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Patent GB-190414221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: DREIBHOLZ REINHOLD
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 14,221. Dreibholz, R. June 23. Primary batteries. -The invention is shown as applied to a LeclanchÚ battery. The porous pot b is held in position by a cover c, and is closed by a lid d, secured by a bayonet joint, which can be easily removed to change the filling of depolarizer. The zinc electrode h is kept in place by feet or projections g and longitudinal smooth-sided ribs f with a sharp front edge. The terminal wire i of the zinc electrode h passes out through the cover c, and the cap d has a central hole for the carbon electrode e.
Patent GB-190424552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Excavating Machines.
Inventor: DUCELLIER ALFRED JULIEN
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 24,552. Ducellier, A. J. Nov. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Conveyers.-In a movable excavating-machine, a band conveyer is used to deliver the soil from the elevator buckets t o trucks at the sides of the machine. The band is composed of plates 19, mounted on bolts 18 fitted between chains 16. E a c h alternate plate is fitted with two spindles, on which are mounted wheels adapted to bear on a channel-iron,
Patent GB-190424581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-lighters.
Inventor: HOFMANN FRANZ ALBIN
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,581. Hofmann, F. A. Nov. 12. Firelighters.-A framework firelighter is composed of strips a of wood, the ends of which are fixed to two pieces b of cardboard, as shown. The end pieces b are perforated, and a piece d of string or fibre passes through the hole3 c. This string has a central cluster of resin, pitch, or the like, to facilitate lighting.
Patent GB-190425283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Hose and other Pipes, applicable also for Connecting the Plugs or Stoppers of Fire-hydrants and other like uses.
Inventor: MCDOWELL ROBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 25,283. McDowell, R. G. Nov. 21. Couplings, disconnectible; spigot-and-socket joints; joint-making packing.-In a coupling for hose and other pipes, a spring is used to lock the engaging sections, while the joint is kept fluid-tight by means of a special packing-ring. The spring 16, formed as shown in Fig. 3, is attached by screws 17, Fig. 2, to the outer coupling-member 10, which has a groove 14, a recess 14<a> to receive the part 16<a> of the spring, and a cavity 14<c>. The inner member 18 has a groove 23, and the arrangement is such that, when the spiing is in the locking position, the part 16<a> engages the walls of the groove 23. The packing 22, carried by a groove 21 in the section 18, is forced outwards by fluid supplied through the ports 23<a>. In a modification, a round spring is used for locking the coupling.
Patent GB-190504680-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Manufacturing the Flexible Band Form of Phonograph Record.
Inventor: BAWTREE ALFRED EDWIN
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 4680. Bawtree, A. E. March 6. Moulding phonograph records. - The sound grooves for phonograph records are impressed in the form of a screw-thread upon an endless band, which, during reproduction, runs like a driving-belt over two pulleys. Two methods are proposed for manufacturing this form of record. A master cylinder of the usual length but of large diameter, for example 30 inches if the band is to run for 15 minutes, is first prepared and a copper matrix obtained. From this, the band may be produced, either by pouring the melted material within the matrix and moulding it under centrifugal pressure, or by first moulding a cylinder and, while in a plastic state, forcing it into the impressions by any suitable means, such as compressed air, water pressure, &c.
Patent GB-190508741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Valves for Automobile Torpedoes.
Inventor: LEAVITT FRANK MCDOWELL
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 8741. Leavitt, F. M. April 25. Torpedoes.-The gaseous pressure in the ejecting-tube is utilized for operating the starting-valve of the torpedo engine. Figs. 2 and 3 show the valve in its closed and open positions respectively. The inlet valve K is normally held against its seat e by a spring L, and by the excess of the pressure exerted by the compressed air against the rear of the piston K, over that exerted against the front of the piston. The air initially gains admission to the chamber f behind the valve from the inlet a<1>, by leaking past the piston K, or through a contracted orifice. During the passage of the torpedo down the launching-tube, a dia. phragm P in the shell of the torpedo is pressed inwards by the external pressure, and through the piston R unseats the valve T from its seat g. The gas in the chamber f is then free to escape by way of the vents i, h, and the pressure in rear of the valve K being thus relieved the valve opens and the engine is started. In order that the valve T shall remain open throughout the run, the valve K in the opening pushes inwards a tappet V, a shoulder l on which engages an incline m in the plunger T and retains the same in its depressed position so long as the valve K remains open.
Patent GB-190514488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Steam and other Engines.
Inventor: PAGET CECIL WALTER
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 14,488. Paget, C. W. July 13. Valves, distributing.-Relates to rotary cylindrical valves which are specially applicable to the single-acting engines described in Specification No. 23,714, A.D. 1904. The valve A, Figs. 1 and 2, is made in two separate longitudinal portions, one sliding radially within a recess in the other, a steam-tight joint being secured by suitable packing. The valve rotates in a ported sleeve B, which is rotated to vary the point of cut off, the point of admission -remaining the same. The port G in the valve connects the steam passage F with the cylinder passages E. The sleeve B; which is closed at its lower end, may be turned in any suitable way, and is held to its seat by a spring. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the port G is formed by a gap left between the two parts of the valve, the opposite gap being filled by a wedge piece J pressed out by a spring K. The two parts of the valve are driven by projecting arms L keyed on the driving-shaft M. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the valve is rotated at half the crank-shaft speed, the two ports G supplying one cylinder.
Patent GB-190514752-A (GB)
Title: Crutch for Bed Rests
Inventor: TURNER ADELAIDE SOPHIA
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 14,752. Turner, A. S., [trading as Claxton, A.]. July 18. Bed-rests.-Laterally and vertically adjustable clutches b, of wood suitably padded, are affixed ta the sides a of an ordinary bed-rest, by clamps d, to support the patient under each shoulder.
Patent GB-190517252-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wheel or Disc adapted when Rotated to Adjust itself in the Plane of Rotation.
Inventor: MATHIESEN WILHELM
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-08-25
Abstract: 17,252. Mathiesen, W. Aug. 25. Fly-wheels.-Wheels or disks adapted, when ron tated, to adjust themselves in the plane of rotatiole are constructed of rims supported by flexib sheet-metal spokes or by a flexible sheet-met disk, Fig. 3, or by a disk in which incisions ar made, such a construction of wheel enabling it to adjust itself without the use of a spring or flexible shaft. The spoke disk a, Figs. 1 and 2, is firmly clamped by a ring b and by rings c, d forming the rim. In order that the wheel may also adjust itself in the axis of rotation, the spokes may be corrugated, Fig. 3, or the wheel may be mounted on a spring shaft of the Laval type.
Patent GB-190519879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Reproducing Sound.
Inventor: MOBLEY EDWIN HENRY
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 19,879. Mobley, E. H. Oct. 2. Gramophones.-Relates to soundboxes for gramophones and like instruments. (1) The sound-box casing 1 is detachably secured to the flange 40 of the neck 2 so that different soundboxes can be used with the same machine. (2) The neck 2 is revolubly mounted in the tubular sleeve 3 by a pin-and-slot connexion 16, 17, so as to permit of ready access to the outer end of the stylus-holder 9 by rotating the sound-box as a whole. (3) The diaphragm 4 is kept in tension by a spring 12 acting on the stylus-holder 9 near its point of support. The spring can be adjusted by the plug 13, and is provided with a pointed end bearing in a recess in the holder so as not to affect its vibration. (4) In order to adjust the area of the outlet passage between the diaphragm and the neck, a pair of swinging diaphragms 20, 21, Figs. 1 and 2, having central openings 26, are carried by links 23 so that, by turning the screw 25, the aperture formed by the two openings may be adjusted.. When the aperture is fully closed, a damper-block 27 on the diaphragm 20 is caused by the wedge block 29 on the diaphragm 21 to press against the main diaphragm 4. A diaphragm of the iris type may replace the diaphragms 20, 21. (5) The preferred method of mounting the stylus-holder is shown in Fig. 5. A pin 32 passes through the holder 9 and is secured therein by a screw 33. The pin rests in bearings 36, 35, and at its lower end is pointed and bears upon the head of a set-screw 34. (6) The main diaphragm 4, Figs. 1 and 7, consists of a metal plate, having two annular ribs 4<a>, 4<b>, so as to form a central part 4<c> stiffened by radial ribs as shown in Fig. 7, an outer ring 4<d>, and an intermediate elastic ring 4<e>, preferably thinner than the other parts. A coating of lacquer or enamel, preferably celluloid, is applied to both faces of the diaphragm to mellow and enrich the sound produced. The thickness of the coating depends on the tone desired.
Patent GB-190521452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Casement Windows.
Inventor: HOPE JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 21,452. Hope, J. A. Oct. 21. Casement fasteners; cupboard - turns.-A casement fastener consists of a handle a pivoted to the casement A and having tongues d1 e, f, each of which can be made to engage the plate or keep i on the frame B, to fasten in the closed or partlyopened positions.
Patent GB-190521647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttlecocks.
Inventor: GEISLER PIERRE JEAN
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 21,647. Geisler, P. J. Oct. 24. Shuttlecoc k s; badminton.- Shuttlecocks for badminton &c. are constructed with bases 1, Fig. 1, moulded u n d e r pressure from millboard, in order to prevent deformation of the base under a blow &c., and to obviate the use of the kid covering used with cork bases. The moulded base is oiled, baked, and varnished. The base 1 is formed with a recess 2, which receives a notched disk 3, Figs. 1 and 2, secured in place by glue. The disk 3 is preferably of millboard, and has notches 5 in its edge to receive the ends 6 of the feathers, the ends being connected together by stringing as usual.
Patent GB-190522698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grinding or Crushing Mills.
Inventor: WEISS GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 22,698. Weiss, G. Nov. 6. Conical mills for crushing ores &c. In a crushing-mill in which the conical steel runner b is adjustable in the conical bucket g, the base-plate d of the charging-funnel is raised or lowered by turning the nuts h of the suspending- bolts f, and is prevented from turning by means of projections e on the bucket. The runner is adjusted by turning the screwthreaded bottom bearing c of the axle a in its socket.
Patent GB-190524337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: KLEMM HERMANN ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 24,337. Klemm, H. A. Nov. 24. Overedge-stitching machines; needle driving; feed; governing under thread; work-supports.- Relates to the looper mechanism in an overedgestitching machine. A looper M is adjustably secured to a lever N, pivoted at N<1> in the machine head. The boss of this lever is considerably enlarged so that the extensive bearing faces may prevent vibration. The lever N is connected by an adjustable rod P to a bell-crank lever O, the boss of which is made as long as possible. The needle-thread loop is picked up by a curved looper K and is carried round the edge of the work into the path of the thread looper M, where the loop is spread by contact with a fixed spreader L. To prevent the curved looper K from catching the edge of the work, a shield p, Fig. 10, projects from the surface of the throat plate. The needle-bar is actuated from an eccentric through gear H, G, a. The feed mechanism is of ordinary construction, being moved vertically by a cam which rides in a slot in the dog, and horizontally by an eccentric and rod which engages a slotted link, pivoted at one end to the frame and at the other to the dog. The looper thread is passed through an eye in the end of a lever D<2> and through fixed eyes on both sides of the. lever which is vibrated by an eccentric to act as a thread take-up. The presser-foot is adjustable on the presser-bar. The inclined looper spindle K<1> is oscillated by a reciprocating rack i,
Patent GB-190526046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Clocks.
Inventor: HUBERT CONRAD
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 26,046. Hubert, C. Dec. 14. Electric clocks; winding-mechanism. -The train 29, Fig. 3, is driven, or a driving-spring is kept wound up, by a lever 13 subject to a load 14 and a spring 7, which moves a r at c h e t lever 5 from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 3. Corresponding angular motion is accordingly given to the pivoted armature 23 of an electro-magnet 25, an arm 17 being linked to the ratchet lever. The electro-magnet being then excited and cut out, the driving action begins afresh The circuit is made and broken between two strips 36, 37, Fig. 4, by means of a T-lever 32, 33, 34 hanging between pins 30, 31 on the arm 17 of the armature. In order that a snap-action may occur in making the circuit, the third arm 34, Fig. 5, of the T-lever bears a bevelled pin 43 projecting through a vertical slot 44 in the frame plate, and through a spring 45 having an eye 46, Fig. 6, to take on the pin. The circuit includes a spark-absorbing shunt circuit comprising a coil of high resistance.
Patent GB-190526115-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting Garments.
Inventor: STOCKWELL JOSEPH WILSON
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 26,115. Stockwell, J. W., and Coates, R. Dec. 15, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Suspenders for articles of d r e s s; trousers. - A form of hook fastening made from one piece of wire and designed especially as a combination trouser button and drawers supporter is shown in Fig. 2. The wire is doubled and bent into a hook a which engages with the tape of the drawers, and is then formed into a straight portion b and carried over the waistband of the trousers at c. It is then fashioned into the loop d, which engages with the looped end of the braces, and is turned upwards at g and then formed into arms m provided with upturned pointed ends n which engage in the material of the trousers. In modifications, additional loops are formed in the device, designed to give resiliency to the arms m.
Patent GB-190601051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: MILLARD HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 1051. Millard, H. J. Jan. 15. Heels ; heel protectors.-Relates to heels provided with adjustable and renewable tips or wearing surfaces. The heel b is preferably made hollow and of aluminium, with a central recess b<1> and two other suitably-situated recesses b<2>. Into each of these recesses is fitted a rubber stud c, with a flange c<1> fitting into a groove b<3>. The heel is secured by means of a screw b<5> passing through a screwed boss b<4> and receiving at its upper end a circular nut b<6>, which is sunk into a suitable recess in the insole a<2>. At the rear of the heel, a curved slot b<7> receives a pad d mounted in a holder d', which has inturned clips d<2> and is revolubly secured by screws e<1>. Interiorly-threaded thimbles e pass through the outer sole a<1> and inner sole a<2>, and receive the screws e'. The tops of the screws e' are nicked, so that a screwdriver may be used for adjusting the pad d to compensate for wear. The invention may be applied to other forms of heel, while the pad may be made of any suitable material, though preferably of rubber. In one modification, a block of wood, leather, or other suitable material is fixed to the boot by countersunk screws passing through the sole, and, instead of a complete shell b of metal, a plate, fixed as before by means of a central stud, is employed. The side walls of the heel are dispensed with, but a portion of the rear wall is retained to protect the pad d. Two additional pads c are provided in this modification.
Patent GB-190601611-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Manufacturing Macadam.
Inventor: AEBERLI HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-01-22
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 1611. Aeberli, H. Jan. 22. Asphalts.-Tar-gravel-sand macadam is made by arranging alternate layers of sand and hot tarcoated gravel in heaps and covering with dung or the like to retain the heat.
Patent GB-190603192-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Manufacture of Pitch from Tar.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 3192. Wetter, J., [Rud-R³tgers, Chemische Fabrik f³r Theerprodukte]. Feb. 9. Pitch; tar.-Pitch is made by treating coal-tar in a heated condition with air or other gas containing free oxygen, instead of so treating tar oils as set forth in Specification No. 23,680, A.D. 1904. The process may be accelerated by the presence of catalytic bodies, such as copper salts.
Patent GB-190613010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Razors
Inventor: ARNOLD FREDERICK HERBERT
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 13,010. Arnold, F. H. June 5. Razors, safety. The blade 3, Fig. 3, is held between clamping-plates 1, 2, Fig. 1, the stems 6 of which together form a screw-threaded cylindrical piece which engages with a tapped hole in a handle 10 which lies in the same plane as the blade. The upper plate 1 is formed with a hooked projection 4 at its outer end and a lug 5 at its inner end. These engage with recesses 9 in the ends of the blade and recesses 7, 8 in the lower plate 2, which is provided with teeth to act as a guard. The stems 6 are provided with tapered shoulders 6<a> against which the end of the handle bears, when screwed up, to tighten the clamping-plates and secure the blade.
Patent GB-190613631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metronomes.
Inventor: ROBERTS ROBERT DAVID GLYN
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 13,631. Roberts, R. D. G. June 14. Metronomes.-A pointer B travels round a dial once every minute, after the manner of the centre seconds' hand of a watch, and the dial is divided into concentric rings, each graduated and numbered. The dial may be further divided into segments, as shown. The divisions may consists of dot and dash, or dot and two dashes, and the various rings may be coloured. The appliance may be made like a watch. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 6983, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190618622-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Producing Metallic Incandescence Bodies for Electric Glow Lamps.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 18,622. Justice, P. M., [Deutsche Gasgl³hlicht Akt.-Ges. (Auerges.)]. Aug. 20. Incandescent lamps. - Filaments and the like made from powdered metals, such as molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, and vanadium, with the help of organic binding-materials, are heated electrically in gases containing nitrogen and hydrogen, preferably as ammonia, to remove carbon, instead of the carbon being oxidized as described in Specification No. 19,379, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190620214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sight-feed-lubricators.
Inventor: MAYBACH WILHELM
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 20,214. Maybach, W. Sept. 11. Actuating pumps; stroke, varying; valve arrangements.-A multiple-delivery lubricator is designed to supply a thread of oil and air alternately to each of a number of sight-feed tubes. A number of pump plungers 1 work in cylinders 1<a> arranged concentrically around, and formed integrally with, an oil reservoir 1<b>. The plungers are depressed by a cam-surface 3<a> on an annular slide valve 1 <d>, and are raised by springs 25. The annular slide valve 1<d> is rotated by worm gearing 5, 5<a> and is provided with a flange 24, which slides on a fixed flange 23 and contains a number of arc-shaped slots and recesses 18, 21, so arranged that the pumps successively draw in air and oil through pipes 18<1> and force both through passages 12, 10, 22 to the sight-tubes 15. The throw of each plunger is adjusted by a set-screw 17. Passages 26, 27 admit oil to the space above the slide valve. The reservoir 1<b> contains a float 2, as shown.
Patent GB-190620546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Turbines
Inventor: HOLZWARTH HANS
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 20,546. Holzwarth, H., and Junghans, E. Sept. 15. Elastic-fluid turbines.-An explosion turbine consists of a turbine chamber, a series of explosion chambers arranged in a circle, and a rotary distributor, independently driven, by which charges of air and gas are supplied to the chambers in succession, an ignition device being carried by the distributor, whereby the charges are ignited in succession. A suitably-mounted turbine 4, Fig. 1, is arranged in a chamber containing a series of nozzles 8. A series of explosion chambers 7 communicate with the nozzles by way of spring- actuated check valves 9. Each explosion chamber is provided with a port 27 communicating with the distributor. A rotary distributor consists of three cylinders 17, 17<1>, 19 connected by a hollow shaft. The whole distributor is completely divided into two parts by a diaphragm 20. A section taken through the cylinder 19 is shown in Fig. 2. Air is supplied through a port 13 to an annular chamber 12, which is in constant communication with one half of the cylinder 17, and passes along an axial passage 23 to a chamber 22 which is provided with a port 28. In a similar manner, gas is supplied through a port 15 to an annular chamber 14 in constant communication with one half of the cylinder 17', and passes by way of a passage 26 to a chamber 25 which is provided with a port 29. Conductors 35 lead from insulated rings 31 to a suitable ignition device 33 arranged in the periphery of the cylinder 19. The distributor is independently driven by a motor through a worm 31 and worm-wheel 30. The cycle of operations is as follows :-As the distributor rotates, the air port 28 delivers a charge of compressed air to the explosion chambers 7 in succession. The port 29 then delivers a charge of compressed gas into each ot the chambers in succession, and the igniter explodes the mixture in each chamber in succession. The exploded gases pass through the valves 9, nozzles 8, and turbine 4, and pass out through an exhaust passage arranged in the bottom of the casing.
Patent GB-190621189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Self-developing Photographic Films.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-09-25
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 21,189. Thornton, J. E. Sept. 25. Drawings to Specification. Sensitized films; developing; fixing.-Sensitized films such as are described in Specifications Nos. 11,033, 11,346, and 12,003, A.D. 1906, and characterized by having manipulating-tabs are provided with developing and fixing layers, to form self-developing plates and films in a similar manner to that described in Specifications No. 1201, A.D. 1888, No. 17,292, A.D. 1899, and No. 8911, A.D. 1905. The developing and fixing layer may be spread separately on different parts of the film or its backing, or upon or in connexion with any coatings with which the tabbed films are associated, for example anti-curling or anti-halation coatings, or colour or other coating for colour photography. The invention may also be applied to tabbed plates.