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Patent GB-190303379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Artificial Eyes.
Inventor: MULLER EMILIUS
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 3379. Muller, E. Feb. 12. Eyes, artificial.-A glass eye is formed hollow at the back to prevent displacement by muscular contraction of the eyesocket. The rounded edge 1 may be thickened all round, as shown, to facilitate retention of the eye in the socket, or the edge may be finer on the side nearer the nose.
Patent GB-190309809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Detecting High Voltage in Electrical Circuits and Apparatus.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 9809. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. April 30. Testing. - An electrification detector, for showing the presence of high electric pressure in a conductor, consists of a small electric condenser, provided with a readilyobservable spark k gap between its plates, and supported by an insulating-handle so that one plate may be placed in contact with the conductor to be tested, the other plate being g isolated. Sparks then pass the gap if the conductor is highly electrified. In one form, a jar of glass or other transparent insulating- material has a metal lining divided by a small air gap, the upper part of the lining being provided with a conducting-hook. In the form shown, the condenser plates are concentric cylinders, separated by insulating- material 5, and surrounding one end of a wooden switch stick A. The outer plate 6 is connected to a hook 1, and carries a projecting tongue 8. A pointed screw 9 may be turned in a nut attached to the inner plate, to adjust the gap between the point and the tongue 8.
Patent GB-190310672-A (GB)
Title: Improved, Convertible High, Low, or Rocking Chair and Mailcart, Combined.
Inventor: LASS WILLIAM HAYLOR
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,672. Lass, W. H. May 11. Children's mail carts.-A child's chair of adjustable height is convertible into a rocking-chair or mail cart, and may be folded into a small space. The seat A is mounted on two frames B, the lower parts of which form two rockers C. The legs D are in the form of two crosses pivoted together by bars E, E', which connect the legs on either side of the frame. The top ends of the upper cross are pivoted by screws F, F<1> through slots G, G<1> to cross-bars H, H'. These cross-bars are caused to travel in opposite directions by a right and left handed screw I turned by a handle J, thus raising or lowering the chair. The centre of the upper cross is pivoted by a screw K through a vertical slot L to a crossbar M. Small rubber-tyred wheels are attached to the lower ends of the legs. The back 0 is pivoted by screws P to a block Q fixed to the seat. The arms R, having a shoulder S on the outer side, are pivoted by thumb-screws T to the back and by thumb-screws U to uprights V. The latter are secured by an L-shaped pin which passes through a slot W in the seat, and which, when the upright V is turned, holds it fast. A tray Y is pivoted by screws Z to two slotted arms X running on thumb-screws U and passing under the shoulders S. Clips a resting on the screws U support the inner edge of the tray when used as a table. The clips a may be hooked on to screws b when the tray forms an extension of the seat, and on to screws c in the foot-rest d to form a splashboard when the chair is used as a mail cart. Slotted bars e are carried by screws T and are connected at the top by a bar f which rests on the top of the chair back. For driving the mail cart, the bar f is pushed down, the pins g are inserted in slots h, and the screws T are tightened up.
Patent GB-190311228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Yarn for the Manufacture of Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: MCELDERRY JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 11,228. McElderry, J. H., McCleerry, J. C., and McElderry, T. L. May 18. Yarns and threads.-Relates to yarns composed of long fibres such as flax or ramie. A fancy yarn is produced by incorporating into the yarn at irregular intervals bunches or lumps of short untwisted fibres of a different colour from that of the fibres forming the body of the yarn. The shoft fibres are, preferably, composed of the fluff or waste material obtained in the processes of winding, beaming, weaving, and cropping; they may also be formed of wool, silk, mercerized cotton, &c. The waste fibres may be mixed with the tow before carding, or be fed into the carding- engine simultaneously with the tow, the sliver so produced being mixed if desired, with other flax or ramie slivers, and the yarn being farther drawn and spun in the usual way. Coloured yarn with white or coloured spots or lumps is obtained by dyeing the tow before the mixing-process, or by employing for the short fibres a coloured or uncoloured material, such as wool or silk, and dyeing the finished yarn with a dye that will affect the flax and not the spots or lumps. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention may be applied to yarns composed of fibres other than flax or ramie, and the short fibres may be sprinkled upon the yarns at any stage of the manufacturing process.
Patent GB-190312158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Means for Removing and Preventing Wrinkles on the Face.
Inventor: THATCHER ALBERTA
Filed: 1903-05-28
Granted: 1904-05-28
Abstract: 12,158. Thatcher, A., [trading as Hoffman, A. von]. May 28. Face, improving appearance of; cosmetics.-In order to prevent and remove wrinkles, porous straps or plasters shaped to the facial muscles, and prepared with an adhesive and beneficial composition are applied where required. The plasters, which may be made of cambric, silk, or firmlywoven paper, are, preferably, perforated to allow ventilation. The composition may consist of equal parts of gum acacia, gum tragacanth, tincture of benzoin, bismuth, and lanoline with a few drops of rose-water.
Patent GB-190312199-A (GB)
Title: Protected Polishing Material and Preparation of same.
Inventor: HENTZ WILLIAM ROBERT WHITE
Filed: 1903-05-28
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,199. Hentz, W. R. W. May 28. Wrappers; wrapping-materials.-Relates to the protection of blocks, bars, sticks, or balls of such polisbing-materials as are subject to deterioration if exposed to the moisture of the air, such as compounds of lime and stearine &c. The block &c. is covered by a closely-fitting and moisture-excluding covering of soft metal, such as fusible metal in the form of foil. The overlapping joints and folds of the foil are hermetically sealed and united by brazing or fusing.
Patent GB-190314382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saddle Tree Bars.
Inventor: BUTLER ERICK ROCK
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 14,382. Butler, E. R., and Woolley, J. June 29. Stirrup strops, suspending, safety saddle-bars for. The saddlebar consists of an arm 7 hinged between lugs 8, 9 on the supporting-plate 6. It is held, normally, in the position shown, by a knife-blade spring 11. If the rider is thrown, the pull of the stirrup strap turns the arm on the pivot 10 until the strap is freed. To facilitate the freeing of the strap, the underside of the arm is tapered at the end.
Patent GB-190319903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Valves
Inventor: BESSONET GEORGE C
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 19,903. Bessonet, G. C. Sept. 15. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The stopper 1 of a non-refillable bottle is formed in two similar parts, and a washer 2 is inserted in a groove in the stopper, springs 3 embedded in the stopper serving to retain the stopper in the neck. A buoyant sphere 7, Fig. 2, fits on the valve seat in the chamber 4 connected with the bottle by a passage 8, and having an outlet through longitudinal grooves 11, 11<a>, and a circumferential groove 9. The ball 7 is normally kept on its seat by glass &c. balls 6. Liquid can leave the bottle when inverted, but the bottle cannot be refilled, as the balls 6 keep the valve closed when the bottle is upright, while, when liquid is supplied to the bottle in an inverted position, the buoyant action of the liquid in the chamber 4 forces the ball 7 against its seat.
Patent GB-190321343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread-cutters for Boot and Shoe Sewing Machines.
Inventor: KNIGHT HARRY
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 21,343. Knight, H. Oct. 5. Boot-sole stitching-machines; thread-cutters.-A circular knife f is mounted on a lever h and is rotated into contact with the back thread when the presser-foot is lifted to release the boot. The lever is rotated by means of a pinion m and a toothed quadrant o, which, being fixed to a shaft p, integral with a cam-lever q, is actuated by a stop r secured to the foot-bar c. A spring s returns the knife when the foot is lowered. The knife is enclosed in a guard which protects the part not in use. In a similar device for cutting the front thread a hook knife is used. According to the Provisional Specification, a chisel-shaped knife is used. The knife is pressed forward by a lever when the foot-bar is raised.
Patent GB-190322336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plate Bending Machines
Inventor: SMITH HUGH
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 22,336. Smith, H., Smith, O., Smith, A. R., and Smith, R. Oct. 16. Bending. - In a plate bending and setting machine of the type described in Specification No 25,247, A.D. 1899 the stationary abutment A is formed as a roller, which is rotated to feed the plate P forward between it and rollers F carried by hydraulic rams D or springs on the sliding abutment B. The roller is partially rotated, when the abutment B has moved back, by a ram R acting through a rack on toothed quadrants, each of which carries a pawl which may be engaged with one of a pair of wheels W<5> connected by shafts and bevel gearing to the roller. The plate may be fed in either direction by using the corresponding pawl. The ram of the hydraulic cylinder E, which operates the sliding abutment, is arranged to actuate the valve v of the cylinder containing the ram R, while the ram R actuates the valve V of the cylinder E, so that the bending and feeding operations proceed automatically when the machine has been started by moving a handle Y controlling the valve V.
Patent GB-190322441-A (GB)
Title: A Chemical Binding Compound and Process of Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: MELLINGER JACOB
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 22,441. Mellinger, J. Oct. 17. Cements. - A binding-compound suitable for using cold in the manufacture of artificial fuel is formed by mixing calcined soda, water, and slaked lime, evaporating the solution to a stated specific gravity, adding infusorial earth, and fusing in a crucible. The product is pulverized and stirred while exposed to the air, dissolved in water, and evaporated to a definite specific gravity. The coal dust, or like material, after being finely ground is mixed with the composition and compressed. On exposure to the air, hydrated silicic acid is formed, which afterwards hardens.
Patent GB-190328141-A (GB)
Title: An Adjusting Link for Hoisting Cages and the like.
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 28,141. Fraser & Chalmers, and Whitmore, F. L. Dec. 22. Couplings.-An adjusting-link for the chains or ropes of hoisting cages, designed to allow of ready adjustment for stretching or repair, consists of three plates, two c of which are formed on their inner faces with transverse ridges c<1> to engage corresponding grooves on the faces of the third plate a, being held together by bolts d, or in a modification, by a taper sleeve engaging their correspondingly-shaped outer surfaces. The link is connected up at one end by holes c<3>, and at the other by alternative holes a<3> which give a large range of adjustment.
Patent GB-190328769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brakes.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,769. Evans, W. E., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. Dec. 31. Brakes.-The piston a of an electromagnetic brake is prevented from returning to an inoperative position, when the current in the coil e ceases, by fluid from the chamber g entering the cylinder b through the valve h, which is opened, when it is desired to remove the brake, by the movable core k of a solenoid i. The piston a is then moved to the right by the spring d on the rod f.
Patent GB-190405201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wool Washing Machinery
Inventor: LESENNE EDOUARD
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 5201. Lesenne, E. March 2. Washing.-Relates to apparatus for removing the finished wool from the vats. The vat formed with an inclined bottom and with a lip overhanging the carrier belt A has fixed thereto four standards B in which bearings B' are adjustably fitted by set-screws. Endless chains E, the links of which are formed with sockets F, run on sprocket-wheels D carried by shafts C which are journalled in the bearings B<1>. Combs are mounted in the socket F, and to their projecting ends are secured blocks I having projecting pins I<11>, with or without friction rollers, which engage with curved guides J, attached to the cross-bars K, and cause the tines G to assume the indicated position when entering the vat. Blocks L carried by the blocks I are longitudinally grooved on their undersides for engaging with guides H. Rotary motion is given to one of the shafts C, thereby causing the tines to deposit the wool on the carrier belt A. The tines may be curved.
Patent GB-190408675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway-ties or Sleepers, Bridge Timbers, Posts and the like
Inventor: HORR JACOB
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 8675. Horr, J. July 27, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901], Sleepers.-Railway ties or sleepers are constructed of a cementitious or concrete body having upper and lower wooden pieces recessed or employed therein, this construction being also applicable to switch ties, cattle-guard timbers, bridge ties and timbers, and posts. Figs. 1 and 3 show one form of sleeper having a cementitious or concrete body 1 moulded with upper and lower recesses to receive timbers 3, 9 secured by bolts 7. The rails 5 are spiked to the timber 3. In another form, the rails rest on separate timbers.
Patent GB-190408680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pickaxes.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8680. Stewart, W. C. April 15. Handles. - The shaft of a pick-axe is provided with a tapered elliptical ferrule a, to fit the eye in the head b, and made in two halves secured with a screw d. The ferrule is countersunk to bring the head of the screw flush, and is strengthened at the portion e where the screw enters and may have ribs or projections f. By making the ferrule deeper than the head, the shaft is strengthened and given an increased gripping-surface,
Patent GB-190414105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Connecting the Electrodes of Galvanic Batteries with their Leads.
Inventor: WIECHMANN ERNST
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 14,105. Wiechmann, E. June 22. Connections.- Relates to means for connecting electrodes with their leads without the use of screw clamps. The electrodes or their lugs, together with the leads which are laid against them, are gripped between the side surfaces of pieces s formed of insulating- material and connected together by springs f. The clamps and springs together form a single surface d which is carried by the walls of the vessel, finger pieces g on the clamps being so arranged that, by pressing together two pieces situated at the required distance apart, the electrodes between them are simultaneously released. The device is also shown applied to batteries of three large double elements and twelve simple elements respectively.
Patent GB-190415209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: LEWIS EDMUND WOODWARD
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 15,209. Lewis, E. W., and Smith, H. July 7. Motor road vehicles.-Rotating discs or wheels for the control nf the motors or other parts of the vehicle are fixed in the rim of the steering-wheel. The Figure shows a steering-wheel constructed with two slotted portions A which are cylindrical in section. A collar B is fixed on one of these portions and abuts against the rough surface of a loose collar C which is fixed to a disc or wheel D. A cross-piece E is pressed into engagement with a recess D' on the disc D by means of a spring working in the slot of the portion A, and thus keeps the collar C pressed against the collar B, thereby preventing the latter from rotating easily. By rotating the wheel D, the drum C can be made to wind up a chain, cord, or wire passing through a Bowden tube G to any portion of the apparatus which requires controlling.
Patent GB-190419092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing either Granulated Powdered, or similar Substances or Fluids
Inventor: DUCKWORTH CALEB
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 19,092. Duckworth, C. Sept. 5. Moving container, apparatus. - Mixing- machines of the kind described in Specification No. 16,230, A.D. 1901, are modified to facilitate feeding and discharging, and means for heating are provided. The container, rotated preferably by worm gearing, is made in two parts a, b, provided with meeting flanges a', b<1> and sealed by a washer. Rods d', e, f, passing through lugs on the closed end a', are secured to a triangular frame g at one end and pass through guides and clip under the flange b<1> at the other. A screw h passes through a boss g<x> in the frame g and rests in the eod a<2>, and the rod e is hinged at ex. A tube j is fitted in the portion a, is connected to the hollow trunnions d, d', and has in it a bunsen burner having a vertical flame, or is heated by steam. The mixing-grids are formed with projections engaging one another, to ensure the bars crossing each other at an angle, and a valve k is opened and closed during rotation by a cam l and lever m. For charging or discharging, the portion b<1> is lowered by the screw h on to the base-plate c<2>, the rods disengaged, and the hinged rod e bent to allow removal.
Patent GB-190419998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Current Collecting Devices for Electric Generators and Motors.
Inventor: ELERS KARL FREDRIK
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 19,998. Elers, K. F. Sept. 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Brush-holders; collecting-rings.-To economize space, especially in single-phase alternating-current railway motors or other motors or dynamos with a large number of poles, the brush-holders are directly attached to their respective collecting-rings, the latter being mounted on an adjustable annular plate. The collecting-rings 1, 2 are provided with raised parallel brackets 17, or other suitable means, for directly attaching the brush-holders, and with seats 19 for the leads. They are fastened concentrically to the plate 5, and insulated from it by the non-conducting sheet 9. The fastening is effected by bolts 8, which have insulating-washers 11, 111 and bushings 10, Fig. 3 ; a squared part 14 of the bolt projects in front of the rings, and can be held when adjustments of the nut 15 are to be made. The ring 5 is supported by the inner circumference of a ring 4 laterally projecting from a bracket 3, and also by a retaining-ring. The ring 5 is clamped in position by a set-screw 21, which forces a plug 23, of hard material, against its rim. The position is then fixed by drilling a hole 26 through the rings 4, 5 and inserting a spring-pressed pin 27.
Patent GB-190421101-A (GB)
Title: Process for Making a Substitute for Cork & the Article Produced by said Process
Inventor: BIRKBECK HENRY
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 21,101. Birkbeck, H., [Brooks, F. H.]. Oct. 1. Cork, artificial; stoppers.-To form a cheap substitute for cork or corks, ordinary rubber is dissolved, rendering it gelatinous, and from three to fifty per cent. of sulphur is mixed with the gelatinous mass to serve as a binder. The quantity of sulphur used depends upon the degree of firmness desired. Powdered cork, or wood pulp or bark, or straw or hemp, is then mixed with the other materials in proportions varying from five to fifty per cent. The mixing is done in the cold to prevent evaporation of the solvent, which is subsequently driven off at a low heat. The mass is moulded while still moist into the desired shape, or pressed into sheets. If the evaporation has been carried too far, the mass is moistened again with alcohol or live steam, previous to the moulding &c. After moulding, the articles formed are vulcanized in the ordinary way. Gutta-percha may be used instead of rubber, if desired.
Patent GB-190421541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: RODEWALD FREDERICK ARNOLD
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,541. Rodewald, F. A. Oct. 7. Spring wheels.-In wheels of the type in which radial springs are arranged between two rings A, A', studs a on one of which project through holes in the other, two sets of springs are used, one set B being always in compression and another stronger eet B<1> being in compression when the rings are not concentric. The springs may be arranged so that both sets are compressed at the same time as shown in Fig. 1, or they may be arranged, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the stronger springs are only compressed when the rings have moved some distance relatively to one another.
Patent GB-190421586-A (GB)
Title: An Axle for Bassinettes or other Light Vehicles
Inventor: CANTRILL SIMEON
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 21,586. Cantrill, S. Oct. 8. Axles; axles, attaching to springs.-The tubular axle A of a bassinette or other light vehicle receives the inner ends b<1> of the spindles B, which are drawn together by means of the screwed tubular or solid inner axle a<1>. The springs are attached by means of clips F, which embrace the axle and have screwed split stems F<1> passing through the seating-blocks f<2> and the springs. Nuts f<3> screwed on the stems hold the parts together.
Patent GB-190426932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heating Apparatus for Ship's Saloons, Cabins, State and Smoke Rooms, the Apartments of Buildings, Railway Carriages and such like Structures.
Inventor: LOW ARCHIBALD NICOL
Filed: 1904-12-10
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 26,932. Low, A. N. Dec. 10. Heating ships.- A steam-heated radiator consists of corrugated tubes C traversed by open air tubes E,arranged preferably in pairs on top and bottom chambers A, B. The steam is admitted through the cock G and pipe F, and descends around the air tubes to the outlet H. A series of such pairs of heating-elements may be connected together by bolts or otherwise.
Patent GB-190506108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Jars and like Hollow Receptacles.
Inventor: CRAFT WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 6108. Craft, W. G. March 23. Bottles, jars, &c. ; cleaning bottles &c.-Relates to bottles, jars, and like hollow receptacles of the kind that are formed with detachable bottoms to facilitate cleaning. Fig. 1 shows a bottle in which the bottom consists of a screw plug c, a washer e being used to make a tight joint. In a modification, the bottom may be a screw cap. The bottom is formed with a square projection f adapted to be engaged by a spanner, or with a finger-piece. To facilitate the draining of the bottles after washing, racks are described. Fig. 5 shows a rack applicable for use with the bottle shown in Fig. 1, which has an enlarged part a<1> to rest on the top plate k of the rack. For smooth bottles, the rack shown in Fig. 8 is used, formed of wire mesh, the bottles being gripped by the resiliency of the wire.