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Patent GB-190224532-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Preparing Paper for Manifolding Copying Purposes, and the Preparation of Printing Surfaces therefrom with Self-contained Ink or Colour Supply.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1902-11-08
Granted: 1904-02-08
Abstract: 24,532. Hutchinson, W. H. Nov. 8. Copying documents &c.-Consists in preparing paper for making printing-surfaces for manifoldcopying, and in preparing from such paper, or the like, printing-surfaces with a self-contained ink or colour supply for producing copies of circulars, letters, notices, price-lists, plans, drawings, sketches, pictures, music, &c., and for printing in one or more colours on textile materials such as cotton goods. (1) Soft sized rag or other paper is impregnated under heat in a bath of melted mutton suet, or in a bath of fatty acids or materials such as oleic or stearic acid and paraffin wax or other wax or resin. Excess of grease is removed by leading the paper over scrapers to heated pressure rollers, or by pressing or rubbing with an absorbent material over blotting - paper laid on a hot-plate. In a, modification, the paper is first softened by impregnation with oleic or other suitable acid, and is then coated under heat cn one side only with gelatine, wax, resin, or other resistant to the penetration of glycerine-and-alcohol solutions of aniline colours. (2) The prepared paper, or other suitable material, is placed upon a pad or backing and engraved &c. without perforation by means of a pen, style, type-writer, &c. Any accidental perforations are stopped with cement or varnish. The reverse side of the paper is thus formed with a raised surface, and becomes the printing-surface. A glycerine-and-alcohol solution of an aniline or other colour, or any suitable ink or colour, to which borax-alum &c. may be added, is applied to the furrowed side of the paper. An inductor fluid, which may be methylated spirits or alcohol, and which may be coloured, is applied to the printing-surface before use, the paper being placed on an ink pad or backing or mount. The furrowed side of the paper may be treated with a similar inductor fluid before applying tha colour. The pad shown in Fig. 1 is used to hold the paper when engraving &c., and comprises a backing a of india-rubber, blotting-paper covered with waterproof sheeting, &c., fixed on a board b provided with impaling or perforating pins e and perforated hinged flaps c for retaining the paper. A similar pad may be used to hold the printing-surface, the backing in this case consisting of felt covered with nainsook or other cotton material, blotting-paper, &c., or the printing-surface may be secured over an ink pad on a roller ; or two printing-surfaces may be arranged on two rollers or cylinders, for printing on both sides of the sheet simultaneously.
Patent GB-190227554-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Absorbing Shocks in Collisions between Ships
Inventor: HEERMA JAN
Filed: 1902-12-13
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 27,554. Heerma, J. Dec. 13. Compartments; sinking, preventing; hulls. - Between the inner and outer skins, highly-tensioned wire cables passing through bulkheads are arranged and serve to take up the shock when vessels collide. Corrugated plates y attached to plates f carried by the outer skin a are secured to the inner skin a<1>. These frames and plates form divisional bulkheads for subdividing the space between the skins a, a' into compartments. The wire cables h have lead sleeves or hemp wrappings where they pass through the frames f, and, after tensioning, are secured to the stem and stern. The inner stem plating b, attached to the skin plates a, has a yoke k fitted with vertical arms to which the ends of the cables h are made fast.
Patent GB-190302141-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Slipping of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: NICHOLSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-01-29
Granted: 1904-01-29
Abstract: 2141. Nicholson, A. Jan. 29. Tyres, pneumatic &c. ; felloes or rims ; wheels with two tyres side by side.-Motor and other road vehicles are prevented fromslipping laterally by fitting alongside each wheel tyre e a metal plate g, which is pressed upon the ground by an air tube f, Fig. 1, carried in a ring a secured to the wheel rim c. The plate has circumferential slots m in which slide pins fixed to arms i on the wheel rim, and is provided with rubber rings jfor deadening the sound. The air tube f may be replaced either by radial springs placed near the inner hub, or by circumferential springs, or by lateral springs s, Fig. 3, in which case the plate is additionally secured to the rim by links. The plate may be replaced by radially-movable sections j, Figs. 5 and 6, with curved peripheries 3, and these sections may be pivoted to the rim or connected to it by levers x, z, w, which permit lateral deviation to avoid an obstacle on the road, the flexible band l being adapted to bring the parts back to their normal positions. In the form shown in Fig. 9, the pivoted sections 2 are arranged in pairs connected together by springs 16 which are guided by plates 18 fixed to the rim c.
Patent GB-190310219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Driving Gear of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CLARK GEORGE PERRY
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 10,219. Clark, G. P. May 5. Motor road vehicles.-The driving-wheel of a motor road vehicle is mounted on the steering-axle so as to permit angular movement of the axle relatively to the plane of the wheel. The driving- wheel, shown as a sprocket-wheel 1, is bored to receive a ball 3 fixed to the axle 10. Diametricallyopposed recesses 4 in the wheel 1 receive blocks 5, which are bored to receive the cylindrical shanks of shoes 7 adapted to slide in grooves 8 formed in the ball. Brackets 12, bored to embrace the ball 3, take against the sides of the wheel to retain the blocks 5, and are secured to the frame 15 of the engine.
Patent GB-190311438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grain Dressing Apparatus of Threshing Machines.
Inventor: WATKINS JOHN ERNEST
Filed: 1903-05-19
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 11,438. Watkins, J. E. May 19. Sifting grain.-Relates to the dressing apparatus of thrashing - machines. The shoe 1 carrying the sieves is actuated by connecting rods 2 from a cranked shaft 3. The grain and chaff from the caving - riddle 4 falls through an opening 6 upon an inclined riddle 7 which separates the small seeds. The grain and chaff pass to the riddle 13 adjustable by means of set-screws 16, and situated below a fixed chamber 12 with an adjustable mouthpiece 17. The chamber 12 is connected by a trunk 34 with valve 35, to chambers arranged at each side of a fan 24. The chaff is drawn through the chambers and discharged through the mouth 25 of the fan chamber. Openings closed by adjustable flaps, such as 31, are formed in the side chambers of the fan for the discharge of any grain which may be carried through the chamber 12 and deposited in the fan chambers. The size of the entrance openings into the side chambers of the fan may be adjusted by means of sliding valves.
Patent GB-190312383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Wheels and Tyres of Rail and Road Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-30
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 12,383. Johnson, A. H. May 30. Road - and - rail wheels.-To enable railway wagons &c. to travel upon the road, a segmental, detachable tyre having a flat, or nearly flat, tread, is fitted to and fixed over the flanged wheels ; or road wheels may be similarly provided with a flanged tyre to enable vehicles to travel on rails. The segments a, fastened by bolts or clips c, and bolted to each other by T-bolts d, closely fit the periphery of the flanged wheel. Holes b and a groove e are provided to reduce the weight, or, in lieu of the groove, the segments may have a central hole.
Patent GB-190316069-A (GB)
Title: Paper Cutting Machine.
Inventor: LOVELL CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 16,069. Lovell, C. W. July 21. Cutting-machines for paper.-the machine is designed to trim the three edges of books, s, magazines, or the like, and has automatic feeding and delivery arrangements. Between the frames F, Fig. 1, and on spacing-screws 0 is a pair of carrier-frames Q each guiding vertically a sliding clamping-frame F' (F<2> in Fig. 16), with a lip A and a sliding knife-carrier K<1>, on which the blades k<1>, on supports K'‹ with rollers r, have a cross motion due to oblique slots in the supports engaging fixed pins g. A pair of #-levers L<1> is connected to each pair of clamping-frames and knife-carriers by links l, l<1>, and by links P' to a crosshead H, which is reciprocated by a crank C with a connecting-rod p<3> on a main shaft M. The clamping-frames are thus brought down to the book on a narrow central extension of a table T, and then the knives are brought up while the grip is increased. Simultaneously, a clamping-frame F<3> and a knife at the end of the machine cut the front of a book in advance. The books are fed onwards by a reciprocating carriage, Fig. 8, bearing pins, which is connected by links f to a rocking- frame L, and can have its stroke adjusted by changing the position of a block in slots w in the links. The links have a certain amount of play in recesses s, s<1> in the carriage, so as to make bell cranks E, E<1> raise and lower catch pins p<1>, p<2>. After passing the third knife, the book is upon a shelf T', which is in one piece with two slot-cams J turning on pivots and guides I, I'. It is thus lifted to a slope V. The action of the cams is derived from a grooved cam on the main shaft, which acts through a fork W, lever L', and link N. The clamping-heads A contain, as rotary cutting- blocks, adjustable rollers made of discs of leather board, or of sections of wood, arranged to present fibre ends all round.
Patent GB-190317184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamps or Couplings for Wires, especially applicable for use in Overhead Electric Conductors
Inventor: KRUECKL FRANZ
Filed: 1903-08-07
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 17,184. Kr³ckl, F. Aug. 7. Wire couplings. -A wire clamp consists of two similar pieces 1 which are arranged to form two tapered screws 2 separated by a central nut 8 when placed together. The flat faces of the pieces - are grooved and recessed centrally to receive the wires 7 and their enlarged heads 9. The pieces are held by means of the nut 8 when the securing-nuts 5, 6 are being screwed on to the screws 2.
Patent GB-190317523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes
Inventor: SHORT THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1903-08-12
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 17,523. Short, T. H. Aug. 12. Tobacco pipes. - An elbow stem a, a<1> is provided which is open to the air at the end a<2> and has, remote from the mouthpiece b, a branch a to carry the bowl c. This branch may be upright on the horizontal limb a. The arrangement allows air to mix with the smoke to cool it, and also allows escape of the nicotine.
Patent GB-190321031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Barred Windows and the like.
Inventor: VINE MARSHALL GEORGE
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 21,031. Vine, M. G. Sept. 30. Alarms, burglar and like.-The bolt h of a barred window is provided with a bar r sliding in the blocks v, w, mounted in the casing i, carrying a collar s which makes contact with the spring arms u when the bolt is drawn back, thus completing an electric circuit and ringing an alarm bell.
Patent GB-190328369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Collars for Horses and other Draught Animals.
Inventor: LOVEDAY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-12-24
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 28,369. Loveday, T., and Loveday, W. G., [trading as Loveday & Sons, R.]. Dec. 24. Collars, neck.-In the manufacture of " double-lined " horse collars, the forward edge of the outer basil body B and the front of the prince's band C are sewn through, as shown at d, to the fore-wale leather A before the same is stuffed. The flaps e are now sewn together to form the sleeve or pocket for the stuffing, and, by the same stitching f, the prince's band is sewn to the fore-wale leather. The inner body D may also be simultaneously sewn to the leather. Collars constructed as described in Specification No. 15,533, A.D. 1903, may be made in this manner.
Patent GB-190403610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads.
Inventor: SORIN FERNAND
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 3610. Sorin, F. Feb. 12. Berths.-A bedstead, which can n be folded for use as a stool or table and is adapted for use in ships &c., has side frames consisting of bars pivoted together as in latticework. The inner bars b, Figs. 1 and 3, of the frames are connected by cross-bars c, the central bars being also supported by stays d, e, Fig. 3. At one end of the bed, a head-support g, Fig. 1, is hinged to a cross-bar f and may be folded on to the ends of the bars a, b when the bedstead is closed, to form the table top, or seat bottom ; at the other end, the frames are held apart by a cross-bar i, h. A cloth, which is screwed to the bars b, the head-support, and the closs-bar i, forms the bottom ; cross-straps j, Fig. 3, and diagonal straps k may be arranged to support the cloth, or parallel cross-bars may be used.
Patent GB-190404419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling or Regulating Apparatus Operated by Heat.
Inventor: BRUKENHAUS ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 4419. Brukenhaus, R. Feb. 22. Dampers, actuating. The expansion or contraction of a bent closed expansion tube arranged, as shown, with a portion within a low-pressure hot-water boiler, actuates through a series of levers a damper in a flue leading from the boiler furnace.
Patent GB-190404767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Stoves and Water Heaters.
Inventor: RIGG JAMES
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 4767. Rigg, J., and Spencer, S. Feb. 26. Vaporizers.-Relates to apparatus for heating water for, and diffusing vapour in, conservatories, rooms, &c., and more particularly for medical use for asthmatical and bronchial patients. The boiler M is supported on brackets N within a casing I, which is fitted at the lower part with a gas or other burner or heating-device. By means of a threeway cock R in the pipe S, the vapour generated can be passed either into the flue pipe Q or into the room &c. A hot-water tap is shown at Wand a gauge glass at U.
Patent GB-190405386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wave Motors.
Inventor: LANGSTROTH JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 5386. Langstroth, J. A. March 5, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Compressing.-Consists in actuating air-compressors by wave power. The compressors are placed on a float and driven by means of cords, which are attached to vertical rods universally pivoted on a foundation. Fig. 1 shows the cords 6 attached to the rods 4 and passing around the drums 7 on the float 2. The drums actuate the pistons 12 in the air-compressors 13.
Patent GB-190406943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Fuses for use with Explosives or the like.
Inventor: KOCH CARL
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 6943. Koch, C. March 22. Blasting and mining fuzes.-A safty fuze comprises a tube a within which slides the tube d, carrying a crown g of priming, adapted to be ignited by friction with the igniting-surface f, of the plug b. On the tube d is a sleeve h, the inner surface of which is coated with a non-drying adhesive substance. The quick match k is passed through this sleeve into the tube d as far as a stop l, whereupon the sleeve h is pressed against the match so that it adheres thereto. To ignite the fuze, the tube a is brought to its lowest position and struck or rotated.
Patent GB-190408652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Machines for Emptying, Filling and Threading Lace Machine Carriages, and Placing the Carriage Spring on the Bobbin.
Inventor: RICHMOND JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 8652. Richmond, J. C., Birkin, T. S., Birkin, C. W., and Pare, F. W. April 15. Lace bobbins, removing from, and inserting into, carriages. - Relates to detail improvements in machines for removing empty bobbins from carriages, inserting full ones, and delivering the carriages &c. ready for use. The bobbins are guided by rods 2 down to the socket 1 on which they are piled, and are fed one by one by the front verge 6 of an inclined plate 5 carried by a slide block actuated by links &c. The loose threads are drawn slantingly over a fluted card or bristle roller 7 which is suitably driven so as to comb out the threads and lower them as the bobbins descend. The roller is inclined and prevents the threads from mounting the bobbins. A bell-crank threadnipping lever 13, 15 with a felt or similar surface acts while the bobbins are being pushed forward, and is relieved by a stop 17 on the slide before the end of the return movement. Some or all of the bobbins may be held in the box, to prevent them from turning, by one or more sliding spring pushes 19, Fig. 5, which are operated in unison by a camrod 23 acting on studs or rollers 25. After the bobbin has been inserted, its thread is pushed into contact with a threading-hook, the bobbin box being recessed at 50 to allow of this, and, after threading, the loose end may be cut by camactuated scissor blades. Fig. 7 shows a clip for delivering the carriages to a suitably-driven revolving table or travelling band. A slotted link 29 connects the main slide with a block 27 carrying a plate 26. The curved edge of the carriage is held against the plate by a spring 32 controlling a pin 30 pivoted to an arm 31. The latter carries a spring wire 33 with a pin 34 on its cam-shaped head for taking into the bobbin centre. In the modification shown in Fig. 9 the slide block is replaced by a pivoted lever 36. The flanged foot of the lever is recessed to receive a corner of the carriage which is held by a flat spring 42 and a spring clipping pin 39 carried by an arm 40. The carriage is released by a cam and pin which act on the carriage and the pin 39 respectively.
Patent GB-190409743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Locks for Railway Carriage, Brougham and other Doors.
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 9743. Galley, J. G., and Bolt and Lock Syndicate (Galley's Patents). April 28. Handles, attaching.- To render a fastening for a railway-carriage or roadvehicle door adjustable, so as to suit doors of different thickness, a collar a is employed in which the stem c<1> of the handle c slides telescopically. The handle is screwed on to the spindle b and locked by a set-screw d, tightened up by a screwdriver through the opening a'. After the screw d is in place, the collar a is turned round and secured by screws f through the lugs a'.
Patent GB-190410495-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Finding the Direction of Sound.
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,495. Lake, H. H., [Submarine Signal Co.]. May 6. Drawings to Specification. Sounds, locating.-A. method of ascertaining the direction of the sound, from a submarine or other signal station, consists in having two sound-receiving instruments placed symmetrically one at each side of the vessel and at a distance a little over the wave-length of the dominant note of the sound from the bow or stern according as the vessel is approaching or receding from the pound. By turning it slightly, a much larger bulk of the vessel will screen one instrument than the other, and, by comparing the intensities of the sounds at some central part of the vessel, the direction of the sound is ascertained and the vessel steered accordingly. Instead of two instruments, one only may be used on the side of the vessel, the variations in the intensity of the sound as the vessel is turned affording sufficient indication of the direction required.
Patent GB-190410985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Skates.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 10,985. Imray, O., [Koller, M.]. May 12. Disc wheels; tension wheels.-A dished wheel, shown applied to a road skate, comprises a hub 1 connected to the rim 4 by a set of spokes and a conical metal discs 3.
Patent GB-190413897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fittings for Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: GOODYEAR ROBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,897. Goodyear, R. J. June 20. Incandescent gas burners; globe holders.-In a globe holder which can be adapted to existing fittings, the gallery arms c and the lighting-back plate e are carried by a split sleeve a, which rests upon a flange f or a collar on the mixing-tube. The sleeve e is rotated to regulate the air supply, and may be locked in any position by a set-screw.
Patent GB-190414700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Horns and Trumpets for Phonographs, Gramophones and other Sound-producing Instruments, and of like Apparatus for Concentrating, Directing and Distributing Sound.
Inventor: COCKMAN FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,700. Cockman, F. C. June 30. Sound-magnifying appliances.-A trumpet is constructed of strips of wood or similar material glued together, the requisite shape being given by forming it under pressure upon a frame which is removed after the glue has set The frame has a rod a secured at one end to the flanged base b, and at the other to the cap d and screw nut e. Discs f of sheet metal with central holes are arranged along the rod a, set-screws j being provided for fixing them in any desired positions. Rings k surround the longitudinal strips of wood forming the trumpet, and are maintained in position by clamps n; the small ends of the strips of wood are inserted in the cap d, the rings k are put in position, and longitudinal pressure is exerted by screwing down the nut e. When the required shape is acquired, the whole is steamed to soften glue with which the wood was previously treated, and is then allowed to dry.
Patent GB-190416265-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Obviating the Effects of Collisions between Ships.
Inventor: PADOVANI MATHIEU
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 16,265. Padovani, M. July 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Fenders ; ships' bows. - For the purpose of minimizing the effects of collisions at sea, the bows of vessels are fitted with a series of rollers as shown. It is stated that vessels may always be prevented from colliding at right-angles, and, when an acute angle is formed between the vessels, the rollers tend to spread the effects of the collision over a larger surface.
Patent GB-190419194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with Projectiles for Small-arms and the like
Inventor: JONES HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-06
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 19,194. Jones, H. Sept. 6. Projectiles.-Two or more projectiles may be screwed together or connected as shown.