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Patent GB-190317704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Air.
Filed: 1903-08-15
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 17,704. Lake, H. H., [Regenerated Cold Ai Co.]. Aug. 15. Disinfecting.-Relates to apparatus for medicating air by drawing it over plates down which water trickles. A water-wheel 9, Fig. 2, keyed to the central shaft 8, is driven by a jet of water from the nozzle 10, the water-wheel casing 5 being provided with radial vanes 71, Fig. 4, to prevent the water from swirling. The water is discharged into a sprinkler 12, running loose on the shaft, and thence trickles down the walls of the concentric regenerator cylinders 13, which are supported at their lower ends on an open framework 16, fixed to the outer casing and formed with radiating ribs from the central bearing 17. Keyed to the shaft, below the frame 16, is a fan 18, which draws air from above, between the radiating ribs 3, through the regenerator cylinders, and discharges it through the ribs of the bridging frame 19 out at the throat 28 formed by the flanges 27, 29. The water passes off through the pipe 32 into a reservoir, whence it is pumped through the tube 62, and any condensed on the outer casing escapes through holes in the flange 27. The lower end of the shaft is recessed to receive a ball bearing 54, Fig. 6, which rests on a tang 55 carried by the head of the clamping-bolt 21.
Patent GB-190322898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Cases and like Receptacles for Cigars and other Articles.
Inventor: PARMENTER ORVILLE LUCIUS
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-10-22
Abstract: 22,898. Parmenter, O. L. Oct. 22. Paper bags. - Pleated paper pockets c are pasted to the backing- sheet a between weakening-lines, which allow the pockets to be separated. The lower ends are closed by a part of the backing- sheet which is pasted over them. The pockets may be lined with impervious paper or fabric, such as paraffin or waxed paper. The upper open ends are fringed with parallel cuts or slits e<1>, and a guide opening g, the bottom of which may be serrated, allows cigars or other articles to be inserted without tearing the lining. The pockets may be detachably secured in an outer case.
Patent GB-190327584-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Swing.
Inventor: WILKIE THOMAS LEONARD
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 27,584. Wilkle, T. L. Dec. 16. Swings.-The portable and folding swing shown in Fig. 1 is constructed of two three-sided frames b, b<1>, the upper free ends of which are pivoted, by means of screws, to the top-bar, so as to shut one within the other when closed. The feet are held at the required distance apart by tie-rails c. which are pivoted at one end to the feet of one of the frames, and detachably secured to the feet of the opposite frame by bolts. The pivot screws in the top bar are made long enough to pass through the plates to which the rings for the suspension ropes are attached. When closed, the tie-rails c fold np inside the legs of the inner frame.
Patent GB-190328158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draughtsman's Compasses.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 28,158. Lorrain, J. G., [Goldsmith, B. B.]. Dec. 22. Compasses, drawing.-Draughtman's compasses, consisting of a pair of tubular legs and provided with a curved spring D, formed of a wide strip, are adjusted by a right and left handed screw C, which works through nuts pivoted in branches A' of the legs. Each nut is provided with a pair of pintles which are pivoted in the pairs of branches A<2>. The legs have transverse slots on their outer sides with which the tongued ends of the spring engage, so as to take up lost motion and give lateral rigidity to the legs. One leg carries a reversible plug which is arranged with a pen socket at one end, and a needle point at the other. The other leg carries a second reversible plug which is arranged with a needle point at one end, and pencil clamping-fingers at the other.
Patent GB-190401386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for the Manufacture of Cables.
Inventor: SCHOONMAKER JAMES HARVEY
Filed: 1904-01-19
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 1386. Schoonmaker, J. H., and Leicht, E. Jan. 19. Machines for making wire ropes and strands.- Covered and other cables and strands are manufactured by a machine in which the strands to be laid around the core are fed forward without twist, thus avoiding a tendency to untwist, buckle, and kink in the resulting cable, and increasing the strength. The covered cables are employed for lightning-conductors and other electric work, and the uncovered cables for general purposes. The core is drawn through a hollow shaft 6, Fig. 1, driven by wheels 16, 17 and carrying a wheel 18, in which carriers 20 for the spools 19 of covering- strands are mounted. The spools are maintained horizontal by a heavy ring 23 supported by arms 22 fixed to the carrier shanks at right-angles to the spool axes, a fixed bowl within the ring preventing its oscillation. The strands pass from the spools to the core through spacing guide-holes at the ends of radial arms 26 screwed into a boss 27 fixed to the shaft 6, and through separate holes arranged in a concentric circle in discs 30, 32 and in die discs 35, 36, the latter of which is mounted in a die box 8, Fig. 7. The discs 32, 35, 36 are screwed on the threaded end of the shaft, and the holes in the disc 32 are inclined to its axis, those in the dies 35, 36 being conical. An additional spacing-device, shown in Fig. 18, for the covering-strands may be screwed into the delivery end of the shaft. The shaft is stiffened by rods 10 passing over the boss 27 and adjustably fixed to adjustable collars 11, 12 on the shaft In the manufacture of covered strand cables, each strand is covered, as it is drawn forward, by a strip, preferably of copper or the like, drawn from spools 56 carried by radial arms 57 on the shaft. The strips pass through approximately-radial slits alternating with the holes in the discs 30, 32, and are bent round the strands, so as to enclose them completely, on passing through the conical holes in the discs 35, 36, the seams of the strips being so positioned that they come against the central core in the finished cable. A covering strip is laid or bent round the central core by conical holes in plates 48, 49, 50. Fig. 14 shows a tension device for the spools 56, 19, a washer 60 with a bar extending across a slot 63 in the axle 62 preventing the rotation of the tension nut 59 with the spool. The die box serves as a bearing for the shaft, and is adjustable laterally by a rack and pinion below ; in constructing cables from strands of steel or other hard material, the box 8 is moved to disengage the wheels 16, 17, and the end of the cable is held while the shaft 6 is rotated backwards a short distance so as to give the strands a twist. The wheels are then brought into gear, and the imparted twist, which is maintained throughout the operation of the machines, causes the strands to hold together closely, thus obviating the necessity of wrapping or tying the cable prior to cutting.
Patent GB-190402662-A (GB)
Title: Improved Support for Motor Cycles.
Inventor: BAHRENSCHER HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-02-03
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 2662. Bahrenscher, H. Feb. 3. Supports.-A folding support for the rear wheel of a motor cycle is pivoted to the axle, and normally secured to the rear frame tube or mud guard by a hook r or otherwise. Two pairs of legs b, c are pivoted to links f, g carried by a link d pivoted to the axle a, and thus can move in planes parallel and perpendicular to that of the cycle. The legs are adjusted apart transversely as shown, and connected longitudinally by arms k, l pivoted on a bolt i, a cap m on the arm k engaging the arm l and thus fixing the legs apart in this direction.
Patent GB-190406605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: EVANS-JACKSON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 6605. Jackson, J. E. Evans-, [International Air Brake Co.]. March 18. Brakes.-To enable the release of a greater or less amount of pressure from the cylinder of a railway air-brake to be effected when the brakes are set, thus obviating the necessity of going to full release, and to permit a continuous feed of air to the auxiliary reservoir with the engineer's valve in running position while the brakes are set, a supplemental valve, arranged between the triple valve and the reservoir, controls the exhaust of the cylinder. The valve 1, placed between the reservoir A and the triple valve B, has two pistons 6, 8, secured to fixed diaphragms 7, 9, and the part 12 of the rod of the piston 6 abuts loosely against a rod 17 of a valve block 23, while the piston-rod 13 has a spring 14, which, when the pressures in the train-pipe attached at C and the reservoir are equal, closes the valve. The passage between the intercepting-valve and the reservoir is controlled by a cock 34, so that the valve may be cut out if desired. A port 19 leading from the exhaust-pipe 18, empties into a passage 20 opened and closed by the block 23, and the air escapes by au opening 36. As the rods 12,17 are normally in contact, if the train-pipe pressure exceeds that of the reservoir, the pistons will move to the right and the block is lifted from its seat, but so long as the pressure in the reservoir is equal to, or greater than, that of the train-pipe, the valve is kept seated. If desired, the reservoir connection with the valve may be omitted, in which case, the spring must be made sufficiently strong to give the combined action of the reservoir pressure and the spring of the former construction. The valve is specially applicable to the Westinghouse arrangement of triple valve, reservoir, and brakecylinder, and by regulating the degree of pressure in the train-pipe, the time required for equalization in the intercepting-valve, and consequently the amount of release may accordingly be graduated. The reservoir also may be continuously fed, for owing to the presence of the intercepting-valve, as fast as air is supplied to the train-pipe it passes through the feed-groove to the reservoir, and the brake will remain set.
Patent GB-190406656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulding Machines.
Inventor: HERMAN CHARLES
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 6656. Herman, C. Nov. 17, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Casting and moulding.-Relates principally to means for raising and lowering the moulding flask and pattern of a sand-moulding machine, for reversing them, and for withdrawing the pattern. The plate b, Figs. 2 and 5, carrying the pattern B is provided with brackets 22 trunnioned in open-forked bearings 25 carried by vertically-sliding rack-bars 9, which are raised and lowered by pinions 10 on a hand-operated shaft 10', or by the piston-rod 17 of an air, steam, or other fluid cylinder 16 engaging under a projection 17<1> on the rack.bars, the bars 9 being held in the raised position, in the former case, by a spring pawl engaging a fixed ratchet-wheel 12. When forming a nould, the plate b is placed on the top 3 of a casing 2 containing suitable jarring-mechanism, and, after filling the flask with sand and jarring it, a board a is secured to the top thereof by arms 27, Fig. 12, pivoted on extensions of the brackets 22 and tightened by nuts 27' acting in opposition to springs 27<111>. The pattern and mould are then raised by means of the rack-bars 9, swung through half a revolution, and lowered on to the top of the casing 2, after which the arms 27 are released from the board a. The easy withdrawal of the pattern B is facilitated by vibrating the pattern by an air-operated vibrator placed on the plate b. Frames 29, slidably mounted in guides on the bearings 25, are then moved inwards by levers 32, so that levelling-screws 30 thereon are brought under lugs on the brackets 22, and thereby hold the pattern level while it is being raised, by means of the bars 9, from the mould. Fig. 9 shows a modified form of moulding-machine for making cores. The trunnions are connected directly to the flange of the drag A<1> by a plate having lugs, under which the levelling- screws 30 of the sliding frame 29 can engage. The drag A' is strengthened by supporting-rods d'. After the jarring of the drag A<1> and cope A<11>, a board c is secured by clamps d to the top of the cope A<11>. The drag and cope are then raised, reversed, and lowered, and the drag is removed in the same manner as the pattern B in the first form. The trunnions may be made flat on one side, so that levelling-screws may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190407912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Vapour Burners.
Inventor: BARANOVITS GEZA
Filed: 1904-04-06
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 7912. Baranovits, G., and Molnßr, S. April 6. Plug cocks. - A cock k for use in an incandescent vapour lamp consists of a plug k having openings n, m by which communication can be made between chambers b, f. The plug has a tubular extension o terminating in a rubber ball p and having an orifice r. By means of the ball p, liquid can be sucked up the tube s and, by turning the cock, discharged into the gallery v through the opening l.
Patent GB-190408713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Throwing Animals to take a Somersault.
Inventor: WULFF EDUARD
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8713. Wulff, E. April 15. Acrobatic apparatus.-In a device for projecting horses, elephants, monkeys, &c. into the air so that they turn a somersault, the animal is supported by means of a body belt, on revoluble flat hooks 8 at the upper ends of four or more vertical posts 7 on a plate 3, so that its feet are just in contact with the plate. This latter is connected by springs 2 to a rigid base-plate 1, and, when depressed, against the action of arched springs 6, is secured by catches at the end of lever-arms actuated by a handle 5. Upon releasing the catches, the plate 3 is thrown upwards and partially rotated, causing the animal to turn a somersault, the hooks 8 readily disengaging themselves from rings in the body belt.
Patent GB-190409333-A (GB)
Inventor: COUSEN ALFRED
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9333. Cousen, A. April 23. Pneumatic wheels; spring wheels ; tyres, pneumatic etc.; felloes or rims.- Elastic wheels have an inner and an outer rim with springs or pneumatic chambers between. The outer rim e, Figs. 1 and 2, is flanged outwardly to hold a rubber tread i and inwardly to protect the flat S-springs j bolted to both rims. Successive S-springs are connected by springs k as shown, overlapping their inner and outer ends alternately, or the springs j, k may be made in one, or the whole series of springs may be in one piece. The inwardly-projecting flanges f of the outer rim are enclosed by the flanges l on the inner rim c which keep out dirt and prevent lateral displacement. The springs k may be replaced by pneumatic rubber sections n, Fig. 4, connected by tubes o and inflated through a nozzle p on one of them. The outer flanges may be dispensed with, the rim itself forming the tread.
Patent GB-190413328-A (GB)
Title: Improved Solder for Aluminium or Aluminium Alloys.
Inventor: PELLETIER RICARDO FORTUN Y
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 13,328. Fortun y Pelletier, R., and Semprun y Semprun, E. June 13. Solder; alloys.-A solder for aluminium and its alloys is composed of silver, aluminium, zinc, and tin ; phosphorus and sulphur are used in its manufacture, which is an improvement on that described in Specification No. 7016, A.D. 1903. (1) An alloy of 2 parts of silver, 6 of aluminium, and 10 of tin is first made, then re-melted, and 10 per cent. of phosphorus is added. (2) Sulphur is added to molten zinc, which is skimmed until a blackishbrown powder of zinc sulphide forms on the surface. (3) Then 85 parts of the first alloy are melted with 15 parts of the zinc and the alloy is cast. (4) The final product is made by melting together in the following order :-1 part of the last alloy, 1 of aluminium, 8 of zinc, and 32 of tin.
Patent GB-190415064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vaginal Syringes.
Inventor: HALL ELMER ELWOOD
Filed: 1904-07-05
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 15,064. Hall, E. E. July 5. Syringes.-A vaginal syringe having a series of expansible fingers is so constructed as to be easily taken apart. Fixed to the nozzle 10, Fig. 4, is a spider 13, to which the tubular casing 14 is secured by a screw 15. The ends of the casing have flanges 16, 17 with radial guideslots. Between the flange 17 and a flange 20 on the lower end of the spider, there is a loosely-held disc 21 with cam-grooves 22, Figs. 4 and 8. Expansible fingers 24 fit into the slots of the flanges 16, 17, and are held in place by shoulders, and by stems, fitting into the camgrooves 22. By rotating the disc 21, the lower ends of the fingers can be drawn in towards the centre of the disc and the upper ends expanded. A cover 27 fits over the lower ends of the fingers and fixes them in position, being itself retained by a screw 28, engaging with the head of the screw 15. In use, the liquid is forced through the nozzle and returns down the annular central opening between the nozzle and the casing 14.
Patent GB-190417190-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Electric Glow Lamps to Represent Candles.
Inventor: GIMINGHAM EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 17,190. Gimingham, E. A. Aug. 5. Incandescent lamps; supporting lamps.-An imitation candle lamp a of transparent glass contains the filament and is coned at its base c to fit the reduced edge e of the lower part b, representing the candle and formed of opal glass. The wires pass up the tube b and through the lower portion d of the bulb a. The joint e, f is subsequently completed with transparent cement, and an ordinary cap f fixed on the lower part of the tube b.
Patent GB-190418904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to the Prevention and Laying of Dust.
Inventor: SANDISON WILLIAM MUNRO
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 18,904. Sandison, W. M. Sept. 1. Laying dust in mines.-A sprinkling-medium is employed containing natural wool fat or wool wax and an alkali or alkaline salt. The suds obtained in washing wool contain the fat mixed with potash salts and fine sand ; they are rendered suitable for use as the sprinkling-medium by adding a suitable oil, such as tar oil, or creosote &c. A deliquescent salt is added if the suds are weak in potash salts. Mineral matter, such as fullers' earth, may also be added.
Patent GB-190419687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Lubricators.
Inventor: FLETCHER WALTER
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,687. Fletcher, W., and Butterworth, W. Sept. 13. Lubricators are provided with alarms for indicating when the oil reservoirs are full or empty, and with means for automatically shutting off the oil supply. The reservoir a, which is filled either by hand or by the pipe e controlled by the valve d, and may have a sieve at the top to filter the oil, contains a float f, guided by a pin g passing through the bridge-piece h and connected by the pin i to the levers j, k. When the reservoir is full, the lever cuts off the oil supply, and the end o of the lever k engages the screw p, completing the circuit of an electric alarm. When the supply of oil is insufficient, the float descends, and the end r of the lever k completes the circuit by engaging a projection on the standard m. In place of an audible alarm, an indicator may be arranged in the electric circuit.
Patent GB-190420168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rocking Horses
Inventor: HETTEL ANTON
Filed: 1904-09-19
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 20,168. Hettel, A. Sept. 19. Rocking-horses are given either a simple rocking motion or a rocking motion combined with a forward movement, and are provided with steering- arrangements. The horse is formed of two pivoted sections 5, 6, the pivot being formed with grooved rollers 9 around which passes a cord 27, which also passes over pulleys 28 and serves to form reins by means of which the part 5 can be moved relatively to the part 6, thereby assisting rocking. The rockers 12 are made in two sections, and are strengthened by brace-rods 38. The front legs are rigidly attached to a platform 10, and the rear legs to a platform 13 hinged to a platform 15. When the horse is to be rocked only, the platform 15 is locked to the platform 13 by means of a hook 36 passing through a hole in a lug 35, so that two rollers mounted in the platform 15 are raised above the rockers and out of engagement with the floor. A rotatable frame 23, carrying a wheel 22 and turning on a stud 24, can be secured in either of two positions by means of a spring 39 engaging in either of two notches in a plate 42 attached to the fixed bracket 25, so as to set the wheel 22 parallel to the rockers or perpendicular to them. In the first position of the wheel and frame, a rocking motion only is obtained. When a travelling motion is required, the platform 15 is moved away from the platform 13 by means of a crank shaft, and is fixed so that the rollers 26 are in contact with the ground when the horse rests on the rear end of the rockers, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 6. The movement of the rider is then adapted to move the horse forwards, and the rear portion of the horse turns about its pivot so as to bring the rollers into the position shown by the dotted lines. The wheel 22 is arranged perpendicular to the direction of the rockers, and can be rotated, so as to steer the horse, by pulling the cord 27, which passes over a pulley secured to a shaft 19 provided with a clutch 20 capable of engaging a projection 21 of the shaft of the wheel 22. The horse is steered to the right or left according to the rein pulled.
Patent GB-190421537-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating Automatically the Stroke of the Pumps of Steam Generators.
Inventor: SHAVE GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 21,537. Shave, G. J. Oct. 7. Governing or controlling pumps.-The water or liquid-fuel pumps of instantaneous steam generators are controlled by varying the length of the pump-stroke by the steam pressure in the generators by means of the device shown in the Figure. The eccentric C drives the pump-plunger B through the link F, which is supported by the end g of the L-shaped lever G. On the steam pressure becoming excessive, and acting upon the supplementary plunger D, the lever G is raised into the position in which the eccentric is inoperative for driving the feed-plunger. The lever is returned by springs E.
Patent GB-190422263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anti-vibration Arrangements for Bicycles, Tricycles, and the like.
Inventor: PICKERING CHARLES
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 22,263. Pickering, C. Oct. 15. Frames ; handle-bars. -Bicycles, tricycles, motor cycles, light motor cars, &c., are constructed with the handle - bars spring - connected with the steering-post and a hinged main frame with springs interposed between it and a top and bottom frame. The frame is constructed in three parts. The uppermost a is connected to the main frame b by loop springs secured by a nut and washer and a clamp k. The clamp k, Fig. 4, is U -shaped and embraces the frame tube b, and the ends of the spring i are passed becween the blocks w and secured by the nuts x working on the screwed legs. The frame b is connected to the steering-head by a hinge pin g carried by a collar g<1>, and to the lower frame c by the hinge joint l, also by the loop spring n secured by nuts and washers o, p. The T-shaped steering- post is connected to the handle-bars q by the springs t ; to prevent lateral play of these springs, inclined hinge arms u are connected to the handlebars and the cross-bar s and at their forward ends to the hinge bolt v.