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Patent GB-190208984-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Golf and other Balls.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-04-17
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 8984. Kempshall, E. Feb. 24, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding balls.-In the construction shown, a core of soft rubber &c. is enclosed in three concentric shells 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, each composed of celluloid with an interior layer of fabric. The shells may be formed in hemispheres, which are arranged so as to break joint. The core, or the inner shell, may be coated with cement. The celluloid is preferably combined with the fabric under heat and pressure. The parts are assembled in a heated mould 27, 28, as shown, and are welded together by pressure. Less than three shells may be used, and all of them need not be in the form of hemispheres. Other material than celluloid may be used. The outer surface of the ball is generally pebbled, as shown.
Patent GB-190209825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to Electric Fuse Boxes for Street Mains and Analogous Uses.
Inventor: HALL ROBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 9825. Hall, R. F. April 29. Cut-outs. -Fuse boxes suitable for street mains are provided with two lids so arranged that access to one fuse only can be obtained at one time. In the construction shown, the box C is divided into two compartments by a partition c<1>, to which the lids f, g are hinged. A strap or bar h, having turned-down ears h<1>, h<2> pivoted to bosses on the side of the box, allows one lid only to be open at one time. At the back of the box is a sleeve k<1> having a hinged top k<2> for the main, and openings j are provided for the branches.
Patent GB-190212495-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Attaching to a Bicycle or Motor-bicycle for Supporting the same when not being Propelled or Running
Inventor: BECKETT JOSEPH HAMMOND
Filed: 1902-06-02
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 12,495. Beckett, J. H. June 2. Supports.-A motor or other bicycle is supported, when at rest, by a stay a formed at its upper end with an eye h pivoted and secured by nuts j, j<1> on an inclined extension e of a clip secured either to the bottom tube or saddle post. The clip comprises two parts c, d, secured together at one end by passing an eye f on the part d over the extension e, and at the other end by a nut g and bolts g<1>. When not in use, the support is folded against and suitably secured to one of the frame members.
Patent GB-190213763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Graters and Vegetable and like Slicers.
Inventor: CURRY WILLIAM JAMISON
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 13,763. Curry, W. J. June 17. Graters ; v e g e - tables, cutting and slicing. - A combined appliance for grating nutmegs, vegetables, &c., and slicing or cutting vegetables &c., is shown in front view in Fig. 1 and partial back view in Fig. 3. A concave grater portion 7 is provided with strengthening-ribs 9, and connected to a wire frame 10 having a handle 11, and formed on the concave surface with two series of cutting-edges consisting of slots 18, 19, the former having fluted or corrugated lower edges 20 for treating nutmegs and uther hard materials, and the latter having serrated lower edges 21 for treating soft vegetables &c. The frame 10 also carries a corrugated knife 12 having a strengthening-rib 16, and a tie-plate 14, which serves as a rest for the vegetables &c., and is disposed below the level of the knife 12 to obtain fluted slices, or preferably provided with a gauge rib 14<b> to obtain rod-like strips.
Patent GB-190223101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spitting-pots or Spittoons.
Inventor: ALLEN MARCUS
Filed: 1902-10-23
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 23,101. Allen, M. Oct. 23. Spittoons.-A portable spittoon to be slung on the shoulder of the user consists of a body A of any suitable shape, such as that of a spirit flask, opera-glass case, or lady's handbag, having an intrusive funnel-shaped mouthpiece B with a screw cover C and a hinged handle for removing it. An aperture near the bottom, closed by a plug E, is provided for emptying out the contents, and rings G are attached to receive the slinging strap or chain.
Patent GB-190228763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety and other Razors.
Inventor: GILLETTE KING CAMP
Filed: 1902-12-30
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 28,763. Gillette, K. C. Dec. 30. Razors.-A thin flexible blade is used which is made of so small an amount of material and is capable of being sharpened so quickly and easily that it may be produced at a very low price, and when it becomes dull be thrown away and replaced by a new one. This blade is secured to a backing on a handle, and to constitute a safety razor the following arrangement is adopted. The blade a, having both edges b sharpened, is clamped between a concave backing c and a convex guard d forming a croashead to a handle e, the teeth f of the guard being bevelled on the blade side g. Pins h on the backing pass through holes in the blade and holes l in the guard to prevent relative rotation, and a terminally screwthreaded stem i carrying the guard is engaged by a long nut in the handle which is turned to bend the edges of the blade more or less towards the guard, as desired. The corners of the blade are rounded off, or ears p are provided on the backing to cover them.
Patent GB-190304906-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Recording Device, for Checking the Number of Loads Passing over a Weighbridge, or Platform Weighing Machine.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1903-03-03
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 4906. Hipkins, W. E. March 3, Platform machines; registering - mechanism.- The number of loads, of more than a certain weight, passing over a weigh-bridge or platform weighing-machine is recorded by a counting- mechanism actuated from an extensible connection. As shown in Fig. 1, the force acting on the connecting-rod 1 is communicated, without alteration, through the supplementary levers 4, 10, to the steelyard 14, while the connection between the levers 4, 10 is extensible, as shown in Figs. 2 or 7. The plate 15, Fig. 2, fixed to the shackle 8, supports the double-grooved pulleys 19<a>, 19<b> in brackets 17<a>, 17<b>. The plate 21, fixed to the shackle 7, is suspended from the smaller, and a balance weight 22, on which is mounted a counter 23, from the larger pulleys. When the load exceeds a certain amount, the balance weight is raised and the counter actuated by a peg 25 on the plate 15. In the alternative connection, shown in Fig. 7, the plate 26, fixed to the shackle 8, carries the counter 23 and bearings for the levers 29, 30 ; the bifurcated lever 29, weighted to balance a certain load as before, actuates the counter by means of a peg 36. The balance weight may be also replaced by a spring, and the supplementary levers may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190310389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Igniting Miners' Safety Lamps, especially suitable for use in the Underground Workings of Mines and in like Places.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 10,389. Best, W. May 7. Miners' s af e t y lamps. - In apparatus for electrically igniting miners' safety lamps, risk of explosion due to sparks is avoided by enclosing the lamps and apparatus in a case and by making the secondary circuit before, and breaking it after the primary circuit. A box 1 contains a generator and an induction coil, condenser, and contact-breaker enclosed in a gas-tight chamber or protected with wire gauze. Attached to the box is a case 6, preferably of metal, having a lid 7, which can be secured by a catch 8 strongly enough to withstand an explosion in the case. A rod 10 attached to the lid 7 operates a sliding door 11, which covers an electric push 18 carried in an extension 13 of the case 6. The current is carried by a metal plunger 14 sliding in insulating-bushes 15 and pressed outwards by a light spring 17. The plunger is separated from the push 18 by an insulating-piece 16 carrying a metal contact-piece 20. The parts 16, 18 are separated by a stronger piece 19. The push 18 and metal piece 20 are connected by spring contacts 23, 24 with the terminals of the primary circuit of the coil, and the plunger 14 by a spring contact 26 with one terminal of the secondary coil. The lamp is provided with any known electric igniting- device, in which the two poles of each lamp are insulated from each other, and has a conducting- rod 28 insulated by a tube 30. When the lamp is placed in the case 6, the frame 29 is opposite the plunger 14 and the rod 28 presses on a plate 31, which is connected by an insulated spring rod 33 with the other terminal of the secondary coil. The lid 7 is shut down and fastened, thus raising the door 11. The push 18 is pressed in and the plunger 14 makes contact with the frame 29, completing the secondary circuit. On further pressing in the push, the spring 19 yields and the push 18 touches the metal piece 20, making the primary circuit. On releasing the push 18, the primary circuit is broken before the secondary. An eyepiece 34 may be inserted in the case 6. In a modification, Fig. 4, the plunger 14 is separated from a metal push - piece 36 by an insulating- piece 16. The piece 36 carries a light spring 17. The sliding door 11 carries a thumb-piece 18 having a stronger spring 19. The spring contacts 23, 24 connected with the primary circuit, rest normally against the pieces 36, 16 respectively. On pressing in the thumb-piece 18, the primary circuit is completed, as before.
Patent GB-190313610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Deflectors or Dust Screens for Automobiles and the like Vehicles.
Inventor: VERNON THOMAS THORNYCROFT
Filed: 1903-06-18
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 13,610. Vernon, T. T. June 18. Motor road vehicles.-Consists of an air deflector, arranged to protect the passengers in the rear part of the car from dust, which deflector may be used as a rain screen. The deflector 1, shown in Fig. 1, is carried by stays 2 pivoted to the car at 3, maintained in proper relative position by levers 5, and secured in position as a whole by the quadrant 6. The rear edge is behind the back of the car, and the front edge is higher than the top of the glass screen 4, so that, as the car travels forward, the air is deflected, as shown by the arrows, over the heads of the rear passengers and behind the car. The deflector may be used as a rain screen by turning it about the pivot 3 into the position shown in dotted lines. If necessary, to enable the deflector to be used either as a deflector or rain screen, the pin 3 instead of being fixed to the body of the car direct, may be carried at one end of a short arm pivoted at the other end to the car body. Small air deflectors 7 may be fitted to the sides of the oar to deflect the air inwards.
Patent GB-190314433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus relating to Hot Water Supply for Baths, and other like purposes.
Inventor: BAILEY GEORGE
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 14,433. Bailey, G. June 29. Drawings to Specification. Boilers and water-heaters.-Relates to a system of hot-water supply in which the water is heated in an ordinary closed kitchen boiler or in a cistern arranged around the flue leading from the stove. The cold-water supply is led straight to the bottom of the heater and displaces the hot water above, which is conducted to any desired point.
Patent GB-190314486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lock Nuts.
Inventor: PAYNE FRANCIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 14,486. Payne, F. W. June 29. Locking nuts.-In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, which represents a nut A and washer C in permanent use and not to be unscrewed, the washer is split, one edge being turned upwards to engage with teeth on the underside of the nut, and the other being turned downwards to engage with a notch in the bed-plate B. In Fig. 3, a truncated, tapered addition, threaded on the inside and outside, and slit with saw cuts, is formed integral with, or fitted to, the nut, the part D being provided with a nut which clamps it to the bolt. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 5, 7, and 8, a spring F, fitted on the inside or outside of the washer, tends to tighten the nut by causing, when opportunity offers, the inclines on the nut to move on those of the washer, as shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 11 represents a type in which one or two pointed cams engaging between the threads of the bolt are carried on arms G pivoted to a covering- plate H, or to the nut, the arms being secured in ratchets K, or by springs.
Patent GB-190323793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Rubber Tubes.
Inventor: BRIDGE ROBERT
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 23,793. Bridge, R. Nov. 3. Moulding india - rubber tubes &c.-Machines for wrapping or rolling flat rubber sheets into the form of rubber tubes, such as pneumatic-tyre tubes for cycles, motor cars, and similar vehicles, hose pipes, circular packing, and the like, are provided with means for adjusting and operating the forming-rollers. The rubber sheet is received by a central core (not shown) placed between the forming-rollers a, b, c, which rotate on adjustable rollers d. Each roller d is mounted freely on a stud e, which has eccentric ends e', e<11> adapted to rest in bearings e<111>. The extremity of each stud is squared and provided with a screw thread to receive a lock-nut f The adjustable rollers of the upper forming-roller a are arranged in sets in jaws f, which can be adjusted in vertical cylinders g<1> by means of a screw o, screw-collar o<1>, cap o<11>, and nut o<111>. The cylinders move on ball bearings in fixed guides g<11> secured to the standards g, and sleeves g<111>, adjustablyattached to the cylinders, are connected by links and levers i, j, j<1>, j<11> to adjustable foot-levers k for raising and lowering the cylinders. The ratchet mechanism q, q<11> allows the cylinders to be held in any desired position, and the weights are balanced by counterweights m. A hand-lever p may also be employed for raising and lowering the cylinders. The adjustable rollers d may be arranged on ball or roller bearings, the rings which support the balls or rollers being adjustable. In a modification, the ball bearings of the cylinders are replaced by adjustable roller bearings, and the cylinders have axial screws to which the operating-levers are adjustably connected.
Patent GB-190325518-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus Combining a Blackboard with Means for Teaching Calculating and Reading.
Inventor: GESS GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,518. Gess, G. Nov. 23. Blackboards; arithmetic, teaching; reading, teaching.- Relates to an apparatus for teaching arithmetic and reading, with which a blackboard is combined. The apparatus, a back view of which is shown in Fig. 1, consists of a wooden frame a in the upper part of which are fixed horizontal wires b on which balls c are strung. The ends of the wires are hidden by rectangular boards d, which may be used for writing down the sums or the like. A blackboard f is stored in the lower part of the frame, and, when required for use, is placed as shown in Fig. 4, hooks on the blackboard entering holes in the frame. One surface of the blackboard is ruled with horizontal lines, and the other is provided with horizontal grooved ribs h to receive small plates painted with figures, letters, or the like for teaching reading. Rows of pigeonholes i are provided in the frame for storing these plates.
Patent GB-190327788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Illuminated Signs
Inventor: MOWBRAY SYDNEY TABER
Filed: 1903-12-18
Granted: 1904-12-17
Abstract: 27,788. Mowbray, S. T., Mowbray, S. J., and Mowbray, F. H., [trading as Stanley & Co.], and Beville, W. J. Dec. 18. Signs for advertising and ornamental purposes are constructed so that each advertisement is displayed in several colours before the next one appears. The six glass screens, Fig. 1, of which the foremost 6 is shown raised, and which carry the advertisements, are connected by strings 7 to levers 8, and are thus raised one at a time by the action of a cam 9 on a shaft 10 driven by any suitable motor. Colour plates 11, 12, 13 are operated similarly from another cam 15, Fig. 2, and the three plates are raised and lowered during the exposure of each advertisement plate. The cam 15 is fixed on the shaft 10, and makes six revolutions for each one of the loose cam 9 owing to spur gearing 16, 17, 18, 19. The colour and advertisement plates are illuminated by means of a reflector 22 and an artificial light 23 or daylight. As each new advertisement plate rises, it is screened by an opaque plate 14, which is operated in a similar manner and descends again with the previously exposed plate. By suitably spacing the cam 15, the plates may be illuminated with white light for a certain period, as well as with the various colours. The plate 14 and the exterior casing may carry advertisements or designs. The signs may be single or double fronted, and the plates may fall into the position instead of rising into it as above.
Patent GB-190401712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Bodies.
Inventor: APPLEYARD ROLLO
Filed: 1904-01-22
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 1712. Appleyard, R. Jan. 22. Golf; balls.-Golf balls are made by winding twisted rubber thread B over a core A of suitable material, and then enclosing it in a casing consisting of two half shells of gutta-percha, or, preferably, of a long strip of guttapercha wound over the core, the casing being finally pressed and finished in the usual manner. The strip or core, or both, may be warmed during the process, while, in some cases, the core is dispensed with. In applying the invention to golf clubs, a suitablyshaped body of rubber, wound in the above manner, and sometimes provided with a guttapercha covering, is inserted and secured in the head of the club.
Patent GB-190401869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clocks and other Spring Driven Mechanisms.
Inventor: WORTMANN MARTIN
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 1869. Wortmann, M. Jan. 25. Barrels; mainsprings; going-trains; pivoting.- The movement is designed to run for about a year. A very strong mainspring 24 is contained within the large going-barrel 5, which has a wheel 6 fixed to it. This wheel drives the wheels 13, 14, and thereby the wheel 8, which is fixed on the winding- arbor 4 and has the pawl 9 of the ratchet-wheel 7 attached to it. The arrangement of gear wheels shown results in the barrel turning slightly quicker than the winding-arbor, and the spring is unwound and partly wound up at the same time. The third wheel 15 on the idle arbor 12 transmits the motion to the clock train. The wheel 8 has cylindrical and end bearings, as shown. Winding mechanism and apparatus.-When the movement is wound up from the rear, there is a wheel on the winding-arbor to gear with a pinion 17 on the key 16, but, when it is wound from the front, the pinion is on the rear end of an arbor which receives the key at the front and which carries, at the rear, a pinion gearing with the wheels on the winding-arbor. This arbor, which has a spring attached to it, throws the pinion in or out of gear when the clock door is opened or closed.
Patent GB-190402802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Venetian Blinds
Inventor: BARTHOLOMEW EDWIN
Filed: 1904-02-04
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 2802. Bartholomew, E. Feb. 4. Window blinds.-Fig. 4 shows means for retain- ing a venetian-blind cord k on its grooved pulley f, and Fig. 5 shows means for attaching knotted lath- tilting cords to the top lath. The pulley f, Fig. 4, is mounted in plates a connected by a bridge-piece b and secured in a slot h in the top bar i by means of flanges or projections c and screws or equivalents. The plate p, Fig. 5, is provided with cord-guiding rings m and with a central upright retaining-piece o having cord holes n. The ends q of the plate pare curved and provided with holes r for attachment.
Patent GB-190405592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Exhaust Silencers for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MILES LAURENCE
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5592. Miles, L. March 7. Exhaust-silencers.-Fig. 1 shows a section of an exhaust-silencer for internal-combustion engines for propelling boats and the like. The exhaust gases enter by the passage E, and pass through tubes D, to the exit F. The inlet and outlet passages together with the tubes D are enclosed in a water chamber C. Water is supplied to, and led from, the chamber C by the passages G and H respectively.
Patent GB-190408173-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Testing the Strength of Materials
Inventor: IZOD EDWIN GILBERT
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 8173. Izod, E. G. April 9. Testing strength of materials.-An apparatus for subjecting the specimen to a blow from a heavy pendulum measures the energy absorbed in the blow The pendulum consists of a striker f, Fig. 1, supported by a light rod or tube e, trussed by means of wires e<1> stretched over an adjustable strut e<2> by the washer e<3> and nuts e<4>; or it may consist of a heavy bar with a striking-plate at its centre of percussion. The pendulum is suspended from a pair of pivots, one of which is adjustable, or ball bearings may be used A pointer n' indicates on the scale m<1> the energy of the pendulum before the blow, and the movement of a loose index the energy after the blow. The pendulum is held by the trigger-device shown in Fig. 5, which is adjustable in the slot l. In a modified form of the machine, the scales are mounted below the striker, the trigger-device being mounted in a slot at the back of the scale on one side and a sliding block to take the place of the loose index on the other. The manner in which the specimen is held for cross-breakage is indicated in Fig. 1, and for a tensile test in Fig. 4. The specimen is preferably nicked to locate the fracture. The energy of the pendulum may be varied by altering the height from which it falls, or the weight of the striker.
Patent GB-190409131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: STOLTZ PETER
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 9131. Stoltz, P. April 20. Sectional boilers; superheaters, steam.-Superheating-tubes are fitted in the spaces between the elements or sections of the boiler shown. According to the arrangement shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 3 respectively, horizontal tubes 8 are passed in a continuous manner between the elements 1, and are connected at the euds to vertical headers 7, 9. Figs. 4 and 6 show modifications in which each space contains a sinuons tube. In Fig. 8, the tubes are shown passing vertically between the elements. The steam may pass in the same direction as the furnace gases or in the opposite direction. Fig. 9 shows an arrangement in which the steam passes in the same direction in the lower end of the bent tube and in the opposite direction in the upper end. The elements or sections of the boiler may have plain or corrugated faces; or they may consist of tubes arranged in grate form.