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Patent GB-190309445-A (GB)
Title: A Seamless Non-absorbent Baking Trough.
Inventor: BLAKEWAY ARTHUR RICHARD
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 9445. Blakeway, A. R. April 27. Containers or receptacles.-Wooden troughs a for the use of bakers, confectioners, &c., have a seamless non-absorbent lining b made from block tin or other suitable sheet metal, or from enamelled cast iron.
Patent GB-190312048-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Thread Spooling Machinery.
Inventor: BAINES EDMUND NORBURY
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 12,048. Baines, E. N., Schmidt, J. W., and Stannard, W. May 27. Spooling - machines, thread. A thread glosser C, Fig. 1, is carried by the threadguide holder or thread guide B, and has a slot D into which a pad of felt E is placed, the pad being lubricated from an oil reservoir G. A screw H serves to adjust the position of the thread guide for different diameters of the spool J. The thread glosser C is pressed on the spool J, by a torsion spring, mounted on the stud M, the spring having its tension adjusted by nuts.
Patent GB-190317066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Toilet Paper
Inventor: MAYER DAVID
Filed: 1903-08-05
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 17,066. Mayer, D. Aug. 5. Advertising.-Printing on toilet paper is confined to cross or side strips or corners c separated by perforations b for hygienic reasons from the essential pieces a.
Patent GB-190320490-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cooling Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SUTTON JOHN WASHBURN
Filed: 1903-09-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 20,490. Sutton, J. W. Sept. 23. Pistons of internalcombustion engines are cooled by air supplied by a fan to elbow pipes E in which pipes D fixed to the piston work.
Patent GB-190326138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: HICKSON SAMUEL ARTHUR EINEM
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 26,138. Hickson, S. A. E. Nov. 30. Annular-chamber type.-In rotary engines of the kind described in Specification No. 25,092, A.D. 1898, the working-chamber A<2>, Fig. 1, is formed between the halves A<1> of the casing and corepieces bolted to the casing. The piston vane E<1> is loosely mounted on a projection on the curved piston drum E, which actuates the sliding abutments F in one direction, the return stroke being effected by steam pressure. The abutments have recesses F<1> and act as slide valves connecting the steam channels G to the working-chamber, and they have recesses F' for admitting steam to press the abutments forward. In a modification, the steam channels contain oscillating cut-off valves mounted on spindles H, Fig. 4. The spindles have external projections H<2> adapted to be acted on by a cam H<1> and by a spring-pressed stud H<3>. In another modification, valves J, Fig. 8, are arranged in both the steam and exhaust channels. Each pair of valves is connected by an eccentricallyarranged coupling-rod L, Fig. 7, adapted to be acted on by a cam L<4>.
Patent GB-190326857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1903-12-08
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,857. Crompton & Co., and Hodgson. A. J. Dec. 8. Globe holders.-An arrangement for lowering the globe and corona of an arc lamp. A rod d, sliding inside a tube g and through a hole in a bracket c fixed to the corona, is formed with a stop e at one end and a bracket f at the other. The latter is adapted to engage a pair of rods a fixed to the frame of the lamp. The bracket may slide between or outside the rods and may be removed and replaced by springing the rods apart or together.
Patent GB-190401987-A (GB)
Title: Automobile Sledge.
Inventor: DAMOKOS FERENCZ
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 1987. Damokos, F. Jan. 26. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to automobile sledges. As shown in Fig. 1, the carriage body 1 is mounted and supported on sledge runners 2, and is driven by friction wheels 4. The wheels 4 are fitted with triangular pieces 6 on their outer peripheries, and the axles 3, as shown in Fig. 4, are supported by bearings 15 capable of sliding in guides 7. The wheels are driven by a suitable motor through the medium of chain or other driving gear, and the apices of the pieces 6 are pressed into engagement with the road surface by means of the springs 16, thus propelling the sledge. Steering is effected by pressing either of the rods 17 fitted to both sides of the car body, into contact with the ground by suitable mechanism, and a braking effect is obtained by pressing both rods down simultaneously. The runners 2 may be removed and for the wheels 4 ordinary road wheels may be substituted, so as to enable the vehicle to be used on ordinary roads.
Patent GB-190403777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Racks or Supports for Hats, Clothing and the like.
Inventor: WISSENBACH CARL
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3777. Wissenbach, C. Feb. 15. Clothes - hanging apparatus. - In a rack or support for hats, clothing, and the like, the pegs or hooks a are made o " wire bent into a long U-shaped loop. The branches of the loop are provided with bends e, f in opposite directions which engage with bends on the cross-bars c, d, so that the loops and cross-bars are plaited together. The lower ends of the loops are bent to form hooks, while the upper parts are bent or extended to form hat pegs, and some of them may be used for suspending the whole rack on the wall. The cross-bars may be connected at the ends by knobs or tubular connecting-pieces.
Patent GB-190410338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrices for Type Casting and similar Machines.
Inventor: PIERPONT FRANK HINMAN
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 10,338. Pierpont, F. H., and Duncan, H. M. May 5. Type; monotype and like machines. - The matrices A, Fig. 1, for type-casting machines such as that described in Specification No. 8633, A.D. 1899, may be formed of three parts. The lowest part C may be formed of a number of steel strips C', riveted together and having tapered openings C<2>, in which the neck of the type is cast, the bottom of the plate C resting on the top of the mould. The faces of the type and a short portion of the neck are cast in the punched recesses B' of the middle plate B, preferably of copper or gunmetal, the whole of which recesses may be simultaneously punched in the plate. The top plate D has longitudinal and transverse tapered grooves D' formed in it, into which the bars E', E<3> on the face of the plunger E are forced, to ensure the squareness and accuracy of vertical adjustment of the matrix block A. Short quads can be formed by leaving solid parts in the plate C to be brought over the mould, high quads being formed, if desired, by leaving one or more recesses in the plate C only. The middle or crossing part of the bars E', E<3> may be cut away if desired. The height of the mould, if made according to the above-mentioned Specification, will have to be reduced.
Patent GB-190410381-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Removing Nicotine from Tobacco-leaf.
Inventor: SCHLIEBS-NEE-SEIMERT BERTHA
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 10,381. Schliebs, [nÚe Seimert], B. May 5. Tobacco.-To remove nicotine from tobacco, the tobacco leaves are subjected to the action of air and moisture at a temperature approximating to 37‹ C. in a closed chamber for from one-half to two hours, and then treated to a cold shower bath from a rose or sprayer in the upper part of the chamber. The nicotine driven out by the sweating action is washed away by the water.
Patent GB-190410585-A (GB)
Title: Combination Necklet and Chain.
Inventor: ELLIOTT JOHN HUXTABLE SKINNER
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 10,585. Elliott, J. H. S. May 9. Suspenders for articles of dress.-The necklet chain a is fastened at the top by the spring split ring d, and is provided with rings c a short distance from the top, to which are attached short chains b for carrying a pendant f. A muff or watch is carried by the hook g. According to the Provisional Specification, a muff, watch, purse, or other article may be carried by the chains b.
Patent GB-190414254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Carbons or Carbon Sheets used in Typewriters
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,254. Richardson, J. June 25. Copying documents ;type-writers.-A binding for one or any number of carbon sheets consists of a backing a, Fig. 1, having a turned-over top edge a<11> and a tab b<1> secured to it or cut out from it. The tab is passed through slits c', Fig. 5, in the carbon paper c bent under the edge of the part a<11>, and passed through a slit a<111>, which may be formed otherwise in the back of the binding a, the tab being sufficiently long to be bent round the top of the binding, or the tab may be bent over without being inserted in the slit. A small tab b<11> may also be passed through the slits in the carbon paper and bent up under the flap a<11>. The tab b<1> forms a stop for the papers e introduced as shown in Fig. 3. The carbon sheets may be reinforced across the top or near the slits, and an additional cut d may be made to facilitate the passing of the carbon sheets on the tab. More than one tab b<1> may be employed in the breadth of the backing.
Patent GB-190420928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Platforms for Ladders.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 20,928. Clark, W. Sept. 29. Staging.-An adjustable support or platform for a ladder 14 consists of a base 5 clamped to a rung of a supporting-ladder 6 and resting on a crossbar 12 adjustable on supports 10 a l s o clamped to the ladder 6. The main ladder 14 is clamped to uprights 15, and is held at the foot by a cross-bar 13.
Patent GB-190421644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters.
Inventor: HOWATSON ANDREW
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 21,644. Howatson, A., and Boby, W. Oct. 8. Moving-beater apparatus.-A filter is fitted with apparatus for agitating the medium during cleansing. A rake or set of chains Q is operated by a spindle R and gear S. A screw T and hand-wheel T<1> admit of the apparatus being lifted clear of the medium when required.
Patent GB-190507069-A (GB)
Title: Combined Condenser and Feed Water Heater.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 7069. Barker, G., [Ferguson Co.]. April 4. Condensers.-Apparatus forming a combined condenser and feed-heater consists of an outer casing 1 divided into three separate compartments by plates 2, 3. The exhaust is delivered by a pipe 9 into the central compartment and is freed from grease by transverse screens 8 of wire netting or other suitable devices. Thence it passes through an opening 10 into the top compartment, containing feedheating coils 15, and finally into the bottom compartment, where it is condensed by water falling from shallow pans 5. A pomp 16 withdraws the water and feeds it through the coils 15 to the boiler. Broken coke or other filtering-medium is placed between transverse baffles 4 in the bottom of the casing. By closing the valve 13, the exhaust can, after passing round the coils 15, be discharged at 14.
Patent GB-190509032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Razors.
Inventor: GLOSSOP THOMAS
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 9032. Glossop, T. April 29. Rozors of the usual type are fitted with a plain or toothed guard G which can be turned to either side of the blade. The end of the blade is formed with a screwed projection on which a nut C works, and the tang D is cut away to about the same diameter as the projection. The guard G has arms F<2>, one of which carries a ring H which fits over the screwed projection, the other carrying a split ring I which clips over the cut-away portion of the tang. The guard is secured in position by the nut C.
Patent GB-190509422-A (GB)
Title: Product for Tarring or Asphalting Roads, and Process for Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: PREAUBERT LOUIS
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-05-04
Abstract: 9422. PrÚaubert, L., and ThubÚ, G. A. May 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Paving-materials.-A composition consisting chiefly of bituminous materials and casein is used for laying dust on roads, or, when mixed with the usual materials, for making roads. Wood blocks for paving may be immersed in the mixture before laying. The casein is dissolved in water with the aid of alkali or other substance, and the bituminous substance, softened by heat, is mixed with it, preferably in the proportion of 70 to 25. Fats, colours, and decolorants such as lime or cement may be added, and the.product is diluted as desired.
Patent GB-190509885-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Production of Producer Gases.
Inventor: JAHNS FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 9885. Jahns, F. Nov. 1, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Generators or producers.-In the manufacture o f producer gas from tarry fuels, two or more producers are so arranged that one of them is connected directly to a gas main, and the others each adapted to deliver their gas to the base of, and be worked at a lower pressure than, the first - named produce. In the case of two producers, they are connected by two passages a, b, Figs. 1 and 2, in each of which is a suction device s, s', such as a steam or air jet, for reducing the pressure in the producer not directly connected to the working main M. In the case of four producers, the gases pass from three of the producers to the fourth through a common, central passage which communicates, by means of ports, with the upper and lower ports of all the producers. Only one suction device is here necessary, and is arranged in the central passage.
Patent GB-190513607-A (GB)
Title: Artificial Stimulation of the Growth of Vegetable, Fruit, Flowering, and other Plant Life.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 13,607. Thwaite, B. H. July 1. Supporting in glass-houses in which electriclight plant treatment is used. In circular glass-houses, an arc lamp b, with reflector c, is mounted upon a sleeve i carried by ball bearings k on a central support a, and is slowly rotated by means of a motor e and spur gearing f. In rectangular conservatories, the lamps are hung from carriages mounted on rollers on an angle-bar suspended from the roof, and are continuously or intermittently moved round the conservatory by means of a motor or a wire or rope. Two lamps placed back to back may travel round a conservatory consisting of two long parallel houses connected by semicircular end parts. In another arrangement, the lamp travels on rails laid round the conservatory.
Patent GB-190514440-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Window-blind and Curtain Fixture.
Inventor: GRANT LUMAN AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 14,440. Grant, L. A. July 13, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Curtains, drawing and suspending; window blinds. -A fitting for supporting a blind roller and means for suspending curtains comprises an angular rod 16 supported at its ends by brackets 13<a> screwed to the sides 10 of the window frame. The rod supports roller brackets 13, the ends 13<c> of which abut against the window frame and also brackets 17<a> for supporting rods 18, 18<a>. The rods 18, 18<a> are inserted in slots in the brackets 17<a>, and can be clamped together to secure a curtain between them by means of a screw 21 working in a lug 20. In modifications, the curtain rods may be inserted and clamped in separate holes in the brackets 17<a>. In other modifications, the brackets 17<a> may be formed to support a single curtain rod, either between a pair of lugs on the bracket, or in a recess formed in the bracket, the end of which is twisted through a right-angle and provided with a retaining-screw. The brackets may be stamped from sheet metal or otherwise formed, and may be of any ornamental design.
Patent GB-190520958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ILLMER LOUIS
Filed: 1905-10-16
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 20,958. Illmer, L., and Kunze, E. J. Oct. 16. Gas and like engines.-Relates mainly to the arrangement and construction of the cylinders .and water jackets of two-stroke-cycle and other doubleacting engines. In Fig. 2, the cylinder 10 is shown with a ring of exhaust ports 11, surrounded by an air belt 15, at its centre, and with end cover-plates 16 having g concave deflecting-surfaces 16<b>, Fig. 3, against which the scavenging air impinges as it enters through the' admission valves 31. Surrounding the cower-plates 16, and fixed to the cooling-jackets 17 and the cross-head guides 41, 42, are cooling-chambers 18 having flexible closing plates 19 which allow of the expansion of the cylinder 10. The cooling-jackets 17 may be cast in one with the casting forming the air belt 15. Cooling-water is admitted to the chamber surrounding the cylinder covers, through circulating- pipes 21, 22, and passes by way of the pipes 23, 24 to the cylinder jackets 17, finally leaving by the pipes 25, 26. Ports 18<1> are provided in the jacket wall 19<1> to facilitate the circulation. Valves and valve-gear governing.-The fluidoperated valve, shown in Fig. 3,' surrounding the piston-rod is described in Specification No. 20,964, A.D. 1905, together with the . mechanism for controlling the mixing-valves 38. Lubricating.-The cylinders are lubricatedby oil injected through pipes 20 passing through the water jacket.
Patent GB-190522488-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steering Gear for Motor Vehicles
Inventor: ROYCE FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 22,488. Royce, F. H. Nov. 3. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to the method of attaching the steering-levers to the stub axles of motorvehicles. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement in plan. The axle A is of ordinary construction, having a forked end in which is mounted the stub axle B. The vertical portion of this axle is provided with solid projections or wings C, and below these a central spigot is turned. The steering-lever D is bored to at this spigot, and is fixed to the stub axle by bolts F passing through the projections C.
Patent GB-190525766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Mechanism
Inventor: STRASBURG FREDERICK ERNST
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 25,766. Strasburg, F. E. Dec. 11. Cutting-machinesforpaper and like bags.-Relates to a machine for cutting into uniform lengths the tube of paper used in making bags. The machine is also adapted for severing flat or other continuous single, double, or multip!e webs. The tube is drawn along a float F by feed-rollers 7, 8, which are reduced in diameter in the middle to admit the float F, which increases to the full width of the tube and is grooved above and below at 46, as shown in section in Fig. 6. The points of curved or straight serrated knives 48, 49. Fig. 4, fixed to intermittently-rotating rollers 38, 39, enter at the groves 46 and sever the paper tube at each rotation. The lengths so cut off are delivered by rollers 11, 12. The rollers are driven by the spur gearing shown from a pulley 10. The spur-wheel 43 on the roller 39 is provided with a plain part, which engages the plain part 45 on the spur-wheel 42 and keeps the roller 39 stationary till the teeth on the wheel 42 engage those of the wheel 43. The length of the paper blank is varied by altering the diameter of the spur-wheel 33, the position of the wheels 29, 31 being adjustable to permit of this.
Patent GB-190601895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Protection of Harbours and the like against Attack by Torpedoes, Torpedo Boats, Submarine Vessels and the like.
Inventor: ASHTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-01-25
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 1895. Ashton, A. Jan 25. Booms for harbours.-Buoyant booms may be rotated so that the attached nets are rolled upon them. Each end of the hollow boom 1 is fitted with rings 5, upon which are wound several turns of chain or rope, the length of which is somewhat greater than the depth of the net 12. The free ends of the chain or rope are attached to submersible buoys 14, hollow and ballasted with concrete. When the net is extended, the upper parts of the buoys are full of air, forced into them by pump 23. To roll the net on the boom, cocks are opened and water enters the buoys, causing them to sink and rotate the boom. The boom is fitted with mooring ropes at each end, which may also be used for towing them. In use, two lines of booms are arranged so that the nets of one line are opposite the spaces between the nets in the other line. Harbours are thus protected against torpedoes and submarine vessels.
Patent GB-190605262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Suspension of the Motors in Electrically-propelled Vehicles
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1907-03-02
Abstract: 5262. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Hopps, B. March 3. Electric locomotives and motor-vehicles.-Consists in a method of mounting an electromotor and its transmission gearing, particularly applicable to electrically-propelled vehicles for street traction. Figs. 1 and 3 are two elevations showing the invention applied to a vehicle. The electromotor M is suspended from the side member a of the frame by springs m enclosing a hinged link n, and is pivoted by means of split sleeves l to a tubular casing c rigidly attached by brackets b to the frame member a. The tubular casing encloses ball bearings for a shaft e, which is driven by spur gearing at its inner end and carries at its outer end a sprocket-wheel f for transmitting motion to the driving-axle. A brake drum p may also be provided on the shaft e. The commutator and brushes of the motor are arranged on the outer side so as to be easily accessible.
Patent GB-190608494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Dividing Butter, Lard or the like.
Inventor: BYRNE ANDREW
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8494. Byrne, A., [Roberts, W. F.]. April 9. Butter &c. cutters. -Apparatus for use in cutting butter, lard, &c. into equal parts comprises a block C, Fig. 1, of wood &c. formed with grooves to receive the cutting-wires A', A<3> of the device shown in plan in Fig. 2, so that the material supported on the block can be completely cut through. The wires are mounted in a frame A having four side members A<1>, some or all of which may bear against the edges of the mass and serve as guides when the frame is moved vertically downwards. Horizontal cuts are made by either of two wires B<3>, B<4>, Fig. 3, fastened to side bars B<1>. The wires are, if desired, adjustable in distance from a cross-bar B', which rests on the butter &c. when making the cut ; or the bar B<2> may be made adjustable. The wires may be adjusted in their respective frames by being screw-threaded at their ends and having nuts thereon. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 15,519, A.D. 1895, No. 20,370, A.D. 1900, and No. 15,115, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190609924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Haulage or the like Apparatus.
Inventor: FISH SWAIN
Filed: 1906-04-28
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 9924. Fish, S. April 28. Rope railways.-In a ropetraction system in which trucks or the like are hauled backwards and forwards upon a single track, the haulage is effected by a single drum arranged as described below. The barrel shaft A is driven in one direction or the other by a crossed or open belt J, J<1> from a countershaft E. The hauling-rope K, which is endless or otherwise, is passed any convenient number of times round a concave drum D. Rollers or sheaves L<1> guide the rope in its course, and other sheaves L are arranged in proximity to the barrel to prevent the rope from creeping up the inclined ends.
Patent GB-190612441-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hat Holder
Inventor: HOGAN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 12,441. Hagan, T. June 20. Hat holders secured to the underside of a seat A comprise curved wires d, a adapted to embrace half the hat body, one wire d lying in an horizontal plane and secured immediately below the seat by staples c, and the other wire a being suspended from the first by three curved wires b. The lower wire is bent downwards at its rounded end, so as to conform to the shape of the brim of the hat.