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Patent GB-190308598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Shoes
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 8598. Haddan, H. J., [Steinhauser, W. E.]. April 15. Brakes. - A brake s h o e, applicable to both the tread and flange of a wheel, has a concave face 2 slotted its entire length. The adjacent edge 5 of the shoe is rounded, and the shank 4, having a concave recess 4<1>, is adapted to be placed in suitable hangers in the brake mechanism.
Patent GB-190308934-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dust, Draught, and Rain Excluder for Doors.
Inventor: BROWN ANDREW
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 8934. Brown, A. April 21. Draught, d u s t, and weather excluder. - A dust, draught, and rain excluder for a door consists of a piece of metal or wood A, Fig. 2, fitted with a rubber strip a and slotted to move on screws a<1> when depressed by bellcrank levers B, C, connected to a rod D. A lever E, Fig. 3, pivoted in a recess in the door and attached to the rod D, abuts against a screw f, Fig. 2, on the frame when the door is closed, and thereby actuates the piece A. A spring d<2>, pushing on an adjustable collar on the rod, raises the excluder when the door is opened. Double or folding doors may be similarly fitted, the spring d<2> being omitted in the inoperative half. A cover or casing may be fitted over the excluder.
Patent GB-190310221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Dust Guards and Axles Boxes for Railway Rolling Stock.
Inventor: MALTRY JOHN
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,221. Maltry, J. May 5. Axle-boxes.-An axle-box b is constructed with a separate oil receptacle c, which is made of less depth than the axle-box and is formed with a flange c<1> at the back top edge to engage a rabbet b' in the top of the box and an upward extension c<2>, which fits into a recess b<1> in the top of the box and forms an opening for the introduction of oil. The brass h fits into the top of the oil receptacle and is formed with flanges h<1> to engage rabbets c<4>. Ledges on the side of the receptacle c support the brass h when the box is lifted off the axle. A plate d, fitting over an enlarged part a' of the axle, closes the inner end of the receptacle c, and dust is excluded in addition by a ring e also fitting the part a<1>, and by an annulus f placed between the ring e and the plate d and enclosing packing. The parts d, e, f are held together and pressed against the receptacle c by bolts g passing through holes in the ring e, slots in the plate d, and lugs b<4> on the box b. Nuts g<3> on the bolts are tightened against springs g'. A gasket may be placed in the receptacle adjacent to the plate d.
Patent GB-190313165-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Scarfing the Edges of Metal Plates or Strips
Inventor: SMILLIE SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-06-12
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 13,165. Smillie, S., and Robertson, T. M. June 12. Rolling.-Relates to machines for scarfing copper and other sheets or strips to be used in the manufacture of pipes &c. The plate to be treated is placed against the guides B, B, between a pair of eccentric rolls A, A<1>, when they are apart.
Patent GB-190316404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Carriers for Aerated Water Bottles or the like
Inventor: LOZE AUGUSTE EMILE HENRY
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 16,404. Loze, A. E. H. July 25. Partitioned boxes. -A box or carrier for aerated-water bottles is partitioned by means of lacings of rope g drawn across from side to side. The rope passes through loops in strips b of bent wire attached by nails or staples passing through loops in the wire. Instead of the bent wire, perforated strips h of metal may be employed.
Patent GB-190317801-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Facilitating Tunnel Construction.
Inventor: DAVIES JOHN VIPOND
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 17,801. Davies, J. V. Aug. 17. Tunnelling.-Relates to means for enabling the removal of spoil and the erection of the lining to be carried on simultaneously. The spoil is caught on, and loaded from, a wheeled platform 3, which extends across the tunnel, and runs on skids 2. The platform carries upper tracks 10 on which are carriages 11 for handling the lining. The skids 2 may be attached to the shield 5 so as to move forward with it.
Patent GB-190324326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Peat and Turf to Obtain Valuable Products therefrom.
Inventor: HANMER THOMAS ROBINSON
IPC: C10B53/02
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 24,326. Hanmer, T. R. Nov. 10. Mineral oils; purifying oils; wax-like bodies.- Peat, turf, or bog, dried by exposure to the air, is heated in a retort or a gas-producer, connected with a hydraulic main or receiver and air condensers or scrubbers. The retort may be left open while the material is further dried, after which it is distilled. The gas produced may be burnt to heat the retorts. Tar is produced, and may be redistilled ; the distillate is purified by treatment with weak sulphuric acid and caustic soda successively, and is then again distilled, giving an oil from which a wax may be frozen out, the oil remaining being applicable as fuel, for making gas, or for lubricating.
Patent GB-190328789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Dandies" for Carrying Sanitary Pipes and other Articles.
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 28,789. Davis, J. S. W., and Rawdon Foundry Co. Dec. 31. Hand-trucks.-Relates to dandies for carrying green sanitary pipes and other articles, and consists of means for steadying the swinging inner frame on which the pipe &c. is supported. The dandy consists, somewhat as usual, of a semicircular frame A mounted on wheels, with a handle C, a leg B, and journals e<1> for the inner frame E, which is fitted at the bottom with forks adapted to take under the plate G supporting the pipe &c. In order to obviate the necessity of using one hand to steady the frame E, its base is connected to the leg B by a jointed link, the members M, N of which are short and stiff and, when the dandy is in motion, lie practically in a horizontal line with the centre of gravity of the frame, thus preventing the frame from oscillating.
Patent GB-190406023-A (GB)
Title: Folding and Self Supporting Bicyle Frame.
Inventor: WILLIAMS THOMAS EVANS
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 6023. Williams, T. E., and Mason, J. March 11. Folding-bicycles.-The frame of a bicycle is so constructed that it may be folded for storage or transit, and in this position it may be supported by the wheels and one of the pedals, or a rest or prop may be provided. The frame is formed as shown in Fig. 1. The tubes b', C' may screw into a T-piece B, or this joint may be constructed as shown in Fig. 4, in which a spigot provided with a collar s<3> passes into sockets l, l<1> in the ends of the tubes, the T-piece being brazed to the part b<1>. To fold the frame, the withdrawal of a square pin p leaves the parts free to be turned about a screw pivot s and the joint B, and, having been folded, the frame may be retained in this condition by the insertion of the pin in a hole p<2>, and the machine may be supported by a pedal or by the prop D. A stop 8 prevents the frame from folding both ways.
Patent GB-190413517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producing Plant.
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 13,517. Dunlop, J., and Kynoch, Ltd. June 15. Gas-producers. - R e - lates to gas-generating plant in which fuel burns in a current of air and steam produced by the action of the motor using the gas. The generator A, Fig. 1, consists of a shell a lined with firebrick b and a movable hearth c actuated by the lever d. The cover f is provided with a hopper g and openings h to inspect the fuel. In the middle is a gas draw-off pipe i with jacket j. The pipe i is connected by the pipes k, n to the gas cooler B ; the jacket j has two branches, one l connected by the branches o, pto the air-inlet fan q, the other m connected to a pipe s, Fig. 2, leading to the ashpit. In operation, a fire is lighted on the hearth c and air is blown into the pipe p by the hand-driven fan. The air passes by the pipe o, l over water in the jacket j, and air and steam then pass through the branch pipe m, s, to the ashpit and through the fire. When the gas is suitable, the motor is started, the inlet of the fan closed, and an air-adjusting plate r opened. By the exhausting-action of the motor piston, air is drawn in past the plate rand water is drawn into the jacket j from the regulator t, the quantity being adjusted by raising or lowering the tube v. The regulator consists of a chamber t connected to the gas-cooler overflow pipe wand provided with an upwardly-projecting tube u, an overflow tube below the top of this, and a sliding tube v. The gas proceeds through the scrubber C, and into the air and gas regulator E, which consists of a gas chamber b<1>, an air chamber c<1>, and a partition separating them and carrying a spring plunger g<1> provided with small triangular holes. These holes communicate with the space below and thus with the air inlet d'. If the fire is burning with a good draught, there is not sufficient rarefaction to cause the plunger to drop, and air mixes with the gas by means of the holes and proceeds to the working-cylinder of a motor engine; If there is little draught and the fire is dull, the motor piston causes increased rarefaction in the chamber b<1>, the plunger is forced down, and communication with air by the holes in the plunger g<1> is cut off. An increased draught is then forced through the fire.
Patent GB-190418665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: PARKER HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 18,665. Parker, H. Aug. 29. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The neck a<2> of a non-refillable bottle is provided with annular shoulders a<3>, a<4>, On the lower shoulder a<3>, a disc b, having a central passage b', is placed, which disc is formed with a depending portion b<3> adapted to receive the lower end of a spindle d<5>, which is formed integrally with a cone-shaped guard d<3> depending from a disc d resting on the shoulder a'. These parts are preferably formed of glass, and, when the bottle has been filled, are fixed in position by a sleeve i cemented into the bottle neck. A valve c is adapted to rest, as shown, on the portion b<3> and to close the passage b<2> when the bottle is in an upright position, and above the valve is an annular disc e, preferably of cork and provided with transverse grooves or fluid passages e<3>. A thimble f is placed above the disc e, and on the top of the thimble is a ring g, preferably of glass and of the form shown. If an attempt is made to refill the bottle when inverted, the float e forces the valve c on to its seat, and, if the bottle, when empty, is held in an inclined position, the thimble f and ring g assume the positions shown in Fig. 6, and act to hold the valve on to its seat. In a modification, the ring e may be dispensed with, the thimble being made long enough to bear directly on the valve.
Patent GB-190425106-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Regulating the Current through an Electric Lighting Circuit.
Inventor: PRESTED HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,106. Prested, H. G. Nov. 18. Resistances.-The current in an electric lighting circuit is regulated by inserting either lamps of the same or different candle - powers or conducting plugs in holders b, c, d, which, together with the terminals e, f and a safety fuse g, are mounted on a board a. The holders b, d are in series with one another and in parallel with respect to the holder c. The current may be used for charging an accumulator h.
Patent GB-190426913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Aigrettes.
Inventor: ZAPPERT ERNST
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,913. Zappert, E., [Aigrette Supply Co.]. Dec. 9. F e a t h e r s, artificial. - The shaft of an artificial aigrette is formed from filaments h of silk, coated with waterproof material, and applied at uniform intervals to one half of a gummed, stiffened, attenuated strip a, while the other half k is lapped over. The filaments are then caused to converge by a fluid jet 1, preferably steam, shown in Fig. 3. The threads are applied to the strips on a mandrel b, Fig. 1. Two strips a are fixed to opposite angles c, and the silk h is wound on in spiral coils, after which a knife j is drawn across the spiral midway between the two strips.
Patent GB-190427123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Four-stroke Cycle Explosion Engines.
Inventor: WRIGHT THOMAS GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-12-13
Abstract: 27,123. Wright, T. G. Dec. 13. Toothed gearing; crank linkages. - T h e f o u r strokes of an explosion engine using the Otto cycle are made of different length by the use of the driving-gear shown in Fig. 2, in which the piston is at the end of the suction stroke. The wheel n of an epicyclic train is secured to the casing, while the flywheel acts as the rotating arm and carries the wheels m, l, j<1>. The effect is to rotate the wheel j<1> on its own axis at half the speed of the flywheel. This wheel j' is formed in one piece with the eccentric j the rod of which is connected to the piston. By this means, the exhaust stroke is made long, the compression stroke short, and the suction and expansion strokes, which may be equal or not, of intermediate length.
Patent GB-190427345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Cushion or the like Tyres Designed (inter alia) to Prevent or Reduce Skidding thereof.
Inventor: HARTRIDGE WILLIAM BAKER
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1906-01-15
Abstract: 27,345. Hartridge, W. B. Dec. 15. Tyres, pneumatic &c. felloes or rims; wheels with two or more rims or tyres side by side.-Relates to plural-track wheels in which each track consists of a pneumatic or other elastic segment (or segments) extending partly round the wheel, the segments in the various tracks arranged in 'break-joint' order so that although a continuous tread surface is obtained, the vertical plane of the actual contact surface changes during each revolution of the wheel. In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the elastic tyre segment J, which may be continuous or in sections fitted in suitable shoes, is secured on the wheel by means of a tread composed of hinged metal shoes M adjusted circumferentially by means of eye bolts F<1> passed through lugs G on the rim. In a modification in which the tread may be omitted, the elastic sections are threaded on metal bands capable of circumferential adjustment. In the form in which pneumatic tyre segments are employed, the outer cover of each segment may have embedded securing-wires capable of circumferential adjustment ; or the edges of the cover may be gripped between the rim base and a radiallyadjustable plate ; or, as shown at Fig. 23, in addition to connecting the embedded wires R<1> to adjustable lugs R<7>, each end of the tyre cover is formed with a bead R<x> engaged by a radiallyadjustable lip B<X>. The various air chambers may be inflated separately, or through a common valve, in which case the chambers may be connected by tubes fitted with screw-down valves to isolate a chamber (or chambers) if desired.
Patent GB-190502034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Coiled Metallic Tubes or Pipes.
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 2034. Metallschlauch-Fabrik Pforzheim (vorm. H. Witzenmann) Ges. Feb. 1, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bending.-Machines for making pipes by coiling a profiled band round a mandrel are provided with automatic reversing, mandrel-withdrawing, and restarting apparatus. A counterbalanced carriage d, Fig. 2, carries a disk c which supports the mandrel a and is rotated by rods e sliding through holes in the disk and driven by gearing h from a vertical shaft f. The rotation of the mandrel draws the strip from a reel r through a guide to pressing-rollers in a head b which coil the strip on the mandrel and thereby cause the latter to ascend. The receiving-drum l is mounted in a frame k rotated by gearing j from the shaft f simultaneously with the mandrel a. A spring barrel n geared to the drum provides for the taking-up. At the end of the traverse of the mandrel, a stop on the carriage engages a lever system 18, 16, Fig. 1, to operate belt forks 13 to shift a strap 3, Fig. 3, from a loose pulley to a fast pulley 2. The shaft z then drives cams w, w<1>, x through gearing y and rotates a pulley 11 through the belt 6. The upper pulley 11 is carried by a frame 10 which during the forward operation of the machine hangs so that the belt 9 attached to the carriage d is free to slip, allowing the mandrel to be drawn up by the coiling of the strip. The cams w, w<1> control the position of the belts on the pairs of fast and loose pulleys t, t<1> on the shaft u, one of which is driven by a crossed and the other by an open belt. On the rotation of the cams, the machine is stopped and then reversed. The cam x then causes a lever 12 to tighten the belt 9, causing the mandrel to be withdrawn. The reverse motion is then stopped and the forward motion started. The carriage on its down journey moves the lever 17 into an inoperative position, but on the commencement of the up journey operates the bell-crank 15 to stop the shaft z. The shaft f is driven from the shaft a by bevel-gearing.
Patent GB-190503485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Bags.
Inventor: WINSLOW JAMES HERBERT
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 3485. Winslow, J. H. Feb. 20. Golf bags are provided with internal receptacles for clothing &c. used on the links. The cylindrical body c, Fig. 2, preferably made of flexible material, is sewn to the rim a<1> of the disk-shaped bottom a, made of stiff material, and to the stiff top rim b. A portion of the body is cut away at g and a strip h<1>, Fig. 3, of flexible material is sewn to the edges of the opening, thus dividing the bag into receptacles e<1>, h for the clubs and clothing respectively. The receptacle h has straps n for keeping its contents in place, and is closed by a flap k secured by straps s, s'. Rain is prevented from entering by means of a flap t secured by a strap and buckle, The bag may be carried on the shoulder by means of the strap-handle e, and a small stiff handle is also provided.
Patent GB-190504661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rolling Mills.
Inventor: BRIEDE OTTO
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 4661. Briede, O. March 6. Rolling. - In a rolling - mill with oscillating swages, and in which the mandrel or work-holder f the hub f and the casing u<1> are partly rotated, when the rolls free the work, by means of a coiled spring v secured to the casing u<1> and to the continuously rotating wheel u, as described in Specification No. 27,631, A.D. 1902, the stop u<2> for the casing u<1> forms part of a split or expansible ring u<3> which rotates with friction in the wheel u to reduce shock.
Patent GB-190505398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pendants, Brackets and other Fittings for Gas and for Electric Light.
Inventor: HATELEY HARRY
Filed: 1905-03-15
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 5398. Hateley, H. March 15. Making gaseliers, chandeliers, &c.-The tubular parts of pendants, brackets, and like fittings for gas and for electric light are made of solid-drawn weldless steel tubes which are screwed, soldered, or otherwise fitted into the socket parts of the brass junction [castings or connexions of the fittings. The weldless steel tubes are bronzed, lacquered, or otherwise treated to prevent corrosion and give them the appearance of ordinary brass or like fittings. The scrolls or like ornamental parts of the fittings may either be of brass or be stamped from blanks of mild sheet steel. The bracket backs, rosettes, and such other parts as are usually made by stamping or by spinning from sheet brass are made from stamped sheet-steel blanks, which are raised in dies in a press and are bronzed and lacquered or otherwise treated. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 217, A.D. 1862, [Abridgment Class Lamps &c.], No. 104, A.D. 1864, No. 5149, A.D. 1889, and No. 15,843, A.D. 1891, [Abridgment Class Lamps &c.].]
Patent GB-190506023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea-pots.
Inventor: WILSON ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 6023. Wilson, A. E. March 22. Teapots.-The bottom of a teapot, shown in crosssection in Fig. 3, is made with three flat faces a<1>, a<2>, as, so that tea leaves placed in the receptaclef, provided with a perforated bottom g, are infused only while the pot rests on the base a<3>.
Patent GB-190508698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: SHAW EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 8698. Shaw, E. J. April 25. Inverted incandescent gas lamps and burners ; air supply.-The mixing-chamber a and the nozzle c are conoidal in form, as shown. The air-admission holes in the shallow conoidal base a' and in the regulating-disk e occupy more than half the periphery, so that the air inlets cannot be entirely closed. A baffle disk throws the waste gases away from the mixing- chamber a. The mantle m is suspended from concentric forks n havinga double bend to retain the projections of the mantle ring in the depressions o.
Patent GB-190511863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shallow Draught or Flat Bottomed Boats.
Inventor: BATES WILLIAM BARRETT
Filed: 1905-06-06
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 11,863. Bates, W. B. June 6. Boat hulls.-Shallow-draught and flat-bottomed boats are constructed with the bottom A A' slightly curved longitudinally, the highest portion A<3> being somewhat forward of the midship section. An upwardly-curved portion B B<2> is also provided, which extends from the run of the boat to the stern post. This curved portion is near the water level and forms a slightly-submerged counter B<1>.
Patent GB-190512992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Links for Weighing Apparatus
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 12,992. Hipkins, W. E. June 23. Compound-lever apparatus; bearings, arrangement and disposition of.-Links used in weigh-bridges or other weighing-apparatus are made adjustable in length, and so formed as to allow of movement in any direction on the knife-edge or other bearing. The link a, Fig. 1, carrying the bearing-surface b, has screwed ends connected by plates d, e held by nuts f. The plate e has a projection k, Fig. 4, seated in the corresponding hollow h in the plate d, which is formed with a bearing-surface i. In a modification, both ends of the link a have similar connecting plates. The plate m, Fig. 3, is screwed to the plate e to lock the nuts - f, and may be formed as a cap n, Fig. 4, to exclude wet &c.
Patent GB-190513096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cattle Trucks for Railways and the like.
Inventor: GAMBLE ARNOLD
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 13,096. Gamble, A., [Clarke, C., and Wiener, O., (trading as Clarke & Wiener)]. June 24. Cattle trucks are made of metal framework and sides, and the metal floor is formed with lozenge-shaped projections. The floor is inclined and provided with drainage - channels b, Fig. 3, leading to a discharge hopper c. A number of drinking - troughs, d, Fig. 2, are pivoted to the sides and open outwards when they are used for drinking purposes. Water for drinking or cleansing is supplied by main pipes g and branch pipes e. The main pipes g may be used to supply steam for disinfecting the cars. A pivoted platform i is provided at each end, and folding doors j are provided which open outwards to form sides which prevent cattle from falling out when passing from one truck to another.