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Patent GB-190304450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blind Fixtures.
Inventor: KEELER HERBERT ELIJAH
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 4450. Keeler, H. E. Feb. 25. Window blinds.-Relates to means for use with spring-actuated blinds in order to hold the blinds in any desired position and also to guide the blind. The blind A, Fig. 1, is mounted on a spring-actuated roller L<2>, and provided with a counterpoise strip L<4>. Shoes A' are mounted in a tube A<7> carried in the lower part of the blind, and are provided with rollers A' adapted to run in guideways L in posts at the sides of the window. The shoes are preferably secured to plungers A<8> provided with pin-and-slot connections A<3>, A<4> and pressed outwards by springs A<5>. The plungers may be connected to the shoes by reduced spindles, and retained in the tube by means of flanged screw &c. ferrules. Theshoes may be secured to the blind as described in Specification No. 9787, A.D. 1902. The shoe rollers may be arranged to rotate irregularly, those of the same shoe preferably in the same phase, and all preferably having a simultaneous lateral motion due to the action of the irregularly-rotating rollers, or of irregular guideways, or of both. The irregularly-rotating rollers A<2>, Fig. 2, are of elliptic form, and are provided with elliptic pivot holes B<1>, but circular pivot holes may be used. Polygonal or other non- circular rollers may be used, or circular rollers may be provided with elliptic or polygonal pivot holes, or circular or non-circular rollers may be mounted eccentrically. The rollers may be provided with treads of leather, rubber, &c. An irregular guideway is shown in Fig. 6, and may be used with circular rollers K', or with non-circular rollers, and in the latter case the pitch of the irregularities should correspond with the circumference of the rollers.
Patent GB-190304455-A (GB)
Title: Improved Boring or Drilling Machine Worked by Fluid Pressure.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 4455. Imray, O., [De Fries & Cie.]. Feb. 25. Drilling. - Relates to nortable compressed-air and similar drilling- machines. and consists, mainly, in means for securing lead in the valves in oscillating - engines. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the mill is driven through gearing from a crank shaft rotated by a pair of oscillating cylinders, arranged in a plane but not in line. The working-fluid is supplied through the handle 1. and the passages 2, 3 to the valve faces 4, and is exhausted through the passages 25, 26 and the port 27. By rotating the handle through 180‹, the passage 2 is brought into register with the passage 25, and the engine is reversed. Between the valve face 4 and the cylinder is placed a valve 7, which is actuated by an eccentric to give the necessary lead. The valve-spindle slides in the eccentric strap to allow for the relative longitudinal movement. The crank shaft rotates in three bearings, and carries a pinion in gear with a wheel on the drilling-spindle. This gear runs in an oil bath. The feeding of the spindle is effected by the screwed tube 29 and the nut 3 provided with handles 31. By removing a screw, oil can be introduced into the casing. The bearing 34 is formed as a stuffing-box to prevent the escape of the oil.
Patent GB-190306954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Forming Lead Peroxide on Plates of Electric Accumulators.
Inventor: DIAMANT JULIUS
Filed: 1903-03-25
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 6954. Diamant, J. March 25. Secondary batteries.-Relates to the electrolytic production of layers of lead peroxide on the surfaces of large electropositive plates, and consists in adding to the electrolyte a sulphonic or oxysulphonic acid derivative of methane, or a mixture such derivatives, obtained in the usual way by the action of sulphuric acid, sulphuric anhydride, or fuming sulphuric acid, upon organic compounds having an easily removable methyl group, such as methylsulphuric acid, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, acetic acid, acetic anhydride, or the like. The different sulphonic or oxysulphonic acids, such as methylsulphonic, methylenedisulphonic, methenyltrisulphonic, oxymethylenesulphonic, or oxymethenyldisulphonic acid, are separated by means of the varying solubilities of their salts, and added pure to the electrolyte, or the mixture is added directly. After formation, the plates are not affected by the products of electrolysis, sulphuric and carbonic acids.
Patent GB-190309399-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Loading of Explosion Chambers at the Ends of Blast Holes.
Inventor: ANSCHUETZ FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-04-25
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 9399. Ansch³tz, F. April 25. Blasting.-A tool for loading explosion chambers at the ends of blastholes consists of flanged tubes a, b and a plunger c. The tubes a, b have openings near their ends, and a nipple n on one tube, working in a slot m in the other tube, holds the openings in register. The inner tube is closed at its end by a curved piece f and the end of the plunger is similarly curved to facilitate expulsion of the cartridges i. The inner tube and plunger are withdrawn when the chamber is loaded so that the primary cartridge can be inserted by a longer plunger.
Patent GB-190316295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draw-gears for Railway Cars
Inventor: COURSON JOHN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 16,295. Courson, J. F. July 23. Draw-gear; couplings, automatic.-Draw-gear is arranged to offer a combined spring and frictional resistance to movement of the draw-bar in either direction. The draw - bar 4, Figs. 2 and 3, is placed between friction plates 5, which are supported between stop-bars 3 fixed to the sills 1 of the vehicle. Stop-plates 8 are fitted into recesses 7 in the bars 3, and double springs 9 with follower plates 10 are placed in openings in the plates 8 and draw-bar 4 to resist the initial motion of the drawbar. Similar springs are also placed in openings 12 in the plates 5 and the draw-bar. The plates 5 accompany the drawbar in its initial movement, but are arrested after a small displacement by inclines 13 on the plates 5 engaging corresponding inclines 14 on the bars 3. The second set of springs is thus caused to come into action, and the friction plates 5 are pressed against the draw-bar. The springs are retained in position by a removable plate 15 sliding in grooves in the bars 3. In a modification shown in Fig. 6, the stop-bars are made up of channel irons and angle-irons riveted to the sills. When it is desired to make an unyielding connection between two cars, the draw-bars may be locked to the stop-bars by pins 19 held in place by a pin 20. In another arrangement, shown in Fig. 8, a number of springs, which come into action successively are placed in openings in the draw-bar and in channel-iron stop-bars 21 riveted to the sills. In applying the draw-gear to cars with wooden sills, it may be fixed between Z-irons bolted to the sills. The spring 24 for holding the coupling-head 23 in a central position is placed in an opening 25 in the draw-bar and in a recess 26 in the tail of the coupling-head. The pivot connecting the head to the bar is formed by two discs 27, 27 connected by bolts 29 to the head 23. The meeting faces of the discs 27 have inclined surfaces such that, when the bolts 29 are removed and the discs turned relatively to one another, they collapse into the hole 30 in the draw-bar and allow the head to be removed.
Patent GB-190317288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Spindles of Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Inventor: BARRON DANIEL
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 17,288. Barron, D. Aug. 10. Spindle apparatus.- The spindles h of ring frames revolve in long bearings g supported in bolsters a provided with a passage f through which lubricant is supplied to the bearings without stopping the spindles. The end of the bolster is reduced to fit tightly in an oil-cup b, which is partially filled with oil and pressed up over the bolster so as to force the oil up the passage f, and through holes h<1> in the bearings g. A fluid-tight joint is made between the bolster and the cup by a layer c of soft metal, asbestos, or, in some cases, hard metal, and a rib or groove may be formed on the end of the bolster when a soft packing is used. The cup is secured to the bolster by a single or multiple screw thread i, and, in some cases, the threads on each may be interrupted so that the cup can be lifted up fully and locked by a partial rotation. A fluid-tight joint may also be made at the top of the cup b by arranging a packing ring of soft metal or material between the top of the cup and a square shoulder formed at the reduced part of the bolster. The nut k for securing the bolster to the rail can pass over the cup.
Patent GB-190322639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers and Frames for Electric Junction Boxes and the like.
Inventor: RONBINSON STANLEY
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 22,639. Robinson, S. Oct. 20. Junction and test boxes.-Consists in constructing the frame and cover of junction boxes and the like so as to provide means for their ventilation and also to prevent access of water to their interior. A groove E, Fig. 5, is cut all round the frame, and provided at intervals with outlet holes F, while the cover has a bevel B all round its under surface with holes C at intervals. Air can thus penetrate to ventilate the inside, but condensing moisture falls through the hole F to the earth K. The bevel B, instead of finishing at the edge of the hole C, may extend beyond it, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190325077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Caramel Cutting and Wrapping Machines.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 25,077. O'Donnell, J. P., [Peters, F. M.]. Nov. 17. Parcelling confectionery.-Relates to machinery for cutting strips of candy caramel into cubes, and wrapping these up in paper. Fig. 3 shows a rear elevation, Fig. 5 a vertical section, and Fig. 6 a crosssection, of the apparatus. The strip is passed between rollers u, v to a pair of toothed feed-wheels e, the vertical shafts of which are driven, through bevel-gearing, from a shaft i. A ratchet-wheel j, on the end of the shaft i, receives motion from a pawl l, carried by a lever k vibrated, by a rod r, from a crank-plate q on the driving-shaft p. The lower end of the rod r is reduced and passes through a D-shaped projection s on the lever k, an adjustable collar t on the rod allowing the motion of the lever to be regulated. The rollers u, v are geared together, and the upper roller u is provided at the end with a collar, and is driven by chain gearing 9 from the shaft p. The strip is cut into cubes by a circular cutter 15 mounted eccentrically on a transverse shaft 11 driven through bevel gearing from the shaft p. The mechanism for advancing the paper underneath each cube, and between it and a pocket 36 of the head 34, is similar to that described in Specification No. 11,700, A.D. 1901. The paper passes over a guide 39, the feed-lever 42 being operated by a rod from an eccentric 48 on the shaft p. One of the side walls of each pocket 36 is made yielding and of the form of a spring 37, to provide for slight differences in the sizes of the cubes. The plunger 49, which forces the cubes &c. iuto the pockets 36, is pivoted at one end, while the other end has a downwardly-projecting portion 51 forming the plunger proper. The plunger is forced down, against the action of a spring 53, by an eccentric on the shaft 11. The cubes are sized, as they are forced into the pockets, by a pair of U -shaped bars 54, mounted in guides 55 and pressed towards each other by springs 56, the vertical arms of the bars serving as stops. The paper is cut by a vibrating knife 58, actuated by an eccentric 59 on the shaft 11 and working through slots 60 in the head 34. The paper is folded, and the folded packages ejected from the pockets 36, by mechanism similar to that described in the prior Specification. The stepped pulley 62 is thrown in and out of gear with the shaft p by means of a friction-clutch 63, actuated through a rod 64 by a cam 65 and lever 66.
Patent GB-190406058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pins used for Securing Hats or other Head Coverings in Position.
Inventor: MORTON MAUD
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6058. Morton, M. March 11. Pins, dress and like.-A hat pin is provided with a screw thread or notches near the point to enable it to screw or catch in a socket F fixed to the hat. The face D of the socket F is made cup-shaped or conical to guide the point. In modifications :-(1), the pin is made plain and the socket is packed with felt, india-rubber, wire, or other elastic material ; (2), Fig. 3, the screw thread is near the head of the pin, and the socket J works in a swivel bearing in the plate J'; (3), Fig. 5, a lug N on the pin passes through a slot M in the plate L so that the pin is secured on being slightly turned. A spring 0 keeps the lug bearing against the plate.
Patent GB-190409452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun-cartridges.
Inventor: BUSH WILLIAM CHALMERS
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9452. Bush, W. C. April 29, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cartridges, small-arm.-The cases are made with conicallystepped bases 2, in which a recess 3 is formed for the primer. The same effect is obtained by coiling a tapered strip of the material of the base-block, so as to provide a spiral seat instead of parallel steps.
Patent GB-190428753-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cultivator or Hoe
Inventor: SPRAGGINS JAMES EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 28,753. Spraggins, J. E. Aug. 17, [date applaed for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cultivators ; hoes, traction.-A wheeled cultivator or hoe, such as is used for gardening purposes, is constructed with adjustable diverging side-bars and an intermediate removable hoe-bar, as shown in Fig. 1. The handle-bars 6 and hoe-bars 3 are loosely pivoted on the projecting axle of the wheel 1, which is preferably formed with a broad flat rim. The ends of a cross-bar 8 are attached to brace-bars 9, which are provided with series of holes 10 for bolts 11 connecting them with the handle-bars 6. The divergence of the bars 3 is adjusted by moving a tie-plate 12 backwards or forwards. The side-bars 3 and removable hoebars 17 are connected to this plate by means o hook-bolts 13, 16. The forward end of the intermediate bar 17 is notched to fit over the cross-bar 8. Blades 5, 19 are attached to the curved ends of the hoe-bars.
Patent GB-190503001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Footstep Bearings for Cop Winding and like Spindles
Inventor: FRASER JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-14
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 3001. Frazer, J., Frazer, P., and Frazer, N. Feb. 14. Step bearings for cop-winding, spinning-machine and like spindles. The spindle B is constructed with a chamber B<1> to receive the end of the spindle on to which are screwed the usual collars B<3>, B<4> carrying between them the loose collar B<5>. After lowering the collars into the chamber, the collar B<5> is partially turned so as to engage the projections B<6>, B' formed on it with undercut recesses B<8>, B<9> formed in the chamber B', a cover B<13> with projecting lugs B", B<15> being then applied to secure it. The chamber is filled with lubricant, which can be drawn off by removing a screw plug B<12>.
Patent GB-190503594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Transmission of Electrical Energy through Space for the purpose of Wireless Telegraphy and the like
Inventor: ARTOM ALESSANDRO
Filed: 1905-02-21
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 3594. Artom, A. Feb. 21. Wireless telegraphy.-Relates to the production of circularly- or elliptically-polarized electro-magnetic waves for wireless telegraphy and for other purposes. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, an interrupter 5 is arranged in the circuit of a primary coil 6, the secondary current traversing a condenser 23 and the primary coils 22, 21 of two transformers. The secondary coil 24 is connected directly with an aerial conductor 16, the coil 25 transmitting energy to the other aerial conductor 14 through an intermediate circuit 27, 28 which effects a displacement of phase of ninety degrees. The wires 30 are earthed at 8. The aerial conductors being at right-angles to one another and the oscillations in quadrature, circularly-polarized radiation is emitted. In a modification, the displacement of phase is produced by shunting one of the primary coils 21, 22 with a condenser. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, a three-phase. generator 4 is connected through the transmitting-key shown in Fig. 5 with the primary windings of three transformers. Energy is thus conveyed to circuits comprising condensers 18<1>, spark-gaps 1<1>, 2<1>, and transformers 35<1>, and thence to the aerial conductors 17', 16', which are of grid or latticework structure. A two-phase generator may be employed in a similar manner. The aerial conductors may assume several forms, two of which are indicated in Figs. 8 and 11. In the latter case there are projections 14<1>, 16<1> in the direction of the transmitted waves, and downward extensions p acting as a screen to backward transmission. Each aerial conductor may consist of several parallel grids &c., outside of which may be placed screens which may or may not be earthed. Conductors laid upon the earth may be used to facilitate the propagation of the electro-magnetic waves or sheets of insulating-material laid on the ground may be used to hinder the propagation of the waves in certain directions. The oscillator may be of the form shown in Fig. 13, an earth connexion being made at 8.
Patent GB-190505376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Exits from Theatres, Factories Hotels and the like.
Inventor: DUNNE JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 5376. Dunne, J. J. March 14. Fire - escapes.- Rapid exit is effected from theatres, factories, hotels, &c. by means of inclined tubes or tunnels which extend from the upper floors to the street level, and the floors of which form slides. The tubes &c. consist of steel sections supported on brick walls or iron columns lined throughout with glazed tiles or other slippery material, and covered externally with asbestos and an outer casing of firebricks or the like. Electric lights are provided in glazed recesses in the roof. The tubes may be straight or of spiral form, and may be built into existing stairways.
Patent GB-190509352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slide-valves for Steam Engines.
Inventor: SHOTTON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 9352. Shotton, G. May 3. Slide valves. - Balanced piston or flat slide valves are so arranged that a number of ports are opened simultaneously for the admission and exhaust of steam. The piston valve g, Fig. 1, has two heads each fitted with a sleeve i conical externally to receive a split packing-ring j conical internally. The packing is held by a cover-plate k<1>, and the extent to which the sleeve is forced into the split ring is regulated by the insertion of washers. Each head is formed with recesses n<1>, provided with. ports o and communicating with the steam space n, and other recesses b provided with ports p and communicating with one of the exhaust spaces b<1>, b'. Steam is admitted directly through ports d<2> in the liner c' and simultaneously through the recesses n<1>, ports o, and ports d<1> in the liner, while exhaust takes place directly through ports d' and simultaneously through ports d' and the spaces b. Fig. 3 shows the invention applied to a flat slide valve, which is similarly provided with recesses n<1> communicating with the steam space n and with recesses b, shown in dotted lines, communicating with the exhaust spaces b<1>, b<2>. In order to balance the valve, a wedge-shaped plate riding on the back of the valve works on the valve-chest cover. Slight yielding is permitted by an elastic washer inserted between the lug and the nut h<2>. In a vertical engine, the plate j is formed with a shoulder j<3> on which the steam acts to support the valve and valve-gear. In the modified piston valve shown in Fig. 8, the liner is perforated at each end by three series of ports d', d<2>, d<0>, and the recesses n<1>, bare arranged on opposite sides of a middle partition in the valve-head. The ports d<1> act only for exhaust and the ports d<2> only for admission, while the ports d<0> act alternately for admission and exhaust.
Patent GB-190512936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines.
Inventor: GOLDSBOROUGH RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1906-06-22
Abstract: 12,936. Goldsborough, R. H. June 22. Superheaters, steam.-The steam-pipe 98 which connects high and low pressure turbines is surrounded by a casing 116 in which oil or other fuel is burnt. The flames come into contact with the pipe after passing through a concentric perforated inner casing 117.
Patent GB-190514890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Convertible Feeding Appliances for Lambs and Sheep.
Inventor: PLANT WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-19
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 14,890. Plant, W. July 19. Feeding-appliances for animals; pens.-Relates to a portable and convertible sheeprack, lamb - feeder and corn-bin, and to the combination of the same with a pen. A covered - trough a is fitted with travelling wheels b and a draught-attachment c. The roof a' is hinged at a<2> and can be held open by stays a<3>. Inclined supports e are provided for hayracks d' in frames d, or for solid partitions f to form a corn - bin. Detachable weather boards g may be hinged to the edges of the roof and held in any desired position by stays h. A removable pen formed of horizontal pieces i, j, k, l, joined by uprights n and corner posts m, may be attached to the trough by hooks r, openings o being provided with fixed vertical rollers p in one side and adjustable rollers g in the other fixed in position by means of slotted plates q<1> and nuts q<2>. The bars k, are divided and hinged together so that they can be turned up for convenience in moving, and the ends may be made disconnectible and the end rails k, l, hinged to the corner posts m for convenience in packing.
Patent GB-190517674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Accumulators.
Inventor: WARREN HENRY NEVILL
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-09-01
Abstract: 17,674. Warren, H. N., Busschots, G., and Wood, J. M. Sept. 1. Seconday batteries.-" Sulphation " of the elements is prevented by the addition of selenium compounds to the electrolyte or to the active lead paste. Suitable compounds are the selenates or selenites of ammonium, potassium, or sodium, and selenious acid.
Patent GB-190521377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pocket Knives.
Inventor: MANDEWIRTH ERNST
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 21,377. Mandewirth, E. Oct. 20. Pocket-knives.-The blade 2 is held shut against the action of a spring by a catch 6 carried at the end of a spring 5 mounted in a vertical slot 8 in the handle. The catch normally extends over the back of the blade, and is pushed aside whep it is desired to use the blade. When the blade is being shut, it pushes the catch aside until it is quite closed, when the catch springs into position. If the knife has a number of blades, a corresponding number of catches may be mounted in the handle.