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Patent GB-190303076-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Bearings Particularly those of Rotary Pumps and the like.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-09
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 3076. Bloxam, A. G., [Sulzer, Gebr.]. Feb. 9. Bearings for rotary pumps and the like. The pump isconstructed with a chamber a between an end bearing and the pressure chamber b of the pump. The shaft of the pump is formed with the piston c, which rotates with a little play in the cylinder d. Water under pressure in the chamber b passes between the cylinder walls d and the piston c into the chamber a, where it may be kept at the desired pressure by the valve e inserted in the escape pipe f. At the end of the bearing is a lubricating- device consisting of a cylinder g, in which works a piston h. By rotating the cap i, the piston h is moved forward to force the lubricant into the bearing against the water pressure in the chamber a.
Patent GB-190303632-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Glazed or Enamelled Ceramic Ware.
Inventor: BIGOT ALEXANDRE
Filed: 1903-02-16
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 3632. Bigot, A. Feb. 16. Pottery.-In making ceramic ware, the glaze or enamel is added, before firing, by placing it on the bottom of the mould, and upon the glaze is applied the ceramic, stoneware, or porcelain paste, terracotta, or clay, in the condition of a dry or moist powder. The whole is then subjected to pressure, and fired. The paste may be placed on the bottom of the mould, and the glaze or enamel on the top. By this method, white, coloured, decorated, or flashed ware with designs in intaglio or relief, may be prepared.
Patent GB-190305023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rising Hinges.
Inventor: HOLLAND WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-04
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 5023. Holland, W. H., and Thomason, R. March 4. Hinges.-In selfclosing hinges for church doors, garden gates, &c., the barrels E on the plate B attached to the door &c. and the barrel D on the plate A attached to the post are cut spirally, so that the plate B rises when the door &c. opens. The pin C is attached to the barrel D, and has grooves in which are placed balls G engaging the inner surfaces of the barrels E. One or more antifriction rollers F are provided.
Patent GB-190305137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polishing Cream.
Inventor: GALLOWAY WALTER STEPHEN
Filed: 1903-03-05
Granted: 1904-03-05
Abstract: 5137. Galloway, W. S. March 5. Polishing-liquids. - A polishing-cream is composed of vinegar, turpentine, and the whites of eggs. It is applicable to the cleaning and polishing of gold, silver, furniture, leather, copper, brass, bicycles, and glass. The Provisional Specification states that the liquid is made of white vinegar, turpentine, and eggs, and that it may also be used on steel and boots and shoes.
Patent GB-190305298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulators for Feed-water Supply and in Boiler Alarms.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN MARCUS
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 5298. Williams, J. M. March 6. Feedwater, supplying and controlling; water-level indicators.-The rise or fall of a float in a chamber communicating with the boiler is caused to operate a valve in the water pipe leading from the feedpump to the boiler; it also operates a double valve leading to an alarm whistle. As shown in Fig. 1, the chamber 2 communicates with the steam and water spaces in the boiler, so that the water level in each is the same. The float 5 operates, by an arm 13, an inlet valve 12 to the chamber 10<1> leading to the feed-valve mechanism which consists of a lift valve 7 actuated by a diaphragm or piston 9. The chamber 10<1> is also provided with an exhaust valve 11 actuated by the stem 14 of the inlet valve 12, so that when one is open the other is closed. The fall of the float 5 to low-water level closes the valve 12 and opens the exhaust valve 11, thus allowing the spring of the valve 7 to come into action and open that valve and admit the feed. The rise to high-water level opens the steam valve 12, causing the diaphragm 9 to close the feed-valve 7. The alarm mechanism consists of two valves 20, 20<1> in the passage leading to a steam whistle 17 mounted on an arm 21 operated by the float 5. One or other of these valves is opened according as the float reaches the high or low water danger level, the low-water valve 20<1> being double the size of the other so as to sound a louder alarm. In a modification, the chamber 10<1> is placed above the chamber 2 so as to insure against danger of deposit of sediment or of orrosion of the valve.
Patent GB-190309029-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Suspending Electric Incandescent Lamps
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 9029. Galsworthy, M. H., and London Electrical Fittings Co. April 21. Lamp-shade and reflector holders. - Incandescent electric lamps provided with shades or reflectors are s o suspended and counterbalanced as to be in equilibrium in any position. The lamp and reflector D are shown held by three wires or cords A, B, C which pass over pulleys G fixed to the rose or ceiling support down to other pulleys J, and finally back to the rose M. The pulleys J are each held in a fork L provided with a ring or eye K passing through the ring or eye N. The rings N are attached, at equal intervals along a great circle, to the hollow spherical weight F, which may be suitably loaded with shot.
Patent GB-190313028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Inverted Incandescent Lamps
Inventor: SMITH THOMAS BAKER
Filed: 1903-06-10
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 13,028. Smith, T. B., and Smith, T. E. June 10. Incandescent gas lamps; lamp.-shade holders. - Relates to inverted incandescent burners, which are provided with hood devices adapted to protect the fittings from heated air &c. A burner, Fig. 1, carried by a main fitting 11, has a deflecting-cone 6 of porcelain or the like, below which is a ring 7, to which a shade 8 is screwed. A hood 10 rests on the upper end of the cone, and fits into the ring so as to enclose the opening between the ring and the cone. In the hood are one or more openings 12, disposed in an opposite direction to the superimposed fittings, through which openings the hot air and products of combustion escape ; the hot air &c. are thrown outwards by means of a curved deflector 16. The ring may be dispensed with, and the hood 10<a>, Fig. 5. which may form part of the cone, may be adapted to carry a shade 8 at its lower part.
Patent GB-190316693-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method or Process of Painting or Colouring Lincrusta or like Material and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: WALTON FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-07-29
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 16,693. Walton, F. July 29. Painting.-Relates to a method of, and apparatus for, painting or colouring lincrusta and like embossed material, and consists in first covering the whole surface of lincrusta with paint, and afterwards removing portions of the wet paint, so as to produce different shades of colour. The lincrusta is painted by a roller B<4> and a brush B<1>, mounted in bearings in a trough B, as it passes round the revolving drum A. Adjustable rollers C surrounding the drum and made of a composition similar to that used for the inking-rollers of printing-machines, are adjusted so as to remove the paint from the desired parts of the lincrusta. The paint is removed from the rollers C by doctors D, and received in troughs D<1>. The drum is driven through worm gearing from the driving-shaft A', and toothed wheels on the ends of the axes of the rollers C, B' gear with teeth A<6> on the circumference of the drum. A wheel B<7> on the end of the brush spindle gears with a wheel B<8> on a shaft carrying a wheel in gear with the teeth of the drum, so that the drum and brush revolve in opposite directions. The trough B is pivoted to a suitable support so that it may be adjusted to or from the drum.
Patent GB-190319791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Receptacles or Shoots for Postal Packages and the like.
Inventor: CUTLER JOSEPH WARREN
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 19,791. Cutler, J. W. Jan. 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Small - parcel transferring apparatus.-A shoot for postal packages and the like, having openings to receive packages at various heights corresponding t o the various floors of a building, is provided with devices for closing any of the openings, and for preventing them from being opened without permission. The shoot 1 has at each floor glass inspection plates 2, and a casing 3 with a receiving slot or opening 4. Within each casing is a plate or apron 6, and there is pivoted at 9 a sheet-metal plate 7 having side flanges 8 and a bent-over top part, which may support a small plate 10 marked "closed." When moved to the position shown at the top of Fig. 1, the slot is open to receive packages &c., but, when moved to the position shown near the bottom, the opening is closed. The plate 7 has a series of internal projections 11 to prevent packages of too big a size from being inserted, and also has a projection 17 forming a catch to engage with a projection 16 on a bracket 15 mounted upon a spindle 13 so as to lock the plate 7 in the open position. A spring 18, flxed to the plate 7, bears against the bracket 15. The spindle 13 has ears 14 which, when the spindle is turned, force the plate 7 to the position shown in the lower part of Fig. 1, the ears passing over projections on the flanges 8 of the plate 7, and locking the plate in that position. To turn the spindle 13 as required, its outer end is secured by a notched collar 22, Fig. 6, outside the inwardlyprojecting boss 21 of the casing. An outer casing 23 is secured from the inside, e.g., by the screws 24, to the main casing, and encloses the locking- device. This consists of a circular rotatable key plate 28, Figs. 6 and 7, having a slot, two ward or guard plates 26, 27, secured in position by lugs 30 and provided with segmental lugs 31 having a slot between them, a fixed plate 25, and a circular washer 29. The key 20 is of the nature of a Yalelock key, and has projections on the end fitting into the recesses in the collar 22, and recesses 32, 52 to agree with the wards. When the key is, inserted in the vertical position, the slots 32, 52 are in line with the lugs 31, and the key can be turned, the notch between the wards of the plate 26 allowing the withdrawal of the key. In order to open the door, the key is inserted in a horizontal position. The ward plates may at any time be replaced by others.
Patent GB-190323823-A (GB)
Title: Process of Compressing Metal Ingots.
Inventor: HUNT ROBERT WOOLSTON
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 23,823. Raymond, J.R. Nov. 3. Boat raising, lowering, and disengaging gear.- Relates to boat-detaching apparatus constructed so that the turning of the davits i s accomplished without t interfering with any of the blocks or ropes, and comprises means for automatically detaching the boat when it reaches the water, and again connecting it with the lifting- tackle without the necessity of handling the hooks or shackles when hooking on. The davits A, B, connected by the link C to facilitate turning, carry the lifting-tackle shown, the rope H being continuous throughout. The hooks Q, Q', to which the boat shackles are connected, are shaped as shown in Fig. 5. The shackle x rests in the pivoted part s, shaped at the end t to fit the body q of the hook, and, when the weight of the boat is taken by the water, the end t<1> falls by its own weight, disconnecting the shackle. The shackle is attached again by passing the rope Q' through its eye. The blocks and tackle on either side can be made to act independently by means of the ropep, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190404659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Slabs or Blocks of Plaster Concrete or other Material
Inventor: SIMPSON BENJAMIN CRISPIN
Filed: 1904-02-25
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 4659. Simpson, B. C. Feb. 25. Moulding slabs.-Apparatus for moulding plaster, concrete, and similar slabs for partition walls &c. consists of a mould box, shown in plan in Fig. 1, in longitudinal section in Fig. 2, and in vertical sectionin Fig. 3, comprising a hinged top a and a movable side b the other sides being fixed. Situated in the box are glass or metal partitions p between which are movable strips or plungers o connected to bars m, two of which l are threaded to engage with hollow cylinders k carried in channel-bars q. The bars are rigidly connected by a frame n, and the hollow cylinders are mounted in channel-irons to gear with a worm-wheel j. When the spaces between the moulds have been filled, the top a is lowered and fastened down by the screw fastening c. After removing the top a and the side b by means of a rack and pinion rotated by a handle d, the slabs are ejected by revolving the handles i. Each partition may be made in two pieces, held in position by packing, so as to allow a lateral movement, and the screws l may be formed of varying pitch, the nuts k carrying projections instead of threads. Grooves are formed in the edges of the slabs by furnishing the plungers and other parts of each mould cell with projecting ribs.
Patent GB-190407713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Massage Apparatus
Inventor: SNYDER LAMBERT
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 7713. Lake, H. H., [Snyder, L.]. March 31. Massage.-A massage appliance consists of a metal or other staff 2 of any desired cross-section, and a travelling head 3, the aperture in which is slightly larger than the staff, so that as it is moved step by step along the staff, longitudinal vibrations are produced in the latter. The concave contact-member 6 is held against the part of the patient to be treated, and, the keeper 7 at the other end of the staff being held by the user, the head 3 is moved step by step along the staff by means of the arm 5. Or the vibrations may be communicated to the patient through the arm 5, the staff 2 being then supported in a vertical position and the user sitting on the arm so as to cause the head 3 to travel with a series of jerks down the staff.
Patent GB-190409529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pendant Lamps or the like.
Inventor: HANWELL HERBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 9529. Hanwell, H. W. April 26. Gasaliers and oil-lamp pendants.-In a pendant for lamps, in which the gas or oil is supplied to the lamp through a flexible tube, applicable also to electric lamps, one end of the tube is secured to a curved pipe A' carried by a ceiling or like bracket A. A grooved travelling balance weight D is supported in a bight of the tube, the other part of the tube passing over a curved guidetrough A<2>.The end of the tube is secured to a lamp C. The balance weight may be made hollow, the sides being held together by a screw E, so that the weight inside the box may be adjusted. The bracket A and the weight D are arranged so that the runs of the tubing are parallel or diverge from the upper bight and converge from the lower bight.
Patent GB-190411148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mechanism for Rocking Firebars.
Inventor: NEIL JAMES
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 11,148. Neil, J., and Marshall, J. May 14. Firebars.-Relates to mechanism which may be brought periodically into action for rocking firebars and aiterwards returning them to their normal position, and capable also of imparting a continuous shaking-movement to the firebars. A vertically-reciprocating frame C, Fig. 4, is provided with tappet pieces G, G, which come into contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the lever B for rocking the firebars, but do not give it an oscillatory movement. Within the frame, a coupling-bar H is supported by links K, and, in order that the recess J may engage the lever ti, the bar is moved outwards by means controllable by the operator, such as a roller L, bearing upon the back of the coupling-bar, and actuated by a bell-crank lever having a flexible connection. To throw the mechanism out of action, the coupling- bar is drawn in, springs K<1> assisting the action, and the lever B is returned to its normal position by the tappets. A small oscillatory movement may be imparted to the actuating-lever by using adjustable tappets, or by altering the position of the pin connecting the frame C with the crank on the power shaft. To provide a maximum resistance, the tappets, according to the Provisional Specification, may be pivoted within the frame and held in their active and inactive positions by springs, the resistance to which has to be overcome in turning the tappets. In a modification, adjustable tappets G, G, Fig. 8, and a coupling-bar H are mounted upon a cylindrical frame C fixed to an axially-rotatable and reciprocating shaft D'. The lever M is allowed longitudinal motion on its shaft by means of a spring, and actuates, through suitable connections, the lever for rocking the firebars. The Provisional Specification states that the tappets and coupling-bar may be formed upon a sleeve capable of axial rotation upon the reciprocating frame which carries it. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the lever M may be moved along the shaft P so as to place it in the path of the different tappets, on the non-rotatable reciprocating frame C. In a further modification, a rod R', Fig. 13, attached to the actuating-lever B, Fig. 4, is provided with a slipper R, adjustable in a guide on an oscillating arm P fixed to the tubular rocking shaft D'. The amount of motion imparted to the firebars is adjusted by a bell-crank lever S, the slotted ends of which fit over a pin V on the slipper R, and a pin projecting from a rod W. This rod passes down the centre of the shaft D<2>, and its end W<1>is connected to any suitable controlling - device. According to the Provisional Specification, the arm may be actuated by a reciprocating frame of the type described above. In all constructions, breakage of the mechanism, owing to undue strains, is prevented by introducing a maximum-resistance coupling.
Patent GB-190411630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Doors
Inventor: GRUENWALD PAUL
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 11,630. Gr³nwald, P., and Gr³nwald, R. May 20. Doors.-Sliding doors are adjustably suspended from rollers by a screwed shank a, Fig. 1, on the roller-frame, and a nut m inserted in a slot in a plate s and turned by a peg-spanner. The inward movement of the doors is limited by a rubber buffer g', Figs. 8 and 9, secured to a bent plate a<1>, which is pushed between the adjacent shanks a of two doors by a knob k<1> working in a slotted plate w<1> on the top of one of the doors.
Patent GB-190412404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Tennis Racquets or other similar Bats.
Inventor: MCGILL DANIEL
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,404. McGill, D., and Clarke, E. F. June 1. Racquet presses.-Two discs 10, on the inner surfaces of which are screwed wooden strips or laths 11, are revolubly mounted on rods 9 of the framing, and are forced towards each other, when rotated, by the engagement of cam-like projections 17, Fig. 4, with the rods 9. The discs are linked together at 15 to ensure coincident rotation, and are kept distended, when not under pressure, by springs 16. The extensions 11<a> of the inner laths are provided with projections 18, which engage the handle of the racquet and allow its use as a lever for rotating the discs. The outer ends of the extensions 11<a> are also connected by a wire staple 19, the inner ends of which may serve as the projections 18. The use of the wooden laths 11 may be dispensed with, the discs being lined with cloth, rubber, or other material.
Patent GB-190414728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 14,728. Still, W. J. June 30. Index hands; scales.- An electric measuring-instrument is adapted to be read from above by attaching a vane 8, Fig. 5, to the vertically-moving armature, the top of the vane being inclined to the surface 5 on which the scale is marked. A similar arrangement may be used for reading from below. For reading obliquely, the scale may be forme i in steps as shown in Fig. 7, a projection or arm 1<c> being formed on an extension of the armature.
Patent GB-190416429-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool Chest to be used as Anvil Block or Vice Bench.
Inventor: SCHALLER KARL FRANZ
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 16,429. Schaller, K. F. July 25. Anvils are carried in tool chests adapted to serve as anvil blocks. The foot of the anvil d, Fig. 1, is secured between angle-irons c by winged nuts c<1>. To use the chest as an anvil block, it is set up on end, preferably partly buried in the ground, and the socket in the bottom of the anvil is placed over the projection k on one side of the chest, an elastic bedding being g interposed, if required, between the anvil and the chest.
Patent GB-190417278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Drying of Tobacco.
Inventor: FRANCIS FRANCIS ERNEST
Filed: 1904-08-08
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 17,278. Francis, F. E. Aug. 8. Drying tobacco.-Tobacco is dried by a desiccant in a closed chamber under reduced pressure with or without heat. In some cases, the pressure may remain normal, the drying being effected by desiccants alone ; of desiccants, calcium oxide and chloride and sodium and copper sulphates are mentioned. The cast-iron or steel vessel shown has an air inlet cock at A<5>, an outlet A<6> to which are connected an air pump and a non-return valve, and a vacuum gauge at A<7>. A baffle in front of the opening A<5> prevents a scattering of the drying- agent. Trays formed of side bars and cross connecting-wires support cigar boxes F or tobacco and pans E containing a desiccant; the side bars rest on ledges C on the sides of the vessel. The hinged door is provided with forked lugs B', Fig. 3, through which project pivoted studs, by nuts on which the door is secured. A rib B<1> on the inner surface of the door is thus forced against a rubber seating. Heating may be effected by means of an internal circuit of electric lamps, or otherwise.
Patent GB-190419798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SHIELS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-09-14
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 19,798. Shiels, A. Sept. 14. Slipping, preventing.-To prevent slipping, a ring, which may be of slightly larger or smaller diameter than the wheel, with teeth, projections, or the like to grip the ground is attached to a wheel. The teeth may he notched at their ends and they are far enough apart to prevent dirt from lodging between them, or the rim to which they are attached may have openings through which the dirt may fall when they reach the tops of their paths. The teeth are sufficiently long to allow of their being sharpened. Applied to a wheel with a single tyre, the toothed ring may be mounted at the inside or outside of the wheel so as to rotate on a number of studs arranged at intervals around the wheel in such a way as to move freely in a vertical direction, and a ring may be used to prevent it from being dislodged ; or the ring may be attached. by spokes to a hub sufficiently large to turn loosely on the axle and to permit a free vertical motion. The ring may be in sections to allow it to be freely removed from the wheel. Figs. 1 and 2 show the device applied to a wheel with two separate rims B and tyres B' carried by separate sets of spokes C, C<1> bolted to the hub D. The ring is applied outside the spacing-sleeve B<2> on the bolts B<3>, the enlarged part A fitting loosely between the rims B and the part A' with the teeth between the tyres B'. Fig. 2 shows how the sections of the ring may be bolted together. The ring may also be placed on the side of the wheel, opposite to the gear ring F if the wheel be driven by a band or chain.