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Patent GB-190305501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gunnery relating to the Sighting and to the Equalization of the Ranging of Guns of Different Calibres Separately or in Combination
Inventor: SCOTT LOTHIAN KERR
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 5501. Scott, L. K. March 9. Ordnance design; methods of sighting; mountings.- A gun of small calibre, termed the "ranging gun," is attached to a gun of larger calibre, so that their projectiles have a common point of impact whatever the elevation. Sighting shots can be made with the small gun, and the large gun fired when the target has been hit by the small gun. Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 show two arrangements for coast guns, and Fig. 9 one for naval guns. The small gun 7 is given the proper elevation corresponding to that of the large gun 36 by the lever 28 actuated by a projection 35<a> of a collar 35 on the gun 36. Square nuts 29<a> sliding in grooves 28<a> in the lever 28 and guided by the frame 30 carry pivots 27<a>, 28<b> bearing rollers acting, respectively, on the cam-curve 17 of the small gun 7 and on the cam-curve 27 of the sight 15<d>. The direction of the small gun 7 is altered by the cam-curve 18 acting on a pin 3<a> attached to the jacket 1 of the gun, as shown in Fig. 3. The shape of the cam-curves is adjusted by trial. The recoil of the gun 7 in the jacket 1 is taken by the springs 5, 5<a> bearing on collars 6, 8, 11, 8a fitting closely to the gun and jacket. On the return, the valve 2 only admits air slowly to the part of the jacket in front of the pivots 15 to avoid shock to the cam mechanism. Fig. 6 shows another arrangement for coast guns, where the gun 7 is mounted on an extension of the trunnions of the large guns. The cam 17 is actuated by a roller 26 on a lever 49 pivoted at 50 to the carriage 39 and actuated by a lever 45 attached to the large gun 36. Fig. 9 shows an arrangement for naval guns with duplex elevating- gear, the pivot 50 of the roller bearing lever being attached to loose arms 53 connected together by the bolt 54, which carries the elevating-gear 37<a>, as described in Specification No. 25,585, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190308158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: FALK SOLOMON
Filed: 1903-04-08
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 8158. Falk, S. April 8. Incandescent gas lamps.-In anti-vibration devices, in which a loose burner head is weighted and supported upon a spring, an annular weight b is spun into the loose burner head a, and the spring f is connected to a ring h, spun upon the flange g to prevent the spring from being accidentally detached, and is supported upon the flange e, which guides the lower end of the weight. The sleeve i for protecting the lower end of the mantle also serves as the chimney or globe holder k, and is detachably connected to the burner head by lips l engaging with segmental flanges provided with stops for preventing the lips from being turned too far. The air inlets to the burner may be protected by a bell p.
Patent GB-190311881-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing Bottles from being Refilled.
Inventor: RAVELLI RAFFAELE
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 11,881. Ravelli, R. May 25. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The neck b of the bottle is formed with a shoulder c, which may be provided with a washer d, the mouth of the bottle being contracted, as shown. After the bottle has been filled, a tube e is inserted in the neck, in which it is fixed by cement g &c. The tube e has a contracted seat j for a ball or other valve l, a contracted throat k, and a contracted outlet h, the shoulder f of the tube resting on the washer d. Above the valve l is a guard m, which serves to prevent tampering with the valve. The guard may be provided with ribs n and projections q, to provide passage ways round the valve for the liquid, and to prevent the valve from obstructing the throat k when the contents are being poured out. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the valve and guard are thimble-shaped. The mouth of the tube e is, normally, closed by an ordinary cork or stopper i, Fig. 1. The valve l permits the contents to be poured out, but prevents refilling. A loose floatable ball may be placed inside the bottle, to engage with and close the outlet j when the bottle is inverted and the contents exhausted.
Patent GB-190314636-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Applying Bronze or other Powders to Card Board, Photograph Mounts, Bookcovers, Leather, Imitation Leather, Transfers, and other like Material, and for Dusting Off the Surplus Powder therefrom.
Inventor: SILVERLOCK WILLIAM BREWER
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 14,636. Silverlock, W. E. July 1. Bronzing &c.-A machine for applying bronze or other powders to cardboard, photograph mounts, book covers, leather, imitation leather, transfers, and the like is shown in section. The parts are enclosed in a frame or case a having a feed-slot f and a delivery slot d. The case a contains an endless band or belt c on rollers or drums b, a bronze trough h in which are bronzing-rollers g and a rubbing-in and dusting roller i, retarding- rollers j, and dusting-rollers k, k<1> with baffle-plates n. The sheets are placed face downwards on a table e, and are pushed through the slot f and in between the band c and the top roller g, and travel between the band c and the dusting-rollers i, k, and then between the dusting-rollers k<1>, and out through delivery rollers l.
Patent GB-190320057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire Extinguishing Appliances.
Inventor: MORRIS EDWARD BRIAN LAWLER
Filed: 1903-09-17
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 20,057. Morris, E. B. L. Sept. 17. Lift valves, closing, retarding shocks, preventing -Relates to the valves in dry-pipe systems of fire-ex tinguisbing. The casing A, Fig. 4, contains two valves B, C joined by a hollow spindle, the valve C presenting a smaller area to the water than the other valve to the compressed air. Openings G are provided into the hollow guide on which the valve works, and openings H from the hollow chamber J. This prevents any water-hammer action from operating the valve. It also prevents re-seating, since, when the valve is lifted, water passes into the chamber J and acts as a cushion to prevent the descent of the valve on to its seat due to the weight of superincumbent water. The hollow guide communicates with a pipe E, so that the water entering it can actuate an alarm. Projections on the valve C and the guide limit the rising of the valve.
Patent GB-190322683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Feed-pumps for Steam Generators.
Inventor: SGAL LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,683. Sgal, L. Oct. 20. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-Relates to the valve gear for operating the distribution valves of steam-actuated feed-pumps, and consists in providing a spring trigger device in connection with the piston-rod, by means of which the valve, which is of the rotary type, is operated at each stroke of the piston. One or more pump plungers may be employed, and a device may be attached for regulating the action of the pump according to the quantity of water in the boiler.
Patent GB-190322740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Opthalmoscopes, Sight-testing Apparatus, and Microscopes
Inventor: HOFMANN ERHARDT
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,740. Hofmann, E. Oct. 21. Sight-testing apparatus ; microscopes.-Relates to the use of an illuminating-device with a horizontallyplaced microscope so that the observer may view an illuminated image of his own eye ; or the device may be used for viewing small objects. Fig. 1 shows apparatus in which the microscope is enclosed in a box provided with an aperture at which the eye may be placed. An illuminating-device is situated at the other end, a little to the side of the microscope and is vertically and longitudinally adjustable. The box is provided with an aperture for escape of combustion products. Fig. 2 shows the course of the rays when the instrument is used for examining the eye. Here F, F<1> are the foci of the lens Ob, and f is the focus of the mirror formed by the back surface of the lens Oc. An image A<1> B' of the eye A B is formed by the lens Ob ;the front refracting and back reflecting surfaces of the lens Oc produce an image A<2> B<2> ; and finally an erect virtual image A<3> B<3> is formed and viewed. The tubes are movable longitudinally so that they may be adjusted to, and may measure the " sights of, different eyes.
Patent GB-190406163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Drying Boots and the like.
Inventor: BRAUN WILHELM
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 6163. Braun, W. March 14. Drying boots &c. - A receptacle containing a hygroscopic substance b, such as calcium chloride, and fitted with a perforated top c, is inserted in the boot &c. The calcium chloride rests on a layer of felt, a metal grid, a perforated sheet or wirework a, through which liquid falls. When not in use, the receptacle is closed by a cover e.
Patent GB-190412740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heads for Steam Exhaust Pipes.
Inventor: BROWN CHARLES WATKINSON
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 12,740. Brown, C. W., [Warden, W. F.]. June 6. Extracting oils.-Consists of a head for steam exhaust pipes for separating and collecting the water of condensation and oil from the exhaust steam and permitting the escape of the steam in a dry condition. The casing 1 is provided with a top 4 having an outlet pipe 5 with a flange 7, gutters 6, and pipes 8 to catch and return to the bottom any steam or oil carried or condensed there. Exhaust steam enters the pipe 10 and is discharged tangentially from the branches 11. The steam is condensed on perforated metal plates 12, and channels 13 are provided to accelerate the descent of deposited water and oil, which passes out of the casing through the outlet 9.
Patent GB-190420945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Permanent Way or Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: ERVIN GEORGE MCCLELLAN
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 20,945. Ervin, G. M. Sept. 29. Points and switches; crossings.-Railway track structures such as frogs, crossings, mates, and switches are formed from castings of hard metal, having shaped recesses or pockets to receive the rails, and provided or not with renewable wearing pieces of manganese, chrome, or other hard steel. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a frog having a central castmetal body A provided with a renewable central wearing piece B and arms a, a<1> having shaped recesses and pockets to receive the rails A<1>. The recesses are larger than the rails, and molten spelter or other soft metal is run into the surrounding space to fix them in position. The arms a, a<1> also have parts a<2>, a<3> which form rail and guard members. The renewable wearing-piece may be dispensed with, and the parts a<2>, a<3> may be replaced by extra rails C, as shown in Fig. 7. A right-angled crossing of the three-rail type having a renewable centre piece is also shown in the Specification Figs. 10 and 12 show a switchmate in which the central body E is provided with a renewable plate F and arms G for receiving grooved tram rails H, A tongue switch is also shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190423668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread Guides for Spinning and Doubling Machines.
Inventor: BURTINSHAW JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 23,668. Burtinshaw, J. Nov. 2. Threadguides.- A thread-guide B for spinning and doubling machines is secured by means of a bolt d and nut D within a box-like bracket A which is stamped from a sheet-metal blank, the guide passing through a hole a in the bracket. The bracket is hinged to a plate F adjustably secured to the guide-rail G, and is provided with a hinged lid C which fits closely within the bracket. As the thread-guide is secured within a casing, there is no place or projection to collect or retain fluff from the yarn. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the lid need not be hinged, and may be fitted on the underside of the casing.
Patent GB-190500500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Phonographs, and like Instruments.
Inventor: CLARKSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 500. Clarkson, J., and Powell, J. Jan. 10. Phonographs.-A phonograph is adapted to reproduce long cylinder records or two or more ordinary records without stopping. The machine is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with two horns 1, 2 connected to the reproducer by the piece 4<B>, to each branch of which is attached a connecting-piece 4<a>. When the horn 2 is in use, the connecting-piece 4<a> slides in a long aluminium tube 3, which slides in a ball swivel joint 5. The other piece 4<B> is connected to the horn 1 by a socket-piece 16. Both trumpets are assisted in their progressive motion by the weight 11<B>.
Patent GB-190505052-A (GB)
Title: Trough-charging Travelling Crane for Siemens-Martin Furnaces.
Inventor: REUTER WOLFGANG
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 5052. Reuter, W. March 10. Cranes. -Relates to trough-charging travelling c r a n e s for Siemens-Martin furnaces. The travelling hoist b has a downwardlyextending frame c serving as a guide for a column d. The upper end of this column is mounted in a thrust bearing in a traverse carrying two rollers f over which pass chains g, which are anchored to beams and pass over chainwheels. By this means, up-anddown motion of the column is permitted, while motion can also take place about a vertical axis. The trunnions of the charging-arms l are supported in slots i in side-plates h the arm being kept horizontal by springs m. The driver's platform n is suspended from the bearings of the arm l, so that the driver is warned bv the impulse if any shock takes place. The front half of the charging-arm is enclosed in a casing o, and carries at its forward end claws which engage recesses in the trough z. The casing is displaced by a hand-lever t. A motor hoist may be provided to rnn on the girder a, for which the same controller may be used. The troughs may, if desired, be brought up by a conveyer crane and deposited on a gallery, whence the charging-crane may take them to the furnace.
Patent GB-190510158-A (GB)
Title: Appliances for use in Drilling Triangular, Square, and other Straight Sided Holes.
Inventor: BARNARD WILLIAM AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 10,158. Barnard, W. A. May 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Drilling; drills.-A former of the required shape is rigidly attached to the work, and the drill is guided by its curved sides and its angles, which are assisted in penetrating right into the corners by the resistance of the leading cutting-edge. Drills for three to eight sided holes are described. In the case of a triangle, Fig. 1<a>, the drill has a major axis equal to the height and is of a section bounded by curves of this radius. Cutting-edges d' are formed from the angles to touch rearwardly a small circle at its centre. Cutting-edges f<1> may also be formed at the minor axis and at intermediate points. All drills for holes with an odd number of sides have a major axis equal to the distance between a vertex and the opposite side and are of a type corresponding to the example shown in Fig. 3<a>. In the case of holes having an even member of sides, the cutter has a straight side rs, Fig. 5<a>, equal in length to a side of the hole, and has two curved sides starting at an angle about equal to the angle between two sides of the hole and ending in arcs of radius equal to the distance between two opposite sides and struck from the ends of the side rs. Cutting-edges d<5>, f <5>, m<5> are formed tangential to a small circle at the centre to the points r, s, and k<5>, the point of intersection of the curved sides. By re-setting the former and drilling a second or further number of times; oblong, star, or other straight-sided holes may be produced.
Patent GB-190513834-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Treating Yeast to Render it Suitable for Commercial purposes.
Inventor: GOTHARD FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-07-05
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 13,834. Gothard, F. July 5. Yeast.-To render fresh yeast suitable for commercial purposes, particularly as a cattle food and a manure, it is pulverized or granulated, preferably by rubbing through a series of screens, mixed with a pulverized absorbent, sterilized, and dried. Absorbents suitable in making a cattle food are dried spent hops or hop meal, ground malt dust, dried brewers' grains, oat bran, and malt culms Molasses may also be added. For manure, the absorbents used are chalk, garden soil and sawdust, and basic slag, phosphate of lime, sodium nitrate, or ammonium sulphate may be added. Specification No. 6971, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Agricultural appliances, Farmyard &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190515997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 15,997. Robinson, A. S. r. Aug. 4. Drawings to Specification. Lubricating vehicle wheels. A resilient wheel in which the rim portion is supported on resilient rollers is closed by means of side plates, the rollers and other parts being lubricated by means of dry powdered or flaked graphite.
Patent GB-190522658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sights for Firearms & Air Rifles.
Inventor: BONEHILL CHRISTOPHER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 22,658. Bonehill, C. G. Nov. 6. Sights.-A backsight consists of a leaf 1, pivoted at 5 to a stud 8 on the barrel of a rifle or air gun. The leaf is tilted by a short arm 4 engaging in a groove 11 in the head of the elevating-screw 10, which is screwed into the barrel, and is held in any position by a suitably-arranged spring, or the leaf may be fixed by a second screw 21. The sight 15 may be adjusted for windage in a slide 13 in the end of the leaf. In a modified form, the screw 10 is dispensed with and a screw similar to the screw 21 is employed to elevate the leaf. In this case, a spiral spring is located beneath the short arm 4 of the leaf.
Patent GB-190523393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleansing Filters.
Inventor: BLAISDELL HIRAM WHEELER
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 23,393. Blaisdell, H. W. Nov. 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filter-beds, cleansing.-Travelling apparatus is shown, Fig. 5, in connection with a sand filter-bed having a cover 2 supported by columns 3. The frame 8 is provided with rollers 9 travelling on rails 5, supported by brackets on the columns and by rods 7 from the cover. It is driven by a motor 75 connected with one of the rollers 9 by wheel and chain gearing arranged to give a slow forward and fast backward motion. Two hose pipes 56 are wound upon reels 38 at the back of the frame and serve for the supply and discharge of the washing liquid. A spur-wheel on the reel shaft gears with a pinion rotated by means of belt gearing from one of the travelling wheels, so that the hose pipes are wound or unwound as the apparatus travels to and fro. The liquid supply passes from the those to the pipe 61 from which it is delivered to the several cleansing units by:flexible branch pipes 62. A single unit is shown in Fig. 6. Tubular agitating teeth 22 with perforations 23 are attached to the radial arms 21 of a boss 20, which is screwed on to the lower hollow end 19 of a rotating shaft 18. Vertical plates 10, 11 form a case for the washer. As the shaft 18 is rotated by chain and wheel gearing from a motor 25 liquid from the pipe 62 passes down the shaft 19 and out through the perforations 23, the amount supplied being regulated by screw plugs 24 at the top of the teeth The dirty water is withdrawn by the pump 49 through the pipes 52, 51, 50 and passes away through the pipe 48, the connexion 54, and the hose 56. The frame 14 of several such cleansing units are capable of lateral motion on shafts 15 extend. ing across the machine, and either all or only the external units are drawn inwards when the machine approaches obstructions such as the columns 3. An automatic tripper coming into contact with the obstruction connects one side of the piston 67, Fig. 7, with hydraulic pressure and the cleansing unit is moved by means of the rod 68. Pressure is admitted to the other side as soon as the obstruction is passed. Dirty water is prevented from escaping from the washing chamber by curved plates or sliding shoes 69, hinged to plates 10<a>, 11<a>, the sliding shoes being drawn up by means of a rope 70, when a push rod 72 to which it is attached comes into contact with the end wall of the bed. A perforated pipe or sprayer is connected to the pipe 48, so that a portion of the bacteria-charged water may be returned to the filter if desired. A folding platform 74 for an operator is hinged at the rear of the frame 8. The lower portion of the machine may be enclosed to form a boatlike structure 73, in order that the liquid in which it is submerged will partially support the apparatus.
Patent GB-190600231-A (GB)
Title: Improved Unit System of Bins, Shelving or Pigeon Holes, for Keeping Engineers' and all other Forms of Small Part Stores.
Filed: 1906-01-03
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 231. Curtis, A. H., and Sturtevant Engineering Co. Jan. 3. Bins &c. for storing material such as small machine parts are made with uprights a wherein downwardly inclined slots d are cut, the grooves serving as guides for the downturned edges g of the trays e. The uprights a are connected by cross-pieces b, c at the bottom and top, and diagonal braces c<1> serve to stiffen the structure ; the particular formation of tray described also assists in effecting this. The grooved wooden uprights a may be replaced by bars or strips of metal supporting tongues with grooves d<2> therein as shown in Fig. 4, or such tongues may be punched out of the solid metal. Flap doors j, Fig. 11, may be pivoted at m to the fronts of the various recesses, and instead of trays drawers or shelves may be supported in the grooves, and the back parts of such trays or shelves may be turned up to prevent articles from falling out behind. Various sections may be joined together by means of cross-shaped jointing-pieces.
Patent GB-190607748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Glasss Blowing Apparatus
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 7 7 4 8. Niederrheinische Glash³tten Ges., and Krug, C. March 31. Blowing; moulding.-The parison is placed in the finishing-mould i, and the blow-head l, which is fixed to the lower end of a tubular piston-rod g, is brought down by a pivoted hand-lever n. A cylinder b is then lowered by a hand-lever f, forcing air down the tube g into the parison. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,620, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190611674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Endless Chain Morticing Machines.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 11,674. Wilson, G. E. May 18. Mortising. -The pinion shaft of an endless-chain mortising- machine, is driven by a band or belt the tension of which is automatically m a i n - tained. The shaft 6, which at its front end carries a pinion, is mounted in bearings provided with a lubricating- well, in a slide moved by the usual handle in vertical guides in a frame 1. The tension of the belt 13 is adjusted by a pulley 29, mounted in the slotted end of the arm 25 of a lever, which is pivoted to a bracket 20 on the frame. This lever is operated by the engagement with the other arm 30 of a stud 32 projecting from the rear surface of the slide through an opening 35 in the frame, and the lowest position of the slide is attained when the stud 33 touches the edge 34 of the opening.