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Patent GB-190222787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras
Inventor: TATTERSALL HENRY PERCY
Filed: 1902-10-20
Granted: 1903-10-20
Abstract: 22,787. Tattersall, H. P. Oct. 20. Cameras for the hand or pocket are arranged so that the front is erect and fixed in its forward position by opening out the baseboard. The baseboard C is pivoted to the back frame A, and has slotted frames F attached to its sides or to the sides of an extension frame S mounted in the baseboard. Side stays N are pivoted to the back frame, and engage by pins n in slots n' in the baseboard. The back frame has open cam-slots M on its inner faces, in which work pins m on pivoted levers L ; the other ends of the levers L are connected to links K connected to slotted levers H. The front frame D is centrally pivoted to stays E, and has pins d at its lower corners. The pins d move in the slots f, and engage in the slots in the levers H, so that the front is moved in and out by opening or closing the baseboard. P, R are pairs of locking-levers, which are operated by pressing on their heels. When an extension frame S is used for focussing, it may be recessed to receive a ring eccentrically pivoted on the baseboard. Guide slots and screws are arranged to give a rectilinear motion. Ordinary focussing-devices may be employed. The Provisional Specification refers to the use of a lever or cranked extension slots in the arms for use in focussing. The Provisional Specification also refers to an alternative construction for operating the front by a system of lazy-tongs.
Patent GB-190222794-A (GB)
Title: Spittoon Post for Dental and other purposes with Spitting Funnel arranged underneath the Sprinkler and Jet Opening of an Upper Water Tank.
Inventor: MAYR CARL
Filed: 1902-10-20
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 22,794. Mayr, C. Oct. 20. Drawings to Specification. Wash-hand basins.-A basin is hinged to the side of a spittoon for dental and other purposes, which comprises a spitting funnel discharging into a vessel contained in a box surmounted by a water tank. When raised, the basin discharges its contents into a drain provided in the top of the box and leading to the inner vessel.
Patent GB-190225269-A (GB)
Title: Improved Outdoor Seat for Tramcars and the like
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE TIGHE
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 25,269. Moore, G. T. Nov. 18. Seats.-Relates to a device for providing a dry seat for tramcars and the like. Spindles mounted in the ends of the frame carry slats c having a number of facets, which are turned into position to provide a dry seat, by tootned wheels d carried by the spindles and gearing with each other or with intermediate wheels, when a pawl f, pivoted to the side bar of the back, operates a ratchet g fixed to the centre wheel. The slats are locked by a sliding bar h, Fig. 1, at the opposite end of the seat to the wheels, which is moved under the shaped ends a<1> of either of the end spindles as the back is turned over ; or a bar, shown in Fig. 4, may be provided having recesses fitting over the spindle ends, which is raised when a pin n on the side bar of the back engages a cam k', and is returned to its normal position by a spring m. Slats o may be arranged between and outside the slats c, with rubber or other strips p, perforated if necessary, to wipe the facets; and strips may be provided beneath the slats to drain them as they revolve. The Provisional Specification describes the spindles as being kept in position by a spring, and a resistance spring as being attached to one arm.
Patent GB-190300710-A (GB)
Title: Syphon Bottle with a Removable Head.
Inventor: PALOTAI ODOEN
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 710. Palotai, O. Jan. 10. Siphon bottles.-Relates to siphon bottles with removable heads. Fig. 3 shows the head in place and the pin 24 pressed down to open the valve 4, which rests on a rubber ring 3 lying on an internal flange of the bottle 1. This valve is usually held closed against a flat rubber ring 7, and, in this condition, bottles are sent to the consumer, one head being used in turn with any number of bottles. The ring 7 is held in place by a cap 9, part of which is shown separately in Fig. 4, and the cap 9 is itself held in place by a ring 20 or equivalents therefor. On the exterior of the cap 9 or of the ring 20 are formed projections, screw threads, or the like, with which the head is engaged when it is fitted in place. A tight joint is made by a projecting ridge 22 on the cap 9 becoming embedded in a rubber ring 21 on the underside of the head. To minimize the space occupied by the ring 3, the lower surface of the valve 4 is either curved or is provided with an annular groove.
Patent GB-190302745-A (GB)
Title: Improved Railway Chair for Flange Rails and for Points & Crossings Built from Flange Rails
Inventor: WRIGHTSON SAMUEL SUMMERSON
Filed: 1903-02-05
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2745. Wrightson, S. S. Feb. 5. Chairs.-Relates to a railway chair suitable for securing flange rails in position, and also points and crossings constructed from flange rails. Fig. 1 shows a transverse view, part in section, of two rails as fixed in position by the chair. The chair is formed from a malleable iron or steel plate, which is pressed so as to form projections A at suitable places on its surface. The head of each projection is made so as to form the seat for the head of a bolt, screw, or spike b for holding down the rail flange. These projecting pieces are sheared free on three sides, so that, when the bolts b are tightened up, they become depressed and grip the flange, as shown by the two positions in Fig. 3. The heads of the projecting pieces may be serrated, as shown at D in Fig. 4, so as to prevent the fastening bolt or screw from working loose.
Patent GB-190305483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyers for Coal, Ores or the like.
Inventor: BAUM FRITZ
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 5483. Baum, r. March 9. Conveyers for coal, ores, and the like, in which drainage is effected during transit, consist of two parallel series of links e, carrying the perforated bottom g, and the sides h, the portions i of which are perforated. The opposite sides h are further connected at intervals by the perforated partitions k.
Patent GB-190307489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Overhead Travelling Cranes and the like
Inventor: REUTER WOLFGANG
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 7489. Reuter, W. March 31. Cranes.-Relates to overhead travelling cranes, in which the lifting-appliance can be run, by means of superposed rollers, from the fixed track to a movable track, without the employment of switches, turntables, &c. The lifting-device d is carried by means of the rollers shown, and is transferred from the fixed track a to the track carried on the traveller b, by means of the projections e on the fixed track, as shown on the right. On the left is shown the lifting-device supported on the upper rollers. The traveller b moves on rails c, arranged perpendicularly to the main track.
Patent GB-190316490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Impermeable Coatings or Linings for Casks, Boxes and other Receptacles.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1903-07-27
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 16,490. Wetter, J., [Blank, Firm of H.]. July 27. Coating and lining casks.-Casks, beer barrels, boxes, canisters, and other receptacles of wood or metal are rendered impermeable to liquids and gases by coating or lining them with a solution of casein, albumose, or liquid transformation products of glue or gelatine in water, ammonia, alkalies, alkali-carbonates, hexa-methylene-tetramine, acids, or other solvents, with the addition of formaldehyde to the solution, or it may be applied to the coatings after they are dry. The coatings may be hardened by a supplementary treatment with gaseous or dissolved formaldehyde. Sheetmetal receptacles, to be treated as described above, need only be joined together by groove and tongue joints or rivets before being coated.
Patent GB-190317357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas-generators.
Inventor: CUTMORE HARRY
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 17,357. Cutmore, H. Aug. 10. Acetylene.-An acetylene generator is fed with additional carbide on each descent of a gasometer bell connected to the generator. The carbide is contained in a drum a mounted in brackets c above a funnel b<1> leading into a generator b. The drum is divided by radial partitions into compartments a<1>, Fig. 3, having hinged doors a<2>, adapted to be held shut by spring-pressed and notched arms a<4> which engage lugs a' on the doors. As the drum rotates, the arms a' are tripped successively by an arm l, Fig. 1, on the generator. The drum is geared to a shaft g having secured on it a ratchet-wheel k which is engaged by a pawl f pivoted to a weighted arm mounted loosely on the shaft g. An adjustable arm e', secured to the gasometer bell d, engages the pawl f each time the bell descends, and causes it to turn the next chamber a<1> over the hopper b<1>. The drum is provided with a brake, and a spring pawl for preventing back motion. The generator may have an inclined bottom b<2>, and be provided, under a grating b<5>, with a cock b<4> for cleaning out the generator. A pipe n, which conducts the gas produced from the top of the generator b to the gasometer, is provided with a valved branch n<4> opening in a recess in the ground, for removing water, and is provided with a valve n<3> to enable the generator to be cut off when being cleaned. The exit pipe p is provided with a similar branch and valve.
Patent GB-190318335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blocks for Teaching and for Childrens Toys.
Inventor: KOPPERMANN WILHELM AUGUST
Filed: 1903-08-25
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 18,335. Koppermann, W. A. Aug. 25. Drawings to Specification. Educational appliances; geometry, teaching.-Relates to toys adapted to develop a child's perceptive power for geometrical forms, and also the colour sense. A number of variously - coloured bodies of elementary and complex geometrical form are adapted to be combined with one another to form more or less complicated geometrical shapes in one or more colours.
Patent GB-190321122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Oxygen.
Inventor: JAUBERT GEORGE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1903-10-01
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 21,122. Jaubert, G. F. Oct. 27, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Oxygen.-Consists in preparing oxygen from solutions of hypochlorites, such as bleaching- powder, without the application of heat by using, either singly or mixed, such catalytes as the soluble salts of iron, manganese, nickel, cobalt, lead, copper, &c., or such insoluble salts of these metals as libe rate the hydrate on contact with the milk of lime or the alkali of the hypochlorite. A slow catalyte may be rendered active by the addition of another as for example by using copper sulphate to render iron or manganese sulphate active. If desired, the dry bleaching-powder and dry catalyte may be ground up together and sold as powder, or in a granulated, agglomerated, or compressed form, for generating oxygen by the mere addition of water. Oxygen may be generated under pressure by conducting the decomposition in a suitable closed vessel. If desired, the bleaching-powder may be made into a milk or pulp by adding water, and then decomposed by adding the above agents. A continuous production of oxygen is obtained by passing a solution of hypochlorite through a tower or other apparatus containing finely-divided catalytic agents, retained by a porous partition, in such a manner that calcium chloride alone, very poor in active chlorine, passes out. In all cases, the oxygen evolved is stated to be free from chlorine and oxides of chlorine.
Patent GB-190324476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gearing for Mechanically Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: MCCURD WALLACE ATHERTON
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 24,476. McCurd, W. A. Nov. 11. Shaft couplings; screw- and-nut mechanism.-Relates to a spring or elastic shaft coupling, specially for use in motor vehicles propelled by internalcombustion engines, but also applicable for other purposes. The driving- shaft A has a coarse pitch screw a engaging a correspondingly-threaded sleeve B, which has a square or other shaped opening b engaging a square &c. part a' on the driven shaft A', so that the nut and shaft A' may slide relatively to each other, but must rotate together. A spring D presses against the sleeve B and against a collar C' on the driven shaft. A sheath E and discs e, e<1> enclose the parts, and ball bearings are provided as shown to take up any end thrust. In operation, the shaft A, when set in motion, moves the sleeve B along in the sheath and compresses the spring up to a certain point ; the two shafts then rotate together. As an alternative construction, the sheath E may be fixed to the driven part A', and have one or more longitudinal flats on its inner surface, against which roilers, carried by the nut B, engage to reduce the friction.
Patent GB-190327204-A (GB)
Title: A Multiple Railway Switch with Chain Rail.
Inventor: PENNING-DUPUIS EDUARD
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 27,204. Dupuis, E. Penning-. Dec. 11. Points and switches; sidings.-Relates to a multiple railway switch consisting of a jointed or linked rail and a traverser with rigid track which connects the linked rail with the sidings. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 2 a plan of a portion of the linked or jointed rail. Fig. 4 shows a plan of the multiple switch as used with a siding having fifteen sets of rails. In . Fig. 4, r denotes the main track, s the conning bridge for the operator, u to v the fixed track upon the traverser w which has its centre of rotation x beneath the linked rail, z the sidings and t to u the linked rail. The linked rail is composed of several parts which may move, one with respect to the other, about the joints a, b. The notches c, d, and teeth e, f, permit of the lengthening or shortening of the rail while at the same time ensuring its continuity. The two linked rails are connected by tie-bars q and supported on plungers g which are supported by two levers k connected together by a hinge m and furnished with grooved pulleys h rolling on the rails i. When the rail is not loaded, the springs l keep them raised off the bed-plate, and the rails and traverser can then be easily moved to another position. As soon as the rails support a load, the plungers are lowered and the rails bear upon the bed-plate, the outer claws of the levers k being simultaneously forced upwards and caused to engage notches in the bed-plate thus locking the rails in position. Fig. 7 shows a device for stopping and locking the traverser in any desired position relative to the siding tracks. This device consists of 15 bolts aa, one for each set of tracks, arranged one under the other and each connected with a pair of springs ab tending to force them outwards into holes arranged in definite positions in the plate ak which terminates the sidings. Each bolt is drawn inwards by a lever af- and held out of action by the flat spring ac. A lever ad, pivoted at ae, works in a slot in the bolt, and, when desired, is moved to throw the spring ac out of action so as to liberate the bolt. When it is desired to connect the linked rails and traverser on to a particular set of siding rails, the corresponding bolt aa is liberated and the motor W started. The traverser and rails will then move until the bolt arrives at the corresponding hole in the plate ak when it will be stopped and locked in position through the bolt being forced into - the hole.
Patent GB-190328277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranes or Raising and Lowering and Transporting Apparatus.
Inventor: DRIESSCHE CHARLES VAN
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,277. Driessche, C. V. Dec. 23. Cranes.-Consists of a crane of wide range and great height, capable of being readily erected or taken to pieces. The crane post or standard is telescopic, and can be extended to any required height by means of ropes passing over pulleys 9 at the top of the lowest section and wound on winches 8. At the top of the standard is a cap 13, supported by a pivot bearing, and carrying, by means of ties 15, a cab or shelter 16 made in two parts bolted together. The two oppositelyextending arms of the crane are pivoted to the cab at 44, and the lateral thrust is taken by a ball bearing at the bottom of the cab, the balls running on a circular plate 20 formed in four segments bolted together. The crane arms are built up to the required length, of girders 25 each supported by ties from a beam or shears 27, of which only one is shown, the upper ends of the shears being connected to the cap 13 by ropes 45. The crane arms can thus be built up in sit¹, and may be elevated or depressed as required and their end portions allowed to hang down when not in use. The arms are stiffened laterally, as shown in plan in Fig. 2, by means of ropes 31 crossed over stays 30 and tightened up by a straining- device. The trolley 35, Fig. 9, running on each arm, is moved to and fro by an endless chain 41 operated by a drum 43 in the cab. The load chain 40 runs over a pulley fitted with a ratchetwheel 37 controlled by a weighted pawl 38 and line 39, by which the load is retained at any desired height. The ropes 40, 41, and 45 and the straining-devices for the ropes 31, are all operated by winches &c. in the cab driven by electric current taken from a ring on the cap. The process of erecting the crane is described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190404089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Means of Connection between Chairs and Sleepers of Railways and the like.
Inventor: HOLDEN EDWARD
Filed: 1904-02-18
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4089. Holden, E. Feb. 18. Chairs.-Comprises spikes,trenails, and hollow cylinders used in combination to secure chairs to sleepers. The method is shown in Fig. 1. The outer cylinder e is of iron or steel; the upper end of it is provided with a flange to rest on the chair, while the lower end is sharpened ; it may be split for a portion of, or its entire, length. Having been inserted partly or wholly in an opening in the sleeper, the wooden trenail d is placed in position, and the metal spike c is driven in, securing the whole. The head of the spike c may be made to fit the cylinder e more or less. The central spike may be dispensed with, and a solid trenail used.
Patent GB-190406399-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Soap Dish.
Inventor: WINTER HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 6399. Winter, H. J. March 16. Soap dishes, adapted to be suspendei from the side of a bath, consist of a flat piece a of iron, preferably galvanized, with parts turned up to form the sides b and provided with spring hooks c to fit over the edge d of the bath.
Patent GB-190410837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuse Heads for Electric Blasting.
Inventor: RENDER FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 10,837. Render, F. May 11. Blasting and mining fuzes.-The fuze head of a bigh-tension electric fuse contains a cup D of uninflammable insulating-material, which contains the priming-composition and has in the bottom four holes d, d<1>. The bare ends of the wires C are inserted in the two holes d, and then bent over and drawn through the holes d<1> and spread out on the underside. The wires are thus fixed in position, as shown in plan, Fig. 2, for the spark to pass.
Patent GB-190412785-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Iron.
Inventor: FLEISCHER EMIL
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 12,785. Fleischer, E. June 6. Rotary metallurgical furnaces.-A furnace for the direct reduction of iron and steel from ores consists of two inclined and rotating tubes, each provided with a tuyere through which water gas is introduced and burnt. The temperature in the second tube is much higher than in the first. The ore is introduced by the hopper, spongy iron is formed in the furnace b, and is melted in the furnaces f and tapped at n, the slag being tapped at m. Another form consists of a single tube, Fig. 2, in which one burner k consists of a pipe p passing through a wider pipe q so that the gas becomes heated. The pipe q carries branch nozzles r extending into the tube s, and a mixture of water gas and air is blown through the outlets t of the tube s and fireproof cover u.
Patent GB-190413464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Roundabouts and similar Contrivances for Public Recreation.
Inventor: MAXIM HIRAM STEVENS
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,464. Maxim, H. S. June 14. Roundabouts.-Relates to means for inclining the axis A of a roundabout of the type in which the cars B are suspended from radial arms A<2> and are driven outwards by centrifugal force. The axis A rotates in a bearing K supported by trunnions a<Î>. The foot a<2> rotates in a footstep bearing mounted upon a trolley D, which moves laterally on a curved track f, the centre of curvature of which is the trunnion ax. The axis A may be driven by an electric motor D<1> mounted on the trolley D. When the cars have attained a sufficient velocity, the trolley D is drawn along the track f by a rope f<2> connected to an electrically-operated windlass F<2>. The axis A is connected to its driving-gear by wooden pins, which, in the event of the motor stopping suddenly, break and so allow the cars to stop gradually. The Provisional Specification also states that a friction or ratchet clutch may be used for this purpose. The cars may be arranged to plunge into or skim the surface of a lake &c.
Patent GB-190414749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armoured Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,749. Thompson,W. P., [Le Grand, J. P.]. June 30. Tyres, pneumatic. -To prevent puncture and side-slipping, armoured bands are secured to pneumatic tyres by lashes or ties of balata, leather, canvas, metal, &c. The bands 3, carrying the in-turned plates 10, are attached to the cover by ties 2, which pass round cross-pins 4. Flattened metallic sleeves 5 serve as eyes for the lashes, while a strip 6, preferably of balata, strengthens the cover. The band may be made of two lengths of canvas 11 rolled up with rubber. Metallic pieces, binding together in pairs the crosspins of the plates, may be used instead of the arrangement shown, or the plates, without in-turned edges and cross-pins, may have rectangular loops to receive the binding-strap.
Patent GB-190415664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anchors with Reversible Flukes.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM BRUCE
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 15,664. Thompson, W. B. July 14. A nchors.-The cable shackle 9 is connected to the shank of an anchor with movable flukes by means of a circular or oval ring 8 engaged in a flared hole 6. This arrangement allows the shank to lie at any angle to the cable. The ring 8 may be placed in the mould and the shank cast around it.
Patent GB-190416458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Tires.
Inventor: KENNA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 16,458. Kenna, B. F. July 26. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-The rubber tyre B is formed with side extensions round which are placed wires or rings b to hold the tyre in the channel-shaped rim A. Within that part of the tyre which lies between the rings and the bottom of the rim, metal strips D, Fig. 4, are embedded at a short distance apart, the strips being formed with perforations d<1> and turned-over edges d, and being arranged with the edges d transverse to the plane of the wheel.