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Patent GB-190313010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Printing-presses and the like.
Inventor: BARBER THOMAS WALTER
Filed: 1903-06-10
Granted: 1904-06-10
Abstract: 13,010. Barber, T. W. June 10. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.- The reciprocating table C of a printing press carries a cylinder E having a piston F, the pistonrods F<1> of which are connected at their ends to blocks free to slide in short vertical guides on the main framing, to allow for any irregularity in the movement of the bed. Fluid uoder pressure is admitted to each end of the cylinder alternately, by a four-way cock, or by a slide valve, which may reciprocate with the table and be actuated by adjustable tappets or projections on the main framework, so that, by varying the position of the tappets, the travel of the bed may be varied. The valve may also be fixed to the framework and be operated by projections on the moving parts, and cushioning may also be arranged, to give the table a rapid but gentle motion.
Patent GB-190313456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft-couplings or Power Transmitting Devices.
Inventor: HUNT CHARLES WALLACE
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 13,456. Hunt, C. W. June 16. Shaft couplings.-Relates to a coupling for shafts which are not in exact alignment. Each shaft a b earries a disc c, d, one embracing the other but leaving a clearance space, and pins f, g project from the discs. When the shafts always rotate in one direction a rope h or other flexible connector is passed alternately round the pins in one direction, and for transmitting power in both directions a second rope i wound in the reverse direction is also employed. Guard-plates k, l secured to the pins f<1>, g<1> prevent the ropes from slipping off.
Patent GB-190315693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-feeding Devices for Game and for other Kept Birds.
Inventor: GREY WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-15
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 15,693. Grey, W. July 15. Measured quantities, delivering. - Birds may obtain a predetermined quantity of food by pulling a cord or chain connected with a perforated block which slides between the two perforated bottoms of a hopper. The compartments f in the valve e normally coincide with the perforations b in the upper bottom, but, when the block is moved, they come over the corresponding perforations d in the lower bottom, and so discharge the cereal or other granular food which has fallen into them from the hopper. The slide c is moved by means of a vertical cord or chain carrying a bead or similar article, and attached to a pivoted lever h connected with the slide. The slide is returned to its original position by a spring m, or a weight, noise being prevented by a rubber, cork, or other block n. Means can be provided for adjusting the size of the compartments f. One large hole may be made in the lower bottom c, and detachable stops may be provided so as to regulate the number of compartments f which discharge through it.
Patent GB-190316352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Musical Instruments.
Inventor: FLEMMINGS ROBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1904-07-23
Abstract: 16,352. Flemmings, R. F. July 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Banjoes, guitars, mandolins, and like instruments played by plucking tuning.-A musical instrument in which strings are plucked by the fingers has strengthening-pieces for the frames, acentral longitudinal strut within the hollow body, having the neck attached thereto, and internal wires approximately parallel to the strut, which can be tuned by keys, so as to resonate to the strings which are played. The back 1, Fig. 2, sides 3, and front of the body are secured together by glue and corner stay-strips 4. To them are secured four arms 6 on the head-block 5 and four arms 8 on a foot-block 7. The grain of the wood is in the direction of these arms. There are also transverse stiffeners 9. The neck 10, Fig. 6, carrying the usual tuning pins and fingerboard 12, has a circular hub 13 fitting into a hole in the head-block 5, and receives and is secured to the end of the central strut 40. The lower end of the fingerboard is supported clear of the lower end of the neck and the upper end of the front of the body 2, while the neck carries a metal plate 15, pressing tightly on the front. The external strings, which are plucked in playing, pass over a bridge which is like an inverted U in cross-section, with the edges resting upon the front-board 2. To the re-inforcing plates 19, Fig. 2, are attached, by means of studs 20, the internal strings 21, which pass over bridges 22, 23, to tuning keys 24 on the arm 25. Each key consists of a stem 27, Fig. 12, with a collar 26, a square head 28, and an upper threaded part 29 terminating in a smaller square head 30, by means of which the key is rotated to tighten the string whose end passes through the hole 31<a>. There are two washers 32, which have circular holes passing freely over the square portion 28, and another 31 which fits that portion. The nut 33 is chambered out at its lower end, and has a milled head 34'. Through bearings in the lugs 34 on the bridge 23 fixed to the stiffener 9, the rod 35 can be rotated or slid by means of an external button B. It is placed below the strings 21, and carries a picker arm 36, which is held in a recess 37 when not in use, but can be moved to pluck each of the internal strings and sound them for tuning purposes.
Patent GB-190405019-A (GB)
Title: Railway Block Signalling Systems
Inventor: MORTON JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5019. Morton, J., and Carson, H. Feb. 29. Signals on engines; signalling to cabins; contacts, mechanical. - Relates to non-automatic block systems in which 'danger' signals are given by bells on trains, operated from cabins, and the passage of trains is recorded by electric-bell signals in the cabins. Fig. 1 shows schematically a unit of the installation. for one cabin. As an engine travels towards the right it makes the elec. tric contact 8, whereupon a bell b is rung in the cabin, and the Section being clear the signalman puts over the lever 7, moving the signal wire s so that the spur-wheels 2, 3, 4, 5 with which chains on the wire engage are simultaneously turned through half a revolution from the position shown. The vertical pins 6 upon the outside wheels are thus brought nearest to the rail R and the others removed, so that, if another engine attempts to enter the section, a horizontal lever 12, Fig. 3, thereon, will strike the pin and rotate the shaft 10, spur-wheels 13, 14, and double hammer 15 for a bell 16 in the engine cab, the spring 17 afterwards returning the parts and again sounding the bell. A second contact made at 8 as the engine passes the wheel 4 warns the signalman to restore the parts to the position shown in order that the engine alarm may not be sounded on leaving the section. The wheels 3, 4 are each placed one - eighth of a section within it. The apparatus of Fig. 3 is provided on both sides of the engine to render the system independent of the direction in which the engine faces, and the electric contacts are made by a depending arm carrying a roller at its lower end, two arms at an angle on the same spindle being provided, one for contacts 8, and the other for contacts 9, which are placed on the opposite side ofthe track and sound a bell of different tone in the cabin to distinguish the two directions of motion. The appropriate arm is placed in the operative position by a lever and linkwork on the engine. From each cabin four independent units are worked for one line, arranged to overlap so that the first has wheel 2 three-quarters of a section back towards the preceding cabin, and wheel 5 onequarter of a section forwards towards the next cabin, the other units being placed in the forward direction at intervals of a quarter section, so that the fourth unit starts at the cabin and ends at the next cabin forward.
Patent GB-190407754-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sprinkler for Aerating and Distributing Water, Sewage, Manufacturers Waste Products and other Liquids.
Inventor: COWIE ALEXANDER MITCHELL
Filed: 1904-04-02
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 7754. Cowie, A. M. April 2. Sewage, treating ; spraying. -Apparatus for sprinkling, and thus aerating, water, sewage, &c. consists of a disc A constructed with radiating blades a, upon which the liquid ejected from nozzles c, c' impinges, so as to cause the disc to revolve on the axle A'. The liquid is supplied to the nozzles from the pipe B through the cranked pipes C, C<1>. Additional nozzles may be provided, the sprinkler may rotate on ball bearings, and the disc may be perforated.
Patent GB-190407838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Medico-electrical Apparatus.
Inventor: TROTTER JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7838. Trotter, J. April 5. Electricity, administering.-In electric medical apparatus, an induction coil is so connected with a number of mechanically-operated make-and-break devices that, by moving a single switch, any one of these may be brought into use. In Fig. 1, two breaks A', A' are shown, operated by the motors B', B<2>. The main positive lead D is connected through the switch E to the motors, and through the arm E<1> of a double switch to the coil C and thence to the make-and-break devices. The negative terminals of the motors and breaks are connected to pairs of contact-studs J<1>, J'. A double plug switch H<1>, H<2> connected to the main negative lead G may be engaged with any one pair of studs J<1>, J' and so bring the corresponding make-andbreak device into circuit. Where a low voltage is employed, the negative leads from the motor and the make-and-break device may be brought to a single contact-stud, and a single plug switch may be employed.
Patent GB-190411345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: PEASGOOD JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 11,345. Peasggod, J. F. May 17. Acetylene. - In an acetylene generator, the generating-cylinder a is supplied with water by the pipe b terminating in the vertical pipe c and funnel d, preferably fixed to the gas holder e. The pipe f communicates with the annular water space of the gas holder e, and is connected to the counterweighted swivelling pipe g, the outlet end of which is normally above the level of the water in the gas holder. As the bell h of the gas holder descends, a projection on the bar i attached to the bell depresses the outlet end of the pipe g, and water drops into the funnel d and passes to the generator. As the bell rises, the outlet end of the pipe g rises, and the flow of water stops ; or the inlet part of the water-supply pipe may be so constructed instead of the outlet. The funnel d is provided with a cover n pivoted on a rod o, which may be a continuation of the rod i, and has a twist or other equivalent to move the cover n over the funnel when the outlet end of the pipe g is above the water level. The gas passes from the gas holder by a perforated pipe into and through the purifier l to the main outlet tap m. The pipe r has a three-way cock s by means of which the generator is connected with the outside atmosphere when the gas holder is shut off.
Patent GB-190421491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke in Steam-generator and other Furnaces
Inventor: LEE JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 21,491. Lee, J. Oct. 6. Smoke-consuming.-Two firebridges D, D' are employed in conjunction with a hanging wall F. Air is admitted to the space between the two bridges by an aperture E, and steam by a pipe G.
Patent GB-190422649-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus for Sorting Nut-coal and similar Material and for Relieving it of Water.
Inventor: RATH WILHELM
Filed: 1904-10-20
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,649. Rath, W. Oct. 20. Sifting coal &c.-In apparatus for sorting nutcoal and other materials, and separating the water, the coal &c., which has been subjected to a preliminary classification and washing, arrives from the settling-boxes by the channels c, and passes into a series of flat or trough-shaped sieves a arranged one above the other. Or a series of revolving concentric cylindrical sieves may be used. The sieves are of decreasing mesh from top to bottom of the series, or form the innermost to the outermost, the largest coal being delivered to the uppermost or innermost sieve and the smallest to the lowermost or outermost sieve, so that the small coal passing any sieve is added to the coal on the next sieve, and so on. The inclined delivery ends of the channels c may be provided with sieve bottoms, so as to separate most of the water before reaching the grading-apparatus.
Patent GB-190425562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Laying Railway Fog Signals.
Inventor: WALKER ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-12-23
Abstract: 25,562. Walker, A. G., Walker, A. W., and Woolley, H. D. Nov. 24. Fog signals; hand-levers.-In detonator fog-signalling apparatus, a vertical pile dotonato magazine is employed, from which the detonators are successively delivered at the bottom, and then pushed along a horizontal slide on to the track rail by a lever actuated by a special hand-lever in the cabin or on the track. Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation and Fig. 3 a plan view of the apparatus. A weight 6 rests upon the pile of detonators 3 and carries an indicator 7 projecting through a slot in the magazine 4 to indicate the number of unexploded detonators remaining. The weight 6 is deeper than a detonator and carries a projection 8 engaging in a slot 9 in the delivery lever 10, so as lock the apparatus when it arrives at the bottom of the magazine, which is removably fixed in a horizontal case 1 leading the detonators to the track rail 2. An elbow lever 10 is connected at its end 18 by a rod to the hand-lever, and upon actuation reciprocates a slide 11 beneath the magazine, so pushing the detonators 3 successively forward until the foremost detonator passes over a weighted catch 13. The detonators move in a channel 12 in the case 1. Before passing over the catch 13, the end of the lever 10 falls into a notch 14 in the detonator holder, which is then pushed over the catch 13 by the lever 10 and subsequently on to the rail 2, although it may be temporarily withdrawn from the rail by the lever 10, the catch 13 however preventing further backward movement of the detonator. The lever 10 releases itself from the notch 14 in an exploded detonator on its return jonrney by riding upwards on weighted pawls 15, which then direct the end of the lever 10 into the notch 14 of the next holder behind the catch 13. A weighted pawl 17 prevents movement of the slide 11 except when it lifted by an inclined projection on the lever 10 as this lever 10 returns. The detonator holders are formed, as shown in Fig. 7, with a bent-over portion 37, 36 forming a buttress, so that the detonators may push one another along the slide. The operating hand-lever 19, Fig. 5, is provided with a pawl 20 on each side engaging a corresponding toothed portion 22 on the quadrant during a part of each stroke. The teeth on each side of the quadrant are oppositely inclined, so that the lever 19 is prevented from making a portion only of a stroke and then returning. A cover may be provided to close the slide 1, Fig. 2, and lock the delivery mechanism while the magazine 4 is removed.
Patent GB-190428408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rope or Cable Clips
Inventor: DERBYSHIRE JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,408. Derbyshire, J., and Derbyshire, H. M. Dec. 27. Rope grips.-Relates to rope clips for hauling tubs &c. in mines &c. Within open jaws d forming part of one gripping-member a, is mounted a lever f formed with or connected to a cam g engaging the other gripping-member l. Thus, on the load being applied to the lever f, both jaws, which are formed partially to embrace the rope, are forced towards each other upon the rope. To prevent accidental unlocking and allow of haulage in both directions, a wedge n pivoted to a sliding collar o is held between the cam g and member l by means of a collar p &c. The member l has a renewable gripping-surface. Modifications in the relative disposition of the parts may be made.
Patent GB-190428789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Sewage or other Liquid by Air Pressure.
Inventor: ALLIOTT JAMES BINGHAM
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 28,789. Alliott, J. B., and Philps, A. M. Dec. 29. Direct air-pressure apparatus. - In apparatus for raising sewage or liquids, of the type in which chambers are discharged alternately by compressed air, the valves are arranged so that the opening of one vessel to the air supply not only cuts it off from the exhaust, but, simultaneously, opens the other chamber to the atmosphere. After discharge, one chamber is kept under a slight pressure of air until the other chamber is fully charged. Each vessel is fitted with a slide valve f operated by a weighted float and lever. This valve distributes air to the outer ends of the cylinders 7, 7<a>, to the inner ends of which compressed air is supplied through the pipes 8<b>, 8<c>. The cylinder g, joining the cylinders 7, 7<a>, has pressure ports 1, 1<a>, preliminary exhaust ports 2, 2<a>, and final exhaust ports 3, 3<a>. The pressure ports are controlled by pistons 4, 4<a>, connected by rods h, h<1> to the pistons 5, 5<a> integral with the pistons 6, 6<a> and controlling the ports 2, 2<a>. The ports 3, 3<a> are controlled by the piston k, which is separate from, but actuated by, the pistons 4, 4<a>. Pressure-relief valves j, j<1> are fitted to the preliminary exhaust passages. In a modification, one vessel only is used, and the valve k is connected to the piston 4<a>, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190502830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoves for Drying Japanned Goods and for other Drying Purposes
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 2830. Evered & Co., and Griffin, T. G. Feb. 11. Heating air.-A stove for drying japanned ware such as bedsteads and for other drying purposes consists of a series of chambers arranged in pairs one above another upon a plate iron floor, beneath which is a series of hot-air flues communicating by way of dampercontrolled passages with each h chamber of the " s t o v e." A sectional plan of the drying-stove is shown in Fig. 1, and a transverse section is shown in Fig. 3. Zigzag passages b for heating air are formed beneath the floor a by partitions c, c<2>, and arranged axially within them is a flue f communicating with the furnace d and stack e. Air entering the passage b at g travels in an opposite direction to the furnace gases, and becomes highly heated. The heated air enters a receiver B, arranged at the back of the chambers A beneath the floor, and finally escapes to the chambers by means of passages controlled by dampers h. The fumes from the drying-chambers escape by means of pipes to the stack e. E a c h chamber is provided with a door p for inserting and removing articles, and a cold-air inlet r for regulating the temperature. The upper chambers, shown in Fig. 3, are provided with hot-air inlets controlled by dampers h, and communicate with a receiver n, which is connected by means of a passage n<2> with the hot-air receiver B.
Patent GB-190503042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games.
Inventor: BURBANK WILLARD
Filed: 1905-02-14
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 3042. Burbank, W. March 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Games played with balls, marbles, pockets, and projectors; throwing-appliances.-The apparatus is shown in longitudinal and transverse section in Figs. 3 and 2 respectively. A marble &c. is placed in the head 19 of a projecting-device, and thrown into one of the pockets 3, 4, 5, 8. If it enters the pocket 5, it drops on to an inclined groove 6 and rolls into a chamber 15. The projector consists of two sliding pieces 20, 26 connected by a cord 27 passing round a pulley 28, the upper piece 20 being drawn forward by an elastic band 32. Upon the lower slide 26 baing drawn out by means of a handle 29 attached to it, and then released, the upper slide 20 flies back under the influence of the elastic band 32, and strikes the lower end of the arm 18 which carries the receptacle 19 containing the marble &c.
Patent GB-190505363-A (GB)
Title: Means for Locking Together Screw Nuts and Bolts.
Inventor: DESCOURS-DESACRES ALEXANDRE MA
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 5363. Desacres, A. M. Descours-. June 3, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Locking nuts.-A nut is locked by a headed pin being driven into coincident grooves A, B in the nut and bolt. In the example illustrated, there are six grooves in the bolt and five in the nut. The pin is retained by its head engaging between the threads on the bolt. The groove A are extended on the rear face of the nut to enable a bent pin to be inserted if there is insufficient space above the nut.
Patent GB-190508650-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tubular Adjustable Douche Bag or Can Holder.
Inventor: PASLEY CLAUD BURGOYNE
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 8650. Pasley, C. B., and Fannin, T. A. April 22. Telescopic standards.- A telescopic stand, suitable for holding douche bags or cans, consists of a series of tubes A, B, C, D, provided with clamping- screws a, b, c, d. The lowest tube A is formed with buttresses d, e, enabling it to be attached by a strap to a bed-post. The upper end D has a hook clip or the like for holding the douche bag. The stand may also have a foot or reversible spike to form an independent support.
Patent GB-190508931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Points or Switches for Electric Tramways Working upon the Slot Conduit Systems.
Inventor: CONNETT ALBERT NEUMANN
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 8931. Connett, A. N. April 27. Electric tramways on the conduit system, in which the conduit is arranged beneath the slot of one of the track rails. Conduits ; points and switches.-Consists in mechanism for operating, and means for strengthening or supporting the combined conduit and trackrail point tongue. Fig. 4 shows a sectional view taken transverse to the track rail. The point tongue a, which is of the usual construction, is supported by a lower tongue d, movable about the same pivot but capable of receiving a greater transverse movement. When the lower tongue is moved into either of its two extreme positions, it fits into one or other of the recesses e and forms a support for the upper tongue without blocking the slot of the conduit. A projection x on the tongue a fits into a slot y in the tongue d, the slot being of such a length that, when the lower tongue is moved into either of its extreme positions, the upper tongue is simultaneously moved into its corresponding extreme position. The tongue d is in turn operated in a similar manner by the movable yoke f which slides in the guides g. The slot i is of such a length that, when the yoke is moved into either of its extreme positions, the tongue d, and therefore the tongue a, are moved into their corresponding extreme position. The yoke is operated by the lever m, the lower end of which slides in the standard v against the spring n. The broken lines indicate the position of the levers when reversed. As the lever m is, in both extreme positions, nearly parallel to the lever o, the points are also locked when in-their extreme positions.