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Patent GB-190313919-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Finishing and Cutting Steel Plates.
Inventor: LEWIS EDWIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-06-22
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 13,919. Lewis, E. W., and Unger, J. S. June 22. Sawing; shaping by rotating smooth discs.-Relates to the finishing and cutting of steel plates, particularly armour plates treated by the Harvey or other process. The plate is carburized on its face, and forged in the usual manner, being then heated and quenched to harden the surface. The plate is then cut to shape by a steel disc with a smooth or serrated edge, having a peripheral speed of four or five miles per minute, a jet of water being played upon the piece being cut off to cause it to bend away from the disc to open the kerf. Fig. 1 shows the plate 3 mounted on a table 5 fed towards the disc 2, the jet 7 playing upon the piece 6 being cut off.
Patent GB-190314607-A (GB)
Title: Improved Skirting Dado or Bordering
Inventor: REED WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 14,607. Reed, W. June 30. Drawings to Specification. Wall coverings.-Dadoes and skirtings are made of glass with a smooth surface. The glass is fixed by screws to the woodwork let into the plaster of the wall.
Patent GB-190319657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Working of Points and Plough Guides on Electric or Cable Tramways or Railways.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-12
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 19,657. Stewart, W. J. Sept. 12. Electric railways and tramways; rope railways and tramways; points and switches. - Relates to the simultaneous working of points and plough guides on electric and cable tramways or railways, and consists partly of improvements on the means described in Specifications No. 16,667, A.D. 1900, and No. 23,485, A.D. 1901. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of the points. The pivoted curved lever A, by means of the antifriction rollers D working in the connecting-rods F, transmits movement from the point tongues 4 to the plough guides E. The point tongues 4 are provided with projections 5, which are acted on by plungers on the car. In one modified arrangement, the ends of the lever A work within sleeves which rock in the eyes of the connecting-rods F, and chains over pulleys facilitate the tilting movement of the lever A. In another arrangement, the point tongues are shifted by a pivoted curved lever as before, and they are connected to the plough guides by means of levers and connecting-rods. A rectangular frame reciprocating on supporting-rollers may be used instead of the pivoted curved lever. Fig. 8 shows an elevation of the plungers on the car, and illustrates how each is operated by a bolt J worked by a weighted lever I, each bolt being so long that, when withdrawn from the plunger B on one side, it will enter a notch in the plunger on the other side, thus preventing the fall of the plungers simultaneously. In order that the plungers may easily pass round corners, they are made to slide in grooves, as shown in Fig. 10, so as to be capable of lateral as well as vertical motion.
Patent GB-190319707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baths.
Inventor: EWART SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 19,707. Ewart, S. Sept. 14. Baths. -To attach the feet, a socket B is affixed to the bottom of the bath, and the part C' of the foot bearing a stamped front D' is placed therein and retained by setscrews.
Patent GB-190320438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for the Prevention of Hoist Accidents.
Inventor: FAWCETT EDWARD RALPH
Filed: 1903-09-23
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 20,438. Fawcett, E. R. Sept. 23. Lifts.-Consists of means for preventing accidents in hoists or lifts due to a foot or other portion of the person being caught between a floor and the moving cage. A small width D of the cage floor on .the landing side is hinged so as to be capable of upward movement on encountering an obstacle such as the foot of a person standing at a landing. The flap D is normally supported by corner brackets J with horizontal webs L, and by angle-pieces M preferably secured to the flap. Corresponding widths of the landing edges are hinged and supported in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190322558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Mechanically Operating Keyboard Machines and Instruments
Inventor: WOLTERS OTTO
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 22,558. Wolters, O. Oct. 19. Automatic instruments.-In machines for mechanically operating keyboard machines and instruments by a perforated register strip, the register strip a is carried past or over the magazine f containing the steel pins i, which are attracted by the magnet g to operate on the lever mechanism k connected with the keys of the keyboard, as the strip and magazine travel downwards past the levers k. The pusher l forces the pins i into their normal position in the magazine, and the magazine is rapidly returned to its upper position. The movement of the perforated strip a is intermittent. In a modified arrangement, the pin magazine is in the form of a rotary cylinder, and the lower pins fall out through the perforations by gravity. A magnet may help them to descend into their operative position. A roller presses the pins into their inoperative positions. To restrict the width of register strip required, the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 may be adopted. Two or more pin cylinders I, I<a> are employed with one strip, the cylinder I receiving the pins corresponding to one half, while the cylinder I<a> receives the other half. The strip h<1> is divided into two series of transverse lines or perforations, one series registering with one cylinder, while the other series registers with the other cylinder. To lessen the width of strip in the machine shown in Fig. 1, the reciprocating magazine may be lengthened, or there may be two magazines, and the strip may be divided into groups of perforations. Instead of a magnet being employed for causing the pins to leave their recesses in the cylindrical arrangement, the cylinder may be filled with mercury, or compressed air, or an eccentric ring may bear upon the lower pins, or an outside device comprising a small hammer to strike the cylinder may be employed.
Patent GB-190325028-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Electric Light Pendants or Fittings.
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 25,028. Galsworthy, W. H., and London Electrical fittings Co. Nov. 17. Supporting lamps.-A pendant in which both the height and distance between the lamps is adjustable is shown, the method of adjustment being indicated by the different positions in full and dotted lines respectively. The arms A, B swivel about a disc joint H on a spindle J, and are held in place by the rings F on the arms E secured to the collar C, which slides up and down the stem G. The height adjustment is provided by the usual counterweight. Ball bearings or wheels may be used in the rings F, if desired.
Patent GB-190327725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sighting Apparatus for Guns
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1903-12-17
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 27,725. Dawson, A. T., and Silverman, L. Dec. 17. Sights.-In rocking-bar sights, the usual range dial is replaced by a graduated endless band B located in the hollow sight bracket A<x>, shown in side elevation in Fig. 1 and in sectional plan in Fig. 2, so that the range or elevation may be read through the glazed aperture a. Projections b<9> on the chain engage teeth b<10> on a roller b<1>, rotated by the worm gearing b<5>, b<6>, and forming the nut for the sight-elevating screw b<2>, the upper end of which is pivoted to a block b<3>, sliding in a slot a<2> in the sight bar A. The forward roller b is carried by an adjustable bearing b<14>. Figs. 6 and 8 show modified devices by which the roller b<1> actuates the chain B ; in that shown in Fig. 6, studs b<12> on the roller engage apertures or depressions b<11> in the chain, and, in that shown in Fig. 8, the chain is formed by a number of jointed leaves b<13>. Instead of the endless chain, a graduated band may be wound on the roller b and attached at its other end to the roller b<1>, in which case the roller b is provided with a spring. Guide-rollers may be employed.
Patent GB-190328479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Pins.
Inventor: GOLDBERG SOLOMON HARRY
IPC: A45D8/06
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,479. Goldberg, S. H. Dec. 28. Hair-pins. - A single wire is bent into straight or wavy legs a and a twisted central part d with a hump e and loop f. The material may be metal, alloy, celluloid, hard rubber, &c.
Patent GB-190328561-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Open Fire Ventilating Grate.
Inventor: BOYD RICHARD WADE
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,561. Boyd, R. W. Dec. 29. Air-heating and ventilating fireplaces. - The firegrates of open fireplaces for ventilating schools, hospitals, &c. are lined with easily-removable iron plates B ; the bottom of the firegrate slopes up at the back. A damper E is arranged in front to control the admission of air below the grate. The air chamber surrounds the fireplace and opens into the room by gratings, or open outlets, in the frieze or in the sides of the grate ; disinfectants or vaporizers may be placed in the air chamber. The sides of the outer casing of the fireplace are ribbed as at a to provide extra heating-surface. The fireplace is pegged to the hearth. A register damper G in the chimney rests on lugs g, so that it cannot, as in the case of hinged dampers, become jammed by falling matter.
Patent GB-190401685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Percussion Fuses for Projectiles
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 1685. King's Norton Metal Co., Bayliss, T. A., and Hill, C. W. Jan. 22. Fuzes for projectiles. -The needle pellets of base fuzes, whether time o r percussion, are locked until the gun is fired, by the oppositelydirected ends of spring bolts c engaging in recesses of the fuze body a. The bolts are withdrawn to " arm " the fuze by the action of centrifugal force upon the heads c<2>. The pressure plate and spindle are dispensed with in this construction.
Patent GB-190405665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carving Forks.
Inventor: ROWE ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 5665. Rowe, A. J. March 8. Carving-forks.-The fork guard g is held in position by a spring b, riveted to a clip a embracing the part e of the fork. The spring b has a hook c engaging in an aperture d in the fork and thus holding the spring in position. When the usual spring of the fork has become useless, the spring b and clip a may be attached and detached as desired.
Patent GB-190405766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato and the like Cutting Machines.
Inventor: KLOTZ EUGEN
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 5766. Klotz, E. March 9. Cutting and slicing roots. - A machine for cutting potatoes, turnips, &c. consists of a vertical cylinder a open at the top and furnished at the lower end with fixed vertical or nearly vertical knives b carrying a central boss d serving as a bearing for a vertical revolving shaft e, on which is mounted a disc e<1> provided with flat or corrugated horizontal knives f and with slits through which the cut material escapes. A loose weight i keeps the material pressed against the knives, and a casing h keeps the shaft e from contact with the potatoes &c.
Patent GB-190409871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor-vehicles.
Filed: 1904-04-29
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 9871. Lake, H. H., [Olds Motor Works]. April 29. Exhaust-silencers.-The silencer of a motor car is shown in Fig. 18. The exhaust gases pass from the central chamber 170, through chambers 172,173, a tube 166, and chambers 173, 176 to the outer air.
Patent GB-190412116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ink-wells or Receptacles
Inventor: SCHMITT EMIL
Filed: 1904-05-27
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 12,116. Schmitt, E. May 27. Inkstands.-The stopper of an ink bottle for Indian &c. ink is provided with a tube f, the upper part of which is divided into two compartments, one communicating with a dipping-cup h while the other opens into the bottle just below the stopper. To force ink up to the cup, an arrangement of two cylinders may be used having between them a ring of packing n, the upper cylinder l being pressed down over the lower k, thus forcing air into the bottle a and causing ink to rise into the cup h. Instead of the cylinders, a rubber ball g, Fig. 2, may be attached to the tube e, in which case the ink returns to the bottle as soon as pressure is removed from the ball. The tubes, instead of being combined together as shown, may be separate.
Patent GB-190418727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ordnance with Independent Sighting Line.
Filed: 1904-08-30
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 18,727. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F., Sept. 7, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Field carriages; sights.-Relates to combined sighting and elevating gear for gun carriages in which the gun can be trained without moving the trail. Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 3 a rear sectional elevation on the line 3-3, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 a sectional plan on the line 5-5, Fig. 3. The gun and topcarriage A are elevated about the trunnions c<1>, and are trained relatively to the trunnion-fork C about a vertical pivot a<1>; the sight arc E slides in a curved guide a' on the top-carriage A, and is loosely connected at its lower end by a pin e<2> to slots g<4> in a slide G working in a carved guide f<1> radial with the pivot a<1>. The guide f<1> is formed on a bracket F carried by a screw M, raised and lowered by the rotation of the nut S by the bevelwheel r' and hand-wheel t; rotation of the screw M is prevented by keys k<1> in the oscillating bracket K taking into longitudinal grooves in the screw. A sleeve N, rotated by a hand-wheel through the shaft P and bevel gearing p<2>, n<2>, rotates by means of the keys n<1> the sleeve L, screwed internally to receive the left-handed elevating-screw H, and externally to work in the screw M. The shaft P elevates the gun alone, and the shaft R the gun and sights together. The slots g<4> radial with the centre of the bearing k and the slide G and guides f<1> permit of the elevation and training of the gun without interrupting the sight-elevating gear. The arrangement of the screws may be modified, the sleeve N being placed above the bracket K aud the screw M below. As shown by Fig. 10, the screw M forms the bearing for the shaft P, its rotation being prevented by an arm working in a vertical slot in the bracket K.
Patent GB-190419335-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Appliances for Feeding Sheets of Paper to Printing, Ruling and like Machines.
Inventor: VICKERY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-07
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 19,335. Vickery, F. W. Sept. 7. Feeding sheets.-Sheets of paper are fed to a printing, ruling, or like machine from a pile J, Fig. 1, on a rising table K, by means of a suction appliance I, in conjunction with holding-down arms R for effecting a slight bulging, and blast nozzles N may assist in freeing the top sheet. The suction appliance I is reciprocated by means of pivoted bars A, one or both having adjustable connection, to suit the size of sheet, by means of a quadrant arm E, to a cam-actuated bar F. In operation, the suction appliance I drops upon the pile, the arms R are dropped, and the suction appliance is advanced, raised, and retired, to effect the slight bulging. The suction appliance is then further raised, preferably from a cam T, and lifts the top sheet, the arms R are raised, and the suction appliance is advanced to push the sheet to the gripping-rollers Q or tapes. The blast nozzles N are adjustable in relation to the suction nozzles I, and may be movable with the suction nozzles, or may be fixed, as shown at N'. The cam T is shown as operating a bar U connected to a bar V, which is pivoted on a bar W on which slides a bracket X carrying the shaft L supporting the parts I, N, and co-operates with a projection on the shaft L. The arms R are raised by means of a lug Z on the bar V. The suction nozzles I may be made in sections for adaptation to unevenness of the pile. The blast nozzles N are also made in sections, and rest upon the suction nozzles, or may have independent bearing upon the pile by lips S. Fig. 6. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the bracket X is connected to a chain b driven from a wheel c, on the shaft G of which the arm A is adjustable and secured by a set-screw g.
Patent GB-190419521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trouser Stretchers.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE NICOL
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,521. Wilson, G. N. Sept. 10. Trouser stretchers. -The stretcher, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is intended for use within the trousers, and comprises two double side bars A, with telescopic continuations a for the legs of the trousers, and bars B. The bars B are connected by toggle - links C, G to the central tube D and the bar H respectively. In use, the loose cloth of the body part of the trousers is clamped between the double bars A by spring action or by the clamping- screws E. The bars a have preferably sharp edges to crease the trousers legs at the back and front. The stretcher is expanded by pressing down a double bar I, which slides through the tube D, and is retained in that position by a spring pawl J which engages teeth on the sliding bar I. Simultaneously with the expanding action, a stretching action takes place on account of the telescopic sides. In a modification, the toothed bar may be replaced by a screwed bar.
Patent GB-190421212-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tunnel Construction
Inventor: KAMMERER PHILIP
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-10-03
Abstract: 21,212. Kammerer, P. Oct. 3. Tunnels. - A tunnel construction comprises foundation, tunnel, and coupling sections which are built up of angle-irons and filled with cement, the various sections being completed before they are assembled. The foundation sections A consist of angle-irons 12,15 connected by bars 14 and are provided at the side with depending bars 17, the angle-irons being so disposed as to form a series of tongues and dovetail grooves adapted to engage with grooves and tongues on adjacent foundation sections. The sections A are provided at the top and the bottom with a series of cross-wires, and after being filled and covered with cement are lowered on to the bed of the trench or river in which the tunnel is intended to lie. The tunnel sections D are built up of transverse bottom bars 34 and angle-irons 25, 26 braced by longitudinal bars 27,33, the bars 33 being bent outwards at the end of each section to form a skeleton boss d' which is also partly formed from arched angle-irons 28, a boss d' at the other end of each section D being formed by angle-irons 29. A latticework of wire is placed in the tunnel sections, which are then filled and covered with cement, channels 37 being formed in the bosses d<1>, d<3>. When the sections have been assembled, the lip portion d<2> of one tunnel section enters the boss d' of an adjacent section, and the two sections are connected by a built-up segmental cap F filled with cement and provided with a flange e at each end adapted to overlap the bosses d<1>, d<3> of adjacent tunnel sections, felt washers 44 being interposed. A space is left between the inner face of the cap F and the outer face of the sections D, this space being subsequently filled in with liquid cement which is introduced through a hose coupled to a threaded pipe 51. The tunnel sections are secured to the foundation sections by bags 42 of cement which are set by means of water. The interior of the tunnel is finished off by filling in the interstices of cages E built up or arched strands fitting in the tunnel sections D. In some cases, two series of tunnel sections connected by angle-irons may be assembled side by side and covered with a cement cap.
Patent GB-190423079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Crank Mechanism.
Inventor: BURLAT JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 23,079. Burlat, J., Burlat, J., Burlat, E., and Burlat, A., [trading as Burlat FrÞres]. April 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Driving-gear for motors.-The arrangement of the crank shaft c, Fig. 1, is such that it permits a stroke equal to double the distance between the crank-pins a, b, whether movement is transmitted to or from the shaft. When applied to a rotary engine &c., as shown in Fig. 3, the axis of the shaft c is displaced as regards the centre of rotation of the cylinders, and the speed of the shaft c is double that of the cylinders ; when applied to an engine with fixed cylinders, the shaft revolves about a central axis as well as about its own axis. The arrangement is particularly applicable to rotary explosion engines and the like, as it permits the carburetted mixture, the lubricating- oil, and the cooling-water to be supplied at the centre of the motor.
Patent GB-190428636-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Cutting or Dressing Grindstones and the like.
Inventor: GRIESHABER JOHANNES
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 28,636. Grieshaber, J. Dec. 28. Dressing grindstones &c.-Grindstones are dressed by a cutting-roller, capable of being reciprocated, acting on, and revolved by, the grindstones. The roller consists of two discs 20, separated by a ring of soft metal 24, and carrying in slots oppositely and differently pitched blades 22. The discs are mounted on a shaft 7 carried by sliding bearings 6 working in shields 3, which are connected to the grindstone trough and may be connected to and slide with a bar 9, having four inclines or rises 11, by means of a revoluble arm 12. The bar is kept against the ends of the guides 8, in which it works, by springs 10, and has rows of holes 15 in which pins 16 may be inserted to act as stops to limit the displacement of the bar 9 and shaft 7. A shaft 26 having a handle and ratchet-wheel 28 drives screw spindles 25, working in nuts 29, through bevelwheels 27. The nuts 29 are connected to the grindstone frame by pivoted links 30. By turning the shaft 26 in one direction or the other, the cutter may be approached to, or removed from, the grindstone. To dress a grindstone, the cutting- roller is brought into the middle of its width and pressed against it by turning the shaft 26, the base of each two of the inclines 11 lying against rounded ends of the guides 8. On the grindstone rotating, the cutting-roller rotates, and, on the roller and bar being reciprocated, the grindstone is dressed in a domed form on its periphery, while the cutter is prevented from passing beyond the width of the stone by the pins 16.
Patent GB-190428736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condenser Systems and Discharge Pumps.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 28,736. Newton, H. E., [Worthington, H. R.] Dec. 29. Centrifugal pumps.- A. centrifugal or turbine pump used in a condenser system is formed with air-discharge pipes on both the suction and discharge sides. The condensed water enters the pump by the pipe 10, and, passing around the baflle 13, allows any air present to pass off by the pipe 12. The pipe 12 and the pipe on the delivery side are both in communication with an air pump.
Patent GB-190507340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connections for Joining Branch Drains to Main Sewers.
Inventor: WARMINGTON ROBERT
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 7340. Warmington, R. April 7. Drain-pipe junctions.-Junction pieces are made in two parts a, b having a longitudinal joint c. The area excavated in connecting up a branch drain is by this construction limited to the area of the junction. Testing the branch drain is also facilitated.