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Patent GB-190301951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubber Tyres.
Inventor: ROOTS JAMES DENNIS
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 1951. Roots, J. D. Jan. 27. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Solid rubber tyres for cars &c. are made with one or more deep grooves bridged at intervals, and are secured to the rim by wires E or bands I. The wire goes twice round the groove, and each end, passing over a roller F, through holes in the rim and felloe, and through a lug on the carrier H surrounding a spoke, is provided with a screw thread, so that it may be tightened by nuts. In another arrangement, the wire has threaded ends directly connected by a sleeve. A metal band I bolted to the felloe may replace the wire, or, as shown in Fig. 9, a plate K may be used with the bolts. Canvas strips M or other suitable material may be fitted inthe bottom of the grooves and outside the tyre to prevent cutting of the rubber. The Provisional Specification states that, when the tyre has more than one groove, the wire may pass from one groove to another, so that only onelength is necessary.
Patent GB-190302876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watch-cases and the like.
Inventor: GUTMANN BERNHARD
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 2876. Gutmann, B. Feb. 6. Odometers. - T h e case of a pedometer is provided inside or outside with a writing- tablet b on a hinged flap b<1>.
Patent GB-190302949-A (GB)
Title: Casein Solution
Inventor: HALL WILLIAM AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1903-02-07
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 2949. Hall, W. A. Feb. 7. Sizes.-A solution of casein suitable for the manufacture of paper-coating and for other purposes, is produced by mixing with casein, which has been precipitated by hydrochloric acid, 10 to 15 per cent. of its weight of sodium phosphate, preferably trisodium phosphate, and 1 to 3 parts by weight of water to each part of casein.
Patent GB-190310770-A (GB)
Title: An Improved System of Purifying and Distributing Gas.
Inventor: MEININGHAUS EDUARD
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 10,770. Meininghaus, E. Nov. 23. Distribution, systems of.-Gas for lighting and heating purposes is liquefied by pressure and cooled and drawn off into portable steel cylinders or containers, in which it is distributed to the consumers. Gas for lighting purposes produced in the generator a is passed through the condenser b, the washer c, and the purifier d to the compressor f, where it is cooled and liquefied, and, after being further cooled in the chamber h, is drawn off into the portable container i. Gas for heating purposes is not passed through the condenser b, but through a chamber o, which contains potash lye or other material for absorbing carbonic acid, before the gas passes to the compressor f.
Patent GB-190311385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traps for Mice and similar Vermin.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY AIRAY
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,385. Watson, H. A. May 19. Traps for mice and similar vermin comprise a board A, having an opening a, to be placed over a vessel of water or other means of destruction, side walls B, B' with openings b and fittings b<1> for holding the bait, a removable cover C, and a pivoted floor plate D, one end of which rests on supports. A mouse entering through the opening b passes over the plate D till it gets beyond the centre, when the plate swings about its pivots, precipitates the mouse into the water below, and returns to its original position. The sides may be hinged, and a pathway, on which bait is smeared, may lead up to the trap.
Patent GB-190317509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sighting Apparatus for Ordnance
Inventor: VICKERS ALBERT
Filed: 1903-08-12
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 17,509. Vickers, A., and Buckham, G. T. Aug. 12. Sights. - Relates to the application of sighting-apparatus of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 10,916, and 11,819, A.D. 1903, to Service sights, and to the simultaneous working of the right and left hand sights. Figs. 1 and 2 are, respectively, a side elevation and plan of the lefthand sight with the added parts, Fig. 6, is a rear view of the sights and connections and, Fig. 8, a horizontal section on the line 1-1, Fig. 6. The yard-scale drum and reader being removed, the enlarged scale B, adjustably attached to a disc b, is fitted to the same spindle ; a bracket B', attached to the end of the sight-bar A, forms a bearing for the spindle of the band-wheel B<x>, as shown in Fig. 8, and a reader for the range scale. The deflection scale C is attached by screws C<5>, to a bracket A<2> fixed to the radial arm A<1> by the same screws a<2> as the arc a<3>, Fig. 1, and is concentric with the spur-wheel c<4>, operating the speed and deflection readers c<1>, c<2>, and driven by the spurwheel c<3> fitted to the end of the deflection-nut spindle. The range scale B is reversible, the back being graduated for half charges ; and an "aiming "rifle" arc may be attached to the front face. The elevating gears of the right and left hand sights are connected by an arm b<6>, Fig. 6, with adjustable ends b<7>, connected to the left-hand sight by a crank b<8>, Fig. 8, and to the right-hand sight by a crank disc b<9>, Fig. 6. The rod b<6> is carried by an arm b<10>, swinging in a bearing b<11>. The rod c<7> connects the inner ends of the deflection-nut spindles, through small frames c<6> and a telescopic joint c<8>.
Patent GB-190318105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspenders.
Inventor: EDGARTON GEORGE MUNSON
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 18,105. Edgarton, G. M. Aug. 26, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Braces.-In braces flat webbing f, Fig. 1, is used only at the parts which bear on the shoulders, the remaining parts being made of cords or narrow webbing a, c. The braces are adjustable in length both at the back and front, at the front by means of lever clips h and at the rear by a buttonhole loop 20.
Patent GB-190405445-A (GB)
Title: Fermented Beverages
Inventor: FREW WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-05
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 5445. Frew, W., and Dempster, T. March 5. AÙrated beverages.-In the preparation of a fermented beverage of low alcoholic strength from fruits, herbs, roots, &c., the fermentation is stopped when the required amount of alcohol is produced, and the liquid, after preliminary straining, is impregnated with carbonic-acid gas. It is then forced through a filter into a counter-pressure bottling-machine. The closed bottles are then heated to pasteurize the contents.
Patent GB-190406328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Pumps, Blowers or the like.
Inventor: WIKI EDUARD
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6328. Wiki, E. March 15. Annular chamber type of rotary pumps, blowers, &c. The working chamber a has a central shaft c on which a piston drum b is eccentrically mounted. A cylinder d is rotatably mounted in the casing so that it forms a tight joint with an adjustable angle-iron g. A roller f rests on the piston drum and rotating cylinder, and forms a movable abutment. In operation, the piston drum draws water in at the inlet s, and forces it out at the outlet p. Leakage past the roller is prevented by its weight, by the pressure of the water on it, and by forming it in halves between which is packing adapted to exercise end thrust. Various modifications are described in which the arrangement of the roller is varied, by having an inclined plate instead of a rotating cylinder, by supporting the roller on a rocking arm, or by mounting it on a sliding tube which is pressed against the piston drum. The casing may have sediment-catching receptacles.
Patent GB-190407119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil Stoves.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 7119. Boult, A. J., [Lovett, T. J.]. March 24. Lamp stoves; vapour burners.-Relates to a vaporizing oil stove, having a burner constructed for burning the heavier hydrocarbon oils, such as kerosene, with a blue flame. The oil is raised by a wick and vaporized, the vapour being mixed with air in a perforated chamber, above which it is burnt. The burner G is fitted to a flanged basering k upon the reservoir F. The annular wick is raised or lowered by an ordinary sleeve p and pinion p<1>. Around the base of the wick-tubes is arranged a perforated chamber q, communicating with the inner wick-tube m, through an opening m<1>, for supplying air to the inside of the burner. A burner-tube G', having an expanded base r, and conical top t, is arranged above the chamber q, and forms with a perforated heat-conducting tube G<3>, a mixing-chamber y, for air and vaporized oil. Air enters the chamber y through perforations s' in the tube G, and from the tube m through perforations w<1> in the lower part of the tube G<1>, which is separated from the upper part by a diaphragm w<e>, Air also enters through holes in the base of the hood G', secured to the outside of the burner tube G'. The hood is provided with an annular socket, holding a ring H, which separates the combustion chamber B from the lower part of the stove. To start the stove, the wick is raised to the position indicated, and is lit through an aperture s<3> in the tube G'. The small flame heats the tubes G<1>, G<3>, and the wick is then lowered to extinguish the flame. It is afterwards raised, and the heat from the surrounding tubes is sufficient to vaporize the oil, which passes into the mixing- chamber, where it is supplied with air as before mentioned. The vapour is ignited at the perforations t<1>, w<1> in the tubes G<1>, G<3>, through an opening g in the combustion chamber B. An annular opening v<1> in the cover G provides for draught. The tube G<3> is provided with a cover, so that the mixed air and vapour, which may have entered the upper part of the tube, escapes at the sides and is consumed. The combustion chamber B is provided with openings f, fitted with strips of mica, and the upper part of the stove is hinged at b to the lower part, and held down in position, when the stove is burning, by a spring-latch h.
Patent GB-190407760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Castors.
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE
Filed: 1904-04-02
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 7760. Moore, G. April 2. Castors. - The upper part 13 of the horn 12 is made of tubular form and is fitted with an internal split steel tube 14, which is retained therein by projections 14<a>, 14<b> being bent outward, and is free to rotate within the tube 13. The tube 14 is driven on to a pin 11, which, in the case of legs of iron bedsteads, is cast into the foot 9, or is provided with a plate or socket for securing to other articles of furniture. The tube 14 may be further secured to the pin 11 by projections on its lower end, which are driven into recesses in the pin 11.
Patent GB-190407805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Grinding Slurry, applicable also for Grinding other Substances
Inventor: WELLS JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-02
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 7805. Wells, J., and Jackson, J. April 2. Mills and apparatus.- Slurry, clinkers, &c. are ground in a horizontal rotating cylinder a, Fig. 2, formed of a number of rings d, the inner faces of which are wedgeshaped so as to form V-shaped gutters or troughs in which correspondingly-shaped loose discs g are placed. The cylinder is supported on rollers b mounted on a revolving shaft c. The material introduced by the pipe h, passes successively through the several troughs and is ground by the discs g and discharged at the outlet i. One or more of the discs g may be replaced by oval discs. In a modification, the discs g, Fig. 5, are provided on one face with a series of curved vanes l to agitate the material under treatment, the rings d being suitably shaped. Instead of a built-up cylinder a, a cylinder provided inside with rings d may be employed.
Patent GB-190417195-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Bottle, Flask or like Receptacle for Containing Liquids or Semi-liquids or Solids.
Inventor: ELLIOT GILBERT SUTHERLAND MC D
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,195. Elliot, G. S. M. Aug. 5. Bottles; flasks; w a t e r bottles.- Relates to a construction of bottles, flasks, soldiers' water bottles, &c. adapted to facilitate their being cleaned. The top of the vessel B has a screw - threaded or other flange A, which engages a lid C provided with a spout D, which is closed by a screw plug E or other closure. The vessel is filled through the spout D, and emptied through a tube F, which is closed by a plug or cork G. The vessel is preferably made of metal or vulcanite, and of rounded shape to facilitate external cleaning. The internal cleaning is effected by the removal of the lid C, which may also be adopted for filling purposes, in which case the spout D and plug E may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190417917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Worm Gearing for Imparting Intermittent Rotary or Reciprocating or Intermittent Reciprocating Motion.
Inventor: GARSED JOHN LAW
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 17,917. Garsed, J. L. Aug. 18. Worm gearing.- Relates to means for converting the regular rotation of a driving-shaft into reciprocating and rotary motion, or intermittent r e - ciprocating and rotary motion, of a driven shaft or spindle. S u c h motion is obtained in a worm and wheel gearing by providing a special periodic divergence from the normal helical pitch of the worm thread. Fig. 2 shows the form of thread adopted to obtain an intermittent reciprocating and rotary motion. The worm 2 mounted on a driving-shaft 1 has a thread which is straight as at 3 for a certain length, a portion 4 is inclined in one direction, and a third portion 8 is inclined in a reverse direction. The worm may be built up in segments, or may be cut by a profiling or milling tool. The teeth of the driven wheel 5, which is fixed to the shaft or spindle 6, are provided on each side with the necessary clearance to ensure smooth working.
Patent GB-190418212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Raising Water.
Inventor: BADCOCK EDWARD BAYNES
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 18,212. Badcock, E. B. Aug. 23. Air-actuated pumps; steam pumps concussion, preventing.-The cylinder E, fitted with a piston F, is placed in communication with a steam generator by a tube B and a controlling-valve C, the stEam escaping through a port E<1>. The valve C is then raised by hand and the cylinder is placed in communication with the condenser D connected to the hard-pump Hand the pump J. As the piston F rises, the air entrapped below the valve G is liberated through the pipe G' and port E' and the valve falls and again admits steam to the cylinder, which permits the piston to fall. Air is compressed in the bottom of the cylinder and forced through the pipe G to lift and support the valve, and thus the action of the apparatus is made automatic. As the pump piston K ascends, water is drawn from the condenser D, and, as it descends, water is also drawn from a well through the pipe L<1>, and on the upstroke all the water is discharged to a reservoir through the pipe L<2>. The cooling-water for the condenser is led from the pipe L<1> by the pipe N, as shown.
Patent GB-190424467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing and Scrubbing Gas.
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,467. Kirkham, Hulett, & Chandler, and Hersey, S. Nov. 11. Scrubbers and washers.-In rotating-disc apparatus for washing gas, the disc or bundle is built up of a series of plates, plain or corrugated, separated by sheets or strips of corrugated metal. The sheets a, Fig. 1, of corrugated metal or wire gauze are laid with their corrugations inclined, and preferably at right-angles to those in the sheets b, Figs. 1 and 2. The bundles are clamped between plates c and placed in the segments in the rotating frame. In a modification, the corrugated plates are laid alternately with a series of boards or flat plates, the corrugations lying at any inclination. Plates and boards may be perforated, and distancepieces of gauze or metal strip may be employed.
Patent GB-190428564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Belting.
Inventor: JOYCE THOMAS
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 28,564. Joyce, T. Dec. 28. Belts and bands.-A belt is constructed of a continuous flexible band a, a of steel, brass, leather, canvas, hair, &c., which sustains the tensional strain, and a series of strips or lengths b of leather &c., equally spaced apart, and arranged on one or both sides, transversely to the continuous part a, a' and secured thereto by riveting, sewing, cementing, &c. In Figs. 1 and 3, the transverse strips, which serve as gripping-surfaces and permit the belt to adjust itself readily to small pulleys, are secured by means of rivets c, provided with flanges or heads d and riveted down over washers e, which may, however, be dispensed with if desired.
Patent GB-190429477-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adding Machine.
Inventor: PALLWEBER JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 29,477. Pallweber, J. Dec. 31. Calculating-apparatus.-A single-bank keyboard machine adds numbers up to ten directly, and higher numbers by repeated operation. The nine keys 18, Figs. 1 and 2, are pivoted upon a common shaft 19, and bear upon the inclined edges of a sliding plate 9 so as to move it to the right when depressed, the degree of motion controlling the stroke of the pawl arm 7, which feeds the ratchetwheel 6 forwards when the parts are returned by the spring 10. An additional arm 18<1> engages the inclined edge 15, and is operated by the pivoted yoke 21 for the purpose of giving a ten-feed to the ratchet-wheel, which actuates a totalizing-counter of three numbering-wheels, as shown. Gearing with the hundreds' spindle of the counter is a wheel 27 with pin 28, which is used during the clearing operation. The pawl 24 engages with the ratchet-wheel by gravity, and is arrested against a stop piece 26 shaped so as to arrest it gently and obviate noise.
Patent GB-190507415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cotton-gins
Inventor: CHEESMAN JAMES EARLE
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-07-07
Abstract: 7415. Cheesman, J. E. April 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gins.-The seeds are knocked from the cotton by the upwardly-turned portions of a series of stripper-blades 12 actuated successively by a series of cams or eccentrics 16 on the shaft 14, mounted in adjustable bearings. The ends of the stripperblades are slightly slotted and are attached by screws to a cross-bar 13. The arm 20, having a bolt working in a slot 19, serves to adjust the pressure of the blades on their cams. The fibres falling from the feed-table 7 on to the seed-board 8 are fed to the roller 1 by a plunger 9. The seeds fall through slots in the seedboard and through the spaces between the atripper-blades.
Patent GB-190507678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Colour Printing.
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 7678. Lake, H. H., [Cottrell & Sons, C. B.]. April 11. Printing in several colours. -Relates to a process of multi - colour printing in which printing-plates having graduations according to the lights, prepared as described in Specification No. 6959, A.D. 1902, or in other suitable manner, are employed. Figs. III and III<a> show the blue plate for use in threecolour work, the light portions 4 being the lowest, the dark portions 1 the highest, and the medium lights 2, 3 being of intermediate height. A machine for printing from these plates comprises a number of printing- cylinders arranged round a common impression cylinder.
Patent GB-190509411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Loom Weft Forks.
Inventor: RUSIUS HARRY
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 9411. Rusius, H. May 4. Loom weft forks.-The prongs A of the weft fork are separate, and have separate sockets B and shanks D. To take up any loose play in the fork, the pivot pin of the fork has a head F, which enters a hole in the side lug H of the holder, and is secured in any desired position by a set-screw J, the sockets B being held between the head F and the other lug of the holder. The separate parts of the fork may be formed of sheet metal, and be separated by washers. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the side lug may be detachably secured to the base of the holder by a set-screw or like means.
Patent GB-190514953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Decorticating Fibrous Materials.
Inventor: BIRKBECK HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-07-20
Abstract: 14,953. Birkbeck, H., [Greeff, E. F., Tilt, A., and Rossire, C. C.]. July 20. Decorticating rhea.-The stalks, are placed on travelling belts D, which convey them to feedrollers E, E<1> through which they pass to be broken up against a transverse anvil-bar by a beater B. The beaten stalks fallacross a travelling rope G, placed underneath the beater, and are conveyed from the machine for further treatment. The beater B, which is adjustable to or from the anvilbar by means of a screw m<8>, comprises a comparatively small number of detachable blades b. It is fast on the main shaft S which by means of worm gearing actuates the cross-shaft S3 driving the lower feed-roller E. Connected to the shaft S<3> by a ball-and-socket joint is the shaft S<2> conveying motion to the lower shaft S' and the delivery-rope. The two feed-rollers E, E<1> are connected by suitable gearing permitting of relative movement. The upper feed-roller E<1> is carried by a slotted arm y guided by the axle S<4> of the lower roller, and is adjustably pressed against the latter by a weighted lever l. The direction of the feed-rolleis may be reversed, should they become choked or otherwise, obstructed, by a treadle t which by means of an elbow lever h and connecting-link h' operates two sliding bevel geara f, f<1> on the shaft S<3>.
Patent GB-190514975-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method and Apparatus for Uniformly Sieving Chaff in Chaff Cutting Machines
Inventor: KEMNA FRITZ
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 14.975. Kemna, F., and Kemna, H. July 20. Sifting chaff.-The actuating-mechanism of the sieves of a chaff-cutter is connected with the feed rolls so that when the latter are reversed, the sieves are thrown out of gear. The feed rolls are reversed by a clutch a actuated by a linkf, attached to the lever h. The link f is also connected by links e, g with another clutch b by which the sifting- mechanism is driven,