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Patent GB-190308623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelopes
Inventor: BAPTISTE JEAN
Filed: 1903-04-16
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 8623. Mat, J. B. April 16. Envelopes.-For preventing or detecting tampering with envelopes, the closing flap is provided with a tab C, which enters a slit E in the lower flap D. In making the envelope, the side flaps A, B are folded over as usual ; the lower lap is then folded over them, its edges being gummed to the side flaps. The tab C is gummed on its inner side, so that when inserted in the slit E, it is secured to the two side flaps underneath the lower flap D.
Patent GB-190321402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bed Clothes Holders.
Inventor: COFFMAN SAVILLA ARABELLA
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 21,402. Coffman, S. A. Oct. 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bedclothes, retaining.- A bedclothes holder comprises a pronged or pinned cover - engaging member 1 connected by a link 4<a> and an elastic member 4 to a double wire hook 3 for engagement in a spring or woven-wire mattress. The member 1 is preferably made of sheet metal. The upper end may be bent over twice and formed into a hollow flange and provided with orifices for the pins, and if ordinary pins are used, the heads bear against the upper bend and over the free edge of the flange ; the pins may also be soldered in the flange.
Patent GB-190327783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Storage Batteries or Electrical Accumulators.
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 27,783. Romanoff Syndicate, Dec. 18. Secondary batteries.-Consists of a series of glass, vulcanite, or celluloid trays b, separated by insulating-pieces c, and stacked in an outer vessel a of the same material The trays contain the electrodes as shown in Fig. 4. A perforated rib d divides the tray into five compartments, and the three negative grids e are disposed as shown, being joined to a lug e<2>, which projects through the tray wall, by strips e<1>. The positive grids f, with lug f<2> and connecting-strips f<1>, are placed intermediately, as shown. All the lugs e' are joined to a bar e<3>, Fig. 1, and the lugs f to a bar f The outside grids are only half the width of the others, which are arranged so that the distance between the more remote edges of two corresponding parts is not sufficient to set up undue resistance in the electrolyte, and thus confine lateral action to the parts closer together. The grids are of metal, of minimum cross-section, and are packed with active material. The electrolyte circulates through the perforations d<2>, which extend through the rib and tray.
Patent GB-190412870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopes
Inventor: MUSTIN HENRY CROSKEY
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,870. Mustin, H. C. June 7. Grant of Patent refused. Telescopes and field glasses.-In a telescope, provided with internal prisms to enable the axes of the object glass and eyepiece to be arranged in different planes, so that an object may be viewed from behind a cover, the prisms are arranged so as to erect the image and reduce the number of refracting-surfaces to a minimum. Means are provided also for adjusting the cross-hairs to coincide with the real image near the eyepiece. The object glass A and the eyepiece B are shown arranged at the ends of a telescope-tube C of the form shown, having flat sides and inclined parts and extensions, against which rest the reflecting-surfaces of totally-reflecting, right-angled, equilateral prisms 1, 2, 3 arranged as shown. The prism 2 consists of two prisms connected together and to the prism 3, so as to present two refracting-surfaces only. The cross-hairs may be carried by a tubular section E adjusted by a rack and a pinion projecting through a slot d‹. Fig. 5 shows the object glass formed in two parts A', A<2>, cemented to the refracting- faces of the prism 1. Two of these telescopes may be combined to form a binocular glass for marine or field use.
Patent GB-190415393-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for use in Cleaning Carpets Curtains and the like.
Inventor: FARRELL FRANK JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,393. Farrell, F. J. July 9. Carpet-sweepers; cleaning fabrics; dusting-appliances.-Relates to improvements in the method of driving the rotary brushes employed in the apparatus described in Specification No. 20,178, A.D. 1901. The current of air drawn through the fabric by the exhaust-pump is directed by a nozzle a' on to a fan b, the motion of which is employed to drive the rotary brush d' through worm gearing b<3>. The whole arrangement is balanced laterally to maintain an even distribution of pressure.
Patent GB-190423021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jet Condensers.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,021. Day, C., and Dexter, W. A. Oct. 26. Condensers.-A jet condenser is shown in Fig. 1, in which A denotes the condenser casing, containing trays B having their edges formed as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, or 7. The object is to break up the water into cascades, to give a greater cooling-surface to the steam, and to allow the air to escape freely by the pipe H. Overflow pipes C are fitted to the trays to prevent the water from rising too high, and additional slots D are made in the bottoms of the trays. The steam inlet is shown at E, the water inlet at F and the discharge orifice at G. Instead of serrating or otherwise treating the tops of the trays, perforated pieces L, Fig. 10, of metal may be fixed to the sides, through which the water falls and is broken up.
Patent GB-190423252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trousers-hangers, and Stretchers.
Inventor: WEBER CARL
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,252. Weber, C., and Oeder, R. Oct. 28. Suspenders for articles of dress; trouser stretchers.- Twogripping-members a, a' are provided for holding the trousers. To the part a<1> is attached a wire loop b bent so as to have eyes e. To the part a is attached a wire loop c bent so as to pass through the eyes e and having a tail-part f bent outwards. A ring g passes over the loops and presses them and the parts a, a' together, the parts of the wires which meet the ring being notched to give a better hold. A tail-part may be provided on the loop b as well as or instead of that on the loop c. By providing the wires b, c with screw sockets, two of the devices may be used at the ends of a double screwended rod to form a stretcher. The ends of the wires are bent horizontally and retained in grooves in the parts a, a<1>.
Patent GB-190423833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Propellers
Inventor: JONES JOHN MASON
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 23,833. Jones, J. M. Nov. 3. Screw propellers; driviny-gear for screw propellers. -Screw propellers, more especially for aerial navigation but stated to be applicable for propelling vessels on or under water, are made in the form of spirals of semicylindrical or other section. The application to an air ship is described, where a large propeller 14, consisting of two or more semicylindrical spirals, is mounted on a vertical shaft 9 supported by ball or other bearings 10. A similar but smaller propeller 26 is mounted at the rear on a jointed shaft 23, 24, and is provided with a handle 38 by which the ship is steered. The propeller 14 is used for lifting and the propeller 26 for propelling the ship ; they are driven from a motor 33 through gearing, a ratchet being used to prevent the vertical propeller from revolving in the wrong direction.
Patent GB-190425426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps.
Inventor: SCHWENZER GUSTAV
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,426. Schwenzer, G., and Hammelrath, T. Nov. 22. Pu mp valves; flexible - diaphragm pumps. - Consists in an arrangement of valves in pumps for muddy liquids by means of which the valves are tightly closed even when there is mud between the sides of the valve seat in the space in which the valve moves. The guidefeathers of t h e disc a, which constitutes the delivery valve, are cut away to correspond to the form of a ball valve, which is arranged immediately below the disc valve and forms the suction valve, so that, when a stroke of the pump is effected, the ball enters the opening in the guides and only a small space need be left between the valves in order to create a large passage for the mud. The settling of mud in the guide-openings of the suction valve is avoided by this means.
Patent GB-190426233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-lubricating Pulleys and the like.
Inventor: WARDWELL SIMON WILLARD
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,233. Wardwell, S. W. Dec. 2. Pulleys and driving-drums; toothed gearing.- Relates to a self-lubricating device for pulleys, gear wheels, &c. The pulley is made in two sections a, b, Figs. 1 and 2, tightly jointed together. A space is formed between the ends of the hubs when they are in alignment, and each hub is connected to the rim c, d, which form the walls of a reservoir e. The reservoir e is divided into compartments by radial ribs f of the webs c, d, holes h connecting these compartments and the annular grooves g at the outer ends of each hub. The pulley is mounted on a suitably-supported bearing i which has an axial oil chamber j provided with openings k, l at its upper and lower sides respectively. The pulley is held on the bearing i by the collar m and screwed head n, which are disposed within the pulley limb and preferably grooved to form the grooves g and serve as closures for the chamber j. The flange m is covered by a shoulder o which extends above it and abuts against the inner end of the pulley hub. The reservoir is filled through the groove g, and the nut n is replaced and screwed up tight. On rotation of the pulley, the oil is directed by the ribs f round the bearing and into the chamber j, into which, when the pulley is stopped, the oil passes from the reservoir e through the opening k. From the chamber j the oil leaks through the openings e on to the bearing-surfaces of the hubs, the ends of which are close together to prevent too free a flow of oil. The oil has always a tendency to keep from the ends of the pulley, either as the pulley rotates, when centrifugal force carries the oil radially outwards in the grooves g and through the holes h back into the reservoir e, or, as when the pulley is stopped, the oil reaching the ends of the bearing i is directed through grooves in the flanges m, n, from which it drips into the grooves g and returns to the reservoir e.
Patent GB-190429052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Binders for Sheet-music and other Loose Sheets of Paper.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 29,052. Thompson, W. P., [Cooke, W. A.]. Dec. 30. Filing papers &c.-A binder for sheet music, unmounted photographs, prints, and loose papers consists of two sides made, preferably, in one sheet, of heavy manilla paper, cardboard, leatherboard, or other flexible material. The sheet is creased to fold on a transverse line so that the upper side does not extend to the edge of the underside. On the underside is a layer of adhesive with ruled guiding-lines a, Fig. 1, up to which the successive leaves c are attached as shown in Fig. 2. When used for photos, pictures, and the like, a longer binder is used, and spaced lines ruled on the lower side coincide with the free ends of the prints &c., the numbers of which may be entered in the corresponding spaces above and the titles of the pictures below. A ruled and gummed loose sheet b for repairing music is supplied with the binder.
Patent GB-190501400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamp Sockets.
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 1400. British Thomson-Houston, Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 24. Switches for electric lamp holders. The switch frame 16, which has arms 17 at right - angles to the axis of the holder, fits in a recess 12 in an insulating-block 10. A second insulating-block 11 is secured to the block 10 by screws 21 and by nuts sunk in the latter block, and has a flange 14 which forms a seating for the frame 16. A spring contact 31 is attached to the frame 16, and a screw 30 holds in place the other contact and one line terminal 29. A lug 18 on the frame 16 is connected by a screw 19 to the screwed shell 20 or a screwed stem which receives the lamp. The spindle 33 carrying the cam 32 of the switch has a projection 35 to prevent its withdrawal and another projection for securing the cam in position. A slot extending from the bearing in one arm 17 allows the projections to be passed through during manufacture, but is afterwards closed up. The line terminals 28, 29 are contained in recesses 13 in the block 10.
Patent GB-190501812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pavements or the like, Composed of Plastic Material.
Inventor: BAYLES JAMES COPPER
Filed: 1905-01-30
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 1812. Bayles, J. C. Jan. 30. Asphalt &c. paving. - To prevent flow and unequal wear, and to increase foothold, hard metal grilles 2 are pressed into the upper layers 3 of asphalt, cement, concrete, or other pavings which are laid while plastic. The grilles are pressed in edgeways, and are bent up to various, forms from flexible metal ribbon, the ends being either free, as shown in Fig. 1, or enclosed within the periphery of a figure, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190504746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Threads.
Inventor: LINKMEYER RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1906-04-07
Abstract: 4746. Linkmeyer, R. April 6,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose, non-fibrous.-In the manufacture of threads from a cupro-ammoniacal solution of cellulose, the free ammonia is abstracted from the cellulose solution before squirting by subjecting it to the action of a vacuum and stirring, a large proportion of the ammonia which was necessary for the solution of the cellulose being thereby recovered and the percentage of cellulose in the solution increased.
Patent GB-190507421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrically Driven Vehicles.
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 7421. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 7. Electric locomotive and motor vehicles.-Relates to electrically propelled vehicles in which each driving-axle is provided with two motors connected in series, and consists in mounting each motor so that it may rotate about the axle within certain limits independently of the other. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of one form. The motor B is supported at one end on the axle A by means of-projecting arms 1 having bushed bearings, preferably provided with detachable caps on the undersides. The motor C is similarly provided with projecting arms 7 having bearings which rest on cylindrical bosses 9 projecting laterally from the arms 1. The ends of the motors remote from the axle are suitably supported from the frame E by bars 16, 17, and springs 18. The motors are provided with pinions b, c, which preferably mesh directly with a pinion A', secured to the axle A. The gearing is enclosed by a casing D, supported directly upon one motor C, and formed with an elongated hole, through which the shaft of the other motor passes. A modification is shown, in which one motor is journalled directly upon the axle as before, but the other motor is hung from trunnions supported in the outer ends of the arms projecting from the first motor.
Patent GB-190512208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Gassing Yarns.
Inventor: RIVETT FRED
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-06-13
Abstract: 12,208. Rivett, F., and Oldham, S. June 13. Gas burners for dressing yarns.-A burner of the type in which the yarn &c. passes through a vertical flame in a tubular guard, is constructed with a forked or bifurcated body A, Figs. 3 and 4, the flame issuing at a aud impinging on the yarn passing vertically through the slit or slits a<1>. The tubular flame guard B, Figs. 1 and 2, may be made with a passage in which the gas supply is heated.
Patent GB-190512637-A (GB)
Title: A Process of Preserving Butter and Apparatus for use in connection therewith.
Inventor: WYLIE DAVID
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 12,637. Wylie, D. June 19. Butter.-In a process for preserving butter, other than "creamery " butter," the press shown in Fig. 2 is used to express air and water from the mass. It consists of a strong tub furnished with perfe rations b, c and a perforated pressure disk, formed with radiating grooves e which deepen gradually towards the circumference in order to allow the water forced through the perforations to drain away. Pressure is applied by weights or levers to the disk.
Patent GB-190515293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ventilators for Ships, Boats or the like.
Inventor: KOLBASSIEFF EUGENE
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 15,293. Kolbassieff, E. July 25. Ventilators.-A ventilator especially applicable for the ventilation of ships, boats, &c. in rough weather comprises two disks A, B between which are arranged a number of radial tubes D communicating with 'and rotated by a hollow spindle F mounted in a stuffing-box C let in flush with the deck. Any water entering the pipes D is expelled by centrifugal force, while the air, being lighter, enters through the hollow shaft F to replace the foul air expelled, this latter being carried out by any ordinary means. A rotary hit-and-miss valve E regulates the supply of fresh air. Valves a are also provided at the end of the tubes D, which are normally held open by springs b'but closed when a wave strikes the tube. The tubes D may be curved to cause the appliance to act as a turbine and draw in air whilst still expelling the water.
Patent GB-190517448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Acetylene Lamps and Cases therefor
Inventor: ROSENBLUTH EDWIN MC MASTERS
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1906-08-29
Abstract: 17,448. Rosenbluth, E. M. Aug. 29. Acetylene.-A collapsible acetylene lamp kit for surgical purposes comprises generators 19 made of two lengths of tubes, and having a perforated plate for carrying a carbide cartridge 18, the generator being adapted to be attached to an ordinary water tumbler 25 by means of a spring or other clip. The carbide cartridges are those described in United States Specification No. 176,962.
Patent GB-190610692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Roadways.
Inventor: PIMM ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 10,692. Pimm, A. May 7. Paving-blocks.-Fig. 4 shows an iron paving- block for wheel tracks having drainage holes h leading to the channels g, as described in Specification No. 13,213, A.D. 1884. A three-pipe block, as shown, would be used for the off-side or inner wheel-track in order to take vehicles of different gauges, a singlepipe block being used for the near-side track adjacent to the footpath. The blocks, when worn, may be reversed to expose a new surface. Fig. 6 shows a block having a renewable iron capping e<1> and a hard brick or concrete base e<2>. The blocks are connected by loose or fixed dowels engaging holes j in the ends.
Patent GB-190611504-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Raising of Dust by Road Vehicles
Inventor: KNIGHT FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-17
Granted: 1907-05-17
Abstract: 11,504. Knight, F. W., and Tucker, G. May 17. 'Motor road vehicles &c.-Comprises an arrangement of apparatus for preventing the raising of dust by motor and other road vehicles, of the kind in which the dust-laden air is collected and filtered by apparatus carried on the vehicle. Fig. 1 shows a motor-car fitted with detachable bell-mouthed wheel scoops 4, 7 communicating with the hopper-shaped lower portion 8 of a filtering-chamber of any suitable design, but formed by preference, as shown, with a series of inclined partitions of textile fabric arranged in a zigzag form. The dust is retained in the hopper portion of the filter and is delivered at intervals down the pipe 11, when the valve 12 is actuated from the rod 13. The dust-freed air is delivered at the rear of the vehicle through the pipe 10 to reduce the vacuum caused by the rapid motion, or when a fan is employed, it is drawn through the fan chamber 14 before being delivered at the rear of the vehicle. The fan is driven by chain or other gearing from the rear-wheel axle. The vacuum-reducing action is supplemented by air, collected in the bell-mouthed pipe 17 by the motion of the vehicle and delivered through the pipe 18 at the rear of the vehicle. According to the Provisional Specification, the exhaust from the engine may be used to draw the dust through the pipes into the filtering-chamber. Specifications No. 24,633, A.D. 1899, and No. 14,913, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190617564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-magnetically Operated Valves
Inventor: WHITE EDWARD LEWELLIN
Filed: 1906-08-03
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 17,564. White, E. L., and Hoegerstaedt, E. C. Aug. 3. Actuating valves and cocks.-Relates to valves in which the closure is effected electromagnetically as described in Specification No. 19,372, A.D. 1905, and in which the magnetic circuit is completed through the iron valve itself. In order to obtain a greater valve lift than is possible with the previous construction, acting magnetic surfaces additional to those at the valve seat or in substitution for them are provided by fitting on the valve spindle j a conical armature l which fits to and moves in a correspondingly-shaped part of the cover b. With this construction, the valve may lift to a greater extent than usual, because the perpendicular distance between the cones is lessthan the space through which the valve is lifted and the magnetic circuit can still be completed through the distance. Horns or extensions g<1> of magnetic material attached to the valve seat or to the valve casing allow of the completion of the circuit whatever the position of the valve e. There may be used two coils, which may act together when the valve is to be closed but of which one may be used to weaken the current of the other when the valve is to be opened.
Patent GB-190617744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chain Driving Gear for Velocipedes.
Inventor: DELACROIX RENE JULES ALPHONSE
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 17,744. Delacroix, R. J. A. Aug. 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Driving-mechanism; chains, maintaining tension of.-In cycle driving-mechanism of the type described in Specification No. 8513, A.D. 1903, in which are employed an elliptic crank and a jockey pulley mounted on a fixed axis to maintain the chain in tension, the jockey pulley E is arranged in such a position that the common tangent T<1> to the jockey pulley and to a circle C<1> concentric with the chain-wheel C and having as diameter the mean of the axes of the chain-wheel, will be parallel to the common tangent T to this same circle and the sprocket D of the driving road wheel, outside tangents being intended in both cases.
Patent GB-190617838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: CONTI JAMES TIBURCE FELIX
Filed: 1906-08-08
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 17,838. Conti, J. T. F. Aug. 11, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pendulum-weight apparatus.-The bearing of the knife-edge b of the pendulum lever a is carried by the cheeks of a forked lever c, which is pivoted at d. An index i is provided on the lever a and a second index h on the lever c. When the two indexes are opposite one another, the load-supporting knife-edge g is close to the centre of the pivot d. In operation, the lever a is first displaced by the load w and the arm c then moved about its pivot until the indexes h, i are opposed. Stops k limit the displacement of the lever a. Indicating-mechanism.-The tangent of the angle moved through by the lever c is proportional to the load, and, to obtain equal graduations on the scale, the lever moves through a slide m pivoted at n to a nut o. The nut is moved along a screwed rod p, which is rotated through gearing by the handle s. The latter also transmits motion to the dial u. Counting or totalizing mechanism may be added.