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Patent GB-190425448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Jointing of Stoneware and other Pipes
Inventor: EWING ROBERT
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 25,448. Ewing, R. Nov. 23. Spigot - andsocket joints. -Relates to joints of the class described in Specification No. 15,111, A.D. 1889, in which the spigot and socket ends are fitted with annular rings of Stanford composition, designed to form a chamber for the reception of liquid cement. In order to form a recess or seating for securely holding a dressing of plastic material, the rings A, B and E, F are rabbeted, as shown in Fig. 1, or only the spigot rings are rabbeted, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner rings may be continued around the abutting annular edges of the pipes, as shown in Fig. 3. The usual cement-pouring hole K may be used, or a segment of the outer rings may be cut away to form a pouring hole G, Fig. 3. The invention is differentiated from that described in Specifications No. 9360, A.D. 1891, and No. 11,016, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-190425832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reverberatory Furnaces
Inventor: ELDRED BYRON E
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 25,832. Eldred, B. E. Nov. 28. Sliding valves.-A valve 24, actuated by a crank and comprising two shutters 27, with nnncoincident ports 270, which are moved by coming into contact with the ends of the casing, is employed for admitting compressed air t o a number of jets in succession in the combustion chamber of a reverberatory furnace. Air enters the valve through the pipe 28, which is provided with a flexible connection, and passes through ports 26, 270 to ports 290 communicating with the jets. The casing 280 is made removable so that the ports 290, which may be of different widths, may be interchangeable.
Patent GB-190426056-A (GB)
Title: Improved Methods of Neutralising the Effect of Jolts and Vibration in Vehicles.
Inventor: PULBROOK ANTHONY
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 26,056. Pulbrook, A., and Pulbrook, E. H. Nov. 30. Springs, bearing ; seats.-Relates to pneumatic means for absorbing shocks to vehicles, applied to bearing-springs, wheels, and seats. A pair of inflated members are connected by levers or other rigid means to the vehicle so that one member is compressed and the other extended by the shock. The bearing-spring device is shown in Fig. 1, where a pair of annular air cushions OC, IC are secured to a table P clamped to the axle, and are attached to opposite ends of levers L, as described in Specification No. 22,400, A.D. 1903, by rigid material S, S', which may be continuous or in separate pieces. The levers are carried on fulcra F which may be carried by an air cushion FC, or may be attached without fulcra so as to act oppositely on the two cushions. The body of the vehicle is secured to one arm of each lever in such a way as to clear the other arm, as by the downward projection D. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the widened ends of the levers L are connected by bolts r and slots to plates B secured to the cushion in any suitable manner, as by placing them in canvas pockets in the cover and screwing the bolts through eyelet holes in the canvas. Separate superposed levers may be used instead of the arms formed in one piece as shown. In applying the principle to seats for bicycles and vehicles, a platform SP, Fig. 10, fixed to the frame carries a compressed-air cushion CAC and an exhausted cushion AC, which are also attached to a lever pivoted at F to the supporting-frame, the lever carrying the seat S<a> clear of the cushions as described in Specification No. 21,654, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190426080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: POZZO COUNT CORRADO DAL
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 26,080. Dal Pozzo, C. Nov. 30. Type-writers.-Relates to the key-lever mechanism, inking-arrangements, and paper-carriages of type-writers, and also to a device for ruling lines. The type-levers 8 are carried by links 8<1> and levers 11 both of which are pivoted to plates 10. An arm 13, attached to each lever 11, is connected by means of a draw-rod 14 to a key-lever. Each of the plates 10 has a rearward projection 10<1> which enters a slot in a fixed semicircular block 18. The plates rest on a flanged plate 20 and are held in position by screws 21. The types rest against the underside of an ink-cushion 16, which may be lifted off the types when the machine is not in use. The cushion is carried by a plate 22 which is secured to a vertical plate 25 by means of screws passing through curved slots in the latter. When the inkcushion has been raised, the type-levers are prevented from rising into contact with it by a metal ring or sector 26 covered with rubber or the like. Ink is supplied to the cushion 16 through orifices 40 in a flange of the plate 22. If a paper-roller of normal size cannot be used for want of space, a smaller roller is used, and in front of it is supported a horizontal rod 51, Fig. 10, having a groove of dovetail section in which is inserted a plate of caoutchouc 52. This plate is of the width of the types, and on it the types strike. The ruling- device consists of a wheel 28 carried by a rod 27 and inked by a roller 48, The wheel 28 is moved against the paper by an arm 43 pivoted on a pin 42 and engaging a groove on the rod 27. An arm on the pin 42 is connected by a cord passing round a roller 44 with a handle in the front of the keyboard. In order to rule horizontal lines, the wheel is turned by means of an arm 47. A modified ruling-device is shown in Fig. 9. The arm carrying the marking-wheel is moved by a lever 31 pivoted to a standard 29. The lower end of the lever 31 rests in a groove in a rod 34. An arm 32 on the rod 27 is connected by a link 33 with an arm 35 on the rod 34. The wheel 28 is normally held away from the paper by the action of a spring 36 connected to the rod 34. When the rod 34 is moved longitudinally, the wheel is brought against the paper. In order to rule horizontal lines, the rod 34 is rotated through an angle of 90 degrees. This may be effected by means of two arms 49, 50 mounted at right-angles to each other on the rod 34, between two plates 51, 52 having inclined edges. The arms 49, 50 are actuated by a key or the like.
Patent GB-190500623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Axles for the Wheels of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BUTLER HUGH MYDDLETON
Filed: 1905-01-12
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 623. Butler, H. M. Jan. 12. Motor road vehiclea.-Metallic axles for road vehicles described in Specifications Nos. 10,252, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Road vehicles], 10,351, and 28,716, A.D. 1904, which consist of a bed of channel or H iron having flanges turned up at the ends and connected to similar flanges on the wheel - carrying portions, are provided with diagonal stays 11, 12, Figs. 1 and 2, of T or other section, arranged as shown. Various modifications of stays are described, in which they may consist of corner pieces or of wing pieces 19, Fig. 11, formed on the ends of the wheel-carrying portions ; also they may be formed by bending back the flanges of the bed portion, or be arranged as shown in Fig. 3, which illustrates the application to steering-axles of the motor road vehicles described in Specification No. 29,240, A.D. 1904. In some cases, a seating for the bearing-springs may be formed on the upper diagonal stay.
Patent GB-190504093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cribbing or Shoring for Excavations.
Inventor: BRENTON FRANK HENRY
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 4093. Brenton, F. H., and Struthers, J. Feb. 27. Shoring and strutting.-Consists in the construction of rectangular shoring frames, for use in supporting the earth in the digging of graves and excavations for sewers &c. Side planks 1 are connected by cross planks or stretchers 2. The ends of the stretchers are formed with dovetail projections 8, Fig. 5, or T-shaped or other projections, which engage with corresponding sockets 7 fixed to the side planks. The dovetail 8 is strengthened by metal plates 9, the upper of which projects as shown at 10 to rest on the connecting-web of the socket 7. Angle-brackets 6, fixed to the ends of the upper side planks, rest on cross-timbers or the ends of the excavation, and the lower side planks are suspended from the upper by straps 3 with interlocking hooks and eyes. The side planks may be formed with bevelled overlapping joints as shown in Fig. 7, and the stretchers may slide in inclined brackets 7 as shown in Fig. 8, or may be formed of halves hinged together and held in position by turn-buttons 13, Fig. 10.
Patent GB-190509124-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Holding Photographic Cameras upon their Stands or Tripods.
Inventor: ROCK MONTAGUE CURTIS
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 9124. Rock, M. C. May 1. Cameras.-To enable cameras not provided with reversing backs to be reversed bodily, they are attached on their long side to a board B by a screw c; the board A is fixed to the tripod by the screw a. The camera is used in the vertical position by sliding the board B, which has slots at one end, along the board A up to the turned-up end g, against which it is held by the screw and nut h. To use the camera for horizontal pictures,. the board B is slid off the board A and placed parallel to it, resting on the feet e. The tongue f is inserted under the end g, and the screw h runs in a slot in the board A. The screw h passes through a slot along the length of the board B, which may, if desired, form part of the camera.
Patent GB-190515872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Softening and Purifying Water
Inventor: WOLLASTON THOMAS ROLAND
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 15,872. Wollaston, T. R. Aug. 3. Mixing in definite proportions.- Water to be purified and softened is supplied by the pipe B to a tipping-bucket A, the position of which on the shaft C can be regulated, so that the water which leaves it is divided in the requisite proportions by the partition E in the trough D, part flowing by the pipe x to the bottom of the lime saturator F and the rest by the pipe Y to the mixing-funnel g. The lime solution passes tc the funnel g by the pipe Z. The tank H contains, a solution of another reagent such as sodium carbonate, aluminium sulphate, or barium hydrate, which is admitted to the funnel in measured quantities by means of a pump K having a rocking or oscillating plunger, operated from the shaft C by the connexion k. Or the solution may be passed through a ball cock from the vessel H to a cistern from which measured quantities are constantly being delivered to the funnel g by means of a displacer operated from the shaft C.
Patent GB-190516914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Winding Indicators for Timepieces.
Inventor: MCINTYRE FRED
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 16,914. McIntyre, F. Aug. 21. Winding - indicators.-In a winding-indicator, particularly applic a b l e to ordinary watches, the extent to which the mainspring is wound is indicated on a scale in a depression in the dial by the hand 32 of the indicator wheel 26, which is mounted on a hollow arbor concentric. with the seconds-hand arbor. A swinging arm 7 is frictionally mounted by means of a split collar on the undercut hub of the winding-ratchet 4, and carries a compound wheel 8, having two sets of teeth 9, 10, the former set of which are in constant engagement with the ratchet. When the watch is wound, the arm is swung to the right, thereby putting the gear 10 into engagement with the teeth 18, which communicate the motion to the winding-indicator through gearing 17, 20, 23, 26. To ensure the return of the indicator to its starting-point, the wheel 26 has a toothless portion 40, the wheel 20 is frictionally mounted on the arbor 21 by means of a tension plate 25, and the teeth 10 are in excess of those required for exact action. The winding being completed, the arm 7 is automatically swung back by the working of the pin 39 in a slot in the spring-pressed pawls 37 disengaging the gearing 10, 18. As the mainspring unwinds, the indicator is operated from the barrel gearing by a slip pinion 15 frictionally mounted on the arbor 12, the gearing 17, 20, 23, 26 then rotating in the reverse direction. Fine pointed teeth are used for the gear 10, 18. Figures; visible through an aperture in the dial, may be oarried by the indicator wheel, the hand 32 being then dispensed with.
Patent GB-190518321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heat Interchanging or Temperature Equalizing Apparatus.
Inventor: BIRK ANKER EMIL ADOLPH
Filed: 1905-09-11
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 18,321. Birk, A. E. A. Sept. 11. Heating gases and liquids.-A heat-interchanging apparatus consists of a liquid distributor b, a transmission surface c, and a tubular coil d. The apparatus is arranged to work on the counter-current principle. The convolutions of each coil are in contact with each other and are continuous. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement in which the liquid to be gasified is passed through two sets of coils, while different kinds of liquids or liquids at different temperatures may be passed over the coils. The liquid to be treated passes upwardly through the coils in succession. The cooling-water which has passed over the first coil may be collected in and passed over a series of corrugated plates g to be re-cooled. The second coil has a continuous supply of fresh water by means of the pipe l. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 3169, A.D. 1887, No. 17,570, A.D. 1891, No 17,735, A.D. 1895, No. 17,694, AD. 1902, and No. 3917, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Cooling &c.].]
Patent GB-190522609-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Protecting the Ear from Acoustic Shocks.
Inventor: MALLOCK ARNULPH
Filed: 1905-11-04
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 22,609. Mallock, A. Nov. 4. Ear appliances.- A tube a for protecting the ear from acoustic shocks is fitted with one or more vibratory membranes c o f gold beaters' skin &c., having on one or both sides stopplates d, d<1> of wiregauze &c., which allow the transmission of ordinary vibrations but damp excessive variations of pressure. The diaphragms are spaced by washers e and held between a shoulder a'- and a ferrule f, and the tube a may fit the ear-passage or be provided with an adapter, such as an india-rubber tube b.
Patent GB-190527096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Systems with Electric Transmission for the Propulsion of Railway, Tramway, Road or similar Vehicles, Boats and the like.
Inventor: HART ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 27,096. Hart, E. W., and Durtnall, W. P. Dec. 28. Distributing. - Relates to motor vehicles, boats, and the like, in which the power developed by a prime-mover is transmitted to a dynamo electrically connected to electromotors, and consists in controlling the speed of the vehicle or boat by varying the magnetic field of the generator or of the generator and motor, by cutting out some of the windings. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement for a vehicle. The generator g is driven by a petrol engine, and the current is passed to a motor or motors m<1>, m<2>. The field windings of the generator are arranged in sections connected to studs d engaged by a sliding contact c. The field windings h<1>, h<2> of the motors are also in sections, and are engaged by another sliding contact b preferably operated by the same controller handle a. The whole field of the motor cannot be switched out, the windings i<1>, i<2> being always in circuit. A direct drive may be obtained by interposing a magnetic clutch, supplied with current from the generator. The arrangement for application to marine propulsion is shown in Fig. 3. Turbines or other motors t<1>, t<2>, t<3> drive generators g<1>, g<2>, g<3>, which are coupled to two sets of series-wound motors m<1>, m<2> driving the propeller shafts. The generator fields are arranged in sections, and more or less of the windings may be switched in or out by means of the controller a. Two reversing- switches l<1>, l<2> are arranged in the motor circuits, so that either port or starboard propellers may be reversed independently to aid in steering. The steam throttle valves of the turbines may be controlled in any usual manner by solenoids v<1>, v<2>, v<3> in the main circuit, so as to render the system self-governing, and preventing racing of the engines when the propeller rises out of the water. If the fields of the generators and motors are separately excited, the speed may be controlled by cutting out the windings of the exciter field.
Patent GB-190603196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bath Valves and the like Water Fittings.
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 3196. Gummer, G. & W. G., and Gummer, G. Feb. 9. Lift valves; rotary cylindrical valves.-A hot and cold water valve for baths, lavatories, shower and shampooing fittings, &c., is constructed as shown in Fig. 1, so that the hot water cannot be turned on before the cold water. The valve body, consisting of a cylindrical casing, is fitted with hot and cold water inlets b, c, respectively, and with an outlet e<1>. The valve consists of a hollow cylinder d provided with two helical ports h, h<1>, the screwed stem g being also fitted with a lift valve f. An indicating-dial i and a pointer p are provided to indicate the position required for the handle to obtain hot, cold, or tepid water. When the outlet valve f is opened, the cold water immediately flows through the port h, and the cold inlet remains open, owing to the pitch of the screw-thread and that of the helical ports h, h<1> being the same, until, by the further turning of the valve, the hot-water inlet-is also fully open, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, respectively. By a further rotation of the valve, the cold-water inlet h is closed, while the hot-water inlet h<1> is fully open. In a modification, the cylindrical valve has only one elongated helical port.
Patent GB-190621986-A (GB)
Title: A Chain Band Protector for Pneumatic Tyres of Motor Cars and like Vehicles.
Inventor: GUTHRIE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-05
Granted: 1907-10-05
Abstract: 21,986. Guthrie, W. Oct. 5. Tyres, pneumatic &c. - A protective non - skid cover for pneumatic or solid tyres comprises a band of double-curb chains a, arranged side by side across the width of the tyre and secured to side wires a' by forked links a'. To adjust the band on the tyre, open pieces a<5> are provided to which four chains are connected and through holes in which the ends of the side wires a' pass, the screwed ends of the wires being drawn together by nuts a<8>. To lighten the band, the tread or central portion only of the curb chains may be double.
Patent GB-190623314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted Fabrics by Circular Knitting Machines
Inventor: MOORE FRANK
Filed: 1906-10-20
Granted: 1907-10-19
Abstract: 2 3 , 3 1 4. Moore, F., and Palmer, J. Oct. 20. Circular knitting-machines.-Relates to a modification of the circular rib latch-needle machine on which work in imitation of seamless fashioned hosiery may be made. The transference from rib to plain loops is effected by hand, the needlecontrolling passages being so shaped that the plain needles required for receiving the transferred rib loops are out of action while the leg is being made, and are subsequently raised into action. The heel and toe pouches are formed by splicing and slackening the loops of the heel and toe portions, the corresponding loops having been previously stiffened during the formation of the leg fabric. The heel and toe partings are imitated by one or more partial tuck courses made by special shortbutted needles. These are normally operated by a sliding portion of the clearance cam, which is depressed at the proper times out of range of the tuck-stitch needles by the action of studs or stops e<1> on a pattern chain. Another stud d determines the commencement of the heel and toe pouches by acting on a bell-crank f, which allows the splicing and loop-varying mechanisms to come into action. The stitch-cam is slidable vertically, and is operated by a slotted sliding rod h connected to the bell-crank f and carrying inclines. An horizontal crank-arm h<3> carrying screws h<4>, h<2> is continuously reciprocated by a lever i running on a rotary cam k, and according as the incline h' or depression h<5> is under a screw h<2>, h<4>, so the stitch cam is intermittently depressed to draw long loops round a portion of the fabric tube, or is pushed up by a spring to draw correspondingly short loops. The splicing-mechanism is pivotally suspended at b<4> from a bracket-piece, and is intermittently operated, when released by the inward movement of the upper end of the bell-crank f, by means of a rotary cam b<1> against which a bearing-surface b<2> is held by a spring. The chain-wheel is operated by a ratchet-wheel p<1> and a pawl p constantly reciprocated by a lever q and cam. The speed of the wheel p<1> can be reduced by means of a cam p<3> pivoted at p<2> and actuated by a lever o<2> and projections on the pattern chain ; when the cam p<3> is moved to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5, it acts as a bluff and the pawl p drives the wheel p<1> only one tooth at each reciprocation instead of two. The lever q may be held out of range of its cam by a latch q engaging the catch q<2>.
Patent GB-190623881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bronze Leaf.
Inventor: PRATSINGER EDMUND
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 23,881. Pratsinger, E., and Adler, C. Oct. 26. Bronzing.-Bronze leaf is made without ground colour by adding to a hot solution of borax a resinous material, spreading the cool solution on suitable surfaces, and covering with bronze powder, the dried leaves being afterwards removed by planes or knives. In a modification, glycerine is added to the solution of resin and borax to produce a precipitate, the clear solution being used as above.
Patent GB-190629226-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Mixing, Blending and Automatically Delivering Liquids in any Measured Quantities
Inventor: GUYAN ALFRED JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-12-21
Abstract: 29,226. Guyan, A. J., and Viner, A. Dec. 22. Bends.-In an apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid into or out of a t a n k, a flexible pipe is employed, the end of which can be raised or lowered from the surface of the liquid in the tank ; a joint for the pipe consists, as shown in Fig. 12, of spherical surfaces on the bent ends of the pipe assembled by a screw cap having a set-screw.
Patent GB-190701536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coin-freed Measuring and Delivering Apparatus
Inventor: JONSSON CARL PEHR JOSEF
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 1536. Jonsson, C. P. J., and Thompson, L. O. T. Jan. 21. Liquid-weighers.-When the lever 13 of a supply cock 14, Fig. 1, is pulled by a spring 17 into the position shown in dotted lines, a vessel 18 in a fork 22 pivoted on a main lever 19 is filled and sinks until its delivery cock 37 is opened by its lever 36 catching on a stop 38, the supply cock being simultaneously closed by a link 12 on its lever being dragged by a pin 34 on the fork. The compound lever, composed of the main lever 19 and the fork 22, is normally propped by a pivoted strut 29 engaging a stud 30 on the root 31 of the fork, but, by the weight of the liquid overcoming a spring 24, the fork is disengaged and at the lowest position second catch-lever 41 with spring 40 engages the stud to hold the vessel down. The two springs 24, 40 are adjusted so that the former overcomes the latter when the vessel is empty. In the modification shown by Fig. 3, the empty measuring-vessel 18 is carried by the compound lever 19,44, and is normally kept down by a forked catch, while the supply is obtained through a poppet-valve 48, which is lifted, when the lever rises, by an intermediate linked lever 51. The coin weighs down a lever 5, Fig. 1, pivoted at 4, making it disengage a bell-crank latch 10 from the ratchet - link 12, which hangs from the valvelever 13. In the modification, Fig. 3, on the operation of the coin-balance 44 a link 56 turns an anchor 58 until its shoulder 62 leaves the forked catch 61 free to let the main lever 19 escape upwards under the pull of the spring 21.