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Patent GB-190500154-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Indicating the Height of Water in the Tanks of Locomotive Tenders.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-01-03
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 154. Spencer, A. Jan. 3. Water levels, indicating.-For indicating the height of water in the tanks of locomotive tenders, the float device shown in Fig. 1 is employed. Fig. 4 shows an enlargement of a detail. Water is supplied from the tank A by the curved pipe i<1> to the vertical tubular chamber a; in which a float f bearing a graduated stem g is situated. The float chamber is open to the atmosphere. The float is prevented from rising until an indication of the height of the water is desired, by means of the slide d, which when withdrawn from the cover c allows the rod attached to the float to rise. The amount of water in the tank is then indicated by the scale marked on the rod.
Patent GB-190500963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas-cocks.
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 963. Gl³hlicht Ges. " Union " Oct. 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Plug cocks; casings; actuating valves and cocks. -Relates to a gas cock of that kind which comprises a fixed spigot b, forming the gas nozzle, and a casing h rotatable about the spigot and forming the cut-off device, the casing being connected with a ratchet-wheel adapted to be operated by an electro-magnetic device, contained in a box k, or by other means. The usual interior recesses g in the casing h, by which the orifices or ducts e,j are put into communication with each other are, according to this invention, made to extend around the entire circumference of the casing h, and a tight joint between the spigot and the casing h is preferably made by providing the central aperture n in the box k with an annular flange o extending downwardly, and adapted to be pressed tightly against the sleeve h by an outer nozzle m or by a nut.
Patent GB-190504360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to Railway or other Wagons or Trucks.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 4360. Spencer, A. March 2. Hand-hole doors and frames. - An inspection and ventilation opening at the base of a cattle truck is closed by a cover g resting on the top bead f of the f r a m e and pivoted at its lower end on a pin k.
Patent GB-190506731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paint Brushes.
Inventor: BECKERT MAX
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 6731. Beckert, M. March 30. Paint brushes; self-feeding brushes; reservoir brushes ; bristles, fixing; stocks. -Paint is supplied from a reservoir handle bymeans of a funnel b, Fig. 3, to a distributing- chamber c detachably connected to a sleeve g, fixed to a stockf, and having radiating nozzles e, Figs. 2 and 3. The mouths of the nozzles are cut angularly as shown in Fig. 3, so as to feed paint evenly to the bristles. The outer surface of the sleeve g is corrugated so as better to retain the bristles.
Patent GB-190515908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspension Springs for Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: MANS ALBERT
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 15,908. Mans, A. Aug. 3. Springs.-The object is to avoid the production of jerks during the reaction of the bearing-spring of a motor or other vehicle, the device being an improvement on that described in Specification No. 3925, A.D. 1905. The axle b is connected by a chain 9, to a piston 8, which can move in a tube 1, fastened to the vehicle frame a under the action of a compression spring, or of compression springs 6, 7 of different strengths. The initial compression may be given to the springs, before the chain is fastened to the axle, by screwing a bolt 11 through a cap 3 on the tube 1, the bolt being then removed. The device may be arranged vertically.
Patent GB-190516152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Card Stop for Time Recorders.
Inventor: DEY JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-08
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 16,152. Dey, J., and Dey, A. Aug. 8. Time - checking apparatus for workmen. In an automatic device for positioning a record-card in one direction, of the type described in Specificatinn No. 15,977, A.D. 1905, the actuating-pawl is withdrawn immediately after operation, allowing its rack to drop on to a holding-pawl. The card rests in a holder on a stop 12, Fig. 1, which is connected to a rack. This rack is elevated step by step by a cam 22 on a clock-driven shaft which depresses an arm of a rocking shaft 29. The cam, shaped as shown, is pivoted to a disk, and works between two stoppins 23, 24 thereon. This enables the cam shaft to be turned backwards without affecting the rocking shaft. This shaft 29 is rocked against a spring fastened to a second arm 34, and carries the actuating-pawl 37 of the rack, mounted in a yoke at one end, as shown in Fig. 2. This pawl is pressed towards the rack by a spring 39, and coacts with a similar holding-pawl 43. The actuating-pawl raises the rack slightly beyond the point at which the holding-pawl engages, and then is withdrawn at once by a trip-lever 51, thus dropping the rack on to the holding-pawl. This is to avoid a slight alteration of the position of the record before the holding-pawl engages, due to the gradual lowering of the actuating-pawl through rotation of the cam. The trip-lever 51 engages the bent end 40 of the actuating-pawl, and is pulled into action by a link 50, connected to a spring-pulled lever 48, shown in Fig. 1, this lever being turned slightly by a pin on the cam 22 immediately after the actuating-pawl has raised the rack one step. This trip-lever is also used to restore the rack to its lower position, a pin 55 at the bottom of the rack lifts the trip-lever so that when pulled by its link 50 it disengages both the actuating and the holding pawl. The position of the stop may be shown by an indicator drum 56 rotated as shown from the rack above mentioned, aud bearing. for example, the days of the week. A grip 62 may be provided upon the connecting-sleeve for manual adjustment.
Patent GB-190516903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Railway Fog-signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: SKELTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 16,903. Skelton, W., and Chudleigh, H. de J. Aug. 21. Detonator apparatus; fog and audible signals.- The arms A of the detonator apparatus described in Specification No. 8747, A.D. 1905, are each fitted with a n eccentricallypivoted lever a<1> forming a selfclosing gripper for the tang C of the detonator. A special detonator, Fig. 3, has the nipples or anvils b for the percussion caps held on to the base of the detonator by a plate which is passed through and bent over, forming taugs b<3>. This prevents scattering of the parts on explosion.
Patent GB-190517828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Furnaces with Bars and Ingots of Steel and the like.
Inventor: WINDER BARTLETT WRANGHAM
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 17,828. Winder, B. W. Sept. 4. Ingot-heating furnaces.-Relates to means by which bars or ingots of steel &c. can be passed through heating-furnaces, the bars being turned over during the progress. Beneath the platform F in the furnace are transverse shafts H carrying pairs of cams I, shaped as shown, and driven by worm gearing. A bar is put in through the opening D, lifted by the first pair of cams, turned over, and deposited on the platform. It is then lifted by the second pair, and again turned over and deposited. Finally, the bars are withdrawn through the opening E. The shafts and cams may be water-cooled.
Patent GB-190519811-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pocket Case of Cutlery.
Inventor: MUENSTER MAX VON
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 19,811. M³nster, M. von, Kohn, H., and Sauter, F. Oct. 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spoons.-The handles a, b of a folding knife and fork form the two halves of a case holding a spoon d. The knife blade and the prongs of the fork fold into their respective handles, which are formed with a hollow space to hold the folding spoon. The handles are held together by a projection k on one entering a hole h in the other and by a pivoted ring r catching over projections i.
Patent GB-190525992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furniture Castors
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 25,992. Hoskins & Sewell, and Lawrence, A. Dec. 14. Castors.-Separable, two-part castors have, upon the upright pivot portion carried by the detachable horn piece, a spring- sided cup, which, when the two parts are put together, snaps into and engages an annular groove round the outside of the bearing-sleeve. As shown applied to the leg k of a bedstead, into the foot of which is secured a bearing-sleeve e, the foot-end a', Fig. 1, of the pivot a carries a rotatable spring-sided cup b with turned-in edges b<1> adjacent to the top side of the horn c. When the pivot portion is inserted within the socket portion, the turned-in edges of the spring cup snap over the rounded end of the socket and engage in the annular groove e<1>, the hemispherical bearing f on the top of the inside of the socket bearing within the correspondingly-shaped cup h in the top of the pivot. The bearing-surfaces may be the lower end of the socket and the inside bottom of the spring- sided cup. In a modification, the lower end of the sleeve is turned in, and engages in a groove upon the outside of the spring cup.
Patent GB-190602046-A (GB)
Title: A Road Indicator for Use with Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: WILLET MORITZ
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 2046. Willet, M. Jan. 26. Bearings, instruments for determining. -Relates to apparatus of the kind in which a moving map indicates the position of a car at any time. Means are provided for checking the travel of map at the bends in the roads, and contacts are arranged on the map to operate bells when the car approaches a bend in the road or obstacle, incline, &c. A map of the course to be traversed, on a sheet 5, is wound on rollers 13, 14, and passes over drums 3 provided with teeth 4, which work in holes 12 in the band 5 and so drive it. A worm 20 on one of the vehicle wheels 19 drives a worm-wheel 21, which, through gear-wheels 22, 23, drives a disk 24, of insulating-material, thus periodically bringing a metal piece 25 into contact with a spring 26, and completing the circuit of electromagnets 10, each of which then attracts its armature 9, and so, through a lever 8 and pawl 7, operates a ratchetwheel 6 on the shaft 2'which carries the drum 3. The wheel 6 is prevented from turning more than one tooth by another pawl 11. The position of the car is shown by the intersection 18 of an horizontal line 17 on the transparent window 16 with the line representing the road on the map. To prevent the map from travelling forwards when the car is at a bend in the road, the corresponding slots 12 in the edge of the band 5 are made longer, so that the teeth 4 do not drive the band until they reach the end of the slots. To warn the driver of bends in the road, inclines, obstacles, &c., metal pieces 32 are attached at the corresponding points on the edges of the band, and bells 31 are rung when these make contact with springs 33. When the band is completely unwound from the roller 13, the pawls 7, 11 are put out of action by arms 41 on shafts 40 operated by handles 42, and the band is then wound back on the roller 13 by a handle 34.
Patent GB-190603430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Muscular Exercising Machines
Inventor: HAMMOND ROBERT O CONNER
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 3430. Hammond, R. O'C. May 23, 1905, [date applied for under .Patents Act, 1901]. Exercising-apparatus.- An electric exercising- apparatus is constructed of conducting cords 20, Fig. 1, attached to weights 15, which are vertically reciprocated over guide-rods 13 forming part of a fixed or suspended frame. A magneto-electric g e n erator is arranged in one weight, and its armature is provided with a pulley 17, around which a cord 20 passes. A similar pulley 18, Fig. 4, is mounted in the other weight. The cords 20 pass around pulleys in the top of the frame, and are connected to conducting handles. One cord 20 is connected to one electric pole, the other pole being connected to the other weight by means of a conductor such as 26, which may pass through an opening in a base. plate 12. As the cords 20 are pulled out, the weights are raised, the armature is rotated to work the generator, and the currents so produced are transmitted through the user. The construction of the apparatus may be varied.
Patent GB-190603495-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Circulation Accelerator and Deflector for Hot Water Heating Systems.
Inventor: FAIRBURN-HART WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 3495. Hart, W. Fairburn-, [Wheelock, F. H., Offterdinger, H. T., and Fenton, D. H.]. Feb. 13. Burners, applications of.-The heating-pipe 6 of a radiator is surrounded by a burner provided with a jacket having air inlets 13 and a draught regulator 14.
Patent GB-190603919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings & Sealing Devices for Baskets, Boxes and the like.
Inventor: FREE JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 3919. Free, J. Feb. 17. Fastenings, hook, spring-catch, and seal. Relates to fastening and sealing devices for baskets, boxes, and the like. Hooks d, Fig. 1, on a rod c on the underside of the lid pass through, and engage beneath, spring catches k, shown separately in Fig. 6, attached to the body of the basket. By means of a handle f attached to the rod c, the rod may be rotated to disengage the hooks. The handle is acted upon by a spring j beneath it, and is held down by a sliding bolt g which passes across it and engages a recess i. When the hooks are disengaged, a spike e on the rod c perforates a paper or other seal n, which is placed within a metal frame inside the lid and is secured by a spring clip n<2>. A hole n<3> in the lid, covered with celluloid or other transparent material, permits inspection of the seal. The seal n is placed in position, the handle f is pressed down and bolted by the bolt g, and some sealing-wax is placed in a hole m at the heel of the bolt while the lid is open. The lid is then ready for closing when required, the hooks passing beneath the catches ; the lid can only be opened by breaking the seals and rotating the bar c.
Patent GB-190604773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Swithces, Rheostats or Controllers for Electric Motors.
Inventor: HOLMES ALFRED
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 4773. Holmes, A., Holmes, J. H., Holmes, L. W., and Holmes, E., [trading as Holmes & Co., J. H.], and Ralph, G. J. Feb. 27. Switches.-In motor starting or controlling switches, a bar or lever hinged to and carried bodily by the advancing arm is constrained to rock or turn backwards and forwards across the direction of movement, thus retarding the advance and causing momentary stoppage of the arm at each contact-step. The shape of the bar or lever is such that it can return freely to the 'off' position. Several modifications are described. In that of Fig. 1, a bar 3, hinged approximately at right-angles to the contact-arm and projecting through a slot 2 in the cover 1 with toothed edges, carries the handle at the outer end. The rear part of the bar 3 is of rounded section, and the front is horned, as shown, or straight, and so wide that alternate rocking movements must be given in the direction D in order to advance the handle, while it can return unassisted when released from the 'on' position. Other forms of slot involving bars of different sectional shape are shown in Figs. 6 and 8. For the latter case, the bar, Fig. 9, is made partly rotatable about a longitudinal axis 9<b>. In another modification, two raised parallel racks with staggered saw-like teeth lie in the line of advance of a plate carried by the rocking handle, which is moved from side to side in order to clear one tooth from each rack alternately. The plate is spring- mounted so as to yield to reverse movement of the switch and pass over the tops of the teeth. In other modifications, the handle is pierced with a zigzag bore, as in Fig. 15, through which must pass successively the ends of a series of pins fixed on the cover, or on the base-plate when there is no cover. The shape of the teeth 15, 16 allows the handle and arm to return freely.
Patent GB-190610225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Corsets
Inventor: COTS MARCELINO
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 10,225. Cots, M. May 1. Drawings to Specification. Corsets are made from the skin of animals, tanned or otherwise suitably treated for the purpose. ' [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 12,000, A.D. 1889.]
Patent GB-190611224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Squeegees" for Photographic Purposes
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 11,224. Wilkinson, J., and Wilkinson, A. May 14. Squeegees.-The frame is constructed to prevent the bearing from cutting through the pin supporting the roller, an extended bearing being provided for the pin. The bearing- part a<1> may be widened out as in Fig. 2, or coiled or folded round as shown in Fig. 4, or extended as shown in Fig. 6, so that the pin rests and takes a bearing on the part a<2>,
Patent GB-190612711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Forge and Smithy Hammers.
Inventor: GIBBS GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 12,711. Gibbs, G. J. May 31. Fluid pressure hammers.- A cut-off valve b placed in the supply pipe of a fluid-pressure hammer, for example, of the type described in Specification No. 15,669, A.D. 1905, is opened automatically by the hammer bead in its raised position, a projection k acting through levers- and links on a rod d beneath the valve stem. The lower end of the cylinder A has a separate supply pipe M. To enable the hammer to grip work, the valve b may be perforated by a leakage passage, or the handlever S in an extreme position may open a valve v controlling a small supply pipe w. In a modified arrangement, the valve b is placed in the passage J. The valve is a check valve and permits the passage of the exhaust steam. The second supply pipe M is then unnecessary. In some cases, the cut-off valve controls the supply to the lower end of the cylinder also.
Patent GB-190613718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balls applicable for Golf and other purposes.
Inventor: MILLWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-15
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 13,718. Millward, W. June 15. Grant of Patent refused. Balls.-The c e n t ra l core C of rubber-cored balls for golf &c. is made of a soft plastic or semiplastic material, such as a composition consisting of glue or gelatin mixed with molasses, glycerine, honey, or oil. A plastic core may also be obtained by treating a suitable gum or wax, or a mixture of gums or waxes, with a solvent which will not affect rubber. The core C may be encased in a sheath D of rubber. The ball is completed in the usual way. -
Patent GB-190703434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Milk Cans to House Doors
Inventor: PALMER EDMUND HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 3434. Palmer, E. H. G. Feb. 12. Fastenings for securing milk cans to house doors: The device comprises a metal plate adapted to slide in contact with the inside of the door upon two nails F, Fig. 2, which pass through slots E ic the plate. The edge of the opening D in the sliding plate engages a notch B, Fig. 1, at the end of the metal rod or wire A, which is attached to the can handle, and is passed through a hole in the door. According to the Provisional Specification, two holes are bored through the door to receive points of the fastener.
Patent GB-190706080-A (GB)
Title: A Food Substitute for Rearing Young Cattle and having the same Nutrition as Whole Milk, and a Process for Preparing the same.
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 6080. Marks, E. C. R., [Schwartz, W.]. March 13. Manures.-An insoluble residue obtained in making a calf food from molasses, peat moss, or similar substance containing humic acid, and skim milk, is used as a manure.
Patent GB-190707026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrashing Machines.
Inventor: MARSHALL HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 7026. Marshall, H. J. March 23. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Thrashing-machines. - In order to separate any grain present in the straw as the latter leaves the thrashing - machine, forks a with prongs a<1> are superposed on the shakers i, being hinged or pivoted at one end h to the shakers and supported at the other end by rods b attached to the reciprocating shoe c so that they receive an irregular tossing and jerking motion. The vertical motion of the forks may be regulated by attaching the rods b to either of the joints e, f, g, or the upper ends of the rods may be adjustable in slots formed in the prongs a'.
Patent GB-190708972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Bent or Curved Bunsen Tubes of Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: BRAY ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 8972. Bray, A. April 18. Incandescent gas burners.-The lower portion C of the bore of the bent mixing-tube of an inverted burner is tapered towards the nipple either by contracting the tube or by inserting an internally - tapered porcelain, metal, or other sleeve D.
Patent GB-190709851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Maximum Demand Electric Indicators.
Filed: 1907-04-27
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 9851. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 27. Current meters.-A maximum-demand indicator, in which the current heats a bulb 14 and causes a liquid in a U-tube to overflow into a measuring- tube 16, has a liquid seal 26 in one or each limb for preventing passage of gas during re-setting of the instrument and during transportation. Constrictions 21, 22 and gas traps 23, 24 may be provided as usual. If, however, a small bubble of gas is caught below the constriction in the limb 13 of the U-tube, an error will be introduced, and the liquid seal is intended to prevent the gas from passing the constriction. It consists, as shown, of a bent tube leading into a short branch tube 26. The U-tube is held by a strap 12 on a base 11, hinged to terminals 3, 4 by members 9, 10 which also serve as conductors ; the seal is arranged at the back of the U-tube, so that, when the lower part of the tube is tilted upwards for re-setting, the seal will be on the underside of the U-tube.
Patent GB-190715663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rifle- or Carbine-carrying Attachments for Mounted Troops.
Inventor: CROCKER SYDNEY FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,663. Crocker, S. F. July 8. Equipments and accoutrements.- Relates to rifle or carbine-carrying attachments for mounted troops, of the kind in which the barrel is passed through a loop attached to the waist belt, the butt is carried by a bucket supported by the saddle, and the trigger guard is connected by a strap to the waist belt. The loop 13, Figs. 3 and 4, mounted on a runner 12 on the waist belt 10, is made with a neck 13<a> of sufficient length to keep the barrel away from the rider's back. The strap 16 is passed through the triggerguard and the loose end 18 attached to the waist belt, the other end being permanently attached to the waist belt. The bucket 1, Figs. 1 and 2, is supported by straps 2, 3, placed a short way down the the side, and is secured by a short strap 5, which is stiffened by a piece of steel and is provided with a flexible continuation 6 to be buckled to the girth. A long strap 8, to be attached to the girth strap on the off-side, is provided to steady the bucket.