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Patent GB-190324701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Multiplication of Electrical Force applicable to Machinery of all kinds requiring Power.
Inventor: HOWELL THOMAS JAMES
Filed: 1903-11-13
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 24,701. Howell, T. J. Nov. 13. Motors.-Relates to an arrangement of induction coils and condensers for transforming current obtained from two or more primary or secondary batteries or other sources and for supplying the transformed current to motors suitable for aerial vessels &c. The pair of induction coils employed have their secondaries connected in series to a condenser, and their primaries in two parallel branches each containing one battery &c., and terminating at the make - and - break. One end of each branch terminates at the make-and-break armature AR, Fig. 3, and the other two at the back and front contacts C', C' respectively, so that one branch is completed when the other is opened, practically-continuous secondary current resulting. If desired, the secondary currents led to the motor may be taken from a condenser and a second pair of induction coils fed with current from the secondary circuit of the first coils; any number of coils may be used in this manner. As the motor field circuit is arranged in two parallel branches, the current is fed through a double switch consisting of two switch arms connected by an insulated cross-bar, whereby the two branches are controlled simultaneously. The motor preferably employed consists of two or more pairs of segmental iron pieces SA, Fig. 1, rotating with their shaft S between electromagnets CC arranged in oppositely-disposed pairs on a vulcanite, metal, or other base. The commutator consists of an insulating-block carrying four metal plates upon which two sets of four brushes SB bear to make and break the circuits of the upper and lower electromagnets. The two upper electromagnets are connected in parallel branches which terminate at two corresponding ends in the induction-coil secondary circuit, and at the other ends in the brushes SB 6, SB 8, the other brushes SB5, SB7 being connected together and also through one arm of a double switch to the condenser. The other electromagnets are similarly connected. The brushes SB consist of springs attached to fixed standards and provided with rotating balls at their outer ends, as shown in Fig. 8, to reduce friction at the commutator. In another form of motor, the shaft is driven by a crank and connecting-rod from a reciprocating bar which is driven by the alternate actions of two electromagnets upon an iron armature carried by it, current being supplied to the electromagnets alternately through an oscillating switch operated by the armature.
Patent GB-190325346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Frictional Shaft Couplings.
Inventor: LINDSAY ROBERT
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,346. Lindsay, R. Nov. 20. Shaft couplings, guards; pulleys.-Spring pieces are pressed into frictional engagement with the shafts by the tightening-up of bolts. The coupling- piece 10, Figs. 1 and 6, is provided with spring loops 12, which may be separate, and bolted or otherwise secured to the piece 10. Two of the loops 12 may be longitudinally divided at their outer extremities so that the coupling may be taken to pieces. The coupling is surrounded by a plate 13 which may be provided with one fixed and one removable end, and may serve as a guard and, according to the Provisional Specification, may be used as a pulley. The coupling and plate 13 may be cast together, in which case holes are formed in the periphery of the plate 13 in order that the bolts 16, for tightening the coupling on the shafts 14, 21, may be regulated. When the shafts 14, 21 are of unequal diameter, a slit 18 is made in each of the arms of the coupling. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that, instead of the loops 12, the coupling arms may be joined by hinged or double hinged joints.
Patent GB-190325860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Boxes for Steam Generators
Inventor: SPIEGELHALTER LEWIS
Filed: 1903-11-26
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 25,860. Spiegelhalter, L. Nov. 26. Steam - generator furnaces. - The firebridge is composed of water tubes 3, placed a short distance apart and protected by an outer covering of asbestos 6, which forms a heat-retaining device for consuming smoke. The tubes terminate at the ends in bent water pipes 2 connected at the top and bottom with the crown and back-plate respectively of the firebox. The tube ends are screwed into the pipes 2 and then brazed. In a modification, the tubes are arranged in the form of a grating, each being provided with a refractory covering.
Patent GB-190326892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compressing Wheels for Presses.
Inventor: MILNE WILLIAM ATKINSON
Filed: 1903-12-08
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 26,892. Milne, W. A. Dec. 8. Moulding peat.-In a modified form of the apparatus described in Specifications No. 20,196, A.D. 1901, and No. 26,271, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Fuel, Manufacture of], for moulding peat into blocks, two wheels A, B, Fig. 1, are provided with circular recesses a, b separated by circumferential portions a<1>, b<1>. The portions b<1>, a<1> act respectively with the recesses a, b to form blocks of the shape shown in Fig. 2. Side plates C are provided ; the peat is fed in at the top. The number of recesses may be varied, or one wheel only may be recessed.
Patent GB-190328169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Feeding and Printing Paper or Card Board Blanks, and for Scoring and Slitting the same.
Inventor: GAY CHAUNCEY WOLCOTT
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 28,169. Gay, C. W. Dec. 22. Cutting apparatus; inking-apparatus; delivery apparatus; feeding sheets.-A machine for feeding, scoring, and cutting or slitting, and printing paper or cardboard blanks for boxes, cartoons, and similar articles, is shown in section in Fig. 2. The machine may be adapted for scoring and cutting andembossing&c. A continuous strip may be used instead of separate blanks. The blanks are fed from a shelf 27 and between feed rolls 28, to a table 26, on which they are positioned and advanced to a cross scoring and cutting roll 57, from which they are received radially by a carrier cylinder 76 for printing- cylinders 111. The rolls 28 are shown as longitudinal scoring- rolls. The blanks are positioned on the table 26 by means of an adjustable guide-plate and jogging-pins 32, which are carried by a yoke 33 reciprocated on guide-rods from a rock-shaft 40 actuated from a crank-pin 49 on a spurwheel 50. The blanks are advanced on the table 26 by means of pins 42 on a yoke 41 reciprocated on guide-rods 43 from the rock-shaft 40 through an adjustable link 44. The roll 57, Figs. 2 and 6, is formed with grooves or T-slots 58 receiving bolts 59 for adjusting an abutment 60, between which, and a fixed abutment 64, are secured scoring and cutting devices 61 and spacing-blocks 62, on one or more curved bolts 65, so that they are adjustable bodily for register with the printing. Spring-closed grippers 66 are mounted in a recess in the roll 57 on a shaft 67, which is carried by end-plates 68 on the roll 57, and is actuated by an arm 69 and a fixed cam to open the grippers. The blanks are supported under the roll 57 by a roll 52. When a continuous strip is used, one of the devices 61 may serve as a cutting-off device. The carrier cylinder 76 consists of alternate impression faces 84 and depressions 85 equal in length to the circumference of the printing-cylinders 111, to allow for double or multiple inking and the use of a fine ink. A corresponding number of spring-closed grippers 77, opened by a fixed cam, are provided in recesses in the cylinder 76. The roll 57 and cylinder 76 are niched for the passage of the grippers. The printing cylinders 111 are located only at an upper portion of the cylinder 76. The delivery board 113 is detachably supported on one or more belts 114 driven by worm gearing, so that the blanks are caused to overlap, and blurring is avoided. An adjustable gauge-board is used with the board 113.
Patent GB-190406652-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Camphor from Isoborneol.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN AUGUST
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6652. Zimmermann, A., [Chemische Fabrik auf Actien vorm. E. Schering]. March 18. Camphor is produced by oxidizing isoborneol with a non-acid solution of a permanganate. The isoborneol as a fine powder, or dissolved in a neutral solvent such as benzene, or petroleum ether, is stirred with a 1 per cent. aqueous solution of a permanganate, and the mixture is distilled. The product is re-crystallized from petroleum ether.
Patent GB-190408840-A (GB)
Title: Lotion for Chapped Hands Chilblains and Sore Nipples and the like
Inventor: MOORE ALICE MARGARET
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8840. Moore, A. M. April 18. Lotions.-A lotion for treating chapped bands, chilblains, sore nipples, and the like consists of one part of saltpetre, two parts of sugar, one-fourth part of methylated spirits, and fifteen parts of boiled water. -
Patent GB-190414893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubular Display Fittings for Shops or Windows.
Inventor: PARNALL GEORGE GEACH
Filed: 1904-07-02
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 14,893. Parnall, G. G. July 2. Window fittings.-Tubular uprights for use in displaying goods in shop windows &c. are made with a lengthening section A having a head B, which is held up against the ceiling by a spring G on the top D of the main section C. A loose collar E at the top of the spring bears against a cross-pin F, and a row of holes for this pin allows great changes of length to be made without affecting the spring.
Patent GB-190422330-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toy.
Inventor: THOMAS DAVID
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 22,330. Thomas, D., Kingdon, J., and Thomas, W. P. Oct. 17. Toys, driving-mechanism for.-A card k, Fig. 3, representing a figure, an advertisement, &c., is mounted on the spindle d, Figs. 1 and 3, of a lever c, which is caused to oscillate by falling sand. The lever c is mounted in a casing b, and normally rests on a stop e. A perforated funnel a is arranged above the lever c, and from this funnel sand falls on to the lever, until the lever tilts and allows the sand to fall down a shoot f into a receptacle g. The lever then returns to its original position, and is continuously tilted by the falling sand. The card k is fixed in a carrier i mounted on a prolonged end of the spindle d. The funnel a may receive a continuous supply of sand.
Patent GB-190425014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Curling Irons or Tongs and the like.
Inventor: KUMMER RICHARD
Filed: 1904-11-17
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,014. Kummer, R. Nov. 17. Hair-curling appliances. - Curling-irons for waving hair consist of curved crimping- irons b, which are formed with projections to hold the hair between the tines a, as shown in Fig. 2, and are made to slide in opposite directions on guiderods e by means of a finger-lever p actuating links h, i connected to the irons b.
Patent GB-190428748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ship's Closets.
Inventor: BUMSTED FRANCIS DIXON
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,748. Bumsted, F. D. Dec. 29. Pumps combined with closets.-The basin of a ship's closet placed below the water line serves as the plunger of a pump for discharging the closet. The basin is double, the outer basin b being fixed and provided at its lower part with a liner d forming a pump barrel and turning up at the end, where it is provided with a flap valve e into the bend b<1> of the discharge pipe. The inner basin a terminates in a pipe a' with a flap valve g on its turned-up end and surrounded by a piston f fitting into the barrel d, and is connected to the seat i by rods j passing through holes in the turned-over edge b<1> of the outer basin b. A pair of levers k connected by a handle k<3> are pivoted to the seat at k<2> and connected to links k<1> pivoted to the outer basin b.
Patent GB-190500103-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Couplings for Railway Trucks.
Inventor: DYER WALTER
Filed: 1905-01-03
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 103. Dyer, W. Jan. 3. Couplings, non-automatic. -Consists in means for operating, from either side, an ordinary three-link chain coupling, without the necessity of the vehicles being an exact distance apart. The front link C is pivoted in the frame or fork a, which slides between guide-rollers e in the bracket d, and is weighted at its lower end. By means of chains f, the frame is connected to a wedge-piece g, which may be raised by the books K<1> of the hand-levers K, thereby drawing up the frame and coupling-chain and allowing the latter to be dropped over the neighbouring draw-hook. The block g is then roplaced in the socket i, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 3. Uncoupling is effected by a similar manipulation of the hand-lever.
Patent GB-190507051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Ranges, Washing Boilers and Baths for Domestic Use.
Inventor: LANCASTER EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1906-06-02
Abstract: 7051. Lancaster, E. W. April 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Boiling-pans.-A washing-boiler is set close to a kitchen range in an adjacent room, so that both may be heated by the same fire. The washing- boiler h, shown in plan in Fig. 2, is fitted in the scullery at the back of the range a. By means of a divided flue, shown in Fig. 6, and a suitablyarranged damper o pivoted at the top of the mid-rib l, the hot gases from the range fire can be made to pass either round the oven or through the casing of the boiler h. A pipe q carries the steam into the uptake. An auxiliary grate may be fitted to heat the washing-boiler separately. The bath may be of the tilting type described in Specification No. 24,582, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Closets &c.].
Patent GB-190512206-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Artificial Food for Animals
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 12,206. Barker, G., [Janssens Bros.]. June 13. Drawings to Specification. Food for animals.-A food for horses is composed of ground oats and pure crystallized sugar, the product being moulded preferably to the shape of the natural oat.
Patent GB-190512286-A (GB)
Title: Improved Handle Fastener.
Inventor: DALLAS JAMES COUTTS
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-06-13
Abstract: 12,286. Dallas, J. C., and Hogan, T. June 13. Handles.-The heads of axes, adzes, and hammers are fixed to their handles by a concave metal plate 1 having one end 2 bent outwardly at right-angles and the other end having a hole 3 to receive a screw or nail. The end 2 rests on the head of the tool, while the plate 1 passes down the eye and is secured to the handle by a screw or nail passing through the hole 3. Specification No. 15,474, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190517870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for use with Rock-drilling Machines for Supplying Water to the Holes while being Drilled.
Inventor: WESTON EUSTACE MORIARTY
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 17,870. Weston, E. M. Sept. 4 Rock drills.-In order to supply a jet of water to the hole at the cutting-edges of a percussive rock drill, especially used for drilling upwardlydirected holes, the drill, which has transverse holes b<4> and a longitudinal hole b<2> of larger diameter, is tapered on part of its length to receive the similarlytapered bore of a cylinder C, which is bevelled at the ends c of the bore and is provided with an annular or other water space d, from which by means of a port l closed by a screw m water may strike the rock near the drill in addition to that passing through the drill. The water passes into the annular space through a series of ports e<1> communicating with a recess i; which may be as shown in Fig. 2 or annular, in a water ring f, connected with a flexible water-supply pipe. This ring is made in two parts bolted together and fitting round a recess in the cylinder, a watertight joint being obtained by packing-rings j and washers k. In a modification, the cylinder is made in two parts, riveted, screwed, or otherwise fixed together after a water ring made in one piece has been put on. The cylinder and shank of the drill may be parallel, and other means provided to prevent more than a certain relative sliding motion. The Provisional Specification states that, to prevent the rotation of the water ring, the tubular extension has perforated lugs attached to a chain or bar &c., the other end of which is connected to a spring steel bar fixed to a ring on a stationary part of the machine.
Patent GB-190520065-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Lifeboat for use in connection with Submarine Boats.
Inventor: ELLIOTT ARTHUR JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 20,065. Elllott, A. J. H. Oct. 4. Buoys.-In order that the crew may safely escape from a sunken submarine boat, it is provided with an open-topped well, in which a buoy consisting of an inner part i and air casings g#<*> and ballast tanks p, is fastened by means of a screw m operated by a handle o. Round the top of the buoy is a flange which bears against an internal flange in the well. Access to the interior of the buoy is obtained through a water-tight door, and the buoy is released by rotation of a handle o, when water is admitted to the well and the buoy floats off. The position of the sunken vessel is indicated by means of a rope r, attached to the buoy and the bottom of the well.
Patent GB-190603823-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hairpin.
Inventor: VALLAR STEPHEN
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 3823. Vallar, S. Feb. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hair-pins are formed with a single limb having a large hook D at one end and a smaller one E at the other.
Patent GB-190604078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Internal Construction of Stores, Warehouses and the like.
Inventor: LIPMAN ROBERT
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 4078. Lipman, R. Feb. 20, 1905, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Brackets; shelves and shelving.-A warehouse, store, or the like is provided with a detachable or adjustable metal skeleton for carrying shelves and gangways. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of a column and lateral connexions. Wooden shelves 12, or bent sheet-metal shelves 20, are fixed by clamps 16 to brackets 13, the vertical edges 17 of which engage the bends in the bars 3 ; the teeth 4 receive bent-up corners 18 of the shelves, and are masked by punched-out beads 19. The front edge of each wooden shelf has a recess 26 for a label or ticket. Intermediate shelves may be supported by bent wires 28, Fig. 3, or by clips 24 sprung into the underout grooves 23.
Patent GB-190610309-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Treatment of Ores and for De-tinning Tinned-iron Sheets.
Inventor: RIVEERE LOUIS
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 10,309. Riveere, L. May 2, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sodium stannate; potassium stannate; sulphides; iron oxide tin oxide; gold salts ; silver salts; copper salts; lead salts ; tin salts.- Ores are treated with steam under pressure in presence of caustic alkalies, with or without alkali carbonates, or of alkali monosulphides, w i t h or without alkali sulphocarbonates. Ores containing gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, arsenic, antimony, and other metals may be treated in a digester with a caustic lye or soda or potash. When stanniferous sands are treated, sodium or potassium stannate is obtained, the iron oxide being found in the residue. The steam is allowed to escape during the process, any vapour carried away with the steam being recovered. After the soluble salts have been removed by acids from the alkaline lyes, the latter are regenerated with lime under steam pressure in a digester.. In the form of apparatus shown in the Figure, the digester A is surmounted by a feeding-reservoir G and a refrigerator B, the coil C of which ends in a bent pipe D provided with a shifting valve E, and dipping into acidulated water F. The steam is introduced through a pipe H. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2144, A.D. 1857, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys], No. 447, A.D. 1859, No. 4618, A.D. 1877, and No. 15,674, A.D. 1897, and No. 23,911, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys].]
Patent GB-190614106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knock-down Sectional, Bookcases, Filing Cabinets, Show Cases, and the like.
Inventor: MIDDLEMISS ANTHONY RONALD
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 14,106. Middlemiss, A. R. June 20. Folding - boxes. - Knock - down sectional bookcases, filing - cabinets, show cases, &c, have the bottom and sides hinged together so that the case can be folded, the sides being first rabbeted at the bottom so that when assembled the weight of each section does not come upon the hinges but upon the sides of the section. The sides A are rabbeted at E across the full width so that they may fit over the edges of the base B, and sides and base are then hinged together by hinges D. Other sections may be built upon the first in the same manner. The joint at the front may be covered by a strip of wood or metal F.
Patent GB-190618428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Adjusting or Operating from a Distance Signalling Pointers, Indicators, Contact Arms and the like.
Filed: 1906-08-16
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 18,428. Deutsche Telephonwerke Ges., [formerly Deutsche Telephonwerke R. Stock & Co. Ges.]. Nov. 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Order apparatus. -In electric means for adjusting signalling-pointers, indicators, &c. from a distance, the receiver comprises three or more ironclad solenoids a, b, c, adapted to be energized in succession by currents s e n t over separate linewires s from the t r a n s mitter, the cores d, e, f of the solenoids acting on a crank-pin g so as to rotate the pointer &c. k through gearing i. In the Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901, it is stated that (1) intermediate positions of the signalling-pointer &c. can be obtained by simultaneously exciting two solenoids ; (2) horseshoe-shaped electro-magnets may replace the solenoids; (3) instead of having a common crank, each solenoid may have its own crank connected to a common shaft ; (4) the contact-arm of an electric switch may be driven in the same manner as a pointer or other indicator, This subject - matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190622775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railroad Switches
Inventor: MURPHY ROY EMRY
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 22,775. Murphy, R. E. Oct. 15. Points; and switches, railway, mounting and operating. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a sectional end view, of a point tongue. The tongue b is normally set for the main line by a spring, but on being moved over into the branch-line position it is retained there by a spring-controlled latch f. The latch is connected by a lever i and rods j to a track lever r, Fig. 3, so that, when a vehicle passes on to the branch line and depresses this lever, the latch is operated to release the point tongue. The tongue then moves back into the main-line position under the action of the spring. In order to prevent clogging of the point tongue, it is arranged to move over and be supported by steel bars e, having space W between them to catch dirt &c. The mechanism is protected by casings x, y, z.
Patent GB-190628350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shop Window Fittings.
Inventor: CULLEN JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 28,350. Cullen, J. W. Dec. 12. Fastenings, clip. A device for displaying boots, shoes, and other articles comprises a jaw or clip formed of a strip of spring or resilient material mounted on a carrier plate, or formed of two superimposed and slidably adjustable members such as 1 locked by a cam lever, such as 4, or a pin and nut, in combination with a ball-and-socket joint such as 8, 10. The device may be applied to stands, brackets, rods, arms, clips, and the like. The socket of the joint may be provided with notches such as 12, and it may be formed in two parts 10, 16 clamped by a screw 17.