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Patent GB-190300611-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Steering Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: BRIGHTMORE ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-01-09
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 611. Brightmore, A. W., and Bailey, R. W. H. Jan. 9. Lift valves.-Relates to the steering arrangements of motor road vehicles. For controlling the supply of motive fluid, a double conical valve d, Fig. 3, is employed adapted to be seated upon one or other of two seats. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, two separate cones are employed mounted respectively on right and left handed screw threads so that a rotation of the spindle causes the cones simultaneously to approach to or recede from their seats.
Patent GB-190300773-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Drying Grain.
Inventor: KICQ EMILE
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 773. Kicq, E. Jan. 12. Hydro-extractors for drying grain a filter washing. The grain is fed into the lower end o f a perforated cylinder A, containing a rotating shaft C, which carries, at the ends of arms D, a number of vanes E extending from the top to the bottom of the cylinder and having small blades G formed by cutting out L-shaped notches F and then bending the leaves or teeth so formed into an oblique plane. These blades raise the grain, and, by means of their vertical parts H, project it against the walls of the cylinder. At the same time, the vanes E, set the air in the cylinder in rotation and thus expel the moisture and impurities through the perforations in the cylinder walls. This water passes down the walls of the drying-chamber into a receptacle I at its lower end. Finally the grain is discharged through the opening J at the top.
Patent GB-190304656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rolled or Drawn Ginder Section Beams and the like.
Inventor: CRAIG ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-02-27
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 4656. 0 r a i g, A. Feb. 27. Making girders and beams.- Parallel-s e c t i o n beams are given a taper or similarly varied form. In the case of H-section beams, V-shaped strips may be cut out of the webs, as shown in Fig. 2, the beams being then compressed and the edges united, preferably with interposed strips, by brazing, welding, riveting, &c. In another method, beams are forced into taper dies. The surplus metal forms a swell on one side of the web, and may be afterwards removed by machinery. Fig. 1 shows part of a finished beam for a motorcar frame.
Patent GB-190308827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Expanding Metal.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1903-04-18
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 8827. Page, S. E., [Universal Metal Lath and Patent Co.]. April 18. Cutting and working by unclassified operations. -Relates to machines for expanding or stretching metal sheets, previously slit in the manner shown in Fig. 1, to the form shown in Fig. 6, and consists mainly in means for preventing the sheets from slipping while being stretched or expanded, and for preventing them from warping or bending. For these purposes, one pair of gripping-jaws, preferably the outer pair 11, 21, as shown in Fig. 3, are formed to receive the turned-up edge h of the plate and securely hold it, before it is gripped by the other jaws. Fig. 5 shows a modification for producing turned-up or "lock " edges m, as shown in Fig. 6. The recesses and projections may be formed in hard steel blocks bolted or otherwise secured to the jaws. The plain jaws may have steel facings, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190311017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Filters used in Spinning and the like.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 11,017. Brookes, A. G., [Rabbeth, F. J.]. May 14. Spindle apparatus.-The solid, or hollow flyer head b has a hub b<1>, which is split as shown at b<2>. When the flyer rapidly revolves, centrifugal force causes the inner walls of the head to spring, approach each other, and clamp the hub securely to the spindle. The tendency of the hub to yield is increased by making cuts c therein intersecting the slot b<2>. The flyer legs b<4>, preferably of steel, are made tubular and tapered. The upper, wider ends are inserted in holes in the ends of the flyer head, while wire or other guide-eyes d<1> are inserted in the lower ends of the legs. To prevent the flyer, if struck by an upward blow, from rising from the spindle, a pin f, slightly shorter than the diameter of the tapered opening, is inserted in the top of the spindle.
Patent GB-190313176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Railway and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: GIBBS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-06-12
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 13,176. Gibbs, G., and Pearson, H. Oct. 2, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Electric railways and tramways; electric locomotives and motor vehicles. - Relates to the arrangement of doors to facilitate the loading and unloading of cars, and to protect the controller apparatus, or form a compartment for the motorman. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement for one end of the car. The door 6 can take up the three positions shown. The buffer end of the car appears at 2, 1 being the flooring of the car platform. The sliding side door 15 can be actuated by the motorman by means of the handle 16, which works the levers shown. Fig. 2 shows two cars joined up to form a train, which have unobstructed platform vestibules besides the side doors.
Patent GB-190316320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in connection with Filter or Bacteria Beds.
Inventor: KILLON HARRY BIRCH
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 16,320. Killon, H. B. July 24. Sewage, treating bacteriological processes.-Relates to automatic apparatus for filling, holding full and discharging, filter or bacteria beds for the purification of sewage &c., such as is described in Specification No. 5834, A.D. 1901. The bell float F and inlet valve A are raised by the filling of the chamber f with liquid led by the pipe B from the previous bed in the series, and the bed then fills from a conduit opening into the chamber a. The chamber M, which is open to the filling bed, likewise fills, whereupon the ball valve u opens, allows air to escape from the float F, and closes the valve A. The outlet valve 0 is opened by the rising of the float J in the chamber j, which is filled from the bed by a siphon S, the flow through which is regulated by a cock s. The float J is either elongated or divided into two parts, one of which, as shown, is fixed low on its rod so as to prevent the valve 0 closing before the bed is empty. The siphonic action may be aided by a cone C at the foot of the shorter limb and the use of an internal converging tube as in the Rogers Field siphon. If it is required to open the valve A or close the valve O by band, a detent D swinging on the arm of the valve A is employed. A check valve Q may be placed below the valve 0, in order to vary the size of the discharge orifice as the head of liquid varies. The float F may be made to rise at any desired rate by placing it in a chamber in which is a fixed level of water, and actuating it by means of air from a fixed dome of suitable size in a chamber connected to the preceding bed. A retaining valve in the air pipe prevents the valve closing on the discharge of the preceding bed. The float may be placed abova the valve, no lever being used. The air for lifting the float may also be stored in an intermediate vessel, and may be passed on to the float in the succeeding bed when the intermediate one is out of action. Such pneumatic apparatus may also be used for actuating the outlet valve O. The sewage is discharged into a tank X communicating by an ordinary siphon U with a closing tank or roughing filter G, whence the sewage passes to the beds by means of a siphon S' used as described in Specification No. 2647, A.D. 1900 this arrangement causing the siphon S<1> to supply each bed with a volume of sewage which is practically independent of the rate of supply to the tank X.
Patent GB-190317771-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Holder for Hats, Coats, and other Articles, for use in connection with Chairs, Forms and the like
Inventor: KNIGHT THOMAS
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 17,771. Knight, T. Aug. 17. Clothes - hanging apparatus; stands, card and like.-A spring clip b for holding a hat is secured by screws f on the back of a chair, form, or seat in a hall, place of amusement, or the like, and is provided on the base with a pin or projection c for holding a coat, and on the front with a tongue d for holding a programme or the like. The clip b may be made large enough to hold gloves.
Patent GB-190321515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Latches.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 21,515. Bell, W. Oct. 7. Latches; locks, key.-Relates to latches operated from the outside of the door by a key and, according to the Provisional Specification, applied to closet and coal-cellar doors &c. A latch C, Fig. 4, is pivoted between two projections and on the inner door-plate B, and is retained by a doublebevelled catch E secured to the side frame. A guard H and a stop J for the key end may be secured to the plate B. The key D, when turned, presses a projection on the latch C and lifts it. Fig. 6 shows the latch C used for a left-hand door; for a right-hand door, it is bent the other way. The catch is reversible.
Patent GB-190322065-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Saddles for Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
Inventor: DUERRE CHARLES WILLIAM RUDOLPH
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 22,065. Duerre, C. W. R. Oct. 13. Saddles.-In saddles for bicycles and other velocipedes in which a moulded piece of leather is secured at the front and back upon a metal frame, outward bulging of the flaps is prevented by tying the sides together or to the frame. The flaps may be connected by a helical spring d, screwed hooks c, and nipple nuts b fitted into sunken sockets a, so that, on tightening the nuts, the two sides of the saddle can be drawn together as desired. In lieu of using the hooks, the ends of the spring may be made screw-threaded and be directly inserted in the nuts. A rod may be used instead of the spring, or, as a further modification, the rod or spring may be dispensed with and the hooks hitched around the spring portion e of the frame, the hooks being provided, if desired, with a few helical convolutions. The Provisional Specification states that the sides may be knotted together by leather thongs or a buckle may be used.
Patent GB-190323252-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Potato Digger.
Inventor: WALSH HENRY
Filed: 1903-10-27
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 23,252. Walsh, H. Oct. 27. Potato diggers constructed with two beams a, connected by rungs b, and mounted on wheels c, d, the distance apart of the front wheels c being adjustable. A sole f, provided with a hollow sock, is bolted loosely to the frame at h The sole is supported and adjusted by means of the rod k, with upturned parts l, which pass through adjusting-nuts n. An iron sheet w is attached to the sole at the sock, and curves upwards to a rail x between the beams i. Two side plates o are attached outside the beams. A hubp, carried on a cross-shaft q, is fitted with flexible blades s, which serve to drive the earth and potatoes up the sheet w to a transversely-inclined sieve shaken to and fro by the connecting-rod C, and wheel D and attached to cross-bars on the sieve. The " paddle " wheel is driven by a chain from either the front or back wheels, or by cranks or eccentrics and connecting-rods. The rear wheels are cleaned by spikes H.
Patent GB-190326150-A (GB)
Title: The Treatment of Furze for Obtaining a Food for Cattle, Paper Pulp, and an Ammonium Salt which may be used as a Manure.
Inventor: HORTELOUP GABRIEL PAUL
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 26,150. Horteloup, G. P. April 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Materials, fibrous; raw materials, treating; pulp, treating; waste products, treatment and utilization of.-A pulp suitable for making paper is obtained from furze. The stalks are cut up in a chaffcutter, and are subjected to the action of caustic soda lye under pressure in a rotating washer or analogous apparatus. The pulp obtained is drained off, freed from the black lye it contains, washed in running water, and bleached by chlorine or other means. It is then beaten lightly, strained and mixed with size. The soda is recovered by evaporating and calcining the black lye. The volatile products evolved during the evaporation and calcination are passed through a tower charged with coke impregnated with sulphuric or other acid, and are thus deprived of ammonia, which is collected in the form of a salt and used for manuring or other purposes.
Patent GB-190327572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telescopes and the like
Inventor: CONRADY ALEXANDER EUGEN
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 27,572. Conrady, A. E., and Baker, F. W. W. Dec. 16. Telescopes.-A lens L is mounted in a small axial hole in the object-glass O, to give at F, a point in the common focal plane of the object-glass and eyepiece, a real image of a fiducial line placed at M in front of the object-glass; or for the same purpose a small lens may be mounted in front of an ordinary unperforatedobjective. Galilean telescopes may thus be fitted with crosswires.
Patent GB-190328179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Portable Stoves.
Inventor: PERKY HENRY D
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,179. Perky, H. D. Dec. 22. Lamp stoves. - Relates to a portable cooking-stove for use in connection with oil or gas lamps. The stove body a is provided with a bracket, by means of which it is mounted upon a sectional standard f, Fig. 1. An adjustable ring g i s attached to the e standard for raising or lowering the stove, which is kept from turning by an arm e, fitting into a slot within the ring. The bottom is provided with a central circular opening h, beneath which the lamp is placed. Openings k are provided with shutters, and may be used in connection with two small lamps. Cooking-vessels are placed upon two or more openings n in the cover of the stove. The sides are strengthened by means of horizontal braces p, q, of which the latter serve to support a removable grating r. The cover top d is removable, and may be replaced by a wire grating for use in making toast, or when the cover is removed, a dish may be placed upon the stove. Adjustable dampers v, ware provided, to direct the heat to the ends or the middle of the stove. The side wall is made in a single piece of sheet metal and is provided with doors t, for inserting cooking- utensils. When a lamp is used having a wide wick, the V-shaped deflectors 5 direct the heat into the openings at the bottom.
Patent GB-190328808-A (GB)
Title: Condiment Holder,
Inventor: WILLIAMSON JOHN BAKER
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 28,808. Williamson, J. B. Dec. 31. Condiment receptacles.-A combined holder for salt and pepper is made of glass and provided with two compartments 2, Fig. 2. The ends of the holder carry y perforated screw caps 3 having flanges 5. Perforated cut-off plates 6 are pivoted to the caps 3 and are provided with lugs 8, Fig. 6, engaging with the springs 12, which are fastened to the plates 3 as shown in Fig. 4. The flanges 5 are cut away to form shoulders 10 which limit the movement of the cut-off plates when the looped ends of the springs are pressed back, thereby bringing the perforations in the plates into coincidence. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the screwed cap 15 is provided with a pivot pin 16, projecting through the housing 20 formed on the cut-off disc 17, and a spring 18 has one end fixed to the pin and the other pressed against a pin 19 projecting from the cut-off plate.
Patent GB-190404275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Slag Wool, Silicate Cotton or Mineral Wool.
Inventor: NELSON GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 4275. Nelson, G. A., [trading as McNeill & Co., F.]. Feb. 20. Drawings to Specification. Slagwool, preparation of; mineral wool.-In the manufacture of slagwool, silicate cotton, or mineral wool, the shot is separated, and the various grades of fibres are mixed, by allowing the wool, as it is blown by the jet, to deposit on a vibrating travelling-band sieve, rotating perforated cylinder, or vibrating inclined riddle.
Patent GB-190406232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Chain Driven Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CHAVANNES FERDINAND PIERRE BER
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 6232. Chavannes, F. P. B. de. March 14. Driving-mechanism.-The crank axle 5, Fig. 1, drives the front sprocket-wheel on one side of the frame through the toothed wheels 6, 4, 3 on the other side of the frame. The axle of the wheel 4 bears in a projection 7 on the frame, or it may be in line with the axles 1, 5, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190406655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: GOODWIN JOSEPH SOMERS
Filed: 1904-03-18
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6655. Goodwin, J. S. March 18. Phonographs.- In order to increase the intensity of the sound emitted, and yet retain the fairly pure tones of a small diaphragm, several small diaphragms each with its own air tube are employed. The diaphragms are arranged symmetrically around the operating-style, and the air passages all unite into one of crossaction equal in area to the sum of the areas of the cross-sections of these air tubes. In Fig. 1, three diaphragms a, b, c are arranged symmetrically around the style i, which is connected to them by the arms l. These arms are preferably placed edgewise for strength. The three air passages f, g, h unite into one.
Patent GB-190406820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Valves.
Inventor: HOY HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 6820. Hoy, H. A. March 21. Safety-valves ; sealing valves; casings. - The casing of a safety-valve for steam generators is constructed in three parts b, c, d, of which the second carries the valve seats m, which are secured to it by turning over their lower edges at r. Except for a short distance at the lower end, a small space is left between the valve seat and the part of the casing around it ; and a flange p, formed on its upper end and resting in a recess q, has similar freedom. The webs t of the valve are cut away at the top to allow the steam to escape freely when the valve lifts, and are clear of that portion of the valve seat which makes actual contact with the casing. An adjustable ring v is screwed on to each valve, a lip on its lower face terminating in a fine edge which almost touches the flange of the valve, the annular space x thus formed communicating with a similar space y below the flange through holes w bored in the same. The respective chambers y of the two valves are connected by a passage z fitted with a screw-down valve. This consists of a screw 2 which can be brought down on to a shoulder in its nipple 29, holes 26 providing a way of escape for the steam when the screw is raised. A locking-nut 25 is fitted. The safety-valves are loaded by springs held between two plates, and adjusted by screw pins which project through the top of the casing. The screws are locked by a nut 17, and sealed by pouring lead into a cup 19 formed in the cap 18, or in any other suitable manner. Should either valve lift alone, a definite pressure will be set up in its chamber x, which will be communicated to the other valve, and help to lift it also. To facilitate the adjustment of the ring v on which this action depends, slots are formed on the top surface of the valve to enable it to be gripped by a key or other tool. The purpose of the screwdown valve is to regulate the difference between the opening and closing pressures of the valve by providing an adjustable opening for the escape from the chamber x of the steam which opposes the closing of the valve.
Patent GB-190406871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motors Worked by Heated Air or Gas.
Inventor: COLLINS ADRIAN
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 6871. Collins, A. March 22. Superheaters, steam.-An electric heater for air engines may be used to superheat the steam in steam engines. The heater consists of a circular steel or gun-metal casing containing plates of refractory material, such as fireclay, in which highiesistance wires arA embedded. Two forms of heater are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the plates N have holes, for the passage of steam, cut in them alternately at the top and bottom of the casing, while the form shown in Fig. 5 has one set of plates P arranged concentrically within the other set.
Patent GB-190414069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Developing Photographic Films
Inventor: BRAINERD JONATHAN MILLARD
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 14,069. Brainerd, J. M. June 21. Developing; fixing; trays and dishes; washing.- Consists of a light-tight developing-apparatus in which a roll film is unwound from the spool on to a device formed of a number of nearly cylindrical members which form a spiral surface as they rotate. The hood of the apparatus forms a convenient dark-room tray. The members 13 to 18, Figs. 2 and 3, of the rotary device are mounted on the shaft 10 by means of loose sleeves on which the heads of the members rotate freely, and are fitted with interspaced washers 27. The members and their heads are perforated, and one edge portion of the approximately cylindrical shell forming the members 14 to 18 is offset or curved eccentrically as indicated at 45. The inner member 13 has a coupling 46 provided with jaws 47 and a closing- device to form a clamp for the film. When the member 13 nearly completes its first revolution, its take-up lugs 22 engage with lugs 23 of the member 14 and take it along. After another rotation, the lugs 24 of the member 14 engage the lugs 23 of the member 15 and take it along, and so on, each member being similarly provided with lugs 23, 24, and the eccentricity of the shells provides a spiral surface as the rotation continues. The film spool unwinds on the pintles 33 of the hangers 29, 30 suspended from the yoke 28 by slide plates 31 which slide in the groove 32. A brake shoe 35 is kept in contact with the spool by the leaf spring 36 so as to prevent it from uncoiling too rapidly. Two baffles 39, 40 attached to opposite sides of the spout 37 form a light-tight channel for the developer or the water for washing or the fixing- agent. The hood 9 fits between flanges 7 of the dish 5 and can be conveniently inverted and used as a developing-dish for a dark room, the roller for the film being suspended in the narrower part from a suitable support. In the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the casing 48 has an opening 49 with an adjacent spout or shoot 50<a> in lieu of the spout 37, and spools of different lengths are supported from adjustable sliding shanks 54 which are retained in position on the guide-bar 50 by leaf springs 55. A coupling-pin 57 provided when short spools are being developed slides in a keeper or loop 58 on the inner section 13, and may be moved to engage any one or more of the consecutive sections 14, 15 as required and cause them to start rotating with the section 13. A clamping-plate 59, Fig. 8, is provided on the section 13 for connecting the film to the winding-mechanism, and is pivoted to an end part of the member, its free end when closed engaging a fastener 61 at the other end.