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Patent GB-190214939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horseshoes.
Inventor: RICE JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 14,939. Rice, J. July 4. For diseased hoofs; calks; spring.-The rear ends of the shoe from about the last nail-hole to the heels are bent down to form spring ends which only bear on the hoof when pressure is applied. Above the ordinary heel calks 5 are inwardlyinclined wedge-shaped projections 3, which act to open out the hoof and cure various diseases. The clips 4 are intended to cure hoof cracks.
Patent GB-190214966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bobbins for Winding Cops in Spinning and like Frames
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 14,966. Haddan, H. J., [Soc. Hijos de R. Vidal]. July 4. Bobbins for winding cops in spinning &c. frames. The restricted part B in the upper end of the bore i s strengthened b y means of a tube A of aluminium.
Patent GB-190216253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dobbies of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: WARD JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 16,253. Ward, J., and Ward, J. July 22. Loom dobbies for weaving cross-bordered fabrics. Three pattern barrels 1, 2, 3 operate two sets of feelers 4 5. The feelers 5 lift the corresponding feelers 4, and the feelers 4 are provided with projections 6 which are operated by the lattice of cylinder 1. The feelers 4 are therefore lifted directly by the pattern barrels 1, 2 and indirectly through the feelers 5 by the barrel 3. Each pattern barrel is provided with a ratchet, of which the pawls 13, 14, 15 are carried by a bar 10 actuated by the lever 11, the throw of the bar being sufficient to move the ratchet-wheels through the space of two teeth. Each of the pattern chains is provided with a blank lattice, and only one of them is in active operation at one time, the pawls of the other two being raised so as to be inoperative. Any of the pawls can be completely or partially raised so as to be inoperative, or to actuate its corresponding ratchet through the space of only one tooth, as desired, by means of a selecting-barrel 18, which is operated at intervals by ratchet and pawl 26, and hooks 23 governed by changing-pegs on the lattices of the barrels 1, 2, 3. The selecting-barrel operates spring levers 16 connected with slides 19, 20, 21 for raising the pawls 1,2,3. The pawls of those barrels which are not in operation are raised clear of their ratchets, and the pawl of that which is in operation is raised so as to operate its ratchet throngh one tooth only until the blank lattice arrives at the operating-point, when, if a repeat of the pattern is required, the pawl is lowered so as to operate the ratchet two teeth. The pattern barrel 1 or 3 may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190219768-A (GB)
Title: Combination Desk and Blackboard for Free Arm Drawing.
Inventor: ROBINSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-09-10
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 19,768. Robinson, W. H., and Robinson, J. H. Sept.10. Blackboards.-A school desk top 1 is fitted with swivel brackets 5 which are mounted in standards 4. The under face 3, is prepared as a blackboard, and may be used as such, when raised to the vertical position, by a scholar sitting in the seat 6.
Patent GB-190222176-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to Set-off Sheets for Printing Machines.
Inventor: MACBETH-RAEBURN HENRY RAEBURN
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 22,176. Raeburn, H. R. Macbeth-. Oct. 11. Set-off, preventing; impression surfaces; lithographic printing.-Set-off is prevented in litbographic and relief printing machines by covering the impression surface or cylinder with a set-off sheet composed of vegetable parchment orparchment paper moistened with water or a weak solution of glycerine in water. The set-off sheet may. be kept moist by a moistening roller or rollers which also act to remove any ink that may be deposited on the sheet.
Patent GB-190222638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-10-17
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 22,638. Thompson, W. P., [Plunkett, M. H.]. Oct. 17. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to boilers with closeended tubes having internal circulation tubes. The front headers are in separate portions 2, 3, for upflow and downflow, respectively, their meeting- surfaces being connected together by nipples 13, Fig. 3, in which bushings 14 are screwed for the reception of the ends of the inner circulation tubes 15. The rear ends of the outer tubes are reduced, and closed by caps 11 which fit in openings in a rear plate 18. The upflow header has a prolongation pipe 6, which terminates above the water level.
Patent GB-190223529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 23,529. Lake, H. H., [Butler Turbine Engine' Co.]. Oct. 28. Screw motors.-A reversible screw motor, driven by steam, gas, or the like, is shown in Fig. 1. A drum C has a number of spiral vanes c<2>, which are intersected by guide-blades c<3> formed with inclined apertures c<4> and preferably arranged in spiral form. The vane-wheel is surrounded by a sleeve c<5> having projecting ends engaging in recesses in the casing A<1>. The steam pipe D' has a reversing-valve D<4> controlling branch pipes D' leading to opposite ends of the casing so that steam can issue from inclined slots b<1> at either end of the casing on to the vanes. The exhaust pipes E' are arranged similarly to the steam pipes.
Patent GB-190224583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks or Latches.
Inventor: COIN LOUIS
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 24,583. Coin, L. Nov. 10. L a t c h e s; hook fastenings.-A fastening for sliding doors is formed of a latch hook a pivoted at e to engage with a staple c when the door is closed. The latch is raised by a sliding handle, the spindle r of which carries a roller s; f is a pivoted click lever, on which the nose of the latch rests when the door is open. On closing, the click lever is pushed inwards and upwards by the staple, when the latch falls into the staple ; h, i, k are stop-pins. The metal case has detachable faces and internal wooden plates, between which the levers move. The stops and pivots for the levers are secured in the wooden plates.
Patent GB-190308346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Recording the Specific Gravity or Weight of Grain, Cereals, Granular Substances, Liquids and the like
Inventor: HIGGINBOTTOM EDWIN
Filed: 1903-04-11
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8346. Higginbottom, E. April 11. Specific-gravity estimating-apparatus.-Relates to means for recording variations in the specific gravity of grain, cercals, granular substances, liquids, &c. The material is fed continuously through a hopper c, provided with a bye-pass m for any excess, into a measure a suspended by means of a balance beam, and issues through a pipe d made smaller than the inlet, whereby the measure is always kept full. The beam, bevelled by an adjustable spring k and provided with a stop n, is fitted with an arm f having a pen or pencil g at its lower end which presses upon a revolving cylinder h. The latter preferably is rotated by clockwork once in 24 hours, and by the aid of divisions h<1> and a fixed pointer, may be used as a clock. The drum thus shows the time during which the material is passing through the apparatus. A pointer on the beam, also gives readings over a graduated scale l. In a modification, a curved rack is mounted on the beam, or lever carrying the measure and gears with a pinion, on which a pointer moving over a scale is fixed, the measure being balanced by weights or springs at the opposite end of the lever. According to the Provisional Specification, the end of the weighing-lever not carrying the measure, has attached thereto a connecting-rod engaging with a second pivoted lever, which carries a pencil marking the rotating drum.
Patent GB-190310480-A (GB)
Title: Lubricator for Slides of Engines or Machines Chiefly for Cross Head Slides of Large Engines.
Inventor: HAMBLETON JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 10,480. Hambleton, J. W. May 8. Lubricators.-Relates to a lubricating-device to be attached to crossheads of large engines, or to sliding parts of machinery, to take up oil at the end of each stroke, and to distribute it to the guides. The parts b, c, Fig. 1, are attached by screws d to the slide-block a, or the part c may be secured to the part b, and they are made of tin, brass, iron, copper, wood, or other material, and may be riveted together. The slots d<1>, through which the screws pass, are elongated to facilitate adjustment. The part b is wedge-shaped as shown, to allow the oil, at the end of the stroke, to rush up the incline into the interior of the receptacle ; perforations e, stamped in the bottom of the part b, allow the oil to fall upon the guide as the crosshead moves over it. The part c prevents splashing and waste of the oil. The ends of the receptacle b may be formed to extend above the cover c, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The perforations are raised on the inside, as shown, to allow the oil to flow in freely, and not to flow out too freely. When the crosshead moves vertically the lubricator is applied to the lower side and the cover c is dispensed with. The lubricator is applicable to crossheads having convex ends, being then shaped to correspond.
Patent GB-190312136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stereotype Matrix Rolling Machines.
Inventor: JANZER CARL
Filed: 1903-05-28
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 12,136. Janzer, C., and Lawson, E. May 28. Stereotype.- Stereotype-matrix rolling-machines are provided with one or more jockey rollers for smoothing the felt or like matrix packing before it passes under the main roller. The two jockey rollers e, e<1>, Fig. 1, for use on opposite sides of the main roller b, are carried by arms or frames d, d' hinged or pivoted to the pedestal in which the roller b is mounted. The rollers may be adjustably weighted or loaded by springs. The rollers e, e<1>, Fig. 3, are removably mounted in slotted bearings. The roller e, Fig. 4, is carried by a swinging arm or arms d, for use on either side of the roller b, and is driven in an opposite direction to that of the roller b by means of a crossed band or belt. The rollers e, e', Fig. 5, are carried by a slotted frame d, so that, as one is lifted, the other is lowered. The roller e, Fig. 6, is carried by a pivoted arm d provided with a screw stop g for adjusting the pressure.
Patent GB-190312306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stenographic Printing or Writing Machines.
Inventor: LAFAURIE JULES
Filed: 1903-05-29
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 12,306. Lafaurie, J. June 4, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Type-writers and like machines.-A stenograpbic machine is shown in elevation and plan, respectively, in Figs. 1 and 2. Ten 'type' and key levers l are disposed in two sets separated by a spacing lever and key l<1>. A paper strip 2 is carried over a platen 13 from a roll 15 to a roller 11, which is actuated by means of a ratchet-wheel 9 and a pawl 7 pivoted on a lever 6. A cross;bar 3 is mounted in arms n of a rock-bar p, so that it is raised by the levers l. An adjustable link 5 is mounted in a bracket q on the bar 3 and pivoted to the lever 6 at a point 14 between the ends of the lever. The pawl 7 and lever 6 have a toggle action, and the strip 2 is stationary at the moment of impression. An inking-roller 23 is carried by a pivoted elbow lever 12, and rests normally on the type.
Patent GB-190315188-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Hardening Lumps, Artificially Agglomerated, of Iron Sand or of Concentrated Powdered Iron Ore for Transport and for Reduction in Furnaces.
Inventor: ROUSE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-07-09
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,188. Rouse, T., and Cohn, H. July 9. Blast-furnace charges.-Relates to improvements on the method of briquetting iron ores &c. described in Specification No. 21,880, A.D. 1902. The blocks are now hardened with the aid of hot air and steam, supplied in proportions sufficient to complete the slaking of the lime, but not to allow condensation. The use of sal-ammoniac and sodium silicate may be dispensed with, and lime alone used as the binding-agent.
Patent GB-190316661-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Means for Obtaining a Supply of Hot Water for Dental and other purposes.
Inventor: SHOENBERG MILTON HENRY
Filed: 1903-07-29
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 16,661. Shoenberg, M. H., and Edwards, J. W. July 29. Dental instruments. -Connections are so made between a dentist's needle waterjet and a supply pipe through which hot water is passing that the water available at the jet is always hot. The pipe 4 ends in a coupling 12, from which the hot water flows by the pipe 15 and one element 21 of the flexible tube 20 to the chamber 23 at the top of the jet nozzle 19 provided with a cock 25. Water that does not escape by the nozzle returns by the pipes 22, 16, 17 to the spittoon 24.
Patent GB-190321660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receiving Terminals for Pneumatic Despatch Apparatus
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,660. Lamson Pneumatic Tube Co., and Giles, E. L. Oct. 8. Pneumatic despatch apparatus.-Consists of an improved receiving-terminal for pneumatic despatch apparatus, whereby the suction of the air against the side of the tube, and the consequent. friction or holding of the carrier, is obviated, by baffling or deflecting the air current adjacent to the discharge exit of the terminal. A tube 4, Fig. 1; is fitted into the lower end of the terminal, with one side 6 projecting into a narrow neck 7 of the air passage 8 leading to the blower, and having its end cut off obliquely, as shown. A damper 9 surrounds this tube 4, and is adjusted by means of a screw 10 working in a lug 11 upon the tube, so as to regulate the deflection of the air to a chamber 14 formed opposite the baffle-edge 6, or to the opening 7, whereby the tendency of the carrier to engage in frictional contact with either side of the tube is diminished, especially as the air also tends to expand into the chamber 14. An elliptical door 15 of india-rubber, leather, or other flexible material is carried by ribs 18, normally being closed by a counterpoise 19. The door being larger in area than the cross-section of the tube 4, the carrier is readily enabled to drop, .through it owing to the suction holding the door closed being partly destroyed, and at the same time any remaining pull on the carrier is destroyed. A rubber or like stop 20 controls the opening of the door.
Patent GB-190327920-A (GB)
Title: Indoor Game.
Inventor: MONSON SAMUEL BALDWIN
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 27,920. Monson, S. B., and Cadogan, J. H. Dec. 19. Games played with discs and tables.-An indoor game for two or more players is played on a cloth A, of felt or fibrous material, which is stretched over the surface of a table and fastened to it by spring or other clamps 2. A roller 3, stitched transversely into the cloth, serves both as a foundation on which the cloth is rolled when not in use, and as a stop during the game. In playing the game, a number of differently-coloured metal discs 5 are impelled along the cloth, from one end of the table, with the object of placing them in numbered squares or figures marked, as shown at 4, on the cloth A.
Patent GB-190404831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: BALLANTINE ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-27
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 4831. Ballantine, R., and Ballantine, M. Feb. 27. Cameras.-In a construction of lens fronts and lens mounts of cameras, the lens board A, Figs. 2 and 3, mounted on a cross-rod c, is adjusted relatively to the supporting U-shaped standards B by means of arms D and inner arms E pivoted at e<2>. By means of the slots b, e<3> and clamp screws d, e, the lens may be at any angle relatively to the plane of the sensitive plate, and has also a vertical adjustment, and both adjustments are applicable whether the lens board is projected forward or behind the standards B. When closed within the standards, the rigidity of the arms D, E is increased by sliding bolts F which are moved to engage slots in the arms E by knobs f, and by pins d' which spring into the slots b to steady the outer arms D. The base-plate B<1>, Fig. 5, of the standards B has a lateral adjustment in slots b<1> formed in the dovetailed carriage G, which slides on the baseboard C<1>. The cam g' tightens the base-plate B<1> to the carriage G whish itself is secured on the baseboard by pinch screws operated by the arms g'. The lens mount a<1>, Fig. 6, has a flange fitting a recess in the lens board, and is locked therein by shaped strips a<6>, corresponding portions being cut out from the mount a<1>.
Patent GB-190405711-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Magnesia Cement Composition and Process of Making same-applicable for Making Artificial Stone and the like
Inventor: BIDTEL ERNST
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5711. Bidtel, E., Bidtel, G. J., and Nutz, G. K. N. March 8. Cements. - Magnesian cements are made by mixing with water crystalline magnesium sulphate, barium chloride, and magnesia obtained from magnesite, or dolomite calcined at 600‹ to 800‹ C. The proportions used are about 200 parts of calcined magnesite or 400 parts of calcined dolomate, 245À84 parts of crystallized magnesium sulphate, and 243À56 parts of crystallized barium chloride. One or more molecules of water are removed by heat from the magnesium sulphate when the cement is to be shipped. The cement may be used for fireproof floors, walls, and artificial stone generally.
Patent GB-190411440-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tricolour Hand-signal Lamp for Railway Purposes.
Inventor: FEENY VICTOR ISIDORE
Filed: 1904-05-18
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 11,440. Feeny, V. I. May 18. Signal lamps.- Two thumb-pieces b, Fig. 1, operating curved levers d which raise frames k, l containing coloured glass, are arranged above the rear handle a. A spring catch f retains a thumbpiece in position when pressed down, and a V- shaped rocking piece g prevents both from being depressed at the same time. To prevent injury to the glasses, the flame is enclosed in a box or chimney having a transparent front and a reflector back. In a modification, the thumb-pieces b, c, Fig. 4, are arranged in the top handle p, the top of which is concave so that the shunting-pole can be held in the same hand. The two thumb-pieces can be connected together, forming a tilting lever r. The coloured glass can be fixed in the frame by two projections n, n<1> and a screw o.
Patent GB-190412552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blinds, Shades, Tents and the like Coverings.
Inventor: TOOLEY ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 12,552. Tooley, A. W., and Richardson, G. F. June 2. Hoods.-In a covering for the protection of outside seats of an omnibus, two blinds or coverings a, b are attached to a spring roller d, and wind thereon simultaneously, or an ordinary roller with pulleys and cords may be employed. The outer edge of each cover is provided with a rigid rod or lath. The rods e of the top covers are attached to levers f pivoted on brackets g, and may be drawn forwards by cords or chains operated from the platform. The blind may be retained in any desired position, for instance by jam nuts i operated by levers k, l controlled from the platform. On moving the levers f over towards the centre of the vehicle, the overhead cover and side blind are extended simultaneously ; or a small duplex blind may be provided for each seat.
Patent GB-190413779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Distribution particularly applicable for Controlling Electric Motors.
Inventor: DUNN GANO SILLICK
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 13,779. Dunn, G. S. June 18, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motors, controlling, by varying the voltage supplied. A number of leads are employed, and are maintained at different voltages, the motor device being connected between a pair as desired. Preferably, the voltages of the leads are so arranged that an arithmetical progression can be obtained by connecting between certain pairs. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement having four leads and adapted to give six different voltages to the generator M. The generator G maintains a difference of, say, 240 volts between the conductors a and d. Three balancing-machines B<1>, B<2>, B<3> are connected as shown across these conductors, and are arranged to maintain a difference of 40 volts. between a and b, 120 between band c, and 80 between c and d. The balancing-machines act in part as motors and in part as generators to maintain the potential differences. A switch is provided with pairs of contacts k<1> to k<6>, adapted to give voltages of 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, and 240 by connecting them in succession. A rheostat R may be fitted in the field circuit when controlling a motor M, to obtain intermediate speeds. A modified arrangement is described in which there are six conductors with five balancing-machines, the switch being arranged to give twelve voltages.
Patent GB-190413789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Printing of Late News in Newspapers and the like.
Inventor: HUGGINS SAMUEL ALBERT
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 13,789. Huggins, S. A. June 18. Late news, means for printing. - In printing late news in newspapers, the matter is set up by hand or in a linotype or type-setting machine, and is secured by means of a sliding block, operated by a screw d, Fig. 2, in a cbase a on the heated bed of a press. A matrix is then taken by means of a screw platen h, carried by a cross-beam e, normally supported by two pillars f, g but capable of being swung on the pillar f to facilitate the insertion or withdrawal of type. A pica stereotype plate is then cast from the matrix thus formed, in a machine shown in Fig. 6. The machine comprises a cylinder j of the required curvature, mounted in standards k, and one or more casting-boxes l, mounted on a shaft m and adapted to be moved into contact with or away from the cylinder by cams n on a shaft o. The casting-boxes are furnished with bevelled gauges, provided with slots for reception of the matrix, for determining the width of the stereo plate. The molten metal is poured in between the cylinder j and an extension of the matrix. After the plate has cooled, the cylinder j. is rotated through a portion of a revolution, to present a cool surface to the box for casting the next plate and to remove the cast plate. The attachment of the plate to the cylinder j is assisted by providing the cylinder with rows of holes q into which the metal passes during the casting operation. The cylinder j is held stationary by a lever k<x> which engages a notched disc on its shaft. The plate is then inserted in an ordinary fudge box r, where it rests upon the spacing-leads t, Fig. 14, and is secured by overhanging plates. Ordinary linotype slugs w may be inserted in the fudge box with the stereotype plates, or stereo plates of illustrations may be formed as above described and inserted with other matter in the late news column. Pictorial and letterpress matter may also be formed on a single stereo plate. Plates having stepped instead of bevelled edges may be employed.