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Patent GB-190315385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Printing upon Tiles, or other Objects or Surfaces.
Inventor: LEE EDWARD
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 15,385. Lee, E. July 11. Feeding sheets; lithographic and like printing.- Relates to machinery for printing on tiles, paper, canvas, tin, opal, glass, or other objects or surfaces, and particularly to the machine described in Specification No. 10,550, A.D. 1901, and consists of means for feeding the work to the endless yielding apron, and gripper devices for holding the work in position. Fig. 1 shows a machine provided with an endless apron N on sprocket-wheels L, a transfer cylinder B having two transfer surfaces C and driven by gearing K from the sprocketwheels L, and ink ducts D and rollers E, F, G, G<1>, all of which parts may be constructed as described in the prior Specification. A feed-plate R, Figs. 1 and 2, provided with one or more gauges 8, works in guides in a plate Q on brackets P, and is actuated from a sector on one sprocket-wheel shaft through spur gearing and a pinion and rack, and returned by a spring or a lever or levers and a cam ; or, preferably, racks Y, Y<1> on the plate R are engaged by sectors X, X<1> on fast and loose mitre wheels U, V gearing with a third mitre wheel W and mounted on a shaft T driven by a belt Z from one sprocket-wheel shaft. Straight or curved spring or other elastic fingers 2, Fig. 1, are adjustably or otherwise fixed on transverse rods or bars 1 on the apron N, and open at points 3, 4 to receive and deliver. The bars 1 may be mounted in bearings and operated against spring pressure by one or more levers and cams. A gripper cylinder may replace the endless apron.
Patent GB-190316548-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brush Making Machine
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE CRANSTON
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 16,548. Fairweather, W. C., [Universal Brush Co.]. July 28 Machines for making.-Relates to apparatus for feeding bristles to an apertured plate and has for its object to prevent bunching of the bristles. Figs. 2 and 3 show vertical sections at rightangles to each other. The bristles are fed into a hopper 20 having fixed projecting arms 23, between which pass arms 27 projecting from a rotary shaft 24. The bristles fall through the reticulated bottom 21 of the hopper 20 into another hopper 4 through the reticulated bottom 5 of which they fall on to the apertured plate 3. The two hoppers 4, 20 are rigidly connected together and are continuously agitated by crank-discs 10 and connecting-rods 13. The bristles which do not enter the apertures and those which fall on to the supporting-shelf 2 are swept off on to an endless band 34, which conveys them on to a second endless band 33 by which they are carried back to the hopper 20.
Patent GB-190321147-A (GB)
Title: Improved Grinding Machine, and Lathe.
Inventor: MACNAB JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 21,147. Macnab, J., and Macnab, T. P. Dec. 23. Lathes.-A lathe for turuing and grinding railway an d tramcar wheels, or for general boring, turning, screw-cutting, and grinding, has a double-gap bed A to which is fitted a jib crane A<5> for handling the work. Pillar sliderests V at the rear of the lathe carry tools for turning the wheels, or grinders X, driven from overhead shafts, for grinding them. The saddle F has self-acting traversing and surfacing motions derived from a back-shaft, and can be used for turning the axles or for general work. A lead-screw and change-wheels may be provided, and the machine may be used as an independent grinding-machine. The grinders are fitted with guards A<1> which, in dry grinding, direct the dust into water receptacles on the guards, or, in wet grinding, discharge the water through a spout into a trough at the back of the machine.
Patent GB-190324537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Phonographs and the like Instruments.
Inventor: PIERPOINT WILLIAM SMITH
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 24,537. Pierpoint, W. S. Nov. 12. Phonograghs.-The stylus lever is so arranged that there is no strain on the diaphragm when the record is not moving. As shown in the Figure, the pivot e and the point of the stylus lever are on a line (not necessarily vertical) through the axis of rotation, and the arm f' connected to the diaphragm by the ligature h is made shorter than the other. A small india-rubber stop k prevents the lever from folding back when the record happens to be turned in the wrong direction. The sound-box is pivoted at d to the ordinary carriage.
Patent GB-190325074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Demand or Rebate Indicators.
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 25,074. Case, G. W. L., and Reason Manufacturing Co. Nov. 17. Current meters.-Maximum demand indicators of the differential thermometer type are made so as to facilitate re-setting and equalizing the pressure of the air in the two bulbs. The connecting-tube 5 is formed with lateral bends 3, 4 which serve as a siphon trap when re-setting the instrument. In the form shown, the connecting-tube is also provided with a bridging-tube 8, which may have a bulb and a constriction 10. The depositing-tube 7 opens into the connecting-tube at a point below that at which it is joined by the bridging- tube. The instrument is rotated in one direction about the pivot 17 for re-setting, and in the other for equalizing. In another form (not shown), the bridging-tube 8 is dispensed with and the operation of equalizing is performed by tilting the instrument into the horizontal position. For this purpose, it is mounted on a board, hinged to another board which is pivoted to the support as in the first form.
Patent GB-190325322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electrical Resistances.
Inventor: MATTHEWS PERCY MACAULAY ASHWOR
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 25,322. Matthews, P. M. A., and Hoghton, H. P. Nov. 20. R e s i s t a n c e s. -In order to reduce the amount of resistant material required, a resistant wire is formed into a flat grid, or a helix of one layer, and is placed across the lower end of a chimney up which hot air passes from the resistance, so that fresh cold air comes in contact with all parts of the resistance. When a divided resistance is used with a separate controlling-switch, each part of the resistance has a separate chimney ; for flat grids, placed horizontally, these chimneys are formed by vertical partitions in a casing, made of asbestos millboard,- or metal lined with asbestos, For flat grids not placed horizontally, the chimneys are curved. The grids are held in slotted slate strips, and the wires are held apart by teeth on porcelain strips. A rectilinearly-moving switch 71, Fig. 6, may make contact with a row of contacts 72, attached directly to the resistance wires d, or with the wires themselves ; in the form shown in Fig. 6 the resistances form a flat grid, and the switch 71 is movable by a screw 14. In order to limit the air current to the wires actually in circuit, the switch 71 is pivoted to arms connected by pins 11 to a shutter 10 ; the pins slide in slots 12 in the sides of the casing i. In another arrangement, Fig. 8, the resistant wire d is wound on the toothed edges of several vertical plates 15, which radiate from a central support, and contact with the wires is made by springs 16 carried by a verticallymovable cylindrical shield 10, which prevents passage of air between the wires above the springs ; connection to the springs 16 is obtained by a helically-coiled flexible conductor, not shown. A protective outer casing is provided, movable vertically in a slide, and carrying a coupling-plug to disconnect the resistance if the casing is raised ; a sliding switch can be raised to close the circuit while the casing is raised, if desired.
Patent GB-190405422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MELDRUM JAMES JONES
Filed: 1904-03-05
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5422. Meldrum, J. J., and Meldrum, W. K. March 5. Ejectors. - T h e exhaust of an internal-combustion engine from the valve c, Fig. 1, passes through the pipe f and nozzle e, drawing in air at the inlet j around the cylinder walls b and expelling it through the tube h, which may have a divergent mouthpiece to reduce the velocity of the gases. The arrangement may be used to cool the radiator of an internal - combustion engine.
Patent GB-190411052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Points and Crossings in the Permanent Ways or Railways or Tramways.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT
Filed: 1904-05-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 11,052. Brown, R. May 13. Electric and rope railways and tramways with conduits. In railways or tramways having slots in which travel collectors for electricity, cable grippers, or equivalent devices, the points of the crossings are pivoted and automatically moved by the passage of the collector or its equivalent, or by the wheel flange. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each point 1, 2 oscillates on a depending pivot 3, 4, stepped in the bed-plate 5, and carries a pin 6, 7 passing through a slot in a lever 8 which turns on a central pivot 9. A collector &c. coming along the conduit 12 in the direction of the arrow, swings the point 1, and the motion is transmitted to the point 2 by the lever 8. This lever may be replaced by a pair of sprocketwheels fixed to the pivots 3, 4 and connected by a chain, or by two short levers fixed to the pivots and connected by a rod.
Patent GB-190412574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Fastening India-rubber Tubes to Flexible Metallic and other Tubing.
Inventor: CORSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-03
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,574. Corson, J. June 3. Hose, connecting to flexible metal Lubes; jointing tools and apparatus ; sleeve joints.-In order to connect an india-rubber tube to a flexible metallic pipe, the metal tube c is screwed into the rubber tube b, and a sheet-metal ferrule a, with overhanging portion a<1>, is placed over the rubber tube, as shown in Fig. 2. The ferrule is then indented as at k by means of dies to cause the rubber to enter the grooves on the flexible metal tube. Circular dies y, g<1>, Fig. 6, may be used for this purpose, or the ferrule may be indented before being placed over the rubber tube.
Patent GB-190417188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cable Brakes for Velocipedes.
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 17,188. Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd., and Pugh, J. V. Aug. 5. Brakes.-Relates to operating- levers and cable guides for velocipede brakes. A trough-piece c, Fig. 5, has flanges c<2> fitted on the curved edges a<2>, Fig. 4, of the operating-lever, which is mounted in the handle in the manner d e - scribed in Specification No. 16,733, A.D. 1903. To keep the trough-piece in place, the ends of its flanges engage notches a<3>, while the cable, lying in the trough, is retained by a nipple d<2> bearing against the end of the piece. In a modification, in lieu of using a nipple, the cable is soldered in a tubular portion of the troughpiece. For guiding the cable around the bottom bracket of the bicycle, a tube h, Fig. 13, with trumpet-shaped mouth h<2>, receives telescopically the end of the usual guide e. The cable is secured to the yoke by causing the nipple d<1> to grip the rod p by means of a clip m. The telescopic casing l, l' of the take-off spring abuts against the mouth h<2>, and the tube h is held in position by the engagement with the bottom bracket of a pin i upon a flange h<1> of the tube.
Patent GB-190419172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Crossings
Inventor: PIERCE REGINALD HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 19,172. Pierce, R. H., and Westropp, G. D. Sept. 5. Points and switches; crossings.-The usual frog or crossing adjoining the switch points on a railway is replaced, by a short pivoted rail which moves between the two tracks simultaneously with the movement of the e points and thus forms a continuous track in either direction. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement, the points being operated by mechanism of the usual type from the rod J, which is connected near its centre to the lever G. The other end of the rod J is connected to a T-shaped lever pivoted at N, which has projecting arms connected to the pivoted rail A in any suitable manner. Figs. 2 and 3 show the pivoted rail A and its connections mounted on bed-plates C bolted to the sleepers. The rail itself rotates around the vertical pin B on a bearing-block u<3> to which it is riveted or otherwise secured. The vertical pin B passes upwards through a hole in the bed-plate C and bearing-plate C' and is riveted to the plate C<2>, the latter being countersunk in the central sleeper and also fastened to the bed-plate. The rail A carries curved locking-shoes Y<1>, Z<1> slotted to receive the bolts of locking-plungers K, operated by linkwork from the lever Q, Fig. 1. The curved chairs X<1>, V<1> are provided with jaws which engage the rail-flanges and so limit the movement of the pivoted rail. The chairs U<1>, W<1> are similar, but in addition are fitted with receptacles for the locking-plungers, as shown at b<2>, Figs. 14 and 15. The track rails are mounted on chairs p<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, at their ends, and are also secured by bolts passing through the wooden wedges r, q. Modifications of the bearing-block and its method of attachment to the pivoted rail are described, and also various means for attaching the operating- levers to the rail.
Patent GB-190426303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turning Lathes.
Inventor: ROVIRA ALEJANDRO DAMIANS
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-12-02
Abstract: 26,303. Rovira, A. D. Dec. 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Lathes. - T h e screw spindle 2 of a screw-cutting lathe is driven from a short shaft 3, Fig. 6, below the headstock 11<1> through a nest of eleven change gears. The shaft 3 carries wheels 6, 6<1>, 6<2> driven from a pinion 7' through a wheel 7<1> on a lever 7, and designed to transmit velocity ratios of 1, ¢, or “. The shaft 74 is driven through a reversing crown train 35<1>, 35<2> on a shaft 12, Fig. 3, carrying wheels 10<1>, 10' driven from the main shaft 11<1> by corresponding wheels according to the position of the lever 9, Fig. 6. The mid position of this lever gives an idle position, and the extremes give ratios of 1:1 and 2 : 1, respectively. In this way, each of the change gears can be varied in ratios 2, 1, ¢, or “, and forty-four different pitches of screws obtained. The traversing-motion is stopped automatically by a stop 27 on the saddle striking a bell-crank lever 25 and giving a partial rotation to a feathered spindle 17, Fig. 9, the rotation of which moves the lever 34 and puts the clutch 35<1> out of gear. The feathered spindle may also be operated by a handlever 31 to stop or reverse the traverse. The saddle may be driven direct from the leading- screw in the ordinary manner for screw-cutting or by means of a worm 38 concentric with the leading-screw and held between brackets in the saddle, a feather running in the groove 2' serving to drive the worm. Motion is transmitted to a worm-wheel 39 and through a friction clutch to the wheel 41 which engages the rack 14. The cross feed is obtained from the wheel 39, which drives a wheel 42 through another pinion and friction clutch and thence the cross-feed screw 45.
Patent GB-190428014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffers for Railway Wagons or Vehicles.
Inventor: TALBOT FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 28,014. Talbot, F. J., and Roberts, N. B. Dec. 21. Buffers.-Relates to a method of fitting spring buffers to dead buffers ; and to springs for use therewith. Holes bare bored in the dead ends to take a washer e, Fig. 1, springs c, and plunger d, and may be bushed. The buffer socket f has a flange f<1> to fit the cut-away edge of the dead end, and is secured by bolts h, the rear ends of which have eyes threaded on transverse bolts i, Fig. 3, where they pass through loops g<2> formed on straps g which are secured by the bolts i as shown. The ends g' of the two halves of the strap g' are turned up as shown, so as to be held in position by the bolts, and the top and bottom parts g<1> of the straps g may be let into the wood. The nuts used are preferably those known as "Ibbotson's Patent lock nuts." Instead of the strap, four eyebolts partially let into the wood may be employed, each passing through the eye j<1>, Fig. 6, of an adjacent bolt, and the bolts h securing the buffer socket are threaded on the top and bottom bolts and have projections h', Fig. 4, engaging recesses in the wood. In another modification, the bolts h, Fig. 7, may engage locknuts k, of the kind described in Specification No. 28,697, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Railways &c.], let into the wood, and the ordinary strap l is retained, the buffer socket f having no flange and being provided with a sleeve f<2>. The rubber rings c, Fig. 1, are preferably, as shown, shaped like two truncated cones united at their truncated ends, and are fitted loosely between retaining-rings having flanges preferably with inwardly-projectiong rims. The rings may have central sleeves on one or both sides, which may be dispensed with on two central rings, between which a small coiled spring may be arranged to prevent the rubber ring c from binding against the buffer rod.
Patent GB-190428475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanical Under-feed Stokers
Inventor: TAYLOR ELWOOD EVERETT
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,475. Taylor, E. E. Dec. 27. Mechanical stoking; air, supplying. -In a mechanical stoker of the underfeed type, f u e l from a hopper 20 is fed by several set s of reciprocating pushers 22, 23 to a series of inclined open troughs or " retorts 15, where it is coked and consumed, air being supplied to the fuel through hollow wedge-shaped tuyÞre blocks 16 superposed upon each other, as shown, and constituting inclined ridges which separate the retorts 15. The pushers 22 are reciprocated by rods 26 driven by cranks 25, which are mounted upon a shaft 24 arranged across the front of the furnace. The pushers 23 are reciprocated by the rod 31, which engages with a fork upon the end of an arm 30 attached to the connecting-rod 26, preferably forming with the latter a bell-crank lever pivoted at 27. The travel of the pushers 23 may be varied by means of adjustable collars 37 upon the rod 31. For dumping ashes or fuel, one or more grates 36, journalled at 42, are arranged at the rear of the retorts. The grates are dumped by a series of rods and levers 58, 59, 40, 41, of which the last is actuated by a rock-shaft extending across the front of the furnace. The bars of the dumping- grates are journalled at their ends, and one or more of them are provided with a curved arm 60, which is engaged by a forked arm 61 upon a rocking shaft 62, actuated by an arm, several of which are connected together and to an operating-lever at the front of the furnace. Air for combustion enters by a pipe 43 to an air trunk 44 arranged across the furnace beneath the retorts, and then passes into air boxes between the retorts. The air boxes have inclined openings communicating with the tuyÞre blocks 16, which are arranged one above the other, as shown in Fig. 4. Each tuyÞre block is provided with a wing 48 extending into the opening of the air box to hold it in position. A lug 46 is also provided upon each block to engage with a socket in the adjacent block. Air from the air box enters the wide end of each tuyÞre block and passes into transverse passages 32, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the latter of which shows an under plan view of the tuyere block, and also into a chamber 54 in its apex for cooling purposes.
Patent GB-190500430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boots and Shoes and in the Process for Making the same
Inventor: BEAVEN ALFRED
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 430. Beaven, A. Jan. 9. Welts and welting ; sewing, methods of.-Singlesoled boots are provided with welts, whereby, while retaining their flexibility, they can be resoled by an ordinary repairer. Inner and outer lips 3, 2 are cut round the edges of the inner surface of the sole 1, and in the lip 2 are successively arranged a welt 4, and the doubled edge 6 of an upper 5, which is turned inside out. The upper and welt are then sewn to the sole by stitches 7 passing between the lips 2, 3, after which the upper is turned right side out to the position shown in Fig. 2. The outer edge 8 of the welt is then sewn to the sole by stitches 11, which engage a channel 9, and the lips 2, 3, 10 closed, after which the boot is socked and heeled in the usual manner. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 12,477, A.D. 1892.]
Patent GB-190500450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Stoves for Heating Rooms or the like.
Inventor: CROSTHWAITE JOHN ROBINSON
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 450. Crosthwaite, J. R. Jan. 10. Fire-bricks.-In a stove for heating rooms &c., the back brick is made up of a number of interlocking sections c<1>, c<2>, c<3>, d, secured together and to the stove frame by a back leg e and a strap f of the form shown. The edges of the brick sections are chamfered and recessed as shown to engage one another and the recesses round the stove front.
Patent GB-190508816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Stable Dry Hydrosulphites.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1905-04-26
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 8816. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. April 26. Hyposulphites.-Relates to an improvement on the process described in Specification No. 19,762, A.D. 1899, for obtaining stable dry hyposulphites. A hyposulphite paste, or a hyposulphite containing water of crystallization, is treated with a hot solution of a salt at 50-70‹ C. until the hyposulphite loses its water of crystallization. Or a hot hyposulphite solution may be saturated with a saltand the heating continued until the precipitate is free from water of crystallization. In either case, the precipitate, which is in the form of a heavy sand-like powder, is separated from the hot solution by filtration, and may be washed with alcohol, and finally dried at 50-60‹ C. in a vacuum. The salts which may be added are common salt, and other easily soluble salts having no chemical action on the hyposulphite, such as sodium sulphate, carbonate, nitrate, or acetate. Warming precipitated damp hyposulphite without adding a salt also produces an anhydrous product, but is not so advantageous. If a zinc hyposulphite be used, the product is an anhydrous double hyposulphite of zinc and sodium.
Patent GB-190510367-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mixing and Timing Valve, or Apparatus, for Water and other Liquids for use in Shower or other Baths, and such like Applications.
Inventor: BEAL SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 10,367. Beal, S., [trading as Deane, E.]. May 17. Actuating lift valves.-Relates to mixing-valves for shower-baths and the like. Hot and cold water are admitted by pipes A<1>, A and valves G<1>, G, respectively, the mixture passing away by the pipe H. The handle B, Fig. 4, is mounted on a lever bearing tappets E, E<1>. The tappet E engages the valve-rod F when the handle is moved to the position 2, Fig. 4, and a cold douche passes out through the valve G. On the handle being moved to the left, the valve G<1> is opened, and then, by the action of the lever J, which is hinged at K and engages both valve rods, the valve G. The neck of the valve G<1> tapers so that more hot water enters as the valve is raised. Cold water is thus admitted with the hot and prevents scalding. A valve M admits water to a tipping vessel N pivoted at P and bearing a pin R which engages a bar Q, Fig. 4. When the vessel tips, the bar Q descends, the valves close, and the handle returns to the normal position at 1. The same effect may be obtained by tipping the vessel by depressing a pin U attached to it. Specifications No. 10,352, A.D. 1891, No. 8112, A.D. 1898, and No. 8192, A.D. 1904, are referred to.