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Patent GB-190406925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trays or Waiters.
Inventor: BEAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 6925. Bean, W. March 22. Trays and waiters.-To enable a tray or waiter to be carried by one hand, a handle 3 is fixed halfway along one side. The aperture 4 is at a suitable angle so that the hand is in a comfortable position when carrying the tray.
Patent GB-190412285-A (GB)
Title: Level and Plumb.
Inventor: POTTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 12,285. Potter, W. May 30. Levels and plumbing-instruments.-Two slots are made in a straight edge, parallel and perpendicular to its length, in either of which a spirit tube may be placed, thus providing a level and plumb-rule. The tube is contained in a metal frame and may thus be used alone as a level or plumb. Fig. 1 shows the tube in the slot a<3> parallel to the sides of the straight edge which is provided with a circular opening a<2>. The tube rests in a groove b<2> in a metal plate b, shown separately from the back in Fig. 3, and is covered by a cap b<6> which engages the groove b<2> by means of indentations in the ends of both. The plate and cap are provided with openings b<7> separated by a central neck serving as an index for the spirit tube, and these openings extend over the groove b<2> so that the spirit tube can be seen from either side of the straight edge. The plate b is provided with recesses c<2>, c<3>, c<4>, and with guide-holes c<5> and a cam c<6> an arm e is pivoted on it near to the recess c<3>. Round-headed screws d, d<3> and flat-headed screws d<2>, d<4>, d<5>, d<6>, d<7>, d<8> are driven partly into the straight edge, the positions of the last four being indicated by the situations of the guide-holes when the plate is turned end for end from its normal positions. When the instrument is required for use as a level, the edges of the recesses c<4> are brought against the screws d<5> d<6>, and, by turning the cam c<6> by means of a raised handle, the arm e is brought against the screw d and the plate held tight. Accurate adjustment may be made by loosening or tightening the screws d<5>, d<6>. The instrument may instantly be converted into a plumb-rule by pushing the cam and arm backwards, when the screw d is released, and setting the plate in the corresponding position.
Patent GB-190413287-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for Indicating the Times when Persons Require to be Woke at Hotels and the like, and for Affording other Indications of a similar nature.
Inventor: STEINHARDT CHARLES CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 13,287. Steinhardt, C. C. June 11. Indicating announcements and information.-An apparatus for use in hotels to indicate the times when visitors require to be awakened, and to give other information, comprises a board provided with a clock as shown. A central series of pigeonholes or partitioned spaces is marked with consecutive time intervals throughout the day, and discs or tablets marked with room numbers are provided to hang on hooks. A visitor in room 5, say, requiring to be awakened at 2.15 a.m. places the disc 5 on a book in the pigeonhole 2.15 a.m. Notices or remarks, such as "cab," "breakfast," " washing," &c., may accompany the disc in a pigeonhole.
Patent GB-190413873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: KAY MONTFORD
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 13,873. Kay, M. June 18. Incandescent gas burners.-To throw the flame more on to the top of an inverted mantle, the burner mouth is provided with a rounded flange b, Fig. 1, or with a recess c, Fig. 3, or with both h combined. In a modification, the recess has inwardlyprojecting corrugations or teeth more thoroughly to mix the gas and air. Reference is made to Specifications Nos. 1304,5032, and 5841, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190424696-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for use in Affixing Postage and other Adhesive Stamps or Wafers.
Inventor: PURKISS JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,696. Purkiss, J. Nov. 14. Damping g and affixing stamps &c. - An appliance for affixing stamps and the like comprises a block a of wood, fastened to a handle c and having a piece b of rubber or like material on its lower surface. The rubber is moistened and applied to the place on the wrapper &c. to which the stamp is to be affixed, the stamp being then pressed down, on the moistened portion of the wrapper, by means of the appliance.
Patent GB-190426559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Horse Shoes
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,559. Boult, A. J., [Bartley, H.]. Dec. 6. Composite shoes; hoof-supporting packing.-The cushioning-material 15 is pressed around projections on a metal base 2, and continued over the base to form a bearing-surface for the hoof, as shown at 18. Fig. 6 shows an inverted plan of the base, the sides of which are recessed at 3 to provide a wearing-edge 7, which is widened at the toe and heels. Dovetailed projections 9, 13, 14 have downwardly and inwardly turned lips 10, around which the cushioning-material is pressed.
Patent GB-190428272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Smoke-consuming Apparatus.
Inventor: TEUFEL JACQUES
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 28,272. Teufel, J. Dec. 23. Smoke-consuming.-Fittings for introducing hot air into furnace consist of plates a, having endpieces'd which fit against the walls of the flue. The end-pieces at one end are extended upwards to meet at the top of the flue, and thus serve to hold each other in position. The air passes through the opening made by removing a firebar, and is deflected downwards by the ledge f.
Patent GB-190429003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Leather.
Inventor: STAYNES WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 29,003. Staynes, W. H. Dec. 30. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating.-In a machine for buffing leather by abrasion, a split roll, wheel, or disc 2, having a felt or like covering 4 and an outer surface 5 of sand-paper, emery cloth, or the like, is mounted above a bed roll 3, having a rubber, pneumatic, or other resilient covering. The roll 3 is mounted in brackets 22 which also support a table 18 through which the roll slightly projects. By means of a standard 23 and treadle 19, the roll 3 is moved towards the working-roll 2, the upward motion being limited by means of a screw stop 27. The ends of the abrasive strip 5 are folded in between the two semicylindrical parts 2<a>, 2<b> of the roll 2, which are held together by means of a collar 15, Fig. 4, screwed on the bush 12 and having a conical surface bearing against the chamfered halfrings 14 on the end of the roll. A dust-collector 29 is operated by a fan 30.
Patent GB-190500402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermal Electric Cut-outs
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 402. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 9. Cut-outs. - In enclosed fuses, the fuse strip passes through perforations in a series of parallel metal plates. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the plates 8 are of iron, the perforations 9 are arranged in line, and the fuse strip 7 is straight. Insulating-rings 10 fitting the bore of the fibre tube 1 hold the rings apart. The iron acts inductively to choke off a rush of current through the fuse strip, and the arc is extinguished by cooling and by subdivision between the plates. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the slots 9 are staggered, the strip 7 having a zigzag course.
Patent GB-190501517-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Optical Toy.
Inventor: ZIMMERMAN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 1517. Zimmerman, W. H. Feb. 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Kinetoscopes.-Relates to a zoetrope characterized by the ready detachability of its parts to facilitate transport. The figure disk C is pushed on to one end of the spindle B, the other end of which carries the slotted disk A, secured between washers on a screw socket a. The forward end of the spindle B has its bearing in a cross-bar e, which is screwed to the table D<2> and carries the eye-shade E. The stand D, D', D<2>, which also readily separates into parts, is so designed that while grasped by the hand the spindle B may be rotated by the finger as shown.
Patent GB-190504426-A (GB)
Title: Disintegrating, Drying and Mixing Machine
Inventor: MUNDY HENRY LEWIS MASSINGBERD
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 4426. Mundy, H. L. M., Broadley, J. R., and Rhodes, H. S. March 3. Mills and apparatus. -Relates to means for disintegrating, mixing, and drying peat, clay, sand, refuse, &c. in a heated atmosphere, and withdrawing the steam so formed. An outer cylinder resting in cradles H consists of a steam jacket A with an inlet at W, a pressure gauge at X, and drain cocks at Y. Feed and discharge openings with doors or lids C, E are provided. Within the outer cylinder is provided a rotary cylinder I, its end plates J, K having bosses passing round a central shaft L which passes through the ends of the outer cylinder and is carried on standards Q. The longitudinal bars M on the inner cylinder are fitted with beaters N, and the central shaft carries beaters S. The inner cylinder and the shaft are driven oppositely from the same shaft by wheel gearing P and chain gearing R respectively. Air-inlet holes Ag are made in the end G of the outer cylinder, and holes U in the wall J of the inner cylinder. Outlets T provided in the shaft L for escape of steam are connected with a fan Z or a chimney flue. Deflectors V prevent escape of material or clogging of the holes T. The inner cylinder I has a sliding door 0 operated by a screwed rod Ae, Fig. 3, passing through the outer cylinder; or a hinged door may be used. A rake Aa is held in position while the material is being dried by a nut Ad screwed over a boss Ab on the rake and passing through the end plate K. When the door 0 is brought over the discharge hole in the outer cylinder and opened, a handle-rod Af is inserted in the boss, the nut is removed, and the material is manipulated by the rake. In place of the steam outlets in the shaft L, ports may be formed in the trunnions of the cylinder I and connected with the fan Z. Steam coils or hot-air pipes may be substituted for the steam jacket A. The shaft may revolve in the same direction as the inner cylinder, or independently. The filling and emptying doors may be at the ends, or the trunnions may be made hollow, feed and discharge being effected by screws on the central shaft or on the interiors of the trunnions ; or the interior of the inner cylinder may be screwed to convey the materials to the discharge aperture, or a screw conveyer may be placed in the bottom of this cylinder. A fan may blow air through the inlet holes Ag.
Patent GB-190504461-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Taps or Cocks.
Inventor: SLEEP HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 4461. Sleep, H., and Solomon, B. March 3. Plug cocks; handles; locking valves.-Relates to means for automatically locking the plug when the tap is shut off so that it cannot accidentally be reopened. A spring-controlled handle F, movable up and down in the plug A but limited in its motion by a pin J and slot I, is provided with a projecting pin K which lies in a slot C in the plug-casing B, and when the plug is turned to the shut-off position the handle F and pin K are forced up by the spring G so that the pin K enters a vertical part D of the slot C and is held therein.
Patent GB-190505527-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Grids or Covers on Drain Gulleys, Sewer Manholes, and the like.
Inventor: BODIN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 5527. Bodin, W. H. March 16. Gratings, pavement.- Covers are fastened to drain gullies, man-holes, &c. by means of dovetailed projections 5, 6 thereon engaging with corresponding slots 23 in the gully &c. One 5 of the projections is fixed while the other is rotatable in its bearing and adapted to be turned by a suitable key into position to lock the cover.
Patent GB-190506857-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manner of Packing Loose Sheets of Paper in a Box to Facilitate Withdrawal Sheet by Sheet.
Inventor: COLLEY WALTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-31
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 6857. Colley, W. W. March 31. Contents, withdrawing.-Paper sheets are superposed in a box e so that the alternate sheets project at opposite ends. The two sets of sheets are secured together by wires, and a narrow portion of the underside of each sheet is gummed at d to the sheet under it. On the sheet marked a being pulled, it breaks away from the wire, and draws with it the end of the sheet to which it is gummed. The sheets are drawn through the opening f in the middle of the box.
Patent GB-190511511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refrigerating Apparatus Operating by the Expansion of Compressed Air
Inventor: TELLIER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-06-01
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 11,511. Tellier, C. June 1. Steam traps.-The compressed air delivered from the (wet) compression pump of a cold-air refrigerating - machine is freed from water in the trap shown in Fig. 4. The water-laden air enters at i, and passes through an inclined perforated plate 29 into the bent tube 33, which deflects it down to impinge upon the dish 34, and before escaping at j it passes through a network 36. The separated water falls to the bottom of the casing and by raising the float 27 escapes to the receiver 3 1. The discharged water, being under considerable pressure, may be utilized to drive an hydraulic motor.
Patent GB-190516725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Working Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 16,725. Dawson, A. T., and Horne, J. Aug. 17. Sliding valves.- A sliding valve, used in hydraulic apparatus for working ordnance, has wedge-shaped ports d'.
Patent GB-190517449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Purifying Metals.
Inventor: CHANCE HENRY MARTYN
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1906-08-29
Abstract: 17,449. Chance, H. M. Aug. 29. Electric furnaces.-In a process for purifying a molten metal by electrolyzing a supernatant electrolyte, when the metal is made the anode, the cathode is placed to one side, so that any metal disengaged there may, if fusible at the temperature employed, drop into a depression in the furnace floor vertically beneath.
Patent GB-190520032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Soles and Heels of Boots, Shoes and the like.
Inventor: TONKS HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 20,032. Tonks, H. J. Oct. 4. Soles heels; sole and heel protectors; repairing ; athletic boots.-Soles and heels of boots and shoes are made up of a number of sections so that any particular section may be removed and replaced by a new one when worn, Each section A is backed with a plate or a number of disks E of thin metal, and is secured in place by a screw H engaging a socket inserted between the inner sole b<1> and the mid-sole b<2>. The sockets are provided with square-shaped or spiked heads to prevent them from turning, and they may either be formed separate or joined together. When the pieces are to be used with ordinary boots, however, the sockets are dispensed with. The holes a<1> in the sections are made smaller than the heads of the screws, to prevent the latter from falling out ot the plates when unscrewed. In some cases, rubber washers are placed between the sections and the mid-sole b<2>. In the case of athletic boots, only a sufficient number of the sections are used to form bars across the insole.
Patent GB-190520744-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pictorial Calendar
Inventor: TUCK GUSTAVE
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 20,744. Tuck, G. Oct. 13. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Picture frames.- Pictorial calendar sheets a are arranged within a portfolio cover b having one or more apertures c for showing the picture on the front calendar sheet when the cover is closed. The edges of the apertures c may be ornamented, and resemble those of a picture frame. A ribbon may be used for securing the sheets and for supporting the calendar, and the sheets may be perforated to allow of ready detachment when used.
Patent GB-190521748-A (GB)
Filed: 1905-10-25
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 21,748. Marsh, A., and Checkogram, Ltd. Oct. 25. Tickets and checks, issuing; counting-apparatus. -In apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 24,374, A.D. 1903; for delivering tickets, checks, etc.; electrically indicating the issue of same, and counting the number issued, the socket b<1> of the operating-handle b<2> is provided with a projection b, and the boss a' with an undercut groove a<2> open at one point a<3>, so that the handle can only be removed and replaced when in one position ; two contact-springs e<2> are arranged to engage contacts e<4> iii the fixed base-plate a<x> when the box a is in position, so as to avoid disturbing any connexion in the indicator circuit when the box is to be removed. The switch consists of a disk, the metal and insulating halves d', d of which have projections d<0>, d<x> to render positive the making and breaking of the circuit and engage a spring-pulled contact-arm e. A ratchet-wheel and pawls c<2> prevent the back rotation of the handle b<2>, and the ticket-ejector g is operated by a crank f and a connecting-rod f<1> which carries an arm i and a pin f<2>, the former to actuate the counter-wheel l<1> and the latter to co-act with a spring-pulled arm h to return the parts to their normal positions. The bar m for closing the end of the ticket hole is operated by a projection g<2> on the ejector g, and the ejector g is locked by a bar n when the same is not depressed by a pin o and a magazine in the holder p. A V-notched wheel l<x> on the first countershaft is retained by a correspondingly shaped spring l<2>, and the numbers are preferably arranged on the faces instead of on the edges of the counting-disks, and are visible through holes in the top of the box a.
Patent GB-190526093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 26,093. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 14. Co m m utators; field magnets.- In the means described in Specification No. 22,631, A.D. 1904, for producing a constant unidirectional magnetic flux from monophase or polyphase alternating currents by superimposing two sets of magnetomotive forces each varying in accordance with the squares of the series of the phase angles of the current producing them, instead of winding the magnetic circuit with sections of turns increasing in a sinusoidal manner and employing a commutator with segments of equal width, the sections of the winding are made of equal numbers of turns and the synchronous commutator has segments of width varying according to a sine law. A constant magnetic flux thus obtained is used for self-exciting and self-compounding an alternating-current machine. The widths of the segments of the commutator C, Fig. 2, varying according to a sine law, are calculated by means of the formula given for calculating the relative numbers of turns of the various sections a<1> ... a<6> of the winding A in Specification No. 22,631, A.D. 1904. If any polyphase arrangement of brushes B is employed and supplied with polyphase currents of a frequency corresponding to the speed of relative rotation of the brushes and commutator, a constant unidirectional flux will be produced. As applied to the self-exciting and selfcompounding of a three-phase dynamo-electric machine, Fig. 1, the field magnets F are wound each with six equal sections corresponding to the sections shown in Fig, 2, and described in the prior Specification, one half of the sections being reversely wound or connected. The first sections of all the windings upon the six poles are connected in series, forming one group, which is then connected to the second group, consisting of all the second sections connected in series, this group being connected to the third group, and so on, all the sections being connected in a closed circuit. The points of connexion between each group and the next is connected to one of the segments of the commutator C, which is provided with eighteen segments in three groups of six segments each, each group corresponding to the commutator C, Fig. 2. The three brushes B bearing on the commutor at 120 degrees apart are connected to the transformer T, the primary of which is connected to the generator mains.
Patent GB-190526739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Connection Boxes or Pressure Reducing and like Boxes for Steam and other Fluid Piping Systems.
Inventor: CRUSE HENRY
Filed: 1905-12-22
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 26,739. Cruse, H. Dec. 22. Casings.-Relates to connexion boxes or pressure-reducing and like boxes for steam and other fluid piping systems, and consists in forming such boxes of two or more stamped, dished, or pressed wrought-metal parts. Fig. 1 shows a four-way connexion piece formed out of two stampings a, b of triangular cross-section riveted together with a caulking-strip c between the two parts. Two- or three-way boxes may be formed of similar stampings. Fig. 3 shows a two-way box formed of one such stamping a, the third side being formed of a dished piece b having a drain plug e. The dished part may also be furnished with a port, thus foming a three-way box. Fig. 5 shows a modified form of two-way box. Fig. 7 shows a form suitable for parallel piping; each of these latter may be converted into three-way boxes by the substitution of a port for the drainage plug e.
Patent GB-190601289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Welding of Chains.
Inventor: KUEPPERS OSCAR
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 1289. K³ppers, O. Jan. 17. Making chains.- Chains are preliminarily heated, as highly as practicable without undue softening, immediately prior to arriving at the welding position. In the apparatus represented in Fig. 2, a gas furnace a with openings just large enough to pass the chain is situated close to the electric welding-jaws and has its end made taper to minimize cooling. The furnace may, however, be fired with solid or liquid fuel or may be heated by a chemical reaction. In a modification, the chain passes over a guide made in two sections which form the terminals of an electric heating-circuit. In another modification, special contact-pieces are employed.
Patent GB-190609192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rubbing, Brushing, Frictional or Cleaning Devices for Floors, Tiles, Walls and the like.
Inventor: ANDRIEU LOUIS
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9192. Andrieu, L. April 18. Handles.-A pad or brush for cleaning, varnish. ing, and polishing floors, tiles, walls, and the like is removably attached to a block to which a handle is pivoted. The block a, Fig. 1, has attached to or cast in one with it one, two, or more pins o to which springs e are fastened. Holes h, Fig. 3, corresponding to these pins are made in the brush or pad stock, which is sprung into place.
Patent GB-190609238-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ball Bearing
Inventor: VOSPER CHARLES WALTER
Filed: 1906-04-19
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 9238. Vosper, C. W. April 19. Ball bearings.-A multiple ball bearing comprises solid outer and inner grooved sleeves A, B, the outer sleeve being either square or round. Balls are introduced into the grooves through holes closed d by screw plugs. Wear is taken up by a cone E and nut F, screwed on to the inner sleeve B, which is retained on the axle C by a cotter G.