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Patent GB-190301150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Display-boxes.
Inventor: BUDWEISER BERNHARD
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 1150. Budweiser, B. May 21, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Displaying.-A box such as that shown in Figs. 1 and 4, is adapted for storing and displaying samples of coffee, sugar, rice, &c., and is in three parts 6, 7, 8. The part 6, which is preferably formed from a single strip of metal, consists of a bottom 9, side 12, and ends 10, 11, it being open at the rear. The part 8 is similarly formed, but it is larger than the part 6, so as to enclose it when the box is closed. The part 7 consists of a bottom 17 and ends 18, 19, the bottom 17 being hinged to the bottoms of the parts 6, 8, and the ends 18, 19 interlocking with the ends of the parts 6, 8, as shown in Fig. 4. When the box is closed, the ends 18, 19 rest on the outside of the ends 10, 11, and the part 8 encloses all. A cross-bar 22 extending between the ends 18, 19 serves as a handle, and is received in notches 23 in the ends 10, 11 to secure the box. When the box is open, as shown in Fig. 1, it serves as a tray to display the contents. In modifications, the bottoms of the parts 6, 8 may have extensions to support the bottom 17.
Patent GB-190303366-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or connected with the Lids or Covers of Match Boxes, Cigarette Cases, Card Cases and other Boxes and Cases.
Inventor: LEVI SAMUEL MORDECAI
Filed: 1903-02-12
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 3366. Levi, S. M. Feb. 12. Puzzles.-A puzzle lid for match boxes, cigar and cigarette cases, snuff boxes, card cases, and other boxes and cases, preferably of metal, is shown. There is a cover plate B having downward projections passing through slots C<1> in the cover C, and having a piece b<1> attached thereto. When the lid is closed and the cover slid so as to lie exactly over it, the piece b<1> takes under the projection a' and acts as a bolt. In the position for opening shown, the end b<2> can be depressed to turn the lid about its hinge a. The sliding cover may be smaller than the lid, and two such covers may be provided for one lid.
Patent GB-190304944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Single or Multiple Canals or Conduits suitable as Underground Conduits for Cables and for other purposes.
Inventor: WILHELMI OTTO
Filed: 1903-03-03
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 4944. Wilhelmi, O. March 3. Conduits.-To form underground single or multiple conduits for cables, temporary tubes or cores a, coated with fat or other easilyfusible material b, are supported in the desired position, and cement, concrete, plaster of Paris, clay, or like plastic mineral matter c is stamped into the space between the tubes and the trench or an outer casing. Several layers of these tubes may be arranged above one another. When the cement &c. has hardened, hot water, hot air, steam, or other heating-medium is passed into the tubes to melt the fat &c., after which the temporary tubes are removed one by one. The fat &c. forms a smooth insulating-layer and sliding base for the cable subsequently drawn into the conduit.
Patent GB-190311703-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Corn Plaster Support.
Inventor: NEUMANN CARL
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,703. Neumann, C. May 22. Corns, bunions, and the like, treatment of.-The corn plaster a, Figs. 1 and 3, is carried by a piece b which is lengthened at one side to form a tongue c of any suitable shape; an agglutinant d is provided at the end of the tongue and on the same side of the material as the plaster. The part b with the plaster a is put on the corn, and the tongue c wound round the toe and attached by sticking its end d to the material beneath.
Patent GB-190314471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spinning Spindles.
Inventor: POTTER JAMES CHARLES
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 14,471. Potter, J. C. June 29. Spindle apparatus.-To enable a spindle to run without jar, it is mounted in a bearing or bolster B in a case C containing oil &c., and is maintained in the proper position by a stretched spring E connecting the bolster B and the case C. The shoulder b of the bolster rests in a recess c<1> with flared sides, which allow the spindle &c. to move into a slightly inclined position. The spring E, which may be a flat volute spring, screws or is otherwise secured in the bolster B and the case C, and is stretched in assembling the parts. The oil passes to the spindle A through the apertures b<1>.
Patent GB-190320720-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drop-hammer
Inventor: JARMAN HERBERT
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,720. Jarman, H. Sept. 26. Hammers, power.-Drop-hammers are driven by power for light forging, stamping, and cutting, the force of the blow being regulated by hand. A hammer block d, Figs. 1 and 3, sliding in guides in the frame a, is lifted by a chain e attached to a segment g, loose on the continuously-revolving shaft h. The block d in rising compresses springs f, the expansion of which gives force to the blow. One face of the boss of the segment g forms a part j of a clutch, the corresponding part k sliding on a feather on the shaft h. The clutch is normally kept in gear by a spring l, but is released once during each revolution by the action of the cam-piece n on the bowl m. The cam-piece n is carried by a bent lever o, which swings on the shaft h, the lower end carrying a rack p. By altering the position of the latter, the point of release of the segment g, and consequently the force of the blow, is varied. A hand-lever q, or a treadle, is provided, so that by removing the strap from the driving-pulley the hammer may be worked by hand.
Patent GB-190322296-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Acetylene Gas Generator and Lamp
Inventor: MCCONECHY JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 22,296. McConechy, J. Oct. 16. Acetylene lamp for table and other use. The generator consists of a cylindrical vessel A which is immersed in a tank B containing water for use in generating the gas and for keeping the generator cool. An orifice D in the bottom of the vessel A is closed by a valve F, the spindle of which passes through the top flange A' and is operated by a hand-wheel F'. The top flange is held against a flange A' round the vessel A by pivoted thumb-screws I, a ring of india-rubber being placed between the two flanges. A perforated tube E is screwed on to a boss surrounding the orifice D, and reaches nearly to the top of the vessel A. Outside the tube E is another perforated tube H provided at the bottom with a perforated flange H<1> upon which rests the carbide C. To prevent the escape of gas through the screw joint of the spindle, a tube G is screwed on to a boss on the underside of the flange A<2>. The tube surrounds the spindle and passes down inside the tube E. The water which percolates through the opening D rises by capillary attraction between the tubes G, E as far as the first line of perforations in the latter tube, and forms a liquid seal. A tube, open at the top and bottom, fits inside the vessel A and rests on the flange H so that the residue from the carbide may be readily withdrawn from the cylinder A. The gas passes to the lamp through an orifice K in the flange A' and metal tubes L, L'. The tubes are connected by a short rubber tube L' which allows the gas to escape should the pressure become abnormally high.
Patent GB-190328229-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Shaving Apparatus.
Inventor: HERZ MAXIMILIAN
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,229. Herz, M. Dec. 23. Razors, safety. The spring r, which is split into three parts, holds the cutter c and the protector b in the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5 for stropping. The cutter and protector are moved about the centres i, g respectively, until they come into juxtaposition at right-angles to the position shown.
Patent GB-190403771-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sole-stitching Machine.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1905-02-15
Abstract: 3771. Clark, W., [Keats Maschinen Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 15. Boot-sole stitching-machines; lock-stitch shuttle sewing-machines ; work-supports; governing needle thread ; needles, hook, threading-devices for.-To enable the machine to sew work of varying thickness, the work-support is pivoted upon an eccentrically-mounted sheave h<1>, Fig. 9, and the time of releasing the needle thread and the length of loop made are rendered dependent upon the position of the work-support, and therefore upon the thickness of the material. The thread is periodically retained by a brake lever n which acts upon the tension device p. The lever is lifted by a cam e at a time dependent upon the position of the roller k which varies between the positions shown according to the position of the work-support. The thread-catcher, which receives the thread from the looper and places it upon the hook of the needle, is actuated from a cam by an adjustable lever. An arm of the thread-catcher engages a projection on the work-support in such a manner that the depression of the work-support causes the thread-catcher to move away from the needle and so form a loop of length according to the thickness of the work. The needle moves in a circular path 4, and passes through holes in the work-support. To prevent fouling the needle, horizontal motion is given to the work-support by its eccentric pivot h<1>, which is suitably rotated by a toothed sector z<1> as the work-support moves to accommodate the work.
Patent GB-190404397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for the Delivery of Sheets of Paper, and specially applicable for use in Connection with Printing.
Inventor: NEWCOMBE WILLIAM LISTER
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4397. Newcombe, W. L. Feb. 22. Delivery apparatus.-Relates to sheet delivery apparatus specially applicable to printing-machines having vertically-related delivery rollers 5, 6, and consists in turning the sheets, for face-up delivery upon a table 2, by means of horizontally-related rollers 13, 14 connected to the rollers 6, 5, respectively, by conveyer bands, strings, or the like 17. The end bands 17 on the roller 5 pass over the roller 13, under a third roller 15, and over the rollers 13, 14, the object being to prevent sheets from being carried round the roller 14. The roller 15 also increases the bend or curl of the sheets. One of the bands 17 may also be passed round the rollers 5, 21. The roller 21 prevents entanglement of any sheets which may have been bent or curled by the rollers 5, 6. Guide-wheels 19 and forks 20 are provided for the bands 17.
Patent GB-190410592-A (GB)
Title: A Collapsible Fire Guard.
Inventor: JACKSON THOMAS DAVID
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 10,592. Jackson, T. D., and Elwood, T. May 9 Fire-guards.-A collapsable fire-guard for use with domestic fireplaces consists of uprights or pillars a connected together by hinged couplings at b, and serving as supports for the lattice-work c, which is made up of a system of bars, pivotally connected together. The guard is maintained in a distended position by collapsable rods e furnished with swivel joints e<1> and ball joints e<2>. A hook f is provided to support the collapsable rod when elongated, and spring hooks g are connected to the uprights to secure the guard to the mantelpiece. The lattice-work is connected at the bottom to swivel pieces c<2>, and at the top is pivoted at c<1> to the uprights. These swivel pieces may be arranged at the top, and the lattice-work may be pivoted to the lower ends of the uprights, in which case it collapses upwards. The uprights may be of light rods or tubes and are mounted on runners or castors for portability.
Patent GB-190419313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Aerostats or Balloons.
Inventor: GREVILLE ARTHUR EDWIN
Filed: 1904-09-07
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 19,313. Greville, A. E. Sept. 7. AÙrostats are fitted with electrically - heated resistance-wire apparatus for heating the air or gas to control the ascent and descent. A loose jacket j, Fig. 1, of canvas, silk, skin, or the like may be attached to the lower edge of the aÙrostat by cords c and carries aluminium rings a, Fig. 2, which support, by means of radial non-conducting cords d of asbestos or other material, hoops f, preferably of asbestos, on which are arranged resistance wires e of german silver or other imperfectly-conducting metal, the wires being heated to a temperature just below redness. The lower hoops are suspended from the topmost one by means of asbestos or other cords h or by aluminium rods, and the current is supplied from a battery or dynamo on the balloon, or on the earth when the balloon is captive, the conductors g being preferably naked wires of aluminium. Air or gas may be used in the aÙrostat, or a separate aÙrostat may be provided within, around, beside, upon, or beneath the main aÙrostat, and supplied with heated air or gas. The heating-rings may be carried in a separate box in the car, fitted with a fan or other means to facilitate circulation. The fan may be driven by an electromotor.
Patent GB-190420106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives.
Inventor: EVANGELIDI NICOLAS
Filed: 1904-09-17
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 20,106. Evangelidi, N. Sept. 17. Explosives.-Consists of a mixture of potassium chlorate, potassium ferricyanide, glycerine, and wood charcoal, the preferred proportions being 780: 375 :60 : 65. A granulated powder is prepared by replacing one - half of the charcoal by tannin.
Patent GB-190423753-A (GB)
Title: Improved Passenger Transfer Tickets for Use on Tramway Cars and the like
Inventor: JACK JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,753. Jack, J. Nov. 3. Omnibus and like tickets. -Passenger transfer tickets for use on tramcars &c., to enable a passenger to complete with the same ticket a journey req uiring a change of tramcars, are marked with the date and a list of each hour during which the tramcar service continues, and also with a list of the names of the transfer or changing points A-A &c., which is divided into two or more columns of different colours or shades if the journey is available for more than two stages. Thus, for example, in a ticket available for four stages, if the passenger gets on the car when distant three stages from the transfer point A-A, the conductor punches the ticket in the third column of the row A-A, as at x, at the same time punching the ticket as at y, to indicate the hour before which the second part of the journey must be completed. During the latter, the ticket is cancelled by being punched through the words " One stage," If distant two stages from the point A-A, the ticket is punched in this column and cancelled on the second journey by punching the words "Two stages." Tickets available for two, three, and five stages are also described.
Patent GB-190425739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beam-warping Machines for Beaming Yarns or Threads or Forming them into Warps or other similar Assemblages of Yarns or Threads from Bobbins, Cheeses or Cops mounted in Creels.
Inventor: SEELEY ALFRED
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,739. Seeley, A. Nov. 26. Yarns, warping and beaming; warp beams.-The yarn-guiding comb a, Fig. 2, is given a longitudinal movement to distribute the yarns properly, and a vertical movement to equalize the wear on the dents of the comb. In the form shown, the comb is fixed to a bar i provided with rollersj which run up fixed inclines g. The bar i is adjustably fixed by a nut w to a screwed rod r, which may be turned to effect the adjustment by a handle y. The rod r is reciprocated axially by an eccentric p on a shaft which is connected to the roller shaft k by worm gearing. Cams and levers or other means may be used instead of the eccentric and inclines. The rollers over which the yarns pass are mounted to revolve on antifriction bowls or in ball or roller bearings. Beam barrels, either solid or tubular, are formed of paper, strengthened, if desired, by metal, wood, or paper &c. brushes or collars. The paper may be treated with varnish, shellac, wax, &c., or covered with rubber. Fig. 7 shows a barrel made of a paper tube 8 with wood &c. blocks 9, 10 mounted on a shaft 11. Collars 12 fixed to the shaft have projections 13 engaging with the blocks 9. In another form, the tube 8, Fig. 8, is secured to a wooden bush 14 provided with pivots 15 having spiked collars 16. Flanges 18 are fixed as usual. A paper covering may be used for restoring the ordinary wooden barrels when worn. The drums used for driving the beam barrels may be constructed like the barrels, and these drums, or wooden or iron drums, may be covered with rubber, vulcanite, or other material not attacked by the water, acid, &c. in the yarns.
Patent GB-190428525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Standards for Electric Tramcars and the like.
Inventor: MOUNTAIN MONTAGUE BROWN
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 28,525. Mountain, M. B., and Gibson, G. M. Dec. 28. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Collectors.-The upper or vertically-swivelling part of the head of a trolley standard is provided with a door for purposes of inspection, and is made to fit over, and thus prevent access of moisture to, the lower or horizontally-swivelling portion, which is mounted on specially arranged ball bearings on the vertical post on the car. Fig. 2 shows the vertically-swivelling portion c, preferably provided with the inspection cover e and carrying internal trunnions engaging the crosshead h on the boom tension rod g, which is connected through tension springs to a tension nut at the lower end of the inner tube j, and encloses the conductor cable k. The horizontally-swivelling portion b fits inside the portion c, and has a depending flange b<1> between which and a flange a<1> on the vertical post a are situated the ball bearings. A double row of balls f run in three ball-race rings, the upper and lower rings e', e<3> fitting tightly around the flange b<1> and in the flange a' respectively, while the middle ring e<2> is loose. Slots are made in the portion b, if necessary, to admit the trunnions and thus allow the boom to rise to its greatest height. When the boom is in its lowest position, the portions b, c engage one another and prevent further downward movement. A trolley standard of this construction may be used with ordinary ball bearings, and the arrangement of ball bearings shown may be fitted to trolley standards of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190428854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to Covers for Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE HENRY WILMOT
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,854. Cave, H. W. Cave-Browne-. Dec. 30. Tyres, pneumatic.-A tyre cover is made by winding a strip 1 of cotton or rubber fabric, or other suitable material, helically around two rings 2 of wire, the distance apart of which is the required width of the cover. The strip is widest where the loops touch at the centre of the cover and narrowest at the edges of the cover, and is such that, when the cover is made to conform to the shape of the tyre, its adjacent portions touch all along their edges. One or more strips may be used, and the same strip may be wound more than once around the circumference of the cover.
Patent GB-190502124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Producers.
Inventor: BELL HUGH POYNTER
Filed: 1905-02-03
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 2124. Bell, H. P. Feb. 3. Generators or producers.-In a plant for the manufacture of producer gas, three producers are connected by pipes provided with v a l v e s which can be so operated that, while the direction of flow of the gas remains the same, the points at which air is admitted and gas drawn off can be varied, so that each producer may be first, second, or third of the series. Air and steam enter at A and pass through the series to the right ; or the centre producer may be the first, the gases passing to the outlet G by the pipes D, E, F, A, B ; or, starting with the last producer F, A, B, C, D represents the order of passage. The heated gas may be used for generation of steam and heating the air supply, and the movement of the valves made reversible so that the above three stages succeed in the reverse order. No special valve or producer is employed, and fuel is preferably introduced into the second producer at any stage.
Patent GB-190503558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Casement Opening Mechanism
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES PHIPSON
Filed: 1905-02-21
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 3558. Showell, C. P. Feb. 21. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Consists in mounting in a three-sided bracket 16, Figs. 1 and 3, the bevel-wheels 18, 15, which are secured to a screw 10 carrying a nut connected to a casement by a link 8 and bracket 6. The cord pulley 20, formed in one with the bevelwheel 18, is surrounded by a ferrule 22, Fig. 3, provided with holes 23, through which the cord passes.
Patent GB-190510330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopic Masts for Signalling & other purposes
Inventor: LINDER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 10,330. Linder, C. May 17. Posts.-A cable runs between the sections of a telescopic post and under rollers at the lower end of each section, so that the post can be extended by winding up the cable. Four lengths C, D, E, F of steel or iron tubing are shown in the Figures, the outer one C being closed by a base-plate a, which serves as a support for the tube D when lowered. The tubes D, E carry pins b, c, which support the tubes E, F respectively, and the three sliding tubes D, E, F are provided with friction rollers d. The tubes E, F carry grooved wheels e, f, which project through slots in the sides of the tubes. A collar g with a projection g<1> is attached to the top of the tube F, the projection entering a V groove h to keep the tubes in their proper positions. Ropes G, H are attached to eyes g' on the collar g, are led through the eyes of pegs k in the ground, and are fastened to eyes i of a collar j on the tube D. The tubes D, E have pulleys to guide the chain or cable, and the tube C supports the handle winch I, consisting of a drum l, a ratchet m, and a retaining-pawl n. The handle o is provided with a ratchet wrench of ordinary construction, and the base-plate p of the winch is fastened to the tube C between straps s, t, by a wedge, locking bolt q, and swivel r The operating chain or cable K is fixed inside the tube E, and passes round the puiley f, up the opposite side, over the pulley 1, and similarly for the other tubes. In the arrangement shown, the tube D is drawn out by hand and fastened by a pin. The Provisional Specification states that the extended tubes may be secured in position by spring catches.
Patent GB-190510417-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Transfer Frame for Lithographic Printing in Colours
Inventor: DONATH ERNST
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 10,417. Donath, E. May 17. Transfers; transferring designs &c.-Relates to a transfer frame for stretching transfer sheets to enlarge the design somewhat on some of the stones &c., so as to compensate for the expansion of the printing-paper during the first impression in multicolour printing. It comprises a rectangular frame a to which are fitted four angle-irons b<1>, b<2>, b<3> b<4>, secured by means of slots c and screws d. Flat bars e\ e', e<3>, e<4> are secured to the angle-irons by screws f. Through the angle-irons b<1> &c. and the bars e<1> &c. pass adjusting-screws x, the inner ends of which bear against the rectangular frame a. Over each of the angle-irons is placed a strip z of oilcloth, secured at one edge by the bar e<1> &c. and at the other by spiral springs h attached by means of a wire rod i sewn to the edge of the cloth. The transfer sheet is secured to the oilcloth by an adhesive. The adjusting-screws x are then operated to move the angle-irons b<1> &c. outwards and stretch the transfer sheet as required. The design is transferred while the transfer sheet is under tension. The transfer frame is adjusted in the machine by pieces n secured to the frame a by a slot-and-bolt connexion o,p.