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Patent GB-190224906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Placing Boxes or Drawers in Covers or Casings.
Inventor: WALKER SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-11-13
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 24,906. Walker, S. Nov. 13. Measured quantities, delivering.-Boxes or drawers filled with matches or other articles are inserted into covers or casings by a special machine. The casings 4 are fed by a belt or other means along a channel 3, Fig. 1, until arrested by a stop 5. Thence they are pushed laterally by arms 10, Figs. 1 and 3, on an intermittently-rotated shaft 6, or by a reciprocating pusher, into position against a stop-piece 11 in front of a channel 15, along which the filled drawers are pushed by a pusher 16. To ensure that the casing is in the exact position for the drawer to enter it, guides 17 moving in slides 18 are provided. The guides have flaring ends 17<a>, and recesses 17<b> adapted to receive the side walls of the casing to hold it in position. The guides have projections 21 with which spring fingers 20 on arms 19 mounted on the pusher 16 engage to push the guides into engagement with the casing, thus centering it. As the drawer is pushed into the casing, the fingers are released by inclines 22, thus permitting the slide to be drawn back by a spring. The filled casing is then pushed against the stop-piece 11, which yields and allows the casing to fall from the machine through an aperture 2". In a modification, the casings are fed down a vertical shoot or tower in front of the channel 15.
Patent GB-190226613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches and Couplings.
Inventor: MASSEY THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-03
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,613. Massey, T. H., and Chatton, T. H. Dec. 3. Clutches.-The clutch operates by frictional contact between the series of rings or discs 8, 9. The rings 8 are notched to engage a number of ribs 4 inside the loose pulley or shell 3, and the rings 9, of smaller diameter, engage a number of ribs 6 on the boss 5 secured to the shaft, or the rings themselves may be mounted upon the shaft. The rings are made with radial projections, corrugations, or teeth to assist the contact friction. The pressure is applied by means of the sliding sleeve 14 on the shaft, connected by a number of links 15, on which are mounted spiral springs 16, to the elbow levers pivoted to the disc 7. A bowl 18 on each lever 17 presses against the outermost disc 8. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, springs in pockets 19 formed in the pulley 3 are substituted for the springs 16. The elbow levers 17 may be mounted on the pulley 3, and may be fitted with screws and nuts in swivels, the screws passing through openings in the disc 7 and bearing on the end friction disc. The screws and the springs may be used together or separately.
Patent GB-190301411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for the Removal of Dust from the Interior of Buildings.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 1411. Wheatley, W. H., [Billet, F.]. Jan. 20. Dusting-appliances; carpets and the like, beating and otherwise cleaning.-The dust upon the walls, hangings, furniture, &c. of buildings is stirred up by a feather brush 11 or the like or by beaters, such as rods, ribbons or thongs, or by bellows, and the dust-laden air is removed by suction through a flexible or other pipe 10. The suction is either effected by bellows 1 or by a fan or pump. Between the pipe 10 and the bellows &c. is arranged a chamber 6 for extracting the dust from the air. This chamber contains wet or dry fibre or fabric K, or water with or without antiseptics. A perforated partition is arranged at 7 when fibres K are used. The chamber and bellows may be strapped to the user's body or be carried on a wheelbarrow &c.
Patent GB-190307373-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Making Branch Connections to a Range of Pipes for Draining and other purposes.
Inventor: KENDRICK ABRAHAM
Filed: 1903-03-30
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 7373. Kendrick, A. March 30. Branches and mains, connecting.-In connecting main and branch pipes, the boring of the main pipes, or the brazing or casting of branches, is avoided by inserting a hollow ring disc h, having a tubular aperture d for connection with the branch pipe, between the flanges g of the main pipes. The disc is held in position by bolts b. The liquid enters by the screw spigot or socket inlet d into the annular space in the disc, and thence into the pipe. This device may be adapted for use in drain pipes or high-pressure hydraulic pipes.
Patent GB-190310465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Air-supply of Lamps or Burners.
Inventor: DUENNEMANN HEINRICH CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 10,465. D³nnemann, H. C. May 8. Oil burners.-A flatwick burner for use in cooking &c. has a burner cap 17 with downwardly-bent rims 18, formed with air holes 19 ; the holes on one rim 18 are arranged opposite the solid parts of the opposite rim. The cap is secured to the frame by means of hooks engaging with projections 31 on the cap. The frame supports a perforated sheet 26 through which air passes to the cap.
Patent GB-190313867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bolts or Fasteners for Doors, Windows and the like
Inventor: HILDYARD WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 13,867. Hildyard, W. A. June 22. Sliding bolts for doors, windows, &c. The bolt L slides in the barrel a and is pressed forwards by the spring d. The knob c slides in a slot b which has branch slots or recesses at each end. The knob also slides in a transverse slot e in the bolt, and a spring f acts upon it, so as to press it into the recesses at the ends of the slot b. The form of the slot and of the spring d may be modified.
Patent GB-190314259-A (GB)
Title: Sewer and Drain Trap Protector and Filter
Inventor: MORSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-27
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 14,259. Morson, W. H. June 27. Filters or strainers. -Straw, hay, &c., with or without a disinfectant, are placed in a removable covered basket of galvanized iron or wirework, or between removable outer and inner casings d, e, of similar material, fitted in a trap or like vessel as shown, or outside or above it. Grease, gravel, silt, &c. may thus be prevented from entering lakes, ponds, rivers, reservoirs, d r a i n s, sewers, water courses, &c.
Patent GB-190323558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sad Irons
Inventor: ECCLES ALFRED LIVINGSTON
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 23,558. Eccles, A. L., Buckman, G., and Lowthorp, F. C. Oct. 30. Ironing.- Relates to internallyheated sad-irons. A hollow iron or steel body A, provided with two ironing-surfaces c, d, is revoluble on bosses attached to bails C, D connected with a handle B, which is protected by an asbestos shield E, the body being secured with either ironing-face ready for use, by a latch e operated by a lever F. The upper ironing-surface is heated, while the lower one is in use, from a gas burner tube G, the air necessary for the complete combustion of the admitted gas entering the iron through ventilating perforations f in plates a, b, which cover side apertures formed in the body A, the perforations f being so arranged that the heated air escapes from the iron on the side away from the operator. Other apertures g are formed in the end wall of the iron to assist in the equal distribution of the flame, and in regulating the draught so that the products of combustion are detained within the iron. The interior heating-faces of the body A are provided with longitudinal ridges h, h<1>, and are shaped as shown in Fig. 2, the burner tube G being placed centrally between the ridges h, h<1>, and having one end resting freely in the front end of the iron. The other end of the burner tube G is screwed to a conical chamber i provided with a gas inlet jet k and a series of air inlets l, the inlet k acting as an injector, so that, when the gas is turned on, it draws the air through the inlets l, and carries the mixture of air and gas forward to the burner tube G. The gas is supplied from a tube m supported by a projecting bracket on the bail C, the lower end of the tube m being provided with a needle valve n, operated by a thumbscrew O, to regulate the quantity of gas admitted to the burner tube g. The latter has a series of transverse slits, which are closer together at the valve end than at the further end of the burner tube, the slits being made so narrow that they act like wire gauze &c., which may be used in their place, in preventing the striking back of the flame.
Patent GB-190327790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Tooth Brushes.
Inventor: ADDIS ROBERT
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 27,790. Addis, R. Dec. 18. Tooth brushes; stocks.-A tooth-brush stock is made of aluminium to prevent decomposition and consequent fouling. The stock is worked by the same processes as the ordinary bone article, and may be fluted to reduce its weight if too heavy.
Patent GB-190408068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ships' Anchors.
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 8068. Hall's Patent Anchor Co., and Kepburn, G. April 8. Anchors.-In a stockless anchor, the thrust of the trunnions 4, caused by the head striking the ground, is taken by blocks 6 secured by bolts 7, which pass through them, as shown in Fig. 1, or are fitted to their sides, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190416903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Saw Benches.
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 16,903. Anderson, J. Aug. 2. Sawing. - In a machine of the kind described in Specification No. 15,239, A.D. 1903, for sawing wood into blocks, a conveyer 12 for lifting the blocks into wagons &c., springs r for guiding the hlocks down the shoot z, and a pivoted log table q are provided. As each log squares itself against the edge of the table p, the lower end of the table q is slightly lifted by a lever and a hook 2, 3, and the log is fed by the wheels e to the saws, which are mounted with distance-pieces t between a collar on one section c of the shaft a and a threaded socket t<1> or a nut d on the other section c<1>, the bearings for the socket aud nut being slidable on the main frame. The height of the conveyer is adjusted by a rope n<1>, a worm o, and a winch handle. Access to the shaft a is obtained by throwing the feed-wheel frame f and the tables p, into the positions indicated.
Patent GB-190428196-A (GB)
Title: Self-propelling Balls or Cylinders.
Inventor: SHORTHOUSE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,196. Shorthouse, B. Dec. 23. Rolling toys.- Figs. 1 and 2 show a cylinder in which is suspended a weight e, which can be displaced by a spring f with regard to the point of support of the cylinder so that the latter rolls forward. The spring shown is an india-rubber one, and is wound up by rotating the cylinder with respect to the weight. Other springs may be used and may be wound up by ratchet-and-pawl gear or the like. In the case of a ball, the weight may be supported by an inclined arm, so that the ball rolls in a curved path.
Patent GB-190504786-A (GB)
Title: Arc Lamp.
Inventor: HEARSON THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 4786. Hearson, T. A., [Ph÷nix Elektrotechnische Ges.]. March 7. Globe holders for electric arc lamps. A globe c has both end d ground to bear against flat iron plates e, q, and is held up by connection of the plate q to, a bar d and vertical rods r, supported on the plate e. The plate e carries a smoke condenser u, t.
Patent GB-190509995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Packing and Pressing Cigars.
Inventor: WITHECOMB THOMAS ROBERT
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 9995. Withecomb, T. R. May 12. Parcelling cigars. -To prevent packed cigars from assuming irregular shapes, strips of metal, cardboard, wood, &c. are placed between the layers while the cigars are being pressed into the boxes. The strips may be placed between the alternate layers only, or one strip only may be inserted in each box, this strip being inserted between the two middle layers. The strips may be allowed to remain in the boxes or may be removed after the pressing process is completed.
Patent GB-190510747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Brakes used on Vehicles Operated on Tramways and Railways
Inventor: CUMMINS MARK
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 10,747. Cummins, M. May 23. Brakes.-The brakes of a tramcar or the like are applied by a lever a having rollers b, c at one end, which are enclosed in a divided casing d, e mounted on the brake beam f and equalizing-bar g. One of the rollers b, c may be replaced by a pin passing through the lever a and either the brake beamf or the equalizing-bar g. On pulling either of the brake rods j, the two brake beams f are drawn together and the brake shoes applied to the wheels. The equalizing-bars are connected by rods k, each of which has at one end a rack k<1>, Fig. 4, which is engaged by a spring pawl m<1> in a casing m. By means of a hooked lever p, Fig. 6, engaging a collar on the rod k, the rack can be forced farther into the casing m to compensate for wear of the blocks.
Patent GB-190512441-A (GB)
Title: Web Feeding Roll.
Inventor: GUNYON STEPHEN EDWARD
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 12,441. Gunyon, S. E., [Duplex Printing Press Co.]. June 15. Paper, winding &c. ; cutting- machines for paper &c.-Relates to rolls for feeding webs or sheets, which are particularly applicable to the folding, assembling, or cutting rolls of web-printing machines. The rolls may be provided with a series of recesses h in which are placed spring fingers 3, each of which is secured at one end by a screw 3<a>. The other end of the finger projects above the surface of the roll and ends in a hemispherical projection 3<b>, which presses the paper against the surface of the opposite roll. Any number of these fingers may be arranged in parallel series partly or entirely round the roll. They may be placed on one or both rolls, or one of the rolls may be milled as shown at 2<b>, Fig. 2. The fingers may be replaced by balls 4, Fig. 6, confined in casings 4<a> and pressed up by springs 4<b>, the casings being screwed into the roll. Loose pins 5, Fig. 9, projecting through apertures in the roll may be employed, and may be thrown outwards by centrifugal force or by springs. Plugs 6, Fig. 7, of rubber or the like, screwed into recesses in the roll, may be used. The rolls may be provided with screwed apertures at intervals in order that the devices may be adjusted along the rolls, and, when the devices shown in Fig. 2 are employed, the recesses hare made continuous.
Patent GB-190518908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: HODGKINSON FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 18,908. Hodgkinson, F. Dec. 30, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to elastic-fluid turbines and more particularly to rotors for turbines of the multi-cellular parallel-flow type. The rotor comprises a hollow quill 6, preferably of forged steel, each end faced off and bored out at 8 with a slight taper converging outwardly. Shaft ends 10, preferably formed hollow, are shaped to fit into the quill ends. The parts are held rigid by forming the adjacent ends of the quill and shaft ends with slots 13, Fig. 5, surrounded at one end by an annular groove 14. The slots of the two parts are made to register, and I-shaped shrink bolts, preferably formed of forged metal, are shrunk into the slots, the heads of each bolt lying within the groove of each member. Blade drums 17, 21, 22, 23 are keyed on one end of the quill between a shoulder 19 and a flange 26 of the shaft end, a ring 27, formed in halves and surrounded by a binder ring 28, holding the drums securely against longitudinal movement. The drums are separated by their projecting hub ends to allow slight distortion which may occur. The other end of the quill carries a balancing-drum 29 secured similarly to the drum 23. Small air holes 30 are formed through the quill.
Patent GB-190520908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gasholders.
Inventor: DEMPSTER ROBERT
Filed: 1905-10-16
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 20,908. Dempster, R. Oct. 16. G a s - holders.- Relates to gasholders, especially spirally-guided gasholders, and has for its object the prevention of defacement of the sides due to the washing down of sooty matter by rainwater. At or near the edge of the crown a ridge or gutter is formed, by extending the top r o w of side plates, by turning up the edges of the outer crown plates, or by attaching a curb of angle-iron. Fig. 2 illustrates one method in which the water is collected by a ridge a, scolloped for ornamentation, and passed by a bay or hole d to the upper channel in the spiral rail c. Fig. 3 illustrates the application of angleiron, and in the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 the collected water passes to the interior of the holder by a water seal l. The invention is also applied to the dip connexions between the lifts of a holder.
Patent GB-190522644-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rotating Aquatic Apparatus
Inventor: HORSLEY RICHARD
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 22,644. Horsley, R., and Ward, W. R. Nov. 6. Roundabouts.-An aquatic roundabout is constructed of an annular water channel a in which float.a number of ships or yachts b which revolve preferably around a lighthouse c. The driving- shaft d is mounted in suitable bearings e, and is driven by worm or other gearing from a motor or engine g. The ships are connected to the shaft d by means of radiating arms hand jointed links i attached to the keels of the boats. Steps are provided to give access to the boats, and the exterior of the canal may be decorated with mountain or other scenery. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 17,416, A.D. 1887, and No. 23,562, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190524278-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Perch for Bird-cages and Aviaries, the Improvement being also applicable to Nest Brackets or Supports, and to other Bird-cage and Aviary Utensils.
Inventor: PAULL WILLIAM
IPC: A01M29/34
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 24,278. Paull, W. Nov. 24. Poultry houses; cages; traps.-Relates to means for preventing the access of red mites and other vermin to the perches, nest brackets, and other utensils in bird-cages, poultry houses, and the like, and consists in attaching a cup to the support in such a way that the insects cannot reach the perch without crossing the cup which may be filled with some liquid or other material to destroy or detain the insects. The Specification describes a number of ways of carrying the invention into effect, some of which are shown in the Figures, in which f represents the cups, c the perches, and v the nest pan.
Patent GB-190601152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Power Horizontal Log Band Saw Machines.
Inventor: RANSOME ALLEN
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 1152. Ransome, A., and Lavo, A. Jan. 16. Sawing.-In an horizontal log band-saw machine driven electrically, the rising and falling saw-pulley carriage A has bearings E to carry a shaft C, on which is fixed one of the saw pulleys and also an armature D. The armature is surrounded by a magnetic frame B, which forms part of or is bolted to the carriage, or is concentrically supported by separate ball bearings on the shaft and held in place on the carriage by a set of springs and stops to take up any shock caused by starting. The electric connexion between the motor and controller is obtained by means of flexible wire cables passing over guide-pulleys tightened by counterbalance weights.
Patent GB-190602200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Foot Stools.
Inventor: BOHNE ANNA
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 2200. Bohne, [Geb. Zeth], A. Jan. 29. Hinges.-Relates to a hinge used in connexion with a folding footstool at the junction of the top 1 and legs 2. The legs are held in the open position by the engagement of indentations 6 with corresponding notches 5 in the pins 4.
Patent GB-190604885-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Suspension for the Bowls of Ships Compasses.
Inventor: WHYTE WILLIAM DAVID
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 4885. Whyte, W. D. Feb. 28. Compasses, magnetic.- Relates to spiral-spring suspensions for the bowls of ships' compasses, the arrangement being stated to be such that the tension differs in different springs or in different parts of one spring. Two groups of horizontal springs h, Fig. 1, may be arranged at each side and connected as shown to bars g, f<1>. The bar g is hooked to a chain k carrying a bearing j for a knife-edge n on the gimbal ring m. The bars f <1> are connected to hooks f on adjusting-screws c locked in position by nuts d, e to brackets b on the binnacle rim a. A single horizontal spring u, Fig. 3, may be used, to which is secured a saddle v from which the gimbal ring m is suspended as shown. The adjusting - screws r are secured by locking - nuts t, s to a bracket p secured to a bracket o mounted on the binnacle rim a. As shown in Fig. 4, a central horizontal spring e' is used between two groups of springs d<1>.
Patent GB-190608101-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rim for Pneumatic Tyres for Wheels of Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: WILKINS CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B60B25/06
Filed: 1906-04-04
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 8101. Wilkins, C. H, April 4. Felloes or rims; tyres, pneumatic. -Relates to rims having a detachable flange in the form of a split ring adapted to engage in a groove in the fixed portion of the rim, and consists in forming the groove G and the corresponding tongue F on the detacbable flange B with a re-entrant wall as shown. The ends of the flange may be locked in place by means of setscrews C. In modifications the groove and tongue are formed with curved side faces. The rim members A, B may be in segments.