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Patent GB-190304958-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Ventilation of Tube Railways.
Inventor: THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-03
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 4958. Thomas, J. W. March 3. Tunnels.-Underground tube railways are ventilated by dividing them into sections, each of which is provided at one end with an intake shaft f, Fig. 1, and at the other end with an upcast. Each shaft f acts in conjunction with its upcast in the same section, and is preferably at the exit end of a station, and communicates with the air above and with the top, sides, or bottom of the tube a ; the upcasts preferably communicate with the highest parts or crowns of the stations. Hinged doors n are fitted in the tubes in front of the down casts f, and are closed immediately after the passage of a train, so that, for any section, foul air is discharged by the upcast and fresh air is drawn in through the corresponding shaft f. The upcast shafts are fitted with regulating-valves at their upper ends. The staircases may act as downcasts and the lift-shafts as upcasts ; and the floors and ceilings of the lifts may be perforated to allow air to flow through them. Ventilation is maintained after working hours by the difference of temperature of the internal and external air, the doors n being kept closed. These doors may be provided with pivoted louvres, or constructed, as shown in Fig. 10, of a counterbalanced angle-iron hood or frame o covered with canvas or the like. The doors may be operated by hand, or automatically by the trains. According to the Provisional Specification, the staircases may be closed by spring doors, and springs may be substituted for the counterbalance weights for the tunnel doors.
Patent GB-190305935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Wire and other Mattresses upon the Bedstead Bearers.
Inventor: FORBES DAVID DOUGLAS
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 5935. Forbes, D. D., and Menzies, D. R. March 14. Mattresses; bedsteads. -Wire and other mattresses are secured to the bedstead bearers D by means of steel, leather, or other flexible strips C permanently attached by screws or studs c' to the inside of the wooden or other mattress frame A, and adjustably secured at the other end by thumbscrews c<2> or by other means engaging an internally-screwed brass plate d let into the wood A. One or two straps may be used on each side of the mattress, or two straps may be used on one side and one on the other.
Patent GB-190314124-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Food particularly applicable for Horses and Cattle but applicable also for Human Consumption.
Inventor: MAKIN EDWARD
Filed: 1903-06-25
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,124. Makin, E. June 25. Food preparations.-A food particularly suitable for horses, cattle, pigs, and dogs, but applicable also for human consumption, consists of a mixture of hop meal or other hop derivative and saccharin matter, with or withouc locust-bean meal or like food stuffs and flavouring and colouring matters. Preferably the hop meal is prepared as described in Specification No. 21,909, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Beverages], and the other hop derivatives, such as hop seeds or hop leaves, are ground, crushed, or otherwise comminuted. The saccharine matter, in the form of treacle, sugar, glucose, saccharin, or the like, is preferably heated before being mixed with the other ingredients. The warm mixture is kneaded or moulded and pressed into cakes, or otherwise prepared for the market.
Patent GB-190319020-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Cooler.
Inventor: SECK WILLY
Filed: 1903-09-03
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 19,020. Seek, W. Sept. 3. Cooling water.-A series of elements constructed, as shown in Fig. 3, of sheet metal, with one flat face and one zig-zag or undulating face, are arranged together, as shown in Fig. 2, and placed in a casing, strips being interposed at each side so as to leave narrow straight and zig-zag passages down which the water to be cooled trickles. Air passes through the transverse channels of the elements, and cools the water.
Patent GB-190319111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Window Sashes.
Inventor: SCHAETZKE FELIX
Filed: 1903-09-05
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 19,111. Schµtzke, F. Sept. 5. Windows; draughtexcluders.-The sashes are fitted freely in the frame c, Fig. 1, and are forced against a projecting l e d g e e when closing the window. The upper sash is provided with a wedge-shaped projection f engaging a corresponding recess in the frame c, and the top rail engages a flanting surface d<1> on the window frame, or is forced outwards by springs i inserted between the sash and stile or frame. The lower sash is forced against the ledge e in the same manner, or by rollers k on the bottom rail engaging an inclined portion m<1> of the front bead m. The joint between the sashes and the ledge e may be made tight by felt strips q, Fig. 4, arranged on spring-operated wooden strips p in the ledge e. To prevent the sash from being suddenly raised by its weights, when the bead m is turned out of the way, a forked metal piece on the bottom rail engages under the head of a nail or hook on the weather board. A device for preventing the lower sash from coming out when the lock o or the bead m is unfastened consists of a pivoted piece u, Fig. 6, having a square shank normally held in engagement with a corresponding recess in the frame c by a spring, the piece being turned into the horizontal position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when it is desired to remove the lower sash.
Patent GB-190320101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Armatures for Dynamos and Motors.
Inventor: MACLEAN JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-18
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 20,101. Maclean, J. Sept. 18. Armatures, particularly adapted for small machines of the internal-magnet type, consist of the armature proper a, Fig. 1, which is built of plates a<1> and coils, and of specially-constructed end plates. One end plate or ring b carries, say, four arms c, which support another ring d, and to the latter is attached a ring e, with spokes f radiating from a bearing g. An inner ball or other bearing g<1> supports the shaft j. The distance between the rings d, b is governed by the space required for the armature coils. The other end ring or plate i forms part of a casting which carries a bearing- ring k, and a ring p which constitutes a recess for the commutator l. Arms m, preferably three, unite the ring i and the part n, p, k. The end rings are of larger diameter than the plates a<1>, and the recess so formed may contain the connections from the armature coils and any cross-connections that may be necessary, and may be covered with suitable insulation. The whole armature may be covered on its outside by a circumferential plate.
Patent GB-190321825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Machines for Giving Change for Gold Coins of Equal Value.
Inventor: MASON RICHARD SYDNEY
Filed: 1903-10-10
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 21,825. Mason, R. S., and Thompson, W. Oct. 10. Money - delivering apparatus. - Change for sovereigns or half sovereigns is contained in boxes arranged in piles above a drawer j, which pulls out the bottom one. The empty boxes are dropped into a vertical chamber at the back of the casing. The sovereign or half-sovereign conveyed by a channel c drops on one end of a lever balance e, and, if of the right weight, bears it down to a spring rest l<1>, so that the hook h at the other end is disengaged from the end of a flange i on the drawer. As the drawer is opened, the curve of the flange tips the lever balance so that the coin is clear of a stop l and rolls off. The lever balance e is in the form of a shoot which conveys a light coin forwards and lets it drop to a discharge aperture g.
Patent GB-190322566-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Running a Phonograph or Gramaphone and a Kinematograph in Synchronism.
Inventor: MESSTER OSKAR
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,566. Messter, O. Oct. 19. Kinematographs. - Relates to means for running a phonograph or gramophone and a kinematograph in synchronism. A battery hand commutator f driven by clockwork i form a kind of two-phase generator which supplies current to the two synchronous motors d, e, which drive the kinematograph e and phonograph c respectively. The commutator f has four insulated thin plates to which current is supplied by the brushes g from the battery h, and each plate is connected to one of the coils of the motors d, e. The speed can be regulated by the driving-clockwork. The commutator may consist of two portions on the same shaft, each part having its own motor, leads, and battery.
Patent GB-190323383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Rudders and other Mechanism.
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,383. Sautter, HarlÚ, et Cie. Dec. 31, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steering - gear. - Relates to steering - gear in which the motors are duplicated, and comprises means whereby either or both motors may be used without any disconnection having to be made. Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation of the apparatus. The wheels c, c', carrying the bevel-wheels e, e<1> and loosely mounted on the shaft d, are driven by the endless screws b, b<1> which can be actuated each by its own electromotor. By means of the arms g fixed to the shaft d and carrying pinions f, with which the wheels e, e<1> gear, either or both motors may be used to actuate the rudder through the shaft d and suitable gearing connected therewith. A hand-wheel is provided for actuating the screws b, b<1>, clutches being provided and so arranged that only one screw can be driven by the hand-wheel.
Patent GB-190324115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Design and Construction of Motor Cycles and the like
Inventor: SALMON ERNEST HINKLY
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 24,115. Salmon, E. H. Nov. 6. Motor road vehicles.-Motor cycles and like vehicles are constructed with the axes of the motor and pedal shafts coincident, and with the motor crank chamber forming an integral part of the frame. Figs. 1 and 2 show sections through the motor crank chamber. The motor connecting-rod 14 drives the hollow motor shaft 2 by means of a suitable crank substitute such as an eccentric 13, which may be provided with a ball race to diminish friction. The pinion 15, mounted on the motor shaft 2, drives the annular wheel 19, through the medium of the spur-wheel 16 and pinion 18, both mounted on the shaft 17, which rotates in a bearing in the crank chamber wall 3. The annular wheel 19 is connected to the chain-wheel 20 by an elastic coupling, or by the friction clutch shown. A suitable elastic coupling, which may instead be placed between any two other members of the transmission gearing, contains lugs formed on the two members, and connected by springs. The friction clutch is operated as follows :-The chain-wheel 20 is connected by arms 21 to the hub 25 which forms part of the sleeve 26, and the annular wheel 19 is provided with spring arms 28 ; so that by adjusting the nut 29, the chain-wheel 20 and annular wheel 19 may be connected or released. Means for disconnecting the motor from the driving-wheel may be provided at any point in the train of mechanism connecting the two. The chain-wheel 20 is connected by a chain to a sprocket-wheel, preferably of the free-wheel type, on the driving-wheel axle. Belt gearing may be used instead of chain gearing. The spur-pinions 18 may gear with a spur-wheel formed in one with the chain-wheel 20 instead of with the annular wheel 19. The pedal shaft 10 is connected to the chain-wheel 19 through the free-wheel clutch 27, hub 25, and arms 21. Instead of the internal gearing, the motor shaft 2 may be connected to the driving-wheel by two speed-reducing chains, or by a spur-wheel and pinion and a chain. In both of these cases, the pedal shaft would be connected by a separate and independent chain to the driving- wheel. The space between the pedal axle 10 and sleeve 26 may contain oil for lubricating purposes, the hole 48 in the pedal axle being used for refilling. The crank chamber is provided with several lugs such as 5, 6, into which frame tubes 8, 9 are brazed or fastened, so that the crank chamber forms part of the frame. Wires, pipes, &c. are preferably caused to pass through the case usually provided to receive accessories, and inside the frame tubes, so as to improve the appearance and protect the wires &c.
Patent GB-190324783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spindle Bands for Spinning Machines.
Inventor: KUNZE ALFRED
Filed: 1903-11-14
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 24,783. Kunze, A. Nov. 14. Driving cords. - Relates to a method of, and means for, treating the spindle cords or bands, the object being to prevent the bands &c. from slipping when in use. The band &c. is moistened and stretched, and is wound upon a bobbin while in the stretched condition. In the machine shown in Fig. 1, the band &c. b passes from the ball a and is wound round one or more coils of the spring W. The band &c. then passes through the eye c, round the roller e, over the drum f, through eyes in the bracket e<1>and an arm m to the reel o, on which it is wound. The roller e turns in a bath containing water or other liquid. A convenient solution, which preserves the band &c. and imparts greater friction to it, consists of 10 parts of carnauba wax, 3 parts of potash, and 87 parts of boiling water. The drum f turns with friction caused by a break actuated by a weighted lever k. The arm m is traversed to and fro, so as to lay the band &c. upon the reel o, by means of an eccentric driven by worm gearing, and the reel is driven by a belt over the pulley x.
Patent GB-190405120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Iron Framing or Skeleton Work Employed in Concrete Construction
Inventor: DAGES JULES NOEL
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 5120. Dages, J. N. March 1. Concrete s t r u ctures with metal skeletons ; building joints and connections. - Iron bars or rods a, forming a reinforcement or skeleton of a concrete structure, are connected at the desired angles where they cross by bolts or rivets c through clamping-discs d, Fig. 2, or the bars may be slotted for the reception of a clamping-bolt k, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190405352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gangways, or Apparatus for Landing and Embarking Passengers and Goods from and to Vessels from and to Piers and for similar uses
Inventor: IRON JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5352. Iron, J. March 4. Landing-gangways.-A landing-gangway consists of a vertical braced tower k supported by struts 22 on a carriage n adapted to run on rails on a pier or landing-stage. Inside this tower k is a cage l, having a platform m. This cage is capable of being raised or lowered by the screw 5, which is operated by toothed and bevel-wheels from the handle 19 and gears with a toothed rack fixed to the platform. To one side of the platform m is hinged a gangway a composed of braced lattice girders and having its end supported on wheels, which run on the same rails as the tower. Such gangways may be fitted on each side of the tower k. The various structural details of the apparatus are shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190409002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Counting and Packaging Machines.
Inventor: GILFILLAN ESSINGTON N
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 9002. Gilfillan, E. N. April 19. Counting-apparatus. - Coins are taken by a reciprocating slide, having a definite number of holes, from a shoot, and delivered either into another shoot o r into shells ; the reciprocations of the slide are registered by a counting-device of known construction. The coins are fed by hand along a shoot 1, pivoted at 7 to supports 8, and delivering the coins by means of contractions 2 and lugs 3 to a more steeply inclined shoot 4, divided by hollow tapered partitions into compartments 5, leading to tubes 6 down which the coins fall. The tubes 6 fit in holes in a plate 11 secured by thumb-screws 13 to side-plates 10 on a box 36, having a wooden top 21 covered by a plate 16. A slide 14, reciprocated in guides above the plate 16 by a handle 19, is formed with longitudinal rows of holes 17, each of which receives a coin from the tubes 6 as the slide moved in. When the slide moves out, the coins fall through elongated inclined holes 20 in the plates 16,21, either into a funnel 23 leading to a shoot 26 or into shells mounted in holes formed in two rows in a block 27. The shoot 23, funnel 26, and block 27 are carried in a drawer which can be secured in either of its three positions by a pin 37 pressed by a spring 35 into engagement with holes in the drawer. The block 27 is held between plates 34, so that, when the drawer is open, it can be lifted or slid out. The shells are supported in the holes by a plate 32. To facilitate removal, the holes are open at the sides, or finger-holes are formed in the plate 32. The row may contain holes of different sizes. In a modification, the coins are filled into open cylinders adapted to be placed in the block 27. The cylinders are wrapped with paper, to receive the coins when the cylinders are withdrawn. A projection on the slide 14 engages the arm of a suitable counting-device 46, detachably secured by cross-bars to a slotted bracket 49 on one of the bars 10. This device may indicate the number either of reciprocations or of coins. The parts 5, 6, 11, 14 may be replaced by corresponding parts adapted to take other coins. Preferably the tubes 6 are arranged to suit the larger of two coins of substantially the same size, two interchangeable slides 14 being pro. vided. The thicker slide works between the plates 16, 10, and is guided by the wider and upper of two thin plates 42, 43 secured between them. The thinner slide works between the plate 16 and the upper thin plate, and is guided by the narrower and lower thin plate. When the thicker slide is used, the tubes 6 are raised by inserting thin plates under the plate 11. The ends of the tube 6 and the holes 17 are bevelled to prevent sticking.
Patent GB-190410393-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Bath.
Inventor: SCHWEDLER HERMANN IMANUEL WILL
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 10,393. Schwedler, H. I. W. May 5. Electric baths. - Relates to an electric bath, specially intended to influence the action of the heart. The patient sits in a chair b and places his arms in the glass or other insulating troughs f supported on the arms c of the chair, and his feet in a similar trough g. The electrodes h, i consist of suitable plate-shaped conductors enclosed in wooden frames and having their surfaces covered with gratings or perforated plates made of insulating- material, so as to allow the water or other liquid in the troughs free access to the electrodes. Each trough is connected with one phase of a three-phase rotating current, so that the patient, by simultaneously immersing certain parts of his body in the troughs, causes the current to produce the desired effect. The foundation-plate a may be covered with a non-heating conductor, to provide a rest for the feet of the patient.
Patent GB-190412802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process Engraving.
Inventor: PETIT CHARLES GUILLAUME
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 12,802. Petit, C. G. June 6. Photo-mechanical printing; etching.-Relates to a method of preparing process blocks whereby retouching is avoided. The plate to be etched is coated with a solution of Judea bitumen and is exposed to lights under a hatched negative of the object to be reproduced. The plate is developed with turpentine and is then heated, which renders the bitumen insoluble. A fresh layer of the solution of bitumen is then applied and the plate is again exposed, preferably under a second negative of the object hatched in a different way. The operation may be repeated several times, the plate being heated before the application of each fresh coating in order to prevent the solvent of the fresh coating from dissolving the last impression.
Patent GB-190413295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Valves for Footballs, Punch Balls and the like.
Inventor: ALDER CHARLES
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,295. Alder, C., and Mousley, F. June 13. Check valves.-Relates to a valve for footballs, punch-balls, and the like, and particularly applicable to footballs made in accordance with Specification No. 19,295, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Toys &c.]. The metal socket B is secured to the bladder and is internally screw-tapped to receive the valve, which is the ordinary type consisting of a tubular stem, perforated at one side a<3> and covered with a rubber sleeve. The head E is mounted so as to be free to turn independently of the valve, and is screwed into the socket. The ball is inflated by inserting the air-pump connector, shown in dotted lines, into the upper conical part of the valve stem. The connector is triangular in section, except at the tip, and fits a triangular aperture in the head E, so that, to deflate the bladder, the head E may be unscrewed and the air allowed to escape between the rubber sleeve and the socket B. In a modification, the shape of the aperture in the head and the section of the connector are varied.
Patent GB-190415620-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Cover and Stirrer for Counter Pans and other Vessels Containing Milk and other Fluids
Inventor: GRINDEY JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-13
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 15,620. Grindey, J., and Turner, S. July 13. Moving-stirrer apparatus.-The cover of a milk counter pan or similar vessel is provided with means for stirring the milk whenever the pan is opened or closed. The cover b is provided with a hinged lid c, to which is hung the stirrer, consisting of a slightly-concave perforated plate d at the end of a tube or rod d<1>, the upper end of which is pivoted to the underside of the lid c, so that when the lid is raised the stirrer swings upwards and backwards through the milk, swinging back into position when the lid is lowered again.
Patent GB-190425759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carrier Cycles and the like
Inventor: LORD WILLIAM TURNER
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,759. Lord, W. T. Nov. 26. Carrier cycles.-A carrier, preferably of basketwork, comprises two parts a, a, each of which may have partitions and doors or lids e, connected by the yoke b, and is secured by straps to a support f fixed at one end to the seat pillar g and at the other end to stays connected with the framing, or with the rear axle in the case of a bicycle. To the inner branches h<1> of the U-shaped treadle hare fixed bevel-wheels i, which are free to rotate on the driving-axle j and are geared together by loose bevel-wheels k arranged on a loose sleeve m connected to part of the framing n of the tricycle. The gear is enclosed in the casing o, which may have stops to limit the motion of the treadles. The outer branches h<2> of the treadles have clutches which allow them to descend freely but lock them to the driving-axle j as they ascend.
Patent GB-190425775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Stage Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: WINDHAUSEN FRANZ
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 25,775. Windhausen, F. Nov. 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam &c. turbines.-An elasticfluid turbine, designed to minimize losses due to eddy currents and centrifugal effects, is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Two wheels c are arranged side by side, each having several rings of blades c<1>, co-ope rating w it h segmental rows of guide - blades b<1>. Nozzles d admit steam, and the steam has an outward flow through the blades of the first wheel and an inward flow through those of the second wheel. The rows of guide-blades are set progressively or with overlap, and the guide-channel m leading from the first to the second wheel is curved in the direction of flow of the steam.