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Patent GB-190315883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Teaching Reading
Inventor: COOPER ALFRED
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1904-07-18
Abstract: 15,883. Cooper, A., Smith, A. J., and Smith, P. July 18. Reading, teaching.-Relates to a word-builder. The letters of the alphabet, with the exception of q and z, are arranged in groups of eight, four on each side of three cards, as shown in Fig. 1. The cards are used, as shown in Fig. 4, on a piece of cardboard or other material having a flap or pocket 4 for concealing three letters on each card. The letters q and z may be provided on an extra card.
Patent GB-190319289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sulky Attachments for Harrows.
Inventor: BURTCH GILBERT FREMAN
Filed: 1903-09-07
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 19,289. Burtch, G. F. Sept. 7. Harrows.-Relates to the provision of a "sulky" attachment to a harrow of any ordinary construction. The harrow or harrow sections 1 is or are attached to a draught-bar 2 with draught attachment 3. A crosshead 6 is connected to the draught-bar 2 by bars 4, 15 suitably braced together. A frame formed by bending a metal bar is adjustably attached to the crosshead 6, and carries the bearings for a central wheel 21 and two side wheels 24. The frame can be fixed in the position shown in dotted lines to vary the leverage of the driver's weight upon the harrow, for the same reason the seat 32 is so mounted that it can be fixed at the rear of the crosshead 6, as shown in Fig. 2, or in front of the crosshead. The frame is attached to the crosshead 6 by a ring bolt 25 which allows the frame a swivelling movement. A stop is provided to limit the amount of this movement.
Patent GB-190321195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Method of Making Roads and like Surfaces.
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 21,195. Westrum, L. S. van, and Westrumite Ltd. Oct. 2. Roads and ways, making and repairing; liquid surface-treating compositions.-In making and maintaining macadam and like roads and ways, the stones or other road materials are bound together by means of a solution in water of oily substances such as naphtha, petroleum, tar, and other mineral oils which have been treated to render them soluble in water. The use of this binding-material prevents the formation of dust and mud.
Patent GB-190402694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOLLEE LEON
Filed: 1904-02-03
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 2694. BollÚe, L. Oct. 27, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosive- v a p o u r engines, carburetting in. In order to maintain t h e combustible mixture of constant strength, the mixing-chamber formed between the slides d, e may have its capacity varied by the levers h, and the cam g. The fuel-supply valve c, may be adjusted by means of the cam i, the shaft carrying the cams receiving motion from any convenient source. A modifica- tion is described in which the slides are replaced by a pair of cylinders having tapered grooves upon their peripheries, and which may be adjusted by toothed gearing, the mixing chamber being formed between the cylinders. The chamber may be made to expand in a similar way to a photographic shutter.
Patent GB-190403893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism for Controlling the Flow of Liquids.
Inventor: PRIESTMAN ALBERT
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3893. Priestman, A. Feb. 16. Liquids, regulating flow of. -Fig. 1 shows the construction and arrangement of a device, for controlling the flow of liquids, in which the closure is effected by forcing into the casing air of sufficient pressure to balance the head of the liquid passing through. The casing a, the upper part of which is open to the atmosphere, is provided with an inverted U-shaped partition g, and with dividing walls h, t. forming a sinuous passage from the inlet c to the outlet f. The inlet c communicates with a reservoir d or other source of liquid supply. The flow is interrupted by forcing air through the pipe m within the partition g, so that a column of liquid is maintained in the inlet passage i, above the top of the partition h, approximately equal to the column between the level of the top of the partition h and the bottom edges of the partition g, aud also to the liquid column in the outlet passage l. The closure is effective only when the pressure at the inlet c does not exceed the pressure due to the liquid column in the passage l. The flow is restored by blowing out the liquid from the liquid seal q by air supplied by a pipe r, so that a passage is cleared for the escape of the air in the partition g. The air is supplied by a pump n through a storage tank p. The device may be opened by relieving the pressure in the partition g by the use of a three-way cock m<1> in the pipe, one port being used as a relief port.
Patent GB-190406155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Urinals
Inventor: MERRILL JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6155. Merrill, J. March 14. Drawings to Specification. Urinals.-To avoid angles, and thereby prevent fouling and facilitate cleansing, in slab urinals, the divisions are separated from the backs by a space.
Patent GB-190407757-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating Water for Baths and other purposes
Inventor: LEACH ELIZABETH
Filed: 1904-04-02
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 7757. Leach, E., [trading as Sandiford, T.], and Brierley, I. H. April 2. Lift valves; repairing, facilitating; actuating valves.-The valves a, b of apparatus for heating water by direct contact of steam are opened together by a handle g, the spindles e,f being connected together by a box coupling f<x>, which allows the valve ato open slightly before its spindle e presses against, and operates, the spindle f. A spring j closes the valve b when the handle is moved back to the closed position. The inlet apertures of the valve a can be regulated by a screwed spindle k. Removal of the plug a<1> of the valve a is facilitated, when the outer part of the casing is unscrewed, by the spindles m which project on opposite sides of the plug and fit into holes in the spindles e, k respectively.
Patent GB-190421283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Apparatus chiefly designed for use in connection with Motor Road Vehicles, but also applicable to Boats, Ships and the like
Inventor: BROWN HILLES TALLEY
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 21,283. Brown, H. T. Oct. 4. Steering - gear.- Relates to power steering - gear and controlling-devices therefor, described in connection with a motor road vehicle but stated to be also applicable to boats, ships, and the like. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section taken along the centre line of part of a motor road vehicle to which one form of the mechanism has been applied. Fig. 4 shows a sectional plan of the mechanism detached. The stud axles on which the steering-wheels are mounted are connected by the rods G, H to the crosshead J, which is operated and controlled by the pistons G', C' and N, M, respectively. The outer ends of the cylinders 0, P are connected together by pipes R in which is arranged a control valve. These cylinders and pipes contain a suitable liquid forming in effect a hydrostatic column for controlling the steam or compressed-air actuated pistons G', C'. The supply and exhaust of the operating-medium to the cylinders is controlled by the valve M', which is shown in Fig. 4 in position to cut off both cylinders from either the supply pipe K<1> or the exhaust pipe L'. The valves for both the operating and the controlling cylinders are shown in Figs. 5 and 6 as formed together, the part M<1> controlling the operating fluid, and the part N<1> controlling the hydrostatic column. The faces P' of the valve N<1> are made of greater extent than the faces C<2>, D<2> of the valve M', so that the operative fluid can be first admitted to the cylinders and the valve N' then operated so as to allow and control the movements of the steering- gear without interfering with the supply of the operating-fluid. Fig. 8 shows a modified form of the double valve, in which the faces of the valve M<1> are varied in form. The faces A<2>, B<2> are somewhat deflected towards the same side of a diametral line, but so arranged that both pipes E', J' may be slightly opened at the same time to the supply pipe K<1>. By this arrangement, both cylinders are open to the supply when in their normal inactive position, thus effecting, it is stated, a great saving in the amount of compressed air required. When steam is used as the operating- medium, the pipes K<1>, L<1> are reversed, the former then becoming the exhaust pipe. A constant and free drain is thus secured for any condensation water in the power cylinders. In a modified arrangement of steering-apparatus, only one set of cylinders is used, the part of the cylinders on one side of the pistons acting as the controlling- cylinders and the other part acting as the power cylinders.
Patent GB-190424480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coolers for Motors of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WINDHOFF HANS
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 24,480. Windhoff, H. Nov. 11. Gas and like engines.-A water-cooler for the motors of motor road vehicles is shown in perspective and horizontal section respectively in Figs. 1 and 2. Sheet-metal plates a are bent to form ribs c between which air passes b are left. These plates alternate with and are soldered to other plates d, which are bent round on one side of the cooler and formed with ridges e leaving water passages f. These water passages need only be soldered on one side of the vessel. Fig. 4 shows a horizontal section of a modification.
Patent GB-190425875-A (GB)
Title: Coin-freed Machine for Vending Postage Stamps, Tickets or the like.
Inventor: DICKIE ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 25,875. Dickie, R. J., and Brown, J. H. Nov. 28. S a l e apparatus f o r postage stamps, tickets, and the like. Delivery mechanism.- The stamps, in the form of a ribbon perforated at intervals, pass over a feeddrum C, having teeth c engaging the perforations, and a roller with ridges corresponding to depressions in the drum serves to keep the stamps in position. The latter are taken off the drum by a bent plate with elongations fitting into the depressions. On pulling back the rod D by means of a handle, the drum, when free, is pushed forward by a pawl on the rod, and a stamp may be torn off at the outside of the apparatus. Coin action.-When the coin drops, it is guided by an inclined plane against the arm M<1> pivoted at m. The arm is thus thrust slightly forward, and a projection M<3> disengages the stud c<1> on the feeddrum C and frees the latter. Coin tipping or discharging apparatus.-As the rod D is pushed forward, the hinged catch K carries the coin and frees it from the finger M<1>, thus allowing it to drop into the receptacle.
Patent GB-190505160-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Fountain, Reservoir and other Pens
Inventor: TUCKER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 5160. Tucker, G. March 13. Pens, reservoir. Relates to fountain pens in which the nib can be withdrawn into the reservoir when not in use. One end a<1> of the reservoir a is open and the other is closed by a shank b, which is attached by screwing or otherwise and is provided with an axial hole b<1> and with a pair of longitudinal slots b', b<3>. The nib e is secured between the end of the feedbar c and a sleeve e' which is fixed to the feed-bar and is provided with an extension e<4> running along the top of the nib. The sleeve e' closely fits the mouth of the reservoir, and when withdrawn into the reservoir allows the latter to be filled. The bar c passes through a cork, fibre, or other plug f into the aperture b<1> of the shank b. A pin g, passing through the end of the bar c and through the slots b<2>, b<3>, connects the bar c with an external slide d. A cap h is adapted to fit on to the shank b or the end a' of the reservoir, and is provided with a plug i which screws into the open end of the reservoir in order to prevent the escape of the ink. The slide d is provided with extensions d<2>, d<3> of such a length that they are engaged by the edge of the cap when the latter is placed on the reservoir. The nib is thus withdrawn into the reservoir before it can be injured by the plug i of the cap. A cushioning-spring j is provided for the end of the rod c.
Patent GB-190507669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boots & Shoes for Athletic Purposes.
Inventor: PERCIVAL JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 7669. Percival. J. April 11. Athletic boots; football boots; uppers; slipping, preventing.-To prevent slipping of the ball when kicked, the toe-cap of a football or like boot is provided with a series of tubular, unpacked ribs 3. These are formed by folding the material of the toe-cap upon itself, and uniting the two superposed layers by stitches 4 passing through the two thicknesses of material close to, and parallel with, the folded edge.
Patent GB-190512413-A (GB)
Inventor: BINNS ROBERT
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 12,413. Binns, R. June 18, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Paper-machines; cylinders; t h i c kness of paper, regulating etc.; fibres, modifying structure of.-A paper - machine of the cylinder type is modified in order to produce paper of equal strength in all directions. The web of pulp p is lifted out of the water as soon as it is deposited on the cylinder, and is thus produced without the grain of paper produced by ordinary cylinder machines. The pulp flows from the tank 8 on to the cylinder 2, revolving in the direction indicated by the arrows. The water flows through the meshes and leaves the web of pulp on the cylinder, whence it is removea by a blanket 5, passing round a couch roll 4 carried in bearings 6, the desired pressure being obtained by means of weights 7. An inlet pipe may convey the pulp to the tank 8, and an outlet pipe 9<a> may also be provided. The thickness of the paper may be regulated by adjusting the depth of the pulp in the tank or varying the speed of the cylinder. The cylinder may be washed with the ordinary washing-jets at a point outside the tank.
Patent GB-190514806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Motors.
Inventor: DELASSUE JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 14,806. Delassue, J. July 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas engines.-Air and gas are fed to the cylinder A of a two-stroke cycle engine using gas from a generator by a pair of Roots' blowers driven by belts. Gas is supplied to the blower-chamber L, through a pipe L', and passes to the cylinder through the valve F and passage H<1> when the slide valve J moves inwards and opens communication between the ports H<1>, L<2>. In a similar way, air is admitted to the chamber K, through the pipe K<1>, and passes to the passage H<1> through the port K<2>. Branch pipes K<3>, L3 communicate with the inlet pipe K<1> and chamber M, and the inlet pipe L' and chamber N, respectively, in order to prevent compression in the chambers M, N when communication is cut off between the passage H<1> and the ports K<2>, L<2>. The valves I, J are operated by bell-cranks P, J<2> which receive motion from rods I', JI, connected to a lever G operating the inlet valve F. The inlet valve is provided with an annular crown F<1> which diverts the charge inwards to ensure efficient scavenging of the cylinder. If preferred, the arrangement may serve several cylinders, or the slide valves may be duplicated. Governing.-This is effected by withdrawing a governor-controlled piece O from the path of the bell-crank J<2> and thus keeping the gas valve closed.
Patent GB-190518667-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Extracting by Means of Carbon Tetrachloride Fatty Substances from Products containing the latter.
Inventor: BERNARD PAUL
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 18,667. Bernard, P. Dec. 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Liquid levels, indicating.-In apparatus for extracting fatty matters by means of carbon tetrachloride, a condenser is fitted with a gauge 0, shown in cross-section in Fig. 4, provided with a long opening o and having a number of overlapping windows P so that the exact levels of the water and carbon tetrachloride can be observed.
Patent GB-190522344-A (GB)
Title: Means for Retaining a Projectile in the Bore of a Gun or Howitzer when Loaded at high Angles of Elevation.
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 22,344. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co:, Sir W. G., and Noble, Sir A. Nov. 1. Ordnance design.-Relates to means for supporting the projectile in the bore of a gun when firing at a high elevation, and consists in forming a groove b in the bottom of, or running around, the bore to receive the driving-band a, as shown in Fig. 2, or a spring, gravity, or like catch c, Fig. 3, carried by the projectile.
Patent GB-190525107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gauzes of Miners Safety Lamps
Inventor: HAILWOOD ERNEST ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 25,107. Mailwood, E. A. Dec. 4. Miners' safety lamps.-The gauze A is made in one seamless whole by stamping, weaving, or otherwise. In modifications, t he top A<1> and the flanged ring B may be separate pieces secured to the seamless body A in any convenient way. The gauze may be strengthened by leaving one or more horizontal or vertical bands as D of unperforated material, and by inserting a metal ring E, Fig. 3, in a double bend H in the flange ring B.
Patent GB-190608163-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Travelling Rug.
Inventor: LOCH VIOLET FRANCES CARYSFORT
Filed: 1906-04-04
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 8163. Loch, V. F. C. April 4. Rugs.-A travelling-rug has a strap D, or a chain, for securing it round the waist, and is provided, on one or both sides, with separate pockets B for books, newspapers, cigars and cigarettes, matches, toilet articles, notepaper, pens and ink, or other articles required when travelling. The pockets may be closed by flaps C, or otherwise. The strap D may be secured to the upper edge or corners of the rug. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 9700, A.D. 1884, and Nos. 1740 and 2470, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190608368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Long Collars for the Spindles of Textile Machinery.
Inventor: BRINDLE JOHN HAMILTON
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8368. Brindle, J. H. April 7. Lubricating ; bearings for spinning- spindles. Long collars, of the type made from a drawn steel tube with a ring or shoulder shrunk or compressed upon the exterior, are provided with a bush E for the spindle of such a form as to be dust-proof, a lubricating-pad D which is supplied with lubricant through the hole d, and a conical bush C forming a cavity or well which receives the lubricant from the pad D. The waste lubricant, as the spindle rotates, passes through the aperture c<1> and is utilized to lubricate the bobbin wheel.
Patent GB-190611703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Hopper Wagons
Inventor: DAVIES EDWARD
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 11,703. Davies, E., and Lewis, E., [Administratrix of Lewis, W. J.]. June 30. Door opening and closing apparatus.- Hopper wagon doors are operated by means of a screw 12, nut 9, and pushing fork 8. The door flaps 20 are connected by straps 5 and bell-cranks 6 pivoted at . 7 at the sides of the doors so that the flaps move simultaneously.
Patent GB-190613184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheels for Automobiles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHNICKE RICHARD
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 13,184. Schnicke, R. June 7. Spring wheels.- An outer rim 17 is fixed to bolts 14 which are supported by spiral springs arranged facing each other, so that it can move in any direction about the inner rim 1. Pockets 4, Fig. 2, are secured to the inner rigid rim by means of flanges 5 and bolts 6, and are covered by caps 10. Each bolt 14 is secured to the outer rim and holds by means of the collar 15 spiral springs 7, 8 against the ends of the pocket. Each spring is of volute form before being placed in position, and the outer end of each pocket is closed by a flexible cap 16.
Patent GB-190613474-A (GB)
Title: Improved Illustrated Letter for Correspondence.
Inventor: ROUX VICTOR-ARMAND
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 13,474. Roux, V. A. June 14, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Letter-sheets.-Illustrations are applied to lettersheets which may have two or more leaves b. These are reserved blank for correspondence, the illustrations being on the outside of the covers a, and, if desired, also on the inside. Descriptive matter may be placed under the illustrations, and the letter-sheet is preferably sent in a perforated envelope with the stamp on the letter-sheet itself.
Patent GB-190622767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Orientating or Determining the Direction or Relative Positions of Points upon a Map or Territory.
Inventor: BOMSDORFF ERNST VON
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 22,767. Bomsdorff, E. von. Oct. 15. Bearings, indicating; telescopes.-In look-out instruments of the type in which a pointer travelling over a map follows the horizontal movements of a telescope or other sighting-device to indicate the line of sight on the map, the map-carrier is attached to the sighting-device beneath the eyepiece or its equivalent, so as to be carried round in an horizontal circle with the sighting-device, and the pointer is operated by a suitable train of toothed wheels. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the map table 16 is carried by a plate 7 which rotates with the support 3 of the telescope, being attached thereto by a clamp 9. A bevel-wheel 5 is clamped to the base-plate of the telescope and gears with a toothed wheel 40 mounted on the spindle 39, which is carried by the plate depending obliquely from the plate 7. The wheel 38, which rotates with the wheel 40, is geared to the wheel 35 by an intermediate wheel, arms 28, which support the pointer 24, being carried round by the wheel 35. When the telescope is turned, the plate 7 turns with it, and the wheel 40 runs over the bevel-wheel 5 and turns the pointer 24 through the same angle as the telescope. The map 15 and its transparent cover are clamped to the table 16 by a ring 21 and clips 21<1>, the table being detachably secured to the oblique plate by a thumb-screw 18. In order to be able to set the pointer 24 without turning the wheel 35, the ring 30, which carries the arms 28, is clamped to the sleeve 31, which carries the wheel 35, by means of a screw 32 operated by a milled head. To ensure the station-point on the map being exactly in the centre of the table, a needle 22 is passed through that point and pressed between a spring clip into an aperture in the thumb-screw 18. The pointer 24 is provided with a direction-indicator, such as an arrow-head, and with a scale and a sliding position index. The train of gear-wheels 34 or 40 may be replaced by a single wheel of the same diameter as the bevel-wheel.
Patent GB-190627091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Non-slipping Protecting Devices for Wheels of Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SABATIER EMILE
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 27,091. Sabatier, E., and Ruwet, R. Nov. 28. Tyres, pneumatic &c. - An extra non-slipping protective cover 1, secured on the tyre by rubber side rings 3, is provided on each side with a strip 5 stitched to the edge of the cover and fitted with hooks 7, which engage between the bead of the usual cover 2 and the rim.