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Patent GB-190315332-A (GB)
Title: An Implement used in Ball Play
Inventor: WHARTON SAMUEL ERASTUS
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 15,332. Wharton, S. E. July 10. Throwing - appliances ; catching- appliances ; racquets.-Relates to a device for catching, picking-up, throwing, or batting balls. The device consists of a three-sided receptacle, the frame of which is formed of three bent pieces 3 of wood or other suitable material, the inner ends of which are brought together and wrapped to form a handle 2, while the outer ends are spaced apart and united by a ring 4, Fig. 3. Two of the sides of the receptacle are laced with cord or gut 5, Fig. 2, to form resilient batting surfaces, while the third side, Fig. 1, is provided with a device for catching-balls, which consists of two doors 20 swinging on hinges 21 and held closed by rubber bands or other springs 22. Transverse bars 23 connect the frame-pieces 3 and prevent the doors from swinging outwardly. In a modified construction, the catching-device may consist of a plate 24, Fig. 5, of leather, rubber, or other material secured to the frames 3 and provided with resilient fingers 25. This plate may be the full width of the side, or may occupy one half the width only. The open end of the receptacle is adapted to be used in picking up balls from the ground, and in throwing them from the receptacle. This end is slightly larger than the balls, and can be partially closed by a guard-plate 9 hinged upon the wire 4 and operated by the ends 12 of a cord 13. The ends 12 are guided through eyes 15 on the inside of the frame-pieces 3, and unite near the handle to form the cord 13, which passes through a groove in the handle 2 and is attached to a sliding button 14. The guard-plate is held back in its normal position by a rubber band 11 attached to the cross-bar 23 or the leather plate 24.
Patent GB-190320059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Burning Liquid Fuel.
Filed: 1903-09-17
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 20,059. Davies, P., and Hydroleum Co. Sept. 17. Liquid-fuel fittings.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 14,791, A.D. 1898, and consists in the employment of a combustion chamber j of sectional construction, comprising a laminated structure, into which fuel is supplied by a feeder f of the kind described in Specification No. 6703, A.D. 1898. The apparatus is shown as applied to a water-tube boiler of the kind described in Specification No. 9053, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Steam generators]. The feeder is arranged within a metal casing i, which may be lined with refractory material, air being supplied to the casing through an aperture o. The casing is also provided with a door n the amount of opening of which may be regulated. The casing i opens into the combustion chamber j, which is composed of a number of L-shaped bars k, which may be perforated, arranged as shown in Fig. 5 between flat, perforated, rectangular or polygonal members l, all of which members are made of refractory material, and are spaced apart by means of distance pieces r. The members are supported upon the water tubes c by means of pieces of clay s.
Patent GB-190323976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cork Cutting Machines
Inventor: STROBELL WILLY
Filed: 1903-11-04
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 23,976. Strobell, W. Nov. 4. Cork, cutting and treating.-Relates to apparatus for cutting up a block of cork into very thin sheets or tissues. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 a plan. It consists of a rotary horizontal circular cutter a adjustably mounted between discs e, d and operating to cut a thin slice from a block of cork f, which is advanced to it by a horizontally-reciprocating slide e, on which the cork is held by a spring- pressed plate g. To keep the edge of the cutter very sharp, rotary grinding-rollers s, s<1> and setting- rollers t, t<1> are mounted above and below the cutter a, and rotate in opposite direction to the cutter. The cork block is preferably treated with water or steam, to cause it to swell and thus facilitate the cutting-operation.
Patent GB-190324573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway-crossings
Inventor: MILLS WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,573. Mills, W. F. Nov. 26, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Crossings.-Relates to a method of dispensing with the slots or recesses at railway crossings and making the rails continuous when the vehicles pass. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the arrangement. All the rails are spliced as shown at 3 so as to be capable of being moved towards or from the fixed rails 5. These fixed cross-rails are fixed to the bed-plate 7, as are also the guide-plates 9 between which the rails 4 move. The guides are curved and arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to allow the rails to move inwards. The rails are moved by the usual switch - throwing levers acting through the rods 12, lever 11, and togglelevers 15. The lever 11 is mounted on a pivot 10 fixed in the centre of the bed-plate, and the two sets of levers are so arranged that, when the continuity of one set of rails is broken, the continuity of the other set is simultaneously made.
Patent GB-190325060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Apparatus.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 25,060. Haddan, H. J., [Edson Reduction Machinery Co.]. Nov. 17. Drying apparatus. - A drying- cylinder, having a jacket f for the passage of the steam or other heating fluid, is composed of a number of flanged annular cast-iron sections a arranged between two heads band connected together by bolts. The chambers n have radial strengthening- webs e, which communicate with one another through ports r in their end walls, and are provided with valved inlet pipes P and outlet and drainage pipes Q. The cylinder has charging and vapour-escape openings w and discharging-outlets W, and the heads b carry brackets x and stuffing-boxes G for the passage of the shaft K carrying the stirring-arms L.
Patent GB-190326523-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Attaching Tyres to Wheels.
Inventor: SLOAN JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-12-03
Abstract: 26,523. Sloan, J. Dec. 4. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to means for attaching tyres of all kinds to wheels. Iron rods of flat, angled, or round section, to fit the tyre to be attached, are shaped to the curvature of the rim, and their ends bent to the required angle, as shown in Fig. 2, which ends, on being driven home into the felloes, as shown in Fig. 1, assume the shape shown in Fig. 3, and may be secured with split pins. The outer portions form a complete tyre round the wheel, and two such sets of staples may be used to attach rubber or other tyres, as shown in Fig. 6, or sections with circular rings A, Fig. 5, on the circumference may be used to attach rubber ball or stud tyres. Broad sections have several prongs turned down at the ends. Holes are made in the tyres and felloes to take the ends of the staples. One complete set of staples may be used for securing a rubber rim, the laterally-extending parts absorbing a part of the road vibration. These staples prevent creeping, and enable tyre repairs to be effected without removing the wheel.
Patent GB-190404301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Plates for Buildings, Ships and other Structures.
Inventor: STEINMETZ LUDWIG
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 4301. Steinmetz, L. Feb. 20. Plates.-Dovetail-corrugated metal plates a are combined with, and connected together by outer plates b, with dovetail ribs d, and internal double dovetail bars d, in the construction of bulkheads, decks, armour-plating, floating docks, sluice gates, walls, floors, the walls of railway rolling stock, &c.
Patent GB-190405377-A (GB)
Title: A Dust Screen for Railway Carriage and other Windows.
Inventor: MCLAREN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5377. McLaren, W. March 4. Window appliances.-A dust screen for windows of railway and other vehicles and buildings is made of cheese cloth, muslin, or other fabric a, Figs. 1 and 2, connected to two laths b of wood, which can slide in the sash grooves b<1> of the window. The fabric is kept stretched by a flexible wooden or metal lath c pivoted to one of the uprights b. When adapting the screen to windows of different widths, surplus fabric is wound round the other upright b. When not in use, the screen can be rolled up and packed in a case, fcr which purpose the lath c is hinged at e so that it can be put in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 for folding.
Patent GB-190405672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Caulking Tools
Inventor: KELLER JULIUS
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 5672. Keller, J. March 8. Caulking.-The rammer or disc 26 of a tool for caulking ships &c. tapers towards its circumference and is mounted in a forked anvil 28 sliding in a cylinder 9, which is trunnioned at 10 in a fourwheeled carriage 12 and adjusted in inclination by a spring pin 40 and a number of recesses. The anvil is prevented from turning by a slot and a stop 45, and is made hollow to receive a loose bolt 33 on which the blows of an ordinary pneumatic hammer 1 are delivered. The anvil is fitted with a collar 30, between which and the end of the cylinder 9 is a cushioning-spring 31. The socket 5 is divided axially, so as to be readily applied to the hammer, and is then screwed into the cylinder 9. The caulking-material is drawn from the reel 17 and through the eye 23 of the guide 20, and the carriage is automatically moved forwards by the action of the disc 26.
Patent GB-190406065-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Lubricating the Axles of Carriages, Motor Cars and such-like Vehicles.
Inventor: O'CARROLL MICHAEL
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6065. O'Carroll, M. March 12. Lubricating wheels; axle-caps.-In an arrangement for lubricating wheels of carriages, motor cars, and like vehicles, the ordinary axle-cap a, Figs. 1'and 2, is provided with a conical plug c, which is kept pressed upwards into the oil-hole by springs h. These springs are arranged on arms e, which slide in slots in fixed plates g and are connected to a plate d which carries the plug c. When oiling, the plug is depressed by the spout of the oil-can. In a modification, Fig. 4, a plate spring i is used, being connected to the plug c and having its ends fixed at j; or two plate springs j<1>, Fig. 5, may be used, one of which carries the plug c. In another modification, Fig. 6, the plug c is contained in a screw cap k and pressed upwards by a spring l, holes m being provided in the cap k for the outflow of oil to the bearing.
Patent GB-190407158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Washing Machines.
Inventor: SELLERS JOSEPH MATTHEW
Filed: 1904-03-25
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 7158. Sellers, J. M. March 25. Washing-machines.-In domestic washing- machines, the lid a, on which is mounted the gearing A for driving the agitator c, is hinged to the tub b at a<1>, and rests on a ledge d' on a hinged part d, so that, when this part is turned back, as shown in dotted lines, the lid a, with the gearing, can be turned down into the tub. The hand-lever or wheel is removable ; and the tub may be covered by a board, when the gearing is turned down into it, to permit of the machine being used as a table.
Patent GB-190411532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Prepayment Meters
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 11,532. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. May 19._ Electricity, supplying, in general ; gas and liquid meters.- A switch mechanism for prepayment electricity meters is shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2. Similar mechanism is used for controlling a valve in gas, water, and like meters. There is a slot in the roller 1 and axle 3 for the insertion of a coupling coin. The roller can be rotated through 180‹ by means of a handle. On the axle 3 are rotatably mounted the lever 5 and switch arm 4, the two being connected by a spring 6 which normally tends to keep the switch open as shown, in which position the arm is locked by the catch 12. A spring 6<a>, which is stronger than the spring 6, always tends to maintain the lever at its starting- position. If the switch is open, a spring catch 7, during the rotation of the roller, engages with the lever 5, dragging it down until it is trapped by the catch 8<a> in the position 8. At the same time, the simultaneous rotation of the axle imparts an angular rotation to the nut 19 on the shaft 18 by means of the pin 20 on the wheel 17. When the handle is turned in the opposite direction, the coin falls into the money box, the roller moves alone, and the catch 12 is lifted by a stop on the roller, releasing the switch arm, which is brought into the position 9 by the spring 6, and the switch is closed through the contact-block 10. This movement of the switch arm trips the catch 8<a> permitting the spring 6<a> to restore the lever 5, a pin on that lever engaging a weighted lever 23 and raising it from the position 23<b> to position 23<a>. If the switch is already closed when the coin is inserted and the handle turned, the catch 7 is pressed back by the disc 14 so that it does not engage the lever as the roller rotates. The motion imparted to the nut 19 is now reversed by the meter, the shaft 18 being connected to it directly or indirectly through the wheels 21, 22. As the nut returns to its original position, it operates the lever 24 thus releasing the weighted lever 23 which falls from the position 23<a> to the position 23<b> tripping the catch 8<a>, whereupon the switch is opened by the spring 6. The number of coins which can be inserted at once may be determined by observation of the relative positions of the nut or of the dial 25.
Patent GB-190412283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps also applicable for Separating Liquids from Gaseous Fluids.
Inventor: FRASER PETER
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 12,283. Fraser, P. May 30. Compressing.-In a steam trap, which is stated to be applicable generally for separating liquids and gases, as, for instance, for removing grease, water, or other liquid from an air-compressing plant, a cylindrical weight 22, rolling an knife-edges 19 at the end of a lever 15, elevates and depresses a valve 33 which controls the escape of the entrapped liquid. At the end of the lever 15 is a float 16. The cylindrical valve 33 has a central passage 36 and a transverse passage. In the bottom of the valve are radial grooves, through which, when the valve is pressed against the casing by the weight 22, the fluid in the trap passes to the outlet 37. A lever 39, pivoted on the U -shaped bracket 30, is connected to the upper end of the valve, which is elevated, and thus closed, when the weight rolls forward and presses on the lever.
Patent GB-190418214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Gas Producers.
Inventor: HATTON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 18,214. Hatton, G. Aug. 23. Gas-producers; air supply, heating.-For supplying hot air and steam to a gas-producer, the waste heat in a chimney or furnace is used. The hot-air stove G in the flue F of the chimney E heats air, which is drawn along the pipe g' and into the mixing-box H by a fan J. Water, supplied to the chamber D by a pipe d' and spray d<2>, flows through the perforated trays d<3> and is vaporized by a hot draught diverted by the flue f The steam passes by the pipe I, is mixed with air in the box H, and is blown by the fan J into the pipes j<2>, j<3> leading to the producer. Valves regulate the supply of water at d<1> and of air at L, a damper in the flue f<1> controlling the supply of steam.
Patent GB-190419581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bogie Frames for Railway and other Vehicles
Inventor: SCHULER HANS
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 19,581. Schuler, H. Sept. 10. Axle-trucks undercarriages.-An eight-wheeled bogie is constructed by combining two four-wheeled bogies, each of which, as shown in Fig. 2, has the inner axle placed between the two axles of the other, so that the connection b between the two bogie frames a, a' is shortened. The frame a' may be placed between the frame a, as shown in Fig. 3, or beneath it, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190420257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Parquetry
Inventor: LION VINCENT
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 20,257. Lion, V. Sept. 20. Flooring - blocks are formed of plates screwed to dovetailed crosspieces serving as keys to a cement backing. The plates are further secured by a diagonal bar. Fig. 3 is an underside view of one form, showing the dovetailed cross-pieces 3 and the diagonal brace 4.
Patent GB-190423130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sand and like Moulding Machines.
Inventor: PICKLES JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 23,130. Pickles, J. Oct. 27. Moulding.-Machines of the type known as "Farwells" are provided with inverting, tables, and additional tables are attached to the existing lifting-tables. Fig. 2 shows an end view of a machine. The ramming-table a and its connected parts are as in the existing machine. A table k<1> is trunnioned in brackets on the side frames and carries the flask during ramming. After ramming, the table is inverted and a table m adjustably connected to the lifting table n is raised, by links p from a shaft r provided with a hand-lever and balance weight, to receive the flask. On lowering the table, the mould is stripped, the pattern s being attached to the table k<1>.
Patent GB-190423536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Rear Lights of Motor-Cars
Inventor: BROWNE REGINALD FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,536. Browne, R. F. Nov. 1. Reflections.-To enable the driver of a motor car to see plainly at all times whether his rear lamp is alight or not, a combination of tubes f, hand reflectors e, g, i is arranged as shown in'Fig. 1, with or without lenses, arranged as shown in plan in Fig. 4, so that the light from the rear lamp is always visible to the driver on the front seat without it being necessary for him to move from his place.
Patent GB-190425744-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Etching, for Process Engraving.
Inventor: SMITH MARK
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 25,744. Smith, M. Nov. 26. Etching. - Relates to apparatus for etching printing-plates. The plate h, having the design prepared in a resist upon its surface, is placed face downwards on supports g, within a glazed tank a. Near the bottom of the tank is mounted a brush or roughened roller c, which rotates partly immersed in acid b, which may cover the bottom of the tank or be contained in a well a<1>. The tank is closed by a lid f, preferably glazed, or the plate h may form the covering. As the roller or brush revolves, the acid is thrown in the form of spray on to the surface of the plate. The roller c may be placed directly under the plate h or in any other position. The plate h may be reciprocated during the etching operation, or it may be arranged in any suitable inclined position. When the apparatus is employed for etching curved or cylindrical plates, the plates are preferably rotated, and the etching performed through a narrow opening in a screen which protects the curved surface from the indiscriminate action of the acid.
Patent GB-190428278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instruments for Indicating the Charged or Uncharged Condition of Electric Cables or other Electric Appliances.
Inventor: THORNTON WILLIAM MUNDELL
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,278. Thornton, W. M. Dec. 23. Testing; resistances.-An electrification detector consists of a glass tube containing oil or other insulating-liquid mixed with fine powder or small particles of more conductive material. When the electrodes are applied to charged conductors, a glow appears in the tube. In the form shown, the glass tube a is held in a slotted vulcanite tube b by brass plugs d with leather or other washers e and vulcanite nuts h, and an outer cover c of india-rubber is provided. The projecting bosses f are preferably perforated to permit of the escape of vapour and the expansion of the liquid. Two short lengths of well-insulated flexible wire are provided, each wire having a metal plug m at one end and a steel pin n fixed in an insulating-handle q at the other. A steel pin p may be used at one end of the tube as shown, and the wires may be armoured. The plug d may be provided with a lip-piece bent towards the side of the tube so that the apparatus may be used when only partially filled. In a modification, the glass tube is held in a vulcanite tube by vulcanite caps fastened over the plugs with cement or otherwise. The apparatus may also be used as a high resistance, to give sparks at the terminals on touching the charged conductors, and when used in this way for extra high pressures the mixture may be so thin that no sparking is visible in the tube.
Patent GB-190429305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Range-finders, Range-indicators and the like.
Inventor: LAWFORD GEORGE MAXWELL
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1906-01-31
Abstract: 29,305. Lawford, G. M., Capper, D. S., and Kirkland, T. Dec. 31. Telemeters. - Relates to range-finding, rangeindicating, and like telemeters of the type in which two telescopes or two sets of sights are mounted at a definite angle to one another on a base-piece along which one of the telescopes can be adjusted. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically a base-bar C carrying a fixed telescope A and an adjustable telescope B so arranged that the distance of the object 0 sighted is proportional to the distance between the telescopes. The instrument may be adapted to measure long or short ranges by varying the angle between the telescopes, stops being provided to determine the desired angle, and separate scales of range being marked on the base-bar C for the different angles. As shown in Figs. 2. 3, and 4, the movable telescope B may be supported by a carriage D adjusted along the base-bar C by a rack C' and a pinion D<2> or by band or other devices. To enable one observer to sight the object through both telescopes at once, mirrors or prisms may be used so as to produce in effect a binocular or a monocular with a divided field. The range may be read on scales C', C<3> by pointers F<1>, F<2> carried by a disc F which is used to adjust the inclination of the movable telescope B, through bevel gearing. This inclination is fixed by a removable stop pin E'. The distance may however be indicated on a dial or drum geared to the movable telescope. The base-bar maybe arranged horizontally, vertically, or inclined. It is shown horizontally pivoted to lugs G<1> on an arm G adapted to be adjusted in azimuth about a spigot G<2> by worm, and worm-wheel and toothed gearing, the worm spindle K<1> being mounted in eccentric bushes so that the worm can be put into and out of gear by the operation of a handle K<3>. The base-bar C, when adjusted about its horizontal pivots, is held in position by pistons H<1> which are prevented from moving by water or other fluid in two cylinders H, the communication between the cylinders being opened or cut off at will by a valve H<3>. The movable telescope may be replaced by an adjustable prism and a fixed prism which reflects light into the fixed telescope or into a supplementary one. A single telescope with a divided object glass or a pair of telescopes may be used to observe the object by reflection.