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Patent GB-190415212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Coin-freed Apparatus for the Delivery of Goods and for Operating Advertising Devices Connected therewith.
Inventor: SIMMONDS JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 15,212. Simmonds, J. G. July 7. Sale apparatus for boxes of matches, cigarettes, sweetmeats, &c. Fig. 5 is a plan. Casings ; storage.-The casing A, which is preferably a pedestal of square section, is rotatable on rollers on a base. The upper part contains delivery and advertising apparatus on every side, and the lower part comprises storage cupboards. Delivery mechanism.-An article is drawn from the bottom of a pile by a drawer B. Coin action.-The bolt 6 at one end of a lever 8 on a fulcrum 9 is normally kept to the drawer by a counterweight 10 at the other end of the lever. Another lever 11 at right-angles on a fulcrum 12 carries a bucket 13 to receive the coin, which makes it tilt the first lever so as to draw the bolt. Coin-tipping mechanism.-An oblique wing 16 on the delivery drawer overturns the coin-bucket, which is pivoted to the lever and is self-righting. Advertising-apparatus.-Besides advertisements fixed in the casing, endless bands of advertisements are provided on pairs of rollers R on shafts S which are geared together at the corners of the casings by mitre-wheels U. A rack 2 or a pawl hinged to the bottom of each drawer B engages a ratchet-wheel on the associated shaft S so as to advance the advertisements at each delivery.
Patent GB-190415571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Twist Drills and other Spirally Shaped Objects.
Inventor: SCHMITZ JACOB
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 15,571. Schmitz, J. July 12. Bending.-A twist drill or other spirally-shaped object is made by twisting a bar, having the crosssection of the finished article, by pushing or drawing it through a rotating die having an opening to fit the bar. In the machine shown in Fig. 4, the bar a is fed through the die h by a screw f, connected by gearing with the rotating socket in which the die, shown separately in Fig. 5, is mounted. The bar passes through a guide-plate k to prevent twisting above the die. The bar may be drawn through the die, which may be intermittently rotated so that portions of the bar are left plain.
Patent GB-190416191-A (GB)
Title: Packing Box.
Inventor: HAMMESFAHR ERNST
Filed: 1904-07-21
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 16,191. Hammesfahr, E. July 21. Displaying.-Relates to that'class of box for containing small articles in which the cover slips inside the body of the box and has attached to it one or more of the articles for show purposes. The cover a has only two side-flaps b instead of four. The short edges of these flaps may be inclined so that the flags are trapezoidal instead of rectangular.
Patent GB-190416301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Certain Rings and Travellers Employed in Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Inventor: TAYLOR ROBERT
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 16,301. Taylor, R. July 23. Ring and traveller frames.- Relates to the apparatus described in Specification No. 908, A.D. 1903. Means are provided whereby the braking action on any one ring may be adjusted without stopping the frame, and also whereby no braking action occurs until the frame has speeded up after starting. The wire w attached to each outer ring x engages in a notch z' in a bracket z, which may be adjusted along the traverse bar b by means of a slot and set-pin y. The longitudinal movement of the bar b raises or lowers the outer ring x. The traverse bar b is so connected with the strap guide-fork that the brake rings x are out of action when the strap is on the loose pulley, but that the bar is not operated until the strap has been moved partly on to either the fast or the loose pulley. The bar b is operated in one direction by a spring and in the other by a sliding block u actuated by a cam t, the shaft of which is turned through a rod o and crank q by a bracket on the sliding belt fork e. The rod o is provided with adjustable blocks m, n for engagement with the bracket on the belt fork, which slides on a bracket f, being operated by a crank handle g ; the shaft of this carries another crank i, the pin of which engages with a slot e<1> in the bracket.
Patent GB-190417104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Consuming Smoke in Stoves and Furnaces.
Inventor: ROUX CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-08-04
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,104. Roux, C. J. Aug. 4. Cooking &c. stoves; smoke, consuming; ; grates; casings; flues. -To consume the smoke, the products of incomplete combustion are drawn from over the fire through side flues or the like into a secondary combustion chamber, and are compelled to pass through a sheet of flame drawn from the body of the incandescent fuel by the draught through apertures leading from the grate to the combustion chamber. Fig. 10 shows the grate of a cooking-range modified according to the invention. The products of incomplete combustion pass over the edges of the grate a, as shown by the arrow, and thence to the flues f<1>and the combustion chamber e, into which a sheet of flame issues through the apertures d. The grate bottom is formed with a prolongation n, and the cinders &c. which fall through the bars constituting it are discharged by opening the counterweighted door o. Fig. 13 shows a closed stove in which a small grate n is fitted to prevent the fuel from passing into the casing f. Figs. 15 and 16 show a stove in which apertures s are made in the sides of the fuel holder or hopper p, and the combustion products pass through them as well as over the edges of the hopper and through the aperture d. The flues f<2> lead into inclined flues f, and thence to the apertures f at the base of the combustion chamber e. The stove is closed by a mica front. The apertures f<1> may be placed below the aperture d, and kept clear by a small grate like that shown at n, Fig. 13. The bottom of the main grate of this stove consists of two parts t, t<1>, Fig. 19, the middle part t<1> being mounted on pivots on the outer part The whole grate may be moved horizontally by a loose handle y, and the middle part may be rocked so as to uncover more or less of the opening d, Fig. 16.
Patent GB-190422935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps for Motor Cars & the like
Inventor: RUSSELL SIDNEY
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,935. Russell, S. Oct. 25. Carriage and velocipede lamps ; reflectors; lenses. -The reflector R and the bell B are corrugated as shown, and the front glass G consists of a plain central lens g<2> surrounded by a ring of fluted radial cuts g<3>. The central lens is preferably made in two parts as shown.
Patent GB-190423206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,206. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 27. Steam turbines.-A number of valves 37, 38, 39, 40 are opened in succession to admit steam to the nozzles by a liquid relay motor 22, the central distributing-valve 30 of which is adjusted by a governor 4. The valves are arranged in pairs and attached to levers 41, 42 at different distances from the pivots 53 by which they are attached to the rods 44. The rods are connected to a crosshead 24 mounted by a spherical joint on the lever 19, which is connected to the piston-rod 20 of the relay 22. By making the arms of the levers 41, 42 of different lengths or the valves of different diameters, one is held to its seat by the steam pressure and forms a fulcrum for the movement of the other, which offers less resistance. In the same way, the arms of the crosshead 24 being of different lengths, one rod 44 is moved before the other. To ensure the closing of the valves in the opposite order to their opening, that one of each pair which opens first, viz., 37 or 39, becomes locked when in its open position by hooks 51, 52, and one of the rods 44 is similarly locked by hooks 58, 59, and mechanism may be provided to prevent the other valves and rods from moving until those which moved first have finished their strokes. The valves 30 of the relay motor 22 is constructed so that the motor fluid may leak through it to the exhaust pipe when it is in its mid-position, and flow to and lubricate the footstep bearings of vertical turbines ; the circulating- pump may be a rotary one with a leak at one place so that the valve 30 will receive a slight impulse at every revolution of the pump to prevent its sticking. The piston 21 follows the valve 30 and thereby tends to come to rest, and in the case of the speed of the turbine becoming very great the valve presses on the end of the piston and causes it to close the valves 40 &c. The circulating motive fluid may be throttled to adjust the speed of the turbine.
Patent GB-190424781-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Reducing Aluminium and other Metals and Making Alloys thereof.
Inventor: BLACKMORE HENRY SPENCER
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 24,781. Blackmore, H. S. Nov. 15. Electric furnaces. -In an apparatus for the electrolytic reduction of aluminium and other metals, a bath of fused oxides or oxy-compounds of calcium, lithium, or other metals is fused and kept fluid by an alternating current, which passes between alternate carbon or other electrodes T and the carbon or other lining B of the bath A, or simply between the alternate electrodes T. When the aluminium or other oxide has been dissolved in the bath, a continuous current is passed between the electrodes G and the lining B, and the aluminium or other metal collects at the bottom of the bith and is withdrawn through openings K. Any gases liberated pass away through conduits N. The electrodes T for the alternating current may be arranged at the sides of the bath, as shown in Fig. 6. Further supplies of the oxide to be reduced are introduced from time to time through openings E closed by insulating plugs F.
Patent GB-190426239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hermetic Cans or Metal Receptacles
Inventor: BROCKELBANK HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 26,239. Brockelbank, H. Dec. 2. Cans and canisters; cans, opening.-The lid and body of a can intended for sealing are so formed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, that a narrow channel f is left between the flange h of the lid and the edge k of the can. This channel is closed by the insertion of a ring e of " tagger tin " of M-section, which is then soldered to the adjacent flanges. To open the can, this ring is cut open with a knife, the channel serving to guide the knife blade. The lid and the ring may be made from a blank thinned at the border, and the ring may be stamped with a weakened line to form the apex of the channel. A wire may be embedded in the joint for the purpose of cutting open the ring.
Patent GB-190505220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Lamps.
Inventor: THOMAS PERCY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 5220. Thomas, P. H. March 28,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ]. Vacuum tubes.-The cooling of a mercury or like lamp, especially when it contains a mixture of gases or vapours, is effected by means of an internal tube 6, filled with alcohol, water, ether, or a like substance and opening into an external condensing- chamber 8. This chamber is previously sealed at a definite pressure of the gas contained in it, the object being to maintain the boiling liquid at a predetermined temperature. In another form of the device, a downwardly extending tubular portion of the envelope 1 of the lamp, partly filled by the mercury electrode, has the cooling-tube sealed through its upper end and passing through it into the mercury.
Patent GB-190508372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spargers for Obtaining Extract from Malt, Grain, and such like Materials.
Inventor: CROSSMAN TOM
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 8372. Crossman, T. April 19. Spray producers and spreaders.-In a sparging- apparatus, the horizontal perforated tubes are rotated about the vertical water-tube E by a steam turbine D or by an electric or other motor. The water passes in an upward direction through perforations in the tubes and is divided into spray by impinging against plates or deflectors L, which are covered with jagged projections. The sparger may be balanced by a weight T, or may be supported by a rack and pinion, or the vertical watertube E may be telescopic. The water'and steam connexions are made of flexible pipes.
Patent GB-190508880-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Eye Shade for Race, Field, River and such like purposes.
Inventor: HEDDON GEORGINA
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 8880. Hedden, G. April 27 Eye protectors and shades.-A protector and shade for the eyes consists of a shield E hinged or otherwise fastened to a folding handle A, B. The parts A, B of the handle may be pivoted at C and fitted with a washer or other device so as to leave a space between them for the reception of the shield E when folded up. A fastening - device F serves also as an attachment for a cord or chain. The handle may fold into more than two parts or may telescope, and the shield may be constructed to fold. Various methods of construction of shield and means for attaching the shield to the handle are described.
Patent GB-190509507-A (GB)
Title: A Measure for use in the Game of Bowls
Inventor: WHITE ROBERT
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 9507. White, R. May 5; Bowls, game of.-A bowl measuring-rod D is pivoted to a rod K provided with a handle C, the rod D being weighted at its end G. The device is provided with a tripod stand B, having an indicating-point I to ensure that the stand is accurately placed over the jack. The distance of a bowl from the jack is measured by means of a gauge H, which can be moved along the rod D and then secured in position by means of a screw A. The tripod is provided with feet shaped to prevent injury of the green.
Patent GB-190510047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cables.
Inventor: SMITH WILLOUGHBY STATHAM
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 10,047. Smith, W. S., and Granville, W. P. May 12. Cables.-In cables provided with leakage resistances such as are described in Specification No. 1789, A.D. 1897, the leakage resistances are made of long thin wires of platinoid or the like, either straight or in an open helix, embedded in the dielectric, the ends of these wires being connected to the core of the conductor and to earth, respectively, or one end being exposed to the sea-water. The resistance of the leak wires is preferably such that the junctions at the ends occur at the ordinary cable joints, and pairs of junctions to the conductor and to the outer case of the cable should be arranged adjacent to one another. As shown in Fig. 2, the conductor a is wound with copper ribbons b as described in Specification No. 11,627, A.D. 1898, and the leak wire d is embedded between the layers c, c<1> of the dielectric ; iron wires e are wound outside these layers, and a coating f of insulating or waterproof material, which may be covered with jute or hemp, serves as a bed for the armouring-wires and to prevent the iron from corroding. Copper wires g are placed over the cable as described in Specification No. 10,313, A.D. 1895, and the outer case h covers the entire cable. The end of the leak wire is preferably made of platinum or the like, of larger diameter, and is wound as indicated between the layers c, c<1>, c<2> so as to prevent the resistance wire from being attacked by sea-water or the like.
Patent GB-190510685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Devices for Kindling Gas Jets
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 10,685. Lake, H. H., [" Rapid " Elektrogasfernz³nder-Werke]. May 22. Actuating valves and cocks.-The upper end of the pilot jet 14, Fig. 4, is normally closed by the sparking end 11 of an ignition rod 9 operated by the armature 2, Fig. 2, of the cock-operating electro-magnet 1 and arranged in circuit with the electro - magnet 1. The cock opening and closing electro-magnets 1, 5 respectively act through armatures 2, 6 and arms 3, 7 on the cock lever 4, and the wire of the coils of the electro - magnet 1 is of smaller diameter than that of the other coils so that a less current will close the gas cock than will open it.
Patent GB-190517901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chills or Moulds for Casting Sash Weights.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT
Filed: 1905-09-05
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 17,901. Brown, R. Sept. 5. Casting.-Sash weights are cast in chill moulds constructed with a part A, Figs. 2 and 3,fixed to a frame and a part A<1> carried by rollers C on side raits. Projections a, a' form the hole for the cord, and pipes c, c<1> provide for water-cooling
Patent GB-190519502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Destructive Distillation of Sewage Sludge and other Waste Matters of an Organic Origin for the Recovery of Bye-products such as Ammonia and Oil therefrom and the Utilisation of the Residue.
Inventor: BUTTERFIELD JOHN COPE
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 19,502. Butterfield, J. C., and Watson, G. Sept. 27. Drawings to Specification. Bricks.-In a method of and apparatus for sterilizing sewage sludge and other waste of an organic origin, the sludge is treated in a retort through which the steam is passed, the retort being heated to such a temperature that the fixed carbon is burned within the retort by the oxygen resulting from the decomposition of the steam. The material discharged from the retort may, after treatment dependent on the natura of the precipitant used, be used for such purposes as brickmaking and cement-making, or as a precipitant for fresh sludge. When lime has been used as a precipitant, the material may be mixed in a pugmill with 40 to 50 per cent of rough sand or clinker from refuse destructors and made into bricks.
Patent GB-190519572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pin Pointing Machines.
Inventor: TONKS HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 19,572. Tonks, H. W. Sept. 28. Pins, dress and like. - The back rolling- plate of a pin - pointing machine is made in two parts, the supporting-part 3 of cast iron, and the acting - part 4 of hardened steel, instead of entirely of hardened steel.
Patent GB-190522000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use in Inflating Tyres and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-10-28
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 22,000. Boult, A. J., [Macquaire, L.]. Oct. 28. Gas and like engines.-Consists of apparatus for converting one of the cylinders of the explosion engines of motor-vehicles into an air-compressing cylinder for inflating the tyres. The apparatus is screwed on the cylinder in place of the sparking-plug, or elsewhere, and contains an inlet valve 3 having a spring weaker than those of the ordinary admission valves. When the apparatus is in use, the action of the admission valves is suspended, and atmospheric air drawn in through the valve 3 is forced on the return stroke past gratings 5 for intercepting dirt, soot, or oil, and thence through outlets 2 to the tyres.
Patent GB-190524009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armored Hose Couplings.
Inventor: GREENFIELD EDWIN TRUMAN
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-11-21
Abstract: 24,009. Greenfield, E. T. Nov. 21. Hose, connecting to couplings; screw unions.- Relates to couplings of the type described in Specification No. 16,566, A.D. 1903. A shoulder 7 on the two-part coupling-ring 6 engages a collar 9 on the sleeve 10, which has a bell-mouthed end 8 with cylindrical shoulders 11, 13. This sleeve is connected to a hydrant or steam-pipe by the screwed piece 16 and nut 12. This method can be used to join two hose pipes, provided the sleeve 10 has similar ends.
Patent GB-190525782-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Convertible Step-ladder.
Inventor: EUSTON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 25,782. Euston, G., and Williams, H. S. Dec. 11. Hinges.-A convertible ep-ladder consists of two sections A, A<1> hinged together, forming a stepladder which can be opened out to form a long ladder. The hinge consists of two portions B, C fixed to the ladder sections, the portion C being provided with a pintle D, Fig. 6, which engages with an eye D<2>, Fig. 7, on the portion B and is retained therein by a pin D<1> passing through a slot in the pintle. Lugs d are provided on the eye D<2> which engage with the pin D<1> and limit the extension of the step-ladder. When it is desired to convert the step-ladder into a long ladder, the pin D<1> is removed and the ladder opened about the hinge until the sections A, A<1> are in line, when a tongue B<1> provided on the hinge portion B passes into a slot b in the portion C, where it can be retained by the pin D'. The pin D', Fig. 9, may be hollow or solid and is provided with a swiveldrop d<1> to retain it in place. The ladder sections A, A<1> may be disconnected and used as separate ladders, and similar sections may be interposed to form longer or shorter ladders as desired.
Patent GB-190602118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-skidding Devices for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: NOEL AUGUSTUS JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 2118. Noel, A. J. Jan. 27. Tyres, pneumatic &c. - Means for preventing skidding of wheel tyres comprises rectangular metal pieces a secured to the tyre or to a band by countersunk rivets c. The pieces are arranged transversely or circumferentially, or in both directions, as shown, on the tread of the tyre. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 21,772, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190602618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: COWAN THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 2618. Cowan, T. W. Feb. 2. Lighting; inverted; regenerative gas and air supply; flues; cowls; wind guards; globes and holders therefor; lighting, doors or openings for.- In inverted outdoor lamps wherein incandescent burners are enclosed within a sliding globe 3, telescopic flues 23, 25, 24 are provided to enclose and protect the burners when the globe is lowered ; and openings 26, 27 are made in the parts 23, 25 for the admission of 'air, the regulation of which is effected by a sleeve 31 having a corresponding opening 31*. The cowl 38 has side openings 42 shielded by caps 43, and the upper part 40 of the flue is closed at the top and has side openings 41 out of line with the openings 43. The gas-supply pipe 51 comes down centrally and passes through the mixing-tube to the screw regulator 54. Several burners may be detachably arranged on a common mixing-tube 18, by slipping tubes 20 over short fubular projections at the top of the mixing-tube 18. Pilot tubes 57 are also provided. A lighting-door may be used in connexion with the bottom holder 14.