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Patent GB-190326009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles and the like.
Inventor: BROWN ALBERT
Filed: 1903-11-28
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 26,009. Brown, A., Lomax, H., and Lomax, F. Nov. 28. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-A bottle or like vessel for containing spirits &c. is formed with two seats b, c for the valves d, e, and with a bridge-piece h below the seat c. The valve d has a stem f, which passes through a central aperture in the valve e, and through an aperture in the bridge-piece h. The valve d is secured by two spring-pressed or pivoted arms or spurs, such as i, Fig. 7, which fold up to permit the insertion of the stem f through the bridge-piece, and then open out, as shown. The bridge-piece is closed on its underside, to prevent the entrance of liquid through the central hole, and to protect the liquid from contact with the metal of the valves &c. The valve d is formed with a boss d<x>, Fig. 5, which limits the movement of the valve e, and the valve e has a boss e<x>, Fig. 6, which enters a recess in the bridge h. The valves permit the liquid to be poured out, but prevent refilling. In a modification, the distance between the valves is increased. The bridge h is preferably made integral with the neck of the vessel, but it may consist of a metal or other plug k, Fig. 9, inserted in the neck, and secured in the same manner as the stem f.
Patent GB-190326996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ammonia Stills.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1903-12-09
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,996. Davis, G. E. Dec. 9. Distilling ammoniacal l i q u o r s.- Relates to column stills, of the kind described in Specification No. 16,349, A.D. 1888, f o r distilling ammoniacal liquors with lime, and consists in securing each serrated cap, described in the above - mentioned Specification, to the plate forming the top of the chamber in which it is placed, whereby a small rake or special cleaner can be inserted underneath the caps to withdraw the lime deposit. Fig. 1 shows the cap secured to the upper plate by set-screws, Fig. 2, by means of bayonet joints A, B, Fig. 3, by cottars and bolts, the bolts being part of the tray, and Fig. 4 by T-headed set-screws and horizontal slots.
Patent GB-190406172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Balls for use in Playing Golf and other like Games.
Inventor: SOUTHON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 6172. Southon, W. H., and Southon, H. March 14. Balls for golf and other games are constructed with cores weighted by mercury or amalgam, in order that the balls may have a long and true flight, and may readily fall into the putting - holes. A cylindrical hole is bored in the gutta-percha core a, and into this hole is inserted amalgam b. The hole is closed by a screw gutta-percha plug c, which is fixed in position by a suitable solvent, such as naphtha. Strips of india-rubber d are wound under tension around the core, and a guttapercha cover e is put on in the usual way. The Provisional Specification states that the strips of india-rubber are preferably twisted during the process of winding.
Patent GB-190411592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Gauzes and Gauzes with Embroidery Effects.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-20
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 11,592. Heys, W. G., [Soc. CanwÞs, Bilbille, & Cie.]. May 20. Loom healds; lays; reeds; shedding - motions. - In looms for weaving gauzes, with or without figured or embroidery effects, tbe doup healds b are placed in front of the reed. The upper shaft of the doup healds is guided in grooved supports fixed at the top of the loom, and the lower shafts are connected by springs to a bar fixed to the lay-swords. The doup healds are of the form shown at h, Fig. 3, the loops i being preferably of horse-hair, so as to offer the required resistance but to slide on the warps. The groove c in the lay, in which the reed is usually placed, is hollowed out, and in it is mounted a false reed d having its ends attached to a rod j, which is moved up and down by rods actuated either from above or below, so that the false reed d is raised when the shuttle is to be picked, and guides the shuttle in front of the loops of the doup healds. The rod j holds the loops as close as possible to the beating-up reed. The crossing and standard warps may be wound on separate warp beams, or a slackener may be provided. The warps are draughted in the usual manner, and the lifting-cords of the doup-heald shaft are connected to the heald shafts of the crossing warps. For weaving gauzes with embroidery effects, produced by the crossing of warps of different thicknesses by means of a jacquard machine, the doup healds are connected by india-rubber or by springs to the bar attached to the lay-swords. The embroidery threads are wound on bobbins mounted above the loom.
Patent GB-190416531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Arches for Furnaces.
Inventor: KENZIE DOUGAL JAMES MC
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 16,531. McKenzie, D. J. July 26. Crowns and roofs; arches.-A furnace arch is constructed of firebrick "tiles" k supported on a structure consisting of a series of inwardlyextending brackets b, connected to a transverse box beam a at the front of the furnace, and supporting longitudinal beams e, to which the firebrick "tiles" are secured. Each longitudinal beam e is attached to a bracket by means of a flange d which passes between lugs h on the box beam, notches g being cut to permit of the easy insertion and removal of the beam. At the rear end, this beam is formed with a web i engaging with the inner ends of the bracket. The firebrick "tiles" k are arranged to protect the metal parts from the heat, and are connected to each longitudinal beam by a short T -bar having its lower conical part fixed in the brick by metal n which is poured into the recess while in a molten state. The metal parts are further protected from the heat by firebrick p, and by a "grout" or projection from the "tiles" k at the front of the longitudinal beam.
Patent GB-190416788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-proof Skeleton Floorings.
Inventor: RYDAHL HERMAN GUSTAF VICTOR
Filed: 1904-07-30
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 16,788. Rydahl, H. G. V. July 30. Flooring-blocks.-Grooved hollow blocks 2, of cement or similar material, are inserted between I-shaped beams 1 of iron or cement, the blocks resting directly on the lower flanges of the beams and being provided with large flat surfaces 4 at their ends so as to bear up against the webs of the beams. The blocks are bevelled at the tops of their ends to enable them to be inserted easily between the beams. The upper and lower surfaces of the blocks extend beyond the beams, thus giving flat, smooth, floor and ceiling surfaces.
Patent GB-190418054-A (GB)
Title: An Electric Device for Indicating the Unauthorized Opening of Door-locks, Window Fasteners, and the like.
Inventor: LEVIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-08-20
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 18,054. Levin, J. Aug. 20. Alarms, burglar and like.-The unauthorized opening of door locks, window fasteners, shutters, &c. is indicated by the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bolt g, when withdrawn, allows the spring d' to make contact with the bracket d' and thus to complete a bell or lamp circuit through the adjustable screws b, which also fasten the insulating-plate h to the socket, staple, bracket, &c. f, rings of insulating- material e preventing short-circuiting. Additional attachment holes h may be employed if necessary. The device may be attached instead to the door &c. bolt.
Patent GB-190418426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Capping Machines.
Inventor: GOODWIN MARCUS AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 18,426. Goodwin, M. A., and Stripe, H. G. Aug. 25. Spinning.-In a machine for automatically fitting metal caps to the mouths of bottles, means are provided for applying rolling pressure simultaneously at a number of equidistant points about the periphery of the cap so as to roll the edge of the cap closely against the underside of the flange formed about the bottle mouth. An elastic washer is interposed between the cap and the lower surface of the flange. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine, and Fig. 4 is a section of the upper part shown in Fig. 2. A bottle A<1> with a cap loosely applied is placed on a recessed disc e<1>, and is raised by a treadle-operated rod E' until the head of the bottle engages a recess h in a block H, Fig. 4, and the edge of the cap is in alignment with rollers L carried by arms K pivoted to lugs j on a collar J secured to the lower part F<1> of a tube F. Around the tube F is a tube D carrying a friction wheel D', the boss of which has a conical portion d and a vertical portion d'. As the bottle is raised, the tube F is forced upwards against the action of a spring I, and the wheel D' is made to gear with the driver N. When the wheel D<1> rotates, a vertical slot d<2> provided in the part d<1> is engaged by a lug f on the tube F, and during the further raising of the tube the upper ends k of the levers K ride on the part d, so forcing the lower ends of the levers inwards to enable the rollers to operate on the cap.
Patent GB-190420244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Transporting or Conveying Appliances for Needles and similar Objects.
Inventor: ROECHLING HERMANN
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 20,244. R÷chling, H. Sept. 20. Sewing-needles.-Needles contained in a hopper t are delivered into slots in the periphery of a wheel r from which they are transferred to a pair of toothed wheels s partially enclosing the wheel r. These toothed wheels carry the needles over, and deliver them between, a cylindrical needletransporting drum and a saddle h, and for a short distance guide them in their passage along the saddle so as to ensure that they are equally spaced and parallel. To facilitate the delivery of the needles from the hopper, the latter is agitated by a ratchet-gear p, and a scraper k returns all needles not properly placed in the grooves. Instead of a stationary scraper, an endless belt or an elastic roller may be mounted in contact with the wheel r.
Patent GB-190421217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Telegraphic Apparatus
Inventor: DAMASKINOS ANTOINE
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 21,217. Damaskinos, A. Oct. 3. Telegraphs.-Relates to a relay and receiving- apparatus used in conjunction with an automatic transmitter, such as that described in Specification No. 14,918, A.D. 1904. The relay is shown in Fig. 1 in plan; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the line C-D, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows the connections between the relay and the receiver. The relay consists of two oscillators a, a<1>, turning o n insulated pivots b<1>, and carrying permanent magnets a<2>, which are acted upon by the electromagnets c, d, c<1>, d<1>, the electromagnets being so connected that, on the passage of a current, both oscillators a, a<1> turn in the same direction. In another modification, the coils are placed upon the oscillators, and the permanent magnets fixed upon each side of these coils. The oscillators are each suspended by a thread h<1> from a support i, and, owing to the pressure of the flat springs k, k<1>, they normally press against the stops j, j<1>. The springs k, k<1> are connected by a copper bar m to the terminal n. A current from the sending- station, arriving at the terminal q, passes through the electromagnets and proceeds through the terminal r to earth, thus causing both oscillators to turn in the same direction, so that one contacts with the stop f and the other makes still firmer contact with the spring k' ; this makes a connection between the terminals f, n through the bar m and the spring k. By this means, the local battery P is connected up through the coils R, while, if the sending-current had been in the reverse direction, the battery would have been connected through the coils R<1>. The receiver is shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Two armature levers carry the printing-wheels 7, 8. These are maintained raised by the action of the two horse-shoe magnets 15, and mounted on the extremities of the arms of these are the electromagnets 9, 10. The passage of the line current is so arranged that one of the electromagnets, say electromagnet 9, diminishes, while the other increases, the strength of the corresponding permanent magnet. This enables the balanced spring 17 to pull down the printing-wheel 7, while the other wheel 8 is held up.
Patent GB-190423271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Insulators of Glass and the like.
Filed: 1904-10-28
Abstract: 23,271. Soo. Berger, Lord, et Cie. Nov. 6, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, A.D. 1901.] Moulding. - Rel a t e s to forming glass electric insulators with an internal screw thread. Fused glass, and afterwards a composite core, are introduced into a hinged mould a. The composite core consists of an outer core b with an internal screw thread, and a core d with an outer screw thread, as shown. The core d is rigidly connected to a rod e carrying a slot which engages with a tenon g fixed to the hollow socket h. On turning the hand wheel i to which the socket h is connected, the core d enters the core b, after which the composite core can be withdrawn. The core d may be provided with two or more projections which would produce grooves parallel with the axis of the insulator, on the introduction of the core, while at the same time portions of annular grooves perpendicular to this axis might be produced by rotating the core d, after penetration has taken place.
Patent GB-190424168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Carburetters chiefly Designed for Motor Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 24,168. Lake, H. H., [Olds Motor Works]. Nov. 8. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The apparatus is particularly applicable to motor read vehicles and enables a sufficient supply of oil to be drawn into the mixing-chamber even when the piston is moving slowly under a heavy load. The chamber A has an oil inlet E, strainer S, Fig. 1, a ball valve, and a float C. The oil outlet H leads to a discharge nozzle G in the chamber F, and passes a needle valve T adjustable by a screw g. The flange I, Fig. 2, is connected to the cylinder and contains a port F<2>, over which works a cylindrical throttle valve J containing a port band actuated by a lever N and a spring M, which brings it back to its normal position with the port F<2> nearly closed. The air inlet is shown at F<1>. A disc O with a fibre seating c rests on a perforated plate P, aLd is kept to its seat by a conical, helical spring Q adjustable by a screw R. An annular space d is cut in the disc around the nozzle G. The movements of the disc are controlled by guides f and lugs h. When the valve J is nearly closed, air passes through the space d with increased velocity and carries oil to the cylinder. If the throttle be opened more, the disc 0 will rise and air will pass through the space d and around the edges of the disc O. The primary function of the valve 0 is at all times to produce a suction air current adjacent to the nozzle, while it also instantaneously responds to any change in the adjustments of the throttle or in the speed of the engine which creates a greater suction.
Patent GB-190504297-A (GB)
Title: Method and Means for Producing (Irrespective of the Power Applied) Different Speed in One Direction from that in the Opposite Direction of the Piston or Plunger of Reciprocating Engines or Pumps or the like.
Inventor: BOWRON WILLIAM MAJOR
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 4297. Bowron, W. M. March 1. Driving-gear.-In order that the working stroke of a single-acting engine, pump, or the like, such as an internal-combustion engine, may be effected at a slower speed than the exhaust stroke, the connecting-rod is pivoted to a piece C, Fig; 1, which slides from side to side along a pin B as the piston reciprocates. This motion is produced by a bellcrank or other lever D, pivoted at one end to the slider C, and at the other end to the engine framing. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement as modified for a steam-engine. The connecting-rod end 4 reciprocates in the slotted end 3 of the piston-rod, and a link replaces the bell crank lever. The desired effect may be produced in other ways, such as by movement being imparted to the cylinder or the crank-shaft.
Patent GB-190505466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving the Wheels or Gear of Motor Propelled Road Vehicles.
Inventor: FOOT ROWLAND GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-15
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 5466. Foot, R. G. March 15. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to spring driving- gear applied to the wheels or gearing of motor road vehicles. The device is preferably applied to the driving-wheels, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A number of springs e, arranged in pairs, connect the chain-wheel i to a narrow drum attached to the inside of the wheel. The outside ends of the springs are secured to webs h attached to the inside of the drum, and the inner ends are attached to bolts g, fixed to the chain-wheel i and passing through slots in the side of the drum.
Patent GB-190508304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Construction of Seats and Seat Backs for Gardens, Omnibuses, Tramcars, Ships and the like, and to other Articles made of Slats.
Inventor: BRAWN CHARLES
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 8304. Brawn, C. April 18. Mats.-Consists in means for securing laths to bearers for seats for tramcars &c., stated to be applicable to bath mats and to other articles constructed of slats. The slats a are forced between the upright lugs e of the bearers b, which may be perforated for draining off water. The slats are secured by nails driven vertically through the bearers or horizontally through additional lugs bent up on the bearers on the side opposite to the lugs e. Or the tops of the lugs e may be split and forced into the slats by bending. In the form shown in Fig. 5, flexible securing-clips l are used, which are bent over the lugs at l<1>. As a further alternative, spiked plates may be bent up from the bearers b, these plates being arranged on one side of the lugs e or on both sides, as shown at j<2> in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190514588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Back-sights for Air-rifles and other Small Arms
Filed: 1905-07-15
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 14,588. Birmingham Small Arms Co., and Norman, G. July 15. Sights.-The pivoted leaf a of a backsight shown in side elevation in Fig. 1, and in plan and horizontal section in Fig. 3, is adjusted by the rotatable nut d mounted on the screwed stem c and provided with a conoidal collar d<1> engaging the inclined ramps or flanges e. A spring g' bears upon an extension of the stem behind its pivot. The laterally-adjustable sight-bar b is connected to the leaf by a barrel part i<1> and shank i<2> fitting into a corresponding channel in the leaf-head. The parts are held together by the adjusting screw j with a collar j<1> confined within the open-fronted recess j<2> of the leaf-head.
Patent GB-190514782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Electric Welding Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 14,782. Lake, H. H., [Clinton Wire Cloth Co.]. July 18. Welding; working by electricity.-Multiple welding is effected from a single transformer by pressure members having an equalizing or rocking action for automatically averaging the amount of upset at the welds. The invention is described for welding fabric, which rests on a fixed electrode 7, Fig. 1, having a number of jaws 9. The upper electrodes 13 are adapted to rock on trunnions 14 in recesses in plungers 12 depressed by springs and raised by any mechanically or manually operated means. The outer plungers are left free and the machine is controlled by the central plungers, a bar 27, carrying a contact-screw 26, being pivoted to one and slotted on a headed bolt in the other. A spring 21 on the frame completes the control circuit at the required average upset and opens the primary circuit. The control circuit contains an auxiliary coil 22 on the transformer and an electromagnet 24, which trips a catch 28 and releases a switch pivoted at 5, the spring 30 then opening the primary circuit at 6. In modifications, the welding- electrodes are arranged in series instead of in parallel.
Patent GB-190515252-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating Electric Switches employed in Electric Traction on the Surface Contact System.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 15,252. Brown, R. July 25. Electric traction on the surfacecontact system, in which the electric switches are placed in a shallow conduit and mechanically operated by a bar or skate carried by the vehicles. Switches.-The bar or skate is approximately the same length as the vehicle, and is formed of two or more parts hinged together and mounted on the vehicle so as to follow the curvature of the conduit. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a portion of a vehicle with the skate secured thereto, and Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view taken through the centre of the vehicle. The bar 3, which preferably consists of a flat strip of steel, has upwardly-extending ends 7 capable of sliding against the springs 10, on the rods 8 carried by the brackets 9. The bar is also supported at its centre portion by the steel pieces 5, 6, projections 11, 12, Fig. 3, on which are capable of sliding through slots formed in the brackets 13. In a modified form, the brackets 9 are also capable of movement across the car. In operation, the bar engages with the switch lever 15 so as to keep the stud 14 energized while the car is over it.
Patent GB-190519264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filaments for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1905-09-23
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 19,264. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 23. Incandescent lamps. -Filaments of vanadium carbide are made by heating vanadium wires in contact with carbon or hydrocarbons, or by mixing carbide, made from the pentoxide as described below, with ceresine and turpentine, evaporating the latter, and squirting the product into filaments, which are then packed in graphite and strongly heated in a vacuum electric furnace, such as that described in Specification No. 20,809, A.D. 1904. In making the carbide, the oxide is mixed with the theoretical proportion of artificial graphite, and the mixture is moulded into balls with the help of tar, baked in a gas furnace, and heated in an electric furnace.
Patent GB-190521056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Transmitting Mechanism.
Inventor: SNYDER HOWARD F
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 21,056. Snyder, H. F., and Hume, J. T. Oct. 17. Variable-speed gearing, comprising combined toothed and friction gear controlled by centrifugal force. A driving-shaft 11 carries arms 14,15, &c. and webs 21 &c. carrying an overhanging rim 20. These arms and webs are rigidly connected to a loose boss 26 upon a fixed shaft 72. The boss 26 carries bearings 28, 29, 27 for the inner ends of rotary spindles 30,31, 32, respectively, the outer ends of which are supported by bearings 33, 34, 35 in the rim 20. The spindles 30, 31, 32 carry bevel pinions 36, 37, 38 constantly in mesh with and rolling on a wheel 73 on the shaft 72. The driven element is a sleeve 78 carrying a toothed wheel 79 which may be locked by a suitable device 82 to a friction disk 81. Pinions 39, 40, 41 sliding on feathers on the spindles 30, 31, 32 roll upon the disk 81 and drive it whenever they move outwards from their most central positions, the dimensions of the elements 73, 36, 39 being arranged to suit. When the speed of the shaft 11 passes a certain amount, the pinions 39, 40, 41 move outwards centrifugally against the action of springs 42, 43, 44 and drive the disk 81 at an increasing rate. Provision is made for ensuring that the pinions 39, 40, 41 shall be travelling in circles of the same radius. The pinion 39 is provided with a collar 64 connected by links 63, 70 to levers 59, 66 which have toothed sectors gearing with sectors upon levers connected to collars on the other pinions.