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Patent GB-190407704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Straining and Fastening Cords or the like more especially applicable to Lawn Tennis Nets.
Inventor: JAMESON DOUGLAS
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 7704. Jameson, D. March 31. Net supports. - A device for straining and fastening the cords of tennis nets is shown in Fig. 1. The cord a<1> of a tennis net passes over grooved rollers b<1>, b<*1> mounted on posts b, b*, and is secured to a cleat b<*3> and, by means of an eye a<2>, to a hook e<6> or other contrivance on a sliding bar c<5>. Alternatively, a hook may be provided on the post, and a cleat on the bar c<5>. In order to tighten the cord a, the sliding bar c<5> is lowered by pressing on the pedal c<9>, and the bar is maintained in position by means of a pawl c<8>, pivoted on it and engaging with a rack c<4> attached to a back-plate, which is preferably countersunk in the post b. The bar c<5> works in a slot in the rackbar, and an eye b<3> assists in guiding the bar ; or the slot may form the only guide, the bar being kept in position by straps fastened across the slot. The pawl c<8> may be turned by a handle, and is maintained in its operative position by the action of gravity. The pawl may be controlled by a spring c<10>, Fig. 6, which acts on either of the two faces of a V-shaped projection on the boss of the pawl, and maintains the pawl either in its operative or in its inoperative position. The pawl is turned by means of a projection c<8*>. In a modification, the rack c<4> is formed integral with the back-plate and is not slotted. The bar c<5> slides over the rack, and is guided by a guide fixed to the rack and by straps, one of which is held in a groove in the post. Fig. 11 shows another form of the device. A. hollow iron post is provided with a wooden head b<*4>, fitting like a plug. The rack c<4> is formed in the post, and the bar c<5> is provided with studs c<11>, c<12> attached to shanks which slide in a slot in the post, the studs retaining the sliding bar in position. A hole is provided in the post for introducing the studs c<11>, c<12>. As shown in Fig. 14, the bar c<5> is held in position by a clutch device instead of by a pawl and ratchet. The clutch device consists of an eccentric roller c<8>, which is mounted on the bent arm of the bar c<5>, the arm in this case being bolted to the bar. The bar c<5> is kept in position by turning the roller c<8> until it grips the post securely. The bar c<5> is provided with studs c<11>, c<12>, between the heads of which and the sides of the slot in the post a strengthening-strip is introduced. The device may be arranged inside a hollow post, the handle, which operates the pawl, passing through a slot in the post.
Patent GB-190409473-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Air Surface Condenser or Cooler.
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 9473. Albany Manufacturing Co., and Lamplough, F. April 25. Condensers. - R e - lates to improvements on the air-cooled steam condensers &c. for motor road vehicles described in Specification No. 18,953, A.D. 1901. The cooling- tubes c have enlarged ends c<1>, and are soldered together first at their ends and then into a housing b formed in a hollow frame or body a, strengthened by suitable stays. The steam or water enters and leaves the apparatus by pipes d, e.
Patent GB-190415643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cold Storage Chambers.
Inventor: RATHMELL BERNARD
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,643. Rathmell, B. July 14. Cooling-chambers. -The cooling- pipes arranged around the sides of a storage chamber are separated from the chamber itself by a wooden screen, parts of which may be removed or hinged back to allow direct cooling, or the whole may be almost entirely closed for cooling by air circulation. Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of such a chamber. The pipes v along the roof as shown in Fig. 5 may be disconnected from the side pipes p, or, according to the Provisional Specification, may likewise be screened off. The planks d of the wooden screen E are hinged and the others have openings f, the size of which is adjustable by sliding ports. When used for frozen meat, the whole system of pipes is employed and the screen opened as much as possible. When used for fruit-storing &c., the pipes v are disconnected, the side pipes only being employed, and the screen is rendered airtight except for the openings f, which are adjusted as desired. By a fan H or other means, air is drawn into the part S of the screen from the chamber, cooled by passing over the pipes p, passed through the fan, and then over the pipes in the part T back to the chamber again.
Patent GB-190415944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Discharging Pastes, for use in the Discharging of Dyed Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 15,944. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. July 18. Dyeing.-Relates to an improvement in the invention described in Specification No. 3288, A.D. 1900, for the use of hyposulphites (hydrosulphites) and alkalies in printing-pastes. More caustic alkali is used than formerly, and the hyposulphite used is free from water of crystallization. The preparation of the hyposulphite is described in Specification No. 7397, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.]. The quantity of alkali should be such that the greater part of the hyposulphite remains undissolved. In an example, an alkaline thickening, made by warming burnt starch or British gum with caustic soda solution and sieving, is well stirred with a hyposulphite paste containing hyposulphite, prepared according to Specification No. 7397, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], glycerine and caustic soda solution. In another example, a thickening, made by warming together gum arabic, dextrin, and caustic soda solution, is well stirred with hyposulphite, prepared as above. A blue colouring-matter, such as Indanthrene S, is then added, and the mixture is stirred and some solid caustic soda dissolved therein. Example 1 gives a white discharge, example 2 a blue one.
Patent GB-190423034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Heated Water Heaters.
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 23,034. Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Co., and Sherburn, W. H. Oct. 26. Water-heating stoves.- A gas-heated water-heater consists of an outer water jacket a within which are located flat water casings or trays c. The trays communicate with each other at alternate ends by pipes d, the uppermost tray being connected to the water jacket a by a pipe e. This pipe has a union e<1> which is accessible through the outlet f for the products of combustion. The trays are also supported by plates g at the ends opposite to those at which they communicate. The two lowest trays c<1> are inclined to each other and connected by a horizontal conduit d<1>. From a branch d<2> on the inside of this conduit a discharge pipe i passes between the plates c<1> to the exterior of the apparatus. The pipe i is carried up above the level of the top of the apparatus so that the latter cannot run dry. The plate forming the underside of each tray is indented as shown at c<2>. The upper and lower sides of the trays are riveted together so as to form a longer path for the water, which enters the apparatus by an inlet b. The indentations c<2> in the bottom plates of the trays have parallel sides with round ends, and are formed so as to cause the water to follow a zig-zag course. The casing a is similarly provided with indentations a' which serve as baffles.
Patent GB-190424464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Field Windings of Series-wound Dynamo-electric Machinery.
Inventor: HILLS ARNOLD FRANK
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,464. Hills, A. F., Urquhart, D., and Honey, A. E. Nov. 11. Field magnets.-Field - magnet windings for series-wound dynamo-electric machines are made of a copper strip coiled into a ring or bobbin with the turns suitably insulated from each other. As shown, the copper strip b is wound on the grooved non-inflammable former c, which is lined with an insulating non-inflammable material. Insulating- strips e wider than the strip bare wound with it, and it is secured by a cover-strip f and wire g. The former c may be partitioned into several compartments, each with its copper strip.
Patent GB-190426770-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Power-gas.
Inventor: FLEISCHER EMIL
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 26,770. Fleischer, E. Dec. 11, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas-producers.-In a method of producing power gas in which air is admitted at the top and bottom of the generator and the gas is withdrawn from about the middle, a third supply of air is provided towards the top, thereby enabling such substances as bituminous fuels, lignite, and sawdust to be utilized. The generator shown in section comprises a grate b, air-inlet pipe c, evaporatiug-dish d, and a circular channel h communicating with the leading-off pipe g. The conical upper part is surmounted by a funnel or crater, a ring adjustably mounted in which projects downwards into the charge. The ring is provided with a roof n and lateral openings p above the level of the charge. The opening q forms the ordinary upper air inlet and the ring the additional inlet. The grate may be extended towards the upper layers of the charge.
Patent GB-190502848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of and Means for Attaching Rubber Tyres for Motor and other Vehicles
Inventor: AKERMAN JOHN CAMILLE
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 2848. Akerman, J. C., and Akerman, J. T. Feb. 11. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-The base of a rubber tyre is formed with keyways, preferably wedge-shaped, in which engage .keys formed on the laterally-adjustable side-flanges of the rim. The keyways a, Fig. 4, are formed with the small ends arranged alternately in opposite directions, and are engaged by keys b, Fig. 2, on the rim so that drawing together the side-flanges attaches the tyre. The keys may have the double form shown in Fig. 3. For attaching two tyres side by side, a central flange c, Fig. 5, is either formed on or secured to the rim, and is provided on each side with keys d which engage the keyways on the bases of the tyres, side-flanges with keys being also employed.
Patent GB-190502858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Multiple-fuse Plugs.
Inventor: HEPKE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 2858. Hepke, A., and Diener, K. Feb. 11. Couplings; cutouts.-Multiplefuse plugs are made with two external contacts, one of which is movable on the plug and, according to the position it occupies, brings one or other of the fuses into use, thus dispensing with a special switching- arrangement. Figs. 1 and 2 show one form of the invention, with three fuses wires a contained in separate chambers within the insulating plug body d. One end of each fuse is joined to the external threaded contact b, which is fixed in position on the plug. The remaining ends are connected respectively to three insulated contact-pieces e, held in separate recesses in the plug. The second external contact h has a spring plug k movable in a hole l in the plug, and an internal projection i which is pressed against one of the pieces e. When one fuse has blown, the plug is removed from its socket, and the contact h partly drawn out of the plug and turned into the next position. A modified form is externally similar to the first. The contact h is fixed in position, and is joined to all three wires. The threaded contact b is movable, having three positions of contact with the respective fuse wires, in each of which a spring tongue forming part of the contact-piece is temporarily retained in a slot in the terminal of the wire. The tongue can be withdrawn and the contact-piece moved round so that the tongue enters the next slot. The channels c and other internal spaces of the plug are filled with sand, emery, or the like. They are closed at the lower ends by any suitable material, and at the upper ends by a cap u.
Patent GB-190504126-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Showing Caps & Head Gear Made of Soft Materials
Inventor: PONTING CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1906-02-28
Abstract: 4126. Ponting, C. W. Feb. 28. Fastenings, stud and slot. Supports for displaying caps, hats, wigs, &c. of soft materials are made of wire curved so as to conform more or less to the shape of the article to be displayed, and are provided with keyhole-shaped loops U, for slipping over the head of a stud secured to the wall &c. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 16,239, A.D. 1894, and No. 19,624, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Advertising &c.].]
Patent GB-190511152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strapping Baths and other Sheet Metal Goods.
Inventor: VAUGHAN HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 11,152. Vaughan, H. May 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Baskets.-Turnip skips are strapped along the bottom and sides similarly to the bath shown, handles being fixed or pivoted in loops B at the ends of the straps.
Patent GB-190511591-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Lubricating Fluid Pressure Engines especially applicable to those having Partially Rotating Valves.
Inventor: VIVIAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 11,591. Vivian, W. June 2. Lubricating fluid-pressure engines. A lubricating-device, applicable to all fluid-pressure engines, is shown applied to a rock drill operated by compressed air, and provided with a partially rotating valve as described in Specifications No. 19,041, A.D. 1901, and No. 27,697, A.D. 1904 [Abridgment Class Steam engines]. The compressed air enters the chamber b by the port i, and passes over and around the reservoir k, fixed in the casing of the valve a, or in the inlet pipe, and charged with oil through the channel l. The oil escapes through perforations m and is carried by the air to the valve a and cylinder e, passing thence by the opening n to the screw that advances the drill. Air is admitted to the reservoir k by perforations m<1>.
Patent GB-190515161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Level Indicators or Gauges
Inventor: LWOWITCH-KOSTRITCA MAXIMUS
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 15,161. Koatritca, M. Lwowitch-. July 24. Water-level indicators.-A bar magnet, one end of which carries a float, is pivotally mounted inside a casing, attached in the usual manner to the boiler, and controls the movement of an index hand. The float 14 is fixed to the end of the magnetized rod 6, pivoted inside the casing 4 to a frame 13, which is retained in position by a screw plug 8. In front of the casing is mounted an index hand controlled by the magnet 6. To allow the withdrawal of the frame 13 and bar 6, the pintle 15, which normally prevents the magnet from assuming a vertical position, is caused to slide upwards in the slots 18 by means of the rcd 16. The bar and supporting - frame may then be removed for cleaning or adjustment. Suitable plug holes are also provided to permit the cleaning of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190517148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines.
Inventor: TAYLOR ELMER ZEBLEY
Filed: 1905-08-24
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 17,148. Taylor, E. Z. Aug. 24. Printing in several colours.-In printing-machines, more particularly for multi-colour printing, a considerable time is allowed to elapse between each impression and between the last impression and the delivery. The sheets are each attached to a separate gripper bar, which travels through the machine with the sheet, being fed slowly along carriers between the impression cylinder. The sheets are fed from a feed-board 13 to grippers 15 on a cylinder 1, the front edge of a sheet projecting slightly beyond the gap. A gripper bar 16, consisting of two plates or clips held together by a splittube spring, is supported in a recess of the head 19, rocking on a support 36, and is caused by a cam 26 and spring 27 to approach the edge of the sheet, the gripper being at the same time held open by a claw 20 actuated through a lever 21 and cam 23. The gripper is then allowed to close, and carries the sheet round to be printed on in one colour by the forme 5 on the cylinder 3. The supports 36 are then actuated by a cam 40 and lever 38 to push the gripper bar 16 on to four horizontal notched bars 31, and to slide the gripper bar into the first set of notches. Two of the bars 31, one at each end of the bars 16, are mounted on cranks on a shaft 33 at each end, and at each revolution they lift all the bars 16 and move them one step forward, on the two stationary bars. In this way, the sheets are fed to the impression cylinder 2, Fig. 7, where small cranks 160 on the ends of the gripper bars meet with the cam 161 on the bar 31, the gripper bars 16 being thereby tilted into correct positions to be taken by grippers 41 on the cylinder 2. The sheet is then printed in the second colour, and returned along bars 42 to a cylinder revolving at twice the angular speed of the cylinder 1 and having grippers 45 by which the bar is taken and transferred by a path 47 to the supports 48 and grippers 49 on the cylinder 1 ; the sheet is then printed in a third colour by the frame 6, and sent again to the bar 31 and to the opposite half of the cylinder 2, to be printed in a fourth colour, and sent along the bars 42 for a second time. A cylinder 52 arranged as shown carries fingers 53, actuated at every second revolution of the adjacent cylinder to open the gripper bar by pressing on the outer end, and so to release the sheet, which is then pushed into the delivery tapes 50 by a pusher 59, the gripper bar passing to the cylinder 1 to get a new sheet. The parts 53, 59 are mounted on a bar operated by a cam 58.
Patent GB-190520255-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Cutting or Slicing Cheese or the like Material.
Inventor: GROSS HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-10-06
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 20,255. Gross, H. Oct. 6. Cheese-cutters.-Cheese and like cutting-machines are provided with two laterally-movable guideplates e, Fig. 3, for guiding the cheese, which is fed underneath the cutter by a fork q operated by a screw spindle pin the usual manner. With hard cheeses, the plates e may be adjusted by hand, by turning a right and left handed screw shaft working in tapped lugs &c. on the plates. With soft cheeses &c., the adjustment is preferably made by means of a pin, arm, stop, or nose h on the cutter holder, or cutter hand-lever g, moving one of the plates e against the tension of springs l, at each down-stroke of the cutter, so that the cheese is held firmly while it is being cut. The springs l or weights c positively move back the plate e, so that the cheese is released. In one modification, the plate e, Fig. 7, is adjustably or otherwise pivoted at m, and has a cam-surface o, acted on by a roller on an arm on the cutter or lever arm g, and is thus forced inwards against the action cf a spring t, during each stroke. If desired, the plate may be seated eccentrically on its pivot, so that when forced inwards it would be forced downwards correspondingly. The plates e may be adjusted on the frame b by a screw which runs through a slot in the plate support &c. and is screwed up after the plate has been adjusted. Or the rods k, Fig. 8, carrying the plates e can be adjusted in tubes x, and be fixed by screws y, or the lever i may be otherwise adjusted on the bar carrying the rods k.
Patent GB-190522248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Chairs.
Inventor: KIPP ANNA
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 22,248. Kipp, A. Oct. 31. Chairs.-In a folding reclining, deck, or invalid chair, comprising legs 3, 4 pivoted at 5, back 9, pivoted arm-rests 24, 26, and leg-rest 22, 23, mechanism is provided at the connexion between the back 9 and legs 4 whereby various positions of angular adjustment may be obtained. The side bars of the back 9 are connected at their lower ends by bolts 13 to sockets 12 having webs 14 and downwardly-extending arms 17 provided with spurs 20 which engage with the underside of the seat 21, the front cross-bar 47 of which is hinged to the legs 3. The arms 17 are pivoted at 18 to bolts extending laterally from sockets 6, which are formed with curved ratchets 30 and fixed to the upper ends of the legs 4. Pawls 33, fixed to studs 32 pivoted in the arms 17, engage the ratchet 30 in the manner shown, and have their upper arms formed with notches 35 which embrace a rod 39 between collars formed thereon, the rod being mounted to slide through a hole 15 in the web 14 The pawls are normally locked in position by a spring which encircles the rod 39, but may be disengaged from the ratchet by a handle 41 fixed to one of the studs 32. When the back is in its most rearward position, projections 42 on the arms 17 abut against stops 43 on the sockets 6. The mechanism is enclosed by a plate 44.
Patent GB-190522802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to High Tension Magneto Ignition Systems.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 22,802. Smith, G. H., [Boulanger, A. P. L.]. Nov. 7. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In a hightension magneto ignition system in which a trembler induction coil is adapted to be placed in circuit either with a low-tension magneto machine or with a battery of accumulators by means of a single switch, the magneto and accumulator circuits are so arranged that a single primary distributor, which may be contained within the magneto case, serves for them both. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the primary circuit E of the trembler induction coil is made and broken at the fixed insulated contact f<1>, by contacts f carried by the armature casing, to which one end of the armature winding a is connected, the other end of the armature winding being connected to the insulated terminal C by an insulated rod b and button c or otherwise. By means of the switch D, the coil E may be connected with either the magneto machine or the battery F, the connexion to the contactstrip d' being made through the trembler G and condenser H. The secondary winding I is connected to the sparking points L of the cylinders through the secondary distributor K worked by the engine, or mounted on the magneto casing and worked through suitable gearing by the armature shaft. The circuit-breakers shown in Fig. 1 may be replaced by a primary distributor M, .Fig.3, worked by the engine. A series of trembler induction coils, one for each cylinder, may take the place of the single induction coil and secondary distributor. In this case, the primary distributor M may be mounted on the magneto casing and worked by the armature shaft.