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Patent GB-190216825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulds for Artificial Teeth.
Inventor: STEELE THOMAS
Filed: 1902-07-29
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 16,825. Steele, T. July 29. Teeth, artificial.-Relates to moulds for making artificial teeth of porcelain or other material, each tooth having a central cored recess for an attaching- device, and the object is to arrange the pins which form these recesses so that each one can be independently adjusted relatively to the other ones. For this purpose each pin D, Fig. 4, is rigidly held on a head E having a shank E<1> which is fitted into one of a number of recesses F<1>, Fig. 3, on a core bar F. A hole E<2> in the shank E is elongated, so that by loosening the screw G which secures the head in place, the head can be so adjusted as to bring the pin D into proper register with regard to the mould form. With this construction, if a pin becomes broken or damaged, it is only necessary to remove the head E with its attached parts and substitute another for it.
Patent GB-190217058-A (GB)
Title: A Metal Watch Pocket to be Carried on Ladies' Belts
Inventor: SPEIDEL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 17,058. Speidelg F. Aug. 1. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel ; pockets. - A metal watch pocket, with a spring lid d, Fig. 1, and an opening to show the watch dial, is fastened to a lady's belt by a spring fastening a, Fig. 3, operated from the rear. The pocket may be provided with a leather lining.
Patent GB-190220363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianos and the like Musical Instruments.
Inventor: BUNZEL-FEDERN JULIUS
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 20,363. Bunzel-Federn, J. Sept. 18. Pianofortes are provided with means for raising the dampers of individual . notes so that they shall continue to sound after the key has been released. The damper is connected to a bell-crank lever 27 by a string 13, which may be in two parts connected by a spring. The lever 27 is actuated by a cam 6, which is turned by a pawl 19 carried in a lever 15. The lever 15 is operated by a supplementary key. Thus, by depressing the keys, the corresponding dampers are raised and held off the strings. A second depression of a key releases its damper.
Patent GB-190224765-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Folding Chair.
Inventor: GARDNER RICHARD CORE
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 24,765. Gardner, R. C., [Luther, C. W.]. Nov. 11. Chairs.-In a folding chair the front and back legs A, B, are hinged together at C. The seat D is jointed to a projecting portion or bar E of or connectting the front legs by hinges F. The back of the seat has lugs G which slide in slots H in the back legs. Or the seat may be hinged to the back legs and have a silding connection with the front legs. Or the seat may be hinged to both front and back legs, the two pairs of legs having sliding connections at the top.
Patent GB-190226180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coolers or Refrigerators
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 26,180. Boult, A. J., [Tennille, G. T.]. Nov. 27. Cooling. - A refrigerator is partitioned into chambers 1, 2, 4, the chambers 1, 2 being refrigerating- chambers, and the chamber 4 being used as a storage chamber, in which food and the like perishable articles are preserved, or it may correspond to a compartment in a conveyance which requires to be cooled. The chambers are enclosed in a casing consisting of hollow walls, the inner one of which contains a packing of salt, and the outer one a packing of sawdust. A passage 6, the bottom of which is strewn with a layer of salt, leads from the chamber 4 to the chamber 2, and along this the air is drawn from the chamber 4 to the chamber 2 by a fan 3 placed in the latter, the air in its passage being dried by the salt. The air returns to the chamber 4 by a passage 5 which passes through the refrigerating- chamber 1. The refrigerating - agent in the chamber 2 consists of packages of salt 15 on which are placed blocks of ice 16. In the chamber 1 is a layer of salt 12, then a layer of gunny sacks &c. 13, and over this blocks of ice 14.
Patent GB-190226465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Navigation of Ships and to Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: LODGE OLIVER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-12-01
Granted: 1903-12-01
Abstract: 26,465. Lodge, Sir 0. J., Cameron, J. G., and Muirhead, A. Dec. 1. Bearings and courses, determining &c.-Relates to the navigation of ships by Hertzian waves, and consists in a differential method of; collecting, the collectors being revolved round a graduated dial until either minimum or maximum disturbances are received. In the Figures, a, a<1> are the collectors. spaced about half a wave-length apart, between the ends c, c<1> of which is placed the receiving- apparatus, preferably enclosed in a metal case e to prevent direct disturbances. The disturbance is a minimum in the position shown in Fig. 1, the collectors being equidistant from the shore station f, and a maximum when the two collectors are in a line with the shore station f. The position of the shore station is thereby determined. The position of the ship with regard to two sending-stations f, f<1> is ascertained by swinging the collectors until first one and then the other signal vanishes. The bearings being plotted on a chart give the real position of the ship. Modifications are described in which the position of the collectors are varied.
Patent GB-190228274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hypodermic Syringes and the like.
Inventor: FRIEDRICH GEORG
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 28,274. Friedrich, G., [trading as Wagner, Gebr.]. Dec. 22. Syringes.-In order to prevent breakage, a hypodermic or other syringe is made with a space d into which the air is compressed by the enlargement c on the plunger. As an alternative, the plunger is made with an enlarged head provided with an annular space to receive the end of the cylinder. The nozzle may be formed in a removable plug.
Patent GB-190228521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Wireless Telegraph Systems
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1902-12-24
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 28,521. Lake, H. H., [Stone, J. S.]. Dec. 24. Telegraphs.-Relates to methods or relay transmission in wireless telegraphy. At station No. 1, Fig. 1, the antenna V is associated with an alternating-current generator a, key k, transformer M', and a tuned circuit comprising a spark gap S, condenser C, inductance L, and transformer M. Simple harmonic waves of definite frequency are emitted, and are received by the antenna V<1> at the relay station, Fig. 2. The circuits associated with this antenna are tuned to the frequency of the waves sent from station No. 1. By the agency of the coherer K and relay R, retransmission takes place through the generator a, transformer M<11>, tuned circuit A (of different frequency), second tuned circuit B, transformer M, and antenna V<2>. The waves thus transmitted to station No. 2, Fig. 3, are of a frequency to which antenna V<1> does not respond, no interference being thus produced. At station No. 2, the antenna V<3> is associated preferably with a circuit tuned to the same frequency, and including the coherer K and relay T. Reference is made to Specification No. 27,272, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190308059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Taper-Roller Bearings.
Filed: 1903-04-07
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 8059. Wright's Taper-Roller Bearings Syndicate, [Wright, W. H.]. April 7. Axle-boxes.-Taper-roller bearings for vehicles, shafts, bicycles, &c. are formed as shown in the Figure, with the view of eliminating sliding friction or end-thrust, and also, as far as possible, frictional contact. The tread surfaces 2, 3 on the shaft are inclined to the axis of the shaft at an angle of about 14‹, and the outer treads 4 are inclined at an angle of about 18¢‹.The space between these treads is occupied by ungrooved, taper, or cone-section rollers of an incline corresponding with those of the treads, so that, if the surfaces of the rollers and treads were continued to form perfect cones, their vertices would coincide in the axis of the shaft or axle. To facilitate setting-up the bearings, the rollers may be provided with pins 7 on their inner ends, which engage in a retaining-ring 8 so as to be held when the inner tread is removed. Retaining-rings 9 may be also used to prevent the rollers from jolting out when free from load.
Patent GB-190310064-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment for the Placquets of Eyeglasses.
Inventor: LAURANCE LIONEL
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 10,064. Laurance, L. May 4. Eyeglasses.-The plaquets d are attached to the eye-wires by short pieces of wire a, which can be bent to adjust the plaquets either in, or at rightangles to, the plane of the eyes.
Patent GB-190310966-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Door Knobs to Lock Spindles.
Inventor: PENDLEBURY RICHARD
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 10,966. Pendlebury, R. May 14. Knobs, attaching.- The conical screw S, inserted through a hole in the face of the knob, expands the divided end of the spindle C within a conical sleeve forming part of the mount B.
Patent GB-190322260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Enlarging Cameras for Photographic Purposes.
Inventor: LANGE ADOLF RICHARD
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,260. Lange, A. R. Oct. 15. Cameras; enlarging.-An enlarging - camera is made so as to fold into small space when not in use. The carrier e for the negative, the carrier f for the lens, and the carrier g for the sensitive paper, are hinged to sliding boards b, c, and d respectively, which slide in the baseboard a. The carriers are connected by bellows bodies h, i. When the instrument is not in use, the carriers are folded down on the baseboard, the bellows being enclosed between them.
Patent GB-190400279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Steering Ships.
Inventor: PARKER LEMUEL
Filed: 1904-01-05
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 279. Parker, L. Jan. 5. Compasses, magnetic.-A vessel is kept on her course by fitting to the binnacle, a helm indicator operated by the steering-weel. The fork 22, driven from the steering-wheel 2 by the gearing shown in Fig. 1, is pivoted to the ring 20, pivoted in turn to the loose ring 18 which surrounds the glass cap of the compass. On the fore-side of the cylindrical portion of this cap there is a line 32, while a similar line 33 or "helm indicator" is drawn on the inner part of the fore-side of the ring 18. When the rudder is central, the line 33 is in front of the line 32, and when these lines are in any other position the distance between them is proportional to the angle of deflection of the rudder. In modification, the helm indicator comprises a curved pointer carried by the spindle 23, Fig. 1, and adapted to move in an arc concentric with the compass card.
Patent GB-190400463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Porous and Adhesive Plasters.
Inventor: BEACH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 463. Beach, W. H. Jan. 7. Plasters.-Medicated plasters are made with a foundation of " swansdown calico," and the medicament is applied, by stencilling or printing, in the form of separated portions or facets forming a regular pattern. Adhesive plasters are made with a foundation of antiseptic lint, the adhesive material being applied in the form of discontinuous stripes. The stencilling-apparatus consists of a stencil plate c, with bevelled apertures d, upon which the foundation a is laid for dipping into the trough n containing the medicament or adhesive. Pressure is applied to the back of the fabric by means of the block f which fits loosely between the upturned ends g of the stencil plate and may be brought into operation by rotating it so that the studs k are forced downwards by the cam-grooves l. In order that imprisoned air may escape, a perforated plate m is interposed between the fabric and the pressure block. The medicament or adhesive is heated by means of gas jets, and a scraper p is provided to remove superfluous liquid when the stencil is removed from the trough. Between the intervals of stencilling, the stencil is kept warm by placing it on a grid supported on or over a plate heated by a gas jet. In place of stencilling, the plasters may be produced by block or other printing, in which case the portions of the machine in contact with the medicament or adhesive are kept hot while the platen carrying the fabric is kept cool. The rollers may be cork-covered metal tubes internally heated. The portions to be kept hot may, while not in actual use, be kept in a heated chamber, while the platen may be kept in a cold chamber, or may be made hollow and cooled by the circulation of cold water. The hot and cold chambers would be provided with sliding doors so connected to the driving-gear of the press as to be opened and closed concurrently with the various movements of the parts of the press, as required.
Patent GB-190404353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Vibrating Apparatus for Massage Purposes.
Inventor: HOFFMANN PAUL
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 4353. Hoffmann, P. Feb. 22. Massage.-A massage appliance consists of an iron or steel case a held by a handle m and containing one or more electromagnets c, and a smaller case b containing a spring e, which, when the circuit is broken, presses against a stop c<1> on the spindle g of the armature f. The insulated contactspring h is carried by the armature f, and the regulating-screw k passee through the cover l and into a non-conducting plate i. The "conducting- wires pass through the handle m, one being led to a spring contact o, and the other to a button p for opening or closing the circuit. India-rubber stops on the upper part of the iron core of the magnet deaden the noise. The transmitter s is detachably secured to the lower end of the spindle g.
Patent GB-190408181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cartridge Holders or Chargers for Magazine Rifles.
Inventor: HOLLINGS LEWIS STURGE
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 8181. Hollings, L. S. April 9. Ammunition receptacles. - T h e cartridges are held in the magazine charger, shown in the sectional plan, Fig. 3, by the ends 9,10 of spring tongues 11, 12 out out of the sides of the charger.
Patent GB-190408789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Mattresses
Inventor: NICKEL WILHELM
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8789. Nickel, W. April 16. Mattresses; bedsteads.-The frame of a reversible spring bed is constructed of bars a which are united by laths b. Girths c are stretched across this frame and carry springs d above and below. These springs carry mattresses e which are attached to their other extremities. The frame is supported by and can turn on pivots f carried in forks g attached to the end frames of the bedstead, a suitable locking-device being used to keep the mattress fixed.
Patent GB-190411116-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Signalling
Inventor: HARDS LEO ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-05-13
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 11,116. Hards, L. A. May 13. Signalling between trains.-In an electric signalling-system for railways and tramways, adapted for use in connection with a single track between two turnouts, lamps or other signals are actuated at each end of the single-track section when a car enters from either turn - out. Non-polarized relays are used in connection with a line - wire connecting the two sets of signalling-apparatus. The invention is described in relation to an overhead trolley system, and the trolley wires TW<1>, TW<2> are connected to contacts C', C<2>, which may be closed by hand, or automatically by the moving car. When the contact C<1> at station A is momentarily closed, current flows from wire TW<1>, through armature A<3>, to the coils M' of the relay R', which attracts its armature A', so that a lasting current flows from the wire TW<1>, contact C', armature A<1>, coils M', terminal T', green lamp L', coils M' of relay R', line-wire P to contact T<5> at station B, armature A', coils M<3> of relay R<3>, and red lamp L' to the rails N. In this way, a green lamp is lighted at station A and a red one at station B. If, now, the contact C' at station B is momentarily closed, current flows from line TW<1> to terminal T', green lamp L', coils M' of relay R', armature A', coils M<3> of relay R<3>, red lamp L' to the rails N. The energizing of relay R' breaks contact C<5> and so interrupts the current from station A, the lamps at both stations being extinguished. The lamps can also be extinguished by closing contact C' at the end from which the signal was first made. In this case, relay R<1> is shortcircuited and, on the contact C' being opened again, the armature A<2> of relay R' returns to the normal position. The relays R<3> are not essential, but are used for locking the signals so that they cannot be operated or reversed until thrown into the off position by closing contact C' at either end.
Patent GB-190413528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Crank Casings and like Devices for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: HEWITT EDWARD RINGWOOD
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 13,528. Hewitt, E. R. June 15. Lubricating air and gas engines. The crank. shaft bearings a of explosion engines are lubricated by oil thrown up by the crank being caught on ledges i on the inclined roof of the crank chamber A and conveyed to the bearings by gutters i<1> on the sides of the casing. The lubricant is supplied from.a reservoir B.
Patent GB-190414450-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Measuring Fabric.
Inventor: FREUND SIEGISMUND
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 14,450. Freund, S., and Petzold, G. June 27. Right to Patent relinquished. Printing fabrics stencilling-apparatus.-Relates to means for measuring fabric by printing numbers on the selvage. A band carrying punched or stencil numbers at intervals travels with and alongside of the fabric. When stencilling is to be done, hand-operated mechanism shifts the band laterally and brings it on to the fabric. By pulling out sliding rods, a brush is then inked and brought down over the space representing the number to be stencilled. The return of the rods, by rotating the brush, stencils the required number on the fabric. The fabric passes between and thus rotates the rollers 3, 4. The stencil band 13 wound off a drum 10 passes to a drum 11, driven by a cord or chain from the roller 3, which is rotated by the passage of the fabric and carries a set of pins or points engaging with the band. The roller 4 rotating in a bracket 5 is hinged at 7 to facilitate insertion of the fabric, and is adjusted vertically by a screw 6. The fabric is held down by a roller 55 mounted on a spring arm. Before a number is stencilled, the shaft 17 is rocked by hand, and by means of forked arms 18 shifts the axles 19, 14 of the drums 11, 10. The shifted band is steadied on the guide-rollers 13, moving with it, by thin petal plates attached to bent pivoted levers 24, the outer ends of which are depressed by fixed curved surfaces 26. The rollers 13 are moved sideways by arms 21, jointed to rods sliding with the axles 19, 14. The stencilling &c. is effected by pulling out a handle 52 attached to sliding rods 37, 38. The inking-device is first actuated by an incline 36 on the rod 37 releasing a spring 35, which rocks a lever 32 and depresses a piston 31 of a fixed ink reservoir 28. Ink then flows from a sponge through the perforated bottom of the reservoir on to a brush 53. The latter is fixed to a shaft which also carries two pulleys, cords wound in opposite directions on which pass round guide-pulleys to an incline (shown shaded in Fig. 1) on the rod 38. Withdrawing the latter rotates the brush, rocks its bearing 43 about a pivot on the bracket 40, and brings the brush on to the band. The return of the handle 52 rotates the brush and presses it on the band. The incline finally returns the brush by acting on a spring arm 44. The incline 36 engages the spring 35 and lifts up the piston 31, and the band is then shifted by hand to the idle position.
Patent GB-190415001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Burners for Incandescent Gas Lighting.
Inventor: BRAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-07-05
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 15,001. Bray, J. W. July 5. Incandescent gas burners.-The wire gauze employed in conjunction with non-corrosive material in the burner-head described in Specification No. 5215, A.D. 1903, is dispensed with, the new burner - head comprising a ring R carrying, or formed with, two superposed perforated discs C, D of potters' clay or other non-corrosive material, the perforations in the lower disc D being smaller and more numerous than those in the upper one C.
Patent GB-190416661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Vapour Burners.
Inventor: BLANCHARD ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-10-28
Abstract: 16,661. Blanchard, A., and Wood, H. July 28. Vapour lamps and burners.-In inverted incandescent vapour lamps, oil supplied under pressure passes through a horizontal pipe H filled with wire gauze J to a vertical tube K placed against the burner, whence the vaporized oil flows through a duct L to the nozzle M. Plugs N, N<1> and a needle 0, which passes through a stuffing-box O<1>, are provided for cleaning purposes. The products of combustion escape by the chimney E, which also serves to carry the globe. Air is supplied to the mixing- chamber C of the burner by tubes D, D<1>, which are protected from draughts by the coronet F. A starting-cup Q is provided, into which spirit is poured through the tube R.
Patent GB-190417943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Enclosing Globes or Lanterns of Lamps for Street Lighting or other purposes.
Inventor: OLIVER CHARLES
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-08-18
Abstract: 17,943. Oliver, C. Aug. 18. Street and like lamps; globes.-Globes or lanterns for inverted lights for street and like lamps are made with two broad sides, Figs. 1 and 4, and two narrow ones, Figs. 2 and 5. Either the broad pair of sides or all the four sides incline or taper towards their lower ends. The lanterns or globes are arranged so as to present a broader surface along the street to be lighted than across it, and are glazed with ground glass or other translucent, but not transparent, material.
Patent GB-190418611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: CROCKFORD ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-27
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 18,611. Crockford, A. H. Aug. 27. Multitubular, externally-fired, &c. boilers; smoke-boxes.-The boiler is designed to prevent uncovering of the tubes when the boiler tilts or pitches, as in the case of motor cars or ships. Unequal expansion is also avoided and internal cleaning facilitated. In the modification shown in Figs. 1 and 2 where the external furnace n is provided, a smoke-box is fitted to each end of the multitubular barrel a, and each smoke-box is constructed with the partition h which divides the tubes into two sets. As the result, the gases pass, for instance, by the opening m into the one set of tubes, reach the other end e of the boiler, and ascend the chimney j. The gases which pass into the boiler from the other end escape by the chimney k. The walls of the furnace n under the boiler may be built of firebrick or formed of water boxes communicating by tubes with the boiler. Fig. 4 shows a boiler with the water-jacketed firebox n<1> from which the gases diverge to the divided smoke-boxes. In some cases, the spaces t may be filled with water, oil, or coal tanks. In a modification of the form shown in Fig. 4, the smoke-boxes are undivided. In lieu of a single box at each end, separate boxes corresponding to the compartments may be used. In either case, the boxes do not cover the handholes provided in each tube-plate. The boiler is set transversely on the vehicle or athwartship. When used for road locomotion, the boiler is preferably supported on transverse girders, the shell being suitably strengthened at these places.