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Patent GB-190327452-A (GB)
Title: Combined Apparatus for Mixing Cement, Mortar and the like, and for Hoisting or Elevating Materials for use in Building Operations.
Inventor: FRITZ WILLIAM ALBERT
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 27,452. Fritz, W. A. Dec. 15. Moving-container apparatus.-Relates to the combination of lifting-tackle, for building operations, with a machine for mixing concrete, mortar, and the like. The mixing-drum 1 is provided with a door 2 for charging and discharging the contents, and is mounted on spindles 8 supported in bearings in a frame 4 with feet 5 to stand upon the ground. The interior of the drum 1 is provided with wings or beaters to mix the contents when the drum is rotated. The drum 1 is driven by the chains 30 from a shaft 11 actuated by one of two pulleys 19 round which works one bend of the rope 18 of the lifting - tackle. The concrete is thus mixed and hoisted at the same time. The mixer frame 4 can be detached from the lifting-tackle which can then be used for hoisting other materials up to any part of the building.
Patent GB-190403314-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Book Marker.
Inventor: DOWNES WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3314. Downes, W. J. Feb. 10. Bookmarkers.-A bookmarker consists of an elastic clip or band, stretched diagonally across one corner of the cover of the book. The corners of all the leaves, above or below the leaf to be registered, are passed beneath this band as shown in Fig. 1. An elastic band a or an expanding spring clip b may be used, and a method of attaching these bands &c. is indicated.
Patent GB-190410926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Gas Retorts
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 10,926. Dempster & Sons, R., and Scott, F. May 12. Gas retorts, charging. To obtain access to the mouths of gas retorts, which are heated by furnaces located in a subway below the ground, the roof of the subway is dispensed with and a traveling platform is arranged on a level with the charging-floor. The platform a runs upon rails, fixed to the walls of the subway, and is provided with railings g at the sides ; the open edges of the subway are protected by travelling ropes h which pass round pulleys i and may be carried to overhead pulleys and kept taut by counterweights. A rod j may telescope into the top rail j<1> of a fence e to form an entrance to the subway.
Patent GB-190413638-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Absorbing Gases and the Application thereof to the Production of High Vacua and the Separation of Gases.
Inventor: DEWAR JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 13,638. Dewar, J. June 16. Drawings to Specification. Hydrogen; nitrogen oxygen; helium; krypton; neon; xenon.-The obsorbing powers of charcoal for gases are largely increased by cooling it to allow temperature, preferably one comparable with the boiling-point of the gas in question. Mixtures of gases or vapours may be separated by absorption in this way. Thus, by the passage of dry air over cooled charcoal and the subsequent expulsion of the absorbed gases by a slow rise of temperature, nitrogen is first evolved, and mixtures each richer in oxygen than the previous one may be collected. The portions of air not absorbed by the charcoal are rich in hydrogen, helium, and neon, which can thus be separated. After removal of the absorbed oxygen and nitrogen from the charcoal, the gas still remaining at ordinary temperatures can be removed by heating and pumping, and from this portion krypton and xenon can be separated. The heating processes can be carried on in closed vessels, and the gases are then obtained in a compressed state.
Patent GB-190414778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes of Windlasses and Capstans
Inventor: KELLY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,778. Kelly, A., and Hansen, C. D. B. July 1. Windlasses; capstans. - Relates to means for operating brakes of the kind described in Specifications No. 17,716, A.D. 1892, No. 3275, A.D. 1898, and No. 1269, A.D. 1900. In the brake shown in Figs. 1 and 2, jointed segments 2 embracing the brake drum 1 are connected by links 3, 4 to the arms of the differential lever 5, which is centered on one or two pivots 6 in the bearing-block 7. When applying the brake, the differential lever is rotated about either of the pivots 6 by the hand-wheel 16, operating through the medium of the bevel pinion 14, the bevel-wheel 13, and the bevel pinion 11, which gears with a rack on the differential lever, the bevel-wheel 13 and bevel pinion 11 being both secured on the shaft 12. A heavy piece of metal 17 is cast with or bolted to the bevelwheel 13, in such a position that, when the brake is off, this weight is at the top centre, and may be locked in that position by the pin 18, and, when displaced in either direction by the hand-wheel, it tends to keep the brake applied. In a modified form of brake, the differential lever, which has only one pivot, is connected by a link to a crank on the spindle carrying the weighted bevel-wheel. In a similar modification, the differential lever is connected by a link to a segmental casting turning on a fixed pivot, and having teeth formed on part of its circumference gearing with a spur pinion fixed on a spindle corresponding to the spindle 12. The segmental casting in this modification is weighted in order to keep the brake on.
Patent GB-190414963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Flushing Apparatus for Water Closets Lavatories and the like
Inventor: MENDOZA MANUEL
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 14,963. Mendoza, M. July 4. Water-waste preventers, valve-discharge. In flusbing- apparatus for water closets, lavatories, and the like, water enters the chamber A at the orifice C, closes the valve N, and, as the level rises, closes the valve M and tube H, preventing the further escape of air. The amount of air enclosed and compressed in the upper part of the cistern depends upon the height of the orifice of the tube H. On turning the handle R to which a rod G is connected, the ball N is raised and the water is discharged with force, a rib O preventing eddies. In some cases, where the local pressure is small, the tube H and valve M may be dispensed with
Patent GB-190417367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Lamps for Liquid Combustible Vaporised by Means of a Heating Flame.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-08-09
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 17,367. Imray, O., [Washington-Licht-Ges.]. Aug. 9. Incandescent v a p o u r l a m p s.-In an incandescent lamp burning petroleum or other vapour, the vaporizer D is formed separate from the heating - chamber B, so as to be readily removable for cleaning by slackening the screw E. The vapour issues from a nozzle C, and mixes with a suitable quantity of air, part of the mixture being carried by side tubes down to the vaporizing- flame at B. which is placed sufficiently far down to prevent the nozzle C from being burnt. The preliminary heating is by a flame from methylated spirit on asbestos in a tray F,
Patent GB-190427686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Ties or Sleepers and Means for Securing Rails thereto.
Inventor: ANDERSON CON DOOL
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 27,686. Anderson, C. D. June 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rails, securing to sleepers.-Consists of means for securing rails to sleepers combined with provision for laterally shifting the rails to compensate for wear. A metal sleeper, preferably T-shaped, has two angle-pieces a<3>, a<4>, Fig. 3, fixed to its upper surface and forming a transversely inclined groove in which the rail sits so as to form tapered openings. On one side, a serrated wedge c engages similar serrations io the piece a'. The gauge can be adjusted by shifting the wedge c as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. On the other side, a wedge d, Fig. 6, is driven in and secured by a bolt and nut passing through a downwardly-extending lug d<1> and an elongated slot in the web of the sleeper. The side of this wedge adjacent to the rail may be provided with a groove e in which fits the spring shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190428743-A (GB)
Title: Means for Securing India Rubber Jointing Rings in Hose Couplings
Inventor: STOVE ALFRED EDWIN
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,743. Stove, A. E. Dec. 29. Couplings, disconnectible; butt joints. -The rubber jointing-ring A of a disconnectible or like coupling is securely held in place by forming an undercut groove B in the coupling, into which the flange C on the ring is forced.
Patent GB-190501681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulators for Electric Conductors.
Filed: 1905-01-27
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 1681. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., and Turnbull, G. E. Jan. 27. Conductors, supports for.-Insulators for hightension work are made by joining two metallic bearings or eyes B, through which pins D carrying shackles C are passed, by means of a well-stretched cord, which is oiled before use. Over the cord is placed a waterproof dielectric tube, preferably of porcelain or ebonite, the ends of which fit into sockets A carried by the bearings B, so as to form a water-tight joint and to be capable of axial movement in the event of the cord elongating.
Patent GB-190503210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grate-bars for the Furnaces of Steam Generators or the like.
Inventor: CASS ALFRED THOMAS
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 3210. Cass, A. T. Feb. 16. Fire-bars.-Steam-generator furnace grate-bars are made hollow and in detachable sections in order that the worn-out rear parts may be readily renewed. One form of bar, shown in Fig. 1, is made up of sections c, c<1>, with air passages band overlapping joints d, d<1> secured by bolts f, f<1>. Projections g, g<1>, g<2>, g<3>, Fig. 3, on the section c<1> engage with grooves h, h<1>, h<2>, h<3> on the section c. A modified form of bar has the sections secured by a dovetail joint k as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, while a further modification, shown in Fig. 8, has the sections secured by a dowel m and pins m<1>, m<2>.
Patent GB-190503805-A (GB)
Title: Collar Bearings for Centrifugal Separators
Inventor: MASSEY FREDERICK ISAIAH
Filed: 1905-02-23
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 3805. Massey, r. I., [Massey-Harris Co.]. Feb. 23. Self-alining bearings.-The bushing L of a bearing for taking up the gyration of the shaft of a centrifugal machine is fixed in a boxing J held against the rigid base-plate K<1> by springs N, which are placed between the heads of bolts 0, screwed into the boxing, and the under part of the base plate. The boxing is recessed to engage with the circular ridge M on the base-plate, thus ensuring the return of the bearing, when displaced, to its proper position.
Patent GB-190504064-A (GB)
Title: Improved Side Lever Pedal Gear for Cycles.
Inventor: MCFARLANE JAMES HUSBAND
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 4064. McFarlane, J. H. Feb. 27. Cranks ; lever linkages.-In a driving-gear for cycles, levers A, pivoted at their fore ends to links A' mounted upon lugs b<1> on an extension B<1> of the frame, are connected to cranks D<1> by links D carrying springs F<1> with rubber pieces F to engage the levers. The links A<1> bear against coil or flat springs A<2> arranged between the links and the lugs b<1> ; or the links, turning on pins at the ends of the cross-piece B, may carry projections to compress springs in the divided channel of a casing. If desired, the links D may be forked and directly pivoted to the levers, coiled springs, bearing on the top edges of the levers and against each side of the links, being provided. The levers are forked to receive pedals a' with leather toe-slips a<3>.
Patent GB-190504582-A (GB)
Title: A Universal Micrometer Gauge.
Inventor: RATHBONE GERRARD JACKSON
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1906-03-06
Abstract: 4582. Rathbone, G. J. March 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pivoting, methods of.- An arm b is pivoted to a plate a of a calliper gauge by means of two conical plugs m, m<1> held by a screw o and nut n, as shown. Two other forms are described, for use when the arm is on one side only of the plate, one form using one conical plug and the second having two. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 1680, A.D. 1857, Abridgment Class Registering &c.]
Patent GB-190511764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cocks and Valves.
Inventor: WRIGHT FRANCIS GEORGE
Filed: 1905-06-05
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 11,764. Wright, F. G., Baines, W. H., and Thomson, A., [trading as Baines & Co., W.N.]. June 5. Plug cocks.-Consists of a conical plug cock in which, by a single movement of a handle, successive lifting and rotary notions are imparted to the plug. The general arrangement is shown in Fig. 1. A box spanner E operates the spindle F, which has a screw F<1> engaging with an internally-screwed portion in the plug spindle. A cam G, Figs. 1 and 4, attached to the spindle F, has annular projections G<2>, G<3> which together occupy about two-thirds of a circle. A " guide-plate " B, Figs. 1 and 6, is provided with a stop B' and a recess B<2>. Underneath the guide-plate is a "catch " plate " H, Figs. 1 and 8, which is fixed to the plug spindle. A recess H<1> is cut out, leaving two stops H<2>, H<3>. Upon the upper part of the catch plate is a stop H<4> and an arm J, pivoted at JI. To open the valve, the spindle is turned clockwise, and the plug of the valve is slightly raised. Further rotation causes the lug G<2> of the cam to engage with the stop H<4> and so to rotate the catch plate, and with it the catch J, the latter being guided by the side of the aperture in the plate B and by the outer sides of the projections G<2>, G3 of the cam. The plate H is so moved that the catch J moves into the recess K in the cam, the collar F<3> of the spindle F acting as a further and inner guide. When the plug is fully open, the stop H<3> comes into contact with the stop B<1> and prevents further motion. For closing the valve, the spindle moves all the parts in the reverse direction until a part of the catch engages with the stop B<1> and slides into the recess B<2>. At the same time, the stop H<2> engages with the stop B<1> and the plug is prevented from turning farther. Further turning of the handle then merely gives a vertical movement to the plug and presses it home. The function of the catch is to release the cam G at this point by moving outwards. By making the cam revoluble relative to the spindle, the valve can be tightened down in.either an open or closed position, but it is stated that this provision is not usually necessary.
Patent GB-190512184-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cover for Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: ROSSEL CHARLES
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 12,184. Rossel, C. June 10. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A cover for elastic tyres is formed of layers a, b, c of leather solutioned together and to intermediate thicknesses e, f, of canvas or similar material, enclosing cores g of leather, india-rubber, horn, &c., for forming the beads for attachment to the rim. An additional layer i of leather, smooth or with a non-slipping surface, may be attached at the tread by means of rivets or bolts j having projecting heads.
Patent GB-190517122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Fittings of Ringing Bells.
Inventor: TYLER WILLIAM ADKINS
Filed: 1905-08-24
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 17,122. Tyler, W. A., and Howell, J. H. Aug. 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Single-stroke bells; church and like bells.- Bells are provided with one or more wroughtiron levers B to lift the clapper C off the bell A after striking. A cranked lever B is pivoted on a fulcrum F and has a counterbalancing - weight D, so that it has sufficient elasticity to permit the clapper to strike the bell. Stops H, H<1> limit the movements of the weights D, E. A similar lever is fixed on the other side of the bell, acting on the reverse stroke of the bell.
Patent GB-190520467-A (GB)
Title: Improved Signalling Apparatus for Single Line Sections of Electric Railways and Tramways.
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 20,467. Abel, C. D., [Siemens Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Oct. 10. Electric railways, signalling on automatic systems; contacts, electric; lamp signals.-In a signalling- apparatus for single-line railways in which a rotary contact-maker is moved step by step by means of two electro-magnets, one controlled by trains entering or leaving the section from one end, and the other similarly from the other end of the section, one electro-magnet is made stronger than the other in order that a 'danger' signal may be given at one end when trains enter from both ends simultaneously. Trains entering the section close one of the contacts b, c, d, e on the trolly wire a and energize an electro-magnet k, l, which draws its armature and revolves the toothed wheel n to close the circuit to the lamps f, g or the lamps h, i, through the insulated conducting segments o,p. When the train passes out of the section, the other electro-magnet is energized and returns the wheel one tooth-space.
Patent GB-190523237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Scaffolding.
Inventor: TUCK WILLIAM DANIEL
Filed: 1905-11-13
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 23,237. Tuck, W. D. Nov. 13. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Scaffolding and staging.-Relates to means for raising and lowering scaffolding upon chimneys. The scaffolding consists of putlogs 1, Fig. 2, fastened to the chimney by upper and lower bolts 3 passing through brackets 2, and by cross - bolts 4 fitted with oppositely-threaded screws at each end which engage with angle-pieces 5 held by the brackets 2. To adjust the height of the scaffolding, the upper portion 8 of a bracket 7, Fig. 4. is inserted under the up er bolt 3 t e bracket being retained by a block 9 inserted under the lower holt 3 and held by a clip 10. The bracke s 7 carry toothed wheels 11 dapted to engage with packing or toothed racks 20, Fig. 2, attached to the sides of the chimney, the engagement being effected by tightening the bolts 4. On rotating the shaft 14, Figs. 2 and 4, the wheels 11 are both caused to rotate in the same direction, raising or lowering the scaffolding. To prevent the scaffolding from falling, when loose, the brackets 7 and blocks 9 are formed with inclined faces 8, 8<a>, against which the bolts 3 bear to force the brackets tightly against the chimney.
Patent GB-190525844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reversible Gearings.
Inventor: HAELLGREN CARL ANDREAS VIKTOR
Filed: 1905-12-12
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 25,844. Hallgren, C. A. V. Dec. 12. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to epicyclic reversing-gearing for motor road vehicles, of the type in which the direct drive is a solid drive and reversal is produced by clamping the planet carrier. Toothed wheels 3, 4 secured to the ends of the driving and driven shafts 1, 2, respectively, are always in mesh with planet-pinions 5. The planet carrier 6 is formed in one piece with a clutch member 8 adapted to engage with a member 11 sliding on a feather on the shaft 2. The member 11 is normally held in engagement with the member 8 by centrifugallyactuated levers 13 pivoted upon the drum 6 by pins 12 and having arms engaging a groove in a hub 14, rotatable but not slidable upon a sleeve 16 connected to the member 11. An annulus 15, supported upon the hub 14 by arms 17 projecting through the drum 6, projects between a jaw 19 secured to a fixed casing 18 and a jaw 20 sliding in guides in the casing and actuated by a lever with two limbs 21. The levers 13 normally effect the solid drive. When the jaw 20 is moved to the right, it strikes the annulus 15 and so carries with it the boss 14, sleeve 16, and member 11, thus freeing the engine. Further movement of the jaw 20 effects the clamping of the annulus 15 against the jaw 19, stops the drum 6, and causes the shaft 2 to be driven in the reverse direction. In a modification, the clutch is disengaged by a rod working inside the shaft 2 ; in this case it is the part corresponding to the clutch member 8 that is gripped between jaws to produce the reverse.
Patent GB-190603653-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Flattening, Cutting, and Shaping into Strips or Cuttings, Sheet Metal Articles, or the like.
Inventor: BACK ALFRED DE
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 3653. Back, A. de. Feb. 14. Bending; straightening; shearing.-S h e e tmetal articles &c. are flattened between rolls a, b and cut by disks c, d into strips, the curl imparted to the strips during cutting being altered by a shaper e.
Patent GB-190605556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Filling Receptacles with Liquid.
Inventor: REMINGTON JOHN STEWART
Filed: 1906-03-07
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 5556. Remington, J. S., and Wilkinson, T. March 7. Bottling.-In a machine for filling vessels with measured quantities of liquids, particularly viscous liquids, of the type in which the amount of liquid charged into a receptacle is varied by exchanging the measuring-device for oneof different capacity, the measuring-vessels are mounted in a block d so that they may be exchanged for others of the same external, but different internal, diameter. The liquid is contained in a double-walled tank a, its discharge being controlled by two alternatelyoperated sliding plates or valves b, c and the inter. mediate open-ended cylindrical measuring-vessels e. The valves b, c are moved so as to register with the openings in the tank, and with the vessels m to be filled, respectively, by a tappet r<1> on a shaft r driven by worm gearing and a handwheel or belt pulley o, and are retracted to their normal positions by weights g<1>, g. The vessels m are mounted on endless bands k which are advanced intermittently by a ratchet-wheel driven through a system of link-work by a cam on the shaft r. The vessels are retained on the bands by transverse fillets n of L-section, and guides l. If it is necessary to agitate the liquid, stirrers are driven through bevel-gearing from a countershaft w.
Patent GB-190605901-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Utilisation of the Nitrogen of the Air by the Oxidation of the same and of the Conversion of the Product into Nitric Acid or the Salts of Nitric Acid.
Inventor: BRUENLER OSCAR HEINRICH ULRICH
Filed: 1906-03-10
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 5901. Br³nler, O. H. U. March 10. Burners, applications of.-Atmospheric nitrogen is oxidized by feeding it into a furnace together with compressed oxygen and combustible gases. The combustion chamber d is enclosed in a vessel a which is partly filled with water. Oxygen and nitrogen are fed in by the pipes e, while combustible gases enter by the pipes h. The flame from the mouth f of the combustion chamber penetrates into the water in the outer vessel, and nitric acid is formed. Specification No. 5540, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190607413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 7413. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 27. Vacuum tubes.- An electrode for vapour apparatus is made in the form shown in Fig. 2, to facilitate the removal of occluded gas during the exhaustion of the apparatus. It is deeply grooved so as to leave a central core of small diameter which may be drilled out. In the rectifier shown in Fig. 1, each anode is contained in a tubular extension 4, which is turned in at the end to form an inner tube 14, through which is passed a platinum wire, which may be screwed to the anode. Two wires may be used. A lava bushing 8 protects the wire from the mercury arc, and separates the glass from the hot anode. The lead-wires may be soldered to a brass cap cemented on the end of the tube 4.