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Patent GB-190316092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing and Spraying Liquid Issuing from a Jet or Nozzle.
Inventor: JARVIS GEORGE CHARLES
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,092. Jarvis, G. C. July 21. Spray-producers. -Consists in supporting a vane over a nozzle, from which liquid issues under pressure, so that the vane is rotated and the liquid distributed in a fine spray. The vane F, shown in Fig. 1, is mounted on a fine spindle E passing through the orifice of the nozzle A and supported in bearings in the cross-piece C and bracket D.
Patent GB-190317183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Utilization of Blast Furnace Waste.
Inventor: SCHULTE-STEINBERG HUGO
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,183. Steinberg, H. Schulte-. Aug. 7. Building-blocks.-Blast furnace slag is powdered and submitted to the action of high-pressure steam, after which it is mixed with a silicious material, such as sand or powdered blast furnace slag, and is pressed into building-blocks, which are hardened by standing or by the action of high-pressure steam.
Patent GB-190322881-A (GB)
Title: A Regulating Contrivance for Apparatus Adapted for the Production of an Intimate Mixture of Air and Hydro-carbon Vapours.
Inventor: RUEDEMANN LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 22,881. R³demann, L. Oct. 22. G a s holders.- As the bell i of the gas holder h fills and rises, it operates through the rods and levers r, p, o a brakeshoe m or an equivalent brakestrap acting on the shaft c, thereby controlling the compressor, and maintaining a constant head of water in air-carburetting apparatus, in which a head of water is employed to compress the air.
Patent GB-190323950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closing Jars or Vessels applicable to the Preservation of Food under Pressure.
Inventor: JOHNSTONE JAMES
Filed: 1903-11-04
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 23,950. Johnstone, J. Nov. 4. Stoppers.-Jars or vessels for preserving food under pressure are stoppered internally by a stopper shown in plan in Fig. 1, and in position in a jar in Fig. 4. The stopper A is at its lower side formed with a flange a', so cut away at a<2> that the stopper can just enter the mouth of the jar when turned on its side. A washer B fits in a groove a in the stopper, the washer being removed from the groove a and placed upon ledges a<3>, while the stopper is being inserted, after which the washer is replaced, and the jar containing the food is filled with compressed air in any suitable manner. The washer B is thus forced against the sides of the jar mouth, and the flange a<1> prevents the stopper from being blown out. The stopper is provided with a handle C, and, in order to open the jar, the washer B is displaced or punctured. According to the Provisional Specification, the jar may be provided with an inwardly-projecting flange, which is cut away at two opposite ends to allow the stopper to be placed in position when turned on one side. The flange a' is in this case circular.
Patent GB-190326254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing and Duplicating Apparatus.
Inventor: CARTER MCION JAMES DOUGLAS
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 26,254. Carter, M. J. D. Dec. 1. Set - off, preventing; copying documents. - Relates to means for interleaving absorbent cards or sheets with the sheets delivered from printing or duplicating apparatus. An application to a rotary Neostyle machine is shown. A receiving-tray a is held inclined against the machine framing d by pins b, c. A pile w of blotting - cards rests on the lower side e of the tray a, and is held in an inclined position by pins f on reciprocating 'levers g. The pins f co-operate with alternate series of notches in the cards, so that the cards are released one at a time. The levers g are slotted over guide-pins on the framing d, and are pivoted on a bar k supported by a frame l fitting on pins m on the framing d. The bar k is shown as connected by a slotted link o to a pin r on a gearwheel s. The pile w is weighted with a convex metal shield y, in order to cause the bottom card to drop immediately on release. In order to facilitate separation of the cards from the printed sheets, the cards may be strung loosely on rings, strings, or the like, and provided with additional notches. In another arrangement, the blotting-cards are supported horizontally by pins on a frame reciprocated in grooves in uprights on the base of the receiving tray, which may be horizontal or inclined. In another arrangement; the blotting-cards are not notched, but are displaced alternately and supported above the receiving-tray within an oscillated framework on a plate having a central hole similar in shape to, but rather larger than, the cards.
Patent GB-190327367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Tamboured or Embroidered Fabrics.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 27,367. Thompson, W. P., [Veluard, A. L.]. Dec. 14. Loom weft carriers; picking-motions; reeds; general arrangement.-In looms for weaving tamboured, embroidered, or tissue-figured fabrics, the usual swivel shuttles are replaced by thread guides or carriers 5, in the form of elongated rings. The guides 5 holding the embroidery threads C, supp!ied from bobbins placed outside the loom, and provided with tension arrangements, are adapted to travel in slots 4 in a frame 1, which is mounted on the loom with its pointed guides 2 directed downwards above the warp threads. The frame is adapted to be displaced vertically by suitable mechanism, so that, when it is lowered, the warp threads raised by the jacquard mechanism enter fully into recesses 3 over the whole width of the loom. The guides 5 are traversed across the recesses 3, to insert the embroidering-threads C into the sheds, by pivoted levers 7, 8 which act on pins 6 in the guides and are connected to sliding bars 13, 14. The sliding bars are reciprocated by elbow-levers 15, 16, pivoted at 17, and carrying rollers 18, 19 which work in cam-slots 23, 21 in a part 22, pivoted at 26 and operated by a handle 23. The form of the cams 20, 21 is such that while one series of levers is being operated to actuate the thread-guides, the other series is being brought into working position. When the threadguides 5 are at rest, the pins 6 are engaged by small forks 24 mounted on a rod 25. A spring holds the forks against the guides until the rod 25 is turned and the forks released by a double cam 27, on the part 22, acting on the end 28 of the rod 25. Double embroidering-threads are first carried under the raised warp threads a in the recesses 3, as shown in Fig. 2, and the frame 1 is raised. A reed b with straight or curved teeth is raised to separate the two threads, and the ordinary shuttle is picked to lay a foundation weft in a shed having no warp thread raised which was passed over by the embroidering - thread. The frame 1 is again lowered and the first shed repeated, so that the thread-guides 5 may be returned to their original positions. After the frame 1 is raised and another foundation weft laid, the cyle of operations is completed. The movements of the reed b and frame 1 may be effected by hand, by jacquard mechanism, or otherwise.
Patent GB-190403770-A (GB)
Title: Combined Spring Presser-foot and Work Feed for Sole Stitching Machines.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3770. Clark, W., [Keats Maschinen Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 15. Boot - sole stitching- machines ; feed; presserfeet ; presser lifted automatically.-The work is supported by a yielding work-plate, and is fed by the presser-foot c which is attached to a sliding frame e. The presserfoot mechanism is so constructed that the foot is merely spring-pressed upon the work during the feed movement, but, during the passage of the awl, is pressed positively. The cam-lever g carries a barrel h, which contains a spring m constantly pressing upon the presserbar. It is also periodically positively connected to the presser-bar by the block o. During the lateral movement of the presser-bar to feed the material, the roller b is on the lower portion of the cam a, and the block o, which is carried by the presser-bar is, owing to clearance between it and the walls of the slot in the lever g, disengaged from the latter, and the presser-bar is held down by the spring m alone. As the roller bears upon the rising portion of the cam, the block o is positively engaged by the lever g and the presser is forced against the work to hold it rigidly during the passage of the awl. A like but converse action occurs when the roller passes on to the depression in the cam, thus raising the presser-foot off the work during its return stroke.
Patent GB-190403998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Obtaining Metals from Compounds Containing Silicon.
Inventor: LEVIS HOWARD COPPUCK
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 3998. Levis, H. C., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 17. Aluminium oxide and carbide; beryllium oxide and carbide ; sodium salts.-A mixture of clay and coke is heated in an electric furnace, say, a carborundum furnace ; aluminium and silicon carbides are thus formed. The aluminium is dissolved out as, say, sodium aluminate, by caustic soda : methane is evolved, while the other carbides are not dissolved ; any alumina present is also dissolved. Aluminium hydroxide is precipitated from the solution by, say, carbon dioxide, and is iguited tc alumina. If a higher temperature is used, as in a calcium carbide furnace, carbides of aluminium, calcium, &c. are formed, while iron, silicon, &c. are volatilized ; the aluminium is dissolved out by alkalies, as above, or hot water may be used as solvent, though it acts more slowly. A mixture of beryl and coke heated similarly gives aluminium, beryllium, and silicon carbides, from which the aluminium and beryllium compounds may be dissolved out by alkali, and separated in any suitable manner. The process is applicable to all similar silicon-containing compounds.
Patent GB-190407129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telegraphic Signal Systems.
Inventor: BURKE CHARLES GOODWIN
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 7129. Burke, C. G. March 24. Codes.-Telegraphic code messages are transmitted in the form of numbers composed only of the numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4 which are represented by simple or elemental signals. The code index is divided into four parts containing signal combinations commencing with the four elemental signals. Fig. 10 shows in blank a portion of one page of the index in part 4, the messages on the page being transmitted in the form of the numbers 4113111 &c. The index may be in either book or card form. The transmitter may be an automatic tape instrument and the receiver a Morse printer in which a continuous line is interrupted by the received currents, which may all be of equal duration but differently spaced apart. Fig. 4 shows the combination signal 221243 received in simple elemental signals of the type employed, and Fig. 9 shows the same signal as received in the usual Morse code. Fig. 12 shows a modified form of elemental signals for Morse or cable transmission. The Morse letters E, T, N, A are in this case employed to represent the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4. Special signals such as I, M, R, K may be used for constantly recurring combinations such as 11, 22, 33, 44, &c., as shown in Fig. 15.
Patent GB-190408122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glove Trees.
Inventor: CAMPBELL MARY ALICE
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 8122. Campbell, M. A. April 8. Drawings to Specification. Glove trees.-Consists in making trees, on which gloves are placed for cleaning &c., of india-rubber, gutta-percha, celluloid, or other like plastic material. The trees may be made solid or hollow, and in the latter case may be provided with a valve for inflation by air &c., or for the admission of a heating or cooling medium. The trees may be made of the exact shape of the hands of the wearer of the gloves.
Patent GB-190409171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Teaching Arithmetic.
Inventor: COWAN DUGALD MCCOIG
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 9171. Cowan, D. M. April 21. Arithmetic, teaching. - Apparatus for teaching the nature and value of fractions or mixednumbers and for illustrating the addition, subtraction &c. of the same, consists of a scale a, Fig. 3, graduated on its edges into units and various series of fractions, as shown, and having grooves b at the edges, into which rectangular strips d of wood or other suitable substance, representing by their lengths, units or fractions, and called "divisors," may befitted. The scale or "standard" is bevelled off towards the edges, and has strips or plates c of metal secured to the ends, and closing the ends of the grooves.
Patent GB-190412835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Mechanism for Thermostats
Inventor: WRIGHT GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-06-07
Abstract: 12,835. Wright, G. E., and McNeill, D. R. June 7. Thermostats.- The motion of the rod m of the thermostat apparatus described in Specification No. 4126, A.D. 1903, is communicated to the plunger or valve e through a piece y, which is adjustable by a screw x. By turning this screw, the opening of the valve for a given position of the rod may be varied at will, according to the position of the intermediate piece y. The rod m may be pivoted to the movable piece y or merely rest upon it as shown.
Patent GB-190412841-A (GB)
Title: Improved Burglar-alarm Device.
Inventor: LYLE NATHAN ALLEN
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 12,841. Lyle, N. A. June 7. Alarms, burglar and like.-The intruder catches threads which are laid across the floor and serve to operate a whistle in connection with a compressed - air cylinder. The cylinder D, Fig. 3, has a pressure gauge attached on the pipe and the whistle F is sounded whenever a thread T is caught, by which action the arm H is pulled and the weight W allowed to drop from its catch J and open the valve 2. The air-receiving cock, Fig. 4, screws on to the bottom of the reservoir D by the screw thread M. The air forced through the bore 6 depresses a spring 10 attached to a rubber valve, so that air enters through depressions on the disc fixed at the end of the bore and passes through perforations in the covering-disc R into the cylinder D.
Patent GB-190413624-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brush Gear specially applicable to Commutators of the Internal Ring Type for Dynamos and Electric Motors.
Inventor: MACLEAN JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 13,624. Maclean, J. June 16. Brush-holders, especially for commutators of the internal-ring type described in Specification No. 18,550, A.D. 1903, are mounted upon a lever on an insulating-bracket, the lever being acted upon by an adjustable pressure spring. The carbon &c. brush c, Figs. 2 and 5, is secured in the holder e by means either of a shoe tightened by a screw or by a screw directly. This holder is rigidly connected to a lever f the other end of which is attached to a spiral spring g, which may be adjusted by turning the hollow screw h in which it fits. The screw h is mounted upon an insulating- bracket a fastened to the spindle of the machine, and to the bracket is pivoted the end f<1> of the lever f. In a modification, Figs. 4 and 7, the bracket a and lever f are of slightly different shape. The lever f is provided with a cam f' which works in an opening at the bottom of the holder e, which in this case is fixed to the bracket. The spring acts on the brushes through the lever f<1> cam f<2>, and piece p.
Patent GB-190414197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Making Electric Armature Coils and other Hollow Articles.
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 14,197. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 23. Balls.-Hollow spherical articles are made from convolutions of wire or similar materials, by winding the wire &c. upon a moulded core of easilyfusible or soluble material, such as paraffin, which may afterwards be removed. The core may be provided with projections to give the desired shape to the completed article, or to hold the wire &c. in position, and the wire may also have suitable openings for the insertion of a holding or rotating device. The core 1 is spherical, but flattened at two parts where the winding will be crowded, and has projections or wooden wedges 2 between which the coils are wound. Transverse openings 5 are provided through the core to secure it upon a winding-machine. A central shaft may be inserted in the opening 3, which may afterwards serve as the motor shaft; or, a split aluminium sleeve 6 with shoulders 7 may be used, and over the ends of the sleeve 6 and into the supporting - core may be forced clamps 8, by which the armatures are secured to the shaft of the meter. Stiff aluminium washers 9 fit into the depressions in the core, and are insulated, as also is the sleeve 6, by insulation 10. One coil is then wound upon the prepared supporting-core between the projections 2 by a winding-machine, the two-pronged fork of which passes through a pair of openings 5 ; another coil is then wound, after turning the supporting-body round so that another pair of openings 5 is placed upon the prongs. When all the coils have been wound, the support is removed by immersing the whole coil in a bath of molten material of about the same specific gravity as that of the supporting- core, or by applying a chemical solvent. The core may be formed of two hemispherical parts, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, and the openings 5 obtained by gouging grooves in the material.
Patent GB-190416734-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Treatment of Metallic Wheel Rims and other Articles to be Brazed and Apparatus Employed in the said Treatment.
Inventor: WOOLLEN THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 16,734. Woollen, T. H. July 29. Brazing.-Cycle rims and other articles to be brazed are pickled in a heated solution of boracic acid or boracic acid and borax or other flux and so prepared for brazing. In rims of the "Westwood" type, a brass wire is threaded around the beaded portion as described in Specification No. 3858, A.D. 1903, and small holes are drilled in the sides of the beaded portion to allow of the escape of air during the heating process. The rims are suspended from a T-piece d in a bath a, in which the solution, heated by steam pipes c and kept to a specific gravity of about 1'075, is contained. To heat the solution quickly, live steam may be introduced by a pipe c<2>.
Patent GB-190424693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Albums and Cases therefor.
Inventor: VOEGE FREDRICH
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 24,693. Voege, F. Nov. 14. Albums.-An album case contains a book-form album which may y b e drawn out to an extent sufficient to allow the leaves to be easily turned over ; one side of the case is provided with a frontispiece, and the other side is adapted for the reception of a postal address, and also possesses a hinged piece to serve as a support. A section is shown in Fig. 3. The case comprises a frame a with two covers b, c, and one side of the frame is provided with an opening through which the album d can be pulled. A cross-bar e limits the movements of the album. To one of the faces c is attached a piece f, by means of which the case may be supported in an approximately vertical position.
Patent GB-190426663-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastener for Window-sashes Casements, Doors, Lids of Boxes and like purposes
Inventor: WEFERS GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,663. Wefers, G. Dec. 7. Casement fasteners; sash fasteni n g s; fastenings, hasp, for boxes As applied to sashes, the arm a is pivoted to the bracket b on the upper sash, and is adapted to pass down over the stud e fixed to the lower sash. The fastener is locked by turning the eccentric disc i, mounted on the arm a, so as to engage with the recess g in the stud e. When the device is used in a vertical position, the knob h may be so weighted as to cause the disc i to lock automatically. The stud e may be provided with an eye to receive a padlock.
Patent GB-190428969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 28,969. Robinson, A. S. F. Dec. 30. Spring wheels; hubs.- Relates to spring wheels of the type described in Specifications Nos. 15,663, and 22,476, A.D. 1902, Nos. 1712, 5184, and 20,583, A.D. 1903, and No. 809, A.D. 1904. The sleeve is formed with inturned flanges 5, 6, bored to fix the axle arm 2, and holes 12 through which and through corresponding passages 13 in the hub 8 lubricant is admitted from the body of the wheel. E a c h compensating lever 15, Fig. 1, pivoted at 18 on a star-shaped casting 19 secured to the hub, is formed with cam-sarfaces 16 on which rest the ends of flat springs 17, so that the springs obtain an increased leverage as the eccentricity of the hub and rim portions increases. The radial movement of the springs 17 is limited by bolts 25 and springs 24. Links 30, which connect the springs 17 to the adjacent arm of the piece 19, are pivoted to roller carriages 40 which travel on curved tracks 45 stamped or cast with the rim 33. Lateral play is prevented by means of a thrust plate 28 at one or both sides of the wheel having arms fitting between an annular plate 34 and clip plates 36 secured thereto. A removable centre cap may be fixed on the plate on the outer side of the wheel. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the compensating levers 15 are pivoted at 18<a> to the rim portion and are fitted with cam-surfaces 16 bearing on flat springs 17, each furnished with a driving-roller 40<a> working on a curved path 45 on a hub member 45<a>. Reserve springs 24<a> are retained in adjustable sockets by means of spring blades 24<b> on the rim portion. In modifications, more than one set of spring devices are arranged in a wheel. Fig. 9 shows a device for locking the stop bolts 25. A long nut 60 is screwed on the end of the bolt 25, which is split at 61 to receive the conical end of an opening bolt 64 and a spiit pin 62. The pin passes through one of a series of openings in the nut 60 and through a spring cap 65, the latter preventing rotation of the bolt 64. The compensating-levers may be made of pressed or stamped metal in the shape of a box increasing in depth towards the centre.
Patent GB-190500926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Hand Tools
Inventor: KELLER WILLIAM HOEHLE
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1906-01-17
Abstract: 926. Keller, W. H. Jan. 17. Actuating valves; piston valves.-The motive fluid enters the handle end of a pneumatic tool by a threaded opening. 1, and passes by way of the passage 3 and ports 4 and 9 into the tool, the supply being regulated by a throttle valve 6, located outside the grasping portion of the handle transverse to the head-block. This valve has a reduced neck 5 to provide a passage for the fluid and is actuated in the bush 13 of the head-block 14 against the action of a spring 12 by a trigger 10, or by a lever projecting through the back of the hollow handle and operated by the thumb or hand.