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Patent GB-190305376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grain Drilling-machines.
Inventor: HEINEMANN OTTO
Filed: 1903-03-07
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 5376. Heinemann, O. March 7. Seeds, sowing.-Relates to the steering-mechanism of grain or seed drills. The fore-carriage is connected to the implement by rods a, b pivoted at their rear ends to the implement and adjustably connected at their forward ends to levers d, e respectively. The levers d, e are pivoted at c, and on their underside are provided with a spring block provided with teeth adapted to engage teeth on curved racks g, h fixed on the fore-carriage. The spring blocks are operated by a link from a short lever pivoted near the handles of the levers d, e. Either of the levers d, e may be employed for steering the implement.
Patent GB-190306682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book-holders
Inventor: BLOCK LOUIS
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 6682. Block, L. March 23. Filing papers &c.-Relates to book and periodical holders of the type in which an electric light is turned on or off as the support is turned to open or close the book or periodical. The socket 1, which is supported in a vertical socket by means of a shank 2, is provided with a removable diaphragm 3 forming a back against which the button 4 of the holder bears. The front of the socket 1 is provided with an open slot to receive the button shank 5. Insulating-material is set or secured in a rabbeted part of the button, and the diaphragm 3 is perforated to receive insulated-bushings 7 provided with inside flanges or abutments for springs of contact-points on electric-light wires 9. Bookclamping arms 16 are fitted between jaws 10 and over a guide 12 and on a right and left-hand screw 14. The guide 12 is fast to a connecting- web 11 of the jaws 10. The forward end of the web 11 is slotted to receive the screw 14, which is provided with stop collars 15. One arm 16 slides on a guide 18 fast to the other arm, and the free ends of the arms are secured by a screw and nut 19. Intermediate strips 20 are threaded on the parts 18, 19 to fit between the leaves of the book. Sides or leaves 21 are hinged to the arms 16 to provide supports and covers.
Patent GB-190310956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Furnaces for Singeing Slaughtered Pigs.
Inventor: GAULE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 10,956. Gaule, T. May 14. Furnaces for singeing swine ; steam, supplying.- Steam is discharged upwards by means of perforated pipes placed below the firebars to increase the draught. In the arrangement shown, a valved steam pipe e supplies two pipes running longitudinally beneath the furnace bars, but the pipes may be otherwise arranged.
Patent GB-190312963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Keys and Keyboards for Typewriters, Pianos, and like Machines or Instruments.
Inventor: LAUDENBACH JEAN HENRI
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 12,963. Laudenbach, J. H. June 9. Pianofortes.-The keys of pianos and other keyboard instruments are distinguished by means which affect the senses of sight, touch, hearing, or muscular effort, &c. The different keys may be made to present differences in appearance, such as colour, shape, or brilliance, &c. Various arrangements are provided for differentiating by touch or hearing, Fig. 1, or by muscular effort, such as springs, bellows, balls, lateral projections, &c. Fig. 2 shows a type-writer key having a disc J supported on it by a spring j, Fig. 3 a key having a cap or bellows K with a small orifice, and Fig. 7 a key with a ball M in a slot, which slot may be straight or circular &c., or may be replaced by a socket. Small rollers, discs, wires, or projections, &c. may be attached to the sides or ends of the keys as shown at 0 in Fig. 13 as applied to piano keys.
Patent GB-190315194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tubes for Steam Generators.
Inventor: AMBLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-09
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,194. Ambler, W. July 9. Tubes, water. - Relates t o closeended water tubes which project from the water chamber into the fire chamber. S u c h tubes are fitted with longitudinal partitions, which extend nearly the whole length of each tube, and are provided with inclined connecting-channels, the object being to promote circulation and to facilitate the liberation of steam. Fig. 1 shows the water tubes fitted to an ordinary cylindrical water chamber, and Fig. 2 shows them fitted to a divided extension from the water chamber. The two compartments of the tubes communicate with each other at the end b<3>, and are connected along the length of the division plate d, by the inclined channels d<1>, various forms of which are shown separately in Fig. 5. These channels are adapted so as to intercept any steam generated within the compartment b<1>, and conduct it to the compartment b<2>, whence it escapes with the return current. The inlet e to the lower compartment b<1>, which serves for the down current in the water tube, is at a lower level than the outlet f from the compartment b<2> which serves for the up current.
Patent GB-190318454-A (GB)
Title: Process of Uniting Metals.
Inventor: PRINCE JOHN DUFFIELD
Filed: 1903-08-27
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 18,454. Prince, J. D., and Rodgers, H. S. Aug. 27. Casting.-Relates to a process of uniting metals such as iron or steel with copper, nickel, or brass, or cast iron with wrought iron &c. The metal to be coated is cleaned with acid, and then coated with a mixture of sodium carbonate and boric acid, or with sodium carbonate, boric acid, and sodium chloride, or with some equivalent mixture. It is then heated to the desired temperature, which never exceeds 2000‹ F., and is sprinkled with a flux such as boric acid, borax, or water glass, and in some cases with spelter, such as brass or copper fillings. The other metal is then poured on. Blocks or sheets of this compound metal may be worked in any ordinary way.
Patent GB-190324520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Photographic Cameras
Inventor: BECK CONRAD
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,520. Beck, C. Nov. 12. Cameras; lenses and lens fittings.-An ordinary magazine camera is described, which may be adapted for telephoto work by tbrowing into position a set of negative lenses contained in the body of the camera. The negative lenses g, Fig. 3, which are used with the ordinary lenses j for telephoto work are ordinarily contained in the lower front portion of the camera. They maybe mounted on a sliding frame e and moved in position by a handle h, as in Fig. 2, or they may be pivoted at l to the front portion b of the camera so as to be swung round into position when required. Two focussing-scales are provided on the camera, for telephoto and ordinary work.
Patent GB-190328003-A (GB)
Title: Telephone Transmitters
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 28,003. Fairweather, W., [Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co.]. Dec. 21. Telephones. - M i c r ophonic transmitters are formed with the chamber containing the carbon &c. rigidly attached to the diaphragm, the object being to secure a large variation of resistance. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the diaphragm 5 is shaped so as to form a chamber 9, closed at the back by the mica ring 13. The outer annular electrode 16 is formed with a shank 17, which passes through the disc 10, and is supported b the sleeve 19, and block 20. In a depression in the outer face of the electrode 16, a cup 24 of insulating-material (preferably paraffin paper) is fixed by a metal disc 25, having a stem 26 passing through the insulating-sleeve 27 in the shank 17. The walls of the cup 24 almost touch the metal plate 10, rigidly attached to the portion 5<a> of the diaphragm. The current passes through parts 4, 22, 20, 19, 17, electrode 16, carbon &c. in the chamber 9 (traversing twice the thickness of the carbon layer), electrode 25, stem 27, &c. to the binding-post 34. As the chamber 9 is not quite filled with carbon &c., and as the cup 24 does not touch the plate 10, the carbon is able to circulate in the chamber 9 and cup 24. In the form of transmitter shown in Fig. 6, the diaphragm 40 supports a rubber ring 43 forming a chamber closed by a supplementary diaphragm 49. The electrodes comprise carbon plates 45, 51, fixed to metal plates 46, 52, respectively attached to the diaphragms 40, 49. The current passes from the binding-screw to the clip 62, diaphragm 40, plates 46, 45, carbon &c., plates 51, 52, stem 53, and parts 55, 56, 58 to the outer casing 4.
Patent GB-190328598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Sealing Letters, Documents and other Articles.
Inventor: CLEFF FRITZ
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,598. Cleff, F., and Cleff, M. Dec. 29. Sealing.- A device for applying sealing-wax to letters, documents, and other articles, consists of a conical receptacle 1, the mouth 2 of which may be opened or closed by means of a rod 7 pivoted to the end of a lever 6 which is pivoted to a handle 4. A spring 8 normally holds the lever so that the pin closes the mouth. The wax, which is contained in the receptacle 1, is melted by placing the receptacle in a heating funnel 11 arranged so that a space is left between the funnel and the receptacle. The funnel, which is surrounded by a perforated jacket 9, terminates in a tube 13 leading to a dish 14 which catches any wax that may fall from the month of the wax receptacle. A wider tube 10 surrounds the tube 13, and gas flowing in the space between is lighted at the top to heat the funnel.
Patent GB-190400464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Extracting or Separating Water from Steam.
Inventor: SHIELS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 464. Shiels, A. Jan. 7. Steam separators.-The separator shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is capable of being readily inserted in, or removed from, a length of steam pipe. It consists of a cylindrical casing A, inclined downwards to the outlet D' for the separated water and containing inclined baffles B', which are arranged over openings B<1> in a horizontal plate B. The inlet and outlet connections C, D for the steam may be bolted to the flanged ends a of the casing ; or the ends a may be flared outwards and fitted into recesses in the connections C, D, a tight joint being made with solder or the like. The baffles B<2> may be fitted separately or they may be stamped from the plate B. Preferably, the plate is made up of transverse lengths B<3>, Figs. 3 and 4, each of which is slit at b and the part B<4> turned up to form the baffle. The ends of the plate are supported on flanges, and the side edges are bent upwards to rest against the casing ; or the plate may be curved transversely.
Patent GB-190412692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Fire Places
Inventor: RUSSELL JOHN EYRE
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,692. Russeil, J. E. June 4. Grates; supports for articles heated.-The"fret" A of an open fireplace is constructed and arranged so that it may occupy a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, or a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3, to support a plate, cup, or other article to be kept warm. The fret has side extensions B, adjustable horizontally between lugs E, G arranged as shown on the ends of the connecting-piece H. Notches N are provided to engage the fret and to hold it vertically.
Patent GB-190416050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: WHITAKER JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 16,050. Whitaker, J. July 20. Loom shuttles.-The shuttle peg g, Figs. 1, 4, and 5, is embraced by a holder h, h<1> pivoted to a pin k and pressed by springs m, m', the holder being kept in position by pins t, p, p<1> passing through the shuttle body and fitting mto the usual grooves g<3>, g<1>, g<11> respectively.
Patent GB-190417244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Developing Apparatus.
Inventor: MEEK JAMES WYNDHAM
Filed: 1904-08-08
Granted: 1905-08-08
Abstract: 17,244. Meek, J. W. Aug. 8. Developing; trays and dishes.-In daylight - developing and like apparatus, the plates or films slide in adjustable grooves f, in an inner con-. tainer b which fits into an outer vessel a filled up to a predetermined mark g with fluid. The lid c of the container b has a light -excluding air escape d, and the light trap openings e allow the fluid to rise into contact with the plates. In the case of roll plates, the parts a, b may be cylindrical in form.
Patent GB-190419534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Collapsable Crates, Wagon Sections, Packing Cases or the like.
Inventor: MORELAND WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 19,534. Moreland, W. Sept. 10. Wagons with bodies removable.- Crates and packing- cases, which may be used as sections of railway wagons, are made e collapsable. The ends B, Fig. 1, of a crate are hinged at C to the framework A, of T-iron. A lattice-like side D is hinged at E to an end. The sides may be closed up and folded on to the ends, and the ends laid flat to collapse the crate, as in Fig. 3. The lid F carries corner pins to retain it in place, and the lower ends of the pivoted arms K work in slots L in the framework. The crate may be slung by means of arms H when they are in the position shown in dotted lines. The bottom of the crate is preferably perforated and rests on the inner flange of the iron frame, and wheels 0 are provided. Side wheels are also provided for use when the crate is collapsed. In a modification, especially adapted for carrying meat and offal, both lattices are hinged to one end of the crate, and at the other end is a door T, Fig. 8, with lugs U which drop into slots V, Fig. 9. Cross-rods W with hooks X are slung between the sides.
Patent GB-190420020-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating Atmospheric Changes and Discovering Subterranean Springs and Water-courses.
Inventor: SCHMID ADOLF
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 20,020. Schmid, A. Nov. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Water-finding.-Relates to apparatus for use in discovering underground springs and water courses. Atmospheric changes said to be produced by the underground water are indicated by the motion of a feebly magnetized needle f turning on a pivot g on a glass plate e with scales k. This plate covers a coil c of annealed iron or other magnetic wire wound on a glass cylinder a and insulated by layers b of paper impregnated with paraffin. Some of these layers are covered with tin-foil d. A casing h, which is preferably double, is provided with a glass top and a glazed opening i for lighting the scale and needle.
Patent GB-190421167-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Apparatus for Softening Water
Inventor: FLYNT HERBERT SPENCER
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 21,167. Flynt, H. S. Oct. 3. Water, softening.-Reagents are contained in a drum which is rotated by the water to be softened acting on buckets on its circumference, a measuring- vessel being emptied out of the drum at each revolution. The reagents pass from a tank D provided with stirrers into a drum B revolving on trunnions by means of a pipe E passing through one of the trunnions. The drum, which should be kept about one-third full, is provided with an overflow pipe G, Fig. 1, and buckets J into which the water to be treated passes from the pipe K. Within the drum B is a pipe L projecting therethrough at one end and with a hollow sphere N with a transverse central hole 0 at the other. As the drum rotates, this sphere takes up reagent, half of which is discharged through the pipe L, the remainder running back into the drum through the hole O. To prevent the drum from running on while the buckets J are filling, a curved flange P, Fig. 1, is provided, against which a wheel Q is pressed by a weight R, so adjusted that the drum will not move until the bucket J is filled to the desired extent. A spring brake S is also provided.
Patent GB-190424523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rock Drills or other Percussion Tools
Inventor: WARSOP THOMAS
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,523. Warsop, T. Nov. 12. Rock drills, actuated by explosion motors. The crank shaft of an ordinary petrol motor drives, through gear-wheels G, G<1>, a second shaft K<1> carrying a cam K, which acts through bell-crank levers L, pivoted to the drill casing P, on studs O<1> on a collar Q to force the drill spindle H back against the action of a spring V situated in a chamber in the casing P. The spring V drives the spindle on its percussive stroke when the bellcrank levers are released by the cam. The spindle is fitted with rotating gear consisting of a ratchetwheel T' and a twisted bar T. The flywheels F have ribs to draw air through holes in the casing and force it round the casing around the motor cylinder A. The drill is fed by a feeding-screw N working in a nut N<1>. In some cases, the reciprocating motion of the spindle may be used to compress the air in the chamber containing the spring V, and so to assist the spring to impel the spindle out on its working stroke.
Patent GB-190427017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas and Parasols
Inventor: HARRIS DAVID
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 27,017. Harris, D. Dec. 12. Joints.-Short wire hooks are provided for connecting the ribs and stretchers to the notch pieces and the ribs and stretchers together, in order to facilitate repair. The hooks E, Fig. 4, are made of elastic or pliable wire, the shanks being soldered into the hollows of the ribs or stretchers. In the attachment of the stretcher to the rib, the hook engages with the ordinary rivet, or the latter may be made in one piece with the metal band F, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190502693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Devices for Supporting, Actuating, and Controlling the Trolley-poles of Electric Cars and the like.
Inventor: GUNYON STEPHEN EDWARD
Filed: 1905-02-09
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 2693. Gunyon, S. E., [Magney Manufacturing Co.]. Feb. 9. Collectors.-Relates to trollies for electric traction in which the usual supporting-springs are replaced by a compressed-air cushion which is automatically controlled so that, if the trolly pulley jumps the wire, the pole is lowered. Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation of the trolly, the pulley being in contact with the overhead wire. The trolly base 1, secured on the top of a car, is provided with a central hollow pin 2 on which swivel the air cylinder 4 and supports 3<a>. The piston 5 is connected by the links 6, one on each side of the cylinder, to the bifurcated ends 7<a> of the poleyoke 7, which is pivoted on these supports. The pole 8 is preferably tubular and is rigidly connected to the yoke 7 so that, as the piston reciprocates, it will be moved vertically. The pulley 8<d> moves about the pivot 8<b> and is connected by the rod 11<f> to the valve 11 in the chamber 10. This chamber communicates with the cylinder 4 by the inlet passages 10<a>, 10<b> and the exhaust passage 10<c>. The valve 11 is provided with annular grooves 11<a>, 11<b> which, when the valve is in the position shown, establish communication between the supply pipe 12 and the cylinder 4, the trolly pole being then raised into contact with the wire as shown. When the trolly pulley jumps the wire, the spring 13 forces the valve 11 and the trolly pulley into the position shown by the broken lines. The inlets 10<b>, 10<a> are thus closed and the exhaust 10<c> opened, the trolly pole then falling clear of the overhead equipment. The air pipe 12 is connected to the hollow pin 2, which is connected to any suitable supply. An additional piston 9, in the cylinder 4, acts as a cushion to the movements of the piston 5. To place the trolly pulley again in contact with the overhead wire, the conductor pulls the wheel 84 into alinement with the trolly pole by means of the rope 8<h>, thus re-setting the valve 11 and allowing the compressed air to raise the pole.
Patent GB-190506236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Cylinder Gas Engines.
Inventor: RIOTTE CARL CHARLES
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 6236. Riotte, C. C. March 24. Gas and like engines.-Fig. 1 shows a sixcylinder, four-stroke-cycle engine which is started by admitting compressed air to the three righthand cylinders A, B, C. The gas-inlet pipe 16 opens into valve-chests, containing ordinary suction-operated inlet valves 21, Fig. 2, and the exhaust gases leave by pipes 17 through which the cooling-water is discharged by a pipe 20, Fig. 2. The number of cylinders may, if preferred, be increased, and starting may be effected by supplying compressed air to one or any number of cylinders. Valves and valve-gear; reversing; starting.- When starting, compressed air is supplied to the cylinders through balanced valves 23, Fig. 2, which receive motion from projections 35, formed on collars 34, carrying rollers 37 which engage with cams 38 or 39 arranged to open the valves once during every revolution of the crank-shaft. The cam shaft 7 receives motion from a main cam shaft 2 which carries cams for operating the exhaust valves. The main exhaust-valve cams 31, 32, Fig. 5, and the compression-relief cams 31<a>, 32<a> operate the roller 30, which is carried by a tubular shaft 27 for transmitting motion to the exhaustvalve rods 22<a> through tappets 28, Figs. 2 and 5. .The engine is reversed by a longitudinal movement being imparted to the shafts 2, 7 by a handoperated rack and pinion, shown at the right-hand end of the shafts in Fig. 2. Igniting.-The movable terminals of the sparking-plugs 24 are operated by cams 40, 41 on the cam shaft 2. The cams impart motion to the controlling-levers 24<a>, the positions of which may be adjusted for varying the time of ignition by a partial rotation of the shaft 26.
Patent GB-190510175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Printing Plates.
Inventor: GISEVIUS BOGDAN
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-07-14
Abstract: 10,175. Gisevius, B. May 15. Photo-mechanical printing.-Relates to plates for planographic printing which are obtained by coating a plate of metal such as zinc or aluminium with a sensitized layer. To prevent the plate from being rendered averse to receiving the printing-ink, owing to its contact with the materials of the sensitized coating, a neutralizing-agent, such as sulphuric acid, is added to the emulsion.
Patent GB-190510860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MELHUISH ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 10,860. Melhuish, A. G. May 24. Gas and like engines.-In engines of the type described in Specification No. 9038, A.D. 1895, the exhaust as it passes to the pump C traverses a cylindrical condenser A arranged in a tank in the bed-plate E and secured by an axial bolt D. Longitudinal lateral baffles F direct the gases in a path indicated by the arrows. The water jacket of the pump and cylinder is open to the tank and the water'rising by convection against baffles G on a level with the cylinder axis is directed towards the combustion chamber and finally escapes' by a pipe J.
Patent GB-190515513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Mining Deads
Inventor: KOPPERS HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 15,513. Koppers, H. July 28. Gas manufacture, materials for.-Mining deads containing combustible material are destructively distilled and the by-products recovered, the undistilled residue being use as a filling for goafs. The main objects of the invention are to recover ammonia from the waste and to prepare a filling- material which may be used without risk of spontaneous ignition. In a preferred way of carrying out the invention, the deads are charged into vertical coke ovens provided with a by-product recovery plant. The residue from a series of ovens is discharged into a truck which is emptied into a generator, a part or the whole of the generator gas being used to heat the ovens. Steam may in some cases be introduced into the ovens in order to increase the yield of ammonia. The distillation gas may be used for illuminating or other purposes.