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Patent GB-190310631-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement connected with Steam Pumps.
Inventor: WEIR JAMES CHAPMAN
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 10,631. Weir, J. C. May 11. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps; feed-pumps.-Relates to a method of condensing the exhaust steam from steam pumps. An additional or auxiliary cylinder is used, the piston of which is driven in unison with the steam piston by suitable connections. This auxiliary cylinder draws the water from the supply through its suction pipe and discharges it through a pipe which forms the suction pipe for the main pump cylinder. The exhaust steam from the steam cylinder passes into this discharge pipe, or a chamber formed in it, and there meeting the cold supply-water is condensed and passes on into the main pump cylinder. This arrangement is especially suitable for mines or collieries, where the exhaust steam would otherwise be a nuisance, and also for feed-pumps for boilers, the condensed steam raising the temperature of the supply or feedwater.
Patent GB-190310776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Pins.
Inventor: HAMELBACK JACOB ARTHER
Filed: 1903-05-12
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 10,776. Hamelback, J. A. May 21, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pins, dress and like.-A hat-pin consists of a needle 1 provided with a head 2 and a resilient tongue 3, which allows the pin to be inserted in a hat, but prevents its withdrawal until the spring is closed by drawing over it a slotted sleeve 5 provided with a head 7 and a spring 8.
Patent GB-190315923-A (GB)
Title: An Invention to Prevent Engine-drivers Running Past a 'Distant' or 'Home' Signal set at 'Danger'.
Inventor: CAIRNS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 15,923. Cairns, T. July 18. Stopping engines and trains.-The train-pipe of an automatic brake is extended to stop-cocks provided with handles j projecting vertically from the top of the cab of the locomotive, so that the brake is applied if the train runs past an arm C, when this is placed so that one of the handles j strikes it. The arm C is pivoted at d to a bracket on a signal post A, or a special post, and is turned up, to clear the handle j, by a forked lever H connected to the ordinary signal B, when this is at safety. The arm C is also turned up by a locomotive passing it in the direction not protected by the signal B, the locomotive being provided with a " skate " to turn an upright lever L, which is pivoted between the rails .and is connected by a wire to the arm C. When moving in the protected direction, the locomotive turns the lever L so as merely to slacken the wire without affecting the arm C.
Patent GB-190318978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-jacketing Blast and other Furnaces.
Inventor: PATTERSON ANTHONY
Filed: 1903-09-03
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 18,978. Patterson, A. Sept. 3. Casinos; cooling.-The invention is described in connection with a blast furnace, but is applicable also to Siemens' furnaces and to re-heating and melting furnaces. It consists in providing a water jacket composed of open troughs a, Figs. 2 and 4, placed one above the other and riveted to the metal casing c. The water, supplied through pipes h, i, j, k, l, overflows from one trough to another through suitable conduits f, and finally enters a gutter m at the bottom. Suitable provision is made for the tuyÞre holes, as shown in plan in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190319132-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spinning Fishing Bait.
Inventor: PIGOTT ROBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1903-09-05
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 19,132. Pigott, R. E. Sept. 5. Artificial bait; spinning- tackle. -Comprises a metal or other model of a small fish having relativelylarge fins, which act as blades for turning, and a specially formed mouth. The mouth d is cut so that when the bait is trailed through the water, the water from the mouth impinges on the fins c and assists the spinning of the bait. The bait is attached to the line through the swivels g', m.
Patent GB-190320830-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus or Means for Moulding Bricks, Tiles, Fuel, and the like
Inventor: WESTLAKE WILLIAM BONDFIELD
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-12-28
Abstract: 20,830. Westlake, W. B. Sept. 28. Mixing fuel.-Relates to heated roller apparatus for mixing small coal with tar or coal-tar pitch and to a tilt-hammer press for moulding fuel, bricks, &c. Coal is fed by a hopper X between drums 1, 2 heated by steam admitted through hollow trunnions 7, 8, and steam is supplied to the drum 1 by a roller 3 dipping into a trough 5. Mixing-scrapers move to and fro across the top of the drum 1, and lower scrapers Z discharge the mixture into an endless bucket or worm conveyer which raises it to a hopper V over the feed-box of the press. The rams A, D of the press are operated by cams G, H, F on shafts M, N, connected by an endless chain or belt O, and the feed-box is moved over the mould S by a cam E and lever C.
Patent GB-190320845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ribbon Mechanism for Time Recorders, Cash Registers, Typewriters and the like
Inventor: DEY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 20,845. Dey, A., and Dey, J. Sept. 28. Calculating-apparatus; receipts, checking and recording; timechecking apparatus for workmen. A guiding-device for the travelling inking - ribbon of a time-recorder, cash register, or the like is described as applied to a time-recorder having two ribbon spools and properly-situated stops upon the ribbon which actuate lever and clutch mechanism to cause the clock to reverse the motion of the ribbon. The ribbon A, Fig. 2, passes between two rollers 41, 42, the spindles of which are held in the frame 40, and are pressed together by springs 43. The whole frame can turn on the spindle 44 carried by the fixed arm 46, and the effect is to keep the centre line of the ribbon and the axis of the spindle approximately in one plane. Fig. 4 shows a broad vertical ribbon with similar side rollers producing the same effect. Friction between the rollers and ribbon may be increased by surfacing the rollers with sandpaper or rubber, or by doubling the ribbon round the rollers.
Patent GB-190323581-A (GB)
Title: Process and Arrangement for Perforating Solid Billets.
Inventor: POETTER HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,581. Poetter, H. Oct. 30. Rolling.-Solid billets a are pierced between rotating rolls 1, 2, or oscillating rolls 3, 4 by means of a mandrel c. Pressure may be imparted to the billet in the guide 9, in the direction of the arrowl 7. In the case of oscillating rolls, the mandrel c may move with the billet in the direction of the arrow 6, and this motion may effect a turning of the billet in the direction of the arrow 12.
Patent GB-190326598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Repair Bands for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: OSMOND GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,598. Osmond, G. E., and Feast, S. Dec. 4. T y r e s, pneumatic.- Repair bands for pneumatic tyres are formed by vulcanizing or solutioning an ordinary tread upon a canvas lining consisting of two superposed bands a, b laid at an angle to one another, the band thus being made broader at the ends, which are secured between the tyre and rim.
Patent GB-190327801-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Method and Means of Drying Biscuit Boxes and the like after being Washed or Labelled.
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 27,801. Brill, G., and Baker & Sons, J. Dec. 18. Boxes, cans, &c., drying.-To dry biscuit boxes and the like in their passage from one part of a manufactory to another, after being washed or labelled, the boxes x, after being washed in the tank a, are carried by a conveyer c through covered trunks k, j, which have openings for the entrance of air driven by a fan f, and heated by a steam heater g. A corresponding arrangement is described for drying afcer labelling. The boxes are counted in their passage by an ordinary counting-apparatus.
Patent GB-190404588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Endless Belt Conveyers.
Inventor: SEGAERT GERARD
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 4588. Segaert, G. Feb. 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Conveyers. - The supporting rollers of endlessbelt conveyers are of hollowed profile on the upper, transporting rim, Fig. 2, and of corresponding rounded profile on the lower, return rim. Transverse bending of the belt in passing from one run to the other is thus prevented. The belt is prevented from leaving the rollers by side flanges e.
Patent GB-190410103-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Heating Water or Cooling Water or Condensing Steam, the former by Means of Steam, Hot Water or other Hot Fluid, the latter by Means of Cold Water or other Cold Fluid.
Inventor: BARKER ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 10,103. Barker, A. H. May 3. Condensers.-Relates to concentric-tube apparatus for condensing steam, which is so arranged that thin layers of the cooling-agent and steam pass alongside in opposite directions, the tubes being free to expand or contract. An outer casing a is fitted with a sleeve piece c, end caps e, g, and tube-plates j, i, k, into which are fastened at one end three series of concentric tubes l, m, n. The tubes l, n are open at both ends, while the tubes m are closed at one extremity by plugs o. An inlet h and an outlet d are provided for the steam. Each of the tubes m is enclosed in a jacket of canvas or other absorbent material kept moist by a small stream of water running down the outside, and a blast fan is employed to force air into the casing so that a current of air may play over the wetted surface of the canvas. The tubes l and corresponding plate j may be omitted.
Patent GB-190413469-A (GB)
Title: Safety Razors, Corn Cutters and the like
Inventor: KAMPFE OTTO
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 13,469. Lake, H. H., [Kampfe, O.]. June 14. Knives.-A safety razor or corn knife consists of a blade B, Fig. 2, pivoted at X to an ordinary knife handle provided with a spring a<1> and a guard C, preferably pivoted at Y. The guard may be turned away from the blade, and is held in that position by the spring Z formed on the shank of the razor. The blade and guard may be carried on one pivot and provided with independent springs. When the blade and handle are rigidly secured together, the guard is provided with a shank c, Figs. 9 and 10, having formed in it a recess in which engages a spring-controlled stud F working in longitudinal slots in the sides of the handle and moved by grips f. The guard may be secured in the operative position by a screw M, Fig. 13, which may be fixed in the shank or other part of the guard. In every case, the guard carries a projection c<2> which engages with the back of the blade.
Patent GB-190415223-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Indoxyl, its Homologues and their Derivatives.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 15,223. Imray, O., [Basle Chemical Works]. July 7. Dyes, artificial.-Indoxyl derivatives are formed from arylglycines or their derivatives by the addition to the ingredients described in Specification No. 26,061, A D. 1901, of alcohol. In an example, alcohol vapour is fed into a heated mixture of sodium, phenylglycine potassium salt, and caustic alkali, by the aid of a current of hydrogen. The alcohol may however be used in the liquid form. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of arylglycine anilides or glycides, and a-arylhydantoins.
Patent GB-190416342-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing the Stylus, or Needle in Graphophones and Analogous Apparatus
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 16.342. Johnson, J. Y., [American Graphophone Co.]. July 23. Graphophones &c. -In graphophones &c., the needle or stylus C is held in the barrel b of the stylus - bar B by the pressure of a spring- tensioned finger-lever D, pivoted at d.
Patent GB-190416562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gas Stoves.
Inventor: NICE MARY
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 16,562. Nice, M. July 27. Gas cooking stoves and ranges.-A gas stove or range is fitted with a saddle or other suitablyshaped boiler at the back, with or without ovens or plate-warmers at the sides. Figs. 1 and 2 show the complete range. The fireplace a, which may be filled with asbestos, is heated by the burner b. A saddle boiler c is heated by the burner e placed in the arch flue d, the draught from which passes over and around the oven f and ultimately into the flue h. The oven is also heated by the burner g, a damper i being provided. A hot-closet j is for warming plates &c. Fig. 4 shows a form without the side ovens. The draught passes up the sides of the boiler and over the top into the flue h, a hot-plate being thus provided.
Patent GB-190424147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Liquid or other Matter to the Wheels of Vehicles running on Tram or other Rails.
Inventor: KIDDIE ANDREW WEBSTER
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,147. Kiddie, A. W. Nov. 8. Tramcars; grip of wheels, reducing.-The friction between the wheels of vehicles and the rails is diminished by distributing powdered or liquid lubricants or other matter over the rails and the rims of the wheels. The lubricant is contained in a vessel b, Fig. 1, into which dips a brush c mounted on a rod 6. The brush is moved into contact with the periphery of the wheel by a hand-lever 1 operating on the rod 6 by means of links 4, 5. The lubricant may also be supplied to the wheels or rails by tubes 10, Fig. 4, from a tank 9, the valve connection e being operated by a rod 11 which is rotated by means of a handle 23 and connecting-links 14, 13.
Patent GB-190427326-A (GB)
Title: An Improved "Key" or Rough Backing to Glass or Pottery Tiles for the Purpose of Affixing same to Bricks, Walls, and other Surfaces
Inventor: RICHARDS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 27,326. Richards, W. Dec. 15. Tiles.-Glass or pottery tiles are provided with a " key " or rough surface, in order that they may adhere to walls &c., by covering the back of the tile with a suitable cement, into which, when it is nearly dry, pieces of crushed glass, marble, flint, sand, slag, &c. are pressed. A suitable cement for the purpose is made by thoroughly mixing a sack of building-cement with 4 oz. borax, 4 oz. potash, 2 oz. aluminium hydrate or sulphate, 2 1b. powdered pumicestone, and 12 lb. gypsum, passing the mixture through a fine sieve, and then mixing it with a liquid composed of either-(1) water ¢ pint, sal-ammoniac ¢ lb., zinc white “ lb., zinc oxide ¢ lb. ; (2) "Birmingham liquid (3) " Tinman's " fluid " ; or (4) spirits of salts 1 gallon, sulphuric acid 1 gallon, granulated zinc 1 1b., iron oxide 1 lb. The cement is brought into an almost semi-fluid state and applied to the back of the tile by means of a brush, towel, &c. This cement is damp-proof and frost-proof and is-a non conductor of heat.
Patent GB-190500408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stove Pipe Ventilators.
Inventor: NELSON JACK ELIAS
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 408. Nelson, J. E., and Nelson, G. G. Jan. 9. Ventilators.-A stove-pipe is provided with a detachable elbow having means for controlling the draught through the pipe and withdrawing foul air from the room in which it is situated. The air enters the elbow through an open-ended tube 1 having its inlet end formed as shown with a flange 2, which has a hooked extension 8 to engage an annular rib 9 on the elbow. A finger-piece 10 is provided to facilitate engagement and disengagement. A damper 3, pivoted to the flange 2 by a handle 4, regulates admission of air. When the tube 1 is removed, the opening may be closed by a plate 12, Fig. 4, having a rotatable handle 13, the stem 14 of which carries an elastic cross-bar 15. The draught is increased by a sheet-metal hood 16, the reduced end portions of which may be lapped and connected together by a slot and a pivoted latch 20.
Patent GB-190500953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vessels for Delivering Measured Quantities of Liquids
Inventor: DEHN HUGO CARL
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 953. Dehn, H. C. Jan. 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Measured quantities, delivering.-The apparatus shown in Fig. 1, for measuring off petroleum, milk, or liquid from a storage tank d, comprises two compartments a', a<2>, rotatably mounte upon the trunnions b, c, the lower trunnion constituting the plug of a cock, the upper dome-shaped structure m, the inspection windows l<1>, l<2>, l<3>, and the air-discharge conduits f<1>, f<2>, which by their upper edges serve as gauges for the correct filling of the chambers. A handle fixed to the movable chambers is rotated from one stop to another opposite stop, so that the filled chamber may be emptied and the empty chamber filled. Owing to the dome formation of the chambers and to the overflow gauges, and windows, the measuring-vessel can be upright, or inclined, and the quantity delivered gauged.
Patent GB-190501114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Temporarily Closing the Holes Perforated in the Lids of Dredger Boxes.
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 1114. Kay, S. V., and Kay Bros. Jan. 20. Condiment receptacles. - The holes in the lids of dredgers are temporarily closed by applying vatnishes or solutions.
Patent GB-190501409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Milking Apparatus
Inventor: LJUNGSTROEM BIRGER
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 1409. Ljungstr÷m, B., and Ljungstr÷m, F. Jan.24. Cow-milkers.-In milking-apparatus of the kind in which pistons moving in parallel pressure cylinders and pressing against the teats are employed, such as that described in Specification No. 19,616, A.D. 19C3, the heads of the pistons are made with comparatively hard cores and very soft coverings. The coverings h are made of very soft rubber, preferably spongy rubber attached to a core f of harder rubber. This core is attached to a piece e of metal into which is screwed a rod c with a flange d, the piece e and flange d abutting against caps d<1>, d<2> in the ends of the piston, through a longitudinal hole b in which the rod c passes. The core f and cover h are cast in a metal mould and vulcanized together.
Patent GB-190502645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Clutches, Brakes, or the like.
Inventor: NOBLE PERCY WARREN
Filed: 1905-02-09
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 2645. Noble, P. W. Feb. 9. Brakes.-In clutches and brakes which are put into action by toggle or like levers C, an equalization of the force e applied to each of such levers by the operating- rod E is ensured by the use of a ball-jointed transmitting-member G interposed between the operating - rod and the levers. The member G carries a cupshaped end J eccentric to the pivot H and bearing on the levers C.
Patent GB-190506400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hangers or Ears for Overhead Electric Wires.
Inventor: SIMPSON JOSEPH FITZALAN
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 6400. Simpson, J. F. March 27. Electric railways and tramways.-Hangers or ears for overhead electric wires for traction purposes are made with the lower part of the ear a straight, so as to offer no resistance to the passage of the trolly wheel, but thickened in the middle, as shown at c, so as to form an arch for the conductor to bed against. Between the side lugs d attached to the ear a is placed a cotter f, the lower part of which is made concave, so as to fit over the curved conductor and the upper part of which is formed with a projection f<x>. A nut e is screwed down to these lugs, and may be made with a hexagon head or with wings e<x> to facilitate screwing up. The nut is provided with a screw for the reception of the insulator bolt.
Patent GB-190510199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Guards for Journal Boxes, applicable especially to Axle Boxes of Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: PATTEN JAMES SHAW
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 10,199. Patten, J. S. May 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 19011. Dust, excluding; oil, retaining.-A dust guard and oil-retaining device for the axle-box of a railway vehicle, street car, &c. consists of the plate E, preferably of soft wood with the grain vertical, but it may be made of other material such as iron, brass, fibre, asbestos. The plate fits over the axle A, and is held against one face of the recess B‹ in the axlebox, and partly supported, by the projecting ends f of spring wires F abutting against the opposite face of the recess. The wires lie in grooves or apertures at the top and bottom of the plate, and are bent over in the notches e'. A flat spring, held in place by nails or bolts e<4>, may be used as shown in Fig. 6. The plate may have recesses for the spring arms f, as shown in Fig. 3. In place of the arms f, V-shaped springs may be used.
Patent GB-190513384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Conductors and Methods of Insulating the same.
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 13,384. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 29, Transformers.-Relates to the production of a thin flexible insulating film or enamel on the core laminations of transformers, by an improvement on the process described in Specification No. 4346, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Conducting &c.], for the manufacture of a coating- composition by boiling linseed oil with zinc oxide and litharge. In order to increase the rapidity of hardening, the viscid coating-composition is mixed with a solvent such as resin oil and boiled. The mixing and re-boiling are repeated several times, until the required consistency is obtained. The resulting mixture is dissolved, before use, in resin oil, coal-tar oil, turpentine, or other solvent.
Patent GB-190513512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Loom Picking Bands.
Inventor: HELLIWELL JOHN AMBROSE
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 13,512. Helliwell, J. A. July 1. Loom picking - strap connexions.- A piece A, of leather or like material, attached to the stick C by means of its slotted tongue G, or by a separate piece of leather, has three parallel slits D through which the picking -strap B passes, as shown. The Provisional Specification states that a metal piece may be employed, having three slits and attached to one end of a spiral spring, elastic band, or the like, the other end of which may be attached to a pin on the picking-stick.
Patent GB-190522315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Croquet Clips or Indicators
Inventor: BRIANT TRAVERS JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 22,315. Briant, T. J. Nov. 1. Croquet. - An indicator for use with croquet hoops is formed with a spherical or other projection a on one side only, so as to indicate the direction of play and at the same time to be visible from all parts of the field.
Patent GB-190523108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BUTTERFIELD GEORGE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 23,108. Butterfield, G. F. Nov. 14,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Soles; insoles; uppers; welts and welting; waterproofing.-In making a composite boot and shoe, the edges of the upper 5 and its lining are drawn over, and temporarily secured to the lasted insole 6, and a levelling-layer of friction-coated and rubbersolutioned fabric 7 is made to adhere to the uncovered part of the bottom of the insole. A strip 8 of rubber tape covers the edges of the fabric and the insole, and extends between them and the inward-turned edges of the upper. A middle-sole 9, preferably of chrome-tanned leather, free from oil and having a coating 12 of raw rubber on its underside, is then sewn to the insole and upper by a seam 10 passing through the tape 8. The edges of this sole extend as a welt round the fore part of the shoe. Finally, a tread-sole 11 of rubber is secured to the middle sole 9 in a vulcanizing-mould.