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Patent GB-190307461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Circuit Protecting Devices.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-03-31
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7461. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co]. March 31. Lightning-arresters.-Cousists of a device for protecting electric circuits from the effects of a lightning or other highpotential discharge. A base 1 of porcelain or other suitable material carries a series 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, of brass or other suitable metal balls or spark gap terminals. The balls 6, 11, are connected with terminals 7, 12, while the balls 8 are in metallic connection with spring clips 13, 14, which carry a resistance rod 2, composed of a mixture of clay and some conducting-substance, such as graphite, carborundum, or the like. This rod carries a series of brass, copper, &c. rings 15, which may be split, shrunk or sprung upon it, each ring being separated from its neighbour, the gaps forming additional sparkgaps. One terminal 7 is connected to the line to be protected, and the other to earth. A relatively small discharge through the device travels by way of the spark-gap terminals 3-6, the rod 2, and the terminals 8-11. The rod resistance is such as to limit the value of the dynamo current following a discharge to such a value that the current is interrupted by the arc-extinguishing action of the series of spark-gap terminals 3-6, 8-11. An excessive discharge through the device is not completed through the rod 2, but almost entirely from ring to ring along the rod. The succeeding dynamo current, however, flows through the rod itself, thus affording a better path. The arcs between the rings 15 are thus extinguished at once, and the current, being reduced in value by the resistance 2, is interrupted through the arc-extinguishing action of the spark-gap terminals 3-6, 8-11. One series only of balls 3-6 may be employed, if preferred.
Patent GB-190310506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bobbin-case Receivers and Loop-takers for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: DIAL WILBUR FISKE
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,506. Dial, W. F., and Dimond, G. H. Sept. 19, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Lock-stitch hook sewing-machines; lubricating machines.-The application to a Wheeler & Wilson machine is shown, the invention consisting in means for lubricating the adjacent surfaces of the loop-taker and bobbin case. The loop-taker 9 is grooved as usual at 10 to receive the flange 11 of the bobbin case. At the back of the loop-taker, a recess 17 is made, having an opening into the edge or side of the groove 11. The recess is covered permanently by a cap 20 and contains an absorbent material, which can be charged with oil through a hole 21. While the machine is running, the centrifugal action prevents the oil from entering the space between the bobbin and its case, so that the thread is kept clean. The lubrication takes place while the machine is standing still. Excess of oil can be removed by running the machine on scrap material before commencing to work.
Patent GB-190310883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Starching and Washing Clothes, applicable also for Churning and Making Butter.
Inventor: CLEAVER JAMES FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-05-13
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 10,883. Cleaver, J. F. May 13. Moving-beater apparatus; moving- container apparatus; containers or receptacles. - A churn consists of a rotary cylinder A, Figs. 2 and 3, through which passes a shaf t e on which are mounted blades E. The shaft e is driven independently of the cylinder and can be rotated in the same direction as the cylinder or in the opposite direction, and either faster or slower than it. Steam or hot water may be supplied through a pipe a' to a hollow rib a<3> which may be perforated. The Provisional Specification states that the steam or water may be supplied through the shaft e which is made hollow for that purpose.
Patent GB-190311660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: HAMILTON CHARLES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 11,660. Hamilton, C. A. May 22. Flywheels. - T w o crank discs O, O<2> compose the flywheel of an internal - combustion engine suitable for velocipedes and cars. On one disc a sleeve O<1> is formed during stamping and on the other a pin O<3> which screws into the sleeve. A bush P, on which the connecting- rod works, embraces the sleeve O<1>. The discs are recessed at O<4> to receive the bearings.
Patent GB-190324296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Ploughs
Inventor: WILSON EDMUND JOHNSTONE
Filed: 1903-11-09
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 24,296. Wilson, E. J. Nov. 9. Ploughs.-Relates to a plough having two shares fixed in relation to each other and reversible in relation to the beam so that the plough may be used as a one-way plough. The beam K and handles J are pivoted by a vertical pin, to a frame consisting of the bridge-piece G to which the soleplate B, shares C, C<1>, and mould boards are rigidly attached. A semicircular guide-rail, of which the ends are shown at F is also secured to the frame. Guide-brackets attached to the beam engage the underside of the guide-rail F. Gripping-pieces O, O<1> are pivoted at Q and to a bracket R respectively, and are operated by a screwed rod P as shown. The rod P extends to near the handles J where it is provided with a hand-wheel. The gripping-pieces 0, O<1> engage the underside of the rail F. When the gripping-pieces are released, the beam may be reversed with relation to the shares which are so arranged that when one is in work, the other is raised clear of the soil.
Patent GB-190328387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Bending Metallic Sockets for Connecting Gas, Water and other Pipes.
Inventor: GUY FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 28,387. Guy, F. C. Dec. 24. Bending; stamping; shearing.-Sockets for connecting gas, water, and other pipes, are formed from sheet metal in a machine having a reciprocating mandrel d, Fig. 1, over which, when at rest, the blank is bent by a top die a and side dies b, c, reciprocated by cams on a driving-shaft at the rear of the machine. When bent to shape, the socket is stripped by the rearward movement of the mandrel, and is welded and screwed in ordinary ways. The blanks, having bevelled ends to form a scarfed joint, may be supplied separately to the machine, but are preferably cut from a strip f by a shearblade h, under which the strip is fed in an inclined direction against a stop g to obtain blanks with bevelled ends.
Patent GB-190400707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Block Signalling Systems
Inventor: WERNER LOUIS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-01-11
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 707. Werner, L. C. Jan. 11. Signalling between trains; semaphore signals; locking signals.-Relates to automatic electric systems in which a semaphore arm is positively set and locked in one of four positions by two track relays in adjacent sections, operating motor mechanism. Fig. 1 shows four positions 1, 2, 3, 4 of the semaphore arm 18 corresponding to 'clear,' ' caution,' danger,' and extreme danger' respectively. The arm, with its spectacles 19 for the lamp 20, is operated by the rod 22 attached to a pinion 24 moved by two vertical racks 25<b>, 25<a> driven by levers 27, 26 and so attached that for equal displacements of the levers the rack 25<b> moves half the distance of the other rack. There are two electromotors, of which one is shown at 5, each driving by gearing a disc 30 with a crankpin and connecting-rod 31 or 32 for moving its own lever, the motion being limited by stops. The levers, Fig. 3, have adjustable extensions 33 for altering the throw, and a locking-head 34 or 35, each engaging with a pair of detents 36, 37 operated by electromagnets 40, 41. Normally the trackrelay f<1> of the semaphore section is energized, and the armature f<4> as shown closes the circuit 5<a> through the battery 5<b>, motor 5, and electromagnet 41, whereby the arm 26 is brought to its lowest position, and the detent 37 depressed to lock the head 34. If there is no train upon the succeeding section, the corresponding track-relay and signal mechanism will be in a similar condition, and the semaphore arm will take its lowest position. A train on either section short-circuits the relay, and sends a reverse current through the motor, in the case of the semaphore section from the battery 5<d>, the electromagnet 40 being energized. An upward motion of two positions of the semaphore arm in the case of this motor or of one position in the case of the other motor will result. A chain passing over a pulley on the semaphore rod may be substituted for the racks and pinion.
Patent GB-190403356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric and other Lifts and Hoists.
Inventor: CHAUDOIR EUGENE
Filed: 1904-02-10
Granted: 1905-02-10
Abstract: 3356. Chaudoir, E. Feb. 10. Lifts.-Relates to electrically-controlled lifts and hoists, and consists of automatic door-closing devices and safety door and motor locking-devices. A well door 3 on being opened, Fig. 1, raises a weight 6 by means of a rope 8 reeved round pulleys 7 on the door and door frame. The weight then tends to close the door, but is prevented from doing so, until a small predetermined time has elapsed, by a solenoid 5 and the device shown in Fig. 2. On the opening of a door a weighted arm 2, normally held up by a projection 10 on the door, runs on to segmental contacts 14 and thus completes the circuit 1 of the solenoid 5, which therefore holds up the weight 6. The arm 2 falls under the control of a fly 13 or other retarding-device, and thus a certain time elapses before it reaches the insulation 15 and breaks the circuit 1 allowing the weight 6 to operate. The closing of the door raises the arm 2 to its normal position. A spring may be used instead of the weight 6 and levers &c. instead of the rope 8. In a modification, Fig. 5, the weight 6, when raised by the opening of a door, is supported by a detent 19. The detent however, under the pressure of the weight, raises a fly-controlled bar 21, and thus after a short lapse of time closes a contact 23 in the circuit 1 of a solenoid, which then releases the detent and allows the weight to fall. The safety locking-device comprises a catch 16 on the well door engaged by a bolt 17 which can only be released by the arrival of the cage, and a switch 18 in the control circuit 9, which switch is opened as soon as the catch 16 is withdrawn from it on opening the door.
Patent GB-190407227-A (GB)
Title: Improved Decorative Building Block or Plate
Inventor: BIBERFELD ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-03-25
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 7227. Biberfeld, A. March 25. Facing-blocks and tiles.-A decorative block or plate for lining walls is formed by immersing a wire or like fabric in a solution of candy, alum, rock salt, copper sulphate, iron sulphate, &c., so that the salt crystallizes on the fabric. Hollow blocks may be made in the same way. The blocks or plates are then coated with varnish, celluloid, collodion, or the like. Coloured solutions may be used.
Patent GB-190409545-A (GB)
Title: Massage Apparatus.
Inventor: JOHANSEN JOHANNES CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 9545. Johansen, J. C. May 28, A.D. 1903 [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Massage.-The massagedevice 8, Fig. 1, is placed over a casing 6 carried by a small shaft 5, the extension 7 of which is inserted into one or other of a series of holes 4 in a disc 3 on the end of a shaft 1 driven by a suitable motor. The shaft 1 revolves in ball bearings 2 within a casing 9, and the casing 6 is supported on ball bearings on the shaft 5. The holes 4 are situated at different distances from the centre of the disc 3, so that the size of the circle described by the contact piece 8 can be regulated. Fig. 3 shows an appliance for imparting a series of taps. The casing 6 is seated in an eccentric hole in a disc 10, which is in turn seated in an eccentric hole in the disc 3 on the and of the driving-shaft 1. Teeth on the disc 10 engage with indentations in the disc 3, so that the piece 10 can be adjusted. A rod 11 pivoted to the casing 6 is connected at the lower end to a lever 13, which is pivoted on a pin 14 and has a recessed part 15 to receive the massage-device. The rod 11 works within a casing 12 made in two parts held together by a ring 17, one part being fixed, while the other is mounted on a pivot 16.
Patent GB-190414947-A (GB)
Title: Fuel.
Inventor: BAYLES HAVENS BREWSTER
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 14,947. Bayles, H. B. July 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Fuel.-A smokeless fuel is composed of a fibrous substance, preferably asbestos, saturated with glycerine.
Patent GB-190414985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel and in the Treatment of Copper, Nickel, and like Matts.
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 14,985. Compagnie du RÚacteur MÚtallurgique. Aug. 6, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Metallurgical furnaces. - The mixer used in steel manufacture or in the treatment of copper and nickel mattes or the like is mounted on trunnions, or on rollers b, and is provided with two sets of inclined tuyÞres c, arranged so that on tilting the mixer one set is below the surface of the metal, each tuyÞre communicating with a valved union j to which an air-supply or air and steam supply pipe h, a liquid-hydrocarbon supply pipe m, and a hopper l for feeding solid pulverized material are connected. The apparatus may be heated by gases admitted through apertures o from fixed brickwork conduits, or by injecting carbides or hydrocarbons.
Patent GB-190417994-A (GB)
Title: Improved Methods of and Means for Purifying, Softening and Treating Water.
Filed: 1904-08-19
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 17,994. Mather & Platt, and Hopkinson, E. Aug. 19. Water, softening; settling; filters.- The water to be treated enters a tank 4 through a valve 3 operated by a float 8 in a chamber 9 communicating with the final outlet for the softened water. The tank 4 is divided into two compartments by a partition 10, Fig. 3, in which there are two weirs 11, 12. The water passing over the weir 11 is mixed with alkali which enters the pivoted basin 17 through the pipe 15 and ball cock 16. The basin 17 is connected with a float 23 in the first compartment of the tank 4, and the alkali escapes from it through a slit 24, so that the water and alkali are mixed in the proper proportion. The water passing over the weir 12, which can be adjusted by the screw and hand-wheel shown, flows by the pipe 14 to the bottom of the annular tank 13, where it takes up some-of -the lime 26 and passes with it down the pipe 28 through the nozzle 29 and past the baffle-plates 31 into the tank 30. The superfluous lime settles, and the water with the remainder of the lime flows by the pipe 33 to the pipe 34, where it meets the water and alkali from the tank 4. The mixture passes into the helical channel 35, which imparts a rotary motion and so effects a thorough intermixture, the greater part of the hardness being deposited in the tank 1. Thence the water flows by the pipe 40 to the tank 2, where more hardness is deposited, and thence through the mass of rough metal 43, such as is described in Specification No. 17,920, A.D. 1904 and the filtering-medium 44, which may be of peat, to the exit pipe 46. In a modification, one precipitation tank is employed, and the hard water passes over a water-wheel, which drives a revolving central stand-pipe for supplying the smaller portion of the hard water to the lime-mixing chamber. The latter may be annular in shape with sloping sides, and the milk of lime overflows into an annular chamber, meeting the main portion of the hard water and passing to the precipitation tank beneath.
Patent GB-190419999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Transformers.
Inventor: FORTESCUE CHARLES LE GEYT
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 19,999. Fortescue, C. le G. Sept. 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Making parts of electric transformers. - Substantially E-shaped plates 1, for building up the laminated cores of alternating- current transformers of the shell type, are punched from a strip of sheet iron so as to afford a maximum economy of material, as shown in Fig. 3, the shaded portions indicating waste material. The middle bars 2, having stepped portions 5, are of approximately double the width of the end pieces 3, 4, and the end pieces 3 are longer than the pieces 4 by an amount equal to their width.
Patent GB-190420362-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Egg Supporting Device or Clip.
Inventor: SELMAN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 20,362. Selman, W. H. Sept. 21. Boxes for eggs.-Egg-supporting devices or clips, consisting of padded parts or clips a, which are integral with a spring attachment-plate b, are secured to sliding partitions g, fitted within a transit case. In a modification, several clips a may be stamped integral with a single plate b, adapted to slide within the box.
Patent GB-190421122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cowper Stoves.
Inventor: PERARD CHARLES LOUIS
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 21,122. PÚrard, C. L. Oct. 1, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hot-blast stoves.-To improve the distribution of gases or blast throughout the checkerwork of a Cowper stove, several orifices are provided for the escape of the burnt gases, or for the admission of the blast. The orifices A, B, C are formed in the wall of the stove below the checkerwork, and communicate with a chamber D, in front of the chimney G, by means of connecting-pieces E and pipes F. The cross-section of the orifices and pipes is such that the draught through each is approximately the same. The draught may be further controlled by means of valves provided on the connections E. For this purpose, each connection has a manhole which also facilitates cleaning and repairing.
Patent GB-190421962-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Warming Food, Plates, Dishes, and Kindred Articles, appliance also to other Warming purposes.
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 21,962. Benson & Co., W. A. S., and Andrews, F. A. Oct. 12. Footwarmers.- An apparatus applicable as a food, plate, and dish warmer, or as a footwarmer &c. comprises an outer metal vessel A within which is supported a perforated metal tray B fitted with a lid D, on which are placed the materials to be warmed. The outer vessel A has an aperture a in its lower part, above which is arranged a baffle-plate a<1>. The perforated tray B contains a heating-device consisting of electric incandescent lamps, bunsen gas burners, or spirit lamps, &c. Air entering through the aperture a circulates through the perforated tray and escapes through a space d between the lid D and vessel A. The inside of the tray and the outside of the lid are polished, and the inside of the lid is blackened.
Patent GB-190424403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Receptacles for Pulverulent Substances or Materials.
Inventor: POCHIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 24,403. Pochin, W., and Richardson, J. H. Nov. 11. Powder distributers.-Cardboard and like collapsable boxes for containing powders have one or more of their top flaps perforated to fit them for use as dredgers. The perforated flaps a, Fig. 1, have their overlapping ends secured by an adhesive or a staple, or they may be replaced by a single perforated flap. When the flaps only just meet, they are secured by a clip, and, with smaller flaps, a third perforated flap b<x>, Fig. 4, is folded down on to and secured to them, a flap b<1> covering the perforations till required. When no covering-flap is provided, as in Fig. 6, the box is enveloped in a paper wrapper or the dredging-end closed by an adhesive label, which may be perforated by a suitable tool.
Patent GB-190424912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Operating and Securing Windows.
Inventor: ROSENHEIM CHARLES
Filed: 1904-11-16
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 24,912. Rosenheim, C. Nov 16. Window opening and closing apparatus.-A screw 3, Fig. 1, mounted in a casing 1, bears a hand-wheel 4 and a nut 6 provided with projections 7, between which engages the forked end 8 of a bell crank 9, pivoted at 10 to a bracket 11 secured to the casing 1. The other arm 12 of the lever bears a roller 13 moving between projections 37 on the operating rod 14. The upper end of the rod is connected by a lever 28, Fig. 5, to a crank 15 keyed to a shaft 16, bearing two parallel levers 19, 20, carrying at the lower ends rollers or rods 21 engaging in guides 22 secured to the window 18, the rollers being acted on by springs 24. On moving the nut in the direction of the arrow, the window is lowered. A spring 25 may be attached to the rod 21 and to the frame at 26. In casement windows the crank 15 is placed at the bottom of the rod 16, Fig. 6, and is connected to the nut by the lever 27.
Patent GB-190426916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamp Electrodes
Inventor: STEINMETZ CHARLES PROTEUS
Filed: 1904-12-09
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 26,916. Steinmetz, C. P. Dec. 10, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Arc lamps, electrodes for. One of the carbons which in a direct-current lamp is preferably the positive one, contains titanium, or a compound of titanium such as the carbide, in quantity sufficient to colour the arc without accumulating on the electrode tip.
Patent GB-190428582-A (GB)
Title: Means and Apparatus for Effecting the Supply and Exhaust of Steam to and from Steam Engines Working with Slide Valves.
Inventor: DELVILLE TROPHINE
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 28,582. Delville, T., and Mennig, E. Dec. 28. Valve gear.-The valve gear, worked from eccentrics and the crosshead, communicates to the slide valve an accelerated motion towards the ends of its stroke, and retards it in the middle. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the steam enters between the pistons of the valve. The fixed axes are shown at U and 0. Assuming the crosshead H to be stationary, the eccentric-rod T would communicate to the valve a certain motion, or if the eccentric rod T were stationary, the crosshead would impart to the valve a certain motion. The sum of these two motions produces the desired result. In Fig. 3, the fixed axes are shown at j and j and the eccentric-rod at m. The point S, Fig. 1, may be worked from a link-motion with two eccentrics, or one variable-throw eccentric may be used. Several arrangements are described whereby the desired result may be obtained from an ordinary link-motion by making the crosshead vary the position of the slide block or link as shown in Fig. 6. In Fig. 9, the link motion and slide block are shown replaced by compensating- links, the curved lever 1, 4, 6 here taking the place of the link 1, 4, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190500093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bagging and Weighing Grain.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JAMES BERNARD
Filed: 1905-01-02
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 93. Williams, J. B. Jan. 2. Automatic - feed weighers for grain. Two receptacles 39. are fed alternately through the branches 14, 15 of a duplex &c. shoot, the flap valve 17 at the for k of which is actuated by links 28, 29 connected at their lower ends to the long arms of each pair of beams 30 and at their upper ends to bell-crank arms 26, 27. The latter are placed, by the tipping action of the beams, alternately vertical and horizontal, and in the latter position they engage hangers 21, 22, which rock the valve 17 and divert the flow of grain. Subsequently, the loaded beam closes the lower end of the corresponding branch shoot by means of a link 47, arm 48, and valve 46. The load is discharged by the tipping action of a fixed stop 45 on the catch 43, which thereupon releases the counterbalanced door 40. The various doors and valves may be edged with bristles or yielding material. Large poises are placed on the main beam of each balance, and small poises on a branch 35. The balance weights 34 are hung from the long ends of the beams. The receptacles may be detached, and sacks be attached, instead, to the frames 37.