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Patent GB-190301472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop Stamps
Inventor: PLATT ISAIAH
Filed: 1903-01-21
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1472. Platt, I. Jan. 21. Hammers, power; stamping.-The head C of a drop stamp for forging, stamping, and shaping metals is raised by a band B passing over a pulley A and pressed into contact with the pulley by a pair of rollers F mounted in a frame E or by a single roller. The frame or single roller is carried by an eccentric spindle G rocked by a treadle J or, according to the Provisional Specification, by hand. The band is connected to the head by a spring- mounted eye L, Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190306186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid Seals and to Fluid-pressure Pivot Bearings
Inventor: CRAIG DAVID
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 6186. Lake, H. H., [Craig, D.]. March 17. Mountings.-Relates to fluid-pressure pivot bearings, embodying the principle of summation of a number of small hydraulic heads, and applicable to ordnance. Fig. 4 shows the application to a fluid-pressure bearing for the pivot P x, in which a heavy liquid may be used for sealing the air space and lubricating the members. The bearing-member B<x> and the pivot P<x> are each furnished with a number of concentric cups, the walls of the one entering between those of the other when the parts are brought together. Valves V are provided to allow air to escape while the bearing is being set up.
Patent GB-190307492-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Leather and Process of Treating the same
Inventor: MAGNUS PHILIP
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 7492. Magnus, P. March 31. Waterproofing; waterproofing - compositions.- Chrome or other leather is treated as follows, in order to render it impervious to moisture and more durable :-The leather, cleansed and dried, is first treated in a bath consisting of benzine, benzene, naphtha, and kerosene in stated proportions. It is then removed and the liquid remaining upon it is rubbed in with a wire brush. The dipping and brushing is repeated, and the leather is then immersed in a thick solution of Para rubber in benzine, then in a thinner solution of the rubber in benzine and naphtha, and then in a still thinner solution of the rubber in benzine, benzene, and naphtha. After each immersion, the solution is worked in with a brush. After drying, the leather is finally treated with a second mixture of benzine, benzene, naphtha, and kerosene in stated proportions, rubbed in with a brush..
Patent GB-190309369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Shuttle Changing Mechanism of Looms for Weaving
Inventor: HOWARTH HARRY COLLINGE
Filed: 1903-04-25
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 9369. Howarth, H. C. April 25. Loom shuttle - changing mechanism. - The object is to bring automatic shuttle-changing mechanism into operation after a predetermined number of picks, and before the weft has become exhausted. A card barrel b is reciprocated vertically by a rod f, which is raised and lowered by a bowl e on a bell-crank lever d, acted upon by a cam c on the cam shaft. A catch g gives a partial revolution to the card barrel at each rise and fall. Above the card barrel are feeler-levers i, which are raised by a blank card after a predetermined number of picks, and on the same shaft as the feeler levers is a lever connected by a rod k to a lever l, which actuates a spring rod for bringing into operation the shuttle-changing mechanism. The same result may be obtained by means of a train of suitable gearing actuated from the sand roller, the healds, or the lay, or by the dobby, or otherwise.
Patent GB-190310364-A (GB)
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 10,364. Fletcher, Russell, & Co., Fletcher, T., and Fletcher, W. May 7. Gas burners.- To construct bunsen or other atmospheric burners with open tubes but without gauze or air-slides and to permit of their inversion without explosion or backlighting, the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are employed. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the gas jet a is inverted and projected into the mixing-tube, which is bent upon itself, the gas and air being ignited at the outlet c. In Fig. 2, the outlet c is shown turned away from the gas jet by reason of a further bend in the tube.
Patent GB-190313343-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Conveying Coke from Gas Retort Benches and Quenching same, applicable for other purposes.
Inventor: JOHNSTON ALEXANDER AVERY
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 13,343. Johnston, A. A. June 15. Conveyers.-Consists in quenching coke and conveying it away from gas-retort benches by means of a current of steam, alone or mixed with air, and of apparatus for this purpose, such method and apparatus being applicable also for conveying other material, such as coal. Fig. 1 shows one form of the apparatus as applied to a bench of retorts. Beneath hoppers B, into which the coke is delivered from the retorts, is a trough along which the coke is forced by steam supplied by nozzles D. The trough is built up of overlapping sections, and the nozzles D are arranged between the overlapping portions, the joints being preferably left open to allow air to be drawn in. The hoppers B have top and bottom doors, and are fitted with transverse bars H to regulate the fall of the coke. In operation, all the hoppers except that through which coke is passing are closed. Alternatively, each tier of retorts may have a separate trough leading to the front or to the side of the retort staging. Or the troughs from two or more tiers may unite into a single trough. Fig. 5 shows a portion of a trough. Preferably a row of nozzles D are supplied from a chamber D', and the bottom of each trough section is slightly inclined.
Patent GB-190320357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Sweeping Lawns, Golf Greens, Tennis Courts, and the like.
Inventor: SOWDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 20,357. Sowden, A. Sept. 22. Lawns, sweeping; lawnmowers.-A machine for removing worm casts, cut grass, leaves, and the like from lawns, golf greens, tennis s lawns, garden walks, footpaths, and carriage ways consists essentially of an adjustable rotary brush and an adjustable collecting-box. Fig. 1 is a side view of the apparatus. The bearings of the brush or brushes 1 are adjustable vertically in the guides 3 by means of screws 5. The brush is driven by a chain from the axle 9 of the drums or rollers 10, the tension of the chain being regulated by adjusting the axle 9 in slots in the side frames 4 by means of set-screws 9<A>. One end of the box 12 is provided with holes, into which fit pins carried by an adjustable slotted bracket 13. The other end is provided with a slot 15, in which is fixed an adjustable pin 16 engaging with a hook 17 hanging from a transverse shaft 18. The hook 17 is provided with a handle 20 to facilitate the removal of the box, which is steadied by an adjustable frame 19. The side frames 4 are provided with wheels or rollers 11, and with handles like those of a lawn-mower. The brush may be arranged at an angle to the collecting-box, and its bristles may be set in straight or waved lines. A rotary cutter, with or without a grass box, may be mounted in the frame, its driving-chain being placed on the opposite side of the machine to that of the brush.
Patent GB-190321391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Driving Rotary Shears
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 21,391. Haddan, H. J., [Fuchs, F.]. Oct. 5. Shearing.-Plates, sheets, &c. of any size are sheared in a machine having rotary blades or knives a, b driven from a shaft h. The lower blade is driven by chain gearing through an intermediate shaft v arranged below the part f of the frame which guides one cut portion of the work, and above the part g which guides the other cut portion. The upper blade is driven by spur gearing as shown.
Patent GB-190323255-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Fastening Boxes, Packages and the like with Wire.
Inventor: DONEGAN PATRICK
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 23,255. Donegan, P. Oct. 27. Pliers.-The nose parts of pliers for twisting the ends of wire used in fastening boxes, packages, &c. have holes d, in which the previously-hooked ends of the wire are inserted.
Patent GB-190323772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Aeration of Filters and in Apparatus for use in connection therewith
Inventor: CANDY FRANK
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 23,772. Candy, F. Nov. 3. Filtering-media, regenerating.-Filters are washed and then cleared of water held by capillary attraction, by forcing or drawing air, or both, through the medium. The latter is thus rendered more susceptible to the regenerative action of the air. Ozone or sterilized air may be used. The method may be applied to filters of the type described in Specification No. 5242, A.D. 1898, of which the upper part is closed in. The airforcing and exhausting operations may be effected .by alternately filling and emptying a closed tank of water.
Patent GB-190324943-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Buckle.
Inventor: PEULER HUGO
Filed: 1903-11-16
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 24,943. Peuler, H. Nov. 16. Buckles for belts are formed to grip belts without perforations. A metal plate, slotted at b to receive one end of the strap R, is turned up along its front edge g and has turned up side-plates c. The plates c are perforated to receive the pivot pins of a grooved roller f and a lever plate d between which the free end of the belt is gripped. The plate d has a struck-up projection at its rear edge to hold one end of the spring h, the other end of which bears against the part g. The position of the spring tends to hold the plate d against the edge g.
Patent GB-190403522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shed Forming Mechanism for Looms for Weaving
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3522. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Feb. 12. Loom shedding-motions. -By means of cam and lever mechanism 28, 29, Fig. 1, rods 23 carrying racks 24, 26 are reciprocated, thus oscillating pinions 21, 22 on rockshafts 8, 12. The latter are each provided with four pulleys, round which pass straps connected to the back and front harnesses 9, 10 by connections 17, 20, 17', 20'. The pulleys for the back harness are larger than the others, so that that harness is raised and depressed more than the front. There is a cam 28 &c. for each rod 23, the cams being shaped to give the required dwell. The racks and pinions are kept in gear by straps 25, 27 secured to the racks and extending behind and engaging the shafts 8, 12. In a modification, an elliptic gear 33. Fig. 3, eccentrically fastened to the back shaft 5, drives an elliptic gear 34, Figs. 3 and 4, on a shaft 35 mounted in bearings 36<1> on a stand 36. An arm 37 fastened to the shaft 35 is pivotally linked to an ear 40<1> on the rack-bar 40. The latter is thus reciprocated, and oscillates the pinions 22 &c. and their rock-shafts 12 &c. Grooved rolls 41 hold the rack-bars and pinions in gear. In a modification for specially giving a dwell in the motion of the harness, the rack 43, Fig. 6, gears with an elliptical wheel 42 on the rock-shaft 8, a loose elliptical wheel 44 being used to keep the rack 43 and wheel 42 in gear.
Patent GB-190404349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boats or Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE CRANSTON
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 4349. Fairweather, W. C., [Manker-Heavner Navigation Co.]. Feb. 22. Propeller shafts, arrangement of; stopping way.- For the purpose of reducing the resistance of navigable vessels to propulsion and securing a minimized displacement, the vessels are made cigarshaped with a concave under surface, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 6. Fig. 3 is a view of the underside of the vessel. The pressure of the water on the under surface minimizes the pitching and tossing. The keel 8 is hollow, and is provided with orifices 9 to receive the propellers 17, and with an opening 11, which has a door 12 at one end operated by screw gearing 14. The door 12 is open when the vessel is first started, but is closed again when fully under way. The propellers rotate so that their downward strokes are outside the keel and their upward strokes inside, thereby lifting the vessel and reducing the displacement. Bilge keels 19 are fitted at the edge of the concave under surface. A triangular plate 21, operated by gearing 22 and pivoted on a horizontal axis, is used for trimming the vessel and also as a brake for stopping its way. Propeller guards 20, consisting of long rods, are fitted on each side of the keel as shown.
Patent GB-190405824-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Igniter for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: LUTHI HERMANN
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5824. Luthi, H. March 9. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The sparking-plug shown in Fig. 2 has a cup a provided with a pure nickel eyepiece d. Passing through the centre of the insulating- block e is a metal rod containing in the lower part, below the flange q, a pure nickel wire s of star section. The conducting wire is clamped between the two nuts r, l, the sparks passing between the eyepiece d and the wire s. The flange q arrests any oil that may be projected through the eyelet.
Patent GB-190423164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Machine for Indicating Audibly and or Visibly the Weights of Persons or Objects and Supplying other Information such as Advertisements "Fortunes" and the like.
Inventor: MCINTIRE CHARLES SHIELDS
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 23,164. McIntire, C. S., and Sawrey, J. S. Oct. 27. Compound-lever apparatus; indicating-mechanism. -Consists of improvements on the machine described in Specification No. 7968, A.D. 1903, for indicating audibly, and if desired visibly, the weights of persons, and for supplying information such as advertisements, fortunes, and the like, the snail or step cams being replaced by a rack, and one stylus only being used. The weight on the platform stretches the spring 1, the rod 2 descending and pulling down the balance lever 4 through a pin 3 and rod 5, and thereby lowering the guided triangular frame 7 with its rack 9 into a position depending on the weight on the platform. The electric or clockwork motor, having been started by hand or the insertion of a coin, drives the shaft 36, which rotates the cams 30, 33, 35, through the worm 39 and the worm-wheel 40, the latter making a complete revolution for each operation of the machine. The cam 30 turns the operating-rod 42 and releases the weight 29, which falls, the projection 28 kicking up the pawl 21 and freeing the rod 14, which is then drawn to the left by the action of the spring 26, until the guided slider 10 engages with the teeth of the rack 9 and locks it. By this motion of the rod 14, the reproducer 18 has been drawn into position over the record cylinder by the rod 16, the frame 31 then being lowered by the cam 33 to allow of the weight or other information being called out. The weight 24, which during these operations has been raised by the cam 35 and rod 25 and thereby pushing the pawl 21 past the pin 22 by means of the bell crank 23, now falls, the pawl again engaging the pin 22 and replacing the lever 14, the lever 4 raising the frame 7 to its original position, in which it is retained by the counterweight 6. A visible indicator may be combined with the machine, and when a clockwork motor is used it may be rewound by the recoil of the machine when the load is removed from the platform.
Patent GB-190427840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Cramps and Mitre Blocks.
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,840. Hobbies, Ltd., and Jewson, H. Dec. 20. Mitering.-In a combined cramp and mitre-block, curved saw guides A, A' are pivoted to the bedplate B. When the work is fixed in position, the saw guide is pressed down on the work and thus guides the saw close to the work.
Patent GB-190514299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boilers.
Inventor: BERNHARD JOHN BLOOMFIELD
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 14,299. Bernhard, J. B. July 11. Sectional boilers. -A boiler adapted for generating steam or heating water is built up of sections 3, Figs. 4 and 6, placed side by side with their water spaces in communication through openings at the top and bottom. The whole is bolted together and set over a firegrate. Each section is provided with through passages which register with corresponding passages in the other sections, thereby forming transverse flues 20, 21, 22. These communicate with each other through passages in the end sections 1, 2, which form the sides of the boiler. Those parts of the water space below the flue 20 are inclined upwards from back to front, and are tapered as shown at 24 in Fig. 6. By means of dampers 42,44, Figs. 8 and 9, the outlet 45 for the furnace gases may be attached to that side of the boiler which is nearest the chimney. The front of the boiler is formed by two flat sections 28 of equal size. When there are only two intermediate sections 3, only one of the chambers 28 need be used.
Patent GB-190520362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Registering the Revolutions of Wheels of Common Road Vehicles or Motor Carriages and similarly Rotating Bodies.
Inventor: FURNEAUX HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-09
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 20,362. Furneaux, H. J., and Rock, W. B. Oct. 9. Counting - apparatus; odometers. - Revolution counters for vehicle wheels and other rotating bodies, comprising main or gross registering-mechanism, and auxiliary or trip registering-mechanism, are arranged so that the latter may be instantaneously reset to zero irrespective of the position of the' former. The apparatus is mounted on the hub of the wheel, and is arranged to indicate distance. The mechanism is enclosed in a metal casing with a glass front and a back plate having a bearing for a central spindle, on one end of which is a spring engaging with the fixed hub, or with the usual nut thereon, and at the other end a worm 2, Fig. 1. When a fixed hub is not available, the spindle may be rotated by a pendent weight. The worm-wheel 3 on the shaft of the 'worm 5 drives a wheel 8 on the spindle of another wheel (not shown) gearing with a wheel 11, Fig. 5, on the central spindle 12 of the counting-trains. Fig. 5 shows only the gross register, comprising four numbered disks 17, 27, 28, 29 with starwheels and fingers driven by a finger 14 on the spindle 12, to which a pointer 13 is attached to indicate fractions of miles or kilometres. The wheels and disks are held between each movement by friction springs 30. The spindle 12 is provided with a pinion (not shown) which drives through reduction gearing a wheel f on the first spindle of the trip 'register, shown separately in Fig. 4. The sleeve g. carrying the wheel f is loose on the spindle h of the units' disk p, but is normally held in gear with a clutch member i by a spriug u acting on a sliding pin t, on which is fixed a plate r engaging a groove in the sleeve g. The star-wheel k mounted on a sleeve l, loose on the spindle o of the tens' disk q, is provided with a pin m passing through a hole in the disk n fixed on the spindle, and is moved by the plate r to clear the finger j in resetting. The movement of the pin t is effected by turning a cam or eccentric 54, Fig 1, by means of the milled head 57. The disks o, p are then returned to zero by the pressure of springs x, y on heart cams v, w. The trip register is thus capable of being reset even when the wheels of the gross register are "on "the shift," and it only records its first mile when that distance has been completed. Specification No. 2541, A.D. 1869, is referred to.
Patent GB-190522135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hammer Locks for Firearms.
Inventor: ALLEN MARTIN VAN BUREN
Filed: 1905-10-30
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 22,135. Allen, M. van B. Dec. 16, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Breech actions, revolving-chamber.-Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 3 a sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 1, of a hammer safety. When in the position shown, a pivoted arm h locks the hammer b in the uncocked position. The arm may be turned into the position shown by the dotted lines to release the hammer by the bent extension f<3>, which projects through a slot d<3> in the side plate i. A spring retains the arm in either position.
Patent GB-190525518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draught, Chess, & like Games.
Inventor: MARTIN ROBERT
Filed: 1905-12-08
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 25,518. Martin, R. Dec. 8. Drawings to Specification. Chess and draughts ; boards for games.-A chess, draught, or other compartmented board consists of a cushion with a suitably marked surface. The pieces consist of pins the heads of which represent chessmen, draughtsmen, &c., according to the game played.
Patent GB-190602230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Tanning and Depilating of Hides or Skins.
Inventor: GLASEL CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1907-01-29
Abstract: 2230. Glasel, C. J. Jan. 29. Liquids, apparatus for treating with.-Hides and skins during the processes of depilation and tanning are stretched intermittently with the object of squeezing the spent depilating or tanning liquor from the pores of the hides and of allowing fresh liquid to enter. The rotary drums described in connexion with the invention are also provided with means whereby the liquid may be supplied and removed. A drum 20, Fig. 1, rotated by rollers 23 on shafts 24, is provided with an internal frame comprising three wheels 27, 28 connected by a shaft 30 supported in sockets 31 formed in removable heads 21 ; the frame is run into the cylinder on guideways 25. The hides A are secured to the wheels in a radial direction, and are strained by arms 37 secured to a sleeve 32 sliding on the shaft 30 ; the sleeve is also provided with an arm 34, Fig. 2, carrying a heavy weight 33 which, on the rotation of the cylinder, oscillates between the stops 35, 36. In a modification, the arms 37 are dispensed with and the two outer wheels are fitted with weighted hide supports adapted to have a limited movement of rotation in relation thereto ; or the intermediate wheel may be so fitted. In another modification, the hides are secured across the axis of the cylinder and pass between cross-bars of grid frames 43, 44, 45, Fig. 4. The hides are stretched by the grids 43, 45 being moved simultaneously in one direction while the grid 44 is moved in the opposite direction. In the construction shown in Fig. 6, the hides are attached to bars 70, passing through radial slots in disks 72, 73, forming the ends of a cage which is driven faster than the cylinder by the pulley 75. The bars are moved outwards to stretch the hides by means of links engaging with cam - grooves 83 formed in frames 80, attached to the cylinder. The hides are simultaneously strained transversely by a grid 90 rotating with the inner cage and reciprocated by a pin 95 on a bracket 94 engaging a cam 96. The liquid may be supplied to, and removed from, the drum by a duplex pump 57,.Fig. 4, operated by eccentrics 58, 59 on the shaft 50. In another arrangement buckets dip into a tank and the liquid passes into the drum through valves opened and shut by suitable tappets. The liquid may be run out through apertures in the drum into a fixed annular chamber having a discharge port at the base. A fan 61, Fig. 4, driven from the pulley 62 may be used to force air into and out of the cylinder.