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Patent GB-190306065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Jewelry.
Inventor: PEJCHAR JOSEF
Filed: 1903-03-16
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 6065. Pejchar, J. March 16. Jewellery fastenings.- A fastening for scarf pins &c. consists of a pin b hinged at one end and engaging under a pivoted keeper d at the free end. The keeper d is troughshaped and is pivoted to the stud e. The point of the pin projects into an opening d<3> in the heel of the keeper. Spring arms d<2> near the forward end grip the pin. In a modified form, the point of the pin is turned up and engages in an opening in the keeper just over the stud e.
Patent GB-190309722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dating and Checking the Issue of Railway and other Tickets.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1903-04-29
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 9722. Jensen, C. A., [Walton, G. Rainay-, and Wardrop, C. C.]. April 29. Indicating output of machines and issue of documents; tell-tales.-The number of times a press for dating railway and other tickets is operated is printed upon a record strip. The type b, c for printing the ticket and the record strip respectively are mounted in the head a of a rod d, which is depressed by a treadle or its equivalent after a ticket has been inserted in the slot m. A stud t on the rod d then actuates a lever r and raises the platen p, cams strike the tails y of the pivoted levers wand remove the inking pads or rollers from the path of the descending type, and an impression is simultaneously made upon the ticket and upon the record strip 2, which is held between the spring and the roller 8, 9, and is fed forwards a predetermined distance, at each descent of the rod d, by a spring or pricker 26, or by a ratchet feed. Access to the type b, c is obtained by loosening the nut 18 and turning the cover-plate 17 through 90‹, and the piece 19 above the slot m may be of glass or of metal.
Patent GB-190312034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: NORDENFELT THORSTEN WILHELM
Filed: 1903-05-26
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 12,034. Nordenfelt, T. W. May 26. Crescent shaped chamber type of rotary engines. A compound engine has a shaft 1, Fig. 1, carrying two piston drums 2, 3 separated by a partition 8 and each fitted with, preferably, three piston vanes which contact with the interior of the working-cylinder 5. The cylinder has hollow trunnions 6 on which it rotates and is fitted with an adjustable disc 7, which holds the piston drums in position. The steam-supply pipe 14 has a governor-controlled throttle valve 36 which can be adjusted by a spring and screw cap 38, and the steam passes into a tubular distributing-valve 15 fixed inside the shaft. The valve has a port 16 communicating through a port 17 in the piston drum with the high-pressure chamber and the steam passes into an intermediate chamber 19.and through a valve-controlled port 22 into the low-pressure chamber. The spring-pressed valve is opened by a pivoted lever 31 actuated by a cam 30 on the tubular valve. The exhaust is led through a passage 24, which is clear of the working chambers. The tubular valve is fitted with spring- pressed packing-strips 27 and with packing-rings 28. Either or both working-chambers may be fitted with a tubular valve or with a cam-operated valve. A lubricating-channel 43, Fig. 4, in the tubular valve is supplied with oil by a pump or the like and communicates with channels 44 in the piston drum and vane.
Patent GB-190314944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Acetylene Generators
Inventor: MILLS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 14,944. Mills, W. July 6. Acetylene.-Relates to water-sealed generators and to apparatus for regulating the supply of water. Carbide chambers 6, Fig. 1, are placed with their open mouths above the surface of the water 8 in tanks 1, and covered with a bell 10. The carbide is contained in trays 15, Fig. 6, placed one above the other, and divided by partitions into two or more compartments, the different compartments having perforations 17 at different levels so that the water penetrates to them in succession. A pipe 23, 11, inside the tank 1, or passing through the casing as shown, conducts water to the carbide chamber, and, when one chamber is flooded, the water passes down a U-tube 9 and so to the next chamber. The gas generated passes by way of a tube 12,13 beneath a partition 3, and, after bubbling up through the water, it is led to the holder 19 by a pipe 14. A siphon, consisting of five vertical limbs, preferably proportioned as shown in the drawings, with two upper and two lower bends, Figs. 1 and 4, is carried by the gas bell 19, and, when the mouth 25 of the siphon is raised above the water in the tank 18, the supply of water to the carbide chamber 6 ceases. When the gas is drawn off by way of a pipe 20, and the siphon mouth 25 is again immersed, more water is applied to the carbide. A pipe 23 is provided for each chamber 6, so that either chamber may be started first. A modification is also described in which a siphon is used as above for supplying water to a common form of generator, by way of a pipe 11 leading into the gas-outlet pipe, the overflow from one generator to the next taking place through the gas-outlet pipe.
Patent GB-190315948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Filters
Inventor: MARSHALL FREDERICK DEACON
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 15,948. Marshall, F. D. July 18. Filters.-Filtering-materials of a medium or fine granular nature, such as sand, charcoal, minerals, &c., are supported in a suitable casing by means of bars a, with inclined upper surfaces c, arranged in vertical and horizontal alignment.
Patent GB-190316405-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Dipping and Washing Sheep and the like
Inventor: FLINT ANTHONY CHARLES
Filed: 1903-07-25
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 16,405. Flint, A. C. July 25. Sheep and other animals, dipping and washing.- Apparatus for this purpose consists essentially of a tub, two sloping gangways, and a cradle or drainer, which is open at both ends and is raised or lowered in the tub by means of winches. The tub a is provided with boards m for the attendants to stand upon, and is fixed, or is provided with wheels and shafts as shown. The gangways p, which are placed at a suitable angle, are hooked to the tub a at one end, and are provided with hinged flaps p<1> and hinged supports q at the other. The sheep are driven on to the cradle b and are then lowered with it into the tub a by unwinding the rope or chain c by means of the handles l and gearing g<1>, g. A ratchet K is provided to hold the cradle in position. In a modification, the winches are coupled together by chains.
Patent GB-190323649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Floors.
Inventor: MULLGARDT LOUIS CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-10-31
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 23,649. Mullgardt, L. C. Oct. 31. Floors.-Concrete floors are strengthened by wire or cable netting g, preferably extending over the beams c the whole length of the floor, so that adjacent panels or spans are connected and support one another after the manner of a suspension bridge. The ends of the wires or cables are secured by bending them over the beams, as shown in Fig. 1, or by clips, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, auxiliary netting l is suspended from the main wires or cables, and passes under the beams and girders.
Patent GB-190325569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Drills and the like.
Inventor: BLACKETT JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 25,569. Blackett, J. T. Nov. 23. Rock drills.-In rotary rock drills, means are provided for automatically withdrawing the tool and feeding it forward again, in case undue obstruction is encountered, these operations being repeated until the obstruction is overcome. The means consist of a clutch which disconnects the drill spindle in case it does not advance at the correct rate, while the feed-nut continues to revolve, thus giving temporarily a negative feed to the spindle until it is re-engaged ; the clutchgear may also be operated by hand for the ordinary purposes of quick feed and return in a differentially-fed drill. Gearing on the second-motion shaft I of a motor, such as is described in Specification No. 2394, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Air &c. engines], drives both the feed-nut L and the screwed spindle B, the latter being driven through one or two feathered sleeves C, D, which have clutch teeth at E, normally held in engagement with the boss of the driving-wheel G by an adjustable spring F. In the form shown in Fig. 1, one sleeve surrounds the other, and the ordinary hand-clutch h is provided. In the other form, Fig. 2, the ordinary clutch is not used, but a hand-lever can be used to disconnect the single sleeve from the driving-gear.
Patent GB-190325574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lithographic Printing Machines.
Inventor: WICHMANN GEORG CARL HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-11-23
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 25,574. Wichmann, G. C. H., and Evans, A. B. Nov. 23. Lithographic printing.-In lithographic machiues, particularly of the rotary or flat bed types, the sheet is stroked by a brush to prevent creases, the pressure, time of operation, and also if desirable the width of the brush being adjustable. Each of several sections f of the brush is held by two arms e, adjustably mounted on a shaft d and held by a set-screw e', the shaft having a flat d<1> so that the hook-shaped ends of the arms e can be easily removed from the shaft, which is supported by brackets c on the main brackets b supporting the bearings of the impression cylinder. The brush is caused to bear on the paper by the action of a spring o, with a force adjustable by a screw r, the point of which bears against the framing b, the brush being lifted away from the cylinder, where there is no paper, by a cam n fixed on the shaft; this cam has an adjustable part n' clamped to it by a nut q, the cam moving a roller m on a lever h, one end of which is slotted and guided by a bolt i in the cylinder shaft end, and the other end of which actuates a crank g on the end of the shaft d.
Patent GB-190326623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Delivery Mechanisms for Printing Presses and other Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE CRANSTON
Filed: 1903-12-05
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 26,623. Fairweather, W. C., [Reddington, F. B.]. Dec. 5. Delivery apparatus. -Relates to printing- press or other sheetdelivery mechanism of the kind in which the sheet is reversed or turned over upon a piling table or other support. From the cylinder grippers of a rotary printing - press, the sheet 17 i s received by intermediate grippers delivering to grippers 10 on a shaft 11. From the grippers 10, the sheet is directed to tapes 14 and between fingers 18, 19 by a pressure roller 16. From the fingers 18, 19, the sheet is received by grippers 45 and pulled down over a cross-bar or smoothing - member 44, which is carried by two chain belts 40 disposed over the piling-table 32 in an extension of the framing. The tapes 14 are carried by drums or wheels 13 on the shaft 11 and by one or more rollers 15. The belts 40 are carried by sprocket-wheels 34 loose on a transverse shaft 33, and by sprocketwheels 36 on stud shafts 38, and are provided with tightening-devices and supported by flanges 43, 43<a> of the framing. The member 44 is shown as a roller rotated in the direction of travel of the sheet by contact with a leather or other bearing- surface 47 on a bar 46. When the grippers 45 seize the sheet, the roller 16 and fingers 18 are raised by means of a cam 79 on the shaft 11, an arm 80, and a rocker shaft 82 having arms 83 carrying the roller 16 and supporting a rod 84 carrying the fingers 18. Ordinary gripper-actuating devices are used, such as rocker shafts 20, 50 provided with an arm or lever fitted with a spring device, and a roller engaging a fixed cam. The shaft 50 is carried in brackets 51 secured to the shaft 33, and the grippers 45 co-operate with fixed rounded jaws or arms, which are secured to the shaft 33 and connected together by a rod 60 and pins 61. The loose sprocket-wheels 34 are driven at a uniform speed, whereas the shaft 33 is driven at a differential speed, by elliptic or other gear, so that the roller 44 reaches the outer end of the machine when the grippers 45 arrive with the edge of the sheet against the table gauges 62.
Patent GB-190411174-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Maturing of Wines and Spirits and for Sterilizing Liquids.
Inventor: DORN VICTOR
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 11,174. Dorn, V. May 14. Liquids, sterilizing.-Liquids are sterilized, and wines and spirits are matured, by means of a series of discharges of static electricity, such as those from a Wimshurst machine, while a current of oxygen is passed through the liquid. The terminals between which the discharges take place may be either both submerged, or one may be submerged and the other at a little distance above the surface of the liquid.
Patent GB-190412279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Clutches and similar Devices.
Inventor: BAKER FRANK
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 12,279. Baker, F. May 30. Clutches; brakes. -Relates to friction clutches or brakes applicable to power plants, machines, and changespeed gears for motor cars &c. Upon discs a, b, fixed respectively upon the driving and driven shafts c, d, are mounted the clutch members, which consist of a c ir cum f e rential series of segmental brake blocks e, f, alternate circular blocks being attached to either disc, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of shoulders or lugs h passing through openings i n t h e discs and being loosely held by pins i, on which spiral springs are disposed between the blocks. The blocks may be hinged or have a dovetail connection with the discs. To bring the clutch or brake into action, the brake blocks or rings e, f are pressed into frictional contact. For this purpose, inner and outer secondary blocks k are arranged about the brake blocks e, f, and are operated by means of a spring-controlled togglelever device m, m<1>, in which the members m<1> are connected at one end to the blocks k, by means of pins n, and at the other end to the members m, which are coupled to the arms o<1> of a sliding sleeve. According to the Provisional Specification, the segmental blocks may be mounted at rightangles to the shaft, and, in place of operating the clutch by toggle-levers and blocks, a steel band, enclosing the brake blocks and operated by a pin or pins passing through one of the discs to a lever arranged thereon, may be employed ; hydraulic or pneumatic devices are also described, in which annular rings of rubber hose are expanded or displaced radially by movement of the sleeve &c. upon which may be mounted a reservoir of annular or other form.
Patent GB-190412700-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lifting Jack.
Inventor: STEPHENS JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-07-04
Abstract: 12,700. Stephens, J. June 4. Lifting - jacks.- The jack consists of three parts, (1) a rack C working within (2) a casing B, which itself slides up and down (3) the outer case A. The inner casing B carries a pin G which slides along the slots D in the part A. An arm F which is pivoted in two projections E on the outer case A has teeth which fix the position of the pin G. The rack C is lifted by a pair of pinions J, Y and a handle M. A stop pawl is provided to prevent running back.
Patent GB-190412862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Emergency and Throttle Valves
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,862. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 7. Self-closing valves; actuating valves; lift valves; locking valves shocks, preventing. - The handwheel 22, Fig. 2, of a throttle valve engages a screw thread on an extension 21 of the valve cover, and is connected to the valve-spindle 18 through toggles 25, 26 and a yoke 23. Normally, the toggles are held rigid by bevelled ends 28 and provide means for operating the valve by the wheel. But, when a drop-weight 32 is released by the emergency gear, it impinges upon the upturned ends 27 of the toggles, so causing them to collapse, whereupon the valve is closed by the weight and the unbalanced condition of the valve. The drop-weight, normally, is retained by a catch-lever 36, pivoted in an upper spindle-guide arm 31. In the application to the valve of a vertical turbine, the catchlever carries a piston 41 which is subjected to the pressure of the oil in the main-shaft bearing communicated to a cylinder 40 by a pipe 8. When this pressure is not sufficient to overcome a spring 42, the catch is withdrawn and the valve closed. The catch may be actuated by a device which responds to excessive speed. The mechanism can be looked by a catch 37 when the machine is shut down. The catch-lever 36 is so bevelled that, after the oil pressure in the cylinder 40 has once fallen, any increase will cause the locking-catch 37 to fall out of gear. The valve has a flat face and closes on to a screwed seat 13. It is guided by wings 20 and carries a piston 15 which, during the final portion of the closing movement, enters a dash-pot 14 and so prevents any shock. The tailpiece 18 is of larger diameter than the spindle so that the valve will always tend to close. A pilot valve may be provided in the centre of the main valve, which is closed by the end of the spindle. In opening, a yoke by which the spindle is attached to the valve permits a small relative lift, and so opens the pilot valve.
Patent GB-190413596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Alarm Clocks
Inventor: BAYNES FREDERICK WALTER
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,596. Baynes, F. W. June 16. Signals, time-alarm.-An alarm clock is fitted with an insulating-ring C, drilled with holes D at positions corresponding to the quarter-hours, and surrounded by the metal disc or band E connected to one terminal of the battery K, the other terminal of which is connected to the framework of the clock through the bell G. The battery and bell are placed in the hollow base of the clock, together with a piece of celluloid or other material on which are written the times of appointments at which it is desired to set the alarm. The U-shaped plug F is placed in the requisite hole, making contact with the disc E, and, at the prearranged time, closing the circuit through a spring contact attached to the hour-band.
Patent GB-190420018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slag or Scoriae Bricks or Blocks and in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: RIDLEY THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 20,018. Ridley, T. W., Tait, J., and Williamson, J. D. Sept. 16. Paving-blocks; slabs.-Slag bricks or blocks for paving and other purposes are divided horizontally through the centre ; the surfaces thus exposed being free from blow-holes are placed uppermost when the blocks are laid. To facilitate division, a V-groove is formed round the blocks by means of horizontal bars fitted to or formed on the faces of the moulds.
Patent GB-190421007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Anti-vibration Fittings for use in connection with Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: BURLEY JOE DANIEL CHARLES
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 21,007. Burley, J. D. C., and Gilmore, A. E. Sept. 30. Incandescent gas lamps; anti-vibration devices. - In both upright and inverted lamps, the spring-mounted burner a and the fixed gas fitting c are connected together by a tube d having ball-andsocket, gimbal, or other universal joints at both ends d<1>, d<2>. The tube d may be in two telescoping parts. Spring buffers or silencers may be used at the joints. Reference is made to Specification No. 22,603, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190421721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boiling Coils and Heaters.
Inventor: CHUBB HARRY RICHMOND
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 21,721. Chubb, H. R. Oct. 10. Heating liquids; boiling-pans.-Steam - heated coils, grids, and the like are fitted internally with perforated distributing-pipes, which prevent direct contact of the enteriog steam with the condensed steam. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application to a ring suitable for use in brewers' coppers. The distributing-pipes g, g<1>, extending laterally on each side of the inlet e, are perforated at the top and are provided at the free ends with restricted outlets j ; they are held central by flanges h, h'. The outlet k for the condensed steam is opposite the steam inlet e, and is provided with a small pocket k<2> into which the outlet pipe l dips. Drain openings are provided on the undersides of the pipes g, g<1>. The ring is built up in sections bolted together, and is supported on feet c, d. More than one ring may be employed. For small rings, the inlet and outlet connections are made in one casting.
Patent GB-190426401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: FISHER GREEVZ
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,401. Fisher, G., and Krosli, V. Dec. 5. Locking nuts &c.-Relates to means for locking against accidental rotation the caps or cups of lubricators for feeding semi-solid lubricant. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a spring- controlled lever or arm C is pivoted to the cap B of the lubricator, and is provided with a downwardlyextending pin D adapted to engage projections, notches &c. E formed in a flange on the cup A. The lever C is so arranged that, when in engagement with a notch, it acts as a ratchet device and permits the cap to be screwed downwards but does not allow it to be unscrewed. If desired, to prevent downward movement of the cap, the side of the notches may be grooved or undercut to prevent the pin D from riding over the edges of the notches. The lever may be provided with a flat portion, pressed upon by the spring, to retain it in the disengaged position, and the pin may be provided with a knob d, or the lever may be extended to form a handle, for manipulating the lever. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, a spring-pressed plate F encircling the body H of the lubricator carries pins G, which are adapted to engage notches &c. in flanges on the body H and the cup N, so as to prevent these parts from being accidentally separated.
Patent GB-190426751-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for use in the Fining of Beer and other like Liquors
Inventor: HART PAUL GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,751. Hart, P. G. Dec. 8. Brewing.-In fining beer in casks, the solid matters which rise to the surface after the addition of the finings are displaced from the cask into a collecting - vessel by feeding liquor into the cask at the bottom. The collecting - vessel a has a tube d passing through it. The lower end d of the tube is adapted to fit into the bungbole. A vessel b containing liquor similar to that under treatment is supported above the vessel a, and by a pipe g, passing through the tube d to the bottom of the cask, feeds liquor into the cask. The scum is forced. up the tube d into the vessel a.
Patent GB-190502001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Agitation of Solutions and the like used in Electro Deposition of all Metals.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 2001. Wood, W. C., and Oaksford, B. Feb. 1. Moving-beater apparatus for agitating solutions during electro-deposition. A small trough b, Fig. 3, is fixed in each vat a, and is provided with a perforated plunger c which is reciprocated by mechanism such as i, j, e. Part of the liquid is thus alternately drawn into and ejected from the trough b, causing a circulation or agitation of the rest. Two or more plungers may be used for each vat, an arrangement of two working alternately being described. The trough b instead of the plunger may be perforated.