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Patent GB-190419435-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Driving the Tin Drums or Spindle-driving Cylinders of Self-acting Mules and other Spinning Twisting, Winding and like Machines.
Inventor: TAYLOR WALKER
Filed: 1904-09-09
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 19,435. Taylor, W. Sept. 9. Tin rollers; driving -arrangements.- The tin roller is arranged to be driven in either direction as desired, so that the direction of rotation of the spindles may be reversed without the necessity of changing the driving-bands. The tin drum or cylinder b, with an attached grooved pulley d, is mounted loosely on the shaft a and prevented from moving endways by collars &c., while a grooved pulley e is secured to the shaft a. On a shaft c is mounted a similar pair of pulleys, of which one e<1> is secured to the shaft, while the other d' is loose. Clutches f, h, operated by a forked lever i pivoted at the centre, are mounted on shafts a, c respectively, and are so formed that they are always in engagement with the fast pulleys e, e<1> and are out of engagement with one or the other of the pulleys d, d' alternately. The pulleys e, e<1> are connected by an open band, and the pulleys d, d<1> by a crossed one. The angular sides of the grooved pulleys are provided with indentations or receeses to increase the gripping effect. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the loose tin roller b is connected with the rotating shaft by means of the clutch f, or is driven through the three bevelwheels n, r, m, of which the first is fast on the shaft, the third is fast on the loose tin roller, and the second is mounted on a bracket in such a manner that it can be moved into or out of engagement with the others as required. The clutch is operated by the pivoted lever o, screw p, and a handle, and consists of a boss having lugs or fingers projecting from each end thereof, which engage with apertures in the pulleys d, e, the fingers on one end being longer than those on the other so that they always remain in engagement with the corresponding wheel or pulley. The Provisional Specification describes another method, in which a series of gears, carried by a pivoted frame and operated by hand, places one or other of two gear wheels into engagement with a gear wheel fast on the tin-drum shaft and moves the other gear wheel clear thereof.
Patent GB-190420687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washers for Waterproofing Bolt Holes in Corrugated Metal Sheeting.
Inventor: PRICE FRANK GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-26
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 20,687. Price, F. G. Sept. 26. Washers; bolts.-To make water-tight joints for bolt holes in corrugated metal sheeting, washers are made of a convex or dome-shaped form by pressing &c. from metal discs of such thickness and elasticity that, in screwing up the bolts &c., the washers may be distorted to adapt themselves to the curved surface of the sheet to which they are applied. The convex washer 1 is provided with a lip 2 around the bolt hole to engage the head of the bolt 4. To make a better joint, the edge of the washer, and also the lip, may be coated or otherwise covered with lead or other soft metal. An annular groove or recess 3, Fig. 5, may be provided in the head of the bolt to receive the lip 2 of the washer.
Patent GB-190423784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: EDWARDS GEORGE
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-11-03
Abstract: 23,784. Edwards, G. Nov. 3. Steam &c. turbines.-Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a turbine of the Parsons' type, in which the blades are arranged on concentric barrels, the steam or other fluid passing through the several sets of blades alternately in opposite directions. The casing is made in semicylindrical sections, bolted together through flanges 13, tongued and grooved as shown at 15 to prevent lateral movement. The outer sections are eccentric to the shaft, as shown in Fig. 2, to provide an exhaust conduit which increases in crosssection towards the outlet 43. One of the lower sections of the casing has flanges resting on, and bolted to, supporting- pedestals 41. The rotor is built of sections, the inner one 2 being keyed to the shaft, provided with insulating air spaces 11, and covered with asbestos or other non-conductor 12. This section 2 has cylindrical extensions 3 to which are attached rings of blades 4 moving between rings of fixed guide-blades 18 secured to cylindrical extensions 17 of the casing. These extensions 17 are bevelled to receive binding-rings 21, and carry guide-blades 19 on their outer surfaces. These blades 19 co-act with blades 25 secured to cylindrical extensions of a ring 22 made in halves, and secured by bolts 27 to the central section 2, which is grooved at 23 to receive it. These extensions are bevelled to receive binding- rings. Outer rings 36, 37 are built up to enlarge the wheel in a similar way, the outer one having binding-rings 42 shrunk on or otherwise secured. The motive fluid is supplied to both sides of the wheel by pipes 56, and perforations may be made in the wheel to balance the pressures on the two sides. Deflecting-blades 38 are provided in the reversing-passages between the sets of blades. If the turbine is to be reversible, suitable blades are carried by the rings 42 or by the outer section of the wheel, and are supplied with steam from nozzles at the centre or at the sides.
Patent GB-190501300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switches, Controllers and the like.
Inventor: SOAR ARTHUR BURGESS
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 1300. Soar, A. B., and Joeh H. F. Jan. 23. Cut-outs; switches.-In motor-starting or other switches with a hold-on magnet, the latter is caused to release the switch-arm, when an overload occurs, by attracting a second armature of lower reluctance which shunts the magnetic lines from the hold-on armature and in addition gives it a mechanical shock. In some cases the mechanical shock may be the chief factor in releasing. The electro-magnet E holds an armature D<2> on a retractile spring arm D, which, when released, strikes against the freely-pivoted switch-arm B, or a rubber &c. stop thereon, and returns it to the ' off ' position. An overload draws up the hinged or pivoted armature F, controlled by a weight Fl and adjustable in position by a screw G in a bracket G'. A pin E<3>, preferably non-magnetic, working in a hole in the pole-piece E<1>, transmits a slight push to the hold-on armature D<2>, and aids the release. In modifications, the armature D is attached directly to the arm B, which may be spring-controiled ; the armature F may be spring-controlled and adapted to move horizontally ; and pins such as E<3> may be placed in both pole-pieces, or other mechanical release used instead.
Patent GB-190504971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compounds and Processes for Fireproofing Textile Fabrics and the like
Inventor: WALKER WILLIAM MORTON
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 4971. Walker, W. M. March 9. Size.-A fire-proofing solution, consisting chiefly of ammonium sulphate, is used for treating fabrics, theatrical scenery, wearing-apparel, curtains, upholstery, linen, stage costumes, paper, and the like. In making starch, the proportions used are 1-1¢ oz. of starch, 2 oz. of ammonium sulphate, and, optionally, a little borax or alum, to 1 pint of water, or, for sizing, 1 lb. of size to a pint of water containing 4 oz. of ammonium sulphate. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1657, A.D.' 1872, No. 1458, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Cements &c.], and No. 16,372, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190506567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Controlled Electric Switches
Inventor: LITTLE HENRY CLAY
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 6567. Little, H. C. March 28. Switches.-Timeswitches, for controlling lighting-circuits such as those for signs &c., close a circuit for a certain number of hours during the day, and open it for the remaining hours,. giving a variation of order each week as desired. As shown applied to an advertisement sign to be lit during certain hours on weekdays only, an arbor 21, Fig. 1, journalled in a base 20, carries an arm 23 of a knife switch, 24 being the corresponding spring clips. On the arbor are placed two arms 25, 26 having rollers 27 on each end, the arbor being rotated by the train 28, 29 and spring 30. A controlling-arbor 32, Fig. 3, carries a finger co-operating with a stationary index 44, and is rotated by a spring and train of wheels, and upon it are mounted disks 37, 38, Fig. 1, each having a notch 39, Fig. 7, and a milled adjustable wheel 40, 41, Fig. 1, on its hub for the purpose of setting the time device. The wheel 38 carries a smaller seven-toothed wheel 47 upon which is a piece 45, Fig. 7, overlapping one of the seven spaces and adapted in its movement to complete the arc of the notched wheel 38. The arbor 32 is rotated once in twenty-four hours. The arms 25, 26, Fig. 1, co-operate with the notched wheels 38, 37 so that, when the roll 27 of either arm is on the concentric part of the periphery of the corresponding wheel, the arbor 21 will be prevented from rotating. When the roller enters the notch 39, the arbor 21 will be released and will rotate through about ninety degrees until stopped by the other arm encountering the periphery of the corresponding wheel. The switch 23, 24 is thus alternately opened and closed. By suitably adjusting the wheels 37, 38 on their arbors so as to bring their notches at the desired angle apart, the switch 23, 24 will be allowed to close during the required number of hours and to remain open during the remaining hours. If the pin 48 be inserted in the path of the star-wheel 47, the latter will be rotated one tooth at every rotation of the wheel 38, i,e. every day, and the piece 45 will cover the notch once in seven days, and the switch arm therefore remains stationary during twenty-four hours. A greater number of changes may be provided for, by having more than one notch on the wheels 37, 38. Fig. 14 shows a spring catch to lock the switch arm against rebound. Different forms of switch arm are shown, which enable a circuit to be broken at two points simultaneously. Fig. 13 shows an arrangement wherein the switch arm is actuated by an eccentric.
Patent GB-190513339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: TONI FRANCESCO
Filed: 1905-06-28
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 13,339. Toni, F. June 28. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A series of resilient blocks A are secured on the wheel rim C by means of embedded metal bars or plates D, which may be covered with fabric &c., and T-bolts B having their heads B<1> bearing on the projecting ends of the bars &c. D.
Patent GB-190515149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Treating Peat.
Inventor: LEAVITT THOMAS HOOKER
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 15,149. Leavitt, T. H. July 24. Moulding peat.-Peat, after passing between rubbing-rolls 3, 4, 5 and through a kneader having blades rotating over horizontal perforated partitions, may be moulded without compression in the apparatus shown. This comprises one or more rotating drums with recesses 35 in which pistons move. A stationary cam groove engaging projections 37 on the pistons causes ejection of the briquettes on to carrying-off boards 40 brought from a pile by an endless chain having lugs engaging the boards in turn.
Patent GB-190518052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bakers' Ovens of the Reel Type
Inventor: MARSH ISAAC JENKS
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 18,052. Marsh, I. J. Sept. 6. Bakers' ovens.-Relates to ovens of the "reel " type, in which a number of shelves are mounted on the circumference of a drum or the like rotating in a chamber, and consists, firstly, in mounting the shelves on a flue which is rotated inside the chamber, and, secondly, in means for removing the goods from the ovens. Figs. 2 and 3 show the oven flue C, which is heated internally by a grate b, or by liquid or gaseous fuel fittings,'and is rotated by worm gearing G or otherwise. The flanges c<1> form a joint with the fixed flues, which is supported by a bracket I. The shelves, as they come opposite the charging-opening J<1> in the chamber A, Fig. 1, may be caught by plungers K, K' operated simultaneously by lever linkages L, l, l<2>, l<3>, so that the removable shelves F, Fig. 4, may be run out of the oven, the rollers f on their ends running on rails e, J on the pivoted shelves and the charging-opening respectively.
Patent GB-190526419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices to Prevent Side Slip in Motor Cars and like Vehicles.
Inventor: OATES WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 26,419. Oates, W. H. Dec. 19. Tyres, pneumatic, preventing slipping in. A tyre gaiter comprises a short length of chain A, a leather packing B, and one or more straps C for securing the device to the spoke (or spokes) of a wheel. A disclaiming reference is made to Specification No. 23,086, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190600420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices to be Employed for Advertising purposes
Filed: 1906-01-06
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 420. Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain and Ireland), and Conn, W. T. Jan. 6. Advertising.-A semicylindrical advertising-device consists of a curved part 3 provided on its inner side with recesses or sockets 4 at each end and its centre to receive foldable tabs 5 on semicircular end pieces 1, 2, which keep the curved part in shape. The parts may be readily taken apart and packed flat as in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190600885-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Appliance for Administering Medicine to Horses or other Animals.
Inventor: DONOGHUE MAUD
IPC: A61D7/00
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 885. Donoghue, M. Jan. 12. Gagging-appliances ; medicines, administering.- Medicines in solid or liquid form are administered to horses and other animals by means of a bit A having a perforation B threaded internally to receive a feed-tube K, through which the medicine is passed. The bars F are passed through any of the holes D, according to the size of the animal's mouth. Shackles E are used to raise the animal's head, by means of a rope H, passed over a pulley' overhead. The outside end of the feed-tube K has a screw-thread to receive a funnel-shaped bottle N when liquids are to be administered. Solids are forced through the tube by means of a plunger.
Patent GB-190604162-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Sorting Coins into a Series of Receptacles.
Inventor: GILMAN FRANK
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1907-02-20
Abstract: 4162. Gilman, F. Feb. 20. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Coins, separating; coin-handling appliances.-To make a portable apparatus suitable for use by the conductors of public vehicles, a plate A having a series of successively larger holes and a ledge 1 tangent thereto is arranged with both longitudinal and cross inclination over a series of tubes B, C, D, E corresponding to the holes and is provided with a cover-plate 7 having a long aperture 8. The tubes for containing the coins are formed at the bottom with semicircular ledges 12 and oblique slots 13. Specifications No. 11,858, A.D. 1895, and No. 5974, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190609606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Rotary Converters.
Inventor: MURDOCK JOHN LA SHORE
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9606. Murdock, J. La S. April 24. Rotary converters.-A rectifier for polyphase currents has separate armature windings 32<a>, 32<b>, 32<c>, Fig. 10, each connected at one end through a slip ring to one of the supply conductors 20, 21, 22, and at the other end to a segment of a commutator. The armature rotates in a field excited by the rectifled current. For three-phase currents, the commutator consists of two rings of three segments each, one ring being displaced through half the width of a segment. Each of the armature windings 32<a>, 32 , 32<c> occupies an arc of 120 degrees, as shown in Fig. 2, and is connected to the similarlysituated segment of one commutator ring, and to the opposite segment of the other. Two carbon brushes, each covering an arc of sixty degrees, are held vertically over the rings by metallic casings with pins passing directly into them. With the above arrangement sparking is avoided, for the wining connected to any segment is without current at the instant when contact is broken between the segment and a brush. -
Patent GB-190615541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coolers or Radiators and the like.
Inventor: GRIMMEISEN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 15,541. Grimmeisen, C., and Grimmeisen, G., [trading as Soc. C. and G. Grimmeisen]. July 11, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas - engines, cylinders, cooling. Motor-car radiators and the like are built up from elements consisting of pairs of channelled plates d, Fig. 6, one or both of which are also veined, for instance, as shown at c, Fig. 2, the water flowing between the plates. Pairs of elements are then placed face to face, as shown in Fig. 7, and bolted or riveted together, so as to produce tubular passages for the admission of air. The edges of the sheets are bent over to form a lapped joint.
Patent GB-190627414-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Billiard Table Pocket.
Inventor: ALCOCK FREDERICK ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-12-01
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 27,414. Alcock, F. A. Dec. 1. Billiards and like games. -Pockets for billiard &c. tables, of the kind in which the balls are removable from the pivoted bottoms of the pockets, are constructed with the usual netting a<1> to which is connected a metal ring B provided with a pivoted saucershaped metal bottom C, which is moved about its hinges to allow of removal of the balls. The ring B is connected to the cushion rail by lugs b, and arms c<1> of the bottom are pivoted to lugs b<1> of the ring. The ring B and bottom C are lined with a protecting material, such as leather rubber or felt, and the ring B is fitted with a leather covering D'.
Patent GB-190700338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reed-binding Mechanism, applicable for use in connection with Thrashing and Reed-making Machines.
Inventor: LUCAS JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-05
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 338. Lucas, J. Jan. 5. Thrashing-machines ; combing straw and the like. -In connexion with the reed-binding apparatus of thrashing and reed-making machines, means are provided for levelling the butt ends of the reeds and for collecting any loose grain shaken out. A perforated platform A is introduced between the machine and the binding table, one end being mounted on a spring support and the other on a cranked shaft B. The platform is actuated by the crank and thrusts the butt ends of the reeds against a stationary or moving board C, which is shown pivoted at c<1> and connected to the platform at c. Grain shaken out of the reeds is caught by a receptacle beneath the platform A. The board C may extend downwards by the side of the binding- table.
Patent GB-190712189-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Portable Spirit Burner for Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: HOFMANN KASPAR
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 12,189. Hofmann, K. May 27. Asbestos-pad and like burners.-A portable spirit burner consists of a casing containing waterproofed bladders b filled with liquid fuel, and covered by a porous material c, preferably combustible, such as sugar, charcoal, flour, coke, &c. Salt may also be used. In use, the bladders are perforated by a pin, and the spirit issues into and burns with the sugar &c. The bladders may be formed by tying up a single elongated bladder at several points.
Patent GB-190712493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Piano Players.
Inventor: BELL ROBERT ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 12,493. Bell, R. A., and Bell, H. P. May 30. Automatic instruments.-To compensate for the increase in velocity of the tune-sheet owing to the accumulation of paper on the roller, the perforations, and the intervals between them, increase in proportion to the acceleration of the tune-sheet, so that the speed of performance remains constant. Specification No. 9691, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190718421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Guards for the Wheels of Vehicles or Machinery.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 18,421. Taylor, W. T., and Mallaber, E. Dec. 31. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-A rotating wheel guard, principally for motor-vehicles but also applicable to machinery, is shown applied to a vehicle. Arms b, b<3>, attached to the framing a of the vehicle, carry a squared spindle c to which is attached a roller d in one or more portions. The inner ends of the projecting arms have slots b<3> through which pass pins e in brackets f, g fixed to the framing a. Springs h are attached to the brackets at b<4> and to projections g<3> on the slotted arms, thus maintaining the roller in close contact with the wheels a<2> of the vehicle. The roller is frictionally driven by, and in an opposite direction to, the wheels a'. In a modification, the roller may have toothed wheels driven by spur-wheels carried by the front wheels of the vehicle ; or a belt may be used for driving the roller.
Patent GB-190727326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings.
Inventor: MASON FRANCIS CONDA
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 27,326. Mason, F. C., and Shanahan, J. W. Dec. 10. Ball bearings.-A ball bearing for the wheels of carpet-sweepers comprises a grooved sleeve 6 into which the hub 5 of the wheel 4 is inserted, and a casing to hold the balls 9 provided with a radial arm 7 to which the end of a spring support 11 is pivoted. The casing consists of t w o sheet-metal parts 8, 13, one of which is bent over the other around its margin 15.
Patent GB-190801851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Routing and like Machines.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 1851. Lake, W. E., [Stevenson Machine Co.]. Jan. 27. Trenching and slotting. - A portable routing- machine for cutting regular or irregular slots in wood for stair stringers &c. consists of a casing A which holds a motor F, the armature of which carries a fan g for cooling, and drives through gearing e, e<1>, e<2>, a number of cutters C fixed relatively to each other. These cutters project through the base of the case, which is freely movable with respect to the work. The cutters may be guided into the work, when trenching stair stringers, by bevelled wheels H, which hold the cutters down to the work and follow a tapered groove N in a guide-plate L so that a correspondingly shaped curve is cut out in the work, the case moving on the guide - plate on rollers B. The guide-plate consists of a base-frame I, Fig. 2, the bottoms of the side bars i being grooved to receive the work, which is clamped by a screw i<4> and a slidable frame K, which carries the slotted revolving guide-plate L in a groove l<1> resting on a grooved projection l<3> to which it may be secured by a bolt m. On the guide-plate, the nosing extremity n<1> is removable so as to come into alinement with the other groove when the opposite stringer is cut, and for altering the size or shape of the guideslots, templet-pieces n<3> may be inserted as shown in Fig. 8. Scales n<5>, n<4> may be put on the pattern plate to determine the angle and length of cut to a sliding scale o in the frame I, so that the guideplate may be adjusted along the work. To regulate the depth of cut, there is provided a vertically adjustable roller p, Fig. 2, which rolls on the work and supports the machine and work frame. The machine may be operated without the pattern plate or guide, the operator guiding the machine over the work and the width of cut being regulated by shifting the supporting-frame to change the position of the cutters relatively to the direction of movement of the machine. The casing A protects the operator from injury by the cutters and driving-parts.