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Patent GB-190408004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicators
Inventor: DAHL HANS
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8004. Dahl, H. April 7. Speed indicators.-Relates to indicators in which the speed is only indicated as being within the limits of one or other of several " groups " or divisions of the speed scale. The " group " speed is indicated or signalled by the attraction and rotation of the armature A, Fig. 4, on the central spindle of the apparatus, and an indicating-disc carried by the armature spindle, the speed shown at the window of the indicator depending on which of the members S' ... S<5>, Fig. 5. of the centrifugal apparatus makes contact with one of the members R<1> ... R<5> to close the electric circuit. The collector shaft C, carrying suitable contactrings, is shown detached in Fig. 6. The electromagnets M', M', M<2>, M<5>, M<3>, M<6> are connected up in pairs, and attract the armature A by their polepieces P<1> ... P<6> when excited. In changing from one group speed to the next, the circuit of the lower speed electromagnets is broken by the attraction of a pole-piece on one of the circuit armatures K<1>, K<2>, K<3>, which is held in contact with its contact-piece h<1>, h<2>, h<3> by means of a spiral spring. The indicator disc is segmentally coloured, or numbered, to show different group speeds ; the armature and disc being returned to their zero positions by a coiled spring. In a modified indicator, the armature spindle carries a pinion which gears with a rack, carrying a recording-pencil, so that the speed is recorded on a registering-plate turned by clock mechanism.
Patent GB-190411750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: CLOUGH AUGUSTUS ABRAM
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 11,750. Clough, A. A. May 21. Sweeping-machines; refuse, collecting; elevating sweepings into receptacles.-A sweeping-machine is provided with means for preventing the spread of dust caused by the action of the brush, and with means for collecting the dust as well as the dirt swept up by the brush. The brush 11, Fig. 1, is turned by gearing from the road-wheel axle 3, and the bulk of the dirt is directed, by a deflector 22, on to an elevator consisting of an endless belt 18 fitted with slats 21 by means of which the sweepings are carried into a receptacle 24 fitted with a collapsable neck 25. The deflector is pivoted at the foot of the elevator and its lower edge rests on the pavement. The brush is enclosed by a curtain 27 touching the ground ; this with a second curtain, the lower edge of which is just clear of the ground, forms a chamber 28 into which any dust escaping from the brush compartment passes. The dust-laden air is drawn by means of a fan or pump 31 along a duct 30 into a tank 29. This tank, shown in Fig. 2, is fitted with vertical perforated screens 41 kept moist by water or other liquid from a tank 42 flowing through slide valves 44 aud over curved deflectors 44<a>, the liquid being continually raised by a pump 45 or other means. The air freed from dust is deflected by a vane 33 from the forward part of the machine.
Patent GB-190418968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Cutting and Stamping Sheet Materials.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 18,968. Wheatley, W. H., [Bliss Co., E. W.]. Sept. 2. Stamping ; drawing screwing ; punching.-The punch and die of a press are constructed to cut out a blank from sheet material, cup or " draw " it, and to form screw threads upon it or otherwise shape it by pressure to form bottle caps or other articles. The die comprises a ring 5 with a cutting-edge 6 and a "drawing "-aperture 7, a stationary ring 20 with a larger aperture and a coned end, a movable expansible ring 8 internally screw-threaded, and a fixed ring 19 coned and provided with a spring-mounted ejector 23. The punch is mounted within the blank-holder 4, and contains a taper core 29 which can expand screwed segments 32 against the action of a spring 34. The descent of the blank-holder cuts out a blank, the punch then descending to cup it. The descent of the blank-bolder also depresses the ring 8 by means of a plunger (not shows) and rods 11, contracting the ring within the fixed ring 19. The punch, which has a lost movement on the head, falls with the cupped blank into the ring 8, and is then expanded to form the screw threads by the continued descent of the head, which causes togglelinks 36 to be straightened by inclines 38 on the blank-holder, and thus move the core 29 to expand the punch segments. As the punch rises, it contracts, and the cap is ejected, the ring 8 rising into contact with the ring 20 by which it is expanded to allow the next blank to pass.
Patent GB-190421047-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Certain Aldehydes and Intermediate Products.
Inventor: DARZENS GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 21,047. Darzens, G. Nov. 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Aldehydes; oxyacids. - Substituted oxyacrylic acids of the general formula are produced by condensing ketones with glycollic acid or its ethers, such as the ethyl ester of a monohalogen derivative of acetic acid, in the presence of sodium, sodium ethylate, or other condensing-agent. The esters so produced are saponified, and the acids obtained are decomposed by heating or distilling in vacuo, or in any other suitable manner so as to form substituted acetic aldehydes. In examples, ethyl chloracetate is condensed by means of sodium in absolute alcohol with methyl-nonyl-ketone, p-tolyl-methyl-ketone, and benzylacetone. The condensation products, when saponified and decomposed, yield, respectively, methyl-nonyl-acetaldehyde, p-methyl-hydratropic aldehyde, and methyl-phenylbutyl aldehyde. These aldehydes yield semi-carbazones.
Patent GB-190421591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hand Trucks.
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,591. Leggott, R., and Leggott, W. & R. Oct. 8. Hand-trucks.-A twowheeled hand-truck is fitted with a platform whereby the load may be raised and retained in an elevated position. The platform 7 is hinged to a transverse bar 6, the hinge bars 8 preferably extending the full length of the platform. A frame 11 is mounted on an axle 10 and carries rollers 12 in contact with the bars 8 and a roller 13, which rests on the ground when the platform is in the raised position. The platform is secured in position by a spring-controlled bar 16 engaging ratchet teeth on a quadrant or quadrants 14 on the frame 11. It can be released by means of a lever 17, connected to the bar 16 through a rod 18, and a lever pivoted at the outer side of the truck. A box 32, Fig. 4, may be secured to the platform by catches, shown in detail in Fig. 10. Each catch comprises a hook-ended lever 36, pivoted to a plate on the box and normally held in engagement with a staple 33, hinged to a plate 34 on the platform, by a spring 37, but released from the staple when the box is lifted by the levers. The platform may be held in position in several ways. In one modification, a pawl on a spring-controlled lever on each end of a transverse shaft engages teeth on the inner or outer edge of a quadrant. As shown in Fig. 7, the quadrant passes through a slot in a socket 27 at the centre or side of the truck, and a plunger 28 is normally held in engagement with it by a spring 29.
Patent GB-190425173-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus Employed for Washing Clothes and the like
Inventor: LORD VIOLET
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,173. Lord, V. Nov. 19. Washing- boards. -The rubbing-surface b, Fig. 3, of a board of the usual shape is formed by coco-nut fibre, coir, jute, or other vegetable fibre, which may be woven to a door-mat texture, or alternatively of bundles of such fibres as shown in Fig. 5, to which a slight downward slope is given, fastened to a back c. Suitable holes are provided in this back for drainage and ventilation, and behind it is fixed a light wooden cover.
Patent GB-190427528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Pulverulent Material.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 27,528. Marks, G. C., [Goldman, G.]. Dec. 16. Powder distributers.-A hopper 1 is provided from which the material is transferred, by a grooved roller 4 forming the hopper bottom, and by a rotating brush 10, to the surface below, e.g., the fibrous material used in the process described in Specification No. 2680, A.D. 1904. A bevelled scraper blade 14, adjustable by screws 18, 17 and slot 16, prevents the escape of the material on the one side. The sides 2, 3 of the hopper are arranged as in the Figure, and the groove 5 in the roller is preferably spiral shaped and of the sectional form shown, to prevent injury by the roller and to properly transfer the powder. From the number of revolutions of the roller, the amount of material distributed in a given time may be gauged.
Patent GB-190428571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Turbines
IPC: F01D25/32
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-12-28
Abstract: 28,571. Warwick Machinery Co., and Samuelson, F. Dec. 28. Steam turbines.-Water is separated from the steam between the stages of expansion by diverting the steam from a wheel d radially inwards by a diaphragm h, while the water collects in a gutter k and may be admitted through channels l to the next stage, where some of it is re-evaporated and utilized, the rest flowing away through channels o.
Patent GB-190500846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Intermittent Gas Lighting
Inventor: GILBERT ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 846. Gilbert, E. W. Jan. 16. Diaphragm valves.-A gas valve, consisting of a diaphragm f and held open by a spring, is intermittently opened and closed by variationsin the pressure of the air enclosed in a chamber g.
Patent GB-190500992-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stopper for Bottles or other Receptacles for Liquids.
Inventor: GANUCCI-CANCELLIERI LIONELLO
Filed: 1905-01-18
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 992. Cancellieri, L. Granucci-, Cappelletti, A., and Cantini, S. Jan. 22, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottles, non-refillable.-The bottle is provided with a stopper, in which a glass float valve m, Fig. 7, is held upon its seat by a heavy ball l, the motion of which is limited by stops k formed in the conical portion of the stopper. The portions g, g<1> of the upper part of the stopper prevent tampering with the valve. The stopper is retained in place by three glass balls c, situated in a race a, and adapted to engage under a bead on the bottle mouth, or in a groove formed in the bottle neck. The balls are retained in chambers b, Fig. 3, during the application of the stopper to the bottle, and, if desired, the stopper may be secured by cement. In some cases, the lower part of the stopper may be used alone, in which case it is covered by a cap d, Fig. 1. In this form, the stopper has to be broken before the bottle can be emptied. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 15,149, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190502852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Matrices for Linotype or Line Casting Machines.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 2852. Johnson, J. Y., [Aix, F. C. L. d']. Feb. 11. Linotype machines.-A matrix for linotype machines is stepped and provided with two or more similar. intaglio or relief characters of different "body-points." The matrix may be straight, as shown in Figs. 1, 5, 8, and 9, or segmental, as shown in Fig. 3. In the forms shown in Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 8, there are narrower character spaces above and below a wider space. In the form shown in Fig. 8, there are five character spaces, the central space being the widest, and the outer spaces decreasing progressively in width. In the form shown in Fig. 9, there is a narrower character space either above or below a wider space. A line containing characters of two different " body - points" is obtained by shifting the matrices, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9. Notches 16, Figs. 1, 3, and 8, are formed in the matrices for engagement by a securing- device.
Patent GB-190502880-A (GB)
Title: A Self-fixing Protective Covering for Bottles, Jars, or other Vessels.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 2880. Howorth, F. W., [Soc. Franþaise de la Viscose]. Feb. 11. Capsules and the like.-Relates to a self-accommodating protective cover for use instead of the usual leather, skin, metal, paper, or other cover with which stoppered bottles, jars, &c. such as are used for putting up pharmaceutical preparations are generally provided. The coverings consist of films of cellulose hydrate precipitated from viscose or other like solution of cellulose. They are prepared by coating the ends of cylindrical tubes with the viscose, and then setting the solution by any of the well-known means. The films thus formed are detached, purified, and washed, and preserved in contact with water in the hydrate condition. When placed on the bottle &c., the film shrinks by loss of moisture and accommodates itself to the shape of the vessel.
Patent GB-190503316-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Brick or Block for use in Building Perforated Arches with Downward Expanding Spaces
Inventor: BEAVEN EDWIN SLOPER
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 3316. Beaven, E. S. Feb. 17. Bricks for arches or bridges, and more especially for the arches of malt or other kilns, are tapered and provided with tapering recesses al, b<1>, d<1> c<1>, as shown in underside view in Fig. 1. I n building the arch, spaces L between the bricks K, Figs. 4 and 5, are left for the passage of furnace gases, and these spaces, owing to the shape of the bricks, increase in length and breadth downwards. This prevents choking by pieces of purifying-material, such as lime, placed on the arch.
Patent GB-190504174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode and Means of Maturing and Mixing Alcoholic Liquors.
Inventor: SPENCER JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 4174. Spencer, J., Spencer, T., and Spencer, J. A. Feb. 28. Beverages, maturing; spirits; liquids, ageing. Apparatus for ma turing alcoholic liquids is made e with h perforated partitions or perforated stirrers. A barrel-shaped vessel B, mounted on trunnions so as to be revolved, contains partitions D, D<1>, having openings arranged so that the openings in one partition are opposite the solid parts of the other. The vessel is partly filled with an alcoholic liquid to be matured, and is rotated slowly. At intervals, an inlet is opened to renew the air, and oxygen or other gas may be forced in or the vessel may be exhausted. The barrel may be mounted horizontally or obliquely and provided with a single fixed perforated partition. A stationary vat may be used fitted with a central vertical rotary shaft provided with perforated agitators.
Patent GB-190508063-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paraffin, Automatic Extinguishing, Safety Lamp
Inventor: PEARMAN JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1905-04-15
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 8063. Pearman, J. T., and Hodgson, J. G. April 15. Extinguishing oil lamps. - Spring - actuated rods B, C, coupled together and passing through a bell-mouthed tube M in the lamp reservoir, connect the extinguisher A to a lever r F arranged in the pedestal with its free end bearing against the surface on which the lamp rests, so that the extinguisher is automatically operated on the lamp upsetting. The apparatus can be prevented from acting, on the lamp being carried, by the depression of a spring pin K into engagement with a hole in the rod C.
Patent GB-190509216-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Purification of Water
Inventor: ZERBE JAMES SLOUGH
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 9216. Zerbe, J. S. May 2, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Ozone. - Water to be purified and sterilized enters the apparatus by the pipe 7, is submitted to electrolysis in the chamber 2, mixes in the chamber 8 with the ozone generated, and passes down the pipe 12 to the bottom of the filter casing 15. The anodes and cathodes are attached to bars 5, 6, respectively, and are of " soluble " material, preferably aluminium, as the hydrate then formed acts as a purifying-agent. Any ozone that is not absorbed by the water in the cylinder 8 collects in the receiver 10, and is forced down the pipe 11 to be afterwards mixed with filtered water.
Patent GB-190509522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Resistance Furnaces.
Inventor: BOTTOMLEY JAMES FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 9522. Bottomley, J. F., and Paget, A. May 5. Electric furnaces.-A resistance furnace of the type described in Specification No. 10,670, A.D. 1904, in which the heating is performed by downward radiation from a flat plate or series of plates of carbon, graphite, or other material, forming in effect an inner lining to the furnace cover, is constructed in two separable parts, that supporting the heating-plate and cover being fixed and that supporting the hearth movable, or vice versa. The heating-plates 1 are fixed in grooves in terminal blocks 3 of graphite, and may be held by wedges 2. Heavy graphite rods 4 are mortised into the blocks 3 to convey the current. The cover-plate 8, of carbon or refractory material, is placed as close to the heating-plate as possible, and the intervening space may be packed with refractory material. In the construction shown, the hearth is mounted on wheels to run on fixed rails, and is provided with flanges 7 to reduce air currents. In modification, the rails are carried by a vertically-movable frame, and a lute of sand or other material may be provided. If the material is to be fed continuously, it is introduced through tubes 10, passing between the heating-plates or through apertures in a single plate. To prevent clogging and passage of air, the tubes are carried upwards beyond the heating- zone to a horizontal passage in which is a screw or other feeding-device, arranged so as to prevent circulation of air. The cover-plate or the entire furnace may be covered with a loose refractory substance such as sand, magnesia, or alumina. The furnace is intended for purposes requiring very high temperatures or prolonged heating.
Patent GB-190514641-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means or Apparatus for Producing Gas Mixtures for Turbines or other Engines Driven by Combustion Gases or a Mixture of Combustion Gases and other Gases.
Inventor: GREENWOOD ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-07-15
Granted: 1906-07-14
Abstract: 14,641. Greenwood, A., and Andersson, K. July 15. Drawings to Specification. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-In a combined turbine and air-compressor, leakage between the fixed and moving disks is prevented by rings running in grooves.
Patent GB-190516488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Bolsters for Road Vehicles
Inventor: FOISTER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-14
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 16,488. Foister, W. J. Aug. 14. Motor road vehicles.- The body of an automobile or other vehicle is supported on each axle by a number of helical springs 9 arranged in pockets in a bolster 7. A cap piece 8 rests on the top of the springs, and may be formed with bosses c fitting into the springs. Posts 7<a> on the bolster enter guides 8<a> on the cap piece 8. Bolts 16 passed through holes in the guides 8<a> and slots in the posts 7<a> hold the cap piece down. The end o, Fig. 4, of the bolt 16 is jointed and is turned down, after the bolt has been inserted, in order to keep it in place. The bolts are put in place after the vehicle has been loaded. The bolster 7, Fig. 1, for the front axle rests on a turning plate 6 on a beam 6 and is secured by a bolt a. The beam 6 is secured to the axle 5 with a pair of "hounds" 6<a> in between. The bolster for the rear axle is constructed in a similar manner and is secured direct to the axle. Pockets are formed in it for the reception of a reach bar and a pair of rear "hounds."
Patent GB-190517750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Steam Heating Systems and in Fittings for the same.
Inventor: NESBIT DAVID MEIN
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-09-01
Abstract: 17,750. Nesbit, D. M. Sept. 1. Lift valves; plug cocks. -Relates partly to double-ported valves employed with pipes divided into two passages. A plug cock, with two parallel straight-ways through it, controls the flow through the passages. This cock may be replaced by a screw-down valve, Fig. 12, in which a valve q controlling the larger passage in the pipe carries at its lower end a valve t having an opening u to control the smaller passage. The valve stem carries a chamber p holding shot. The valves may be operated by the spindle and hand-wheel s.
Patent GB-190519588-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gully Top for Drains.
Inventor: MOUNTAIN ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 19,588. Mountain, A. H. Sept. 28. Traps, inlet, fittings for. An inlet fitting or sink is interposed between the grating d and the gully.
Patent GB-190524053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Felt and like Pads for use in Railway Carriages and for Permanent Way Chair Pads.
Inventor: MCKERROW CHARLES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 24,053. McKerrow, C. A., Hart, W. B., and Mallandain, W. S. Nov. 22. Chairs; sound and vibration, preventing.-Pads for permanent-way chairs consist of woollen or composite cloths, or felts of wool, cotton, hemp, flax, wood fibre, hair, or the like, which have been stiffened and waterproofed. The cloth, with or without fillers, is treated with glue or gelatin, which is hardened by bichromates, alums, ferric salts, zinc or magnesium sulphate, or similar mineral salts, or by acrolein, acetaldehyde, or other aldehydes. An optional after-treatment consists in a dressing of drying-oil, such as linseed, hemp-seed, cotton-seed, blown sperm oil, or similar oil. Five examples are given :-(1) The cloth is passed through a solution of potassium bichromate and potash alum, squeezed, passed while damp through a solution of glue, and finally squeezed and dried. (2) A mixed solution of glue, potassium bichromate, and potash alum is used. (3) Separate solutions of potassium bichromate and glue are used, with an intermediate squeezing. (4) A mixed solution of potassium bichromate and glue is used. (5) After any of the above treatments, or after simple treatment with glue, the damp cloth is exposed to the action of an aldehyde.
Patent GB-190524243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Lighters.
Inventor: AUERBACH ARNOLD
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 24,243. Auerbach, A., and Gleim, F. Nov. 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Actuating liquid - seal valves. - The U-shaped mercury-seal valve e has a piston f, in one limb, which is operated by means of an electro-magnet h and ratchet-wheels i, o so as alternately to open and close the mouth of the tube l.