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Patent GB-190228392-A (GB)
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 28,392. Casper, L., and Hygeia Vibratory Co. Dec. 23, Massage ; electric belts etc.; ear instruments &c.- Relates to appliances in which a vibrating appliance acts upon one side of an elastic cushion of which the other side is applied to the patient. Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. 5 a crosssection of a belt a filled with liquid w, and provided with a projection b<4> which is struck by the vibrating knob e<3> connected to the armature of the electromagnet E. Suitable elastic diaphragms b are spaced around the inner face of the belt. An electric current may be passed through the belt from a second electric battery. Fig. 6 shows a hand appliance provided with an elastic ball a<10>. Fig. 7 shows a soft-rubber pencil a<20> which may be used for massaging the aural passages. Fig. 8 shows an elastic cushion a<30> provided with protuberances a<31>, and Fig. 9 shows a form of cushion A suitable for application to the back or seat of a chair, and constructed in a similar manner to the appliances described above.
Patent GB-190300984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Cutting Beams Girders and other Structures particularly to those made of Artificial Stone or the like
Inventor: SIEGWART HANS
Filed: 1903-01-14
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 984. Siegwart, H. Jan. 14. Moulding girders and beams.-Relates to apparatus for cutting beams, girders, &c. of cast masonry or the like while in a plastic state. A platform 3 is movable by means of wheels 2 on rails 1. The platform bears cross-rails 4, on which the cutting-apparatus is supported by means of wheels 5. A floor 42, Fig. 3, is divided up by rails of the same height and distance apart as the rails 4. A block or plate 63 having been cast on this floor between a pair of rails, the platform 3 is moved into position for the wheels 5 to be run on to those rails, thus bringing the cutting - apparatus over the cast block. The cutting-apparatus is fixed in position by means of clamps 34 which engage the heads of the rails and are forced upwards to exert the clamping action by means of screwed shafts 35, nuts, worm-wheels, worms 39, and hand-wheels 40. Angle-bars 20 carried by brackets 21 are lowered by means of screwed shafts 22, wheels 23, worms 26, shaft 24, and hand-wheel 47 so as to enter a longitudinal groove 45 in the casting and hold the latter firmly to the floor. Hand-wheels 15 are then turned so as to rotate the shaft 14, worms 13, worm-wheels 12, and pinions 10, and force diagonally downwards, by means of racks 8, 9, the cutting-blades 18, 19, which separate a girder 43 from the still plastic block 63. While one set of girders is being cut, another may be cast on the next section of the floor.
Patent GB-190302174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Governing of Explosion Motors particularly as Applied to Motor Cars.
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2174. Brooke, J. W. M., and Brooke & Co., J. W. Jan. 29. Piston valves; throttle valves.-A throttle valve is combined with a suction or vacuum governor, in gas and oil engines, especially for use in motor road vehicles. The piston valve d, which closes the ports c<1>, is actuated by the flexible diaphragm h.
Patent GB-190302808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detonator Holders or Clips for use in Railway Fog Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: CLAYTON HERBERT FITZROY
Filed: 1903-02-05
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 2808. Clayton, H. F. Feb. 5. Fog signals.-The detonator holder or clip described in Specification No. 23,771, A.D. 1893, is formed with a recess g, Fig.4, or a tongue-piece k, Fig. 2, to engage with a rib h or groove in the magazine or receptacle j, to ensure the detonator c being properly placed.
Patent GB-190305333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Valves and Valve Gear of Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: MELLING JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-07
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 5333. Melling, J. W. March 7. Valves and valve gear.-An oscillating balanced expansion valve C is used with an oscillating distributing-valve B, and is worked by a link H attached to a reciprocating three - armed lever F or wrist - plate, which is moved in guides K by a rod G. The lever F is adjusted about its pivot M to vary the cut - off by a governor rod I. The invention is described as applied to engines with separate exhaustvalves and with the valves at the ends of the cylinders.
Patent GB-190305420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Mechanism.
Inventor: BAKER WILLIAM RITCHIE
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 5420. Baker, W. R. March 9. Admission-fees, checking.-Relates to the door fastenings described in Specifications Nos. 2315 and 22,957, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Fastenings, Lock &c.], in which, on operating a lever t by the outside handle or a lever w by the inside handle, a spring bolt l is drawn and a sliding indicator u is shifted to show the word 'vacant' or 'engaged,' and wherein a coin disengages a locking-tumbler from the first lever and the indicator is thrown from half-way positions by a lever q subject to a spring y. An additional indicator m bearing only the word 'engaged' is now provided, which, as shown in Fig. 5, rests on the main one u and can be shifted separately by a lever x. This lever is operated by a knob at 7 on the inside in the event that, by opening and closing the door from the inside, the main indicator is re-set to show 'vacant' before such is the case. As a modification, the single indicator may be operated from the inside. The coin-entrance slot and the shoot are put to one side of the fastening. The backplate bears a horizontal strip to divert the coin to the tumbler. A partition e is placed in the hollow of the bolt and the walls are thickened but the mouth a is flared. Under an inspection window g, a hinged or sliding shelf f is provided which is connected by a link k to the unlocking-lever w.
Patent GB-190309142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Apparatus for the Manufacture or Recovery and Purification of Carbonic Acid Gas.
Inventor: LESLIE JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 9142. Leslie, J. April 22. Aerating Liquids.-In aerating liquids, the operation known as snifting is performed by connecting the vessel S to the filling-machine by means of the pipe T. The water then passes off through the pipe p, while the mixed gases, consisting of air and carbonic acid, instead of escaping into the atmosphere, are led by means of the pipe p<1> to a series of carbonic acid purifiers and absorbers and the carbonic acid is thus utilized again.
Patent GB-190312150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Phonographs
Filed: 1903-05-28
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 12,150. Compagnie GÚnÚrale de Phonographes. CinÚmatographes et Appareils de PrÚcision. May 29, A.D. 1902. [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Phonographs &c.- Recording-surfaces, which have a truly cylindrical bore for mounting, are secured upon the conical mandrels of phonographs or like instruments by means of a sleeve of suitable material with expansible longitudinal corrugations. The sleeve b<1>, Fig. 1, interposed between the surface i and the mandrel a', is forced into position by the collar p, bolt r, and nut q. The deformation of the corrugations, Fig. 2, which takes place during this process causes the surface to be held tightly to the mandrel. The sleeve may be used to hold the cylinder during its manufacture.
Patent GB-190312892-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Collar Frame or Foundation.
Inventor: MORFEY CYRUS
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 12,892. Morfey, C. June 8. Collars; stays or stiffeners; dresses.-Frames or foundations for bodice collars, collarettes, and other articles of neck wear are made from a single strip of covered whalebone, cane, or the like. Figs. 1 and 3 show two ways in which the strip may be folded.
Patent GB-190315921-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Fire Screen, Curb, or Fender.
Inventor: WHITESIDE SIDNEY
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 15,921. Whiteside, S., and Kitchen, L. July 18. Fire-guards; fenders.-A collapsable fire-guard is constructed of a series of chains and wires, ribs, or laths, which are suspended from a top rail and adapted to be contained by a hollow fender. The guard is supported by vertical rods D. Fig. 2, which are pivoted to the top rail A, and received by pockets F in the fender L ; when the screen is lowered, the rods slide in grooves E formed in the fender, which receives the chains B and wires C in a recess. The rods may be attached, at their lower ends, to the fender, and the grooves may be formed in the top rail, which is provided with ornamental handles H.
Patent GB-190326462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,462. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 3. Electromagnets.-Solenoid coils for arc lamps are constructed of ribbon conductor wound edgewise. The turns are insulated from one another by, preferably, incombustible material such as a paste of fireclay with sodium - silicate solution. Insulation on the edges is unnecessary. The coils are insulated from the platform 3, Fig. 2, and the end-piece 13, and are clamped by a bolt 14 which screws into the plunger 15 of the dash-pot 16. The coils are connected in series by the connecting - piece shown in Fig. 3, in the teeth of which the lower turn of each coil is interlaced. The dash-pot is connected to the core 18 by the arms 17, and the latter is preferably covered with insulation such as enamel. Greater rigidity may be obtained by using a ribbon of curved :instead of flat section.
Patent GB-190327577-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combination Lock.
Inventor: FISCHMANN MOSES
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 27,577. Fischmann, M. Dec. 16. Locks, permutation.- Relates to a combination lock for purses, letter, or cigar and like cases, and cigar and other boxes. The cover-plate, A, Fig. 3, is removable, and is secured to the rear-plate B, Fig. 4. The purse flap carries a clasp r, Fig. 1, provided with a grooved snap-pin b which engages the hole o in the plate A. The bolt a is of a T-shape, and is normally pressed into the groove in the pin by springs f, and is withdrawn by pressing downwards a projecting stud d when the lock parts permit of the motion. Projections h on the bolt enter recesses in the locking-rings c when the bolt is moved downwards to free the stud b. The locking-rings c shown separately in Fig. 6 are connected to dials i, Figs. 4 and 7, are capable of rotation upon fixed pivots z, are covered by the front plate A, and are provided with internal ratchet teeth w and external recesses. The pivots z are secured to the plate B by nuts m, and are prevented from rotating by means of a bolt n, Fig. 2, placed between the nuts m and the plate B, and engaging slits e in the screwed pins of the pivots z. Each disc i has an arrow or like index with which the adjustment over annularly-arranged letters on the cover-plate is effected, or they may have letters &c. on the rim, the index being then on the cover-plate. The discs i are adjustably connected to the rings c by the corner projections v of a square portion engaging the internal teeth of the rings, the teeth corresponding in number to the letters on the rings. To change the position of either of the rings to alter the combination, the nuts m are unscrewed, the entire locking-device as shown in Fig. 3 is then removed, and the rings c are lifted from the square portion u and put on again in the new position. To facilitate any alteration, letters are marked on the periphery of the inner surfaces of the locking-rings c, and arrows on the portions u point to the letter indicating the position into which the discs should be adjusted for opening the lock.
Patent GB-190414067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Centrifugal Separating Apparatus.
Inventor: KAEHL FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1905-06-21
Abstract: 14,067. Kaehl, F. July 31, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hydro-extractors &c.- In the apparatus shown, which is especially intended for the separation of starch and wheat gluten from water and dissolved matters, the material to be treated enters through the perforated hub f into a double conical drum rotating about a horizontal shaft. The heavier solid matter is driven to the outer part of the drum, and escapes through holes in the U -iron or other connection between the conical parts a, b, which may be closed or opened by means of rotating slides g, while the liquid collects around the axis and escapes through the wider perforated hub e into a ring-shaped vessel surrounding it, and is carried off by a pipe w. The slides g are constructed, as shown in Fig. 4, with two arms, one a tail-piece t, and the other provided with a hole s which may be made to register with the hole x in the drum. The slides g are operated by a fork m on a bolt o, which is vertically adjustable by means of the slot n, Fig. 3, and is moved horizontally in either direction by means of a screw q passing through a lug on the fork and actuated by a hand-wheel. The dried starch or gluten is thrown out into the ring-shaped vessel k, and is carried out through the pipe v.
Patent GB-190416536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Record Tablets and Sound Records and their Manufacture
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 16,536. Johnson, J. Y., [Burt & Co.]. July 26. Moulding gramophone records.-The records are formed of a surface material containing shellac, or " gaze," and a backing without, or with but little, shellac, the two layers being united by heat and pressure. By this method, a saving of shellac is effected, and the record has substantially the same coefficient of expansion throughout.
Patent GB-190417868-A (GB)
Title: Improved Multiple Supply Gas Valves.
Inventor: GUMPRECHT FREDERICK GEVERT
Filed: 1904-08-17
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 17,868. Gumprecht, F. G. Aug. 17. Actuating valves and cocks ; plug cocks; piston valves; tubular valves.-T he inve ntion is specially applicable to a cluster of incandescent gas burners. Each modification of the valve shown has one inlet A and four outlets B. In the first modification, shown in part section in Fig. 1, the outlet ports D, D<1>, D<2>, D<3> are arranged transversely in a straight line. By turning the plug C, which is of the shape shown in Fig. 4, the outlet ports are opened successively. A tube X is provided for the bye-pass. The plug may be turned by the lever-and-chain arrangement shown in Fig. 5. To insure the plug being turned the right amount, a spiral pawl Z, Fig. 5<B>, may be provided to engage a ratchet-wheel W fixed to the end of the plug. The second modification is shown in vertical and horizontal section in Figs. 6 and 8 respectively. The plug C, which is held up to its seating by a spring H, is slotted in the manner shown. Upon turning the plug by means of the handle T, the outlet ports are opened successively. Instead of the handle T, the lever-and-chain arrangement shown in Fig. 5 may be used in conjunction with bevel gear to turn the plug C. Another form of valve is shown in section in Fig. 15. A sliding tube P, provided with slots L opposite the outlet ports, is actuated by means of a spindle Q, provided with a helical groove R engaging a fixed pin S. Instead of the grooved spindle Q &c., a pin attached to the sliding tube may be operated by a slotted lever &c. In a modification, a plunger is substituted for the tube P, Fig. 15.
Patent GB-190418863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Clips.
Inventor: FERGUSON HENRY HAMILTON
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 18,863. Bray, A. W., Bray, J. A., and Bray, H. N. Sept. 1. Couplings, automatic.-Couplings such as are described in Specification No. 588, A.D. 1900, are arranged so as to provide a double coupling and to be uncoupled from either side of the wagon or other vehicle. In each draw-head, the link l is held in a horizontal position by means of a guide c consisting of a sphere free to slide on a vertical pin and having horizontal grooves in which the sides of the link can slide, a spring q being provided to keep the link extended. When two vehicles come together, each link pushes back and engages with a swinging pin k, the lower end of which abuts on the upper extremity of a swinging catch j. For uncoupling, the catch j is turned so that its upper end releases the pin k, which is thus left free to swing outwards as the vehicles separate. The turning of the catch j is effected by a bellcrank lever p operated by a crank on a cross-shaft m, which can be rotated by a handle at either side of the vehicle. The crank may be held up by a catch m<4> to permit of shunting without coupling. The draw-head may act as a central buffer if a spring be fitted between it and the headstock.
Patent GB-190419891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Protecting Electric Railway Signalling Systems from Excessive Current.
Filed: 1904-09-15
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 19,891. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 15. Automatic systems.-In a device for avoiding an excessive potential-difference between the continuous and sectionalized rails R, R<1>of a block system, a magnet winding M in the secondary circuit of the transformer T, and connected to the supply-lines L, controls the switch S to shortcircuit the rail circuit whenever there is an excessive potential. difference. The movable coil of the relay W controlling the signal P is in circuit with a similar magnet and switch M<1>, S<1> at the other .end of the section.
Patent GB-190428779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Door Handles for Carriages or other Vehicles.
Inventor: SIMONS SIDNEY HERBERT
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 28,779. Simons, S. H. Dec. 29. Handles.-Relates to a hinged guard or cover for use in protecting the door handles of vehicles from dust, mud, rain, &c. The guard is formed by a pair of hinged platos e, e', fixed to hinge pins d, d' mounted on a back-plate secured to the vehicle. The pins d, d<1> are connected by a train of gear wheels i, i<1>, j, j<1>, Fig. 5, so that the plates e, e' are operated simultaneously, a spring h being arranged in connection with the pinions i, i<1> to retain the guard in either the open or the closed position. An arm c on the pin d is engaged by a forked arm b on a spindle a. Upon moving a crank handle k on the end of the spindle a, the guard can be opened to expose the handle g; the handle k can be operated directly from within the vehicle, or, through an arrangement of levers, from the coachman's seat. The parts b, c are kept in engagement by a spring m, which, normally, holds the handle k against a stop. The guard can also be operated by turning back one of the plates e, e'. According to the Provisional Specification, Bowden transmission mechanism and a rack may be employed for operating the guard.
Patent GB-190501923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints for Railways and Tramways
Inventor: BOOTH HARRY
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 1923. Booth, H. Jan. 31. Rail joints; chairs.-Relates to means for obviating knocking at the joints of railway and tramway rails. Fishplates a, fitting the undersides and webs of the rails, and secured by bolts d in the usual manner, rest upon and are bolted or riveted to a sole-plate or base b. The bottom flanges of the rails rest on the base b or upon an interposed layer e of cushioning-material, or the rails may be so supported as not to touch the base. This form of construction may likewise be employed for intermediate chairs. The chairs may be secured by anchoring-devices f.
Patent GB-190506432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: LEECH SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 6432. Leech, S. March 27. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -A tyre comprises alternate sections of metal or other incompressible material and rubber or the like, so arranged that a spring ring presses the sections outwards and that there is circumferential pressure between the sections. The metal or like sections 6 have recesses 7, projecting feet 8, and side flanges 9, 10, and form boxes to hold the rubber or like sections 13. The recesses and projections on the side flanges 9, 10 of the sections prevent relative radial motion. The tyre so formed has a considerably greater diameter than the wheel rim, which is circled by a metal band 4, and is compressed so as to be held between the flanges on the plates 12, a space being left between the base of the tyre and the wheel rim. A spring ring 14, which may be cut as shown in Fig. 7, is placed either beneath the tyre, as shown, or in recesses formed in the sides of the metal boxes. Projections 15 on the metal sections engage with slots in the plates 12 and prevent creeping.
Patent GB-190510947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Vacuum Evaporators with Heating and Evaporation in Separate Chambers or Compartments.
Inventor: SAUERBREY RICHARD
Filed: 1905-05-25
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 10,947. Sauerbrey, R. May 25. Priming, preventing.-In the vacuum evaporator shown, a baffle f in the chamber a prevents particles of liquids from passing away with the steam.
Patent GB-190514619-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Planing Machine Guard
Inventor: POTTER HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-15
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 14,619. Potter, H., and French, F. J., [trading as Potter & Son]. July 15. Planing and moulding.-Relates to a pivoted wooden guard for a pacing-machine. The guard is pivoted at b, Fig. 7, to the machine, bed s, and is shaped from the front to the back to admit of the timber passing over the machine. The pivot b, Fig. 2, consists of a steel pin c with a fly-nut d working on the gun-metal sleeve e, which in turn works inside a steel sleeve f, fixed at the narrow end of the shield. The sleeve e is longer than the sleeve f so that the shield is adapted to work freely when the nut d is tightened. The pin c is screwed into, or works in a groove of, the machine bed. The guard a is returned to cover the knives after the wood has passed over the machine by a weight o attached by a cord n to a rod h. The position of the rod h may be adjusted on the guard by passing its end k into any of the perforations in the plate i, in which position it is secured by a sliding clip l. The cord n passes over pulleys to reduce friction, and. the inside of the shield is fitted with a rubber buffer.
Patent GB-190514704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Generation of Power by Means of Air Turbines.
Inventor: WIECZOREK OTTO
Filed: 1905-07-17
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 14,704. Wieczorek, O. July 17. Turbines.-Air supplied to a tank c by a rotary fan a<1> is conveyed by pipes d, e to the casing of a vane wheel f, and drives the wheel. At starting, the fan a<1> is turned by a handle, but during normal working, the fan is driven by the wheel f through bevel-gearing.
Patent GB-190523791-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Certain Kinds of Hair Combs.
Inventor: BERESFORD WILLIAM SHIPLEY
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 23,791. Beresford, W. S. Nov. 18. Combs, hair.-In non-metallic combs provided with a strengthening-slip of metal in the back, as described in Specification No. 12,118, A.D. 1904, the strengthening-slip 4 is made arc-shaped.
Patent GB-190526193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Car Wheels.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ARCHIBALD JAMES
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 26,193. Robertson, A. J., Jenki s, U. S., and Smith, A. W. Dec. 15. Annular wheels; wheels with portable tracks.-In railway-vehicle and like wheels of the type in which an inner wheel 9 rolls over the interior of an outer circular ring or track 19, the outer track having an inwardly-projecting flange and the inner wheel having a grooved periphery, a removable side flange 14 is arranged to form one of the rolling faces of the inner wheel, and is formed with a comparatively iarge surface 12 in , contact with the inner wheel.