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Patent GB-190400975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Canisters or Receptacles for Preserved Provisions.
Inventor: EYCK GEORG VAN
Filed: 1904-01-14
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 975. Eyck, G. van. Jan. 14. Can s and canisters; cans, opening.-Relates to cans for preserving fruit and other provisions. The lid d and the can e are both flanged, and linings s, a of parchment or other acid-resisting material are inserted. An india-rubber ring g is placed between the linings s, a, or two rings separating the linings from the metal are used. The contents are sterilized, producing a vacuum inside the can, and the lid is held down by atmospheric pressure, with or without any other fastening. To open the lid, a projecting tongue on part of the ring g is pulled outwards, admitting air. The lid may be closed by swaging or soldering, a ring of india-rubber being used to make a tight joint.
Patent GB-190403098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Lighters.
Inventor: STILES NOEL WHITING
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3098. Stiles, N. W. Feb. 8. Lighters, cigar. - The lighter consists of a wick soaked innaphtha or other inflammable liquid, ignited, when required, by an electric spark. A hollow handle A<1>, carrying a supply of naphtha &c. and a wick, screws on to a tube A<5>, pivoted on a rod B suspended by wires conveying an electric current. By moving the handle A', the contactpiece A<6> strikes and passes over a trigger B<5>, rocking on a cross-bar B<4>, fixed to the rod B ; a spark then passes and ignites the wick. The trigger B<5> is brought back by a spring. To extinguish the flame, the handle A<1> is released, and by its weight, brings the tube A<5> into a vertical position in a recess in the tube B. The upper inclined surface of the tube A<5> rests against a similar surface in the recess, and prevents evaporation of the naphtha &c.
Patent GB-190405869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulleys for Belt-driven Motor-cycles and other Machinery.
Inventor: FITCH JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-10
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 5869. Fitch, J. W., and Howard, G. W. March 10. Pulleys for motor cycles and other machines. In order to secure better grip upon the belt, steel plates f, f<1> are mounted on conoidal inner faces of the flanges c, d of the V-grooved pulley a, these plates being flat in their longitudinal and transverse sections and curved at their edges as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. They are mounted with their gripping-sides placed obliquely to the vertical plane of the pulley, and are pivoted to the flanges c, d, by means of the studs g and cottar-pins in such a way that the studs have sufficient play to allow the plates to rock laterally, a spring j being placed as shown in Fig. 6 so as to prevent the parts from rattling. The pivots may be arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, at alternate equi-distant points on opposite sides of the groove, so that the part of the belt lying in the pulley assumes an undulatory form. As the belt leaves the pulley, it moves clear of the leading end of each plate in succession, and thus removes the pressure exerted by the tail end which allows the belt to leave without resistance. To prevent accumulation of dirt between the plates and the flanges, gaps are formed in the flanges to provide for the removal of the dirt. It is not essential that the belt be of V-section or that the gripping-platesf be arranged as stated above, with the ends of the plates on one side opposite to the centres of the plates on the other side of the groove. They may be arranged in any other manner, or on one side only of the pulley, the other side being made with an undulatory surface. The sides of the grooves may be flat and the plates curved.
Patent GB-190408399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Electric Current Motors
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8399. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 12. Motors, controll i n g. - In alternating-current motors, the change over from starting to full-speed connections is made automatically by means of a switch which is actuated by the stray field produced by the excessive currents taken by the motor when starting. The switch contacts 10, 11 are made preferably of carbon, and are held in conducting-blocks 12, 13, of which the first, though rigidly held, can be adjusted and the second is movable axially ; these blocks are held apart by the spring 20, and are mounted within an adjustable insulating-tube 16. When the motor is started, the stray field pulls the plate 23 of magnetic material against the force of the spring 24, thus causing the ring 26, attached to the plate 23 by rods 25, to force the sliding contact 11 into connection with the fixed contact 10, and to put the starting-winding 4 in action. As the motor speeds up and the stray field weakens, the plate 23 moves away from the rotor, the contacts 10, 11 in the starting-circuit separate, and the full-speed winding 3 is put in action. If the motor shaft be vertical, the spring 24 may be dispensed with, and the plate 23 controlled by gravity.
Patent GB-190409495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Relating to Elastic Fluid Turbine Engines.
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANI DE
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1905-07-25
Abstract: 9495. Ferranti, S. Z. de. April 25. Driving-gear for paddle-wheels.-Relates to the use of turbines, such as are described in Specification No. 13,199, A.D. 1903, and No. 1409, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Rotary engines &c.], driven by steam and combustion products, or by products alone. Such turbines are made preferably with two oppositelyrotating wheels, which can be rotated in both directions at various power and speeds by varying the direction of flow and the number of passes through the wheels. Fig: 45 shows one method of driving a pair of paddle-wheels so that they can be stopped or reversed independently. The oppositelyrunning wheels of each turbine, through screw gearing, drive pinions 58 gearing with a large spurwheel on one of the paddle-wheel shafts. Fig; 46 shows another arrangement in which both turbines drive both wheels. Each wheel can be stopped by a brake 66.
Patent GB-190413850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Igniting and Extinguishing Appliances for Gas Burners.
Inventor: HOROWITZ JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-06-17
Abstract: 13,850. Horowitz, J. May 10, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Signals, flash and lamp.-In an apparatus for intermittently supplying gas to illuminated signs of all kinds serving as signals, a group of burners is connected by a pipe 2 to the distributing-apparatus which is connected to the gas supply by a pipe 3 provided with a cock 4. Gas passes by a pipe 5 through an orifice 6 to the interior of a bell 7 which floats in a vessel containing liquid. The bell is provided with a rod 8 having stops 9, 10 upon it which act alternately on a counterweighted beam 11 as the bell rises and falls. The beam 11 moves a slide 14, which can rotate on an axis 15, thus opening and closing the orifices 6, 6<1> alternately. When the orifice 6 is closed and the orifice 6<1> open, gas is forced by the weight of the bell to the burners, and when the orifice 6 is open and 6<1> closed gas passes into the bell, causing it to rise. To avoid extinguishing the burners completely, a bye-pass 16 adjustable by a screw 17 is provided. To produce effects with various colours, one or more of the intermittent-supply arrangements may be combined together to produce the coloured effects at different intervals of time, each apparatus being connected to a bnrner giving a different colour. The bell may be replaced by a bellows or bag formed of flexible material.
Patent GB-190417753-A (GB)
Title: An Indoor Game of Cricket to be Played on a Table
Inventor: WRIGHT THOMAS
Filed: 1904-08-16
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,753. Wright, T. Aug. 16. Games imitating cricket; toy projectors. -Indoor cricket is played on a table, Fig. 1, surrounded by a border a and fitted with loose stalls K, into which the batsmen tries to hit the india - rubber balls used, with wickets M and with model figures L. The balls are bowled by means of a cue, or by means of a spring projector, Fig. 4, contained in a box. The bat F, Fig. 2, is pivoted on a cross-bar D, and is maintained in position by means of springs. The bar D is attached to a frame E, which is swivelled to a frame C, so that the frame E and the bat can be inclined as desired. The bat is operated by pulling back the bottom and releasing it, and the swing of the bat is limited by means of a cord G. The frame C is provided with threaded feet, in order that the frame may be bolted to the table. Runs are scored when a ball enters one of the stalls K, and, according to the Provisional Specification, the batsman is caught out when one of the figures L is knocked over.
Patent GB-190419423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Internal Insulation of Tubes and Fittings for Electric Conduits
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
Filed: 1904-09-09
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 19,423. Taylor, T. Sept. 9. Conduits; junction boxes.-A solution of cement or other suitable liquid is poured into a conduit or junction box, which is then rocked to make the cement adhere to all parts of the surface. The surplus liquid is poured off, and the deposit is allowed to dry and then enamelled. The conduit or junction box thus obtains an internal coating of insulating-material. The liquid used may be a solution of plaster, cement, gum arabic, and alum.
Patent GB-190422617-A (GB)
Title: A Machine to Break Up Roads, or Earth, or Ore, or other Metals or Substances
Inventor: BURGESS JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-10-20
Granted: 1905-10-20
Abstract: 22,617. Burgess, J. J. Oct. 20. Roads, repairing.-Relates to apparatus for breaking up roads, metals, ores, soil, and other material, in which the breaking-tools are fitted in a series of frames which are successively raised by cams and then fall by their own weight. The tools K, Fig. 1, are mounted on the series of frames J, which are separated from one another by washers N and guided by circular blades P and mud guards T. The mud guards T extend across the apparatus and are curved and slotted to allow the frames to pass through. The frames J are raised by the stepped cam-pins S, Fig. 2, which are mounted on a plate E<2>, Fig. 9, attached to a wheel E and provided with antifriction rollers S'. The whole series of frames may be suspended by a transverse rod M, Figs. 1 and 2, attached to quadrants L at each end which are turned by means of the gearing Q, R. The rod M moves in guides V and is retained in position by a bolt U. The apparatus is mounted on a fore-carriage and road wheels H, which are keyed to a shaft G' and driven through a wheel G and a pinion F from the shaft E', Fig. 1. The wheel E, mounted on the shaft E', is driven from the pulley A by a pinion C. When used for breaking up metals, ores, &c., the pinion F is thrown out of gear with the wheel G and the apparatus is stationary. The fore-carriage has a power space W and is pivoted to the steering-wheels 3 by a pin 10. The bearings 1 of the wheel 3 are secured to a gear wheel X, which is mounted on ball bearings Y and operated by a pinion 4 from the handle 7.
Patent GB-190426774-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tie or Scarf Fastener.
Inventor: THORNBERRY CHARLES ADKIN ROXBY
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,774. Thornberry, C. A. R. Dec. 8. Necktie retainers.-Consists of a wire &c. a, Fig. 1, bent to the shape shown and covered with material f, Fig. 4, of the same kind as the tie g. The loop b is sprung on to the collar stud, and the projections d are slipped under the collar.
Patent GB-190501318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Display Fittings for Shops and Windows.
Inventor: PARNALL GEORGE GEACH
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 1318. Parnall, G. G. Jan. 23. Window fittings.-Tabular uprights C, sometimes telescopic, for use in displaying goods in shop windows, show cases, and the like, are made with a preferably padded spring head A, Fig. 1, or with a conical hollow rubber head F, Fig. 2, which renders them self-fixing at floor and ceiling, after being pressed obliquely against the latter and brought into the vertical. If the upright be telescopic, it may have holes in the upper section to receive a cotter which maintains different extensions.
Patent GB-190505654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Embossing Presses
Inventor: PANCOAST GEORGE EDWIN
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 5654. Pancoast, G. E. Dec. 10, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Embossing.-In a press for embossing paper or other material, a suitable number of work-holders, each comprising two hinged members, are alternately slid from between the impression members to a position where they are opened to receive the sheets to be embossed. The work-holders carry the dies, and also suitable sheet-registering and forme-registering devices. In Fig. 1, two workholders, each having pivoted members 14, 15, are shown opened out to receive sheets. Two others are in position between the impression members 3, 6, and between them is an equalizing intermediate plate 54 vertically movable, but guided by rods 55. The dies are fixed to the members 14, 15, as are also registering pins or devices for the sheets of paper. Pins and slots are also provided to register accurately the opening edges of the members 14, 15. The work-holders are hinged by slotted links 10, 11, 12, 13 to an endless chain 22, intermittently reciprocated by gearing from a segment 36 actuated as follows : A continuouslyrevolving sector 39, by gearing with a wheel 40, periodically turns the crank 37 through half a revolution, when further motion is prevented by the circular part of the locking-disk 45 engaging with a hollowed part on the disc 46. One movement of the chain draws in the work-holders attached to the links 11, 13, and removes those attached to the links 10, 12 to the feeding position as shown. The next movement causes the reverse to take place. The work-holders slide in and out on guide rails 26, 27, 30, 31, and are opened automatically as they move out by pins 50, 51, engaging with slots in the upper members of the work-holders. The pins 50, 51 are mounted on pieces 48, attached to flexible chains or members 49 which are attached to supports 47 and pass round adjustable guides 52. In a modification, two of the work-holders on one side of the machine are omitted, and bars, attached transversely to the chains 22, are passed alternately to above and below the plate 54, to fill the spaces left vacant by the work-holders.
Patent GB-190507892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Apparatus.
Inventor: PERCY HOLBROOK THOMAS
Filed: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 7892. Thomas, P. H. April 14, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Vacuum tubes.-To facilitate starting of vapour electric apparatus, intermediate supplementary electrodes are provided, which are connected to the main positive electrode or electrodes by resistances either inside or outside the containing envelope. The discharge first set up between the cathode and the nearest supplementary electrode extends to the others and finally to the main positive electrode.
Patent GB-190508275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust and Glare Protectors, and the like.
Inventor: LAWRENCE SYDNEY SOLOMON
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 8275. Lawrence, S. S. April 18. Eye-protectors.-Dust and glare protector and the like are constructed so as to enable them to obtain a good grip of the face without causing undue pressure on the nose. Wings e, preferably of thin vulcanite or other non-conducting material, are hinged to the outer sides of the frames, and their roughened parts e<2> are pressed against the face by springs f. Each wing preferably has two springs. Folding pieces g are placed above and below between the frames and the side wings ; they may be made of metal hinged at the sides and centre as shown, or of leather, silk, or other flexible material.
Patent GB-190509108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Cement Kilns and the like.
Inventor: NEWELL ERNEST
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 9108. Newell, E., and Fennell, W. May 1. Rotary kilns.-To avoid longitudinal joints and rivets in rotary cement kilns and the like, welded tubes A are employed, and where two or more are used in one kiln, an angle - iron C is secured at the end of each tube, and then faced in a lathe, so as to ensure an accurate fit and a true alinement of the axes of the tubes. At the firing end of the kiln, the diameter of the tube is gradually enlarged as shown in Fig. 2, the internal diameter of the lining B being maintained constant, so that, at this part, it is of greater thickness. Below the firing end of the kiln, another rotary tube, preferably welded, is arranged, into which clinker drops from the kiln. The kiln may be provided with a conical end and the material may be fed in the wet or dry state.
Patent GB-190514404-A (GB)
Title: Tell-tale or Time Check Clock.
Inventor: POPOFF GEORG
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 14,404. Popoff, G., and Simeonoff, J.. M. Sept. 30. Tell-tale clocks; striking-mechanism.-In a telltale clock, each pin i of a series is lifted at a predetermined time to the higher of the positions shown in Fig. 2, and must be replaced by a watchman during a short interval after the lifting. A disk y, struck by a hammer x, gives audible warning that a pin has been lifted. Each pin is normally retained by the engagement of a disk m on the minute-spindle with the upper of two grooves on the pin. This disk has one notch, and when this notch reaches a pin a spring r is adapted to lift the pin as shown in Fig. 2, an indicator n showing on the clock-dial the time of lifting. The holding-disk m therefore engages the lower pingroove and keeps the pin in its raised position unless the watchman is in time to replace it. The spring r is carried by a lever s hinged to the holding-disk and pressed up by another spring. Fixed pins q on an upper, dial-plate depress a bent end of the lifting- spring r before it reaches each movable pin i. The watchman can depress the hinged lever s by means of a button on the case acting through a bolt v, and so hold the lifted pin down until it is retained by the holding-disk m. The lower ends of the pins are guided by two slotted plates g, h, Fig. 5, the lower one g of which is movable through a stud f by a rotatable cover b, Fig. 2, which is normally held by a lock e. If the cover b and plate g are turned as indicated by an arrow in Fig. 5, the pins i are released from the holding-disk m, and can be re-set as desired.
Patent GB-190514615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps
Filed: 1905-07-15
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 14,615. Crompton & Co., and Hodgson, A. J. July 15. Arc lamps.-Brake-regulated lamps with downwardly-directed electrodes are constructed as shown. A base-plate a is connected to a frame c by rods b. These rods may have series and shunt windings q, r upon them, and, with a cross-bar, form a differential electro-magnet for maintaining the arc at the ends of the electrodes. In alternating-current lamps, the rods are laminated, or a separate electro - magnet is used. Attached to the base-plate a and to lugs 2 on the side pieces 1 of the frame c, are slotted tubes g forming guides for the carbon-holders. The tubes are insulated from the frame and base-plate, or the carbon - holders from the tubes. A shaft j, carrying a brake pulley k and grooved drums l, may be mounted in bearings in the pieces 1. The carbon-holders are attached to flexible cords, chains, or the like, forming in effect endless bands, as described in Specification No. 5164, A.D. 1904. These cords &c. are wound on the drums l, guided by pulleys m at the lower ends of the tubes, add attached to the carbon-holders by means of wheels mounted on forked pieces which are secured by pins to the carbon-holders. Current is conveyed to the carbon-holders preferably by means of separate slack conductors. If the carbonholders are not insulated from the tubes g, the drums l must be insulated. The cores of series and shunt solenoids d<1> are connected by means of a lever e to the brake-mechanism, which may consist of a clutch acting on the wheel k, as described in the Specification above referred to, of a band or chain, as in Specification No. 8664, A.D. 1895, or of other devices. To a plate 4 carried by the rods b is attached a cup-shaped reflector n. A dash-pot, and a cut-out for both shunt coils, are provided. Instead of using brake mechanism, an alternating- current motor having a disk or other armature and series and shunt field-windings may be geared to the shaft j. Guide-rods may replace the tubes g. The arrangement of the electrodes, holders, guides, &c. may be duplicated, suitable brake mechanism for such a twin-arc lamp being described in Specification No. 26,857, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190514784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Hooping Casks Barrels or the like
Inventor: JAMIESON WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 14,784. Jamieson, W., and Burn, R. July 18. Belt forks, operating.-In a machine for hooping casks, barrels, or the like, the caskcarrying table 12 is raised by a screw 19 till a projection 20 contacts with a collar 22, thus raising the rod 21, which causes the belts on the pulleys 16 to be shifted, and reverses the motion of the table.
Patent GB-190516931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Treatment of Arsenical Sulphur Ores for the Obtainment of Arsenious Acid and of Sulphuric Acid deprived of Arsenic.
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 16,931. Raschen, J., Wareing, A. E., and United Alkali Co. Aug. 21. Arsenious acid; sulphuric acid. - Arsenical sulphur ores are burnt and the gaseous products are passed into a tower down which sulphuric acid flows. The sulphuric acid is then freed from the dissolved arsenious oxide by treatment with hydrochloric acid gas preferably in a tower. The liquid arsenious chloride formed is separated from the acid, and is then treated with a limited amount of water containing an alkali or alkaline earth or carbonates of these substances or raw materials containing the above or mixtures of them. Arsenious acid precipitates, and may be purified, if desired, by sublimation.
Patent GB-190521302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladies' Fans.
Inventor: SCHLAF LEOPOLD
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 21,302. Schlaf, L., [trading as Kunstverlag & Schlaf]. Oct. 20. Drawings to Specification. Fans.-Apertures are left in the leaves composing the fan, behind which are placed photographs &c., so that the photograph shows through the aperture. The photographs are supported in pockets, folds, or slits. In a modification, the fan is made in one piece of cardboard or wood, and the leaves marked thereon in imitation.