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Patent GB-190204617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Lining Casks, Barrels, and the like Vessels.
Inventor: RUSSELL HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1902-02-24
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 4617. Russell, H. C. Feb. 24. Linings; coating casks.- In lining casks with paraffin wax or other suitable composition, apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1 is used. The tank a containing the lining- material is fitted within a vessel b containing water, which is heated by a steam pipe c. Within the tank a is a measuring vessel e, through which passes the discharge pipe f fitted with a nozzle f<2>, which is adapted to enter the bunghole of the cask. An elbow pipe g, fitted with a valve h, actuated by a lever j, leads from the pipe f to the cover e<1> of the vessel e. The lid e<1> is also fitted with a non - return valve t, which can be actuated from the outside by a lever n. A perforated pipe o containing a thermometer is fitted in the lid a<1> of the tank a, and passes through the lid e<1>. The valve h being opened, the vessel e fills with the wax, which is forced up the pipe f by compressed air entering by the pipe, the compressed air also serving to close the valve l.
Patent GB-190205406-A (GB)
Title: A Grinding or Sharpening Attachment for Machines in which Milling Cutters or the like are Employed.
Inventor: CUTLAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 5406. Cutlan, F. March 4. Milling.-Relates to a device for sharpening the milling-cutters or other rotary cutters used in machines for working metal, wood, or leather in the manufacture of boots and shoes. An emery wheel or the like A of suitable section is mounted on a spindle A<2> carried by an arm A<1> pivoted at B<1> to a bracket fixed to the machine. The blades D' of the cutter D may be pressed against the grinding- wheel by hand. The spindle A' may be rotated by belt gearing as shown, or by other gearing or directly by an electromotor. The grinding-wheel may be swung into or out of position, and held in its inoperative position by a catch G engaging with the arm A<1>. The grinding-wheel may be carried by a slide instead of on the arm A<1>.
Patent GB-190216179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers
Inventor: FOLEY NELSON
Filed: 1902-07-21
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 16,179. Foley, N. Oct. 4, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Water-tube boilers -Two steam drums a, bare connected respectively to the back and front headers and connected together above and below the water line, the latter acting as a steam sepa- rator, while the other acts as a still chamber from which the steam is taken ; the back steam drum is also connected by large return-circulation tubes f to the tops of the front headers, whence internal- circulation tubes g conduct the returning circula- tion water to the bottoms of the headers in order that the lower generating-tubes may receive the first supply. The bottom rows of generating- tubes, which are larger than the others, are prefer- ably connected in front to a separate horizontal header c, with which all the main front headers communicate. The middle headers preferably have no generating-tubes connected to them, so that a central combustion chamber for the furnace gases is formed in connection with baffle-plates q, Fig. 2. Spaces are provided between the front headers for the insertion of scrapers or steam nozzles for cleaning the outsides of the tubes. The insides of the tubes are cleaned through doors in the headers, the circulation tubes g, within the front headers, being arranged to be lifted to permit of the insertion of the cleaning- tools. A feed water-heater l is arranged in the uptake.
Patent GB-190221037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Telegraphs
Inventor: MCDONALD JOSEPH WESLEY
Filed: 1902-09-27
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 21,037. McDonald, J. W. Jan. 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telegraphs.-Relates to a mechanical transmitter. The apparatus has a keyboard similar to a typewriter, and each key serves to operate a disc carrying contacts and adapted to send signals corresponding to the character on the key. Figs. 1 and 3 show the construction. The discs 6, of which there may be any desired number, are mounted on a spindle 5, and are provided with the suitable arrangement of contact-strips 7, 8 which connect the brushes 13, 14 connected to the battery and line wires. The disc is rotated, when a key is depressed, by the clutch 27 connecting the wheel 19, through gearing with a shaft 34 driven at a suitable speed.
Patent GB-190308976-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Holding and Adjusting the Position of Artists' Canvasses and the like.
Inventor: WELLMAN ALFRED ERNEST
Filed: 1903-04-21
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 8976. Wellman, A. E. April 21. Easels.-In an arrangement for altering the angle between an artist's canvas or like object and the easel, a clamp a is fixed by a screw bolt to the easel. A boss e screws into the clamp a so as to form a swivel, and through the boss passes a screwed rod c, the front end of which terminates in one jaw of a clamp b, the other jaw being attached to a screwed rod b<1>. The clamp b holds the top or side of the canvas A, which may thus be adjusted by turning the rod c by a handle d.
Patent GB-190310989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toy Guns.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 10,989. Boult, A. J., [Mason, J. B.]. May 14. Toy guns.-Relates to a toy gun, which resembles an ordinary one, and is adapted to explode a paper percussion cap &c., and, if desired, to project a light missile. The barrel a has a breech casing b, and the stock c is secured to a breechhousing d, pivotally connected to the breech casing b by a pin e, which carries the trigger f In the breech of the barrel, there is a plug g containing an explosion chamber l, an anvil m, and a recess n to receive a percussion cap. A light missile i can be passed into a pocket h through an opening k in the barrel a, which can be closed by a cover x carried by the breech housing. A breech-block p, carrying a plunger s and held closed by a spring r, closes the explosion chamber, and prevents fragments of the cap from flying out and striking the child using the gun. A slot t is formed in the breech housing, through which the upper part of the hammer v projects, and which, in the fixing position, is closed by the hammer. Opening the gun to the position for loading, Fig. 2, cocks the hammer. The parts are held in position, when closed, by bosses 6 springing into sockets 5. If sufficient force be applied in opening the gun, the slot t will pass over the hammer and permit the parts to be folded together for packing &c.
Patent GB-190313347-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fishing Hook.
Inventor: EVANS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,347. Evans, T. June 15. Fish.-hooks.-Relates to a fishing-hook suitable for bait, worm, or fly fishing, and adaptab!e for river, sea, or other water, and consists in the pivoting of a small barbed lever upon a pin in such a manner that, when the fish attack the bait, it swings outwards and secures the prey. Figs. 3 and 4 show one form of the hook, which consists of a single barbed lever C pivoted at H in a slot in the metal pin A. In Fig. 3 the lever is shown in position ready to be baited. The lever is made thick at J so as to limit its outward movement to the position shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 8 shows a slight modification in which the pin A is itself sharpened and the lever works in a closed slot. Fig. 12 shows a modification in which the lever is doublebarbed, and the line or gut K is passed through the hole B and fastened to the lever. In a modification, the end B of the pin is bent into a loop and the gut passed therethrough. The hole B may, however, have the form shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 8. It is stated that the hook or lever may be easily disgorged, and that it is not liable to entanglement with brambles and the like.
Patent GB-190317865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compound Engines, particularly adapted for Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: WHITE ROLLIN HENRY
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 17,865. White, R. H. Dec. 1, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Compound engines. -A. compound engine is converted into a single engine by putting the highpressure v a l v e - chest c, Fig. 4, into communication with the lowpressure one d by means of a valve t and passage k, by cutting off the low-pressure valve-chest from the passage e, Fig. 3, leading from the highpressure exhaust port by means of the valve j, and by opening the passage e to an outlet by a valve h. The three valves t, j, and h are worked by a rock-shaft n which is held in the position shown for working compound by a spring p, and, when the engine is used on automobiles, the rockshaft is connected to a foot lever which extends through the floor of the car.
Patent GB-190319753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplers for Railway Carriages.
Inventor: WILLISON JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 19,753. Willison, J. Sept. 14. Couplings, automatic.-In an automatic coupling in which a coupling-knuckle d, Fig. 4, is mounted on a vertical pivot pin f and is formed with a tail f<1> for engaging a vertically-sliding locking-block b, the block b is arranged to be lifted out of the way of the tail f<1> by pulling a rod a, extending to the side of the carriage when it is desired to uncouple. The rod a acts on the block b by means of a lever a', Fig. 2, one end of which is stepped in a hollow snug d<1> on the knuckle d while the other end passes through an eye at the end of the rod a, over an inclined surface c', Fig. 3, on a downward projection of the coupling-head, and under an oppositelyinclined surface b<1> on the block b, so that pulling the rod a lifts the block b. When the block b is raised to the required height, a notch b<2> in the block engages a ridge a<3> on the lever a' and becomes locked in the raised position. On uncoupling, a raised portion f<2> Fig. 4, of the tail f<1> engages a lug on the block b and lifts it slightly, thus allowing the lever a' and the rod a to fall back so that, on coupling again, the block b can once more fall into locking position. It is prevented from being jerked up from this position by a hooked extension e taking under the lever a, which itself takes under a projection e<1> of the coupling- head. After the block b has been raised by pulling the rod a, a continued pull on the rod moves the coupling-knuckle into the uncoupled position, the opposite end of the lever a' now acting as its fulcrum. The lever a<1> is retained in the snug d<1> by a shoulder a<2> and a projection d' on the coupling-head, which may be the end of the pivot pin. The knuckle may be opened by a direct connection with the rod a, and the locking-block may be locked in its locking position by a finger on the rod a engaging a ledge on the block. In the Provisional Specification, the rod a is described as acting directly on the block b without the intermediation of the lever a'.
Patent GB-190401167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Acting Mules and Twiners
Inventor: ASA LEES AND COMPANY LTD
Filed: 1904-01-16
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1167. Lees & Co., A., and Clegg, J. Jan. 16. Mules and twiners.- Relates to mechanism for transferring the taking- in belt from the backing- off pulley 2 to the taking- in pulley 3, and vice versÔ, so as to avoid shock. The belt remains on the pulley 2 during the out- ward run of the carriage 10, and a cam on a driven shaft indicated by the centre line 16 acts as usual through a cam- fork lever to release the taking-in lever, which is thus left dependent on the backing-off operation and is released, and lifted clear of a projection on the strap fork lever 8, when this operation is completed. A coiled spring 14 then acts on the levers 8 to move the belt partially on to the pulley 3. the extent being limited by an adjustable bowl 9 on the carriage coming against a pivoted lever 11 connected by a bar 13 with the lever 8. In this way, the drive imparted to the pulley 3 is only sufficient to cause the carriage to commence its run-in gently, but after the bowl 9 has moved clear of the lever 11, the spring 14 acts to move the belt so as to cover the full width of the pulley 3, and thus impart the maximum speed to the carriage. In a similar manner, as the carriage completes its inward run, another bowl 9 acts on a pivoted lever 12 con- nected to the rod 13 and shifts the belt gradually from the pulley 3 to the pulley 2, the strap-fork lever 8 being then locked against its back stop 15 by the cam-fork lever until the carriage has com- pleted its outward run again.
Patent GB-190403852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Straining or Sifting and Mixing Finings and other Substances
Inventor: BUGGE ERASMUS ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 3852. BuggÚ, E. R. Feb. 16. Sifting finings &c.-Apparatus for straining or sifting, and mixing liquids, semi-solids, or solids, especially suited for sifting finings, consists of two drums B, C having open tops and perforated sides. The drum B is attached to the spindle I, which passes down through the hollow spindle J of the drum C, and the drums are rotated in opposite directions by means of the pinions G, H, and H<1> and the handle D. The finings or other substances are placed in the drum C, and sifted or strained through the sides of the drums by centrifugal force, the finest material passing into the casing A. Brushes K, L are suspended from the top of the framework to prevent the perfurations from becoming clogged. The drums may be cylindrical, spherical, or spheroidal.
Patent GB-190404024-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Cleaning Electrotypes and the like.
Inventor: COLLIS ALFRED
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4024. Collis, A. Feb. 17. Lithographic stones and plates, cleaning, -In a machine for cleaning electrotypes, zincos, and the like, revolving brushes c are pressed upon the surface of the electrotype &c. M, while the latter is automatically moved to and fro under the brushes, paraffin oil or other cleansing-agent being at the same time supplied to the brushes. The electrotype &c. M is held between the jaws K of a sliding block I moving on a bed H. A screw shaft G gearing with a nut J moves the table I, and has its motion automatically reversed each time a stop R on the table comes in contact with the ends S, S' of two levers which are pivoted to the framework and carry the striker rod P ; by this means, the crossed and open belts E, F are shifted, and alternately drive the shaft G through the intermediate fixed pulley. A lower shaft, from which the belts E, F are driven, also drives a pulley X through a band U. This pulley transmits motion to the brushes C, through a hollow sliding shaft z, carrying a small funnel a at the top, through which paraffin &c. may be passed to the brushes. The height of the brushes, and the pressure they exert on the plate, are controlled in a manner similar to that employed in ordinary drilling-machines through a hand-wheel n turning an internally - threaded worm - wheel j, which moves a screwed sleeve on the shaft z up or down, carrying the shaft z with it.
Patent GB-190405781-A (GB)
Title: A Tent Equipment Rack for Military and other purposes.
Inventor: HOOK RICHARD
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5781. Hook, R., Taylor, W., and Cooke, J. J. March 9. Clothes-hanging apparatus; racks.-Relates to tent pole racks. The wood for the rack R is cut as in Fig. 5, the thick part r<1> being put in the centre, where the rack is slightly recessed to receive the pole P, to which it is attached by a screw-and-nut C. Washers, or the foot l<1> of the lampholder L, come between the rack and the pole. The double hooks H, instead of being mortised on to the rack, may be secured by a single screw through the top, or the vertical arms may slope inwards so that they are forced apart and clip the rack when the hooks are put on.
Patent GB-190409699-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Cutting Wood or other like Material to an Angle, Bevel, Mitre, Square or other Desired Shape
Inventor: LINES REUBEN JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 9699. Lines, R. J., and Lines, A. J. April 28. Mitering; planing.-To the supports a for the work-table a<4> of a machine for cutting wood and the like to an angle, beeel, mitre, square, or other desired shape, are secured boxes c by bolts passing through small oblong holes, so as to admit of a small transverse motion by nuts c<6> and screws c<4> through keepers c<5> on the supports. These boxes have oblong slots c<7> into which fit nuts j<5> on a shaft j with reversed threads, which is formed in two parts connected by a sleeve j<8> and has lock-nuts j<7> to hold discs d in position. This shaft is provided with segmental blocks j<4> which engage with slots d<2> in the rotatable discs d so as to limit their motion. These discs, which are provided with circular projections d<2> sliding in corresponding grooves in the boxes c, are rigidly connected to the angular ends e' of a plate e which is slotted at e' and grooved at e' to allow of the passage of the bolts h<4> and of the cutters h<3>, which are mounted on a rack bar h, traversed in the keeper f by a pinion g<7> on the shaft g<5> and connected to the plate e by a slide i. Slots d<4>, d<5>, corresponding to the groove and slot e', e<5> in the plate e, are made in the discs d for the passage of the cutters, and clearance is made for the cutters and the plate e when rotating by means of V-recesses c<9> in the blocks c and recesses b in the supports a.
Patent GB-190410710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: ZECHLIN MAX RUDOLF
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 10,710. Zechlin, M. R. May 10. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-An elastic tyre with one or m o r e embedded elastic rings is intended to replace a pneumatic tyre. Rings c<1> of rectangular, elliptic, and segmental section, as shown, or of circular or any other section, or in the form of an open or closed tube, as shown in Fig. 5, or spiral, are embedded singly, side by side, above one another, or otherwise, in an elastic tyre a made of india-rubber, leather, paper, cork, vegetable fibres, &c. singly, or in combination. The rings are made of steel, iron, wood, cane, celluloid, &c., singly or in combination.
Patent GB-190417982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governors for Gas Burners.
Inventor: CHILD JOSIAH FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 17,982. Child, J. F., and Francis, A. S. Aug. 18. Pressure-regulating valves.-The gas is admitted through holes f into a chamber g between the valves i, k. When the valves are open, it passes into a flexible bag e either directly through the valve i or through the lower valve k into a chamber h which communicates through the hollow spindle l with the bag. The valves are attached to the bag by a perforated diaphragm n or by wires so that, when, owing to any rise of pressure, the bag inflates, the valve is partially closed to restore the required pressure. In a modification, the valves i, k are replaced by a piston valve.
Patent GB-190425985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Automatically Winding Clocks and the like with the Aid of Electricity.
Inventor: HARTMANN GEORG
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 25,985. Hartmann, G. Nov. 29. Winding-mechanism.- The driving-weight d for the going and the striking trains I, II, III of a clock are wound up separately by a single electromotor m. The shaft l carries electrically - operated clutches n which are in gear with the winding-wheels p and in parallel circuit through switches i actuated by the weights with the assistance of unbalanced discs a, b.
Patent GB-190503043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Cushion or the like Tyres and in or relating to Wheels or Rims therefor.
Inventor: HARTRIDGE WILLIAM BAKER
Filed: 1905-02-14
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 3043. Hartridge, W. B. Feb. 14. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic ; felloes or rims.- To permit the whole of the india-rubber or elastic tyre to be utilized as it wears down, the rim flanges are replaced or adjusted inwardly so that any desired amount of the tyre projects beyond the flanges, instead of adjusting the tyre outwardly, as described in No. 2870, A.D, 1905. The flanges 5<a>, Fig. 3, may be replaced by a series of shallower flanges, the deep tyre 3 being secured to the rim by the dovetail 4, by vulcanizing its base to a metal band, or by any other means. The flanges 5, Fig. 6, and the central flange 8, which is screwed to the web 9, are replaced by shallower flanges, the twin tyres being fastened to the rim by wires 7. The central flange 11, Fig. 8, may be loose on the rim and support spacing-pieces 10 on the studs 13, which are replaced by shallower pieces as the transversely-grooved tyres 3 wear down and shallower flanges are used. As the tyre 3, Fig. 11, wears down, one of the segmental or continuous rings 18, forming the rim flanges and holding the dovetailed tyre, is removed. The spacing-pieces 23, Fig. 16, are screwed inwards when the flanges 5, 30 are replaced by shallower flanges, and the tyres are secured by the dovetails 31. In Fig. 10, the segmental or other tyre is secured by the plates 14 through its base and the T-bolts 16. In a modification, the rim flanges are made in sections a, b, c, d, Fig. 18, of different depths, and, as the tyre wears, the deepest sections d are removed and replaced by the sections c, which are replaced by the sections b, and so on, the sections a being replaced by new and shallower sections. In another modification, shown in Fig. 22, the sections, of equal depth but different widths, can be moved inwardly and secured by passing the attaching-bolts through different bolt-holes, one or more of the smaller sections being removed to permit this.
Patent GB-190503429-A (GB)
Title: Projectiles for Small Arms.
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 3429. Deutsche Waffen-und Munitions- Fabriken. Feb. 20, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Projectiles, small -arm. -Pointed projectiles are formed with a guiding- part and a head s, the length of which is about half that of the total length L of the projectile and the generating-line of the surface of which has a mean radius of curvature of from four to nine times the calibre d<o.> In an example, the length l or the guiding - part is 1À85d<o>, the height s of the head 2À19d<o>, and the mean radius r of curvature of the generatrix of the head from 4À7 to 8À2 times d<0>.
Patent GB-190507698-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Steel for Railway and Tramway Rails.
Inventor: SANDBERG CHRISTER PETER
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 7698. Sandberg, C. P. April 11. Silicon steel; manganese steel.-Steel for railway and tramway rails is made by eliminating as far as possible the silicon from crude steel and subsequently adding to the molten metal in the furnace, converter, or ladle silicious spiegel, ferro-silicon, or other material containing silicon, so that the finished rails contain from 25 to 5 per cent of silicon or thereabouts. Where it is necessary to add carbon and manganese to the steel, these may be added together with the silicon or as a separate addition.
Patent GB-190519208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combing Machines for Textile Materials.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1906-09-22
Abstract: 19,208. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Anon. de Peignage]. Sept. 22. Combing-machines.-An elliptical motion is imparted to the dabbing-brush of Noble's combs by employing a second eccentric to impart a horizontal movement corresponding to the speed of the comb, as described in Specification No. 11,244, A.D. 1900. The brush 6 is carried by a slide 12 working in guides 13, 14 on a frame 19, which is carried by a pin 1 freely mounted in. a bearing 15. The driving-pulley 7 carries eccentrics 2, 3, the eccentric 2 acting through a rod 17 to reciprocate the brush slide 12 vertically, and the eccentric 3 acting in a slot in the frame 19 to oscillate the whole apparatus about the pin 1.