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Patent GB-190413804-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Compound for Preventing Dust on Roads.
Inventor: CRAIG ARCHIBALD JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,804. Craig, A. J., and Kemp, N. June 18. Liquid surface-treating compositions.-A compound to be distributed on roads for preventing dust consists of an aqueous solution of gum, glue, and other colloid substances in varying proportions, to which is added a salt of chromium which has the property of rendering the colloid or other matters in solution insoluble on exposure to light. To the solution thus formed is added mineral or vegetable oils, glycerine, or other viscous substances. The mixture forms a plastic insoluble binding for the dust particles.
Patent GB-190416479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Repeaters.
Inventor: KRETZINGER GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 16,479. Kretzinger, G. W. July 26. Telephone systems.-A repeater or reinforcing-device for voice currents, shown in the Figure at the mid-point of a metallic circuit uniting the subscribers' stations A, B, comprises coils A<1>, B' wound on a common core C which forms the controlling-magnet for two receiver diaphragms D, E. Opposed to the receivers are transmitters F, G, arranged in series in a local battery circuit which includes the primary coils H, H<1>. Several repeaters may be arranged in series in the line.
Patent GB-190417338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Wicks.
Inventor: SHAH MOTILAL KASHALCHAND
Filed: 1904-08-09
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 17,338. Shah, M. K. Aug. 9. Wicks.-An incombustible lamp wick is made of asbestos fibre, which is washed and arranged in parallel layers or slivers. It is then dried and passed through a bath of melted paraffin wax with which has been mixed a small percentage of magnesium oxide and zinc powder. The wick is finally passed through a draw-plate.
Patent GB-190417347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moving Picture Machines.
Inventor: CROCKER SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-09
Granted: 1905-08-09
Abstract: 17,347. Crocker, S. H. Aug. 9. Kinematographs. - In an apparatus for viewing or photographing moving pictures, a rotary disc, carrying the pictures or the sensitized film, is operated intermittently by a spring arm arrested at equal intervals by a series of stops arranged in a circle. Figs. 1 and 2 show an apparatus for viewing pictures, in which the pictures are mounted near the periphery of a disc g rotating inside a flat casing a consisting of two hinged parts. A lens l, mounted on an arm m, may be moved in front of or away from the viewing-aperture k by a lever n. The disc is operated by a spring arm d connected to a sleeve on a shaft c operated by worm and worm-wheel gearing and an external handle e. The arm d has a pin-and-slot connection with the disc at the end h, and its motion is stopped at intervals by fixed pins b. In Fig. 3, the apparatus is shown modified for taking photographs, an extra disc o, having radial exposureopenings r, being operated alternately with the film disc q by a second spring arm d' arranged as shown. The discs may have slots p to allow the pins h<1>, h to pass through them without interfering with the relative motion of the discs. When the discs have completed their rotation, the handle e is locked by a rod operated by a cam 8. A lens s is arranged at the opening k. In another modification, the shutter rotates continuously at a higher speed than the film disc, the shutter disc being secured to the squared end of the central spindle, which is rotated by toothed gearing at a higher speed than the sleeve carrying the spring arm. A reversible holder, pivoted to the casing, carries a viewing-lens, a photographic lens, and a viewfinder. A spring may be fixed to one half of the casing to prevent buckling of the film. When the film has completed its rotation, the handle may be locked by a spring lever arranged in the path of the spring operating-arm. A back aperture, having a closing-plate, may be added for viewing transparencies. The apparatus may be used for viewing or photographing a series of fixed objects, in which case the handle preferably carries a notched disc engaged by a spring-pressed lever to lock the handle temporarily after each picture has been taken or viewed. A cam may be operated to bring the spring-pressed lever into and out of action.
Patent GB-190419146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators and to Furnaces therefor.
Inventor: BICKFORD JOHN SOLOMON VIVIAN
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 19,146. Bickford, J. S. V. Sept. 5. Liquid-fuel fittings.-The boiler shown in section in Fig. 1 is heated by a series of burners b<4>, Figs. 1 and 3, which are supplied with oil under pressure through the inclined vaporizer b<1>, bent pipe b<3>, and purifier C. This purifier is shown separately in Fig. 4. The oil supply is controlled by a valve D, Fig. 5, operated automatically by the boiler pressure acting on the upper face of a spring-loaded diaphragm d<8>. A valve E, Fig. 6, similar to that shown in Fig. 5 except that the upper face of the diaphragm is pressed against a comparatively strong spring e', is employed for regulating the oil pressure.
Patent GB-190421665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bases for Poles or Posts.
Inventor: JONES GEORGE HOSMER
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 21,665. Jones, G. H. Oct. 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Posts for telegraphic, telephonic, and other purposes are protected from decay and the attacks of various insects, and are given a better hold on the ground, by fitting the base of each pole 1 with a hollow cap 2, held by a distance-spike 6. Cement or other plastic material is rammed into the free space, and allowed to set. Tubes 7 or tiles are placed over this, the lower ends being flared out as at 8 so as to drop over the underlying tube. More than one tube may be used, and the spaces filled up with cement or the like.
Patent GB-190426556-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Temperature in Rooms, Buildings and the like
Inventor: HUNTER ERNEST HOWARD
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 26,556. Hunter, E. H. Dec. 6. Heating buildings; thermostats.- Steam-heated radiators, of the kind in which the products of condensation are drawn off by an exhaust pipe, are fitted with means for cutting off or obstructing the flow of steam automatically when the temperature of the room rises to a certain limit. In Fig. 1, the steam-supply pipe b is shown fitted with a valve f. The valve shown in Fig. 2 has a piston m and a chamber below the piston connected to the pipe t leading to the exhaust. A small hole q through the wall of the valve chamber is sufficient to keep the pressure below the piston normally atmospheric, but does not prevent the piston from sinking when communication is made between the chamber and the exhaust. Any other suitable construction of valve may be used for the same purpose. The valve u on the pipe t remains normally closed, and opens when a certain temperature limit is reached. It may be worked by a sucking-solenoid a<1>, wires from which run to a battery and contact-maker c<1> operated by rise of temperature. Alternative forms are described in which direct expansion by heat lifts the valve, the preferred arrangement being shown in Fig. 4. In each case, the effect of rise of temperature is to close the valve f.
Patent GB-190428467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Incandescence Lamps.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,467. Thompson, W. P., [Deutsche Gasgl³hlicht Akt.-Ges. (Auer Ges.)]. Dec. 27. Incandescent lamps. - The filament is held by metallic supports, the ends of which are fused around the filament, by an electric arc for instance, and allowed to cool quickly. Filaments so supported may be in the form of a single loop, or of several straight filaments supported and connected at their ends as shown in Fig. 2, or of a multiple loop. The supports h, i, k, l, m, n are inserted in a glass holder b and connected in pairs. The fusion may be effected by connecting the filament to one pole of an electric supply, and touching the metallic support for an instant with a thin carbon or metal rod connected to the other pole. Fig. 5 shows an apparatus in which the air is displaced by a suitable gas. The electrode u pivoted at v is brought into contact with the support d, which may be hooked to retain the filament, and the electrode w is then moved into contact for an instant, the electrodes being movable in the stuffing-boxes t, x. The operation may be effected on a stream of the gas, without the bell-jar.
Patent GB-190502866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Inflating Pneumatic Tyres of Motor Driven Vehicles
Inventor: FISHER ALFRED TAYLOR
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1906-02-10
Abstract: 2866. Fisher, A. T. Feb. 11. Motor road vehicles.-In apparatus for inflating the tyres of motor-cars, of the type in which piston pumps are so mounted that they may be moved into such a position as to be actuated by a member driven by the motor, the cylinders 10, mounted upon the fixed bed 31, and provided with lugs 34, by rotation of a screw 36 are made to slide along rods 32 until a wheel 29 frictionally engages a driven wheel 30. A pinion 26 then turns a wheel 25 upon the shaft 22 of a crank 23, so that, through a bearing 24 sliding in a yoke 14, which connects the two piston-rods 15, the pumps are actuated and force air by a side casing 19 and the hose 21 to the tyre. In a second form of pump, the cylinders, disposed side by side, connect with a closed case across which the crank-shaft is mounted. The pistons are actuated alternately in opposite directions ; the crank-shaft itself carries the friction wheel, the countershaft, pinion, and gear being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190504946-A (GB)
Title: Improved Screw Propeller.
Inventor: WILKINS ALBERT
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 4946. Wilkins, A. March 9. Torpedoes. - To the outer edges of the blades of a screw propeller are attached peripheral flanges A, from which depend smaller blades D. The blades are graduated in thickness from the centre to the edges.
Patent GB-190505178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Enamelling Stoves or Ovens.
Inventor: NAYLOR ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 5178. Naylor, A. W., and Bishop, G. March 13. Stoves for enamelling.-In a stove or oven for enamelling metal goods, recesses in the end-plates receive a metal plate forming the sides and top, and a gas-supply pipe and outlet flue are used as tie-bolts for holding the parts together. A baffle prevents the gas or other flame from reaching the goods, and the hot air, after circulating freely, escapes through regulable openings at the upper part of the stove. The front and back plates a, b, Fig. 2, are formed at their edges with projections i, j having recesses l, m for receiving a metal sheet n forming the sides and roof. Suitable packing may be used in the recesses, and at each end of the sheet n a horizontal flange o, Fig. 3, is formed to direct the air entering through the space p towards the centre of the stove. Gas or oil may be used for beating the stove, and, when gas is used, it is supplied to a pipe g, perforated with holes r and placed beneath a baffle s. At the upper part of the stove, a pipe h, having openings t regulated by a sliding cover u, is connected to a flue w. The rear end of the pipe g and the front end of the pipe h are closed by cups x, y, respectively, and these pipes act as tie-bolts to hold together the end-plates a, b. Projections z, having recesses l, are fixed to these plates and support rods 2. The front plate is provided with a hinged door d and an opening to allow of the inspection of a thermometer within the stove.
Patent GB-190505323-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Outflow-connection for Cisterns,
Inventor: ALEXANDER HUGH
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 5323. Alexander, H. March 14. Tanks and cisterns.-A discharge fitting arranged and constructed to facilitate the cleaning of the bottom of a cistern consists of a removable piece A socketed in a piece B, which is secured to the bottom of the cistern by a nut D. The flange C of the piece B is formed with channels G to allow all water and deposit to flow out of the cistern when the piece A is removed.
Patent GB-190507149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motor Control Systems applicable for Electrically Propelled Trains or Vehicles.
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1906-04-04
Abstract: 7149. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 4. Switches.-Relates to a pneumaticallyactuated system of train-master control for motorcontrollers of the separately-actuated contact type, having electric maintaining-means, using both train-pipes and train-wires. Fig. 3 shows a portion of the connexions. The mastercontroller is provided with electric contacts G and a valve F for the air supply. In the first position of the controller, the circuit of the electric maintaining-means is closed from the trolly T through the controller to the wire 77, and thence through the maintaining-coils 18 to ground. The coils 18 are not sufficiently powerful to operate the various switches, but only to retain them when closed. In the second position, the valve F allows air to pass to one of the cylinders of the reversing- switch RS, throwing it, if not already in position, and opening a port to the valve P, which is normally in position to allow the air to pass to operate a switch for making the series connexions of the motors. The air then passes to a series of cylinders for operating the switches 9 ... 12 controlling the resistances in the motor circuit, the air passing through valves D, Figs. 3 and 5, which are operated by the piston of one cylinder to open the passage to the next. The operation of the last switch closes a relay K, closing the contacts 80, 81. In the third position of the controller, the air supply is stopped, and all the cylinders opened to exhaust, while at the same time the maintaining-circuit of .the coil 82 is closed. In this circuit is a relay R which temporarily opens the maintaining-circuits of the various switches, which then all open. The maintaining-circuits are again closed by the contact 86, a dash-pot 89 giving a suitable time interval. At the same time, the coil 46<a> is energized and the valve P moved, so that, on the next movement of the master-controller, the parallelling-switches 7, 8 are operated, the motors connected in parallel, and the resistance switches operated in succession to cut out resistance. A throttle valve 71 is provided to check the air supply should the acceleration be too rapid, and an automatic double-acting valve D to prevent failure to operate the resistancecontrolling contacts.
Patent GB-190508763-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Fastening the Band of a Tourniquet.
Inventor: DOWN ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-26
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 8763. Down, A. W. April 26. Tourniquets.-A fastening-device for tourniquets consists of a pair of yokes a fixed together by the bars b, c, the former of which carries a loose roller d, and the latter a swinging bar f, the ends f<1> of which work in slots g in the yokes a. One end of the tourniquet band is secured to the bar c, and the other end, having been placed round the limb, is threaded between the bars f, band pulled tight, after which the bar f is forced down as shown in Fig. 2 to grip the band.
Patent GB-190510215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Apparatus
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 10,215. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 15. Converting alternating and direct currents.-In vapour rectifiers, the anodes are protected from condensed mercury and from cathode emanations, which tend to produce arcing, by placing them so that the path of the discharge turns through nearly 180 degrees. The anodes 7, 8 may be situated at the lower ends of glass tubes 11, 12, which project from the condensing-chamber 1. The tubes are closed except for perforations 15,16, which are not opposite each other. A starting- anode of mercury, situated behind the cathode 2, and separated from it by a ridge, is connected through a resistance and a switch to one of the alternating-current mains 17, or to a battery (not shown) the other terminal of which is connected to the cathode 2. In the latter case an auxiliary anode 5, supported by a glass-enclosed wire 6, may be connected to the battery through a switch, in order that a steady discharge may be maintained between it and the cathode 2, when the main discharge is so small as to be unstable. The rectified current flows through a work-circuit 19 to the junction of two inductances 21, 22 connected in series across the mains. In a modification, the tubes 11, 12 are wholly within the container, and are partly immersed in the cathode, which fills two cup-shaped depressions in the container and covers the ridge between them. The tubes in this case are preferably of quartz, and are supported at their lower ends by short glass stems, through which pass the leading-in wires.
Patent GB-190512938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels and Axles for same.
Inventor: MAITRE JOHN BRACHE LE
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 12,938. Le Maitre, J. B. June 22. Roller bearings. -Roller bearings 6 are provided for the rotation of the hub 1 round the non - rotating axlebox 3 of the wheel of a motor or other road vehicle, and for the vertical sliding movement of the axle 5 in a slot in the axle-box.
Patent GB-190513099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fans for Propelling Gases
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 13,099. Pritchard, P. M., and United Alkali Co. June 24. Fans.-The blade-wheels of centrifugal fans, which are used for propelling corrosive gases, are made of porcelain or like material and the casing is made of, or lined with, the same material. To compensate for the small speed at which such wheels can be rotated, two or more wheels are used, the casing 1 of the first wheel 2 communicating with the inlet of the casing 3 of the next wheel 4 by a passage 7, and so on. The parts are made so that any desired number of blade-wheels can be used.
Patent GB-190516143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-capillary Recording Apparatus.
Inventor: ORLING AXEL
Filed: 1905-08-08
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 16,143. Orling, A., and Corby, F. W. Aug. 8. Recording electrically at a distance. -In an electrocapillary recording- apparatus, the movements of the mercury eject a marking-fluid from a capillary orifice on to a moving tape. The mercury tube B is preferably formed with a number of capillary orifices b dipping into an electrolyte and is connected to a tube D with a reservoir F containing a marking-fluid such as an aniline dye. The lead a is preferably in the form of a syphon as shown. Specification No. 21,981, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring], is referred to.
Patent GB-190517512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional Houses for use in Rearing Birds.
Inventor: YOUDE ROBERT
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 17,512. Youde, R., Youde, S. H., Youde, M. L. G. E., Youde, M. H., Youde, S. H., and Youde. J. Aug. 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Foster - mothers; poultry houses; drinking- appliances for birds.-Houses for poultry, and also to contain brooders, are built u p of sectional houses which can be put together to form houses of any desired capacity. The sides are of wood with doors 14 and windows 15. The sectional houses are separated by wire-net screens on wood frames provided with doors 13. The ends are closed by gables 28. Each house is in two stories and contains a rearer 30 on the bottom floor. One sectional house 25 in each row contains a furnace 26 consisting of a slow-combustion stove, which heats water for circulation through the houses. The houses are provided with wood floors except in the furnace sections, which are cemented. Doors 29 divide the houses into two parts, one communicating with the upper storey for the older chickens, and one for the younger. Runs 33 are provided, and access is given to them by triangular openings with sliding doors, made with the edge sloping so that the size of the opening may be graduated. The roof is composed of sections termed " slates " shown in section in Fig. 8, composed of thin boards 21 fastened on cross-bars 20 hollowed out in the middle and covered with felt extending beyond the section on one side to cover the joint with the next, the felt being held down by a thin batten nailed over it. The " slates" on one side are shorter than those on the other and engage with a longitudinal check in the longer slates at the ridge, the felt on the longer ones covering the joint. The adjacent " slates " may be connected by a longitudinal bar or rail or by socket-and-spigot arrangements on the bars 20. A water trough 36, Fig. 11, may be provided at the bottom of each division and provided with a cover and float valve.
Patent GB-190518666-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Cooling Soap Solutions.
Inventor: JUERGENS FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 18,666. J³rgens, F. Sept. 15. Moulding soaps.-In a soap extrusion machine, the soap solution, contained in a cylinder b, is cooled by the action of a vacuum and also by water, which is passed through a cooling - jacket d and through a central tube e. A worm f, rotating in the cylinder b, is provided with outer scrapers g, which remove solidified soap from the walls of the cylinder, and with inner scrapers g<1>, which remove soap from the outer surface of the tube e. To increase the scraping effect, the tube e may be rotated in a direction opposite to that of the worm f. Air is exhausted through nozzles h, and, as soon as the soap is sufficiently cooled, the vacuum cock is closed and air is forced in through the nozzles i. A slide k is then opened and the soap forced out through a mouthpiece l.
Patent GB-190518884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: YATES ODAVILLE
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 18,884. Yates, O. Sept. 19. Bottles, non- refillable. - Relates to a bottle of the type described in S p e cification No. 125, A.D. 1905, and consists in providing the bottle with a vent tube 30, and also in adapting the detachable neck to hold the valve mechanism on the upstanding flange 13 of the bottle. The vent tube is bent at 31 to allow the pendent weight of the valve freedom to swing; the upper end of the tube is normally closed by the valve, and the lower end is slotted at 32 to allow the free entrance of air.
Patent GB-190524925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Mitts" or Gloves, such as are Worn by Stokers and others for Protecting the Hands from Heat and other Injuries.
Inventor: DAVIES RICHARD
Filed: 1905-12-01
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 24,925. Davies, R. Dec. 1. Gloves; mittens. -A stoker's glove or mitten for protecting the hand from heat and injury consists of a closely woven flax or cotton body 1 in two parts, one for the thumb and one for the fingers. An additional t h i c kness 2 of mateiial is applied to the outside, partly by sewing and partly by an adhesive 3 consisting of powdered asbestos or silica in a matrix of glue. The glove may be finished by completely coverin g it with the adhesive, and further by treatment with solutions of alum, salt, or sodium tungstate. Specification No. 27,025, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190526108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mantles for Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: HARRY GEORGE ABEL
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 26,108. Harry, G. A. Dec. 15. Incandescent gas lamps.-The head of an upright mantle is attached by asbestos threads to the groove b of a steatite or like ring a, having an arched cross bar c adapted to fit the usual forks.