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Patent GB-190405594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, Cigar Holders and the like
Inventor: MUELLENBACH JAKOB VICTOR
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 5594. M³llenbach, J. V. Dec. 4, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tobacco pipes, cigar holders, &c. are made so as to be more readily carried in the pocket. The mouthpiece is detachable and connected, when in the folded position, to the rest of the pipe &c. by a socket, ferrule, or ring. In the form shown, the mouthpiece c is secured by a socket e fixed by a cap d to the stem b. A plug g may be inserted as shown. When not in use, the plug is placed in the socket e.
Patent GB-190408980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Lacing and Securing Lace-up Boots.
Inventor: COTTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 8980. Cotton, W. April 19. Lacing-fastenings. -The ends c<1>, d' of two laces c, d are united within the boot, as shown in Fig. 4, the looped end c' of the lace c, after passing through the last holes 5, 6, being passed through a ring e or eyeleted tab &c. The looped end of the lace d is secured to a strap f, which is passed round the ankle, Fig. 2, through the ring e, and back again, being secured to a hook or button g by slits f<1>. One continuous strap may be used, the ends c<3>, d<3> being sewn to the bout, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190414288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: VALERIOLA EDMOND DE
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 14,288. Valeriola, E. de, Sepulchre, E., and Moeller, J. June 25. Incandescent gas &c. lamps.-In the manufacture of mantles, threads are impregnated with the nitrate solutions, squeezed, dried, and exposed to the action of ammoniacal vapours for a comparatively short time to convert a limited amount only of the nitrates into a film of hydrated oxides enclosing the remainder of the nitrates. After exposure to air, the threads are washed with distilled water to eliminate any ammonium nitrates. The threads are then again dried, and made into tissues for the manufacture of the mantles. Woven or like fabrics and artificial threads and fabrics are similarly treated. The process adopted is said to cause the mantle, when incinerated, to burn slowly and uniformly without local explosion, and to yield a strong flexible skeleton.
Patent GB-190416204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Miners' Safety-lamps, applicable also to other Oil Lamps.
Inventor: ROBY JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-21
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 16,204. Roby, J. July 21, Miners' and like safety lamps; oil lamps, regulating flame of; overflow fittings; wick-tubes.- Oil is supplied to the main wick d by feeding- wicks f depending from the wick-tube b into the reservoir a, or an ordinary wick-tube may be used. The flame-regulating sleeve e, provided with a flange n, is actuated by a screw o mounted on the square end of the spindle j. The wick-tube b has a flange l and is secured to the reservoir by a nut m. The vent tube u opening flush with the bottom of the nut m is provided at its lower end with a shield v having transverse openings. The catch q to lock the screw o is fixed to the nut m. A rubber or like washer s serves to make a tight joint. The invention may be adapted to duplex lamps.
Patent GB-190422381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Rendering Celluloid or Nitric Cellulose Compounds Non-inflammable.
Inventor: PARKIN WALTER COTTRELL
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,381. Parkin, W. C., and Williams, A. Oct. 18. Celluloid and like compositions.-Boric acid is added to render the products non-inflammable, the proportions preferred being nitro-cellulose 4 parts, camphor 2 parts, and boric acid 3 parts.
Patent GB-190424220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ground Pegs for Picketing or Tethering Horses and other Animals, Tent Pegging and the like.
Inventor: BOSLEY WALTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-11-09
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,220. Bosley, W. J. Nov. 9. Tents, pegs for. The pegs are provided with movable tines which contract while the peg is being driven into the ground but expand and anchor the peg when an attempt is made to pull it out of the ground; or the tines can be contracted by the operator preparatory to driving the peg, and expanded after the peg has been driven. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the tines d are pivoted to a piece C sliding in the hollow stem of the peg. The peg is driven into the ground by means of a rod inserted in the hollow of the stem, its lower end bearing on the piece C and causing the tines to contract as shown in full lines. When the rod is removed, any attempt to withdraw the peg results in the expansion of the tines as shown in dotted lines. The peg can be withdrawn by first inserting the rod and fixing it by means of a pin at g<1>. In a modification, the rod is attached to the piece C and remains permanently in the stem of the peg, its upper end being attached to the tent rope. In another modification, the rod is screwed at its lower end and is rotated to expand or contract the tines. In the modification shown in the enlarged crosssection in Fig. 10, the tines are hinged in slots in the stem and are expanded by means of a cam C<1>.
Patent GB-190424233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbine Wheels.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-11-09
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,233. Allison, C. A., [Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co.]. Nov. 9. Steam turbines.-To prevent distortion, the blades 5 of a turbine wheel are formed in groups with integral rims 6 and bases 3, which are riveted to the wheel discs 1. The blades are tapered and the rim sections are separated by gaps 7.
Patent GB-190425534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refrigerators.
Inventor: PATTINSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,534. Pattinson, W. Nov. 24. Grant of Patent refused. Hinged valves. - In a refrigerator, valves between the ice-tank and the storage chamber are preferably of the form shown in Fig. 4, the hinged flap 21 being fitted with a rubber ring 22 adapted to bear on the conical seating 20. Extensions 24 on each flap are connected together by rods, to ensure the simultaneous operation of the valves.
Patent GB-190425896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Cutting and Raising Peat.
Inventor: STRENGE OLTMANN
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 25,896. Strenge, O., Strenge, W. K., Strenge, J. W., and Strenge, G. Nov. 28. Peat. - In a cutting and raising apparatus, buckets c, Fig. 1, are mounted on an endless vertical chain alternately with pairs of knives b. To make the cutting process continuous, the chain receives simultaneous lateral and vertical motions, and the knives are inclined so as to lie in the direction of the resultant motion, when they are in action. The chain is mcved laterally by a screw 1, Fig. 11, which is connected to the chainframe a by a universal joint. This screw is supported at its free end in a bearing 4, which can slide on a bar pivoted at one side of the screw and supported on the other side by a spring. In this way, strain on the screw is avoided. The beam q . which supports the screw 1 forms a feed-channel, and a crusher v and a spreader are also provided. Motion is communicated to the screw and chain from a motor by connecting-shafts and universal joints, and horizontal and vertical chains link together the different portions of the machine so that it moves as a whole and no great strain is placed upon the edge of the trench. The screw motion may be reversed automatically, by a rod 20 attached at one end to the chain-frame a, and slidably connected at the other end to a bar 17. This latter bar can slide and is pivoted at one end to the motor-reversing lever 13 ; it also carries two adjustable stops 16, which may be box-like and fixed by screws. These stops are moved by the chain-frame rod 20 at the end of each cut, thus actuating the reversing-lever 13. A universal joint for connecting the screw 1 and chain-frame a is shown in section in Fig. 9. The screw 1 passes through a nut 2, having two horizontal trunnions 8, resting in a frame which can turn about two vertical screw-pieces 11 passing through a piece 12 of U-shaped iron firmly fixed to the chain-frame.
Patent GB-190426171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armature Windings for Dynamo-electric Machines
Filed: 1904-12-01
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,171. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 1. Armatures are wound with more than two coils per slot, each coil having a pitch equal to the distance between adjacent slots multiplied by a whole number and a fraction. As shown applied to an armature A with nine slots, the commutator C has twenty-seven segments. Three complete turns a<1>, a<2>, a<3> of a wave winding are shown. The turn a<1>, starting at the first upper position in the slot 1, passes across the front of the armature to the second lower position in the slot 3, the distance between adjacent coils being two and one-third slots. The winding continues to the third upper conductor in the slot 5 and to the first lower conductor of the slot 8, thus skipping two coils instead of one, and so to the second upper conductor of the slot 1, where the second turn a<2> begins, the pitch throughout being two and one-third slots. The coil pitch may be made one-third less than a whole number of slots, or generally n Œ 1/3, where n is a whole number of slots. More than one turn per coil, may be used, and more than three coils per slot.
Patent GB-190427090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Plastic Compositions for use in the Production of Printing Plates but also applicable to other purposes.
Inventor: COLLARDON LOUIS
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 27,090. Collardon, L. Dec. 12. Printing-surfaces; embossing.-A composition for printing-blocks or stamping-dies consists, chiefly, of albumen, blood, sawdust, and casein, or other albuminous matter. These are softened by moistening and heating, in closed vessels if necessary, with water, alkalies, for example ammonia, acids, acid salts, for example calcium diphosphate, magnesium or aluminium phosphate, or acid phosphates generally, calcium borate, acid glyceroborate of magnesium, or borates generally, chromates, Turkey-red oil, organic acids, for example oleic or stearic acids, or their salts, volatile basic organic compounds, for example aniline, pyridine, hydroxylamine, dimethylaniline, or with organic bodies which are not too volatile and contain a hydroxyl group, for example alcohols, phenols, or their esters. The mass is then hardened by one or more of the following :-tannin, or quebracho extract, preferably with acid, formaldehyde or formalin, or hexamethylenetetramine or with acid chromates or bichromates. To obtain permanent elasticity, aluminium hydrate, kaolin, or zinc hydrate may be added. Moreover, organic bodies which melt below 100‹ C., such as colophony, shellac, and Canada balsam, are sometimes added, also when suitably mixed or dissolved substances which melt above 100‹ C., such as benzoic acid in amyl alcohol or mixed with phenol or fillers, such as barium sulphate, zinc carbonate, calcium carbonate, metallic oxides, for example zinc oxide, earth, or mineral colour, such as ochre, silicates, silicic acid, and the like. To soften the composition, castor oil, Canada balsam, Turkey-red oil, turpentine, and the like, or barium sulphate, magnesia, chalk, permanent white, white lead, kaolin, or the like are used. As examples, 100 kilogs, of powdered casein are mixed with 10 kilogs. of calcium biphosphate and 10 kilogs, of barium biphospbate. The mixture is moistened with water, hardened, heated, and pressed into hot moulds. Or a mixture of 100 parts of casein with 10 parts of tannic acid is moistened, say with 10 parts of alcohol, or with 15 parts of amyl alcohol and 5 parts of benzoic acid, or with 10 parts of amyl alcohol and 1 to 2 parts of dimethylaniline. A matrix is produced from a plate of casein &c. polished on one side and placed upon a hot-plate or bath and stamped by an engraved or etched die.
Patent GB-190428455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Central Telephone Station Installations.
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 28,455. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Dec. 27. Telephone systems.-Relates to telephone exchange systems in which all calls are received in the first instance at a board from which they are immediately transferred, without any enquiry as to the number of the subscriber wanted, to any disengaged operator at the multiple board. The clearing signal is given simultaneously at both boards. In the system shown in Fig. 2, Th<1>, Th<2> represent two subscribers' stations, I the primary calling-board, and II the multiple board. When the subscriber Th<1> lifts his receiver from the hook, the relay AR<1> is energized and the lamp L<1> lighted. The operator at board I then places the plug S' of an unoccupied plug circuit a b in the jack ka<1>, the lamp L' being thereby extinguished. Current then flows from the battery B' through the choking-coils H.si to the subscriber's circuit, the relay R (shunted by a condenser or polarization cell) being energized, and the lamp L<3> lighted by current from the battery B<3>. At the same time, the relay R<1> is energized and the lamps L<7> at the board 1 lighted to show that the corresponding operator at board II is engaged. A lamp L<6> is also lighted at the superintendent's table. As soon as the operator at the board II has ascertained the number of the subscriber wanted, she inserts the plug S<2> in the proper jack K' in the multiple board, thereby allowing the spring u to rise, and extinguishing the lamps L<6>, L<7>. When the subscriber Th<1> returns his receiver to the hook, the relay R is de-energized, and the clearing-lamps L<5>, L<4> are lighted up on the boards I, II. At the same time, the lamps L<6>, L<7> are momentarily lighted up, but, as soon as the plug S<2> is returned to its socket, contact is broken at u, k and the lamps are again extinguished. Whenever an operator at the board It leaves her post, she removes the plug x of her microphone circuit from the jack z, thereby de-energizing the relay R' and lighting up lamps L<8> at the board I. The attempted transfer of a call to a vacant post is thus prevented.
Patent GB-190429028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spinning and Twisting Frames and the like.
Inventor: SWEET DAVID CHAPIN
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 29,028. Lake, H. H., [Sweet, D. C.]. Dec. 30. Spindle apparatus; spindle and lifting rails.-A ring 18, carrying one or more fixed guide-eyes 20, is mounted by means of a pin-and-slot arrangement 21, 22, upon the upper end of a wharl 9 which rotates on ball bearings and is driven by a band. The wharl is shown separately in Fig. 2, and is provided with inclined surfaces 14,15, so that the oil will be thrown by centrifugal force into the recesses or pockets formed near the centre of the wharl and will be retained within the bearing. The ball races are formed by the surfaces 11, 12, 14, 15 and by inclined rings 26, of which the upper one is secured to a central ring 23 screwed into the rail, and the lower one rests upon a boss 4 in the rail and is connected with the ring 23 by a sliding key 28 and keyway, so that, by adjusting the ring 23 in the rail, the parts of the ball bearings may be adjusted for wear. Oil is supplied to the bearings by means of a wick 31 which passes through suitable grooves in the parts of the bearing, may be secured to the ring 23 by means of a split ring 34, and dips into a suitable reservoir which may be formed in the rail. When the reservoir is formed in the rail, the latter is constructed in the form of a trough with up-standing bosses 4 at intervals to receive the rings 23, and with a cover 5 having apertures through which the wharls &c. protrude. The trough is filled with oil to a definite level determined by the position of an overflow aperture.
Patent GB-190501864-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Articles from Pulp and Apparatus for such Manufacture.
Inventor: WHEELER ORRIN ARTIMUS
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 1864. Wheeler, O. A., and Leeser, D. Jan. 31. Moulding pulp. - Picture frames and similar articles are moulded from pulp by two pressures, the first, which expresses most of the liquid, in the press shown in Fig. 1, and the second in the hot press shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The operation of the press, Fig. 1, is as follows : -Liquid under pressure is admitted to the cylinder 25, thus raising the piston 24 attached to the carrier 23 of the lower die A to close the bottom of the pulp reservoir 18. The plungers 39 are then raised, lifting the upper die B with its carrier 33 till pulp can pass between the two dies, when the piston 36 is actuated to lower the upper die and compress the pulp cut off by its descent. Liquid drains off through the dies and their carriers and through a flexible perforated metal liner C, perforations a, grooves 29, and holes 30 below, and perforations b, grooves 41, and pipes 42 above. The piston 24 is then lowered and the pulp form removed on the liner C, Fig. 9, which can be bent to detach the form, which, with or without drying, can then be placed on a non-perforated liner for pressure between similar dies in the hot press, which comprises a frame 50 and a hydraulic ram 51. The lower movable die M is adjusted in a box 55 by means of cranks and levers 56, 57, 58, 59 and both dies M, N are provided with perforations m, n to allow drainage. The block 60, secured to the bottom of the box 55, maintains the aperture produced by the block 21, and the pump 70 acts like the pump O to drain off the expressed liquid. Steam is admitted to the connected chambers 62 to heat the press.
Patent GB-190503208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razors.
Inventor: BOWIE ANDREW DOUGLAS
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 3208. Bowie, A. D. Feb. 16. Razors. - The blade b, Figs. 3 and 4, is removably held in a grooved metal back piece e which is formed in one piece with the tang. The whole folds into a cover or sheath a, which acts as a handle and is made of thin sheet metal, preferably aluminium, by folding a suitably-cut blank. The end c of the handle is a projecting fork, embracing the tang, which is pivoted to it at i. The blade is locked in the closed position by a pin g' which slips into a slot k in the tang. This pin may be operated by a spring, or by the device illustrated in Fig. 7, in which the pin g is carried on a flat spring l. When the razor is being closed, an inclined part k comes into contact with a bevelled piece m on the pin g and pushes it transversely across the slot h until the slot f in the tang comes into such a position that the pin is pushed into it. To open the razor, the projection g<2> is pushed in and the tang lifted up.
Patent GB-190505133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving and Reversing Gear Mechanisms for Motor Cars and like Purposes.
Inventor: HIRST JAMES RHODES
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 5133. Hirst, J. R., Knight, H., Roe, C., and Roe, H. March 11. Motor road vehicles. -Relates to variablespeed and reversing epicyclic gearing for motor-vehicles &c., reference being made to Specification No. 18,283, A.D. 1901. The driven shaft 1 rotates inside a sleeve 2 on which are mounted a clutch member 3 and a spider 43, which provides bearings for rings 5 embracing roller bearings for spindles 6. The spindles 6 are rigid with pinions 9, 10, the pinion 9 being in mesh with teeth 18 on a freely-mounted disk 13, and the pinion 10 with teeth 23 on a similar disk 19. The driving-element consists of a toothed annulus 7, driven from the motor through a pinion and rotating upon the rings 5 as bearings. The annulus 7 carries clutch teeth 11, 12 adapted to engage teeth 14, 20 on the disks 13, 19, respectively. The disks 13, 19 may be clutched to a casing 17 by pairs of clutch elements 15, 16 and 21, 22, respectively. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the gear gives the intermediate forward drive, the pinions 9 rolling round on the teeth 18, which are fixed, the sleeve 2 being provided with clutch teeth 26 engaging projections 25 on the shaft 1. When the disks 13, 19 are moved simultaneously to the right, the pinions 10 roll on the teeth 23, which are fixed, effecting the slow forward drive. The fast forward or solid drive is obtained by moving the disks 13, 19 inwards simultaneously. For reversing, the disk 13 is moved into engagement with the annulus 7, the disk 19 into its free position and the shaft 1 to the right by a foot-lever 28 so that the projections 25 engage with teeth 24 on the disk 19, a member 27 simultaneously holding the member 3 and spider 43 against rotation. In one modification, the flange 4 is extended to enclose the bearings of the spindles 6 and form a bearing for the annulus 7, friction clutches being used. In another modification, the disks 13, 19 are both fitted with teeth such as 23 or teeth such as 18, the diameters of the pinions 9, 10 being varied.
Patent GB-190505244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dyeing Machines.
Inventor: FLETCHER WILLIAM HALL
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 5244. Fletcher, W. H. March 13. Dyeing.-In a hank - dyeing machine, for dyeing skeins of silk, cotton, &c., the hanks are carried through the dyeing- vat upon reels supported by, but easily removable from, two endless chains moving in parallel vertical planes. The chains are carried upon sprocket-wheels 2 secured to shafts journaled as shown above the dye tub 1, Fig. 1. The machine is driven by a belt 33 through a pulley 31 and gearing 32, 34, Fig. 3. Each chain consists of links 4 with projections 8 alternating with plain links 3. The reels are supported upon round portions 6 carried by the projections 8, and consist of two channel-shaped pieces 21 fitting over two forkshaped end-pieces 14, 17, Fig. 5. One end-piece 17 has a sleeve 18 fitting over the part 6. The other end-piece has a hollow cylindrical body 11 in which a pin 27 is fixed. This pin prevents a contained tube 24, through slots 25 of which it passes, from falling out. To place the reel on the chains, the tube 24 is passed over the round part 6, and the spring 13, reacting against the base of the cylinder 11 and the end of the tube 24, is compressed until the sleeve 18 can be passed over the opposite part 6. In some cases where the materials are heavier, a single tube may be used instead of the two pieces 21, the end attachments being similar to those described. These skein holders are sometimes placed alternately with the reels. In order that the skeins may be completely acted upon by the liquid, the skein holders are rotated by the roughened or toothed surfaces 36 of brackets 37, secured to the sides of the tub 1, acting upon roughened portions 10 of the holders. A similar arrangement may be made for the other side also. Sagging of the chains is prevented by the parts 7 of the projections 8 sliding on strips 35 on the sides of the tub. Along the inside of the tub are fixed rods 34 in order to prevent the skeins from rubbing the sides of the tub. Fig. 1 shows how the skeins 43 lie on each other as they pass out of the liquid. The drippings run back into the tub. A roller 40 prevents the skein from splashing on entering the liquid.