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Patent GB-190305926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sand Drying Apparatus.
Inventor: BULLIVANT WILLIAM REED
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1904-03-14
Abstract: 5926. Bullivant, W. R. March 14. Drying sand.-Fig. 2 is a cross-section of a conveyer to be used in the drying of sand, as described in Specification No. 3515, A.D. 1903. A number of inclined blades C are loosely mounted on a square shaft B. A stirring-arm with an inclined blade E is mounted opposite to the arm C. As shown by Fig. 3, the feeding- hopper F has one or more conveyers G mounted along its bottom, arching of the sand being prevented by an oscillating frame H driven by a crank on a spur-wheel I.
Patent GB-190307783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Arc Lamps.
Inventor: EDELMANN ARTHUR
Filed: 1903-04-03
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7783. Edelmann, A. April 3. Arc lamps, electrodes for. Materials added to carbons for colouring the light are previously treated to prevent the formation of hard scoria when burning. The materials used are metals or metalloids, their combinations with boric acid, borax, or boro-natrocalcite (a mineral of the formula Na2B4O72CaB4O718H2O.), with the addition, if necessary, of water-glass, calcined soda, potash, or other fluxing-agent. The materials are melted together, forming a glass or flux, which is powdered and added to the raw carbon substance, or to the material for forming the core or outer sheath of the carbon.
Patent GB-190308470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers for Vessels
Inventor: LEARNARD ARTHUR WYMAN
Filed: 1903-04-14
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 8470. Learnard, A. W. April 14. Screw propellers.-Relates, particularly, to propellers for yachts fitted with sail and steam power. The blades g, which are recessed at f and f <1>, are pivoted to the boss a keyed to a hollow shaft containing a sliding rod h connected to the rod u by the pin t, sleeves n, and band l. For forward steaming or sailing, the cylinder p at the outer end of the rod h is placed in the position shown in dotted lines, and this allows the blades to retain the position shown in full lines when steaming, or folding back when sailing. The rod u, operated by hand or by the reversing-lever of the engine, causes the cylinder p to assume the position shown in full lines; the blades are then locked, and the vessel can be propelled backwards.
Patent GB-190309830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppering Bottles and like Vessels
Inventor: GOLTSTEIN EWALD
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 9830. Goltstein, E. April 30. Capsules, bottle &c. ; opening capsuled vessels.- A bottle &c, capsule is strengthened by an additional flange d, Fig. 2, below the part which is bent over the ridge b round the bottle mouth. To facilitate opening the bottle, the ends of a wire or cord opener may be secured beneath the capsule. As shown in Fig. 2, the opener consists of a wire handle g, the ends f of which pass round the bottle mouth beneath a packing-ring h. In another arrangement, a flat piece of metal is secured between the capsule and a packing-disc placed over the bottle mouth ; or the packing-disc i, Fig. 6, may be formed in one with a projecting piece f. An annular packing- ring may be placed beneath the packing-disc. Where a packing-disc is used, the capsule may be open at the top, as shown in the plan view, Fig. 7. An opener f may then be secured to the edge of the capsule, as shown, or can be secured to the lower edge of the capsule so as to project through the opening in the top. In the latter case, the opener f, Fig. 10, may be formed in one with the capsule.
Patent GB-190314819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: REICHENBACH FRITZ
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 14,819. Reichenbach, F. July 3. Pistons for internal-combustion engines and the like are provided with semicircular or other shaped grooves as shown.
Patent GB-190320755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Lubricating the Spindles of Spinning Frames, Mule-jennies and the like
Inventor: COUCHEMANN HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-26
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,755. Couchemann, H. Sept. 26. Mules; spindle apparatus. - Relates to the method of lubricating the spindle bearings in flax and hemp spinning-machines, and in mulejennies for cotton, wool, silk, &c. In flax &c. spinning-machines a box c, fixed on the bolster b between each pair of spindles a, has ducts d leading to the spindles. In mule-jennies the top and bottom bearings are cast in lengths with a gutter reservoir which has slotted ducts leading to the bearing-surfaces. The box or reservoir is filled with spongy material such as maize-pith saturated with oil. The reservoir is covered with a V-shaped slotted lid through which the charge of oil can be replenished.
Patent GB-190327914-A (GB)
Inventor: ROWDON THOMAS
Filed: 1903-12-19
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 27,914. Rowdon, T. Dec. 19. Windows; window and ventilator opening and closing apparatus.-The lights or ventilators of greenhouses and the like are operated by a lever d pivoted at e, braced by a bar i, and curved at the front end to engage a roller g on the underside of the light etc.; a counterpoise b is carried at the rear end. The operating-bar a passes freely through the weight b, and is connected to the lever d by a link c. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, a bar k is rigidly attached to the lever d, the link c is straight, and the brace i is attached to the curved part f.
Patent GB-190405287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-03-03
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 5287. Spencer, A. March 3. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Strips of inextensible material, such as canvas or cotton, are inserted in india-rubber or like elastic tyres, particularly those for motor road vehicles, in a direction approximately tangential to the inner periphery. In constructing the tyre shown in Fig. 1, sections composed of a strip of canvas a between pieces of unvulcanized rubber b, are folded back on themselves, and arranged in layers in a vulcanizing- mould, with the sections of adjacent layers oppositely inclined. Spaces are filled up with rubber pieces d, and the whole is then vulcanized. To increase the resiliency, soft rubber cores e<1> may be cemented in the tyre. The tyre shown in Figs. 6 and 7 comprises mdia-rubber rings g having interposed cotton tapes h which pass over and under pins f, m. The pins m are only temporarily inserted, and are removed before the tyre is vulcanized. The tyres are secured to rims by projecting pins f which engage inwardly-flanged cheeks fixed to the wheel rim, or by other means. Renewable covers of india-rubber, canvas, or both combined, may be provided.
Patent GB-190408215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-09
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 8215. Cowan, J., and Jones, L. April 9. Water-tube boilers.-The heating-surface of boilers of the Stirling type is increased, without increasing the floor space, by fitting a nest of tubes d close to the front wall b. These tubes are connected above to the steam and water drum and below to a drum f, which communicates directly or indirectly through another drum n, with the mud drum m.
Patent GB-190408994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Process of Preparing Iron Pyrites for Desulphurization.
Inventor: WEDGE UTLEY
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8994. Wedge, U. April 19. Treating ores.-Iron pyrites, in such forms as pyrites fines or smalls, or leached ore, is briquetted to facilitate de-sulphurization in a furnace. Iron sulphates, preferably the higher sulphates, are used as the binding-agents, but sulphates of copper, zinc, or other metals may be employed. The impure iron sulphates, which are a bye-product in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, may be used ; also the sulphate may be formed in the mass by mixing iron oxide, such as burnt ore, with the material, and then adding sufficient sulphuric acid for combination. Heat may be applied to expedite the reaction and to harden the blocks.
Patent GB-190410529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or application to Lamps.
Inventor: SIMS FRANCIS MONTAGUE
Filed: 1904-05-07
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 10,529. Sims, F. M. May 7. Street and like lamps; chandeliers. -Relates to street and other lamps for burning petroleum, the arrangement being applicable also to a chandelier. T h e non-airtight reservoir a may be placed inside or outside the casing b. The oil passes by a small orifice m into a supply pipe c which leads into a trap d, and thence to a lower trap e. A supply pipe f, having a small orifice e<x>, leads to the oil and wickholderg. Thelower trap is provided with a screw-plug h carrying a tube i, the top j of which determines the level of the oil in the trap. A small pipe k projects into the pipe i and passes up through the pipe c, leaving it by an airtight opening below the trap d. When the reservoir is being filled, the oil, having nearly filled the trap d, flows into the trap e, the air escaping through the pipe k until the oil seals the pipe i. The oil then rises in the vessel g until the level of the oil is as much above the level in the lower trap as that in the reservoir is above that in the upper trap, and, as the oil is consumed, the level in the holder falls at the same rate as the level in the reservoir. The area of the traps is sufficient to prevent any air from escaping out of the system when the temperature rises due to the heat of the burner or of the sun, while the nearlyhorizontal portion of the pipe extending from the lower trap to the bend y y<1>, acts as a contraction chamber and prevents material alteration of level in the holder consequent upon the system becoming cooled below the temperature at which it was filled. The system may be emptied by removing the plug h. In a chandelier for indoor lighting, where there is room for a considerable length of piping, U-shaped bends in the supply pipe may be employed instead of traps, an air cock, which takes the place of the pipe k, being provided near the lower of the two bends. In the event of the oil rising too high in the holder through accident, oil escapes through the pipe k, which thus acts as a tell-tale. A small air outlet at the top of the supply pipe in the reservoir minimizes the effects of an accidental displacement from the perpendicular
Patent GB-190410988-A (GB)
Title: Carding Machine
Inventor: ADAM MATTHEW ATKINSON
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 10,988. Adam, M. A., [Henderson, J. J.]. May 12. Carding-engines.-The working and stripping in carding wool, cotton, and other fibres is performed by the sets of rolls 15, 16, 17, 18 rotating in the directions shown by the arrows. The workers 15, 17 take the fibres from the main cylinder C, rolls 16 transfer them from workers 15 to workers 17, and strippers 18 return them to the main cylinder. Guard-plates 19 keep apart the fibres on the workers 15, 17 and hold them on the main cylinder, thus preventing choking. By this arrangement, more workers are able to co-operate with the main cylinder, and the fibres may be acted upon repeatedly by the same sets of workers. The Provisional Specification states that the workers and transfer rolls may be driven by means of a single belt from the shaft of the doffing-cylinder, the strippers being preferably driven by connections at the other side of the machine.
Patent GB-190411892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pasteurizing Apparatus.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-05-25
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 11,892. Boult. A. J. [Goldman & Co., E.]. May 25. Moving stirrer apparatus; containers.-Relates to means for circulating liquids in pasteurizing - apparatus. Bottles containing the liquid to be pasteurized are carried on pivoted trays 37, fixed to an endless chain 22, through the compartments 3, 2, 1, the temperature of their contents being gradually raised to 160‹ F. and then gradually lowered. The endless chain 22 is carried on sprcckets 21 and pinions 23, the sprocket in the compartment 1 being actuated by means of worm and spur gearing from the shaft 16. The compartment 3 is fitted with a central partition, at each end of which are stirrers on the axes 26, 30, which co-operate with the conveyer to cause circulation of the liquid in the compartment 3. Motion is communicated to the stirrers by an endless belt, which passes round the pulleys 31, 32 and the fixed loose pulleys on the axis 26, the pulley 32 being driven by bevel gearing from the shaft 16.
Patent GB-190412084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing and Packaging Machine.
Inventor: BROUGH THOMAS JAMES
Filed: 1904-05-27
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 12,084. Brough, T. J. May 29, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Automatic-feed weighers.-In an automatic-feed weigher provided with an attachment for packeting weighed quantities of tea, coffee, spice, or other pulverulent material, a weigh-beam 18, Figs. 1 and 7, on a shaft 17, supports by means by links 19 two pans 6, 7, which turn on a fixed spindle 22 and rock over the shaft 17 and the attached valve 16 when the material in the horizontal pan overbalances the beam. Arms 23 on a second fixed spindle 24 open the hinged fronts 6<a>, 7<a> of the pans when they fall, the material then discharging into a hopper 8. As the weights required in the pans 6, 7, respectively, to tip over the beam 18 can be separately adjusted by means of sliding weights on arms 20, 20<a> projecting upwards from the beam, different amounts may be weighed out at successive operations. The shaft 17 passes through the lower feed-hopper 5, and the valve 16, assisted by a lower fixed ridge-piece 26, deflects the material into the horizontal pan 6 or 7. The parts described above are all carried from a central post 1 on the base 3, and the upper hopper 4 from two side supports 2. The material is fed to the hopper 5 by a rotating agitator consisting of two concentric cylinders 10, Fig. 5, and radial pins 12 on a shaft 13 in the lower part 4<a> of the hopper 4. The radial movement of the pins 12 as the agitator revolves prevents the material from lodging between them. The passage at the side of the agitator is adjustable, by means of a hanging valve and regulating-screw, to suit the various materials which may be dealt with. The agitator is driven by any suitable motor through a worm 31, the shaft 32 of which rests in vertical slots in two bearing-plates 30. The worm 31 also drives a wheel 29 and the vertical spindle 27<a> of the packing-screw 27, which projects through the delivery funnel 8<a> into the paper bags &c. placed over it. The screw 27 packs the material into the bag and rises as the bag fills ; when the bag is filled a cross-pin 39 at the upper end of the spindle 27<a> rises above the driving-pin 40 on the wheel 29, and the screw stops rotating. When it becomes necessary to stop the feed, a cord 37 is pulled down, thus rocking a lever 36, a shaft 34 in the plates 30, and curved tappets 35 on this shaft, the worm 31 then rising out of gear with the wheel 33.
Patent GB-190412891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches
Inventor: MILLER THOMAS SPENCER
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 12,891. Lake, H. H., [Miller, T. S.]. June 7. Hauling and winding drums and sheaves.-Relates to a friction-clutch mechanism, actuated by toggles, in which a wide range of pressure is obtainable, the operating parts being constructed so as to be self-locking and the friction between the rotating and non-rotating elements of the clutch-operating mechanism thus greatly diminished. Figs. 1 and 3 show the invention applied to a rope drum. The drum B carrying the clutch surface b is loosely mounted on the revolving shaft A, to which the wheel C carrying the other clutch surface c is keyed. The parts B, C are kept apart by the spring D, and longitudinal pressure is taken up by the fixed and adjustable abutments E, E<1>. The hand-operated screw G works in the nut F and pushes forwards the member H, which rotates with the shaft. At the forward end of this member is formed a wedge 1, which forces apart the links 2, 3 hinged respectively at 4, 5 to a collar 6 which also rotates with the shaft. Another collar 7 carried by the shaft rests against the movable clutch member B. The links 8, 9 form with the links 2, 3 a pair of toggles on opposite sides of the shaft axis, as shown in Fig. 3. The wedge 1 and the whole of the toggle mechanism are located in a slot in the shaft with which they rotate. The wedge is made of small angle, so that the pressure of the toggles is powerless to move it. In a modification, the shape of the toggles is slightly altered, and the wedge 1 forms a swivel connection with the member H. Fig. 8 shows another modification applied to a pulley, in which the clutch is actuated by a lever. The collars 6, 7 and the toggles are arranged as shown in Fig. 3, but. the wedge is divided into two parts 1<a>, 1<b> resting against the outside of the shaft, which, in this form, is not slotted. In another modification, shown in Fig. 14, the toggles are symmetrically placed and hinged, and the wedge is curved, as shown, so as to operate the clutch quickly at first and more gradually afterwards. The wedge 1<a> in this case has a swivel connection with the end of the operating- screw G. The extreme unset position of the toggles is shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190412958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Handle-bars for Velocipedes, Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like.
Inventor: WALLACE JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-08
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 12,958. Wallace, J. H. June 8. Handle-bars.-In bicycles, motor cycles, and like vehicles, the handle-bars are so constructed that they can be turned from their transverse normal position through a right-angle so that the vehicles occupy less space when standing or being stored. In the foim shown in Fig. 1, the socket b fitted within the cycle head a is screwed to receive the stem c of the handlebars d. A stud g on the spring catch f engages in one of the holes h to hold the handle-bars in position except when the catch is pushed in by means of the stud i to permit of turning the handle-bars. In a modification, the spring catch is replaced by a thumb-screw in a boss on the cycle head.
Patent GB-190416182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters particularly applicable to Motors.
Inventor: MALEZIEUX JEAN BAPTISTE DESIRE
Filed: 1904-07-21
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 16,182. MalÚzieux, J. B. D. M. July 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosivev a p o u r engines, carburetting in. Oil is maintained at a constant level by a float feed in the vessel A, and d is drawn up the pipes C' and through the nozzles C with air which enters the vessel by the pipe C<11>. A supplementary supply of air enters through a r i n g - valve E fitting over holes in the casing, and the mixture passes to the engine by the pipe F. The carburetter may be heated by admitting exhaust gases to the chamber H. The capacity of the carburetter can be adjusted by closing some of the nozzles C by caps.
Patent GB-190416431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Druggist's Label Holders.
Inventor: MCCOURT NEWTON WESLEY
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 16,431. McCourt, N. W., and McAllister, G. W. July 25. Cabinets for holding druggists' labels are arranged with a number of drawers B, preferably divided by partitions C into compartments each of which serves to hold a roll D of one kind of label. Tension rods 8, 9 pass through all the partitions in one drawer, the front one being slightly below the level of the back one, and the distance between the two being such as to admit of the introduction of the roll of labels. The label strip, which may or may not be perforated or gummed, is passed from the roll over the rod 8, beneath the rod 9, and on to one of the combined guides and cutters 2. These are fixed on the drawers in front of each compartment, projecting so far that an entire label can rest thereon, and they are made of sheet metal with the two side edges turned over to retain the strip, and with the front edge turned up to facilitate severance of the strip. Frames 10 hold sample labels indicating the contents of each division.
Patent GB-190420123-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Checking Pickers in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: PILKINGTON DANIEL
Filed: 1904-09-19
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 20,123. Pilkington, D., and Walker, J. Sept. 19. Looms, checking pickers in.-The pickers are checked by means of a buffer consisting of pieces of leather d, shown in plan view in Fig. 1, fitting over the picking-spindle c and the projecting arm a<1> of a holding-device a fixed in front of the spindle stud or holder b. The arm a<1> prevents the pieces of leather, when worn, from falling into the shuttle box ; the pieces of leather may be formed with slots d<3>, Fig. 4, instead of two openings d<1>, d<2>.
Patent GB-190421527-A (GB)
Title: Panoramic Camera.
Inventor: JOHNSTON WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,527. Johnston. W. J. Oct. 7. Cameras; roller slides.-In panoramic cameras, the whole camera revolves around a central axis, while the film is simultaneously drawn across a narrow exposure slit in the plate dividing the front and back parts of the camera. As shown in the plan view, Fig. 2, while the camera 1 rotates around the stationary rack 20, the pinion 19 causes the feed-roll 11 to draw the film 4 over rollers 13 and in front of the vertical slit 15 from the supply roll 3. This supply roll is pivoted between two plates 7 which are mounted between two notched standards 5, Fig. 3, and provided with pawls 8 to adjust their distance apart for the particular size of spool. The feed-roll 11 and the spring of the driving-motor 18 are mounted on the same shaft 16, which co-operates with the stub shaft 17 on which the pinion 19 is movably mounted to enable the spring to be wound up without moving the camera and feed-roll. A fan 26 driven from the gearing 33 has adjustable blades to regulate the speed of the camera, which can be stopped by a locking- lever 27, actuated by a spiral spring on the shaft 28 to engage frictionally a wheel 29 on the fan shaft, and controlled by the key 30. A pawl engages the ratchet-wheel 33, and prevents reverse movements of the stub shaft 17 when the spring is being wound. In a modification, the motor 18, Fig. 10, is below the feed-roll and the pinion 19 and rack 20 are replaced by a draught-cord 43 wound around a winding-spool 40 and attached to the drum 44, which is adjustably fixed to the tripod head. The ratchet-wheel 34 on the stub shaft 17 of the motor drives a pawl 35, pivoted on the underside of the loose wheel 36, and controlled by means of a pivoted pawl 37 actuated by the thumb-screw 38. The movement of the camera is controlled by adjustable spring blades 45 on the circumference of the revolving plate 21. The diametral pin 41 can be raised out of the recesses 42 on the head of the stub shaft 17 when the spring is to be wound without moving the feed-roller.
Patent GB-190422813-A (GB)
Title: Improved Scraper for Electro-magnetic Separator.
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 22,813. Geist Electricitõts Akt.-Ges., E. H. Jan. 18, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Magnetic separators. A scraper b for an electromagnetic separator is wedge - shaped and is arranged so that its walls are perpendicular to the surface of a magnetized roll or cylinder a. The roll is constructed on the system of bell magnets, so that the strongest outer field lies in the centre, and rotates in the direction shown by arrows. The scraper is attached to a flat iron piece c, and the particles adhering to the roll are gradually pushed along the walls until a very weak field is reached and the iron falls off by its own weight. The articles to be sorted are poured into a hopper, the lower opening of which is closed by a swinging roller. The roller is actuated by a crank rod fixed to the axle of the roller and the material falls uniformly into a second hopper through which it falls tangentially to the roller.