baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-190328327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal and similar Pumps.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,327. Newton, H. E., [Worthington, H. R.]. Dec. 24. Centrifugal pumps.-Relates to centrifugal or similar pumps in which the suction is on one side of the rotary impeller, and consists in a balancing and leakage-preventing construction. Figs. 1 and 2 show sectional elevations of a centrifugal pump, the sections being taken at right-angles to each other. In the Figures, B denotes the impeller having the usual curved vanes C ; D is the suction passage. The hub is provided with openings 10 through which the fluid may pass to the rear side of the impeller for balancing the pressure on the suction side. Outside the openings 10, rings 12, 13 are provided which form a running joint on the rear of the impeller, and outside these rings, vanes 15 carried by the impeller run in a chamber 14. These vanes are made of sufficient length to prevent such inward pressure at the running joint as will cause leakage past the joint into the balancing space. The chamber 14 may, if desired, be connected to the impeller chamber, and a similar chamber and vanes may be used on the opposite or suction side of the impeller to offset the side pressure of the vanes 15. The invention is stated to be also applicable to multi-stage pumps.
Patent GB-190403434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Embroidery Frames.
Inventor: BERGMANS GEORGE MURISON
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 3434. Bergmans, G. M. Feb. 11. Embroidery.-The bars a of an embroidery frame are separated by screwed rods b which pass through slots c in the ends of the bars. The rods bare pivotally attached to standards f, having feet g, g<1> which are mounted on a slide i. This slide is pivoted on the top of a telescopic stand k, and can be fixed at any angle by a slotted strut l. The various parts are held in position by thumb-screws as shown.
Patent GB-190403765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carts for Carrying Coal and other Heavy Materials.
Inventor: GROOM WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3765. Groom, W. Feb. 15. Carts; balancing on axle.-The body of a cart for carrying coal or other heavy goods is in the form of a flat tray a, Figs. 1 and 2. A detachable cross-frame c of upright boards serves to keep the load, which may be loose or in bags, centrally over the axle. Segmental frames f are provided at each side to keep the load clear of the wheels, and may carry wings g which cover the wheels. Shafts h are attached to the cart body, preferably underneath ; and springs e may be provided, if desired.
Patent GB-190406934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimneyless Petroleum Burners
Inventor: LINLEY ARTHUR VICKERS
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6934. Linley, A. V., Owensmith, W. H., and Tinman, J. E. March 22. Chimneyless oil and vapour lamps; wick-raising apparatus. - In burners of the Barton type, the flame is broadened and the luminosity increased by causing an ingress of air near the centre of the top of the vapour chamber A. This may be effected in one of three ways. (1) Strips D of material are stretched from horn to horn of the vapour chamber on both sides, as shown in Fig. 7. (2) An extension D, Fig. 1, is formed on the vapour chamber having side air inlets B. The lips L, Fig. 2, serve to divert the ascending air current and conduct it to the flame. (3) A notch B, Fig. 15, is cut in the vapour chamber itself. The extensions can be fixed to existing burners in any suitable manner, as shown in Fig. 7. A spring J, Fig. 2, presses on the spindle of the winding-apparatus and keeps the cogs in contact with the wick.
Patent GB-190407855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Axle Bearings.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7855. Boult, A. J., [Ajax Metal Co.]. April 5. Axle - boxes and other axle bearings. -A bearing for a railway-vehicle axle is made up of a stiff backing a fitted with a bearing-portion or filling c, made up of an alloy of copper and lead, to which a little tin or other material may be added. This alloy has a high melting point, so that it is impossible to melt it at a temperature induced by friction, and is sufficiently soft to adapt itself to the journal. The backing a, which may be made of iron or steel, possesses sufficient strength to resist the thrusts and other strains on the bearing. The filling is provided with flanges to take against the ends of the backing, and lugs and recesses are formed on and in the filling and backing to secure the parts in place.
Patent GB-190413051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric-machines
Inventor: WALKER MILES
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 13,051. Walker, M. June 9. Armatures; field magnets.-Relates to ring end connectors on the revolving parts of dynamoelectric machines, which are intended to be rotated at a very high speed. Dynamically-balanced ring connectors 4, Figs. 1 and 2, are shrunk or pressed over the hard insulating-bush 3 or strips of hard insulation, which cover the ends of the conductors 2 which project beyond the laminated core 1. The rings are insulated from one another and each electrically connected to two or more of the conductors 2 by soldering or by means of flexible strips 6 of sheet copper. In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the conductors 2 pass through slots punched in the rings 4, which are mounted on an insulating-bush 10 surrounding either the shaft or a cylinder 11 attached to the shaft, each of the conductors being covered with hard insulation 9. The hard insulation may consist of mica or other good material for resisting compressive stress. The Provisional Specification also states that the connectors may take the form of straight bars at right-angles to, and having their middle points in, the axis of rotation, or of a combination of a ring with two or more bars.
Patent GB-190419874-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Postal and other Wrappers especially Intended for Advertising purposes.
Inventor: WOODRUFF ALFRED
Filed: 1904-09-15
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 19,874. Woodruff, A., and Meye, R. Sept. 15. Wrappers, advertising in connection with. Near the gummed end or ends c, Fig. 1, of the inner surface a of a postal &c. wrapper b is attached a strip or strips d of paper or other material, so that when the projecting ends e are pulled in the direction of the gumming, the wrapper is torn open. The strip d is provided with an extension f containing the advertisement, and adapted to be folded up. Or, to the end of the strip d, may be attached an advertisement g, Fig. 3, capable of being folded into the position shown by the broken lines, and enclosed by the wrapper. Both arrangements may be used simultaneously in the same wrapper, and the inner face of the wrapper may be provided with an advertisement.
Patent GB-190420048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Brackets for Book and other Shelves.
Inventor: JORDAN ALBERT
Filed: 1904-09-17
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 20,048. Jordan, A. Sept. 17. Brackets. - Relates to an adjustable bracket for book and other shelves, applicable also to shop fittings &c. The bracket arm A is pivoted in two slots b in the parts a, a' of two semicircular sleeves fitting loosely in a split tube B. The portion d of the bracket arm is wedge-shaped, so that, when it is desired to clamp the bracket at any height in the split-tube B, the arm A is rotated into its horizontal position, thus causing the sleeve to be firmly secured against the tube B. The lower part f of the arm A has lateral projections, which, engaging with the base of the parts a, a', retain the arm A in a horizontal position. Instead of the slots b, a plain hole may be used, the arm A being pivoted by means of a bolt, stud, or set-screw.
Patent GB-190422456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Making and Inserting Fasteners.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1905-10-18
Abstract: 2 2 , 4 5 6 . Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Oct. 18. Nailing; nails, making. Improvements in nailing- machines of the type described in Specification No. 23,374, A.D. 1897, consist of means for holding the wire during the cutting operation and means for removing the chip formed in cutting the point. Wire 15 is fed from the reel 14 by rollers 18, 20 to the passage 19 in the quill 16, mounted in the stationary plate 22. Between the top and bottom plates 22, 28 are two swinging plates 30, 32, pivoted on studs 24, 26 respectively, and operated by a lever 80 connected to an eccentric on the main shaft 6. The knife 40, clamped to the plate 30 and adjusted by the nut 46, shears off a chip from the wire exposed in the cut-away portion of the quill 16, Fig. 6, to form the point of the nail. The movement of the two plates 30, 32 severs the wire, and brings the driver 13 into alignment with the tube 34 which contains the severed nail. The chip-remover 54, Fig. 2, pivoted at 56 to the plate 30, is held in alignment with the cutting-edge of the knife 40 by the spring 58, and is adjusted by the screw 55. The chip is ejected when the part 56 moves across the bevelled face 106 of the quill 16. During the operation of the knife 40, the wire is held in the passage 19 by the movable section 60, Fig. 7, mounted in the slot a, Fig. 6, in the quill 16, and pressed against the wire by the spring 64. A pin on the part 60 rests in the notch 62, and a lug engages a groove in the plate 22. The plate 30 has an arm 71 connected to the lever 80, and downwardly-projecting lugs 90, 91 engaging shoulders 92, 93 to actuate the plate 32. The driver 13 passes through the passage 17 in the quill 16, and is actuated by the spring 12, the upward movement being effected by the cam 8 engaging the block 11. The grooved feed roller 18 is operated by ratchet mechanism consisting of the wheel 31 engaged by a number of pawls 94 of different lengths mounted on the end of the pin 33 in the arm 84, actuated by the lever 80. The length of feed is regulated by the shield 95, over which the pawls ride. The shield is fastened to the lever 97 pivoted on the stud 79, and is held in position by the spring-actuated dog 99 engaging teeth on the side of the lever 97. To regulate the feed corresponding to the longest or the shortest nails, the pin 95<*> on the lever 97 engages stops 105, 107 adjusted by the screw 109.
Patent GB-190422509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Washing, or Washing and Separating Solid Foreign Particles from, Produce, such as Grain, Peas, Beans and the like.
Inventor: MOIR ADAM
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 22,509. Moir, A. Oct. 19. Washing grain.-In a machine for washing or stoning wheat, peas, beans, and the like, the produce is thoroughly submerged and agitated in the water by means of a paddle-wheel. The paddle-wheel C is mounted in a casing B which projects some distance below the level a of the water in the washing-tank A. The materials to be treated are fed down a shoot D into the casing and are guided by a plate to the lower side of the wheel ; water is admitted through a pipe f, and flows, together with the materials, through an opening d in the side of the casing. Stones and other heavy particles then run down an inclined apron g and fall through an opening k into a compartment G, while the produce is carried over a weir h<1> to a spiral elevator E, which is supplied with rinsing-water by means of a pipe M. Water is also supplied to the apparatus through a pipe N, and, flowing through the opening k, assists in carrying the produce towards the weir the opening may be adjusted by means of a plate P which can be moved backwards or forwards by a screw r. At the bottom of the compartment G is fixed a chamber s, with a tap t at each end, to discharge the stones and foreign matter; a small pipe s<1> may connect the chamber with the tank A to avoid a rush of water when the upper tap is opened. Instead of having two taps t, the chamber may be fitted with a rotating cylinder provided with grooves or pockets, or a cylindrical casing may be used. Two or more paddle-wheels, following each other in succession, may be used, or such wheels may be arranged side by side with a midfeather between.
Patent GB-190500863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar Studs and the like
Inventor: SCHWIEGER ADOLF
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 863. Schwieger, A. Jan. 16. Cuff suspenders. - Relates to a stud with a gripping-device in the head for serving as a cuff-button and for keeping the cuff in place. The stud is formed in one piece with an axial hole throughout its length leading into the hollow in the base. In the stem is placed a loop b, the free endsof which are formed into claws e which are normally kept in a recess in the head by a spring c. By pressing on the false base-plate f, the claws can be made to protrude and grip the material, which, on release of the plate f, is drawn into the head of the stud. In a modification, no spring action is employed, the claws normally projecting somewhat beyond the head to enable them to be pulled out by hand.
Patent GB-190504185-A (GB)
Title: Improved Reversing Rotary Valves for Steam Engines.
Inventor: BRANDER ANDREW
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 4185. Brander, A. Feb. 28. Valves, starting.-Rotary distributing and reversing valves applicable to single or double acting simple or compound motors or marine engines, and shown applied to a single-acting compound engine, are placed at the ends of the cylinders. The valves e, f are divided by a partition g and have two inlet and two exhaust ports. They are connected by the shaft h to the exhaust pipe i and are rotated by chain or bevel gearing from the main shaft. These valves rotate in the sleeve d<1>, which can be turned for reversing to put either the ports l, l<1> or l<2>, l<3>, Fig. 3, in communication with the cylinder. When the engine is starting, steam may pass from the inlet d<5> to the low-pressure cylinder by the holes j<1>, being put in communication by moving the rod d<6>. The steam then passes to the low-pressure cylinder by the port h<1>.
Patent GB-190510758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Camphenes.
Inventor: BEHAL AUGUSTE
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 10,758. BÚhßl, A. May 23. Camphenes are produced by the action of lead acetate in acetic acid upon pinene hydrochloride. The mixture may be heated under atmospheric pressure or in an autoclave. Small quantities of bornyl and isobornyl acetates are also formed, and are separated by filtration and distillation. The acetic acid liquid is then cooled to crystallize the bulk of the acetic acid, and the liquid is drained off, neutralized, and steam-distilled to obtain camphene.
Patent GB-190512162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Slow Combustion Stoves and Water Heating Apparatus, for use in Greenhouses, and the like.
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 12,162. Binns, J., and Binns & Speight. June 10. Grates; doors; feeding.-A slow-combustion stove, applicable for heating water for greenhouses &c., is provided with an inclined, curved, hinged grate of large area, towards the back of which fuel is fed continuously from a hinged hopper, a hinged door being provided at the front. The fuel feeder F is attached by a hinge C<1> to a plate C which carries the flue G. The door L is hinged, as shown, to a hinged plate J, which has an aperture to receive the end R of the grate P. The grate is hinged at Q and has a projection S to engage a raising and lowering tool. The draught may be regulated by the door L and a ventilator M on it, A rack N, pivoted to the door, is operated by a handle O and engages a fixed projection O<1>, to hold the door in its adjusted position.
Patent GB-190518986-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Handle-bar for Cycles
Inventor: LORENZ LUDWIG
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 18,986. Lorenz, L. Sept. 20. Handle-bars.-In order that the handles of cycles may be raised and lowered as desired, the two parts b of the 'handle-bar, gearing together and mounted loosely upon pins i passing through holes, are clamped in position by a plate g pressed into contact therewith by a screw n. The pins pass loosely through the plate g and the front of the recessed head f of the stem. The screw passes through a cover-plate h held by the pins. For increased security, the contacting-surfaces of the plate g and the arms b are provided with radial teeth o. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 9846, A.D. 1897, No. 20,327, A.D. 1899, and No. 4013, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190518990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Treating Refuse Screenings from Grain, Millers' Rubbish, and the like to Separate the same into different Merchantable Substances, and in Apparatus for Effecting the same.
Inventor: GOODING JOHN HERBERT DAINES
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 18,990. Gooding, J. H. D. Sept. 20. Sifting and separating grain &c.-Refuse screenings from barley &c. and millers' rubbish of all kinds are cleaned and sifted to separate the valuable portions. The material is delivered to the sieve 13, which is shaken by the crank 11 and connecting- rod 12 and separates the dust, seeds, and fine havel, which pass to the worm 14 and are delivered to the spout 37. The coarser materials pass by a shoot 39 to a thrashing-drum 15, whence they pass to a sieve 18 which removes sack strings &c. The remainder then passes to a sieve 19, where a blast from a fan 17 removes chaff, and thence to a sieve 21, through which the clean seeds pass. The sieves 18, 19, 21 are rocked by a crank 10 and a connecting-rod 20. The material that will not pass the sieve 21 is delivered by the spout 23 to the elevator 24, whence it passes to the beater 26 and thence -to a shaking sieve 27, whence the fine chaff is removed by a blast from the fan 17 to the shoot 44, while the "coarse chobs pass by the shaking spout 34 to the fixed spout 49. The material passing the sieve 27 is delivered by the worm 30 to the cylindrical sieve 31, along which it is moved by the worm and where it is divided into " small corn," " best corn," and " fine chobs."
Patent GB-190520115-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement connected with Ball or Float Cocks.
Inventor: BRUCE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 20,115. Bruce, A. Oct. 5. Ball and float valves; casings; noise, preventing.- To lessen the noise made by the discharge of water from ball or float valves in waterclosets &c., an attachment is removably secured to the outlet to baffle the flow. A conical vessel a, Fig. 2, is attached to a cap d by arms c. The cap is provided with a dependent rim e and a flange f in which are bayonet slots for engagement with pins h on the outlet b. The device may be otherwise secured to the cock, and, if desired, the sides of the vessel and cap may be cylindrical, as shown in dotted lines. When the cock is opened, the water rushes into the vessel a, fills the same, overflows the upper edge thereof, and drops into the cistern.
Patent GB-190520668-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Opening or Stretching Punctures or Cuts in Pneumatic and other Tyres applicable also as a Pin Hole Spanner.
Inventor: BALLANCE HERBERT STANLEY
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 20,668. Ballance, H. S. Oct. 12. Spanners; combination tools.-An appliance for stretching or opening cuts or punctures in pneumatic and other tyres, stated to be applicable as a pin-hole spanner, consists of a coil of spring steel wire a terminating in branches b, c, provided with loops e, d, and having at their outer ends downwardly - projecting prongs adapted to be brought together by pressure and inserted in the pin-hole. When the pressure is released, the elasticity of the spring causes the prongs to jam against the walls, and the pin can be released or unscrewed.
Patent GB-190523461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sectional Warp Winding and Warping Machines.
Inventor: KELLETT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 23,461. Kellett, B. Nov. 15. Yarns, warping and beaming.-In a sectional warping and beaming machine, a slidable shaft 7 is driven by means of a friction pulley 6 and a disk 5 on the driving-shaft 1, and is provided with bevel and spur wheels 13, 15. The shaft 7 may be held in one of two positions by an arm engaging one of two annular grooves 11, 12, so that either the wheel 13 is in gear with a bevel-wheel 14 on a shaft S geared to the beam shaft 4, or the wheel 15 is in gear with a spur-wheel 16 on the swift shaft 3. When the beam is being driven, the pulley 6, which is slidably mounted on the shaft 7, is gradually moved along the shaft towards the centre of the disk 5, to diminish the speed of the beam as the yarn is wound thereon, by a forked arm 8 on a screwed shaft 9. This shaft is moved through its bearing by the intermittent operation of a ratchetwheel 18 mounted on the shaft, the ratchet-wheel being operated by an adjustable pawl on a centrallypivoted lever, which is oscillated by an eccentricrod and an eccentric 19 on a rotating shaft 20 geared to the swift shaft as shown. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the swift and warp beam may each be put into and out of gear by sliding a combined spur and bevel wheel upon the friction-pulley shaft, so that the swift or beam is rotated according to the position of the combined wheel.
Patent GB-190526252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Brakes for Ordnance.
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 26,252. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. March 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field carriages.-Relates to apparatus for adjusting the length of recoil in apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 19,434, A.D. 1905. Liquid passes during the recoil from the piston-rod side of the piston D', Figs. 2 and 3, to the rear of the piston by way of passages d<2> through the piston and twisted grooves e<2> in a throttling-rod E. By rotating the piston-rod, the relative positions of the passages and grooves may be varied to cut off the recoil at any given point. In a modification, Fig. 8, the twisted grooves g<1> are formed in the wall of the outer cylinder G, and the liquid passes through passages h<1> in the piston H. A rotary valve J mounted on the piston H prevents the direct escape of the liquid past the piston.
Patent GB-190527189-A (GB)
Title: Combined Railway Rail Joint and Chair.
Inventor: WEBB JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-12-29
Abstract: 27,189. Webb, J. S. Dec. 29. Chairs; rail joints. -Combined rail joints and chairs, of the type in which the base portions of oppositely - disposed rail - engaging members are interlocked under the base of the rails by registering slots and projections, are constructed with slots and projections extending across. the members so that the parts may be readily assembled in position. Fig. 1 shows a joint or chair having one member B provided with a dovetailed projection H which fits loosely into a corresponding recess extending the whole width, and nearly the whole length, of the base of the member C. Spikes, passed through holes o, f in both members, secure the chair to the sleepers. The upper portion of each member is bolted through the rail web in the usual manner, and is thickened at d under the extreme ends of the treads of the rails. Two or more variouslydisposed dovetailed projections and recesses may be used to interlock the members B, C, or such projections may be at right-angles to the length of the chair on one side, and dovetailed on the other. Separate detachable interlocking pieces may engage both members, or separately-formed pieces may be rigidly secured to either member so as to be substantially integral therewith.