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Patent GB-190401290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horseshoe Pads.
Inventor: ZARING CHARLES WESLEY
Filed: 1904-01-18
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 1290. Zaring, C. W. Jan. 18. Hoof pads a r e formed of a tread block embedded in the cushion fixed to the plate. The plate 1, Figs. 1 and 2, of rubber backed with leather or of other material has cemented to it a tread block 2 of strips or layers of woven fabric, wire cloth embedded in rubber or the like, and the cushion 4 of rubber built round it. The tread block may be flanged and sewn to the plate, or dovetailed into the cushion, which is vulcanized under pressure.
Patent GB-190408480-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cigar Holder.
Inventor: GRAY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 8480. Gray, J. T. April 13. Cigar holders.-To prevent the cigar from falling out of the holder, two or more spring tongues d attached to a perforated plug c are pushed into the end of the cigar, and the plug is screwed into the mouthpiece a.
Patent GB-190410083-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Separating Sand, Small Grain, Coarse Impurities and Spherical Grain of Bad Plants from Wheat and other Grain as well as for Sorting Wheat.
Inventor: MEYER WILLY
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1905-05-02
Abstract: 10,083. Meyer, W. May 2. Sifting and separating grain &c.-In apparatus for sorting wheat and for separating sand, small grain, weed seeds, coarse impurities, and spherical grain from wheat and other grain, a moving pitted metallic band is used in connection with reciprocating sieves. Fig. 1 shows a section of one form of machine. The wide band c is fitted in the sieve frame a and moves slowly in a direction opposite to that of the grain passing over the sieves b from the hopper e. The frame a receives a jerky reciprocating motion from any source, and is provided with a coarse inclined sieve b<1> to separate the largest particles. The smallest particles pass through the sieves b into the pits in the band c and are discharged at x, while the cleaned grain is discharged at g. The band c is fitted with a brush i to clean the sieves b, and passes under a scraper h which prevents good grain from being carried away. The band may consist of plates of metal fixed to chains, or of a plate of steel or copper fixed upon a belt. Apparatus may be arranged in the frame a to clean the band by suction, and wheat &c. may thus be cleaned from all impurities at a single operation.
Patent GB-190410151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lamps and Burners for Lighting Purposes.
Inventor: NUERNBERG ALBERT
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 10,151. N³rnberg, A. May 3. Incandescent gas lamps.-In a lamp for burning gas, with the aid of a supply of oxygen, gas is conveyed to the burner by the tube n and oxygen by the tube b, bent as shown in the Figure. The gas passes into the space e between the tubes d, e ; oxygen passes up the inner tube e from the nozzle f, the action of the jet drawing in a certain amount of air through openings h. The gases mix at i where the flame is produced, the heat thereof rendering incandescent a mantle l which is suspended by a wire m n o from a ring q which may be adjusted at various points on the pipes a, b by screws s and lugs r. A movable globe u surrounds the lamp, and is supported by chains v passing over pulleys w and attached to a counterpoise y, which slides on the tubes a, b.
Patent GB-190410707-A (GB)
Title: Improved Forceps.
Inventor: ZENTNER RAIMUND
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 10,707. Zentner, B. May 10. Pliers.-Relates to forceps specially adapted for bending the pegs or pins of porcelain teeth at right-angles at a uniform distance from the porcelain. The jaws a, b of the forceps are provided with longitudinal slots, holes, or openings, and the pegs or pins are bent by a bell-crank lever d mounted on a pin n in the slot in the upper jaw a and the shorter arm of which enters the slot in the lower jaw b. The tooth e is placed with its pegs f between the jaws and above the shorter arm of the lever d, which is then depressed against the action of the spring o. The jaw a may be provided with a groove g corresponding to the size of the tooth pegs f.
Patent GB-190424023-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process in the Manufacture of Soap
Inventor: BOARDMAN ARTHUR EDWIN
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 24,023. Boardman, A. E. Nov. 7. Soaps. - Soap is cooled by allowing it to fall through a tower up which an air current passes, thus dispensing with the cooling-frames ordinarily employed. The soap is pumped through a pipe c to the top of the tower and falls through a perforated plate x on to table g, meeting on its way a current of air entering through a jacket m and passing to the interior of the tower through perforations and louvres k in the inner wall h. The soap is preferably removed from the table by means of rotary arms q, which direct it either into an extrusion press p or on to a conveyer u, communicating with a conveyer v located in a drying-chamber w. The Provisional Specification states that the table g may also be cooled.
Patent GB-190425855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gauges for Fluids
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 25,855. Brookes, A. G., [Gregory, G. W.]. Nov. 28. Liquid levels, indicating. -A float-controlled gauge, applicable to tanks, boilers, or vessels f o r holding gasoline, oil, water, or other liquid, comprises a shaft mounted vertically inside a spirally slotted tube and a hollow metal float sliding on the shaft and engaging the slot. The indicator consists of a compass needle controlled by a permanent magnet fixed to the top of the shaft. The shaft h is of ribbon form, and the float m is fitted with a correspondingly - shaped central tube as well as with a guiding-pin n. In the construction shown, the slotted tube e is attached to a head d which is secured by a curb b and way c and is locked by a screw v. The compass box is adjustably secured over the magnet l by a flanged nut s. The glass cover q is held tightly by a snap-ring r and serves to keep the needle on its pivot. A stop 1 is fitted to engage the float before the guiding-pin reaches the end of the slot. If gasoline is to be stored under pressure, the stop is placed some distance below the top of the tank. Holes x are formed in the tube and in the stop 1 to permit the passage of the liquid from the filling-opening t, and a vent passage y is furnished with a screw stopper z. Where a separate filling-opening is provided, the tube e may be attached directly by a curb and way and the compass box fitted directly over the end of the tube. In a modified construction, the compass box is hinged to close over a central filling-opening and secured by a catch. The magnet is U-shaped, the ends projecting upwards into a groove round the central opening. The shaft is cranked and is supported at the top by a bearing in a narrow cross-bar. The guiding-pin is formed with a hole to engage the crank shaft.
Patent GB-190501848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling
Inventor: HART FRANK BROOKS
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 1848. Hart, F. B. Jan. 31. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Controlling signals.-In mechanically slotted signals, the "operating" weight levers on the signal post connected with the hand-levers in two or more cabins are arranged to have a longer stroke or sweep than the " actuating " weight lever connected with the semaphore arm, so that despite any irregularities in the strokes of the operating- levers the actuating-lever will always make its full stroke, and consequently the signal arm will always take up a definite angular position. Fig. 2 shows the levers for a signal slotted from two cabins and occupying the normal position. Fig. 3 shows these levers actuated to operate the signal arm. The operating-levers b with a long stroke take up irregular positions, but the actuating-lever c moves through its full range on account of its short stroke, and so definitely moves the semaphore arm through the rod e. Similarly, the method may be applied to signals slotted from more than two cabins. Soft bearings of wood or other material are employed for the pivots of the operating- levers, which have heavy weights attached and a considerable drop.
Patent GB-190503168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus relating to Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: HERVIEU GASTON
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 3168. Hervieu, G., and Thuillet, C. Sept. 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Acetylene.-Apparatus for the generation of acetylene by the automatic delivery of carbide cartridges into water comprises a generator having an outlet tube 2 communicating with a suitable gas-holder, and divided into two compartments by a partition 9, one of the compartments being further divided into portions 6, 7 by one or more partitions 12. Below the chamber 6 is placed a basket 10, which is manipulated by a handle 11, and serves to receive the cartridges discharged from a distributor 5. The cartridges are conducted below the compartment 6 by an inclined plane 14, which also serves to prevent gas from entering the compartment 7. The distributor comprises curved slides 16, 17, 18, between which the cartridges are guided, and rollers 19 mounted on an axle pivoted between a pair of pivoted sectors 21, for retaining the cartridges and liberating them one at a time. The sectors are connected by a bar 23 which is connected by an arm 24 and a flexible attachment 25 to a sliding piece actuated by a projection on the gas-holder. As the bell rises and falls, the rollers 19 are raised and lowered and the cartridges supplied one at a time, each of them falling through a flap 31 into the generating-chamber. The cartridge magazine consists of a box 15 fixed to the distributor by a catch and retained in place by lugs 38. Cartridges are retained in the magazine and released therefrom by a roller 32 mounted on arms 33 which are connected by a bar 34 carrying a handle 35. Hooks 36 on the arms 33 engage with a lug 37 on the distributor when the handle 35 is lowered for the delivery of cartridges. The magazine may be of such a size that the cartridges are retained in it in a straight or zigzag line. The space 39 between the partitions 12 forms a safety chamber to intercept gas escaping from the compartment 6 through lack of water or extra pressure on the bell.
Patent GB-190503813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scrapers for Roller Mills.
Inventor: TURNER PEIRSON
Filed: 1905-02-23
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 3813. Turner, P. Feb. 23. Roller mills.-Relates to scrapers for roller mills employed in the reduction of grain to flour or meal. The trough-shaped scraper C is in contact with the lower of the two inclined rolls A, B, and is provided at its ends with hollowed-out lugs which rest on T- headed adjusting-screws D, carried by swivelling brackets E mounted on pins G carried by bossed flanges H fixed to the end-casings of the mill. The screws D are adjusted by means of nuts F, and the brackets E by screws I, which bear against projections on castings J secured to the end casings of the mill,
Patent GB-190507603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Apparatus for Travelling Above the surface of Water.
Inventor: FORLANINI ENRICO
Filed: 1905-04-10
Granted: 1906-07-10
Abstract: 7603. Forlanini, E. April 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Aerial machines without aerostats.-Relates to that class of vessel which rises out of the water when under way and skims over the surface, and which it is stated, can be fitted with aeroplanes and used as a flying-machine. Several cylindrical hulls C are braced together and provided with long, narrow, inclined blades a attached to depending arms G capable of vertical adjustment in horizontallypivoted shafts B. These blades raise the structure completely out of and clear of the water during propulsion. Fig. 9 shows the preferred form of the supporting-blades a. The under surface is slightly curved, the maximum amount of curvature occurring at about one-third of the length from the forward end. In plan, the two outer ends of the blades curve backwards, and the front edges K are-formed as shown to avoid the formation of eddies. Propulsion is effected either by paddlewheels the immersion of which is automatically varied, or by screw propellers, one example described having propellers working in the air. Steering is effected by rudders either in the water or in the air. Several modifications of the apparatus are described in the Specification, one having blades, the angle of inclination of which is automatically regulated ; in another, the blades are attached to telescopic sleeves. The apparatus is stated to be specially applicable to the preliminary instruction in the management of aerial vessels. The Specification contains various calculations and formulµ by which the proportions of the blades may be determined.
Patent GB-190507955-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Gutters and the like to their Supports.
Inventor: DENNIS WILLIAM STONE
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 7955. Donnis, W. S. April 14. Holdfasts; metal pipes, securing. Integral with the article is a boss or thickening through which the screw passes. The bore is undercut and filled with red lead &c. above the screw head to prevent corrosion.
Patent GB-190513326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Traps for Animals or Birds.
Inventor: PAIGE WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1905-06-28
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 13,326. Paige, W. R. June 28. Traps for catching rabbits or other animals or birds without injuring them. To the base of the trap is pivoted at F a platform E of circular or other shape, surrounded by a plate D pivoted to the base at D'. Under the edge of the plate D are the free ends of two flaps or wings B which are hinged to the base A and provided with springs C tending to raise them. The platform D is held down by a catch G pivoted to the base at H<1> and engaging with a projection E<2> on the platform E, or any trip action may be used. On the plate D around the platform E are arranged two cords, wires, or the like J, each passing through a loop or ring on the end of the other and attached to one of the wings B, so that when the catch is released, the wings B flying up tighten the cords J, the platform D throwing the noose well up the animal's leg. A flange E' round the platform E prevents earth &c. from passing between the plate D and platform E and clogging the trap.
Patent GB-190519964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Converting Reciprocating into Continuous Rotary Motion and vice-versa
Inventor: LIVINGSTON FRED NEVELL
Filed: 1905-10-03
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 19,964. Livingston, F. N. Oct. 3. Converting reciprocating into rotary motion.- Relates to a mangle rack motion stated to be useful as a crank substitute in which there is no deadcentre. The two toothed racks 10 are rigidly connected by means of yokes 11 which are attached to shafts 12, with which they reciprocate. The mutilated meshing pinion 14 is carried on a shaft 16 and has its end teeth tapered off as shown in Fig. 1. At each end of the rack 10 is arranged one or more retractable teeth 17, 18, normally pressed forward by springs. The diagonally opposite teeth 18 have transverse shoulders 21 which rest upon the edges of tappet plates 22 hinged to the racks at 23. The end fixed teeth of the rack are tapered off as in the case of the half-toothed pinion 14. As the rack frame moves relatively to the pinion and reaches one end, the shaft 16 strikes the proximate tappat 22 and causes withdrawal of the tooth 18 to facilitate disengagement of the pinion. In engaging with the opposite rack, the first tapered tooth of the pinion slips over the spring-pressed tooth 17, the latter then returning to mesh with the first and second teeth of the pinion.
Patent GB-190520178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot and other Brushes.
Inventor: MOULD ALBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 20,178. Mould, A. C., and Whitlock, A. E. Oct. 5. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-A block a of wood, hollowed to receive a box of blacking, is hinged to the back of a boot-brush and is covered with a polishing-pad d.
Patent GB-190522844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firing Gear for Ordnance.
Inventor: HOLMSTROM CARL
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 22,844. Holmstrom, C., and Middleton, E. Nov. 7. Ordnance breech mechanism. - R e - lates to slip-lock f ir ing-mechanism having a rebounding striker. The main-spring e is enclosed at its ends by thimbles e<1>, e<2>, the former being constructed with an internal abutment e<3>, Fig. 8, in which slots e<4>, Fig. 3, are formed for lugs e<5> on the striker E. Normally, the parts occupy the positions shown in Fig. 3, but, when the firing-lever F is pulled, the thimbles are caused to approach each other by the hook f and bent lever g, which engage projections e<7>, e<8> on the thimbles ; the striker is thus retracted and the spring e compressed from either end. During this movement, a toe f<3> on the hook f strikes a fixed stop h, Fig. 5, and disengages the hook from the projection e<7>, as described in Specification No. 15,364, A.D. 1901. The thimble e<1> being thus released is thrown forwards by the spring e until arrested by the end wall of the recess G ; the striker E then moves forwards, in the slots e<4>, under its own momentum and fires the primer. The thimble e' is returned to its normal position by the reaction of the main spring, and through the collar e<6> retracts the striker. A safety bolt d<2> is actuated by the motion of the breech-operating lever, so that, when the breech is unlocked, it blocks the path of a lug e<9> on the thimble e<1> and locks the firing-mechanism.
Patent GB-190523316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Red Sulphur-containing Colouring Matter.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-13
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 23,316. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co., Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 13. Dyes, artificial.-A sulphur containing colouring- matter which dyes animal and vegetable fibre red, is produced by oxidizing thioindoxyl. In examples, the use of potassium ferricyanide, air, ferric chloride, and potassium bichromate as oxidizing- agents is described. The thioindoxyl may be produced by first condensing chloracetic acid with thiosalicylic acid, then heating the o-carboxythioglycollic acid, so produced, with caustic alkali to form thioindoxylcarboxylic acid, and finally splitting off carbon dioxide by heating in aqueous or acid solution.
Patent GB-190523781-A (GB)
Title: Improved Elevator for Window Sashes and the like
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE TIGHE
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 23,781. Moore, G. T. Nov. 18. Window-closing apparatus.-A railway-carriage door sash or other sliding window is connected to a double-grooved pulley g by a cord &c. g' attached to a bracket h. The sash is raised by depressing an arm a mounted o the axle of a toothed quadrant gearing with a wheel f attached to the pulley g. The latter is also connected to the sash by a cord &c. which unwinds as the sash is raised and passes round a fixed pulley j to the bracket h.
Patent GB-190524740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keyboard Construction for Writing Machines.
Inventor: HOTSON JOHN HASTIE
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 24,740. Hotson, J. H. Nov. 29. Typewriters.-Relates more particularly to keyboards for facilitating " all-finger operating" and " touch " typewriting, in which it is usual to assign the left half of the keyboard to the left hand and the right half to the right hand. The keys are arranged in three rows and are provided in their upper surfaces with the usual depressions for the finger. To obviate the possibility of missing a key, the keys of the front and rear rows are provided with flat extensions a projecting away from the middle row of keys. Similarly, the end keys of each row in each half of the keyboard are provided with extensions b projecting to left and right. The extensions may be placed on both sides of the keys, Fig. 3, or may project inwards from the front and rear rows, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190525317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Roofing-tiles.
Inventor: HESSE HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 25,317. Hesse, H. Dec. 6. Moulding tiles.-To produce roofing-tiles of even thickness throughout, even at their curved portions, the base-plate b and the sides of the mould are suitably curved, as are also the guide-bars d for the profiled moulding tool, which is slid backward and forward.
Patent GB-190526606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Polishing and Straightening Machines.
Inventor: SHERRATT WALTER
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 26,606. Sherratt, W. Dec. 20. Surfacing and polishing.-A machine for straightening and polishing metal bars has a front shaft b carrying a convex straightening-roll c and a traversing-roll e, and a back shaft carrying a concave straightening-roll and a traversing-roll, the shafts being slightly inclined in opposite directions, the rolls c preferably tapered off at their leading ends, and the convex and concave rolls c built up of cast-iron disks with steel disks c<1> at the middle and ends respectively. The rolls on the shaft bare slightly larger than those on the back shaft, so as to keep the work down on an anvil g which is adjustable vertically and horizontally. The bearings of the shaft b are adjustable horizontally by screws and hand-wheels x. The anvil g below the rolls c is of brass and below the polishing-roll f and rolls e of oak. The polishing-roll frame is hinged at one end and adjusted at the other end by means of a screw z. Supports i for the work are provided.
Patent GB-190603218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines of the Slow Combustion Type.
Inventor: SULZER ALBERT
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 3218. Sulzer, A., Sulzer, E., Sulzer, J., and Sulzer, C., [trading as Sulzer, Geb.]. Feb. 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Internal-combustion engines of the continuous combustion type. Engines worked by slow combustion are supplied with fuel or with air for spraying the fuel by a pump b, which is always open to the combustion chamber a both above and below its piston, so that compression is effected only by the main piston k. The pump piston is worked by any means that will cause it to deliver its charge at the proper, rate. The engine may work on either a four- or a two-stroke cycle, and when liquid fuel is employed it may be supplied by a pipe g, Fig. 2, and sprayed by air from the pump. A mechanically-actuated valve h, Fig. 3, allows air to pass into the pump but prevents its return, thus permitting a slight supercompression in the pump.
Patent GB-190603413-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paint and Varnish Remover.
Inventor: ELLIS CARLETON
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 3413. Ellis, C. Feb. 12. Paints and varnishes, removing.-Compositions for removing paints and varnishes, which contain volatile inflammable solvents and substances to retard evaporation such as waxes, are rendered non- inflammable by the addition of a non-inflammable liquid of high vapour tension such as carbon tetrachloride. In an example, an evaporation retarder consisting of bees-wax, ceresin, paraffin, &c. is dissolved in carbon tetrachloride. and the solution is mixed with ethyl alcohol and amyl acetate. Small proportions of benzol, acetone, or wood spirit may be added.