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Patent GB-190323120-A (GB)
Title: Storage Battery Plates.
Inventor: BIJUR JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 23,120. Bijur, J. Oct. 26. Secondary batteries.-Relates to the form and construction of PlantÚ plates, and consists in using lead strips or ribbons. A single elementary strip B, Fig. 1, is shown supported by cross-bars C, the angles of the spaces formed being filled in with metal. All the parts within the dotted lines are of lead, and without the dotted lines of a leadantimony alloy ; or the whole may be formed of lead. When the plate is formed, the strip B can expand vertically both upwards and downwards into the spaces E, the cross-bars following the strips without breaking. A large number of these single strips, connected both mechanically and electrically by several cross-bars to one another and to a support, and capable of extending longitudinally, may be combined to form a grid, and several grids may be used in one plate. Fig. 7 shows a modified form of grid, in which the strips b<11> are formed with, or autogenously connected to, a central rib c<11>, which is connected to the frame D. The space for longitudinal expansion is shown at e. To confine the active material between neighbouring strips, the edges of the strips are at intervals crushed down by a bar or narrow instrument so as to force out the lead laterally and thereby form a cross groove or channel h. In another modification, a grid is formed of a series of the strips joined by several cross-bars, and the latter are connected on each side to a vertical side strip which is itself connected to the frame by short connecting- pieces. This form allows of both lateral and longitudinal expansion. In the modification shown in Fig. 15, a parallel set of narrow strips s, which are alternately plain and wavy, forms a grid, and is connected to vertical ribs v, horizontal bars b, and the frame D. The method of attaching the strips or ribbons to the supports and to one another in any of the forms is preferably that described in Specification No. 10,541, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190324558-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Expanding Connection or Fastener in Combination with Bracelets, Bangles and the like.
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 24,558. Wilcox, T., [trading as Wilcox & Son, M.]. Nov. 12. Jewellery fastenings.-Bracelets, bangles, and the like are provided with expanding fastenings formed in two parts jointed or hinged together and arranged to fold face to face. The fastening may be of any desired shape such as a padlock, cross, heart shape, &c. and may be two open frames or closed frames ornamented by saw cuts &c. Fig. 1 shows two padlock parts closed together, and Fig. 2 shows the same open, the bracelet D being attached to two small bows c', c<2>. The parts are joined by an ordinary hinge joint B which, according to the Provisional Specification, may be formed of rings or tubes having a tubular pivot pin. The parts may be held closed by a spring, or when no spring is used, a fitting bezel G may be provided. A solid or spring pin E on one part to engage in a collet F on the other part may also be used.
Patent GB-190400685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tins
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 685. Waller, W. Jan. 11. Metal, sheet, seaming.-Relates to improvements in the manufacture of cans, which improvements are particularly applicable for securing tagger-tin lids by seaming. The can, with the pieces of metal to form the ends, is placed on one of the chucks z, Fig. 1, which are loosely supported in holes in the intermittently-rotating table r. The can is held in position by engagement with a slot in the edge of the plate s and by the forked lever t, which is pivoted to the plate s at v and has a spring w, which presses down the rollers u at the ends of the fork arms. When the edges of the lid blank have been turned down, the rollers u slide over the edges and embrace the body of the can. The table r is rotated till the can comes above the rotating cone y driven from the shaft n by the chain p. A cam on the shaft 36<a> then tilts the lever 39, thus raising the shaft k and gripping the can between the chuck z and another chuck on the rotating shaft g. The seaming-rollers, carried by the arms 2, 3 on the shaft 31<a>, are then brought into operation by the cam 34 actuating the rod 35<a>, which is adjustable in length. When the seaming operation is finished, the table is again rotated, and the can strikes a fixed arm and is thrown off the table. The table r is rotated by the arrange ment shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The rod 24, which has universal connections at its ends, is oscillated by a pivoted lever 21 driven by a cam on the shaft 36<a>, Fig. 1. The bell-crank lever 16, connected to the rod 24 by the pin 28, is pivoted.to a loose piece 15 on the shaft 20 and is pressed into engagement with the notches 18 by the springs 16<a>. When the rod 24 is moving to the left, the pin 28 engages in a recess 27 in the arm 15. The pegs 29, Fig. 3, catch against the oscillating lever 30 and prevent the table r from moving too far. A band brake r<1> may be used to check the motion of the table. To reduce the friction of the seaming- rollers, shown separately at 5, Fig. 9, and to assist in bending the thin sheet metal, a roller 7 is mounted on a slide 8 beneath the rollers 5. The slide 8 is oscillated by the lever 13 operated by a pivoted cam which allows the roller to pass freely in one direction as the arm 2 swings but depresses the roller on its return. The seaming-rollers and the table r may be raised or lowered by handwheels. To allow for slight variations in the length of the cans, the connecting-rod 38, Fig. 1, is made in two parts connected by a spring, one part sliding in the other. The notched disc s, Fig. 1, may be replaced by fork-shaped guides or fingers, and the clips t may be caused to engage with the cans automatically.
Patent GB-190400718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road-beds for Railways.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 718. MacKenzie, J. W. Jao. 11. Permanent way; rails, securing to sleepers ; sleepers; drainage.-Comprises an arrangement in which the road bed for a railway is composed of a body of concrete, having perforated expanded metal plates interposed between the layers, and formed with longitudinal grooves l in which the rails n are placed, the whole resting on a suitable foundation a of gravel or the like. The rails are further secured by nuts and bolts, or by spikes driven into pieces of wood dovetailed into the concrete, or in addition by metal plates holding the rails, and embedded in the concrete. A water trough k may be formed between the rails, and may be provided with suitable drains u. Longitudinal grooves or pockets h may be formed in the edges of the layers of concrete to receive telegraph or other wires.
Patent GB-190405500-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Air-Filters, more especially applicable in connection with Respirators for use in a Smoke-laden Atmosphere.
Inventor: LOEB BERNHARD
Filed: 1904-03-05
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 5500. Loeb, B. March 5. Respirators. - Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 129, A.D. 1903, applicable more especially for filtering air in respirators and the like. Air drawn through a tubeshaped receptacle is thereby caused to traverse two columns of filtering-material, equivalent to double the length of the tube, which is divided into two semi-cylindrical parts by a double-walled partition, the space between the double walls forming the return air passages. Fig. 1 shows the central passage f, between the two absorbing- columns a, b, each of which is closed at the top and bottom by sieves i, k, removable for the purpose of inserting fresh absorbent material. Cottonwool plugs are placed at the top, bottom, and middle of each column. Air enters through a plug of cottonwool w, passes up through the column a into the space q above it, down through the passage f, and up the second column, emerging at the top. A screwed collar z is provided, by which the tube is fixed in place. Fig. 3 shows two similar tubes fitted to a respirator and provided with back-pressure valves.
Patent GB-190409538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Box Locks and other like Locks.
Inventor: JAGO WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 9538. Jago, W. H., and Warlow, J. H. April 26. Locks, key.-The lock shown in Fig. 1 is operated by a two-step key, and the case consiste of two plates only, the edges of the front-plate being bent up to enclose the mechanism. The spring a is formed with an eye a<1>, mounted on a stud b<1> fixed on the back-plate b. The spring bears against a second stud b<2> and is formed with a notch a<2> to engage a turned-up portion c<1> of the bolt c and to retain it in either position. The spring is raised by one step of the key, but its motion is limited by a projection c<3> stamped or otherwise formed in the bolt. The bolt is moved by the other step of the key and is guided by the turnedup portions c<1>, c<2> and the studs b<1>, b<2>, and is supported by the projections d' of the front-plate d. The front-plate is formed from a blank having side and bottom pieces to be turned up, the sidepieces having projections to pass through slots in the back-plate and be riveted over.
Patent GB-190410394-A (GB)
Title: Lead-pipe for Steam of High Pressure.
Inventor: BRIEFS FRITZ
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,394. Briefs, F. May 6. Flexible metal pipes.- Comprises a flexible leadcased high-pressure steam pipe used for heating and evaporating lixiviums and acid solutions. The usual pliable, twisted pipe c of thin steel or copper ribbon a, rendered tight by means of plaited asbestos-string b, is enclosed and made airtight with a thick leaden casing d. The lead, when in a fluid state and under pressure, fills out the spiral-shaped exterior grooves e of the liner and strengthens the pipe so as to enable it to resist great pressure.
Patent GB-190412013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Strengthening Scaffold Boards, Planks and the like.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN THEODOR
IPC: B27L5/00
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,013. Zimmermann, T. May 26. Scaffolding and staging; girders and beams.- Scaffold boards, planks, and the like are strengthened by metal cleats or strips a, made in short S-shaped parts, which are inserted into the wood so that the parts interlock, as shown in Fig. 2. These cleats are stated to be more easily inserted than the long cleats heretofore used.
Patent GB-190416242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Electric Lamps and Arc Lamps
Inventor: BECK HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 16,242. Beck, H. July 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Arc lamps; vacuum tubes.-Helium or a similar gas is employed in an arc or tube for lighting. To start the discharge in the vacuum tube, an auxiliary path is provided inside the tube between the electrodes, which are of steel, platinum, or carbon, the said path being broken electromagnetically or otherwise ; or a high voltage may be applied. The electrodes of arc lamps, preferably of the enclosed type, are formed from, or mixed, coated, or cored with, substances containing helium, such as cleveite.
Patent GB-190416278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ships or Vessels for the Housing, Trasport, and Disembarking of Submarine Boats or the like
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 16,278. Dawson, A. T., and Dunn, J. July 22. Ships for transporting vessels; hulls.-Comprises means for shipping, unshipping, stowing, and transporting submarine boats in seagoing ships. The submarine boats C, when housed, rest on chocks M in the compartment B. Water is admitted to the compartments B, B<1> by valves, not shown, and the hinged water-tight door F is lowered into the position shown in full lines, while the door F<1> is drawn up close to the deck. The boats may then be floated out, fin-like guides K and platforms H being fitted to facilitate the operation. In the converse operation of stowing, when the boats are warped in and the doors F, F<1> shut, the water in the compartments B, B<1> is run into the tanks D, from which it may be removed by centrifugal pumps and used for condensing purposes.
Patent GB-190418276-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Power-propelled Vessels.
Inventor: SMITH JAMES ALLAN
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 18,276. Smith, J. A. Aug. 23. Frames ;hulls.-In torpedo boat destroyers, torpedo boats, high-speed launches, and other craft having great engine power, the function of the shell or skin of the vessel is distinct from that of the framework which carries the machinery. The machinery-supporting girders a, a', either alone, or in conjunction with the girder b, form a fore-and-aft framework. Transverse frames c are fitted, and a light watertight skin d completes the vessel. The longitudinal members and transverse frames may be used as supports for hoods, wind screens, bulkheads, spray-guards, wash-boards, sails, &c.
Patent GB-190420491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Lamps.
Inventor: JOSEPH NATHANIEL
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 20,491. Joseph, N., and Laserson, F. M. Sept. 23. Oil lamps and burners; reservoirs; oil supply; wicktubes, extinguishing. -Pivoted extinguisher flaps h tumble over the flame when the lamp is upset. The base of the lamp has flattened parts e<2> and projections e<1>, or is made oval, so that the lamp when upset will always take a position such that the extinguisher flaps will act ; a weight f sliding on a bar f<1> extending between the flat parts e<2> serves the same purpose. An asbestos or like strainer may be placed at k to prevent flashing back. A leather or like flexible tube c weighted at c<1> is placed around the wick d ; when the lamp is upset, the tube c under the action of the weight c' bends and strains the wick, thus preventing spilling of oil. Or a sponge below the case k may be used. If the reservoir is of glass, a dish o of larger diameter is provided to prevent the reservoir from touching the ground.
Patent GB-190429203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewage Distributors
Inventor: HARTLEY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 29,203. Hartley, J. W. Dec. 31. Sewage, treating; filtering.-Sewage is supplied to rectangular filters or bacteria beds by distributing- arms P, P<2> drawn to and fro across the bed by special hauling-apparatus. The arms P, P<2> are supported on carriages A, A<2> running on rails L, L', and are provided at their inner ends with siphons S, S' dipping into the central trough T, and with cocks C, which are opened and closed by levers C<3>, C<4> striking against stops C<5>, C<6>. The carriages A, A' are drawn to and fro by a wire rope R, R' passing round pulleys G, G', G<4> and a tension pulley G<3>, and with its ends coiled round a drum D, so that the arms P, P<2> move in opposite directions. The motion of the drum D is reversed by the apparatus shown in Fig. 3 when the arms reach the ends of the beds. The shaft of the drum D is prolonged, and a screw-threaded portion H carries two lock-nuts N', N<3> and a free nut Q with an arm projecting into a channel Q<3>. When the nut Q strikes against one of the lock-nuts N<2>, N<3>, it turns with the shaft of the drum, and the arm striking against the side of the channel Q<3> reverses the driving mechanism of the drum by means of the levers Q<4> Q<6>. Instead of the arm on the nut Q and the channel Q<3>, a transverse lever connected to the reversing-mechanism by a wire and tension spring at each end may be used. The rope R, R<2> drives the carriages A, A' by means of clamps E<3>, Fig. 11, pressing against plates Y through slots in which the rope passes, or plates Y<2> may be provided resting against springs O. To stop either arm, the clamp E<3> is removed, or it may be raised above the plot plates Y, Y<2> by the lever M and guide-pulley N, or the plates Y, Y<2> may be lowered. The liquid issues from the arms P, P<2> by pipes P<3>, Fig. 7, passing nearly or quite through them transversely. In the latter case, an opening V is made in the pipe P<3> near the upper end to admit the sewage, and the upper end is closed by a plug X, which can be removed for cleaning.
Patent GB-190501014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corset Protectors.
Filed: 1905-01-18
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 1014. Kirby, Beard, & Co., and Hawkins, J. B. Jan. 18. Corsets. - A corset protector comprises a foundation a of silk &c. sewn so as to form pockets b to receive stiffeners, and cut so that the width of the material is greater at the ends than at the middle. The stiffeners are retained by eyelets e, and the protector can be attached by tabs or by sewing.
Patent GB-190501151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Seats.
Inventor: OWENS MICHAEL HENRY
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 1151. Owens, M. H. Jan. 20. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Seats.-Seats for parks, the tops of tramcars, and other exposed situations are so constructed that they can be reversed to present the dry under surface upwards if the upper surface is wet. In a known form of seat, shown in Fig. 1, the reversal is effected by raising the side bars B of the seat back and swinging them so that the seating- portion A becomes inverted by turning on its pivots on the standards a, the lower ends of the bars B being arranged to slide in vertical slots a<2> in the standards. In the improved seat shown in Fig. 2, the lower ends of the back bars B are connected by links d<1> to pivots d situated directly under the centre of the seat, and are supported on the projecting ends of cross-bars c. They move through a semicircle when the seat is reversed. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which the lower ends of the bars move in semicircular guide-slots e.
Patent GB-190506043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Albums for Picture Post-cards and the like.
Inventor: WOODWARD ALFRED AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 6043. Woodward, A. A., and Nash, F. A. March 22. Albums.-Holders for pen, pencil, or the like are fixed to the covers of albums, more particularly of that class containing post cards with a series of local views,which are readily detached from the cover.
Patent GB-190506675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Plates.
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 6675. Addressograph, Ltd., [Addressograph Co.]. March 29. Printing-surfaces.- A printing-plate 1, preferably formed of metal with the printing-characters stamped up therefrom, has an index tab 4 formed integral with the plate on the edge, and suitably lettered or numbered for use in a card-index system. The side edges 2 may be bent over to form spacing-guards, and also to stiffen the plate transversely. The plate may also be longitudinally stiffened by bending over the bottom edge 3. Specification No. 776, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190514846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Distribution of the Actuating Fluid in Fluid Motors such as those of Direct Acting Non-rotating Steam Pumps.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY BURNETT
Filed: 1905-07-19
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 14,846. Watson, H. B., and Billetop, T. C. July 19. Governing and regulating speed and power.-Relates to improvements in. pumping-engines having a double steam supply, such as are described in Specification No. 16,630,. A.D. 1904, in which steam is supplied to the main valve direct from the steam-chest partly by a passage controlled by a regulating-valve and partly by a passage controlled by an expansion valve, and consists in interposing a regulating-valve in the latter passage. In a vertical air-pump, the supply of steam for -the downstroke by the expansion valve may be entirely cut off. The passage K, supplying the steam port M<1> and controlled by the expansion valve, is regulated by a screw-down valve W consisting of a spindle having a plug end and formed with a screw-tbread 20. The spindle passes through a stuffing-box and has a squared end. In a duplex air-pump, one end of a cylinder may be shut down, if a breakdown occurs and working continued.
Patent GB-190515820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: LYST FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-08-02
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 15,820. Lyst, F. Aug. 2. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Relates to surface carburettors of the kind described in Specifications No. 11,161, A.D. 1888, No. 7188, A.D. 1891, and No. 28,152, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Gas Manufacture]. The carburettor shown in Fig. 1 is formed with mixing or carburetting-chambers b, and with a collecting-chamber e through which the explosive mixture is drawn before it enters the supply pipe d. The carburetting-chambers b are separated by vertical partitions in which communicating passages b<1> are formed for the passage of the fuel. Fuel is admitted through the inlets f and falls on sponges, or other porous materials contained in the carburetting-chambers. Air enters the carburettor through au adjustable inlet c, and is directed down into the several chambers by depending perforated tubes or baffles i. The oil may be heated by exhaust gases passing through the chambers a', a<3> or through a pipe. An adjustable and supplementary air inlet is shown at d<1>, d<2>, and a gauge screen, which prevents back ignition, at d<3>.
Patent GB-190517837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tiles for Filter Beds.
Inventor: NAYLOR GEORGE WILFRED
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 17,837. Naylor, G. W., and Naylor, J. F. Sept. 4. Tiles.-Perforated, semi-cylindrical or oval tiles for the drainage floors of filter-beds, bacteria beds, or sewage tanks are supported on grooved feet, which are cast separately and made to receive two or four adjacent tiles, as shown in Fig. 1. Each foot may be formed with a lug or projection on its under face by means of which it is fixed to the concrete base of the bed or tank. In the forms shown in cross-section in Figs. 10 and 11, the feet form part of alternate tiles, in which case the feet and a portion of the tile project at the end to leave a gap between the ends of adjacent tiles. Fig. 13 shows another form with a rib or abutment at the outer end of the foot to retain the adjacent tile in the groove. In Fig. 1, drainage channels are shown under the tiles. It is stated that certain of the tiles may have branch sockets for vertical aerating shafts.
Patent GB-190518116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spanners
Inventor: LACHEZE EMILE
Filed: 1905-09-07
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 18,116. Lacheze, E. Sept. 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spanners.-The outer jaw C, instead of being adjustable on a screw-thread inverse to the thread A, as in the Pengeot spanner, is revolubly mounted on the unthreaded part of the rod, being held in place either by a key E entering the groove a or by a nut mounted on the top of the jaw, the rod in this case having a reduced head. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 22,707, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190518849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: SOUTHWORTH HORATIO WOODBURN
Filed: 1905-09-18
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 18,849. Southworth, H. W. Sept. 18. Fastenings. - One of the joined ends of a band a has a loop n in which is a thin metal loop m passing underneath the band. By turning over the loop m the band can be tightened. Bands of raw-hide or the like surrounding a wheel rim and forming a tyre are tightened on the rim in this way.