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Patent GB-190323292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Burning Lamps.
Inventor: REILLY GEORGE WALTER
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 23,292. Reilly, G. W. Oct. 27. Extinguishing oillamps; reservoirs. -The glass reservoir of a safety lamp arranged to extinguish the flame, should the reservoir be broken, is divided into two parts by a partition 3 integral with the reservoir but of thinner glass. The upper chamber 5, thus formed, is used to contain oil, while the lower, which extends downwards to an opening 6 through which it can be filled, may contain any flame - extinguishing substance such as water charged with carbon dioxide, carbon tetrachloride, or a gas such as carbon dioxide.
Patent GB-190324337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpet Sweepers.
Inventor: CROSSMAN ABNER
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 24,337. Crossman, A. Nov. 10. Disc wheels; metallic wheels; felloes or rims; hubs.-Wheels for carpetsweepers are each made from two similar stamped pieces of the shape shown in Fig. 11, united by tongues c<3>, which are passed through apertures c<4>, and turned down. A rubber or like tyre C' is provided.
Patent GB-190325773-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Holding Up and Retaining Sleeves or the like.
Inventor: YSENBURG PRINCESS MARIE AT
Filed: 1903-11-25
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 25,773. Ysenberg, Princess Marie at. Nov. 25. Suspenders for articles of dress.-Relates to a device for holding up the puff-sleeves of ladies dresses, to prevent the sleeves from coming into contact with dishes on the table &c. The device consists of two crossed pieces 1, 2 of braid, united by a band 3. The cross-piece 1 may be stiffened with whalebone. The piece 2, adapted to be passed round the sleeve, is provided with a long end 4 having spring buttons 5 adapted to engage a stud 7 on the end 6. Instead of the fastening- device shown, any adjustable attachment may be employed.
Patent GB-190328036-A (GB)
Title: Cork Washer or Disc and Method of Making same.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG CHARLES DICKEY
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 28,036. Armstrong, C. D. June 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Stoppers ; cork, treating.-In making cork washers or discs for bottle closures, cork bark is cut up into a series of thin layers, the thickness of each layer being preferably less than one half the thickness of the final washer or disc. The layers are then built up into a pile, some of them being preferably turned end for end, so that the pores of one layer do not register with those of the next, and are cemented together by waterproof cement. The pile is dried in a press, with or without heat, and the composite stick is then sliced, cut, or sawed into layers, from which the washers are punched, the layers being approximately parallel to the original layers.
Patent GB-190401622-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Razor Strop.
Inventor: NEWBERY FRANK
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 1622. Newbery, F., [Wollheim, II., partly]. Jan. 22. Strops are made of a number of layers a of strong, tough, high lyfinished p a p e r glued together at the ends, passed through metal loops b, and fastened by glue, eyelets, or any other suitable means. Leather, paper, or other suitable material c is pasted over the ends to give a neat finish. The back of the strop may be coated with emery powder or the like. If the top layer is cut by the razor, it can be torn off, leaving a new surface
Patent GB-190403257-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spark Arresting and Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: TOMINSKI OTTO
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3257. Tominski, O. Feb. 9. Couplings, disconnectible.-In connection with spark arresting and extinguishing apparatus for locomotives, the purified smoke is led away to the back of the train through pipes connected by the coupling shown in Fig. 10. The pipes i are suspended by rings and chains from standards k on the carriages and are uniform in section except where they are recessed to receive catches l, q, when these are depressed to disengage them from the sleeve or coupling n ; the ends of the pipes are slotted at m. The coupling n encloses one pipe i and is enclosed by the other. The wide end of the coupling has a slot o, and the narrow end a catch p engaging one of the slots m. Normally, the pipes are joined as shown, but the pipe i on the last carriage is pushed into the sleeve or coupling till the catch q is held by the slot o. Trumpet-shaped " wind catchers " are arranged on the pipes to increase the draught.]
Patent GB-190403666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 3666. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 13. Motors, controlling; motors, gearing for.-In a motor for operating a main switch, the armature is coupled to the driven mechanism through an automatic spring clutch, and is itself governed by a switch the members P, Fig. 4, of which are normally held from the contacts p<1> by springs p', but which are forced alternately against the contacts by cams o revolving on the main shaft of the apparatus driven. Fig. 5 shows the arrangement of the control circuits.
Patent GB-190405805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Metal Rapping Plates for Patterns used in Moulding Metals.
Inventor: DUGON ALEXANDER LAMONT
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5805. Dugon, A. L. March 9. Moulding.-Rapping-plates of the kind described in Specification No. 3032, A.D. 1893, are provided with a central elongated opening C, Fig. 2, and with cam-surfaces F on the underside. The end of the lifting-rod, Fig. 4, is correspondingly shaped, and a quarter-turn brings it into close engagement with the rapping-plate.
Patent GB-190408402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Electric Current Motors.
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8402. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 12. Motors, controlling.-Alternating-current motors, particularly those of the repulsion type, are controlled, and the starting-currents therein limited, by arranging that the length of the winding on the primary member can be varied without brush shifting, or separate voltage-regulating apparatus, so as to render the system suitable for use on trains. As the length of the winding is decreased, the voltage in the secondary member will be increased. In Figs. 1, A, A, A', A<3> represent the variable winding connected as shown to the controller D. At starting, with the controller in the position 1, all four windings are in series. As the motor speeds up, the controller is moved successively into the positions 2, 3, and 4, until the machine runs at top speed with only the winding A, which is constructed for most efficient operation at full speed and at full line voltage, in circuit.
Patent GB-190412791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: SAVOYE EMILE
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 12,791. Savoye, E. June 6. Corset.-The bones of a corset end at some distance from the lower edges of the corset, and are alternately carried up to the upper edge. In a modification, the upper part of the corset is left unsupported by bones and is, instead, strengthened by ribbons which are stitched to it and, after passing circumferentially round the upper part, may be tied in front. Smaller bones are placed obliquely on the larger whalebones to stiffen the breast parts. The corset may be open at the back, in which cases the meeting edges are also boned.
Patent GB-190421123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cranes for use on Board Ship.
Inventor: BLACK PETER BLAIR
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 21,123. Black, P. B. Oct. 1. Cranes, arrangement of.-Several jib cranes are arranged around a tower on a ship, and are provided with suitable electric or hydraulic raising and turning mechanism arranged within the tower. Craneposts b are stepped on the deck of the ship and held at their upper ends to the tower, and the jibs c are mounted in brackets attached to these posts. In the example shown, the cranes are hydraulic and the valves are controlled by levers f in the cage g at the top of the tower. Preferably, four cranes are used, the posts being placed as shown in Fig. 2. When not in use, the jibs may be lowered below the deck.
Patent GB-190425716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: HENDRICKSON PETER HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-25
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 25,716. Hendrickson, P. H. July 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Crescent-shaped chamber type.-A rotary engine having two symmetrically-arranged working-chambers is shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Each working- chamber 2 contains a piston drum 6 with a pair of sliding piston vanes 8, the two pairs being set at a right-angle apart. The piston vanes have lateral packing-strips and wings extending into the slots in the piston drum. By means of ports in the walls of the working-chamber, steam is admitted to press the piston vanes outwards. The supply pipe 25 leads to a branched passage 26. Each branch is fitted with a reversing-valve 27 and a cut-off valve 28, controlling admission ports 36, and similarlyarranged exhaust ports are controlled by a valve 48, Fig. 6, on the axis of the reversing-valve. The reversing-valves are connected by bell-crank levers to a reversing-lever 96. The cut - off valves are rocked by arms 90 carrying rollers adapted to be actuated by cams 60 mounted on discs 57. There are two sets of cam-discs for forward and reverse rotation, respectively. Each disc carries two pairs of curved arms or cams 60 pivoted at one end to the disc and connected at the other end by linkage to hand-levers 78 for adjustment to vary the cutoff. In a modification, the cam-discs 57, Fig. 7, are formed as governors, and carry curved arms or cams 60 pivoted to the discs and connected by rods to weighted arms 115 controlled by springs 108. The arrangement forms a governor for varying the eccentricity of the cams and thus the point of cut-off.
Patent GB-190427794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Gas, Oil and other Explosion or Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CUNDALL JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 27,794. Cundall, J. S., Cundall, R. D., Cundall, W. D., and Cundall, H. C. Dec. 20. Gas and explosivevapour engines, carburetting and starting in. For starting, an initial charge is drawn into the vaporizer or combustion chamber through the pipe b and hand-operated controlling-valve c, and is fired in the cylinder in any convenient way. The combustible charge is made up of liquid hydrocarbons drawn from the cup a through the tube d, and air which enters through the pipe e. To prevent the fuel from siphoning over after the charge has been drawn into the cylinder, a small air hole is provided at d'. The modification shown in Fig. 2 may be used for starting, and afterwards for supplying fuse to the vaporizer or combustion chamber for normal working. Measured quantities of liquid enter the adjustable chamber a through the pipe f, any excess running away through the pipe g. The charge is fed to the cylinders as in the previous arrangement through a pipe b, Fig. 1, in which the valve c is replaced by a non-return valve. If preferred the pipe b may form the vaporizer, being heated by a flame or by exhaust gases.
Patent GB-190429470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Locking Railway Signals and Points or Switches by Means of Key-operated Locks.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 29.470. Mackenzie, J. W., [Hepper, H. A. L ]. Dec. 31. Controlling and locking signals; interlocking.- Relates to apparatus in which keys are used for locking the facing points and releasing the corresponding signals on single-line railways at roadside stations, and consists in the use of double locks fitted to the siding points or traps and single locks fitted to the points on the running line, to dispense with the use of rodding or other connections between the points. Fig. 1 shows a siding con. nected to a running line, and Fig. 5 shows a double lock adapted to the keys used with the List and Morse system. The points on the running line a are fitted with single point locks A' and the siding points A with double locks, either of the bolts B of which may engage a slot in the ordinary locking- bar C. Each lock is of the ordinary type, and is operated by a key which is only removable when the bolt has been shot. One key for each double lock is a station key, while the other is called a points key and is made to operate also the point locks on the running line. Normally, the siding points are set against the siding, and the station key is thus released and the points key locked up. To open the siding points, they are released by the station key, reversed, and again looked by the points key, which is thus released and can be used for the release of the points on the running line.
Patent GB-190504664-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Preparing Bread, Rusks, Chocolate, Genoese Paste, Vermicelli, Macaroni and the like for Invalids.
Inventor: BUONFIGLI ENRICO
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 4664. Buonfigli, E. March 6. Chocolate.-A dough is formed of yeast, phosphates of calcium and sodium, and a little flour. The dough is baked, dried, and ground. The powder obtained is incorporated with the ordinary ingredients iu making chocolate and other food preparations.
Patent GB-190508225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Let-off Motions for Looms for Weaving
Inventor: BARKER CHARLIE
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 8225. Barker, C., and Garside, J. D. April 18. Loom let-off motions; warp tension, regulating.- To reduce the tension on the warp threads when the shed is changing, the usual let-off lever i, which carries the rod j having catches k to operate the worm let-off motion, is actuated by the mechanism p, o, n<1> and an adjustable eccentric m. The rod p extends through a slot in a lug i<11> on the lever i, and carries at an adjustable height a collar r. The latter is adjusted and the eccentric timed so that the lever i is raised and the catches k operated to give the let-off while the crank a is moving from the position shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines. The weight on the weighted lever h<1> co-operating with the back-swing h may be reduced, to minimize warp breakages &c., or for heavy goods increased weight may be added, the let-off of the warp allowing the weight to have its full action during the beat-up with diminished strain on the warps.
Patent GB-190512867-A (GB)
Title: Pigment Printing Process.
Inventor: BUEHLER EMIL
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 12,867. B³hler, E. July 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Chromo - gelatin and like processes printing; sensitized plates &c.-Relates to papers for carbonprinting without transfer, in which an emulsion of casein and soap is used as a vehicle and binding means for the pigment layer with or without the addition of gum arabic or other usual admixtures. The paper is prepared by first applying to it a thin gelatin layer. Casein and soap are then mixed, and the required pigment added. This mixture is poured on the gelatin layer and the whole dipped into a bichromate solution in order to become senstive. The picture is developed on the side exposed to tight, and the surface has a granular appearance.
Patent GB-190518529-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sliding Sash and Hinge Opening Window.
Inventor: BATTY GEORGE
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 18,529. Batty, G. Sept. 14. Windows, swivelling-sliding. The sash is hung on cords but can be swung inwards on lift off hinges. The free sash stile d is grooved at g, to carry a vertical semicyliudrical roller h pivoted at ends to top and bottom plates k, Fig. 2 on the sash. The ioller h abuts on a similar roller i loose in the window-frame groove and can be turned by means of a projecting stud m, working in a groove of the top plate k, into the position shown in Fig. 2, carrying the roller i with it. Projections on the bar i then engage with slots in the sash stile d, the two rollers h, i acting as a draught-bar. When the stud m is turned back sufficiently, the sash can be swung inwards, carrying with it the roller h.
Patent GB-190520162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Manufacture of Hollow Spun Metal Ware.
Inventor: TURTON FREDERICK GRANT
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 20,162. Turton, F. G., and Turton, F. W. T. Oct. 5. Drawings to Specification. Rings, napkin and serviette.-These are made by spinning thin silver or other expensive metals on to sectional wooden or similar chucks and finishing by spinning on to wooden or similar chucks which are permanently retained in the article to form cores. Specification No. 3885, A.D. 1868, is referred to.
Patent GB-190521124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Manufacture.
Inventor: SHADBOLT ROBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-18
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 21,124. Shadbolt, R. G., and Tully, C. B. Oct. 18. Mixing gases; retorts.-Relates to improvements in the process of blending producer gas and coalgas described in Specification No. 16,955, A.D. 1905. The producer gas, before being added to the coal-gas, is passed through a body of incandescent coke or carbon, so as to reduce any carbon dioxide present. The coke is placed in a retort 1<a>, preferably one of the bench in which the coal-gas is generated, connected at the rear end by a passage 11 to the gas-producer 12. Walls 14, 15 are provided at the rear end of the retort 1<a> to ensure the gas passing through the coke. The gas passes by an ascension pipe 5<a> covered with fireclay, asbestos, or other bad conductor of heat, and fitted with a valve to the hydraulic main 6, where it is mixed with the coal-gas. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the charging-compartment of the producer is separated from the gas compartment by a depending wall 16, and the vertical passage 10 is continued into the producer as a sloping passage 18.
Patent GB-190601446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ironing or Calendering Machines
Inventor: BARRETT SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-01-19
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 1446. Barrett, S. Jan 19. Ironing-machines. - Relates to ironing-machines of the type in which the articles are passed between polished longitudinal flat-faced ironing-bars E and the surface of a clothed roller A. The goods are fed from a shelf Y over rollers U beneath the first of the series of flat-faced bars E, which are held directly, or by means of an extension-piece, between blocks X under the pressure of adjustable springs H, F, and are made of sufficient width to admit freely the articles treated. The bars are heated by a suitable agent. The drum A is driven from the shaft N by means of a worm and a crown-wheel L, and is adjusted by a hand-wheel T on a shaft S provided with a worm R at each end acting on a wheel Q, which forms a nut on a screw P by which the bearings are raised or lowered.
Patent GB-190604657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Regulating the Pressure of Alternating Current Electric Generatos.
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 4657. Canz & Co. Eisengiesserei und Maschinen Fabriks Akt.-Ges. May 24, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901], Dynamos, regulating; field magnets.-The pressure of alternating-current generators is regulated to the load by including a resistance of negative temperature coefficient in the continuous-current alternator field circuit, or a resistance of positive temperature coefficient in connexion with the field of the exciter, these resistances carrying a current dependent upon the pressure and the load on the machine and influencing the current through the fields of the exciter so as to control the excitation to the main machine. The polyphase generator G has continuous-current field magnets F energized by an exciter with an armature g and shunt field winding f. A counter winding f<1> in series with the positive temperature coefficient resistance W is connected in shunt to the field winding f. The resistance W is traversed by the continuous shunt current in the counter winding f and by an alternating current depending upon the load and the voltage of the main generator and obtained, for example, from two small transformers i, v, connected respectively in shunt across the terminals of the main machine and in series with it, the secondaries being connected in series to the resistance W. The connexions of the two coils v, i are such that the currents in them are in quadrature. If the load on the main generator G increases, the current through the secondaries increases, causing the resistance W to increase so that the current through the counter winding f<1> is weakened and the excitation of the exciter correspondingly strengthened. The resistance W can be arranged in shunt across the field winding F of the alternator in series with a connter winding arranged upon the field winding F. A resistance of negative temperature coefficient may be connected in series with the field winding instead of a resistance of positive temperature coefficient being connected in shunt. To equalize fluctuations of pressure produced by alterations of frequency, a self-induction coil d may be-switched into the circuit of the transformer coils i, v.
Patent GB-190605195-A (GB)
Title: Process of Producing an Aliment from Cetraria (Iceland LIchen)
Inventor: HANSTEEN BARTHOLD
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 5195. Hansteen, B. March 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 19011. F o o d preparations; preserving food.-A marketable aliment is prepared from Cetraria (Iceland lichen) as follows: -The material is washed and freed from foreign material by treatment with hot water in a network cylinder E, which is provided with stationary arms D and revolving arms C. The cleansed material falls on to the straining-bottom B of the outer vessel A, and is then boiled with a solution of alkali carbonates or the like in order to extract the bitter principles (cetraria). Subsequently it is thoroughly washed, first with cold and then with boiling water. It is finally freed from water by pressure, salted, and packed in tins, which are then sealed and sterilized, or it may be pressed in moulds, packed in tin-foil, and sterilized.
Patent GB-190605606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grinding Machines for Glass Plates.
Inventor: SCHWARZ KONRAD GEORG
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1907-03-08
Abstract: 5606. Schwarz, K. G., and Schwarz, G. K., [trading as Wiclerer & Co., N.]. July 5, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bevelling glass plates. In order that the operator may view in close proximity the face being ground, the glass plate g is mounted on a bracket f adjustably screwed to supports d, e carried by a platform c, which is reci procated on rails a in a direction slightly inclined to the plane normal to the axis of the conical grinder. The platform is arranged close to the ground so that the operator may stand on it. The glass is pressed against the grinder by a roller k operated by weights o at the other end of a lever n, which is pivoted at m to a rod t which can turn about a pivot l above the grinder. The arm p on which the rod t is adjustably mounted is balanced by a weight r.
Patent GB-190609497-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Removing Dust and the like.
Inventor: MELICHAR FRANZ
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 9497. Melichar, F. April 23. Oscillating-vane type.-In a portable suction apparatus for removing dust &c. from floors, walls, carpets, furniture, &c., air is drawn through a filter box 21, mounted within an air-tight casing 1, by a double-acting pump with an oscillating vane 9 operated by a handle, the dustf r e e d air passing through delivery valves 15 into an inner chamber 17 communicating by ports 20 with the atmosphere.