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Patent GB-190422236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lamp Fittings.
Inventor: BONNELLA ALBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 22,236. Bonnella, A. J. Oct. 15. Incandescent lamps; supporting lamps-In a form of imitation candle, for use in brackets, electroliers, &c., the lamp a, Fig. 1, shaped to fit partly into the opal-glass cylinder b, is supported by concentric metal tubes c, e, separated by a glass or other insulating tube d, and attached to a plug g which fits into a holder,shown in Fig. 5, adapted for insertion into a candle socket. On the outer tube c is screwed an adjustable ring having spring arms h which grip the lamp -cap i. An insulated plug k on the cap i fits into the inner tube e. The tubes c, e are connected to contacts on the plug g, which has a metal casing f, screwed or provided with pins to fit the holder, Fig. 5. The inside of the latter is similar to that of an ordinary Edison or bayonet-joint holder, but it is provided outside with a metal flange 3 and spring tongues (not shown) to engage the candle socket. A perforated screw cap 7, through which pass the leads, secures the insulating-base 8 in position. The opal cylinder b is supported by a loose washer or flange z, and its illumination may be increased by plating, enamelling, polishing, &c. the outer metal tube c. In a modified form, the outer metal tube, from which the spring arms are in this case insulated, slides in a tube attached to an adapter having a cylindrical ring of rubber or cork compressed between flanges, to fit the candle socket, and the leads are attached directly to the inner metal tube and to the ring carrying the spring arms h, respectively. By means of a screw in the sliding tube and a slot in the fixed one, the former can be secured in position to suit opal tubes of various lengths.
Patent GB-190422701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Fans or Air-propellors
Filed: 1904-10-21
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 22,701. Electric and Ordnance Acces. sories Co., and Hall, R. F. Oct. 21. Fans.-An adjustable device to enable the air to be propelled in any direction is shown in Fig. 4. The bearings and driving-motor are contained in a spherical casing c, which is supported by two pivots d in a ring e. The latter swings about pivots f, supported by the fixed standard g, and the apparatus is secured in any position by screw or other clamps. For this purpose, the pivots f, d may be screw-threaded, as shown at f<2>.
Patent GB-190422896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Garden Frames.
Inventor: LAVALLEY ALEXIS LOUIS
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,896. Lavalley, A. L. Feb. 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Garden frames.-A base frame or box is provided with a detachable sash or light consisting of two parts foldably connected together, and is fitted with adjustable means for holding each part open for ventilation and other purposes. The frame a is provided with a ridge bar b and two supporting- bars a' of the shape shown. The sash is preferably made of metal. The two parts d are connected by hinges, rings, or other appliances e, and are held open by pivoted racks g and pins i. The sash and frame are both fitted with handles c, f. End pieces may be provided for each frame or for the end frames of a series. The invention may be applied to existing frames.
Patent GB-190423152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Letters, Signs and like Advertising Displays.
Inventor: STEVENS JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 23,152. Stevens, J. A. Oct. 27. Letters and numerals for advertising purposes are made by placing together, on a suitable background, circular blocks of glass, or glass opals, which may be silvered at the back, and have variously shaped cavities at the back to give a scintillating effect. The cavities may be circular as at a<2>, Fig. 1, annular, with V-shaped cross-section, as at a<10>, Fig. 11, or pyramidal, cylindrical, or conical, and there may be one or several cavities in each piece of glass ; or the back of the glass may be serrated in straight ridges. Each piece A of glass may have a flange a<1>, Fig. 1. They may be fixed to a background by filling the cavities with a suitable cement D and pressing them on to the background. Or the cavity a<2>, Fig. 19, may be filled with cement D and pressed over the headed projection b on the plate C, when the cement is forced between the glass A and the plate C. Or the plate C may have inverted conical holes c', Fig. 21, and the cement D is then filled into these holes, as well as into the conical cavities in the glass. Several pieces A of glass may be cemented to a rod R, Fig. 25, which fits into the slot a<2> in each piece, and is held there by the cement which fills the cavity a'. Another method of connecting the pieces together is shown in Fig. 26, in which each piece has a semicircular extension a<22> on its flange on cne side and a similar cavity a<23> on the opposite side, into which the extension of the neighbouring one fits. Or, as shown in Fig. 28, each glass piece has a separate support S, which has an elevated horizontal projection s' on one side and a similar lower projection s<2> on the other, each with an inverted conical hole through it. The supports S are placed so that the hole of the projection s<1> of the one is vertically over the hole of the projection s<2> of the other. Solder is then poured into the holes. The supports S are convex and the pieces of glass concave so that, when the cavity a<4> is filled with the cement D and pressed upon the support S, the cement adheres firmly. Several pieces a<20>, Fig. 32, of glass may be made in one piece, with suitable cavities. The glass may also be made in two pieces as at Fig. 30, fitting over the projection c<9> in the plate C.
Patent GB-190423974-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Ortho-oxybenzene-carboxylic Acid Ethers of the Phenyl or Naphthyl Series.
Filed: 1904-11-05
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 23,974. Abel. C. D., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. Nov. 5. o-Oxybenzene carboxylic acid ethers of the general formula where X is the residue of a phenol, or naphthol, or a homologue or derivative thereof, are produced by heating an alkali salt of o-chlorbenzoic acid with a mixture either of a phenolate with the same phenol, or of a naphtholate with the same naphthol, preferably in the presence of copper or a copper salt. In examples, the phenyl ether, the o-cresol ether, the p-cresol ether, the guaiacol ether, and the #-naphthol ether of salicylic acid are so produced.
Patent GB-190425082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Watches.
Inventor: GRISEL LUCIEN
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,082. Grisel, L. Feb. 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Mechanics, teaching ; educational appliances. - A watch possesses a movement which is readily mounted and dismounted, and is accompanied by an explanatory notice, consisting of a drawing and description, which may be pasted on the back of the case. An instructive game may be provided in mounting and dismounting the parts of the watch. The ordinary movement is mounted between two full plates k, m, the latter of which has an aperture to pass in the balance wheel and carries a removable cock n. The barrel arbor is remounted by a small handle u, which is readily adjustable on the square v,and the hands are set by means of a key fitting on a square which is solid with the minute-hand.
Patent GB-190426852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines.
Inventor: POOLEY JOHN SIBTHORPE
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,852. Pooley, J. S. Dec. 9. Platform machines; relieving- mechanism. - T h e platform a, Fig. 1, is carried by swinging or rigid bearings g near the outer ends of straight levers b, b<1>, h<2> h<3>. which rest on knife-edge bearings in brackets e. The ends y of the straight levers carry knife-edges resting on the brackets d of the stool or verge j of a compound lever f, which is connected to a steelyard &c. mechanism. The knife-edges may rest in swinging bearings, and the bearings may be suspended from beneath the stool. Fox wedges are placed at each corner of the platform, and adapted to be simultaneously operated by suitable means such as a single hand-lever s, Fig. 4, through cross-levers o, p and connecting-rods q, q<1>, the wedges k, l, riding upon one another and lifting the platform off its bearings by means of the loose cap m, which presses against the underside of the beam n of the platform.
Patent GB-190427738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Fluid Pressure Motor and Generator System.
Inventor: GIBBS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,738. Gibbs, J. E., and Sheppee, F. H. Dec. 19. Drawings to Specification. Feed - pumps; ; pump stroke, varying. - The arrangements are the same as those described in Specification No. 27,737, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190428324-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-centering Chuck as Applied to the Face Plates of Machines for Building and Trueing Bicycle Wheels.
Inventor: HOPPER FRED
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,324. Hopper, F., and Wilson, H. Dec. 27. Chucks.-Relates to a self-centering chuck applied to the faceplates of machines for trueing bicycle wheels and giving equal tension to their spokes. The faceplate a is furnished with radial slots c and a ring d with tangential slots e so that their intersection forms a series of holes, simultaneously adjustable, through which bolts f are passed to connect the ring d to a series of radially-guided jaws g. By rotation of the ring d, by means of a crank i on the .shaft of a worm j gearing with a rack k, the jaws are expanded or contracted to grip and true the wheel, the axle of which is retained in a sleeve o.
Patent GB-190429557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Reversing the Direction of Motion of Screens for Advertising Purposes and the like.
Inventor: NORBALLE HANS JACOB
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 29,557. Norballe, H. J., and Lawson, J. L. Dec. 31. Advertising.-Consists of an apparatus for reversing the motion of intermittently-driven screens for advertising purposes and the like. The screen D is wound on rollers A, A', and passes over guiderollers I, I<1>. To each spindle B, B' of the rollers A, A' is pivoted a catch lever E, Fig. 4, one arm e of which is pressed outwards, through an opening a in the circumference of the roller, by a spring f, while the other end e<1>, which projects through an opening a' in the end of the roller, is adapted to engage a lug g on the inner side of one of the crank arms G,G', whenever the pressure of the screen which is wound on the roller is sufficient to keep the end e of the lever flush with the surface of the roller. Upon the spindle J of the upper guideroller I, is mounted a crown-wheel M, with which gear two pinions N, N', running freely on the main driving-spindle 0. The inner surfaces of the pinions N, N<1> are provided with teeth to engage a double-faced toothed sleeve P, which is keyed to the spindle 0, but is free to move longitudinally to allow of its engaging the inner surfaces of the pinions N, N' alternately. The screen D is provided along its edges with laterally-projecting rods at intervals, which may serve for joining the sections of screen together, or, according to the Provisional Specification, with eyelets. It is driven by means of projections k, k<1>, carried by corresponding links of chains K, K<1>, which drive the spindles J, J<1> on which the guide-rollers I, I' are free. Supposing the screen to be wholly on the roller A, the arm e of the lower lever E projects through the circumference of the lower roller A', so that its other arm e<1> engages the crank G', which is rotated, thus depressing a coupling-link S and tilting a bell-crank lever R, the upper forked arm of which, by means of a pin q, moves a collar Q, thus pushing the clutch sleeve P into engagement with the pinion N<1>. This causes the pins k, k<1> to drive the screen D downwards during their own descent, until they come out of engagement at the bottom of their path, when the screen remains stationary until the pins k, k<1> reach the top again. This goes on till the screen is entirely wound on the roller A', when the arm e' of the upper lever E will engage with the crank G, thus raising the link S, putting the clutch P in engagement with the pinion N, and reversing the motion of the chains, and therefore of the screen D. The lever R has a third arm r attached to a spring T, which ensures the lever going to the end of its travel when once it has passed its dead point. The screen D is kept tight by a weight W and cord w, attached to drums V, V<1>, which gear with pinions U, U' on the spindles B, B<1>,
Patent GB-190501518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Binding Screws and Terminals for Electric Conductors.
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 1518. Maunsell, C. W., Butt, F. R., and Cox, Ltd., H. W. Jan. 25. Couplings are made by forming in a screwed stem a a groove or slot b which is inclined to the axis of the stem and is adapted to receive the end of the conductor c. A nut e is screwed down, with or without a washer d, and the conductor is thus firmly gripped. In certain cases, for example on motor - cars, the terminal may be made with a bayonet catch, as shown, to facilitate disconnexion.
Patent GB-190504382-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Appliance for use in Transporting or Moving Heavy Bodies.
Inventor: DURSTON CHRISTOPHER BENJAMIN
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 4382. Durston, C. B. March 2. Rollers for facilitating.-A portable appliance for use in rolling heavy bodies along the ground consists of a roller a fixed to the base c by side pieces d so as to be removable.
Patent GB-190504808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Hinging Windows
Inventor: DRYSDALE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 4808. Drysdale, A. March 8. Hinges. - The upper and lower window sashes D', D, Fig. 3, respectively, have each hinges E, F at one side. Each hinge consists of a fixed plate A, secured to the inside of the sash frame, and a movable piece B, Figs. 1 and 2, which is bifurcated at b so that a pin C on the window sash can engage with it. The hinges E, F are placed behind the inside and outside hinged battens a<3>, a<4>, which can be turned away to allow the sashes to be turned on their binges. On the opposite side of the window, the batten a' is hinged and the batten a<5> is made removable.
Patent GB-190510333-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Preparation of Clay to Render Clay Smoking Pipes Unbreakable.
Inventor: CHRISTIE WILLIAM NAISMITH
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 10,333. Christie, W. N. May 17. Plastic compositions.-A composition consisting of clay, oxide of iron or zinc, and magnesia is employed for making tobacco pipes to render them unbreakable and porous,
Patent GB-190510835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Inside and Outside Window Blinds and Shades
Inventor: ADAMS WILLIAM INGRAM
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 10,835. Adams, W. I. May 24. Window blinds.-Relates to improvements in inside or outside lath blinds such as are described in Specifications No. 16,523, A.D. 1896, and No. 5821, A.D. 1898. Cords d, e, passing over a double pulley c and capable of being secured to cleats f, are secured to the top and bottom laths of the blind respectively. The blind can thus be raised or lowered bodily, and adjusted at different parts of the window as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190513082-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Receptacle for Superheaters.
Inventor: PLATZ WILHELM
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 13,082. Platz, W. June 24. Superheaters, steam.-A casing for a superheater is divided by partitions into vertical chambers b, c, c<1>, d, of which the chamber b for the reception of the superheater is placed nearest the ends of the boiler tubes, and the others, surrounding it, protect the superheater against loss of heat, and serve, at times, as passages for directly conducting away the products of combustion. The partition e is attached to the door of the casing, and the side wall i of the chamber b may be raised by chains k<1>, k<2> in order to render the ends of the boiler tubes readily accessible. The bottom of the chamber b consists of a flap g, which may be raised and lowered by the external handle p<1>. The flap may be provided with side pieces o in the planes of the partitions h, h<1> ; in some cases, it extends the whole width of the casing. In a modification, the chamber b is placed entirely above the level of the boiler tubes. In another modification, the arrangement of parts as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is inverted, the hot gases passing downwards through the superheater.
Patent GB-190513617-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Press for Trousers & other Garments & Materials.
Inventor: PRESTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 13,617. Preston, W. July 3. Trouser presses ; trouser stretchers.-Trousers &c. are pressed between a base A and presser boards B by means of laths which are pivoted on the boards B and engage the wire inclines F. The wires on the other side are arranged in the opposite direction to that shown, so that, by rotating the laths, any desired pressure is obtained. Each presser board is tapered as shown so that, when that end is placed under the wire stirrup, E, the end of the garment is nipped preparatory to being stretched by hand. Presser boards may be applied to one or both sides of the base, and slotted wood sides may be used instead of the wire inclines. The base is grooved in the centre to accommodate the seams of the garments.
Patent GB-190517228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Speed of Flow of Liquids and the Speed of Ships
Inventor: KRIR EDOUARD MATHIAS
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 17,228. Krir, E. M. Aug. 25. Current meters; logs. - A n apparatus for indicating and recording the speed of a current of liquid, or of a ship, is shown in Fig. 1. The current is made to set up a difference of pressure between the two sides of a bellows-like diaphragm which is connected to a recording-style. This style moves over a clockdriven cylinder a distance proportional to the square root of the difference of pressure, and hence to the speed of the liquid. The diaphragm comprises a disk 18 connected to centrallyperforated bellows-plates 19, 20, and fixed to a slidable rod 21. The sides of the diaphragm are connected by stop-cocks 11, 12 to pilot tubes (not shown), the ends of which are in the liquid and open towards and at right-angles to the oncoming liquid. The slidable rod is connected to a cross-bar, the ends of which are attached to cords wound on drums on a spindle 28. This spindle is recessed at the middle so that a weight 34 can be hung from a point on its axis, the suspending-cord being tangential to a cam lever 30. The style 39 is driven from a pinion on this spindle, and the cam lever 30 is so shaped that the style moves proportionally to the square root of the difference of pressure. The upper stop-cocks 16, 17 of the bellows-chamber are for escape of air at the commencement, and may be connected to a pressuregauge tube to check the recording-apparatus. In applying the apparatus to ships, the pilot tubes are placed at the bow.
Patent GB-190517751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints for Railways, Tramways and the like
Inventor: MASON JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 17,751. Mason, J. A. Sept. 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Rail joints.-The ends of the rails are cut at an angle and connected by any known form of fishplates or chairs. The normal direction of motion for the rolling- stock, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1, is such that the wheel flanges always meet the rail ends at the obtuse angles, and leave them at the acute angles. In some cases, the fish-plate may be drilled with slanting holes, so that the fish-bolts may be inclined to the plane of the rail webs, and be at right-angles to the meeting surfaces of the rail ends. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902,.to Specification No. 3151, A.D. 1867.]
Patent GB-190521943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Shearing Machines.
Inventor: SACK HUGO
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-10-27
Abstract: 21,943. Sack, H. Oct. 27. Shearing.-Plateshearing machines are e actuated by levers and a series of four hydraulic cylinders graded to give fifteen degrees of power. The two cylinders for the smallest powers are arranged near the lever fulcrum, and the other cylinders at agreaterdiatance from it. The plungers a, Fig. 1, of the cylinders are hollowed out and receive sphericalended thrust-rods so that when a cylinder is idle its plunger may remain at rest and thus reduce the friction of the machine. The controlling-devices s, Fig. 2, are linked to separate levers which may be clutched to a shaft i by clutches k sliding on the shaft. A single lever n then suffices to operate all controlling-devices so connected. A platform u for the operators is arranged above the level of the plate to be cut.
Patent GB-190522907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engine and like Governors
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 22,907. Harrlson, G., [Pascall, R. H.]. Nov. 8. Centrifugal governors; load on, adjusting.-The downward motion of the upper sleeve f<1>, Figs. 1 and 2, is communicated to a cap j which is screwed to the sleeve and presses on an inner sleeve i, which in turn pulls on a rod h and opens the valve. The sleeve i can slide, but cannot rotate, on the spindle e, as shown by Fig. 3. Thus, by rotating the rod h by hand, the valve can be moved independently of the governor whether the engine is running or not. A spring m tends to raise the valve and resists the closing action both of the governor and of the manual adjustment. The torsion of this spring is adjustable by worm gear as shown. Fig. 2 shows the manner of attaching the leaf springs u to the sleeves. Slots are milled in each sleeve at a suitable angle, and the ends of the springs are secured flat in these slots. Bands v are shrunk on round the sleeves and the slots filled up with lead or other metal.
Patent GB-190523386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Underframing of Railway and like Cars.
Inventor: OSTRANDER ALLEN EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 23,386. Ostrander, A. E. Nov. 14. Underframing of bodies.-Relates to a cross bearer of the truss type in which a tension member, a compression member, and a strut are employed. The strut is formed by the centre sill members 1 with a filler 5, which is secured to the members 1 by its flanges 6 and by angles 8. The tension member 10 carries, at each end, a gusset 11, which is connected to a gusset 13, on the compression member 14, by rivets passing into the side sills 16. The compression member 14 is in the form of an inverted channel, it is secured to angles 3, 4 on the centre sill members 1, and connected to the centre sill by braces 22. A brace 20 is secured to each side sill and to the tension member 10, and has a horizontal portion 19, which has a strengthening-rib 21 and supports strips 18 for the floor member 17.