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Patent GB-190311597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Covers or Aprons for the Outside Passengers of Vehicles.
Inventor: BRAWN CHARLES
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,597. Brawn, C. May 21. Aprons and seat protectors.-Relates to covers or aprons for passengers on the exposed seats of omnibuses or other vehicles. The cover 1 is mounted on a U-shaped frame 2 the arms of which are pivoted by pins 3 to plates 4 secured to the side rails of the seats 5. The plates have stops 8, and the arms have extensions 6 which are pressed by springs 7 to hold the arms either' in the lowered position shown in Fig. 4 and the right-hand part of Fig. 1, or in the raised position shown in the left-hand part of Fig. 1, until moved by hand.
Patent GB-190313479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lock or Fastener for Securing Bracelets and other purposes.
Inventor: SPEIDEL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 13,479. Speidel, r. June 16. Hooks in the form of ornamental padlocks. The part a is rigidly fixed to the casing i. A pivoted lever b, actuated by a spiral spring f, engages the end of the part a. A flat spring may be used as shown in Fig. 4. The lever b may have a small lateral projection, to press it out of contact with the part a.
Patent GB-190315391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene and other Lamps for Motor-cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BARTLETT JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-11
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 15,391. Bartlett, J. July 11. Acetylene lamps; carriage lamps ; reflectors. - Relates to acetylene and other lamps for motor cars and other vehicles. A front portion a, Fig. 4, of the lamp, containing a reflector c, a burner m, and a bull's-eye d, is connected by screws g with a b a c k portion e forming a case for a generator f, which is insulated by an asbestos or other non-conducting disc i. The reflector is held in position by clips j, one of which acts as a catch. Air is supplied to the burner through perforations w by means of a chamber l, which is partitioned, by a plate o with a sheet of asbestos q attached, to provide a cool upper space into which air enters by holes p. A cover r, Fig. 1, hinged to one side of the back portion, is provided with a handle t and is fastened by a catch. The front edge of the cover r, Fig. 4, bears on a flange u formed on the top of the case v of the generator.
Patent GB-190316853-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Metallic Alloys having Pyrophoric Action and their application to the purposes of Ignition and Illumination.
Inventor: WELSBACH CARL FREIHERR AUER VO
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,853. Auer von Welsbach, Carl, Freiherr. July 31. Means for producing fire.-Alloys of the rareearth metals with iron, nickel, cobalt, or manganese, especially those with 30 per cent. of iron, give sparks of considerable intensity when subjected to concussion or abrasion, by a file for instance. Considerable proportions of silicon and other elements do not affect this property, which is clearly perceptible even with 75 per cent. of iron. For illumination or flash - light purposes, as in lighthouses or for signalling, use may be made of an alloy of the following percentage composition :- lanthanum 50, neodymium, praesodymium, or cerium 30, and iron 20. When used for igniting gas or a fuze or wick soaked in spirit &c., the percentage contents may be :-cerium 60, other rare-earth metal 10, and iron 30.
Patent GB-190317788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Production of Mixtures of Gas and Air
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 17,788. Lake, H. H., [Selas Ges.]. Aug. 17. Mixing air and gases; mixing in definite proportions.-A device for producing a gaseous mixture is provided with separate suction for gas and air, a connection being made between the suction and forcing chambers, which connection is controlled by an adjustable member actuated by the pressure in the service mains. In one arrangement, separate cylinders 1, 3, Fig. 1, are employed for the air and gas, the operating-cranks 7, 8 being placed opposite to one another. The suction chambers of the two cylinders communicate with one another by a conduit 12, in which is arranged a throttle or similar valve 13. The valve may be operated by a lever 14 from a rod 15 connected to a membrane 16 which is mounted in a casing 18. A conduit 17 places the lower side of the membrane in communication with the pressure main 9. When only a small quantity of gaseous mixture is being consumed, the pressure in the main 9 rises and the passage in the pipe 12 is partly opened. A portion of the gaseous mixture then simply passes to and fro between the two cylinders instead of being forced into the main 9. In another arrangement with a single cylinder, the ends of the cylinder are connected by a conduit 19, Fig. 4, the ends of the conduit being fixed to the casings of the air and gas admission valves 22, 21. The pressure main 9 is connected to the ends of the cylinder by a conduit 25. The gas supply is regulated by a cock on the supply pipe. A valve casing containing a piston slide is inserted in the conduit 19. Upon the lower flange of the valve casing, a pipe 37, Fig. 6, is attached by bolts, the lower end of the pipe being closed by a cap. An inner pipe 39 is also held in the cap, the annular space between the pipes containing mercury. A float, consisting of a pipe 40 attached to a weight 42, works in the annular space a guide-rod 41 working through ribs in the pipe 39. The piston-rod 34 of the slide 33 rests by its own weight on a rod 43 screwed into the weight 42. The interior of the float is connected by a pipe 44 which screws into the cap 38 with the pressure main. If the pressure in the main increase or diminish, the float and piston valve rise or fall. The valve is provided with a recess 45 so that the cross-section of the passage of the circulation conduit is increased or diminished. The valve may be loaded by weights placed on a disc on the piston-rod. Instead of piston pumps, Roots' blowers or other devices may be used. The back suction conduit may be divided.
Patent GB-190319472-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Assisting the Aerating of Grain for Malting Distilling and such like purposes during the Steeping Process
Inventor: HENRY CHARLES FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-09-10
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 19,472. Henry, C. F. Sept. 10. Malt and malting.-Grain which is to be used in malting, distilling, and the like, is simultaneously aÙrated, washed, and steeped in a perforated or wire-mesh cylinder or prism rotating partially immersed in the steeping-liquor. The cylinder is divided into a number of compartments f, each provided with hinged or sliding doors g.
Patent GB-190319685-A (GB)
Title: Signalling Apparatus for Ships, Vessels and the like.
Inventor: ROOSEN LEOPOLD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-09-12
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 19,685. Roosen, L. A. Sept. 12. Sounding-apparatus.-A submerged electric contact-device is used on ships to give notice of danger of stranding. The apparatus is suspended at any desired depth by a towing-line and a lead-line, in such a way that the roller D is lowermost and will be rotated on meeting any obstacle. The pro. jection d then raises the spring pin c into contact with the pin f<2> which is connected to a buffer plate. The conductors of an electric bell or other signalling-device, are connected to the pins c, f<2>.
Patent GB-190327320-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for Prevention of Side-slip of Pneumatic and Rubber Tyred Wheels.
Inventor: EYRE HENRY SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-12-14
Abstract: 27,320. Eyre, H. S., Eyre, H. S. W. Eyre, R. S. K. Dec. 14. Slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for.- To prevent side-slip of the wheels of vehicles and cycles, the flexible loops a of stranded steel wire, linked chain, or rope, are secured to the links b by the bolts c. The links b are jointed to the brackets d by the pins e. On the lateral movement of the wheel, the members a will be drawn beneath the tread. When not required, the members a may be turned inwards.
Patent GB-190327888-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Compound for Treating Seawater to Prevent Incrustation and Corrosion in Vessels in which it is Evaporated.
Inventor: GUTENSOHN ADOLF
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 27,888. Gutensohn, A. Dec. 19. Incrustation and corrosion, preventing.-The mixture employed, when sea-water is distilled or used in steam boilers, consists of resinous matter, zinc in a finely-divided state or in combination, and alkali. The sylvic acid is removed from resin by distillation, and the remainder is converted into pimaric (or colopholic) acid by heating. This is made into a solution with caustic soda, common soda, and sodium silicate, and coagulates the lime and magnesia which may be blown or filtered off. In order to prevent corrosion due to the chlorides and bromides present, a solution of zinc hydroxide in caustic soda or, according to the Provisional Specification, a solution of zinc silicate, or finelydivided zinc, is added. Common soda, or sodium silicate, and common resin may be used with or without zinc.
Patent GB-190416745-A (GB)
Title: Speed Governor for Disc Phonographs or Talking Machines.
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 16,745. Vereinigte Uhrenfabriken von Gebr. Junghans und Thomas Haller Akt.-Ges. March 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 19011. Phonographs.-The governor of a phonograph consists of vanes d capable o:f sliding on rods e and tensioned inwards by sensitive springs f. The governor is frictionally driven from the roughened and coned disc b through the rubber friction gear h. A spring i acting on the end of the governor shaft maintains contact between the gear and disc.
Patent GB-190417478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Light Fittings
Inventor: MARSDEN JAMES
Filed: 1904-08-11
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17,478. Marsden, J. Aug. 11. Making supports for electric lamps. -Electric - l i g h t fittings s u c h a s brackets, pendants, and electroliers are made from sheet metal. To make the wall bracket shown in Fig. 4, a blank c, Fig. 1, is stamped into the form shown in end view in Fig. 3, and the trough-shaped arm a is then curled into a tube and bent to the required shape. In an electrolier, the arms and the lower half of the central ball are stamped from one piece, the upper half of the ball being afterwards fitted.
Patent GB-190422013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cloth Pressing and Finishing Machines
Inventor: SCHOFIELD THOMAS
Filed: 1904-10-13
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 22,013. Schofield, T. Oct. 13. Pressing. -The fabric is treated successively to hot and cold pressing operations in the respective parts of the same machine, one part of the latter being shown, partly in section, in Fig. 1, and the other being identical in construction. Carrying- rollers 22 transfer the fabric from one part to the other. The upper pressing-plate 3 is fixed, and the lower pressing-plate 4 is moved vertically in guides by a hydraulic ram and cylinder 8 or by a vertical screw operated, according to the Provisional Specification, by a worm. There are steam or water inlet pipes 5, 5<1>, outlet pipes 6, 6<1>, and openings 3" for the passage of the steam or water. The rams are all operated simultaneously and, if required, at predetermined intervals. The rising and failing plates may operate the feed and delivery rollers, which may rotate at slightly different speeds to stretch the fabric. The press papers &c. are either attached to the press plates by clips 17, or are loose, in the form of sheets or travelling aprons. The pressing-plates may be open castings or hollow castings as shown.
Patent GB-190426084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Treating Yarn.
Inventor: FRIES JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 26,084. Fries, J. W. Nov. 30. Drawings to Specification. Rollers or cylenders.-In a special machine for treating yarn with liquid, the yarn passes between a metal roller and a hollow rubber roller which is pressed down by rollers arranged above it.
Patent GB-190427848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Devices.
Inventor: MCKAY CHARLES BAROMEO
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 27,848. McKay, C. B. Dec. 20. Railways for recreation.-An amusement railway is constructed within a building 5, Fig. 1 and 2, and the cars,which move over undulating tracks 12, 13, travel around a structure 11 representing a mountain, and through four sections, two C, D of which are shown, of a tunnel 14, the interior of which is painted with scenic effects, and the exterior of which represents mountains. The cars are driven by an electric current taken up from a central rail 16, Fig 5, the outer rails serving as the return. A suitable inlet, outlet, and ticket office are provided for the structure. Each section of the tunnel has a darkened portion x, y, Fig. 1, in which the rails are inclined. A fourth rail 18, Fig. 5, is arranged in the dark parts, and, as the car contacts with this, a circuit is completed to a signal lamp, and to an electrically-driven fan device, which is arranged at the exit of each darkened portion in order to produce the effect of a high wind. Arranged within each dark portion is a device for temporarily stopping the motion of each car 15, and, while the car is in this portion, the film 38, Fig. 4, of a kinematograpbic device, which projects pictures on to screens 39, 41 in the tunnel, is driven by a motor 52, the circuit of which is completed when the car contacts with the fourth rail ; in the same circuit is the projecting-lamp 37 of the kinematograph. The film 38 passes round a series of pulleys arranged on a platform 36, which is arranged at the top of a central structure 33, in which is arranged a waterfall 34, illuminated by electric light reflected from a mirror. The device for temporarily stopping the motion of the cars consists of four pairs of rollers 22, 23, Figs. 4 and 5, connected by gearing in the manner shown in Fig. 5. When the wheels of the car engage these rollers, the wheels rotate without moving the car. The car is set in motion again by stopping the motion of one of the gear-wheels of the rollers 22, 23 by means of a pivoted pawl 60, which is operated by a cam 56 on a shaft driven from the motor 52. The cam 56 acts on a lever, which, by means of arms 57, 59 and a bell-crank lever 58, actuates the pawl 60. When the car is stationary, the kinematographic projection is thrown on the screen 39, and, as the car starts its motion, the attendant shifts the apparatus to cause an enlarged picture to be thrown on the screen 41. The rails of the loop passing around the structure 11 are connected by branch rails 62<a>, and switch tongues 63 are provided for directing the cars to these branch rails.
Patent GB-190428387-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Automatic Screw Cutting and Turning Lathes.
Inventor: COULTER JAMES
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,387. Coulter, J. Dec. 27. Lathes.-In screw-cutting and other lathes uf the type described in Specification No. 19,768, A.D. 1901, in which a reversing-shaft 11 carries stops 24, 25 which, when struck by the slide-rest 2, cause the tools to approach or leave the work as the case may be, means are provided whereby the feed-nut is put into, and out of, action by the same stops, and the saddle returned to its initial position. The action of the stops is to cause a half-rotation of the reversing-shaft, and so by means of cams 13, 14 to make both tools 7, 8 approach or recede from the work. In the improved form, the feed-nut 26 is attached to the bar 15 which actuates the tool-holder 5, and so is also put in and out of action by the stops. The saddle is returned to its initial position by a weight 29 on a chain, an air-cushion cylinder 31 being provided to minimise shock.
Patent GB-190506803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: TATTERSALL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-31
Granted: 1906-03-31
Abstract: 6803. Tattersall, W. March 31. Grant of Patent refused. Fans. - To obtain a nearly uniform discharge at all points in the length of the blades 4 of a centrifugal fan, one or more internal annular stays 8, suitably proportioned, are connected to the blades. The inlet ends of the blades are fastened to an external annular stay, and the opposite ends may have a similar stay. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that the stays 8 may be of sufficient radial depth to extend to the outer ends of the blades, and that they may be conical. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 19,252, A.D.1899, [Abridgment Class, Air and gases, Compressing &c.].]
Patent GB-190507286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Motors and Means for Preventing Sparking in same.
Inventor: PFATISCHER MATHIAS
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1906-04-06
Abstract: 7286. Pfatischer, M. April 7, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field magnets; motors, controlling; sparking, preventing. - To prevent sparking at the commutator of a reversible, directcurrent, variablespeed, shuntwound motor, small auxiliary field poles 4 of alternate polarity are arranged between the main field poles 2, round which the armature current is passed from the brushes 14, 15. The brushes are connected to the mains through a reversing-switch 36, and a regulating- rheostat 30 is included in the main field circuit. In an alternative method of varying the strength of the main field 42, Fig. 2, the rheostat 37 is bridged across the supply mains 38,39. The line of the field poles 2, 4 is, as shown in Fig. 3, inclined at an angle to the armature shaft for the purpose of producing a practically-continuous magnetic field, and the auxiliary poles 4 are provided with end flanges 45 by which they are bolted to the frame 1, and are embraced at their central portions by lugs 44 projecting from the frame.
Patent GB-190509173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Tyres, Hoops, Rings, Tubular or Hollow Bodies, and in Shaping and Finishing of same and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LINDSAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 9173. Lindsay, W. May 2. Rolling; corrugating; flanging; lathes.-The rolls D of a mill for rolling tyres, hoops, rings, boiler flues and shells, gun-liners, pipe couplings; rims of pulleys and drums, &c. are loosely mounted on square-ended shafts D<2> in blocks D3 which are moved radially, by lower or by both upper and lower toggle-links E<3>, E<5> and a hydraulic ram, or by a screw M operated by hand or by power as shown, to press the circular blanks B against the inside of a chilled cast-iron die A mounted in a ring C rotated by gearing C', H. A machine and several sets of rolls D and dies A for rolling corrugated, tapered, flanged, and other tubular bodies, such as flues, are illustrated in the Specification, and also one form of such a machine in which the ring C is secured to the bed of a boring and facing lathe and the part carrying the rolls D to the faceplate of the same, the screw M being operated by a star-wheel. The work is steadied by rollers K, K<1>, Fig. 3, on levers J, J<1> having interposed springs J<4>, or by rollers K, K<1>, Fig. 6, mounted on arms J, J<1> and separated by spring-pressed rollers K<2>. Specification No. 25,122, A.D. 1898, is referred to.
Patent GB-190510590-A (GB)
Title: Clip for Attaching Newspapers to Doors
Inventor: JANDER FRIEDRICH EMIL
Filed: 1905-05-20
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 10,590. Jander, F. E. May 20. Fastenings.- Newspapers delivered by post or messenger are attached to the door by means of a clamp. To the plate a which is screwed to the door is secured a clamping-member b having a straight part c provided with grooves or corrugations. The spring b has a handle d, and, to prevent its excessive compression, a band e is secured to the plate a.
Patent GB-190512751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Leaf Binder Structures.
Inventor: MILLER RICHARD DALE
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 12,751. Miller, R. D., Anderson, D. C., and Wienss, E. June 20. Filing papers &c.-The apertures in the leaves of temporary or loose-leaf binders are so formed that a leaf or series of leaves may be moved relatively to the other leaves, but disconnexion is at the same time prevented. Fig. 1 is a plan showing a binder 3 having two pins 2, 2', and a loose leaf 1 having one of its holes 4 elongated as at 5. Such elongation 5 may extend in any direction, and both holes may extend in any direction, and may be elongated, permitting of a bodily instead of a pivoting movement. Fig. 6 shows a leaf having a usual hole 14 and two slots 15, 16. Various other forms are described.
Patent GB-190514974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Controlling Levers of Mechanically or Pneumatically Operated Musical Keyboard Instruments.
Inventor: HUPFELD LUDWIG
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 14,974. Hupfeld, L. July 20. Automatic instruments.-The two control levers of a mechanically or pneumatically operated keyboard instrument, placed in a single slot on one side of the tempo lever, have their upper ends displaced forwards and backwards so that one of the finger-pieces C may be further from the player than the other B, to allow for the difference in length of the forefinger and thumb, which are employed to move the levers simultaneously. In modifications, the distant finger-piece may be a little higher than the other, both levers may be bent but in opposite directions, or one may be left vertical and the other bent forwards.
Patent GB-190523820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wood Trimming Machines.
Inventor: BATTENSBY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 23,820. Battensby, W. Nov. 18. Planing; mitreing.-In wood-trimming machines, means are provided whereby the knife carriage can be operated in either direction without reversing the direction of the hand-wheel or lever. A pinion d and hand-wheel e rotate on an eccentric bush f mounted on a shaft g, and the pinion gears with one or other of two racks b, c attached to the knife carriage a. A spring catch h locks the bush f to the shaft g in either gearing position. The racks may be formed on the framing of the machine and the spindle g secured to the knife carriage, as shown in Fig. 4, or the spindle g may be mounted on a lever p, as shown in Fig. 6 pivoted at q, aud locked in either position by a pin passing through a hole r and one of a pair of holes s in the framing. A separate pinion may be employed for each rack, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10. In Fig. 8, the pinions d<1>, d<2> are shown revolubly mounted on a sleeve f<1> and may be separately connected to the sleeve by a sliding key t. In Fig. 10, the pinions d<1>, d<2> are shown formed together and are slidden upon a key u on the sleeve f<1> by a forked lever v.