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Patent GB-190405730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Treatment of Viscose.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5730. Howorth, F. W., [Soc. Franþaise de la Viscose]. March 8. Threads, glossing &c. - Viscose filaments are given a gloss by stretching them during the process of fixing with sulphuric acid. The stretching is done, preferably by hydraulic pressure, though compressed air or a vacuum may be used. The lower inlet cock 8 and the upper outlet cock of the pump 7<1> are first opened. The pump is provided with automatic valves ; water enters and raises the piston 7 and the axis 3 of the lower roller 5, which is connected to the piston. The skeins of viscose are then placed in position over the rollers 4, 5 and exposed to the action of the sulphuric acid sprinklers 6. The inlet cock 8 is then closed and the outlet cock 10 opened; the roller 5 thus moves down and stretches the skein by its weight. The driving-shaft 11 is then put in gear with the driving apparatus, and rotates the cam shaft 12 by means of a worm and worm-wheel. The cam 13 then closes the outlet cock 9, and the cam 14 opens the inlet cock 15. The skeins are thus stretched by hydraulic pressure until the cams 13 and 14 complete their operation. The cam 16 now tilts the lever 17, which brings the pulley 18 into engagement with the driving-shaft 11 on which it is loosely mounted. This pulley drives the worm-shaft 19 which rotates the axle 2, while the pulley 20 on the worm-shaft 19 drives a pulley 21 on the worm-shaft 22 and thus rotates the lower axle 3. The skein is thus shifted on its rollers, so that the action of the acid is made uniform. When the cam 16 has completed its operation, the pulley 18 is disengaged from its shaft by the action of a counterweight ; the cams 13 and 14 then come into action again and the process is repeated as often as is desired. When the shaft 11 is disengaged at the end of the action, the axle 3 is moved up again by the hydraulic pressure and the skeins are removed.
Patent GB-190405939-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Swing Bed for Use on Board Ship.
Inventor: SOULAS CHRISTOPHE
Filed: 1904-03-10
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 5939. Soulas, C. March 10. Berths.-In order to prevent sea-sickness, a bed for use on board ship is mounted on trunnions in a frame, which is also supported by trunnions. The mattress is supported by a frame 1, which carries a balance weight 4 and is journalled in bearings 8 carried by a frame 9. This frame is journalled in fixed supports 12. The bed may be prevented from swinging too freely by winged nuts which screw on the ends of the trunnions. Screens, constructed of slats 20 as in a venetian blind, may be suspended from pillars 15, 16, 17, 18 and drawn up or down by cords 23 to enclose three sides of the bed, and a cover may be placed on the top. In a modification, the screen is made in the form of a semicircular hood which is composed of overlapping laths and is pivoted to each side of the bed. A second bed may be arranged beneath the first.
Patent GB-190406710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Portable Pneumatic Drills and like Machines.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 6710. O'Donnell, J. P., and Potter, H. S. March 19. Drilling. - A portable compound pneumatic drill with two parallel cylinders 3 and two crank shafts is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, but there may be only one cylinder or they may be arranged at an angle to each other. The air enters through the tubular handle and oscillatory controlling- valve 38 between the cylinders, to grooves 33 around the piston valves 31 above the cylinders, and passes through ports 37<a> to the fronts of the trunk pistons 9, and then through the ports 37<a>, 37 and the centres of the valves 31 to the rear of the pistons, and finally escapes through the ports 37 and the open ends of the valve chambers. The cylinders have hardened steel liners 6 kept in position by the screw plugs or covers 8. The screw - threaded glands 13 are toothed and engage a wheel 66 which is rotated by means of a key or screwdriver to adjust simultaneously the packing in the stuffing - boxes. Pinions 18 on the crank shafts 16 gear with a common wheel 70 on the same shaft as a pinion 73 which gears with the wheel 21 on the tool spindle 19. The pinions 18 may have long sleeves 18<a>, so that, when turned upside down on their shafts, they gear directly with the wheel 21. A tool-spindle at an angle with the main spindle 19 may be driven from the bottom of the shaft 71. The wheel 21 carries half of the ball thrust-bearing 22, and rests on a shoulder 20 on the spindle 19 which is provided with a collar 23 and kept in position by the screw cap 25. The connecting- rods 11 have ball ends 46 seated in sockets, the front halves 47 of which are divided and kept up to the shoulders 48 of the pistons by the screwthreaded back halves 50. Each crank-shaft bearing consists of two rectangular blocks 52, 52<a> connected to the frame by bolts 60 which allow for adjustment, or provided with conical projections 53, 53<a>, one of which works in an adjustable bush 54. Oil-holes may be drilled through the projections, and a dust cap 57 sprung into a groove or otherwise fixed above each crank shaft, The feed-screw 26 has a polygonal part to receive the star-wheel 29, and a projection for ejecting the tool.
Patent GB-190408781-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Corner Connection for Securing the Side Rails or Tubes, or Bed Frames, to the Head and Foot Ends of Metallic or Wooden Bedsteads.
Inventor: CHORLTON ISAAC
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8781. Chorlton, I., and Smethurst, C. E. April 16. Bedsteads and cots.-Relates to adjustable corner connections for securing the side rails or tubes &c. to the head and foot ends of metallic or wooden bedsteads, so that the head and foot ends may be adjusted to a truly vertical position. Fig. 1 shows a simple form in which the inner and outer brackets b, a, partially embracing the vertical pillar c, may be made to clamp the pillar by means of a nutheaded bolt g which screws into a loose plug h<1> supported in the side tube f. The convex surface of the bracket b engages against the corresponding concave end of the tube f, so that the pillar c can be easily adjusted to a vertical position. The concave surface may be formed upon the bracket band the convex upon the tube f. Fig. 3 shows a modification used for more expensive bedsteads, in which the inner bracket b bearing the convex portion d is secured to the pillar c, the portion d engaging in a concave recess e in the bracket h riveted to the side-rail f. In this case the parts are jammed together by a bolt l having a crosshead k resting in a slot in the bracket b, and screw-bolts n are provided to take away some of the strain from the parts d, e. The end angle-iron rail i of the bedstead is shown secured to the bracket h. Other modifications show the bracket h constructed for use with an angle-iron side-rail instead of the tubular rail f, and also the bracket b adapted for attachment to a wooden pillar, while the bracket h is made for a tubular side-rail. In another form, the device is adapted for both wooden pillars and side-rails, but in this case the screw-bolts n are dispensed with, a link secured to the bracket band having its slotted end engaged by a screw-stud on the bracket h, serving the same purpose, for, as the pillar is adjusted, the stud engages with a different part of the link slot and is then screwed up tightly. The bracket b may be secured to a wooden pillar and the bracket h to an angle iron side-rail. In Fig. 11, the device is shown applied to a wooden bedstead, and the clamping-arrangement comprises an eye-bolt s, housed in a recess r, which engages over a cross-pin t. In another modification, an eyebolt secured to the side-rail bracket fits in a socket in the convex portion of the pillar bracket, and the two brackets are brought together by turning a bolt passing through the eye-bolt and having an ecceatric portion formed upon it which bears against the eye of the bolt. The Provisional Specification describes a modification of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, in which the bracket b engages with a bracket secured to the end of the side-rail instead of with the side-rail itself.
Patent GB-190413278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Transformers, Reactances, and the like.
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1905-06-10
Abstract: 13,278. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 11. Resistances, inductive, are constructed with rectangular cores of cruciform section, upon which coils are mounted eccentrically with respect to each other for purposes of ventilation. As shown in Fig. 2, the vertical laminated legs 1 of a transformer, of cruciform cross-section, have windings on each leg subdivided so as to form four coils 5, 6, 7, 8. The inner and outer coils 5, 8 form the low-potential winding, while the coils 6,7 form the high-potential winding. The inner coil 5 is octagonal, being wound round the core 2. The coil 6 is circular, and fits over the coil 5 as shown, leaving ventilating-spaces. The circular coil 8 fits round the circular coil 7, but the common centre of these two coils is displaced away from the centre of the core as shown, so that a wider ventilating-space 12 is formed at one side of the coil than at the other, and so that a minimum of space inside the core is required for winding. In a modification, the portions of the coils on the two legs which face one another, inside the core, are flattened so as further to economize space.
Patent GB-190413892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Extracting Moisture from Air and Feeding such Air to Blast or other Furnaces or Converters or for other purposes.
Inventor: GAYLEY JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 13,892. Gayley, J. June 20. B l a s t for blast furnaces &c.-Relates to a modification in the apparatus described in Specification No 21,642, A.D. 1903 for freeing air of moisture and feeding it to blast furnaces, converters, &c. The perforated pipes fitted in the refrigerator are now replaced by two distributing-fans 10 having oscillating vanes.
Patent GB-190417046-A (GB)
Title: A System of Electric Traction for Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: MARSHALL ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-08-04
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 17,046. Marshall, A. Aug. 4. Electric railways and tramways on a surfacecontact, sectional-conductor system in which single or multi-phase, high-tension current is supplied to the primary mains, afterwards passing through step-down transformers to the conductor sections. Conductors.-Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic sketch of the system of conductors for single-phase alternating currents in which M, N are the hightension mains, S, T the step-down transformers, A, B, C, D, A1 B2' &c. the secondary lowtension mains which are connected to the sectional conductors or studs a1, b1, &c., R, R, are the track rails, E a car travelling thereon, and F, G collector shoes. The secondary mains are divided up into sections, each section having one or more transformers. The conductor sections are connected to the secondary mains so that, when the shoes pass on to them, the circuit through one or other of the transformers is completed, whereas when the shoes pass from these conductors they become dead. To prevent a break of the circuit when the shoes pass from one set of secondary main sections to the next set, the first and last conductors in each section are connected up as shown at a1, d1, c5, a6. When multi-phase currents are used, the arrangement would be similar except that a correspondingly greater number of mains and collector shoes would be used. In Fig. 1, alternate conductor sections are shown as forming part of the same circuit, but other arrangements could be used instead.
Patent GB-190417589-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Anthraquinone Derivatives.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 17,589. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Aug. 12. Oxyanthraquinones.-A new trioxyanthraquinone having the formula :- is prepared by oxidizing chrysazin (1-8-dioxyanthraquinone) with fuming sulphuric acid or anhydride and boric-acid; or with nitrous acid with or without the addition of boric acid. In the first example, chrysazin is heated with fuming sulphuric and boric acid, and the sulphonic-acid group thus introduced is replaced by a hydroxyl group by treatment with caustic soda ; in the second, the chrysazin is heated with sulphuric acid to which has been added some sodium or other nitrite and boric acid. The 1-4-8-trioxyanthraquinone thus produced is difficultly soluble in alcohol and more easily in glacial acetic acid. It is soluble in nitro-benzene and in pyridine, and gives violet solutions in caustic soda and sulphuric acid. The latter, on adding boric acid, shows a red fluorescence and a characteristic spectrum. The new body is used as an intermediate compound in the production of dyes.
Patent GB-190418125-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Geyser for Heating Water.
Inventor: WYMAN CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 18,125. Wyman, C. F. Aug. 22. Water-heaters, gas &c.-A geyser consists of an outer casing and an inner cylinder e on which is supported a triangular hood i. The cylinder e, shown separately in Fig. 3, has a lower conical portion, and is fitted with tiers of collars which form annular channelsf. The hood i, which rests on the conical part of the inner cylinder, is provided on each side with pockets m. The upper portion of the hood is closed by a plate j which forms with the sides of the hood a shallow tray. Water is distributed in the apparatus by a triangular pipe p, so that it falls into the tray and into the pockets m. Some of the water caught by the tray passes through perforations k in the corners of the tray, and runs down strips l located below the perforations k. The rest of the water overflows through slits in the corners of the tray and runs down the outside of the hood into perforated channels o formed at the bottom of the hood. The water from the pockets m passes through perforations n on to the inner cylinder, filling and overflowing successively the pockets f. The heated water is drawn off through an outlet pipe c, which is interchangeable with one of the lugs r adapted to fix the apparatus to a wall. The heated gases from a gas or oil stove, located below the conical portion of the inner cylinder, pass upwards through the inner cylinder, downwards between the cylinder and the hood, and finally upwards between the hood and the outer casing to the outlet s.
Patent GB-190418220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Oil Separators for Steam Motor Cars or other Vehicles also applicable for Locomotive or Stationary Engines or the like.
Inventor: GAMESON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 18,220. Gameson, C. H. Aug. 23. Exhaust, freeing from grease and other impurities.-Exhaust steam from steam motor car, locomotive, stationary engine or the like, enters the separator C at an inlet B and passes out through the bottom into the chamber A and finally to the condenser through a pipe G. The corrugated plates in the chamber C separate the oil and water, which drip down on to the cotton waste. The water passes through the perforated plate E, the waste F', and the outlet pipe 1 to the water chamber 1, and thence up the pipe J to the chamber 2 and to the pump or tank through the pipe K, which is provided with a gauze screen. The water chamber is provided with an overflow pipe L.
Patent GB-190421504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements and the like with Chromatic and Animated Effects.
Inventor: HUMBER WALTER JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 21,504. Humber, W. J. Oct. 7. Advertising. - A mechanically-operated advertising - apparatus for producing chromatic and animated effects consists of a number of revolving cylinders a, Fig. 2, mounted within a box band carrying discs c of coloured glass, celluloid, &c. suitably ornamented. These discs revolve behind other suitably ornamented discs fixed on the face of the box and carrying the letters of the advertisement. The cylinders a are mounted on spurwheels d which gear with one another and are carried by small pulley-like wheels f. Lamps c<1> may be used for illumination, or daylight may be reflected into the apparatus by means of a mirror or prism. Two cylinders bearing discs may be arranged so that one revolves inside and in the opposite sense to the other. In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 7, in which the diameter of the letters is considerably greater than that of the wheels, the cylinders a are made partly conical as shown, and intermediate wheels h are employed, mounted on studs h<1> set in brackets on the frame. If desired, a shaft carrying a series of worms or endless chain or band arrangement may replace this gearing. Tht lamps may, in this case, be arranged vertically behind the cylinders, or horizontally as shown m Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190421664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light and Heat Baths.
Inventor: HOUGHTON ROWLAND
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,664. Houghton, R. Oct. 8. Light, treating diseases with. - A portable light and heat bath comprises a couch a having recessed reflecting sides b<1>, b<2>, one fixed and one hinged to the side or end of the couch. Electric glow lamps e are arranged in rows at the sides behind coloured transparent screens g, which may be moved in front of the lamps along rails f. The patient is covered in by a fabric or mirrors supported by hinged rectangular frames i. Additional lamps e<1> may be suspended from the ridge h. For local treatment, portions of the patient's body are isolated by divisions m and partitions of fabric v supported by stayed frames k<1>, the feet k of which fit into holes l in the couch a. A glazed chamber o, containing lamps and reflectors, may be fitted in the bed of the couch for the special treatment of organs such as the kidneys. As modified for treatment of the patient in a sitting posture, the apparatus is constructed similarly to a folding vapour-bath cabinet, the lamps being disposed in vertical rows round the sides.
Patent GB-190425928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Rings and Travellers employed in Ring Spinning Ring Twisting and Ring Doubling Frames for Spinning Twisting and Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: HARGREAVES JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 25,928. Hargreaves, J. Nov. 29. Spindle apparatus, ring and traveller. Bar-shaped travellers are provided with a T-shaped guide-bar b<4> , beneath which the yarn may be passed either the one way or the other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, according to whether twist or weft is being spun. Figs. 1 and 2 show travellers having forked ends b<1> which ride on a tapered ring a of the section shown. The forked ends are connected by a crossbar b<3> on which is mounted the yarn guiding or winding bar b<4>. Modified forms of the traveller are described in which the cross-bar b<3> connects the centre or lower part of the forks b<1> ; the yarn guide b<1> may also be straight or curved, and the ring a may be made slightly concave in section in addition to being tapered outwards. In the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the yarn guide is mounted on a curved bar C, running in a groove d' in the ring d.
Patent GB-190426077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Covering Over of Ships' Hatchways.
Inventor: PORTER NICHOLAS ELLIS
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 26,077. Porter, N. E., and Maltby, T. R. S. Nov. 30. Hatches.-In order to cover a hatchway when the ship is in port, a series of comparatively-light wooden planks, tapering towards the centre, are used. These planks may be cut from the solid, or may be built up of sections secured together by bolts, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The ends of the planks may be fitted with metal pieces which engage the hatch coaming so as to prevent movement endways. Such hatch covers may be used at sea, if supported by suitable iron bearers.
Patent GB-190426495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spindles for Spinning and like Machines
Inventor: ANECE-DARTOIS ALBERIC
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 26,495. Dartois, A. AnÞce-. Dec. 5. Spindle apparatus. - A selflubricating spindle collar is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 2. The basin 2 contains a disc 6 of cloth, felt, or like material, which is covered and bathed in oil. Oblique orifices 4, 5 communicate between the basin and the central hole. The disc 6 is surmounted by a washer 17 which may be pressed more or less upon the disc by the nut 18, thus varying the permeability of the disc and regulating the supply of oil. The cover 8 may be secured by pins and bayonet slots. Oil may be supplied to the basin through the hole 15, provided with a spring plate cover 13.
Patent GB-190427849-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Timing Devices for Turning on and off Gas, Electric Currents, and other Agents.
Inventor: HORSTMANN ALBERT
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 27,849. Horstmann, A., Horstmann, S. A., Horstmann, G. O. H., Horstmann, E. H., and Edgar, W. T. Dec. 20. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-A combination of a worm with two wheels and cams is used to obtain a motion of two pins, which may be used to turn on or off gas or other agent at the end of a given period of time. The toothed wheel b is rigidly attached to a dial plate c by means of the sleeve d mounted on the spindle a. The discs e, f are loosely mounted on the sleeve d, and the disc f is provided with slots r through which pass pins q, t fixed to the disc e. Pins w, s are fixed to the plate f. The pins q, t, w, s pass through slots p, v, x, p respectively in the dial plate c, which also carries pins g, h. These pins support cams i, j and worm wheels k, l gearing with a worm m on the shaft n. The pins t, ware kept in contact with the cams i, j by springs. The whole of the mechanism is rotated on the spindle a, by suitable clockwork &c. geared to the toothed wheel b, and, on the star-wheel y coming into contact with a pin (not shown), motion is imparted to the cams i, j and to the pins q, s, the function of which is to switch off or on the gas &c. current.
Patent GB-190501134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Looms for Weaving Tufted Fabrics
Inventor: TOMKINSON GERALD
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 1134. Tomkinson, G., and Young, H. Jan. 20. Chain gearing.-Relates to means for regulating the tension of the chains carrying the tuft - yarn beams and quills employed in looms for weaving tufted fabrics, especially large Axminster looms, the chains being guided in a vertical direction only as described in Specification No. 981, A.D. 1893, [Abridgment Class weaving &c.]. The upper chain shaft c is divided into o sections, which are fitted with sprocket-wheels d for the chains e, and, instead of being mounted in rigid bearings, are supported in adjustable bearings f provided with trunnions f<1>. The trunnions rest in bearings i<1> formed in supporting brackets i and secured in position by caps i<2>. Each bracket i has a screwed pin i<3>, which passes through a beam g carried by girders &c. The beam has wrought-iron side-plates g<1> and top and bottom plates g' forming bearing surfaces for nuts i<4>, by means of which the pins i<3> and bearings f are adjusted in height to regulate the tension on the chains. As the bearings f rock on trunnions, the tension on each chain can be properly adjusted although the chains differ slightly in length. If necessary, the chains may be carried up through one or more floors above that on which the loom stands.