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Patent GB-190311449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Faced Cardboard and the like
Inventor: OESER ERNST
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,449. Oeser, E. May 19. Paper boards.-In the manufacture of faced cardboard, carton, &c., each facing or cover sheet is first affixed to one or more filling sheets to form a web, and the two webs are passed over heating cylinders and then united to form the cardboard, this method being suitable for applying thin and coloured cover sheets. The cover sheet d is united to the filling-sheetsf, g in passing round the heating-cylinder a, adhesive material being applied to the sheets f, g by devices i, k respectively. The web n, so formed, is supplied with adhesive material by a device r, and, after passing round a guide-roller, is united to a web s in passing round a heating-cylinder b. The web s is formed by uniting a facing-sheet e to a filling-sheet h, which is supplied with adhesive material by a device l. In a modification, the sheet e is united to two filling-sheets by passing round a separate heating- cylinder, in a similar manner to the formation of the web n, and the two webs are then united by applying adhesive material and passing round the heating-cylinder b.
Patent GB-190319772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gates.
Inventor: OLSEN BERNARD GORNELIUS
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 19,772. Olsen, B. G. Sept. 14. Gates.-A length of pipe or the like is bent into a suitable form, such as S or Z form, Figs. 1 and 5, or inverted-U form, Fig. 6, so as to make the pivoting-rod 9, the latch bar 10, and the diagonal brace 11. The rod 9 turns in sockets 3, 4 fixed to the gatepost, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and is carried by a foot-step block 7. Tension members 12, Fig. 1, or 17, 21, Fig. 5, provided with tightening-buckles 20, 24, prevent sagging. The boards 13 can be replaced by fencing wire, and letters or numerals may be attached as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190322484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnace Doors
Inventor: COOPER JEREMIAH SIMPSON
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 22,484. Cooper, J. S. Oct. 17. Doors.-Relates to doors suitable for iron and steel furnaces of various kinds. The door consists of a casing forming the top, sides, and front, the inside of the front and sides being vertically ribbed. The bottom is attached to the rest of the casing by tie-rods 5. Inside the case are placed layers of firebrick 9, and these are cooled by air which comes in through a row of holes 11 in the lower part of the front and circulates in the space kept by the ribs between the door front and the bricks. The door may be operated by a lever and chain, as shown in Fig. 1, or otherwise.
Patent GB-190322873-A (GB)
Title: Improved Block for the Construction of Chimneys and similar Structures.
Inventor: JASPER HENRY NORMAN
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,873. Jasper, H. N. Nov. 13, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Building-blocks for chimneys &c. Relates to an improved block for the construction of chimneys and similar structures involving an internal flue. It is made of artificial stone, concrete, earthenware, or some similar or suitable material by moulding the material to the form of a rectangular block as shown in perspective, Fig. 1, or to a shape adapted for several flues. A hole, square in section, passes centrally through the block and serves to form the flue. The top and bottom faces of the block are grooved, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, for the reception of mortar or cement, and when one block is placed above another, the outer and inner edges of the blocks come together and the mortar remains unexposed to the atmosphere or smoke. The sides of the blocks are provided with grooves for the insertion of the workman's hands.
Patent GB-190325050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Apparatus for Developing, Fixing and the like
Inventor: LYON JESSE DAUGHERTY
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 25,050. Lyon, J. D. Nov. 17. Dark boxes; developing; fixing.-By means of a hood, a photographic plate is removed from the dark slide and inserted in a swinging holder actuated by an external handle, by which the plate is then dipped in a developing-bath placed at the bottom of a dark box. Fig. 4 shows the apparatus in section. The plate .held in a band passed through the sleeve 17 of the hood 16 is pushed into a spring holder 11 mounted on the ends of the radial arms 8. The bolder is then turned up into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the lid 6 is closed. The holder is then turned down so as to dip the plate in the developing-bath as shown in Fig. 5. The development is watched through two panes of non-actinic glass 3, 6. The fixing-bath 18, Fig. 6, is now pushed up between the lid 6 and the edge of the dish 14, in which position the springs of the holder are pushed back and the plate drops into the fixing-bath.
Patent GB-190325356-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shuffler for Playing Cards.
Inventor: STEINMETZ SYDNEY PERCIVAL LOUI
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 25,356. Steinmetz, S. P. L. Nov. 20. Card games.-A device for shuffling playing cards consists of a rectangular box a of wood, metal, cardboard, &c., with open ends. A double inclined plane d, and one or more wires e, stretch across the box. The cards are shuffled by being allowed to fall through the box. The top b may be of glass &c. One end may be closed by a door, and the other end may be bevelled to facilitate the introduction of the cards. Pivoted metal strips may be substituted for the wires e, and the box may be lined with material to deaden the sound. The Provisional Specification also states that means may be provided for pivotally connecting the device to a support so that the shuffling may be effected by rocking or revolving the device.
Patent GB-190326348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: CULVERHOUSE CHARLES MARK ANTON
Filed: 1903-12-02
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 26,348. Culverhouse, C. M. A., and Culverhouse, F. V. Dec. 2. Couplings, automatic; drawgear. - Coupling-links e are pivoted to a slide e<3> on the drawbar a<8> so as to rest on blade springs a<6> attached to the lower jaws of the forks a. As the vehicles meet, the rollers e<1> underride and override the links, and push backwards the tumblers c, the rise of which is limited by stops a' arching over the slots in the upper jaws of the forks, and the tumblers c then fall into the links, their lower ends engaging with, and being held by, lateral springs a<7> in the ends of the slots in the lower jaws of the forks. The springs f, f serve as draw-springs, and the springs f<1> serve also as buffers to the links. The tumblers c are lifted from the lower jaws of the forks by chains connected to counterweighted levers on the ends of the vehicles, or by bars inserted in the holes c<4> and, when the vehicles have separated, the lower ends of the tumblers, which are fitted with antifriction rollers c', rest on the outer ends of the lower jaws of the forks in readiness for coupling.
Patent GB-190326539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 26,539. Fairweather, W., [Babcock & Wilcox Co.]. Dec. 4. Steam-generator furnaces.-Boilers of the Babcock and Wilcox type, having an enlarged combustion space 1 at the rear through the inclination of the water-tubes 2, are provided with an enlarged firegrate. The grate extends to the rear of the boiler, and is partially enclosed by the deflecting- crown 7. Fuel is supplied through doors 5 at each end of the boiler. A central bridge 6 and baffles 8, 9 may be provided. The water-tubes are increased in correspondence with the enlarged grate.
Patent GB-190406729-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Spring Pistol.
Inventor: ELL WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6729. Ell, W. H. March 19. Toy pistols.-In a spring pistol, the shot is placed in the barrel a, Fig. 1, through the hole a<2>, and is projected by the reduced end e of a spring plunger d. The plunger is drawn back by a block j<1>, which catches against a projection h<1> on the plunger protruding through a slot in the chamber b. The block is attached by an arm j to a cocking trigger i, and is returned to its forward position by a spring k<1> attached to a curved extension k of the trigger. While in that position, the curved extension serves to protect the mechanism from injury. The plunger d is retained in the position shown by the pivoted plate m, which catches on a projection h of the plunger and is released by depressing a trigger n.
Patent GB-190406922-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Treatment of Humus for Fertilizing Purposes.
Inventor: ROUX XAVIER MARIE
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 6922. Roux, X. M., and Gonin, B. W. March 22. Manures.-Relates to a process for treating humus for fertilizing purposes, in which it is stated that ammonium humate is formed. Water containing alkali is boiled in the vessel a, and is run into the measuring vessel c through the flexible tube b. This vessel c can be adjusted at any required height on a standard d by means of eyes or rings c<3> fitting on pairs of hooks d'. It is also provided with a plunger e, the rod e<1> of which constitutes a rack engaging a pinion e<2> with an operating-handle, as shown. The liquid is thus forced through the rose or spraying-device c<2> on to the boxes or trays f, which are piled up as shown, and contain each the requisite amount of humus to absorb the liquid. The trays may be mounted on wagons g running on rails, and may have hinged sides to allow of removal of the product.
Patent GB-190409128-A (GB)
Title: Improved Processes for the Construction of Relief-maps and similar Models.
Inventor: HENDERSON HAMILTON GERALD
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9128. Honderson, H. G. April 20. Maps.-Relates to relief maps and the like produced by casting and moulding operations. Thin slabs of clay of the required thickness are traced with separate contour lines, and then cut along the lines, the superfluous portions being finally removed. The slabs cut with successive contour lines are built up on a suitable foundation to form a mould, the step-like edges of the mould being finished off with a luting of clay. To make a plaster cast, the mould is enclosed in a frame of wood, the corners of which are capable of being wedged up tightly, and a frame covered with wire netting or perforated zinc placed in an inverted position over the mould. The mould is primarily filled with a core of cinders, and finally liquid plaster is poured in through the perforated frame. The plaster sets hard over the perforated backing, and is finished off in the usual way, while the mould is immersed in an oil-bath until again required. A large map may be made by arranging several moulds together inside the frame. A "positive" of the relief map may be built up from the superfluous portions cut away from the clay slabs, the step like edges as before being treated with clay. The Provisional Specification states that the backing-frame may be a board perforated with holes which may be countersunk or have wires inserted across them, and also that the clay for luting may be made more plastic by mixing with vaseline.
Patent GB-190412440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of a Pharmaceutical Compound.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 12,440. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. June 1. m-Tolylsemicarbazide ; nitrile of m-tolylhydrazine carboxylic acid.-The nitrile of m-tolylhydrazine carboxylic acid, obtained, say, by the action of cyanogen bromide on m-tolylhydrazine, is saponified to produce m-tolylsemicarbazide, according to the equation :- An example is given in which the nitrile, prepared as above, is dissolved in ether and shaken with water and hydrochloric acid. The acid solution is partly evaporated on a water bath, and the semicarbazide is crystallized out, and purified by recrystallization from water after addition of boneblack. Water, sulphuric acid, &c. may be used instead of hydrochloric acid. The compound has antipyretic and other therapeutic properties.
Patent GB-190412750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Sweeping Machines
Inventor: LAYMAN HIRAM DOUGLAS
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 12,750. Layman, H. D., and Layman, F. W. P. June 6. Sweeping-m a c h i n es.-In a sweeping-machine, dirt slightly sprinkled with water is swept up and raised into a receptacle, whence it is discharged into carts, the whole of the mechanism being under the control of the driver. To sprinkle the dirt, water from a lower compartment 6 is discharged through a cross-pipe 68 connected with a cock 68<a>, which is operated by a foot-lever, and the dirt is then swept up by a rotating brush on to a segmental apron 61, flexibly jointed to the lower end of an elevator frame 16. Carried forwards by the flights 35 of a pair of belts 34<b>, the dirt is raised and deposited in a chamber 5, where it is levelled by the flights 24<a> of travelling belts 24. The dirt chamber has at one side a door, hinged along its lower edge, which may be locked by a series of bell-crank levers, pivoted on the frame and coupled together and to a hand-lever. When unlocked, the door falls open, in which position it may be supported by chains, and then, by means of a hand-lever and pawl and ratchetwheel, a transverse apron 11 having cleats may be moved towards the opening, so that the accumulated sweepings are discharged into a cart. The elevator is enclosed by a cover 18, while the brush has a casing 40. This casing is adjustably connected by a pin and slot and a screwed rod to a U-frame 37 also pivoted to the casing, the bearing- bars 50 being connected by chains to the rod 65 of the apron 61, so that, by actuating a lever 49, the brush and with it the apron may be raised clear of the ground, castor-wheels 39 serving as a fulcrum. The lever 49 also, through a bell-crank lever and chain, throws a clutch on the main shaft 30 out of gear, so that the rotation of the brush which is imparted from the hind road wheels through gearwheels now ceases, and, at the same time, the elevator mechanism and the belts 24 stop. All the shafts which might be subjected to strains through inequalities in the road are mounted in spherical bearings.
Patent GB-190413912-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mode of and Means for Transmitting Animal Power in Underground Workings.
Inventor: BLACKETT WILLIAM CUTHBERT
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 13,912. Blackett, W. C. June 20. Undercutting &c.-Relates primarily to means for transmitting animal power to the conveyer, which removes the hewn coal from the face of the seam to the tubs or hutches, applicable also to other similar purposes. The animal, which travels in an excavation 1, Fig. 1, is connected through a beam 8 to a pulley 6, and an endless chain 7 passes around the pulleys 6, 10, 11, one or both of the spindles of which are connected to the conveyer, preferably through universal joints 32, 33, Fig. 3, and a telescopic connecting-rod 29, 30. The standard supporting the pulley 6 preferably consists of telescopic tubes 14, 15, Fig. 2, provided with an adjustable screw 18 and secured together by a clamp 16 surrounding the split end of the tube 14. The standard 12 supporting the pulley 11 is preferably constructed as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190426510-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flexible Coupling for Pipes and Tubes.
Inventor: PIDGEON ALBERT
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 26,510. Pidgeon, A. Dec. 6. Flexible tubing; flexible tubes used as couplings.- Relates to flexible couplings for joining together the rigid sections of beer-engine &c. extractor pipes without the use of external clips, wires, &c. The ends of the metal pipes are provided with rounded flanges, adapted to enter corresponding annular grooves or recesses B in the flexible coupling-piece A. The grooves B are relatively near the centre of the coupling A, but are separated to a sufficient extent to allow the greatest freedom at the joint without causing the parts to be separated.
Patent GB-190427352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Controlling Apparatus.
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 27,352. Otis Elevator Co., [Oris Elevator Co.]. Dec. 15. Electromagnets; motors, controlling.-Relates to control of alternating-current motors, particularly for lifts controlled either by a switch on the lift or by means of push-buttons. The electromagnets for operating the various switches have several windings, one for each phase, and thus the armatures are continuously held without chattering. Fig. 1 shows an electromagnet having several windings 1, two U-shaped cores 2, one for each phase, and corresponding armatures 3. Fig. 7 shows another arrangement, the phase windings 6, 8 being carried on separate cores and the two armatures 4 on a rod 47. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the connections for a motor 15, which is controlled by a switch 25 on the lift 22. The reversing- switch comprises two pairs of electromagnets 18, 19 and 20, 21, adapted to be connected to the mains by the switch 25. Either of the windings 18, 20 can be connected to the main 36, and either of the windings 19, 21 to the main 34, the main 35 being the common return. When the armature 17 is moved, the motor circuits are closed and the magnets 5, 7 energized to cut out the resistances 23. The brake 27 is controlled by a magnet 29 having a pair of windings 32, 33. In a modified arrangement, operated by pushbuttons, additional switches having similar pairs of windings are provided for closing circuits so that the lift may be operated from push-buttons on the car or on the landing, and for preventing interference when the lift is in motion.
Patent GB-190427618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Atomising Liquid and Gaseous Fluids.
Inventor: STEUART CHARLES FERDINAND DE K
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 27,618. Steuart, C. F. de Kierskowski-, Dec. 17. Lift valves; plug cocks; locking v a l v e s.-In atomizers of the type in which fine jets of fluid are broken into spray by impinging one on the other, the passages through which the fluid passes are formed as grooves e in a conical plug, so that the stream of fluid impinges at the apex f of the cone, with or without a small axial hole controlled by a needle valve. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the spray-producer may be closed by the devices shown to prevent leakage. The grooves in the plug are closed by turning the ring valve 5, which is provided with projections that can cover the grooves e and is operated by the handle 11 and locked in position by a lock-nut ; the central hole is closed by the needle valve, a seating 14 being provided to take it ; this valve is operated by the hand-wheel 34 and locked by the nut 16 the conical plug being forced on its seat by the handle 15.
Patent GB-190428258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Net-making and in Machines therefor.
Inventor: THOMSON MALCOLM BERNARD
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 28,258. Thomson, M. B., and Campbell, J. Dec 23. Net-making.-The warp threads d<1>, Fig. 5, pass up from stationary bobbins d through lingoes e and suspended weights e<1>, e' to the needles i. They then proceed vertically to the take-up rollers k, k<1>. The weft threads are carried, by means of lace machine bobbins and carriages, through closed loops of the warps and back round the middle bars of the loops so as to make the true seine knot. The weights e<2>, e<1> are normally supported by the platforms f<2>, f<1>, but are lowered thereby, to draw the warp loops tight, just before the back and front motions respectively of the weft bobbins. In the making of the knot, the needle-bar i<1> first moves in the direction of the length of the machine, to bring the warps across the instruments p, q, Fig. 8, which then descend. The instruments q pull the thread into an open loop, as shown. After the descent of the instruments p, the needle-bar i<1> returns, drawing its thread into another open loop on the instruments p, which then ascend to the position shown in Fig. 10. The needle i then advances, Fig. 11, and closes the two open loops. The next movement is the passage of the weft bobbin o. The pin m is moved, first at right-angles to, and then in the direction of, the length of the machine, to draw the middle bar of the warp loop laterally as shown in Fig. 13, so that the weft passes round it on the return of the bobbin and forms the seine knot. The loops are freed by slightly rocking the instruments q. and are tightened on the instruments p, from which the knots are disengaged by driving the work roller. The fingers s, Figs. 5 and 13, follow the bobbins to guide the threads. They are mounted on a rocking frame suspended on a shaft s<3> capable of axial movement. The bobbins are driven in their combs n by catch-bars and a system of cam-operated links and levers. The motions of the needle-bar, the instruments, and the platforms f 1, f are derived from cams through intermediate mechanisms.
Patent GB-190500327-A (GB)
Title: A Grinding Machine or Apparatus to be used principally for Levelling the Corrugations or Undulations on the Surfaces of Grooved Rails, applicable also to other purposes.
Inventor: FORSTER AMBROSE
Filed: 1905-01-07
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 327. Forster, A. Jan. 7. Locomotive tramway vehicles. - A self - propelled car a driven by an electric, steam, petrol, or other motor carries adjustable grinding- wheels e and blocks u for levelling in situ the corrugations and undulations on the surfaces of grooved rails, points, and crossings of tramways and the like. The propelling - wheels bare driven from the shaft h, which is driven by a belt from the motor, by worm and chain or worm and spur gearing.
Patent GB-190501790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Apparatus.
Inventor: FORRESTER HENRY GRAFTON
Filed: 1905-01-30
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 1790. Forrester, H. G. Jan. 30. Screw unions.-Fig. 4 shows a union consisting of an internallyscrewed collar Q having a washer R and an inner tube S. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 200, A.D. 1880, and No. 23,073, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Life-saving &c.].]
Patent GB-190504474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Atomizers.
Inventor: MCDOUGALL SIDNEY
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 4474. McDougall, S. March 3. Spray-producers.-Relates to spray-producers in which the liquid is sprayed by air compressed by a pump attached to the apparatus, and consists in arranging the air pump in alinement wich the liquid receptacle, so that one cylindrical casing encloses the liquid receptacle and pump. Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the apparatus. The cylinder b is divided into two parts, a reservoir s and an air pump a. The pump is fitted with a piston c, which forces air through the tubular passage f and orifices m, which are directly over the ends of the liquid pipes g, so that the liquid is induced up these by the air blast. A plug b closes the filling-orifice to the liquid receptacle. To change the direction of the spray, a deflector k, shown in Fig. 1 out of use, may be lowered until it rests on a ledge in front of the orifices m. A wire loop o is fitted to prevent rolling and to serve for hanging up the apparatus. The Provisional Specification states that an adjustable cover is fitted to the liquid cylinder for the purpose of opening or closing one or more of the liquid tubes or air tubes to suit the direction in which the liquid is to be sprayed.