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Patent GB-190403015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cases or Covers for Hats.
Inventor: LEIGH ALICE MARION
Filed: 1904-02-06
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 3015. Leigh, A. M., and Leigh, V. S. Feb. 6. Hat-boxes.-A hat case, intended more particularly for ladies' hats, consists of a flexible dustproof cover stretched on frames C attached to rings D held in spring clips E on side-pieces A' fastened to a wooden base A which may be hung up by pieces B. The framing is kept extended by spring clips F and loop-fastenings G, a rim or edging being provided to make joint with the base A. Springs may be provided tending to retain the cover in an open or closed position as desired. A hat is hung up on a hook K or is secured by a hatpin to a pad attached to the base A. If desired, the base A may be dispensed with, and the frame and cover may be mounted on any other convenient backing such as the back or side of a wardrobe. A number of covers may be attached to a common base. The folding cover may be divided into two or more parts, the folding being controlled by a cord J.
Patent GB-190405039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: WEBSTER CHARLES BENJEMAN
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 5039. Webster, C. B. March 1. Loom shuttles.-A shuttle is provided with a device to facilitate threading. The thread is laid in a longitudinal slot 2 cut in the solid end portion 1 of the shuttle, and is carried forward and under the front end of a semicircular head 6 of a threadguide. The thread is then passed down a slit 5 in the shuttle wall into a cylindrical hole 4, and up through a slit 9 into a tubular eye-portion 8 of the thread-guide. The thread is prevented from dropping through the slit 9 by the bottom of the slot 2, which is higher than the bottom of the eye-portion.
Patent GB-190405776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Loading or Unloading or Stacking Hay or other Material.
Inventor: HARMAN HIRAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5776. Harman, H. H., and Parks, W. A. March 9. Cranes; grabs.-For stacking and like operations connected with hay and similar material, an apparatus is employed in which a pillar 1 carries a crane arm 3 over which run ropes for lifting and opening gripping-arms. The top of the pillar has a revoluble head 14 and ropes attached to the revolving top allow the crane arm to be moved up and down while a collar 2 allows it to be swung into various positions. Pulley-blocks are placed at the end of the crane, over one of which passes the lifting-rope 8 and over the other the rope 25 for opening the gripping-arms. Both these ropes pass to the winding-gear so that the rope 25 may not slacken so as to interfere with other ropes, and so that it may maintain such a tension as not to open the arms, and also be prepared to open them quickly. The lifting-rope passes around a grooved wheel turned by a rope 18 operated by a handwinch 20 which may be situated in the position shown in dotted lines. The releasing-rope passes to the wheel 27 on the same axis. The collar 31 may slide to the bottom of the pillar and the rope 8 may be passed around the pulley 33 if horse power be used. Guy ropes 34 are provided.
Patent GB-190406048-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pictorial Letter-card.
Inventor: WOLFRAM LEO
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6048. Wolfram, L. March 11. Letter-cards.-Relates to a pictorial letter-card made of cardboard &c. in a form to contain small articles. A part B is attached to the part A by a rivet 1 and washers 2, and is provided with a raised edge 4 either integral with the back B or adhesively attached, so as to form a recess 3 for containing small objects. A fastening-device 5 is formed in a gap in the border 4, similar to that used for gloves. A tab 6 may also be attached to the interior of the back and adapted to be sealed down over the outside of the part A. The outside of the part B is used for the address &c., and the card may be of various shapes, a suitable picture &c. being formed on the part A.
Patent GB-190410564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Automatically Regulating the Supply of Steam to Gas Generators
Inventor: DELASSUE JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 10,564. Delassue, J. May 7. Drawings to Specification. Gas-producers.-The supply of steam to a gasproducer supplying an internal-combustion engine is regulated by a combined fluid and centrifugal governor, actuated by the admission or exhaust gases of the engine..
Patent GB-190418455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Focussing Devices for Photographic Cameras.
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 18,455. Kodak, Ltd., [Brownell, F. A.]. Aug. 25. Cameras.-The lens or focussing screen of a camera is so mounted on the baseboard that focus may be quickly and accurately obtained by means of a stop or catch which may be varied in position to suit different lenses and objects at various distances. Fig. 2 is a plan of the baseboard of a camera to which one form of the invention is applied. The lens is mounted on the carriage 6 which travels along guides 4, and grips these guides between the head 9 of the bolt 8 and the box 6 by the action of the spring 10, as shown in Fig. 5. This grip is released by pressing together the finger-pieces 18, 19. The lens can then be moved forward towards the bar 25 which is provided with a projection 30 which enters one of the apertures a, b, c, d in the base of the lens-support. This bar 25 is movable laterally to the baseboard in guides and is held in various positions by the projection 35 entering one of the notches a', b<1>, c<1>, d<1> in the fixed plate 36, which are marked by figures representing distances of objects in focus. The plate 25 is pushed up by a leaf spring beneath it and the projection is thus held into the notch selected. The apertures a, b, c, d are stepped back so that the position of the projection 30 controls the position of the lens when the projection enters the aperture a, b, c, or d. In order to allow of adjustment to suit various lenses, the double-headed screw 23, which works in a nut on the back of the aperture plate and has a flange on both sides of the frame 6, is used to vary the relative positions of the apertures a, b, c, d, and the lens. In a modification, the screw 23 is replaced by a similar screw in the cross-member 25 by which the relative position of the projection on the bar is altered. The arrangements may, if desired, be applied to the focussing-screen and back end of the baseboard.
Patent GB-190423015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Automatically Operating the Points and Switches of Electric and other Tramways and the like from the Vehicles.
Inventor: JONES ROBERT FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,015. Jones, R. F., and Jones, C. J. Oct. 25. Points and switches, tramway and the like, operating mechanically from the vehicles. Fig. 1 shows the plan of a portion of an electric tramway track to which the invention has been applied. A long pivoted lever a is located below the track in a suitable covered recess and connected to the point tongue e by rods c, d, or the fulcra of the point tongue and lever may be coincident. At its ends, the lever is formed with a lateral projection f which work through slots g in the sides of the rails so that either of these projections can be protruded into the rail grooves. The vehicles are provided with engaging devices, a suitable form being shown in Fig. 3, consisting of verticallymoving plungers h adapted to be depressed into the rail groove and, by engaging with the inclined edges of the projections f, to swing the lever a and the point tongue as desired. The plungers are depressed by pulling the upper arm of the lever l by any suitable means when the middle arm m depresses the plunger against the spring q. To prevent the plunger from binding in the rail groove, it is pivoted to swing laterally about the point p. The lever a is made long enough to permit the vehicles to clear the point before moving it back into its normal position. In the case of electric tramways, the lever is connected up by rods and levers v, t so as also to operate the overhead-conductor points.
Patent GB-190425087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutter or Tool-carrying Chains for Coal-cutting Machines.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,087. Bousfield, G. W., Lane, H. M., and Robinson, M. W. Nov. 18. Undercutting &c.-In a cutter chain for a coalcutting machine, the tool-carrying links are adapted to facilitate the insertion, removal, or inversion of the tools. The central part of each link is widened and formed with an aperture to receive the shank of the tool 10. The shank abuts against a rivet 12, and may be secured by a pin 14 which passes through a hole in the link ; the pin is secured by means of a feather or key 16 and a spring washer 15, the hole being slotted to admit of the passage of the key. If a separate tool-holder be fixed in the link, the tool itself may be secured by means of a similar pin. The intermediate links 19 may be of channel section, a part of the web 18 being cut away to receive the ends of the tool-carrying links, the two links then being secured by pivots 6 which are held in position by means of a guardplate. A hole 20 may be cut in the web to allow any dirt to be forced out by the pinion over which the chain passes. In a modification, the ends of the intermediate links are constructed to pass between bifurcated ends on the tool-carrying links. According to the Provisional Specification, the intermediate links may be provided with projecting feathers in order to guide the chain in its carrying- frame.
Patent GB-190425217-A (GB)
Title: Sand Distributing Apparatus.
Inventor: PLANTA EMANUEL VON
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,217. Planta, E. von. June 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Shoots.-In a sand-distributing apparatus, the outlet at the bottom of the sand-box is controlled by a flap c opening outwards and connected with a set of arms f arranged one above the other in different vertical planes, so that, on the flap c being opened, the arms f at the same time forcibly eject the sand. The rod carrying the arms f and flap c is normally raised by a spring, and is depressed by a solenoid h. The arms fare preferably of triangular section with apex uppermost.
Patent GB-190425412-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Cleaning Steam Boilers.
Inventor: MOELLER HANS
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 25,412. M÷ller, H., and Nordstr¾m, V. 0. Nov. 22. Cleaning tubes.-In an apparatus for cleaning the tubes of steam boilers, a chisel or cutter i, attached to a piston f, is driven by a spindle g, which is enclosed in a handle piece d, and secured at its end to a flexible shaft c. A heart-shaped slot f<1>, Fig. 4, is formed in the piston, and in it engages a pin attached to a disc at the end of the spindle g. The handle d may be shifted so as to screw into the other boss e<11> on the head e ; in this case, the tool is fixed into the end of the piston, as shown in Fig. 3, and a rotary cutter or a brush is used. Projections h are provided in the head to keep it at a suitable distance from the surface of the plate. A head for working only, as shown in Fig. 3, is sometimes used. Suitable driving- mechanism and its support are shown. A wheel, adapted to be driven by hand or otherwise, engages internally with a pinion, which is secured to the shaft c.
Patent GB-190429060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Toothed Operating Gear for the Valves of High Speed Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: RENAULT LOUIS
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 29,060. Renault, L. July 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines, valve gear for. In order to prevent noise and rapid wear in connection with the toothed operating-gear for the valves of high- . speed engines, the toothed wheel 1, Fig. 1, is mounted loosely on the bearing- brasses 3 of the crank shaft 2. On the shaft 2 is keyed a sleeve 4 provided with projections 5, Fig. 2, arranged diametrically opposite each other, and engaging with slots in a ring 6 which is carried by an extension of the toothed wheel 1 and engaged by projections 7 from the toothed-wheel extension. The ring 6 thus acts as an elastic coupling between the crank shaft 2 and the spur-wheel 1. In a modification, the toothed wheel rotates on an auxiliary shaft mounted in the engine casing.
Patent GB-190429416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Clockwork-operated Mechanism for Automatically Lighting and Extinguishing Gas or similar Lights.
Inventor: WILDSCHIODTZ CARL CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 29,416. Wildschiodtz, C. C. Dec. 31. Lighting a n d extinguishing gas; vapour lamps.-Means for protecting clockworkoperated mechanism for automatically lighting and extinguishing gas and similar lights comprises a cylindrical casing, soldered to the clock-box and slotted to allow the connection 6, 7 between the slide of the clockwork-operated mechanism and a rod 10 connected to the gas valve to work up and down. The rod 10 works in a cover 12, flanged as shown at 15,18, and a slot 4 for allowing adjustment of the connection is normally covered by a detachable outer casing 16.
Patent GB-190501179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Pins
Inventor: ANTROBUS RICHARD LEYCESTER
Filed: 1905-01-21
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 1179. Antrobus, R. L. Jan. 21. Safety-pins.-A fastening for safety-pins and brooches consists of a circular slide 12 having a projection 13 which locks the pin in a recess 16. The slide is operated by a spring contained in the circular tubular part 10 and by a finger-piece 17.
Patent GB-190509465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Negatives and Positives for Multi-colour Projection and Improved Means for Projection on to a Screen.
Inventor: FRIESE-GREENE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 9465. Greene, W. Friese-. May 5. Magic-lantern apparatus.-Relates to means for producing negatives or positives for use with kinematographic apparatus, and also to the means for projecting the animated pictures in their natural colours on a screen, the invention - being applicable t the apparatus described in Specifications No. 22,954, A.D. 1893, No. 22,928, A.D. 1896, No. 21,649, A.D. 1898, and No. 13,883, A.D. 1900, and being an improvement on the invention described in Specification No. 3729, A.D. 1903. In applying the invention to a camera, a prism d of small angle, preferably about twenty degrees, is arranged as shown so as to refract half the light from the lens c and produce a second image q, n adjacent. to the direct image r, j. Colour screens e,f are arranged as shown, and an orthoohromatic film is passed through the plane r, n. In projecting pictures, a wider-angled prism and lighter-coloured screens are used. To obtain greater accuracy in the various colours and tones, a number of different pairs of colours may, be used in succession, and more exposures may be made through one pair of screens than another to bring out the more prominent colours. The apparatus may be made to work and to show the colour records automatically, as well as to regulate the source of illumination as described in Specification No. 13,883, A.D. 1900.
Patent GB-190510082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-propelled Fire Engines
Inventor: HUDSON JAMES CADOUX
Filed: 1905-05-13
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 10,082. Hudson, J. C. May 13. Motor road vehicles.- A self-propelled fireengine consists of an undercarriage A fitted with a suitable quickstarting motor, on which is mounted a quick-steam - ing pump and boiler G and a loose box and seat K containing, or adjacent to, a water tank J for providing a small initial jet of water. The tank communicates with a pump Q, which delivers the jet through a pipe P, and is replenished by hose connected to branches L. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the steam pump G is removable so that the lorry can be used for other purposes. The pump is carried on a framing U and can be fitted with wheels W so that it can be run on to blocking- pieces X and retained by chocks Y.
Patent GB-190512780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetting Apparatus for Internal Combustiton Engines.
Inventor: MACLEOD ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 12,780. Macleod, A. W. June 20. G a s a n d explosivevapour engines, carburetting in. A conical tube B surrounds the spraying- nozzle x and is open at the bottom; another tube B<1> which at low speeds rests upon the tube B is raised by the suction of the engine acting on the piston E at higher speeds and admits an annular current of air to mix with the current passing through the tube B. The movement of the piston E is controlled by a spring J and a dash-pot H The chamber A has a jacket a.
Patent GB-190514788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wireless Telegraphy.
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 1 4 , 7 8 8. Marconi, G., and Marconi's wire-less Telegraph Co. July 18. Wireless telegraphyÀ-The transmitting and receiving antennµ are arranged, horizontally instead. of vertically, and in the vertical plane containing the two stations. One end, of the former is connected through a spark-gap &c. to earth, as shown in Fig. 1, and the other or tail end is insulated or connected to earth through a condenser, a similar statement applying to the receiving- antennµ shown in the same Figure. The two tail ends are arranged to point directly away from one another in order to obtain the best effect, though each may be capable of being " swivelled" round to obtain a direction effect.
Patent GB-190521810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clamps for Fret-saw Frames.
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 21,810. Hobbies, Ltd., and Jewson, H. Oct. 26. Sawing. - In a fret - saw of the type described in Specification No. 17,006, A.D. 1897, the tightening cam lever is notched in the deepest part to prevent it from loosening, the notch engaging a squared aperture on the upper. end of the frame or a bearing-plate thereon. The shackle for the upper or lower clamp consists of a mild-steel stirrup F, which surrounds the two on is h, h<1> of the clamp, pressed together by a screw J and a hardened - steel nut G, projections on which fit in recesses in the stirrup. In a modification, the two ends of the clamp pass through apertures in the stirrup, in which the nut G is placed so as to engage a screw passing loosely through the stirrup. Instead of the bottom of the clamp being externally threaded, as described in Specification No. 22,467, A.D. 1897,-it is attached by a rivet k to a threaded rod K, connected with the handle. A cap B has an aperture b to centre the saw, and is provided with a tail-piece b<1>, turned over at the end b<2> to prevent the cap from falling out.
Patent GB-190523901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Netting.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 23,901. Marks, G. C., [Barlow, A. E.]. Nov. 20. Wire netting. The selvedge of wire netting is formed of a number of wires, preferably three, twisted together in adjacent sections 11, 12, in opposite directions, untwisting being prevented by surrounding one of the series 12, by the wires forming the body of the netting. The latter are also twisted in alternate directions, as shown at T, T'.
Patent GB-190523906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nap-raising Carding Machines
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 23,906. Clark, W., [Gessner, E.]. Nov. 20. Feeding-apparatus for webs.-The conveying- rollers z, z' of a carding - machine are driven through the medium of one or more expansion pulleys e to obtain a varying relative speed. A belt r conveys motion from a stepped pulley s to another stepped pulley s<1>, on the axle of which is a toothed wheel a, gearing with a wheel b on the axle of the roller z. The second roller z<1> is driven by means of a belt r<1>, the pulley e, and toothed gearing c, d. A weighted jockey pulley m maintains the belt r<1> in a state of tension. Each of the conveying-rollers may be driven from separate expansion pulleys, or may have the latter fixed directly on their shafts. The stepped cone pulleys may also be replaced by expansion pulleys, and change wheels may co-operate with the latter by the employment of clutches.
Patent GB-190525866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Telegraphy.
Inventor: RAYMOND-BARKER EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-12
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 25,866. Barker, E. Raymond-. Dec. 12. Telegraphs.- In an electric telegraph system, a rapidly intermittent transmitter of the Cardew type is employed in conjunction with a receiver, such as a siphon recorder &c., of the type in which a series of consecutive rapidly intermittent impulses produces a single displacement. Two more such transmitters, differing in quality and pitch, may also be employed in conjunction with a telephone receiver. Fig. 2 shows two vibrating transmitters J of the same pitch, but with reversed batteries F, F' which send positive and negative series of impulses. The receiver D is provided with a shunt L and switch G, R, S for sending or receiving. Sending-keys H, H' are mechanically combined with the earth keys M, M<2>, and each sends to line through the vibrating armature an intermittent set of impulses of the same sign.
Patent GB-190527002-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Electric Incandescence Lamp Filaments from Tungsten or Molybdenum or an Alloy thereof.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 27,002. Bloxam, A. G., [Lux, J.]. Dec. 27. A mines.-In making filaments of tungsten or molybdenum or an alloy of these metals for electric lamps, the respective trioxide or acid hydrate is triturated with a solution of ammonia or of a mono or poly amine such as butylamine or ethyl methylamine, a salt being formed.
Patent GB-190600040-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Fuse Plugs.
Inventor: LAWRENCE PERCY QUINTON
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 40. Lawrence, P. Q. Feb. 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cut-outs.-A fuse plug is provided with a tell-tale, detachably held in an aperture and moved when the fuse blows. The fuse plug 4, which is of ordinary construction, is covered by a disk 10, supporting the tell-tale 13. A cap 11, with a sight opening preferably covered by a transparent piece 16 of glass or mica &c., is placed over the plug, and is spaced from the disk 10 by pieces 17, which are preferably made as ears to the disk. The ears are bent over at rightangles to the disk to keep the transparent piece 16 in position. The cap 11 is provided with grooves 15 through which gas can escape, and is secured to the plug in any suitable way by screwing, spinning, or bending the edge 18 round the shoulder 19. The tell-tale may be provided with a luminous surface so as to be readily seen in the dark
Patent GB-190600050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: MARSHALL WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 50. Marshall, W. Jan. 1. Washing-machines; washing-boards.-Relates to machines of the type in which a pivotally-mounted agitating -appliance is rocked to and fro, thus rubbing the clothes against the sides of the receptacle. The rocker, which may also be employed as a rubbing-board, consists of a rectangular frame with horizontal cross-slats B, B, and rollers C, C<1>, and is provided with a detachable handle E. The removable fluted sides K, K<1> slide in grooves L, L', the board K serving to enclose a soap receptacle M.