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Patent GB-190322835-A (GB)
Title: A New Form of Parlour Cricket
Inventor: BURGE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 22,835. Burge, T. Oct. 22. Games imitating cricket. -To a frame A of wood &c. about 25 inches long are attached two traps or wickets. Each of these consists of a piece G to which are hinged pieces C, B. When the ball strikes the wicket B, the pin D, which is fixed in the pieco C, is released from the eyelet shown, thus allowing the piece C, together with the flag F surmounting it, to be drawn back by an elastic band E. A number of small bells are suspended from the frame A by means of bent wires and chains. One player discharges the ball at the wickets &c. by means of a catapult, while the other defends the wicket and bells with a small bat.
Patent GB-190327531-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Medical Capsules.
Inventor: CORNU CHARLES
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 27,531. Cornu, C. Dec. 15. Capsules-Medical capsules are stamped out of two sheets of gluten, with the medicament spread between them. They are then plunged into a bath of water, glycerine and water, or glycerine and alcohol, and placed in powdered gluten, the operation being repeated. After each operation, the capsules are polished and relieved of any excess of powdered gluten in a sieve, to which a rapid reciprocating motion is imparted. The use of alcohol ensures the preservation of the gluten.
Patent GB-190327543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Attaching Flexible Metallic Tubing to Gas Supply Pipes.
Inventor: CROWTHER ALBERT
Filed: 1903-12-16
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 27,543. Crowther, A. Dec. 16. Couplings, a t ta cking pipes and hose to.-Relates to "push on" couplings for connecting flexible metallic tubing to gassupply pipes, the object being to make a better connection between the india-rubber socket and the flexible metallic tubing. A metal cap 4 is placed around the end of the india-rubber socket 3, and is then screwed over the end of the flexible tubing 2 without externally expanding that end of the socket-piece. Glue or other cement 6 fills the groove in the tubing. The cap or collar 4 may be compressed or corrugated after it is put on the coupling.
Patent GB-190406221-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coupling for the Shafts and Splinter Bars of Carriages and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SIMONS SIDNEY HERBERT
Filed: 1904-03-14
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 6221. Simons, S. H. March 14. Shafts; splinter-bars.-A coupling for connecting shafts and splinter-bars to carriages and other road vehicles is shown in Figs. 1 and 4 applied to a shaft. A circular core d can revolve in a transverse hole in the shaft end, and has a slot d' which corresponds in breadth with a slot c on the underside, or in the end, of the shaft. The core is retained in the shaft by a set-screw f engaging a groove g therein. To attach the shaft, it is raised to a vertical position, and its end is dropped between the limbs of the futchell end and brought forwards so that the futchell pin e occupies the slot d' in the core, as shown in Fig. 1. The shaft is then turned down, causing the parts to assume the positions shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shows the application of the coupling to the attachment block of a splinter-bar. According to the Provisional Specification, the core may be held between two pieces which are bored to take it, and have flanges at their outer ends to retain it in position. In this case, the core would be placed between the pieces before they were bolted to the shaft end.
Patent GB-190408555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Stop-motions for Drawing, Slubbing, and other similar Machines for Preparing and Spinning Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Inventor: TWEEDALE EDMUND
Filed: 1904-04-14
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 8555. Tweedale, E., Tweedale, S., and Smalley, J. April 14. Stop-motions; rollers and roller heads.-Relates to electrically-operated stop-motions for drawing, slubbing, and other similar machines for preparing cotton &c. The slivers 8, 9 in their passage from the fixed guide 1 to the back drawing-rollers, pass between a flanged top roller 7 and two grooved bottom rollers 3, 4 ; the latter are connected to the two poles of an electric battery or electromagnetic machine and are insulated from each other by non - conducting material 6. The top roller is prevented from moving laterally, and at the same time is kept in electrical connection with the lower roller 3, by means of the flange 11 which fits into the groove 12. It is at the same time held out of contact with the roller 4 by means of the slivers 8, 9, the groove 13 on the roller 4 being sufficiently large to clear the flange 11. When the sliver fails, contact is made between the rollers 7, 4, thereby completing the circuit and operating any well-known device, such as a tumbler lever, which actuates suitable mechanism to stop the frame. A modified arrangement of the rollers is shown in Fig. 5 ; in another form, a plain top roller may fit into grooves in one of the lower rollers, contact being maintained at the ends, the other lower roller being plain.
Patent GB-190410391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electrical Time Switches for Controlling Railway Barriers and the like.
Inventor: NEUGEBAUER FRANZ
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 10,391. Neugebauer, F. May 5. Crossing-gate signals; contacts, electric.-Relates to means for electrically operating railway barriers and audible signals in connection therewith on the approach of a train, and consists in preventing the opening of the working circuit until after the train has passed the barrier. On either side of the barrier p are arranged two rail switches q, r, and, on the arrival of a train, the circuit s, t is completed, causing an electromagnet e to attract the armature d and to release a mercury tilting vessel, Fig. 3, which then closes the working circuit o, o by forcing down a spring m upon a contact-pin n. In its lowered position, mercury runs from the upper chamber a of the vessel into the chamber b, and contact-pinsf, g bear against conductor springs h, i, so that, when the mercury has risen as far as the pin g, a local circuit k is closed and a motor or solenoid l raises the vessel again and breaks the working circuit. On the completion of the circuit s, t, an electromagnet v is energized, and withdraws a catch piece w from a contact-lever x, thus opening the circuit k. The barrier remains down with the signal ringing until the train has actuated the second rail switch q, thereby closing the circuit t, u and energizing an electromagnet z, which draws up the contact-lever x and closes the local circuit k, the lever being retained by the catch piece w.
Patent GB-190412275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Mechanically Playing Drums and other Instruments.
Inventor: ESPENHAIN MAX
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 12,275. Espenhain, M., and Kretschmar, C., [trading as Apollo Musikwerke M. Espenhain &Co.]. May 30. Automatic instruments; carillon mechanism.- In an apparatus for mechanically playing drums, the music disc is arranged so as to be easily replaceable, and the base-plate may support, in addition to the levers for beating the drum, an additional group of levers adapted to play a second instrument, such as a carillon mechanism. The apparatus can be mounted on any drum by screws. Two groups of playing-levers 4, 5 are mounted on the shaft 3, and are acted on by springs 6, so that their noseshaped ends pass through slots 7 in the plate 8, above which plate is mounted the music disc 10, provided near its circumference with holes taking into the toothed wheel 13, gearing with a cranked worm shaft 11 and extending through an opening 12 in the plate 8. The levers 4 are provided with hammers 15 for beating the drum, and, in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the levers 5 are adapted to open and close valves 18 between the wind-chest 16 and chambers 17 in connection with reeds 20. The windcheat 16 communicates by conduit 21 with the bellows 22, actuated by the rod 23, connected to the crank on the shaft 11. Modifications are described in which the levers 5 serve to actuate bells, sound-plates, &c. In another form, no levers 5 or second instrument are provided.
Patent GB-190413924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 13,924. Fell, J. C., [Monarch Typewriter Co.]. June 20. Type-writers.-A combined platen and carriage scale, more particularly for "front-strike" typewriting machines, such as for example the Monarch, consists of a single plate forming a vertical platen scale 24, Fig. 2, a backwardly-bent part 25, and an inclined carriage scale 26. The extreme ends 29 of the plate are attached by riveting or otherwise to spring arms 19, adjustably clamped by screws 20 to lugs 18 on the carriage 4. The ribbon guide 9 is forked, and carries the ribbon at the top in such a manner that a clear view of the scale 26 is obtained by the operator where the upturned index 27, which may be stamped out of the slot 11, approaches the scale. The rod 10 for actuating the guide 9, moved when a key is depressed, as described in Specification No. 19,605, A.D. 1900, passes through the slot 11. The upper edge of the scale 24 forms a straight edge, resting against the platen, preferably two single line-space units below the writing line, while the scale 26, without interfering with the ink-ribbon mechanism, is inclined approximately at rightangles to the line of sight.
Patent GB-190416986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ladies' Waist Belts with Skirt Lifting Devices.
Inventor: SCHOELLHORN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-08-03
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 16,986. Sch÷llhorn, T. Aug. 3. Belts; suspenders for articles of dress.-A waistbelt, comprising two pieces of suitable material separated by strips of felt &c., is provided with cords which can be attached to the dress skirt by eyes, hooks, or the like. The cords f pass into a hollow space c, and are guided by rollers, strips e of whalebone, &c. to holes at the ends of the belt and are fastened on the outside to slides, so that, by moving the latter, the skirt may be raised or lowered. Small springs or prominences l, i hold the slides in position, and the slides may be constructed so as to appear to be part of the buckle when in the extreme positions.
Patent GB-190418538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wireless Electric Signalling Systems.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 18,538. Dymond, G. C., [Ges. f³r Drahtlose Telegraphie]. Aug. 26. Telegraphs. - Relates to wireless signalling- systems in which are employed a simple or firmly-coupled transmitter, and a receiver consisting of an aerial conductor loosely coupled with the indicator circuit containing a detector, the object of the improvements being to obtain as close a tuning as possible of the receiver to the transmitter. The loose coupling of the aerial conductor a, Fig. 2, with the indicator circuit is attained by having only a portion of the self-induction c in circuit with the aÙrial conductor, while the tuning of the detector circuit may be accomplished by varying the self-induction in the circuit. The conductor a may bo inductively loosely coupled with the indicator circuit, Fig. 3, by leaving a space between the primary and secondary coils of the converter, or by having only a small portion of the secondary coil in conjunction with the primary coil. A number of spark-gaps may be employed in the transmitter, in which case condensers, selfinduction coils, or high ohmic resistances are placed in parallel with the gaps as shown in Fig. 4, in order that there may be a uniform distribution of potential over the separate spark-gaps. In order to lessen the damping of the indicator circuit, the self-induction coil c, Fig. 2, or the secondary coil, Fig. 3, is made of a conductor of high conductivity, the diameter of the wire being at least À025 inch. To diminish the fluctuations in the capacity of the detector d, the capacity of the indicator circuit is made at least twice as great as that of the detector by the insertion of a condenser f in parallel with the detector.
Patent GB-190420399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Gauges or Indicators.
Inventor: WHITAKER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 20,399. Whitaker, A. Sept. 21. Water levels, indicating.-A water gauge consists of a vertical spindle actuated by a float which is formed with a helical groove engaging with pins projecting inside the containing-chamber. The spindle l is free to revolve, and is supported by the bearing p in the cylindrical chamber a, which may be placed in connection with the water tank by the pipe f or, in a modified arrangement, may be placed inside, with suitable holes to admit the water. The sheet-metal float r is feathered to the spindle at u and is provided with the helical groove w. Similarly-placed pins k are screwed through the wall of the chamber a and engage with the groove. The cap b provides for the reception of an indicating-drum 4 fixed to the spindle l, a window 7 and pointer completing the arrangement. Specification No. 10,642, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190420865-A (GB)
Title: Cover for Wheel Tyres and Method of Producing the same.
Inventor: ZOHLEN EMIL
Filed: 1904-09-28
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 20,865. Zohlen, E. Sept. 28. Tyres, pneumatic.-A cover for the tyres of vehicle wheels, especially of automobiles, is made from an annulus of untanned hide which is placed over a mould b of suitable section, and is pressed by means of dies c so that the material is left thick at the tread and also accumulates at the edges a'. The cover, with the exception of the edges a<1>, is then immersed in tanning-liquid.
Patent GB-190421077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Engraving or Etching of Metallic Surfaces.
Inventor: KER WILLIAM ALISON
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 21,077. Ker, W. A., and Ker, C. A. Oct. 1. Etching.-Relates to apparatus for etching metallic surfaces, which is specially adapted for etching copper rolls for calico and other printing. The design is first engraved on a zinc printing-plate, which is then inked with a greasy, acid-resisting ink, and the design afterwards transferred to the metallic surface to be etched. The printing-plates a are mounted on beds b which can slide vertically in boxes h carried by a table c running on wheels d. The wheels work in grooves in a table e which can be moved transversely on bars i by means of a screw j passing through a nut on a bracket k depending from the table e. The screw is rotated by a toothed hand wheel provided with an index finger m. Through the boxes h pass two shafts n, n<1> geared together and carrying cams o, o' which act on the underside of the beds b. By means of a handle q, the shafts may be rotated and the beds raised. The table c can be traversed by means of a handle r. The copper rolls s to be printed are mounted on shafts s<1> turning in bearings which are adjustable in uprights t by means of screws t<1>. The rolls s are rotated by means of worm gearing from a shaft u<1> provided with a handle u<3>. An indexwheel on one of the shafts s' co-operates with a pointer fixed on the frame. The plates a are inked by rollers x carried by uprights x<1>. On the rollers x rest supply rollers x<2> which are inked from time to time by rolling them on a slab. The Provisional Specification states also that the pattern plate may be inked with a hand-roller, and that the roller to be etched may be coated with a film of bitumen or the like, on which the design is printed. The roller is then subjected to the action of heat or light, whereby the bitumen unacted on by the ink is rendered insoluble. In a modification, the zinc printing-plate may be mounted on a roller.
Patent GB-190421902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo-electric Machines
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 21,902. British Thomson-Houston Co. and Clinker, R. C. Oct. 11. Dynamos, regulating. - Compoundwound series dynamos and boosters have their field windings connected in series with the primary winding of a transformer and in parallel with its secondary winding, in order that the field winding may respond more quickly to changes of impressed voltage. As shown for a booster, the iron core of the transformer A has an air gap B of such width that, when the current is switched off from the transformer, it will retain no remanent magnetism. The primary winding C is connected in series with the field winding D of the booster to be regulated, while the secondary winding E is connected in shunt with the held winding. The numbers of turns on the transformer are chosen so that, when the current in the mains F increases, the increase is supplemented in the field winding D by a transient current from the secondary E of the transformer, with the result that the current in the field winding D responds quickly to change in the main current, or, in the case of a dynamo, to alteration of resistance. When the main current is steady, the winding E serves as a simple shunt to the field winding, and, by varying its resistance the booster may be controlled.
Patent GB-190425563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Fruits and Vegetables containing Sugar and Preparations of such Fruits and Vegetables
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 25,563. Hatmaker, J. R. Nov. 24. Food preparations ; preserving food.-A process of drying and preparing fruits and vegetables containing sugar consists in reducing them to a pulp, which is then exposed, in thin layers, to a temperature above 212‹ F. as in the process described in connection with. milk in Specification No. 8743, A.D. 1903. If desired, the drying may be effected in a partial or complete vacuum. Drying-cylinders may be employed from which the pulp may be removed while in a sticky condition and is then allowed to crystallize. Other substances not injuriously affected by the process may be incorporated and dried with the pulp.
Patent GB-190428997-A (GB)
Title: Process of Treating Creosote and Product of the same.
Inventor: MEYER ALBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,997. Meyer, A. G. Dec. 30. Medicinal preparations; antiseptics.-Relates to a preparation of creosote for hypodermic use for diphtheria, tuberculosis, asthma, &c., and also for use as an antiseptic and germicide. Beechwood creosote is made into a paste with acetanilide and ammonium carbonate ; the paste is stirred with nitric acid, and the product is boiled with water and alcohol, and crystallized. The crystals are dried, and washed with cold water. A solution for hypodermic &c. use is made by boiling the crystals with alcohol and adding ether.
Patent GB-190502275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warping Machines.
Inventor: LIVESEY ROBERT CROSSLEY
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 2275. Livesey, B. C. Feb. 6. Yarns, warping.-Consists of improvements in the arrangement and construction of the variablespeed mechanism by which the warp-beam driving- drum is driven in the warping-machine described in Specifications No. 217, A.D. 1903, and No. 10,426, A.D. 1904. The two cone pulleys A, A<1> are mounted at the end of the machine, and the shaft a of the pulley A is constantly driven by means of a belt pulley B, though a loose pulley may be employed. A pinion on the shaft a<1> of the pulley A' gears with teeth e<2> on the periphery of the loose or driving member e<1> of a conical friction clutch on the shaft d of the driving-drum D, the driven member e being fast on the shaft d. A fixed sleeve F surrounding the shaft d has a spiral groove, in which is engaged a pin g on a lever provided with a fork g<2> engaging a groove in the clutch member e'. The fork lever is moved by means of a treadlelever K, to cause the member e<1> to engage or to be disengaged from the member e, or the member e<1> may be moved out of contact by a spring. The warp beam D<1> is mounted on arms M on a shaft m, on which is fixed an arm M<1> connected by a guided and weighted chain m<1> to the shifting-device a<2> for the belt of the cone pulleys. As the yarn is wound on to the beam, the arm M<1> is moved to shift the driving-belt of the cone pulleys, thus diminishing the speed of rotation of the driving-drum D. The shaft m is provided with a friction device comprising a fixed disk T and a disk T' adjustably mounted on the shaft in order that the tension on the warp-beam arms M may be adjusted. A disk of felt, leather, or the like may be placed between the two disks. In an alternative arrangement of the driving-gear, the shafts a, a' are provided with friction disks connected by a pair of friction disks which are carried by an arm on the shaft m. As the shaft m turns, the position of the pair of friction disks is altered relatively to the disks on the shafts a, a', to diminish the speed of rotation of the drum D. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the motion for stopping the machine when an end breaks is similar to that described in Specification No. 10,426, A.D. 1904, and that wires or bars are placed adjacent to or between the staple-shaped drops to assist in guiding the drops, and to support their weight upon the yarn and prevent it from sagging.
Patent GB-190503220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Leather Covers for Pneumatic and other Tyres for the Wheels of Vehicles and in the Construction of other Leather Goods.
Inventor: DONALD WILLIAM JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 3220. Donald, W. J. A. Feb. 16. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to the manufacture of leather covers for wheel tyres and other leather goods by moulding the raw or slightly-tanned hide to the desired shape, and tanning the moulded article by a chrome process. The leather cover B, which may be in sections joined together by pieces A of the same material, may be vulcanized to the ordinary rubber cover, or it may be secured to the rim, spokes, or other part of the wheel. The leather may be impregnated with rubber as described in Specification No. 18,517, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Leather], and fitted with metal studs F and leather &c. washers G. Reference is made to Specification No. 9139, A.D. 1903, which describes a process of moulding prior to tanning.
Patent GB-190506158-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Apparatus for Carburetting Air and other Gases.
Inventor: BOUCHAUD-PRACEIQ EDOUARD
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 6158. Praceiq, E. Bouchard-. March 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Nuts. - A nut which carries the delivery tube of a carburetting apparatus engages a screwed spindle and is made in two parts joined by means of a spring hinge. A tube e is mounted in a sleeve k carried by a nut m formed in two parts joined by means of a spring hinge n and embracing a screwed spindle o.
Patent GB-190507292-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Game of Skill and Means or Devices for Playing the same.
Inventor: PARKER JOHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 7292. Parker, J. S. April 6. Games played with disks, posts, and flugs. -A number of miniature posts a, with or without flags &c., are placed upon a table so as to mark out the path or the area of the table on which it is required to make disks B travel: The disks B, which may be of cardboard, celluloid, or metal &c., and be characteristically marked, are propelled by the forefinger or other similar means as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190523368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Flexible or other Binders.
Inventor: BRITTAIN PERCIVAL FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 23,368. Brittain, P. F. Nov. 14. Fastenings, stud and eye or slot. A channel-shaped flexible binder c, of the type described in Specification No. 6507, A.D. 1903, for pocket books, portfolios, letter files, &c., has pins a, one or both ends of which are fastened by pivoted catches f, slotted at g to engage the neck h. Spring sockets or plates m, Fig. 5, may replace one or both the catches f. The pins, being fastened at both ends, may be replaced by others of different length.