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Patent GB-190102290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Discharging and Carrying Lines for Saving Life at Sea.
Inventor: MARTENS DANIEL GEORGE
Filed: 1901-02-01
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 2290. Martens, D. G. Feb. 1. Rockets and rocket apparatus.-The rocket tube B is lengthened by a section B', which has side and bottom slits b<1> to pass the wings D and the web F of a rocket C, which is a tube containing a composition A in an asbestos lining A<1>. A wad y, placed between the composition and the propelling- charge G, contains the fuze y<3> for lighting the composition, which is carried in a tube y' with wads y<2>. The shocks of the explosion of the charge and of firing the composition are moderated to the rocket and the life line, because the composition is free to enter further into the body of the rocket and compress the air between a rubber disc h and a regulating-valve K. Spring fingers engage racks a' to prevent the composition from subsequently separating from the rocket. To moderate the stress still further, the life-line is attached by a loop n to a socket l, which contains a spring, and slides upon a rod m in a tube x on the web.
Patent GB-190113714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Steam Motors.
Inventor: BOWRING HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-07-05
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 13,714. Bowring, H. E. July 5. Impact-wheels. - A rotary steam motor has a cylinder A containing a vaned wheel C and provided with alternative inlets a', a<2> for reversing, and outlets d'. In the compound engine shown, the exhaust from the high-pressure cylinder passes by one of the alternative passages f<1>, f<2> to the low-pressure cylinder B.
Patent GB-190116927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers or Bindings for Books
Inventor: KNIBB FRANCIS CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-08-23
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 16,927. Knibb, F. C. G., and Towler, T. R. Aug. 23. Books; bookbinding.-Relates to cases or covers and bindings for books. A yapp or circuit case is shown in Fig. 2, and a non-lipped limp binding in Fig. 4. Cord, hemp, thread, wire, catgut, &c. c is secured by adhesive along the outer edge of the lining b, which is preferably a single sheet of paper &c., and the leather &c. cover a is turned over to enclose the cord &c. c. An additional lining of leather, linen, &c. may be used, for example, one extending to the bend of the lip.
Patent GB-190124835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Boxes
Inventor: SEQUEIRA SEPTIMUS WILLIE
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 24,835. Sequelra, S. W. Dec. 5. Hearths.-A well, which may be lined with metal, is made in a domestic hearth ; it is provided with a tiled hinged or loose lid f. A coal-box d with handles e is inserted into the well.
Patent GB-190125212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in School-desks.
Inventor: EMBRETSEN AUGUST
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 25,212. Embretsen, A. May 10, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. School desks and seats.-The desk a and seat ax are carried on blocks b, which slide on the inclined edges c' of the standards. Loops d, pivoted at d' to the standards or blocks, engage notches b<2> on the blocks or standards. The parts are kept together by hooks e running on staples e<2> and engaging eyes e'. The heights of the desks and seats may be readily adjustable.
Patent GB-190203838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solderless End-seams for Tin Cans.
Inventor: ADRIANCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 3838. Adriance, B. Feb. 14. Making cans and canisters.-To render leak - proof solderless endseams produced by interlocking, the portion e, Fig. 1, of the flange of the head of the can, and the coincident portion f of the body are spun substantially into the shape of a frustum, and at the same time are pressed snugly together. By this means, the part f offers an obstruction to an outward movement of the head. The portions e, f, having been made, the edge portions g, h are bent into the form of a roll. In producing this roll, the edge portion h is relatively fast, while the head is permitted to move. A circumferential depression may be formed around the joint both on the inside and on the outside. Fig. 2 shows the edge portions of the head and body rolled outwardly instead of inwardly.
Patent GB-190214180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Vending Machines.
Inventor: KNOWLTON DALLAS
Filed: 1902-06-23
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 14,180. Knowlton, D. June 23. Sale apparatus ; storage; delivery mechanism.- Cigars, cigarettes, or other articles are stored in a hopper 3 having an inclined feed-bottom 7 leading to an opening normally closed by a slide 11. An apron 9, preferably curved at the bottom, may be provided at the front end of the opening. The slide 11 has a transverse delivery slot 12, with a recessed roller 23 at one side to prevent crushing, and a cross-strip 21 gently to disturb the articles in the hopper and prevent jamming. The width of the delivery slot may be adjusted by a false side wall adjustably fixed to one side of the hopper, as by slots and set-screws, while its depth is adjusted by a false bottom 24 pivoted to a crosspiece 26 and operated by a spring 29 and a screw 27 engaging a fixed bracket 28. The speed of operation of the slide is controlled by a piston, connected to it by a rod 38 and a bracket 39, and engaging a cylinder 35 with a wide and a narrow portion, apertures being provided at the end of both parts. A display case 16 may be hinged to the hopper, and a bottomless cigar box 18 may be held on the top of the hopper by a clamp 19 and spurs 20. The cigar or other article falls on to the curved ends 48 of two arms 47 on a rock-shaft 44 pivoted in brackets 43 and carrying a counterweight 45 which may be a bell gong. The article is removed from the arms 47 by the inclined edges 41 of standards 42, and is thence guided by skids 34 on an inclined delivery shoot 30 to an external tray 33. The upward motion of the arms 47 is limited by pins 49. Incomplete operation of the slide is prevented by a deteut pivoted to the casing and a locking-plate on the slide. Coin action ; coin-discharging mechanism.-The slide is normally locked by a pivoted detent 67 engaging a recess 70 and freed by the engagement of a coin, pushed along a coin-way 50 mounted on a platform 6, with its bevelled end. The coin is inserted at a circular aperture in the top of the casing and pushed along the coin-way by a plate 74 operated by a forked lever connected by a link 78 to the slide-operating handle 79. A discharge opening 53 leads to the till 32. The number of articles supplied for one coin is controlled by a disc 59, which supports a projection 71 on the detent, so as to leave the slide unlocked, until this projection falls into one of the notches 61. The disc is rotated by the engagement with openings 62, bevelled at one side, of a pin 65 on a lever 63 operated in one direction by a spring 66 and in the other by a recessed part of the link 78. Fraud, preventing.-A coin smaller than prescribed falls through an aperture 52 without freeing the slide.
Patent GB-190303072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Apparatus.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1903-02-09
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 3072. Ransford, R. B., [Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co.]. Feb. 9. Telephone systems.- Relates to telepbone exchange systems in which exchanges are connected by trunk lines so that the operator at the first exchange can signal to the operator at the second exchange, who, in reply, can say which trunk line is to be employed. The trunk lines are normally used in one direction only, but may be arranged for use in either direction. The system may also be provided with special jacks for sending a " busy # signal or a " don't answer" signal by means of makes and breaks of different rapidity when such signals are required. Fig. 1 shows a diagram of the system, in which A is a subscriber on exchange C, and C<2> is a second exchange connected by trunk lines to the exchange C. D, D<2> are subscribers on a party line connected to the exchange C<2>. The subscribers call and answer by means of raising the receivers from the hooks, the exchange ends of the circuits having relays R, by which the lines are changed from the calling to the conversation connections. The exchanges are provided with operators' " order " circuits 33, by which they can communicate prior to making the trunk-line connection 35, 36. At the second exchange, the trunk line terminates in a single or double transformer W, which may be replaced by condensers with or without inductance resistances. The circuits at the second exchange are controlled by a trunk relay r<7>, a tip relay r<8>, and a sleeve relay r<9>, several modifications of the circuits and connections of these relays being shown. S<2> is the supervisory signal of the calling subscriber, and S<3> is the supervisory signal for the answering subscriber. The second operator only gets the clearing-cut signal when the first operator disconnects from the trunk line.
Patent GB-190303849-A (GB)
Title: Device for Simultaneously Releasing a Row of Cattle from the Manger.
Inventor: WOLF HARRY
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 3849. Wolf, H. Feb. 18. Stable fittings.-Relates to means for releasing simultaneously all the cattle coupled to one manger. A sliding rod f, mounted in the rear portions of fixed brackets b, can be moved longitudinally by means of screw-and-nut gear on the outer wall of the stable. Brackets h are fixed on the rod f on one side of each bracket b. The halter chain of each head of cattle is secured by means of a ring l and a bolt r to a block k ; each block k is secured in recesses in the facing portions of one of the pairs of brackets b, h by moving the bracket h towards the corresponding bracket b. The cattle are simultaneously released by moving the brackets h in the opposite direction.
Patent GB-190307892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Camera Stands.
Inventor: WILKINSON AARON
Filed: 1903-04-06
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 7892. Wilkinson, A. April 6. Tripod stands. -The hinge catch-bolt of each leg of folding camera and like stands is fitted with a central spring. The side bars a, Figs. 2 and 2<a>, of one member of each leg are hinged a t b t o those of the other member and to a block c<1>. The bolt h, sliding below a fixed bar h<1>, takes under a bar e on the member a, and is held in position by the central spring g.
Patent GB-190310196-A (GB)
Title: Improved Clothes Peg.
Inventor: STEWART EDWARD SURRIDGE
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 10,196. Stewart, E. S. May 5. Clothes-pegs.-A strengthening wire, rod, or metal bar c, Fig. 1, is passed through the shank of the peg above the fork, and is bent down at the ends against the sides of the peg. The ends of the bar may be flattened out, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190311199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels.
Inventor: COHU HENRI ALBERT
Filed: 1903-05-16
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,199. Cohu, H. A. May 16. Disc wheels; felloes or rims; tyres, non- elastic.-Two radiallycorrugated metal discs c, bolted to flanges on the hub, have their outer edges bent outwards to rest in two rings d of curved cross - section. The rim or tyre e has its inner surface coned to bear against the rings, which are drawn together by bolts h and support it elastically. The rim may be modified to suit pneumatic and other tyres, and for large wheels the discs may be replaced by rings and spokes.
Patent GB-190311657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Playing Balls
Inventor: RICHARDS FRANCIS HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 11,657. Richards, F. H. May 26, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Moulding balls.-Relates to the manufacture of golf and other playing-balls, and particularly to balls having a core of soft india-rubber or other suitable material and a shell of gutta-percha or other plastic substance, which is cast in one piece and holds the core under compression. One object of the invention is to avoid the production of air bubbles. The method and apparatus used are the same as those described in the preceding Abridgment, No. 11,656, A.D. 1903. In some cases, the exhaust apparatus may be dispensed with. Parts of the invention may be applied to produce solid balls of gutta-percha &c. without cores.
Patent GB-190315423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 15,423. Evans, W. E., [Ges.zur Einf³hrung von Erfindungen]. July 11. Steam &c. turbines.- Consists in arranging the lowest stage of a compound or multipleexpansion steam or gas turbine to expand from atmospheric pressure down to the condenser pressure so that it can be put out of action, and the exhaust passed into the atmosphere without disturbing the higher stages. As shown diagrammatically in the drawing, a high-pressure impact-wheel a and a lowpressure wheel b are mounted on a common shaft c. A pipe e, fitted with a three-way cock g, conducts the motive fluid from the first wheel to the second wheel, or direct to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190315871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 15,871. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. July 17. Steam &c. turbines.-Dovetailed grooves 3 are formed in the rim 2 of an elastic-fluid turbine, each groove being wide enough to hold the dovetailed bases of two rows of vanes 6, which are secured by means of wedge-shaped segments 7 bolted to the rim between the rows of vanes.
Patent GB-190320202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Terminal Ornaments or Mounts for Metallic Bedsteads Cornice Poles Fenders and the like.
Inventor: BESSANT THOMAS
Filed: 1903-09-19
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 20,202. Bessant, T. Sept. 19. Fenders.-Knobs and other terminal ornaments for the tubular parts of metal fenders &c. are made with pommels which are fixed in the bases of the ornaments for the purpose of attaching the ornaments to screws. The pommel 1, which is in the form of a circular or elongated disc, is provided with a central boss 2 to receive a screw, and fits in a circular recess which is stamped or otherwise formed in the underside of the lower part 5 of the knob. To prevent the pommel from rotating in the recess, projections 8 on the pommel pass through holes 7 in an internal flange 6, and are clenched over before the upper part 10 of the knob is affixed. In a modification, the flange is situated somewhat above the base, and the pommel, in this case, is secured to the flange before the latter is fixed in the knob. The Provisional Specification states that a complete flange may be formed at the termination of the recess, and that a projecting lip on the pommel can be clenched over and indented into the flange.
Patent GB-190320453-A (GB)
Title: Downwardly Burning Gas Light Incandescent Lamp with Provision for Deflecting and for Removing the Hot Gases of Combustion.
Filed: 1903-09-23
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 20,453. Arendt, O., and Ges fiir hõngendes Gasgl³blicht. Sept. 23. Incandescent gas lamps.-In an inverted lamp, an effective ventilation is obtained and the heated products of combustion are deflected away from the air-inlet openings 3 and the mixing-tube 1 of the burner by means of outlets or openings 15 formed in or by the edges of a refractory reflecting- plate 8, which is either attached to, or is made in one with, the burner head 7. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the outlets 15 take the form of tubular openings provided with removable caps or dampers 34, and the globe 32, which is formed with air inlets near its lower end, is supported by a spider 33. Several burner heads 7 supplied from a common mixing-tube 1 may be arranged symmetrically around the centre of the plate 8. The burner heads may then be separated by radial partitions of refractory material, which partitions may also be adapted to upright burners. The globe bolder may be either formed in one with, or may be mounted below, the deflecting-plate 8, which may be formed in sections or arranged to rotate upon the burner 1 to permit of the regulation of the outlets or openings. The radiation of heat to the air inlets and the mixing-tube of the burner may be minimized by the provision of an asbestos sheet or of a second deflecting-plate 8. The ring carrying the mantle is formed with hooks or modified bayonet slots, which engage with studs or projections on the burner head 7.
Patent GB-190320769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desks, Filing Cabinets and the like.
Inventor: WILL IRVING GRINTON
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 20,769. Will, I. G. Sept. 26. Filing papers &c.-The sliding shuttle or curtain 3 of a desk, filing-cabinet, or other article of furniture is provided with a lock having two bolts 5 for engagement in recesses 4 at the lower ends of the guide-grooves 2, and is closed against the action of opening bolts 25 and springs 24 in recesses 23 formed in the pilasters 22. The lock-bolts may be made in two parts, normally pressed apart by springs, for automatic locking.
Patent GB-190325885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Securing Shades, Reflectors and the like to Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: WOLFENDEN HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-26
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 25,885. Wolfenden, H. Nov. 26. Lamp shade and reflector holders.-Shades or reflectors are secured to incandescent electric lamps bv an apparatus consisting of a telescopic tube, one end of which fits loosely over the liner of the lamp holder and, when the lamp is in position, abuts against the collar formed by the tightening-nut of the holder, while the other end fits over the top of the neck of the reflector, which is not otherwise fixed to the lamp bulb. The telescopic tube is in two parts A<1>, B<1>, Fig. 5, of which the part A<1> has one end enlarged and is provided with a spiral slot or indentation C<1> in which the inward projection D<1> on the part B<1> slides. The part A<1> may have its end cut to form an inclined plane along which the pin D<1> works. In another form, bcth members of the telescopic tube may have one end of enlarged diameter, and in the annulus formed between the enlarged end of the outer tube and the small end of the inner tube is placed a coiled spring, which renders the tube extensible.
Patent GB-190326793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Extinguishing Vapor Lamps.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 26,793. Haddan, H. J., [Akt.-Ges. vorm. C. H. Stobwasser & Co.]. Dec. 7. Vapour lamps.-Vapour lamps may be extinguished by reducing the pressure in a vapour space which is formed by an inclined tongue z arranged at the upper end of a wick-tube a. For this purpose, a tube c, which fits in a tube b contained in the wicktube, is provided with apertures d at its upper end, and by means of a rack and pinion f may be employed to effect a communication between thu vapour space and the receptacle for the combustible receiver.
Patent GB-190328338-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to Holders for Pencils and the like.
Inventor: JACKSON FRED
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,338. Jackson, F. Dec. 24. Compasses, drawing.- A pencil, pen, steel-point, crayon, and the like holder, which can be attached to the leg of a compass, is made by drilling out a solid piece of metal. A screw thread is formed on the conical lower end and four slits are formed in it. A nut D screws on to the holder and causes the tube to hold the pencil &c. firmly.
Patent GB-190400278-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Motty or Label Holder for Pit Corves and like Vehicles.
Inventor: HARTLEY JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-01-05
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 278. Hartley, J., and Greenwood, J. Jan. 5. Lable holders for corves and the like. The metal label 16 is held in a slot 5 in a metal holder 3 by a spring bolt 9 formed with a bevelled end 11. The label cannot be removed until the curved head of the bolt 9 is uncovered by emptying the corve. The holder is secured to the side of the corve by bolts 14 and a plate 13.
Patent GB-190409974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Integrating Mechanism.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1905-04-29
Abstract: 9974. Kent, W. G. April 30. Calculating-apparatus; liquid meters.-The integration with respect to time of a physical quantity, such as the difference of the pressures obtained from a Venturi tube in a liquid meter, is performed by apparatus working on the roller- and-disc principle. The float moves a cord passing over and actuating the pulley a<1> to which is keyed the cam a<3>, co-operating with the roller band adjustable linkwork b<1>, b<3>, b<4>, to position the slide c, which is supported on rollers c<1> and has bearings for a free wheel d. This wheel is friction-driven by the clock-driven disc e and in turn gives motion to the upper disc f, which is connected by the parts f<2>, f<3>, f', f<5> to a counter registering the integrated result.
Patent GB-190413010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Horse Collars.
Inventor: GUINDOLLET PIERRE
Filed: 1904-06-08
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 13,010. Guindollet, P. June 8. Fastening collars. In a snap device for fastening collars, a member A is formed with a recess b to receive the end of a spring lever b<1> which is pivoted on the member B. A catch c<1> on the lever b<1> engages in an opening c in the tongue a of the member A. The lever b<1> is normally held in the locking-position by means of a spring e on the pin f, and is disengaged by pressure on the extension d. Fig. 1 shows the form adapted for draught collars. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the shank g of a martingale ring is shown fitted to the lever b<1>.
Patent GB-190416993-A (GB)
Title: A Method for Producing a Deliquescent Liquor Capable of Preventing the Formation of Dust or Ice on Roads, Streets and the like.
Inventor: LIEBHABER GUILLAUME JOSEPH CON
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 16,993. Liebhaber, G. J. C. M. Baron de. Aug. 3. Liquid surface - treating compositions. - An aqueous solution of calcium chloride is obtained from the waste mother liquor of salt pans, which contains a large quantity of magnesium chloride. This is converted into calcium chloride by the addition of calcium hydrate, magnesia being precipitated. The solution of calcium chloride is conveyed by pipes to a barge or ship, fitted with tanks, to be transported to its destination. It is sprinkled on roads, floors, &c. to keep them moist and to prevent the formation of ice.
Patent GB-190418945-A (GB)
Title: Steering of Ships by Means of Shiftable Propelling Screws
Inventor: SCHUSTER KARL RUDOLF
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 18,945. Schuster, K. R. Sept. 2. Steering by screw propellers; propeller shafts, arrangement of.-Consists in steering vessels by means of movable screw propellers f, g, the shafts of which rotate in ball-and-socket joints k, l. The shafts are arranged symmetrically with regard to the main propelling screw, and are fitted with guide-bars h, i, which work in stuffing-boxes in the side of the vessel.
Patent GB-190420892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reproducers or Resonators for Gramophones, Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1904-09-28
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 20,892. Parsons, C A. Sept. 28. Drawings to Specification. Sound-magnifying appliances.-The connection between the reproducer style of a phonograph and the diaphragm of a sound-box or the moving part of a sound-magnifying air valve such as that described in Specification No. 10,468, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], is made of viscous material, in order to eliminate scratching and other sounds of very short wave-lengths. This viscous connection may be made of a mixture of pitch and thick oil such as castor oil or vaseline. In a modification, the viscous connection may be formed by thin layers of silk or gold-beater's skin with imprisoned air between them. Another modification is to use a rotary joint like the joint of a pair of compasses, lubricated with viscous material, the relatively-moving elements being returned to their normal relative positions by a spring.