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Patent GB-190420322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewer Traps or Valves
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 20,322. Barker, G., [Perfect Sewer Trap Manufacturing Co.]. Sept. 21. Hinged check valves.-A flap 13 is pivoted to a frame 11 which fits tightly in a converging groove 10 at the end of the reduced portion 2, forming a check valve. The lugs 14 bear directly upon the ears 15 and so prevent lateral motion. The casing, which is formed in a single piece, is fitted with a cleansing-opening closed by a screw plug 4, through which the valve may be withdrawn. A space is left in all cases beneath the flange 12 for the reception of sediment.
Patent GB-190422371-A (GB)
Title: Improved Dogs for Horizontal Log Sawing Machines.
Inventor: CROOK WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,371. Crook, W. E. Oct. 18. Sawing.-A holding-dog a for use in horizontal logsawing machines is mountedin a holder b, and both are actuated by a screw c rotating in bearings on the table, the holder being provided with a too t h engaging square - shouldered teeth in a rack in the dog, whereby the log is held firmly down upon the table and prevented from springing while being sawn.
Patent GB-190422670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Cutting Machines.
Inventor: NEWTON CHARLES CLARK
Filed: 1904-10-20
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,670. Newton, C. C. Oct. 20. Lathes; tools.-In a screw-cutting lathe, partly shown in plan in Fig. 1, the saddle D, which runs on V-ways a and is traversed by the leading-screw E, carries a slide-rest D' with a vertical shaft I, driven by bevel and worm gearing from a feathered shaft F and carrying a circular toothed cutter H for operating upon the rotating blank x. The teeth h, Figs. 1 and 5, of the cutter are curved so as to produce a straight-sided thread and are backed off to allow for clearance, each tooth being arranged at an angle to allow for the inclination of the pitch line of the thread. A wiper n' attached to a stud on the slide-rest removes the chips from the cutter, and the slide-rest is traversed to the work by a screw operated by the squared end g. The speed of rotation of the cutter is varied by altering the gear-wheels j, k<3>, k<4> &c., and the saddle is put in and out of action with the screw E by means of a handle d<1>.
Patent GB-190424497-A (GB)
Title: Refrigerating and Cooling Vessels.
Inventor: SAADE FRITZ
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 24,497. Saade, F. Nov. 11. Hollow-ware, non- metallic.-V e s s e l s of argillaceous earth constructed with internal strengthening-partitions c are employed when filled with water or other liquid to form the walls of refrigerating - chambers. Various sections as shown are joined up by means of projections a engaging in grooves b.
Patent GB-190424778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Vulcanisation of Rubber Soles to Boots and Shoes
Inventor: BUTTERFIELD GEORGE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,778. Butterfield, G. F. Nov. 15. Moulding boots and shoes.-Relates to a shoe-holding apparatus for use between the platens of a shoe-sole vulcanizing press, the object being to make the solemould and the last removable together from the apparatus so that they can be left to cool slowly while duplicates are introduced into the press. The top and bottom plates 13, 14 of the apparatus are adjustably bolted to the platens 10, 11 respectively of the press, the lower platen, which is formed hollow to receive live steam, being capable of a slight vertical movement with its shaft. The mould 15, cast in soft metal which expands on cooling, has a sole and heel shaped recess in which is placed the unvulcanized or partially vulcanized rubber 16. The shoe is mounted on a metal last 18 having a broad flanged top portion 19, and the mould and last are connected together by adjustable and detachable hook-shaped links 33 which can be tightened by means of thumb-screws 37, Fig. 3. The two are then placed in the press by sliding the upper portion 19 of the last into grooved ways formed in a casting 20, which is cast with, or secured to, the plate 13, the proper positioning of the last and mould being effected by the engagement of projections 38 on the plate 14 with tapered recesses in the bottom of the mould. Pressure is then applied to the last so as to force the shoe on to the uncured surface of the rubber, while, in addition, the forward ends of four adjustable clamps 21 carried by the plate 14 enter between the upper and welt and assist in holding the shoe in position and also in keeping the rubber 16 confined within the mould. The downward pressure on the clamps is applied through extensible braces, each of which comprises a hinged tubular portion 28, fitted with a spring 32, and two rods 29 reversely threaded and joined by a right and left handed nut 30, the rods being held in place and kept from rotating by a pin-and-slot connection 31. Each of the clamps 21, which are stayed by guides, has at its extreme tip a slight downward extension, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the rubber can cover the top and outer edge of the welt. In addition, each of them has a depending foot 26 to keep it from dropping down when the mould and last are withdrawn. These depending feet are sometimes fitted with a button 27 of non-conducting material. Fillings 39 of non-conducting material are also fitted into the plate 14 to lessen the liability of injury to the upper of the shoe by the radiation of heat from the platen 11.
Patent GB-190425462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Creels Employed in Preparing Spinning and other Textile Machines.
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 25,462. Less & Co., A., and Dunkerley, L. Nov. 23. Creel arrangements.-Relates to apparatus for supporting the bobbins or skewers, and to a brake, in the creel of preparing, spinning, and other textile machines. The creel rail is formed of two long pieces a, b, Fig. 3, of sheet metal bent to form a hollow box. The pins d are fitted into the lower pieces b, and support at their pointed ends the inverted cones e and at their heads the cones f. These cones are thus self-adjusting. The bobbins or spools g are supported between the upper cone f and the inner cone e. The brake consists of a long piece h of metal formed with tongues i, which engage the flanges of the lower cones e. As applied to mules, the strips h are automatically actuated when the drawing rollers are stepped, and also by means of connections between the setting-on rod of the mules and the strips. In the case of continuous machines, the strips h will be connected with the starting-mechanism. The brakes might, alternatively, be arranged to act on the sides of the cones. In Fig. 4, the footstep j is shown adapted to the creel rail to support one end of a skewer, and is held in position by a small flange. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the footstep k is kept in position by the projection k<1>, which engages a tongue l formed on the part b of the creel rail.
Patent GB-190512738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bundling and Cutting Wicks and the like.
Inventor: MARSH HARRY
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 12,738. Marsh, H. June 20. Cutting- machines for wicks &c.-In a machine for bundling wicks &c., and cutting them into the required lengths, the wicks are intermittently fed forward by adjustable feedrollers O rotated by a toothed segment wheel M carried by an auxiliary shaft driven by a wormwheel engaging with the worm E on the driving- shaft B. During each stationary interval, a bundle of wicks is severed by the rotary d i s k cutter Q mounted on a swinging arm R, which is lowered down to the cutting-bed P by a rod b connected to the rocking shaft T, which i s driven from a cam on the auxiliary shaft by means of a rocking lever and connecting-rod e.
Patent GB-190514461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Organ Actions.
Inventor: JACOBY HENRY CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 14,461. Jacoby, H. C. E. July 13. Organs, electric actions for. Electro-magnets operating the valves are energized by currents produced by induction, thus dispensing with contact devices. The movable armature c, Fig. 1, of a transformer is fixed on the key, the primary coil a<1> being supplied with alternating or intermittent current, while the secondary coil b<1> is connected to the electro-magnet e, which operates the valve g. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the armature is hinged at the centre, preferably on the key pivot, and the normal balance of the electromotive-forces induced in the two secondary coils is disturbed by the depression of the key. In a similar arrangement, shown in Fig. 3, one secondary and two primary coils are used, and the armature is hinged at one end. The stationary core of the transformer may be built up for any number of keys, and a single primary winding may be used. In place of the movable armature, a coil or two coils, connected differentially. may be fixed on each key and arranged to move across the magnetic field produced by the alternating current. In a further modification, either the fixed or the moving piece or both may be permanent magnets or continuous-current electro-magnets, the valve being operated by the momentary direct and reverse currents, for which purpose it is made of steel and is permanently magnetized or arranged to remain in the open position owing to its residual magnetization.
Patent GB-190516730-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Compound Acting Slide Valve for Steam Engines.
Inventor: MILLER GAVIN
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 16,730. Miller, G. Aug. 17. - --Compound &c. engines; valves, distributing.- Slide valves are constructed so that part of the exhaust may go to the low-pressure cylinder or to the atmosphere, and apart to the condenser. The cylinder face has five ports a, a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, a<4> and the slide valve seven, b; b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, b<5>, b<6> ; the ports a<1>, a<3> are connected to the other cylinder-or to the air, and the port a<2> to the condenser. When the valve is placed as shown, the exhaust from the righthand end goes to the condenser. When the valve is in the position shown in dotted lines the exhaust travels through the ports a<4>, b<5>, b<4>, a<3> to the other cylinder or to the air.
Patent GB-190517142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery and Appliances for Tapering or Shaping Lengths of Cane, Wood and other similar Substances for various uses
Inventor: COOKSON ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1905-08-24
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 17,142. Cookson, A. E. Aug. 24. Planing.-A machine for tapering or shaping lengths of cane;. wood, and the like, more particularly for tapering the triangular - sectioned lengths of cane for built-cane fishing-rods, driving- whips, golf-club shafts, and like articles, comprises a body a, supporting bearings for a V-grooved cutter or milling-tool e, driven by belt or other means. To the table f is fixed by pins and curved slots, to allow horizontal angular adjustment, a base-plate g, along the centre of which is a guiderib h, upon which rests the curved side o<1> of the cane, the upper edges of which pass under two spring-pressed V-grooved blocks i<1>, i'. The cane is fixed in a clamp m<1>, which is fixed to an eyeleted band j<12>, passing round two pulleys j<9>, j<11> provided with studs. The pulley j<9> is fixed to a shaft j<6>, having a spur-wheel j<5> gearing through an intermediate pinion j<4> with a wheel j<3> on a shaft j, which is screwed into a barrel k and is connected by a swivel joint to the table. Thus, as the cane is fed along by the hand-driven band, the table with the work is moved vertically towards the cutter and a taper cut is produced. To vary the tapering action, a set of change-pulleys or gearwheels may be used in connexion with the shaft j<6>, the supports of which may be movable. The band may be replaced by a chain, and the spur gear by bevel or worm gear, and the cutter may be given the sliding vertical action, the work holders and guides being fixed.
Patent GB-190517856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Cleaning Bottles, Jars, Jugs, Glasses and the like.
Inventor: WEYMAR EMIL
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 17,856. Weymar, E. Sept. 4. Cleaning bottles, jars, jugs, glasses, &c. -The articles are washed by immersion in the cleansing - liquid contained in a vessel a, preferably somewhat conical, which is in communication with the casing of a centrifugal device d. The inside of the vessels is cleaned by means of jet tubes c, and the outside by nozzles c<6>, through both of which water is forced by the centrifuge, the latter effecting the rotation or agitation of the liquid in the tank, with which sand or shot may be mixed to facilitate the process. A suction tube b<3> is arranged over a central aperture in the lower plate b<0>. A pump drawing water from the tank may be employed to force water through the tubes c and nozzles c<6>. Specification No. 22,367, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190518257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stencil Printing Machines.
Inventor: GESTETNER DAVID
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 18,257. Gestetner, D. Sept. 9. Stencilling-apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for feeding sheets, more particularly to stencil printing-machines of the type described in Specification No. 25,373, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Printing, Letterpress &c.]. The top sheet of a pile h, Fig. 3, is buckled by reciprocating friction fingers g against a front stop y. The front edge is then lifted by friction devices 2, projecting at intervals through the front stop. The pile table 16 is automatically raised at the front by ratchet mechanism 23 &c., Fig. 2, as the pile h decreases. Side guides 34 for the pile are provided on the pile table. The india-rubber fingers on rollers g are mounted on arms f pivoted to a frame d reciprocated about the pins e by an eccentric m on a shaft i, which receives its motion from the main shaft through spur gearing. On their backward movement, the rollers or blocks g are lifted from the pile by a lever pivoted at r and actuated by a cam v coming into contact with adjustable screw stops on extensions x of the levers f. An adjustable spring p regulates the pressure of the fingers g on the top sheet, which on the forward motion of the fingers is buckled between them and a bar 10 carried on a pivoted shaft 1, and resting on top of the pile. Towards the end of the forward movement of the the fingers g, a cam 6 acting on the spring-controlled rock-lever 3 lifts the bar 10 away from the paper, and at the same time friction devices 2, attached to or forming part of the shaft 1 and projecting through the front plate y, lift the front edge of the sheet over the top of the plate y, so that the front edge of the sheet springs forward between the printing-roller b and impression roller c. The shaft 10 may be reciprocated in any other convenient manner. As the pile decreases, the normal position of the bar 10 on the pile gets shifted sufficiently to cause a cam 29 to drop the outer end of a pawl 28, pivoted to a lever 24 reciprocated by an eccentric on the shaft i, so that the pawl moves a sector 23, normally held by a pawl 31, forward one tooth, and thereby lifts the front end of the table 16 through the roller 19 and lever 21 supporting it. The actuation of the shaft i, and therefore of the whole feeding-apparatus, is accomplished through a onepoint clutch 11, 12, Fig. 2, normally engaging the gear-wheel k loose on the shaft i. A lever with an inclined end 14 is brought into position to disengage the clutch by shifting a tumbler weight 15. When hand-feeding is desired, the front end of the feed-board rests on the bar 10, the shaft i is stopped, and the arms d with all their appendages are swung up out of the way against a stop after the pin o has been disconnected from the eccentric strap n.
Patent GB-190523367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sailing Boats
Inventor: JENSEN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 23,367. Jensen, T. Nov. 14. Masts.-The mast 1 of sailing-boats is pivoted on the bolt 2, from which hangs a weight 9 in a cradle 8. The sides of the weight 9 are attached to the upper end of the mast 1 by cords 10 passing over pulleys 11. As the wind inclines the boat, relative movement takes place between the mast and vessel, the mast swinging on the bolt 2. This movement is transmitted to the weight 9 by the cords 10, causing it to move further towards the side of the vessel than it would if attached to the bottom of the mast. The influence of the weight 9 increases more rapidly than the inclination of the mast. The bolt 2 is journaled in transverse beams beneath the deck, and the lower end of the mast is connected to a bolt 14 in the stem of the boat by a bar 13.
Patent GB-190523429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Clippers.
Inventor: PULVITT JOHN
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 23,429. Pulvitt, J., and Guertler, A. Nov. 14. Bolt-head cutters.-Nuts are clipped from bolts by the tool shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which has two jaws 10, 11 with V-shaped cutting-edges 12,13 diverging from the terminals and overlapping ears 14, 15 united by a pivot 16. Side plates 19, 20 having slots 21, 22 are secured to the jaws 10, 11 by pivots 17, 18 on which the jaws 10, 11 swing, the openings in the ears 14, 15 being of sufficient size to permit the necessary play of the pivot pin 16. At their inner ends, the jaws are coupled by pivots 25, 26 to handles 27, 28, which are pivoted together at 29 and have stops 30, 31. Lugs 32, 33, 34, 35 having reversely-disposed V-shaped cutting-edges 36, 37, 38, 39 extend from the side faces of the jaws. The lugs on one side may be extended as shown in Fig. 5 and provided at their outer edges with blades 42, 43 having cutting-edges 44, 45. The distance between the terminals of the several pairs of cutting-edges vary so that the tool is suitable for nuts of various sizes. When the jaws are actuated, the strains are distributed between the ears 14, 15 and side plates 19, 20 so that in the event of the breakage of either, the tool would still be in operative condition.
Patent GB-190523570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Valves for Steering and like Engines.
Inventor: PATRICK FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 23,570. Patrick, F. W., and Harper, W. A. de R. Nov. 16. Steering-engines; valves, reversing. - Additional surfaces are provided upon the controlling-valves of steering and like engines to cover the admission and exhaust openings in the neutral position and so prevent leakage. Arrangements of piston and flat slide valves and rotary valves are described. When the valve E is in the central position, the surfaces G, H cover the inlet and exhaust ports B, D.
Patent GB-190614247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change-speed Mechanism.
Inventor: ROCKWELL ALBERT FENIMORE
Filed: 1906-06-21
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 14,247. Rockwell, A. F. June 21. Variable-speed gearing ; clutches.-In two-speed driving-mechanism, more particularly applicable to bicycles, the driving-sleeve 22 is formed with opposite internal and external screw threads 27, 28 to engage clutch members 29, 24, operated upon by springs 54, 57, of which the spring 54 by a backpedalling operation may be compressed or released to determine which clutch member shall move into engagement with its corresponding clutch part, and consequently which gear shall be in operation. With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, the spring 54 is not compressed so that the stronger action of the spring 57 causes the member 24 to engage and frictionally drive the hub direct. On back-pedalling slightly, a member 50 connected by slots 48 and ribs 49 to a sleeve 47 is turned by clutch pawls or balls 45 to disengage a tongue or tooth 51 from a deep notch 52 and move it into a shallower notch 53 in the fixed bearing- cone 17. The spring 57 is thus compressed, and on commencing to drive, the clutch parts 29, 32 come into engagement and the hub is turned at low speed through teeth 33, internal and external teeth upon an eccentric ring 38 and internal teeth 40 within the hub. To ensure that the clutch member 24 or 29, which may be moving into operation, shall carry the other clutch member out of engagement, the two parts are provided with flanges or abutments 55, 56
Patent GB-190620182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Burglar Alarm Systems.
Inventor: PREVETTE EDWARD ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-09-11
Abstract: 20,182. Prevette, E. A. Sept. 11. Alarms, burglar.-In a burglar alarm system, the door, window. &c. contacts are in circuit with an electro-magnetic switch or relay, which closes a second circuit through a number of bells, lamps, or other signalling-devices. The armature j, Fig. 2, of the switch is normally held away from the core by a weak spring m, which, when the armature is attracted, presses it against the core to maintain the contact closed, if the circuit of' the switch is again opened. The armature can be drawn away from the core by a cord u. When the switch a, Fig. 1, is energized by closing an alarm contact f, g, the armature j closes a circuit from the main h through the core of the magnet, armature j, bell y, lamps r, and switch s to the other main d.
Patent GB-190622361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 22,361. Moore, G. Oct. 10. Spring wheels.-In a wheel of the kind in which inverted members of U-section are applied to the rim to form a tread, resilient material being interposed, as described in Specification No. 20,018, A.D. 1905, the sides of each section are coupled inside the rim by cross-bars j, Fig. 1, which pass through the slotted spokes d<2>, or through a slotted central web inside the rim, or bear against the faces of the spokes d<3>, Fig. 6. The bolts may be shouldered or enclosed by distance-pieces, and are covered with sleeves of antifriction metal. Central cross-bars may be used alone or with the end ones.. The lower outer edge of each section is flanged to protect the nuts from the kerbstones.
Patent GB-190623962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: NUBAR BOGHOS PACHA
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 23,962. Nubar, Boghos Pacha. Oct. 27. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In wheels with elastic tyres formed of transverse elliptical springs carrying the tyre proper, a channel rim a, Figs. 2 and 3, enclosing a series of transverse elliptical springs b is formed of two plates, one detachable and in several parts, shaped so as to form a seating corresponding to the inner spring member when the latter reaches its elastic limit. At the same time, the outer spring member beds upon an elastic buffer f carried by a block d which, with a screw e, holds each spring in place. Clips i forming parts of the springs hold in place a studded tyre g resting upon a corrugated metal band h riveted to all the springs. Studs j prevent circumferential motion. The edges of the channel a guide the tyre g and, in case of fracture of the springs, serve to carry the wheel. In a modification, a radial helical compression spring is fitted within each elliptical spring.
Patent GB-190625614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rim Brakes for Cycles and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: OUBRIDGE WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 25,614. Oubridge, W. A., and Hillman, W. Nov. 13. Brakes for cycles and other road vehicles. To facilitate the repair of a tyre, or the removal of a wheel, the yokes of rim brakes, of spring metal and with slots f by which the yokes are guided on pins g, are pivotally connected at b<2> to the operating rod or lever, so that they may be readily detached from the pins and swung on the pivot clear of the tyre and rim. As shown in Fig. 1, in connexion with a rear-wheel brake, the short projection b<1> of the yoke a is pivoted to the bell-crank lever d, adjustment being effected by means of a nut i which is flatted at i' normally to engage a correspondingly-flatted looped end d<1> of the lever. After the depression or withdrawal of the nut from the lever, the nut may be rotated and the parts adjusted.