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Patent GB-190420623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Handles for Golf Clubs and in Golf Putting Irons.
Inventor: GOUICK JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-24
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 20,623. Gouick, J. Sept. 24. Golf.-Relates to handles for golf clubs and to golf putting-irons. The handle is formed with spiral ribs 6, Fig. 1, so as to give a good grip when soft leather 7 is wound around the handle. In place of the ribs 6, the handle may be formed with longitudinal grooves ; or a spiral cord may be wound around the handle before the leather 7 is applied. The putter, Figs. 4 and 5, is made of cast iron or brass, and is made with a curved and rounded bottom 10 to prevent it from being caught in the grass. The bottom of the club is wider than the top, so that the centre of gravity of the club is low and coincides with the place at which the club comes in contact with the ball. The shape of the club is adapted to cause it to swing easily. The socket 9 for the insertion of the shaft may be inclined to suit right or left handed players.
Patent GB-190421959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Pneumatic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: YOUNG JAMES GILMOUR
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 21,959. Young, J. G. Oct. 12. Tyres, pneumatic.-A solid or cushion tyre B, Fig. 1, or C, Fig. 2, is secured to, or formed on tLe tread portion of, the outer cover A<1> of a pneumatic tyre and forms the wearing-surface.
Patent GB-190423227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HOPKINS CHARLES YEOMANS
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 23,227. Hopkins, C. Y. Oct. 28. Motor cycles clutches ; driving mechanism.- Relates principally to the general arrangement of a light motor vehicle having a single rear road wheel, and includes arrangements of the tubular frame, driving-gear, and bearing-springs. Figs. 1 and 2 show the frame with its upwardly-curved front portion extending forwardly and outwardly from the base of the rear portion, and carrying springs h secured to the steering-axle at points nearer to the forward end of the spring than to the rear end. The upper portion of the frame consists of a single tube c connecting the rear-wheel forks to a transverse shaft d forming a support for the seats. The steering - column f connects the transverse shafts d, e, but, for extra stiffness, two inclined members g are placed between the shafts. The accumulators, petrol tank, and a baggage receptacle are fitted above the upper member c of the frame and at the rear of the seats, while the motors are fitted between the members c, a on cross-stay tubes or otherwise. In the example shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a three-cylinder motor drives three cranks mounted on separate transverse axles having discs thereon which gear at their peripheries. The motors may be mounted to drive longitudinal shafts ; or the three axles may be connected by a side-rod if found desirable. A single flywheel, in the case shown, is mounted on the middle crank shaft and the motion is transmitted by chain gearing to the rear road wheel. The change-speed gearing is contained within the hub i of the rear wheel, and is shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 10, where the central pinion has an extending sleeve on one side driven by the chain gearing and drives a number of planet-wheels such as m, m<1>, loosely mounted on the bars of a cage l, which is mounted on ball bearings and detachably secured to the wheel hub. One of these planetpinions gears with a second central pinion j<1> which for low speed is clutched to the fixed rear axle. On the other side of the pinion j, a claw-clutch element is adapted to engage with a similar element on the sliding pinion j<1> and thus to lock the epicyclic gearing and produce a direct drive. To slide the pinion j<1> along the shaft, a spring claw n engaging a peripheral groove on the pinion is mounted on an outer sleeve o having a screw thread of quick pitch thereon. By means of the lever r, the driver can give an angular motion to the sleeve o, thereby operating the screw and moving the sliding pinion, the inner sleeve meanwhile being prevented from rotating by serrations at its outer end engaging with others on the chain-adjuster q. Any known cam or other device may be used in place of the screw for moving the pinion j<1> ; also a disc brake may be used on the rear axle. An arrangement of the parts in the rear-wheel hub of a manumotive road vehicle such as a bicycle is also described.
Patent GB-190424918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Leading-in Conductors for Incandescent Electric Lamps or other Vessels requiring Gas Tight Joints.
Inventor: HYDE AUGUSTUS CHARLES
Filed: 1904-11-17
Granted: 1905-12-16
Abstract: 24,918. Hyde, A. C. Nov. 17. Incandescent lamps; vacuum tubes.-Leading-in conductors of iron-nickel alloy are coated by immersion in a molten non-oxidizable alloy, preferably of silver and platinum, in an atmosphere of hydrogen. The conductor is preferably led from a reel under a vertically-adjustable curved guide of porcelain or other refractory material in the vessel containing the alloy, and wound on a second reel. The hydrogen may fill the passages through which the conductor passes, as well as the vessel itself, and may be burnt as it escapes. To more completely remove occluded gases, the conductor may be separately heated in hydrogen, previous to the coating process. Specifications No. 908, A.D. 1890, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys], and No. 18,255, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190427911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Preserve Boxes and the like
Inventor: OPSAL SOEREN
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 27,911. Opsal, S., and Mydland, L. A. Dec. 20. Cans, opening.-The lids or sides of preserve boxes, cans, &c. are formed with a double fold as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The usual tongue 3 is soldered to the underside 1 of the fold, so that, when the tongue is wound up upon a key 5, the edge 4 of the fold cuts the lid &c. along the line 6. In the case of large cans, two oppositely-directed folds are employed, the tongue being attached to the strip between the folds as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. Upon the tongue being wound up, the strip 7 is torn out along the lines 14, 15.
Patent GB-190428570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel.
Inventor: DEFAYS VICTOR
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-12-28
Abstract: 28,570. Defays, V. Dec. 28. Open-hearth processes.-Relates to a process for manufacturing steel in which the whole of the charge is run out from the furnace at the end of each operation, a portion of the liquid steel, freed from scoria, being reintroduced into the furnace either with or prior to the next charge of pig. The process may be combined with other processes which were incompatible with the continuous process of Siemens, Surzycki, Talbot, and others. Thus, in treating certain pigs, the required quantities of ore and limestone for refining purposes may be placed in the furnace and heated after the steel charge has been run out, the steel freed from scoria, and thepig being then introduced successively or simultaneously. In one method of carrying out the process, the steel and scoria are run from the furnace A into a ladle C, which is provided with a lip D in front of which is a bar E. When the ladle is full, the steel overflows into a second ladle F, the scoria being retained by the bar E. The ladle F may, before receiving the steel, contain the whole or part of the metal for the following charge, and its contents are reintroduced into the furnace. The ladle C may be provided with a supplementary lip G for discharging the scoria. The metal in the ladle is cast into ingots, a constant quantity of the latter thus being cast after each operation. In another arrangement, the steel flows from the furnace through a conduit, leading from the bottom of the latter, which may be extended by a supplementary conduit, the position of which may be adjusted so that the steel is directed into one or other of two ladles. When sufficient steel for reintroduction into the furnace has collected in one ladle, the steel is allowed to flow into the second, the first one being removed, so that, when scoria begins to flow from the furnace, the supplementary conduit is adjusted so as to direct the scoria away from the second ladle.
Patent GB-190502592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Solid Resilient Tyres.
Inventor: POLACK MAX
Filed: 1905-02-08
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 2592. Polack, M. Feb. 8. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-The embedded steel band c, for retaining the solid rubber tyre b in the channel-shaped rim a provided with one detachable side-flange f secured by means of a bayonet joint, is of substantially uniform thickness throughout and is formed so that one edge lies flush with one side of the tyre and in contact with the side-flange f, whereby the metallic contact between the flange and the band facilitates adjustment of the flange.
Patent GB-190504845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating-current Electric Motors.
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 4845. Union Elektricitõts-Ges. March 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-The rotor of a single-phase alternating-current commutator motor of the type described in Specification No. 7293, A.D. 1903, is provided with two windings, one of which is short-circuited on the line of the stator field by brushes s, Fig. 3, while the other is supplied with current from the mains k<2> through brushes m situated at right-angles to the first pair, the stator windingp being fed with high-tension current derived from the mains through a series transformer T. The rotor windings may either be separate or combined as described in Specification No. 23,288, A.D. 1902. To control the speed of the motor, the transformer T may be adjustable, or may be replaced by a series autotransformer or induction regulator, or variable resistances may be inserted between the brushes s or in the rotor exciting- circuit. As shown in Fig. 6, an autotransformer t or the like may be used to impress an auxiliary electromotive force upon the exciting-circuit. All these methods may be employed in combination. In a modification, the stator winding p may be fed from a different external source to the exciting-winding m by a small alternator, so that, according to the magnitudes and phases of the potentials applied, either the motor will absorb energy simultaneously from both circuits or more energy will be absorbed from the one circuit than corresponds to the work done, the surplus being transferred by means of the tranformer T to the other circuit.
Patent GB-190504978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches.
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 4978. Iden, G., and Iden Motor Car Co. March 9. Clutches.-In conical clutches for motor road vehicles and for other purposes, the inner part B is provided with a leather or other flexible band D, over which are placed strips of metal C engaging the outer metal member A, the spaces which may be left between the strips providing accommodation for oil. A ball bearing e takes the thrust of the engaging spring E upon the driving-shaft A<1>, another bearing F taking the thrust on the driven shaft.
Patent GB-190506491-A (GB)
Title: The Generation of Steam from Hot Liquids for the Production of Motive Power.
Inventor: SAUTTER GASTON
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 6491. Sautter, G., HarlÚ, E., and Rey, J., [trading as Sautter, HarlÚ, et Cie]. April 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Waste Liquors, utilizing for steam generation.- Hot waste liquids from various works are passed into a closed vessel 3 in which a partial vacuum is maintained by a condenser 1. The steam thus generated by the fall in pressure is utilized to drive a turbine 2 fitted between the condenser and the vessel 3. The liquid not vaporized is discharged from the vessel 3 by a descending pipe 7, terminating below in a goose-neck 8. Suitable provision is made to prevent the goose-neck 8 from being emptied, and the liquid from passing over through the steam-pipe 5 from the vessel 3 to the condenser. In a modification, the vessel 3 and outlet pipe 7 are placed below the ground level ; the liquid is then discharged into a pit, from which it is raised by a pump and fed into the drain.
Patent GB-190511446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks or Latches.
Inventor: JOHN EDMUND THOMAS
Filed: 1905-05-31
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 11,446. John, E. T. May 31. Locks, railway-carriage door and like; latches; locks, key.-The bolt B of a lock or latch for a railway-carriage door, vehicle door, gate, house door, &c. is pressed outwards by means of two springs S which lie within recesses formed in the rear end of the bolt. The ends of the springs S bear against fixed guides c<1> secured to the case. The bolt is retracted by means of a handle or key which turns the spindle P<1> of the toothed segment p<2>. An arm p<3>, which engages in a recess b<3> or between two pegs on the side of the bolt B, may be fixed above or below the segment p<a> to ensure the withdrawal of the bolt when the teeth of the segment p<2> have become worn or broken. In the application of the invention to night-latches or other latches requiring keys, a cross p<5>, Fig. 6, or its equivalent is formed on the end of the spindle P<1>, and a corresponding recess is formed in the end of the key.
Patent GB-190511450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Meters.
Inventor: PETITPIERRE CHARLES
Filed: 1905-05-31
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 11,450. Petitpierre, C. May 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Impulse and reaction meters.-The meter has a casing 1, Figs. 1 and 2, provided with a cover 2, an inlet passage 3, an outlet passage 4, cylindrical chambers 5, 6, and passages 7, 8, 9 which communicate with the chamber 10 in the cover. Two turbine wheels 11, 12, with oppositely-arranged vanes, are mounted on floats 16, 17 carried on the spindle 13, which drives the indicating-gear 30 through a worm 14 and worm-wheel 15. The upper bearing of the spindle 13 is carried by a disk 22 provided with holes 23 for the passage of liquid. If the velocity of the liquid is too high, the number of revolutions of the indicating-dials would not be in correct proportion to the quantity of liquid delivered, so that, to prevent an excessive rate of flow, a spring-loaded hollow piston 24 with apertures 25 is provided. When the velocity increases, the pressure on the underside of the piston exceeds that on its upper end, the spring 26 is compressed, the aperture is opened and some of the liquid flows towards the outlet without passing through the turbines. When the velocity of flow decreases, the piston, the downward movement of which is limited by a pin 28, falls and closes the tapered apertures 25. To register with precision very small rates of flow, the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is connected as shown in Fig. 3 with other apparatus consisting of a casing 32 divided into compartments 33, 34, 35. The division between the upper and middle compartments consists of a diaphragm 37, of leather, rubber, or the like, carrying at its centre a cylinder 40 secured by a nut 41, and that between the middle and lower compartments consists of a plate 44 containing a seating for the valve 43, which is attached to the upper end of the cylinder 40 by a spring 42. A pin 46 limits the upward movement of the valve. Liquid enters by the inlet on the right and lifts the diaphragm, displacing through the orifice 4 some of the liquid that has already been measured. This continues until the diaphragm is raised sufficiently high to open the valve 43, when liquid flows through the valve opening to the chamber 5 and through the turbines. If the flow becomes feeble, the diaphragm 37 and valve 43 fall and the above cycle is repeated. The flow is regular in spite of the pulsations of the valve at long intervals. Instead of flowing from between the turbines outwards, the liquid may flow through the turbines inwards and escape by a single outlet passage.
Patent GB-190512670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petrol and like Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: DIXON JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 12,670. Dixon, J. G. June 19. Vapour lamps.-The burner having been initially heated by the combustion of spirit in the cup 19, petrol or like combustible liquid, supplied by a tube 3 under the control of a valve 2, ascends a packed chamber 4 to the tube 9 and the nozzle 7. The vapour, in conjunction with air entering through the openings 17 in the tube 10, enters a copper or other heatconducting tube 12, of which the upper part is made solid, and is bored at 14 to receive the lower end of the mantle rod. From the tube 12 the mixture of air and vapour passes by the openings 13 to the burner proper 15.
Patent GB-190515200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers
Inventor: MUZZY WILLIAM HARVEY
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 15,200. Muzzy, W. H. June 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Signals, electric and indicator.- Cash registers of the kind described in Specification No. 4543, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Registering &c.], or other registers, are provided with electric means to indicate the transactions at a distance. The operation of the distant indicating-devices controls the operation of the machine, and the distant indicator is held set while the machine returns to a normal position. Fig. 6 shows the electric connexions, a cash - drawer 4 being shown, and Fig. 3 shows in plan the distant indicator mechanism. Commutator arms 9, carried by working parts, move over contact - plates 10 to complete circuits to control the positions taken up by the indicator contact-arms 19 working over the contact plates 18, from the nines towards the zeros. The arms 19 are on nested sleeves 19<a>, provided with toothed locking-segments 22, and they are moved over the plates 18 by the oscillation of the actuating-shaft 20, operated by the motor 27. When an arm 19 is] brought into contact with the plate 18 corresponding to the setting on the plate 10, the circuit is closed and the magnet 24 energized ; the bellcrank 23 locks the segment 22 and the corresponding segmental indicator 38. The locking-pawls 39 keep the indication exposed until a subsequent operation of the machine. The motor 27 is controlled from the cash-drawer 4, and the contactmaker 28 and the pivoted contact and latching arm 29 ensure that the motor is not actuated until the drawer is almost completely opened. The contactpiece 28 is also used to lock the drawer in its opened position by engaging with the latching-arm 29. The circuit through the magnet 33 for the latch 29 is controlled by the motor 27, through the contact-arm 34 on the shaft 20 and the plate 35, so that, after the cash-drawer has been opened and the motor started, the cash-drawer cannot be closed again until the motor has completed its operation. Initial movement of the cash-drawer energizes the magnets 40 to release the indicator locking-pawls 39 and the indicator, by means of the contact 28 and the stationary contact-plate 41. The register may close the circuits in any way, as by switches operated directly by the keys.
Patent GB-190519116-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Electrically Welding Metal Wires, Cables, Hoop-irons and the like.
Inventor: ROLLAND LOUIS STANISLAS
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 19,116. Rolland, L. S. Sept. 21. Welding ; working by electricity.-In a machine for electrically welding wires, cables, hoop-iron, and the like, electrodes 14, 15, Fig. 1, are mounted in, but insulated from, cages 11, 12. The cage 12 is slidable in guides as controlled by a lever 20, spring 25, and stop 22. Dies 16, 17 and caps 61 are grooved to the section of the articles to be welded and hold them with their ends in contact. The dies are interchangeably secured to and form part of the electrodes, and the caps are mounted on rods 59, 60, Fig. 3, sliding through but insulated from the electrodes and connected by a cross-piece 62 having a treadle connexion at 63. The rods are normally raised by a spring to an extent controlled by a stop. The rod 60 has a slotted connexion to the cross-piece to allow for the motion of the cage 12. The primary circuit of the transformer is completed through terminals 69, 70. The terminal 69 is connected to a pivoted lever 71, and is held in contact with the terminal 70 by a spring 73 except when prevented by a lever' 74 or stop 77 which abuts against the end of the slide of the cage 12. In operation, the lever 20 is moved to the left, Fig. 1, allowing the spring 73 to close the circuit. When the metal is sufficiently heated, further movement of the lever 20 upsets the joint to an amount determined by a stop 24 on the cage 12 which abuts against the cage 11. A handle 83 is then operated to traverse a shaft 31 and clutch it to a worm-wheel (not shown) continuously rotated by an electromotor. At the same time the lever 74 is operated to break the welding circuit. The shaft 31 is geared to a shaft 40 and cams on the shafts operate levers 45, 48, connected by a spring 51 and carrying swaging-dies 54, 55. The die-holder 56 is loose frictional fit in the socket 58 and is pressed downwardly by a spring 57.
Patent GB-190522598-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Turning Over the Leaves of Music, Books and the like
Inventor: LIVING ROBERT
Filed: 1905-11-04
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 22,598. Living, R. Nov. 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Leaf-turners.- In a leaf-turner, the spring-actuated arms E are mounted on two vertical axles D, D<1> and carry leaf clips consisting of vertically adjustable spring jaws R mounted in frames E<2>. The arms are retained to the right and released in succession by a s p r i n g-controlled pivoted tooth K. On operating the escapement by a finger or knee piece or pedal connected to a rod or the like P, which may be extensible, the tooth K releases the first arm, and the tooth L retains the next arm until the return of the tooth K. Rubber or like blocks are provided on the clips E<2> and frame C to deaden noise, and the ledge B is formed with gaps for the passage of the clips R and is sloped downwards to the front. In a modified form of escapement, the teeth K, L are replaced by sliding bolts.
Patent GB-190523114-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Squeezing and Extracting the Juice from Lemons, Oranges, or other Fruit of the like kind.
Inventor: MOVILLE JAMES LOUIS DE
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 23,114. Moville, J. L. de. Nov. 10. Beverages, drawing-off.-Apparatus for extracting the juice from lemons &c. may be provided with means for mixing the pulped peel with the juice and for delivering the juice mixed with water, soda-water, &c. The frame preferably consists of a metal plate a, Fig. 1, with brackets b, into slots in which fit thin ornamented plates i of metal, celluloid, &c. China &c. vessels e, f, g fit in recesses in a plate d and are supported thereby or by a bracket h. The extracted juice can be drawn off from the vessels e, g into a reservoir r and mixed with water &c. from the vessel f. If it is desired to extract the oil from the rind, the latter is minced in machines w and the pulp expelled into the vessels e, g.