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Patent GB-190403560-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin-freed Clock-work Apparatus Chiefly Designed for use in Combination with a Circuit Controller
Inventor: INGRAM THOMAS DARLINGTON
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 3560. Ingram, T. D., and Phillips, L. Feb.12. Chronographs; weight - driving apparatus.-A wheel B having a pocket e in each quadrant is turned by the weight of a coin, which is conveyed to one of them by a shoot h and drops out below a guard D after causing a quarter of a revolution. The rate of rotation of the pocket-wheel is made the same as the minute-hand of a clock by an escapement at the end of a train of wheels in a case b, and the motion is shown by hands on a clock dial, which thus constitutes a register of the number of coins put in.
Patent GB-190403633-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Heating Cooking and the like, particularly Designed as a Food, Plate, Water and like Heater for Dining Table and similar use.
Inventor: TOWNSHEND EDMUND
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 3633. Townshend, B. Feb. 13. Spirit stoves for table and like use. The flat top of a stand or frame on which plates and the like may be warmed is made in two parts, which slide apart to uncover openings so that the flame of a spirit lamp or the like may play directly on to a kettle or the like. Figs. 2 and 4 show the upper part, which is mounted on side supports so that a spirit or like flame may play in the openings e<4> of the lower plate e<3>. The two parts f, g of the flat top slide apart to expose the opening e<7> in the central lid piece e<5>. A shutter l is pivoted to the slides e<8> and is pulled over by the arm m when the slide g is drawn. As modifications, the shutter l may be actuated independently and only one slide g be movable. Also, the arrangement may be doubled as indicated in Fig. 5, in which the slide f is shown drawn outwards and the slide g closed.
Patent GB-190409364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Metal Hooks.
Inventor: CAUDRON DANIEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 9364. Caudron, D. F. April 23. Hooks and eyes.-The hook consists of a plate a with extensions b, d bent round in the form of hooks bearing against each other, as shown, by spring-pressure. The end h of the hook d bears against a blade f cut out of the plate a. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the hook d is dispensed with, the blade f being bent up to bear against the hook b. The plate a may be of various forms.
Patent GB-190412866-A (GB)
Title: Carpet and Rug Fabric
Inventor: STEWART CHARLES CARROLL
IPC: D03D39/00
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 12,866. Stewart, C. C., and James, A. T. June 7. Carpets; rugs.-In weaving pile carpets and rugs, soft cushioning-warps 4 of spun yarn are woven in between the backing or stufferwarps 1 and the upper wefts 2 and pile warps 5, which may be looped or cut. In carpets such as Brussels and Wiltons, the cushioning-warps are arranged between the stuffer warps and the lower wefts 2<a>, and they may be straight or formed with loops which may be cut, so that they resemble the surface pile of a carpet. Some of the wefts 2<a> may pass above the cushioning-warps and some below them. The cushioning-warps may be woven in both above and below the stuffer warps, if desired. The cushioning-warps form a bed for the pile, and linings for the carpets and rugs may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190413540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mops.
Inventor: LANE EDWARD CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1904-06-15
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 13,540. Lane, E. C. June 15. Mops. - A perforated hemispherical cap c is applied to the end of the sleeve e which slides on the handle b of a selfdrying mop in order to render the mop a more compact. The Provisional Specification also states that a washer may be adapted to the stem at the base of the mop handle.
Patent GB-190414021-A (GB)
Title: Improved Dry Seat and Back Cover for Tramway, Garden, or other Outdoor Seats.
Inventor: CAMPBELL PETER STURROCK
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,021. Campbell, P. S. June 21. Seats; covers for exposed seats.-A wooden cover e for tramcar, garden, and other outdoor seats has two hinged flaps f, f<1>, fitted with spiral springs h. At each end of the flap are two staples j, which are engaged by locking-bolts k. The bolts are actuated by a projection m on the reversible seat-back c striking against one of the pins n, n' on the bolts. The bolts having been withdrawn from the staples at the front of the seat, the cover can be raised as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. To prevent water from passing through the joints between the flaps and the cover, the latter is provided with feathers p, which engage with grooves q in the flap. If two covers are arranged side by side, a groove is made in the seat under the opening to carry off any water which may pass through.
Patent GB-190415921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumping and Exhaust Apparatus.
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 15,921. Harvey, C. J. July 18. Exhausting.-Relates to means for operating an exhaust apparatus used for dusting, or for pumping liquids to a small height, or any other purpose to which a vacuum can be applied. An engine is employed such as is described in Specifications No. 17,344, A.D. 1889, and No. 5674, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines], in which a piston draws flame into a cylinder through a valve, and, on the valve closing, the flame dies out and the in-stroke of the piston is effected by atmospheric pressure. The dust nozzle h, Fig. 1, is connected by a tube e having a cock or valve f to the cover of the cylinder a, thus enabling the dust to be burnt by the flame. The pipe e may be connected midway between the cylinder ends without using a valve. Or the pipe may be connected through the piston, as shown in Fig. 2, when it works in a stuffing-box i in the pipe e, and is provided with a spring valve m opening inwards.
Patent GB-190416245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Oscillating Cylindrical Pulp Strainers
Inventor: SANGUINETTI HERBERT
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 16,245. Sanguinetti, H. July 22. Strainers. - The internal fans, beating-arms, or partitions of oscillating strainer - cylinders used in paper and cellulose manufacture are perforated to equalize t h e pressure in the adjacent compartments made by them. Fig. 1 shows partitions g having openings h. In order to facilitate the discharge when the cylinder is oscillated rapidly, the material running through the strainer-plates a' is deflected towards the outlet d by a conical tube f. The openings h may be smaller and more numerous. Fig. 3 shows a double cylinder strainer having two ontlets d and a double cone t; the partition i being perforated at j. The plates a', which are interchangeable, are held on the cylinder by clamping-rings. Long cylinders may be built up with a number of plates joined together between internal rings, secured to the ribs, and external straps or bands. To facilitate the cleaning of the vat in which the cylinder oscillates, it is formed below in the form of a pocket 2, Fig. 9, closed by a valve 3. A discharge valve p of the trap or hinge type may also be provided.
Patent GB-190417243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fenders for Electric Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: KEITH FREDERICK REUBEN
Filed: 1904-08-08
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 17,243. Keith, F. R. Aug. 8. Stopping engines.-The fender of an electric car &c. is maintained in a horizontal position by locking-bars, which are removed by cams or rods extending backwards from a buffer bar at the front of the fender. The movement of the fender operates a valve on the air-brake pipes, and applies the brakes, and also operates a switch which cuts out the motor. Tne fender consists of two side bars 5, Figs. 1 and 2, mounted in roller bearings 6, and a cross-bar 21, to which is pivoted at its forward end the loose bottom 3 of the fender. If the fender strikes an obstacle, the cams 22 on the bars 20 carrying the buffer bar 19 lift the locking- bars 14 until the shoulders 17 are removed from the abutments in the slotted bumpers 15. The forward end of the fender then drops, and the rear ends of the bars 5 engage with the projections 23. Projecting backwards from a bar 44, Figs. 3 and 5, on the hangers 7 are bars 42, 49, which, as they are lifted by the fall of the fender, enable the spring 45, Fig. 4, to move the valve 39 and apply the air brakes, while the spring 50, Fig. 6, moves the switch 48 and cuts out the motor. The valve 39, Fig. 4, has two ports 40, which normally register with the pipes 35, 36 connecting the driver's valve to the reservoir and to the brake cylinder respectively. When the fender drops, the groove 41 in the valve 39 connects the pipes 35, 36 and permits the air to flow from the reservoir to the brake cylinder. The valve and switch are re-set by spindles 47, 52 rotated by the motorman. The locking-bars 14, Figs. 1 and 10, may be raised by cords 53 operated by a footstep 55.
Patent GB-190419734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nails for Securing the Shoes of Horses and other Animals.
Inventor: KNIGHT ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-09-13
Abstract: 19,734. Knight, A. W. Sept. 13. Nails.-Relates to nails for the shoes of horses and other animals. The head of the nail a, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is made convex on one side, and concave on the other side to fit into the curved groove &c. of the shoe. The head may be elongated to form a frost-nail or roughing-stud. As shown in Figs. 6 to 10, the projecting head retains the concavo-convex shape and is chamfered or bevelled to form a gouge-shaped edge d. The head may be broadened to form shoulders e which bear upon the bottom of the crease or groove in the shoe to obviate any liability of loosening by concussion. The projecting portion of the head is hardened to resist wear, while the portion of the head in the groove or fullering is left soft to accommodate itself to the walls of the crease. Nails are preferably employed having grooved shanks. By this means, the inward drawing tendency upon the shoe is avoided.
Patent GB-190420166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Caramelization of Carbo-hydrates.
Inventor: GONVILLE CYRIL HERBERT KOSZELS
Filed: 1904-09-19
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 20,166. Gonville, C. H. K., and Jarvis, J. W. Sept. 19. Caramel, for colouring and flavouring beer, &c. is made as follows :-Glucose, invert sugar, or the like is melted, with stirring, in a suitable pan heated by steam coils or a steam jacket, and is then run into a horizontally-elongated egg-shaped vessel with inlet and outlet pipes, where it is agitated by suitable stirring-mechanism and mixed, without heating, with ammonia or ammonia solution. This vessel may be silver-lined. The mixture is then transferred to another vessel, preferably of copper, where it is stirred by suitable means and heated to 220‹ F. by steam coils or a steam jacket until it becomes caramel. All the operations are conducted at atmospheric pressure. The caramel thus produced is stated to have a better colour and greater extractive value than usual, and to be free from " medicinal" flavour. The ammonia gas used may be obtained free from arsenic by heating " liquid ammonia " in a separate small vessel.
Patent GB-190425966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating or Vapourising Water or other Fluid.
Inventor: DAVIS BENJAMIN WALTER
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 25,966. Davis, B. W. Nov. 29. Fecdwater, heating; water-tube boilers.-Hot water or steam is obtained by forcing a current of water through a helical coil of piping C, which is placed so as to utilize the waste heat of a steam generator, or in any chamber through which hot gases &c. are passing. The coil is shaped so that one rart c' of each convolution is at a higher level than the opposite part c of the coil next above, and the water passes through the coil in the opposite direction to the heating-medium.
Patent GB-190426631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles and the like.
Inventor: BUTLER JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,631. Butler, J. Dec. 7. Stoppers. - Relates to stoppers of the type in which a sleeve is expanded within a bottle neck by the action of a tapered plug adapted to engage the sleeve. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the plug a and sleeve b are both screw-threaded. Various modifications of the plug and sleeve are described. The sleeve may be adapted to cover the lower end of the plug, and, to prevent entire disarrangement of the plug from the sleeve, a groove may be formed in the plug, in which a projection on the sleeve engages as the plug is screwed up and down. Or, the plug may be formed with a spindle d, Fig. 6, adapted to pass through the lower end of the sleeve and provided with a head d'. Or, the threads may be removed towards the top of the stem of the plug, leaving a reduced stem a<6>, Fig. 8, in which case the plug is formed with a thickened annular edge b<6>. The plug and sleeve may be formed with very quick threads ; or, the plug may be adapted to slide in the sleeve ; in the latter case, projections on the plug engage slots in the sleeve. If desired, the screw threads are not continued. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the plug is formed with a tapering extension a<12>. As the plug is screwed upwards, the sleeve is held against movement by its enlarged part b<4>, of hard material.
Patent GB-190505584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Conveyor Systems.
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1906-03-16
Abstract: 5584. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 16. Rope railways. - Relates to constanttension apparatus for aerial cableways, such as those used for transhipping goods at sea, in which the towing- rope forms a track or support for the load conveyed by the propelling-cable. The ends of the propelling-cable 1 are wound round drums 2, 3, driven by electromotors 7, 8 through suitable gearing in such a manner that the motors have a constant tendency to wind up the cable ends upon the respective drums. The motors are connected in parallel across lines L, L<1> with a rheostat 13 introduced into the parallel circuit. When the arm 14 of the rheostat is in the central position shown, the motors give equal torques and consequently the propelling- cable is at rest under constant tension. Should the tension of the cable 1 increase, both drums will pay out until the constant value is reached. If, however, the rheostat arm is moved towards the left, the current in the motor 7 will be increased while that in the motor 8 will be diminished. The cable will therefore travel from the drum 3 to the drum 2, the motor 7 pulling the motor 8 backwards against the tendency of the latter to rotate in a forward direction. In this way a definite tension will be maintained upon the cable, notwithstanding motion of the ships, for, if the ships lurch towards each other, the motor 8 follows its normal tendency and winds up the cable, while, if the vessels separate, the motor 8 allows the drum 3 to pay out more rapidly. By moving the arm 14 in the opposite direction, reverse motion is obtained. A compound rheostat or separate rheostats for each motor may be employed, if desired.
Patent GB-190507033-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device or Belt to Prevent Lying on the Back.
Inventor: FRANCIS ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 7033. Francis, A., Butler, E. F., and Amoore, H. J. April 3. Belts.-A belt to prevent the wearer from lying on the back consists of a wood or metal block a and an attaching - strap c<1>. The inner surface is grooved to permit ventilation, and is padded at a<2>. In a modification, the solid block a is replaced by a framework, and the distance-pieces which correspond to the projections a<1> are connected by a band.
Patent GB-190507515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Machines for Making Metallic Tubes
Inventor: WILSON JAMES SOULE
Filed: 1905-04-08
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 7515. Lake, H. H., [Wilson, J. S.]. April 8. Bending ; corrugating ; spinning.-In a machine for spirally-coiling metal strips to form tubes or coverings for tubes &c., a strip 64 is corrugated to a section such as that shown in Fig. 22, by three pairs of rolls 60, 61, 58, 50, 62, 63 and fed by them to the obliquely-arranged rolls 156, 167, 178, which spin or coil it round a mandrel 114 or a core fed through the shaft 104 ; the mandrel, however, may be omitted in the making of the tubes. The rolls of each pair of corrugating-rolls are geared together, as by wheels 57, 51, and the pairs of rolls are geared together so as to run at gradually increasing speeds, the middle pair being driven by a pinion 52 on a shaft 16 carrying a fixed friction member 29 and a loose sleeve 20<a>, a wheel 17 which gears with a wheel 13 on the belt-driven shaft 6, and a sprocket-wheel 18. Between a fixed bush 21 and a collar 35 on the sliding sleeve 30 is a cam-ring 34, which normally holds the member 29 against the face of the wheel 18 and is provided with an arm 39 and a roller 41 to rest on the strip between the corrugating and coiling rolls. If the foimer feed the strip too fast, the strip sags and allows the roller 41 and arm 39 to fall, thus reducing the pressure between the members of the clutch, this pressure then being due only to the spring 33 which is adjusted by the nut 31. The wbeel 18 drives another sprocket-wheel 26 which is connected by change-gearing with a wheel 117 on a sleeve 102. Inside the sleeve is the shaft 104 carrying a clutch 122 to gear with the sleeve 102, a hand-wheel 107, a spur-wheel 111, and the mandrel 114. The wheel 111 gears with another 206 mounted between friction disks 208, 207 adjustable by means of a nut 209, and drives through gearing 210 a wheel 211 which gears with pinions on the ends of two of the shafts of the rolls 156, 167, 178, one of these pinions and a pinion on the third roll shaft gearing with a wheel 212. The end of the corrugated strip is placed in a cross-slot in the end of the mandrel, and the strip is coiled, as shown in Fig. 22, on the shaft 104 being rotated either by the hand-wheel 107 or by the clutch 122, the obliquely-arranged rolls 156, 167, 178 feeding the coiled tube and mandrel forwards until the boss of the wheel 107 contacts with the sleeve 103, and then feeding the tube off the mandrel. The various rolls are adjustable by screws 44b, 144<b>.
Patent GB-190507852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners and Wrenches.
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1905-04-13
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 7852. Brooks, J. B., and Holt, J. April 13. Spanners and wrenches. -The jaws of spanners and wrenches have a parallel opening and closing action by a loose member b being adjust. ably mounted upon two parallel arms c, d fixed to a member a. The fixed member a and the movable member b terminate in half-jaws a<1>, b<1>, and the lower ends of one or both may be formed as handles. A spring e tends to separate the members a, b, which are adjusted by a nut c<1> working on the arm c, and are locked by a nut e' working on the guide-arm d. According to the Provisional Specification, the lower horizontal arm may form a guide to keep the jaws parallel and to allow sufficient levering movement to lock the adjustable member.
Patent GB-190508292-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Producing Designed or Inlaid Lengths or Pieces of Linoleum, Leather, Cloth, Wood Veneer and like Materials.
Inventor: EGRY JOHANN CARL
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 8292. Egry, J. C. April 18. Ornamenting.-Inlaid designs in linoleum, leather, cloth, veneer, and the like are made by the apparatus shown, in which the pieces forming the design are punched from a sheet d by the roller a, the pieces being carried by the matrix roller b, which revolves at the same rate, and under pressure rollers h, fitted inside as shown, which force them into corresponding holes in a second sheet f, previously punched by the same rollers. The pressure rollers h are held up between the recesses by camsurfaces m. A backing i covered with suitable adhesive by a pasting-device k is applied by means of the roller e, and the whole fabric may be passed through pressure rollers l. For large inlaid designs, a table is preferably employed instead of the roller e, and is moved correspondinly to the rotation of the roller b, Guide-sheets can be arranged inside and outside the annular roller b to prevent the stamped pieces from falling out.
Patent GB-190521041-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible or Folding Boxes or Cases for Containing Hats or other Articles.
Inventor: SALOMONS DAVID LIONEL
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 21,041. Salomons, Sir D. L. Oct. 17. Hat-boxes.-Folding boxes or cases for hats &c. are so made that they cannot be accidentally collapsed. A ring 3, Figs. 1 and 2, is connected to the similarly shaped flange 2 of the base by leather, pegamoid, or other flexible material 14 and by arms consisting of parts 5, 6 connected by a knuckle-joint 7. When extended, the arms are prevented from folding by tubes 12 supported by pins 13. The lid encloses the box when collapsed.
Patent GB-190525133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beer Pumps.
Inventor: WINCH WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-12-04
Abstract: 25,133. Winch, W. J. Dec. 4. Beer, raising and drawing-off.-The beer which is usually left standing in the pumps and pipes all night, becoming flat thereby, is saved by opening the valves of the pumps, so that it may flow back to the casks. For this purpose, the inlet valve a and the bucket valve b are raised with a stem d by turning a key j with cam-piece in a casting or pipe f, which is adapted to be secured to the suction end of the pump.
Patent GB-190605371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnets.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 5371. Howorth, F. W., [Holman, J. W.]. March 5. Electro-magnets; solenoids.-Relates to a construction of electro-magnets, and especially of solenoids such as may be used for giving movement to railway brakes. The solenoid comprises a tubular spool 1, Fig. 1, of non-magnetic material such as brass or copper, and a winding 4 divided into sections connected in series and enclosed in a magnetic casing 2, 3. The cores 6 are adapted to slide in opposite ends of the spool 1, a solid or hollow iron plug 7, provided with projections 8 adapted to fit into recesses 9 in the cores, being placed in the middle of the spool. In a modification, Fig. 3, two solenoids are arranged side by side with their windings connected in series and their cores connected together by, or formed integral with, iron yokes 14, 17. In this case the ends 18 of the solenoids are made of non-magnetic material. An iron bridge 20 may be interposed between the middle sections of. the wire, and the plugs 7 attached thereto by screws 21. Guides may be provided, consisting of a bifurcated bar 22, Fig. 5, attached to the yoke 17 and a stud or roller 24 supported by a stationary bracket 25.
Patent GB-190608505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1907-07-23
Abstract: 8 5 0 5. Lake, H. W., [Rodriguez, E.]. April 23. Spark - arresters. -A casing U of wire-gauze or the like prevents coal dust &c. from passing away with the blast from the nozzle A.