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Patent GB-190500517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chucks, particularly adapted for use with Drills
Inventor: HOEGH HANS JORGEN
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 517. Hoegh, H. J. Jan. 10. Chucks; tool-holders.- A chuck or tool-holder for drilling and other machines is arranged so that the tool may be withdrawn while the spindle is rotating. The tool-holder is attached to the spindle 10 by a tapered shank 9, or by similar means, and has wedges 12, consisting of rods with flats formed on them, working in grooves 13 in the central aperture 8 in which the tool-carrier 26 fits. The wedges are made to grip the tool by means of a spring 15 abutting on a collar 16 on the chuck and bearing against a sleeve 18 to which the wedges are attached. On raising the spindle 10, the fixed portion 11 bears against the sleeve and depresses the wedges, thus releasing the toolcarrier. The movement of the sleeve may be limited by a pin 19 working in a slot 20 and the tool-carrier is preferably provided with a spur for engagement with a notch 25 on the chuck.
Patent GB-190510337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Curtain Rod Supports.
Inventor: DAVIES DAVID LEWIS
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 10,337. Davies, D. L. May 17. Brackets.-A support or bracket for a curtain rod is formed of a metal case a provided with attachment lugs b and having in one side a slot d slightly larger than the rod e. An inner movable spring case f is provided with a slot g and has swells h on the end of each of the free sides so that, when the rod is placed in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the case f is pushed to the position shown in Fig. 3, the swells h engage below the sides of the fixed case, and the rod is held in position. The Provisional Specification refers to the locking projection or button on the movable part engaging in a slot on the fixed part, or vice versa.
Patent GB-190511533-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Arrangement or Equipment for Jib Cranes for Derricking ("Luffing") and like purposes.
Inventor: MIDDLETON ROBERT
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 11,533. Middleton, R. June 2. Cranes.-Relates to luffing-gear for jib cranes and to the safe working of the same, and also comprises means for balancing the jib, and for luffing without or with any desired vertical displacement of the load. The upper end of the jib is connected to the mast by jointed links AB, BC, Fig. 1, and the luffing is effected from a sliding crosshead D by means of a connecting-rod BD. The connecting-rod may be attached to any other point in the links AB, BC or to triangular "jibbing arms " ABE, Fig. 2. In this way variation of the leverage under diverse conditions may be allowed for. The joint A may be placed behind the mast so as to permit of the jib being raised to a vertical position without undue strain upon the links. The jib may be balanced either by attaching a counterweight to a rearwardlyextending arm integral with the jibbing arms ABE or by arranging the counterweight in any other convenient manner, or by hydraulic or other pressure upon the crosshead D. In the latter case, a secondary hydraulic cylinder is employed for luffing purposes. In the event of any failure of the luffing-mechanism, in addition to balancing, further security is obtained by the toggle action of the links AB, BC when the jib is in its extended position. In order to effect an approximately horizontal traverse of the load during luffing, the hoisting-rope is led over a pulley on the jibbing arms. In order to increase the lifting range due to luffing only, the hoisting-rope is passed round pulleys mounted upon the mast and others adjustable in position upon the jibbing arms. The general arrangement of a hydraulic crane with the above incorporated is also described.
Patent GB-190513585-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Advertising Device, Toy or the like.
Inventor: HUDSON HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 13,585. Hudson, H. J. July 1. Optical illusions, producing.-Relates to a toy in which an illusive effect is produced by modelling or colouring the two halves of, say, a face with different shapes or expressions, and alternately illuminating the two halves so as to give the appearance of two distinct faces. For example, the .face shown in Figs. 2 and 3 has its two halves alternately illuminated by the lamps 7, Fig 4, which are screened from the observer. The effect may be accentuated by allowing a slight interval of time between the alternate illuminations. The background 2 may be plane as shown, or curved so as to heighten the shadow effects; it may bear suitable descriptive matter, and is preferably of a dark colour. Where the background is corrugated, the portions inclined in one direction may bear parts of certain letters, while the portions inclined in the other direction bear parts of other letters, so that different descriptive matter appears when the different sides of the face are illuminated. A transparency may be employed instead of an opaque backing, and the lighting may be varied both as regards coloars and distance from the object.
Patent GB-190514395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Water.
Inventor: PARK CHARLES ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1905-07-12
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 14,395. Park, C. A., and Mason, C. L. July 12. Heating water; t h e r m o s t a t s.- Water for washing, heating, and other purposes, and more particularly on railway trains, is heated by steam supplied through a valve which is actuated by a thermostat located in the cold-water inlet pipe, and controlled by the temperature of the water. The apparatus is secured by a flange joint n to the bottom of the water container b. The steam inlet pipe c is carried up within a surrounding pipe a which forms the cold-water passage from the inlet k, and which may be extended and coiled up within the vessel b. Circulation is maintained by the steam jet through the pipe a, the chamber d, in which a capsule e is placed, and passages in the sides of the casing which communicate with the bottom of the vessel. The valve-piece g is formed in two parts g<1>, g', Fig. 5, separated by a spring g<3>, which latter closes the valve against escape of water when steam is shut off. The entrance of cold water from the pipe k cools the capsule and allows the steam valve to open, but when the temperature of the water circulating through the chamber d reaches a predetermined point, the expansion of the capsule closes it again.
Patent GB-190520445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Feeding and Smoothing the Fuel in Gas Producers.
Inventor: WESSELSKY LUDWIG
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 20,445. Wesselsky, L. Oct. 10. Producers.-A feeding- device for a producer using dust coal is adapted to spread the fuel evenly over the grate, and to a certain depth. In the case of a circular producer, the device consists of a funnel 101 suspended from a rail 105 at the upper part of the producer and provided with a handle 108 so that it may be rotated to cover the whole area of the grate 112. In the case of a rectangular producer, the funnel is suspended from an axle so that it may be moved backwards in order to cover the grate ; in this case, the grate may be curved so that the layer of fuel is of uniform thickness. To adjust the depth of the fuel, the funnel may be fitted with a sliding piece at the bottom; a water jacket or other cooling-device may also be provided.
Patent GB-190524833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brackets for Supporting Portiere Rods and the like.
Inventor: PIGGOTT GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 24,833. Piggott, G. T. Nov. 30. Brackets.-In brackets for portiÞre rods and the like constructed to raise the rods &c. when the door is opened, an horizontal member B<3> is attached to the door by a lug b<3> or equivalent, and carries two pivoted vertical arms B, B', the former to allow of sideways movement only and the latter to allow of movement towards or away from the door in addition to the sideways movement. The arms are bifurcated at b, b<1>, and are connected to the rod R by pins &c. b<2>.
Patent GB-190525302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Calculating Machines.
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1907-03-05
Abstract: 25,302. Postans, A. J. Dec. 5. Calculating-apparatus; counting-apparatus.-In key-set key-operated adding-machines, improvements are described in : (1) the actuation conveying the differential movement of a key-operated rocking-frame to the numeral wheels of the totalizing-counter ; (2) the prevention of overthrow of the numeral wheels ; (3) the transfer mechanism, which is of the internally-operated type and makes uso of the actuation to allow of simultaneous transfer and key-operation on any wheel ; and (4) the detent release arrangementsoperated from the zeroizing parts. (1) Each numeral-wheel pinion B<1> receives motion from its key-operated rocking frame D<2> by means of a segment D, and pinion carrying the arm C', upon which is mounted the spring-controlled actuating-pawl C<2> ; depression of a key brings the pawl idly forward and actuation occurs on the return movement due to the spring D<7>. (2) In addition to the usual detent E- preventing reverse motion, there is an overflow detent E', loosely mounted upon the shaft E<2> and normally held out of gear with the numeral-wheel pinion by a spring, but at the end of actuation a pin C<3> upon the pawl-carrier C' presses the detent into gear with and arrests the pinion. (3) The transfer mechanism is shown in Fig. 2, where the higher arm-carrying pinion G is in connexion with the transfer cam J upon the lower numeral wheel. A transfer lever K, loose upon the shaft E<2>, carries a roller K<1> bearing against the cam and also a pawl-bearing arm K<3> normally spring-pressed outwards ; as the roller falls down the steep edge of the cam at transfer, a pin J<2> upon the cam presses the pawl into engagement with the arm-carrying pinion which is moved through unit distance and actuates the numeral wheel exactly as if keyoperated. To ensure time for the transfer lever to fall when working rapidly, a second pin J<3> upon the lower cam locks momentarily against a projection upon the lever, the parts being shown arranged for transfer twice per revolution. In a modified arrangement, the spring-controlled arm on the transfer lever co-operates with an extension of the driving-segment, and the pins J<2> are replaced by circular arcs. (4) The zeroizing-mechanism is of the known type in which the counter spindle is pressed axially by the head O to bring pins A<2> thereon into the plane of other pins A<3> upon the numeral wheels and to disengage the stop AS upon the zeroizing hand-wheel A<4> from its hole in the casing. The head O is bevelled so that when forced in it cams the arm O<2> outwards, thereby rocking, the frame O<3> to give slight movement to the actuating-segments and withdraw the detent locking-pins C<3> from the overthrow detents, which spring out of engagement and allow the counter spindle and numeral wheels to be rotated.
Patent GB-190603415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjusters for Electric Light Cords.
Inventor: HATHERLY JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 3415. Hatherly, J. T., and Hatherly, T. H. Feb. 12. Cords, adjusting length of.-An adjuster for electriclamp supporting cords comprises a tubular body 6, preferably formed from a sheet-metal blank, having a slot 10, partly helical, extending throughout its length. Integral with the body 6 is a plate 4, round w h i ch the cord is coiled. To the plate 4 is attached a curved and tapered rod 12, provided with knobs at its ends. A disk 14 is secured to the rod.
Patent GB-190611720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rims and Tyres of Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: HORA MANUEL HERRERA DE
Filed: 1906-05-19
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 11,720. Hora, M. H. de. May 19. Felloes and rims; slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for.-Relates to a rim made in continuous- or sectional halves of Z-sbaped cross section, which is especially suited for wheels having spring spokes bending transversely to the plane of the wheel, as described in Specification No. 14,682, A.D. 1905. The webs D<1> are bolted together after the tyre, which is wider than the channel of the rim and may be of dovetailed cross-section, has been placed in position, grooves G being sometimes provided to grip the tyre. Cross-pins B may be also used. When spring spokes C are used, they are hinged to pins carried by lugs J firmly riveted to the base or to the webs of the rim. The tyre has a double tread, and a non-skid chain L may be placed in the groove between the treads. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 13,252, A.D. 1902, and No. 1663, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190612416-A (GB)
Title: Illuminating Device for Speed and other Indicating Apparatus.
Inventor: JUNGHANS OSKAR
Filed: 1906-05-28
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 12,416. Junghans, O. Sept. 22, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). - Optical pointers.-In a speed or other indicator, an electric lamp l is mounted so as to rotate with the indicating-needle z and is provided with a reflector r for directing the light along the needle. The lamp thus always illuminates that part of the dial in the vicinity of the point indicated. The electric current is conveyed to the lamp through contact-rings on the spindle of the needle.
Patent GB-190618963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: LOUSTAUNAU FREDERIC
Filed: 1906-08-24
Granted: 1907-08-24
Abstract: 18,963. Loustaunau, F. Feb. 26, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Felloes or rims.-A detachable rim 8, Fig. 10, holding a pneumatic or other tyre, is secured against a flange 2 on one side of the fixed rim by means of a ring 13 seated in a groove 14 on the other side. The ring 13 may be formed in two parts hinged together and is adjusted in the groove 14 by a turnbuckle or the like, being locked by pins or bolts 15. To prevent creeping between the parts, tenons 10 in the detachable rim engage in recesses in the fixed rim. Recesses 11 receive the heads of the security bolts. At the gap in the felloe which accommodates the valve spindle, a strengthening-stay is fitted. The invention is applicable for use with multiple tyres and a form is shown in the Specification for use with twin tyres. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also a modification in which interengaging projections and recesses are formed on the detachable rim and on the flanges 2, 13, the flange 13, in this case, being otherwise a plain ring secured against the side of the felloe by screw bolts. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190620349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to, School and other Compasses and like Instruments
Inventor: SHAW FRANK HENRY
Filed: 1906-09-13
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 20,349. Shaw, F. H. Sept. 13. Compasses, drawing.-Pencil compasses. and like instruments are provided with an interchangeable point-protector and clamping-screw, consisting of a screwed tube a which engages laterally with the barrel e on the short leg f. When the compass is out of use, the protector is passed over the point b and secured by the internal screw a', Fig. 4, which engages with the thread c<1>, or the interior of the protector is made in the form of a tapered socket to take over a corresponding tapered portion on the leg c.
Patent GB-190620621-A (GB)
Title: Improved Nozzle for Pneumatic Elevators or Conveyors used for Grain and the like.
Inventor: GEBHARDT PAUL
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 20,621. Gebhardt, P., and Gebhardt, C. Sept. 17. Conveyers; elevators.- A suction nozzle used on pneumatic apparatus for withdrawing and transmitting grain &c. from one receptacle to another comprises an inner grain - carrying tube b adjustably connected to an air jacket a, the lower end of which is bent inwardly so as to enter the slightly flared end of the tube b. The area of the nozzle is varied by adjusting the screws c which move the tube and jacket relatively to one another against the action of springs f. The nozzle is attached to the conveyer tube by a screw collar d. The springs f allow the jacket a to move on the tube b when the apparatus is being used for heavy grain
Patent GB-190622196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Coloured Photographs.
Inventor: COOPER BERNARD JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 22,196. Cooper, B. J. Oct. 8. Producing coloured photographs; sensitized plates &c.-Relates to the production of coloured prints by colouring prints in which the portions corresponding to the darker parts and shadows of the picture are broken up so as to present blank lines or spaces, whereby the colours show more easily and effectively in these parts. The printing-paper or the negative may be ruled, printed; or otherwise formed with opaque or non-actinic lines or dots; which will reproduce in printing and give the required effect in the darker parts of the print. Or the negative may be printed through a halftone screen, which is chosen with a view to breaking up the darker portions of the print.
Patent GB-190622245-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Non-skid Tyre for Motor Omnibus and like Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: WILKINSON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 22,245. Wilkinson, C. H. Oct. 9. Tyres, elastic other t h a n pneumatic.- A rubber or like tyre is formed with one or more rows of radial holes a', preferably conical, extending from the base to the tread of the tyre, to receive metal &c. plugs b retained in position by flanges b<1>, which bear in enlarged portions of the holes at the base of the tyre and bed on cushions c of pure or very elastic rubber, which may be perforated. To allow the plugs to yield circumferentially, the flanges b<1> may extend transversely to the tyre only, or they may be concaved or similarly curved. The flanges may be very wide laterally, or may be provided with projections engaging under the flanges of the rim to prevent the plugs from becoming detached. The plugs may be hollow and filled with lead &c.
Patent GB-190627803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Taps.
Inventor: FORD GOODWYN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 27,803. Ford, G. T. Dec. 6. Lift valves; seats. -A tap or valve is constructed with a tapered lift plug D which is moved to and from a,tapered seating C having the inlet thereto at one end, preferably the smaller end, and the outlet at the opposite end. The plug may be operated with a rotary or non- rotary movement by means of a screw E, as shown, or otherwise, According to the Provisional Specification, a pack, ing-ring may be placed in a groove in the plug, or it may be set in the seating. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 17,990, A.D. 1901.]
Patent GB-190629733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Liquefaction of Atmospheric and other Gases.
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 29,733. Soc. L'Air Liquide (Soc. Anon. pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des ProcÚdÚs G. Claude). Jan. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Liquefying.-In liquefying air and other gases by the method described in Specification No. 27,658, A.D. 1902, one gas is expanded to effect the liquefaction of another gas of relatively higher critical temperature, thus oxygen is liquefied by the expansion of air or nitrogen, the object being to effect liquefaction at as high a temperature as possible. The Figure shows diagrammatically an apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, the liquefaction taking place in two stages in counter-current interchangers C, E, and the expansion of the air or nitrogen in two stages in the motor B, D. Cooled compressed oxygen is supplied to the liquefiers by way of a pipe 8 and counter-current interchanger L, which is traversed in the opposite direction by the expanded gas, and liquid oxygen is drawn off at the cocks G or H. Cooled compressed air or nitrogen passes through the interchanger A, expands in the cylinder B, passes through the interchanger or liquefier C, expands in the cylinder D, produces further liquefaction in the interchanger E, and passes out, by way of a cock K, partly through the interchanger L and partly through the interchanger A. The liquid oxygen may be used in place of liquid air to compensate for refrigeration losses due to mechanical imperfections in processes for rectifying liquid air, such as are described in Specification No. 28,682, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Distilling &c]., and apparatus according to the present invention may be combined with rectifying-apparatus such as described in the above Specification. In this case, oxygen from the vaporizer vessel of the rectifying-apparatus is compressed, after passing through an interchanger preferably traversed also by the compressed oxygen produced, and then sent to the liquefiers C, E, after undergoing a counter-current interchange with the expanded gas, or the vaporized nitrogen of the rectifying- apparatus. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901, states that the invention is applicable where the expansion takes place without external work. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190701398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Controlling the Supply of Motive Fluid to Turbines.
Filed: 1907-01-19
Granted: 1908-01-18
Abstract: 1 3 9 8. Warwick Machinery Co., and Samuelson, F. Jan. 19. Elastie-fluid turbines.-The ducts communicating with the nozzles of turbines are opened to steam by a piston valve controlled by the governor through a motor relay. An emergency stop valve is provided. Fig. 1 shows the valves and operating- motor, and Fig. 2 the mechanism between the motor and the governor. In the valve casing 1 is a valve sleeve or liner 5, fixed only at the bottom 9 and steam-jacketed by steam from the inlet 3, so that expansion takes place upwards and is uniform. The sleeve contains axial passages 6 communicating with the interior through spirallyarranged ports 7. The hollow valve-piston 11 controls these ports, and the passages 6 are connected with the separate nozzle ducts 8 in the turbine casing 2. To allow for difference in alinement, the piston 11 is a loose fit in the sleeve, and steam-tightness is secured by piston rings 14, 15 which are preferably wide enough to cover the ports 7. A perforated sheet-metal strainer, through which all the steam must pass, may be fitted in the valve casing. The piston in the valve is reciprocated by a fluid-pressure motor 16 of known type. A floating lever 32 is connected at one eud to the piston-rod 12, and at the other to the governor-actuated rod 60. A rod 33 joins it to the common valve lever 31. When one of the motor valves 29, 30 is being opened, the spindle of the other valve acts as a fulcrum. The emergency stop valve 44 is shown in Fig. 1 in its closed position upon the top of the main valve sleeve 5. During normal working, the valve is held up against the spring 37 by steam at inlet pressure acting on the piston 33 in the chest 38. The emergency gear exhausts the steam from this chamber 38 to allow the valve to drop. To lift the valve on starting, a pilot valve 47 is provided to equalize the pressures on each side. The steam acting on the piston 33 raises the spindle 34 slightly against a spring 49, and steam from the inlet 3 passes'round the collar 45 and through the adjacent port 18, after which the piston 33 is able-to lift the valve 44. The upper side of the piston is open to atmosphere, but its upward motion is limited by a boss 42 inside the sleeve 35. The sleeve is free to expand downwards and is held in position by a domed cap 41. The spindle 34 may be fitted with a handle 43 by which the piston 33 and valve 44 can be given an occasional turn, to prevent sticking and to keep the valve faces in good order.