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Patent GB-190327218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sun Blinds
Inventor: FORREST RICHARD
Filed: 1903-12-12
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 27,218. Forrest, R., and Bird, J. S. Dec. 12. Window blinds. - Relates to raising and lowering mechanism for sunblinds, and particularly for heavy blinds such as shop blinds. A chain h works over a sprocketwheel d on the blind roller a, and over a sprocket-wheel e mounted in a case c attached to the woodwork by means of flanges c<3> and screws or the like. The wheel e is actuated by means of mitre gearing l, k and a crank inserted in a boss m of the wheel k, and is braked and retained by means of a ratchet-wheel i and a pawl j. The wheels i, e, l may be integral, and are mounted in one outside plate of the case c and in an internal plate sliding in grooves. The case c is provided with a cover c' secured by screws o passing into the woodwork.
Patent GB-190328111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Pressure Generators.
Inventor: WARREN EDWARD CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1903-12-22
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 28,111. Warren. E. C. Dec. 22. Engines actuated by mixed steam and combustion products.-Fig. 2 shows an internal-combustion generator in which products of combustion, formed in the chamber 11 from a mixture of hydrocarbons and air injected through the nozzle 16, generate steam in a surrounding chamber 17, the combined mixture of steam and combustion products leaving the generator by the passage 4 to be used for motive-power purposes.
Patent GB-190328249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for the Manufacture of Paste-board and like Boxes.
Inventor: CONNER CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-23
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 28,249. Conner, C. E. Dec. 23. Stapling.-The lids and bottoms of round, oval, or other similarly-shaped pasteboard &c. boxes are secured by metal strips. An inclined shaft, supported in an inclined arm, carries moulds of suitable size and depth on which the parallel parts of the bodies or lids of the boxes can be placed. The inclined shaft is driven from a horizontal shaft, provided with a friction clutch, by a universal joint. An eccentric r is mounted on a horizontal shaft carrying a weighted lever m by which the eccentric is raised by hand or automatically kept down on the work. The eccentric carries a sleeve attached to a sliding block n, which is connected to a sliding block o provided with grooved roller for bending and applying the metal strip. The strip z passes up between rollers y, x and down between the rollers x, w, after which it passes back under the roller x and is applied to fix the lid or bottom to the edging.
Patent GB-190400787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Cap Closures for Receptacles for Powders, Liquids or Semi-solids.
Inventor: BREWER GRIFFITH
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 787. Brewer, G., [Hall, H. J. S.]. Jan. 12. Stoppers.-A closure adapted to discharge tooth powder, liquids, &c, from a bottle, jar, box, &c., is permanently secured to the bottle to prevent accidental loss. Fig. 3 is a section of a cap closure fitted to a tooth powder box. A box 1 is formed with a groove b<1>, into which fits tightly a flange b of a stamped metal cover 2, which is formed with a hole c in its nozzle portion e. A cap 3 fits over the nozzle e, and is formed with an opening adapted to be aligned with the hole c, forming an opening through which the powder can escape. The cap and nozzle are connected by a swivel joint j, formed by a circumferential rib on the cap and a corresponding groove on the nozzle. The cap can be rotated by turning its milled rim i. This rotational movement is limited by stops stamped in the top of the cap and nozzle. The stops allow the cap to be closed when turned in either direction. In modifications, the stops limiting the rotational movements are formed in the sides of the cap and nozzle.
Patent GB-190406893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding and Supplying Matches, applicable also as an Advertising Medium.
Inventor: WOOSNAM RICHARD JAMES
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6893. Woosnam, R. J., and Holden, H. March 22. Match receptacles. - A holder for delivering matches singly has an upper match-chamber b with a bottom d sloping down to a longitudinal slit f. A lower chamber g contains a slide h which reaches and just fits this slit, and which has a groove at the top for a match. The slide can be raised by a handle or handles i which project through the lower chamber, until the grooved top of the slide h passes through a slit in the lid of the upper chamber. The lid, which carries a striking - surface o, may slide off, or be hinged and have a lock. The front of the holder may bear an advertising-sheet l, which may be covered by glass m, and an upward projection of the back may be similarly utilized. Advertisements may also be carried by any other part of the holder.
Patent GB-190409962-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Coherent and Opaque Films, Sheets or Masses of Pyroxyline, Collodion Cotton, Celluloid, or the like
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 9962. Abel, C. D., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. April 30. Coating surfaces, compositions for.-Relates to the manufacture of opaque layers by the evaporation of certain solutions of pyroxyline, collodion cotton, celluloid, and the like. Methyl alcohol or a mixture of two or more solvents may be used, such as a mixture of acetic ether and methyl alcohol, or of alcohol, ether, and acetic ether. Coloured opaque layers are obtained by adding suitable dye-stuffs or pigments, and three practical methods of obtaining the layers are specified. The layers are suitable for covering glass, wood, paper, and the like, and especially for covering the black paper used for wrappers for photographic roll films.
Patent GB-190412154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stoves for Drying Moulds and the like.
Inventor: MOREHEAD CHARLES
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 12,154. Morehead, C. May 28. Moulding. - Relates to stoves for drying moulds and the like, in which t h e injected o r " propelling" '' a i r is passed, before its discharge, through a coil heated by the stove or by a separate burner. The fire chamber A is supplied with fuel from an opening J in the cover, and is provided at the bottom with an air inlet B, an adjustable damper B<1>, and with additional air inlets C, C' in the walls. At the back of the rear wall A', a vertical flue D is constructed having an outlet conduit K which fits over the mouth of the mould to be dried. Air is heated in a coil F placed in the recessed cover E of the stove, and passes through a three-way cock either to a perforated pipe G extending across the air inlet B or to a square pipe F<3>, which is protected by a firebrick lip and furnished with flared openings F<5>. When the stove is first started, air is forced through the pipe G and induces a supply through the inlet B ; the supply to the pipe G is then shut off, the shutter B' is adjusted, and air is passed to the pipe F<3>. The fuel may rest upon the floor of the stove or upon a grating L.
Patent GB-190417515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water-motors.
Inventor: FLETCHER BERNARD MORLEY
Filed: 1904-08-11
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17,515. Fletcher, B. M. Aug. 11. Signals, marine. -Consists in apparatus for utilizing the flow of water to generate light or compress air to enable the apparatus to be used as a buoy. Two oppositely-rotating wheels are mounted preferably one above the other and supported by a floating or fixed structure. The wheels may be arranged horizontally or vertically, and the vanes are altered in position as the wheels rotate, to secure a useful action by the water for more than half the travel of the vanes. Fig. 1 shows one form of the apparatus, the float A supporting a tubular shaft C which carries the upper vane wheel and also the solid shaft G of the lower wheel. The vanes F are mounted on the horizontal arms E, and are made to overlap slightly, as shown in Fig. 3, to allow the water to pass through the wheel on one side. The weight of the shaft G is taken by the collar C<1>. The motion of both wheels is utilized by the gearing H, H<1>, H<2> as shown. The vanes may be divided vertically, in which case the adjacent portions of the vanes are preferably made to overlap. Figs. 4 and 5 show a modification in which the vanes F<2>, F<3> are arranged vertically, and the apparatus is formed with a frame J provided with a foot-step for the shaft G<2>. The vanes F' are pivoted at the bottom in the arms E<2>, and at the top are formed with a cross-bar K<1> which is guided in guideways K<2> formed by angle-irons K<3>. These guideways are arranged as shown in Fig. 5, so that the vane is usually inclined at such an angle as to obtain a rotative effect from the motion of the water. At the point where the vane is at right-angles to the direction of the current, the guideways K<2> are arranged after the manner of railway points to facilitate the transference of the guide from the end of one guideway to the beginning of the next. The turning of the vanes may be produced in any convenient way. The lower wheel is similar and similarly operated to the upper, except that the vanes are arranged so that the wheel is rotated in the opposite direction. To prevent the motor as a whole from rotating, a rudder plate L is provided. The motor may be moved by ropes attached to a frame M.
Patent GB-190506259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating the Pressure or Difference of Potential between Direct Current Electric Mains.
Inventor: BUCHANAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 6259. Buchanan, W. March 24. Distributing.-In apparatus for maintaining constant the voltage of direct-current mains, a booster, the armature C of which is connected in series with a secondary battery E, is driven by a rotary converter A at nearly-constant speed, and has its field winding C' excited by the current supplied at nearly-constant voltage by the converter A. As shown, the nearly-constant voltage at which current is supplied to the field winding C<1> is equal to the difference between the pressures of the accumulators E and the direct-current side of the converter A. Instead of a three-phase rotary converter, a single or two-phase &c. converter may be used, and may be self-excited as a shunt machine or excited from the direct-current mains. The field magnets of the converter and of the booster may be compound-wound.
Patent GB-190507661-A (GB)
Title: A Flower Fastener
Inventor: MACNAMARA ALLASTAIR LLOYD
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 7661. Macnamara, A. L. April 11. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Flower holders, buttonhole and like. -Relates to a flower-holding device fastened to the article of dress by means of a safetypin attachment. To the metal plate A is pivoted the pin D which engages with the hook F. The lever B B<1> passes through the hole E in the plate, the end B' being pressed against the plate by the spring C. The flower stems are secured between the larger bow of the lever B and the face of the plate A.
Patent GB-190510740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Syphon Discharge Flushing Cisterns.
Inventor: CURRIE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 10,740. Currie, A. May 23. Water-waste preventers, siphon-discharge. A flush is started by raising a saucer-shaped piston c in a cylinder a, the top a<1> of which is enlarged, the motion being limited by a depending tubular extension c<3>. The long leg of the siphon is of less diameter than the opening in the top of the cylinder. The piston is fitted with a rubber washer c<2>.
Patent GB-190513239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Acetylene Gas Lamps or Generators.
Inventor: DUCELLIER GABRIEL
Filed: 1905-06-27
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 13,239. Ducellier, G. Feb. 11, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Plug cocks.-A single plug cock controls both the water supply to the generator and the supply of acetylene to the burner of an acetylene lamp. Water from the reservoir passes by a pipe 9 to the port 16 of the cock, any deposits collecting in box 11, which is provided with a screw cleaning-plug 12; the water then passes by. a pipe 13 to the carbide chamber. The acetylene generated passes by a tube 14 to the port 17 of the cock and then to the burner by a tube. The ports 16, 17 of the cock are placed at an angle to each other so that when the water port 16 is full open the acetylene port 17 is only slightly open; in this way a contracted passage is obtained, while the port itself is of large diameter, and there is thus no risk of clogging
Patent GB-190518115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Footwear.
Inventor: HAMMERSLEY JOSEPH BERTRAM
Filed: 1905-09-07
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 18,115. Hammersley, J. B. Sept. 7. Athletic shoes; uppers. -The outside tongue or flap 2 of a cycling or like shoe is prevented from gaping at the sides, when the foot is bent, by two short straps 7, which are passed through slits 8 cut in the tongue and secured to the shoe at each side of the instep opening 3. The shoe is buckled to the foot by a strap 4 passing through a loop 6 at the upper end of the tongue. In an alternative form, the upper end of the tongue is fastened by spring buttons. Instead of the slits 8, small loops may be stitched to the back of the tongue for the straps 7 to pass through.
Patent GB-190523672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofing and like Tiles.
Inventor: CAHILL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 23,672. Cahill, W. Nov. 17. Roofing-tiles.-Two forms of tile A, B are used in combination. Each form is provided with ribs a, Fig. 4, on the upper surface and on the lower surface with a hanging-nib i and a rib b, adapted to enter the space between two ribs a of the next tile below. The tiles A have grooves c, Fig. 2, at the longitudinal edges. these grooves being closed at the upper end of the tile and open at the lower end, so as to allow water to flow out on to the centre of the tile below. The lower surface of the tiles B is formed at the longitudinal edges with grooves f to receive the edges of the adjacent tiles A.
Patent GB-190525634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Superheating Steam.
Inventor: ROWLAND BARTHOLOMEW RICHMOND
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 25,634. Rowland, B. R. Dec. 9. Superheaters, steam. -In U-tube superheaters, one or both ends of the tubes project a considerable distance into the drum or drums, thereby forming a space in which any water of condensation may accumulate. Fig. 1 shows the application to a superheater having a single drum a. The inlet chamber e, formed by a diaphragm d, is somewhat smaller than the outlet chamber f. The diaphragm is secured in place by angle irons and is made in two parts which are bolted together. Fig. 2 shows the application to a superheater with two drums.
Patent GB-190602278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Making Stiffeners for Collars Girdles and the like
Inventor: LUCAS JULIUS
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 2278. Lucas, J. Jan. 30. Stays or stiffeners.-A stiffening-device, of which the shape can be modified, for use in connexion with collars, girdles, &c., is made from two flexible strips a, b folded over and stitched or woven together so as to form pockets for the reception of steels or bones d. Stiffening-wires i or cords may be used. The steels have necks s engaging in the loops r, which assist in holding them in position. The steels may be replaced by others so as to vary the sizes and shapes of the stiffeners.
Patent GB-190604835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Floor Dressing Machines.
Inventor: WATTLES CYRA BISSELL
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 4835. Wattles, C. B. Feb. 27. Surfacing and polishing ; sand-papering.-In a floor-dressing machine, in which the sand-paper &c. roller is carried in a frame pushed over the floor by a handle b<4> and driven through a flexible shaft by a motor mounted on a separate movable carriage, the roller is put out of action without stopping the motor by having cross - bars b<5> attached to the frame, so that on depression of the handle they come in contact with the floor and act as a fulcrum, raising the roller from the floor as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190606697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Vacuum Brake Apparatus.
Inventor: HARDY JOSEPH ROBERT
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 6697. Hardy, J. R. March 20. Brakes.-The emergency end inlet valves for vacuum brakes, described in Specification No. 24,893, A.D. 1904, are provided with a throttling- device to delay, as described in Specification No. 24,845, A.D. 1905, their opening until the quickaction valves along the train have closed ; an additional rear valve is fitted to accelerate the application of the brakes from the rear of the train in service applications, when the quick-action valves are not operated. The emergency end valve 6 comprises a bell valve 7, which has no passage through it, and is adapted to close the communication between a chamber 10 and a chamber 8 open to the atmosphere. The bell valve is suspended from a diaphragm 9, separating the chamber 8 from a receptacle 11. The receptacle 11 communicates with the train-pipe 1 through a pipe 12 and channels 14, which are governed by a valve 13 provided with a small passage 15. When the train-pipe is exhausted, the receptacle 11 is also exhausted through the channels 14, and the chamber 10 through a valve 16, which has a small aperture 17 and constitutes the tbrottling-device. In emergency applications of the brake, the air admitted to the train-pipe through the quick-action valves thereon closes the valves 13, 16, so that the air can pass into the chamber 10 only through the small aperture 17, and by the time the pressure in this chamber has risen sufficiently to open the valve 7 the quickaction valves will have closed. The air admitted by the valve 7 opens the valve 16 and flows into the train-pipe, reopening the quick-action valves, until the pressure which has leaked into the receptacle 11 through the passage 15 is sufficient to unseat the valve 13 and close the valve 7 when the brakes have been fully applied. The service end valve 61 contains a bell valve 18 suspended from a diaphragm 19, which separates a closed receptacle 21 from a chamber 20 which is open to the atmosphere. The bell valve is opened slightly by small increases of train-pipe pressure, and rests against a packing 25 on the receptacle 21. At the same time, the stem 26 of a valve 22 engages a projection 27, and opens the valve 22 against the pressure of a spring 23. Air from the train-pipe can then pass into the receptacle 21 through an opening 24, and closes the bell valve 18 before it has admitted sufficient air to the train-pipe to operate the quick-action valves.
Patent GB-190609854-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-locking Fencing Dropper.
Inventor: EDKINS EDWARD ROWLAND HUEY
Filed: 1906-04-27
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 9854. Edkins, E. R. H. April 27. Fencing. - Self. locking droppers for wire fencing, of V-shaped section, are, flanged at their edges and provided with curved or L-shaped slots arranged as shown in Fig. 4, the upper edge 14 of one slot being level with the lower edge 13 of the adjacent slot and the extensions 11,. 12 pointing in opposite directions. The intermediate slots are arranged in an opposite direction to the upper and lower slots, which are identical with one another. Where there are three wires only, the centre wire acts as the locking-wire, but in other cases the upper and lower wires are used for that purpose. A tool for bringiug the locking-wires into engagement with the slots is shown in Fig. 5 and consists of a fork 20 carried on a handle 22 and provided with bifurcated ends 21 to grip the wires.
Patent GB-190610992-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Butt and Bullet Catcher.
Inventor: ORDE WILLIAM RODEN
IPC: F41J13/00
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 10,992. Orde, W. R. May 10. Targets.-A bullet catcher at the back of a penetrable target consists of a box or casing a, provided at the front with pivoted or fixed steel louver plates b, a hinged plate d pressed forward by a spring f, and a pivoted flap which is lifted by the bullet and falls by its own weight, or is forced down by a spring. A curved top C of the casing directs the bullet into a receptacle h at the back.
Patent GB-190612558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protectors for the Soles of Boots and Shoes in Wet Weather.
Inventor: PARKER AGAPE
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 12,558. Parker, A. May 30. Sole protectors.-A device for raising the sole of a boot or shoe from the ground in wet weather &c. consists of a piece a of wire bent to the shape shown, and having riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured to it a number of clips c, which engage the edges of the sole. The wire may be covered with leather or other material d. The protector and clips may be cast in one piece, in which case no leather &c. covering is used.
Patent GB-190613799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Frames for Photographs.
Inventor: MUELLER HERMANN
Filed: 1906-06-16
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 13,799. M³ller, H. June 16. Printing, frames for.' The main frame a is provided with guide-grooves for an inner movable frame g carrying the negative and paper. A roller is mounted on the main frame and presses upon the lid n under the influence of springs m, when the frame g is pushed beneath the roller. When withdrawn therefrom, the lid is automatically raised by the spring C. To adapt the frame for negatives of different sizes, adaptor strips r are used in the inner frame g, and the lid is constructed to include plates n<1> of any size corresponding to the size of the negative.
Patent GB-190615471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Means of Fastening and Releasing Presses for Lawn Tennis Racquets and the like, also to the Means of Fastening and Releasing Swinging Mirrors and the like Articles.
Inventor: KENNEDY DOUGLAS DELVALLIE
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 15,471. Kennedy, D. D., and Masters, L. C. July 9. Racquet presses.-To fasten and release presses for lawn-tennis racquets, swinging mirrors, and like articles, a bolt b, passing through the portions d, d<1> of the press, is provided at one end with a fly-nut e and washer c, and at the other end with a camlever a, pivoted on a pin g, and a washer c on which the cam bears. Surrounding that part of the bolt situated between the two portions of the press is a compressed spring f. In using the press, adjustment is first made by screwing up' the fly-nut e and subsequently by movement of-the cam lever a.
Patent GB-190623620-A (GB)
Title: Adhesive Covering for Pulleys and other Friction Surfaces.
Inventor: FAVARD GABRIEL
Filed: 1906-10-24
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 23,620. Favard, G. Oct. 24. Cements.-An adhesion composition for pulleys and clutching or other friction surfaces is obtained by stirring a pulverized mixture of one part of grey dextrin and two and a half parts of finely ground yellow ochre into. a hundred parts of silicate of potash or soda diluted to 33‹ BÚ., the ochre serving as an incorporating-agent and being finally removed from the mixture by decanting and straining. A series of coatings may be applied to a pulley rim, hard dry sawdust being sprinkled upon the second coating. A worn-out surface may be renewed or a convex surface obtained by such coatings.
Patent GB-190625011-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool for the Removal of Boiler Tubes.
Inventor: ASBRIDGE JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 25,011. Asbridge, J. Nov. 7. Internal pipe cutters.-A pipe cutter for cutting out boiler tubes has cutters E pivoted at D to a hollow box c provided with an adjustable collar J which bears against the tube plate A. The cutters are forced out through slots F by a tapered drift G, and are retracted before rotating the tool by a tapered cup H secured to the end of the drift.