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Patent GB-190312507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Conveyor Apparatus particularly applicable for use in Drying Articles fo Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: HAGEN ARTHUR TYSON
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,507. Hagen, A. T., and Cooper, D. M. June 2. Conveyers.-Relates to conveyer apparatus especially applicable for use in drying collars, cuffs, and other wearing-apparel. The conveyer com. prises a chain 5 supported at intervals by rollers 4 running in an endless guide-way tube 2. The major portion of this tube is bent backwards and forwards so as to follow a circuitous course within the heating-chamber, and the remainder, a part of which is shown, is outside the chamber. Depending from the chain are rods 22, in which are fixed pins 23 in the plane of the chain and inclined slightly upwards. The articles to be dried are placed on these pins by hand, and are automatically removed by arms 24 pivoted at 25 and actuated by engagement of their tails 26 with a projection 27, below which a receptacle for the articles is placed. The conveyer is driven through a clutch, which can be automatically opened in predetermined positions of the conveyer, by the engagement of a pin 30 placed in one of the hollow pivots 25, with a weighted lever 20 connected by a cord to the clutch lever.
Patent GB-190313563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs and similar Seats.
Inventor: CLEMETSON HARRY PEARCE
Filed: 1903-06-17
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 13,563. Clemetson, H. P. June 17. Chairs; seats.-A chair or similar seat is constructed with the bottom suspended from the frame by links or the like, and with the back pivoted to the frame an'd pivoted or otherwise connected to the bottom, so that the inclination can be adjusted without appreciable effort on the part of the sitter. The bottom a, Fig. 1, is suspended from the arms b by links c, d, and the links d are extended and connected by rails e, to form the back. The centre of gravity of the sitter should be in the vertical plane through the upper pivots d' of the links d, and for this purpose the bottom a is prolonged rearwards and the rails e are curved, or, as shown in Fig. 7, the side rails of the back are cranked. The front links c, Fig. 7, are prolonged and connected by a cross-rail or footrest c<3>, to form a leg-rest. The legs g, g<1> are arranged to fold ; the legs g may be connected to the arms b by links h and pins or the like sliding in grooves or slots in the arms, or by straps or other flexible connections. When the chair is mounted on castors or wheels, the frame is extended to form a handle. The arms may be lengthened and formed integral with or connected to carrying-poles, as in a sedan chair ; the poles may be telescopic or removable. The chair may be suspended by cords or the like, legs being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190314891-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Golf Club
Inventor: BURNAM CLARENCE MILES
Filed: 1903-07-04
Granted: 1904-07-04
Abstract: 14,891. Burnam, C. M. July 4. Golf.-The head of a golf club, which is designed for use in the place of any one or all of the clubs now in use, is made in two parts, a socket-end piece b, and a blade b<4>, the latter being mounted on a stud b<2>, which is screwed into the end of the part b and riveted over, as shown at b<7>. The face of the end of the blade b<4> is formed with ratchet teeth, which, after the blade has been turned to any desired inclination, are engaged with corresponding teeth on the end of the part b, the two parts being firmly secured together by tightening a nut b<6>. The head of the club is connected to a handle a by means of a shaft A, which fits into the socket at the end of the part b and into the slotted and slightly-tapered lower end a' of the handle. This tapered portion is threaded and fitted with a screw sleeve a<3>, by loosening which the shaft A can be either pushed into, or withdrawn from, the handle, as desired. A wooden plug a<5>, which serves as a handle for a spanner wrench a<6> used to adjust the nut b<6>, closes the end of the handle a.
Patent GB-190318942-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Apparatus for Heating Air.
Inventor: GREEN FRANCIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 18,942. Green, F. W. Sept. 2. Heating air.-Air is heated during its passage through a number of pipes C, G, H, connecting headers A, A<1>. Each of these headers is gradually reduced in cross-section from the first pipe C to the last one E, beyond which it is radiated. Eddying is thus prevented.
Patent GB-190319298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lavatories
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-08
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 19,298. Adams, M. J. Sept. 8. Lavatory basins.-The discharge pipe is screwed to the wall to form a supporting-bracket, and passes directly to the drain, or to the connection on the wall face which forms the heel of the bracket. The skirting is supported by a screw.
Patent GB-190322196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
IPC: F01D3/04
Filed: 1903-10-14
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 22,196. Parsons, C. A., and Wass, A. D. Oct. 14. Turbines &c.-The turbine is divided into distinct elements which are placed tandemwise and do not require the intermediate dummy pistons hitherto used. The elements are placed in tandem on a shaft by interposing external bearings d, e. The shaft is made in parts f, g, h, i for convenience of construction. A dummy piston j is provided which is made small in marine engines so as to balance the propeller thrust. At the outlet end p the high-pressure element is closed by a diaphragm k, while a passage m leads to the inlet r of the low-pressure element. In the form shown in the Figures, the diaphragms k, n are of the same size, and are subjected to the same pressure. This arrangement may be applied to turbines arranged in multiple elements on parallel shafts such as are described in Specifications No. 11,086, A.D. 1896, and Nos. 11,223 and 26,553, A.D. 1897. In such cases, each shaft has at least one dummy piston placed at the inlet end of the highest pressure element.
Patent GB-190322936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers and Coolers for Power-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: PUGH JOHN VERNON
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 22,936. Pugh, J. V., and Lanchester, F. W. Oct. 23. Soldering coolers or condensers for motor road vehicles. In an arrangement such as that shown in Fig. 14, the cooler is built up from a number of cells each consisting of two pressed tinned plates a, b soldered together on their outer edges, the plates having holes punched in them. A number of these cells are stacked together, the edges of the holes being beaded over as shown, or provided with ferrules or eyelets which are similarly beaded over. A hot bar, passed through the series of holes and clamped, melts the tin at the joints, and the bar, as it cools down and contracts, forces the cells together and makes a series of secure joints.
Patent GB-190323750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: DANNEELS EDOUARD
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 23,750. Danneels, E. Nov. 2. Audible signals; lamp signals; accidents, signalling in case of ; signalling and communicating between trains; signalling to cabins and stations; signals on engines.- Relates to improvements in the apparatus of Specification No. 5972, A.D. 1902, whereby electric batteries on engines operate visual or audible signals in cabins or on engines, the currents passing through three line-wires. The engine carries three contactpieces p, q, r, Fig. 2, for the three line-wires d, e, f, Fig. 1, of which the central piece is always in communication with the negative pole of the battery n, and the outside pieces can be placed in communication with the positive pole and the bell o, contacts being made either at a', c<1>, or at b<1>, d<1>, by the engineman. The contacts on the engine j, being in the b<1>, d<1> position, current passes through wire d to the bell s<1> in the cabin c and back through the central wire to the battery. The " danger " signal is given by the signalman changing his contacts so as to return the current through the third line-wire, and thus ring the bell o. Two trains approaching the cabin from opposite directions will sound both bells s<1>, s', and can be switched into communication with each other by the signalman. If the trains are on the same section of line, both the engine bells will sound. Similarly a train can be in communication with a cabin it has passed, or, if derailed, connection with the line-wires can be made by means of reserve leads, the rule being that for signalling forward the contacts b<1>, d<1> are closed, and for signalling backwards the contacts a<1>, c' are closed. Electric lamps or telephones may be substituted for bells.
Patent GB-190327923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Tilting Furnaces, Iron Foundry Ladles or Shanks, Hoppers, Scoops and the like.
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-12-19
Abstract: 27,923. Morgan Crucible Co., and Speirs, C. W. Dec. 19. Foundry ladles.-Relates to means for tipping or operating iron-foundry ladles and the like. The invention is described as applied to a crucible furnace i, Figs. 1 and 2. which is designed to be tipped upon an axis passsing transversely through the spout to permit of bringing the spout into close proximity to the mould and retaining it in one position during the pouring operation. A cover j and flue k are provided, which may be moved away when the furnace is to be lifted. The furnace is suspended from four ropes g, g<1>, two of which are attached to eyes or pins l situated on an axis passing through the spout m, while the other two embrace segments o, being attached to them at their lower ends, vertically below the pies l. The centres of the segments are on the line joining the pins l. The ropes g, g<1> are wound on drums f, f<1>, driven by separate electromotors h, h<1>. The motors and drums are mounted on a turntable, suspended from a carriage b, which is adapted to run upon a crane arm or traveller c. By raising the two back ropes g, or lowering the two front ropes g<1>, the furnace may be tilted about the line joining the pins l as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190328538-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Holding Photographic Films Papers and the like during the Process of Washing or Developing
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 28,538. Wilkinson, J., and Wilkinson, A. Dec. 29. Lifters or holders, plate and like.-In a device for holding films, papers, and the like during the process of development &c., two rectangular pieces a, b, Fig. 4, of buoyant material have a longitudinal groove d and are united near the ends, Fig. 7, by an elastic band c or its equivalent. A projection e on the half a fits a central corresponding groove f on the other half b. By pressing the handles g, a space is produced between the edges of which the film is gripped. To obviate difficulties produced by the films curling, two bars are employed and kept apart by the flat strip j, but the bottom bar is formed of non-buoyant material.
Patent GB-190412251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Gas Lamps.
Inventor: DELAMARRE HENRI MARIE HUBERT C
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 12,251. Delamarre, Henri Marie Hubert, Comte. May 30. Railway-carriage roof and like lamps.-Relates to incandescent gas lamps of the type described in Specification No. 14,838, A.D. 19U3, preferably provided with the regulating-needle device described in Specification No. 6850, A.D. 1904, and consists in adapting the same pattern of lamp for cars with different thicknesses of roof and requiring the lamps to be at different heights. The lower part of the lamp is carried by a metal ring, which can be made of different thicknesses. The crown 2 is not connected with the lower part of the lamp, but is carried by a metal ring 3 fixed to the top of the roof. In the form shown in Fig. 3, dust and cinders are intercepted by a removable casing 12 with an inward bulge 14 containing the supply pipe.
Patent GB-190414177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns and Ovens and in Refractory Blocks, Bricks, Slabs and Tiles for the same.
Inventor: HOWLETT HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,177. Howlett, H. June 23. Firebricks; slabs and tiles, refractory. In building kilns for firing ceramic ware, firebricks e, Fig. 2, with recesses f, grooved ledges g, and sloping faces h, are placed end to end along each side and the back end of the floor of the oven, as shown in Fig. 3, space being left for the side flues l. Tiles k are placed under the ledges g, and the floor is completed by rabbeted tiles m. In the channel f are placed tapering refractory blocks n, provided with projections and grooves. Tie-bricks b, Fig. 1, with projections a and tongued and grooved ends b<1>, are built into the outer walls and supported on the dividing-walls of the side flues, and the inner walls are completed by interlocking refractory tiles d. The crown or roof may be formed of fireclay or flat or curved tiles or slabs, and may be surmounted by a coneshaped or other chimney. One or more layers of refractory tiles may be placed on the rabbeted floor tiles, and may be secured at the edges by cement or mortar.
Patent GB-190414389-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to the Manufacture of Fuel Blocks or Briquettes.
Inventor: GERDES HERMANN SKROEDER
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 14,389. Gerdes, H. S. June 25. Fuel.-In the manufactura of briquettes from small coal and similar materials, fresh moor or peat earth is used as a binding-material. If the decomposition of the earth is not sufficiently advanced, or if peat or lignite is employed, alkalies or alkaline compounds, such as ammonia, carbonates, or silicates, are added. The mixture may be either moulded into blocks and dried, or first dried wholly or partially, and then crushed or pulverized, and moulded into briquettes.
Patent GB-190414578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steaming Apparatus especially adapted for use in Bakery.
Inventor: KAYSER JULIUS
Filed: 1904-06-28
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 14,578. Kayser, J., and Dorneck, M. June 28. Steam generators combined with baking-ovens.- For generating steam to heat an oven and to moisten the air of the oven and bakehouse, a boiler a is mounted above the grate of the oven. The boiler is fitted with a funnel e which serves to fill it and to pass steam into the bakehouse, and with tubes h, i leading to the oven. The tube h delivers dry steam to regulate the baking temperature, and the tube i, which passes into the water and is perforated, delivers wet steam.
Patent GB-190414788-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Holding Down Ladies' Dress Skirts and the like.
Inventor: ANDERSON THOMAS LAW
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,788. Anderson, T. L. July 1. Skirt clips, cyclists' and like.-A device for holding down ladies' skirts &c. when cycling, walking, &c. consists of a ring B, which is sprung around the leg above the ankle, and rubber or other elastic strips or springs C, C<1>, with clips or hooks D for attachment to the inside of the skirt. The ring may be covered with rubber or cloth, and the dress may have eyelets to engage with the hooks.
Patent GB-190417548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Band Brakes for Cycles for Automobiles and for other purposes.
Inventor: HORTON CHARLES PHILIP
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,548. Horton, C. P. Aug. 12. Brakes.-In a band brake for tramcars or other vehicles, the band A, preferably of flat steel extending more than once around the drum B, is secured at a' to any suitable fixed part C of the vehicle, the other end a' being fixed to the part D by which the tension is applied to it. The band, which diminishes in breadth from the end a<1>, is such that it springs clear of the drum when the tension is relieved. For vehicles, such as tramcars, which move in both directions, two brakes are used, and one band is coiled in a different direction from the other with respect to the fixed end a'.
Patent GB-190424478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Meters.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 24,478. Clark, W., [Knauer-Haas, (late Haas), E. F. M., Haas, E. K. P., Weichelt, (late Haas), L. J. E., Haas, K. L., and Haas, F. E., (heirs of Haas, E.)]. Nov. 11. Drawings to Specification. Seats; repairing, facilitating.-In a dry gas meter, the slide-valve seats are soldered on a removable plate so that repairing is facilitated, as one plate may be unscrewed from the meter and be replaced by a fresh one.
Patent GB-190425145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks for Travelling Trunks and the like.
Inventor: BATES ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,145. Bates, A. Nov. 19. Locks, key. -In a lock for trunks and the like, a lever C is provided to enable the bolt to be shot by hand, the gated levers D being adapted to allow the bolt stump k to pass in the outward direction. The curved shapes of the small part of the lever gating and of the stump k prevent accidental movement of the bolt when withdrawn. A tumbler may be employed in place of the levers.
Patent GB-190501877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locks.
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 1877. Schroeder, F. W. Jan. 31. Locks, key; keys.-To protect the operating-edge of a Yale key from wear, and to prevent an impression from being taken, the key is formed as shown in Fig. 3, a correspondingly-shaped keyhole and wards being formed in the revoluble barrel a, Fig. 1. The locking-pins are formed with two legs c, f which pass through slots in the barrel, the leg c being provided with the hook c<2> for engagement with the operating-bitt b<1> of the key. On insertion of the key, the pins are drawn downwards so as to withdraw the heads c<1> from engagement with the fixed sleeve e, and allow the barrel a to be turned. The ends f<1> of the legs f are adapted to engage with slots f in the fixed sleeve e if a false key is employed to open the lock. In a modification, a slot is made in the protective flap b2 of the key to receive the ends of the hooks c<2> of the locking-pins. Figs. 5 and 6 show a modification in which the key is made U-shaped, each limb operating a set of locking-pins and serving as a protector for the other limb.
Patent GB-190503998-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Producing Stereoscopic Effects in Pictures Projected from Optical Lanterns and the like.
Inventor: EVERSON WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1905-02-25
Granted: 1906-02-24
Abstract: 3998. Everson, W. H. Feb. 25. Magic-lantern apparatus. - To produce stereoscopic effects in pictures projected on a screen from optical lanterns, a shutter is arranged t o project alternately a pair of pictures i n stereoscopic relation, and to give between successive projections a period of total obscuration equal in time to that of a single projection. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a revolving disk D provided with suitably spaced apertures is mounted in front of the lenses l<1>, l<2> of a lantern L. Instead o f a disk, moving endless bands provided with similarly spaced apertures may be employed, or disk or band shutters revolving in opposite directions. According to the Provisional Specification, a wheel, fan, shade, stop, drum, or cylinder may be used instead of the disks or bands, and these may be applied to a double lantern or to two lanterns ; or the light of the lantern may be "put out " and exposed alternately.
Patent GB-190504171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Moulding Peppermint and other Sweetmeats.
Inventor: FRINGS HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 4171. Frings, H., and Pedersen, C. Feb. 28. Casting confectionery.-Relates to means for casting peppermints and like sweets, and consists in adjustments for the feed. Material from the jacketed hopper r is sucked down through openings t into orifices x1 on the withdrawal of pistons x<1>1. The slide u1, Fig. 4, then closes, the bottom slide u2 opens at the same time, and the pistons, moving forward, force the material through delivery tubes 2 into a mould m, raised on the endless band which carries it by means of a cam q operating a casing p which presses up the pivoted plate o. The endless band is driven intermittently by a pawl h and pinion i actuated by means of the rod e, which is adjustable on the bar g carrying the pawl and is connected to the frame d1, d2, d3 reciprocated by cams c1, c2. The guide-rods 8, 9, being connected to the bars d1, are directly operated, and they move the guide-rods 4, 5, connected to the crosshead 3 of the pistons x, by means of projections 8<1>, 9<1>. Cams 10, 11 return these rods 4, 5, and, as the cams are adjustable, the reciprocation of the rods, and therefore the amount of feed, can be regulated.
Patent GB-190505969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 5969. Thompson, W. P., [Johnson, W. S.]. March 21. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to vehicles propelled and steered by a fore-carriage carrying the motor and driving-gear and connected to the body of the vehicle by a turntable or fifth wheel, the fore-carriage being locked to the vehicle when the hand steering-lever is in its central position, and adjusted for steering by moving the lever to either side, so as to release the locking-device and retard either of the wheels by applying a brake. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view and Fig. 2 a plan of an aarangement in which the motor drives the divided live axle directly. The turntable D, having its periphery seated in the guide-ring E, which is bolted to the floor of the vehicle body, carries the motor &c. on its underside, and is supported from the axle G through springs. The guide-ring E is furnished with a depending flange a, against which bear the clamping-shoes q of the frictional looking- device, which is operated, by the linkwork shown, from a crank l formed on the vertical steering- shaft T. The axle G is formed in two parts, which are connected and driven by the differential gear M, either part being retarded, as required for steering purposes, by the application of the corresponding band brake P or R, the brake bands being connected by slotted links h, i and pins to a cross-bar U fixed to the lower end of the steering- shaft T, so that only one brake can be applied at any time. Fig. 5 shows a plan of an alternative arrangement in which an intermediate differential shaft is employed. The motor drives the differential gear M through gearing, and the two parts l<1>, m<1> of the differential shaft drive the road wheels through toothed gearing j<1>, k<1>, the wheels being mounted loosely on the fixed axle G'. The retarding-brakes f<1>, h are connected directly with the wheels, and applied through the linkwork shown from a crank on the vertical steering-shaft T which engages the slotted links y<1>, z<1>.