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Patent GB-190322661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cleaning Carpets, Floors and the like.
Inventor: LOTZ AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,661. Lotz, A. Oct. 20. Buildings, floors, fabrics, carpets, &c., cleaning.- An elongated chamber 2, Fig. 2, has the wall a<1> curved downwards to form a slit, leaving a narrow passage at each end when stood upon a horizontal surface. In a yoke 11 on this chamber swivels a discharge pipe 5 acting as a handle through which air is drawn, entering by the funnel passage 8 which is formed between the external casing a and the wall a<1> and carrying with it dust from the fabrics or clothes to be cleaned. The discharge may also take place through a separate pipe. For cleaning marble and mosaic floors, a sprinkler, Fig. 4, may be fixed so as to drop water into one of the funnel passages, the water being taken up by the draught after wetting the surface of the article to be cleaned. The slit at the other end of the chamber exercises a drying action on a surface thus treated.
Patent GB-190326092-A (GB)
Title: Improved, Adjustable, Safety Guard for Emery Wheels and the like
Inventor: WADSWORTH MILES
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 26,092. Wadsworth, M. Nov. 30. Emery wheels.-An adjustable I-iron or joiststeel guard A encloses the emery or other similar wheel B. The guard is jointed at C, the flanges at the end of one part being cut away, and the web turned back over a bolt fixed at the end of the other part. The two parts are adjusted to the wheel, as it wears down, by a screw F passing through a swivel bearing I and a swivel nut H, both mounted on brackets G, and by a screw 0 operating a sliding-bracket N. A clamp P, overlapping the flanges of the guard A, fixes the guard to the sliding-bracket, and allows it to slide down to the position shown by the dotted line A', when a greater working part of the periphery of the emery wheel is required.
Patent GB-190409575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cleaning Cereals and other Granular Substances.
Inventor: BROQUA LUCIEN
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1905-04-26
Abstract: 9575. Broqua, L. April 26. Sifting and separating grain.-Grain is cleaned by being brushed on a perforated and corrugated plate 7, through which the dust &c fall, by a series of brushes 16 fixed on a frame 17 mounted on cranked axles 19, 20. The grain then falls down an aspirating tube 29 provided with baffle devices and connected to a fan 25. The distance of the plate 7 from the brushes can be regulated by the cams 9, which are adjusted by means of the cranks 10 and the rod 14.
Patent GB-190411775-A (GB)
Title: An adjustable Horse-shoe for Emergency Use
Inventor: GRAY DAVID
Filed: 1904-05-24
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 11,775. Gray, D., and Larkin, W. May 24. Hinged; fixing.-An emergency shoe for temporary use consists of two parts A, B, hinged at C so as to fit any hoof, and carrying, by means of rivets E, F, a leather or other flexible cover H. The cover is preferably made in two parts and is secured to the hoof by straps G at the front and back.
Patent GB-190412343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to Means and Apparatus for Generating Motive Power from the Movements of Tides, Waves or the like.
Inventor: HUTCHINGS JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-31
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,343. Hutchings, J. May 31. Compressing.-In a tide and wave mill used for forcing air, a buoy e, divided radially into compartments and ballasted by opening the valve l and thus admitting water by the opening m until the partition h is level with the water, is connected through gimbals and a cradle d to a cylinder c. A hollow mast a, carries a piston q with valves r, r<1>. On the buoy rising with the waves, air is drawn through the valve u into the space above the piston and compressed from under the piston through the valve r and the hollow pillar into the air pipe x. On falling, air is drawn through the passage v<1> and valve w below the piston, and the air above the piston is forced through the valve r' into the hollow mast.
Patent GB-190413933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Storage Battery Separators.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,933. Boult, A. J., [Dodge, N.]. June 20. Wood, treating.-Bass, birch, cherry, white pine, poplar, Oregon pine, and other woods for making secondary-battery separators or diaphragms which are impervious to battery sediment are deprived of acids, such as acetic acid and other constituents which attack lead when subjected to electrolytic action, by soaking them for from one to two days in water containing either sulphuric acid or an alkali, such as caustic potash, and preferably heated. The material is subsequently washed in running water. The action-may be accelerated by heating the solutions, and the separators are kept wet until they are placed in the battery liquid as, when dry, they have the property of warping, shrinking, curling, and splitting.
Patent GB-190416917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horseshoes.
Inventor: BACON FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 16,917. Bacon, F. J. Aug. 2. Calks. - Removable calks are made with sharpened stepped teeth or points, adapted successively to take up the wear. The calks at the toe of the shoe are arranged with their longest teeth innermost, Fig. 2, while the heel calks are fitted with the teeth longitudinally of the side portions of the shoe to prevent lateral slipping. The threaded shanks 3 are preferably tapered, and the upper portion of the body 4 may be inclined from its outer sides towards the shank to increase the biting action of the calk upon the shoe. The body may taper towards the toothed end. The calk is sometimes composed of laminµ, Fig. 6. A modified form of calk is shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190422428-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Winding Apparatus.
Inventor: TYLER RALPH GOOCH
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1905-10-18
Abstract: 22,428. Tyler, R. G. Oct. 18. Armatures; brush-holders; casings; commutators ; motors, gearing for.-A winding-barrel suitable for cranes, lifts, hoists, winches, and other winding, hauling, and lifting machinery is driven by epicyclic gearing from a sleeve on its central shaft, and has internally-projecting pieces connected to, or integral with it, which carry coils and form the pole-pieces of the actuating-motor. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement, with the winding-barrel A rotatably mounted on ball bearings in the end frames F and having internally - projecting pole-pieces B carrying coils C that are energized from sliprings P in electrical connection with the cable-connectors Q. The end plates F provide bearings for the fixed shaft N, and have feet for attaching to foundations, or fixed or movable cross-arms or discs may be fitted to the end of the barrel and be supported from pedestals or the like by external bearings. The armature or rotor L is mounted on the sleeve K surrounding the shaft N and rotating on ball bearings k that are adjusted by screwing the cones to varying positions on the shaft N and afterwards locking them in position by means of the nuts o, o'. The sleeve k carries a commutator K' in electrical connection with brushes carried by the barrel A and energized from the slip-rings P by means of other brushes p. Pinions I, each of which may be replaced by two narrower ones, are rotatably mounted on a carrier J connected to the sleeve K, and gear with toothed rings G, H, the former of which is connected to the barrel A and the latter to the fixed end frame F. An oil-fence R made in two parts, one of which is connected to the barrel and the other to the sleeve K, and an oil-catcher S prevent the oil from the bearings from reaching the motor.
Patent GB-190423685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Projecting Lamps, chiefly for Enlarging and Projecting Lanterns.
Inventor: KAMM LEO
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,685. Kamm, L. Nov. 2. Incandescent lamps; supporting lamps.-In a Nernst projecting-lamp, an insulating-plug a has on one side pins b to receive the porcelain base carrying the filament or filaments, and on the other the resistance bulbs c. A removable cap and a fixed cap f are screwed on to the plug or on to a ring surrounding it. The latter cap is perforated at its end j and may also be slotted at k. The leads pass through a central hole in the end j of the cap. The lamp is secured in position on the carrying-rod i<1> within the lantern by means of lugs i and a clamp i<2>. In a smaller lamp, the filament and resistance are on the same side of the plug, which is attached to a socket and clamp engaging the rod i<1>; the resistance bulb is held by spring clamps between the pins b, which are prolonged for this purpose, and the cap f is replaced by a cylinder, which may be secured to the plug by small screws at one end, and is threaded at its other end to receive the detachable cap.
Patent GB-190425772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
Inventor: SCHOELLER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,772. Schoeller, A. Nov. 26. Drawings to Specification. Printing; lamps, actinic.-A source of light in the form of a straight continuous band is moved uniformly across the surface to be exposed in a printing-frame. The frame consists of a glass and a device for pressing together the original and the copy. To this frame is secured a screwthreaded spindle, along which travels a block supporting the electric lamp. This electric lamp, which is suspended before the surface to be exposed, is tubular in shape and furnishes a continuous band of light, for instance by means of a long straight incandescent wire in a vacuum tube, or by the use of a mercury-vapour lamp. The sliding block may be made to travel along the screw spindle either by hand or by motor power.
Patent GB-190501228-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Consuming Smoke in Stoves, Furnaces and the like.
Inventor: BULLING ANTON
Filed: 1905-01-21
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 1228. Bulling, A. Jan. 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Smoke - consuming.-To consume smoke in a stove burning solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel, alcohol or ether is fed from a reservoir 3 to an annular pipe 2, placed where the maximum heat is developed, and the vapours are projected through the perforations 5.
Patent GB-190503069-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Illuminating, especially Suitable for use in connection with Automobiles.
Inventor: HOARE-WARD FRANK HERBERT
Filed: 1905-02-14
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 3069. Ward, F. H. Hoare-, Ward, W. F. Hoare-, and Bleriot, L. Feb. 14. Oxycarbon and like lamps.-Illuminating-apparatus, specially suitable-for motor cars, consists of the combination with the lamp proper of a refervoir a, containing combustible liquid such as petrol, and a receptacle d for oxygen under pressure. The two vessels a, d are connected by a pipe c to equalize the pressure which is utilized to force the spirit to the lamp. The lamp consists of a metal block k, serving as a holder for a pastille o of zirconia or other oxide of a rare-earth metal, and containing two chambers r, s, which can be packed with metal filings, connected by a conduit q. Spirit is forced from the reservoir a through a pipe h to the chamber r, and is there partially or wholly vaporized, and then passes down the tube q, where it mixes with oxygen from the pipe g, and is regeneratively heated by the holder k. A nozzle t causes the flame to impinge on the pastille o. In a modification, the mixing-tube q is coiled round the bolder k and terminates in the nozzle t.
Patent GB-190507830-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing Blood Albumin Preparations.
Inventor: LANGER ALFONS
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 7830. Langer, A. April 12. Albumins.-Blood albumin preparations are made by treating defibrinized blood with soluble organic calcium salts, such as calcium glycerin phosphate or calcium phospholactate, preferably in the presence of insoluble inorganic calcium compounds, in order to increase the amount of masked iron in the product. The mass sets in a few hours, is dried at a low temperature, then reduced, and washed with water. It forms a non-hygroscopic insoluble body.
Patent GB-190510867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Billiard Tables.
Inventor: DONOVAN EDWARD WYNNE
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 10,867. Donovan, E. W. May 24. Billiards. - Billiard-table pockets are constructed to facilitate the withdrawal of balls from them. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a leather cup b is fixed to the table, or suspended from the table by means of netting. The cup b is strengthened by a metal ring c, preferably by three wires d which support, a ring e, upon which are eccentrically mounted disks f of leather or vulcanized rubber &c. A metal ring g is free to slide on the cup b, and it is provided with an internal shoulder o, which normally bears on the disks f and keeps these in the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to retain a ball in the pocket. To remove the ball, the ring g is raised to the position shown in Fig. 3, and this allows the ball to move the disksf and fall into the hand which is used to raise the ring g. The ring g is raised by means of a ring k, which may be covered with soft material, and is connected to the ring g by arms m. The disks f may be replaced by spheres, rings, cylinders, or triangular plates. In a modification, Fig. 4, the ball is retained by spheres s on rods t pivoted to a ring or cylinder u, the spheres s being kept in their closed position by a ring v suspended from chains w. The ring v is raised similarly to the ring g, Figs. 2 and 3. In a modified form of this construction, the spheres 8 are normally engaged by a ring similar to the ring v, this ring having an upwardly-flared top portion which is pulled upwards by springs. In this form, the ring v has to be depressed in order to release the ball.
Patent GB-190514983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving in which Two or more Shuttles are Employed
Inventor: SHEARD PERCY
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 14,983. Sheard, P. July 21. Looms, change-box, weftcatching motions for. - While the drop-box is being operated, the portion of weft extending between the selvedge and the shuttle box is carried clear of the path of the next shuttle, to prevent it from being trailed into the shed. A brush or bobbin, having two or more bristles g or the like, is mounted upon a stud d, which is supported by a bracket a on the lay. A pegged pulley h on the stud d is connected by a perforated band i to a similar pulley j on a stud k, also carried by the bracket a. A cord m is connected at its ends to the drop box b, and passes over and under guidepulleys n, o and is lapped round a pulley l on the stud k, so that, when the drop-box is operated, the brush is rotated, and one of the bristles g carries the portion of weft extending above the shuttle-race into the position p clear of the path of the next shuttle. The operation of the cord m to rotate the pulley l is assisted by a spring q. The brush may be rotated in any other convenient manner.
Patent GB-190518340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Push Button and the like Devices for Operating the Valve-controlling Means of Fluid Containers.
Inventor: STILES NOEL RAY
Filed: 1905-09-11
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 18,340. Stiles, N. R. Sept. 11. Actuating valves.-A push-button device for operating the valve controlling means of fluid containers, especially in the type of apparatus known as 'soda fountains,' is provided with a piston having narrow bearing-surfaces e, e<1>, separated by an intermediate portion of reduced diameter, whereby sticking is prevented if any liquid should enter the hollow casing a, which is fitted to the front panel of the compartment in which is the liquid container. The front end g of the button and the rear end s of the piston are of reduced diameter, the latter being provided with a stop i and india-rubber band t limiting its backward motion, and with an adjustable screwed stud j bearing on a spring-pressed lever, which actuates the valve-controlling means when the button g is pushed in. The device can be suited to casings of varying thicknesses by adjusting the stud j, and may be drawn in through the casing and removed by drawing away the lever of the liquid container which retains it in position.
Patent GB-190518576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Kites.
Inventor: PARKER JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 18,576. Parker, J. S. Sept. 14. Kites.-A portable box kite, for sporting and other purposes, is constructed with a frame consisting of four rods 1, Figs. 1 and 4, which, when the kite is in use, are kept apart by means of hinged rods 2 held in position by hinged U-shaped attachments b. Strips 3 of fabric are fixed to the rods 1, and a number of triangular pieces 4 of fabric, which are kept tight by means of rods d inserted in pockets on the fabric, are secured to the corners of the kite. The rods d are further secured in place by means of rings f.
Patent GB-190519532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 19,532. Browne, T. B. Sept. 27. Gas and like engines, crank chambers for. To facilitate the removal of the crank-shaft &c. without dismounting the engine, the crank casing A is provided with a longitudinal opening C and with side openings, shown closed in Figs. 1 and 2 by cover plates D. A cover plate E is also provided for the opening C. The invention is particularly applicable to road-vehicle motors.
Patent GB-190519608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Nuts and Bolts.
Inventor: FLEMING JAMES MACARTHUR
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 19,608. Fleming, J. M., and Thompson, J. W. Sept. 28. Locking nuts.-The sections a<1>, formed by making one or more slits a in the bolt A, are forced apart and engage recesses b or projections on the face of the nut B.
Patent GB-190526429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine Engines.
Inventor: DUDLEY JOB
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 26,429. Dudley, J. Dec. 19. turbines.-A reversible outward-flow steam or water turbine has two rings of straight blades, one over the other. The steam-chest can be slid axially so as to direct steam upon one ring or the other as desired. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section showing the two rings of blades 5, 6 and the main shaft S. The steam-chest is composed of two parts, a plate E and a cover D, to which the plate is fastened by bolts F, leaving a space 23 to which steam is admitted through a pipe P. The bolts F can be turned by means of levers 13, Fig. 3, which are worked by a hand-operated ring 14, thus adjusting the width of the steam space 23. The cover D, carrying with it the plate E, can be slid axially by means of a handle 22, for the purpose of reversing.
Patent GB-190527257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recoil-operated Small Arms.
Inventor: MAUSER PAUL
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 27,257. Mauser, P. Dec. 30. Breech actions, sliding barrel and breech-block.- Relates to improvements in the automatic gun described in Specification No. 25,518, A.D. 1902. The striker spring t instead of having its rear bearing against fixed projections of the sleeve A bears against a part' u connected to the sleeve by means of the projections u<2>, which have a bayonet-joint connexion with slots in the part A. Means is also provided for withdrawing the striker point when the knob N is turned into the horizontal position for opening the breech by hand. The rear end of the sleeve n<1>, wlich carries the knob N, is provided with an oblique face n<0> bearing against a lateral projection v<1> of the part v of the striker s, so that the striker point is withdrawn when the sleeve n<1> is rotated.
Patent GB-190602157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Synchronous Operation of Combined Cinematographs and Phonographs.
Inventor: MESSTER OSKAR
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 2157. Messter, O., and Gaumont, L. Jan. 27. Kinematographs. - To enable kinematographs and phonographs to be operated in unison, they are provided with indicators or alarms controlled by two rotating parts, one actuated by the kinematograph and the other by the phonograph ; or a switch may be moved over contacts to vary the resistance in an electric motor circuit. The phonograph may operate, in opposite directions, by means of the motor A, the wheels a, b of the differential gearing shown in Fig. 1. In this case, the casing e carrying the satellite wheels d is provided with a pointer f, which remains opposite to a fixed index when the kinematograph and phonograph are in unison. When the kinematograph C is operated by an electric motor instead of the handle c, the pointer f may be replaced by an arm moving over electric contacts so as to vary the resistance in the motor circuit and automatically regulate the speed of the motor. The arm may move between two electric contacts in circuit with electrically-controlled light or sound signals. Figs. 2 and 3 show an arrangement in which a dial plate E and a pointer F are operated independently, by a motor D running synchronously with the phonograph, and by the kinematograph, respectively. The gearing is arranged as shown, and the pinion q, which is operated by the kinematograph, can be geared with the pointer through either of two trains of wheels by gear-wheels r, w mounted on a movable arm, so as to allow the speed of the kinematograph to be altered. When 'the kinematograph and the phonograph are in unison, the pointer keeps opposite to a mark x on the dial plate. Figs. 4 and 5 show, respectively, two arrangements of the electric connexions for a synchronous motor arranged to make four times as many revolutions as a distributor operated by the phonograph. The coils of the field magnets M', N<1>, O<1>, P<1>, Q<1>, R' are shown connected together in two ways. Diametral pairs of coils are put in connexion with opposite poles of the battery in succession through the connexions known, the circuits being completed through contacts M, N, 0, P, Q, R, arranged and connected together as shown, and revolving brushes G, H operated by the phonograph. A switch T is arranged so that when it rests on a contact 3 the motor is in circuit, while, when 'it is brought over a contact 2, an electromagnet V is operated to release the phonograph mechanism. Specifications No. 18,015, A.D. 1901, and No. 413, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190602225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gear for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 2225. Parker, T. Jan. 29. Toothed gearing. -Irreversible steering - gear applicable to motor road vehicles, of the type shown in Specification No. 10,392, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Locomotives &c.], comprises a series of teeth a, Figs. 1 and 2, arranged in different but parallel planes on the operating-spindle e, which enter recesses b of corresponding form provided in the edge of the quadrant c.