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Patent GB-190314926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Wheels having Metallic Hubs and Wooden Spokes.
Inventor: PERKS JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,926. Perks, J. July 6. Hubs; spokes.-Wheels of the type in which the ends of wooden spokes are secured between metal flanges forming the hub have distance-pieces fixed between the flanges. The flanges A are shown arranged on a tapered box C. The distance-pieces D may be formed with studs a to pass through the flanges and take nuts ; or bolts may pass through the flanges and distance pieces. The spaces between the distance-pieces, into which the spokes B are driven, are either parallel-sided or tapered, the inner ends of the spokes being correspondingly formed, and their meeting portions being bevelled as shown. If desired, the portions of the spokes within the hub may be thicker than the outside portions. The distance-pieces are sometimes formed with recesses d, and can be riveted between the flanges.
Patent GB-190317483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cue Rests for Billiards and like Games.
Inventor: DEAVILLE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-08-12
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 17,483. Deaville, B. Aug. 12. Billiards and like games.-The handle of a cue rest a rotates in the bearing b, and, by bevel gear as shown, or otherwise, causes the lever g to swing in an approximately horizontal plane. The lever g carries at its end a fixed or swivel cue guide h, the movement of which may be limited by a stop k. Friction devices may be added to check accidental movements.
Patent GB-190323093-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Automatically Regulating or Indicating the Speed of Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: FLETCHER FRED TAYLOR
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 23,093. Fletcher, F. T., and Fletcher, W. G. Oct. 26. Audible signals.-On electric or steam trams or cars, a signal, such as a bell, is operated when the speed reaches a predetermined limit. Fig. 2 shows a speed indicator, of any known kind, provided with a pointer 1, and peripheral speed indications, opposite any desired one of which a contact 2 is placed. The contact and pointer are included in a circuit comprising the lead 16, battery 4, lead 14, bell 15, and lead 17. When the speed is attained, the bell rings.
Patent GB-190327362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Apparatus for Burning Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: DAVIES PRESTON
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 27,362. Davies, P., and Davies, F. P. Dec. 14. Spray burners.-Oil in a liquid-fuel burner is sprayed by steam generated in a boiler heated by an auxiliary burner, the oil for which is sprayed, first by air under pressure, and afterwards by steam from the boiler. The casing b is provided with a refractory lining j and an outlet g for the products of combustion, and the steam generator a is supported by a ring c, which may be formed by making the boiler in two puts and screwing them together at the flanges. At the upper part or steam space n, the boiler is provided with a safetyvalve o, an inlet k, and an outlet m for water, and is connected to the auxiliary feeder f and the main feeder by pipes p, q, which are fitted with valves r, s, respectively, and with filters or separators to prevent impurities from passing to the nozzles. Oil is supplied from a cistern 1 to the burner nozzle 5 by a pipe 2 having a valve 3. The boiler a is filled with water to the height of the pipe m, the valves r, s are opened, and the orifices k, m and the valve s closed. Air from a hand-pump v is forced through the water in the boiler and through the pipe p to the nozzle 6, and sprays the oil in an open-ended, conical receptacle h projecting into a tubular extension i of the casing b. When sufficient steam is generated to spray the oil in the feeder f, the working of the air pump is stopped, the valve s is opened, and, after the main feeder is fully going, the starting-apparatus is stopped by closing the valves r, 3. Any uniform supply of air may be used for the initial spraying of the oil, but, when the air pump v is used, a non-return valve y is fitted in the delivery pipe x, and the backet is preferably packed with asbestos or other heat resisting material, and a passage is formed through its body and fitted with a spring-controlled valve opening only at the suction stroke. Auxiliary nozzles may be provided for supplying a gas or liquid to the inlet end of the pipe h. When air, or a mixture of air and steam, is to be supplied, a nozzle 9 may receive, through a pipe 10 and a valve 12, the air or steam from the pipe p and direct it with a supply of air from the atmosphere into the pipe h. Reference is made to Specification No. 27,361, A.D. 1903, in which the feeder f is described.
Patent GB-190413170-A (GB)
Title: Hertzian-wave Projecting and Receiving Apparatus Adapted to Indicate or Give Warning of the Presence of a Metallic Body, such as a Ship or a Train, in the Line of Projection of such Waves.
Inventor: HUELSMEYER CHRISTIAN
IPC: G01S13/02
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 13,170. H³lsmeyer, C. June 10. Signalling approach of trains.-Hertzian-wave signalling-apparatus is used to indicate the presence of a metallic body such as a train in the line of projection of such waves. The waves given out by a transmitter on one train are reflected by the metallic body into a receiver on the same train. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, an induction coil d, the primary of which is actuated from any suitable source, is secured in a bowl c mounted in gimbals. Conductors from the secondary coil pass up a tube e to insulated rings f, f<1> on which bear brushes k, i connected to the terminals of a transmitter h. The tube e is surrounded by a tube g formed with a funnel-shaped reflector and screen l, which directs the waves to the point desired. Above the transmitter is arranged a receiver wire or wires o connected through an insulated wire to a coherer &c. adapted to give a visible or audible signal, such as a drop signal. The wires o are cut off from waves other than those from the transmitter h, by a semi-cylindrical extension n of the tube g. A metal screen t may be arranged above the transmitter. The transmitter and receiver may be tuned to each other. The tube g is preferably rotated so as to direct the waves to each point of the compass in turn, by suitable electric or other means, of which only the driving-wheel q is shown. The wheel q may be rotated synchronously with another disc arranged conveniently for the officer in charge, so that the direction from which a warning comes is made known at once. The casing n may be dispensed with, and the wires o may be supported from other parts.
Patent GB-190413929-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Golf Ball and Method of Manufacturing same.
Inventor: HODGKINS REGINALD
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,929. Hodgkins, R. June 20. Grant of Patent refused. Balls.-The core of a golf ball is moulded from a composition formed by mixing solutions of indiarubber and gutta-percha in naphtha. The indiarubber is dissolved by heating it with naphtha to a temperature of 212‹ F. The mixture of the solutions is then cooled, and again heated in boiling water. The composition is then pressed by hand &c. to remove moisture, heated in an oven until it melts, and again toiled in water. The core is then moulded, and is preferably covered with a sheet of gutta-percha in a plastic condition, and the ball is finished in a press.
Patent GB-190415850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weft-replenishing Looms.
Inventor: WALKER ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 15,850. Walker, A. E., Walker, A., and Walker, G. July 16. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism.-Relates to the weft-replenishing mechanism described in Specifications No. 16,156, A.D. 1901, and No. 15,234, A.D. 1902, applied, in the present case, to a dropbox instead of to a circular box. A. full shuttle 9, Fig. 3, is fed from the magazine 21 into an upper or receiving compartment 7 of the shuttle box 4, the upwardly-curved top 22 thereof passing over the shuttle, which is retained in position by a spring 12 and a stop-piece 11 preferably fixed to the box frame 3. The curved edge 23 of a shuttleretaining or screed or guide bar 1, mounted between the end of the lay and the end of the frame 3, between the receiving-compartment 7 and working compartment 6, passes under the shuttle. As the lay retires, the shuttle falls below the retaining-bar 1, which afterwards keeps it in position. Meanwhile, a cam-piece 13 on the frame 3, acting on the free end 14 of the swell 15, removes the latter from the box. The shuttle box afterwards moves down, as shown in Fig. 5, and, at the latter part of the movement, the swell 20, previously kept out of the lower compartment 6 by an auxiliary cam-piece 27. is by the action of its spring 28 forced inwards, forcing out the exhausted shuttle 8 into a shoot 24. At the same time, the swell spring 16 forces on the swell 15, positioning the shuttle 9 so that it may be picked from the box. The shuttle compartments 6, 7 are then raised, and, at the return pick, the shuttle enters the working box 6, now raised into its normal position, where it remains until shuttlechanging again takes place. The guide-bar 1 may be mounted in a bracket on the lay 2 and be attached at its inner bent end to the bracket which supports the guide-rod 25 of the picker. It serves as a guide-bar for the shuttle when weaving, and also as a retaining-ledge for the shuttle immediately after it has been fed as described above. The shuttle box 4 is reciprocated vertically by a rod 17 and mechanism similar to that described in the Specifications referred to above. Stops 18 limit the vertical movement of the shuttle box. The usual stop-rod finger 19 is used for stopping the loom if the shuttle is not properly boxed.
Patent GB-190416469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Mullers Urns and other Hot Water Vessels.
Inventor: CHAMBERS CORNELIUS
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 16,469. Chambers, C. July 26. Actuating valves and cocks; liftivalves; plug cocks; casings; packing, special methods of; spindles.-Mullers, urns, kitchen boilers, and the like are provided with means for automatically maintaining a supply of cold water from the waterservice pipe under pressure to the muller or other vessel as the hot water is withdrawn therefrom. In one form of apparatus, Figs. 1 and 3, a hotwater outlet valve 4 and a cold-water inlet valve 5 are mounted on a common spindle in the valve casing so that they are simultaneously operated by a handle 11. On the handle 11 being turned in one direction, the hot liquid flows out through an upturned pipe 16 to an upper passage 3 in the valve casing, and thence past the valve 4 to the outlet 2. At the same time, the cold liquid from the service pipe 13 flows past the valve 5 and through a lower passage 14 in the valve casing to an outlet 21. To prevent burning of the vessel, the pipe 16 is so arranged that the liquid in the muller cannot fall below a certain level. The valve 4 is formed with a central removable plug 24 which regulates the inlet of cold water so that a quantity thereof just sufficient to replace the hot water withdrawn is admitted. On the spindle 25, Fig. 3, between the valves 4, 5, is fixed a packing-washer held between a distance-piece 27 and a metal washer 28. The packing-washer works in the cylindrical part 29 of the valve casing. In a modification, a plug, which fits in a tapered part of the valve-body, has crosspassages so arranged that when the plug is turned to one position the hot water flows through the cross-passages while the cold water flows through an inlet at the bottom of the plug and out through a side outlet into the passage in the valve-body leading to the muller. In another arrangement, Fig. 5, the plug of the hot-water cock 31 is continued through a stuffing-box or the like at the bottom of the cock body, and is geared through pinion wheels 43, 42 to the spindle of a screw-down valve 40 located in the cold-water passage 14, so that both valves are simultaneously operated. According to the Provisional Specification, the flow of cold water is regulated by a screw-down valve or other regulator located in the cold-water inlet pipe. Preferably, the packing on the valve and spindle between the valves consists of cupleathers.
Patent GB-190416886-A (GB)
Title: A Measuring Rod for use in the Game of Bowls
Inventor: TREHEARNE GEORGE REES
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 16,886. Trehearne, G. R. Aug. 2. Bowls, game of.-A measuring-rod for use in the game of bowls consists of a rod E fitted with a spike A, which is pushed into the ground in front of the jack. A sliding gauge C provided with a clamping-screw F measures the distances up to three feet. For distances up to six feet, a gauge G fitted to the end of a rod D, which slides in a groove H and is clamped by a screw F<1>, is used.
Patent GB-190423701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking and Releasing Means of Convertible Chairs and other Analogous Articles of Furniture
Inventor: VAUGHAN ERNEST
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 23,701. Vaughan, E. Nov. 2. Chairs &c.-Relates to an arrangement for locking and releasing the movable parts of adjustable furniture, particularly applicable to nursery chairs. The adjustable legs c. which mav be utilized as spring lever frame e is mounted between the fixed sides of the chair frame, and the ends f of the frame slide in bushes g, and take into holes h<1> in plates h attached to the legs c. On raising or lowering the lever frame e, the ends f are withdrawn from the holes h<1> by cam devices i<2>, attached to the fixed members of the chair, acting on the sides e<1> of the frame. Separate bolt pieces may be used instead of the ends f of the frame e.
Patent GB-190500288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves with Removable Seats.
Inventor: DUKE JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1905-01-06
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 288. Duke, J. H. Jan. 6. Seats.-In order to enable the removable -brass seat shown in Fig. 2 to be inserted into, and removed from, a valve casing, it is screwed externally to engage with the casing, and internally for the attachment of the holder or inserting-device, shown in Fig. 1. The holder comprises a right-handedly threaded part 4 entering the seat, and a left-handedly threaded part 5 of greater diameter on which is screwed the sleeve 6. The sleeve is screwed down on the face of the valve seat, thereby locking the seat to the holder. The seat can then be inserted or withdrawn.
Patent GB-190501907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine Engines
Inventor: HACHENBERG LOUIS
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 1907. Hachenberg, L., Sandford, E., and Sandford, L. Jan. 31. Elastic-fluid turbines.-An inward and outward flow turbine is shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The turbine wheel 26 is made in parts bolted together, and has one or more rings of blades 32 on each side, and corresponding rings of blades 36 are fixed to the casing. End pressure is balanced by rings 66 fixed on the ends of the blades. The casing contains an annular steam chamber 21 divided into four parts by horizontal and vertical partitions 19. Additional partitions 38 are formed near the centre of the wheel. A curved admission valve 46 has ports of graduated size so that, by sliding it along, one or more nozzles 39 admit steam to the top of the wheel. The steam passes towards the wheel centre and continues forward to the lower chamber, which is connected to an upper chamber supplying the other side of the wheel. The ends of the shaft are supported in conical split sleeves 8, which can be adjusted by the caps 14. By means of screw-down valves 60, Fig. 6, controlling the passages 58, highpressure steam can be admitted to both sides of the wheel simultaneously. The turbine may be made reversible.
Patent GB-190503985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Pressure Turbines
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
Filed: 1905-02-25
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 3985. Lentz, H. Feb. 25. Burners, applications of; lighting burners by electric devices.-A continuous-combustion gas turbine is shown in Fig. 1. The nozzle b is supplied with compressed air by a compressor d, and its constricted portion or throat has a fuelsupply pipe e and an igniter f so that the exploded mixture drives forward on to the wheel a, and back-firing is prevented by the current of air without the aid of isolating - devices. More than one fuel-supply and igniting device may be fitted to the nozzle. A number of wheels a<1>, Fig. 2, may be driven by the same stream of gas, suitable nozzle sections b<1> being placed between the wheels. A fuel supply and igniter may be fitted to each nozzle section.
Patent GB-190505067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Guarding Against the Re-use of Bottles.
Inventor: BOSTWICK WILLIAM BROUGH
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 5067. Bostwick, W. B., and Bostwick, H. W. March 10. Bottles, non-refillable.- The re-use of bottles is prevented or detected by attaching to them a series of coupons 2, separated from one another by perforations 1. Loose tab portions 3 are provided to facilitate the removal of the coupons down to the level of the liquid. The surface of the coupons may be used for printed matter. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 19,138, A.D. 1898.]
Patent GB-190519395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: BRAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 19,395. Bray, J. W. Sept. 26. Incandescent gas lamps.-An inverted burner, preferably of the type described in Specification No. 10,570, A.D. 1905, which may be fixed, without the use of any special adapter and in such a manner that the products of combustion pass clear of the bracket, either to an upturned or to a downturned bracket or fitting, is formed in two parts A, A', which are secured together by screwing, Fig. 5, by a screw-threaded sleeve 0, Fig. 3, or by a bayonetjoint G<1>, Fig. 2, or its equivalent, so that the part A<1> may be turned relatively to the part A, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. The burner may either pass through the side E of a gallery, such as the spring-clip gallery D, Fig. 2, described in the prior Specification, or through the central opening of the gallery, Fig. 3. When the burner passes through the side of the gallery, the latter is secured against a flange C on the former by screws C', Fig. 2, by a nut G, Fig. 5, or by a nut G<2>, and a set-screw S', Fig. 9. The mixing-tube with its air-regulating sleeve L may be secured to the gas nipple K by a set-screw M, and the gas supply may be regulated by a screw in the manner described in Specification No. 15,729, A.D. 1903. In a modification, the part A<1> of the burner tube is made straight and is attached to either an upright or an inverted bracket by an L-shaped extension of the nipple K.
Patent GB-190521492-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Adjustable Brake Block Holder.
Inventor: WHITEMOSS JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 21,492. Whitemoss, J. Oct. 23. Brakes.-An adjustable brake-block holder a has a serrated arm b, which can be secured in different positions on a serrated block c, on the brake beam d, by means of bolts e, which pass through slots in the arm b. A flange on the block c prevents lateral movement of the arm b.
Patent GB-190522721-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Candle Lamp.
Inventor: REGNART CHARLES CLARE
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 22,721. Regnart, C. C. Nov. 6. Incandescent lamps. - In a candle lamp of the kind having a bulb with a supporting-stem attached to it, disposed inside an opal body provided with a cap for attachment to a holder, the contact device for connecting the supporting-stem and the opal body consists of an insulating plug f attached to the hollow stem c<1> by a projection e, and carrying contact-pieces engaging others at the base of the opal body c. In the form shown, the plug f is channelled to contain metal plates h, Fig. 2, which are attached to conductors in the stem connected to the leading- in wires. The metal plates h engage springs l, the ends of which form the contacts k of the cap j, or these springs may be carried by an insulating block and connected to these contacts. In a modification, the plug f carries two internallyscrewed collars or tubes engaging screwed bolts passing through the cap, the heads of these bolts forming the contacts k, or the bolts may be replaced by pins engaging sockets in the plug. The bulb is formed with a shoulder as shown, and projects within the opal body c.
Patent GB-190525381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anti-vibration Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: BATAULT EMILE
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 25,381. Batault, E., and Gardy, A. Dec. 7, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Springs, damping action of. The up-and-down movement of the body of a vehicle on its springs is controlled by a dash-pot device A placed between the frame F and the axle E. The dash-pot is designed to offer little resistance to the vibration of the spring through small amplitudes but a greater resistance when the spring moves far from its normal position. The upward movement of the vehicle is also resisted to a greater extent than the downward movement. The dash-pot consists of a piston working in a cylinder closed at both ends, the piston having one or more holes C, through which pass fixed rods D tapering towards the middle of their length Instead of using the holes C and rods D, the cylinder itself may taper towards each end. Greater resistance is obtained in the upward direction by means of a ball valve B. The Specification in the original form as published under Patents Act, 1901, stated that the dash-pot might be charged with fat or a mixture of fat and graphite and that a band brake might be used instead of the dash-pot, the brake being arranged to be operative only when the body was moving upwards. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190602707-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to the Introduction of Electrical Apparatus having Magnetic Cores or Masses into Alternating Current Circuits.
Filed: 1906-02-03
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 2707. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens- Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Feb.3. Distributing; switches.-The abnormal momentary current which may result when stationary electric apparatus having iron masses is introduced into alternating - current circuits is obviated by including the circuit, during the moment of switching in, one or more steps of non-inductive resistance. This may be done by means of a double switch which, by the first movement, introduces the resistance, and at the second short-circuits it.
Patent GB-190603006-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing a Working Medium for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: WINAND PAUL
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 3006. Winand, P. Feb. 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines.-Submarine boats are propelled when submerged by an internal-combustion engine in which a supporter of combustion which is rich in oxygen is used and diluted with a part of the cooled unpurified products of combustion. N02 N2O5, and the nitrates and peroxides are suitable supporters of combustion.