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Patent GB-190304572-A (GB)
Title: Tree Preservation Shields.
Inventor: LUMBERS JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1903-02-26
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 4572. Lumbers, J. H. Feb. 26. Plants, protecting from insects.-Relates to a hood-shaped tree shield, which is impervious at its joints to the passage of worms, insects, &c., and is capable of expansion so as to accommodate itself to the growth of the tree. The shield is made in the form of a continuous strip, which can be readily cut to the desired length and bent to fit the tree to which it is to be applied. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the blank, and Fig. 2 the shield fitted to a tree. The shield consists of a top or cover 2 and side flanges 1, the ends of the bent strip overlapping and having a sliding connection with each other. The ends of the flange 1 are prevented from separating by a clamp or coupling-piece having a lip which projects above the top 2 and prevents accidental displacement from the hood. One end of the flange 1 has a lip or projection 3, and the other end is provided with several openings 6 ; one end of a spring 4 is connected to the lip 3 and the other end is inserted into one of the openings, thus permitting of the expansion of the shield. The top 2 of the hood consists of a series of radially-arranged tongues 9 formed by transverse slits 10 in the blank, and the tongues interlock with each other at their inner ends, where they are provided with incisions 11, 11<1> made at an angle to the slits 10 and forming lips 12, Fig. 3, and projections 12' ; each tongue fits within the incision 11 of the next adjacent tongue, and lies beneath the lip 12 formed by the incision. A band 13 of felt or other packing-material may be placed between the inner ends of the tongues and the tree. One or more beads or corrugations 14 may be formed in the flange 11 to increase its rigidity, and engaging portions 17 may be formed on the inner ends of the tongues ; these portions 17 may be produced by bending the free ends of the lips 12 inwardly along the lines of the incisions 11. In order to form the shield from the prepared blank 24, the lips 12 are bent upwards, and the tongues 9 are bent inwards along the inner ends of the slots 10 so that each tongue overlaps the adjacent one ; the blank is then bent to the desired form and placed round the tree, and the clamp or coupling-device is applied and the spring 4 connected up. The shield, when in position, may be coated with a non-drying petroleum impregnated with insecticides.
Patent GB-190304909-A (GB)
Title: Cheese-cutter.
Inventor: BIRCH JOHN
Filed: 1903-03-03
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 4909. Birch, J. March 3. Cheese cutters.-Fig. 4 is an internal view from the right at right-angles to the elevation and plan of Figs. 1 and 2. The cheese, set on a turntable 9 upon a base-table 1 which receives a cover 74, is cut by a radial knife 37 attached to a carriage 27, which moves in vertical guides 20<a>, 25. By means of a crank-handle 35 released from a catch, a pair of spur-wheels 34 mounted upon it are rolled over a pair of vertical racks 21 on the inner guides, friction with the outer guides being reduced by rollers 29. To compensate for the resistance of the cheese to the knife, the carriage has attached at its rear a pair of springs. The root of the knife is formed with two feet which, as the cutting stroke terminates, find two studs 18, 17, so that the knife is turned on the axle of the spur-wheels till the oblique cutting-edge is wholly on the turntable. The turntable, which is formed with a boss 10 having a socket to fit a fixed pivot pin 7, may be of wood or fibre but is preferably of metal coated with a fibrous fabric. It is supported by metal pallets or rollers 5 in a grooved ring 3 upon the base-table, and is operated by a friction-ratchet feed, which comprises a radial arm 63 slotted on the pivot pin and provided with a roughened hand 69 to feel the coated boss when it is pushed in against a spring in the slot. The amount of feed will be varied within the limits of a slot 62 in the grooved ring by the position given to a pair of stops 57, 58 upon a concentric toothed arc 46, which can be shifted in a guidegroove in the base-table by means of a pinion 48 with a turning-knob. Reversal of the feed is prevented by the back stop 57, which springs up behind a rib in a recess 71 in the feeding-arm so that the latter cannot be reversed unless the spring in its slot is allowed to thrust it out and so clear the rib from the back stop. By means of an endless band 51, an index 54 to a dial 55 is turned with the pinion which sets the rack bearing the stops. A door 79 in the cover having its free edge against the blade is opened at the conclusion of the cut because a cord, attached to a bracket 80 on the door near the hinge and led .by guidepulleys 83, ends in a hanging loop 86 which includes the blade.
Patent GB-190310473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in applicable to "Gig Mills" or Machines for Raising Pile on Woven Fabrics
Inventor: BARRETT JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-08
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 10,473. Barrett, J. H., and Farrand, J. May 8. Gigging.-A longitudinal reciprocating motion, in addition to the rotary motion, is imparted to the card rollers g, Fig. 1, of gig-mills, constructed with a series of card rollers arranged one above another, to increase the raising effect on the fabric x. Eccentrics c, Figs. 1 and 4, fixed on a vertical shaft b driven by worm gear, act through straps d fixed to sleeves e mounted between collars on the ends of the roller shafts to reciprocate adjacent rollers in opposite directions, and the rotary motion is effected by a belt passing over broad pulleys at the other ends of the shafts.
Patent GB-190314679-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Method of and Means for Supporting and Maintaining the Shape of Ladies' Blouses and the like.
Inventor: WEEKS CHESTER BENTON
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 14,679. Weeks, C. B. Jnly 1. Blouses; breast pads. -Relates to an appliance for supporting and maintaining the shape of the front of women's blouses i n wear, so as to permit any required degree of fulness. It consists of one or two layers a of a fabric such as gauze, to which are sewn cross-pieces b, c, of an elastic material such as featherbone, and the whole is shaped by a covered edge cord d of featherbone and by tying together bands g or their equivalent. '
Patent GB-190316134-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Putting Up, Protecting, and Handling Tapes, Braids, Ribbons and the like
Inventor: VEAR ISABELLA MARION HIGHAM
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 16,134. Vear, I. M. H., Gould, A. O., and Campbell, C. W. R. July 21. Storing.-Relates to a means for storing and protecting tapes, braids, ribbons, lace, &c., and for enabling any desired length to be withdrawn and cut off. The braid &c. is wound into a disc a, Fig. 9, in the case of ribbon, two protecting- layers of paper being wound on also. The disc may be wound on a core, which may be provided with a spindle for mounting in suitable bearings, in the case of fragile goods like lace. The compartments of the box bare of such a width that the friction between the sides of the disc and compartment, as also the friction between the braid &c. and the flange d<1> of the lid d, prevents the too rapid withdrawal of the loose end a'. When the coil is mounted on a bobbin with flanges, a cardboard strip with holes may be pressed down so that the flanges fit into the slots, the strip thus acting as a brake. The box may be of any suitable form, for example, octagonal, divided into compartments, in this case by radial partitions, and mounted on a central pivot to allow any face to be presented to view. Various checking or braking devices may be used. For ordinary material, a straight slit may be used for withdrawing it, while for very thin material, a curved slit retards the unrolling. The material may also be passed under a staple after issuing from a straight slit, or it may be threaded alternately over and under a number of parallel wires set across its path before reaching the slit. Another checking-device consists of two stiffly revolvable rubber or rubber-covered rollers just inside a wide slit, while, for checking elastic tapes &c., a wide slit is normally closed inside by two stiff rubber lips. The tape is threaded through them from inside and, while withdrawing the tape separates them, a retrograde movement closes them and causes them to grip the material. To raise the coil from its compartment, a piece of tape or the like is fastened to the top of one end of the compartment, then passed under the coil and made into a loop which projects above the other end, so that, by pulling up the loop, the coil is raised by the tape underneath it.
Patent GB-190322049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Feeding Dough or the like into Baking-pans or Moulds
Inventor: MEIKLEHAM WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 22,049. Meikleham, W. J. Oct. 13. Moulding dough &c.-Figs. 1, 4, and 7 show views of a machine for feeding dough or similar material into baking-pans or moulds. The dough &c. is placed in a hopper 6, and is forced by plungers 12 through openings in the bottoms of cells 15 in the bottom of the hopper, into the cups 24<a>, Fig. 9, of the baking-pans 24, which are carried by a conveyer beneath the hopper. The plungers 12 are carried by rods 10, passing through holes in a guide bar 13 fixed in the hopper and attached at their upper ends to a crosshead 7 reciprocated in vertical guides 5<d> by rods 9 connected to cranks on the driving-shaft 8. The conveyer is formed by rods 30 connecting two sprocket chains 29 passing over wheels 28 on the ends of two shafts 27 mounted in the arms 5<j> of the framing. A ratchetwheel on one shaft receives motion from a spring- pawl on an arm 32 actuated by a lever 31, the end of which is slotted to receive the shaft 8 and provided with lugs having lateral projections 31<c> lying in the path of the crank 36, so that as the shaft 8 rotates the conveyer is intermittently advanced. A brake band 38, passing over a wheel 37 on the shaft 27, is connected at one end to the framing and at the other end to a spring 39 itself connected to the framing. The openings in the bottoms of the cells 15 are opened and closed by slides 16, which are reciprocated in guides in the bed-plate 21, by a rod 17 actuated through bell-crank levers 18 by rods 19 on the crosshead 7. The rods 19 pass through holes in the arms of the levers 18 and are provided with stops 19<a>, while springs 25 move the slides inwards. When the slides are moved outwards, the holes in the cells, slides, and bed-plate are brought into line, and the dough passes into the baking-pans. A guide-finger 55 engages the pans centrally between the cups and guides it as it passes beneath the hopper, while guide-fingers 56 engage the pans on opposite sides as they leave the carrier and pass on to a table or other support 57. The shaft 8 is put in and out of gear with its loose pulley 41, Figs. 5 and 6, by means of a friction clutch consisting of two segmental friction blocks 44 connected by lugs 44<a> to the outer ends of two links 45 carried by the sleeve 46. By means of a lever 49, actuated through a chain 53 from a treadle 51 and engaging with the collar 48, the sleeve 46 can be moved along a bush 47 on the shaft, so as to force the blocks 44 against the inner surface of the flange 42 of the pulley. The lugs 44<a> are situated between two arms 43<a> fixed to the shaft and connected by pins 43<c> at their outer ends.
Patent GB-190323474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Animated Photograph Machines.
Inventor: MOON HARRY HAMILTON
Filed: 1903-10-29
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 23,474. Moon, H. H. Oct. 29. Kinematographs.-- Relates to the production and display of animated photographs. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement for feeding and steadying the film. The film roller l is operated by a pawl f which is pivoted to a bar g reciprocating in a slot h. A lever f, integral with the pawl, is acted upon by a spring m to press it against a pair of the teeth k and thus steady the roller during the exposures. The lever f is pulled on one side by a crank a during the operation of the roller.
Patent GB-190323909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Crucible Furnaces.
Inventor: HARVEY MATTHEW
Filed: 1903-11-04
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 23,909. Harvey, M. Nov. 4. Portable crucible furnaces.-The furnace is constructed in such a way that it may receive the blast in one part of the foundry and be wheeled to another part where the moulds are situated and there tilted to pour the metal into the casting ladles ; or the furnace may be made stationary. Fig. 1 shows an external view, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the furnace with the crucible in place. The furnace is provided with trunnions 2 which are carried by the wheeled frame 5. Rails 8, 9 may be laid down, in which case flanged wheels are used. The tilting is effected by the lever 45. The shell 1 receives the blast from the pipe 38. The blast passes to the fuel within the lined chamber 10 through the gratings 19. The gases escape through openings 36 in the cover blocks. The crucible is supported on the block 21 above the removable bottom of the chamber. It is secured in position at its upper end between blocks 23, 25 which rest on the lining 12, the blocks being held by plates and brackets. One or more of the blocks are removed for charging the chamber. The spout 37 is provided for facilitating the pouring operations. The bottom of the outer shell is formed with the door 40 which is suitably secured. It can serve to catch the metal when the crucible fractures. If desired the outer shell may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190325580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Paring or Shelling Fruit.
Inventor: HAAKE FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 25,580. Haake, F. Nov. 23. Hulling oil nuts. -In a machine for paring or shelling fruit, suitable for removing the fatcontaining and pulpy covering of the fruit of the oil palm, in which a paring - drum A contains a paring- member B rotated at greater speed, the drum is partially immersed in a trough of water E. The periphery of the drum and the flat surfaces D of the member B are fitted with triangular knives which can be turned to utilize all the edges. The trough of water can be lowered out of contact with the drum.
Patent GB-190401898-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Self Levelling Apparatus
Inventor: BOSTWICK GRANT WHITTLESEY
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 1898. Bostwick, G. W., and Bostwick, R. W. Jan. 25. Berths; self-levelling apparatus.-Fig. 5 shows the application to a berth with end and side guards 22, 23 and bottom fenders 24. The bottom of the berth is connected by a universal joint 16 to the rod 11 having a universal connection with the frame 14, which is similarly jointed to the weighted arm 15 connected to the platform or deck 3 by means of the ball-and-socket joint shown. In a modification, suitable for chairs and tables, the circular supporting-platform 2, Fig. 1, which is connected to a weighted arm in the manner described, works in a bowl-shaped cavity in the deck 3, an adjustable ball bearing being fitted between the platform and deck. A number of berths or platforms may be connected to one controlling- frame.
Patent GB-190402057-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Driving Belt applicable for Motor Cycles and for other Transmission.
Inventor: RATCLIFFE JOHN TELFORD
Filed: 1904-01-27
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 2057. Ratcliffe, J. T., Ratcliffe, C. H., Ratcliffe, C. S., and Thorpe, A. T. Jan. 27. Belts and bands.-Relates to a driving-belt for the pulleys of motor cycles and other machinery. A steel spiral spring a is enclosed in a cover of leather, canvas, or the like b. The material for the cover may be cut into strips, which are wrapped round the spiral spring, or the spring may have a thread of suitable material spun round it. Belts so formed are stated to be especially useful in connection with expanding pulleys. The Provisional Specification states that corrugated flat springs are used for flat belts.
Patent GB-190414353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Rolling-machines.
Inventor: BLONDELL PETER
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,353. Blondell, P., Sager, L. A., Lane, F., and Erdman, A. M. June 25. Rolling.-Machines for rolling bars with countersunk depressions are provided with two rollers geared together, one of which is provided with removable countersinks. The lower roll 3 is provided with reduced end portions 6 which are journalled in bearings 7, and a rolling-portion 8 having a circumferential groove 9 into which the metal to be rolled is fed. The countersinking-roll 2 consists of an inner portion 10, provided with reduced end portions 11 which are journalled in bearings 12, and a countersink-retaining sleeve 13 keyed to the inner portion 10 and containing radial apertures into which the countersinks 22, having truncated conical heads 23, enter. The two rolls are geared together by spur-wheels 4, 5 and are kept in position by the frame 1. The countersinking-roll 2 is provided on its outer surface with a circumferential projection 18, forming with the groove 9 the pass 19. Opposite to each radial aperture is an inclined radial aperture 25 which allows a heading-tool to enter the annular groove 21 and upset the end of the countersink. The spacing of the countersink is readily varied by removing the countersink-retaining sleeve and replacing it by another. The plates can be perforated at the countersunk points by a punch and hammer.
Patent GB-190415203-A (GB)
Title: Electric Burglar and Fire Alarm.
Inventor: ALI CARLO ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 15,203. Ali, C. A. July 7. Alarms, burglar and like.-Electrical apparatus is described for firing a revolver and sounding an alarm bell at a distance. The operating-device 55, Fig. 1, consists of a plate 61, Fig. 2, supported on a level with the floor by springs 63. When depressed, the plate closes a circuit by means of contacts 64, which are preferably arranged so as to be held together by hooks when the plate is lowered. Stops may be provided, so that the plate can be put out of action when desired, and a hidden switch may be placed in the electric circuit. The plate may be covered by a flexible mat. In the alarm apparatus there are two springs 1, 2, extending between the side-plates 9. These springs are wound in opposite directions by means of winding-squares 4, and are retained by pawls. The opposite ends of the springs are connected to toothed wheels 5, 6, gearing with each other, and the wheel 5 also gears with a wheel 7 on a shaft 8, which carries also a cam 12, normally prevented from rotating by the end 18 of a lever 13, Figs. 1 and 6, pivoted at 14. The lever 13 has pivoted to it two rods 15, 16, the former of which passes through a hole in a plate 19 and has a notch into which the edge of the plate takes. Under the end of this rod is a bar 21, which forms part of a frame 21, 24, 25, rocking between a fixed stop (not shown) and a spring 27. The rod 15 is held down by a spring. A shaft 43 carries an armature 44, a counterpoise weight 47, and two arms 48, 49. On the inclined side frames are a number of steel rollers (one of which is shown in dotted lines) preferably having grooves into which the side-plates take. When the operating-device closes the circuit through the battery 36 and electromagnet 46, the armature 44 is lowered, thereby causing the arm 48 to release one of the rollers and the arm 49 to retain the next one. The roller runs down the inclined frame into the box 54, depressing the bar 25 of the rocking frame and short-circuiting the electromagnet 46 on its way. The bar 21 raises the rod 15, thereby allowing the lever 13 to oscillate and the cam 12 to revolve, and the rod 16 presses on the arm 28, Fig. 6, and raises the arm 30 fixed to the same shaft, so that it makes contact with the metal piece 32 and closes the circuit through the alarm apparatus 58. A separate battery circuit may be so arranged as to make the alarm apparatus act continuously when once started, if desired. A crank 37 and a connecting-rod 38 passing through a guide 40 act on the trigger of a revolver 39, which is automatically charged again after firing. The number of steel rollers should preferably be the same as the number of chambers in the revolver, which is charged with blank cartridges. When one alarm apparatus has to serve for several localities, each locality is provided with operating-devices inserted in branch circuits terminating in an indicator board.
Patent GB-190415601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevating Forks for Hay, Straw and the like.
Inventor: BROUGHTON RICHARD THOMAS
Filed: 1904-07-13
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 15,601. Broughton, R. T. July 13. Grabs.-Relates chiefly to the locking-devices of elevating-forks for hay, straw, &c. Each of the arms in which the tines e are pivoted are made of two parallel bars a, between which is secured a stop g for the tine-stalk f, and a cross-plate and distancepiece k, in which slides a catch h normally held in the locking-position shown by a spring. The two catches are connected by a cord n running up between the bars a to sheaves o and hanging down in a bight to which the operating-cord is connected. By removing the tine pivot, the catch h can readily be withdrawn for repair &c.
Patent GB-190416985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Arc Lamps.
Inventor: BERMUDEZ FRANCOIS DE ZEA
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 16,985. B e r - mudez, F. de Z. Aug. 3. Globe holders for arc electric lamps. An inner globe may be carried in a cup 39 supported between two side rods (not shown), The outer globe 45 may be carried by a nut 44 on the same support, its upper edge being held between two rings attached to two rods 47, which slide through guides 51 and have eyes to engage hooks 55 on the casing 52 of the lamp. Or a globe may have a screw-threaded collar or neck to engage in a corresponding ring on the frame of the lamp.
Patent GB-190419365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with Metallic Conduits for Electric Wires and Cables
Inventor: ISHERWOOD WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1904-09-08
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,365. Isherwood, W. H. Sept. 8. Sleeve joints.-A sleeve coupling for metallic conduits for electric wires and cables is fixed in position by transverse screws, which are provided with cutting-edges and are so placed as to cut the pipes gripped by the coupling-sleeve. As shown in Figs. I and II, the sleeve A may be provided with projections C, which are drilled and tapped to receive screws E of harder ed steel. The pipes Bare put in position with their ends in the sleeve A, and the screws E inserted in the lugs C. These screws have longitudinal grooves orare made of polygonal steel, and so have a number of cutting-edges. When they are screwed home, the threads penetrate the metal of the pipes B, but not sufficiently to pierce it. This secures good metallic and electric contact between the sleeve and the conduit at the point G.