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Patent GB-190423801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Brake Mechanism of Bicycles, Tricycles and other Velocipedes.
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,801. Pugh, C. V., and Rudge- Whitworth, Ltd. Nov. 3. Brakes; clamps.-Relates to the operating-levers of brakes for bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes. As shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, a lever c, following the contour of the handle-bars, is held by clamps thereto and carries a saddle-piece f for actuating the brakes. To maintain the piece f in position, it is received by a guide-stop i, Fig. 4, sprung over the lever, a nipple i<1> engaging a recess in the lever. The bearing-clamps are shown more particularly in Fig. 3. The bolt r of the handlebar clip m carries a hanging bracket o with a washer p interposed between its up-turned ends. This washer projects slightly into a groove q in the lever to limit the motion. As applied to an up-turned handle-bar, each clamp comprises a metal band fixed directly to the handle-bar and turned back on itself to enter a groove in the lever. In lieu of bending the portion of the lever between the bearings, the lever may be provided with eccentrics, or with a pinion to engage racks, or, as described in the Provisional Specification, the lever may be cranked opposite the steering-stem to engage a member of the brake. In order that the brakes may be operated by one hand without pinching the other between the lever and the machine handle, the lever grips x, Fig. 10, screwed upon right and left hand threads on the rod c, engage caps y and are pressed outwardly by springs z. Thus, when one grip is operated, it tends to move out against the cap, but, endwise movement being prevented, the rod is turned and affects the other grip, which, however, being stopped by engagement with the rider's fingers, travels inwards along the rod. Instead of this construction, projections on the rod may engage grooves in the grip, the projections being maintained at one end of the grooves by a spring, or, as described in the Provisional Specification, oppositely-disposed ratchets may be used. According to the Provisional Specification also, the operating- lever may be extended only on one side to form a grip.
Patent GB-190427144-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Mounting and Framing Photographic or other Prints or Pictures.
Inventor: WATSON WILL
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 27,144. Watson, W. Dec. 13. Mounting prints and the like.-A p h o t ographic print or the like is mounted on a concave mount c, Fig. 1, in front of which is placed a concave glass b, and both are held in the frame shown in section at A. In a modification, a mask d, Fig. 2, with a circular or other shaped opening, is placed in front of the glass b Both the glass and the mount may also be made with flat margins surrounding the concave part.
Patent GB-190428686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Distributing Chemical Manure or other similar Products.
Inventor: DELVAUX EDOUARD
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 28,686. Delvaux, E. Dec. 29. Carts with manure-distributing or salt scattering apparatus.-In a machine for scattering manure, salt, or similar material, the manure &c. is placed in a chest or box forming the body of the machine and having a floor of slats 5, Fig. 8, to which are riveted steel plates 6 pivoted together by rods 7 so as to form an endless chain. The rods 7 engage with a cog-wheel 19, Fig. 3, which receive motion from the axle of the travelling wheel 3 by means of the gearing shown. The rate of motion of the bottom can be altered by substituting for the pinion 16, Fig. 4, another of a different size. The front end of the moving bottom is supported by friction rollers 22, the shaft of which is supported by rods, which can be adjusted by a screw and nut so as to keep the tension of the bottom constant. The manure is carried through an aperture 26 provided with a sliding door 27, the height of which can be regulated by a lever 28 and a rack and pinion 30, 31, Fig. 3. On passing through the aperture, the manure is broken up by arms 47 on a shaft 39 which receives motion from the travelling wheel 4. The manure then falls on and is scattered by the delivery blades 46, which are driven from the shaft 39 by bevel gear 41, 42.
Patent GB-190501895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Reproducing of Music played upon Pianofortes, Organs, Harmoniums and similar Instruments.
Inventor: WALKER JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1906-01-31
Abstract: 1895. Walker, J. J. Jan. 31. Automatic instruments.-The keys, levers, or operating-devicesin automatic instruments for reproducing the music played upon pianofortes, organs, harmoniums, and similar instruments, are controlled by tunesheets of the kind described in Specification No. 1895A, A.D. 1905, to reproduce music as recorded by the rec o r d e r described in Specification No. 1894, A.D. 1905. Each key, expression or swell lever, or stop has associated with it two or more motors, such as the pneumatics a, b, Fig. 1, controlled independently by the two or more slots in the tune-sheet, associated with one note or operation. The note slots control, through a tracker having a series of electric contacts, or air ports, the motors a, while the companion or accelerator slots control the accelerator or retarding motors b. Both pneumatics a, b are connected to one sticker c. For controlling the organ swell 12, say by five slots, there are five controlling- motors7,8, 9,10, 11 varying the common swell 12, or particular swells. The stops 27 arrest the expansion of the motors, and determine the degree of the opening in the swell box. To avoid weakening the tune-sheets by providing long slots for controlling the draw stops and swells, a poppetmotion device, such as is used with pedal couplers, is included in the circuit controlling each stop or swell to interrupt and complete the circuit alternately, and thereby necessitate only a short perforation at the beginning and the end of what would otherwise be a long perforation. The records may be applied to the construction of the barrels used in mechanical organs.
Patent GB-190504123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ALLEY STEPHEN EVANS
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 4123. Alley, S. E., and Simpson, D. H. [Feb. 28. Felloes or rims; spokes. -Relates to improvements in the means described in Specification No. 8565, A.D. 1904, for compensating, by inclinedplane action, for the stretching of the metal tyre or shrinkage of the felloes. The rim 2 of the metal centre 1 is coned and forms a seating for correspondingly-shaped wooden felloe segments 3 surrounded by a metal tyre 4. The felloes are tightened by transverse screws 6 passing through a flange 7 on the rim 2. In a modification, the wooden spokes 9, Fig. 3, are outwardly splayed, and their ends bear against metal sheaths 12 protecting the coned felloes 3. In another form, Fig. 5, the felloes are of rectangular section and the spokes abut against metal beds 12 formed with inclined surfaces and flanges 13 to prevent movement of the spokes round the rim.
Patent GB-190504178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Numbering-mechanism of Hand-operated Numbering Machines.
Inventor: BATES EDWIN GRANVILLE
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 4178. Bates, E. G. Feb. 28. Counting - apparatus. - Relates to hand-operated numbering - machines of the kind provided with a reciprocating- numbering - wheel carrier. The numbering - wheels 12 upon the shaft 9 are actuated by means of a pawl-bar 22 having progressively longer teeth 24, and are provided with spring stop-pawls 14. The teeth of the actuator, in co-operation with deeper recesses in the actuating ratchets between the numerals " 9" and " 0," effect the transfer between the various denominations.
Patent GB-190504224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Safety Links or Self-detaching Hooks employed for Preventing Accidents in Overwinding of Cages, Lifts or the like.
Inventor: WEST ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 4224. West, A. March 1. Shackles.-A shackle used in a device for preventing overwinding in colliery lifts, hauling-apparatus, &c. is shaped as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the pin 6<1> being integral with the sides. The shackle slides in the frame 1, and is retained in position by flanges 6<11>.
Patent GB-190504241-A (GB)
Title: Chain Vermin Trap
Inventor: BIGGS JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 4241. Biggs, J. March 1. Traps.-In a trap for killing stoats and other animals, a spring arm b is secured on the top a<2> of a frame forming an open-ended rnn, and chains d pass through holes c in the top of the trap and hang in loops, being attached to staples on the opposite side of the trap. A catch e is suspended from the arm b, and passes over a pivoted piece which engages with a notch in the back of the treadle f. Spikes l may be fixed to the top of the trap.
Patent GB-190505543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roofing Tiles
Inventor: MIKSCH WENZEL ERNST
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 5543. Miksch, W. E. March 16. Roofing-tiles are provided with supporting-ribs b, Figs. 3<a>, 6, and 7, which have projections c to rest against the purlins. To prevent lateral displacement, double-headed hooks f, Fig. 11, are inserted between the tiles and turned through ninety degrees, so as to engage grooves or recesses g, as shown in Fig. 7. The hook f is secured by a nail passing through the eye, or by having a point embedded in the wood. The tiles may be moulded with a projection d, Fig. 3<a>, overhanging a beaded edge e, or may be cut from a continuous strip of clay, in which case greater overlapping is desirable, as shown in Fig. 6. The usual interlocking grooves and projections a, Fig. 7, are used. Fig. 10 shows a ridge tile, capable of being secured by a hook as in the case of the other tiles.
Patent GB-190506663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveying or Transporting Apparatus.
Inventor: SUESS ADOLF
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 6663. Suess, A. March 29. Conveyers.-A conveyer is constructed in lengths of square or other regular cross-section, which are joined together by projecting flanges b resting on rollers c. Each of the interior sides of the tube a has a series of inclined blades or guides d extending perpendicularly from it, so as to leave corner spaces and a central aperture. The granular, pulverulent, or like material to be conveyed, such as screened coal, grain, sand, &c., enters by a shoot i into a drum g rotating with the conveyer tube. This drum has a radial wall h which lifts the material into a shoot k with side guides extending into the central aperture of the conveyer. Excess material, not conveyed between the guides d, is carried down the central aperture. A modified form of inclined guide for use with coal &c. is constructed of strong ribs of three-edge cross-section.
Patent GB-190509085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Charging Retorts used in the Manufacture of Gas.
Inventor: SLINGSBY WALTER
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 9085. Slingsby, W. May 1. Gas retorts.-In an apparatus for charging gas retorts, coal is fed to the centre of a rotary propeller and discharged at the periphery into a shoot directed towards the ratorts. A disk mounted on a shaft b is provided on each side with a series of blades g bounding ducts h which open on a central chamber k. A casing t having a discharging-passage p is provided with a bifurcated funnel m, which serves to feed coal to both sides of the chamber k. A shield w covering part of the circumference of the chamber k is arranged so that the inner end of one of the ducts h is not in communication with the chamber k until the outer end of the duct is covered by the casing t, the object being to prevent a flow of air through the ducts. The apparatus is preferably driven by an electromotor, as this permits the speed to be reduced as the retort is filled from the back outwards.
Patent GB-190509419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mode and Means for Forming the Sockets of Wrought Metal Pipes.
Inventor: LLOYD ARTHUR LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 9419. Lloyd, A. L. May 4. Rolling.-The sockets of wrought-iron pipes are made by rolling between rollers R, R<1> of suitable configuration. The pipe is mounted on a carriage C, and rotates by the action of the rolls, the distance between which is made smaller as the rolling proceeds. The rolls are mounted in a housing M provided with means W for adjusting the rolls.
Patent GB-190510111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Insulation of Electric Conductors.
Inventor: BERGER STANISLAUS
Filed: 1905-05-13
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 10,111. Berger, S. May 14, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Conductors, insulating ; conduits.-Electric conductors for use in cellars, breweries, chemical works, mines, &c. are insulated by threading thereon tubular cases filled with readilyfusible insulating-material, inserting them in a protecting- pipe of iron. steel, or the like, and then melting the insulation so as to make it completely fill the pipe. To facilitate the threading process and to ensure correct spacing, the tubular cases or "cartridges" are preferably made, as shown in Fig. 3, with thin tubes g, h of porcelain, glass, or the like, corresponding in number with the wires and held by a base b in the cardboard or like case c. The insulation is melted by heating the protecting-pipe with a blow-pipe, preferably while in a vertical position. The pipes are closed at both ends by suitable plugs, and may be screw-threaded externally. The cartridges may be made so that abutting ends are connected by a groove and feather, or that the half of one cartridge overlaps the half of the next one.
Patent GB-190512379-A (GB)
Title: Improved Respiratory Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-06-14
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 12,379. Sauerstofffabrik Berlin Ges. June 18, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Respirators.-The respirator shown in the Figure i s constructed with separate chambers, closed by valves, for the fresh and exhaled airs. The face mask a, provided with a window c, is separated from the breath bags d, e by a partition f, but is in communication with them by tubes i, k having valves l, m. The fresh air enters the bag d by a pipe g, and enters the mask through a pipe i and a suction valve l when the wearer inhales. The exhaled air escapes through a valve m and the pipes k, h to the atmosphere or regenerative chamber, A safety-valve n is provided.
Patent GB-190512523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Making Machines.
Inventor: ERKENS WILLY
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 12,523. Erkens, W. June 16. Paper - machines.-Relates to an arrangement for producing separate sheets of paper of suitable size similar to hand-made paper. The roller which impresses the usual watermarks and lines on the web is provided with a transverse rib which divides the paper transversely in such a way that the sheets are only held together by a few fibres. The web is divided longitudinally by sprinkling-nozzles e, Fig. 4, connected by flexible tubes f to water pipes d and capable of adjustment along the slotted bar h. The paper is separated at the places marked by the transverse rib, by the apparatus shown in Fig. 5. The sheets are gripped slightly by the roller a' as they are fed between adjustable rollers k, l, which, with the felt m, travel faster than the sheets that are fed to them. To obtain sheets of paper of different sizes, different sizes of impressing-rollers are used.
Patent GB-190515480-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Valves of the Butterfly, Flap, Clack, Lifting Disk and like Type.
Inventor: BOSLEY WALTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 15,480. Bosley, W. J. July 28. Check valves; hinged valves; lift valves; special materials for valves and cocks.-"Butterfly," flap, clack, lifting-disk, and like valves used in pumping sewage &c. are made up of a number of plies or sheets of hard woven cotton or hemp canvas or the like material a, Fig. 1, cemented together with and coated, if desired, on one or both sides with guttapercha or an 'india-rubber composition. The valves may be strengthened by metal-gauze insertions, and the sheets may be further held together by'rows of thread or wire stitches. The valves may also be weighted or armoured as shown at C, Fig. 2. The valves are stated to resist the action of acids, alkalies, and sewage liquids.
Patent GB-190518167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Noiseless Tyres for the Wheels of Road Vehicles
Inventor: MITCHELL ROBERT JOHN CHADWICK
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 18,167. Mitchell, R. J. C. Sept. 8. Compound fabrics.-Several layers of solid felt are thoroughly saturated under pressure with a solution of india-rubber. Two or more such layers of suitable width are cemented together with indiarubber or other suitable cement, and the combined strip is passed under pressure between grooved rollers to give it the necessary form for a wheel tyre. Lengths of these strips suitable to form a complete tyre are vulcanized in any suitable way. Screwed holes are tapped through the outside layers and half-way through the innermost layer, and metal screws with projecting heads, which strengthen the tyre and prevent slipping, are fixed in the holes. Felt made from the finest lambs' wool or fur is preferred for the outer layers of the tyre.
Patent GB-190518338-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for the Uninterrupted Extraction of Tanning Substances.
Inventor: BOEGEL GEORG FERDINAND
Filed: 1905-09-11
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 18,338. B÷gel, G. F. Sept. 11. Tannic acids &c.-An apparatus for the continuous extraction of tanning-substances is shown in Fig. 1. The material is fed into the extreme right of a series of open chambers a, and as it sinks to the bottom is conveyed by a conveyer f up through the central tube to a shoot h which discharges it into the next chamber. Thus the material gradually traverses the series of chambers, while the last shoot h discharges it into a centrifugal machine i, whereby it is dried and rendered ready for use as fuel. At the same time, fresh water is fed into the extreme left-hand chamber, and, by means of pipes C connected to overflow troughs b surrounding a perforated portion of the chamber, is caused to traverse the series of chambers in the opposite direction to the material. The pipes c are provided with steam injectors d. Thus the fresh water meets the almost spent material and the concentrated tannine solution issues from the pipe k into a centrifugal machine l, by which means any solid material is separated from the liquid.
Patent GB-190519785-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Attaching Sash-cords to Windows.
Inventor: JONES JOHN HARROP
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 19,785. Jones, J. H. Sept. 30. Windows.-Two or more sash cords are attached to each sash stile, without removing the beads or sashes, by means of blocks or cord holders c or g, any danger of accidents through the breakage of cords being thus minimized. The blocks c are secured in grooves of the running faces of the sash stiles by screws passing through the moulded edges of the sash. The long neb c<x> projects above the top rail, and can be grasped if the cords break below the top rail. The blocks g are left in the side of the sash stile next the staff bead. In this case, the cords are secured by set-screws h<x>, h, and are pushed through suitable mortises in the sash stile into the grooves made for them and threaded over the pulleys. The pulley pedestals are fastened to a cross-rail at the top of the back edge of the outside casing, as described in Specification No. 19,786, A.D. 1905. Sockets for affording access to the sash weights are made as described in Specification No. 11,266, A.D. 1886.
Patent GB-190520161-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Puncture and Skid Preventing Device for use in connection with Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: HAYWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1905-10-05
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 20,161. Hayward, T. Oct. 5. Tyres, pneumatic.-To prevent puncture, suitablyshaped metal or like plates g are fastened, so as to be capable of slight relative circumferential motion, to one or more metal or like rings a by rivets d through the slots i and the holes h, and are placed between the air tube and the outer cover. The ring a is in one length, the ends being joined by rivets d through a slot i and holes h, the rivets also holding a plate g or the ring may be in segments joined together in the same way. The plates g may be enclosed between strips of canvas or other suitable material. To prevent slipping, the plates may have studs k which project through the outer cover.
Patent GB-190600172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picker-staffs for Weaving Looms.
Inventor: ROSSIGNOL ABEL
Filed: 1906-01-02
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 172. Rossignol, A. Jan. 2. Loom picking-sticks. -A strip b or strips of leather is or are inserted longitudinally into a picker-stick a for the whole or part o f i t length, and fastened by adhesive.
Patent GB-190603604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Generators for Firing Mines and the like.
Inventor: DAVIS HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 3604. Davis, H. Feb. 14. Dynamos, driving.-In magneto-electric machines for firing mines driven through a system of gearing by an operating-handle, a clutch is provided between the gearing and the handle to allow the armature to overrun the movement of the handle. The armature 1, mounted on a spindle 2, rotates between the poles of one or more permanent magnets 5, and is driven through the train of wheels 6, 7, 8, 9. The wheel 6 is mounted free to rotate on a spindle 10, and has a boss on which is formed a ratchet, this, together with the corresponding ratchet teeth on a sleeve 12, also mounted on and kept by a feather key in connexion with the spindle 10, forming a one-way clutch. The end of the spindle 10 is squared or suitably formed to receive the operating-handle 14. Both spindles are mounted in bearings on the metallic casing 3. The clutch may be replaced by a mechanical equivalent, such as a pawl and ratchetwheel. One end of the armature winding is carried insulated through the armature spindle to a contact 15, a contact-spring 16 completing the connexion to the terminal 17 ; the other end of the winding is connected to the armature spindle 2, thus being in connexion with a projection 21 mounted on the spindle 10. Two stops 20, 22 limit the movement of the projection 21, the stop 20 forming part of the second terminal 19. A spring 23 keeps the projection 21 on the stop 22, and thus the spindle 10 on the back position. For direct current, a commutator may be provided, or a dynamo with the field preferably in series with the armature may be used. Other forms of clutch may be employed.
Patent GB-190606009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mashing Apparatus for Promoting the Crystallisation of Sugar Masses and for Intimately Mixing other Pulpy Masses with Diluting Agents.
Inventor: DROST THEODOR
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 6009. Drost, T. March 12. Liquids, stirring.-Mashing-apparatus for promoting the crystallization and mixing of pulpy masses, such as sugar, and for mixing them with diluting-agents, comprises rotary stirrers to which a rocking motion is imparted. The inclined stirring-blades f are connected to a rotary shaft a by ball-and-socket joints e or swivel joints, and are linked to connecting-rods l, which are actuated by crank-shafts s<1>, s<2>, rotated upon the cross-head p by bevel-wheels r, r<2>, engaging a fixed wheel r. The connecting-rods l are pivoted to links i, sliding in a cross-piece q, and fixed stirrers m, n are provided.