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Patent GB-190227720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries.
Inventor: WILSON DAVID HENRY
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 27,720. Wilson, D. H. Dec. 16. Primary batteries.-In a zinc-carbon battery, the carbon electrode consists of a base-plate A<3>, Fig. 3, and two cylindrical projections A', A', forming, respectively, receptacles for the exciting and the depolarizing solutions. B is a zinc electrode resting on an insulating-piece. In some cases a porous cup F may be interposed between the carbon and the zinc. The battery is provided with a cover B<2> fastened down by screws D<1>. The lower part of the carbon is prolonged into a piece A<4> projecting through an aperture in the cell A and surrounded by a metal bushing A<5>, to which is connected a conductor A<6> connected to another conductor A<7>. The projection A<4> is preferably saturated with paraffin or beeswax, and a layer G of asphalt is filled into the flanged bottom of the cell. In a modification, shown in Fig. 5, the two receptacles A<1>, A<2> lie in opposite directions, so that the piece A<3> constitutes part of the cover of the cell.
Patent GB-190227747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making Butt Weld Tubing
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 27,747. Lake, m. H., [National Tube Co.]. Dec. 16. Welding; bending; making pipes and tubes.-In the manufacture of butt-welded tubes, the skelps 23 are drawn from a furnace 2 through a welding- bell 9 by the aid of a draw-bench 5, the speed of drawing being gradually increased after the front end of the skelp has entered the bell to a higher speed than is possible in starting the skelp, feeding its end into the bell, and connecting up the drawbench hook. The draw-bench is pivoted at its end 6, so that its other end may be brought opposite any skelp in the furnace. The chain passes over a sprocket-wheel 12 driven by gearing from the armature shaft 15 of a slow-speed electromotor 14. A high-speed electromotor 17 may be connected to the shaft 15 at the desired periods by an electricallyoperated friction clutch 18, the circuit of which is controlled by a rod 21. The skelps are preferably of sufficient length to form two or more standard lengths of tubing, to obtain economy in production.
Patent GB-190301445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sounding Boards or Boxes for Stringed Instruments.
Inventor: BICKEL FRANZ
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 1445. Bickel, F. Jan. 20. Instruments with sonorous strings; pianofortes; sound-magnifying appliances.-Relates to soundboards or sound boxes for pianofortes and other stringed instruments. Two cambered boards a are supported by their ribs b, which are built up of several strips, so as to be of considerable strength, and require to be but few in number. The bolts k which connect the metal frame l to the bars m pass freely through the sound box, excepting the ones at the edges, which are screwed left-handedly, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to enable the parts of the sound box through which they pass to be pressed firmly together. The boards a are further supported by posts c, which are padded at their ends. Fig. 4 shows the construction of the sides of the box. The boards a are kept apart by a strip d of wedge-shaped section. o and p are wooden strips, and q is a rubber. strip. The sound box is provided with sound-holes, a row of which is situated just underneath the line of action of the hammers. The bridges, one of which is shown at e, are tapered, rectangular in section, and perforated so as to render them flexible.
Patent GB-190303202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Cream Separators.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 3202. Thompson, W. P., [Garin, E.]. Feb. 10. Cream separators &c. -Relates to apparatus for cleaning or washing the discs, plates, &c. fitted in the drums. The drum is removed from the casing, and the discs, plates, &c. are taken out and secured between plates F<1> on a spindle A' by means of a nut M<1>. The spindle is suspended from the driving-spindle B' in the casing E', and its lower end is steadied in a socket G<1> mounted by means of a spiral spring in a block of wood fitted in the casing. The spindle is then rotated at about one-third its normal speed, and tepid water is poured into the centre of the apparatus, whereby matter adhering to the plates is washed off.
Patent GB-190303374-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Cigar Cutter or Piercer Holder or Carrier and Pencil Holder.
Inventor: CALDICOTT JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 3374. Caldicott, J. W., [trading as Baker & Son, E.]. Feb. 12. Pencil and like holders.-A metallic tube a serves to hold an ever-pointed pencil or ordinary cedar pencil at one end, and a removable cigar cutter or piercer at the other end.
Patent GB-190308270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Coating Box Covering Blanks with Adhesive Material.
Inventor: SMITH PHILIP STANLEY
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 8270. Smith, P. S. April 9. Making boxes.-Box-covering blanks are coated with glue or other adhesive by means of apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 2. The adhesive tank 5, which is suitably heated, has cheeks 10 at both sides, on which are mounted the adhesive carrying roller 20, the intermediate roller 11, which is preferably rubber-covered, the adhesiveapplying rollers 29, and the feed-rollers 41. The roller 11 is in gear at one end with a pinion on a motor shaft, with which the pinion is connected by a clutch, and at the other end with a large pinion on the shaft of the roller 20, so that the roller 20 will move at a slower rate than the roller 11, and thus produce a rubbing action on the roller 11, and so distribute the adhesive evenly thereon. The roller 11 also gears at one end with the rollers 29, and these gear with the feed-rollers 41. The roller 20 is mounted on bearings 21, which are toothed at one end to engage with pins 23 on the cheeks 10, and have prolongations at the other end, so as to be adjusted in height by the screws 24. The rollers 29 have a series of raised surfaces or rings with intermediate grooves or depressions, the raised parts of one roller being opposite the grooves of the other. Suitably-mounted fingers 37 resting in the grooves of the rollers 29 guide and support the blanks in their passage over the rollers. A pile of blanks is fed from a table 45 between the rollers 29 and the feed-rollers 41, the adhesive being laid on the lower blank in strips by the first roller 29, and the intermediate spaces being coated by the second roller, this arrangement, and the manner of feeding and guiding the blanks, preventing the curling of the pasted blank. The roller 11 is longer than the roller 20, and the latter is longer than the rollers 29 to prevent the rib of glue which forms on the ends of the roller 11 from being transferred to the rollers 29.
Patent GB-190308690-A (GB)
Title: An Electrical Burglar Alarm for the Protection of Safes Vaults and the like.
Inventor: WEATHERBY JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-04-16
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 8690. Weatherby, J. April 16. Alarms, burglar and like. - Relates to an electrical system for the protection of safes, vaults, and the like. When a person attempts to force an entrance into the safe, a bell is sounded and a lamp flashed in one or more signal boxes. Drilling through the sides of the safe, opening the door, or interference with the electrical connections, start the bell or lamp signals. On e signal box may be at the police station, and the other local. Fig. 1 shows the system fitted to a safe with two signal boxes. The principal connections are contained in a chamber 11 placed inside the safe. The current is taken from two electric lighting mains 47, 48, but a battery 53 is automatically thrown into circuit by the electromagnet 42, in case the supply in the mains should fail. The main circuit 51, 52 passes through the signal boxes 21, 22, then through the connections in the chamber 11. If the circuit 51, 52 is cut at any point, the magnets 23 in the signal boxes are de-energized. This closes a local battery circuit, ringing the bell 37, and also by de-energizing the magnet 35, closes intermittently the circuit of the lamp 38. The main circuit may also be broken by opening the door of a signal box, or of the safe, and by dropping sand in a signal box to destroy the connections. The sand falls on a balanced contact at 78, and breaks the circuit by its weight. The alarm signals are also started by boring through the sides of the safe, because the drill makes contact between the two insulated linings 8, 9 and thus short circuits the magnets 23 in the signal boxes. When the circuit is intentionally broken, the magnet 12 is deenergized and its armature permanently breaks the circuit till a branch switch is closed by hand. In order to allow the door 2 of the safe to be opened in the course of business without starting the alarm signals, a contact 18 rotated by clockwork is provided. This contact, at certain times shortcircuits the magnet 13, which closes a circuit in shunt with the door contact 6, and energizes a magnet, which maintains the short circuit on the magnet 13 as long as the safe door is open. The armature of one of the magnets 23 is held back by a stronger spring, which, however, is overcome if an extra current is put into the circuit with a view of obviating the effect of cutting the circuit. The alarm signals are also started in this case.
Patent GB-190311172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Engines.
Filed: 1903-05-16
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,172. Lees & Co., A., and Taylor, R. May 16. Carding-engines. - To prevent fly from accumulating on the trumpet plate c, the plate is cut away at the top, and a light roller e, carried in bearings f pivoted to standards g, is set so as to be driven frictionally by the top calender roller a. The roller e is also in contact with the sliver, and strips the top roller a, laying the fibres therefrom on the sliver. In a modification, two light rollers are employed. The first is driven by the top calender roller a, whilst the second is driven by, and strips, the first roller, depositing the fibres therefrom on the sliver, which is moving in the same direction as the second roller.
Patent GB-190311252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Recording Cash Boxes, Collecting Boxes and the like
Inventor: WRIGHT GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 11,252. Wright, G. E., and Sutherland, A. G. May 18. Money and cash boxes. -Relates to cash boxes, collecting-boxes, and the like, and consists of a device for recording in duplicate, or triplicate, if desired, the number of coins inserted.- When adapted for securing to walls, the metallic casing is made in two parts a, b, Fig. 6, the part a being screwed or nailed to the wall, while claw-like pieces d on the part b pass through perforations in the plate a and engage a beaded edge e thereon. For recording the insertion of three different sizes of coin, the arrangement shown in Figs. 9 and 11 is adopted. On inserting, say, a penny p<1> in the slot c, it drops against a retaining-piece q<1> between plates n, o. On actuating a handle h, a projection j<1> on a carrier arm j carries the coin along the piece q<1>, and during this movement the coin raises a projection k<1> attached to a pawl operator k, the movement of a lever u' upon its pivot u<1> causing a pawl u to pass over one tooth of a ratchet l. After passing the projections k<1>, the coin engages a spring- like lever r', which is thrust outwards and causes a printing-arm s' to make a mark upon the paper, or other recording sheet or sheets with interposed carbon or like sheets for duplicating, attached to the inner face of the ratchet l. The coin then falls into the casing, and, on the return movement of the arm j, a cam-piece w on its upper extremity depresses the projection k<1>, and so causes the pawl u to rotate the disc l into position for the next marking operation. The parts q', j', k', r<2>, s<2>, w, k' act similarly for coins like shillings which pass the retaining-piece q<1>, while coins p<3>, such as a sixpence, passing the piece q', are caught on a piece q<3>, the recording- mechanism being then operated by the parts j<3>, k<3>, r<3>, s<3>, w, k<1>. A modification is also described for collecting coins of one size, and, in this case, a pivoted lever carries the printing-arm, which is operated by the coin engaging the pivoted lever as before. The apparatus may be adapted for actuation by, and the recording of, an increased number of coins of different values.
Patent GB-190314533-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Forming or Setting Up Collapsible Casks, Barrels, or the like.
Inventor: ALEXE FRANK
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 14,533. Alexe, F. June 30. W o o d casks.- Apparatus for setting up collapsable casks, barrels, &c., of the kind described in Specification No. 4332, A.D. 1902, is shown in Fig. 2. The apparatus consists of a cage composed of half-hoops a, b fixed to uprights d, e, f, g. The uprights d, e are fixed to the base h, the upright f is connected by hinges c to the upright d, and the upright g is supported by the roller i. The staves r, connected by wires n passing through staples o, are placed in position and one head p is inserted. The parts of the cage are then brought together and tightened by introducing the screw j into the slot k<1> in the lug k, and turning the nut l. A cam-lever or other clamping- device may be used. The ends of the wires n are gripped, tightened, and twisted by the tool shown in Fig. 5, which is described in the above-mentioned Specification. The wire ends are fastened down by means of staples. The lowermost wire n is left unfastened to facilitate the insertion of the cask head after the cask is filled.
Patent GB-190318044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Sugar
Inventor: KRIVANEK JOSEF
Filed: 1903-08-20
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 18,044. Krivßnek, J. Aug. 20. Wagons.-A wagon, used in the manufacture of sugar for carrying the moulds during the filling and cooling operations, is provided with channels 54, 55 for conducting away the mother-syrup, which drains off at the close of the latter operation. A wagon is also described which can be used for the cleansing operation as well. The syrup drains off by side channels as before, but the central channel is arranged so that it serves for the admission of the washing-liquors &c. necessary for the cleansing operation. In a third form, for use with a differently-shaped mould and cleansing-chamber, there is no central channel and only one side channel.
Patent GB-190326106-A (GB)
Title: A Head and Stopper for Bottles, Jars and the like, to prevent Tampering with the Contents.
Inventor: DILLON ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 26,106. Dillon, A. Nov. 30. Stoppers; ; corks, retaining.-A stopper for bottles, jars, &c., adapted t o prevent tampering with the contents of the vessels, comprises a porcelain &c. head A, a stopper H, and a cork L. In assembling the parts, the head is first placed in position with its depending lugs B engaging under the flange G of the bottle neck. The stopper H is formed with a depending rod J and a screw K, which are forced into the cork, and, in stoppering the bottle &c., the cork L and stopper H are forced through the opening in the head A, the cork expanding, as shown, partly in the bottle neck, and partly below the shoulders E of the head A. To open the bottle, the lugs B must be broken.
Patent GB-190327516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metallic Alloys or Compounds
Inventor: JACOBSEN ALBERT
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 27,516. Jacobsen, A. Dec. 15. Alloys.-Atomic weights of zinc, aluminium, silicon, and copper are melted together and the alloy obtained mixed with copper and aluminium. The silicon may be added by heating the aluminium with pure silica and adding zinc. Eight kilos. of copper are mixed with 769À2 grs. of aluminium and 238, 250, or 350 grs. of the alloy. An atomic weight of nickel may replace the silicon, and this alloy may be added up to 750 grs. The resulting compounds are useful for ships, gun-barrels, &c.
Patent GB-190327915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: DAILEY HERBERT MADISON
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 27,915. Dailey, H. M. Dec. 20, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Annular-chamber type.-The casing 9 is formed in two parts bolted together and enclosing two ring-shaped chambers 8 separated by a piston disc 2. The piston disc has two oppositely - arranged pistons 3, each piston projecting sideways into the working chambers, and having recesses containing loosely-fitting packing - rods 34 pressed outwards by springs. The rotary abutment 14 is driven from the shaft by gearing 20, and has recesses for the pistons, the abutments fitting closely in recesses in the casing and having lateral branched packing- strips 28 and packing-rings 23. A reversing-valve 17 controls the steam and exhaust ports 15.
Patent GB-190410347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: EDES EDWARD ALVIN
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 10,347. Edes, E. A. May 5. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-To prevent refilling, a bottle is provided with a flexible valve, which is held in place on its spindle d by a starshaped nut g, adapted to bear against the interior of the bottle neck and so to centre the valve. To increase the elasticity of the valve, it is formed with an annular upwardlybulged portion h, and the flange portion h<1> is curved upwards, as shown, where it rests upon the bottle neck which forms the valve seat. The valve is coated with a composition to prevent its injuring the contents of the bottle. To prevent tampering with the valve, a number of guard-discs c, c', c', c<3> are attached to, or formed integral with, the valve stem d, and openings, not in alignment, are formed in the discs to provide a passage for the fluid. A locking-ring f<1> is placed in a recess in the top guard-disc, and is adapted to spring into a recess b in the bottle neck when the guard is inserted in the bottle.
Patent GB-190417563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Separators and Grinding Mills used in the Treatment of Marl, Clay or like Material.
Inventor: WILKES JOHN SNAPE
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 17,563. Wilkes, J. S. Aug. 12. Sifting clay, stones, &c. -Relates to a separator for separating sand, gravel, and clay in the treatment of marl, and to a grinding-mill to be used in combination therewith. The separator consists of an inclined revolving drum formed of parallel bars, and is made in three divisions, of which the first a consists of bars close together for separating the sand, the second b is of coarser mesh for the gravel, while the third c separates the smaller stones and some of the clay and delivers them to the tapered grinding-rolls k. The larger stones and lumps of clay escape at the end. The divisions of the drum are separated by steel rings f<3> which are connected to the shaft e of the drum by arms, Fig. 5, attached by longitudinal bars h so as to form longitudinal partitions. The materials may be fed to the separator by a mechanical elevator A and hopper t<2>. The shaft e may be dispensed with and the drum supported on friction rollers engaging with the rings f<3>.
Patent GB-190421001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Grate Stokers.
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 21,001. Babcock & Wilcox, Kolle, H. W., and Parker, A. E. Sept. 30. Grates; air supply, regulating, - In mechanical chain - stokers of the kind described in Specification No. 27,420, A.D. 1898, the passage of air is prevented or regulated by dust at the rear end of the furnace, and by a movable plate fitted under the rear end of the grate. Bearer plates H, having a swinging ash door I, carry a " dumping ash-plate " J, which may be of sheet metal with a cast nose-piece J'. Fine asb, passing under the plate J, collects between the stoker and a curved plate K, which extends across the grate and is supported by cheeks k. These cheeks are bolted to the plate H on each side of the carriage C, and may be let into the side walls of the furnace. To prevent air from passing through a portion of the grate, a plate L suspended from a shaft M is raised, to fit tightly against a rib S under the rollers a, by means of cams N on a shaft O. A lever P on this shaft is actuated from the front of the furnace by means of a connecting-rod Q and screw or other gear R. A short hinged plate T is also attached to the shaft M and rests on the drum B.
Patent GB-190428751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eye Protectors or Goggles for Automobilists and others.
Inventor: MIROVITCH ELIE
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 28,751. Mirovitch, E. March 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Eye-protectors and goggles.-Pince-nez protectors or goggles are constructed so that the eye chambers are ventilated, and so as to be readily folded into a small space. The glasses a are set in bands A, fitted on eye cups B, which have soft india-rubber heads b and flexible ventilating-tubes c, c<1> with flared outer ends. Each pair of ventilating-tubes may be enclosed in a casing of flexible material. The nose-bridge D is secured to the eye cups by ball-and-socket joints d, and its central part consists of a spring-pressed slide clamped in adjusted position by a screw or other stop. Each eye cup carries two loops e, e', connected by cords to an elastic band which is passed round the head to keep the goggles in position. Each band A may be secured in its eye cup by pin f and a spring f<1> carrying a projecting pin and a disengaging pushpiece.
Patent GB-190429372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Controlling Levers.
Inventor: DION ALBERT DE
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 29,372. Dion, A. de, and Bouton, G. Aug. 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Consists in a construction of controlling-handle adapted to be rigidly locked in any position, particularly applicable to motor vehicles. The handle 1, Fig. 1, mounted on the spindle 2, is locked to the fixed sector 3 in any position by the arm 5, which is arranged to roll on the handle 1 at about the point 11. When the arm 5 is not held by the operator's hand, the spring 10 forces one end down and tilts the arm so that the forked end grips the edge of the sector 3. The handle is released, as shown in the Figure, by pressing the handle 1 and arm 5 together. The arm 5 is retained in position by studs 8, 9, which allow the necessary movement.
Patent GB-190505611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compasses and like Instruments for School and analogous uses
Inventor: SHAW FRANK HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 5611. Shaw, F. H. March 17. Compasses, drawing.- In the compass pencilattachment shown in Fig. 2, a hole f, or recess f<1>, Fig. 8, is bored for the purpose of obtaining widely separated bearing- points. In another form, projections g, Fig. 11, serve for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190506779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Drilling Angular Holes.
Inventor: FORD FREDERICK ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 6779. Ford, F. A., and Karch, K. L. March 30. Drilling.-Templets for square-hole and like drilling are made adjustable for various sizes of holes. Plates a, b, Figs. 2 and 3, each have a bole of the required contour, and are arranged alternately with their ends projecting on opposite sides. The plates b are pinned together and to the casing at k, and the plates a are pinned together at f, and are controlled as to position by an adjustable stop i, a spring h, and a thrust-pin g. The drill-holder is connected to the spindle by pins u, Fig. 4, passing through slots to allow lateral play. Drills for use with the above templets have grooves o, Fig. 5, adjacent to the cutting-edges on two sides to enable the drill to cut sharp corners. The distance from the plain side q to the opposite vertex is made slightly greater than in the case of the other sides.