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Patent GB-190416417-A (GB)
Title: Pit and Pithead Arrangement.
Inventor: RAKY ANTON
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,417. Raky, A. July 25. Shafts.-For mining purposes, two shafts a, b of comparatively small diameter are sunk side by side instead of one larger shaft, thus rendering it possible to pass through water-bearing or floating sand-bearing strata. The two shafts are connected at the bottom by a transverse tunnel f in which is guided a balance rope g.
Patent GB-190419662-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Block or Stand Adapted for the use of Tailors and Drapers, and for other purposes.
Inventor: WORTMAN MEYER
Filed: 1904-09-12
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 19,662. Wortman, M., and Wortman, B. Sept. 12. Trouser stretchers.- A stand is made by wrapping a piece d of fabric, leather, &c., bearing laths e, f on each side, around stiffening-discs b<1>, which may be of wood and may have handholes g to facilitate placing in position or taking apart. The inner laths may be in several lengths to support the intermediate discs b<1> between their ends; or fixed studs or blocks may be used to keep the stiffening- discs in position. The discs may be of any suitable shape. The end discs are held in position by clip-rings c of L-section, rounded at the corners. The stand, when made slightly conical, may be inserted in the legs of trousers for use as trouser stretchers and for display purposes.
Patent GB-190422881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dump Cars.
Inventor: OTIS SPENCER
Filed: 1904-10-24
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 22,881. Otis, S. Oct. 24. Wagons; underframing of bodies; doors, wagon.- A dumping-wagon is constructed with doors g, Fig. 3, running along the whole length of the wagon on each side of a centre piece d, and forming the floor of the wagon. The underframe c o nsists of a number of transverse beams cresting on longitudinal sills a, b, which pass through cast-steel body bolsters 51 placed between the end sills and the nearest beams c. The bolsters are short and are sloped from the middle to the ends to allow the doors to discharge over them. They are of truss form with stiffeners 54, 55, 56, and recesses 57, 59 for the longitudinal truss rods. The doors are hinged to shafts j, which also serve for operating them, being connected by worm gearing at their e n d s to vertical shafts 11 actuated by hand-wheels 14. Cranks r on the shafts j are connected by rods s to shafts n, which pass under the doors and rest on inclined guides k. To close the doors, the shafts n are pushed outwards by turning the shafts j, and are thus caused to ride up the inclines k on to horizontal ledges p. About half-way up the inclines, the shafts n engage notched arms v, pivoted to the doors, and cause these arms to lift the doors into the closed position, where they afford them a firm support. Extensions z of the arms v keep them in engagement with the shafts n. The vertical handwheel shafts 11 are enclosed in the double ends of the wagon, as shown in Fig. 4. Each worm-wheel 3 is mounted between fixed collars 4, 5, Fig. 7, on its shaft j, and has a segmental slot 7, the ends of which engage a lug on the collar 5, thus giving sufficient play to allow the doors to fall open when the shafts j have been turned through the distance required to release the supporting-arms v, Fig. 3. Additional power over each hand-wheel 14 is obtained, when required, by means of a lever 18 Fig. 4, pivoted on a bar 16, which is hinged to a loose arm 15 on the shaft 11 so that the lever can be turned down out of the way as shown in dotted lines. The lever 18 has gripping-jaws 20, by means of which it can be made to engage the handwheel 14. The capacity of the car and the size of the discharge openings can be varied by means of false sides 22, Fig. 3, connected to the side stanchions by links 25 and slots 26 and adjusted by means of hooked rods 28 and holes 29. If it is desired to discharge from one side only, a central partition 61, hinged at the bottom and strengthened by angle-irons 63 and a channel-iron 68, is turned over to one side, as shown, before loading. The partition is made to extend above the side of the wagon, so that the load can be piled up on that side and the centre of gravity kept near the middle of the wagon. The doors shut against flanges i on the beams c and against the bottom of the side frames or sills 50.
Patent GB-190423415-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Constructing Shuttle-pegs for use in Weaving Cop or Tube-spun Weft
Inventor: SLINGER TEMPEST
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 23,415. Slinger, T., Slinger, H., and Redman, J. K. Oct. 31. Loom shuttles. - Relates to shuttle pegs, and consists in forming a groove g along the shuttle-peg head b for a pin f and the end of the spring c to work in. When the peg a is erect, as shown in Fig. 1, for placing the cop on, the spring c is flattened out ; as the peg is pushed down, the pin is forced against the end of the spring, forcing the latter outwards to retain the cop, as shown in Fig. 2. The pin may have a cut-out portion opposite the pivot d, and may be done away with by lengthening the spring c.
Patent GB-190424566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stamping Machines for Stamping Regular Polygonal Figures out of Plates or Slabs of Material.
Inventor: HOFFMANN GOTTFRIED KARL PHILIP
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 24,566. Hoffmann, G. K. P. Nov. 12. Punching ; drawing. - A machine for stamping circular or polygonal figures out of plates or sheets with as small waste as possible has two gauges or stops p, g, one p of which is fixed to the frame d and the other adjusted in position by fitting it to a ring f concentric with the stamp a. The ring is moved to the positions shown in dotted lines by means of a handle i, provided with a spring-controlled locking-lever k by means of which the pin m is made to engage one or other of the holes in the frame d. In starting a sheet as in Fig. 4, the stops are placed at rightangles as in Fig. 1, and the sheet made to touch them, and so on to the end of the row. The handle is then moved to the position shown in dotted lines, whereby the stops are placed at an angle of 120 degrees and the holes in the plate staggered as shown.
Patent GB-190424626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Enamelling Metallic Surfaces.
Inventor: SANKEY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 24,626. Sankey, J. W. Nov. 14. Enamelling.-Pneumatic sprayers, such as those used for applying paints to walls, are used for applying enamels to metallic surfaces.
Patent GB-190510933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mangling or Ironing Machines.
Inventor: WILES THOMAS SHIRES
Filed: 1905-05-25
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 10,933. Wiles, T. S. May 25. Ironing-machines.-The frame supporting the bearings of the ironing- rollers, which work in steam-heated beds, is adjustably mounted by means of toggle-jointed levers. A feeding- table and delivering-rollers together with a suitable train of driving-wheels are also described. As shown in Fig. 1, the clothed rollers 10, provided with endless tapes 9 for preventing articles from adhering to them, are resiliently mounted on the frame 12, which is supported on the main frame 1 by means of the pivoted arms 18, 19, 20,21, connected by the bar 26. The distance of the rollers from the steam-heated beds 2 can be adjusted by means of the worm-wheel 28, the toothed sector 27, and the crank attached at 17 to the bar 26. Two rollers 31, 32 are arranged at the delivery end, the distance between them being adjustable by means of the lever 42, pivoted at 43, and a connecting-bar. Further adjustment of the delivery rollers can be obtained by means of the nut 47 and spring 48. The feeding-apron 72, Fig. 6, passing over the rollers 83, 81 moves between the table 82 and the roller 73. The roller 81 is driven by means of a sprocket-wheel and a chain passing around one of the intermediate spur-wheels in the driving-mechanism. The sprocketwheel can be thrown into or out of gear with a clutch on the shaft of the roller 81 by means of a lever. The tension of the feed-band 72 can be regulated by operating the spring-controlling nut 90.
Patent GB-190511929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vaporizers for Burners for Heating and Lighting purposes.
Inventor: HEINRICHSDORFF CURT
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 11,929. Heinrichsdorff, C. June 7. V a p o u r burners.- The vaporizer of a burner for a lamp, stove, or range is packed with sand or other filtering- medium, and is protected from the direct action of the heating- flames by a jacket through which the oil and vapour pass. The device shown in the Figure consists of a tube b, the lower end of which is closed by a plug g to facilitate the removal and insertion of the sand &c. The oil passes from the lower part of the jacket e through the holes c to the filtering- medium, from which the vapour &c. passes to the upper part of the jacket e, and to the burners. The two parts of the jacket e are separated by the conical seatings f, or by other means.
Patent GB-190516399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Gear for Sailing Boats.
Inventor: HIRST ROBERT FREDERICK HANKEY
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 16,399. Hirst, R. F. H. Aug. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Rudders.-The tiller A is provided with two jointed arms B housed in slots in the sides of the tiller. When housed, they are kept in position by a ring C. In use, lines are attached to their outer ends, and led first aft and then forward along the sides of the boat so that the boat may be steered from the forward part.
Patent GB-190516500-A (GB)
Title: Improved Washer for Locking Nuts
Inventor: RAVEN JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-14
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 16,500. Raven, J. Aug. 14. Locking nuts and bolts. - Relates to washers for locking nuts or screw bolts without necessitating modification of the latter, applicable for use in securing fish-plates. The washer 1 is preferably stamped out of mild steel, and has a projection 5 engaging in the bolt hole. The washer also has a lateral extension 3 with a bevelled end 4 to facilitate insertion of a tool to turn such extension upwardly against the side of a nut or bolt-head to prevent rotation of the latter.
Patent GB-190517010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene and like Lamps or Lanterns.
Inventor: HOFFMANN ROBERT
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 17,010. Hoffmann, R. Aug. 22. Carriage, velocipede, &c. lamps.-In acetylene and other lamps or lanterns, the flame s is placed at the foci of a fixed parabolic mirror t and an adjustable parabolic mirror r, the two mirrors combining to project a beam of rays parallel to the axis A, B without the aid of expensive lenses. The outlets m for the escape of the products of combustion are surmounted by caps or draught guides n, o, which may be supplemented, if necessary, by a shield u to protect the driver's eyes from the light.
Patent GB-190518452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Road Vehicles
Inventor: BAINES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 18,452. Baines, W. Sept. 13. Felloes or rims.-Relates to means for securing twin or multiple tyres to the rims of vehicle wheels. The tyres C, D, with the interposed floating ring E, are mounted on the flanged rim A and are secured by a removable, continuous or segmental flange F, fastened by transverse bolts G and nuts H. A series of washers K are interposed between the flange F and the rim, and when the tyre becomes loose one or more may be removed.
Patent GB-190523857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Wheels for Tramway Cars, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles
Inventor: FREAKLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 23,857. Freakley, W., and Bill, R. Nov. 20. Road rollers.-A traction wheel for a road roller consists of a plate a of metal, a hub b, and a number of circular holes near the periphery each containing a ring d of solid india-rubber or other resilient material. The outer part of the plate a is covered on each side by a plate e, one of which carries a number of bosses each receiving a bolt and fitting into a hole in the plate a. The plates e are formed integral with the tyre, or a tyre seat, and allow a sliding movement of the central plate. A resilient ring may be inserted between the rim and the edge of the plate, and, to make the wheel dirtproof and waterproof, the side plates are continued to end in a flange, between which and a flange on the hub a rubber ring is held.
Patent GB-190602276-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Preventing Waste of Water through Service Pipes.
Inventor: MORGAN JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 2276. Morgan, J. Jan. 30. Water supply.- For the purpose of preventing waste of water in a domestic supply, the service pipe c of a siphondischarge cistern a, Figs. 1 and 2, is fitted with a T- piece b, of which one limb feeds the cistern and the other leads to the 'domestic supply by a pipe f. The ball valve d on the pipe c regulates the flow of water to the cistern. The apparatus is operated by raising the siphon cap h and causing the discharge of the cistern through the pipe g. This opens the valve d, and water flows to the domestic supply until the cistern fills again. The operation is repeated every time water is required to be drawn.
Patent GB-190602452-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Telephone System.
Inventor: HALL EDWARD JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 2452. Hall, E. J. Feb. 8,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telephone systems; telephone calls.-Relates to a telephone system for hotels, factories, &c. in which the stations are connected in multiple to two linewires, each station having a separate signal wire by which it is called by the exchange operator. The Figure shows two ordinary stations 1, 4, and the exclange C connected in multiple to the line-wires W, W<1>. Signal wires lead from the exchange switch S<1> to the respective stations. Subscriber 1 calls the central by pushing the button a, thus completing the circuit of the bell B. Central then moves the switch S' to the contact of the desired subscriber, and presses the button a<1> so as to ring the bell B<2> of subscriber 4. On removing their receivers, the subscribers can converse.
Patent GB-190602963-A (GB)
Title: An Electrical Toy or Game
Inventor: DODDRELL THOMAS
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 2963. Doddrell, T. Feb. 7. Games played with electrical appliances, balls, boxes, and dice.-A number of pith balls H are placed in a box A fitted with a metal or other tray B, and having a glass lid D. The latter is excited, preferably by rubbing it with a piece of wood partly covered with leather, the object being to manipulate the balls into cups G in the tray B. The latter may be dispensed with, and dice may be used instead of balls.
Patent GB-190604433-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating and Regulating the Temperature of Gas, or Oil Heated Appliances such as Finishing Machine Bowls, Ovens, and the like.
Inventor: HARDY HOLDSWORTH
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 4433. Hardy, H. Feb. 23. Thermometers.-In apparatus for indicating and regulating the temperature of ovens &c., the difference in the expansions of two pieces of metal is transferred through a magnifying-device to a pointer moving over an indicating-dial. Two metal tubes 1, 3, Fig. 1, of different coefficients of expansion are connected together, one inside the other, at one end by a cap 2. To a bracket 4 on the other end of the tube 1 is pivoted a lever 5, to which is also attached at 5<1> the end of the inner tube 3. The free end of the lever 5 is connected by a cord 6 passing round a pulley to the toothed rack 7, which engages with a pinion 9 carrying a pointer 10. This pointer indicates on the dial 11 the temperature of the tubes 1, 3. The upper end of the rack 7 is connected by a rod 12 to a valve which regulates the supply of oil or gas. In a modification, the difference in the expansion of the metals is communicated by a wire in a flexible tube to an horizontal lever attached to the indicator case 8. In another modification, shown in Fig. 4, the movement of a similar wire 29 is magnified by a series of toothed wheels and pinions, in the case 8, engaging with the pinion 9.
Patent GB-190604474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blind Stitch and other Sewing Machines.
Inventor: DEARBORN CHARLES ALMY
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 4474. Dearborn, C. A. Feb. 23. Blind-stitching machines; needle-driving; needle shields; work-supports; presser lifted automatically; presser-feet.-Relates to improvements in machines of the type described in Specifications No. 12,868, A.D. 1899, No. 19,556, A.D. 1900, and No. 8789, A.D. 1901, in which a curved needle 17, actuated by a swivelling eccentric 27, sews a blind stitch across a ridge in the material formed over a freely revoluble disk 60. The looper 157, which co-operates with the needle, is carried by a head 150 which is universally mounted on a crank 146 actuated from the main shaft. The tail-rod 159 is embraced by a sliding member 171, which is pivoted on a sleeve 167 freely mounted on a crank-pin 166 inclined at about forty-five degrees to the axis of its shaft. A needle guide 180 slides in the machine head, and is moved up into the path of the needle by a cam on the needle-driving shaft 15. The work-support 40 is pivoted at 34 and pressed upwards by a coiled spring 45<b>. The highest position of the support is determined by a screw 49, and the spring is tensioned by a screw and yoke 46. Fig. 8 shows the work support in the neighbourhood of the needle. The work is placed upon two yielding plates 65, 76. The former is retained by two spherical-headed screws 68, 69, and the latter by one screw 86 and a ball joint at its farther end. A portion 67 of the plate 65 bridges the ridgeforming disk 60. A presser foot or plate 100, pivoted at 104, co-operates with the plates 65, 76. It is pressed away from the work by a coiled spring on the pivot, and, during the passage of the needle, is positively pressed on to the work by a cam-actuated yoke 115. Feed.-The feed-bar, Fig. 3, has two dogs 130, 131 which engage the material through a slot in the presser-plate 100. It is actuated by a single eccentric 137, and the motion is suitably modified by a cam-slot 134 which embraces a fixed roller.
Patent GB-190607668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid Electric Motor Starters and Controllers
Inventor: OLIVE JAMES
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 7668. Olive, J., and Swarbrick, F. March 30. Switches.-A liquid electromotor starter is pro-. vided with a no-load release magnet for securing the insertion of the resistances, and with connexions so that, when the motor is stopped, it discharges through the resistance. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 show the construction, and Fig. 6 is a diagram of the connexions. The casing A is divided into two compartments by the partition p, on one side of which is fitted the no-load magnet m and the switch s
 for controlling the shunt field, and on the other the tank t for the solution and oil. The moving contact or electrode c<1> is connected by a cable g<1> to a pulley, and is electrically connected to the spindle s. The pulley also serves to lift up the heavy armature m
 of the no-load magnet m. This armature normally raises the electrode c<1>, and in its lowest position operates a switch s
 to open the field magnet circuit. When the handle h is turned, the armature m
 is raised, allowing the switch s
 to close the field circuit, and the contact c<1 >to drop to cut out the resistance. The armature when in the highest position entirely short-circuits the resistance through the contacts k<1>, k<2> and conductor g<2>. The electrode c<1> carries a plate d nearly fitting the cylindrical vessel c, aud this acts to prevent a too-rapid movement of the electrode. When the line switch is opened, the motor disoharges through the resistance until the armature has fallen and opened the switch s
. According to the Provisional Specification, the armature m@ is provided with roller contacts engaging copper strips on the partition ; also, a locking-means is provided for preventing operation of the switch when the level of the electrolyte falls below a certain level.
Patent GB-190611178-A (GB)
Title: Improved Packing Device for Shafts.
Inventor: SULZER ALBERT
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 11,178. Sulzer, A., Sulzer, E., Sulzer, J., and Sulzer, C., [trading as Sulzer, Geb.]. May 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-The shaft of a turbine, rotary compressor, centrifugal pump, &c. is packed by one or more collars on the shaft. The collars run in grooves in a sliding sleeve having differential surfaces, acted on by the fluid pressure, to move the sleeve axially, and so prevent undue pressure on the rubbing surfaces. The collar M, formed on or secured to the-shaft, runs in a groove in a sleeve N, sliding on cylindrical surfaces b<1>, b<2> of different diameters in a spherical shell K. Steam leaking along the surface b<1> to the space C tends to move the sleeve N to the left, while steam in the gap c' tends to move the sleeve to the right. If the latter action takes place, steam passes through the enlarged gap c<1> and the hole L to the space D, and so moves the sleeve to the left. The shell K may hold several sleeves N, or a single sleeve N may have grooves receiving several collars M.
Patent GB-190611695-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Batch Rollers, Warp Rollers, Loom Beams, and the like.
Inventor: WHITTAKER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-05-19
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 11,695. Whittaker, C., and Hopkinson, G. May 19. Loom cloth beams ; warp beams. - Rollers or beams intended for use as warp beams in warping- apparatus, or as loom beams, are strengthened and prevented from warping &c. by building them up from a number of pieces a, a<1> of wood placed with their grains running in different directions. Metal rods b are laid in grooves cut in the meeting surfaces of the wood sections, and the parts are secured together by wooden pins c.
Patent GB-190612631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: SMITH WILLOUGHBY STATHAM
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 12,631. Smith, W. S., and Edwards, W. H. May 30. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-To prevent slipping, the treads of solid or pneumatic tyres are formed with recesses b joined by passages c, the air which is compressed in the recesses in contact with the road serving to clean the adjacent recesses. The passages c may be formed by wrapping cords on the tyre before a perforated tread-strip is vulcanized tbereon and by pulling these cords out through the perforations after vulcanization.
Patent GB-190614876-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Sleeper for Permanent Way.
Inventor: HOUGHTON HENRY
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 14,876. Houghton, H. June 30. Rails, securing to sleepers. - Wooden sleepers, especially for use in mines and the like, are made with recesses to receive the bases c of the rails, thus dispensing with chairs or other fastenings. The rails are inserted in the recesses end on.