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Patent GB-190214416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stringed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 14,416. Barker, G., [Audet, F. X.]. June 25. Zithers. - Two handrests, one of which is shown at 9, are situated on each side of the instrument, and the performer, who places a band on each rest, looks across the strings. The rest 9 is hollowed out underneath, so that the hitch pins, which are just below it, can be reached without removing it. The strings towards the right of the Figure are melody strings, and are arranged in chromatic order ; those towards the left are in groups of six, and give accompaniment chords. The arrangement of the strings in each group will be perceived on considering one of them, say the one of which the outside members are A and C, which are the fundamental notes of the common chord of C and of its relative minor A. The other notes are a, eb, c, and g, so that by sharpening either ež, or both ež and c, which can be done by a device shown at 13, the common chords of C and A can be produced, amongst others. The groups are so situated that, supposing the common chord of the tonic to be obtained from one of them, that of the dominant can be obtained from the group on the right and that of the subdominant from the one on the left. 21 is a frame carrying pickers in the form of star-wheels, each having an odd number of resilient teeth. The melody strings are struck by rotating the wheels by hand, and on account of the odd number of teeth, a tooth wherewith to rotate the wheel to which it belongs always projects above the level of the frame. The names of the strings appear on a chart as shown.
Patent GB-190214709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating or Cooling Liquids
Inventor: SCHWANINGER VITUS
Filed: 1902-07-01
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 14,709. Schwaninger, V. July 1. Heating liquids. - apparatus or receptacles for heating or cooling liquids, applicable for explosive liquids, are made with heating or cooling channels in the walls or bottoms, the channels being lined with rolled or similar material. The apparatus is shown in plan in Fig. 2. The channels 10, 11, 12 are formed by the wrought iron sheets or plates 5, separated by a number of cross-pieces or plates 3 connected by rivets 6. The plates 5 are soldered to the castiron bottom 2 of the receptacle, and the channels in series of three are put into communication with one another by the connecting-pieces 13,14, 15, 16, 17, to form a serpentine pipe having an inlet 9 and outlet 18.
Patent GB-190214875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Retaining Bearings.
Inventor: MALEY NIXON
Filed: 1902-07-03
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 14,875. Maley, N., and Brown, G. T. July 3. Hub-caps; dustexcluders and oilretainers. - Relates to an oil-retaining bearing for wheels &c. Fig. 1 shows a hub bearing particularly adapted for use on a mining-car. The hub 1 is provided with a recessed cap 2 to form an oil bath, the oil being supplied through a hole 5 closed by a plug. The journal 3 has a collar 10 which bears against the wall of a recess in the hub, and is secured at the outer end by a pin 6, which engages the outer end of the hub. Holes closed by screw plugs are provided in the cap for the insertion of the pin 6. The inner end of the hub is provided with a recess to receive an oil-retaining and dust-excluding washer 11, which is retained in place by a flange 12 bolted to the hub. The washer is allowed a radial movement in the recess, and bears against the collar 10 on the journal. The washer may be formed as a brass &c. ring, or it may be built up of two brass &c, plates and an intermediate ring or layer of felt &c.
Patent GB-190216439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Infants' Cots
Inventor: BULLOWS WILFRED LAWSON
Filed: 1902-07-24
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 16,439. Bullows, W. L. July 24. Bedsteads and cots cradles.-An infants' cot is supported by brackets A, A' pivoted to the posts of an ordinary bedstead, or to a standard near the bedstead. By this means, the cot can be swung over the bed, or away from it, as may be desired. A tray or the like B, for food, a night-light, or other article may be attached to the bracket A. During the day, the cot may be removed and placed on the floor for use in the ordinary way.
Patent GB-190217027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Vessel-shaped Glass Bodies.
Inventor: SCHOTT OTTO
Filed: 1902-08-01
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 17,027. Schott, O. Aug. 1. Incandescent lamps.-In the manufacture of bulbs, a body is blown terminating at its closed end in a bulb e and consisting of pairs of bulbs a, b, c, d, &c. connected by necks h, i. The pairs of bulbs are separated by dividing the necks h, i, as shown by the dotted lines, and the two bulbs of a pair are then separated by heating the neck f, g, &c. in a blowpipe flame. The bottoms of the bulbs are then shaped by blowing.
Patent GB-190219707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consumers for Steam Generators.
Inventor: WOODRUFF GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-09-09
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 19,707. Woodruff, G. W. Sept. 9. Smoke-consuming; firebridges.-An L-shaped box a, protected by brickwork f, g, is fitted in the furnace of a marine or other boiler, for the supply of air from the ashpit to the back of the grate. Some of the firebars are shortened.
Patent GB-190221748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Electric Lamps.
Inventor: WORSLEY FREDERIC STANHOPE
Filed: 1902-10-06
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 21,748. Worsley, F. S. Oct. 6. Arc lamps.-The invention is a lamp frame consisting of two discs a, b connected by two parallel round rods c. Fig. 1 shows brakeregulating mechanism applied to such a frame, one of the rods c being broken away. The upper carbon is carried by a holder h on rollers between the two rods c, and is balanced by a weight i sliding on a rod j. A brake - strap m is operated by a lever l, a stop n, a link k, and a rocking-frame e, which is pivoted on the outer sides of the rods c, and carries the cores of series and shunt solenoids.
Patent GB-190221900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neck-ties.
Inventor: DAVIES CHARLES WADE TUDOR
Filed: 1902-10-08
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 21,900. Davies, C. W. T. Oct. 8. Necktie retainers. -Neckties or bows are provided with inextensibly- attached loops, tabs, hooks, or eyes to engage the front collar stud or buttonholes, as shown in Fig. 6, in the case of tabs engaging the stud.
Patent GB-190226430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Balancing of High Speed Motors.
Inventor: DOWSON PERCY ENFIELD
Filed: 1902-12-01
Granted: 1903-12-01
Abstract: 26,430. Dowson, P. E. Dec. 1. Balancing moving parts.-High-speed engines are balanced by a dummy piston or weight G arranged at right-angles to the working piston A, and acting on the same crank C<1>. The two pistons are equal in weight, and, together with the connecting-rods and crank, are balanced by weights E on the shaft. The invention is shown as applied to a bicycle motor with weighted crank discs. Two or more cylinders placed side by side may be similarly balanced, or a single dummy piston may be used. The Provisional Specification states that the counterweights may be carried by gear-wheels on the crank shaft.
Patent GB-190226981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Method of Attaching Pencils to Dance Cards and the like.
Inventor: DREYFUS LEON MOSES
Filed: 1902-12-08
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 26,981. Dreyfus, L. M. Dec. 8. Pencil holders. -Pencils are attached to ball, dance, or other cards by means of a ribbon which passes through a perforation c, Figs. 1 and 2, in a cap b secured to the end . of the pencil a.
Patent GB-190302442-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for the Cure of Smoking Chimneys and for Regulating the Upcast Draught
Inventor: GREAVES ANTHONY
Filed: 1903-02-02
Granted: 1904-02-02
Abstract: 2442. Greaves, A., and Archbold, J. W. Feb. 2. Chimneys. - To prevent downdraught, two trays A, B are arranged as shown. The tray B may be lowered to the position indicated by the dotted lines.
Patent GB-190316197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Ventilators
Inventor: BERGSTROEM CARL JOHAN OSCAR
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1904-07-22
Abstract: 16,197. Bergstr÷m, C. J. 0. July 22. Ventilators.-A ventilating opening is provided with a flexible valve or cover A, Figs. 4 and 5, capable of being drawn down by a cord N, and wound up by a spring or like roller B. Baffles F may also be fitted. In another form, applicable to an exhaust channel, a grating H, Fig. 7, is placed between the valve A and a similar flap or non-return valve G. Several non-return valves may be arranged one behind the other. The valve A may be closed positively on its grating by a deflector F, Fig. 9, hung by links J, and having a projection L engaging a hole in the valve. As the valve is drawn down, the projection L is caught, and the links J, in turning, force the deflector and valve aga nst the grating. An elastic pad K, or springs, facilitate the releasing of the valve. The recess for the roller B is in all cases closed by light elastic plates.
Patent GB-190316423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feed Water Regulators, Especially Adapted for Use in Connection with Steam Generators of the Flasher Type.
Inventor: WHITE ROLLIN HENRY
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,423. White, R. H. July 26, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Feedwater, controlling.-The feed supply to a flash boiler is controlled by a valve E, which opens automatically, to allow the water to return from the delivery to the suction side of the pump, when the steam pressure reaches a predetermined amount. Normally, the valve is kept on its seat by a coiled spring J, the pressure of which is regulated by a sliding collar G fitted with an adjusting-nut K operated by a worm N. When the pressure in the boiler reaches the predetermined amount, the valve is opened by the steam acting on a diaphragm D in contact with a disc H on the end of the valve spindle. Branch pipes B, C connect the inlet a and outlet a' of the valve casing with the delivery and suction sides respectively of the feed-pump. A sufficient space is left round the valve spindle, where it passes through the collar G, to allow the water to circulate from the inlet a to the outlet a<1>.
Patent GB-190317002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-rotative Duplex Steam Pumps
Inventor: WEISE FELIX
Filed: 1903-08-04
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 17,002. Weise, r. Aug. 4. Drawings to Specifccation. Steam pumps; duplex pumps.-In duplex steam pumps, the valve-rods are connected directly to the piston-rods, and the valves for each cylinder are placed side by side in the same valve-chamber. The ports are placed in a line transverse to the axes of the cylinders.
Patent GB-190320656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armor Plates.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1903-09-25
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 20,656. Justice, P. M., [Davis, C.]. Sept. 25. Armour and armourplating.-Relates to improvements in deflective armour, consisting of plurality of deflecting-masses, having faces inclined at a greater angle than 20‹, combined with the ordinary armour plate, and secured to the face of the plate by electric welding, bolts, or other means. The deflecting-masses may be pyramidal or hemispherical in shape, or formed of arched plates.
Patent GB-190324025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Telegraph Receivers.
Inventor: WHITE JAMES DUNDAS
Filed: 1903-11-05
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 24,025. White, J. D. Nov. 5. Telegraphs.-An electromagnetic printing-device comprises a type-cylinder having circularlyarranged series of characters disposed around the cylinder with each character repeated in rows parallel to the axis of the cylinder, together with a hammer cylinder arranged parallel to the above cylinder, and bearing a single row of spirallyarranged impact faces, the hammer cylinder having a rotary step-by-step movement, and also a movement whereby it is projected bodily towards the other cylinder. In the method shown, the typecylinder 6 is rotated by the toothed wheel 17 and pivoted spring-controlled bifurcated lever 18, carrying the armature 3 of the electromagnet 2. The hammer cylinder 7 rests on an axle 24 journalled in the rocking-frame 25, pivoted at 26 and carrying the armature 5 of the electromagnet 4. The armatures 3, 5 are polarized, and electromagnets 2, 4 wound in such a way that the lever 18 is actuated only by currents in one direction and the frame 25 only by currents in the other direction. The energizing of the magnet 2 rotates the cylinder 6 until the desired character is in the printing position, and when a reverse current is sent, the magnet 4 causes the cylinder 7 to be moved bodily towards the paper 8 and cylinder 6 so that one of the impact faces 23 presses the paper against the desired character. As the cylinder 7 falls back, the pawl 32 rotates it until the next face 23 comes into the printing position. For spacing, the arm 12 on the cylinder 6 comes in contact with the arm 33 on the cylinder 7, and prevents the latter from pressing the paper against the cylinder 6 but allows the cylinder 7 to be rotated by the pawl 32. In the arrangement shown, the paper is fed by means of a ratchet 38, electromagnet 43 and local circuit 44, which is closed by the projection 52 on cylinder 7 causing the strips 50, 51 to come in contact. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of type 9 on the cylinder 6, and of the impact faces 23 on the cylinder 7. The type-cylinder 6 may also be rotated by clockwork, governed by an escapement controlled by a polarized armature, supported between two electromagnets. In a method of working by a two-wire system, the arms 12, 33 are dispensed with, and the cylinder 7 rotated by polarized armatures so as either to rock bodily and print and space, or merely to rotate, spacing without printing. In a further modification, the feeding of the paper may be effected by a lever and pawl mechanism actuated by the motion of the armature 5.
Patent GB-190401773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Driving Mechanism.
Inventor: IONIDES ALEXANDER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-01-23
Granted: 1905-01-23
Abstract: 1773. Ionides, A. G., and Manuel, C. Jan. 23. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable driving- mechanism, and is described as applied to a selfpropelled vehicle. A spring, or springs, is arranged between the engine shaft and the driven shaft, and may be enclosed in a casing in an oil bath. The spring is coupled at one end to the driven shaft and at the other end to the motor shaft, a convenient connection with the motor shaft being made by means of a clutch provided with detent mechanism to prevent the unwinding of the spring. When it is desired to obtain power at a turning moment greater than the engine can continuously maintain, the engine is alternately cut in and cut out of engagement with the spring, the power of the engine when disconnected being employed in accelerating the velocity of the moving parts, the momentum attained being imparted to the spring when the engine is again connected. The disengaging and engaging of the engine may be accomplished by a governor or otherwise. The energy stored in the spring may be employed for re-starting the engine or car or both as described in Specification No. 26,886, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190401998-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Raising and Lowering Window Sashes and Retaining them in any Desired Position.
Inventor: BERGERSEN CARL AUGUST
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 1998. Bergersen, C. A. Jan. 26. Window opening and closing apparatus ; windows ; window holders.- Sliding sashes are operated and held in any position by means of a worm 1, Fig. 2, fitted to the sash and engaging a fixed rack. The worm is actuated by bevel gearing driven by a removable handle, in which are grooves fitting over the pins 13. The side of the window, opposite to that in which the operating-device is fixed, is arranged as shown in section in Fig. 6. When placing the sashes in position, the outer sash 27 is first fixed, then the parting-bead 29, the batten 31, the inner sash 28, and, lastly. the stile 34, which is hooked to the frame 24.
Patent GB-190404175-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Register Gear for Printing Machines.
Inventor: COSSAR THOMAS
Filed: 1904-02-19
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4175.. Cossar, T. Feb. 19. Feeding - appa - ratus for webs.- Relates to register gear for web-printing machines, for registering a web as it is printed on the second side, or for registering two or more webs with each other. The web W passes round feed-rollers M and over a drum A with which it is kept in contact by adjustable rollers E. In the drum are two series of perforations a, a<1> communicating with its periphery in rows on each side of an unperforated portion. The perforations a communicate with a series of cylinders a<4>, and those a<1> with cylinders a<5>. A crank B' on the shaft of the drum A is connected by a rod B<2> to the piston of a cylinder C, whereby air is forced through an adjustable tube D having an opening over the path of the openings of the holes a, a<1>. The web is perforated at intervals during its first printing &c., and when the web is in proper register, these perforations successively register with the part between the sets of perforations a, a'. If the feed is too fast, the perforation in the web comes over one nr other of the holes a, and if too slow over the holes a<1>. The hole a or a<1> thus opened admits air under pressure from the tube D to the corresponding cylinder a<4> or a<5>, whereby a piston in the cylinder is projected from the side of the drum. As the drum revolves, the projected piston engages and operates an arm H<3> on a shaft H<1>, which is held in normal position by an arm H<2> and spring H<5>, and carries an arm H. A toothed wheel F may be moved in either direction by pawls g, g<1> on an arm G rocked by a rod G<1> connected to the crank B'. Extending over the upper part of the wheel F is a curved shield F<2> pivoted at F<3>, and retained in normal position by the arm H. When released by the arm H, the shield F<2> is moved from over the wheel by a spring and permits the pawl g or g<1> to engage and move the wheel. The cylinders a<4>, a5 are on opposite sides of the axis of the drum, and the pistons of the cylinders a<4> actuate the arm H<3> when the arm G is making its stroke to the left and the pawl g is effective, while the pistons of the cylinders a<5> actuate the arm when the arm moves in the opposite direction and the pawl g<1> is effective. The wheel F is thus moved in one direction or the other, and through gearing J, shaft K, and wormgear L rotates the feed Accelerating or retarding gear, which is of known construction, and may be the same as that described in Specification No. 26,128, A.D. 1902. The shield F' is returned to normal position by a cam-piece on the arm G engaging pins f, f<1> on the shield.
Patent GB-190405357-A (GB)
Title: Improved Feeding-bottle Holder
Inventor: SEDGWICK ALFRED SYDNEY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-04
Granted: 1905-03-04
Abstract: 5357. Sedgwick, A. S. E. March 4. Feeding-bottles.-Relates to the construction of a feeding-bottle holder adapted to engage the rails of a cot. A wire, shown in elevation in Fig. 1 and plan in Fig. 2, encircles at a the neck of the bottle b, and, after being twisted as shown at c, its ends are spread along the sides of the bottle, eyelets e being formed at intervals. The ends are then carried over the bottle and through a ring g, and are finally attached at points i to the other arms of the wire. Another piece of wire is bent, as shown in Fig. 3, to form a clip j, provided with a recess l, which, by engaging a vertical rail of the cot, regulates the inclination of the bottle. Straight portions k, passing through eyelets e, allow the bottle a sliding motion. Spiral springs may be used wherever required, and the holder may be made from other material than wire. The Provisional Specification states that two clips for gripping the cot rail may be used with ends adapted to slide on the straight portions of wire on the bottle, each end being held in position by a spiral spring.
Patent GB-190407300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Windows.
Inventor: FINDLAY WILLIAM EASTON
Filed: 1904-03-26
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 7300. Findlay, W. E. March 26. Windows, cleaning.-Relates to an arrangement by which the outsides of windows can be cleaned from the interior of a room, and consists in a frame with two uprights laid across the sill. The external upright a carries a cleaning-pad n of sponge, cloth, brush, &c., which presses against the window and is moved up and down by means of strings e, by the rotation of a drum i on the upright inside the room. The pad is secured by a nut and bolt on a recessed block m, which fits the projection p of a block d, sliding in guides on the upright a to which the cords are attached. The bar u is adjusted against the window sash when the apparatus is in position, and a vertical bar w descending from the inner part of the device allows it to be kept steady by a foot placed on the flange x. The uprights are supported in position by stays s, s<1> from the horizontal member b.
Patent GB-190409523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galvanic Battery Cells.
Inventor: DUNTLEY WILLIAM OBID
Filed: 1904-04-26
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 9523. Duntley, W. O. April 26. Secondary batteries.-The cells of storage batteries have openings by means of which they can be washed and through which sediment or other matter collecting on the bottoms may be removed without disarranging their contents. The grids or elements are supported by projections formed on the bottoms or sides of the cells and arranged in staggered formation so that they do not form pockets in which sediment may collect. When the cover of a cell is not detachable, openings are provided in the bottom and top of the cell. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the grids rest upon supports 2, 3 projecting from the sides and bottom respectively. Apertures 4 in the top and bottom are closed by vulcanized rubber or like plates 5, which are pressed together by screws and nuts 8, 10 so as to force rubber or like rings or gaskets 6 into grooves 7 formed in the apertures. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the plates 5 are pressed together by a cam 14 pivoted in a hooked pin 11 secured to the inner plate, and actuated by a handle 15. In another form, the aperture 4 is closed by a screw plug having a flange which compresses a packing- ring against the bottom of the cell. The plug may be formed with a socket to receive a key wrench of corresponding form.
Patent GB-190416264-A (GB)
Title: Locking-up Apparatus for Closing Book-printing Formes.
Inventor: MAUERER FRITZ
Filed: 1904-07-22
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 16,264. Ma³rer, F., and Schneider, G. July 22. Chases.-The movable side-plate c of a book-printing chase is actuated by means of a bolt g provided with a spiral thread or worm in engagement with. a threaded piece k secured in a recess e in the plate. The bolt g is formed with a square slot h for actuation by a key i, and is situated in a bore in the frame a. The piece k is secured by a screw l, which engages in a slot m in the frame a and retains the plate c.
Patent GB-190416756-A (GB)
Title: Process for Rendering Benzine or the like Non-inflammable.
Inventor: LYNDALL JOSEPH EDWARD
Filed: 1904-07-29
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 16,756. Lyndall, J. E., and White, K. Costley-. July 29. Rendering oils non-explosive. - Carbon tetrachloride is added to benzine, naphtha, &c. to render them non-inflammable.
Patent GB-190417968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Various Articles, such as Bricks, Paving Flags, Artificial Stone.
Inventor: PREST STANLEY FABER
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 17,968. Prest, S. F. Aug. 18. Bricks, paving-blocks, and artificial stone are formed by crushing the slag from steel furnaces, separating the magnetic or metallic from the non- magnetic portion, adding slaked lime to the latter, shaping by pressure, and finally hardening by treating with steam under pressure in a closed chamber. A red colour may be imparted by adding hµmatite iron ore.