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Patent GB-190220320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Copying Machines.
Inventor: SCHWEERS RAPHAEL
Filed: 1902-09-17
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 20,320. Schweers, R. Sept. 17. Copying documents &c.-The copying-paper passes from a roller b round the damping-roller e and through the rollers f, g, h. The shaft of the damping-roller e is in S or C shaped slots d, so that it may be raised out of the pan c. The paper passes with the letters or originals upon it to a pair of rollers m, n, where letters are separated and engage a stop or indicator v. The paper hangs down, as shown at r, and sheets are cut off by a fixed cutter o and a reciprocating cutter p at an angle to it. The cutter p is also hinged on a horizontal pivot q, and a spring holds it up to the fixed cutter. A cutter with a fixed fulcrum or other cutter may be used. The cut-off sheets are strung on rods or wires t, which pass through openings u in the cutter p as the latter reciprocates. The cutter p is operated by a lever s and link. The sheets on the wires t may be connected to form a copy book.
Patent GB-190303851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Hoses and Pipings.
Inventor: HEIDELMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1903-02-18
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 3851. Heidelmann, W. Feb. 18. Couplings, disconnectible ; spigot-and-socket joints. -The spigot part of a pipe coupling is screwthreaded externally, and the socket has a longitudinal groove cut in it, adjacent to which a screwed cylinder is mounted. This, on being rotated, engages with the thread on, and so locks, the spigot. Fig. 6 shows a sectional view of a coupling, in which the screwed spigot 3 is forced on the packing-ring 9 and looked by rotating the cylinder 4. This cylinder has a clearance groove 8 cut in it, as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 8 shows a modification m which a sloping ring 4<1> and a projection 3<1> are substituted for the screw threads. In both cases, the spigot is prevented from rotating by a projection 6 engaging a slot in the socket.
Patent GB-190307370-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hydraulic Air Blast
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES DAWSON
Filed: 1903-03-30
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 7370. Jackson, J. D. March 30. Compressing. - Water, issuing from a nozzle C<1> into the pipe B, draws air through the perforations B<4> and carries it into the upper chamber of a tank A<1>, from which it is drawn for use in furnaces, smiths' forges, blowpipe burners, bath, steam, or water heaters, ventilating mines, &c. Conical nozzles are applied to the upper end of the pipe B and the perforations B<4> as shown. A spraying-device, consisting of a glass deflector or scoop D, or a bolt D<1>, Fig. 3, with a circular head, is fitted to the lower end of the pipe B to prevent any return of the blast. The water, accumulating in the upper chamber of the tank, drains through a trap, consisting of a U-pipe E, into the lower chamber, which is fitted with an overflow H and gauge-glass J.
Patent GB-190308357-A (GB)
Title: Improved Developing Trays for Photographic-films.
Inventor: BURGESS RICHARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-04-11
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 8357. Burgess, R. S., and Leigh, E., [trading as Burgess & Leigh]. April 11. Developing ; trays and dishes.-Dishes for developing films are made with transverse bars raised slightly above the bottom of the dish, the films being drawn under the bars, which serve to keep them immersed in the solution. Fig. 2 is a plan of such a dish, having sloping sides a, pouring lips b, and transverse bars c, rounded on their undersides. The dishes with their bars may be moulded or pressed out of prepared clay, or they may be made of glass, enamelled iron, celluloid, or the like. Instead of fixed transverse bars, rollers with trunnions to drop into bearings in the sides of the dish may be used.
Patent GB-190309735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Appliances for Rolling Stock.
Inventor: BEAUGEOIS ARMAND
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 9735. Beaugeois, A. April 29. Brakes, eitherside, for wagons and other vehicles. The weigh-bar d, Figs. 1 and 2, has an arm f linked to the short arm e of the hand-lever a mounted on a horizontal pivot b. This pivot t is carried by a fork stepped in a fixed bearing n to allow the hand-lever a to rotate slightly round a vertical axis, which movement is copied by the opposite aide lever by means of the arms o, adjustable links p, and a lever q. Thus the two levers can be locked and unlocked simultaneously from either side.
Patent GB-190312800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Motors.
Inventor: ROOTS JAMES DENNIS
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 12,800. Roots, J. D. June 6. Crescent - shaped chamber type; governing and regulating. - Relates to motors especially applicable to motor road vehicles, and consists mainly in arranging two rotary motors of improved construction on the rear axle and actuating them by liquid forced by a rotary pump driven by an internal-combustion or steam engine. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the motors on the vehicle, and Fig. 2 shows their construction. The stationary rear axle I has a fixed casing K mounted eccentrically on it within which is a concentric cylinder J fixed to one of the rear wheels, and carrying the sliding vanes L which bear on an elliptical spring L<1>. Fig. 3 shows an alternative form of motor in which hinged vanes N are mounted on the cylinder J<1>. The steam or other motor A drives the pump B, which delivers the liquid through the regulating and reversing valves C, D and the flexible tubing G to the motors E. The valves C, D are shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the regulating-valve C is so constructed that, on partial rotation, some of the liquid delivered by the pump is returned directly to it through the port C<3> and channel C<2>. The three-way valve D, on being turned through a right-angle, reverses the direction of flow of the fluid.
Patent GB-190318151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Handles of Spades, Shovels and Forks.
Inventor: YARDLEY DAVID
Filed: 1903-08-22
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 18,151. Yardley, D. Aug. 22. Spades and shovels; forks.-The handles of spades, shovels, and forks are made of two or more pieces of wood connected together by metal tubes, sockets, or clips C secured by rivets D, or screws, or other means.
Patent GB-190318768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: BOURCART MAX
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 18,768. Bourcart, M. Sept. 2, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. AÙrial machines without aÙrostats.-A framework a supports a double-cranked shaft b driving, by bevel gearing, two inclined shafts c, which carry at their upper extremities two-bladed screws set at right-angles to each other, so as to revolve without touching. The blades are of a wing shape with rigid curved outer edges jointed to fold on themselves. The machine is driven by the feet or by motors.
Patent GB-190319905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buck-saws.
Inventor: WAY PENNOCK MARSHALL
Filed: 1903-09-15
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 19,905. Way, P. M. Sept. 15. Saws; handles.-The arms 10, 11 and the bracebar 12 of a buck-saw are made of one continuous piece of wire, the two members of each part being connected by sheet-metal clips. Through the spaces between the arm members, and through holes in the clips 15, 22, the latter of which is extended to form a handle 23, are passed the hooked ends of the bars 29 which are connected by a turn-buckle 32. The lower clip 25 is extended to form the handle 27, the saw 33 being secured to the clips 19, 25 by bolts 20, 26 as shown in Fig. 4, or the saw may be fixed between the ends of the clips as shown in Fig. 8, and the clips may have loop-shaped extensions 19b to pass round the ends of the arms 10, 11.
Patent GB-190325972-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means of Preserving the Strength and Keeping Powers of Solutions of Alkaline Chlorides and Oxychlorides Employed for Bleaching, Disinfecting, Separation of Metals and other such like purposes.
Filed: 1903-11-27
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 25,972. Atkins, G. J., and Oxychlorides, Ltd. Nov. 27. Disinfectants.-Liquids produced by the elecbrolysis of solutions of alkali chlorides, or by the mixture and solution of substances, such as sodium chloride and oxychloride, similar in action to those produced by electrolysis, which are to be employed for disinfecting &c., have their strength preserved by the addition of a small quantity of an alkali or alkaline salt, such as potassium or sodium hydrate or carbonate, borax, or lime. The preservative may be added to the solution before or, preferably, after electrolysis, or before or after mixing and solution in the case of the otherwise-prepared liquids.
Patent GB-190328605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: MAVROGORDATO FRANCOIS EUSTRATI
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 28,605. Mavrogordato, F. E. Dec. 29. Actuating valves; p r e s s u r e - regulating valves.-In vapour lamps, the hydrocarbon is supplied to the vaporizer by the action of compressed air which escapes from a reservoir through a pressure -regulating apparatus. The compressed - air reservoir G contains a tube A divided by a partition b into two parts which are connected by a pipe B, the lower end of which dips into mercury M. A pipe H connects the tube A with a small chamber g. The reservoir G is connected with the chamber g by a pipe F fitted with a two-way cock by means of which the chamber g can communicate with the atmosphere. The pipe F passes into a valve chamber containing a valve e which is closed by the air pressure in the reservoir G aided by a spring f. A pivoted lever D bears on the spindle of the valve e and also on a rod c attached to a float C which rests in the upper part of the tube A. The lever D is pulled down by a spring K. On opening the two-way cock, air passes from the reservoir G to the chamber g and through the pipe H into the tube A. The mercury is driven up the tube B and raises the float C and lever D, allowing the valve e to close. The air in the chamber g escapes through a pipe l to the hydrocarbon reservoir, and, the pressure being thus lowered, the mercury falls and the valve e opens. More compressed air then enters the chamber g and the process is repeated.
Patent GB-190401599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galvanic Batteries
Inventor: RYFFEL JOHANN HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-01-21
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 1599. Ryffel, J. H. Jan. 21. Primary batteries.- In a cell having a car- bon electrode, the latter consists of both a carbon cylinder and granulated carbon con- tained between this cylinder and an inner one of clay. As shown in the Figure, in one form of the cell the clay or like cylinder b supports the per- forated carbon cylin- der h by means of its perforated flanged foot e and the movable screw-threaded cover c of glazed earthen- ware &c. which rests on the edge of the glass vessel d. The ter- minal f is connected with an exchangeable carbon rod g adapted to pass through the cover e into the granular carbon i, which is easily changeable on unscrewing the cover. In another form of the cell, the top of the carbon cylinder is provided with a flange to which the terminal is attached and which serves to support the electrode on the edge of the glass vessel. The clay cylinder receives the zinc rod a.
Patent GB-190405124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Conveying or Carrying Packages or Goods from Place to Place.
Inventor: GOULD OVID MINER
IPC: F04C18/12
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5124. Gould, O. M. March 1. Actuating lift valves.-Relates to apparatus in which packages &c. are conveyed from one point to another. The speed of descent is controlled by apparatus of the Roots' blower type in which the passage of oil through the apparatus is controlled by a special valve, Fig. 5. The valve 19 is arranged between two seats 16, 17, and its range of movement is controlled by adjustable screw stops 20, 120.
Patent GB-190407367-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process and Apparatus for Smelting Ores, more particularly Iron Ore.
Inventor: SIMMERSBACH OSCAR
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 7367. Simmersbach, O. March 28. Metallurgical furnaces ; liquid and gaseous fuel fittings.-Iron and other ores are smelted in a furnace by the action of heated carbon monoxide, with exclusion of air, and without the use of solid carbonaceous material. Fig. 2 shows a furnace having firebrick walls a in which are two series of vertical channels b<1>, b<2>, staggered or arranged alternately above and below a central annular channel c, as shown in Fig. 5. The furnace is heated to the temperature necessary for reduction (above 900‹ C.) by gas nozzles or bunsen burners e<1>, e<2> situated in flared ends d<1>, d<2> of the channels b<1>, b<2>. Gas is supplied to the nozzles from two circular pipes at the top and bottom of the furnace connected by a pipe g and connected to a feeding-pipe. A discharge pipe k is connected to the channel c. Carbon monoxide is supplied through tuyÞres p connected by a circular pipe n to the gas conduit m. The tuyÞres are situated in an iron base r kept cool by water and provided with hermetically-closed openings s, u for insertion of rakes &c. and for removal of metal, respectively. The reduced metal is cooled in the base r of the furnace and so escapes oxida. tion. The waste gases are sucked off through a pipe v at the throat of the furnace by an exhauster which draws the carbon monoxide through the material and causes quicker and more complete reduction. The use of an exhauster also allows of regulation of the furnace and removal of deposits &c. by increase of suction. The burners e<1>, e<3> are preferably fed from the waste furnace gases. The heating-channels may be inclined or tortuous, and the gas burners may be arranged at one part only of the furnace.
Patent GB-190407580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, Cigar Holders and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: PROBYN LESLIE
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 7580. Probyn, L. March 30. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders of the hookah type. The object is to provide a pocket article, the hookah part of which can be used at will or not. The smoke passes along a passage b<1>, Fig. 1, to a passage d<1> in the plug or stopper d, and passes out at the side of the stopper to a passage e<1> connected with a tube f<1> dipping to the bottom of the vessel f. This vessel contains pieces of pumice or other material g and two bundles of quills or straws f <3>, one placed under the surface of the water or other liquid h and one placed above it. The smoke, after being washed, passes through the passages e', d', b', to the mouthpiece c. By turning the stopper d in the socket e, communication with the vessel f will be cut off. By giving the stopper a quarterturn m the collar l, a passage or groove in the upper part of the stopper connects together the tubes b<1>, b' so that smoke can pass direct to the mouthpiece. The stopper may be formed with the passages d<1>, d' passing through it vertically. Fig. 4 shows a modification. The smoke passes through the stopper e to the vessel f and out again to the mouthpiece c. By turning the stopper until the passage e<5> is opposite the hole j<1>, the smoke passes direct to the mouthpiece, communication with the vessel f being cut off. In another arrangement, Fig. 7, the smoke passes into the vessel f through a passage b<1> and into the mouthpiece through a passage b'. By withdrawing the mouthpiece from the stem b, turning it over, and inserting again, the passage k<1> is closed by the plug i, and the bore of the mouthpiece is connected to the passage k. The parts may be held together by friction or by a bayonetcatch as shown in Fig. 8. The stopper d has two lateral inclined flanges held by the projecting flanges m<1> of the holder b. Double inclined slots in the upper part of the stopper may be held in position by pins on the lower part of the stem, being arranged so that, when the pins are at one end of their slots, the smoke passes through the vessel f, and, when at the other end, the smoke passes straight to the mouthpiece.
Patent GB-190411678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stencil Sheets and Copying Apparatus
Inventor: ELLAM JAMES
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 11,678. Ellam, J. May 21. Copying documents &c.-Relates to stencil sheets and means for securing them on duplicators. Stencil sheets for rotary duplicators comprise a stencil a, Fig. 1, backing-sheet b, and covering- sheet c, secured together at the extended part d and provided with perforations or slots e for engaging the pins or studs on the duplicator drum. When the backing-sheet b does not extend above the line f, or when no backing is employed, the part d may be strengthened by an additional coating of wax or other material. The apertures e may be eyeleted if necessary. To adapt the slotted bar attachment, with which some duplicators are fitted, for holding perforated stencils as above described, a strip g, Fig. 2, is furnished, provided with projections h for passing through the apertures e and pieces i which are passed through the slot in the bar and bent up underneath.
Patent GB-190414149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Shutting Down Turbines.
Inventor: EMMET WILLIAM LE ROY
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,149. Emmet, W. Le R. June 22, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam &c. turbines.- Relates to emergency stop gear for turbo-generators. The turbo-generator 2, Fig. 1, has a vertical shaft 3 rotating in bearings supplied with oil under pressure by a pump 7. The oil circulation pipe 9 is fitted with a chamber 13 containing a perforated piston 31, Fig. 2. The piston is normally pressed upwards by the flow of oil, so that a contact-bridge 34 at its upper end completes the circuit 21 of a dynamo 14 adapted to excite the coils 18 of electromagnets, which control the nozzle valves of the turbine and are in turn controlled by a governor-operated commutator switch 20. If the flow of oil falls below a certain limit, the piston contact is broken ; this causes ah electromagnet 24 to be energized and to release a detent 30, which allows the circuit-breaker 25 to break the circuits in the leads 26 connecting the turbo-generator to the bus bars, and so prevents the dynamo from being driven as a motor off the bus bars after the nozzle valves have shut off steam. In modifications, the arrangement of the switches and of the circuits are varied.
Patent GB-190414809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Regulating the Supply and Composition of Explosive Gaseous Mixture to Explosion Engines.
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,809. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. July 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines, governing. The governor operates simultaneously throttle or other valves F, G in the gas and air pipes A, B. Levers f<1>, g<1> on the spindles of the valves F, G are pin-jointed to links M, N adjustably secured to two arms k<2>, k<3> of a three-armed lever, the other arm k<1> of which is connected by a link L with the governor. The levers k<2>, k<3> are slotted in order that the point of attachment of the links M, N may be adjusted to vary the proportions of the mixture, e.g., when blast-furnace gas or generator gas is used. The passages A, B terminate in the annular chambers c<1>, c<2> of the casing C of the admission valve D. A piston valve E mounted on the spindle of the valve D and perforated by ports controls the admission of the gas and air into the central chamber c<5> of the valve casing through ports c<3>, c<4>.
Patent GB-190415761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: GROLL CHARLES
Filed: 1904-07-15
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 15,761. Groll, C. July 15. Cooling; air supply, heating.-To prevent deterioration of the walls around the grates of furnaces, an air passage a, Figs. 2 and 3, with its inner faces formed of a series of metal plates 4 arranged vertically side by side, is built into the walls. At the firebridge end, the plates 4, which are provided with ribs 5 on their upper and inner edges, are secured by noses 7, 8, Fig. 4, on their outer edge, which engage with a rib 9 on the bottom plate of the passage. To lessen transmission of heat by conduction, the upper and lower edges of the rib 9 are provided with conical projections 11, or-the rib is made separate from the bottom and bolted to it. At the sides of the grate, the plates 4 are not provided with noses, but with small spacing-projections 10, Fig. 2. The top of the air passage is formed of metal plates 17, held in place by the masonry of the walls. The air enters at the front end 1 of the passage, or at the side inlet 2, and passes between the plates 4 into the ashpit, the door of which is preferably closed. Forced or natural draught may be employed, and the current of air entering at the ashpit door may be so regulated that the plates 4 are kept cool. To cool the grate bars, which are free to expand and pass just under the plates 4, troughs 19 containing water are provided at the inlets 1, 2, the steam arising therefrom also tending to cool the metal plates. A balanced door 20, Fig. 2, normally held open by a rocking lever 22, is placed in each inlet 1, 2, so that, when any back-draught occurs in the passage, the lever is displaced and the door closed, thus preventing accidents. The Provisional Specification states that the troughs 19 may be arranged so that water passes from one to the other, and that a metallic sill covering the framework of the " facade," and covers for protecting the edges of the door apertures, may be provided.
Patent GB-190424715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas and Electric Globe Lamps
Inventor: LEA JOHN WESTWOOD
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,715. Lea, J. W., and Perrins, J. H., [trading as Lea & Perrins]. Nov. 15. Globe holders.- Relates to a device for attaching and raising or lowering the globe of an incandescent gas or electric globe-lamp. The neck of the globe rests on the segmental ring C, to which are fixed two extension arms d, which slide on two guide-rods a attached to the head F of the lamp. The clamps H grip the upper edge of the globe, thus holding it in position. Springs G are placed at the bottom of the guide - rods a to prevent concussion when the globe is lowered. The globe, when raised, is supported underneath in any suitable manner.
Patent GB-190425279-A (GB)
Title: Horse Actuated Brake otherwise Actuated by Hand.
Inventor: GILLUM ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,279. Gillum, A. W. Nov. 21. Brakes.-A brake for carts, traps, carriages, and other vehicles is adapted to be applied automatically by the backward pressure of the horse when descending an incline, means being provided for applying the brake also by hand and for locking the brake against the automatic action. Fig. 2 shows an inverted plan of one arrangement. The breeching is connected by suitable catches to two sliding bars R beneath the shafts. The rear ends of the bars R are joined by a cross-bar L, which is connected by a link L' to two levers L<3> attached to band brakes on the hubs of the wheels. The backward pressure of the horse is transmitted through the breeching and the levers to the band brakes. For applying the brakes by hand, a handlever E is provided ; it is connected to the bar R by a link F. On the hand-lever is a catch by means of which the brakes can be locked out of action. In a modification, the levers L<3> cross each other.