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Patent GB-190402732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bottles.
Inventor: NASH RICHARD GRAINGER
Filed: 1904-02-03
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 2732. Nash, R. G. Feb. 3. Bottles.-To retain sedi- ment, a shallow pocket b is formed at the base of the neck a of a bottle adapted to contain beer or other beverages. The invention is chiefly appli- cable to a bottle, formed with a flat side, as shown at d, and intended to be stored in a horizontal position. The neck may be shaped, as shown at c, to facilitate the passage of air into the bottle when the contents are being poured out.
Patent GB-190403597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Yarn or Thread Doubling and Twisting Machines and the like.
Inventor: ARUNDEL HENRY BIRKBY
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-02-11
Abstract: 3597. Arundel, H. B., and Higginson, J. Feb. 12. Spindle apparatus; flyer frames.-Relates to drag arrangements for doubling and twisting machines, the description more particularly relating to the form of frame, having dragged ring flyers, described in Specification No. 13,860, A.D. 1901, but including also the application of the invention to flyer frames in which the bobbin is dragged. The positively-driven spindles a, Fig. 1, pass through a plate b having a vertical reciprocatory motion and a slow downward copping-motion. Rings c, surrounding the spindles a and resting on the plate b, carry arms d with eyes e to guide the yarn on the bobbin from the eye h, rod or roller z, and feed rollers f, g. The friction between the bobbin and the ring c rotates the latter, and the friction between the ring c and the plate b causes the rotation of the ring to lag behind that of the bobbin. A cord k, carrying a weight 50, passes over the ring c and is attached at m to the plate b, and the drag on the ring c is controlled by varying the lap of the cord k on the ring. The cord k passes through a slot o, Fig. 3, in a bar n on the front of the plate b, which bar has a rack j, engaging with the long pinion p, controlled by the tension of the yarn as follows. Resting on the yarn as it passes between rollers g, z is a faller y, carried by a shaft w having a crank v, Fig. 4. A sleeve t on the pin u of the crank drives, by the chain or band s, a wheel r, Fig. 1, fixed to the shaft of the pinion p. A shaft 8 which may be the front roller shaft carries an eccentric 9 and connecting-rod 11, pivoted to a crank 13 revolubly mounted on the sleeve t. The crank 13 is formed integral with a plate 16, which carries two pawls 15. The sleeve t carries two ratchetwheels 17,18, and has a shield 21 which normally prevents the constantly-reciprocating pawls 15 from engaging their respective ratchet-wheels. The shield 21 is prevented from rotating to as great an extent as the pin u, so that, when the motion of the faller y alters the angular position of the crank v and draws the pawls and ratchetwheels round in one or other direction, one or other of the pawls can engage its respective wheel and so actuate the sleeve t, chains s, and pinion p. In a modification, the sliding bar n is adapted to rise and fall as well as to have a longitudinal movement. Various forms of carriage for guiding the cord k in the bar n are described. The pinion p can also be adjusted by hand by means of the wheel 23. Fig. 7 shows the invention applied to a flyer frame. The drag cord passes round a groove 44 in a ring attached to the bobbin, so that a lateral pressure is exerted, no downward pressure being necessary in the case of a flyer frame.
Patent GB-190405648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Blast Furnace Slag and Utilizing the Products thereof
Inventor: STRINGFELLOW JOHN HENRY WILLIA
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1905-03-08
Abstract: 5648. Stringfellow, J. H. W. March 8. Blasting-cartridges.-With dilute acid, the shot separated from slagwool or slag sand may be used for blasting.
Patent GB-190406364-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Frictional Reduction Gear
Inventor: OGDEN JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6364. Ogden, J., McLean, W. B., and Parry, A. March 16. Friction gearing. - Relates to a frictional reducing-gearing, operating by centrifugal force. The frame a, keyed to the driving-shaft b, has discs or arms a<1> provided with graphite, bronze, or other bearings a<2>, in which are loosely mounted one or more pairs of cylinders d, having parts e of greater or less diameter, corresponding to the reduction of speed required. The cylinders roll on the fixed surface h, and on the inner surface of the ring or plate k, keyed to the shaft l, which is thus driven at a reduced speed, the direction depending upon whether the parts e are of greater or less diameter than the cylinders d. The arrangement may be modified to produce a variable-speed reduction gearing. Means may be provided for adjusting the diameters of the surfaces in contact, or for substituting different cylinders.
Patent GB-190406407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Soap Trays.
Inventor: COON GEORGE CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6407. Coon, G. C. Sept. 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901 ]. Soap dishes.-The soap rests upon an absorbent material 3 supported by hooks 5 across the tray. Openings 6 provide for ventilation. The material 3 may extend round the tray, or may be suspended from a frame.
Patent GB-190408970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttles of Looms for Weaving
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 8970. Edwards, E., [Stirling, A.]. April 19. L o o m shuttles ; float detectors; stop - motions.-The shuttle 1 is provided with a floatdetecting device, by means of which the weft is broken when the upper end of a small pivoted lever 7 engages a floating warp thread. A plate 4, removably secured to the inner face of the side wall of the shuttle, has a cavity 5 within which the small lever 7 is pivoted on a pin 6. Spring arms 9, 10 of the lever bear against opposite walls of the cavity. A small rod 12, seated in a groove in the bottom edge of the plate and mounted in bearing-blocks 21, has a short arm 13 and a longer arm 14. The arm 14 is normally located in a vertical groove in the exposed face of the plate 4, and is pressed outwards by a string in the groove. The arm 13 bears against a tail-piece 11 of the lever 7, and prevents the arm 14 from leaving its groove. When the lever 7 engages a floating warp, it is moved to one side, so that the arm 13 is released and is free to pass through a slot 26 in the plate. The spring then forces the arm 14 out of its groove, and a notch 15 in the arm engages the weft, which is thereby broken.
Patent GB-190409360-A (GB)
Title: Puzzle.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM DUDMAN
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9360. Taylor, W. D. Sept. 29, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Puzzles. - A puzzle is shown in plan in Fig. 1, and in section in Fig. 2. A circular board or plate a is provided with six separate sets of slots e, f, g, h, i, j, as shown in Fig. 1. The board a is mounted on a back b, from which it is separated by a strip c. The set of slots e is isolated from the other slots, which are also isolated from each other and are provided with outlets f<2>, g', h', i'. The puzzle also comprises a member k, Fig. 3, which is adapted to be moved through the slots. The member k is held in connection with the board by a cross-piece k<4> attached to its shank. The movable member k is placed in the slot e, and the puzzle consists in removing the member k from the board.
Patent GB-190413506-A (GB)
Title: An Invention for Conveying Invalids and others by Rail or Road in a Recumbent Position.
Inventor: HORNE MARY COULTMAN
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 13,506. Horne, M. C. June 15. Ambulance vehicles; carriages with sleeping-compartments.-A hammock for conveying invalids or others by rail or road has pointed ends b and folding side-pieces c secured by tapes f. A bolster N, secured by bands M, and a pillow are provided. The hammock is hung at the head from a detachable or rigid hook j by straps g, i and a ring h, and at the foot from a hook n in a similar manner. The stretcher bar o has an eye p at each end, through which is passed a cord secured by rings to hooks t, y and passed through a ring h. A cord z doubled on itself is attached to one eye r' on the stretcher bar q, and passes through the ring l. A cord A is inserted in the loop of the cord z and is secured at one end to the other eye r<2>, the free end of the cord being tied as shown. Side straps similar to the end straps are provided. In saloons where there is no opposite seat, two straps J may be passed through screw rings K attached to arms of the seats. Webbing may be substituted for straps, and straps or chains for cords. Slotted plates may be fixed at the required places in the carriages instead of hooks.
Patent GB-190413560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Teats for Feeding Bottles.
Inventor: PILLEY JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 13,560. Pilley, J. J. June 15. Feeding-bottles.-Teats for feeding-bottles are made non-collapsable, and adapted to secure a better regulation of the flow of food, and to minimize the amount of air drawn in by the child. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the body a is made of rubber pierced by passages b, and is covered with an outer sheet of rubber c forming the teat. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, the teat is provided with inner and outer walls f, g, which enclose an annular airtight chamber g. In a further modification, the walls i of the teat, Fig. 3, may be thickened so as to reduce to any desired amount the orifice j. This form of teat may also be attached as shown in Fig. 4, and used as a valve.
Patent GB-190415337-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adaptable Window Blind Roller with Simplified Check Action Fittings
Inventor: HARKUS WILLIAM SCOTT
Filed: 1904-07-09
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 15,337. Harkus, W. S., and Houlgate, J. E. July 9. Window blinds.- In improvements in the invention described in Specification No. 27,782, A.D. 1903, a blind is carried on an adjustable rod attached to a pulley which is actuated by an endless cord banging loose and checked by means of a spring. An endless cord D runs in a pulley C, mounted in a bracket G, and is checked by means of a V-shaped spring E terminating in a collar which is slipped on to a pin F mounted on the bracket G. An adjustable roller A is made in two parts, one end of each entering a split tube B, the blind being attached to the roller by means of tacks passing through the slit in the tube B.
Patent GB-190419153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatically Operated Mechanism for Actuating the Keys or Equivalents of Pianos or like Musical Instruments.
Inventor: STREICH ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 19,153. Streich, R. Sept. 5. Automatic instruments.-A pneumatic action for mechanical piano-players is shown. The pneumatics are arranged in two rows to save space. The diaphragms D in the suction chambers C are connected to valves F, and are either perforated or sufficiently porous to allow a slight leakage. The membranes i, normally distended by weak springs k, are perforated to keep the pneumatics inflated. When the valve F is opened, however, a leather washer or ring bears against the valve and shuts off the perforations, allowing, however, a slight leakage. The rod l is provided with slots to adapt the apparatus to different instruments. The Provisional Specification describes a separate valve in place of the membrane valve i. This valve consists of a rubber or like sheet fixed along three edges, leaving the fourth unattached and normally held open by a weak spring ; it may be situated on the passage or on the pneumatic itself.
Patent GB-190420427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to "Loose" Pulleys for Driving Shafts and the like.
Inventor: CROFT FREDERICK LISTER
Filed: 1904-09-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 20,427. Croft, F. L., Perkins, T. A , and Croft, F. Sept. 22. Fast and loose pulleys ; mounting and securing pulleys on shafts.-A laterally-adjustable bearing-sleeve 8 is fixed within the boss 6 of the loose pulley 4. The enlarged end 10 bears against the boss 12 of the fast pulley 3 and keeps the rims of the pulleys out of contact, an adjustable collar 13 secured on the driving-shaft 2 bearing against the other end of the sleeve.
Patent GB-190421871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Fire Places for Ranges and Stoves.
Inventor: WRIGHT CHARLES
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 21,871. Wright, C. Oct. 11. Grates.-The fireplace of a range or stove has the bottom grate a, shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1 and in plan in Fig. 4, pivotally mounted at its inner end upon arms c, which are pivoted at d to the side of the fireplace, and supported at its outer end by lugs f adapted to rest upon hooks or in notches in grooves e. A fire-plate h, which may be used as a trivet or fire-door, is pivoted at a' to the front of the bottom grate a, and is adapted to be raised or lowered with the bottom grate, and to be supported by pins k engaging with notches i in the extended sides g of the grate. The centre of gravity of the bottom grate a is behind the pivots d so that it will not fall forward when it is being moved. If desired, vertical front bars may be used in connection with the movable bottom grate.
Patent GB-190425132-A (GB)
Title: A New Game of Skill and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: EVENS EDWARD LUSCOMBE
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 25,132. Evens, E. L. Nov. 18. Games played with rollers, hoops, and skittles.- The object of the game is to make a roller a, Fig. 6, pass, in a spiral path, outside a flag q and through hoops h, and finally to upset pins f or to come to rest on a scoring-area s. The roller is made in the form shown in Fig. 3, and is surrounded by a rubber ring c, a plug d of metal being let into its smaller side and retained by a screw e. The scoring-pins f, Fig. 4, are reversible, and can be easily upset on account of the smallness of their ends g. The hoops are each provided with a swinging flag having a cross-plate l, Fig. 5, at its lower end, which is set in motion by the passage of a roller through the hoops. As a modification, the scoring-area may be replaced by the "stall" used in the game of "castles."
Patent GB-190427636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Systems of Train Lighting.
Filed: 1904-12-17
Abstract: 27,636. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. Dec. 19, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, A.D. 1901.] Dynamos, regulating.-In a system of train lighting in which a dynamo driven from the car axle is employed, the strength of the current charging the accumulators B, Fig. 2, through a bridge arrangement of "electric valves," e.g. four aluminium cells C', c<2>, c', c<4> or the like, is maintained constant at varying speeds by means of a field winding G, in series with the accumulators, which acts in opposition to the shunt field winding F.
Patent GB-190508918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Gas Producers
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 8918. Genty, L., and Soc. des Etablissements de L'Horme et de la Buire. May 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Steam generators combined with gas-producers.- An annular boiler 4, which is fed from a reservoir and provided with vertical tubes 5, is situated above the producer g. Air enters the producer through openings in the boiler sides, becomes laden with steam, and passes, in a helical path 11, through a regenerator b to the grate h. In the central tube 2 of the regenerator cylinders 3 are suspended so as to cause the hot gas from the producer to impinge against the walls, and to store heat. If the steam supplied by the boiler 4 is insufficient for working the producer, the temperature becomes abnormal, as indicated by a thermometer 13, and a regulated quantity of water is supplied to the regenerator. The regulator consists of a chamber 14, Fig. 3, communicating with the top of the scrubber, and by a valved passage 16 with the water reservoir. The partial vacuum created at the top of the scrubber causes water to flow through the passage 16, nozzle 19, and a siphon pipe into the regenerator.
Patent GB-190511570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generator Furnaces
Inventor: ELDRED BYRON E
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 11,570. Eldred, B. E. June 2. Settings &c.-A, long slow-burning flame is produced in the furnace by the method of combustion described in Specification No. 17,197, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Furnaces &c.]. In order to prevent the premature cooling of this flame by contact with the boiler-shell, a refractory heat-retaining surface 8 is -placed beneath the boiler, and in some cases air-jets 20, so directed as to blow the flame away from the boiler, are used. These jets direct the hot gases against the reverberatory surfaces 23, 24 formed in the flue.
Patent GB-190602761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Distributing Contacts for Electrical Ignition in Explosion Engines.
Inventor: SIMMONS HARRY JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-05
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 2761. Simmons, H. J. Feb. 5. Gas and the like engines, igniting in. A rotary ignition switch for oil and gas motors, preferably for those having more than one cylinder, has an insulating-disk u on the half-speed shaft A revolving in a fixed insulating dust - proof case composed of two parts or disks a, f. The primary current passes from a terminal t by a plate s to one of the spring-pressed contacts o, and thence to a segment y on the disk u, and through a screw 1 and a brass bush on the other side to earth. The secondary current passes from a terminal through a contact j, a brass ring w on the disk u, screws z,. a segment x, and one or other of a series of contacts p on the disk f, and thence by a corresponding plate r, contact q, and segments l on the disk a, to the secondary terminal 2. Screws h passing through the disk into a groove g having stops, in the disk f allow the latter to be adjusted by a lever for timing the spark. The contacts are so arranged that the hightension contact x is made. before, and broken after, the low-tension contact y.
Patent GB-190603090-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting or Holding Objects or Preparations in Position for Viewing by the Microscope
Inventor: LEBRUN HECTOR
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 3090. Lebrun, H. Feb. 8. Microscopes.-Relates to supports for objects or preparations, of the kind which may be rotated to bring different objects successively under observavation. The supports, which are disk shaped, are so constructed and arranged that either a single cover-plate is employed, or the outer surfaces of the cover-plates, if more than one is employed, are in one plane. The disk a, Figs. 1 and 2, is shown provided with rectangular openings b with ledges to support the object carriers d and their covers g. Notches e or projections f are arranged on the peripheiy of the disk opposite the openings b The objects may be arranged spirally on a glass disk a, as shown in Fig. 3, or in a circle. The object cover may be in one piece, with a central aperture. The disk may have a series of concave cells j to receive the objects as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. A scale i may be provided on the edge of the disk. These disks are specially adapted for use with the microscope described in Specification No. 3092, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190613205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles
Inventor: CONRADSON CONRAD MARTINIUS
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 13,205. Conradson, C. M. June 7. Bottles, non- refillable.-The bottle neck iscontracted to form a conical seat 5 for a hemispherical valve 6, the body part 8 of which constitutes a float. The valve is controlled by a weight ball 14 operating in a chamber 13 in the bottle neck, and tampering with the valve is prevented by a plate 20 with segmental openings carried by segmental plates 22 depending from a plug 15 provided with a central pouring opening which may be corked. The plug is secured by cement run into a groove 16. The extension 24 of the chamber 13, into which the ball is carried when the bottle is inverted, approximates in length to, but is less than, the radius of the ball. This gives the valve space for considerable movement, and also prevents the ball from lodging.
Patent GB-190614093-A (GB)
Title: Traction Engine.
Inventor: CUFF GEORGE
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 14,093. Cuff, G. June 19. Hauling and winding drums; houling-gear for traction engines; ropes, guiding.-Consists in attaching to traction engines a winding-device, readily thrown in and out of gear, which is used to draw freight up grades or over rough roads while the traction engine remains stationary. A friction wheel 29 can by means of the lever 35, shaft 34, and arms 31, 30 be brought in or out of contact with a similar friction wheel 4 on the crank shaft 3 of the engine. Thus power from the engine is transmitted through wheels 27, 26, 24, 21, 20 to a pinion 13 which slides on a shaft 15 having a long feather or made of square section. The pinion 13 is provided with flanges 14 and drives a wheel 12, fixed to one end of a drum 7 having a spiral groove in which the rope is wouud, and forming a nut through which a screwed shaft 6 passes. The rope 11 leaves the drum and passes between the vertical rollers 11<a> and over an horizontal roller 19, its end having a book 16 to which the load is fastened. As the drum revolves, it advances lengthwise on the screw shaft and thus the rope 11 and the pull is confined to the centre of the vehicle.