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Patent GB-190325508-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Washing and Rinsing Bottles.
Inventor: BARTH CONRAD
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-11-23
Abstract: 25,508. Barth, C. Nov. 23. Bottles, washing.-The Figures show a bottlewashing machine adapted to take two bottles at a time, either of which may be removed independently. Cups or discs 4 are mounted on pivoted supports and are pierced by hollow brush rods. When the supports are tilted forward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, bottles may be placed over the spiral brushes 5 and kept in place by holders 15 adjustable by means of screws 17. On pushing the bottle-supports into place, levers 22, Fig. 4, operate a cock 10, so that water passes through the tubes 9 and up the hollow brush rods, rinsing the bottles. Water also passes up tubes 23 and falls on brushes 18 which cleanse the outsides of the bottles. The upper discs 3 which help to hold the bottles are vertically adjustable by means of hand-wheels. Motion is transmitted through the driving-pulley 19 to the discs 3, 4 by means of bevelled toothed wheels 6 and friction-wheels 7. Between the ends of the shafts 24 of the friction-wheels, a " spring " wedge " 25, Fig. 4, may be disposed to compensate for wear.
Patent GB-190328162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Toys.
Inventor: ULLMANN BRUNO
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 28,162. Ullmann, B. Dec. 22. Mechanical toys.-A figure c of a horse or other animal is supported by a wheel l and rings k loosely engaging the shafts i of a clockwork-driven vehicle a. It is connected by a rod h to a crank g on the axle e, and is given thereby a vertical and longitudinal motion.
Patent GB-190405171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mincing or Disintegrating Apparatus.
Inventor: HIGGINBOTTOM ALBERT HOWARD
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5171. Higginbottom, A. H., and Lennox, A. B. March 2. Moving-stirrer apparatus; mixing in definite proportions.-In mincing-apparatus in which two or more materials can be simultaneously minced and mixed in variable proportions, a series of circular knives project into the peripheral grooves of a drum or overlap a second series of knives, the drum or second series being rotated at a different speed from the first series of knives and in the opposite direction. Fig. 1 is an end view of one form, and Fig. 5 a plan of a modification. The shaft b carrying the knives c and the shaft g of the peripherally-grooved drum f are geared together, in the form shown in Fig. 1, by wheels h, j. The materials are fed from the hopper n, divided into two or more compartments by a hinged flap or flaps q, which may be adjusted by the handle q<1> and quadrant t. Fingers v, w act as scrapers for removing any material from the cutters c and drum f. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the drum f is mounted in a frame x pivoted at y so as to permit the passage of hard substances without damaging the knives. In this case, the drum f is driven from the shaft b by belt and pulley gearing 3,4,6,7,8,9,10, 11.
Patent GB-190413033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Cheroots and the like.
Inventor: BOLLE CARL
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 13,033. BollÚ, C., [Brown, C. H.]. June 9. Cigars and cheroots ; cigarette-making machines and appliances.-Consists of a machine for making cheroots &c. which are tapered at both ends. The proper quantity of tobacco T, Fig. 1, is placed in the pocket of the apron E, which is made of the shape required to fit the table A. The apron passes over the conical rollers F<1>, F<2>, Fig. 2, which have their larger ends adjacent and are mounted on a spindle bent in the horizontal plane and carried by a frame F<3>. The two ends of the cheroot &c. are tapered separately by rotating the frame F<3> and rollers F<1>, F<2>, firstly around the post d<12> and secondly around the post d<14>. The wrapper W is laid upon the apron as shown. For the purpose of tightening the apron E, it is fastened at one end to a rocking piece B, Fig. 1, drawn by a spring towards the post a' and fixed on the shaft b. A slide D carries inclined shoulders d<5>, d<6> and a movable piece d<7>, all of which are in contact with the roller d<10>, carried by a lever d<11>, which is pressed upwards by a spring and is fixed to the shaft b. When the slide D is moved to the right, the lever d<11> is first depressed, causing a pocket to be formed in the apron, and then raised, causing the apron to be tightened.
Patent GB-190418120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Securing in Position and for Releasing for Doffing or Removal, the Cloth Beam of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: GELDERMAN HERMANNUS PHILIPPUS
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 18,120. Celderman, H. P. Aug. 22. Loom framework. -To facilitate the doffing of the cloth beam, a blade spring 3 is attached by means of a setscrew 1 or the like to the front of one or both end frames 2. When doffing the beam, the blade is turned sideways and allowed to spring out clear of the brackets or necks 4 which support the axle of the beam. The cloth beam is secured in position, after insertion, by a reversal of the process.
Patent GB-190419780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Leather for use as a Substitute for India Rubber and for various other purposes.
Inventor: OWEN JAMES
Filed: 1904-09-14
Granted: 1905-10-14
Abstract: 19,780. Owen, J., and Threlfall, T. Sept. 14. Tanning.-Consists in treating skins, prepared for tanning in the usual way, by saturating them first with a solution of chrome alum and then with a solution of lead acetate in order to fix the oxides of chromium and lead in the fibres. The processes may be carried out at normal temperature or may be accelerated by heat. A mixed bath of chrome alum and lead acetate may be used, but separate treatments are preferred. The skins are completely " struck " when they show a greenish tint throughout after the alum bath, and a bluish tint after the lead-acetate bath. The skins are then partly dried and embossed, corrugated, or stamped by any means for various purposes such as soles, heels, and pads or protectors for boots and shoes, outer covers for tyres, helmets, hat leathers, mats, flange washers, buckets, upholstery leathers, &c.
Patent GB-190421761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling and Spraying Apparatus.
Inventor: HULBERT EDWIN FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 21,761. Hulbert, E. F., and Brooks, L. C. Oct. 10. Spray - producers. - Fig. 2 shows a device for cooling the cylinder water of explosion engines, but which may be slightly modified and used as a sprayer for medicating air, or humidifying the atmosphere. Liquids are fed to the annular space 4 through the inlet 7, and are drawn through holes 10 in the vertical tubes 9 by compressed air forced through the nozzles 11 from the chamber 3, the liquids leaving the vertical tubes in the form of a spray.
Patent GB-190506919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors particularly for Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: LEWIS EDMUND WOODWARD
Filed: 1905-04-01
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 6919. Lewis, E. W. April 1. Gas or explosivevapour engines, carburetting in. Heavy oil is mixed with a small quantity of hot air in an ordinary mixing- chamber Band passes through a tubular vaporizer C ; the vapour and air are mixed with a supplementary supply of cold air in the throttle valve 0, which is controlled by the suction of the engine. The casing E<1> of the vaporizer is divided longitudinally so that the tubes and their tube-plates may be removed bodily for cleaning. At starting, a lamp is used for heating, but the first blast of exhaust gases through the exhaust pipe J tends to move the hinged valves into a horizontal position, extinguishing the lamp and closing the chimney G while opening the ports K for the passage of the exhaust through the casing E'. A throttle valve in the exhaust pipe is controlled by hand or by the governor. The oil valves of the lamp E and nozzle A may be worked by one rod which opens one and closes the other, or a three-way cock may control the passage to both. The ports O<1> in the throttle valve O uncover the supplementary air ports P when raised high enough ; the mixture passes into an enlarged outlet N<1>.
Patent GB-190509585-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Plunger or Pounder for use in Washing Clothes and the like.
Inventor: EVENS EDWARD LUSCOMBE
Filed: 1905-05-06
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 9585. Evens, E. L. May 6. Plungers or dolues, hand; rubbing-apparatus, hand.-A disk or plate a of wood or metal is turned, cut, or stamped with a series of concentric corrugations on one side and is provided on the other face with a pair of handles e on opposite sides of the disk attached preferably by broad webs or shoulders acting as stiffening-pieces. When the disk is of metal, it may be stiffened by a disk or plate, preferably of wood. Through the recessed portions of the disk, and through the stiffening-plate when one is provided, holes are bored, so that, when the disk is pressed down on or lifted away from the clothes soaked in a washing or rinsing receptable, water may flow through these holes. The appliance may be turned over and held in the hand or rested on a wash-tub for use as a rubbing-board.
Patent GB-190515143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Lamp Extinguishers.
Inventor: RICHARDS AMBROSE BARRATT
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 15,143. Richards, A. B., and Schofield, G. H. July 24. Extinguishing oil lamps.-Relates to extinguishing-devices comprising a lever h released by a tumbling weight d. The flaps consists of a flat plate l and a cap b interlinked by a slot n and a pin m. The device is brought into action by a spring i.
Patent GB-190515152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pen-wipers.
Inventor: SCHMIDT EDUARD
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 15,152. Schmidt, E. July 24. Penwipers; blotting-appliances; pen-extractors.- Relates to a penwiper made of small sheets of blotting - paper, leather, cloth, &c., so cut that grooves are presented against which the pen can be wiped. Fig. 3 shows a blotter combined with a penwiper, the sheets a<1>, notched at b<1>, being located in a recess d and pressed together simultaneously with the blotting-paper h by the plate f and knob g. By pushing the pen-nib into one of the grooves b<1> and tightening the knob g, the nib may be removed from its holder. The sheets of material may be united in any manner, and may be secured in any suitable holder; the grooves also may be of any suitable cross-section. In one form, the strips of material are secured in a dish so that their notches coincide to form a series of horizontal grooves. Instead of the sheets being notched, separate groups of sheets may be used, the gaps between the groups forming grooves as before.
Patent GB-190517440-A (GB)
Inventor: FINDJIAN MIHRAN
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 17,440. Findjian, M. Aug. 29. Cleaning cups &c.-A perforated casing is filled with plates, dishes, &c., and is placed within a tank of washing liquid circulated among the dishes etc.; fterwards the casing is raised, and the articles are allowed to drain, rinsed with clean water, and left to dry by evaporation. The tank is made of metal or of wood lined with zinc, and has a removable lid and a valve-controlled outlet A<3>, which may be provided with a strainer. The inner casing is divided into sections to contain different articles, and may also have racks for plates &c. and supports for cups. It may be of perforated sheet metal or wire netting, or of wooden rods or lattice-work. The sections of this casing may be separate, and contained in a single framework by which they are raised and lowered together. Catches H are formed on the inner casing, to hook over the tank and retain the casing in position for draining ; or, catches or arms may be mounted on either the inner or outer casing and controlled by springs. The inner casing is provided with a pump C, which may be a simple plunger in a cylinder. According to the Provisional Specification, the pump may be replaced by stirrers between the sections of the casing ; or, a rotary pump or several pumps on the same. axis and operated by hand may be connected with the casing. For washing large quantities, several perforated casings may be used. For drying, a blast of hot air may be made to flow over the plates.
Patent GB-190521080-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Channelled or Grooved Support for Glass Roofs.
Inventor: DOPFER FRANZ
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 21,080. Dopfer, F. Oct. 17. Glazing roofs.-A combined rafter and glazing- bar for roofs consists of an elastic metal sheet uniformly corrugated, as shown in Fig. 2, and resting on a flanged plate b, carried by the roof girders. Bolts are passed through the central corrugation, and the glass is clamped between a bent plate d and the outstanding bends 3. Grooves 2, 4 carry off leakage and condensation. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, adapted for double glazing, the inner glass is clamped between bent plates h and the turned-over edges of the corrugated plate. The plate b may be replaced by a T-iron, the web of which engages the central corrugation.
Patent GB-190521328-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Clearing the Weft-fork in Looms for Weaving.
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 21,328. British Northrop Loom Co., and Hollins, D. M. Oct. 20. Loom stop-motions.-In order to remove from the weft fork any end of weft which may have broken and become entangled in the fork prongs, a clearer h is provided. The clearer comprises a bracket secured to the lay, and having two upturned fingers h', h<11>. If the weft breaks between the grid d and the shuttle box; the weft end tilts the fork e as the lay beats up. If the weft end becomes entangled in the fork prongs, it is engaged by the finger h<1>, which passes between two prongs as the lay moves backwards. The weft passes over the inclined top of the finger h<11> to the front of the finger as shown, and is held clear of the top of the lay.
Patent GB-190522533-A (GB)
Title: Method for the Preparation of Concentrated Solutions of Thiosinamine.
Inventor: MERCK WILHELM
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 22,533. Merck. W., Merck, L., Merck, E. A., and Merck, C. E., [trading as Merck, E., Firm of]. Dec. 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Medicinal preparations.-An aqueous solution containing thiosinamine and sodium salicylate is used for subcutaneous injection, the salicylate acting also as an anodyne.
Patent GB-190525743-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Piano.
Inventor: GOOLMAN FREDERICK ROOT
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 25,743. Goolman, F. R. Dec. 11. A u t o m a t i c instruments.- Tune-sheet winding-mechanism for automatic pianos is provided with a specially-arranged wire frame or guide to ensure the smooth passage of the sheet across the tracker bar, which is arranged to rest upon the sheet. The mechanism is contained in a detachable box or drawer arranged beneath and towards one end of the keyboard. The endless tune-sheet is contained in the lower part of the box, and is wound over rollers 93, 94, Fig. 2, in the upper part, to which access is obtained by means of a door b<2>. An opening in the back of the box registers with another in the piano case. The tune-sheet 14 passes upwards between a batten 91 and the roller 94, and between the driving-roller 93 and a cramp roller 97<a>, pressed by a spring 99 which is put on and off by means of a sliding and turning latch 100. A part of the wire frame or guide spider 97 extends downwards beneath the roller 94 and exercises a smoothing action on the tune-sheet, and another part extends towards the roller 93 and prevents the sheet from becoming entangled on this roller. The tracker bar C is carried by a frame 16, pivoted to brackets 19 upon the keybottom, and is adjustable lengthways by means of bolts and slots. The frames 16, B' are controlled by chains 24,103. A gear-wheel 96, on the roller 93, engages a pinion 104 on a telescopic shaft 105, Fig. 4, carried in pivoted hangers 106, 106<a>. A friction disk 107, at the end of the shaft, is pressed against the face of a disk 113 by springs 110, 111. The sliding section of the shaft is controlled from a tempo lever 120, moving between stops 121, 121<a> and connected to a rod 122. The disk 113 is mounted on a shaft driven by a belt on to which guide-pulleys are pressed by springs.
Patent GB-190604204-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Aerial Navigation.
Inventor: FAUBER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 4204. Fauber, W. H. Feb. 20. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering.-The aerial machine is supported by aeroplanes A, B secured to the underside of the framework 1, 2, 5, 6, Fig. 1, and by arched aerocurves E, F formed preferably of flexible material and provided with stays such as e, e<1>, e<2>, which hold the aerocurves in position when the latter are extended. The machine is steered in the horizontal and vertical directions by rudders C, D situated at the rear of the machine. The car H, Fig. 2, containing motors L, is supported from the frame by wires &c. 8. The propellers M are mounted on a spindle I<2> supported by standards I, Fig. 3, from the car H, and they are driven in opposite directions from the motors L through sprocket-wheels K on the spindle I<2>.
Patent GB-190607597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Heated Shaft-furnaces.
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 7597. Allmõnna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget. March 30,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Blast and cupola furnaces.-Blast furnaces or other shaft furnaces using fuel are constructed so that auxiliary heat can be supplied by means of electric currents induced in a mass of molten metal of uniform cross-section. In one form, a shaft 1 of circular section is provided with a central column 2. A bridge 3 extends from the furnace wall to the column, and serves to protect an iron core 4 having a winding 5. The column 2 may be hollow, so as to produce a draught for cooling the core ; or other means for cooling may be provided. The tapping-hole for the iron or other molten metal is preferably at a little distance from the bottom of the hearth, in order that sufficient metal to carry a current may remain after tapping. The parts of the hearth adjacent to the metal may be of conducting-material. The upper part of the column 2 may be omitted. In another modification, the shaft is of square section and is divided by a partition midway between two opposite sides, this partition being interrupted at the hearth so that the metal forms a square channel; two wound cores having a common part in the centre of the furnace are employed. Such furnaces are suitable for obtaining malleable iron direct from ores, only sufficient fuel to effect reduction being used, or for other purposes, such as refining pig iron, obtaining aluminium, and distilling zinc, closed conductors being provided in the hearths in the last-named case. Specification No. 28,805, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190607954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inserting or Removing the Liners of Guns or Ordnance.
Inventor: HOLDEN HENRY CAPEL LOFFT
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 7954. Holden, H. C. L. April 2. Ordnance tubes.-Relates to means similar to those described in Specification No. 9564, A.D. 1887, for inserting and removing the liners of guns. The apparatus consists of an hydraulic ram f adapted to bear against one end of the-gun, and a piston -rod c extending through the liner a and engaging the remote end thereof by means of the collar d.
Patent GB-190608282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: SMYTH JOHN MCFALL
Filed: 1906-04-05
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 8282. Smyth, J. M. April 5. Chromatropes. - Relates to an at tachment for connecting advertising- apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 920, A.D. 1906, with a suitable motor such as the motor of a desk fan. A gear box a, which may be detachably secured to the motor A, contains a worm b secured to the end of the motor shaft c. The worm b gears with a wormwheel upon an upright spindle e, the upper end of which carries a friction wheel f for driving the disks g, g<1> of the advertising-apparatus.B. These disks are mounted on a spindle h supported on a bracket h<1> on a base-plate i. The plate i is rotatably mounted on a plate j, and may be secured in any position thereon by a nut m and bolt l in a slot k, Fig. 3. In a modification, the gear box a is secured to the top of the motor case, Fig. 6, and the worm is driven by a belt n passing over pulleys o, p.
Patent GB-190619602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 19,602. Mills, B. J. B., [Hawk, W. D.]. Sept. 3. Axle-trucks or undercarriages.-Relates to the general arrangement and mounting of a gas-engine on one of the trucks supporting the car body of a railway motor-car or automobile. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the front end of a railway motorcar, and Fig. 2 a plan of the truck. The motor and driving-gear are mounted upon an independent frame, which is supported by springs from a lower frame rigidly secured to the axle-boxes. The car body is also independently supported by springs from the lower frame, which consists of side members 75 secured to the axle-boxes 3 and connected by cross-beams 79, the side members being extended beyond the axle-boxes, as shown at 76, 77. The motor framework consists of longitudinal members 81 and end members 80, supported from the ends of the side members of the lower frame by springs 82 and from the cross-beams 79 by springs 83. The car body is supported from the lower framework by means of side members 78 having vertical guides which embrace the axle-boxes 3, the side members being connected to one another by a transverse bolster 7 in which is a socket to receive the pivot pin carried by a support 9 on the car body. The side members 78 are supported by springs 6 on the parts projecting inwardly from the beams 75.
Patent GB-190621062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chimney and Ventilating Shaft Tops
Inventor: JAHN ADOLF
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 21,062. Jahn, A. Sept.22. Ball bearings.- In a wind-directed cowl, the pivot pin 4 is mounted in a bush 7 containing balls at the bottom and vertical rollers. Or the pin may be fixed and the bush movable.
Patent GB-190622186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: GRAYBER CHARLES LAYFETTE
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 22,186. Grayber, C. L., and Kerrigan, E. R. Oct. 8. Lubricators.-A lubricator for the cylinders of steam-engines for traction engines &c. comprises a reservoir 9 surrounded by a steam jacket 6, by means of which the lubricant is heated. Steam is led by pipes 18, 19, 20 from the steam-pipe 3 to the reservoir 9 and jacket 6, and forces the oil through a pipe 24, needle valve 28, sight-tube 29, and pipes 30, 31 to the steam-chest 2. A pipe 32 connects the pipe 30 with the steam jacket 6, and a by-pass 35 connects the pipe 32 with the exhaust pipe 5. The sight-tube contains condensation water. The various pipes are controlled by throttle valves 21, 22, 23, 33, 34, 36.
Patent GB-190628967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire Bridges for Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD HARRY
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 28,967. Schofield, H., and Macfarlane, O. P. Dec. 19. Baffles; firebridges.-A baffle d is situated at the to p of the flue, just behind the usual fire-bridge a, and may be a complete ring, the whole forming a duplex fire - bridge. The bridge a has a segmental projection a<1> approximately concentric with the furnace crown, and has an inclined front a<4>. The hot gases pass between the ring and flue as well as through the ring, and their contact with the ring may be further increased by corrugations on the inner surface of the ring. The ring blocks, as well as those forming the bridge a, may be joggled together to facilitate removal.