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Patent GB-190323709-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Machine for Rolling and Skiving Leather, and other Materials.
Inventor: KEATS ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,709. Keats, A. Nov. 2. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating.-In a machine for rolling and skiving leather and like materials, rollers F, G are mounted on horizontal shafts E, D on the ends of which are mounted the feed rollers H, I for the skiving operation. One of the rollers G is mounted in sliding bearings B to allow varying thicknesses of hides &c. to pass. This play of the roller G is regulated by means of screws M acting on springs N. For rolling, the bearings of the top roll are pulled down by a U-shaped frame T and an eccentric U turned by a handle W. In order to afford a slightly elastic pressure when rolling, " hammering or moulding the soles of boots and shoes, a screw Q carried by a slide R acts, through a spring S, upon the U-shaped frame. The skiving-knife is secured in a holder 19, the round shank of which fits in a bracket J ; this bracket is adjustably mounted on a pin 15 formed on an adjustable piece 11, which has a rib 10 working in a groove formed in a bracket 8 on the framework and is secured in position by means of a screwed stud 13. A spring L connects an arm 21 formed on the bracket J to a similar arm 23 secured on the shank of the holder. This spring tilts the knife K, which rests on a guide P, into contact with an adjusting-screw 0, which regulates the angle at which the knife is to be set and also the thickness of the skiver cut. The material is guided to the knife K by means of a curved piece 24 attached to a spindle 25 adjustably mounted in bearings 26. The distance between the rollers F, G is regulated by means of a screw O<1>. Rotary motion is imparted to the machine by means of a hand-wheel or pulley X and spur gearing adapted to allow of the vertical play of the upper roller. The wheel X rides loose on the shaft E and carries a pinion Y gearing with a wheel Z, mounted on a pin 1 secured in a bracket 2 of the frame. A long pinion 3, turning with the wheel, gears with a wheel 4, keyed on the shaft E, and also with a wheel 5 mounted loosely in a bracket 6 and in gear with a wheel 7, keyed on the shaft D ; the centres of the wheels 5, 7 are at about the same level.
Patent GB-190400683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Soap Tablets
Inventor: WIGGLESWORTH JAMES
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 683. Wigglesworth, J. Jan. 11. Soaps. - Prominences or protuberances, of the form of a honeycomb in transverse section, a r e stamped, pressed, or moulded on the surfaces of bars or tablets of soap. These protuberances are shown at a on the tablet, the sides and ends of which are corrugated or fluted as shown at b.
Patent GB-190401275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roof Glazing.
Inventor: MELLOWES FRANK WILFORD
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 1275. Mellowes, F W., and Elliss, E. Jan. 18. Glazing roofs.-Purlins D are clamped to glazing-bars A by tightening nuts C' on cleats B on the undersides of the bars, these cleats being bent at B<1> to embrace the purlins.
Patent GB-190404270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stays for Securing the Legs of Folding Tables, Supporting Hinged Flaps and the like.
Inventor: CROWE EYRE
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4270. Crowe, E. Feb. 20. Tables.-A stay for folding-table legs, hinged flaps, brackets, or the like is formed of two members E, D, the one pivoted to the table top A &c., and the other pivoted to the table leg B &c., and pivoted together, the member E at its end and the member D near its middle, leaving a prolongation for taking thrust against a wedgepiece G fixed under the top A.
Patent GB-190405237-A (GB)
Title: Safety Guard for Hatchets and Adzes
Inventor: MORGAN ROBERT
Filed: 1904-03-03
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 5237. Morgan, R. March 3. Tool edge3.-A tin guard for an adze or hatchet has a wood bottom W for the tool edge to rest on, and a series of holes A<1>, A, A', to suit tools of various sizes, for the locking-pin P.
Patent GB-190409956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers.
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 9956. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. April 30. Receipts, checking and recording.-In registers having setting- elements or hand-levers 22 movable along denominational scales, and flash mechanism 83, 79 for concealing the indicators 31, 31<a>, auxiliary stop or setting keys 100 are provided to stop the levers 22 automatically in the desired positions, and the flash mechanism is operated to conceal the front and back indicators until the hand-crank driving the shaft 43 is operated. When a key 100 is depressed, its bell crank 104 is depressed and its stop-bar 106 raised to make contact with the pawls 122, 123, and to latch the arm 111 and its corresponding lever 22, regardless of the direction of movement of the lever 22. The operation of a setting-lever 22 raises its rackbar 27, and forces the plunger 62 to rock the frame 66 and disengage the latch 68 from the lug 70. The bar 71 is then pulled upwards by its spring to actuate the link 76 and the bell crank 77, so that the screen plates 83, 79 are lowered to conceal the indicators. On rotation of the shaft 43, the cam-projection 74 acts against the roller 73 and carries the bar 71 down until the lug 70 is engaged by the latch 68, and the indicators are exposed.
Patent GB-190419032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Receptacles.
Inventor: DRAPER BENJAMIN
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 19,032. Draper, B. Sept. 3. Letter-boxes are made to collapse if pushed against a wall. The bag b, Figs. 1 and 2, is fixed to the front bow of the wire frame e, which is hinged to the bar a' of the frame a, fixed to the door, a spring f pressing the frame e against the frame a. The receptacle is opened by pulling the movable frame into the position shown in dotted lines. The fixed frame may be replaced by a bar of wood fixed to the door, and the Provisional Specification states that the spring may be formed by coiling the ends of the frame e around the bar a<1>. The frames e, a may be locked together.
Patent GB-190422169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Wood for Rendering it Fireproof
Filed: 1904-10-14
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 22,169. Perkin, W. H., and Whipp Bros. & Tod. Oct. 14. Wood, fireproofing.-wood is treated to render it fireproof by the interaction within its pores of a salt containing, in its acid radicle, the oxide of a metal and of a salt not containing such metallic oxide in its acid radicle, or with an ammonium salt, or by the decomposition, within the pores of the wood, of sodium stannate. The wood to be treated is placed in a strong and tightly closable vessel, and is subjected to the agents aforesaid so as to cause it or them to penetrate through the wood, the penetration being assisted by creating a partial vacuum in the vessel. The invention may also be carried into effect in the following ways. The wood is placed in the vessel, which is then closed, and a solution of sodium stannate of 32‹ Be. is forced into the vessel and a pressure, say, of 500 lb. per square inch kept upon the contents for about six hours. The wood is then removed, drained, and dried, and allowed to stand until the fixation of stannic acid within it is complete ; or the wood may be replaced in the vessel and a solution of ammonium sulphate of 11‹ BÚ. be forced in. The wood may also be treated in the aforesaid way with a solution made up of two parts of a solution of sodium stannate of 11‹ BÚ. and three parts of a solution of sodium tungstate of 33‹ Be. or with a solution of sodium arsenate or biarsenate of 18‹ Be. and after extracting, or draining and drying, the wood is treated in the aforesaid way with a solution of zinc acetate, or zinc sulphate, of 17‹ Be., or with one part of such a solution and one part of tartar-emetic solution of 6‹ BÚ. After fixation and drying, the wood may be used as it is or it may be washed with water, by immersion or spraying, or by forcing water through it under pressure, and then dried. Specifications Nos. 8509 and 9620, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Fire, Extinction &c. of], are referred to.
Patent GB-190422290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for the Trolley Poles of Electric Cars.
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 22,290. Hawley, Ltd., J., and Hardman, D. R. W. Oct. 17. Electric railways and tramways on the overhead conductor system. Collectors ; switches.- Relates to a safety device which is adapted when the trolley wheel leaves the overhead wire to draw down the trolley pole clear of the overhead construction. A weak spring is normally used to take up the slack in the trolley rope, and a much stronger spring is brought into action by electromagnetic means when the wheel leaves the wire, means being described for ensuring that the spring is fully wound. In addition the circuit of the electromagnet is so arranged with reference to the circuit for signalling to the car-driver that the starting-signal cannot be given until the electromagnetic circuit is completed. Reference is made to Specification No. 4366, A.D. 1901. The trolley rope 3 is wound on the conical barrel 2, which has a spring 4 strong enough to take up the slack. The rim of the barrel is provided with ratchet teeth 10 adapted to engage a pawl 9 pivoted on the drum 6, which is connected to the shaft by a strong spring 7, Fig. 2. A Geneva-stop motion is provided, and, when the spring is fully wound, a detent 8 engages a tooth 20 on the drum rim, and at the same time a pin prevents the spring 12 from pressing the pawl 9. The locking- piece 15 of the Geneva stop carries a cam 18 having a flat 18<a> against which a contact-lever 19 and the detent 8 bear when the spring is fully wound. The trolley pole, Fig. 9, is formed in two parts hinged together and connected by a spiral spring 32, and near the hinge two contacts 31, 32 are provided adapted to complete the circuit of the electromagnet 22 when the wheel leaves the trolley wire. The contacts 31, 32 are connected through a battery to the contacts 21, 23, Fig. 6, which are connected to the electromagnet as shown. When this is energized, it first attracts an armature, which operates a trigger 27 causing the pawl 9 to engage with the teeth 10 on the barrel 2, thus connecting the drum to the barrel. The armature 8 is then attracted and the detent 8 disengaged from the tooth 20, thus allowing the spring 7 to act and rotate the barrel. As soon as the cam 18 starts to rotate, the contact lever 19 breaks the circuit and prevents waste of current. When it is necessary to move the trolley by hand, a switch which is provided is put into the ' off' pcsition. To prevent this switch from being left inadvertently in the 'off' position, it may be arranged so that the lever covers the bell push for signalling to the driver to start ; or the two circuits may be so arranged that the same switch lever completes them both. In another arrangement, the rope by which the pole is operated is attached beyond the point of flexure so as to prevent the contacts 31, 32 from closing.
Patent GB-190423765-A (GB)
Title: Improved Insulating Material for Electrotechnical purposes.
Inventor: RUDENICK ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 23,765. Rudenick, A. Nov. 3. Insulating-compositions.-A mixture composed of 90 per cent. of fibrous substances and asbestos and 10 per cent. of resin, wax, or gum is pressed in the cold, dried, and baked until hard enough.
Patent GB-190425657-A (GB)
Title: An Improved 4-way Valve.
Inventor: POLLARD ROBERT SPOTSWOOD
Filed: 1904-11-25
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,657. Pollard, R. S., and Longstaff, R. W. Nov. 25. Oscillating-disc valves; casings.-Figs. 1 and 2 show the construction of a four-way oscillating- disc distributing-valve, operated by hand or otherwise for controlling the supply of steam, air, or liquid under pressure to a piston cylinder, and likewise the exhaust. The casing.a is divided by a partition b having three curved or other ports c, c', c<2>, leading to three chambers below the partition b, formed by partitions d, d<1>, d<2>. The inlet j opens above the partition b, and the three outlets l, l<1>, m lead from the three chambers below the partition b. The outlets l, l<1> are in communication with opposite ends of the cylinder, and the outlet m with the exhaust. The valve e moves on a pivot f, and is operated by a spindle h which engages in a socket on the top of the valve. The valve is provided with curved edges, corresponding to the ports, and with a cavity g arranged to cover two of the ports, while the third is uncovered, although the valve covers all the ports when closed. In operation, the valve is moved to the right or left, in one case uncovering, say, the port c and bringing the cavity g over the ports c', c<2> so that fluid passes through the port c and the outlet l to the piston or ram, the exhaust fluid from the opposite side of the piston or ram escaping from the outlet l<1> and ports c<2>, c<1> to the exhaust outlet m. The flat construction of the valve and seat is stated to adapt the valve to resist wear, to prevent sticking and leakage, and to facilitate repairs. Stops are provided on the valve and on the valve cover to limit the movements of the valve.
Patent GB-190427855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Drinking Troughs for Cattle, Poultry or the like.
Inventor: RUGE KARL
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 27,855. Ruge, K. Dec. 20. Drinking - appliancesfor animals.- Troughs for cattle, poultry, &c. are provided with covering-pieces, some of which have openings of different sizes suitable for admitting the head only of the animal. Fig. 3 shows a trough for cattle. The trough a, preferably arranged below the feed-trough, is provided with covering pieces c, d, of which the pieces d have openings e to admit the heads of the cattle &c. These openings are of various sizes, so that some places can be used by small animals only. A pivoted flap, weighted so as to close the hole e until pushed back by the animal, may be provided. Fig. 4 shows a trough for poultry and small animals. In this case, the openings e are replaced by gratings f, the bars of which may be more or less distant from each other for the use of large and small birds or animals. Steps h or inclined planes leading up to the trough are used, which raise large animals too high to reach the trough and do not give them headroom under the roof g. This roof also serves to shelter the animals and preserve the water from pollution ; a protection wall may also be hung in front.
Patent GB-190427988-A (GB)
Inventor: GOLLE WILHELM
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,988. Golle, W. Dec. 21. Mixing meal etc.; moving-beater apparatus.-The different kinds of meal or other pulverulent substance are fed through hoppers c into chambers a, b, and thence on to a rotating plate h carrying pins g and arranged in the chamber e, whence the mixture passes by a pipe o either to an outlet p or to a conveyer band s in the chimney q. The meal &c. is then returned to the mixing-chambers by a duct x, or is discharged through a duct y.
Patent GB-190501883-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Changing the Length of the Legs of Furniture.
Inventor: KOERNER RICHARD
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 1883. K÷rner, R. Jan. 31. Furniture, adjusting height of.-A device for adjusting the length of furniture legs in order to allow for unevenness of the floor comprises a ring adapted to fit round legs of different sizes and formed with an eye in which a toothed bar, serving as a support, may slide, suitable locking- means being provided. A ring c, the diameter of which may be varied by means of a bolt b, embraces the leg a of a piece of furniture, and is provided with an eye in which may slide a bar e provided with teeth d, the bar e being locked in the desired position by means of a bolt f controlled by a spring g.
Patent GB-190509217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Lay Apparatus for Printing Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 9217. Lock, W. H., and North, T.M. May 2. Feeding sheets.-Relates to side-lay apparatus, more particularly of the type described in Specification No. 10,784, A.D. 1904, in which a slide carrying a bevelled foot to pass under the paper, and a spring-controlled, vertically-movable plunger, is moved against the edge of the paper ; the plunger then falls and holds the paper while the slide is retracted slightly, and the plunger then releases the paper. According to the present invention, the slide &c. is still further retracted to clear the edge of the paper. The foot 1 and plunger 2, Figs. 4 and 5, are carried on the slide 3, moved forwards by the cam 4, and retracted by a spring 5. The slide is moved forwards to grip the paper, and, on its return movement with the paper, a spring-controlled pivoted stop 8 comes into contact with a stop 10 just before the paper is released by the parts 1, 2, and taken by the cylinder grippers. Immediately afterwards, a tappet 14 on the cam 4 pushes the stop 8 out of engagement with the stop 10, and the slide 3 recedes as far as allowed by the stop 6, so that the parts 1, 2 do not foul the front edge of the next sheet. A similar result may be attained by shaping the face of the cam 4 with a 'dwell' in about the middle of its movement, and omitting the stops 8, 10.
Patent GB-190510227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Serum or Blood Albumen for Commercial purposes.
Filed: 1905-05-16
Granted: 1906-05-16
Abstract: 10,227. Calico Printers' Association and Warr, W. May 16. Albumens.-Serum or a blood-albumen solution is treated, to produce a colourless albumen, first with a hyposulphite (hydrosulphite) and then with an acid, preferably an organic acid, such as acetic acid. The product may be rendered neutral or alkaline before use preferably hy adding first sodium acetate and then ammonia. The solution may also be evaporated to dryness.
Patent GB-190510862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Centrifugal Separating Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 10,862. Aktiebolaget Separator. May 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Separating liquids from solids.-In connection with the device described in Specification No. 3807, A.D. 1904, for scraping off the deposit from the sides of a separating-bowl, means are provided for directing the material so collected to an outlet at the bottom of the bowl. The scrapers i are rotated by the pinions k, which gear with the central wheel l supported from the cover of the bowl. The material thrown off from the inner part of the scrapers is directed to the outlet at the bottom of the bowl by the inclined sides of a shield g, which is supported on and revolves with the shaft e, and which itself supports the axles h of the scrapers and pinions. The shield or guide may be formed with a downwardly-projecting flange, as shown in Fig. 3, and scrapers p, fixed to the bowl, may be provided for removing the material from the sides of the shield. In another modification, the inner parts of the scrapers are inclined so as to direct the material downwards. In some cases, the axles of the scrapers revolve with the bowl, the other parts being then relatively arranged.
Patent GB-190513720-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chair Brace.
Inventor: WILLIAMS BOAZ HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 13,720. Williams, B. H., and Wilson, R. C. July 4. Chairs.-A chair brace a of either of the shapes shown is fastened by screws or pins d, d' inside the connexion between the side bar e and leg g, so as to embrace the back cross-bar f. The brace may be stamped or cut out of metal, or may be cast, and, when secured in this manner, does not interfere with the upholstery h, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 12,657, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190517793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Transfer Printing.
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 17,793. Thorpe, J. F., and Briggs & Co., W. Sept. 2. Transfers; transferring designs.-Cotton, linen, jute, silk, or other fabric is marked indelibly by means of a transfer printed with a mixture of carrying-body and colour basis such that transfer is effected by means of a hot iron and developed by treatment with alkali. The carrying-body may be resin, a mixture of resin and bees-wax or other wax, or other substance capable of being printed by melting or by the action of a solvent, such as turpentine, an alcohol, or acetone, of becoming hard and firm on cooling or drying, of being transferred by melting, and of being rendered soluble in water by the action of alkali. The colour basis may be o-nitrophenylmethyllactoketone (indigo salt T) or other substance convertible by the action of alkali into an insoluble colour.
Patent GB-190518907-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Grading Grain
Inventor: ZARETZKY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 18,907. Zaretzky, W. Sept. 19. Sorting grain. - Apparatus for grading rice, wheat, and other grain consists of a series of rotary inclined rollers a, b, Figs. 1 and 2, the distances between which are adjustable. The rollers b, are journaled in members d, d' adjustable by means of screws e in fixed members c, c' which carry the rollers a, the latter passing with clearance , through the movable memters d, d'. The rollers may all rotate in the same direction, all the spaces between the rollers being then used for grading or successive rollers may rotate in opposite directions, the grain being then delivered into the spaces between pairs of rollers which tend to throw it upwards, and the remaining spaces provided with angular deflecting-plates to prevent the grain from passing through. As shown in Fig. 2, the rollers are geared at one end in sets of three, and at the other end the first or last rollers of the sets are geared with each other. The-bottom of the feedhopper i is preferably corrugated to direct the grain in the required directions. If the rollers are set to eliminate the smallest grain, the remainder passes through the peripheral grooves at the lower ends of the rollers and may be deflected by an inclined board h to a second similar grading-apparatus. Or instead of using a series of machines, the rollers may be stepped so as to form larger spaces between them at their lower ends than at their upper ends.
Patent GB-190521239-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Scoop for Cleaning the Rails of Tramways.
Inventor: LING WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 21,239. Ling, W. Oct. 19. Rails, cleaning. A hand - operated metal scoop A, used for cleaning tram lines, is secured to a handle by means of a removable nut C, and has a downwardly - extending nose D which fits the groove of the rails. As the operator advances the scoop, a shaped portion E cleans the rail tread.
Patent GB-190522585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Filed: 1905-11-04
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 22,585. Electric Ignition Co., and Hall, F. H. Nov. 4. Switches of the type described in Specification No. 9991, A.D. 1905, whereby the circuit between various pairs of studs b<1>, b<2>, cl,c2 is closed by means of a bar d capable of moving about the pivot f both longitudinally and angularly, are made with a rolling metallic contact-piece h pivoted at the end of the switch bar. The contact-piece is formed with several cam-like projections h<2> round its periphery which engage with the contact-studs, to which the accumulator terminals are attached when the switch is used on a motor-car. To counteract any tendency of the spring bar to jump over the contacts, the studs are preferably tapered inwards, so that they slightly overhang the cams on the rolling contact.