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Patent GB-190316553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tugs for the Support of Vehicle Thills.
Inventor: BENNER LAFAYETTE WESLEY
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,553. Benner, L. W. July 28. Tugs, shaft.-A shaft tug is formed by a hooked-shaped piece of metal H with a buckle A at one end and a hinged piece H<1>, which can be fastened down by a catch d to cause it to grip the shaft J. The parts engaging the shaft are lined with rubber or other yielding material. The catch d engages ratchet teeth I on the back of the part H<1> and is pressed down by a spring e.
Patent GB-190322733-A (GB)
Title: An Anti-vibratory Spring Fork and Frame for Cycle, Motor-cycles and the like.
Inventor: RIPPON-SEYMOUR HENRY
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 22,733. Seymour, H. Rippon-. Oct. 21. Frames ; forks.- The steering or rear fork arms g of a motor or other cycle are made with arches b, to which the axle carriers c are attached by anti-vibratory springs a bolted to the arches and fixed at one or both ends. A fork d is fixed to the springs a, and guided by pins in the slots m and by a bearing f on the crown k of the fork g, so that the springs move equally and together.
Patent GB-190324790-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Coin-freed Sale Apparatus.
Filed: 1903-11-14
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,790. Forgrove Machinery Co., and Grover, F. Nov. 14. Sale apparatus; casings.-The goods, such as articles of confectionery, are contained in radial compartments 6 of a drum 5 on a spindle 3 in a casing, which has a hinged door 34 to be opened for filling the drum. Delivery mechanism.- A spring 9 fast to the spindle tends to turn the drum so as to make the compartments s u c c e ssively pass an aperture 37 in the door, but the action is normally prevented by a detent lever 17 on pivots 16 which having a pallet 18 and a spring 20 normally engages between cam lugs 14 on the back of the drum. After prepayment, the lever is pressed back and released so that the drum turns to expose a full compartment and the lever snaps into the next interspace between the lugs. Actuating - mechanism; coin action.-The coin drops into a shoot 26 fast on an axis 22, and lodges on a pair of fixed cross-pins 29 so as to cover the end of the lever detent. On the shoot being then rocked by an external handle, the detent is disengaged from the drum. Coin - discharging mechanism.- In the oblique position of the shoot, the coin registers with notches 32 in the supporting-pins 29, and by the passage of the cam lug over the detent, the coin is relieved of pressure. It accordingly slips through the notches and out of the shoot through a slot 33 in the drum into the compartment last emptied.
Patent GB-190326663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching and Pressing Trousers.
Inventor: ROBERTSON LENNOX
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 26,663. Robertson, L. Dec. 5. Trouser stretchers.- Trousers are pressed between boards by means of toggle-members. To stretch the trousers, the boards holding the garment are adapted to fold about their centre line. In Fig. 5, the lower frame of the apparatus consists of two independent parts a, a<1>. These parts have a yielding connection by means of chains b which pass through fixed eyes c and are connected by springs d with the parts a, a'. The upper frame consists of four parts, two inner, e, e<1>, pivoted together at f<2>, and two outer parts e<2>, one hinged to each of the inner parts. The trousers are laid on the lower frame and gripped at each end by the hinged pieces e'. Pins h on the parts e<2> bear against inclined surfaces of catches g on the lower frame, and cause the trousers to be gripped when the pieces e' are moved outwards. The trousers are then pressed and partly stretched by forcing down the togglemembers e, e', and the stretching process completed by folding the whole apparatus bodily about the point f<2> so that the parts e, e<1> come into contact. A spring catch m holds the folded article tightly closed. The meeting surfaces of the upper and lower frames are covered with millboard or fabric, and the underside of the parts e<2> recessed to receive the thicker parts of the trousers. The inner ends of the parts e, e<1> may be strengthened by metal strips extending across the frame, and a leather handle attached to the strips. In a modification, the parts e, e<1> consist of flexible metal strips connected by links s, Fig. 9. In this case, the bearing-surfaces of the catches g slope towards the centre, and the trousers are pressed by folding the parts a, a<1> of the lower frame backwards into contact. In another modification, the lower frame is made in two unequal parts a, a<1>, Fig. 13, the latter being extensible. An additional feature consists in the use of wires u, Fig. 11, on each side of the upper frame to produce greater pressure on the trousers. These wires pass through bearings t on the lower frame' and are bent so as to form fingers v to press on the parts e, e<1>, and also handles w, which fold over one another and are held by a sliding catch x. The upper frame, instead of being independent of the lower frame, may be hinged to it along one side, and attachable to it along the other by a pin and loop engagement. In this case, one part of each hinge 1, Fig. 14, is formed at one end of a spring bar 2. The ends of the bar are turned upwards, and it is attached by screws 5 to the upper part of the stretcher in such a manner, that by means of a thumb-nut 4 on a centrally-arranged screw 3, the pressure on the trousers, may be regulated. Loops g<1> depend from the other ends of the bars and engage with pins h<1> on the under part of the stretcher. The sections e, e<1> of the upper part are both hinged at y to a spring strip x, the latter being curved to admit of folding.
Patent GB-190400956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Boxes, Cases, Crates or the like.
Inventor: MCCALLUM CUTHBERT
Filed: 1904-01-14
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 956. McCallum, C. Jan. 14. Packing - cases; crates. - To combine strength with lightness, the sides of a case or crate consist of panels b of compound veneer, wood, papier-mÔchÚ, cardboard, metal, or other material, held between grooved corner posts a of wood, metal, or other material. The panels may be provided at the top and bottom with battens c, c<1> which may be slotted to receive them, and they may be formed in sections, or may be replaced by bars to form crates. The bottom and the lid or cover, if any, may be attached in any manner. In a modified construction, connecting-bars of the same form as the side posts may be connected thereto by mitred joints, the bottom being held in grooves in the same way as the sides, and the lid being arranged to slide in the grooves.
Patent GB-190405844-A (GB)
Title: Improved Closing Apparatus for Doors, Gates, Casements or the like
Inventor: FINCH SIDNEY WALTER
Filed: 1904-03-10
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 5844. Finch, S. W. March 10. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Doors, casements, &c. are closed automatically by a spring d contained in a circular cap or roller b which rotates on a pin c mounted in a frame a fixed to the frame of the door &c. The inner end of the spring is wound around the square centre of the roller b, the outer end of the spring being secured to the frame a by the set-screw e. The spring d is wound up or contracted, as the door opens, through a chain, strap, wire, &c. f attached to the roller &c. b and to a hook on the plate g fixed to the door &c.
Patent GB-190406498-A (GB)
Title: Anti-rattling and Shaft-supporting Attachments for use in connection with the Thill Couplings of Vehicles
Inventor: MACK ALBERT FRANK
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6498. Mack, A. F. March 17. Shafts, coupling to vehicle. Relates to an antirattling and shaft-supporting attachment for the thill coupling. Spring rods 11, with helical springs 15, have bent ends 17 engaging a curved member 24, which is inserted between the eye of the thill and the axle clip. A screw 22 passes through clamps 18, 19 securing the innermost convolutions of the springs, and also serves to adjust the member 24 by acting on its tongued end 23. The spring rods 11 engage recesses in a C-shaped link 31 which connects them to the thill. The tension of the springs is adjusted so as normally to hold the thill in the raised position.
Patent GB-190408428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottling Apparatus.
Inventor: GOLDMAN SIGMUND LUDWIG
Filed: 1904-04-12
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 8428. Goldman, S. L., [Vogel, O.]. April 12. Bottling. - R e - lates to a distributing valve for a bottle-filling machine, and is specially designed for use with the machine described in Specification No. 15,223, A.D. 1903. A fixed plug A, divided by a diaphragm A<1> into two chambers a, a<1>, is fitted in a casing B, which rotates with, or at the same rate as, the bottles to be filled. Two series of passages B<1>, B<2> in the plug B communicate respectively with the chambers a, a<1>, and to each passage B<2> is fitted a filling-tap D, in which a tube of wide bore D<4>, fitted with a nozzle D<5>, communicates by way of a passage D<1> with the passage B<2>, while an inner tube of narrow bore D<6> communicates by way of a pipe D<2> with the corresponding passage B<1>. The upper end of the plug A is connected to a counter-pressure chamber E, which is preferably weighted by lead shots or the like contained in a spherical shell E', and which is fitted with a pressure gauge E<2>. When too much air passes from the bottle into an outer chamber E<5>, a perforated piston E<6> is raised, and uncovers one or more holes E<7> to allow the excess of air to escape. The bottles are pressed against each of the nozzles D<5>, and in turn arrive in front of a channel A<5>, Fig. 4, connecting the bottle through the pipe D<2> to the counter-pressure chamber E before the liquid is admitted from a passage A', Fig. 3, in the chamber a' to the passages B<2>, D<1>, and so to the bottle, which it enters against pressure. The channel A<5> is made in three sections 1, 2, 3, the centre one, 2, of which is arranged at a higher level than the two outer ones 1, 3, communication between the chamber E and pipe D' being, however, retained by forming recesses b at the inner ends of the passages B. The section 2 is arranged at that point of the plug where premature filling generally begins. The bottle continues to travel round the plug until, when opposite the end of the section 3, the openings to both the pressure and filling chambers are closed, after which the bottle arrives in front of passages A<8>, A<9>, which extend through the plug and open in its outer periphery just in front of the beginning of the passage A<5>. By this means, an equalizing of the pressure in the full bottle and that of the atmosphere is effected, so that any excess of liquid in the bottle passes through the passage A<9> into a fresh bottle, which is then filled under pressure as before. Any liquid escaping from a bottle which is in communication with the section 2 does not affect the bottles in communication with the sections 1, 3, but passes into the section 2, and through a hole A<10> into the chamber a, whence it escapes through an outlet A<4> into the passage B<2>. The section 3 is also provided with a conduit leading to the chamber a.
Patent GB-190409515-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Printing Borders on Photographs.
Inventor: HILLHOUSE PERCY ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9515. Hillhouse, P. A. April 26. Masks.-Relates to the combination of a border negative having a picture mask with a border mask having a picture opening. The two parts may be combined or folded in the form of an envelope so that, by a simultaneous exposure from the front and back of the sensitive paper, a complete print is obtained. Or the parts may be attached as flaps to a central piece of glass, celluloid, or other material, and the border and picture printed in succession from the same side of the paper.
Patent GB-190414372-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Producing a Gaseous Germicide and Insecticide.
Inventor: MAROT RENE
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,372. Marot, R. Nov. 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Fumigating; fumigants.-A gaseous germicide and insecticide is produced from a mixture of sulphur dioxide and air, either by submitting the mixture to a silent electric discharge or by passing electric sparks through the mixed gases so as to produce a small quantity of sulphuric anhydride. When the mixture is to be sparked, the apparatus shown in the Figure is used. The gas is driven by a fan through the tube a into the globe b, which is provided with a valve c to admit a small quantity of uudried air. From the globe, the gas passes to the chamber d fitted with a series of carbon electrodes e connected to a series of coils f for producing the sparks. It then passes to the globe g, also provided with an air-inlet valve, and thence to the upper part of the place to be disinfected. The chamber d is constructed of metal with two glazed faces which carry the electrodes. In some cases, the mixed gases may be used without electric treatment.
Patent GB-190417208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Golf and like Balls.
Inventor: CRUICKSHANK PETER
Filed: 1904-08-06
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 17,208. Cruickshank, P. Aug. 6. Balls.-Golf and like balls are made by impregnating worsted, woollen or other yarn or cotton, linen, or like thread with rubber solution, and winding it upon itself or upon a central coil. The core thus formed is then covered with gutta-percha &c. The rubber threads may be vulcanized before being wound to form the core. The impregnation of the threads may bo effected by passing them over pulleys through a bath of rubber solution, and thence through a drying-chamber. The thread may then be vulcanized, and stored on a reel till required.
Patent GB-190418656-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Fastening the Wheel Tyre to the Wheel Body in Wheels for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: STAPF THOMAS
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 18,656. Stapf, T. Aug. 29. Welding. - The tyre a is fastened to the body b of the wheel of a railway vehicle or locomotive by welding masses c of iron, steel, or other metal in grooves formed in or by the meeting surfaces of the parts. The welding may be effected by means of the electric arc, the hot products of the combustion of water gas, oxyhydrogen gas, and the like, or by Goldschmidt's alumino-thermo process. It may extend along the entire periphery or only along parts thereof.
Patent GB-190418768-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatically Operating Steam Trap.
Inventor: BOSSHARDT THEODOR
Filed: 1904-08-30
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,768. Bosshardt, T. Aug. 30. Steam traps.-A flexible and expansible vessel M, filled with a readilyexpanding liquid,such as benzene, is gripped by a tubular piece D, which is screwed to the top of a valve box A and held in place. by a ring E. The steam enters at the side a and passes through the tube B, lifting the valve C and heating the vessel M so that this vessel expands and holds the valve down. The steam in the trap cools and is condensed, and, when the vessel M has cooled sufficiently to release the valve, the water is blown out by the steam pressure.
Patent GB-190423237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulp Beating Engines.
Inventor: WHITE JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,237. White, J. Oct. 28. Pulping-engines.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 26,217, A.D. 1902. The knife-plate boss A forms a pressure chamber, in which a piston D is raised or lowered by fluid pressure, to adjust the knife-plate D' carried thereby. The fluid pressure is regulated by the use of a variable head of water. Suitable packing F is held by a gland G, and stops may limit the motion of the knife-plate. In modified forms, the pressure chamber consists of a flexible bag or of tubing.
Patent GB-190500201-A (GB)
Title: Variable Speed Gearing
Inventor: STURTEVANT THOMAS LEGGETT
Filed: 1905-01-04
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 201. Sturtevant, T. L., and Sturtevant, T. J. Jan. 4. Fly-wheels.-In a variable-speed gearing of the type described in Specification No. 10,717, A.D. 1904, the members of a centrifugally-controlled clutch device are enclosed in a fly-wheel or casing 15, which is fixed to the driving-shaft 12 and carries a cover-plate 16, attached to, or formed integral with, a squared sleeve 17 carrying one of the gearing members. The casing is adapted to contain a lubricant.
Patent GB-190508141-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Gas & Air Reversing Valves as applied to Gas Fired Furnaces.
Inventor: GAUNT RICHARD
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 8141. Guant, R. April 17. Valves and dampers.- For controlling the passage of gas and air to, and the passage of the waste gases from, a gas-heated furnace, valves and dampers are arranged so that the waste gases can pass in a straight path to the chimney flue without coming in contact with the valves, seatings, and casings. The passage of the gas to the furnace is controlled by a main valve A and two reversing-vavles B, H, while the passage of the waste gases to the chimney flue G is controlled by dampers D, F. The flues E, C are in communication with opposite ends of the furnace. A similar arrangement of valves controls the passage of air to the furnace.
Patent GB-190510400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Application of Fire Alarm Apparatus in connection with Central Battery Telephone Systems.
Inventor: BIRNBAUM ISIDORE BERNARD
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 10,400. Birnbaum, I. B., and Bell, F. G. May 17. Switches for use in telephone systems. The switch springs 11 may be raised simultaneously from their contact-pieces 12 by turning the eccentric 14. Specifications Nos. 4883 and 6866, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190510401-A (GB)
Title: Improved Receptacle for Containing and Applying Liquids Liable to Alteration by Exposure to Air.
Inventor: TOBEL KARL ZUM
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 10,401. Zum Tobel, K. May 17. Bottles.- Relates to a bottle for holding easily - decomposable chemical liquids which it is required to withdraw drop by drop. The bottle is preferably of triangle shape, as shown, so that it can stand in any position. The neck is attached to the sides b, c ; it is narrow in proportion to the width of the bottle, and is provided with a constriction e, to reduce the access of air to the liquid when the bottle is unstoppered. The liquid is removed in drops by h flexible rubber h formed on a glass or other suitable rod g fixed in the india-rubber cork f of the bottle. Two or more bottles may be combined together, when their contents are to be applied successively, for example, in the removal of ink blots. If of glass, the bottles may be cemented together, but if of metal they may be stamped out of a single blank, and be divided into separate containers by partitions. The bottles may be so coloured as to protect sensitive liquids from the light.
Patent GB-190519986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Concentration of Dilute Nitric Acid
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-10-03
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 19,986. Johnson, G. W., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim Elektron]. Oct. 3. Concentrating nitric acid.-Dilute nitric acid is concentrated by a continuous process in which it is mixed with a polysulphate and the mixture distilled, first at 110-130‹ C., yielding a distillate consisting of concentrated acid, and afterwards at 250-300‹ C., yielding a distillate consisting of water, and leaving a residue of polysulphate available for the treatment of a further quantity of dilute acid. Two molecules of polysulphate are used for each molecule of water in the dilute acid. The passing of air through the mixture and the use of reduced pressure facilitate the operation.
Patent GB-190524249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Contact Breakers of Explosion Engines of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: CHARLES WALTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-11-24
Abstract: 24,249. Charles, W. J., and Watson, A. Nov. 24. Switches.-Relates to a switch of the rotatable wipe-contact type for use with explosion engines of motor-vehicles, and consists in leaving air gaps between the contacts instead of insulating-material. A continuous surface is provided on which the rotating rollers are supported;. In 'the lower part of a conducting casing a, Fig. 1, means are provided for breaking the low-tension ignition four times when a four-cylinder engine is used during the rotation of a shaft e. One of the terminals consists of a conducting-ring g<2> with four inwardlyprojecting flat contacts g, Figs. 1 and 2, connected directly through a screw m with one of the lowtension poles. The other terminal consists of a conducting-ring i, embracing the rotating shaft e, and forming part of the casing, which is conneeted at n to the other low-tension pole. The terminals are bridged by two rollers j, arranged on the shaft e so as to sweep over the ring i and wipe the projections g in their rotation, the ring i preventing the rollers from falling into the air gaps h. The air gaps serve to replace the usual insulating-plugs which might serve to support any metal smeared off from the contacts g. The high-tension circuit is broken four times in each revolution of the shaft, between contact studs e, arranged symmetrically round the casing each connected to its own cylinder. An insulated segment d, in contact with the other terminal f of the high-tension circuit, is carried round on an insulator d<2> with the shaft e and wipes the studs consecutively. In a modification of the first device, two conducting-rollers j, Fig. 5, are in electrical connection with the casing to which they are pivoted on arms o. The rollers are spring-pressed on to the outside edges of two spaced non-conducting-rings i, Fig. 4, having unbroken peripheries, between which is sandwiched the other termimal formed as a disk with air gaps h. The rings i prevent the rollers from falling into the gaps in the central conducting- disk.
Patent GB-190600527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reversing Mechanism
Inventor: TOLL JOHN VAN
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 527. Toll, J. van, and Mayer, O. Jan. 8. Reversing-gearing; clutches.- Relates to reversing gearing, specially applicable to motorboats, of the type in which the forward speed is a direct drive through a clutch and the reverse is effected through auxiliary clutches and a countershaft. Double friction clutch members A<1>, B<1> are secured to the driving and driven shafts A, B, respectively. For the forward speed, the shaft B is thrust to the left when the members A<1>, B<1> engage. Further movement of the shaft B causes a positive clutch member H<1> to move outwards against the action of springs H<2> into engagement with a member H on the shaft A. Clutch members E, E', connected by a casing D and adapted to engage with the free surfaces of the members A<1>, B<1>, are secured respectively to loose toothed wheels E<2>. E<5>. The wheel E<2> gears with a wheel F<1> on the countershaft F through an idler E<3>. The wheel E<5> gears directly with a wheel F<3> on the countershaft F which is carried by pins F<2> projecting from the slidable but non-rotating casing D which bears against the outer sides E', E5. To effect the reverse, the shaft B is drawn to the right so as first to disengage the main clutch. The outer part of the member B<1> then engages the member E<1> and draws it to the right, carrying with it the casing D. This causes the member E to engage the member A' so that the toothed gearing comes into action. The shaft B is operated by a suitable lever G and toothed sector G<4>. Chain gearing may be used instead of toothed gearing.