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Patent GB-190220831-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Fastening Taps, Valves and the like to Tanks, Cisterns and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTS JOHN
Filed: 1902-09-24
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 20,831. Roberts, J. Sept. 24. Connecting valves and cocks to plates.-Relates to means for connecting valves and cocks to tanks, oil cans, or the like. The shank a of the tap is screw-threaded to receive a nut d, and its extreme end is furnished with a flange c which is larger at one side than the other. The flange is introduced into a hole in the vessel, and the nut is then screwed down so as to bear against a metal washer e, which compresses a soft packing-washer against the side of the vessel. A cutter for making a hole in an oil can or the like may be provided with the tap. The cutter consists of a central steadying- point with two cutting-blades j<1>. It can be slipped on to the handle of the tap and held there by a clip h<1>, h<2>.
Patent GB-190223592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: STATTER JOHN GRICE
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 23,592. Statter, J. G. Oct. 29. Acetylene lamps; torches. -A carbide cartridge for use in lamp and other acetylene generators consists of a tinplate &c. case 1, Fig. 1, fitted with stamped ends 2, 3, and containing the carbide 13 around a central slotted tube 6 and between the bottom 3 and a loose perforated plate 5 attached to the tube 6. A spring draws the plate 5 downwards, and allows it to move upwards when the carbide expands. The water inlet 9 is closed at the bottom by a lead cap 10 containing blotting- paper and a protecting-screen of wire gauze, and the gas outlet 4 is sealed. When about to be used, the cartridge has a projection cut off the cap 10 and the tube 4 opened, and is then sunk in water to about the level a-b. The water flows through the perforated upper end of the inlet 9 and the slot in the tube 6 to the carbide 13. The escaping gas is filtered and dried by means of a diaphragm 14 of calico and some carbide 15, before reaching the outlet. Excess pressure of the gas generated is stated to force the water back away from the carbide. In a modification of the cartridge, a regulated supply of water is fed into the upper end of the tube 6 through an inlet which passes through the case 1, the cap 10 and tube 9 being dispensed with. When acetylite or prepared carbide, which requires a copious supply of water, is used, the water inlet terminates under a cone of tinplate which supports the acetylite. The bottom of the cartridge is perforated and covered on the inside with compressed blotting-paper and a perforated plate, and on the outside with the lead cap as before. The water can then escape through the blotting-paper if the back pressure is sufficiently great. The carbide in all cases may be mixed with shavings to distribute the water properly. In the application of the cartridges to a motor or other vehicle lamp, two cartridges 1, Fig. 7, are supported vertically in a water vessel 36 by a horizontal partition and bottom pieces 38, and are connected by separate cocks to a chamber 41 in connection with a gas bag 43 and the burner 44. One or both cartridges may be used at one time. When applied to a flare or torch, the cartridge has a waterchamber fitted above the cover 2, Fig. 1, and has a connection from the cover 2 down to the pipe 6. A burner pipe is coiled up in the water-vessel under its thin cover. This cover is removed, the burner pipe straightened out, and the water-vessel filled with water, which immediately runs down to the pipe 6 and the carbide.
Patent GB-190223692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Road Motor and like Vehicles.
Inventor: LEES HENRY ERNEST
Filed: 1902-10-30
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 23,692. Lees, H. E. Oct. 30. Wheels with air -compressing appliances.-Air bags C fitted between the bodies and underframes of motor cars are automatically inflated by a pump driven by one of the wheels. The open-ended cylinder D worked by an eccentric reciprocates on a fixed piston E through which air is forced into the inflating-tube F. Each bag has a safetyvalve G.
Patent GB-190228142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dyeing and Printing in Aniline Black.
Inventor: CLEFF FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 28,142. Cleff, F. Dec. 20. Dyeing.-In dyeing and printing in aniline black, formic acid is substituted for the mineral acids usually employed, so as to prevent greening. Examples are given (1) of a bath for a silk-cotton fabric, or cotton yarn, containing chlorate of potash, sal ammoniac, nitrate of copper, aniline, and formic acid, and (2) of a printing-composition containing starch, dextrin, chlorate of soda, nitrate of copper, aniline, and formic acid. Salts of formic acid may also be employed. Wool requires a preliminary treatment with chloride of lime or permanganate of potash. Reference is made to Specification No. 2533, A.D. 1891, according to which hydrofluoric acid is used for a similar purpose.
Patent GB-190300678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windows for Cabs and other Vehicles.
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE SAMUEL GROVES
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 678. Whitehouse, S. G. Jan. 10. Windows.-The windows of a cab or other vehicle are composed of a number of panels hinged together and to the sides of the window frame. Fig. 1 shows two forms of the invention as applied to a hansom. The frames a, b, c are divided so as to receive panes of glass, gelatine, mica, &c., and the panels e, f, g are mounted in binding-edges h, i. The frames and panels are hinged together and to the sides d so that, if the horse falls, the occupant, striking the central part of the window, opens it, and is caught by the side panels c, e. The windows may be opened and shut by cords, levers, &c. The edges of the frames and panels are rabbeted so as to exclude the weather, and a rubber or other beading is placed along the doors below the windows for the same purpose. A strip of rubber, with the bead outside, is placed above the central panels to hold them in position.
Patent GB-190301256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ploughs
Inventor: ROGOZSAN ANTAL
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 1256. Rogozsßn, A. Jan. 19. Ploughs.-A frame c, of the shape shown, is pivoted at d to the rear end of the beam a, and is adjusted either by means of the screw m or by means of a pin passed through the beam a and through one of a series of holes l in the frame c. The handles b are secured to the frame c. The landside plate f is adjustably fastened to the plough by a pivot g and a bolt h. A furrow wheel i is mounted on a stud adjustably secured to the turned-up end of the landside plate f.
Patent GB-190302691-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastening for Cupboard and other Doors.
Inventor: MORRIS JOHN
Filed: 1903-02-04
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 2691. Morris, J. Feb. 4. Latches or fastenings for cupboard &c. doors. A plate A, fixed to the shelf B, is provided with a lip a adapted to be engaged by the hooked end G of a lever C pivoted in the outer door B<1>. Upon closing the door, the end G rides up the lip and falls into engagement therewith so as to hold the door in the closed position. The lever C is released by pressing down the knob. A similar arrangement is fitted to the inner door, except that in this case the lever or latch is pivoted to a plate secured to the door and does not extend through the door. The lever, in this case, is operated by a projecting plate or finger-piece.
Patent GB-190314058-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance to be used alone or in Combination with other Articles for Pressing Trousers, Plumes, Handkerchiefs, Neckties, Scarfs, Gloves, Ribbons and the like.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER CHARLES OTTO
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 14,058. Schneider, C. O. June 24. Presses; gloves; neckties, scarfs, and the like; neck-handkerchiefs; pockethandkerchiefs ribbons; trouser presses.-Relates to appliances for pressing articles of wearing-apparel, such as neckties, scarfs, pockethandkerchiefs, neck-handkerchiefs, ribbons, gloves, plumes, trousers, and the like. One form, Fig. 1, consists of a central board 1 between which and external boards 3, 4 the articles to be pressed are placed. The pressure is effected by bent and coiled springs 5 attached to each side of the board 1 and having parts 10 adapted to be engaged with projections 11, 12 on the boards 3, 4. The pressing-surfaces are covered with felt. Fig. 2 shows a press combined with a necktie case. One side 15 is hinged to the case, and is provided with pivoted brackets 13, 14 which can be turned up to engage with springs 21 projecting from a pressing-board 22. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the pressure is effected by a helical spring 20 pressed down by a cross-piece 18, the ends of which are forced under eyes at the top of pieces 17 attached to the lower board 4. Belts, straps, clasps, or buckles may be used for producing the pressure. The appliances can be used in combination with dressing-cases, portmanteaus, and special cases for ties, gloves, handkerchiefs, or the like. Pincushions, mirrors, and receptacles for studs, links, buttons, and the like may also be added to the boards or cases.
Patent GB-190314256-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Drying Paper Webs.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 14,256. Howorth, F. W., [Dresdner Chromound Kunstdruckpapierfabrik Krause & Baumann]. June 27. Paper, drying.- The paper web a, which is coloured on both sides and moves upwards, is dried by a current of hot air under high pressure, introduced from a main feed-pipe and side pipes e, f, through upwardlyinclined slots c, in the walls of t h e drying shaft. The formation of creases is thus prevented, and the endless felt g, which receives the paper and conveys it further on, receives no moisture or colour. The hot air is exhausted by a fan through the pipes h, i, k, and is preferably heated and returned to the main feed-pipe.
Patent GB-190319068-A (GB)
Title: A Conical Tag Formed from a Thin Metallic Sheet Tooled or Ornamented on the Outside.
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1903-09-04
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 19,068. Bromhead, S. S., [Soc. Fabrique de Tresses et Lacets Torley]. Sept. 4. Laces.-Conical tags 1 for laces 2 are made of thin sheet metal tooled or ornamented on the outside. They may be used for stay-laces, suspenders, &c.
Patent GB-190321276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gearing for Motor-cycles and the like
Inventor: HILLMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-03
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 21,276. Hillman, W. Oct. 3. Motor road vehicles.-Motor bicycles and tricycles have the motor mounted in a bracket provided with rearwardly-extended arms to support a clutch shaft in place of the ordinary pedal shaft. The clutch shaft b has a chain-ring e driven from the motor and loosely carrying sleeves on which two chain-wheels h, i in the female partsj, k of a clutch are mounted. The male portion l of the clutch is connected to the shaft b by a plunger m by which it can be moved to engage with either female part j or k or can be placed in its central free position. The plunger m may be operated by a lever n and has a bearing n' provided with studs n<2> engaging in spiral grooves o so that as the bearing is rotated by the lever n the plunger is moved and the clutch l operated. The chain-wheels h, i differ in size and are connected by chains with chain-wheels on the driving-wheel so as to give the required speeds.
Patent GB-190327825-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Lamp particularly for Miners' use
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,825. Soc. des Accumulateurs Chelin. Aug. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Miners' lamps, electric. The lamp is attached to the lid of the battery case, and to avoid having leading wires or terminals, contact is made, on closing the lid, between two springs A and two buttons B on the battery. To secure the lid, one side is folded over a flanged edge C of the case. A projection D on the opposite edge passes through a hole E in the lid, and a bolt is pushed into a socket in the projection D. A small plug with control mark is then sealed on to the lid in front of the head of the bolt.
Patent GB-190328173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toys for Miniature Football or like Games.
Inventor: TROTMAN WALTER KNOWLES
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 28,173. Trotman, W. K., and Grout, W. E. Dec. 22. Toy football and cricket players; kicking- toys.-A toy football player is formed with a body consisting of two parts A, A', connected by screws. One leg B is longer than the other D, and is normally pressed downwards by a spring B' arranged in a recess B' of the body. The leg D, which is adapted to kick a ball, is pivoted to the body, and carries a pin E which projects into a slot E<1> in the leg B. To actuate the leg D, the figure is held with the leg B resting on the table or other surface on which the game is played, and the body is pressed down, this operation causing the body to move relatively to the leg B, so that the pin-and-slot connection swings the leg D forwards. The leg D may be actuated by a pin-and-slot connection with a slide connected to the head of the figure ; in this case, the leg B is fixed. An arm of the figure may be given a similar movement, and the arm may be provided with a bat for playing a cricket game.
Patent GB-190401279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Pipes, or Conduits, or other Articles, for use Underground, or in other Situations where they are Subject to Electrical, or Corrosive, Action.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 1279. Johnson, J. Y., [Brown, L. A., and Tredway, D.]. Jan. 18. Drawings to Specification. Preservative compositions.-Consists in constructing composite articles by applying to a metal body an adherent coating of insulating and protective material. The invention applies to pipes, conduits, and other articles exposed to corrosive or electrical action. The substance is composed of sand, sulphur, and cement in specified proportions, but the proportions may be varied and other ingredients such as lampblack may be added. The exterior of the pipe or article is cleaned by pickling, and the coating applied in.a viscid state, either by dipping the pipe into the substance or by means of moulds. The coefficient of expansion of the coating is approximately the same as that of iron and steel, so that no separation occurs between the pipe and the coating due to change of temperature. The coating also strengthens the pipe or other article to which it is applied.
Patent GB-190403630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 3630. Slack & Co., T., and Whitaker, T. Feb. 13. Brakes ; clips.-In brakes for velocipedes and other road vehicles operated by flexible wires, the hand-lever A, Fig. 1, is pivoted at E to a split clip B to which is riveted or brazed the piece D holding the mechanism which transmits the power to the brake shoe. The clip B is secured to the handle-bar C by the set-screw F. The clip to fasten the flexible wire to the frame consists of a thin strip of metal G, Fig. 5, with slots cut at one end. After passing round the flexible member, the end is passed through one slot, round the frame, through a second slot, and bent back to fasten it. The brake shoe H, Fig. 6, is mounted on the bridge J by the pins M fitted with springs. The bridge J is fixed to the back stays of the machine by the clips K, Fig. 7, fitted with setscrews. The brake is applied by the transmitting- mechanism lowering a push block thus causing the links L<1>, and the upper arms of the bellcrank levers L<2>, pivoted at N to the bridge J, to move outwards ; this motion causes the lower arms of the levers L<2>, the links L<3>, and the brake shoe H to rise.
Patent GB-190406530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closets.
Inventor: KULOW WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6530. Kulow, W. March 17. Flushing closets. -The front 5 of the trap is made hollow and connected with the water supply. It is formed with two orifices 7 and a pipe or nozzle 8, which direct jets into the trap as shown. This construction obviates external fittings and prevents noise, while strengthening the siphonic action.
Patent GB-190407342-A (GB)
Title: Hooks & Eyes.
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 7342. Soheer, N., and Henig & Co., M. March 28. Hooks and eyes. -A hook is formed of wire or sheet metal with a bill a to receive the eye, and a long spring piece b which must be depressed to insert or remove the eye.
Patent GB-190409287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Bars for Typewriters and other Machines
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-22
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 9287. Clark, W., [Underwood Typewriter Co.]. April 22. Type-writers &c.-The type-bars of a type-writer or other machine are made readily removable andadjustable in length. The type-bars are formed of two sliding sections D, D<3>, which are braced by guide ribs and grooves D<5>, D<6>, and have a screw-and-slot or other connection K. The section D is mounted in the segment E by means of an angular pivot D<2> fitting in keyhole slots E<1> closed by a toothed cover-plate H. An elbow lever C has pin-and-slot connections D<1>, C' with the section D and the keylever B. A gauge pin L and a guide aperture F<1>, one or both of which are bevelled, are provided in connection with the section D<3> and the type-bar guide F or other stationary part, and serve to effect the final adjustment of the sections D, D<3> before the connection K is tightened.
Patent GB-190411122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscillating Steam and Air Engines.
Inventor: DAWE CHARLES
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 11,122. Dawe, C. May 14. Drawings to Specification. Actuating pumps for furnaces &c. Liquid-fuel and boiler-feed pumps are placed on the top of the oscillating cylinder of an engine, and are actuated by connecting-rods from pins on a headpiece of the oscillating exhaust-valve spindle.
Patent GB-190416227-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Variable Speed Gear for Motor Vehicles, Driven by a Single Rear Road Wheel.
Inventor: DYAS NEVILLE EDWARD
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 16,227. Dyas, N. E. July 22. Motor velocipedes ; driving-mechanism.-A twospeed gear, with provision for the free running of motor vehicles with single rear driving-wheels is shown in plan in Fig. 1. The engine shaft a is fitted with a sprocket a' at its end, but has preferably one at each end. Chains c connect these sprockets with larger wheels b fitted on a shaft carrying a wide pulley B of large diameter. A second shaft carries three pulleys E, F, G. The outer ones are fixed to sprocket-wheels e, g, while the middle one is idle. A belt J adapted to be operated by a shifter K can be moved to engage any one of the pulleys E, F, G. The pulley F provides for the free running of the engine, while chains passing around the sprockets e, h and g, j provide for different speeds.
Patent GB-190420262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Stencil Printing Apparatus.
Inventor: STACEY JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 20,262. Stacey, M., [administratrix of Stacey, J. H.], and Stacey, H. J. Sept. 20. Copying documents.-In a stencil-apparatus for copying, a special inking-roller and an adjustable pressure roller are spring-controlled, and tripped by tripping-mechanism actuated by the bed, which is reciprocated by devices worked from a handle. The inking-roller consists of two perforated cylinders or tubes f, f<4>, Fig. 3, one inside the other, the inner one f<4> having a knob f projecting through a slot f<5> in the end of the outer cylinder, by adjusting which the perforations are made to coincide more or less, and let more or less ink through to the covering of the outer cylinder, which consists of a wire-gauze or perforated metal wrapping, and a felt &c. covering. A stoppered opening f<8*> and a corresponding hole in the inner cylinder are provided for filling. The roller shaft is mounted between centres carried by levers f <9> controlled by springs. The pressure roller e, composed of roller or other suitable composition, and inked by the inking-roller, is mounted between the eccentrically-adjustable bearings g in the sliding blocks g<2>, pressed downwards by a spring g<7>, adjusted by a nut g<5>, on the outward movement of the bed. On the inward movement, the cylinder is tripped as follows. Stops on the reciprocating bed knock small arms h<2> projecting from partiallyrevolving cams h<1>, engaging with fixed pieces g<10> on the frame. The cams are pivoted on rods g<8>, round which are springs g<9> for lifting the bearings g<2> when released by the cams h<1>. Other stops on the bed, by shifting the arms h<2> in the reverse direction, pull down the rods g<8> and untrip the the roller e. The bed is reciprocated by a crank and connecting-rod actuated by a vertical spindle driven from a continuously-rotated handle. In a modification a transverse slot on the bed gears with a roller on the crank disc.
Patent GB-190426163-A (GB)
Title: Power Generating Gravity Action Motor
Inventor: NOONAN HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-01
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,163. Noonan, H. J. Dec. 1. Self-driving weight motors.-An unbalanced flywheel a carries a pinion d in gear with a wheel e on the shaft f. Weights t are lifted by cranks h on the shaft f through rods l and levers n, p, and the weights in falling tend to turn the wheel e through pinions s connected to pins on the ends of rods r by ratchet clutches.
Patent GB-190427995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Rubber Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 27,995. Marks, G. C., [Booker, A.] Dec. 21. Tyres, pneumatic &c., attaching to rim. Metal retaining-bands d are placed on lateral flanges c formed on the tyre a, and the whole is secured to the wheel by reducing the diameter of the retaining- bands by hydraulic or other pressure. Creeping is presented by forming the iron ring f surrounding the felloe with projections which take into corresponding recesses in the tyre. Cross-bars may be embedded to distribute the pressure exerted by the bands d.
Patent GB-190512246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sheets of Embossed Fibrous Material and the Method of Making the same.
Inventor: MOORE FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 12,246. Moore, F. W. June 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Embossing.-Sheets of flexible fibrous material, such as leather, fabrics, felt, &c., are formed with a raised pattern on each side by combined cutting and embossing, as follows :-The fabric k, Fig. 2, to be treated passes between the gauge rolls e, f and the ring rolls c, d, which are pressed together, respectively, by pressure rolls and the rubber bed rolls a, b. Along with the sheet k passes a pattern m, which may be an endless belt of metal &c. and has holes m cut out to form the pattern. The fabric is partly compressed into these holes to form a raised pattern o on the upper side, and at the same time a knife i splits the fabric while compresssed between the rollers e, c, and, as the portions under the cut-out pattern are not so highly compressed, a raised pattern p is formed on the underside of the finished fabric, corresponding to the raised pattern o on top. The lower part r of the sheet has a sunk pattern formed on one side. The pattern may be formed on the rollers e,f, and the sheets may be reinforced if thin by a backing of other fabric or a second sheet of the same fabric.