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Patent GB-190406540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means and Apparatus for use in Treating and Enriching Gas
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 6540. Brookes, A. G., [Makeever, M. M.]. March 17, Carburetting.-Air, coal gas, water gas, natural gas, or other gas, is carburetted by passage first through a chamber filled with an absorbent material saturated with hydrocarbon, and then through a second chamber filled with a filtering or drying medium. The two chambers are shown as superposed in one casing 3, the top or cover being removed. The upper and lower chambers are respectively subdivided by partitions 10, 5, which are perforated at alternate ends so that there is a sinuous gas passage from an inlet pipe 7, through the lower chamber, perforations 9, and the upper chamber, to an outlet pipe 14. The cells of the upper chamber are packed with vertically-arranged lengths of rope or cord made of wood fibre and asbestos. The cells of the lower chamber are similarly packed with rope or cord made of manilla hemp, strips of looselywoven cloth such as crash, asbestos cord, and crushed or shredded wood fibre ; the strands may be similar or dissimilar. An oil reservoir is connected to the upper and lower chambers respectively by a pressure -equalizing pipe and a supply pipe. The pipes 7, 14 are connected by a bye-pass pipe and valve for controlling the degree of carburetting.
Patent GB-190408659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Certain Gas Making Retorts.
Inventor: ASHBY CHRISTOPHER JAMES
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 8659. Ashby, C. J. April 15. Gas retorts.-In a hopper-fed gas-making retort, truncated pyramids 2 are mounted above the hopper 4 on cross-bars 5 or other suitable supports. A smaller pyramid 3 on the same cross-bars is placed within each truncated pyramid 2, the. base of the former being approximately the same size as the opening 6 in the top of the latter. The coal slides down the sides 8, 9, and enters the hopper obliquely on all sides. Instead of pyramids, cones may be used, and these may have oval bases.
Patent GB-190412261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: JAHN JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 12,261. Jahn, J. May 30. Disc-engine and inclined - shaft type.-The two conical slotted surfaces A, B, shown separately in Fig. 8, have a series of two or more pivoted vanes E, Figs. 1 and 6, contained in these slots, the edges of which fits against the inside of the spherical casing C as shown in Fig. 3, which is a sectional elevation of one half of the chamber and one disc. In the centre is a ball d, which may be fitted to one of the discs, and prevents the slots from coming together and their edges striking. Steam is admitted through the port s, and the passages s<1>, s<2> are for conveying steam to the back of the two discs ; f<1>, h, Fig. 3, are the exhaust passages. When the double diaphragm reaches the position a, b, Fig. 4, steam enters from the port s, and, as the disc revolves, the steam space enlarges rapidly. The steam is wire-drawn, which causes it to expand. When the double diaphragm has moved through half a revolution, the steam is cut off. The steam within the space from a to b continues to expand until the diaphragm reaches the position c d, when it exhausts ; the live steam from the boiler and the expanding steam thus act together. In one modification, the discs are not slotted, but the vanes are pivoted on the discs, which are recessed somewhat to allow for their folding up. Two or more engines may be united, the exhaust from one working the other. These engines may be used to drive dynamos and motor cars, and may be worked with compressed air and other substances.
Patent GB-190414106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Seats, Walking-sticks, and Rifle Aiming Supports.
Inventor: GRUENEWALD THEODOR
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 14,106. Gr³newald, T. June 22. Walking - sticks convertible into gun rests and seats. Relates to the combination of a stick, adapted to be used as a hunting or walking stick, and also as a rifle aiming-support, with atripod, which tripod can be detached from the stick, and connected with a seat to form a camp-stool or hunting stool. The stick 1 is provided with a handle 2 on which is mounted the rifle support 3, which can be turned about a pin 4 into the position shown in dotted lines. The lower portion of the stick passes through a collar 9 formed on a head 8, which carries the tripod legs 7. When the whole device is closed for use as a stick, a snap spring 11 on the upper part of the stick engages a hole 10 in the collar 9, and three pins 6 at the lower end of the stick engage holes 12 at the lower ends of the tripod legs. The stick may be drawn out of the tripod and used as a rifle support while the huntsman is sitting; or, the stick may be drawn partly out of the tripod and fixed at a suitable height to serve as a rifle support while the huntsman is standing. The stick is maintained at the required heights by the pressure of the upper ends of the tripod legs against it.
Patent GB-190415507-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Distributing Valves of Fluid Pressure Motors.
Inventor: NICHOLS THOMAS WINTER
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 15,507. Nichols, T. W. July 12. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-A fluid-actuated valve gear and a combined fluid-actuated and mechanical valve gear, which latter is shown in the Specification modified for a compound engine, are described and i:lustrated. These gears are applicable to direct-acting pumps.
Patent GB-190420210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Copying the Grained Surfaces of Wood and Transferring same to other Wood, Paper, Fabric, Floor Covering and the like.
Inventor: MCWILLIAMS RICHARD HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 20,210. McWilliams, R. H. Sept. 20. Printing on wood and the like.-Relates to a method of and means for copying the grain of selected wood upon paper, fabric, wood, floor or wall coverings, or the like. A p r i n t i n g-surface with a fabric backing is prepared from the selected wood in composition, preferably in a mixture of glue and glycerine, and is used flat or on a hand or machine roller. The printing-surface b, c is shown as secured on a roller d and provided with a colour roller e and scraper f and a cleaner g.
Patent GB-190422436-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cigarette and Cigar Holder.
Inventor: HEALD ISSACHAR ANDREWS
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 22,436. Heald, I. A. Oct. 18. Cigar and cigarette holders. - The outer tube 1 is enlarged to receive a metallic lining 2, which is bushed with earthenware &c. 3. The bush is shaped as shown to receive a cigar &c., which is kept in place by spring tongues 9 which tie in grooves 4 and are carried by a metal washer 8. Other arms 10 on the washer have their extremities 14 bent into an annular groove 6. The ends 14 and the groove are bevelled so that the bushing may be readily removed or replaced. The tongues 9 are kinked at 13 to keep them in position. Grooves 25 are formed in the bushing to admit air when the cigar is nearly finished. A rubber disc 15 ensures an airtight joint between the shoulder 7 and the washer 8. The tube 1 has also a metallic bushing 17 which is screw-threaded at its outer end and has a valve-seat 19 and a perforated web at its outer end. A spring-controlled T-valve 21 opening outwards prevents the ingress of saliva. The valve can be unscrewed by inserting the nail or a coin in a nick 24.
Patent GB-190425402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Record-discs for Gramophones and similar Sound-reproducing Machines.
Inventor: BERLINER JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 25,402. Berliner, J. Nov. 22. Drawings to Specification. Photographs &c.-A record disc for gramophones and similar sound-reproducing machines consists of a soundless or non-resonant substance such as pulp provided on its face or faces with a coating of resinous cement, in which coating the sound record is impressed. The object is to obtain a hard wearing material in which to form the grooves, and at the same time avoid any resonance to the scratching and similar noiees produced by the stylus. The resinous cement consists of resinous substances such as colophony, shellac, and copal, together with earths and fibrous substances, and the required colouring-matter.
Patent GB-190425626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Slugging, Rivetting or Studding Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: ROBINSON OWEN
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,626. Robinson, O. Nov. 24. Nails &c.-In a riveting, slugging, or studding machine for boots and shoes, the rivets &c. are cut from a continuous wire k<1>, which is fed by two rollers k<3>, Fig. 1, through the die o, Fig. 11, having inclined sides o', the rivets being cut off and pointed by a \/-shaped cutter working against the sides of the die. The cutter is reciprocated transversely to the carrier slide r, in which the rivet cut off is held by a spring device u<1> while being conveyed into position under the driver. The feed-rollers k<3> are operated by a cam on the shaft c oscillating a lever, which is provided with pawls engaging ratchet teeth on one of the rollers. This roller is mounted on an eccentric shaft, so that it may be rotated by the spring-controlled handle k<x> out of engagement with the other feed-roller to permit the introduction of the wire.
Patent GB-190429560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons, and Piston Valves, and their Packings.
Inventor: READING THOMAS
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 29,560. Reading, T., and Houghton, A. J. Dec. 31. Pistons -To facilitate repairs, inspection, &c., the packing of pistons is carried in detachable rings. To the edge of the piston body is fitted a ring b of Z-section, one flange of which rests on the piston body while the other flange b<2> supports the packing-rings e, f, kept in position by a junkring d. The carrier ring b and junk-ring dare secured to the piston body by studs c. The packing consists of four split rings of the section shown, but the rings e are each furnished with two stop studs fitting into gaps in the flanges of the rings f. The rings are so arranged that the cuts in the rings e lie diametrically opposite to those in the rings f. Modifications are described with three and two rings. In the latter case, the packing-rings are furnished with flanges which lie outside the edges of the rings b, d.
Patent GB-190501046-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Deadening Mechanical Shocks Experienced by Moving Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBIN PIERRE
Filed: 1905-01-19
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 1046. Robin, P. Feb. 3, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pistons for air-cushioning devices. The two concentric pistons have cup-leather packing held in place by screwed rings 3 bearing on metal rings.
Patent GB-190513671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforced Concrete Structures.
Inventor: MOUCHEL GUSTAVE LOUIS
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 13,671. Mouchel, G. L. July 3. Concrete structures; buildings with metal skeletons. - Stirrups c are bent round the reinforcing bars a and secured thereto by cotter pins e. The stirrups may be inverted or inclined.
Patent GB-190516384-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: LEA EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 1 6 , 3 8 4 . Lea, E. S., and Degen, J. March 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing - boxes.- Relates to stuffing- boxes for centrifugal pump shafts which are adapted to be adjusted axially. The packing 44, Fig. 6, for the partitions is forced by means of a spring up to the flanges 43. This packing is shown carried by a sleeve 41, which is an extension of the sleeve 28 used to secure the impeller to the shaft, but it may be carried independently. Somewhat similar packing, shown in Fig. 8, is used where the shaft passes through the ends of the casing. In order to prevent the intake of air, water is led to the stuffing-box by a pipe 590.
Patent GB-190516453-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of a Yarn Warp of Several Colours in One Piece of Work.
Inventor: JESCHKE CARL
Filed: 1905-08-14
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 16,453. Jeschke, C. Aug. 14. Yarns, warping, beaming, dressing, &c.-In order to produce a warp of several colours, naturalwhite or bleached yarn from the warping mill or frame is led in separate ways to dressing and colour vessels a, b, c having different colours, and then to separate drying-devices d, e, f so that the various colours do not soil each other. The separate threads are then wound up together on a common beam. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 4313, A.D. 1877.]
Patent GB-190521916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheel Bearings for Mine and other Cars.
Inventor: TIDRICK GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 21,916. Tidrick, G. W. Feb. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Corves.-To protect the axle bearings of mine and other cars from coal dust &c., an L-shaped plate F is placed over each bearing on the floor of the car, the vertical member lying against the outer face of the side A<2>. The plate is held by the bolts B which secure the bearing.
Patent GB-190525774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Fireplaces.
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 25,774. Sinclair, D., and Sinclair Iron Co. Dec. 11. Canopies; dampers. - The drawplate or blower of an open fire-place of the kind described in Specification No. 17,673, A.D. 1903, is replaced by a fixed canopy b, a damper j being provided to regulate t h e draught. The damper is preferably operated by a screwed rod f engaging a quadrant, to which the damper is fixed. An opening k may be formed in the flue so that combustion can take place when the damper is closed or a perforated damper may be employed. Disclaiming reference is made to Specifications No. 459, A.D. 1868, and No. 10,179, A.D. 1892.
Patent GB-190603153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Clips for Tentering Machines.
Inventor: CHAMBERS ERNEST
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 3153. Chambers, E. Feb. 9. Stretching and tentering.- Relates to automatic clips in which a spring lock grip and a pin grip are combined. The body of the clip consists of the usual base-plate a, Fig. 3, overhanging arms b, and a movable jaw c. In addition, a lower movable jaw d, furnished with one or more rows of pins e and a stud g, is employed. The pins are adapted to rise and fall in holes in the base-plate, and the stud to contact with and lift out of action the jaw c after the pins have engaged the fabric. The projection h is raised and lowered at predetermined points in the travel of the mechanism, thus putting the pins in and out of action. In use, the fabric is first gripped by the ordinary jaws c, and then transferred to the pins in the manner indicated. By rendering the jaw d inoperative, the arrangement becomes an ordinary clip. Fig. 6 shows a modification with a spring lock grip. To the jaw c is attached a spring p adapted to be acted on by a stud r. On the lower jaw s is formed a projection t adapted to be locked in two places by the lever v. To look or unlock the clip, the lever v is acted on by an inclined plane. According to the Provisional Specification, the pin jaw, Fig. 3, may be raised or lowered by a cam-lever.
Patent GB-190607348-A (GB)
Title: A New Form of Decoration for Mountings for Bedsteads Fenders and Coal Vases.
Inventor: PARR EMMELINE
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1907-03-27
Abstract: 7348. Parr, E., and Parr, K. March 27. Drawings to Specification. Fenders.-The metal mountings or ornaments used upon fenders are embellished with coloured glass shapes secured in position by cement or by spinning or pressing the edges of the metal setting round the edges of the glass decoration.
Patent GB-190612592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirt Clamping Devices for the Boards of Ironing Machines.
Inventor: ANDREE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 12,592. Andree, W. E. May 30. Stretchers.-Means are described for clamping the neck-band of a shirt to the ironing-table, and for securing and stretching the remainder of the garment. The neck-band placed against the usual flange 17 of the plate 16 is held centrally by a button passing through the band and engaging with a V-cut in the flange, and is retained by means of a clamping-plate 30 eccentrically pivoted to a rocking lever 31. The flange 32 is provided with a A- shaped cut to pass over the shank of the button, and a slot in the plate 30 engages with a projection 35, being locked by the rotation of the eccentric 37 by means of the crank handle 38. The shoulders of the garment are secured to the board by the clamps 22, 23, carried by pivoted arms 24, 25, which are actuated by the crank arm 50 through the shaft 49 and the yieldinglyconnected rod 52. In order to stretch the neck-band when clamped, curved arms 18, 19 carrying knobs 20, 21 diverge when caused to slide through the clips on the underside of the table under the influence of springs 43, but are normally retracted against such influence by connecting-rods 48 linked to a shaft 46 having a crank arm 45 bearing on the cam edge of a block 73. The skirts of the garment are held between spring- pressed jaws 27. 28, between which the material is forced by a board 65. The jaw 28 is fixed to the sliding arms 57, 58 urged forward by springs 66, 67; whilst the jaw 27 may be additionally advanced by springs 61, 62 when not restrained by a rod 72 connected to the bell-crank lever 71, one arm of which bears against the cam-edge of the block 70. The sliding cam blocks 70, 73 are actuated simultaneously by means of a lever 75. By partially throwing the lever over, the arms 18, 19 are first thrust forward by the action of the cam edge of the block 73, and, by completing the movement, the cam-block 70 allows the jaw 27 to close up, and the garment is then stretched by the action of the springs 66, 67.
Patent GB-190613952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Tiles.
Inventor: DUMONTIER ALFRED
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 13,952. Du Montier, A. June 18. Tiles, sheet-metal. Enamelled sheet-metal tiles 1, Figs. 2 and 5, more particularly adapted for use in Pullman dining-cars, bathrooms, lavatories, &c., are formed along one or two edges with a portion 2 bent over against the back of the tile and then bent in the reverse direction, as shown at 3, the portions 3 being provided with openings 4, Fig. 5. The opposite edges of the tile are formed with a lip 5 bent so as to form a shoulder 6, and the edges of adjacent tiles interlock as shown in Fig. 2. When the tiles are pressed against a backing of cement, the latter enters the openings 4, thus holding the tiles firmly together. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the lip 17 of one tile is formed with a tongue 16 adapted to enter a hole 15 in the bend of the adjacent tile and to be bent over the portion 13. In this way, several tiles can be connected before being applied to the backing. Fig. 9 shows a modification in which the bent-over portion along one edge is formed with tongues 21, some bent against the back of the tile and others in the opposite direction. Tongues 24 on the lip 25 of the adjacent tile are adapted to enter holes 23 and then to be bent over against portions 22.
Patent GB-190625924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Feeding and Conveying Sheets or Strips of Paper to Pasting and other like Machinery.
Inventor: DAWES AUGUSTUS FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,924. Dawes, A. F., and Olsen, P. C. Nov. 16. Feeding sheets.-In apparatus for feeding sheets or strips to pasting or other machines, the pile of sheets 21 is placed in a trough 22 the side walls of which are laterally adjustable. The sides and bottom of the trough may have a removable lining 26, and slots are provided in the sides or lining. In the slots is inserted a plate 28, Fig. 10, having knifeedges 29 which rest astride the pile of paper so as to grip the upper sheets. Springs may be used to depress the plate 28. Separate knife-edges may be mounted in the vertical slots. The top sheet is fed forward by a rubber-tyred rotating wheel 18 on a shaft 13 carried by a casting 13 and driven by a shaft 12. The shaft 12 is carried by a casting 10 pivoted on a shaft d or to the frame. Pivoted on a shaft e or on the frame is a slope 31, telescopically connected to a carrier 33 through a slotted bracket 34 upon which passes a pin 36 on the casting 13. A pin upon this casting moves in a slot 20 in the frame, and by its engagement with a pivoted catch 43 serves to hold the wheel 18 in its highest position when desired. As the pile diminishes in thickness, the wheel 18 falls by its own weight and the slope 31, 33 is automatically kept at the required angle. The sheets pass up the slope between a pasting-roller x and a roller 37, which may be supplemented or replaced by a roller 38. The length of the shaft 12 may be adjusted so that the wheel 18 does not pass off the sheet until its upper edge is in contact with the roller x. Paste is supplied from a tank t to a tray s in which revolves a roller y. The roller x is provided with grooves for bands 3, and the roller y with grooves in which paste-distributing rings of rubber &c. are placed. The shafts b, c, d are driven from the power shaft e.
Patent GB-190627684-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Time Switch.
Inventor: BRUUN OTTO AUGUST
Filed: 1906-12-05
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 27,684. Bruun, O. A. March 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-To light electric lamps and keep them burning for a definite time, and afterwards extinguish them automatically, as in the illumination of staircases, a switch 7 is actuated by a solenoid 6, and the return fall of the core 8 is checked by a bellows 11. Pushbuttons 2 on each floor are in circuit with a battery 3 and the coil 6, which is excited on closing any one of them. As the core 8 rises, a brass &c. extension thereof 14 strikes a pin 15, and throws over the switch 7 from the contact 18 to the contact 19, thus cutting-out the coil 6, and bringing the lamps 1 into circuit. A latch 16 holds the switch down against a spring 17. The upward movement of the core is unimpeded by the bellows, the core having a plug-like end which retreats out ot a hole 9, and a pin 13 which lifts the bellows top by bearing on an attachment 12. As soon as the downward movement begins, the hole 9 is reclosed, and only the small adjustable air-escape 20 is left. At a certain point, the hook 22 pulls away the latch 16, and allows the switch 7 to be thrown back. A valve 24, with a rod that opens it by striking the bottom of the bellows, may be provided to accelerate the last part of the fall.
Patent GB-190628630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical Trusses.
Inventor: WILLAN JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-15
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 28,630. Willan, J. W. Dec. 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Trusses.-A truss comprises a circular pad A of inelastic material, such as wood, formed convex towards the body and dished on the outer face, a stud B<1> being fixed to the centre of the dished face for the attachment of straps C, F. The pressure of the two straps on the edge of the dished face serves to hold the pad in position.