1903. [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Air-heating stoves.- Relates to a combined air-heater and circulating fan. The air is forced by the fan through conical tubes arranged in a casing B. The outside of the tubes is heated by burners D placed in the bottom of the casing, or by flue gases from a firegrate &c.
Patent GB-190427073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Roasting and Smelting and Analogous uses.
Inventor: WEDGE UTLEY
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 27,073. Wedge, U. Dec. 12. Roasting &c. furnaces; charges, agitating.-Relates to furnaces for oxidizing, roasting, reducing, smelting, desulphurizing, drying, melting, and other uses, and preferably to those burning oil or gaseous fuel. Fig. 2 shows an enlarged view of the central stirrer-shaft. The shaft is made large enough to admit an attendant for repairs, and consists of two parts, the lower one 6 of which is connected with the driving-gear. The upper one 7 carriers the stirrers 5, which are made with two internal passages communicating with each other at the outer end of the arm, and connected;at the inner end to pipes 14<a>, 15<a>, by means of which the cooling-water is respectively drawn from the divided circular trough 16 and discharged. The arms are flanged at 10 for attachment to the shaft by bolts &c., which are accessible from inside the shaft, and they are inserted or removed through doors 13, Fig. 1, in the casing. The lower and upper heating chambers 3, 4 are separated from the roasting-chamber 2 by partitions 20, 22, the latter of which, together with the roof 23, is supported by the flanged upper shell 24. This shell, which is suspended on girders 25, is large enough to allow withdrawal of the shaft, and has an internal flange which, with the plate 30 on the shaft, prevents escape of the gases. In the muffle form shown, the gases are led away by an outlet 28. Another form is shown, in which several roasting-chambers are mounted above one another, the central shaft carrying a stirrer for each one. The exposed parts of the shaft may be protected by annular firebricks carried by flanges on the shaft. The cooling-agent may be other than liquid, and may be circulated by forced or natural draught.
Patent GB-190427399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,399. Hamilton, W., and Ferranti, Ltd. Dec. 15. Drawings to Specification. Motor meters with vertical spindles are fitted with special bearings to reduce friction and avoid injury.
Patent GB-190428120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Taps.
Inventor: BULL WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 28,120. Bull, W. H., Bull, R. E., and Bull, W. H., [trading as Bull Bros.]. Dec. 22. Ball and float valves- The valve consists of a casing in which is situated a long hollow seat. A cylindrical valve, closed at one end by a cap and rubber washer, is concentric with the seat and slides longitudinally, the washer making a watertight joint. The valve is shown in section in Fig. 4. The casing B is furnished with a screw neck b<1> for attachment to the service pipe. A bollow seat S is brazed or otherwise secured to the casing. The valve V is cast with lugs v so that it may be actuated by the end of the float lever L. C is a screwed cap inside which is a rubber washer c. As shown, the valve is closed, but, on the level of the water in the cistern dropping, the ball drops and the lever moves the valve V to the right. Water can then pass through the seat S into the casing and thence to the cistern by way of the outlet b<2>. Modifications are described in which the seat and inlet pipe are made integral and screwed into the casing, or the inlet and seat may be brazed together and screwed into the casing.
Patent GB-190502780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tramway and Railway Points and Switches.
Inventor: LEIGHTON JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 2780. Leighton, J. Feb. 10. Points and switches.-Relates to the construction and operation of railway and tram way points and switches of the class in which the point switch is pivoted on a horizontal pivot and moves up and down in a vertical plane. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a tramway point. The point comprises a switch rail c, pivoted at c' to the web of the rail a, and a guard-rail d, pivoted at d' to a plate b<2> bolted to the rail b. The two rails c, d are supported by projections formed on the pivoted lever e, which in turn is supported by the stud b<3>. The guard-rail d is shown in Fig. 1 in its depressed position, and the switch rail c in its raised position. To reverse the point, the lever e is turned so as to raise the rail d, and simultaneously depress the rail c by allowing the projection c<2> to clear the lug e<2>, formed on the lever e, and rest on the stud b<3>. The projection c<2> then locks the lever e in its new position. To reverse the point again, the lever f is turned, which raises the rail c and allows the lever e and rail d to fall into' their original positions. The side d' of the rail d is not quite in line with the side of the groove a' but inclines slightly outwards so as to make the wheel flanges pass well clear of the point a<2> formed between the grooves a', b<1>. The grooves of the rails on the other side of the track are formed simply to run into each other, no mechanism being used, or the rail d may be dispensed with and the junction of the other rails provided with a switch rail similar to c, one being up when the other is down. The levers e, f are operated by the double-wound solenoids g, h, the circuits of which are shown in Fig. 3. When a car requires to go in either direction along the main line, the driver depresses a contact-maker so as to energize the solenoid g through either of the corresponding contacts shown and thus operate the point. After the point has been passed, it is moved into its normal position again by similarly energizing the solenoid h. The points may, it is stated, be also operated mechanically.
Patent GB-190504726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Die Case Equipment for Type Casting Composing and like Machines.
Inventor: BANCROFT JOHN SELLERS
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 4726. Bancroft, J. S. Aug. 4, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Monotype machines.-Relates to the die or matrix, carrier of type-casting. and composing machines such as those described in Specifications No. 13,267, A.D. 1897, and No. 8633, A.D. 1899, and more particularly to the form of die case described in Specification No. 8060, A.D. 1903. The matrices, are supported in the die case by means of suspension bars 3, each provided with a series of lateral projections 7 which are of less depth than the suspension bars. The matrix blocks 1, Fig 4, are provided with grooves 2, to receive the bars 3 and with grooves 8 for the projections 7. These grooves are half the depth of the bars 3 and projections 7 respectively in order that the faces of adjacent blocks may be in contact. The ends of the suspension bars are received in open slots 9, Fig. 5, formed in opposite sides of the die-case frame. A guard-plate 6 of the form described in Specification No. 25,007, A.D. 1903, is secured to the upper face of the die case.
Patent GB-190504915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle-stoppers
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 4915. Hookham, G. March 9. Stoppers, plain plug; stopper materials. - Relates to improvements in stoppers of the kind described in Specification No. 4113, A.D. 1903. The body of the stopper is formed of wood which has been treated mechanically, preferably by squeezing through dies, to break up the hard cellular structure of the wood and render it very compressible. This body part may be rendered waterproof and used alone ; or, in addition, it may be provided with a central hole, or grooves, or both, to increase its elasticity, and may be wholly or partially covered with a capsule or capsules. Fig. 3 shows one form of the stopper, drilled with a central holeb. For vessels containing effervescent liquids, a disk e of wood or metal is placed in the central hole, to prevent the liquid from escaping round the corkscrew. To facilitate the introduction of corkscrews, the stoppers are preferably formed with small holes g. When the lower end of the stopper is covered with a capsule, the stopper is grooved longitudinally to the point where the upper and lower capsules meet, the material of the capsules being cut away at this point to allow the air to escape as the stopper is inserted. When an upper capsule alone is used, the end of the capsule is embedded in an oblique incision made all round the stopper, to prevent the capsule from burring up when the stopper is inserted. The capsules may be formed with corrugated, roughened, or milled surfaces, to prevent them from adhering to the neck. According to the Provisional Specification, the wood may instead, or in addition, be softened by any well-known chemical means.
Patent GB-190508848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cop or Bobbin Holders for Weft Replenishing Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: BRANDT HEINRICH OTTO
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 8848. Brandt, H. O. April 27. Loom shuttles.- Cop cases or holders for use in automatic weftreplenishing looms comprise a shell A, a socket D having attached to it the cop spindle C, and an eye-piece E, the parts D, E fitting over the ends of the shell A. A spiral slit a is formed in the part A, and the weft is guided along the slit to the eye B, the piece E being then placed on the shell A with a slit b over the part of the slit a on the end of the shell A. The piece E is then turned to one side, thus closing the eye. The eye may otherwise be in the form of a closed ring, or an open circle, or of a spring hook, or the like. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the shell may be formed of wire or metal spirals, and that one end may be tapered to correspond with the shape of the cop nose.
Patent GB-190514783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Coking of Coal, or similar Substances, in Coke Ovens.
IPC: C10B21/20
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 14,783. Otto-Hilgenstock Coke-Oven Co., [Otto & Co., C.]. July 18. Coke ovens.-The supply of heat to the walls of a coke oven is cut off as soon as the outer portions of the charge are coked, and the heat in the outer portion of the coke used to coke the inner. The operation is conveniently performed in a doublewalled oven heated by gas jets c controlled by a single cock h or by separate cocks connected by a rod. The communication between the flue d, under the oven, and the waste-heat flue e may be cut off by dampers f, g. Steam or other gases may be led into the oven to produce valuable products with the coke.
Patent GB-190519401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lever-operated Cycle Brakes
Inventor: PIHLFELDT OLAF
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 19,401. Pihlfeldt, O. Sept. 26. Brakes.-To facilitate the application of pull-up and roller brake-operating levers to cycle handlebars of any shape or pattern, as shown in Fig. 1 in connexion with a raised handle-bar, a supplementary plate or hanger d, secured by a screw g within a seating or recess c', carries the pivot e<1> of the pull-up lever e beyond the handle-bar stem. The hanger is provided with a stop f and, if necessary, a relief spring h. As shown, the handlebar and the top of the stem are in the same plane and the seating c<1> is in the front of a clip c, but, in the case of forward-lug handle-bars, the seating is formed in a lug depending from the clip. Fig. 11 shows a roller lever e mounted in bearings d<4>, d<5> carried by the hanger d, a relief spring h and, if necessary, a stop being provided in a casing h<1> upon the hanger. Reference is made to Specification No. 11,067, A.D. 1903. According to the Provisional Specification, for mounting the fittings upon a clip secured to the handle-bar stem, a recessed lug is arranged to extend laterally from one side of the clip ; while, in lieu of providing a detachable clip, a lug brazed or otherwise secured to the handle-bar or stem may be recessed to carry the hanger.