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Patent GB-190512788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway-crossing Gates
Inventor: CRAIG JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 12,788. Craig, J. June 20. Crossing-gates. - Relates to means for automatically opening and closing railway crossing- gates by the passage of a train, in which the depression of a treadle placed against one of the track rails throws over a pivoted weight, the fall of which is retarded by a damping-device and serves simultaneously to turn two transverse shafts which, through suitable linkage, slowly open or close the gates. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of the mechanism applied to a crossing-gate of ordinary construction. The treadles B, E are arranged to move vertically up and down, and are supported on vertical links so as to operate the bell-crank levers D', F<1> connected, by the rods L<3>, L<1>, M<3>, M', to arms H, H<1> mounted loosely on the shaft G, Figs. 5 and 6. The arms H, H<1> have lugs h, h<1> thereon adapted to engage studs i, i<1> on the arm of the weight I, mounted loosely on the shaft G. Secured to this shaft is a collar J provided with studs j, j<1> with which the weight engages as it is thrown over from one side to the other, and by means whereof the shaft is rotated. The shaft G and consequently the shaft G<1>, the two being connected, are caused to rotate slowly under the influence of the weight I, by the dashpot K, and the gates are operated therefrom by a suitable crank and link connexion. One end of each treadle is curved outwards so that the car wheels approaching these ends will push the treadles away from the rail without depressing them. In operation, when a train approaches the crossing in either direction the corresponding treadle B will be depressed, the weight I thrown over, and the gates closed. After the train has passed the crossing, the treadle E will be depressed and the gates reopened. When the train moves in the opposite direction, the same action takes place by the depression of the other two treadles.
Patent GB-190515698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Aerodromes or Flying Machines.
Inventor: MUMFORD EDWIN RICHARD
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 15,698. Mumford, E. R. Aug. 1. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering.-Relates to machines of the type described in Specification No. 3214, A.D. 1905, and to a rudder for aerial machines generally of the kind which are heavier than air. Not less than four propellers A are employed, all acting both for suspension and propulsion. They are carried on shafts B fixed relatively to the frame of the machine in a vertical or inclined position, and their inclination is varied, for manoeuvring the machine; by tilting the whole machine by the movement of a rudder or of weights or both. The propellers are so arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the machine that their paths overlap, and they are connected by chain or other gearing so that their blades intermesh without fouling one another in their revolution. The shafts B may be so arranged that their axes, if produced, would all pass through a point below or above the machine, or so that the axes of all the pairs would cut a horizontal line median to the pairs and below or above them. The rudder is preferably of a known form comprising a covered frame H of triangular, trapezoidal, or other form attached at one end to the frame of the machine by a universal joint or other connexion in such a manner that the inclination of its surface can be varied in any direction, its median line lying on the surface of any one of a series of cones having the hinge for apex. The rudder acts both for horizontal and vertical steering ; it is preferably moved by cords L, J, K, M passing round guide-pulleys and wound on drums so that they are always taut.
Patent GB-190516993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Art of Forging Car Wheels.
Inventor: SCHOEN CHARLES THOMAS
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 16,993. Schoen, C. T. Aug. 22. Forging; shearing; punching.-A car wheel is made by compressing a round or angular disk of wrought metal between dies 3, 4, which partly form the hub and web, cutting the blank to a circular form by shear-blades 9, 10, again compressing the blank in dies 17, 18, which completely enclose it and have perforations for the hub-punching tool 19, and is finished either with or without previous rolling in web-dishing dies 21, 22 and dies 23 which are moved radially by a wedgesectioned ring 26 to compress and true the rim. The ring 26 may work in a supporting-ring 27, and the cool dies 23 may be coated with oil &c. to chill and harden the rim. The shear-blade 10 is carried by a ring 16 on the lower die-holder, and the blade 9, shown in development in Fig. 13, is carried by a ring 13 provided with an annular groove 15 to engage an annular centring-projection 12 on the upper die-holder 11.
Patent GB-190521622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Basins and in Means for Flushing the same
Inventor: WATROUS EARL G
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 21,622. Watrous, E. G. Oct. 24. Flushing closets.-In order to eject the contents of the basin in a compact mass, a jet 0 in connexion with a water-pipe F is arranged to discharge into the passage B, which is contracted as shown.
Patent GB-190523172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Electro-mechanical Systems for the Propulsion of Automobiles
Inventor: PIEPER HENRI
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 23,172. Pieper, H. Sept. 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to mechanicallypropelled vehicles employing electric storage, and consists in providing a separate explosion motor and electric motor for each driving-wheel. The invention is shown in Fig. 2 applied to a vehicle having two driving-wheels. The petrol motors 7, 8 are coupled to the electric motors 9, 10, and drive the road wheels through chain gearing. When the motor-car is travelling downhill, the electric motors are used as generators and charge the accumulators 11. The control is effected by a lever 13 adapted to connect the motors either in series or in parallel, a further control being effected by altering the exciting current or by varying the air-gap between the armature and the field magnets.
Patent GB-190600507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: SMITH ELIZABETH JANE
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 507. Smith, E. J. Jan. 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hooks and eyes.-The hook is formed of sheet metal and comprises a base a having pairs of lateral extensions b, c terminating in long narrow prongs d, e, which can be bent to clamp the fabric transversely against the base a. The eye is a single loop of metal or wire h preferably terminating in coils i and prongs j. Each pair of prongs e, j is arranged near the edge of the fabric, which may be doubled back, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190604671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handle Mechanism for Operating Door Locks and Latches
Inventor: WHITE JAMES
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 4671. White, J. Feb. 26. Latches.-Relates to a latch the operating- mechanism of which allows the withdrawal of the bolt whether the knob or handle is pushed or pulled. The handle a is pivoted to the door and is provided at its pivoted end with an arm e, to which is pivotally connected a lever g. When the handle is pushed, the edge k of the case acts as a fulcrum for the lever g as shown in dotted lines, and the free end of the lever is thus raised. If the handle is pulled, the projections j on the arm e act on the ends i of the lever g and the whole moves as one piece, the free end of the lever being again lifted. As shown in Fig. 5, the free end of the lever acts on the lever l, which is mounted in the casing and is raised to withdraw the latch bolt q through the intermediate bellcrank n. In a modification of the latch mechanism, the bolt is also withdrawn if the handle is shifted sideways.
Patent GB-190605256-A (GB)
Title: Improved Filtering Process and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: BOLZE HANS
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 5256. Bolze, H. March 3. Filters, cleansing. -Filters comprising closed tubes embedded in sand are cleansed by forcing air in the reverse direction through the tubes by means of a column of filtered water, surface sludge being removed by means of a travelling raking-device and a supply of unfiltered water. Impure water is supplied by the pipe 4, and passes over a weir 9<a> in a closed chamber 5, the rate of flow corresponding to the known yield of the filter being indicated on a gauge 6 by a pointer 70. The water enters by a broad spout 10 and the filtrate is discharged by pipes 13, each of which has a turned-up open end fitted with an air cock 26. To cleanse the media, the cock 7 is closed and the cock 26 and discharge cock 24 are opened, admitting air to the pipe 13 and tubes 1. The cocks 26, 23, 24 are then closed and pure water from the pressure main 21 is admitted to an air vessel 17, having an air cock 20 so that air is forced along the pipes 16, 13 and out of the tubes 1, stirring up the surface sludge. When the cock 22 is closed, the cock 7 is fully opened and a truck 34 moving on rails 33 and supporting a rake 36 and a blade 37 is put in reciprocating motion. A wave of turbid liquid is made, the crest of which rises above troughs 30 at the sides so that the sediment is carried away by them and is discharged by a pipe 31. A modified arrangement is shown in Fig. 4. The media are contained in a closed circular chamber. The tubes 1 communicate through perforations in the false bottom 40 with a space 45, discharge pipe 47, and a main 49 which admits cleansing-water under pressure. Impure water enters through a cock 42, pipe 41, and funnel 44; the turbid cleansing-water is discharged down the pipe 41, and through a oock 51. The rake 59 is rotated by bevel-gearing as shown, the blades 60 being inclined to the rake bar 65 to direct the wave to the centre.
Patent GB-190605730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grate Bars.
Inventor: TRUESDELL HENRY
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 5730. Truesdell, H. March 9. Fire-bars.-A modified form of the rocking firebar described in Specification No. 9256, A.D. 1900, consists of end sections a, on which trunnions c are formed, connected by two deep webs e, across which are arranged bearer sections g, shaped as shown in Fig 3. Grooves are cut in the parallel bars e to increase the size of the air channels, and projections m<1> are formed on the bearer sections to crush cinders &c. when the bars are rocked.
Patent GB-190611402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extinguishing Devices for Oil Lamps.
Inventor: WILLIAMS ARTHUR GEORGE RICH
Filed: 1906-10-16
Granted: 1907-10-16
Abstract: 11,402. Williams, A. G. R. Oct. 16. Extinguishing oil lamps.-In the event of the lamp being upset, a weight 10 falls from a cup 9 and releases a spring-actuated arm 7, which projects the sliding sleeve 1 into contact with the flame spreader 5, thereby extinguishing the flame. The Sleeve 1 is guided vertically by the engagement of slots 2 therein with longitudinal ribs 4 on the wick-tube. The cup 9 is adjustably mounted on the arm 7.
Patent GB-190614464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Purification of Water and in Apparatus for use therein.
Inventor: CANDY FRANK
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 14,464. Candy, F. June 25. Water, purifying ; filters.-Water discoloured by peat, vegetable matters, &c. is purified by contact with nodular or hard chalk and by filtration through a highly oxidizing medium. In one arrangement, the chalk is supported on or between perforated plates situated above beds of silica having intermediate beds of porous carbon, and is agitated by jets of the inflowing water or otherwise. Fig. 1 shows apparatus in which a waterwheel containing chalk is situated in the upper part of the casing d of a pressure filter. The water is delivered through a fixed perforated pipe a to the buckets of the wheel and comes into contact with the chalk, the latter being kept agitated by the rotation. From the wheel, the water passes into a trough u, from which it overflows through a perforated plate x .on to the filter. The waterwheel is mounted on the inlet end of the pipe a and on a tube g. In charging, chalk is passed into the wheel by a trough which slides through the tube g and along bars n. The tube g is normally closed by a lid i attached to a screw working in the bridge-bar k.
Patent GB-190615598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Adjustable Nuts
Inventor: NAPIER MONTAGUE STANLEY
Filed: 1906-07-10
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 15,598. Napier, M. S., and Edge, S. F. July 10. Screw-and-nut mechanism.-Relates to adjustable nuts for taking up slack, applicable to the steering- gear of motor-vehicles &c. The nut is divided transversely or longitudinally into two parts, which have a relative vernier-like adjustment. In the form shown, the part A is non-rotatable and carries teeth A' to operate a steering-quadrant &c. Opposing faces of the two parts carry series of recesses or holes A', B<1> respectively of different pitches-in the example shown, one face carrying fifteen and the other seventeen recesses. The difference in the respective spacings of the recesses allow a differential or vernier-like adjustment of the parts. A connecting-plug C is inserted where two holes or recesses coincide, the parts being screwed off and separated for this purpose.
Patent GB-190618712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, Brakes for Railway Wagons and like Vehicles.
Inventor: BARFIELD SAMUEL GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1906-08-21
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 18,712. Barfield, S. G. H., Elliott, C. F. J., and Shotton, W. Aug. 21. Brakes.-In an either-side brake for railway wagons, the brakes are applied by a chain 3, Fig. 1, attached to a drum on a transverse shaft 1 which is fitted at each end with a lever cr hand-wheel 5 and a ratchet-wheel 6, Fig. 3, adapted to be engaged by a loose pawl 8. Each pawl is normally held in engagement with its ratchetwheel by a tumbler lever 9, the levers on the two sides of the wagon being rigidly connected by a shaft 7. After the brakes have been applied, they can be released by turning the handwheel 5 slightly in the direction to apply the brakes and then throwing over the tumblers 9. In a modification adapted for applying the brakes from diagonally opposite corners of the wagon, the shafts 1, 7 extend only half-way across the wagon as shown in plan in Fig. 6, and the respective shafts at the two ends of the wagon are coupled by rods 14, 23, and two-armed rockshafts 15, 25. In this arrangement each half shaft 1 is connected by a chain 3 to a brake lover 19.
Patent GB-190620631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wagon Doors.
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 20,631. Lane, F. L., and Leeds Forge Co. Sept. 17. Doors, wagon.-Metallic wagon doors are formed with a strengthening corrugation or hollow ridge e, running all round the door and surrounded by a plain marginal portion f, so that the edges of the doors overlap to make them rain-tight. In the arrangement of doors shown, the upper doors d, d', Fig. 1, are hinged at i, so that the flat portion f, Fig. 2<a>, overlaps the door frame a', and both doors, at their lower parts, overlap the upper part of the lower door d<2>. The upper doors are secured by cotters h<1>, h', and the lower door by collars h.
Patent GB-190623950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: NEMEROVSKY FLORENCE
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-10-26
Abstract: 23,950. Nemerovsky, F. Oct. 27. Incandescent gas lamps.-Relates to mantles and top deflectors therefor. As shown in Fig. 1, the mantle A is open at the top and is supported by loops a' from lugs b<1> around a head b<2> formed on the upper end of the rod B ; a flat, domed, &c. cap D fits over the head b<2> and leaves a slight space between the upper edge of the mantle and the lower edge of the cap. In Fig. 2, the mantle is shown carried by a strap B<1> which passes over a deflector D formed in one with the rod B. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which a perforated deflector D is placed on a usual fork B, and a correspondingly perforated disk D<1> is arranged to open or close the perforations in the deflector D, as desired. The top of the mantles may be strengthened by a double asbestos thread, or by a fine platinum wire. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 14,752, A.D. 1891, and Nos. 18,321 and 23,642, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190629435-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pump Connector for the Valves of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: PROCTER JAMES
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-12-27
Abstract: 29,435. Procter, J. Dec. 27. Swivelling joints; angle-pieces; inflatable vessels, securing pipes to.-A metallic pump connexion consists of a tube with a swivelling nut at one end screwing on to the valve stem, and a boring at the other end, preferably at right-angles to the tube, to receive the pump nipple. The swivelling nut c has its edges turned over the flange d of the tube a, and presses a washer c' against the valve stem. At the other end of the tube a, an enlarged part b is provided with a screw bore e. A nipple f, carrying a washer f<1>, is adapted to screw into the boring e and also into the pump. When not in use, the parts b, f can be carried screwed into the pump, as shown in Fig. 3, the usual centre supports fiittng into the nipple f and a sinking b<2> in the part b. In a modification, the part b is provided with an inclined boss to receive the nipple f.
Patent GB-190700914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Sewing Machines and their Benches
Inventor: FORBES JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 914. Forbes, J. Jan. 14. Grouped machines; stands. - Relates to an arrangement of two hemming or other sewing- machines so that one operator can work both. The left-hand machine g is mounted on a raised table h which is cut away at i, so that the machines may be placed close together and still leave room for the work to be laid flat. Each machine has an inclined table c having a turned-down edge e which extends to the right past the end of the table. A work-guide f is placed obliquely under each table. After being stitched the work passes over smooth guides j, the passage being assisted by revolving brushes l which avoid the necessity of the operator caring for this part of the work by hand. The guides j are adjustable by rods n so as to vary the pressure of the brushes l upon the work. Instead of brushes, pads may be used, and instead of being rotated they may be actuated in a similar manner to the dog in an ordinary four-motion feed.
Patent GB-190707191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Fire and other Cocks
Inventor: BARWELL HERBERT
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 7191. Barwell, H. March 26. Plug cocks; actuating valves and cocks; locking valves.-Relates to a gas fire or other cock, and consists in means for indicating when the tap is turned on and a means for automatically removing the operating-key when the tap is turned off. In Fig. 1, the tap is shown arranged below a floor 21. The square end 1 of the cock is enclosed in a cylinder 10, Figs. 1 and 2, and is fitted with an axially sliding disk 4, Figs. 1 and 4, which has a square hole 5, and projections 6, 7 which slide in bayonet-joint slots 8, 14 in the cylinder. To operate the tap, the key B is inserted through the cover-plate. 12 and is pressed down, thereby forcing down the disk 4 against the action of the spring 2 until the projections 6, 7 arrive at the part 14 of the slots ; the tap can then be opened, the projections 6, 7 being engaged in the slots at 14. The key can remain on the plug while the tap is open. When the tap is turned off, the projections 6, 7 on the disk 4 pass out of the part 14 of the slots; the spring 2 then' forces up the disk 4, thereby ejecting the key and avoiding any possibility of the tap being accidentally turned on. When the tap is used above a floor, the cylinder 10 is enclosed in a casing.
Patent GB-190711185-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Obtaining Lubricating Oil from Crude Oil.
Inventor: RYAN WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 11,185. Ryan, W. J., and Burke, C. R May 13. Lubricating - oils; purifying-oils.- Lubricating-oils are obtained from crude mineral oils, or from products derived therefrom, by filtering while cold and raising the flash-point. The oil is cooled to a temperature of from -10‹ to 40‹ F. and is passed through any suitable filtering-medium,such as bone, clay, or sand, without allowing the temperature to rise. Gummy and other impurities are thus removed, and it is stated that the colour of the oil obtained can be affected by altering the thickness of the layer of filtering-medium. The flash-point of the oil is brought to the required standard by treating the oil with heat or steam, either before or after filtration. The Figure shows a suitable form of filtering-apparatus. The crude oil is fed through a coil E in the chilled brine tank F, and then passes-through the filtering-medium A which is retained in a receptacle provided with a cooling- jacket C. When necessary, the oil is thinned by means of naphtha before filtering, and the naphtha is removed afterwards.
Patent GB-190716554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pile or Terry Fabrics.
Inventor: DYES WILHELM AUGUST
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 16,554. Dyes, W. A., [Rudolf, J., and Mark, G.]. July 19. Printing yarns, threads, &c.-In order to print warps used in weaving pile or terry fabrics for towels &c., the warps divided into sections a, b, Fig. 3, are fixed in position by weaving in a few binding-picks at regular intervals. The two sections a, b, which are to form the face and back of the finished fabric, are printed with designs, names, or letters, &c. by means of design blocks, plates, or types h, Fig. 4, having printing-surfaces l. The blocks &c. fit into grooves g in a heavy wooden &c. base-plate f, and are changed in the same manner as in book-printing, except that low types h are used for the ground and high types for the figures. The designs &c. may be printed in the same or different colours.