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Patent GB-190225585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Latrines.
Inventor: BARCLAY DAVID
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 25,585. Barclay, D. Nov. 21. Latrines.-The basin is made hopper-shaped, as shown in plan by Fig. 2, with an open front, Fig. 1, at the bottom of which a strip of some non-conductor F may be fixed as a seat. In the modification shown in front elevation by Fig. 5, and in section by Fig. 6, the sides L slope away to an extended back K.
Patent GB-190226171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Making Coffee, Tea and other Infusions, for Boiling Eggs, Heating Chocolate and similar Operations.
Inventor: JONES CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 26,171. Jones, C. J., and Still, W. M. Nov. 27. Water - heaters, gas.-Relates to a vertical boiler, with automatic regulation, for heating water for use in making tea, coffee, &c. The boiler is heated by a gas burner b, the flames from which pass up vertical tubes c arranged i n t h e water space of the boiler and opening into a common chamber c<1> leading to the chimney d. The gas supply is regulated by a valve h carried by the lower of two corrugated metal discs j forming an enclosed chamber k which is in communication with the steam space of the boiler. A bye-pass prevents the gas from being entirely shut off from the burner.
Patent GB-190300576-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ornamental Metal Tubing and Process of Manufacturing same.
Inventor: ASH THOMAS FREER
Filed: 1903-01-09
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 576. Ash, T. F. Jan. 9. Metal tubes. - Ornamental metal tubing is made by drawing a cover tube C of zinc over a liner tube L of zinc or tinned iron with their seams diametrically opposite, by soldering up the seam of the cover tube so as to attach the liner tube, and finally drawing the compound tube through suitable dies to produce ornamentation, as shown in Fig. 4, and by plating with brass or otherwise coating the finished tube.
Patent GB-190302765-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Slating & Tiling Roofs.
Inventor: JACKSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-05
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2765. Jackson, W. Feb. 5. Roofing-tiles are cut away at two opposite corners, as shown, so as to butt with the joint parallel to the rafters a.
Patent GB-190303314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Bedsteads
Inventor: BARTON BENJAMIN CHARLES
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 3314. Barton, B. C. Feb. 12. Bedsteads.-In a folding and portable bedstead, the legs 6, 7, 8, 9, Fig. 2, which form part of the end frames, pass through holes 10, 11, 12, 13 in the end bars 2, 3. The bars 16, 17 of the head and foot rails also pass through holes 18, 19 in the end bars. Diagonal or other braces 22, 23, 24 are pivoted at one end to the legs, and at the other end to the side bars. When the bedstead is collapsed, the legs with the head and foot rails slide partly through the end rails, and lie within the thickness of the frame 1. The bedstead is held in its extended position by locking-levers 35, Figs. 2 and 4, which take under the rails 20, 21, and prevent the head and foot rails from sliding through the end rails. Or spring plate, 36, Fig. 5, may be provided with projections 37, which engage with holes in the legs. The legs may pass through brackets at the corners of the end rails instead of through the rails themselves. The side rails may also be jointed in the middle.
Patent GB-190306471-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sounding-box for Pianofortes & Pianinos.
Inventor: GASHUETZ MICHAEL
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 6471. Gasch³tz, M. March 20. Pianofortes.-The sound-box A for a pianoforte or pianino is a freelyborne sounding- box which has bearings only in places at the back. It is free all round, may have a frame at the back instead of a board, and has treble and bass bridges and two sounding - holes in front.
Patent GB-190307038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Collapsible Devices for Holding or Storing Papers and other Articles.
Inventor: PINCHETTI ENRICO
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 7038. Pinchetti, E. March 26. Filing papers.-Pockets for papers, as shown in Fig. 6, are connected together by studs or buttons d, on the walls b, which move in slits or grooves in the walls a. The several pockets may be extended, as shown, for inspection and withdrawal of the contents, or they may be slid together, side by side, and secured in any suitable manner, for insertion in a case or box, &c. Fig. 12 represents a holder for portraits, postcards, &c., grooves being arranged in the rear and front in which studs or buttons h, i in the adjacent holders move. In the form shown in Fig. 16, the cases or pockets are replaced by frames to serve as newspaper carriers or holders, the top holder being preferably fitted with means for suspension. Fig. 19 shows the application of the invention to boxes, which are connected together by arms p pivoted at one end to the boxes, and engaging at the other ends in grooves n in the adjacent boxes. When closed, the boxes are placed one over the other, and when open, are extended as shown. In a modification the boxes are mounted so as to slide over one another, and, when fully extended, are not end to end, or in the same plane, as they are in Fig. 19. In this case, the boxes may be provided with bands which cover the grooves in which the buttons slide. The upper boxes form covers for the lower, and the top box is fitted with a sliding cover. In a further modification, the grooves are formed along the top edges of the sides, and the cover of the top box may be in two parts hinged together.
Patent GB-190317293-A (GB)
Inventor: PEARSON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 17,293. Pearson, G. Aug. 10. Syringes; irrigatozÀ-A cup c, to catch the liquid, is combined with the nozzle a of a syringe etc.; the nozzle being attached to a nipple c, in the centre of the cup, communicating with a second nipple d, connected to a pump, enema, or reservoir. A rubber tube is connected to an outlet f to convey the liquid to some receptacle. The cup may be made of vulcanite, rubber, &c. ; if the material is hard the upper edge e, which is shaped to fit the body; is provided with rubber or similar flexible material. The cup may be connected to the nozzle in such a manner that it will catch the escaping liquid even when held at some distance from the part syringed.
Patent GB-190318308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Needle Operating Mechanism of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1903-08-25
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 18,308. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Aug. 25. Shuttleless looms; picking-motions; picking-sticks. -In looms for weaving pile and other fabrics, the weft needle 5 is secured to a carriage 4, which is reciprocated along a guide-bar 3 by a link 18 and an arm 17 bolted to an arm 16 fixed to a rock-shaft 14. The shaft 14 is rocked by means of a pinion 13 and rack 12<11> on a slotted bar 12, which is reciprocated vertically by a stud 11 and a grooved cam 10 on a shaft 6 driven from some shaft in the loom. The bar 12 is guided by a square collar loosely mounted on the shaft 6, and received within a slot in the upper end of the bar 12. The cam 10 has three or two cam-surfaces, so that a complete revolution of the cam causes three or two insertions and withdrawals of the needle. The arm 16 may be made in two parts, of which one is secured to the shaft 14, and the other, carrying the arm 17, is mounted on the hub of the first part, and is adjustably secured thereto by bolts and set-screws, so that the position of the upper end of the arm 17, and therefore the movement of the carriage 4, may be varied. The arm 16 may be pivoted on a separate stud, and be vibrated by means of an adjustable link and an arm fixed to the shaft 14.
Patent GB-190321838-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Enlarging Photographs and the like.
Inventor: HUGHES WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1903-10-10
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 21,838. Hughes, W. C. Oct. 10. Enlarging.-A lantern containing two lamps and a reflecting-surface is used for concentrating the light upon the negative to be enlarged. The horizontal section of the lantern body A, Fig. 7, is of an irregular hexagonal shape, the lamps J, J<1> being placed in opposite corners. The light from the lamps falling on a reflector R, preferably a sheet of white blotting-paper, is projected on to the negative X supported at the back of a recess K, in the front of the lantern. The enlarging camera Z is supported by a shelf N at the bottom of the recess.
Patent GB-190323050-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Metal Bung for Barrels and the like
Inventor: BILATTE EDMOND
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 23,050. Bilatte, E., Audoye, L., Gruel, A., and Ginestet, F. Oct. 24. Bungs and bungholes; casks, opening. - The device consists of two parts both of metal, the bush e screwed into the cask and the bung f. The bung f is provided with the spindle n which engages with the socket k of the ring e. Centrally pivoted to the top of the bung f is the bar q, which, when the bung is in place, is made to engage with the projections ,g, g<1> formed on the interior of the ring e. By this means, the bung is pressed firmly down on the seating i in the ring, the washer m forming a tight joint. In the final position, the hole r in the bar q comes over a larger hole s in the bung f. The two holes are filled with lead which is stamped in, to prevent premature turning of the bar q. To remove the bung, the key K, Fig. 4, is used to force the bar round, until it comes from under the projections g<1>, g<1>, and the bung is then raised up and turned round out of the way. Instead of the spindle n, a chain may be used fixed to the bung and passing through a hole in the ring, a piece of metal being fixed to the end to prevent it from becoming loose.
Patent GB-190324472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces
Inventor: RUHSTRAT ERNST
Filed: 1903-11-18
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 24,472. Ruhstrat, E., and Grimmer, W. E. Nov. 11. Drawings to Specification. Moulding.-Quartz tubes are made by fusing sand between a carbon helix and a carbon rod or an inner helix, in a special electric furnace.
Patent GB-190408948-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-locking Mechanism for Safes and Strong Rooms
Inventor: ANTCLIFF HARRY RICHARD
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8948. Antcliff, H. R. April 19. Safes and strong-rooms; locks, key.-Relates to bolting-mechanism for safes and strong-rooms, by which the doors are locked by slamming, a key being necessary for re-opening them. The mechanism consists of the bolt-carrier c with the bolts b and the horizontal extension e, springs f being provided for shooting the bolts. The carrier is kept in an inoperative position, when the door is open, by the projection p bearing against the spring bolt m in the bottom of the door. On slamming the door, the bolt m is raised by the frame, and allows the projection p to pass through the recess m<2>, so that the bolts b can be shot out. As the carrier slides forward, the projection i' on the extension e operates the lever j, which, in turn, releases the detent k of the spring lock k' and allows the bolt k<3> to shoot behind a projection of the part e, thus locking the bolts b in their shot position. To open the door, the bolt k<3> must first be withdrawn by the key ; the bolts b are then withdrawn by the handle h.
Patent GB-190410972-A (GB)
Title: Improved System or Means for Dealing with Refuse Clinker and the like.
Inventor: JEFFCOCK CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 10,972. Jeffcock, C. E., and Yardley, W. H. May 12. Screening clinker &c.-Consists of a system of and apparatus for dealing with refuse clinker and the like by crushing and screening. The clinker is tipped into a skip b which elevates it and tips it into a crusher fitted, as described in Specification No. 2577, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Grinding, crushing &c.], with a toggle-link e<1> made in two parts connected by a pin which readily shears if a lump of uncrushable material comes between the jaws. The hoisting and lowering drums for the skip b are driven through belt gearing from a shaft y, and the belt shipper is operated through rack gearing and endless chains, one of which is connected to a starting-handle, while the other carries stops adapted to be engaged by a pin on the hoisting-rope to stop the bucket automatically at the upper and lower limits of its travel. The rotary screen into which the crushed clinker is delivered is driven and supported by rollers f<2> engaging end rings f<3> of equal diameter. The crusher and screen. like the hoisting-drums, are driven from the shaft y, but the drums, as described above, can be started and stopped independently of the crusher and screen. In a modification, the clinker is first crushed and then elevated by the bucket b to the screen.
Patent GB-190415334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Coiled Nuts for Screw Bolts and the like.
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,334. Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss, and Howarth, R. July 9. Making nuts.-Coiled nuts are made by coiling a square bar around a mandrel and cutting up into lengths. The gaps b, Fig. 3, left between the convolutions a, are removed by forging in dies A by a plunger B, Fig. 5, the blank, now of the form shown in Fig. 4, being ejected by a ram d and tipper e. To give the coils an increased pitch, a number of bars may be coiled around the mandrel, and, in another modification, coils of alternately hard and soft metal, the latter of about half the width of the former, are used. After forging, the holes are again punched and the nuts shaped and finished in the ordinary manner. Ridged bar, such as are described in Specification No. 23 301, A.D. 1902, may be used instead of the ordinary square bar.
Patent GB-190416632-A (GB)
Title: Process of Repairing Shoes and Boots and a Composition for Carrying out this Process.
Inventor: LEVY LEO
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 16,632. Levy, L. Aug. 7, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Waterproofing-compositions. -A waterproofing- composition for use in repairing soles and heels, and cracks in the uppers, of boots and shoes is obtained by mixing gutta-percha with tar. Small particles of wood, sawdust, chips of celluloid, iron-filings, sand, quartz, or the like may be added to increase the wear-resisting power of the composition.
Patent GB-190421404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Distending Handbags, Portmanteaux and the like when Empty.
Inventor: GRUDZINSKI STEFAN
Filed: 1904-10-05
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,404. Grudzinski, S., and Krausse, P. Oct. 5. Portmanteaus, hand-bags, &c.-Portmanteaus, hand-bags, and the like are held distended when empty by bars 1, Fig. 2, haviog wings 3 on the ends which are passed through slits 6 in plates 7, attached to the inner and outer frames, being secured by being turned through a right-angle. The bars may be pivoted or hinged at one end to the frames, or they may be longitudinally adjustable.
Patent GB-190421512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Illuminating Buoys and Beacons
Inventor: EDMUNDSON JOSHUA WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 21,512. Edmundson, J. W. Oct. 7. Beacon, buoy, and lighthouse lamps.- The lamps described in Specifications No. 18,959, A.D. 1894, and No. 38, A.D. 1898, are provided with three wicks disposed in a triangle with or without deflectors I, and a central air tube C passing up through the float cylinder and d oil container. The wicks pass from the reservoir to the tubes D and then over the rollers G down tubes E to the float. The cone A has slots F for the flames and a central hole H for the air from the tube C.
Patent GB-190423966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supporting and Holding Railway Rails.
Inventor: LIVESEY HARRY
Filed: 1904-11-05
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 23,966. Livesey, H. Nov. 5. Rails; chairs-; sleepers ; tie - bars a n d tie-plates.- Railway rails are secured in a horizontal or canted position by fastening them to shaped ends of tie-bars of channel section. Blocks of concrete, masonry, or timber are shaped to engage the ends of the tie-bars and form supports for the rails. Figs. 1, 2, and 6 show the invention as applied to secure rails in a canted position, the blocks 1 being shaped to engage the sides of the channel tie-bar 2, as seen in Fig. 6, and also having recesses which engage the top surfaces of the ends of the tie-bars. The recesses extend upwardly and outwardly from a central inclined deeper portion, which may be horizontal, and they correspond in shape to the ends of the tie-bars. The rails 3 are secured to the tie-bars and blocks by shaped metal clips 5<a> bolted or secured by cottars to the base of the blocks. Figs. 8 and 13 show a modified construction in which wood sleepers are used and the rails secured to the sleepers by coach screws 10 or spikes with their heads bearing against the foot of the rail.
Patent GB-190423998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres and Wheels applicable for Heavy Vehicles.
Inventor: WILCOCKS HARRY
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 23,998. Wilcooks, H., and Newton, J. M. Nov. 7. Spring wheels for heavy vehicles, especially motordriven vehicles, having two concentric rims with an interposed pneumatic or other elastic cushion are constructed with a synchronized driving-gear interposed between the hub and the outer tread whereby the driving-force is applied directly to the tyre, allowance being made for the eccentric play of the inner wheel relatively to the outer rim. An inner rim A, constructed of two angle-section rings a, is connected by spokes b to the hub B and forms a seating for an elastic cushion D surmounted by a tread c' of angle-iron rings. The hub is formed with an extending rectangular portion E on which is mounted, on roller bearings, the inner member G, Fig. 4, of the driving-gear, free to slide in one direction only. The outer member H surmounting the inner frame is provided with an internal cruciform opening h formed by lugs h<2>. Oppositelyextending arms g<2> enter two of these slots and provide a rectilinear path for the inner frame in a direction at right-angles to the relative path of the hub. Friction is diminished by rollers g' carried by steel cheeks K bolted to the faces of the inner frame G. The outer driving-member H is rigidly connected to a ring M which is provided with radial lugs m secured to the side flange c of the tyre c<1>. For wheels driven by chain gearing, a sprocket-wheel N is mounted on the ring M. In modifications described in the Provisional Specification, the driving-members slide edgeways on the two opposite faces of the squared end of the hub, and are carried in guides fitted to a circular carrier disc. In another form, flat rings rigidly connected by lugs to the tyre are flexibly secured to the inner member of the wheel by tangential links.
Patent GB-190425831-A (GB)
Inventor: CROWTHER HARRY
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,831. Crowther, H. Nov. 28. Sofas etc.; bedsteads.-In a couch or ottoman convertible into a bedstead, the lid a is hinged by long hinges c to the box b, and a second flap d is hinged at the opposite side of the box. When open as a bedstead, the lid a is supported by irons G fitting into slots i, and the flap d is supported by a strut e, h. The flap f may be opened to place the bedding in the box b.
Patent GB-190429362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Culinary Boiling Utensils.
Inventor: JONES HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 29,362. Jones, H. Dec. 31. Draining-appliances. -A metal or earthenware receptacle, which fits inside a copper and is adapted to contain linen while it is being boiled and also to serve as a strainer, consists of a plain or perforated body a a with a perforated bottom a<2>. The plain or perforated piece a, which may be replaced by feet or projections, prevents the bottom a<2> from resting on the bottom of the saucepan. The handle b normally rests within the rim of the receptacle.
Patent GB-190429433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sporting Guns with Fixed Barrels.
Inventor: CHARLIN LOUIS
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 29,433. Dawson, A. T., and Ramsay, J. Dec. 31. Machine guns.-Relates to muzzle attachments for increasing the recoil of automatic guns with recoiling barrels. The issuing gases strike the cupshaped surface b<2>, Fig. 1, of a disc B' at the end of a sleeve B, shown separately in Fig. 2, attached to the cap C<1> of the water jacket C, and are deflected back so as to strike the cup-shaped surface of the disc A', which is clamped to the muzzle of the barrel A. The gases then escape through the large radial openings b of the sleeve B. The sleeve B may be attached to the gland c<1> of the stuffing-box c by a kind of bayonet joint, consisting of a series of lugs bx on the sleeve engaging with lugs cx on the gland c<1>. The sleeve is looked against angular movement by a spring split ring c<2>. Another method of connecting the sleeve B consists in providing interrupted screws on the sleeve B and socket c', Fig. 8, with a single thread c<6> between the series of interrupted threads c<5> of the socket c' so as to stop the sleeve B in the proper position for being turned to look it in the socket. In the modification shown in Fig. 14, the disc B' is secured by a plate D and rods or distance-pieces D', a free passage for the gases being thus obtained.
Patent GB-190503286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Valves or Cocks by Means of Floats
Inventor: SCHWANINGER VITUS
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 3286. Schwaninger, V. Feb. 16. Ball and float valves.-Relates to valves or cocks which are operated by means of a float surrounded by' a shell extending into the liquid and are used for various purposes, such as for conducting condensation water back to a boiler and in steam or pneumatic elevators. Fig. 1 shows apparatus which .may be used for conducting condensation water back to a boiler by. the pressure of the boiler steam. The water flows at 2 into a chamber 1, which is connected at 4 with the steam space in the boiler and at 3 with the water space. The float 13 is c o ntained in a shell 14 having a tubular extension 15, provided with ports 16 and with a valveseat 17 which can be more or less closed by a valve 18. The float stem 12 carries a double valve, the upper part 9 of which serves to close the air port 10 while the lower part 8 closes the steam pipe 4. As the'water flows into the chamber 1, it rises more rapidly in the chamber than in the shell, owing to the retardation at the opening 17 ; as this difference of level continually increases, the speed at which the liquid rises in the pipe 15 also continually increases ; its maximum is reached at the moment the water overflows into the shell 14, and the float is lifted to close the air port and open the steam inlet so that a rapid and accurate action of the valves, without idle movement, is effected. As the liquid flows away from the chamber 1, it at first, owing to the resistance at the opening 17, only flows away in small quantity through the ports 16, but this rate continually increases and is at a maximum at the moment the float falls. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement applied to a steam or pneumatic elevator for raising acids &c., 23 being the liquid-feed pipe, 31 an air port, and 32 the pressure-medium inlet. 25 and 26 represent a double float, the lower float of which lies in a shell 35. With these floats, a disadvantage exists in that, as soon as the double float descends to close the inlet 32, the lower float becomes immersed again and its action is rendered irregular and inaccurate ; to obviate this, the valve 38 is regulated so that at first the level of the liquid in the shell 35 falls more slowly than that in the vessel 20, but, as soon as this difference of level reaches a certain amount, the liquid in the shell falls rapidly so that there is no re-immersion of the lower float. The valves may be indirectly operated by the floats, e.g. by levers.