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Patent GB-190213746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Tubes and other Hollow Bodies.
Inventor: GLEICHMANN GUSTAV
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,746. Gleichmann, G. June 17 Forging.-A solid blank b is pierced by a mandrel e while held in a divided matrix o. The matrix has a flared upper end and longitudinal grooves. The blank is initially supported by a worksupport c, but this support is withdrawn after piercing has commenced, the blank being supported by the enlarged upper end and by the increased friction due to the grooved matrix. The longitudinal ribs formed on the tube or hollow body are subsequently removed.
Patent GB-190215318-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cement or Artificial Stone
Inventor: WAXIN CLEMENT
Filed: 1902-07-09
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 15,318. Waxin, C. July 9. Stone, artifcial; cements.-Relates to the production of a material which can either be used as a cement for facing or repairing stone or can be moulded into artificial-stone building-blocks &c. Fragments of the marble, granite, or other stone to be imitated are pulverized and mixed with zinc oxide. The dry mixture is rendered semi-liquid with a solution of zinc and borax in muriatic acid, and can then be applied with a brush &c. as a cement, or can be poured into moulds. Pigments may be added to the mixture, and a composite or variegated stone may be produced by combining pieces or blocks which are about to set. The moulding may be effected under pressure.
Patent GB-190219018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Supporting Webbing
Inventor: SPURGIN CELIA ANNIE
Filed: 1902-08-29
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 19,018. Spurgin, C. A. Feb. 8, [date applied for under Patents Act, A. D. 1901]. Skirt fastenings.- Webbing is provided with one or two rows of hook - receiving strips 8, Fig. 3, and used with hooks for suspending skirts &c. from the waist. The strips 8 are preferably provided with pairs of triangular fingers 9, 10, Fig. 5, at each end, these fingers being passed through the webbing and clinched over, and the sides 11 being oppositely inclined so that the clinched parts fit together.
Patent GB-190221700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knives with Fixed Blades.
Inventor: WENGER THEODOR
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 21,700. Wenger, T. Oct. 6. Handles.-Relates to means for attaching the handles to knives having fixed blades. In the method shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the blade A is provided with two branches a, a', which pass round the handle M and are locked together by pressing the projection b<1> into the recess B. In modifications, (1) Fig. 4, the parts hook into one another and are locked by pressing down the part d<1>, and (2) Fig. 5, a projection s<1> on one part is forced into a curved recess r<1> on the other part.
Patent GB-190222152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Call Boxes
Inventor: HALL ROBERT
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 22,152. Hall, R. Oct. 11. Telephones.-Sound-proof telephone call-boxes are constructed as shown in sectional plan view in Fig. 3. The box is of the same size internally as the ordinary call-box, and is provided with the usual internal fittings. The back, sides, floor, and roof are formed with separate framing a, a, b, b, c, c, d, d, screwed or bolted together so that they can be taken apart and reconstructed. Wooden panels e are fixed in the framing to form the outside casing of the box, and inside these panels are fixed one or more sheets of glass or wooden boards g, the intervening spaces being filled up with sawdust &c. Cloth-covered boards e<x> may also be fixed internally as shown. The door is formed with a rabbet at k, and is closed firmly by a handle operating in wedge fashion. The spaces between the sheets of glass in the door are not filled in. Felt is placed between the parts of the framing &c. to form sound-proof joints. Air is admitted through the floor by tubes.
Patent GB-190223560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Gear for Electric Traction.
Inventor: BUSHELL FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 23,560. Bushell, F. Oct. 28. Collectors.-Relates to trolleys or collectors for electric traction, and consists of means for causing the trolley, when it jumps the wire, to sink below the same and so remain until replaced. Fig. 2 shows a form suitable for a single deck or other covered car. The compression spring C, by which the trolley is held up to the wire, is connected to a crank A, which is held by the pressure of the spring against a stop B in a position a little past its dead centre. A wheel H, moving with the crank, has secured to its periphery a chain J, the other end of which is fixed to an extension of the trolley rod. On the trolley jumping the wire and rising, a rod D connected with it strikes a projection F on the crank A, and pushes the crank away from the stop B over its dead centre, so that it is forced by the spring to its other dead centre, thus relaxing the spring sufficiently to allow the rod to drop. The rotation of the crank at the same time winds the chain J on the wheel H, so that, on the trolley being further pulled down, the chain J nnwinds and returns the crank to its normal position, where the spring is again sufficiently compressed to hold the trolley up to the wire. In a modification, the spring is arranged inside the vertical standard, and has the rod connecting its lower cap plate to the extension of the trolley arm passed through a hole in the upper cap plate. In another modification, outside tension springs are used, and in a further modification, the displacement of the crank from its normal position is effected by a second chain connected to the trolley arm. An eccentric or crank may also be used instead of the wheel H, the essential feature of the invention being in each case that the rising of the trolley pushes or pulls the crank or its equivalent past the dead centre, while a succeeding positive depression of the trolley returns the crank &c. to its normal position.
Patent GB-190223665-A (GB)
Title: Improved Continuous Kiln
Inventor: INGHAM WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 23,665. Ingham, W., Langton, B., and Ingham, L. Oct. 29. Kilns.-Continuous - action kilns for burning bricks, quarries, tiles, pipes, retorts and all classes of hollow goods, terra-cotta, &c., are constructed with a number of separate chambers arranged side by side, as shown in Fig. 2. Each chamber is provided at both sides with a '' combustion "flue" a a with a grate level with the floor of the kiln, and passages for supplying air from outside to support combustion. The grates are perforated or formed of bars of fireclay or cast iron, to secure a uniform distribution of the air. Communication between the several chambers is established by means of openings b in that part of the division walls situated between the flues a of the adjoining chambers, and also by other openings c higher up in the walls. These latter openings are controlled by dampers actuated from the feeding-chamber M on the top of the kiln. Under each chamber, and parallel with the air flues, is a flue d having perforations or openings on its top and connected on each side of the kiln with a main flue leading to the chimney. By means of dampers in the flues d, any number of chambers may be burned, while others are shut off for emptying or refilling, a wicket being provided at the end of each chamber for that purpose. Firing-holes f are provided in the top of the kiln and fitted with loose covers, which are accessible from the floor of the feeding-chamber.
Patent GB-190225357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: GARFIELD JULIUS DANIEL
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 25,357. Garfield, J. D., and Bernard, G. Nov. 18. Cameras ; shutters.-Relates to a camera with a mirror for focussing and a blind shutter in the focal plane. The mirror o, Fig. 1, is mounted so that it can slide in its frame k, the sliding adjustment being effected by radius bars r pivoted to the mirror and to the back of the camera. This enables the mirror to be used in short - focus cameras. The lens front slides on an extension board D, which, when not in use, is turned up into the position shown in Fig. 4, the frame E<2> to which the back of the bellows is connected folding down into the bottom of the camera. The arrangement for adjusting the width of the slit of the shutter is shown in Fig. 7. The ends of the cords 27 are connected to one section 26 of the blind, passed through eyes 13 in the other section, and then wound round pulleys 19, 20, which can be disengaged from the winding up roller for the purpose of regulating the width of the slit.
Patent GB-190226457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber and other Elastic Tyres to Prevent Side Slip.
Inventor: BUTLER SAMUEL
Filed: 1902-12-01
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 26,457. Butler, S. Dec. 1. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to means for preventing slipping of the wheels of cycles, motor cars, carriages, and the like. Metal links a are pivoted together by pins b to form a flexible endless band, which is placed round the periphery of the tyre e and is held in position by spring clips l, of which the ends m grip slightly into the rubber. In modifications, the clips may be dispensed with, and the links may be either sunk into recesses in the tyre or provided with projections adapted to engage in grooves in the tyre. The links may have the shape shown in Fig. 1, or they may be H-shaped and pivoted to short connecting-links. The Provisional Specification states that the band may be replaced by a wire rope wound round the periphery of the tyre.
Patent GB-190227840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating Grains, Beans or Berries to Render them more Easily Decorticable.
Inventor: O'BRIEN JOHN OWDEN
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 27,840. O'Brien, J. O., [Vazeille, G.]. Dec. 17. Conditioning and decorticating grain &c.-Relates to a process for treating grains, beans, or berries to render them more suitable for decortication. The Specification states that the process is specially applicable to haricot beans, earth-nuts, and other beans or berries difficult to decorticate by the ordinary process. The grains are first steeped or steamed, and then dried, at first quickly and afterwards more slowly so as not to affect injuriously the edible qualities of the grain. After this treatment, the grains are decorticated in the ordinary way.
Patent GB-190304355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of Treating Wood for Obtaining Volatile Products
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 4355. Justice, P. M., [Weed, E. B.]. Feb. 24. Wood-block paving.-Wood suitable for use as paving-blocks, and especially for the preparatory treatment with creosote or similar substance, is obtained by expelling the turpentine and other volatile products by subjecting the wood m to a bath a of resin or other material which has a higher boiling point than the volatile product. The material of the bath is circulated by a pump f, is heated to the desired temperature while passing through a worm i arranged in the furnace j, and is returned to the still in the form of spray by the perforated pipe h. Branch pipes k, l are provided for emptying and refilling the still, and the agitation of the bath may be effected by mechanical means. The agitation may, however, be effected by the introduction through the pipes d of steam, which assists in carrying off the products, and also reduces the specific gravity of the bath so that the wood does not float therein. The separation of the volatile products from the bath is also facilitated by the return of the material to the still in the form of spray.
Patent GB-190311855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Deadening Sound in Houses and Buildings.
Inventor: ARCHIBALD JOHN
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 11,855. Archibald, J. May 25. Sound-deadening coverings.-Relates to the application of cork for deadening sound in buildings. Cork strips a are inserted between the joists and floorboards, the spaces between the joists being filled with granulated cork c. Similar material may be used in the walls and between the joists and columns or stanchions.
Patent GB-190315728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors.
Inventor: HOULON GEORGES
Filed: 1903-07-16
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 15,728. Houlon, G. July 16. Carburetting.-A surface carbaretter is constructed so that air or gas may be impregnated with the vapour of two liquids simultaneously without mixing the liquids. Wicks 6 are supported upon network 19 and dip into superimposed annular troughs 5 supported on brackets 4 in the casing 1. Adjacent troughs are fed with different liquids, petrol, gasoline, alcohol, &c. on the bird fountain principle from external closed vessels 9 10, the upper of which receive their supply from tanks 15, 16 and supply those below through overflow pipes 12. The air enters at 2 and escapes at 3 ; it is directed by baffle-plates 7. A modification is described, in which two adjacent wicks dip into the same trough.
Patent GB-190316908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to the Manufacture of Briquettes for Fuel
Filed: 1903-08-01
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 16,908. Lake, H. H., [Petit & Co., A.]. Aug. 1. Fuel. - Briquettes manufactured with solublo agglutinants are hardened and rendered proof against atmospheric influences by exposing either the agglntinant mixture or the finished briquette to a dry heat of 150‹ C., so that the agglutinant may undergo decomposition.
Patent GB-190318766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window and other Sash Fasteners and Holders.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 18,766. Wheatley, W. H., [Stone, C. F.]. Aug. 31. Window holders. -The housing 3, screwed to the sash through the ears 4, has openings 5 through which project the ends of the spring 6. The spring is held by two or more lugs 7, and has holes through which pass the rod 8, fastened by brackets 9 to the window frame. Normally the spring 6 bites the rod 8, which may be grooved or notched and holds the sash in any position, but when the ends of the spring are pressed towards each other, the sash may be freely raised and lowered.
Patent GB-190322410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rock Drills or other Percussion Tools and the like
Inventor: WARSOP THOMAS
Filed: 1903-10-17
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 22,410. Warsop, T. Oct. 17. Rock drills.-Relates to percussive rock drills and other tools driven by petrol or similar motors. The piston B, Fig. 1, drives the flywheel shaft D through the spring connecting-rod C, and the tool spindle H is mounted in the end of the extension K of the piston-rod which is guided in the bushing P<1> in the frame. The spindle can turn in the part K, and is rotated during the back-stroke by a spiral rib G<1> engaging in a ratchet-wheel G, which is held in one direction by a spring pawl. The frame, which carries the cylinder, rotating-gear, &c., is provided with a feed-nut N<1>, through which works the feed-screw N carried by the saddle M. The exhaust valve for the explosion cylinder is driven by tappet and spring gearing from the flywheel shaft D. To avoid shock, springs are interpolated in the connecting-rod as shown, or they may be placed at its ends, or in the piston or elsewhere. In the second form, shown in Fig. 6, the cylinder A contains two pistons B, B<2>. One piston B is connected by the connecting-rod C to the crank and flywheel shaft D, while the other piston B<2> carries the tool spindle H<2>, and is returned after the explosion by the spring s. The spindle is turned by rotating-gear G.
Patent GB-190325013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Tubing.
Inventor: FREES CHARLES DANIEL
Filed: 1903-11-17
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 25,013. Frees, C. D. Nov. 17. Flexible tubing.-Relates to flexible tubing, composed of layers of paper, woven fabric, and impervious composition, laid on a spiral of wire, for conveying gas or for covering electric cables, and consists in arranging the layers to prevent the gas from injuring the in-pervious substance. The metal spiral wire A is covered with oiled paper B, which is bound by longitudinal and spiral threads C, or any suitable woven or braided covering, the whole being enclosed by a covering D of non-metallic substance impervious to gas, as shown in Fig. 3. An ornamental covering may be added.
Patent GB-190326567-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Web Stretcher for Upholsterer's use.
Inventor: HOLMWOOD LEONARD
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 26,567. Holmwood, L., and Page, H. T. Dec. 4. Stretching-tools.-In a web or webbing stretcher for upholsterers' use, a wooden or other rectangular block a is formed at the front with a projecting lip c, above which the front face d of the block slopes upwardly and backwardly. A metal strap e is bent round the front of the block and pivoted to the block. The back of the block is formed into a handle b. The 'oose end of the webbing h is passed down between the strap and the face of the block, and the. strap is pressed down to grip the webbing. The lip, which is then covered by webbing, is placed under or against the edge of the article being upholstered, and the webbing is stretched by pressing the handle downwards or pulling it in a direction away from the tacks g securing the webbing.
Patent GB-190400596-A (GB)
Title: A Jacket for Pneumatic Tyres Composed of Lamellae.
Inventor: NIEDERHAEUSER EMIL
Filed: 1904-01-09
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 596. Niederhõuser, E. Jan. 9. Tyres, pneumatic. -A jacket for pneumatic tyres is formed of a number of rings 1, 2, 3, &c., each consisting of a number of lamellµ a, b, c, d, e, f, g flexibly linked together except inside the rim. The lamellae may be linked together by endless wires h, or by short pins with countersunk heads so that each ring can give way independently of the others. The lamellµ may be made of aluminium, boxwood, vulcanite, ebonite, or other like material, or may be hollow and of sheet metal. The lamellµ are halved at the joints so as to lie flush with one another, and are made of increasing thickness outwards.
Patent GB-190408094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Burners.
Inventor: HUGHES THOMAS SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-04-08
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 8094. Hughes, T. S. April 8. Oil burners.-In order to prevent the wick of an oil burner from being turned up too high, the wick-tube b is spanned by a number of wire bridging-pieces a, which serve also to make the wick more regular or even. The bridging-pieces may be soldered or otherwise secured to the wicktube or burner plates, or they may be fixed on a base adapted to the burner.
Patent GB-190413690-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Stall for use in Transporting Horses and Cattle.
Inventor: DENNIS MARK ROBERT
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-07-15
Abstract: 13,690. Dennis, M. R. June 16. Cattle ships.- A folding stall for lifting and transporting cattle consists of a platform A, mounted on rollers, and has detachable sides D and ends B, C hinged to it so that they can be folded down to allow the animal to be led on to the platform. The hinges connecting the sides D to the platform are extended upwards and terminate in eyelets E, by which the stall can, when folded, be swung from a crane &c.
Patent GB-190414461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Producing Steel Chips.
Inventor: BAUMANN HEINRICH PFISTER
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 14,461. Baumann, H. P. June 27. Metal shavings ; lathes.-A machine for cutting steel wire or rod into shavings has a carriage 9 traversed on a bed 1 by a screw 7 connected by gearing with a drum shaft 2. A tool-holder 13, pivoted on a slide 11 vertically adjustable on the carriage, carries two tools 15 arranged to cut in opposite directions, the rotation of the drum 6 on which the wire is coiled being reversed when the carriage reaches the end of the bed. The feed is effected by rods 21, 22 actuated by stops 23, 24 on the bed and operating a ratchet-wheel on the screw of the slide 11. The tool-holder is rocked by abutments 26, 27 on the drum to bring the required tool into position, and one end of the wire is connected to a friction clutch 4 by which the drum is driven, so that the clutch slips under excessive stress.
Patent GB-190418993-A (GB)
Title: A New Game
Inventor: BURTON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 18,993. Burton, G. Sept. 3. Cup-and-ball and like toys; games played with balls and cups.-A number of hemispherical cups &c. c are fixed to a frame or plate a provided with a handle b. A ball d is placed in one of the cups and then thrown into the others in succession, in accordance with the rules of the game, by jerking the frame.
Patent GB-190421660-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coil of Rope or Line for Life-saving Purposes.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 21,660. Bloxam, A. G., [Bremer-Tauwerk- Fabrik Akt.-Ges.]. Oct. 8. Balling and reeling ropes and cords.-A coil of rope or line for life-saving purposes comprises a number of helices coiled one over the other in alternately reversed directions, and all commencing at one and the same end, the uncoiling being effected from the innermost helix without danger of kinking or entanglement. Fig. 1 shows such a method of coiling, the various helices being shown spaced apart for clearness of illustration. The coiled line may be carried in a net fitted with a shoulder strap.
Patent GB-190423186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stretchers, & like Folding Furniture
Inventor: HODSON JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,186. Hodson, J. Oct. 27. Litters, ambulance.-The poles of a stretcher or like article of folding furniture are pivoted to channelled pieces a, a<1>, having open or closed central portions d to allow clearance for the pole ends when folded. The pivots are so spaced in the plate a as to allow the end pole e<2> to be stowed between the other end one e and the central one e<1>, as shown in Fig. 3. The poles may be of metal tubes or solid wood, and are held apart by folding cross-bars g, which are locked in the extended position by stops k when they have been opened out slightly beyond a straight line, and which are prevented from swinging by pegs h<1>, h<2>. Two hinges per side are shown, but more may be employed, and the cross-bars may be hinged to one pole and forked to receive the other. Wooden or other handles may be employed, to avoid freezing the bands of the bearers in very cold weather. The central canvas, which may be detachably secured, or nailed if wooden poles be used, has flaps n provided with hooks for securing them over the hinged parts. Pockets may be provided for dressings &c.
Patent GB-190426418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propelling Vessels.
Inventor: WILSON LIDA
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 26,418. Wilson, L. Dec. 5. Propelling and steering by water jets. - Centrifugal pumps driven by vertical high-speed turbines or motors are used for producing water jets of high velocity. Several pumps are used, and are arranged in series so that the first pump takes water from the sea and delivers it to another pump running at a higher speed and giving it a corresponding increase in velocity. After passing through all the pumps, the water is delivered at a high velocity to the sea. To permit the discharge to be either at the bow or stern, the pumps are fitted with double inlet pipes B, C and double discharge pipes F, G, provided with valves to effect the proper distribution of the water.
Patent GB-190426753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors particularly applicable to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LEWIS EDMUND WOODWARD
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,753. Lewis, E. W. Dec. 8. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The oil nozzle A is placed near the wall of the pipe B and close to the throttle valve so that the velocity of the air current past the nozzle may be kept uniform.