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Patent GB-190312901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counter Current Steam Condensers
Inventor: WEYMAN JAMES EDWARDES
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 12,901. Weyman, J. E. June 9. Condensers.-The condenser is of the concretecement type with separate outlets 9, 3 for the vapour and water respectively, and automatic apparatus for destroying the vacuum, cutting off the water supply, and closing the exhaust pipe if the water rises too high. The steam enters at 2 and meets the water, which enters at 5, flows round the tubes 6 for cooling the escaping vapour, and, falling through an aperture in the plate 8, is spread by baffles 13, 14 and made to take a zig-zag course. The vapour may arise round the tubes and the water flow through them and escape through roses or slits and be further sprayed by gauze baffles. The water in the well 3 works a float 18 and lever 19, which opens a valve 33 and allows the vacuum to act upon a small piston 28, wbich closes the throttle valve 30 in the water pipe. The lever also opens valves 21 by which air is admitted to the condenser. A valve 36 is closed by a float as the water rises, and normally serves to direct the exhaust steam into the condenser.
Patent GB-190317707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for use on Pneumatic Tyres and for like purposes.
Inventor: WOLLSCHLAEGER OTTO
Filed: 1903-08-15
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 17,707. Wollschlõger, 0., and LattÚ, F. Aug. 15. Tyres, pneumatic. - In valves for pneumatic tyres, a conical flap is cut from a rubber or other elastic disc which serves as the valve seat, and the disc and flap are inserted between the metal parts of the valve. The tube d, leading to the tyre, has a cup screwed on to it carrying a screw-threaded nozzle c for the attachment of the pump. The middle portion of the elastic disc e is cut in an incomplete conical manner to form the flap f, and the disc is compressed between the tube d and a smooth surface in the cap so that the size of the opening in the disc is diminished and the flap held in its seating in an airtight manner. The flap is larger than the bore a in the nozzle c, and is normally retained on its seating by the elasticity of its material and the internal air pressure.
Patent GB-190317808-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Preparing Wood for Taking Colouring Matter.
Inventor: BRENNER JOACHIM BARON
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,808. Brenner, J. B. Aug. 17. Wood, dyeing.-Wood is prepared for taking colouring-matter by subjecting it to the action of superheated steam, which opens the fibres and loosens the resin, and then to the action of sulphuric acid, which parchmentizes the cellulose fibres. The acid is neutralized by an alkaline solution, and the salt formed is removed from the wood by washing. The dye mixed with a mordant is then forced into the wood.
Patent GB-190320242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes and Free Wheel Clutches for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CHAMBERLAIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 20,242. Chamberlain, W., and Chamberlain, A. Sept. 21. Clutches; brakes. -In a free-wheel and back-pedalling brake device for cycles, an internally - wormed segmental drum is adapted to move longitudinally along a sleeve upon the rear - wheel spindle, so that, in one position the drum, free to rotate, engages the hub and effects driving, in an intermediate position the drum is out of engagement with the hub, and in a third position the drum, prevented from rotating, engages the hub and acts as a brake. The drum E, with cam surfaces corresponding to those of a sleeve B, has teeth to engage a crown-wheel C on the spindle, so that, during forward pedalling, the drum moves on the sleeve towards the sprocket-wheel and, assisted by tapered slides F, which have inclined undersurfaces riding on the threaded sleeve, is expanded into contact with the inner face of the hub; in free-wheeling, the arrest of the cranks allows the drum to release itself from the hub, and the wheel runs free ; in back-pedalling, the drum, moving on the sleeve towards the fixed clutch wheel C, is again expanded into contact with the hub, but its motion is now prevented by engagement with the fixed teeth, so that the rotation of the hub is retarded. A spring band G let into the drum, keeps the segments in place. If desired, the sleeve may have cam surfaces only at its ends. The slides F may be made the whole length of the drum. The Provisional Specification states that the clutch surfaces may be coned instead of being provided with teeth, and adds that, in a modification, the sprocket may be wormed to draw the sleeve and operate the drum, " or a spiral spring " may be placed on the wormed segmental drum, " and in driving or braking the wheel it will clutch " with the wall of the ball race and expand."
Patent GB-190321782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Plates or Sheets of Glass and Apparatus to be Employed in such Manufacture
Inventor: HIRST JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-09
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 21,782. Hirst, J. Oct. 9. Flattening; pressing; rolling.-Plates or sheets of glass are made by rolling, the glass being subjected to air pressure both during the rolling and afterwards. The metal M is deposited in a highlypolished recess 2 in a table 1, which is preferably heated. A frame 7, placed around the edges of the recess, facilitates the subsequent removal of the plate. A cover 3, which fits in an airtight manner on the table, is then lowered into place, and a roller 8 mounted in the cover is set in motion while compressed air is admitted through a valve 26. The roller 8 may be adjustably mounted in swinging-arms 15 connected to a shaft 16, or its axle 11 may be connected at its ends to chains passing over sprocket-wheels, the shaft 16, or the sprocket-wheels, being operated by a handle outside the cover 3. The cover is raised and lowered by suitable gearing connected with the threaded spindles 25.
Patent GB-190326659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magneto Electric Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MASSON PAUL
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 26,659. Masson, P. Dec. 5. Magneto-electric machines for igniting in internalcombustion engines. The armature has a core 7, round which the windings are placed, connected to pole-pieces 6 held in position by copper or suitable metal plates 8, attached to shafts 4, 5 running in ball bearings. Bolted to, but insulated from, the plates 8 are two rings 9, 10. Two of the bolts are used for the connections of the armature windings. Bearing on the rings 9, 10 are springs 29, 19 making contact with the terminal 28 and the condenser terminal 18 respectively, the plates of the condenser being preferably of aluminium. Supporting the pole-pieces 21 of the magnet is an aluminium plate 20, through which passes a cam 22 fixed on the shaft 5. Attached to the plate and operated by the cam is a spring 24, which makes a.nd breaks the primary circuit through the spring 26 conneted to the condenser terminal 18, the current in the secondary circuit being taken from the lead 30. The primary and secondary coils may be arranged parallel to each other and at right-angles to the axis of the armature.
Patent GB-190401972-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Unloading Ships and Construction of Ships therefor.
Inventor: HOLZAPFEL ALBERT CHARLES AUGUS
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1972. Holzapfel, A. C. A. Jan. 26. Pontoons; clumping-vessels.-Relates to a method of unloading in which the ship is raised in order to allow the cargo to run out through doors in the bottom and sides. The pontoon b for raising the ship is about the length of the ship, and is fitted with two or more lateral arms c and towers d at each side, which serve to ensure the stability of the pontoon when loaded. When the ship is discharged through doors in the bottom, it is supported on girders resting between two pontoons, which, if arms and towers are required, has them on one side only. The Provisional Specification describes a suitable form of ship adapted to unload through the bottom. It has two keelsons having a tunnel between them with doors in both the top and bottom of the tunnel. Where the doors are in the sides, they are protected by trunk-ways.
Patent GB-190402177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttlecocks.
Filed: 1904-01-28
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 2177. Jaques, J., and Jaques & Son, J. Jan. 28. Shuttlecocks.-T h e feathers a of a shuttlecock are strengthened by a wire, metal, or cane ring b, which is placed inside the quills, and secured to the quills by lacing, glueing, &c.
Patent GB-190405374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Gear for Controlling Lifts or Hoists.
Inventor: BJOERNSTAD JOERGEN
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 5374. Bj÷rnstad, J. March 4. Lifts.-Relates to pushbutton electrically - con - trolled lifts, and more particularly to that described in Specification No. 9019, A.D. 1901, and comprises means whereby, when one button is operated, the others are rendered inoperative until the car arrives at its destination. T h i s is effected by the use of a number of relays or electromagnetic switches, one corresponding to each push-button circuit, through the electromagnets in which the current passes in series to all the push-buttons. When a push-button is pressed, the electromagnet in the corresponding relay operates the switch so as to break the circuit to all the push-buttons, and simultaneously establishes another circuit which keeps the electromagnet energized, and also makes a contact which completes a circuit whereby the main controller is actuated. The positive main divides at O. The wire P passes through the series of electromagnetic switches or relays 7 &c., Fig. 2, by insulated contacts on levers, so that, normally, there is electrical communication through the relays to the push-buttons on the floors and car. The wire Q passes through locking-devices at the well and cage doors to the relays by the wire 59. The buttons on the floors and the respective ones in the car are connected in parallel by the wires 18 &c. to the relays, the wire 18 being that from the buttons corresponding to the lowest floor. If any button be pressed, current flows by the corresponding wire 18 &c. to a solenoid 55 and thence by a wire 35* to the negative main. The solenoid being energized, it draws up its armature and the lever 56* and breaks off current through the wire P at the insulated contact 69. Current then flows by the wire Q to the terminal 57, all the buttons being then out of circuit, and out by the wire 34 to the contact-bar of a direction device. The current also continues through the solenoid by the wire z until a bar 72 on a weight 71 moving in the opposite direction to the lift arrives in position to short-circuit it upon the car reaching its destination, which is effected by the wires 37 &c. and 35*, whereupon the lever 56* drops and the current is broken. When the lever 56* rises, owing to pressure on a particular button, contact is broken at 64 and the position of the bar 73, also carried by the weight 71, in relation to the broken contact determines whether the lift moves up or down by directing current through one or more of the wires 23 &c. and 35 by the wires 15 or 16 to the switches operating the motor for up or down motion. The relays 7 &c. may be altered in construction so that levers are dispensed with and the required contacts made or broken by conductors, on which springs press, on an extension of the armature of the solenoid.
Patent GB-190418279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubular Metallic Piles.
Inventor: STERN OTTOKAR
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 18,279. Stern, O. Aug. 23. Piles.-Tubular metal piles are provided with skeleton shoes formed of a ramming-point and a number of arms for securing them to the piles. By this means, the ground can be tested after the pile is driven, and, when the pile is filled with concrete or the like, part of this passes into the soil and ensures a firmer foundation. Fig. 2 shows a view of the bottom of a hollow pile, the shoe 2 being provided with the securing-arms 3 and the solid strengthening-piece 4. The piles are driven by means of removable wooden cores.
Patent GB-190423131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs and like Instruments.
Inventor: RUNGE EDUARD
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 23,131. Runge, E. Oct. 27. Phonographs &c.-The stylus holder consists of a cross-shaped bar, having a wedge-shaped socket to receive the stylus, which may be held in position, when not m use, by a magnet, spring, &c. The holder 8, Fig. 1, may be mounted on pins 10 so that it can only oscillate about that axis. The walls of the socket are preferably tapered as shown in Fig. 4, and the stylus is gripped by the wedgeshaped slots 14, 15, in the discs 12, 13, forming the ends of the socket. The sound-box is shaped as shown in Fig. 1 and is adapted to receive a cover to exclude dust &c.
Patent GB-190423601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Discharge of Ore, Coal and other Material from hoppers and the like.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM ROSCO
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 23,601. Smith, W. R. Nov. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Unloading; shoots. - Consists of means for facilitating the regular discharge of ore, coal, grain, &c. from a hopper, more particularly in connection with a vessel having a hold with a hoppershaped false bottom discharging on to a belt conveyer beneath it. In the outlet shoot c of the hopper is mounted a rotary gate having curved wings 2 forming pockets which deliver successive charges of material on to the conveyer &c. beneath. The edges of the wings 2 are acute angled and tangential to the periphery of the gate, so that they readily penetrate the material. The portions g of the hopper just above the outlet are pivoted at g', and can be moved outwardly by means such as the gearing shown to cause the collapse of an arch of material over the outlet. To prevent breakage due to the presence of abnormally large and hard lumps, one side of the shoot c may be yieldiogly held in place.
Patent GB-190424100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Process for the Recovery of Glycerine from Spent Soap Lye, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: GARRIGUES WILLIAM EMIL
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 24,100. Garrigues, W. E. Nov. 8. Drawings to Specification. Glycerine.-Relates to a process for recovering glycerine from spent soap lye and distilling-apparatus for use therein. The lye is first neutralized with a mineral acid, preferably sulphuric acid, and the fatty acids are precipitated with a suitable salt, such as aluminium sulphate, and filtered off. The filtrate is concentrated, and the sodium sulphate and chloride, which crystallize out, are removed. Barium chloride is next added, precipitating barium soap and barium sulphate. The remaining fatty acids are liberated by means of sulphuric or other acid, and the insoluble part, coated with the barium sulphate, removed together with the barium soap. Alternatively, the fatty acids may be coated for ease in subsequent filtration by the addition of barium sulphate. The liquid is again concentrated, a portion of the volatile fatty acids being thus removed, and finally the glycerine is distilled off in the presence of an alkali such as sodium carbonate. In the treatment of soap residues that have been previously freed from mineral salts, water is first added, and then either acid or barium chloride and acid, the precipitate is removed, the water and volatile acids evaporated, and the glycerine distilled in the presence of alkali.
Patent GB-190424804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cooling the Air in Rooms and the like.
Inventor: WITTER JAMES CALDWELL
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 24,804. Witter, J. C. Nov. 15. Cooling air.-Air is forced or drawn by means of a fan 31 through flat conduits 20, which are divided into separate tubes 200 by horizontal partitions, and are surrounded by a freezing- mixture, as shown in part sectional plan in Fig. 3. Guides 32 serve to direct the air into the tubes, which are fitted internally with corrugated baffle-plates 23 to delay the air in its passage. Stiffening-ribs 24, Fig. 4, act as guides for introducing the baffle-plates into the tubes. In a modification, corrugated tubes with straight baffles are employed.
Patent GB-190426555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Pile-fabrics
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,555. Lake, H. H., [Crompton Co.]. Dec. 6. Pile-cutting.-In machines, such as are described in Specificition No. 11,259, A.D. 1890, in which a series of parallel knives are employed, the number of knives is doubled without increasing the number of tension belts, one belt being wide enough for two knives since the latter are more closely arranged. The fabric B, Fig. 3, passes over the rollers and the frame D as shown, and is held against the taking-in roller E by a series of endless tension belts H. Mounted on each support b is the vertical standard C, Fig. 2, carrying the crosspiece d, which is fastened by clamp nuts e<1> to studs e. These studs carry the shanks of forked standards f, which can swivel to a limited extent in the studs, so that the knife can follow any irregularities in the race and also cut several adjacent races without any alteration in the position of the fabric. The knife g<1>, Figs. 3 and 5, is connected by a depending arm h, provided at one end with a hub passing over a stud g<2>, and at the other end with a hub, through which the shank of the knife-holder i' passes. A screw l is fixed near one end to a stud k, which prevents any forward movement of the knife g<1>, and has its other end l<1> toe-shaped to engage with a projection on the knife-holder and prevent any backward motion of the arm h. If the knife penetrates the fabric, the drag of the fabric causes it to turn downwards and the knife-holder i<1> to swivel in the hub of the arm h. The projection on the knife-holder turns out of engagement with the toe l<1> and releases the arm h, which then turns on the stud g<2> and allows the knife to be turned backwards so as to be drawn out of the fabric. The forked standard f, Fig. 2, carrying the knife-arm g has its ears brought close together with only space enough between them for the knife-arms, and the bolt f<2> connecting the whole together is held in place by a nut f The tension spring m, Figs. 3 and 5, for the knife is flat, and has its free end turned downwards and provided with a V-shaped slot to receive the top edge of the knife, thus holding the latter against the fabric as well as preventing lateral movement. Instead of permanently uniting the tension spring to the holder m<1>, it is detachably clamped thereto.
Patent GB-190426569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Preventing Side-slip of Road-Vehicles.
Inventor: PRESTWICH EDWARD PERCIVAL
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,569. Prestwich, E. P. Dec. 6. Tyres, pneumatic &c. -Relates to means for attaching to the rim the chains, studded bands, &c. used to prevent side slip. Transverse plates B are hinged at B<1> to arms C which engage with hooks D carried by the non-slipping device A. The transverse plates are drawn tight, to clamp the arms C to the rim G, by operating thumbscrews E fitted with lock-nuts F.
Patent GB-190502965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cutters for Wood Working Machines.
Inventor: WADKIN JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 2965. Wadkin, J. W., and Jarvis, D. J., [trading as Wadkin & Co.]. Feb. 13. Tools and tool-holders.-A cutter for slotting out the ends and sides of boards to form a joint in making boxes, cases, chests, and the like consists of a cylindrical block, containing longitudinal grooves B, recessed at B', B' to minimize machining and closed at one end by a plate D. The cutter-blades E, which consist of flat steel and are cut diagonally at the ends E<1> with a part E<3> reduced in thickness by milling, and spacing-pieces F are slid alternately along the grooves B, the spacing-pieces being provided with pegs abutting the front edge of the recess C to prevent the cutter-blades from being pushed outwards. The plate G is fixed to the block by bolts and the cutters and spacing - pieces are tightened by screws J.
Patent GB-190510372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Films for Photograhic and other purposes
Inventor: SMITH JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 10,372. Smith, J. H. May 18, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Special materials for valves.-A film primarily for photographic purposes, and consisting of a double gelatin layer enclosed between two coatings of nitrocellulose, is applicable for diaphragm purposes, and for valves in dry-fluid engines.
Patent GB-190512432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Cut-offs or Interrupters for Electric Current.
Inventor: CERVERA-CANIZARES DOMINGO
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 12,432. Canizares, D. Cervera-. June 30, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-An automatic interrupter continually makes and breaks a consumer's lighting or power circuit as long as excess current is demanded. The sectorshaped armature j, forming part of a forked plate h, is movable on a spindle q and provided with an adjustable counterweight g. This is set to determine the current at which the electro-magnet a will attract the armature and cause the right-hand horn of the plate h to strike. the pin l, and so move the curved switch-arm c pivoted at o to the ' off ' position against a stop m, as shown in Fig. 3. The current, being cut off, the plate is pulled back by the operation of the counterweight and knocks the switch back into the ' on' position. The operations are thus repeated continually. The normal path of the current is from the terminal x through the magnet a, supporting- bracket b, pivot o, switch arm c, contact i, and terminal d to the terminal y. The whole apparatus is enclosed in a case t.
Patent GB-190514023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inks for Color Printing.
Inventor: SERCK PETER OSCAR
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 14,023. Serck, P. O. July 15. Ink for colour-printing. Relates to inks treated in such manner that they will not mix or run together when used in close proximity to one another for application to a forme for printing several colours simultaneously, and consist in treating the inks with the following ingredients essentially in, or closely approximating to, the proportions stated. The printing-ink is first mixed with a composition composed of copaiba balsam 70 grammes, glycerine 25 grammes, tincture of myrrh 4 grammes, sandal-wood oil 4 grammes, Canada balsam 4 grammes, crude petroleum 3 grammes, refined turpentine 3 grammes, alcohol 5 grammes, black powdered manganese oxide 1“ grammes. This is used in the proportion of 22 grammes to every pound of ink. On the ink thus prepared is poured a mixture of equal parts of the following, namely, (1) chloroform 30 grammes, ether 90 grammes ; (2) ammonia. The ink prepared as above may be used in a partitioned duct and transferred to the inking-mechanism and formed in stripes, or if only a few impressions are required the ink may be placed directly on one of the inking-rollers.
Patent GB-190516127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picking-straps for Mechanical Weaver's Looms.
Inventor: MAI JOHANN
Filed: 1905-08-08
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 16,127. Mai, J., and Richter, F. Aug. 8. Loom picking-straps are made of two or more layers a, b, which are braided, plaited, or similarly manufactured of spun hempen strings. The layers are sewn together by border seams c, e and one or more curved seams d.
Patent GB-190519114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wick-tubes for Lamp, Stove and like Burners.
Inventor: MANN LUDWIG
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 19,114. Mann, L. Sept. 21. Oil stoves. -Air is admitted to the reservoir by a tube c, with a removable bent end c<1>, situated within t h e inner wick-tube a<2> which is closed at the bottom b. In a modification, the removable tube c<1> is straight, with a closed top and a side air admission pipe pointing downwards.