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Patent GB-190310036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chimneys, Chimney Pots, Ventilating Shafts and the like.
Inventor: GARDNER PAUL ERNEST
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 10,036. Gardner, P. E. May 4. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-Plates such as are shown in Figs. 4 and 7 are hung with the upper broad part projecting from the top of the chimney or ventilating-shaft, so that the wind, striking this upper part, tilts the plate and forms a sheltered passage for the smoke or gases on the leeward side, while no escape can take place on the windward side. Figs. 2 and 5 show two methods of suspension. In the first case, the plate is hung directly on the chimney top, which has for that purpose a serrated edge ; in the second case, it is hung from a cap e, which fits partly within the chimney and is supported by lugs f. The cap may be rotatable and may be provided with a vane, so that the plate is always held facing the wind.
Patent GB-190311224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Automatic Regulation of the Water Supply for Steam Generators and similar purposes.
Inventor: CLARKSON THOMAS
Filed: 1903-05-16
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 11,224. Clarkson, T. May 16. Water levels, regulating.-Relates to means for regulating automatically the water supply for steam boilers, and for similar purposes. One form of regulator, intended chiefly for use on motor cars, consists of a horizontal tube A, Figs. 1 and 2, placed at about the working level in the boiler and secured at the ends to boxes A<2>, A<3>. These are mounted loosely on side rods A<1> and connected with the steam and water spaces respectively of the boiler by pipes D, E, the latter of which is bent considerably so as to expose a large cooling-surface. The outer box A' is formed with a projection A<7> for actuating a valve B in a bye-pass connection between the pump delivery and the feed-tank. The valve is carried by a diaphragm B' fixed round the edge. Normally, the valve B is kept open by the diaphragm so as to allow the water entering at H<1> to return to the feed-tank through the passage at H<2>. When the level in the boiler falls below a predetermined amount, or when the car is descending a hill, steam enters the tube A, causing it to expand and close the valve B. The water then passes by way of the channel H<3> and pipe J<1> to the check valve J<2> and thence to the boiler through the pipe J<3>. Springs A<8> on the rods A<1> allow the tube to expand after the valve has closed. For testing the working of the regulator, a distancepiece G having a knife-edge g is inserted between the box A<2> and the valve spindle. By raising the lever G<1>, Fig. 3, which carries the piece G, the water forces the valve off its seat and returns to the feed-tank. A three-way cock F in the pipe E enables the steam or water spaces of the boiler to be connected with the condenser. In a modification, Figs. 5 and 6, the tube A is supported on a single rod A', and the projection A<7>, in lieu of acting directly on the valve, acts on a lever N. The valve B is replaced by a slide valve M connected by a rod M' with the lower end of the lever. The valve-box is also supported by the rod A' and can be adjusted relatively to the valve by loosening the screw O<1>. In another modification, the pipe E is replaced by a chamber E<2>, Fig. 4, having external gills E<3>.
Patent GB-190314690-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Supporting Frame to be used with a Slipper Bed-pan.
Inventor: CONVERS EVELYN AUGUSTA
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,690. Conyers, E. A. July 1. Bed-pans.-Fig. 1 shows an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan of a supporting-frame for the use of invalids when using a slipper bed-pan a. Two straight or curved pieces c of flat steel pass under the bottom of the pan, and have their ends c<2> bent upwards by the sides of the pan and turned over the upper edgfs of the pan so as to form clips c<3>, which secure the frame to the pan. The other ends of the pieces c are secured to a horizontal bar c<1> carrying a cushion b. A steel wire e passing round the circular end of the pan between its rim and handle f, has its ends hooked over the side buttons d, d<1> on the ends c<2>.
Patent GB-190315624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Automatic Feeding of Sheets of Paper to Printing or other Machines.
Inventor: SALMON HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 15,624. Salmon, H. J., Capper, J., and Deaville, J. July 14. Feeding sheets.-The top sheet of the pile is puckered or arched in a direction approximately at 45‹ to the sides by means of a presser bar or roller and a friction roller or pad, or equivalents, and the corner thus projected is gripped and the sheet is doubled over and inverted in a direction approximately at 45‹ to the sides. Fig. 9 shows means for actuating friction rollers d, which are held down by a spring and rotate in one direction only. Arms n carrying the rollers d are mounted on a shaft h carried by a block or blocks g sliding in a guide or guides f. The block g is adjustably secured by set-screws 5 to a rod t, a pin u, on which, works in a slot v in a lever w actuated by a connecting-rod z and crank 3. Fig. 11 shows a block g, adjustable by means of set-screws 13 in a block or cage 12, sliding in a guide f. Figs. 14 and 15 show, respectively, a hollow and a solid india-rubber roller, both mounted upon a metal line 16 and formed with a serrated periphery 15, but the former having an annular air chamber 24 and the latter undercuts 17. Fig. 16 shows a serrated india-rubber pad 18 mounted on a metal part 23 pivoted to an arm 21 which corresponds to the arm n, Fig. 9, and is provided with an adjustable weight 30. The pad may be curved, and may be provided with an antifriction roller, upon which to tilt and recede. The roller or pad arms may be disposed vertically or nearly so ; or they may be disposed away from the presser bar, so that the paper is pulled instead of being pushed.
Patent GB-190318316-A (GB)
Title: A Thumb Slide for Actuating Distant Levers, or Valves by the Intervention of a Wire such as the Bowden Brake Wire, chiefly applicable to Motor Bicycles
Inventor: ROBERTS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-08-25
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 18,316. Roberts, G. Aug. 25. Motor road vehicles.-Consists of a thumbslide for operating distant levers &c. through the medium of a wire, applicable to motor bicycles or other motor vehicles. A slide, Fig. 2, consisting of a short rod or tube C with a button D attached, slides inside the tube A, shown in Fig. 4 attached to the handle of a motor bicycle, the button D projecting through the slot B. The wire F, which may be the inner member of a Bowden wire arrangement, is connected at one end to the slide C, and at the other to the lever or other part to be operated.
Patent GB-190322479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Heating, Cooling, Condensing, Evaporating and similar purposes.
Inventor: ALEXANDER JOHN STUART LOWE
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1905-01-17
Abstract: 22,479. Alexander, J. S. L., and Shiels, A. Oct. 17. Condensers.-Relates to apparatus for heating, cooling, condensing, evaporating, and similar purposes, particularly applicable as a condensing-apparatus for exhaust steam. The fluid to be treated, and the heating or cooling medium, flow in opposite directions through alternate narrow chambers, which are formed by bending or folding upon itself in opposite directions, alternately, one or more sheets of metal having nodules upon one or both surfaces. In one form of apparatus, Figs. 1 and 2, chiefly applicable to the condensation of steam, the folded metal sheet A has its folds secured in vertical grooves B<10> in an external casing, which is provided with steam inlets and outlets B<2>, B<5>, and with water inlets and outlets B<6> B<9>, respectively. The sheet may also be provided with flanges a' which are clamped between a flange on the casing and a cover plate. The open ends-of the chambers may be made fluid-tight by pouring in a mass C of white metal or other material. The end-plates B<1> may be channelled also to form grooves into which the bent sheet is fitted, and the white metal then poured in. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, show various manners in which the nodules may be arranged on the plates, which for convenience in banding, are formed with a groove at the parts where the bend is to take place. Figs. 3 and 4 show a condenser of large capacity. The apparatus is divided into separate compartments each of which is constructed in the manner described above. Each compartment is detachably connected to a steam pipe E, a condensed water pipe F, and to inlet and outlet pipes G, H, conveying the cooling-medium. Between the flanges of the pipes E, H, and the flanges on the steam inlet B<2> and cooling medium outlet B<9>, respectively, are arranged distance-pieces J, which may be forced out of position and replaced by a blank stop plate so as to put one compartment out of action, or allow the compartment to be removed. The water inlet may be provided with a filter, consisting of a casing in which a filter plate or strainer is mounted, preferably at an angle to the bottom.
Patent GB-190405296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1904-03-03
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5296. Roberts, D. March 3. Steam - superheater furnaces.-In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the space containing the superheating elements is divided by a partition m into upper and lower compartments n, o. The furnace gases pass upwards through a flue r into the compartment n and thence through a flue s into the compartment o, finally escaping to the chimney through the outlet t. A bye-pass flue allows the gases to pass direct to the chimney without going through the superheater. Passages z are provided in the side walls for heating the furnace air supply, which enters below the grate through doors z'.
Patent GB-190405595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Pressure Regulating Apparatus.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 5595. Howorth, F. W., [Svenska Carbid- & Acetylen-Aktiebolaget]. March 7. Regulators.- Pressure - regulating apparatus is disposed between a main gas conduit 3<x> and a conduit 5 supplying burners, so that a predetermined constant pressure is maintained at the burners, and the pressure at the inlet end of the conduit 5 is increased by an amount corresponding to the reduction due to friction and the like between that point and the burners. The conduit 3x is connected to a valvecasing 3 containing a throttle-valve 12 carried by the bell 1<x> of an ordinary regulating gas holder 1. Between the valve-casing 3 and the conduit 5 is connected a pipe 6, the bore of which decreases to a minimum section 7, and then increases to a outlet section 8 equal in area to the cross-section of the conduit 5, and is in communication with the bell 1<x> through a pipe 9 at the section 7. Velocity energy is converted into pressure energy between the sections 7, 8, on account of the continuous increase in crosssection, and the throttling behind the section 8 by the burners.
Patent GB-190408190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Combined Kitchen Ranges with Wash Boiler, Bath and other Attachments.
Inventor: HODKIN HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 8190. Hodkin, H. H. April 9. Stoves combined with boiling-pans.-The closed boiler usually fitted to kitchen ranges is replaced by an open boiling-pan B heated by a flue passing beneath it, or by moving the grate A<2> directly under it by a rack and pinion. Access to the boiler, which is supplied with water from a cistern F, is had by a door D hinged at the back. The hot water is utilized for a bath E, preferably mounted to rotate on its outlet pipe J, as described in Specification No. 12,296, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Heating].
Patent GB-190409913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosion Engines
Inventor: SOLLER EUGEN
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 9913. Soller, E. May 1, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines.-Fig. 1 shows an explosion or internal-combustion engine, suitable for motor road vehicles, or ships, in which motion is communicated to the crank sbaft by a pair of pistons 5, through the oscillating beams 8, and connecting-rods 15. The engine is enclosed by a casing 2, open at the top for the admission of air to the cooling-jacket 4. Lugs are provided in the casing for the pins 12, supporting the beams 8.
Patent GB-190415036-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Aiding the Memory in Performing the Operations of Arithmetic.
Inventor: MONACHIMOFF ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-07-05
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 15,036. Monachimoff, A. July 5. Arithmetic, teaching. - An apparatus for carrying out the four fundamental processes of arithmetic consists of two frames, hinged together and having wires or rods stretched across them on which a number of balls are strung. Each rod carries ten balls, with the exception of one rod in each frame, which carries four balls. The rods a indicate units, the rods b tens, and so on for higher denominations. The rods carrying four balls indicate fractions. Addition is carried out on the group of rods C by moving down to the lower end of the frame the balls required to represent each number. To perform subtraction, balls representing the higher number are first moved down and those representing the lower number are moved up again. In multiplication, the multiplicand is first multiplied by the units, then by the tens, hundreds, &c. In division, the dividend is set out on group A and the divisor on group B. The part of the dividend required for each division is set out on group C, and the quotient is recorded on group D.
Patent GB-190416992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Sulphuring of Hops, Malts, and other Materials, with special reference to the Avoidance of Contamination with Arsenic, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BAKER JULIAN LEVETT
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,992. Baker, J. L., and Ling, A. R. Aug. 3. Fumigating.-Sulphur dioxide used for sulphuring hops, malt, &c. is produced by burning sulphur in a special stove, or by any other known method provided that the gas does not become contaminated with arsenic, as when burnt in the presence of fuel. The stove consists of a chamber a supported on walls a<1>, containing a shallow tray b for the sulphur. At the front of the chamber is a door c, provided with openings d and sliding damper e for regulating the air supply, and a plate g on the door deflects the air on to the sulphur. A pipe h serves to conduct the gas away to the malt kiln.
Patent GB-190417031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Manufacture of Solder for Aluminium.
Inventor: JACKMAN FRANK
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 17,031. Jackman, F., Woodcock, J. M., and Ledgard, J. Aug. 3. Soldering.-A soldering-iron for use in soldering aluminium is made of aluminium instead of copper.
Patent GB-190418137-A (GB)
Title: Sounding Board for Pianos, Pianinos and the like
Inventor: BODEN ALBERT
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 18,137. Boden, A. Aug. 22. Pianofortes.- The soundboard has upon its underside a series of grooves parallel to the grain of the wood, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of which the first is a section. The grooves reduce the board to about half of its thickness, and down the centre of each is fixed a rib F. The construction is stated to produce a uniform note of long duration. The length and width of the grooves diminish towards the end of the board, and all the edges are bevelled off as shown.
Patent GB-190419936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Driving Belts for Sewing Machines and the like.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,936. Jones, W., and Hall, J. Sept. 16. Positive driving-bands; pulleys and driving-drums. -Relates to driving-belts for transmitting, without slip, rotary motion from one shaft or pulley to another, as in a sewing- machine, from the main or needle-actuating shaft to the hook-shaft. Solid or, preferably, hollow stamped or bent and tempered metal ribs bare transversely attached to the contact-surface of the belt a, which is of leather or other flexible material, the pulleys d, e having corresponding grooves c, with which the ribs engage. To attach the solid rib b, Fig. 4, nails or the like i pass through and are bent or clenched over on to the back surface of the belt. The hollow ribs shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are provided with points or fangs f, which may be stamped from sheet metal and tempered ; they may be cut on the edge, Fig. 5, and, further, may have eyes g with which they engage, Fig. 7, or they may be stamped out of the top of the rib and bent down, Fig. 6. To prevent the ribs &c. from slipping out of the grooves c of the pulleys, guards h may, if necessary, be fixed to the machine.
Patent GB-190423929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood Type for Cylinder Printing Machines.
Inventor: TORRANCE ROBERT GOODWIN
Filed: 1904-11-05
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,929. Torrance, R. G. Nov. 5. T y p e; type, setting; rules; formes, securing i n machines. - Relates to the construction of wood type for use in rotary printing - machines and to means for securing the type on the forme cylinder. To prevent the breakage of the overhanging portions e of the type block a, strips b of wood with the grain running transversely to that of the block are inserted in grooves in the block and fixed with glue. The strips may be of metal, vulcanite, or composition and may be fixed by screws. The blocks are held on the cylinder by steel reglets or rules c of tapered section. The reglets are formed at each end with shoulders over which pass metal rings d to hold them down. In a modification, the type blocks are formed as shown in Fig. 8, and are then secured to the cylinder by T-shaped reglets f, Fig. 6. The strengthening- strips b, Fig. 1, may be applied to the projecting parts of the blocks a' and reglets f.
Patent GB-190425619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: GOLD EDWARD ETHEL
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 25,619. Gold, E. E. Nov. 24. Heating.-A valve suitable for a mud valve or for a steam valve in a train-heating system consists of a cylindrical body B, Fig. 6, running in guiding- ribs G, Fig. 3, in a casing A and actuated by a spindle E carrying an eccentric D which locks the valve in the open position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, the eccentric then being at a dead-centre. To prevent the eccentric from being turned too far, a stop F may be used, or the ends of a slot F<1> may be engaged by the spindle E. The valve may similarly be locked in the closed position, but, as fluid pressure tends to keep the valve on its seat, it is more convenient to arrange to close the valve by a quarter-turn of the eccentric from the open position. The outer face B' of the valve has channels L, M, Fig. 7, to allow the gradual escape of water and steam, as in the case of train-pipes this prevents freezing in cold weather. Square or round casings may be used, and the spindle E is provided with a shoulder K and split ring K<1> to take the unbalanced upward steam pressure.
Patent GB-190427824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shells or Tubes
Inventor: RAYMOND ALFRED AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,824. Raymond, A. A., and Ross, W. L. Dec. 20. Paper. &c. tubes. - Tapered tubes, shown in Fig. 1, particularly applicable as the shells or covers of concrete piles, are constructed by wrapping sheets of paper or other material on a roll, the sheets A, Fig. 3, being bound together and waterproofed by a layer of pitch ortar compound. The joints of the various sheets are! arranged circumferentially.
Patent GB-190428203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Slicing Ham, Bread and the like.
Inventor: MARNIE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 28,203. Marnie, A. Dec. 23. Bread cutters.-Bread, ham, &c. is sliced by a rotating knife 5, having a cutting-edge in the form of a spiral. The bread is fed to the knife after each cut by a cam 11, actuating the supporting- plate 10 through a bell crank lever 12, adjustable rod 14, lever 13, pawl and ratchet-wheel 17, and chain 18. The bread is held on the plate 10 by chains 19, 24, Fig. 3, and a locking-device consisting of a link 21 pivoted at 22 to a forked lever 25, which is pivoted at 23 to a forked link 20. According to the Provisional Specification, the thickness of the slice may be regulated by an adjustable gauge attached either to the knife or to the table, and the knife may be oscillated instead of being rotated.
Patent GB-190428560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Door Bells.
Inventor: FEVRE NEVIN BUFFINGTON LE
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 28,560. Le Fevre, N. B. Dec. 28. Alarms, burglar and like.-Door bells are mounted on the inside of the door in such a way that they are rung whenever the handle of the door is turned. In the form shown, the spindle E of the handle is provided with a lever F, flanged at f so as to depress the knob B of a spring bell A, whenever the handle is turned in either direction. In order that the bell may continue to ring, a spring bolt G is pressed out when the spindle is turned, so as to prevent the lever F from returning to its normal position. The bolt G has a handle H sliding in a slot j, j<1>, so that the bolt G may be thrown out of action by putting the handle H in the part j of the slot. The bell is fixed to the door by screws L, L', passing through curved and straight slots S, S' respectively, so that the bell may be moved away from the lever F when desired.
Patent GB-190501600-A (GB)
Title: Rotary Engine.
Inventor: DAWE WILLIAM ROGER
Filed: 1905-01-26
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 1600. Dawe, W. R. Jan. 26. Annular-chamber type.-A rotary engine has a number of pistons carried by a drum which is geared to one or more rotating abutments acting as distributing-valves. Each abutment rotates upon a tube, which is normally at rest aud has two sets of ports, one set admitting steam to the tube, and the other co-acting with ports in the abutment to effect the distribution of steam from the tube to the cylinder. The tubes can be rotated by hand to alter the cut-off or to reverse, and can also be moved axially by a governor to throttle the admission to the tube. Figs. 1 and 2 show a reversible engine having one abutment rotating upon a tube m. Ports n in this tube are open to the annular spaces u, and a port r in it registers intermittently with ports s in the abutment. Rotation of the tube m for altering the cut-off or for reversing is effected by a hand-operated crank on the squared shank 25, while the throttling action of the governor takes place through the lever 3. The steam, entering one of the recesses j, does work upon a piston, and exhausts at the point where the inner casing t is cut away. A suitable position for the exhaust pipe is shown in dotted lines. A relief valve y is provided for the escape of any exhaust steam that may be trapped by the pistons, there being a duplicate valve for reversed working. The pistons may be made with a removable cap 15 which can be renewed when worn. Grooves 16 may be cut in the cap to assist in preventing the escape of steam past it. In addition to the teeth f, g, gearing the piston drum and abutment together, additional teeth are provided at each side, the teeth 6, 7 on the drum gearing respectively with the teeth 8, 9 on the abutment. These additional sets of teeth are placed in advance of the set f, g, by distances of one-third and twothirds the pitch respectively, with a view to increased smoothness of working. In a modified form, the additional teeth are helical. The Provisional Specification states that the engine may be driven by any suitable fluid, and also that the sides of the piston drum may be packed by spring- pressed rings.