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Patent GB-190314077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vapour Generating Lamps for Hydrocarbon Oil or Spirit more especially applicable to Benzoline.
Inventor: HIPWELL EDWARD MORRISS
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 14,077. Hipwell, E. M. June 24. Vapour lamps.- Relates to vapour lamps for burning benzoline and other hydrocarbon oils or spirit. The wicktube 7 passes through a cap 3 which screws into an orifice in the reservoir. A tube 5, inside the reservoir, surrounds the wick-tube and reaches nearly to the bottom of the reservoir. A filling - orifice 14 is closed by a screwed plug 16. A hollow cap 9 fits on the top of the wicktube, which is provided with perforations 8 below the cap, and contains a wick 10 which reaches nearly to the perforations. For starting the lamp, an auxiliary wick-tube 11 passes into the reservoir through a small stuffing-box 19 and. gland 22. A flange 21 on the tube rests on a packing-ring 20, while a shoulder 23 on the gland prevents it from being screwed down so far as to bind the flange on the packing- ring. The wick-tube is bent at its upper end, so that, when lighted, the flame impinges on the main wick-tube 7 below the perforations. The oil inside the tube 7 is vaporized, and is ignited by the flame from the auxiliary burner as it issues from the perforations. The auxiliary burner is then partly rotated and its flame extinguished by a cap 24 which fits on the end of the tube. In a modification, the auxiliary burner is replaced by an annular cup surrounding the main wick-tube, and the cap 9 is larger. The cup contains wick, and is flanged over at its upper edge. To start the lamp, the wick-tube is removed and inverted, and the upper end of the tube and the annular cup are dipped into the reservoir. The wick-tube is then replaced, and the wick in the cup is ignited. The flame heats the cap, and the heat is transmitted to the tube, vaporizing the oil raised by the wick 10. As the vapour issues from the perforations, it is ignited by the flame from the cup.
Patent GB-190316109-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for use in Relieving Tobacco Smoke of its Noxious Elements.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1903-07-21
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,109. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Wendt, H. 0.]. July 21. Tobacco-pipe plugs; cigars.-In order to destroy or remove the poisonous constituents of tobacco smoke, plugs made of cottonwool, blotting-paper, tobacco, or other suitable animal or vegetable fibre, are impregnated with a solution of the sulphate, chloride, tartrate or citrate &c. of iron, manganese, nickel, or cobalt, and afterwards dried and placed at the bottom of a pipe or enclosed within the pointed end of a cigar. The basic constituents of the smoke combine with the acid radicle of the salt, and the metal, set free as hydroxide, reacts with the sulphuretted hydrogen and hydrocyanic acid in the smoke, forming salts. The pointed end of the filler of cigars may be used as a substitute for a plug, and glycerine may be added to the solution so as to bind the salt to the tobacco after drying.
Patent GB-190316245-A (GB)
Title: Cam Handle Arrangement to Improve the Working of Brakes connected with Bicycles Tricycles and Motor Cycles.
Inventor: LEWTON ROBERT SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1904-07-23
Abstract: 16,245. Lewton, R. S. July 23. Brakes for bicycles, tricycles, and motor cycles are applied by rotating one of the ordinary handles H which is fitted with one or more c a m s A, B, C for acting on the brake levers or wires. The cam may b e mounted separately on the handle-bar and be turned by a pin fixed to the handle end entering a hole in the cam.
Patent GB-190318112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Apparatus for Playing Key-board Musical Instruments.
Inventor: WUEST PHILIP
Filed: 1903-08-21
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 18,112. Wuest, P. Aug. 21. Automatic instruments. -In pneumatic apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 13,269, A.D. 1903, for playing keyboard instruments, the valve mechanisms aud shelves are constructed and arranged to facilitate the assembling of the parts, and prevent accidental displacement of the parts. The valve shelves are separable, have pins and thimbles to engage each other detachably and ensure an accurate location in relative position, and comprise the bottom board 1 provided with the diaphragm seats 10, the duct bar 2, the removable top cover board 5, and the front cover board 8. The inlet 54 is connected with the tracker board and aperture, and the vacuum is maintained in the chamber 13. Countersunk recesses 22, 23 are provided in the board 5 to receive the plates 25, 26, having bearing lugs 33, 34 for the valve-stem 35. The stem 35 carries the two valves 38, 39 adapted to seat alternately over the ports 30, 31. Each valve 38, 39 comprises three pieces, a soft leather facing, a nut, and a stiffening-ring. The valve-stem has an enlarged screw-thread 46. The lugs in the plates 25, 26 may have felt or other suitable bushings.
Patent GB-190318266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machinery for the Manufacture of Balls and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1903-08-24
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 18,266. Boult, A. J., [Worthington, G. C.]. Aug. 24. Balling-machines.-Relates to machinery for winding vulcanized rubber tape or other material upon cores, especially adapted for making cores for golf balls. The core is rolled between two rotary discs A, B, Fig. 1, which are mounted on shafts D, E capable of sliding in the frames f, g. The faces of the discs are formed with V-grooves, as shown in Fig. 4. The shafts D, E are driven at slightlydifferent speeds by spur gearing, the wheels d, e being feathered on the shafts D, E. The discs are pressed together by springs J, and are separated to release the ball by means of the device shown, consisting of bell-crank levers M, N engaging with collars on the shafts, and of links P and a treadle T. In using the machine, a core with an attached tape is placed between the discs, the operator giving the required tension to the tape as it is being wound up by the rotation given to the core.
Patent GB-190321540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lifts or Elevators.
Inventor: JACKSON JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 21,540. Jackson, J. Oct. 7. Lifts. - Consists of means for locking the handing-rope, switch, or other controlling means of a lift or elevator except when the cage door or gate is closed, in such a way that the handing-rope &c. is locked almost immediately the gate begins to open, and is not unlocked until the gate is almost completely closed. In one arrangement, Fig. 1<A>, a rod q, pivoted to one of the joints of the collapsable gate moving in line with the fixed end of the gate, is connected to a cam rod p acting on the rope grip j. As soon as the gate begins to open, the inclined part p<1> closes the grip and the rod p in its further movement merely serves to hold the grip closed. These operations take place in reversed order as the gate closes. Where the controlling means is a switch, its handle is locked or unlocked by means of a bolt j, Fig. 3, operated by means of a cam slot having an inclined part p' and a parallel part p' corresponding respectively to the incline p<1> and the plain part of the rod p, Fig. 1<A>. The rod p is operated from one or other of the gate joints according to the length of movement required. Where a barrier e, Fig. 5, movable in a vertical plane, is used instead of a gate, the locking or unlocking is effected by the horizontal movement of the part e<2> of the barrier in a guide v, the arrangement being such that the handing-rope &c. is not unlocked until the part e' is pushed home in its guide, as shown in dotted lines, in which position the barrier cannot be opened. The part e<2> may be connected direct to the cam p<1> &c., Fig. 3, or may actuate the rod q as shown.
Patent GB-190321733-A (GB)
Title: Improved Seat for Bath
Inventor: ARSCOTT FREDERICK ROBERT
Filed: 1903-10-09
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 21,733. Arscott, F. R. Oct. 9. Baths.-A plane or curved seat b, preferably of wood, is attached to the roll-edge a of a bath by means of screws or a clamp.
Patent GB-190323058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ice
Inventor: WOODCOCK WILLARD JAY
Filed: 1903-10-24
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 23,058. Woodcock, W. J. Oct. 24. Ice-making.-Plate ice, transparent and free from cracks, is obtained by freezing water to temperatures below 0‹F. in contact with a yielding surface. A refrigerating-vessel A, containing the water to be frozen, is fitted with a hollow freezing-plate B, which is provided with a yielding surface F of india-rubber, or other elastic material, on which the ice block G forms. The freezing-medium, such as brine, at a temperature below 0‹ F. enters the coil of pipe C in the plate B by the branch D, and leaves by the branch E.
Patent GB-190327148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings and Means for Locking the same, applicable to Doors, Gates, Boxes, and other Articles.
Inventor: LONG CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1903-12-11
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 27,148. Long, C. E., and Waldron, P. J. Dec. 11. Locks and fastenings, railwaycarriage door; locks, key; turn-buttons; fastenings. - A combined fastening and lock for railway-carriage and other doors, gates, box-lids, and for other purposes, consists of a pivoted arm 1, Fig. 1, operated by a handle or in any other manner, and provided with one or two projecting ribs 2, which engage a corresponding groove 7 in the striking-plate 5. A slot 6 in the plate 5 receives the main part of the arm. The arm is shown in Fig. 3 in the fastened position, and is retained in this position by shooting the bolt of an ordinary lock g over a projection 10 on the pivoted arm. In a modified form, shown in Fig. 6 in the locked position, the pivoted arm 1 is secured by a second arm 13 curved to fit the lower part of the arm 1. Each arm is turned through a right-angle by means of a key engaging recesses 12, the keyhole being shaped as shown in Fig. 9 to permit withdrawal of the key.
Patent GB-190402467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clockwork Electricity Meters
Inventor: ARON HERMANN
Filed: 1904-02-01
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 2467. Aron, H. Feb. 1. Energy and quantity meters.-In an elec- trically controlled pen- dulum meter, each pendulum carries a spring b between two stationary pins c, to assist in return- ing the pendulum to its central position. The meter will then work even if not set vertically, or if the electromagnetic action tending to hold the pendulums in extreme positions is very strong. Each pendulum may be counterbalanced so that the spring alone returns it to the central position.
Patent GB-190403649-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device or Apparatus connected with Looms for Weaving Weft for Chenille Fabrics.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-13
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 3649. Jones, W. Feb. 13. Looms, weft-cutting in; guards; weaving chenille. In looms for weaving chenille without selvages to avoid waste, the weft C passes round a wire or cord W at each side of the loom. Each wire W is attached to a fixed scissor blade s<1>, passes through the reed, and is connected to an adjustable helical spring at the back of the loom. The wires are raised and lowered by the healds which shed the warps T. The loops of weft round the wires W pass along the wires, and over the blades s<1>, where they are cut by means of movable blades s<3>, which are operated by a cord A connected to a lever of the take-up motion, and returned by helical springs s<4> or by blade springs. The scissors are covered by a guard of sheet metal, wire, celluloid, &c., suitably bent or moulded. A knife or other cutter may be used instead of scissors. The invention may be applied for weaving other fabrics in which selvages are not required.
Patent GB-190406103-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Strip or Endless Band Wiper for Cleaning the Surfaces of Intaglio Printing Plates.
Inventor: BLAISDELL FREDERICK ELIJAH
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-03-11
Abstract: 6103. Blaisdell, F. E. March 12. Printing from engraved plates.-A wiper for cleaning the surfaces of intaglio printing-plates, is made of celluloid shellac softened with glycerine, sugar, or glucose ; gelatine rendered insoluble by the action of chromic acid, or bichromate and light ; or other analogous material, possessing sufficient hardness, especially for being cast or pressed and taking a smooth surface, imperviousness to the inks or solvents used, sufficient strength without superposing layers, as was proposed in Specification No. 9774, A.D. 1902, and absence of grit. The material may be used in the form of a strip, pad, or endless band, and preferably possesses capacity for being welded, for having the surface renewed by grinding, polishing, or erasure of scratches, and for the addition of new pieces by grafting.
Patent GB-190412394-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Reciprocating the Thread Guides to Prevent the Grooving of the Rollers in Spinning, Winding and like Machines.
Inventor: VARLEY JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-01
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,394. Varley, J. June 1. Rollers and roller heads; roving and thread guides.-In spinning, winding, and like machines, the thread guides are reciprocated, to prevent grooving of the rollers, in such a manner that there is a quick reversal of the traverse mechanism and that the point of reversal is constantly changing. The sliding piece b, Fig. 4, attached to the bar c carrying the thread-guides, slides on the hub a<1> of the cam a, and two projections b<1>, b<11> bear on points on the surface of the cam diametrically opposite to one another. The cam is of such a shape that a quick reversal is obtained and that the projections b<1>, b<11> are always in contact with its surface. The cam is mounted loosely on an eccentric portion d<1>, Fig. 11, of the shaft d and is driven by a pin on a worm-wheel working in a slot in the cam. The wheel is mounted loosely on the portion d<11> of the shaft and is driven by a worm m, which also drives a second wheel, with slightly fewer teeth than the worm-wheel, and fixed to the portion d<11> of the shaft side by side with it. The worm-wheel drives the cam and so produces the reciprocation, while the second wheel turns the eccentric on which the cam revolves at a slightly different rate, and so ensures that the point of reversal shall constantly change.
Patent GB-190413713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pistons for Steam Engines and the like.
Inventor: STARKEY THOMAS
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,713. Starkey, T. June 17. Pistons are packed by single rings consisting each of two segments A, A' fitting together at their ends by slot- and-tongue joints. A bridge C is secured to each segment by studs, and is perforated by a hole into which the stem of a fork D is riveted, but in such a manner as to be capable of rotation. One end of a screwed rod F is pivoted in each fork D by a pin secured by lock-nuts, while the other end screws into a socket in a boss E loose on the piston-red B, and after adjustment is secured by a lock-nut. A shoulder f is formed on each rod F to receive a wrench for turning. The packing is secured on the piston-rod between two discs G.
Patent GB-190414136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush-holders for Dynamo and other Rotary Electrical Machines.
Inventor: FOOT WILLIAM HORACE
Filed: 1904-06-22
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 14,136. Foot, W. H. June 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Brush-holders, having each several brushes and adapted to be reversed in position on their rocker arms when the motion of the machine is reversed, are provided with means for regulating the pressure on the brushes. The pressure on the end brush can be adjusted from either end of the holder. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the brushes 6 are mounted in a bracket 3 adapted to be secured on a projection 2 on either side of the rocker arm 1 by bolts 4. The brushes are pressed down on to the commutator 5 by springs 7, the ends of which are secured in slots 8 formed in the hubs of worm-wheels 10 mounted loosely on a shaft 13 and gearing with wormed shafts 12. The right-hand worm-wheel 10 is secured rigidly by a pin 14 to the shaft 13, and a worm-wheel 15, having no laterally-extended hub, is secured similarly on the other end of the shaft. The end shaft 12 is secured in place by a head. 18 and cottar pin 17, so that it can be readily transferred to the end of the bracket furthest from the armature, when the holder is reversed. A single detachable shaft 12 may be used to actuate all the worms, or separate spindles may be provided for all the worms.
Patent GB-190415658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Tubes.
Inventor: WHYTE JOHN
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-10-14
Abstract: 15,658. Whyte, J., and Crossley, A. M. July 14. Tubes, smoke.-The tubes of locomotive, marine, and other boilers are so formed that a number of short portions A of their length are approximately straight, but out of the axial line of other alternate, short portions A'. The parts are connected by curved or inclined portions a.
Patent GB-190419470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boilers for Kitchen Ranges and the like.
Inventor: HUBBARD ARTHUR ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-09
Granted: 1905-12-09
Abstract: 19,470. Hubbard, A. R., and Flay, R. Sept. 9. Boilers.-A boiler for kitchen ranges &c. consists of a hollow annulus a of rectangular or other cross-section, having hollow radial projections e on the inner side, which is placed horizontally above the fire-pot c so that the hot gases come in contact with the bottom and inner side. The flame may also be made to pass around the outer side and top of the ring a, suitable supports for the ring being provided on the fire-pot. Pipes f, g for circulating the water are provided as shown. The boiler may be fixed in a kitchen range in the space below the hot-plate.
Patent GB-190425084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Self-propelled Road-vehicles.
Inventor: LEHWESS EDWARD ERNEST
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,084. Lehwess, E. E. Nov. 18. Motor road vehicles.-Comprises a valve gear, a change-speed gear, and a friction clutch, all designed to effect smooth working during change of speed. The valve gear is shown in Fig. 1. The hollow shaft n actuated by the spur-wheel q carries cams r, which can be moved in a longitudinal slit by the internal shaft u to which they are pinned. This inner shaft is moved by hand power applied to a system of levers. The throw of the valve is thus controlled, and the action is made almost dead-beat by differential springs k, m. The change-speed gear has an axially-moving sleeve carrying spur-wheels moving on a shaft on the section shown in Fig. 6, thus securing more uniform strength and less liability to bend or spring when engaging. The friction clutch or coupling is seen in Fig. 5. It grips a flanged pulley 17 keyed to the shaft 16 by the action of a spring 19. but can be drawn out of contact by a lever 20. A ball bearing is provided to lessen friction when the clutch is disconnected and the shaft 16 is running idle.
Patent GB-190427234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Straight Bar Latch Needle Knitting Machines
Inventor: SMITH JAMES HILL
Filed: 1904-12-14
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 27,234. Smith, J. H., and Hill, O. A. Dec. 14. Parallel knitting-machines; staight-bar knitting- machines.-Latch-needles are employed, arranged in sets. The distance of the butt from the hook-end is the same for all the needles in the same set, but is different in neighbouring sets. The cams are also arranged in tiers, one behind the other as shown in Fig. 4, so as to afford suitable knitting- grooves for simultaneously operating the corresponding sets of needles. To produce a continuous piece of fabric, the strips which would otherwise be formed are joined at the edges by separately-operated intermediate needles. In the case of machines with two beds, these joining-needles may be all in one bed. If divided among the two beds, the joining- needles require two thread-guides and separate driving-mechanism. Where the width of a set of needles is less than the width of the operative portion of the corresponding cam, at least three tiers of cams are used. The cams are attached to separate cam-plates 10, Fig. 1, which are reciprccated by a shaft 11 and can be turned up on the latter in order to gain access to the needles. The needle-bed 1 can be shifted vertically or horizontally so as to vary the quality of the work, and is fitted with fixed holding-down bits. The shaft 11 is supported and guided by brackets sliding on a fixed shaft 20, and is actuated by one or two cams 12 through a lever-and-link connection. The joining-needles 21, Fig. 6, are placed one at each edge of each set of ordinary needles, and are actuated simultaneously and independently thereof by a rod 27, Fig. 1, engaging the ends 29 and operated, through lever-and-link connections, by a cam 22. The latter operates the joining-needles in unison with each in turn of the adjacent sets of needles where the loop-forming cams are in two tiers, and in advance of one of the adjacent sets of needles where the tiers comprise three or more sets of cams. The nearly simultaneous formation of loops on the whole line of needles necessitates the placing of a fabric take-up apparatus at a greater distance from the needles than usual. A convenient arrangement is to employ a fixed rod or roller 32 round which the work passes. The take-up rollers 31 are driven through bevel gear and a friction plate. Alternatively, the roller 32 may move vertically and throw in or out of action the mechanism driving the rollers 31, or the weight of the rollers 31 and supporting-levers may be utilized for keeping tension on the work. The thread-guide 37 is a metal strip with suitable thread-eyes, and has a suitably-cut edge to allow the needle latches to turn with obstruction. It is attached to a sliding bar 38 driven by a friction clip. A quick-acting thread take-up apparatus should be employed.
Patent GB-190427373-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of Exyanthraquinones and of an Intermediate Product therefor.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 27,373. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec. 15. 1 : 4-Diazooxyanthraquinone is produced by heating anthraquinone in sulphuric acid solution, with nitrous acid, and either mercury or its compounds, with or without the addition of boric acid, phosphoric acid, arsenic acid, or analogous compounds. The use of mercurous sulphate, mercury, and mercuric oxide is described. Erythrooxyanthraquinone is prepared by heating 1-diazo-4-oxyanthraquinone, produced as described above, with ethyl, methyl, or other alcohol. In an example, the diazo compound is dissolved in dilute sulphuric acid, ethyl alcohol is added, and the mixture is heated. Quinizarin is obtained by heating to 180‹ C., either a prepared solution in sulphuric acid of the 1-diazo-4-oxyanthraquinone, or the solution obtained during its preparation as described above.
Patent GB-190500411-A (GB)
Title: Method of Smelting Ore.
Inventor: GAYLEY JAMES
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 411. Gayley, J. Oct. 25, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Blast for blast furnaces; blast-furnace charges.- In the smelting of iron or other ore, the charge is subjected to a blast of dried air; also, the quantity of carbonaceous fuel to be mixed with the ore to form the charge is reduced by an amount greater than that which would be required to dissipate the moisture eliminated from the blast. Specifications No. 578, A.D. 1860, and No. 20,207, A.D. 1894, are referred to.
Patent GB-190504842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Corsets
Inventor: HINRICHSEN ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 4842. Hinrichsen, R. March 8. Corsets.-Straight-fronted corsets are closed in front by push-buttons, the studs being mounted on a flap e attached to the corset and independent of the busk. The other meeting edge has sockets b. The busk takes up the pressure of the fastenings when securing the corsets. The flap and the other meeting edge may be reinforced by strips of leather &c.