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Patent GB-190221377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lozenge-making Machines.
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 21,377. Gordon, P., and Confectioners' Vegetable Colours and Fruit Essences Co. Oct. 1. Moulding confectionery. - Relates to lozengemaking machines, in which the sheet B of paste from which the lozenges are to be cut is fed in on an inclined endless band A under dies C and cutters D reciprocating at right-angles to the band, and consists in supporting the weight of the " scrap " paste by a roller H, revolving at, or about the same speed as the surface speed of the paste, in order to prevent distortion of the sheet B of paste as it passes the dies and cutters. The roller is supported in bearings in the upper ends of two arms J carried by a rocking-shaft K mounted in bearings in the frame of the machine, and is driven through spur or other gearing from the roller R, over which the band A passes. The shaft K is furnished at one or both ends with a weighted crank-arm M, so that the roller H can be thrown out of contact with the paste when desired. The arm M is free to turn on the shaft K to an extent limited by the movement of a pin S on the shaft in a slot T in the boss of the crank-arm. A scraper U removes any particles of scrap paste adhering to the roller H.
Patent GB-190222935-A (GB)
Title: Cooling Apparatus for Liquids.
Inventor: FLUEGGE HUGO
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 22,935. Fl³gge, H. Oct. 21. Beer and other beverages, raising and drawing-off. - B e e r, wine, or other liquids are cooled by the carbonic acid used in supplying or raising them. The gas flows from a reservoir 15, Fig. 9, through a spiral x located in the inner of two concentric vessels 2, 3, in the cooling-apparatus 1. Fig. 1, and thence to the beer &c, reservoir 22, from which the beer is forced along a pipe 24 to the chamber 19, Fig. 1, the pipe 24 having a curved end to cause the liquid to enter the chamber with a circling motion to prevent the freezing of the liquid, and also to prevent the escape of the carbonic acid with which it is impregnated. The inner chamber 2 is filled with water which is lowered to the freezing point by the carbonic acid in the spiral. Suitable fittings are provided to observe and regulate the temperature &c. A modification is described which is adapted to cool two different beverages at the same time.
Patent GB-190224025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Thread Guides for Spinning or Twisting Frames
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 24,025. Marks, G. C., [Houghton, L. T.]. Nov. 3. Thread-guides ; snarl and end catchers.-A piece of porcelain 22 having a notch in its front end, to act as a thread-guide, and bevelled sides, is slid into a metal holder 20, which is adjustably secured to a metal thread-board 19 hinged to a rail 14, which is of the form shown and is hinged at 16 to brackets 10 adjustably secured to the roller beam A. A metal tongue 23 projects downwards from the holder, to serve as a snarl and end catcher, a second tongue 24 extends across the open end of the slot in the porcelain guide, and a third projecting portion 25 secures the porcelain guide in place. The holder is prevented from turning sideways by reason of a tongue 30 on the thread-board 19 engaging with a notch in the holder. The brackets 10 and rail 14 are made of the form shown, so that the rail and the guides carried by it may be turned upwards and will be automatically retained in the backward position, the part 17 and the upper edges of the brackets forming stops for preventing the rail from being turned back too far and supporting it in the horizontal position, respectively, while the parts do not become clogged with dust &c.
Patent GB-190226385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGARD ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-29
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 26,385. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 29. Arc lamps.-An electromagnetically-regulated lamp is provided with an auxiliary regulating- apparatus of small inertia, acting independently and rapidly if the current in the arc diminishes ; the steadying-resistance in series with the lamp may be reduced to absorb only about 10 per cent. of the total pressure In the arrangement of lamp shown in Fig. 1, two series solenoids 1 act through a movable U-shamd core 2, connected with a dashpot 5 and a clutch 3, on the upper carbon, to strike the arc and feed this carbon in the ordinary manner. The lower carbon-holder 11 is carried by rods 50, which slide vertically in refractory insulators and are held up by a spring. The rods 50 are connected with a dash-pot 5<a>, and carry an iron armature 8, over the tapered cores of a series electromagnet 7 of small time constant. When the arc is struck by the solenoids 1, the magnet 7 simultaneously lowers the lower carbon a short distance, and compresses the spring. If the current decreases, the magnet 7 promptly allows the spring to raise the lower carbon and shorten the arc. The time-constant of the magnet 7 may be made small by using short laminated cores, and several windings connected parallel ; it may also have an opposing winding connected in parallel with the arc. In the form of lamp shown in Fig. 5, the lower carbon is stationary. The rod connecting the movable core of the ordinary series solenoids 1 to the clutch 3 is divided, the lower half sliding in the upper half, and a surrounding spring 14 presses the halves apart vertically. The upper and lower halves respectively carry cores 12, 12<a> in an auxiliary series solenoid, and are connected to dash-pots 19, 18. In action, the auxiliary solenoid normally holds the two cores 12, 12<a> together, and the spring 14 compressed. If the current decreases, the lower core 12<a> promptly descends and shortens the arc. In a further modification, the two cores 12, 12<a> are situated in the main solenoid.
Patent GB-190226734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Chiming and Striking Mechanism of Clocks.
Inventor: INGRAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-12-04
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 26,734. Ingram, A. Dec. 4. Chimes; striking-mechanism; repeating-mechanism.-In clocks having both chiming and striking mechanisms and, consequently, three winding- arbors a, b, c, the detent of the striking-train is disengaged by a pin h on the second wheel of the chiming-train or on its arbor, or on the quarter cam d or its arbor, or on an idle wheel or its arbor, and separate repeating-levers e, j are provided, the latter being formed of one piece of metal.
Patent GB-190227271-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Regulator for Warming Apparatus.
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 27,271. Russell, J., and Rosser & Russell. Dec. 10. Float valves; floats; piston valves.-A balanþed valve B, controlling the supply of steam to a hotwater cylinder A, is connected through levers to a float e, resting on the surface of mercury in a closed tube a, which is supported within the cylinder A. The two valve heads b, b<1> of the valve B have their edges notched, and work as pistons through their seats. The float e is preferably hollow, and has longitudinal tapering grooves e<1> to allow the mercury to return freely as it contracts.
Patent GB-190306169-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Manufacturing Letters Numerals and the like in Copper or other Metals by Electrical Deposition.
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6169. Elkington & Co., Lockerbie & Wilkinson, and Ryder, H. M. March 17. Letters, numerals, &c., instead of being cast in metal, consist of electrotypes filled with Portland cement or other suitable material. In their manufacture, a pattern in wood &c., treated to render it inpervious to moisture, is coated by copper &c., the coating being afterwards polished to allow a reversed mould to be taken from it in any suitable material. The mould is used as a base for the deposition of an electrotype, which is finally filled with cement &c., electrocoated all over, and polished.
Patent GB-190306952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Igniters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GOODSON GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-03-25
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 6952. Goodson, G. A. March 25. Magneto-electric machines.-A magneto-electric machine is employed for igniting in gas and like engines in which a crank 19 on the armature shaft compresses a spring 23, as it is rotated by a pin 16, Fig. 5, projecting from a sprocket-wheel 15 and engaging a lug 18 on the crank disc 17. The crank disc, on passing the top dead centre, leaves its driving-pin and allows the spring to expand and move the armature rapidly. The armature is arrested by a flat spring 24 on the end of the rod 29 engaging cam-surfaces 25, 26 on the crank disc in its uppermost position ; the spring rubs against a grease pad 27. The armature winding is embedded in shellac to prevent the shocks from disturbing the insulation. Timing is effected by adjusting the magnets 7 and their pole-pieces, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The magnets are secured by set-screws 11 bearing against curved ribs 10 of the pole-pieces. A cam 37, Fig. 2, on the armature shaft breaks contact in the cylinder at 28, 29, Fig. 1, by engagiug the spring lever 33 connected by the rod 32 to the lever 31.
Patent GB-190312266-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Holding in Position the Bands of Blouses, Skirts and other Like Articles of Costume.
Inventor: RYDER RICHARD
Filed: 1903-05-29
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 12,266. Ryder, R. May 29. Stud-and-eye fastenings-Relates to an appliance for holding in position the bands of blouses, skirts, &c. A plate a of sheet metal is sewn to the corset or article of apparel. Pins c hinged to the parts d are pushed through the skirt, blouse band, belt, &c., and are then turned down. The ends of the pins project below the hinge, and are sloped so that the pins will shut down in one direction only.
Patent GB-190314476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Arc Lamps.
Inventor: DAVIES JOHN LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 14,476. Davies, J. L. June 29. Drawings to Specification. Globe holders for electric arc lamps. The globe may have an out-turned lip to rest upon blade springs carried on a horizontal ring, which is made in halves, and is united by two screws after being placed on the globe neck ; two projections on the ring are engaged with bayonet slots in projections below the base of the lamp, so that the springs hold the rim of the globe against the base. In another arrangement, the globe has a small neck at its lower end, which is supported by a washer, a helical spring, a disc, and a screw, on a nut placed on a screwed extension of the lower carbon-holder of the lamp ; a shoulder on the nut bears on the inside of the globe.
Patent GB-190325969-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Device for use in Electric Traction on the Contact Stud System.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-27
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 25,969. Griffiths, W., and Bedell, B. H. Nov. 27. Conductors.-Relates to a safety device for preventing injury by the short-circuiting of the conductors on the stud contact system of electric traction, and consists in interposing in the circuit between the supply cable and the stud heads such a resistance as to reduce the maximum possible current to an amount which cannot damage any of the parts. The device is shown in the Figures, as applied to the contact stud described in Specification No. 3888, A.D. 1903. In Fig. 1, the resistance i is interposed between the supply cable a and the movable switch piece h. The cable is threaded through an iron tube b, the central portion of which is surrounded by an insulating-sleeve c mounted on the insulating-roller d. The resistance is connected to the piece f which carries the renewable iron block g. In a modification, the resistance is inserted between the switch and the stalk of the stud, while, in another form, the stalk is divided into two parts which are insulated from each other and connected by the resistance. Fig. 4 shows a further modification, in which the stud head p is made in two parts which are insulated from each other and connected through the resistance. The resistances are placed in those studs which are adjacent to crossing rails, as it is at this part that short circuits are most likely to occur.
Patent GB-190328224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair-drying Devices.
Inventor: BURNHAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 28,224. Burnham, E. Sept. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hair and head, special drying- appliances for.- Heated gases rise from the argand burner c into the tube e, which is cut away at f to receive them. The heated air is expelled from the tube by compressed air from the tank n, entering the end q of the tube e by the nozzle g and sucking in air at the same time. The tube h is supported by brackets k from the tube a, and is connected by the rubber tube m to the compressed-air tank. The burner c is held by a bar d and supplied with air through the bottom of the tube a, which, with its cover, is lined with asbestos o.
Patent GB-190400796-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Gripping Device for Supporting Shelves, Seats, Picture Frames and for other Articles or uses.
Inventor: BREESE ALFRED
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 796. Breese, A. Jan. 12. Stands.-A grip device is shown as applied for locking telescopic tubes or supports or parts of stands or the like. Wedges, keys, or balls g are disposed in a recessed arm or cam e pivoted to the inner tube a, and may bear directly against the outer tube b, or through bearing strips or plates r on the tube a. The wedges may be in the form of blocks with knuckles engaging in recesses in the cam. The cam may be operated by levers p, n, or by a button, knob, or handle at the side, or by flexible means at the end or side.
Patent GB-190403359-A (GB)
Title: A Stringed Musical Instrument Played with a Bow.
Inventor: STREVENS THOMAS
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 3359. Strevens, T. Feb. 10. Drawings to Specification. Violins and like bowed instruments.-A tenor instrument is made in pitch exactly an octave lower than the violin, and is tuned like the violin, to occupy a place between the viola and the violincello.
Patent GB-190405677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rims for Vehicle Wheels
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5677. Lake, H. H., [Vereinigte Gummiwaaren-Fabriken Harburg-Wein, vorm. Menier- J. N. Reithoffer]. March 8. Felloes or rims, tyres, pneumatic &c -A metal rim for pneumatic or solid rubber tyres f o r automobiles or other vehicles is made with a detachable curved flange h, which is secured by claws d engaging holes in a flange or lugs c<1> on the rim and a rib f on the detachable flange. The lateral expansion of the tyre, when inflated, tightens the claws. When the tyre is deflated, the flange h can be pushed inwards, and the claws released ; the flange can then be removed. Solid tyres are compressed to permit the claws d to be turned into engagement with the flange h, the subsequent expansion holding them in place. The flange h may have a shoulder f to limit the inward motion.
Patent GB-190408044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnace Grates for Smokeless Combustion.
Inventor: SIMPSON SOLOMON LISSACK
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 8044. Simpson, S. L. April 7. Firebars and grates.-In a smokeless furnace for soft coal, the fuel is coked on a travelling grate B and is passed on to a second grate C for complete combustion, the ashes being removed by the oscillating grate D. The firebars b, Fig. 1, which are secured in V-grooves 9 in the chain 8, overlap one another so as to prevent entry of air beneath the fire. The fuel enters under an adjustable gate f and is preferably guided by inclined plates s at the sides of the grate. To break up clinkers &c., a loose corrugated roller I, made in several sections, is mounted between the coking and combustion grates B, C. By means of a rod M, the bars of the grate C may be opened to admit air, as shown in dotted lines, and the last bar C<1> may be tilted up by the rod L to form a retainer for the fuel when the dumping-grate D is lowered to remove the ashes. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the grate C travels continuously. A second roller R is employed to remove the ashes, and the first roller I may be omitted. The arrangements are applicable to stationary or locomotive boilers.
Patent GB-190411894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent or other Gas Burners.
Inventor: ANDERSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 11,894. Anderson, W., and Anderson, H. May 25. Drawings to Specification. Actuating cocks.-The Provisional Specification states that a gas cock is actuated by levers arranged to form a parallelogram.
Patent GB-190415306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: BEHRISCH MAX
Filed: 1904-07-08
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 15,306. Behrisch, M. July 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Actuating pumps. -Relates to turbines for driving pumps, fans, dynamos, and the like, and to means for equalizing the torque produced by two oppositely-rotating turbine wheels respectively coupled to two dynamos or the like. A dynamo f<1>, mounted on a hollow shaft b, is driven by two turbine wheels c<1>, c', and a second dynamo f<2> on a shaft u is driven by two turbine wheels d<1>, d'. Each pair of turbine wheels has nozzles e', e', and the smaller torque of the second wheel of each pair is balanced by the larger torque of the first wheel.
Patent GB-190415650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Ventilators.
Inventor: SAUNDERS SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,650. Saunders, S. July 14. Ventilators.-A casting a, formed with a core b, is let into the wall. A spindle e slides in this core and is fitted to the plate d which forms the cover of the ventilator corresponding to the casting a. The plate d is guided by the flange e, the centre of which may be removed, leaving projections which act as guides. A bearing is made for the spindle c by inserting into the core b a thin tube of brass or other antifriction material. This tube is slightly smaller in diameter than the core, and is mounted in the core by filling the intervening annular space i between tube and core with lead, which may be run down an aperture k in the core, the lead filling the aperture and forming a key k to hold the lead within the bearing. A chain or similar device serves to limit the outward movement of the plate d.
Patent GB-190416908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Oars for Boats.
Inventor: SCHAEFER JULES
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 16,908. Schaefer, J. Aug. 2. Rowing apparatus.-Relates to means for operating bow-facing oars. The oar 3 is pivoted to a standard 2 and is operated by the bar 11, which is pivoted to the oar at 13, and slides on the pivoted bar 6. Lugs 15 maintain a constant distance between the bar 6 and the oar. The portion of the oar above its axis is of larger area than the portion below.
Patent GB-190417797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Horseshoes
Inventor: PAAR HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-16
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,797. Lake, H. H., [Paar, H., and Vignos, C.]. Aug. 16. Calks.-The calk 4 is secured between flanges 2, 3 on the shoe 1 by bending the tangs 5 around the inner flange 3 in recesses 6. If the recesses are dispensed with, a longitudinal groove is formed in the inner side of the flange to take a corresponding projection on the calk.
Patent GB-190422862-A (GB)
Title: Insect-catcher.
Inventor: GEBHARD JOHANNES
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 22,862. G e b - hard, J. Oct. 24. Traps for flies &c. A round stand a and an upright b with a loop e support a paper sheet c, and a removable cylinder d coated with fly glue or the like.
Patent GB-190424384-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Mouth Gag and Electric Light
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,384. MacCormac, J. S. D., and Dental Manufacturing Co. Nov. 10. Gagging - appliances; optical instruments.-A mouth gag is fitted with a small electric lamp which serves to illuminate the mouth during dental and other operations. The gag consists of a base a with screwed stems b on which the tubular arms of a bridge piece d are adjusted by milled nuts c. The base is provided with a boss f into which is screwed a lamp g, preferably of the type having a single terminal pin, the return current passing through the socket.
Patent GB-190429404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Printing Presses.
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 29,404. Lake, H. H., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. Dec. 31. Late news, means for printing.-Relates to the construction of forme-cylinders for rotary printing- presses, so that special news, advertisements, &c., can be inserted without the substitution of a new forme, and also to means for mounting the forme on the cylinder. A block 18, Fig. 4, is secured by screws 19 engaging over its edges with shoulders in-a recess in the cylinder 9, with which its outer surface is circumferential. The special plate 23 is mounted on this block by fixed clamps 20, 22, and by spring clamps 21 shown in Fig. 6, the latter being pivoted in the block 18 and actuated by springs 26, the pressure of which is adjusted by the screws 27. The formes on the cylinder, Fig. 2, are secured by blocks 16 screw-threaded on the bolts 15, and blocks 14 sliding in grooves in the surface of the cylinder. The blocks 14 grip the edges of both the inner and outer formes, and the whole is secured by the bolts 15. Fig. 2 shows the cylinder with the columns circumferential and without the special plate in use ; when, however, the blocks 14 on the bolts 15 are slid into contact with the blocks 16, double length formes can be arranged on the cylinder with the columns lengthways between the ring 13 and the blocks 14. When the special plate is not in use, a dummy block is inserted in the recess of the cylinder by meaus of the screws 19, but for use on the righthand side of the cylinder, Fig. 2, it must be made with a groove for the middle block 14 to slide across in. The main electrotype, stereotype, or other forme is made with an opening to register exactly with the block 18, and both may be removed independently of one another.
Patent GB-190504684-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to Bedsteads:
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 4684. Willis, P. R. J., [Reed, S., and Howell, H.]. March 7. Bedsteads. - Relates to a device for attachment to the side bars of a bedstead for keeping the mattress or bedding in position. A standard 1, attachable to the bar by a socket 3, carries pivoted arms 8 adjustable in a slot 2 by a wing-nut. In modifications, the arms 8 may be independently riveted to the standard, or may be replaced by an adjustable T-piece, or by a single horizontal member. The sockets 3 are formed with holes 13 for attachment to wooden frames by screws. The Provisional Specification describes also the use of the standard without the adjustable arms.
Patent GB-190507109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters or Strainers for Petrol and the like for Motor Cycles, Automobiles and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: DRING JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 7109. Dring, J. April 4. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-A petrol filter or strainer for motor vehicles &c. consists of a tubular body a, within which two or more wiregauze trays g, h are supported on a shoulder f. Caps c, e are screwed on the ends of the cylinder, which is provided with an inlet j and an outlet k. The filtering- trays are formed by soldering wire gauze of varying mesh to rings. They may be replaced by layers of gauze separated by spacing rings. Impurities or unfiltered oil may be withdrawn through the cock l, which engages with a flange stud m attached to the cap c. The parts can be readily detached for cleansing.