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Patent GB-190319999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grabs for Excavating and Discharging Mud, Grain, Coal and other Material
Inventor: NEIL JAMES WELLS
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 19,999. Neil, J. W. Sept. 16. Grabs.-Relates to single chain grabs of the kind described in Specifications No. 2362, A.D. 1883, and No. 20,975, A.D. 1894, and consists of means for operating the grab without the aid of a discharging-ring. As before, the crosshead c to which the buckets are linked is fitted with a notched pin d adapted to engage a locking-pin h on the pulley crosshead f, the pin h being turned to its locking position, Fig. 5, by the combined weight of an arm i fast on it and of a loose lever working between stops on the arm i. Loose on the pin h, but engaging a projection l<1> on the tail of the lever j, is a lever m heavy enough to overcome the weight of the disc i and lever j and thus normally to hold the pin h in position to engage the pin d, Fig. 6. On lowering the open grab, the pins h, d engage as shown in Fig. 6, and the weight of the lever m being at the same time taken by a projection m<1>, the weight i and lever turn the pin into locking position, Fig. 5. During the subsequent lifting and transport of the grab, the friction between the pins d, h due to the load prevents the return of the lever m, but, on the grab resting on the dump heap, the lever m can again act and returns the pin h to the position of Fig. 6, so that on again hoisting the grab opens. In a modification, the lever j is dispensed with and the lever m engages a projection on the tail of the arm i. The oil check cylinder and ram described in the prior Specification may also be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190321025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or in connection with, Machines for Corking Bottles and the like.
Inventor: LAIDLAW CHARLES
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 21,025. Laidlaw, C., and Brown, A. Sept. 30. Corking. -In a machine for corking bottles &c., the corks are fed in single file through a tube A wholly or partially closed at the bottom, this tube having lateral openings d, e through which a reciprocating pusher D works, to push the bottom cork into a second tube B, which delivers it into the corking box or chamber K The tube A may be provided with guide wings F for the pusher, and the aperture e may be furnished with one or more yielding obstructions, such as spring arms, tongues, ribs, or fins of steel, leather, rubber, &c., to prevent the bottom cork from passing accidentally into the tube B. The pusher D is preferably mounted on the ordinary compressor slide G, as shown. With this arrangement, the cork pushed into the tube B on the forward movement of the slide, rests on the slide until, on the backward movement of the slide, it falls into the chamber K, to be forced by the plunger J through the corking nozzle k on the next stroke. To aid in feeding the corks from the hopper M into the tube A, the upper end of the tube is surrounded by a sleeve L, which is connected to the usual sliding head H &c., so that it is reciprocated within the hopper, to agitate the corks therein and so cause them to enter the tube A. The hopper may be provided with a stationary finger P, to act on the corks forced up by the sleeve L. The sleeve may be concentric with, or eccentric to, the tube A, and is flared at its upper end, which may be horizontal, oblique, or of helical form, &c. The upper end of the tube A may also be horizontal or, as shown, oblique. To prevent a wedging action of the corks in the hopper M, the bottom part of the hopper is made with little or no taper, but is preferably slightly dished or bowl-shaped, as shown.
Patent GB-190322463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weighing Machines for Pulverulent Materials.
Inventor: SIMON RICHARD
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1904-10-17
Abstract: 22,463. Simon, R. Oct. 17. Automatic-feed weighers for grists, flour, cement, &c. The frame is cast in one piece, supported from below or hung by rods or, if on board ship, on gimbals, and carries the beam and working- mechanism, together with a feed-pipe wider at the bottom than at the top, and means for facilitating the escape of air while the sack &c. is being filled. The scale-pans are carried by the equal-armed beam A, the knife-edges B of which rest on supports C in the frame D. One scale-pan (not shown) holds the weights, and the other, hanging from the knife-edges I, has the shape of a ring H, with a rim at its lower edge to take a sack and provided with an internal funnel m and air-escape holes n, which may be connected with a suction arrangement. To this ring is attached a bracket W, carrying a detent U. The ring lies normally as shown in Fig. 1, and rises, when weights are put on the other end, up to the stops P, lifting, in so doing, a hook screwed to the beam and also taking the weight of levers c on its projections f. The feed-pipe L, wider at the bottom than at the top, is normally closed by two curved flaps M, N, both working on a pivot T. The handle Q swings the inner flap N up out of the way of the feed. The same movement pushes up the outer flap by catch-pieces R fixed to the inner flap and passing through slots S in the bottom of the outer flap. At the end of the upward swing, the piece R catches in the detent U, and at the same time the links a, b straighten out, one pivot being attached to the flap M and the other pivot y to a part of the frame of the machine. The filling process now started continues till the additional weight, aided by that of the levers e, brings down the ring H sufficiently to release the catch-piece R from its detent, and so to allow the flap N to fall. This flap has a hole i in its bottom, and so only partly checks the feed, which continues more slowly until the full weight is delivered, whereupon the hook depresses the end of the link b, and the flap M falls, shutting off the feed altogether. The end of the lever k drops on the projection l, and prevents the flap M from rebounding.
Patent GB-190323347-A (GB)
Title: Loose Leaf Binder.
Inventor: ROEDDE GUSTAV ADOLPH
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 23,347. Roedde, G. A. Oct. 28. Filing papers &c.-Relates to a temporary binder for loose leaves for ledgers, account, and other books. The binding-members are each composed of metal plates 2, 3, Fig. 3, the front edges of which are hinged to a cover 5 by means of a pin 6. The back edges of the plates are bent towards each other, and receive the beaded and wired edges of a flexible back 7. To the inner plate 2 is secured a strengthening- piece 8 provided with pockets in which are secured the ends of leaf-locking strips 10, of steel or other flexible material and the locking means for securing the outer plates 3. The strips may be secured at one end only, the other end being received by a V-shaped socket. The back, which may be reinforced by steel ribbons and coiled springs, is retained in the binding-members by_means of clips 15 which are screwed to the pieces 8. The outer plates 3 are locked over the whole by means of eye-pieces 16 which are secured by hooks 17, Fig. 7, attached to a lock bar 18. The bar slides in a groove in the strengthening-pieces, and is latched by means of a spring 19 when the outer plate is pressed down. The lock may be released by a key 20. The binding- members are provided at each end with telescope guides 25, 26, Fig. 1, which enclose a compressed spring 27. Adjacent to each guide is a clasping- device composed of a member 29 which is secured to one of the inner plates and adapted to slide in a part 28 secured to the other inner plate. The member 29 is provided with ratchet teeth which are engaged by a pawl 30 mounted on the member 28 and held in contact with the teeth by a spring 33.
Patent GB-190327609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Percussion Time Fuses.
Inventor: PUFF CARL
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 27,609. Puff, C. Dec. 16. Fuzes for projectiles.-A percussion fuze is provided with detonating-caps, one of which acts directly on the bursting-charge, while the others are combined with a slow-burning composition, so that the action of the fuze may be instantaneous or may be delayed. Fig. 1 shows a rear fuze. The direct-action detonating-cap h<1> and the delayed-action detonating-cap h<2> are fixed, and the firing - needle d' is eccentrically mounted on a piece d slidably connected to a rotatable piece b, so that the needle d' may be brought, by turning the piece, opposite either of the caps h<1> or h<2>, or into a safety position. Fig. 3 shows a front fuze. The needle is adjusted by turning a piece m, and the pellet k carrying the caps is arranged to move forwards on impact. In a modification, two fixed needles d<1>, d'x, Fig. 5, are employed, and the detonating-caps h<1>, h<2> are carried by different movable pellets. The action of the direct-action cap h<1> may be prevented, preferably by a rotatable pin q, or the like, the end of which can be brought over a recess in the pellet k<1> when direct action is required. When the pellets are stationary and the needles movable, the pin q has a projection for engaging in a recess in the firing- pin. The invention may be applied to doubleacting fuzes.
Patent GB-190404460-A (GB)
Title: An Improvements in connection with the use of Collar and like Studs
Inventor: WILSON WILLIAM NORMAN
Filed: 1904-02-23
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4460. Wilson, W. N. Feb. 23. Studs.-To prevent a stud from slipping through a worn stud-hole in a collar or the like, a disc a, Fig. 1, of stiffened canvas &c. is placed over the stud. The disc is provided with cross-cuts c to allow the head of the stud to pass through it ; it may be strengthened by a thickened piece b.
Patent GB-190406297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compressors for Air and other Aeriform or Gaseous Bodies.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6297. Lake, W. E., [Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co.]. March 15. Compressing.-The ring valves in the pistons of air-compressors such as are described in Specification No. 3017, A.D. 1890 are of T-section so as to have two seats 10, 11, Fig. 2. The valve is retained by pins 14 and guided by projections 12, Fig. 1, working easily in the piston.
Patent GB-190406932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Fire-extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: SPAGNOLETTI JAMES ERNEST
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 6932. Spagnoletti, J. E. March 22. Extincteurs.-The acid container g, which is loaded, preferably by being moulded with a heavy mass s of glass, is sealed by a gutta-percha tissue or similar diaphragm l, kept in position by the flange n of the ferrule m and pierced, when the apparatus is inverted, by a piercer q on the lid b, consisting of radial tapering ribs. The bottle g may have projections p, guiding it down its holder, which may consist of wires h terminating in a collar j, and its motion is limited by a stop r. The lid being screwed down keeps the collar j fixed in position. Hose may be attached at f.
Patent GB-190411009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Price Computing Weighing Scales.
Inventor: ADAM MATTHEW ATKINSON
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 11,009. Adam, M. A., [Pelouze Scale & Manufacturing Co.]. May 12. Value - indicating apparatus; steelyard apparatus.- Computing - scales have their beams and fulcra movable longitudinally, the means for moving the beam being also arranged to adjust counterpoises to each position of the beam. Each scale has only one beam. The invention is shown as applied to a counter or scoop scale, but is applicable to hanging, platform, or other scales. The scoop 30 rests upon a platform 29 carried by the forked upper end of a post 26, which is supported, so as move vertically in a stand 2, by levers 27 connecting lugs 2' on the stand to the ends of a lever 27<1> pivoted in the post 26, and by a lever 28 connecting the post to a lug 17<x> on the stand. The forks 25 of the post 26 rest upon bearings 23 extending from arms 22 secured to a block 19, which slides in a slot 18 in the beam 9. The knife-edge bearings 14 of the beam 9 rest in bearings in sleeves 16 mounted in ball bearings in grooved rollers 15, which run on rails 3 formed on the stand 2. The beam may be adjusted directly by hand according to a price scale formed above the slot 18, a corresponding pointer being secured to the block 19, but preferably it is formed with a rack 32 which engages a pinion on a shaft 34 mounted in the block 19 and carrying graduated discs 35. Pointers 36 on the hanger arms 22 enable the discs to be set and the beam to be moved along the rails 3. The swinging of the beam is limited by stops 4, 5. The beam 9 is balanced, in the position when the fulcra 14, 23 are at the maximum distance apart, by an adjustable counterpoise 21 secured to a plate 20 which closes the end of the slot 18. A second counterpoise 38, mounted in guides above the slot 18, is secured to a rack 40 gearing with a pinion 41 on the shaft 34, so that, when the beam 9 is moved, the counterpoise 38 is moved still further so as to balance the post 26 &c. The beam 9 is provided with a sliding weight 12 moving over a valueindicating scale 10 and a scale 11 which indicates weight in lbs. when the discs 35 are set at lbs. A hanger 13 is provided to receive additional weights which, when the scale 10 is graduated in cents, correspond to dollars. The knife-edge bearings 14, 23 are arranged in the plane of the upper edge of the beam 9.
Patent GB-190414862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Reversible Latching Bolts of Locks and Latches.
Inventor: RAYBONE ENOCH
Filed: 1904-07-02
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,862. Raybone, E. July 2. Latches.-A reversible latching- bolt A, Figs 1 and 2, is detachably connected with a pivoted arm B, and a stop piece D prevents the bolt from becoming disengaged accidentally. The stop-piece D comprises a thin piece of flat metal a, which lies against the inner face of the back-plate C, and a pin c passing through the plate C and provided with a cross-cut head c<1>. The strip a is provided with a finger a<1> and a projecting piece a<2>. It may be rotated within limits provided by the side of the case e and the stop f. The bolt A is furnished with a slot d at the tail end. When the stop-piece is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the bolt cannot be detached from the follower B. With this view, the strip a must be rotated by means of the head c<1> until it lies parallel to the slot d.
Patent GB-190418494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for the Support of Trough Water Closets.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 18,494. Doulton, H. L. Aug 26. Drawings to Specification. Latrines.-The basins of trough closets having a common discharge pipe are, together with the pipe, kept clear of the floor by means of supports attached to the wall. The supports may be integral with the basin and retained by bolts to the wall, or separate and of the cantilever or bracket type.
Patent GB-190422259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rotary Steam Engines
Inventor: JAQUET CHARLES
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 22,259. Jaquet, C. Oct. 15. Roots'-blower type of engines. The steam is supplied through a tube g, containing a rotary expansion valve l, to a port h and a passage i in one of the toothed pistons, and expands in the chamber k. The time during which the steam is retained in the chamber k is increased by a tongue m.
Patent GB-190423185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submarine Boats.
Inventor: HOLLAND JOHN PHILIP
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,185. Holland, J. P. Oct. 27. Submarine vessels.-In order to increase the stability, the ballast tanks are arranged near to, and symmetrically about, the centre of buoyancy of the vessel. A part, about one-seventh of the length of the boat, having its centre of buoyancy coincident with that of the boat, is divided off by transverse bulkheads 1, and set apart for ballast and fuel tanks. This space is divided by longitudinal bulkheads 4 to form a passage 3 closed by bulkhead doors 2. The gangway 3 has a floor raised sufficiently to provide space for a valve 6 to admit water ballast. The space between the bulkheads and the shell is divided into compartments forming middle tanks 9, 11, separated by horizontal partitions 10, and fitted with valves 8, 14, and end tanks 13 extending from the bottom to the top of the vessel. One pair of tanks 13 is used to store liquid fuel, and the other for ballast only.
Patent GB-190423675-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Treating Distillation Gases to Obtain an Illuminating Gas in a Highly Compressed Form suitable for Transport.
Inventor: BLAU HERMANN
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 23,675. Blau, H. Nov. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Purifying; ; transport, treating gases to facilitate. -Gases produced by distillation at low temperatures are cooled or washed with oil to remove heavy hydrocarbons. The remaining gas contains hydrocarbons of low boiling point, such as C4H10, which, when cooled by water and placed under great pressure, not only become liquid but act as solvents for large volumes of gas. This liquid is supplied in cylinders, and is removed therefrom under constant pressure as far as possible. The escaping liquid passes through pressure-reducing devices so that the whole is again converted into gas ready for use.
Patent GB-190424319-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Releasing Gear for the Mandrels Employed in the Manufacture of Tubes by Rolling Processes.
Inventor: MENZIES JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 24,319. Menzies, J. Nov. 10. Rolling.-A releasing-gear between the mandrel e and the pusher-spindle f of a tube - rolling mill consists principally of a nose-piece a, a two-part body b secured together by screws j, and a screw c carrying pivoted jaws d which are kept in engagement with the mandrel at the back of its head by springs s on pins t working in slots a<3> in the part a. The socket-piece a<1> of the part a has inclines a<2> to engage and withdraw the jaws d, and also a square hole for the square part e of the mandrel. A square part c<1> prevents the rotation of the screw c, which is moved towards the socket a<1> to release the mandrel by the threaded pinion g, a pinion h, and an internallytoothed ring n provided with a hand-wheel or arms o, by preventing the latter from rotating while the body b, mandrel e, and spindle f continue to reciprocate and rotate. Notches and a locking-lever are provided for the ring n.
Patent GB-190429609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cake Making Machines
Inventor: VICARS JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 29,609. Vicars, J., Vicars, T., and Vicars, J. Dec. 31. Moulding cakes.-Cakes consisting of jam surrounded by dough are made by apparatus consisting of a series of grooved or corrugated rollers which press cores of jam through nozzles surrounded by larger nozzles through which dough is simultaneously expressed. Fig 1 shows a partlysectional side view of the machine, and Fig. 2 shows two sections A, B, on the lines A-A, B-B, respectively, each through half of the machine. The container 1 is divided by transverse partitions 6 into a series of compartments 7, 8, which, respectively, are filled with dough and with jam. A series of grooved or corrugated rollers 2 force the dough into an external chamber 13 provided with nozzles or outlets 14, and the jam into the chamber 10 provided with nozzles 11 which project into the centres of the outlets 14. Stripping-plates 17 are provided. The cakes are fed on to the travelling band 15.
Patent GB-190509868-A (GB)
Title: Coin Sorting or Separating Apparatus.
Inventor: CRANNER BJARNE
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 9868. Cranner, B. July 30, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Coins, separating. -In coin sorting or separating apparatus, having a helically arranged separating slope or guideway a, the e coins c roll down the shoot first in an upright position and then slightly inclined, and, being pressed against its outer wall by centrifugal force, fall through apertures b corresponding to the sizes of the coins, as shown at d, into cups suitably placed to receive them
Patent GB-190511679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricants.
Inventor: HENNEQUIN LOUIS ANATOLE AUGUST
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 11,679. Hennequin, L. A. A., and Cayeux, G. J. B. June 3. Lubricating- oils; fatty oils.-A solution of camphor in naphtha, essence of petroleum, or crude or rectified petroleum is added to known lubricants, such as animal, vegetable, or mineral oils. The odour of the camphor may be disguised by means of a suitable material such as benzoin or asafoetida.
Patent GB-190515025-A (GB)
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 15,025. Willis, P. R. J., [Penn, M. J.]. July 21. Belts; dresses etc.; pants; trousers.- For supporting a s k i r t, a belt has depending tabs 3, 4, Fig. 2, which form pockets in which are sewn metallic strips 5, 6. The inside of the skirt band d has metal sockets 8, 9, Fig. 1, which fit over the upstanding strips. Retaining hooks 12 on the inside of the belt engage with loops on the outside of the blouse, the latter being drawn down inside the belt. The same method may be used for holding up a man's trousers. In this case, a belt in three sections fastened by buckles has six upstanding strips to engage sockets on the inside of the trousers. As shown in Fig. 9, the pants 34 also have loops on their outer side which are passed over the strips before the trousers are attached.
Patent GB-190520683-A (GB)
Title: An Improvements in Joints for the Rails of Railways, Tramways and the like.
Inventor: ATKINSON FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 20,683. Atkinson, F. Oct. 12. Rail joints of the type in which a flat plate is passed through slots in the fish-plates and in the ends of the webs of the rails, have the plate secured in position by a curved key or cotter h. '
Patent GB-190522909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Parallel Slide Stop Valves.
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 22,909. Hopkinson, J., Hopkinson & Co., J., and Crompton, J. Nov. 8. Sliding valves; casings. - Relates to stop valves of the type in which a sliding disk with a serrated edge is rotated on its seating in the operation of closing. To prevent any particular point on the disk from retracing its path on the stationary facing, a single o r double spring pawl is arranged so as to engage the teeth as the disk is reciprocated by the spindle. The disk is thus rotated an indeterminable amount each time. In Fig. 1 an externally - mounted single pawl F, and in Fig. 2 an internally - mounted double pawl J, engages the valve disk C on the spindle B. The disk moves vertically. A counter-clockwise rotation is produced by the single pawl when the disk is driven downwards on to its seating, and a clockwise rotation by the double pawl J at each end of the travel of the spindle. The side cap H, Fig. 1, enables the single pawl to be inserted or removed without taking the valve to pieces. In a modified construction for use with valves with an horizontal spindle, the pawl is hinged to a plate which is itself attached to the casing.
Patent GB-190523203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Relieving Mechanism of Counter Weighing Machines and the like.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 23,203. Hipkins, W. E. Nov. 11. Relieving-mechanism.-A relieving-mechanism for counter weighing-machines and the like consists of a pivoted lever of the forms shown in Figs. 3,4, and 5, preferably that shown in Fig. 3, pivoted to the frame a, Fig. 2, under either scale-pan, by means of screw pivots o, o<1>. In the operative position, shown in Fig. 2, the arm r engages the projection g<1>, and when out of action lies in the recess s. One or more handles q are provided, and a spring may retain the arm in the inoperative position. The device may be fitted to existing balances.