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Patent GB-190207961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Securing Tubs, Corves, Wagons, or the like in Cages or Lifts for Winding Coals in the Shafts or Collieries and for other Purposes.
Inventor: CORBETT VINCENT CHARLES STUART
Filed: 1902-04-05
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 7961. Corbett, V. C. S. W., Seaman, C. J., and Linday, R. April 5. Lifts. - Consists of means for securing tubs, corves, &c. in mine cages &c. On the inner sides of the cage are two sets of rails or bars B closed or narrowed together at their ends b at both ends of the cage. Between these rails run the ends of a bar D carrying stop blocks adapted to engage the bodies of the tubs &c., or, as shown, their wheels. The tubs, pushed in at one end of the cage, push the bar D before them, and push out the tubs already in the cage until stopped by the bar D reaching the end of the rails B.
Patent GB-190211182-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of Gold and Silver Writing or Drawing Pencils
Inventor: RUECK EGIDIUS
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 11,182. R³ck, E., and Sussner, M. May 15. Pencils and crayons.-Pencils for drawing o writing in imitation gold, silver, &c. are made by incorporating fine bronze powder with a mixture of stearin, white wax, and ceresin.
Patent GB-190212567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Opening and Closing Doors.
Inventor: COOK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 12,567. Cook, W. H. Nov. 8, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Door opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to a device for automatically opening a sliding door by the weight of the person, the door being closed by springs when the weight is removed. The sliding door A is supported on rollers a running on a rail b. When a person steps on a tread F hinged to the strip I, the tread compresses the spring f, and depresses the end of the lever L, which is fulcrumed in the strip I. The outer end of the lever L turns the rocking-shaft U, a lever d of which pulls back and opens the door A, the final position of all parts of the mechanism being shown in dotted lines. The door is closed by the springs f.
Patent GB-190215619-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Soap Stock or Soap.
Inventor: BARKER JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1903-08-14
Abstract: 15,619. Barker, J. July 14. Soaps; lubricants; purifying oils.-Mineral oil, crude or refined, or a mineral substance such as ozokerit, pitch, bitumen, &c., or a mixture of such materials, is mixed with water, caustic lye or sodium carbonate, bicarbonate, or silicate, and a finely-divided substance such as flour, sand, ground flint, salt, plaster of Paris, sodium silicate, aluminium or calcium soap, calcium borate, &c. In some cases, ordinary soap fats or oil or crushed nuts, seeds, &c. are added. Subsequently steam or air is blown through the heated emulsion. After standing, if the top layer shows signs of containing free oil, it is skimmed off, and may be used as a lubricant. Free oil may be separated by flooding the emulsion. Crude mineral oil is preferably treated with chlorinated liquor, under pressure, in a closed vessel ; when this preliminary purification is not employed, a proportion of dark material is formed which may be separated for use as floor soap or as fuel.
Patent GB-190224431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Respirators.
Inventor: JONES HAROLD EMERY
Filed: 1902-11-07
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 24,431. Jones, H. E. Nov. 7. Respirators.-Relates to the construction of a respirator provided with means for medicating the air inhaled, and adapted for use by firemen or workmen to protect them from the effects of smoke or dust. The respirator consists of a shell A shaped to fit over the nose and mouth, and having its edge covered with felt or the like to prevent the ingress of air. The shell A is provided with two openings near the nose covered with flap valves H to facilitate exhalation, and with perforations near the mouth. A shell D, perforated at E, is hinged over the perforations in the shell A, and is secured by a spring catch of any suitable construction. An absorbent material, which may be medicated, is placed in the shell D. The respirator is fastened by straps I, J, K secured by spring clips on the shell A.
Patent GB-190306118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Securing Catches for the Pins of Brooches and like Articles of Jewellery.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM BROWNHILL
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 6118. Smith, W. B. March 17. Brooches ; jewellery fastenings.-Relates to the fastening-catch of brooch &c. pins. A cap, tube, or ring a having an opening on one side, is mounted to rotate in the ordinary hook, or in a special bearing b, by means of a grooved bearing-surface. The cap &c. a has a finger lever a<4>, by which it can be turned so as to let the pin c pass in or out of the slot b<2>, or to close the slot. The bearing b may be whole, and the slotted cap extend behind it ; or an open tube or ring may be employed to work inside or in a groove on the outside of the bearing, both tube or ring and bearing having slots that can be put into or out of coincidence.
Patent GB-190306298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gun Carriages or Mountings.
Inventor: EHRHARDT GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-03-18
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 6298. Ehrhardt, G. March 18. Field carriages.-A sectional side elevation of the gun and its cradle is shown in Fig. 1, and a cross-section through the training-pivot in Fig. 4. The gun g is provided with three rings j, carrying armour plates f, which engage with projections e on the upper parts of rings b, c on the recoil cylinder, which rings are placed at the training pivot and elevator device respectively.
Patent GB-190306890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Relief Valves for Locomotive and other Cylinders and Steam Chests.
Inventor: DRUMMOND WALTER
Filed: 1903-03-25
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 6890. Drummond, W., and Drummond, G. W. March 25. Cylinders and valve chests and casings, draining. - Relates to a drain valve arranged to remain open for the discharge of water of condensation from the cylinders or steam chests. The valve B is kept open by the spring D, when water only is in the cylinder, which is discharged through the outlet F, but is closed automatically when the steam pressure on its upper side is greater than that to which the spring is adjusted.
Patent GB-190307048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: BELL JESSE
Filed: 1903-03-26
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 7048. Bell, J. March 26. Tobacco pipes; tobacco-pipe cleaners.-A rod or the like d, Fig. 1 having a spiral groove or passage f and made preferably from a twisted length of metal strip, is inserted in the bore of the stem b and mouthpiece c of the pipe which it just fits. On removing the mouthpiece c, the inside of the tube is cleaned by the spiral strip.
Patent GB-190308350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle or the like Soaking Trays
Inventor: HILL THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-11
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 8350. Hill, T. April 11. Bottles, washing.-The covers or "sinkers " B of soaking-trays A are made of a framework of metal strips U -shaped or V-shaped in cross-section and temporarily attached to the tray by pins passed through eyes at the end of the cover and on the tray itself. A catch is also provided to fasten the cover down. The rounded or inclined contour of the strips causes them to slide down the bottle necks and to move any bottle standing unevenly into an upright position. A rest H is provided on the soaking-tank G for the covers B to lie against when they are raised for bottles to be put into or removed from the trays.
Patent GB-190320834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lamp Casings and Reflectors principally for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: O'BRIEN DENNIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 20,834. O'Brien, D. J., and Rottanzi, T. A. Sept. 28. Reflectors.-A casing and reflector, devised chiefly for use with a special form of incandescent electric lamp, but which may be used with other lamps, comprises a number of sections of a reflecting surface arranged so as to form an approximately cylindrical surface. The reflector is also provided with means for supporting the lamp. The rectangular reflecting-surfaces d are held together by a casing e, Fig. 10, strips f, and plates g. In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 10, the lamp a is enclosed by a class plate o, but in the form shown in Fig. 2 caps protect the upper and lower parts of the lamp. Cirrent is led from wires m to the insulated springs which are connected by a ball-andsocket joint to the lamp tips b.
Patent GB-190322458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Underfeed Furnaces.
Inventor: WOOD WILFRED ROTHERY
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 22,458. Wood, W. R. Oct. 17. Mechanical stoking; firebars and grates.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 5388, A.D. 1903. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the grate and firebars ; Fig. 6 shows a cross-section. The fuel from a hopper 1 is fed up a central trough 5, by a reciprocating plate carrying pushers 16. The bars 14, Fig. 6, are made hollow and rest at their inner ends on rocking cams 13 carried by shafts 21, the outer ends of which are fitted with short screws or blades 22, which engage with reciprocating nuts 12. The air passes from the central chamber 18 through the hollow bar 14 and thence as shown by the arrows. The fire bars are alternately of T- and I-section, to form air channels.
Patent GB-190323575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmission Gear.
Inventor: ADAMS WILLIAM WRIGHT
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 23,575. Adams, W. W. April 6, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-In transmitting rotary motion in different directions and at varying speeds, such as in connection with automobiles &c., the driving-shaft has fixed on it pinions 14 of varying diameters gearing with pinions 15 loose on the driven shaft 12. A reversing-pinion 16 fixed on the shaft 11 gears through an intermediate pinion 17 with a pinion 18 also loose on the shaft 12. The shaft 12 has a longitudinal keyway in which slides a key 22 having a recess 23, Fig. 3. The loose pinions 15 are recessed to receive spring pawls 19, and the pinion 18 is recessed to receive a spring pawl 24. When the key is slid to bring its recess opposite one of these pawls, the pawl drops into the keyway and locks the pinion to its shaft. The key has a collar 26 through which it is actuated, and a sliding-rod 28 having an arm 27 engaging with the collar serves to guide the key.
Patent GB-190324954-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for Controlling or Stopping Printing and other Sheet-fed Machines
Inventor: CROSS FRANK LEONARD
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 24,954. Cross, F. L. Nov. 22, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Feeding sheets; stopping-arrangements.-Relates to mechanism for automatically stopping printing and other sheet-fed machines when there is an imperfect feed. A shaft E<1> is disposed across the feed board E<2> over which the sheets pass to the front gauges A<1> for the impression cylinder &c., and carries an arm E or other controller for operating or releasing some well known form of stop-mechanism, such as a belt shifter, clutch, or electric switch. A second arm E<3> on the shaft E<1> is formed with a notch or shoulder E<4> for engagement by a pawl E<5> pivoted to a lever E<6>, which is loose on the shaft E', and is actuated through a link G from a moving part of the machine. A guard E<7>, carried by a sleeve E<9> on the shaft E', is arranged to engage a pin E<8> on the pawl, and hold the pawl out of engagement with the shoulder E'. The guard is moved with the pawl by a weight E'‹, and is arrested by the engagement in stops or recesses F<2>, in plates F<3>, of fingers F pivoted to arms F<1> on the sleeve E', when the stops are not covered by a sheet.
Patent GB-190328091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Trunks and Fasteners therefor.
Inventor: DEWS THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 28,091. Dews, T. H. Dec. 22. Trunks. -Metallic trunks, or uniform cases, are formed with a rib g, the upper part g<1> of which serves as a seating for packing l on the flange h of the lid, thus forming an airtight joint. From a wire n on the flange depend clips m which may be caused to engage with the rib, as shown, to fasten the trunk, and d force the packing against the rib.
Patent GB-190328101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sifting Machines.
Inventor: COX WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 28,101. Cox, W. Dec. 22. Sifting spices &c.- An actuating-mechanism for oscillating a spring-supported sieve consists of a disc 12 eccentrically mounted o n a rotary shaft 8, and in contact with adjustable wedgeshaped blocks 14, 15 carried by a frame 13 attached to the sieve frame 2, which is supported by flat steel springs 4 fixed to the main frame B of the apparatus. Flat inclined sieves 5 are provided in the frame 2, and also in the fixed hopper D, which is connected by a flexible fabric 3 to the frame 2, while fabric discharge tubes are provided for the sifted material. A smooth vibration is obtained when the blocks are in the position shown in the Figure; a jarring uneven motion is obtained by raising the block 14 by means of the screws 16 sliding in the slots 17, and by lowering the block 15; an opposite motion of these blocks 14,15 allows for wear.
Patent GB-190403602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-light Controllers.
Inventor: RADEMACHER PETER
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 3602. Rademacher, P. Feb. 13, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas cocks, automatically closing on extinguishing. - A controller for automatically cutting off the gas supply to a burner when an attempt is made to blow out the light is shown. A piece R of isinglass, provided with an opening r for the passage of the burner tip, is normally held below the flame by means of a forked L-shaped lever M connected to a pawl K by a rod or wire N. The pawl K engages in a notch in a wheel H, and retains the wheel against the action of a spring I. The wheel H is provided with an arched handle h, and is connected by a rod Q to a subsidiary turning plug P fitted in the burner. The wheel H and the lever M are carried by an L-shaped piece E, which has a bolt-and-slot adjustment in a flanged standard C secured to the gas bracket, preferably by means of a foot c and a clamp d. The pawl K is pivoted on an arm J of the piece E. A stop j for the lever M is provided on the piece E.
Patent GB-190406784-A (GB)
Title: Lever High Speed Stampng Mill
Inventor: MAUNDER CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6784. Maunder, C. H., and Bowhay, T. March 21. Stamps, ore and like.-The stamp heads Dare secured to the lower ends of the vertical portions of bent horizontal levers C which are loose on a crossshaft G and actuated by cams B on the horizontal driving-shaft. The square ends of the fulcrum G are supported in plummer-blocks, and distance-pieces on the sbaft separate the levers. The bearings of the driving- shaft are adjustable, by means of a screw, on the supporting-plates carried by the trestle E, to allow the lift of the levers to be regulated. Each stamp head is in two parts, the lower part fitting by means of a tapering socket M in the upper part, which is secured to its lever and provided with an inclined keyhole F to allow-the lower part to be removed. The heads are enclosed in a wooden box lined with metal plates, vertical guides L being provided in the side of the box for the levers C. Metal anvils K and a removable sloping grate H, consisting of an iron or wooden frame covered with wire gauze, are fitted at the bottom of the box. The ore is fed under the stamps from a hopper J.
Patent GB-190410302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knobs and Spindles for Doors.
Inventor: HARGREAVES JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,302. Hargreaves, J., and Tillotson, W. May 5. Knobs, attaching.-Door knobs are attached to spindles as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. One end of the spindle A, provided with a rack a, is inserted into the hole d, in the metal socket D, fitted to the knob B. Between lugs d<1>, d' of the socket is pivoted a lever or pawl E, the end e being forced to engage with the rack a by the spring F. To release the spindle, the end e of the pawl is depressed by inserting a pin through the hole b. The knob G is permanently fixed to the spindle in the usual way, and, if desired, the top edges of the lugs d<1>, d<2> may lie flush with the surface of the handle, or the pawl E may be pivoted in the knob itself.
Patent GB-190410752-A (GB)
Title: Pick for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: FORNEY JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,752. Forney, J. A. Jan. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Instruments played by plucking, picks for. The device shown in Fig. 3 is adapted to fit on the end of a finger, and that shown in Fig. 5 on the thumb. The conical ring 2 is split so as to spring open when the finger or thumb is pressed into it. A guard 5 is formed integral with the ring 2 to serve as a projection for the finger and as a brace for the wire 3 of the pick 6. The stiff wire 13 is placed in an inclined position for the thumb, the guard being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190413192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic-fluid Turbines.
Inventor: WILKINSON JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 13,192. Wilkinson, J. June 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam &c. turbines.-A multipleexpansion elastic-fluid turbine of the one wheel per stage type is shown in Fig. 1. Each wheel 3 has a ring of blades 4 acted on by steam from nozzles 7, which have flared inlets and parallel or inclined sides according to the degree of expansion required. Each nozzle is fitted with a rotary plug valve 11. These valves have external operating-cranks 17, Fig. 2, connected by linkages 18 to a handle 20 or to a governor so that they can be actuated simultaneously. To equalize the pressure in the stages of the turbine and to regulate the leakage from one stage to the next, the stage diaphragms 1 are fitted with cylindrical valves 25. These valves 25, Fig. 5, are adapted to slide longitudinally and to seat themselves impartially on the wheel surfaces immediately above or below each valve, but normally each valve is held in an intermediate position because of the supporting or balancing pressure exerted on a flanged extension 38. The valves may be modified in design and may have one or more packing-rings 28. Similar valves are placed in the stuffing-boxes 32, and the lower stuffing-box has a water seal 34.
Patent GB-190416039-A (GB)
Title: Fog Alarm for Railway Signalling.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 16,039. Smith, W. H. July 20. Contacts, mechanical; signals on engines.-In a fog signal, a roller carried by the train engages with an incline at the side of the track, whereby an alarm in the driver's cab is sounded. The mechanism carried by the engine comprises a spring- controlled shaft supporting a lever H and roller J, which, when it engages with the incline D, causes the rotation of the shaft G, thus pulling the wire M and sounding the alarm. The incline G is moved into position by the spring controlled crosshead B actuated by the wire E from the signal lever.
Patent GB-190422305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Recording and Reproducing Instruments.
Inventor: MACHINEK FRANZ
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 22,305. Machinek, F., and Geissh³ttner, M. Oct. 17. Phonographs.-A record disc has, in addition to the wax outer part 2, Fig. 1, a central disc of steel with grooves on both sides for the purpose of guiding the recording, reproducing, or planing devices. A needle 21 moves in the grooves of the disc 1, and may be adjusted in order to obtain the best position of the recording &c. stylus, a pin 19 moving in a vertical slot indicating when this has been obtained. The upper part 6 of the soundbox is adapted to carry the reproducing-box or the recording or planing box, the connection being a bayonet joint with a rubber packing-ring. The upper part of the box is rigidly attached to the arm 23, which carries at its other end the adjustable guiding-needle 21. The method of mounting this is shown in Fig. 7, where the nut 26 engages with a notch in the prismatic block 22, thereby raising or lowering it, and therefore at the same time the sound-box 6. Fig. 3 illustrates the method of mounting the reproducing or recording stylus. The plate 14 carrying the weight 15 is hinged at one edge to the casing 13, and carries on the other edge the stylus. The mica diaphragm 11 is cemented between two soft rubber washers 12, the upper of which is pressed by a metal ring. The planing-knife is enabled to take off a uniform layer of the wax by the use of two adjustable springs sliding over the face of the record.
Patent GB-190423037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosion Motors.
Inventor: ECKERSLEY JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 23,037. Eckersley, J. Oct. 26. Gas turbines.-An impact-wheel with radial blades b of V-section is propelled by products of combustion from a chamber e. A combustible and air enter periodically through the valve g and are ignited by a sparking plug h ; a valve j closed by a spring allows the charge t) accumulate under pressure.
Patent GB-190426719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brake and like Operating Mechanisms for Bicycles applicable also to other Machines.
Inventor: STROMEYER JOHANN PHILLIP EDMON
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 26,719. Stromeyer, J. P. E. C. Dec. 8. Brakes ;driving - mechanism. - Rods and levers are arranged to transmit the motion of a lever pivoted to the handle-bar of a veloci. pede to a lever pivoted to the frame, and thus to actuate a brake attached to the rear wheel, or a change-speed mechanism. The ring lever D encircling the head of the cycle and pivoted to the backbone bar enters a recess cut in the block C. A rod R, attached to the block C, and guided by means of a tail passing through the bracket b, may be raised or lowered by a lever pivoted to the handle-bar. Movement of the block C caused by steering in the plane of the ring lever D does not affect the lever, but a movement at right-angles to that plane is communicated to the link S.
Patent GB-190500468-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Washing Dishes and the like, Knives, Forks and the like
Inventor: HOPE MARGARET MITCHELL
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 468. Hope, M. M. Jan. 10. Drawings to Specification. Knives, forks, &c., cleaning; dishes and the like, washing. - Dishes, knives, forks, &c. are placed in an oval receptacle, the sides and bottom of which are of some material, such as perforated zinc, through which water can pass. A wire round the upper edge of the receptacle may be used to keep knives and forks upright therein. The receptacle is moved up and down in a vessel of hot water and soda. Hollow articles are placed in it upside down at the bottom, and plates are placed side by side with mutually-supporting edges so as to allow free circulation of water.