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Patent GB-190303838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire Boxes and Draught Regulators for Locomotive Boilers.
Inventor: PARSON HENRY EDWIN
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 3838. Parson, H. E. Feb. 18. Lift valves ; plug cocks.-Relates to draughtregulating apparatus for locomotives, comprising special valves and cocks. A lift valve for controlling the supply of steam to steam-jet blowers is shown in Fig. 4. It is held open by steam pressure beneath a differential piston 59, 60, and closed by steam and water pressure acting above this piston. Admission and exhaust to and from the space above the piston is controlled by a three-way plug cook, Fig. 5. The plug of this cock is in two parts connected together as shown, the upper part being loose in the casing and the lower part having a recess 71. Steam or water under pressure enters at 64, the branch 65 leads to the top of the piston 59, Fig. 4, and the branch 66 leads to an exhaust pipe. The plug is turned by an arm 72 with a pin loosely engaging a slot 74 in the lever 75.
Patent GB-190304457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Lifts.
Inventor: ELLINGTON EDWARD BAYZAND
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 4457. Ellington, E. B. Feb. 25. Rope grips.-In a hydraulic lift, one of the controlling ropes can be engaged by a grip t, normally held open by a small hydraulic cylinder v against the action of a spring.
Patent GB-190305919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tool-holders for Planing Machines, Slotting Machines, Shaping Machines and other similar Machine-tools.
Inventor: BOWERS CHARLES
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 5919. Bowers, C. March 14. Tool-holders for planing, shaping, slotting, and like machines are arranged to permit a cut to be taken during both strokes. Tools j, Figs. 1 and 3, are held by set-screws in half-dovetail grooves in bushes b, capable of oscillation in the body of the tool-holder. The tools are normally held in their cutiing-position by spring-controlled pins n, which project into recesses in the bushes b. The sides of the hole k in the body give additional support to the tool, in this position. A shank a', or H, is provided to suit existing toolboxes. The bushes b are retained in place by flanges c and cover-plates d. Two modifications are illustrated and described in which four tools are used, and one adapted for curved tools. Reference is made to Specification No. 13,051, A.D. 1885.
Patent GB-190306573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Tobacco Smoking Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Smoking Holders, and such like
Inventor: LANDFRIED EMIL
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 6573. Landfried, E. March 21. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders; cigarettes. - Tobacco pipes, cigar and cigarette holders, and the like are fitted with two filters separated by an absorbent material and arranged in series so that the smoke passes through both on its way to the mouthpiece. The filters may be made of cotton or peat fibre or wadding, and the one nearest to the tobacco, cigar, &c. is charged with sodium or magnesium molybdate to eliminate the nicotine from the smoke, the other being charged with a tungstic salt, e.g., sodium or magnesium tungstate, to render the other compounds which are produced, such as pyridine and its derivatives, inoffensive. As applied to a pipe, the filters e, f, separated by absorbent material g are placed in a glass, wood, or metal tube c, which is inserted in a recess formed partly in the stem and partly in the mouthpiece. The front end of the tube is formed with a returning part d. The part d is dispensed with, and the tube c is inserted in a recess in the stem of cigar and cigarette holders. The tube c containing the filters may be made of pasteboard, and form part of the mouthpiece of cigarettes.
Patent GB-190313107-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cock for Indicating the Height of Water in a Steam Generator.
Inventor: SOLOVIEFF IVAN
Filed: 1903-06-11
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 13,107. Solovieff, I. June 11. Plug cocks.-In water-level indicators, a plug cock 3 is used having an indicating-pointer 12 outside the boiler, the end of the pointer being at the same level as the end of a bent inlet tube 5, which is carried by the plug 3 and projects into the boiler. The scale is attached either to the cock or to the boiler itself. By turning the handle 10, the tube and the pointer move simultaneously, and thus the level of the end of the tube is readily seen. A separate plug cock 20 regulates the discharge. In one modification, the discharge is regulated by a conical valve actuated by a screw engaging a thread in the main spindle; in another modification, it is regulated by means of passages cut in the plug of the cock.
Patent GB-190322090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrodes and Resistances.
Inventor: CORNARO GIOVANNI
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 22,090. Cornaro, G. Oct. 13. R÷ntgen-ray and lilce apparatus.-Electrodes for arc lamps, electric furnaces, Crookes' and Geissler tubes, R÷ntgen-ray apparatus, &c., are made by compressing together powdered metals or metalloids, with, or without powdered carbon, oxides, oxy-salts, or other substances, using, if necessary, mineral orvegetable tar or other binding-agent. Increased illuminating power is said to be obtained, and, according to the nature of the powders employed, various simple or compound spectroscopic colours are produced. The same material is used-for resistances and rheostats.
Patent GB-190325663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Systems.
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 25,663. Falk, Stadelmann & Co., and Thurnauer, L. Nov. 24. Telephone systems; telegraph and telephone calls. -Relates to an automatic switch in connection with the receiver hook at each sub-station in a telephone system, in which a central station is connected with a number of sub-stations which are not in intercommunication. The object is to dispense with the use of a manually-operated switch, so that the central station A can always call any sub-station. The transmitter a, receiver a<1>, hook a<2>, bell a, and ringing-key a<4> are shown at the central station A. b, b<1>, b', b<3>, b<4> indicate corresponding parts at the sub station B. The contact studs d, d<1>, d<2>, d<3>, d<4>, d<5> at the central station are connected by the lines e, e', e<2>, e<3>, e<4>, e<5> to the various sub-stations. The lines c, c<1> are two lines from the ringing-battery d extending to all the sub-stations, and the line f leading to all substations is terminated by the stud f at the central station. The automatic switch at each sub-station has two blades h, h<1>, insulated from each other, but connected together so chat they move simultaneously ; and it also has a third blade i. It is arranged so that when the hook is depressed, the blades h', i are disconnected, and when raised they are electrically connected. To put the sub-station B in communication with the central, depress the key b<4>, then the circuit c, c<1> is closed, and the bell a rings. The lever g must now be put on the stud f and both receivers taken off the hooks, thus closing the circuit c, f<1>, and enabling an induced current in o<1> to flow through a<1>. When the ceutral wishes to converse with the sub-station B, the lever g is moved to the stud d, and if both receivers are on their hooks, pressing a' closes the circuit e c and rings the bell b<3> ; but if both the receivers are off the hooks, the automatic switch h<1>, i closes, and so enables the current induced in the coil n<1> to flow through the receiver b<1>.
Patent GB-190327213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Winding Moving Coils for Electrical Measuring Instruments
Inventor: HEINRICH RICHARD OTTO
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 27,213. Heinrich, R. O. Dec. 11. Electromagnetic meters.- In any measuring-instrument having a moving coil, this consists of a metal frame wound with an insulated conductor d<2> of rectangular cross-section, in order to save space. The conductor preferably consists of copper containing four to five per cent. of manganese, or other alloy having a low temperature-resistance coefficient.
Patent GB-190410683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 10,683. Wheatley, W. H., [Bliss Co., E. W.]. May 9. Clutches are so arranged that the mechanism controlled thereby can be caused to operate either intermittently or continuously. The pin 5 engages with a circular hole cut partly in the driving-wheel 2 and partly in the driven shaft 1. When the pin 5 is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the wheel 2 rotates loosely on the shaft 1, but, when the pin is partially rotated on its axis, the wheel 2 and shaft 1 are securely locked together. The pin 5 is normally held in its locking-position by the spring- pressed piece 8 carried by the sleeve 7 fixed to the shaft 1. The piece 11 is loosely pivoted to a radius-bar 21 pivoted to the fixed pin 20. The piece 11 may be caused to slide on the pin 17 by the rod 10. To throw the clutch out of gear, the striking-lever 11 is allowed to take the position shown by the full lines, and the piece 9 on the sleeve 7 then strikes against the piece 11, thereby raising it and disengaging it from the stop 13 pivoted to the pin 20. The spring 15<a> then presses the stop 13 upwards till it catches the arm 6 of the pin 5. The pin 5 is thus rotated till the driving- wheel 2 is disengaged from the shaft 1. To cause the clutch to re-engage, the tripping-lever 11 is pulled downwards by the rod 10 and carries the stop 13 with it till the arm 6 is free. When the shaft 1 is to be permanently clutched to the driving-wheel 2, the piece 11 is fixed in the position shown in dotted lines by the stud 17 or by another stud 16. The piece 14 acts as a buffer for the stop 13, and the spring-pressed piece 18 keeps the lever 11 in position.
Patent GB-190411189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Packeting Dry Goods.
Filed: 1904-05-16
Granted: 1905-05-16
Abstract: 11,189. Day & Sons, J., and Day, A. May 16. Packeting granular materials.- Relates to improvements in the packeting - machine described in Specifications No. 8355, A.D. 1901, and No. 11,360, A.D. 1903, the object being to deposit cards in square bags containing tea &c. in a more efficient manner and to effect a better closing of the bags. The slide 16, Figs. 12 and 13, for delivering the cards into the open mouths of the bags is detachably fixed to the cross-piece 18, and has a recess 20<a> in its inner face to receive the end card in the shoot 21<a>. The slide 16 is operated in the manner described in Specification No. 11,360, A.D. 1903. The flaps of the bags are folded over in the order 5, 6, 7, 8, Fig. 2. The flap 5 of a bag in the travelling box c, Figs. 3, 4, and 7, is folded by the reciprocating piece t, and the flaps 6, 7 are then folded by pieces j, k, which are pivoted to the reciprocating rods l, m and are caused to move inwards over the bag by camgrooves q, r. The cams o, p are so arranged that the pieces j, k first move forwards together to crease the flaps 6, 7 and then move successively over the bag to close them. The piece a, having guides d, moves slightly inwards to prevent the flaps 6, 7 from rising, but does not fold the flap 8. The box c carrying the bag is now moved along the trough b beneath the bar w, Figs. 9 and 10, which retains the flaps in position. When the box c reaches the transverse portion 9 of the rectangular guide b, the flap 8 is closed by a projection 13 on the stamper 12. The boxes in the main portion of the rectangular guide b are prevented from fouling the plunger which moves them through the part 9, by a spring pin x operated by any moving part of the machine, but, preferably, by the projection 10 on the plunger. To prevent the card &c. from rising after the first fold 5 has been made, a horizontal arm 20, Figs. 15 and 16, which carries an adjustable rod 21<b> and is secured to the creaser plate 21 described in Specification No. 8355, A.D. 1901, is caused to press down on the card and flap prior to the other folds being made.
Patent GB-190413614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle Lamps
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 13,614. Lucas, H., and Perry, J. June 16. Velocipede lamps.-Ample air space is provided around the burner g in a petroleum lamp by enlarging the lower part of the body a and interposing between it and the reservoir f a removable cap j with perforations h at the top and around its circumference.
Patent GB-190423583-A (GB)
Title: Centering and Measuring Instrument.
Inventor: ESCHENBRENNER LUCIEN
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,583. Eschenbrenner, L. Nov. 1. Calliper gauges.-A combined tool for centering shafts and for use as a calliper gauge and trysquare has arms a, with supporting-plates b at right-angles, and with graduations at an angle of 45 degrees to their length. Slides c, s are secured in any position on the arms by set-screws d, and one of the slides has a sliding arm e at rightangles, the latter being used to enable two diameters of a shaft to be drawn at right-angles. The instrument is used as a slide calliper gauge by fixing one slide at its zero reading and by moving the other and taking the reading on the arm ; by removal of both the slides, the instrument may be used as a try-square.
Patent GB-190426152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: CLARK JAMES POLK
Filed: 1904-12-01
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 26,152. Clark, J. P. Dec. 1. Tip-carts.-In a road - sweeping vehicle the sweepings are fed by a conveyer into a receptacle, by tilting which they may be discharged into a cart. The refuse conveyer 23 discharges into a receptacle 40 mounted on a carriage 41, which runs on rollers 42 beneath the driver's seat. For discharging the sweepings, the carriage is run out and the receptacle is turned into the tilted position, as shown, by a cable 48 which is wound on a winch 47. To prevent the carriage from upsetting when it has been run out, a rib 60 is provided on each side, and engages a slot in the frame bar 4.
Patent GB-190427459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Explosives
Inventor: LHEURE LOUIS
Filed: 1904-12-16
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 27,459. Lheure, L. Dec. 16. Explosives. - Ammonium nitrate and other slightly sensitive substances are detonated by means of a fuze or fuze cord, of sufficient diameter, introduced into the charge for the whole or part of its length.
Patent GB-190428953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Couplings for Railway and other Vehicles
Inventor: HADLAND RICHARD AUSTIN
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 28,953. Hadlandg R. A. Dec. 30. Couplings, non-automatic.-To facilitate the manipulation of the ordinary coupling chain, a weighted loop c is attached to the outermost link of the chain, which loop can be engaged by the usual coupling-pole. To prevent the end and middle links from sliding over one another while the chain is being lifted, a bar is formed across each link, as shown at a. Instead of the loop c, a hook or hooks may be employed.
Patent GB-190500331-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Mortising Wood and like Materials
Inventor: SHIRES JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-01-07
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 331. Shires, J. Jan. 7. Mortising.-A machine for mortising large or heavy pieces of wood or similar material, in contradistinction to doors, windows, and other light work, consists of a bed-plate a fixed to the work, such as a beam or joist b, by a screw clamp consisting of a slide piece c<1>, sliding on guides on carriers c<4> and fixed in any position by botts, through which passes a screw c for minute adjustment. Upon the plate a in a groove d<8> is' traversed a standard f by means of a rack and pinion e, the pinion being mounted in V slide-pieces d, d<1>, d' attached to the standard, and rotated by a handle. Transverse motion is given to the standard by a screw k passing through a fixed bracket k<1>, the spindle e' being suitably slotted to permit of such motion. The spindle g to which the mortising-chisel h is attached is operated by a weighted lever i pivoted to the standard at i<1> and connected by a link with a collar i' fixed to the spindle, the depth of cut being regulated by bearings f y, which are adjusted by a screw l. The spindle may be reversed by turning another collar and releasing a spring-actuated stud j<2> which engages a slot in the spindle.
Patent GB-190503062-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Expanding Chain Gear.
Inventor: PEARSON TOM BRIGGS
Filed: 1905-02-14
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 3062. Pearson, T. B. Feb. 14. Chain-wheels.-Relates to a chain-wheel in which the pitch of the teeth is made variable to compensate for wear and stretch of the chain. It is stated to be applicable generally and to motor vehicles, cycles, and wringing and mangling machines, and especially to the mangling-machine described in Specification No. 12,599, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Washing &c.]. Groups of one, two, or three teeth A are set at three equidistant points on the periphery of the chain-wheel B, and three expanding devices are provided at half-way points. Each such device may consist of a bolt C, Fig. 1, with a flat head D adapted to bear against the chain, adjustment being effected by inserting washers between the head D and the wheel B ; or it may consist of a sliding wedge block F, Fig. 2, fitted within an oblique angular recess G in the wheel B and adjusted to slide therein by a set-screw H and slot I. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that cams or eccentrics may be used to effect the extrusion of blocks between parts carrying the teeth, or of segments carrying the teeth. Reference is made to Specifications No. 1186, A.D. 1881, and Nos. 17,706 and 29,927, A.D. 1896.
Patent GB-190508092-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Match-box Holder.
Inventor: STOMMEL CARL ERNST
Filed: 1905-04-15
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 8092. Stommel, C. E. April 15. Boxes for matches, holders for. A holder for matchboxes comprises an arrangement for opening the matchbox and a device for shielding the burning match from the wind and rain. Two receptacles are pivoted together at b, and the match-box is held in the inner one a. When the arrangement is opened, the inner part of the match-box is pushed out by the tongue e attached to the outer receptacle d. The outer receptacle d acts as a wind-guard for the burning match.
Patent GB-190508914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve-gear for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: MELLES JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 8914. Melles, J. April 27. Gas and like engines, valves and valve gear for. The cylinder inlet and exhaust ports are controlled by a lift valve 10 which works in conjunction with arotary valve 4, Fig. 1, receiving motion from a toothed wheel 3, gearing with a pinion 1. The inlet-valve spindle 7 is connected to and receives motion from a sleeve 6, driven by pins 5 from the gear-wheel 3. The revolving sleeve 6, together with the lift valve 10, is raised by a horizontal cam-surface 11 working over the roller 9. The cam-surface is such that the lift valve is held open during successive exhaust and suction strokes, the port or ports in the rotary valve 4 being arranged to open communication with the inlet or exhaust passages 16, 15 during the suction and exhaust strokes respectively. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which a single rotary valve 21 controls the admission to, and exhaust from, a pair of cylinders 23, 24, the cam operating the lift valves being shown at 17. The exhaust passages are arranged below the inlet ports. A further modification is described in which an annular exhaust passage is formed in the cylindrical rotary valve. In all cases the rotary valve uncovers the exhaust port before the lift valve rises at the end of the explosion stroke, and covers the inlet port after the lift valve has closed at the end of the suction stroke.
Patent GB-190517962-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Measuring Liquids.
Inventor: CORCORAN DANIEL
Filed: 1905-09-05
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 17,962. Corcoran, D. Sept. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hooks.-A measuring and discbarging vessel for liquids is suspended by means of gimbals and an adjustable hook. Recesses in the thickened upper end 3 receive the pivots of supporting-arms attached to the hook, which can be adapted to any size of pipe or tap by means of a hinge 11, an india-rubber lining 8, and a sliding ring 12.
Patent GB-190519736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: WESTINGHOUSE HENRY HERMAN
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 19,736. Westinghouse, H. H. Oct. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brakes, pneumaticpressure. Relates to means for controlling the release of the brakes on the locomotive or on the head car of a train of electrically-propelled cars independently of the release of the brakes on the train. The seating of the driver's valve is constructed with a port 6, Fig. 5, which is connected through a feed-valve with the main reservoir, a port 7 leading to the train-pipe, a port 9 connected to the exhaust of the triple valve, and a central exhaust port 12 leading to the atmosphere. The ports in the valve, which are indicated in thick lines, consist of a large port 16 for connecting the ports 6, 7, and a cavity 18 with ports 19, 20, 21, and 22. The valve is shown in position for release of the train brakes, the locomotive brakes being held on owing to the blanking of the port 9. The locomotive brakes can be partly or wholly released by bringing the port 19 over the port 9 momentarily or permanently, and a graduated or an emergency application of all the brakes can be made by bringing the port 21, 22, or 19 over the port 7. A port 17 admits air from the port 6 to the space above the valve.
Patent GB-190520770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cathodes.
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-10-13
Abstract: 20,770. Hatfield, H. S., and Reason Manufacturing Co. Oct. 13. Quantity meters.-Cathodes for use in electrolytic meters with mercuric solutions are made of iridium, tantalum, niobium, vanadium, massive graphitoidal silicon, or natural or artificial magnetite. They do not amalgamate in a mercuric solution. Iridium is employed in its rolled form, or deposited upon glass, and either coated or not with iridium-black. The rolled sheet is preferably hardened by sand-blasting before use. Tantalum, niobium, and vanadium are employed in the form of foil or wire. Silicon is cut into thin slices, which are placed on each side of a sheet of platinum foil. The exposed portions of the foil are protected by a coating of glass or other suitable material. Magnetite is melted in the electric arc or oxyhydrogen flame on to a platinum wire, the exposed parts of which are protected as above.
Patent GB-190522702-A (GB)
Title: Metallic Mats.
Inventor: SLEETH GEORGE CAMPBELL
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 22,702. Sleeth, G. C. Nov. 6. Mats. - Metallic floor mats are made up of sheet - metal elements 2 united by the rods 5, which pass through perforations in the elements. Each element is formed with a socket-shaped portion 3, in which fits the projecting part of the corresponding element. By reversing the elements as at 7, the boundary of the mat may be formed.
Patent GB-190525698-A (GB)
Title: A Device to Prevent Railway Engines and Vehicles Striking Points and Crossings
Inventor: ROBERTS SYDNEY
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 25,698. Roberts, S., and Carton, J. Dec. 11. Points and switches; crossings. - Partly - open points are closei by tapered shoes D formed at the end of a fork A carried by the locomotive or railway vehicle. The shoes also serve as a guide for the wheels when passing over crossings. The fork or frame A is loosely mounted in guides B, so that it can slide when the locomotive is rounding curves.