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Patent GB-190303555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Umbrellas and the like
Inventor: VENEN ALMON STONE
Filed: 1903-02-14
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 3555. Venen, A. S. Feb. 14. Joints; covers, runners; top notches.-The object is to construct a frame so that repairs may be easily effected, and the umbrella re-covered. The inner ends of the ribs, of the shape shown in Fig. 3, are inserted in recesses in the top-notch b, Fig. 2, and are secured in place by means of the wedgeportion h<1> of the sleeve h. To permit of the removal of the sleeve h, the stick is provided with a pin i and the sleeve with a slot h' and a recess h<3>, the whole operating like a bayonet joint. For securing the cover, a cap f<2> is retained on the topnotch by inwardly-projecting ears. The circumferential edges of the cover are secured by drawing over the tips, Fig. 4, socket-like portions, which are retained by hooks d'. For retaining the inner ends of the braces e, a similar method to that employed with the ribs is used, as shown in Fig. 5. The runner c receives the hinged ends of the stretchers, where they are retained by the sleeve c' bayonetjointed to the runner.
Patent GB-190303990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Copper-plate Printing Machines.
Inventor: RUDOMETOFF MICHAEL
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1904-02-19
Abstract: 3990. Rudometoff, M. Feb. 19. Printing from engraved plates; printing in several colours.-Relates to a method of and means for printing in copperplate machines, by which varying gradations of tone and finish may be obtained, as in hand printing. Ink varying in degrees of fattiness or consistency are applied to the different parts of the plates, those of greater fattiness not being so readily or completely removable from the plate by the wiper as the less fatty ones. The inks may be applied in one or more colours to the different parts of the plate, by rollers or collecting means, such as are used in colour printing. The rollers for applying the ink may be formed with raised parts or patterns of leather, the surface of which is roughened more or less according to the fattiness or consistency of the inks. The wiping-pad, Fig. 1, is composed of a number of layers of fabric 9 on a plate or board 8, and covered with calico or the like 10 secured to the edges of the frame 4 by hooks 11 and steel strips 12. The wiper is adjustable as a whole by screws 2, and in its various parts, to vary the wiping action, by screws 5, 6, 7 bearing on the plate 8. The sides of the cover 10 may be slit as at 13 to produce inequalities 14 in the wiper. The threads of the covering-fabric 10 are placed diagonally to the length of the wiper.
Patent GB-190305874-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam Boiler.
Inventor: AITKEN RUSSEL
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 5874. Aitken, B.. March 13. Shells; stuying.-The shell of a marine, locomotive, or other boiler is formed, as shown in Fig. 1, of two segments of cylinders a, a' riveted together longitudinally at a<3>. Transverse and longitudinal stay-rods b, b<1>, respectively, are fitted together with the furnace flues c and return smoke-tubes d in marine boilers. When adapted as a locomotive boiler, the two segments are arranged so that the rods b may be either horizontal or vertical. In the first case, a dome-shaped firebox is preferably employed ; in the second case, the firebox may be constructed with vertical sides and below the boiler.
Patent GB-190306460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Driving Belts.
Inventor: RAGSDALE GEORGE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 6460. Ragsdale, G. J., and Pledger, H. C. March 20. Belt and band fastenings.-A C-shaped metal clasp o is driven over the ends d of the belt or band. The opening in the clasp is of such width that the edges e embed themselves into the belt. A wedge f may be driven into the clasp between the belt ends.
Patent GB-190308393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Brass Tubes.
Filed: 1903-04-11
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 8393. Terry, F. H., and Tyne Brass and Copper Tube Manufacturing Co. April 11. Metal tubes.-Instead of drawing tubes used in steam generators, condensors, evaporators, and distillers, from a cast tube or ingot, which cannot be made homogeneous, a plate of metal is cast, planed, and cold-rolled, and a disc cut out, which is pressed into a dish shape. This is further stamped until a tubular shell of satisfactory size is obtained, which may be drawn in the usual way.
Patent GB-190310195-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Printed Card for Collecting Money and Acknowledging Receipt of same.
Inventor: DAVIDSON-HOUSTON JAMES HAMILTO
Filed: 1903-05-05
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 10,195. Houston, J. H. Davidson-. May 5. Receipts, checking.-A printed card for collecting money and acknowledging the receipt of the money has one or more numerals or letters de noting the amount or amounts in which subscriptions or payments are received, the number or letters being marked with consecutively numbered circles or other marks, one of which is pierced or marked for every payment received. The card is printed with the total amount to be collected and with instructions or the object of the collection.
Patent GB-190317109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Concentration of Minerals from Ores.
Inventor: CATTERMOLE ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1904-08-06
Abstract: 17,109. Cattermole, A. E., Sulman, H. L., and Picard, H. F. Kirkpatrick-. Aug. 6. Washing ores &c.-Minerals, graphite, sulphur, free metals, &c. in ores are separated from silicious or earthy matters by the selective action of fatty or resin acids, or certain other aromatic derivatives, such as cresols or phenols, which are liberated by acids from their soluble salts or compounds with alkaline hydrates. Soap solution and a mineral acid are added to the ore pulp. The fatty acid &c. is liberated and coats the mineral particles, which are agglomerated into small masses by agitation. They may be separated from the gangue in upward-current or other classifiers ; or by the flotative action of gas bubbles formed in the solution by the addition of carbonates &c. if such are not already present in the ore ; or by adherence to surfaces coated with fatty acids ; or by the flotative action of similarly-coated wood, sawdust, or other light material. The process may be rendered continuous in an upward-current machine by adding soap solution and acid with the ore. Separated mineral is treated with alkali to recover the soap for re-use.
Patent GB-190322099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Lighting and Extinguishing Street and other Gas Lamps.
Inventor: BERGAN JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 22,099. Bergan, J. Oct. 13. Actuating gas cocks.-Relates to a device for lighting and extinguishing street lamps from the central station. The supply pipe a, Fig. 2, of each lamp has a branch pipe carrying a small gas holder e<2>, Fig. 4, enclosed in a casing e closed by a screw cap e<1> and sealed by glycerine, water, &c. f. The bell e<2> is guided by a rod e<3>, and carries adjustable weights e<6> and also a rod e<5> passing through the vertical slots e<4> in the casing. The pipe a has a tap b fitted with a tapered plug b<1>, Fig. 7, having a shoulder b<2> with four ratchet teeth. On the other end of the plug is a countersunk washer b ag ainst which is screwed a nut b<5>. A pawl b<8> on a fixed plate b<7> engages with the ratchet b'. A lubricating-channel b<10> is formed in a projection b<9>. A plate c fits loosely on the plug at b<3>, and carries a pawl c' engaging with the teeth of the ratchet. The arm c<3> on the disc c is connected by a rod c to the rod e<5> of the gas holder. The arm c<5> carries an adjustable weight c<6>. The supply pipe carries a pilot burner g<1> on a tube g, and the whole is enclosed in a case having a sliding door. The gas cocks are operated by varying the pressure at the central station, causing the gas holder to rise and fall and so to turn the tap by means of the pawl c' on the plate c. The variation of pressure necessary to turn the cock through a quarter-turn is determined, the lamps being adjusted by means of the weights e<6>. The pressure may vary between the maximum and minimum required to move the cock without affecting the gas supply.
Patent GB-190324432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slugs or Pellets for Air Guns and the like.
Inventor: CLARKE FRANK
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,432. Clarke, F. Nov. 11. Projectiles, smallarm.-Slugs for air-guns are formed with helical ribs 3, or with flutings, on the conical nose to produce rotation during flight.
Patent GB-190325682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Range Finders.
Inventor: GRUBB HOWARD
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 25,682. Grubb, Sir H., and Grubb, G. R. Nov. 24. Range-finders.-A telescope, at one end of a base, forms two separate images (one above the other when the base is horizontal), which have a lateral displacement with respect to each other. The images are brought exactly over each other by means of two adjustable prisms, the movement required indicating the range. The object-glass of the telescope is divided along a diameter and the halves k, k<1>, Fig. 7, are placed with their curved edges touching. The rays from a mirror, at the other end of the base, are turned by the reflector c, shown in the vertical section, Fig. 4, to pass through the lower half k of the object-glass, the direct rays from the object passing through the upper half k<1>. The two half-circular pencils of rays are brought together to form one circular pencil by a compound prism, shown in front and back view in Figs. 10 and 11 respectively, which also acts as an inverter. The compound prism consists of five right-angle prisms, three, viz., n, o, p, being arranged one above the other, and the other two, q<1>, r<1>, side by side. The reflected rays pass through the face n<1>, are reflected by the inclined face n<3> to the faces r<2>, r', then to the inclined face 0<3> from which they pass to the lenses of the eyepiece. The direct rays enter the prism p and are similarly reflected. The prism o is divided along the line o* to keep the sets of rays separate, and to produce a decided line of demarcation between the images. The deviation of the direct rays required to bring the two images exactly over each other, is produced by means of two glass discs u, v, Fig. 4, placed in front of the upper half k<1> of the object-glass. These discs are slightly wedgeshaped and may be cut from a long-focus lens of about four times the diameter of the object-glass, parts being selected by trial which can produce half the minimum deviation required. The deviation is adjusted to bring the images over each other, by rotating the discs u, n with respect to each other by means of a pinion 3 gearing with crown-wheels 4, 5 carried by the discs. The pinion 3 is rotated by means of a milled head at the eyepiece end of a shaft 8 geared to the pinion 3. One disc carries a scale and the other an index 12, the position of the index on the scale being read by the microscope 13 provided with reflecting-prisms mounted in a tube carried by the disc v, The opening through which the reflected rays pass to the reflector c is covered by a piece of glass with a curvature twice that of the discs u, v so that the focus of the two halves of the object-glass is the same.
Patent GB-190327038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanding Apparatus for use on Electric Cars
Inventor: LIDDLE HENRY
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 27,038. Liddle, H. Dec. 10. Electric motor vehicles.-Relates to rail-sanding apparatus on electric cars. The sliding valve a, when moved to the right, allows sand from the sandsupply pipe c to pass through a hole or perforations in the valve to the rails. The valve runs on rollers d, adjustable in height by means of the screws f, and is operated by the foot of the motorman pressing on the arm i of an angle - lever which is pivoted at k and connected to the valve by rods. The arm i is hinged so that it may be turned up when not required. A spring e tends to keep the valve in its closed position,
Patent GB-190401310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pile Wire Motion for Looms.
Inventor: MARTIN HENRY KERBY
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 1310. Martin, H. K. Jan. 18. Looms, pile-forming in.-In looms for weaving pile fabrics, either looped as in Brussels carpets, or cut as in Wilton carpets, the pile-wire motion is constructed and arranged so that the travel of the carriage may be varied to insert wires of any appropriate length into the open shed. The ordinary carriage 18 for inserting and extracting the wires, and the hopper 20 are connected by a link 21, and are reciprocated along slide-ways 19, 19<a> by a link 24 connected to a lever 23, pivoted at 25 on a bracket 26. The lever 23 is connected by a link 36 to a rock-arm 27, pivoted at 31, and vibrated by a cam 17 on a shaft 16 driven by gearing from the driving-shaft. The arm 27 is returned by a spring 56, undue extension of which is prevented by connecting its end to a lever 57 which is connected by a link 58 to a pivoted lever 60 acted upon by a cam 63. The free end of a withdrawn wire is moved back for re-insertion by a carrier 42, pivoted at 43 on a bracket 29, and operated by a link 44 controlled by the usual carrier mechanism. The pivot 31 of the arm 27 may be adjusted vertically in a slot 33, and the arm is adjustably connected to the link 36 by means of a slot 35. The length of the link 36 may be varied by a screw arrangement 39, and the links may be connected to the lever 23 by a stud 37, passed through any one of a series of holes 38. The pivot 25 is vertically adjustable in a slot in the bracket 26, which may be secured at any part of a shaft 28 carried by brackets 29. A longer lever 23 may be used, and its pivot is secured in a slot 41. By means of these various adjustments, the length of travel of the carriage 18 may be varied to suit the required width of fabric, and also the zone of travel may be altered, so that if narrow fabrics are woven the wires will be inserted in the open shed only to the requisite amount. To enable the operator to move slightly the lever 23 and the carriage and hopper, when the loom is stopped, without moving the arm 27, the link 36 is is made in two parts, the extremity 50 having a tubular end hub 52, telescopically engaged over the end of the link proper 36. A spring 54 between a shoulder 55 and the hub 52 keeps the two members distended.
Patent GB-190403966-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Filling Barrels or other Vessels with Beer and other Sterilised Liquids.
Inventor: BERLINER ERICH
Filed: 1904-02-17
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 3966. Berliner, E. May 22, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Liquids, sterilizing.-Apparatus for filling pasteurized or sterilized liquid into barrels or vessels previously sterilized, while excluding the air, is shown in diagrammatic form in Fig. 1. The inlet and corking apparatus is shown in Fig. 3. The pipes n, passing through the hollow cases m to the bottoms of the barrels b, are connected to the pipes e, d. The barrels b, are arranged in an arc of a circle. The sterilizing-substance in the vessel i is allowed to flow through the pipes d<1>, d, e, n and taps k<1>, k, w into the casks, expelling the air through the pipe f and an outlet in the two-way tap h<1>. The tap h<1> is then turned to allow carbonic acid from the bottle h to enter the casks and drive the sterilizing-substance back into the vessel i. When this operation is finished, as shown by the gauge l, the three-way tap k and the tap h<2> in the pipe g are turned so that the carbonic acid. forces-the. liquid in the vessel a, previously sterilized by heat, into the barrels, the carbonic acid already in the barrels being driven through the pipes f, g to the top of the vessel a.
Patent GB-190404556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbine Engines
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANI DE
IPC: F22G5/04
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 4556. Ferranti, S. Z. de. Feb. 24. Steam &c. turbines. - Relates to details in the construction and arrangement of elastic - fluid turbines specially applicable to turbines of the kind described in Specification No. 24,781, A.D. 1902. A nozzle a, Fig. 1, has a conical core b which makes the nozzle an expanding one. The core may be made movable so as to act as a valve. A puff governing-device of the kind described in the above-named Specification is duplicated in order to increase the evenness of the governing effect. A combined shaft-cooling and stuffing-box device has a easting 2, Fig. 9, which is placed on the shaft and has packings 4 enclosing an annular chamber through which water is circulated. To prevent the flow of heat from the body of the turbine to the frame, the turbine casing has brackets 7, Fig. 10, which rest on standards 8 with a throat cooled by a water-circulating device 9. A number of impact-wheels or other forms of turbine are arranged so that pinions on their driving-shafts engage with a common spur-wheel. A parallelflow turbine is arranged with a central partition similar to a dummy piston so that the casing is divided into two parts and steam flows from the first through a re-heater to the second. Two or more turbines on separate shafts may be connected partly in series and partly in parallel and are provided with re-heaters similarly arranged.
Patent GB-190405514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Wood Blocks for Flooring and like purposes.
Inventor: NICHOLSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 5514. Nicholson, W., and Chapman, G. March 7. Tools; grooving; moulding. - When making flooring &c. blocks, a flat-topped cutter is arranged on a vertical axis X, Fig. 1, or two cutters Y, Fig. 3, are arranged one in front of the other.
Patent GB-190409787-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Machine for Washing, Bleaching, Dyeing or similarly Treating Hanks of Yarn, Slubbing, Warps and the like.
Inventor: ELLIS JOE
Filed: 1904-04-29
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9787. Ellis, J. April 29. Yarns and threads, treating with liquids.-Hanks of yarn, slubbing, warps, and the like are treated with liquids by means of a machine described with particular reference to washing. To effect this, the hanks are carried through an annular trough against a stream of washing-liquor. They are hung on hollow flanged bobbins or rollers h which ate of triangular cross-section or other convenient shape and are covered with copper or other suitable material. The bobbins are integral with the sleeves g, themselves fast to the pinions c which, mounted loosely on the turned ends of the studs attached to the radial arms d, mesh with the circular rack b. The bobbins h are thus rotated when the bevel gear f turns the shaft e to which the disc d<1> is fast. While the rack and pinions are preferable, a friction surface and discs may be substituted. Water or other liquid is admitted through the pipe k to the hollow partition i<1> and, escaping through the perforations shown, flows around the trough i and away through the outlet n. The hanks are placed by hand on each, or each alternate, bobbin, and enter the water at the side i<11> of the partition. They encounter first the dirtiest water and are removed from the clean water before passing over the partition i<1>, another hank being substituted. In dyeing hanks or the like, the division i<1> is dispensed with and the hanks are carried round through the dyo liquor in the trough i as many times as may be necessary.
Patent GB-190412168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for Keyholes.
Inventor: KOCKS JOSEF
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 12,168. Rocks, J. May 28. Keyholes, obstructing.- To prevent listening at, or looking through, a keyhole, a circular disc B of rubber or like elastic material is placed on the key before inserting it in the keyhole. The hole in the disc is preferably tapered so that the disc assumes a dome-shape when on the key stem, adheres to the door plate, and prevents the key from being turned from the outside.
Patent GB-190418663-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Jewel Mount.
Inventor: BANCON ALBERT
Filed: 1904-08-29
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 18,663. Bancon, A. Aug. 29. Jewellery mounts and settings; solitaires. - A jewel mount with independent movable claws comprises a bezel 1 within which is placed a concentric sleeve 11 capable of turning on its axis and provided with a ring 9 travelling on the screw thread 10. The bezel carries a number of movable claws 4 formed with notches 5. In the bezel behind the feet of the claws 4 is placed an india-rubber ring 8. The act of turning the sleeve 11 causes the ring 9 to move down or up, and the claws 4 to move in or out, thus gripping or releasing a stone placed within them.
Patent GB-190422334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: HULBURD PERCY
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 22,334. Hulburd, P. Oct. 17. Lubricators.-A lubricator for supplying viscous lubricant or grease by the weight of a piston consists of the cup a screwed into the bearing e and containing the piston b, the stem c of which projects through the cap h and indicates the quantity of lubricant in the cup. The lubricant is discharged through one or more passages f, which may be fitted with perforated screw plugs g. The stem c may be hollow and contain a loose weight or mercury, this form being particularly applicable for use with a reciprocating part such as the crank end of a connecting-rod.
Patent GB-190502750-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for use in Certain Games.
Inventor: SCHREINER GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 2750. Schreiner, G. Feb. 10. Games imitating bowls.-A device for projecting balls, marbles, or the like in table-bowls and other games consists of a block of wood with an inclined side b, Figs. 1 and 2, which is formed with a groove c. by means of which the motion of a ball &c. can be directed when it is rolled from a circular depression d at the upper end of the groove c. Other depressions e may be formed in the side b for the balls or marbles to rest in.
Patent GB-190505333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Wire Drawing Machines.
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 5333. Lake, H. H., [Iroquois Machine Co.]. March 14, Drawing. - The dies and drums of a wire - drawing machine are cooled by a liquid which is circulated through the chambers 15 in the dieholders 13 and behind the heatconducting diesupporters 16, and through annular chambers 200 adjacent to the acting-surfaces of the drum 28.
Patent GB-190506430-A (GB)
Title: A Self Locking Grip Lock and Stop Bar for the Securing of Fire Guards and Gates
Inventor: COMFORT JETHRO
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 6430. Comfort, J. March 27. Fastenings.-For fire-guards of the type shown, in which the two halves are h u n g vertically one on each side of the fire-place and meet in the centre, a pivoted latch fastening B is provided mounted on one half, and engaging with the box-staple E on the other half of the guard. The stop-bar A is provided to prevent the guard from being opened by lifting up the one half, the latch being operated by a railway key, acting on the follower C.
Patent GB-190507233-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Opening Eggs.
Inventor: BRIMFIELD THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 7233. Brimfield, T. H. April 5. Egg-openers.-A device for use in removing the tops of eggs consists of a frame, adapted to fit on to the egg, supporting a pair of serrated or toothed jaws. It may be made from a metal blank in the form of a Maltese cross. Two of the arms a, Fig. 1, are bent so as to grip the egg, and the other arms b are provided with teeth c to perforate the shell. In a modification, the frame is formed of two rings d, e, Fig. 4, connected by strips f, and arms b provided with teeth are pivoted to the upper ring.