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Patent GB-190406724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters for Alternating Currents
Inventor: ARON HERMANN
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 6724. Aron, H. March 19. Energy meters.-An induction motor meter, for a single small alternating current, has a conductive disc a revolved by passage between a laminated electromagnet b, a main-current coil h, and an armature e, and retarded by passage between a permanent magnet i and an armature k. The electromagnet b is excited by pressure coils c, d, and carries closed copper circuits f, f<1> to place its magnetic flux in quadrature to the applied pressure. A block g of laminated iron carries the main-current coil h, between the poles of the electromagnet, with intervening air-gaps.
Patent GB-190408052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets
Inventor: GRASSE CONSUELO DE
Filed: 1904-04-07
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 8052. Grasse [nÚe Fould], C. de. Nov. 19, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Corsets.-Corsets are made with bands b of indiarubber fabric fastened over a body a of knitted fabric, which may be made of cotton, silk, &c., ornamented or otherwise, and with or without lace, the strips being fixed at their front ends to busk strips c, and at the back to a dorsal strip, which is sometimes provided with a bone or stiffener. When the body a is made of netting, the bands b are passed through the meshes of the netting. Other bones or stiffeners e are stitched or held by loops in sheaths in the body a. To reduce the size of the corset when stretched, the busk strips c are connected to the body a by tabs i, the positions of which are adjusted by pressure studs j, small hooks, or the like.
Patent GB-190408795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sluice Gates.
Inventor: HERZIG HERMANN
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 8795. Herzig, H. April 16. Sluice gates.-Consists in pivoting sluice gates on a horizontal pivot secured in a bÚton foundation, propping them against the water pressure by means of inclined struts, and releasing these struts by means of a horizontal bar, so that the water pressure may lower the gates. Fig. 1 shows an elevation and Fig. 4 a section of the gates b, which are held up by struts f abutting against strutshoes or brackets. A horizontal bar c, the end of which is toothed and gears with a pinion, has brackets g which bear against the ends of the struts and force them beyond the bottom brackets or strut-shoes, so that the gates may be lowered. The water-course is spanned by four such gates, and the distance of the angle-irons g from the strut-shoes is different in the adjacent sets and equal in alternate sets.
Patent GB-190411010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Filling and like Apparatus.
Inventor: SELLENSCHEIDT CARL
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 11,010. Sellenscheidt, C. May 12. Bottling.- In bottle - filling and like apparatus for beer and other liquids under pressure, the bottles are directed accurately to the filling- nozzle by a bellmouthed guide a, which is carried by bolts d loosely attached to the filling-bead e or to the adjacent framework, the bolts being surrounded by springs c, which normally hold the guide in its lowest position. When the neck of a bottle is thrust into the guide, the guide is raised with the bottle, against the action of the springs c, so that the bottle neck is directed on to the filling-nozzle, notwithstanding variations or irregularities in the bottle. The bottle may be pressed against the nozzle by pneumatic or like pressure acting within an expansible cushion, for instance, as described in Specification No. 1077, A.D. 1904. The springs c aid in the disengagement of the filled bottle from the nozzle.
Patent GB-190411106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Speed of Vehicles.
Inventor: HOLMES EDWARD DARTFORD
Filed: 1904-05-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 11,106. Holmes, E. D., and Heaton, C. J. May 13. Speed indicators; odometers.-In an automobile or other vehicle, a tape f receives a step-by-step motion from a running wheel, and is marked or perforated periodically by a clock-driven style k, or the tape may be clock-driven and the marking- appliance actuated by a running wheel. In the first form, the circuit of an electromagnet a is closed at each revolution of a running wheel, the armature b of this magnet being pivoted and driving a ratchet-wheel. This ratchet-wheel drives rollers e which unwind the tape f. A clock drives a snail cam h, by which a style k is made periodically to press the tape f against a carbon ribbon m, or itself to perforate the tape, or an automatically-inked stamp may be used. The tape is exposed through a window, so that the number of divisions on it between any two marks made by the style can be seen. In the converse arrangement, the electromagnetic device drives a camwheel actuating the style, and the tape is unwound by clockwork.
Patent GB-190411182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Receptacles for Granular Material.
Inventor: BOEHM PAUL
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 11,182. B÷hm, P. May 14. Measured quantities, delivering.-Granular material is delivered in definite quantity by the alternate filling and emptying of a case under the receptacle containing the material. The cylindrical case 4 slides in rails so as to fit against the end of the hopper 5. An aperture 20 in the case is brought under the hopper when the case is slid out. A cylinder 6 has a similar aperture 11, and revolves on a bolt 25, its rotation being limited by a bolt 26 sliding in a semicircular slot in the case. Fixed to the bolt 25 is a plate 31 in front of a fixed plate 32, both having corresponding apertures 34, 33. In the position shown, the contents of the case are being discharged ; on rotating the handle 9, the aperture 33 is first closed and then the opening 11 brought under the opening 20, refilling the case. Doors 22, 23 close when the apparatus is inverted. A cover 39 is fixed to a strap 37, which is slid inwards through its support 38 when the case is pushed back. The cover is then fixed over the opening by the hook 40 and bent lever 42, which fit behind flanges 45, 46, and made secure by placing a split pin through the eye 43 of the lever and a fixed eye 44, and sealing the pin if desired.
Patent GB-190412599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wringing Machines.
Inventor: PEARSON TOM BRIGGS
Filed: 1904-06-03
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,599. Pearson, T. B. June 3. Wringing-machines.-The hand-wheel of a wring- ing-machine is set higher than usual on the wrought-iron or steel frame and drives the rollers through a flanged chain wheel D on its axle, a chain, and another wheel E on the axis of the lower roller. The roller-shaft bearing-blocks H slide on vertical rods and are compressed together by a bottom spring G and a screw M and hand wheel acting either on the top or on the bottom block. Or the pressure may be applied by an ordinary cam-and-lever device.
Patent GB-190417007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bunks or Hammocks for use on Shipboard, or in Railway Vehicles, Ambulance Wagons, Carts & other Vehicles.
Inventor: GROVE HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 17,007. Grove, H. W. Aug. 3. Ambulance vehicles; vehicles with sleeping-berths. -In a bunk or hammock for use in vehicles, the spring mattress 1 is suspended from a frame 2 by springs 3 secnred to the mattress by brackets 4. The beam 6, preferably formed of two side pieces meeting at the ends, has a tubular bearing tapered towards its centre and working on a pivot 7 in the bracket 8 fixed to the ceiling or roof. The bunk is suspended from the beam 6 by links 11 engaging with smaller links 12, the eyelet holes of which are turned at right-angles, the lower ends being secured to the supports 13 which preferably embrace both sides of the end pieces of the bunk. Curved springs 17 on the bracket 8 encounter cross-pieces on the beam 6 and prevent the beam from coming in contact with the ceiling. Handles 19, a strap 26 or the like, and a head rest are provided. Weights are arranged near the foot of the mattress frame to keep the bunk level when occupied, and springs 20 keep it level when unoccupied; or springs alone may be used. The bunk may be hung nearer the ground by a bracket, and two bunks may be suspended one above the other from the same beam. The bunk itself may be fixed and the mattress suspended by long springs at the four corners. The Provisional Specification describes also a method of suspending the bunk by bending the ends of the suspension bars and passing them through holes in the woodwork of the bunk, and a method of pivoting the bunk at the ends.
Patent GB-190422639-A (GB)
Title: Cacao, Sugar and Milk Compound in Dry Flaky Form
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1904-10-20
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 22,639. Hatmaker, J. R. Oct. 20. Chocolate.-A preparation of cacao, sugar, and milk, with or without vanilla &c., is prepared in a flaky form by heating these ingredients together and drying above 212‹ F. Water may be added before drying, and a twin-cylinder milk-dryer may be used. The stripping-knife, in this case, should be placed lower down the cylinder, on account of the greater weight of the film, to enable the film to be removed in continuous sheets. The product can be used without being made into a beverage.
Patent GB-190423063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Catamenial Belts.
Inventor: LUZZI ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 23,063. Luzzi, A. E. Oct. 26. Suspenders for articles of dress.- A catamenial belt 1 is provided with clips 2, 3 for a napkin 4, and hose supporters 20, 21. The clips consist of a wire spring, shaped as shown in Fig. 2, and a sliding piece 11. The parts 8 fit into loops 9, 15, the former of which are attached to an apron 18 in front, while the latter are allowed to slide on the belt. The arms 6 are divergent so that the piece 11 may be kept in position.
Patent GB-190425947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating Stoves
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 25,947. Adams, M. J. Nov. 29. Gas or oil stoves. -A heating-stove is constructed with a number of baffleplates A, B, placed one above another, preferably made of fireclay and perforated with a greater or less number of holes for the escape of the products of combustion of a gas burner or lamp.
Patent GB-190429237-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Writing Pad
Inventor: KUESTER JULIUS
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 29,237. K³ster, J. Dec. 31. Writing-pads.-A writing-pad intended chiefly for small articles such as postcards, envelopes, &c. has springs F fastened at G, H to the board and provided with down-turned padded ends to hold the article to be written upon. A bent lever B, D, pivoted at C, has ends E by which the springs F are lifted when an article is to be inserted or released. Stops I are provided to position the articles, several of which may be held in a pile.
Patent GB-190503544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Beer Pumps or the like.
Inventor: HOBSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-02-21
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 3544. Hobson, J. Feb. 21. Beer engines. - The waste due to displacement by the rod of the bucket pump A in the down-stroke is prevented. A small chamber J, containing a flexible diaphragm, is connected on one side to an inverted air pump H, and on the other side by a pipe J<4> to the delivery pipe F of the pump A. The plunger of the air pump being pinned to the crosshead of the bucket-rod, the air on the atmospheric side of the diaphragm is forced out of the chamber on the upstroke, and liquor is sucked in its place on the down-stroke. According to the Provisional Specification, the diaphragm may be operated by linkage instead of by an air pump.
Patent GB-190512662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Heating Air for Furnaces.
Inventor: RICHARDS RICHARD SLOANE
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 12,662. Richards, R. S. June 19. Air supply, heating.-The air supply to the ashpits of Lancashire-boiler and other furnaces is heated by passing it through numerous small tubes a, arranged at the sides of, or otherwise disposed within, the furnace flue b. The air enters a chamber c by inlets d, Figs. 1 and 2, flows through the tubes a to another chamber c, and passes by means of tubes e to the furnace. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 22,208, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190514296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Fastenings.
Inventor: SCOTT ROSSITER S
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 14,296. Scott, R. S. July 11. Strap fastenings.-The uppers of boots and shoes are formed in two separate sections, the front part 1 overlapping the back part 2. To the sides of the front upper are secured eyes 3, through which are passed straps 5, the ends of which are stitched to the back upper 2. These straps are crossed at the back of the boot and fastened by means of a buckle 9.
Patent GB-190518741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Skiving, Bevelling, or Splitting Leather and like Material Employed in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Filed: 1905-09-16
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 18,741. Adkins, A., and Livingstone & Doughty. Sept. 16. Cutting-machines for leather &c.-Relates to a machine for skiving, bevelling, or splitting leather and like material used in making boots and shoes. The leather is fed from a pile of blanks 40, Fig. 3, between two rollers 2, 3, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the lower one 3 being serrated, and preferably formed of a series of disks 21, between which are arranged a number of levers 22 acted on by springs 24 connected to a bar 25, which can be depressed in order to press the ends 23 of the levers towards the roller 2, by means of a lever actuated by an eccentric shaft 30 provided with a handle 31. The bar 25 moves in guides 26. An adjustable stop bar 32, Fig. 3, is arranged to limit the pressure of the levers 22 upon the leather. The rollers 2, 3 are rotated by gearing 14, 15 from the shaft of the driving-pulley 8, which is formed on the inside with cam-surfaces 7 adapted to reciprocate, by means of a lever 10 provided with a roller 9, a carrier 4 in which the knife 1 is mounted, the knife being arranged to reciprocate transversely to the direction of feed of the leather, and to act on the leather as it emerges from the rollers 2, 3. Both rollers may have even surfaces, in which case the knife simply splits the leather in two, but the top roller 2 may be formed with a matrix 20 into which the leather is pressed by the levers 22, and in this case the leather is bevelled, only that part of the leather which is not forced into the concavity 20 being acted on by the knife. This is especially applicable for cutting stiffeners or counters. The roller 2 is feathered to a shaft 38, and can be easily removed from a bearing 39, so that a number of rollers can be used having different forms of cavities. To facilitate the removal of the roller 2, the disks 21 forming the roller 3 are depressed against the action of springs 35, which act on bearing-blocks 34 of the shaft 33 of the roller 3, by means of levers 36 which are actuated when the shaft 30 is rotated to take the tension off the springs 24. The blanks are fed from a pile kept in place on the bed-plate by means of a vertical plate 42 and adjustable wings 43. The feed-plate 44 is connected to a slide which is reciprocated from the shaft 33 by means of a crank and connecting-rod, the throw of the crank being great enough to allow the feeding plate to return clear of the pile. The plate 44 is detachably connected to the slide in order that different plates can be attached to feed blanks of different size. Shavings are detached from the rollers 3 by means of blades 49 carried on a rod 50.
Patent GB-190519761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 19,761. Smith, A., and Wilkinso.n, S. Sept. 30. Incandescent gas-lanzps; anti-vibration devices. - The incandescent mantle is carried by a spring coil or the like a secured to the top of the rod b.
Patent GB-190520476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boxes for Containing Ladies' Hats and the like
Inventor: MOTTERSHEAD GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 20,476. Mottershead, G. H., and Mottershead, E. H. Oct. 10. Hat-boxes.-A device for securing ladies' hats in boxes and elsewhere comprises a woven wire cone mounted so as to carry any type of hat. Figs. 1 and 2 show one form of the invention fitted to a hat box. The cone C is secured to a sleeve c, which in turn is adjustably mounted' upon the rod R. This rod turns about a pivot pin P. Modified methods of mounting the cone in which the use of the sleeve c is dispensed with are described and shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190520599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches or Cut-outs.
Filed: 1905-10-11
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 20,599. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 11. Out-outs; switches.-In electric heaters &c., an electro-magnetic device, energized by the closing of a switch, maintains the switch in its 'on' position until opened by a member which is moved by a spring when mercury has passed from one compartment to another, means being provided to vary the time of flow of the mercury. The base 10, Fig. 3, preferably of wood or hard rubber, is cut away to receive the insulating disk 28, which carries contacts 40, 41, 42, 43 and contact - screws 42<1>, 43<1>. The hollow movable element 12, pivoted at 11, consists of two chambers 13, 14, Fig. 5, mounted on a flanged base 15. The chamber 14 is closed by a flat plug 16, and the chamber 13 by a plug 17 with a passage 18 through it terminating in a funnel shape 19. This plug extends about half way along the chamber. A passage 22 passes through the wall separating the two chambers, and the mercury will pass through quickly or slowly according to the position of the screw 24, which has a conical tip 26. A passage 23 is also made in the other end of the wall. The member 12 is pivoted on the insulating-plate 28 by means of a screw 29, and a spring 30 tends to keep it in the open position. A ring 31 of magnetic material is pivoted upon pins 32, 33, and carries a projection 38 which may fit in a depression in the member 12 to lock it. An electro-magnet 36 supported by an arm 37 attracts the lower end of the ring 31. The member 12 is provided with a contact 44 to bridge the fixed contacts 40, 41. When the switch is in the open position, as in Fig. 3, all the mercury is in the chamber 13. When the member 12 is turned through ninety degrees as in Fig. 5, a circuit is completed through the lead 46, Fig. 6, contacts 40, 44, 41, external circuit 48, contact 43, electromagnet 36, contact 42, and lead 49. The electro-magnet attracts the ring 31, and locks the switch in its closed position. The mercury flows from the chamber 13 to the chamber 14, until it reaches the screws 42<1>, 43', which touch the contacts 42, 43. The mercury thus short-circuits the electro-magnet 36, the ring 31 is released, and the member 12 is returned to the open position by the spring 30. The mercury then returns to the chamber 13. The time for which the switch remains closed may be changed by moving the screw 24.
Patent GB-190520628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps or Cocks for Gas Pendants and Brackets
Inventor: MILNE JAMES
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 20,628. Milne, J. Oct. 12. Plug cocks.-Relates to a single tap for gas pendants or brackets having more than one arm. The arms 0, P, R communicate with chambers L, M, N in the valve body, and when the valve is open gas passes down the centre of the plug E and through the passages G, H, K. By rotating the plug, the gas may be shut off from, or be admitted to, any number of the arms. The plug is held in position by washers J, T.
Patent GB-190524081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Mechanism for Pressing Collars, Cuffs and like Articles.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 24,081. Longsdon, H. C., and Bottomley, J. R. Nov. 22. Ironing-machines.-Prior to the glossing operation, the articles, e.g. collars, cuffs, &c., are sub. jected to pressure between a fixed heated chest and a table mounted on rails and adapted to be raised by means of an eccentrically-operated sliding piece, the height of the table, and, therefore the pressure, being adjustable. As shown in end elevation in Fig. 4, the board d is mounted on longitudinal rails f and raised against the heated chest a by means of a sliding piece g actuated from an eccentric k<1> on a shaft n. The shaft, carrying a disk w, is rotated by worm gearing driven by a belt pulley r. A wedge k, adjustable in position by screws h, determines the height to which the table may be raised. In operation, two tables and two operatives are preferably employed. On running the table under the chest a, the lever t is operated and the clutch s engaged by means of a projection, and the end of the lever v, pivoted to the clutch lever, is disengaged from the catch x on the disk w so that the shaft n can rotate to raise the table. When the shaft n has made a half revolution, the table being then in its highest position, the lever v is free, provided the hand-lever e has been released, to engage with the catch x, thus withdrawing the clutch s and preventing further rotation of the shaft n until the lever t is again operated.
Patent GB-190524082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Chain or other Attachment of Wrist and Hand Bags such as used by Ladies.
Inventor: WORRALL HERBERT OLIVER
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 24,082. Worrall, H. O. Nov. 22. Hand-bags.-The chain or other attachment E of a lady's wrist or hand bag is passed through eyelets or sockets C on the frame of the bag B, which is thus suspended in vertical alinement with the chain. The parts a<1>, a<2> of the frame are cut away. The chain E may be threaded through perforations or eyelets on a purse F carried within the bag.
Patent GB-190600693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Drills
Inventor: KEYMER HENRY JOHN CUBITT
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 693. Keymer, H. J. C. Jan. 10. Rock drills. - The actuating-hammer of a percussive rock drill are secured by spring helves G<1>, G<2>, Fig. 1, to the arms of a lever C, pivoted on a pin D working in bearings E<1>, and having a rounded end to engage a slot in a doubleended piston B, which is reciprocated by compressed air &c. in a cylinder A. The valves M<1>, M', which control the supply of fluid from the chest L through the ports M<3>, M' to the opposite ends of the cylinder, and the exhaust through the ports V, are operated by levers P<1>, P<2> projecting through the shell of the chest into recesses N, N<2>, the levers being actuated by a cam R, which is worked upon the pin D by a pin S projecting from the lever C. The other end of the pin S reciprocates a pawl bar Z, which is guided between rollers and operates alternately through pawls Z<1>, Z' the ratchet-drill sockets H<1>, H', which rotate in bearings K<1>, K<2>. In a modification as shown on Fig. 4, two separate hammer pistons c<1>, c' slide in cylinders b<1>, b<2>, and operate by projections d<1>, d<2>, a double-ended lever e, which, by means of a knuckle joint g, actuates a lever l for moving the valves q', q<2>, fixed by rods r<1>, r' to a bridle n<1>. The lever axis f by levers t<1>, t' actuates the pawl bar w to rotate the drill sockets. An explosive mixture may be used instead of compressed air.