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Patent GB-190222988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Mules.
Inventor: GOLLAND HENRY STAFFORD
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 22,988. Golland, H. S. Oct. 22 Mules.-Relates to improvements on the inventions' described in Specifications No. 23,069, A.D. 1896, No. 26,188, A.D. 1898, and No. 5141, A.D. 1902, and consists in means for guiding the yarn so that it will be cross-wound upon the spindles. In place of the inclines described in the above Specifications, a wire, rod, or bar a, running the length of the mule carriage at each side of the headstock, is arranged between the faller wires and the spindles. The wire a is secured at each end to bell-crank levers b, pivoted upon blocks c which slide in bearings e, e<1> arranged at the same angle as the spindles, and secured upon fixed bars D, D'. The blocks c rest on brackets c<1> screwed to the tops of pokers d, which slide in tubes c' and are raised as required, as well as the faller wire, by the means described in Specification No. 5141, A.D. 1902. The bell-crank lever b shown at A is connected by a rod g to the sliding part h, mounted on the inclined extension 15 of a slide 12 moving on the bar D, and actuated in a horizontal path by a lever with an adjustable fulcrum, as described in Specification No. 5141, A.D. 1902, the means for automatically lengthening the throw of the lever being dispensed with. The rod g slides in bearings j in a bracket k carried by the block c, and to compensate for the curved path of the end of the lever b, a block l slides in the jawed end of the lever, and is connected by a set-screw m to the rod g. The rod a is connected at each end to parts n, which are capable of oscillation, and it is supported at intervals by fingers o, which are vibrated by a second wire p. One end of the wire p is attached to a bracket r on a crank q on the axis of the lever b, and the other end is connected with a bracket secured to the lever b at the other end of the mule carriage. The wire p is formed in lengths connected by a bracket t, to which is connected a crank s on the axis of the fingers o. The fingers o are also gradually raised by brackets connected to the pokers d. The wire a is vibrated during the run in of the carriage by means of the slide 12, rod g, and bell-crank levers b, and is also gradually raised by the pokers d. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that eccentrics or cams may be used instead of the bell-crank levers.
Patent GB-190223461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetic Apparatus for the Distribution of Current to Electric Tramways and Railways by Road Contact.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 23,461. Mills, B. J. B., [Diatto, A.]. Oct. 27. Electric railways and tramways on a road contact system. The contact-studs are fitted with blow-out magnets to prevent arcing, produced by a derivation of current between the contact pavement and the rails, or from any other cause. An iron ring a, coiled with wire f, has pole-pieces b, arranged on opposite sides of the cuntacts d, e. When a cur rent is passed through the coil, the lines of force between the poles deflect the arcs and thus extinguish them. One end of the wire f may be connected to the cable and the other to the mercury cup g ; or the ends may be connected to iron discs h, i insulated from each other and connected to the fixed contact e and road contact c, respectively. A current traverses the wire when the contacts d, e are brought together, this current ceasing, when contact is broken, except when, from any cause, an arc is established between the contacts, in which case the arc is extinguished by the action of the current.
Patent GB-190225981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Childrens Mail Carts.
Inventor: LUCKETT THOMAS
Filed: 1902-11-26
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 25,981. Luckett, T. Nov. 26. Children's mail carts.-A children's mail cart is so formed that the shafts and foot-well b<2>, together with an attached seat b<3>, forming one part pivoted at C, can be folded up into the hooded portion A. When the cart is only required for one child, the seat b<3>, supported by a catch b<7> engaging a rod between the handles, may be folded into the position shown by dotted lines for forming a footshield. To lock the two parts of the cart together when it is open, a spring bolt E provided with a lever e', is fitted to the back part of the foot-well, and engages a socket f in a plate F fixed to the underside of the seat a<1> In order to fold up the cart, this bolt must first be withdrawn from the socket by the lever e'. The bolt may be fixed to the hooded part and the socket formed upon the folding part of the cart.
Patent GB-190303930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Stair Rods and other like Rods.
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 3930. Whitehouse, G., [trading as Whitehouse & Co., G.]. Feb. 19. Making stair rods and apparatus for drawing and suspending curtains.-Relates to a method of making the ornamental ends of stair rods and other like rods of iron cased in brass tubing. The rod, cut to the full length required, has its ends first turned down to the required ornamental shape as shown in Fig. 4, exposing the iron core. A cap of brass, stamped roughly to the shape of the ornamental end, as in Fig. 5, is then forced on the end and spun over, meeting the end of the brass casing, and looking as if in one with the same, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Any turned shape may be given to the rod end.
Patent GB-190318644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wire Mattresses, Bed Bottoms and the like.
Inventor: KINKEAD JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-08-29
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 18,644. Kinkead, J. Aug. 29. Mattresses; bedsteads.-A wire mattress, bed bottom, or the like is provided with under-supporting cords a, b, Fig. 1, wires, bands, chains, or equivalents forming a central diamond-shaped support adjustable laterally by means of chains or equivalents. The cords a, b are secured to the fixed and adjustable end-bars c, e of the frame. The chains f are secured to the inner cords a, b, the outer cords pass through links, hooks, or rings in the chains, and the chains are taken up on hooks g, studs, or pins on the side-bars d. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, the chains f are adjusted on hooks g on side cords or wires b<3> attached to the end-bars c, e. According to the Provisional Specification, in place of, or in conjunction with, the lateral chains there may be diagonal or other chains combined with springs.
Patent GB-190320125-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Toys.
Inventor: KECK ALBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 20,125. Keck, A. J. Sept. 18. Mechanical toys.-A toy donkey 26, carrying a basket 29, has its fore feet pivoted to a metal carriage B, which is provided with rollers to run down a flanged inclined track A. As it descends, the carriage engages an offset 50, which actuates a hook on a crane C and releases a doll D, the doll falling into the basket 29. An arm 32 attached to the carriage B strikes a trip 33 near the bottom of the track, so that the donkey is tilted and the figure D thrown through the loop F. A stop 34 limits the descent of the carriage, which, as it stops, actuates the hammer of a bell 35. An endless cord passes over a drive wheel 10, sheaves 14, 15, and over two more sheaves situated one near each end of the track. A small carrier, attached to the cord, engages a catch at the bottom of the carriage, and draws the latter up the track. A figure 55, resting on a support 56 hanging from the track, is provided with pivoted limbs, and has its arms pivoted to a crank 54<a> connected to the spindle of the pulley near the top of the track, so as to give the appearance of actuating the apparatus.
Patent GB-190321082-A (GB)
Title: Improved Air Heating Arrangement for Bakers Ovens
Inventor: PARKER HENRY
Filed: 1903-10-01
Granted: 1904-10-01
Abstract: 21,082. Parker, H., Baker, W. H., and Diggens, E. J. H. Oct. 1. Oven furnaces; air-supply, heating.-Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a cross section on the line e-f of Fig. 1 of a furnace for bakers' ovens. The arch 9 and side walls 4 are made hollow, zig-zag passages being formed in them. Air enters by an opening 5, below and at the back of the furnace, and rising up the passage 6 divides as shown at Fig. 3 and flows into the openings in the side walls. At the front of the furnace the passages 4 communicate by passages 8 with the passage 9 in the arch through which the air flows and ultimately escapes at 10 into the oven.
Patent GB-190322274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprocket-wheels.
Inventor: KEYSER CHARLES CLANTON
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,274. Keyser, C. C. Oct. 15, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Ball bearings.-A sprocket-wheel for use on motor bicycles &c. is made in two parts flexibly connected together, the toothed ring 4 being mounted on a ring 2 secured to the wheel hub. Balls 12 are arranged in grooves or races in the rings 2, 4, such balls being inserted through an opening 13 in the ring 4. Felt &c. packing-rings 15, 17 are inserted in grooves in the rings 2, 4 to exclude dust &c. from the bearing.
Patent GB-190323112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Condenser and other Tubes
Inventor: FRANKLIN ALEXANDER CAESAR
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 23,112. Franklin, A. C. Oct. 26. Metal pipes and tubes for steam generators, condensers, &c. are formed with corrugations, preferably in the form of ares of circles as shown, extending the whole length or any part. The ends, in the latter case, may be left plain for fixing in any ordinary way, and, in the case of steam generators, to avoid the formation of incrustation in the grooves.
Patent GB-190324341-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Tension of the Warp Threads in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLCROFT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 24,341. Holcroft, W., and Rutter, C. A. Nov. 10. Loom back-bearers; warp tension, regulating.- The warp threads pass over a roller j carried by arms k pivoted at l. The arms k are vibrated by an adjustable rod m and a pivoted lever n, which is acted upon by a cam p on a shaft r, driven by spur gearing from the crank shaft. The cam p is so shaped that the roller is moved forward or backward while the shed is being opened or closed respectively, and is stationary at other times.
Patent GB-190324950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufactures fo Casks and in Apparatus for Heating and Drying Staves and the like.
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 24,950. Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (1900), Ltd., and Ellis, O. L. Nov. 16. Drying-furnaces.-Staves for casks are dried at a temperature of 150‹-300‹ F. in the chamber a, Fig. 3, in or below which are furnaces b from which products of combustion pass up to the chamber a through the spaces g, Figs. 2 and 3, between the walls and iron plates d and along to the chimney c. The plates are supported by cross-girders f, and extend to the walls directly above the furnaces to protect the staves from the fires. Above the plates d, endless sprocket chains move, returning through the flue g by passing through holes p in the side walls of the furnace. The staves are fed on to the moving chains at one end of the chamber, and delivered dry at the other, the chains being driven over sprocketwheels i at each end by spur gearing k through cone pulleys l. The sprocket-wheels at the opposite end to the driving-apparatus are carried on a hinged frame, which is connected to a balance weight to keep the chains taut. The staves are usually dry in two and a half minutes at a temperature of 250‹ F.
Patent GB-190327514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Fire-engines.
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 27,514. Vuilquin, F. A., and Soc. Anon. des Etablissements Weyher & Richemond. Dec. 16, A.D. 1902, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Piston valves; actuating valves. - The regulating piston valve A, B, C, Fig. 3, of a portable steam fire - engine is connected through linkage G, H, J, Fig. 1, with a spindle L operated by a lever, or by a hand-wheel r and worm gearing ; the intercepting piston valve 4, Fig. 6, may be operated by the slotted end of the link H engaging with a pin on its operating-lever, or by a hand-operated shaft 10 and rods 12. When using the engine as a single-expansion one, the valve A, B, U is moved to the left so as to open an admission port Y of the low-pressure cylinder to the boiler-steam pa,- sage P in addition to opening an admission port T of the high-pressure cylinder. At the same time, a piston valve 4, Fig. 6, balanced by pistons 6, 7, is moved so as to close communication between the exhaust passage 8 of the high-pressure cylinder and the admission passage 9 of the low-pressure cylinder and to open the passage 8 to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190406027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keel Blocks.
Inventor: ANDERSON GUSTAVUS
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 6027. Anderson, G. Aug. 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Docks; slips and grids, building and repairing.- Keel blocks, used when building or repairing vessels, are constructed so that they may be removed readily. Each block comprises inclined sections 1, 4 separated by wedge-shaped blocks 5, 6 secured together by the bolt 7, washers 8, and nuts 9. When the bolt is withdrawn, the blocks 5, 6 are separated by driving wedges between their meeting edges.
Patent GB-190407609-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mathematical Drawing Pen
Inventor: HOGG ERNEST
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 7609. Hogg, E., and Halden, J. March 30. Ruling-pens.- Between the two blades of a ruling or compass pen is a supplementary blade b, or more than one, extending nearly to the extremity of the outer blades, for facilitating capillary action. When one of the outer blades is hinged, as shown, the supplementary blade is preferably attached to the fixed blade a<1>, and is formed with a spring b<1> which, in conjunction with an adjusting - screw b<2>, serves to regulate the opening between the points of the blades.
Patent GB-190408444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for Electric Railways.
Inventor: GIBBS GEORGE
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 8444. Gibbs, G. April 12. Electric railways o the trolley, third-rail, or conduit system. Conductors; switches. - R elates to safety devices for electric railways, being a modification of the invention described in Specification No. 27,924, A.D. 1903, and consists in providing means for cutting off the current in classes of accidents where the working conductor is not interfered with, or in an emergency, at the will of a person on a train or along the line. Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic sketch of the arrangement, the safety device consisting of the auxiliary circuit formed by the switch 10, lowvoltage battery 12, track-rail 1, resistance 8, conductor 7, and coil 11, which, when ruptured, opens the main switch 6, thus disconnecting the bus bars 5 from the third-rail 2. This auxiliary circuit may be ruptured by grounding the cut-out conductor 7 either at will or accidentally, when the increase of current will open the switch 10. In a modification, the switch 10 is not used, but the corresponding portion of the circuit is connected to the track rails ; the resistance 8 is also not used and the battery 12 is connected to the conductor 7 instead of to the track-rail. By this means, whenever the conductor 7 is earthed, the battery 12 becomes short-circuited and the auxiliary circuit is broken. A conducting-arm, having an insulated handle, is attached to the railway vehicles for earthing the conductor 7.
Patent GB-190409192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shop Fittings for Displaying Goods.
Inventor: PARKES FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9192. Parkes, F. W. April 21. Window fittings-A shop fitting, for supporting electric lamps and displaying goods in jewellers' and other shop windows, consists of a metallic tubular pillar A, Fig. 1, with arms D, D', D', D<3> connected to it by means of a screw E and a strap C, Figs. 1 and 3, which may have a shoulder C<1>. An abutment d bearing against the pillar keeps the arm in the desired direction. The pillar may be rotatably mounted by brackets B and rods K, the latter being threaded at the ends to receive nuts L.
Patent GB-190411896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Bread.
Inventor: DUCREUX JULES
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 11,896. Ducreux, J. May 25. Starch.-Flour, wheat, rice, rye, barley, maize, bran, starch, peas, beans, and roots such as potatoes, and artichokes are treated for the preparation of a substance consisting chiefly of soluble starch, to be added to the water used in breadmaking. When flour or starch is employed, it is mixed to a sticky mass with cold water and boiling water poured on, the operation being performed in a bain marie. The paste thus formed is heated to about 133‹ C. under pressure so that the starch is disintegrated and forms soluble starch mixed with a little dextrin. The product is precipitated by alcohol and filtered, the solid matter being used in bread manufacture. When grain is employed, it is treated with boiling water, heated by steam to about 133‹ C., and then crushed and washed, to obtain a solution of soluble starch, to which alcohol is added as in the case of flour.
Patent GB-190412169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical Operating Pads or Receptacles, Bed Pans and the like.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 12,169. Haddan, H. J., [Meinecke & Co.]. May 28. Operating-appliances; obstetric and uterine appliances; pads.-- Surgical or obstetric operating pads, cushions, receptacles, bedpans, and the like are constructed with a bottom a and a hollow or inflatable annular cushion b. The cushion is provided with a hinge so that, when deflated, it lies flat, as shown in Fig. 7, and, when inflated, the inner side rises abruptly from the bottom. The upper cushion portion is attached to a strip cemented to the edge of the bottom a, and the lower portion to the bottom inside the edge. A hinge may be formed at the outside or at both sides. Laps c, serving for attaching the device or as handles, are applied. An outlet tube e may be provided. This tube has an attachment g to engage with a lap c to form a pocket. An apron may be used in place of the tube to lead off the flow.
Patent GB-190413578-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Separating Certain Constituents of Subdivided Ores and like Substances, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ELMORE FRANCIS EDWARD
IPC: B03D1/14
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1905-07-15
Abstract: 13,578. Elmore, F. E. June 15. Was h i n g ores &c.- Crushed ores and other materials of a like nature are separated into various constituents by being made into a thin paste with water and subjected to the action of an electric current in a vat, such as that shown in Fig. 2. Strips b of suitable metal, such as lead, are fastened to the opposite sides of the vat a, and to these are fastened metal plates c, bent twice at obtuse angles opposite to one another, leaving narrow passages c<2> between them. The strips b on one side are connected with the positive terminal at d', and those on the other with the negative at d. The bottom of the vat tapers to a pipe i, while the top is provided with a hopper e and an overflow vessel g, from which a pipe (not shown) conveys the overflow to a suitable receptacle. The liquid enters at the top, and is fed in faster than it can escape by the outlet i, so that some will always be overflowing. At the same time, the electric current is passing and the liquid (which is rendered conducting by the addition of some salt capable of being electrolysed) is decomposed, chiefly in the narrow passages c<2>, giving rise to ascending gas bubbles, which are deflected by the downward-flowing liquid and the inclined plates, and escape upwards near the sides of the vat, carrying with them one constituent of the powdered ore, and ultimately overflowing into the vessel g, and thence to a suitable receptacle. The other constituent of the ore escapes by the exit pipe i. Another form of apparatus consists of a simple cell with vertical electrodes, preferably with a stirrer. Some of the ore collects at the bottom, and some is skimmed off at the top ; or the liquid may be arranged to overflow at the top, as in the previous example, and the cell may have an exit at the bottom. The Provisional Specification also states that sulphurous acid or a liquid containing sulphurous acid is preferably used as a depolarizer, and that the bulk of the liquid should issue at the lower outlet ; also that the ascending constituents may be deflected into a part of the vessel where the descending stream is slow, and at the upper part be received into clear water which carries them away to a suitable vessel.
Patent GB-190417649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Cases, Canisters or the like Vessels.
Inventor: MCDOUGALL ISAAC SHIMWELL
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17.649. McDougall, I. S., and McDougall, I. Aug. 13. Cans and canisters.-Restriction of the neck of cans, canisters, tins, cases, &c. is avoided by attaching to the body a, Fig. 1, outwardly flanged at b, the jointless cylindrical or conical rim piece c having a double flange d. The cover f has a bend on flange h, which, together with the flange d, enables the cover to be levered off. In a modification, Fig. 2, the cap f has a U -shaped flange, one or both sides of which bear against the rim e. In the case of shallow cans &c., the flanged rim e may be integral with the can body a. In further modifications, the double flange d may be replaced by a projection formed by the junction of the rim and body, and also the bend h may cover this joint, to facilitate removal of the cover by a blow.
Patent GB-190424723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Refrigeration, in which a Gas is Compressed and Liquified under Pressure.
Inventor: WEBB WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 24,723. Webb, W. H., Brettell, W. G., and Adamson, A. J. Nov. 15. Ice-making and refrigerating.-In refrigerating systems utilizing the evaporation of liquid carbonic anhydride, sulphurous anhydride, ammonia, and the like, obtained by the compression of the gas, the losses of working substance are made up by arranging a bottle o, containing the liquefied gas in the condensation part of the system, between the pump a and the regulating-valve d. To facilitate removal, the bottle is fitted with cocks p, and the connecting-pipes q, r with cocks s, t. When the bottle is in place, all these cocks are opened, communicating the pressure of the system to the top and bottom of the liquid, which is then free to fall by gravity into the system as required.