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Patent GB-190314659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning and Sterilizing Barrels and the like
Inventor: TROLIN MARCEL
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,659. Trolin, M. July 1. Cleansing and purifying casks. - Steam is admitted by a pipe 2, Fig. 1, through an injector nozzle 8, and water by a pipe 3, to a nozzle 10 which passes through the bunghole of the barrel or cask, placed in position on the arms 11, as shown, the arms and a discharge conduit 12 being adapted to rotate, so that rinsing from the barrel may be discharged outside the apparatus, or into a trough at the side. The pipe 3 communicates with an inlet pipe 4, and, through a pipe 5, with the trough at the side, a cock 7 serving to close or open either conduit. The water and steam pipes are controlled by slide valves, operated by a lever, which serves to open one and close the other, or partially open both, to regulate the relative proportions of water and steam admitted. Communicating with the pipe 2 is a vertical pipe 18, Fig. 4, provided, at its upper part, with a cock 19, connected with an injector nozzle 20, which is connected with the pipe 22, leading to the pipe 3, by means of a union 21. The union carries a cup 23 having perforations 24, which may be opened or closed by a screw 25. Disinfecting-solution, placed in the cup, is, after the barrel has been cleaned in the usual manner with the steam and water, carried by the steam through the nozzle 10, and vaporized, to sterilize and purify the barrel.
Patent GB-190317843-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fixed or Portable Cooking and Warming Apparatus.
Inventor: CARTWRIGHT JOSEPH JOHN
Filed: 1903-08-18
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 17,843. Cartwright, J. J. Aug. 18. Cooking stoves and ranges.-Relates to fixed or portable cooking and warming apparatus. The firebox U, suspended from the hot-plate P, is constructed with perforated sides, back, and front, and has a removable perforated bottom G, as described in Specification No. 28,055, A.D. 1902. Air is supplied by a central perforated draught-tube D, actuated by an external lever, and having one or more cross projections so as to serve as a disturber. Projections, craters, or ridges may be formed on the sides and bottom of the firebox U, and on the tube D. One of the sides E of the firebox forms the back of the oven F, the sides and door of which are lined with tinned iron or enamelled plates carried by distance-pieces, so that air can circulate between the lining and the sides &c. The oven door is provided on the inside with meat hooks and a drip-tin L ; or the hooks may be attached to the roof of the oven. The door may be fitted with a transparent panel, and means may be provided for turning the meat &c. from the cutside. The inside of the oven door may be formed as a Dutch oven. A baking-oven Q is arranged on the other side of the firebox U, and a boiler may be fitted beneath the oven, suitable deflecting plates w being fitted in the flues surrounding the oven and boiler. A shoot K below the firebox directs the ashes into the pan I, and a damper T may be fitted below the firebox to regulate the supply of air to the fire. Existing cooking-ranges may be fitted with a suspended firebox U between the ovens, and back and side boilers may be provided if desired.
Patent GB-190320648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks or Supports for Carrying Slates, Plates or Tiles on Roofs.
Inventor: DUCHEMIN PAUL
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 20,648. Duchemin, P. Sept. 25. Hooks; spikes.-Hooks for securing roofing plates, slates, or tiles are formed by bending wire or the like, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with an upper book d or point to engage a batten, and two lower arms a, b in which the slate &c. rests. Fig. 6 shows a form stamped or cast in one piece. The arms may be soldered or bound by wire to the stem f, or continued up and twisted together at the top or bottom as shown in Figs. 9 and 12 respectively. The double stem f may be symmetrically or otherwise arranged. Fig. 15 shows the arms connected by a bridge c, which may be straight, concave, or convex.
Patent GB-190321860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Manufacturing Internally Toothed Sleeves, Wheels and the like.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT WALKER
Filed: 1903-10-12
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 21,860. Smith, R. W. Oct. 12. Punching.-Internally toothed wheels, sleeves, &c. are cut by forcing or drawing a tool A through a tubular blank H while supported in a block J. The tool has a number of collars B or is built up of a number of rings, each being formed as a cutter, the cutters being graduated in shape so that the wheel is gradually and completely cut by one passage of the tool. The tool is operated by a screw, hydraulic pressure, or other means.
Patent GB-190401860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Conductors of Electric Railways or Tramways.
Inventor: BOARDMAN FREDERICK RICHARD
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1905-01-25
Abstract: 1860. Boardman, F. R. Jan. 25. Electric railways and tramways on the sectionalconductor system, in which the sections are arranged so that, if any one of them becomes short-circuited or broken, it is thrown out of circuit. Conductors; switches.-In the Figure, A represents the main positive feeder which is connected to the insulated conductor sections D through the electromagnetic switches C'. The electromagnets comprise two coils F, G, the coils F being all placed in series and connected to a switch in che generating station, while the coils G are placed in series with their corresponding sectional conductor and in parallel with respect to the main negative feeder B. In working the system, the feeder A is first energized and then the coils F, which closes the switch C', thus energizing the sectional conductors D and the coils G. The coils F are then switched out, the switches being kept closed by the coils G. Should any of the conductors D become broken, or the fuse blown by the conductor becoming short-circuited, the corresponding coil G becomes de-energized and causes the switch C<1> to open and throw the corresponding sectional conductor out of circuit. Simultaneously, the electromagnet G<1> allows its core P to fall and switch the danger lamps L, which are placed at the ends of the sectional conductor, across the mains A, B. The throwing of a sectional conductor out of circuit is indicated in the generating station by the closing of the corresponding electromagnetic switch R.
Patent GB-190404966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hand Signal Lamps.
Inventor: WRIGHT EDWIN SUGG
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 4966. Wright, E. S. Feb. 29. Signal lamps.- In a band signal lamp burning mineral oil, of the type described in Specification No. 12,098, A.D. 1903, the wash of the oil is prevented from extinguishing the light by forming the reservoir with a series of concentric vertical partitions A having openings B at the top and the bottom. The wick-tube is surrounded by a fine wire gauze sleeve C to prevent the oil from splashing against the wick and wick-tube.
Patent GB-190405275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dress Suspenders
Inventor: BLOOM HARRIS
Filed: 1904-03-03
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 5275. Bloom, H. March 3. Suspenders for articles of dress.- The skirt a is provided with a number of fixed or removable buttonhole tabs b, each of which can be attached to any one of a number of buttons, hooks, or the like d so as to raise the skirt.
Patent GB-190406933-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Collapsible Tables.
Inventor: ABBOTT STEPHEN WALTER
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 6933. Abbott, S. W. March 22. Tables.-Relates to a collapsable trestle table of the kind in which one pair of legs is pivoted under one end of the table top, the other pair being connected by a cross-bar which slides under the top. The legs B of each pair, forming one member of the folding trestle and moving together as one, are connected by a flat board or strip of wood C, the straight lower edge of which is situated approximately at the level of the axis D about which the legs are pivoted. When the table is opened out for use, the lower edges of the strips come together and form a V-shaped receptacle E. The boards may be attached to the same or opposite sides of their respective legs.
Patent GB-190407501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Grindstones.
Inventor: THOME EMILE
Filed: 1904-03-29
Granted: 1905-03-29
Abstract: 7501. ThomÚ, E., and Mairesse, M., [trading as Soc. E. ThomÚ, jun., & M. Mairesse]. March 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dust, confining and expelling on generation.- Dust &c. confined by a collapsable hood over a grindstone e is carried off by a worm conveyer d rotated by a belt v from the axle of the grindstone.
Patent GB-190408167-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Custard Powder or Manufacture of Custard Powder.
Inventor: WRIGLEY HENRY THWAITES
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 8167. Wrigley, H. T., and Chapman, A. J. April 9. Custard powders.-In a custard powder which requires the addition of water only to make the custard, dry or sterilized milk in a powdery state is used. The preparation consists of 75 to 65 per cent. of corn flour and other usual custard powder ingredients, and 25 to 35 per cent. of the dry sterilized milk. Fine or icing sugar may be added.
Patent GB-190408989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Service-box or Manhole Covers.
Inventor: MARTIN HENRY PHILLIP
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 8989. Martin, H. P. April 20, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Road service boxes. -A service - box or manhole cover is automatically locked when placed in position, and can be unlocked only by a specially - constructed key. The convex cover is provided with lugs 9, and with a trough-shaped sheet - metal pawl 4 which is pivoted to a bracket 3 and fits under an annular flange 7. To unlock the box, a key 15 having a stop 18, twist 16, and notch 17, is inserted through a removable boss 14 on the cover, and, by engaging a ridge 11, is guided into contact with the nose 5 of the pawl, the upper end of which then moves inwards and embraces the bracket 3. A key of other shape is deflected by the ridge 11, which, together with flanges 12, forms grooves 13. The cover has a bead 8.
Patent GB-190413125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spools and Spool-frames of Looms for Weaving Tufted Carpets and other similar Fabrics.
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,125. Humphries, J. P., and Humphries & Sons, J. June 10. Looms, pile-forming in. -In a loom for weaving tufted fabrics in which spool frames are used to carry the spools, bearings are made in the ends of the frame for the pivots of the spool, and a frictional device is provided to prevent its too free rotation. The yarnfeeding tubes d, and end brackets c with their spring arms c<2>, by which the spool frame is connected to its carryiug-chains, are rigidly secured to the wooden body part a of the spool frame ; the metal ferrules e assist in such securing. The pivots g<2> of the spool work in bearing-holes m in spring limbs h, which have their ends h<2> secured in gaps in the ferrules. Their other ends press against the spool, creating a braking friction. The spool may be disconnected from the frame by pulling back the end h<3> of the spring into the position shown by the dotted lines.
Patent GB-190416064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Parlour Grates and the like.
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 16,064. Carmuirs Iron Co., Barr, R., and Richardson, W. M. July 20. Grates; ashpans.-In an open bar less fireplace, the back A, Figs. 1 and 2, is made with the sides a' in the form of a bay, and is formed with a recess in which is placed the ashpan a<6> and the grate bottom a<3>. A slot as enables the grate bottom to be lifted by means of a hook &c., and the ashpan a<6> may be lifted by the knob a<9> on it. Air-supply openings a<12>, a<10>are formed in the front a<11> and the ashpan a<6> respectively, and similar openings may be made in side dogs or standards a<13>. In a modification, the ashpan a<14>, Fig. 6, is slipped beneath the front a<11> and grate bottom a<3>, which rests on the ashpan or on a ledge formed on the back A. Air-supply openings are formed in the ashpan front a<15>.
Patent GB-190416630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Distribution of the Actuating Fluid in Fluid Motors such as those of Direct-acting Non-rotating Steam Pumps.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY BURNETT
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-07-28
Abstract: 16,630. Watson, H. B., and Billetop, T. C. July 28. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-Comprises improved means for distributing steam to the motor cylinders of apparatus of the type described in Specifications No. 3645, A.D. 1900, and No. 24,553, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190417690-A (GB)
Title: Utilizing a Certain Waste Product for the Treatment of Boiler Feed Water
Inventor: BRAMLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-08-15
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17,690. Bramley, W. Aug. 15. Incrustation, preventing; feedwater, purifying.- The free acid contained in a hydrochloric-acid solution of iron chloride, which is a waste product of galvanizing works, is neutralized with barium carbonate or sulphide, and the resulting liquid is used to precipitate the impurities in feedwater, either in a vessel separate from the boiler or in the boiler itself. In the place of, or in combination with, barium carbonate or sulphide, some suitable base like zinc or iron oxide may be used.
Patent GB-190425414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crucibles suitable for the Manufacture of Glass.
Inventor: LANG FERNAND
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,414. Lang, F. May 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Crucibles.-A crucible for continuous use in glass manufacture has a flange 2 on the front provided with an arch 3 and with a hollow 4. A movable collecting-mouth 5 rests in the latter and dips into the crucible so that it draws the molten substance from the bottom. The cold materials are fed through the arch as the level in the crucible gets low, and the crucibles may be open at the top as in Fig. 2 or closed as in Fig. 3, according as it is desirable or not to let the flames touch the surface of the molten mass.
Patent GB-190504792-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Extracting Moisture from Peat and the like.
Inventor: SIMM WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 4792. Simm, W. March 8. Drying peat &c. -Peat or the like is fed from a hopper into the chamber B and is pushed forward by the steam or hydraulically operated plunger C. Afterwards, metallic plates K, connected alternately with the two poles of a dynamo and carried by rollers J run ning on rails, are plunged into the peat in slits made by a spade or dummy plate and an electric current is thus passed through the peat, while the liberated water is exuded through perforations O in the bottom and sides of the chamber. A door G, hinged and latched or bolted to the end of the chamber, is opened at intervals to remove the dried peat. Non-conducting strips P near the tops of the plates K prevent short-circuiting. Instead of the flexible leads N connected with the poles of the dynamo, brushes or contact-strips on the plates K may ride on live rails. The apparatus may be arranged vertically. According to the Provisional Specification, raw peat is placed between two plates or pairs of plates connected to the poles of a dynamo, these plates being afterwards pressed together and the current switched on.
Patent GB-190507839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Blue Mono-azo Dyes
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 7839. Lake, H. H., [Oehler, K., Firm of]. April 12. Dyes artificial.-An azo dye is produced by combining diazotized 6-nitro-2-amido-phenol-4- sulphonic acid with #-oxynaphthoic acid M.P. 216‹ C. It dyes wool indigo-blue having a greenish shade. It leaves cotton undyed. Specifications No. 2772, A.D. 1900, and No. 20,551, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190512058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strainers for Paper Making Machinery
Inventor: LUMSDEN THOMAS TEMPLETON MACKI
Filed: 1905-06-09
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 12,058. Lumsden, T. T. M., and Pearce. A. B. June 9. Strainers.-To facilitate the cleaning and changing of the strainer plates of flat bellows strainers, the plates j are fixed to an independent hinged portable frame i made separate from the strainer vat a and supported by four fixed carriers or blocks h fixed on the top of the vat. The frame is held down against a rubber ring l by screws, thus ensuring an air-tight joint. To clean the plates, they are turned up into the position shown. The strainer is stated to be applicable for all classes of long or short materials.
Patent GB-190514295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete Columns and the like.
Inventor: CUMMINGS ROBERT AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 14,295. Cummings, R. A. July 11. Piles.-Reinforcedconcrete piles, struts, and the like for bridges, docks, and other fireproof structures have the vertical members 2, Fig. 1, spaced apart by bands 3, which also prevent the concrete from spreading. The ends of the bands may be united by folding them, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of the forkshaped tool 9, Fig. 5, or by riveting them as shown in Fig. 4, one end 10 being bent radially to space the reinforcement from the exterior face 11; tongues 12, Fig. 1, may be punched from the bars 2 for the same purpose. The bands are secured to the bars by bent tongues 18, 19, Figs. 7 and 8, or by staples 21, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190514512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Side Lights.
Inventor: BROWN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 14,512. Brown, A. July 14. Fastenings, sliding-bolt. Cover plates for ships' side-lights are fastened by means of bolts actuated by cam or equivalent mechanism. The plate b, hinged to the frame of the side-light, is provided with four bolts a, a<1>, a<2>, a<3> bearing against strengthening-ribs on the plate and passing through guides b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>. These bolts are provided on the inner ends with pins which enter slots f in the cam plate l. The outer ends of the bolts are tapered, and, on the rotation of the disk l, engage with staples e, e', e<2>, e<3> on the frame and force the cover plate against the frame, a fillet of india-rubber being introduced to make a tight joint.
Patent GB-190520146-A (GB)
Title: Clutch and Variable Speed Gear for Motor Cars
Inventor: CATERS PIERRE DE
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 20,146. Caters, Baron P. de. Oct. 5. Motor road vehicles.-Two radially-toothed disks 1, 2 on the shafts 3, 4 are pressed together by a spring 7, the whole revolving in lubricant. Means are provided, operated by hand or foot, for regulating the pressure between the disks and thus varying the speed of driving.
Patent GB-190520675-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Signalling and Indicating by Means of Chronograph Clockwork Mechanisms.
Inventor: BAULINO CARLO
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 20,675. Baulino, C., and Fessia, F. Oct. 12. Speed and revolution-direction indicators.-Successive actuations of the pressing-stud of an electrically-controlled chronograph, respectively, start the pointer of the clockwork, arrest it, and set it back to zero, the apparatus being applicable to order apparatus and for indicating the speed and direction of revolution of a shaft and inferentially the speed of a ship. Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of several chronographs in series, the key 7 controlling the circuit of the magnets 5 which actuate the studs 3 of the clock-work mechanisms. In order to indicate the speed and direction of revolution of a shaft, the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 is adopted. A disk 8, fixed to the revolving shaft, is provided with a wiper 9 which presses the lever 7 against the contact 10 or 11 according to the direction of revolution. Current thus flows from the battery 6 through a solenoid 5 and magnets 13, 14, which actuate the pointer 18 to denote the direction of revolution. The attraction of the armature 21 presses the stud 3 at each revolution of the shaft, so that the distance through which the pointer 2 moves is a measure of the speed of revolution. In order that a continual indication of the speed of revolution may be given, three chronograph mechanisms may be arranged in circuit, so that by the simultaneous depressions of the studs 3 the pointer of one mechanism is made to travel from the zero to the indicating point, the second pointer is stopped at such point, and the third pointer is' moved back to zero. The three mechanisms may be contained in one instrument, the three independent pointers moving over the same dial, or being made to act as arms 58, 59, 60, Fig. 9, for consecutively operating a fourth pointer 61 so as to keep this continually in the indicating position. Means are also described for throwing the chronograph mechanism out for action when desired. The actuation of the pressing-studs 3 may also be effected by means of an auxiliary spring motor, the escapement of which is controlled by the magnets 5.
Patent GB-190522346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 22,346. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Woodeson, W. A. Nov. 1. Water-tube boilers.-Relates more particularly to modifications in the boiler described in Specification No. 28,383, A.D. 1903: Fig. 1 shows a boiler with two steam and water drums e connected by straight tubes f, f<1> with a single water drum d. The tubes in each of the banks f, f<1> are arranged in groups or nests, and are expanded into flat tube-plates formed on the drums. A baffle i deflects the furnace gases. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, there are three upper and two lower drnms. Man-holes m enable the tubes to b removed and replaced.
Patent GB-190522773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball and other Valves and Taps
Inventor: LODGE ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-11-07
Abstract: 22,773. Lodge, A. H. Nov. 7. Ball and float v a l v e s; casings; valves closing with rush of fluid ; lift valves; repairing, facilitating. - Relates to a subsidiary valve applicable to a ball or lift valve, by which the flow of water is automatically stopped when the parts of the valve are removed for repair. Fig. 2 shows a ball, valve in which the sliding plug b, actuated by the ball lever d, seats against the tank side of a partition c. A central opening through this partition receives the sliding stem a<3> of a rubber-faced valve a<2>, which is urged by water pressure in the chamber a<1> in the direction of the plug b. The stem is of sufficient length to keep the valve a<2> off its seating c<3> when the ball-valve plug b is at its maximum distance off its seat, but closes entirely when the plug b is removed altogether. The Provisional Specification states that the stem a<3> takes against a metal stud in the centre of the rubber-faced plug b. Fig. 4 shows the same principle applied to a bib cock, in which the spindle of the main plug b is held in sockets in a spindle d above and the subsidiary valve a<3> below. The plug b can be rotated off its seat for ordinary purposes without stopping the flow, but, on rotation of the spindle d out of the casing, the valve head a<2> seats on the ring shown and is held there by fluid pressure from below. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2636, A.D. 1858, No. 15,232, A.D. 1886, No. 15,283, A.D. 1896, and No. 5949, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190604417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strainers and Supply Regulators for Petrol or other Motor Oil or Spirit.
Inventor: ATKINSON HENRY GARDINER
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 4417. Atkinson, H. G., and Powell, W. J. Feb. 23. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, straining hydrocarbons in. A regulating-cock placed between the petrol supply tank and the carburettor contains a strainer. The valve passage 5 is extended as at 7<a> and the metal around it is threaded to receive a frame 9, which, when screwed up, holds in place the gauze strainer 10. The fuel enters at 4, passes to the. well 8, which is screwed to the casting 3, and thence through the strainer 10 to the outlet 11.