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Patent GB-190410582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Steam-boiler Flues or Furnaces and to Devices for Promoting Combustion therein.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD HARRY
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 10,582. Schofield, H., and Macfarlane, O. P. May 9. Baffles; smoke-consuming.-To promote combustion, an inclined deflector, specially applicable to the furnaces of Lancashire and marine boilers, is fitted behind the ordinary firebridge at the bottom of the flue, so that the furnace gases, instead of sinking to the bottom of the flue, may be thrown upwards and mingle with the hot gases at the top of the flue. Fresh air from under the firebars may be supplied to a point near the deflector d by a pipe h. The deflector, the front surface g of which is corrugated in the direction of the flow of the gases so as to give an increased heating-surface, fits close to the wall of the flue, and may consist of firebrick slabs secured to, or resting on, an iron frame f having a lower flange f<1>. This frame maybe made in two or more adjustable parts and is supported by T-shaped brackets i, j, the upper parts of the cross-arms being suitably bevelled. The lower bracket i rests on the bottom of the flue, and its arms may be adjustable in width to suit different flues.
Patent GB-190413290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Couplings
Inventor: AMRHEIN ADAM
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 13,290. Amrhein, A., and Schmitz, F. June 13. Couplings, non-automatic, operated from the side of vehicle. The frame c, pivoted at b to the ordinary draw-hook a, carries at its outer end the pivoted coupling-link e, at the back end of which is a weight d, normally maintaining the link e vertical. The weight is attached by a chain i to a winch mounted on the transverse shaft k, at the ends of which are hand-levers m for turning the winch. To effect a coupling, the frame c is raised to a horizontal position by the arm f, which is operated by a handle and cross-shaft g. The chain is then wound up until the link e engages the draw-hook of the neighbouring vehicle. Disengagement is effected. by unwinding the chain and lowering the arm f; this leaves the coupling in the lower position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190415533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 15,533. Imray, O., (Stirling Co.]. July 12. Steam-generator furnaces ; baffles.-In the modified W type of Stirling boiler shown, the baffles 17, 18, 19 determine the course of the furnace gases.
Patent GB-190419359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Portable Steam Baths
Inventor: KIEFER GEORG
Filed: 1904-09-08
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 19,359. Kiefer, G. Sept. 8. Baths.-A. portable steam bath comprises two compartments h, k, Fig. 3, the former constituting the bathing - chamber, while the heating- apparatus b and evaporating-pan a are contained in the latter. The patient sits in an easy-chair with his legs passing through the cutaway part p. The feet rest upon a grating m or upon suitable side supports. For the treatment of some diseases, the position of the patient is reversed, a frame q serving as a seat. When in use, the bath may be covered by a blanket or the like. Fig. 5 illustrates a bath as modified for treating the whole body, in which case, a seat r is provided. Means are furnished for regulating the flame and for observing it in a mirror. Herbs, pine needles, &c. may be placed in the water in the pan a. To facilitate the introduction of the limbs or body, a door i is fitted in one side.
Patent GB-190421751-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Making Certain Parts of Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: HAMBURGER OTTO
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,751. H a mburger, O. Oct 10. Incandescent gas &c, lamps. - Mantles are made with smooth heads without folds by contracting the tissue by pressing the upper end into corrugations e on a pipe b and then reinforcing by a piece of tulle or the like or by folding the mantle on itself. A wooden cone a is fitted over the pipe b and a pair of pliers c is mounted on a rod d. The jaws of the pliers are formed with corrugations corresponding to the corrugations e and press the fabric on to the corrugations e when closed.
Patent GB-190426850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Advertising or Displaying Words, Letters, Characters, Pictures, Diagrams, and the like by Day or by Night.
Inventor: TAYLOR GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 26,850. Taylor, G. E., and Temperley, T. Dec. 9. Drawings to Specification. Advertising; displaying. - Advertisements are placed on a framework on a motor or other vehicle, the framework being covered with glass or other transparent substance, or, according to the Provisional Specification, with wood, canvas, or aluminium. The advertisements are illuminated at night by any suitable means. If desired, a part of the framework may be rotated by belt gearing from the wheels of the vehicle. Goods may be displayed behind parts of the framework, and changing pictures, colour effects, and the like may be produced by a magic-lantern or kinematograph inside the framework. Goods placed in compartments inside the vehicle may be displayed behind the transparent sides.
Patent GB-190426921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Arc Lamps and Method of Making the same
Inventor: WEEDON WILLIAM STONE
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 26,921. Weedon, W. S. Dec. 10, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Titanium suboxide is made by heating a mixture of seven parts of rutile with about one part of carbon, to between 1500‹ C. and 2000‹ C., for use in arc-lamp electrodes. It is dark-bluish in colour, and a good conductor of electricity at ordinary temperatures.
Patent GB-190500892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Stair-rod Eyes
Inventor: JAMES JOHN JESSE
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 892. James, J. J., [trading as Dutson & Co.]. Jan. 17. Making stair-rod eyes. -Stair - rod eyes, which can be produced entirely from flat blanks of brass or other ductile metal, are formed with a globular portion a, and attachment ears c. The back of the globular portion a is open and its edges a<1>, a<2> are at right-angles, the ears being bent, as shown in Fig. 6<A>, in order to fit into the angle between the stair-tread and riser. The stair rod passes through openings b in the globular part, and the eyes are secured by screws or nails passed through holes in the ears c. The eyes are formed from blanks of the form shown in Fig. 7. The central portion is first dished and afterwards hollowed out into a globular form. In modifications, the attachment ears may be formed to be secured to the tread and riser respectively, or one or both ears may be pointed to admit of being driven into the wood. The ears may also be formed from metal cut from the openings b, which is not entirely cut away but is bent outwards. The cutting of the metal for the openings b may be done before or after the blank is dished &c. The central part of the eye may be dome-shaped instead of globular.
Patent GB-190504438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ignition Plugs for Explosion Motive Power Engines.
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 4438. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. April 13, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The sparking- plug of an internal-combustion engine is provided with an observation tube through which the intensity, duration, and instant of formation of the spark may be observed. The body A of the plug has passing through it the fixed electrode B, the moving electrode C, and an observation tube D, provided with transparent plates d<1>, d<2> of glass or the like, as shown in Fig. 1. The electrode B is held in the body A by conical insulating-bodies E, the collar b<2>, and nuts b<3>. The arm c<1> of the movable electrode is pressed against the arm b<1> of the fixed electrode by a spring G, Fig. 2, and contact is broken by the rod F actuated by cams or the like, giving the arm c<2> a push. Another form of plug is shown in Fig. 3, in which the fixed electrode B is provided with a circular disk b<4> instead of an arm, so that, as the portion of the disk against which the arm c<1> bears gets worn away, the disk can be rotated slightly to present a new contact-surface. The diameter of the disk is such as to bring the spark under the tube D.
Patent GB-190507295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Alternating Current Electric Motors
Inventor: LAMME BENJAMIN GARVER
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 7295. Lamme; B. G. May 3, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, alternating-current.-In order to equalize the potential between the brushes of like polarity in multipolar alternating - current motors, the brushes are connected together by an inductive winding such as a transformer or choke coil winding. As shown the brushes 4,5 and 6,7 are connected through the windings 8, 9 respectively, the mid points 10, 11 of which serve as the armature terminal leads. The field windings may be connected in series with the armature as shown.
Patent GB-190507765-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spark Catching Device for Locomotives.
Inventor: LUXENBERG BRUNO
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 7765. Luxenberg, B. April 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Spark-arresters.- The funnel of a locomotive is fitted with a hood d having a curved screen f, which catches the sparks. The hood is removably or otherwise attached to a cap b, and itsforward part is open, as shown, so that the movement of the engine increases the draught. The cap is secured by two spring hooks c, entering two of a series of holes i, and is set to suit the direction of the wind by means of handles g.
Patent GB-190508240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grates for Domestic Fireplaces, and the like.
Inventor: ELLIOTT WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 8240. Elliott, W., and Elliott, J. S. April 18. Fire-places.-An open fire-place has a fire - brick body consisting of a forwardly-i n c l i n e d back b, Figs. 2, 4, and 5, sides c, and blocks a with inclined surfaces a<1>, all moulded in one piece. These, together with a grating i and a removable block e having its surface inclined like the parts a, form the fuel space. The block e is fitted with a detachable or fixed metal front g, and is formed with an aperture f, Fig. 5, for the insertion of the ashpan.
Patent GB-190510364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Boilers.
Inventor: HELD JAKOB
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 10,364. Held, J. May 17. Priming, preventing ; alarms and safety-apparatus, low-water.-The dome is fitted with two dished plates d, e, Figs. 1 and 2, arranged comparatively close together. Steam enters the space between the plates and passes downwards through a pipe a to a chamber c, whence it escapes into the main steam-pipe i. The plate d is mounted loosely on the top of the pipe a and connected by links &c. with a float n. When the water falls below a predetermined level, the float lifts the plate d into contact with the plate e, thereby preventing any escape of steam. A contact o on the plate d may complete the circuit through an electric alarm.
Patent GB-190510655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Seamless Hollow Bodies.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 10,655. Boult, A. J., [C÷ln-M³sener Bergwerks-Akt.-Verein] May 22. Making hollow-ware.-In the manufacture of hollow-ware by the method described in Specification No. 10,390, A.D. 1905, in which a hollow billet is made by melting out the central portion, the preliminary heating may be effected electrically. One pole of an electric arc may be connected to the supply pipe of oxygen or other compressed gases and the other pole to the block under treatment.
Patent GB-190510852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pumps.
Inventor: PANK GEORGE SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 10,852. Pank, G. S. May 24. Starting, facilitating.-For priming a pump, a vessel A is connected to it by means of a tu.be a and a stop cock a<1>. The invention is generally applicable, but is shown applied to a manual fireengine.
Patent GB-190511074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Regulation of the Voltage of Alternating Current Systems.
Filed: 1905-05-26
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 11,074. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 26. Distributing; regulating ; trans - formers.-To maintain constant the voltage of a circuit connected in parallel with mains, the current in which varies, a boosting transformer with a highly-reactive secondary circuit is employed to impress upon thebranch circuit a voltage substantially in phase with the line voltage, while the reactance drop in the secondary circuit of the transformer is in quadrature with the line voltage. Where the load upon the mains is non -inductive, as in Fig. 3, the boosting - potential for the local cirouit across the mains 1,3 of a three-phase system isobtained from the middle wire 2 through a transformer, the secondary S of which is shunted by an inductance I arranged in the local circuit. With an inductive load upon the mains, an additional primary winding in series with one of the other phases is added to the transformer. Instead of arranging the inductance externally to the transformer, the core of the latter may be formed with an air gap. In the threephase system shown in Fig. 1, the line-wires 1, 2, 3 are supplying a lamp circuit L and a second circuit with a variable load, such as a motor M. An air gap is formed in each leg of the transformer core, and the primary coils of each phase are placed on different legs to the corresponding secondaries. When two circuits are connected in parallel to the same line-wires, and it is desired to compensate, not only for variations in the voltage impressed upon the lamps L due to the circuit of the lamps L' and motor M, but also for voltage variations in both circuits due to load variations on the linewires 1, 2, 3, the transformer shown in Fig. 6 is adopted. Each of the three coils mounted on each leg of the core is connected in a different phase from the other two, as, for example, the coils A<1>, P<2>, S<3>. These coils are so connected that two of them A', P<2> will boost the circuit L in which the third coil S<3> is connected, while the first coil A<1> will also boost the voltage in the circuit M, L<1> of the second coil P<2>.
Patent GB-190520752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Furnaces for Coals and similar Materials with several Shelves or Hearths Superposed one above the other.
Inventor: OSTERTAG PAUL
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 20,752. Ostertag, P. Oct. 13. Drying coal.-A f u rnace 1 for drying coals and like inflammable materials has hearths 3, 4, 5 or shelves alternately inclined, the upper ends being built into the furnace walls and the lower ends provided with weighted flaps 3<a>, 4<a>, which, while allowing heavy material to fall through, prevent the upward passage of steam &c. Coal is fed through a hopper 6 to the uppermost hearth 3 ; thence it is raked downwards and turned over by shovels 10 pivoted to a frame 8, carried by rollers 8<a> running on rails 9 and worked to and fro by crank disks 14. The shovels come f;o r w a r d in a vertical position and slide backwards over the coal in an oblique position, their movement on their pivots being limited by stops. The coal, after passing downwards from one shelf to the next, is finally delivered to a conveyer 7. The furnace gases pass mainly or entirely to the top shelf 3, being deflected by the roof, and thence to the chimney by a passage 16. They also pass to the shelf 4 by passages 22, 23 and over a partition wall 27, so as to proceed in the same direction as the movement of the coal, leaving by the passage 28 to the chimney. Similarly, heated gases enter the lowest shelf by a passage 24, leaving by a passage 29. Adjustable dampers 20, 30 and another in the passage 28 regulate the draught to the chimney, while dampers 24, 25 regulate the admission of furnace gases to the shelves. Air may be admitted to the passage 21.
Patent GB-190520784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines for Pneumatic Tools and the like.
Inventor: ANDREW JOHN DAVIES
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 20,784. Andrew, J. D. Oct. 13. Boring and drilling.-Fig. 2 shows a pneumatic drill or the like combined with a rotary engine for actuating it. A number of cylinders 1 are disposed radially about a hollow shaft which revolves round a fixed tubular valve 7 having inlet and exhaust ports 14, 15. The cylinders contain reciprocating pistons carrying rollers 3 which bear against an oval track 4. The rotary motion so produced is communicated to the drill spindle 20 by gear-wheels 22, 23. The valve 7 is prevented from turning by studs in the casing which engage with slots in the flange 10 and thus permit lateral movement with the rotary member so as to allow for wear. The flange is acted on by a spring 11. The inlet is shown at 16, and the exhaust, which can be turned in any direction, at 19. In a modification, adapted for reversing, the valve is connected to the reversing-handle by a joint which, as before, allows it to follow any movement of the rotating member due to wear. Another form of the machine is shown, suitable for wood-boring, in which the spindle 20 is co-axial with the cylinder shaft, motion being communicated to it by planetwheels. The Provisional Specification states that a loose oil ring may be arranged beneath the lower end of the axis of the rotary member, said ring being lubricated by waste oil from the casing.
Patent GB-190600460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Projectiles
Inventor: JONES HENRY
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 460. Jones, H. Jan. 8. Projectiles, o r d - nance and smallarm, consist of a sleeve a screwed on to a stem b. The sleeve a is formed with a core G at its forward end, and the stem b is bored out to receive a core d. In use the two parts may be partly unscrewed to increase the length of the projectile.
Patent GB-190601291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Ironing and similar Operations.
Inventor: BARNES WILLIAM MORROW
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 1291. Barnes, W. M. Jan. 17. Ironing-machines.-An ironing-table of the type adapted to be raised into contact with a fixed heated ironing-chest is constructed in two parts, the lower being heated and the upper being horizontally and independently movable. In the form shown in vertical sections in Figs. 3 and 4 the upper portion b of the table receives heat from the lower heated chest c, and both are capable of being raised and lowered by means of the usual treadle mechanism, the steam-pipes o, n being connected by swivel joints q to allow of this vertical movement. The plate b is mounted on rollers j running in a path i resiliently supported on a channel bar h fixed to the lugs d, e of the chest c. This construction permits the plate 5 to rise out of contact with the chest when the treadle is not operated and also to be slid out from under the chest a for ready removal or insertion of the articles. In a modification, Fig. 14, applicable for ironing shirt yokes, the plate b is provided with lugs u arranged to slide in a slot t in the extension z of the chest c. In another form, intended chiefly for ironing wristbands or neckbands, the plate b is pivoted to the chest c.
Patent GB-190601587-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wind and Weather Screens for Motor Cars and other Carriages
Inventor: MACPHERSON JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-22
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 1587. Macpherson, J. Jan. 22. Hinges; stays.-Wind and weather screens for motor - cars and other vehicles, of the type in which the upper part b can be folded down in a forward direction so as to lie parallel to the lower part a, are constructed so that the upper part b can also be inclined in a backward direction towards the steering-wheel. For this purpose, the hinge between the two parts is double as shown at r, o, the hinge o being used for the forward folding and the hinge r for the backward folding. The extent of the backward folding is adjusted by a stop s and thumb. screw v.
Patent GB-190608855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Door Springs and Checks.
Inventor: ADAMS ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8855. Adams, A. W. April 12. Door-closing apparatus; door ckecks.-Relates to a door check for shallow spring boxes. A number of cylinders a, formed parallel to each other in one casting b, Fig. 1, communicate with a common passage c which has an inlet d and an outlet e. The pistons f are attached to, or formed in one piece with, the cross-head g, which has a pivot hole h for connexion with the check lever &c. The cross-head g has a slot l with which engages the guide-pin m of the cylinder extension k to guide the pistons when the checking-device is pivoted at i to the spring box. The pistons may be loosely attached to the cross-head to provide for inaccurate alinement or boring of the cylinders. Fig. 3 shows a modified construction of the valve arrangement described in Specification No. 24,459, A.D. 1904. The regulating-valve p controlling the outlet port e is situated between the air orifice r and the inlet port d. A spring v controls the movement of the relief valve o, while a light spring w assists in keeping the non-return valve n to its seating. When oil is to be used as the checking-medium, the screw a is removed from the oil orifice and screwed into the passage r.
Patent GB-190609329-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Electric Switching Mechanism.
Inventor: RAYMOND PERCY JAMES
Filed: 1906-04-20
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 9329. Raymond, P. J., and Raymond, C. G. April 20. D o o r fastenings are combined with electric switches controlling lamps in lifts, strongrooms, cold-storage chambers, &c. A bolt b, when shot into the position shown in dotted lines, makes contact at f for a lamp of higher candlepower, and, when drawn back, makes contact at i for a lamp of low candlepower.
Patent GB-190613839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HARRISON CLARK WAY
Filed: 1906-06-16
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 13,839. Harrison, C. W. June 16. Incandescent gas lamps.-In a lamp in which the mantles e are protected by a tubular screen C or the like when the globe F is displaced, the aperture c in the screen for allowing access to the mantles is regulated by means of a slidable imperforate sleeve D, or a rotatable sleeve having corresponding aperture, the sleeve D being clamped by a screw d<1> or the like in the raised position.