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Patent GB-190309912-A (GB)
Title: A Course Indicator for Ships.
Inventor: CHABOT JEAN JONAS TAUDIN
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1904-04-30
Abstract: 9912. Chabot, J. J. T. May 1. Course indicators.-Relates to electrical course indicators for ships, by means of which variations in the course are ascertained by measuring the phase difference between the current flowing in a rotating earth-inductor and that produced by a current-generator rotating synchronously therewith. The current produced by the earth-inductor, is caused to act on a relay so as to open and close a second circuit, the current in which excites for a short period a field-magnet moving synchronously with the earth-inductor and rotating within a fixed Gramme ring. The current thus generated in the Gramme ring, is conducted to simi'ar but smaller Gramme rings in various parts of the ship, which, when temporarily excited, cause magnetic indicators suspended within them to take up positions depending on the phase difference. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the current from a rotating coil a actuates a relay or equivalent device b in a circuit containing a battery c and an electromagnet d, which rotates within a fixed Gramme ring e synchronously with the earth-inductor a. Conductors lead from the Gramme ring e to other smaller similar Gramme rings g in which are mounted indicators h. Fig. 2 shows another arrangement, in which the earth-inductor is mounted on the shaft of a motor driven by a three-phase current-generator a. The current from the earth-inductor actuates a relay e in a circuit containing a battery f and a relay switch g, which allows a three-phase current, shunted from the main current 1, 2, 3, to excite for a short period Gramme rings h, in which indicators k are mounted. A capacity d may be inserted in the earth-inductor circuit. The current from the earth-inductor may directly actuate the relay switch g. Fig. 4 is a diagram of another form of apparatus, in which the earth-inductor b and a three-phase currentgenerator c are mounted on the spiudle of a pneumatic motor a. The current from the earthinductor actuates a relay switch in a circuit containing a battery d, which thus energizes for a short period the electromagnet of the generator c. The current so generated produces a corresponding temporary magnetic fiel in a Gramme ring f, in which is mounted an indicator.
Patent GB-190315290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Carriage and other Flushing Cisterns.
Inventor: PRYCE ALFRED THOMAS
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 15,290. Pryce, A. T. July 10. Water-waste preventers.-Relates more particularly to the siphon cisterns used in railway carriages. The bell H carries a valve I, which rests on the top of the down-pipe G, as a seat. The stem i of the bell terminates in a valve which closes the inlet C when the bell is raised, a spring m assisting gravity in keeping the bell in its lowered position. As a flush cannot be obtained until the water rises above the level of the top of pipe G, waste of water from premature attempts is prevented
Patent GB-190316847-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means of Decorating Pottery Porcelain Glass Paper or other Medium
Inventor: MARTIN JOHN SIDNEY
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 16,847. Martin, J. S. July 31. Ornamenting glass, pottery, &c. surfaces.-Colouring-matters, such as metallic oxides or dyes, are mixed with water, gum and water, sugar and water, or essential oils or essences, and applied to the article, after which acid, alcohol, or oil is applied in various places. The process may be reversed and the acids, alcohol, or oil used as the medium, and the water added afterwards. The acid &c. may be placed at the edge of the colour, and the designs fixed by drying, and varnishing or firing. Glass, when decorated in this way, is used as a photographic negative, and sensitized paper, ornamented by this method, may be exposed to light, washed, toned, and fixed. One method of applying the invention consists in mixing three ceramic colours A, B, C separately with water, covering a china plate with colour A, and forming a centre and graduated edge by the addition of a thicker layer of the same colour. The centre is then partly covered with tint B, and, after standing, a brush, dipped first in colour C and then in glacial acetic acid, is applied to the centre. A ring of acetic acid is then made in the colour half-way between the centre of the design and the edge, and, after standing, a drop of acetic acid is applied to the centre.
Patent GB-190317950-A (GB)
Title: Skin Cream for Eczema
Inventor: BRIDGES CATHERINE
Filed: 1903-08-19
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 17,950. Bridges, C. Aug. 19. Ointments.-A skin cream for eczema is composed of the following ingredients :-Lard, sweet oil, glycerine, milk of sulphur, spirits of camphor, newlaid eggs, white wax, and attar of roses.
Patent GB-190318888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Flushing Cisterns
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 18,888. Levick, J. Sept. 2. Making waterwaste preventers.- Consists in making the siphon apparatus of siphon-discharge cisterns from solid - drawn tubes or by spinning, in order to dispense with soldered joints. The bell a is formed by spinning a blank of copper or the like, or partly by spinning and partly by drawing. The discharge-pipe carries a solid-drawn or spun vessel c which is closed-in above by a plate d brazed into place. A vessel e open at the top is hung from this plate or supported by feet e<2>. The stand-pipe f of solid-drawn tubing is formed with a bead f<3> which is brazed into an opening in the plate d. The portion f<2> is sawcut in two places and the edges of a cup g<1> are inserted in the saw-cuts and brazed into position. The part f<5> of the stand-pipe between the sawcuts is cut away, so that the cup g' forms a trap as shown.
Patent GB-190323142-A (GB)
Title: Improved Dies for Shaping Cycle Rims Mud Guards and the like
Inventor: FRANK ALBERT
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 23,142. Frank, A. Oct. 26. Bending; stamping.-Rings or frames for cycle rims, guards, &c. are made from a flat ring. An upper die b, Figs. 5 and 6, and a lower die c are shaped to give the outline required when their edges r, r<1> are in contact. The moving stamp is provided with an extension d working in a receas in the other stamp. Dies may be arranged to bend the ring a either outwardly or inwardly.
Patent GB-190326206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipe Scrapers and Cleaners.
Inventor: BUCHNER MAURICE FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 26,206. Buchner, M. F. Dec. 1. Tobacco-pipe cleaners. - Relates to appliances for scraping the bowls of tobacco pipes, and consists of a number of blades or webs c, with bevelled edges d, formed on a shank b fitted with a handle a. The blades are either spirally or circularly serrated. The instrument may be stamped out of sheet metal in two parts which are then riveted together with a thickening-strip interposed. A modification is described in which the teeth are formed in horizontal sections, and are threaded on a square shank with interposed springs so that, when the instrument is pressed into the bowl, the springs will give slightly, and, by continued turning of the handle, each tooth will operate successively on different parts of the bowl.
Patent GB-190328404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Devices for Windows
Inventor: MOUAT LAURENCE
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,404. Mouat, L. Dec. 24. Sash fastenings.-The plate 5, screwed to the upper sash, has a lip 7 bearing against the front of the sash, and a stop 6 on the upper rear corner. The hooked arm 8 is pivoted to the plate 5 by the pin 9. Screwed to the lower sash is the plate 13, to which is hinged the plate 15 having a bent-up edge 16. The plates 13, 15 form the keeper 12, which, in the position shown in Fig. 1, engages the hook 10, thus locking the sashes in the closed position. When the arm 8 is raised, the plate 15 can be folded back, to enable the arm to fall into the vertical position, unlocking the sashes. In the position shown in Fig. 2, either sash can be opened a short distance for ventilation &c. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the arm is extensible. The hooked end 21 of the part 18 engages one of a number of rectangular apertures 19 in the part 17, and the two parts are clamped by the screw 24 engaging one of the threaded holes 20. Fig. 6 shows a modified form of the plate 5, having a turned-up rear edge in place of the stop 6.
Patent GB-190401795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Generators.
Inventor: SCHUETTE JOHANN
Filed: 1904-01-23
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 1795. Sch³tte, J. Jan. 23. Steam-generator furnaces ; smoke-consuming.-In a boiler composed of a multitubular barrel and upper and lower drums connected by, water tubes, air is supplied to the space above the fuel in the furnace, which is below the multitubular barrel, through hollow shields. These shields are carried upon supports 31 and are used for protecting the heads of the stay bolts and the rivet seams from the direct action of the furnace gases.
Patent GB-190403135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: MUELLER ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 3135. M³ller, A., and Zeising, O. Feb. 8. Calculating-apparatus.-In a machine of the general arithmometer type having setting-rigs, such rings are locked wnen the operating-handle is not in its position of rest, the number se on the rings is displayed on indicators in a line and the registering-discs are so operated that they do not over-run. The handle m is shown in the position of rest, with its bolt p forced by the spring m<1> into the recess n of the frame, pressing in the rod g and thereby throwing locking- projections b<1> on the bar b out of gear with teeth on the setting-rings, and also keeping the lever y displaced against the spring t, so that wheels i may be in gear with wheels q on the setting-rings and other wheels v on the indicators o, which are thus moved as the rings are set. The eccentric-rod 3 of an eccentric 2 on the main shaft z has a slot through which a fixed pin 5 passes, and the motion of the extremity 3<1> of the rod thus obtained is utilized to drive intermittently gear-wheels 6 which actuate the registering train.
Patent GB-190404989-A (GB)
Title: System of Continuous Removal of Scale from Steam Boilers.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 4989. Marks, G. C., [Soc. Decelle et Cie.]. Feb. 29 Incrustation, preventing and removing.-A series of voltaic-piles p are suitably supported in the boiler and are connected with one another in series, the end cells being also connected to the metal portion of the boiler. Heat is transmitted to the cells by copper wires c which trail in the water. The loosened scale is blown out of the boiler.
Patent GB-190409714-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Bolt or Fastener for the Hind Doors of Traps and other Vehicles and for other purposes.
Inventor: BUNN JAMES
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 9714. Bunn, J., Bunn, C. W., [trading as Bunn, C.], and Harris, J. April 28. Fastenings, carriage-door; latches; fastenings.- Relates to fastenings for the hind doors of traps and other vehicles and for doors, windows, shutters, &c. On the door is fixed the bolt casing 2 provided with the extension ring 16, adapted to take over the projecting pommel 14, Fig. 3, and into the angular recess 18 of the catch-piece. Sliding in the casing is the spring bolt 1, which is adapted to be withdrawn by means of the lever 7, pivoted to the bolt at 8 and with its pointed heel 9 in engagement with the incline 10 formed on the casing 2, so that, as the lever is pushed into the position shown in dotted lines, the fulcrum moves up the incline 10.
Patent GB-190410076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balanced Cord Drop Adjusters.
Inventor: OLIER HENRY D
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 10,076. Olier, H. d'. May 2. Cleats or holders; cords, adjusting length of.- In a cord holder combined with a swivel arrangement for supporting an incandescent lamp in an adjustable horizontal position, an irregularlyshaped channel is formed in the member 8, as shown in Fig. 1, and the cord is passed through this channel. The part 8 is composed of two halves clamped together by a collar 1, which fits a peripheral groove. In Fig. 7, the cord is shown passing through, the channels 4, 5 of the dumbbell piece, and a swivel arrangement is provided, composed of two hemispherical shells 7, 8. As a modification, the swivel arrangement may be attached to the two halves 3, 3<1> of the dumb-bell piece, as shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-190425868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Lids for Jugs and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 25,868. Boult, A. J., [Macmaster, D. A. D.]. Nov. 28. Jugs.-An automatic lid is made with the back part A fixed to the jug and the front part E movable. Attached to the fixed part A is a race F in which rolls a cylindrical weight G, and projecting from the movable part E, is a tongue H. When the jug is tilted forwards, as in Fig. 3, the weight G presses against the tongue H and so raises the lid, which is prevented by the button J from moving through more than a right-angle. The race F is slightly inclined downwards towards the rear so that the weight will roll back when the jug is level.
Patent GB-190427585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements applicable to Door Locks
Inventor: LEACH THOMAS
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 27,585. Leach, T., and Billington, R. Dec. 17. Latches.-Relates to means by which the latch can, from the inside, be blocked against withdrawal from the outside, and is applicable to the door fastenings of lavatories, bathrooms, &c. The inner handle f is securely attached to the follower d, which is provided with a square boss g through which the spindle h of the outside handle i loosely passes. To block the latch, the inner handle is drawn inwards so as to bring the square boss g over a projection j on the casing and prevent the rotation of the spindle, until it is again pushed in.
Patent GB-190506767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofing Tiles
Inventor: MAJOR LIONEL HUGH
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 6767. Major, L. H. March 30. Roofing-tiles.-Three roofing-tiles are shown in plan in Fig. 1 and in section along the lines B-B and C-C respectively, in Figs. 3 and 4. Along the centre and one side of the tile are rolls 1, 2, which are reduced in size near the top edge of the tile to allow the rolls of the tile above to fit over them, continuous corrugations being thus formed down the roof. Two ribs 5, 6, on the other side of the tile, form a channel, into which fits the edge of the roll 2 of the adjacent tile. On the curbed top edge is a rib 4, and lower down a parallel shoulder 7. The rib 4 engages one of the inclined sides of a corresponding groove on the lower surface of the tile above. The rolls and the spaces between them may be angularly corrugated longitudinally.
Patent GB-190509306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Show Stands or Brackets for Shop Window Dressing and the like purposes
Inventor: GRIFFITHS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 9306. Griffiths, W. May 3. Window fittings.-Hosiery, neck-ties, scarfs, and the like are displayed in shop windows by being hung from rods e, which slide radially in holes in a carrier a, which is preferably a cupped disk. To the cupped disk a are attached two clips b, which may be furnished with set-screws b<1> for adjusting the carrier on a bracket c, which is removably supported on a suitable stand or support d. The rods e are preferably solid, and have ornamental end attachments.
Patent GB-190509319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a Combination Tool for the Removal or Extraction of Bottle Stoppers, Corks, or Capsules, and for like purposes.
Inventor: STONE FRANK
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 9319. Stone, F. May 3. Corkscrews; opening bottles.-Relates to a combination tool for use in opening screw or internally stoppered bottles, and also for drawing ordinary corks, removing capsules, cutting wires, or opening tins. For unscrewing round-headed screw stoppers, the tool is provided with stops b and a cam a, the cam binding against the stopper when the tool is rotated. The tool is provided with a suitably-sbapad slot or reess g adapted to receive stoppers having rectangular or other shaped heads or nuts. One edge of this slot is formed with a knife-edge g<1> for removing capsules. A hook c is provided for cutting wires, and an ordinary corkscrew d is adapted to fold flat against the tool, its end being received under a stop f. The face of the tool is formed with a recess h to receive any projecting parts on the stoppers. A knife i is provided for opening sardine tins and other receptacles for foods, and the lower end of the stem e is adapted to displace internal stoppers.
Patent GB-190511613-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Removal of Screw Stoppers from Bottles and the like, and Means for Securing the same in Position.
Inventor: GARSIDE WILLIAM WALTER
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 11,613. Garside, W. W. June 2. Spanners &c.-Relates to a device for removing screw stoppers, of the type formed with flats or facets, from bottles. Fig. 1 shows the device adapted to be held in the hand. It is formed with flats or facets corresponding to the head of the stopper, and is tapered in cross-section so that it can be used for worn stoppers. The device may be secured beneath a counter, with its lugs e horizontal, by two distance-pieces f, f<1>, Fig. 3, formed with chamfered parts g<1> to bear against the counter. Or, as shown in Fig. 4, the chamfered parts of the distance-pieces may be opposed, to form a long distance-piece when it is desired to fix the lugs e vertically.
Patent GB-190516560-A (GB)
Title: Improved Composition for Polishing and Preserving Furniture.
Inventor: ASHTON LAURIE
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 16,560. Ashton, L., and Ashton, S. Aug. 15. Polishing-liquids.-A composition for polishing and preserving furniture consists of bees-wax, castile soap, white wax, turpentine, and rainwater made up into a cream.
Patent GB-190519245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weather-tight Sliding Windows.
Filed: 1905-09-23
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 19,245. Broadfoot & Sons, J., and Appleby, J. R. Sept. 23. Bulkhead doors. -In a sliding sash, a metal plate may be used instead of glass and adapted as a bulkhead door. The counterbalanced s l i d i n g sashes A are secured against rubber or like beadings C<2>, so as to make weathertight joints, by side wedging - bars D operated by slotted cranks D<3> and a handle E<2> or worm gearing G, lower cams E<3> bearing against the bottom rails of the sashes, and inclined wedging - surfaces o f upper rails and frames. The sash may be provided with lifting-rings F<2> and a perforated strap F<3> engaging with a stud F<5> on the cross-shaft E. In case of breakage of the glass A', a dead-light may be inserted.
Patent GB-190521662-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Fixing and Compressing Cops upon Spindles of Shuttles for Looms for Weaving
Inventor: COSSERAT OSCAR
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 21,662. Cosserat, O. Nov. 15, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Weavers' tools; yarns, compressing.-In order to fix and compress a cop upon a shuttle spindle, the end of the spindle carrying the cop is inserted into a swivelling cup a mounted on a frame m. The shuttle d is then caused to engage between cheeks on a part f mounted upon a slidable axle h, and its tip enters a slot c in the part f. The operative then draws forward the end d' of the shuttle until it is stopped by the frame m, thereby causing the part f to rotate. A helicoidal surface g, g<1> on the part f acts against a fixed support i, and causes the part f to be moved towards the cup a against the action of a spring j, thus fixing and compressing the cop on the spindle. The operative then returns the shuttle to its first position, and removes it from the machine. The cops may also be fixed and compressed on independent spindles, in which case the heel of the spindle is engaged by the part f, and the latter is rotated by means of an attached handle.
Patent GB-190600367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Preparation of Grain for Brewing and the like.
Inventor: SOMLO KARL JACOB
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 367. Soml¾, K. J. Jan. 5. Malt and malting.-Grain such as barley, maize, wheat, rye, oats, &c. intended for malting, is treated with warm or hot water, at a temperature of 25-70‹ C., or, alternately, with warm and cold water, with the object of cleaning the grain, and of improving the malt finally obtained. Lime water &c. may be added when required. The treatment may be effected in a washing-machine, steeping-trough, or soaking-vat, and, preferably, compressed air is used at the same time as the hot water. Instead of hot water, steam may be used. The grains may be soaked in cold water before treatment.
Patent GB-190607199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Candle Sockets of Vehicle Lamps.
Inventor: ROBERTS WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 7199. Roberts, W. C. March 26. Carriage lamps.- For attaching to the lamp socket B, the candle tube D carries a sheet-metal or other spring catch C, in the rounded end c<5> of which is a shoulder c<3>, which engages an external rim a' on the internal tube A of the lamp socket. T h e catch C is pivoted between ears on the plate c', the spring E being carried on the pivot e<1>.
Patent GB-190607278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Burners for Liquid Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: BRAUNSCHILD JULIUS
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1907-03-26
Abstract: 7278. Braunschild, J. March 26. Vapour burners. -In a modification of the annularw i c k blue - flame burner described in Specification No. 7176, A.D. 1906, the flange c, Fig. 3, on the flame spreader e is horizontal or upwardly inclined, and the flange b on the outer air tube a is horizontal or d o w n w a r d l y inclined, the flanges a, b being approximately in the same plane. The flange c may be arranged on a plate m, Fig. 2, above the spreader so as to project beyond the spreader. An additional flange a, Fig. 5, may be arranged in the outer air-tube a, so as to direct the mixture of air and steam towards the interior of the spreader.
Patent GB-190609402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Yarn or Thread Winding, Doubling, Gassing or similar Machines.
Inventor: HIGGINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 9402. Higginson, J., and Arundel, H. April 21. Winding-machines.-The prevention of lumps or protuberances on cheeses of wound yarn by destroying the harmony between the motions of the thread-guide and the cheese, as described in Specification No. 612, A.D. 1903, is effected in slitdrum winders by imparting an oscillating motion to the drum, cheese, or thread-guide plate ; some of the arrangements are also applicable, to ordinary drum winders. In one arrangement, a worm b, Fig. 1, on the drum shaft a drives a worm-wheel c on a shaft d carrying an eccentric e embraced by a strap f pivoted at g, this mechanism serving to give a small lateral movement to the shaft d, which is transmitted by a forked bracket h to the drumshaft. The movement may be given to the cheese instead of to the drum. In another arrangement, the cheese is mounted in arms j, Fig. 3, and is given a small rising and falling movement by a rock lever k actuated by a link m, crank-disk n, and spur and worm gearing from the drum-shaft a<1>. This vertical movement may be imparted to the drum a. In another arrangement, the threadguide plate o is carried by a pivoted lever and is oscillated by an eccentric to vary the point of winding-on. This movement and also that effected by the means shown in Fig. 3 may be employed in drum winders with reciprocating thread-guides for importing an oscillatory movement to the guideplate, cheese, or drum.