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Patent GB-190508579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving Gear for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1906-04-21
Abstract: 8579. Wheatley, W. H., [Ford Motor Co.]. April 22. Motor road vehicles.-In a change-speed and reversing gearing for motor road vehicles, sets of planetary gear-wheels 3, 4, 5 are mounted on axles 6 carried by a brake drum 2. The wheels 3, 4, 5 gear with wheels 9, 10, 11 mounted about the driving-shaft 1. The wheel 10 is fixed to the shaft 1, the wheel 9 is loose and is provided with a brake rim 18, and the wheel 11 is coupled to a sleeve 24 forming the driven member. The drum 2, which may form an oil-retaining casing.and may be cast in one piece, is mounted to run on shoulders or offsets of the wheels 9, 11. A leather-facedclamping- disk 30 engages a polygonal shoulder on a collar 32 adjustably mounted on a sleeve 33 fixed to the shaft 1. The disk 30 is moved by dogs 35 carried by the collar 32 and actuated by a cone 36. A leather-faced clamping-disk 21, secured to the shaft 1 and located in a housing formed by the connexions between the wheel 16 and the sleeve 24, is adapted to engage a flange on the wheel 11. If the cone 36 is brought into action, the wheels 9, 11 and the drum 2 are clamped between the disks 21, 30, and the driving and driven parts rotate at the same speed. By means of a brake 8 applied to the drum 2, the driven member rotates at a slower speed in the same direction ; on application of a brake 19 to the rim 18, the driven member rotates at a slow speed in the reverse direction. When all the parts are free as shown in Fig. 2, no movement is transmitted to the driven part. Motion may be transmitted from the sleeve 24 to a squared shaft 26 socketed in the sleeve. This shaft is made in two parts connected by a universal joint 27. A bearing 28 for the sleeve 24 is provided with a spherical enlargement which co-operates with a jacket 29 to form a casing for the joint. The shaft 1 is coupled to the hub of a fly-wheel 37 on the motor shaft 39, a distance-piece 38 preferably being interposed so as to allow the parts to be removed. The gearing is applicable for use in connexion with transmission gear of the type described in Specification No. 28,166, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190514880-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Protecting the Interior of Buildings and Objects against Fire and for Extinguishing Fire.
Inventor: SCHLUETER FRANZ
Filed: 1905-07-19
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 14,880. Schl³ter, F., Rausche, G., [trading as Special-Ges. f³r Beton und Monierbau F. Schl³ter], and Geusen, L. Nov. 7, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. By means other than water; buildings modified for fire - extinguishing; chemicals and substances for; fires, preventing.-P u 1- verulent mineral substances, such as sand, ashes, ground blast-furnace slag, &c., are stored in receptacles a, e, Fig. 1, above the places to be protected, and can be sprayed, automatically or otherwise, by means of suitable plugs, slides, valves, shaking-gratings, or the like, on to objects d stored on the floor, either to extinguish fire or to form a protective layer over inflammable or explosive materials.
Patent GB-190518502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slip-sheet Apparatus for Printing-presses
Inventor: FOSTER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 18,502. Foster, W. J. Sept. 13. Set-off, preventing.-Relates to a slip-sheet device in connexion with ordinary reciprocating delivery apparatus. The sheets are delivered by tapes 7, Fig. 2, to fingers 6 on a shaft 9, supported on a carriage 8, reciprocated by links 11,12 from a shaft 10. The slip sheets 17 are carried on a frame consisting o f parallel fingers 14, supported at one end by the the shaft 13 on the carriage 8, and at the other by a flexible cord 18, connected to an overhead support or to a travelling roller 19. The sheets rest against stops 22 and are loosely held by a. spring 21. As the carriage 8 returns from its extreme outer position as shown, the printed sheet is dropped on to the table 5, and at the same time the attendant draws off the top sheet from the pile 7 and allows it to fall vertically on to the face of the printed sheet.
Patent GB-190527198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo Electric Machines
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 27,198. Allgemeine Electricitõts-Ges. Jan. 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field magnets ; sparking, preventing. - In dynamoelectric machines and rotary transformers, the reversing-poles described in Specification No. 12,792, A.D. 1905, are improved by arranging the.holes and slots non-symmetrically with relation to the middle line of the pole. The reversing pole-piece may be in one piece with the field structure or separate therefrom. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the slots may be of equal or unequal width, the teeth in both cases decreasing in width from one side of the pole to the other. The slots may be filled up with non-magnetic material. In place of the non-symmetrically-arranged slots, the polepieces may be partly cut away and filled up. with alternate layers d, e, Fig. 3, of magnetic and non magnetic material, the latter increasing in width from left to right as shown. If desired, the whole pole-piece may be built up of alternate layers of magnetic and non-magnetic material as shown in Fig. 4. Layers of material of slight permeability may replace or be added to the non-magnetic layers. In a modification, Fig. 6, the pole-piece is cut away so that the air gap between it and the armature is of varying size. This arrangement may be combined with any of the forms in which slots or holes or non-magnetic materials are provided in the poles.
Patent GB-190600342-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to the Tremblers of Induction Coils.
Inventor: WATSON STANLEY JAMES
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 342. Watson, S. J., and Smith, G. H. Jan. 5. Switches. - The noise of vibration of the tremblers of induction coils is deadened, and the speed increased, by arranging the trembler to vibrate between two rubber washers upon an adjustable screw. As applied to a double trembler of known construction, comprising the trembler blade a and the hinged armature b held out of contact with the core B of the induction coil A by the spring c when the coil is not excited, a controlling-screw d, carrying two buffer rings e of india-rubber separated one from another by a distance-ring f, is screwed into the top of the coil box, in such a position that the free end of the armature b vibrates between the buffer rings.
Patent GB-190600808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fenders for Street Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BAUER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-01-11
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 808. Bauer, C. Jan. 11. Wheel guards and obstruction-removera.-A fender for street cars and other electrically and mechanically propelled vehicles consists of a U-shaped frame a, to the cross-bar c of which a bumper frame a' is pivoted. The inturned open ends of the frame a form pivots in the castings g, and one carries a disk j having slots k, u, the engagement wherein of the spring-restored bent lever l maintains the tray in the normal horizontal position or in the inoperative position shown in dotted lines. The lever l is operated by the pedal p and the linkages shown, and the tray, when released, is held down by the entry of the back member of the bumper frame in the lowest slot t of the rear guidepost s<1>. The frames are covered with netting &c., and wheels v are provided to bear on the ground. The inturned ends of the frame a are dropped into, and secured in, open slots in the castings g, so that the apparatus may be moved from one end of the car to the other. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the ends of the frame have flats to allow them to drop into narrow slots i<1>.
Patent GB-190607131-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Ventilator.
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 7131. Helliwell & Co., and Baynes, F. W. March 24. Ventilators; louvered &c. apparatus. - A ventilator for railway stations, theatres, factories, &c. consists of a series of S shaped louvers a, b, c, d, e fitted to a casing f, each louver consisting of a sheet of metal riveted to stampings or castings h. Alternate louvers a, c, e are fixed to the casing f, the intermediate ones b, d being secured to pivots g about which they turn, being operated by a rod j attached to links i connected to the stiffeners h. The rod j may be operated in any well-known manner.
Patent GB-190608647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sinking Wells or Shafts by the Freezing Process.
Inventor: UNGER GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 8647. Unger, G. April 10. Excavating, freezing ground for. -In sinking wells or shafts by the freezing process, arrangements are made whereby the action of the freezing-liquid may be confined to any desired zone. In one arrangement, the freezing-liquid is supplied through a tube a, Fig. 1, opening near the bottom of the ascending pipe b, the level d of the liquid being adjusted by the introduction of compressed air or other fluid through an opening c into the ascending tube and by the end of the tube e, through which the freezing- liquid passes away, being raised or lowered. In a modification, a heavier liquid is introduced into the tube b, Fig. 2, below the freezing-liquid, the -latter liquid being introduced through a pipe h and withdrawn through another pipe j. The lower level k of the freezing column is raised or lowered by the introduction or withdrawal of the heavier liquid, and the upper level n is adjusted by the introduction of compressed air through an opening m and by the pipe j being raised or lowered.
Patent GB-190609415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Signalling Apparatus for Railways and the like.
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 9415. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 21. Controlling and locking signals. - In electrically-operated signals, the clutching-device which operatively connects the motor with the signal arm is adapted to release a latch which normally locks the signal when in the danger position. A piece D on the semaphore shaft B carrying the actuating electro-magnets E is operatively connected to a wheel F driven by the motor by means of toggle-levers e, e<1> when the magnets are energized. A finger m, Fig. 6, on the lever e is simultaneously operated to lift a latch J, by which the signal is normally locked in the raised position, out of engagement with a catch L, Fig. 4, permitting the piece D and the shaft B to rotate to bring the signal to the clear position.
Patent GB-190610667-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion.
Inventor: THAXTER JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 10,667. Thaxter, J. H. May 7. Converting reciprocating into rotary motion. - A continuous rack a<1> is connected to a piston &c. by pivoted links c, c', Fig. 1, and has a rolling motion over a pinion which is mounted upon the shaft b<1> of a fly-wheel b. The parts are held in engagement by means of one or more rocking plates e, which are loosely mounted upon the shaft b<1>, and carry shoes d ... d<3>, adapted to bear on the upper and lower edges of the rack. With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the rack commencing its travel to the left, the link of the shoe d is vertical and keeps the two parts in mesh, a stop f of the plate e preventing the link from turning. At the end of its stroke, the semicircular end of the rack is engaged by the pinion and, at the same time, the shoe d tilts into the recess a<2> under the action of a spring g, Fig. 3, the rack mounting the pinion through the momentum of the fly-wheel. The link d<4> of the shoe d<3> meanwhile becomes vertical under the action of a second spring g', so that the pinion is held in mesh with the lower part of the rack during its return movement, until the shoe d<3> enters the recess a<3> and allows the link d<4> of the shoe to become again vertical. A third spring g<2> is preferably provided to facilitate the shoe rising from the inoperative position. To obtain a reverse drive, the plates e are turned until the shoes d', d<2> come into position to operate with the recesses a<3>, a<2>, respectively.
Patent GB-190614793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Periscopes for Submarine Boats
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 14,793. Lake, S. June 28. Periscopes; telemeters. - Relates to sighting-apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 910, A.D. 1903. On the primary tube section 2, containing a number of wideangle objectives 9, is mounted a secondary tube section 5, which contains a narrow-angle objective 16 serving to throw an enlarged image of a sighted object into one of the eyepieces 64, 65. A telemetric device is fitted in the eyepiece 64. A reflector 47, Fig. 6, pivoted in the transverse casing 57 may be turned by the lever 48 so that it reflects the image thrown down the secondary tube section upon either of the prisms 60, which direct it into the eyepieces. The lever 48 is connected by a cord 42 with a lens 37 which is mounted in a sliding frame, so that the power of the objective is varied, simultaneously with the turning of the reflector. The telemetric device, Fig. 10, consists of two glass gauge-bars 81, 82, which move in opposite directions upon turning the adjusting-nuts 78. When the edges of the bars enclose the image of an object of known size, the scale 84 indicates its distance. An object may be brought into the field of view by adjusting the pivoted reflector 19, which is connected by a cord 24 with an external lever 30. The images thrown downwards by the reflectors 10 are again reflected by the mirror 11, and they are viewed simultaneously through the glass front 13. A lens 69 and a prism 71 may be so arransed that a magnified view is obtained through the eyepiece 73 of objects astern of the vessel.
Patent GB-190618892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pliers.
Inventor: CHAPPEL JAMES MOCK
Filed: 1906-08-23
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 18,892. Chappel, J. M. Aug. 23. Pliers and cutters.-Cutting-pliers are provided with projections 7 on their cutting-edges for preventing the edges from jamming against each other. The front faces of the jaws are at rightangles to the axis of the tool, and the inner faces 6 are inclined to the front faces. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, a projection 12 is situated at the centre of each jaw.-
Patent GB-190620090-A (GB)
Title: Fishing Rod Holder
Inventor: KAY HENRY
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 20,090. Kay, H., and Grumpt, O. Sept. 10 No Patent granted (Seading fee not paid). Rod rests and holders.-Relates to rests or holders for fishing - rod-. The handle of the rod is placed between the pivoted clamps D with the outer part of the rod resting in a fork at the end of an arm A pivoted to the fixed arm B. The weight of the rod causes a similar fork at the other end of the arm A to engage with the clamps D pressing them tightly against the rod. The angle of slope can be adjusted by means of a pin G and a number of holes in the arm B.
Patent GB-190624656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mechanically Operated Brushes for Cleaning Bottles and the like.
Inventor: DAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 24,656. Day, J. W., Gill, J. A., Moss, W., and Moss, T. Nov. 3. Cleaning bottles.-The brush spindle a of a bottle - washing machine is provided with an adjustable stop d to prevent a bottle from being pushed more than a predetermined distance over the brush. In one form, the stop is pressed forward by a spring g bearing upon a fixed block h and is faced with india-rubber e.
Patent GB-190706624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Pile Fabrics.
Inventor: BEATTIE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 6624. Beattie, W. H. March 19. Pile fabrics; carpets.-In pile fabrics of the tapestry, Brussels, or velvet carpet type, in which the tufts D are formed over wires, two sets of binding-warps E, E<1> are employed. The warps E bind in the tuft-carrying upper wefts A, and the warps E<1> bind in the other upper wefts A<1>, while both binding-warps bind in the wefts C below the stuffer warps B. The warps E, E<1> are arranged on opposite sides of the tufts.
Patent GB-190706895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush Holders for Dynamo Electric Machines
Inventor: TINGLEY EGBERT MOORE
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 6895. Tingley, E. M. April 4, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Brush-holders.-A radial carbon brush-holder 1, shown in section and rear elevation in Figs. 1 and 3, has a passage 6 open at 7 for ventilation, and is attached to the machine by a ribbed projection 2 so as to cover the minimum amount of commutator. To prevent the spring 11 from overheating, it is separated from the brush 3 by a porcelain or other insulating-block 12. A screw 10 prevents the brush from dropping out and secures one end of the lead 9, the other end of which is attached to a clip 14 under the nut 19, which secures the upper spring abutment 13 in place by causing projections on a plate 16 to enter notches formed on the casing 1. Fig. 9 shows an alternative form of the clip 14 having a corrugated head, the ribs of which engage the wings of the nut 19 to prevent it from working loose on its screw 15. A sliding contact may be used to make a connexion between the spring support and the inside of the brush box.
Patent GB-190714665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines
Inventor: EDWARDS ALEXANDER GORDON
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 14,665. Edwards, A. G. June 25. Movable - abutment type having rotating abutments. In a simple rotary abutment engine, the steam is admitted and exhausted at both ends through annular ports which communicate with annular chambers inside the piston. The admission chamber communicates with the working chamber by a port behind the piston, and the exhaust chamber by a port before it. A cut-off plate 15 is fitted into each annular admission port. It is secured by a screw which passes through a slot in the casing so that the position of the plate may be adjusted.
Patent GB-190715073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Files or Temporary Binders for Letters and the like.
Inventor: BAILEY JOSHUA
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 15,073. Bailey, J. July 1. Filing papers &c.-Relates to a file or temporary binder for letters &c. employing metal tapes which pass through holes in the letters &c. Secured to the fold c<2> of a manilla cover folded as in Fig. 3 is a plate r having holes r' through which the metal tapes t pass. The edges r<2> of the plate are bent over to form a guide for the reception of the head t', t<2> of each tape. Each head may be restrained to move in one half of the guide, and by adjusting the position of the heads the length of the tapes may be varied according to the quantity of letters &c. to be held in the cover. The ends of the tapes pass through holes l<3> in a plate l secured to the fold c<3> of the cover. The edges of the plate are bent over to provide a guide for strips s, which may be slid by means of their knobs s' so as to conceal the ends of the tapes. The cover may be folded as shown at c<5>, Fig. 12, in order to provide means for perforating the letters &c., rings d being arranged to co-operate with punches d'.
Patent GB-190718203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Drums Tambourines Bats & the like
Inventor: POLAND CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 18,203. Poland, C. Aug. 12. Battledores.-The " drum skin " a, of skin, sheet' metal, celluloid, or the like, is provided with a vertically flanged edge b and is inserted tightly into the stretching-hoop d so that the outside of the vertical flange is approximately flush with the edge of the hoop, the edge of the hoop, together with the flange of the drum skin, being then tightly rolled inwards.
Patent GB-190720128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Connections for Multiple Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: EISENSTEIN SIMON
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-05-05
Abstract: 20,128. Eisenstein, S. Sept. 9. Telegraphs.-In multiplex wireless telegraphy, the antenna is constructed in a number of branches which are utilized either separately or together for sending messages of different wave-lengths, the separate branches being connected with counterweights or earthed condensers. The vibration circuit A, Fig. 1, is tuned to the antenna system consisting of the aerial L and counterweight G, and at the potential-node P of this system stem is connected through a spark gap F the second branch of the antenna, which is connected with the vibration circuit B. Since the connexion is made at a potential-node, the second branch P F B E has no influence on the waves radiated by the system L A P G, but the aerial L and counterweight G act as a common antenna with the earth E for the vibration circuit B. The earth-connexion may be replaced by a counterweight, and a third vibration circuit can then be connected to the potential-node of the system P F B E. Fig. 5 shows the arrangement of three vibration circuits A, B, C, in which the potential-nodes P<1>, P<2>, P<3> are connected to earthed condensers C', C<2>, C<3>, the spark-gaps being dispensed with in this case.
Patent GB-190721167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switches for Electric Circuits
Inventor: PIRDSCHUN ERICH
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 21,167. Pirdschun, E. Sept. 24. Switches.-A switch in which all the contacts are insulated is provided with a cover h to prevent accidental touching of the contacts. On the base a, contact-springs c arranged in pairs are mounted on insulating-blocks d. The circuits are closed by means of blades carried by a non-conducting slide f. In the casing h is a slot i, which forms a guide for a projection on the slide f; a pin k connected to the slide engages with the lever l, which is retained in the closed position by a spring o and returned to the ' off ' position by a spring p.
Patent GB-190721313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compound Cords used in the Manufacture of Cord-fabrics.
Inventor: SLOPER THOMAS
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-09-28
Abstract: 21,313. Sloper, T. Sept. 26. Bands.-A compound cord or band used in the manufacture of cord-fabrics for hose pipes and pneumatic tyres of the kind described in Specification No. 753, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Wheels &c.], in which cords of oblong or like section are employed, is made by securing side by side two or more cords of different degrees of extensibility and of the same or different diameters. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the compound cord consists of only two members A, B secured together either by a binding thread C, as described in Specification No. 26,183, A.D. 1902, or by rubber cement D. In Fig. 7, one of the members E is of larger section than the other E<1> and is flattened. In Fig. 9, three members F, F<1>, F<2> of different diameter are used and arranged to form a compound cord of wedge section. The cord is built into the fabric edgeways, and, in the case of a fabric of arch shape, the member of least extensibility may be placed on the inner side, and that of greatest extensibility on the outer side of the curve, so as to equalize the strain in the individual members. The difference in extensibility may be obtained by any suitable means, such as varying the twist given to the fibres of each member, or, in the case of rubbered cords, the quantity of rubber employed with the fibre.