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Patent GB-190320032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to Fire Grates and Stoves for occasional use as Cooking Ranges
Inventor: CRANE ROBERT
Filed: 1903-09-17
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 20,032. Crane, R. Sept. 17. Fireplaces; flues; ovens; blowers or drawplates. -Open fireplaces are adapted for occasional cooking by setting ovens beneath them, and arranging side flues to lead the flames and smoke under the ovens ; sliding top-plates are also provided. Fig. 1 shows such a grate in transverse section, and Fig. 2 shows a front view, partly in section. An ashpan is arranged between the grate bottom and the oven top. The centre piece L of the hot-plate slides in a frame O in the back lump P ; when brought forward it forces the flames down the side flues, and saucepans may be heated on it ; when pushed back it serves as a damper. Baffles N support the oven at the back and direct the flames forward under it. The side flues are formed by cast-iron frames, which also support the upper-side fire lumps. The sides M of the top-plate are pivoted so as either to cover the tops of the flues, or to leave them free when lifted, and are extended to prevent cinders and ash from falling into the flues when the grate is used as an open fire. A shield W, or a door or doors, may be arranged across the top of the front bars, as shown in Fig. 2, to prevent the entry of cold air. The oven door is hinged at the bottom so as to form a shelf when opened. A door J is provided for cleaning out the flues. The grate H is cast in one piece sloping upwards at the back. A canopy U is provided.
Patent GB-190321008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mounting a Number of Electrical Fittings or Instruments upon a Common Base or Panel.
Inventor: HOFSTEDE-CRULL RENTO WOLTER HE
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-09-30
Abstract: 21,008. Crull, R. W. H. Hofstede-. Sept. 30. Insulation.-In grouping electric instruments or fittings, such as switches or measuring-appliances, upon a common base or panel, each instrument is secured to a separate plate or block of porcelain or other insulating-material, and the plates are then combined to form a single panel, box, &c., by means of a binding-material, such as cement or gypsum, which may be stiffened by embedding metal bars or the like therein ; or the panel &c. may be held in a metal frame or case.
Patent GB-190322504-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Bells for Buoys or Mark Boats
Inventor: PRICE JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,504. Price, J. Oct. 19. Signals, marine and ship.-A. bell for use on buoys, lightships, markboats, &c. is caused to ring by balls O rolling in tubes T, T' formed with inclines R, S, Fig. 2, at each end, so as to retain the balls until there is sufficient incline to strike a blow of the proper force, and in that position to prevent the balls from lying against the sounding bell, thus ensuring a pure tone.
Patent GB-190402466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clockwork Electricity Meters
Inventor: ARON HERMANN
Filed: 1904-02-01
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 2466. Aron, H. Feb. 1. Energy meters.-An electrically - controlled pendulum meter, having a stationary main-current coil b, acting on a movable coil c, is provided with an additional small stationary coil a in the pressure circuit, acting in opposition to the main coil b, and tending to drive the counting-gear back- ward when no main current is passing. The counting-gear is however provided with a retaining- device, s u c h as a ratchet - wheel e i n engagement with a stationary pawl f, to prevent backward movement. The action of the coil a thus prevents any possibility of slow registration on no load, and is not strong enough to interfere with proportional registration of different loads.
Patent GB-190405105-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Receiving Electrical Vibrations Utilizing Electrolytic Cells.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 5105. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. f³r Drahtlose Telegraphie]. March 1. Wireless telegraphy. - Relates to electrolytic receiving-devices of the kind described in Specification No. 12,119, A.D. 1903, and consists essentially in arranging that the electromotive force of the source of the continuous current used shall be less than the counter electromotive force, whereby only a very weak current, the so-called resultant current, will flow. In this condition the receiver is very sensitive. The anode 2 of the electrolytic cell 1 is connected directly to the aÙrial conductor L and indirectly to the battery 4 (giving an electromotive force of about 0À6 volts) through a choking-coil 6. The anode is a platinum wire of 0À01 m.m. diameter, which is completely fused into a glass tube, and the glass tube is ground away at one end until the wire appears, its exposed area being then about 0À00008 of a square millimetre. The cathode 3 is comparatively large, and is connected both to earth E and through a resistance 5 to the battery. The electrolyte is dilute sulphuric acid. To prevent the gas bubbles which form on the anode from increasing in size too much, the anode may be inclined, whereby the sensitiveness is increased.
Patent GB-190411908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rail-joints for Railways and Tramways
Inventor: WEIBEL-MULISCH JOSEF
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 11,908. Mulisch, J. Weibel-. May 25. Rail joints.-One side of the head at each end of the rail is cut away, as shown at b, Fig. 1, and the fish plate c, Figs. 3, 9, and 10, is formed with a projecting portion d to fit into the recess thus formed, Or, the recess may be made long enough to receive the whole of the upper part of the fishplate. The fishplates are shaped to fit against the web and over the base flange of the rail, and they are secured by bolts or rivets. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a railway rail joint and Figs. 9 and 10 a tramway rail joint.
Patent GB-190416013-A (GB)
Title: Supply Valve Gear for TWo Stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ALBERTINI PETER
Filed: 1904-07-19
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 16,013. Albertini, P. Jan. 30, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines.-In a two-stroke-cycle engine, the combustible charge enters a chamber l in the cylinder head by a pipe m, and passes into the cylinder q through a sleeve a<1>, the mouth of which can be closed by a valve e. The cylinder a' forms the stem of a valve a which can close the opening in the end of the cylinder q through which the air enters from a chamber o and pipe n. The valve a is operated by a lever b carrying a bowl which rests on a cam c. The cam c also operates a lever f, the opposite end of which is attached to a sleeve k through which the rod of the valve e passes. At the commencement of a cycle, the valve a opens and admits the air which expels the products of combustion. As the valve a ascends, however, a collar h on the rod of the valve e comes in contact with the sleeve k so that the valve e is prevented from rising with the valve a and a charge of combustible is admitted.
Patent GB-190418681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps or Burners for Incandescent Lighting or for Heating.
Inventor: PETREANO ETIENNE
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,681. PetrÚano, E. Aug. 29. Vapour burners.-In a burner for lighting or heating, a cotton wick 1, which has been rendered incombustible by any y suitable chemical treatment, is carried by tubes 2, 3 over which is supported a bell 4 by a stem 5 which fits in a socket. The stem terminates above the bell in a metallic mass 6, which may be solid or hollow and projects inside the flame. The mass 6 becomes heated, and so heats the bell and causes the vaporization of the oil or spirit raised by the wick. The vapour is mixed with air in the bell, which is perforated to allow the escape of the mixture. The upper part X of the gallery carries a dome 7 which surrounds the bell, and also a bracket 9 for holding the mantle-supporting rod. This part X may be raised by hand to give access to the wick, or a rack and pinion may be fitted for raising the chimney gallery, the same pinion operating a rack which lowers the dome 7, which in this case is separate from the gallery.
Patent GB-190422892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Making Cigarettes.
Inventor: TICKNER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 22,892. Tickner, G. Oct. 24. Cigarette-making machines.- Loose tobacco is carried to the machine by an endless web 5, Fig. 2, which obtains motion from the main shaft through a tumbler shaft 7, and, being fed over a bridge 9 by a pin-roller 8 of the same speed, is carded by a similar roller 12 and thrown down to a drum 14, the carding-roller being driven direct from the main shaft. A pin-roller 19 in gear with the drum collects the tobacco from a scraper 17, and a second carding-roller driven from the first throws it down a tapering shoot 23 to a horizontal conveying-band 24. On a track 30, Fig. 3, leading from the con. veyer, the tobacco is nipped laterally by a pair of adjustable, parallel, endless belts 31 and is compressed from above by two grooved pulleys lying in the same plane. One of these pulleys is shown at 39. From the grooved tongue 48, Fig. 10, ending the track 30, the rope of tobacco passes to the strip of paper 54 on an endless conveyer 50, and the paper is wrapped around it by a folding- device 53 of the ordinary kind. During the folding, the paper is gummed by a pair of overlapping bevelled discs 57, 72 which receive the paste from a horizontal cylinder 55 wherein a piston is thrust by a rack and pinion. The rack is hinged to allow easy disengagement and the pinion is turned by a weight hanging from a disengageable drum. The disc under the cylinder is driven direct from the intermediate shaft 27 by worm gear, and the other is driven faster through an endless band and spur gear. The papered rope advances through a flared guide 94, Fig. 17, mounted, so as to be capable of yielding, on a reciprocated slide 99, and is divided into cigarettes by a revolving cutter 95 which is mounted on a rocking arm 97. This arm is carried on the slide and actuated by a long cam 109. A rocking band catches each cigarette as it falls and places it on a band conveying to a receptacle. Change-gear is provided for the cam, and its spindle may operate a printing-device.
Patent GB-190423192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Presses for use in the Manufacture of Tiles and the like.
Inventor: DENESSEN THEODOR HUBERT
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 23,192. Denessen, T. H. Oct. 27. Moulding t i l e s &c. - Relates to means for cutting the burr from the edges of tiles i n machines in which a crank shaft b operates the pressing-head c. Segmental wheels g on the driving- shaft gear with pinions e and thus rotate a shaft d carried by the pressing-head. Cams f on the shaft d intermittently act on pins h and depress a frame i carrying the cutting-frame m, which works in slots l in the mould-platej.
Patent GB-190423455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Plant-vase.
Inventor: PABST EMIL
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,455. Pabst, E. Oct. 31. Flower vases and like receptacles.-A plant vase of porous material containing water is used for germinating seeds which are planted on the oatside in furrows upon the surface. One or more openings C may be provided for receiving the bulbs or seeds of decorative plants. The vase may be in the form of an animal as shown.
Patent GB-190424729-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pipe Joint
Inventor: HALLER JAMES CRACROFT
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 24,729. Haller, J. C., and Machell, R. H. Nov. 15. Spigot-and-socket joints; sleeve joints.-In earthenware pipes, the socket a has a groove b, while the spigot has a groove e and an aligning-bead i. The reduced part f of the spigot corresponds in diameter to the inner ring g of the socket, so that the canvas ring p can be inserted to prevent cement poured in through a top hole from entering the inside of the pipe. The ring p is formed from a strip inserted by the flexible rod k which is passed around the groove b.
Patent GB-190502405-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Latch or Latch-lock for Doors, Hinged Panels, Sliding Partitions, and such like.
Inventor: LONG CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 2405. Long, C. E. Feb. 7. Locks, key; cupboard-turns; latches.-Relates to a fastening for hinged and sliding doors, panels. partitions, &c., which can be locked in fastened position and is so arranged that the attaching- screws are covered when the door is locked. Screwed to the door is the plate a, Fig. 2, to which is secured the hollow boss c containing suitable locking-mechanism, the bolt e of which is adapted to be shot through a slot c<6> in the boss. Pivotally mounted on the boss c is the locking-bar g, the ring f of which is provided with a flange h for covering the attaching-screws a<3> of the plate a, a notch h<2> being provided to enable the device to be attached and removed. The staple i is made of U -shape as shown, and the bar g is provided at its free end with the projection g' to act as a hook when the fastening is applied to sliding doors. The bolt e of the lock is adapted to pass into a notch f<2> formed in the bar g to secure it in fastened position.
Patent GB-190505678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and Gas Turbines.
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 5678. Maschinenfabrik Grevenbroich. April 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-To diminish the loss of energy in steam and gas turbines w h i c h results from the motive fluid having its direction in the guide-blades greatly diverted from the direction in which it enters, the wheel blades b, b<1>, Figs. 2 and 4, are fixed in the rings a, a<1> and reverse the direction of the motive fluid. The transfer of the steam or gas from the blades b<1> to the blades b takes place by means of the guides d, the curvature of which is always less than 180 degrees. In Fig. 3, the blades b, b<1> are shown arranged on concentric faces a, a<1> of the wheel instead of on two wheels as shown in Fig. 2. Instead of one pair of rings or blades, several may be employed.
Patent GB-190506480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ship Lamps and Lanterns.
Inventor: DAVEY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 6480. Davey, A C. March 27. Lanterns.-In signal and like lamps having an opening top E hinged at one side, the hinge C and the side F of the lantern are strengthened by extending one flap of the hinge into a plate A and providing a backing-plate G inside the lantern, and riveting or otherwise fixing the whole together. When a socket B is required, the plate A is made in one piece with it.
Patent GB-190507590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Facilitating Fielding Practice in connection with the Game of Cricket or like Games.
Inventor: BARTLETT GILBERT HARRISON
Filed: 1905-04-10
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 7590. Bartlett, G. H., and Giveen, R. L. April 10. Cricket. - An apparatus for giving fielding practice to cricket players consists of a troughshaped device which imparts a screw to a ball thrown upon it ; the players stand around the device in order to catch the ball.. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the trough is formed by screwing &c. a number of wooden bars b to the curved parts of preferably three frames a, which may be bolted or otherwise secured to posts a' sunk in the ground. The centre frame a is wider than the end ones, and its curve is of greater radius, so that the bars 6 receive a barrel-like curvature. This curvature may be previously given to the bars by steaming, or by means of a form &c. For convenience in transport, each frame a may be made in three parts which are are tongued and grooved, or rabbeted, and are formed with a longitudinal hole through which a securing-bolt is passed. In a modification, iron frames a, stayed by means of tie-rods, are used, and the frames are formed with Ranges a<5>, Figs. 13 and 14, to which the rods b are attached, and distance-pieces a<6> are fixed to these in order to facilitate securing the rods in position: The rods b are reduced at 'their ends b<2>, Fig. 12, so as to fit between the pieces a<6>, and these endpieces are secured in position by means of bands b3, Figs. 12 and 13, of metal perforated at intervals to receive screws b<1>. The rods are connected to the central frame by means of countersunk bolts b<1>, Fig. 14, and nuts. In further modifications, the wooden bars b are replaced by metal ones, which may be interlaced withsimilar transverse metal. rods, or by strained wires or wire netting attached to the frames a in any suitable manner in all these cases, a leather cover may be applied over the metal. The bars b may be of larger size than shown in Fig. 4, and be arranged so as to prevent facets ; or the bars may be 'replaced by a complete board of wood preferably composed of several layers. Instead of veneered wood, metal, preferably covered with leather, may be used.
Patent GB-190510152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Open Umbrellas and Sunshades to Chairs & Seats
Inventor: MORRISON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 10,152. Morrison, W. H. May 15. Umbrellas, attaching to chairs.-The frame, together with a short portion of the stick, can be detached and fixed to a support attached to a chair. The clip d, which may be of any desired form, is mounted on a rod f, sliding in the tube g, which in turn telescopes in the wider tube h. Clamps i, k are provided for attaching to the back of a chair or seat. The umbrella may be set at any desired height or angle, and is prevented from turning over by flattening the rod f and tube g.
Patent GB-190512496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking-plugs for Igniting in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: EVRARD EMILE
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 12,496. Evrard, E. March 6, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting, mixing air and gas, and cooling cylinders in. To prevent deposits of soot and other foreign matter from collecting on the contacts 4, 5 of a sparking-plug, a fan-wheel 1 is mounted above the plug and rotated by the movements of the piston. If preferred, the fanwheel may be arranged in a vertical or an oblique position and form one of the sparking- points. The rotating fan-wheel serves to mix the air and combustible vapour entering the cylinders more intimately, and is also said to cool the cylinders.
Patent GB-190515768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governors.
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1906-08-01
Abstract: 15,768. Andrew's Governor Patents, Ltd., Andrews, C., and Jackson, T. Aug. 1. Marine governers; fluid governors. - Improvements are described in connexion with Specification No. 5385, A.D. 1903, which describes a marine governor depending upon the rate of flow of a liquid pumped by the engine. A device is now added by means of which a change of inclination of the ship precipitates the action of the governor. A tube a, Fig. 1, containing liquid, and so placed as to lie fore and aft, is pivoted over adjustable stops and carries an adjustable screw h. In the normal position of the apparatus, this screw rests on the head of a valve - rod j, Fig. 6, keeping open a valve n, which by means of passages m, o, p, Fig. 5, allows the liquid pumped in below the governor piston to flow away. When the vessel tilts, the tube a drops over to the other side and allows the valve n to close, thereby compelling the liquid pumped to take the ordinary course of exit through the cock u. The tilting of tube a also aids the ordinary action of the governor, by means of a hook r, which partly closes the cock u. In order to make the governor available when desired in cases of tilting in the opposite direction, a second valve n' is added and a corresponding screw on the tube a. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which there are a number of catches y, by means of which the action of the 'governor is expedited. The hook r is also replaced by a pin 3 operating on a cam-surface 3'.
Patent GB-190517886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Gases Obtained from Arsenical Sulphuric Acid and other Gases containing Arsenious Chloride and the Obtainment of Arsenious Acid therefrom.
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 17,886. Raschen, J., Wareing, A. E., and United Alkali Co. Sept. 4. Arsenious acid.-Gases containing arsenious chloride, such as those obtained in the purification of sulphuric acid by the process described in Specification No. 7916, A.D. 1905, are passed into water containing alkalies or alkaline earths, or carbonates of these, or raw materials containing the above, or mixtures of them, or oxides or carbonates of heavy metals, such as zinc oxide, the oxide obtained by roasting zinc blende, manganese mud, or hydrated oxide of iron ; arsenious acid is precipitated.
Patent GB-190525402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Perforating Music and other Sheets
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 25,402. Boult, A. J., [Mills Novelty Co.]. Dec. 6. Punching and perforating machines for tunesheets. - Relates to a machine for perforating paper sheets, especially adapted for use in the automatically-actuated violin described in Specification No. 10,618, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Music &c.]. The paper is drawn by rollers N, O from a roll through die bars G, G', Fig. 3, through which the punches E are reciprocated. The upper end of these punches slide in holes in a bar F, in which are confined the driving-springs E', the tensions of which are adjustable by screw nuts E<2>. Each punch carries an arrester I, provided with a bearing-insert n<1> which is engaged by an eccentric shaft to raise the punch to its highest position, where it is retained by the engagement with a recess n in the arrester I of a spring-controlled finger p. The shaft j is driven by a pulley k, Fig. 1, and carries an adjustable crank P, which - through a link r<2> and a pawl r' actuatesa ratchet-wheel r on the feed-roller N, thus effecting an adjustable intermittent feed. Each punch is released by the withdrawal of the finger p, due to the attraction of an armature K<1> at its end by an electro-magnet K, which is energized whenever a perforation in the master-sheet C, Fig. 1, allows a corresponding spring d to close the circuit. The master-sheet is drawn over a guide a by rollers b, c, the former of which is journaled in swinging spring-controlled plates g<1>, and is driven through suitable gearing from the main shaft j, a stepped pulley j<1> being employed to secure a variable rate of feed for the sheet C.
Patent GB-190601348-A (GB)
Title: A Self Supporting Truss
Inventor: COX EDWIN
Filed: 1906-01-18
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 1348. Cox, E. Jan. 18. Trusses.-A self-supporting truss consists of an elastic steel wire a, Fig. 1, bent into a loop at the middle which may be stuffed and covered to form a back pad c as indicated in Fig. 5, the pressure of the pads and support for the truss being supplied by the elasticity of the wire. The position of the front pads b is adjusted by means of a strap d.