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Patent GB-190313953-A (GB)
Title: A New Game.
Inventor: ROBERTS HARRY OWEN
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 13,953. Roberts, H. O., and Roberts, J. O., [trading as Roberts Bros.]. June 23. Race games; games played with model figures, balls, rings, and posts; toy animals; balancing figures; dolls; rolling toys.-A game is played by manipulating over a zig-zag course figures such as C, of men or animals, which are balanced on wire &c. rods D mounted in rollers B and provided with a counterweight E, Fig. 2, to keep the rods vertical. The roller B is formed with a groove F, around which is wound a string G, which is manipulated so as to unwind it. The roller and figure are thus propelled along the course, the players remaining in their original positions. The course is marked out by uprights or boundaries, which the rocking balanced figures must not touch. The balanced figures may, in passing, be made to dislodge balls from uprights, and to knock off and catch rings that are suspended from projections.
Patent GB-190315096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slotting Tools.
Inventor: SHEPHERD CHARLES BRUNELL
Filed: 1903-07-08
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,096. Shepherd, C. B. July 8. Angle gauges.-A tool d, for use in a slotting- machine for slotting out two or more keyways in crank and pulley bosses, shaft couplings, and the like, has a shank c secured in a non-rotating sleeve a by means of a nut i or the like. The sleeve has a pointer g co-operating with a graduated scale f on the tool, so that the tool can be rotated through a required angle and then locked in position. The scale - and - pointer arrangement may be varied, as by forming the scale on a separate collar or on the non- rotating sleeve.
Patent GB-190316068-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Casting Types and the like and Moulds therefor.
Inventor: HEWS FRANCIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 16,068. Hews, F. W. July 21. Type.-Relates to type-casting machines whereby various bodies or sizes of type may be cast at one time, finished, and delivered on to the type-caster's stick. The moulds consist each of two hardened steel blocks m<1>, m<2> attached to carriers A, C. The carrier A is fixed to two arms B carried by a shaft b<1>. The carrier C may be raised or lowered by rods R having inclined parts S moving in inclined slides S' attached to the machine frame. The rods R may be actuated by cams or other means driven from the rocking shaft b<1>. The arms B may be oscillated by a cam on a driving-shaft W or a combined cam and spring may be used. At the front of the carrier A are pivoted matrix bars D each bearing a matrix d<2>. These are brought against the mould by a screw f<2> carried by a pivoted lever F, and are held away from the mould by a pivoted lever E. The levers E, F are actuated by a shaft k carrying tappets k<1>, which are caused to rock by any suitable means. The shafts carrying the levers E, F and the shaft k are carried by plates b<4> attached one to each of the arms B. When the matrix d<2> is brought against the end of the mould, molten metal is forced in through a nozzle from a melting-pot by means of pistons or pumps. After casting, the arms B return to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the parts m<2> of the moulds are lowered, the types being retained in the part m<1> by a pin hole or drag in the mould. A knife J carried in a slide j<1> is then forced down and cuts off the tailings of the types and causes them to fall into a shoot G. The shoot contains adjustable channels I, down which the types slide on to a wheel or a reciprocating table X carrying a number of bridge-shaped holders X', between which the types fall. The table then moves to the right and the holders pass over an inclined plate Y, up which the types X' are carried. The types are then carried up a forked incline y<1>, the holders passing between the arms of the fork so that the types are left close together and may be collected upon the type-founder's stink. The table X is reciprocated by a connecting-rod and adjustable crank driven by wheels from the shaft W. The Provisional Specification also states that the types, after casting, fall upon a partitioned revolving endless band, which delivers each type on to the teeth of a ratchetformed wheel revolving horizontally with the said band, and which wheel collects the types and breaks off the tailings by bringing them in contact with a raised projection fixed to a slide upon which the types are collected.
Patent GB-190401330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Wood Paving and Flooring Blocks and in Fasteners for Securing Together Component Parts of such Blocks.
Inventor: BAYLISS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-01-19
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1330. Bayliss, W. Jan. 19. Wood-block paving.-Wood blocks for flooring and paving are built up of long and short pieces of wood a<1>, b<1>, Fig. 4, which afford good foothold and are joined by spiked plates d so that the spaces c<1> between the pieces may be filled with grouting. The plates d have at each end oppositely-directed spikes d<1>, Figs. 5 and 7, which are driven into the blocks, and a central spike d<2> may also be provided. Another form of plate, shown in Fig. 8, consists of a flat double spike with shoulders e' which abut on the blocks and keep them distanced from one another, so forming the grouting spaces c'. Symmetrical plates without the shoulders e<2> may be used, in which case wood or other distance-pieces are placed between the blocks. For blocks required to be easily cut, wooden dowels of square or other angular section are tightly rammed into round holes in the component pieces a<1>, b<1>, grouting spaces being formed, if required, by distance-pieces. Blocks may be made in which both wooden dowels and metal plates are employed.
Patent GB-190410533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters.
Inventor: BAILEY GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,533. Bailey, G. May 7. Boilers and water-heaters.-The water in a vessel B is heated by the waste gases from a kitchen range or gas stove in their passage through flues C which traverse the boiler. If flues are already fitted to the stove, channels are formed in the boiler, which partly surround them when the heater is in place.
Patent GB-190412426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed and Reversing Gear, particularly applicable for use on Motor Road Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: IDEN WALTER JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,426. Iden, W. J. June 1. Motor road vehicles.- Variable-speed and reversing gear for motor road vehicles is arranged with the first motion shaft A co-axial with the driven or propeller shaft C. The first motion shaft is square or non- circular so as to allow the sleeve E to have separate longitudinal motion. The sleeve E has two different sized toothed wheels E', E<2> and also clutch teeth E<3> at the end. The propeller shaft carries a loose pinion F mounted on the sleeve C' and having clutch teeth to engage with clutch teeth F<1> on the sleeve. Clutch teeth C' are also arranged at the opposite end of the sleeve. A second motion shaft parallel to the shafts A, C carries two toothed pinions, either of which can be brought into gear with the wheels E<1>, E<2>, and also a pinion which is always in gear with the pinion F. The pinion F is normally held with the clutch F<1> closed by means of the lever L and spring plunger M. When the sleeve E is moved fully up to the right by the rack G' and pinion K, so that the clutch E<3>, C<2> engages, a trip G<3> moves the lever L, freeing the clutch F<1> so that a direct drive takes place without moving the second motion shaft. For reversing, an intermediate shaft and pinions are arranged between the first and second motion shafts.
Patent GB-190412697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators and Means for Controlling the Supply of Water and Liquid Fuel thereto
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 12,697. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. June 4. Liquid-fuel fittings. - The supply of fuel and feedwater to a steam generator is controlled by a thermostat which actuates suitably-arranged valves. The generator 1 is supplied with water from the tank 7 by the pump 9, and liquid fuel is similarly obtained from the tank 8. The fuel first passes into the valve arrangement 14, described in the United States Specification 726,841, which permits the liquid to return to the reservoir by the pipe 19 when the pressure in the valve-box becomes too high. The fuel passes into the accumulator 20 by the pipe 21 fitted with a non-return valve, the diaphragm valve 25 permitting the escape of fuel from the accumulator by the pipe 27 when its pressure forces down the diaphragm and controlling- spring sufficiently. The supply at the burner nozzle 12 is regulated by another valve 29 which is controlled by a spring and diaphragm, the other side of which is open to the pressure of the thermostat coil 4. The system of supply of feedwater is precisely similar, except that, when the thermostat pressure diminishes, the valve 33 closes instead of opening, and stops the supply of feedwater. The action is as follows :-When the generator is to be set to work, the tap 26 is turned and fuel is supplied by way of the vaporizer 28 to the nozzle 12, the valve 29 being then open, since the thermostat is cold. As the generator becomes warmer, the pressure in the thermostat increases and the valve 33 opens, thus admitting water from the accumulator 31. If the temperature should increase beyond the arranged limit, the valve 29 is closed by the action of the thermostat upon the spring- controlled diaphragm, and the supply of fuel is cut off. The interior of the water accumulator is kept from rusting by a layer of oil 34. A throttle valve 36 admits steam from the generator into the cylinder, and a safety-valve 37 is provided in case the thermostat should not act. When the pressure in the accumulators becomes excessive, the action of the spring-controlled valves 17 comes into play and the load on the pumps is practically removed, the water circulating through the pipes 19. The pumps may be driven directly or indirectly by the engines or by independent means.
Patent GB-190412713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Mixing Moulding Sand and the like.
Inventor: FRIEDERICHS HARRY
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,713. Friederichs, H. June 4. Moving-stirrer apparatus.-In machines for mixing moulding - sand &c. having two oppositelyrevolving discs with bars, the two discs a, a<1> carrying the bars d have their hubs formed on hollow shafts i, which are mounted with ballbearings on the fixed shaft b, each carrying a driving-pulley.
Patent GB-190415450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: BARKER MELVILLE HAZEN
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 15,450. Barker, M. H. Feb. 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bearings; driving; brakes; lubricating.-Relates to means for mounting, driving, lubricating, and braking the shaft which carries the basket in electrically - driven machines. The shaft d is attached to a rotary bearing-head mounted on ball bearings, or the like, in an oscillatory supporting- bracket b. The bracket b, which carries a spherical bearing-head b<1> resting in a socket of a stationary U-shaped hanger a, is formed of two concentric walls b<2>, b<3>, which provide an oil reservoir between them. The bearing-head is so formed that it slips over the inner wall b<2> of the bracket and prevents sidewise play of the shaft d. The rotatable part of the motor is attached to the shaft d below the centre of oscillation, and between the non-rotatable parts x of the motor, which are connected to arms b<5> projecting from the bracket b. The arms b<5> pass through openings in the hanger a and are held between the buffers a<4> fixed to the hanger a. The cover of the bracket b may be continued upwards so as to form a lubricating-chamber b<4> consisting of an annular oil reservoir from which a wick projects to the shaft d. A rubber gasket e may be interposed between the lubricating-chamber and the upper part of the hanger a. To brake the machine, a convex fixed surface g<1> is brought, by means of an arrangement of levers, into frictional engagement with a concave head attached to the upper end of the shaft d. The part g<1> is carried by two pins connected with a pivoted lever g' which is actuated by a rod and hand-wheel as shown.
Patent GB-190418381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Sowing Mangold, Turnip, Rape, and like Seeds.
Inventor: BRISTOW CHARLES
Filed: 1904-08-24
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,381. Bristow, C. Aug. 24. Seeds, sowing.-An appliance for use with drills or like implements consists essentially of a disc rotating within a shell and provided with projecting studs on one side, to discharge rape and like seeds into the delivery tube of the implement, and with a perforated lateral flange and seed ejector on the other to discharge turnip seeds. Both sides are fitted with studs in combined mangold and rape seed sowers. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the appliance, which is secured beneath the seed hopper of the implement by means of ears 2, 3. The disc 4 is rotated by means of a spindle passing through a hole in the boss 7, which takes its bearing in the end of the cylindrical shell 1 and in a cap held on by spring hooks 34. The hopper 37 is divided into a rape chamber and a turnip chamber, one of which is closed by a cover adapted to slide along its pivot. The pivoted shutter 30 communicates with both, and is opened by means of the handle 31, which is normally held in place by a spring. The holes 10 in the flange 5 hold one turnip seed each, and bevelled channels lead to them to facilitate the removal of superfluous seeds by means of an adjustable brush 19. The cap of the shell is provided with a flange 18, which prevents the seeds from leaving the holes 10 until they reach the discharge orifice 13. A wheel 24 is mounted on a stud carried by the loose shackle 22, and is provided with projections to force the seeds from the holes 10, the pitch of the projections corresponding to that of the holes. A projection 26 fits into recesses in the shell 1 and its cap, and prevents rotation of both the shackle and the cap. Rape seed is discharged through an orifice in the opposite side of the shell by means of the studs 6.
Patent GB-190421642-A (GB)
Title: An Electrical Apparatus for Adjusting Tram Rail Points from the Car
Inventor: MACAULAY JOSEPH EDWARD
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 21,642. Macaulay, J. E. Oct. 8. Points and switches, operating from cars. Consists of an electric apparatus for this purpose, designed to lessen friction against the rail and to require a minimum of attention in operation. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the controlling-switch and Fig. 3 an elevation of the controlling- switch and the point-operating mechanism. The shaft R is lowered to place its arm S in the rail groove, by means of an electromagnet M, and is then turned one way or the other to shift the points by means of the electromagnet N or 0, acting on an arm in which the shaft R is slidingly keyed. These movements are transmitted from the magnets through springs, which take up any irregularities of the road and allow the movement of the arm to be postponed till it reaches the points. The switch by means of which the magnets are energized comprises a cylinder G carrying a segmental contact C and helical cam-surfaces, one or other of which, when the cylinder is turned, raises an arm B, thereby closing a circuit including the magnet M and a retaining-magnet L. The shaft R is thus depressed ; on a further movement of the switch G, the strip C reaches the contact D or E, thus closing the circuit of the corresponding magnet N or 0 to turn the arm S to one side or the other. On the arm S completing this movement, a contact Q through which the circuits of the magnets M, N, 0 are completed is opened, thus causing the immediate return of the arm S to its normal position. The shaft R and its connections are carried in a frame mounted on the car axle so as to be unaffected by the oscillation of the car. The operating-pedal &c. is connected to the switch G by means of a square socket so that it can be readily removed to prevent tampering with the apparatus. The point-operating lever, Figs. 4 and 6, connected at 4 to the point tongue 5, is provided with a flanged part 1, with which the arm S engages and which moves in a box-like expansion of the rail.
Patent GB-190428797-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating the Number of a Telephone Subscriber.
Inventor: ANDERSEN ANDREAS MIKAEL
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 28,797. Andersen, A. M. March 30, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telephone calls; telegraphs.-An apparatus for indicating the telephone - number of one subscriber to another subscriber, during whose absence a call has taken place, consists of a telegraphic transmitting-device and a receiver of Morse type. The receiving-apparatus can be switched into circuit by the switch p, q. The transmitting-apparatus comprises a dial a, having projections d so arranged upon its surface as to indicate the number of the subscriber by a dot and-dash code. The projections engage the lever f and cause it to make contact with the spring r, thus closing the circuit through the electromagnet o of the Morse receiver at the called station, where the number of the calling subscriber is thus indicated in code on the strip i.
Patent GB-190506787-A (GB)
Title: Vaporizing Burner with Auxiliary Burner for Heating by Means of Liquid Combustible.
Inventor: FRIEDMANN MAX
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 6787. Friedmann, M. March 30. Vaporizing - a p p a r a t u s; flame deflectors.- In vapour burners for motor vehicles and the like, comprising a main burner B and an auxiliary burner b, the latter is provided with means whereby it can operate notwithstanding that the main burner is supplied with vapour at a higher pressure; means are also provided for cleansing the vaporizing-coils by steam, water, or the like. The main and auxiliary burners B, b are arranged in the same combustion chamber, and the latter burner, besides heating the main vaporizing-coil A, has part of its flame deflected by a plate c through perforations in a hood d on to the auxiliary .vaporizing-coil a. The vapour from the main burner is. ignited by the flame of the auxiliary burner, which may then be closed. The coil a of the auxiliary burner is always maintained by the main burner sufficiently hot to be started at any time, the vapour being ignited by the flame of the main burner. The main vaporizer is supplied with oil by a pump e fed by a reservoir which also communicates directly with the auxiliary vaporizer. In order to enable the low-pressure auxiliary burner to operate against high pressure in the combustion chamber, the burning vapour current, which is obstructed by the plate c, is enabled to escape through the perforations in the hood, whereby the sides of the latter are maintained red-hot and afford the necessary impact surface to ignite the vapour. To effect cleansing of the burners, steam or water may be supplied thereto in the known manner by a pipe such as k, which is shown connected to the supply tube of the auxiliary burner.
Patent GB-190515590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Points or Switches for Electric Tramways, Working upon the Slot Conduit System.
Inventor: CONNETT ALBERT NEUMANN
Filed: 1905-07-29
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 15,590. Connett, A. N. July 29. Electric tramways on the slot conduit system in which the conduit is arranged beneath the slot of one of the track rails. Points and switches ; conduits.-Consists in mechanism for operating and means for strengthening or supporting the combined conduit and track-rail point tongue, the present invention being an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 8931, A.D. 1905. Fig. 3 shows a sectional view taken transverse to the track rail, and Fig. 1 a plan view. The point a, which is of the usual construction, is supported by one or other, according to its position, of two pivoted tongues e which are rigidly connected together, with a certain gap between them, by a yoke g, and supported at their ends by guides h. The tongue a is operated by a standard i adapted to slide horizontally across the conduit on guides and having in its upper surface a slot k in which a pin m, fixed to the tongue, engages. The supporting-tongues are moved simultaneously and in opposite direction to the point tongue so that, as the point tongue moves to the right, say, the tongues e move to the left, the tongue a being thus supported in either of its extreme positions. The tongues are operated by the toothed sector r, which is moved by a hand-lever about the pivot o and rotates the pinion s. The pinion s moves the point tongue over while the sector moves the supporting-tongues. The spring p holds the lever in either of its extreme positions, the point tongue , being then locked.
Patent GB-190515673-A (GB)
Title: Electric Lamp Bulb and Method of and Apparatus for Finishing same.
Inventor: MCDONNELL GEORGE PHILIP
Filed: 1905-07-31
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 15,673. McDonnell, G. P. Nov. 2, 1904, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-The sharp sealing points of bulbs are rounded by heating and are allowed to sink inwards under the action of the atmospheric pressure until nearly level with the bulb surface. The lamp or bulb is placed in a holder in a bar 7, which can slide on a rotary frame 6, and is pressed upwards by springs 8. A perforated sheet 9 of asbestos or other material is preferably arranged so as to confine the heat of the blowpipe 10 to the sealing point. The bulb may be heated before treatment, and is afterwards annealed.
Patent GB-190519619-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Chandeliers and Gas-brackets.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 19,619. Willis, P. R. J., [Pond, G. W.]. Sept. 28. Gaseliers ; gas brackets.-Swivelled arms 8, 9 are locked in the upper position by bell-crank lever catches 20, which may be released by a crank 21 provided with a pull chain 23. Spring clips 24 are provided to keep the lamp arms 9 steady.
Patent GB-190520879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Belt Conveyors and the like.
Inventor: PETERSON ROSCOE LLOYD
Filed: 1905-10-14
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 20,879. Peterson, R. L. Oct. 14. Conveyers.-In a belt or band conveyer in which the belt is supported by idler or troughing rollers, means are provided for preventing any disalinement of the belt, and, in the event of such disalinement being produced, for automatically restoring the belt to its normal position. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the rollers 5 are carried by a framework 7 resting upon a base-plate 3, rotatably mounted upon a support 1, by a pivot 2. Extending forward from the supporting-plate 3, is an arm 9, which is preferably resilient, and which carries at its forward end divergent branches 10, carrying friction rollers 12, embracing the belt at their extremities. If the belt is travelling in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, and the belt shifts laterally so as to force the arm 9 into the position shown by dotted lines, the pulleys 5 will also be shifted into an oblique position, so that the belt is fed directly on to the pulleys and the action of the belt on the forward pulley 12 tends to bring both belt and pulleys into the normal position. If a tripper or deliverer is used with the conveyer, it may be provided with suitable devices for depressing the arm 9 so that the motion of the tripper may be unimpeded. In a modification, a projecting arm carrying a roller may be employed on each side of the belt; in another modification, the branches 10 are pivotally connected to the arm 9 and are kept in contact with the belt by a spring; in another-modification, the arm 9 extends in the rearward direction and is pivoted to the bed a and connected by a link to a small arm extending from the base 3.