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Patent GB-190308233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Attaching to Domestic and other Fire Places for Increasing the Draught.
Inventor: WALKER JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 8233. Walker, J. April 9. Drawplates.-Relates to drawplates of the kind described in Specification No. 13,434, A.D. 1884. The plate a, having a hemispherical depression e, and a hook b at the upper end, is now provided with side flanges d of the form shown, and one or more holes f near the bottom.
Patent GB-190317746-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ship's Log
Inventor: GILLIE JOHN WILSON
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 17,746. Gillie, J. W. Aug. 17. Logs.-The rotator, Fig. 5, drives a short horizontal shaft in a casing fixed to the bridge of the ship. This shaft carries a flywheel (not shown) and a worm 11, Fig. 2, which drives a worm-wheel 12 mounted loosely on a shaft 38. A pinion 13, on the face of the wheel 12, gears with two wheels 14, 15 differing by a tooth. The wheel 14 is keyed on the shaft 38 and the wheel 15 carries a pinion 17 gearing with wheels 18, 19 again differing by a tooth. The wheel 18 is fixed also on the shaft 38, whilst the wheel 19 divides the index 21 and, through the wheel 22 and pinion 23, a second index 24. The rope, connecting the rotator and registering mechanism, may be passed through a thimble running on ball bearings mounted on the end of an outrigger. The blades 34 of the rotator, Fig. 5, are passed through slits 35 in a tube 36, and are secured by internal thimbles 37 driven in to engage with the ends of the blades.
Patent GB-190318404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: CLARKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-08-26
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 18,404. Clarke, W. Aug. 26. Tobacco pipes. - The bowl is made in two portions a, b screwed together at d. An asbestos washer e keeps the joint tight. A tube n passes from the bowl to the chamber m, enclosed by an aluminium cup f and a partition g, in the top of which are notches communicating with the chamber k. The cup f is notched at i opposite to the hole through the stem.
Patent GB-190322819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints.
Inventor: WYNN ARTHUR ERNEST
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 22,819. Wynn, A. E. Oct. 22. Knuckle joints; pins, joint.-A male-and-female joint for the mechanism of motor road vehicles and the like is shown in the Figure. A spiral spring f and washer e are placed between the nut g and the boss b, and the nut is looked by a cottar or splitpin h. Where the compression of the spring may be fixed once for all, the nut may be dispensed with and the outer end of the spring held by a split-pin or cottar.
Patent GB-190325887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Controllers for Regulating the Speed of Electric Motors.
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM HARDING
Filed: 1903-11-26
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 25,887. Scott, W. H. Nov. 26. Driving machines by electromotors.-An electric motor for driving printing and like mechanism is provided with a controller which allows of starting at a creeping speed. A resistance is arranged in shunt with the armature when starting. When an increased speed is desired, this resistance is increased gradually by means of a special contact-drum on the controller shaft, until the shunt circuit is broken. The usual series resistance is then cut out gradually. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the controller shaft D is provided with a contact-drum B for cutting out the usual series resistance A', with a drum C for varying a special resistance A in shunt' with the armature F, and with a drum H for controlling the usual shunt excitation. The drums B, C are loose on the shaft D. They are provided with ratchet teeth r, r<2>, adapted to be engaged respectively by weighted or spring- pressed pawls p, p<2> pivoted on a body or bodies E secured on the shaft D. The pawls p, p<2> are controlled by an arm g<2> carried by the armature g of an electromagnet G, arranged in series with the resistance A. On starting the motor, the pawl p alone acts. As soon as current flows through the shunt resistance, the magnet G is energized, and the pawl p<2> is engaged, the pawl p being held out of action. Further motion of the shaft D turns the drum C, and increases successively the resistance A until the shunt circuit is broken, the armature g then falling and reversing the pawls, so that further motion of the shaft only causes the drum B to reduce the resistance A'. Stops may be arranged on the body E and drums B, C to limit their relative motion and to supersede the pawls after the shunt circuit is broken.
Patent GB-190405539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Self-contained Spindles for Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Inventor: MEYNELL HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 5539. Meynell, H. March 7. Spindle - apparatus. - In a selfcontained spindle for spinning and doubling frames &c., an oil cup adapted to be inserted into the bolster is provided with a chamber for arresting the oil displaced by the spindle bearing. The tube f, forming the upper part of the oil cup b, is of such a diameter that, when inserted into the bolster a, a space g is left for the passage of surplus oil from the cup to a reservoir e, which may be provided with a drain cock k, or, in a modification, small channels lead from the reservoir to the bottom of the oil cup b. In the latter case, the reservoir may serve to hold a supply of oil which may be fed to it through a projecting spout &c.
Patent GB-190407709-A (GB)
Title: Invisible Means for Securing Carpets to Stairs.
Inventor: MILLER JEFFERSON DAVIS
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 7709. Miller, J. D. April 4, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stair-carpet fasteners.-Invisible stair-carpet fasteners consist of angular bars with serrated edges, adjustably attached to the riser and tread of the step, and securely holding a fold of the stair-carpet between the serrated edges. One part A<2> of each strip is held against the riser or tread of the step by screws B, the heads of which can pass through enlarged upper ends C<1> of inclined slots formed in the part A<2>, and having notches in the lower edge to engage with the screw shanks to adjust the distance between the serrated obliquely-upturned edges A<3> according to the thickness of the carpet, a fold of which is held between the edges. In some cases, particularly for curved stairs, the strips are made very narrow to be easily bent, and have ears, riveted or otherwise, formed on them to take the oblique slots. On stone or iron steps, expansion spring bolts are used instead of wood-screws.
Patent GB-190416284-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Drawers of Furniture.
Inventor: SCHWARZ WILHELM
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 16,284. Schwarz, W. July 22. Boxes with drawers.- Relates to drawers for boxes &c., and consists of means for supporting them when fully drawn out. The drawer a slides upon a slide b working in horizontal grooves d in the box or casing &c. c. A stop i limits the outward movement of the slide b. The drawer is guided on the slide b by means of ribs or grooves &c., and is held to slide thereon by bolts h, which may bo withdrawn, when desired, to release the drawer. A stop limits the outward movement of the drawer on the slide b.
Patent GB-190420674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: JONES EDWIN CHARLES
Filed: 1904-09-26
Granted: 1905-09-26
Abstract: 20,674. Jones, E. C. Sept. 26. Gas stoves and burners; waste heat, utilizing.- An atmospheric gas burner of special construction is arranged within the lower part of an enclosed casing or heater, which is in communication at the top with one or more similar heaters and at the bottom is provided with regulable air inlets. Gas enters the nozzle b of the burner and mixes with air which enters through apertures d, the supply of air being regulated by a screwed tubular valve. The mixture of air and gas flows into the mixing- chamber h, and escapes therefrom by means of perforations in its top. The central part of the top, is, however, imperforate. The air inlets at the bottom of the casing are regulated by an adjustable valve p, and the side walls and top of the heater are provided with openings t which are closed by mica or other non-combustible heatradiating material. The heated gases escape by means of a pipe v, which may be provided with a damper, to other similar heaters arranged in series. Fig. 3 shows the burner provided with a modified construction of valve.
Patent GB-190420912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Frame Cycles.
Inventor: SHEPHERD TIMOTHY
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 20,912. Shepherd, T. Sept. 29. Forks, spring, for motor and other cycles. In an attachment for making ordinary forks resilient, as applied to the lower rear forks, a plate H, Figs. 1 and 5, carrying the wheel spindle M is mounted on a bolt E and provided with a hook S connected by a spring D and screw hook C to a plate A, this plate being secured to the ordinary forks by the bolt E and additionally supported by a projection B. A pin I moving in a slot K limits the motion. For front forks, the plate H, Fig. 3, is connected to the fixed plate A by two springs N, D, a stop I engaging a notch K to limit the motion. In a form for double forks, the position of the plate A is reversed and the projection B is provided at the opposite end, a screw preventing excessive motion.
Patent GB-190429478-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spraying-pipe Nozzle.
Inventor: KLEINHANS CARL
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 29,478. Kleinhans, C. Dec. 31. Plug cocks. - A nozzle is fitted with a plug cock adapted to shut off the supply or, in different positions, to deliver a solid jet or a spray. The centre of the plug is cut away so as to leave a web b, which, when the position shown in Fig. 3, closes the supply. When turned as shown in Fig. 4, a solid jet passes through the plug, and, when located as shown in Fig. 5, the stream is diverted on each side into the annular space surrounding the plug, and is delivered as spray.
Patent GB-190502271-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Timber Truck.
Inventor: HANCOCK AUGTUS HOLT
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 2271. Hancock, A. H. Feb. 4, 1904, [date appliedjor under Patents Act, 1901]. Loading and unloading.-A timber truck is provided with means for readily loading and unloading it. The truck has a single axle 7 with low wheels 8, and a roller 14 is mounted in bearings 13 on the side beams 9. To load the logs, the draught chain 18 is hooked in one of the rings 15, as shown in Fig. 2, passed round the logs, through the other ring 15, the ring 16, and the draught link 17, and connected to a whipple-tree, by pulling on which the logs are brought into the position shown in Fig. 3. A chain 19 is then passed round the logs, one end of this chain being drawn through a ring 19<b> on the other end, and a pin 19 inserted to prevent it from becoming loose. A pin 20, passed through the chain 18 in front of the ring 16, prevents the chain 18 from becoming loose on the logs. To unload the truck, the chain 18 is unhooked from the ring 15 and the whipple-tree attached to the draught link 17, when the truck can be drawn from under the logs.
Patent GB-190503885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Trolley Heads.
Inventor: HENSLEY JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 3885. Hensley, J. May 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Collectors.-Relates to trolly harps, and consists in providing contact-springs carrying at their outer ends contact-washers, slidable thereon, which are held against the sides of the trolly wheel. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an ordinary trolly harp with the contact-spring applied thereto, and Fig. 2 a side view of the contact-spring detached. The contact-springs D have at their upper ends an elongated opening through which the wheel spindle B passes. Washers F, provided with ears G, slide on the upper ends of the springs and are pressed against the sides of the trolly wheel so as to make good electric contact. The shoulders e prevent the washers from sliding down the springs when the spindle has been removed. The pulley is free to move longitudinally on the spindle, the springs and washers following its movements. Specification No. 2420, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190503933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Ambulance or Hospital Vehicles.
Inventor: LINXWEILER JOHANN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 3933. Linxweiler, J. J. Feb. 24. Ambulance vehicles. - I n order to adapt railway vehicles for the transport of sick or wounded persons, uprights A are fixed between the floor and roof of the vehicle and are arranged to support cross-pieces B, from which are hung stretchers or hammocks C. Each upright A consists of a tube a provided with transverse plates b, c on which rest springs d, g which carry respectively plates h, i serving as supports for the cross-pieces B, which are inserted through slots h<1> in the tube a. A second tube m fits into the top of the tube a, and may be held in position by the engagement of a pin n with one of the holes l. The arrangement is fixed in position by turning a screw p, which is provided with a nut o and head r and with points which take into the vehicle roof.
Patent GB-190504038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke in Furnaces.
Inventor: DOYLE MICHAEL
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 4038. Doyle, M., and O'Neill, R. J. Feb. 27. Smoke-consuming.-Escaping products of combustion from a furnace are arrested by a spray of steam, and passed into an adjacent flue where they are mixed with steam and air and returned to the fire-box. A semicylindrical connexion 11, opening into the stack 7, is provided with a plate 13, surmounted by an open hood 14, and joined by means of an elbow 18 to a pipe 24, the end 25 of which opens into the fire-box 3. A perforated, curved pipe 20, connected through the valve 23 and pipe 22 with the steam-supply pipe, is placed opposite the connexion 11, and the issuing steam checks the products at that point, so that they are drawn off through the pipe 11 and mix with air in the elbow 18 before being returned to the furnace.
Patent GB-190504654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Rings
Inventor: COE JAMES ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 4654. Coe, J. R. March 6. Making spinning-apparatus for yarns and threads. -Reversible spinning-rings having flanges projecting externally and internally are made from sheet metal which is pressed or stamped to the required shape. A single piece of sheet metal may be so shaped by bending as to form the ring, as shown in Fig. 1, or the ring may be built up of two or more shaped parts engaging one another frictionally as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.
Patent GB-190505344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrix Assembling Mechanism for Type-bar Making Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 5344. Boult, A. J., [Bellows, B. F.]. March 14. Linotype and like machines.-Relates to the matrix - assembling mechanism of machines for making type-bars. The matrices are released singly from the assembling-spout 4 by means of an escapement-wheel 6, and the released matrix is ejected along the assembling-rail 5 past a spring detent 28 by means of a packer slide 10. A vertically - movable gate 17 is provided on the spout 4 to allow of the ejection of the matrix, and is actuated on the forward stroke of the slide 10, by means of a spring-retained lever 18 provided with inclines 21 for co-operation with inclines 23 on a lever 22 on the slide 10. The escapement-wheel 6 is held by a spring-retained pallet lever 30, which is temporarily released, as the slide 10 recedes, by means of an incline 25 on the slide 10. In order to prevent damage in case of obstruction, motion is transmitted from the incline 25 to the lever 30 through a pivoted arm 31 and a spring 35. The slide 10 comprises two relatively-movable parts 44, 45, the litter sliding in the former. On the part 44 are pivoted pushfingers 40, and on the part 45 are wedges 52, 53 which, respectively, effect closing and opening of of the fingers 40 to strike and clear the matrix in the spout 4. The part 44 is subjected to friction, as by means of a plunger 47 and an adjustable spring 48, and does not move until either wedge 52, 53 engages a rib 50. The part 45 is shown as connected by a link 14 to a bell-crank lever 12 linked to a reciprocating slide 11.
Patent GB-190507592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Discharging Agents
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1905-04-10
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 7592. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. April 10. Formaldehyde sulphoxylates, described in Specification No. 13,955, A.D. 1904, and applicable as discharging-agents, are prepared either by treating the zinc or ammonium salts of formaldehyde sulphurous acid, formaldehyde hyposulphurous (hydrosulphurous) acid, or the free acids with zinc, iron, or other metal having a reducing action, or by the interaction of formaldehyde, zinc or other reducing-metal, and a bisulphite or hyposulphite (hydrosulphite), or by passing sulphur dioxide into a suspension of zinc &c. in formaldehyde, free from extraneous acid. The zinc salt of formaldehyde sulphoxylic acid, which is produced when zinc is employed, can be used as a discharging-agent or may be converted by alkali or alkali salts into the known alkali salts. The formaldehyde zinc hyposulphite (hydrosulphite) obtained according to Specification No. 5867, A.D. 1903, can also be converted into formaldehyde zinc sulphoxylate by boiling with zinc dust &c.
Patent GB-190509986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Change-speed Gear of Mechanically-propelled Vehicles
Inventor: SANGSTER CHARLES THOMAS BROCK
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 9986. Sangster, C. T. B. May 12. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change-speed gear giving four forward speeds and a reverse drive, the gear being suitable for motor road vehicles in which motion is conveyed to the rear live axle by a longititudinal shaft, and comprises also interlocking arrangements for the system of sliding rods which operate the shifting members of the gear. Fig. 1 shows a vertical longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a transverse section through the gear box, while Figs. 3 and 4 show sectional elevations of the operating and interlocking arrangements. The driven shaft e is supported at one end in the driving-shaft e<3>, and at the other end in double ball bearings e', e<2>, and is clutched directly to the driving-shaft by the sliding member h to give the high speed. The other speeds are obtained by driving through the countershaft f carrying four fixed gear-wheels, of which the large wheel g<2> is driven continually by the pinion g on the driving-shaft, the three remaining wheels being engaged by wheels on the keyed sliding members h, i, when the latter are suitably adjusted. The reverse speed is obtained by sliding the pinion o until it gears with the pinion n<1> and the sliding gear-wheel n, when the latter is in its neutral position, the pinion o and the shaft which carries it being arranged in a manner that permits of double ball bearings for the driven shaft being arranged within the gear box. The pinion o is moved by means of a pivoted lever o<3> and link o<6>. The sliding members are each connected to and operated by one of the sliding rods b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, mounted in an extension of the gear case, and moved one at a time by an arm b, Figs. 3 and 4, the remaining two being locked. The arm b is connected to an operating-lever c by a hollow shaft c<1>, which is moved longitudinally on a fixed shaft c', so that the arm b selects one of the sliding rods b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, and is then rotated so as to operate the rod selected, the ends of the rods being formed with jaws as shown in Fig. 4. The arm b works in a slot in the interlocking frame d, which is adapted to slide longitudinally with the arm, being guided by rollers d<6>. The top of the frame slides into the jaws in the ends of the sliding rods and thereby locks the two that are not engaged by the arm b.
Patent GB-190514575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Producers.
Inventor: FOSTER HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 14,575. Foster, H., and Greener, O. T. July 14. Generators or producers.-The hearth or grate of a producer is formed as a hollow truncated dish of sufficient height to contain the total depth of the fuel. The hearth d consists of segmental plates which are suspended from a ring i, fixed to a firebrick lining b, and extend downwards into a water bosh or ash-pit as shown ; the lower parts of the plates are formed as grids to admit air and steam. The tuyÞres n are arranged so that the blast passes through the space between the outer casing a of the producer and the dish before reaching the fuel. Preferably, the tuyeres are constructed so that the steam-pipe is carried by a cage secured to the end of the air pipe, and valves are provided to independently control the supplies of air and steam.
Patent GB-190515947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: MCCALLUM ANDREW
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-08-04
Abstract: 15,947. McCallum, A. Aug. 4. Cylinders; single-acting engines:- The engine has two pistons b, b<1>, rigidly connected within the cylinder a having a central port or ports d communicating with the atmosphere. The cylinder is provided with two exhaust cavities f<1> g<1> and two distributing-valves on a common spindle. The air in its passage to the centre of the cylinder may be controlled by a valve and is heated to obviate condensation. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 17,357, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190521238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Driving Gear for the Rollers of Ironing, Wringing, Mangling, and other like Machines
Inventor: BRADFORD WILLIAM LITLER
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-10-19
Abstract: 21,238. Bradford, W. L. Oct. 19. Shaft couplings. - Relates to a shaft coupling adapted to accommodate the varying thicknesses of material passing between the rollers of ironing, wringing, mangling, and other like machines. The spur-wheel c, which drives the upper roller and is attached to the shaft a<x> mounted in bearings f of the frame of the machine, has pins d which engage enlarged holes in the disk e of the lower roller shaft.
Patent GB-190525737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spectacular Models and Apparatus for the Effective Exhibition of the same
Inventor: THORP JOHN BROWN
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 25,737. Thorp, J. B. Dec. 11. Panoramas; exhibitions, scenic.- A circular platform A, carrying a model of a city, scenery, &c., is rotated on circular rails R by a motor B and worm gearing C, and spectators view the whole scene from a gallery D, or get a closer view of parts from a corridor through apertures I. The platform is surrounded by horizon and sky scenery F, E, and a semi-transparent awning diffuses the light from lamps M<2>, M<3>. Electric lights M', M', M<3> for imitating sunlight, moonlight, and other effects are switched on and off by commutating-rings on the platform. An awning L is provided over the gallery. Moving parts of the model, such as boats sailing on a river, may be operated by electricity.