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Patent GB-190310404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Attaching Watch Chains or Guards to Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: COOPER FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-05-07
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 10,404. Cooper, F. May 7. Guards and chains, watch; jewellery fastenings.- Relates to stud-like devices for attaching watch chains to waistcoats, ladies' dresses, &c. A front plate 17, Figs. 4 and 5, is provided with an outstanding bow 29 at the back, into which slides a springy key 30 on the inside of the dress, a projection 31 falling into the recess 32, the key being attached to the front plate by a chain 44. In another form, the front plate is provided with a screwed stem, into or over which a shank on a back-piece screws. The ordinary solitaire fastening with side push-pieces may be used. The shank 35, Fig. 9, may be pulled outwards and the pivoted arms 33 pressed together, the arms spreading again when released after passing through the hole in the dress. A single pivoted bar may be used and turned at right-angles when through the dress. An eye may be formed at the back of the front plate and a double spring bar 41, Fig. 12, passed through it. The attachment may consist of a spring-hinged flattened ring passing through the hole in the dress. The chain may be fixed to a ring or rings on the front plate, or the chain may be passed through a link, which is passed on to a spring ring 42, Fig. 13, or to a spring hook. The front plate may be shaped in any form, and may be ornamented with precious stones &c.
Patent GB-190312445-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tobacco-smoking Pipe or Tube.
Inventor: SANDERSON EDGAR STANLEY
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 12,445. Sanderson, E. S. June 2. Tobacco pipes and cigarette holders. - The pipe has the external appearance of an ordinary cigar or cigarette, and consists of the tobacco holder A fitting into the tube B, both parts being made of glass or any other suitable material that will stand prolonged boiling without damage. The tube B contains a "capil- " lary disc " C consisting of a bundle of capillary tubes, such as are used for containing vaccine lymph, bound together by some non-absorbent material ; between this bundle and the end of the tobacco holder, small pieces of blotting-paper or other easily-procurable absorbent material may be placed. The part B may be used alone as a cigarette holder. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that a removable absorbent or medicated disc, preferably carried on the end of the tobacco holder, is contained within the tube B.
Patent GB-190313592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Music and like Stands or Desks, Book-rests, and analogous Articles
Inventor: LUNN ERNEST ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-06-18
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,592. Lunn, E. A. June 18. Leaf-holders.-Loose blocks d, Figs. 3 and 9, carrying ordinary leaf-holders e, or loops d, Figs. 11, of wire leaf-holders e, are adjusted in a slotted raceway b in a music, reading, or like stand or desk, book-rest, or the like. The raceway b, Fig. 9, is formed with a rack, notches, or serrations f, into which the leaf-holder shanks e<1> are tilted. According to the Provisional Specification, leafholder blocks in the form of plugs are adjusted in a series of holes or sockets.
Patent GB-190319554-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Distributing Cargoes in a Vessel's Hold or other Places.
Inventor: HOLLAND GERALD EDWARD
Filed: 1903-09-10
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 19,554. Holland, G. E., and Johnston, H. Sept. 10. Shoots.-Consists of means for use in conjunction with coal and bag heavers for distributing the cargo in a vessel's hold or other place. A hopper A, to which the cargo is fed by a shoot D, is fitted with a revolving tube B which opens into a telescopic shoot C connected to it.
Patent GB-190320615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suction Discs for the Vulcanite Palate of Artificial Teeth.
Inventor: KENNEDY JOHN
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 20,615. Kennedy, J. Sept. 25. Stamping.-Suction discs for the vulcanite palates of artificial teeth are made of aluminium, gold, or an alloy, by first recessing a piece of the metal in a stamping - machine, and afterwards cutting it to the shape required. The machine is provided with male and female dies C, D, the male die C being hammered until the plate is recessed. The Provisional Specification states that the female die may be provided with projections, so as to form corrugations in the underside of the disc which will allow it to be afterwards firmly embedded in the vulcanite palate.
Patent GB-190322333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Emery Card-grinding Rollers.
Inventor: DRONSFIELD JOSEPH STANDRING
Filed: 1903-10-16
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 22,333. Dronsfield, J. S. Oct. 16. Cards, wire; carding-engines.-Relates to cardgrinding rollers, and particularly to the roller described in Specification No. 17,029, A.D. 1888, having a spirally-grooved emery periphery. To obtain an intermittent action on the card teeth as with the Horsfall type of grinding - disc, the roller a is wound with a strip of emery filleting b, spaces being left between the turns about equal in width to the strip. The roller, in working, is axially reciprocated a distance about equal to the width of the strip.
Patent GB-190322734-A (GB)
Title: Boiler for Size or other Liquids
Inventor: PARKINSON THOMAS
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,734. Parkinson, T. Oct. 21. Heating liquids.-Size or other liquid is heated by direct contact with steam in a closed reservoir A. To promote circulation, the steam is admitted through a nozzle I into a vertical tube F, furnished with ports J, a mixing-nozzle G, and a deflecting- head H. A baffle K is provided in the lower part of the reservoir. The inlet for the cold liquid is at B or C, and the outlet for the heated liquid at D.
Patent GB-190323844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with "Starting Gates" for Racing Purposes
Inventor: GRIDLEY HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1903-11-03
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 23,844. Gridley, H. J. Nov. 3. Drawings to Specification. Fabrics with strengthening-strips; selvages.-The tapes used with starting-gates for races are, according to the Provisional Specification, made so as to undergo changes of climate or weather without curling. The tapes are woven or braided with a braided, rigid, or stiffened edge at each selvage, or fine metal, or strands of stiffer material, are interwoven with the tapes.
Patent GB-190324457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes.
Inventor: BLABER REGINALD
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 24,457. Blaber, R., and Soper, H. Nov. 11. Governors combined with brakes, -Two bars a, b, pivoted at c, both of them carrying a brake holder d and pad e. form a toggle which may be operated automatically by a centrifugal governor, as shown. The spindle g is turned by the pulley h The ball arms k are bell - crank levers which act on the sleeve p through links n. A spring r controls the motion. The bell - crank lever u, acting on the toggle through the link x, embraces the sleeve p by means of two forks at its end. A saddle y prevents the balls from falling against the spindle g. The governor may be adjusted for different kinds of work by altering the strength of the spring r, the length of the arms k, the angle between the toggle bars a, b, and the weight of the balls.
Patent GB-190401258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Clocks.
Inventor: TIFFANY GEORGE STEELE
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 1258. Tiffany, G. S., and Inwagen, J. van. Jan. 18. Pendulums. - In an iudependent electric clock, a torsional pendulum is used the bob of which consists of a bar 231 carrying two weights 232, 233, which are pressed against terminal screws 235, 236 by a bow spring 234. This spring serves to attach the bar 231 to the torsion wire 220. The bar and weights are made of differentlyexpansible metals, say steel and a lead alloy, which give compensation for changes of temperature. Electric clocks.-The minutehand 60 is on the arbor of a ratchet - wheel 100, which is driven one tooth for each double beat of the pendulum by means of a lever 150 bearing a pawl. This lever, which takes up a tooth when attracted by the electromagnet 130 and drives when pulled away by a spring 160, bears at the free end a pair of insulated contact-pins 151, 152 which are wired direct to the opposite poles of a battery 200, and it also bears a pair of strips 155, 156. The strip 155 is not insulated and is long enough to touch a fixed screw wired to the positive pole through a resistance 209. The strip 156 is insulated and terminates a branch 207 of the wire from the negative pole. The electromagnet and a shunt 210 with condenser 211 are wired to the post 13, from which the pendulum is suspended and to the yoke 40 connecting the cores. The torsion wire 220 bears an arm 221 which makes a contact with each insulated pin on the armature lever alternately, and the long strip touches the short one when it is not brought up against the fixed screw. Thus, in the double beat of the pendulum, an attracting current and a depolarizing- current are sent through the electromagnet.
Patent GB-190403861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Latches or Locks for Sliding Doors and the like.
Inventor: RAMSAY NORMAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-02-16
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 3861. Ramsay, N. F. Feb. 16. Fastenings, railway and other carriage door; catches, spring; latches.- Relates to latches, for sliding doors, of the type in which a keeper or striking-head enters the latch and is retained by a hooked catch. In order to prevent the unfastening of the latch by vibration, especially when it is used for railway and tramway carriage doors, the keeper 5 is engaged by two spring bolts 1, one on each side, pivoted to the lock body 3. Between the two bolts is a device 4 for retracting them, adapted to be fitted with handles or to receive a removable key. The striking - bead may be rigid, as shown, or yielding, and acted upon by a spring or springs.
Patent GB-190407209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multi-voltage Electric Generators.
Inventor: GIBSON GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1904-03-25
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 7209. Gribson, G. H. April 4, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dynamos, alternating current. - A generator arranged to give a considerable number of voltages of wide range is provided with high and low voltage armature windings 18, 19 on the same or different cores and in the same or different slots, and with two balancing - coils 20, 21, which may be stationary or secured to the armature shaft or spider. Brushes 14, 15 and 17, 16 bearing on two separate commutators connect the high and low voltage mains 23, 26 and 24, 25 to the windings 18, 19, which are also connected at various points either through slip-rings and brushes or directly to the coils 20, 21 at the ends and intermediate points 27, 28 respectively. The points 27, 28 are so selected that the ratio of the whole of each coil 20, 21 to the part between the points 27 or 28 on it is the same as that of the length of the winding 18 to that of the winding 19. The connections are such that the points in the windings 18, 19 to which an end of a coil 20, 21 and the corresponding point 27, 28 are connected are always in phase. The neutral main 22 is connected to the middle points of the coils 20, 21. Two sets of coils 20, 21, one for each winding 18, 19, may be provided. In an example, if the low-voltage armature generates a voltage of 50 and high-voltage armature one of 200, voltages of 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, and 200 volts, are obtained between the mains 22 and 24 or 25, 24 and 25, 23 and 24 or 25 and 26, 22 and 23 or 26, 23 and 25 or 24 and 26, and 23 and 26 respectively.
Patent GB-190409755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas or Vapour Burners.
Inventor: NUERNBERG ALBERT
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 9755. N³rnberg, A. April 28, Gas and vapour burners.-A burner using a mixture of lighting-gas, producer gas, petroleum or alcohol vapour, or the like, and a supporter of combustion such as air, oxygen, or both, for lighting and heating purposes, is shown as applied for incandescent lighting by lighting gas, air, and oxygen. Gas is supplied by a pipe a to an annular chamber b between inner and outer tubes c, d. Air is admitted into the tube c through a recessed adjustable screw plug l at the lower end, and oxygen is supplied by a pipe n. A ring nozzle i is formed by a bevelled upper edge h of the tube c and a flanged cap f provided at the top of the tube d and having an opening equal to that of the tube c. The tube d is made in two parts, a lower part connected at e to the tube c, and an upper part screwing upon the lower part for adjustment of the nozzle opening. A distributer q is provided in the tube c.
Patent GB-190413383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lettering for Sign-boards and the like.
Inventor: PROBYN HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 13,383. Probyn, H. J., and Wood, T. June 14. Letters; signs.-Letters for signboards are built up from templets of linoleum, paper, or other material, suitably coloured, shaded, or gilded. Thus, the letter A may be built up by superposing the upper templet shown in Fig. 3 on the lower templet shown in Fig. 2 ; or the face of the letter may be drawn and coloured on the lower templet. The upper templet may be smaller or larger than the lower one, and the space between them may be filled in with white lead or putty to produce a bevelled or hollow edge, as shown in Fig. 4 ; or the upper templets may be held free of the board by means of packing-pieces. In a further modification, the letter may consist of one templet only.
Patent GB-190419927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rowlocks.
Inventor: MONTREUIL EUGENE
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 19,927. Montreuil, E. Sept. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Boat rowlocks.-An outrigger and other rowlock comprises an L-shaped bar 2 fitting over the gunwale, the shorter portion 6 of which is provided with an out-turned toe 7 fitting in the plate 9. A plate 11 is secured to the inside of the gunwale, having a stop 12 and a turn-button 13 for securing the rowlock against accidental displacement. Guard-pins 16 are arranged in conjunction with a plate 17 on the gunwale, between which one arm of the rowlock rests.
Patent GB-190421540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means of Obtaining Optical Effects as are called Cinematographs or Animatographs.
Inventor: CORTHESY JULES HIPPOLYTE
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-10-07
Abstract: 21.540. CorthÚsy, J. H., and Boehringer, P. F. Oct. 7. Kinematographs &c.-Plates or leaves bearing pictures or advertisements or having reflecting-surfaces of various forms, which are intended to be rapidly substituted one for another to obtain the effect of motion and other optical effects, are mounted at one edge on a strip or band which may be bent back or douhled over in such a way as to expose the plates to view or bring them into action successively. The point of folding over may be caused to travel along the length of the band, or the band may be moved over a fixed bar or the like. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in book form operated by manipulating the end-plate or a spiral handle a'. Fig. 10 shows a series of plates a mounted on an endless band c. which passes over. a bar d and rollers g, e so as to bring the plates successively into view. One of the rollers may have teeth and engage holes in the band. Fig. 11 shows a modified form of the apparatus, in which the strip c is moved to and fro over a bar, being attached to a spiral spring at one end. The strip or band may be of flexible material or of metal pieces hinged together as shown in Fig. 5. The plates are attached along their lower edges and a portion of their backs, as shown in Fig. 3, or their edges may be bevelled off for attachment, as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190426778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tanning and in the Treatment of Waste Tanning Materials and Liquors.
Inventor: PAYNE ERNEST EDWARD MUNRO
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,778. Payne, E. E. M. Dec. 8. Tanning ;tannins and tannic liquors.-Active tanning-agents are extracted from waste materials of a tannery by means of caustic soda or other alkali. The liquor is rendered neutral, if necessary, and neutral or slightly acid skins or hides are immersed and subsequently treated with acetic acid. The leather thus produced may then be treated with other tanning-materials.
Patent GB-190505817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Conversion of Iron into Steel.
Inventor: SIMPSON RENNARD
Filed: 1905-03-20
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 5817. Simpson, R., [Simpson, D. I. R.]. March 20. Drawings to Specification. Foundry ladles. - A shallow ladle is used for the conversion of pig iron, from a blast furnace, into steel. The ladle is connected with the furnace by means of a trough, and air is forced through the bottom of the ladle while the metal runs in, and overflows, continuously.
Patent GB-190506610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keys and in Locks Operated by such Keys.
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 6610. Wormald Patent Locks Co., and Wormald, A. H. March 29. Locks, key; padlocks; keys; keyholes. - Relates to a lock adapted to be operated by a key such as is described in Specification No. 23,418, A.D. 1892. As applied to a padlock, the locking-bolt e is blocked in its shot position by the tumbler h, the shoulder e<4> of which springs behind the projection e<3> on the bolt, and by the slider g, the projecting edge m of which engages with a recess in the bolt. The key c, as shown in Fig. 10, is provided with the pivoted bitt a with the extension b, and also with the triangular projection d on the end of the shank. On inserting the key into the barrel keyhole q, Fig. 5, the projection d enters a corresponding recess n<2> in a pinion n, which is mounted in the casing with its teeth engaging a rack on the slider g. On turning the key, the slider g is raised by the rack and pinion, and the tumbler h by the extension b of the key bitt a, thus releasing the bolt, which is withdrawn by the bitt a. Either the slider g or tumbler h with its corresponding operating-bitt on the key may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190509432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Scuttles, Boxes and the like.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 9432. Kent, W. G. May 4. Coal boxes; coal scuttles.-Coal boxes, scuttles, and the like are formed with a channel a into which the scoop fits, thus obviating any difficulty owing to the scoop meeting large lumps of coal. The coal scuttle may be mounted on trunnions b, from which it is readily removable, so that the scuttle may be tilted after insertion of the scoop so as to cause coal to fall into the latter.
Patent GB-190510763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Packets or Receptacles for Cigarettes.
Inventor: BLEVINS ALFRED EUGENE
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 10,763. Blevins, A. E., and Goss, J. C. May 23. Cigarette boxes and cases. -In a cigarette case, as shown in Fig. 1, the slide is made from a blank of the form shown in Fig. 2. The upper flap c of the slide is incised longitudinally into a number of narrow strips, which are tipped as at d with a suitable composition which may be ignited by friction. The outer case a of the packet may be provided with a striking. surface.
Patent GB-190510841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bed-sheets.
Inventor: SHUTTLEWORTH-BROWN DAVID HARRY
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 10,841. Brown, D. H. Shuttleworth-. May 24. Sheets.-To prevent danger from contagion, bedsheets A are formed with tucks T. t, so that the sheets may be always placed in the same position on the bed. The position of the pillow is shown at P.
Patent GB-190511962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Devices for Sharpening the Rotary Circular Knife of Meat Slicing Machines
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 11,962. Maatschappij tot Vervaardiging van Snijmachines Volgens " van "Berkel's patent" en van andere Werktuigen, and Berkel, W. A. van. June 7. Sharpenin,g.-The plane and the bevelled edges of the rotary circular cutter of a meat-slicing machine are sharpened by means of an emery wheel removably mounted on the framework of the machine. A plate 5, Fig. 1, bolted to the cutter standard, carries four upright pins. The pin 6 which is nearest the cutter 1 carries the frame 10, in the upper arm 11 of which the spindle carrying the emery wheel 14 is mounted, the lower arm 12 being forked and adapted to embrace either the pin 8 or the pin 9. The centre pin 7 carries a device for locking the emery wheel in position. The frame 10 is loosely mounted on the pin 6 and rests on a spiral spring 15 surrounding that pin. In its normal position this spring lifts the grinding- device and holds it above the cutter. The emery wheel, which is hollowed out in the centre on one side and bevelled on the other, is mounted between springs 16, 17 so as to be directly above the bevelled edge of the cutter. If it is desired to grind the plane edge of the cutter, the forked arm 12 of the frame 10 is placed on the pin 8 and the frame 10 is pushed downwards. The lower end 22 of the arm 21 pivoted to the upper arm 11 comes into engagement with an horizontal pin 26, carried by the stop mechanism on the pin 7, and is pushed to the left and drags with it the link 20, which forces the upper end of the lever 18 engaging with a groove in the collar of the emery wheel, to the right, thus pushing the emery wheel over beyond the edge of the knife. When the end 22 of the arm 21 has passed the pin 26, it is hollowed out so as to swing back and allow the emery wheel to be pressed by the springs against the knife-edge. If it is desired to grind the bevelled side of the knifeedge, the forked arm 12 is placed over the pin 9, Fig. 5, thus placing the emery wheel in a position oblique to the knife-edge. In this 'case, as the frame 10 is depressed into its active position, the end 22 of the arm 21 misses the projection 26 and the emery wheel comes straight down on to the bevelled edge. The frame 10 is held in its lowest or active position by one of two tongues 27 provided with quadrantal recesses which engage over the suitably-shaped ends of the horizontal bolt 29. The bolt is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by the arm 30 and weight 31, and can be rotated by the arm. If the arm 30 is turned through a right-angle, the tongue 27 is released and the spring 15 forces the device out of action. The tongues are so placed that only one is in action in either position of the emery wheel. The nut 25 on the screwed pin 8 adjusts the height of the stop mechanism on the pin 7 and also acts as an adjustable stop to prevent the emery wheel from being depressed too far on to the cutter.
Patent GB-190522607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time and Percussion Fuses for Projectiles and the like.
Inventor: BEALE FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-11-04
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 22,607. Beale, F. Nov. 4. Fuses for projectiles. - Relates to means for re-setting a time and percussion fuse to safety after it has been set for action, and consists in forming a projection B on the time ring A to engage with a toothed wheel C on a spindle D carrying arms E, E<1> which, when the spindle is rotated by turning the ring A, are interposed between the pellets F, H and the hammer G. Modified devices are indicated for operating the arms E, E<1>, which may carry the pellets F, H, or hammers G. A third arm on the spindle D may carry a shutter for closing the flash passage for communicating with the magazine of the fuse.