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Patent GB-190412038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Photographic Dark Slides.
Inventor: HOLDEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-27
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,038. Holden, W., and Schofield, J. May 27. Dark slides dishes; developing.-A dark slide is provided with a space for containing developing- solution and channels for introducing the solution. The sliding part is fitted with ruby or other glass and with an opaque slide. The dark slide, which is an improvement on that described in Specification No. 27,021, A.D. 1903, is made up of two parts a, b fastened together by the hinges c and clips d, or by other means. The part a is provided with a rim g, which fits into the recess in the part band holds the plate f in position. The sliding portion i slides in the part a and carries a protective glass k and an opaque slide l. For developing, the dark slide is laid on its back band the developer is poured in through the opening m in the part a and runs along the channels n in the part b and through the ports o into the space containing the plate f. A slide p normally covers the hole m. A draining-outlet provided with a plug q enables the used solution to be run out easily. A double dark slide may be made by duplicating the device described at the back of the part b,
Patent GB-190413213-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Automatic Trap for Insects and Vermin.
Inventor: MCCALLUM COLIN
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,213. McCallum, C., and Stewart, W. June 11. Traps.-An automatic trap for vermin and insects consists of a vessel containing water, counterbalanced hinged doors concealing the liquid, and d swinging plate to support the bait. The curved doors B, C are counterbalanced by springs or by weights D, E attached to projecting tail-pieces f, g. When an animal attempts to reach the bait or decoy attached to the swinging plate G, it steps upon the doors B, C and is precipitated into the water, the doors afterwards returning to their normal position. Roughened inclines I, J may be hooked to the vessel A, and handles may be provided.
Patent GB-190416413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubbing for Sinking Shafts by Employment of the Freezing Process.
Inventor: RAKY ANTON
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1905-07-25
Abstract: 16,413. Raky, A. July 25. Shafts.-Relates to a joint for connecting two lengths of tubbing of different diameters in sinking shafts by the freezing process. Tubbing a is used to line a shaft, sunk by the aid of freezing-tubes b, the shaft being deepened and lined with smaller tubbing c. To prevent water from entering from below, the bottom part of the tubbing c is filled with concrete d. A flanged ring e serves to join the rings a, c and is formed with holes f in which are fixed stand-pipes g. The Provisional Specification states that the pipes g may be provided with controlling-cooks.
Patent GB-190417153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armor Piercing Projectiles
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 17,153. Justice, P. M., [Bethlehem Steel Co.]. Aug. 5. Projectiles, ordnance.-The internally arch-shaped base of the projectile is strengthened by ribs 13, which are preferably continuous with the ribs 11 of the cylindrical wall. In order to avoid weakening the wall, the rifling-band 15 is placed at the extreme rear end.
Patent GB-190419427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1904-09-09
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,427. Brooks, J. B. Sept. 9. Cameras; roller slides; lens fittings.-In a roll-film camera, a screen is arranged to allow pictures of various sizes to be taken without waste of film. The lens is mounted on a pivot on which it is rotated for exposure by a spring, and the exposure is varied by means of a piston and plunger. A panoramic camera is described, but the screen arrangements may be applied to any roll-film camera. Fig. 3 is a plan, partly in section, of the camera. The film is fed from the roller c, and passes around the circular guides a to the take-up roller d<2>. An opaque screen is wound on the roller f and passes along the same guides a and is joined to two tapes, one at the top and one at the bottom, which are attached to the roller g. This roller is frictionally driven by the film on the roller d<2>, against which it is held by the spring g<2> acting on the swing lever g<1>. As the film is wound on to the take-up roller d', the screen e is moved forwards with it. Stops on the screen indicate when the exposed film is wound on. The screen e may then be re-wound on the roller f<2> to leave the film ready for exposure. The roller d<2> is prevented from turning back by a one-way clutch ; a friction cam h, held by a spring, is shown in Fig. 3. The roller f has a pinion f<3> gearing with a rack f<4>, which carries a finger j for indicating on a scale j<1> the length of film uncovered by the screen e. The pointer k is connected by the links k<2>, k<1> to the finger j and serves as a viewfinder, pointing at the object which occupies the centre of the uncovered film. The lens is mounted on a pivot q<2>, provided with a pinion o<2>, the axis of which passes through the optical centre of the lens and is the centre of the circle in which the film moves. A spiral spring around the pivot maintains the lens in its normal position. When displaced, it is held by a spring catch q acting on the rack o<1> which forms part of the airtight plunger in a cylinder o, which is provided with an adjustable valve with an index o<6>. This valve serves to regulate the speed at which the lens moves, and therefore also the exposure. The film and screen rollers and lens-carrier are mounted on the front or top of the camera so as readily to admit of charging films or examination of the apparatus. The spindle d<2> is connected with its handle by key-pieces and slots to allow the spindle to be withdrawn. It is held in position by a projection on the body of the camera engaging grooves on its upper end. Instead of the rolling screen shown, a pleated screen may be substituted, operated by pivoted levers which serve also to indicate the amount of film exposed. The Provisional Specification describes a two-chambered exposure regulator in which the fluid is moved by a vane through a channel which may be varied in size by a plug or valve ; also a modified form of the guide-frame having near its ends upright slots through which the film passes.
Patent GB-190422084-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Shirts
Inventor: SIMPSON JOSEPH EARL
Filed: 1904-10-14
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,084. Simpson, J. E. Oct. 14. Shirts.- The neckbands of soft-fronted shirts are stiffened by the insertion of detachable stiffeners 4. The neckband is opened at the back and the stiffener is inserted between the two layers of fabric. It is held in position by the stud which is passed through the band, the stiffener, and a flap 6. The ends may pass beyond the front stud holes and are then provided with corresponding holes. In a modification, a special pocket may be sewn on the outside of the neck band.
Patent GB-190427727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Umbrellas.
Inventor: FUNK PERRY
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,727. Funk, P. Dec. 19. Telescopic and folding umbrellas.-The stick of a folding umbrella is made in two sections A, A<1>, Fig. 1, and the contracted end a of the section A, screwing into the hollow section A', is provided with an eye a<1> for the reception of a link K, which is connected to a rod N having a cylindrical head N'. A pin or stop 0 in the section A' serves to limit the movement of the rod N when the two sections of the stick are unscrewed for the purpose of folding the umbrella in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. The rib is formed in three or more telescoping parts E, F, Q. The parts E, Q are flanged, and bent to form guideways for the centre piece F, which is formed with upturned ends and eonnected to the brace C by means of a collar G. In a modified construction of rib, the sections E', E<3>, Fig. 5, are enclosed by a tubular sleeve F<2>, and are pivotally connected by a link E<4> the telescoping movement of the sections being limited by providing one of them with a collar E<5>. Fig. 7 shows a modified form of stick. The upper section A<3> is fitted with springs A<5>, A<6>, the former of which is adapted to bear upon the outside of a sleeve B<2> in the section A<6> when the stick is extended.
Patent GB-190500881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Automatically Indicating Loss or Passage of Electric Current.
Inventor: WIELAND FRITZ
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 881. Wieland, F. Jan. 16. Switches. - In a current detector, a mercury switch e is attached to the armature c of a high-resistance electro - magnet b, so that, when the armature is attracted, the circuit of a low-resistance electro - magnet h is closed by the tilting of the switch.
Patent GB-190503521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fenders for Tramway Cars and the like.
Inventor: PELLIZZONI GAETANO
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 3521. Pellizzoni, G. Feb. 20, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-The angular cradle e of a life guard for tramcars is pivoted between two supports on the car and coupled by rods h, g, or by other means, to the overhung end j of the gate f, which is pivoted between two other supports. The gate and cradle may be of netting or other construction, and the front edge of the cradle may be made of rubber, or provided with a roller or the like. The automatic action may be replaced by a pedal action, in which case the gate f is dispensed with and the rod .q is actuated by a rod l and a crank, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190505134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Pins for Ladies' Hats and the like.
Inventor: MCKECHNIE ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 5134. McKechnie, R. March 11. Pins, dress and like.-A. point protector for hatpins and the like consists of a tube d, Fig. 4, fixed to an ornamental frame c and carrying at the end a plate f with two spring arms g. The plate is pierced at the centre and has slits i by the side of the aperture h, as shown in Fig. 3, so that by compression of the arms g the aperture h is widened, as in Fig. 4, to admit the pin, which has a ridge or groove near the point. On release of the arms g, the pin is securely held.
Patent GB-190506035-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Cutting or Punching Button or Stud Holes
Inventor: CRAWFORD GEORGE
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 6035. Crawford, G., and Brittain, G. A. March 22. Button-holes.-In a machine for cutting or punching button-holes, a number of suitably-shaped punches 15 are adjustably fitted in grooves 14 in T-heads 13 of punch rods 5, capable of reciprocating in adjustable guides 4 and fixed by nuts 9 into a slotted bar 8 operated by levers passing through holes 10. The upward stroke is effected by springs 11. If desired, the punch may remain stationary, and the table 1 may be raised or lowered.
Patent GB-190513053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing and Scouring Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: AINLEY JOHN SHAW
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 13,053. Ainley, J. S. June 24. Washing.-In a machine for washing textile piece goods, the fabric is alternately immersed in the washing-liquor and squeezed, the ends being joined together and the fabrics traversed to and fro, as many times as desired, through one or more sets of three or more rollers, preferably two sets of three each. The two sets of rollers 2, 2<1>, 2<2> and 3, 3<1>, 3' are mounted in suitable bearings in a tank or vessel. containing the washing-liquor. The surfaces of the rollers are normally maintained in contact by ordinary yielding devices of adjustable springs or levers and weights. One roller, such as 3, is driven, the roller 2 being driven therefrom by a belt 6 or chain or toothed gear. The other rollers of each set are driven from the rollers 3, 2 by means of belts 4, 9 and adjustable tension pulleys 5, 10, respectively or by frictional contact or by gearing. The fabric A passes first over an idle roller 11, then between the squeezing-rollers 2<1>, 2<2>, and over a traverse roller 12 driven by a belt 12<1>. The fabric then hangs in the tank 1 and passes over a roller 13, between the squeezing- rollers 3<1>, 3<2>, and over a traverse pulley 14 driven by a belt 14'. It then passes down and up through adjacent, and preferably adjustable, openings in a suitable draft-board, or other guiding-means, 15, a length again hanging in the liquor, then back over a roller 16, through squeezing-rollers 3, 3<1>, over a traverse roller 17, a roller 18, again dipping between these, through squeezing-rollers 2, 2<1>, over another traverse roller 19, and so down through an opening in a draft-board 20, opposite the one left in the draft-board 15, into the liquor again. The end is brought up through an adjacent opening and secured to the other end. The tank 1 may be provided with partitions to prevent entanglement of the depending portions of the fabric. Two or more pieces of fabric may be joined together end to end to form an endless fabric, and two or more such endless fabrics, suitably drafted, may be run through the machine side by side, the drafts of each being guided to separate portions of the rollers and kept apart from each other. In washing certain classes of fabric, such as those woven from previously unscoured yarns, a sud-tank 21 may be provided under each set of squeezing-rollers. At the beginning of an operation the dirt and spent liquor squeezed out of the fabric is conducted away through opened outlets 22. When the main portion of the dirt has been removed, the outlets 22 are closed and movable doors or sides 21<1> are opened or removed to allow the expressed liquor to fall back into the tank 1.
Patent GB-190517008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Fog Signalling Apparatus, and applicable to other Apparatus operated in like manner.
Inventor: CLAYTON HERBERT FITZROY
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 17,008. Clayton, H. F. Aug. 22. Wire and rod compensators.-A special construction of the rack-and-pinion operating-mechanism for the railway fog-signalling detonator apparatus described in Specifications No. 5783, A.D. 1902, and No. 11,647, A.D. 1904, compensates for expansion and contraction due to changes of temperature, and is applicable to other apparatus operated by rack-and-pinion mechanism. Only the requisite number of teeth required to operate the pinion 2 to the desired extent are formed on the rack 7, and smooth surfaces 13 are formed on each side of the teeth, the ends of the pinion teeth in contact with these surfaces being flattened to allow sliding of the rack without actuation of the pinion when changes of temperature occur. The hand-lever operating the rack has, of course, sufficient stroke to operate the rack through its full movement. Shoulders 4, 14 terminate the smooth surfaces 13 and engage the ordinary teeth of the pinion 2 to limit the motion of the rack and also to lock the operating- mechanism at the ends of the stroke. When wire connexions are used, the end of the rack is connected to a wire leading over a pulley to a balance weight.
Patent GB-190519008-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Marine Propulsion System specially applicable to Submarine Boats.
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 19,008. Atteridge, A. H., and British Submarine Boat Co. Sept. 20. Propelling submarine boats; driving-gear.-Two electromotors 1, 2, coupled together by a shaft 3, are placed wholly below the central line of the boat. The motors drive the main shaft 5, which is geared to the propeller shaft 8 by reducing-gear. The motors are placed fore and aft of the middle of the vessel,
Patent GB-190522468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jugs and like Receptacles.
Inventor: FORBES PETER DOUGLAS
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 22,468. Forbes, P. D. Nov 3 Jugs are formed with an ice receptacle A having its mouth iinmediately below the handle B. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 1375, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190605635-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Metal Shelving and Framing for same.
Inventor: CHUBB GEORGE HAYTER
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 5635. Chubb, Sir G. H., Chubb, J. E., and Butter, F. J. March 8. Shelving.-Relates to adjustable metal shelving for strong-rooms or for other purposes. Through holes d, Fig. 5, in iron or steel standards a, preferably of channel-section, pass iron or steel bearer strips e, on which the ends of the shelves f rest. The shelves f are of iron and steel plates, notched out at h, to fit the standards a, and with the front or back edges or both turned down as at g so as to retain the strips e in place. If it is desired that the shelves f should project beyond the standards a as at f<1>, Fig. 2, the bearer strips are fitted with extensions and struts k which may engage with the holes d below those through which the strips e pass.
Patent GB-190610658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Savouries.
Inventor: THOMSON JAMES
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 10,658. Thomson, J. May 7. Food preparations.-To 70 lb. of steamed potatoes are added 20 lb. of chopped fish or fish heads which have been steamed in their own liquor, 15 lb. of onions, 5 lb. of scratchings or pork cracklings, suet, dripping, &c., seasoning, the whole being worked up into a dough with 4 lb. of rice flour, made into suitable forms, glazed and baked. For the fish may be substituted an equal amount of beef, mutton, veal, heart, liver, lights, &c. A composition is described in the Provisional Specification in which the proportions of some of the ingredients differ a little from those set forth above.
Patent GB-190611141-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Illustrating Relatively the Respective Cycles of the Cylinders of Multi-cylinder Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BYROM JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 11,141. Byrom, J. May 12. Educational appliances.-The object of the device is to illustrate relatively the respective cycles of the cylinders of multi-cylinder internal-combustion engines. For a six-cylinder arrangement, the device may consist of a rotary disk A having six concentric rings, one for each cylinder. Each ring is formed of four differently-coloured quadrants representing respectively the charging, compression, firing, and exhaust strokes. A right-angled aperture is formed in a folding mask D. The edges G, H of this aperture indicate the commencement and termination of each stroke, being provided with divisional marks and numbered to indicate the particular cylinder. By rotating the disk, it may be shown what is taking place in each cylinder at any particular instant. Instead of a card, a number of concentric disks of graduated diameter may be used. Or disks of equal diameter may be mounted on a common axis, their peripheries being spaced and coloured and exposed through a suitable opening in the casing. A pointer may be provided to indicate the ignition point.
Patent GB-190611849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to Seal Padlocks
Inventor: VICKERY WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-21
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 11,849. Vickery, W., and Vickery, G. May 21. Locks, key; padlocks.-Relates to an improvement on the seal padlock described in Specification No. 1145, A.D. 1906, obviating the necessity of providing a special key. A sliding escutcheon h is shown instead of the hinged one, though the improvement is equally applicable to the latter form, and a separate key pin e, distinct from the hollow pin b<1>, is provided so as to accommodate an ordinary key. The lever b<2> under the control of the spring c<1> is used for the purpose of actuating the seal locking- pin b and the hasp.
Patent GB-190612827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engines or Pumps with Rotating Sliding-or Wing-pistons.
Inventor: KRUEGER FRIEDRICH CARL
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 12,827. Kr³ger, F. C., and Wallot, P. June 1. Fixed-abutment type; packing drums, vanes, abutments, and the like. -In a rotary engine or pump of the type shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which a rotating drum makes contact with the casing, the usual spring-pressed packing-strip 1 is used, but, in order to prevent the hammering effect due to the centrifugal action of the vanes, the strip is not lodged in a groove parallel to the axis of the cylinder but at such an angle a that the centre line of the strip cuts the axial contact line in the centre and the side edges of the strip meet the contact line at its ends. Some part of the vane, therefore, is always in contact with the cylinder while passing the strip. A method of constructing the vanes is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Each vane consists of four parts, two interacting wedge-shaped parts, such as 5, 8, being placed side by side. Springs 6, 7 press the lower parts outwards, the ensuing wedging acti n between the upper and lower parts causing the groove to be securely packed. The upper parts are loosely connected to the lower parts by pin-and-slot connexions. The springs not only press the vanes outwards but also sideways, so as to pack the sides of the cylinder. Each spring is secured to a rod carrying wedges 17, 19 coacting with wedges 16, 18 formed on the backs of the lower parts of the vanes. The two upper and two lower parts of the vanes are loosely connected by connecting-pieces 22, 23. The space between the two halves of the vanes makes an angle with the plane of revolution. In a modification, the springs are dispensed with, fluid pressure being admitted behind the vanes. The rod carrying the wedges 16, 18 is secured to the lower parts of the vanes by hooks.
Patent GB-190614829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Pots and Ventilators
Inventor: HASKINS HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 14,829. Haskins, H. J. June 30. Chimney and ventilating- shaft tops.-A head A, provided internally with a baffle-ring F and having air openings K at its lower end, is supported on the chimney top C or on any suitable chimney pot or ventilating-shaft. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the upper end of the head is provided with air openings N and is fitted with a cross-head or top plate A<11> from which, by means of the rod G, a cover B is supported so as to be capable of being raised by a sweeping - brush. The cover is formed with a recessed upper side O and tapering sides O<11>. The head may be in more than one piece, in which case the parts are cemented or otherwise joined together. The extensions Q of the ribs D help to hold the head in position, and also serve to support the cover in case of the breakage of the rod G. In a modified arrangement, the upper end of the head and the cross-head are dispensed with, and the cover is fixed to the ribs D. According to the Provisional Specification, the trunk part C or the head, or both, may taper ; and an external cover may be fitted to the top.
Patent GB-190617707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centering for use in the Construction of Arches.
Inventor: JANSEN ANTON
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 17,707. Jansen, A. Aug. 7. Centering for arches. - Adjustable centering supports for arches are constructed of two telescopic curved bars a, b, one of which is provided with a pin d which slides in a slot in the other. The bars are secured at their outer ends to brackets on the beams A by wedges g, i, and at their inner ends are fastened together by a forked key e, passing through two holes x in the bar a and two holes y of a series in the bar b. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 14,351, A.D. 1889, and No. 603, A.D. 1900.]