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Patent GB-190404208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Folding Boxes
Inventor: COTTRAY GEORGES
Filed: 1904-02-19
Granted: 1905-02-18
Abstract: 4208. Cottray, G. Dec. 12, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Folding-boxes are formed from a blank which is cut and creased as shown in Fig. 3, the bottom of the box and the top of the lid being represented by the rectangles f, g, respectively. To set up the body or box, the triangles k, m are turned inwards against the ends b, being attached to the triangles formed thereon, as shown. Pieces s are attached to the inner faces of the ends, between the triangles, so that, when the box is folded as shown in Fig. 4, the ends are prevented from folding inwards. The lid is similarly set up, or the lid may be separate from the body, being in that case provided with a hinge-flap, serving also as a strengthening-band, for attachment to the rear side e of the body.
Patent GB-190404597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Evaporation of Sea-water.
Inventor: SCHMIDT HERMANN
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4597. Schmidt, H. Feb. 24. Evaporating water. - In apparatus for evaporating sea-water by means of a steam coil, a portion of the coil is provided with a jacket through which the water is fed into the apparatus, at a high velocity. The jacketed chamber 1 is heated by a steam coil arranged in a series of flat sections 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, the last section 2 being covered by a jacket 22 connected to the water inlet 20, so that the condensed steam which passes the outlet 18 is sufficiently cool to be conducted back to the evaporating-boiler or drum. On escaping from the outlet 24 of the jacket 22, the water rises through the perforated plate 19. The vapour formed in the chamber 1 passes through the pipes 28, 26, 27, 25, and beneath the baffles 9, 10, 12 in order to separate any suspended water.
Patent GB-190406379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooking Ranges
Inventor: MILLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 6379. Miller, W. March 16. Cooking - ranges. -The oven is placed over the boiler as shown, and is heated by the gases from the fireplace G passing round the boiler F ; or, if the damper M is depressed by the handle N, the gases pass partly over the front of the boiler. The cover J may be pushed back and the canopy K drawn forwards to divert the flow of the fire gases, which afterwards pass through flues fitted with baffles at the sides of the oven A. The body of the range may be fitted with a side oven, or with a gas oven. According to the Provisional Specification, the waste heat of the gas oven may be used to heat a hot closet or plate warmer placed under the smoke plate and over the hob, the flue from the gas oven passing up one side of it, and that from the coal fire passing up the other side.
Patent GB-190407922-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lounge and Reading Chair
Inventor: SHARP JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-06
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 7922. Sharp, J. April 6. Chairs.-The cushioned seat a of an adjustable lounge, reading, or arm chair is carried on two bars l, being fixed thereto by dowels. Each of the bars l is jointed at its back end to a link s suspended from the main frame a of the chair, and the front ends of the bars l may slide on the front of the main frame a. Two levers q, each of which is jointed to one of the bars l and rests in notches cut in a bar r of the main frame a, carry the back c of the chair. The back may be adjusted by the mere pressure of the person, and locked in position by means of a grooved piece m, hinged to the main frame a, at the middle of the back, and a projecting piece n on the bars forming the seat frame. A trigger or lever o passes down one side of the main frame a and is connected with a small lever p, and by operating the lever o the catch or grooved piece m may be released or engaged. A leg-rest is made in two parts,a lower parth being jointed to a transverse piece, to the top and bottom of which are fixed pieces j, k respectively, the projecting ends embracing two rails or guides i fixed in the main frame a. The upper part e of the leg-rest is attached to the lower part h by a T-shaped brace f on either side and a hinged piece g, the end of which fits into steps cut in the lower part h. When the leg-rest is out of use, the upper and lower parts thereof are brought together and the whole slidden on the rails i under the seat d. When the leg-rest is in use, the part, e is raised and supported at the height of the seat d by means of the stays f, g. The lower part h is fitted at the bottom with rollers, so that any adjustment of the back may be more easily effected.
Patent GB-190408760-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Pumping and Compressing Gases and Liquids, particularly applicable to Refrigerating and Cooling Plant.
Inventor: RATHMELL BERNARD
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 8760. Rathmell, B. April 16. Actuating pumps; pump valves.-Relates to an arrangement of pumps for compressing gases and pumping liquids, particularly applicable to refrigerating-plant. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of one arrangement, in which the piston-rods of two ammonia-compressors A, and also the plungers of the water-circulating and brine-circulating pumps F are connected to a common crossbead I. The ammonia-compressors and the other pumps are arranged tandem fashion. The crosshead is actuated in any manner, as, for instance, by a sliding block M which moves in a slot in the crosshead and is mounted on a crank-pin carried by a pulley. The openings O, Q at the end of the cylinders are connected to valve-boxes, which are arranged at the side of the cylinders. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which one compressor only is employed, the water and brine circulating pumps F being disposed on the side of the common crosshead which is opposite to the compressor. The compressor may be in alignment with one of the pumps F. In another modification, the pump cylinders are replaced by plain barrels with pistons and rods therein, the rods thus serving as guide-rods only. In modifications of the four-cylinder arrangement, one compressor may be paired with the watercirculating pump, while the other compressor is paired with the brinecirculating pump.
Patent GB-190412152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soap-delivery-apparatus.
Inventor: MEYER WILHELM
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,152. Meyer, W. May 28. Measured quantities, delivering.-Soap-delivering apparatus, secured to a wall or other support, comprises a slide b carrying a tube a containing soap, from the lower end of which small slices are cut, or powder is removed, by a fixed knife d as the slide is drawn out. A spring f returns the slide.
Patent GB-190415188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frame Saws for Cutting Stone, Marble, Granite and such like Materials.
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 15,188. Grice, A. G., and Anderson & Co., G. July 7. Sawing stone, marble, granite, &c. -. In order that the frame 5 of a machine for sawing stone, marble, granite, &c. may reciprocate in a straight line and therefore cut during the whole of each stroke, its hangers 4 slide longitudinally through oscillatory guides 7 and are pivoted at 8 to the upper ends of links 6 which rock about their lower ends.
Patent GB-190416152-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Mechanism for Boring and Drilling Machines.
Inventor: HAGGAS HOLLAND
Filed: 1904-07-21
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,152. Haggas, H., and Smith, C. W. Boring and drilling.-The driving- mechanism of a radial drilling- machine is fitted with a change-speed gear and is arranged to reduce the twist on the radial arm. A cone pulley drives a vertical shaft a, Figs. 1 and 2, geared to a vertical shaft c. A sleeve h<1> carries the radial arm h and the change-speed gear. The shaft c drives a horizontal shaft g through bevel-wheels f, d. A spur-wheel m, which gears with a large wheel m<1> fixed on a parallel shaft n, is fixed on the shaft g, while a wheel p<1> runs loosely on the shaft g and gears with a smaller wheel p running loosely on the shaft n. Clutch couplings q, r operated by levers q<1>, r' and a handle s<111> are mounted July 21. respectively on the shafts g, n. A shaft t<1>, having a wheel gearing with the wheel p<1>, is driven at a fast speed when the wheel p<1> is clutched to the shaft g, and at a low speed when the wheel p is clutched to the shaft n. When both clutches are out of gear, the shaft t<1> is stationary. The shaft t<1> drives the drill spindle u, Fig. 3, through the bevel-wheels x, w<1>, w<2>, and y or y<1>. The bevelwheels w<1>, w<2> are supported by a bearing from the spindle bearing w.
Patent GB-190420561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Elevating and Conveying Loads more especially intended for use in Charging Blast Furnaces and the like.
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 20,561. Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co. Oct. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Loading; lifts.-In apparatus for elevating and conveying loads, intended more especially for use in charging blast furnaces and the like, the load, carried in a truck &c., is raised by a lift to the bank, and the truck is there released and runs down an incline to the discharging point, whence the empty truck returns by another incline to the lift cage, which carries it down to the loading point again. The loaded truck w, on reaching the bank b, is allowed to run off the inclined cage rails f, on which it had been retained during the ascent, and descends the incline s. At the discharging point, the truck meets a buffing-truck p and pushes it back against the pull of a weight g to the discharging position, where it is retained by a catch. On the release of the catch, the truck p pushes the now empty truck over automatic points on to the incline s<1>, which takes it to the cage at a lower point in the shaft. In a modification, the truck w, after discharging, moves on in the same direction and returns to a cage by a loop. Where pairs of balancing cages are used, the guides S, S<1>, or, in the the case of inclined lifts, the rails, run together at the top, so that both cages serve the same top bank. Where two lifts are used, they may be connected at the top by bridges V, so that, by suitably inclining the rails f, the trucks may be run off to either discharging point.
Patent GB-190425418-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sash Fastener for Windows.
Inventor: HARRIS JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-11-22
Abstract: 25,418. Harris, J. Nov. 22. Window holders. - Window - sash holders are formed of two lever cams A, mounted by means of pins b<2> on a cover-plate B which is screwed to one side of the sash. The gripping-heads a' of the cams A are rounded, and the cams are provided with thumb-pieces a<2>. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the heads a<1> engage the window stile, being held in position by the springs c, the ends of which bear respectively against the sides of grooves in the cams and against the pins b<2>. In a modification, one cam only is employed, the other being replaced by a thumb-piece. The cover-plate may be reduced in size, its ends being slotted to allow of the free motion of the cams.
Patent GB-190426635-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Bending Wooden Hoops
Inventor: SMALL THOMAS
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,635. Small, T. Dec. 7. Bending.-A machine for bending wooden hoops, such as are use by coopers, consists of a framing a supported on legs b and carrying two upwardly projecting sides c', between which is a toothed drum or roller d and a number of bending-rollers e. The rollers e are provided with curved-section circumferential grooves for the reception of the curved sides of thehoops, and their spindles are carried by frames h, traversed within recesses j in the side cheeks by screws k which are secured to the framing a and are furnished with springs l. The roller d is driven by. gear wheels from the shaft of the handle m, the gear wheel on the roller shaft also engaging a small wheel on a shaft carrying a flywheel q. One or more of the bending-rollers may also be driven, and any of the rollers, according to the Provisional Specification, may be driven either by hand or by power.
Patent GB-190427052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tennis and like Rackets
Inventor: TRIMMINGS ALFRED AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 27,052. Trimmings, A. A., and Trimmings, A. E. Dec. 12. Rackets.-The central strings a, Fig. 1, of tennis and like rackets are arranged as shown. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of holes d, f, c near the neck. A strengthening-piece h of tough material is inserted in the head of the frame F. The tonguepiece 2 is fixed to the frame F by two wedges i, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, which occupy a rectangular hole k, the ends of which are somewhat enlarged. In order that the wedges i may conform to the shape of the hole k, their inner faces 3 are slightly hollowed before being driven tightly into position. The shoulders may be bound with fabric l.
Patent GB-190507799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Devices for Travelling or Wheeled Ordnance.
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 7799. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. May 30,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to spiritlevel sights for field guns, and to correcting-gear for the elimination of errors due to obliquity of the trunnion axis. Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a similar view partly in section ; Figs. 2 and 4 are sectional rear elevations showing the parts in different positions. Before the gun is elevated, a bolt J in the sighting-device is adjusted by means of the worm C', quadrant 0, toothed sectors D, L and a disk K to the elevation the gun is to receive, the inclination of the bolt being indicated by a scale a<4> and micrometer c<6>. A second disk H is hinged to the bolt J and rotates in a bearing h' in a recessed disk G formed with an arm g', which projects through a transverse slot a<5> in a revoluble guidering a<2> in a casing A mounted on the gun and carries the telescope F. The disk G and telescope are rocked into a vertical position (indicated by the level N) by the screw M and nut M' and, after the sight has been brought on to the target in the usual way, the gun may be elevated, the correct elevation being indicated by the spirit level C'. In a modification, a spherical telescope carrier works on a similarly-shaped casing; the principle is the same.
Patent GB-190510147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, or Motors.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY CHRISTOPHER JOHN
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-05-15
Abstract: 10,147. Montgomery, C. J., and Prescott, W. May 15. Gas and explosive-vapour engines; rotary. The ytinder a revolves on trunnions d<1>, and has fixed to it a piston b working over and forming a tight joint with the hollow shaft e, which passes through the trunnions d' and carries another piston c -movable relatively to the cylinder. The piston c is packed by spring packing, or it may have extended portions c<2> and a soft-metal packing c<3> pressed to it ;bya gland e'. These pistons c, b carry the inlet and exhaust valves h, i, respectively, the fuel being introduced through the hollow shaft e and valve h to' the space between the pistons, where it is compressed and then exploded by an igniting'-device at r, the products escaping past a cam-actuated valve i to the passage i<1> and ports j. The gearing for the pistons consists of two cranks k, l, fitted to the shaft e and trunnions d', respectively, each crank being provided with a pin and block wvorking in the slide m which revolves with an axle m' eccentric to the cylinder axis. The eccentricity of the axle m<1> can be adjusted by the screws n<2> working in the bearing n. Instead of this gearing, the slide may have pins. and blocks to work in grooves cut in cranks on the cylinder trunnions and shaft e, or the slide may be replaced by an eccentric, the strap of which carries blocks working in grooves as before. Drawings, showing the relative positions of the pistons b, c at important points of the cycle, accompany the Specification. The inlet valve h is automatic in action, but the exhaust valve i is actuated through a lever and tappet o, by cam-grooves p<1> in a plate p fixed to the bearing. These grooves are so arranged that the pin o' lifts the tappet o and opens the valve once in two revolutions in the case of a four-phase-cycle engine. The circuits for electric ignition are shown in Fig. 10. Two-brushes s, connected to the battery u and secondary coil u<1> as shown, are fixed to the cam-plate p and bear against an insulated commutator ring t, which has a gap in it, in which the tappet o, Fig. 1, slides.. This tappet passes through and moves up and down blocks v<1>, v, of vulcanite and metal respectively, both blocks having pinned to their faces vulcanite strips to insulate them from the ring t. A spark occurs when one brush is on the commutator ring t and the other on the metal block v.
Patent GB-190512020-A (GB)
Title: Improved Furnace Door
Inventor: BAKER WILLIAM HALLET
Filed: 1905-06-08
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 12,020. Baker, W. H., and Parker, R. H. June 8. Doors.-The front and back plates a, c of the doors of furnaces for bakers' ovens &c. are cast with horizontal ridges e, g, between which air, entering at band leaving at d, is heated in its passage through the door.
Patent GB-190512508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling, Screening and Loading Coke.
Inventor: BURNETT CUTHBERT
IPC: C10B39/04
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 12,508. Burnett, C. June 16. Loading.-Coke is by an electric, steam, or hydraulic plunger or otherwise forced from the coke ovens into a bottomless shell i, provided with water-jet pipes for cooling the coke and with means for moving it and the coke to screens, conveyers, or trucks. The shell i is supported by brackets l and wheels m on a frame n, which runs on wheels o on rails across the front of the coke ovens so as to be brought before each in turn. The shell is provided at the oven end with a sliding door s. The coke is pushed along the iron floor z into the shell, which is then drawn along the frame n by a winch p and chains q until the coke falls into a fixed jigging or rotary screen w attached to the frame n and thence to trucks x, the breeze being removed by a conveyer g'. In modifications, the coke passes directly from the shell i to trucks, or to conveyers or elevators which carry it to the screening-apparatus. The sides of the shell i, which may be lined with non-conducting material, are corrugated, as shown in Fig. 2, or formed with rectangular recesses in which are placed water jets j<1> for cooling the coke. Openings k are provided for escape of the vapour. Jets may also be provided to cool the coke further while in the screens or conveyers.
Patent GB-190512537-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spring Hub for Vehicles.
Inventor: BRIGNATZ KARL
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 12,537. Brignatz, K., and Obrecht, G. June 16. Spring wheels.- In wheels for velocipedes and railway cars, the axle-box d consists of two disks with flanges overlapping the inner edges b of the hub, which is a ring of I-section. Leaf springs care interposed. The hub f carries spokes or is formed with a wheel rim.
Patent GB-190514517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed Gearing particularly for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CRAIG ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 14,517. Craig, A. July 14. Variable-speed gearing for motor and other cycles, motor-cars, &c. Fig. 1 shows a three-speed gear. A stationary cranked spindle A, B carries a freely-mounted gear sleeve C with pinions D, E, F. Thus, for a direct drive, a sleeve J connects the driving-member G to the hub by means of clutch teeth G<3>, while, when the sleeve J is moved by a rod M so that internal teeth L or K engage pinions E or D, different speeds are obtained. The rod M passes along a groove A' in the spindle.
Patent GB-190515329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Registering Apparatus
Inventor: LANGEN FRIEDRICH ADOLF
Filed: 1905-07-26
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 15,329. Langen, A. July 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. In a time-recorder having electrically-actuated typewheels with types'movable at right-angles to the plane of the wheel, the type-wheels a, bare arranged side by side so that the adjacent types can be struck by one hammer i, and electric means are provided for preventing simultaneous actuation of the type-wheels and the hammer. The minuteprinting wheel a is moved at five-minute intervals by means of a clock-controlled electro-magnet e, and works the hour-printing wheel b by means of a tooth g. The hammer i is actuated by means of an electro-magnet k, energized by depression of a handle m, which, through a sliding strut n, depresses a pusher l carrying a bridge p for contacts p<1>, p<2> and o<1>, o<2>, the former in the circuit of the electro-magnet e, and the latter in the circuit of the electro-magnet k; the two circuits cannot therefore be closed simultaneously. The strut n slides off the pusher l as soon as the contacts o', o<2> are closed. The hammer may be actuated by a mechanical connexion with the lever m.
Patent GB-190517368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Acetylene Generators
Inventor: RILEY ALFRED JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-28
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 17,368. Riley, A. J. Aug. 28. Acetylene. - Relates to an acetylene apparatus in which water is automatically supplied to carbide by means of a siphon dipped into or removed from the water reservoir by the motion of the gas-holder bell. In the form shown, a siphonEis secured to the cover L of an opening M in the top of a gas holder A, the cover being retained in place by a bar N and bolts and nuts 0, P. The limbs of the siphon are turned up at their ends, and one of them is provided with a cock I, operated by a spindle J. The other limb enters a tube C which communicates with the carbide chamber D. A perforated V-shaped trough F is employed to distribute the water over the carbide.
Patent GB-190519720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boilers for Heating Greenhouses and the like.
Inventor: GLENDINNING WILLIAM MACDOWALL
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 19,720. Glendinning, W. M. Sept. 29. Heating water.- A boiler for heating water for greenhouses and the like consists of a coil d of very small diameter compared with that of the flow and return pipes e, f, to which the coil is connected. The coil is located in a casing near the top thereof. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 14,501, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190520776-A (GB)
Title: Improved Desk Utensil used for Damping Stamps, and other Operations
Inventor: JOSEPH NEUMAN MAINGOT
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 20,776. Lake, H. H., [Maingot, J. N.]. Oct. 13. Gumming, pasting, and the like.-The article consists of a tube divided into two parts 11, 12 for gum and water respectively, and having hinged to it a blotting-pad 32. A gum brush 15 and wiping-ring 16 are provided in the upper part 11, and a sponge or pad 29 mounted in a hinged frame 26 is attached to a revolving plate 17, provided with holes which form, with the holes 20 in a plate 18 fixed to the part 12, a valve by which the flow of water to the moistening - pad is controlled. A spring 25 keeps the plates 17, 18 in contact, and a stop 21 prevents excessive motion. The blotting-paper is secured to the pad 32 by plates 36 at the end of pivoted arms 37, controlled by springs 35, and the pad 32 may be supported on pivoted arms 30 with extensions 30<a>. Guides for the levers 30 prevent the pad 32 from being moved further than desirable. In a modification, the plate 32 is attached to the lid 14 of the gum receptacle, and the blotting-paper-is clamped to the plate by eccentric cams. When not in use, the whole may be supported horizontally on a stand on the desk.