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Patent GB-190312483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Latches & Locks.
Inventor: KEVERLINE JOSEPH EMRON
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 12,483. Keverline, J. E. June 2. Latches; locks, key; knobs, attaching. -The casing of a combined mortice lock and latch for doors &c. is made in two parts 10, 11 connected together by bolts and provided with a fore-end 12. The latch bolt is made up of a head portion 13 and a forked tail portion 14 connected by a part 15, which is arranged out of alignment with the axis of the bolt. The nose 17 of the bolt is screwed upon a stud projecting from the bead 13, so as to be adjustable and reversible. The bolt is shot by a spring 24, which encircles the part 15. The tail portion 14 is engaged by the arms of a follower 19 mounted on a knob spindle 20. In a recess 26 in the casing is located a spring catch-piece 28, provided with a head 29 and with a shaped projection 31 for engagement with the key bit. By means of the key, the catch-piece 28 can be moved in the recess, m the forward position. The head 29 protrudes through an aperture and engages behind the head 13 so as to lock the bolt in the shot position. Upon withdrawing the catch-piece 28, the head engages beneath a bar 23, which holds the locking-device out of action. The spindle 20 is square in section and is screwed at the ends to receive the screwed shanks of the knobs 33, 34, which are secured in an adjusted position by screws 35 engaging a flat portion of the spindle. The roses 32 are extended to form keyhole plates.
Patent GB-190313465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manual Mowing Machines.
Inventor: LATYSCHEW IWAN
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 13,465. Latyschew, I. June 16. Mowing-machines.-Relates to a machine the moving parts of which are all actuated by chain gearing from a crank k operated by manual power. The machine comprises a platform c supported on the wheels a and on a driven wheel b having peripheral projections through which the machine is propelled. Shields are provided at either side to prevent the grass or corn from falling off the platform before it is removed, which is done at intervals. Revolving reel blades d are mounted over the cutting-apparatus, which consists of fixed knives e and movable knives f pivoted in front near the points of the knives e and connected at the rear to a transverse bar reciprocated by a connecting-rod from a crank shaft. All the moving parts are driven by a single chain from a sprocketwheel on the axle of the crank k.
Patent GB-190316455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun Carriages
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,455. Bousfield, J. E., [Nordenfelt, P., and Ternatrom, E.]. July 25. Field carriages; mountings.- Relates to carriages of the kind described in Specification No. 6426, A.D. 1902. The resistance of the hydraulic brake to recoil and return movements respectively is separately adjusted as the inclination of the gun is altered by having two distinct passages 7. 8, connecting the ends of the brake cylinder 1, with valves 11, 12 adjusted as the gun is inclined, valves 9 permitting the liquid to move in one direction only through the passages, so that one, 7, is used during recoil and the other, 8, during return. One passage only may be used with back-pressure valves similar to 9, connected with the regulating-valves 11, 12. A valve 18 in the piston 2, under the action of a strong spring 19, prevents a shock when the piston comes into contact with the liquid during the return motion. To lessen the shock of contact between the projections 28, 27 on the gun and slide respectively, springs 21 are connected to the gun and to a disc 24 formed on the slide, other springs 22 being attached to the disc and bearing against the fixed end 37 of the tube 23 so that, during the recoil, the springs 21 are extended and springs 22 compressed. For elevating the gun, a screw 29 and nut 30 or other known arrangement is employed, assisted by a spring 32, As the gun is inclined, the spring extends so that its lifting-force diminishes with the decreased moment of the weight of the gun about the trunnions. Fig. 6 shows a compensating spring arrangement where the lower end of a supporting-spring 33 bears upon a movable casing 34, itself borne by a spring 35.
Patent GB-190317175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Stoves.
Inventor: ROKER JOHN EDMUND
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 17,175. Roker, J. E. Aug. 7. Smoke - consuming.- A supplementary back d fits into grooves in the cheeks of an ordinary grate. The back d slopes downwardly and backwardly to the height of ledges e to which support the firebars f. A door g is hinged to the top of the back d so as more or less to close the space m. The ashtray provided at h may also serve as a draught-regulator, or a special regulator may be provided. When the fire is first lighted the door g is left open, but is partly closed directly the fuel is well alight, causing the draught to pass through the fire and firebars f, and up behind the back d to the flue.
Patent GB-190319066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces and Fire-places.
Inventor: BLABER REGINALD
Filed: 1903-09-04
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 19,066. Blaber, R. Sept. 4. Smoke-consuming; fuel surfaces.-The furnace gases are burnt in successive stages of combustion with corresponding supplies of air. In place of the ordinary firebars, a perforated fuel plate b above the ashpit a is provided. Thence the gases are deflected and conducted through the plate d, and mixed with air which reaches them from the conduit e and passage f. The resultant mixture is again supplied with air from the chamber g. Suitable baffles may be employed, as for instance the further baffle l. To assist combustion, steam may be passed into the air chambers.
Patent GB-190323824-A (GB)
Title: Calendar Attachment for Clocks.
Inventor: HEGENBART HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 23,824. Hegenbart, H. Nov. 3. Calendars and date indicators.-Relates to calendar mechanism capable of being readily attached to any ordinary clock. The band b, carrying the date numerals successively, is unwound from the drum a, passes in front of the plate c, which is placed at the back of an aperture in the clock casing, then partly encircles the drum d, and is finally wound on the dram e. This drum e, the axle of which slides in vertical recesses in the clock case, receives its motion by an elastic endless band f from drum a. A ratchet-wheel g on the drum d is driven by a pawl k on the end of the lever h, which lever is pivoted at i and is actuated periodically by the main clockwork, and is so timed that every twenty-four hours at midnight the lever h is lifted once, thus causing the ratchet-wheel to turn the drums far enough to display the following date numeral.
Patent GB-190404059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: SIMM WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-18
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4059. Simm, W., Simm, H., Storey, R., and Sellers, J. S. Feb. 18. Electric furnaces.-The bed E of a resistance furnace consists of a mixture of carbon and silica, which is heated by currents passing through it between parallel carbon bars D. Alternate rods are connected together and to the same supply terminal. The bed lies in a firebrick casing A, and is covered by a cast-iron hood B, provided with hoppers C and a gas outlet G. The rods D are preferably of gas carbon ; the bed E may be made of a mixture of two parts, by bulk, of ground coke with one part of pure ground silica.
Patent GB-190408096-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Device for Catching and Supporting Overhead Electric Cables or Wires when Fractured.
Inventor: INGHAM HERBERT WILLIAM DENTON
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 8096. Ingham, H. W. Denton-, and Jones, T. M. April 18. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Conductors. -Consists in means or devices for catching and supporting overhead electric traction cables or wires when fractured. Figs. 1 and 2 show a side elevation and transverse section, respectively, of one form of the device, and Figs. 4 and 6 end elevations of modified forms. Fixed to the supports which carry the overhead conductors is a steel or other wire W placed parallel with and preferably above the ordinary conductor R. From this additional wire are supported the devices A, B, or F, placed at intervals throughout its length, but insulated from it by the insulating-material w<1>. In the form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the two halves are made to grip both the wires W, R by the bolts a<3> or other means. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the lower portions of the two halves do not grip the wire R, but are pivoted to the part D to allow the trolley wheel to pass, the springs d<2> restoring them to their former position after it has passed. The lower portions may be made to swing or lift upwards as well as turn outwards. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the conductor is surrounded by a cage F, or its equivalent, throughout its entire length, or at intervals, the cage F being preferably suspended by a ball- or-socket joint or other arrangement from the part which grips the upper wire. The opening f<1> is formed so that the trolley wheel can move freely along the conductor R.
Patent GB-190409077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Molding Artificial Stone Blocks
Inventor: RADEMACHER GEORG HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 9077. Rademacher, G. H., and Boll, J. C. F. May 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding artificial stone.-A press for moulding artificial-stone blocks for building and other purposes, comprises a box c, slotted at the back and front, and provided with partition plates band separate covers e, all hinged to a pin a. The plates b may be raised simultaneously by a rod passed through hooks, and the covers by eyes. The wooden base may be raised by treadle gear to discharge the stones, the sides of which are polished by the movable plates b.
Patent GB-190420151-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Removing Dust from Fabrics, Carpets, Furniture, and the like.
Inventor: RICHTER ARMAND
Filed: 1904-09-19
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 20,151. Richter, A. Dec. 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Carpets, cleaning; dusting-appliances. - In an apparatus for removing dust from fabrics, carpets, furniture, &c., a preferably rectangular form of trumpet sucks up through bent or straight peripheral passages b the dust raised by an air blast issuing from a central passage or passages a. The form of apparatus shown in Fig. 5 is particularly adapted for removing dust from the angular corners of articles.
Patent GB-190423887-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating, Drying and Mixing Tar Macadam, Concrete and the like.
Inventor: AMES RICHARD
Filed: 1904-11-04
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 23,887. Ames, R. Nov. 4. Asphalt paving.-In an apparatus for heating, drying, and mixing materials for making tarred macadam or for mixing concrete or other materials, long chambers are employed divided by the flues of a furnace into upper and lower compartments. The broken road metal is screened into the upper compartment, and is dried while being conveyed by means of rakes or tines along the floor of the compartment; it is then discharged into the lower compartment to be mixed with heated tar. The plant consists preferably of three chambers 1, 2, 3, Fig. 3, with tanks 5, 6 containing the tar. The heated gases from the furnace pass along flues 7, 8, Fig. 1, and enter the chimney by an opening 29. The middle chamber 2, Fig. 3, receives the heat from both furnaces 27, and is used for the largest size of road metal. The metal is screened in a rotating sieve 34 to separate the smallest size, and the remainder passes into a conical screen 35 mounted on antifriction rollers 36 and driven by a bevel-wheel 40 from a shaft 41. The lower portion of the hopper 33 is fitted with a rotating feeddevice 42, Fig. 1, to prevent the heated air from passing out of the chamber 9. The metal is turned over and carried along by tines or rakes 22 fixed to an endless moving chain 19 which passes over sprocket-wheels 20, Fig. 3, and is supported along its length by angle-irons 80. The sprocketwheels are driven from shafts 63, 64, and they may be thrown out of gear by clutches 81 or by unscrewing the couplings 75. After heating, the material is discharged against a weighted door 50, Fig. 1, where it accumulates until its weight is sufficient to open the door. The door is connected by levers 49, 48 to conical valves 46 which normally close perforations in a pipe 45 connected to the tar tanks. When the door 50 opens, the valves 46 are withdrawn, and the tar and heated materials are admitted to the lower chamber, where they are mixed together by tines or rakes which convey them to the end of the chamber and discharge them into a hopper 77, Fig. 1, which tips when a certain quantity of the tarred material has collected. In the mixing of concrete, the materials are mixed cold.
Patent GB-190428489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weatherproof-coverings
Inventor: RUGEN LOUIS CORD
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,489. Rugen, L. C., and Abraham, H. May 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Paint vehicles; waterproof paints; painting.- In colouring weatherproof coverings made by saturating or coating paper, felt, &c., with asphalt, tar, or pitch, the pigment to be used is mixed with pitches or bitumen in a molten condition, those pitches being used which exhibit a brown colour when seen in thin layers. The colour of the pigment becomes gradually visible only after a certain amount of exposure to atmospheric influences. In order to overcome this disadvantage, a temporary colouring, which will disappear as the other appears, is provided by applying to the first coating while in a plastic condition a powder consisting of the pigment either alone or mixed with from 90 to 95 per cent. of powdered soapstone. Excess powder is removed by brushes or cloth scrapers. An example is given for producing a yellow facing, in which the mixture to be first applied is made by melting together 3 parts by weight of stearin pitch and 2 parts of polymerized linseed or other oil, and then stirring in 8 parts of yellow ochre. The powder to be afterwards applied consists of 10 parts of yellow ochre with 90 parts of soapstone.
Patent GB-190428702-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Construction of Furniture Casters
Inventor: MORGAN GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 28,702. Morgan, G. E. Dec. 29. Castors.-A castor comprises a spindle a carrying a disc d, which is capable of rotating on ball bearings c within a tube b which passes into the furniture. The disc d bears against a plate e forming the top of a casing, which turns freely in a depending flange on a collar p secured to the tube b, and carries a wheel n. The spindle a passes freely through the plate e, and is at its lower end connected to the casing by two links i, so arranged that, when the disc d is displaced laterally by a slight horizontal motion of the furniture, causing the casing to assume an inclined position, they tend to rotate the casing and wheel n into the direction in which the furniture is moved. The spindle a is retained in the tube b by a screw o. In a modification, the spindle a, secured in the bottom of a socket to the furniture, projects downwards into a sleeve secured to the upper plate of the lower casing. The lower casing is capable of rotating in relation to the upper plate. Instead of links i as shown, a disc mounted on the spindle a, or on a pin in the socket in the modified construction, and bearing against the inner edge of a V-shaped plate on the wheel casing, may be employed.
Patent GB-190502560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Walls and Partitions for Fire-proof Buildings.
Inventor: SCHIRRA JULIUS
Filed: 1905-02-08
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 2560. Schirra, J. Feb. 8. Partitions; walls. -In the construction of walls and partitions in fireproof buildings, the studding members 4 are provided at each end with adjustable shoes 5, Figs. 3 and 4, formed of sheet metal bent round the studding, as shown in Fig. 5, and secured to the back-plate 7 by passing the ends through one or two slots 8 and turning them over at the back. The lower portion - 9 of the back-plate is turned down to form a spring bearing, and the upper portion is bent over forming a tongue which abuts against the lower side of the beam or the floor. The shoe is attached to the beam by a plate 12 having slots 13, Fig. 8, through which the tongue 11 is passed, the plate 12 being secured by wrapping or wiring it to the wood filling 14 of the beam. The shoe is fixed in position on the studding by depressing the plate 6, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Other flanged clips 15, Fig. 11, may be used for attaching the studding to the walls. Where a wider terminal portion 17, Fig. 9, is employed, the shoe is made from a single piece of metal. The shoe may be made of cylindrical section. In a modification, shown in Fig. 12, the studding is secured by clips 18 held in position by a flat piece 20 passed through straight or T-shaped slots in the clips.
Patent GB-190504867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrodes for Pulsating Current Vapour Electric Apparatus.
Inventor: BASTLAN CHARLES ORME
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1906-06-08
Abstract: 4867. Bastian, C. O., and Calvert, G. March 8. Arc lamps; vacuum tubes.-Electrodes of alternating-current vapour apparatus consist of an alloy or mixture of two or more dissimilar materials, e.g. mercury and potassium or mercury, potassium, and sodium. Starting is thus facilitated, and restarting may take place, when the tube is hot, without contact of the electrodes. A narrow tube is preferably used. Specifications Nos. 5545 and 21,306, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190506074-A (GB)
Title: Gas Burner with Internal Kindling Flame.
Inventor: MANNESMANN OTTO
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 6074. Mannesmann, O. March 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Incandescent gas burners; lighting gas.-The pilot jet of inverted burners is situated at the gas-supply nipple. A small opening may be formed in the mixing-tube to allow the combustion products from the pilot jet to escape, and the gas nipple may be wholly or partially of porcelain or steatite.
Patent GB-190506673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metal Receptacles for Holding Liquids.
Inventor: CRABB ALFRED PHILLIPS
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 6673. Crabb, A. P. March 29. Stoppers, drop - delivery and like.-A stopper for metal receptacles containing liquids to be discharged in the form of sprays or small drops, particularly those of a volatile nature, comprises a washer ring c, which is pressed on the mouth d of the receptacle by a cap b, screwed on the outside thereof and perforated at e. For effectively sealing the vessel during transit, a blank washer g is employed, which closes the aperture e and is kept in position by an outer cap f, screwed over the inner cap b.
Patent GB-190514836-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Back Saws
Inventor: MYCROFT ROBERT
Filed: 1905-07-19
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 14,836. Mycroft, R. July 19. Drawings to Specification. Saws.-The backs of backed saws are made of iron or steel covered with brass.
Patent GB-190516077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Composite Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BUTTERFIELD GEORGE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 16,077. Butterfield, G. F. Aug. 8, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Waterproofing ; soles; insoles; welts and welting. -In building up a rubber-soled boot or shoe, an insole 6 of textile fabric, rubber-coated on its underside, and a middle sole 7, preferably of heavy open-mesh cotton duck, frictionally treated with coatings of raw rubber, are used. Between these two soles are placed a thin perforated metallic stiffening-piece 9, preferably spring brass, and a layer 8 of rubber, the edges of the latter being reinforced by a rubber binding-strip 12. The two soles and the layer 8 are secured to the upper 5 by a strong marginal seam 11, which is located just outside of the extreme edges of the stiffener 9, and, after this seam is completed, the free edges of the layer 8 and binding-strip are turned under the middle sole, and pressed firmly thereto so as to exclude all air. An outsole 13, of unvulcanized or partially vulcanized rubber, and having, preferably, a thin top layer of raw rubber, is then secured to the boot in a vulcanizing-mould, the vulcanizing process causing the various parts to adhere firmly together. Specifications No. 29,941, A.D. 1896, No. 246, A.D. 1898, and No. 9293, A.D. 1900, are referred to.
Patent GB-190518440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: GOSNELL LOIS FIDELIA
Filed: 1905-09-12
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 18,440. Gosnell, L. F. Sept. 12. Hooks and eyes are made of wire and bent to the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-190518926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Actuation of Fire Main Valves and the like
Inventor: FEATHERSTONE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 18,926. Featherstone, W. H. Sept. 19. Locking valves; actuating valves.-Relates to means for opening fire-main valves and the like by means of a pull on the hose. To the top of a valve is bolted a bridge-piece B carrying a hinged link D, which is held against the valve spindle P by means of,a hinged link C. The hose, one end of which is attached to the valve casing and the other to a nozzle held in the clip R, is passed through a strap K attached to the link C. On the hose being run out and jerked, the link C is pulled over and the pressure of the water opens the valve. To replace the valve, the spindle F is screwed down by means of a handle, the link C replaced, and the spindle F screwed back again. To prevent the link C from being pulled over accidentally, it is locked by means of a bell-crank N pivoted at W, and attached at H to the jaw R.
Patent GB-190521866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treadle Driving-gear for Boot Finishing Machines.
Inventor: LYNN GEORGE CHARLES ATKIN
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 21,866. Lynn, G. C. A. Oct. 27. Treadle mechanism.-The driving- shaft of a treadle gear for bootfinishing machines, is rotated through the medium of two or more free-wheels or ratchet-clutches. The frame C carries the shaft A, at each end a<1> of which is fitted a free - wheel E. A treadle D drives, through a link f<1> and arm f<2>, a chain-wheel F to which is fixed a chain J, which gears with the wheel E and is fastened at its other end to a returning-spring H. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 6439, A.D. 1898, and No. 13,322, AD. 1902, [Abridgment Class Animalpower engines &c.]].