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Patent GB-190307101-A (GB)
Title: Bar Hamper Fastening
Inventor: WALDEN ALBERT
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 7101. Walden, A., and Walden, G., [trading as Walden Bros.]. March 27. Fastenings for hampers. The fastening consists of two metal bars B, C, which slide in the casing D and engage with the staples a, which are secured to the hamper and are shaped to suit the sloping outer ends of the bars. The inner ends of the bars B, C have projections which pass through slots in the casing D. To the projection b a plate A is hinged, which is formed with a slot, so that it may be passed over the projection e and secured by a padlock passing through a hole in the projection b. The spiral spring F presses the bars B, C apart.
Patent GB-190310866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regenerative Steel Furnaces, Glass and Heating Furnaces, and the like.
Inventor: HENDERSON HUGH WHITE
Filed: 1903-05-13
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 10,866. Henderson, H. W. May 13. Regenerative furnaces. - Relates to the reversing arrangements of regenerative steel, glass, and heating furnaces and the like. Gas admitted to the chamber A, Figs. 1 and 2, passes through a valve B to another chamber C and thence to one or the other of the valve casings E according to the position of the valves F. These valves and the air valves I are connected by chains L, I', passing over overhead pulleys, with a weight L<1> and levers I<3>, respectively. Sliding dampers or valves K, K<1>, also connected by chains with a separate weight L', are provided in the branch flues leading directly to the chimney. If desired, the valves F, K can be made hollow, as shown in the right-hand side of Fig. 2, so that water can circulate through them. Water can also be admitted to a passage E<3> in the upper seat of the valves F. The lower seat G<2> is built up of overlapping segments of firebrick. Soot doors are provided in the casings E and chamber C.
Patent GB-190311036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fishing Reels.
Inventor: APJOHN JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1903-05-14
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,036. Apjohn, J. H. May 14. Reels and winches, rod. - Consists in providing means for winding the line evenly on the barrel in whatever position the rod may be held. Fig. 2 shows an elevation of the mechanism, the reel being attached to the fishing-rod, and Fig. 1 shows a side elevation showing part of the reel and the mechanism. The even winding is effected by the radial arm A, which has an eye B on its end, through which the line is led to the reel barrel. This arm A is pivoted at L and shaped to fit around a spindle K, which is supported by the cheeks of the reel and driven by suitable gearing from the pinion D on the axis of the barrel. The spindle K is shaped so that a pin M in the arm A will work in a thread cut into its surface. A screw-thread extends a half turn right-handed in a length about half the distance between the cheeks of the reel, and a similar left-handed thread on the other side meets, at either extremity, the right-handed thread. The arm A is confined to horizontal motion by the guide-bar C, so that, as the spindle revolves, the arm moves from one side to the other. Allowance is made in the curve of the screw-thread for the shape of the spindle, so as to give uniform motion to the arm. The Provisional Specification also describes another method of obtaining even winding, which consists in replacing the spindle K by an endless screw and worm-wheel. The underside of the worm-wheel carries an eccentric pin working in the slot of a cam, so formed that, as the wheel revolves, the cam moves a pivoted arm similar to the arm A.
Patent GB-190311929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Automatic Opening and Closing of Doors in Lifts and the like.
Inventor: ROODHUIJZEN ALBERTUS GERARDUS
Filed: 1903-05-25
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 11,929. Roodhuijzen, A. G. May 25. L i f t s. - Consists of apparatus for automatically opening and closing well doors in lifts and the like. In the vertical shaft d, on which the door is mounted, is formed a spiral groove g, which, from the middle of the shaft to its ends, turns through 90‹, but right handedly in one direction and left handedly in the other. A projection j on the c a g e engages in the groove g and is carried at such a height that, when the cage is at the floor, the projection is at the middle of the groove, the door being then open. Thus, according as the cage approaches or leaves the floor, the door opens or closes. The rod j may be withdrawn into inoperative position, as required. The groove g is of semicircular section, and the rod j has a spherical head to engage therein. A spring assists the closing of the door. An inside lock or fastening may be provided, which is opened by a projection on the cage and closes automatically.
Patent GB-190312072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Damping or Gumming Labels.
Inventor: WHITELEGG JAMES
Filed: 1903-05-27
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 12,072. Whitelegg, J., and Houghton, W. May 27. Damping and affixing labels.-A box a is divided into two compartments, one serving as a receptacle for labels, while the other contains water or gum, into which dip a series of india-rubber or rubber - surfaced discs f<1> mounted on a shaft f and projecting through slots g in the lid d. The shaft f rotates in brackets e carried by the lid d, which with the lid d<1> is furnished with finger depressions d' for convenience in removal. The labels are slid along the table with tbeir backs in contact with the discs. In modifications, the discs f<1> do not dip directly into the liquid, but rest upon and rotate a series of feeddiscs or a roller mounted at the sides of the box and partly immersed in the liquid; in some cases, wipers or doctors are applied to the discs or feedroller for the purpose of removing superfluous moisture therefrom.
Patent GB-190312479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Generators and Motors.
Inventor: JERVIS-SMITH FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-02
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 12,479. Smith, F. J. Jervis-. June 2. Dynamos; motors; magnetoelectric machines; motors, electromagnetic.-The induction through the magnetic circuits of dynamo-electro machines is increased by removing all air gaps, the cores of the armatures, being arranged to roll on the poles of the electromagnets or permanent field magnets or vice versÔ. In one form, applicable as a generator or motor, the armature consists of any desired number of bobbins b, Figs. 1 and 2, wound with coils d between their end flanges and carried by two slotted frames c<1> on a shaft c, so that their flanges roll on the interior surfaces of two polar circles formed of an equal or other number of electromagnets or permanent magnets N, S. Connection is made to one end of the coils d through a conducting-cap c<3> on the shaft c, a wire c<2>, springs e, caps on one set of bobbin trunnions, and wires d<1>, and to the other end either through the metal cores or by a similar arrangement of caps on the shaft c and the trunnions. The magnets are separated by non-magnetic material a, and may be excited by the armature currents either with or without commutation. The bobbins may be stationary and the magnets rotatable, or the bobbins may roll on the outside of the magnets. When for use for bell-ringing and telegraphic signalling purposes, the generator may have one bobbin which rolls to and fro over two sets of magnetic poles. When one bobbin of diameter greater than the interior radius of the polar circles is employed, it is carried by a cranked shaft instead of by forked frames. In another form, employing a cranked shaft c, Fig. 5, the armature coils are wound on spokes g' projecting from each end of a magnetizable shaft and terminating at their outer ends in curved pieces g<2> forming two rings which run on the polar rings of the magnets N, S. The terminals and coils are connected to the shaft c and the frame, and the current, after commutation, led to the coils of the field magnets, which may, however, be permanent magnets. An epicyclic spur wheel on one end of the armature gears with a toothed ring on the magnets to keep the armature and magnet poles in their proper and relative positions. An armature and a wheel of magnets of the type shown in Fig. 5 are also employed in another machine, in which the outer surfaces roll on one another, ordinary gear-wheels being employed to maintain their proper relation. A shuttle-wound armature is, in a modification, placed between two permanent magnets or electromagnets consisting of solid cylindrical cores having enlarged ends which bear against and roll in contact with the ends of the armature core ; the magnet coils may be fast or loose on their rotating cores. According to the Provisional Specification, a motor is constructed similarly to the machine shown in Fig. 5, but with a continuous iron ring in place of the magnets described above.
Patent GB-190314021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: BRANDT PAUL
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 14,021. Brandt, P. June 23. Dry batteries. - The cells of a dry battery each comprise electrodes a, b, c, between which is packed asbestos or like absorbent material, and a cover e fitted with a funnel f and an air-escape pipe g. When the cell is required for use, the exciting-fluid is poured into the absorbent packing through the funnel &c. f, which may be finally sealed.
Patent GB-190314470-A (GB)
Title: A Phonograph Horn or Trumpet for Increasing and Carrying Sound.
Inventor: WHITELOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 14,470. Whitelock, W. H. June 29. Phonographs, graphophones, &c.- A sound - concentrating horn for the reproducers of phonographs o r graphophones i s bent at a sharp angle near the middle of its length, in order to reduce the space occupied. There is a bell-mouth of three parts a, b, c, soldered together, and a cone d attached to an elbow e, of which the other end slips over the end of a taper stem f, a brass ring g determining the amount of overlap. The elbow is of zinc, and other parts of tin. Connection is made with the reproducer by means of rubber tubing.
Patent GB-190319308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rollers for Cotton Gins or other Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: ROBERTS HARRY
Filed: 1903-09-08
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 19,308. Roberts, H., Entwistle, R., and Roberts, A. Sept. 8. Rollers; gins.-Rollers used in cotton gins and the like and capable of gripping and drawing forward cotton or other fibres, or fabrics, are made by covering an ordinary roller a with card clothing b, and filling in the spaces between the projecting card wires with a composition of glue and emery, balata, or other similar substance. The filling-in may be done in a mould d, the roller being mounted therein so as to be capable of slowly revolving ; when the composition has set the roller is turned true, giving a surface interspersed with the points or ends of the embedded card wires.
Patent GB-190322838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Hulling Rice and similar Grains.
Inventor: WELCH ROSIA WASHINGTON
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,838. Welch, R. W. Oct. 22. Separating grain.-Rice and other grain is winnowed in a special hulling-machine by a fan 27, which draws the husks out at an opening 28, the hulled grain falling into a shoot 26.
Patent GB-190325324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Checking Apparatus.
Inventor: DOODSON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1903-11-20
Granted: 1904-09-22
Abstract: 25,324. Doodson, J. E. Nov. 20. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. The workmen's checks or tallies are delivered on to a shoot, having one or more apertures, controlled by shutters, and opening into separate compartments, the shutters being opened successively at definite times by the action of a clock. In a modification, there is a separate shoot for each compartment, and the mouth of each shoot is provided with a shutter which is opened at the required time. In the first arrangement, the checks are inserted in a slit a, which may be provided with a cover, or with a funnel-shaped mouth. The bottom of the shoot is preferably constructed in short sections D, which form the shutters and are pivoted at d and provided with counterweights d<1> and with levers or catches D<1> for holding them in their normal positions. Each lever D<1> engages with one end of a lever E, the other end of which forms the armature of an electromagnet E<1>. The circuit through a battery and the electromagnet is closed at the proper time by the clock, a pole of the battery being connected to the minute hand h, and a terminal of the electromagnet to a stud h<1> on the face of the clock, with which the minute hand makes contact. The shutter, being released by the lever E, falls into position so as to guide the check into the corresponding receptacle B<1>. A shutter F, which closes the end of the shoot, carries at its end a cam which raises a switch arm G and breaks the circuit, until the shutter is knocked aside by the first check. The connection between the clock and the shutters may be a purely mechanical one if preferred ; or the clock may be arranged to release the shutters by breaking a circuit instead of closing it.
Patent GB-190404723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: TAYLOR CLARA ELL DORA
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4723. Taylor, C. E. D. Feb. 27, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Combination undergarments ; stockings and socks; buttonholes. - Relates to undergarments especially adapted for children's use in which drawers or tights, and stockings are combined in one garment. The central seam of the garment extends up to the waistband, and is adapted to reinforce the buttonholes, preventing them from tearing under strain. As shown in Fig. 1, combined stockings and tights 1 are formed of two sections 2, 3 made of cashmere, silk, Lisle thread, or other elastic fabric ; each section comprises a waist portion 4, hip portion 5, leg portion 6, and foot portion 7. The waist portions are formed with inwardly-turned hems 8, which form the waistband of the garment. The sections are sewn together along seams 9, the stitches of the seams extending at 13 around buttonholes 12 by which the garment is supported from a shirt waist or underbody. The fabric is strengthened at the parts most subject to wear. In a modification, the garment is formed in one piece, and the buttonholes are strengthened by strips.
Patent GB-190406064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cork-screws or Cork-drawers
Inventor: SUNDERLAND FREDERIK
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6064. Sunderland, F., [trading as Coney & Co.], and Cox, J. March 12. Corkscrews.-The shank b of a corkscrew is provided with a screw thread of reverse direction to that of the screw d, and works through the top of a frame a, which fits the mouth of the bottle. When the blade d is sufficiently screwed into the cork, a loose nut e engages notches a<5> on the top ot the frame a, which results in an upward vertical motion of the screw which draws the cork.
Patent GB-190407612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Intercepting Sewer Traps.
Inventor: WINSER FREDERIC SAWYER
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 7612. Winser, F. S. March 30. Traps.-Cast-iron traps are made in one piece as shown. A house drain is joined to the socket B, and a clearing-tube G ascends from the exit C to an inspection-opening H. One or more openings J below the inspection-opening F are provided for the entrance of air or waste water or for the egress of foul gases.
Patent GB-190409925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Furnaces of Steam Boilers of the Lancashire, Cornish or other similar Type.
Inventor: SMALLWOOD ALFRED
Filed: 1904-04-30
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 9925. Smallwood, A. April 30. Air, supplying; baffles; smoke-consuming.-To secure complete combus. tion in Lancashire, Cornish, or other similar types of boiler furnaces, the products of combustion are passed through a series of chambers behind the fire bridge before they are discharged into the furnace flue. Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention as applied to a Lancashire boiler. The furnace A is lined with firebrick, fireclay, or similar material, the lower part being arranged to contain water by means of which the air supply is moistened before entering the furnace through the grate or firebridge Y. The latter is supported clear of the furnace bottom as shown. The products of combustion pass, as shown by arrows, through chambers B, M, N, formed by horizontal partitions K, P, before they enter the flue J, the partition K being provided with corrugated, draughtboard, or similar projections. The partitions, as well as the bottom of the chamber B, are formed of firebrick, fireclay, or similar material which becomes incandescent and serves to promote combustion. As a modification in connection with Lancashire boilers, the above arrangement may be applied to one flue only, in which case the other is divided into two parts by a longitudinal partition for the passage of the gases from the furnace flue. In some cases, the grate is external to the furnace flue and the combustion chamber is contained within it. According to the Provisional Specification, the chamber above the partition K is divided by a vertical partition into two parts, which communicate with each other at the end nearest the furnace, while one only of them communicates with the back end of the chamber B, and the other at its back end with the flue J.
Patent GB-190410168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Explosion Engines
Inventor: GIFFARD HARDINGE GOULBOURN
Filed: 1904-05-03
Granted: 1905-05-03
Abstract: 10,168. Giffard, H. G. May 3. Oxygen.-Ozygen-producing apparatus is used in combination with an internal-combustion engine, by means of which oxygen insteal of air is supplied to the engine. The exhaust gases from the cylinders a of the engine are led through a pipe d to a casing e in which are placed close together two or more sets of tubes f containing barium oxide or other substance capable of absorbing and of delivering oxygen from the air. The tubes f are thus heated by the exhaust. A fourway cock i enables the tubes to be placed, at certain intervals, alternately in connection with an air-supply and oxygen-exhausting apparatus. The air under pressure enters through a chamber r containing soda-lime or other absorbent for carbon dioxide. The exhausting pump o forces the oxygen into a reservoir n in connection with the cylinders a. A pressure-equalizing chamber m is provided. When barium oxide is used, other substances, such as those obtained by reducing nickel and cobalt oxides, may be added in small quantities to accelerate the production of oxygen.
Patent GB-190418267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment or Preserving of Skins
Inventor: BAILY ALBERT ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 18,267. Baily, A. A. Aug. 23. Furs; hides and skins, raw, treating.-Fur rugs or mats or skins with the natural wool or hair on are treated by rubbing " chrome liquor on their hairless sides until they are thoroughly penetrated ; the skins being, preferably, soaked in cold water and stretched on a frame before this operation. After this treatment, they are dried, de-greased, and then dyed, if required ; or the skins may be dyed before drying. The liquor may consist of a solution of bichromate of potash, hydrochloric acid, and glucose in water. Skins for polishing rice after milling and for polishing tin or terne plates may be treated in the same way.
Patent GB-190423521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two-needle Sewing Machines.
Inventor: HAASE RICHARD
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,521. Haase, R. Nov. 1. Ornamental-sewing machines ; multiple-needle machines.-Relates to a two-needle machine for forming broad ornamental seams by interlacing two upper threads. Figs. 2 and 3 show an elevation and plan respectively of part of the machine. The needles b, c are incapable of relative longitudinal movement, and two "grippers" f, g form a triangular loop of the thread from the needle b for the second needle c to pass through. The shaft o is driven by the machine in any suitable manner. The gripper g is attached to a spindle p which is reciprocated by the cam r through the roller q<1> and arm q. The arm f is rigidly attached to the bar h, to which are imparted two motions, one an oscillation about the axis of the bar h and the other a longitudinal reciprocation. The first motion is obtained by the use of a cam n on the shaft o, which acts on the lever k, attached to the bar h, through the intermediary pivoted roller m<2>. The longitudinal movement is obtained by the use of the cam i<1> acting on the cross-piece h<1> through the roller i. The cams are so shaped that the grippers and the needle b draw out a triangular loop of thread as before mentioned. After the needle c has entered the loop, the grippers move backwards, whereby the thread is loosened and a lateral strain on the needles avoided. As the direction of the thread of the needle b is varied by the action of the grippers, it is found desirable to give the needle b an oscillatory motion about its own axis. This is attained by mounting the needle b upon a bar which is capable of rotary movement but is incapable of relative longitudinal motion to the needle-bar of the needle c. At the top of the needle-bar of the needle b is a projection which slides in a slotted guide-piece, so shaped that the eyes of the needles are at right-angles except at about the lower third of the stroke, when the needle b is moved during the remainder of the stroke through an angle of ninety degrees.
Patent GB-190506230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Coloured Polished Yarns.
Inventor: DUCKWORTH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 6230. Duckworth, W. H. March 24. Size for use in dyeing, and sizing for polishing, yarns of cotton or other vegetable fibre is made by boiling in water animal, vegetable, or mineral fats or waxes, such as white and brown paraffin wax, with one or more of .the following, namely: farina, starches, dextrin, sago flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot or cereals, gums, sugars, soap, shellac,- or animal or vegetable gelatinous materials. To this is added one or more of the following, namely: China-clay, coloured pigments or lakes, dyes, assistants, solvents, or mordants.
Patent GB-190507772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rifle Range Markers.
Inventor: BROWN FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 7772. Brown, F. J. April 12. Scoring and marking. -Relates to roller-blind apparatus for signalling or exhibiting the values of shots on rifle ranges. The numerals, letters, or charact e r s representing the scores are printed or marked on blinds or strips wound on rollers h mounted in compartments of rectangular boxes which are arranged horizontally or vertically so as to be visible from the firing- point. The strip may be wound off one roller on to another by a spindle g, cord, or spring, and a ratchet and pawl may control the movement of the spring. Instead of the blinds or strips, hexagons, polygons, or cylinders may carry the numerals or signals. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 3779 and 9536, A.D. 1885, and No. 15,247, A.D. 1891.]