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Patent GB-190312913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of and Devices for Connecting the Ends of Ropes.
Inventor: NIELD WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 12,913. Nield, W. H., and Melland, W. June 9. Couplings; splicing ropes.-Relates to a method of, and apparatus for, coupling and splicing the ends of ropes, particularly driving-ropes. The coupling is made from a length of wire cord or other flexible material, spliced together to produce an endless band. which is either twisted into a number of loops, or is divided up into a number of spaces, as in Fig. 3, by partitions of tape, string, or other textile material. Each end of the rope is divided into four or more separate strands of varying lengths. Each strand is passed in and out through successive or alternate loops of the coupling. The next strand is passed through the same loops from the opposite side of the coupling. The other end of the rope is divided in the same way and the strands passed through the loops of the coupling starting from the opposite end, the longest strand of one end of the rope following the same path as the shortest end of the other. The loose projecting ends are cut off. The coupling may be formed of wires twisted round a core of string &c., of wires separately covered with yarn &c., or of wire, chain, cord, or gut, and may be strengthened by being covered with wire entirely, or only at the ends.
Patent GB-190313121-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ruler.
Inventor: PEGLER FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-06-11
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 13,121. Pegler, F. June 11. Rulers.-A ruler of triangular section is formed with a projecting edge 7, to guide the pen or pencil, forming an extension of the upper inclined face, which may be marked with scales at 7, 3, and formed with a groove 5 to enable the ruler to be securely held in position. By varying the angle of the pen, a succession of parallel lines may be ruled without moving the ruler. Rollers may be held in recesses formed in the base 1, to facilitate the movement of the ruler over the paper.
Patent GB-190320354-A (GB)
Title: A Window Blind Adjuster
Inventor: BARNES JABEZ
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,354. Barnes, J. Sept. 22. Window blinds.- A spring or other roller blind is guided and stopped by means of two devices consisting of stop arms 1,2, a guide-slot 3, and a portion 4 for attachment to the sash frame by screws.
Patent GB-190321037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Governing of Explosion Engines.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK HUGH
Filed: 1903-09-30
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 21,037. Smith, F. H. Sept. 30. Fluid governors. -Explosive m i xture is drawn from the carburetter a through non-coincident holes in two discs s, t, the former being fixed and the latter movable towards it by the current, which, as it increases, tends to diminish the passages through the discs. The discs are held apart by a spring w, the tension of which is adjusted by adjusting the nut n, to which the disc s is fixed by means of a screw on the rod k. Supplementary air enters through the valve q. The invention is shown in connection with the carburetter described in Specification No. 27,386, A.D. 1902, in which the air drawn in through the passages h lifts a disc f carrying a sleeve g which dips into the liquid chamber when the current ceases. The disc is arrested by buffer j on the nut n, which tends to shake the surplus liquid off the sleeve.
Patent GB-190321618-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Preventing or Curing Smoky Chimneys
Inventor: JOHNSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,618. Johnson, W. Oct. 8. Chimneys. - Downdraught in a chimney due to wind is prevented by air issuing from a nearly-vertical channel in a device A with horizontal channels exposed to the wind. These devices may be provided in one or more sides and preferably near the top of the chimney, and in some cases they have deflecting hoods to catch side winds.
Patent GB-190323448-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steam Carriages for Tramways and Light Railways.
Inventor: PIEPER WILHELM
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 23,448. Pieper, W. Oct. 29. Tramcars; propelling by steam engines. The boiler of a fireless steam motor carriage for tram. ways and light railways is arranged longitudinally under the floor of the carriage, the walls having recesses a to take the axles. Two such boilers may be placed side by side.
Patent GB-190325243-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Feeding Ribbons or Strips of Short Fibre Material from Rolls, Cross Spools, Cans or the like to Spinning, Twisting or like Machines.
Inventor: KRON RUDOLF
Filed: 1903-11-19
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,243. Kron, R. Nov. 19. Rollers and roller heads ; tension arrangements.- The moist ribbons or strips c of short-fibre asbestos, cellulose, or other short-fibre material, such as described in Specification No. 21,915, A.D. 1902, are drawn off from rolle, spools, cans, or the like, by frictional contact with a single feed-roller d, and are thence led to the spindles of spinning, twisting, or like machines. The feed-roller is driven through a cord pulley g, so as to admit of its speed being regulated during the working of the apparatus. A uniform tension or brake is put upon all the strips c by means of adjustable notched rails or battens f, arranged on both sides of the roller d ; in order further to regulate the tension upon each strip, check pins or pegs h may be provided, at one or both sides of the roller, the strips passing freely between them as at A, or being wound around one or more as at A', B, and C according as the tension requires increasing. In the case of ribbons or strips which have to be spun relatively dry, the feed roller d may be coated with rubber, varnish, or other suitable material, to increase the friction ; the Provisional Specification also states that a light presser-roller may be employed for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190326725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Sheet Feeding Machines.
Inventor: DEXTER TALBOT CHAMBERS
Filed: 1903-12-07
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 26,725. Dexter, T. C. Dec. 7. Feeding sheets.-Relates to sheet-buckling mechanism for paper-feeding machines of the kind in which the sheets of an adjustably-supported pile are first buckled at the corners, and afterwards fed by pneumatic or other devices to the folding, printing, or other machine. A buckler-frame 16 is adjustable by means of a screw 17 within guideflanges 15 on a bracket 12, which is secured to a bracket adjustable on a transverse bar 2. A buckling-finger 35 is mounted on a screw bolt 36 attached to an eccentric arm 33 of a plate 32 secured to a gear-wheel 30, which is mounted on a bolt or stud 31 on the frame 16, and meshes with a gear-wheel 45 on a shaft 25 connected to an operating-shaft by a universal joint. The free end of the finger 35 is formed with a yoke 37 having hook-shaped arms 38 for supporting a soft rubber pad or roll 40. A knife blade 44 is adjustably secured to a lug or plate 43 on the yoke 37, and serves to engage and bind the roll for preventing rotation and causing buckling. A tension and actuating rod 60 is loosely mounted on the finger 35, and passes freely through a guide-block 56 mounted in a boss on an eccentric arm 53 of a plate 52, which is on a gear-wheel 50 mounted on the frame 16, and meshing with the gear-wheel 45. A spring 65 is confined on the rod 60 between the block 56 and a milled nut 66 and clamp nut 67. The upper end of the rod 60 is formed with holes for a cottar pin or stop 68. A holding-down foot or clamp 70 is mounted on an arm or lever 71 pivoted on a pin or bolt 72 secured to the frame 16, and is controlled by a cam 85 on the shaft 25. The cam 85 acts upon a roller lever 86 linked to a lever 75, which is pivoted on the pin 72 and is formed with a lug 76 resting just above the lever 71. A tension rod 77 is pivoted to the lever 75, and passes freely through a guide-flange 79. A buckler-stop 94 is adjustably mounted on an arm or lever 90, which is pivoted on the pin 72 and to a tension-rod 96, and is linked to a roller lever 105 controlled by a second cam on the shaft 25.
Patent GB-190406819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Sterilization of Food
Inventor: THORP WALTER
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 6819. Thorp, W. March 21. Preserving food. - Enzymes and' the like are added to articles of food to be sterilized by the process described in Specification No. 10,903, A.D. 1902, especially to those deficient in the necessary enzymes. A sterile infusion-of press-yeast may be used. The action of the hydrogen peroxide is thus hastened.
Patent GB-190408745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Trolley Pulleys of Electric Tram Cars.
Inventor: BINNS GEORGE ANTHONY
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 8745. Binns, G. A. April 16. Electric railways and tramways with overhead wires. Co oll e ctors.-Trolley wheels for electric tramcars are constructed with a number of inclined holes 3 which contain lubricant and open in the central bore 1, the internal bush or lubricating- spindle being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190411557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Pins.
Inventor: BIGELOW GEORGE HEFFLAND
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 11,557. Bigelow, G. H. May 19. Hair-pins.-One or both legs of single-wire pins are made with one or more curved or angular crimps or bends, as indicated. The crimps on one leg overlap those on the other leg, or lie over a straight part of it. The legs below the last bend are straight.
Patent GB-190412097-A (GB)
Title: Improved Regulating Apparatus for Automatically Maintaining Electric Accumulator Charging Currents Constant.
Filed: 1904-05-27
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 12,097. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, & Co. June 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Dynamos, regulating.-The regulating-apparatus used in a lighting-system to maintain a constant charging-current to the accumulator B, which is connected across the lighting-mains L, consists of a motor E, which operates a resistance switch H either in parallel to or, as shown, in series with the main generator field winding D', and is controlled by two opposing field coils N, S, one N in series with the motor armature and traversed by current from the accumulator B, and the other S traversed by the charging-current. When the dynamo speed and the charging-current vary, the motor armature rotates until, by the operation of the switch H, the excitation of the generator D has been so altered that the effects of the two coils N, S again neutralize each other. In the Specification as originally filed, it is stated that the coil N may be traversed by a current from any constant-potential source, and also that the coil S may be fed by a part of the charging-current.
Patent GB-190419531-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for use in connection with Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: MUNDLER WINIFRED
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,531. Mundler, W. Sept. 10. Incandescent gas burners. - A combined flame spreader and mantle protector consists of a cup-shaped piece 2 with a convex bottom to fit on the burner head. A central hole 5 holds the mantle rod 6 and a lateral hole 7 serves as a bye-pass outlet. The device acts as a mantle protector by preventing swaying and turning.
Patent GB-190425286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Saddles
Inventor: RICHARD JEAN
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 25,286. Richard, J. Nov. 21, A.D. 1903 [date applied)or under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Saddles; stirrup straps, suspending. - Special arrangements of strapping are adopted in connection with saddles with a view to dispense with the usual girths and to provide for the automatic tightening of the straps by the pressure on the stirrups or by the weight of the load carried. The straps c. c<1>, which are used instead of girths, cross each other under the belly of the animal. To prevent chafing, they pass under rollers fitted in a padded frame at the crossing-point. The rear end of each strap is attached to a loop a on the saddle-tree ; the forward end passes between the members of the saddle-bar shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6, and is secured by a tongue i engaging in one of the holes. The stirrup leather e is attached to the downwards-projecting end of the strap. If the rider is thrown, the tongue i of the saddle-bar slips off the stem g after depressing the hinged end j of the bar, thus freeing the strap. The lower end of the tongue may be protected by a guard k<1>. In the case of light racing or other saddles, the saddle-bar may consist simply of a bar carrying a roller n, Fig. 8, over which the strap passes, and a button p which will automatically enter the hole in the strap opposite to it when the weight of the rider bears upon the stirrup. In the case of pack saddles, one end of the strap is fixed to the saddle ; the other end, after passing under the belly of the animal, passes through a loop o at the other side of the saddle and carries the load, which thus serves to keep the strap tight.
Patent GB-190505034-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tea Preparation
Inventor: PALMER HENRY SAMUEL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 5034. Palmer, H. S. W., and Webster, R. V. March 10. Tea preparations.-Tea is mixed with malt. Preferably, barley malt is used, and is first shredded and fired to give it the appearance of tea leaf. According to the Provisional Specification, a combination of barley malt, wheat malt, and oat malt is used.
Patent GB-190507205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lubricating Pads for the Journals of Railway and other Axles, Shafts and the like.
Inventor: ASQUITH JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 7205. Asquith, J. H. April 5. Lubricators.-A lubricating-pad for railway - vehicle a x l e s, shafts, &c. is made with wicks or feeders 4 at right-angles to and in contact with h tuft threads 3, and held to the base fabric 1, 2 by warp threads 1, or by threads passing in one direction only.
Patent GB-190511121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Devices for Pointing Lead Pencils, Slate Pencils, and the like.
Inventor: HARTMANN GEORG
Filed: 1905-05-27
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 11,121. Hartmann, G., and Jensen, R. May 27. Drawings to Specification. Advertising.- Announcements, advertisements, &c. are placed on the free spaces or backs of a pencil-sharpener in the form of a plate or plates covered with emery cloth or the like. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 16,119, A.D. 1888, and No. 2103, A.D. 1889, [Abridgment Class Writing-instruments &c.].
Patent GB-190514470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves for Furnaces.
Inventor: KERIGER JEAN
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 14,470. Keriger, J. July 13. Rotary cylindrical valves; packing, special methods of.-Reversing-valves for regenerative furnaces are provided with means whereby they are rendered tight and their'inner parts made easily accessible, while deformation due to heat is avoided. The valve, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, consists of two concentric cylinders 1, 2 with open ends and provided on opposite sides with inlet and outlet apertures for gases. The inner cylinder is divided internally by a partition 1<1>, to which is secured the spindle 3, mounted upon ball bearings 3<1>, for rotating the valve. Tightness between the cylinders is effected by rings 4 of asbestos, metal, or composition of metal and asbestos, and by metallic scrapers 6 adjustably held in vertical recesses within hinged doors 8. The scrapers are pressed against the inner cylinder by springs 7, balance weights, or like devices. The cylinders are separated at their central parts by a relatively large space so that deformation due to heat does not affect the working of the valve.
Patent GB-190514962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measures of Length
Inventor: GROTTA HERMANN
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 14,962. Grotta, H., and Schaeffer, E. July 20. Wealemefnas. - A wealemefna consists of a graduated running wheel c with its spindle mounted in a U-shaped frame and carrying a worm-wheel d gearing with a disk f to indicate a higher denomination. A piece r of metal is stamped to form two pointers and is attached as shown. The disk spindle is mounted in a frame g which can slide on the main frame and which is pressed towards the running wheel by a strong spring q. The running- wheel spindle carries a toothed wheel h having one tooth missing and adapted to be turned by the teeth of a mutilated wheel i. This latter wheel has a handle k linked by a spring to the slidable frame g and has its blank portion formed as a cam. When turned, the cam-wheel i shifts the sizable frame allowing a coiled spring v to zeroize the disk f, which has a stop pin. The cam-wheel i also zeroizes the running wheel c, owing to the missing tooth on the small toothed wheel h. In a modification, the cam-wheel device is omitted and the indicating-disk driven frictionally by another on the same spindle which engages the worm-wheel. A pinion is attached to the indicating disk, and drives a rack which is pushed back to zeroize.
Patent GB-190516313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reducing Valves.
Inventor: DEWRANCE JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-10
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 16,313. Dewrance, J., Wall, G. E., Collier, E. J., and Harrison, W., [executors of Wall, G. H.]. Aug. 10. Pressure - regulating valves. - Relates to a diminishing valve of the diaphragm type, the invention consisting in there being two diaphragms instead of one. The valve shown in Fig. 2 has its outlet B, connected through the tubular spindle a' of the valve proper b, with a hollow piston c'supporting a diaphragm c. A port c<3> in the piston c<1> allows steam to escape into the piston chamber and to press on a large diaphragm d. The latter is supported on a piston d' which is itself supported by lever and weight, springs, or a mercury column, but is otherwise open to atmospheric pressure on its underside.
Patent GB-190517168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cotton Gins.
Inventor: CUMMINS ARTHUR ELPHINSTONE
Filed: 1905-08-24
Granted: 1906-08-24
Abstract: 17,168. Cummins, A. E. Aug. 24. Gins.-Relates to feeding-mechanism applicable to ordinary Macarthy gins but more particularly to those modifications d e - scribed in Specification No. 21,030, A.D. 1904. The feeding-hopper l is provided with h a series of circular saws m for feeding the cotton to the gin, agitators n being also provided to prevent the cotton from bridging the saws. The face of the pusher-board is made in the form of a seed grid c<3>, so that a clear exit is formed for the cleaned seeds immediately they appear on the top of the cotton. The saws and agitators are driven intermittently by means of a ratchet motion, or in another construction, the pusherboard is connected to its operating-rod by a spring and carries an adjustable stop o, which, operating through bell-crank levers p, r, &c., intermittently throws a 'continuously-driven pulley into gear. When the grid becomes choked, the pressure of the cotton prevents the stop o from meeting the bellcrank lever p and so suspends the feed.
Patent GB-190517999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detergents and the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM EDWIN
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 17,999. Heys, W. E. Sept. 6. Soaps.-In the manufacture of detergents containing vegetable meal, the meal containing oil or fat or to which fatty matter has been added is mixed with sodium carbonate before treatment with lye. For example, oatmeal is mixed with sodium carbonate and olein, and soda lye, with or without sodium bicarbonate, is added, and the whole mixed until the doughy mass becomes put verulent, when it is passed through a granulating- sieve and afterwards pulverized or pressed into cakes or bars.
Patent GB-190518492-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Destroying Bacteria in the Blood and Tissues by the Influence of Carbon Mon-oxide.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 18,492. Thwaite, B. H. Sept. 13. Medical treatment, special methods of; inhalations; inhalers.-Apparatus for producing a mixture of carbon monoxide and air for the treatment of phthisis and other diseases consists of a generator 9, filtering-apparatus 10, 11, gas-holder 13, airholder 3, and main 6 leading to a mixing-chamber. The fan 1 serves to force air into the holder 3 and also to feed the carbon-monoxide generator 9, which is supplied with charcoal through an opening in the side plate 17. The gas passes through the dust-collector 10 and scrubber 11 to the weighted gas-holder 13. When the air-holder is full, it operates an escape valve 18, and the gasholder similarly operates the wing valve 8, which controls the air supply to the generator and the valve 4 which controls the supply of air to the mixing-chamber. The gas supplied to the patient contains 0À4 per cent of carbon monoxide and may be administered by supplying it to a hospital ward, by causing it to circulate over a bed, or by an inhaling mask. In some cases, finely-divided carbon may be mixed with the gas.
Patent GB-190520834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheep-dipping Apparatus.
Inventor: WAUGH JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-14
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 20,834. Waugh, J. Oct. 14. Sheep and other animals, dipping.-Relates to apparatus for dipping sheep and other animals, and consists in means for introducing sheep into the bath. The tank is narrow at the bottom N, and the sides at P slope outwards to the upper part, which is wide. This form economizes dip and also enables the sheep to be turned over upon its back so that it rests upon the sloping parts P. The arrangement for introducing the sheep into the tank consists of an enclosure with a sliding gate K at one end, and a vertically adjustable or pivoted gate E at the other. The bottom of the enclosure consists of a tilting platform A pivoted at Band counterweighted at C. The platform is held in the raised position by a catch D on the gate E, operated by links G from a transverse bar or handle H. The gate E is connected to the platform A by side rods Q which h have a sliding spring connexion with the gate E. The rods Q ensure that the platform A will tilt when the gate E with its catches D is operated by the handle H, and also ensures that the gate E is opened sufficiently to allow the sheep to pass under it when the platform A is tilted.
Patent GB-190522882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckles for Braces and such like Articles.
Inventor: EYLAND CHARLES NEWBOLD
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 22,882. Eyland, C. N. Nov. 8. Buckles.-The ends of the piece a, Fig. 2, of a buckle for a belt, band, braces, &c. are bent up to form prongs b, the remaining prongs d being formed by turning up the ends of the connecting bar c, shown sepatately in Fig. 1. A buckle having three prongs may be made by turning up one end only of the piece a.
Patent GB-190523613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Flue Cleaners.
Inventor: DONATZ OTTO
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 23,613. Donatz, O. Dec. 30, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Rotary disk valves.-A rotary disk valve having a number of perforations equidistant from the axis is used as a multiple-way valve in a fluecleaning apparatus.