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Patent GB-190301549-A (GB)
Inventor: SEWELL WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1903-01-22
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 1549. Sewell, W. H. Jan. 22. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; packing, elastic felloes or rims. - Relates to means for absorbing vibration in cycle, motor car, and like wheels fitted with pneumatic or other elastic tyres formed from a number of separate rubber balls or the like, as described in Specifications No. 12,257, A.D. 1894, No. 27,086, A.D. 1897, No. 26,833, A.D. 1898, No. 17,654, A.D. 1900, and No. 18,595, A.D. 1902. Packing, in the form of an elastic cushion, or series of cushions G, is attached to or rests upon an inner shrunk-on rim C, and may consist of a flat or corrugated band of rubber, an inflatable tube, a series of rubber studs or balls ; or, for heavy vehicles, buffers of spring steel. or similar elastic material may be used. A circumferential band E of steel, wood, or other rigid material is interposed between the cushions and the tyre, and is connected by bolts H to the outer rim D. The rim D may be of channel section and fit over or inside the rim C.
Patent GB-190302606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twine Cutters.
Inventor: SHAFER IRA
Filed: 1903-02-03
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 2606. Shafer, I. April 28, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. String cutters.-The string passes through the orifice 2, then under the friction plate 27 which is pressed down by the spring 25, and then through the guide-spring 29 and hinged arm 7 to the orifice 10, which orifice is traversed by the cutter 11. When the required length of string has been pulled outwards from the arm 7, it is cut by pulling the arm downwards, since the tightening of the chain 19 rotates the crank shaft 16 and pulls the cutter 11 across the orifice 10. The arm 7 is hinged to the bracket 6, and is normally held up by si e springs 20 and the top guide-spring 29.
Patent GB-190305599-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Garter
Inventor: BAUER PERRY SIDNEY
Filed: 1903-03-10
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 5599. Bauer, P. S. March 10. Garters.-A garter, shown in Fig. 1, for holding up stockings or half-hose, consists of two bands 10, 11 of tape or elastic material, one end of each being looped, and the other end provided with a hook 16, so that the four ends may be connected by a cord 14. The cord may be fastened by a rigid clamp 15 to form a double loop ; the clamp may be made of elastic material to allow the garter to adjust itself as required, or the clamp may be dispensed with. The looped ends of the bands each have an adjusting-device 13. The hooks 16 may be replaced by loops ; in this case, the garter requires to be passed over the foot into position on the leg. The lower band only is intended to embrace the stocking.
Patent GB-190305688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Casting Steel Ingots in an Upward Direction from a Central Feeding Gate.
Inventor: CHANTRAINE ALPHONSE BAUDOUIN
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 5688. Chantraine, A. B. March 29, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Ingots.-Relates to apparatus for casting steel ingots in an upward direction from a central feeding-gate, whereby refractory material, sprue metal, &c. are economized. A base-plate a is channelled at b, in the rectangular fashion shown, to receive perforated blocks of refractory material d for leading the metal from the central gate e to the ingot moulds c. Other symmetrical arrangements may be used.
Patent GB-190307275-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Machinery for the Manufacture of Buttons and other Articles from Vegetable Ivory and other Materials.
Filed: 1903-03-28
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 7275. Soc. Rosenwald frÞres. April 14, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Boring and drilling.- A machine for making buttons &c. from vegetable ivory &c. consists of a series of tools for boring, shaping, and severing the buttons from blanks, which are held by clips on a table formed as an intermittently-rotating annulus. The main shaft f<1> carries a worm f and belt pulleys f<2>, f<3>, f<4>. The worm gears with four wormwheels h<4>, k<5>, &c. on horizontal axes from which the tool-holders are operated and the table annulus a is intermittently rotated. The table is driven by tooth and belt gearing, the belt being loose enough to slip when the table is at rest for the tools to operate. The feed of the table is arranged in short and long steps so as to allow of operating on two buttons &c. in one blank before passing to the next blank. The feed is controlled by short and long escapement teeth arranged in pairs on the annulus and held by two escapement pawls, of which g is spring acting and moves in a plane at right-angles to the pawl g<4>, which is operated by a lever h. The blanks are held by spring clips b with pivoted locking-levers b<1>. The drilling-tool i is, preferably, doubled so that the pairs of holes in two buttons are drilled in two operations. k' is a jointed lever for raising and lowering the drills which are rotated by the belt l. A shaping- tool for the upper surface is operated similarly to the drills. The severing-tool o is operated by the same method from below the table, and, at the moment of severing, the button is received in the spring mouth of the tube p, which is lowered by the spring p<9> and is raised by the motion of a stud p<6> against the bell-crank lever p<2>, p<3>. The buttons accumulate in a receiver p<2> surmounting the tube p.
Patent GB-190307734-A (GB)
Title: A Solderless Pipe Junction.
Inventor: PUGH SAMUEL ALLEN
Filed: 1903-04-03
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 7734. Pugh, S. A. April 3. Couplings, attaching pipes to. - Relates to a solderless pipe joint for either metal or flexible tubing. The lead piping is expanded, and gripped between two cones, adjusted by screwing together, or by a flange coupling. Fig. 1 shows a section of the joint, applied to two lengths of lead piping. The cone D has its smaller end equal to the outside diameter of the pipe A, which is placed through outer cone D, and its end expanded by the inner cone C being screwed into the cone D by means of nuts G, F. The internal diameter of the cone C is the same as that of the lead piping A, B. Fig. 2 shows the coupling screwed on to iron piping N, and a joint with lead piping A made by means of the cones. Flexible piping may be jointed by means of this apparatus.
Patent GB-190309923-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Raising Sunken Vessels and the like.
Inventor: GROVES DAVID CALDER
Filed: 1903-05-01
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 9923. Groves, D. C., and Stanton, A. R. May 1. Acetylene. - Relates to means for generating gas for raising sunken vessels by placing calcium carbide in a tube, and allowing it to pass a valve into the vessel to be raised. The water is thus forced out, and the raising is assisted by means of cylinders filled with acetylene. Fig. 2 shows the form of tube used for introducing the carbide, fitted with the sliding valves 6, 8, the bottom valve being closed when the top valve is open, and vice versÔ. These valves are worked by means of the screwed spindles 10, and the nuts 7. In cases where the tube 2 cannot be extended to the surface, the carbide is enclosed in a vessel which is opened by means of a spear or cutter 13. The delivery pipe for the water forced out extends nearly to the bottom of the vessel and is fitted with a valve similar to the valves 6, 8. The cylinders 20, used to assist the raising, are shown in Fig. 4. They are sunk by admitting water and are fitted with similar apparatus to that shown in Fig. 2, and also with a similar delivery pipe to that described. They are attached by chains to the vessel.
Patent GB-190313483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coffee Grinding Mills
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,483. Kin-Hee, Ltd., and Chasseaud, E. R. June 16. Feeding devices for domestic or other hand coffee mills. A closed feed-hopper a, more or less airtight, is used, instead of the usual hopper, to preserve the aroma of the coffee. A lid d may be screwed on or otherwise attached, or a lid may be dispensed with, the berries being introduced into the hopper from the lower end b, which is screwed or otherwise attached to the top of the mill. The lower part a<1> is tapered or conical. A hermeticallysealed hopper may be used to contain the berries, the lower thin sheet of tin plate being cut away immediately before grinding.
Patent GB-190314073-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method for the Preparation of Durable Collodion Emulsions for all Colour Rays of the Spectrum suitable for the Production of Negatives for Half Tone in Natural Colours.
Inventor: NUSCH FERDINAND
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 14,073. Nusch, F., [trading as Harrington & Co., F. G.], [Tarsulat, F.]. June 24. Sensitized plates and films.-Collodion emulsions are treated with di-iodo flourescein alone or in combination with dye-stuffs or with directly or indirectly sensitive salts or solutions. The emulsions are used in the preparation of half-tone negatives for the production of blocks for printing in natural colours by three-colour or other processes.
Patent GB-190314592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle-filling Machines.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 14,592. Marks, G. C., [Strasburger, F. C. H.]. June 30. Bottling.-Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of a machine according to this invention, only two filling tubes and valves being shown. The machine comprises a rotary shaft which carries with it a liquid-supply tank 35, a table 19 carrying guides 20 for the stems 21 of the bottle rests 22, and a support 30 for the levers 25, 26, 27, by which the bottle rests 22 are raised so as to bring the mouths of the bottles into contact with the filling-valves 43. The levers 25, 26, 27 are operated by a fixed cam 29, A spring 24 is interposed between the top of the stem 21 and the bottle rest 22, to provide for variations in the heights of bottles. A float valve 41 which, when raised sufficiently, closes the air exit from the tank 35, thereby automatically regulates the supply of liquid through the pipe 38. Figs. 7 and 8 show, in vertical sections at right-angles to each other, the construction of the filling-valves. Each consists of a block 43. which is screwed into an aperture in the bottom of the tank 35 and has a central passage 45 for the liquid to pass through. The upper end of this passage is normally closed by a plug 48 fastened on spindles 49, which carry a head 50 and springs 51, which serve both to keep the valve closed and to jam the packing 54 tightly round the spindles 49. The valve is opened by the bottle mouth in its upward motion pressing against the underside of the head 50. The air from the bottle passes along notches 66 and a passage 59 into a chamber 60 containing a notched and grooved disc 61, which, when raised by the air pressure, allows the air to pass through a tube 65 into the top of the tank 35.
Patent GB-190317004-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pleated Fabric and Method of Manufacturing the same
Inventor: DEFLANDRE ALEXIS HENRI
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,004. Deflandre, A. H., and Bastien, T. F. Aug. 4. Pleating.-Movable or turning warp threads t, Fig. 1, are woven along with the ordinary warp threads c and weft threads d in the usual way. The threads c are cut near the end, and the threads t are pulled straight as shown in Fig. 2, so that the fabric becomes rucked up or pleated as shown in Fig. 3, which is a section on A B, Fig. 2. The threads t may be arranged at the edges or other parts of the fabric.
Patent GB-190320638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriters and similar Machines.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,638. Clark, W., [Underwood Typewriter Co.]. Sept. 25. Type-writers and like machines.-Relates to the tabulating and paper carriage mechanism. Fig. 2 shows a rear view. The tabulating stop E slides on a rod F, and is moved against the spring G into different positions by depressing one of the tabulator keys B. The keys B operate levers C which raise rollers D against the inclined projections E<1> of the stop. After the stop is moved lengthwise of the rod, it is swung over so that its upper end E<2> engages one or more stop H adjustable on the carriage J. The stop is swung over by the part D engaging one of the lateral arms. The upper part of the stop is steadied by engaging in the teeth of a rack P fixed on the framing. A projection on the upper part of the stop also operates a part connected with the escapement dogs to free the carriage. The different keys B move the stop into the units, tens, &c. positions. A carriage sliding - bearing is described, having three sets of balls in V-grooves, no two sets being in either the same horizontal or the same vertical plane.
Patent GB-190326502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Thawing Ice or Frost on Windows or Show Cases.
Inventor: TRAUTMANN MAX
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-12-03
Abstract: 26,502. Trautmaan, M. Dec. 3. Gas burners.-For melting ice on a show case or window, a number of burners are fitted on a pipe c carrying rollers d engaging guidepillars b, the pipe being adjusted vertically by chains h wound on wheels f. These wheels are mounted on a shaft e operated by two wheels g, k and an endless chain i. The gas is supplied by a flexible pipe l. The gas jets are covered by protective bell-shaped bodies m secured to the flat parts of the pipe c by pins p. Hollow protective cylinders open at the bottom and covered by a flat, convex, or arched cover may be used. Transparent covers bearing advertisements may be used. The pipe c may be protected by a single long casing with fireproof transparent top and front.
Patent GB-190414639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Coal Handling Apparatus.
Inventor: MILLER THOMAS SPENCER
Filed: 1904-06-29
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 14,639. Lake, H. H., [Miller, T. S.]. June 29. Colliers; ship's compartments; cranes, arrangement of; hatches and hatchways.-Relates to the general arrangement of a collier which is constructed as shown in Fig. 1, with the machinery and steam generators located in a compartment E at the stern, and with compartments for the crew at G in the bow. The cargo occupies the whole of the central portion of the vessel and is carried in a series of water-tight compartments, which are not apertured below the main deck, but each of which extends the whole width of the vessel. There are two hatchways to each compartment ; these compartments are situated in pairs between each pair of masts and have hoppers 30 arranged between them. The masts are of great height and support hoisting-gears by means of fixed sheaves 7 attached to a cable stretche d between them at the tops. In addition, each mast carries a swinging boom acting as a crane which forms part of a bag-delivery apparatus for swinging bags of coal outboard to another vessel. A conveyer having trolleys supported by, and running on, overhead rails is arranged between decks, as shown in Fig. 3, for transporting the bags of coal from the bagging- hopper to the bag-delivery apparatus.
Patent GB-190424921-A (GB)
Title: An Attachment to an Ordinary Barrel Key and Lock to indicate on the Key whether the Lock has been left Locked or Open
Inventor: COE JAMES CLARENCE CHARLES
Filed: 1904-11-17
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 24,921. Coe, J. C. C. Nov. 17. Key indicators; keys.-The hollow barrel of the key A, Fig. 1, contains an indicating-cylinder C, carrying a projection D, which engages with a projection F on the end of the key pin B. The shapes and positions of these projections are so arranged that one revolution of the key causes a . quarter-revolution of the indicating-cylinder, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and interchanges the letters "O" and "L," which are on the cylinder and visible through an aperture in the key barrel. A curved slot E, Figs. 1 and 9, having its end walls converging at right angles to the centre of the cylinder and then diverging at right-angles, receives the pin G arranged across the key barrel. A spring H presses either end of the slot against the pin, and thus retains the indicating-cylinder in either the " open " or "locked" positions.
Patent GB-190501552-A (GB)
Title: Electric Fans.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1905-01-26
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 1552. Fairweather, W., [Diehl Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 26. Pivots.-Relates to adjustable supports for electrically-driven fans. The motor casing a is centrally pivoted in a yoke g so that the fan may be inclined to the horizontal. The yoke is adapted to rotate on a vertical axis about an intermediate section f of the support. The connexion consists of a hollow externally-threaded boss k, on the one, which screws into a hole in the other ; a spring o, placed in a chamber in the intermediate piece, presses against the base of the yoke to prevent this from rotating freely. The spring is compressed to the required extent by screwing down the yoke after removing a stop pin m, which works in a groove in the section f and is prevented from making a complete rotation by contact with the top of the spring.
Patent GB-190506789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: BROTHERHOOD STANLEY
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 6789. Brotherhood, S., and Bryant, C. W. March 30. Combustion-product engines; compressed-air engines.-In torpedo and like engines, in which compressed air or other working fluid is heated in the storage reservoir or in a chamber interposed between the reservoir and the engine, by liquid or other fuel, ignited by hand or by any suitable means when the torpedo is launched or the engine is started, the engine communicates with the reservoir by a pipe c terminating in the truncated cone d placed over a pan e which contains the fuel. The pan preferably contains some incombustible absorbent material such as asbestos fibre, kept in place by a wire grating e<1>. The fuel reservoir f has a supply pipe g closed by a screw plug or valve, and a pipe g<1> from the reservoir b by means of which the pressure above the fuel is equal to that in the chamber b. The fuel is supplied to the pan e by a pipe h controlled by a spring-loaded valve i, the spindle j of which is connected to a piston l in a cylinder k, of which one end is open to the engine chamber and the other end is connected by a pipe n to a pump p, preferably of the oscillating valveless type, the suction inlet of which is open to the engine chamber close to the engine casing. If the engine casing is surrounded by water, the pump p will force water into the cylinder k, the pressure within which can be regulated by an adjustable orifice o, and thus open the fuel valve i. If the water does not surround the engine casing, the pressure within the cylinder k will not be sufficient to open the fuel valve, and therefore excessive temperature or pressure is avoided. The valve i is preferably provided with a small by-pass, operated by hand or by the engine, or in the case of a torpedo by contact with the launching-- apparatus, which enables the material in the pan e to be saturated while the valve i is closed. The fuel may be ignited by an igniter q which may be fired by hand previous to starting, or by the engine mechanism, or by the launching of the torpedo. A mechanical method is shown in Fig. 2, in which the detonator r that fires the igniter q is exploded by a spring- loaded striker s. The spring is compressed and released by a pin u suitably placed, to alter the time of firing, on a disk v driven by suitable gearing from the engine shaft. With this arrangement, the supply of liquid fuel will be approximately proportional to the consumption of the working fluid. The Provisional Specification states that the stroke of the water-circulating pump may be varied automatically.
Patent GB-190507032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Calcination of Hydrated Alumina.
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 7032. Compagnie des Produits Chimiques d'Alais et de la Camargue. April 8, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fire-bricks and slabs are formed by calcining in moulds hydrated alumina mixed with a small quantity, say, one per cent, of a solution of fluoride, preferably aluminium fluoride, or of dilute hydrofluoric acid. If the final temperature is about 120‹ C., the resulting anhydrous alumina is agglomerated into a coherent mass.
Patent GB-190508340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Heating of Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: BARTER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 8340. Barter, C. April 19. Swivelling joints. - In an apparatus as shown for heating water by means of steam, the water inlet and outlet pipes b, d are faced off at an angle, and are adapted to be rotated upon each other, the steam nozzle h being arranged upon the axis of rotation. Hooked bolts f secure the flanges of the pipes together.
Patent GB-190511593-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pipe Coupling.
Inventor: BERRYMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 11,593. Berryman, W. June 2. Screw unions ; swivelling joints.-A flexible coupling, which permits considerable movement out of axial alinement, comprises a sleeve b secured on one pipe end, india-rubber washers d, i enveloping the enlarged end of the other pipe e, screwed external nut f, and a rigid washer h for making the joint tight. A fair amount of clearance between the pipe e and washer h allows of free movement without breaking the joint. Specifications No. 25,826, A.D. 1902, and No. 7209, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190516547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 16,547. Drake, B. M., Jones, A. D., and Jandus Arc Lamp and Electric Co. Aug. 15. Arc lamps.-Stops for supporting " flame" carbons at their burning ends consist of cheap metal tipped with a refractory metal, and are arranged to receive very little heat by radiation or convection from the arc, while readily dissipating heat absorbed from the carbon by conduction. The body d of the stop may be of conical form, with transverse or longitudinal ribs, and is of iron, copper, nickel, phosphor-bronze, or other metal of good heat-conductivity. The tip is preferably of platinum - iridium alloy, containing 25 per cent of iridium, and is let into the end of the body, or applied thereto in the form of a cap a as shown ; electro-deposition may be made use of. The supports of the stops are placed at a distance from the arc, and may also be arranged to dissipate heat. The carbons preferably rest on these stops for a third or a quarter of their diameter. When the carbons are nearly parallel, they may be mechanically connected, only one of them being supported by a stop.
Patent GB-190519457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Elevating Grain and other Granular or Pulverulent Material.
Inventor: ROHDE LOUIS GASTON
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 19,457. Rohde, L. G., and Rohde, H. J. Sept. 26. Hinged valves.-Relates to admission valves for pneumatic grain elevators. In the interior of the pipe c are flexible sleeves of copper or other suitable material having transverse slits k. Inside these tubes are other tubes l acting as supporting- tubes to the flexible tubes j, and having whistlelike notches arranged as shown with regard to the slits k and orifices d. The weight of the superincumbent material forces open the flexible tube as at k<1>, and admits the grain.