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Patent GB-190322071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draft Rigging for Railway Cars.
Inventor: SALING THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 22,071. Saling, T. W. Nov. 7, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Draw-gear.-Draught rigging for railway cars comprises beams 3, located on opposite sides of the draw-bar and provided with openings receiving the ends of follower-plates 10, 11 between the connecting-plates 15. Central cushions 25 are disposed on a tail-pin 8 secured to the draw-bar, and are interposed between the follower-plates, while side springs 26, 27 are located within the openings of the draught beams, the inner springs 26 being supported by studs 27<1>. These springs cushion the movement whether the coupler is drawn out or pushed in. A bolt 20 passes through a slot in the draw-bar and is located between the tail-pin and a transverse key 21, which extends through slots in the draw-bar and beams, the slots 30 of the beams being of sufficient length to permit the necessary play. The pins 31 secure the rods 22 to the ends of the key. The tail-pin is slotted to receive a key 12 connecting the pin to a yoke 13 secured to the plate 15 by a key 16. The rods 22 extend through slots in the ends of the rear plate 11 and are threaded to receive nuts which form stops engaging the plate.
Patent GB-190322787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protecting from Erosion the Bore of Ordnance and other Firearms.
Inventor: LUCIANI JACQUES
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 22,787. Luciani, J. Nov. 4, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cartridges.-In order to protect the bore of the gun from erosion, the charge is carried in a receptacle, enclosed within the cartridge case 1, and consisting of an outer tube 7, closed at its front end 8, and of an inner tube 3, closed at its rear end 4, a hole 5 in the rear end 4 allowing the fire from a cap 6 or ignition tube to pass through. The cartridge case 1 may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190325469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Weighing Coal and other Materials.
Inventor: INGREY CHARLES
Filed: 1903-11-21
Granted: 1904-11-21
Abstract: 25,469. Ingrey, C. Nov. 21. Compound-lever apparatus, particularly applicable for weighing the loads of tipping trucks or " tube at collieries. The receptacle a, which hangs by loops and trunnions k from a compound beam n, is supported to receive a tipped charge, lowered to weigh, and raised again while discharging, by means of a lever l over a cam on a shaft m which makes one revolution for each weighing. The cam is driven from a continuouslyrotating shaft m<1> through a clutch, which is shifted into engagement by a weighted bell-crank lever v, as the tipping-frame r is turning. A pin r<1> on the tipping-frame wipes a lever s, and a rod u rising from a companion lever t strikes away a heavy hook u<1> holding up the shifting-lever. The hook is pivoted on another bell-crank lever w<1111>, Fig. 3, which is subject to a cam w<1> on a second shaft w, whereby it is let drop from the hook to re-engage and, at the end of one revolution, is raised again to disengage the clutch. ReceptacZes.-The receptacle a is formed with a long sloping side a<1>, and a hinged bottom c which can open into line with the side but is normally held by a short hinged side b. The hinged side having an arm connected by a link d to the hinged bottom constitutes a levefor operating the latter, and is itself operated by a lever h which is actuated by a cam g on the same shaft as the cam for supporting or hanging the receptacle. A stop-lever e behind the hinged side is operated by another cam f, and a latch (not shown) to hold the hinged bottom open awhile may be operated with the stop-lever. The counterweight c<1111> renders the hinged bottom self-closing.
Patent GB-190326062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Round Wick Burners.
Inventor: CARS BARUCH
Filed: 1903-11-28
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 26,062. Cars, B., [Hirschhorn, Firm of, J.]. Nov. 28. Oil-lamp burners ; wick-raising apparatus.-The raising of the wick of an argand burner above a predetermined point is prevented by a perforated ring b, which is lifted by the contact of the wick i with the flange c until the flange d engages with a bead e on the flame spreader f, thereby stopping the further ascent of the wick. Accidental detachment of the flame spreader upon the upward movement of the ring b is prevented by a bayonet or other fastening g.
Patent GB-190327376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Artificial Teeth
Inventor: FINKBEINER HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-12-14
Abstract: 27,376. Finkbeiner, H. Dec. 14. Teeth, artificial.-A pin for attaching artificial teeth to the palate or bridge consists of a piece of platinum wire, of semicircular cross-section, bent double so as to form a circular pin. A secure fastening is obtained by forcing the ends apart, as shown in Fig. 2, or by forcing the closed end into the form of a loop, through which a wedge may be passed if desired. The Provisional Specification also states that the bite of a rubber palate may be strengthened by passing a wire, shaped like a hair-pin, through loops formed in two of the pins.
Patent GB-190401669-A (GB)
Title: Joint Device for Preventing the Air from Penetrating between Surfaces of Mutually Rotatable Parts of Projectiles Fuses and other Objects.
Inventor: QUISLING RASMUS HAGBARTH
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 1669. Quisling, R. H. Jan. 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Projectiles, ordnance; fuzes for projectiles.- The joints between relatively - rotatable parts of projectiles and fuzes are rendered airtight by an annular projection on one part entering modelling-clay, slushing oil, or other plastic material contained in a annular groove in the other part. The annular projection b<1>, Fig. 2, which may. be rectangular or angular, or may consist of a ring b<2> engages in a a corresponding groove a, a<1>. An india-rubber ring d and an annular projection e are respectively employed for preventing the plastic material .from flowing inwards or outwards.
Patent GB-190402720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Frames for Motor and other Cycles.
Inventor: GUNTON FRANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-03
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 2720. Gunton, F. W. Feb. 3. Frames handle-bars.-Spring arrangements are applied to the back and front forks of motor and other cycles. The auxiliary arms A, carrying the back wheel, are pivoted at B to lugs on the bottom bracket, and connected to an auxiliary fork E, having at its upper end a rod F passing through a bracket attached to the main frame. The arms A are connected to the stays C of the main frame by a spring arrangement, in which a bolt I, fixed to a lug H, passes through the lug HH, an india-rubber cylinder L being placed between the lugs, and a spiral spring between the lug HH and nut J. The auxiliary forks M, in which the front wheel is mounted, are connected to the ordinary forks N by links 0, and provided with a pin P passing through a guide-plate Q, secured to the crown of the ordinary forks N. The pin P is provided with a spring arrangement similar to that described above in connection with the back wheel. The Provisional Specification describes also two forms of spring-mounted handle- bars. In one arrangement, the handle-bars are formed in two parts, which are suitably secured to the extremities of a centre piece provided with a number of "horizontally-radiating partitions" forming a number of longitudinal spaces around the said centre piece. The centre piece is placed within a socket formed in two parts, the lower part being secured to the stem of the handle-bars. The socket is provided with corresponding " horizontal internally-radiating partitions," and blocks of india-rubber or the like are placed in the spaces between the partitions. In the other arrangement, the handle-bars pass through slots in the arms of an upwardly-forked extension of the tubular stem, the centre of the handle-bars being provided with a downwardly-extending lug, between which and the base of the fork a spring is placed.
Patent GB-190403093-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Photographic Machine.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 3093. Heide, H. C., [Hopkinson, E.]. Feb. 8. Automatic apparatus. - Automatic apparatus, which may be coin-freed, is driven preferably by an electromotor ; the mechanism dropping the front plate in a magazine into the focal plane, exposing it, then dropping it into a developing- bath from which it is lifted by grippers into the fixing and washing baths, and then discharged. When a coin is pressed into the slot 116, Fig. 14, it rotates the bell-crank lever 118, 117, and raises the rod 120 against the force of the spiral spring 128. This closes the circuit of the electromotor and keeps it closed till the rod 120 has been allowed to drop bv the oscillations of the escapement-plate 125. The shaft 51, Fig. 1, is rotated by the electromotor 47 by means of a worm and worm-wheel 50 and a crank 52, and connecting- rod 53 rotates intermittently by means of ratchet gearing, the shaft 56 supporting the annular trough 22 containing the various baths. A cam 57 on the shaft 51 oscillates a bell crank 59, 60 and thereby raises and lowers the rods 29 which actuate the grippers for lifting a plate from one bath to another. A plate after exposure is dropped into a developing-bath in the trough 22, by pulling back the pin 15 by the action of a cam 69 on the upper end of the shaft 51. The mechanism for dropping a plate from the magazine 1 into the focal plane ready for exposure, is shown in Fig. 4. The crank disc 76 driven by bevel gearing from the shaft 51, oscillates, through the connecting- rod 77, the crank shaft 79, which similarly imparts a reciprocating motion to the rod 81. When the coin inserted falls to the bottom of its shoot, it lands in the slot 93 and thus forms a connection by which the movement of the rod 81 is imparted to the slide 85. The reciprocating movement of the slide 85 is communicated through the link 88, bell crank 89, and link 16 to ratchet gear which rotates the magazine 1 containing a pile of plates pressed forwards by a spring 13. In this magazine alternate plates are placed crosswise, and when the magazine is turned through a quarter revolution, the front plate is released from the four stops by the rotation of the toothed wheels 11, and drops down the shoot till it is arrested by the pin 15. The disc shutter 107 is actuated by a spring wound up by the mechanism, and is released by the bell crank 108 and rod 111 which is actuated by a pawl 114 on the link 88. There are three sets of grippers, and, as the trough 22 rotates, the first grippers lift the plate from a developing-bath into a fixing-bath, the second grippers lift it into a washing-bath, and the third grippers transfer it to the discharge shoot.
Patent GB-190405720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: JOST FRED
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 5720. Jost, r. March 8. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-Fig. 1 shows one form consisting of a casing in several parts 2, 4, 7 fitted in the bottle neck, and locked therein by an annular piece 22 provided with a recess 24 forengagement with a resilient metal piece 25. 8 denotes a packing. In the casing is mounted an apertured cylinder, in which a buoyant valve 19 slidingly fits. A ball 18, fitted in an apertured guard piece 14, aids in returning the valve 19 to the closed position, and in retaining it in this position while the bottle is kept upright, thereby preventing the introduction of liquid into the bottle in this position. The buoyancy of the valve 19 prevents the bottle from being filled while in an inverted position, as the valve floats on the liquid introduced into the casing, and closes the passage into the bottle. A cork may be inserted in the part 3. The ball 18 and buoyant valve 19 are essentials, but the form and arrangement of the casing and other fittings may be varied.
Patent GB-190407172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Waterproofing Fabrics.
Inventor: WILEY THOMAS FERNELEY
Filed: 1904-03-25
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 7172. Wiley, T. F. March 25 Coated fabrics.-In apparatus for waterproofing fabrics by spraying on to them a waterproofing- agent such as liquid wax, the spray-producers are supported on the liquid waterproofing-agent by a cylindrical float 5, Fig. 1, which can rise and fall freely in guides 10. The liquid pipes 7 pass diametrically through the float. The angle of the float is adjusted by means of a bar 15, which is secured to one end of the float by a screw 16 and fitted with two studs 12 engaging the guide 10. In the apparatus described in Specification No. 8636, A.D. 1903, the air-escape holes 20, Fig. 3, are arranged under the fabric in order to prevent undesirable air currents, and the air is finally passed through a steam-heated coil 22 for collecting wax which has been carried over by the air.
Patent GB-190408365-A (GB)
Title: Storage Batteries or Accumulators
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 8365. Fairweather, W., [Vesta Storage Battery Co.]. April 12. Drawings to Specification. Alkali zincates. - An impure alkaline zincate may be used as an electrolyte in a secondary galvanic battery. When the battery is charged, the zinc deposits on the positive electrode, after which the solution may be poured off, the battery cell carefully cleaned out, and a pure caustic solution added. On now discharging the battery, pure alkaline zincate forms. Caustic potash.-Caustic potash solution may be purified by placing it in a cell and passing a current of electricity through it, whereby the impurities are precipitated. Cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel, and silver oxides for use in secondary galvanic batteries in the form of double oxides. A mixture of nickel and silver oxides is prepared by dissolving silver and nickel in nitric acid, precipitating by caustic alkali, pouring off the liquid, washing several times, settling, and drying. Mixtures of cobalt and silver oxides, and of copper and cadmium oxides, are similarly prepared. In the latter case, one part of copper is used to two of cadmium.
Patent GB-190414517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Malting Drums.
Inventor: SCHREIER HERMAN
Filed: 1904-06-28
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,517. Schreier, H. June 28. Malting. - Apparatus for discharging the contents of malting-drums is driven by a pinion which can be thrown out of gear to avoid interference with the rotation of the drum. The drum A is provided with a shaft B carrying right and left conveyers C, D adapted to feed the contents to the discharge opening, which is covered by a sliding door I, and is situated over the conveyer J. The shaft B carries a bevelwheel E driven by a pinion G, which is secured in any suitable position on the shaft F by means of a set screw, so that it can be moved out of the way except when the drum is to be discharged. If desirable, the discharge opening may be placed near one end of the drum, and a single conveyer employed.
Patent GB-190418397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpet Sweepers.
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 18,397. Entwisle & Kenyon, Kenyon, W. H., and Shorrock, J. L. Aug. 25. Carpet-sweepers.-A carpet-sweeper is constructed to attain the following objects, viz. :-the sweeper to be maintained in alignment with the handle when not in use, the brushes, working in dust-free ball bearings, to be adjustable as to height, and the dust-pane to be easily emptied and replaced. Fig. 1 shows how the sweeper is maintained in a line with the handle by means of the cam-piece A provided with a doubly-inclined projection a. As shown in Fig. 4, the brush E is mounted on a lever D, pivoted at r to the fixed rod D<1>. The height of the brush is maintained by the friction clip s, which is fixed to the lever D. Fig. 7 illustrates a method of operating the lever by means of a link d<4> attached at its other end by a crank to a rod d<2> which can rotate. The lever D may also be actuated by a pivoted rod, the end of which works in a slot in the lever. Fig. 11 shows the method of mounting the brush axle in ball bearings. The socket e', which is either open or close ended, maintains the balls in position and is fixed to the trunnion d of the lever D. To exclude dust &c., a flanged plate e<3> is affixed. The dust-pans H are emptied by working the wires h, either by a pivoted lever G, as shown in Fig. 13, or by a rod a slot in which works upon a fixed pin, otherwise a rod G, traversing the case and provided with a vertical slot in which the loop t works, may be used, as illustrated in Fig. 19.
Patent GB-190422362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Arc Lamp Hoisting Gear and Fittings for the same
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 22,362. Crompton & Co., and Abbot, E. W. Oct. 17. Brakes. - Relates to hoisting and suspending gear for arc electric lamps in which the hoisting- wire is relieved of the weight of the lamp after the latter has been raised to its correct position. As shown in Fig. 1, the lamp is lifted by the cable d through the medium of the pulley e and crosshead k, the latter sliding in guides 13 in the fixed hood a. The pawls m, pivoted in the crosshead, tend to assume an extended position when the weight of the lamp is taken by the lifting-cable, and, as the lamp is raised, the pawls slide over the inclines r and spring into recesses s so as to take the weight of the lamp when the cable is slackened. To lower the lamps, the cable is again pulled so as to raise the lamp slightly until the pawls spring outwardly into recesses v. The lamp can then be lowered. The means for extending the pawls when the weight of the lamp is taken by the cable consist of a cord o connected to the inner ends of the pawls, and passing over a roller q mounted on a pin h which is suspended by links g from the pulley e, and moves relatively to the crosshead in vertical slots i. Toggle levers or links may be used instead of the cord o.
Patent GB-190424357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Feed Devices for the Inking Ribbon of Writing Machines.
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-11-10
Abstract: 24,357. Deutsche Schreibmaschinen- Ges. Nov. 12, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Type-writers. - Relates to a device for feeding the inking-ribbon in typewriters, which is actuated by the key - levers as described in Specification No. 14.601, A.D. 1901. The ribbon spools 93 are carried by sleeves 92 which turn on pillars 95 connected to the frame by pins 99. Two operating-pawls 102 are mounted on levers 103 which are caused to rock round the pillars 95 or sleeves 92 by levers 80 carried by a rocking yoke 74. The pawls engage ratchet-wheels 94 which are prevented from moving backwards by locking-pawls 103'. The pawls 102, 103<1> of one of the spools are held out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel by a sliding bar 100 which is connected to discs 104, each having two fingers 105, 106 which lift the pawls. The bar 100 is guided by means of a lug having a slot which engages one of the pillars 95.
Patent GB-190428442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Utilization of Waste Products in the Manufacture of Soaps or Soap Size.
Inventor: ARLEDTER HERMAN
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,442. Arledter, H. Dec. 27. Soaps; fats; turpentine; resin oils; essential oils. -Carbonic acid, turpentine, light and heavy oils, fats, spirits, perfumes, and a disinfecting-material are recovered in the manufacture of soaps, more especially those made from resin for use as size. The materials are boiled together under pressure with a little carbonic acid in the steam-jacketed vessel A. The vapours and gases generated pass away to the condenser I through a loaded valve D or the like and a chamber E provided with a perforated grid F having a series of sharp points or ridges on its under surface, which breaks up the froth which is formed. The condensed liquid resolves itself into layers in the tank K, while the carbonic acid, which is obtained if soda is used for saponification, is led away to suitable purifying and compressing apparatus. The water constituting the lowest layer in the receiver contains ingredients derived from the resin which render it suitable for disinfecting purposes. Reference is made to Specifications No. 17,077, A.D. 1902, and No. 1049, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Starch &c.].
Patent GB-190428460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Checking and Timing Workmen and others.
Inventor: GEDDES CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 28,460. Geddes, C. Dec. 27. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. To register and signal the occasions on which workmen and employees spend excess time in latrines, a time-alarm apparatus is set in motion by the removal therefrom of the latrine key, and the door and lock of the latrine are so arranged that the key cannot be removed unless the door is closed. Each key is hung from an arm on its spindle g, Fig. 1, and the fork f being thereby urged to the right keeps the spring d* compressed. Upon removal of the key, the spring presses the friction clutch d to the left and locks the weighted drum c to a spindle b which is constantly driven by clockwork. Metal plates carried by the drum make contact, after a certain angular movement, between spring plates n* in a bell and counter circuit, and also between similar plates o* in a circuit containing a lamp in the latrine, which is thereby lit up and warns the occupant. When the key is replaced, the drum is freed and is returned to its normal position by the counterweight, a pivoted stop l<1> and a pin arresting the motion. The latrine has lower doors without locks upon which small upper doors q<2>, Fig. 4, overlap, so that in the only possible position for removal of the key, when the bolt s takes into the hole t<1>, both the upper and the lower doors are shut and locked. To prevent locking in any other position and consequent return of the key to stop the time-alarm apparatus, the bolt is kept from rising in any position of the door save the closed one by. a quadrantal guard t shown in plan in Fig. 7. Normally, the maximum opening of the door is determined by a stop u. When, however, it is desired to use the latrines apart from the time-signal, the stop may be displaced by the external handle w, and the upper door may then be locked open and the key removed by allowing the bolt to rise into the second hole t<8>. To prevent use of a latrine twice in a given time by the same employee, a metal check identified by his number may be put through a slit into a locked box when he returns the key.