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Patent GB-190308211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Runners and Apparatus for Moulding and Casting Rice-bowls and other Hollow and Flat Ware.
Inventor: BUTLER JOHN
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 8211. Butler, J., and Evans, J., [trading as Evans & Co., J.]. April 9. Casting and moulding.-Relates to the moulding of rice-bowls, and other flat hollow-ware, and consists mainly in means for attaching the runners to the patterns, which are used in conjunction with the frames described in Specification No. 8036, A.D. 1902. Fig. 11 shows a runner a, which has a projection fitting a recess in the plug d, in the bottom of the pattern. This plug is held in position by brackets e, and a plate f, and can be rotated, against the action of a spring, which returns it when set free. Before the runner is put in place, the opening in the plug is closed by a spring-pressed plunger g. The runner shown at k is used when the bowl is to be formed with a shallow boss as shown at m in Fig. 10. A boss n is formed on the pattern, and is connected to a plate p, secured to the pattern in the manner described above. Surrounding the boss is an annular plug s, in which are two recesses to receive projections q on the runner. An opening c is made in the runner to allow the sand to be rammed round the boss. The recesses in the plug are filled as before by spring-pressed plungers r, and the plug is provided with a spring as described above. The runners are made of some heavy metal or alloy, so that they fall out when the moulding box is inverted, and the frame y is rotated to remove the rollers z, as described in the previous Specification.
Patent GB-190308590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-heating and Air-heating Furnaces or Stoves
Inventor: SHAW THOMAS PATTON
Filed: 1903-04-15
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 8590. Shaw, T. P., and Paddon, J. E. H. April 15. Water and air heating stoves.- Relates to heaters for hot-water and hot - air heating- systems. Fig. 1 shows one form of water heater. An elongated vertical combustion chamber h, open at the top end but closed at the bottom end i, contains a gas, vapour, or oil burner 8, or a coal fire. The walls of this chamber are so arranged that air for combustion from the annular chamber e, after passing up the space r and down the space s, enters the chamber at t, and is heated. The gas also, when gas is used in the burner, is heated before combustion by leading the gas-pipe round the top of the combustion chamber, and down the space s, to the burner. A series of vertical water tubes 5 are connected at their lower ends to the " distri- " buting-member," to which the return pipe of the heating-system is connected at d, and at their upper ends to the " concentrating-member," to which also the heating-system is connected at 3. The products of combustion, after circulating between the vertical tubes, being deflected in their passage by the baffle-plate b, escape to the chimney through damper-controlled branches w, v in an internal casing y. The air for combustion enters the outer casing at 85 and passes down to the chamber e, which is provided with regulable openings f. In a modification, Fig. 4, the water tubes 5 are bent outwardly at their lower ends and connected to an annular chamber 19, to which the return pipe is connected. The baffle-plate b is located in the "draught-chamber" 20. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement for heating air, in which tubes 5 are carried through the top and bottom of the apparatus. Cold air is admitted at 21, and pipes 23 conduct the heated air away.
Patent GB-190310243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Soluble Acetylised Cellulose Derivatives.
Inventor: BALSTON REGINALD MANSFIELD
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 10,243. Balston, R. M., and Briggs, J. F. May 5. Cellulose acetates. - In treating cellulose to obtain a soluble acetylized derivative, a small quantity of an anhydro-chloride of a mineral acid, such as phosphorus pentachloride and phosphorus oxychloride, is added to the acetylizing-agent. In one method of operation, dry fibrous cellulose, such as cotton wool, is steeped in a mixture of acetic anhydride and glacial acetic acid to which has been added a small proportion of phosphorus oxychloride. The mixture is contained in a bottle, and the whole may be placed in a chamber heated to about 55‹ C. for seven or eight hours. When sufficiently soluble in chloroform or phenol, the treatment is terminated by adding water to the mixture.
Patent GB-190310830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessels for Delivering Measured Quantities of Liquid.
Inventor: BOAKE EDMOND JOHNSON
Filed: 1903-05-12
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 10,830. Boake, E. J., and Sergeant, C. May 12. Measured quantities, delivering.-The piston d is placed at such a point in the cylinder a that the required capacity of that vessel below the piston is read off at the reference point g on the scale upon the piston-rode. The cock h is turned so that liquid enters from the pipe i, air passing out by the tube within the piston - rod until the float valve f is lifted up to its seating. Discharging takes place through the pipe k, air entering through the float valve, which drops. In a modification, there is no piston, but merely a plunger, containing an air passage and having a floatvalve, a fixed pin in the plunger passing through a slot in the valve spindle.
Patent GB-190311294-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Tyres for Motor Cars and Cycles.
Inventor: KEDDIE CLARENCE EDGAR ROMAINES
Filed: 1903-06-25
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 11,294. Keddie, C. E. R. June 25. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A cover for preventing the puncture and side slipping of elastic tyres for motor cars and cycles consists of interlaced metal rings a, with a leather or other backing G, the whole, preferably, secured to annular rim plates e. The cover may be attached direct to the rim flanges c.
Patent GB-190317361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Harmoniums and Zithers.
Inventor: GRUNERT ALFRED HERMANN
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 17,361. Grunert, A. H. Aug. 10. Harmoniums; zithers.-The cover of a harmonium is formed by the frame a of a zither furnished with strings b arranged in chords, chromatically, o r in fifths, so that the instrument may be used as a harmonium, as a zither, or as a combined harmonium and zither.
Patent GB-190318339-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Manufacturing Plate Glass.
Inventor: MIELISCH HUGO
Filed: 1903-08-25
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 18,339. Mielisch, H. Aug. 25. Rolling; delivering molten metal.-Relates to apparatus for making plate glass. The molten metal is fed into a hopper a, which is then closed by a cover b, and compressed air is admitted through tubes d so as to force out the metal between rotating rollers e,f on to a table n, which is moved along on rollers by pinions l on the end of the rollers e, which engage with rack teeth m on the sides of the table. The distance between the rollers e, f is adjustable, so as to allow of layers of various thickness being deposited upon the table. No auxiliary pressing or rolling-out process is necessary.
Patent GB-190322272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Retort-furnaces for Charring or Coking Peat and the like.
Inventor: LAURENIUS CARL ERLAND
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,272. Laurenius, C. E. Oct. 15. Coking.-A retort furnace for charring or coking peat and the like is heated by the waste gases from the peat. A section through two retorts is shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section of four retorts. The peat is thrown in at the top through the damper c and passes down the conical tube b to the cast-iron lower portion a of the retort, which is heated by the fire upon the grate i. The gases from the peat enter an annular chamber d, from which they are led by a pipe e to a condensing and washing vessel f, after which they are led to the furnace by the pipe g, where they are consumed. Each retort is provided at the side nearest the fire with a burner j, through which the combustible gases from the hottest part of the retort pass to the fire.
Patent GB-190324082-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Separating Coal Dust from Coal, also Separating the Smaller Particles from the Dust.
Inventor: EDMONDSON ROBERT HOLT
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 24,082. Edmondson, P. H., and Edmondson, J. H. Nov. 6. Screening coal.-Coal from which dust is to be removed is delivered on to the screen d, Fig. 1, through which the smaller particles pass to the screen e. A current of air in the closed chamber g draws the dust through the screen, and carries it down the pipe j to the receiver l. The current may be induced by a stream of air forced through perforations in a pipe k placed at the mouth of the pipe j, or another inlet may be provided so that air may be forced through the chamber. Particles of dust, which pass through the screen d but not through the screen e, fall into the chamber m, and are drawn into the chamber g through the inlet i. The larger particles in the dust may be separated by passing it through a horizontal connection into a vertical pipe n, Fig. 2, in which the finer particles rise and the larger ones fall, or by delivering it into a casing o, Fig. 3, formed with vertical divisions p so that the heavier particles collect in the compartments q.
Patent GB-190400051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Fabrics.
Inventor: MORTON JAMES
Filed: 1904-01-01
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 51. Morton, J. Jan. 1. Fabrics figured by dyeing; mixed fabrics.-Consists of a development of the invention described in Specification No. 18,897, A.D. 1903. A fabric is woven with white, grey, or other light yarns of cotton, wool, silk, &c., and in the weaving operation certain warps, or wefts, or both, of material different from the bulk of the yarns used, are introduced in the form of cross lines, or ribs, or straight lines, or as small mosaics, or as diagonal lines as in twilling. The fabric is then dyed by any known process, to colour only the yarns such as wool, which were introduced as cross lines &c., while leaving the other yarns, such as cotton, unaffected. The fabric then has any desired pattern produced upon it by any known printing or dyeing process, which colours the main body of the yarn, but leaves the previously-dyed yarns to show up through the pattern, thus producing a fabric resembling tapestry.
Patent GB-190404933-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Roller-skate.
Inventor: THEYSOHN ERNST
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4933. Theysohn, E. Feb. 29. Skates.-The rollers a, b of a roller skate, are constructed like small bicycle wheels, with or without spokes, and with hollow india-rubber tyres fitted in their curved rims, and are journalled in ball bearings in downwardly-projecting parts d, e of a sheet-iron frame c, which is fitted with an ordinary fastening-device.
Patent GB-190406419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brooders or Artificial Mothers for Rearing Poultry and for other like purposes.
Inventor: WILSON-WILSON THEODORA
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 6419. Wilson, T. Wilson-. March 16. Oil lamps and lamp stoves.-Apparatus of the kind described in Specifications No. 3216, A.D. 1894, and No. 23,116, A.D. 1897, [both in Abridgment Class Agricultural appliances, Farmyard &c.], for rearing poultry, is provided with a lamp made of oval shape and with two burners. The lamp guard is of wire gauze and is made in two parts, one of which, h, is continuous with the partitions h<1> of the foster-mother, and the other, h', is fastened to the first by the hook h<3>. The radiating-plate i is arranged as in the Specifications referred to above, but is of oval shape.
Patent GB-190407366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Motor Waggons.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 7366. Imray, O., [Ganz & Co. Eisengiesserei und Maschinenfabriks Akt.-Ges.]. March 28. Propelling by steam engines. Relates to steam motor wagons, more especially for railways, and consists of a method of so mounting the boiler and engine that they can be readily detached and replaced, and of a boiler so constructed as to render repair and cleansing more easy. The boiler is made in two parts communicating through the foot plate, and independently secured to the upper and lower sides thereof, the upper part 1 comprising the water and steam space and the lower part 4 the fire-box and ashpit. The chimney consists of a telescopic tube 5, 6, fitting on the part 7 secured to the boiler. The cap is fitted with a doublo door, which when fully opened gives sufficient room for the removal of the boiler &c. The motor 11 is supported partly by the driving-axle 12, which is readily removable in the usual way, and partly by jointed suspension rods 13 from the frame. In a bogie wagon, the motor is carried on one of the bogies and changed with it.
Patent GB-190408169-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or in connection with Hair Pins.
Inventor: WRIGLEY HARRIET
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 8169. Wrigley, H. April 9. Hair-pins.- A bead, jewel, stone, or other suitable head b is attached to the pin at the bend, to facilitate withdrawal from the hair.
Patent GB-190410618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Iron or Steel Strip and the like.
Inventor: BROUGHTON FREDERICK LENNOX
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,618. Broughton, F. L. May 9. R o l l ing.-The scale-removing apparatus in a rolling- mill for making iron and steel strips first grips the strip and then feeds it to the finishing-rolls, thus preventing a waste piece on the leading-portion of the strip. Bars c, d, g, h, Fig. 1, are secured between arms e which hang from a tie-bolt f in the machine framing and a bar k is fixed between side arms j suspended from the lever n by a rod m. The arms e are connected to the lever n by the slotted link q, and a stop r prevents the whole mechanism from swinging towards the rolls. On depressing the lever n, the scraper-bar k rises and grips the strip and at the same time rises above the stop r, thus allowing the mechanism to take up the position shown in Fig. 2. The scraper-bars, in a modification of the apparatus, are carried on toothed segments engaging one another, and a spring buffer is provided to prevent shock on the apparatus swinging towards the rolls. In another modification, the scraper-bars g, h, Fig. 7, are carried on a pivoted arm e operated by togglelevers i from a lever n pivoted to the sliding arm j. The scraper-bars are first brought down to grip the strip, and the sliding arms are then moved forwards to the stops.
Patent GB-190414322-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to "Miner's Safety" and other similar Lamps
Inventor: PRESTWICH JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,322. Prestwich, J. June 25. Right to Patent relinquished. Miners' and like safety lamps.-To the burner plate a of a lamp carrying a wick-tube b, is attached a filling-tube c, in the contracted end of which a ball d fits and is pressed upwards by a spring e. To fill the lamp, the ball is depressed, returning to its place when the operation is completed.
Patent GB-190416042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grinding Cylindrical & Conical Work.
Inventor: GUEST JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 16,042. Guest, J. J. July 20. Surfacing and polishing.-Relates to means for holding the work up to the grinding-wheel and to means for stopping the cross-feed when the work reaches a predetermined size in machines for grinding shafts, arbors, spindles, &c. The work l, Fig. 1, is held against the grinding-wheel s on a block g which bears against it at two places on its circumference. The block is adjustable by screws k along one arm c<1> of the lever c', c<2> which rocks on the pivot e. The arm c<2> being the heavier, the work is always pressed against the grinding-wheel, and it is prevented from moving away by a ball m sliding in a V-shaped groove n', n<2> and bearing against a fixed piece p<1>, p<2>. As the work decreases in size, the arm c<2> drops and the ball m slides further down the groove, which is so arranged that the ball cannot be forced up it, the friction being too great. Instead of a single block g bearing against the work at two places, two blocks each bearing on the work at one place, or a single block having a considerable arc of contact, may be used. Instead of the work being held against the grinding-wheel by gravity, it may be pressed against it by springs or other forces, and a roller may be used in place of the ball m. The means for stopping the crossfeed comprise an electromagnet M which is brought into operation so as to hold the pawl Q, Fig. 5, out of contact with the ratchet-wheel N which causes the axes of the work and the grinding-wheel to approach at each reversal of the table. The electromagnet is excited when a screw J attached to the pivoted arm G comes into contact with a piece L which is attached to the the pivoted arm C. This happens when the work D becomes the requisite size, so that the arms G, C which bear on it at opposite ends of a diameter can approach sufficiently close together. The Provisional Specification describes an improvement consisting in carrying the regulating-switch, in electrically-driven wheels, on the wheel-head or cross-slide, and in making the operating-lever interlock with a part of the wheel-guard. This makes the position of the operating-lever, and thus the speed of the wheel, depend on the diameter of the wheel, and thus prevents overspeeding. It is also stated that the same electric current which is utilized to throw out the crossfeed mechanism may be used to lock the cross-slide itself and also the steadies.
Patent GB-190417947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Joints
Inventor: SALTER HENRY JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,947. Salter, H. J. Aug. 18. Lead and like pipe joints; butt and flange joints; taps and pipes, connecting ; couplings, disconnectible. -A section of a lead-to-lead joint is shown in Fig. 2. One pipe end is passed through the flanged thimble d, and another through the screwed socket f, and the ends are then flanged by hammering. The two pipe ends are then brought together, and the joint made complete by screwing a union nut a on to a socketf. In one modified joint, the outlet pipe of a tap or stop-cock is screwed into the nut a in place of the socket f and pipe i. In a modified joint for connecting an iron to a lead pipe, the joint is similar to that shown in Fig. 2, except that the inner surface of the socket f is screwed to receive the screwed end of the iron pipe.
Patent GB-190419106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Racks or Receptacles for Cards, Pamphlets, Forms, and the like.
Inventor: ELBOURNE EDWARD TREGASKISS
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1905-11-04
Abstract: 19,106. Elbourne, E. T. Sept. 5. Filing papers &c.-Relates to racks or receptacles for holding and classifying cards forwcrkmen's time, cards for machines or jobs, pamphlets, forms, &c., so that any card &c. is readily accessible at sight, and may be rearranged without entailing confusion. The rack casing is provided with partitions or shelves c for the reception of the cards, and also with devices for holding indicating-cards in conjunction with each shelf &c. These devices may consist of slides, clips, hooks, or pegs, but, in Fig. 1, the use of slides is shown. The slides g comprise grooves or rabbeted strips in which the indicating-cards are slid, and the latter may be secured in place by retaining-strips. Doors, hinged or otherwise, with transparent fronts, may be provided for retaining and protecting the indicating-cords. The retaining-strip h is formed with buttonhole-shaped slots which engage over pins p on the side of the casing, and is locked as shown by means of the projection j in conjunction with the lug k. The internal surfaces of the walls a, b, and in some cases the back of the rack, are grooved so that the shelves c may be held either in an inclined position, or vertical when the rack is used horizontally. The shelves may, as in Fig. 5, be arranged to slide on a rod f placed in the rack case, side projections d being furnished on the shelves. Any number of the rack cases may be placed side by side or back to back, and may be pivotally suspended between brackets attached to a wall. They may also be hinged together, or may be arranged to form the faces of a vertical prism, a pivot being provided for the prism to revolve upon.
Patent GB-190421221-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Apparatus for Effecting the Condensation of Steam.
Inventor: FLEUSS HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 21,221. Fleuss, H. A. Oct. 3. Turbines, condensers and fittings therefor. Relates to a vacuum pump adapted especially for drawing-off air and non-condensed vapour from the condensers of steam turbines, a second pump being employed for withdrawing the condensed water. The parts of the air pump are heated, in order to prevent condensation of steam, and the pumped gases are passed to a second condenser acting in conjunction with a cooled pump. Two pumps a, Fig. 3, of the construction described below, draw air and steam from the condenser b and deliver it into a coiled-tube condenser e, the lower end of which is connected with any ordinary pump k. Relief valves g allow the discharge of air when starting. The vacuum pump, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a vertical cylinder with suction at s<1>, which is uncovered by the piston at the bottom of its stroke. The delivery valve n<1>, communicates with a chamber o leading to the delivery outlet p<1>. The delivery valve and the piston are constantly covered with oil, and some of the oil above the piston is discharged at the end of the up-stroke past the delivery valve into the chamber o. At the commencement of the downstroke, the delivery valve is kept open fur a short time to allow oil to flow back from the chamber o to the barrel. The pump-barrel cover is formed in an annular chamber t kept heated by steam admitted through a pipe t<1>, Fig. 2, and the oil above the cover is thus heated and by interchange transmits some heat to the oil above the piston ; other means of heating may be used. The deliveryvalve spring x is utilized to keep tight the packing of the two shafting-boxes. A third shafting-box u, kept covered with oil, is used to prevent leakage downwards at the chamber o.