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Patent GB-190326795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiator Apparatus for Heating, Evaporating, Cooling, Condensing and similar purposes.
Inventor: BENNETT FRANCIS EDGAR
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-12-07
Abstract: 26,795. Bennett, F. E. Dec. 7. Condensers; evaporators.-Relates to surface apparatus for heating, evaporating, cooling, condensing, and similar purposes, applicable to radiators for motor cars and the like. In one form of apparatus, Figs. 1 and 3, metal plates or strips having transverse corrugations are placed together in pairs so that the convexities may come in contact. In the channels formed by the opposite concavities of the plates are inserted tubes b. The plates are curved outwards or rabbeted, so as to leave a space c between the tubes and the surrounding-plates for the passage of fluids. In a modification, the tubes taper towards the centre of their length. Fig. 5 shows in section another form of apparatus in which two plain corrugated plates are held together by caps e so as to form a channel c. Figs. 16 and 17 show two forms of a complete radiator consisting of elements so arranged as to form a continuous passage for the liquids. In Fig. 17, the elements are shown passing into end boxes provided with baffles h which cause the fluid to pass successively through the elements. In another method of building up a radiator, two corrugated plates, shown in elevation in Fig. 6, having the corrugations towards the same side curved outwards, and those towards the opposite directions plain, are secured together, so that the plain corrugations on one plate come against the curved corrugations on the other, as shown in Fig. 9. Two such pairs of plates are then secured together by clips f to form the radiator shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 12 shows a method of carrying the end of an element into an end box. Several such pairs of plates may be joined up in like manner.
Patent GB-190326901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corset Fastenings.
Filed: 1903-12-08
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 26,901. Thieler, R. Dec. 17, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Corset fastenings.-The busk a is provided with projecting plates e containing slots c. Tongues d on the busk b engage the slots, being introduced and withdrawn in the position shown in Fig. 3. They grip tightly when the busks are placed flat, side by side. The shape of the tongues and plates may be modified, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190326905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Filling Character Depressions, in Buttons, with Enamel.
Inventor: THYBERG SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-12-08
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 26,905. Thyberg, S., and Chapman, A. C. L. Dec. 8. Lift plug or sliding valves for use in machines for applying enamel to buttons. The feed-tool consists of a block f provided with a sleeve g which tapers slightly at its lower end and is connected by a tube F<2> with the enamel reservoir. The block f carries a spring sliding plunger i, the lower end of which is slightly tapered so as to form with the sleeve g a valve for the intermittent discharge of the enamel when the tool is brought down on to the button.
Patent GB-190327159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Needle Feeding Apparatus for Gramophones and like Instruments
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER ADOLF
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 27,159. Oppenheimer, A., and Oppenheimer, M. Dec. 11. Phonographs &c.-A needle-feeding device for gramophones is shown in side elevation in Fig. 3, and in front sectional elevation in Fig. 4. It consists of a box or needle chamber 1 fixed to the diaphragm casing 3 by a screw 2, and spring feeder attached to the front of the box, and a driver 4 mounted on the top. A row of needles 11 is constantly forced towards the driver, so that the last one comes above an opening 12 in the bottom of the box. On pushing down the driver, a rib 9, sliding in a slot in the tube 5, forces the needle through the opening, the rounded end of the driver pushes aside the bifurcated end 15 of the spring 14, the other arm guiding the needle into the holder 13 where it is secured by a set-screw 16 as usual. The feeding-device is shown in section in Fig. 7. The collar 21 is pushed along the spindle by the spring 22, and cairies with it the arm 23, Fig. 4, which slides in a longitudinal slot in the tubes, its end 17 being bent down as shown. When the needles are used up the rib 9 catches on the arm 17. The outer tube 18 is fixed to the front of the needle chamber, and the inner tube 19 is secured in it by means of the trigger 26 and cross slot 27. The top 34 of the needle chamber is connected to the cap of the tube 19, the complete removal of which is prevented by the arm 23 in the slot To facilitate charging, the stock of needles is preferably contained in rows in a box in which is a block of wood with slots, the blunt ends projecting above the slots, and handled by means of a pair of pincers, as shown in Fig. 16. During charging, the driver is held down by means of a set-screw 33.
Patent GB-190403912-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Regulating the Intensity and the Heating-effect of Electric Currents.
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 3912. Soc. Anon. l'Industrie VerriÞre et ses DÚrivÚs. Feb. 18, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Heating.-An electric heating-apparatus, for use in connection with vehicles, consists of one or more layers of a conducting or semi-conducting material, like carbon, in the form of granules, powder, small pieces, flakes, or filaments, which become heated by the passage of an electric curreut. Leads b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, Fig. 1, are placed in the resistance-mass w, so that, by simply connecting an arm b<6> with one of the leads or by letting a register c into the mass w at a convenient place, the desired resistance and consequent heating effect is obtained. The leads may be kept at the end of the resistancemasses w, Fig. 2, and the required effect obtained by introducing one or more layers w into circuit these layers either being in contact or having spaces e left between them. A modification is described in which the current mains are connected with contact-pieces on a vertical right and left handed screw. As these pieces approach or recede from each other, they make contact with leads projecting through the side of a vertical vessel containing the resistance mass. The regulation is obtained in the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 by the compression of the resistance-mass, the conductivity of which is thereby altered.
Patent GB-190407871-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Cloth Cutters.
Inventor: JACOBS SOLOMON RICHARD
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7871. Jacobs, S. R. April 5. Cutting-machines for fabrics.-The cutting-knife 3 is connected to a rod 7, carried in bearings 8, 9, and is reciprocated by a crank on the disc 16 and a link having a sleeve adjustably fixed by a screw 23 to the rod 7. The disc 16 is rotated by the .internal gear 15 and pinion 14 from the armature shaft of an electromotor. The machine is carried by the handle 6.
Patent GB-190415671-A (GB)
Title: Composition of Matter for Laying and Collecting or Absorbing Dust
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 15,671. Fairweather, W., [Singer, B.]. July 14. Cleansing-compositions.-A composition, consisting of an oil such as paraffin oil, a vehicle or absorbent for the oil such as steel or iron slag, and a body or granular material such as sand or sawdust or a mixture thereof, is used for laying and collecting or absorbing dust in such operations as the sweeping of floors, carpets, &c. The body is improved by the addition of granulated limestone and brick earth, the composition being thus caused to adhere together. Oil of pine needles and oil of juniper wood may also be added to give the composition a pleasant odour.
Patent GB-190416754-A (GB)
Inventor: TYARS GEORGE PARKE
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,754. Tyars, G. P. July 29. Washing ores etc.; amalgamating.-Relates to a machine for treating and amalgamating gold and other ores. The crushed ores, together with warer, flow from the battery screens into a shoot h leading into the vessel a. A shaft d in the centre of the vessel is provided with arms c which carry paddles b, the blades of which are all set at the same angle to their radii, the points of attachment of the blades to the arms lying on a spiral drawn from the centre of the shaft. The two outermost blades project into a channel g formed around the base of the vessel, the outermost blade f being turned towards the outer wall of the vessel, and the preceding blade towards the inner wall of the channel, these blades preventing deposits on the walls. The rest of the blades are arranged so that the forward edge of any blade traces out the same path as the outer rear edge of the preceding blade. Mercury is introduced through a cup i having an orifice leading into the vessel, and the amalgam and concentrates are withdrawn through a tap k. The tailings flow through an outlet m to a shoot n, from which they pass to second or third vessels, or to waste. The shaft d may be driven from the main shaft of the battery.
Patent GB-190419681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Sprinklers.
Inventor: WILKINSON ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 19,681. Wilkinson, R. J. Sept. 13. Sprinklers, automatic and non- automatic. - The softening or destruction of celluloid is used to set free water in a sprinkler system on the occurrence of excessive heat. The thin metal seating e of the glass valve f, Fig. 1, is kept in position by means of the body d screwed into the socket b at one end and at the other into a celluloid cap g. A metal disc g<1> may be inserted between the cap and the perforated diaphragm d<3> of the body d, which is cut in slits longitudinally. The celluloid strut m, Fig. 3, retained in position by the screw l, operates automatically or may be fuzed artificially, as described in Specification No. 4520, A.D. 1903, by passing an electric current through the platinum wire n coiled around it. The Provisional Specification states that a celluloid cap may be secured to a rose on the end of a sprinkler pipe, with an unsecured india-rubber cap between it and the rose.
Patent GB-190419822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Starting Resistances for Electric Commutator Motors
Inventor: LATOUR MARIUS
Filed: 1904-09-14
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 19,822. Latour, M. Sept. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Commutators; motors, controlling.-The Specification comprises improvements upon the invention described in Specification No. 14,366, A.D. 1904, in which external starting-resistances are connected between the brushes of like polarity in motors provided with two commutators. Fig. 1 shows the drum-wound armature of a two-pole machine connected to two opposite commutators I, II, the insulating-segments of which have the same widths as the conducting. segments. Brushes a, a<1> of like polarity and having the same widths as the commutator segments are connected by a resistance c, c', the current being preferably led in at the middle point b of the resistance. By this construction, no bar of the winding can be short-circuited except through the resistance c, c', and the effect is the same as if resistance connections had been arranged upon the armature. Figs. 2 and 3 show governor and electromagnetically-operated means for automatically reducing the starting-resistance c, c<1> as the motor runs up to synchronous speed. The repulsion motor shown in Fig. 3 is provided with two commutators, on one of which a pair of brushes f, g is short-circuited. The core m of the solenoid is attached to a spring n or a counterweight.
Patent GB-190425289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Building Blocks.
Inventor: PODMORE THOMAS
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 25,289. Podmore, T. April 21, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Building-blocks.-Artificial-stone building-blocks are faced to resemble granite &c. by applying cement 6, Fig. 4, to the surface of blocks 5, formed of cement, sand, or other material, sprinkling stone fragments 7 over the cement, tamping the whole into position, and, when set, grinding the surface with a stiff brush or stone.
Patent GB-190425307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vomiting Kiers.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,307. Boult, A. J., [Jefferson, E. D.]. Nov. 21. Bleaching.-A vomiting kier 1 for bleaching &c. has the usual movable cover 2 and grid 3 ; liquid which has percolated through the material passes through the pipe 5 and the check valve 6, which prevents back flow into the kier, and up into a trap arrangement 7, preferably of the form shown. When the liquid reaches the level of the opening of the pipe 16, it flows down this pipe into the receptacle 15, which has a vent pipe 37 and is connected to the trap also by the pipe 21 with a check valve 22. The float 17 is thus raised and operates the steam valve 13 by means of the lever 18, rockshaft 19, lever 20, and link 14 ; the valve 13 is preferably of the "Water's balanced lever" type. Steam, preferably live steam, though exhaust steam may be used if giving sufficient pressure, is thereby admitted through the pipe 12 to the top of the trap 7. The check valve 6 closes and the check valves 9, 22 open, the liquid in the trap 7, pipe 16, and receptacle 15 being forced up the pipe 8, from which it passes by the loop 10 and the pipe 11 to the top of the kier. When the level of liquid in the trap &c. reaches the bottom of the standing leg 8, the level in the receptacle 15 is lowered enough to allow the float 17 to fall, thereby closing the valve 13 and cutting off the steam pressure. A small vent 35, with check valve 36, attached to the pipe 8 allows the steam remaining in the trap to escape. The portion of the check valve 9 may be varied, if desired. The pipe 23 connects the top of the kier to the bottom pipe 5, and serves to equalize the pressure inside the kier. The steam for heating purposes, preferably exhaust steam, though live steam may be used, comes in by the pipe 24. This pipe has a valve 34 and an automatic regulating-valve 25 connected by a pipe 26 through a pipe 27 with the kier ; the amount of steam supplied for heating is thus regulated by the pressure in the kier. The pipe 26 has a steam gauge 33 attached, and the pipe 27 is provided with a safety-valve 28. The liquid is supplied to the kier by the pipe 29, which has a valve 30. Waste liquor is drawn off by the pipe 31, fitted with a valve 32. The form of the trap and the nature of the automatic device used in this apparatus may be varied ; if desired, it may be so constructed that steam can pass in at the top of the kier after forcing in the liquid.
Patent GB-190428781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cartridges for Short-range or 'Gallery' use.
Inventor: KING THOMAS SYDNEY
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,781. King, T. S., and Bell, J. E. Dec. 29. Cartridges, small-arm and ordnance.-Short-range practice cartridges with fall-sized projectiles consist of a case 1 with a primer 2 of the usual construction, the reduced charge being in the form of a tube 3 of nitro-cellulose paper, which is preferably closed at the rear end, so that the flash may impinge directly upon the charge. The projectile 6 is seated upon tha end of the tube 3, which serves as a stop.
Patent GB-190500764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shaping or Cutting Machines for Wood Working and the like.
Inventor: CARSTENS ERNST
Filed: 1905-01-14
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 764. Carstens, E. Jan. 14. Planing; shaping by cutting.-Relates to cylindrical guards for machines with rotary cutters for shaping or cutting wood. The vertical axle a of the cutter c carries a prolongation a<1> passing through a ring d, which is held in place by washers b and a nut. The cylindrical guard k is supported on a ring consisting of two halves e, e<1> forming between them a race for balls g, which run also in a groove in the ring d. Arms f, extending from the halfrings e, e', support an annulus l at diametrically opposite points, and on the periphery of the annulus are projections y, y<1> engaging respectively with helical grooves x, x<1> on the inside of the guard k. The guard carries an external protecting-ring n of rubber or leather. It may be moved away from the table to make room for. the wood m to be cut by turning it relatively to the annulus l, and may be clamped in the adjusted position by means of a lever z pivoted at w. Because of friction at the balls g, the guard k tends to revolve with the cutter c, but it may readily be held or stopped by hand.
Patent GB-190502961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Bridges, Traversing Bridges and the like.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 2961. Marks, G. C., [Kerihuel, V. J.]. Feb. 13. Bridges.-Relates to a flying bridge which can be adapted for continuous traffic. The ordinary traversing car or platform b, suspended from a trolly running on the overhead track a, is used at high-water when large craft are passing underneath. At low-water, when only small craft are passing, the car b is moved to the centre and the intervening spaces bridged by large platforms c, d, preferably suspended from trollies on the track a, thus forming a complete bridge. The platforms c, d ordinarily repose in the bridge approaches as shown in Fig. 1. The bridge may be adapted for pedestrians, road vehicles, tramways, or railways, and the platforms c, d may be supported from below by rails.
Patent GB-190503141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Hinges
Inventor: FIERENKOTHEN JULIUS
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 3141. Fierenkothen, J. Feb. 15. Hing es.- The centre pin a has a screw-threaded projection at its lower end over which is screwed the lower pivot d. The pivot d has an annular groove c and flange e to connect the lower flap b, which has a recess in its tubular edge. The centre pin a has a flattened part g similar to the socket of the flap b to prevent relative rotation of these parts. A hole is provided in the pivot d so that it may be easily rotated and the height of the pin adjusted.
Patent GB-190506176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Relays for Telephones, Telegraphones and the like
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN JENS HERMAN
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 6176. Christensen, J. H. March 23. Telephone systems.-Relates to telephonic relays, suitable for use with telephones and telegraphones and in connexion with electrolytic or magnetic wave-detectors used in wireless telegraphy. The relay comprises two or more contact-pieces sus. pended in such a way that they just make contact with another contact-piece fixed to a telephone diaphragm. The two or more contact-pieces are in circuit with a second telephone of some 150 ohms resistance and a battery of 8 volts or more. In the form of relay shown in Fig. 1, carbon contacts fare suspended by thin wires e, which are twisted together so as to have the slighest possible free vibration, from springs d so that they just make contact with a carbon plate c fixed to the diaphragm of a telephone a. Exact adjustment is effected by the screws g. The local circuit passes through the contacts f and the plate c in series. In a modification, Fig. 4, the contacts f are suspended on thin rods r, which are supported at s on pins. By adjustment of the position of the weight u on the rod r, the pressure between the contact f and plate h can be varied. The eccentrically-mounted roller v may be turned about its axis x so as to press all the rods r against the bar y and thus throw the relay out of action. In a further modification, the rods rare mounted by means of a spindle, revoluble in jewel bearings, the space behind the bearings being filled with mercury in order to make contact.
Patent GB-190506495-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in connection with Printing Indigo on Vegetable Fibre.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 6495. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 27. Maltose, for use in indigo dyeing, is prepared from wheat or rice refuse starch by boiling with water to a paste, and while at a temperature of 60‹-70‹ C., "Diastafor," or malt extract, is added and the temperature maintained until all the starch is converted. The solution is ready for use after bringing to a specific gravity of 1À052.
Patent GB-190508011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable or Invalid Chairs.
Inventor: HIGGINS ELMER EBEN
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 8011. Higgins, E. E. April 14. Fastenings, clamp and spring-catch. An invalid's chair has a spring clip for attaching a sanitary chamber under the seat, and can be clamped to a wheeled truck, and has, also, the back adjustably secured at any inclination by means of a sliding clamp. The cushion 19, Fig. 3, is cut away at the seat, and preferably reinforced by a metal ring 21, to which is attached, underneath, a spring clip 23 to take the flange of the chamber. Both or one of the jaws of the clip may be pivoted. The chair is attached to the wheeled truck, by means of brackets 10, Figs. 1 and 2, on sleeves 6 secured to the frame 1, the brackets being channelled to form bearings for the horizontal members 15 of the chair frame, which are held in position by the pivoted clamps 12, the ends of which are secured by rings 13, sliding on the upright pillars 8, which are preferably cast in sockets 7 on the sleeves 6. Projecting arms 9 on the pillars 8 carry arm pieces, the rear ends of which are notched to take the headed ends 29 of the springs 28 which are secured to the eccentric clamping levers 27, pivoted between the lugs of split collars 26 which slide on the back members 16 of the frame.
Patent GB-190508325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Paper.
Inventor: MORRIS EDGAR FORD
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 8325. Morris, E. F. April 19. Pulp, treating.-Paper is rendered stronger and less liable to disintegrate when wet by mixing the pulp from which it is made with an emulsion containing suitable proportions of turkey-red oil, a drying oil, or a mixture of drying oils, such as boiled or raw, linseed oil tung oil, or other oils that oxidize on exposure to air, and one or. more alkalies. The paper is manufactured in the usual manner for the production of sheets, ribbons or threads, and may be subsequently treated by the known methods for wall paper printing, surface staining, dyeing, calendering, waterproofing, and the like.
Patent GB-190508339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Heating of Water and other Fluids.
Inventor: BARTER CHARLES
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 8339. Barter, C. April 19. Heating liquids.-An apparatus for heating water or other liquids in baths, cisterns, or the like by means of steam consists of a cylindrical body a to which is fitted at the lower end a steam nozzle b, and at the upper end a delivery pipe c, which to prevent noise may be formed of wire-gauze, or be perforated as at f. The water enters the body a through holes d, and is discharged through the tube c into the vessel. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the heated water is discharged as a spreading stream or spray through a sector-shaped slit h below the flange g of the discharge tube.