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Patent GB-190212358-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Digging up Potatoes and for Removing the Soil therefrom.
Inventor: BASFORD WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 12,358. Basford, W., and Gospel, W. May 31. Potato diggers.- Relates to an implement for digging potatoes, separating them from the soil, and leaving them in a row upon the ground. The main frame consists of three parts. The main axle E is supported in a frame A<1> pivoted on a shaft F mounted in the central frame A, which is pivoted at its front end to a portion W to which the shafts or draught-pole W<1> is secured. The front portion of the frame A can be adjusted relatively to the part W by means of a lever X<5> acting through a crank arm and link. The portions A, A<1> can be adjusted by means of a lever U acting through a quadrantal rack and pinion. By adjusting the several parts of the main frame, the depth of work can be regulated, or the share P can be raised clear of the ground. The share P is carried by the part A. A shaking screen K is mounted behind the share P. The screen is operated by means of arms I pivoted at L and actuated by crank-pins G<1> on wheels G mounted on the shaft F and driven by chain or other gearing from a wheel C on the main axle E. The wheels B are connected to the axle E by ratchet clutches. The screen K can be fastened up out of contact with the ground by means of chains Y.
Patent GB-190212381-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Box
Inventor: ALO VICTOR LOUIS
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 12,381. Alo, V. L. May 3t. Packing-cases for fruit and other delicate articles are formed in separable parts, which are removably hinged together by means of pintle hinges. The sides b, c have ledges or bars j forming grooves in which the ends are received. Within the box is fitted a frame g having projections at the top and bottom which fit in recesses in the lid d and bottom e of the box. The frame g and the ends of the box have ledges h which serve to support shelves i. The lid is secured by ordinary hasp fastenings. Strengthening-bands terminating in hoisting-rings are secured to the sides. The parts on being packed are placed over one another and secured by bolts passing through perforations t.
Patent GB-190213126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, for Motive Power, Pumping, Blowing, Exhausting, and the like.
Inventor: HODGSON HERBERT HAVELOCK
Filed: 1902-06-10
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 13,126. Hodgson, H. H. June 10. Annular-chamber type.- The piston is cam-shaped, with a drop at A', and may have a packing-piece L, held up by fluid pressure, or by centrifugal force. The valve C is pushed outwards by the piston, and returned by a spring, under the control of a dash-pot K, provided with a regulating-valve. It is guided at the ends in grooves H, in the cylinder walls, and may have a wedge-shaped packing-piece c<3> riveted to it. To take up wear, the rivets are cut out, and the plate c<3> let up towards the inner end of the valve.
Patent GB-190213936-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Continuous Extraction of Highly Inflammable Oils from Petroleum Discharged from Condensors, Refrigeratories, Reservoirs and the like, or for Continuous Distillation of Liquids.
Inventor: FISCHER JOSEF
Filed: 1902-06-19
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,936. Fischer, J. June 19. Purifying oils.-Relates to a process for the continuous extraction of benzine and other highlyinflammable oils from petroleum, or for the continuous distillation of liquids. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 a similar view of a modification. Petroleum supplied through the pipe c, Fig. 1, passes down the casing a. Steam supplied through the nozzle b, perforated at the top and sides, carries off the more volatile oils through the pipe f. Water is drawn off from the bottom through the pipe g, and the purified oil through the pipe d. The pipes d, g are provided with air pipes h, and are arranged to keep the water and the oil at practically constant levels in the casing a. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, heating is effected by means of steam, or of products of combustion, passed through the chambers n and pipes p, the oil flowing down through the pipes o which traverse the chambers n. In other modifications, the heater consists of a hollow cylinder nearly touching the sides of the casing and provided with vertical tubes for the passage of oil ; of a series of horizontal heating- tubes running across the casing ; or a series of flat tubes running vertically across the casing, leaving a series of narrow vertical channels for the passage of the oil.
Patent GB-190216133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machines for Cutting Paste Board.
Inventor: UNTERDOERFEL HEINRICH OSCAR
Filed: 1902-07-19
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 16,133. Unterd÷rfel, H. O. July 19. Cutting-machines for pasteboard.-To facilitate the adjustment of the side stops or guides k and of the rotary cutters, the guard plate d is provided on its upper edge with a scale, the zero of which is preferably opposite the edge of one of the cutters, which is fixed in position, while the graduations extend on each side of the zero point.
Patent GB-190227453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Twisting Wires Together
Inventor: WILLSON GEORGE VEEDER
Filed: 1902-12-12
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 27,453. Willson, G. V. Dec. 12. Bending.-Relates to improvements in the machine described in Specification No. 27,451, A.D. 1902, for twisting wires together, particularly in the formation of wire hoops. The driving-mechanism, the universally-jointed shafts K, and the pivoted arms G<3> are arranged as before, but the arms have heads G<5>, held in engagement with the segmental track B by shoulders G<9>, and recessed to receive slotted bevel-wheels H carrying removable twisting-dies I. The wheels are held in place by slotted plates J and have ways H' to receive the dies. The edges I<2> of the slots in the dies project inwards, and the faces of the bevel-wheels are recessed, to reduce the surface in contact with the wires. The arms G<3> are opened out by the twisting of the wires as in the previous machine, and are returned by a spring L when the hoop &c. has been removed, the machine being started and stopped by a clutch operated by a treadle F<4>, as before.
Patent GB-190304234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Batteries
Inventor: PIQUEUR HENRI
Filed: 1903-02-23
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 4234. Piqueur, H. Feb. 23. Lift valves ; actuating valves and cocks.-Relates to galvanic batteries. Fig. 5 shows a cover for the acid receptacle 56 and for the battery tubes 23, 24, to prevent escape of fumes. It consists of two valved tubes 57, 58, one of which 58 opens into the top of the vessel and is connected to a supply of compressed air, while the other 57 descends to the bottom of the vessel and is connected to the supply pipe 23 of the battery. The vessel 56 is enclosed in a metal protecting-vessel 73 provided with a cover 71, which engages with the vessel 73 by a bayonet joint, and the action of fitting this cover into place forcesdown pistons 62 which open the spring-pressed glass valves 60 and allow free connection between the passages 65 and the interior of the vessel. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement for effecting an automatic supply of acid from the vessel 25 to the battery 43 according to the strength of the current. For this purpose, a vessel 29 is interposed between the compressed-air reservoir 42 and the acid vessel 25. The vessel 29 has two valves, one of which 30, when opened, puts the vessel into communication with the reservoir 42 and the other 31 with the atmosphere. These valves are adapted to be opened by hammers 40, 41 attached to armatures 34, 35 of electromagnets, which are in circuits derived from the principal battery 43, and comprising polarization cells 44, or relay battery 52, and a relay 45 which, according to the direction of the current, acts upon a magnet 49 to make contact with one or other of the pieces 50, 51, whereby one or other of the electromagnets is actuated to open one or other of the valves 30, 31.
Patent GB-190304864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Gaskets.
Inventor: MYERS JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 4864. Myers, J. March 2. Joint-making packing.-As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the packing consists of metal rings A, B, separated by asbestos cords, which are bound to the ring B by wires b, soldered to the ring A. The ends of the ring B are lapped at b<1>, and soldered, while the ends of the ring A are bent as shown at a, and soldered together to form a handle by which the packing is held in place while the joint is screwed up. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which there are two rings B, separated by asbestos cords, and Fig. 5 shows another modification in which the rings A, B are U-shaped.
Patent GB-190308056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-04-07
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 8056. Boult, A. J., [American Minialure and Decorative Lamp Co.]. April 7. Incandescent lamps.- Lamps are made without tips or thickened places in the bulb, the exhaustion being effected through a tube e attached at o to the inside of the ste n a carrying the filaments f; the circular flange b of the stem is fused to the neck n of the bulb. The lamp, after exhaustion, is sealed off first at the contraction j, and then at i.
Patent GB-190317596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pins of Hair Buckles, Brooches, other Kinds of Pins & Combs.
Inventor: WITT RENEE DE
Filed: 1903-08-14
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 17,596. Witt, R. de. March 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pins, dress and like; combs, hair; hair-pins ; hair - slides.-Pins a of brooches, hairbuckles, or clasps, or other buckles, and other kinds of pins and combs, are formed with two semicircular, reversed curves c, d at, or near, the head of the pin, or base of the teeth, of the comb. Fig. 1 shows the tooth of a comb, or a pin, and Fig. 2 shows the application of the invention to a hair-clasp or buckle. The curve d forms a groove or hollow to receive the hair or fabric which has passed over the curve c, thus securing the combs or pins in the hair or fabric.
Patent GB-190323084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Convertible Tables and Reading and like Desks
Inventor: FOOT JETHRO
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 23,084. Foot, J., and Foot, R. J. Oct. 24. Leaf-holders.-A convertible table or desk may be fitted with leaf-holders at the lower side of the table top, each holder being formed with a stem r, Fig. 11, on which a bent wire finger u, Fig. 1, projects, normally passing above the table d and pressing on the book by a spring r<2>, Fig. 11, engaging with one of the flats r<1> on the stem r. When not in use, the finger is held underneath the table in one of the holes v, Fig. 1, The leaf - holders a r e manipulated by a thumbpiece t and held in their inward position by a spring s.
Patent GB-190323673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Furnaces for Heating Iron, Steel, Copper, and other Metal Plates or Sheets.
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 23,673. Old Castle Iron and Tinplate Co., and Phillips, J. Nov. 2. Heating-furnaces for metals ; hearths. -Relates to furnaces for heating iron, steel, copper, and other metal plates or sheets, and consists in providing a pocket, well, or pit between the firebridge and the furnace bed, to receive the waste stuff, refuse, and the like which may accumulate on the bed, and also to furnish means whereby the heat from the grate may be tempered or regulated, in order that the plates may be uniformly heated. The furnace is a double one, having two beds and grates, arranged side by side and built as one structure. Fig. 3 shows a section taken through one of the furnaces. The bed a, instead of extending to the bridge b, as hitherto, terminates in a wall c, which is separated from the bridge by the pocket d. This pocket is provided with a damper or door e for removing refuse, or for controlling the heat of the furnace. The pocket may be provided with a perforated or grated false bottom, below which steam or air may be supplied.
Patent GB-190326731-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Platform.
Inventor: RICE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 26,731. Rice, J. W. Dec. 7. Scaffolding and staging.-A collapsable platform, for painters, house decorators, window cleaners, and others, is shown in position on a window sill in Fig. 1. The base 1, wider at its outer than at its inner end, is supported by struts 24,10, adjustable catches 22, and a cross-bar 8, attached to rods 7 sliding in slots in the base 1. The guard consists of a hinged frame 17 to which are attached, by hinged rods 18, two uprights 19, whose lower ends slide in slots and are fixed by split-pins 21. A smaller platform 13, provided with hinged struts 14, is pivoted to the frame 17, and, when not in use, is held vertically by a catch 15 taking in a hole 16.
Patent GB-190405910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clinical Thermometers.
Inventor: ZEAL GILES HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-10
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 5910. Zeal, G. H. March 10. Thermometers. - A clinical thermometer a is made integral wita stopper b, which is ground i n t o the neck of an outer tube upon which the graduations occur. The initial adjustment is made by bringing marks e on the thermometer and the outer tube into coincidence.
Patent GB-190407651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Pulley and other Wheels.
Inventor: STACKHOUSE VIRGIL ESTEN
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 7651. Stackhouse, V. E. March 31. Reels and winches, rod.- Relates to means for securing fishing reels or winches. Two similar rocking clutch plates C, Fig. 1, pivotally secured to the plate B, Fig. 2, fixed to the reel, are forced together by springs D, so that their semicircular parts c' embrace the grooved neck a of the central spindle A. The rocking plates C have pins c<2> which project into grooves f<1> in the flange f which extends under a central flange of the plate B and forms part of the tubular spindle F. Over the spindle F a milled head or nut E is loosely secured by a pin e, which allows a small movement by working in a groove of the spindle F. The clutch can be locked to prevent accidental displacement when the pulley is in position by turning the milled head until it bites the plate B. The pulley is free to be removed from the spindle when the milled head E is turned until the pins c<2> are forced outwardly and press back the rocking plates C from their closed position. Fig. 4 shows a fishing-reel G provided with the clutch device. By pressing one of the handles g and at the same time turning the milled head E, the reel can be detached from the spindle.
Patent GB-190408794-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Advertising Goods Consisting of a Figure Combined with a Phonograph.
Inventor: AMBERG ANTON
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 8794. Amberg, A. April 16. Advertising.-An automatically-moving figure is combined with a phonograph which repeats certain words having reference to the goods to be advertised and gives the idea that the figure is speaking. As shown in Fig. 3, the spindle b for the records is driven from a clockwork, electric, or other motor a by means of the pulleys c, d and cord e. The lower end of the figure k rests on balls, and is rotated at the proper intervals around a rod h by a second rod i which engages a grooved cam-disc g on the spindle b. The figure may be constructed so as to point out the goods.
Patent GB-190413046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Kinds of Buttons and in Tools or Appliances for use in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: GROVE GEORGE FREDERICK
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 1904-06-09
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,046. Grove, G. F., and Grove, A. J., [trading as Grove & Sons, J.]. June 9. Moulding dress fastenings.-The front of a pushbutton is moulded about a hollow, grooved, metal ring B from a plastic blank K of horn, hoof, celluloid, xylonite, glass, china, or the like, other than metal, by means of an upper die F, Fig. 11, which shapes and ornaments the upper surface, and a lower die G, Fig. 14, provided with a shoulder g<2> and collar g<3> to prevent the sides of the ring B from collapsing.
Patent GB-190414073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube-cutters.
Inventor: HOPKINSON EDWARD
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 14,073. Hopkinson, E., [McCallum, E. A.]. June 22. Pipe-severing machines. -The tubes used for lining bore-holes and artesian wells are cut by the revolution o f a n apparatus containing cutting - discs mounted in pistons which are forced outwards b hydraulic pressure. The apparatus is filled with liquid and connected by the screw 22 to boring-rods, and lowered into the well until the body carrying the cutting - discs 1 has reached the cutting position. The boring - rods are then rotated and cause a screw 9 to rotate, which forces down a plunger 7 and displaces the pistons 3 until the cutting-discs are in contact with the tube. The body of the tool is prevented from rotating during this operation by the ratchet clutch 35 and guide - rollers 26 forced against the inside of the tube by spring arms 27 attached to the guide-frame 28. On the direction of rotation being reversed, the ratchet clutch 15, 17 comes into action, and drives the body of the tool, while the ratchet clutch 35 is freed. The cutting-discs then act upon the tube. Occasional reversals of the direction of rotation keep the cutting-discs up to their work. The spring 7<a> enables the cutters to accommodate themselves to the contour of the tube. After the tube has been cut, the plunger is forced down until opposite the vertical grooves 23, the fluid escaping meanwhile through the relief valve 25. These grooves are longer than the plunger and allow the pressure on either side to be equalized. The pistons are then withdrawn into their cavities by means of the partial vacuum thus produced, assisted by springs, and the whole tool may be raised from the well.
Patent GB-190428423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Optical Instruments of Observations of and Measurements in connexion with the Pair of Eyes.
Inventor: CZAPSKI SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 28,423. Czapski, S. Dec. 27. Sight-testing apparatus; microscopes. -Relates to an instrument for making observations and measurements in connection with the eyes of a patient while they are accommodated for distant vision. The tubes b<1>, b<2> are held parallel by the end-pieces d', g, the former being shaped to fit the bridge of the nose, and the latter having a shade for the operator's face. A lens a<2> is fixed in each tube in such a manner that a mark f<1> and one of the patient's eyes occur approximately at the principal foci, and hence the marks f<1>, f<2> are seen as at a distance. The operator will similarly observe the patient's eyes, and, in order that the two may not be seen superposed, a prism i is inserted at the end of the tube. In a modification, a shutter k<3>, Fig. 3, with a fingerstud l<2> is provided, so that each eye may be examined separately, and a scale p<2>, o<2>, shown enlarged in Fig. 5, is arranged to measure the interocular distance, the lower part o<1>, o<2> giving the distance between the lenses for long - distance spectacles, and the upper p<1>, p<2>, graduated to a larger scale, giving the distance for reading spectacles
Patent GB-190428501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Igniting Device for Gas Burners.
Inventor: MARTRON EMILE
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,501. Martron, E. Dec. 28. Lighting and extinguishing gas. - A valve b, arranged in a chamber a between the burner and the gas cock, automatically falls and closes the passage to the burner when the gas pressure is reduced by nearly or completely turning off the gas cock. A pilot jet c is connected to the gas-supply passage either between the valve band the gas cock or in front of the gas cock.
Patent GB-190428664-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Rails and Rail Joints for Railways at Collieries, Mines and other places.
Inventor: BENTLEY JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 28,664. Bentley, J. Dec. 29. Rails; rail joints; sleepers; chairs; tie-bars.- Relates to rails for collieries, manufactories, and the like, and comprises various means for jointing rails of known and special construction. Fig. 1 shows a metallic clip c engaging recesses in the tread of adjacent rails at their ends and secured by spikes or bolts d to the sleepers b. The clip c may be bent to the shape of the rail, as shown by dotted lines, or may be extended to the other track rail to form a metallic tie-bar. Fig. 9 shows a projection a' on one rail head, formed by cutting away the remaining portion of the rail end, and fi tting into a similarly-shaped recess in the adjacent rail head. The projecting piece may extend the whole depth of the rail and fits loosely into a corresponding slot in the adjacent rails. Fig. 11 shows a bridge-rail secured at the end to a bent plate j by bolts passing through holes l, the plate being secured to the sleepers by bolts at j<2>. The inner faces of the upwardly-bent portions of the plate j may be forced together, leaving no central space between them, or the ends of the base flanges may be turned down to provide bearing- surfaces on the sleepers. Fig. 19 shows a bridgerail with a slot f<2> cut through the tread of the rail at one end, and adapted to be loosely engaged by a projection on a connecting-piece which is bolted, riveted, or welded to the adjacent rail end between the two vertical flanges underneath the rail head. In some cases, a corresponding projection is formed on the head of the adjacent rail end by cutting away a portion of each of the side flanges and then welding or compressing the remaining portions, while hot, by hydraulic or similar power. The slot in the tread of the rail may be omitted and the rails jointed by a connecting-plate bolted or otherwise secured between the vertical side flanges at each rail end.
Patent GB-190500618-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Controlling the Feeding Mechanism of Electric Arc Lamps of the Open and Enclosed Types
Inventor: FRY WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1905-01-12
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 618. Fry, W. J. Jan. 12. Arc lamps.-An open or enclosed arc lamp is regulated by the cooperation of a small series electromagnet A with a strip or wire B of annealed steel or other material, which is heated by passage of current through it, or from the arc or other parts of the lamp. The wire is attached at its ends to an adjusting- lever C and a multiplying-l e v e r G, and the middle portion of the wire may be wound several times round a heat-retaining drum D, which is made of an insulating-material, with a screw groove to receive the wire, and is free to turn in bearings on the base-plate K of the Lamp. A spring H, acting on the multiplying-lever G, keeps the wire extended, and the lever is connected to a clutch K<1> by a vertically-sliding rod J. A slot in the rod J receives a pin on the vertically-movable armature A<2> of the electro-magnet. In the operation of the lamp, when current is first supplied, the electromagnet A raises its armature, the rod J, and the clutch, to strike the arc, by stretching the wire B, and the wire when hot ceases to act on the lever G ; but when the current decreases, the contracting wire is able to pull the armature from the electromagnet and cause a sudden feed of the carbon. Specifications Nos. 9265 and 24,863, A.D. 1901, No. 16,232, A.D. 1902, Nos. 19,491 and 24,235, A.D. 1903, and No. 9123, A.D. 1904, are referred to.