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Patent GB-190404928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-centering Jaws as applied to the Face Plates of Lathes and other Machines.
Inventor: TATE SOTHERAN
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4928. Tate, S. Feb. 29. Chucks.-In a self-centering chuck, four screw rods a, b, c, d, with alternately right and left handed threads of the same pitch carry equal bevel-wheels f at their ends which engage and ensure equal movement of each of the jaws g. The wheels may be put out of gear for eccentric work by removing packing-pieces h. A plate i is screwed on the front of the chuck to prevent the turnings from getting in the wheels.
Patent GB-190405359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printers' Blankets
Inventor: RHODES JOSEPH E
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 5359. Rhodes, J. E. March 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Blankets ; impression surfaces. - Blankets are formed of an outer layer or surface A of hard rubber and an inner layer B of soft rubber, between which may be an inextensible flexible sheet D preferably of textile material. The inner surface of the soft rubber B is formed with shallow pyramidal. projections, or recesses, which will not yield or bend laterally. This construction of blanket is such that creeping is avoided, and the compression of any part of the blanket does not affect adjacent or other parts.
Patent GB-190415463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Fireplaces or Hearths
Inventor: BOWES RICHARD
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,463. Bowes, R. July 11. Grates.-The grate of a "well" fire, similar to that described in Specification No. 20,616, A.D. 1893, consists of a fixed perforated plate B and a pivoted front plate A, which slope downwards from their joint C and rest in a fireclay trough grooved as shown so as to supply air to the underside of the grate, and thus consume the smoke. The part A may be raised by means of the projecting piece F and handle G in order to clean the ashes from underneath the grate. The joint C may be curved, and the pivots at its ends may rest in grooves in the fireclay. Slow or rapid combustion may be obtained by the use of grates with slits or perforations of various sizes.
Patent GB-190416921-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in Testing the Power of Motor Cars, applicable also for Training the Drivers of such Vehicles, and for Purposes of Amusement
Inventor: APOSTOLOFF SERGE BERDITSCHEWSK
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 16,921. Apostoloff, S. B. Aug. 2. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to apparatus for making trials of motor cars, training the drivers, and for purposes of amusement. The vehicle 1, Fig. 1, is run on to a platform 2, provided with stops 3, and the driving-wheels 4 rest upon and drive the drum 5, from which motion is transmitted by bands to several devices. The band 10 drives a dynamo, the resistance of which may be varied in accordance with the inclination of the road on which the vehicle is supposed to be travelling, the dynamo being driven, in order to keep its speed constant, through variable-speed gearing, adjusted by a relay governor driven from the wheels of the vehicle. The band 9 rotates a vertical spindle 19, Fig. 2, which is provided at its upper end with an arm 23 driving a small dummy car 24 over a circular track. The resistances in the dynamo circuit depend upon the inclination of the dummy car, which varies in accordance with the profile of the track. A segmental rack 25 fixed to the dummy car gears with a toothed pinion 26, which rotates a quick-pitched screw and thus moves the travelling contact-nut 29. The nut 29 completes a circuit through any of the electric relays 42, Fig. 5, which act to switch any number of the resistances 46 in series into the dynamo circuit. A battery may be placed in series with the dynamo when desired. The vertical spindle 19 rotates with, but moves vertically in, the central support 15 and is pressed downwards by a spring 22. The wires from the contacts 30 pass down the centre of the spindle 19 and are connected to the relays through contacts 38 which rotate upon concentric rings 39, 40. The belt 8 drives a fan 14 which blows air through the outlet 16 upon the car and its occupants. A bioscopic or similar picture of the road supposed to be traversed may be thrown upon a perforated screen 16<a>, and screens bearing panoramic landscape views may be caused to travel rearwards at the sides of the car at a speed corresponding to the speed at which the car is driven. The platform 2 may be arranged to tilt or rock.
Patent GB-190417183-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lever Gripper and Attachments for Ore Feeders and the like.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 17,183. James, R. W., [Strauss, C. F.]. Aug. 5. Feeding-devices.-Relates to apparatus for feeding ore or pulp to stamp batteries or the like. The edge of the table A, on to which the ore is fed by a shoot V, is embraced by the jaw Y of the lever gripper K, the lower end of which is held in the fork of the feeding-arm H by a spring bolt N supported in a bracket on the frame E. The arm H is mounted on a shaft S, rocked through levers C, D from the shank of the battery &c. When the arm C is depressed, the jaw Y grips the edge of the table and carries it round a short distance, the wing plates B pushing the ore off the table into the machine. An adjusting-screw P, acting on a short arm R on the shaft S, limits the stroke of the arm H, and a set-screw G, acting on the pivot of the table, enables the table to be adjusted for wear.
Patent GB-190419270-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for use in the Production of Acetylene.
Inventor: SMITH ELLIS
Filed: 1904-09-07
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 19,270. Smith, E. Sept. 7. Acetylene. - An apparatus for the automatic generation of acetylene by the intermittent contact of carbide with water comprises a carbide receptacle a, having perforations a<1> at the sides and bottom and open at the top, supported within a bell b by extensions a<3> engaging in slots b<1> in the bell. The bell b is enclosed in a tank f attached to the gasholder tank g by brackets g<1> and pins f<1>. The interior of the bell b communicates with the interior of the gas holder d by a pipe c terminated by a seal chamber p perforated at the bottom, so that the gas has to pass down as indicated by the arrows. A vessel h through which the pipe c passes is mounted above the tank b and communicates with the interior of the bell by pipes m, n, the lower orifices of which are approximately at the same level, while the upper orifice of the pipe m is above that of the pipe n. The vessel h also communicates with the pipe c by means of a short pipe k. The pipe c is provided with a stop tap and also with a valve o having a lever o<1> operated by a projection o<2> on the gas holder. The gas is conducted from the holder by a pipe s. In operation, the pipes m, k take off any over-production of gas from the chamber f to the gas holder, while the pipe n allows water carried over with the gas to run back from the chamber h. One or more generating-chambers may be employed, and, by arranging the parts o<2> at varying heights, may be brought into action in succession as each carbideholder is exhausted.
Patent GB-190421638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Azo Colouring Matters and of Intermediate Products relating thereto.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 21,638. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Oct. 8. Dyes, artificial.-In the process described in Specification No. 4997, A.D. 1904, for producing o-hydroxyazo dyes by diazotizing 2-naphthylamine- 1 : 5 disulphonic acid, oxidizing and adding sodium carbonate or the like to form a diazo oxide, and combining with components such as #-naphthol, the following oxidizing-agents are used, namely peroxide of hydrogen or of an alkali or alkalineearth metal, persulphates of alkali metals or of ammonium, and equivalents therefor. The Specification refers also to Specifications Nos. 6615 and 23,993, A.D. 1902, and No. 27,372, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190423612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Enclosed Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: NEWBOLD ROGER MERRICK
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 23,612. Newbold, R. M. Nov. 3, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Casings; lubricating.-A casing for axle-driven dynamo-electric machines, specially designed for use in connection with electric lighting, heating, and ventilating systems on railway cars, is divided into two compartments by an internal flange 2, Fig. 1, one compartment containing the armature 6, commutator 5, and brush-holders 4, and the other an oil reservoir 12 and a pole-changer 29 for reversing the dynamo connections whenever the direction of rotation of the driving-wheel changes. The oil reservoir 12, provided with a circular flange 17 rabbeted on its inner face to engage with a similarly-recessed portion of the flange 2, is preferably formed in two halves connected together by long vertical bolts 20 and short bolts 21 passing through lugs 22 on both sections of the flange 17. The brush-holders 4 are secured to the flange 17 by means of screwed bolts passing through apertures therein, and the end bearing 11 for the armature shaft 7 depends from the top of the reservoir 12, being supplied with lubricant by oiler rings 30. The reservoir 32 of the other end bearing 9, also provided with oiler rings 34, is connected to the reservoir 12 by a pipe 33, which is fitted with a dcuble coupling 35, allowing either the reservoir 12 or the bearing 9 to be independently removed, and also with a four-way connection 36, from which pass a drain-cock 37 and a supply and gauge tube 38 closed by a removable cap 39. The pole-changer operates within the oil reservoir 12, and comprises contacts 28 on a vertical plate and a contact-arm 27 frictionally driven by a shaft 24, which is actuated by a worm and worm-wheel from the shaft 7. The bearing 11 may be removed from the oil reservoir through a door 23, and the casing is furnished with a side door 3 and an end cap 31, which, together with the bearing 9, are provided with dust-proof linings around their edges to prevent the entry of sand, cinders, &c. This construction of casing permits the removal of the commutator, armature, armature shaft, bearing 9, and driving-pulley 8 in one piece, and also the bearing 11, brush-holders, and oil reservoir 12 in one piece. The casing may be shortened, and the oil reservoir secured to one end, so that the circular flange 17 forms a substitute for the end cap 31.
Patent GB-190426606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Nozzles for Flushing Streets.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 26,606. Lorrain, J. G., [St. Louis Street Flushing Machine Co.]. Dec. 6. Telescopic joints; ball- and-socket joints. - In a street flushing-device, the height of the delivery orifice from the ground and the angle at which the water is delivered are adjustable. A casing 1, connected to the water supply, is fitted with a sliding tube 5, which is adjusted by means of a screw spindle, the reduced end of which is bolted on on to a spider 10. The lower end of the tube 5 is provided with a concave spherical part 4 in which fits the spherical part 16 of the nozzle; the nozzle is capable of turning, and may b tightened by the ring 17.
Patent GB-190500825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nutritive Preparations.
Inventor: KOEHLER CURT
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 825. K÷hler, C. Jan. 16. Food preparations.-A food preparation is made of dried and pulverized white of eggs, spinach, peas, and sugar, preferably sugar-candy. The substances, except the sugar, are dried in an incubator, pulverized in a ball mill, and fed into a mixing- drum through silk sieves.
Patent GB-190503493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wind or Weather Guards or Shields for Motor and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: SAMUEL HENRI SAUL
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 3493. Samuel, H. S. Feb. 20. Wind guards or deflectors.-A wind and weather shield for motor road and similar vehicles comprises two parts A, B, the upper one A of which is hinged to the lower part B and is adjustable by means of slotted quadrant-plates E and clamping screws A<2>. The lower part B is provided with rods B', which pass through brackets C<1> connected to the dashboard C and are secured by nuts B<2>; it may be further supported by stays D. The upper frame A carries a panel A<1> of glass or similar material and may be folded back on to the lower part B and secured by suitable catches, cushions B' being provided to prevent noise due to vibration. When in the horizontal position shown, the part A may serve as a table ; or it may be arranged to turn horizontally inward for that purpose. The part B may also be glazed and may be hinged to the dash-board, in which case, the stays D will be provided with suitable adjustments. Separately adjustable side-flaps may be provided on the parts A, B, and an inwardlyprojecting flap at the top of the part A.
Patent GB-190504559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathes for Turning Railway Carriage and other Axles.
Filed: 1905-03-04
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 4559. Tangye Tool & Electric Co., and Pendlebury, C. March 4. Lathes for turning railway and other axles at one end, or at both ends simultaneously, have separate saddles, driven by independent traversing-motions, for carrying the tools for the wheel seats and journals. The traversing - motion for the latter can be reversed and automatically decreases the feed when turning the angles at the ends. Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention applied to a lathe having a central drive, the design being symmetrical except for the cone drum c and its gearing. Two pairs of saddles f, g are provided, the former carrying two tool-supports one on each side of the work to enable both ends of each journal to be finished. The supports are adjusted on the saddle by righthanded screws which are geared together by a crossshaft to throw one tool out of action when the other is brought in. One of the pinions on the cross-shaft may be slid out of engagement with the pinion on the screw to permit of independent adjustment, one of the tools being employed to turn the axle end. The saddles f are traversed towards the central headstock by pinions s<1> engaging racks a'. Hand-wheels on the shafts of the pinions t<2> provide for the return. The pinions s<1> are driven through worms in drop-boxes pivoted on a driving-shaft h bevel-geared at m to a hollow shaft k carrying a nest of wheels k<1>, k<2>, k<3> gearing with the main back-shaft i. The wheels k<1>, k<2>, k<3> are connectible to the shaft k by a spring key controlled by a rod k<4> and handle l<1>. Three-armed trip-levers r control the drop-boxes, which are band-set and are released to disengage the worms by stops 33. The saddles g have a hand-setting arrangement similar to that of the saddles f, and have two-part nuts controlled by pins and slotted plates z from handles z<1>. The screws w are geared through reversing-bevels 15, 16 and a cross-shaft 13 to the back-shaft i at 1 or 2 according to the position of clutches 6. When the clutches are disengaged, the wheels 4 are free and the drive is through the wheels 1, 3 and disks 10. The wheels 3 are loose on their shafts but drive the disks 10 by pawls. When the clutches are engaged as shown in Fig. 2, the drive is through the wheels 2, 4, and the disks 10 overrun the pawls. The clutches are controlled by levers 9, stop-rods 25, and dogs 22 at the back of the saddles. Dogs 27 at the front of the saddles contact with stops 28, 29 controlling the reversing-bevels.
Patent GB-190504797-A (GB)
Title: A Diagonal Scale for use on Gun Sights
Inventor: DAVIDSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 4797. Davidson, A. March 8. Sights.-Relates to diagonal scales for tangent and leaf sights, the scales being constructed so that at any given range the point of impact may be altered either vertically or horizontally to the extent desired. Fig. 1 shows part of a tangent sight. The slide B is graduated with a zero mark Z, and equidistant graduations X, Y on either side of the zero. The diagonal EE, the exact inclination of which is mathematically or geometrically calculated, intersects the corresponding range graduation K on the zero line T. If the-mark Z coincides with the point of intersection, the sight is accurately set for the range K, but by either of the marks X, Y being brought on to the diagonal, the point of impact is raised or lowered a definite amount. Similar diagonals may be employed for correcting for the deviation of the projectile. Fig. 12 shows an ordnance sight with both adjustments. The sight V is laterally movable in a slide B, set for range on the slide A by adjusting the reader H to the required range-graduation K. The point of impact is raised or lowered a given amount by setting the corresponding graduation on the scale C to the diagonal E for the given range, as described above. The deviation is regulated by setting the proper graduation of the vertical scale N to the correct deviation diagonal L. An instrument is described for marking-off the diagonals.
Patent GB-190513921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vertical Multi-tubular Boilers
Inventor: BLACK GEORGE
Filed: 1905-07-06
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 13,921. Black, G. July 6. Vertical boilers.- Smoke-tubes U, arranged radially, connect a conical, cylindrical, or other chamber B at the top of the fire-box with a smoke-box D passing round the boiler. One or more uptakes lead to a chimney. Access is had to the interior of the boiler through a space a<2>, Fig. 2, between the tubes.
Patent GB-190517785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air Inlets for Carburetters of Explosion Engines
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 17,785. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Anon. des Automobiles Peugeot]. Sept. 2. Gas or explosivevapour engines, carburetting in. The air inlet of a carburettor is controlled by a spherical valve b, Fig. 1, resting by gravity on a seating d and having its upward motion limited by an adjustable stop e. The temperature of the air supplied to the valve is controlled by the position of a rotary ported sleeve f, Fig. 3. Hot air enters at h and cold air at i.
Patent GB-190519362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of the Hulls of Boats.
Inventor: WHELESS THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-25
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 19,362. Wheless, T. H. Sept. 25. Hulls.-The hull of a vessel is made with a draught greater than the beam, which is narrow in comparison with the length. The draught increases from the bow B to the waist, and a wedge-shaped edge is presented to the water at every point. The stern C is full and comparatively shallow, being waterborne when moving. The boat floats at the water-line W-W in cruising condition, and the deck is curved upwards towards the midship section. The propeller E is driven by machinery placed low down in the waist of the boat to obtain a direct thrust. The lower part H of the waist is weighted by a solid keel or removable weight. In a modification having more freeboard buoyancy, chambers are provided at each side of the waist portion. These chambers project from the sides and taper into the hull fore and aft. Diving - rudders G are fitted and also a closed conning-tower D, so that the vessel may be used as a submarine boat.
Patent GB-190520293-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Scraping and Cleaning the Hulls of Vessels.
Inventor: BEELENDORF JUERGEN THEODOR
Filed: 1905-10-07
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 20,293. Beelendorf, J. T. Oct. 7. Hulls, cleaning.-Relates to certain detail improvements in that class of cleaning-apparatus which comprises (1) a rotary scraper o and a propeller q for rotating it, (2) rudder plates h for raising or lowering the scraper in the water, (3) adjustable pressure plates k for causing the scraper to contact with the hull, and (4) means operated from the deck for actuating the cleaner. The actuating-rope c, Fig. 1, is led from the cleaner over a pulley b carried at the end of the spar a, which is universally mounted at the bows of the vessel.
Patent GB-190521616-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Semi-rotary Pump for Lubricating and other purposes.
Inventor: BARNES EDWARD
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 21,616. Barnes, E. Oct. 24. Oscillating-vane type.-Relates to a semi-rotary pump for lubricating and other purposes. Along the axis of the stationary cylinder j passes a shaft h to which is keyed a segment g, while another segment i, embracing the shaft, is fixed inside the cylinder or may be made in one with or be fixed to the cover. As the segment g oscillates counterclockwise, lubricant is drawn through a sight-feed c and is subsequently forced out through a conduit k by rotation of the segment in the opposite direction, there being two or more sight-feeds c and two or more conduits k, thus gifing two or more suctions and two or more deliveries. Specification No. 8292, A.D. 1895, is referred to.
Patent GB-190607627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Railway Systems.
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 7627. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 29. Electric railways. -Consists in means for rearranging the motor connexions and changing the controlling-means on the car at the change - over points in traction systems using both alternating and direct currents. The conductors 5, 6, Fig. 1, which carry .the two different supplies are separated by a dead section 7 for cutting off the car supply prior to the change, which is effected by a switch actuated by a star - wheel 9 and a track finger 8. Should the car come to rest on the dead section, it may be started by temporarily energizing the section from either source of supply, by a two-way hardoperated switch 10, which is connected as shown and is normally held open by springs 11. The changeover switch S, Fig. 3, has contacts s, s', s<2> which connect the motors alternately to the transformer T or to the controller C, when the switch is rotated. Fig. 4 shows a four-motor car equipment, in which RS is the reversing-switch, G the commutating- switch, and K a controller which governs the speed by altering the resistance R when on direct current and by altering the tapping-points of the compensator B when on alternating current. The rows of contacts g, g<2>, g<4>, and gl, g<3>, g<5>, &c. are mounted at right-angles on the commutator-drum G so as to connect the motors in series with the resistance R and the field-coils E, F on direct current, or in series with the compensator and the paralleled field coils when rotated by the star - wheel, as above described, for running on the alternating- current sections; -
Patent GB-190609690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pen Point Guards.
Inventor: WOODBURY GEORGE EDWIN
Filed: 1906-04-25
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 9690. Woodbury, G. E. April 25. Pen-point protectors.-A metal strip or plate A formed as a pen-point guard or protector a and a finger-piece b is pivoted at f, either on the penholder or on a spring clasp or ring e, and is held with the guard a down by means of a spring d, so that pressure of the finger-piece b in writing raises the guard.
Patent GB-190611166-A (GB)
Title: Improved Liquid Compounds for use as Insecticides and Fungicides.
Inventor: WHITE EDWARD ALBERT
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 11,166. White, E. A. May 12. Insects, destroying.-Ammonia or an ammonia compound is used as an ingredient of a liquid insecticide or fungicide, instead of alcohol. It is mixed with other ingredients such as quassia wood extract, alkaline sulphides, soap, and any preparation of tobacco containing nicotine, water being added. Several different mixtures are described in the Specification.