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Patent GB-190300787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Loading and Unloading Grain and the like and Apparatus for Use in Conjunction therewith.
Inventor: MEYER WILLY
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 787. Meyer, W. Jan. 12. Automatic-feed weighers.-Consists of combined apparatus for the transhipment and treatment of grain &c. The grain &c. is fed by a pneumatic elevator to a chamber b, from which it passes to automatic weighing - apparatus c, thence to aircurrent separating or sorting apparatus d, and then to cleansing-apparatus e, by which blight and other impurities, such as vetches &c., are removed. The grain also passes through drying-apparatus k and cooling - apparatus m, and is ultimately delivered into sacks or direct into the ship &c. which is being loaded. The apparatus also comprises holds or compartments h, into which the stream of treated grain may be diverted while the apparatus is being shifted from one vessel to another. Apparatus for bruising the grain or the separated vetches &c. may also be provided.
Patent GB-190302378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips or Holders, Employed in Tentering Machines for Stretching or Finishing Textile Fabrics
Inventor: BENTLEY GEORGE
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 2378. Bentley, G., Chambers, J., Nuttall, J., and Whitley, A. A. Jan. 31. Stretching and tenterings.-Clips, of the kind described in Specification, No. 2529, A.D. 1890, No. 14,209, A.D. 1895, and No. 16,126, A.D. 1898, for tentering-machines are constructed with an upper jaw 2, Fig. 2, provided with pins 9 and capable of sliding against a shield 3, which is pivoted at 4 to arms 5 projecting from the link 1 of the chain. The link 1 forms the lower jaw, and is provided with recesses 14 to receive the pins of the upper jaw. A lever 6, pivoted at 3<x> to the shield, engages a slot in the upper jaw, and, when lifted, first raises the upper jaw 2 against lugs 8 on the shield, and then turns the shield about its pivot 4, a projection 16 on the lever acting at the same time to lift one or more pivoted feeling- fingers 18. The edge of the fabric 20<x> is placed over the lower jaw, and the lever 6 is lowered until the finger 18 rests on the fabric, the other arm 17 of the finger supporting the lever. As the travelling chains diverge, the edge of the fabric escapes from beneath the finger, which then descends into a slot 20 in the link and allows the lever to descend so that the pins 9 penetrate the edge of the fabric. The pins 9 are centered over the recesses 14, and resist the pull of the fabric, by lugs 11 on the shield coming against a stop 12, and a spring 15 or weights on the lugs tend to retain them in this position. In one modification, the lever 6 is hinged to the pivot 4, and is formed with a cam-shaped arm for operating the upper jaw, which slides in a box-shaped shield and is provided with two rows of pins. Lugs on the arms 5 bear against the shield when in working position, and lugs on the lever act to raise the shield for inserting the fabric 20<x>. In another modification, the upper jaw 2, Fig. 8, is carried by the feeler arm 18, and the lever 6 is pivoted on the stud 4 and carries a lug or lugs 11 for raising the shield when the lever is lifted to insert the fabric. The escape of the fabric allows the feeler 18 to descend, and the arm 17 then releases the lever 6, a projection 16 on which depresses the upper jaw so that the teeth penetrate the fabric. In another modification, the shield is formed with the lever 6, protecting the pins during the escape of the fabric from below the feeler and serving to press the fabric off the pins at the end of the operation. According to the Provisional Specification, a projection is arranged on the machine for raising the levers 6 to release the fabric.
Patent GB-190303766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pads or Supports for Ice.
Inventor: JOHNSON EDWARD GREENBERRY
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 3766. Johnson, E. G. Feb. 17. Refrigerators; refrigerating. - Pads or supports for ice blocks are formed of hair felt a or other porous material, which is sheathed and held together by wire netting &c. b. The pad is intended to serve as an insulator to prevent the rapid melting of the ice, as well as to absorb the drippings, which, being evaporated by the air circulating through the refrigerator &c.in which the pad is placed, tends to cool the surrounding air, and thus lessen the amount of melting.
Patent GB-190305989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electric Sparking Devices especially Intended for Firing the Charges in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRADLEY EDWARD FRANKLIN
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 5989. Bradley, E. F., and Edmunds, H. March 14. Means for producing fire.-The device is described as applied to explosion engines and comprises a magnetic switch for an in' duction coil which produces a singic spark and does not exhaust the battery if the mechanical switches of the primary circuit remain closed. Fig. 1 shows one form of magneto-electric switch, and Fig. 3 a diagrammatic view of its application to a four-cylinder explosion engine. The primary circuits of induction coils 17, 19, 18, 20, Fig. 3, are closed in succession by a rotary switch 21, 26, and contain a magnetic switch comprising a permanent magnet 1 and an armature 4, pivoted at 5 and wound with opposite-handed coils in branches 7, 8 of the primary circuit. The effect of this switch is to act upon one of the spring blades 13, 14 as soon as the current passes through one branch 7, and to break the circuit in the other branch 8 containing that blade while it is not excited. On the primary 17, for instance, being broken, a spark occurs in the gap of its secondary. The apparatus may be modified by employing electromagnets instead of permanent ones, by arranging the armature with only a single winding, and by having only one blade which is normally held out of electric contact by a spring armature and released to complete the primary circuit through an induction coil by an electromagnet which is excited when a short circuit in the primary is closed. The closing of the circuit through the armature winding causes the armature to be attracted to the other pole of the magnet and remain there until the magnet ceases to be excited. In this case, a switch in the secondary controls the sparking in the various cylinders.
Patent GB-190306096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-check Pads for Breech Loading Ordnance
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 6096. Johnson, J. Y., [Ordnance Improvement Co.]. March 16. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to De Bange obturators. Figs. 1 and 2 show the obturator before compression, and Fig. 3 shows it finished. The plastic core A consists of a mixture of asbestos, grease, glycerine, and starch. The container B is formed of metal network, sections of which are united at their edges by overlapping and soldering, the joints being supported by asbestos strips 4. Tne container, when charged, is subjected to heat and pressure, and is finally coated with linseed oil. The pad is unaffected by extreme variations of heat, and by contact with the powder gases.
Patent GB-190308295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propelling, Steering and Controlling Ships and Analogous Vessels.
Inventor: BOHN ERNST
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 8295. Bohn, E. April 9. Propelling and steering by rotary plates.-Fig. 1 shows a side view, and Fig. 2 a diagram, of the mechanism. The fin propeller consists of a rectangular wood plate d, the sides of which are stiffened by an iron frame e, and the whole can slide easily in a slot in the boss c. A section of the propeller across the line A-B of Fig. 1 is shown in Fig. 3. Slide bars g work through the vertical walls of the casing a, and are provided at their ends with plates h, which can press against the plates f of the propeller. The driving-gear consists of the bevel-wheels p, q, which can be thrown in or out of gear by the lever and clutch arrangement shown. The wheels p have teeth only upon one-half of their peripheries. When working, the propeller is thus driven through half a revolution and comes to rest ; one of the arms g then pushes it automatically through the boss c back to its initial position, when it again takes up a rotary motion, and so on. Upon reversing, the only difference is that the other arm g works instead. When the fins form an angle to the perpendicular, this device may be used to raise submarine boats. To stop a vessel rapidly, the fins are fixed perpendicularly to the line of travel by the arms g.
Patent GB-190309168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato Sorters, Grain Sifters, and like Implements.
Inventor: SHORES JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-23
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 9168. Shores, J. April 23. Sifting potatoes, grain, &c.-Relates to actuating - mechanism for the hoppers, sieves, or screens of potato sotters, grain sifters, and similar machines. Fig. 2 shows the machine in plan. The sieve frame or hopper C is suspended by chains or flexible links D, D from brackets B, B on the machine frame A. A shaft K is mounted on cross-bars A<2> of the frame A, and is driven by bevel gearing from a shaft F driven by hand or other power. The shaft K drives by bevel gearing, at each end, two short vertical shafts having cranks engaging in sockets E, secured on cross-bars C<2>, of the sieve frame C, to which a rotary movement is thereby imparted.
Patent GB-190315293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle-sealing Devices.
Inventor: GILLETTE GEORGE HERMAN
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 15,293. Gillette, G. H., Noyes, H. T., and Stripe, H. G. July 10. Stoppers; capsules, bottle.-The bottle head 1 has a groove 2 and a corresponding shoulder 3 round which an elastic washer 5 is placed, the washer extending somewhat beyond the side of the groove. A sealing-cap 7 fits on the bottle head, which may be varnished ; or, the inside of the cap may be provided with sealing- material. The cap has a hanging flared flange 10, which, when forced against the ring 5, closes the bottle. The bottle may be opened by forcing this flange back, or by cutting the top away with a knife if the disc be of sufficiently soft material, such as thin sheet aluminium.
Patent GB-190317121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typing Machines for Music.
Inventor: WIRTS CARL
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 17,121. Wirts, C., and Post, A. Aug. 6. Type-writers. - A machine for use in typing music has a prismatic type-drum a splined to a horizontal shaft b; the sides of a rectangular frame f engage with the ends of the drum, and this frame has a shank f which is free to travel along a groove formed in a horizontal bar k. A bar q projects from the shank f<1>, and carries a grooved roller g which, when one of the key-levers h is depressed, receives a lateral thrust from one of a pair of curved levers d, d<1>, pivoted to the framing ; the upper ends of the curved levers extend to opposite sides of the roller g, and the levers themselves are connected by links r to rocking frames c<1> pivoted at n, and actuated by the keylevers. The extent of longitudinal motion transmitted to the drum a, when a key-lever is depressed, is regulated by means of a stop - pin i connected to the key-lever and passing upwards through one of a series of vertical apertures in the bar k; each key-lever is connected to a stop-pin against which the shank f<1> strikes, when the corresponding key-lever is depressed. When the keylever is released, the drum is returned to its central position by means of strings m connected to the bar q and to spring-controlled levers l secured to the pivot-pins of the levers d, d<1>.
Patent GB-190317319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bunsen Gas Burners
Inventor: DAVIES EDWARD
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 17,319. Davies, E., and Davies, D. Aug. 10. Gas burners.- A bunsen burner for heating purposes is made wholly or partly of heat non-conducting materials, and has a bell mouth with one or more perforated metal caps C, D, E, at the upper end of the mixing - chamber. The burner projects into the receiving pipe A of the heating - apparatus.
Patent GB-190318409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladders
Inventor: PETT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 18,409. Pett, W. Aug. 26. Ladders.-A folding hooked ladder, specially applicable for fire-brigade purposes, is provided at the hinge with square encased spring bolts F, which automatically engage square holes in the parts A, B when fully opened. A pivoted hook K, working against a flat spring N and a stop M, is fitted at the top. Sockets P on the bottom engage steps on a lower ladder, if used.
Patent GB-190318623-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing Cement or the like from Blast Furnace Slag
Inventor: CANARIS CARL
Filed: 1903-08-29
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 18,623. Canaris, C. Aug. 29. Slags, treatment of; cements.-Molten slag from a blast furnace is conducted into agitated water containing two to three per cent. of lime, the product thus formed being continuously removed by an elevator, dried, and finely ground. The slag may be treated with a blast of hot air or steam during its passage to the water.
Patent GB-190320630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Butyrometers.
Inventor: ROEWER EMIL EUGEN OTTO
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,630. Roewer, E. E. O. Sept. 25. Fats, testing.-The neck of the butyrometer is made with flat sides, as shown in cross-section, and the scale is marked on one of the sides.
Patent GB-190320852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges.
Inventor: SOSS JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 20,852. Soss, J. Sept. 28. Hinges for doors, safes, pianos, scuttles, trapdoors, &c. are formed to be concealed when closed. The hinge is formed in three parts sliding together ; one part c is attached to the framework by a plate c<2> slotted at c<4> to receive the sliding portions and having an outstanding segmental portion provided with top and bottom guides c<5> and grooves c<6>. The part d is attached to the door &c. by a plate d<2>, slotted at d' to receive the segmental part of c, and provided with a curved portion provided with top and bottom guides d<5> and grooves d<6>. A curved sliding portion e is provided with top and bottom grooves e<8> to receive the guides c<5>, d<5>, and is provided with movable stops to engage with stops on the parts c, d.
Patent GB-190322858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Synchronized Clocks and the like.
Inventor: CHANDLER FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-10-22
Abstract: 22,858. Chandler, F. A., and Bonniksen, B. Oct. 22. Electric clocks; synchronizing-apparatus-Fig. 3 is a view of the back-plate of a clock to be synchronized by currents once a day from a master clock, and Fig. 4 is a view of the wheelwork seen by removing the back-plate. As the snail C' rotates once in twenty-four hours, the lever E', E<3> is moved so as gradually to bring the armature E<4> nearer to the magnet F and to close the first switch E<5>, E<6>, E<7>. At, say, two minutes before the completion of the twenty-four hours, the pin J<1> on the lever J falls over the shoulder A<4> of the cam A', and moves into the notch C<5> in the collar C<4>, while the pin J<3> on the lever J' moves at the same time, allowing the blade K of the second switch to come into contact with the blade K<1>. The completion of the entire circuit excites the electromagnet F, which attracts the armature E<4> and holds the lever E', E<3> until the circuit is broken. The movement of the armature E<4> lifts the arm E' of the lever E<1>, E<3> clear of the snail C', and the snail, being thus freed from the braking effect of the lever, is carried round by a light spring L far enough for its shoulder to clear the arm E' upon the lever being released. The lever accordingly falls back into contact with the periphery of the snail at its smallest radius. The concentric portion of the cam A<2> rotates under the pin J<1> on the lever J during, say, a period of ten minutes. At the moment of synchronization, the standard clock opens the main switch, thus breaking or otherwise reducing the current of the circuit and so releasing the levers E', E<3> in all the clocks in the system. As each lever falls back, the projection E<8> operates on the stud-wheel G', and moves it round to the extent of one stud G, and, as the stud-wheel is thus moved, one of the studs thereon is forced through the contracting radial guide H on the disc H<1>, the narrow end of which is made a good working fit for the studs. The disc H<1>, an axle, and hence the minute-hand fixed to this axle are thus brought to a precise angular position corresponding to the correct time. The circuit having been broken, the pin J<1>, after a time, falls over the shoulder A<3> of the cam A', and the pin J<3> moves at the same time, so as to allow the end of the blade K to pass under the bow K' on the blade K<1>. As the cam A' further rotates, it gradually lifts the pin J<1> and moves back the pin J<3> and blade K. Any contact made between the blades K, K' during this return movement will be of no effect, as the switch E<5>, E<6>, E<7> is broken during this period. One synchronization cycle having been concluded, the parts are left to prepare themselves during twenty-four hours for the next. To use the service mains successfully as the source of current, the clocks are provided with suitably-wound transformers with or without auxiliary resistances.
Patent GB-190328760-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Safety Razor Stropping Machines
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 28,760. Kirschbaum, H., and Wilkinson Sword Co. Dec. 31. Sharpening razors. The holder for use in stropping the blades of a safety razor consists of a clip E, in one piece with a spindle D which can turn in a handle B and is geared to a pair of toothed quadrants H on rollers F carried by a cross-piece A. Thus when the motion of the handle is reversed, the razor is turned over.
Patent GB-190400459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens and other Marking Devices
Inventor: LANGILL JOHN EVERARD
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 459. Langill, J. E., and Langill, J. T. Jan. 7. Pens and penholders.- A pen 10 for marking linen and the like is supplied with ink from a reservoir 1. The ink flows through openings 4 in a conical head 2, and the feed is regulated by a cap 5 which has a threaded engagement with the reservoir 1 so that it can be moved to increase or diminish the space between its orifice and the head 2. A nib socket 8 is fitted over the cap 5 and has an open-ended feed-channel 10. 7 is a protective sheath.
Patent GB-190401229-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Means for effecting Communication with the Interior of Buoy, Boiler, Gas Chamber, or other Receptacles for containing Air, Steam, or other Fluid, and for facilating the Connection of a Fitting to such Receptacle.
Inventor: THOMPSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1229. Thompson, J. Jan. 18. Bolts, studs, and rivets. -In a buoy, boiler, gas chamber, or other receptacle for air, steam, or other fluid, a bolt, stud, or rivet required for the purpose of holding a door or mounting, or for joining plates or sheets together, is formed with a hole down its centre, thus affording communication with the interior of the vessel without cutting a separate hole in its sides. The bolt, stud, or rivet may be adapted to receive at one, or both, ends a pipe, tap, gauge, or other fitting.
Patent GB-190406850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Gas Burners.
Inventor: HUBERT HENRI MARIE
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6850. Delamarre, Henri Marie Hubert, Comte. March 21. Incandescent gas lamps; railway-carriage roof lamps.-In lamps burning gas at a high pressure, the size of the orifice of the injector c is regulated by a needle a which can be adjusted by the screw plug b. The injector nozzle c is of metal, or of a refractory material such as steatite. In a modification, the needle a is fixed and the injector nozzle c is movable.
Patent GB-190407588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inkstands.
Inventor: DARKE EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7588. Darke, E. T. March 30. Inkstands. - Relates to improvements in inkstands such as are described in Specification No. 2990, A.D. 1891, in which the dipping- cups :extend nearly to the bottom of the ink container, and includes means for raising the ink into the cups. In this case the dipping-cup and reservoir are either integral or rigidly attached to one another. A rubber ball c, perforated at c<3> and having also a hole in the neck c', fits into a tube d secured in the reservoir a. By closing the hole c<3> and squeezing the ball, air is forced through a groove d' in the tube d into the reservoir, thus raising the ink in the cup b. By turning the neck c<1> in the tube d, communication is cut off between the ball and the reservoir and the ink is retained in the cup.
Patent GB-190408368-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Adhesive Compound or Cement.
Inventor: RUSSELL HAROLD
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8368. Russell, H. April 12. Cements suitable for use in fastening oilcloth, linoleum, &c. upon floors &c., or for attaching lincrusta or other compositions, or for fixing rubber tyres on wheels, or soles and heels on boots, &c. are obtained by melting down Russian tallow with resin, in approximately equal quantities.
Patent GB-190411426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-slipping and the like Devices for Pneumatic and other Tyres.
Inventor: DAVID HENRI
Filed: 1904-05-18
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,426. David, H. May 18. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Puncturing and slipping of pneumatic and other tyres are prevented by means of plates 1, Fig. 1, arranged transversely as described in Specification No. 28,729, A.D. 1903. Near each end of each plate is a slot 2, between which and the end is a thinned part 4, and adjacent plates are connected together by links 3 formed with an open part 5, the width of which is about equal to the thickness of the thinned part 4. The two end plates are connected together by adjustable links, preferably consisting of two serrated halves 6, 7 secured by a nut 8 and bolt 9 passing through a slot in the half 6.
Patent GB-190415859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Scissors
Inventor: KAUFMANN ERNST
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 15,859. Kaufmann, E. July 16. Scissors. - In folding scissors with box handles d', d<2>, the handles are connected at the folding joints by a pair of coiled springs f<1>, f<2> hinged together, which throw the scissors open as soon as the latch k is tripped. The handles then are turned into line with the blades b. Crescent plates h for the blades to bear against are pressed into the handles and polished steel plates or washers are put at the joints to strengthen them and to relieve the friction of the springs.
Patent GB-190421416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Fog Horns for Use on Board Steam Trawlers and other Vessels.
Inventor: WOOLLONS FRED
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 21,416. Woollons, F. Oct. 6. Fog horns.-Relates to a method of mounting fog horns on board ship by which the horn can be readily turned in any direction and can be easily removed from its mounting. The horn a is provided with a circular sleeve d which engages the flanged ring c on the bridge top b. The collar e works against the washer f to steady the horn. The flanged ring g at the bottom of the horn has a number of holes, into any of which a pin h on the handle of the plunger can be inserted, thus locking the horn in any direction, as indicated by the pointer i. The plunger is secured in position by the nut j and thumb-screw k and can be withdrawn by removing the screw.