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Patent GB-190302371-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Producing Building Bricks or Blocks and Apparatus for use therewith.
Inventor: EATON EDMUND
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 2371. Eaton, E., Pfeifer, W., and Briggs, C. H. Jan. 31. Moving-beater apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for slaking lime and mixing it with sand &c., and to the manufacture of bricks &c. from the mixture About 5 parts of lime, 5 parts of sand, and 5 parts of clay, earth, or loam, ground clinkers, ashes, silica, or the like, are introduced into a fixed drum 2 into which water or steam is admitted through a perforated hollow shaft 5. This shaft carries mixing- blades 10 and is rotated by a pulley 12 or other mechanism. The drum is formed with a sloping bottom and is fitted with a safty-valve 16, a pressure gauge 17, and manhole covers 3, 4 for the introduction and removal of the materials. The shaft rotates in stuffing-boxes 7 and bearings 11, and an open end 13 can be connected to a flexible steam or water supply pipe and closed before the shaft is set in motion. The slaked mixed material is sifted or screened as it is discharged through the lower manhole 4 into a truck 15.
Patent GB-190303661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Friction Clutches
Inventor: RADCLIFFE CHARLES
Filed: 1903-02-16
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 3661. R a d c l i f f e, C., and Jones, D. Feb. 16. Sewing-machines, driving; stopping- gear.- Relates to friction clutches and countershafts for sewing-machines &c. The driving-member a, which may be made with grooves of different diameters to take the driving- band b, runs loose on a sleeve c and is provided with a leather or other ring h. Against this ring the other member k, formed with a groove for the transmitting- band m, is pressed by a spring n interposed between a shoulder in its boss and a nut o on the sleeve. The sleeve is formed with a slot to engage a pin p in the part k and with a collar outside the part a; it is mounted on a pin e supported in the casing f. The engagement and disengagement of the member k is controlled by a forked lever the arm u of which is connected to a spring v of greater strength than the spring n ; this presses the forked end s against the collar t of the part k and holds it out of engagement until, by a pull exerted by a cord &c. on the lever, its tension is neutralized and the spring n allowed to come into play to force the clutch into action. A brake pad w may be mounted on an extension of the lever. In modified arrangements, provision is made for adjusting the spring n; and the lever acts upon a plug movable axially in a hollow spindle.
Patent GB-190303993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles or the like.
Inventor: TERSLING HILMAR
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 3993. Tersling, H. Feb. 19. Bottles, cleaning.-The bottles are first passed through a scraping-device which removes labels &c., after which, while in a state of rotation, they are brushed and washed both inside and outside, and are then conveyed to an appliance in which they are rinsed and drained. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end elevation, of the machine, through which the bottles are passed in pairs. The bottles, which have been previously soaked and partly filled with water, are placed side by side on a table 82 with their necks toward the machine &c., and are dragged along by a loop 85 attached to a horizontally-reciprocating carriage 77, and fall down on to the carriage, from which they in turn fall on to a table 83 owing to the bottles coming into contact with the fixed table 82 during the backward movement of the carriage 77. The carriage 77, in its next forward movement, pushes the bottles from the table 83 through a scraping-appliance 86 on to a rising and falling bed 20, on which they are lifted and are then moved by a reciprocating piece 13 into a space between rotary rollers 44', 50<x>, 45<x>, 51<x>, 44<x>, Fig. 2, so that each bottle lies between three rollers and is supported and rotated by them while being cleaned inside by rotary brushes 36, 37 and outside by brushes 67, the bottoms being also cleaned by brushes fixed to the driver 13. During this operation, water falls on to the bottles and brushes from a perforated pipe 26, the supply to which and to the nozzles 26x for subsequently rinsing the bottles is controlled by a valve 25 periodically operated by a cam-lever 24. The rollers which support the bottles are mounted on rocking shafts, and their movement to one side causes a spring to force one bottle out from between the rollers on to a rocking cradle y, and the movement to the other side causes a spring to force the other bottle into a similar cradle. These cradles are mounted on rocking shafts, and, in one position of the cradles, the bottles fall out of them on to beds 70, upon which they are gripped and held by arms 72. The beds 70 are then raised through an arc of 90‹, indicated by the curved dotted line, Fig. 1, and, when they reach the highest position, a stop 74 causes the bottles to be released and thereby fall into the holders 68 on the rinsing-wheel l, which is intermittently rotated so as to bring the bottles in turn over the nozzles 26<x>. The various coordinated movements are effected by cam and lever mechanism. The transport movements are effected by a separate driving-shaft so that the transport may be stopped for a time while very dirty bottles are being cleaned.
Patent GB-190305134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers
Inventor: STAUNTON PETER MAURICE
Filed: 1903-03-05
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 5134. Staunton, P. M. March 5. Screw propellers. - To produce cavitation at the backs of screw propellers, and so increase the resultant forward pressure of water on the driving- faces, ridges a are provided near the leading edges d of the blades. These ridges are placed so as to meet the centrifugal flow of the water and utilize it for the purpose of aiding cavitation, and also to lessen this latter effect when the propeller is reversed.
Patent GB-190321509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Packing for Piston Rods and the like and in Means for Lubricating the same
Inventor: MADDOX SAMUEL JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-06
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,509. Maddox, S. J. Jan. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stuffing - boxes.- Relates to metallic packing for the piston-rods, valverods, and the like of steam engines and vacuum pumps. A box C, in three parts, is held in the stuffing - box A, between the spring H and the ring i. This ring is curved on one face to a corresponding recess in the lubricating-box D. The parts of the box C are recessed to receive the packing-rings and the spring rings K, fitting outside the packing-rings to hold them in position on the rod. The holes f, g are for cooling and lubricating the rod. Copper rings o are fitted between the stuffing-box A and the lubricating-box D to ensure a steamtight connection. The box D contains a suitable substance for lubricating the packing and rod.
Patent GB-190323476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Marine Steam Boilers.
Inventor: MEIFORT JOHANN HINRICH
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 23,476. Meifort, J. H. Oct. 29. Marine-type boilers superheaters, steam.-The nests of superheating-tubes d, situated in the lower part of the uptake a and arranged opposite the spaces between the groups of tube-ends b, are enclosed in separate casings c, into which hot furnace gases are led directly, either by a flue g passing through the front of the furnace or by a flue h extending through the water space of the boiler. The upper ends of the casings c are fitted with a damper i ; or a separate chimney or funnel may be provided.
Patent GB-190326169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Mechanism for Coal Cutting, Planing, Slotting, Shaping and other Machines.
Inventor: KIRKUP PHILIP
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,169. Kirkup, P., Bowman, F., and Alderson, W. Nov. 30. Undercutting &c.-Ratchet feed-mechanism j for coal-cutting and other machines, is operated by an oscillating link d suspended from a pin e, and is varied by shifting a block g in its slot by means of a link o pivoted to a worm-wheel p operated by a handle s.
Patent GB-190327425-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Reducing the Thickness of the Coating on Tin and Terne Plates.
Inventor: MASKREY ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 27,425. Maskrey, A. J. Dec. 15. Tinning and similarly coating by dipping.-Tin and terne plates are drawn through the usual roll 3 and are wiped free of superfluous metal and scruff by steel wipers 6, before they reach the discharge rolls 4 which are cleaned by strips 10 of non-carbonizing material such as asbestos, wool, graphite, or metal, or by a wire brush. Both the cleaners extend right across the vessel, and are held by head-clamps 5, which are supported by pivoted levers 7, bent at the top of the frame 2, so as to stand vertically above it. The ends of the levers are bent and weighted to allow adjustment by the nuts 19, 20.
Patent GB-190401382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Charging or Filling Liquids into Bottles and similar Vessels.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON RICHARD JOHN
Filed: 1904-01-19
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 1382. Hutchinson, R. J. Jan. 19. Measured quantities, delivering.-In a machine for bottling aÙrated liquids, in which a series of measuring-chambers H is carried by a sleeve F mounted on a rotating table B, means are provided whereby the capacities of the chambers can be adjusted according to the sizes of the bottles to be filled. For this purpose, each chamber is provided with a vertically-adjustable piston M. Annular spaces m are formed around the piston M so as to allow the pistons to descend past the snifting-valves N.
Patent GB-190405845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fastenings for Boots, Shoes, Gloves and other Articles.
Inventor: MANNERS STEPHEN HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-22
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 5845. Manners, S. R. April 22. Lacing -fastenings. -Relates to a fastening for tightening the lace used with a boot, shoe, glove, or other article. The fastening, attached to one side of the opening, consists of a sleeve or bearing B for a frame C in the outer end of which a lever D is pivoted. The bearing B has grooves N for attachment by sewing, and a projection M forming a protection bar or plate. The lever D has apertures E in its free end to receive the lace. In the open position, the lever D is turned outwards from under the frame C, the lace being drawn tight in closing the lever to the position shown when the stops I rest against, and the swells J are sprung through, the frame C. In a modified form, a locking-slide for the lever D is mounted on the frame C. The frame and lever may both be made of bent wire.
Patent GB-190409132-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Horse Shoe Attachment.
Inventor: FINK JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9132. Fink, J. H. April 20. Calks and treads. -In a roughing- attachment, formed in two parts, conical studs 4 project through taper holes in the members 2, 3, and lugs 5 embrace the edge of the shoe, the heels of which are received in sockets 6. A bolt 10, to connect the two parts, passes through holes 9 in projections 8 against which bear on the one side a shoulder 15 on a nut 14, and on the other a spring 12, by which means, if the bolt should turn, the tension of the spring serves to hold the attachment secure. The nut 14 is flat on one side.
Patent GB-190411847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pasteurising Apparatus.
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN OLE
Filed: 1904-05-24
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 11,847. Christensen, O., and S÷lbeck, C. P. May 24. Moving-stirrer apparatus.-In an apparatus for pasteurizing milk &c., the containing-vessel c, arranged within the boiler a, is fitted with a stirrer rotated by a crank handle or by po wer.
Patent GB-190414697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gears for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: HUGHES KATHERINE
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 14,697. Hughes, K. June 30. Motor road vehicles are constructed with epicyclic change-speed gear in which the different speeds are obtained by fixing various members of the gearing with pawls or similar contrivances. The general arrangement is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, where the loose sun pinion 3 is rigidly connected to an externally-notched flange 4 and also to a notched ring 9. Planet pinions 5, mounted loosely on studs connected to the chain or other wheel 7, connect the sun pinion to an annular wheel 8 which has notches on its outer circumference similar to those on the flange 4. The pawls 13, 14 prevent rotation of the annular wheel and sun pinion except in one and the same direction. The driver 10 carries internal teeth on a projecting flange and can be moved along the shaft from a free-wheel position to engage either or both sets of notches on the annular wheel and flange respectively, thereby obtaining three different speeds. A modification is described in which the notches are replaced by teeth, the driver is an ordinary spur-wheel mounted on a separate shaft, while the notched ring 9 is omitted and the pawl 13 is placed to engage the teeth on the flange 4. Two drivers, each forming one of the members of a friction clutch, may be used instead of a single driver to engage clutch surfaces carried by the annulus 8 and notched ring 9.
Patent GB-190414980-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Smelting Sulphuretted Copper Ores and the Simultaneous Concentration of the Matte
Inventor: LEBEDEFF NICOLAS
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 14,980. LÚbÚdeff, N. July 4. Copper.-Finely-divided sulphuretted copper ore is mixed with finely-divided limestone and quartz or quartzy sand, together with an additional flux of the ordinary kind, if required, sufficient limestone being used to produce the amount of carbon dioxide required to cause the oxidation. The mixture is heated in a reverberatory furnace, and a matte is obtained under a layer of liquid scoria. The concentration of the matte is preferably not carried beyond 55 per cent. of copper.
Patent GB-190416849-A (GB)
Title: Improved Detachable Tread for the Tyres of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ELLISON HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 16,849. Ellison, H. Aug. 2. Tyres, pneumatic.-To prevent slipping and to protect the tyres, treads for motor cars and like vehicles consist of endless flexible metallic bands of any section which may be solid or made of tubing. One or more bands may be placed in grooves, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or a suitable length of wire passed through adjacent ears cast on the sides of the treads forms a loop, through which pass straps fastened to the rims. Fig. 4 shows the treads joined by lugs a and set-screws b to form endless bands.
Patent GB-190424415-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Production of Reedy Cloth in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: GREENWOOD RICHARD
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,415. Greenwood, R., and Bolton, J. Nov. 11. Loom lease-rods and leasing- arrangements; warp tension, regulating. - To prevent the production of hare or reedy cloth, the top warp threads are slackened during the beat-up by intermittently raising the front lease-rod h through the medium of the suitably-padded adjustable bracket e, pivoted rods d, camsj, and crank shaft k.
Patent GB-190426372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: KALKNER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1904-12-03
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 26,372. Kalkner, F. Dec. 3. Cameras.-In a snapshot camera, the various parts are all enclosed in a metal tube. The film holder or magazine F, Fig. 1, in the rear is moved for focussing by means of the graduated screw H. A shutter C on the lens is set by means of the button D and released by means of the button E. The hinged finder S serves as a protective cover for the lens. Fig. 3 shows a modified construction, in which the finder and sight are attached to a hinged folding plate.
Patent GB-190429321-A (GB)
Title: A Folding Bench.
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 29,321. Crompton, T. A. H., and Holloway & Webb, G. Dec. 31. Seats.-Relates to a folding bench or form adapted for military and general use. The bench is fitted at each end with a support b hinged to the underside of the bench top a, and retained in its open position by a strut g hinged at h and adapted to be sprung into an eye i on the support b. When folded up, the support is retained in the hollow of the seat-bottom by a turn-button e secured to a bracket f, and, to yield further support when opened out, it is provided with a cross-piece j adapted to abut against the bench frame crosspiece k.
Patent GB-190503530-A (GB)
Title: Combination Machine for Scattering, Shaking Up, Turning, Raking, Placing in Rows, & Cocking Hay.
Inventor: STEPHAN SIGISMUND
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 3530. Stephan, S., [Mailliard, C. Dandoy-]. Feb. 20. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Crops, cut, stacking.-Relates to a combination machine for scattering, shaking up, turning, raking, and cocking hay, and for placing it in rows. When the machine is used for cocking, the hay is collected by a rake u carried by curved arms and is conveyed into a pivoted receptacle 6 by a canvas elevator o and guides 5. It is compressed within the receptacle by means of a stamper 17, and is then discharged by inverting the receiver as shown in broken lines. The hay may.be arranged in rows by allowing it to pass straight through the receiver 6, the bottom of which consists of two hinged parts 32. The rake arms u are connected to a shaft v, which may be rocked by means of a lever w near the driver's seat e. The elevator consists of two endless canvases o, o', supported on rollers m, m<1>, n, n' mounted in boards g, g<1> supported by standards f and plates h, h<1>. The spindles of the upper rollers are connected by spur gearing, and the upper one is driven by a chain r from the sprocket-wheel p, Fig. 1. The wheel p is connected with the axle b by a clutch. The rake may be used alone, the lower part of the elevator being held up by levers 2, y and a ratchet 4. The iron stamper 17 is carried by a pivoted lever 18, 19, 21, and is operated by the driver by means of a connecting-rod 22 and lever 27. It passes through a notch 16 in the receiver 6. This receiver is pivoted on arms 8 on a shaft 9, which may be rotated by means of the chain gearing 11, 12, 13 and crank-handle 15. It normally hangs in the inclined position shown, and is provided with bolts 29, 31 engaging with the arms 8, the bolts 31 being adjustable in holes 30. The frame a may be provided with shafts d or with a draught tongue. Specifications No. 2638, A.D. 1875, [Abridgment Class Agricultural appliances for the treatment of land &c.], and No. 9865, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190507702-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Wheel for Vehicles
Inventor: ROSS STUART
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1906-04-11
Abstract: 7702. Ross, S. April 11. Pneumatic wheels.-Relates to hubs formed of two parts enclosing a pneumatic or other resilient tube. In one form, a pneumatic tube is enclosed on its outer surface by a grooved ring carrying two plates such as I, Fig. 2, sliding over a central grooved part B. In the second form shown, the pneumatic tube is replaced by a solid rubber ring H which is recessed on the inside to fit on the block B formed with lugs K, Fig. 3. Plates L are screwed down to clamp the ring H and allow the proper resilient action. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 10,560, A.D. 1893, Nos. 5527 and 14,135, A.D. 1897, No. 1663, A.D. 1898, and No. 18,526, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190508034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Paper or other Material in Sheets.
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 8034. Sanderson, H. W., and Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd. April 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Endless belt conveyers with slat and lath carriers.- Sheets of paper to be dried are fed on to an endless band 2 made of laths, travelling over two rollers 3, 4. This band has projections 8 at equal intervals, which in conjuction with the exhausting- fan 13 and owing to the band 2 moving slower than the feeding band 5, cause the sheet to become corrugated, thus preventing curling at the edges.
Patent GB-190515975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Application of Air Pumps to Bicycles.
Inventor: INGHAM HARRY
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 15,975. Ingham, H., Robinson, M., and Ingham, J. W. Aug. 4. Frames; inflaters, tyre and like, carrying.-For inflating the tyres of bicycles, the down tube of the frame, provided with a nipple and a hose 15, is formed as the barrel of a pump, so that, by unscrewing a handle 35 and tilting over the saddle into the position shown in dotted lines, the piston 13 can be worked by a handle 21. The piece 32 carrying the saddle is pivoted between lugs on a forwardly-projecting arm 28 of the hollow saddle pillar, while the rear end of the piece straddles a screw carrying the handle 35. When not in use, the hose is passed through a hole 17 into the bottom tube. If desired, the rod 20 may be formed of two parts, one screwing into the other and secured by a lock-nut.
Patent GB-190516665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers for Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: GAY WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 16,665. Gay, W. J., and Durdle, C. Aug. 17. Screw propellers.-The blades are formed of an outer portion b and a flat inner portion c connected together at their upper ends by a curved portion d carried beyond the flat portion c to form a lip d<1>. The blades are thus in the form of loops. The edge b<1> is the leading edge, and the edge c<1> is somewhat in advance of the edge b<1>.
Patent GB-190517385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve-operating Regulating Gear for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: DOMBRET EMILE
Filed: 1905-08-28
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 17,385. Dombret, E. Oct. 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, valve-gear for. To enable the lift of a valve to be varied, it is actuated by a lever g supported on a spindle a having cranked or eccentric ends.
Patent GB-190521034-A (GB)
Title: Singel Phase Alternating Current Motor with Commutating Poles
Inventor: ARNOLD ENGELBERT
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 21,034. Arnold, E., and La Cour, J. L. Oct. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Distortion of field, preventing; field magnets.- Each of the main poles of a single-phase motor with commutating-poles is wound with a compensating-winding carrying the armature current and having ampere turns approximately equal to the number of armature ampere turns beneath the main pole, each commutating-pole being provided with two windings, one the ordinary commutating- winding connected in parallel with the armature or across the mains and the other in series with the compensating-windings and having ampere turns somewhat in excess of those on the armature between two main poles. In addition to the ordinary winding EW upon the main poles, the compensating-winding CW is provided in slots in the main pole-shoes. The winding W2 upon the commutating-poles is connected either in parallel with the armature or across the mains, and produces, under the commutating-poles, a strong field displaced approximately ninety degrees from the main field. A second winding W1, in series with the compensating-winding, is wound upon each commutating-pole. In the case of a series motor, at starting it is preferable to connect the winding W2 in parallel with the armature and the series resistance, as shown in Fig. 2.