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Patent GB-190318894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Buffer Stops for Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: TOWNSEND FRANCIS EDWARD
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 18,894. Townsend, F. E. Sept. 2. Buffer and like stops.-Relates to buffer stops used at the termination of railway and tramway sidings, and consists in making the stops in the form of springs. Fig. 1 shows a plan and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the structure. Two coiled springs a, which may be made of steel rails, are secured at one end to the track and at the other between angle-plates b fixed on the buffer plank c. The springs are secured to the rails by extending the rails d and the ends of the springs, rearwards of the buffer. The two sets of rails are then supported in double chairs f and clamped together by the shoes g. According to the Provisional Specification the apparatus is applicable to tramway and railway vehicles having buffers on each side, or having central buffers.
Patent GB-190320228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Tunnel Structures
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 20,228. Justice, P. M., [O'Rourke Engineering Construction Co.]. Sept. 19. Tunuels.-Relates to a subterranean railway tunnel for two or more tracks, arranged so that each track is independent of the other, while permitting communication between them at any desired part. The section of a double tunnel is of the form shown in Fig. 2. Each tunnel is driven by means of a shield, as usual, and the metal segments a fitted in place ; the arches and inverts bear on skewbacks d or the like, and are strengthened by means of pillars, plates, walls, &c., in which suitable doors are provided. At a track cross-over, the opposite semicircular wall are connected by stronger segments at the top and bottom, thus retaining the full head-room ; a sliding door made be fitted at each cross-over. Several tunnels may be combined in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190320329-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Fixing the Loose Needles Knitting Pins and similar Articles in Needle Cases
Inventor: WHEATLEY RICHARD
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 20,329. Wheatley, R. Sept. 22. Needle, pin, and like cases. - Two pieces of paper, leather, &c. A, B are sewn together by stitching along the full length, as near as possible to the outside edges. Each stitch C forms a separate compartment to receive a needle, knitting-pin, or the like.
Patent GB-190321499-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fishing Bait.
Inventor: JAKOBSEN JOHAN BERNER
Filed: 1903-10-06
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 21,499. Jakobsen, J. B. Oct. 7, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Artifccial bait.-Consists of an imitation cuttle fish built of a body of gum, gutta-percha, or other material. The Figure shows a sectional view of the bait. The body a is formed hollow, the inside being filled with cotton, wadding, or other suitable absorbing material which has been soaked in the oil of the liver of cuttle fish or oil of herring. During use, the oil slowly leaks out through the apertures c.
Patent GB-190323662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Indicators and Counters for Water-meters.
Inventor: MEINECKE CARL
Filed: 1903-10-31
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,662. Meinecke, C. Oct. 31. Liquid meters; counting apparatus.-Dials for water meters are formed on cover glasses and placed in front of the pointers, to prevent them from being obscured by the impurities from the water. Fig. 2 shows a section of a cover glass a with an enamel backing b in which circular spaces c are made. The glass is secured by means of a cap f. The pointers are also enamelled in a light colour.
Patent GB-190323829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Off-set Apparatus for Printing Machines.
Inventor: SAUVEE ALBERT
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 23,829. SauvÚe, A. Nov. 3. Set-off, preventing.-The off-set web 4, Fig. 3, passing round the impression cylinder 5 of a rotary or a flat-bed printing-machine is alternately wound and unwound on two spindles 1, 9 by a single driving-apparatus. In the position shown, the web is passing from the spindle 1, over the cylinder 5, and guide-pulleys 6, 7, round the driving-rolls 8 to the spindle 9, which is supported at the ends on inclined guides 3<x>, and bears against the roller 8, by which it is driven. When all the web is wound on to the spindle 9, it is lifted into bearings 10, and the web is passed from it over roller 11 to the cylinder 5 &c. as before, finally being wound by the driving-roll 8 on the spindle 1, which is then supported partly by the inclined guides 3<xx>, and partly by the roll 8. This process is repeated as often as desirable. In order to give an intermittent motion to the web when used in flat-bed machines, where the impression cylinder has an idle revolution, the roller 8 may be driven through a friction-wheel 20 on the same spindle engaging intermittently with a friction-wheel 15 mounted at the end of a pivoted lever 12, reciprocated by a cam 18 and a spring 19. The wheel 15 is continuously revolved by gearing 14, 13, and suitable bevel gearing, and a brake may be arranged to stop the roll 8 simultaneously with the disengagement of the wheels 15, 20. Specification No. 11,106, A.D. 1900 is referred to.
Patent GB-190325803-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Measuring Grain and other Granular Materials.
Inventor: BRIDDON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-11-26
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 25,803. Briddon, G., and Fowler, R. J. Nov. 26. Measured quantities, delivering. - An apparatus for measuring and delivering grain and other granular materials consists of a casing a with inlet and outlet openings, a rotated drum d on the shaft f divided into #. number of segmental compartments, and an adjustable ratchet mechanism f capable of moving the drum through varying angles. The pawl lever h, loosely mounted on the shaft f, carries the adjustable arm i, and is moved by the pin-carrying disc l, or by a suitable cam on the shaft m. The extent of the angular movement of the lever h is determined by the position of the stop p, adjustable in the slotted graduated plate q.
Patent GB-190327403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Filling Bottles and other Vessels with Liquids under Pressure.
Inventor: BLAXTER AUGUSTUS PEARCE
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 27,403. Blaxter, A. P., Blaxter, A. P., and Chaloner, G. W., [trading as Barnett & Foster]. Dec. 15. Bottling; stoppering.-In a machine for bottling beverages aÙrated at low pressures, means are provided for withdrawing air from the bottle through a snifting- tube, while the filling of the bottle is effected through the annular space surrounding the snifting-tube. The bottle is filled while inverted, and after the completion of the filling operation the filling- nozzle and bottleholder are moved into a new position, so as to bring the bottle into line with a stoppering- device. Fig. 1 shows the bottle r mounted in a carrier o, and held over the filling- chamber s. The snifting tube v passes through a stuffing-box in the lower part of the chamber s, and can be moved d longitudinally by means of a cam wand a spring- controlled pivoted lever y. Mounted on the snifting-tube v is a snifting - valve h<1>, shown in detail in Fig. 4 ; a rod w<1>, provided a t i t s lower end with a spring-controlled valve x<1>, and of such a shape in cross-section as to allow air to pass along it, is passed through the tube v, and in operation, when the snifting-tube is inserted into the bottle and raised to its highest position, the rod impinges upon the bottom of the bottle and opens the valve x<1>, allowing the air to escape through a valve y', the pressure being regulated by the hand-wheel H. When the bottle has been filled, the tube v is withdrawn, and an arm k and a cam i operate to turn the carrier o, with the bottle. into line with the stoppering-device, in which position it is closed by a screw-stopper placed in a chamber i<1> and driven into the bottle by a screw spindle j<1>. The spindle is rotated by a nut k<1>, which is raised by a spring u<1> and depressed by a lever q<1> and cam t<1>. Fig. 5 shows a modification of the snifting-tube provided with a hole adapted to allow the passage of broken pieces of glass, without interfering with the air passage. In this modification, the outlet valve is operated by a cam. The pressure of the escaping air may be regulated by adjustable nozzles on the outlet.
Patent GB-190403601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Douches.
Inventor: SCHUTZE FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3601. Schutze, F. Feb. 12. Irrigators; cooling-appliances.-A portable douche consists of a collapsable bag A, Fig. 1, fitted with a tube B having a tap D and nozzle E. When not in use, the tube B is wound on a reel I, having an aperture J to receive the tap D, and packed inside the bag. The bag is closed by screwed caps at the top and bottom, and may be used as an ordinary hot-water or ice bag.
Patent GB-190408801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks for Motor Cars and the like
Inventor: ADAMS HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 8801. Adams, H. April 16. Lifting-jacks.-A jaek for lifting and moving motor cars &c. consists of a column K mounted on wheels L and provided with a jaw F to receive the car axle, and a long handle or lever M. The device is run under the axle in a tilted position, and, on the lever M being depressed, raises the axle, which is then supported on the wheels L. The column carrying the jaw F is rotatably mounted in the column K, and, in one modification, can be adjusted in height by screw-and-nut gearing actuated by a shaft M' within the handle M. The handle may be fitted with a supporting-leg.
Patent GB-190410056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks Used for Fishing
Inventor: HYDE JOHN EDMUND HINDON
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 10,056. Hyde, J. E. H. May 2. Fish-hooks. - Consists in making the hook so that the barb is on the outside, that is, situated on the side furthest from the shank. Fig. 1 shows a hook made in accordance with the invention.
Patent GB-190411285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles to Prevent Re-filling.
Inventor: BRUDENELL ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 11,285. Brudenell, A. J., and Macpherson, J. May 17. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-A stopper or plug B of glass, vulcanite, &c. is provided with a valve C, Fig. 2, consisting of a loose disc which is kept on a rubber or cork ring c by means of a glass or other ball D. Perforations b<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, are made at intervals round the stopper, and a central hole b<4>, Fig. 2, extending to the hollow interior of the stopper, communicates at its upper end with horizontal apertures b<3>. Channels b<6> on the interior surface of the stopper lead to the apertures b<1>, b<4>, and a rubber ring E which fits a recess b<7> engages a corresponding recess a, Fig. 1, when in position in the bottle neck. A cork may be employed to close the mouth of the bottle. In a modification, a bow-shaped spring hand f, Fig. 5, may be substituted for the ring E, and a rubber ring f<1> may be used to close the sides of the bottle. The top cap and the neck portion b<3> of the plug may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190412972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toy-ships.
Inventor: BARTELS ALFRED
Filed: 1904-06-08
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 12,972. Bartels, A. June 8. Drawings to Specification. Toy ships.-A toy steamer, man-of-war, or other ship is constructed so that its several parts may be taken apart and re-assembled repeatedly. This is accomplished by dividing the hull into two halves longitudinally, and providing each half with a flange fitting into a groove in a wooden frame which forms the keel, stem and stern post. The various fittings, such as deck-housings, masts, rigging, &c., are fixed by means of dowel-pins, screws, or otherwise. The ship is capable of floating on water.
Patent GB-190414296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gauge Glass Cock Connections.
Inventor: DRUMMOND GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,296. Drummond, G. W. June 25. Gauge-glass fittings. - To prevent the escape of steam when the gauge glass breaks, a ball valve C, normally supported by a wire rod E' and a spring E, is placed between the cock and the glass.
Patent GB-190416541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Motor and other Vehicle Lamps
Inventor: GOODWIN FELIX
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 16,541. Goodwin, F., [trading as Wyncott & Son]. July 27. Carriage lamps.-Tbe oil reservoir or carbide receiver b is attached to the body a of the lamp by means of hooks d which engage projecting beads c, provided with stops c'. The hooks d are locked in position by a bolt e actuated by a spring inside the casing a. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, studs d engage in slots c in the casing a, thus forming a bayonet joint, which is locked by the spring bolt e.
Patent GB-190420008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Devices.
Inventor: DOBBINS EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 20,008. Dobbins, E. J. Sept. 16. Advertising.-Consists in an arrangement suitable for use over the windows of omnibuses &c., in which the shadow of an advertisement is thrown u p o n a fixed visible surface by the action of varying or passing light. In the example shown, one or more rods 2 of triangular or prismatic section are secured in a casing 1. Upon the face 3 of the triangular rod are arranged the letters, designs, &c. in inverted order as shown. The board A is adjustably secured in the casing 1 so that its position relative to the prism may be altered as desired. By suitably proportioning the light aperture, the words &c. may be spelled out one letter at a time.
Patent GB-190420591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PARMENTER CHARLES FORBUSH
Filed: 1904-09-24
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 20,591. Parmenter, C. F. Sept. 24. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. In a carburetter particularly applicable to motor road vehicles and boats, hydrocarbons of different densities may be supplied together, or independently, from the float feed devices to the air-supply passage A, after passing the valve-controlled passages j, k, the common branch pipe, and the woven-wire partition D. The partition is arranged with horizontal and vertical passages formed at right-angles to the air passage A to facilitate the distribution of the hydrocarbons. Adjustable and hand - operated needle valves are shown at L, M attached respectively to bell cranks L', M'. Adjustable throttle valves, operated by a common connecting-rod G, are provided in the passage A at B and C.
Patent GB-190421756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
Inventor: PAGE ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,756. Page, R. W. Oct. 10. Sale apparatus ; displaying pictures &c.-Relates to apparatus for delivering post and other cards and other articles and for exhibiting information, pictures, &c., as described in Specification No. 54, A.D. 1891. Coin action : delivery mechanism.-T h e coin falls into a bucket h, Fig. 5, on a weighted lever 37, Fig. 2, connected by a link 35<a> to an arm 35 fixed to a rock-shaft 29. A bar 32 is thus turned in the direction of the arrow. Pawls 28, 27 are thereby raised and lowered respectively away from and on to racket segments 26, 25 fast on the shaft e', freeing this shaft so that it can turn in the same direction as the bar 32. The knobs rare then pushed in so as to turn the shaft e', being connected to it by arms 51. At the completion of their movement, the coin is discharged from the bucket when the reverse motions take place. The push-knobs are returned by the action of a spring 22, connected to the shaft e<1> by an arm 23, and the pawls are operated again to lock the shaft e<1>. During the return movement of the push-knobs, the connecting-rod 18 turns by virtue of its connection to the same shaft, operating the toothed sector 12 to advance the push-plate 1 by means of the rack 11, the stepped underportion 7 pushing the card through the delivery slot 9. Coin-slit closing-devices.-The coin slot is closed, when the last card has been delivered, by a projection on the rod 42 brought into position by the descent of the rod 40, which normally rests on the top card. The Provisional Specification also states that the coin bucket may be dispensed with, the pawls being operated by means actuated by the coin when the knobs are pushed in. Fraud, preventing.-The bucket h carries a plate 48 with an opening 49 normally opposite the coin shoot i. A bar 50 may co-operate with this plate. A wire &c. inserted for fraudulent purposes is jammed by this means. Jamming of articles, preventing.-The push plate 1, Fig. 2, is free to turn about the spindle 3, whereby it can adapt itself to deliver a buckled card, the delivery slot 9 being shaped wider at the ends than at the centre or vice versÔ.
Patent GB-190501367-A (GB)
Title: Production of Light Fast Violet to Blue Shades on Wool.
Inventor: SHILLITO THOMAS RICHARD
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 1367. Shillito, T. R., [Aniline Colour and Extract Works, formerly Geigy, J. R ]. Jan. 24. Dyeing.-Violet to blue shades on wool are obtained by treating with copper salts, in an acid bath, dyeings with azo colours obtained by coupling alpha- or ethyl-alpha-naphthylamine with diazotized amidophenol- and amidocresol sulphonic acids having neighbouring oxy and amido groups. The best results are obtained when the sulphonic group is also ortho to the oxy group, particularly in the case of the following : 3-amido-4-cresol-5-, 4-chloro-2-amidophenol-6-, 4-nitro-2-amidophenol- 6-, and 4-acetamido-2-amidophenol-6-sulphonic acids and 2-amidophenol-4-6-disulphonic acid. For example, after wool has been boiled for about an hour in a dilute acetic or sulphuric acid bath of the azo dye from ethyl-alpha-naphthylamine and 3- amido-4-cresol-5-sulphonic acid, some copper sulphate is added and the boiling continued about half an hour, a reddish marine-blue fast to light resulting. The dye from alpha-naphthylamine and the disulphonic acid also gives a reddish marineblue. In another example, the dye from the ethylamine and the chloramidophenolsulphonic acid is used in the presence of copper sulphate, giving a fast brilliant greenish marine-blue.
Patent GB-190505748-A (GB)
Title: A Mechanism or Apparatus for Drying Gelatine, Glue, Paste Goods, Brewer's Grains, Bricks, Woods, Metal Articles and the like.
Inventor: KOEPFF OTTO
Filed: 1905-03-18
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 5748. Koepff, O. March 18. Bricks, drying. Bricks &c. are dried on hurdles or frames carried through a hot - air chamber on travelling bands arranged in tiers. Partitions divide the chamber horizontally. The travelling bands are supported on rollers 3 during their horizontal courses, but are merely guided by side rollers 2 during the ascents from one tier to the next, an unobstructed ascent of the frames being thereby allowed. The elevators 15, 15<a> by which the frames are lifted consist of chains provided, at intervals equal to the distance between tiers, with forked supporting- arms 16. The chains are moved periodically from the main shaft 8 through bevel-wheels, friction disks 11,12, and toothed wheels engaging with the lifting- chains, the driving-disk 11 being cut away at one part so that at intervals the frames remain at the levels of the band, when they are moved on or off it. The horizontal motion is effected through arms 22 having rolls 23 at their ends. These arms are set on vertical shafts 24, provided at their lower ends with toothed wheels engaging with a double rack 20, which is reciprocated, so that the shafts and arms oscillate, from an eccentric on the main shaft. Hot air is introduced, and is distributed by fans or blowers 5. The damp air evolved from the lower tiers may be conveyed to the hurdles coming from the drying-room.
Patent GB-190509998-A (GB)
Title: Process for Directly Converting Cotton or Cellulose into Cellulose Acetates
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 9998. Fabrique de Produits Chimiques Flora Soc. Anon. Aug. 23, 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose acetates are prepared by heating a mixture of cotton or cellulose with glacial acetic acid and acetic anhydride up to the boiling-point of the bath in the presence of dimethyl sulphate. The product obtained varies with the proportion of dimethyl sulphate, a small proportion giving a product, apparently tetraacetate, insoluble in alcohol, while a larger proportion yields a product soluble in alcohol. The reaction liquid is filtered, and the filtrate is poured into water to precipitate the acetate.
Patent GB-190515519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Screens.
Inventor: KENNEDY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 15,519. Kennedy, W., and Johnston, J. A. July 28. Window blinds.-A detachable window screen comprises a spring roller A, mounted in brackets c on a bar C which can be suspended by lugs c<1>. To each bracket is pivoted a plate e' to which is hinged an arm E. The arms E can thus be folded up as shown in Fig. 3, or can be extended forward as in Fig. 2. Sliding plates G, attached to springs g', press on the shoulders of the plates e', and tend to keep the arms E apart when extended. The blind passes under a rod F, which also serves to support the arms E, when folded, by means of a clip f. The bottom rod b of the blind has forked ends which engage the side arms and are provided with clamping-screws b<2>.
Patent GB-190515719-A (GB)
Title: Machinery for Making Metal Bound Packages
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 15,719. Fairweather, W., [Healy, W.]. Aug. 1. Stapling.-In a machine of the kind described in Specifications No. 3561, A.D. 1905, and No. 12,690, A.D. 1904, for making wire-bound box blanks, the binding-wires and strengthening-cleats are stapled on to the blanks. The binding-wires 2 and the cleats 1, Fig. 23, are secured to the blank by staples 3, driven by stapling-heads J, K, L, Fig. 3, operated by a vertically reciprocating cross-head M, actuated by eccentrics on the driving-shaft D. On the same shaft is loosely mounted a ratchet wheel N with a sprocket n connected by means of a chain with a sprocket-wheel on the outer end of the shaft C. The first part of the downward movement of the cross-head M causes the pawl O to rotate the ratchet-wheel one step, giving the chains and work-holding means a single step forward, and it also forms the staples. The remaiuing part movement inserts the staples. The stapledriver j, Figs. 5 and 6, is adjustably secured to the cross-head M, and a staple former j<1> is also connected by a spring j<3>. The guiding-structure j<4> of the stapling-mechanism is adjustably secured to the bar P. The lower end j<10>. of the bar j<5>, pivoted at j<6>, projects between the prongs of the staple former and serves as the means on which the wire is bent into the form of a staple. The wire X is fed through the tube j<9>, as the crosshead rises, by means of the ratchet-wheel Z, and is severed on the descent of the cross-head between the bevel j<11> and a bevel on the inner end of the tube. When the cross-head starts descending, the spring-pressed finger j<14> causes the staple former to descend till the pin j<16> engages the cam j<15> when its motion stops, the staple having been formed. The driver still descends and pushes the staple into the blank, the cam j<8> acting on the projection j<7> to swing the end j<10> out of the path of the staple. If longer staples are required, an extension j<17>, Fig. 17, with a bevel j<18> is secured to the side of the staple former, the feed-tube j<9> is retracted, and a larger feed-roll is combiued with the ratchet Z. If desired, the extension may be dispensed with and a wider staple former used.