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Patent GB-190208435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Syphons and Syphonic Apparatus
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1902-04-11
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 8435. Adams, M. J. April 11. Water - waste preventers, siphon - discharge.A series of siphons arranged in one tank &c. or connected tanks, are automatically discharged in sequence, liquid from a discharging siphon being carried to the trap of another siphon. Fig. 1 shows three siphons A', A<2>, A<3> arranged within a tank b, and Fig. 3 shows a section through one of the siphons. Upon filling and emptying the tank, the traps of the inoperative siphons are left only partly filled, and when the tank is filling the weakest siphon, say A<1>, will start discharging. Part of the discharged liquid passes by way of the pipe or conduit d to the trap of the siphon A<3>, thereby raising the level of the water in the trap from g-g to h-h, Fig. 3. The trap of the siphon A' is left full, after discharge, and the trap of the siphon A<3> has been partially filled by the discharged liquid, so that upon refilling the tank, the trap A<2>, which is now the weakest, will start to discharge. In discharging, part of the liquid is conducted by the pipe n to the trap of the siphon A<1>, so as to leave the trap of the siphon A<3> the weakest. In again filling the tank, the siphon A<3> will discharge and will deliver liquid to the trap of the siphon A<2>, and the cycle of discharges will again be repeated. Where two siphons are employed in one tank, no communicating pipes are necessary to cause alternate discharge.
Patent GB-190218839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Loose Pulleys or Belt Carriers and Means for Supporting the same.
Inventor: WEICHHART JOHN
Filed: 1902-08-27
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 18,839. Lake, H. H., [Weichhart, J.]. Aug.27. Hangers or brackets.-A loose pulley, or belt carrier, is arranged alongside the driving-pulley on a line shaft, so that, when not required, the belt is shifted on to the loose pulley and remains at rest, the pulley being supported by a hanger clear of the shaft. The hanger or bracket D is made in two parts, an upper part 2 provided with an attachment flange, and a lower part or box 3 provided with a sleeve 6. The lower part is made in two sections, bolted together, for convenience in assembling. A shank 5 on the part 2 takes loosely into a cavity 4 in the box 3 so that the parts may be adjusted. In the adjusted position the sleeve is in alignment with and stands clear of the line shaft C. Babbitt metal &c. in a molten state is run into the cavity 4, and allowed to solidify, to secure the parts in position. The shank is recessed at the bottom, and may be grooved or roughened, and the cavity tapered from the bottom to increase the hold of the metal. Usually, one side of the part 2 is formed as a loose plate 10 secured in position by screws, this construction enabling the binding metal to be more readily removed when required. The pulley or belt carrier A is made in two parts and mounted loosely upon the sleeve 6 in alignment with the driving- pulley B.
Patent GB-190222269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Tramway and like Points.
Filed: 1902-10-13
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 22,269. Day, W. A., and Day's Adjusting and Locking Points Co. Oct. 13. Points, operating from tramcars and other vehicles. The points 1 are connected by screwed rods 11 and adjustable saddles 8 to a frame 6 supported by bell-crank levers 4 in a box 2 let into the track. Depressible plates 3 rest by means of knifeedges 3<a> on the bell cranks 4, and, when either plate is depressed, by lowering a roller 23 from the bottom of the car, the frame 6 is moved and the point operated by the rods 11. The bell cranks 4 are forked, as shown in Fig. 5, and supported in bearings 5 in the walls of the road-box 2. The upper faces of the frame 6 are serrated, and the saddles 8 are similarly serrated, and fixed in position by bolts 9 ; or they may be otherwise suitably connected. The rods 11 are fixed to the saddles by nuts 12 and coned nuts 13, or in any other suitable manner. A passage-way is formed for the parts of the rods 11 outside the box 2 by means of rectangular hollow blocks 16, the upper surfaces of which are roughened to form the road surface. The roller 23 for depressing the plate 3 is carried by a double lever 18 pivoted at 19 beneath the car and depressed by a foot-plate 25 fixed on a rod 24 and held in its raised position bv a spring 26 enclosed in telescopic tubes 28, 29. The points may be arranged to be returned to the normal position by springs, in which case only one depressible plate 3 and roller 23 will be required.
Patent GB-190224294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in 'Proofing' Mill-board
Inventor: SHEPHERD JAMES AITKEN
Filed: 1902-11-06
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 24,294. Shepherd, J. A. Nov. 6. Waterproofing-compositions. - Millboard is rendered impermeable to moisture by saturating it with gum tragasol either alone or mixed with boiled linseed oil to form the compound oil described in Specification No. 14,169, A.D. 1902, or with other ingredients, and then baking.
Patent GB-190228088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
Inventor: HOLMES ALEXIUS
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 28,088. Holmes, A., and Werner, F. Dec. 19. Printing.-Relates to a printing - frame adapted for use with both film and glass negatives, but more especially with films such as are used in panoramic cameras. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the frame. The film negative is inserted through a slit 5 at one end of the frame, and its edges slide into grooves 4 under the fillet 2 inside the frame. By these means the edges of the film are prevented from curling up. The sensitive paper and the hinged back are then put in place and clamped by springs 7 in the usual way. When the frame is used for film negatives, a supporting-glass 6 is inserted through the slit 5 and held in place by the turnbutton 10, When glass negatives are to be printed from, the place 6 is replaced by the glass negative.
Patent GB-190228396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Tempering or Hardening of Cast-Iron
Inventor: GILMOUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,396. Gilmour, W., Lindsay, A., Myers, C. A., and Bradfield, H. H. Dec. 23. Drawings to Specification. Tempering; cast iron, special treatment of; malleable cast iron.-Cast iron, which may be in the form of finished castings, is hardened or tempered by heating to cherry-red heat, then dipping in a solution of an arsenic compound in sulphuric acid, and finally cooling in water; or, the cast iron may be allowed to cool in the solution. The arsenic compound employed is preferably red arsenic or realgar, but white arsenic or yellow arsenic may be used. Pinions, worms, journals, bearings for cast-iron car wheels, and the like, may be treated by this process.
Patent GB-190303165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reservoir-brushes.
Inventor: KING EDWARD REXFORD
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 3165. King, E. R. Feb. 10. Bottles.-The handle 12 of a reservoir brush for supplying blacking &c. to boots &c. may be shaped as a bottle and be detachably screwed &c. to the reservoir A. These bottles may be sold separately and attached when required.
Patent GB-190303337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Joints for Pipes, Cylinders, and the like, and in Means for Securing the same
Inventor: BRIDDON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 3337. Briddon, G., and Fowler, R. J. Feb. 12. Cylinders of unspecified application. Consists in a detachable joint for large sheet metal pipes, cylinders, and the like, which is without loose parts. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a flange b is soldered or riveted to the first pipe a and is provided with projec. tions c formed to spring over projections d on the second pipe e on being rotated sideways. The joint is made tight by packing f. In the form shown in Fig. 2, hinged clasps or clamps g with tightening-screws i are attached to one pipe, so that the screws can be brought under projections d on the other pipe, which can thereby be pressed against the packmg f. In another form, rigid clamps with tightening-screws are riveted to one of the pipes.
Patent GB-190304131-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Box, Case Purse, or Receptacle for Coins and the like
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1903-02-21
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 4131. Wilcox, T., [trading as Wilcox & Son, M.]. Feb. 21. Purses.-A box A,preferablyrectangular, contains a tablet B, which is pressed up by a spring C and is provided with a sliding lid D, which is recessed on the under side to draw off the top coin of a small pile initially put upon the tablet and pressed down till the lid can be shut over it. The tablet has a lug b<1> engaging a slot a<1> in a false wall rising to a stop shelf a<3> away from the opening side of the box, and may also be formed with a rim to encounter a lip on the opening side, though the lid itself answers the same purpose. The tablet may be circular, and enclosed in a ring. According to the Provisional Specification, the box may be round or oval, and the recess in the lid may have its lower edge chamfered.
Patent GB-190305332-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Needle Threader.
Inventor: CURRIER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-07
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 5332. Currier, W. March 7. Needle-threaders.-For threading both ordinary and sewing-machine needles, there is employed a steel threader b, fitted in a bone, ivory, or wood, &c. handle a, and formed with a flattened hook end c of the same width as the stem part of the threader. The eye of the needle to be threaded is guided over the hook c by flexible guides d, dx secured in the handle a, the guides also serving to keep the thread in position when placed across the threader, and to direct it into engagement with the hook c, which is then withdrawn from the eye of the needle, so that the latter is threaded. The threader may be adapted for other threading purposes, and may be combined with other devices used by a seamstress; or there may be two or more threaders fixed in the one handle.
Patent GB-190305764-A (GB)
Inventor: OGILVIE GLENCAIRN STUART
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 5764. Ogilvie, G. S. March 12. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims.-The tyres of the wheels of motor and other vehicles comprise an outer rim of channel-s e c t i o n, capable of a radial and circumferential movement relative to the felloe, from which it is separated by a cushion of elastic material or metal springs. In one construction, the outer rim consists of a wooden ring e<1> with side rings d' and an iron tread. The elastic cushions may be solid, hollow, or cored balls, rollers, or blocks of india-rubber or other elastic material, or a pneumatic tyre f<2>, in sections or continuous, may be employed, a slot l<1> being made in the felloe a<1> to accommodate the valve. A loose band c<1> is mounted over an iron rim on the felloe, and moves with the elastic cushions. The rim is driven by rollers h', mounted in supports g<2> let into the felloe, which work in slots i<1> in projecting parts of the side rings. The faces of the slots are preferably lined with india-rubber or other material. In a modification, driving-stops n, bolted to the side rings, work in slots in the felloe and the bands thereon. The stops and the driving-faces of the slots may be provided with rollers or covered with india-rubber, leather, or the like. Dust and stones are excluded from the slots by springs n' or by sliding plates through which the stops n pass. The Provisional Specification states that the tread may be of india-rubber, also that the driving-bolts on the felloe may engage recesses in separate frames secured to the side rings, and that stops projecting from the felloe may work between depending stops on the rim.
Patent GB-190313270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Adjustable Spools for Music Sheets.
Inventor: WUEST PHILIP
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 13,270. Wuest, P. June 13. Automatic instruments.-The spools or carriers for the music sheets of piano players &c. are made with tubular cores of paper pulp identical with that employed for the music sheets, so that the space between the spool flanges is automatically varied in correspondence with the variations in width of the music sheets. The core 1, Fig. 1, may consist of a volute coil of paper, and the ends of the core may be upset by the heads and flanges at the ends of the core. Vents 9, 10 in the heads 2, 3 allow air to pass into the interior of the core. The core 21, Fig. 7, may be mounted upon a spindle 22, to which it is fixed solely at the middle. The spindle is, preferably, provided with longitudinal corrugations 28. The flange heads may be formed of wood.
Patent GB-190316448-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder or Head for Incandescence Gas Mantles
Inventor: WASMUTH AUGUST
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 16,448. Wasmuth, A. July 25. Incandescent gas lamps.-The head of a mantlc support consists of an upper ring c with a crosspiece d, and a lower ring a with internal teeth b ; the ring c is placed on the ring a and is secured by means of the teeth b, which are bent over it. The rings may be made of metal, asbestos, or other fireproof material. The top part of the mantle is gripped between the rings a, c. If desired, the cross-piece d may be widened and perforated to enable it to rest on a single point, or discs may be used instead of the rings. The upper and lower parts of the head may be secured together by wiring, or by means of pins or clamps. An asbestos thread may be separately fixed to the head to serve as a means of suspension for the mantle. A support of paper, cardboard, sheet metal, or the like may be inserted beneath the cross-piece d, to protect the mantle when packed.
Patent GB-190323438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Yard or Road Gullies.
Inventor: EWING ROBERT
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 23,438. Ewing, R. Oct. 29. Gully traps.- Gullies with integral swan-necked or bell - shaped traps, such as are described in Specifications No. 2491, A.D. 1886, and No. 1646, A.D. 1889, are rendered less liable to obstruction or breakage by making the exit H of capacious oblong cross-section tapering to a circular end piece I. The sewage enters the trap through the oval aperture F, and rises up the oblong passage D, which tapers down to the aperture F and is separated from the exit H by a straight topped weir G of the same width as the latter.
Patent GB-190324401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tailors' Squares or Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 24,401. Thompson, W. P., [Boone, T. R.]. Nov. 10. Cutting-out.-A tailors' square or measuring-instrument consists, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of a rigid bar A, a shoulder piece C, a depending flexible bar E at right-angles to the bar A, a tape D attached to the bar A at T, a front flexible arm F attached to the bar A near the shoulder piece C, and muspending hooks H, I attached to elastic or flexible straps J, K, jointed to a bar L pivoted at N on the bar A. When in use, the instrument is secured by the hooks under the left arm of the person being measured, the shoulder piece C being at the front. The instrument is adjusted with the parts A, D and F horizontal, by means of ordinary spirit levels B on the bar A, P on the tape D, and 0 on the depending arm E. The tape D measures the back, and the flexible arm F the front of the person. The arms E, F are provided with measuring points or studs R, Q, respectively, from which measurements are taken.
Patent GB-190325240-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Nose Bag for Feeding or Watering Horses
Inventor: PATTERSON JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-19
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,240. Patterson, J. H. Nov. 19. Nosebags.-The food or water is carried in two or more tubes c, connected to a canvas or other nosebag a having ventilating-holes b. Flaps f, through which the tubes are filled, can be fastened down, as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 1, by means of spring fastenings g or otherwise, to prevent the passage of the food from the tubes, or can be opened, as at the left-hand side of the Figure, to admit the food to the nosebag. The bag may be fastened to the horse's head by a strap and buckle d.
Patent GB-190325383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Transmitting Instruments for Wireless Telegraphy.
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 25,383. Fleming, J. A., and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Nov. 20. Telegraphs.-In a transmitting - instrument for wireless telegraphy, in which the wearing of the two metal balls between which the spark takes place is prevented by rotating the balls, and in which the noise is deadened b y enclosing the whole in a closed airtight chamber with thick walls, a cast-iron ball a is traversed by a copper shaft b with a hard steel point b<1> and having at the top a steel pin b<2> entering the cup formed in the top of the ball. Each ball is supported on a wooden bridge c on ebonite e insulators c<1> carrying a brass soleplate c<2> in which there is a recess for a steel point b<1>. A wooden upright d and an ebony insulator d<1 >carrying a copper strip d<2> attached to a copper pin d<3> are provided. This pin has a longitudinal hole to receive the steel pin b<2>, and, to prevent metal to metal contact, a glass tube b<3> is slipped over the pin b<2>. The cup in the top of the ball is then filled with mercury, so that the ball, while free to revolve, is in electrical connection with the copper strip. On the lower end of the shaft b is fixed a worm-wheel which engages with a worm e<1> on an insulated ebony shaft e<2>. On the shaft e<2> is a second worm-wheel e<3> driven by the worm e<4> on the shaft of the motor e<5>. The whole is carried upon a platform composed of two boards f, f<1> jointed together by hinges f<2> ; the board f can be tilted by a screw f<3> so that the distance between the balls may be regulated. The apparatus is enclosed in a sheet-steel or cast-iron drum g. The cables are brought airtight to the copper strip d<2> through the glands or stuffing-boxes g<1>. Two glands g<2> for the cables conveying the current to drive the small motors e<5> and stuffing- boxes g<3> for the screws f<3> are shown. The airtight chamber contains air under pressure, though nitrogen should be used, and a pressure gauge g<4> and a safety valve g<5> are provided. Further, a small peep-hole g<6> closed by stout glass is necessary to enable the spark to be inspected.
Patent GB-190326035-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Holding Fountain Pens, Pencils and the like
Inventor: GARGANO NICHOLAS
Filed: 1903-11-28
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 26,035. Gargano, N., and White, W. Nov. 28. Pens and penholders.-A pocket clip for holding fountain pens, pencils, and the like is made from a blank of the form shown in Fig. 1, of metal, celluloid, or other material. The arms b, c are bent forwards and towards one another so as to form a loop through which the pen is passed, and the partf is bent backwards to form a spring hook which is slipped over the edge of the pocket.
Patent GB-190326289-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tread for Staircases and the like.
Inventor: BISHOP WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 26,289. Bishop, W. D., and Rivers, E. G. Dec. 1. Treads for stairs.- A T-shaped metal bordering a with an apron-piece b preferably of chilled steel riveted on, forms a tray to receive melted bituminous rock asphalt e. The asphalt is strengthened by a frame of steel wires d, stretching from lugs c on the apron to the bordering. When the step is worn away, Portland cement is put in the hollow m, and the tread pressed down. In new stairs, the drop-piece b is replaced by a nosing of metal.
Patent GB-190400896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Washing Photographic Films and the like.
Inventor: LEAN WILFRID
Filed: 1904-01-13
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 896. Lean, W. Jan. 13. Trays and dishes; washing.-Photographic roll films are kept extended during washing by providing a spiral partition 2 which may form a vessel in itself, or be used inside some other tank. To hold different sections of a film, which may have been cut up, hooks or clips 11 are fixed on elongated U-shaped pieces of wire 17, one shank of which is held in a tubular piece 10, on the partition 2. Two films may be washed simultaneously by using both sides of the partition, separators being provided in the form of T-pieces supported on the edges of the spiral. The vessel has an inlet 9 and outlet 4.
Patent GB-190409023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Albums for Pictorial Post-cards and the like.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 9023. Haddan, H. J., [Graphia Ges.]. April 19. Drawings to Specification. Postcards. -Pictorial postcards form a continuous band and are separated from each other by lines of perforations, so as to be readily detachable and to allow the strips to be folded.
Patent GB-190413417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus Employed in connection with Flushing Cisterns.
Inventor: GALLOWAY JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 13,417. Galloway, J. June 14. Float valves.-In waterwaste preventers, a valve consists of a disc of leather or india-rubber held in position on the screwed end of the rod U between the nut Wand the threaded plate W', and held against the seating S by the float Y.
Patent GB-190416582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Sashes and Framings of Windows.
Inventor: MAITRE JOHN BRACHE LE
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,582. Le Maitre, J. B. July 27. Windows.-Sliding sashes s, especially those of the type used in vehicles, are constructed from hollow - drawn metal, preferably aluminium or brass, one strip s<1> of the hollow section being removable so that the glass G may be readily removed and replaced. The channel is lined with india-rubber or other resilient material s<2> in which the glass G is tightly held by screwing up the strip. The sashes slide in runners R which are of metal, preferably in two sections, lined with indiarubber &c. into which the sash is sprung. In another form of sash, Fig. 4, the removable strips s<1> are dispensed with, the glass G being inserted at the bottom of the frame and held in position by means of an adjustable screw s<9> carried by a strip s<5> secured to the sash frame at s<7>. By means of sashes and runners constructed in this manner, vibration is prevented owing to the resilient linings, and any slack or wear can be easily adjusted.