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Patent GB-190300412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pasteboard and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: TOONE HORACE BENJAMIN SMITH
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 412. Toone, H. B. S. Jan. 7. Paper boards.-Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation of part of a machine for the continuous manufacture of pasteboard from strips of paper. The pasteboard is stated to be applicable for making jacquard cards. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus for pasting two more strips J', J' to the strip J which has been already formed by pasting four sheets of paper together in the same manner as the strips J<1>, J' are pasted on. The strips J<1>, J<2>, supplied from rolls A<5>, A<6>, pass over guiderollers N', N<3>, N<4>, N<5> to the feed-rollers N, N'. The rollers N, N<1> press these strips upon the compound strip J, to which paste is supplied by rollers M<3>, M<4> rotating in a paste trough M. The strip of pasteboard W then travels over the rollers N<6>, N<7>, 0, P', V<1> and beneath press rollers P, V to the fixed knife R, and is cut by the knife R<1> on the revolving frame R<3>. The paste and feed rollers are driven by belt-gearing as shown. In order to vary the measured lengths of pasteboard cut off, the revolving frame R<3> can be driven faster or slower relatively to the rest of the machine. This is done by a belt S<2> running over the cone pulleys S, S<1>, the position of the belt fork being adjusted by a slide moving over a scale. The frame R<3> is driven by a belt R<2> from the pulley S. The shafts A, Figs. 2 and 4, of the paper rolls A<5>, A<6>, &c. are adjustable axially. The shaft A has collars T on each side of the bearing B which is adjusted on the bed T' by a screw T<3>. The Provisional Specification states that one or two additional pasted bands of paper may be introduced between the middle pasted band and the outer dry bands at each operation.
Patent GB-190301127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Chairs.
Inventor: SEARS CHARLES
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1127. Sears, C. Jan. 16. Chairs.-Relates to folding arm-chairs. The back e is pivoted at d to the sides a of the bottom, and is adjusted by means of a sliding bolt f, which may be slid down between two of a series of crossbars b. The arms are pivoted to supports o and to the back e. A curved stay q is pivoted at r, and passes throngh an eye bolt, which passes through a hole in the side bars a and is fitted with a clamping-nut. A rack may be used in place of the stay q, as seen in Fig. 3. The awning frame is pivoted to the arms E, which are pivoted to the back and clamped by eye-bolts and nuts. The cross-legs are pivoted to the rear of the bars a, and are adjusted by a cross-bar j engaging one of a series of teeth in a pivoted rack l ; or the rack may be on the legs, and the engaging-pins on the sides a as in Fig. 4. The leg-rest consists of two frames u, v hinged at w. The frame u is pivoted by pins and slots x, y to the sides a, and are clamped in position by eye-bolts engaging curved bars A.
Patent GB-190303790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Landing Nets.
Inventor: SCOTT GEORGE LAMB
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 3790. Scott, G. L. Feb. 18. Landing-nets.-The net ring a is formed with a boss b, which fits in a socket c screwed to the handle. A radial key e fixed to the boss b is pressed by a spring f to engage with a slot d in the end of the socket. In one locked position, the net ring is extended for use ; in another, it is folded back on the handle. To thread the net on, a pin f<1> is removed to liberate the end of the ring a. The locking-pin may be duplicated. In a modification, the two ends of the ring a are independently fitted into sookets and fitted with springs and locking-pins.
Patent GB-190307156-A (GB)
Title: Registering Apparatus for Beer Taps or the like.
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7156. Clark, I. C., Davis, A. J., and Russell, W. L., (executors of Clark, A. M.), [Reiling, A., and Hering, J.]. March 27. Liquid meters; registering duration of flow of fluids; counting-apparatus. -Relates to regist e r i n g - apparatus for beer taps, by which clockwork mechanism is put in operation so long as the tap is open, thus showing the total quantity withdrawn, while the number of drawings-off, and also the quantity of each drawing-off, are indicated by a mark made upon a strip of paper. The arm g, mounted on the plug of the tap, engages in the slot h of a forked lever k, and at each opening of the tap causes the lever k to start the clock mechanism e. On turning off the tap, the lever k stops the clock. The aim g also actuates the lever m, mounted on a spindle n, by the rotation whereof a marker is pressed against a strip of paper, which is caused to travel by means of the clockwork so long as the tap is turned on.
Patent GB-190315245-A (GB)
Title: Governor Pulley.
Inventor: BOOTHROYD HARRY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1904-07-09
Abstract: 15,245. Boothroyd, H. T. July 10. Motors, gearing for.-The belt pulley of an electric motor contains a helical spring which takes up the shock at starting. The pulley is made in two parts A, B, to each of which one end of a helical spring C is secured. The spring C is contained in a recess formed in the piece A, which is loose on the spindle and drives the belt. The part B of the pulley is secured to the spindle. Excessive angular motion between the parts A, B is prevented by projections a, b. The projections are normally 180‹ apart.
Patent GB-190318247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Detergent and other Preparations for Toilet use.
Inventor: GIRAUDET GEORGES
Filed: 1903-08-24
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 18,247. Giraudet, G., and Neuberger, A. Aug. 24. Cleansing-compositions; soaps.-The juice of lemons or other acid fruit is used in the manufacture of detergent compositions or soaps, and toilet powders or creams. The juice is mixed with essence of lemon and citric acid dissolved in alcohol. The liquor may be neutralized with carbonate of soda. Starch is then added till a paste is formed. The paste is dried, and either mixed with dry soap or soap powder and made into cakes or tablets, or ground to a powder or made into a cream for toilet purpose;.
Patent GB-190318944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Type-writing Machines.
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 18,944. Lake, H. H., [Rheinische Ges. fur Metallindustrie, Greve, Merzburg, & Co.]. Sept. 2. Type-writers.-A type-bar, such as those used in the machine described in Specification No. 14,601, A.D. 1901, may be interchangeably attached to the two link members connecting it to the adjacent link bars by springs on the said link members. The type-bar 6, Fig. 4, may have two pairs of lugs 12, provided with pivots 13, engaged by the slots 11 in the extremities of the arms 3, 5 pivoted to the upper part of the striking-lever 2. Hooks 10 on the end of springs 9, clamped on the bar by collars 8, are held rigidly in position to prevent the disengagement of the slots 11 and the pivots 13 by collars 15, when in the position shown on the bar 3. To disconnect the type-bar 6, the collars 15 are drawn back as shown on the bar 5, when the spring 9 ascends, and permits the disengagement of the pivot 13 and the slot 11. In another form, Fig. 6, the bar 6 has only one lug 12 at each end, the pin 13 projecting on each side, and engaging with holes in the adjacent ends of a compound link 16, clasped together by collars 8, 5. By sliding the collars to the middle of the link the ends may be detached from the pivot 13, and this operation may be facilitated by giving the two portions of the link 16 an initial curvature causing them to spring apart when not held at the ends by the collars 8, 1&.
Patent GB-190321497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Motor Cycles.
Inventor: ROBION EMILE
Filed: 1903-10-06
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 21,497. Robion, E. Oct. 6. Motor cycles; driving - mechanism. -The motor is mounted so that its shaft is in the plane of the cycle, and the motion is transmitted to the rear wheel through bevel toothed gear. Two-speed gearing and a back-pedalling brake are also provided. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the cycle, and Fig. 2 a sectional view of the transmission gear 9. The motor shaft 7 carries a part 12 to which is connected the friction collar 13. This collar can be made to grip the pulley 14 carried by the bush 16 for high speed, or the pulley 15, which transmits the motion to the bush 16 through gearing, for low speed. For this purpose, the collar is fastened or unfastened by means of the sliding piece 36 having a trapezoidal hole, as shown in Fig. 3, and operated by a sliding shaft 32 moved by the lever 30. Normally, the collar 13 is made to grip continuously by means of springs 44. To shift the collar and change the speed, the lever 37 causes the movement of the sleeve 39 connected to the part 12. The transmission shaft is fitted with universal joints, shown in Fig. 2. The end 22 of one shaft is made of spherical form with circular slots, and the inside of the end 23 of the other shaft is made spherical also with holes 27 for receiving balls 29 which transmit the power. Fig. 4 shows the brake. The drum 48 is mounted on the rear hub and a spring strip 50 placed round it is held stationary at one part. The ends are connected to levers 54, which are actuated by the arm 58<1> of the piece 56 ; this is normally looselymounted on the disc 58, but is made to turn in the direction of the arrow b on back-pedalling.
Patent GB-190324806-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Electrolytic Manufacture of Peroxides of Magnesium and Zinc.
Inventor: HINZ FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-11-14
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 24,806. Hinz, F. Nov. 14. Magnesium and zinc peroxide are obtained by electrolysing magnesium and zinc chloride aqueous solutions respectively in a cell provided with a porous diaphragm, hydrogen peroxide being present in the cathode compartment. The cathode solution having been rendered neutral with magnesium or zinc oxide or hydroxide, as the case may be, zinc chloride solution being previously cleared, if necessary, with a little hydrochloric acid, an electric current is passed. The peroxide compound deposits on the platinum cathode as a white powder and then, dropping off, collects in the cathode compartment, from which it is removed, washed, and carefully dried at a moderate heat. It is apparently formed thus :-Mg + H2O2 + 2H2O = Mg(OH)4 + 2H. A carbon or platinum anode may be employed, and the cathode may be of tin.
Patent GB-190326690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Circular Knitting Machines
Inventor: WILSON JOHN CROSHAW
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 26,690. Wilson, J. C., and Pape, A. Dec. 7. Circular knitting- machines.-Relates to loop-wheel machines using bearded needles, and consists in the use of "knocking-over" sinkets and in means for rotating them at the same speed as the needles but independently thereof. The needle-leads 2 are held vertical by clips on the head 4, rotatable on a hollow axle 5 fixed to the base 6. A sinker cam ring 10, made fast to the axle 5 by keys or other means, carries a fixed sinker cam 11, fitted with a sliding "knock-over" piece 12, which is adjusted vertically to vary the length of loop, by means of a screw 13 and lever 14. In one arrangement, the sinkers 16 oscillate on the edge 17 of a ring 18, provided with tricks 19 and a guard-ring 20, and connected by arms or a plate to a boss 21 which is fixed to a shaft 27, and is preferably mounted on balls and secured by lock-nuts 29. The head 4 is driven from the shaft 9 by the bevel-wheels 8, 7. The wheel 8 is mounted on the boss of a wheel 23, meshing with a wheel 22 on the shaft 27 which drives the sinkers at the same speed as the needles. The wheels 8, 23 are held loose on the shaft 9 by collars 24, 25, and are clutched by a clutch 26 shifted by suitable means. With the exception of a sinker guard which guides the sinkers, after passing over the " knock-over" piece, to their lowest position, the other parts, such as the " push- "back," clearing-wheel, loop-wheel, presser-wheel, thread-guide, take-up apparatus, &c. are as usual. The sinkers 16 may, as an alternative, be made with butts 36, Fig. 4, fitting against and turning on a ring 37, and returned to the normal position, after passing the sinker cam, by a clasping-spring 38. The sinker ring 18 is driven round by the needles through the sinkers, instead of by independent mechanism. The invention may be applied to machines producing two or more courses at each revolution.
Patent GB-190400637-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hook for Holding Doors Ajar
Inventor: WATT ROBERT
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 637. Watt, R., and Ward, J. Jan. 11. Hooks. - Relates to a door book for ships'cabins and state - rooms &c., which automatically swings out of the way when not in use. The hook b, pivoted at g, has a shoulder h<1>, to which is secured the socket pin a. When the hook is released from its position of engagement with the catch of the door, as shown in Fig. 4, it sinks under the action of gravity, and is rotated out of the way owing to a stud e on the pin a working in a helical slot d of the fixed socket c. A staple m and pin h<2> may be provided to give strength to the hook when in the engaged position. To increase the automatic turning action, the axis of the socket c is fixed at a small inclination to the vertical.
Patent GB-190401680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Fences.
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 1680. Withington, S. S., and Adrian Wire Fence Co. Jan. 22. Hooks. - In making fencing, each horizontal wire 1 is connected to the double uprights 3 by means of the hook 6, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190402897-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Table Knives
Inventor: KLIPP WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1904-02-05
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 2897. Klipp, W. G. Feb. 5. Table knives.-In order to prevent the back of the blade of a knife from injuring the user's finger, a metal &c. band c, Fig. 1, is clipped round the bolster a, or the handle of the knife, the band being hinged to a bar e carrying a finger-piece f, under which is a grooved thickened part g, or two strips of metal or a suitably bent piece may be adapted to fit saddle-wise on the back edge of the knife. When the knife has to be cleaned &c, the bar e is turned back on its pivot.
Patent GB-190403184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purses.
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 3184. Rieth & Kopp. Dec. 4, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act A.D. 1901]. Purses.-A purse of any form has its flap b stiffened with a metal plate g, applied internally, so that a very thin and weak ornamental plate d, of any design, may be applied to the outside of the flap.
Patent GB-190406972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Arc-lights.
Inventor: GERARD FREDERICK JULIUS
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 6972. Gerard, F. J., and Fiedler, L. March 22. Arc lamps, electrodes for. Salts of lanthanum in association with thorium alone, or with zirconium also, are mixed with carbon and other ingredients ordinarily used, in the proportion of 1 to 5 parts of the salts to a thousand of carbon &c. Otherwise one electrode may contain the lanthanum salt and the other the thorium salt, zirconium salt being added to either if desired. The electrodes are prepared by sprinkling dilute solutions of the salts such as nitrates, chlorides, or acetates over powdered carbon, which is afterwards dried and moulded with a binding-agent. Metallic magnesium and aluminium may be used in electrodes, either as an alloy, or in a condition to form an alloy before volatilizing. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of salts of yttrium, cerium, didymium, or erbium as agents for colouring the light.
Patent GB-190407888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incombustible or Fire-proof Passenger Cars.
Inventor: RAPLEY FREDERICK HARVEY
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 7888. Rapley, F. H. April 5. Bodies; underframing of bodies; window framing; seat-backs.-Toprevent fires, the framing, underframing, floor, sides, ends, platforms, roofs. and other parts of the bodies of passenger cars for underground a n d surface railways arc built of metal, preferably of sheet steel and of pressed and rolled c o m - mercial shapes. The underframe, as shown, consists of two centre sills 1, Figs. 2 and 3, with transoms 2, braces 3, and bolsters 4, and floor plates 21 forming the top cover-plates. The transoms are stiffened by bottom plates 6, and the end sills 7 are riveted to the inner parts of the sides of the car. The sides 9 consist preferably of siugle sheets forming plate girders, their lower ends 10 being flanged inwardly. The upper edge of the sides are beaded at 11, Fig. 3, to stiffen them, and are turned inwards to form window sills, which are finished by angles 13. The facias 16 are similarly constructed. The floor is made of one or more plates 21 with flanged edges 22 riveted to the sides of the body, and the platforms 23 at the ends are stiffened by diagonal T-beams 24, Fig. 2, beneath them. The platforms are vestibuled, and the vestibules are divided to allow passage from end to end of a train. The fixed parts 25 are fitted with windows 26, Fig. 3, and are built up of angle-irons 27, 28, 29, 30, the angles 27, Fig. 2, being parts of the framing of the side doors, which preferably slide into pockets 31 at the ends of the sides of the car. The ends of the car are built up of vertical angle-iron 32 and plates 33 with windows formed in them, and are made with pockets 36 for the sliding double-doors leading from the vestibules to the car. The roof shown in Fig. 3 consists of rafters 39 stiffened by gussets 40 and upholding deck posts 41 and upper deck beams 42, the parts being connected by gussets 43, sills 44, and plates 45, which are cut away where they meet the sloping roofs 49, of the platforms. The roof plates are riveted to an offset 48 on the facias 16 so as to form eaves, and the roof plates 49 are riveted to curved angle-irons attached to the angles 30 on the upper edges of the plates forming the vestibules. Fig. 8 shows a dome roof with rafters 51 springing from the facias 16 and covered with butt-jointed roof plates. The partitions 55, Figs. 2 and 3, between the backs of the transverse seats in the centre of the car may be used to stiffen the body. They are riveted to the posts or uprights 15 between the windows, or to angle-irons fitted inside the posts, and their edges may be flanged to stiffen them. In any part of the body, the flanged plates may be replaced by equivalent shapes built up of plates, angles, &c.
Patent GB-190412634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Ferrocyanides to obtain Hydrocyanic Acid.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-03
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,634. Bloxam, A. G., [Tcherniac, J.]. June 3. Hydrocyanic acid.-The whole of the cyanogen in alkali ferrocyanides is obtained as hydrocyanic acid by heating the ferrocyanide with sulphuric acid for a sufficient period. Sulphuric acid containing 20 per cent. of acid is suitable. Oxygen is excluded from the apparatus, preferably by passing therethrough a neutral gas such as carbon dioxide.
Patent GB-190417653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Mounting of the Platen Roller in Typewriting Machines.
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 17,653. Wanderer Fahrradwerke vorm. Winklhofer & Jaenicke Akt. - Ges. Sept. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Type-writers.-In type-writers, more particularly of the front-strike type, where the platen roller A is moved vertically to come opposite two different sets of type, the movement is controlled and adjusted by set-screws f, f<1>, with lock nuts g, g<1>, which limit the movement of the bearings c in their upper and lower positions. The bearings c are connected by a frame D, preferably by being screwed thereto, in order to facilitate the insertion of the frame.
Patent GB-190422152-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Holding or Guiding Sheets of Paper Lying on the Endless Feed-aprons of Machines for Coating or Colouring and otherwise Treating Paper in the Form of Sheets.
Inventor: WEINBERG JACOB
Filed: 1904-10-14
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 22,152. Weinberg, J. Oct. 14. Rotary machines ; platen presses " cylinder machines feeding sheets.-Relates to an apparatus for guiding and holding sheets of paper in endless-band paper-colouring and printing machines. Fig. 2 is the plan of a portion of a colouring-machine. The sheets of paper, provided with colouring-matter, are guided through the machine by the endless feed-apron a, the colour being afterwards distributed on the sheets by means of brushes which move to and fro in a direction perpendicular to that of the motion of the sheets. Two endless chains c pass over chain-wheels set in motion from a driving-shaft, and move with the same speed as the feed-apron. Two chains c are placed at each end of the machine, and carry cross-bars d stretching between each pair across the apron. Holding- fingers e are mounted on the cross-bars, having their gripping-surfaces directed outwards, so that, when the cross-bars pass from the upper half of their path to the lower half, the fingers lie on the sheet supported by the apron and prevent them from shifting laterally. The fingers e can be moved along the bars d, so that they may be adapted to sheets of various widths. Fig. 3 is a section of a finger, d being the cross-bar. The holding-device at each end of the machine is arranged so that the one only releases the sheets after the other one has seized them.
Patent GB-190422508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Packing.
Inventor: ROLLINS GEORGE DAYTON
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,508. Rollins, G. D. Oct. 19. Stuffing-boxes ; cylinders, draining.-The metallic packing shown in Fig. 1 consists of two semicircular casings B inside the stuffing-box kept together by screws G, Figs. 1 and 3, and containing in separate compartments two packing-rings D, each ring being made in segments tangential to the piston-rod, as shown in Fig. 2. To prevent the joints of adjacent rings from coming opposite each other, holes E<1> and studs E are fitted to keep the rings in their proper places. To hold the halves of the casing in alignment in all directions, screwed plugs J, Fig. 3, are fitted. To keep the sections pressed against the rod, spiral springs F are fitted round their circumferences. In a simpler form, for small engines, the casing is screwed into the cylinder and has a screwed cap on its other end for adjustment and to hold the halves together. The packing is shown in Fig. 5 applied to a stuffing-box between two cylinders, K' being the usual packing-glands threaded upon the stuffing-box K<3>, and L the metallic packing held by the glands K' pressing on a copper packing-ring M. In Fig. 7 is shown a method of draining, in which a conical space 0 is formed in the stuffing-box and is connected with an outlet pipe R. The uppermost of the lower rings Q is bevelled and scrapes any water off the piston-rod. Any water finding its way to the space S around the lower ring is also conducted to the passage O<1> and pipe R.
Patent GB-190423207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shaving Apparatus.
Inventor: ALLEN WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 23,207. Allen, W. R. Oct. 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Shaving-appliances; razors.-A rotary razor 32, Fig. 1, driven from a power shaft 22, preferably through bevel friction gearing 25, 15 and a hollow flexible shaft 14 within a casing 17, is combined with a fan 13 for removing the lather &c. through the shaft 14 and slots 16 into a receptacle 11. The apparatus is portably mounted on the shaft 22 and on a guiding-rail 3 by means of a sleeve 24 and a roller 2, and the gearing 25, 15 is thrown into or out of engagement by a lever 29, secured in the engaged or disengaged position by a sliding spring pawl 30 engaging teeth on the frame 4. The blades 33, Figs. 2 and 3, of the razor are adjustably secured by set-screws 39, Fig. 3, on a slotted tubular frame 32, Fig. 2, forming an extension of the shaft 14, and detachable plates 35 are secured over the blades.