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Patent GB-190216589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piles, Girders, and Struts, and in Methods of Connecting such Piles, Girders, and Struts, and in Decks for Jetties or Piers, Retaining Walls, Culverts, Fireproof Buildings, and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1902-07-25
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 16,589. Williams, A. E. July 25. Culverts.-Relates to compound piles, girders, and struts of metal and concrete or bÚton, to con- structions such as jetties or piers, retaining-walls, culverts, fireproof buildings, and the like, and to methods of connecting together the compound piles, girders, and struts in constructions or struc- tures. Fig. 1 shows in plan the top of a com- pound vertical pile a having four horizontal compound girders c, d, e, f connected with it. Each girder contains embedded in its centre a double-flanged steel or iron beam g with the web vertical. The ends of the beams g in the girders d, f almost meet the flanges of the central vertical beam b of the pile, while a space is left between the ends of the beams in the girders c, e and the central web of the beam b. Metal tie-plates h, k with bent ends are inserted, and the bars l may also be passed through the tie-plates. After the beams are fitted, the spaces are filled up with concrete or bÚton. Figs. 2 and 3 show the application to a jetty or pier having a deck or floor of large extent. The piles m are connected with the girders n, the beams b, g being arranged as shown. The hori- zontal beams are held by the flat metal ties p. The deck or floor has iron beams r embedded in the concrete, and across these are arranged the metal bands or bars s. Where compound girders are used for very long spans instead of plain beams built up, trussed girders are employed as the in- terior, round which the concrete or bÚton is moulded. These girders may consist of flanges or booms stayed by diagonal stays or queen trusses to act as tension members, and transverse rings may also be used. In another form of trussed com- pound girder, the concrete forms the sole con- nection between the upper and lower booms of the girder.
Patent GB-190224985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Wiring Motion of Looms for Weaving Carpets and Analogous Goods.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 24,985. Hollingworth, E. Nov. 14. Looms, pile-forming in.-Relates to apparatus for inserting and withdrawing the pile wires in looms for weaving carpets and similar goods. The hook box 3, Figs. 1 and 2, to which the head 22 of the pile wire is secured, is traversed outwards by an endless travelling chain 2, and is returned by a cord 4 connected with the usual scroll mechanism. The chain 2 slides along a rail 1, and passes round guide-pulleys at the ends, and lugs 6, of the shape shown in Fig. 4, are secured centrally on the chain, and at the required intervals apart for withdrawing the wires. The lugs, in succession, engage a hook 5, which is pivoted at 5<1> to the box 3, and move the box outwards, a spring 7 and a projecting lip 10<1> on a spindle 10, which is supported in a bearing 9 and pressed forwards by a spring 11, keeping the hook iu engagement with the lug. On approaching the end of the traverse, a cam-shaped finger 17 fixed to a bracket 15 secured to the rail 1 acts against a bowl 14 mounted on a stud fixed to the spindle 10, and presses the spindle backwards, and the curved end of the hook 5 then comes against a bowl 18, which raises and disengages the hook from the lug. The bowl 14 is retained in a semicircular recess in the finger 17 until the box is returned. The guide-rail 21 for the wire head 22 is pivoted to the bracket 15, and is oscillated by the usual connections from a cam or eccentric. Pairs of adjacent pins of the chain 2 serve to secure the lugs 6 to the chain, the lugs being secured at one end only to facilitate their passage round the guide-pulleys for the chain.
Patent GB-190301160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: BERRY CHARLES HIBBERT
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1160. Berry, C. H. Jan. 16. Steam traps.-An expansion steam trap, which can be adjusted by hand for different temperatures and allows a blow-through, comprises an inlet tube c and an outlet tube k connected to a valve-chest q. The spindle f of the valve e extends through a stuffing-box g, and is held down, when the tube c is full of steam, by a rod p adjustable in a flanged bush r pressed down by a spring t. The compression of this spring is adjusted by a bush v screwed into a frame n carrying a thick end piece m, to which the tubes c, k are secured. Lock-nuts s, w are provided. The valve can be made to open at will by depressing a lever x pivoted at y and carrying a cam part z, or by turning a hand-wheel 4 on a screwed bush 3 engaging a rod 2 passing through a guide 6, which rod may have a broadened end or be provided with a washer. According to the Provisional Specification, the valve-stem or a tube from the inlet chamber is connected to the stop by a U-tube, so that the tube tends to press the stop away against the action of a spring. This tube may be replaced by a diaphragm acted on by the steam or water pressure in the inlet chamber of the valve.
Patent GB-190306409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Gun Cotton.
Inventor: SELWIG JOHANNES
Filed: 1903-03-19
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 6409. Selwig, J. March 19. Nitro-cellulose.-Guncotton and similar nitrated substances are steamed and washed in the centrifugal apparatus shown. The guncotton is placed in the basket u, and steam and water are supplied from the pipes C, D, respectively, or steam is admitted by the valve E. A pipe F, connected to the vessel A by branches O, p, carries away the water and uncondensed steam, the latter being returned to the steaming-apparatus by any suitable circulation device.
Patent GB-190310277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Pictures for use with the Cinematograph or like Apparatus.
Inventor: BROWN THEODORE
Filed: 1903-05-06
Granted: 1904-05-06
Abstract: 10,277. Brown, T. May 6. Magic-lantern apparatus.-Photographs which, when reproduced by kinematographic apparatus, give a stereoscopic effect, are produced by a kinematograpbic camera, by moving the object or the camera a certain distance, corresponding to the distance apart of the eyes of an observer, between each successive photographic exposure. The object may be oscillated or it may be rotated, each pair of photographs in succession being related like two ordinary stereoscopic pictures. It is stated that the impressions of successive photographs are combined by the kinematograph so as to give the stereoscopic effect.
Patent GB-190312898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses and Heating-apparatus for Moulding and Vulcanizing India-rubber Printing Sheets and the like.
Inventor: SMITH RICHARD HALE
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 12,898. Smith, R. R. June 8. Thermometers. - In a screw press combined with a gas or oil stove for moulding china clay or other plastic material into a mould, drying the said mould, and afterwards moulding and vulcanizing sheet rubber into printing-sheets with type on the surface, or other articles, the platen H is formed with a recess t to bold mercury and receive a metal sheath n containing a thermometer o.
Patent GB-190317971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Linoleum or the like
Inventor: SEESER LUDWIG WILHELM
Filed: 1903-08-19
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 17,971. Seeser, L. W. Aug. 19. Coated fabrics.-In making linoleum or the like, an additional length of fabric is used on the same side as, or on the opposite side to, the fabric which forms the backing, thus preventing the backing from being unduly stretched by the drawing-rollers. The additional length of fabric is afterwards stripped off. If the additional fabric is used on the side opposite to the backing, the coating- material is spread upon it and levelled by a doctor b, and the backing c i= then pressed on to it by rolls. The coated fabric may be made with a fluted or otherwise roughened face or back by using a suitable rough or wide-meshed fabric for the additional fabric. If such an additional fabric is used on the same side as the backing, it presses the threads of the backing into the mass of coating-material. Inlaid linoleums may be made by means of the arrangement shown, the sharpness of pattern on the face against the fabric a not being disturbed by the doctor. The additional fabric may be used subsequently as backing, so that only one kind of fabric is required.
Patent GB-190328053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Detonating and Luminous Signals for Railways
Inventor: SEUTHE GUSTAV
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-12-21
Abstract: 28,053. Seuthe, G. Dec. 21. Fog and audible signals. -A detonating luminous signal for railways, consists of a cartridge a filled with an explosive, and having a cap b through which the tube c passes and supports the whole by clips e around the rail-head. The tube contains an explosive and also the fuze d, by which means a passing wheel causes the main body of the explosive to detonate without coming into contact with it.
Patent GB-190403132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power or Driving Mechanism for Motor Road Vehicles and other Purposes.
Inventor: GARDNER FREDERICK ANDREW
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 3132. Gardner, F. A. Feb. 8. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to driving-mechanism and consists in providing friction change-speed gearing easily reversible. The motor e carries two shafts e<2> geared to run in opposite directions, and connected to the shafts f by a universal joint e<5>. Sliding sleeves f<2> are fitted on the shafts f, and are provided with friction bands f<4> which are placed in gear with the discs d<5>, d<6>, d<7> mounted on the shaft d, carrying the chain-wheels d<2> connected with the driving-wheels b<2>. The sleeves f<2> are also provided with collars engaging the forked levers i<3>, which are operated by the hand-lever k<2> through the medium of the blocks i<2>. Blocks h<2> loosely fitting the ends of the shafts f are carried by the levers h rotated by the shafts g which are connected together by the gear-wheels shown, and one of the shafts g carries a lever g<3> connected with the hand lever g<6> by the link g<5>. By operating the hand-lever g<6>, the friction bands f<4> may be placed in contact with the central disc d<6> for forward running, or in contact with the discs d<5>, d' for backward running. The speed may be varied by operating the hand-lever k<2> and so moving the bands f<4> along the shafts f, thus altering the radius at which they act on the discs.
Patent GB-190412133-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable-stroke and Variable Speed Combination Gear and Improved Combination Rims or Felloes for Communicating the Propelling Power to Traction or Road Wheels of Automobiles, Motor Cycles, and other Vehicles.
Inventor: FITZ-GERALD EDWIN
Filed: 1904-05-28
Granted: 1905-05-27
Abstract: 12,133. Fitz-Gerald, E. May 28. Drawings to Specification. Rims.-The driving rim or rims on-the driving- wheels of motor cycles and the like are formed in one with the ordinary rim.
Patent GB-190413145-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible Hood for the Driver's Seat on Carts and Carriages.
Inventor: RICHTER HERMANN
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1904-09-01
Abstract: 13,145. Richter, H. June 10. Hoods, collapsable, for drivers' seats. The framework consists of stays f, i attached at one end to the box seat and supported at the other by telescoping tubes b, c, d mounted in sockets a. Cross-stays with hooked ends are provided, the hooks engaging eyes on the pivot pins s of the side frames. To prevent the tubes from collapsing, spring catches n, Fig. 8, are mounted diametrally in cross tubes p so as to enter openings v in the outer tubes when the framing is extended. To maintain the frames f, i in their extended position, one stay-bar at each joint is fitted with a spring g<1>, Figs. 4 and 5, having bevelled projections which enter corresponding slots k in the other bar. The framing is covered with impermeable canvas or other material t, secured to the cross-stays, and attached to the seat by straps m, engaging buttons u.
Patent GB-190413387-A (GB)
Title: A Combination Tin Opener, Bottle Opener, Corkscrew and the like.
Inventor: JONES REUBEN
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,387. Jones, R. June 14. Corkscrews; stopper - keys; opening internallystoppered bottles.-A combination implement comprising a tin-opener, corkscrew, bottle-opener, screw-stopper lever, and ball-stopper remover is shown in the Figure. The body of the implement may be made in one or two pieces, and is made preferably of steel. One of the sides B terminates in a blade which serves as a tin-opener, while the other C ends in a rounded portion which acts as a guide against the edge of the tin. A distance-piece D keeps the sides apart. The sides bend out so as to contain a pin-jointed corkscrew E, a screw-stopper opener F, provided with a serrated eccentric grip G, mounted upon a stud H, and a ball-stopper opener I, pin-jointed at J. The body A acts as a lever in the case of the screw-stopper opener F.
Patent GB-190413672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices or Apparatus for Removing Incrustations and Deposits from the Tubes of Boilers and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 13,672. Thompson, W. P., [Lloyd, C. E., and Crosscup, G. W.]. June 16. Cleaning tubes.-For removing incrustation from the interior of boiler tubes, a series of cutters is mounted upon the end of an air-driven turbine. Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal section of the machine, and Fig. 7 a transverse section on the line 7-7. A hose 4 delivers air to the conical base 1, upon the face of which is carried the turbine 9, roller bearings 12, 17 being provided on both sides. The turbine carries the spider 21 and ring 20, to which spindles 23 are secured. Upon the spindles are journalled eccentrically to their cutting-faces the several groups of blades 24, the blades and spindles being held in their relative positions by truss bars. As the pins 25 are less in diameter than the blades through which they pass, the blades have a small relative movement. Each group of blades comprises a guard 27 having truncated teeth, cutting-edges, and bearing-surfaces. The construction is such that the cutting-edges progressively cut into the incrustation until they are removed to the interior surface of the tube 31, when the movements of the blade bring the outer truncated surfaces into tangential relation with the interior of the tube. The holes 26 are placed successively closer to the cutting- edges as the blades are removed from the guardblade, so that the teeth of the cutting-blades recede from the guard and choking is prevented on moving the scraper in either direction.
Patent GB-190413689-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Preservative for Food.
Inventor: FOELSING AUGUST
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,689. F÷lsing, A. June 16. Preserving meat, butter, jams, &c.-Food such as meat, sausage-stuffing, liver, caviare, crabs, lobsters, fish, margarine, butter, white of egg, preserves of all kinds, jellies, jams, &c. is preserved by covering, mixing, or otherwise suitably treating with trioxymethylene, either in the form of powder or in aqueous solution.
Patent GB-190421993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Driving Mechanism suitable for Motor Propelled Vehicles, Machine Tools, and the like.
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 21,993. Hulse & Co., Adams, E., and Lowthian, T. M. Oct. 12. Lathes; milling; gearing, driving.- Relates to variablespeed driving-gear for tools such as mill ing-machines and lathes. Fig. 1 shows an application to feed mechanism. The members of two sets of wheels T, T' are mounted rigidly upon two sleeves d, which are able to rotate upon the driving- shaft a but are prevented from moving longitudinally by pins e and grooves. The wheels in the two sets together form one series increasing in diameter from left to right. It is arranged that only one at a time of the half-clutches g, g<1>, keyed to and sliding on the shaft a, can engage with corresponding half-clutches f, f<1> on the outer ends of the sets of gear T, T<3>, by the connection of the clutch levers p, p' by a link q. Sets of wheels T', T<2>, corresponding to the sets T, T<3>, respectively, are so mounted on a countershaft b that each wheel rotates independently upon, and can be connected independently to, the shaft b by sliding keys h, h<1> of the known rise-and-fall' type. These keys are forced out by springs, and are driven in when moving longitudinally by contact with abutment rings; they are operated by separate levers i, i<1>. Between the inner ends of the sets T, T<2> is a wheel k which can rotate freely and slide longitudinally upon the driving-shaft a. This is fitted with half-clutches l, l<1> adapted to engage one at a time with halves m, m<1> on the sets T, T<1> respectively. The outer clutches have the longer claws. One movement of the main lever O actuates all the moving clutch parts at once, so that first one of the sets T, T<3> becomes fast to the shaft a, and then the other becomes fast to the wheel k which is always in gear with the broad wheel n on the driven shaft c. A tabulated plate shows the position of each of the levers i, i<1> for the required speed. With four wheels in each change set as shown, thirty-two speeds are obtained, sixteen with the set T driving, and sixteen with the set T driven. Instead of one wheel k, two or three may be used as shown in Fig. 2, the wheels n corresponding being fitted to the shaft c as the members of the sets T', T<2> are to the shaft b. In this way, the number of speeds is doubled and trebled.
Patent GB-190426191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Spinning and Twisting Yarn.
Inventor: DESPRADELLE DESIRE
Filed: 1904-12-01
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 26,191. Despradelle, D., and BÞlanger, V. Dec. 1. Spindle apparatus, ring and traveller. The traveller ring when rotating at its normal speed is caused to float on an air film out of contact with rigid bearings, and means are provided for adjustably controlling its motion and bringing it to rest on the stoppage of the spindle. The ring when at rest is carried by posts c, made preferably of raw hide or graphite, and mounted loosely in sockets b on a base member a. The posts are cut away obliquely at the bottom parts, Fig. 7, and in addition are pressed towards the ring e by springs l secured to a ring i, by turning which the pressure of the springs can be adjusted as required. The ring is held from accidental displacement by clamping- fingers n attached to a flat metal ring m retained in position by projections o. When the spindle is started, the tension in the yarn transmitted through the traveller g to the ring e gives the latter a rapid gyratory motion, which causes the controller posts to stand out as shown in Fig. 7, leaving the ring free to float in the film of air maintained between it and the posts by the centrifugal action of the former. The posts automatically accommodate themselves to the undulatory and gyratory motion of the ring, and are initially adjusted so as to transmit sufficient pressure through the air film to prevent the ring from racing ahead of the spindle. When the driving-power is shut off, the posts contract against the ring, thereby quickly stopping it and preventing untwisting and back-winding of the yarn.
Patent GB-190500837-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Matches
Inventor: JACOB BARTHOLOMEW
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 837. Jacob, B. Jan. 28, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Matches.-A match or fusee of any kind is surrounded by a tubular igniter a of paper or thin card, which has a striking-surface c on part of the inside, and from which the untipped end b of the match-stem projects. The match-stem and tube are lightly glued together at d, but so that the match can be pushed through the tube and ignited. The match may be tapered towards the head to prevent its slipping through the tube.
Patent GB-190501264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pendants for Personal Wear, Lockets and the like.
Inventor: GOODE ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 1264. Goode, E. W. Jan. 23. Pendants; lockets; jewellery fastenings.-A pendant intended to enclose a miniature or the like, or to be used as a fastening for a bracelet, necklace, or the like, consists of two symmetrical parts which engage and are secured together by means of catches. The halfparts are shown separately as a and b, Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8. They are provided with flanges shown in Figs. 7 and 8, which fit together when the parts are connected. The attachment is made primarily by the stops d, Figs. 5 and 7, engaging in the slots c, c<2>, Figs. 6 and 8, a rotary motion being g given to the parts, and is completed by the closing of the catch a<3>, b<3>, Fig. 9, which connects the rings a', b<1>.
Patent GB-190506619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Castors applicable for Pianofortes.
Inventor: DICKINSON FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 6619. Dickinson, F. March 29. Castors.-Relates to an insulated castor for pianos. The castor B is carried on a pin A, which fits into a metal box C and is formed with an extended base a. A conical nut D is screwed on the upper end of the pin A. A lining E of rubber or other soft material is interposed between the pin A and the box C, and a thin metallic thimble d fits over the nut D to prevent damage to the lining in screwing up.
Patent GB-190507405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Contact Devices for Electric Switches.
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 7405. Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. vorm. W. Lahmeyer & Co. May 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches. - In electric controllers, the movement of each contact-finger f is limited in one direction by an arm a which engages in a slot s in the finger, and in the other direction by an adjusting-screw z carried by the finger.
Patent GB-190511632-A (GB)
Title: Method of Fixing Jaw Plates in the Jaws of Vices
Inventor: PFERDEKAEMPER OTTO
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 11,632. Pferdekõmper, O. June 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Vices.-A jaw plate 1 is fixed to the jaw head 2 of a vice by a bolt 4 passing through lugs 3 on the jaw plate, and is prevented from working loose by forming the meeting-face of either the jaw plate or the jaw head horizontally or vertically convex or concave and the adjoining face flat and forcing the two faces together so that the jaw plate is bent to the shape of the jaw head. The jaw plate may be held by vertical bolts or by screws.
Patent GB-190513684-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fire Escape.
Inventor: GARLAND CHARLES LANCELOT
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 13,684. Garland, C. L., Proudfoot, G., and Bowen, M. July 3. Cleats or holders. - In a rope and runner apparatus the rope 24, Fig. 2, is wound round a fixed drum 6, forming part of the runner, and passes between a hook 13 and snub 14 above the drum and a similar hook 15 and snub 16 below. The rope may be fixed at its top end, or passed round a pulley and its end brought down and secured to the runner by means, of lugs 10, 11, the other end being passed through a lug 12 and knotted. In the second case, the runner may be hauled up again from below after a person has descended. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the rope passes through guides 13, 15 and a groove 26, while the braking effect is increased by pressing a lever 25 against the rope. The hollow drum 6 may be filled with a cooling-liquid, such as water or oil.