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Patent GB-190401353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Attachments for Securing Number and Identification Plates ot Motor-car, Motor-cycle and Analogous Lamps, and in the Construction of such Plates
Inventor: MEREDITH JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1904-01-19
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1353. Meredith, J. E. Jan. 19. Labels and label fastenings.-Relates to identification plates for motor lamps, and to means for securing the same. In one arrangement, the plate a, Figs. 1 and 2, is secured to the bezel b of the lamp by means of claw-like angularlyadjustable pivoted gripping-arms a<3> provided with claws a<2> and adjusted by turning the winged head c<2> of a screw c engaging an internally threaded sleeve d secured to the plate a. A locking-nut e may be provided, and a plain sleeve may be used, in which case the nut e is held by a spanner when adjusting the arms a<3>. This adjustable arrangement may be duplicated at the bottom, or a fixed claw seating consisting of a wire or metal hook f<1> and shank f<2> clipped or riveted to the plate, may be used. If desired, the shank f<2> may slide stiffly within the clip. In another arrangement, the screw c, Fig. 6, is fixed in the sleeve d, and a nut g is turned to fix the plate a to the lamp. In order to apply the plate to lamps of widely-varying sizes, the bottom shank f<3>, Fig. 8, is made to slide up and down the slotted plate a and is provided with screw pins h fitting in notches g<1> of the vertical slot g and fastened to the plate by nuts h<1>. Modifications are described in which both claw attachments are vertically adjustable, the claws being carried by verticallyslotted clip arms or extensions working over single, or pairs of, pins secured to the number plate, setscrews locking the claws after adjustment, or the claw fitting may be mounted to slide on the edge of the plate and be raised and lowered by an adjusting-screw, or the claws may be made of spring metal and be snapped over the edges of the bezel. The number plates may be made from thin sheet metal stiffened by headings at the edges, strengthened by inserted wire which may be extended beyond one end of the plate and fashioned into a fixed claw or bearing hook for engagement with the edge of the front glazing. The carrier sleeves may be formed by bending to tubular form integral ears or extensions at one or both corners of the inner end of the plate. The angular adjustable gripping-arms may be pivoted or jointed by cross-pins or rivets, or detachably connected by spring clips to the plate. The arms may be cut out from sheet steel or other metal, stamped to form, and the shanks preferably made of an inverted U-section to saddle upon, or clip, the edges of the plate.
Patent GB-190402852-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement for Indicating the Average Speed of a Motor Car or other Body or Variations from a Predetermined Average Speed
Inventor: PAYNE HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1904-02-05
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 2852. Payne, H. J. Feb. 5. Speed indicators.-In an instrument for indica- ting average speed, or variations from a predeter- mined average speed, pointer moving round a dial concentric with the face of a clock, is driven from the machinery, the speed of which is to be measured, by means of gearing which can be varied so as to cause the pointer to keep pace with the minute hand of the clock. A second pointer, actuated by the device by which the gearing is changed, moves over a scale graduated in terms of the speed of the machine. The Figure shows the mechanism with the case and clock removed. On the outside of a cylindrical box 4 containing the clock, a toothed ring 7 is mounted so that it can turn freely. To this ring is attached a pointer 8, bent over the top of the box so that its point is immediately over the outer edge of the clock-dial. With the ring gears a worm 9, toothed internally to engage with a long pinion 14 on a shaft 13, which also carries a small pinion 15, adapted to engage with internal teeth of toothed wheels 11 of different sizes. These wheels gear with other toothed wheels 10 on a shaft 19, driven from the machine by means of a flexible sbaft 27, coupling 28, bevel-wheels 24, 23, and toothed wheels 21, 20. The shaft of the bevel-wheel 24 may, if desired, be mounted in a sleeve which is capable of rotation about the shaft 22. At the end of the shaft 13 is a milled head by means of which it is moved longitudinally to change the gearing, or rotated to set the pointer 8 over the minute band, and a pointer 17 moving over a scale 16 indicates the speed of the machine which will maintain the pointer 8 and minute hand together, with the particular gearing employed. The face of the clock may be of transparent material suitable for illumination from the back. The sliding of the shaft 13 may, if desired, be obtained by means of a device similar to that used in the rough adjustment of a microscope, or in any other convenient way.
Patent GB-190405851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Bolts for Doors and Gates.
Inventor: TIPPER JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 5851. Tipper, J. March 10. Sliding bolts. - Double-handed door and gate bolts are constructed with hasps for locking them. The bolt A, Fig. 1, slides through staples b, c, the staples b serving as stops for the hasp. Slots e are provided in the hasp for the reception of staples D, which are perforated for use with a padlock. The staples are all formed from tongues bent up from the bolt plate C; this method of forming them may also be applied to bolts of the kind described in Specifications No. 19,265, A.D. 1891, and No. 27,548, A.D. 1902, as shown in Fig. 4. The same staples f here serve for guiding and stopping the bolt A, and for receiving the padlock.
Patent GB-190407556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tea Drying Machines.
Inventor: THOMSON ROBERT CLEGHORN
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 7556. Thomson, R. C., [Lamont, W., and Michie, D. K.]. March 30. Drying tea.-Relates to detail improvements in tea-drying machines of the class in which tea is deposited on a series of trays formed of tilting sections mechanically operated, such as are described in Specification No. 7711, A.D. 1902. Instead of forming the casing 1, Fig. 1, with a closed-in top having a feeding-tray fitted to pull out like a drawer, the feeding-tray A, formed of a series of tilting sections 2, is arranged in the upper part of the casing and forms its top closing cover. These tilting sections are simultaneously operated by a tilting- bar 7, Fig. 4, which is provided with a handle 8. The handle or like device mav be connected by levers to oscillating louvres 10, Fig. 2, in the air outlet, so that, when the trays are tilted, the falling tea is prevented from being carried away by the suction of the fan 5. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the louvres are not connected to the bar 7 but to a lever 12, which is connected to a segmental locking-device, as shown in Fig. 4, to prevent the trays from being tilted while the air outlet is opened. The locking-device is provided with a flange 19 which passes over the end of the tilting-bar to hold the bar down when the louvres are opened. The lever 12 and locking-device are actuated through the lever 16. Fig. 5 shows an arrangement for tilting the tray sections B. Camshaped tippers 20, 30, shown on an enlarged scale in Figs. 6 and 7, are arranged alternately in a right and left handed manner on an endless chain 21 so as to act on antifriction rollers 29 fitted on the tilting-bars 22. Each tilting-bar moves within guides 40, Fig. 1, and engages with the cranks 28 of the sections of the trays B. Each roller 29, as the curved surface of the tipper comes in contact with it, is lifted and pushed from one side to the other until the tray section is reversed, allowing the tea to pass to the next section. The succeeding tipper moves the tray section in the reverse direction. The wheel 38, Fig. 2, over which the endless chain 21 passes, is driven through worm-gearing from the fan-shaft. The wheel 38 is fixed on the same spindles as the worm-wheel 37, which is actuated by the worm 36. The worm 36 is arranged on the same shaft as a pulley 34 driven by belt-gearing from the fan-shaft 32. The delivery drum is preferably actuated by an eccentric and lever and pawl action 35.
Patent GB-190407632-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for use in Sealing Foot-balls and the like
Inventor: HANDS ALBERT JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 7632. Hands, A. J. March 31. Pinch-cocks.-A device for closing footballs and other inflated balls is formed of a metal ring R, which is placed over the nipple N of the bladder, and a sliding metal jaw J, between which and the ring R the nipple N is securely gripped when the ball has been inflated. The jaw J is advanced towards the ring by a locking-nut L', which screws on a threaded shank S of the ring, the shank S passing through a hole in the jaw J. The device, when tightened, is tacked inside the cover of the ball. The jaw J and nut L may be made of vulcanite, celluloid, &c. The ring R may be eplaced by a hook, loop, or other abutment for the sliding jaw.
Patent GB-190409080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Drying of Moss or Peat for use as Litter and such like.
Inventor: FLECK ROBERT
Filed: 1904-04-20
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 9080. Fleck, R. April 20. Sheds for drying. Moss or peat, especially such as is used for litter, is dried on trays made of wire netting which are removably fitted to pillars or posts in a drying-shed. The apparatus is employed for drying the small pieces or parings produced by a cutting-machine such as is described in Specification No. 14,080, A.D. 1902. Fig. 2 shows a sectional plan of the shed with trays in position. The pillars a are of cruciform section, having vertical beads or projections b at each side. The trays consist of lengths of wire netting which are secured to cross-bars d. The ends of the cross-bars d bear against the outer sides of the vertical beads b, and are prevented from slipping by string loops which are slipped over nails f in the pillars a. The trays are adapted to be removed, after freeing the loops, by twisting or canting the cross-bars. Stiffening bars or slats e may be fitted to the trays.
Patent GB-190416022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Skylights.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-07-19
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 16,022. Boult, A. J., [Haslam, J.]. July 19. Glazing slcylights.- Glass panes e, Fig. 3, are secured to #- shaped sash bars A by longitudinal s p r i n g caps f, fitting over bulbous portions a of the bars A and normally prevented from sliding off by end-plates H, Fig. 1, hinged portions h, h<3> of which are secured to the bar A. In a modification, the cap f, Fig. 6, consists of two parts, the spirally-coiled end of one part fitting the circular end g of the other, so that the cap may be lifted from the bar A.
Patent GB-190420392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stuffing Boxes.
Inventor: KALES FRANZ
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 20,392. Kales, F. Sept. 21. Stuffing-boxes. - The gland may be made in halves hinged together and is secured to a ring b by the rods shown. The packing is placed between the two and may be withdrawn bodily. The ring may also be made in halves.
Patent GB-190421179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Fountain Pens and Pencils.
Inventor: MOODY DAN ORSMOND
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 21,179. Moody, D. O. Oct. 3. Pencils; pens, reservoir. Relates to a device for preventing the loss of the nib covers of fountain pens, and also for preventing reservoir pens and pencils from slipping out of the pocket. A rubber tube a having a beading b at each end is slipped over the nib cover c so that half of the tube covers the handled. To remove the cover c, the tube is rolled upon itself so as to lie completely on the cover.
Patent GB-190422398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piling.
Inventor: VANDERKLOOT MATHIAS RYER
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 22,398. Vanderkloot, M. R. Oct. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Piles; coffer dams. - Sheet piling for use in building coffer dams, foundations, dams, walls, and the like is formed of metal channel-bars 3, shown in Fig. 1. These bars are formed with flanges 4, 7, the former being bent over as at 5 so that adjacent piles can be interlocked. Two piles are placed with their plain faces together and with npposite ends overlapping, and are riveted together, as shown. Fig. 2 shows a method of forming a corner. The piles 3 are cut in two, forming pieces 3<1>, 3" which are riveted together and overlap, as shown, to form the joint.
Patent GB-190424119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traction Engines Light Locomotives or Motors Driven by Steam or other Power and in Ploughs to be Worked with the same and in the Combination thereof.
Inventor: WALLIS JOHN ERNEST
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 24,119. Wallis, J. E. Nov. 8. Traction engines and road locomotives.-A traction engine or light locomotive has balanced ploughs, with special steering-gear and apparatus for regulating the depth of the furrows, arranged at each end for ploughing alternately in opposite directions without the engine being turned round. The general arrangement is shown in Fig. 1, where the two ploughs are raised or lowered by chains t<1>, t<11> operated from a drum t rotated by worm gearing. During the lifting, the ploughs balance one another, but either of them can be raised farther when the other is on the ground, thus making the weight of the acting plough be borne by the ground. The steering gear can be operated from either of the steering- handles on the ploughs or from the handle v<3> ; it consists of rods connected by universal joints, which communicate motion through worm gearing to a toothed segment u, Fig. 4, connected to the front wheel frame. By rotation of the screwed rods j, j<1>, Figs. 1 and 4, working in nuts attached to the top frame bar c<11>, the height of the framework can be adjusted relatively to the wheels g, g<1>, and thus the depth of ploughing regulated. A similar adjustment is provided at the rear of the engine, while, for exact regulation of the depth, each plough is provided with a small wheel, of which l, Fig. 1, is an example, carried by an arm capable of vertical adjustment in guides. To keep the boiler horizontal in all positions of the frame, the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 is employed. The casting y, bolted to the boiler, can be raised or lowered relatively to the front wheel framing by adjustment of a screwed spindle connected to the bar c<11> by a universal joint.
Patent GB-190426497-A (GB)
Title: Improved Firing Device for Rotary Furnaces.
Inventor: LARSEN POUL
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 26,497. Larsen, P. Dec. 5. Pulverulent-fuel fittings.-The nozzle c<1> of the pipe c, through which coal dust &c. and similar powdered fuel is introduced to the rotary furnace a, and the nozzle d' of the air-blast pipe d, are fitted so that they may be adjusted on the pipes c, d. This may be effected by the handle f on the nozzle c<1>, by screw-and-nut devices on the nozzle d', or by other means.
Patent GB-190503472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators or Boilers and their Furnaces.
Inventor: VILLIERS EDWARD CECIL
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 3472. Villiers, E. C., and Smith, W. H. Feb. 20. Multitubular boilers ; tube-plates ; joints.-Relates to that class of boiler in which several superposed cylindrical multitubular shells are mounted horizontally over furnaces, and are connected to each other. Between the lowest shell and the external furnace A is fitted a refractory arch or baffle E, so that the hot gases do not impinge upon the cylindrical shells until they have passed through the fire-tubes of the boiler. Compression hoops F are interposed between the tube-plates T and the boiler barrels.
Patent GB-190509839-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for the Regulation of Speed of Compensated Single Phase Motors.
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 9839. Bruce, Peebles, & Co, and La Cour, J. L. May 10. Motors, controlling.-Relates to controlling compensated single-phase motors by means of an induction regulator and a cross winding, the latter being connected in series with the secondary winding of the induction regulator. The main stator winding S, Fig. 1, is connected by means of a series transformer ST in series with the armature winding, and by means of the induction regulator IR in series with the cross winding HW. The primary winding PW lies on the stator of the induction regulator, while the secondary winding SW together with a compensating-winding KW at 90‹ thereto lies on the rotor. The compensating-winding, the object of which is to reduce the reactance of the primary winding PW, is connected across the net. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a continuous stator winding is used both as main winding and as cross-winding. The motor is started with the primary and secondary of the induction regulator co-axial as shown in Fig. 4, and the speed is gradually increased to a maximum by rotating the rotor through 180 degrees. By means of the switch u<3>, Fig. 4, the two halves of the cross-winding may be connected either in parallel or in series. In Fig. 4, which shows the arrangement for a high-tension series motor, one end of the primary and compensating windings is earthed. In the case of a low-tension shunt motor, switches are arranged as shown in Fig. 5, so that the motor may be started as a series machine and, when the required speed is reached, run as a shunt machine. If it is desired to run the shunt motor from a high-tension net, it is necessary to use a transformer for the exciting-current of the motor. The primary winding PW, which at starting is connected in series with the main winding, may be afterwards connected in series with the armature winding.
Patent GB-190512189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spindle Bearing for Circular Saws.
Inventor: COLBOURNE THOMAS SALMON
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 12,189. Colbourne, T. S., and Colbourne, F. 3P. June 10. Sawing.-An adjustable bearing for the spindle of a circular saw consists of the tube a fitted with bushes b in which runs the spindle c of the saw d. The tube a has a spherical boss e, supported by the strap h bolted to the bracketf, forming a ball-andsocket joint. The other end of the tube is supported by means of projections j, and is adjusted vertically by nuts on the bolts l and laterally by set-screws n, the heads of which bear against ribs on the underside of the table g. Oil is introduced into the space q by a hole closed by the screw s.
Patent GB-190517206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Adjusting Appliances.
Inventor: HEAPE FREDERICK WADE
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 17,206. Heape, F. W., [Heape, H.]. Aug. 25. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to a means for operating the upper sash of a window through the medium of the lower to obviate the necessity of cords &c. Fixed at each side of the top of the lower sash b is a bracket f provided with an arched slot g in which rides a pin h attached to a catch e. As the lower sash is pushed up, the curved head of the catch e meets with a projection i fixed to the upper sash causing. a catch e to be deflected outwards until a hooked portion e' rides over the projection i and engages with it. If the lower sash is now pulled down, it will also carry the upper sash with it. At the same time the pin h will move over the arch of the slot g until it is in the position shown in Fig. 3, a bar l hinged tu the pin h being also forced outwards, as shown. The catch e is so shaped that, when the pin h is in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the raising of the lower sash causes the catch e to be forced over, as shown in Fig. 4, thus freeing the upper sash. By further raising the lower sash, the bar l comes into engagement with the projection i and closes the upper sash. The catch e is brought into the operative position, Fig. 2, and the bar l withdrawn, by pulling on a cord attached to a link j hinged to the pin h.
Patent GB-190521277-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Attachments for Suction Discs for Dentures.
Inventor: COOGAN WILLIAM LOUIS
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 21,277. Coogan, W. L. Oct. 19. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Teeth, artificial.-Suction disks are removably secured to artificial dentures by means of a split pin which passes through the denture and the suction disk and is clinched above a metal washer which partially covers the suction disk.
Patent GB-190521586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cycle Saddles and Seat Pillars.
Inventor: SHEPHERD TIMOTHY
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-10-24
Abstract: 21,586. Shepherd, T. Oct. 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Saddle supports; saddles.-In the type of cycle saddle support wherein the saddle is carried by a jointed parallelogram controlled by adjustable springs, as shown in Fig. 1, a tube A received by tne seatpillar tube of the frame carries a bifurcated part B, to the limbs of which are pivoted at H, I a pair of bell-crank levers C and two levers D respectively, the forward ends of these levers on the two sides being jointed to a bridge-piece M connected by adjustable springs E to the short arms of the levers C. The wires of the saddle underframing are clamped by grooved serrated washers and nuts P to the sides of the bridge-piece. The rear end of each spring is reduced and screw-threaded to receive an adjusting-pin K. In a modification stated to be particularly suitable for motor-cycles, a part B, Fig. 3, carries pairs of levers C, D connected at their rearmost extremities by L-pieces M, on the forward ends of which the saddle is clamped at Q. The bolt N may pass across to the other piece M, while the adjusting-pin K passes through the lower bolt 0. A bolt engages the eyeleted head of a pin screwed into the spring, or it may engage a loop at the end of the spring. Fig. 4 shows another arrangement wherein a plunger U compressing a spring X is screwed into an eye a connected at b to links S pivoted at T upon the levers D, the saddle being clamped to a tube L carried by the bridge-piece M., According to the Provisional Specification, (1) the side plates or wires of the saddle underframing are made narrowest where they are bolted to the bridge-piece M, (2) the seat top itself may be secured to the bridgepiece, (3) a stop in the form of a plate faced with leather is provided to limit the motion of the saddle, or screws may be fixed to the bridge-piece to engage the lever or to the levers to engage the arms of the piece B, and (4) to apply the mechanism to a saddle only, a clip with faced bosses to take the place of the arms of the piece B is fitted over the existing seat-pillar tube.
Patent GB-190522421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sandals.
Inventor: MEYER ROBERT MORITZ
Filed: 1905-11-02
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 22,421. Meyer, R. M., [Peterson, O., and Lightband, H.]. Nov. 2. Sandals.-A sandal is formed from a single piece of leather, cut in the shape shown in Fig. 4, comprising a sole portion a with integral wings or projections d, e,fg, h, i, which are blocked to form the body or upper. An outer sole c, and a heelreinforcing portion b, stitched as at j, k, may be used as shown in Fig. 1, and the sides of the sandal, which overlap at m, are secured by stitching n. The sandal is fastened by a lace passing through perforations in the strap-like portions l, f, i, of the upper. The leather from which the sandal is made may be cut into two portions along the line x, Fig. 4, and the upturned portions may be secured in the vertical position by sewing them to the sole. In a modification, the heel portion may be strengthened by upturned portions on a supplementary sole, secured to the sole of the sandal. In a further modification, portions of leather forming the sides, heel, and toe-cap may be vertically secured to the sole, and are so disposed that their ends are arranged in close proximity transversely of the sole, and preferably beneath the ball of the foot.