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Patent GB-190412874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Roadways, Tramway Tracks, Foot-paths, Floors, and the like and Blocks therefor.
Inventor: ENTWISTLE WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,874. Entwistle, W. June 7. Paving.-In constructing roads, tramways, footpaths, floors, and the like, blocks composed of terra-cotta, fireclay, gannister, concrete, wood, asphalt, slag, granite, stone, or grit stone are made with upper and lower portions, or upper portions only, of reduced size, so as to form spaces which are filled up with pitch or hot asphalt &c. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper and lower portions C of the reversible blocks A are of octagonal shape and contain cavities I which, together with the spaces D, are filled with pitch or the like E. The openings J in the blocks facilitate equal burning of the material in a kiln. In other forms, oblong blocks, arranged in line or so as to break joint, have upper rabbeted edges, and are sometimes provided with corresponding projections and cut away portions to form dovetail, circular, square, or V joints. The rabbeted edges are of rectangular, angular, quadrantal, or other shape. The blocks shown in Fig. 12 have cloth covered with bitumen E between the joints. Tramway rails carrying an electric current are protected by waterproofing-layers of canvas 0, Fig. 25, which may extend to the rail surface. Fig. 29 shows the blocks provided with inset facing-blocks which may consist of granite, wood, stone, or grit stone. Figs. 32 and 33 show blocks provided with square, angular, and bevelled surfaces to give a foothold. Blocks of T, U, and L shape are also used for tramways.
Patent GB-190414011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Portable Attachment of Wringers and like Appliances to Baths and like Places.
Inventor: MCCALLUM COLIN
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 14,011. McCallum, C., and Stewart, W. June 21. Wringing-machines.-A support D to which a wringing-machine may be clamped is attached at one end to a metal bracket A by a thumb-screw C. The other end is supported on the edge of the bath by a piece E. The board D may be edge-uppermost as in Fig. 1, or side uppermost as in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190418454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shutters for Photographic Cameras.
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 18,454. Kodak, Ltd., [Brownell, F. A.]. Aug. 25. Shutters.-An iris-diaphragm shutter is provided with means for varying the exposure, to give time, bulb, or instantaneous exposures, and also with means for varying the diameter of the opening. The shutter is fixed to the lens board by studs and slots. The shutter shown has five sectors which are movable about their ends 20 in slots in the case of the shutter. They are pivoted by pins 23 to an operating-member 22 which is provided with an extension 25, and moves concentrically with the aperture of the shutter under the action of the shoulder 35 of the semicircular master member 34. This member 34 is pivoted on a stud 33 carried on one end of the member 32, which is pivoted on a fixed stud 31 and has its other end slotted to receive a pin 53. This pin passes to a pointer on the front of the shutter and, as it is moved about the centre of the aperture, causes the lever 32 to rotate about its stud 31, thereby varying the relative position of the members 34, 22. This varies the amount of movement given by the shoulder 35 to the projection 26, and therefore regulates the diameter of the shutter aperture. The member 34 is held in normal position by a spring 45 and is provided with a brake cylinder 47. The member 22 is held in normal position by the spring 30, and is moved by the finger-lever 40 which is pivoted on the stud 39. The projection 37 engages the shoulder 36 of the master member 34, and for an instantaneous exposure merely moves this over ; on its return, the piece 22 is moved until the projection 26 is free of the shoulder 35, when the shutter closes by the action of the spring 30. For time and bulb exposures, the spring plate 59 is depressed by the action of a pin carried by an index finger, on the case on the stepped cams 82, 83. The plate 59 forms a guide for a reciprocating piece 65 which has a bulb stop 69 adapted to meet a projection 70 on the piece 34 and a time stop 71 to meet a projection 72 on the piece 34. The piece 65 is reciprocated by a stud 73 moving in a slot 74 in the set-off piece 38. The depression of the plate 59 determines which stops, which are of different lengths, shall come into play and hold the shutter open for the desired time. The shutter is held to the camera front by means of studs the heads of which enter concentric slots, and is held in position by a spring tongue.
Patent GB-190421056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fixing Devices for Strings of Stringed Instruments.
Inventor: PRENZEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 21,056. Prenzel, J. Sept. 30. Tuning; violins.- The string of a musical instrument is fixed by placing it in a notch d on the top of a small cap a of vulcanite or the like, and winding it around the projecting edge h of the cap, Fig. 5. The cap a is attached by a pin to a p e g capable of being turned and fixed. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a violin, the peg being connected to the key b by worm gear.
Patent GB-190421386-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Sawing, Drilling, Filing and Polishing
Inventor: ALEMIAN DIKRAN
Filed: 1904-10-05
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 21,386. Alemian, D. Oct. 5. Drilling; filing- machines; sawing. - In a fretwork machine, the saw 10 is clamped at one end to a reciprocating bar 6, and the holes required for the introduction of the saw are made by a drill 23 mounted on a stock and made to engage a spindle driven by bevel-wheels 20, 21 from the main shaft 2 by releasing a handle, whereby a driver 27 is caused to engage a slot 28 in the stock. The saw, which is enlarged at the end to give a better gripping-surface, is held in a clamp 8 adjustably fixed to the reciprocating bar, and is guided above and below the work between guides 15, 15<1> and 19, 19<1>. A hand-wheel 24 on the drill shaft serves as a support for the reception of a grinding or polishing wheel for smoothing the rough edges of the work. The machine is fitted with an air pump 30 for blowing away the sawdust and may have files fitted in place of the saws.
Patent GB-190425502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heating and Cooling Apparatus
Inventor: JUNKERS HUGO
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 25,502. Junkers, H. Nov. 23. Heating air.- The apparatus consists of flat metal channels a which convey the heating- medium, a r o u n d which, and in metallic connection therewith, flat metal plates b are fitted. Such plates may be of the shape shown in Fig. 3, or of crinkled, curled, or of other suitable form, as shown in Fig. 16. The air to be heated is blown through the flat spaces between the plates by a fan, which may be driven by a turbine actuated by the beating-medium employed, a mantle or casing c confining the air current. Figs. 19 and 24 show the disposition of the apparatus in connection with a current of air induced by a ventilating-shaft, the latter showing the application of a valve to direct the flow. The channels which convey the medium may be fitted with stiffeners if desired.
Patent GB-190427907-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Making Sulphur Trioxide and other Compounds Exothermic on Formation.
Inventor: BLACKMORE HENRY SPENCER
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-12-20
Abstract: 27,907. Blackmore, H. S. Dec. 20. Sulphuric anhydride.-Consists in producing exothermic compounds, such as sulphur trioxide, simultaneously with endothermic compounds, which absorb the heat evolved in the first case and so prevent the temperature rising to the dissociating point of the exothermic compound. In making sulphur trioxide, a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen tetroxide passes into a chamber A, Fig. 1, by way of a pipe n, and a current of sulphur dioxide enters by way of a pipe m. After thorough mixing, the gases pass through electrically-heated gold-plated copper gauze diaphragms d, which are supported between the screw-threaded segments b, b<1>, b<11> and a, a<1>, a<11> of the chamber A and of a central conducting-rod G respectively. Upper and lower diaphragms d<11>, d', composed of several thicknesses of gauze, are insulated at e', e from the rod G, and serve as flash preventers and heat absorbers. The cooled gases pass to a jacketed condenser D, where the sulphur trioxide is deposited. The mixture of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide which passes on is reoxidized for further use. The reaction stated to occur in the vessel A is expressed as follows :- the endothermic formation of carbon monoxide absorbing the heat produced by the formation of sulphur trioxide. In the form of apparatus shown in plan view in Fig. 4, the chambers A are elongated and the rod G is replaced by a strip of metal. A water jacket z between successive chambers helps to control the temperature. Other oxidizing-gases than those mentioned may be used, such as nitrogen trioxide, oxygen, &c., and sulphur may be directly oxidized to trioxide by carbonic acid &c.
Patent GB-190500425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sieves for Washing Starch Out of Disintegrated Materials.
Inventor: UHLAND WILHELM HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 425. Uhland, W. H. Jan. 9. Starch.-An apparatus used for washing starch out of disintegrated potato grindings, meal obtained from granulous vegetable products, such as maize, and the like, consists of a series of graduated sieves supplied with water and mounted in a frame to which a circular oscillating motion may be given. Starchy material is fed from a box a and passes on to slightly inclined sieves b mounted step-wise in a frame to which is given a circular motion by means of a ball pivot g engaging a disk h. Water is fed on to the sieve from spraying - pipes c, and the milky starch flows through the opening d and the residue through the outlet e. In a modification, the sieves may be arranged in tiers. Two sieves constructed as described above may, in order to balance, be connected and operated from the same pivot.
Patent GB-190506090-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for use in Unbuttoning Leggings, Boots and other Articles.
Inventor: YORK ARTHUR GARNER
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 6090. York, A. G. March 23. Button-hooks.-A n instrument for unfastening buttons on leggings, boots, &c. is formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1 by bending down the part c and bending over the part d to form a U- shaped hook e, Fig. 3. The shank g is widened to form a handle h, preferably fluted or embossed at p ; the handle may be extended to form a button-hook. In operation, as shown in Fig. 6, the part c serves to raise the edge of the buttonhole m, the hook e engaging the edge of the button n and the intermediate part f bearing upon its upper surface.
Patent GB-190507284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Automatic Delivery and Discharge of Liquids to and from Tanks, Filter Beds and the like.
Inventor: MILNES GEORGE PERCIVAL
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 7284. Milnes, G. P. April 6. Valves and cocks for automatic liquid supply ; actuating plug cocks.-The inlet and outlet valves of a system of filter-beds or the like are operated by means of floats. The three inlet pipes open into a common casing G, through which passes a valve plug having transverse apertures H', H<2>, H<3> corresponding to each of the pipes as shown in Figs 4, 5, and 6, and communicating with outlets G<1>, G', G<3>. The valve is operated by ratchet gear from the float J in the manner described in Specification No. 4957, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190509867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Devices for Exhibiting Curtains and the like.
Inventor: JONES THOMAS FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 9867. Jones, T. F. May 10. Displaying.-Curtains are displayed by being hung over brackets D, each formed of a single piece of stout steel wire bent near the middle, so that one arm is practically horizontal and the other inclined downwards. Each end is bent to enter holes C in pieces A, which project at a steep angle from a wall B. The Provisional Specification states that the pieces A may be of wood, brass, wrought iron, malleable iron, steel, or the like, and may be attached to a frame E The brackets D may be turned over like the leaves of a book, and lie flat against one another, parallel with the wall, when not in use. A canopy of wood or other material may be fixed to the wall, or to the frame E, to exclude dust. Specification No. 12,014, A.D. 1888, is referred to.
Patent GB-190510850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Venetian Blinds
Inventor: DISKANT LEOPOLD
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 10,850. Diskant, L., and Klein, J. May 24. Window blinds. - Venetian blinds are so constructed that all or some of the intervals between the laths may be closed. The laths 1 are hinged together to plates 2 and screws 12, which pass through slots 13 in the plates, and are fixed in the laths or in plates 6 attached to them. The blind is raised and lowered by the usual cords 3 passing through eyes 4 on the ends of the laths and over rollers 5, which are not in the plane of the blind. Cords 7 are provided to bring the laths together, and these pass through holes in the laths or in the sockets 6, and thence over rollers 8 in the plane of the blind, their ends 14 being secured at the underside of the blind. Clips 9 attached to cords 11 may be engaged at suitable points on the cords 7, and prevent the laths below from being drawn together. A number of sockets 6 and cords 7 may be arranged along the laths or in recesses therein.
Patent GB-190514246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brushes.
Inventor: HENRY PATRICK
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 14,246. Henry, P., [trading as Jennings, P. S.]. July 11. Bristles, fixing; stocks.-The bristles of all kinds of brushes and especially of dabbing- brushes for combing - machines are made adjustable for wear by the insertion of plugs H, Fig. 3, of the required length as the brush becomes worn. The bristletufts F are retained in holes E in a wooden or light metal stock A by wires G. The holes E may be constructed at E or made of inverted conical shape or of uniform diameter throughout. In the latter case, a back B, Fig. 1, of steel is made to cover the top of the stock A. Otherwise the back B is of the form shown and is bolted at c to the stock and, for attachment to a machine, is provided with screws D which are prevented from turning by pins D<1>.
Patent GB-190516323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Street Boot Blacking Boxes.
Inventor: WADE EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 16,323. Wade, E. W. Aug. 11. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Boots and shoes, cleaning. - A box for enclosing bootcleaning appliances, suitable for street use, is shown in the closed and open positions in Figs. 2 and 4 respectively. The tubular support g of the stool j, which is adjustable in height by means of the screw i, is hinged at one end of the box, and when in use is retained by buttons q. The foot-rest k is provided with an extension n which may slide between partitions l serving to enclose brushes &c. The extension n is further held by the engagement of the recess p with the turned-down end t of the box.
Patent GB-190517656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Desiccating and Pulverizing Apparatus, chiefly intented for Dealing with Organic Matter such as Slaughter House Refuse.
Filed: 1905-08-31
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 17,656. Farmer & Sons, Sir J., and Spenle, J. Aug. 31. Impact pulverizers.-Relates to improvements in the construction and operation of the apparatus described in Specification No. 2663, A.D. 1882, for pulverizing and desiccating slaughterhouse, excremental, and other organic refuse to be employed for manuring purposes. The chamber, shown in cross sectional elevation in Fig. 1, consists of two semicylindrical portions q and a dome piece u, constructed of rolled plates stiffened by cast metal ribs, and bolted to longitudinal members m, k. Steam is passed through jackets r, and also, if desired, through the rotating drums a, b. The arms c, terminating in scrapers d, are not placed radially on the drums a, b, but with a backward inclination to prevent jamming against the sides of the chamber. The refuse is introduced at w, excremental refuse being first treated with sulphuric acid to fix the ammonia, and its removal is effected through manholes 7. Means for withdrawing the fumes for partly exhausting the chamber may be provided.
Patent GB-190522939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Control Apparatus.
Inventor: BACON DANIEL
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 22,939. Bacon, D. Nov. 8. Drawings to Specification. Lifts.-Power for driving elevators for mines &c. is transmitted to a shaft from one or other of a pair of electric or other motors constantly rotating in opposite directions, by means of an electro-magnetic clutch controlled by an electric switch placed at a distance. Several shafts and corresponding pairs of motors may be controlled from one switch. Automatic electric switching- arrangements are provided to disconnect the load from the motor when a certain distance has been traversed.
Patent GB-190525257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Arc Lamps.
Inventor: JANECEK FRANSTISEK
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 25,257. Janecek, F. Dec. 5. Arc lamps.-Two or more carbons A, B are supported by means of a series of projections C on one of them, and of a stop d. These projections may consist of metal or other pins, which, when heated, bend, melt, burn, or become detached from the carbon by reason of the softening of cement or the like holding them in place ; or pieces of sheet metal may be used. In the single-arc lamp shown, the carbons A, B are connected by means of clamps 1, 1<1> to an insulating cross-piece 2, which is guided by fixed tubes a, b. The stop d consists of a ring having a bevelled upper edge, and held in a frame f by a nut 4, so that it may be turned. For striking the arc, there is provided a copper cone 8 or the like, connected by a stem 7 to a piston 6 within a cylinder h, which is attached to the globe g. In lamps worked in series, the cone 8 may be held in engagement with the carbons by means of a pawl 9 and bent lever 10, the latter having a button 12, by pressing which the stem and cone are released. The casing k has ventilating-holes 16, and the gases from the arc are carried off by the tubes a, b. Air is admitted to the globe through holes in a plate e, which is supported in the frame f; these holes are preferably arranged towards each side of the arc, so that the air-currents may steady the latter. In order that the lamp may be cut out of circuit when the carbons are burnt, the clamp 1 of the carbon A is attached to a pin 13, which engages a bracket 14 on the cross-bar 2, until the last pin c has given way, the cross-bar being arrested by pins 15. . An arcdeflecting magnet may be mounted on the tubes a, b which are then placed in a plane at right-angles to the arc. Several pairs of carbons may be arranged in a circle or line so as to move together, one carbon being supported in the same manner as the carbon A. The stop may in this case consist of a longitudinally-adjustable bar.
Patent GB-190526981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Protecting Pneumatic Tyres against Puncturing or Deflation thereby.
Inventor: BAKER CHARLES JAMES CROSS
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 26,981. Baker, C. J. C. Dec. 27. Tyres, pneumatic. -A protective, puncture - closing layer b of granulated cork, united by flexible cement, is fixed to, or made integral with, the tread of the air tube, a layer in some cases being applied also to the opposite surface of the tube. The layer is preferably backed externally and internally, by canvas or the like c, and a rubber strip d may be used. The protective layer, which before the tube is inflated is nearly flat, is put in compression and bent transversely by the inflation.
Patent GB-190601546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for the Lids of Milk-churns and for other purposes
Inventor: LEAVER JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-20
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 1546. Leaver, J. J. Jan. 20. Sliding bolts; fastenings; locks, key.-Relates to fastenings for milk cans and also, applicable to doors, gates, &c. As applied to a milk can, the sleeve e, carrying the two movable parts c, d, is secured to the rim b<4> of the can in such a manner as to leave sufficient clearance for the lid to be removed when the fastener is out of action. The parts c, d are in the forms of wedges with their inclined faces in contact, and are provided with the stud-and-slot connexion c', c<2>, which, in con. junction with the projections g, g<1> on the part c allowing a limited sliding motion of the part c, prevents the parts from becoming detached from the sleeve e. To fasten the can, the part c is pushed down so as to bear against the lid b as shown, and the part d is then caused to wedge the part c in position. The continued pulling of the part d in unfastening first releases the bolt c and then withdraws it by means of the stud c'. The parts can be locked in the fastened position by means of a padlock engaging eyes in the handle f of the part d and in the sleeve e, by means of a lock fitted to the part d, the bolt of which is .adapted to engage in the part c, or by means of a padlock engaging a hasp on the piece d, which projects laterally through the side of the can when in its fastened position.
Patent GB-190605619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Vessels for use particularly in the Sterilized Manufacture of Beer.
Inventor: NATHAN LEOPOLD
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 5619. Nathan, L. March 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Cements.-An acid-proof dental cement, used for facing the junctions of glass plates forming a lining for a vessel used in brewing, consists of zinc oxyphosphate, alumina, silicic acid, feldspar, soda, and lime.
Patent GB-190606103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nail Pullers or Extractors.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 6103. Thompson, W. P., [Greene, C. V.]. March 13. Nail-extractors have a hammering device c for driving the jaws below a nail into wood, an outer jaw f and fulcrum k, and an inner hook-shaped divided jaw b. The hammer c reciprocates in a shank a fixed to the jaw b, and is prevented from coming out by a collar n engaging a ring m screwed into the top. The outer jaw f is pivoted to the jaw b at g and has a slot h to allow the nails to pass through. In a modification, the movement of the hammer is limited by a chain. In a further modification, the shank is solid and the hammer is tubular and reciprocates about the shank.
Patent GB-190613321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine Guns.
Inventor: OTTO MAURICE
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 13,321. Otto, M. June 9. Stuffing-boxes for the barrels of machine guns are adjusted by a worm 23, Figs. 3 and 4, which rotates a ring 20 having inclined shoulders 19 coacting with similar shoulders 18 on the bush 17, whereby the gland 21 is forced inwards to compress the packing. The worm may be rotated by means of a screwdriver.