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Patent GB-190221712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flutes
Inventor: KRANTZ ADOLPHE
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 21,712. Krantz, A. Oct. 6. Wood and like wind instruments.- Double flutes or musical whistles are mounted together so that they may be played either singly or simultaneously by the same performer, two notes in consonance, one on each flute, being caused to sound by each key. The flutes a, b, Fig. 1, are so mounted on the bridge or band c that the corresponding air-holes are opposite one another, and are closed o r opened by a double, valve or key d, Figs. 2 and 3, having a rod d', traversing the bridges or bands e, e', and held open by a spring f. The interval between the notes of each pair of holes when the two flutes are blown with equal force is a third ; but by blowing one or the other harder so as to bring out the first upper partial, intervals of a sixth or a tenth can be obtained.
Patent GB-190228511-A (GB)
Title: A Filler for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: ARLIDGE JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1902-12-24
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 28,511. Arlidge, J. G., and Ross, I. Dec. 24. Displaying.-Relates to an improved "filler" or tree for preserving the contour of boots and shoes while on show or in transit. The tree, as shown, is made of cardboard, millboard, leatherboard, or the like, and consists of a fore-part A moulded or pressed to the shape of the fore-part of a last, and a rear-part B moulded or pressed to fit in the heel of the boot &c., the two parts being secured together by a pivoted connection C so that the part B can be turned up, as indicated in dotted lines, to facilitate the insertion of the part A. The connection C is also arranged so that, when the part B is forced down into position, it presses the part A upwardly against the instep of the boot &c. The part A may be formed with cuts or slits D, to give it the desired amount of flexibility, and the part B may be replaced by a band of steel &c. The part B may also be omitted, in which case the space behind the part A may be packed with paper, &c.
Patent GB-190228932-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Apparatus for use with Overhead Electrical Tramways.
Inventor: HILL HERBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-12-31
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 28,932. Hill, H. F. Dec. 31. Electric railways and tramways with safety appliances for overhead conductors. Conductors.-A light frame or bridge D, passing over an earthed guard wire C, is attached to the trolley wires A, which are thereby supported and earthed in case of breakage. The frame may consist of triangular sides D and a straight or other bridge-piece d.
Patent GB-190301304-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Prevention of Collisions on Railways
Inventor: SCHREIBER GEORGES
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 1304. Sohreiber, G. Jan. 19. Contacts, electric ; signalling between trains ; controlling and locking signals ; interlocking ; semaphore &c. signals ; lamp signals ; stopping engines and trains.-Relates to a system of automatic block signalling in which the train effects, at intervals, the closing of an electric circuit which sets a signal at danger behind it, such signal being restored to the safety position as soon as the next contact is reached and a fresh circuit closed. Fig. 4 shows one of the contact levers k, g, which is formed in two pivoted portions so as to be effective only in the proper direction of travel of the train. When the lever is turned over by a passing train, the projection 45, Fig. 3, moves towards the left. and carries with it a block 46 carried by the drum s. To the drum is secured a chain h tensioned by a spring l. The drum is locked in the new position by the engagement of a projection 55 beneath a detent 30 which forms the end of a lever pivoted at 30<a>. In this position the projection 3 is shifted sufficiently to the right to allow the bell-crank lever 101, 102 to drop, and close an electric circuit at the mercury cups 103. This contact remains closed after the train has passed over the arm k, but the arm itself and the projection 45 are restored at once to the normal position by a leaf spring. 50 acting through a cord 51 on the disc 44. The closing of the circuit at 103 energizes a solenoid 49, not at the home station, but at the next signal in succession behind the train. The core 41 is drawn in, and the shaft 32 is rotated, the effect being (1) to raise a blocking-device 20 between the rails, (2) to swing the signal disc and lamp 54 into the danger position (at rightangles to that shown in Fig. 4), and (3) to pull the cord 62 towards the right, thus drawing the projection 40 past the arm 27 against the tension of the spring 17 and releasing the drum s and breaking the contact at 103. This contact is not, of course, the home contact, but that previously made by the train, and the circuit thus opened is that of the solenoid at the next signal but one to the rear of the home signal. The opening of the solenoid circuit allows a spring to restore the corresponding signal and blocking-device to the safety position. The train is thus always protected for one clear section behind it, and as soon as a fresh signal is reached the signal next but one behind it returns to "safety." The solenoids ahead of the train may also be energized, so that the train is protected both in front and behind. Fig. 9 shows a speciallyshaped bar 70 secured to the locomotive for acting gradually and without shock on the contact-lever k. The bar 70 may be put out of action by means of a hand-wheel and lever. The blocking-devices 20, Fig. 10, actuate a lever A and detent B so as to release a lever C and cut off steam at the valve D. An emergency braking effect may also be produced.
Patent GB-190303681-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Supporting Vessels in Dry and other Docks; applicable also to Propping Up other Ponderous Bodies or Objects.
Inventor: EVANS EDMOND CHARLES
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 3681. Evans, E. C. Feb. 17. Wedges. - Consists of a wedge apparatus for propping or supporting vessels in docks and slips, and other heavy bodies, such as girders and machinery, by the use of which the usual side shores are dispensed with. Fig. 2 shows a a sectional elevation of the apparatus, which consists of two blocks a, i forced apart by a wedge-piece g. This is accomplished by means of pinions carried by the piece g and worked by a shaft o, gearing with racks b, j j on the blocks. Pawls d, l prevent backward motion by engaging racks c, k, and may be removed by pulling the cord e. The cradle m carries a wood block, and has a tilting movement about an axis in its length. Fig. 10 shows a method of operating the wedgepiece q by means of screws and nuts, the latter being fixed to the blocks p, r. Fig. 17 shows a modification of Fig. 10, in which the screws are operated differently. When screw-operated, the apparatus may be used for tilting the vessel slightly.
Patent GB-190304834-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Producing a Mussel-extract.
Inventor: NESSO ANTON
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 4834. Nesso, A., and Lammert, H. March 2. Food preparations.-Sea-mussels are freed from salt and oil when alive by placing them for a time in a series of baths of fresh water containing milk and salt, the proportion of milk increasing, and that of the salt decreasing. The mussels may be made into extract after the removal of the shells by the usual method of obtaining meat extract. It is preferred to heat the mussels in a boiler without water, whereby the shells are opened and the contained liquid runs out. The mussels are then boiled in the liquid till the meat forms a solid mass, when the shells are removed and the contents cleaned. The liquid and meat are then boiled together, the broth being filtered and afterwards thickened by boiling.
Patent GB-190306746-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint between Two Parts having a Relative Sliding Motion the one through the other.
Filed: 1903-03-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 6746. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Scourfield, W. E. March 23. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-A water-tight, airtight, or dustproof joint or connection is made between a recessed casing d and loose rod b by a cone a of rubber, leather, oiled silk, or other flexible material, which is turned inwards at the narrow end and united to the rod and casing, and may be protected by a sheet-metal jacket e. The rod and casing are adapted to slide, or to move longitudinally with a certain amount of side play relatively to one another, and either may be fixed.
Patent GB-190307216-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stopper for Bottles and the like
Inventor: KOEHLER ERNEST FELIX
Filed: 1903-03-28
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 7216. K÷hler, E. r. March 28. Stoppers.-The head c, Fig. 2, of the stopper is made of earthenware, porcelain, glass, &c., and is formed with an aperture f to receive the wire fastening e. A plug a of cork, cork substitute, rubber, &c. is employed to close the mouth of the bottle, the plug being shaped, as shown, so that it can be fitted sideways into a dovetailed recess in the head c. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the bead c is replaced by a ring d of metal &c., into which the plug a is inserted, as shown. In both forms, the plug can be removed, and, when damaged or worn out, replaced by a new plug. According to the Provisional Specification, the plugs may be cleaned by boiling.
Patent GB-190308921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Riveting Apparatus.
Inventor: GUNNELL ELIAS
Filed: 1903-04-20
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 8921. Gunnell, E. April 20. Riveting.-Rivets are held up by a fluid-pressure piston, provided with a yielding member arranged to give a return blow. The stem l, Fig. 1, of a snap bears against the stem of a piston b, and a stud in the cylinder cover d bears against a fixed support. A sleeve is kept in contact with a collar m of the snap, by a spring h, and takes up the blow of the riveting-tool, the compression of the spring giving a sharp return blow. The yielding member may consist of a loose block and a spring, carried within a tubular stem attached to the piston, or of a small piston or shouldered pin adapted to compress air or other elastic fluid in an annular chamber.
Patent GB-190324224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulleys and their Bearings more especially adapted for use as Tension Pulleys.
Inventor: HASERICK ARTHUR A
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 24,224. Lake, H. H., [Haserick, A. A.]. Nov. 7. Spindle apparatus, driving - arrangements for. The spindle B of tension and other idle pulleys in the spindle-driving arrangements of roving, spinning, or twisting machines are made with conical ends b<3>, Fig. 3, protruding from the bearings b so as to work out any lint or thread which may catch on. The pulley is mounted in a forked hanger A having a square eye a to fit a suspension stud. The bearing consists of two pierced wooden blocks b, usually cylindrical, which are fitted into slotted boxes A<1> at the ends of the fork and are kept in place by a forked overlapping cover D. The cover has dovetailed grooves to fit the bevelled edges of the hanger, and a cross-rib d to facilitate handling. A transverse hole b<2> in each block receives grease which is protected from dust by the cover D.
Patent GB-190327551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Apparatus for Dry-hopping, Conditioning, Carbonating and Chilling Malt Liquors and for other like uses.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM PLOMER
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-12-16
Abstract: 27,551. Harris, W. P. Dec. 16. Drawings to Specification. Pressure gauges.-Beer, stout, and like malt liquors are hopped, aerated, conditioned, or chilled in a cylindrical receptacle mounted on trunnions. The Provisional Specification describes a mercurial pressure gauge which serves as a relief valve, the mercury being forced into an upper receptacle and allowing the exit of gas when the pressure reaches a certain amount.
Patent GB-190404162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spanners.
Inventor: TREEN ROLAND JAMES
Filed: 1904-02-19
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 4162. Treen, R. J., and Lilly, J. Feb. 19. Spanners and wrenches. -A spanner or wrench for use in confined places has a circular notched hole in one or both ends of its arm to hold loosely box-spanners 9 formed with teeth 10. The boxes may be double-sided or have flanges for preventing them from passing through the hole in the arm.
Patent GB-190404329-A (GB)
Title: Improved Joint and Cover for Jugs, Basins and other like Vessels
Inventor: HALL SILAS
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 4329. Hall, S., and Fox, J. Feb. 22. Jars and like vessels.- Lids or covers are attached to jugs, jars, and the like by means of a spring clip formed out of an H-shaped metal blank, such as is shown in Fig 4. The parts c are turned down to form hooks fitting on the rim, as shown in Fig. 2, and the lower parts are bent to form grooves for the reception of a spring staple e, the crown f of which forms a hinge for a clamp g, within which the lid h is held by a thumb-screw i passing through a slot s in the lid.
Patent GB-190404759-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machines for Bevelling the Ends of Driving-belts and for Dressing the same.
Inventor: NUSCH FERDINAND
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 4759. Nusch, F., [Melzer & Feller]. Feb. 26. Cutting-machines for gearing-belts.-Driving-belts are bevelled by apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1. The belt is secured to a vice b, carried on one end of a slide c, and is passed under the knife f, between the spring roller s and the roller d, and between the roller d and the roller g. The slide c is provided underneath with a rack with which a pinion n on the shaft m engages to move it. The slide has cheeks at its front end to which a frame i is pivoted, the frame being adapted to be raised or lowered at its rear end by a screw actuated by a hand-wheel k. The knife is mounted on sliding supports h which are adapted to be raised and lowered by bevel gearing g. The rollers d, q are mounted on bearings which slide on the inner faces of the supports h, and the roller s is mounted on the main frame. To operate the machine, the knife is lowered to the belt, and the frame i is inclined by lifting it at its rear end. The slide c is then actuated to draw the belt under the knife, the inclined frame i lifting the rollers d, q so as to cut the belt to the required bevel.
Patent GB-190406952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Hanging of Window Sashes and the like.
Inventor: MOLE ALFRED
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-03-28
Abstract: 6952. Mole, A. March 22. Windows. - T h e upper and lower sashes are connected by cords, wires, or chains C passing over pulleys c, so as to balance one another. Each stile of the upper sash is bored as shown at b to receive the end of the cord, and a recess b<1> receives the knotted end of the cord. The lower sash stiles are formed with grooves c<1>, recesses c<2>, and perforations c<3>, to receive the cords 0, stirrup nuts or shackles E, and tightening-screws D, which permit the adjustment of the cords and sashes.
Patent GB-190409705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gaseous-fuel Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: TORRANCE ARCHIBALD JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 9705. Torrance, A. J. April 28. Gas stoves for boiling-pans.-Relates to apparatus using a mixture of gas and air for heating portable boiling-pots, such as those used for boiling sugar and in the manufacture of confectionery and the like. Gas from a pipe H, having a regulating-valve H<1>, and air from a pipe G are supplied to pipes F, and the mixture is conducted to the distributing-chamber A formed between a perforated top B, shaped to conform to the vessel M to be heated, and a base D, the whole being mounted upon legs E. To support the vessel M, lugs L are fitted on the rim of the top B, so that a narrow combustion chamber N is formed having exhaust openings P. According to the Provisional Specification, the ''exhaust'' may pass through perforations in the rim, or the base of the vessel may be constructed with projections "to produce " exhaust apertures," or " exhaust pipes may be formed to extend through the body of the fuel chamber or through the vessel itself. The distributing-chamber may be divided into three compartments by providing the top B with three radial ribs and forming the base D in three sections fixed to the ribs. An ignition jet J is provided to reignite the mixture in the event of extinction when the vessel M is removed.
Patent GB-190419053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Steel by the Basic Bessemer Process
Inventor: MASSENEZ OTTO
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 19,053. Massenez, O. Sept. 3. Bessemer processes; basic processes.-In the manufacture of steel by the Bessemer process, basic additions, such as burnt lime, oxides of iron or manganese, or mixtures of the same, with or without fluor-spar or other flux, are introduced into the converter before, or immediately after, running in the molten pig iron. The composition and quality of the basic addition is such as to produce, with the oxides of silicon and manganese formed during the blow, a slag sufficiently fluid to be poured off the metal, and sufficiently acid to prevent a large quantity of phosphoric acid from passing into it. After the pig iron is poured in, the blow is commenced and continued until the greater part or the whole of the silicon has been oxidized. The blow is then stopped and the slag removed, Lime is then added to the charge to bind and retain phosphoric acid which is formed on continuing the blow, and to neutralize any remaining silica. After this addition, the blow is continued and the charge finished, after the oxidation of phosphorus, as usual. If desired, the lime may be added after the bulk of the carbon has disappeared during the continuance of the blow.
Patent GB-190422571-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Mechanically Playing Keyed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: SPAETHE WILHELM ERNST
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 22,571. Spaethe, W. E. Oct. 19. Automatic instruments.-In an apparatus for mechanically playing keyboard instruments, the key-actuating bellows are controlled by double valves within the bellows themselves. The key pressers are adapted to be adjusted to different instruments and are mounted in guides. A ' pianissimo ' regulating device is provided. The bellows 3, Fig. 1, are mounted on interchangeable casings 5 which are connected with the wind-chest 6 by large passages 7 and small passages 8. The double valves 39 are controlled by diaphragms 40, which are connected by channels in the back of the wind-chest to the holes in the tracker-board w. The diaphragms 11 control the double valves 12, 38, which are made in the form of a ring covering a ring of holes. The lever 37 controlling the ' loud' pedal and the 'pianissimo' lever 48 can be operated by one hand. The key pressers are formed with flattened parts which pass through felt-lined slots in a guide-bar. The lever 48 controls an opening 46 between the reserve bellows 47 and the bellows 44 of the ' pianissimo' regulating-device shown in Fig. 14. The bellows 44 are connected by springs 43 to diaphragms 41 which control the air supply through the valves 42 to the wind-chests for the bass and treble respectively.
Patent GB-190506276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reducing Agents or Compositions for use in Photography.
Inventor: SMITH HARRY EDMUND
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 6276. Smith, H. E. March 24. Reducing intensity ; intensifying.-A reducing- agent which exercises a selective action is obtained by mixing a solution of Erdman's salt and sulphuric acid. In place of these substances, allied salts containing cobalt, usually in the form of an amine, the nitrite radicle, and potassium, sodium, ammonium, or other metals, with or without other acid radicles, and an acid may be used ; or a cobalt' salt with nitrites of the above metals, and an acid, may be used. Change of colour of the image is prevented by immersion in a bath of dilute ammonia after reduction. Prolonged action of the reducing-agent is stated to intensify the lightest deposits of silver.
Patent GB-190508204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnaces for Steam Generators and the like.
Inventor: POULTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1906-04-17
Abstract: 8204. Poulton, W., and Hurd, M. April 17. Smoke - consuming; fire - bridges; baffles. - To ensure more perfect combustion, hot air is supplied to the part of the flue behind the fire-grate of a steam-generator or like furnace, through hollow fire-bars, a hollow bridge, and "regenerator" baffle cones in the flues. A " regenerator " cone f, such as is described in Specifications No. 16,535, A.D. 1895, and Nos. 20,740 and 22,183. A.D. 1904, may be used. This cone has peripheral outlets round the base g, and is connected by tubes e to a hollow bridge d communicating at a lower lever with hollow fire-bars a as described in Specification No. 7609, A.D. 1905. Part of the air may be discharged through outlets in the tubes e which may extend from cone to cone. The outlets may be arranged on any parts of the cones, which may be arranged to allow of partial rotation as described in the prior Specifications. To prevent choking of the hollow bridge with fine dust and ashes, a rocking plate or valve i may be arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190509482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stands or Trays having Covers.
Inventor: WARNINGTON CHARLES CAREW
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 9482. Warnington, C. C., and Fenton, A. May 5. Stands for table use; plates, dishes, and the like, covers for.-A stand A for pastry and the like is provided with a cover C which can be raised vertically and retained in the raised position. From the centre of the cover C, a tube or rod D passes downwards through a guide-tube E. To the bottom of this rod D are attached a number of supporting chains or cords F, which pass over pulleys G and are then secured to a counterbalance H, which rises and falls within the hollow pillar B ; or, as a modification, the weight may be arranged to slide upon the outside. In a modification, the counterbalance is dispensed with. A single chain is attached to the bottom of the rod D and carried over a pulley to the outside, where it terminates in a ring. The cover is raised by pulling the chain, and is held in the raised position by passing the ring over a hook or knob.
Patent GB-190514116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adding Machines.
Inventor: WALES CHARLES
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 14,116. Wales, C. July 8. Calculating-apparatus.-Tr a n s f e r mechanism is described for key-set lever-operated multiple-bank adding- machines of the type shown in Fig. 1, in which the raising of a particular stop-rod 26 by its key determines the extent to which a rack-bar 32 may move forward during the forward stroke of the operating-lever. Upon the return stroke, the numeral wheels 71 of the totalizing-counter are lowered into gear with the racks, the latter move back and register, and the wheels are finally lifted out of gear. The type of transfer arrangement is that in which a trigger 128, Figs. 6 and 8, is tripped by one of the transfer teeth 74 on the numeral wheel, the rack restoring-arms 63 throw an F-shaped jack 138 into gear with outer teeth on the higher numeral wheel just after the racks have completed registration, and at the end of the rearward stroke the operating-lever unlocks a link-work to allow a downward movement of the jack by a spring, all the parts being re-set at the end of the forward stroke. Fig. 6 shows the parts re-set by the link 162 from the main shaft, the elbow lever 158 and associated link-work 156, 154, 151, 133, the latter barhaving the jack pivoted thereto and resting with its end against pins 132, 135 on the trigger. The outward motion of the trigger due to the transfer tooth frees this end in order that the displacement of the locking-arm 145 by a second link 163 from the main shaft may be followed by a clockwise turning of the jack-bar 133 about its pivot 134 under the influence of a spring 144 as shown in Fig. 8. During this motion the jack feeds the higher wheel through one unit by means of its tooth 139.