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Patent GB-190327020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Wrought Metal Brackets.
Inventor: TIPPER JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 27,020. Tipper, J. Dec. 10. Brackets.-Wrought-metal brackets, for supporting shelving, cornice poles, &c., are made, preferably, from a single piece of sheet metal. The blank is made with openings b, Fig. 1, at the ends, and a rectangular orifice a at the part where the junction of the vertical and horizontal members of the bracket is to occur. Orifices e are also made to receive the ends of the stay. The blank is then troughed longitudinally along the centre so as to make the section T-shaped and to form a web c and to bring the sides of the openings b together, as shown in Fig. 2. It is then bent transversely at the centre of the opening a, along the line g, so that, when the two parts of the bracket are at right-angles to each other, the two edges of the opening mitre together. The two sides of the trough or web are spaced apart sufficiently to admit the tongues k, Fig. 3, of a stay B, preferably of sheet metal, which tongues are introduced through the openings e, either during or after the troughing and bending. The stay is secured by splitting and spreading the tongues, or by punching the metal of the web into holes which are formed in the tongues. The projections d, d' on the sides of the openings b, Fig. 1, are arranged to overlap and form a double thickness of metal which is perforated to receive a screw or other fastening for securing the bracket in place. A boss n, Fig. 3, may also be produced during the troughing process. The sides of the web may also be close against one another, in which case the ends of the stay, when a stay is used, are riveted to the web. In brackets for cornice poles &c. the curved portion of the horizontal member is produced after the troughing and bending has been performed, and before the stay is put in place. The horizontal and vertical members may also be made separate, and connected by an angle-plate fixed within the trough, or by other means.
Patent GB-190327720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Chocolate Bonbons and the like
Inventor: SAVY ALFRED HENRI
Filed: 1903-12-17
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 27,720. Savy, A. H. Dec. 17. Chain pumps.-For raising chocolate in a coating - machine, a pump consisting of a barrel v, traversed by a chain x carrying discs or bowls y, is used.
Patent GB-190404346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Lighting.
Inventor: SHIELS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-02-22
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 4346. Shiels, A. Feb. 22. Actuating valves and cocks; pressure - regulating valves; liquid-seal valves-In lamps burning coal gas or carburetted air, a regulator is provided consisting of a valve B" operated by a diaphragm B<10> open on its upper surface to atmospheric pressure. In a modification, the diaphragm is replaced by an inverted cup dipping in mercury.
Patent GB-190408859-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Making a Grinding, Polishing or Smoothing Substance or a Substance Refractory to Heat.
Inventor: WINDHOLZ JACOB
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 8859. Windholz, J. April 18. Firebricks.-A substance consisting of an intimate mixture of boron carbide and corundum is used as a refractory or heat-resisting material for bricks &c. The substance also resists the action of acids and alkalies. In making the substance, a mixture of one or more boron compounds, such as borax or boric acid, with coal, coke, or distilled anthracite, and with either alumina or glucina is melted in an electric furnace in a bath, the temperature being about 3000‹ C. so that boron carbide, is formed. The bath may consist of silicic acid, aluminium silicate, iron silicate, or the like. The ingredients of the bath may be quartz, or quartz iron ore, with calcium borate and common or sea salt.
Patent GB-190422954-A (GB)
Title: Means of Producing Power from the Exhaust from Engines, for Cooling, Circulating, or Lighting.
Inventor: MILLER JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-10-25
Abstract: 22,954. Miller, J. J. Oct. 25. Drawings to Specification. Steam &c. turbines.-The exhaust from a reciprocating fluid-pressure engine drives a vane wheel which drives a pump or dynamo &c. The volume of the exhaust may be increased by passing it through a cone or cones.
Patent GB-190423907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Cylinder Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: DION MARQUIS ALBERT DE
Filed: 1904-11-04
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 23,907. Dion, Marquis A. de, and Bouton, G. Sept. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Couplings, d i sconnectible. - The pipes 28, 30 conveying hydrocarbon mixtures to the cylinders of internal-combustion engines are connected .by two half-couplings 32, one of which carries ' a socket for the pipe 28. Inside the halfcouplings are rings 33 fixed to the pipe 30. The half-couplings are tightened by a screw 34, which passes through a stirrup 35, the branches of which bear at their lower part (not shown) on the lower side of the bottom half-coupling:
Patent GB-190501274-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valve for Compoud Air Compressors.
Inventor: HILL EBENEZER
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 1274. Hill, E. Jan. 23. Actuating valves; lift valves.-Means for actuating a valve 13 by varying fluid pressure comprise a spring - controlled plunger having two knifeedged portions of different diameters which alternately seat on packing-rings 21, 20 so as to present working faces of large or small area as the controlling-spring is compressed or extended. The device is described in connexion with the inlet valves of the high-pressure cylinder of a two-stage air-compressor.
Patent GB-190504330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Liquids from Vapours.
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 4330. McNeil, J. March 2. Steam separators. -Steam enters the separating-vessel A through a chamber B, which has apertures C formed in its sides, and a perforated diaphragm D attached to its end. A collecting- vessel is suspended beneath the diaphragm, and is provided with an outlet tube L, which allows the separated liquid to discharge into a channel J formed in the bottom of the vessel A. The steam-outlet pipe H projects upwards into the vessel, as shown.
Patent GB-190504974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Passengers Communication Apparatus used in Railway Trains.
Inventor: HARPER RICHARD ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 4974. Harper, R. R. March 9. Couplings for passengers' communication apparatus in railway trains consist each of two half-couplings each provided with four prongs, two near together at the centre and two near the edge of a supporting- plate of insulating-material, the prongs gripping together so as to complete the circuit. To the cable from the line-wire terminal is connected a plate B provided with four plain or serrated prongs C, D, two D situated near the edge of the plate and the other two C near together and in a line inclined to the line joining the contacts D. This ensures that the half-couplings are interchangeable. The prongs C have their ends preferably turned or chamfered outwards. The plate B and the two inner prongs are carried by a disk E, and the two outer prongs by a ring F, Fig. 3, both secured to the insulating plate B at a distance from each other. A short stud G, Fig. 7, may be added near each prong D, adapted to be engaged by each outer prong so as to produce better electric contact.
Patent GB-190507996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detonating Fog Signal Appliances for Railways and the like.
Inventor: FOSTER DAVID
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 7996. Foster, D. April 14. Detonator apparatus; fog and audible signals; hand-levers. - Detonators attached to carriers are fed from a magazine to the rails by a ram or slide moving in a tube or channel, the ordinary stroke being equal in length to the detonator carrier; in order, however, to remove one detonator without placing another, the ram may be moved further forwards. The detonator b is embedded or fitted in a carrier c formed of wood, papier mÔchÚ, sheet metal, or the like, which fits the magazine a and the tube d. The ram f also fits the tube d<1>, and a normal stroke of the lever g from C to D pushes the series of detonators in the tube d forwards the length of one, thus removing the foremost from the rail e and placing a new one thereon. A catch i prevents further movement of the lever g, but if this is removed the ram f may be moved to push the first detonator from the rail to the box h without placing the next in position. The box h may be placed beneath an inclined shoot in a convenient position. The hand-levers may be situated in the cabin.
Patent GB-190510817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Heating and Evaporating Liquids by Means of Steam.
Inventor: MORISON DONALD BARNS
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 10,817. Morison, D. B. May 24. Hinges.-In an evaporator or heater, a heating- coil has its header attached to the supporting bracket 9 by brass pivot pins so that the binding effect of accumulated scale is minimized. These pins are screwed through lugs 9<a> of the bracket, and are adjusted so that they have small surface contact with the brass liner 10, which is recessed into the end of the header.
Patent GB-190513752-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Paper-fasteners.
Inventor: JENKINS FREDERICK CYRIL
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 13,752. Jenkins, F. C. July 4. Fastenings, bent metal tongue, for papers. The fastener consists of a soft-metal disk a having a cut-away central portion b of D-shape provided with the serrated tongue c, and being stiffened peripherally by embossing. The disk is passed over the corners of the papers to be fastened, as shown in Fig. 3, and is then bent over about its diameter to cause the papers to be gripped by the tongue c.
Patent GB-190516598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 16,598. Davidson, J. E. Aug. 15. Heels; heel protectors; repairing ; slipping, preventing.-A heel is made up of a number of sections 1, 2, 3, each containing several layers of thin wood so arranged that its grain runs at rightangles in the alternate layers. A sufficient number of these layers are cemented together, under pressure, to form a lift of the required thickness, from which the sections are cut to the proper shape by punches or dies, or by sawing. The sections are then assembled to form the full thickness of the heel, and cemented together, holes being afterwards bored through the entire heel to receive wooden pins b coated with cement. Nails may, however, be used instead of the pins b. The bottom lift is then shaped to form the heel seat, and one or more leather top-lifts c are nailed in place, after which the heel is shaped to the style required. Instead of the leather c the heel may have a rubber pad secured to it, the central part of the pad being cut out and filled in with a piece of the compound thickness of wood. The heels are treated with paraffin wax before the final staining or polishing process. Another method of making the heel consists in cementing together a sufficient number of the thin wooden layers to form a board of the required thickness, and cutting out a rough heel in one piece from this board. The heel is compressed and shaped as before. This kind of heel is used for cheap boots, and instead of being fitted with the leather lift c or rubber pad, it is studded with wearing nails. Fcr repairing purposes, leather, or a pad of wood and rubber such as is described above, but backed with a similar thickness of wood, is used.
Patent GB-190518275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of Manufacturing Mine-gas-proof Safety Explosives.
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 18,275. Castroper Sicherheitssprengstoff Akt.-Ges. Sept. 10, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Explosives.-To enhance the safety of blasting explosives against fire-damp, a mixture of an ammonium salt, or salts, preferably the chloride, with equivalent quantities of one or more metallic salts of organic acids, particularly the salts of the fixed alkalies and alkaline earths, is added to the explosive. The proportion of the mixture added may be varied, being limited only by the degree of explosibility of the explosive, and the power and safety may also be varied by substituting for part of the metallic salt an equivalent, or more than equivalent, quantity of one or more nitrates, chlorates, or other oxygen-bearing salts. Examples are given, in one of which the explosive consists of ammonium nitrate 73 parts, curcuma 10 parts, and trinitrotoluene 7 parts, having a degree of safety which is increased in the ratio of 1 : 8À33 when a safety mixture consisting of ammonium chloride 3À92 parts and potassium oxalate 6À08 parts is added.
Patent GB-190520439-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Travellers' Hampers.
Inventor: CHISHOLM WILLIAM OLIVER
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 20,439. Chisholm, W. O. Oct. 10. Baskets and hampers.-The lid of a hamper for containing a traveller's samples is provided with hinged struts, which are adapted to support the lid in an horizontal position and thus enable the same to be used as a table on which the goods may be placed. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the struts d are connected by a cross-piece e and are hinged to the lid b at a<1>. A strap fastening f, adapted to engage the cross piece e, enables the struts to be secured to the lid before the latter is closed. Fig. 4 shows an elevation and Fig. 5 a plan of a modification suitable for deep and narrow hampers. Two pairs of struts d, d<1> are provided, each pair being hinged to one of the sides of the lid. Both pairs of struts may be secured to the lid by the strap fastening f<1>. For convenience in obtaining access to the goods, the upper part i of the front of the hamper may be hinged to the lower part.
Patent GB-190523149-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Finely Comminuting Mica or Muscovy Glass.
Inventor: DOBLER PHILIPP
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 23,149. Dobler, P. Jan. 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mica is finely pulverized by first heating it in a closed vessel for several hours, then subjecting the resulting opaque mass to the action of steam or hot water, and finally grinding it in a mortar &c.
Patent GB-190525614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuse and Switch Mechanism.
Filed: 1905-12-08
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 25,614. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Ward, J. C. A. Dec. 8, Couplings; cut-outs; switches. - Contacts for switches, fuses, &c. are constructed by securing two bent springs to the flattened end of a metallic rod. The end of the rod is flattened as shown in Fig. 1, and strips a of copper are fastened to each side of the flat part. These strips are then slit and bent over as in Figs. 3 and 4. The contacts are supported by a disk b with projections b<1> which rest in corresponding grooves in the top of a hollow pillar c. The disk has radial corrugations into which the flat edge of the contact may be dropped. The ends of the fuse &c., which may be U-shaped in section, are inserted between the side springs and the central flattened rod. The contact is shown in Fig. 9 applied to a quick-break switch, which is provided with a forked contact-bar.
Patent GB-190526158-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Acetylene Gas Purifier.
Inventor: THORN ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 26,158. Thorn, A. W. Dec. 15. Acetylene.-An apparatus for purifying acetylene comprises a cylinder a having a diaphragm g supporting trays c of purifying-material, and having apertures near its edge to allow the gas to pass to other trays arranged on the floor of the cylinder. The gas is led to the upper trays by a supply pipe e having at its upper end a mushroom distributor j. In the centre of the floor of the cylinder is a chamber d containing cotton-wool f and having an aperture h leading to the gas-holder. There may be two or three trays on each tier, a door b being provided for the insertion and withdrawal of the trays.
Patent GB-190603451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Chairs, Bed-rests and the like
Inventor: BAVEYSTOCK ROBERT HOLLOWAY
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1907-02-12
Abstract: 3451. Baveystock, R. H., and Baveystock, A. R. H., [trading as Baveystock & Son, R. H.]. Feb. 12. Bed-rests, chairs, &c.-The arms d of folding chairs, bed-rests, and the like are formed with extensions f<1>, to one of which a table g is pivoted and to the other the free end of the table is adapted to be locked by a hook or other fastening- device h.
Patent GB-190604840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: MARTIN JOHN HUGH
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 4840. Martin, J. H. Feb. 27. Heels; uppers.-To prevent the heels of boots and shoes from being torn off, a metal strip a, having an integral flange d adapted to fit round the heel at one side, is secured underneath the waist b by screws c. The flange d is secured by screws e<1> inserted into the sole, and screws e engaging with the heel. When it is desired to protect the quarters of the boot, the flanges are carried up above the heel, and bossed out to conform to the shape of the quarter, as shown at d'. Each boot may be fitted with a pair of the above devices. The Provisional Specification also states that, in this case, the shields d' may be continued round the heel so as to merge into one another and form a single shield.
Patent GB-190606220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs, Graphophones and the like, and in Records therefor.
Inventor: NEWMAN ALEXANDER MORRIS
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 6220. Mewman, A. M. March 14. Phonographic dolls.-Within the body of a doll, a drum 8 and roller 10 carry a record in the form of a band. A trumpet 3 and a sound-box 5, with diaphragm 6 and stylus 7, are mounted within the head. The opening is covered with gauze and hair. To change the record, a stay 27 carrying the roller 10 is turned on a pivot 29, and the band slipped over the top. The drum 8 with the band is unfastened from its frame, and passed out through an opening 21 normally closed by a flap 22. The bands shown in Figs. 4 and 7 are cut from a cylinder or disk after the impressions have been recorded thereon, and their two ends joined together. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the perpendicular waves extend across the full width of the band, but in the form shown in Fig. 7 they run longitudinally.
Patent GB-190608395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Water by Steam; especially applicable to Exhaust Steam Feed Heaters.
Inventor: BERRY EDWIN
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 8395. Berry, E. April 7. Feed-water, heating. - In exhaust steam feedwater heaters, in which spirally-twisted core bars of square or other equilateral cross - section are fitted within the tubes, the ends of the core bars are reduced in section, screwed, and secured in place by nuts 12 and bridge pieces 13. Fig. 1 shows the manner in which two or more heaters may be coupled in series. The casings are provided with connecting branches 3 at one end, and at the other end with brackets 4, agreeing in length with the branches 3. The branches 7, connecting the ends of the casings, have flanged faces which abut against each other in the same horizontal plane as the abutting faces of the branches 3 and brackets 4.
Patent GB-190608774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings and the like.
Inventor: HAENSLER JOHANN GEORG
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 8774. Hõnsler, J. G. April 11. Clip and sleeve joints ; couplings, disconnectible.- Relates to couplings for pipes &c., in which tapered pins press portions of a sleeve against the pipes &c. The sleeve a is formed with several slightly tapering longitudinal holes e around the central bore d and connected with it by slots f. Tapered pins h are driven into these holes e, forcing the spring jaws g against the pipes &c. b, c.
Patent GB-190611727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Lifting and Dumping Cinders and other Material
Inventor: ROBERTSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-19
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 11,727. Robertson, W. May 19. Door opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for lifting and dumping material, in which a trolly is drawn up an inclined track and discharged by the disposition of the guide track sustaining the hinged bottom. The rear portion of the trolly, Fig. 4, is provided with a hinged bottom f having a rolter f<1> running upon a rail E' arranged between the main track rails E, Fig. 5. The rail E<1> has an increased curvature at the point where the track E commences to assume the inclined position in order to keep the dumping- bottom f quite closed. The truck has a curved draw-bar f to which the hauling-rope is connected by a roller, so that, during change of inclination of the track, the pull of the hauling-rope will adapt itself to pass always through the centre of mass of the trolly.
Patent GB-190613423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Anti-vibration Arrangements for the Steering Forks of Motor and other Cycles
Inventor: WALLER RICHARD FITZARTHUR
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 13,423. Waller, R. F. June 11. Forks, spring, for motor and other bicycles. In the type of spring fork wherein the spindle of the steering-wheel is carried by a U-shaped piece 4 secured by bolts 9 to the slotted ends of the forks 1, springs 13 being provided to connect the loop to clips 14, to prevent too great a recoil motion of the part 4, an additional spring 16 is introduced between the lower end of the fork and the forward arm of the U-shaped piece. If desired, a spring 16 may be used upon each side of the machine, or these springs may be replaced by blocks of rubber, leather, or like material. To prevent the bolts 9 from turning in the forks, the bolts may be provided with two flats where they pass through the jaws 10. The lower ends of the springs 16 may be attached directly to the wheel spindle.
Patent GB-190619406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 19,406. Haddan, H. J., [Akt.-Ges. vorm. C. H. Stobwasser & Co.]. Aug. 30. Incandescent. gas burners.-The enlarged burner mouth e of an inverted lamp is surrounded by an air jacket m and is provided w i t h a gauze n at its outer end. A mantle carried by a vertic ally - adjustable support is arranged so that the burner mouth orifice is approximately a t its centre.
Patent GB-190619932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magazine Guns
Inventor: DENCKER CARL
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 19,932. Dencker, C. Sept. 7. Breech actions; sliding breech-block; magazines. -Means are provided to facilitate the loading of tubular magazines. Fig. 2 is an underside plan, partly in section, of a Browning rifle showing the feeder d, which is pressed down with the rifle in an inverted position against the action of its spring to allow the cartridges to be introduced into the magazine. The feeder d is held in the depressed position by a spring i, having an ear l which extends over the edge of the feeder d when the spring is: pressed in, as shown, by means of a button n.