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Patent GB-190405930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Racks for Coats, Hats, Umbrellas and Canes.
Inventor: GARLAND CHARLES FREEMAN
Filed: 1904-03-10
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5930. Garland, C. F. March 10. "Caretakers" for property left temporarily.- Relates to a safety rack for coats, hats, umbrellas, and canes, for use in barbers' shops, hotels, cafÚs, and the like. The frame 1, Fig. 2, is made in the shape of an animal, the teeth in the lower jaw 2 forming pegs upon which a coat may be hung. The roof 6 of the pivoted upper jaw 4 secures the coat against removal when the jaw is closed down upon the lower jaw, the sides of the upper jaw overlapping the lower jaw. The hat is placed on a peg projecting from the body of the animal, and a pivoted paw may be closed down upon the hat to secure it. The upper jaw has an extension 10 upon which acts a spring 12 normally to keep the jaws open. A similar arrangement keeps the pivoted paw raised. For holding canes or umbrellas, a stationary paw 13 is provided with two stationary claws 14, Fig 8, and two movable claws 15 which are normally held away from the stationary claws by springs 18. The movable claws have projections to which are connected a flexible band 49 passing loosely through an eyepiece in the end of a steel or other tape 28. Similar tapes are connected to the extensions of the movable paw and upper jaw, the ends of the tapes being secured to a stepped roller 22, Fig. 4, journalled in brackets in the upper part of the animal's head so that when the roller is turned the jaws and claws close and the movable paw descends. A spring adjusting-device 29, Figs. 2 and 10, is inserted somewhere in the length of each tape. The roller can only be operated by a special key 19, Fig. 4, which fits over a projection 35 on the squared end of the spindle. This key also has a projection 37 which engages with a lug 36 on the framing, so that the key can only be removed when the various parts have been brought into the locked position. A detent 39, Fig. 2, engages with a ratchet-wheel 38 on the end of the roller, the teeth of the ratchet overhanging slightly so that the detent cannot be released until the roller has been turned slightly forwards. The detent is then released by depressing a pin 41, projecting from the animal's head, which acts on a bent lever 40. The pin 41 is normally held clear of the lever by a spring. Coin action.- In another arrangement, the pin 41, Fig. 9, is too short to reach the lever 43 which releases the detent, and this is only released upon depressing the pin after a coin has been inserted in the shoot 45. The coin is held in place below the pin by wings 46 on the lever and a stationary stop 47 on the frame. An arm 48 depending from the pin prevents the coin from rolling off the lever until the pin is released. A bracket may be provided on the frame with holes through which the cane and umbrella pass.
Patent GB-190408944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filter Beds for Sewage.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 8944. Adams, M. J. April 19. Sewage, treating; filtering. - Transverse partitions C, D, &c. are placed in a filter bed to preventthe medium from being washed away. Sewage is supplied to the bed by means of a tipping trough or bucket B. The Provisional Specification states that partitions may be used in beds on to which the sewage is distributed by a flushing-tank or other means.
Patent GB-190410591-A (GB)
Title: A Mixture for the Production of a Beverage.
Inventor: BRIGHT GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 10,591. Bright, G. May 9. Cocoa.-Food - stuffs and stimulants used in making beverages, such as cocoa, which have a constipating action, are mixed with a laxative such as cascara sagrada. A tasteless laxative such as tasteless extract of cascara sagrada is preferably used.
Patent GB-190411233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters for Three-phase Alternating Electric Circuits.
Filed: 1904-05-16
Granted: 1905-05-16
Abstract: 11,233. Union Elektricitõts - Ges. May 15, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Energy meters for a three-phase alternating- current system with non-inductive loads connected between the three mains A, B, C and a " neutral " conductor D. Two meter systems are used together. The first has current coils in the mains B, C, and a pressure coil connected between these mains, so that the product of the pressure by the difference of the currents is measured. The second has a current coil in the third main A, and a pressure coil between this main and the neutral conductor D, to measure the product of the current by the pressure ; this product multiplied by a constant, and added to the product measured by the first meter, measures the energy supplied. The two meters may be of such relative sensitiveness that their readings may be added directly, or they may be combined ; an induction meter, for example, may have two field systems acting on a single armature. If there is no load between the third main A and the neutral conductor, the second meter system may be dispensed with. Instead of using pressures derived directly from the mains and neutral conductor as described, other equivalent pressures, obtained by means for properly adjusting their phases, may be used. Specification No. 21,354, A.D. 1891, is referred to.
Patent GB-190411917-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Obtaining Producer-gas and Electrical Energy from Peat.
Inventor: WARBURTON FREDERICK TYNTE
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 11,917. Warburton, F. T. May 25. Gas manufacture, materials for.-Peat in a dried or compressed state, is used instead of coal in the manufacture of producer gas which is used in a gas engine to generate electrical energy.
Patent GB-190412496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-operated Vending Machines.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES AUBREY
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 12,496. Day, C. A., [Vending Machine Co.]. June 2. Coins, separating. -For coin - freed apparatus, the coins are led to a shoot G by a runway F, which is slightly tilted, and is divided into two tracks by an incomplete partition m with bevelled front edge,so that 5-cent pieces travel by the main track but 1-cent pieces are switched to a pocket o. If a a slide (not shown) is held by a key, the cent will drop down a shoot H. If, by the withdrawal of the key, the slide is left free to be pushed by a lever which is pulled by a spring, then a 1-cent piece will be nipped in the pocket and a second piece will pass over it to the mechanism which will operate the lever so as to let the first coin drop down the shoot H.
Patent GB-190412753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Brake Apparatus for Railway and like Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 12,753. Westinghouse Brake Co., and Cloud, J. W. June 6. Brakes.-In an arrangement for operating either compressed-air or vacuum brakes, an air pump 1 is connected by pipes and cocks with reservoirs 3,4 for compressed-air and vacuum respectively. The suction pipe 7 can be connected by cocks 16, 13 with either the reservoir 4 or the atmosphere, and the delivery pipe 12 can be connected by the cock 13 either with the atmosphere or with the reservoir 3 according as vacuum or pressure is required. A single reservoir may be used. Suitable means are provided for the regulation of the electric or other motor, driving the pump, in accordance with the degree of pressure or vacuum in the reservoirs, and, in the case of an electric motor, for modifying the amount of current supplied to the motor according to the power required.
Patent GB-190413977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Valve Gear of Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: MUMFORD ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,977. Mumford, A. G., and Anthony, A. June 20. Valve gear.-In a combined fluid-actuated and mechanical valve gear for direct-acting engines, a piston F, driven from the main piston-rod by the head k, moves the valve E by a forked piece H, having lost motion between the prongs and lugs, on the valve. Within the piston F are L-shaped ports for putting the cylinder ends G in communication with the steam, and with the exhaust through passages a<2>, a<3>.
Patent GB-190417759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Tyres.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-08-16
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 17,759. Boult, A. J., [Lutz, H.]. Aug. 16. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-A resilient tyre, which may be tightened or slackened according to the weight of the vehicle for which it is used, consists of a thin looselymounted metal band D having wedge-shaped projections a, two corrugated leather or like bands E having rubber or other elastic pads d in their outer corrugations, a band F of leather or the like, another pair of corrugated bands G with rubber pads g, and a leather or other suitable cover H. The cover is fixed on the wheel by bolts passing through the metal bands K, and a tread of one or two bands of leather or like material is fastened to the cover H and the pair of corrugated bands G by series of rivets i or by other means. The two pairs of corrugated bands and the central band F are fastened by similar means h<1>. An arrangement for tightening the tyre consists of one or more pairs of plates L with projections O which pass through holes in the metal band D. The plates L are provided with square holes through which pass bolts n, so that rotation of the bolts turns the plates and projections o, and thereby moves the wedge-shaped projections a on the band D under the bands E to expand and tighten the tyre.
Patent GB-190423292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Colouring of Stone
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,292. Lake, H. H., [Chemisch-Technische Fabrik Dr. A. R. W. Brand & Co.]. Oct. 28. Stone, colouring.-Marbling is produced in atone by first soaking the stone in an ammoniacal metallic-salt solution, drying at about 80‹ C., and then treating with a solution of an alkali salt which will interact with that previously used. As an example, ammoniacal copper chloride and potassium chromate are mentioned, but any metallic salt, other than a sulphate or oxalate, may be used for the preliminary treatment, and the alkali salts of phosphoric, chromic, cyanic, or antimonic acids, or potassium ferrocyanide or ferricyanide for the subsequent treatment. The ammoniacal metallic-salt solution should have a greater concentration than the other as it is intended to penetrate more deeply, and the soaking process may be facilitated by the use of a vacuum and pressure. Stone which does not present a completely - homogeneous structure should be employed.
Patent GB-190503221-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Practising Golf Putting.
Inventor: CROWLEY JOHN SIDNEY
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 3221. Crowley, J. S. Feb. 16. Golf.-A device for practising putting consists of a piece of sheet metal bent to form a stand a, Fig. 1, which has a hole 1 in its top surface. One of the sides of the stand is turned upwards to form a groove 2 to receive the flange 3 of an incline b. It is also adapted to receive the flange 4 of a perforated plate c used for varying the size of the hole. In a modification, the stand and incline are formed in one piece. The device may also be made in one piece of wood &c., but without the groove 2. The flange 4 is also dispensed with, and, instead, the plates c are perforated and placed over studs on the top of the stand a ; or, they may be merely placed in a recess in the stand. They. may also be slid into guideways formed in the stand. In either of the constructions, one or more inclines b may be used.
Patent GB-190504000-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shield for Corns or Bunions.
Inventor: GEORGE ISAAC ANDREW
Filed: 1905-02-25
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 4000. George, I. A. Feb. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Corns, bunions, and the like, treatment of. -A protector for corns is constructed of some thin rigid material such as aluminium, and is provided with a central raised portion 2, Fig. 1, a bearing-surface 3 shaped to fit the toe, an upturned flange 4, and a front portion 5 to bear on the nail to give additional support. A bunion protector, Fig. 6, is of somewhat similar construction, but is provided with a supporting.portion 3 which passes underneath the foot. The protectors, being shaped to the toes, do not require any fastening.
Patent GB-190507145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pegging Machines and other Machines for Inserting Fasteners in Boots or Shoes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 7145. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. April 4. Pegging &c.-Relates to pegging-machines and other machines for inserting fasteners in boots and shoes, the invention being described as applied to a machine which is substantially similar to that described in Specification No. 9828, A.D. 1897. In the present machine, however, a positioning- gauge for the shoe upper is arranged to travel with the born, to throw the work forward into the proper position for the pegging operation, and the invention consists in providing adjusting. devices for this gauge. The latter consists of a roll e mounted on a slide f mounted in a vertical slide g<2>, which is connected by a rod g<3> and an arm g<7> to the horn a. The gauge therefore rises and falls with the horn, and, in order that it may be moved out of the way when a shoe is being placed in the machine, the slide f carries a projection f<2>, which engages a cam-slot h<2> cut in a plate h fixed to a plate k on the head of the machine. The devices for initially adjusting the gauge to correspond for an adjustment of the horn to suit a different class of work, consist of a screw and slot connexion e<3>, e<4>, between the shank e<2> carrying the roll e and the slide f, and similar connexions between the plates h, k. The gauge may also be adjusted vertically with relation to the horn by means of the clamping-ears g<5>, by which the rod g<3> is connected to the slide g<2>.
Patent GB-190508658-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Two-speed Driving Gear for Cycles.
Inventor: DIDIERJEAN NICOLAS ALEXIS
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 8658. Didierjean, N. A. April 22, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed gearing.-In variable-speed driving-mechanism for bicycles &c., two pawl-andratchet-driven chain-wheels on the crank axle are connected by a single chain with a double wheel or two wheels on the driving-wheel hub, so that different speeds are obtained according as the rider pedals forward or backward. Loose wheels 4, 5 with ratchets 6, 7 are driven by oppositely-directed pawls 9 upon a shoulder 3 of a sleeve 2, the chain passing from the upper part of the wheel 5 to one side of the double wheel 11, round the wheel 4, back to the other side of the double wheel, and then to the lower part of the wheel 5.
Patent GB-190512715-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Hermetically Closing or Sealing Jars and other Vessels.
Inventor: STAUNTON GRAY
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 12,715. Staunton, G. June 20. Stoppers. - Relates to valves for hermetically closing the lids or stoppers of bottles, jars, &c., which are formed with vent holes. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a jar 1 provided with a flared mouth 2, into which fits the tapered glass lid 3 provided with a washer 6. An opening 7 in the lid 3 is formed with a vent hole 8, into which fits the stem 9<a> of a rubber valve 9<1> adapted to be seated by air pressure on the conical bottom of the chamber 7. To allow air to be pumped from the vessel by means of a pump 11, the stem 9<a> of the valve is narrower than the aperture 8, and, in order to prevent displacement of the valve when once forced into position, the stem is provided with cruciform arms 9<b>, which are compressed in order to place the valve in position. As shown in Fig. 5, the arms 9<b> are dispensed with, and the valve is retained in position by means of studs 7" which project from the top edge of the chamber 7. The chamber 7 may be covered by a seal consisting of a disk of paper, wax, &c., and the lid 3 may be provided with an auxiliary retainer 10. The vessel is opened by breaking the seal, and then raising the valve from its seat by means of a sharp instrument. The valve can be used several times. In a further modification, Fig. 2, the vessel la is provided with a flat top 1<b>, and a rubber gasket 5<1> is inserted between the vessel and the closure. The closure is provided with a flexible flap valve 9<c>, which is formed with an extension 9el cemented to the bottom of the chamber 7<a>.
Patent GB-190514808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephones.
Inventor: SINE WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 14,808. Sine, W. R., and Rosenthal, J. S. July 18. Moulding telephone shells.-The casings or shells of telephones are composed of a fabric saturated and filled with a hard-rubber compound and provided with an outer covering of hard rubber. Blanks of the prepared fabric, of the form shown in Fig. 1, are folded lengthways round the mandrel 2, Fig. 2, and secured in place by winding around it a tape, likewise saturated with a rubber compound. The mandrel is placed in the mould 4, and the hard-rubber compound is applied to envelop the mandrel. The blank is provided with a perforation 1 to fit the stem 2 of the mandrel, which stem fits into a seat in the mould.
Patent GB-190516644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Laces and to Tags for the same.
Inventor: SUNDERLAND DANIEL GEORGE
Filed: 1905-08-16
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 16,644. Sunderland, D. G. Dec. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Laces are provided with tags made from paper or fibrous material 4, the paper being coated with a layer of cement, wound round the condensed end 2 of the lace, and finally compressed in a die, giving a rounded end to the tag.
Patent GB-190521347-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of Forms from Silicon Carbide.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 21,347. Bloxam, A. G., [Siemens & Co., Geb.]. Oct. 20. Refractory substances.-In order to obtain bodies of high density and great hardness which are good conductors of electricity and resist high temperatures and chemical reagents, silicon carbide is mixed intimately with silicon and the mass is moulded to the desired form, say a rod or tube. An agglutinant may be added, preferably a volatile one such as glycerine, or one that will carbonize on heating. In some cases clay or boric acid may be used. In the case of boric acid, it may be dissolved in glycerine. When glycerine is used, the mass is plastic and can be readily fashioned or squirted. The mass is then strongly heated, say in an electric furnace, in an indifferent atmosphere. Similar bodies are obtained by mixing carbon with excess of silicon and treating as above.
Patent GB-190521636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Rifles and other Small Arms.
Inventor: DEMAY JULES MARIE
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 21,636. Demay, J. M., Ferreol, B., and Murigneux, J. M. Sept. 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to improvements in rifles, particularly small - bore rifles for miniature ammunition. The front end of the bolt b is closed by a screwed plug g, having an orifice for the firing-pin f provided with a projection fitting into a recess of the plug. The hammer d is thrown forward to strike the firing-pin by a spring h bearing at its rear end against a collar i fixed in the bolt by a slot and screw. The cocking-piece l, Fig. 6, is carried on a sleeve o fixed to the hammer by a screw pin p. The hammer is cocked, when the bolt is turned, by the part s of the cocking-piece engaging the camslot of the bolt b. The sear m and trigger n are carried on the end of a spring g. The extractor, shown separately in Fig. 11, consists of a rod w having a semicircular extractor y at its front end and connected to the bolt b by fitting a projection v into a transverse slot in the bolt. Normally, the complete withdrawal of the bolt and extractor is prevented by a stop z, which can be drawn aside against the action of the spring 2 by the thumbpiece 3. Trigger - guards. - The trigger-guard plate is attached by a fork 6 at its forward end fitting over a pin 7, and a screw 8 at its rear end.
Patent GB-190524332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metal Lockers.
Inventor: MERRITT JAMES SMITH
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 24,332. Lake, H. H., [Merritt, J. S.]. Nov. 24. Cupboards. -Metal lockers, to be shipped in unassembled parts and erected in situ, are made of a series of parts of identical construction. The side panels are of expanded metal b secured in frames a of angle or other section, the front members of which may be extended to form feet. The bottom panels, of similar construction, are secured to supports d attached to the lower irons a<2> of the side panels. Feet fare secured to supports e also attached to the irons a<2>. Angle-irons g form the door sills. The backs may be covered by sheet or expanded metal i and flat bars j. The tops o of adjacent lockers are bent at the edges and fit into grooves on the top angle-irons which may be in the form of strips n, Fig. 17, and the front and back edges may be bent over the front top bar and back wall respectively, the joints being covered at the front by metal strips. At the outer sides of the last lockers in the row, the supports d, e and the grooves n may be single. Longitudinal angle-irons of the required length extend across. the series of lockers at the front and back upper corners and the back lower corner, and the vertical corners may be similarly secured. One or more shelves may be suspended in each locker on strips carried by the side frames.
Patent GB-190525551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Guards of Sporting Guns and Rifles.
Inventor: GREENER FRED
Filed: 1905-12-08
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 25,551. Greener, F. Dec. 8. Protecting from heat of barrel.-The hand-guards of sporting guns are provided with two horns or projections A, such as are shown in side elevation in Fig. 1, which form a rough sight or guide.
Patent GB-190526078-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Means to Prevent the Penetration of Dust to the Interior of Automobiles.
Inventor: SPYKER JACOBUS
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 26,078. Spyker, J. Dec. 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Motor road vehicles.-Relates to apparatus for preventing the dust raised by the vehicle from penetrating into the interior of automobiles, and consists in an arrangement of pipes and nozzles adapted to create air currents opposite to the eddies of air and dust formed by the displacement of the car. One or several pipes with trumpetshaped openings a are arranged at the front of the car, and the air is conducted to the nozzles c, d situated at those parts where the dust has a tendency to enter the carriage. A fan f may be substituted for the trumpet-shaped pipes a. - [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 24,633, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190600444-A (GB)
Title: Candle Holder for Fishing Vessels & the like.
Inventor: WISE GEORGE SAVILE
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 444. Wise, G. S. Jan. 8. Candlesticks or candle holders, such as are used on fishing vessels, are made with two tubular candle sockets A, D, at right-angles to each other, a spike or screw C forming a continuation of one of them A for securiog horizontally or vertically in any wooden object.