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Patent GB-190300666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Feeding Arrangements of Laundry Machines.
Inventor: LEES WILLIAM ANTHONY
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 666. Lees, W. A. Jan. 10. Ironing-machines; mangling-machines. - Relates to the feeding-arrangements of laundry machines, and more particularly to that class of machines in which a revolving cylinder b, Figs. 1 and 2, works in conjunction with a fixed concave semicylindrical plate or bed a, and the invention consists in substituting for the fixed feed-bar over which the articles are fed into the machine a roller c, which lies parallel to and bears against the cylinder b so that it is rotated by it. A bar e is placed in the angle between the roller c and the bed a, so as to prevent sheets or other articles fed over the roller c from clinging to it and returning on the other side. The bar e may be formed out of the bed a. The roller c is mounted in bearings d fitted in a slide f, and is pressed towards the cylinder b by springs g, but can be moved away from the roller b to allow the latter to be removed to give access to the bed a for cleaning and other purposes. For this purpose each slide f is mounted in a bracket k, with which a screw j is engaged, and, by turning this screw by means of a hand-wheel l, the bearing can be moved away from the cylinder b.
Patent GB-190309454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Hand Ground Switch Levers for Shunting and other purposes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS LLEWELLYN WYNN
Filed: 1903-04-27
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 9454. Williams, L. W., and Williams, O. R. April 27. Indicators, point or switch.-Hand ground-switch levers for shunting and other purposes are combined with arrangements for indicating the position in which the points are set. A lamp C<1>, C<2> is placed in a case C fixed to or forming part of the lever box A, and in front of it is pivoted a plate D, or a pair of plates, fitted with red and green glasses d, d' and marked with an arrow D<1>. The plate D is oscillated from the switch lever B or other part. The lever B moves a plate having an inclined cam-groove engaging the roller F of a spring frame f<1> on the switch point rod F. A notch f<2> in the frame f<1> engages an extension D<2> on the frame D, and thus oscillates the frame to cause either the red or green glass to come opposite the lamp and so indicate the position of the switch. The direction of the arrow D' indicates the position of the switch during daylight. An additional shutter, having a central aperture and carried on a horizontal shaft, may be fitted for indicating in the daytime. This shutter is moved into the vertical or horizontal position by rotating the horizontal shaft from the sliding cam-plate through linkwork.
Patent GB-190309698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brooches, Rings and other Articles of Jewellery
Inventor: TRAININ WOOLF
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 9698. Trainin, W., and Davids, C. April 29. Brooches ; rings, finger.-A set of gems and their setting are detachably secured to rings, brooches, and other ornaments, so that they can be interchanged. The mount for the gems E is provided with two staples h, which pass through slits in cylindrical turning-bolts c when the actuating-arms b hang vertically. To secure the staples, the arms bare pressed up, studs d entering holes eon a projection on the ring A, a pin being also provided to enter the recess f in the projection. Instead of the studs d, hooked ends may be provided on the arms b.
Patent GB-190312861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Drying and Baking Kilns for Ceramic Ware and the like
Inventor: DINZ FELIX
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 12,861. Dinz, F. Dec. 17, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drying-kilns.-Ceramic ware or the like is dried and baked in a kiln having a refractory tunnel a and drying chambers b traversed by a current of hot air, which is heated in galleries d as it passes from under the grates to the chambers b. The wagons, carrying the goods to be dried, rest in a stove c before passing through the sliding charging door g' into the kiln. A grating of removable bars is placed between each pair of wagons to support burning fuel. Metal blinds f<1>, having apertures for the passage of the products of combustion, are introduced with the trucks and removed through an opening f, while blinds f<2> are introduced at an opening f<3> and removed at a discharging door g<3>. The grates between the wagons are charged with fuel through holes h in line with air-admission galleries h<2> passing from the galleries d over the tunnel a and containing covers to direct the air to the underside of the grates. Each cover has an operating handle resting in a pile of sand on a bracket carried by a hinged door, and carries a pile of sand to form a joint between the wagon and the side of the tunnel. The products of combustion pass by an aperture k<4> or a flue k<1>, controlled by a damper k<3>, to the chimney k. The trucks carry angle-pieces between which and angle-pieces on tunnel ledges sand is placed to form a seal. The sole-plate of each truck is of brickwork, and is mounted on balls of cement or terra cotta or compressed glass armoured with sheet steel. The balls are pivoted to metal frames by iron shafts, and they run in U-irons. The metal frameworks of the tracks are protected by sand. The drying-chambers b are arranged in one or more stories communicating with one another by air passages in such a way that the trucks meet the air currents. The draught is kept up by pipes o communicating with perforated flues o'. When used for baking articles which require to be preserved from dust, the kiln may be heated by gas fed to perforated refractory pipes.
Patent GB-190313043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves and Taps.
Inventor: MORIN LOUIS
Filed: 1903-06-10
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 13,043. Morin, L. June 10. Lift valves; india - rubber and like valves; spindles ; s e a t s; regulating dis charge from valves -In screw-down valves and taps of the type in which the screw spindle acts to compress a loose rubber or other elastic ball on to the valve seat, the screw spindle C is provided with a head D, which, by bearing against the fixed face b on the valve seat a when the spindle is screwed down, prevents excessive compression of the ball B. To prevent wear of the ball by the rubbing action of the head D, the head may be revolubly connected to the spindle C, as shown. To enable the discharge to be regulated, a screwdown plug i may be mounted behind the main valve, and adapted to vary, as required, the area of the outlet passages f, g.
Patent GB-190315209-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Multiple Colour Printing.
Inventor: STEINER SALAMON
Filed: 1903-07-09
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 15,209. Steiner, S., Bosnyßk, E., and Ullmann, L. July 9. Printing in several colours.-When printing letterpress in which some lines of type are required to be printed in colours different from that of adjacent lines, the colours may be distributed from several distributing- drums to the various inking -rollers c, d, of which there may be several for each colour. All the inking-rollers have runner rollers e, f on them in suitable positions to engage with tracks l, m on the side of the printing-surface, and corresponding in number to the number of colours used ; tracks are also provided for lifting the rollers from the drums. These tracks are formed of blocks of different heights, but of similar size to types, and are set and close up with the types, so that the inking-rollers, in passing over the printing- surface, are alternately raised and lowered slightly on to the same, each roller thereby only inking those lines of type which should be of the same colour.
Patent GB-190326292-A (GB)
Title: Flux for Soldering Aluminium.
Inventor: ELLIS CARLETON
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 26,292. Ellis, C., and Flanigan, O. J. Dec. 31, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Soldering.-A flux for soldering aluminium is composed of an organic vehicle, acting as a reducing-agent, combined with a salt of one of the heavy metals such as a haloid salt of silver, mercury, gold, or bismuth, the heat of formation of which is less than that of the corresponding salt of aluminium. When the flux is heated in contact with the metal to be soldered, the metal reduced from the metallic salt coats the metal to be soldered, thus forming a surface to which the solder will readily unite. Any mixture of salts which are capable of forming, by double decomposition or otherwise, a salt, the heat of formation of which is less than that of the corresponding salt of aluminium, may be used. The organic vehicle may consist of an oil stock, such as paraffin oil or vaseline, in which case the flux takes the form of a paste, or the salt may be incorporated with molten wax or resin and cast into sticks.
Patent GB-190328281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Refuse Buckets or Dust Bins
Inventor: FREISE HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 28,281. Freise, H. Dec. 23. Buckets and pails.-The hinged cover b, Fig. 2, of a refuse bucket a has a downwardly-extending cheek c at each side ; when the bucket is tilted in order to empty its contents, the cheeks c prevent the dust from escaping at the sides. In another arrangement, the cover b, Fig. 5, is furnished at its front ends with downwardly-bent hooks e which are engaged by the handle f of the bucket, thus preventing the cover from accidentally opening.
Patent GB-190403873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metal Working Lathes and like Machines.
Inventor: POTTER JAMES CHARLES
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 3873. Potter, J. C., Johnston, J., and Sellew, E. B. Feb. 16 Lathes.-A lathe is provided with a fast and slow spindle speed, the ratio between which may be varied, and with a fast and slow speed for traversing the turret or tool slide. The spindle A can be driven at fast and slow speeds by separate cone pulleys K connected by gearing G, E and H, F to the spindle. The wheel E drives through a friction clutch 0, and the wheel F through a roller clutch so that the spindle may overrrn the slow gear when the friction clutch is disengaged. The roller clutch drives through a hand-operated jaw clutch N. The friction clutch is controlled by cam blocks on a disc W on a cam shaft X. The ratio of the fast to the slow speed may be varied by shifting the belts on the cones K. The tool slide A' is guided on a block d and is reciprocated by a rack bar C' engaging a pinion d<1> mounted in the block and engaging a rack on the tool slide. The rack bar is reciprocated by cam plates on a drum B<1> mounted on the cam shaft and driven by a pinion shaft G<1> which is driven through differential gearing from cone pulleys Y, Z. The pinion d' can be temporarily disengaged to allow the block d to be adjusted to or from the chuck without disturbing the setting of the cam plates. The clutch and pawl of the differential gearing in the pulley Y are controlled from the cam shaft so that the drum B', and with it the cam shaft, are driven at a fast or slow speed. The controlling is effected by pins 0<1> on the disc W engaging a star-wheel N' on a shaft M<1> which has inclined surfaces to press back a yoke P<1> against the action of a spring. The yoke engages a collar H.' sliding on the shaft X and operating the differential clutch by means of a rod axially situated in the cam shaft. The collar also actuates a rockshaft. T' to which the pawl of the differential gear is attached. The yoke may be moved by hand. The teeth of the clutch member carried by the cone pulley Y are formed by bolts sliding in long holes in the pulley, and loosely connected to the clutch sleeve to prevent binding due to twisting of the parts. The ping O<1> can be angularly adjusted in a continuous slot in the disc W, the external ring being held by the clamping-plates of the pins. The disc carries a tappet to rock the shaft T<1> and stop the travel of the tool slide when a cycle of operations has been completed. In machining work such as a pulley held in the chuck, the face of the hub within the chuck is faced by a tool f<1> carried by a rod F<2> moved longitudinally within the spindle by a lever G' operated by a cam drum M<2>. A cross-slide is operated by rack and segmental gearing from cam plates on one side of the drum B<1>.
Patent GB-190407955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flour and the like and to Bread and other Food Stuffs made therefrom.
Inventor: GRAHAM ROBERT
Filed: 1904-04-06
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 7955. Graham, R. April 6. Food preparations.-For making bread, biscuits, cakes, &c., grain such as wheat, oats, barley, rye, or bere, or a mixture, is malted, ground, and mixed with dried milk of cows, sheep, goats, or other animals. The milk is preferably skimmed before drying. Ordinary flour may be added to the mixture.
Patent GB-190409183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fishing Bobs or Line Floats.
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN STEPHEN
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 9183. Scott, J. S. April 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Line floats.-The float is preferably made of Tupula gum root and is provided with a longitudinal central bore 2 in which is secured a seamless metal tube 3. The outer face of the bob is painted, the paint constituting an outer waterproof covering. The bob is fixed to the line by the clamping-device 7, shown detached in Fig. 3. This device comprises a tubular body portion having a spring finger 8 which bears upon the line and clamps it against the inner metal wall of the bob when pushed in the bore 2 as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190409670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insertion Pieces for Book-sewing Machines.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1904-04-27
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9670. Howorth, F. W., [Akt.-Ges. vorm. F. Martini & Co.]. April 27. Book-stitching machines.-Relates to a machine in which sewn books h are connected together by means of a band fastened to their backs. A metal insertion piece a, adapted to keep adjacent books at a determined distance from each other, is of trapezoidal shape. A groove b in its upper surface serves to guide a knife when separating the books. The working table of the machine is shown at f, and e is one of a pair of curved guides for the insertion pieces.
Patent GB-190413840-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Carrying Cartridges on the Belt or Bandolier
Inventor: PATTERSON JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 13,840. Patterson, J. H. June 18. Ammunition receptacles.-Clips of cartridges A carried lengthwise on the belt B of a bandolier overlap each other and are secured by loops C and tabs D.
Patent GB-190415085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: NEILSON ROBERT MORRISON
Filed: 1904-07-06
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,085. Neilson, R. M. July 6. Steam traps.-A pilot valve actuated by a float allows the escaping water to impinge against a bucket carried by one arm of a lever, while the other controls the main discharge valve. Fig. 2 shows one form. The collecting-chamber q, preferably of cylindrical shape, contains a float s with a counterweight u, fitted with pressure-equalizing holes v, attached as shown in Fig. 3 to the opposite arms of a lever pivoted at x. The small valve 4 is actuated by the rod 9 fixed to the arm x of this lever near the fulcrum. The tube 6 containing the lever 4 and its controlling-rod is screwed steamtight into the partition 3 dividing the collecting and delivery chambers. The water escaping from the pilot valve 4 strikes against the bucket 11 attached to the arm 13 of the lever pivoted at 14. The main valve 17 is therefore opened by reason of its connection with the short arm 15. The bucket may have any convenient shape, and, if desired, a hemispherical recess 23 may be made in the side of the chamber to cause the water to act twice upon the bucket, as shown in Fig. 5. Instead of the lever 13, the principle of Brahmah's press may be used, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, 26 being a plunger acted upon by the escaping water and 29 the ram which is fixed to the main valve 31. In Fig. 7, the pilot valve is shown placed on the main valve, and the double ram 35 is connected to this main valve by the cross-plate 34.
Patent GB-190419730-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Producing Optical Illusions
Inventor: HOPKINS MARCUS C
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 19,730. Hopkins, M. C. Sept. 13. Amusements for fairs and the like; optical illusions, producing.-A coin-freed apparatus for displaying optical illusions is so constructed that a person looking through an opening 7, Fig. 1, in the casing 6 of the instrument, sees an image of himself, which is gradually replaced by the image of a skull &c. A glass prism 3, with a plain face 5 and silvered face 4, forms an image of the observer and also of a skull 13 placed within the casing. The arrangement of the opening 7 and prism 3 is such that, when the operator sees a full-faced image of himself, this image is coincident with that of the skull, but, at first, the illumination of his own image is greater, and so the skull cannot be seen. Intersecting cones 17 are placed between the observer and the skull 13, and electric lamps 19, 20 to illuminate the observer and skull 13 respectively are placed near the cones 17, the light being kept from the prism 3. At first, the lamp 19 is much brighter than the lamp 20, but the illumination of the lamp 20 is gradually increased by a rheostat, Fig. 3, operated by the coin-freed mechanism, Fig. 6. The coin falls down a slot 36 on to a spring- controlled lever 34, which normally engages a pin 33 on a spur-wheel 32 driven by a spring motor with a fan governor. The coin trips the lever, allowing the spindle 23 of the wheel 32 to turn through one revolution. To the spindle 23 is attached the arm 22 of a rheostat, which controls the supply of electricity to the lamps 19, 20. The arm 22 carries contacts 24, 25, connected through a ring 26, brush 27, and wire 28 to an electric supply. The circuit is not completed until the spindle 23 rotates. A constant current is sent to the lamp 19 through a ring 29, whereas the circuit to the lamp 20 contains a series of resistances which are connected to a circle of contacts 30 and are cut out as the arm 22 rotates, so that the current in the lamp 20 increases gradually. At the completion of one revolution of the spindle 23, the current is cut off. Other arrangements of prisms may be used ; or, a sheet of glass may be placed midway between the observer and the skull, and perpendicular to the ray from the eye of observer to that of the skull.
Patent GB-190420081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Tyres and Wheels for Motor Cars, Buses and other Heavy Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-09-17
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 20,081. Collier, A. T., and Collier Tyre Co. Sept. 17. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Tyres having double treads are formed by enclosing two air tubes n side by side either in separate covers d, Fig. 1, or in a modified cover d', Fig. 2. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the bases of the channels b, c are inwardly inclined in order to lessen risk of the tyres being forced out of the rim in running. With either form of tyre, a leather or rubber-andcanvas strip f, fitted with studs h, or chainmail, is attached to the rim by a flexible web g, or by cords, chains, or springs, drawn taut by inflation of the tyres. The usual retaining-wires e, which may be fitted with tightening-devices, are employed. In the form shown in Fig. 2, a central retaining- wire e<1> is fitted as shown. Tubeless tyres may be similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190422966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Dynamo and like Brushes.
Inventor: CHAPLIN FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 22,966. Chaplin, F. J., and Chaplin, R. Oct. 25. Brushes for dynamo-e l e c t r i c machines, specially adapted to grooved or waved commutators having thick commutator plates. Fine copper or other wires or tissues W, Figs. 1 and 5, which may be plaited or twisted as described in Specification No. 1495, A.D. 1894, are bound round with a copper ribbon B. The end b' may be carried lineally upwards as shown, and the two ends fastened by bending them back over each other. The copper ribbon may have a slightly-bent channel section, as shown in Fig. 4. Reference is made in the Provisional Specification to Specification No. 20,028, A.D. 1895.
Patent GB-190424098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Folding Serviettes and other Articles of Linen.
Inventor: COLLON EUGENE LOUIS
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 24,098. Collon, E. L. Nov. 7. Folding napkins, appliances for; ironing-machines. -Relates to the machine described in Specification No. 17,608, A.D. 1904, and consists in modifying the folding-devices to avoid slipping, and in heating the cylinders and employing pressure rollers to dry and iron the serviettes at one operation. Each serviette is carried on the cylinder 2, Fig. 2, to the first folding-device, consisting of two fixed plates 8, 11, and two rollers 9, 10 geared with the cylinder 2. The serviette slides up the first plate 8, over the roller 9, and partly on to the second plate 11. When it has moved the required distance, a blade 12 is lowered by means of the bent lever 14 and cam 15, and the serviette is carried between the two rollers. After receiving the required number of folds in one direction, it is taken up by an endless band to a horizontal grill 25, where it receives a fold at right-angles to the former folds, and is then carried by a second band 27 over a cylinder 28, where it is folded by an arrangement similar to that for imparting the folds in the first direction excepting that the rollers 30, 31 are encircled by the endless band 27 to prevent the serviette from slipping. To iron and dry the serviettes, the cylinders 2, 28 are heated, for example, by steam jackets, and felt-covered rollers press upon them in advance of the folding-devices.
Patent GB-190428764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Removing the Seed and Capsules from Flax Stalks.
Inventor: LEGRAND LUCIEN
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 28,764. Legrand, L. Dec. 29. Rippling-apparatus for flax; breaking and scutching apparatus; feeding and transferring flax.-In a machine for removing the capsules and seeds from the stalks of flax, the stalks are placed across a number of travelling belts 3, Fig. 1, which bring the ends of the stalks carrying the capsules and seeds into contact with the seed-removing mechanism, the other ends of the stalks being held between belts 4, 7. The seed-removing mechanism consists of three or four pairs of hard wood plates 23, Fig. 3, bevelled towards the feed end of the machine, and covered with short, blunt, conical points which are longer and less numerous on the first pair of plates than on the others. The plates are mounted, by means of sleeves 26, on rods 27, each connected with eccentrics 31, keyed on shafts carrying the belt pulleys 5, 8. The rods 27 move to and from each other, and the points crush and remove the capsules and seeds, which fall on to sieves d actuated by eccentrics or by other means. Springs 28, mounted on adjustable bars 29, hold the plates in position, and, to compensate for any irregularities in the thickness of the flax bundles, the shaftscarrying the 'eccentrics are mounted in spring bearings. The cleaned stalks are passed from the belts 4, 7 to large iron hooks, from which they are removed and tied into bundles. The machine is driven by chain gearing from the main shaft 9.