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Patent GB-190311129-A (GB)
Title: Ozonizers of Low Frequency adapted to be connected directly to a Dynamo.
Inventor: OTTO MARIUS
Filed: 1903-05-15
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 11,129. Otto, M. May 15. Ozone. - In an ozonizer which is adapted to be operated directly from a dynamo by means of low-frequency currents, a rotating metal cylinder a, which is divided along its longitudinal surface and is either bare or enclosed in a dielectric, is mounted vertically within a glass tube b, which is covered externally with a similarly - divided conducting-layer e. The cylinder a is connected by one of two terminals h to the earthed pole of a high-tension transformer, and the other transformer pole is connected by one of other three terminals g to the layer e. Air is drawn in through orifices o of the crown m, and down through the tube b by means of a ventilator.
Patent GB-190314506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engine Lubricators.
Inventor: RICHMOND JOHN RITCHIE
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 14,506. Richmond, J. R. June 30. Lubricators.-Relates to a lubricator for steamengine cylinders, in which the difference of pressure on the boiler and engine sides of the main stop valve is utilized to secure a positive discharge of the oil or other lubricant. In one arrangement, the oil container A, Fig. 1, is filled through the valve B, and communicates, by a pipe C, with the boiler side of the stop valve E. The oil passes from the vessel A through the nozzle F, sightfeed glass K, and a side passage to the engine. The nozzle opening is regulated by means of the plug H ; a plug J is also provided to shut off the lubricator when required. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, the lubricator is applied to the stop valve. Oil is fed to the chamber A through the valve B, the plug J is provided to shut off the lubricator when required, and the plug H to regulate the feed. A sight-feed glass or a glasscovered sight-hole K is arranged in the chamber A.
Patent GB-190316486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cutting-up or Chopping Meat, Vegetables, Lard, and the like
Inventor: MATHEIS JAKOB
Filed: 1903-07-27
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 16,486. Matheis, J. July 27. Cutting and slicing roots and vegetables. Apparatus for cutting-up or chopping potatoes, turnips, carrots, vegetables, &c. consists of a box having three of its walls c, d, e provided with apertures or slits f, g, h through which knives k, carried by a cross-bar l movable up and down on guides by means of, handles or by a screw o, are successively passed. The unperforated walls of the box form removable lids or covers for the introduction of the potatoes &c., and the interior of the receptacle may be provided with guides for the knives.
Patent GB-190319863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 19,863. Newton, P. A., [American Tobacco Co.]. Sept. 15. Cigarette-making machines.-In those machines in which a continuous paper strip is wrapped about a filler rod of tobacco and the seam is secured by pasting, a heated pressing-bar is used to dry the paste rapidly and to iron the seam. After the seam has been pasted, the cigarette rod r, Fig.4passes beneath the pressing-tongue 15, Fig. 2, and along the setting-channel 17 to the ironing-bar 25 preferably heated by a tube 27 in which plays a bunsen flame. The bar 25 is preferably adjustable and made capable of being turned back out of the way. The feeding-tape y, after supporting the cigarette during the ironing process, passes back over the roller 20.
Patent GB-190323765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Igniting Self Propelling Explosive Projectiles or the like.
Inventor: UNGE WILHELM THEODOR
Filed: 1903-11-02
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 23,765. Unge, W. T. Nov. 2. Fuzes for projectiles; torpedoes. -A percussion fuze is fired on passing through water, by the passage of the water through an inlet at its front end, thus operating a piston, which throws the firing - pin against the igniting- material, or vice versÔ, or compresses a spring, the ignition being timed by adjusting the area of the inlet. In one form, the firing-pin carried by the percussion hammer 4, Fig. 1, acts on ignition material in a slidable piece 6 in the usual manner if the fuze strikes a solid body. On entering the water, however, the water rushes through an opening 25, and, acting behind a piston 20, raises a sliding piece 10 within the piece 6, thereby compressing a spring 32 and bring- ing the piece 10 in front of a spring tongue 14 on the piece 6. As the piece 10 is raised, it is turned by a pin 11 travelling in an inclined groove 12, Fig. 2, in the piece 6 and in the fixed part of the fuze, until a cross-piece 17 on the piston - rod 16 coincides - with a corresponding groove in the piece 10, and releases the latter by acting on the spring tongue 14, the slidable piece 6 being then forced against the firing-pin 5. Safety wing-pieces 33, Fig. 3, for normally preventing the pin 5 from striking the ignition material, are connected together by links 37, and are retained in the safety position by springs 36 on their pivots. The wing-pieces 33 are thrown outwards by centrifugal force during the spinning of the projectile, and are held in this position by notches 39 engaging elastic tongues 38. In a modification, shown in Figs. 6 and 8, the water presses against the front side of a piston 20, and the slidable piece 6, carrying the igniting-material, is provided with a pin 47 working in an inclined slot 48 in a tubular extension 46 of the piston, and in a horizontal slot in the fixed cylindrical portion 19, so that the piece 6 is turned as the piston 20 is moved rearwards. When the pin 47 reaches the end of the inclined and horizontal slots, the compressed spring 32 forces the piece 6 against the firing-pin 5, and the pin 47 travels in a groove in the extension 46 and in the fixed portion 19. The safety-pieces 33, Fig. 8, are retained, when thrown open by the spinning action of the projectile, by hook-shaped plates 54 pivoted to the links 37 and engaging fixed pins 55. When the fuze is to be ignited only when passing through water, the firing-pin or the igniting- material is stationary.
Patent GB-190403556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines.
Inventor: BECHMAN HENRY FREDRICK
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3556. Bechman, H. F. May 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.- Relates to machines of the " Cox-duplex " type, such as are described in Specification No. 3007, A.D. 1893, and consists in providing a third printing- couple located above the other two, whereby the capacity of the press is increased. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation in which A, A', A<2> are the three stationary type-beds arranged one above another, and B, B<1>, B<2> are the reciprocating impression cylinders. A full-width web from the roll W is fed in continuously by the usual feed-rollers C, is cut longitudinally by the slitter c, and the two webs then pass side by side round the roller d, looper e, roller a, cylinder B, and rollers b in the carriage, and round the roller d'. From the roller d<1>, one web w passes round the roller d<2>, and round the cylinder B<1> and rollers b<1>, while the other w<1> passes round diagonal turning-bars D by which it is transferred laterally, and thence passes, above the web w, round the roller H<3>, and round the cylinder B<2> and rollers b<2> of the upper printing-couple. The web w passes round the roller a<1>, looper e<1>, and roller d<3> to the delivery roller F. The web w<1> passes round the roller a<3>, looper e<3>, and roller D<3> to the delivery rolls G, G'. When printing a twelve-page paper, a third half-width web w<2> passes from a roll W<1> to the rolls G, G<1> by which it is fed in, thence round guide-rollers H, H<1>, H', and a looper e<2>, roller a<2>, cylinder B<2>, and rollers b<2>, rollers H<3>, H<4>, cylinder B<1>, and rollers b<1>, roller a<1>, looper e', and roller d<3> to the roller F. From the rolls F, and G, G', the printed webs pass to the usual folding and delivery mechanism. When a ten-page paper is to be printed, the web from the roll W is three-quarter width. A single web from the roll W may be perfected by the couples A, B and A<1>, B<1> in the usual manner, the upper couple A, B<2> being put out of operation. The machine may be used for colour printing. For instance, the narrow web, after printing on one side of the press by the couples A<2>, B<2> and A<1>, B', may be transferred laterally by the angle bars and led back to the feed-rolls C, and printed on the other side of the press by the couples A<1>, B', while another narrow web may be printed on one side of the press by the couple A, B and, after transferring by the bars D7 on the other side of the press by the couple A<2>, B'. The cylinders B, B<1> are mounted in a reciprocating-carriage operated by the rods J<1> and crank-wheels J, and the upper cylinder B<2> is in a separate carriage which may be bolted to the main carriage so as to move with it, or may be uncoupled to render the upper printing- couple inoperative. The looping-rollers e, e<1>, e', e<3> may be all on one pair of bars E reciprocated by the usual cams E<2>.
Patent GB-190404380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Boxes.
Inventor: KENNEDY FRANK KNIGHT
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4380. Kennedy, F. K. Feb. 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Match receptacles.-By pressing a button 18, a match falls into a slot, and the action is accompanied by the ring of a bell to indicate the delivery. On pressing the button 18, the lever 15 rocks on the fulcrum 16, and, by means of the arm 19, raises the elongated weight 21, which is in the form of a bell-crank lever, hung at its upper end on integral pintles 22 fitted to the sides of the box. As the lever 15 is rocked, the slide 10, provided with the slot 11, slides along the bottom of the box until the slot comes above the part 36, into which the match falls. The slot 11 is formed with enlarged ends for the heads of the matches and with its back end rounded. At the lower end of the lever 21 is attached a chain 24 extending over a cam 29 and connected to the lever 27, journalled at 28 and carrying the hammer 25 which strikes the bell 26 when the button 18 is pressed. The fall of the weighted lever 21 returns the slide 10 into its original position.
Patent GB-190406480-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to Lawn Mowers.
Inventor: BLACKBURN GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6480. Blackburn, G. W. March 17. Lawn-mowers.-Means are provided for discharging the grass from the collecting-box without stopping the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan. A discharging board d is moved across the collecting-box c and pushes the grass through one or other of the swing doors t. The board d is carried by a bracket e, which slides on the rod f. It is moved by means of wire ropes or cords g<1>, g<2>, which pass round guide-pulleys below the sprocket-wheel o and are wound in opposite directions on a drum m. The rope g<2> passes round a pulley j at the opposite end of the box. The drum m is carried by a horizontal stud or pin, and is connected to the doncentric sprocket-wheel o, which is rotated in either direction by means of a chain p, sprocketwheel q, and handle s. The sprocket-wheel q is mounted on a horizontal pin or stud r on one of the side steering-arms, as shown. A rope and pulleys may be employed instead of the chain p and sprocket-wheels o, q.
Patent GB-190406496-A (GB)
Title: Electric Lamp and Socket.
Inventor: SODEN ALBERT NORTON
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 6496. Soden, A. N. March 17. Incandescent lamps.-A lamp having three filaments, controlled individually by three switches, is made of a conical form with a reflecting inner surface, as shown in section in Fig. 3. The hollow conical bulb is silvered on the inner surface, and filled in with plaster of Paris or other substance. The filaments 15, 16, 17 are connected by wires running through tubes 24, 25, 26 to contacts in the cap of the lamp. As shown diagrammatically in Fig. 8, the filament 15 is connected at one end to the cap 29, and at the other to a central pin 30, the other filaments being connected to the spaced contacts 34, 35, 36, 37. The holder 31' is fitted with a plate having a series of pairs of contacts 49-54, one half of which are connected to the feed wires 32, 33 and the others to the spaced contacts 38-42, which engage with the contacts on the cap, the contact 50 being connected to the screwed collar. Three knife switches, each having two blades insulated from one another, are pivoted in the holder.
Patent GB-190408983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Fireplaces.
Inventor: BELL ABLETT
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8983. Bell, A. April 19. Fireplaces.-Removable hobs 8 are fitted in the recesses at the sides of a fireplace. The hobs are provided with hooks or tongues which engage in eyes 7 fixed in the panels 6 of the fireplace.
Patent GB-190410536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candles.
Inventor: HAASE ALEX
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 10,536. Hasse, A. May 7. Candles.-Wicks are washed in hot soda solutions, impregnated with a concentrated solution of potassium chlorate or nitrate, and dried, to increase their inflammability and facilitate ignition. The wicks may be further dipped in a solution of sulphur in carbon bisulphide, and may be impregnated with aromatic substances for disinfecting or fumigating purposes.
Patent GB-190411464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BROTHERHOOD STANLEY
Filed: 1904-05-18
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 11,464. Brotherhood, S., and Bryant, C. W. May 18. Gas or explosivevapour e n g i n e s, carburetting and mixing air and gas in. In jet carburetters using liquid or gaseous fuels the velocity of the air past the fuel nozzle is kept constant automatically and the area of the fuel orifice and the air inlet are varied proportionally while the fuel is kept at the same head of pressure. The arrangement shown in Fig. 2 is adapted to use oil or petrol. Air is drawn through an inlet m, sleeved, and pipes n. The sleeve d is carried on the hollow rod e of the piston f, and, as the suction increases, the air is drawn from the vessel p through the holes e', e<2>, the piston rises, and the most restricted part of the sleeve d is raised higher above the mouth of the nozzle d. The rod e also lifts with it a valve k for admitting more air through ports in the sleeve h, and withdraws a taper plug d from the nozzle b and thus increases the area of its orifice. The sleeve d may be flexible with a sliding ring to vary its restricted part, or it may be replaced by a series of hinged vanes ; in the same way, the valves k, c may be of other forms.
Patent GB-190415276-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing a Consistent Dust-free Surgical Dressing Material.
Inventor: SELLO EDWARD MAX
Filed: 1904-07-08
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 15,276. Sello, E. M. July 8. Dressings.-Surgical dressing-material is produced from cotton, or mixtures of cotton with cellulose or wood wool, by passing the layers of fleecy material direct from the carding-machine between heated pressing-cylinders. The stearic acid adhering to the material is freed and imparts a lustre to the surfaces. The material is covered on both sides with gauze and put under pressure. It may be impregnated with chemical substances, and is sterilizable.
Patent GB-190416570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-jacks.
Inventor: KETTERER MAX
Filed: 1904-07-27
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 16,570. Ketterer, M. July 27, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Lifting-jocks -Consists of a screw-jack which can be lengthened to any desired extent as the load is raised, thus obviating the necessity for blocking up. The base is threaded at 2 to engage the lifting- screw, and is formed with a plain socket 6 to take a screwed extension sleeve 8, 9, the screw being long enough to allow of the sleeve being placed on it while it is still in engagement with the thread 2. The sleeve having been thus placed is run down into the socket and secured by a set-screw 7, and lifting can then be proceeded with. The sleeve has a socket at its upper end for a second sleeve, and additional sleeves can be added as required. The two parts of the sleeve are shown as held together by a hinge joint 10, 11, 12, and by a tongue and key on one part engaging a loop on the other part, but other means may be used.
Patent GB-190500748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Packing Devices for Rotating Shafts.
Inventor: DUNLOP JOHN GIBB
Filed: 1905-01-14
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 748. Dunlop, J. G., and Bell, T. Jan. 14. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-In packing-devices for rotating shafts of the type described in Specineation Nos. 1120 and 14,994, A.D. 1890, and No. 4747, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Rotary engines &c.], and No. 24,225, A.D. 1903, the casing is made in three or more sections to facilitate adjustment. The sections are formed with flanges separated by packing-pieces G and secured by tolts F. The casing rests on two centring keys K, shown also in Fig. 3. The casing is formed with a flange E bearing against the turbine casing, and secured by studs R passing through slots N.
Patent GB-190501874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating Variable Ratio Electric Transformers
Inventor: LYDALL FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 1874. Lydall, F. Jan. 31. Switches; transformers.-In variable-ratio transformers, the change from one voltage to another is effected gradually and without opening or shortcircuiting of the secondary circuit, by means of a series of switches or the like in combination with a small transformer or induction regulator constructed so that the voltage in its secondary winding may be changed between a certain positive and a negative limit, the voltage in either direction being equal to the voltage between the successive steps whereby the main transformer voltage is increased. This may be done, as shown in Fig. 1, by tapping the secondary winding A B of the main transformer at successive points c, d, e, &c. and connecting alternate taps to the two leads X, Y which are joined to the secondary circuit s of the small transformer IR. To increase the voltage between the work leads C, X, the switch o is closed and current flows from o through the lead X and the work circuit to the conductor B ; the switch n is then closed, and a second current path is provided through the lead Y, and, the switch gear being so arranged that, when the switch n is closed, the small transformer is turned so as to produce a voltage neutralizing that existing between the points n, o, the switch o can be opened without sparking. When the switch o is opened, the transformer IR is turned back and the switch m is closed, and the process is continued till the main transformer is giving its maximum voltage. In the small transformer, contact is secured between the leads X, Y and the halves of the ring t by means of brushes, and the mechanism, such as a barrel controller, Fig. 2, for operating the switches c, d, e, &c., is preferably geared with the rotating part of the transformer IR. To avoid danger of short circuiting part of the secondary of the main transformer, the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 may be used. In this case, the primary member p of the auxiliary transformer IR is made to rotate, and the external lead Z is connected to the middle part of the secondary s. The switch n having been closed, current flows through the leads X, Z, the external circuit, and the lead C, B ; during this time, the small transformer is turned through half a revolution, so that, as the switch n is opening and the notch l is closing, the voltage in the secondary s neutralizes the voltage between the points n, l,. thus rendering a short - circuit impossible.
Patent GB-190506261-A (GB)
Title: A Grip for use in Screwing & Unscrewing the Screw Stoppers into & out of Screw-stoppered Bottles.
Inventor: JOHNSTON JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 6261. Johnston, J. A., and Johnston, W. E. G. March 24. Spanners and wrenches.-For removing or applying screw stoppers, a device is used which consists of a strip A of wood formed with a hole B to receive the head of the stoppers. A cut C extends from the hole B to the end of the strip, forming resilient arms a, which the operator presses together to grip the stopper. The device is formed with a rectangular slot E, or one or more round holes, adapted to be connected to the hole B by one or more slots D. If desired, the device may be formed with slots G radiating from the hole B. The end A', and part way along the sides of the strip A, may be bound with sheet metal.
Patent GB-190507009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Applying Liquids by Means of a Brush.
Inventor: BLUEN GEORG
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 7009. Bluen, G. April 3. Medicines, administering.-For applying liquids for medical purposes, a brush c is provided with a tube b, made conical for attachment to the spout a of any suitable liquid container d.
Patent GB-190507236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves, Stop Cocks and the like.
Inventor: HIGGINSON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 7236. Higginson, G. April 5. Sliding valves; rotary disk valves.-Relates to the valve described in Specification No. 17,198, A.D. 1903, and consists in making the cup or packer of soft metal. As in the prior Specification, the cup is made with tapering edges and with a small circular hole f in its base, and is placed in a chamber or pipe b, the end of which is covered by a plate or disk c. This plate, which is pivoted to or slides in grooves on the chamber b, has a hole or group of holes e corresponding to that in the cup-leather, so that the valve is opened or closed by sliding the hole e in the cover c in or out of register with the hole in the cup-leather. An annular groove may be cut to ensure a good fit between the cup and the casing. In a modification the cup-leather is placed outside the chamber or tube.
Patent GB-190512201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying-drums.
Inventor: SOEST CARL
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 12,201. Soest, C. June 10. Drying - apparatus.-A drying-drum, in which the drying is effected by fixed or rotary heating- pipes and a rotary stirring-apparatus, consists of two semicylindrical sections of different diameters joined along one common edge so that a longitudinal gap b is left between the other edges. At this opening, the stirring-apparatus moves from the smaller to the larger section so that the drying material is not forced out, while air is drawn in and made to circulate, leaving the drum by the pipe c. The stirring-wings do not enter the material in one part of the drum so that the material there remains long under the action of the hot air.