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Patent GB-190415405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potters' Kilns and in Blocks, Bricks, or Quarries for the same.
Inventor: BAILEY CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,405. Bailey, C. F., and Barnshaw, J. J. July 11. Firebricks.-Potters' kilns are constructed of bricks, blocks, or tiles made from fireclay or other suitable material, of such a shape as to retain the walls and arched roof in the desired position, to prevent sagging during firing or cooling, and to facilitate their erection. The floor of such a kiln is formed of rabbeted blocks a. The side and end walls of the fire-box are formed with grooved and tongued interlocking bricks b to a desired height, and are retained in position by tie-blocks f, let into the outer walls, engaging with suitably-shaped blocks c. Blocks j, shown in plan in Fig. 3, also engage with the tie-blocks f and the blocks c. On these blocks j the arched roof is built up, being formed from flat or curved interlocking quarries L, m. As the blocks j only engage the tie-blocks f at their ends, space is left for side flues. The Provisional Specification states that the blocks may be formed with interlocking ribs and recesses at sides.
Patent GB-190415915-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Nut and Pipe Wrench and Screw-driver
Inventor: BRYAR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 15,915. Bryar, G. July 18. Combination tools; spanners and wrenches.-Nut and pipe wrenches, which may or may not be combined with a screwdriver, can be opened to any position and then locked by a set-screw 15 bedding on the bottom of an inclined longitudinal groove 12 in the shank 2. As shown in Fig. 1, the shank 2 has an opening 3, across a part of which a web 8 extends and parallel sides 4 which act as guides upon which the movable head 5 slides. This head has a face 10 for nuts and an inclined serrated face 11 for pipes. In use, the head 5 is set against the side of the nut, and the screw 15 turned until it engages the inclined bottom surface 13 of the longitudinal groove 12. By sufficiently withdrawing the screw 15, the head 5 can be withdrawn into the opening 3 and removed by passing the slot 6 over a narrowed portion 7 which is extended to form a screwdriver 14. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the movable head 5 is pivoted to a part 16 which slides on the shank 2 and is locked in any position as before by a screw 15 in the groove 12. A spring 25, secured to the shank 22 of the movable jaw and entering a notch 26 in the part 18, keeps the surface 20 yieldingly moved over toward the surface 21.
Patent GB-190422996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fountain Pens.
Inventor: DOMS LEO
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 22,996. Doms, L. Oct. 25. Pens, reservoir. Fig. 1 shows a section of a pen having a stem a of celluloid, vulcanized rubber, &c., provided with a screw-threaded spindle b, which can be rotated by means of the head c. The screw b moves a piston e which fits the tube a tightly and may be formed of two or more nuts screwed on the spindle, between which discs of leather are compressed, and to the outer edge of which is secured a sleeve of cork or the like, preferably by screwing it on a screw thread cut on the outer surface of the nuts. A perforated plug f of cork, rubber. &c. fits the bottom end of the stem a and carries the nib h. In the perforation is inserted the outlet tube g, connected with the short tube k by means of a piece of flexible tube i which may be pressed, to close the passage, by a pin l. When the cap is placed over the nib and tube, it presses down the pin l by means of the spring n, thereby closing the flexible tube i and preventing the ink from leaking. Two or more pins l may be used, and, by having their outer ends bevelled, the spring n may be dispensed with. Ink is drawn up into the pen by screwing up the piston, and can be supplied to the nib by intermittently screwing it down slightly. When the writing is finished, the ink is drawn up from the flexible tube, thereby keeping it from clogging.
Patent GB-190423258-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Supplying Antifouling Compositions and the like to Steam Generators
Inventor: SMITH ISAAC
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 23,258. Smith, I. Oct. 28. Incrustation and corrosion, preventing; ; feed - water, supplying and controlling. - For supplying antifouling compositions or other liquids to the generator, steam is admitted to the reservoir through a large passage to force the liquid in through a smaller opening. The conical vessel a is provided with the aperture b and saucer c. The liquid is admitted to the boiler through a small opening e in the stem d, the amount being con. trolled by the tap f. Steam may be admitted to the vessel a from the boiler through a larger opening g in the same stem, and is led to the perforated distributor m at the top of the reservoir by means of the pipes k, l. The liquid may be led direct to the water in the generator when the production of clean steam, for example, for cooking purposes, is a desideratum,
Patent GB-190426604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: RESTLER JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 26,604. Restler, J. W. Dec. 6. Sprinklers, automatic.-Heat-insulating material is interposed between the fusion device and the sprinkler pipes. The two parts G, G<1>, Fig. 2, of the link are not soldered together, but are held tightly by non-conducting washers I bound by metal strips H, H<1> formed with tags h, Fig. 3, which are soldered to one another. The same method of binding can be applied to struts between the valve B and screw E, or these can themselves be of insulating-material F<3>, Fig. 9, held together by a fusible tube K. The struts may again be metallic, Fig. 12, but separated from the tube by non-conducting bushes. The struts shown in Fig. 12 are held together by thimbles M' soldered at M<2>, and arranged so that the hot air can get all round the solder.
Patent GB-190427372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ceilings or Floors and in Bricks or Tiles for use therein.
Inventor: WESTPHAL HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,372. Westphal, H. Oct. 5, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bricks or tiles described in Specification No. 24,145, A.D. 1901, and applied to flat ceilings and floors without joists, are formed with bevels a, b and feet c at a lower level than the projecting edges of the bevels b. The grooves thus formed receive metal liners d, e and a cover-plate f, and communicate with each other by the side spaces for the introduction of mortar.
Patent GB-190501625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weft-replenishing Apparatus for Looms.
Inventor: WORMAN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-01-27
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 1625. Worman, T. Jan. 27. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism.-When the weft is substantially exhausted, a spring-actuated collar 41, Fig. 10, on the shuttle tongue moves forwards, as described in Specification No. 25,554, A.D. 1905, and does not press forwards a sliding pin 38 when the lay beats up. The pin 38 fails to act through a spring 39 on the downturned end of a hook 32 pivoted upon an arm 30, on a cross-shaft 24, and the hook is not raised out of the path of an extension on an arm 33, which is loose on the shaft 24 and is oscillated by being connected to the weftfork hammer. The extension engages the unraised hook, and acts through the arm 30 to turn the shaft 24. An arm 26, Fig. 6, on the other end of the shaft 24 is raised, and a bevelled block 28 on a cross-bar carried by the arm acts upon the downturned end of a pivoted hook 13 as the lay moves backwards, so that the hook is disengaged from a pivoted rod 9, which carries the loose front 8 of the shuttle box. When the rod 9 is released, it is acted upon by a spring which causes its upper end to be moved forwards, carrying the box front 8 under the lower open end of a shuttle magazine 5 on the breast beam. The front 8 pushes the bent ends of springs 6 from under the magazine, and the lowest shuttle drops on to fixed rods 44 behind the box front. During this action, the lay is moving backwards, and the bent end 29 of an arm carried by the arm 26 catches the downturned end of a lever fixed to an axle forming a vertical hinge for the back 17 of the shuttle box. The back is moved across the entrance of the shuttle box, and, when the nearly exhausted shuttle is picked from the opposite box, it is guided by the inclined back into a shoot. As the lay moves forwards again, the box back resumes its normal position under the action of a spring, and the lay-sword presses against a cranked part on the axle of the rod 9 and thereby causes the front 8 to be moved back to its normal position, pushing the fresh shuttle along the rods 44 and blades fixed to the lay into the shuttle box. At the same time, the hook 13 re-engages and holds the rod 9, the arm 26 and the block 28 having been lowered when the weft-fork hammer moved backwards. The springs 6 resume their former position when the front 8 is moved backwards, and support the remaining shuttles in the magazine. The weft ends of the shuttle cops are fixed to suitable parts, and suitable means are or may be provided for severing the ends as the shuttles are introduced into the loom. The loom is stopped in the usual manner when the weft breaks.
Patent GB-190502821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Syphons for Aerated Waters and the like.
Inventor: PIRIE FREDERICK GALLOWAY
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1906-03-10
Abstract: 2821. Pirie, F. G., and Coomber, H. R. E. Feb. 11. Siphon bottles.- The siphon head is constructed in such a manner that the valve can be removed readily. The valve-spindle C<1> passes through a removable screw plug B, and carries a loop C<3> engaging the end of the lever G. The coiled spring C' presses the valve C upon its seat, and bears upon the plate E' which is placed beneath the rubber washer E. The plug B is provided with openings B' to receive the prongs of a turning-tool H.
Patent GB-190509267-A (GB)
Title: A Method and Apparatus for Determining the Amount of Drawing necessary for Fine Spinning.
Inventor: HERMANN PAUL
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1906-05-02
Abstract: 9267. Hermann, P., and Schopper, R. L. May 2. Yarn-testing machines.-The amount of drawing required by a roving to produce a yarn of any required count is at once indicated by delivering a length of the roving corresponding to the count of the yarn required by means of a measuring- cylinder a directly into a scale-pan q suspended from one arm of a lever s balanced by a weight t. A pointer u on the lever indicates directly in a graduated scale v the amount of drawing required.
Patent GB-190514767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coats and like Garments
Inventor: ELLIS HENRY HERMAN
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 14,767. Ellis, H. H., [trading as Ellis, J. & H.]. July 18. Coats and jackets; cuffs; sleeves.-A coat &c. sleeve has the cuff recessed at c, Fig. 1, and provided with a strap b to button over on to a button d, so as to close the sleeve on to the wrist to keep out rain &c. When not thus used, it is folded back like a gauntlet and the strap fastened to a button on the other side of the cuff.
Patent GB-190516428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Compound Steam Turbines.
Inventor: KERR CHARLES VOLNEY
Filed: 1905-08-12
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 16,428. Kerr, C. V. Aug. 12. Impact-wheels.-Turbines of the Pelton-wheel type having casings made in sections and having one or more wheels per section are fitted with nozzles as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 10. Nozzle tubes 27, Figs. 3 and 4, are secured to the diaphragms 13 by nuts 40 and nipples 37, which may be formed with or without a throat 37<1>, Fig. 10 ; one, two, or more nipples are provided corresponding to the number of wheels per section. The nozzles are set at a particular inclination to the wheel circumference by means of dowel pins and sockets 43 in the nozzle tube and diaphragm. The invention is described in connection with a turbine such as that set forth in Specification No. 16,427, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190517638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Three and Four Colour Printing Processes
Inventor: GRUENBAUM MAX
Filed: 1905-08-31
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 17,638. Gr³nbaum, M. Aug. 31. Colour photo. graphy ; photo-mechanical printing. -In preparing line pictures for the colour blocks for polychrome line printing, outline proofs are prepared from the picture to be reproduced, and these are coloured by hand for the different colour components. These drawings or washes are then arranged in the square A B C D in relative positions substantially as shown, and are photographed through a common screen. From the negative so obtained, the separate colour members or blocks are prepared in the usual way.
Patent GB-190518024-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint or Coupling for Lead and other Piping.
Inventor: GOODWIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 18,024. Goodwin, W. Sept. 6. Couplings, attaching pipes to; junction pieces.- Lead and other pipes are secured to taps and the like by first passing a tubular member b, having teeth c, a flange d, and an annular space between the teeth and flange, over the pipe end, and, if necessary, expanding the pipe into the member. A tubular projection, having buttress threads, is then screwed into the lead pipe as shown. A setscrew f prevents the parts from separating. Fig. 3 shows two pipes joined together, the inner tubular member being oppositely threaded at its ends.
Patent GB-190518861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Domestic Washing Boilers.
Inventor: THOUAILLE HARRIETT ROLSTON
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-09-19
Abstract: 18,861. Thouaille, H. R. Sept. 19. Boiling - pans. - An apparatus, adapted to be placed in a washing-boiler to enable the clothes to be washed with a small quantity of water, consists of a shell p fitting within the outer boiler shell. The shell p, the perforated bottom k of which is supported at a short distance from the boiler bottom, is formed with channels q which convey water from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Instead of the channels q, tubes r, having their ends bent towards the centre of the boiler, may be fixed to the inner shell. The Provisional Specification sets forth a modification in which a central tube with a top spreader is employed.
Patent GB-190521162-A (GB)
Title: Telephone Receivers and the like.
Inventor: BUMILLER RODOLPHE BERNARD
Filed: 1905-10-18
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 21,162. Bumiller, R. B. Oct. 18. Telephones.-In order to avoid a tendency to fracture, a telephone receiver is formed from a metal shell 1, which is then coated with hard rubber or vulcanite 2. The cap is similarly formed, and is preferably perforated with a number of small holes 5 instead of the usual large opening.
Patent GB-190522532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Optical Instruments for use on Submarine Vessels.
Inventor: REHM FRITZ
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 22,532. Rehm, F., and Windstosser, K. Nov. 3. Periscopes.-An optical instrument for taking observations on submarine boats is provided with a main optical system for producing a large picture of the part of the horizon in the direction sighted, and a number of subsidiary optical systems to produce smaller pictures of parts of the horizon in different directions. The pictures produced are erect, and the subsidiary pictures are of equal sharpness and preferably appear in spaces towards the periphery of the main picture. Lens and prisms are arranged at the top and bottom of the rotatable tube R, and the light from the subsidiary prisms and lenses at the top passes through the main intermediate lenses lu, L1, or through subsidiary lenses Lu. Means are provided to screen the parts of the main picture where the subsidiary pictures appear. To indicate the relative bearings of the subsidiary objects viewed, the corresponding. pictures or parts of them are coloured by means of coloured glasses, or some distinctive marking is produced on them.
Patent GB-190605653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Detachable Covers to the Ribs of Umbrellas.
Inventor: HUGENDUBEL ERNST
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 5653. Hugendubel, E. March 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Covers; ribs.-A detachable;cover is attached to the ribs of an umbrella by drawing parts of the cover through eyes at the ends of the ribs and securing these parts by pins. The cover f is shown drawn through an eye b at the end of a rib a of U-section, and held in place by a headed pin e, the pointed end of which engages a pocket c on the rib.
Patent GB-190607593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Boxes.
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN MATHEW
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 7593. Graham, J. M. March 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Contents, delivering and withdrawing. - Matches or other articles are delivered singly from the receptacle shown in Fig. 4. The matches are placed in the compartment formed by the partitions 12, 14, and are removed by pins 21 on the shaft 18 which protrude through a slot in the upwardly bent end 15 of the partition 14. An inclined partition 22 conducts the match to the orifice 6. A lid 9, normally closed by a spring 11, is provided.
Patent GB-190610264-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Connection or Clamp for Pipes, Tubes and the like.
Inventor: JACKSON FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 10,264. Jackson, F. T. May 2. Clip and sleeve joints.-Relates to means for connecting pipes and tubes, particularly applicable for use on motor-vehicles, such as for the flexible pipes conveying the cooling-water. The connexion between the rubber pipe 5 and the metal tube 6 comprises a sleeve 2 split at both ends. The splits 3 at one end alternate with and pass between the splits at the other end, and the blind ends of the splits 3 are preferabty formed with holes 4. The ends of the sleeve 2 are tapered and screwthreaded to receive tightening-nuts 7, one or both of which may be formed on the inner face with a cylindrical flange 8, Fig. 4, in order that the joints may present a uniformly cylindrical outer surface. In a modified form, one of the nuts is formed integral with one end of the sleeve 2, the other end being tapered, split, and screw-threaded as above described.
Patent GB-190613232-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cement.
Inventor: SOUTH JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 13,232. South, J. T., Payne, G., and Payne, E. G. June 8. Cements.-A cement is composed of Portland cement, sand, chalk, breeze or ashes, naphthalene, and certain metallic salts, namely, sodium sulphate, zinc sulphate, and alum. Sodium hyposulphite or carbonate may be used instead of the sulphate or the sulphates, or all the metallic salts may be omitted.
Patent GB-190615984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Systems of Control of Electric Motor-operated Devices.
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 15,984. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 14. Actuating valves and cocks.-Valves are operated by an electric motor controlled from a distance through a single conductor. A polarized relay works an indicator and a second one controls a switch which changes field windings for forward or reverse rotation. The motor 3 is shown connected through worm gearing 5 to the stem 4 of a gate valve 2. A switch 6 at the control station connects the conductor 7 to the supply mains L<1>, L<2>. This conductor includes the coil of the polarized relay 8 at the control station, and a switch 9 and the coil 10 of a polarized relay 11 at the valve station. To open the valve, the switch arm 6 is connected to the main L<1>. A current flows through relay 8, conductor 7, switch 16, and relay 11, the movable part 12 of the latter moving to the left and closing the switch 13 so that current runs through the field winding 14 and the armature of the motor. The relay 8 when energized moves the arm 22 having pawls 23 which engage a ratchet disk 19. The valve is lifted by the motor until the pin 16 opens the switch 9. This breaks the circuit and both relays return to their normal positions. The momentum of the motor carries the pin 16 beyond the switch arm and the switch closes. The relays operate and the motor starts again. The valve 2 is thus opened in a series of steps, these steps being shown on the indicator 18. To close the valve, the switch 6 is moved to connect the conductor 7 to the main L'. The current in the conductor 7 is reversed and the relays operate in the reverse direction. The current then flows through field winding 15 and reverses the motor.
Patent GB-190617414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Safety Explosives.
Inventor: RESCHKE BERTHOLD GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 17,414. Reschke, B. G. Aug. 2. Explosives.-Relates to ammonium-nitrate explosives of the kind described in Specification No. 12,716, A.D. 1906, and consists in substituting for the fennel the seeds of other umbelliferous plants, such as anise, caraway, coriander, and parsley.
Patent GB-190627564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Working Gaseous Fuel Furnaces for Treating Glass, Steel and other Substances and for other similar purposes.
Inventor: DESGRAZ ADOLPHE
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 27,564. Desgraz, A., and Schmidt, P. Dec. 4. Gaseous-fuel furnaces.-Furnaces for treating glass, steel, and other metals, and for puddling, welding, and like purposes, are supplied at two or more points with mixtures of gas and air which are introduced in regulable proportions and in horizontal and vertical directions, in contradistinction to the method proposed in Specification No. 6005, A.D. 1906. In the form of glass furnace shown in Fig. 1, air channels f having regulating-slides r are connected to nozzles d behind which are arranged gas nozzles c, the supply of gas being regulated by valves g. In the upper wall of the furnace, a series of nozzles n, p is arranged and supplied with gas and air, respectively, through passages s, m and o, t. Air may be heated by being drawn through channels k by a fan h,and is then passed to the passages f.
Patent GB-190629469-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Clasping-apparatus or Fasteners for Corsets, Waist-belts, Gaiters, and other Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: HERINCKX FELIX DOMINIQUE
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-12-27
Abstract: 29,469. Herinckx, F. D. Dec. 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hook fastenings. - A fastening for corsets, waistbelts, gaiters, and d other articles of wearing- apparel is arranged so that no pressure is exerted on the body in clasping or unclasping. Hooks 2 of the shape shown in Fig. 2, and of considerable width, are secured at intervals to the busks of the corset &c. The shape of the engaging portions enables the hooks to be easily fastened ; disengagement is effected by a straight sliding motion normally prevented by an ordinary hook-and-eye fastening 3. Specifications No. 23,922, A.D. 1894, and No. 6145, A.D. 1895, are referred to.
Patent GB-190629588-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for the Manufacture of Buttons.
Inventor: PRYM AUGUST
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 29,588. Prym, A. Aug. 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stud- and socket fastenings.-In apparatus for making spring buttons described in Specification No. 29,587, A.D. 1906, the wire 17 for making the spring passes between under straightening-rollers and between superposed slides 4, 6. The cam-disk 5 operates a cutter 15 which cuts off the requisite length of wire, the return of the cutter being obtained by an angle-shaped cam 15<b>, Fig 5. Bending-tools 16<a>, connected together by a spring 16 and operated by cams on the disk 5, then bend the spring s to the form shown in Fig. 10. The slides 4, 6 then move forward and place the spring on to the spreader, from which it is inserted in the blank.