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Patent GB-190228081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Contact Boxes for Electric Railways.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM MILTON
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 28,081. Brown, W. M. Dec. 19. Electric railways and tramways with road contact &c. switches operated by magnets carried by the vehicle. Switches.-An inverted cup-shaped guard i of insulating-material extends below the contact e, and the movable armature h, containing the other contact f, is also of cup form and of larger diameter than the arc guard i. The magnetic air gap and arcing to the walls of the enclosing vessel are thus reduced.
Patent GB-190302373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Automatic Vacuum Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: BROWN HARVEY EZRA
Filed: 1903-01-31
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 2373. Brown, H. E. Jan. 31. [Grant of Patent refused.] Brakes, automatic vacuum. A diaphragm valve placed between the train-pipe and brake cylinder has a perforated casing, through which a great volume of air passes to the brake cylinder when it is desired to apply the brakes quickly. In this case, air is admitted as fast as possible to the trainpipe a, and the pressure raises the diaphragm e and the valve i on the seat h, so that the external air passes through the ports m in the casing, up through the hollow stem j of the valve, and thence through the connection d to the brake cylinder. If the air is admitted slowly to the train-pipe, the valve i is not lifted, and the air passes through the constricted space between the plug l and the end of the stem j, thus applying the brakes slowly. The ports m may be closed by the ring valve n, which is furnished with wings p to enable it to be turned on the screwed part o of the valve casing.
Patent GB-190304464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Producers for Semi-water Gas.
Inventor: PETERS CARL
Filed: 1903-02-25
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 4464. Peters, C. Feb. 25. Gas-producers; firebars.-In the watergas producer shown in Fig. 1, the firebars a are hollow and are connected by circulating-pipes b, c with a reservoir d containing water. The steam generated rises into the upper part e of the reservoir d, where it mixes with air drawn in through a pipe at the side. This mixture of air and steam is drawn down through another pipe at the side into the asbpit and the upwards through the fire.
Patent GB-190306607-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Box for String, Cord or the like.
Inventor: JARRETT JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 6607. Jarrett, J. F., and Jarrett, C. L. March 21. String holders.-A box a for enclosing string, cord, or the like, is secured to an axle a<1> mounted in bearings on the plates b<1>, b<2> provided with a crossplate b<3> for being secured to a ceiling &c. To the axle is secured one end of a spring c, the other end of which is secured to the plate b<1>. The axle has a pinion d on its end, which gears with a pinion d<1> mounted on the plate b<1>. The pinion d' has a projection on its inner side which is adapted to engage with a stop b' on the plate b<1> to arrest the pinion d<1>; or the pinion d' may be arrested by an untoothed part on its circumference. The string A being on the axle a' within the box, the end a<3> is secured by a nut or otherwise. The end of the string is then pressed through a perforation a' in the box, and being wound several times on the box, is carried through a guide e<1> on the plate b<2>. By this arrangement, the unused string is re-wound on the box, the gearing serving to relieve the spring from shocks.
Patent GB-190314826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke in Furnaces.
Inventor: NULL FRANCIS MYERS
Filed: 1903-07-03
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 14,826. Null, F. M. July 3. Smoke-consuming. -The invention is described as applied to the vertical boiler shown in Fig. 1. The smoke &c. is withdrawn from the stack 4 by a fan 7 and returned to the furnace through a pipe 12 terminating below i n the ashpit 3, which is closed. Air, for mixing with the smoke &c., is drawn into the fan casing 9 through an opening 10 and also through another opening 25 controlled by a hinged damper 27. A deflector 8 in the stack 4 directs the solid and heavy products of combustion into the pipe leading to the fan casing.
Patent GB-190315109-A (GB)
Title: Perpendicular, Book Form File.
Inventor: MONAMY WINTER ALFRED
Filed: 1903-07-08
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 15,109. Monamy, W. A. July 8. Filing papers &c.-Relates to a device for filing newspapers, bills, letters, &c. The file, which stands vertically on the base E, D, is constructed as follows:-A piece of iron or other wire having an eye A, Fig. 1, turned at its centre, is bent on either side of the eye at right-angles at B. Each portion is then bent into a semicircle at C, Figs. 1 and 2, at right-angles at D, round the corner B, and again at right-angles at E, the two ends extending nearly to the semicircles. A plate F is attached to the lower bar A, and a perforating clasp G is fastened to a wire hinge or loop J working on the wire loops L, M, which are slightly expanded outwards near the top. Both plates are provided with holes through which slide the perforating ends H. The document to be filed is placed underneath the clasp G which is pressed over the ends H, thus punching a hole in the document. Paper or other material can be placed, first and last, to act as a cover.
Patent GB-190316083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper-cutting Machines
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 16,083. Lake, H. H., [National Package Machine Co.]. July 21. Parcelling soap tablets &c.-Relates to machines adapted to cut printed blanks from a web of paper preparatory to wrapping-up soap &c. A web m<1>, which has been printed in the web with proper labels and simultaneously received perforations at regular intervals, is fed, together with a web m<1> to form the inner wrappers, between cutters S, S', by means of a pair of intergeared and superposed rollers N, Q. The upper cutter S is stationary on a plate A', the under one being on a rocker not shown. The upper roller Q is mounted in vertically-sliding bearings Q<1>, so that it can be lifted to interrupt the feed by means of a rocking shaft Q<3> having arms Q' under the bearings. The rocking shaft ends in a toothed sector Q<4>, and the top of a lever U, which is operated by a cam, carries an arm R<1> to engage the sector and an electromagnet R<5> to make it do so. When one of the apertures in the web comes under an aperture S<4> in the upper blade, a spring feeler T touches a binding- screw T' in the plate A<1> and so completes the circuit. The rollers are driven intermittently by ratchet-mechanism and a cam and lever which have such a stroke that, without the electrical arrangement, the paper would be overfed, but, the cut being timed to occur at the end of the stroke, the electrical arrangement suspends the feed when the exact length required is delivered. The electrical arrangements, instead of lifting a roller, may disengage the driving-ratchet by lifting off the pawl in one of several similar ways detailed in the Specification.
Patent GB-190324197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Letter Files.
Inventor: POLMAN HERMANN THEODOR
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 24,197. Polman, H. T., and Schroer, E. Nov. 7. Filing papers &c. - Relates to a letter file, in which the papers or letters g are strung over two rods a in the required order. A flat wire clamp h, Fig. 2, is passed over the rods a, and may be slid sideways to clamp the rods in the recesses m. In order further to safeguard the clamp from coming off accidentally, nicks n are formed in the rods a near the top. When it is desired to file a new letter amongst those already filed, or to take a filed letter away, the cover o is removed, and the points f, hinged at d, are brought over on to the top of the rods a, after the guard h has been removed. The pile of letters g is then separated at the desired point, those above that point being passed to the top of the rods f, and turned back on these rods. The fresh letter is then inserted on the rods a, or the filed letter taken away, the rods f are brought back to the rods a, and the top papers brought down to meat the others, the whole being then clamped by the clamp h. A metal frame b, attached to the base, carries the rods a, and is bent up to form a bracket c, on the end of which the points f are hinged. A hookp, fixed to the cover o, fastens round the hinge d,
Patent GB-190324240-A (GB)
Title: Process for Production of Readily Resorbent Medicated Soaps or Ointments.
Inventor: REISS RUDOLF
Filed: 1903-11-09
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 24,240. Reiss, R. Nov. 9. Soaps in ointment form for medicinal purposes, stated to be of dermatological value, are made by melting together a fatty acid, such ai oleic acid, and vaseline or paraffin, and gradually adding a quantity of an aqueous or alcoholic solution of alkali insufficient to neutralize the fatty acid. The water is driven off by heating the soap, preferably under reduced pressure. Any suitable medicament is added, e.g., salicylic, benzoic, cinnamic, and kinic acids or their esters, ethylsulphonic acid, corrosive sublimate, &c.
Patent GB-190401810-A (GB)
Title: Improved Yarn or Cord for Embroidery and other purposes.
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT JOHN HAMPSON
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 1810. Wainwright, J. H. Jan. 25. Cords; wire cords.-A thread, yarn, or cord, used for embroidery and in the manufacture of ornamental fabrics, is produced by winding a flat strip of gold, silver, or plated metal, or of paper, leather, cloth, &c. faced, coated, or covered with metal foil around a wire or other flexible core, in close coils, and then winding one or more of the threads so formed, and in some cases twisted together, in open coils around one or more yarns or threads of wool, silk, cotton, mohair, &c. which may have different colours.
Patent GB-190404046-A (GB)
Inventor: HEPTON FRANK
Filed: 1904-02-18
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 4046. Hepton, F. Feb. 18. Billiards etc.; time-checks for games; scoring and marking.-Relates to billiard tables and the like having coin-freed attachments whereby they may be hired by the pocket score or by time. The ordinary net-pockets of the billiard table are replaced by rigid ones opening to channels on a sloping board under the table, which convey the balls back to a box, Fig. 8, at the baulk end, wherein, after entering by an aperture 14, they drop through a trap 17 in a false bottom 15 into a compartment 16 having a handhole to allow removal. The balls may turn a star-wheel 5, or the trap 24, Fig. 13, may drive a ratchet-wheel 21, which is stopped after one revolution by a pivoted detent 8 opposing a pin 7. A dial shows the number of pocket strokes available at any moment in the game, and intermediate gear may be provided to increase the number allowed. A totalizing-counter may also be operated. In the arrangement for hiring by time, a ratchet-wheel 29, Fig. 14, which is friction-tight on a clock arbor 35, is turned backwards so that a pin thereon does not fix a radial rod 32, which bears against the trap 24, till it is again at the initial position. Dropping down a shoot 9, the coin either disengages the detent 8, Figs. 8 and 13, or makes a lever, Fig. 14, turn the ratchet-wheel 29 in opposition to the clock.
Patent GB-190406310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling and Driving Horses and other Animals without Bit.
Inventor: UDHAUG HANS JORGEN
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 6310. Udhaug, H. J. March 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bridles and halters.-A bridle for controlling horses or other animals without a bit is constructed with a stiff head-band e, formed so as to bear on the head at two points f, g, Fig. 2, a stiff noseband d, and ordinary brow, cheek, and neck straps a, c, b. The reins are connected to levers j, which are pivoted to studs k on the noseband and connected to the cheek straps at l so that, on palling either rein, the corresponding cheek strap is tightened, and the bands e, d pressed on the head and nose respectively. To use the bridle as a halter, a chain or cord is attached to a ring n on the band d.
Patent GB-190410246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Apparatus
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1904-05-04
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 10,246. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. May 4. Vacuum tubes. - A mercury-vapour lamp or rectifier is constructed so that the mercury condensed in a chamber 2 flows on to the anode 3 and cools it. The mouth of the chamber 2 is preferably contracted as shown. The graphite, carbon, or metal anode 3 has an annular trough to receive the mercury, and is supported by a wire 5 enclosed iu a glass tube 7. The wire may be of iron and be welded to the platinum leading - in wire 6. A carbon or other filament 12,. attached to the anode, dips into mercury in a cup formed in an iron core 10, which floats in the cathode 9 and is depressed by a series solenoid 16 so as to start the discharge.
Patent GB-190413674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Delivery Rolls or Spools for Musical Instrument Controllers.
Inventor: CLARK ERNEST GRANT
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 13,674. Clark, E. G. June 16. Automatic instruments.-A delivery roll or spool for a tune-sheet comprises the tube 1, made of paper stock or pasteboard, on which the controller sheet 2 is wound, and the heads 4, with axles 5 fitting within the tube 1, one axle or both having a groove and a bow-spring 6 to catch on to the tube 1. In place of springs 6, the axles 5 may be slotted to receive a cross-wire stretching across the interior of the tube 1. The axle or shaft 5 of the driving-head 4 may extend throughout the length of the spool, and theopposite head may be telescoped on to a reduced portion at the end of the axle or shaft. The driving and centering heads may be differently marked, or coloured, to distinguish them.
Patent GB-190414314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Binding Medium for Securing Linoleum and the like.
Inventor: SUTER FRANZ
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 14,314. Suter, F. June 25. Cements.-A cement for fixing linoleum, leather wall-paper, lincrusta, &c. is made by adding molasses to a melted resin, and diluting the cooled mass with a mixture of alcohol and the asphalt distillation product known as " primol." An example is given in which the cement consists of molasses, resin, copal, spirits, and " primol."
Patent GB-190417021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controllers for Electric Motors
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 17,021. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electrac Co.]. Aug. 3. Motors, controlling.- Automatic motor-starters have a number of separately - actuated contacts or switches which cut out the sections of starting- resistance from the motor circuit, the actuating-coils of the contacts being successively operated each by the contact next in advance, a predetermined rate of progression of the contacts being attained by means of a rotating series of cams. As shown in the Figure, the resistance sections R<1>, R<2>, R<3>, R<4>, which constitute the starting-resistance of the motor M, are controlled by contacts 2, 3, 4, 5, which are separately actuated by the main current lowresistance coils 7, 8, 9, 10. The primary switch 1, which completes the motor circuit, is operated by a relatively high resistance coil 6 connected in shunt across the motor and controlled from a distant point by the switch B or otherwise. To prevent the contacts from closing in succession too rapidly after the contact 1 has been closed, there is attached to the core of the coil 6 some regulating-means, such as a rack 11 engaging a pinion 12 loosely mounted on the shaft 13. The pinion carries a pin 17, which engages the end 15 of a spring 16 coiled about the shaft. The other end of the spring engages a spring 19 carried by the collar 14 rigidly fastened to the shaft 13. As the core of the coil 6 is lifted to close the switch 1, the pinion 12 is rotated, and the spring 16<1> attached thereto tends tu rotate the shaft 13, the movement of which, however, is retarded by the dash-pot D regulated by the adjustable valve 21<a>. As the shaft 13 rotates, the cams 7<b>, 8<b>, 9<b>, 10<5>, which normally prevent the switches 2, 3, 4, 5 from closing after their actuating-coils have been energized, are moved into a position to allow the projections 7<a>, 8<a>, 9<a>, 10<a>, carried by the cores of the switches 2, 3, 4, 5, successively to engage the recesses 7<c>, 8<c>, 9<c>, 10<c>, which movement allows the switches to close at a predetermined rate. To prevent a too rapid cutting out of resistance, an overload magnet C is provided, wi6hactuating-coil 24 connected in series with the motor, and its core 25 is adapted to engage notches on the collar 26 carried by the shaft 13, to lock the shaft against rotation until the excess current has diminished. The arrangement of circuits is shown in the diagram.
Patent GB-190420137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: YOUNG EDWARD GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-19
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 20,137. Young, E. G. Sept. 19. Impact wheels.- The exhaust from an internal - combustion engine drives a vane wheel, the casing of which it enters by a passage and leaves by a passage i. The vanes g are radial and are secured between discs f. The casing of the wheel may be secured to the frame of a motor bicycle &c. by clips e.
Patent GB-190424502-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Weight for Sea Fishing
Inventor: BLAKE MONTAGUE FITZGERALD
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,502. Blake, M. F., and Brown, F. C. Nov. 12. Sinkers. - The disc shown is fitted with conical studs on each side, which embed in the bottom to prevent drifting, and with a central aperture to prevent spinning when being raised or lowered.
Patent GB-190426431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas or Explosive Vapour Engines.
Inventor: BURT PETER
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 26,431. Burt, P. Dec. 5. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-An arrangement of combustion chamber and valves for tandem engines working on the Otto cycle is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The valve spindles a are placed at right-angles to the piston-rod and at opposite sides of it. The combustion chamber f is of a depth sufficient only to enable the valves to open fully, and is of less width than the cylinder, so that the clearance and wall area are small. Plugs g enable the valves e to be inspected and removed. The gas or vapour valve-spindle k carries a disc l controlling an air inlet m, so that the amount of air is reduced as the amount of gas or vapour increases, and the quality of the mixture thus regulated. Air is admitted to the cylinder when the valve j is held shut for governing purposes.
Patent GB-190426532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Figuring Continuous Paper and other Materials in the Web.
Inventor: HENNESSEN GISBERT
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 26,532. Hennessen, G., and Spix, P. Dec. 6. Designs on face, producing.-Designs are produced on fabrics by glazing certain parts only, so that the designs are formed merely by the difference between the glazed and the dull parts. The roller a, provided with the engraved or cut design, continually presses the design into the elastic surface of a roller b made of a yielding material such as india-rubber, leather, &c. The fabric is passed between the roller b and a friction roller c, by which the surface of the fabric touching the raised parts of the design is made glossy, while the other parts remain dull. The design on the roller b is effaced by the friction roller c, but is renewed again by the roller a. The circumferential velocities of the rollers a, b should be equal, that of the roller c being greater.
Patent GB-190428765-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for use in connection with the Purifying or Desulphurizing of Lighting Gas.
Inventor: MARECHAL JEAN
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 28,765. MarÚchal, J. Dec. 29. Sulphur is obtained from ammonia water from gasworks by treatment with ozone. The ammonia water is contained in a column provided with discs, similar to a distilling-column, to which the ozone is conveyed. Sulphur is precipitated in the form of a powder and may be collected.
Patent GB-190500689-A (GB)
Title: Improved Current Controller for Electric Railways on a Sectional Conductor System.
Inventor: DUCKWORTH RICHARD
Filed: 1905-01-13
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 689. Duckworth, R., Duckworth, H., and Kerr, D. Jan. 13. Electric railways on a sectional-conductor system with mechanically - ope - rated switches. Switches; conductors. - Along the track are fixed a number of boxes at certain distances apart, in each of which is mounted a lever m, carrying a contact for completing the circuit in each section, between the main cable h and sectional rail f. The levers are depressed by the car wheels acting upon longitudinal bars a which slide vertically against the rails and act on the levers through vertical rods k. The bars a rest on springs d, and they are held in position by sliding bolts a<2>, a<3>. The bars a and the sections of the conductor f are made of approximately equal length.
Patent GB-190502792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARRETT WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 2792. Barrett, W. H., and Cardell, C. C. Feb. 10. Drawings to Specification. Exhaust-silencers.-In a compound internal-combustion engine having two high-pressure cylinders and one low-pressure cylinder, the latter may be used as an exhaust-silencer by removing the piston and connecting-rod and closing the open end.
Patent GB-190508729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carpet Sweepers.
Inventor: HALLADAY LEWIS PUTNAM
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 8729. Halladay, L. P. Aug. 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Carpet-sweepers.- The sheetmetal casing A<2>, Fig. 4, of a carpet-sweeper is strengthened by a piece A<3> riveted and preferably also soldered to it. The end-pieces A have projections on their edges passing through apertures in the top piece A', bent over and covered with a hollow metal bead A<5>, Fig. 6. To prevent the sweeper body from tipping up during use, the bail B, Fig. 2, which may be elastic and bent inwards, engages frictionally with a projection which is shown as being stamped out of the metal ends in two parts C. The wheels, Fig. 11, are of sheet material bent over at the rims and rubber-tyred. Their axles are surrounded by roller bearings encased in a sleeve D<6>, which is itself held in place by a cap D' through which the axle projects. The wheels are mounted resiliently. In one form, an arm is attached to a pin on a side of the casing, and another arm is slotted to slide on it, one of the axles being attached to the latter ; a free spring connects the ends of these arms. In another form, one end of the spring is attached to a slotted arm carrying an axle as before, while the other end is fastened to a lever connected with the dustpan and operating to dump it. Fig. 8 shows means for protecting the ends of the brush axle from hairs &c. The axle is journaled at each end in a pin G<3> secured to an encasing cap held in place partly by an end band G<6> and partly by slots G<6> in its flanges which engage with the edges of the vertical slot in the end-piece, Fig. 4. The brush roll is driven from the wheels through rubber-tyred enlargements G<1> on its ends, the sides of the cap enclosing the ends being cut away to allow contact.
Patent GB-190510669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Electric Switches and Fuses.
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 10,669. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Ward, C. A. May 22. Drawings to Specification. Man-hole and hand-hole doors and frames.-Lids on electric fuse boxes are made so as to open from both ends without interfering with the seating-chamber, through which the leads pass, by hinging each end of the lid to the box by pins, one of which is provided with a seal so that the lid cannot be opened except by breaking the seal.