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Patent GB-190307816-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Bar
Inventor: MCKENNA THEODORE
Filed: 1903-04-04
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 7816. McKenna, T., [Hefferen, A. J.]. April 4. Drawings to Specification. Firebars.-The spaces between the bars, which are made singly or in pairs, are of gradually increasing width from top to bottom, and are entirely closed at the front end. In addition, the bars are deeper than usual, for the purpose of heating the air supplied to the ashpit.
Patent GB-190308500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kneading and Mixing Machines.
Inventor: CRISTADORO CHARLES
Filed: 1903-04-14
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 8500. Cristadoro, C. April 14. Moving-beater apparatus.-Dough and other plastic materials are mixed and kneaded in a concave corrugated or smooth-bottomed trough A, by a revolving roller 8 carrying projections 9, and placed eccentrically at the bottom of the trough. Adjacent to the roller is placed a rotating helical conveyer 13, the two halves of which convey the material to the centre or the ends. In order that the conveyer may scrape the material from the grooves in the roller, its shaft 14 is mounted eccentrically as shown by dotted lines, or the spiral may be eccentric with regard to the centrally-mounted shaft, the gearing being such that the spiral makes one revolution for each groove in the roller. The trough is discharged by tilting by means of the sector 20 and pinion 21, mounted on a shaft rotated through worm gearing by a hand-wheel. When the conveyer is placed at the discharge side of the trough, a partition 23 may be inserted to prevent the material being returned too soon to the roller.
Patent GB-190309615-A (GB)
Title: Process for Treating Coffee
Inventor: BAKER WILLIAM ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 9615. Baker, W. E. April 28. Separating coffee.- In order to remove that portion of the silver skin which extends into the interior of the coffee bean, the beans are first roasted and then placed in the shoot 2 and passed through cutting- rolls 3, 4, 17, 18, which revolve at different speeds. The cut beans fall on to reciprocating or shaking screens 5, 22 placed below each pair of rolls ; the screens are covered with net. work 6 and supported by links 7, 8 actuated by rods 9. Closed chambers 10, 23 below the screens are connected with pipes 15, 24 through which air is forced; the blast of air removes the light particles, including the flakes of silver skin, through outlets 16, 25 above the screens. Each chamber is formed by a bottom-piece 11, endpiece 12, and flexible webs 13, 14. The granulated coffee is discharged from the screens into shoots 21, 26, and the cutting and purifying operations may be repeated as often as desired. The parts 19, 20 of a transverse diaphragm adjoining the rolls 17, 18 prevent the air introduced by the pipe 24 from escaping through the outlet 16.
Patent GB-190316004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles Serving both for the Sale of Photographic Plates and for Changing them in the Camera.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1903-07-20
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 16,004. Imray, O., [Carpentier, J.]. July 20. Change - boxes.- The box is sold with the plates in it and consists of a frame holding the plates, and an outer casing, the whole being placed in a sheath in the camera. Un drawing the casing outwards, it leaves the frame in the sheath and draws off the top plate, pushing it beneath the bottom one on being replaced. Fig. 11 shows this action. The casing A is made of cardboard, and is closed on all sides but one. Opposite the open end, it has a handle b, and the wooden block B is fixed inside it. The metal bottom D of the frame has a rim f all round, to fit over the open end of the case, and to which the side-pieces C are fixed. The bottom has also two ridges i to retain the plates in position. The metal side-pieces C are flanged at the top and bottom, and springs E on the bottom flange j keep the pile of plates pressed against the top flanges j<1>. To one edge of the casing is fixed the bent metal strip e bent into two rims, d to prevent the case from being draw-- out too far, and c to draw back the top plate, the others being retained by the projecting pieces h in the sides of the frame. The sheath is open at the top except for the frame pieces round the edges, and the box is introduced by a door p.
Patent GB-190323000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottle Transporters for Glass Works.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 23,000. Boult, A. J., [Wagret, P.]. Oct. 23. Conveyers.-Relates to apparatus used in the manufacture of bottles for transporting the bottles, after the operation of blowing, to the annealing-furnace. The bottles are placed on carriages 17, Figs. 1 and 3, which run on two pivoted tubular or other rails or tracks 11, Fig. 1, which are arranged to be raised and lowered at one end alternately by hand by means of wires and pulleys, so that a bottle is carried to the annealing-furnace on one rail, as the empty carriage is being returned to the blower on the other rail, and vice versÔ. The operating - wire passes around a large pulley 1, and is secured thereto by an eye - bolt ; a smaller pulley 2, attached to the larger pulley, is provided with a wire, similarly attached, the ends of which support the tracks or bars by means of adjustable hooks at 10. The pulleys are supported in vertical standards 4. In the lowest position, the tracks or bars rest on an adjustable plate 23 provided with a cushioning-tube of india-rubber or other elastic material ; guide-pins in the plate 23 pass into the angle-iron 25, the height of the plate 23 being adjusted by means of set-screws 15. Each end of the operating-wire is fitted with a handle 6, and also with a screw 8 provided with an adjustable nut which engages under notches in a stop 7 to hold the track in its raised position. The rails are partly balanced by weights 13. Buffer springs are provided at the ends of the rails to prevent shock to the carriages at the end of their journey down the rails ; a pin or catch 20, secured at the side of each carriage, is engaged by pivoted pawls 22 which are adjustably supported at both ends of the rails. The pawls are released when the rails are raised or lowered. The correct distance between the rails is maintained by vertical guidebars at the sides of the framing 4. A horizontal guide 27, secured to the rear supporting-standard 4, receives the two ends of the operating-wire. A single-rail apparatus may be used, or the tracks may be fixed and connected at the ends by inclined planes, and the pulleys may be operated from treadles by means of levers.
Patent GB-190324781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Fireproof Buildings
Inventor: HAIG ROBERT NOBLE
Filed: 1903-11-14
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,781. Haig, R. N., and Toombs, W. Nov. 14. Fireproof concrete floors, roofs, partitions, and walls are strengthened and supported by rolled iron or steel joists or pillars a, of I, T, channel, angle, or other shape in section, connected by iron or steel bars b, which are passed under, or round, one set of flanges of the joists or pillars, and are hooked, clipped, or fixed to the opposite flanges of adjacent joists or pillars.
Patent GB-190325527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Train-control Systems
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 25,527. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 23. Motors, controlling.-Relates to systems of control with a master - controller, the object being to lessen the number of train wires, some of the wires being used successively for different circuits. The resistances may be arranged in groups, the groups being used in succession. Fig. 1 is a diagram of a separately-actuated contact type of controller, in which C' is the master-controller having contact-fingers a<1> ... a<9>; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are train wires ; T the controlling- switches ; R<1> to R<6> resistance-controlling switches ; S and P are the series and parallel control switches ; and h<1> are auxiliary switches which allow the train wires 4, 5 to be used twice during acceleration in series and the wire 4 to be used twice during acceleration in parallel. Auxiliary switches K, K prevent the simultaneous completion of the series and parallel circuits, and an overload coil 12<a> is provided to close an alarm circuit. In a modified arrangement, the master-controller has ten contact-fingers and there are seven train wires. The auxiliary switches h<1> are replaced by switches attached to the contacts of the switches R<1>, R<2>, and permit of a different combination of resistances in parallel to that in series. Fig. 3 shows a more complicated but preferable arrangement. The master-controller comprises two controlling-switches A, B and a separate series - parallel switch D. The switches A, B are so geared together that the cylinder of the switch A makes three revolutions while the cylinder of the switch B moves through 270‹. The contacts of the switch A first operates one set of switches through certain train wires, then a maintaining- circuit is closed, and in the next position of the switch B the relay E or E<1> is operated to move the contacts 39, 40, 41 to bring another group of switches into action, the switch A then controlling them. The motors are connected in series or parallel according to the position of the switch D. The form of the relay E preferred is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The coil 38 is mounted on a frame. The coil 38<1> is pivoted to a lever 68 pivoted at 69 and carrying the contact-levers 39, 40, 41, which normaily engage the contacts 42, 43, 44. When the coil is energized, the levers are thrown over and engage contacts 45, 46, 47 carried by a block. Contact is made with the levers 39 &c. by spring contacts 74. Other relays may be provided, the controller being provided with suitable controlling-contacts. The arrangement, although described for an electricallyoperated control system, may be arranged for other power, such as a compressed fluid. The controller may be fitted with contacts for controlling auxiliary devices.
Patent GB-190328248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Compositions for the Preservation of Wood and other Materials from the Attacks of, and for Destroying White Ants and other Insects or Growths and for Preserving such Materials generally.
Inventor: ZIMMER PAUL
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,248. Zimmer, P. Dec. 23. Preservative compositions.-A. composition for preserving wooden sleepers, telegraph poles, sheds, and other structures, and for destroying white ants and other insects, and preventing attacks therefrom, is obtained by mixing 400 gr. of wood oil, 700 gr. of Rangoon oil, 1 oz. of powdered arsenic, 1 oz. of camphor, and 3 oz. of dried powdered chillies, boiling the mixture, and, when cool, adding 300 gr. of kerosine oil and ¢ oz. of camphor, and filtering. The composition is applied in a similar manner to paint.
Patent GB-190403531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dry Milk and Milk-like Products
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 3531. Hatmaker, J. R. Feb. 12. Milk, treating for special purposes.-Milk before drying is partially pre-digested by treating with a digestive agent such as pepsin or pancreatin ; or by the hydrolytic action of superheated steam. When the action has proceeded far enough, the product is dried, preferably by the method described in Specification No. 8743, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Drying]. A product approximating to human milk results by the addition to the milk as above treated, but before drying, of a suitable proportion of cream, together with milk sugar, which may be added before or after drying.
Patent GB-190408907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Gear for Driving Electrical Generators.
Inventor: WHITEMAN WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 8907. Whiteman, W. T., [Henricks Novelty Co.]. April 18. Dynamos, driving.-A dynamo, applicable for use with an electric igniter in an internal-combustion engine and for other purposes, is driven from the flywheel of an engine by friction gearing. The gearing consists of a disc 15 which bears against the periphery or the side of the flywheel 18. The disc 15 is clamped on to the dynamo shaft, which has longitudinal play and is held in its working position by a spring 20. The other end of the shaft carries a governor 27 of any desired pattern, one end 29 of which is attached to the shaft, the other end being connected to a sleeve 26 loose on the shaft and rotating in the bracket 25. In a modified arrangement, the friction disc is mounted on the free end of the governor, the shaft having no longitudinal play.
Patent GB-190411690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for use in Shredding Wood Shavings and other Materials.
Inventor: ADAM JAMES MILLEN
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 11,690. Adam, J. M. May 21. Wood shavings and wood wool.-In a machine for cutting-up and shredding wood shavings and other materials, two spiral cutters c, with the spirals right and left handed respectively, are driven at equal speeds in opposite directions. The cutters act against an adjustably fixed blade B. The shavings are fed into the machine by the hopper F and the cut-up portions fall out at either side of the blade.
Patent GB-190412372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Transmitting and Receiving Telegraphic Signals and the like.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG JAMES TARBOTTON
Filed: 1904-05-31
Granted: 1905-05-31
Abstract: 12,372. Armstrong, J. T., and Orling, A. May 31. Telegraphs. - In a system of telegraphy by means of electromagnetic waves or of electric impulses along wires, syntony is obtained by the use of electricallyexcited reeds or tuning-forks, tuned to the same pitch in the transmitter and receiver. In the wavetransmitting apparatus shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, one leg of the reed a is excited by means of the core of the coil e and the contact g. The leg c of the reed vibrating in unison with the other forms one plate of the condenser h, the capacity of which is thus varied. The condenser h is arranged in series between two condensers v associated with the oscillator circuit j, which is inductively related with the antenna. In a modified arrangement, a tuning-fork is used in place of the leg c of the reed, and two condensers h are used, one to each prong of the fork. In another arrangement, a tuning-fork is used in the " actuating" circuit and another fork is placed with its prongs between the poles of the spark gap, and is caused to vibrate by the discharges across it. The receiving-apparatus shown in Fig. 4 consists of a tuning-fork ax excited by an electromagnet 1 in the receiving-circuit, and a resonator 7 which may be tuned to the fork by adjusting the height of the liquid in the vessel 9. This may be effected by raising the vessel itself as shown, or by using a separate adjustable vessel connected by india-rubber tubing. An ordinary telephonic receiver may be used in conjunction with the resonator 7, and a self-restoring detector such as is generally used with telephonic receivers is placed in the circuit. When the apparatus is applied to a telegraph circuit, both legs of the tuning-fork at the transmitting-end are provided with contacts, one to actuate the fork, the other to make and break the telegraph circuit, which is provided with a suitable key, such as is described in Specification No. 7331, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190414706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Cars.
Inventor: HEINICKE GUSTAV
Filed: 1904-06-30
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,706. Heinicke, G. June 30. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling consisting of a number of expanding toothed arms k mounted on one coupling-head and adapted to enter and engage with a bell-mouthed box t on the other coupling-head, the two coupling-heads are connected with their respective draw-bars by ball joints g and are held nearly at right-angles to the carriage ends by springs c. The toothed arms k are contracted to release them from the box t by means of a chain z and a transverse shaft provided with a lever handle.
Patent GB-190416241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: BROCKIE JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,241. Brockie, J. July 22. Arc lamps. - A clutch lamp having two or more pairs of carbons is constructed so that all the clutches are tripped and the movable carbons released at the same time. The invention is in part applicable to lamps with only one pair of electrodes. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, the ring or plate clutches 6, 7, which are connected to the core of a series solenoid, only release the carbons 8, 9 when both engage studs 1, 2 of insulating-material, attached to a lever 3 pivoted at 4 to a fixed bracket 5. In a second form of lamp, Fig. 2, the lever 3 is pivoted to a forked rod 9<x>, which is attached to a trigger 10. This trigger is pivoted at 12 to the lamp frame, and normally held by a spring 17 in one of two positions determined by a fixed pin in a recess 15 in the trigger. Rollers 14 carried by the trigger are adapted to be engaged by the lever 18 to which the solenoid core 21 is pivoted. When the core 21 has descended a certain distance, the trigger is thrown over so that the lever 4 is raised and the clutches are tripped. The subsequent rise of the core throws the trigger back again. In lamps having more than two pairs of carbons, the lever is replaced by a bar carrying the stops and rigidly attached to the rod 9x. In a third form, the rod 9x carrying the stop bar or lever is attached to the core of a shunt solenoid, the circuit through which is closed, when the core of the series solenoid has descended a certain distance, by a contact-piece attached to the latter core and a spring plunger attached to the frame. According to the Provisional Specification, the shunt solenoid may be arranged to pull down the regulating-mechanism itself, or may be wound differentially with the series solenoid, in which cases the releasing-stops of the clutches are fixed.
Patent GB-190421830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Panoramic Cameras.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 21,830. Fairweather, W., [Multiscope and Film Co.]. Oct. 11. Cameras.-A panoramic camera includes a screen for regulating the extent of the film exposed and mechanism for regulating the swing of the lens. The graduated flexible screen F<1>, Fig. 1, passes through a slot a<2> in the front A<1> of the camera, and is guided in front of the film C<2> by the curved guides F. The lens holder B, Figs. 4 and 5, is mounted in the tube B<6>, which has a back flange b7 and can be vertically adjusted on the plate B<5>, to which it is attached by screws b<9>. The plate B<5> is connected to the shafts B<1>, B' by flange plates b<5>, b<6>. The shaft B<2> rotates in the stepped bearing a<1> and is surrounded by the actuating-spring B<4>. The shaft B' rotates in the lower end of the hub g of the arm G, which is connected to the shaft e of the motor E by a screw g<1>. The lens is held in set position by lugs b, g<3> on the lens cone B<3> and arm G respectively, which lugs are released from the spring catch H by the spring-controlled push H<1>. The arm G rotates in response to the spring motor E, and by means of the lug g<2> acting on the lug g<3> regulates the swing of the lens holder. The action of the motor is in turn regulated by a wind governor attached to the shaft E<2> and geared to the motor. The cone B<3> is prevented from rebounding at the end of its spring by wedging against the spring plate J.
Patent GB-190422991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to Gas Burners
Inventor: HOWARD ALFRED EDWARD
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 22,991. Howard, A. E., and Whittaker, A. Oct. 25. Gas burners.-A burner for use in connection with grates, stoves, and the like comprises a tapering nipple a through which gas flows into a mixing-chamber c, provided with air inlets d, the size of which may be regulated by a rotatable sleeve e. The mixture of gas and air then passe3 into a chamber g connected by a neck f with the chamber c. The mixture escapes from the chamber g through a passage into the head of the burner, which consists of a dish-shaped bottom-plate h and a perforated top-plate j. Between these plates is enclosed a baffle-plate n, shown in Fig. 4, resting on the bottom plate h, which has V-shaped notches cut in its edges, the parts between the notches being turned up and down alternately to bear against the top and bottom plates. The plates h,j, n are secured by means of bolts q and nuts, as shown. The mixture of air and gas passes from below the baffle through the space around the edge of the baffle and into the space above, from which it escapes through the perforations in the top-plate, where it is ignited.
Patent GB-190423309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Coaling Vessels from Railway Wagons.
Inventor: EDGE JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 23,309. Edge, J. Oct. 29. Loading and unloading. -Relates to means for preventing the breakage of coal when loading vessels from railway wagons. Inclines d, Fig. 2, with hydraulicallyoperated doors k at their lower extremities, are formed by the water side, extending from the end of the rails of the permanent way to shafts or wells e by the edge of the water. Along the face of the quay is a staging carrying overhead cranes h, each crane having boxes f which fit into the wells. In operation, if the railway wagon b be of small size, it is run to the end of the permanent way and tipped by a ram down the incline, which may, if desired, be provided with a screen, into the box f, which has a capacity of about ten to fifteen tons. In the case of large wagons of capacity twenty tons and upwards, the wagon is run on to extension tracks and its contents are discharged by opening doors in its bottom. When the box f is fully charged, the door k is closed and the box f is raised by the crane and discharged into the hold of the vessel. In a modification, the permanent way is at a much higher level than the waterway.
Patent GB-190424331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Motor Cars.
Inventor: STAFFORD CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 24,331. Stafford, C. H. Nov. 10. Motor road vehicles.-A spring setting or retaining device is fastened to the handle of the changespeed operating-gear, which automatically prevents the handle from being moved each time more than necessary to change to the next gradation of speed. Figs. 1 and 2 show the handle 3 moving over the slotted quadrant 1 and carrying a bracket 4 forming a guide for the bolt 5 which normally engages the slots in the quadrant. At the upper end, the bolt 5 is engaged by the bar 7 which is pivoted to the slider 8 and rod 9, the latter being connected to the bolt-operating lever. To change the speed, the bolt 5 is raised and the lever 3 moved to right or left. This brings the lower end of the bent lever 11, which is pivoted in a slot in the bracket 4, into contact with raised camsurfaces 14 on the face of the quadrant, and thus the lever is forced outwards, causing the pivoted bar 7 to be forced inwards against the action of the spring 15 and to release the bolt 5, which is then forced down by the spring 6 to engage the next slot in the quadrant. On the bolt-operating lever being released, the spring 10 forces the bar 7 downwards to engage the bolt 5 again. In cases where the out-of-gear notch occurs between two forward-speed notches on the quadrant, the camsurface at this point is not raised but is provided with an inclined surface which slides in a slot in the face of the quadrant during the operation of changing speed.