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Patent GB-190411137-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drawing Implement for use in Plotting Curves and Laying-off Tangents
Inventor: SWENSON HENRY AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1904-05-14
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,137. Swenson, H. A. May 14. Curves, plotting; tangents, laying-off.-Relates to means for plotting curves tangential to a given line, or for drawing a tangent to a given curve, consisting of a flat piece of wood or other suitable material, preferably triangular, and having a series of curves cut upon one face as shown in Fig. 1. The instrument is used by placing a side B, C along the tangent and marking points on the curves through the holes c ; or a tangent may be drawn to any curve visible through the small holes. In a modification, a triangle is removed from the centre of the instrument, a notch being cut where each curve intersects the sides of the inner triangle.
Patent GB-190413926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Fastener Packages.
Inventor: CLIFF GEORGE HOWARD
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 13,926. Cliff, G. H. June 20. Displaying.-An open-topped case for paperfasteners has a conical bottom 2. The paperfasteners 5 are inserted between the convolutions of a coiled strip 3 of paper or other material. The convolutions are spaced by folding over the bottom edge of the paper once or twice or by a separate thin strip of paper placed at or near the bottom of the strip 3. Cement or glue may be placed on the bottom of the box to secure the coiled strip.
Patent GB-190414231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FORCE HIPPOLYTE JOSEPH LA
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,231. La Force, H. J. June 24, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The end of the high-tension wire i of a sparking-plug is passed through two holes in a metal plate a, and is secured by bent-over lugs h. The plate a is bifurcated, and is caused to grasp a neck formed on an insulating- washer b by means of a screw d. The current is conveyed to a cap f screwing on to the central conducting-rod by a screw e passing through a tongue bent up from the plate a. The screw e may touch the cap f, or an external spark gap may be left.
Patent GB-190416362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cream Cans
Inventor: BUCKLER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 16,362. Buckler. W. J. July 25. Milk cans.-In the lids of cream cans, the outer metal cover a, Figs. 2 and 3, is fitted with a tapersided hollow metal block b, the middle face e of which is sunk towards the cover. To attach the block b to the cover, the former is provided with an outwardly-extending flange c, and the ends d of the outer cover a are folded round it.
Patent GB-190422807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Screw-threaded Pipes, Tubes or Rods.
Inventor: GREENFIELD EDWIN TRUMAN
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,807. Greenfield, E. T. Oct. 22. Screwing; brazing.-Metal pipes, rods, &c. have a screw thread put on them by winding triangularsection wire round them as described in Specification No. 12,471, A.D. 1902. In order to secure the thread to the pipe, brass wires W, previously dipped in borax or other flux, are placed in longitudinal grooves, and the outer edges A, B closed over the wire. The helix T is then wound on the pipe or tube in the manner described in Specification No. 7593. A.D. 1903, and the whole is heated, the thread becoming brazed on to the pipe or rod.
Patent GB-190423888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Optical Lanterns.
Inventor: BECK CONRAD
Filed: 1904-11-04
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 23,888. Beck, C. Nov. 4. Magic-lanterns; lenses.-Relates to a lantern lens, the focal length of which can be varied between wide limits by altering the distance between the component parts. It consists of a positive system, preferably of three separate lenses c, d, e f, which may take different forms, and a negative element a b of focal length not less than nine-twelfths of the positive. There are two rack-and-pinion adjustments, of which one x moves the whole system, while the other y moves the positive combination alone.
Patent GB-190504247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels, Pulleys, and the like.
Inventor: JACK WILLIAM THOM
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 4247. Jack, W. T. March 1. Pulleys and driving-drums.-The spokes a for each side of a pulley or wheel are punched or otherwise formed from one plate of mild steel and bent from the central part, which is punched to form the boss a<1>. The outer ends of the spokes are welded, electrically or by a blow-pipe, or the like means to the T-shaped rim, preferably of rolled T-steel. The sleeve c for the axle d, preferably of wrought steel, is passed through the holes in the bosses, which are kept apart by the collar e. In a modification, Fig. 4, three sets of spokes and two collars e are used.
Patent GB-190511596-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Apparatus for, Effecting, from a Distant Point, the Ignition and Extinction of Gas-jets and the like.
Inventor: GATEAU FELIX
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 11,596. Gateau, F., and Deschamps, E. Oct. 21, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Actuating plug cocks by electricity. The vibrating armature of an electro-magnet a carries a pawl e which rotates a ratchet-wheelf. Projecting pins g on the wheel f engage pins j on a wheel i rigidly connected to the plug cock. The wheel i is prevented from turning through more than a quarter of a revolution by a pawl o, Fig. 4, pivoted on the armature of a second electro-magnet b. This pawl o catches on one of four pins n and is provided with a counterpoise q so that, on breaking the circuit and then closing it again, the pawl o comes down on the other side of the pin n and permits another quarter-revolution, to extinguish the gas.
Patent GB-190512731-A (GB)
Title: Improved Powder for Dusting Patterns for Moulding
Inventor: ANSPACH HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,731. Anspach, H. June 20. Moulding.-Ground asphalt rock, either alone or mixed with other substances such as lycopodium, is used for dusting wooden, gypsum, or metal patterns, in sand moulding.
Patent GB-190516294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drying Kilns.
Filed: 1905-08-10
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 16,294. Soc. de Constructions MÚcaniques d'Alais. Dec. 1, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drying coal &c.-A rotary sheetsteel kiln a arranged in a simple brickwork casing is provided internally with longitudinal angle-irons g and helical blades h so that coal &c. entering from a hopper k is gradually conveyed to the other end and is traversed in the passage by a mixture of furnace gases and air. The kiln is provided with rims d, e running on rollers f. At the discharge end, it rests by means of a spider and a spindle c on a bearing b. The settings consist of a pair of thick brickwork walls joined by an arch forming the bottom of the kiln chamber, which is covered at the top with insulating-material. The shell p of the firebox is slightly separate from the brickwork. Air entering at the damper-controlled opening r passes round the sides and back of the space thus left. Air is admitted at the controlled opening q for the combustion of the fuel, and the resulting flames meet the other body of heated air and are forced by baffles u to take a circuitous course twice round the kiln, finally entering it free from flame at the coal exit. The greatest external heat is thus applied to the newly-entered moist coal. The gases, air, and the steam from the coal are drawn by a suction fan through the spaces left by the helical blades and through the pipe j, and are finally dispersed into the atmosphere. The coal enters the kiln through an automatic valve on the hopper which prevents entry of air, and the exit is provided with a like valve. The coal falling to the bottom of the kiln is raised by one of the angleirons g, which, when in a certain position, allows it to fall on one of the blades h, whereby it is moved slightly onward till it is caught by another iron g. The furnace used may be arranged to utilize waste gases, such as those from coke furnaces.
Patent GB-190517690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Stirrups.
Inventor: ELDENBURG CARL FREDRICK
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 17,690. Eldenburg, C. F., and Rensch, A. Sept. 1. Stirrups.-A safety stirrup is formed with a bow-shaped upper member 2 having spring arms 4 which normally press against and are pivotally connected to the sides 7 of a lower member 8. A bail 11 extends outwardly and diverges from the lower member and rests above the rider's foot. If the bail is turned on its pivots:9, the diverging arms of the bail force the spring arms 4 apart and separate the two members. Lugs 10 are provided on the lower member to engage with the spring arms 4 and prevent lateral movement until the lower member is rotated.
Patent GB-190518523-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Indicator for Overheated Shaft Bearings and the like.
Inventor: DICK FRANK WESLEY
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 18,523. Dick, F. W. Sept. 13. Heating of bearings, indicating. - Overheating is indicated mechanically by means of a metallic expansion device. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to the pin a of a double-throw crank. A hole is drilled in it for some distance to receive a tube c, to one end e of which is fixed a strip /. This strip is wound helically around the tube and fixed at the other end to a head g formed on a rod h, which passes through the tube and carries at the other end an elongated striker j. At a predetermined temperature, this striker is rotated sufficiently to bring it into contact at each revolution of the crank with a tongue p carried by a shaft q, the rotation of which causes a spring-controlled hammer r to strike a gong or bell m. The temperature at which the alarm is sounded may be varied by adjusting the tongue p. Similar apparatus is also applied to a single-throw crank. In Fig. 5, the device is shown applied to a shaft bearing. Two bimetallic expansion devices 2, 3 are used, coupled by a rod 13, and the upper one has a bell-crank lever 4, connected to a rod 5, provided with an adjusting-screw 6. The movement of the rod 5 turns a lever 7, carrying a bell m and hammer r, about a pivot 8 and brings a trigger 11 carried on an extension 10 into the path of a projection 12 on the rotating shaft. In this way, the spring-controlled hammer r on a vertical spindle 14 is made to strike the bell m at each revolution. In a modification, an expansion device is arranged vertically instead of horizontally and rotates the spindle 14 itself to bring the trigger 11 into the path of the projection 12.
Patent GB-190518670-A (GB)
Title: Safety Valve.
Inventor: MANEBY AUGUSTE
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 18.670. Maneby, A. Oct. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Safety-valves in which the pressure of the spring is transmitted to the valve by means of two toggle-links a, b, Fig. 4. In valves of this construction, the rise of the valve is proportional to the excess of pressure, and the loss of pressure below the valve at the time of opening is compensated for. The spring e, Fig. 4, acts upon a sleeve h or cap-shaped member, which-engages the links a, b ; the link a bears upon a rod C which transmits the pressure to the valve through a short rod W having knife-edge ends so as to prevent the valve from sticking. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the 'spring bears on a lever k, which is jointed at one'end to an extension i of the sleeve h and at the other end bears, by means of an adjustable roller< >m, on a slide n. The lever k compensates for the loss of pressure or depression below the valve by reason of the fact that, on the rising of the valve, the spring is not compressed to the extent that it would be if the spring bore directly upon the extension i of the sleeve h. By adjustment of the position of the roller in on the lever k, by means of the milled nut l<3>, this compensation is varied owing to the change of leverage. A pointer l<1> is used to indicate on a scaled l<2> the degree of compensation given. The opening of the valve is indicated by a pointer t, which is connected by a link to an arm of the projection i from the sleeve. The casing g of the valve can be closed by a door, glazed or not, as desired. Two of these valves may be mounted in a single casing, or the valves may be used in duplicate in separate casings.
Patent GB-190522067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Practicable Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: PUM GEORG
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 22,067. Pum, G. Oct. 30. Sweeping-machines ; scraping-machines. - The object is to prevent dust from rising when dry roads are swept. A rotary brush 15 is chain-driven from the rear axle through a clutch and spur gearing and delivers the refuse into a receiver 21 through an opening 19, the upper edge 20 of which scrapes the brush clean. The receiver has end and bottom doors 23, 22, and sieves 24, which allow the air to pass to an outlet duct 25, but retain the dust. The outlet 45<a> of the duct may be closed by a door 26, the closure of which opens a window 27. By means of worm gear 33 and chains 31 passing round toothed wheels 32, the frame 29, which supports the brush gear and the receiver, can be raised or lowered. The frame carries a fork 30, which engages a curved guide 34, and its downward motion is limited by an adjustable suspensionchain 37, rollers 38 being provided to prevent contact with the ground. Rise of dust behind the brush is prevented by a weighted fringe 45, and a liftable scraper 41 is fitted at the front of the vehicle, the actuating-rod 43 of which, together with the clutch and other operating-levers, is brought within reach of the driver. To facilitate renewal or adjustment, the brush is made up of sections 15, which are secured to radial plates 13 by bolts 17 passing through slotted plates 16.
Patent GB-190527227-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Automatically Segregating, Measuring and Delivering Molten Glass.
Inventor: MORRISON WALTER DEVLIN
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 27,227. Morrison, W. D., and Fischer, A. H. Dec. 30. Measured quantities, delivering. - A number of receivers 6 for molten glass are carried by a plate 4, which is rotated intermittently by the mutilated bevel-gear 12, 13 in contact with a .water-cooled outlet 7<1> of the chamber 2 containing the glass. As each receiver registers with the orifice 7<1>, the glass is forced into it by a plunger 15 driven from a cam 22. A water-cooled spring plate 8 temporarily closes the bottom of the receiver, which is discharged as the table rotates and moves it clear of the plate 8.
Patent GB-190600707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Vapour Electric Apparatus.
Inventor: THOMAS PERCY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 707. Thomas, P. H. Jan. 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vacuum tubes. - To facilitate the starting of an alternating - current mercury-vapour lamp or the like, two cathodes 4, 5, separated by a ridge 6, are connected to points on opposite sides of a neutral point in the supply system, which, in the arrangement shown, comprises a transformer 7, 8. By shaking the lamp, an arc is set up between the electrodes 4,5, whereupon the main current flows from the anodes 2, 3 to whichever of the electrodes 4, 5 happens to be negative. Accidental shaking during working may cause transference of the discharge from one of the cathodes to the other ; in some cases the two may act simultaneously. Inductances, which may consist of coils wound upon common cores 10, 11, may be interposed between the electrodes 2, 3, 4, 5 and the transformer. Specification No. 14,175, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190604182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ball Bearings for Pulleys
Inventor: MCCORMICK WILLIAM ABRAHAM
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 4182. MoCormick, W. A. Feb. 20. Ball bearings.- Sash pulleys, guidepulleys, and other pulleys have their revolving parts mounted on ball bearings D placed in grooves in the revolving parts C, and abutting against the frame F, so as to prevent contact between the fixed and revolving parts. The size of the ball races is governed by shoulders on the axle or by a distance-piece A. The parts may be made removable. Specification No. 6466, A.D. 1892, is referred to.
Patent GB-190604944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cramps.
Inventor: TURTLE LOUIS HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 4944. Turtle, L. H. Feb. 28. Cramps. - Picture - frame cramps consist of a number of holders A, B, C, D, which are provided with lugs d, e, of which one e is movable, and which are connected together by a cord, wire, or chain k. The movable lug e is connected to a screwed rod e<1>, which slides between guides f under the action of a fly-nut g. The fly-nut is held in place by a collar h riveted on the end of an extension g<1> of the fly-nut. The free end of the cord may be fixed by wedging it into a cut d'. The lugs are hook-shaped and are rounded where they make contact with the core. More than one movable lug e may be provided. The screw e' may be kept from longitudinal movement by collars arranged thereon, so that on rotation it gives motion to the lug e through which it screws. The slack of a chain may be quickly taken up by forming in one of the lugs a gap or recess for one of the links. The lugs may be furnished with rollers or pulleys or may be dispensed with, holes through the baseplate being provided instead. The lugs may be stationary and the adjustment obtained by a coupling having right and left hand threads for engaging correspondingly threaded rods connected to the flexible device. The cramp may be modified for frames of triangular or other shape, blocks of wood, having recesses shaped to fit the corners of the frame, being placed in the holders.
Patent GB-190605701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON JOHN ROBINSON
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 5701. Thompson, J. R., and Brotherton, W. W. March 9. Belt forks; belt forks, operating.-In the driving- mechanism of carding-engines, the belt-shipping mechanism is arranged so that it may be applied to either right or left band driving-mechanism. The strap fork E, Q is mounted so as to slide on a bracket D' in which are two keyhole slots T, T', and the strap fork is operated by a crank handle S, the shaft of which carries a crank R', the pin R of which engages with a slot Q<1> in the strap fork. The shaft of the handle S and the crank R<1> may be applied to either of the slots T, T' as desired.
Patent GB-190611263-A (GB)
Title: Loom for Weaving Carpets of Great Width.
Inventor: FUCHS FRANZ ANTON
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 11,263. Fuchs, F. A., and Weinlich, A. May 14. Loom creel frames.- In looms, such as are described in Specification No. 22,604, A.D. 1898, for weaving tufted carpets or pile fabrics of great width and provided with two or more pairs of spool-carrying chains, the chains g are guided in a sinuous path by the use of chain-wheels and curved guides b, to obviate the necessity of extending the chain gear to a great height when many spools are used. The guides b are formed of angle-iron, and projecting parts d on the spool frames pass between the horizontal flanges of each guide, while rollers c on the chains run on the flanges. The coupling parts are locked while the chains pass along the guides, so that the spool frames or the spools cannot become detached. The guides b for adjacent chains are arranged close to one another, so that the ends of adjacent spools are brought close together.
Patent GB-190613279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tube Boilers.
Inventor: RAYNOR ALFRED JOHN
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 13,279. Raynor, A. J. June 8. Water-tube boilers.-Each element consists of an S-shaped tube d, horizontally disposed as shown in plan in Fig. 3, and communicating with tubes f terminating in vertical risers h, i connected by U-tubes j and placed at the four corners of the battery, which may be enclosed in a metal casing b. The tiers of tubes d are alternately arranged, and the tubes d, f and risers h, i are all in sections to facilitate the removable of any one tier and the renewal of any one of its elements. Feed-water enters at k, and cross-tubes p connect the U-tubes j with a water-box o partly surrounding the fire-box m. The risers h, i communicate with the steam drum y through curved tubes w and pipes u, x, while tubes 2, 3 act as return tubes.
Patent GB-190617267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purifying and Sterilizing Water by Ozonized Air and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BRIDGE JAMES HOWARD
Filed: 1906-07-31
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 17,267. Bridge, J. H. July 31. Liquids, sterilizing.-Water flowing along the pipe a<2> draws air through the ozonizer c, and is mixed with it under pressure in the well a, from which it passes around baffle-plates in the vessel b to the outlet b<2>. Unabsorbed ozone collects in the dome b<3>, which is connected with the inlet pipe c<1> of the ozonizer. In the modified form of apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the well is omitted and the dome b<3> connected with the inlet pipe a<4>. It is stated that the baffle-plates in the vessel b may be replaced by perforated diaphragms or beds of pebbles, stones, &c., and that the ozonized air from the dome b<3> may be passed into a separate current of water.
Patent GB-190701312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to Devices for Inserting into the Human Ear to thereby Artificially Increase the Hearing of Persons whose Natural Ear Drums are Defective
Inventor: PARKER ISABELLA
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 1312. Parker, I. Jan. 18. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Ear appliances. - An artificial ear drum consists of an irregular disk A of rubber &c. formed with two perforations for a cord or thread H. A number of smaller disks B are threaded on the ends of the cord which are then tied together so as form a loop. The appliance is moistened and inserted in the ear by means of forceps.
Patent GB-190701757-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Case for Cigarette Papers.
Inventor: MILLET CATHERINE
Filed: 1907-01-23
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 1757. Millet [nÚe Mansot, C.], C. Jan. 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Advertising.-Advertisements may be displayed on a case for cigarette papers.
Patent GB-190706550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Placing Articles onto and Removing them from Shelves.
Inventor: NEDDO PHILIP
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 6550. Neddo, P. March 19. Reachers or longarms. - An apparatus for placing articles on shelves is designed so that a continual grip, when holding the article, is not necessary. Jaws 3 are pivoted in a head 2 attached to a tubular stem 1. The toothed rounded ends 4 of the jaws engage with a rack 6, guided by pins 8 and moved by means of a spring 10, connecting-rod 11, and hand-grip 17. The jaws can be kept, in any desired position with any tension of the spring by means of a spring-catch 18 on the hand-grip. A spring 14, compressible between a fixed diaphragm 13 and a washer 12, keeps the jaws normally open.