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Patent GB-190320146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Duplicating Apparatus
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 20,146. Oliver Typewriter Co., and Farmer, J. M. Sept. 18. Copying d o c u - ments &c.-In stencil copying - apparatus, means are provided for straining the stencil in the printing-frame, and for automatically raising the stencil frame after each printing. The stencil frame A, Fig. 1, is hinged to the frame B on which the platen is mounted, and is provided with a pivoted arm a which engages a rod b mounted on the frame B. To the rod b is attached one end of a spring b<1>, the other end of which is secured to an adjustable stop b<2> or the like. Teeth, formed on a projection b<3> of the stop b', engage with a fixed pin b<5>. The rod b also carries a screw b<6> which travels on an incline b<7>. When the stencil frame is pressed down on the platen, the arm a acts on the rod b and extends the spring b<1>. When the pressure is removed from the stencil frame, the spring causes the arm a to raise the frame. The screw b<6> acts on the incline b<7> so as to prevent too rapid motion of the stencil frame. In a modification, Fig. 4, a spring b is coiled on a rod b<0> fixed on the hinged side of the stencil frame A. One end of this spring is held by a catch c on the frame, and the other is adjustably connected with a cross-piece b<8> which slides on a forked spring b<9> attached to the underside of the platen or platen frame. The stencil is provided with a backing- sheet, but does not require a margin to enable it to be fixed in the frame. A diaphragm of cambric or the like is secured between the two parts of the frame. The stencil may be secured in the frame at opposite ends by pairs of clamping-plates c, c<1>, Fig. 5. The inner plate of each pair is furnished with bolts c<2> and nuts c<3>, or other means, for tightening. The clamping-plates may be adjusted in position by means of a register or the like, such as a pin on the platen frame and notches in the edges of the clamping-plates. The latter may be provided with lateral projections or feet. In a modification, shown in Fig. 8, the stencil is held by hinged plates c<x> which are pressed against the frame by springs c<0>, or coil springs may be placed on the pins of the hinges.
Patent GB-190326885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Transporters for Bottles and the like
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-12-08
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 26,885. Boult, A. J., [Wagret, P.]. Dec. 8. Conveyers.-Relates to bottle transporters for glass works of the kind described in Specification No. 23,000, A.D. 1903. Fig. 3 shows the carriage and track arrangement, the ends of the track being connected by a cord passing over and round the pulley 12. The ends of the track are alternately raised and lowered by means of a steel cord 13 passing round the pulley 12, over guidepulleys 5, and thence in opposite directions round the pulley 1, ending on either side of it in rods 14, 15 terminating in heads 16. Handles 3, 4 in the shape of sleeves engage the rods, and are also each connected by a cord passing over pulleys 11 to plates 9 ; each plate, when it has reached the limit of its downward travel, engages a projecting tooth 8 and locks the pulleys 1, 12. The handles are able to slide on the rods 14, 15, so as to lift the plates out of locking engagement with their respective teeth before the cord 13 is pulled.
Patent GB-190327021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Photographic Dark Slides.
Inventor: HOLDEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,021. Holden, W., and Schofield, J. Dec. 10. Dark boxes; dark slides; developing. -A combined dark slide and developing-dish for use in daylight is shown in sectional elevation, as arranged for two plates a. Behind the dark shutter b is a screen d, of ruby glass or the like, fitted water-tight by means of a rubber lining k. In the slide f, which is withdrawable to facilitate the insertion of the plates, is a passage g for the introduction of the solution, and a smaller passage (not shown) for the escape of air. An outlet h for the liquid may be provided if desired.
Patent GB-190410646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Controlling or Regulating Means for Electrical Apparatus.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,646. Boult, A. J., [Entz, J. B.]. May 9. Dynamos, regulating.-Consists of a current regulator formed of a material, such as carbon, the resistance of which is altered by mechanical pressure. Fig. 2 shows a method of maintaining a constant current from a generator 25. An auxiliary field winding 28 of the generator 25 is connected with a Wheatstonebridge arrangement of carbon resistance piles 19, 20, 21, 22. When a pivoted beam 32, counterpoised against the normal action of a solenoid 31 by a spring 33, is attracted down owing to an excessive current through the controlling-coil 31, the pressure on the piles 20, 21 is increased, with a corresponding diminution in their resistances. A current from the mains thus flows by way of the bridge through the coil 28, in opposition to the current through the main field coil 34, and thus reduces the output of the machine. When the piles 22, 19 are compressed, owing to a fall in the output of the generator and the consequent pull of the spring 33 over that of the coil 31, the currents through the coils 28, 34 are in agreement, and the output of the generator is thus maintained. In a modification, the governing-coil 31 is connected across the terminals of the generator, instead of in series with the mains as above, for maintaining a constant voltage at the generator.
Patent GB-190412338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Filed: 1904-05-31
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 12,338. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 31. Motors, controlling.-Relates to a motor-starting switch particularly adapted for ammunition hoists and the like. The controller comprises the main or reversing switch 68, Fig. 5, a rheostat 50, and a circuit-breaker 1 arranged in an arc shoot. The main switch 68, Fig. 7, comprises a contact 53 for closing the armature circuit and two pairs of rocking arms 55,56 for closing the field-magnet circuits. The arm 53 engages and operates the arms 55, 56 when it is thrown over. The circuit-breaker 1, Fig. 5, which is adapted to engage contacts 16, 17 carried on springs 18, 19, is normally pulled into the 'off ' position by a pair of springs the tension of one of which is adjustable. It is moved into the 'on' position by a projection 49, Figs. 2 and 5, on the rheostat arm 45 engaging a projection 15 when the arm is operated. It is held on by the no-voltage magnet 30 against the pull of the adjustable spring. The pull of the other spring 32 is taken by a rod 39 engaging a catch 40. The rod 39 is adapted to be raised by the overload magnet 41 to allow the circuit-breaker to be pulled back by the spring 32 in case of overload. The rheostat switch has four sets of fixed contacts 51<1>, 51<2>, 51<3>, 52<1>. The contact 51<1> is continuous, and is connected to one of the mains through the overload magnet 41 and circuit-breaker contacts. The contact 52<1> is also continuous, and is connected to the non-voltage circuit. This contact is formed with one part raised as shown in Fig. 6. At starting, contact is only made by depressing the contact 52, but, when the arm has been moved into the position shown in Fig. 5 and the motor has speeded up, the contacts 52, 52<1> engage, and the rheostat arm can be left in any subsequent position. The contacts 51<2>, 51<3> are conneated to the field and armature circuits respectively. To stop the motor, the arm 68 is raised sufficiently to break contact, thus opening the non-voltage circuit and allowing the circuitbreaker to operate. The armature is then left in series with its field, and stops. At l is a coil for releasing the motor brakes when the motor is started.
Patent GB-190415387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candle Holders and Extinguishers.
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 15,387. K³hnert & Co. July 9, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Candle holders and extinguishers.-In a candle holder, the candle is held in position, and eventually extinguished, by means of two gripping- plates which have holes in the middle and are flexibly connected to the ends of a bow-shaped spring. One plate e is bent over at the side edges to form a guide for the other plate f, and is provided with a stop or projecting piece g on the circumference of the hole to prevent the spring b, which is riveted to the dish a, from disconnecting the plates. If the ends of the spring are pressed together until the holes in the plates coincide, a candle may be inserted through the opening and received by a socket h. On releasing the spring, the candle is gripped by the plates. A projecting piece i may be formed on the circumference of the hole in the plate f to lie against the candle. When the candle has burned low enough, the plates are pulled apart and thereby extinguish the flame.
Patent GB-190416528-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Displaying and Matching Clothing Materials Drapers' and Upholsterers' Stuffs and the like.
Inventor: MARKIEWICZ ADOLF
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 16,528. Markiewiez, A. July 26. Colours, textures, and the like, comparing.-Relates to means for displaying and matching fabrics for ladies' and gentlemen's clothing, or for draping or upholstery purposes. Figs. 1 and 3 show a device which is employed in selecting materials for a coat and trousers. The materials are held at the back of a screen b of cardboard, linen, canvas, &c., or a folding plate, from which the parts c, d are cut out to correspond in outline with the finished garments, the remaining surface being painted, as shown, and in some cases raised or moulded. The screen b is fixed to a rigid frame a supported in a slightlyinclined position by posts a'. The ends of the rolls e, f of cloth for the trousers and coat respectively are laid over the bars g, h, and are temporarily secured by the aid of clamps. The bar h is straight, whereas the bar g is formed with a curved central portion g', which exactly corresponds with the -cut of the coat tails. Thin strips m, n, o' may be fastened over the cut-out portions c to mark seams, lapels, borders, or edges, and, in order to vary the size of the figure, the sections o may be removed and the part p may be replaced by a longer or shorter piece, or the screen may be built up of separate cross strips. In place of the screen b, a mirror may be employed, having the backing removed in places to correspond with the cut-out portions of the screen and painted on the front surface as above described. The invention is also described in its application to furniture coverings, draperies, and curtains.
Patent GB-190416659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Mounting and Operation of Photographic Color Filters.
Inventor: SCHMIDT HANS
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 16,659. Schmidt, H. July 28. Producing coloured photographs; screens.-C o l o u r filters are mounted so as to be rapidly exchangeable, the movement into position of each filter releasing the one previously used. The three colour filters e, f, g are mounted on an axis d in the tubular body c supporting the two parts a, b of the objective. Springs i attached to projections h on the filters tend to rotate them out of the field of the objective, as in Fig. 1. Each filter may be drawn into the field by a string l until it reaches the stop m, where it is retained by a spring n engaging the shoulder o. The shoulders o of successive filters are made of increasing size so as to release the spring n from the previous filter, which is drawn back by the spring i. In a modification, the spring n has an inclined end as shown in Fig. 7, and the shoulders o are of uniform size, or the spring may have a square end, the pull of the springs i being sufficient to overcome the friction between the spring n and the filter.
Patent GB-190422780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipe Cleaners.
Inventor: LAW JAMES SCOTT
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 22,780. Law, J. S. Oct. 22. To b a c c o -pipe cleaners.-A. tobacco-pipe cleaner 1, which is suitable for cleaning straight or curved stems and can be used a number of times, consists of a metal wire with a roughened portion 2 at one end and a ring or other handle 4 at the other end. The roughened surface may be formed by raising projections or barbs which incline to one or both ends, or in various other ways. Cotton or other absorbent material is twisted around the projections 3, and burnt off and replaced by new after each cleaning operation.
Patent GB-190428128-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Eliminating Iron from Solutions of Nickel or Cobalt.
Inventor: HIRTZ HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,128. Hirtz, H. Dec. 22. Cobalt and nickel sulphates; iron oxides and hydrates.-Neutral or nearly neutral solutions of nickel or cobalt salts are purified from iron by adding a peroxide (preferably a hydrated peroxide) of nickel or cobalt as the case may be. For example, nickel sulphate solution may be purified by adding hydrated nickel peroxide, such as may be obtained by oxidizing hydrated nickel monoxide ; the peroxide added should contain enough available oxygen to oxidize completely all the ferrous iron present, so that the whole of the iron is precipitated from the solution.
Patent GB-190506725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Preventing or Consuming Smoke in the Furnaces of Steam Generators.
Inventor: GALLIMORE LEWIS
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 6725. Gallimore, L., and Watson, S. March 30. Smoke-consuming.-Heated air is delivered in diverse streams from the rear face of the hollow fire-bridge E, Fig. 1, and from a perforated chamber K, Fig. 7, on the dead-plate. The upper outlets G, from the hollow fire-bridge, are inclined upwardly as shown, and the lower apertures H are directed variously. The apertures in the chamber K are directed downwards and at various inclinations to each other. The air is heated in pipes F, Fig. 1, or J, Fig. 7. Both arrangements may be fitted in one furnace, and the hollow fire-bridge, with airdischarge openings arranged as described, may be used without the air-heating pipes.
Patent GB-190506932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Cylinders of Printing Presses.
Inventor: BROWN CHARLES
Filed: 1905-04-01
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 6932. Brown, C., Chance, H. G., and Bland, G. H., [trading as Chance & Bland]. April 1. Printing-surfaces.-Relates to a method of mounting process or zincographic blocks within stereotype plates on the cylinders of printing- machines, so that the impression on the block may be adjusted independently of the plate. A dovetail recess is formed in the plate B by cutting or by the insertion of an iron block in the mould during the casting operation. This recess is adapted to receive the block C, consisting of the plate c<1> secured to a wood or metal base c by screws, which is held by the cylinder A and the sides of the recess. In addition, screws may be employed to secure the block C.
Patent GB-190510032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Deep Boring Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 10,032. Frieh, E., and Deutsche Tiefbohr Akt.-Ges. May 12. Deep-boring.-In a percussive apparatus for deep-boring, a core-protecting tube is rigidly attached to the boring rods and the tool is reciprocated independently of the boring rods by means of an electric or other motor located near the bottom of the bore-hole. A rod c is attached to a cross-piece d formed in a tube m, and is reciprocated by means of solenoids and a return spring f. The cross-piece d is formed with segmental slots ito receive a tube g attached to the solenoid casing b, carried by the boring-rods. The tube g is connected to the core tube h, which carries a shoe k, provided with a core-catching device l and formed with slots to admit the chisels d of the boring-tool. In operation, the tool a, the tube m, and the cross-piece d reciprocate, and the shoe k, the core tube h, and the tube g remain stationary. The tools may be reciprocated by means of an air, water, or other motor. In Fig. 5, showing the apparatus in two positions, the chisels a are shown driven by an hydraulic motor in which the pistons are arranged in ring, so that the core tube h may be prolonged upwards in order to form a longer core. A number of cylinders q are arranged in a ring and provided with pistons c<1>. A ringp serving as a valve is attached to the annular crosshead and controls the supply of pressure water through ports u. The return stroke of the chisels is effected by means of a spring f. A single annular piston may replace the series described above.
Patent GB-190510657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatically Operated Phonographs
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 10,657. Newton, P. A., [Rosenfeld, W. W.]. May 22. Mounting wheels on shafts; clutches. -Relates to an automatically-operated phonograph. The usual spring motor is re-wound at the end of each record by an electromotor, overwinding being prevented by a friction clutch. The electric motor re-winds the spring motor through the friction clutch shown in Figs. 3 and 8, which consists of collars 17, 18 fast on the shaft m, and a sleeve c<4> which is pressed against the gear-wheel m<1> by the spring 19. The wheel m<1> engages with a worm l<1> and the sleeve c<4> with a pin c<2> on the shaft m.
Patent GB-190513851-A (GB)
Title: Swimming Devices
Inventor: BULLOCK AMASA MARION
Filed: 1905-07-05
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 13,851. Bullock, A. M. July 5. Swimming-appliances.-An attachment for the arms and legs of swimmers consists of a light rectangular frame, to which a series of vanes are hinged so that they may set themselves in such a way that the water runs through them on the idle stroke, but they close and form a plane normal to the movement during the working stroke. Fig. 1 shows one form of arm attachment. The frame consists of two side pieces 2, kept apart by wires 3 on which the vanes 4 are hinged, the other ends of the vanes being connected by a wire 5 pivoted to them. The handle 7 is grasped in the hand, and the arrangement may be fastened to the wrist by a thong or to the arm by a strap 9. One form of a folding leg attachment is shown in Fig. 2. The frame 11 is mounted detachably by means of a collar and spring fastening to one link of a parallel motion, the opposite link 22 being a buoyant legrest. The other two links consist of bars 21 held on the link 22 by a spring fastening. The instep action is utilized to increase the stroke by means of a short link 26, which may be hinged to a flexible shoe, but, when the foot is tired, may be fastened in the eye 16, thus locking the frame. In a modified form of leg attachment, shown in Fig. 7, the frame is arranged so that the leg-rest 22 passes through it, and the parallel-motion bars 30 are connected to the lower edge of the frame.
Patent GB-190521860-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Extinguisher for Paraffin Lamps and the like.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 21,860. Parker, T., and Foster, A. Oct. 27. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Extinguishing oil lamps.-When the lamp is tilted or upset, the flames are automatically extinguished by spring- actuated, sliding - sleeve extinguishers, which are normally held out of action by the engagement with the actuating-lever of a pivoted weight. A yoke B carrying the weight W is mounted by a ball-and-socket joint t upon a fixed arm A, so that, when the lamp is upright, the upper end of the yoke engages with the outer end of the pivoted actuating-lever, thereby lowering the attached extinguishers E and compressing a spring G between a tray H fixed on the burner body and a plate F sliding on the wick-tubes P, P'. Upon the tilting or upsetting of the lamp, the weight W swings the yoke B clear of the lever, whereupon the spring G lifts the plate F and the extinguishers E until the pressure of the plate F upon the bent extremities of the pivoted shutters f causes them to close over, and extinguish the flames. Interlocking of the yoke B with the lever is prevented by twisting their abutting parts, as shown at S. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 6746, A.D. 1888, and No. 22,299, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190522745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pit and Shaft Sinking and Mining.
Inventor: WALKER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 22,745. Walker, C. Nov. 6. Piles.-In sinking shafts through unstable strata, such as wet sand, bog land, &c., piles guided on the lowest rings of tubbing are driven in advance, and the tubbing is guided so as to ensure the shaft being sunk vertically. The three lowest rings of tubbing a are provided with vertical T-shaped guides 2 secured by bolts 3. Piles p are formed with a longitudinal groove 5 to engage the guide 2, and are also formed with grooved recesses 6, 7 to engage adjacent piles. The piles, Fig. 8, may be of cast steel or they may be built up of wrought-iron plates as shown in Fig. 9. The piles are advanced by means of jacks, which are placed beneath the bottom flange of the tubbing, the nuts of the jacks being formed with hooked parts to engage pairs of grooves 8, Fig. 7, formed in the piles.
Patent GB-190524642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ignition Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: DAVELUY ALPHONSE
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 24,642. Daveluy, A. Dec. 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A sparking-plug which may be easily taken apart for inspection and repair is shown in Fig. 1, the main feature being that the part 12 carrying the central terminal 14, the mica tube 15, and the compressed insulation 16, composed of mica disks, can be readily removed without displacing the socket 2, and has a cylindrical part 5 fitting a correspondingly-bored part of the socket. The terminal 14 is held in position in the surrounding mica tube 15 by nuts- 18, 19, 20, the lower nut 18 bearing on a body of mica disks 17. Small holes 8 are provided in the conical end of the socket 2, a central aperture 7 serving to receive the terminal 23. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the central terminal is hemispherical, but may be of any preferred form.
Patent GB-190526873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Driving and Speed Gearing for Self Propelled Vehicles, and Controlling Mechanism therefor.
Inventor: WADE JOSEPH ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 26,873. Wade, J. A. Dec. 23. Brakes.-In a variable-speed and reversing friction gear applied to motor-vehicles, the driven friction pinion R is carried by a floating frame K supported by links L and normally pulled into engagement by springs S, S<1>. The springs S' may be controlled to give additional grip, when desired, by the brake lever U carried on the transverse shaft U<1>. This shaft carries arms U<2>, U<3>, one U<2> of which may be connected to the brake members B<3> by a flexible cord B<2> as shown, so that, when the lever U is moved in one direction, an equal pressure is applied upon each drum. When it is moved in the opposite direction, the arm U<3> pulls the cord U' connected through bell-crank levers V to the springs S<1>, and increases the tension of the latter.