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Patent GB-190316211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines
Filed: 1903-07-22
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 16,211. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. July 22. Steam &c. turbines.-The wheel vanes A of an elastic fluid turbine are formed so that the passage ways between the vanes have parallel top and bottom walls, while the ends C, D are of restricted, and the centre B of enlarged, cross-section. In a modification, the enlarged portion is extended to the sides of the wheel where it terminates in mouths of restricted area.
Patent GB-190316351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: HART TAZWELL CREED DE
Filed: 1903-07-24
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 16,351. Hart, T. C. de. July 24, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Stoppers ; refilling, preventing.-A non-refillable bottle, shown in Fig. 1, is constructed with the n e c k converging near the bottom, where it is fitted with two approximately cylindrical members C, E, in which are formed cavities enclosing ball valves G, H. To prevent withdrawal of the member E, the neck of the bottle is grooved at g to engage loose lips of glass e, which are placed in recesses d, Figs. 1 and 2, formed in the member E, and are pressed outwards by small loose wedges j placed behind the lips. Rising from the valve seat a are projecting inclined ribs D, Fig. 2, which are notched at n to engage the rim of the loose separating-piece I of the valves, in order to guard against the refilling of the bottle by the " jarring " process. The wall of the cavity in the top member E is formed so that the bottle requires to be held at a greater dip than that shown in Fig. 2, to allow the contents to run out, otherwise the small valve H, resting on the inclined wall, maintains the larger, but lighter, valve G closed on its seat. The liquid flows out through spiral conduits F leading from the cavity.
Patent GB-190326553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Electrically Igniting Miners' Safety Lamps.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-12-04
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,553. Best, W., Best, A. E., and Best. R. O. Dec. 4. Miners' safety lamps.-Apparatus for electrically igniting that type of lamp, in which the frame 21, Fig. 3, forms one conductor, and a vertical insulated rod 20 the other, consists of a portable holder, the contacts of which are arranged so that, when the lamp is placed in it, the secondary and primary circuits of an induction coil are successively closed. The coils of the induction coil are connected through spring plungers 33, 34, 35, 36 to conducting-rings 28, 29, 30, 31, fixed on a non- conducting disc 27 on a spring winding-drum 23, and connected to the conducting-wires of a cable, which passes round the drum to the holder. On placing the lamp in the holder, its conductors are connected with the secondary wires through an insulated ring 11, Fig. 1, and through a spring push 16 and a terminal 17, and the primary circuit is closed by the spring push 16 forcing a spring 15 attached to one terminal 13 of the primary wires against the terminal 14 of the other primary wire.
Patent GB-190400601-A (GB)
Inventor: SEWELL WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1904-01-09
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 601. Sewell, W. H. Jan. 9. Tyres, pneumatic etc.; packing, elastic; felloes or rims.-In tyres for cycles, motor cars, and other vehicles, such as described in Specification No. 1549, A.D. 1903, the outer rim sections D, from which the rubber tread balls or segments A protrude, are bolted to the felloe, while metal, wood, or other band E is placed loosely between the cushions G and the bases of the tread segments. Thus, shock or pressure from the ground will cause the lower tread segments to bear against the loose band, which, in turn will be simultaneously brought in contact with the cushions in the lower half of the wheel, and with the bases of the tread segments in the upper half.
Patent GB-190404551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-bracket Attachments for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: FIEBIG HERMANN
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 4551. Fiebig, H. Feb. 24. Gas-bracket attachments for heating.-A threearmed support f, which is screwed on the gas burner, carries a hollow body b, c, a upon which the food to be heated or the article to be warmed is placed. The inclined portion c is formed with air-slots, and the base enclosed with gauze d.
Patent GB-190407358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hog-troughs.
Inventor: DAVIS JOHN CHARLEY
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 7358. Davis, J. C. March 28. Feeding and drinking appliances for animals.- A bog trough, which is pivoted in a frame over which the wall of the pen passes longitudinally, is provided with means for tilting it, for keeping the hogs apart and out of the trough, and for preventing access to the trough and egress from the pen. The frame consists of arches 10, 11, connected by braces 14<1>, 15 and provided with cross-bars 13, 14, perforated feet 12, and curved irons 15<1>, 16, 17 to keep the pigs apart. The pan, which is semicircular in cross-section and is divided by any number of partitions 22, is carried by pivoted hangers consisting of metal plates bifurcated at both ends and bent to form arms 23. It is tilted by depressing a pivoted lever 26 connected by a link 27 to an arm 28, which is attached to one of the arms 23 and has the pivot bolt 25 passing through it, the rotation of the pan being limited by a bent portion of the arm 28 coming in contact with the cross-bar 13. Normally the lever 26 rests on a pin 30. A rack, consisting of a U- shaped frame 31 provided with cross-bars 36 is pivoted on the bar 33 over which the front edge of the pan is beaded. The rack is held out of contact with the rear edge of the pan, when that is tilted, by means of loops 38. The space between the fronts of the arches 10, 11 is closed by the pan when it is tilted, and may be closed at other times by means of a pivoted quadrantal cover 39, which rests upon the reduced and projecting ends of the cross-bars 13, 14, and may be secured in position on either side of the frame by means of a hasp and staple.
Patent GB-190408846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receptacles for Storing Coffee and similar Goods in Shops.
Inventor: KIND OTTO
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 8846. Kind, O. April 18. Displaying and storing.-Relates to a receptacle for coffee and similar goods. A box, preferably formed of sheet metal and having its upper edges connected by cylindrical wooden pieces b overlaid with sheet metal, is divided into a number of compartments, each of which is provided with openings e, h, g closed by a cover or slide for filling and emptying respectively. In the front wall of the box is arranged a glass plate c having also the above wooden edging, behind which are placed the secondary partition walls d sliding in vertical grooves and resting upon a slanting partition, thereby allowing the space between the glass plate c and secondary partition walls to be filled with coffee for display purposes. In order to move the receptacle from its recess, rollers f attached to the bottom run on suitable rails, and a number of hooks i near the emptying-apertures h serve for the attachment of bags.
Patent GB-190410337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trace-Holders
Inventor: JOHNSON BELLFIELD
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,337. Johnson, B. May 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Harness attachments ; whipple-trees.- A spiked shank 3 is driven into the end of the ordinary whipple-tree 1 and carries a rigid plate 5, the ends 6 of which are bent over and bevelled at the top 7, to facilitate disengagement from an eye 9 in the end 8 of the trace. To attach the trace, the end is turned into a vertical position, and the eye 9 is then forced cornerwise over the plate of the hook, the trace being afterwards rotated on the shank 3 and drawn close to the plate as shown. The whipple-tree may be provided with a collar to prevent it from splitting.
Patent GB-190412538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multi-colour Web Printing Machines.
Inventor: ANNAND ROBERT CUMMING
Filed: 1904-06-02
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 12,538. Annand, R. C. June 2. Printing in several colours.-A multicolour webprinting machine has the printing- couples arranged around the periphery of a single spur-wheel. Fig. 1 shows a machine for printing one impression on one side, and four on the other side of the web. Impression cylinders b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, b<5> and plate or stereotype cylinders c', c<2>, c<3>, c<4>, c<5> are arranged around the circumference of a large spur-wheel a driven by means of a pinion q on the driving-shaft. A set of inking- rollers d, d is provided for each plate cylinder. The web f is fed from a reel e, receives an impression on one side from the cylinder c<1>, and on the other side from the cylinder c<2>, c<3>, c<4>, c<5> in succession, and finally passes over a folder g. A set off web j passes from a roll h and behind the web f, as it receives its impression from the cylinders c', c', c<4>, c<5>, and is then wound on a shaft k by a roller m. The roller m is carried at the end of a radius rod p, and is driven by a train of wheels n from the spur-wheel a. The printing couples are driven from the spur-wheel a by an arrangement shown in Fig, 3. The axles t of the cylinders to be driven are provided with driving-pieces u, which are keyed to them. Pinions v gear with the wheel a and run loose on the shafts t, when the corresponding plate and impression cylinders are not in use When the cylinder is in use, the pinion v is clamped to the driving arm u by a bolt w passing through a transverse slot y in the arm u. The bolt w may be adjusted in the slot y by setscrews z, thus affording a means for adjusting the register. Printing - couples may be arranged around nearly the whole circumference of the wheel a, if desired.
Patent GB-190413288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sand-moulding Machines.
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,288. Safety Tread Syndicate, and McClelland, J. J. June 11. Moulding.-In a moulding-machine of the kind described in Specification No. 16,633, A.D. 1899, in which trolleys g, g<1> containing the flasks are run along rails b to the ramming-apparatus, the trolleys are moved by links j, k, j<1>, k<1> operated by the piston-rods of cylinders h, h<1> actuated by compressed air or other fluid. Spring buffers m, n are provided to prevent shock, and the flask is lifted from the pattern plate by cylinders t which operate the pillars p, compressed-air vibrators 3 serving to loosen the pattern from the mould.
Patent GB-190414203-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Extraction of Tannin at a Low Temperature and at a Low Pressure.
Inventor: CASTETS LOUIS
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,203. Castets, L. June 23. Agitating liquids by air jets, mixing liquids.-In apparatus for extracting tannin at a low temperature and pressure, the liquid entering the extracting-vessels i<1> &c. is agitated by the arrangement of the tubes t<1>, u<1>, &c., these are of a total crosssection equal in area to that of the tap s<1>, through which the liquid enters, or the tap p<1> through which it leaves. The tube u<1> follows the side of the vessel for a quarter-circle, and the tube t<1> follows the vessel down to the curved portion and then extends through a quarter-circle. The discharge tube q<1> follows the wall of the vessel to the bottom. The liquid is agitated during extraction by opening the tap m<1> from time to time, when the entering air will give a series of shocks to the vessel. The material is confined between perforated plates o<1>, r<1>.
Patent GB-190415984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treads or Road-gripping Devices for Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: WEED HARRY DE LYNE
Filed: 1904-07-19
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 15,984. Weed, H. de L., and Pickell, J. S. July 19. Grant of Patent refused. Tyres, pneumatic.-A flexible reversible tread for use on pneumatic tyres to prevent slipping, and particularly adapted for the driving-wheels of automobiles, consists of a series of transverse chains 4 attached, permanently in one modification, to side chains 3, the end links of which are adjustably connected by means of the hooked link 5, Fig. 6, to adapt to tyres of different diameters. The tread is slipped over the tyre when partly inflated, and, by further inflation, the members 4 become embedded in, and thus secured in position on, the tyre. In a modification, the cross members 4 may be connected by means of books to the chains 3, the ends of which may then be permanently connected. The number of cross members may be increased so as to form a continuous metallic tread. The links of the chains are formed of twisted round wire, those of the chains 3 being comparatively broad to adapt themselves to the sides of the tyre.
Patent GB-190416538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture and Production ofViolet-blue Colouring Matters of the Anthracene Series and Intermediate Products of the said Manufacture.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 16,538. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. July 26. Benzanthrone derivatives.-Anthraquinone derivatives, or their reduction products, are condensed with glycerin, or its equivalents, by heating, with or without the addition of sulphuric acid or other condensing agents. The products are probably derivatives of a nucleus termed benzanthrone of the formula :- As glycerin equivalents are mentioned, the anhydrides, esters, or ethers of glycerin. The anthraquinone derivatives include #-amidoanthraquinones or their sulphonic acids, anthraquinone or its sulphonic acids, or the reduction products of anthraquinone, such as anthranol, oxanthranol, and anthracene, or homologues of these compounds. In examples, glycerin is condensed with #-amidoanthraquinone, 2:6-, or 2 : 7-diamidoanthraquinone or sulphonic acids thereof, anthranol, oxanthranol, #-anthraquinone monosulphonic acid, anthraquinone, and anthracene, respectively. Dyes, artificial.-The benzanthrone derivatives, obtained as described above, are converted, by heating with caustic alkalies, into violet-blue dyes which resemble indanthrene. They are insoluble in water but they yield with alkaline reducing agents, such as hydrosulphites, soluble leuco compounds dyeing vegetable fibres shades which are fixed by washing with water.
Patent GB-190419140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Certain Descriptions of Ore Separators and Classifiers
Inventor: SWYNY EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 19,140. Swyny, E. J., and Plucknett, S. G. Sept. 5. Washing ores.- Water and ore are fed downwards into a classifier on one side of an adjustable division plate 7, and the water, flowing under the plate 7, carries the lighter matter upwards on the other side and discharges over the lip 18. Water under pressure is simultaneously supplied beneath the perforated false bottom 13 to assist the washing and the discharge, and the heavy materials are removed through regulated inclined openings 19.
Patent GB-190419990-A (GB)
Title: Device for Letting Down Persons or Goods.
Inventor: WYSS-BAUMGARTNER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 19.990. Baumgartner, A. Wyss-, and Marti,R. Sept. 16. Cable stoppers. - A device for lowering persons and goods, especially applicable as a fire-escape, comprises a sleeve b of fibre or the like, which can be clamped on the rope a by the pressure set up by twisting the springs f, g surrounding the sleeve, so as to allow the rope to s lip through under control. The springs are contained within a sleeve consisting of two cylinders c, d, to the ends of which the ends of the springs are secured. The cylinders are mounted between eyes l, i secured to a handle k, the cylinder d being secured to the lower eye i, and the handle m being secured to the cylinder c, which is free to turn in the bottom of the upper eye l. Torsion is thus applied to the springs by means of the handles k, m.
Patent GB-190426593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,593. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 6. Steam turbines, brakes for. A ring 10 carrying wearing blocks is pivoted to a pedestal 26 and raised against a disc 9 on the wheel by a lever 20 worked by a hand-wheel 35. The brake is contained in the condenser. In a modification, the ring 10 is pivoted to two vertically-adjustable bolts, and the lever 20 is horizontal and extends into the exhaust pipe. The brake may be used to lift the wheel during repairs.
Patent GB-190426672-A (GB)
Title: Invalid Bed-pocket.
Inventor: GAWTHROP CHARLOTTE JANET
Filed: 1904-12-07
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 26,672. Gawthrop, C. J. Dec. 7. Bedsteads and cots; brackets.-A pocket A for attachment to a bedstead hangs from a circular rim a attached to an arm b pivoted at g between two arms c. The arms c are formed to embrace the bedpost d, and are secured thereto by a thumbscrew e and wedge f, and are supported on a clip k fixed to the bedpost d by screws m. A second joint may be introduced on the arms c near the bedpost, in which case the inner ends of the arms c engage a clip attached to the bedpost by a pin and wedge. The Provisional Specification states that, if made of metal, the arms are telescopic aud the frame for supporting the pocket hexagonal.
Patent GB-190427380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Boxes.
Inventor: OLLIER JEAN
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,380. Ollier, J. July 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Boxes for polishing pastes and powders &c.- Fig. 1 shows a metal, celluloid, &c. box provided with two compartments, for instance, for polishing paste and powder. An upper box a of ordinary construction is recessed at the bottom so as to fit into and form a lid for the lower box d. In a modification, the bottom c is raised some distance to allow the box d to fit inside the projecting edges of the box a.
Patent GB-190428855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grates for Gas Producers, Slow Combustion Stoves and similar Enclosed Fires.
Inventor: FOWLER CHARLES HOWARD
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 28,855. Fowler, C. H., and Medley, E. A. Dec. 30. Slow combustion stoves; grates.-A grate for slow-combustion stoves and the like consists of a flat fire-plate with a central hole, and a second plate fixed below this hole. The upper plate A, which may be ribbed, rests on a ball race D, formed in a ring E so that it may be rotated by means of teeth C formed on its outer edge. The lower plate H, below the central hole B of the upper plate, is fixed to the ring E by means of rods G, and may be fitted with an arrangement of cams or levers L so that the whole grate may be raised or lowered ; by this means, the air supply may be regulated. A ring F prevents the upper plate from leiving the ball race.
Patent GB-190429338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Patterns for Casting Gear-wheels and Gear Racks.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 29,338. Clark, W., [Lowe, T. W.]. Dec. 31. Moulding.- Patterns for toothed wheels and racks are made by glueing or otherwise securing teeth B, spaced at a requisite equal distance apart, on the f a c e of a flexible strip A of wood, metal, or other material and then securing them to the face of a blank C. The cogs B may be made by suitably shaping a stick of wood and then cutting into lengths to correspond to the width of the tooth in all cases except when bevel gears have to be made, in which case the cogs must be made separately.
Patent GB-190507728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Wheels of Road Vehicles and Cushion or other Tyres therefor.
Inventor: HARTRIDGE WILLIAM BAKER
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 7728. Hartridge, W. B. April 11. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic ; felloes or rims.-Relates to wheels and tyres of the type described in Specification No. 2870, A.D. 1905, in which the rim portion of the wheel is formed with radial or other recesses adapted to receive rubber &c. blocks capable of radial adjustment for wear. The recesses 1, Fig. 1 (or a continuous recess), may be made of varying depths, adjustment being effected by circumferentially shifting the blocks 3 from one recess to another. In another form, the blocks are dovetailed on to base portions dovetailed &c. to the rim, adjustment being effected by interchanging base portions of different radial depths ; or the blocks 14, Fig. 13, may be pushed outwards and fixed by means of additional packing-pieces 18. Fig. 16 shows a form in which a single tread is obtained by means of alternately oppositely inclined segments 19. The invention is described also in connexion with a wheel having two tyres side by side. According to the Provisional Specification, the end-walls of each rim chamber may be adjusted, for gripping the tyre segments, by means of a conical nut, cam, or eccentric ; or loose jaws or other devices adapted to engage the tyre segments may be formed with an outside taper so that a gripping action is obtained as the jaws &c. are forced into the wheel. The segments and the rim pockets may have a radial twist or spiral.
Patent GB-190508653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bunsen Burners for Liquid Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: ULMANN PHILIPPE
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1906-04-21
Abstract: 8653. Ulmann, P., and Seligmann, H., [trading as Ulmann & Co.]. May 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vapour burners.-In order to prevent condensation of vapour in an atmospheric vapour burner, shown as used for heating an incandescent mantle, the vapour is passed through a superheating-tube near the flame of the mantle before entering the mixing tube. The liquid hydrocarbon is fed into the lower end of a vaporizing-tube a, and on reaching the level of the flame from the burner d it becomes vaporized. The vapour rises to a hollow head c and passes down the superheating- tube b to a downwardly-directed nozzle f, the proximity of which to the flame prevents condensation of the vapour. Air is drawn with the jet from the nozzle into a U-shaped mixing-chamber g carrying the burner head d and mantle e. The mouth of the mixing-tube may be adjusted relatively to the nozzle by means of an arm h connected to a sliding collar on the tube a.
Patent GB-190509971-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Throwing and Catching Balls.
Inventor: WEISSGERBER JOHANN PETER
Filed: 1905-05-11
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 9971. Weissgerber, J. P. May 11. Games played With balls; balls; caiching-appliances; throwing-appliances.-A device for catching, throwing, and picking up balls to be used in a game is constructed of two baskets b, which are, respectively, fixed and pivoted to a handle a. Normally, the baskets are held together by springs s, and the basket is opened by means of a bolt d connected by a link e to arms f pivoted to the. baskets. For throwing or catching a ball, the device is held by one hand in the position shown in Fig. 2, and, when a ball is caught, the baskets tend to close under the action of the springs s and the weight of the ball.
Patent GB-190511062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys.
Inventor: BOSMAN HAROLD LEWIS
Filed: 1905-05-26
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 11,062. Bosman, H. L. May 26. Toy animals; dolls ; dancing toys.-A toy representing a human figure or animal is constructed with a body a; arms c, and legs d, formed of collapsible paper. The bead f, which is of paper or other suitable material, is fixed to a stiff shoulder piece e, to which the parts a, c are attached. The head is provided with a string by means of which the limbs may be moved to imitate dancing. The legs d are attached to a stiff piece b. When not in use, the parts a, c, d are closed together. The cellular paper of the various limbs may be of different colours.