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Patent GB-190222423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cinematographs and like Apparatus for the Projection of Kinetoscopic Pictures.
Inventor: HUGHES WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 22,423. Hughes, W. C. Oct. 15. Kinematographs.-The film is delivered from a drum W<1> revolving in a fixed casing W<2> and driven bya a band Y<1> and pulleys from the main driving-axle, the axle of the drum being fitted with a "free- " wheel " clutch. The film passes between friction rollers z<1>, z<2>, which prevent the film in the casing from taking fire, and then under a feed-drum H to a roller M and a guide-roller p, through the stationary guide P to a second guide-roller p, roller M', and feed-drum H<1> to a drum X' arranged and driven in a similar manner to the drum W<1>. The feed-drums H, H<1> are driven through spurwheels D, F by a wheel E mounted on the driving- axle and actuated by a handle G. The rollers M, M<1> are mounted on a frame L sliding on a bar J which receives a rapid reciprocating motion through a crank disc 0 and an adjustable connecting-rod N actuated by the spur-wheel E. The movement of the frame L causes the roller M<1> to press down the film suddenly, so as to bring the pictures successively into position in the aperture of the guide P. The feed-drums H, H<1> are mounted loosely on the axles, and each carries a pinion gearing with teeth on the axle. The axles of the pinions are provided with heads by which they can be rotated so as to move the drums on their axles in order to properly centre the pictures. The drums are provided with pins to engage the film, which is kept in position by rollers carried by plates z, z<4>. The rollers p are also adjustable, being mounted on bars which can be moved horizontally by racks and pinions R, R<1>, Between the lantern S and the film is arranged a shutter S, which cuts off the light when the film is at rest, but, when the mechanism is actuated, motion is given to a centrifugal governor T, which rises and, through a connecting-rod, lifts the tail end of the lever carrying the shutter, which is thus lowered. The projecting-lens V<1> is mounted in a frame V, and the adjusting-pinion is carried by a vertical spindle V<2>. The screen Z<3> is mounted on an axle Z driven through bevel gearing. The frame P has mounted upon it a transparent disc with coloured segments which can be rotated by hand so as to give any desired colour effects. The casings enclosing the drums W<1>, X<1> are provided with doors to allow the drums to be removed. The " free-wheel mechanism fitted to the drum consists of balls or roller clutches, arranged between the driving-pulley and the spindle. The clutchpieces are preferably in the form of pinions working in recesses and forced into action by springs. The clutches are arranged in opposite directions so that the film can be drawn backwards through the apparatus, the delivering-drum in each case running free.
Patent GB-190305667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Molds for Casting Rings
Inventor: FORD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 5667. Ford, W. E. April 30, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding.-A mould, such as is described in Specification No. 21,435, A.D. 1900, for casting rings and other articles in precious metal, has flanges a on the two sections A, A<1> to register the crown section c with the rest of the mould. The sections A, A<1> have grooves 12 for casting the body of the ring, whiL the section c has an impression to form the claw or other setting. If the setting is a double one, as shown in Fig. 8, the crown section may also contain grooves for forming the portions of the ring adjacent to the settings, as shown in Fig. 7, a filling-piece n being inserted to complete the core 13. The mould is ventilated by slits 2, 3, 5 and provided with a pouring-gate 17. The extended flanges of the charcoal mould transmit the heat of the molten gold to the cuttlefish crown section and thus ensure gradual cooling of the setting so that the claws will be soft and malleable. The crown section may be held in place by a rubber band e passed over the ends of a centering-pin f placed in the holes 15 of the mould sections.
Patent GB-190315465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Trawling or Fishing Gear or Apparatus.
Inventor: DONALDSON THOMAS DAVEY
IPC: A01K73/045
Filed: 1903-07-13
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 15,465. Donaldson, T. D. July 13. Trawling-gear.-Relates to trawling-gear used in herring, mackerel, or other fishing, and consists in providing means whereby the depth at which the trawling-gear is required to be used may be regulated. Fig. 1 shows a trawl board provided with the apparatus. A sinker a, attached to a line c which passes over a roller d, set askew in the trawl board b as shown in the sectional plan, Fig. 3, is regulated from the fishing-vessel. By hauling in the line c, or letting it out, the trawl board and net can be adjusted so as to lie at any desired distance from the ground f. If the depth at which it is desired to fish is known, the sinkers may be attached to the boards by predetermined lengths of lines, or the depths of immersion may be regulated by floats and lines attached to the eyes in the top edge of the boards. The float lines may pass to the vessel through fairleads similar to those for the sinker lines c.
Patent GB-190315821-A (GB)
Title: A Magnetic Balance or Magnetometer & Galvanometer
Inventor: HIBBERT WALTER
Filed: 1903-07-17
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 15,821. Hibbert, W. July 17. Magnetometers.-A long thin magnet D, aged to render it permanent, is clamped at its centre by a screw in a cross-piece C, which is carried by hard steel points in agate cups B, the magnet being balanced exactly by weights E<2> adjustable on screws. A magnet J to be tested is then clipped by a spring on a grooved block H, which slides on an upright F and is held in any position on this by a spring. The magnet J is placed so that it repels the adjacent pole of the balanced magnet D, and a weight L is then adjusted on the other end of this to return it to its original position. The distance between the two magnets, and the position of the adjustable weight L, are measured by vertical and horizontal scales, the scale for the weight L being preferably graduated to read directly in dynes. In modifications, the weight L slides on a rod parallel to the magnet, and the block H may be below the balanced magnet. Instead of the cross-piece C and bearing-points, the long magnet may be held on a grooved crosspiece by a flat spring, which may be turned about its attachment screw to balance the magnet ; the cross-piece is suspended by two silk fibres from a stationary bridge. Current meters.-A stationary coil M is provided in the above-described instrument, to act on the balanced magnet D. A coil may be provided over this magnet.
Patent GB-190321419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cotton Cords.
Inventor: COLLINS ABRAHAM
Filed: 1903-10-06
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 21,419. Collins, A. Oct. 6. Corded fabrics.-In cotton cords of the class in which four foundation picks are used to the round, the remainder being face picks, the face ends of ordinary yarn are drawn two in a heald, or single ends may be drawn in separate healds working together. The back ends at each side of the face ends are of ordinary yarn, and are drawn one in a heald. The remaining back ends are composed of single or double yarn with an increased amount of twist known as reverse twist, and are drawn one in a heald. Fig. 1 is an example of a design for a cotton cord with the ends arranged as above, the horizontal lines indicating the warp ends and the vertical lines the weft. Preferably sixteen ends are employed for a complete draft, but the face ends may be lifted in threes, if desired.
Patent GB-190324009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnifying Lenses, Eye-pieces and the like.
Inventor: ROHR MORITZ VON
Filed: 1903-11-05
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 24,009. Rohr, M. von. Nov. 5. Lenses.-Relates to a chromatically-corrected and orthoscopic lens system, applicable to stereoscopes, eyepieces for telescopes, and other magnifiers or glasses for reading or for viewing photographs and pictures, and designed to show at a large distance and wide angle, a virtual image of an object situated near the focal plane. The object may be material, or a real or virtual optical image. The system is composed of two or three lenses L<1>, L<2>, L<3> arranged in two systems, a positive and a negative one, with an intermediate air space. The combination shown in Fig. 1 is designed for viewing photographs, while that shown in Fig. 2 is designed for use as a magnifier or telescopic eyepiece.
Patent GB-190324753-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tyre Lever
Inventor: HORSTMANN SIDNEY ADOLPH
Filed: 1903-11-13
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 24,753. Horstmann, S. A., and Fuller, R. C. L. Nov. 13. Tyres, pneumatic, tools for removing jackets and covers of. A tyre lever has a forked end a, Figs. 1 and 2, wide enough to allow studs and valves to be easily removed and replaced. The handle c is bent so as to lift the tyre without striking the mud guard. The ends b of the fork are thickened to avoid injuring the tyre.
Patent GB-190402809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cancelling, Checking Marking or Endorsing Admission or Fare Tickets or the like
Inventor: CLARKE ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-04
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 2809. Clarke, R. Feb. 4. Fares and admission-fees, checking; receipts, checking.-Fare or admission tickets, payment slips, and the like are collected and cancelled by rollers in the apparatus illustrated, in one form. The rollers have corrugations, projections and recesses, letters, figures, or cutters, to mark the tickets, and may be inked by a pad or roller r; they are revolved by a motor or hand-driving gearing. In the form shown, the tickets are placed in a hopper j, and pass between corrugating-rollers a, a<1>, one of which is turned by a ratchet-wheel, pawl, and hand-lever g; the other roller is supported by spring-pressed sliding bearings d. The tickets are detached from the roller a<1> by a brush o, and fall down a plate n to a third roller a<2>; this is oscillated by a link con- nection v<1> with the hand-lever g, and carries cutters of any desired form, to pass through corresponding slots in the plate n, the pieces thus cut from the tickets falling into a box below. The upper rollers may be heated to render their effect permanent ; they may be smooth, to flatten thin tickets prepa- ratory to the action of the cutting-roller a<2>. The plate n may be replaced by a hollow roller. The hopper j may have flaps to retain the tickets temporarily for inspection.
Patent GB-190403741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gravitation Safety Valves.
Inventor: MACKINTOSH CHARLES
Filed: 1904-02-15
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 3741. Mackintosh, C. Feb. 15. Safety - valves.- A safety-valve of the kind described in Specifications No. 24,622, A.D. 1895, and No. 3177, A.D. 1900, adapted for kitchen boilers, water-heaters, &c., is shown in Fig. 1. The flow-pipe A or other source of pressure is connected by pipes N, P to a U-tubeB, containing mercury, the free end of which is curved and dips into a receiver D. The closed limb of the tube is filled with whisky or other liquid to preserve the mercury from oxidation, and to ensure the action of the apparatus. A rise of pressure in the pipe A drives the mercury into the receiver, which may be hermetically sealed, or fitted with an escape pipe to the fire to put the fire out. To facilitate the connection of the tube B to the pipe P, a short metal connecting-pipe I is connected to the tube B by a length of "dermatine" &c. tubing encased in a metallic spring tube a secured by a spring-clip b and thumb-nut c. The metal tube 1 is secured to the case E, in which the apparatus is placed, by a screw-nut J<1> having holes in its rim for connection to the case. The screwnut is surmounted by a socket J and a union-piece having a cup-shaped end to act as a funnel for convenience in filling the U - tube. The closed limb of the U-tube may be made of metal, as shown at M, Fig. 2, and connected to the glass part B by the means described for the metal connecting-pipe I, Fig. 1. A cock G may be fitted, as shown in Fig. 2, between the glass and metal parts B, M, respectively.
Patent GB-190410414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Sliding Bolts
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 10,414. Showell, C. May 6. Making window &c. fastenings.-Relates to the manufacture of barrels for sliding bolts. The W-section shown in Fig. 1 is produced from a metal strip by rolling or drawing, and is then, by further operations, caused to assume the form shown in Fig. 4, the flat parts 6<c> forming the baseplate. The strip can then be cut into the lengths required for the barrel or socket of the bolt.
Patent GB-190412113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Sterilization of Food and other Substances
Inventor: SCHROEDER ADOLPH
Filed: 1904-05-27
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 12,113. Schr÷der, A. May 27. Liquids, sterilizing ; preserving butter.-Food, such as butter, liquids, such as milk, water for use in making aerated waters or for other purposes, and other substances are sterilized by the addition of compounds which react to produce oxygen or hydrogen peroxide. Preferably, the peroxides of alkalies or of alkaline earths are decomposed by the action of carbon dioxide, carbonates, acids, acid phosphates, &c., the substances used being such that the residue remaining in the butter &e. is innocuous. In making aÙrated waters, the water is treated with magnesium,calcium, or sodium peroxide before aeration. Milk is treated with magnesium peroxide and sodium bicarbonate, an acid calcium phosphate, &c., and is heated in closed vessels to 40‹-50‹ C. Butter is kneaded with calcium peroxide and acid calcium phosphate, and is stored in closed vessels. When sterilizing milk by means of calcium peroxide and an acid calcium phosphate, carbonic acid may be introduced to accelerate the process.
Patent GB-190413310-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automobile or Self Propelled Vehicle.
Inventor: HEWITT EDWARD RINGWOOD
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,310. Hewitt, E. R. June 13. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to means for rendering accessible the engines of motor cars of the type in which the engine is mounted in the middle of the car beneath the vehicle body, and also for mounting the fuel tank in such a manner that it shall be remote from the engine without necessitating the disconnection of the pipe leading from it to the engine when the latter is exposed. In the car shown in Fig. 1, the rear portion 6 of the body is mounted upon hinges 10 so that it can be tilted into the position shown by the dotted lines and held there by links 12, 13. The body is normally held in position by suitable fastenings 16. The fuel tank 17 is mounted upon the back of the seat 9, and the pipe 18 leading from it to the engine is led down to the vicinity of the hinge 10, where there is either a movable joint or coupling 20 in the pipe, as shown in Fig. 2, or a spiral 21, as shown in Fig. 3, which is sufficiently flexible to permit of the tilting of the body without disconnecting the pipe. Another spiral 22 is arranged vertically in the pipe to relieve the pipe from any injurious effect due to the vibration of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190422326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controllers for Electric Motors.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 22,326. Justice, P. M., [Voltage Controller Co.]. Oct. 17. Motors, controlling.-A rotary interrupter is placed in the armature circuit of a shunt-wound motor. A controlling-switch with which the interrupter is combined regulates the armature and the field circuits by cutting out resistances in the usual way. Fig. 5 shows the arrangement with the controller drum developed. Current from the main passes to the contact 2 and from the contact 5 to the interrupter C, rotated by an auxiliary motor D, then to the armature 76, and back to the other main. In the first and second positions of the controller drum, the interrupter remains out of circuit, in the third position it is brought in, and the duration of its periods of make and break is progressively increased up to the ninth position. In the tenth position, the interrupter is shunted and resistance begins to be put in the field. In the succeeding positions, the field resistance is increased, step by step, to its full amount. A safety device consisting of a centrifugal governor is provided on one of the shafts of the gearing connecting the auxiliary motor with the interrupter. This falls back if the motor stops, and moves contacts to short-circuit the holding-magnet of an underload release switch, thus cutting off the current. A reversing - switch interlocks with the controller drum, and can be thrown only when the latter is in the 'off' position.
Patent GB-190425630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Systems of Control for Electrically Operated Doors.
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,630. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 24. Bulkhead doors.- Doors are operated by an electric motor, which drives a pinion engaging a rack attached to the door. The motor is controlled by a reversing- switch C<1> at the door, normally held in the position for lowering. In this position, the circuit is not closed until the solenoid S is energized by closing the distant switch E, or by moving the crank B, by means of the switch handle. The reversing-switch comprises seven stationary contact-fingers c' ... c' and movable contacts, as shown. To start the motor, the solenoid is energized and the circuit is closed from the linewire a to the contacts c<1>, c<2>, and then partly through the resistance r and the armature M, the field magnets, and the resistance r<1> to the linewire a'. The resistance r, which is in shunt with the armature, gives a strong torque at starting, and the resistance r<1> limits the motor current after the door is closed. The local operation of the contacts b, b<1> has a precisely similar effect to the distant control. In the other position of the reversing-switch, for raising the door, the circuit is closed from the line-wire a to the contacts c<7>, c<4>, the motor armature M in reverse direction, contacts c<2>, c<3>, resistance r<1>, and the motor field contacts c<6>, c<5> to the line-wire a<1>. In this motor, energizing the solenoid S has no effect, permitting the door always to be controllable locally. The reversing-switch, Fig. 3, is held in the lowering position by the spring 2 and its own weight. The shaft h is loosely journalled in the switch and is provided with a pin 4 engaging a pin 3 on the switch, by means of which contact is made to raise the door. An arm K is also loosely mounted on the shaft h, operated by similar pins but in the opposite direction. A tension spring 6 returns the shaft to its normal position, and a spring 10, attached to the arm K, operates the crank B. An extension k operates the crank B if the spring 10 fails.
Patent GB-190500407-A (GB)
Inventor: TAYLOR JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 407. Taylor, J. Jan. 9. Carding-engines; feeding-machines for carding- engines etc.; openers, scutchers etc.; gins.-Relates to undercasings or grids. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a carding-engine. The grid bars A are formed by bending strips of sheet metal into a U-shape and sliding suitably shaped plates C over the flanged edges. They extend the full width of the machine without intermediate supports and are secured to the end frames B by means of solder &c. The plates or slides C are curved to the form of the cylinder &c. with which they are used, and their edges act as knives for removing seeds &c. from the fleece or fibre.
Patent GB-190501247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conduits for the Protection of Electrical Conductors.
Inventor: MAXWELL DAVID
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 1247. Maxwell, D. Jan. 23. Anti - vibration d'evices. - C o nduits, which are flexible, fire-proof, and vermin proof, and in which moisture cannot accumulate, are made by closely coiling steel, iron, bronze, or like wire into a spiral 3, and are used as ananti-vibrating support for Nernst and similar lamps, as shown at 4, Fig. 2. The leads 4 are introduced in the usual way.
Patent GB-190505566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Marmalade.
Inventor: PINK THOMAS
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 5566. Pink, Sir T. March 16. Marmalade.-In the manufacture of marmalade, the peel of the orange or other fruit is powdered, preferably by boiling to a pulp and rubbing through a sieve, before being mixed with sugar and the body of the fruit.
Patent GB-190506334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shirts.
Inventor: MCGLASHAN WALTER CHARLES STUAR
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 6334. McGlashan, W. C. S. March 25. Shirts.-A piece a, Fig. 1, of linen is stitched to the end of a sleeve, either inside or outside, or both, and acts to shorten the shirt sleeve by being folded up with the latter within the coat sleeve, as in Fig. 3. Instead of a single piece of linen, a pocket may be attached and receive a stiffening- sheet of celluloid.
Patent GB-190506852-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Vacuum Brush and Dust Separating Device for use therewith.
Inventor: BONIS EUGENE
Filed: 1905-03-31
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 6852. Bonis, E. March 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fans. - A belt-shaped part A which carries tufts of bristles B arranged round its periphery is provided with a connexion a to which a suction pipe C is attached, so that the dust raised by the ordinary operation of sweeping carpets, floors, ceilings, &c. is drawn off as soon as it is liberated. Fig. 1 show a convenient form for ordinary purposes, but for large surfaces a larger brush mounted on wheels may be employed. The necessary suction which need not be so great as in ordinary vacuum apparatus, is obtained by means of a fan, hand or motor driven, a convenient form being shown in Fig. 7. A suitable dust-settling chamber fur use with the apparatus is shown in plan with the lid removed in Fig 6. The dust-laden air is constrained to take a tortuous path by partitions H, the passage being crossed by perforated plates K. Openings L in the floor of this chamber allow the separated dust to fall through into a collecting-chamber beneath.
Patent GB-190509824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bakers' Ovens.
Inventor: WILTON DANIEL
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 9824. Wilton, D. May 10. Bakers' ovens; doors.-In an oven of the kind described in Specification No. 3293, AD. 1904, [Abridgment Class Cooking &c.], the back flue e, Figs. 2 and 3, leading from the central bottom flue i of the furnace j, is continued over the arched roof b and communicates with the top part of the oven by means of one or more openings c. The flue e may be tapered as shown in Fig. 3, and divided by a central vertical partition e<1>. As in the prior case, flues k, l, m lead from the furnace to the chimney n. The vertical flue l also communicates by means of passages o with the space beneath the drawplate. The oven is provided with a "peel" door p, Fig. 5, which is preferably hinged at its lower edge so that it can be turned down into the horizontal position.