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Patent GB-190206311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Preparations for Counter-acting the Deleterious Effects of Nicotine, and in Processes for Producing the same.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 6311. Thompson, W. P., [Exportbier Brauerei H. Siemens & Co.]. March 14. Medicinal preparations. - A compound for counteracting the effects of nicotine arising from excessive tobacco smoking, is made by mixing concentrated malt extract with tannic acid, and adding a small quantity of olive or other vegetable oil. The resultant mixture is heated in a tightlyclosed cylinder under steam pressure, for one or two hours, so as to produce a uniform mass, which becomes pasty on cooling. The paste is mixed with starch, sugar, &c., and is shaped into pastilles, pills, and the like.
Patent GB-190214958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Obstructions from before Tramcars, and the like.
Inventor: METTERNICH WILHELM
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 14,958. Metternich, W. July 4. Obstruction-removers.-An obstruction-remover for tramcars or the like is formed by a pair of rollers or brushes b, b, Fig. 2, arranged preferably at an acute angle to one another and rotated in an opposite direction to the wheels m of the vehicle. The inner ends of the rollers are carried by a T-piece fixed to the platform and fitted with a buffer c ; the outer ends are carried by protective side frames a, a, and are driven by bevel gearing o, p from a shaft f, which is driven from the axle l by chain gearing or from the wheels m by friction gearing h, i. The rollers are fitted with a number of spring arms s, Fig. 4, and may also have a number of bristles t extending beyond the arms s so as to throw off light obstructions. Springs may be fitted to the front of the platform g, Fig. 5, to press upon the roller b and prevent obstructions from getting over the top of the roller. A stretched cloth may be used for the same purpose. The two rollers may be arranged in a line transverse to the vehicle, so as to constitute one roller.
Patent GB-190223983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railrod-rail Fastening Devices
Inventor: VOGELSANG ADOLF
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 23,983. Vogelsang, A. Nov. 3. Rails, securing to sleepers; tie-bars.-The invention is used with longitudinal sleepers, and especially with sleepers consisting of concrete blocks. The rail is held by hooks d on the bands c surrounding the sleeper and by the hooked ends e of the U-shaped plate f. These hooked ends e may be extended upwards at m to bear under the head of the rail. The tie-bars h are of #-section with hooked ends i, which take into the plates f, and a U-shaped angle stiffening-piece k is inserted from below and held by a pin l. Instead of being closed, the band c may have ends connected by bolts, or the hooks d may be placed on a baseplate &c.
Patent GB-190224050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Cycle Stands and the like
Inventor: MCCURD WALLACE ATHERTON
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 24,050. McCurd, W. A. Nov. 4. Supports. - A motor cycle is supported with its hind wheel off the ground by means of a pair of telescopic legs H one on each side. The upper end of each leg is pivoted to a bridgepiece G secured by stays 0, P to the back stays B of the cycle. Each leg is also connected to one of the chain stays C by pivoted stays M. A locking- device K is provided for securing each leg in the extended or collapsed position. Springs are preferably placed in the legs H to facilitate their extension.
Patent GB-190224693-A (GB)
Title: Car-door Fittings.
Inventor: KRYGOSKI GREGORY
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 24,693. Krygoski, G., and Lowrie, E, A. Nov 11. Doors, wagon. - Relates to means for locking doors of the type described in Specification No. 24,695, A.D. 1902, in the closed position, and for preventing open doors from swinging inwards. In the plan view, Fig. 1, the closed door 17 is held by the stop-plates 12, 13 carried by the movable portion 11 of the hinge 10 mounted on a plate forming part of a bracket attached to the side of the vehicle. On removing the pin 15 which passes through the plates 7, 11, the stopplates may be swung aside, allowing the door to be moved to the open position shown in Fig. 2 against the guide-plate 9, after which it is prevented from moving inwards by the arm 14 which is projected through the hole 8 in the plate 7.
Patent GB-190228407-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Washing Plates, Cups, Glasses and other Table Articles.
Inventor: LUZAR JOSEF
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 28,407. Luzar, J. Dec. 23. Plates, cups, glasses, &c., washing.-Relates to apparatus for washing a large number of plates, cups, glasses, and other table articles. The articles are filled into a basket s, plates being placed in an upright position, and the basket is placed in a casing d containing water in which a cleansing- composition may be dissolved, and this water is forced or drawn through the basket by means of a head fitted with helical blades l and rotating in a tube h, so that the blades move the water in a vertical direction. The water may be alternately forced through and drawn through the basket. Passages and channels i, k are provided for the efflux or reflux of the water.
Patent GB-190301996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type-writers.
Inventor: WASMUTH CARL EDUARD AUGUST FRI
Filed: 1903-01-27
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 1996. Wasmuth, C. E. A. F. Jan. 27. Type-writers.-Relates to front-strike type-bar machines. The carriage 34 carrying the platen 4 moves on rails 37, 38 furnished with ball-races. The rails are carried by a frame 39, which can be shifted vertically for change of case. The typebars 22 are pivoted on a curved rod 24 supported in the slotted segment 2. Their heels 22<a> are connected by links 26 with the vertical arms 5<b> of key levers 5<a> pivoted on rods 9, 10, 11. The arms 8<a> of the space key 8 are pivoted on a rod 12. The spacing-mechanism is actuated by a rocking frame 3, which carries four.bars 13, 14, 15, 16 resting on the rear ends of the character and space-key levers. The universal frame 3 thus serves not only as a spacing-frame but also as a gravity control for restoring the type-bars and key levers to their normal position after an impression. Comparatively weak springs 32, 33, 36 supplement this gravity control.
Patent GB-190305425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass Bevelling Machinery
Inventor: HARRINGTON GEORGE
Filed: 1903-03-09
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 5425. Harrington, G. March 9. Bevelling glass plates. The machine is adapted to bevel several pieces of glass of different size and thickness. The glass plates X are clamped between the plate G and a pneumatic cushion, which may be inflated to give the pressure or may be pressed down by a bar K' operated either by screws L and hand-wheels L<1> or by levers and cams. The carriage B is traversed to and fro on the bed C by ordinary reversing gearing consisting of pulleys on which the driving-belt is shifted by a belt fork actuated by tappets. The edges of the glass plates are brought into line by the bar M on the arm N pivoted at 0, so that the bar may be raised or lowered. The weight of the plate G &c. is counterbalanced by a weighted lever and also, for very heavy loads, by means of a spring Y, which acts on the lever Y<1> and forces the pawl Z<1> against the ratchet-wheel Z fixed to the shaft H carrying the plate G. The grinding-wheel E and its spindle R are balanced by a spring S, which draws up the lever T and the pivot pin U carried by it. The upper bevel friction wheel P is lowered to gear with the other friction wheel P by turning the hand-wheel V on the screw V<1> so as to lower the lever T.
Patent GB-190308839-A (GB)
Title: Combined Sewing Machine and Time Indicator
Inventor: MERTZANOFF EMMANUEL JEAN
Filed: 1903-04-18
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 8839. Mertzanoff, E. J. April 18. Drawings to Specification. Sewing-machine alarms.-A clock with an alarm or special indicating-mechanism is fitted in the bend of the arm or some other part of a sewing- machine for use in sewing clothing, leather, and hats, and for embroidery, bookbinding, &c.
Patent GB-190317371-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Core for Use in Casting Hollow Cast-iron or Steel Cylinders in Block Moulds.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1903-08-10
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 17,371. Bloxam, A. G., [Press-und Walzwerk Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 10. Casting; castings. - Relates to collapsable cores for iron and steel cylinders, cast in metal moulds, and to means for cooling the castings. The core consists of a thin shell f, of refractory material, filled with sand, resting on a frangible bottom-plate b. After the metal has been poured, the rod a is struck, and the plate b thereby broken, allowing the sand to run out. The shell f can then yield to the contracting casting. Air may be blown through the core to cool the casting by means of a pipe e.
Patent GB-190320765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Heating and Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: CHRISTON CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 20,765. Christon, C. F. Sept. 26. Cooking-ranges &c. hoods; foodwarming fittings; ventilating.-A cooking - range as used in fried-fish shops and the like, is provided with covers or hoods for conducting away to the chimney, steam and fumes arising from the boiling- pan, or steam within the room. The same may be used in laundries, washhouses,and kitchens for conducting away offensive vapours. The cooking pan is removable, and is situated so that the furnace gases are in contact with it. It is enclosed by a cover H, which has an inclined top with doors, and the steam escapes from the cover to the chimney Bx by means of the flue J. An opening is provided in the front of the cover to allow any steam in the room to pass away to the chimney. On a level with the pan is a hot-water tank L, above which is a vessel M for keeping food hot. Steam from the tank L passes away to the chimney by means of a pipe N.
Patent GB-190322230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding the Travelling Flats of Carding Engines and in Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1903-10-15
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 22,230. Lees & Co., A., and Taylor, R. Oct. 15. Carding-engines.-The teeth of the flats described in Specification No. 16,532, A.D. 1902, in which the card clothing is mounted on two inclined surfaces meeting at an obtuse angle, are ground by a modification of any well-known grinding-apparatus such for instance as those described in Specifications No. 2912, A.D. 1888, and Nos. 2835 and 6621, A.D. 1889. The ends of the travelling flat 4, Fig. 3, are pressed by a spring lever 11 against, and slide upon, a guide surface consisting of two parallel plane surfaces 9 connected by an inclined surface 10 formed on the bracket 6. As the flat passes along the guiding-surface, it is tilted with its front edge highest just as the teeth reach a vertical line through the centre of the grinding-roller 5, which then grinds off the points of the teeth at an angle until the flat has passed over the incline, when the remainder of the teeth will be ground parallel to the base of the fillet. Fig. 6 shows an adaptation of the grinding-apparatus described in Specifications No. 623, A.D.1874, No. 6599. A.D. 1888, and, No. 695, A.D. 1891, in which the leading-teeth of the flat 4 are ground while the working surface of the flat slides upon the inclined surface of a wedge 20, which is prevented by a catch 21 from moving with the flat until the latter comes into contact with the inclined end of the catch, thereby unlatching its right hand extremity from a plate 26 on the arm 23 and allowing the catch and slide 22 to move along with the wedge 20 and the flat 4, whereby the remaining teeth are ground parallel to the card-clothing surface of the flat. As soon as the flat has been ground and has passed beyond the wedge, the slide 22 is drawn back into its normal position by the weight 27. The apparatus may also be used for grinding ordinary plane flats to the improved shape described in the before-mentioned Specification No. 16,532, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190324835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trap Nests.
Inventor: GLENNIE HAROLD JOHNSTON
Filed: 1903-11-14
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 24,835. Glennie, H. J., and Herkomer, S. H. Nov. 14. Nests; traps.-A trap nest A is constructed as shown, so that the bird entering the orifice B depresses the treadboard E which is pivoted at E', thereby pulling down the trigger F and releasing the shutter D, which, eliding down the guides U, closes the entrance. A door A' is provided for the removal of the bird and eggs, and another A' for the addition of a run to the nest. Alternatively, the tread board may form the bottom of a frame, which travels in guides, and. may be connected to the catch by a cord or other means in place of the pivot F<1>.
Patent GB-190327087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings and Stuffing Boxes for Turbines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 27,087. Thompson, W. P., [Holzwarth, H.]. Dec. 10. Stuffing-boxes and bearings for turbines to prevent leakage of the motive fluid along the shaft, and leakage of oil from the bearing into the turbine. The turbine shaft 1 has its end reduced, and is fitted with a sleeve 7 projecting into a recess 10 of a collar 11 which is attached to the turbine bead 3 by means of an annular notch, and is fitted with packing 12. The part 15 of the collar is enlarged to receive packing which is secured in place by means of a flanged nut 17. A rib 20 on the collar receives a ring 21 which fits a channel 22 in the bush 5, and is provided with a nut 25, the flange 26 of which fits the collar, and holds in place a packing-ring 27. A packing-ring 28 is fitted in the channel of the bush 5, drip flanges 30 are attached to the bush, and a passage 31 leads to an aperture 32 in the pillow block 4 to facilitate the escape of oil from the bearing. The motive fluid following the shaft passes over the sleeve 7, then under the sleeve and collar 11 before reaching the packing. The water of condensation formed prevents material leakage, and any fluid which does pass the packing is enclosed within the ring 21, and serves to expel oil dripping from the bearing, thus preventing oil from entering the turbine.
Patent GB-190327338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Method of and Means for Constructing Staircases.
Inventor: HOBDEN ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 27,338. Hobden, R. W. Dec. 14. Staircases.-Fireproof steps of cement or the like are moulded in sit¹ by means of shells or moulds a, which are braced internally by hooked s t a y s h engaging w i t h perforated l u g s and are placed one over another between the walls or supports. When a shell is filled with cement, it is covered with a board, upon which the operator can stand to fill the next shell. The tread may slope downwards, and be faced with a layer of artificial stone, wood, or bard material, or a front stair nosing or tread.
Patent GB-190406546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Punching Machines.
Inventor: CRONQUIST OLOF ALBIN BIRGER
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6546. Cronquist, O. A. B. March 17. Punching. - For cutting holes &c. in plates, and leaving the same with non- jagged edges, a punch and die of the shape shown in Fig. 3<a> are used. After each descent of the punch 3, the end of the punched hole is pushed against the circular rod 1, which passes through the die 5 and is kept in contact with one end of the punch by a sliding sleeve 1<1> and a weighted lever or a spring. When the pin 4<1> is slackened, the die may be rotated by means of a spanner and a hexagonal collar on the sleeve 1<1>.
Patent GB-190407901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loom-temples.
Inventor: MEUNIER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 7901. Meunier, A. April 5. Loom temples.-The temple bar 1 is mounted to slide in a guide-box 7 against the action of a spring 14, when the lay strikes an adjustable buffer finger 21. The guide-box 7 is covered by an adjustable plate 8 having an abutment 12 against which one end of the spring 14 bears. The fabric passes alternately over and under adjacent rollers 3, loosely mounted on spindles fixed to the temple bar, and held in position by retaining-heads 5. The rollers are provided with a coating of emery, crushed stone, or the like. The temple is secured to the breast beam by a bolt passing through a slot in an attaching-plate 17. When the temple is applied to a wooden beam, a metallic wear plate is secured upon the surface of the beam.
Patent GB-190408493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guitars, Madolins, and like Stringed Instruments.
Inventor: GUTMAN FREDERICK OTTO
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 8493. Gutman, F. O. April 13. Guitars, mandolins, and like instruments.-The body and stem are formed of one integral piece 1 of soft, light, and resonant wood, with the large circular hole 2 bored nearly through, and the small circular hole 4 bored through the body. The thin wooden plate 5 closes both openings 4, 5 at the back of the body. A strip of hard wood 9 for the frets covers the stem, or the frets are sunk in the stem itself.
Patent GB-190411123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Ores Containing Antimony.
Inventor: MACARTHUR JOHN STEWART
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 11,123. MacArthur, J. S. May 14. Antimony salts, especially the sulphide, are obtained from antimony ores by extraction with dilute caustic soda in such a manner that the reagent used is recoverable for further use. The finely-powdered ore is digested in vats with a solution of caustic soda of not more than 2 per cent. strength (in case of an ore containing not more than 4 per cent. of antimony oxide) maintained by steam coils at a temperature of 50‹- 100‹ C., preferably the latter. The solution is then filtered and carbonic acid gas passed into the liquid. The solution and the antimony compound precipitated are discharged to a filter press, the sodium carbonate solution being afterwards converted into caustic soda by means of the lime formed in the production of carbonic acid gas. The Provisional Specification mentions that the antimony can be extracted by solutions of alkalies, alkaline carbonates and sulphides, and alkaline earths and alkaline earth sulphides.
Patent GB-190411288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Accumulator Electrodes or Plates.
Inventor: RICKS ALBERT
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 11,288. Ricks, A. May 17. Secondary b a t - teries.-Relates to electrodes for secondary batteries, such as are described in Specification No. 10,974, A.D. 1900, and has special reference to means for providing exits for the gases evolved in charge and discharge. The electrode is made up as follows;-The metal plate m is first perforated so that hooks s are formed on one side of it. The plate is then laid on a "form" provided with projections fitting in the perforations and of a shape corresponding to the shape desired for the gas canals x, various forms of which are shown in Fig. 3. The granular active material c is then cemented on the perforated ebonite plate d, and the whole is laid upon the plate m and fixed in position by turning down the ends n. After drying, the " form" is removed and the canals x are permanent, while the hooks s remain embedded in the active material. Besides acting as gas exits, the canals x serve to expose greater surface of active material ; if desired, the plate d may be made in an undulated form, for the same reason.
Patent GB-190417154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun Sights.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 17,154. Justice, P. M., [Bethlehem Steel Co.]. Aug. 5. Sights.-The right and left hand sights are connected so that they are parallel in all positions, and, in order that the sight-ports in the shield may be small, the sight-bars are pivoted for elevation close to the trunnions, and for traversing close to the shield. The sight-bars 9, pivoted at 12 to two-armed carriers 7 fixed to the ends of a transverse rocking bar 5, are connected by a rod 13, and are elevated by the hand-wheels 25 and arc 24, and trained by the screws 18, the motion being transmitted in the first case by the bar 5, and in the second by the rod 13. The azimuth angle is indicated by a dial 23.
Patent GB-190418183-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Production of Silver Emulsions for use in Photography
Inventor: GAEDICKE JOHANNES
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,183. Gaedicke, J. Aug. 22. Sensitized plates and films.-In a process for the production of silver-salt emulsions, the non-matured emulsion, after washing, is subjected to a maturing process by treating with ammonia, or a substance of similar action, the ammonia &c. being subsequently neutralized or supersaturated by an acid.
Patent GB-190425864-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint for Earthenware and other Pipes.
Inventor: BENTLEY CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,864. Bentley, C. H., Bentley, E. H., and Bentley, J. Nov. 28. Spigot-and-socket joints.-The socket end of an earthenware or other pipe for water, gas, &c. is formed with a conical face C, which guides the spigot end into place, and with an inwardly - turned flange E. The spigot end of the adjacent pipe is formed with an inclined groove G. The pipe ends, when centered, are secured by a packing of lead, cement, &c. run into the annular dovetail or arrowhead chamber formed by the grooves in the spigot and socket.
Patent GB-190429528-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment for Regulating the Supply of Grain to Threshing Machines.
Inventor: FERNAN JAMES
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 29,528. Fernan, J. Dec. 31. Thrashing-machines.-A spiral conveyer 5<1>, Figs. 1 and 2, working in a tube 9 arranged in a casing 4 on the top of the machine feeds the grain to an endless band 12 arranged at right -angles thereto and delivering the grain to the thrashing-drum. The tube 9 is supported by a piece 10 bolted to the underside of the beams 2, 2<1>, and its projecting end fits in an opening in the bottom of the inclined conveyer 7. The conveyer 5<1> is driven by chain gearing from the axis of the roller 13, over which the band 12 passes. An adjustable disc 19<1> on the shaft 6 regulates the amount of grain fed by the conveyer 5<1>. According to the Provisional Specification, the endless band is provided with suitable upwardly-projecting plates or ridges.
Patent GB-190511698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Yarn or Thread Winding Doubling or Gassing Machines.
Inventor: ARUNDEL HENRY BIRKBY
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 11,698. Arundel, H. B., and Higginson, J. June 3. Winding-machines.-Relatea to yarn or thread winding, doubling, and gassing machines, and consists in providing means whereby the machine may be rapidly converted from a cheese winder into a flanged-bobbin winder. Reference is made to Specification No. 1162, A.D. 1903, which describes means having the same object. A split friction drum a of the Hill & Brown type is used to drive either the cheeses or the bobbins. When a flanged bobbin is being wound, Fig. 2, the thread passes through a traversing guide e direct to the bobbin b. When flangeless bobbins are being wound, the thread is guided on to the cheese through the spiral slit in the split friction drum a. In the latter case the guide e is not used but is swivelled out of the way if necessary, or stopped, or removed ; various methods of mounting the guide to allow of this being done are described.
Patent GB-190511906-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Plug for Defective Tubes in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: JOHNSON ALFRED
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 11,906. Johnson, A., and Walters, R. Juno 7. Stopping tubes.-The small end of a plug used in the fire-box end of a boiler tube is provided with a hole through which the end e of a bent bolt b passes. The other end of this bolt passes through the plug used in the smoke-box end of the tube and is secured by means of a nut.