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Patent GB-190227495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Cutting & the like Machines
Inventor: GRAVE LANCELOT WALTER DE
Filed: 1902-12-13
Granted: 1903-12-12
Abstract: 27,495. Grave, L. W. de. Dec. 13. Undercutting &c.-A chain B carrying the cutters of a coal-cutting or like machine is driven from the motor shaft through bevel gearing C, C' and a sprocket-wheel D, and is carried by an arm capable of being clamped in any angular position on the sprocket-wheel shaft D<1>. A casting E, G carrying the shaft D' isrevolvably mounted on a boss F on the motor frame, so that it can be bolted in position for shearing or holing.
Patent GB-190301515-A (GB)
Title: Process for Converting Unsaturated Fatty Acids or their Glycerides into Saturated Compounds.
Inventor: NORMANN WILHELM
IPC: C11C3/12
Filed: 1903-01-21
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 1515. Normann, W. Jan. 21. Fatty acids. -Unsaturated fatty acids or their glycerides are converted into saturated compounds by reduction with hydrogen, a powdered metal, such as nickel, cobalt, copper, or iron, being also used as a catalytic agent. The catalytic material may be used repeatedly. Pure oleic acid, commercial fatty acids, olive oil, linseed oil, fish oil, and other fats and oils may be treated by this process. Instead of pure hydrogen, commercial gas mixtures, such as water gas, may be used.
Patent GB-190304858-A (GB)
Title: Process of Treatment of the Residuary Liquors of Sugar Factories.
Inventor: SUDRE CHARLES
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 4858. Sudre, C. June 3, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Manures.-Relates to the treatment of vinasses in order to obtain glycerine and other useful products therefrom. The residual liquid obtained by special treatment, and which retains all the potash and nitrogen, solidifies and is used as manure.
Patent GB-190311009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Cutting Tools.
Inventor: RABIGER EMIL HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 11,009. Rabiger, E. H., and Rabiger, R. G. May 21, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tool-holders.-Relates to tool-holders for lathes to be used in cutting rounded grooves, fillets, &c. The shank of the holder is clamped in the carriage or rest in the ordinary way. The tool is secured in the manner shown, or in any other suitable manner, to a spindle 3, which can be rotated by the worm gear shown, or by any other gear. The worm spindle passes through an eccentric sleeve, which can be rotated by the pin 15, to place the worm in, or out of, gear. The spindle 3 and the worm spindle have squared ends to receive a wrench, by which they can be rotated.
Patent GB-190311470-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Windows
Inventor: CALLIE JOHN
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 11,470. Callie, J. May 20. Window; window and ventilator opening and closing apparatus.-The window 1 is mounted on the vertical pins 2, 2<1>, and is lifted to clear the sill by the cam 14 bearing against the plate 16 under the pin 2<1>. Part of the weight is taken by springs 18 on guide-pins 17. The window-opening is made deeper than the window 1, to allow the window to be lifted, and the space is closed by a sliding piece 7, which is raised by pulling the cord 8 and actuating the cam 10 bearing the bar 11 attached to the piece 7. The opening may be used for ventilation. Pins 6, on the bottom rail, pin the window at different angles by engaging in holes in the window frame. The window is locked against shaking, when closed, by a pin 23, Fig. 6, on a sliding sash taking into a bayonet slot 22<1> formed in a plate 22 fixed to the window framing.
Patent GB-190312975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Apparatus for the Beating or Grinding of Fibrous and other Materials.
Inventor: CALDWELL WILLIAM HAY
Filed: 1903-06-09
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 12,975. Caldwell, W. H. June 9. Pulping-engines.-Relates to machinery for beating or grinding fibrous material &c. for making pulp, colours, chocolate, &c. A fixed disc 12, Fig. 1, and a rotating disc 5 are provided with radial ribs 5<a> 12b, and rims 5<b>, 12<a>. Radial, phosphor-bronze bars 11, 15 are arranged between the concentric rings 10, 10<a>, and 14, 14<a> of similar material. The bars 15 may be inclined to the axis of the disc carrying them as shown in Fig. 3, so that an inclined or rotary motion will be imparted to the material, fed at the inlet 3 at a pressure sufficient to prevent cavitation, while passing between the discs. To adjust the distance between the two sets of rounded, square, or sharp bars, the block 17, having grooves in which the collars 16<a>, of the shaft 6 carrying the disc 5 fit, is moved endwise by turning the wheel 18. The outlet is adjusted by the wheel 24. In one modification, the shaft 6 is carried through the casing, the outlet passage being made eccentric. An additional sleeve with a set of rotary bars or blades suitably inclined or curved is used to draw the material to the outlet. In another modification, Fig. 6, the rotary bars 11, and fixed bars 15, may be so shaped that the working space between them will be cylindrical or of truncated conical shape. In the latter case the distance apart of the bars 11, 15 can be varied by adjusting endwise the hollow shaft 6, through which the material is fed. The passage 29 is connected with an adjustable outlet.
Patent GB-190313261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slubbing, Intermediate and Roving Frames.
Inventor: RHODES WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 13,261. Rhodes, H. W. June 13. Slubbing, intermediate, and roving frames. - relates to improvements in the machine described in Specification No. 3814, A.D. 1898, and comprises means whereby the driving-bands of two diameters there described are dispensed with. The two slivers to form a slubbing, after leaving the drawing-rollers, each pass through a separate tube 13, driven by cords 24 from grooved pulleys 23 on the shaft 22 which is driven from the main driving-shaft. Each of the cords 20 passes between pivoted levers 27 and a grooved bar 28 ; the levers are actuated by a reciprocating notched bar 29, operated by the cam 30 on the shaft 20, so as to grip and afterwards release, each cord alternately. By this means, one of the tubes 13 is being driven while the other is held stationary, and vice versÔ they may be rotated in the same or opposite directions. The slubbings then pass between rollers 31 and enter together into a single tube 32, which is driven first in one direction, and then in the other, by a cord 39 from a pulley 38 on the shaft 37. This shaft is rotated in alternate directions by means of a rack, mounted eccentrically upon a disc driven from the main driving-shaft, engaging with a pinion fixed to the shaft 37. The slubbing is then wound on to tubes 17 supported upon the rotating drums 42, carried by a reciprocating rail 44, actuated by a heart-shaped cam. A ratchet-wheel 55, Fig. 6, operated by adjustable stops 61, 62 engaging with pawls 56, 57, rotates the screw 54 gradually lowering the nut 59 and the projecting stud 60, sliding in a slot in the plate 46, whereby the length of the traverse is gradually shortened.
Patent GB-190317397-A (GB)
Title: Machines for Beating or Whipping Confectioners' Creams and the like.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1903-08-11
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 17,397. Fairweather, W., [Racine Machinery Manufacturing Co.]. Aug. 11. Moving-beater appa. ratus.-Syrup for confectioners' creams is introduced into an oval cylinder 11, Figs. 1 and 4, and agitated by spiral beater-blades 27, Fig. 4. These form a screw surface and are mounted on a shaft 18, mounted eccentrically and connected to a countershaft and pulley by a pin and slot arrangement shown in Fig. 3. Between each pair of moving blades is a spiral stationary blade 25 of opposite inclination fixed in a vertical frame, which can be moved in and out along grooves in which it fits, to facilitate cleaning. Air is allowed free access by means of the grating 29, the opening 31, and the open right-hand end. The part of the cylinder immediately below the hopper is circular and concentric with the shaft, but the oval shape of the body of the cylinder, and the eccentricity of the shaft, cause the interspace to be wider near the grating and narrower on the right, and thus the material is prevented from escaping through the grating. To render the feed as quick as possible and so prevent crystallisation &c. there are no fixed b'ades in the circular part 13, the moving blades being contiguous. Fig. 3 shows the clutch for connecting the shafts. The shouldered end 17 of the shaft 18, bearing a pin 20, fits into a socket 16 on the countershaft 14, the pin engaging the slots 19.
Patent GB-190321637-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Alarm-clock
Inventor: PETERS HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 21,637. Peters, H. Oct. 8. Signals, time alarm.-The circuit of an electric bell is completed at any quarter of any hour of the day. The hour-hand arbor prolonged to the back of the clock carries an extra hand 2, Fig. 2, which travels over forty-eight contacts 6 on the back of the case, while it is permanently connected to one pole of a battery 27 by means of a central stationary disc 7. These contacts are wired to corresponding contacts on a switchboard 9, the twelve, Fig. 1, for the hours being presented on the opposite side of the board to the thirty-six, Fig. 2, for the quarters. By setting a conducting-handle 10, Figs. 1 and 4, to any one of the hour-contacts, an insulated arm 16, Figs. 2 and 4, bearing three conducting- fingers 20, is set to the corresponding quarter contacts. Through central rings C, 21, 22, 23, Fig. 4, the handle and fingers are permanently connected to four other contacts 15, a, b, c, Fig. 1, any one of which is joined to the other pole of the battery by a second handle 11.
Patent GB-190322541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Reflectors
Inventor: HILL EDWIN JAMES NICHOLSON
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 22,541. Hill, E. J. N. Oct. 19. Reflectors, which may be applied to gas and other lamps and lights, consist of four reflecting faces g arranged so as to form a prism with a lozenge - shaped cross - section ; or more or less than four faces may be employed. The reflector is retained a t a n y desired height upon the pendant or lamp by means of a socket e which embraces a vertical rod a on the pendant, and is secured by a set-screw h. When more than two burners are used, a reflector is interposed between each pair of burners. The faces g are so inclined, that, when viewed in a plane at right-angles to a plane passing through the axes of the burners, the two images of the mantles combine to form one of double width, as shown at i.
Patent GB-190323354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Removable and Adjustable Packings for Elastic-fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1903-10-28
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 23,354. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 28. Steam &c. turbines.-In order to prevent leakage between the stages of a multiple-expansion turbine, the partitions between the stages are fitted with packing-rings which are adjustable and renewable. As shown in plan in Fig. 2, the shaft 7 passes through a partition 5 separating two adjacent stages of the turbine and provided with a diametral channel 10 aligning with openings in the casing closed by covers 14. A packing-ring 9 made in two or more sections surrounds the shaft, and is held against the shaft by plates 1 1 pressed by springs 13 on adjustable rods 12. By removing the covers, the rings can be removed without disturbing the casing. The constructional details may be modified.
Patent GB-190401086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to,m Automatic Sprinklers for Fire-extinguishing
Inventor: BARBER THOMAS WALTER
Filed: 1904-01-15
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1086. Barber, T. W. Jan. 15. Actuating lift valves; dirt, preventing lodgment of; leakage, preventing.- Relates to means for ope- rating and preventing deposits in automatic sprinklers. The valve d, Fig. 1, is held upon its seat by a lever n, one end of which rests loosely on lugs l, the other being held by a fusible and adjustable connection. A thin film f of rubber &c., which is burst by a rush of water, prevents a deposit in the valve. The fusible connection con- sists of an adjusting-screw r, one end being con- nected to the frame and the other to a plug or lug soldered to the lever n. The screw r effects an adjustment of the valve so as to prevent leakage.
Patent GB-190403523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand-telephones.
Inventor: FRIEDLAENDER ALBERT
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-02-11
Abstract: 3523. Friedlaender, A. Feb. 12. Telephones. - In a hand combination set, the usual switch b is provided in the handle a, from which project tubes d, c secured by screws d<1>, d<2>. The receiver e and transmitter f are adjustably secured to these tubes by screws g, a crosssection of the clamping-device being shown in Fig. 3. The screw g passes through a plug i within the tube. In the receiver, the electromagnet is formed of an iron or steel plate q carrying the core o. The steel plate is held at its edges by the rolled-in groove r, radial strips being also bent upwards at s into close proximity to the diaphragm p. If the cores are arranged in pairs, the upward bending of radial strips is unnecessary. A central core with a concentric iron cylinder round the coil may be used. The doubly-coned earpiece t is secured in place by the overturned edge v, and a protective grating u is secured to its thin central edge by bending the radial projections w. The microphone f is provided with a mouthpiece j shaped as shown. A soft ring attached to the diaphiagm encloses the carbon granules. The mouthpiece is attached by projections y<1> passed through holes surrounding the protective grating j<2>.
Patent GB-190405469-A (GB)
Title: Analytical Scales
Inventor: REIMANN GEORG
Filed: 1904-03-05
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5469. Reimann, G. March 5. Chemical balances. - The weighing-mechanism is separated from the pans and supported by a horizontal partition a, so that the pans can be made larger than usual, the usual pillar being dispensed with, and the mechanism is protected when acids and the like are weighed. The movement of the front sliding door is also arranged to arrest and release the balance. On depressing the lever k, Figs. 1 and 2, by means of the protruding extension n, the pans c, d are first released by the removal of the brushes p consequent upon the rotation of the axis o. The top of the slot w in the vertical rod q, which passes through the partition a, coming into contact with the pin y, then depresses the lever u and frees the beam b, the swings of which are indicated by the pointer e, from tappets t attached to an axis parallel to the axis s. On releasing the extension n, the whole is brought back into place by the springs r, x, first the beam and then the pans being arrested. The extension n, which can be folded back into the case when not in use, protrudes through the slot v in the lower left-hand corner of the sliding front g, Fig. 3. When the covering pivoted bolt l is turned down and the front g is lowered, the extension n is depressed by the notch m, and the balance is thus released.
Patent GB-190406937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Hoods for Ladies and Children.
Inventor: CHAPMAN JULIANA
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 6937. Chapman, J., [trading as "Madame Julie."] March 22. Capes; jackets; cloaks.-A hood a, Fig. 1, for ladies and children, may be made with a cape b, and is provided with an elastic neck strap f at the front and back, and an elastic strip g near the front edge. The cape is fastened in front by buttoned straps c, and additional straps d are attached to the back of the cape to fasten it down under the arms of the wearer, the ends of the straps being fastened in front by buttons e. When used with a fur cloak or jacket, the cape is provided with buttonholes which engage buttons on the cloak.
Patent GB-190407403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Book Holders.
Inventor: PETTIT JERRY POOR
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 7403. Pettit, J. P., and Hedger, J. C. March 28. Book stands; leaf-holders.-The book shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines, is supported on the holder at the bottom by forked rests 16, adjustably mounted on rods 13, pivotally clamped at 14 to the supporting-bar 1. This bar is held by an adjustable wedge 7 and horizontal pivot 4 in a lug 2, pivoted vertically to a clamp 6 for clamping on to a table, stand, or other article of support. The wedge 7 for adjusting the height of the book has a pin 12 whereby to adjust it, and a tooth 8, pressed into notches on the underside of the bar 1 by the spring 10, holds it in position. A clamp 22 holds the upper part of the book, and is adjusted by sliding the rods 23 in a double clamp 24, and clamping them by the screw 26, which draws the two halves of the clamp 24 together. A pivotal clip 27 adjustably supports one of the rods 23 on the bar 1. A suitably-shaped back support 29 is adjustably fixed to the arm 1 through a curved arm 30 and clamping-screw 31. Spring leaf-holders 19, with teeth at the ends 20, are held in position by sufficient frictional contact on the rods 13. The holder may be folded up into a small space when not in use.
Patent GB-190408624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pen Points.
Inventor: WILSON CHRISTOPHER JENKINS
Filed: 1904-04-14
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8624. Wilson, C. J. April 14. Ruling pens.-Nibs are formed from a blank of the form shown in Fig. 4, the inner edges of the slit near its end being drawn inwardly and upwardly and the outer edges 5 being bent inwards towards each other and downwardly, so that the pen has the form shown in Fig. 3. An ink-retaining channel is thus produced. At the end of the blanks are recesses 7 so that the completed nib has the form shown in Fig. 1. On account of its special shape, the pen is suitable for ruling.
Patent GB-190408915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs.
Inventor: BIDMEAD RICHARD MORRIS
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8915. Bidmead, R. M. April 18. Chairs.-Relates to chairs with movable backs and head-rests. The back A, pivoted either to the seat frame X or to the legs, is controlled by one or two spiral or other springs B attached to the arms C or, when the chair has no arms, to the seat frame X. One or more hooks D on the back A may be used in conjunction with pins a<1> to retain the back against the arm-rests. In another form of chair, the arm-rest may be either pivoted or fixed to the back A and pivoted to a link which is also pivoted at its other end to the seat frame X, to which in this case the spring is attached, so that, when the back-rest is moved, the arms also follow its movements. A padded head-rest G, independent from the chair upholstering, has bearings movable in slots K, formed in pivoted links H, by means of screw spindles, so that, by rotating the knobs l, the head-rest may be raised or lowered and also adjusted by rotating it on the pivots h. The links H may be secured at any inclination by suitable means. The head-rest may also be simply supported in bearings in continuations of the two back-rails A. Either of these two forms may be applied to any of the chairs described, or to a chair with a rigid back-rest, or the chairs may be constructed without the head-rests. The Provisional Specification states that the headrest may be supported in bearings in links pivoted to the top of the back-rails A, or, in another form, the head-rest may be movable in grooves in continuations of the back-rails by means of screw spindles and knobs, as described above.
Patent GB-190410767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Treatment of Printed Yarns for use in Making Tapestry, Tapestry Velvet Carpets, Table Covers and similar Printed Fabrics and in Apparatus Employed in the said Manufacture or Treatment.
Inventor: ANDERSON JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 10,767. Anderson, J. W., and Inverarity, A. F. May 10. Yarns,drying &c.-During the treatment, after washing, of printed yarns to be used in making tapestry, tapestry velvet carpet, table covers, and similar printed fabrics, the hanks of yarn are dried under tension, to prevent variation in the amount of shrinking of the different yarns and consequent throwing out of match of the pattern and also to allow the use of longer settings. The hanks are placed on horizontal bars a, a', Figs. 1 and 2, supported by hooked brackets b, b<2>. The brackets b<2> are then adjusted, to vary the tension on the yarn, either before or during the process of drying, by turning the screwed shaft c<3> having a toothed wheel c<2> thereon, which gears with the internally-screwed wheels c, thus traversing the screws e. The middle or sagging portions of the hanks are supported by a woven wire fabric g, stretched between the bars f. Both brackets b, b' may be made adjustable.
Patent GB-190414072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Transmission of Vibrating or Wave Sounds Messages Signals and the like.
Inventor: WHITE ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 14,072. White, R. J. June 21. Telephones, mechanical.-Sounds and messages are transmitted along a metal tube, or a tube and wire, which can simultaneously be used for electric telegraphy and telephony. The tube may be bare or insulated, and where it is supported it is made double in order to carry the vibrations past the support. In Fig. 1, receivers and transmitters B are attached to the line-tube a at two stations. At c the vibrations are transmitted by a short wooden tube, sounding-board, or any suitable electric insulator, and the wires d connect the line to the electric apparatus. The line may be earthed if desired. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with the electric wires from street services. The calls are made by a certain number of taps on the tube, according to the station or room called, or private calls may be given by an electric bell, or air pressure or vacuum whistle, the tube being airtight. Fig. 2 shows an intercommunication instrument. The ends of the line tubes a are fitted with whistles, and the connecting-tube e has an elastic ball and tube E<1>, for calling. A chain communicates with a receiver g, and a transmitter F is provided. A branch tube a' may be attached. A transmitter and receiver are shown in Fig. 4. The receiver is pivotally mounted on a tube, which is pivoted to the line-tube a, whereas the transmitter is fixed to the latter. The receiver may be rigidly fixed to the cross-tube. Two receivers may be used to one transmitter, one being pivoted, the other fixed, to the crosstubes. A flexible tube and ball may be provided for calling. The transmitter shown in Fig. 8 has a funnel i, a carbon diaphragm bottom i<1>, a loose packing i<2> of wool, paper, or rubber, and flanges i<3> for screwing on to supports. Another form has a loose concave metal disc under the funnel, with or without a central hole. The mouthpiece may be at the side, and a rubber ring placed at each end of the cylindrical box. A soundpost, connected by a chain or flexible wire, which must be held taut when in use, to the tube, may be fitted inside the box.