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Patent GB-190316597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNST PAUL
Filed: 1903-07-28
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,597. Lehmann, E. P. July 28. Mechanical toys.-Relates to means for obtaining a variety of regular and irregular motions in rocking toys. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the hollow frame a, intended to represent a horse or other animal, is mounted upon wheels b, and is driven by clockwork f through gear-wheels g, and a vertical shaft i, on which is fixed the crownwheel h gearing with a pinion j, secured to one of the wheels. To produce a rocking motion about the wheel shaft c, the upper part of the shaft i is bent, and fitted with a weight m, which may consist of the upper portion of a figure, as shown, so that, as the figure moves about, the toy rocks longitudinally. Each end of the toy is fitted with a guide pulley d or e, preferably set obliquely, as shown in Fig. 5, to guide the toy in oblique directions as the pulley touches the ground. In some cases, the weight is arranged inside the frame or body a. The methods described for rocking the toys may be applied to stationary toys such as rocking horses mounted on pivoted rocking-boards. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the crownwheel h carries two toothed segments of different diameters, which gear in succession with the pinions j, k secured to the wheels b, thus giving two speeds to the toy in each direction, causing it to run forwards and backwards in an irregular manner. In another modification, the crown wheel has a single semicircular segment only, which gears alternately with the wheel pinions giving a backward and forward movement to the toy. In some cases, the weight used to produce rocking is dispensed with, the centre of gravity of the toy being arranged to come just above the axle, so that a rocking motion is obtained at each reversal of the motion of the toy. In another modification, a complete crown-wheel gears simultaneously with the two-wheel pinions, thereby causing the toy to describe curves of small radii.
Patent GB-190318695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chin Rests for Violins and the like.
Inventor: MUNRO DONALD GEORGE MCLEOD
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 18,695. Munro, D. G. M. Aug. 31. Violins and liked bowed instruments.-A chin-rest has a pneumatic chamber a attached to a wooden back b<1>, which may be wedge-shaped instead of flat as shown. The appliance is fastened to the violin or similar instrument by a screw clip b. The air chamber may be provided with an inlet tube a' and a screw cap or valve a<2>, and may be covered with silk or other soft material.
Patent GB-190319115-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Needle for use in Making Rugs and Mats by Hand.
Inventor: WALKER JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-05
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 19,115. Walker, J., and Padget, O. Sept. 5. Sewing-needles.- Relates to a needle for making handtufted rugs and mats. The latch C is pivoted in a slot in the stem of the needle and is hollowed out at the point c. When the needle is withdrawn, the latch protects and encloses the hook a, which carries the tufting- thread.
Patent GB-190320890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generator and other Furnaces.
Inventor: LONGSDORF WILLIAM HEATON
Filed: 1903-09-29
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,890. Longsdorf, W. H. Sept. 29. Steam, supplying. - Superheated steam is discharged on to the grate 4 of a steam-generator or other furnace, from a wedge-shaped or conical chamber 11 having variously inclined perforations. The steam is superheated in an arched superheater 8 arranged over the stoking opening 6 and having one or two zig-zag passages.
Patent GB-190322697-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Glue or Size especially adapted for the Warp Thread of Fabrics
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 22,697. Haddan, H. J., [Oliva, P. F.]. Oct. 20. Yarn, sizing.-Relates to the manufacture of a glue or size, especially adapted for the warp threads of fabrics. Gluten is mixed with a liquid-containing substance, such as carrot-juice, adapted to ferment it, and after fermentation to any desired degree, an anti-fermentative, such as oak bark, is added, which acts also as a permanent preservative. Any impurities, such as bacilli, which may be generated at a certain temperature in the operating-chamber, may be removed chemically or mechanically, such as by rapid agitation of the liquid mass in opposite directions, and by addition of carrot-juice, oakbark extract, &c. For applying the substance, it is mixed as usual with flour, meal, fecula, and earthy substances, but in smaller proportions about 25-35 per cent. less, forming a homogeneous paste, which. after standing, is pressed as thin as possible and divided into pieces to increase homogeneity and facilitate drying, and finally finely pulverized. According to the condition of the fabric, the proportion of dressing can be increased up to 70 per cent. of the weight of the fabric ; and according to the kind of fabric, the gluten can be dried by adding a suitable substance, such as meal, starch, and the like, and then subjected to the above treatment some time afterwards.
Patent GB-190327449-A (GB)
Title: Edible Fats and Process of Making the same.
Inventor: CRONHOLM NEANDER NICOLAUS
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 27,449. Cronholm, N. N. Dec. 15. Food preparations.-An edible fat, similar to butter, and capable of withstanding changes of temperature and climate, is made by mixing together albuminous egg batter or other form of albumen, oleo-oil, and neutral lard, with small quantities of butter and salt. The eggs or albumen having been beaten into a froth, the melted fatty ingredients are added, and the mixing continued at a temperature sufficiently high to cause the albumen to coagulate. The cooled and solidified mass is mixed with salt by working on an ordinary butter table.
Patent GB-190328689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Faucets and the like
Inventor: BANK LEOPOLD ARNOLD
Filed: 1903-12-30
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 28,689. Bank, L. A. Dec. 30. Lift valves; piston valves; linings; spindles. - In faucets and the like, a passage d in a spigot a leads into a chamber which is lined with a packing e of cork, leather, or the like, held in place by a ring f of tin, aluminium, or similar soft metal, threaded to receive a screw part g of a plug b. The latter is formed with a cylindrical part h provided with a boss i which, when the plug is screwed home, fits into the end of the passaged. The outlet tube c is pushed or screwed into the spigot a. In place of a fixed handle, a removable operating- handle may be used to turn the plug b.
Patent GB-190404447-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Writing Fluid.
Inventor: SMITH FRANCIS PHELAN
Filed: 1904-02-23
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4447. Smith, F. P., and Beswick, G. F. Feb. 23. Ink.-Relates to a copying-ink which will remain wet on the paper for some time, and by which a copy may be taken on copying-paper without damping the latter previously. The ink consists of logwood water, nut gall, perchloride of iron, glycerine, and rosewater. Other ingredients having similar properties may be used in place of, or in addition to, the above. The Provisional Specification provides the use of common salt instead of rosewater.
Patent GB-190412186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Vacuum Conveyer or Transporter Apparatus.
Inventor: HARTMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 12,186. Hartmann, W. May 28. Conveyers. - In vacuum conveying-apparatus, various devices are introduced for loosening the granular material and for feeding it into the con. veyer pipe. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a roller b provided with a large number of radial bars c is mounted in a hopper a. A vertical board d serves to guide the material, which is made to fall always on one side of the wheel c, thus causing it to rotate and feed the material into the suction pipe e. Here it is caught and carried away by the air current entering atf. In a modification, the drum b is enlarged and perforated and the radial bars may be replaced by boards. Air is admitted through holes in the ends of the drum and disintegrates the material on discharging through the perforations. In the form shown in Fig, 5, a horizontal sieve-plate b is used in place of the drum. Radial plates c are attached and the material passes on to the sieve at one side while it is blown into the suction pipe c on the other side. In a modification of this arrangement, a conical sieve is employed. It is provided with pins normal to the surface, and, on the rotation of the cone, the material is fed into the suction pipe. In the form shown in Fig. 7, an endless band, of some material permeable to air, is stretched over two rollers h, i and is provided with plates or pins c. A modification of the ordinary conveyer worm is also shown, the shaft on which the worm is fixed being made hollow and perforated to allow air to be drawn through it. Fig. 9 shows a portable malt conveyer in which a sieve drum with curved pins is employed. The drum is driven through chain-wheels o, p by a hand-crank or small motor. The couplings are arranged so that only the drum b, or both the supporting-wheel n and drum b, may be operated. The suction pipe e is placed close to the ground and provided with a scoop q. In the form shown in Fig. 11, slide plates r provided with bars c are used. These are moved rapidly to and fro in opposite directions by means of the crank disc s. In another arrangement, only one slide plate is employed. Fig. 12 shows an application of the invention to a pneumatic malting-apparatus of the Saladin type. A hinged pipe t is pivotally mounted at u and is counterbalanced by weights v. The malt may thus be removed in layers. Fig. 13 shows an arrangement for delivering the material from the conveyer chamber. A compartment wheel is arranged beneath the collecting-vessel, the compartments being so arranged that their sections taper outwardly in every direction, thus ensuring the proper discharge of the material. The wheel may be vertical, as shown in Fig. 13, or horizontal.
Patent GB-190413357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vent Valves
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 13,357. Harrison, G., [Norwall Manufacturing Co.]. June 13. Ball- and float-valves; casings; floats; venting- v a l v e s.-An air-vent valve for radiators and steam and hot-water systems generally consists of an inner chamber A<2>, connected by the nipple B with the radiator &c., and surrounded by an outer chamber F<1>, both being connected b y a passage a; an open or closed float E contained in the inner chamber A<2> is provided with a valve e, which on rising closes the air vent D'. A support a' resting on the cap A<1> keeps the float above any sediment. On steam or hot water entering the radiator, the air is driven out through the vent D<1>. Steam or hot water then enters the casing A<2> and, by its heat, causes the air in the outer chamber F<1> to expand, thus driving the water into the chamber A<2> and causing the valve e to close. When the water is in the chamber A<2> and the float is raised, any surplus water will pass back through the inlet B into the radiator.
Patent GB-190414403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Cisterns for Water Closets and the like.
Inventor: PRESTON JOHN ENGLISH
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 14,403. Preston, J. E. June 25. Ball-and float valves.-The supply cock C of a water-waste preventer is actuated by a spherical float E which slides up and down a vertical guide such as the service pipe B. The valve lever F is pivoted at f and is connected with the float by a link H and a projection e<2>, so that the rising of the float closes the valve, and vice versÔ.
Patent GB-190415180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Earthenware
Inventor: FLEMING JAMES HAMILTON
Filed: 1904-07-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 15,180. Fleming, J. H. July 7. Pottery.-F ireclay stacks A for supporting earthenware in glost ovens are shouldered at their lower ends and cemented in mortices B<1> in a fireclay base B, thus forming a rigid portable framework.
Patent GB-190421988-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Silk-like Threads.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 21,988. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Oct. 12. Yarns and threads.-A five per cent. solution of cellulose in ammoniacal copper-oxide solution, and made at the ordinary temperature, is squirted into caustic-soda lye of about forty per cent. strength, and is subsequently washed successively with sulphuric acid of about twelve per cent. strength and water and finally dried. The squirting- tube is preferably surrounded with a second tube through which the caustic soda is allowed to pass slowly, both tubes being downwardly directed. The washing and drying operations are preferably effected while the thread is under tension on a drum, or as described in Specification No. 17,901, A.D. 1897. The thread formed may be collected on a rotating drum.
Patent GB-190423337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating Temperature :
Inventor: HAYLOCK RALPH HILLS
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 23,337. Haylock, R. H. Oct. 29. Thermostats.- The supply of steam for beating water for buildings is regulated by a thermostat, consisting of an expansible plug placed in a closed tube immersed in the liquid. The tube 1, secured as shown in the side 2 of the vessel or pipe containing the water, encloses a plug 6, the lower end of which is connected by means of the spring washer 11 and spindle 9 with a valve 7 in the path of the steam. One end of the plug is attached to a sleeve 8, the upper end of which can be adjusted in position, and therefore the lift of the valve 7 regulated, by a screw bolt 10, as shown in Fig. 2. The position of the valve 7 may also be regulated by the nut 9'. In a modification, the lift of the valve is rendered adjustable by means of a lever connection with the spindle 9. The entire construction is such that the working parts may be removed for repairs or renewal without interference with the circulation of the water.
Patent GB-190428250-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Making Liquid or Semi-liquid Substances, Composed of various Constituents, more Homogeneous.
Inventor: KUNICK GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 28,250. Kunick, G. Dec. 23. Emulsions, making.-The fat particles of milk, milk products, egg yolks, egg-yolk preparations, oil or fish-oil emulsions, &c. are reduced in size by homogenizing by any known process, treating the product in a centrifugal separator, and again homogenizing the portions which do not pass through with the skim milk &c. The treatment may be repeated until a homogeneous product is obtained. The cream may be separated from the skim milk, at the commencement of the process, and treated alone.
Patent GB-190428600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Vending or Coin Freed Apparatus.
Inventor: RUSZNYAK LEWIS
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-12-28
Abstract: 28,600. Rusznyak, L. Dec. 28. Weighing - apparatus combined with coin-freed apparatus. - The Prov i s i o n a l Specification states that coin - freed weighing - machines may be provided with a lamp to illuminate the coin slots &c. On depression of a pedal 6, or a push-button &c., the circuit of an electric lamp is closed or a gas cock is turned fully on.
Patent GB-190429396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Golf Balls and the like.
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 29,396. Lake, H. H., [Perfect Golf Ball Co.]. Dec. 31. Balls. - Golf balls with rubber or other cores are covered by winding a gutta-percha &c. strip 2 around the core 4, the object being to produce a cover without a seam or weld. The strip 2 is made hard and thin by rolling, and, before it is wound, it is rendered plastic, to facilitate adhesion, preferably by drawing it over a heated bar 8 of iron. When the whole strip has been wound on, the ball is roughly shaped by rolling in the hands or between suitable surfaces, and thereby any air contained between the layers is forced out. The complete ball is then heated and compressed in moulds; or, the moulds may be heated instead of the ball ; in either case, the heating is such as not to affect the core, being only sufficient to unite the layers of the strip 2. The core may be wound from highly elastic strips, such as perforated rubber strips, and in this case the connection between the core and cover is rendered secure by the material of the cover being forced into perforations during the moulding.
Patent GB-190503265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: TYER EDWARD
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 3265. Tyer, E. Feb. 16. Switches.-A multiple-way switch for operation especially by semaphore rods, treadles, &c., in railway work has two sets of fixed and movable contacts, respectively controlling two groups of circuits. A crank c fixed to a spindle d carries two switch arms a, b consisting, as shown, of spring strips with contact-pieces a<1>, b<1> at their ends, or alternatively of telescopic rods backed by compression springs. The fixed contacts preferably form cylindrical shells f, g enclosing the respective spring arms and divided into segments connected to the different circuits, or they may have other suitable forms such as parallel sectorially-divided rings. Fig. 1 shows only one of the shells f in position, the other being removed and the arm b allowed to extend. The shell g is fixed to and insulated from the half-casing e', and the shell f to the half e. The two halves of the casing are clamped together by bolts h<2> passing through lugs. h, the length of the circumferential slots in the lugs allowing the angular relation of the casings and therefore of the two sets of fixed contacts, to be varied. The spindle d is connected to the operating-means by an arm i, the effective length of which can be varied by screwing the bolt i<1> in or out, or in any other suitable manner.
Patent GB-190509074-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Nitro-Derivatives of certain Aromatic Bases.
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 9074. Abel, C. D., [Akt.-Ges. f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. April 29. Nitrodiamines; nitrosulphamidodiamines. - The nitration process described in Specifications Nos. 6741 and 27,497, A.D. 1904 is applied to metadiamines of the benzene and naphthalene series ; the diarylsulphamido derivatives are treated with dilute nitric acid, and the paranitro compounds thereby obtained are converted into nitrodiamines by the action of strong sulphuric acid ; the nitrosulphamido bodies may be reduced to amido bodies. In an example, di-p-tolylsulpho-m-phenylenediamine is dissolved in a suitable solvent, such as alcohol, benzene, or acetone, and boiled with dilute nitric acid ; 1 : 3-di-p-tolylsulpho-6-nitrodiamidobenzene separates out on cooling ; the purified product is heated and stirred with strong sulphuric acid until dissolved ; the mass is then poured on ice and neutralized with soda, 1: 3-diamido-6-nitrobenzene being obtained. In another example, di-p-tolylsulpho-m-toluylenediamine is heated and agitated with water and dilute acid on the steam bath ; the nitro compound is separated and on treatment with sulphuric acid yields 2:4-diamido- 5-nitro-1-toluene. In a third example, diphenylsulpho-m-toluylenediamine is treated as in the second example above, the nitro compounds yields with sulphuric acid the same product as in the second example. Other compounds, such as the di-p-tolylsulpho derivative of p-chloro mphenylenediamine may be treated similarly.
Patent GB-190512534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve-gear for Pneumatic Rock-drills and the like.
Inventor: WEIDMANN CARL
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 12,534. Weidman, C., and Hoffmann, P. June 16. Valves and valve-gear.--In a valve-gear for tools with a reciprocating motion, an auxiliary part is arranged between the inlet and exhaust ports so that the length of the stroke of the operating piston may be increased. The valve casing 6, Fig. 1, forms part of the cylinder in which the piston moves, and contains an auxiliary distributing-valve 7 which is provided with annular recesses 10, 11. Compressed air admitted at the pipe 12 flows through a passage 13 and constantly acts upon the smaller end 14 of the valve; the larger end 16 of the valve communicates, by means of a port 15, with the rear end 17 of the cylinder. The inlet purt 18 com. municates at all times by means of the recess 10 with the pipe 12 ; the exhaust port 19 communicates with an opening 20. The auxiliary port 21 is arranged to serve alternately as an inlet port and exhaust port by means of the'recesses 10, 11. The three ports 18, 19, 21 can alternately communicate with the cylinder 17 by means of circumferential holes 22 and a central recess 23 in the piston. A. port 25, communicating with the cylinder in front of the piston, alternately communicates with the exhaust port 19 and with the pipe 12. As the piston is forced backwards, the holes 22 communicate with the inlet port 18 so that the rear end of the cylinder is supplied with compressed air and the direction of the piston is reversed. At the same time, the pressure acts in the larger end of the valve 7 by way of the port 15, which then takes up the position shown in Fig. 2. During the advance, stroke of the piston, a second admission of air into the cylinder takes place when the holes 22 communicate with the port 21, and at the same time the port 25 communicates with the exhaust opening and the piston is thereby permitted to advance farther. When the holes 22 communicate with the exhaust port 19, the valve 7 moves to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the piston is forced back again.
Patent GB-190513960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Filed: 1905-07-06
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 13,960. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Woodeson, W. A. July 6. Superheaters, steam.-Headers 2, 3, divided by partitions, are connected together by U-shaped tubes 1, which are spaced farther apart at the bends than at the ends. The partitions are formed partly in the body of the headers and partly in their covers. A by-pass 9 connects the steam inlet and outlet openings 4, 5, thereby enabling any degree of superheat to be obtained. The superheater may be employed with the boiler described in Specification No. 28,383, A.D. 1903. It may be disposed between the two front drums or between the two rear ones ; or it may be made in two or more sections, as shown in Fig. 7. In another arrangement, the superheater extends through a side wall of the boiler, the straight parts of the tubes being horizontal. A flooding and draining arrangement.is then provided.
Patent GB-190517025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Files
Inventor: KAPPELER CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 17,025. Kappeler, C., Kleinert, E., and Br³derlin, J. K. Dettwyler. Aug. 22. Fastenings, spring-bolt. The hinged side 7 of a frame for filing papers is closed by a sliding bolt 8 guided by the inturned edges 8<a> of the wall and pressed by a spring 13 coiled on a pin 20 secured to the wall 7. The bolt is freed from the engaging opening by means of a stud 10 screwed into the bolt and projecting through an opening in the edge 8a.
Patent GB-190520175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Incandescing Bodies for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 20,175. Just, A., Hanaman, F., Landeaberger, H., Salzmann, I., and Vereinigte Electricitõts Akt-Ges. Oct. 5. Incandescent lamps, filaments for. Refractory metals, such as tungsten and molybdenum, or alloys of these, are rendered suitable for use as filaments by the elimination of carbon. The unrefined metal, as produced in the electric furnace, is drawn into wire, formed into filaments, enclosed in exhausted glass vessels, and heated for some time by means of a gradually-increased electric current; the heating may be effected in an atmosphere of steam and hydrogen instead of a vacuum. The filaments are then removed and mounted in bulbs for use.