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Patent GB-190428446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chain Network Mattresses.
Inventor: LOEHLER THEODOR
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 28,446. L÷hler, T. Oct. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Mattresses.-A chain network for a mattress is made by interconnecting lengths a of chain arranged side by side in a frame by means of alternately-d is placed clamps b of strip steel.
Patent GB-190500224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Microscopes
Inventor: ASHE ALBERT
Filed: 1905-01-05
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 224. Ashe, A., and Finlayson, D. Jan. 5. Microscones.-To enable two magnified images of two different objects mounted upon different slides to be projected side by side without overlapping in the field of view of a microscope, a secondary objective and object holder, a reflector to project the rays from this objective up the microscope tube, and a longitudinal septum in this tube, are provided. The main objective O<1> and the secondary objective O<2> are shown arranged at right-angles to one another with a prism reflector P between them. The prism may be slid out of action by a rod L. An adjustable mirror M and the secondary slide carrier S slide on a dovetailed guide-bar D. The slide carrier is roughly adjusted and clamped by a screw K to a rod R, fine adjustment being effected by a nut F. To enable the instrument to be used with high powers, a small sub-stage may be provided, carrying a condenser C with an iris diaphragm I, the condenser being focused by a rod T engaging a spiral slot. The septum E projects sufficiently far into the tube to prevent overlapping of the light from the two sides of the field.
Patent GB-190501416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, the Manufacture of Nitroglycerine, Nitrocellulose, and like Explosives.
Inventor: HESKETH EVERARD
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 1416. Hesketh, E., and Willcox, F. A. Jan. 24. Nitrocellulose; nitroglycerine.-The compressed air used in the manufacture of nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, and like explosives, in the operations of mixing the acids, nitration, and separation, is first cooled and dried by refrigeration.
Patent GB-190505671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Proof Doors
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 5671. Marks, G. C., [Diver, A. H.]. March 17. Fires, preventing and minimizing, doors for. Fire-proof doors are constructed of wood veneers b glued or cemented to sheets c or centres C of asbestos or other fire-resisting material. Fig. 3 shows part of a panelled door built on a core a of inexpensive wood. The panels are inserted in grooves in the frame, which is protected at the edges by strips d, e of fire-proof material. Fig. 4 shows a plain door made of veneer sheets glued to a core or centre C of asbestos composition or fire-proof material. The fire-proof sheets may be secured to the cores or inner plies by pegs, nails, or screws in addition to the glue.
Patent GB-190512682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Apparatus for use for Diving and like purposes.
Inventor: GRAHAM ALFRED
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 12,682. Graham, A., and Davis, R. H. June 19. Switches.-In telephone apparatus for use for diving and like purposes, an attendant above water can communicate by a single -hand d telephone with one or more divers, or can place the divers in communication with each other by means of the switch shown in Fig 3. The spindle g carries a number of pins h, or segmental contacts h<1> which engage with the springs f connected to the different instruments.
Patent GB-190513419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Doors of Chambers Employed for Hardening Bricks and the like.
Inventor: HELME EDWARD TYAS
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 13,419. Helme, E. T. June 29. Bricks, harden ing. The doors M of the chambers A in which lime and like bricks are hard ened by steam are carried in separate frames attached by bolts or rivets C to the usual ring B round the chamber mouths. Such a frame consists oj two plates D, F semicircular at the bottom and rect angular at the top separated by a similar distance piece G, which closes in the space between them ex cept at the top. Apertures E, I in these plates are similar to but slightly larger than the chamber mouth, the edge of the opening I being turned inwards at J to form, with a ring L, a groove for the reception of the flanged end m, of the door M which is dished inwards. Screwed bolts X, attached to blocks W on the door, may be tightened up by wing-nuts O, acting on bridge-pieces R hinged to the plate F to hold the door in place. The top of the space between the plates D, F may be closed by a removable door or by a flat or dished door Z, hinged to the plate D and, like the door M, held in place before the steam pressure is put on by nuts 2, nuts 4, and bridge-pieces 3. The plates D, F may be strengthened by girders or angle-irons N, P, Q.
Patent GB-190517227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber Buffers.
Inventor: GRAY CHRISTIAN HAMILTON
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 17,227. Gray, C. H. Aug. 25. Springs.-The rubber blocks, plates, or disks used for buffers on railway-vehicle draw-bars and the like are provided with spaces C into which the substance of the rubber can flow on compression, thus avoiding excessive gripping of the draw-bar B, and the abrading action of the metal disks.
Patent GB-190518651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Root-pulpers.
Inventor: CREES EDWARD JAMES GORDON
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 18,651. Grees, E. J. G. Sept. 15. Cutting and slicing roots.-Knivesf are attached to two rollers e revolving towards each other in a box a with a hinged upper part g, sloping feed-board h, and conical lower part d. The box a is provided with legs b, through staples on which arms carrying wheels c are passed and secured by pins. Handles i are provided to wheel the apparatus along. The knives are made as shown in Fig. 2 by striking up and sharpening an arched projection in a steel plate which is attached to the roller by screws.
Patent GB-190525985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Acetylene Gas Lamps.
Filed: 1905-12-13
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 25,985. Hoddle, C., and Thorn & Hoddle Acetylene Co. Dec. 13. Acetylene.-In a portable acetylene lamp for use on tables, and for carriages, motor-cars, and other r o a d vehicles, and as a lantern or street lamp, the carbide is carried on a wire support c some distance above the open bottom of a bell-shaped casing b. The casing is adjusted vertically in the water container a by a rack q fixed on the outside of a tube f attached to the casing band carrying the burner p. Inside the tube is a purifier and drier d, through which the gas passes on its way to the burner. The tube passes loosely through the lid i of the container a, the lid being secured in place by lugs j which pass through notches in the flange l of the container and engage under inclined surfaces n. A pawl u keeps the casing b in any adjusted position. In starting, the container is three-quarters filled with water, the carbide casing inserted, and the cover tightened. The air within the casing prevents the water from reaching the carbide until the gas tap is turned to relieve the pressure. The contact of the water with the carbide is subsequently regulated by the pressure of the gas generated, so that gas is only formed as required for consumption.
Patent GB-190600028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Automatic Looms.
Inventor: JACKSON ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 28. Jackson, A. J. Jan. 1. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically ; weft, cutting.-In automatic copchanging looms of the type described in Specification No. 15,867, A.D. 1905, means are provided for retaining and disposing of the free lengths of weft from the cups in the magazine. When a cop a is placed in the magazine b, it is retained at the entrance by a spring or like catch c, and the free end of weft is doubled and laid between fingers e on a brush d or other material having a pile surface. The brush is adjustably carried upon a spindle d', and the requisite length of weft is drawn from the cop and measured by passing it between the fingers when these are laid upon a plate g. The doubled end of weft is held against the bristles of the brush by a spring-pressed plate f, and is laid across guide-rails b<1>, the free end being wound round a pin, or inserted between a band h on rollers h<1> and a band on a pulley i, which may be turned slightly to grip the weft by means of a central knob. The cop is then released from the catch c, and falls down the magazine. In a modified arrangement, the brush is inclined to the vertical and is secured to the back of the magazine. The bristles press against an arm secured to the magazine, and the weft is passed round this arm in contact with the bristles, over the guide-rail b<1>, and secured as described above. When a cop has been inserted in the shuttle, the loose length of weft is drawn out of the brush d, down the guide-rail b<1>, and by means of a guidebar b<2> is directed behind an inclined hook on the shuttle box as the shuttle is picked across the race. Means are described for putting tension on the weft to facilitate the threading of the shuttle, the said means comprising a hook, which is moved downwards by a system of pivoted levers when the lay beats up and engages and draws down the weft to put tension upon it. After the shed hasbeen changed, the end of weft is severed close to the selvedge by a reciprocating or pivoted knife actuated from any suitable part of the loom. The knife-edge may be formed on a bent lever, which is pivoted on the casing of the temple rollers and is provided with a tail-piece. As the lay beats up, an incline thereon acts upon the tail-piece and rocks the bent lever against the action of a spring, so that the knife severs the weft.
Patent GB-190605449-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for use after "Colotomy".
Inventor: BREWIS GEORGE
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 5449. Brewis, G. March 6. Collecting d i s - charges, appliances for.-An appliance for use after colotomy consists of a box or chamber a, having an aperture c at one end, encircled by a wide flange b, which presses against the body, and thus encloses the wound in the aperture. The other end of the chamber is closed by a removable cover a<1>, clamped in position by a screw a<5> passing through a nozzle a<4>, to which an enema can be attached for cleansing purposes. By removing this cover, the patient can adjust the appliance in position. A shoot a<6> serves to conduct the discharges to a bag attached to its rim. Two slightly modified forms are also described.
Patent GB-190609526-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Boot or Shoe.
Inventor: RYTKO VIKTOR
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 9526. Rytko, V. April 23. Insoles; sock.s; uppers; waterproofing.-An hygienic and waterproof boot is constructed with a mid-sole made up of a perforated layer a of leather, which is recessed on its underside and filled up with a thin sheet b of blotting-paper and wax. The latter is also covered with blotting- paper, and on this is placed a layer c of honeycomb. Another covering of blotting-paper is then applied, and, finally, the outsole d is attached. A known form of loose insole or sock h is used, consisting of a layer e of compressed ground cork impregnated with wax, several sheets f of blotting-paper, and some layers g of flannel or the like. If desired, a sheet of rubber may be placed under the insole at the heel. The leg of the boot may be lined with flannel.
Patent GB-190609779-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction or Arrangement of Oscillating Chair.
Filed: 1906-04-26
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 9779. Birch, Ltd., W., and Birch, W. April 26. Chairs.-An oscillating or swing chair is suspended within a rigid frame so that, when stationary, it has the appearance of an arm-chair formed as one piece only. The inner portion B, comprising a seat portion with loose squabs N, arm-rests J, and a hinged back M adjusted by a rod L and notches K, is suspended from the outer frame A by links C, pivoted at D, E. The oscillation is controlled by boards F hinged together at I, to the front and back of the seat at G, and to cross-pieces H of the frame A.
Patent GB-190610743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hook and Eye Dress Fastenings.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-05-08
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 10,743. Harrison, G., [Parker Manufacturing Co.]. May 8. Hooks and eyes.-The hook portion of a hook- and-eye fastening for garments consists of a base 1 with a tongue, preferably spring tempered, which is bent over to form a hook 6, its end resting normally in a depression 4 in a forward extension 3 of the plate. The eye portion 9 has a forward extension 10 with a perforation 11 which is engaged by the hook 6, when the two parts are pressed together. Further pressure releases the perforation 11, and, after a movement to one side, the eye portion can be withdrawn. The parts may be made of thin sheet metal with hardened edges, and are provided with perforated lugs 2 for attachment.
Patent GB-190619512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Supply of Hot Water.
Inventor: PRESTON JOHN ROGER
Filed: 1906-09-01
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 19,512. Preston, J. R. Sept. 1. Heating water.-In apparatus for the supply, in cottages or small houses, of hot water for domestic and other purposes, the usual cylinder &c. is replaced by the simple column of water b, which may open into a boiler a or may surround a stove pipe through which waste gases are passing. The cold supply, controlled by a ball cock, enters by the descending pipe p. The d r a w-off pipe is shown at c. The column may be widened out where desired. The pipe b may be circular or rectangular, and may be inclined so as to bring the upper part into or next the bathroom and thereby shorten the draw-off pipes. An overflow pipe d and a loose cover o are provided. Risk of explosion by freezing or furring is reduced to a minimum.
Patent GB-190620919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs and the like.
Inventor: ROYCE CHARLES WALTER
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 20,919. Royce, C. W. Sept. 20. Golf.-The face of a golf club is provided with a cover-plate 5 of celluloid, rubber, or other suitable material. Between this cover-plate and the face of the club are a number of balls 4 contained in suitable recesses 3, 6. The balls are preferably made by winding rubber bands over interspersed fibrous material, such as hair.
Patent GB-190622018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Illusory Stage Apparatus.
Inventor: FORD HUGH
Filed: 1906-10-05
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 22,018. Ford, H. Jan. 31, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Magic lanterns.-Relates to stage illusion apparatus for producing the effect of a motor-car race, so that the audience are given the idea that they are following the contestants in another vehicle. The motor-cars are mounted on concealed trucks, which are slowly drawn across the stage. A representation of a moving background is produced on a screen by a stereopticon M having a rotating disk 0, by means of which near objects are made to appear by the observer to move at a higher rate than distant ones, and, owing to the disk being placed non- parallel to the screen, objects appear to loom up and increase in size on approaching the observer.
Patent GB-190622464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refuse Receptacles applicable for Attachment to Electric Standards, Lamp-posts, and the like.
Inventor: BROWN EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 22,464. Brown, E. A. Oct. 11. Street orderlies.-A wirework or sheet-metal receptacle A for paper and other street refuse is attached to a lamp or similar post C, and has a hinged drop bottom so that it may be emptied without removal and without the necessity of lifting the refuse over the top. The bottom D, shown in underside view in Fig. 2, is hinged at d and is held up by a bar E, which engages under retaining-bars e. The receptacles are secured on one or more sides of the post by wires B.
Patent GB-190626251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Shooting Targets.
Inventor: CHAPMAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 26,251. Chapman, A. Nov. 20. Targets.-A gong or bell c behind a bull's-eye aperture b in a target a is made of thick flat bellmetal or the like of circular, bell-shaped, or other profile, in order to avoid breakage by pellets or bullets from air guns &c. It is suspended parallel to the target-plate by inclined catguts or cords d, e.
Patent GB-190627538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Rifle, Gunnery and like Practice
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-12-04
Abstract: 27,538. Mitchell, F. Dec. 4. Rifle and gunnery practice, teaching.- Relates to apparatus of the sub-target type. Two movable members, which serve to connect the gun and indicating - mechanism with some stationary part at the firing-point, are so arranged that a line joining two given points, one on each of the members, is always in line with a point on the target to be aimed at The gun is connected by a universal joint to one member, and the marker and sub-target of the indicating-mechanism are carried one by the gun and one by the second connecting-member. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the connecting- members are cords E, E passing over pulleys C; C<1>, and the rod F is constrained by them to always point at the targets. The gun J is connected by a universal joint at H to the rod F, the end F<1> of which serves as a marker for the sub-target K on the gun, the rod being driven forward by the striker of the gun. The axles B of the pulleys C, C' point to the target, and the diameters of the pulleys are such that lines joining corresponding points on their circumferences also point to the target. The lengths of the cords E, E are thus always adjusted so as to keep the rod F pointing to the target, however the gun J and pivot H are moved in the act of aiming. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which the gun J rests in a clip J' supported by one pair of cords E, and the magnifying marker F<2> is carried by the other pair of cords E, the sub-target K being mounted on the gun. Modifications of the pulley arrangements are described. Fig. 10 shows a substitute for the pulleys consisting of connected pivoted levers P, P', the ratio of the arms being adjusted so that a change in the length of one pair of cords E produces the required change in the length of the other pair. In another modification, the connecting-members are in the form of rigid levers. Electric indicators, such as described in Specification No. 9977, A.D. 1906, may be employed. Means are provided for indicating excessive movements of the gun.
Patent GB-190701865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal Driving and like Belts.
Inventor: ELOESSER CARL
Filed: 1907-01-24
Granted: 1908-02-24
Abstract: 1865. Eloesser, C. Jan. 24. Drawings to Specification. Belts and bands.-A metal belt for use in gearing, hoists, transporters, &c., is so constructed that the thickness, or the diameter if a wire of circular section, bears such a relation to the diameter of the smallest pulley round which the belt wraps as to be adapted to transmit continuously, without fracture, the maximum power per unit width of belt. For a flat band of which one surface only is required to wrap curved surfaces, the ratio of the belt thickness to the diameter of the smallest pulley is approximately equal to one-fourth the ratio of the breaking stress of the material, at the weakest section, to the modulus of elasticity, and is approximately one-sixth this ratio wbere both surfaces of the band are required to wrap curved surfaces.
Patent GB-190705513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Relays or Cut-outs for use in Electric Circuits.
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 5513. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Bolton, R. A. R. March 7. Electro - magnets. -In an electromagnetic reversecurrent relay, the magnet is of the general form shown, wherein the ordinary horseshoe magnet a has an additional member e. The limbs a, e are provided with a series winding B and shunt winding e<1>, respectively, so that normally the magnetic effects are supplementary. On re versal of the current in the series winding, the flux due to it opposes that generated by the shunt coil e<1>, and is driven across the air gap n, s, operating the iron armature b, and hence tripping the circuit-breaker. In the form shown, the yoke is hung around the terminal bolt of the circuit-breaker. By restricting the section of iron in it, the device may act as an overload relay also. According to the Provisional Specification, the bar e may be dispensed with to form an overload relay only, or the bar e may be a permanent magnet with or without the shunt winding.
Patent GB-190706607-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Reducing the Journal Friction of Locomotives and other Railway Rolling Stock or other Wheeled Vehicles.
Inventor: RICHARDS RALPH CONRAD
Filed: 1907-10-18
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 6607. Richards, R. C. Oct. 18. Axles axle-trucks or undercarriages.-In railway or other wheeled vehicles &c., the axle friction is reduced by means of electro-magnets which tend to counteract the action of gravity. Fig. 1 shows the axle 1 of a railway vehicle on which is mounted near the face of each wheel 2 an armature 3, separated by a small air-gap from the poles 5 of an electro-magnet, which is energized by means of coils 6. The armature 3 consists of a number of alternate iron and non-conducting disks or segments held out of contact with the axle by end plates 7 and insulated bolts 9 The magnets are fixed on or formed with a bar 4, the ends of which skirt the wheels 2 and are attached to the axle-boxes. Fig. 5 shows an axle-box designed to take up wear of the brasses in order to maintain a constant distance between the armatures and the magnets. The brasses 18 are adjustable by means of screws 23 and wedges 19 bearing against wedgeshaped flanges on two side frames 16, Fig. 7, each frame having a flange 17 which is inserted and bolted between flanges on the upper and lower parts 13, 14 of the axle-box 11. Proper adjustment is indicated by the relative positions of two studs 21, 22 fixed on the journal 20 and the casing 13. If it is desired to utilize the power of magnetic repulsion instead of magnetic attraction, the magnets are placed above instead of below the axle, and the axle or an attachment thereon is magnetized to produce repulsive force. The bar 4 may be dispensed with and magnets mounted on the axle-box. The invention may be applied to wheels revolving on fixed axles, in which case the armature is mounted in the hub and the magnet is carried by the axle. An armature and magnet may be placed at each side of a wheel. To vary the electro-magnetic power according to the load in the vehicle, a number of resistances in series with the coils of the magnets may be introduced into the circuit by sliding contact-pieces carried by the axle-boxes or by the body of the vehicle, and operating by the depression of the vehicle under the load.
Patent GB-190706722-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Body Colours.
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 6722. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, &. Br³ning. June 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lakes are prepared by the usual methods from the dye-stuffs obtained by combining diazotized o- or p.nitraniline with 2-naphthol-6-sulphonic acid; either the prepared dye-stuff is used, or the preparation of the dye-stuff and the lake takes place in one operation.