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Patent GB-190408020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Laundries
Inventor: ROBERSON WILLIAM ANTHONY
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 8020. Roberson, W. A. Sept. 1, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Wash-tubs.-Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a portable laundry machine, and Fig. 2 shows the machine packed and partly enclosed by its casing, ready for transport. A stove 4, fitted with a removable pipe 5 made in sections, is secured to the bottom 1 of the casing, and rigidly connected by stays 3 to a back piece 2, to which are hinged the sides 6. Hooks 10 of metal, washing and rinsing tubs 8, 9, and also clamps 12 of a wringer 11 engage with the top of the sides 6, which are braced by a board 13 hooked on to the sides and are notched to receive the hooks 10 and clamps 12. The board 13 serves as an ironing- board, or as a support for a rectangular tray which covers the top of the casing when closed, and for other articles, the tray serving as a receptacle for clothes when the machine is in use. To pack the machine, the pipe 5 is disconnected, and, together with a boiler 15, packed into the casing as shown in Fig. 2, the sides 6 being swung round to engage with the bottom 1, which is closed in front by the board 13 and at the top by the rectangular clothes tray. The various parts of the casing are fastened by ordinary hook and staple fastenings shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190411861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MAXON CARL WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-24
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 11,861. Maxon, C. W. May 24. Tyres, pneumatic.-A tyre adapted for use as a single-tube tyre, but in which an inner tube 5 may be used, consists of an outer cover 1 with a lining 3, preferably of asbestos cloth, which is discontinued at the part near the rim, and a pad 4 of asbestos felt, formed with a rib 4<a> above the tread. Embedded in this pad, especially in the case of tyres for heavy vehicles, is a flexible metallic band 6 preferably constructed as shown in Fig. 2, the metallic discs 6<a> being united by the links 6<b>. The layer 3 and the inner surface of the pad 4 are saturated with liquid rubber, and the parts 1, 3, 4 are subsequently vulcanized together. In a modification, the parts 3, 4 are made in one piece removable from the outer cover.
Patent GB-190412164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop-valves.
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 12,164. Hopkinson, J., Kilburn, R., and Hopkinson &. Co., J. May 28. Lift valves; actuating valves and cocks.-A modification of the stop valve described in Specification No. 27,798, A.D. 1903, has, in place of one valve spindle working within another which is tubular, two separate valve spindles c, d passing out in opposite directions through covers E, F on opposite sides of a valve casing A, the valves being actuated by common controlling mechanism consisting of screws connected together and operated by spur-gearing, levers, or rods. By turning a handwheel K, the valve U is opened, the valve D being held in place by fluid pressure, until the spurwheel U, which has meanwhile been travelling freely along a threaded portion of the shaft S, is stopped by a collar W, whereupon further rotation of the wheel K opens the valve D. In closing, the valve D reaches its seat first, a spring plunger Z then releases the wheel U which travels up the spindle Sand engages with a spring Y just as the valve 0 reaches its seat. Or the valves may be opened and closed by means of levers pivoted on standards attached to the casing lids, the ends of the levers being drawn together or moved apart by a screw. Or one of the valve spindles may screw in and out of a cap running on guides and connected by rods to a fixed cap on the other spindle.
Patent GB-190414948-A (GB)
Title: Machines for Creasing Sheets of Paper used in Loose Leaf Books
Inventor: NELSON CHARLES RUDOLPH
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 14,948. Nelson, C. R. Aug. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Corrugating paper sheets to be used in loose-leaf books, such as ledgers. The sheets are creased adjacent to their inner edges to form a sort of hinge. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of a machine, in which a roll 16 is carried by a pivoted frame 18 pressed down by a spring or other means, so that the roll 16 is in contact with a lower similar roll, to which it is geared by toothed wheels. The paper sheets pass from a table 21 between the rotating rolls. These rolls 15, 16, Fig. 3, are corrugated by peripheral V-grooves with flattened tops and bottoms ; or the tops are preferably formed slightly concave, while the bottoms are convex to facilitate the gripping of the paper sheet, which is not reduced in width by the action, but is stretched in the grooves, making the paper thinner.
Patent GB-190416841-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Rollers for Use in Working Hard Surfaces, particularly Grindstone, Emery Wheels, and the like.
Inventor: HALLGREN CARL ANDREAS VIKTOR
Filed: 1904-07-30
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 16,841. Hallgren, C. A. V. July 30. Dressing grindstones &c.-A roller, used for trueing or dressing hard surfaces, such as grindstones, is built up of discs and washers, Figs. 1 and 3, threaded alternately on a hollow shaft. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, rods 2, of U-shaped or other suitable curved or corrugated cross-section, are fastened on to a pasteboard or other disc 1, by means of any resinous or glue-like adhesive 3. The teeth 5 of the metal washer 4, Fig. 3, are bent laterally and fit between rods 2, holding them in position. The pasteboard discs may have rods 2 glued to both sides, or two of the discs described above may be placed back to back. The series of discs and washers are clamped against a collar on the shaft by means of a nut or the like.
Patent GB-190417567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Couplings for Railway Vehicles.
IPC: B61G5/04
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 17,567. Krupp Akt.-Ges., r. Aug. 29, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Couplings, automatic.-The head of the draw-bar C is formed in two parts d<1>, d<2> pivoted on bolts E and connected to each other, when the automatic couplings are in use, by a bolt F passing through the lugs d<3>, d'. When the ordinary screw couplings A are in use, the parts d<1>, d<2> are disconnected and swung back against the buffer beam B, to which they are connected by the bolts F, F' and links b<1>, b<2>, the bolt F<1> being passed through the hole d<5> in the part d'.
Patent GB-190418947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counter-current Jet Condensers.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 18,947. Day, C. Sept. 2. Condensers.-In counter-current jet condensers, the steam enters at the top and first comes into contact with jets entering through holes F ; it then passes down the inner tube E, passing other jets, and ascends outside the tube, coming into contact with several cascades of water falling from a series of trays. The air and vapour pass off to the dry-air pump through the outlet shown at the top of the condenser.
Patent GB-190420695-A (GB)
Title: Hand Trucks or Trolleys for Moving and Turning Automobiles and other Bodies.
Inventor: WEBER HERMAN
Filed: 1904-09-26
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 20,695. Weber, H. Sept. 26. Hand-trucks.-Relates to trucks which are so constructed that automobiles and other bodies can be run on to them and then readily turned or moved as desired. Each truck comprises two parts 1, 2, Fig. 1, which are mounted on double castors 4 and connected by a pair of drop frame bars 5. Secured to these bars is a supporting-platform 7 made preferably of sheet metal and dished longitudinally to hold the vehicle wheel in position. To assist the placing of the vehicle wheel on to the platform 7, a wedge-shaped piece 8 is employed which is prevented from moving by having spurs or projections on its underside which sink into the floor or ground. In use, one of these trucks is placed under each vehicle wheel, and the vehicle then moved backwards or forwards or turned round in its own space.
Patent GB-190421743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stair Treads and the like
Inventor: HUNTER CHARLES DAVID
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 21,743. Hunter, C. D. Oct. 10. Kerbs ; treads.-Non-slipping treads are made of blocks A of artificial stone or concrete cast into moulds, bars B of lead &c. carried by a frame B<1> being forced into the concrete &c. by hammering &c. when it is nearly set. The Provisional Specification states that the invention may be applied to old steps, kerbstones, &c. by cutting grooves in them into which the bars of metal can be forced.
Patent GB-190422241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating the Feed Water of Steam Boilers and in Devices suitable for Releasing Air from such Apparatus.
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 22,241. Dales, J. H., and Braithwaite, C. C. Oct. 15. Plug cocks.-In apparatus for heating and purifying feedwater, a valve 3 is employed, in which a tapered regulating-spindle 2 passes through the passage 4 in a plug 3, which has a stem and handle, as shown. The passage increases in diameter from the middle towards its ends.
Patent GB-190424250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Screw-taps with Detachable Worm-bits.
Inventor: AHRENS HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-11-09
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 24,250. Ahrens, H. Nov. 9. Taps.-A screw tap has detachable screw bits which may be adjusted to cut screw threads in holes of different diameters. Screw bits a are secured within a star-shaped member b and abut at their inner ends against a cone c on the lower end of a square bolt d. The member b is connected to a shaft o upon which a nut l works. A pin f is screwed through a bole e at the upper end of the bolt d, which it thus secures to a ring g rotatably connected to the nut l. A head m is attached to the shaft o by a key n. The tap is adjusted by screwing the nut l up or down the screw-threaded part of the shaft o. For adjusting the screw tap to the exact desired calibre, a scale p is disposed in a notch q in the upper projection of the member b.
Patent GB-190501246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feeding Devices for Wringing Machines
Inventor: GIBBINS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 1246. Gibbins, W. G. Jan. 23. Guards for wringing-machines. To protect the operator's hands the articles are fed between the rollers by means of a " pusher " or pivoted plate ; a guard roller and plate are also attached near the upper roller. As shown in side view in Fig. 2, the " pusher " h consists of a bent plate of suitable dimensions which can slide along a square bar g extending across the machine in front of the rollers a, a<1>. This bar is supported by side levers e which can rotate about pivots d in side brackets c. The article to be wrung is thrown over the " pusher," and, by operating the rail f connecting the levers e, the nose r forces the article between the rollers. When heavy articles are being dealt with, a roller or rod j extends across the machine, and the articles are thrown over it to take the weight from the plate h. A guard rail or roller k is mounted at the ends of levers l pivoted at n, and a guard-plate k<1> is also added, but neither of these forms part of the invention.
Patent GB-190505647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clocks.
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHN ANDERS THEORDARD
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 5647. Anderson, J. A. T. March 17. Going-trains; framework.-A portable clock, Fig. 2, of small dimensions, but adapted to go for a year or more without rewinding, is made by gearing - up a spring barrel b<1>, such as would suit an eight-day clock of the same size, through two arbors c, d to a watch movement without barrel. The pillarplate e of the watch movement is let into the frontplate a of the main frame, and the centre-arbor is prolonged in consequence of the dial-plate being in advance of the front-plate. Motionwork. - The arbor g, Fig. 5, of the centre-wheel being hollow, the cannon pinion is replaced by a long centre-arbor m frictiontight therein.
Patent GB-190508834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Erasers.
Inventor: WEGUELIN WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1905-04-26
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 8834. Weguelin, W. H. April 26. Erasers.-Relates to means for rotating the eraser on its axis while pressed end on against the part to be erased. The frame consists of two feet a connected to a boss o carrying a sleeve b and a bearing e. A spindle d rotates in the bearing c, but is prevented from moving longitudinally by collars c'. A tube f, having a cap g, slides within the sleeve b and has fixed inside it a helical strip h which engages with a pin e on the spindle d. A spring i presses the tube f upwards. The eraser, which may be rubber, a piece of steel roughened at the end, or the like, is held by a screwed sleeve l, which fits loosely on the end of the spindle d and is retained by a pin and a slot m. A spring p bearing against a nut q on the sleeve l presses the sleeve downwards. A sleeve fixed on the nut q encloses the spring p. The eraser A fits in the end of the sleeve l, and bears against a plug through which passes a pin v which can be forced down by means of a nut w. By alternate depression and release of the cap g, a rotary motion is imparted to the eraser A. The Provisional Specification states also that the flame is provided with finger-grips, and that the spindle is provided at its upper end with a helical groove which is engaged by key-like extensions on the cap.
Patent GB-190511325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, File Drawers.
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-05-30
Abstract: 11,325. Lake, H. H., [Agnew Auto-Mailing Machine Co.]. May 30. Drawers.-Relates to file drawers for the storage of cards, stencil cards, address forms, and similar articles, which cards &c. may from time to time be fed through a specially-constructed opening in the drawer for use in a machine. The front of the drawer comprises a rectangular frame 9, behind which the gate 12 slides in guides provided in the walls of the drawer. The gate 12 has a handle 13 and a rectangular opening 14 through which shows the index or guide card A. Sliding on a rod 11 arranged in a slot in the drawer bottom is a follower 15 having a perforation 16. The end 17 of the follower is so arranged in conjunction with the hole 16 that, being pressed against the rear card B when the drawer is horizontally placed the follower 15 tightly grips the rod 11, but when the drawer is arranged to stand upon is front end the follower slides easily upon the rod and, the gate 12 being removed, tends to push the cards &c. downwards out of the drawer to be fed into a machine.
Patent GB-190515583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Mechanism for Ordnance.
Filed: 1905-07-29
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 15,583. Krupp Akt.-Ges., r. Oct. 20, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field carriages.-Relates to means for supplying the brake fluid to recoil apparatus of the kind described in Specifications No. 16,048, A.D. 1901, and No. 3970, A.D. 1905. The invention is shown applied to recoil apparatus of the earlier construction. The chamber d<2> is charged by way of a passage G in the upper wall of the screw chamber F. The passage is closed by a screw H with a square head h<2> and a stem h<1>. A hollow screwed plug J secures the screw H, and, by projecting through a hole e<2> in the flange e<1> of the screw E, serves also to secure the latter.
Patent GB-190519010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ballast Tanks for Submarine Boats.
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 19,010. Atteridge, A. H., and British Submarine Boat Co. Sept. 20. Submarine v e s s e l s.- The ballast tanks of submarine vessels are fitted with means for adjusting their capacity and, at the same time, avoiding a free surface of water in the tanks. A cylinder 1, fitted within the tank 2, has its lower end in communication with the water and its upper end open to the air. A piston 4, arranged to slide in the cylinder and to vary the capacity of the ballast tank, is operated by the hand-wheel 8 and screwed spindle 6. The tank is maintained completely full, and the degree of submersion is regulated by adjusting the position of the piston 4.
Patent GB-190519201-A (GB)
Title: Constant Current Electric Distributing System for the Utilisation of Variable Sources of Power.
Inventor: BOEHM OTTO
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 19,201. B÷hm, O. Sept. 22. Dynamos, driving.-In a constant-current system for lighting vehicles &c., in which a dynamo driven by a variable source of power, such as a car axle, is employed in conjunction with a secondary battery, the dynamo is coupled to the axle by means of friction gearing, which is automatically put out of gear when the charging - voltage reaches a maximum limit by an electro-magnet 9, Figs. 1 and 2, excited by the battery. The driven frictionwheel 3 is supported on pivoted arms 4, and is connected with the armature of the dynamo 5 by means of a flexible shaft 6 or the like. The arms 4 are controlled by a pressure-spring 7, and carry the armature 11 of the disconuecting-electromagnet 9, which is cut in and out by means of a relay 10 in shunt with the battery 8. An electromagnetic cut-out 12 is provided to prevent backdischarge of the battery through the dynamo. In place of the arms 4, the wheel 3 may be moved by a piston or other like means. In a modification, the electro-magnet 9 serves to place the frictionwheels in gear in opposition to a spring, or a solenoid may be used without the aid of a spring.
Patent GB-190602102-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Suspending and Supporting Curtains and the like.
Inventor: CHALLIS CHARLES EBENEZER
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 2102. Challis, C. E. Jan. 27. Punching-pliers.-A tool for fixing a cap on the end of a wire helix A in a special form of curtain suspender consists of two plates M, pivoted together at U and formed with a recess 0 for the cap K, with a lever and eccentric R for operating the punch P.
Patent GB-190608280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firing Gear for Ordnance.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-04-05
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 8280. Petch, A. F., and Redpath, R. April 5. Ordnance breech mechanism.-The firing-lever a is pivoted at c to a lever d which is pivoted at e to a fixed part f of the gun mounting. The lever d is connected by a rod h to the guard-plate g, and the lever a by a rod l to a link k, also carried by the guard-plate. A projection m on the spring-controlled link k co-acts with the trigger n to actuate the percussion lock at all elevations of the gun. The movements of the lever a may be controlled by a cam, instead of by the rod h.
Patent GB-190617653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for use in Applying Filling-material to Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: ARNOLD WILLIAM BENNETT
Filed: 1906-08-04
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 17,653. Arnold, W. B. Aug. 28, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filling space between insole and sole.-Relates to an apparatus for use in applying fill in g-material to boots and shoes. Mounted on standards 1 is a steam-jacketed table 2 comprising three compartments 3, 4, 5, each steam-jacketed, and adapted to receive filling-pots 6, 7, 8 and to be closed by a hinged cover. Adjacent to these compartments is a dip-pot 10, which is surrounded by a drip-guard 12 and is provided with a wide-open mouth, which preferably projects upwardly and forwardly, as shown at 11, Fig. 3. Above the dip-pot is arranged a superheating-tool 13, which is revolubly mounted on a steam-pipe 14 and is provided with a concave surface 19, a straight surface 20, and a convex surface 21, though for certain classes of work, such as McKay work, the roll is only provided with the flat surface. In operation, a quantity of the filling- material is placed in each pot, and the steam turned on, the steam entering the apparatus in the direction of the arrow 15, and leaving the table at 18. When the material has become fluid, it is emptied from the first pot 6 into the dip-pot 10, from which the proper amount of material is taken up by a dip-knife 27, Fig. 4, and deposited in the cavity in the shoe. A number of these dip-knives are provided ; they are kept hot by slipping them under weights 23, Fig. 4, pivoted to a rod 24 on a projecting part of the table 2. The shoe is then immediately raised against the roll 13, and manipulated by the operator against the different surfaces 19, 20, 21, to lay the material. The operator finally runs his knife over the welt to remove any overflow of the material, and the shoe is then racked. As soon as any one of the filling-pots is emptied, it is immediately refilled, so that a constant supply of the fluid fill ing-material is at hand. The apparatus may be modified to suit various requirements.
Patent GB-190619000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mounting of Springs on Artificial Dentures.
Inventor: FLETCHER GEORGE WILLIAM MORGAN
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 19,000. Fletcher, G. W. M. Aug. 25. Hinges.-The springs d connecting the upper and lower sets of artificial teeth are attached to the gumbolts b by spring staples a, of the form shown, which take over the bolts between the heads and collars thereon and the arms of which are inserted in the springs.
Patent GB-190619993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed Gearing for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: POWELL ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 19,993. Powell, A. D. Sept. 8. Driving-mechanism; motor-cycles.-Relates to the type of two-speed gearing applied to the crank-shaft of a motor-cycle &c. wherein compound pinions K, K<1> carried by a freely-mounted drum J gear with a driven pinion F keyed to the belt pulley H and with a driving-pinion A upon the crank-shaft B, the changes of speed being effected by clutching the pinion A to the drum by means of a friction clutch M, when the gear turns as a whole, and by holding the drum stationary by means of a band brake L, when the pulley is driven through the gearing A, K<1>, K, F. In the present invention, the driving-pinion, carrying the drum, the driven pinion, the pulley, and the clutch, is keyed upon the usual tapered end B' of the shaft and is held in position by a nut C, C', Fig. 4, carrying the gear-changing mechanism R, N. The nut screws upon the threaded end of the shaft, the clutch M being moved laterally upon a squared portion A<3> of the driving-pinion by drawing together or separating the arms N' of ratchet-faced disks N bearing against an abutment washer R and the clutch. Reference is made to Specification No. 14,450, A.D. 1905. According to the Provisional Specification, the pinion F is keyed to the sleeve E which is extended to form a disk G integral with or attached to the pulley.
Patent GB-190622336-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of New Mercurial Compounds of Ortho-nitro-toluene and the Manufacture of Ortho-nitro-benzaldehyde therefrom
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 22,336. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co.]. Oct. 9. o-Nitrotoluene compounds ; o-nitrobenzaldehyde.- Mercurial compounds of o-nitrotoluene are prepared by heating o-nitrotoluene with mercuric oxide or chloride and a dilute alkali, alkali carbonate, or earth alkali. A compound containing one atom of mercury to one molecule of o-nitrotoluene is first formed. It can be purified by dissolving it in alkalies, and then precipitating with acid. If the heating is prolonged, an insoluble compound, containing still more mercury, is produced ; it can be freed from mercuric oxide by digestion with 10 per cent hydrochloric acid. The free mercury compound is then obtained by treatment with dilute caustic soda. The product can be further purified by digestion with acetic acid and reprecipitation with dilute caustic soda. By treatment with nitric acid, nitrous acid, or a nitrate or nitrite and sulphuric acid, these mercurial compounds yield o-nitrobenzaldehyde.