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Patent GB-190314730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 14,730. Tourtel, J. M., and Hogan, G. L. July 2. Phonographs &c.- In that class of phonographs in which the sound waves are recorded in the side of the groove, and in which the sound is reproduced by rotating the record, the stylus, or stylus holder, is constructed so as to have a free movement in the direction of objectionable vibrations, such as would result from irregularities in the bottom of the groove. Fig. 6 shows the invention as applied to a stylus carried at the end of a trumpet. The threaded rod G fits into a plug at the small end of the trumpet and carries a flat flexible spring H. The other end of the spring carries an enlargement J tapped to receive the stylus L. The trumpet is preferably so mounted that the seam of its joint will be on the side of the trumpet, thus offering rigidity in the direction of the vibrations from the sound record. Fig. 5 shows the invention as applied to a sound box and diaphragm, in which the stylus holder P is thinned at P' so as to transmit only the desired vibrations.
Patent GB-190319022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cars for Travelling on Single Rail Elevated Railways.
Inventor: BEHR FRITZ BERNHARD
Filed: 1903-09-03
Granted: 1904-10-03
Abstract: 19,022. Behr, F. B. Sept. 3. Single-rail vehicles; axletrucks or undercarriages.-Cars with running wheels carried by bogies are provided with guidewheels bearing against guiderails b fixed to standards supporting the single rail a. The axles f of the guide-wheels c are supported by their arms l engaging curved guides k on the bogie frame. The frame can thus tilt independently of the axles when rounding curves, the guide-wheels being pressed against the rails by adjustable springs g in sliding casings n<1> on which are carried rollers e engaging blocks d on the axles f. On the raised side of the tilted frame, the upward movement of the rollers e against the curved surfaces of the blocks compresses the spring g, and so increases the pressure of the guide-wheels against the guiderails, while on the depressed side the pressure is either similarly increased, or remains constant according to the shape of the curved surfaces.
Patent GB-190400653-A (GB)
Title: Casings for Dynamo-electric Machines
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 653. Saarbr³cker Elektrizitõts Akt. Ges. and Emmerich, J. Jan. 11. Casings are arranged for attachment to dynamos and motors, which are built as open machines. In Figs. 1 and 2, the pole casing a, which is cast and turned in one piece with the arms e, is provided with grooves i. The halves c of the lid catch with their projections f over the ledges b, as shown, and are faced to fit tightly against the ribs, and run over the arms e and the pieces d inserted therein. Leather and felt bands &c. are used as stuffing to prevent the penetration of dust. Rain falling on the casing runs along the grooves i, and drips off without entering.
Patent GB-190401819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Locking the Doors of a Train of Railway or other Vehicles Simultaneously while in Motion.
Inventor: POOL JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 1819. Pool, J. Jan. 25. Doors, locking simultaneously.- A shaft A is mounted in bearings B under the eaves of the carriage and carries arms C, which, when the shaft is turned, engage with the tops of the doors and lock them independently o the ordinary latches. The shafts of neighbouring carriages are connected by universal joints E, F, and the whole is actuated by toothed gearing, which is turned by the lever I mounted on the shaft A2 in the guard's van. The lever may be locked in any position by inserting a pin in one of the holes in the bracket J.
Patent GB-190403108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation, or Manufacture, of Indigo Paste for Direct use in the Fermentation Vat.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 3108. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Feb. 8. Dyes from natural products; dyes, artificial.- Indigo paste for use in the fermentation vat, is prepared by mixing synthetic or natural indigo with some fermentable organic substance, and adding an alkaline compound as a preservative. Oxides and hydroxides of alkalies and alkaline earths, and alkaline carbonates, are suitable, caustic lime being preferred. An example is given in which pure indigo powder, or indigo press-cake, is mixed with bran, wheat flour, molasses, and caustic lime, and the mixture made into a paste with water.
Patent GB-190406657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Exhaust Steam and Feed Water.
Inventor: DOBBS ARCHIBALD EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 6657. Dobbs, A. E., Dobbs, A. F., and Kerr, J. B. March 18. Exhaust, collecting oil from.-In an oil separator for the exhaust steam from vehicle, launch, and similar engines, the steam is led by a tangential pipe a into a cylinder b containing a spirallyarranged baffle c, which may be corrugated, ribbed, or otherwise formed to catch the oil. The oil runs down to a discharge d. The steam passes to the condenser through a central pipe e.
Patent GB-190407825-A (GB)
Title: Twin Sockets for Electric Incandescent Lamps
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 7825. Fairweather, W., [Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Co.]. April 5. Incandescent lamps, holders for. For holding two lamps in an end-to-end position, the twinsocket shown in vertical section in Fig. 1, and horizontal section in Fig. 6, is used. Two shells 2, 2 are bolted to an insulating-block 1, and are at the same time electrically connected to a U-shaped metal piece 4, an extension 9 of which is bent round into a groove at the side of the block to receive the terminal 5. A strip 6, bent round and bolted to the block, forms the spring centre contacts, and receives a terminal 7 in another groove. The casing is formed of two parts 11, 11 which telescope together and are secured by bayonet catches. The inner part is slotted to receive a shoulder on the block 1, and has a boss 12 by which the holder is clamped to a supporting-tube. Insulating-strips 25, 25 are secured between the casing and the shells by depressions formed in them, and other strips surrounding the base are locked by their flanges 26, 27. A groove 32 is formed in the block 1 for the reception of the supply wires. The parts of another form of holder are shown in section in Fig. 9 and in end view in Fig. 13. Two thin metal sleeves, in each of which work two spring pins 40, engage at their flanges with plates 37, secured to the block by bolts 38, and having terminals 42. The two parts of the casing are held together by a bayonet catch 53, 54 and locked by a screw 46, which enters a recess in the insulating-block. A groove 44 is formed in the block for the leading-in wires.
Patent GB-190409006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Composite Boarding
Inventor: ROBERTS JOHN CORYTON
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9006. Roberts, J. C., and Keymer, W. J. April 19. Wood substitutes.- Composite boarding is produced by enclosing wire netting between moistened strawboard, millboard, or similar material d, which is covered by sheets of veneer a, b, the uniting- material being a water proof and fireproof cement. The board is passed between rollers and wound on a large drum, and when partly dry is re-rolled and straightened.
Patent GB-190410004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Throstles, Ring-frames and other analogous Textile Machinery.
Inventor: JACKSON FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 10,004. Jackson, F. May 2. Doubles, preventing ; thread-guides; snarl and end catchers. - Broken ends in ring frames &c. are prevented from forming doubles, lapping round the necks of the underclearers, &c., by means of bent wires e mounted in holes in a bar d and resting on the yarns h. When a yarn breaks, the corresponding wire turns in the bar d, carrying the broken end towards the underclearer c. In a modification, the end of the wire is bent to form an almost closed eye through which the yarn passes. According to the Provisional Specification, the bent free end of the wire rests on the bar and the yarn passes between the wire and bar. To facilitate piecing up, the wire is swivelled about its pivoted end, and is returned or falls by gravity into operative position. A projection may be formed on the wire to be engaged by the yarn, so that tension on the yarn will force the wire into operative position, and a stop may limit its movement.
Patent GB-190410908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milling Machines.
Inventor: BOISARD LOUIS
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,908. Boisard, L. May 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Milling.-Machines for cutting and dressing gear-wheels with straight or helical teeth, and for milling printing-cylinders, screws, and the like, are constructed with a bed and headstocks similar to a lathe and with the milling-cutter universallymounted on a slide-rest. The milling-cutter s, Fig. 2, is carried with its centre level with the axis of the lathe, its mandrel is rotatable about the shafts h, Z, surfacing and traversing motions are provided, and the cutter is in positive connection with the faceplate F, Figs. 1 and 2. The belt pulley G is integral with spur-wheels H, k. The spur-wheel H drives a shaft M feathered to a sliding bevel-wheel N, which transmits motion through a shaft 0, spur-wheels R, shaft S, spurwheels R', worm gearing a, bevel-wheels e, e', spur-wheels g, g<1>, g<11>, and bevel-wheels r, r<1> to the cutter spindle. One of the wheels R' is feathered to the shaft S to allow the slide U to be traversed by a screw X. The bracket b is rotatably connected to the slide U by an annular groove concentric with the shaft Z, and the bracket n which carries the cutter and shaft q is rotatable about the shaft h. The saddle is traversed by a lead-screw V driven through a change-gearing from an intermediate shaft I, geared through further change-wheels to the spur-wheel k, and, through intermediate gear, if necessary, to a shaft carrying a pinion t which drives the faceplate. For very slow traverse of the saddle, pawl and ratchet gear is used between the faceplite mandrel and the screw V.
Patent GB-190412219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: HAMILTON-ADAMS THOMAS
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 12,219. Adams, T. Hamilton-, and Souttar, H. S. May 30. Driving-mechanism ; motor cycles. - Relates to gearing in which the speed of a driven member is caused to vary with the resistance automatically by means of expanding pulleys, specially applicable to bicycles, tricycles, and motor cycles. A shaft a, Fig. 2, carries a driving-pulley e consisting of two cones f, g, facing one another and interlocking by means of radial mortices so as to form a rectangular groove j for the reception of a V-shaped belt k. Helical slots n in bosses m secured to the cones f, g fit over the ends of pins o fixed to the shaft a in such a way that the cones move simultaneously towards or from one another as they turn relatively to the shaft a. This movement may also be effected by a screw of rapid pitch. A similar pulley e<1> is arranged upon a driven shaft c, grooves n' corresponding to the grooves n. The parts f, g and corresponding parts f<1>, g<1> may be supported by rods q, pivoted to collars r, r<1> and held together by a spring p, balls being inserted between the rubbing surfaces at s, s<1>. The slots n, n' are so arranged that an extra load tends to separate the parts f, g and draw the parts f<1>, g<1> together, thereby contracting the diameter of the driving-pulley and expanding that of the driven pulley, and diminishing the speed transmitted, the belt being kept tight. In a construction modified to suit a flat belt and shown in Figs. 8 and 9, discs 3 are secured to a boss 2 fixed on a shaft 1, and, inside these, discs 5 secured to a boss 4 can rotate. Upon the boss 4 are secured tubular arms 6 in which slide radial bars 7. Plates 8 on the ends of the bar 7 extend between the discs 5 and are curved so as to meet and form a cylinder as shown in Fig. 9, when the bars 7 are pressed inwards against the action of helical springs 9, which, extending from the boss 4 to flanges 11 on the plates 8, tend to keep the pulley expanded. Transverse bars 10 project through radial slots 12 in the discs 5 and through spiral slots 13 in the discs 3. Variations in load cause relative motions of the discs 5, 3, and, consequently, concerted movements of the plates 8. The Provisional Specification states that, instead of the radial helical springs, helical slots may be cut in the loose boss engaging with the ends of a strong transverse pin moving in a straight longitudinal slot passing through the shaft and fixed boss and held by springs inside the shaft, which is hollow. Also, that only one pulley may vary in diameter, the tension of the belt being maintained by a separate weighted or spring pulley regulated by a hand-lever.
Patent GB-190415576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Converting Heat into Work.
Inventor: FUNKE HEINRICH MORITZ
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 15,576. Funke, H. M., Funke, M. P., and Funke, E. G. July 12. Exhausting.-Solar heat or flames are used to create a current of air by which a reciprocating engine or turbine is driven. The air is heated by the sun in a broad channel b situated on the south side of a hill and terminating in a tunnel a and chimney e. The motor g is placed at the entrance to the tunnel and the channel may be roofed by an absorbent of heat that will give out energy after sunset. In using artificial heat, gas flames are placed at the base n of the chimney.
Patent GB-190415980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Button-setting Machines
Inventor: ELLIOTT MINNIE STEEN
Filed: 1904-07-19
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 15,980. Elliott, M. S. July 19. Button-setting machines.- Relates to feeding-mechanism for use in button-setting machines, operated by foot - power, in which each button is secured by clinching a piece of wire or a staple passed through the eye which forms the shank of the button. Buttons supplied to the button tube 31 from a hopper are caught by the feed-finger 20 and fed singly to the piece 5, where the wire is passed through the eyes of the buttons. As the plunger 2 falls, the pin 16 engages with the bottom of the slot 15 and turns the piece 12 pivoted at 11. The projection 19 of the piece 12 bears against the pin 18 and thus turns the lever 17, which is also pivoted at 11 and has pivoted to it the feed-finger 20. The piece 20 is guided, in its upward movement, by the pin 26 pressed against the curved surface 27 by the spring 23. The spring-pressed cam-lever 28 presses the pin 20 outwards during its upward movement, but recedes as the pin 26 is returned by the action of the spring 23 as the plunger 2 rises again. The lever 28 thus allows the curved end 29 of the lever 20, as it passes downwards, to enter a slot 45, Fig. 4, in the tube 31 and carry forward a button to the piece 5. The buttons are normally held in the tube 31 by projections 40 on the spring- pressed levers 39, pivoted at 38 and guided between lugs 43. The tube 31 is slotted at 37 to receive the button-shanks and is held in place by the projection 33, which allows the tube and hopper to be replaced readily by another tube and hopper carrying buttons of another size. To ensure the feeder 20 engaging properly with buttons of different sizes, the position of the projections 40 is regulated by the size of the buttons.
Patent GB-190416752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balloons.
Inventor: SKORZEWSKI COMTE VLADIMIR
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 16,752. Skorzewski, Comte V. July 29. AÙrostats ; propelling and steering.-Balloons are made with the gas, preferably pure hydrogen, in a large number of impermeable chambers contained in the main envelope and forming a constant lifting power, the necessary ballast for regulating ascent and descent being obtained by condensing water from the atmosphere. The chambers of gas are formed by blowing hot hydrogen into molten glass and moulding the froth so formed. To descend rapidly, an extra fire balloon or gas balloon is inflated from a reservoir when the condenser is started, the operations first balancing one another ; on obtaining a sufficient quantity of water ballast, the auxiliary balloon is opened and the balloon descends.
Patent GB-190417595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bends, Elbows and other Angle Pieces for Electric Conduits.
Filed: 1904-08-12
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,595. Conduits and Fittings, Ltd., Edwards, D. M., and Brown, E. A. Aug. 12. Conduits.-Bends, elbows, tees, and four-way and other fittings for conduits which are made in two pieces are constructed with the sockets divided unequally so that the lower part a contains the greater part of the fitting as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and thus will not fall away from the conduit pipe on removing the upper part b. The socket part f of the fitting is enlarged so that, on screwing in the pipes, the inner bore presents no projections or ledges, and, if desired, this part need not be divided entirely but a bridge h may be left as in Fig. 10, and then the part between the sockets may be divided along the median line. To ensure good fitting, a ridge e is made on the upper part b to fit a corresponding groove d on the lower part a.
Patent GB-190425798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machines for Breaking Flax, Jute, China Grass and like Fibrous Spinning Materials
Inventor: WHITE CHARLES MELBOURNE
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 25,798. White, C. M., [Mola, R. L. de]. Nov. 26. Breaking and scutching apparatus for flax, jute, china grass, &c. is shown in end elevation in Fig. 2. The wheels c, d, lying in parallel vertical planes, have outer saw-shaped teeth e and inner teeth f, and are formed with grooved peripheries. Segments h, formed of a number of members connected linkwise together, engage with the peripheries of the upper and lower parts of the wheels c, d respectively. The fibrous material is fed by chains and chain-wheels k and the wheel l between the circumference of the wheel c and the segments h. Rotary cylinders m, n, with axes at right-angles to the axes of wheels c, d, carry knives o which strike against the hanging ends of the material passing over the wheels c, d. As the wheels c, d are in different planes, one end of the material is worked by the knives of the cylinder m when it is passing over the wheel c, and the other end is worked when it passes over the wheel d.
Patent GB-190504071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Regenerative Accumulators.
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 4071. Soc. d'Exploitation des Appareils Bateau. March 1, 1904, [date applied jor under Patents Act, 1901]. Exhaust, obtaining power from; regenerators &c.- In the steam regenerative accumulator shown in Fig. 1, the exhaust steam from an intermittentlyworked motor enters at b and the water or other liquid is circulated by the pump d. Steam for working a continuously-driven motor is drawn off at c. A constant level is maintained by an automatic overflow i. Specifications Nos. 3608 and 25,424, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190506548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galleries or Globe Supports for Lamps.
Inventor: BIHELLER SIMON
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 6548. Biheller, S. March 28. Globe and chimney holders; incandescent gas burners.-A globe, chimney, or the like is supported on the raised parts h of the studs B on a perforated or imperforate glass tray A slipped on the lower portion of the mixing-tube. In some cases, the burner head is screwed on a boss on the tray A, or the tray is secured between a nut and a collar on the burner tube.
Patent GB-190506781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Obtaining Adhesion for Traction on Steep Inclines on Railways
Inventor: HANSCOTTE JULES ETIENNE
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 6781. Hanscotte, J. E. March 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brakes.-In railway vehicles for travelling on steep inclines and propelled by horizontal wheels b, engaging a central rail, the brakes are applied to the horizontal driving-wheels by means of an arrangement of levers and links which permits the wheels to adjust themselves transversely to irregularities in the rail. Referring to Fig. 2, when the piston in the cylinder k is forced out by steam or compressed air, it operates levers m, o, which are bifurcated at the bottom and connected by links p, and thus applies pressure to the brake shoes h acting on the wheels b.
Patent GB-190507428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Burners for Burning Mixed Gases.
Inventor: SMETHURST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 7428. Smethurst, W. April 7. Gas burners.-In burners for burning compressed gaseous mixtures, the supply pipe and the nozzle are made equal in area, while that portion of the burner in which the gauzes are situated is made of larger are than either. In one arrangement, t h e gauzes e<1> are held in position by interposed pieces d, and the whole is secured by the adjustable nozzle b or by a screw socket on the burner, a gauze e being arranged between the end sleeve and the nozzle b. The arrangement of gauzes can also be used in the safety pipe between the burner and the compressing - apparatus.
Patent GB-190507469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multistage Centrifugal Turbine and similar Pumps
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1905-04-08
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 7469. Newton, H. E., [Worthington, H. R.]. April 8. Centrifugal pumps.-A multi stage centrifugai pump, suitable for running at high speeds, has a series of small-sized double-suction impellers, which deliver into curved annular delivery passages, provided with fixed vanes for taking the whirl out of the water. These passages connect the delivery of one impeller to the suction s<1> of the next, the other sides s' of the impellers being connected to the annular chamber by means of axial passages f<2>, f<3>.
Patent GB-190508564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Derricks and the like.
Inventor: EVANS JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 8564. Evans, J. April 20. Granes.-Relates to slueing-gear for the booms of derricks. The boom or jib b is attached by a guy c to a rotatable wheel d mounted at the head of the crane post a. On the wheel d turning, the guy c is drawn back in a curved or angular path and the load slightly raised. The boom then swings round to the desired position under the influence of the load. The rotation of the wheel d is effected from a drum j, deriving its motion from the hoisting-winch. A rope f passes round a groove in the wheel and over guide-sheaves g, h to the drum j. This drum is adapted to effect slueing in either direction by means of clutches operated by means of a hand-lever o and a connecting-link n. The lower end of the lever o can operate also a brake p through a link r and bell-crank q. In a modification in which two jibs are slued simultaneously, the movement is effected by drawing back the extremity of the guy c in sliding ways. In another modification, the wheel d is mounted eccentrically.