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Patent GB-190404709-A (GB)
Title: Improved Devices for use in Ready Reckoning and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JAMES
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1905-02-25
Abstract: 4709. Robertson, J. Feb. 26. Calculating - apparatus.-A multiplying-machine for performing readyreckoning and like computations has all the possible products marked on a revoluble cylinder, which is read, after setting according to circular and longitudinal argumentscales, by means of a slider preferably provided with a magnifying - glass and lighting arrangements. The products are upon the cylinder B, Fig. 2, the spindle b<1> of which is mounted in the casing C provided with a slit c<1>, Fig. 5, over which is a glass plate c<5> allowing only one line of products to appear at a time. The argument for each line is given at the end thereof, and repeated at e<1>, e<2> upon a setting-head E attached to the cylinder, the argument for each circular row of products being marked, together with three simple fractions thereof, upon the fixed scale c<2>. When the cylinder has been rotated to bring the desired line into view, with the aid of the index finger c<7>, the slider D is set so that the second argument appears in the gap d<2>, and the result is then read on the slit c' in the gap d<2*>. An opal, silvered, or other prepared glass d<6> is held in a frame d' hinged at d<8>, and is adjusted at such an angle as to illuminate the result, the figures being then read by means of a magnifying-lens d<1>.
Patent GB-190410640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Wire Fences.
Inventor: WESTMORELAND HERBERT CYRIL
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 10,640. Westmoreland, H. C., [Westmoreland, H. A.]. May 9. Fencing.-Relates, chiefly, to means for connecting the horizontal wires to the uprights, so that the distances between the wires may be altered. The standards a, Fig. 5, are of any section, such as that shown in Fig. 2, but the fin b is always notched similarly to the posts e, Figs. 3 and 5. The wires c are placed in these notches and are held there by loops f, Fig. 4, the ends of which are twisted together. The bases of the standards may be let into blocks h of cement, and the end standard is stayed, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190410912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail-straightening Apparatus
Inventor: TERLAAK WILHELM
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 10,912. Terlaak, W. May 11. Straightening.-Light railway and like rails are straightened by a preliminary passage through a set of rolls followed by a finishing-passage between a pair of chains. The rail is fed into the machine by rolls 11, 19, Figs. 1 and 2, the upper roll being adjustable. A series of side rolls 3, 4 are mounted in a framing sliding in guides in the main framing and controlled by a hand-wheel 6. The rolls 4 are of greater diameter than the rolls 3, large and small rolls being arranged alternately. The bearings 7 of the rolls on one side of the machine have spring abutments 9 to allow for inequalities in the web. Top rolls 10 acting in conjunction with fixed bottom rolls 19 are adjustable to the depth of the rail by a hand-wheel 12. The bottom rolls 19 are driven positively by gearing 20, the remaining rolls being frictionally driven by contact with the work. The rail passes from the above machine between chains 23, Figs. 10 and 11, with pitch-links driven by a pulley 28. Loose pulleys 29 keep the chains tight through the action of springs 31. The links of the chain are tapered externally as shown in Fig. 10. The distance between the chains is adjusted by a set of rolls 32, the rolls on one side being mounted iu a frame adjustable by screws 38 passing through the bosses of wheels 37 geared to a handwheel 35.
Patent GB-190412204-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in Sampling Liquids
Inventor: GRIEVES WILLIAM HEDLEY
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,204. Grieves, W. H., and White, W. H. May 30. Sampling-gauges.-Sewage effluents and other liquids are sampled by a dipper g carried by a revolving counterpoised arm. The arm is preferably driven by the effluent to be sampled, by means for instance of a paddle-wheel b, belts, a pulley d, and a pulley e on the shaft of the revolving arm. The dipper g has a lip m and vent hole n, and discharges the samples into a vessel h.
Patent GB-190417788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Base-chamber Shrapnel Shells.
Filed: 1904-08-16
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 17,788. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Nov. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Projectiles, ordnance. - In a base-chamber shrapnel shell having the smokeproducing material D, Fig. 1, surrounding the ignitiontube G, the wall of the ignition-tube is weakened so that it is fractured by the explosion of the chamber charge, and the smoke-producing material ignited, the fire-jet, by which the chamber-charge is ignited, being prevented from striking into the space surrounding the ignition-tube. The tube G may be weakened by shallow longitudinal grooves g of less depth than the thickness of the wall, or the ignition-tube may be formed of two tubes K, L, Fig. 4, the inner tube being formed with longitudinal slots l.
Patent GB-190421960-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Displaying Advertisements.
Inventor: UDHAUG ANDREAS
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,960. Udhaug, A., [B÷rner, A.] Oct. 12. Advertising. - Suitable figures or combinations of figures, for example a butterfly, which are stamped out or otherwise formed of cardboard, celluloid, sheet metal, &c. and carry advertisements on each or either side, are provided with a projecting part a, and with suitably placed weights c, c' on the under surface. When the part a is rested upon an object or support, the weights keep the figure balanced in a more or less horizontal position.
Patent GB-190426230-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device or Apparatus for Cutting Discs of Paper, Cardboard, and like Material in Various Sizes.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 26,230. Wilkinson, J., and Wilkinson, A. Dec. 2. Cutting prints.-In apparatus for cutting circular photographic prints, discs of cardboard, and the like, the cutter k mounted in the block j is pressed against the wearing plate of the slot l by the set-screw m, and projects below the base of the block. The bar g has a series of holes for adjusting the position of the presser-block a, which is held on the print &c., and round which the cutter is rotated. The pin d may be screwed or plain, and in the latter case the block a is held stationary by the cross-pin e<x>, which passes through the handle e and engages the flange dx on the pin d.
Patent GB-190426352-A (GB)
Title: Support for Cornices.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-03
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 26,352. Mackenzie, J. W., [Mattsson, E., and Wendelius, P.]. Dec. 3. Curtains suspending. - A support for cornices or curtain-holders which allows of adjustment in every direction consists of a cranked piece of wire a<2>, Fig. 1, the upper part a' of which passes into a slot formed by a staple-shaped guide or bearing b. The lower part is held in a clamp c, fixed to the window case, lintel, or other surface, preferably wooden, by screws d. When the screws are slack, the wire a<2> may be turned or slid in the guide b, but by tightening the screws d the clamp c is made to grip the wire a<2>. The staple b and the clamp c may be strengthened by corrugating if desired, and two clamps, each with one screw, may take the place of the clamp c..In a modified form, the clamp c has a screw on each side of the wire a<2>, which it then presses against the wood. Two supports are used for each cornice.
Patent GB-190426531-A (GB)
Title: Improved Toy
Inventor: HILLE JACQUES
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,531. Hille, J. Dec. 6. Toy missiles; toy projectors.-An apparatus for projecting a disc of cardboard or the like e, which may be marked to represent the moon, is formed of two bars a having grooves a' in which the disc e can slide. The bars a are connected by cross-bars b, to the lower of which a handle h is attached. The disc is placed in a cloth pocket d, attached to india-rnbber cords or spiral springs suspended from the crossbars b. To discharge the disc e, the pocket d is lowered against the action of the india-rubber cords, and is either released by hand or by a trigger g, which releases the cords from the hook f.
Patent GB-190427931-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Seat and Cane.
Inventor: SPIEGELBERG WILHELM
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,931. Spiegelberg, W. Dec. 23, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Umbrellas and walking-sticks convertible into seats. A handle for an umbrella or a cane is formed from hinged members which may serve as a seat when folded down. An umbrella 1 is adapted to receive a screwed spindle 2, to which the members 5, 6 of a hinge are attached by means of a pin 7 which passes through eyes 8 formed on the hinge members and through an eye 4 formed integrally with the spindle 2. Suitably-shaped seat members 9, 10 are attached to the hinge 5, 6, and, when folded down, rest against the sides of the umbrella 1, further supporting means being provided by a squared part 3 of the spindle 2 bearing against a part 12 of the hinge 5, 6.
Patent GB-190428406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Catchers for Removing Dust from Blast Furnace Gases and the like.
Inventor: DICK FRANK WESLEY
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,406. Dick, F. W. Dec. 27. Smoke and fumes, treating.-An apparatus for separating the dust from blast-furnace gases and the like consists of a cylindrical vessel a containing cones f, g, Fig. 1, surrounding a central outlet tube e, l, so that the gases, entering at c, pass between them, as shown by the arrows, and deposit the dust in the passages k between the screens h. The dust passes through the spaces v, k<1> between the cones t, h<1>, s to the outlet d. Fig. 2 shows a modification adapted for cleaning the gases less thoroughly.
Patent GB-190428783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for the Supply of Ink to the Types of Type-writing Machines.
Inventor: BRANDL ADOLPH
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 28,783. Brandl, A. June 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Type-writers.-In Densmore and other type-bar machines in which the inking is done by pads, several, preferably four, pads are used, each inking a number of types. Three of the pads a, b, c are shown in Fig. 1, the fourth being removed. The right pad is moved away from the types just before, or immediately after, the motion of the type-bar has begun, in the following manner :- On the key-levers are fixed fingers r, s, t, the lowest edges of which are inclined, so that, on depression of the key bar, they quickly push aside horizontal cross-bars q, fitted with antifriction rollers v if desired, and supported on levers k. In the case of the front and back pads a, the upper ends of the levers k bear against the tail part o of the pad frame e, pivoted at f, and thereby turn the pad down, as shown. An adjustable screw stop w prevents excessive movement of the pad, and a balance weight i returns it to its normal position after the return of the type-bar. The pivots of the side pads c are so placed that the pads are moved more in a downward direction than the pads a, b, and so cannot interfere with the movement of the other pads. The downward movement of the side pads c is caused by the respective levers k working against inclines The framework of the pads is made as light as possible by perforating where there are no types; or in other ways. Screws may be provided behind each type-head if desired, to adjust their pressure on the pads.
Patent GB-190504731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Pushes or Switches for Operating Electric Bells, Telephones, Signalling and for other purposes.
Inventor: WANSBROUGH CECIL SHARTMAN
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 4731. Wansbrough, C. S. March 7. Signals, electric.-A multiple-contact switch for signalling has a central spring-controlled rod, which can be moved through slots in the case to complete a circuit with any one of a number of contacts. The insulated conductor b passes through both the base a and cover a. The conductor has an extended base e, and is held in an approximatelyvertical position by the adjustable spring d. It also carries a collar b<1>, which makes contact with the springs e connected to batteries, indicators, &c. when the conductor is deflected from its central position along one of the slots g in the guideplate f fixed to the cover a<1>. The upper end of the conductor b carries a spring and washer b<2> to facilitate smooth working. When the contact is to be maintained for some time, the conductor is pressed into side openings g<1> in the slots g. Name and like plates h corresponding to the slots may be used. In a modification, Fig. 4, the slots have no side openings.
Patent GB-190515372-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Regaining the Solvents of Nitrocellulose in the Manufacture of Artificial Silk
Inventor: DOUGE JULES
Filed: 1905-07-26
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 15,372. Douge, J. April 21, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Alcohols; ether; acetone.-In making artificial silk from nitrocellulose, the solvent, e.g. methyl or ethyl alcohol, acetone, &c., is removed by treating the threads with water. The solvents may afterwards be separated from the water by distillation. The process is applicable to all solvents miscible with water. In practice, the threads are wound upon bobbins which are either grooved or are slotted and hollow. The bobbins are placed on frames provided with means by which they can be lowered into tanks connected by valved tubes to a pump. Either a frame is placed successively in vats containing purer water, or a frame is placed in each vat and the water is circulated through the vats.
Patent GB-190516853-A (GB)
Title: Beer-tube-purifier.
Inventor: KRONENBERG LEOPOLD
Filed: 1905-08-19
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 16,853. Kronenberg, L. Aug. 19. Cleaning by use of sand.-Beer and like pipes are cleaned by a mixture of sand and water, which is produced in the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, or in modified apparatus shown in Figs. 3 and 5. A fixed or sliding nozzle 9 is passed up near the surface of the sand contained in the receptacle, which has a conical bottom and a screwed lid 3. The water from the pipe 9 mixes uniformly with the sand and passes through an inverted funnel 7 into the beer tube, which is connected with the tube 4, or through an erect funnel connected with an elbow-tube. Valves are provided in the pipe 9 to prevent sand from passing down. Fig. 3 shows a float 11 carrying a nozzle connected by flexible tubing with the water supply. A helix 13 in the outlet pipe gives the mixture a rotary motion. In another modification, when the float reaches the bottom, it closes an electric circuit which indicates that no sand remains in the receptacle. Another modification is shown in Fig. 5, in which a chain attached to the float is secured to a lever controlling a three-way cock, so that, when the float is at the bottom, the water is automatically diverted through a branch tube 17 into the beer tube.
Patent GB-190517889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neck-wear
Inventor: MCCOMBIE FREDERICK WALTER
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 17,889. McCombie, F. W. Sept. 4. Neck-ties.-A neck-tie is made either of a single band so as to be knotted at the centre B, Fig. 1, or of a centre B with two ends C, C<1> sewn to it. The centre may also be independent and be attached to the band before making up the tie. In each case, the edges C<2>, C<3> curl over towards the centre. The ends can then be folded over the centre either upwards or downwards, making the tie shown in Fig. 3, and exposing a different surface according to the direction of folding. The centre is attached to a hollow shank stud D, Fig. 5, by means of a plate G with a stem F and a flexible cross-piece F<1>.
Patent GB-190517947-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Utilizing the Heat in Tunnel Kilns
Inventor: GROENDAL GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-09-05
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 17,947. Gr÷ndal, G. Sept. 5. Kilns.-In a gasfired tunnel kiln having a central burning - chamber, a larger quantity of air than is necessary for complete combustion is fed into the kiln at the delivery end, and, after passing over burnt goods in the cooling- chamber, the excess air is conducted past the burning- chamber and is introduced into the preliminary-heating compartment. The trucks are provided with tightly-closing bottoms and with iron plates at the sides to project into sand troughs 2. Air, under natural or forced draught, passes through an opening 6 into the space 5 beneath the trucks and enters the kiln cbamber 4 by the space between the last truck 3 and the end of the kiln, and also by side channels 11, Fig. 12, provided with dampers. Gas from a conduit 14, Fig. 7, passes to a branch 15 and issues through an oblong aperture 16, behind which is built an arch 17 forming a narrow flue 18. Behind this arch, a conduit 19 for the superfluous air opens, at each side of the kiln, into a dampered passage, the other end of which communicates with a transverse channel 21, Fig. 4, in the preliminary-heating compartment. A portion 23 of the vault of the kiln projects under the channel, as shown, to facilitate the mixture of the air with the combustion products from the burning-chamber. At the inlet end of the kiln, a passage 27 communicates, by channels having dampers, with a flue 29 leading to the chimney. In starting the kiln, a fire may be lit at the gas inlet through a door 26x, Fig. 7. A loaded truck is introduced into the kiln by a conveyer, as shown in Fig. 4, and pushes the whole line of trucks forward so that one is expelled from the cooling-compartment.
Patent GB-190518682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Holding or Attaching Valances, Light Curtains, and the like to Windows, Bedsteads, or the like.
Inventor: GRUNDY ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 18,682. Grundy, A. Sept. 15. Hooks.-Relates to clips for attaching curtains or valances to curtain poles or bedsteads. The form shown in Fig. 1 comprises a plate a having attachment lugs d and lugs e bent at right-angles to it for supporting the pivots of a lever b, which is acted on by a spring e. The form shown in Fig. 2 is without the lugs d, and is secured to a bedstead rail &c. by an extension piece g.
Patent GB-190518909-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Electric Welding Sheet Metal
Inventor: RIETZEL ADOLPH FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-09-19
Abstract: 18,909. Rietzel, A. F. Feb. 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Welding; working by electricity.-Projections c are made by stamping, casting, &c. on the surfaces of, or small pieces of metal c' are placed between, plates B, B<1> to be electrically welded, together, to localize the current, the plates beiog welded together ; at a number of separate points when pressure is applied.
Patent GB-190526272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sectional Boilers for Domestic Purposes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 2 6 , 2 7 2. B o u l t, A. J., [Hildesheimer Sparherdfabrik A. Senking]. Dec. 16. Cooking-stoves; boilers; combined or convertible coal and gas stoves.-Kitchen ranges fitted with sectional boilers are provided with several grates which may be used independently or in combination. The grates and sides of the fire-places &c. are formed by sections of the boiler. According to the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the range is provided with a large grate h entirely enclosed by the boiler, and with a small grate i arranged considerably higher and close to the range-plate p. The gases from the grate may pass through flues l, m between the sections and thence through the grate i to the ovens r ; or, by opening dampers o, they may pass directly to the space beneath the plate p. A plate or damper w controls the openings in a water grating q forming the bottom of the ash-pit for the grate i. Fig. 4 shows a double range with small grates i on each side of the boiler. Gas burners y are also fitted below the grates on the left-hand side. The gases from these may pass directly to the ovens r or through the grate i as indicated by the dotted arrows. In Fig. 6, the grates h, i are shown arranged one above the other and separated by a plate w<1>, which controls the openings in a water grating s. This grating may, however, be omitted. The various fire-places may use gas or coal.
Patent GB-190602470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submerged Feathering Paddle Wheels
Inventor: VOJACEK LADISLAV
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 2470. VojÓcek, L. Jan. 31. Paddle-wheels.-Relates to a paddle-wheel of the type described in Specifications No. 3122, A.D. 1868, No. 4366, A.D. 1878, No. 19,282, A.D. 1889, and No. 18,396, A.D. 1903, in which the paddles are rotated by gearing in such a manner that the whole system rotates about a central axis at a certain angular velocity, while each paddle rotates simultaneously in the opposite direction about its own axis at half the angular velocity of the system. The paddles 6, 7 are mounted equidistant from the shaft 1, and are rotated on their axes by toothed gearing o, 21, 22, 23, 24, the wheels 23, 24 being each of twice the diameter of-the wheel o. The plane of the paddles thus always pass through a fixed point on the circle on which their axes lie. The gearing is enclosed in a casing 20 which is rotated by the shaft 1. To steer the vessel, the position of this point is varied by rotating the casing 9 and the wheel o by means of the pulley 14. Several modifications and applications are described ; for example, the central shaft may be driven by an engine or turbine mounted co-axially with it, or by bevel-gearing at the end of an ordinary propeller shaft. Submarine vessels are fitted with horizontal piddle-wheels at their side for manoeuvring purposes, and ordinary vessels may be fitted with three vertical paddle-wheels at the stern. The number of paddles is not limited to two.
Patent GB-190607339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Omnibuses and other such Vehicles.
Inventor: DICKINSON ALFRED
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 7339. Dickinson, A. March 27. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -The body of the wheel consists of a metal disk A, Figs. 2 and 3, formed integral with the hub and strengthened by ribs a<2>, terminating in a rim or seating of hexagonal or like form provided with. side-flanges b<1> having a circular periphery. Rubber blocks E form the body of the tyre, and are wound round with twisted wire cable H secured at the ends to lugs a<3>. The rubber segments are forced outward into contact with the cable by means of screwed pins J, Fig. 3, bearing against screwtapped nuts j<1> embedded in the blocks, a baseplate F being interposed if desired ; or as in Fig. 2, by forming the rim in segments with webs passing into the disk A and bearing upon the adjusting- pins J carried by the disk. The wire cable may have a hemp or other core.
Patent GB-190610731-A (GB)
Title: Cover for Boots and the like
Inventor: KAPPLER GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-05-08
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 10,731. Kuppler, G. May 8. Overshoes. - For protecting glass vessels and tanks, vessels covered with varnish or pitch, cooling-ships, or storage, fermenting, &c. vats, a rubber overshoe is worn by the workmen &c. in place of the usual rubber boots or overshoes with wooden soles. The overshoe consists of a sole a which is integral with ears b, c, d, e, provided with eyes for receiving a fastening- cord g. The overshoe can be cleaned easily.