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Patent GB-190316386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Devices for Wood Screw Cutting Machines.
Inventor: LANGE ERNST
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 16,386. Lange, E. July 25. Screwing.-Wood-screws are cut from blanks in the machine shown, in which the blank c is held in a rotating holder, and a toothed disc cutter d is slowly rotated and caused to traverse the blank longitudinally. The cutter d is shown double and has bevelled toothed cutting-edges, the teeth of which correspond with the pitch of the screw to be cut. The cutter d is mounted on a shaft f rotated by a worm-wheel i and a worm k connected, by universal joints and a link l, to the sliding feathered shaft o. The holder for the shaft f is mounted on a rod g, which can slide longitudinally and terminates in a spherical bolt-head r, which bears on a cam surface q. The cam q is formed on a toothed wheel s', spring- mounted on the shaft x so as to be capable of following or yielding w the motion of the rod g. The rod g can also rotate slightly so as to form the point of the screw, after which the cutter feeds itself automatically.
Patent GB-190316445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Packing of Chocolate.
Inventor: HEIMERDINGER EMIL
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 16,445. Heimerdinger, E. July 25. Packing chocolate. - Tablets of chocolate are packed alternately with records for toy phonographs. The records consist of discs of pasteboard or the like coated with impressionable material.
Patent GB-190318769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: KULJIS JACOB
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 18,769. Kuljis, J. Aug, 31. Acetylene.-Relates to an acetylene generator in which the carbide is stored in a number of separate cells, so that water is supplied only to a small quantity of carbide at a time, and to a fresh quantity only when that is exhausted. The cell consists of compartments q, Fig. 4, into which the outer annular parts of a series of superposed pans k, Figs. 1 and 4, are divided. The pans k are arranged upon a perforated base l within a gas bell j, which is enclosed in a metal-lined water vessel a. Between the compartments q and the central parts of the pans k are a number of separated wells g', one being provided for each compartment. When the service cock d is opened, water passes through holes in the bell and the base l to the central part of the lowest pan k. The inner wall o of the wells is perforated in a series of steps corresponding to the wells, and the outer wall n in vertical rows. The water enters a well through the lowest holes r in the wall o, and generates acetylene in the corresponding compartment until the carbide there is exhausted, before it can rise to the next holes in the wall o. The gas rises through the central perforated covers t of the pans, and escapes through an outlet w. Excess of pressure forces the water back out of contact with the carbide.
Patent GB-190320762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Power Hammers.
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 20,762. Pilkington, Ltd., P., and Gibbs, G. J. Sept. 26. Hammers, power; steam and other fiuid-pressure hammers.-The hammer, which may be operated by a fluid, or driven by belt or other gear, is controlled by valves and valve gear worked by hand or by power independent of the hammer head. Fig. 1 shows the controlling-mechanism of a steam. hammer. The valve G is oparated by a three. armed lever M pivoted at J and connected by a pin 0 to an arm K, actuated by a reciprocating rod L, or the lever M may be connected to a hand-lever P by removing the pin: to holes Q in the levers M, P. The rod I, is driven so that its stroke and speed of reciprocation may be varied. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the valve-rod N may be actuated by a cam 2, or by a handle 4. The cam is rotated at any desired speed, and the descent of a lever Z due to a spring 3 may be adjustably checked by varying the position of the handle. When the valve is to be operated by hand, the cam is moved clear of the lever. Fig. 4 shows the invention applied to a belt-driven hammer of the type described in Specification No. 15,212, A.D. 1894. The valve 10, which is situated in a passage 9<b> connecting the pump cylinder 6 and the hammer cylinder, is rocked by an arm 13 connected to a lever 11 carrying a bowl 15 bearing against one of three discs on a shaft 17 positively driven from the pulley shaft 28. When the bowl bears on the disc 20, which is circular, the valve maintains free commnnication between the two cylinders, and the hammer works like that described in Specification No. 15,212, A.D. 1894, or Specification No. 21,555, A.D. 1896, and delivers heavy blows. The two other discs 16, 19 are cam-shaped, the disc 16 maintaining the free communication during the downstrokes of the pump piston and causing the valve to communicate with the atmosphere during the up-strokes, thus holding the hammer up, while the cam 19 has the reverse action to hold the hammer down. The shapes of the cams may be varied to lengthen the period of communication, the hammer then striking light blows. A pin S may be removed and placed in the holes 33 so that the valve may be operated by a handle 25 instead of by the discs. By slightly rotating the valve in a counter-clonkwise direction, a leak is established through a passage 34, and the action of the hammer therefore modified. An additional valve gear may be provided so that one is worked by hand and the other automatically, only one set being in use at a time.
Patent GB-190327929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Meter or Measured Quantity Mechanism.
Inventor: ALLAN JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 27,929. Allan, J. Dec. 19. Electricity, supplying, in general; actuating- mechanism ; coin action.-In coin-freed apparatus used, for example, in connection with electric supply meters, an arrangement is made for varying the amount supplied for a given coin, in accordance with the variation in price per unit. An interchangeable gear-wheel is interposed between the handle and the setting-mechanism, and may be enclosed in a separate box or casing to facilitate removal. The disc b, mounted on the axle b<1> of the operating-handle, has a notch d to prevent reverse rotation and a notch e to prevent effective forward rotation unless a suitable coin is inserted to cause the detent e<1> to override the notch. On the same axle is mounted a pin g to engage the teeth of the star-wheel h, the spindle of which is connected through gear-wheels to the settiagmechanism. A set of star-wheels is provided having different numbers of teeth and adapted to slip on to the non-circular spindle h<1> and be held in position by the casing. The mechanism for opening and closing the switch, as shown in the Figure, is described in Specification No. 25,114, A.D. 1903. An arrangement is provided to limit the number of coins which can be inserted at one time. The slide s is normally held clear of the coin slot by the spring s', but is moved to cover the slot when the limit is reached by engagement with the sleeve p or other projection of the carrier o<1>.
Patent GB-190405008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Hydrocarbon Motors.
Inventor: CLEMENT ADOLPHE
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5008. Clement, A. March 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in To maintain the mixtures supplied to internalcombustion engines practically constant, the carburetter shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is provided with a cylindrical carburetting-chamber G having circumferential ports a through which the mixture is supplied to the motor. The position of the cylindrical chamber may be adjusted by means of the hand or governor operated rack d gearing with the pinion e. Hydrocarbons and air pass into the carburetting-chamber through nozzles A, communicating with the float chamber c, and passages E leading from the air chamber D respectively, the openings in the carburetting-chamber being arranged to cut off the supply of mixture from one or all of the passages E. Modifications may be used in which the nozzles are arranged in a circular chamber, the mixture supply being cut off by a horizontal sliding plate, or in which the nozzles are disposed in independent air chambers.
Patent GB-190410652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means, for Preventing Incrustation in, & for Removing Mud & Scale-forming Materials, from, Boilers
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 10,652. Boult, A. J., [Talmage, J. G.J. May 9. Incrustation, preventing and removing; blow-off apparatus; scum apparatus.-In connection with a locomotive boiler, means are provided for removing precipitated mud and scale-forming materials from all parts of the boiler. A container 17 for supplying a regulated quantity of oil to the boiler is preferably arranged at the rear end of the boiler and slightly above the crown plate 15. The oil forms a film on particles of impurities, which are subsequently deposited as a slimy mass, for the most part on the mud ring 16. In the water space, slightly above the ring 16, are arranged perforated pipes 3, connected by a pipe or pipes 4 with blow-off cocks 5. The sizes of the passages in the cocks is slightly in excess of the sizes of all the perforations. Upon opening the cocks 5, the impurities are blown out. A perforated pipe 6, connected to a cock 8, is arranged along the bottom of the barrel for the purpose of blowing out any impurities settling on the bottom of the barrel. Pipes 10, connected by a pipe 12 to a cock 11, are arranged just below the water level, so that any impurities floating on the surface of the water may be blown out. Where the water is simply muddy and without mineral impurities, the oil supply may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190410785-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device to Assist the Turning of Leaves of Music and the like.
Inventor: BYRNE ALBERT ERNEST
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 10,785. Byrne, A. E., and Beckton, E. May 10. Leaf-turners. - A disc or shape a of paper or other suitable material, having a tag b of ribbon or the like passing through a slot and gummed or similarly fixed to the back, may be fastened or stuck to each sheet of music &c. in a convenient position to allow the tags b to hang below the sheets.
Patent GB-190415472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: FREY ARMAND
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 15,472. Frey, A. July 11. Incandescent lamps.-A lamp having a large and a small filament is provided with a switch by means of which the large filament may be used alone or the filaments may be connected in series. The part e of the wall of the base g is insulated from the other part, and the part d to which both filaments are connected is arranged within but insulated from the part e. The switch lever f is pivoted to the part e, and is adapted to be moved into and out of contact with the part d by means of the cord i. The eyes l, through which the cord passes, form stops for the switch lever. The large filament is connected to one of the contact-pieces, and the small filament is connected to the part e and through it to the other contact-piece.
Patent GB-190419661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watering Cans
Inventor: WOODBURN CLARENCE
Filed: 1904-09-12
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,661. Woodburn, C. Sept. 12. Watering - cans. - A watering-can A is supported at the end of a rod C by means of trunnions B engaging with loops in the metal arms D, and is made preferably of oblong or oval section, and is provided with a metal loop E through which passes a string F, which is carried over the pulley G and down the rod U. The top of the can is covered in, except for a funnel H which is used in filling.
Patent GB-190420994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hand Trucks
Inventor: DENNIS JOHN DYSON
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 20,994. Dennis, J. D. Sept. 30. Hand - trucks. - A four-wheeled hand-truck is constructed so as to facilitate passage round curves by having its front and back wheels 4, 5, Figs. 2 and 4, mounted with ball bearings 10 on vertical pivots 12. These wheels are also capable of sliding laterally in guides 7 fixed under the truck, for which purpose their upper portions 8 are provided with a plate fitting in the guides and having rollers 9. The side wheels 3 are mounted on a fixed axle 2.
Patent GB-190422003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conduits for Electric Cables, or Conductors.
Inventor: DEVONSHIRE THOMAS EASTON
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 22,003. Devonshire, T. E. Oct. 12. Conduits for electric conductors are made of cement, concrete, mortar, or the like c with a framework b of perforated or reticulated metal, or of expanded metal'; the joints are of the spigot- and-socket type. The socket end is covered with a metallic casing a, which may overlap as at a<2>, Fig. 4, and, to avoid risk from any projection inside the conduit, rounded metallic ferrules d, d<2>, d<3>, &c. are fixed within the ends of each length. The butting-surfaces of the joints may be of cement, the metallic frame b terminating at the outer ferrule a, Figs. 1 and 2, or of metal, Figs. 4 and 5, the metallic frame being connected thereto by securing it between the outer and inner ferrules, which carry rings f, g of soft metal, so as to ensure good contact from one length to the next. Conduits for more than one set of leads may be similarly constructed, the ends of the partition walls being covered with metallic plates.
Patent GB-190424796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tunnel Kilns for Burning Bricks or other Articles.
Inventor: GERY ALBERT ANDREW
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 24,796. Gery, A. A. Nov. 15. Wagons for tunnel kilns. The floors are constructed so that they do not suffer distortion by the alternate heating and cooling. The horizontal floor 10, Fig. 2, is supported by an arch 13, which has an undercut 16 between the double keys 17, the space 18 being filled in with sand or the like. In the expansion of the arch by heat, the undercut allows the crown to rise, and at the same time the ends of the arch, abutting on the skew-backs 12, push the latter outwards along the horizontal parts 11 of the side frames. This motion lifts the spandrel blocks 14, supporting the edges of the floor. One or more fireboxes 25, Fig. 1, arranged transversely across the car, rest on the side frames 11.
Patent GB-190424802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspension Springs for Motor or other Vehicles.
Inventor: MANS ALBERT
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,802. Mans, A. Nov. 15. Springs, bearing.-Consists of auxiliary springs used in conjunction with ordinary springs for lessening shocks. Fig. 1 shows the device. A plate 2 is secured to the carriage springs by an extension 3, and supports a sleeve 1, in which are springs 5, 11 covered by sockets 6, 12 sliding in the sleeve. The caps of these sockets are secured to one another by a central rod, and the springs are compressed to the desired degree by nuts 9, 13. The upper end of the central rod is pivotally connected at 8 to the vehicle frame, between which and the axle the shock is absorbed.
Patent GB-190429286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 29,286. Imray, O., [Palmer, H. A.]. Dec. 31. Tyres, pneumatic.- The outer cover E, having embedded strengthening-strips e<2> and securing-wires or the like G, is divided circumferentially at H, Fig. 2, and is secured on a metal rim B between detachable side flanges C. For additional security, metal clips secured to the edges of the cover are engaged between the flanges C and the felloe A. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the clips i are secured to the cover by rivets I' and are threaded on the bolts D. In a modification, the clips I<2>, Figs. 3 and 4, are bent round the securing-wires G and vulcanized within the cover, the lower edges being bent inwards to engage slots a in the felloe A.
Patent GB-190500936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOWEN JAMES BEVAN
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 936. Bowen, J. B. Jan. 17. Gas and like engines, valves and valve gear for. Relates to regulating the power developed by cutting out by hand one or more complete cycles. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 show an arrangement of inlet and exhaust cams mounted on a shaft which rotates at one quarter the speed of the crank shaft. The inlet and exhaust cams for normal working are shown at E, D and G, H respectively, the inlet cam N, for raising the inlet valve once in eight strokes, and the exhaust cam O, which keeps the exhaust cam open for five successive strokes, being used when working on half load. The tapering inlet valve cams D, E, N permit of varying the lift of the inlet valves. The arrangement is applicable to road vehicle motors working on any cycle.
Patent GB-190505444-A (GB)
Title: A Railway Carriage and Waggon Automatic Safety Coupling.
Inventor: BAIN GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-15
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 5444. Bain, G. March 15. Couplings, automatic.-A coupling- bar with lateral hooks to engage a similar opposing coupling is attached to the draw-bar so as to have horizontal play for coupling and vertical play for uncoupling, and is held in the central position by springs. It is uncoupled from the side by means of a transverse shaft. The coupling-bar 1, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, works on a horizontal pivot 2, in an intermediate piece 3, the near end of which is attached to the draw-bar by a vertical pivot 4. A sleeve 10, carried on the pivot 2, embraces the rear end of the coupling-bar and is flared rearwardly to allow clearance to the joint-piece 3, which it partially encloses. A slotted vertical arm 11 on the sleeve is connected by a link 13 to an arm .15 on the transverse shaft 16 carrying at the end a handle 17, which can be held in three positions by a spring-bolt and quadrant or by other means. The link 13 is slotted, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to engage the arm 15 so as to allow lateral play to the coupling-bar, which is controlled by springs 7 in a box 8 secured to the headstock, so that the bar is normally in the central position. When a pair of opposing coupling-bars meet, they yield in a horizontal plane against the springs 7 until a pair of the lateral hooks engage. Uncoupling is effected by raising or lowering one of the bars until the hooks are clear of each other. A hook 23 is formed on the top of the bar to engage link couplings. This coupling can also be fitted where the buffer and draw springs are separate.
Patent GB-190507455-A (GB)
Title: A Combination of Tubes, in Halves, with Safe Holding Adjuncts, for Encasing Ropes or Cable, designed to Facilitate the Examination of same when used in Pit Shafts and like places.
Inventor: EVANS DAVID LLWELLIN
Filed: 1905-04-08
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 7455. Evans, D. L., and Jones G. T. April 8. Rope railways and tramways.-Relates to guide - tubes for enclosing traction or other cables in pit shafts and similar places, and to the method of supporting them in the shaft. The tube is constructed so that its interior may be readily accessible. For this purpose, it is formed of longitudinal semi-sections, Fig. 3, with projecting flanges F, between which suitable packing may be inserted, if desired, before the sections are secured together by hook-headed or other bolts B. The contact-faces of adjacent lengths of semi-tubing may be plain or on the spigot-and-faucet principle, and the joints of the front and rear portions of the pipe are arranged so as not to be opposite one another. In order to secure together adjacent lengths of the pipe, plates S, T are riveted to them, and are fixed together by a bolt P. The plates which are attached to the back sections of the pipe are provided with hooklike fastenings H to rest in supports or gauges G. These supports are maintained in position by rods projecting at suitable intervals from the walls of the shaft. When the tubing is used for enclosing electric cables, short non-conducting semi-tube lengths should be introduced at convenient intervals to break up any induced current which may result from the proximity of the cable.
Patent GB-190508547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Devices for the Shafts of Steam Turbines and other Rotary Motors.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 8547. Parsons, C. A., Hall, H., and Turnbull, J. April 20. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-The packing - boxes of turbines or rotary engines are made in two parts in order that the split packing-bushes may be easily inspected or removed ; the upper part or both parts are removable. The bushes may be stepped conically, and in some cases are provided with means for fine longitudinal adjustment. Split parking - rings in grooves in the shaft may be used in connexion with the conical bushes. The lower half d of the box shown in Fig. 3 is formed in one with the turbine casing or cover b, while the upper partf is removable. The shaft i may be packed by circumferential grooves or by rubbing collars, and the part of the shaft in the box may be cylindrical, or conical as shown. The bush h can be adjusted longitudinally by nut n entering a groove in a ring o secured by bolts. Leakage between the box and the bush is prevented by a ring r compressed by a gland q acted on by studs p. In a modification, the bush h is formed with a flange through which pass studs slotted for cotters by which the bush is adjusted ; or the bush may .be adjusted by toothed nuts operated by a central spur-wheel or toothed ring. In the latter case, the shaft has a circumferentially-grooved cylindrical part containing packing-rings and a conical part with rubbing collars.
Patent GB-190512282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cellular Steel Fireproof Building Construction.
Inventor: WILSON HENRY NEILL
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 12,282. Wilson, H. N. June 13. Fire-proof buildings; floors; ceilings; columns; girders; partitions ; walls; roofs. - Sheet steel, pressed into triangular cells with dovetailed channels, as shown in Fig. 1, is applied to the construction of fire-proof buildings. Figs. 3 and 4 show a floor and ceiling in which galvanized cellular steel a, used as decking, rests on metal beams g and is covered with cinder or stone concrete p and finer concrete f. Plaster is applied to the dovetail grooves c to form the ceiling. Girders and columns are enclosed by concrete blocks i and cellular steel backed with cement and faced with plaster. Straps s, t secure the steel to the metal core. The invention is applicable to walls, partitions, and roofs.
Patent GB-190515386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balls for use in Golf and other Games.
Inventor: COHEN EDUARD SALOMON ALI
Filed: 1905-07-26
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 15,386. Cohen, E. S. A. July 26. Balls for golf and other games are formed with spherical cores compressed from cellular or spongy vulcanized india-rubber. The outer gutta-percha cover for each ball is prepared before it h applied, by first cleaning and drying the gutta-percha, and then treating it for several hours with alcohol and salicylic acid or other antiseptic. This is dried and applied to the core by moulding. The moulded ball is immersed in an alcoholic or ammoniacal solution of shellac, and is dried and then coated or coloured in the usual way.