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Patent GB-190314330-A (GB)
Title: Calculating Machine.
Inventor: MUELLER ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 14,330. M³ller, A. June 27. Calculating-apparatus.-In calculating-apparatus, applicable to multiplication and division, of known type, having counting, registering, and numbering discs, the adjusted figures of the multiplier or divisor appear through suitable apertures, the carrying forward on the registering-discs is effected directly by the counting-discs, the number discs operate in either direction, and the registering- discs can be independently set. Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side view of the machine, in which the nine large counting-discs a on the spindle w each carry nine counting-pins h for moving the registering-mechanism k when the spindle is rotated. Some or all of these pins can be pushed radially in and rendered inoperative by means of movable numerator rings g, according to the number set, the said number being simultaneously shown through a window in the cover t. Each disc carries two lateral engaging pins b, b<1>, the pins upon adjacent discs being at equal angular distances apart, as shown in Fig. 2. When a registering-disc k has made a complete revolution. the proper pin b, b<1>, according to the direction of motion of the spindle w, moves the next disc through one unit. Upon the spindle ware also keyed segmental pieces m with similar lateral engaging pins d, d<1>, which effect the carrying on for those registering - discs without corresponding counting-discs. By means of the lever p, and wheels r, each revolution of the spindle w causes a change of indication of one unit on the number discs n, the change being thus automatically given its proper sign. Two devices are described for independently setting a dividend upon the registering-discs. In one, Fig. 2, a small band-wheel z is mounted on the same spindle y as a bevel pinion v, which can rotate the disc k by means of a spurwheel. In the other, Fig. 4, a spring plunger u. with terminal pawl o, is used to rotate the wheel S'.
Patent GB-190316214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,214. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. July 22. Steam &c. turbines.-Relates to elastic fluid turbines of the kind described in Specification No. 19,246, A.D. 1896. Instead of making the moving and fixed vanes of a parallel-flow turbine with receiving angles greater than the discharging angles, the moving vanes are made symmetrical and only the fixed vanes A have an enlarged receiving angle, which is obtained by making a second cut in the vane along the dotted line a. The angles and depth of the vanes increase progressively towards the exhaust.
Patent GB-190323299-A (GB)
Title: Treating Molten or Semi-molten Metal
Inventor: FITZMAURICE JAMES TERENCE
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 23,299. Fitzmaurice, J. T. Oct. 27. Metals, refining.-Molten or semi-molten metal in a shallow pan A is subjected to a discharge of R÷ntgen or like rays to improve the quality of the metal.
Patent GB-190401758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Feeding Mechanism of Wood Moulding or like Wood Working Machines.
Filed: 1904-01-23
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1758. Ashworth, Kirk, & Co., and Pearce, W. T. Jan. 23. Feed-motions.-A conical roller A is used in con. junction with a cylindrical roller D to feed timber E of irregular section to moulding or other machines. The side thrust is taken by a flange B placed on one of the rollers, the fence 0 being recessed to admit the flange. The flange is preferably placed on the conical roller and made detachable, to allow short pieces of roller to be introduced, so as to increase the length of the roller and adapt it for various sections of wood.
Patent GB-190401939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elbow-fastening for Talking-machine Horns
Inventor: KESTEL HARRY CONRAD
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 1939. Kestal, H. C. Sept. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act A.D. 1901]. Couplings, disconnectible; clip and sleeve joints. - I n a rigid detachable coupling for connecting a talking-machine horn with its elbow, the horn 1 is formed of a single sheet of metal, the edges of which are interlocked to form an internal seam 2. The sleeve 7 is provided with one or more slots 9, which receive the seam 2 and make the sleeve resilient. The end of the sleeve screws into the end of the elbow 3. The horn is thus rigidly clamped between the sleeve 7 and the cone-shaped portion 4 of the elbow.
Patent GB-190404867-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Extraction of Fat or Wax-like Substances from Hydrous Materials.
Inventor: HEARSON THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1904-02-27
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 4867. Hearson, T. A., (practising as Phillips & Leigh), [Frank, F., and Ziegler, M.]. Feb. 27. Extracting oils; fats ; waxes.-Fat and wax-like bodies are extracted from moist raw material, such as peat, brown coal, sewage slime, wool, fruits of the palm and other fruit, &c., by treatment with the vapours of volatile solvents such as benzol, carbon bisulphide, acetone, alcohol, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, or ether ; when peat or coal is treated the residue can be made into briquettes. The operation may be performed in a cylinder provided with a condenser, and having a perforated bottom in communication with the still. The moist material is placed in the cylinder and the vapour of the solvent is passed into it from the still, the solution of fat &c. runs back into the still and the water and solvent vapours are condensed in the receiver and separated.
Patent GB-190412336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Electric Meters
Filed: 1904-05-31
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,336. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. May 31. Energy meters.-Induction motor meters are provided with closed iron circuits through which pass the greater part of the magnetic fluxes produced by the pressure coils of the meters, so that separate reactances in series with the pressure coils, to give retardation of phase of the magnetic field, are not required. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to the three-legged core k of the meter described in Specification No. 683, A.D. 1900 ; the outer ends a, b of this core are connected by laminated or cast-iron extensions f to the cast-iron base e of the meter, this providing the desired closed magnetic path. Otherwise, the extensions f of the ends a, b may be connected together by the fixed armature bar d, or by a laminated iron yoke. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which each outer limb of the core k has a separate magnetic shunt h.
Patent GB-190413084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescence Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: BUTLER-BURKE JOHN BENJAMIN
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 13,084. Burke, J. B. Butler-. Juno 9. Vacuum tubes.- A vapour-lamp is made with two or more compartments containing different gases or vapours, and a regulating- device is provided for steadying the currents through these compartments. Mercury lamps are started by means of a filament t extending from the upper electrode into, or to within a short distance of, the mercury, and may be provided with a chamber containing an absor. bent of mercury vapour, such as gold or aluminium. The compartments may be formed by partitions within a glass or silica tube or bulb ; or they may be arranged one within the other as shown in Fig. 2. The inner tube k contains an electrode l of mercury or an alloy and an iron electrode m, while the annular space h contains a small quantity of a gas, the spectrum of which contains rays in which the spectrum of the mercury or alloy is deficient. When mercury or an amalgam of zinc, calcium, or the like is used, the gases of the argon family, especially helium, are used for correcting the colour of the light. Oxygen should be excluded. Radio-active substances may be used to increase the conductivity. Helium may also be introduced into the vapour compartment. The outer compartment may contain the mercury and the inner one the gas, if desired. A platinum or like wire n dips into the mercury l and is attached to a soft iron helix o, surrounding a glass tube m<1> containing the anode m. The magnetic lifting of the filament to strike the arc thus takes place within the tube itself. In another form, a series solenoid outside the tube attracts the helix o. The end of the wire n may be above the mercury l, in which case the arc can be started by shaking the tube ; or the coil o may be dispensed with and the wire merely extend from the electrode m into the mercury, which it vaporizes by radiation, especially if coiled into a spiral near its end. The outer chamber h is in series or parallel with the inner, and contains ring- shaped electrodes p of wire. For starting the discharge in this chamber, there may be provided a carbon filament or high-resistance wire p<1>, suspended from the upper electrode p and weighted so that it may be brought into contact with the lower one by tilting the tube. The absorbent for mercury vapour is placed in an extension y of the compartment k or in the compartment itself. When the two compartments are in parallel, the currents are regulated by the device shown in Fig. 3. An iron beam s pivoted at s<1> dips at its ends into mercury cups t, w. Normally, the currents pass through wires x, v, the cups t, w, and electromagnets r, q to the two parts of che lamp, but, if the current in one part becomes excessive, the corresponding end of the beam is lifted from the mercury cup, and current then flows to that part of the lamp through a resistance with a terminal of which the arm of the beam, insulated at s<1>, makes contact.
Patent GB-190413712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Weighing Tea and other Substances.
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 13,712. Clark, J. P. K., and Driver Automatic Weigher, Ltd. June 17. Automatic-feed weighers.-The apparatus described in Specification No. 25,761, A.D. 1899, is improved by providing mechanism to tilt the scalepan or open the bottom of a bucket receptacle positively. In the first arrangement, the rotary arm b carrying the scale-pan a is turned on a pin d under the end of a beam h to the horizontal position and back again by a lever o, p with a forked head o<1> engaging a pin c. The lever o, p turns on a pin m in line with the pin d and receives its motion from a rotary disc u by a connecting- rod S. The rotation for each weighing is obtained from a continuously-running pulley x through a coupling which consists of an annular V-groove y in the pulley and an eccentric hatchet-shaped sector 4 on a counter plate 1. A spring 6 pulling the sector tangentially tends to jam it in the groove, but it is kept free, while the feed-gates are open, by the obstruction which a spring bolt 10 offers to an external arm 9. But, when the second pair of shutters closes, an electromagnetic switch 12 on a shunt draws the bolt 10 and cuts out the contacts at the beam. As the disc u completes a revolution, a cam-recess therein operates a lever 28 to open and close a switch 27<a>, so that the bolt shoots out again to obstruct the arm 9 of the sector and to open the circuit at the electromagnetic switch. The electromagnetic switch may be used without the positive discharging-mechanism, merely for controlling the shutters. When a receptacle having a hinged bottom 43, Fig. 7, is used, toggle-linkage is operated by a threearmed lever 50, 51, 55 replacing the overturning- lever o, p.
Patent GB-190418695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting Cheeses or Balls of Twine and like Material.
Inventor: JOHNSON ELIZABETH MARGARET
Filed: 1904-08-30
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,695. Johnson, E. M. Aug. 30. Drawings to Specification. Advertising.-String-holders may be adapted to bear advertisements.
Patent GB-190423385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Travelling Aprons or Conveyors, such as are Used for Self-binding Harvesters or Reaping-machines.
Inventor: TROLLEY ISAAC
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,385. Trolley, I. Oct. 29. Conveyers.-The ends of travelling aprons or conveyers such as are used in reaping or harvesting machines are connected in such a way that the aprons may be reversed so as to bring the rear edge to the front. The connecting-straps and the flaps which cover them are arranged so that the free ends always trail and do not interfere with the movements of the aprons on their rollers. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, both ends of the apron are provided with flaps, and with buckles d connected together by detachable straps e. One end of each strap e is provided with a hook f to engage the corresponding buckle d, the connection being such that the hooks are not liable to become disengaged. The leading flap b<1> is placed over the rear flap a<1>, and both may be held in place by means of laces. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, plain straps e are used, the leading ends being held down by an extra bar d<1>. Plain eyes and ordinary straps may be substituted for the blades d and straps e, and a single detachable flap may be used.
Patent GB-190428281-A (GB)
Title: Frictional Power Transmitting Device.
Inventor: WORTH WILLIAM OSCAR
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 28,281. Worth, W. O., and Worth, J. D. Dec. 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to a variable-speed and reversing friction gear for motor cars &c. in which motion is transmitted from a driving-shaft 15, Fig. 1, to two independent driven shafts 20, 21 rotating in the same direction. Of two driving-discs 16, 17 on the shaft 15, the first is made adjustable by the arrangement shown in Fig. 4. The disc 16 screws on a thread 15<1> on the shaft 15 ; a key 18 seated in a key-slot 15<11> on the shaft engages in a slot 16<1> in the disc and is secured by a nut 19 on the thread 15'. Driven wheels 22, 23, slidably mounted on the shafts 20, 21 respectively, are brought simultaneously into contact with the opposite driving-discs 16, 17 when the inner ends of the shafts 20, 21 are moved in opposite directions, the outer ends being pivoted in brackets 24, 24', respectively. The bracket 24 affords supports 24<a>, Figs. 7 and 8, for opposed vertical pivot studs 29 of a combined swivelling guard and shaft bearing 27, enclosing a chain-wheel 64 on the shaft 20 in a chamber 28 which may be provided with a skirt 33. Adjusting-nuts 31 and lock-nuts 32 are screwed on the studs 29. The mechanism for moving the inner ends of the shafts 20, 21 is shown in Fig. 5. A box 34 bearing on the shaft 15 is divided longitudinally into sections 35, 35<1>, supporting the ends of the shafts 20, 21, respectively, a flange 36 on the former sliding in a grooved flange 37 on the latter. Teeth 40 on a shaft 39 mounted in a bearing-sleeve 38, which is preferably formed in one with the member 35<1>, gear with a few teeth 41 on the member 35. The shaft 20 revolves in a sleeve 43 pivoted by vertical pins 44 in a transverse recess 42 in the member 35. The pins 44 are preferably formed in one with the sleeve 43, and are screwed for adjusting-nuts 45 and lock-nuts 46. The shaft 39 is keyed to a sprocket-wheel 47, Figs. 1 and 2, connected by a chain 50 to a companion wheel 49 and hand-wheel 51. This wheel 51 is therefore used for reversing and for obtaining good frictional grip between the wheels and discs. To vary the speed, the wheels 22, 23 are moved along the shafts 20, 21, feathers on the wheels sliding in slots on the shafts. They are operated simultaneously in opposite directions by yokes 53, 53', attached to racks 54, 54<1>, Figs. 1 and 2, in gear with a toothed wheel 55 on a sleeve 56, Fig. 2, on the shaft 39. A chain-wheel 57 on the sleeve 56 is actuated by a chain 58, chain-wheel 59, and hand-wheel 60. The hand-wheels 51, 60 may work their chainwheels by means of sleeves on a shaft 61, which operates any steering-arrangement 63, Figs. 1 and 2, when a hand-wheel 62 is turned. Since the shafts 20, 21 rotate in the same direction, they may, through chain-wheels such as 64, Fig. 8, chains 65, 65', Fig. 1, and sprocket-wheels 66, 66<1>, work driving-wheels 12, 12<1> independently on a common axle 13.
Patent GB-190503434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Automatic Control of the Thread Tension in Ring Spinning and Twisting Machines
Inventor: KARL WEBER
Filed: 1905-02-18
Abstract: 3 4 3 4. Weber, K., M³ller, E., and Kestner, H. Feb. 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Spindle apparatus.-The tension of the thread is regulated automatically in ring frames by means of a driven ring, arranged within or without the fixed ring in such a position that an increase in the thread tension causes the traveller to be moved into engagement with the driven ring, to be driven thereby until the tension is decreased. Fig. 2 shows the driven ring t mounted on ball bearings within the fixed ring r and driven from the spindle by means of a sliding coupling. Under normal thread tension, the traveller o is in the position s<1> and runs clear of the ring t, but an increased tension brings the traveller to the position s<2>, when it engages the ring and is driven thereby. The upper edge. of the driven ring may be provided with cuts, crenulations, or the like v.
Patent GB-190505286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Reversing Mechanism of Planing Machines and other Machine Tools, Cranes and other Belt or Rope Driven Mechanisms.
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 5286. Miley, J., and Craven Bros. March 14. Planing and shaping; driving-mechanism.-Relates to reversing belt-gearing for planing-machines and other machine tools in which fast and loose pulleys are dispensed with. Triangular frames a connected by stay-bolts h, h<1> are mounted so as to oscillate on trunnion brackets d. Pulleys b, c, driven in the same direction by belts, are mounted on sleeves i, i<1> on the bolts h, h<1> respectively. The sleeve i carries also a toothed wheel k in mesh with a wheel on the driven shaft f which passes through one trunnion d ; the sleeve i<1> carries a pinion m gearing with the wheel l through an idle pinion n. The pinion n may be moved to make room for a partially hollowed-out pinion s that can be slid over the pinion m to vary one of the speeds. The inverted apex of one frame a is provided with teeth o in mesh with a quadrant p on a shaft r, which is oscillated by a lever t, rod v, lever w pivoted at y, and the usual tappet bowls w<1>, w<2> automatically operated by the work so as to maintain a reciprocating motion. To start the machine, a hand-lever z is used to turn the lever w so as to press either of the pulleys b, c against its belt, upon which the pinion k, or the pinion n tends to roll on the wheel l and keep the belt tight. The power may be transmitted through the gear in the reverse order.
Patent GB-190506643-A (GB)
Title: Improved Whip-supporter.
Inventor: FLANIGAN JAMES D
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 6643. Flanigan, J. D. May 20, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brackets.-The device comprises coils 2, between the convolutions of which the lashes of the whips are forced, and loops 3, 4, by either of which the device can be hung from a nail, a limb of a tree, or the curtain button of a buggy. The loops are sometimes dispensed with, Fig. 5. The coils are preferably made to fit the stock of a whip, so that the device can be carried thereon when not is use.
Patent GB-190508506-A (GB)
Title: Improved Casement Window.
Inventor: CABLE JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 8506. Cable, J. April 20. Casements.-In casement windows, the leaves D of which are hinged together and provided with upper and lower pivots F at the outer stiles adapted to slide in grooves B in the window-head and sill, a brass stay rod C is inserted in the upper segmental groove between the pivot pins to prevent the folding together of casement leaves, when open.
Patent GB-190513158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Lamps of the Character known as "Vapour Lamps" in part applicable to other Electric Vapour Apparatus.
Inventor: BASTIAN CHARLES ORME
Filed: 1905-06-26
Granted: 1906-06-26
Abstract: 13,158. Bastian, C. O., and Calvert, G. June 26. Vacuum tubes.-Mercury-vapour lamps and the like of large size are started by making and breaking connexion between the electrodes by means of thin streams of mercury, and may be arranged so as to regulate automatically the temperature and the quantity of mercury at the electrodes, the surfaces of which are situated preferably in one plane. The tube A, Fig. 2, may be of U, V, horse-shoe, or other shape, and is tilted by the means described in Specification No. 1995, A.D. 1903, or otherwise, so as to produce streams of mercury from the electrodes Z, or from a pocket (not shown) at the middle of the bend. The streams may be separated by a continuation or reversal of the first tilting movement. A lamp of W or like form has a mercury pocket, which may or may not be an electrode, midway between the main electrodes. The regulating-device consists of a depression containing mercury, having its surface exposed to the discharge and adapted to replenish one or both electrodes; or the electrode containers are shaped so as to regulate the quantities of mercury, as described in Specification No. 28,147, A.D. 1904. The tube A may be formed with a narrow channel along it for the mercury ; its cross-section may for instance be square, triangular, or of one of the shapes shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The mercury may contain cadmium, to facilitate the production of thin streams.
Patent GB-190515294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Mattresses.
Inventor: BILLS WALTER
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 15,294. Bills, W. July 25. Mattresses.-In wire mattresses and couch bottoms in which a number of spring wire girders 1 are threaded longitudinally through the mesh at intervals, each wire is secured to the bottom bar 3, preferably by driving the bent end into the bar, and at the other end passes over the adjustable beam 6, where it is joined to a helical spring 8 extending through and secured to the top bar 10 of the rigid frame.
Patent GB-190524283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tread Bands and Covers for Tyres of Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: BRIGHT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 24,283. Bright, C. Nov. 24. Compound f a b r i c s.- Wheel tyres are constructed from a framework of wire or the like, embedded in a filling of leather and rubber composition, celluloid, wood, paper, or other material. Figs. 1 and 2 show a fabric suitable for a tyre cover or band comprising embedded interlacedwires a, b some of which project, as shown, to form a non- slipping surface.
Patent GB-190526308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Producing Stage Illusions.
Inventor: GOLDIN HORACE
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 26,308. Goldin, H. Dec. 18. Conjuring - apparatus.-In a disappearing-lady scene, the lady mounts on a scale D of a balance d, and is balanced by weights in the scale pan ; a cloak or screen is arranged round her, and she then leaves the scale along an horizontal plank through a trap in the scenery, or disappears through the box steps E and a trap in the floor, a pistol is fired, the cloak drops, and the empty scale is released and exposed to view. The axle of the beam d can be locked or released from a distance by a cord or chain B passing round a pulley b<1>, or by a vertical spindle which passes down a tubular support and carries a bevel-wheel gearing with teeth on the beam d. The cloak may be hung from the end of the beam d so as to leave a space under the scale D ; or it may extend to a trap-door in the floor. A lever, controlled from a distance by a cord passing along the beam, releases the cloak simultaneously with the firing of the pistol and the release of the scale.