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Patent GB-190310039-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or in connection with Windows.
Inventor: PHILLIPS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-05-04
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 10,039. Phillips, W., and Verity, E. May 4. Windows.-A sliding sash is adapted to turn inwards by providing the bead b, Fig. 2, with hinges g, shown also in Fig. 3, each hinge being slotted to engage a staple or hook k on the sash, when the latter is slightly raised, and secured thereto by a catch n or suspended pin. The hinges and staples may be reversed in position, and may be used as sash fasteners by fitting other staples to meet the hinges when the sashes are closed. The swinging end of the sash is secured to a balanced stile d, Fig. 6, by means of a screw t engaging a nut s mounted on a spring o, Fig. 5 ; when the screw is withdrawn, the lower booked end of the nut engages a plate r in the frame and holds the stile d. The bead b<1> is movable or may be omitted.
Patent GB-190312770-A (GB)
Title: Improved Regulating Device for Wheels in Meters for Measuring Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: PIPER OSCAR
Filed: 1903-06-06
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,770. Piper, O. June 6. Rotary meters.-Relates to a regulating-device for liquid meters. The wheel is divided into four compartments, as shown in Fig. 1. The liquid overflows from one of these into the tipping bowl b, until the weight of this overflow overcomes the buoyancy of the float g, to which is attached a lever d pivoted at f and carrying a stop e, engaging the teeth i on the water-wheel. The float g may be replaced by a counterbalance, the lever d being extended beyond the pivot.
Patent GB-190313130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Condensers.
Inventor: ALLEN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-11
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 13,130. Allen, W. H., and Allen, R. W. June 11. Condensers.-The efficiency of a surface condenser is increased by leaving some of the water of condensation within it so that the lowest tubes are submerged. It is preferable to have separate outlets d, d' for the water and air, the former of which is controlled by a cock f worked, if desired, by a float in the condenser.
Patent GB-190315935-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brewing Process.
Inventor: KUBESSA RICHARD
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 15,935. Kubessa, R. July 18. Brewing; malt and malting.-Relates to a process in which the fine and coarse flour, fine and coarse grist, and hulls obtained from malt grains are first treated separately and the products combined. The grist is thickly mashed in water and boiled, the flour mixed with cold water is added till the temperature is reduced to 60‹ R. A solution of diastase, produced by mashing the hulls, is then mixed in and the temperature is afterwards raised as high as 75‹ R. The hulls are carried to the clarifying-tun and serve to filter the mash, which is poured over them. The process is modified by separating the products of the crushed malt according to degrees of fineness. The coarse grist is mashed in cold water, the medium in water at temperatures up to 45‹ R., and the fine at from 45‹ R to 53‹ R. Crushed raw grain boiled with water may be added to the malting milk at any desirable stage of the process.
Patent GB-190315947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Driving Mechanism for Boring Machines.
Inventor: WOYSLAW SIGISMUND
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 15,947. Woyslaw, S. July 18. Rock drills ; deep - boring. - Rotary boring- machines or drills are driven by any suitable form of turbine, which is mounted on the drill shaft, and is operated by water, air, gas, or steam. The Figure shows the application of an inward-flow turbine.
Patent GB-190318737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Operating Tramway and Railway Points and Switches from the Cars.
Inventor: KEEPER JOSEPH WILSON
Filed: 1903-08-31
Granted: 1903-10-22
Abstract: 18,737. Keefer, J. W. Aug. 30, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Points and switches.-Relates. to means for operating tramway and railway points and switches from the cars. The tongue of the pivoted point B is connected by a rod E to the end of a lever D having inclined sides, and pivoted at a to a plate P fixed in the centre of the track. To enable the throw of the point to be adjusted, the rod E is connected to the lever D by means of a bolt having a wedge-shaped head V sliding in a dovetail groove in the lever D. The groove e, in which the rod E works, is formed between two adjustable plates p, p<1>. The car carries two pivoted levers H fitted with spring shoes S, and depressed by pedals L which enter cups l. When one of the levers is depressed, the shoe S passes over the plate P, between the notched flange G and the lever, and moves over the lever D and point.
Patent GB-190325948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: TATTERSALL HENRY
Filed: 1903-11-27
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 25,948. Tattersall, H. Nov. 27. Incandescent gas lamps ; chimney and shade holders.-In an incandescent gas lamp for providing a powerful light, without the use of compressed air or gas, a frame 1 of ordinary metal tubing is suspended from the supply pipe by a spring 3, a flexible pipe 4 conveying the gas from the supply pipe to the frame which has an outlet pipe 6 with a burner nozzle 15. A long metal chimney 7 is held centrally within the frame by a clip ring 8, and at the base of the chimney is a gland consisting of a coiled spring 10 located between a fixed ring 11 and movable ring 12 in which gland a lamp glass 9 fits. The outlet nozzle 15 is provided with a casing 17 having air apertures 18, to which is screwed a burner tube 19. A casing 20 having a gauge cover 21 is attached to the tube 19, and it also has within it a tube 28 kept in place by prongs 29, and a tube 31 carried by the casing 20. A gallery 26, having perforations 27, carries the lamp glass, and the support 24 for the mantle is carried by brackets 23. A second clip ring 32 on the frame carries a shade holder 33, and a shade 36 is suspended by a hook 35 from the top of the lamp. An adjustable byepass tube 38 with burner 39 serves to ignite the gas.
Patent GB-190327964-A (GB)
Title: Drawing Belt and Band Fasteners.
Inventor: HAYES JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 27,964. Hayes, J. F., and Gell, C. R. Dec. 21. 'Belt and band fastenings.- A fastening for securing together the two ends of a belt &c. is made in the form of a hinge with one or more rectangular slots A on each side of the joint. The slots are bevelled on the underside, so that when the fastening is secured to the belt by bolts, or other means, the material is drawn into the slots thereby increasing the grip of the fastening.
Patent GB-190328432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sparging Apparatus.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM PLOMER
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 28,432. Harris, W. P., and Guest, E. J. Dec. 28. Brewing.-In sparging-apparatus for use in the mash tun or hop-back, where two or more arms are caused to revolve on the reaction principle, the flow of water to each arm is regulated by a separate valve or the like. A stationary plug 1, Fig. 2, on which the sparge arms rotate on ball bearings 26, 27, has two annular outlets 5, 7, providing communication respectively between the water-supply pipe 3 and the arm 9, and the supply pipe 2 and the arm 10. The water supply to the pipes 2, 3 is regulated by separate cocks. One supply pipe only may be used, and each sparge arm is provided with a valve or cock. The arms may be rotatable axially, so that eccentric openings in caps 43, Fig. 4, on the arms, are brought over, or removed from, openings 45 in the central body ; or the arms may be fitted with internal tubes 47, Fig. 6, connected with the water supply and adapted to be closed by screw-plugs 48.
Patent GB-190404925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Bell Pushes
Inventor: ROSS JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-02-29
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 4925. Ross, J. S. Feb. 29. Electric-bell pushes.-An electric-bell push is made water-tight by insertion of a disc of some elastic waterproof material. Fig. 1 shows a section of the push. Inside the barrel, which screws on to the insulating-base I, there are two rings A, A<1>. These rings may be both screwed in, or one may be soldered in, or a shoulder may be formed in the barrel to replace one of the rings, and the other screwed in. Between these rings an elastic waterproof disc B is placed, having a hole at the centre through which the end of the spindle C penetrates. A nut F is then screwed on. When the spindle C is pressed, the waterproof disc B stretches and permits contact being made at G, H. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the spindle C does not penetrate the waterproof material B. The spindle presses upon the spring 0 which is within the water-tight chamber, so that the contact points are completely protected.
Patent GB-190409345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Children's Mail Carts Perambulators and other like Vehicles.
Inventor: CRABTREE ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9345. Crabtree, A. April 23. Children's mail carts &c.-In children's mail carts &c. of the kind described in Specification No. 17,534, A.D. 1901, when the well a, hinged at a', is raised so as draw the well b forwards, the wells are locked in the extended position by the sliding pins d dropping behind stationary detents f<1>, preferably formed by notches in the shafts f. To unlock the parts, the well b is drawn farther forwards, so that, in one arrangement, Fig. 3, the pins d pass beneath the hinged pieces h, over which they will travel when the well b is pushed back. In a modification, Fig. 4, the pins d rest, in the locked position, on pieces f <6>. When the well b is drawn farther forwards, the pins drop into the paths f<3> and, on their return course, lift the hinged covers f<5>, which are closed by springs f<7>. According to the Provisional Specification, the hinged pieces hare sometimes replaced by fixed guide bars or rails.
Patent GB-190413009-A (GB)
Title: Gas Regulating Device for Gas Igniters Actuated from a Distance.
Inventor: WORRINGEN EDUARD
Filed: 1904-06-08
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 13,009. Worringen, E. June 8. Rotary disc valves; actuating valves and cocks.- In a device for shutting off and distributing gas in connection with gas igniters actuated from a distance, a rotary valve s, Fig. 1, which is furnished with teeth z is operated by a fork c jointed to a spring-controlled lever h, the lever being actuated by hand or in the usual manner by air pressure or an electric motor. In one form, the valve consists of a hollow disc having an annular groove e, Fig. 2, which communicates with the inlet passage k in the seating and is provided with a number of uniformlydistributed outlets o. Two outlet passages l, l<1> supply the lighting and igniting flames respectively. The distance between the openings l, l<1> is equal to half the distance between adjacent openings o, and, as the valve is moved at each operation through half the distance between adjacent openings o. the lighting and igniting flames are fed alternately. In a modification, the outlet passage openings o communicate with each other and with the supply passage by an arrangement of annular and radial grooves, the supply passage opening into the annular groove. In another arrangement, two supply passages k, k<1>, Fig. 5, may be arranged in the seating at a distance apart equal to half the distance between adjacent outlet openings, or they may be replaced by one wide supply passage. The valves may also be applied to street and similar lamps in which one part of the burners is to be ignited or extinguished earlier than the other, the lamps being provided with continuously-burning pilot flames. In each valve, the openings are arranged in pairs o, o<1>, Fig. 10. The valves of the different burners may be placed in different relative positions so that one burner is being fed through its opening o while another is fed through its opening o<1>; thus, when the valves are rotated together, the first burner is fed through its opening o<1>, the other burner having its flame extinguished. Or the supply passages instead of the valves may be placed in different relative positions.
Patent GB-190413103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Change-speed Mechanism.
Inventor: HEWITT EDWARD RINGWOOD
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 13,103. Hewitt, E. R. June 10. Joints and connections.-In a speed-changing mechanism, a link is coupled to a bell-crank lever for actuating a clutch by means of a ball-andsocket joint. The joint comprises a tall 46, provided with a screwed stem for attachment to the link, and blocks 49 located in a bore in the arm of the lever 42. The blocks are adjusted and maintained in engagement with the ball by a collar 51 locked in position by a nut.
Patent GB-190421295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras
Inventor: NIELL MAGNUS
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,295. NiÚll, M. Oct. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cameras; lenses and lens fittings; roller slides; shutters.-A pocket camera is made in the form of a watch, comprising a roller slide, shutter and registering-apparatus. In Fig. 3, the neck 3 is shown carrying the lens 4 and its cap 5. Movable across the opening of the lens is a shutter 7 with its opening 8. To make an instantaneous exposure, the end 22 of the shutter is moved along the slot 23 till it engages against the end of this slot. This movement compresses the spring 20 ; the cap 5 is then removed and the finger 19 pressed, releasing the shutter, of which the opening 8 passes across the lens tube. To make a time exposure, the shutter is moved till the shoulder 17 engages with the catch 15, and so holds the opening 8 opposite the lens tube as long as required. The exposure is terminated by pressing the finger 19, which enables the spring 20 to carry the shutter back to its normal or closed position, shown in Fig. 3. Extending across the-inside of the case is the partition 24, which is provided with an exposure opening 25. Within 'this partition are placed the rollers 33, 34 for the films. These rollers are mounted between two plates 27, 28, and the film passes over the front side of the plate 29. The take-up roller 33 has a cross-pin 35 designed to engage in a notch in the spindle 36, which is provided with the external handle 37 and so enables the films to be changed. The spindle 36 has a finger engaging with a wheel 40 carrying numbers which are seen through an opening in the flat side 1 of the casing, in this way registering the number of exposures made. The turning-handle 37 is provided with a spring, which prevents any backward movement of the rollers. The other flat side 2 of the casing is removable, thus permitting the renewal of the roller films.
Patent GB-190422986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuses for Projectiles.
Inventor: SEDDON HENRY COOPER
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 22,986. Seddon, H. C. Oct. 25. Fuzes for projectiles.-S e v e r a l safety devices are described in which the pressure of the powder gases causes the arming of the fuze; in each case, the device is located in the side of a base fuze. As shown in Fig. 1, a cup-shaped disc d is flattened, allowing the safetybolt b to be thrown outwards centrifugally when the gas pressure falls In similar forms, the bolt b is connected to a flat plate which is deformed by the pressure of the gases. As shown in Fig. 5, the gas enters between the bolt b and a plate d and deforms the latter.
Patent GB-190500359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combination Envelopes and Message Blanks.
Inventor: BASSINGER WILLIAM HINCHMAN
Filed: 1905-01-07
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 359. Bassinger, W. H., and Burchell, T. H. Jan. 7. Mercantile forms.-Relates to a combination envelope and message blank, particularly for use by insurance companies in sending out premium notices, and by telegraph companies &c. Fig. 1 shows one form, in which the end flaps d are constructed with folding lines e and perforations a<2>, d<2>, and are cut away along their bottom edges as shown. The sealing-flap b is gummed at b<3> and at the central portion b<4>, perforations b<5>, b<2> being provided. The messages &c. are written or punted upon the portion c, and upon a folding portion c<2>, added to the part c if desired. The portions c, c<2> are folded over the body a and the end flaps d over these, and finally the flap b is. sealed down upon the back of. the part c, the gummed portion b<4> serving, if desired, for attachment to the flaps d. The letter-sheet is opened by pulling away the portions between the perforations a<2>, d<2> and by tearing off the flap b along the lines b<2>, b<5>. This leaves the portions a, c, c<2>, but the part a may be detached if desired. In a modification, the flap b is provided, similarly to the end flaps d, with two rows of perforations and an intermediate folding line, while in another modification only one of the end flaps d is arranged as in Fig. 1, the other flap being provided with a single line of perforations.
Patent GB-190503548-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Forward Lug, for Connecting and Adjusting Handle Bars to Cycles.
Inventor: DAVIES HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1905-02-21
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 3548. Davies, H. G. Feb. 21. Handle-bars, mounting. A slit clip embracing the handle-bars has a squared portion c and a collar k to fit the closed upper end of the stem f, the clip being secured in position by a lug m on a collar l engaging a recess in the collar k and by a screw i passing through a hole in the end of the stem. To change the handle-bars to a position suitable for ladies, the screw and clip are removed from the stem, the clip is replaced with its opposite recess n<2> engaging the lug m, and the washer p and screw i then again positioned as before.
Patent GB-190507118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to means for Facing Banks, Batters, Dykes and the like.
Inventor: DESWARTE PIERRE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 7118. Deswarte, P. F. April 4. Facing-blocks for canal banks, dykes, sea walls, &c. are formed with semicircular tongues 2 on two edges and with similarly-shaped grooves 3 on the two other edges. The edges 6 are bevelled to allow for adjustment in jointing. The blocks are formed of concrete or terra-cotta, and may be perforated.
Patent GB-190510843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stands for Tooth Picks and the like.
Inventor: MEINIG HUGO
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 10,843. Meinig, H. May 24. Toothpicks, stands for. A box b, supported on a pedestal a, has a sliding plate e at the bottom provided with a slot f large enough to take one toothpick. On the slide e being pulled forwards, the toothpick drops on to a shelf i. The slide is drawn back by a spring h.
Patent GB-190513624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firedoors and Apparatus connected therewith for Consuming Smoke and Perfecting Combustion in Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: CLARIDGE JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 13,624. Claridge, J. W. July 3. Do o rs; smokeconsuming.-A firedoor a, Fig. 2, for steam -boiler and other furnaces is mounted upon an axis e between plates d projecting from the furnace front and is counterbalanced by weights b to retain it in any position desired. A pin may be inserted through holes g in the plate d to fix the position of the door, or the notched wheel h and pawl k may be used for the same purpose, as shown in Fig. 3. The door is convex on its outer surface, and in conjunction with the air channel and deflector c has the effect, when opened inwardly, of "sharpening" the draught. Chambers l with nozzles m, shown in Fig. 4, may be provided above the door, for admitting air under pressure.
Patent GB-190515950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuously Acting Presses and in the manner of Operating with the same for Manufacturing Linoleum, Pressing Cloth and the like.
Inventor: INGLEBY JOHN CONRAD BEDFORD
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 15,950. Ingleby, J. C. B. Aug. 4. Pressing.-Relates to continuously-acting presses of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 6786 and 8324, A.D. 1902, for use in the manufacture of linoleum, for pressing cloth, and for like purposes. Several presses A, B, C, Fig. 1, are used, driven at the same speed by a pair of endless chains c or link belts of the construction described in Specification No. 15, 887, A.D. 1905, the chains being driven by a sprocket-wheel d<1> and having guide-rollers e. The presses are arranged at such a distance apart that the marks made by the divisions between the blocks a in one press are obliterated in another. An endless sheet h of steel, cloth, paper, millboard, silk, or the like may be passed through the machine between the pressing-way and the face side of the material to be pressed, to remove marks further. The pressing- ways in the first and second presses may be hot, and in the third cold. The pressing may be done in stages, as shown in Fig. 1, the blocks a being spaced apart and connected by hinged links or flexible strips ; or alternate blocks may be made much thinner than the remainder. The pressing- surfaces m, Fig. 3, of the blocks, to which they may be screwed, are formed straight over their middle portions and gradually curved or bevelled &c. at their ends. The pressing-surface m may be covered with layers of cloth or felt r, Fig. 4, the ends of which are nipped between the block a and surface m ; or a steel spring may be used for the pressing-surface, the ends being bent over and secured by screws to the block. The space left between the spring plate and the block is filled tight with felt &c., and the underside is covered with a layer or layers of felt.
Patent GB-190516056-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Horse Shoe
Inventor: ECKFORD JAMES MILLAR
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 16,056. Eckford, J. M. Aug. 5. Metal shoes. - A short horseshoe made of aluminium or other metal is fixed to the forepart of the hoof, so that the whole weight of the horse may be borne by the frog.
Patent GB-190518674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Aromatic Alcohols.
Inventor: METTLER CARL
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 18,674. Mettler, C. Nov. 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Alcohols.-Aromatic alcohols are obtained from the corresponding free carboxylic acids by electrolytic reduction, as described in Specification No. 14,316, A.D. 1905. In an example, the cathode compartment contains a solution of benzoic acid in concentrated sulphuric acid and alcohol, and the anode compartment contains dilute sulphuric acid. A current of from six to twelve ampÞres per square decimetre of cathode surface is passed through, using lead electrodes, and the whole is kept at a temperature of 20-40‹ C. by means of water. The cathode liquid is neutralized with caustic soda, and the alcohol extracted with ether. The yield of benzyl alcohol is almost quantitative.
Patent GB-190519467-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holding Up Appliance for Rivetting.
Inventor: SOERENSEN EMIL
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 19,467. S÷rensen, E. Sept. 26. Riveting.-A holding-up appliance has a pressure head a, Fig. 2, with a rod b, inserted in front of an anvil piston m, between springs d separated by a divided ring g in a holder or socket h guiding the anvil piston which is backed up by a spring or by compressed air, so that when riveting the blow is transmitted through the pressure head to the anvil piston without the holder being afferted by the blow.
Patent GB-190523539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoves
Inventor: CONSTANTINE JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 23,539. Constantine, J., and Constantine, J. Nov. 16. Air-heating stoves; joints.-The joints of the sectional gill stove described in Specification No. 2448, A.D. 1866, are protected by an outer packing of cement or other material secured by a plate H. The retaining - strips G are cast or otherwise secured to the gills.