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Patent GB-190406497-A (GB)
Title: Animal Leader
Inventor: SEIFERT HERMANN OTTO
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6497. Seifert, H. O. March 17. Animal leaders.-Cattle are led by a pole detachably secured to a ring through the nose. The pole has a hook 7 with a recessed end 8 in which a bolt 9 slides when operated by the pliant rod 10. The rod end is bent to form a pin 14, which engages a recess 15, and prevents the bolt from sliding out of engagement. Staples 11 act as confining-guides.
Patent GB-190406906-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Driving Belt, for use in Grooved Pulleys, such as are used on Motor Cycles, Motor Cars and where Rope, Round or V Banding is employed
Inventor: HARBORD HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6906. Harbord, H., and Thomas, T. March 22. Driving and like chains.-A driving- belt for use on grooved pulleys is formed from outer pairs of links or plaques 1 of leather or like material and inner leather links 4 attached by pins 2 to an inner chain of metal links 3. The inner leather link 4 may be replaced by a metal link, while the outer links 1 may be formed in modified shapes, or in one piece doubled over.
Patent GB-190407081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Regulating, Indicating and Recording the Temperatures of Malt and Hop Kilns, Ovens, Stoves and Buildings
Inventor: THORNHILL CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 7081. Thornhill, C. J., and King, H. J. H. March 24. Thermometers. - The controlling- rod C of a thermostat for the regulation of temperature in malt and hop kilns, ovens, stoves, buildings, &c. a s described in Specifications No. 5274, A.D. 1879, No. 13,006, A.D. 1885, and No. 29,546, A.D. 1896, is attached to one end of a pointer A, Fig. 1, which indicates the temperature on a scale B. Its readings may be recorded on a drum rotated by clockwork either directly, or through a parallel motion or magnifying-mechanism. Another arrangement is shown in Fig. 2, in which any motion of the rod is communicated to a cord I passing over a step-coned pulley J, the recording pencil being attached to a weight 0 which hangs from a pulley M on the same spindle K. The form of the pulley J enables the relative displacements of the rod and pencil to be varied if desired.
Patent GB-190407874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Croquet Balls.
Inventor: GRIFFITH ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7874. Griffith, A. April 5. Balls. - Lawn - croquet balls are made from " Torbanite," a species of kerosene shale.
Patent GB-190408254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Hats.
Inventor: KRETZSCHMAR KURT
Filed: 1904-04-11
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 8254. Kretzschmar, K. April 11. Felt hats; straw hats and bonnets; ironing.-Relates to presses for pressing, stretching, and ironing hats of the kind shown in Figs. 10 and 11 in which the tip is larger than the head opening, and consists in making the inner mould 3, Fig. 4, in two or more separate sections provided with legs 7, which protrude below the outer mould 1 so that they can be forced upwards by a plate 10, attached to a spindle 9 operated by a treadle 11. As the outer mould is flared outwardly in the upward direction and the inner mould is adapted to fit snugly against it, the raising of the sections of the inner mould to the position shown causes them to separate from each other and thereby to allow sufficient space for the broad tip of the hat 12 to pass into or be withdrawn from the mould without injury to the hat. This construction also dispenses with the necessity for a workman to handle the hot heavy moulds. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the treadlemechanism is dispensed with and the outer mould 1 is provided with hinged legs 14 which can be turned outwardly and upwardly so that the mould 1 sinks on to the plate 16 carrying with it the inner mould 3, the legs 7 of which are forced against the plate 16, and the mould 3 is thereby raised out of the mould 1. The cover 15 contains the usual rubber bag.
Patent GB-190410882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters.
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 10,882. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Holden, F. May 11. Quantity meters.-A motor meter, in which the current flows through cross-connected strips on a cylinder or disc rotating in mercury, is provided with means to prevent surging and spilling of the mercury when the meter is moved. In the form shown, the metal cylinder 1 is entirely insulated from the mercury and carries a series of eight strips or plates, exposed at their ends to the mercury filling the annular space between the circular pole-piece 7 and the four pole-pieces 10 with the insulating-matenal 23. The cross-connections between the strips are preferably not mounted on the armature but embedded in the insulating-material and exposed at their ends to the mercury just below one pole-piece and above the next. The insulated diaphragm 16 confines the mercury except for the apertures 18,19, while the cap 13 with a depending tube 17 entirely prevents its escape, even if the meter is inverted. Any number of pole-pieces may be used, and an electromagnet may be used instead of a permanent magnet.
Patent GB-190411326-A (GB)
Title: A Method for Preventing the Formation of Dust or Ice on Roads, Paths, Walking Grounds and the like.
Inventor: LIEBHABER ERIC DANIEL DE
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 11,326. Liebhaber, E. D. de. May 17. Liquid surface-treating compositions.-In order to prevent dust, the road is sprinkled with a mixture of aqueous solutions of calcium and magnesium chlorides. The solution may be employed instead of water in making macadam roads, and also to prevent the formation of ice on the road. Potassium permanganate or some other suitable disinfectant may be added to the solution. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that calcium chloride may be employed in the powdered form and spread on the roads and may be mixed with some substance capable of making it adhere to the roads.
Patent GB-190412636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers.
Filed: 1904-06-03
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 12,636. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. June 3. Receipts, checking and recording. -In a cash register of the multiple drawer or receptacle type, means are provided for interlocking the two sets of keylevers in such a way that no one of the drawers can be opened till one of the clerks' keys is depressed, and that no two of the clerks' keys can be actuated at the same time. The device is shown as applied to the type of machine described in Specification No. 4543, A.D. 1903. Each of the clerks' keys 11, Fig. 2, is provided with a pin 12 to co-operate with a locking-plate and latch-plate similar to those described in the prior Specification. The locking-plate is raised, to release the key, by means of the arm 19 of the plate and the stud 20 of the lever 21 pivoted on the shaft 22. This lever is provided with a spring-drawn pawl 23, having a flange 24 to allow the free passage in one direction of the roller 26 on the lever 9, but causing it to depress the lever 21 on its return. The pins 12 engage with the diagonal slots in the sliding plate 28, the movement of which is controlled by a full-stroke pawl 31 and rack 32. The drawers are latched, when closed, by latch brackets 37 and vertical plungers 36, engaging with the ends of the drawer keys 40. These keys are normally locked by a series of levers 44 provided with pins 45 and mounted on a series of nested sleeves 47, the opposite ends of which carry a series of curved arms 49 engaging singly with the pins 12 of the reepective clerks' keys. The slot 43 permits the depression of the drawer key after the operation of the corresponding clerks' key. The mechanism for preventing the depression of more than one key at a time consists, as shown in Fig. 4, of a series of pivoted stops 50 to engage with the pins 12<a> on the clerks' kevs.
Patent GB-190417141-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Garden Setting Peg.
Inventor: WALKER CLARENCE SINCLAIR
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 17,141. Walker, C. S. Aug. 5. Dibbling - apparatus. -Setting-pegs or dibbling-sticks for garden and field use are provided with collar attachments so that the holes may be all made of the same depth and may be moulded so that they do not fall in and do not become filled with loose soil, stones, &c. The collars may be of circular or other shapes, and may be made of wood, metal, or other material. They may be adjustably held in position by screws, wedges, or other fastenings, as shown in Fig. 1, or may be permanently fixed or formed on the pegs at any distance from the end, as shown in Fig. 2. They may be flat, coned, or curved, and their flat, coned, or curved surfaces may form continuations of similar surfaces on the pegs. They may also be double-ended, the ends being made to suit different kinds of soil. The top may be shaped to form a tread for the operator's foot.
Patent GB-190417272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators for Oil Boxes of Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: WILD TOM CECIL
Filed: 1904-08-08
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,272. Wild, T. C. Aug. 8. Axle-caps ; lubricating wheels.-A lubricator for vehicle wheels consists of an oil box a, with a hinged cover b closed by a spring catch c. When shut, the cover presses against a spring d fixed to a plate e, which fits against the shoulder g. A tube h fixed to the plate e slides in the oil box a and forms the oil holder.
Patent GB-190420560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor-strops.
Inventor: GERBER FREDERIC
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 20,560. Gerber, F. Sept. 23, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Strops are made with a number of sharpening and finishing surfaces. Fig. 1 shows a strop with four surfaces. The convex surface a' and the flat surface a<2> are coated with razor-paste, while the two concave surfaces a<3>, a<4> are covered with leather or some other suitable material. The sharpening is commenced on the surface a<1>, the edge is put on on the surfaces a', a<3>, and the operation is finished on the surface a <4>.
Patent GB-190423715-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam-generator with Automatic Supply of Water.
Inventor: TALLGREN HENRIK
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 23,715. Taligren, H. Nov. 2. Float valves.-The supply of water to a boiler is regulated by a valve f, which slides freely in the mouth of the supply pipe e and is lifted by, but is unconnected with, the spindle d of a float b.
Patent GB-190424068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard Tables
Inventor: LISS GEORGE ARTHUR E
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 24,068. Elliss, G. A., and McGuire, P. J. Nov. 7. Billiards.-Relates to means for automatically returning billiard balls to either end of the table from the pockets. Inclined races A, B, supported under the pockets by brackets E, convey balls from the pockets to a receiver C at the baulk end of the table. This receiver is provided with a hinged bottom, which can be opened by a cord H, thus allowing the red ball to enter a race F under the table, in which it travels to another receiver G at the "spot" end of the table. In order to check the fall of the balls into the races, the pockets may take the form of a sleeve-shaped net, or may be provided with a cushioned bottom and a short inclined passage to the races.
Patent GB-190425979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-medical Appliances.
Inventor: WENIGMAN PAUL
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 25,979. Wenigman, P. Nov. 29. Electric belts.-An electric belt is formed to hold batteries removably connected by fastenings which serve as the connecting terminals. One of the terminal pieces f, Fig. 4, of each dry cell e is formed as an ordinary " snap glove fastening, the sockets g being mounted on the belt shown in Fig. 2. The terminal p of the inner element is screwed down on to the bracket h by the screws k. These sets of terminals are connected by wires m through a make-and-break contact p, and the electrodes b, b<1>, connected with the terminals c, d of the battery circuit, are placed in contact with the affected parts of the body. The cells are encased in an insulating outer cover, such as india-rubber or the like.
Patent GB-190427213-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Ruler, Square and Bevel.
Inventor: SUNDERMANN FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 27,213. Sundermann, F. Dec. 13. Squares; rules.- A combined square, ruler, or straightedge and bevel or mitre for metal and woodwork consists of a blade a, pivoted in a slotted metal frame b, which carries a spring-restored forked lever h engaging a pin c. By depression of the knob k, the pin is raised from any one of the holes o in the blade, which may then be turned until the pin enters the hole giving the required angular setting of the blade. A water level w may be mounted in the framing b.
Patent GB-190428165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 28,165. James, R. W., [Monarch Typewriter Co.]. Dec. 22. Type-writers.-In Monarch or other type-writers, the faces 2, 3, Fig. 1, of the segmental type-bar hanger support 1 are formed with recesses 5, 4, in which the holes 8, 11 for the screws 7, 10 for clamping the hangers 6, 9 to the support 1 are drilled. In this way, the hangers 6, 9 are made to bear on the faces 2, 3 at greater distances from the screws 7, 10, and are therefore more firmly held. The washers 12, between the screws 7, and the bangers 6 are prevented from turning by projections 14, which engage with notches 17 in a strip 15 screwed on to the bottom face of the segment 1. These washers have lugs or extensions 13, provided with holes 13<a> to receive the inner ends of springs attached at their outer ends to the typebars 19, 22. The face 2 is recessed back from the face 3, and the washers 18 which secure the hangers 9 against the face 2 are formed substantially C-shaped, so as to bear against the inner wall of the face 3 and thereby be prevented from turning.
Patent GB-190505507-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Printing Paper Bags in Bag Making Machines.
Inventor: STOCKTON FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 5507. Stockton, F. J. March 16. Printing apparatus combined with paper - bag making machines; feeding sheets.-Printing-rollers 10, 12 are arranged at the delivery end of the conical paper-bag making machine described in Specification No. 16,213, A.D. 1892, [Abridgment Class Packing &c.]. The trough 3, into which the bags are delivered from bands on rollers 2, is left open at the outer end 5, and inclined downwards. The reciprocating pusher 4 is inclined and delivers the bags between the adjustable side guides 7, which are pivoted on slides 45 and held against adjustable stops 53 by springs 52. A wire 13 prevents the delivered bag from falling over. The printing-rollers 10, 12 are driven from the shaft 17 of the rollers 2, and one intermediate gear-wheel 25 also drives a cam shaft 33 actuating the slides 45. The impression roller 10 is recessed to allow free passage of the apex of the bag, supported by the guides 7, until the type on the roller 12 begins to bear upon the bag, when the guides 7 are opened.
Patent GB-190506168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drawing Appliances
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 6168. Kimber, W. C., Tallack, H. T., and Stanley & Co., W. F. March 23. Drafting-machines.-Drawing boards are fitted with an appliance for holding scales in any position and for moving them parallel to themselves. A frame A fits neatly round the board, and has hard-wood runners B to take the wheels D of a metal bar C on which the scale holder H runs, preferably on three grooved wheels I, J, arranged as shown, the wheels being preferably fitted with india-rubber or pliable running surfaces. A divided arc K below the carriage has centred on it a plate L for carrying the scales at right-angles as shown, so as to permit them to be set in any position, in which they are then held by a catch or clamp M. The metal bar C is mounted parallel to itself by an endless wire E, which passes from the top of the bar on one side, over pulleys F, G, behind the board, and to the bottom of the bar on the other side. The board in use with the frame can be changed instantly.
Patent GB-190507718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves for Pumps, Compressors and the like.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 7718. Evans, W. E., [Haussknecht, W.]. April 11. Check valves; shocks, preventing. -Valves a for pumps, hydraulic compressors, and the like are constructed in the form of combined lift and tubular slide valves. In order that the y may close silently, air chambers b, Fig. 1, and B, Fig. 2, are provided from or into which, on the rising of the valves, air is forced through passages c fitted with non- return valves r. On the valves closing, the air in the chamber b expands and that in the chamber B is compressed, thus forming in each case a buffer to prevent the too sudden closing of the valve. - The forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be combined so that a compression chamber is formed above the part m and an expansion chamber below it, or they may be so combined that the air chamber B forms an annular chamber round the part m, the piston of which is formed by the upper part of the valve a being turned over.
Patent GB-190510320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Electric Current Generators.
Filed: 1905-05-16
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 10,320. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.], May 16. Armatures; field magnets; inductors for stationary armatures and field magnets.-Relates to a high-frequency alternating- current electric generator, in which the field comprises two rotatably-mounted magnetic disks having polar projections on the inner sides of their peripheries and energized by a stationary coil, concentric with which is the armature, consisting of a ring of radially-arranged magnetic laminµ having a continuous conductor threaded through them in a zigzag manner, non-magnetic laminµ of good conducting-material being arranged between the magnetic laminae and the armature conductor. The magnetic laminµ a, Figs. 1 and 2, of the stationary armature, through which the continuous conductor C is threaded, are clamped between the rings A, A' and B, B'. The steel disks D, D<1> forming the inductor are tapered as shown, and formed with screwed flanges e, e<1> by which they are secured together. The pole-pieces d, d<1> are balanced by rings d<2>, d<3> on the outer sides of the peripheries of the disks. The caps H, H<1>, which are fixed to the supporting-shaft h, h<1> by screw-threads or any other suitable connexions, are secured to the disks D, D<1> in a manner similar to that by which the disks are held together, this method of mounting avoiding the use of holes in the disks D, D' and admitting of a certain amount of flexibility. The stationary field coil F, preferably formed of flat strip, is clamped between the rings f, f by rivets f<2>, the inside turn of the coil being connected through the ring f and the rivet f to the outer ring f<1>, which is provided with a terminal i<1>, the other end of the coil being passed through an insulating- bushing in the ring f<1> to the other terminal i. The leads from the terminals i, i<1> are led through the armature in place of two turns of the continuous conductor c. In order to reduce to a minimum the leakage flux passing transversely across the armature conductor C, non-magnetic laminµ c, Fig. 3, of silver or other good conducting-material are placed between the conductor C and the magnetic laminµ a, the laminµ c being preferably wider than the iron laminae and their ends hammered over flush with the outer edges of the laminae a.
Patent GB-190510540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Mechanical Time-fuses for Explosive Projectiles.
Inventor: MEIGS JOHN FORSYTH
Filed: 1905-05-19
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 10,540. Meigs, J. F., and Gathmann, E. A. May 21, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fuses for projectiles, time. The firing-pin F, carrying a detonator 9 and charge 7, is held back against its spring G by a detent V. The withdrawal of the detent by centrifugal force is prevented by a ring C until an orifice 34 in the latter is brought opposite the detent by the rotation of the ring during flight. For safety in handling, the orifice is closed by a plug S which is removed after the setting of the fuse. The ring C is connected by a ratchet device 17 to a dome B connected to the base A by a volute main spring D. Rotation of the dome by the spring is checked by a rack 36, Fig. 4, in gear with a thread J of a worm mounted on the same spindle as a worm-wheel L. The worm-wheel gears with a worm K on an axial spindle 24 carrying a vane N. In flight, the atmospheric resistance prevents rotation of the vane ; the spindle 24 and worm K therefore remain stationary, while the base A rotates, carrying with it the worm-wheel L and worm J, thus permitting the dome B, which is slowly rotated by its spring D, to rotate the ring C and after a given interval fire the charge. The vane N may be replaced by a conical ribbed cap.
Patent GB-190515729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Controlling Mechanism for the Valves of Pipe-organs and the like.
Inventor: OLSSON NELS
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 15,729. Olsson, N. Aug. 1, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Organs and like instruments.-In the action for pipe-organs shown, the touch is rendered adjustable by providing the pivoted transmitting-lever 8 with an adjustable contact-point 11, and the bar 33 with an adjustable contact-point 43. The stems of the key-contacts 11, 43 pass through slots in the levers 8, 33, and are retained in place by nuts or the like. The controlling-lever 14 is connected to the lever 8 by the post 17, and to the valve 18 by the links 19, 20, while the valve 25 is controlled from the bar 33 by the bell-cranks 38, 40 and the links 41, 41<1>.
Patent GB-190515969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus for the Supply of Electric Current.
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 15,969. Hikely, J., and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Electric Supply Co. Aug. 4. Stop - mechanism. -In coin-freed electric-meter mechanism, a clock is stopped and started by an electro-magnet z, which disengages a finger z<1> from a pin l<9> on the balance l<8>.
Patent GB-190518491-A (GB)
Title: Method of Preventing Asphyxiation or Toxic Fatalities in Coal Mines and on Board Ship.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 18,491. Thwaite, B. H. Sept. 13. Signals, automatic-alarm.-Relates to a method of ventilating explosive areas, as for example in coal-mines or ships, and also to an alarm device for indicating the occurrence of an explosion. Inside a casing 1 is placed a flexible vessel 2 which is filled with air-and is compressed when an explosion 'occurs, forcing out the air into a cylinder 3 fitted with a counterbalanced piston 4 attached to a rod 5 carrying a stop which normally retains a rolling weight 6. When the piston is forced up, the weight 6 is released and rolls along the lever arm 7, which it depresses, this arm in turn depressing the lever arm 8 of a valve 9 and turning on a supply of air or oxygen, which escapes through a nozzle 11 fitted with a whistle 12 to give the alarm and direct miners &c. to the fresh-air supply. The piston and cylinder may be reversed so that a slight suction is exerted on the vessel 2, which when collapsed allows the piston to move, releasing the rolling weight. Instead of a rolling weight, there may be used a falling weight which when released strikes a pawl, releasing the air-supply valve, which is rotated by coiled springs.