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Patent GB-190211155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receptacles for Liquids.
Inventor: WEST JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1902-05-15
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 11,155. West, J. H. May 15. Jars &c.-Jars or receptacles for containing beer, wines, mineral waters, milk, oils, and the like are made of enamelled iron or steel, and are provided with taps, screwed or otherwise fixed to the receptacle. The filling-aperture is closed by a cork, or preferably by a screw stopper, and the receptacle is fitted with a handle.
Patent GB-190219830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases or Holders for Pencils, Pens and other Small Articles.
Inventor: HEER ANDREW
Filed: 1902-09-10
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,830. Keer, A. Sept. 10. Caustic and like holders.-Relates to cases or holders for pencils, lunar caustic, or other small articles usually carried in the pocket, and consists in providing the slider b, or its equivalent, with a gripping-device in the form of a slitted metal tube e bent inwards between the slots. The slider b is provided with a thickening strip f for attachment of the thumb-piece c.
Patent GB-190221105-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Buckle or like Fastening Device.
Inventor: SCHMAHL JOHANN CARL
Filed: 1902-09-27
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 21,105. Schmahl, J. C. Sept. 27. Buckles; necktie fastenings.-Buckles or like fastenings for ladies' belts, ribbons, gentlemen's neckties, &c. are constructed in the form of three circular rings A, B, C, or their equivalent, in triangular disposition, one ring being provided with a pin or pins D. The fastenings may be formed by casting or stamping, or by bending wire, and may be ornamented.
Patent GB-190226592-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Locking Nuts
Inventor: BEVERIDGE ROBERT CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1902-12-02
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 26,592. Beveridge, R. C. Dec. 2. Locking nuts.-The nut e is locked by a washer c provided with lugs c' for bending up against opposite faces of the nu. The washer is kept fro n turning on the bolt a by forming the bolt with a flat b and making the bolt-hole in the washer to correspond. The lug c' may be split so that it may be bent up to embrace an angle of the nut.
Patent GB-190228330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Childrens Cots
Inventor: MANNERS ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 28,330. Manners, A. Dec. 23. Cots.-A child's cot is made with longitudinal rockers a. It may be held stationary by a hinged leg E, which may be turned up when the cot is to be rocked or removed. The side and end rails c, d are arranged at different levels so that each may pass completely through the pillar.
Patent GB-190300832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal Ornaments.
Inventor: THOMPSON DENIS RICHARD
Filed: 1903-01-13
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 832. Thompson, D. R. Jan. 13. Drawings to Specification. Automatic instruments.-An automatic instrument is contained in the interior of the base of a piece of bronze or imitation-bronze statuary, or other ornament, which may also carry a clock, barometer, or thermometer. The clock may be connected with the works of the musical instrument so that the latter plays at stated times.
Patent GB-190301385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & connected with Rollers & Fittings for Window Blinds & the like
Inventor: MILWARD HARRY JAMES
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1385. Harman, E. E. Jan 20. Dresses and petti- C o a t s ; dress-improvers. - A skirt or petticoat is formed with a back flap h, as shown in Fig. 7. The front portion of the skirt is cut low, and may be fastened either under or over the corsets by means of strings e. Flaps d, formed on the sidebreadths b of the skirt &c., are covered by the back flap h and so prevent undergarments from showing. The back flap is fastened round the waist by strings f which are tied at the front. The back flap may be padded, as shown at g, to form a dress-improver or bustle and hip pads. When the front portion of the petticoat &c. is worn under the corsets, eyelets may be provided in the petticoat, through which the straps of the stocking suspenders may be passed. The invention may also be applied to divided skirts or knickerbockers, and, in all cases, buttons or other fastenings may be used instead of the strings described. The padding of the back flap may be formed of whalebone, steel, wire-coils, &c., or may consist of a pneumatic pad. If desired, the padding may be dispensed with, and wash-leather or other suitable fabric be substituted. The hip pads and improver may be perforated for ventilation &c.
Patent GB-190301712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-01-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1712. Robinson, A. S. F. Jan. 23. Springwheels; disc wheels; felloes or rims; hubs; packing, elastic and sound-absorbing.-Relates to spring wheels of the type described in Specifications Nos. 15,663 and 22,476, A.D. 1902, in which springs h, interposed between the rim part and the hub part of the wheel, permit of relative radial movement between the two parts. In the form shown in Fig. 1, levers j, pivoted between the side-plates c of the hub part, rest on the curved ends of laminated springs h, which press blocks 52 against curved strips 51 secured between the sides of carriages 28. These carriages are provided with pivoted slippers 50, which rest either directly on the rim d or on interposed springs 42, 64, to prevent rattling. The springs h are connected by bolts or screws 39 to the blocks 52 and, if desired, also to the strips 51, so as to allow relative oscillation between the carriages and springs ; and the blocks may be journalled in the sides of the carriages. Links 75 connect the carriages to the pivots of adjacent levers to prevent excessive relative movement. The inner arms of the carriages are pivoted to radial rods 22, which pass through stops 40 on the plates c, and are provided with nuts 37 to limit the outward radial movement. Openings 53 in the side-plates permit adjustment of the nuts. In modifications, each carriage and its slippers may be formed in one piece, and the positions of the levers j and the carriages 28 may be interchanged. The driving connection between the hub part and the rim part of a driving-wheel is made by a block 54 on the rim part sliding in a slot 55 on the hub part. Additional driving-links 58 connect pins 60 on the rim part to pins 59 on the hub part. In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, the pins 59, 60 are connected by three staples 70, 71, 72, which are resiliently held together by bolts 74 and springs 73.
Patent GB-190309315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Recoil Spring Apparatus for Guns.
Inventor: EHRHARDT GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-04-24
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 9315. Ehrhardt, G. April 24. Mountings.-Relates to recoil apparatus, in which the recoil cylinder c is attached by a collar g to the muzzle of the gun, and consists in providing a tubular screw a for putting the recoil spring in compression. A guide-tube c for the cylinder c is either made in one piece with the screw a, or separate therefrom.
Patent GB-190312941-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Relieving Fluted Tools
Inventor: ECHOLS FRANCIS GLENN
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 12,941. Echols, F. G. June 9. Work-holders; dividing-apparatus.-Relates to indexing or dividing apparatus for use with grinding-machines for relieving the ribs of reamer, tap, and other tool blanks &c. The tool blank 91 is carried between the centre 12 and a spring-controlled centre, the screw bush of which is shown at 98, Fig. 11. The centres are carried by blocks 11, Fig. 5, and 95, Fig. 11, which can be adjusted in grooves in the heads 10', 93 by screws 133<1> and verniers 137. The heads are fixed to shafts 10, 92 turning in the headstock 5 and the tailstock respectively. These shafts are rocked so as to carry the centres along an arc of a circle by means of eccentrics on the shaft 123 and cranks 128 on the shafts 10, 92. The tool blank is held by the dog 90 fixed by the rod 88 and spring 89 to the disc 86, which is turned by friction against the disc 84, connected by pins and springs to the box 80 so as to turn with it. This box is fixed to a sleeve 77 provided with a pin 77' engaging with a slot in a crank 14 on the shaft 13. The pin 77<2> passes freely through a curved slot in the block 11. Thus, by turning the shaft 13, the tool blank is rotated through a frictional connection. The shaft 13 is rigidly fixed to a piston 15<2>, Fig. 9, working in a chamber 16. Compressed air is supplied to the chamber through pipes 27, 34 connected by a valve 28 operated by a rod 40. The extent of motion of the shaft 13 is limited by a stop 52. Immediately after the shaft 13 has been turned by the compressed air, it is drawn back again by a spring attached to an arm on the chamber 16 and to a pin 19, Fig. 5, on the wing 15'. In this reverse motion, the blank 91, Fig. 11, only turns sufficiently to bring the next rib against the stop 111 carried by the spring-controlled pin 109 attached to the head 93 by an adjustable arm 104. The valve-rod 40 is pulled to the right at each end of the travel of the carriage 2 by a lever 41 which is struck above or below its pivot by pins 48 carried by brackets 44, 44<1> adjustably fixed to the carriage. Other pins 49, 46 strike against pins on the lever 51 connected to suitable gearing for reversing the travel of the carriage.
Patent GB-190313364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Raising and Lowering the Stage Scenery and Cloths of Theatres and the like.
Inventor: LYTTON EDWARD
Filed: 1903-06-15
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 13,364. Lytton, E. June 15. Theatrical appliances. - Relates to theatrical apparatus described in Specification No. 24,261, A.D. 1901, for raising and lowering stage scenery, cloths, &c. The ropes carrying the scenery are each wound on a drum c, Fig. 1, mounted loosely on a shaft a driven by an electromotor, and actuated through a clutch e, controlled by an electromagnet i. A brake q and pawl n<x>, Fig. 2, engaging ratchet teeth r on the drum, are also operated with the clutch by means of an inclined groove m<1> in a sliding rod m. The motor is reversed from the stage. The clutch is brought out of gear by a spring k or a second electromagnet. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the clutch lever f<1> is mounted on a tubular shaft carrying an arm i<1>, which, when the clutch is in gear, is held by a catch m<2> but is automatically released by tappets t<1>, t<3>, Fig. 6, on the screen engaging stops on cords attached to arms on the internal shaft o<1>. A cam u<1>, Fig. 4, thereby turns the catch m<2> and frees the lever i<1>. A pawl engaging the ratchet teeth w<1> is also operated from the shaft o<1> by an arm f<2>. The cam u<1> may be curved, as shown in Fig. 4<a>, so as to act in both forward and backward movements. The winding-drum c may be actuated by a hydraulic cylinder, through rope and pulley multiplying-gear. The annular space round the ram is connected to the main so that, when the valve, actuated by an electromagnet, opens the rear end of the cylinder to exhaust, the ram is forced in and allows the scenery to descend by gravity.
Patent GB-190313820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warp and Weft Knitting Machines
Inventor: NICHOLLS GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-06-20
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 13,820. Lake, H. H., [Nicholls, G. T.]. June 20. Circular knitting-machines.-Relates to a machine for making a pattern d, or figured fabric shown in Figs. 18, 19, and, 20, from warp, weft, filling, and knitted threads. The cam-cylinder 69 is fixed, and the needle cylinder 72 rotates. on ball bearings on a ring 75, which can be adjusted in height by set-screws 76. The needle cylinder is driven by spur and bevel gearing from the shaft 35 having a clutch and shipper lever 39 for making the belt pulley 37 fast or loose. The warp threads a are drawn from spools 83 carried on a ring 80 ; they pass through holes in a rirg 86 carried from the ring 80 by arms 84, 85, and thence through holes in " warp distributors" 118, Fig. 11, to the work, which passes between rollers 11,12 to the take-up roller all carried on the rotating ring 5. The "warp distributors," of the form shown in Fig. 11, work in tricks in and pivot on a rib 116 carried by a ring 115 rotating on ball bearings on the fixed ring 67 suspended from the shaft 64 ; they are given a reciprocating radial and up-and-down motion by fixed horizontal and vertical cam-grooves 126, 131 in which engage the ears 133, 134 ; the vertical movement causes them to avoid striking the needle-bed 72. The rings 80, 86, 115 are driven in unison with the needle cylinder by the toothed gearing shown in Fig. 1. The weft threads b are drawn from spools 95, and pass through eyes 23, 21, 91, 92 to the weft guides 137, Fig. 11, which lay them on the outside of the needles. There is a weft guide for each " section " of needles. The knitting-threads c, one to each section of needles, are drawn from spools 98, and pass through eyes, in a similar manner to the weft threads, to thread-guides 142. The filling-threads d, one to each section of needles, are drawn from spools 30, and pass through eyes to thread-guides 146, Fig. 3, which lay them on the insides of the needle. Each needle has two butts, one of which, 101, is always operated by the usual knitting-cams 108, the other butts are at different heights on the needles A, B. C and are operated on by special pattern cams. The pattern depends on the order in which the needles A, B, C are arranged and on their operation by the special cams. The needles work in grooves and between projections 107 on the needle cylinder. Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically in plan the action of a section of needles ; it will be seen that the weft thread b is drawn by the warps a behind the needles B, C which are not acted on by the special pattern cam which operates the needles A. In the next section, the needles B will be raised and the weft will be drawn behind the needles A, C, and so on, thus producing a diagonal pattern.
Patent GB-190317132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dampening and Ironing Machines.
Inventor: WILES THOMAS SHIRES
Filed: 1903-08-06
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 17,132. Wiles, T. S. Aug. 6. Ironing-machines.-Relates to a machine provided with damping-appliances in which moisture applied to the article under treatment is converted into steam which impregnates or permeates the article uniformly; this damping-mechanism is combined with ironing-mechanism so that collars, cuffs, &c. may be damped and ironed at one operation. Fig. 1 shows one form of the machine. The article to be damped is placed on an endless apron E which travels through a watertrough F and conveys the article between a fabric-covered roller B' and heated rollers C<3>. Adjustable wringing-rollers G, G', regulate the quantity of moisture in the apron E. The article is ironed by passing it between two pairs of rollers B<1>, C', and B, C', one of each pair being covered with fabric and the other heated, while the fabric-covered roller and heated roller in one pair are arranged inversely to those of the other pair. Levers D, D<1>, D<4>, D<5>, D', D<8> serve to separate the fabric-covered rollers from the heating-rollers, and to raise the apron E off from the heating-rollers C<3>. The rotary fabric-covered ironing - rollers may be replaced by a fabric-covered reciprocating body. The apron E may be dispensed with, and the roller B<2> be moistened by contact with a wet roller or by means of a water spray. The damping- apparatus may be mounted in a separate framework adapted to be bolted to that of the ironing- apparatus.
Patent GB-190317252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for the Casting of Baths or other similar Vessels of Aluminium or Alloys of a similar Character
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE
Filed: 1903-08-08
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 17,252. Moore, G., and McEwen, A. D. Aug. 8. Casting and moulding; castings.-Relates to cores for baths and similar vessels of aluminium and alloys of a similar nature, and to means for facilitating their removal from the moulds to allow them to cool quickly. During the construction of the core from green sand or the like, plates 6, 6, are inserted, and are removed before the casting-operation to allow the core to collapse under the shrinking metal. Lugs 9, Fig. 3, or similar projections, are cast on the vessel to enable it to be raised from the moulding-box. These lugs are removed when the casting has cooled.
Patent GB-190318468-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tip Bucket.
Filed: 1903-08-27
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 18,468. Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., and Davis, F. W. Aug. 27. T i p - buckets.- The bottom a is hinged to the side at c, and is connected to the rope m by arms f, pivoted to the ends of a cross-bar e, and connected to rods g sliding in brackets and guides i, j and secured to a cross-bar fitted with an eye l for the rope. The full bucket is lifted by the rope m, and on the weight being taken by the chains n, the bottom a opens, and the load is discharged.
Patent GB-190324207-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting the Shelves of Book Cases and the like.
Filed: 1903-11-07
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 24,207. Lucy & Co., W., and Lawrence, J. Nov. 7. Book cases and shelves.-Bookcases and the like are provided with uprights a, a' having vertical racks b, preferably cast in one with them. Teeth c are formed on the shelf-bearers d, and the shelves e are made of such a length that, when in position, they prevent the bearers from being moved by abutting against the ledges d' on the bearers d. The uprights a, a', &c. are suitably connected by bolts and distance-pieces.
Patent GB-190325215-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment for the Peaks of Military, Naval, and other Caps.
Inventor: EVANS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-19
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 25,215. Evans, F. W. Nov. 19. Drawings to Specification. Trimmings.-The peaks of military, naval, bandsmen's, and other uniform caps are ornamented by winding thread or wire upon a foundation strip. The whole is then attached to the peak by solution &c. and the border sewn round so as to give the appearance of hand embroidery.
Patent GB-190326597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyor Chains
Inventor: GARLAND MICHAEL
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 26,597. Garland, M. Sept. 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Driving and like chains.-The links of conveyer chains which are composed of separate links adapted to be hooked together to form an endless chain without the use of pintles, bolts, or nuts, consist of cross-bars 1 having side-arms 2, carrying sockets 3 to receive the ends 4 of the adjacent cross - bars. To prevent the side - bars from springing apart, the ends 4 have beads or ribs 4<a> which engage in corresponding recesses in the sockets 3. The bars 1 are preferably cut away, as shown at 1<b> in Fig. 3, to enable the chains, in conveying granular material, to scrape clean the bottom of the trough. The side-bars 2 may also be provided with wings 5 having rearward and upward inclinations. To lubricate the sockets 3, the lubricant is passed through perforations 1<a> in the cross-bars 1, which are preferably hollow, the lubricant passing out through perforations in the ends or sides of the ends 4.
Patent GB-190409423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trousers Clips for Cyclists.
Inventor: ZSCHAEPE OTTO
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 9423. Zschõpe, O., aud Leineweber, B. April 25. Trouser clips; trouser stretchers. - Consists of appliances to be permanently secured within the trouser legs. Two rods a, b, pivoted together at c, are fastened to the trousers by sewing through holes at the upper ends and by means of the fastening parts e, d at the lower ends, as these parts are made to project through the trousers to the exterior. The fastenings may be, as shown, a hook and eye or a spring-button. The lower ends of the rods are connected by a spring f which lies in the fold at the bottom of the trousers. To use the appliance as a trouser clip, the parts e, d are fastened together. The appliance, in its extended position, exerts a stretching-action on the trouser legs.
Patent GB-190410733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Working of Gas Producing Apparatus for use with Fuels of a Bituminous Nature.
Inventor: HILLS HORACE GASTINEAU
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 10,733. Hills, H. G., and Lane, H. May 10. Gas producers.-In a gas-producing apparatus for use with fuels of a bituminous nature, a vertical metal case has a refractory lining 2, and is fitted with a hopper 3 having a lid 4. The lower end of the case dips into water in the ashpan 5. The case is connected by the junction 6 with an external regenerator or vaporizer 7. The grate 8 is made in segments, and has hollow bars connected with series of tubes 10, 11 embedded in the lining 2. The case has a sheet-iron jacket 12 and is provided with annular pipes 13,14. A fire is initially lighted in the case and is replenished with fuel from above. The products ; of combustion pass through the grate into the regenerator 7 over the partition 15. and into the atmosphere through the outlet 16, which is temporarily put in communication with a chimney, or with a power or hand driven fan. Air to support the combustion enters the inlets 17, and passes through the jacket 12 and the orifices 18 into the belt 14, which it leaves by the passage 19, and passes round the vaporizer 7, where it may be moistened, if necessary, by water flowing down the helical channel 22. The heated and more-orless-moistened air then passes through the passage 23 into the belt 13, and thence down the series of tubes 10, through the tubes in the grate, and up the tubes 11, from the upper end of which it passes into the fuel. The combustion proceeds downwards, and the fuel descends by its weight. When conditions are suitable, the chimney is disconnected, and the gas is drawn away, preferably by sucking ; or air may be forced in by a steam jet or other means.
Patent GB-190412701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pipe Joints.
Inventor: FEAST STANLEY
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,701. Feast, S., and Osmond, W. June 4. Clip joints; hose, connecting to metal tubes.- Comprises a clip for securing a rubber tube to a metal tube, especially applicable for the water cooling-systems of motor cars. The clip is formed out of flat blank having a slot c and tongue b. The blank is bent around the tube twice, the outer convolution being formed by passing the tongue through the slot, and the clip is then drawn up by a bolt and nut.