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Patent GB-190313904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ice Cream Freezers
Inventor: GERNER HENRY JACOB
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 13,904. Garner, H. J. June 22. Freezers.-Cream from a reservoir 41, provided with an agitator, passes to a pipe 40, through which it is forced by a blast of cold air to a horizontal, revolving freezing-can 16, whence, after being agitated and frozen, it is conveyed through a delivery nozzle 18. On a table 1, mounted so as to allow it to be tilted, is fixed a tub 10, containing the freezing-mixture. The tub 10 is constructed of an outer covering, separated by a space from an inner wood lining, which is provided with a lining of zinc or other material. The freezing-can, which has a conical portion 17, terminates in a nozzle 18, which revolves in a sleeve mounted in the hinged portion 19 of the end of the tub 10. The rear end of the can is connected by halfthreads 23 with similar half-threads on the flared end of a sleeve 25, which is journalled in the rear end of the tub 10. The hinged front 19 permits the can to be disconnected and removed. The agitator 30, which revolves in the opposite direction to the can, is connected to a hollow shaft 27, which passes through the sleeve 25, and has openings 35. Extending into the shaft 27 is the pipe 40, which is connected to a pipe 82. This pipe extends through a U-tube, arranged beneath the table 1 and containing the drain water from the tub 10, to a water-jacketed air pump 64, the jacket of which is supplied from the U-tube, Within the discharge nozzle the extending portion of the shaft of the agitator forms a conveying- screw 32. The reservoir 41 is fitted with a removable agitator connected to a shaft 44, which is driven from the hollow shaft 27. A clutch engages the loose driving-wheel 52 on the shaft 27, so that the agitator may be put in or out of gear. The shaft 27 is driven from a shaft 59, which extends longitudinally under the table, and, by means of an eccentric and rod, actuates the airpump 64. The shaft 59, and another, parallel shaft 69, from which the sleeve 25 is driven in a direction opposite to that of the shaft 27, carry bevelled pinions, which engage a double-bevelled pinion mounted on the main driving-shaft 7, which is journalled in bearings in the supporting- frame. The freezing-can may be tilted by means of a screw 79, working through a crosshead fixed in the table 1. This screw is mounted on the shaft 75, as shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 4<a>. A loose collar 75<1> carries an open box 77<1> to receive the lower threaded end of the screw 79, which is held in place by nuts. A blow-off valve 88 is fitted in the pipe 82, which extends to the height of the reservoir to prevent any back flow of cream. This valve allows air to escape when the pressure in the pipe 82 exceeds a limit. A smaller machine similarly constructed may be operated by hand. A fan or other equivalent device may take the place of the pump 64.
Patent GB-190316103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Organs and other Wind Instruments.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 16,103. Smith, G. F. July 21. Organs, harmoniums, and like instruments.-In a membrane arrangement for use with sub-octave, superoctave, and other couplers in pneumatic organs and other wind instruments, the air passages a, b<1>, care formed in the block 1, while the air chamber E is formed in the other block 2 and is divided into compartments by a number of grids F, each compartment being covered with a leather or like membrane G. When the chamber is filled with air at a greater pressure than in the passages, the membrane prevents any communication between two octaves, but, when the pressure in the passages exceeds that in the air chamber, communication is established. A small palate H in some cases may be fixed over the orifice of the central passage b<1>. The dispositions of the passages may be re-arranged.
Patent GB-190317178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Playing Games
Inventor: MUMFORD CHARLES MARSHALL
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,178. Mumford, C. M. Aug. 7. Games played with boards, clubs, balls, pins, and goals.- Relates to the construction of a playing board for a game played with clubs, balls, and pins. The baseboard is formed hexagonal, preferably, and is built up of a number of tongued and grooved boards a, Fig. 1, which are secured together by grooved side-boards B, the ends of which have interlocking ears g through which locking-pins D are inserted. The board is readily taken to pieces for stowage or transport. The locking-pins D may be extended and curved to support a net, as shown. In playing the game, the board is placed on a table, at which the players, preferably two in number, are seated. A pin e is placed in front of each player on a mark, and each player, by manipulating an india-rubber ball with a club or stick, attempts to knock down his opponent's pin. In a modification, the pins are replaced by cages F, Fig. 8, into which the ball is played.
Patent GB-190320884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: TERRY EDWARD CLINTON
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 20,884. Terry, E. C. Sept. 29. Impact - wheels.- Consists chiefly in the form and arrangement of buckets and guidecells for jet-impelle turbinewheels. The turbine-wheel 35 has semicircular buckets 37 formed separately as flat plates with curved wails and secured in slots in the wheel discs. Similarly-s h a p e d guide-cells 30 are arranged outside the wheel, and the open mouths of the buckets and cells correspond, but the cells are inclined so that the outlet of each cell is in advance of the inlet. Nozzles 27 are fitted to, say, every fourth guidecell, and the jets of steam have a spiral path in the buckets and cells, and exhaust through central openings 34 formed in the cells, and, if desired, in the buckets also, and pass into a flaring exhaust channel 26. The nozzles have flaring outlets so as to fill the buckets. The invention may be adapted to a disc-shaped wheel, the buckets being arranged on one or both sides of the wheel, and one set of buckets may be adapted for reversing.
Patent GB-190326356-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Escape.
Inventor: DUMVILLE EILEEN ISABELLA
Filed: 1903-12-02
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 26,356. Dumville, E. I. Dec. 2. Fire-escapes.-A portable fire-escape consists of a wheeled body A, Fig. 1, carrying four sockets a, strengthened by bolts c and plates e, for receiving poles b, which are strengthened with metal rods, as shown in Fig. 3. Ropes or chains g passing over pulleys d support a sheet f provided with rods f<1> and leather straps f<2>.
Patent GB-190328590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coating Metals with Copper.
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 28,590. Coles, S. Cowper-, and Cowper- Coles & Co., S. Dec. 29. Coating cleaning. - Iron, steel, and other metallic articles are coated with copper, in order to prevent corrosion, or for ornamental purposes, by placing them, after removal of scale or oxide, in cuprous oxide contained in a rotating or oscillating drum from which the air is preferably exhausted. A dull red heat is maintained for an hour or more, depending on the thickness and quality of the coating required, after which the drum is cooled, and the articles removed. The removal of grease from the articles previous to the coppering process is not necessary. In some cases mixtures of finely divided copper and cuprous oxide, in varying proportions, may be employed instead of cuprous oxide alone. If desired, the copper coating may subsequently be brightened by friction in a tumbling barrel, by pickling, or by passing hydrogen over the heated articles.
Patent GB-190404409-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Slaked Lime and Process of Preparing the same
Inventor: FEELY JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4409. Feely, J. J. March 5, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Mortars; plasters.-A substitute for ordinary quicklime in making mortars and plasters is obtained by slaking quicklime with a solution of acetic acid and water to a granular or powdered. condition, and, after standing, exposing it to the action of air by any suitable means to dry and partially pulverize it. The pulverizing is completed in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190408228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BAKER FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 8228. Baker, F. April 9. Lock-stitch shuttle sewing-machines; spools, winding; thread-cutters; thread-end holders; threadguiding eyes ; governing under thread.-Consists in means for automatically winding a spool of cotton and inserting it, when required, into a rotary shuttle by moving a lever, and is an improvement on the machine described in Specification No. 8494, A.D. 1903. A spindle C, capable of longitudinal movement, is mounted in bearings c', and when moved forward, its end comes into contact with a spindle d<1>, Fig. 14, of a shuttle D. The spindle is driven by gear-wheels c<1>, c<2>, Figs. 1 and 9, from a shaft c<3>, which is rotated by a pulley c<5> and endless belt c<6>, the pulley being engaged with the spindle by a clutch controlled by a fork h<2>, which is actuated by a longitudinallysliding rod H. The thread a passes from a bobbin A, through a groove in the bed-plate B, then through fixed guides b<2>, b<3>, and is wound on the spindle to form a short broad spool by a slotted faceplate F, pivoted upon a lever f<1>. When a spool is wound and ready to be pushed into the shuttle, a movement of a lever e<3> withdraws the spindle C out of engagement with the faceplate F, which is moved into an inoperative position by a spring f<5>. The upper end of a trip lever G preeses against the thread as it is wound on the spindle, and, when the spool is large enough, this lever disengages the clutch, and the spindle ceases to rotate. When the shuttle thread gives out, the operator turns the machine until the needle is in its lowest position, and then actuates the lever e<3>, which causes a rod J to slide forwards and to press against a lug d<9>, Fig. 14, on a hinged shuttle cover d<5>, opening the latter against the action of a spring d<8>. The same movement of the lever e<3> causes a sleeve E to carry the wound spool and spindle C forward, and to strip the spool off the spindle on to a sleeve d<3>, which is loosely carried by the spindle d<1> inside the shuttle D, the thread being severed by a curved knife fixed to the lever f<1>. While this operation is proceeding, the lower end b<6> of a pivoted lever engages with the thread leading from the guide b<3> to the spool, and forces it past a retaining-catch upon the shuttle. The lever e<3> is then moved back, returning the several parts to their normal positions, and the length of cotton projecting from the shuttle is engaged by the upper thread and drawn up under a tensionpiece on the shuttle, to form the stitch in the usual way.
Patent GB-190413095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Allowing the Passing of one Vehicle by Another
Inventor: STERN PHILIP KOSSUTH
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1905-06-09
Abstract: 13,095. Stern, P. K. June 11, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to systems of transport on single line or narrow routes in such a way as to avoid collisions, applicable for railway vehicles or road vehicles, but more particularly for amusement or recreation cars, and consists in passing one vehicle over the roof of the other, and of constructions of vehicle to allow of such passage. The invention is applicable to single vehicles and to trains, one of the forms being exclusively applicable to single vehicles. An example of this is shown in Fig. 6 as applied to a railway vehicle. The car is of the doubletruck type provided with a trussed beam in the form of a continuous arch or superimposed way or track. This may be rocked at I into a position to register with the surface of the track on which the car runs to receive an approaching conveyance. Fig. 1 shows the invention in the form applicable either to single vehicles or trains. The superimposed track in this case is made with jointed or pivoted pilots or overhead switches d at the ends, and means are provided whereby one can be raised and another depressed on approaching trains or vehicles so as to switch one over the other. The cars shown in this Figure are of about the size generally employed in scenic railways, which may be operated by gravity, electric energy, or other power. Fig. 12 shows, in sectional end elevation, a pair of vehicles with pneumatic rubber-tyred wheels, one passing over the other. These are provided with means for collecting electric energy for the propulsion both of the surface conveyance and the superimposed conveyance.
Patent GB-190419599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Combing Cylinder for a Combing Machine.
Inventor: MEYER ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-12
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 19,599. Meyer, R., and Perrin, J. Sept. 12. Combing - machines for wool, silk, cotton, &c. A combing-cylinder particularly applicable to machines of the Heilmann type, and combining the advantages of large and small diameter cylinders, is constructed with a drum 1, Fig. 1, having a segment 8 fitted with rows of needles arranged obliquely to the axis of the drum andprogressively finer in pitch in the opposite direction to the rotation of the drum. Needle cylinders 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of gradually increasing fineness are fixed on shafts 9 carried by the drum, and pinions 11 on the shafts 9 gear with a wheel 12 loose on the drum shaft 10. As the drum rotates, the end of sliver projecting from the nippers 13, 14 is acted upon first by the needles on the segment 8, and then by the needle cylinders, the rotation of which on their own axes is effected by the wheel 12, which may be stationary or driven, according to the fibres under treatment. In some cases, the needle cylinders are driven intermittently and only when acting on the fibres. To effect this, the shafts 18, Fig. 4, of the cylinders are fitted with shaped plates 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 sliding against a fixed disc 27, which is recessed so that each plate 19 is released when the corresponding cylinder approaches the end of sliver projecting from the nippers. In this position of the cylinder, a finger 28 carried by an arm 29 on a fixed sleeve 30 engages a star-wheel 26 on the shaft 18, and rotates the cylinder on its axis as the drum carries it past the projecting sliver. The end of sliver when cleaned is presented by the nippers between the drawing-off rollers 31, 32, which draw the uncleaned end through a comb 33. The bearings of the needle cylinders are lubricated by wicks 34, Fig. 2, soaked with lubricant and lodged in recesses formed in the drum and extending to the cylinder journals.
Patent GB-190420076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Foundry Cupolas.
Inventor: SCHOTOLA HEINRICH FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1904-09-17
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 20,076. Schotola, H. F. Sept. 17. Smoke and fumes, treating.-In a foundry cupola, the fuel gases on leaving are washed under a head of water, the object being to obtain complete combustion in the cupola and to prevent contamination of the atmosphere. The fuel gases are collected near the top of the cupola and led through a vertical pipe A, Fig. 1, with a perforated conical mouthpiece B attached and adjustable by set-screws. During the working of the cupola, the end of the pipe A is immersed in water, the level of the water being adjusted by sliding an overflow aperture n, Fig. 2, moving in guides fixed to a plate D in the chimney base, by means of the rack and pinion m,p. In the starting of the cupola, the water is run off so that the mouth of the pipe A is free To purify the gases, blast passes along a pipe q, Fig. 4, having an upturned end terminating below the centre of the conical mouthpiece. The lower end of a second pipe covers the blast pipe, and the upper end is divided into a number of pipes with upper enlarged ends u bent downwards. The blast from the blower is thus caused to inject a spray of water into the pipe A. A second spraying-device producing an upward jet may be used in combination or alone, and the water-injecting pipes may be sunk into the walls to prevent their corrosion by the fuel gases. The downward spray exerts a sucking action on the fuel gases, while the upward spray retards them, so that the time for the combustion of the fuel gases can be regulated.
Patent GB-190422260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Poultry Feeders.
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 22,260. Anderson, J. Oct. 15. Feeding and drinking appliances for birds.-An automatic poultry feeder is made with a hopper A having openings e fitted with a door B, to which the feed-pan D is hung by an upright arm and hooks j. To the door B is also connected a lever f with a weight C, which sinks when the pan D is empty, thereby removing the door B from the openings e. When the pan D is full, it sinks down, thus closing the openings e. The openings e are made of the shape shown in Fig. 4 to prevent the grain from clogging the door B, and a wire pin l projects inwards through them to prevent the grain from being blocked. A hoop-iron guide E is provided to steady the motion of the pan D. A modification is described in which the lever f and the pan D act on the door B by jointed levers, and not directly. In another modification, the door is made to slide up and down, and is counterbalanced by a weight attached to a cord passing over a pulley.
Patent GB-190424704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear for Self-propelled Vehicles, applicable also for other purposes.
Inventor: DOWNS ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 24,704. Downs, A. Nov. 15. Motor road vehicles.-A variable-speed and reversing gearing, comprising a silent ratchet gearing varied or controlled by an ordinary link motion or other means, is described with reference to motor road vehicles, but is stated to be equally applicable to other machinery. On the driving- shaft a of the vehicle is fixed a drum b, the inner face c of which is adapted to engage wheel cams or discs d, e, carried on crank arms f, g loosely mounted on the shaft a. The crank arms are connected by pins h to the connecting-rods i, j, which are connected to each other at their ends and to a swinging link actuated by a motor k. The end of the connecting-rods is adapted to slide along the link, and for this purpose suitable levers and a hand-wheel are provided. The discs d, e are connected to the crank arms by pins l passing through slots m, and their inner surfaces p rest against the bearing-plates q. Cords n are attached to the discs, and are operated by a lever and quadrant, as shown, a suitable spring r being interposed. For forward driving, the cord n is loosened, allowing the spring o to swing the disc d to the left, Fig. 5, and thus bringing it into contact with the rim c. The discs d, e thus act as friction ratchets, and they are arranged so that while one disc d is in action the other e is on the return stroke. For reversing, the discs are swung in the other direction. In a modification described in the Provisional Specification, one end of the connecting-rods is pivoted to the crank disc of an engine, the other ends having pins adapted to slide in slots in crank arms mounted loosely on the driven axle. The outer ends of the crank arms carry wheels or cams as above to engage with a flange or drum fast on the driven axle.
Patent GB-190426338-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fire Hydrant Stand-pipe.
Inventor: THOMSON JAMES DUFF
Filed: 1904-12-03
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 26,338. Thomson, J. D., and Crosta, L. W. Dec. 3. Hydrants and stand-pipes.-A fire-hydrant standpipe is formed with a number of outlets, so that one attendant can control the supply to a number of jets. Each of the seven outlet branches A has a separate disc valve G, moved about a centre by means of the spindle C. The hose is connected to an outlet at E and is held in place by a spring F.
Patent GB-190428482-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Urethrotome.
Inventor: WASHBURN WILLIAM ELMER
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,482. Washburn, W. E. March 8, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Urethrotomes.-A urethrotome consists of two jaws 21, 29, connected together by hinged brackets 24, 26, the lower fixed jaw being provided with a handle 12. A movable rod 23 passes through a groove in the lower jaw and is connected to a screw shaft 19, which may be moved backwards or forwards by means of the handle 14. The rod 23 is connected by parallel links 40, Fig. 6, to the movable jaw 29, which may thus be forced away from the fixed jaw. The knife 38 is in the form of two sharpened wings on a tube 35 which passes through the jaw 29. This tube is connected to the rack 32, which may be moved forward by the pinion 33. In use, a filiform bougie is first inserted in the urethra as far as the stricture, and the end of this is inserted in the forward end of the tube 35 and serves as a guide for the instrument while it is being inserted. When the ends of the jaws reach the stricture, the handle 14 is turned to force the jaws apart, and the knife is advanced by means of the pinion 33. In some cases, a scale may be employed to indicate the amount of opening of the jaws.
Patent GB-190503227-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Multiplying Numbers.
Inventor: WELTER JULIUS
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 3227. Welter, J. Feb. 16. Calculating apparatus for multiplying, of the kind in which the whole of the possible products are marked upon a movable band, and one set of arguments, al s o carried thereby, is so arranged that the second argument numbers are divided into three consecutive sections, the band being thus three times the length of each section ; the products are read in diagonallyplaced apertures. The machine casing a, Fig. 1, has slots r, s in the cover-plate b for reading the arguments, and apertures k for the products. Figs. 2 and 4 show the argument i carried by the band, which passes over a series of rollers d and is operated by an external handle e, while a cylinder f provided with a setting-knob g bears the second argument h in three columns of numbers 1 to 33, 34 to 66, and 67 to 99, distinguished by means of one and two dashes marked on the second and last columns, respectively, the limit of the machine being 99 x 99. Each number from 1 to 99 appears three times consecutively upon the band argument i, and these are distinguished in the same way, the products to the right of the upper number being formed with the numbers 1 to 33, against the middle one with numbers 34 to 66, and against the lowest with numbers 67 to 99, as shown in Fig. 4, their arrangement from left to right ensuring that when numbers correspondingly marked in columns h, i are brought into line their product will appear in the corresponding aperture k of the diagonal row.