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Patent GB-190310114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash Locks.
Inventor: MILLER JOHN DOUGLAS
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 10,114. Miller, J. D. May 4. Window holders.- Inserted in a cavity in the window frame 10 is a metal casing 17 having a detachable cover 18. Bolts 21, 22, pressed outwards by springs 23, 24, pass through holes in the cover 18 and engage with spaced apertures in the sides of the sashes 11, 12, respectively. These apertures provide for supporting the sashes at any desired points, and for locking them when closed The bolts 21, 22 are provided with projections 33, 34 pointing towards each other. Either bolt may be withdrawn from its sash by means of the rod 27, mounted in the casing 17, and provided with pins 37, 36 adapted to engage the projections 33, 34 on the bolts. The rod 27 is, normally, held out of engagement with the bolt 21 by the spring 32 acting against the partition 29. A stop 35 preveuts the disengagement of the pins 36, 34 when the rod has begun to depress the bolt 22. The side of the stop 35 is inclined, and this automatically raises the pin 36 above the projection 34 when the rod is pushed outwards by the spring 32 after release of the bolt 21.
Patent GB-190310388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Electrically Igniting Miners' Safety and other Lamps.
Inventor: SEDGWICK WALTER
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 10,388. Sedgwick, W., and Smith, J. F. May 7. Miners' and like safety lamps; lighting oil lamps. -Relates to means for electrically igniting miners' safety and other oil lamps. Through the oil vessel 4 of the lamp passes a conducting-rod 7 ending in a contact-piece 9 and insulated by a tube 8. The top of the rod is made narrower and carries a loose sleeve 11, to which is fixed a platinum wire 12. The free end of the wire is held by a conducting-spring 13 attached to the wick-tube 5. The wire 12 is bent so as to pass close to the wick. To light the lamp, the contact-piece 9 is connected to one part of a generator and the oil vessel to the other, the wire 12 being thus rendered incandescent. The sleeve 11, with the platinum wire, may easily be replaced when damaged.
Patent GB-190311568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reamers.
Inventor: SHAW JOHN AMBROSE
Filed: 1903-05-21
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 11,568. Shaw, J. A. May 21. Reamers.-The cutters b of a parallel or taper adjustable reamer for wood or metal are arranged in radial slots in the head a and have teeth or projections on their ends engaged by scroll or volute threads on rotatable collars c, which are prevented from moving longitudinally by screws e and grooves e<1> and are locked in any positions by means of nuts d. The circumferences of the collars c or parts of the head may be graduated. Transverse pins f through the cutters work in annular recesses in the head and limit the movements of the cutters. The bead is fixed to the stem by means of a tapered pin.
Patent GB-190312683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Underground or Conduit Systems for Electric Tramways and Railways.
Inventor: COPE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-06-05
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 12,683. Cope, W. June 5. Electric railways and tramways on the conduit system. The conduit is formed by placing a second flanged guard-rail C parallel with the rail B, the space A between the rails serving for the wheel fianges and also for the plough K. The conductor is formed of a U -shaped strip of metal F supported by vulcanite pegs G below the flange of the rail C and protected by an insulating-cover E. The insulator channel E may be dispensed with and the recess L coated with an insulating-preparation. A return conductor H is fixed in the bottom of the conduits on the wedge-shaped ends M of the rail-securing bolts, and the ends of the plough or collector J run in contact with both conductors F, H, as shown. The current flows from the con. ductor F through the upper arm J and leg K to the motor, and returns through the leg K and lower arm J to the conductor H. The leg K has rounded edges, and it may be jointed. Drainage is obtained by a gutter formed in the concrete bed of the track. The rails are jointed by fishplates on the outer sides and specially-shaped cramping- bolts N on the inner sides.
Patent GB-190312836-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Roll or Wrapper for Tape and the like in Pieces.
Inventor: AMSDEN FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 12,836. Amsden, F. H. June 8. Wrappers; parcelling laces &c.-Wrappers a for use in parcelling laces &c. are formed with slits c, c<1>, through which a cord, ribbon, or webbing d is threaded so as to form loops e to receive the bundles b. The wrapper is rolled as shown in Fig. 5, the ends of the cord being secured together. By this arrangement, the withdrawal of a bundle will not loosen the remainder. In a modification, one end of the wrapper may have ears a<1>, Fig. 4, to engage in slits a' in the body of the wrapper. An outer wrapper b<1>, Fig. 5, bearing printed matter, and having an opening through which the knot of the cord passes, may be used, this outer wrapper being torn off by pulling the cord.
Patent GB-190312960-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Picture Book.
Inventor: TUCK GUSTAVE
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 12,960. Tuck, G., and Kennedy, T. R. June 9. Picture books.-Relates to picture books for children in which certain leaves are made of only half the width of the full size leaves, so as to cover the half of the full page, nearer to the binding edge. The pictures on the whole, and on the half pages, are so arranged that when the half page b lies on the whole page c, the pictures combine, and so that, when the half page is turned over away from the whole page, as shown, some other complete picture is presented. The half pages may be formed by taking a whole leaf, printed for the purpose, folding it down its centre and inserting it in its proper place between the whole pages.
Patent GB-190313832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Distinguishing Tablets or Labels for Umbrellas.
Inventor: KORTENBACH AUGUST
Filed: 1903-06-20
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 13,832. Kortenbach, A., and Worring, C. June 20. Labels and trade marks, attaching.-Instead of securing trade marks &c. to umbrella stretchers by compressing the sides of the stretcher, the labels &c. are secured either by passing lugs f, Fig. 5, formed on their ends, through holes in the stretcher and bending them over, or by cement &c.
Patent GB-190314785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Drain Cocks for Draining Water from the Cylinders of Steam Engines, Air Compressors, and like Apparatus.
Inventor: FORREST JAMES
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1904-07-02
Abstract: 14,785. Forrest, J., and Appleton, J. July 3. Cylinders, draining.-The automatic cylinder drain valve described in Specification No. 17,229, A.D. 1901, is improved for use with compound and multiple-expansion engines and air compressors in which water is sprayed into the cylinders to cool them. The valve g, which is closed by the pressure in the cylinder, has two inlets b, c in its casing leading, respectively, from the cylinder to be drained and the outlet of the drain valve of the next higher pressure cylinder. The water collects in a pocket d, and, when the pressure in the cylinder is relieved, the valve rises and it escapes.
Patent GB-190314953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games.
Inventor: COLE SAMUEL ELFORD
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 14,953. Cole, S. E. July 6. Games played with projectiles, balls, targets, counters, and flippers; skittles; nets for games.- The appliances for playing several games are arranged witbin one box. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box a in the open position. The box a is furnished with a hinged lid b, which can be supported, as shown, by means of chains c attached to removable stays d, the reduced ends of which are supported by holes in the box. A game is played by projecting a ball g, suspended by a piece of elastic g<1>, at the holes in a board e pivoted to arms f, which are pivoted to the sides of the box, so that, when not in use, the board e may fit against the back of the box, as shown in the Figure. The board e may be permanently secured to the front of a cross-piece f attached to the box. A game is also played by throwing the ball g at skittles or nine pins k, supported by hook and eye attachments from the lid b. When not in use, the skittles are suspended from the underside of the crosspiece f<1>. The skittles, as they fall, are caught by a net supported by arms j attached to the sides and lid of the box. All the parts and supporting-attachments can be packed away in the box. According to the Provisional Specification, a bowl or saucer may be carried on a hinged arm at the bottom of the box, and a game is played by throwing or flipping counters into the bowl.
Patent GB-190315271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Wire Cloths of Paper-making Machines.
Inventor: KITSEE ISIDOR
Filed: 1903-07-10
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 15,271. Kitsee, I. July 10. Paper machines. - Consists in an electrolytic method of cleaning and restoring wire cloths applicable to Fourdrinier and other machines, and also to dandy rollers and like parts. The wire cloth A is guided by rollers C, E into an electrolytic cell D, in which the liquid may be acid, or alkaline, or a solution of common salt or of a salt of the metal of which the wire is composed. The cell may be raised or lowered by a hand-wheel G through worm gearing. The wire cloth forms the cathode and is connected to the battery H or other source of electric energy through a roller brush or other means, while the containing vessel forms the anode. The wire cloth is passed through the liquid and is cleaned by the electrolytic action, and, if a solution of a salt of the metal of the wire is used, the cloth is reinforced by a slight deposition of the metal. In this latter case, the containing vessel is composed of, or lined with, the metal, or a separate anode may be used. The same results may be obtained by passing along the wire cloth in contact with a felt-covered metal roller, provided with a reservoir, from which an adjustable thin sheet or spray of the electrolytic solution falls on the felt covering, the wire cloth forming the cathode and the metal roller the anode. The electrolytic moisture is removed by a thorough douching with water.
Patent GB-190318932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines and in Means connected therewith for Utilising Exhaust Steam for Industrial Heating Purposes.
Inventor: MENNIG ERNST
Filed: 1903-09-02
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 18,932. Mennig, E., and Picard, G. D. Sept. 2. Drying.-The pressure of steam in the cylinder of a continuous paper-making machine supplied from the receiver of the last cylinder but one of a compound or multiple expansion engine, is kept approximately constant by means of apparatus in which variations of pressure in the papermachine cylinder regulate the admission of steam to the last cylinder. A pipe b admits steam from the receiver to the underside of a flexible disc a of leather, caoutchouc, or other material, carrying a plate c, and fixed inside a steam-tight chamber. The movement of the diaphragm is transmitted by levers to the detent arbor h of the releasing- gear of a variable admission valve of the last cylinder so that more or less steam is admitted to this cylinder according as the pressure in the paper-machine cylinder rises or falls. A spring g controls the pressure at which the diaphragm is raised.
Patent GB-190322302-A (GB)
Title: A Method of, and Machinery or Appliances for, Polishing, Grinding and Performing Analogous Surfacing Operations upon Tubing and other Lengths
Inventor: HANMAN JOHN LEPINE
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 22,302. Hanman, J. L., and Cowan, R. O. Oct. 16. Surfacing and polishing.-Relates to apparatus for polishing, grinding surfacing, abrading, &c. steel, nickel steel, hard metal and other tubes, rods, bars, &c. A band or belt m, Fig. 4, faced with polishing material, is driven, by the long drum h, in contact with the tube f, to be polished. The pulley k is carried in a pivoted slide j, traversed along the bar i automatically or by the hand lever o. The tube f is carried by the coned ends of two spindles, mounted on headstocks. One of the spindles is driven, by means of a pulley and band, in an opposite direction to that of the drum h, the other, which is rotatable and adjustable in position, is made to slide to and fro by means of a small hand-lever, a weight or spring tending to force the spindle inwards. The band m is kept tight by a spring p. The pivoted slide can be turned to the position shown in dotted lines, to remove the band from the work. When grinding bars &c., the bars are carried by suitable chucks and held stationary while each side is successively cleaned. Instead of using the long drum k, a traversing pulley may be substituted.
Patent GB-190325874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus.
Inventor: PEARSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-11-26
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 25,874. Pearson, J. Nov. 26. Hoists; brakes.-Consists of gearing for hoisting machinery by which the load can be sustained in any position and lowered under control. Upon the hand chain-wheel shaft 1, which gears with a spurwheel 7 on the drum shaft, is fixed a disc 10, which may be part of the pinion 6, and which is formed on one face with inclines or cams 11 adapted to engage similar inclines &c. on a loose disc 12. Leather discs 16, 24 are interposed between the disc 12 and between the pinion 6 and the respective adjacent bearings, and a spring 19 on the shaft forces the discs 16, 12 towards the disc 11. Backward rotation of the disc 12 under the pull of the load is prevented by a pawl 27, Fig. 1, engaging teeth 13 on the disc 12, and thus when hoisting ceases a braking effect is produced by the leather discs under the pressure set up by the action between the inclined teeth 11. The pawl 27 can be freed from the teeth 13 by means of cams 30 engaging a tooth 29 on its tail. These cams are formed on a disc mounted loose on a stud 32 and formed also with ratchet teeth, of which there are two for each cam, and which are engaged by a pawl 40 on a spring-controlled lever 35 mounted on the stud 32. Thus on depressing the lever 35 by means of a cord, when the parts are in the position shown, the pawl 27 is raised by one of the cams 30 and the load therefore allowed to descend, while a second depression of the lever 35 allows the pawl 27 to drop back to its first position and again hold the load.
Patent GB-190326225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cans and Can Closures more especially Designed to Holding and Dispensing Dry Powders.
Inventor: WILCOX GEORGE LEWIS
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 26,225. Wilcox, G. L. Dec. 1. Stoppers; bottles. - A flanged cover 3 of a metal, glass, porcelain, or other can 2, for holding and dispensing tooth powder &c., is provided with an upwardly - projecting discharge spout 5 placed at the centre or to one side of the cover 3. The spout 5 may be either cylindical or taper, and its mouth, which is made slanting to form a pointed distributing-lip 6, is closed by a stopper 12 fixed at one end of a spring-controlled lever 8. The lever is pivoted to a lug 7 projecting from the cover 3, or, in another form, from the discharge spout; when a thumb-piece 10 of the lever is depressed, the stopper moves upwardly and laterally away from the spout 5, so that the lip 6 may be drawn along and the powder distributed on the bristles of a tooth brush. In a modified form, the stopper slides up and down between guides on the discharge spout, the end of the lever being slotted to receive a pin which engages with the guides. In another form, the discharge tube is fitted with a sieve which prevents lumps of powder from being delivered.
Patent GB-190403449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Clocks.
Inventor: CAMPICHE HENRI ALFRED
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 3449. Campiche, H. A. Feb. 11. Electric clocks applicable as marine chronometers. A roller o on the arbor c<1> of a balance c, which is oscillated by a helical spring, carries a one-way pawl q which drives a ratchet-wheel t bearing one or more pins t<1>. Once or oftener in a revolution, the pins t<1> close the circuit of an electromagnet n by contact with two spring strips y, y<1>, and then the lever armature m being connected by a link l makes a vertical lever k throw an impulse lever i against a pallet d on the balance. Like the pawl, the impulse pallet is on a pivot e and is kept against a banking-pin g by a spring f while the impulse lever is normally kept out of its path by a spring i<1>. The pawl q may have a branch, and the ratchetwheel may bear a pin to be struck thereby, so that the contact is made and broken in the same vibration of the balance. A roller u on an arm v bears against the ratchet-wheel. Balances.-The balance vibrates once a second, and drives the ratchet-wheel once in two seconds.
Patent GB-190403954-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Preparation of Cocoa
Inventor: MOSS HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3954. Moss, H. W. Feb. 17. Cocoa preparations.-Malt, specially prepared, is mixed with the cocoa shells. The malt is damped so as to soften the outer husks of the grains, and is then bruised so that the inner kernels may be partially exposed, or the outer husks may be altogether removed. The mass is now heated with an equal quantity of small pulverized cocoa which adheres to the glutinous malt and forms a covering. Sugar may also be added to assist the formation of the covering.
Patent GB-190404552-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Revolving Kier
Inventor: SINGLETON JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4552. Singleton, J. Feb. 24. Bleaching; dyeing; washing.-Relates to a revolving kier for bleaching, dyeing, or scouring wool, cotton, flax, rags, esparto-grass, straw, wood pulp, and other fibrous substances, also yarns, warps, cops, &c. The cylinder a is mounted on a hollow perforated shaft b supported bv bearings c on a frame d. The cylinder is divided lengthwise into four or more equal compartments by par. titions c made of perforated plates ; these compartments have false perforated ends f. Each compartment has a door g, and a valve h which regulates the outflow of liquid and the pressure in the cylinder. The liquid is forced in by a pump through the pipe i. The kier is rotated in the cistern k by a worm l and wheel m driven from, say, pulleys n. There may be a pump at both ends of the kier if required.
Patent GB-190408692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Box Plates for Moulding and Attachments therefor
Inventor: MCCANN HARRY
Filed: 1904-04-15
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 8692. McCann, H. April 15, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Walls; concrete buildings; arches.-Relates to plates for building up boxes, used for moulding walls and the like in sit¹. Figs. 3 and 6 show edge and front outside views of one type of plate, Fig. 11 a front view of another type, and Fig. 13 the method of making a jamb-wall. The plates 14, provided with ribs 14<a>, are fastened one to another by latches 18. These latches are pivoted on bosses 16, rest on ribs 17, and take in the slots a, in which they are held by keys 19. The plates are curved for arches, or bent for corners, and, when two ribs are used for making are-entrant corner in a wall, they are arranged as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The plates, Fig. 11, are placed at intervals in the wall, when tie-rods are used. These rods are held in the holes d' and the plates are strengthened by ribs 23<a>. The perforated lugs 23<6> are used for clamping jamb-plates at right-angles, as shown in Fig. 13, or for clamping arched plates above the jamb-plates.
Patent GB-190408930-A (GB)
Title: "Improved Syphonic Flushing Arrangements" for Water-closets, Urinals and the like.
Inventor: WHITWELL EDWARD
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 8930. Whitwell, E. Aprii 19. Water-waste preventers; urinals.-When the seat T, Fig. 2, is released after use, the piston R, which is attached to a spindle Q fixed to the seat, is forced upwards by the spring S, and the air in the pipe G is compressed. Water having entered the pipe E, Fig. 1, by a small hole V, is forced over the bend at E' in the pipe E, when it descends into the soilpipe N. During the filling of the cistern, air is compressed in the part C, and this is now released, causing siphonage to ensue. The action is stopped at the required point by the admission of air at a small aperture in the end of a tube H, which is connected to the bend in the pipe E. The cylinder in which the piston R works is made nearly airtight by a gland Z. The air in the part C may also be liberated by an air cock L. In Fig. 3 is shown the arrangement employed when the basin is also to be used as a urinal, the end T of the hinged seat being connected to the piston-rod Q, so that the cistern is discharged on raising or replacing the seat according as the pipe G is connected to the rod-side of the cylinder P or to the other side. In this case, the piston is not fitted with a spring. When used with ordinary urinals, the pipe E, Fig. 1, is connected to the discharge pipe of the urinal, so that liquid flows into the pipe E and starts the flush ; or a hinged footboard may be placed so as to press upon the spindle Q as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190411582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Temporary Gas Lighting.
Inventor: WILL EDUARD
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 11,582. Will, E. May 20. Actuating cocks.-A spring 2, Fig. 3, connected to the spindle 9 and to the interior of the box wheel 7, turns the cock 11, the movement being controlled by an electromagnetic escapement, Fig. 4. On pressing one of the buttons 26, 27, Fig. 5, the current passes through the coil 17, which attracts the armature 28 of the escapement, Fig. 4, and allows the disc 10 to turn through a quarter of a revolution, thus turning on the gas. The gas passes through a meter and rotates a drum which turns the box wheel 7. One of the projecting pins 24, 25 on this wheel raises the spring switch arm 22, Fig. 5, which normally is slightly raised from the contact-screw 23, and on leaving it causes it to spring back on to the screw 23, thus momentarily making contact. This attracts the armature 28 to the other coil 18 and allows the disc 10 to turn through another quarter of a revolution to shut off the gas.
Patent GB-190412528-A (GB)
Title: Improved Crepe Paper.
Inventor: HOPPENHOEFER JOHANNES SCHEFFER
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,528. Hoppenh÷fer, J. Scheffer-. June 2. Compound and coloured paper.-A double or compound crepe paper is made by securing together two or more layers of paper of different colours or designs, or of a combination of 'such paper with china-grass or other material. The paper thus produced may be used for table centres, for covering flower-pots, and for various decorative purposes.
Patent GB-190418903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: BEANES WARWICK HENRY
Filed: 1904-09-01
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 18,903. Beanes, W. H., and Walton, H. Sept. 1. Direct steam-pressure apparatus.- Consists in improvements in the system for heating and circulating water for heating buildings described in Specification No. 625, A.D. 1904. The steam generator that supplies the steam by which the circulation is intermittently effected consists of a coil a of small capacity, enclosed within the chamber b of the water-heater o, and fed by the return water from the system. To prevent the water from circulating through the steam generator and " displacement chamber," and thus by heating the latter reducing the vacuum during the condensation stage, a downcomer u is provided, which communicates indirectly with the displacement chamber through the pipes x, g', which are arranged as shown. In a simpler form, the lower part of the generator is connected directly to the tube g<1>, which is in this case carried straight down to the point between check valves k, m. Slight modifications in the connections &c. are also described and illustrated in the Specification.