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Patent GB-190314897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Separation or Treatment of Town Refuse such as is at Present sent to Destructors.
Inventor: RAWLINS GEORGE EDWARD HAWKES
Filed: 1903-07-04
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 14,897. Rawlins, G. E. H., and Douglas, G. W. July 4. Sifting dust-bin refuse.-Town refuse is separated into incombustible and combustible matter by treating it in a salt solution in which the former sinks and the latter floats. The refuse is thrown on the grid I, Fig. 1, whereupon the small passes through and is elevated to the shoot B, through which it falls into the separating-tank A. The shoot B may consist of a circular revolving sieve, in which the dust is thrown into the annular space H by centrifugal force. The separated refuse is removed from the tank by the elevators C, D, the former removng the incombustible matter from the bottom and the latter the floating fuel. Jets of water may play upon the elevators C, D to wash the salt back into the tank, or the fuel may be discharged on to a draining-sieve d, the final washing taking place as it is raised by the elevator D' to the top of the shoot d' which delivers it upon the belt F leading to the drying-apparatus. The solution in the tank contains sodium chloride or other chloride, nitrate, sulphate, or carbonate. According to the Provisional Specification, the tank is annular and revolving.
Patent GB-190315610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Burning of Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: BADGER JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 15,610. Badger, J. July 14. Liquid -fuel fittings.- The steam for injecting the oil is generated or superheated in a coil e and led into an annular drum g, whence it passes to the burner h. The connection between the coil e, drum g, and burner h is made by means of a single down-tube i, Fig. 2, which passes through the drum. The part of the tube situated within the drum is provided with inlet and outlet holes separated by a partition j, which prevents a sudden rush of steam to the burner. On the outside of the coil e, is wound another coil f for supplying vapour to the pilot burner l. This is mounted on a conical collector k, packed with unglazed earthenware and connected by a pipe f<2> with the outlet of the vaporizing-coil f. In starting the burner, oil is poured into the mouth of the combustion chamber a and ignited. To prevent premature firing and oscillation, a perforated bulb n, containing a cone p, is fixed in front of the burner h, as shown. Air grids q may be fitted at the mouth of the chamber a. The application to the steam generators of motor vehicles is specially mentioned
Patent GB-190318141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1903-08-22
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 18,141. Brooks, J. B., and Holt, J. Aug. 22. Saddles.-To increase the resilience of cycle saddles, each side of the framing is formed of lengths of stranded or compounded wire e, and of lengths of plain wire f preferably provided with loops or spring coils, all the wires being gripped by the saddle-attachment clip, and connected at the ends to the peak fitting b and to the cantle plate c. As an alternative arrangement, the upper members may be plain wires, and the lower members stranded wires without loops, while, when the composite framing is made up of six or more wires, two of the members on each side may be of stranded wire, and the other or others of plain wires with loops ; or two plain wires with a single stranded member may be used.
Patent GB-190320160-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Indicating and Recording Diagrammatically the Movements of a Body such as a Vessel at Sea.
Inventor: BROUGHAM REGINALD THOMAS DUDLE
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 20,160. Brougham, R. T. D. Sept. 18. Indicating and registering at a distance electrically; speed indicators.-Apparatus for indicating and recording diagrammatically the movements of a body, such as the course and speed of a vessel at sea, from which the dead reckoning at any time can be obtained, is shown in Fig. 1. The two discs 1 are rotated at a speed proportional to that of the body, in the case of a vessel preferably from one of a pair of synchronous three-phase motors, the other motor being situated at the vessel's stern and connected to a hunting switch revolved by a spiral logship, the arrangement of motors and switch being similar to that described in Specification No. 8112, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.]. The two friction-wheels 7, 7<a> roll on the discs, and turn the north-and-south spindle 8, and the east-and-west spindle 8<a> respectively. These friction-wheels are set in relation to the driving-discs 1 by means of the two cranks 14, 14<a>, or their equivalents, at right-angles, and the dial 9 which is set by hand according to the direction of the movement or the course. The spindles 8, 8<a> drive the screws 45, 21<a> to traverse the recording carriage along the screw 45, and the frame 23 along the screw 21<a>. The recording carriage has a printing-wheel 59, which is normally held above the paper fixed in the frame 68, but which at intervals is pressed against the paper by the action of the armature 63 of an electromagnet set in operation by a clock. After each printing operation a pawl mechanism advances the printing-wheel one step, ready for the next impression. A tape inks the wheel. The travels of the frame 23 and the carriage are limited by stops. To reset the apparatus the nut 32, Fig. 3, is disengaged from the screw 21<a> by moving the pin 38 to allow the arm 33 to fly up. The split sleeve 47, secured together by the screws 48, carries the half-nut which engages the screw 45 and slides on the bars 28. Fig. 6 shows the switch and motor mechanism. When the part 73 is revolved by the log line, or by connection with the engine shaft or other part, the disc 78 carrying the spring contacts is turned, and current is supplied to the motor 86 which turns the disc 80 to hunt the disc 78, and runs synchronously with the motor 2, Fig. 1. Preferably by moving a handle, the clutch 75 connecting the disc 78 and the log spindle on which is the eye 73, and the motor switch connections, are thrown into or out of operation by a single movement.
Patent GB-190321535-A (GB)
Title: Griller & Toaster
Inventor: MACKEY JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 21,535. Mackey, J. Oct. 7. Gas grilling and toasting stoves.-In an apparatus for grilling and toasting in which both sides of the substances are cooked simultaneously, two, three, or more perforated compartments A are mounted on a framework B above a gas burner E or other source of heat. Meat, bread, &c. is hung in the intervening spaces D on hooks J attached to a hood H.
Patent GB-190323147-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Float for Regulating the Water Level in Cisterns.
Inventor: CLAUSON-KAAS CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 23,147. Kaas, C. Clauson-. March 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Water levels, regulating. -In order that a float controlling the inlet valve of a cistern may be adjusted without removing the cover of the cistern, or emptying it, the float 6 is carried at the end of a lever 5, pivoted on the plug lever 4, and carrying the hinged plate 8 at the other end. The spindle 9, bearing on the arm 4 and having a screw thread working in the plate 8, allows the position of the float to be adjusted by turning the handle 10.
Patent GB-190324374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering, Receiving and Registering the Delivery and Receipt of Tickets, Checks or the like for Admission to Theatres, Halls, Athletic and Race-grounds and other Places
Inventor: MARSH ALBERT
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 24,374. Marsh, A. Nov. 10. Fares and admission - fees, registering and checking.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described i n Specification No. 6959, A.D. 1899, for registering the delivery of tickets or checks. The tickets are contained in a magazine C, Fig. 4, which is placed in a socket B in the upper part of the case A of the mechanism, and gripped by a screw c. A weight c<2>, having pawls on opposite sides engaging with vertical racks to prevent upward movement, rests on the top of the tickets or checks. A spring shutter c<3> normally closes the slot by which the tickets are pushed out, but is raised bv pins b when the magazine is in its socket. A second slot allows the solid ejector D to act upon the bottom ticket. This ejector is actuated, by means of a connecting-rod e<1> and crank c, by the turning of a handle E, to the shaft of which is also attached a ratchet-wheel F acted on .by pawls f to prevent backward movement. A few teeth of the wheel are omitted to allow a little freedom of movement at the beginning of the stroke of the ejector. A hinged stop e<2> is also provided to lock the handle when necessary. The ejecting opening is normally closed by a guard plate b<2> and spring arm G. This arm has a cam shoulder g<1>, and an arm H, carried by the slide, bears against the arm G, and keeps it raised until the ticket is nearly ejected, when it is pressed down by a spring g<3>. The arm H also serves to actuate the counting-mechanism J by means of a roller acting on a spring j. Two electrical contact springs K are acted upon by the spring j and close a circuit through a distant indicator. The counters are constructed so that they can be put back to zero, one or more of the gear-wheels being movable upon their arbors.
Patent GB-190327957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Additions to, Bedsteads
Inventor: HOSKINS WILLIAM MARRIAN
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 27,957. Hoskins, W. M. Dec. 21. Bedsteads; settees and lounges.-Relates to bedsteads, the bottoms of which may be folded up with the bedding, when not in use, to permit of the bedstead being used as a settee or lounge. The end frames a, b, Fig. 1, may consist of single inverted U -shapeol tubes a<4>, b<4>, having horizontal struts a<5>, b<5> placed across them. The ends of the struts a<5>, b<5> are provided with eyes, and are forced on to the tubes a<4>, b<4>. The end frames a, b are connected together by a single side-bar or angle-iron c, secured to each of the frames by dovetail joints. The bottom of the bedstead consists of a rectangular frame e, and is supported by means of four trunnions e<1> which rest in sockets f<1> formed in castings or brackets f, carried by the braces j attached to the horizontal struts a<2> a<5>, b<2>, b<5>, Fig. 2. The bottom e is retained in a vertical position by a pin k which fits into a corresponding socket k<1> on the frame. When in a vertical position, the bedding rests on a panel i attached to the frame e. Seats or chairs may be placed within the bedstead frame after raising the bottom e, or a suitably-upholstered seat or settee frame may be fixed to or supported by the end frames a, b, the vertical frame e serving as a back-rest. The seat frame may be connected to the bedstead frame by dovetailed joints or other means, or may be permanently fixed thereto.
Patent GB-190328631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches, Brakes, Dynamometers and the like.
Inventor: HELE-SHAW HENRY SELBY
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 28,631. Shaw, H. S. Hole-. Dec. 30. Dynamometers.- In connection with dynamometers, friction clutches, and the like of the type described in Specifications No. 17,010, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], and No. 28,145, A.D. 1902, wearing or slipper discs are arranged between the driving and driven discs. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the driving-discs 3 engage teeth on a core 1<a>, fixed to the driving- shaft 1, and the driven discs 4 engage teeth or bars 2<a> fixed to the driven part 2. The wearing or slipper discs 5, which may be stamped or cast of alloys such as white metal, phosphor-bronze, brass, &c. are arranged between the discs 3, 4. The plates or discs 5 may be plain or provided with one or more corrugations to correspond with the discs 3, 4. For facilitating the-assembling of the parts, the slipper discs may each be divided into two parts along oblique or curvilinear lines, the parts being connected by links, or they may be provided with gaps or cut-away parts so as to clear the teeth of the core 1<a> or the shaft 1. The discs 5 may be perforated, and the perforations filled with a dry lubricant, or each disc may comprise a steel perforated framework 5<a>, Fig. 13, covered by an alloy 5<b> united through the perforations ; the slipper discs are preferably provided with holes for the circulation of lubricant.
Patent GB-190406815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Draught Regulators for Furnaces.
Inventor: FAIRBROTHER HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 6815. Fairbrother, H., [Ges.f³r Industrielle Fewerungsanlagen]. March 21. Air supply, regulating; fire bars and grates.- The draught in forced-draught steam-boiler and other furnaces is regulated by means of a valve in the air-supply pipe, which is opened and shut by means of a lever, connected to a float, the level of which is altered by the pressure of the air under the grate on the water in which it floats. Thus, when much fuel lies on the grate, so that little air can get through, the air pressure increases and raises the level of the water and float ; the valve is thus opened and a stronger blast issues. The back part of the grate surface is formed with air holes inclined towards the front. These may be in the form of inclined grooves in the meeting surfaces of the bars of which this portion of the grate is constructed. Fig. 1 shows one form of apparatus, in which the grate is formed in two parts as shown in plan in Fig. 3, and the ashpit is divided by a partition 11 fitted with a valve 12 operated by hand. The valve 10, operated by the float 9, allows some air to pass in its closed position ; the water level is affected by the pressure of the air, which enters the closed cylinder 7 by a short pipe. In some cases, the air-supply pipe enters a small closed chamber in the asbpit, provided with a hand-operated valve. The pipe 6 may, as shown in Fig. 7, end in a part 14 provided with a pair of pipes 15, 16 entering the front and rear compartments of the ashpit, which is divided by a partition ; a valve 17 is then provided in place of the valve in the partition. Fig. 8 shows a like arrangement to that shown in Fig. 1, but with the addition of a pendulum valve 19, normally open, but closed, when the firedoor is opened for stoking, by means of the bevel-wheels 21, 22 and the link 20 ; this arrangement serves to prevent any escape of flame and gases during stoking. In this case, the rear firebars may be formed as shown in Fig. 11.
Patent GB-190407533-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Ventilating and Humidifying the Air of Spinning Rooms and other Appartments
Inventor: WALKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 7533. Cooper, J., and Walker, W. March 30. Air, moistening and filtering.-In apparatus for purifying and humidifying the air of spinning rooms &c., air is drawn by a fan through one of mure endless travelling bands m of wetted filtering-cloth, which pass over fluted rollers arranged within the cover g of an enamelled trough a containing a constant head of steam-heated water The air afterwards passes over steam-heated water supplied from a trough c' to troughs c provided with removable covers, and is then distributed by concave deflectors l. The apparatus is arranged near a ceiling.
Patent GB-190409320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Dress Guards of Ladies Cycles.
Inventor: NEMEROVSKY DEBORAH
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 9320. Nemerovsky, D. April 23. Guards, dress. - In a dress guard for ladies' cycles, laces or inelastic cords are attached to a lacing-quadrant c which is adjustably and detachably secured by hook-and-eye, screw, spring, or clamping connections e<2> either to a clip e on one member of the back fork, or to an eye-plate on the back-wheel spindle, so that the laces &c. may be readily tightened when necessary. The lacing- quadrant is provided with a beaded edge to prevent cutting of the laces.
Patent GB-190410721-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Fishing Rods
Inventor: FOSTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1905-05-10
Abstract: 10,721. Foster, W. H., [trading as Foster Bros.]. May 10. Rods.-Fishing-rods are sheathed with plaited or woven covers of silk, cotton, hemp, or other textile fabric, with or without strands of wire. Fig. 1 shows a rod wound with a plaited fabric A over a cross-binding of wire.
Patent GB-190413746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GRAY THOMAS UNDERWOOD
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 13,746. Gray, T. U. June 17. Pistons of explosion engines are shaped like a stepped cone to fit a cylinder of corresponding shape. Separate spaces 3, 4, 5, Fig. 1, are thereby formed, each filled with compressed gas, and explosions take place successively in these spaces. Passages 7, 8 connect the consecutive spaces together.
Patent GB-190419598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harness Bits
Inventor: DEWSBURY ALFRED
Filed: 1904-09-12
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 19,598. Dewsbury, A., [trading as Dewsbury & Son, J.]. Sept 12. Bits with movable mouth-bars. The mouth-bar c, Fig. 8, slides on steel or other hard-metal pins b introduced from above into holes e, e<1> in the cheek pieces a, the loops d being bent aside as shown, and bent back again after insertion of the pins. The pins are recessed at b<1> to receive the swelled portions f of the upper bosses of the cheeks, these portions being squeezed into the recesses to secure the pins. In a modification, the loops d, Fig. 10, are permanently cranked so as to admit pins b which are screwed into the upper boss e or the lower boss e' of the cheeks. In another modification, the pin b is plain and is secured by a set-screw in the upper boss or by a screw, cottar, or pin passing through the boss and pin. For elbow and similar bits, the loops d are not bent, and the pins b are inserted from below, as shown in Fig. 14.
Patent GB-190422359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: SPERRY ELMER AMBROSE
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 22,359. Sperry, E. A. Oct. 17. Calculating-apparatus. - An apparatus to replace a slide-rule is shaped like a keyless watch and has two dials 1, 2, carrying logarithmic scales. Each dial has a concave mirror 8 at its centre, and is mounted on a disc 3, the edge of which forms a crown wheel. A hand 9 moves over each dial, and is mounted on a smaller disc 19, the edge of which forms a second crown wheel. The dialdiscs 3 and handdiscs 19 are mounted on opposite sides of a fixed disc 14 which is cut away at the top to allow the dial-disc 3 to gear with one of a train of wheels driven by a central spindle 29. This spindle is in two parts, one of which can slide within the other, 38, for a short distance and carries a clutch member 30. This clutch member may connect its spindle 29 either with the trains which actuate the dials, or with the other part of the spindle 38. This last part actuates trains which drive the band-discs. The scale on one dial is carried round several concentric circles, and that on the other dial round one circle only, and the driving-trains are constructed so that the ratio of the angular velocities of either the dials or the hands equals the ratio of the angular lengths of their scales. The unicircular scale may have a second multicircular scale concentrically arranged. The clutch member 30 on the driving-spindle 29 is kept is position by a spring 35 which presses in one of two grooves 33, 34, and the driving-trains are steadied by springs 70 or other corresponding device. A fixed pointer 10 projects over each dial, which is covered by a rotatable glass 57 having a radial scratch on it. The covering-glass 57 also has a small lens 61 fixed in it.
Patent GB-190422984-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fluid-pressure Motor.
Inventor: WHITELAW JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-10-25
Abstract: 22,984. Whitelaw, J. Oct. 25. Boring and drilling.-A fluid-pressure engine applicable for portable tools is shown as applied to a drill. The housing is in three parts, the body 20, an end cap 21, and a bottom 22. In the body is placed the removable valve casing shown separately in Fig. 10. On either side of this are two pairs of cylinders 23, 24 and 25, 26, in which work pistons which drive the two shafts, shown separately in Fig. 14, which by pinions 55 drive the wheel 56 and ultimately the drill through the medium of the wheels 57, 59. The crank shafts are made in parts connected together by bolts as shown, and are supported by ball bearings. The cylinders are divided by a partition 29 which separates the cylinder proper from the crosshead guide, and both are provided with liners kept in place by the covers 31. The crosshead is cylindrical, and the connecting-rod has ball bearings at the crank end as shown in Fig. 4, which is a section through the lowest dotted line of Fig. 8. The steam is distributed to the cylinders by oscillating valves worked from the shaft as shown in Fig. 1. The valve 67 feeds the cylinders 23, 24, and the valve 68 the cylinders 25, 26. Near the top of the apparatus is a reversing-yalve, shown in Fig. 12, which is a section through the top line of Fig. 8. Steam is supplied through the handle 83 and exhausts at the handle 84. The passages 85, 86 lead to the reversing-valve 90, which has ports 94, 95 for communicating with the U-passage 96. Openings 98, 99 can be brought into communication with the port 101, from which the steam may reach the annular recess 74. The valve ports 75, 78 communicate with ports 106, 107 in the valve casing, and the ports 80, 82 communicate with the ports 108, 109. The reversing-valve being in the position shown in Fig. 12, steam passes through the openings 97, 98 and the passage 101, and arrives at the annular recesses 74, and then passes through the ports 75, 80 to the cylinders ; the exhaust passes from the ports 78, 82 through the passages 96, and finally away through the port 94 and handle. By the reversal of the valve, the steam passes through the passages previously used by the exhaust.
Patent GB-190423413-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Egg Cup.
Inventor: BUNYAR WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 23,413. Bunyar, W. Oct. 31. Egg-cups.-For stability, an egg-cup has the cup a as low down as possible and has a broad base b.
Patent GB-190425428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar Buttons.
Inventor: MURPHY HAROLD THOMAS
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,428. Murphy, H. T. Nov. 22. Studs; buttons and d buttonfasteners.-A collar button consists of a hollow stem 2 terminating in a flange 3 over which the edges 4 of the base - plate 5 are turned. The short arms of two pivoted levers 9 engage a V-shaped spring 6, the ends 7 of which are held between the flange 3 and plate 5. The stud is inserted in the buttonhole while the levers 9 are in the position shown by the dotted lines 8. They are then bent down to the position 9 and retain the stud in place.
Patent GB-190426799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders and Contacts for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: DEAR JOHN COX
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,799. Dear, J. C. Dec. 8. Incandescent lamps.-A bayonet-joint holder has extended transverse slots and two pairs of notches e, f arranged so that the circuit is closed when the pins on the lamp-cap are in the inner notches e, and open when they are in the notches f. The outer edges of the notches f may be made square, and, further to retain the lamp and strengthen the holder, a loose slotted ring h may be placed over the barrel a and carry the reflector. Grooves may take the place of the longitudinal slots b. The contacts on the lamp-cap preferably consist of cylinders closed at the upper end and split at the lower end, the segments being turned up so as to hold in the insulating-material.