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Patent GB-190305435-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Making Sheet Glass.
Inventor: FRINK ROBERT LEONARDSON
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 5435. Frink, R. L., and Lee, W. de H. March 9. Shaping; dividing glass.-The semi-molten glass is delivered in the form of a sheet E<1>, Fig. 1, on to an endless revolving table A consisting of a series of refractory slabs mounted in metal frames, which are pivoted together to form an endless chain. The pivot pins carry rollers, which engage chain-wheels Band guide-plates 2, 3. One set of arms B is driven by an electric motor D, the speed of which is controlled by a switch 6 operated by a lever F engaging the edge of the sheet E. If the sheet sags, the speed of the motion is increased, and vice versÔ. The sheet is impressed at certain intervals by a revolving frame G actuated by projections on the chain A, so as to weaken the glass transversely at certain parts. The chain A &c. is enclosed by a casing H to prevent the rapid cooling of the glass. The sheet passes from the chain A over a guide-pulley to a carrier consisting of a pair of endless chains J, K, Fig. 5, the links of which carry arms 9, 10 respectively fitted with rollers 11, 12. When one set of rollers is uppermost, the other is inverted, as shown. The chains J, K are carried by chain-wheels M, M<1>, and N, N<1>, the rearmost wheels M<1>, N<1> being carried by bars P, R, which are raised at intervals through the action of arms T, T<1> connected by links to rocking levers 25, 26 actuated by contact with projections 34, Fig. 1, on the chain A. The chain-wheels M, N are driven by a belt 40 from the wheel B, Fig. 1. At the moment that the chain carrying the glass rises, an arm 38 connected to a counterbalance lever 37 carrying a roller S is struck by one of the projections 34, and results in the roller S bearing on the glass and breaking it along one of the weakened lines. The broken-off sheet is next delivered to a carrier consisting of endless chains fitted with transverse rollers and mounted on wheels similar to A, B, &c. The sheet is guided by lateral vertical rollers, and is delivered from the carrier ready for use.
Patent GB-190313539-A (GB)
Title: A Game.
Inventor: COTES ROSEMARY AUGUSTA
Filed: 1903-06-17
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 13,539. Cotes, R. A. June 17. Games played with boards and pieces or men.-The board has alternately coloured squares A, Fig. 1. Two sets of 8 differently-coloured or shaped pieces, one set for each player, are arranged on opposite sides of the board. The players move alternately, the object of each being to arrange his pieces in a square or diamond-shaped figure, as in B, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190314001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jointed Rings for Bracelets, Serviettes, Scarfrings, and the like.
Inventor: ECKER CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,001. Ecker, C. June 23. Rings, serviette.-An open ring a is connected by links b, c to a closing-piece d. Fig. 1 shows the open position and Fig. 2 the closed.
Patent GB-190316412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of and Machines for Preparing Lime and Portland Cement
Inventor: WINSTANLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 16,412. Winstanley, T. July 25. Conveyers.-Consists of a process and apparatus for conveying and preparing lime and cement for use in the manufacture of bleaching-powder, limesand bricks, hollow building- blocks, artificial stone, &c. The lime to be slaked is delivered into a tray, push-plate, or other endless conveyer through a spout 16, and is moistened by water from sprays 13. The conveyer carries the lime thus moistened into a chamber 7, where the heat due to the slaking produces enough steam to effect the proper slaking of the lime. Additional steam may be supplied if necessary. The conveyer on leaving the chamber tips the lime on to a screen. Cement is treated in a similar way. Where it is not required to slake the lime, the conveyer serves to carry it from the grinding-machine to the screen. The trays may form the floor of a lime or cement preparing chamber.
Patent GB-190319818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Cleaning or Renovating Carpets, Rugs, and such like.
Inventor: COLLINS JOHN MOUNTGOMERY
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 19,818. Collins, J. M. Sept. 15. Carpets, rugs, and the like, cleaning.-The carpet or rug is fed over a roller and exposed to the detergent action of a rotary brush above, which is supplied with cleansing-fluid. From the main shaft l, Fig. 2, which is rotated by belt pulleys, is driven by bevel and worm gearing, the roller a on which the article to be cleaned is fed under the rotary brush. The roller is journalled at each end in bearing-blocks which are capable of being raised in slots in the framing by means of vertical screw spindles actuated by worm gearing. The brush shaft receives two movements, a rotary one by means of chain gearing q, and a longitudinal reciprocating one by a lever s pivoted to an extension t of the casing. The lever S is directly connected to a sliding block r into which the shaft p takes, and is oscillated about its pivot by a rod u connected to a crank v on a shaft w, the latter being rotated by bevel gearing x from the main shaft. To admit of endlong motion of the shaft p, a feather p<2> on it slides in a keyway in the chainwheel p<1>, the latter being loose on the shaft and prevented from moving laterally by a bracket p<3>. Each end of the shaft is provided with a fixed collar which is engaged by a loose collar with pins y<1> taking into recesses y<2> on the sliding block, thus allowing the shaft to rotate while being reciprocated. A cover is suspended over the brush by chains and is supplied with washing-fluid through offshoots z<3> from a main pipe z<2>. The chains are passed over pulleys and connected to balancing-weights on the other side so that the height of the cover may be adjusted.
Patent GB-190322614-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement applicable to the "Backing-off" Motion of Self-acting Mules for Spinning
Inventor: SMELLIE SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 22,614. Smellie, S. Oct. 20. Mules.-The braking-action of the backing-off cones is assisted by a lever-brake 4 acting on a pulley 1 with V-groove, which is combined with the pulley of the tin-roller. This brake is normally kept off the pulley by a counterweight 8, but is applied when, in the outward run of the carriage, the bevelled end 10 of the brake-lever runs under the bowl 11 of a hanging-lever 12 upon the beadstock, which is kept vertical by a stop 15. The notch 16 of the brake-lever comes under the bowl to allow release, just before the reversal of rotation commences ; and, as the carriage runs in, the hanging-lever 12 yields.
Patent GB-190322695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Pertaining to Neckties.
Inventor: ELLIS THOMAS MULLETT
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 22,695. Ellis, T. M. Oct. 20. Neckties, bows, cravats, and the like.-To keep a necktie &c. in place on the collar, a tab b, Fig. 1, is sewn to the underside of the tie, and has a buttonhole d which is engaged by the stud. The tab may be dispensed with, and a buttonhole made through the centre of the bow itself, or in another part of the tie, to engage with the studs at the front or back of the collar, respectively.
Patent GB-190326921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Slip Hooks for Harness and other purposes
Inventor: TRIMMER JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 26,921. Trimmer, J. Dec. 9. Harness attachments.-Relates to slip-hooks for attaching backbands of saddles to shafts, for poles, traces, and harness in general. The hook consists of a shank b, Fig. 1, to which is pivoted at c the swivelling member a, the springy end a' of which has a projection engaging the recess e of the eyeleted boss b<1>. Instead of the spring end, a sliding ring may be employed to keep the hook closed. The joint at c may be made by omitting the pin and carrying the bent-over end a<1> of the member a through the hole in the enlarged end of the shank b, and a tail-piece b<3> may be provided to bear on the shaft g to keep the hook away from the side of a fallen horse. In another form, shown in Fig. 7, as used for connecting the traces and cross-bar, the member a is pivoted centrally, and the end a<4> engages a slot b<5> in the end of the shank.
Patent GB-190403367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SCOTT ALFRED ANGAS
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1905-04-11
Abstract: 3367. Scott, A. A. Feb. 11. Exhaust-silencers.-The exhaust of an explosion engine enters a chamber 40, Figs. 6 and 7, and passes into the tubes 41 through openings 42, thereby inducing a current of air through the tubes, or, if the engine is used on launches, water is used and cools the exhaust and prevents back pressure. Flywheels.-The flywheel and driving-pulley 25 are recessed to receive the bearings and diminish the width of the engine. Pistons.-The Provisional Specification states that, in order to make the piston light, the gudgeon is recessed at the ends and held against shoulders on the piston by a screw which passes through a slot in the small end of the connecting-rod.
Patent GB-190403909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Commercial Paper and Ink and Process for Making the same.
Inventor: ROWAN JAMES
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 3909. Rowan, J. Feb. 16. Cheque, draft, and like paper.-Relates to a commercial paper, attempts at alteration of the characters on which may readily be detected, and such that the fabric of the paper is not injured by the ink used thereon. The pulp or web is passed through a bath containing prussiate of potash and ammonia. The finished paper is treated to an overprint of ink consisting of perchlorate of iron, potassium iodide, and a caustic alkali, which have been mulled in oil or varnish. A little magnesia may also be added to the ink. Or some of these ingredients may be incorporated with the pulp, the others being applied to the finished paper. When the paper thus treated is acted on by an acid or an alkali, a discoloration is produced. To make the discoloration more pronounced, fuchsine may be added to the ink used for blue paper, and manganese to that used for white paper.
Patent GB-190413215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Disc Valves.
Inventor: TURNBULL ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 13,215. Turnbull, A. June 11. Rotary disc valves; seats; spindles; dirt, preventing lodgment of. - Valves adapted for blowing off scum and sludge from steam boilers, for clearing steam and water gauges, and for other purposes are constructed as shown in Fig.'1. Aremovable ring seat B is secured by screws b to a web B' formed with ports for the passage of fluid ; or a fixed seat s formed in the casing. On this seat is placed a rotary disc valve C formed with a socket C' engaging the square end of the valve spindle D. The top of the packing-gland E forms a chamber enclosing the top of the spindle so that a box-key is required to operate it. The valve is preferably held to its seat by a spring fitted between a collar d on the spindle, or the cover A<3>, and the valve or a ported guard-plate F on the back of the valve. In a modification, a conical face is formed on the top side of the collar d to act as a valve under the stuffing-box to prevent leakage of steam through the packing when the gland is loosened. The valve is operated by turning the disc valve, bringing the ports into register. The opening in the casing for the insertion of the valve is made oblong in shape. The valve is guided by its edges, as shown, or by a central pin. The action of the guard-plate F and the port edges clears the valve of grit or sludge, and prevents the scouring of the valve during the discharge.
Patent GB-190413877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: HATTON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 13,877. Hatton, G. June 20. Gas-producers.-A producer, provided with a rotating tuyÞre passing up through the hearth and serving to break and remove masses of clinker, has an upper combustion chamber 1, a lower chamber 2 for blast under pressure, and a basement pan 3 containing water and forming an airtight seal through which ashes are removed. A circular grating consists of bars 4 arranged as a section of an inverted cone, their lower ends resting on a ring 6 supported by brackets on the stanchions 13. The upper ends rest on cottars passing through slots formed on the flange 10 cast with the base-plate 11, which rests upon the stanchions 13 and supports the chamber-lining 12. Projecting through the ring 6 is a central blast pipe 15 having a closed top 16 and one or more openings or tuyÞres 17, 19, rotated, for equal distribution of blast, and curved so that the fuel cannot work down the pipe. Continuous or intermittent rotary motion is imparted by gearing, consisting of an eccentric 27, strap 29, and rod 30, a ratchet lever 31 on the worm shaft 32, and a worm 35 gearing with the worm-wheel on the spindle 22. Around the bottom of the central blast pipe 15 is a toothed ring 37 rotating level with, and at a short distance from, inclined teeth formed inside the stationary ring 6, the whole arrangement crushing any clinker, which then falls into the pan 3 and can be scraped out. The space below the firebars 4 is enclosed by a cylindrical iron casing hung to slide telescopically over the upper casing 39, and raised when the grate requires attention. Its lower edge dips into water in the pan 3 and rests upon lugs on the stanchions, the upper part also being provided with a flange and water seal. Blast is introduced by the pipe 47, arranged below the pan 3 and provided with an upward conical part 48, whence the blast enters into the slotted part 20 of the central pipe. At the same time, the blast may pass up the hollow stanchions and into the blast pressure chamber 2, and then through the bars into the fuel, an equal blast pressure being provided both ways. In another method of carrying air to the chamber 2, the brackets 51 are not employed, and the grate is supported on a hollow circular pipe provided with holes, and communicating by short curved pipes with holes in the conical portion 48. Fuel is admitted by the ordinary hopper-and-cone method, and the lower casing can be raised when the grate requires attention.
Patent GB-190418827-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electric Temperature-signalling Device
Inventor: KLOPFENSTEIN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-08-31
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 18,827. Klopfenstein, C., and Klopfenstein, G. Aug. 31. Thermometers.-Relates to electric apparatus for energizing an alarm or other signal when the temperature rises to a predt termined amount. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, a fragile tube 2, containing mercury,which is open at its upper end, and is provided with a bulb 2<a> at it lower end, is secured above a temperature scale 3 on a base 1. A wire 9 adjustable in the open end of the tube 2 by means of a screw 9<a> mounted in a bracket 6 is connected through a battery B' and electric bell A' to a binding-post 8. A wire 8<a> connects the binding-post 8 to the mercury in the bulb 2<a>. When the mercury rises to the wire 9, the bell is sounded. A second bell A and battery B are arranged in a circuit between a rigid contact a secured at one side of the bulb 2<a> and a spring contact b which is held normally away from the contact a by the bulb 2<a>. The wire 9 is set so that the first bell sounds before the other device acts. If the temperature is not re,tified, the mercury then breaks the bulb by its expansion and allows the contact b to engage the contact a and energizes the other circuit. The two bells may be arranged in different places. In a modification, only the bell A and battery B are used, the parts 8<a>, 9 being connected to the contacts a, b respectively.
Patent GB-190422440-A (GB)
Inventor: THOMPSON GEORGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,440. Thompson, G. A., and Thompson, H. Oct. 18. Bedsteads; sofas etc.; mattresses.-In a couch convertible into a bedstead, the spring-stuffed seat A is hinged to the frame D, and carries an upholstered bead-rest B and adjustable metal legs C. When it is opened for use as a bedstead, the front portion A is supported by the legs C, and a head-rest B', which is laid within the bed portion when not in use, is attached by pins and sockets, or otherwise. A folding wire mattress E is supported on springs F ; or a folding stuffed or box mattress may be used.
Patent GB-190425109-A (GB)
Title: Improved Display Stand for Brushes and the like.
Inventor: JORDAN LEONARD ERNEST
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 25,109. Jordan, L. E. Nov. 18. Displaying.- Comprises a display stand for brushes, sponges, and the like in which the brushes are held mainly by their handles. Inclined pockets d, formed between uprights b, c supported by a base a, are adapted to receive the handles of banister brushes and the like. Semicircular racks e, f are arranged to receive paint or other small brushes. An upper shelf g having a rail g<1> is intended for toilet, shaving, and like brushes. A lower shelf i having sides i<1> and a front rail i<2> supports sponges or the like. Uprights h are formed with racks or shelves h<1> to receive articles such as scrubbing- brushes, and with hooks or supports h' to receive the open handles of blacklead or like brushes. Broom heads are displayed upon bars j<1> connecting uprights j. The uprights j also support a rack k for distemper or like brushes, a rack or nest l for boxes of brushes, and racks m having openings to receive brush handles.
Patent GB-190425645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Space Telegraphy.
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 25,645. Stone, J. S. Nov. 25, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telegraphs.-A thermoelectric couple is used as a wave-detector. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, Au and Pt represent two relatively large conductors of gold and platinum, and Au'aud Pt' represent two exceedingly fine wires or strips of those metals. The currents developed in the elevated conductor V by the electromagnetic waves heat the couple and produce indications in the galvanometer &c. G. Choking-coils L<1> confine the oscillations to the thermal junction. The battery B maintains the temperature of the junction at the required value. The thermo-electric couple may be placed in a resonant circuit tuned to the frequency of the waves received. A telephone in series with inductance coils may be arranged in shunt with the thermo-electric couple, no battery being required. A compound thermo-electric generator for use in the system described is prepared as followed :-By successive electrodepositions, a wire consisting of alternate lengths of gold and platinum is produced. This wire is drawn out very fine, and alternate junctions are coated with paraffin &c. The wire is then thickly plated with silver. Heat is thus developed by the current mainly at the thin alternate junctions.
Patent GB-190429575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Money Checking Tills.
Inventor: JACKSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 29,575. Jackson, W. H. Dec. 31. Receipts, checking and recording.-A check till, comprising several improvements in the machines described in Specifications No. 7905, A.D. 1893, and No. 4804, A.D. 1897, is shown in Fig. 1. In this type of machine an entry is made on a strip of paper every time the till is opened, and such entry is duplicated on a strip which runs at right-angles to the former and is printed, dated, and fed out of the machine to form a receipt. Means are also included for displaying the coins tendered for payment. The drum 9 on which the registration paper is wound from the coil is operated by a pawl and ratchet from the operating-lever 6, and may be made in separate and independently-moved sections so that the various salesmen may keep separate accounts. In such a case a key, corresponding to the particular section, is depressed to put the pawl into gear, and the tili 2 may be correspondingly divided to keep the accounts separate. To fix the registration paper on the drum, a metal plate cut so as to form a number of prongs is fitted. The paper is pushed under the prongs and then turned back over them so that the prongs penetrate the paper, To prevent the till from being accidentally opened without an entry being made, a wrist plate 108 is provided, on depression of which a sliding plate 109 which normally covers the writing-space is drawn aside and a sliding bolt 111 is lifted and the drawer released. For displaying the coins tendered for payment, a drum 58 with eight compartments, each of which has separate divisions for gold, silver, and copper, is used. The printing-rollers 13, 14 for giving the date and other information to the receipt vouchers are operated by a rack 16 and pinions from the forked end of the operating- lever. A one-way clutch 23 is provided so that the rollers make one revolution as the drawer opens but are stationary as it closes. A stop 27 is provided to prevent the roller 13 from overrunning, and means are shown for relieving the pressure between the rolls. A rack 91 engaged by a pawl 96 which is lifted at the end by pins serves to prevent the drawer from being opened after having been partially closed without being fully closed.
Patent GB-190500064-A (GB)
Title: A New Stiffener for Corsets Stays and Belts
Inventor: O'LEARY MARGARET
Filed: 1905-01-02
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 64. O'Leary, M., McCarthy, D., and Hunter, W. T. Jan. 2. Corsets ; belts ; stays or stiffeners.-Stiffeners for corsets and abdominal belts are made of leather.
Patent GB-190502061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Grate Stokers.
Filed: 1905-02-02
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 2061. Babcock & Wilcox, McLaren, R. A., Kolle, H. W., and Parker, A. E. Feb. 2. Grates; dampers.-Chain grates for steam-boiler and other furnaces, of the kind described in Specifications No. 27,420, A.D. 1898, and No. 21,001, A.D. 1904, are fitted with dampers U mounted on spindles u between the rollers a supporting the grate. The dampers, which may be moved simultaneously or otherwise by link-work U<1>, U<2>, close against flanges v on troughs V, so that part of the grate is cut off. Fine ash collects in the troughs V and forms air seals between them and the rollers a. To close in the space between the rearmost roller and the sprocket drum B, a casting w is provided, which is attached by a bracket w<2> to the bearings w<3> of the sprocket drum, and slides on the bar w<1> when it is necessary to move the wheel B and adjust the tension of the chain.
Patent GB-190507213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air and Gas Regulators for Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: SCHUPPISSER HERMANN
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 7213. Schuppisser, H. April 14, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pressure - regulating valves.-The air supply and gas supply are simultaneously regulated by a bell valve f slidably mounted on a pin h at the base of the mixing-tube. The valve f, on rising when the gas pressure increases, gradually loads itself with annular weights d resting normally in stepped grooves c in the gas-supply passage, and its upper end, by sliding over vertical upwardlytapering grooves in an enlarged part i of the rod h, gradually decreases the effective area for the passage of gas. The lower portion of the mixing-tube and the upper part of the valve are tapered at different angles, so that the rising of the bell also decreases the annular space through which the air passes.