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Patent GB-190608874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Linotype Machines.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 8874. Jensen, P., [Kennedy, W. R.]. April 12. Linotype machines.-Relates to linotype machines having two superposed magazines which are detachably mounted on movable supporting-frames and which engage with fixed escapements. The upper magazine B rests on a frame bl mounted at its upper end on a shaft b<2> and carrying at its lower end a shaft b<3> which can be turned by means of arms b<4>. Eccentrics b<5> on the shaft b<3> rest on rollers b<6> on the main frame. In order to remove the magazine, the arm b<4> is turned into the position shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of the frame b<1> is thereby raised and the magazine can slide forwards and rest by means of a cross-bar b<7> on the arms b<4>. The-lower magazine B<1> rests on a frame b<8> having slotted side plates b<9> which engage studs b<11> on the main frame. The lower end of the frame b<8> rests on eccentrics b<16> mounted on a shaft provided with a handle b<18>. When the eccentrics are turned, the magazine is lowered out of engagement with the escapements, and the frame b<8> may then be moved into the position shown in Fig. 2. in which it is supported by the studs b<11> and rollers b<13>. The magazine may then slide backwards until a cross-bar on it is engaged by books b<13> on the frame b<8>. Escapement-pawls C, Fig. 3, carried by a bar c<2> on the main frame, project through the underside of the magazine B and pawls C<1> carried by a bar c<3> project through the upper side of the magazine B<1>. The pawls are normally held against the action of springs c<4> by rods D provided with stronger springs E and connected with finger-keys. The rods D are connected by levers c<5> and links c<6> with the pawls C<1> of the lower magazine. The escapement-pawls of either magazine can be locked against operation by bars F, F<1> which are connected together, The bars c<2>, c<3> are provided with projections which enter transverse slots in the magazines and hold them in position. The matrices are returned to the upper ends of the magazines through channelled throats B<2> B<4> which are hinged to the frames b<1>, b<8>. The escapements may be attached to the magazines instead of to the frame.
Patent GB-190610196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Springs.
Inventor: THOMAS CHARLES LEE
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 10,196. Thomas, C. L., and Caulkings, F. May 1. Springs.-A vehicle bearing-spring, constructed to resist both upward and downward movements of the body and to obviate the use of pneumatic tyres, comprises a piece b of steel wire having the central portion e clamped between the axle A and a grooved block a, and being formed with a coil f of two or more turns on each side of the axle. The ends of the spring b are formed into eyes g which serve for connexion to shackles i. Side swaying of the vehicle is prevented, and the upward movements of the body further resisted, by a steel spring strip c of width slightly less than the distance between the shackle bars i, its ends being passed round the eyes g, as shown. In Fig. 4, the spring b is shown connected at one end to the vehicle frame m, the strip c extending only to the rear. The connexions of the spring b may be direct or indirect, and the strip c may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190611033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Photographic Films for Film Packs, Changing Boxes, Cameras, and the like.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1907-05-11
Abstract: 11,033. Thornton, J. E. May 11. Sensitized films with extension manipulating and retaining tabs all in one piece are combined with an anti-curling coating or back and an opaque medium to prevent halation and the passage,of light, either with or without any other coating or layer for special purposes, such as for colour - work. Reference is made to Specification No. 4955, A.D. 1898, describing a changebox for which such films are specially applicable. The shape of the film is accordingly designed for the particular type of change-box for which it is applicable. It may have, for example. retaining-tabs, or alternatively stop shoulders C, Fig. 3, stop holes or apertures D<1>, a perforation B for tearing away the tab A', and manipulating-shoulders c' arranged as shown in Fig. 4. Other types of tabbed films with tabs and film in one piece are shown in Figs. 9 and 10. In composition there are various alternatives as regards the coatings and compositions for the different parts. The base A may be of celluloid and extended to form the tab A', Fig. 14<b>, or the rear antihalation or anti - curling coating a<1> of opaque material, or coloured gelatin may extend behind the film part and be doubled in thickness to form the tab A' as shown in Fig. 11<a>. The base A may alternatively be paper or wholly of gelatin. Or, again, the base itself may be incorporated with an opaque substance to make the film non-actinic as shown in Fig. 23. Stripping-films a<2> may be used between the gelatin coatings and the base. For colour-work, the system of coatings depends upon the process used, for example, Lumiere's starchgrain process as described in Specifications Nos. 22,988 and 25,718, A.D. 1904, or Smith's process, employing multiple sensitive layers with intermediate filters, as described in Specification No. 19,940, A.D. 1904, or Joly's process, with ruled and like screens. In making the films, any necessary ingredients must be used to obtain flexibility of the film; the tabs may be made waterproof when not composed of celluloid. The coatings taper down towards the tab as illustrated in Fig. 14<b>, so as to avoid any edge, which would cause the same difficulty as when separate attached tabs are used, and which is obviated by having the tab and film all in one integral piece.
Patent GB-190611275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toilet Powder Boxes or Cases.
Inventor: TOOMEY PATRICK AUGUSTINE
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 11,275. Toomey, P. A. May 14. Powder blowers; contents, delivering and withdrawing.-Boxes for toilet powder are made to facilitate the application of the powder. The tube A, Fig. 2, has a removable portion A<1>, which has a concave outer wall in which is a cylindrical aperture closed by a conical plug B, the seat and closure thus meeting along a sharply-defined line. To remove the powder, the box must be inverted and the plug pushed in against the action of the spring C. The device may be carried in a pocket-book, between the side compartments, by means of loops. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the box has a removable cover E<1> and the closure e is carried by a leaf spring e'. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the sudden yielding of the closure f<1>, when struck by a powder puff or the like, pneumatically forces some of the powder out on to the puff.
Patent GB-190611372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boilers or Water Heaters
Inventor: FISCHER ALWIN HUGO EUSEBIUS
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 11,372. Fischer, A. H. E. May 15. Bo i l e r s.-The interior surface of the water jackets or of the flues has deep corrugations so that thin longitudinal waterspaces project inwardly towards the centre of the heating-chamber or flue.
Patent GB-190611651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Addressing Machines.
Inventor: BRYAN JOSEPH PETER
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 11,651. Bryan, J. P. May 18. Addressing-machines. - The address plates are contained in a magazine 12, and an impression is made on the envelope, circular, &c. from the lowermost plate in the magazine 12 by means of a swinging platen 23, through an inking-ribbon 40, inked fabric, typewriter ribbon, carbon paper, &c. During the impression, the lowermost plate is supported or backed by the reduced end 19 of a slide 15. After the impression, the lowermost plate is withdrawn by means of spring shoulders on the slide 15 and delivered to a magazine 13 by means of an elevator 38. The magazines 12, 13 and the slide 15 are arranged on an overhanging portion 11 of the framework. The platen 23 is carried by pivoted arms 24 and actuated by means of a cam 27 on a rock-shaft 28, operated by a handle 30 or treadle. The elevator 38 is supported on the arms 24 and guided by rods 39. The slide 15 is operated from the cam 27 through a cam lever 32, pawl 33, pivoted arms 16, and links 17. For duplicate impressions, the pawl 33 is disengaged at alternate strokes by means of a boss 35, provided with protuberances 36 and actuated by ratchet mechanism 37.
Patent GB-190619287-A (GB)
Title: Either Side Hand Brake for Railway, Tramway, and Road Vehicles.
Inventor: REEN JAMES PATRICK
Filed: 1906-08-29
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 19,287. Reen, J. P. Aug. 29. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Brakes.-An either-side hand-brake for railway, tramway, and road vehicles is held in the 'on' or 'off' position by a spring or weight, according as a crank on an operating-shaft is on one side or the other of its deadcentre. Handles C, D at opposite corners of the vehicle are fitted on shafts A, B respectively, which are connected by arms E, F and a rod G. When either handle is depressed, a link J and lever I are raised and the brake applied. A rod Q, connected to a crank P on the shaft B, is acted on by a spring R which locks the brake 'on' or 'off' when the crank is respectively below or above the shaft B. In the Provisional Specification, the connecting-rod G is shown in two parts connected to arms on a shaft, having the crank P, near the middle of the vehicle. Specification No. 8186, A.D. 1904, is referred to in a disclaiming clause.
Patent GB-190620702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Composition of Matter for Paints
Inventor: VILLARD JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 20,702. Villard, J. F. Sept. 18. Paints, materialsfor.-A paint consists of whit ing and flour cooked to form a paste with water and glue. resin, burgundy pitch, raw linseed oil, white lead, a drier such as brown japan, and a colouring-matter. For fresco and inside work, bees-wax and turpentine are added.
Patent GB-190701866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: DRUMMOND CHARLES SINCLAIR
Filed: 1907-01-24
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 1866. Drummond, C. S. Jan: 24. Water-tube boilers.-The generating- tubes extend from the corresponding water drums a to the opposite side of the furnace, where they are bent into a helix. They are then returned to the same side of the furnace from which they started, and are connected to trunk pipes e, which communicate with the steam and water drum c by branches f. The ends of each tube are fitted with ball valves n, which close automatically when the tube fails ; the balls are enclosed in cages o. The feed passes through the pipes p to the drum c, and thence through the downcomers i to the drums a.
Patent GB-190703304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Couplings.
Inventor: RAMBERT MAURICE
Filed: 1907-02-09
Granted: 1908-02-08
Abstract: 3304. Rambert, M. Feb. 9. Shaft couplings ; universal joints.-An elastic coupling is adapted to be used in place of a universal joint for use on a motorvehicle, &c. One shaft f carries a sleeve to which are attached radial blade springs d, which engage with bolts b protruding from a ring on the other shaft. These bolts have wood or rubber &c. covering. The coupling may be enclosed in a casing filled with oil. The shape and arrangement of the blade springs allows the coupling to be used as a universal joint.
Patent GB-190703543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Heating-pads.
Inventor: SHELLHAMER LUELLA WOOD
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1908-02-12
Abstract: 3543. Shellhamer, L. W. April 2, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Heating by electricity.-Pads for applying heat generated by electricity to the human body are provided with a switch operated by the weight of the be dy so as automatically to break circuit when the pad is not in use. A resistance wire 4 is secured to the surface of the pad, which is covered by a slip 14. An ordinary switch 16 is provided in the electric leads ; in addition, a weight-operated plug switch is inserte in the resistance wire. The switch consists of two contacts 5, 6 attached to the base of the pad, and a plug 9 attached-to a hinged leaf 8, which is normally held up by springs 13. The contact 9 is secured to the end of a bar 10, hinged to the leaf at 11 and pressed upwards by a light wire spring 12. In order to obtain a rapid break when the weight of the user is removed from the pad, the engagement between the plug 9 and the contacts 5, 6 is such that the bar 10 will turn on its hinge until it engages the turned-over end 17<1> of the stop 17, and thus permit the springs 13 to withdraw the stud 9 from the contacts.
Patent GB-190704058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Razors.
Inventor: THILL PETER
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 4058. Thill, P. Feb. 18. Razors, safety. The blade may be doubleedged and is bent across its length to form an angle or a curve. The clamping-plates between which it is held are of the same shape as the blade, and the guardplate is removable from the frames. The blade 7, Fig. 2, has cutting- edges 8 and is clamped between plates 1, 9. The plate 1 is supported by uprights 2 attached to bars connected to a nut 4 engaging a screw 5 on the handle. The plate 9, which is separate from the frame and provided with guard-teeth, has a bearing to which engages the screw 5. If the blade has only one cutting- edge, the other inclined half of the blade is made stouter. The shape of the blade is such that it may be held by the middle and both edges sharpened at once.
Patent GB-190704698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Boxes.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 4698. Brown, G. Feb. 26. Folding boxes.- A modification of the folding box described in Specification No. 685, A.D. 1907, is made from a cardboard or strawboard blank, which is cut and scored as shown, and the lid is formed in two parts d, d<1>, which may overlap, or the part d<1> may have an attached strip d<2> to form a socket for the edge of the part d. In another arrangement, one half of the lid may be cut transversely, so that the other half may be slipped under and over alternate portions thereof, or both halves may be cut. The lid has extensions or end pieces e having semicircular cuts f. The box folds as shown, the parts g falling outside and engaging with the cuts in the end pieces e, or the end pieces may have attached portions forming sockets for the parts g. In modified forms of the box, the cuts f in the end pieces e may be diagonal to receive the corners of the parts g, and the parts g may carry metal clips, which engage with slits in the parts e when the box is folded. Eyelet-holes and strings may be used as described in the prior Specification, or the box may be wrapped in an outer covering and tied in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190709609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Jet Condensers.
Filed: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 9609. Soc. Anon. Westinghouse, and Leblanc, M. April 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Centrifugal pumps; fans.-A jet condenser is provided with a conical outlet whereby the vis viva of the injection is utilized to deliver the air and gases under pressure to the air-pump. In the preferred arrangement, the water together with the air and gases is dealt with by a centrifugal pump, Fig. 2, constructed so that centrifugal separation takes place at y, the air and gases being led by a passage 8 to an air-pump preferably of the construction shown in Fig. 3. Here the air and gases entering at 15 are entrained by a jet of finely divided water issuing from a reversed' turbine 20, and are forced through a convergent nozzle into a divergent nozzle 21. Surrounding the nozzle 21 is a convergent-divergent nozzle 22 in communication with a steam inlet, the whole constituting a steam ejector whereby the pump may be started. A doublevalved device, Fig. 5, controlled by a forked lever 27, may be provided in order to direct the exhaust entering at 24 either to the condenser or to the atmosphere as required.
Patent GB-190709788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 9788. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. April 26. Tills.-Relates to key-set cash registers operated by the till cover, such as are described in Specification No. 7522, A.D. 1903. The tail 13 of any key 12 on operation releases the bent end of the corresponding indicator rod 18 from a fixed cross-bar 22, the bent end then engaging a movable cross-bar carried by arms 26 pivoted at 27 to the sides of the casing. When the till cover, the latch plate of which has been released by the depression of the yoke 52 by the key, is opened, a pin 28 on the circular cheek 20 of the cover engages a pawl 34 on the link 26 so as to retract the cross-bar 25 and allow the indicator to be thrown upwards by the spring 20 fitted in its channelled stem 17. At the same time a toothed rack 40 on the cheek 29 rotates a pinion 41 carrying a disk 45 and rotating on a sleeve attached to a pair of disks 43, 46, a recess on the disk 45 engaging a pawl 44 on the disk 43, so as to rotate the latter and the crank disk 46 during the opening of the till in order to lower the indicators set at the previous registration, by means of a connecting-rod 48 and frame 38, the cross-bar 37 of which engages catches 39 on the indicator rods. A holding pawl 49 prevents reverse movement of the crank when the till is closed. Registration is effected by adding wheels 64 on a shaft 65 and engaging friction disks 66 thereon so as to be rocked with the shaft at every operation of the till cover through the connecting- rod 71, but adapted, when necessary, to be heldback against return by detents 73 on the corresponding indicator rods, the slot 72 in the connecting-rod 71 being suited to the short travel, required for moving the adding wheel one step. A full-stroke pawl is attached to the cover cheek and spring plungers 14 are fitted to the keys for defining their position. The keys are restored to position when the till cover is fully opened by a cam on the cheek 29 engaging a pin 53 on the coupler frame so as to raise the bar 52 and with it the keys.
Patent GB-190711681-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Substance or Composition for use in the Manufacture of "Glace Royale", Pastillage, Cakes and such like Edibles.
Inventor: SCHUR EDWIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 11,681. Schur, E. W. May 18. Food preparations.-A composition for making a soft-keeping royal icing, butter - cream icing, fondant icing, or pliable gum paste, and for improving cake mixtures, sponge batters, and the royal icing at present used, consists of water, proteid substances such as gelatine, isinglass, agaragar, or albumen, glucose, dextrin, or maltose, glycerine from palm oil or the like, citric or tartaric acid, and flavouring and colouring matter. As an example, 100 parts of glucose, dextrin, or maltose are diluted with 300 parts of water and heated to 210‹ F. for thirty minutes, 10 parts of soaked proteid substances and 1 part of acid are added, and the whole is clarified ; 1 part of glycerine is then added to the heated solution with flavouring and colouring, and the whole is strained, clarified, and heated until the density of the mixture reaches 10‹ heavy BÚ. Examples are given of the proportions of this product used for making royal icing and for improving cake mixtures.
Patent GB-190711696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Calculating Attachments for Typewriters.
Inventor: WAHL JOHN CONRADES
Filed: 1907-05-18
Granted: 1908-05-18
Abstract: 1 1 , 6 9 6 . Wahl, J. C. May 18. Typewriters and like machines. -Relates to an adding or subtracting attachment for the numeral keys of a typewriter, whereby numerical items may be reckoned and simultaneously printed in a selected position upon the paper, more particularly of the type in which the lateral spacing movement of the paper-carriage brings the receiving-wheels of the totalizing-counter in turn opposite the master setting-wheel on the fixed frame ; the apparatus is key-operated, and the initial and final movements of a key are utilized to perform various locking and unlocking operations and to bring certain parts into operative connexion. The improvements relate to the lateral spacing and tabulating arrangements, the reversing gear; the differential actuation of the master actuating-wheel, with means for prevention of overthrow and jamming, the key full - stroke mechanism, the interlocking of the key movement with means for operatively positioning and temporarily unlocking and controlling the actuating parts together with a lateral spacing-lock, the erasing-key, means for disconnecting the calculating - attachment, the totalizing - counter with transfer and locking parts therefor, punctuation mechanism, and the addition of extratotalizers. A stationary transverse bar 1 is shaped above and below to receive a series of grooved rollers attached to the moving bar 10, which is in turn provided with recesses for corresponding projections on the frame of the totalizing-counter. The counter is thus adjustable with respect to the moving bar, which is notched at single-space intervals in order that the hand-lever 36 on the counter frame may hold the latter in position. The moving bar is further capable of a screw adjustment with respect to the side bar that projects forwards from the paper-carriage to move it, and the two may also be disconnected at will by means of a catch. A known form of tabulating-mechanism is adopted wherein adjustable projections co-operate with a spacing keyboard in order that, when the totalizing-counter has reached the master setting-wheel, the desired denomination may be at once selected.
Patent GB-190714490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Account and other Forms and the like, and in Means for Securing same during Transmission through the Post.
Inventor: BAILEY JOSHUA
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 14,490. Bailey, J. June 24. Mercantile forms.-Relates to mercantile forms in which a second writing of the name and address of the addressee is avoided by causing the name at the head of the form to serve also as the external postal address. The blank, Fig. 1, is provided with two flaps e gummed at the upper edges, and has the name of the addressee written on the flap p<1>. To close the form, the flaps p<4>, p<3> are folded on to the flap p<2> and tucked under the pockets e ; the flap p<1> is then turned back and secured by a stamp to the back of the form. A larger writing-surface is secured by extending the flaps p<2>, p<3>, p<4>, as shown in Fig. 6, in which case one of the pockets e is replaced by a slit e<1> in the sheet. The extension is folded along the line f<1>, and then the form is folded as before. In a modification used with forms of ordinary shape, a wrapper w, Figs. 10 and 12, is provided, and is folded at w<1>, secured by side flaps w<2>, and has an opening at the shorter edge w<3>. The folded form p is placed in the wrapper, the extension p<6> bearing the address being turned down on to the back of the wrapper and secured by a stamp or by a stamp and slits to engage the corners.
Patent GB-190719273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hernial Bandages.
Inventor: ABADIE-LEOTARD EDOUARD
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 19,273. LÚotard, E. Abadie-. Aug. 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Belts.-A hernial bandage comprises in combination an abdominal belt, a truss spring, and a pad. The belt is of the type described in Specification No. 26,888, A.D. 1904, but is provided with a strip of inextensible fabric B provided with an orifice C exactly over the hernia. The truss spring E is held in place on the belt by loops or hooks, and is attached to the pad, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of a disk I which engages with a horse-shoe recess H in the pad. The belt may be held in place by braces or thigh bands, and in cases of umbilical or very low crural hernia the aperture C may be omitted, the pad extending beyond the belt.