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Patent GB-190623524-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fur-pulling Machine.
Inventor: GAY ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 23,524. Gay, A. E. Oct. 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Furs.-In a machine for pulling furs, the pelts are fed between a band 7, preferably of rubber-faced canvas carried over rollers 9, 8, and gut cords 21 carried over rollers 20 and grooves in the rollers 9, alternate series of cords lying in different planes. The rollers are driven by means of gearing from a countershaft carried by the frame. The pelts are carried past brushes 39<a>, and adjustable gauge plates 41 to beaters 37, which nip the fur against adjustable rubber-faced rolls 45 and pull the fur. The beaters 37 consist of cylinders, mounted on shafts 36 and carrying pieces of leather, preferably horse skin 38, fixed means of bars 39. Each beater and roll is enclosed in a dome 43 connected to a suction pipe, so that the pulled hairs are immediately carried away. To render the guide-rollers 8 adjustable, they are carried in bearings carried by hinged bars 46 provided with a set-screw 47 for locking in the adjusted position, the horizontal adjustment being made by sliding the blocks 48 in slots 49 provided in the base plate 50. The rotary brushes 39<a> are made adjustable by being mounted in the arms 51, which are slotted at their lower ends and secured to the frame by studs 53. The rollers 9 are adjusted by means of bearings 13, Fig. 9, which are formed in slotted blocks 54 held in the frame by a single nut and bolt.
Patent GB-190701287-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Indicator or Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: FAURE CHARLES
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 1287. Faure, C., and Peruecker, G., [trading as Faure et Cie]. Jan. 17,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Advertising.- I n a n advertising-a p p a r a t u s, bands p are carried by rollers m, h, z, i, the advertisement bands being operated by a motor b which, through a clutch sleeve c' and wheel d, drives a wheel e, forming part of a transmitting- apparatus fixed in t h e frame a. The wheels g<1>, f<1> of this apparatus drive wheels g<2>, f<2>, respectively, by chains g, f. Wheels h<1>, i<1> on the lower rollers are each provided with a pin k to couple them detachably with the wheels f <2>, g<2>, respectively. The rollers m, h, z, i are carried by frames l sliding in guides in the box a, and these frames l also carry shafts n on which are mounted wheels n', driven by chains n<3> from the wheels h<1>, i<1>, and toothed wheels engaging with holes in metallic strips o which are attached to the bands p by clips r. The upper and lower rollers are geared together at their opposite ends. The sections of the band p are joined detachably by rods-q passing through the notched hems, the ends q<1> being turned inwards.
Patent GB-190703525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Roofing.
Inventor: WINN DAVID JAMES
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 3525. Winn, D. J. Feb. 12. Roofs.-Sheet-metal roofing consists of rectangular plain or corrugated sheets b having upward and downward bends 1, 2 and 3, 4 along their lateral edges, the bend 1, 2 of one sheet fitting over the bend 3, 4 of the adjacent sheet and being secured by nails driven along the apices of the bends into a wooden strip beneath. One of the lateral edges is formed with an additional bend 5, 6 which, after the sheets are in place, is bent back over the nails, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to prevent the access of rain to the nail-holes and to strengthen and give a symmetrical appearance to the roof.
Patent GB-190706967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Controlling Rheostats.
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 6967. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 22. Switches.-In a shunt-motor starting and regulating switch, the armature starting-resistance is cut out by forward movement of the switch arm and the regulating field resistance is subsequently put in by backward movement of the same arm ; the field resistance remains short-circuited during the first part of the movement, and the armature resistance subsequently. In Fig. 1, A is the motor armature, F the field-winding, 4 the armatureresistance, and 5 the field resistance. Brushes 7<1>, 6<1>, Fig. 2, are carried by the handle-arm 6 and meet respectively rows of studs 2, 3 as the arm is moved to the right to start the motor, and the armatureresistance 4 is cut out, while the resistance 5 remains short-circuited through a conductor 19 and a switch 9. A spring-pressed arm 10, which is pushed forward by the handle arm 6, on reaching the right-hand extremity of its movement, brings a contact 10<1> upon a stud 12, thus short-circuiting the last of the armature-resistance studs 2 ; it also opens the switch 9, thus breaking the short circuit around the studs 3. The arm 10 remains held in the extreme position by an electro-magnet 14, while the arm 6 can be moved backwards and forwards to regulate the speed of the motor by varying the resistance 5. If the electro-magnet 14 is de-energized, the arm 10 flies off and carries with it the arm 6.
Patent GB-190713186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional or Universally Jointed Shafts, particularly adapted as Automobile Driving Shafts.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 13,186. Winton, A. June 6. Universal joints for driving-shafts of motor road vehicles. The construction of the joint 20 is shown in Fig. 2. The shaft 12 is provided with a tubular casting 14, into which the end of the shaft 13 fits loosely. A pin 17, having rounded heads and collars 18, passes through the shaft end 13 and works in slots 16 in the part 14. A cap 20, which serves to retain the pin &c., encloses the joint and has a circular opening 24 in its spherical end to permit universal movement. A spherical - faced washer 22, made in two parts, is provided on the shaft 13 to close the opening 24, a spring 23 being used to keep it in place and allow longitudinal yielding.
Patent GB-190714242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Haulage Trucks, with Coupling Hook and Eye.
Inventor: REUTLER KARL
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 14,242. Rentier, K. June 20. Couplings, non-automatic.- In a hook-and-eye coupling for haulage trucks, each vehicle carries a plate f and ring b to which are attached a hook c and a twisted eye d, the arrangement being such that the vehicles may be doubly or singly coupled, and such that, in the case of single coupling, accidental uncoupling when the trucks are pushed together is prevented by the idle eye d which moves so as to close the mouth of the engaged hook. The hooks are formed with lugs e as a further means of preventing accidental uncoupling.
Patent GB-190715830-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mould for Casting Electric Accumulator Grids
Inventor: FENNELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 15,830. Fennell, W., and Perry, W. P. July 10. Casting.-Accumulator grids a with grid lugs b, collector lugs c, and main lug d, are cast connected together in one plane in a two-part mould, and afterwards are bent to the shape of an ordinary accumulator grid.
Patent GB-190719539-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for the Drying of Air, Gases and the like.
Inventor: TOUZIMSKY OTTOMAR
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 19,539. Touzimsky, O. Aug. 31. Drying air and gases.-In the apparatus shown, a perforated cylinder 7 containing calcium chloride &c. is fixed by pegs 9 within an outer cylinder 1 through which air or a gas passes. The open ends of this outer cylinder may have perforated covers 2, 5, the latter cover being fastened to a ring 6 screwed on the cylinder. The inner cylinder has one end only closed, the other being open except when the cover 5 is screwed on it. The bottom of the outer cylinder slopes down an outlet over which is fixed a perforated cover 18. The fluid formed during the drying process flows through this cover into a lower cylinder 12, having screwed to it at one end a cover 14 and at the other a cap 13 closing an outlet, both being packed with rubber.
Patent GB-190720199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing Measuring and Carburetting Gaseous Bodies.
Inventor: BOUVIER ADOLPHE
Filed: 1907-09-10
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 20,199. Bouvier, A., and Collon, E. Sept. 10. Atmospheric gas burners.-A self - burning mixture of air and gas is supplied by the apparatus shown to burners provided with injector nozzles 100 and perforated rings 104, for controlling a secondary air supply. The rings 104 may be double. A reducing or oxidizing flame may thus be produced at will.
Patent GB-190723355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buildings more especially Designed to Serve as Garages for Automobiles.
Inventor: APOSTOLOFF SERGE BERDITSCHEWSK
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 23,355. Apostoloff, S. B. Oct. 22. Garages; barracks; schools; warehouses.-A building specially applicable as a garage for motor-vehicles consists of several stories or floors, each provided with an entrance at one end and an exit at the other communicating directly with separate platforms or landings. The entrance platforms D<2> ... D<5> occur alternately at opposite ends of the building and are connected by inclined planes F<2> ... F<5> ; the exit platforms are similarly placed and are conoe ted by inclined planes G' ... G<5>, so that the vehicles do not pass each other. The platforms are supported externally by pillars H or by cantilevers built into the walls, and are provided with a balustrade. The invention is applicable to barracks, workhouses, schools, and warehouses.
Patent GB-190724075-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Supporting and Training Plants applicable also for Supporting Plant Pots, Rods and other Articles.
Inventor: JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 24,075. James, A. Oct. 31. Staples; hooks.-Appliances for supporting and training plants and for supporting plant pots, shelves, rods, &c. comprise V- or U-shaped pieces of wire &c. pointed and bent inwards at the ends so as to hook into wood &c. in such a way that the depth to which the points enter increases as the weight or pressure on the support increases. Fig. 3 shows a plant stalk d supported by a \/-shaped wire a with points b engaging a wooden strip, which may be vertical, horizontal, or inclined. Fig. 4 shows a rod f supported in rings e forme d by twisting the wires a. Baskets of flowers &c. may be suspended from the rod, and the legs of the support a may be sprung apart to engage bars c of different sizes. Fig. 7 shows a plant pot h supported in a ring g in an horizontal wire support a, a pointed wire strut i being connected to the ring. Instead of a ring g, a rectangular frame may be provided to receive a shelf.
Patent GB-190727682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Electric Burglar Alarm and like.
Inventor: AYLEN CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 27,682. Aylen, C. J. Dec. 16. Alarms, burglar and like.-A portable alarm enclosed in a box is arranged so that the movement of a door &c. by pulling or releasing a thread, makes contact between a spring standard and a surrounding ring, and completes a circuit through an electro-magnet, which attracts its armature and releases a lever which completes a continuous bell circuit. This method of obtaining a continuous alarm from an impulse may be used in a fire-alarm. The bar X is held by a thread attached at X<2>. When the thread is slack, contact is made between the bar X and a ring A', and when the thread is pulled, a spring G<2> is bent till it reaches the ring. The contact completes a circuit through a battery Y and an electro-magnet F, the armature of which releases a lever K, which falls and makes contact between springs J, L, and E. A circuit is by this means completed through the battery Y, spring B pressing on a battery terminal, terminals B<3>, H, bell W, terminal I, springs J, E, switch D, and cleat-fastening C<1>. The bell rings till the circuit is broken by a switch D, or by the closing of a door U, which breaks contact at H and raises the lever K by a cone U<1>. Other alarm circuits may be connected between the strips L, J, and the necessary impulse to release the lever K may be obtained from a bell-push placed in the circuit of the electro-magnet.
Patent GB-190728383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Chamber Pots and Slop Pails.
Inventor: HAWKINS THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 28,383. Hawkins, T. Dec. 24. [Cognate Application No. 737, A.D. 1908, dated Jan. 11.] Chamber-pots.-Liquid is noiselessly conveyed to the sides of the vessel by a convex cover-plate b supported by lugs c, resting on a ledge d, or against the inclined sides of the vessel, the ledge or vessel being provided with recesses corresponding to the lugs so that complete closure may be effected by slightly turning the plate. In another form, the plate may rest on projections from the vessel, and may itself be formed with recesses ; or again the plate may be integral with the vessel. Handles g may be provided. The device may be applied to ordinary pots, in which case, the plate b is carried by a flanged cylinder m, Fig. 6, supported on the rim of the pot.
Patent GB-190804166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Multiple-rate Electricity-meters
Inventor: EVANS EVAN
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 4166. Evans, E. Feb. 24. Switches, mechanically operated. An electricity meter is caused to register on different trains at different times, the change being effected through intermediate electric contacts by a bell-crank lever i operated by the relative movement of two levers d, e resting on two relatively-adjustable clcckdriven cams b, c. Both cams b, c are of the same shape, having two peripheral portions of different radii. When both levers d, e rest on cam-surfaces of the same radii, no relative motion takes place, but, during the time represented by the angular displacement of.the cams b, c, relative motion of the levers takes place and causes rotation of the bellcrank lever pivoted to one lever e and having a pin engaging a slot in the other lever d. When the lever d rises from the surface of smaller radius to that of larger radius, it lifts the other lever e by a projection g, thus preventing relative motion at this point.
Patent GB-190804873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding and Listing Machines.
Inventor: SCHOOLING WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-04-05
Abstract: 4873. Schooling, W., and Randall, F. W. March 3. Typewriters and like machines. -A single - bank, keyset, lever-operated, adding and listing machine, in which the separate items and totals are indicated and printed, has the items set on racks which are retained in the set position by a field of stops, selected and projected by a single series of stops mounted in a traversing carriage and actuated by depressing any one of the item keys. After the setting of an item, an operation of the main handle effects in turn the printing, return of the racks to zero, addition of items to the totalizer, return of the carriage, and transfer in the totals train. In printing, the type 110 on the racks, Fig. 1, are brought opposite plungers 111 adapted to be struck by hammers 113 having arms 115 bearing on cams 116 which are rotated at the correct time by gearing from the main wheel. The paper 119 co receive a record is fed forward by the rollers 123, 124, which are geared together by a pinion 125 meshing with pinions 126 on each roller. The step-by-step movement is effected by a tooth on the main wheel engaging a pinion which gears with another pinion on the shaft of pinion 126. The inking-ribbon 134, Fig. 14, is wound on and off spools 135, provided with star wheels rotated intermittently by teeth 138 on bosses mounted on a shaft 140 driven by a pinion 152. The shaft 140 is moves axially to reverse the direction of the inking-ribbon by a tape at the end of the ribbon rocking a lever 155 which has a cam 156 adapted to engage a collar on the shaft. In correcting an error the printing- mechanism is thrown out of gear by turning the spindle 170 and causing the cam 172 to engage the recess 173 and turn the mechanism about its pivot 168.
Patent GB-190808349-A (GB)
Title: Improved Guard for Ironing, Calendering and like Machines.
Inventor: FORREST JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 8349. Forrest, J. April 15. Guards.-In guards for ironing, calendering, and like machines, a bar or tube 1 is mounted over the feeding-lip 2 by means of arms 5 fixed on a rocking shaft 6, which has bearings at one end in a standard and at the other end in a bracket 8, the boss of which is clamped in a split bearing 10 of the standard 11, the standards being fixed on the side frames of the machine. On the shaft is fixed an arm 14 carrying a narrow steel blade 15, on which a second blade 18, fixed in a lever 17, is pressed by a spring 19, the lever being pivoted on the bracket 8. The spring encloses a sliding bolt 20, attached at the top to the lever 17, and at the bottom to a flexible wire or the like 21. A box 22 secured to the frame contains a sprocketwheel and a ratchet-wheel 24, both fixed on the shaft 25. A pawl 26 is held in engagement with the wheel 24 by a spring 27, unless interference with the bar 1 rocks the shaft 6 and plate 15, in which case, the plate 18 is liberated, and the spring 19 moves the bolt 20 and wire 21, and releases the ratchet-wheel 24. The sprocket-wheel is engaged by a chain 28, which is connected to an arm 29 on the belt or clutch shifting rod 30 and is loaded by a weight 31 or its equivalent at the other end.
Patent GB-190812890-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanical Motion applicable to Printing and other Machines.
Inventor: MATTHEWS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 12,890. Matthews, W. June 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.- Link-work for reciprocating the beds of printing and other machines of the type comprising a radius rod as a, Fig. 1, connected to a link d which is reciprocated by a connecting-rod, is constructed so as to obtain a long throw of the bed without using a machine of great height or providing a pit for the oscillating parts. The invention consists in the use of one or two links d which are connected to the bed by means of telescopic parts g. The links d may be connected together at their upper ends, and are provided with trunnions carrying blocks e which are reciprocated in guides f fixed to the frame of the machine. A connecting-rod j, which is actuated by a crank-pin carried by a pair of wheels'm, is connected to the links d, or preferably to the members g, and as the links d are oscillated the bed reciprocates between the positions h, h<2>, the members g sliding in the link d during the motion. One link d only may be used on a small machine. A buffer-device may be used if required, but the links d act as a buffer and may be loaded so as to increase this action.
Patent GB-190816126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Switches for Electric Motors.
Inventor: GARSIDE EDMUND
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 16,126. Garside, E. July 29. Switches.-The arm of a motor-starter carries main contacts and a detent which engages a contact-device during the operation of closing. When the main contacts are about to be closed, the contact-device is released and falls, to cut out resistance, against the retarding action of a dash-pot. The arm b is pivoted to the base a in such a manner that it falls into the open position when unrestrained, and it carries an armature g, which is attracted by the hold-on coil i to keep the main contacts c, d closed. The resistances are connected to a series of contacts e, and the movable contact j is mounted on a tube l, which can slide down a stem m under the influence of a spring p. The lower end of the tube l carries a valve o and works in a cylinder q containing liquid, When the arm b is moved to the 'on' position, the detent r pivoted to it engages the roller t pivoted to the contact j, and raises the contact j to its top position on the contacts e. Near the end of the movement of the arm b, the end of the detent r meets the pin v, and the detent is thrown out of angagement with the roller t. The contact j is then forced down by the spring p to cut out resistance. If the arm b is not drawn back sufficiently far to allow the detent r to engage the roller t, the main switch cannot be closed, as the detent passes behind the pin v.
Patent GB-190816190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Forming Flanges on Boot and Shoe Uppers and other Articles of Leather or like Flexible Material.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 16,190. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. July 30. Moulding; presses; uppers. - The uppers of " stitch-down" and like boots &c., and other articles of leather or like flexible material in which a flange is turned outwardly, are moulded to shape in such a manner as to prevent the formation of wrinkles upon the surface of the leather. A machine for flanging heel-counters and other similarly shaped articles outwards comprises means, such as a male mould and a female mould, for holding the leather for the operation of a relatively movable flange-turner. The co-operating leather-holding means are constructed, as by giving the U-shaped female mould a transverse concavity, to gather in the leather, along the turning line. The flange-turner is so constructed and co-operates with the leather-holding means in such a manner as first to operate upon the sides of the U and then upon the end of the U, thus moving some of the material towards the part where fulness is required and preventing the tearing and splitting of the turned-out portion of the material. The parts act to press out the wrinkles formed and leave the upper smooth. The female mould 28, Fig. 2, is adjustably supported by a spring on the machine frame. The male mould 26 is operated in vertical guides 24 by a counterweighted lever 16, connected to the frame by links 20 and operated by a cam 36. The flange-turner 40 slides in guides bolted to the front of the machine, and is operated from a cam 58 by means of a rock-shaft 52 carrying an arm 50, which is coupled to the flange-turner through a rod 48 and lever 44. The rock-shaft carries an approximately right-angled lever 54, 60 having rolls 56, 62, and the cam 58 and these rolls are relatively arranged so as to operate positively the flangeturner in both directions. A spring 64 assists the cam to lift the flange-turner 40. In the operation of the machine, the leather &c. which may be " tempered " if desired, is placed in position upon the female mould 28, and the machine is started by a pedal 8. The cam 36 operates first to press the leather into U-shape upon the female mould and to gather in the material along the flange line. While the leather is still under pressure, the flange-turner descends, forcing the leather into the form shown in Fig. 3. After flanging, the periphery of the flange may be extended by beating it out upon the face of the female mould by means operated by hand or automatically by the machine. The female mould may, alternatively, be recessed upon its face from the flange turning line, the material being pressed back into this recess after flanging.
Patent GB-190816793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Hammers.
Inventor: PRATA ALBERTO
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 16,793. Prata, A., Prata, O., and Bianchi, R. Aug. 10. Explosive-gas and like machines.-In a hammer actuated by the explosion of carburetted air there are two pistons in the explosion cylinder one of which carries the hammer head, while the other piston draws in and compresses the charge and expels the exhaust. The hammer head 13, which is carried by the piston 5, is returned after the blow by a spring 16 acting on a floating lever 15. The auxiliary piston 4 is connected by a link 6, lever 7, and connecting - rod 9 to a crank-shaft. The hammer has a single valve 22, Figs. 1 and 3, serving both for admission and exhaust, and operated by a lever 27. Check valves 23, 25 are placed in the pipe leading to the carburetter 19, and in the exhaust pipe 26.