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Patent GB-190412501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railways for Recreation and Amusement.
Inventor: KIRTEN CHARLES HENLEY SCHISSLE
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,501. Kirten, C. H. S., and Terry, F. S. June 23, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Railways for recreation.-A spiral undulating track 24 is mounted on brackets fixed to a cone-shaped tower 2. The ends of the spiral track are joined by inclined tracks 36, 30, which form a loop in the station building 38. Passenger cars 31 are drawn from the station 38 to the top of the tower by a cable 37. They then descend by gravity, and are carried back to the station by their momentum. L-shaped guard rails are attached to the bannisters of the spiral tracks, to prevent the cars from leaving the rails in descending the spiral. An elevator 40 is provided as an alternative means of taking passengers to the top of the tower. The tower &c. are constructed of iron.
Patent GB-190415807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locks
Inventor: HAWKINS ALBERT
Filed: 1904-07-15
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,807. Hawkins, A. July 15. Grant of Patent refused. Locks, key. - A lever lock for drawers, tills, doors, and the like, which allows of large projection of the bolt, has a fixed bolt stump and has the levers pivoted about an axis attached to the bolt. The bolt stump b, Figs. 3 and 4, fixed to the lock plate a, works in the longitudinal slot e, Fig. 5, in the tang d of the bolt c. The levers h, h<1>, h<2>, h<3>, preferably four in number, are pivoted on the axis f on the bolt tang d, which also carries the spring stop g. The projections m in the gatings of these levers decrease in size towards the bolt, a correspondingly-decreasing lift being required. Cupboard locks are constructed similarly, except that a second bolt is added at the opposite end of the bolt tang. The inner edge of this second bolt, projecting above the tang, may serve in place of the spring stop. The lower edges of the levers may be more or less notched to enable the sides, or one side in the case of a drawer or like lock, of the projection into the gating to be made perfectly straight.
Patent GB-190416326-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for use in the Teaching of Electric Telegraphic and other Signalling by means of the Morse or other similar Codes.
Inventor: MCDONALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 16,326. McDonald, W. July 23. Instruction apparatus.-Relates to a portable apparatus for teaching telegraphic and other signalling wherein the Morse or other similar codes are employed. A key-lever 5 is mounted in a bearing 3 which is capable of a partial rotation on a base 1. The rear arm of the keylever carries a screw 9, which is held by a spring 8 in contact with a stop 7. The forward end of the key-lever carries a plug 11 and a spring 12, which, by rotation of the bearing 3, can be brought over a similar spring 13 on the base 1. At the same time, the screw 9 and the plug 11 are brought over cushion stops 14<a>, 14 respectively. Below the base 1 is a casing 24, the bottom of which is formed by a sliding plate 25. In this casing is placed a battery 20 provided with spring tongues 23 which contact with similar tongues 21, 22 on the base 1. The terminals of an electric " buzzer " 16 are connected respectively to the tongues 22 and to a stop 15 which is below the plug 11 in the normal position of the key-lever 5. The tongue 21 is connected with one terminal of a switch 19, the other terminal being connected to the pivot of the key-lever 5. On the switch 19 being opened, the electric circuit is broken, and the apparatus may then be used as a " dummy key." To enable the apparatus to be used as a "silent key" signalling-device, the bearing 3 is rotated so that the plugs 11, 9 are brought over the cushion stops 14, 14<a> respectively. For the production of flash signals when the key is in the "silent" position, an electric glow lamp 17 is mounted on the base 1. The terminals of the lamp are connected to the tongue 22 and spring 13 respectively. Any other kind of visual signalling - apparatus, such as a small semaphore, may be operated by the apparatus.
Patent GB-190418509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Coaling Vessels.
Inventor: MAYO LOUIS ALFRED DE
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,509. Mayo, L. A. de. Aug. 26. Loading; conveyers; elevators; shoots.-Consists of elevator and conveyer apparatus for putting coal in at the coal ports of a vessel and distributing or trimming it to the bunkers. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus at work. The elevator 10, adjustably suspended at the side of the vessel, takes coal from the lighter and delivers it by an adjustable shoot 30 to the hopper 45 of an endless-band conveyer, which is movable on a rail 47 about a pivot 46 so as to deliver into the different bunkers iu turn. The adjustable supports for the elevator comprise a tackle 11, tackles 12, and rods 16 hooked over the rail 17 and connected at their other ends to sleeves 15 sliding on guide-rods on the elevator. The elevator chain consists of plates hinged together and having triangular buckets 27 secured to some of the plates. The coal is delivered to the shoot 30 over the back of the bucket adjacent thereto, and any coal that may escape is caught by a shield 35 extending down the inner side of the elevator and returned to the lighter. The shoot 30 consists of telescopic sections connected by hinged yokes, and it is supported by an adjustable brace 34. The conveyer frame is telescopic, and fitted with selfadjusting rollers to keep the tension constant. The elevator and the distributer are preferably driven by motors carried in their frames.
Patent GB-190421322-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Etching of Metal Plates by the Aid of Electrolysis
Inventor: STRECKER OTTO CARL
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 21,322. Strecker, O. C., and Strecker, H. Oct. 4. Lithographic and like printing.-Relates to the electrolytic production of deeply etched zincographs and relief etchings for lithographic metal printing from commercial zinc plates. The zinc plate, provided with the drawing or print in any usual manner, is made the anode in a bath of zinc acetate, formate, or other salt which deposits zinc in a continuous form upon a zinc cathode under high current strength, and a current of at least two ampÞres per square decimetre of one-sided metallic anode surface is employed. The plate, to which impurities such as lead, iron, and carbon loosely adhere, is first wiped with a soft wet cloth and then again treated with zinc etching fluid or acid, which precipitates or dissolves the last traces of lead. In place of plates, cylinders of zinc, or of metal electrolytically coated with zinc, may be etched as above, the cylinder being rotated during the process. In the case of rolled zinc plates particularly used for rotary printing, the surface layer, which has had its physical constitution altered by the mechanical pressure during rolling, is removed by making the plate the anode in an electrolytic bath as above, and by using a current strength of not less than one ampÞre per square decimetre. The plate is then etched as before, the removal of the surface layer allowing of a shallower etching than is otherwise possible.
Patent GB-190421468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrix Assembling Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-10-06
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 21,468. Boult, A. J., [Bellows, B. F.]. Oct. 6. Linotype and like machines.- Relates to matrix assembling machines. The matrices are contained in vertical channels 1 formed in a plate 2 which is secured to or forms part of the frame member 3. The plate 2 is supported at its lower end on a shelf 4 and is secured to the frame 3 by a wedge-arm 5 which engages w i t h a strap 6 on the plate. The arm 5 is secured to a shaft and is pressed into t h e strap 6 by a spring 8. To remove the magazine, the arm 5 is withdrawn by moving the shaft 7 longitudinally. The matrices are released by means of toothed escapement wheels 13 mounted loosely on a rod 18. Each wheel 15 is actuated by a palletlever 20, the tail of which projects into a notch in a vertically-sliding bar 25, the lower end of which rests on a key-lever 26. The matrices are bevelled off at their upper rear corners to allow the teeth of the wheels 13 to pass between one matrix and the next. The escapement wheels are locked, when the magazine is removed, by means of a bar 27 pivoted to the frame and connected by an arm 28 and a link 29 with a crank-pin on the shaft 7. After the shaft 7 has been moved endwise to withdraw the wedge-arm 5, it is rotated through an angle determined.by stops 9 which engage with an arm 10. The bar 27 is thereby moved beneath one tooth of each of the wheels 13. The magazine channels are closed by a plate 31, preferably of glass. When the magazine is removed, the matrices are supported by a rod 32 passed through holes in the ends of the plate 2.
Patent GB-190422092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas "Producers."
Inventor: ROBSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-14
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 22,092. Robson, J. Oct. 14. Gas-producers.- Consists in the arrangement o f a steam superheater or "steam ring " at the base of a gas-producer, above the grate, in such a manner as to prevent the formation of clinker on the bottom part of the firebrick lining, and thereby allow the fuel to fall freely towards the grate. The "steam ring" C, Fig. 1, is tapered towards the centre of the producer, and is inserted in the firebrick lining and supported by an angle-iron H. It is provided with lugs F which serve to support the grate. Steam and air enter the ring C at J, and escape through an outlet K to the space below the grate.
Patent GB-190423473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Decomposing Refractory Silicates
Inventor: GIBBS WILLIAM TAYLOR
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 23,473. Gibbs, W. T. Oct. 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Aluminium and potassium salts. - Refractory silicates, such as the felspars and potash mica, are decomposed by the aid of a small proportion of a catalytic agent, preferably a fluorine compound, such as hydrofluosilicic acid, or its equivalent. Any suitable reagent, preferably sulphuric acid, is used to combine with the base or bases of the silicate or silicates. The latter are finely powdered, and then boiled with the decomposing- solution until entirely decomposed. The silica is filtered off and potash alum crystallized out of the solution.
Patent GB-190425059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screw Bolts and Nuts.
Inventor: SUMMERFIELD ENOCH
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,059. Summerfield, B. Nov. 18. Locking nuts.-A number of buttress grooves A are formed in the bolt, and are adapted to be engaged by a pin &c. F, which projects through one of a number of holes D in the nut. The pin F is carried by a spring clip E, which is located in a groove C in the nut. Owing to:the shape of the grooves A, the nut can be screwed-up but cannot be turned in a reverse direction as the pin F engages the buttress side of one of the grooves. Slots H are provided in the nut to allow for the insertion of a tool for withdrawing the clip E and pin F, when it is desired to remove the nut. When applied to a turret nut, a slot or slots in the top of the nut opening into the groove C replaces the holes D and serves to receive the pin F.
Patent GB-190429024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Underskirts or Petticoats.
Inventor: MONK MADELINE
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 29,024. Monk, M. Dec. 30. Petticoats; trimmings.-Relates to a method of attaching a flounce to an underskirt or petticoat. A short underskirt a, Fig. 4, has two bands b, b<1> sewn along its lower edge, each being provided with a series of push-button sockets c facing outwards. To the top of the flounce d is attached a similar band e, having push-buttons c' facing inwards. The flounce is attached by joining the button-band to either of the socket bands by means of the fasteners. The upper band is covered by a flap. In a modification, the skirt bands are provided with buckles instead of sockets, and straps to engage the buckles are attached to the flounce band. The back of the waistband has a short length b, Fig. 2, of elastic fabric inserted, to cause it to fit readily, and a pleat i extends down the centre of the back.
Patent GB-190502000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hinges for the Wind Shields of Motor Road Vehicles
Inventor: ALLEN ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 2000. Allen, A. J. Feb. 1. Hinges; stays.-Relates to a stop hinge for the wind shields of motor road vehicles. The upper member 7 is pivoted to the lower fixed member by a pin 6. The lower member has a recess, closed by a cover plate 1, in which a spring- pressed bolt 2 is adapted to engage with the upper member 7. The parts are released by means of a pivoted trigger 5, through a slot of which projects a pin or screw 9.
Patent GB-190510641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Overhead Runways.
Inventor: PRIEST ROWLAND
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 10,641. Priest, R., and Millward, B., [trading as Priest, R.], and Morrall, W. May 22. Conveyers.-Relates to the construction of overhead runways for travelling carriages supporting suspended loads, and consists in providing these runways with immovable points or junctions. Figs. 1 and 2 show the construction for connecting two pairs of rails at right-angles to each other. The pairs of rails are suspended by brackets D, E, the rollers F of the travelling carriage G moving along the top of the rails. The rail B is curved into line with the rail J, and the inner rails C, J are connected by bolts to a point casting K. Fig. 6 shows the construction of a five-way junction. In this case two triangular junction castings K<5>, K<6> are used and are suspended by brackets in the same way as the rails. Various arrangements are shown intermediate to those described above.
Patent GB-190513432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lamps and Gas Fixtures.
Inventor: MANEY WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 13,432. Maney, W. T. June 29. Oil-lamp pendants.-Gaseliers are converted into oil-lamp pendants, by securing oil lamps 6 on the tubular arms 2 of the gaselier and supplying oil to the lamps 6 from reservoirs 5, connected by other tubular arms 11 to the base of the vertical pipe 1. The piece for connecting the arms 2 to the pipe 1 is replaced by another piece 10 having additional sockets for the reception of the arms 11.
Patent GB-190514972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamp Filaments from Thorium.
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-10-20
Abstract: 14,972. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 20. Incandescent lamps.-Pure thorium is used as the material of lamp filaments. The thorium is prepared by converting the dioxide into chloride and reducing the latter by means of sodium in a furnace of the type described in Specification No. 20,809, A.D. 1904 ; the metallic powder is purified and is then suitable for conversion into a dense metallic state for the manufacture of filaments.
Patent GB-190518456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsable Cardboard Boxes
Inventor: TAYLOR ELIJAH FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 18,456. Taylor, E. F. Sept. 13. Folding boxes.-A folding cardboard box is made from a rectangular blank, Fig. 2, scored at the lines a, b, c, d. To the portion c-d, which forms the bottom of the box, are secured, by cement or wire stitching, two end flaps e scored so as to lie flat when the box is folded. End pieces of paper or other flexible material are cemented to the extremities of the sides and the bottom of the box. Fig. 5 shows the box set up, the sides being provided with cord handles.
Patent GB-190521976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Indicating and Counting the Speeds of Rotation of Engines.
Inventor: GRANT ALLAN JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-28
Granted: 1906-10-27
Abstract: 21,976. Grant, A. J. Oct. 28. Speed and revolutiondirection indicators; odometers counting - a p p ar a t u s.-A speed and direction indicator and revolution counter for a turbine or other engine or a ship's propeller may be combined as shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 being an elevation of the speed indicator. The shaft a, Fig. 1, drives the speed and revolutiondirection indicator e by a bevel-wheel s, Fig. 2, and the counting-apparatus i through disconnectible helical gearing b, k. The wheel b is loose on the shaft a, to which it may be clutched by means of a lever g. The c o u n t e r may be arranged to register with the engines running in either direction, by connecting a crank driven by the gearing to a longer crank on the counter ; the long crank then only oscillates while the other rotates. A pointer q indicates the speed, and a co-axial pointer 10 revolves so as to indicate the direction of revolution of the shaft a. The mechanism for operating the pointer q consists of bevel-wheels s<1>, s<2>, Fig. 2, rotated in opposite directions by the wheel s, the wheel s<1> being fixed to its shaft t, and the wheel s<2> loose on this shaft. These wheels carry pawls to actuate ratchet - wheels u<1>, u<2>, which are arranged with their teeth in the same direction, so that one wheel is driven white the pawl moves idly over the other. The ratchet-wheels carry spur-wheels u<1x>, u<2x> gearing with wheels v on a shaft v<1>, and a wheel w on the shaft r<1> of a flyer-frame r gears with one of the wheels v. The flyer device is of a known type, consisting of a pivoted bracket r carrying a spindle with vanes driven through gearing from the. shaft r<1>, the rotation of the bracket, due to air resistance as the vanes rotate, being opposed by a spring or weight. The wheels v are mounted in a swinging frame suspended from the shaft r' of the flyer frame, so that they may be disengaged from the wheels u<1x>, u<2x> if required. The speed-indicating pointer q is carried on the shaft q<1> of the bracket r. The revolution-direction pointer 10 is rotated from the shaft t through spur gearing, and is carried on a sleeve 11 upon the shaft q<1>.
Patent GB-190522212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheel Rims and Means for Securing Tyres thereto.
Inventor: COLE JOHN CLARENCE
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 22,212. Cole, J. c. Oct. 31. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to improvements in the method described in Specification No 20,405, A.D. 1902 for attaching pneu matic and other elastic tyres to the rims of vehicle wheels. A tyre provided with a flanged base is seated on a metal rim e somewhai wider than the felloe d. Transverse bolts g passing through grooves formed in the base of the tyre are provided with lipped heads j and washers o which bear against inclined surfaces formed on endless retaining-rings m and on the underside of the rim e. The rings m are also provided with circumferential shoulders q, against which lips o<1>, k of the clamping-devices come to a bearing and force the rings both transversely and radially to secure the tyre to the rim.
Patent GB-190524779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Saw Sharpening Machines.
Inventor: COOK ANDREW
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 24,779. Cook, A., and Harvey, J. Nov. 30. Saws, sharpening.-Saw-sharpening machines of the vertically-rocking rotary-disk type for band; circular, or other saws have improved. actuating and saw-feed mechanisms allowing adjustment for wear. A cam B mounted on a driven shaft A rocks an arm C<1> carried by an inclined shaft, which also carries a frame E, on which is mounted a grinding-disk F. The disk F is vertically adjusted by a screw El bearing against a stop C' on the rocking arm C<1>. The saw is fed from a countershaft G by a feed-pawl M through an eccentrically adjustable cam drum H and horizontal and vertical levers L,-L<1> mounted on a rocking shaft. A roller J bears against the drum H and is adjusted by a screwed rod K screwing through the weighted lever L. A saw clamp below the grinding-disk consists of a back-plate N and a spring-pressed fence P which holds the saw. For band saws, an adjustable base-plate R is provided as shown in Fig. 4, while for circular saws the fence P is carried at the head of a standard which is clear of the saw as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190603328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Axle Bearings suitable for Motor Cars and like Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 3328. Thornycroft, T., and Thornycroft & Co., J. I. Feb. 10. Ball bearings for the live axles of motor-cars and like vehicles are mounted in a cylindrical casing 5, fixed to the axle 2 and surrounding a tube 6 to which the body of the vehicle is secured. The main balls 12 run between grooved race rings 9, 10. Thrust balls 27 may also be provided bearing against a T-shaped ring 25, 26 and rings 30, which are spaced by sleeves 29, 31 on the axle. The dust-excluding cover 14 is bolted to the cylinder 5 and is provided with packing 15. The thrust balls may be dispensed with, in which case the cover 14, by abutting against the collar 16, acts as a stop to prevent lateral movement.
Patent GB-190605500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Distances
Filed: 1906-03-07
Granted: 1907-04-06
Abstract: 5500. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. Dec. 23, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Range-finders; optical. prisms. -Relates to a method of range-finding depending upon the use of a triple reflector, such for instance as is shown in Specification No. 21,856, A.D. 1903, so modified as to reflect beams of light at small but constant angles of inclination to the incident beam. This is done by inclining the reflecting-surfaces at other than right-angles. The angle with the incident beam at which any particular triple reflector reflects a particular beam being known, it is only necessary to measure the distance between these two beams at any spot to determine the distance of the reflector. In general, a triple reflector as thus modified splits up an incident beam into six reflected ones, but these may be coalesced in pairs in various ways. Fig. 2 shows diagrammatically the method in use. A beam of light is projected from B by a mirror b on to a distant triple reflector a, by which the beam is split up into two beams which return to B as shown, one to' the right and one to the left. The distance of any one of these beams from B, the triple-reflector constant being known, gives the distance. The reflector may be in the form of a solid tetrahedron of glass with a plane inlet and outlet surface and with the non-effective solid angles removed as shown in Fig. 1. The reflector may have a collecting lens mounted in front of it, or the entrance surface itself may be convex. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No, 9129, A.D. 1903.]