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Patent GB-190315046-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for use in Cooling, Heating or otherwise Treating Goods in a Closed Atmosphere
Inventor: GORE HERBERT REGINALD
Filed: 1903-07-07
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,046. Gore, H. R., and Frazer, W. S. W. July 7. Solids, treating with gases. - Relates to apparatus for cooling, refrigerating, heating, drying, baking, cooking, damping, impregnating, or otherwise treating goods in a closed atmosphere, and more especially for cooling goods in chocolate manufacture. The goods are placed in cages or carriers F and conveyed through a closed chamber by a pair of endless chains A. These pass over sprocketwheels B<1>, B', and are connected by transverse stretcher bars E, from which the cages F hang freely. To relieve the chains of the weight of the cages, the bars E are provided at their ends with rollers e running on rails G. When used for subjecting goods to a special temperature, the walls of the chamber are made hollow or double, and packed with silicate cotton or other non-conductor of heat. One or more access doors K for filling and emptying the cages are provided.
Patent GB-190317457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Retaining Attachments for Corsets
Inventor: MCKENNY DEBORAH PRATT
Filed: 1903-08-11
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,457. McKenny, D. P. Aug. 14, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Corsets; dresses, habits, and petticoats.-Relates to an appliance which is attached to one of the corset busks, and is provided with a hook to retain in place petticoats, skirts, blouses, and the like. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show one form of the appliance in front, side, and top view respectively. It consists of a channelled strip 1 provided with a hook 2 and with clips 3 by which latter it is attached to the busk. Fig. 14 shows it in use. Holes 7 facilitate sewing the appliance to the covering of the busk. The hook 2 fits over the upper edge of the petticoat and skirt, and is passed through a hole 20 in the blouse 19. The clips 3 may be adjustable in position, and the strip 1 may be in two parts overlapping each other and engaged together in such a manner that the length of the strip can be varied. The hook is notched, as shown, to engage with fastenings on waist-belts &c., and the hook is so situated that this notch lies coincident with the centre line of the corset.
Patent GB-190321396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Envelopes for Holding and Displaying Hair-nets, Veils and other Articles.
Inventor: KATZ DAVID
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,396. Katz, D. Oct. 5. Envelopes for holding and displaying hair-nets, veils, &c. The central part of the envelope is provided with perforations f, through which the contents may be seen. The nets d are held in position, one above another, by pairs of bands c, there being as many pairs of bands as there are nets. To remove a net, the envelope is opened, and the uppermost pair of bands are torn off, liberating the top net, while the other nets are still held in position. The bands c may be perforated as shown at g, to facilitate tearing, or they may be dispensed with altogether.
Patent GB-190322782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Mattresses or Spring Mattress-like Attachments for Bedsteads.
Inventor: FRANCIS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,782. Francis, T., and Steer, S. Oct. 21. Mattresses ; spring surfaces. - A spring mattress for bedsteads which may be readily taken to pieces for transport consists of several transverse frames, Fig. 1, each comprising a flexible member C of wood or metal, and a rigid member A preferably of metal suitably connected together at the ends B, between which helical or other springs D are secured. The springs D are provided at each end with cross-pieces F furnished with apertures which fit over inwardly-projecting pins G, or they may be secured by any other suitable means. The frames are braced longitudinally by two or more telescopic or otherwise extensible brace or stretcher bars E, secured to the rigid bars A of the frames by bolts H and thumb-nuts H<1>. The whole arrangement may be covered with ticking, canvas, or the like, and if desired an ordinary wire or other mattress may be secured on the top. The lugs B of the spring frames may be pierced to fit over studs in the frames of the bedstead. The spring frames may be placed longitudinally in the bedstead frame and braced transversely if desired. The stretcher bars E may be secured at the ends to the bedstead frame by any convenient means.
Patent GB-190323540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Resistance Boxes.
Inventor: ADAMS ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,540. Adams, A. H., and Curtis, A. H. Oct. 30. Insulators.-In a resistance box, metal plates or strips j are perforated to receive the smaller ends of perforated porcelain insulators k, the larger ends of these being hollow, to receive the ends of asbestos tubes l, on which wire resistances n are wound. The ends of the resistance wires are brought through the insulators k.
Patent GB-190324488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dress Skirts and Bindings or Edgings therefor
Inventor: MAEHLER FERDINAND
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 24,488. Mõhler, F. Nov. 11. Dresses; bindings.-Relates to means for imparting to dress skirts an elegant flow of folds peculiar to the material of which they are manufactured and to preserve the original contour of these folds. For this purpose a wire A, preferably wound up into helical form, is attached preferably to the lower edge of the skirt C on the inside thereof, as shown in Fig. 5 or, as shown in Fig. 6, is inserted in a binding D to be attached to the skirt. Several rows of wires may be employed. The wire may have a covering B. The appliance may also consist of a combination of wire helices telescopically arranged within each other and rolled down flat.
Patent GB-190328757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Butter-making.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 28,757. Boult, A. J., [Taylor, C. M.]. Dec. 31. Butter.-Butter is obtained by placing cream in a box composed of material which permits the fluid constituent to pass through it, but retains the butter. Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the apparatus. The outer vessel 1 is made of tin or other material, with the sides and ends at right-angles to the bottom, and contains an absorbent pad 2 on which is placed a removable box 6 composed of folded blotting-paper or other material. The pad 2, which promotes the separation, consists of a sheet of washable sterilized textile material folded along plain parts which separate patches of pile or loops. The box 6 may be fastened to the pan 1 by means of clips 7.
Patent GB-190403259-A (GB)
Inventor: ALLOATTI JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 3259. Alloatti, J. Feb. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; spring wheels; pneumatic wheels.- To ensure adhesion to the ground and to prevent side slip, the tyres of vehicle wheels are formed of a number of elastic or resilient elements. Cane, rattan, wood, or metal rods 1, maintained by screws 4 in a support 2, formed integral with the rigid ring 3 of the tyre, are arranged tangentially as shown. In a second arrangement, the tread is formed by parallelopipedoidal or cylindrical elements, resting on a pneumatic tube and passing radially through a rigid outer circle, which acts as a guide. Shoulders prevent them from escaping. In Fig. 4, the elements 1, telescoping in tubes 2, fixed between the rigid ring 3 and a circle 5 nearer the hub of the wheel, bear on compressed air or other fluid contained in the tubes. The tubes may be filled with the compressed fluid by arranging the ring 5 with a central conduit communicating with all of the tubes, each tube being provided with a valve. Valve-packing 10 ensures tightness, while fixed pins or screws 9 passing through slots in the elements, prevent them from escaping. Instead of the compressed fluid, a spring may be used, in which case the valve-packing is unnecessary.
Patent GB-190414163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Movable Overhead Frogs or Switches for Electric Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: MERZ CHARLES HESTERMAN
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 14,163. Merz, C. H., and Redman, S. G. June 22. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Conductors.-Relates to movable overhead frogs or switches which can be operated by electromagnetic means at the will of the car-driver. The main part of the frog 1 is insulated by the blocks 2 from the end-pieces 3 to which the trolley wires are connected. A copper strip 4 connects the trolley wires on each side of the frog. An electromagnet 5 in the form of a solenoid has one terminal attached to the double end-piece 3 and the other to the frog 1. The armature has an arm 8 which is connected to a spring 9 the other end of which is fastened to the movable tongue 13. A weaker spring 10 has one end attached to the tongue and the other to the frame of the frog. If it is desired that a car advancing from the right should pass straight on, then the circuit is broken on the car just before the frog is reached, the tongue remaining in its normal position. If it is desired to take the side line, the circuit is not broken, and when the trolley wheel runs on to the frog, current passes through the solenoid, attracts the core, and operates the tongue.
Patent GB-190419928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: IRWIN HERBERT ELLWOOD
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 19,928. Irwin, H. E. Sept. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tyres, pneumatic.-In the cover of a pneumatic tyre, stated to be especially adapted for use on motor vehicles, the tread portion is enlarged as shown, and has embedded in it wire fabrics 16, 17, the tyre being secured in the channel rim 10 by means of broken metallic rings 6, Figs. 1 and 3. The end 15 of the ring 6 engages with a hole in the rim 10, and the end 14, passing through into the wooden felloe 11, is secured by the screw 13. The flanges 7 of the tyre are strengthened by means of bard-rubber cores 9. To prevent creeping, the flanges of the tyre are notched to receive bolt heads. The inner tube 2 is kept clear of the flanges 7 by means of a ring 3, preferably covered with fabric 4, which is sewn or otherwise secured to the cover at 5. The tread is formed with projections 18, 19, 20, 21. The form shown in Figs. 2 and 5 is adapted for the rear or driving-wheels, and that shown in Fig. 4 for the front wheels.
Patent GB-190422000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motors.
Inventor: JIGOUZO PAUL
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 22,000. Jigouzo, P. Oct. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Armatures.-The squirrel-cage rotor B of an induction motor having an internal or external stator A is provided with two sets of conductors H, J of high and low resistance respectively. At starting, the conductors H, which are riveted or soldered to a ring E of low resistance and to a second ring F of high resistance, form a short-circuited armature with the lowresistance circuit broken, and as the motor speeds up the conductors J, which are fixed at one end to the ring E, under the action of centrifugal force against the pressure of a spring K or the like are moved into contact with a third ring G forming an armature of slight resistance which automatically shunts the first. The conductors H, J are situated in slots in the rotor core, and dust is prevented from getting between the contacts by means of a tightly-fitting disc M. The conductors H may be dispeused with when large field magnets are employed, the starting being then effected by means of the eddy currents induced in the rotor.
Patent GB-190422572-A (GB)
Title: Millstone
Inventor: KREPS AUGUST
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 22,572. Kreps, A. Oct. 19. Millstones.-The millstone, Fig. 1, is composed of segments b which are arranged nearly tangentially to the central opening a and are formed of parallel bars c, Fig. 2, having saw-like teeth d. The teeth extend through the whole thickness of the millstone and touch the back of the adjacent bar, the hollows f thus formed being filled with an agglomerating material, which hardens and binds the different parts together. The bars c of one segment are arranged at an angle to those of adjacent segments.
Patent GB-190426071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Securing Bands or Ropes to Cotton Spinning and other Machinery and other purposes.
Inventor: GARDNER JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 26,071. Gardner, J., and Clough, J. Nov. 30. Cleats or holders. - A device for securing and permitting ready release of the bands or ropes used in connection with mule carriages and heald staves, ropes on ships, cords for hanging pictures, maps, and drawings, cords for window blinds, lines for supporting articles for drying or displaying, cords or ropes for staying trees, &c. is shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a heald cord for looms. One end of the device in this case is connected by the usual strap to the oscillating roller in the loom, and the two ends of cord a passing from an eye b in the heald stave c are fastened by passing them round openings e, notches f, and slots g in the device.
Patent GB-190427568-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drawing Instrument.
Inventor: DARGUE WALTER
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 27,568. Dargue, W., and Dargue, F. L. Dec. 17. Dotting-pens.-The pen is fixed to a socket c sliding on a bar b, to the lower end of which a guide-wheel e is attached. On moving the instrument along the paper, the pen is intermittently raised and lowered by the detent g engaging projections on one or other of the rotating wheels f. The detent can be moved to engage different wheels. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, the lower end of the slide bar is slotted, and the single wheel f can be removed and replaced. In this case, the detent is pivoted to a fixed projection on the slide bar b. In the Provisional Specification, a form is described for drawing outside boundaries," the pen being mounted on a diagonal arm and moved by a cam.
Patent GB-190428078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Burning or Fixing the Colours upon Printed or Decorated Tiles, Glass, Porcelain and Ceramic Ware, or the like.
Inventor: STANLEY LIONEL WARNER
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 28,078. Stanley, L. W. Dec. 22. Gaseous fuel furnaces or kilns; charging; doors.- Colours or designs upon tiles, glass, porcelain, and ceramic or vitreous ware are burnt or fixed in a reverberatory furnace heated by gaseous fuel, the walls and roof being D-shaped so that the flames are first directed to the centre of the roof and then deflected upon the articles. Between a metal casing c and an interior b of fireclay or firebrick, a refractory lining may be interposed, and the interior of the furnace a may also be lined with refractory material e. The gaseous mixture passes from rows of pipes l, at each side of, and below, a level re fractory hearth f, to burners m, which are curved as shown so that the flame first strikes the wall g. The articles are carried on sliding traysj, and, to facilitate their insertion or withdrawal, a table y, Fig. 2, is provided and may be raised or lowered by ropes or chains 3 connected to a barrel 1. Above the furnace, a compartment o, which may be heated by the waste gases, is used for the preliminary heating of the goods, which, after passing through the furnace, may be cooled in a compartment p open at the front. Three different degrees of heat may also be obtained by increasing the length of the furnace a and regulating the number of gas jets used in the various portions. The articles may also be intermittently propelled forward by means of mechanical devices. The front of the compartment o is closed by a door h connected to chains s which pass over pulleys and are attached to balance weights. The door i of the compartment a is held up in its closed position by rods t and levers u. The levers are connected together in front by a rod w, which is engaged by a hook or catch x when the door is raised. On release of the catch, the door descends by its own weight.
Patent GB-190503239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Scales and like Weighing Appliances.
Inventor: BRECKNELL CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 3239. Brecknell, C. W. Feb. 16. Bearings, arrangement of.- Relates to detachable knife-edge bearings for scales &c. Figs. 7, 8, and 10 show the central knife-edge k and its bearing m inserted in an aperture l in the beam b, Fig. 7 showing the beam in repose and Fig. 8 showing it raised in the operation of detachment. For this purpose, the carrier piece p, pivoted to the suspension attachment o by a pin o<1>, is rotated slightly from the position shown in Fig. 7, so that the shoulder r, which prevents undue play of the beam, is withdrawn from the path of the knife-edge k and bearing m. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement for the end knife-edges a, on which the V-shaped bearing d rests. The knife-edges are provided with a stem-piece, and are inserted in an aperture in the beam b, a screw c preventing any play. A jointed suspension piece e fits by means of claws f on the bearing d, and detachment of the bearing and beam is obtained by opening the arms e pivoted at x. The knife-edges may be made from a rolled bar of V-section. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the bearing d is held in a rigid frame e which may be drawn upwards relatively to it by screws j.
Patent GB-190505697-A (GB)
Title: Coin-released Weighing Machines.
Filed: 1905-03-18
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 5697. Pooley & Son, H., and Dobson, J. March 18. Weighing - apparatus.-The steelyard a is normally held up and locked by a disk cam e, but this is turned after prepayment to set the steelyard free, and is left to the reversing action of a spring, or of a weigbt c on a cord c<1>, under the retarding control of a train 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, driving a fly b, or the weight forms part of a dash-pot. A c t u a t i n g-mechanism; coin action. - The disk cam is loose on the actuating-shaft i having the handle g, but being formed with a concentric channel h is connected by the coin x to a fast quadrant d having a radial channel f down which the coin is dropped. Coin-discharging mechanism.-After being used to turn the disk cam through the required angle, the handle is reversed to carry the coin back clear of the curved channel and the cam-edge e'. Fraud, preventing.-When the bandle has been turned back to its initial position, a notch k in the quadrant gives freedom to the steelyard, but if this full reversal is not effected the quadrant holds up the steelyard. Small coins escape through a slot v in the curved channel. Delivery mechanism for tickets in a magazine p. A trigger r connected by a cord t to the hub of the quadrant is disengaged from an ejecting-slide which is projected by a spring.
Patent GB-190506073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Mercury Switches Operated by a Vehicle passing along a Railway.
IPC: B61L1/04
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 6073. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. March 22. Switches. - Relates to a mercury switch described in connexion with a railway and operated by a vehicle passing along the line. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of one form of the switch, which is pivoted at b and consists of a vessel a divided into two compartments connected by a channel c. When a vehicle passes, the rail e is depressed and the compartment a<1> becomes higher than the compartment a'. After the vehicle has passed, the vessel returns to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the mercury flows back through the channel c. A contact-pin g, extending into each compartment, is so placed relatively to the channel c that it is immersed in the stream of mercury at a point where it is just breaking into drops, so that the circuit is successively made and broken. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the bending of the rail by the weight of the passing vehicle forces a diaphragm 4 downwards, causing the mercury to pass up a tube 5 into a cup 6. This cup 6 is in connexion with a vessel 1, made of insulating- material, through a small channel 3 which enters the vessel 1 in a direction tangential to the cylindrical part. The mercury upon entering the vessel runs, on account of its tangential velocity, at the outer edge of the funnel-shaped opening and slowly sinks. When it has sunk to the outlet, the centre core has lost its momentum and falls into the reservoir 7. While the mercury is passing through the outlet, an electric current is established from the contact-pin 2 through the mercury to the metallic cup 6, which is broken when a certain amount of mercury has passed away. This action is repeated in quick succession as long as there is any mercury to pass from the cup 3 into the vessel 1. In another modification, the vessel 1 is replaced simply by a spout through which the mercury passes away in drops, thus making and breaking the circuit.
Patent GB-190506646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spreading Devices for Maintaining Neck Bands, Dress Collars, Cuffs or other Pieces of Flexible Material in an Extended State.
Inventor: LILLEY FLORENCE MARY
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 6646. Lilley, F. M. March 29. Collars; cuffs stays or stiffeners; neckbands.- Relates to a device for keeping in a spread state bands or strips of fabric likely to crumple. A pointed wire C is passed through one limb of a tubular frame A and is bent over at both ends, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the pointed ends are sheathed in thehollow tube A'. In a modification, Fig. 2, two U-shaped wires C are united in the tube by a spring E. When placing the spreader in position, the pointed ends of the wire are sprung out of engagement with their sockets, passed through the material, and then sprung back. The apparatus may have three or more tubes, or the wires C may be made hollow so as to slide over a solid wire frame.
Patent GB-190509502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Door- and Window-locking-devices.
Inventor: WITTMANN JOSEF
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 9502. Wittmann, J. May 5. Electrically-controlled fastenings.-A door or window is fastened by a pivoted obstruction-bar a, which engages with a socket c on one side of the door frame and is held in its looking position by a spring-pressed pivoted catch d. When the catch d is drawn back, either by means of the finger-piece d' or by completing an electric circuit and thus energizing the magnet shown, the bar a, which is weighted at its end a', turns about the pivot b and allows the door to be opened. The contacting parts of the armature d and bar a may be coated with platinum to ensure a good electric connexion. Clockwork mechanism may be employed to complete the electric circuit and thus release the fastening at a predetermined time.