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Patent GB-190320175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers, Coolers, Heaters and the like Apparatus
Inventor: BRACKETT FRANCIS WHITWELL
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 20,175. Brackett, F. W., and Brown, P. Pryce-. Sept. 19. Condensers.-In an apparatus consisting of two hollow heads, which are connected by concentric tubes so that the fluid to be cooled and the cooling - fluid flow in alternate annular spaces in their passage from one head to the other, means are provided for ensuring a tight joint between the heads and the tubes. Each head, which is divided by a partition e into two chambers g, h of unequal size, is provided with separate inlets to the chambers. In the lower wall c of the head are part-annular concentric ports k, p, flared on the upper face and opening below into the annular spaces between the tubes a, b. These tubes may be plain or annularly or helically corrugated. The ports opening into the chamber g commumcate with the concentric spaces which are alternate to the concentric spaces communicating with the other chamber h. Ribs l, in which are passages coinciding with the ports k, connect the parts of the wall c intermediate of the ports k. Other strengthening-ribs x, y may be provided also. The ends of the tubes a, b fit into annular concentric recesses n, and are held apart, when assembling the apparatus, by corrugated metal strips v, Fig. 4, which are placed between successive tubes. The upper wall of the upper head is provided with recesses o, the floors of which serve as bearing- surfaces for springs p. The lower wall of the lower head has similar recesses in which fit nuts or bolt heads on the ends of bolts s connecting the heads. Inspection openings u are also arranged in the upper head.
Patent GB-190322187-A (GB)
Title: Improved Corset
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-10-14
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 22,187. Thompson, W. P., [Koch & Eichenauer]. Oct. 14. Drawings to Specification. Trimmings.-Corsets &c. are provided with embroidered festoon edgings, which are worked by means of an embroidering-machine directly upon the material, thereby superseding the usual lace insertion &c.
Patent GB-190326739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Feeding and Packing or Stacking Mechanism for use in Machines for Working Sheet Metal and like Materials.
Inventor: WATZKE EDUARD
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 26,739. Watzke, E. Dec. 7. Spinning; lathes; blanks, supplying; work holding and removing devices.-Cup-shaped blanks are fed to a machine, and are afterwards removed and packed or stacked. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to machinery for making bottle capsules. A spring fork 8, mounted on a rod 9, serves to grip and transfer the capsules. The rod 9 slides in guides 10, 11, and is actuated with intervals of rest, by a stepped cam 12, which is rotated with the same angular velocity as a cam shaft 17. The fork 8 brings a capsule from the spinning-mandrel 2, opposite the head 27 of a cam-actuated rod 23, passing between the prongs of the fork, and receiving the capsule between springs 28 which hold it in position on an edge trimmer 31. The head 27 is provided with grooves 38 which register with projections on the fork, and ensure the re-delivery of the capsule to the latter. The capsule is then brought opposite the head 29 of a rod 24, and is discharged into a channel 30.
Patent GB-190328012-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Water Bag, Bottle or Bandage, for Heating, Cooling, and other Purposes.
Inventor: PETERSON HARRIETTE ELIZABETH
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 28,012. Peterson, H. E. Dec. 21. Heating and cooling appliances; bandages.-A folding water bag adapted for warmingnursing-bottles, keeping warm poultices and the like, cooling or heating liquids, or for use as a surgical bandage, consists of two water pockets, each of which may be split up into a number of smaller compartments, united by a flexible water-tight partition, and forming a receptacle for the articles to be heated or cooled. In one modification, Fig. 1, one pocket A is folded over the other and secured along the edge D. A flap F, which is secured to the outside of the pocket B, may also be provided. The neck, which is shown adapted for a screw stopper, has two lateral openings H, H<1>, which are connected by flexible tubes with each pocket. By compressing one flexible tube, one pocket only may be filled. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, side flaps M, M' fold around the pocket B, and may be secured to each other or to the outside of the pocket B. When used as a bandage, the flaps are omitted. Strengthening- stays K, Fig. 1, prevent the pockets from bulging when filled. The apparatus may be formed by superimposing two sheets of flexible waterproof material and securing them where required. If one sheet only is employed, it is folded upon itself, or may have both ends folded over in the same direction against the sheet itself.
Patent GB-190403133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Price-computing Weighing-apparatus.
Inventor: BEAL ALPHA REEVE
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 3133. Beal, A. R. Feb. 8. Value-indicating apparatus.-Relates to modifications in the price or value computing scale described in Specification No. 11,785, A.D. 1899. A roller connection is provided between the steelyard rod and beam. The poise end of the tare beam is depressed, and the pendant poise of the price beam is raised, to relieve the beam of drag when setting the price scale. The price and tare beams have separate connections to the weighing- levers or nose iron. The carriage locking and releasing mechanism is improved. The carriage 6, Fig. 5, is mounted in ball bearings 9 in the frame 3. It is locked in any position by the engagement of a pawl 11, on an axle 12 mounted in the carriage 6, with a rack 10. The pawl and the teeth of the rack are formed with points and flat sides, as shown in Fig. 13, to prevent accidental release. The axle 12 is operated in one direction by handles 17. It has an arm 13 on which slides a roller 14 travelling on a swinging bail 15 pivoted at 15<1> in the frame 3 and pressed upward by a spring, so as to press the pawl 11 against the rack 10. The tare beam 18, Fig. 1. is suitably mounted beneath the frame 3. It is formed with an arm 19, which engages under the bail 15, Fig. 5, so that downward movement of the bail 15, through the handles 17, depresses the poise end of the tare beam and supports the pull of the platform &c. A cam (not shown) on the axle 12 simultaneously engages a ring lever 46 and raises the poise 48 of the price beam. The carriage 6 is provided on each side with pointers 21 moving over (preferably) inclined scales 20 having milled ribs on their lower edges to support the thumb of the operator when depressing one of the handles 17. The price beam 25 is pivoted on a pillar 24 carried by the carriage 6. The steelyard rod 34 passes up a hollow post 29 on the frame 3, and is forked to receive the ends of a block 31 extending transversely through a slot 26 in the beam 25, and through slots in the post 29. The block 31 is formed with bearings for rollers 36, Fig. 7, adapted to engage recesses 28 in the lower edge of the slot 26. The block 31 is also formed with recesses to receivethe ends of posts 37 carrying rollers 39 which bear on the upper side of the slot 26. Springs mounted in the recesses press the posts 37 upwards, and hold the rollers 36 in the recesses 28. A rod 42, Fig. 1, connects the tare beam 18 to the weighing-lever 41. The steelyard rod 34, as shown in Fig. 11, engages under a bearing 40 on the lever or nose-iron 41. It is held in engagement, so as to move upward with the tare beam 18, by a sliding latch 43 held in place by a spring latch 45 engaging in a notch in the rod 34. The rod 34 is adjustable in length by means of a screw coupling, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190407123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle and like Labelling Machines.
Inventor: JONES DANIEL
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1905-06-24
Abstract: 7123. Jones, D. March 24. Affixing labels.--Bottles, salmon tins, &c. to be labelled are placed on an inclined hinged board 41, are guided by rails 42<a>, and are, by means of arms or jaws 42 on a belt 39, rolled or carried under and gummed &c. by a rotating brush 34, adjusted horizontally and vertically by screws 21, 22 and driven by a strap 33 from a shaft 26, which is carried on a frame adjusted by means of an internally-threaded hand-wheel 11 and vertical screw spindle 13. The jaws 42 fit through slits in the board 41. Gum or other adhesive is supplied to the brush 34, which is made of a suitable size and shape, from a receptacle 23 by a pipe 24, tap 24<a>, and gum &c. distributing device 25. The gummed bottle is next passed under the strap 30, which passes over a drum 29 on the shaft 26 driven by belt gearing from the main shaft. The strap 30, pressed downwards by spring-pressed rollers 31, rolls the bottle &c. over a table 1, depressing projecting studs 62 on a lever 58, raising a rod 57 and brake 56, and allowing the spring- actuated roller 55 to rotate. The meial &c. band 54 is thus wound up, and the rod 53 and disc-like piston 52, supporting the labels, which are situated below an aperture in the table, are raised. The top label is thus pressed into contact with the bottle &c., which is rolled over it and labelled. A shaft 37, driven by a belt 38 or by worm and bevel gearing, carries one of the drums round which the strap 39 passes, the other drum being mounted in a frame 40, to which the inclined board 41, having an adjustable support 41<a>, is attached. The board 41 may be dispensed with, if desired. Interchangeable label receptacles of different shapes in plan, having wall portions caused to approach and recede from each other by right and left handed screws on a hand-rotated shaft, may be used. Spring studs 45, 46, 64, projecting through the aperture in the table for the labels, prevent lateral displacement of the uppermost label. Access to the screws on which the lever 58 is pivoted is obtained by removing an adjustable metal plate which is flush with the table 1. A shaft furnished with projecting jaws may be used instead of the belt 39 for feeding the bottles &c. and an endless band fed with gum &c. is used when salmon tins &c. have to be covered all round with a label. A felt roller or pad carried by yielding supports, such as springs, may be used in applying gum &c. instead of a rotary brush.
Patent GB-190407598-A (GB)
Title: Method and Apparatus for Exhausting or Compressing Air and Gases by a Centrifugal Pump or the like.
Inventor: ARSHAULOFF VADIM
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 7598. Arshauloff, V. March 30. Coiled-tube type.-Relates to a method of exhausting or compressing air or gases by a centrifugal pump. A liquid such as mercury, oil, or water is admitted through a valve K to the pump chamber, the air being conveyed to the spiral outlet S through small channels a in the rotating disc, partly mixed with the liquid and partly in trapped lengths. The channels a may be curved or straight, of circular, rectangular, or other section having a uniform or variable cross-sectional area, and may be cast, or formed by tubes inserted in the metal, or formed by fitting together two similarlygrooved discs. The liquid, after use, may be returned to the pump chamber by a delivery tube.
Patent GB-190417985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Leucite and similar Aluminous Silicates for the Production of Aluminium Hydrate and Potassium Salts.
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-09-18
Abstract: 17,985. Lake, H. H., [Soc. Romana Solfati]. Aug. 18. Aluminium oxides and hydrates alkaline aluminates, carbonates, and sulphates.-Leucite or other aluminium silicate is heated in a furnace with an alkali hydrate, carbonate, or nitrate, with or without the addition of calcium oxide or hydrate. The mass is then lixiviated, and the decanted solution, which is free from silica, is then treated in any suitable way, such as by passing-in carbon dioxide, or adding freshly-precipitated aluminium hydroxide to precipitate the aluminium in the form of hydrate. The remaining liquor contains potash and soda. It is concentrated by evaporation, and the potassium carbonate separated in any ordinary way. The liquor contains some iron which is removed in the form of hydrate by blowing in steam. The sodium carbonate remaining is made caustic by treatment with lime, and can then be used again. The residue from the lixiviation contains a silicate of calcium and sodium, from which the sodium is recovered by treating with nitre cake (NaHSO,), which leaves calcium silicate as residue, and a solution of sodium sulphate containing all the soda.
Patent GB-190424215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blind Stitch Sewing Machines.
Inventor: FLANAGAN DENIS
Filed: 1904-11-09
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 24,215. Flanagan, D. Nov. 9. Blind-stitching machines ; work-supports ; feed.- Relates to improvements in the machine described in Specification No. 8562, A.D. 1904. The upper roller d, which is mounted on the underside of the work-plate a, is driven positively from the under feed-roller through gear wheels h and a universal link k. Fig. 4 shows the construction of the link. To adjust the cloth plate transversely, a worm-wheel t is fixed on the eccentric stud r, and engages with a worm u mounted in the frame and provided with a milled head w. Both devices are arranged so as to permit the lifting and rotating of the work support about the hinge p for the insertion of the work.
Patent GB-190426794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Heating Systems.
Inventor: LINDEMANN OTTOCAR
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 26,794. Lindemann, O., [K÷rting, Akt.- Ges., Gebr.]. Dec. 8. Drawings to Specification. Air supply, regulating.-The air-supply dampers of a furnace for heating the boiler of a hot-water heating-system are actuated by an automatic regulator controlled by the returning cooled water of the system.
Patent GB-190429548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Traps.
Inventor: FOLEY NELSON
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 29,548. Foley, N. Dec. 31. Ball and float valves.-The main escape valve of a steam trap consists of a part 5 terminating at one end in the valve proper 1 and the other in a piston 4, which is movable in a chamber 2. A small supplementary valve 8 is first opened by the lever 11, which is controlled by a float, thus equalizing the pressure by admitting steam to the top of the valve 5. Further movement of the lever then, after the pin 9 reaches the end of the slot 10, opens main valve.
Patent GB-190504761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Lustrous Threads of Cellulose.
Inventor: LINKMEYER RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 4761. Linkmeyer, R. Aug. 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose, non-fibrous.-In the manufacture of threads from a cupro-ammoniacal solution of cellulose, the solution is first freed from uncombined ammonia by means of a vacuum or by the injection of air into it, and is then squirted into dilute acid, say sulphuric acid of 20 per cent strength. An advantage of this invention is that the ammonia is recovered in a pure state from the solution.
Patent GB-190506380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Doors for Lift-shafts.
Inventor: MACKAY WILLIAM ELIGAH STUBBORN
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 6380. Mackay, W. E. S., Howard, G. E., and Turner, J. A. March 25. Lifts. - Relates to means for automatically operating doors for lift shafts. The doors are provided with dovetailed V- shaped grooves, and are opened and shut by the passage of a roller on the cage along these grooves. This roller can be drawn out of action by a weighted hand- or foot-lever on the cage, or the V-shaped grooves may be mounted so that they may be withdrawn from the path of the roller. The door frames have latches A<1> for holding the doors closed, and also upper and lower rails a<1>, on which travel wheels a on the well doors. In the upper and lower branches of the V-shaped grooves are pivoted at e, e<2> levers E, E', which are operated to raise the latch A' when the roller on the cage enters the groove. Fig. 4 shows how the latch is raised when the roller enters the lower groove. The construction may be modified to suit collapsible and other doors.
Patent GB-190506580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Gumming Sheets of Paper.
Inventor: HESSER OTTO
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 6580. Hesser, O. March 28. Cam mechanism.-In an apparatus for gumming sheets of paper, such as blanks for paper bags, the pasting-arm is mounted on a rotatable spindle which is carried by a horizontally-reciprocating frame and is actuated by a fixed cam in such a manner that the pasting-arm first passes horizontally over a pasting-disk and then turns through a rightangle to deposit the paste on the paper blank. As the frame 11 moves horizontally to the right, the pasting-arm 6 first receives gum from the roller 7, and, during the further movement of the frame 11, the pin 17 on the lever 18 moves down the groove 16 and pushes aside the spring-pressed piece 19<a>, thus bringing the pasting-arm into the position shown in dotted lines. In this position the pasting- arm meets the blank, which is carried by arms 5 on an intermittently moving chain. During the return stroke of the frame 11, the grooves 16, 16<b> cause the pasting-arm to resume its original position. The set-screws 29 allow the pivoted piece 25 to be adjusted to ensure the pasting-arm coming to its correct position for pasting.
Patent GB-190511707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Floating Mobile Depot for Submarine Boats and other relatively Small Craft.
Inventor: SEATON ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 11,707. Seaton, A. E. June 3. Spars.-In a vessel wherein dock accommodation is provided for submarine vessels s and torpedo boats, the dock tanks extend throughout the major portion of the length of the boat, and are separated by bulk heads having sliding or hinged water-tight doors. A boom y, extending sternwards and adapted to slide inboard when not in use, is utilized to obtain a purchase for guiding the vessels out of the tank.
Patent GB-190515491-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photograph Frame
Inventor: FLINT CLARENCE
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 15,491. Flint, C. July 28. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Picture frames. - Relates to a photograph frame having a revolving centre which enables two photographs or pictures to be exhibited at once. An outer frame A is mounted on a bent wire support B and is provided at the top with a threaded collar C into which screws a peg D. The end of the peg D projects into a collar E soldered to the top of a bezel F in which the photographs are secured. To the bottom of the bezel is soldered a piece G of wire, the bezel and wire being sawn through to enable the bezel to be opened to receive the photographs. The two parts of the wire G project into a collar H soldered to the bottom of the outer frame A, thus forming a second pivot for the bezel F.
Patent GB-190600345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Devices for Advertising purposes.
Inventor: CHANDLER SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 345. Chandler, S., and Chandler, J. Jan 5. Advertising. - Water or other liquid from a tank a flows into a tank b where it is maintained at a constant level by a ball cook c. From the tank b the liquid flows through the bent tubes h forming letters, devices, &c. by the pipes f, g, another pipe e, the open end, of which is above the tank b, being joined to these pipes at a point d, so that air bubbles are sucked along in the liquid stream. The size of the bubbles and the rate of flow of the liquid may he regulated by means of a valve f<1>. Tanks of differently coloured liquids may be provided, and any one of them may be connected to the device h by a multiple cock; and the design may consist of a number of separate letters, each having a separate inlet such as f, and these inlet pipes may be simultaneously connected in turn with a number of separate tanks, each having an air inlet. Suitable illumination may be employed.
Patent GB-190602562-A (GB)
Title: Vice for Pipes and the like
Inventor: BECHEM HANS
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 2562. Bechem, H. Feb. 2. Vices.-A quick-adjustment pipe vice consists of a fixed set of four disks d, to which is pivoted a set of three disks c provided with teeth z. The teeth are engaged by a pawl h having a slot m which is engaged by a pin t. The pawl is connected by a piece n and a spring to a part g, which slides in a bow-shaped guide o under the action of a screw p with a ball end q. The screw p passes through a nut l, which is pivoted by pins y to ears w of the shell plates d.
Patent GB-190603211-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cellulose Substitute.
Inventor: BOSCH FELIX VAN DEN
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 3211. Bosch, F. van den, and Bosch, A. van den, [trading as Gocher Oelm³hle, Geb. van den Bosch], and M³ller, O. Feb. 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose, non-fibrous; dyes from natural products. -Consists in treating cotton-seed husks or other waste cotton so as to obtain cellulose suitable for making paper, spinning, or treating chemically to obtain explosives, artificial filaments, rubber substitutes, and plastic compositions. In addition, a dye-stuff and a substance similar to lac are obtained. The husks may have a suitable pre: liminary treatment to separate adherent cotton fibres. They are then boiled with alkali, separated from the liquid, and washed with water. The alkaline liquid contains a red dye - stuff, and resinous and waxlike substances which are precipitated by neutralizing the liquid. The washed husks are next treated with permanganate, then with sulphurous acid (hydrochloric acid and a bisulphite), and then with a chlorine bath such as chloride of lime. The strength of the bath is decreased as the proportion of cotton with the husks rises. The husks, after the alkali treatment, may be treated successively with chlorine baths of different strengths. If these baths contain alkali, cellulose is extracted from the husks, a white fibrous product being obtained which may be used instead of cotton. The chlorine bath is prepared preferably by adding a solution of sodium carbonate to a cold solution of chloride of lime.
Patent GB-190604881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Driving the Doffer, Doffing-comb Flats, Feeding Apparatus and Taker-in or Carding-engines for Carding Fibrous Material.
Inventor: PLATT FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 4881. Platt, F. J. Feb. 28. Mounting and securing toothed gearing on shafts.- In order to obviate the breakage and injury to the toothed wheels actuating the doffer of a carding- engine, a toothed wheel 19, driven from the takerin, is mounted on a sleeve 38 fixed to a pedestal on the side frame, and catches 44 in its boss are engaged by projections 43 on a sleeve 41 fixed to the shaft of the doffer by a set screw 42.
Patent GB-190605913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Conning Towers or like Deck Structures of Submarine Navigable Boats or Vessels.
Inventor: MACDONALD GORDON
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 5913. Macdonald, G., and Purches, W. March 12. Drawings to Specification. Buoys. - A detachable and buoyant conning- tower or like structure, which can be released from a stranded submarine vessel, is adapted for use in rescuing the crew or as a mark of the position of the vessel.