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Patent GB-190412157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for Watch and Clock Faces
Inventor: GILBY GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 12,157. Gilby, G. J. May 28. Clock and watch glasses. - Celluloid discs b, preferably with a folded metal rim c, are used in place of glasses.
Patent GB-190413861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Artificial Limbs.
Inventor: ROSENFELDER STEPHAN
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 13,861. Rosenfelder, S. June 18. Limbs, artificial.-Artificial limbs are constructed with a sheath and pneumatic pad for the reception of the stump. The edge of the sheath a is flattened and provided with grooves g, f for rings d, e which hold the outer cover b in place. An air chamber c is provided with a valve h which projects through the outer cover. The ring e is tightened in place by means of an adjusting-screw which holds its ends together
Patent GB-190414015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: LEWIS-THIESSEN JULES
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 14,015. Thiessen, J. Lewis-. June 21. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-A glass tube b, inserted in the neck of a bottle, is provided with a device for preventing tampering, consisting of a throat r and an inverted bell p lipped and almost fitting the tube, which is closed by a hollow ball c joined to a hollow balance weight d. When the bottle is inverted, the balance weight rests upon projections m, but when the bottle is in a horizontal position, it hears on the convex sides of the piece g, and holds the ball against its seat. The ball is hollow so as to float when immersed in liquid, and the balance weight is made with a fine annular opening i so that, when the bottle is exhausted and an attempt be made to refill it by suction, liquid will enter the hollow of the weight and thus show that a fraudulent attempt has been made. If desirable, the balance weight may be made solid, and then entrance to the hollow ball valve and stem is provided.
Patent GB-190417485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Facing and Paving Tiles, Blocks and Slabs.
Inventor: QUADRI TOMASO
Filed: 1904-08-11
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,485. Quadri, T. Aug. 11. Building-blocks, slabs, and tiles are moulded from sawdust and magnesia with a binding-medium, such as a solution of salt, and are impregnated with tar. They may be used for paving streets, terraces, stables, &c. ; as flooring for kitchens, bathrooms, and the like ; as roofing tiles or slabs ; or for facing interior or exterior walls and horizontal and inclined surfaces.
Patent GB-190420975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Incandescent Lamps
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 20,975. Boult, A. J., [Wagner, A., and Brechtel & Co., S.]. Sept. 29. Supporting lamps; incandescent lamps.-A lamp for use by a doctor or dentist is adjustably supported by a sliding tube with a ball-and-socket joint at each end. The lamp is enclosed in a detachable metal sleeve having a lens at the end. The joint d allows the lamp to swing freely from the ceiling or wall bracket e. The tube is provided with a clamping-device c and a handle f. The ball joint t is provided with a set-screw o and with a comparatively large hole for the conducting-wires. The sleeve h carrying the lens i is secured by means of a bayonet-socket joint. The bulb may be provided with a reflector l. A plug p may be provided for connecting an electrically-lighted mouth mirror.
Patent GB-190421017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Cases.
Inventor: VOGEL CHARLES
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 21,017. Vogel, C. Sept. 30. Transit boxes are provided with lids which can be easily fastened. The box is made of cardboard or other material strengthened by a wooden frame 2, Fig. 1, and under the lid is fixed a frame 4 which fits within the frame 2. To fasten the box, the bevelled ends of the frames, Fig. 2, are brought together, and a pin 8 is inserted through the holes 6, 7. The fastening may be sealed by passing one end of a string fixed to the pin through the hole 7 before the lid is applied, and then sealing to the other end outside the box after the insertion of the pin. In modifications, dowel-pins 9, Fig. 1, fit into holes 10, or the frame of the lid is provided at one end with metal plates which take under the frame 2, or with a projecting rib which fits into a groove in the frame 2. To facilitate the wrapping-up and hermetically closing of the box, the body is covered by glueing to it the required kind of packing-paper during manufacture, and a sheet of paper is fixed to the lid with its edges 12 projecting. After closing, these edges are glued to the sides of the box.
Patent GB-190421154-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanical Device for Recording the Strength of Stroke Delivered to a Golf Ball.
Inventor: PURDIE HUME
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,154. Purdie, H. Oct. 3. Dynamometers.- A device for indicating the power of a stroke given to a captive golf ball, by showing the equivalent distance a real ball would have travelled, is combined with a coinfreed mechanism. Balls 8 of compressed felt, guttapercha, or suitable material are mounted as shown in an iron case in the ground, these balls when struck rotating a horizontal shaft 16through a spring coupling 15. A rubber pad 14 prevents the iron casing from being struck. The horizontal shaft carries a sprocket-wheel 18 connected by a chain 19 to the train of wheels of an ordinary indicating-mechanism contained in a vertical extension of the casing. This shaft 16 also carries a clutch 30 having a locking-lever 29 which is raised by the insertion of a coin. The coin falls into a bucket 26 on one end of a weighted pivoted lever 27 linked to the locking- lever, and by its weight turns the pivoted lever and releases the clutch. One pinion 21<A> of the indicating-train is mutilated, the toothless portion coming against the next wheel at the end of a stroke. This next wheel carries a weight 23, which is thus able to return the indicating-pointer to zero. This weight also actuates a trip device, consisting of a pivoted lever having a rod 25 linked to one end, the lower end of this rod being cranked to engage a hook 25<A> on a block pivoted to the coin bucket. By this means, when the pointer is being returned to zero, the pivoted block is raised, allowing the coin to fall through to a shoot below. The apparatus is especially adapted for testing the driving and putting abilities of a player. The Provisional Specification states that the pivoted ball may be connected to the indicator by levers and links.
Patent GB-190500483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Roofs.
Inventor: MURPHY PETER HENRY
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 483. Murphy, P. H. Jan. 10. Bodies.-Consists in a car roof of metal which is attached without piercing the sheets, and which obviates buckling of the roof when the car traverses a curve. The plates 9 have oppositely re-bent edges 12, 13, Fig. 3, which form weather-tight joints between neighbouring plates, and prevent lateral motion of the bearers 19 on which the run-board 20 is supported. The plates have upwardly and downwardly bent flanges at the ridge and eaves respectively, and are secured to the car at the eaves by single or two-pronged angular clips 15,14. The flanges at the ridge are inserted in substantially L-shaped grooves 7 in the capping 6, which carries the bearers 19.
Patent GB-190500666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames for Manhole and like Covers.
Inventor: CLUCAS ROBERT HAMPTON
Filed: 1905-01-13
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 666. Clucas, R. H. Jan. 13. Road service boxes; man-hole and hand-hole doors and frames.-The frames of man-hole, band-hole, stop-tap, and other covers are made with coned or domed flanges d, which, when the road metalling wears away, prevent sudden jolting of vehicles when the wheels cross the covers. Ribs e, fare employed to strengthen the frame, and the flange d, which is roughened to receive the metalling, may be carried down and formed integrally with the foot-plate a, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190504356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Tyres of Wheels for Vehicles
Inventor: BIRNBAUM BERNARD
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 4356. Birnbaum, B. March 2. Tyres, pneumatic &c., slipping and puncture preventing in. An armouring for pneumatic or other elastic tyres consists of a series of symmetrically and closely arranged metal plates b, each tapering to a domeshaped bead or stud a, and formed with a shank 1 by means of which, and of a washer or strip 2, the plates b are riveted to the tread of the tyre, or to a separate strip c, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190505005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Apparatus for Measuring Grain and other Granular Materials.
Inventor: BRIDDON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1906-03-10
Abstract: 5005. Briddon, G. March 10. Measured quantities, delivering.-In apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 25,803, A.D. 1903, wherein granular materials are delivered by intermittent rotation of a chambered vessel in a casing provided with the necessary ports, regulation is effected by employing a ratchet drive with an adjustable shield the position of which determines through what proportion of its stroke the pawl is in gear. There is a four-bar motion, as shown, connecting the main shaft j with the intermittent shaft f, and the pawl s is out of gear when passing over the shield m, carried by an arm r which is loosely pivoted upon the arm, but is held when in the required position by a setscrew engaging with notches o on the frame. In a modification, a roller attached to the pawl may be lifted by the shield. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 10,105, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.].] .
Patent GB-190511455-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ink Pad for Feeding Ink to Pens, and Holder therefor.
Inventor: BREUEL CLEMENS
Filed: 1905-05-31
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 11,455. Bre³l, C. May 31. Ruling-pens.-Small pads for attachment to the back of any pen nibs for supplying ink are removably mounted for storing &c. on a card g, Fig. 1, with raised parts h to prevent the pads from being distorted by pressure of the more or less air-tight cover i and a depression f to prevent the squeezing out of the adhesive substance on the upper part of each pad a. The pads have each a fold down the middle and a recess c, both of which help to keep the pad against the pen. The adhesive substance, such as resin &c., is put on the upper part of the pad thickly after the pad has been coated with gum or lacquer. The pads are saturated with soluble ink, so that, by dipping the nibs into water, writing may be commenced. Instead of being adhesively fixed, the pads may be held to the nib by a metal clip. The pad may also be fixed between the nibs of drawing- pens, being then attached by the adhesive to one of the nibs.
Patent GB-190512575-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toy or Game.
Inventor: JONES PETER
Filed: 1905-06-17
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,575. Jones, P. June 17. Games imitating bagatelle, curling, and golf ; curling; hop-scotch.-Relates to a disk-shaped device which is used for playing hop-scotch, curling, &c., and which can be made in miniature for games of golf, bagatelle, or curling, to be played on tables or on board a ship. The disk A is made of wood, metal, &c., and may be formed with one or two convex faces. The edge is tapered or rounded, and is fitted with a peripheral cushion B of solid or inflatable yielding material, such as rubber, cork, leather, &c., the cushion being sprung into the groove in the disk. The cushion B may be clamped by means of rivets, screws, &c. between two disks. The device shown in Fig. 3 is adapted for the game of curling, and is formed with a handle D and tube C for inflating the cushion. The disks A may be of various shapes, and an annular device may be used instead of a disk ; or the disks may be formed with apertures arranged to form designs, or may be made distinctive otherwise. The disks may be used to play cannons as in bagatelle. A spring projector may be used to propel the disks. According to the Provisional Specification, the cushion may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190512634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Workmen's and like Time Recorders.
Inventor: MACMASTER PETER
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,634. Macmaster, P., [International Time Recording Co.]. June 19.. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. Regular times are printed in one colour and irregular times in another colour, by the shifting of the inking ribbon or ribbons 14 by means comprising the forked swinging lever 43, controlled by the clock in combination with the rocking arm or lever 38<a>, connected to the sliding frame carrying the ribbon spools 22 and actuated by the lifting of the swinging lever and the depression of the operating- handle 4. The position of the lever 43 is controlled by the star-wheel 71, which is driven by the clock, and the forked lever 64 furnished with the pins 69, 70 bearing against the wheel 71 on opposite sides of its axis. The star-wheel 71 is turned at intervals by the gear-wheel 80, carrying the actuating-pins 76, 77, 78, 79, set at the desired. intervals, through the lever 74. The ribbon spools are brought to their upper or lower position by the actuation of the handle 4, their position, and consequently the printing-colour, depending upon the position of the forked lever 43. As the finger 8 escapes from the trigger 6, during the depression of the handle 4, the printing-hammer 11 drives the card in the receiver 3 against the ribbon 14 and the time-printing wheels 15. An indicating-disk showing the colour which is being printed is provided.
Patent GB-190515076-A (GB)
Title: Method and Composition for Polishing Preserving and Renovating Silk Hats.
Inventor: STANCOMBE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 15,076. Stancombe, W. July 21. Renovating.-A composition for polishing and preserving silk hats consists of 5 parts of gum arabic dissolved in 100 parts of water to which is added 9 parts of lamp-black. The hat is first sponged with cold water and afterwards with the composition. The hat is then left to dry without the application of heat.
Patent GB-190602792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Heating Devices.
Filed: 1906-02-05
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 2792. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 5. Lighters, pipe, cigar, &c.-Relates to electric heating- devices of the kind described in Specification No. 25,009, A.D. 1893, especially applicable to cigar lighters. A resistance conductor is wound in a series of parallel coils 4 supported on a ledge 5 in a plug of insulating-material. One end of the resistance coil is connected to a terminal 3, and the other end is connected to the screwed metallic portion 2, which fits into a lamp socket. The coils are separated from each other by strips 9 of insulating-material such as mica, and are covered by a shield 10 of similar material. The shield rests on the strips 9 and serves as the heat-transmitting portion of the device. To ensure an even distribution of heat, the turns of the outer coils 7, 8 are arranged more closely together than those of the inner coils. A protective retaining-cover 11, which fits over the shield 10, has a central opening. The cover is raised out of contact with the shield except for edges of the central opening which bear upon the shields.
Patent GB-190604222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Neck-ties to Shirt Collar-bands.
Inventor: MAURICE GABE DE CHAMPVERT
Filed: 1906-02-20
Abstract: 4222. Champvert, M. G. de. Feb. 20, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Neck-tie retainers.-A spring cap, shown in section in Fig. 2, and designed to engage with the rounded head of a collar stud. is secured to a necktie either directly by stitches through the holes c, or to a cardboard piece attached to the tie. Fig. 6 shows a modified form secured to the cardboard piece g by small clips or claws turned over on the underside of the card.
Patent GB-190606380-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Westinghouse Valve Apparatus for Charging the Auxiliary Reservoirs of Railway Brakes.
Inventor: LOEHR JAKOB
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 6380. L÷hr, J. Dec. 12, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brakes.-To provide a rapid and uniform charging of the auxiliary reservoirs throughout a train, the controlling-piston of the Westinghouse triple valve is fitted with a valve a. At the front of the train, the pressure in the train-pipe forces the valves a, against their springs, on to their seats b, so that the front auxiliary reservoirs are at first charged only through channels c ; but at the rear of the train, the train-pipe pressure can only lift the valves from their seats d, so that the rear auxiliary reservoirs are charged through both the channels c and larger channels e. As the pressure in the front of the train-pipe decreases, the springs of the front valves, aided by the air pressure which has passed through the channels c, can raise the valves a from their seats b, and the front reservoirs are then also charged through the channels e. When an equilibrium of pressure has been established, the valves are reseated on their seats d. The usual feed-groove in the triple valve is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190609447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lasts for Leggings and the like.
Inventor: TEBBUTT ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 9447. Tebbutt, A. W. April 23. Leggings.-Split lasts for leggings are provided with additional expanding sections, which are hidden away when the last is closed, and are arranged so as to fill up the gap when the last is opened out and thereby to avoid creasing the leather. The two halves 1, 2 of the last are opened out by screws 10 and guided by pins and slots 16. The expanding sections 3 fit in a slot 7 in the part 1, are opened out by screws 8, and are guided by lugs or eyes 12 engaging pins 13 in slots 14 in the part 2, the parts 3 being held in their normal position by springs 15. A clip for holding the leather firmly in position so as to avoid wasting the leather and tacking it to the last consists of one or more channelled bars 18 fastened down by fly-nuts 19 and screws 20, the leather being gripped between the edges and the last, which may be grooved.
Patent GB-190610836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Packings for Piston Rods and the like.
Inventor: WARD SYDNEY ASLINE
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 10,836. Ward, S. A. May 9. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for. -Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 21,068, A.D. 1904. The ring A is made of one metal only, and is divided into segments with radial or inclined end which may be recessed or otherwise reduced in area to facilitate the compression of the ring as it wears.
Patent GB-190617402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counters for Warehouses, Shops, and the like.
Inventor: AMSDEN FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 17,402. Amsden, F. W. Aug. 2. Show cases. -Counters for storing goods for inspection in shops &c., and preferably made with two tiers of show cases, are constructed as shown, in front and rear view, respectively, in Figs. 1 and 2. The rear tier a contains drawers a<2>, some of which, c<x>, c<3>, are attached to movable cages c. Tongues h and slots i serve as guides, and counterweights f, pulleys g, and cords e facilitate the movement. The drawers may have glass fronts and tops, and the movable drawers may be pulled out when in the lower or in the raised position. Shelves c<4> in the cages may serve for storing goods, and the chambers f<3> may be also used for this purpose.
Patent GB-190618179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Installations Working with Turbo-dynamos and Accumulators
Inventor: GROB MAX
Filed: 1906-08-13
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 18,179. Grob, M. Sept. 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Actuating valves.-In electric installations working with turbine-driven dynamos and accumulators, electro - magnetic devices are employed which actuate simultaneously switches for making connexion between the dynamos and the accumulators and valves controlling the flow of fluid to the turbines. The installation shown in Fig. 1 consists of a dynamo a coupled to a turbine b and used for charging a battery c. A solenoid or electromagnet d in a a shunt circuit j which can be closed or opened when desired by a hand-switch : or automatically by a clockwork mechanism, is capable of closing the connecting-switch n against the action of a spring and simultaneously of opening the valve f through which fluid is supplied to the turbine. Modified arrangements are also described.
Patent GB-190619393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor Stropping Machines.
Inventor: CLAUSS JOHN H
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 19,393. Clauss, J. H. Aug. 30. Strops.-In a machine for stropping razor blades, in which the blade is clipped to a rock-shaft operated from a second rock-shaft over which the strop is passed to and fro, the connexion between the shafts is made by a link D, Fig. 1, joining the two cranks B', U' on the two shafts. The shafts B, C, Fig. 1, are journaled in the side pieces A', A' of the frame. The shaft B which carries the razor blade E is hollow and provided with a longitudinal slot B<2> mto which the blade can be slid through an opening A<4> in the frame, and with a second slot B<3> to increase the resiliency of the clip. The upper rook-shaft C is also hbllow and is surrounded by a loose sleeve G over which the strop F is passed. The friction between the shaft and sleeve is maintained by a spring G<1>. A spring H, attached at one end to the shaft B and engaging with its other end a hole A<3> in the frame A<2>, tends to keep the razor blade in its central position.
Patent GB-190619583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tube Rolling Mills.
Inventor: CROSSLEY ARTHUR MITCHELL
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 19,583. Crossley, A. M. Sept. 3. Rolling.-In a mill train for rolling tubes, the first pair 1 have an elliptical pass for closing the billet 6 on the mandrel 7, the second pair 2 are circular to cause the billet to grip the mandrel tightly and travel forward with it at the same speed, while the remaining pairs have elliptical grooves with their axis alternating, as shown in Fig. 2, to allow the billet to pass freely over the mandrel at a greater speed, so that a tube 8 is produced longer than the mandrel 7.
Patent GB-190619616-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Tapping or Discharging Open-hearth and like Furnaces
Inventor: DRAIN JOHN ALBERT
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 19,616. Drain, J. A. Sept. 3. Discharging. - Means for carrying out the method of tapping open-hearth and like furnaces described in Specification No. 19,633, A.D. 1906, consists of a spout having a fixed part, placed in front of the tap-hole 4, and a hinged part 6 which is raised by a chain 10 when a ladle 15 has been filled in order to allow the metal to flow into a ladle 17. The chain 10 is attached at its upper end to the head 12<a> of an hydraulic plunger 14, which travels in guides 14<a> when the spout is being raised or lowered.
Patent GB-190620076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bricks for Buildings and in the Method of Bonding the same.
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 20,076. Universal Engineering Co., and Cooper, W. Sept. 10. Bricks are formed with grooves or channels h, k in their sides, and grooves a, b, c, d, in their upper and lower edges. Holes e, f connect the grooves a, c and b, d, and a hole g is formed through the middle of the block. Fig. 1 shows the construction of a circular chimney, in which the bricks are laid in courses with h mortar &c. between their sides and faces ; after a course is completed, liquid cement &c. is poured down the vertical hole e, f, g, h, k, and fills up the holes formed by the grooves a, c, b, d, binding the bricks firmly together.