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Patent GB-190324317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Poultry Houses.
Inventor: BOYES EBENEZER
Filed: 1903-11-09
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 24,317. Boyes, E. Nov. 9. Poultry houses.-Roosting, laying, hatching, and scratching compartments are combined in one building, and are connected with outside runs, a number of such buildings being preferably placed end to end. A pointer or king-post roof is supported on four transverse frames a, b<6>, and is preferably covered with felt and extended to within two or three feet of the ground. The building is ventilated by means of an opening extending along the whole of the ridge, the opening being protected by a fixed cover and closed or regulated by loose boards. The structure is divided into a scratching ground d, hatching compartments e on the south side, and laying and roosting compartments e<*1> on the north side, the spaces e<1> being open to the sky and to the outside runs. Swing doors c, fare supported by hinges somewhat similar to those used for swing gates, and openings for the fowls to pass through are made in the doors f and provided with hinged covers. The walls are formed of weather-board or matchboard, ventilating-openings covered with wirework extending along the top of the walls of the hatching-compartments. These compartments e are fitted with wirework screens g* and doors g, in which are openings communicating with feeding-troughs h provided with hinged covers h<1> so as to be inaccessible to fowls in the scratching- ground. The compartments e<*1> are open to the scratching-ground d, a hanging board m acting as a screen. The roosting-place is fitted with perches l, and is ventilated near the ground by an opening which is covered by a hinged board i<2> adjustably by means of a rack i<3> and loop i<4>. One side j<1> of the nests j is hinged, and a dust bath k is provided. Glass windows are fitted in the roof over the compartments d, e. The outside runs are enclosed by wirework, and one is used while the other is being cultivated. Sloping wirework is carried along the roof above the doors f, and connects with triangular end-pieces.
Patent GB-190327830-A (GB)
Title: Electric Bell.
Inventor: RENTSCH FRIEDRICH CARL
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 27,830. Rentsch, F. C., and Schubert, R. Dec. 18. Velocipede bells;electric bells.-The ringing of electric bells, such as bicycle bells, by vibration of the support, is prevented by the addition of a solenoid and core, which prevents the hammer from vibrating until the circuit is completed, when the core is attracted away from the hammer, thus leaving it free to vibrate in the ordinary way. The core m of the solenoid k, placed between the coils h, of the bell, is pressed against the hammer p by a spring. When the circuit is completed, the core is attracted by the solenoid, and the hammer p can vibrate.
Patent GB-190400193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Equipment of Electrically Propelled Railway Cars.
Filed: 1904-01-04
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 193. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Jan. 4. Stopping engines and trains.-Relates to electrically - propelled railway cars equipped on the multiple-unit system, in which an arrangement is provided for cutting the whole of the motors out of circuit by operating an emergency brake handle in any of the cars. The leads a, b extend throughout the train and are connected to the current source through any of the switches d. Current passes from the leads b through the windings h of the solenoids i to earth. The solenoids attract the armatures k against the action of the spring l and close the circuit from the current source through the terminals m to the motor and thence to earth. The circuit-closing parts f of the emergency brake handles g are included in the lead a, so that, on operating any of the handles, the circuit to the lead b is broken, consequently the solenoids i are no longer energized, and the armatures k are drawn away by the springs, thus disconnecting all the motors from the current source.
Patent GB-190405013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traction Engines or Self-Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: BECKWITH HARVEY
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 5013. Beckwith, H. Feb. 29, Traction engines; motor road vehicles.-Consists of an endless-track traction engine or self - propelled vehicle for carrying loads, or hauling cars, sleds, &c. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 4 a sectional plan. The wheels 7 are connected in pairs by endless-track belts, and have ribbed hubs running on grooved discs 4 slidably mounted on the curved ends of square shafts 3. The discs 4 on each shaft are connected by rods 29 which can be operated simultaneously to shift the discs 4 along their shafts and so set the wheels for rounding a curve, by means of levers 31 and screw-and-nut gearing 36, 35. Lateral displacement of the central parts of the endless track is, at the same time, prevented by idler wheels 20 engaging the lower runs, and by wheels 27 engaging the upper runs, and serving also to transmit power from a steam, gas, or other motor. Additional guides and supports for the lower runs are formed by curved bars 22 secured to the discs 4, and supported at their inner ends by flexible connections to frames 24, within which the wheels 20 work, and which are carried by the brackets 21 in which these wheels are mounted. The endless tracks are formed of slats connected by links 17 pivoted to allow of the lateral flexing of the tracks. The insides of the slats carry V-blocks 18 engaging corresponding grooves in the rims of the wheels.
Patent GB-190405204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras
Inventor: FRACHEBOURG JEAN
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5204. Frachebourg, J. March 2. Cameras; producing colouredphotographs; shutters; lenses and lens fittings.-Relates to a photographic camera in which coloured filters are carried by a pivoted segment formed in two parts which can be fastened together or separated according as colour or ordinary photography is required. The invention is an improvement on that described in Specification No. 26,873, A.D. 1902. The two parts k, l of the pivoted segment carry the coloured filters 1, 2, 3. The part k is attached to the pulley i which is subjected to the action of a spring cord j. When it is required to photograph in colours, the knob p is turned, turning the plate r, and if the part k has been brought up close to the part l by the handle d and bent arm c, the hole n of the plate m will lock on to the pin o carried on the part l; at the same time the lever t will hold the pin y. The knob 14 is then turned to set the index for time exposure. To expose the first plate, the knob 4 is pressed; this presses against the plate 5, releasing the oscillating lever g, the effect of which is to open the shutter and permit the light to pass through the filter 1. By now pressing a pneumatic ball, the first plate is changed through mechanism (not described) operated by the ball 6, and at the same time the ball 13 expands, raising the lever t and permitting the two parts k, l to move to the left till the pin z is stopped by the projection on the lever. The second plate is thus exposed through the filter 2. By pressing the ball a second time, the action is repeated except that the part k is stopped by contact with the stud 11 on the sliding bar 12, thereby inserting the pivoted plate 9 between the spring plate 5 and a ball 8. On pressing the pneumatic ball a third time, not only is the third plate changed through the action of the ball 6, but the ball 8, now capable of exerting pressure on the spring plate 5, closes the shutter. To obtain an ordinary photograph, the knob p is turned till the position shown in Fig. 3 is obtained. The plate r operates one arm of the two-armed spring-controlled lever 10, the other arm of which presses down the stud 11, and, by the movement of the pivoted plate 9, renders the ball 8 capable of operating the spring plate 5. The part k is removed to the position indicated in dotted lines, and the shutter operated by pressing the knob 4.
Patent GB-190405783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles.
Inventor: BRADFORD ROBERT DANIEL
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5783. Bradford, R. D. March 9. Drawings to Specification. Bottles.-The lips of bottles are made of such shapes that the bottles may be distinguished by touch. The lips may be either polygonal, scolloped, or indented, and, if desired, they may be fluted to facilitate pouring out the contents of the bottles. In a modification, the bottles may be formed with circular mouths, the distinguishing marks being then placed below the lips. In this case, the distinguishing marks comprise one or more collars, consisting of a series of projecting points or ridges.
Patent GB-190407625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Axes and the like Edge Tools.
Inventor: BOWEN GWILYM
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7625. Bowen, G., and Day, G. March 31. Adzes; axes; tool edges.-Axes, adzes, hatchets, &c. are made with fixed or detachable steel blades and cast heads and sockets. The head A is made with cheeks into which the shank of the blade B is fitted. In one method of fixing, the cheeks have between them a block A<6>, Fig. 2, which fits into a similar recess in the blade, and the blade is further held by a rivet or screw A<5>. In another form, Fig. 4, the cheeks have recesses A<3> into which lugs B<3> on the blade fit. In a third form, Fig. 9, the shank is tapered and fits into a similarlyshaped recess in the head. The socket has a hole A, for the insertion of a wedge to assist in the removal of the blade. A dovetailed groove may be used instead of the tapered recess.
Patent GB-190407845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: WEBSTER JOHN AVERIT
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 7845. Webster, J. A. April 5. Pencil sharpeners.-A pencil sharpener is provided with a cylindrical cutter, with spiral blades, which rotates on an inclined axis and moves round the pencil. The axis 18 is mounted in bearings 19, 20 bored in discs 9, 10, which are connected by a block 11 and to a hub 7 which rotates in a bearing 6 formed in one side of a casing 5. On one end of the axis, a bevelled pinion 21, preferably of steel, bears against the face of the disc 10, and at the other end is a screw 25 which engages a thread formed inside a bushing 24 in one end of the cylinder 16. On turning the axis by means of a slot 26 formed in the pinion, a bushing 23 in the other end of the cylinder is drawn against a shoulder 26<a> on the axis, which is thereby secured in position.' A pencil-bearing block 14, provided with a conical groove 42, passes through the disc 10, and an extension 43 passes into the hub which is rotated by a handle 15. A screw 44 engages with the extension and on rotation causes the block to be drawn towards, or forced away from, the cutter ; the motion of the screw is limited by a pin 45 which engages with a slot 46. A pin 36 engages with longitudinal slot 47 in the bottom of the block and prevents rotation relative to the cutter. A face-plate 28 is provided with an annular flange 29 in each side of which is a bayonet groove 30, so that on rotating the discs to the right, the friction of the bearing block tends to force pins 31 attached to the casing into the grooves and thereby to fix the plate. On the interior of the face-plate is mounted a brass gearing 32 with which the pinion 21 engages. On the front of the face-plate is a clutch for holding and centering the pencil, and consisting of a plate 33 provided with oblique slots which engage with pins 37 fixed in jaws 39. On pressing down the plate in opposition to a spring 40, the travel of the pins in the slots forces the jaw outward and a pencil may be inserted. A face-plate 49 holds the jaws in position. A box 48, to catch shavings, may be mounted in the bottom of the casing. In operation, the pencil is forced inwards against the cutter which is caused, by means of the pinion and gearing, to rotate on its axis while the discs carry it round the pencil.
Patent GB-190409976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Linoleum.
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9976. Godfrey, A. A., and Linoleum Manufacturing Co. April 30. Coated fabrics.-Linoleum having a grained wood-like appearance is made as follows :-Granulated material, say of two colours, a dark and light shade, is rolled from a hopper a, Fig. 1, stripped from the roll by a blade d, and falls on a slowlymoving roll e so as to pass at the nip in several folds, which are consolidated. The sheet thus formed, after being cut into narrow strips by disc cutters g, is wound on a roll h, which is brought to the apparatus shown in Fig. 3. The strips are here drawn off and turned through a right-angle and passed alternately between the upper and lower rollsj, k, passing thence between rolls which consolidate them into a single sheet. Instead of feeding to the rolls e several folds of a single variegated sheet, several thin one-colour sheets may be fed to it.
Patent GB-190410659-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliances for Fastening Window Sashes and the like.
Inventor: ELLIS JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,659. Ellis, J. May 9. Sash fastenings; screw fastenings; sliding bolts.- At each end of the top rail of the lower sash is fixed a screw socket E, Fig. 1, containing the screw bolt F, which is adapted to engage with a perforated plate B fixed to the side rail of the upper sash. In place of the screw bolt F, a sliding bolt G, Fig. 4, operated by the spring H, may be employed. Round the end of the screw or other bolt is placed a roller I, Fig. 4, so as to prevent the cutting of the bolt by a file inserted between the sashes. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, a transverse screw bolt P is mounted on the top of the socket E, and is adapted to engage the sash frame as a further security.
Patent GB-190412803-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ball and Socket Joint for Dolls and the like.
Inventor: ECKERT HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 12,803. Eckert, H. Sept. 18 A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dolls; toy animals.- Ball-and-socket joints for dolls, toy animals, &c. are constructed like those described in Specification No. 23,650, A.D. 1901, but the socket is made of inelastic material, and a hollow elastic ball is used. Fig. 1 shows a joint for a limb a of a doll, on which is mounted a pin g provided with grooves f, f<1>, by means of which a hollow ball b is secured to the pin g, the pin being forced through holes in the ball. The ball b is forced into a socket h on the thigh of the doll. As applied to a joint for the neck of a doll, the ball socket is partly covered over by the neck part of the doll.
Patent GB-190414832-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Maintaining a Constant Water Level in Boilers.
Inventor: DEPREZ MARCEL
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 14,832. Deprez, M., and Verney, J. July 1. Feedwater, controlling.-A water-level regulating- device for steam generators consists of a piston j, Fig. 1, which moves against the action of a spring k when the opening of the pin valve g, which is controlled by the water level, admits steam into the cylinder i. Depression of the piston is arranged to cut off the supply of feed water, or of steam for the feed-pumps, which remains cut off so long as the valve g is open ; when it closes, the piston is gradually returned to its original position as the steam above it condenses or escapes through a small tube, and feedwater is again admitted. The pin valve may be controlled by the motion of a float a in a casing b which communicates with both the steam and water spaces, such motion being communicated to the valve-pin by a pivoted lever e, upon which the other end of the pin f is pressed by a spring w. In an alternative form, the valve is closed by the expansion of a compound metal plate m, Fig. 2, produced by its contact with steam, and opened when the comparatively cool water from a U-tube q, which communicates with the water space, reaches it in consequence of a rise of water level in the boiler. An adjusting-rod r is fitted in this arrangement.
Patent GB-190415220-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture or Treatment of Armour Plates and other Articles of Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 15,220. Hadfield, R. A. July 7. Tempering; nickel steel; chromium steel; manganese steel.-Relates to the manufacture of a special armour plate, and to the toughening of steel castings and armour plate generally, the toughening - process being specially applicable to nickel-chromium steel, containing tungsten or not, and the steel described in Specification No. 16,132, A.D. 1901. The object is heated uniformly up to between 950‹ C. and 1100‹ C., cooled in air, reheated to about 700‹ C., cooled slowly in the furnace, again heated to about 700‹ C., cooled slowly to about 640‹ C., and suddenly cooled, either by water or an air blast. It is then reheated to about 600‹ C. and again suddenly cooled. In a modified method, the first re-heating to 700‹ C. is omitted. The special temperatures mentioned may vary as much as twenty degrees and the sudden cooling may not be carried below 250‹ C. After this treatment, the metal may be casehardened in the usual way. A special nickelchromium steel armour plate which is afterwards treated by this process is made from steel described in the above-mentioned Specification, and contains 0À3-0À4 per cent. of carbon, about 0À25 per cent. of manganese, about 1À8 per cent. of chromium, and about 3À3 per cent. of nickel.
Patent GB-190417894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Belts, Straps and the like.
Inventor: BEDOS GEORGES
Filed: 1904-08-17
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 17,894. Bedos, G. Sept. 17, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Belts and bands. -Belts, straps, and the like are made of thongs a, Figs. 1 and 2, of leather or other material arranged edgewise and connected by flexible bands b with pins c which are riveted in positions. The number of thongs a combined with the flexible joints b diminishes towards the sides, the ratio of the joints b increasing with the convexity of the pulley, so that the belt rides exactly on the convex rim of the pulley without flexure of its pins and contraction of its lateral joints.
Patent GB-190421906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spectacles
Inventor: WARD FRANK SHERMAN
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 21,906. Lake, H. H., [Ward, F. S.]. Oct. 11. Spectacles.-The bifocal lenses of spectacles are mounted so that they can be rotated to bring the parts, for use in viewing near objects, to the top and bottom as desired. Fig. 1 shows a pair of spectacles with a double bridge E and side ball-andsocket joints G.
Patent GB-190427066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two-stroke Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 2 7 , 0 6 6 . Oppenheimer, G., [Carlsund, A.G. R.]. Dec. 12. Gas and like engines.-To scavenge thoroughly the cylinders of two-stroke-cycle engines, and to retain in the same a charge of pure air for combustion, air is drawn into the enclosed crank chamber, through valves d, during the in-stroke of the piston f and the pump plunger h. The air is compressed during the out-stroke, and enters the cylinder when the ports b are uncovered by the piston. The pump g, which may be used to force in the explosive mixture at the end of the compression stroke, is operated by the connecting-rod as shown.
Patent GB-190500410-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Hydro-pneumatic Governor for Marine Engines.
Inventor: GRASSET RODOLPHE JEAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 410. Grasset, R. J. W. Jan. 9. Fluid governors for marine engines. A pipe a open at its lower end to the sea is arranged at the stern of the vessel. A diaphragm f at the upper end of the pipe supports an adjustable spring- pressed piston device g carrying contacts o at its upper end adapted, when lowered, to touch contacts m and so complete the circuit of an electromagnet v, which, when energized, pulls down its armature w, thus actuating the lever A of the throttle valve C. When the stern rises, the pressure on the underside of the diaphragm decreases, so that the circuit is completed and the throttle valve closed.
Patent GB-190516911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetted Air Burners.
Inventor: HUDSON OSCAR MURRAY
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 16,911. Hudson, O. M. Aug. 21. Lift valves. - To extinguish a carburettedair burner, a plate I, within the expanded part B of the burner, is raised by a rack and pinion. To maintain a small by-pass flame, the plate is pierced with a central tapering hole b.
Patent GB-190519407-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Brakes for Cycles and for other purposes.
Inventor: HORTON CHARLES PHILIP
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 19,407. Horton, C. P. Sept. 26. Brakes.-In multiple-coil band brakes for cycles and for other purposes, as described in Specifications No. 17,548, A.D. 1904, and No. 10,508, A.D. 1905, a split friction ring E is introduced between the drum C and the coil F, and may either revolve with the drum or spring outwardly against the coil. The whole is enclosed in a case G. According to the Provisional Specification, the friction ring may be applied to internally-acting band brakes. The friction ring presents a better wearing-surface and lessens the wear of the coil.
Patent GB-190524609-A (GB)
Title: Device for Moistening Envelopes, Stamps, and the like
Inventor: CLAASSEN RICHARD
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 24,609. Claassen, R. Nov. 28. Damping envelopes &c. -A device for damping envelopes, postage stamps, &c. comprises a hollow, preferably cylindrical, casing a within which is a glass or other tube b for holding water &c. To the end of the casing a is screwed a ring h, which supports a sponge c and holds a perforated disk j in place against the end of the tube c. Caps d, e are secured to the casing a by bayonet - joints, the former being provided, if necessary, with an eye for attachment to a watch chain &c. According to the Provisional Specification, the casing a may be of ebonite or metal.