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Patent GB-190415176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Vitreous Cement.
Inventor: STEENBOCK PAUL
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 15,176. Steenbock, P. July 7. Teeth, stopping.-The dried and slightly-calcined precipitate produced by adding sodium silicate to basic beryllium nitrate is powdered and mixed, alone or with glass or pure clay, with a 52 per cent. solution of orthophospheric acid, nearly saturated with aluminium phosphate containing a little zinc or strontium phosphate. The transparent vitreous compound so formed is used as a cement for pearls and fine porcelain, and as a filling for teeth.
Patent GB-190418393-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for use with Saucepans & the like
Inventor: SMITH ALBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 18,393. Smith, A. J. Aug. 25. Saucepans. - A pudding-basin is secured to the cover of a saucepan or the like by an adjustable device which supports the basin clear of the bottom of the vessel and allows the contents of the basin to be steamed without the use of a covering-cloth. Tha basiu c, Fig. 1, is held by the adjustable spring ring d connected to the brackets h on the bridge-piece a by means of the hooks or loops e, f. The bridgepiece, which secures the device to the saucepan cover, consists of two sliding pieces a', a<2>, Fig. 4, which may be pushed apart by means of the lugs a<3>, a' and are clamped together by the screw j.
Patent GB-190418917-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Hollow Glass Articles.
Inventor: SIEVERT PAUL THEODOR
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,917. Sievert, P. T. Sept. 1. Glass-furnaces; doors.-Fig. 6 shows are-heating furnace for glass. The gases are admitted through separate inlets 29, 30, 31, 32 controlled by valves so that the heating may be limited to any particular zone of the article under treatment. The furnace is closed by sliding doors 19, Fig. 2, operated by levers &c. 21, 24, 25 and an electromotor 27.
Patent GB-190420271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means to be Employed in the Manufacture of Pipes, or Conduits, from Cement, Mortar, or the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 20,271. Johnson, G. W., [Soc. J. & A. Pavin de Lafarge]. Sept. 20. Moulding pipes, culverts, &c.-A rotary table 2 carries the mould 3, consisting of an outer wall 14 and an inner core 15 of overlapping sheet metal. The walls are kept apart by an iron ring 18, which also shapes the pipe ends, and by templets 19 carried by arms 20, these templets also serving to compress the material when the mould is filled to their height. In operation, the table 4, which is carried on the shaft 1 but prevented from turning by a stop 26, being adjusted vertically to rest on the projection 25, an automatic feeding-device, and the ram 11, operated on by the wiper 8<1> contacting with the roller 12, are set in motion. The bar 7 determines the position at which the ram works, and links 16, hinged to sleeves 17 on the shaft 1, render the core 15 co-axial with the shaft. The core is prevented from moving inwards by a device consisting of a vertical shaft 21 carrying arms 22, which on slight rotation contact with an angleiron 23.
Patent GB-190423057-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Safety Hinge & Stay.
Inventor: DOUGLAS FLORA MARIE DUCHESSE D
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 23,057. Touraine & Douglas, [nÚe Hamilton], Flora Marie, Duchesse de. Feb. 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hinges ; stays.- A combined hinge and stay for boxes, doors, &c. has a rectangular link E, which, in the closed position, covers the ends of the hinge pin and prevents the hinge from being tampered with. One end of the link E is pivoted to the flap A, and the other end slides in the guide B' on the flap B, so that, when the link engages the terminal stop B<3>, it acts as a stay for the box lid &c. In the construction shown, each hinge flap consists of a strip bent back upon itself and fastened by screws F.
Patent GB-190425724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail-chairs.
Inventor: ANNIS FRANK MARSH
Filed: 1904-11-25
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,724. Annis, F. M., Devore, M. L., Annis, E. F., and Annis, B. Nov. 25. Rail joints; chairs.-A chair for rail joints is in two portions, and the under parts are provided with knuckles through which a bolt 8, secured by a nut 9, passes, forming a kind of hinge. Where the joint actually is, there are slight swellings on the base and sides of the chair, so as to have a more secure grip at the point. Pressure on the rails strengthens the grip throughout the chair on account of the hinge construction. Bolts 18 pass through the web of the rail and the chair, and are secured either by a wedge-shaped key 20 or by a sleeve 25 provided with a slot through which a key passes.
Patent GB-190428561-A (GB)
Title: Method and Devices for Casting Steel-chains.
Inventor: HIERNAUX BENONI
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 28,561. Hiernaux, B. Dec. 28. Casting and moulding.-Steel chains are cast in sections, or previously-cast links are connected by casting the intermediate links in moulds consisting of blocks 1 enclosed in a box 2, through the end of which the last link 6 of the adjacent section is passed. Each block forms a quarter of a chain mould, and the centre ones form a common feeder 4.
Patent GB-190429025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neckties.
Inventor: DAVIES CHARLES WADE TUDOR
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 29,025. Davies, C. W. T. Dec. 30. Neckties.-A necktie comprises two parts A, B, detachably connected together at the back and having a cross-piece D, elastic or otherwise, which connects the parts A, B together at a point where they lie near the collar stud and serves as a core or support about which the necktie can be tied.
Patent GB-190517246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mixtures or Materials for Making and Retaining Surfaces and other Things Moist.
Inventor: BURLAND RICHARD OXLEY
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-08-25
Abstract: 17,246. Burland, R. O. Aug. 25. Dust-laying and like compositions.-A material for laying dust on floors while they are being swept, or on roads, or for use generally for keeping surfaces &c. moist, comprises sawdust or like absorbent material moistened or saturated with a solution of calcium or magnesium chloride or other deliquescent salt. An antiseptic, such as phenol, and a permanent liquid, such as glycerine, may be added. The material can be packed for sale in hermetically closed tins. The Provisional Specification states that water-glass may be used instead of the chloride solution, that a solid deliquescent salt instead of a solution may be used, and that soluble iron salts, alone or with a chloride, or sulphur in a suitable combination may be used. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 6725, A.D. 1904, and No. 476, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190519904-A (GB)
Title: Means for Increasing the Adhesion between Truck Wheels and the Rails upon which they roll.
Inventor: LOWRY ROBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 19,904. Lowry, R. C. Oct. 2. Grip of wheels, increasing. - T h e adhesion between the wheels and rail is increased on each side of a car by a double magnet 8, Figs. 1 and 4, having poles 12 close up to the webs of the wheels and consequent poles g at a central sliding block 14, which is restrained from contact with the rail by a bolt 18 and a stop 17. The axles and the hangers 5 supporting the magnets are preferably non-magnetizible, and the windings are such as to give a pair of similar poles at the centre of each compound magnet. The pole-pieces on the two sides of the car, which are opposite one another, are of like polarity. The central pole 14 has extensions 15 carrying rollers 19 to engage any unevenness on the track and to help to clear it by raising the pole in the slotted block 9, non-magnetic bearing-rollers 22 and stops 23 being provided to assist and limit the upward movement respectively. Fig. 6 shows a form in which the magnet is suspended inside the wheels by non-magnetizable hangers 24 bearing directly on the axles.
Patent GB-190521070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Polyphase Alternate Current Electric Commutator Machines.
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 21,070. Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co. Oct. 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.- To limit the speed of polyphase commutator machines of the kind described in Specification No. 5977, A.D. 1905, the transformer employed in the latter Specification is dispensed with, and either ohmic or inductive resistances or capacities are connected across the brushes, or the brushes may be short-circuited. Fig. 1 shows the brushes c connected in series with the stator windings s and shunted by adjustable resistances w.
Patent GB-190521439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches.
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 21,439. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Wedmore, E. B. Oct. 21. Switches.-A switch particularly for use with measuring - instruments, is provided with means by which the contacts are pressed together when the switch is closed. The contact-carrying arm c is pivoted on a stud b secured to the base a. The arm moves between insulating disks d, e, upon opposite sides of which are fixed contact-rings f, g concentric with the stud b. An insulating segment h carries contacts k, j on opposite sides to form the terminals for each of the shunts. The arm c carries contact-brushes l, m insulated from it, and from each other. They bridge the contacts k, f and j, g, respectively, and are mounted upon a pin n which is provided with right and left handed screw-threads at the points where it passes through the brushes. A handle p is attached to the pin to move the brushes on to the different contacts. By turning the handle in one direction, the brushes may be tightened on the contacts, and by turning in the opposite direction they may be loosened so as to allow the arm to be moved into another position. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the arm c is above the fixed contacts and is extended to form a pointer. The pin n is provided with a single screw for tightening the brushes. Pressure may be similarly obtained on the contacts of a switch in which the moving member travels in a rectilinear path.
Patent GB-190522775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-fraudulent Bottles.
Inventor: HOUSEMAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 22,775. Houseman, A., and Weichert, L. Nov. 7. Bottles, non-refillable.-The bottle is closed by an ordinary cork 19 in the neck of the bottle, and a plug 20 is irremovably locked in the neck above the cork, the neck being weakened at 16 and adapted to be broken off before the cork can be withdrawn. The plug 20 may be locked by V- shaped spring catches 21, or, by a locking-ring 24, Fig. 8, or, by a spiral spring 26, Fig. 10, or by spring-controlled pins 27, Fig. 11. The neck of the bottle is made slightly convex from the rabbet 16 downwards, to hold the cork.
Patent GB-190522813-A (GB)
Title: Improved Press for Making Stereotype Matrices.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 22,813. Marks, G. C., [Campbell Printing Press and Manufacturing Co.]. Nov. 7. Embossing.-In a press for making stereotype matrices, the forme E is placed on the steam-heated part of the bed B, under the platen P and one or more endless webs D. Steam under pressure passes by a pipe 45 to a double valve V, W, actuated by a handle 47, and first passes to the top of a piston 11, and presses the platen and blanket on to the flong. A further movement of the valve allows the steam to be exhausted from the cylinder 12 along a pipe 46, so that the platen P is raised by a spring 13, and at the same time the lower part W of the valve allows steam to pass to a cylinder 39, and thereby shifts the blanket D through rack and pinion 33, 36, and ratchet-gear &c., so that a dry, heated part of the blanket is presented to the matrix. By a further movement of the valve, the cylinder 39 is connected to the exhaust, and the piston 38 is returned by the action of a spring 40, the cycle of operations being then repeated. The blanket passes under a spring-pressed wringing- roller 22, tension rollers 17, 20, and looping-rollers 19, being dried and heated by steam-pipes S.
Patent GB-190523891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grain Doors for Railway and like Cars
Inventor: HELCK SAMUEL ROBERT
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 23,891. Helck, S. R. Nov. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Doors, wagon.-A freight car 5, Fig. 3, is provided with a doorway 6 adapted to be closed by a sliding panel 15 enclosed in a casing 7. The panel slides in a guide-rail 13 and is prevented from coming entirely out of the casing 7 by a vertical member 18, Fig. 5, which engages with a strip 16 secured to the casing. The panel is provided with an opening 15<1> at its lower edge having a sliding door 19 which may be removed to permit the grain &c. in contact with the panel 15 to be removed, in order that the latter may be slid into the casing 7. The strip 16 fits into a notch 17 in the guide-rail 13 and may be removed to allow the raii to be removed for cleaning the car.
Patent GB-190524839-A (GB)
Inventor: BRYNING JAMES EDGAR WILSON
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 24,839. Bryning, J. E. W. Nov. 30. Dressing granite, marble, etc.; tools.-Tools for roughing, shaping, and finishing granite, marble, bluestone, limestone; &c. consist of heads a, carrying beams b, preferably of I-section, provided with a series of clamps c, to each of which are fixed by a bolt g under a plate f a variable number of blades d of various sizes, which may be close together for finishing purposes or spaced apart by separators e of any desired thickness for roughing out or moulding.
Patent GB-190604199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Obtaining Lithopone from Complex Ores and other Substances.
Inventor: BRUNET LEON
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 4199. Brunet, L. Feb. 20. Pigments.-Lithopones consisting of barium sulphite and oxide or sulphide of zinc are produced by adding barium oxide or sulphide to a solution of zinc sulphite obtained by receiving in water the fumes of zinc oxide and sulphurous acid evolved by roasting zinc-sulphide ores. Brown ores may be used with these pigments, as a little acid liberates sulphurous acid, which bleaches the oil.
Patent GB-190612156-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Change Speed and Reverse Gearing for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: O'NEIL RODOLPH STUART
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 12,156. O'Neil, R. S., and Perry, L. I. May 24. Variable-speed and reversing gearing. - Relates to changespeed and reversing gearing for motor-cars &c. of the facewheel type in which the driving and driven shafts are arranged in line. The driving-shaft a carries bevel-wheels b, t serving to rotate cross-shafts d, d' which are adapted to drive a facewheel upon the driven shaft m in forward and reverse directions respectively. The shaft d carries loose bevel-wheels e, f, g meshing with toothed rings i, j, k upon a wheel l respectively. The shaft d' has a loose wheel h meshing with the ring k. The wheels e, f are separately clutched to the shaft d by a double clutch-member o actuated through suitable cam-mechanism and a rod s by a handle s<1>. The wheels g, h are clutched to their shafts, one at a time, by clutch members p, q actuated through a rod r and handle r<1>. To effect a direct drive, the wheel is caused to slide on a feather away from the bevel-wheels e &c. by suitable mechanism, and a clutch member b<1> sliding on the shaft a is brought into engagement with a similar member on the wheel b. Specifications No. 17,084, A.D. 1897, and No. 14,725, A.D. 1898, are referred to.
Patent GB-190613854-A (GB)
Title: A Tell-tale Device for Registering the Arrival of Vehicles and the like at Stations or other Places.
Inventor: TILLMANNS EWALD
Filed: 1906-06-16
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 13,854. Tillmanns, E. June 16. Hand-stamps.-As a means for registering the identification numbers of cabs, omnibuses and like vehicles on entering railway stations &c., the type bearing the vehicle's number is attached to the vehicle and the record-paper is provided in a printing-instrument in the keeping of the station official. Fig. 1 shows the type case which is attached to the vehicle. The type 1 is kept in place in the aperture 3 by shoulders 2, back metal plate 4 and cushion 5. A hinged cover may be provided. The end of the instrument shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is inserted into the case shown in Fig. 1, when the type projects through the aperture 12 in the case 25. On pressing in the spring-controlled handle 6 and rod 7, the cushion 10, guided by the slide 27, presses the paper and inking- ribbons 13, 14 on to the type 1. The paper ribbon is wound from the spool 21 to the spool 18, and the inking-ribbon from the spool 28 to the spool 23. To strain the ribbon 13 between the feedroller 17 and the spool 18, the spindle 18 is turned by a spring 29 in frictional contact with a drum on the spindle, the spring being wound on a roller 33 and having one end carried forward by the stem 7 when the latter is pressed in. Backward rotation of the spindle 18 is prevented by two ratchetwheels 34, 35 and two pawls 36, 37, the pawl 36 being pivoted on the wheel 35. The rubber feed-roller 17 is turned by an arm 19 operated by the stem 7, pawl 31 and ratchet-wheel 20. A pinion 30 co-axial with the wheel 20 turns the wheel 24 and spindle 23, thus feeding on the inking-ribbon. A device is also provided for recording whether the vehicle is loaded or empty. The corresponding marks are printed by types 43 attached to the case 25. The rods 38, 39, carrying the cushions 41, for pressing the ribbon on the types 43 are guided by the stand 40, and are preferably provided with different shaped push-buttons 42 to distinguish them. These rods are returned by springs 44, 45. The cover 26 is attached to the case by ordinary spring latches 48.
Patent GB-190614351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Couplings.
Inventor: BAUMGARTNER-MICA HUGO
Filed: 1906-06-22
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 14,351. Mica, H. Baumgartner-. June 23, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Clutches. -In friction clutches, the part A carries several layers of elastic and electric a l l y - insulating material a which is adapted to be gripped between a fixed part b and sliding part c, controlled by a cone g, pivoted lever e, pin h, and a spring i bearing on an adjustable pin k.
Patent GB-190618456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to "Dollies" or Appliances used in Washing Clothes and other Articles.
Inventor: SANDIE DAVID
Filed: 1906-08-17
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 18,456. Sandie, D. Aug. 17. Washing-machines.-A wash-tub a is provided with a rotatable dolly b, which is supported by a removable cross-bar l and a socket j fitted to the bottom of the tub. The dolly has radial arms g connected by rods h held at top and bottom, and is rotated by means of the two handles f. The cross-bar l has projections o which are held in loops p of a hoop q encircling the wash-tub.
Patent GB-190622622-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Wrapping Newspapers, Books, or other Articles, and Gumming or Pasting the Wrappers.
Inventor: HORNE JAMES AUSTIN
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 22,622. Horne, J. A. Oct. 12. Feeding sheets. - In an apparatus for use in wrapping-up newspapers, books, &c., a pile of wrappers is placed upon a table 2 pressed upwards by spring-actuated arms 4 connected together by pivoted rods 6. The actuating - spring 21 may either be connected directly to an extension of one of the arms 4 or may be connected to a lever 22 carrying a pawl 23 engaging a ratchet-wheel fixed, on one of the spindles carrying the arms 4. In the latter case, the table 2 may be lowered readily by disengaging the pawl 23, the handle 24 being used for steadying the movement of the table. A roller 25, carried by the table, bears on the inclined flanged guide 7 against which the rear edges of the wrappers are pressed. The removal of more than one wrapper at a time is prevented by a pair of knives 19 engaging the edges of the upper wrappers. Adjustable pins 3 serve as lateral guides for the wrappers.
Patent GB-190625879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Audiphones.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,879. Schneider, E. W. Dec. 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telephones.-In a pocket audiphone for assisting the deaf to hear, the battery is placed in a case which is closed at the end, against which the cells are pressed. The battery case 1 is closed at the top, and the transmitter is connected thereto by metallic screws 3, 4. A spring 6 sliding under a screw 7 maintains the battery in place, and may be detached when the cells are to be replaced. A receiver 5 is connected to the transmitter by the usual wiring. The current passes through the screw 3, screw 10 forming a terminal of the trans. mitter, wire 11, the magnets of the receiver which are connected in parallel, switch 12 the closing member of which is the knife 13, and the return wire 14 to the terminal 15. The terminal 15 is insulated from the metallic back of the transmitter, and the circuit continues therefrom through the wire 16 to the electrode 17, thence to the diaphragm, and through the metallic back of the receiver to the screw 4 and the negative terminal of the cell 19. A plug switch, breaking either one or both the connexions 11, 14, may replace the switch 12.
Patent GB-190628242-A (GB)
Title: Improved Furnace for Heating Bars in the Manufacture of Bolts or the like.
Inventor: CHANTRAINE ALPHONSE BAUDUIN
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 28,242. Chantraine, A. B., and Gobbe, E. Dec. 11, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Producers.-Relates to means for preventing sudden fluctuations of temperature in a gaseousfuel furnace for heating metal bars used in the manufacture of bolts, spikes, rivets, pins, &c. Fig. I shows a vertical section on the line M-N. Fig. V, and Fig. V shows a section on the line O-P-Q-R-S-T, Fig. 1. The furnace is provided with a producer b having relatively-large inclined "hearths" a on each side, and when the coal on these hearths a is sufficiently distilled, it is pushed towards the lower part and a portion falls on the coke which rests on the grate c in the producer. Air blown in by a fan is supplied to the ash-pit d, and the mixture of combustible gas from the producer with volatile matters from the hearths a is burnt by a further supply of air, which is heated in passages f, g and delivered through tangentiallyarranged apertures k, so as to produce a gyratory motion in the chamber j. The products of combustion escape through the openings for receiving the bars or rods.