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Patent GB-190303648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Beer and other Liquids.
Inventor: RUSSELL HERBERT SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-02-16
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 3648. Russell, H. S., [Spindler, C.]. Feb. 16. Cooling liquids.- Relates to apparatus for cooling beer and other liquids by the circulation of brine or" calcium "brine," ammonia, or r carbonic - acid gas. A series of looped tubes are arranged within a casing with their ends secured in a cap at one end, on which is fitted a divided and detachable head h. A longitudinal plate b, curved transversely, as shown in Fig. 2, extends across the casing between the upper and lower limbs of the tubes. The end of the casing where the bends in the tubes occur, is closed by a cap fitted with legs a<3>, and the cap at the other end is also provided with legs. The looped ends of the tubes are held in place by a perforated plate e extending across the casing. The cooling-medium enters and leaves the casing by pipes f, g. The cap a<4> has a flanged rim h<5>, which fits into a groove on the detachable head h. The lower part of the head has a three-way cock, connected with the beer inlet m<4>, an emergency outlet m<2>, and the inlet ends of the tubes, which ends may be provided with spirally-arranged plates to give a whirling motion to the liquid. The outlet ends of the tubes open into a chamber in the head with an air-inlet valve n, and a check valve k<3> in the outlet branch. A thermometer k is also provided. If a stoppage in the flow of beer occurs, the cock is turned, so that the beer in the apparatus will pass away through the emergency outlet m<2>, air entering to replace it at the vent n. Freezing of the apparatus is thus prevented.
Patent GB-190309707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Piers, Breakwaters and other Structures.
Inventor: CAY WILLIAM DYCE
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 9707. Cay, W. D. April 29. Building-blocks for piers and breakwaters are constructed as grooved cylindrical blocks. Fig. 1 shows a structure built of blocks A', B<1>, guided by chains R<1>, R' fitting in the grooves near their ends, and filling-pieces I<1>. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which the blocks are steered into place by arranging them so that all the grooves lie in two vertical planes. The blocks may be held together by rods H. Fig. 7 shows a method of steering by placing collars c on some of the blocks, which run in grooves G in the other blocks and in the filling-pieces I<4>.
Patent GB-190311255-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Finder for Photographic Apparatus
Inventor: GABRIEL CARL
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 11,255. Gabriel, C. May 18. Cameras.-Relates to a finder which gives an image of the same size as that on the plate. It may be made for one or both eyes, and consists of dispersing-lenses g and collecting-lenses h, the image being viewed through the latter. The lenses are mounted on transverse bars b, c, capable of being folded down towards each other, and connected by sliding bars a, a, held by a screw v. The fittings d of the lenses g are provided with grooves k, into which may be introduced shutters with rectangular openings of different sizes, corresponding to the shapes and sizes of the plates used. The fittings d may be simultaneously rotated by means of the handle o attached to the bar m. A stop on the movable part of the fitting and two screws q, r limit the rotation to an angle of 90‹. The collecting-lenses h have diaphragms s with circular openings. In order that the image may be of the same colour as the finished picture, the lenses g, h may be coloured brown, or a coloured disc t of glass or other material may be used. The finder is attached to the camera by the clip u.
Patent GB-190313385-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mill Pick
Inventor: SCHUEMANN JASPER HEINRICH FRIE
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 13,385. Sch³mann, J. H. F., and D³rr, C. H. T. June 15. Tools. - Relates to the construction of a pick with a renewable point for dressing millstones. The pick head a is secured on an ordinary handle and is formed with a grooved projection g on the front and lugs d on the underside, between which fits a point-holder f secured to the head a by a bolt l. The holder f is cut away to form a seat for a point i of regular tetrahedral shape, so that its four points may be brought alternately into the working position. If desired, the head a may have a point i at each end secured as above described.
Patent GB-190314880-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coupling or Towing Rod for Cycles, Motor Cycles, Motor Cars, & like Vehicles
Inventor: SHIPPOBOTTAM PETER
Filed: 1903-07-04
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,880. Shippobottam, P. July 4. Coupling, arrangements for ; tow i n g - arrangements for.-A detachable coupling or towing rod for motor and other cycles and other vehicles is shown connecting two bicycles. A tube b carries a leather or other disc b<2>, and can slide in a casing a under the influence of springs f, f<1>, the former of which is held in position by a nut f<2>. The tube b is connected to a tube or rod c by a screw-tbreaded socket d, or by a thumb-screw passing through the ends of the two parts. The casing a may be joined to the saddle pillar of one bicycle by a clip h, to which it is connected by pins k, k<1> to provide for lateral and vertical movement ; and the tube or rod c can be similarly connected to a clip m, which is fixed to the steering-head of the other bicycle and is shaped to permit of the free movement of the brake rod. The rod or tube c is sometimes connected, by a link and horizontal and vertical pin joints, to a plate bolted to the saddle lug of the front bicycle ; while the casing a is similarly linked to a clip on the steering-head of the other bicycle. The rod may be divided and carried in a receptacle provided for the purpose on one of the vehicles. Two or more rods may be arranged laterally or crosswise between two vehicles so that they can travel side by side. According to the Provisional Specification, the device may be used for connecting trailers to cycles &c.
Patent GB-190316350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tappets for the Shafts of Ore Stamp Mills and the like
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 16,350. Sandycroft Foundry Co., and Kelly, P. C. July 24. Mounting and securing tappets on shafts.-Detachable tappets for ore stamp mills and the like consist of a cylindrical sleeve 2, which has upper and lower collars 3, and has a gap to admit of its being slid upon a shaft or stem 1, the gap being then filled in by a piece 4, and the whole being held together and to the shaft or stem 1 by cottars or pins 5.
Patent GB-190317256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Planking or Settling Felt Hat and other Bodies.
Inventor: HAMNETT ROBERT
Filed: 1903-08-08
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 17,256. Hamnett, R. Aug. 8. Felt.-In machines for planking or settling folthat and other bodies h by rubbing and squeezing them in a vat a, between a drum b provided with ribs or projections c and a cradle v consisting of lugs u secured upon rigid metal bands or hinged together in sections, an oscillating rotary motion is imparted to the drum b, and the cradle v is rendered adjustable relatively to the periphery of the drum b. The oscillating rotary motion is imparted to a wheel d on the end of the shaft e of the drum b by any suitable means, such as by a worm f mounted to rotate and slide on a shaft g, the sliding motion being imparted by a crank n. The front end of the cradle is raised or lowered by connecting it to chains x passing over sprocketwheels y operated by a hand-wheel and worm gearing, a stop being provided to prevent the cradle from being set too near the drum. The rear end of the cradle is pivoted to brackets 1, which are horizontally adjustable by means of a screw 5 supported by a hand-wheel. The rear end of the machine is provided with a cover 14, which serves both to treat further the hats &c. and to return them to the feeding-end of the machine.
Patent GB-190320304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Combination Ejectors for Automatic Vacuum Railway Brakes.
Inventor: GRESHAM JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 20,304. Gresham, J., Gresham, H. E., and Kiernan, G. Sept. 21. Brakes. - The valves controlling the flow of steam and air through an automatic vacuum-brake ejector and train-pipe are connected so that the steam valve is not moved until the operating- handle is at or near the position for removing the brakes. The invention is described as fitted to a double ejector consisting of two concentric sets of nozzles n, w, Fig. 3, of which the inner is kept working continuously by an independent steam valve. The valve e, shown also in the crosssection of the ejector, Fig. 1, controls the flow of air into the chamber d and the train-pipe c. It is operated by the handle 11, and is mounted on the spindle 14, the other end of which carries a cam or lever 15 for operating the loose spindle 16 of the steam valve y, and thus regulating the steam supply of the outer set of nozzles. The valve e consists of a flat casing, the face of which is shown in Fig. 5, the face upon which it works being shown in Fig. 6. The handle 11 being moved to the "off " position, i.e., against the stop 12, the ports 9, 10 are connected by the port 7, and the steam valve y is lifted, so that the steam passes to the outer set of ejecting-nozzles. In the running position, the ports 9, 10 are connected by the port 7 but the valve y is closed, so that the outer set of nozzles is rendered inoperative, the inner set remaining at work to obviate the effects of leakage. To apply the brakes, the handle 11 is moved to the stop 13, when the ports 5, 6 coincide with and open the ports 8, 9, and the external air rushes through the perforations 30 in the valve e and into the train-pipe c, Fig. 1. The auxiliary valve 19 has a rubber or leather face 20, and is kept on its seat 21 by a spring 23 ; it is raised by a small lever 24 and a link 25.
Patent GB-190328379-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Distributing Liquid Sewage or Sewage Effluent upon Filter Beds.
Inventor: TAYLOR HARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 28,379. Taylor, H. W. Dec. 24. Sewage, treating; filtering.-Liquid sewage or effluent is distributed over a filter bed by means of apparatus, travelling on rails 13, Fig. 1, laid on each side of the bed. A siphon 17 is attached at one side and carries the liquid over from the supply trough 14 to a valve-box 16, from which it passes into one of the pipes 1, 2, Fig. 3. These are supplied with branch pipes 3, through which the sewage passes on to the vanes of water-wheels 5, 8. The latter distribute it on to the bed, and their rotation is communicated by the shafts 4, 6 to the travelling wheels of the apparatus. A sliding valve 29, Fig. 4, attached to a lever 18 is placed on the box 16 to cover alternately the ends of the pipes 1, 2. As the apparatus approaches one end of the bed, an arm 27, Fig. 1, strikes the forked end 20 and moves the valve from one pipe to the other, so that the sewage, being discharged through the corresponding water-wheel, drives the apparatus in the opposite direction to that in which it was previously travelling. The end of the siphon in the trough 14 is furnished with a valve 32, fixed to one end of a lever 30, Fig. 9. the other end of which is supported by a float 34 in the form of an inverted bell. The float being weighted, preferably by means of liquid contained in a cup-shaped vessel 33, falls with the level of the liquid in the trough and the valve 32 rises to close the siphon. The latter is supplied with an air vessel 22 fitted with valves 24 and a funnel through which water may be poured to start the siphon. The water-wheels may each extend the whole width of the filter, but they are preferably made so that one of them 5 distributes liquid to the centre of the bed, while the other is divided into parts 7, 8 placed at each side. In a modification, a single wheel, placed between the two pipes, is used.
Patent GB-190405131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Seals.
Inventor: DORMAN WILLIAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 5131. Dorman, W. S. March 1. Stoppers, - In making bottle stoppers of the kind described in Specification No. 28,393, A.D. 1902, a sheet-metal disc 6 is cut or stamped out, integral with a ring or tongue 7. The disc is slit as shown at 8, and is turned over, about the dotted line, to form a depending flange 9 adapted to embrace a disc of cork 5. The ring 7 is so bent in crosssection, that when turned over and down on to the face of the disc 6, its upper edge extends beyond the peripheral edge of the disc, and forms a retaining-ring adapted to engage under a shoulder 2 on the bottle neck. The free end 10 of the ring 7 serves as a finger-piece to release and remove the stopper. When the stopper is inserted, the cork disc is pressed down on to a bead 3 formed on the bottle neck.
Patent GB-190406690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Controlled Lifts.
Inventor: BUSH JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 6690. Bush, J., and Cherry, W. R. March 19. Motors, controlling.-For starting, reversing, and the like the motor working a lift controlled by push - buttons, two coils are used, one s for lifting and the other t for lowering. Current must only flow through one of these coils to the negative main, namely, that which is first energized. The lift touches at each floor buttons which may put it into contact with both. To avoid this, the solenoids are provided with armatures s<1>, t<1> carrying contact-pieces s<3>, t<3>. The armatures s', t<1> operate switches setting the motor in motion. If the up-coil is required, current flows down the left-hand wire through the contact-piece t<3> to the coil s. This lifts the armature s', which starts the lift and raises the contact s<3>, thus preventing current from coming down the other wire r to the coil t. Similar movements take place when lowering.
Patent GB-190408855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Rotary Pumps, Turbines or the like.
Inventor: HOPKINSON EDWARD
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 8855. Hopkinson. E., and Chorlton, A. E. L. April 18. Centrifugal pumps.-Relates to centrifugal pumps of the kind described in Specification No. 13,578, A.D. 1894, and applicable as engines or fans. A number of wheels g, Figs. 1 and 2, having curved vanes n, are mounted on a shaft m. Guidepassages k are formed in the end walls o and partitions a, so that the water has an unchecked flow to the outlet O. End pressure on the shaft is partly or wholly balanced by admitting the outlet pressure through a pipe v to a chamb3r containing a balance piston r. Only one pump wheel g, Fig. 5, may be used, and its shaft m is fitted with a stuffing-box substitute consisting of a collar w, which is pressed against a flange z on the end of the bearing by the unbalanced portion of the end pressure.
Patent GB-190413761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of, and Apparatus Employed in Casting Articles, and in the Cast Article Produced.
Inventor: COWDEN FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 13,761. Cowden, F. June 17. Casting.-Articles such as toothed gearing, car wheels, parts of permanent way, &c. are mide of cast steel with hardened surfaces by altering the composition of the steel at the requisite regions during the process of casting. The mould, shown for casting a wheel as in Fig. 3, has a chill d, formed with a series of apertures or recesses e, as one of the walls. When the mould is formed, a destructible annular tray f of sufficient size to bold piled upon it a requisite quantity of manganese is placed upon fusible pins g. The apertures in the chill are filled with coke and sand dampened with molasses water, and the chill is washed with a thin composition of manganese, coke, and molasses water. The metal is poured in at the gate h and, on coming in contact with the tray, destroys the latter and sweeps on the manganese, which it gradually absorbs, in front of it, only the front part of the steel thus becoming altered in composition. The molten metal containing the manganese absorbs the carbon in the recesses, and in this way the outside portion of the casting becomes tougher and harder than the remainder.
Patent GB-190414291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: EMMET WILLIAM LE ROY
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,291. Emmet, W. Le R., and Junggren, O. June 25, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam &c. turbines with vertical shafts. The bucket wheel 2 is inclosed by the casing 5 mounted on the condenser base 8 containing a chamber to receive the discharged fluid and mounted on the base 7. The base 9 has a central opening to receive the step bearing of the shaft 1, and is strengthened by a number of radial ribs 10. In a modification, the casing 14 of the bearing consists of a dome on the base 9, to which the ribs 10 are attached.
Patent GB-190425364-A (GB)
Title: Device for Bending Tubes.
Inventor: FROEHLICH EMIL
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 25,364. Fr÷hlich, E. Nov. 22. Bending.-An apparatus for bending tubes has a forming-piece c bolted to a base-plate a, the former having two semicircular grooves e, f of different sections to take two sizes of tube, one or the other being used by reversing the pins g. The pipe is held on the straight portion k of the former by a clamp h, and an arm l concentric with the former carries a lever n, to which is attached a pressing-piece p. This piece possesses a similar groove to that of the former, and prevents distortion of the section of the tube d, being always tangential so the tube at the place where it is to be bent The leverage may be increased for larger tubes by a pivoted lever q attached to the lever n by a pin s and pivoted to an arm r. In order to bring the lever n to the position n<1>, the lever q moves to the position q<1>, and thus the leverage is increased.
Patent GB-190427438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Bearings of Scales and Weighing Machines.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 27,438. Hipkins, W. E. Dec. 16. Bearings.-Relates to knife-edge bearings and to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 24,088, A.D. 1896. The bearing-pieces B, b, with straight or curved sides and with notches or slots B<1>, b<1>, fit into shaped holes A', a<1> in bearing- plates A, a. The pieces B, b are kept from coming out laterally by means of locking.plates C, c, the side edges of which engage in the notches or slots B<1>, b<1>. The plates C, c are held in place by screws D or otherwise. By this means, the bearing-pieces may he readily renewed. A cap f for excluding dirt &c. may be combined with the plate c.
Patent GB-190428567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Anti-ballooning or Thread-separating Devices for Ring-spinning, Ring-doubling and other kinds of Machines for Spinning and Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 28,567. Platt Bros. &. Co., and Bancroft, G. Dec. 28. Anti-ballooning arrangements.-Relates to means by which the anti-ballooning plates may be turned back to facilitate doffing and restored again to their original position. The plates a are mounted on a bar C carried by brackets d, which are hinged at e on the rail. The brackets are provided with stops g, which limit the movement of the plates a in the forward direction, and with hooked fingers h. When the ring rail is in its lowest position for doffing, the hooked end of the finger h takes behind the hooked end of a bar j, which may be slid longitudinally for the purpose of turning the plates a backwards about the pivots e or returning them to their normal position. The bars j may be operated by any suitable means. In the arrangement shown, they are connected to the lever mechanism, actuated by the handle 2, for raising and lowering the thread-guides t, so that the thread-guides and anti-ballooning plates are operated simultaneously. In a modification, the plates are turned into the backward position by hand and returned into their normal position by the mechanism described.
Patent GB-190428651-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method & Arrangement for Carrying Cartridges for Military & Sporting purposes.
Inventor: BURNETT JOHN JOYCE
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-12-29
Abstract: 28,651. Burnett, J. J., and Bubear, C. Dec. 29. Ammunition receptacles. - Cartridges E are carried in vertical tubes D attached to a suitable garment. A holder G of the kind described in Specification No. 28,650, A.D. 1904, is provided at the lower end of each tube.
Patent GB-190502205-A (GB)
Title: A Novel or Improved Construction of Gas-heated Sad or Box Iron.
Inventor: CLAYTON RICHARD
Filed: 1905-02-04
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 2205. Clayton, R. Feb. 4. Ironing.-To diminish the cost of manufacture, a gas-heated box iron is formed of a hollow sole A which is cast with the supports e of the hollow handle. The iron is heated internally by a gas burner which enters through the aperture a. Gills c increase the heated surface.
Patent GB-190510017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 10,017. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 12. Motors. controlling. -To obtain intermediate speeds in multipolar induction motors in parsing from one number of poles to another, the connexions from the mains to one set of primary terminals are broken, and the distance between the remaining terminals of each phase is gradually increased until a symmetrical arrangement is again obtained. Fig. 1 shows the stator S of a three-phase motor having a number of tappings connected to a controller F. In the first position of the controller, the motor is connected as a six-pole motor, as shown in Fig. 2. In the second position, Fig. 3, the connexions to the taps A3, Bs, C3 are broken, and an asymmetrical four-pole motor is obtained, although it still operates as a six-pole motor, the portion of the stator winding disconnected with the mains being practically idle as far as the speed is concerned. The connexions are then shifted to increase the distance between the terminals A1 and A2, B1 and B2, C1 and C2 of each phase, until, in.the last position of the controller, the terminals are symmetrically arranged for a four-pole motor, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190511303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Manufacture of Brushes.
Inventor: WEIR WILLIAM ADAM
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 11,303. Weir, W. A. May 30. Bristles, fixing; collapsible brushes; circular brushes.-A strip a, Figs. 1 and 2, of aluminium or other metal is slit longitudinally at intervals as shown, pieces of metal being alternately raised as at d and depressed as at c so as together to form circular or like loops for holding doubled bunches of bristles e, the lowest strip f of the metal being bent as in Fig. 2 to prevent a wire g, Fig. 1, holding the bristles from drawing them through. The uncut part of the metal h may be left flat or made curved as at h<1>. Strips so made may be mounted in any suitable manner by coiling or otherwise, or may be adapted at their ends for application to collapsible brushes as described in Specification No. 28,798, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190512600-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Effecting Marine Propulsion.
Inventor: HEROULT PAUL LOUIS TOUSSAINT
Filed: 1905-06-17
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 12,600. Heroult, P. L. T. June 21,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Resistance to propulsion, reducing; supported on rollers.-In order to reduce resistance to propulsion, the vessel is lifted out of the water by the reaction of blades, which, acting obliquely on the water, also propel the vessel. In the form shown, the blades b are hinged at a to drums A at both ends of the vessel. These drums are driven by suitable gearing and are supported on the ends of arms c, adjustable about the axis d. The arms are connected by springs to the vessel, so that the wheels may ride the waves without the vessel partaking of their motion.