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Patent GB-190408684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Replacing Derailed Railway Carriages and other Vehicles.
Inventor: FISCHER CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 8684. Fischer, C. A. April 15. Lifting-jacks. - An arrangement for replacing de-railed railway and tramway cars, hy which they are first lifted, then shifted laterally, and finally lowered on to the rails, consists of a standard A, Figs. 3 and 4, having grooves A<1> which fit on to the rails and also a sliding bed D operated from a handle on the squared end of a screw E, which works in a nut D' forming part of the slide D. Vertical motion is obtained by rotating screw-jacks G working in the slide D, the upper parts of the jacks being connected to a cross-bar H which is placed under the car to be moved. To prevent this bar H from coming off, pins H<1> are passed through it so as to engage with circular grooves G<3> on the tops G<2> of the screws G, and, to allow the bar H to take up an inclined position, these tops G<2> fit loosely in the bar H. A jack J may be placed under the centre of the apparatus as a further support.
Patent GB-190412462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure Reducing Valves.
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM MUDD
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,462. Still, W. M., and Still, E. H. June 1. Reducing-valves.-Relates to a pressure-reducing valve wherein the valve is controlled by two pistons or diaphragms, one being constantly subjected to the inlet pressure and tending to close the valve, the other being acted upon by a spring or its equivalent and tending to allow the valve to open freely. The valve comprises a casing 1, in the opposite walls of which are two diaphragms 4, 5 which are preferably made of thin metal with concentric corrugations. At the rear of the smaller diaphragm 4 is a chamber 6 which is in permanent communication through a passage 7 with the inlet branch 2. The larger diaphragm 5 is pressed towards the smaller one by the helical spring 11, the compression of which may be varied by turning the screw-threaded plug 12. Within the casing is a bell-crank lever 8, one arm resting on the diaphragm 4 and the other bearing against the inlet valve 9 of the form described in Specification No. 12,461, A.D. 1904. Between the diaphragms is a rod 13, one end being recessed to receive the conical projection 5<a> of the larger diaphragm, the other end being forked and engaging with a pin 21 in the bell-crank lever. When the outlet pressure falls below the normal, the spring 11 causes the larger diaphragm to be displaced towards the smaller diaphragm, the movement is transmitted by the rod 13 to the bell-crank lever, and the valve 9 is free to open under the inlet pressure. Upon the outlet pressure increasing, due to the admission of fluid past the valve, the larger diaphragm 5 is forced outwardly in opposition to the spring 11, the smaller diaphragm is relieved of the pressure transmitted by the rod and is displaced inwardly by the highpressure fluid in the chamber 6, and causes the bell-crank lever to be turned, causing the valve to close and admit less fluid. In a modification, the inlet and outlet branches are at right-angles, the inlet branch being opposite the smaller diaphragm. The latter is connected to the valve by a rod which is controlled by a bell-crank lever worked by the larger diaphragm. In a further modification, the arm of the bell-crank lever is considerably lengthened, and works with a rod attached to the spring-controlled diaphragm. A block connected with the high-pressure diaphragm presses against the long arm of the lever with less leverage than the larger diaphragm. Pistons may be used in each case instead of flexible diaphragms.
Patent GB-190413701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cloth Folding and Measuring Machines.
Inventor: HACKING WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 13,701. Hacking, W. H June 17. Folding ; measuring.-In machines for folding cloth in piles of folds of predetermined lengths, the arching of the piles is prevented by the use of a concave table 1, 1<a>, of the type described in Specification No. 15,078, A.D. 1903, the leaves of which may be raised or lowered by means of eccentrically-mounted polygonal supports 5, 5<a>. The table carrier 3 is pressed up against the table by the action of a spring 7, levers, and chain, thus pushing the cloth against clamps 4, 4<a>, which are alternately lifted by cams 17 to permit the insertion of the folds and may be adjusted at varying distances, as described in Specification No. 15,974, A.D. 1903. The table may be lowered by a handle. To the side arm 25 is journalled a carrier 19, which carries the folding-blades 18, 18<a>, and is rigidly attached to the segment 20 engaging with internal teeth on the segment 22, forming part of the arm 43 connected to a rod 45. The crank 32 is driven from a shaft 32 by spur gearing, the crank-pin 36 being adjustable along a slot and working in a slotted rod 39, connected to the parallel rods 39, 41 pivoted to the framework of the machine. As the rod 39 moves to and fro, it carries with it the side arm 25, with its rising and falling fulcrum 36, and the blades 18, 18<a> move in a straight line, by virtue of the combination of rods 25, 30, from the positions shown in Fig. 4<a> to those shown in Fig. 4<c>. The arm 43 remains horizontal during the motion of the side arm, and the segment 22 engages with the segment 20, thus causing the necessary tilting of the carrier 19. To ensure the full angular displacement of the carrier for shorter strokes, the position of the rod 45 is adjusted by means of the slot 47, thus tilting the arm 43. The combination of the crank and slotted connecting- rod for operating the side arm may be connected to a folding-machine having a curved table, and ensures the agreement of the movements of the clamps and folding-blades for all lengths of stroke.
Patent GB-190415349-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Cleaning Pipes, Tubes and the like.
Inventor: LEWIS JOHN
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 15,349. Lewis, J. July 9. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Relates to pipe cleaners provided with scrapers of the type which are propelled by the flow of the liquid or gas itself. Fig. 1 shows an elevation and Fig. 3 a section on the line A-B, Fig. 1. One or more cones A, composed of overlapping spring blades, are fixed on the hook B, the diameter of the cone being somewhat larger than that of the pipe, so that the apparatus is held nearly gas-tight. By having two cones, leakage is prevented at pipe junctions. Attached by a universal joint to the hook B are one or more sets of ploughs, which consist of cross-arms E provided with spring elbow-pieces e bearing angular cutters f with a small guide-cutter on each elbow. The scrapers are staggered to alternate in their action. Draw wires may be attached to the apparatus.
Patent GB-190415388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes
Inventor: GILCHRIST HARRY ELMER
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 15,388. Gilchrist, H. E. Feb. 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders are fitted with an absorbent filter 5, shown in perspective in Fig. 2. In the pipe, Fig. 1, it is firmly fitted to one end of an intermediate piece 2 which is screwed on to the bowl part 1 forming a nicotine trap 3. The smoke passes through a saliva chamber into the filter by a hole 8 and leaves by a series of radially-arranged smoke holes 9 ; the inlet 8 does not extend the entire length of the filter, but leaves the end part 10 unperforated. The filter is composed of Devonshire clay or other suitable material mineral, mixed with vegetable fibre or the like which is then decomposed by heat or chemical action so as to leave the residue in a porous condition. The compound may be moulded into the proper shape direct, or it may be moulded in one piece and afterwards turned and bored.
Patent GB-190416317-A (GB)
Title: A Medicinal Compound for the Treatment of Piles.
Inventor: BODDY JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 16,317. Boddy, J., and Bottomley, W. July 23. Medicinal preparations.-Red Armenian bole, crab's eye, and dragon's blood are mixed to a plastic mass with Venice turpentine. The product is made into pills and used for the treatment of piles.
Patent GB-190418644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats, for Tram Cars and other purposes
Inventor: OWENS MICHAEL
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 18,644. Owens, M. Aug. 29. Seats and seatbacks.-A seat or chair for the tops of tramcars or for other purposes is constructed with a seat B pivoted at b to legs A, and with combined backs and legs C, C<1> arranged so that the wholecan be turned about the pivots b to reverse the seat, the parts C, C<1> serving alternately as the seat-back or as legs. Brackets D on the parts C, C<1> may be detachably connected to the seat at d so that the whole seat can be folded flat. The legs A may be spread out as shown for fixing them to the top of a tramcar.
Patent GB-190420531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Protectors or Polishers for Commutators, Collector Rings and the like in Electric Machines
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 20,531. Boult, A. J., [Elektricitõts-Ges. Zschockelt]. Sept.23. Collecting - rings ; commutators.-A polisher for keeping bright the metal surfaces of commutators or collecting - rings &c. consists of a semicylindrical wooden block 7, Fig. 1, with an emery surface, having secured thereto a pair of sleeves which telescope within spring casings 6 screwed into ring-shaped brackets 5 extending from a foundation plate 1. The tension of the springs 8, and the consequent pressure of the block 7 upon the commutator &c., are regulated by means of spindles 9 which are provided with cross-pins 10. The polisher is mounted on the brush-holder or other part of the dynamo &c. by means of brackets 16, which may be clamped at any convenient point of the foundation plate by means of screws 4 arranged in a longitudinal slot in the latter, or the brackets may be used in the reversed position shown in dotted lines. In place of the semicylindrical emery surface, a roll of emery cloth is inserted in a sleeve ] 2, Fig. 4, open at one end and fitting into a concave recess at the bottom of the block 7. The sleeve 12 is supported in a bearing 11 arranged laterally on the block, and is provided with a longitudinal slot through which the emery cloth is drawn and placed around the sleeve, the end being secured in any desired manner. The spindle 13 of the emery roll and the journal of the sleeve 12 are screw-threaded at their ends, and are fitted with nuts 14 which serve to fix them in position and enable the roll to be unwound as required.
Patent GB-190421645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks for Supporting Pictures, Looking-glasses, Ornaments and other Articles.
Inventor: HOLLIS THOMAS
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,645. Hollis, T. Oct. 8. Hooks.-Hooks for supporting pictures, looking- glasses, ornaments, and other articles on walls, by hanging upon mouldings, or suspended on nails, are made of wire of round, half round, oval, or rectangular section. The support may be formed by bending the wire in the middle to form the hook a<3>, Fig. 2; the sides A are sloped outwards and curved at a' to fit on the moulding, the ends a' of the wire being joined and soldered, brazed, or by other means secured in a sleeve. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the upper back portion c' is formed from the centre of the wire, while the hook c<4> is formed from the ends, the two sides C being twisted as shown at c' to give greater strength. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which a loop or coil d<1> is formed in cases where the hook is to be suspended by one or more nails.
Patent GB-190426228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning and Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Substances
Inventor: ASHWORTH THOMAS
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 26,228. Ashworth, T., and Whiteley, B. Dec. 2. Flyer frames.-The spindle e is steadied at its upper end by an eye or thread-guide n on a flap m carried by a rail l which is secured to the lifter rail c and rises and falls with it. The spindle is reciprocated within a tubular flyer f carried by an intermediate rail b. The flyer, which rests upon antifriction rings o, rotates within an oil cup h formed in the bearing or casing g secured in the rail, and is fitted on the outside with a driving- wharl and with a rim j in which is a notch j<x> for engaging with the thread. The upper part of the interior of the flyer is conical and communicates with the oil reservoir by means of vertical apertures f<x>. Curved grooves may be made on the inside of the flyer to facilitate lubrication. Within the oil reservoir is placed a ring k, with inclined or conical flanges at the ends, to prevent the oil from escaping by centrifugal force.
Patent GB-190428821-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: HILL JOHN ROSS
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 28,821. Hill, J. R. Dec. 29. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic spring wheels. -A solid rubber tyre 8, having a narrow tread 10, is grooved to engage with a rib on a rim 6, which is suspended from an inner rim 2 by means of a series of medially-disposed springs 23 and another series 4, 5 arranged crosswise between opposite edges of the two rims. The springs 23, arranged as shown in Fig. 4, are connected to the eyes 22 of sockets 21 on screws 10 locked against turning, and to similar sockets 25 on the outer rim, which are capable of adjustment on screws 24. The transverse springs 4, 5 are connected at their inner ends to sockets 18 secured to the rim 2 by bolts 17 which also serve to hold a flexible cover 18 in place, the other edge of the cover being held between the tyre 8 and rim 6. The outer ends of the transverse springs are secured to links 12, which are threaded on the securing-wires 11 of the tyre 8, and pass through slots 13 arranged in staggered relation around the rim.
Patent GB-190428922-A (GB)
Title: Improved Protecting Device for Tramcars.
Inventor: ESEMANN FRITZ
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 28,922. Esemann, F. Dec. 30. Stopping engines and trains.-The life-guard of an electric car, when an obstacle is met, is made to break the driving-current, close the magneticbraking circuit, sprinkle sand on the rails, and operate a skid brake. The spring-restored guide a is mounted on rods d, which preferably run in ball bearings b. The brake shoes v run in vertical guides and are suspended from the upper rods d, and the lower rods actuate the sliding doors q of the sand-boxes o by means of levers s. In an alternative form of sand-box, the door consists of a flat lid which is pivoted to the box-at one end and is attached to the rod d at the other. The change-over switch may take the form of a double-plug switch directly attached to the life-guard, as shown. The plugs k, i complete the driving or braking circuits l, m respectively according as the guard is extended or pressed in.
Patent GB-190501315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boxes or Cases for Wreaths and other Memorials.
Inventor: MILLER CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 1315. Miller, C. W., and Drayson, W. Jan. 23. Fastenings.-The lids of boxes for wreaths and other memorials are fastened by the tapes which hold the wreaths &c. in place. The central portion of the tape b is secured beneath the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 2, and is suitably covered. The ends are passed through slits in the bottom and left free inside. After the wreath c has been placed in position, the ends of the tape are passed over it and out through the slits d in the sides a. Finally, the ends of the tape may be crossed on the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 1, and be then brought to the top for tying, or they may be tied round the box in any other suitable manner.
Patent GB-190505083-A (GB)
Title: A Submarine Torpedo Boat.
Inventor: ELGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 5083. Elgar, A. March 10. Buoys.-A submarine torpedo boat is provided with wells containing buoys 39, which are automatically detached when the boat reaches a predetermined depth. One form of gear for effecting the release is shown in Fig. 6. A manometric tube 58 contains mercury, which, when the pressure in the chamber reaches a certain point, closes an electric circuit and energizes the magnet 52, which withdraws the bolt 46 and liberates the buoy. In another form, the wells are made with thin airtight covers, held in place by the exhaustion of the wells, which, when the boat reaches a predetermined depth, break under the pressure and liberate the buoys. The buoy is charged with compressed air, and is connected by a hose with a stop-cock 42, and has in the top a valve, which, when the buoy reaches the surface and the cock 42 is opened, supplies fresh air to the interior of the boat. This hose also serves as a speaking-tube to communicate with boats on the surface. Sunken ships, raising.-Rings or hooks are attached to the boat by which it may be raised when sunk.
Patent GB-190509426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DENNIS GEORGE DOE
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 9426. Dennis, G. D. May 4. Gas and like engines.-The air, gas, or mixture is supplied to an engine at a uniform temperature and pressure and in a pure dry state by cooling it down to or below the freezing-point of water, whereby condensable impurities such as tar and moisture are deposited and carry down with them the solid impurities. The invention is particularly applicable to the treatment of blast-furnace, cokeoven, and producer gases. Any form of cooling- apparatus may be employed, but two preferred forms are described. The air cooler, Fig. 1, comprises a chamber 2 with walls of insulating-material and divided into compartments by a partition 8 and containing brine tanks 5 over which the air passes in the direction of the arrows. In the gas cooler, the brine circulates around the inside of the walls and through transverse baffles, while a stream of water flows over the floor to carry off the impurities. Liquefied sulphur dioxide, ammonia, and carbon dioxide may be used as cooling-agents.
Patent GB-190509941-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rotatory Engine.
Inventor: DAUTHEVILLE JEAN
Filed: 1905-05-11
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 9941. Dautheville, J., and Gallix, P. May 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, rotary. The engine is of the annular-chamber type, and may be actuated by an explosive mixture, but is described as being driven by a fluid under pressure. An outer cylinder a, fitted with end-plates r, r', and capable of rotation upon the gudgeons t, t<1> of an inner fixed cylinder e, carries vanes b engaging recesses in the abutment m which rotates at twice the speed of the cylinder a. In operation, when the lower vane b, say, has passed the abutment m in the direction of the arrow, motive fluid is admitted through the gudgeons t, t<1>, and passages q, q<1>, c<1>, c, to the closed annular chamber x, and acts expansively upon the vane to rotate the outer cylinder, the exhaust on the opposite side of the vane passing out through passages d. When a carburetted mixture, compressed or not, is used, the charge enters directly in the first case, and is drawn in, in the latter case, into the chamber x, ignition taking place when communication with the carburetter is interrupted. As modifications, several rotary cylinders may be coupled together, one acting as a compressor when compressed gas is used, or the rotative and fixed parts may be inverted.
Patent GB-190512590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Igniters for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: MANN KARL
Filed: 1905-06-17
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 12,590. Mann, K. July 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A combined electric and catalytic igniter is described which, it is stated, entirely obviates miss-fires. Special means are also provided for preventing the deposit of soot on the conducting-surfaces and consequent short-circuiting. The conductor b has a screwed sleeve c containing a catalytic substance a, e.g. platinum-black, which may be advantageously fixed on a porous inorganic substance such as asbestos, pumice, unglazed earthenware, or the like. The other pole d is fixed to the body e of the plug in the usual manner. With this arrangement, an electric spark, even of the weakest character, will ignite the explosive mixture. The soot-catching device consists of disks i of non- conducting material mounted on the rod b interposed between flanges k on the casing. These flanges may form part of the casing, or may be composed of non-conducting material. The sootcatching surfaces may be of various shapes, e.g. spiral, flanged, plaited, and the like, and a cap to protect the sparking-points may be attached to the casing in any suitable manner.
Patent GB-190512870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Detinning of Tinned Plates
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT KARL
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 12,870. Goldschmidt, K., and Weber, J. June 21. Tin chloride is obtained in a process for detinning tinned scrap &c. by passing chlorine over the scrap, preferably in a closed receptacle.
Patent GB-190515885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SMITH TOM GRAVES
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 15,885. Smith, T. G. Aug. 3. Plug cocks.-The oil-measuring device shown in Fig. 1 is for an oil engine and is an improvement. on that described in Specification No. 16,909, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines], and comprises a measuring-chamber A to which fuel is admitted in excess through the passage B, and a hollow adjustable plug valve E, having an inclined port F which registers with a vertical port D. Excess of liquid in the chamber A flows to the interior of the valve and away through the passage G. The interior of the measuring-chamber is open to the atmosphere through holes H in the valve.
Patent GB-190518057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Silencing or Treatment of the Exhaust from Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRYANT CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 18,057. Bryant, C. H., and CandelÞt, G. Sept. 6. Exhaust - silencers. - The exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine are purified by mixing them with air and passing them across a pointed igniter contained within the silencer. The exhaust enters the inlet B, mixes with air entering the holes E in front of the non- return plate F, and passes the nozzle C and igniter D to the outlet G. The igniter is partly covered with asbestos, and may be a cone, spiked plate, or knob which becomes highly heated and produces the combustion of any combustible impurities.
Patent GB-190518175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Aerating Liquids.
Inventor: HONIBALL CHARLES ROLAND
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 18,175. Honiball, C. R. Sept. 8. Aerating liquids.-In aerating liquids in tanks &c., air or gas is passed into the liquid through pipes provided with nozzles' composed of longitudinally porous material such as cane, or fine wires or hair bunched together, so that the action of the nozzle is unaffected by the head of liquid. The porous material 9 is enclosed in an impervious tubular casing 10, and the delivery end is preferably cut obliquely. The pipes which deliver the gas into the liquid may be formed of pieces of cane.