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Patent GB-190308273-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Weighing or Measuring and Recording Machine, applicable for Ore, Coal, Grain, and any other similar Substances or Materials.
Inventor: FARRAR EDWARD
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 8273. Farrar, E., and Adams, S. R. April 9. Automatic-feed weighers.-Relates to an automatic weighing or measuring and registering or recording machine for delivering weighed quantities of ore, coal, grain, or other fragmentary or granular material supplied continuously or intermittently to it. The hopper 1, Fig. 1, in which the material is weighed, is divided by a transverse partition into two equal chambers 2, 3 having bottoms sloping downwards to hinged doors 5,6. The hopper oscillates on a pivot shaft 11, to which it is connected by side arms 9, and delivers the weighed material into a shoot 16 attached to the side supporting - beams 15. The beams 15 support also cushioned stops or beams 29 which limit the motion of the hopper. The doors 5, 6 are released and held closed at the proper times by means of rollers 24, 25 on cross-shafts supported by the beams 15. The arrangement which holds the hopper 1 in one of its positions of rest until the raised chamber has received a predetermined weight of material is shown in Fig. 3, a similar arrangement being also provided at the other side of the hopper. A post 32, attached by a central bracket 31 to the beam 29 is fitted with a tubular slide 39 which carries at its upper end the pivot 43 of two side levers 44. The weights 57, Fig. 1, which determine the weight unit of material delivered at each movement of the hopper, are attached by cords 55, Fig. 3, passing over pulleys 59 on the slide 39 to the levers 44. An adjustable catch 63 on the hopper 1 is retained under a connecting-bolt 46 at the under end of the levers 44 until the weight in the upper chamber of the hopper is sufficient to raise the slide and weights 57. The bolt 56 then takes up the position 67 and releases the catch 63. The movement of the slide is limited by a key 42 attached to it and working in a vertical slot in the post 32. A set-screw 49 in a bracket on the slide bears against a pin 53 connecting the levers 44 in order to limit their angular movement. The oscillations of the hopper are registered by any suitable recording-apparatus 65, Fig. 1, actuated from one of the arms 9 by levers 66. The material may be supplied from a shoot or conveyer and be delivered on to a conveyer or into trucks &c. The chambers 2, 3 may otherwise deliver the material into separate shoots.
Patent GB-190313016-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knapsack or Knapsack-cover; adapted also for use in Affording Shelter.
Inventor: JACOBS JOHAN RUDOLF
Filed: 1903-06-10
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 13,016. Jacobs, J. R. June 10. Knapsacks.- One or more of the waterproof knapsacks or knapsack covers a are adapted to form a tent. Tying-cords are passed through the eyelets a<1>. The tops of the telescopic poles bare secured by nuts in the corner holes b<1>. The knapsack or cover is fastened by straps a<2> and buckles a<4>, and the usual military canteen is secured by the strap a<3> and buckle a<5>. Shoulder straps are passed through the loops a<6>. Strips a' may be provided to prevent water from leaking through the eyelets a<1>.
Patent GB-190314662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Linotype Machines.
Inventor: DODGE PHILIP TELL
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,662. Dodge, P. T. Jan. 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Linotype machines. -Relates to machines having two or more magazines containing different founts o r sizes &c. of matrices, and i s described as applied to the Mergenthaler machine (Specification No. 14,582, A.D. 1890). Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing three stationary magazines A, B, C, of usual form, and usual distributing - mechanism consisting of the bar E and screws F, The matrices are conducted from the distributor to the magazine in use by a guide G divided into compartments corresponding to those of the magazines. The guide G is pivoted at H so that its lower end may be moved into register with the upper end of any one of the magazines A, B, C.
Patent GB-190315512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weft Replenishing Mechanism for Looms
Inventor: THISSELL EARL AMRI
Filed: 1903-07-13
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 15,512. Thissell, E. A. July 13. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism; shuttle boxes. -Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 15,446, A.D. 1901. The magazine F is connected at the upper end by links f to the arch a and, at the lower end, is pivoted to the lay. The rotary shuttle changer M, described in the prior Specification, is used, each compartment of the same in turn forming, with the spring binder j, the shuttle box of the loom. The shuttle changer is of the form shown in section in Fig. 3, and is partially rotated for changing the shuttle by a spring pawl p carried by a lever P and engaging with one of the angles of the changer. The free end of the lever P is connected by a link Q to a lever R, which falls by its own weight and is raised by a cam Y. When the lever R has been raised and the changer turned, the free end of the lever is held in the raised position bya latch lever T connected with the weft-fork slide. When the weft fails, the lever R is released and falls, bringing the spring pawl P into its lowest position so that it can engage with an angle of the changer, when the lever R is immediately raised by the cam Y to rotate the changer, the lever being again held in its raised position by the latch lever. In order to prevent the parts from being broken, when some obstruction prevents the rotation of the changer M, the cam Y, Fig. 11, is loose and is driven by reason of a spring lever Z<1>, carried by a hub on the shaft, engaging with the inner face of a flange on the cam. The parts y', y<2> of the cam flange are circular, and the parts y<3>, y<4> are straight, and on all these parts of the flange the end of the lever Z<1> can readily slip. Between the parts y<2>, y<3>, however, there is an inclined portion y<5>, between which and the end Z<3> of the lever Z<1>, the friction is greater than elsewhere and is sufficient under ordinary circumstances to drive the cam. If, however, there is an extraordinary resistance to the rotation of the cam, the spring lever will slip from the surface and the cam remain stationary.
Patent GB-190320575-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Binding together Sheets of Music and the like.
Inventor: MALLETT EMMA
Filed: 1903-09-24
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,575. Mallett, E. Sept. 24. Filing papers. - Music and other sheets are secured between two strips of aluminium, steel, celluloid, or vulcanite by means of split pins which pass through perforations in the strips and sheets. The pins c, Fig. 1, may be fixed to the front strip a, or punched out of the metal forming the strip ; the perforations in the back strip a', Fig. 2, may be recessed at d to receive the bent-over ends of the pins.
Patent GB-190321196-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clip for Kit and like Bags.
Inventor: POTTER CECIL FANCOURT
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 21,196. Potter, C. F. Oct. 2. Fastenings. - A clip fastening for kit and similar frame bags consists of a clip A, Figs. 2 and 4, provided with a cross-bar c which slides in the frame D, and forms a fulcrum about which the clip rotates when the bag is to be unfastened. The clip is shown in Fig. 2 in position for the bag to be unfastened. By turning the clip down with the bar c in the position shown in Fig. 2, the bag is prevented from opening, but by sliding the clip along until the bar c reaches the opposite end of the slot g, the two parts of the frame are drawn together by the undercut recess j in the clip engaging a projection h on the frame. To prevent accidental unfastening of the clip, a pin k on the clip is arranged to enter a recess k<1> in the frame, or the positions of the pin and recess may be reversed. A spring f presses upon the bar c in all its positions.
Patent GB-190326430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Anti-vibrators for Incandescent Gas Lights.
Inventor: BEAL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 26,430. Beal, W. Dec. 3. Incandescent gas lamps.-The mantle support is mounted on a coiled or other spring, in order to prevent the transmission of vibrations to the mantle. In one form, a casing 11, Fig. 1, carrying the mantle support 7 and provided with gauzecovered gas outlets 15 and preferably with a central guiding-rod 9, surrounds the burner, and is mounted on a spring 3. In a second form, the casing 11, Fig. 5, is slidably mounted on the mixing tube 1, and an additional coiled spring 21, slidably fitted on the tube 1, may also be employed for steadying the casing 11, a wire-gauze disc 22 being preferably fitted in the casing to prevent lighting back. In a third form, the support 7 is carried by, or formed in one with, a spring piston 29, Fig. 9, working within a cylinder within the burner. An annular base-piece 18, Figs. 1 and 5, is provided with fixed clips 19 and, sometimes, with movable clips 33, for engaging the lower coils of the spring 3, so that the spring 3 may be lengthened or shortened by turning the piece 18. The Provisional Specification also states that (1) the mantle support may be made in one with a spring, or of two parts with an interposed coiled spring, (2) the mantle may be suspended, especially in street lamps, by a platinum &c. thread from a spring, and (3) the upper part of the burner may be mounted on a disc or washer connected by bent springs to an adjustable collar on the air-inlet portion of the burner, the collar being, if desired, screwed on the air-regulating sleeve.
Patent GB-190400287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tooth Brushes and other Brushware more particularly Nail and Small Brushes.
Inventor: CREASE HERBERT EDWIN
Filed: 1904-01-05
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 287. Crease, H. E. Jan. 5. Tooth and nail brushes; sheaths or cases for ; handles.-Tooth brushes, nail brushes, and like small brushes are made so that a stock B, to which . the bristles are fixed, can be folded about a hinge or loose rivet C, into a case D, the bottom E of which is tempered near the hinge &c. C, to form a spring F, which holds the stock B rigid when opened out as shown. Ventilation holes G are provided in the case D, which may be closed by a cover if desired. The invention can be applied to nearly every kind of brushware.
Patent GB-190410505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reversing Gear for Engine Shafting.
Inventor: BARKHAM KARL
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,505. Barkham, K. May 7. Driving-gear for screw propellers. - Relates to reversing-gear, applicable especially to screwpropeller shafting. Upon the driving- shaft A, Fig. 2, is secured a coned wheel C, to which is secured a second coned wheel E. Upon the driven propeller shaft B slides a sleeve F, which is prevented from turning by the fixed piece H and carries radial arms G upon which turn bevel-wheels J. Secured to the shaft B and loose on the sleeve F, respectively, are coned wheels D, K, upon which bevel-wheels N, M are secured, the bevel-wheels J, M being always in gear. For forward driving, the lever L, Figs. 1 and 2, engaging with the collar P, is pressed over and moves the shaft B through the sleeve F until the cones C, D engage. For reversal, the shaft is moved in the other direction, carrying the sleeve F with it, against the action of the spring S, until the cones E, K engage. On again reversing the lever L, the pivoted pawl T engages the collar U on the sleeve F and separates the cones E, K, the pawl riding up the projection W and liberating the sleeve F when the lever is brought farther over for forward drive.
Patent GB-190411705-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Thawing or Raising the Temperature of Frozen Food Stuffs.
Inventor: LEHMANN ADOLPH JULIUS
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 11,705. Lehmann, A. J. May 21. Preserving meat &c.-Refrigerated meat and food-stuffs are thawed by being subjected to a whirling current of comparatively warm air. The meat is placed in the chamber shown in sectional elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2, to which air is supplied at different levels by sets of conduits a, a<1>, a'. The conduits, which are connected with a chamber b open to the atmosphere, are curved in a spiral direction. The warm air together with the moisture from the meat is carried off by perforated. conduits c which are connected to a main discharge conduit d. The air may be circulated by means of an extracting-fan e or by means of a blower f connected with the chamber b. The conduit d may be placed on the floor of the chamber, as shown by the dotted lines, instead of beneath it. The air may be supplied to the chamber in the above manner by means of conduits formed in the sides of the chamber. In large chambers, several sets of air distributing and directing circuits may be employed.
Patent GB-190415333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Stop-motions for Looms for Weaving.
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 15,333. Scholfield, Preston, & Co., and Preston, A. July 9. Loom stop-motions for use in weaving headings or definite lengths of cloth. A cam or disc 12, Fig. 1, having a hollow rim 13, Figs. 1 and 2, is driven from a pinion 7 on the arbor 5 of the sand or measuring roller 6 by means of change gearing 10,8, &c. The cam periphery or rim is provided with open radial slots &c. 14, 15, 16 formed by inclined teeth projections 17, 18, 19. When commencing a new piece, the cam 12 is turned round until a feeler 20, fitting through a slot in a U-shaped bracket 4 bolted to the bracket plate 3 oa the loom frame, enters the slot 16. It is then held up by pushing a nose or weighted catch 29, pivoted to an eye-bolt 28 on the bracket 4, under a notch 27 on the feeler. During the weaving, the feeler 20 mounts the incline 17, rising high enough to become liberated from the catch 29. It then travels around the periphery of the cam, and on completion of the piece falls down the slot 14, allowing a lever 24, connected by a chain 23 and angular piece 22 &c. thereto, to fall on the weft fork 25 and stop the loom. Or, in the case where the apparatus is at the other side of the loom, the chain 23 supports the cranked end of a rod swivelling in bearings and having an arm at the other end projecting over the weft fork. The successive projections 18, 19, &c. are used for weaving headings. A spring 33 keeps the gear 11 away from the gear 8, and a blade spring 30 keeps the feeler 20 in place, but allows it to be pushed out of the slot in the bracket by the teeth-like projections, thus giving relief if there should be a reverse motion of the cam for letting back the warp &c.
Patent GB-190426863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fire Bars for Furnaces of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: JOHNSON NICHOLAS FORDE
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 26,863. Johnson, N. F., and Hinde, W. F. H. Dec. 9. Firebars.-To facilitate the circulation of air, tapering slots b are formed in firebars, and arranged so that the slots in one bar are opposite the portions between the slots in the next. Fig. 1 shows the elevation of a single bar and Fig. 2 the plan of a series. The surface of the bars is also coated with a hard metal.
Patent GB-190428289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grabs.
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 28,289. Hone, G. J., and Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding, and Engineering Co. Dec. 23. Grabs.-Consists of a locking and discharging device and means for mounting the buckets, applicable to single-chain grabs of the kind described in Specification No. 20,975, A.D. 1894. On pins g in the pulley-crosshead b are pivoted pawls f adapted to engage slots e in the vertical pin d of the bucket-crosshead c. On the pins g are also pivoted weights A formed with co-acting faces i, Fig. 3, such that both can rise independently, but the pawl is raised when the weight drops. With the grab in its open position ready to dig, on the crosshead b being lowered, the weights g are met by stops h<1>, and the pawls f are thus allowed to rise and drop with the slots e, thereby locking the crossheads b, c together. When the grab rests on the dump heap, the load comes off the pawls f, and, on further paying out, the crosshead b drops enough to allow the weights g to raise the pawls f clear of the slots e, when the grab can be discharged. The buckets k are hinged to the frame by means of short external pins l, Figs. 1 and 5, thereby increasing the sweep of the buckets and allowing long pins passing through the buckets to be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190428923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Pneumatic Feed of Sand and like Substances
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 28,923. Lacy - Hulbert & Co., and Dickson, N. Dec. 30. Conveyers. - Relates to pneumatic conveyers for sand &c. A pipe a is surrounded by a casing b with an open lower end below which is a plate f secured by screws f<1> and distance-tubes f<2>. The casing is attached to the pipe a by a screwed pieced, so that the distance of the plate f from the lower end of the pipe a can be adjusted. The sand passing down the pipe a forms a conical heap on the plate f and blocks the pipe a until some of the sand is drawn by a blast through the opening b<1>. The blast can be regulated by a cylinder attached to the lower part of the casing b by studs c<2> and screw fitted with butterfly nuts passing through spiral slots c' in the cylinder, so that the space between the latter and the plate f can be adjusted.
Patent GB-190501175-A (GB)
Title: Improved Twine Holder
Inventor: STEPHENSON PHILIP CHARLES
Filed: 1905-01-21
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 1175. Stephenson, P. C., and Laird, E. B. Jan 21. Reeling twine.-A twine-holder is so arranged that the unwinding of string from a reel tightens a spring, which, when released, causes the reel to revolve and wind on a fresh supply. The band spring N, Fig. 3, attached to the toothed wheel A, is first wound up through the medium of toothed gear-wheels D, C, B by rotation of the handle M. Twine is then looped over the hook I, Fig. 1, and the pawl F released from the ratchet-wheel G. the spring then causes the reel E to revolve and vind on the string. As the twine is pulled off for use, it causes the reel to revolve and wind up the spring, so that, when the reel is empty, the spring is fully wound up. The holder may be suspended by a hook, or be fixed to a wall, or may stand on a counter.
Patent GB-190502785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tents.
Inventor: FISET EUGENE
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 2785. Fiset, E. Feb. 10. Lacing-fastenings for teals consist of loops I threaded through one another and placed over eyelets J, the last loop being secured to a book k.
Patent GB-190503166-A (GB)
Title: An Improved X Ray Tube : for use with Alternate or Unidirectional Currents
Inventor: COSSOR ALFRED CHARLES
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 3166. Cossor, A. C. Feb. 15. Rontgen rays, apparatus. - X-ray apparatus for use with alternating or direct currents has an electrode adapted to dissipate the energy of the alternating current when flowing in one direction. This electrode D consists of a spiral, disk, ball, or piece of gauze, of aluminium or other metal, attached to a platinum leading - in wire, and situated at the end of a tube of the form shown. The cathode A is of ordinary form, and the anode B is a platinized disk inside a copper cup, which is attached to a copper wire. The copper wire is joined by platinum to an aluminium wire, carrying at its end an aluminium ball or disk E. A glass tube C having projections which are fused to the outer tube encloses the copper and aluminium wires.
Patent GB-190505659-A (GB)
Title: Method and Constructions for the Utilization of the Heat of Combustion Gases by the Repeated Super-heating of Steam in Steam Motors of all kinds.
Inventor: WOLF RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 5659. Wolf, R., [trading as Wolf Maschinenfabrik, R.]. March 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Multiple - expansion engines; cylinders, arrangement of; exhaust, obtaining power from.- Relates to a multiple expansion engine in which the cylinders are arranged in intimate connexion with a series of superheaters, where the steam is heated between the stages of expansion. Similiar arrangements are described in connexion with a steam turbine. The superheaters are so arranged that the steam of highest pressure is heated by the hottest furnace gases. Figs. 1 and 3 show a portable triple-expansion engine constructed according to this invention, in which the high and intermediate pressure cylinders are suspended in the smoke-box, duplicate lowpressure cylinders being mounted on the boiler casing. The steam from the boiler is superheated in the coil 9 before admission into the high pressure cylinder 5. It then passes through the superheater 13, which also constitutes the receiver for the intermediate-pressure cylinder 6. The steam is again heated in the superheater 16 before passing to the low-pressure cylinders 2. The superheaters 13, 16 are arranged around the superheater 9, which is the first heated by the furnace gases. Similar principles. may be employed in horizontal semiportable engines, as shown in Fig. 4. The cylinders 22, 26, 30 are arranged in the tandem, the steam being passed first through the superheater 20, and subsequently between the stages of expansion through superheaters 24, 28. A steamengine with multiple superheating may be combined with a turbine acting on the same principle, the latter being conveniently driven by steam exhausted from the low-pressure cylinder of the reciprocating engine.
Patent GB-190507417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signals for Railways and the like.
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 7417. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 7. Semaphore and lamp signals of automatic type. The signal is supported by a post 1 the lower end of which is mounted in a socket 2, beneath which is a box or case 3 for the reception of the track relay &c. The signalling-appliances are capable of rotational adjustment with respect to the post 1 by means of a socket 6, the ladder 8 being secured to the socket so as to be carried with it when the semaphore and lamps are adjusted on the post. The casing 7 which carries the socket 6 is provided with brackets for the reception of two lamps 10, 11, and the semaphore casting 14 is mounted directly on the driving-shaft of the signal-operating mechanism enclosed by the casing 7. This mechanism may be of the character described in Specification No. 7422, A.D. 1905. The semaphore casting has three apertures 15, 16, 17, which can be brought into register with the lens of the lamp 10, and four apertures 18, 19, 20, 21 adapted to register with the lamp 11. In the vertical or 'line clear' position of the semaphore signal 30, the lamps 10, 11 are both uncovered, no coloured glass being fitted to the aperture 18. In the 'caution' position of the semaphore, when it is inclined at 45 degrees, the apertures 15, 19 are in front of the lamps, both being fitted with green lenses. The apertures 16, 20 which come before the lamps in the horizontal or danger position contain red-coloured lenses, and amber or other coloured lenses are used for the apertures 17, 21, which come into use when the semaphore is raised into the distinctive danger' position, at an inclination of 135 degrees, for certain purposes. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of stop lugs 22, 23, 24, 25 on the semaphore casting and of the lugs 26, 27, 28, 29 on the housing or casing 7. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the range of action is only ninety degrees. If a movement of 135 degrees is required, the lugs 27, 29 are removed from the housing.