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Patent GB-190400468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed-Gear.
Inventor: LANGDON-DAVIES WALTER
Filed: 1904-01-07
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 468. Soames, A., and Davies, W. Langdon-. Jan. 7. Variable-speed gearing.-In change-speed gearing of the type in which gear-wheels on one shaft are brought into, or removed from, driving connection with gear-wheels on another shaft, either by meshing or unmeshing the wheels, or by engaging or disengaging them from one or other, or both, shafts, a positive engaging clutch is brought into action, or made ready to be brought into action, before the engagement of the main friction clutch, and is removed from action after the disengagement of the friction clutch. By this arrangement, speed changes can be effected with less shock and more quietly than heretofore. The Figure shows the application of the invention to the change-speed gearing described in Specification No. 11,147, A.D. 1903. A claw clutch A is mounted so as to slide on a shaft k, and may be brought into or out of engagement with a wheel g, loosely mounted on the shaft k, by moving a rod o, which carries a projection in engagement with the clutch. The shaft k is driven through the main friction clutch B. A pedal lever, described in Specification No. 22,690, A.D. 1903, by means of which the friction clutch is actuated, receives a further movement for the purpose of moving the rod o so as to operate the clutch A. The clutch A may be arranged so as not to engage the wheel g until the wheels of one or other pair of wheels are partially in mesh. Instead of a single clutch A, a separate clutch may be provided for one wheel of each pair of wheels to lock the wheel to the shaft after it has been brought into gear with the other wheeL One part of the clutch might be on the wheel and the other part on a disc fixed to the shaft, the two parts being brought into engagement, after the pair of wheels are partly or entirely in mesh, by moving the wheel along the shaft, or by moving the shaft endwise ; in the latter case, the movable wheels may be mounted on a shaft carrying part of the friction clutch.
Patent GB-190401756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flexible Shafts.
Inventor: WICKSTEED CHARLES
Filed: 1904-01-23
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 1756. Wicksteed, C. Jan. 23. Lubricating flexible shafts. A number of spindles J, connected by Hooke's joints C, D, or other flexible shaft is enclosed in an oil-tight tube filled with oil. The tube preferably consists of a closely-wound spiral of wire of square or rectangular section, provided with an oil - tight corrugated or other metallic cover B and with stuffing-boxes B<2>.
Patent GB-190406479-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lock for Windows and the like.
Inventor: GUTTERIDGE JAMES EDWIN
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 6479. Gutteridge, J. E. March 17. Sash and like fastenings; locks, key.-To one of the sashes, two plates c are fixed, kept apart by the rim b<1>. Between them is placed a semicircular plate d which is journalled on the pin e. On the other sash are fixed two smaller plates a separated by the rim b, and between these plates a the plate d is made to pass when the window is closed, as shown in Fig. 3. The motion of the plate d is limited by the stop g engaging with the slot f therein, and it is locked in this position by the slide h working in a slot in the upper plate c. The plate d may be formed with a bush free to turn in the plates c, and adapted to receive a square or other shaped key by means of which it may be turned. In this case, the lock can be operated from both sides.
Patent GB-190406487-A (GB)
Title: A New Liniment for Human and Animal use.
Inventor: COOPER EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 6487. Cooper, E. W., and Shelmerdine, G., [trading as Dakos Liniment Co.]. March 17. Liniments and embrocations.-A mixture of oil (preferably rape-seed oil), turpentine, ammonia, soap liniment, and water is used as a liniment for treating sprains, stiffness, rheumatism, and like ailments, and also as an embrocation for animals.
Patent GB-190408797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brewers' Ladders and like Elevators
Inventor: ANDEREYA GUSTAV
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 8797. Andereya, G. April 16. Inclined ladders for casks and the like; lifts; loading. - Relates to brewers' ladders or like elevators in which the barrel, box, or the like is carried on a trolley hauled up and let down the ladder by means of a winch &c. The trolley, mounted on wheels d, is formed on each side with forked bearings to take corresponding pins a, b at the sides of a tipping-frame l on which the barrel &c. is placed. When the carriage is at the bottom, the frame l has its lower member horizontal to receive the barrel, and on winding in the rope s, which is led under a sheave g on an extension n of the carriage and is secured at h to the frame l, the frame l tilts about the pins a, but the carriage is prevented from movement until projections m on the frame clear the ends of projections k on the ladder. On reaching the top of the ladder, the end of the extension n encounters a stop o, Fig. 4, and the frame tilts till the pins b rest in their bearings, when the barrel can be rolled off. When the trolley is let down, the frame l is restored to its initial position by the engagement of rollers i with the inclined ends of the projections k. In a modification, Fig. 7, the trolley runs on wheels e<1> and is prevented from tipping by wheels g<1>. The frame l<1> is pivoted near the front of the trolley at m<1> and can thus be readily tilted into a horizontal position on reaching the top. Balls p<1> are mounted m the bearing-surface of the frame l<1> to facilitate the movement of boxes &c. upon it.
Patent GB-190413663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Attachment of Mowers, Reapers, Binders and like Implements of Machines to Motor-tractors.
Inventor: ALBONE DAN
Filed: 1904-06-16
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 13,663. Albone, D. June 16. Traction engines.-Special means are provided for coupling together two or more mowers, reapers, binders, or other implements for attachment to a motor-tractor. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement for mowers. The leading mower b is coupled to the tractor a by a spring connection e, and carries a laterally-projecting arm or bracket f, to which the second mower c is attached in a similar way. The arm f is connected to the pole d by means of a single bolt g and hinged stay h, so that it may have alight vertical play. It is preferably provided with a perforated head k so that the position of the mower c may be adjusted laterally. The second pole l is carried by a castor wheel. For coupling binders together, the arm f is attached to the footboard of the first machine and the stay h to the seat-pillar, the stay being perforated to take the place of the head k.
Patent GB-190418154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Throwout Mechanism for Printing Presses, and other Machines designed to Operate on Sheets of Paper passed through them.
Inventor: DEXTER TALBOT CHAMBERS
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 18,154. Dexter, T. C. Aug. 22. Feeding sheets; stopping-apparatus.-Relates to tripping, throw-out, or stopping mechanism for printing and other sheet-fed machines, under the automatic control of the sheets of paper as they are fed and registered o= the feed-board. Figs. 1 and 3 show an arrangement applied to the feedboard 10 of a printing machine. The means for tripping or stopping the machine may be of any suitable kind, and may be operated electrically or mechanically by the disc 20. In the arrangement shown, the disc 20 carries a contact-arm 25 which co-operates with a spring contact to open and close the electric circuit 26, 29 of the driving-motor, or of an electric stopping-device. The disc 20 is operated by a rod 30 connected to an arm 33 pivoted at 34, and to this arm is connected a rod 40 extending over the front part of the feedboard 10. On the board 10 the sheets are fed to the front stops 70, and are registered sideways by suitable known means, which may comprise grippers carried by a transverse bar or slide i operated by a cam-bar j reciprocated by a rod R &c. The gripper fingers are on a shaft N' rocked to open and close the grippers by posts m, m<1> on the cambar j. On the forward post m<1> is a projecting plate 44 adapted to engage an adjustable block 42 on the rod 40 and to actuate the tripping &c. device. The end of the rod 40 rests on, and is guided by, a fork on an arm 32 fixed on a transverse shaft 50. The arm 52 is rocked by a rod 60 and a cam 63 geared to the shaft of the impression cylinder 2 by gears 65, 66, of which the former is twice the size of the latter. On the shaft 50 are two arms 73 to which are pivoted fingers 72, the front ends of which slide over the under guides 11 of the table 10 and through slots or openings in the front guides 70. The guides 70 are carried by arms on the usual rock-shaft 5. In the under guides 11 are fixed adjustable stopplates, having notches in which the ends of the fingers 72 engage when a sheet is not in position to cover them. If a sheet is in position, the fingers 72 slide over it when the low part 63<a> of the cam 63 permits the bar 60 to rise under the tension of the spring 54, and the rod 40 is held raised so that the plate 44 moves under it, when the cam-bar moves rearwardly, the trip disc 20 consequently remaining unoperated. If, however, a sheet is not fed up to the front stops, one or both of the fingers 72 engage the stop notch or notches, and prevent the rise of the arm 52 and rod 40. The block 42 is thereupon engaged by the plate 44 as the cam-bar moves rearwards, and the trip disc 20 is rocked.
Patent GB-190418976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 18,976. Roberts, D., James, C., and Young, J. W. Sept. 2. Gas and like engines, valves and valve gear for. To shorten the air-inlet and exhaust passages, the valves are arranged in the cylinder cover as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The valves are of the ordinary type and may be operated in any convenient way. The vaporizer d is shown connected to the cylinder at e. If preferred, the axes of the valves may be inclined.
Patent GB-190419430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rings and Travellers for Spinning and Analogous Machines.
Filed: 1904-09-09
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 19,430. Boyd, T. A., and Boyd, J. & T. Sept. 9. Spindle arparatus, ring and traveller. In apparatus in which a needle or traveller 4 works between an upper and a lower ring or plate, the ring 2 is secured into a removable plate 1 which sits in a cup 3, the bottom of which is sufficiently clear of the ring to allow the traveller to work freely between them. In another arrangement, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the traveller is made of an inverted T-shape, the arms 7 being bent at the ends so as to embrace the lower edge of the ring 5, while the stem is bent into a hook for the thread. The traveller is prevented from falling away from the ring by a ring or plate 8 which is slid beneath it as shown. The lower limbs of the traveller 7 embrace an arc of about one-fifth the circumference of the ring, so that the traveller is prevented from being tilted and locked as it is drawn round by the thread. According to the Provisional Specification, the traveller may be lubricated by means of a wick which passes through apertures in the ring and holder.
Patent GB-190422150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shackles for Chains, Wire Ropes and the like.
Inventor: ILBERY JOSIAH EDWARD
Filed: 1904-10-14
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 22,150. Ilbery, J. E. Oct. 14. Shackles. - To obviate the disadvantage in an open-ended shackle of the limbs being forced apart b y strain on the connecting-pin, two such shackles A, B are bolted together by the pin D as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190423778-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holding and Carrying Device for Parcels
Inventor: MOODY DAN ORSMOND
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 23,778. Moody, D. O. Nov. 3. Parcel-carriers.-The article to be carried is secured by means of a strap a, Fig. 1, passing around it and provided with a buckle b. A handle piece c is also provided, the ends of which may be permanently attached to the strap at different points, as shown, or at the same point. The ends of the handle may be provided with runners encircling the strap, or one end may be permanently fastened, while the other is provided with a runner n, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190423972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Indicating or Measuring Instruments having Springs to Convey the Current to a Movable System.
Filed: 1904-11-05
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,972. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 5. Indicating deflections; indicating at a distance electrically.-Any indicating or measuring instrument in which an electric current is conveyed to a rotatable part by springs is provided with a coaxially rotatable support for the other ends of the springs, in order that their torsion may be reduced to any desired extent if the rotatable part turns through a large angle. In the form shown, four springs, such as that shown at h, are attached to four insulated metal pieces a on a ring b, which carries a pointer g over a dial and is bevel-geared to a handle f; connections with the metal pieces a are made by contact-rings d and brushes c. The invention is applicable to apparatus for indicating at a distance the readings of a magnetic compass, described in Specification No. 16,979, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Philosophical instruments]; for this purpose, the handle f is to be turned so that the springs h apply no constraint to a movable coil, as this turns.
Patent GB-190425404-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Producing Gas from Pulverizable Fuel.
Inventor: MARCONNET GEORGES
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 25,404. Marconnet, G. Dec. 8, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas-producers.- Relates to the production of gas from powdered f u e l, the object being to produce complete combustion of the fuel and to deposit the cinders in a chamber where they will cause no inconvenience. The powdered fuel, contained in a hopper a, is caused to fall in a shower by means of a distributing - device e, which resembles the cone of a coffee mill, into one compartment b of a fireclay chamber of rectangular crosssection, the partitions c' of which are perforated with holes h, to form burners for gas supplied to the compartment g, the air necessary for combustion entering from the compartment f. The ashes collect in a chamber e, and the gaseous products are either drawn off at the bottom or passed up through a coal or coke fire contained in an outer chamber i, and withdrawn through the pipe k. The coal or coke fire serves to heat the gas and air supplied to the burners. The gas compartment g is fed by a branch pipe leading from the gas holder. In a modification, the compartment g may be filled with lighted coke, and the gases proceeding therefrom are burnt at the burners h. The generation of gas may be regulated to follow all the variations of load upon a motor by causing the feed of fuel to be controlled by the power of the motor, as, for example, by causing the regulator of the motor to vary the speed of the distributer c. In order to obtain gas richer in hydrogen, coils n receiving water under pressure may be arranged in the compartments f, g. Gas already mixed with air may be injected into the compartments f, g, in which case the air requisite for the combustion of the gas mixture at the orifices h, and for the combustion of thefuelin the chamber i, is supplied through separate pipes arranged within the said compartments.
Patent GB-190500125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: YATES ODAVILLE
Filed: 1905-01-03
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 125. Yates, O. Jan. 3. Bottles, non-refillable.-The bottle is provided with a valvecontrolling mechanism, adapted to hold the valve seated and prevent discharge of the contents when the bottle is disposed in an horizontal or tilted position, it being necessary to invert the bottle entirely to dispense the liquid. The bottle is formed with a detachable neck 5, having a depending flange 10 adapted to overlap the body portion 1 of the bottle, and depending lugs 9 adapted to enter recesses in, and then engage under, inclined segments formed on the body portion. The body portion of the bottle is formed with an upstanding flange 13 adapted to support the valve mechanism, which consists of a valve 21 having a jointed spindle 24 attached to which is a weight 26. At the bottom of the valve casing 16 is a chamber 17, in which is situated a controller disk 28 attached to the lower portion of the valve stem. When the bottle is tilted, the disk acts as a fulcrum for the weight which holds the valve on to its seat. Situated in a chamber in the lower part of the neck is an annular sheath 30, covered by a guard 31, to prevent tampering with the valve. If desired, the neck may be secured by cement &c., placed in the annular space 12.
Patent GB-190500400-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Periodically Actuating Electric Switches, Valves, Levers, or the like.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 400. Harrison, G., [Anderson Manufacturing Co., A. & J. M.]. Jan. 9. Alarms; clocks combined with electric switches and valves.-Escapement mechanism operates electric switches, valves, levers, &c. at predetermined times. The connecting- link between the actuated and the actuating - mechanism is the vertical bar 51, the upper end of which engages a crankpin on the intermittently-rotating disk 50, and which is moved up or down, as the case may be, in two jerks. The first jerk brings the end of a slot 53, Fig. 1, just far enough to bear against the toggle pin 54, and the second jerk operates the switch or other apparatus. Escapements.-The disk 50 acts in relation to the driving clock-work as an escapement-wheel having only two elongated teeth or arms 40, 41, Fig. 3, which are not rigidly attached but are cushioned by a spring 105. During one to-and-fro motion of the rocking anchor 35, the escapementwheel, released from the position shown in Fig. 3, flies round, until the arm 40 is caught by the opposite claw 37, and, being at once released again, until the other tooth 41 catches the end 36 of the anchor. To rock the anchor at predetermined times, cams 31 are used, of which there are a number capable of independent movement on the same axle 17, Fig. 7. A large toothed wheel o, graduated in hours on the face and driven by the main clock-work, rotates once a day on the same axle. The cams are held relatively fixed to this in any desired positions by indicating-arms 23, rigidly connected to their respective cams, the bent ends of the arms being moved to and placed in the slots opposite to the hours desired. For the purpose of regulating the motion of the large wheel o, it is placed in gear with a clock m, Fig. 1. The large wheel also drives a subsidiary train 130, which brings round at regular intervals, say once a week, a retaining-catch to hold back the escapementwheel and prevent it from moving for a predetermined period.
Patent GB-190504152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ashbins
Inventor: SHIMMIN WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 4152. Shimmin, W. J. Feb. 28. Dust-bins.-Relates to improvements in tipping ash - bins of the form described in Specification No. 18,758, A.D. 1896. The bin is so arranged that when tipped it does not strike against the frame or the closelyfitting rain cover. The bin is shaped as shown in Fig. 3, and the pivots are placed at A. The rain cover consists of a portion R, preferably of sheet metal with turned-down sides, pivoted at P and a fixed portion R<1> protecting the hinge P.
Patent GB-190505955-A (GB)
Title: Improved Supports for Paper and the like Binder-frames.
Inventor: COPELAND ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 5955. Copeland, R. J., and Chatterson, A E. March 21. Locks, key.-Relates to supports for binders and loose-leaf ledgers. The supports are shown as applied to a binder which however is not claimed as part of the invention. The sheets to be filed are held upon telescopic posts 8, 9, 10, 11, supported between two L-shaped members 1, 2. The space between these members 1, 2 is filled by a back 14 having guides 18, 19, 20, 21, in which slide rods 22, 26, secured to toggle links jointed as shown. Springs 17, contained within posts 15, 16, tend to press the members 1, 2 apart. The means for locking the binder comprises racks 33, 34, working in guides and gearing with intermeshing gears 35, 36, and a sliding catch 37 having a projection 38 which prevents motion of the gears 35,36, in one direction. A spring 41 holds the catch in contact with the gears. A member 42, ratatable by means of a key 43, has an outstanding pin, which engages a cam 39 on the catch 37 and thus serves to depress the latter when the binder is to be unlocked. A spring 68 prevents any undesired movement of the member 42. A filing- post 48, containing a spring in compression, is removable from the binder, but can be locked in position by means of a plate 55, which engages in a groove at the upper end of the post. This plate slides between an escutcheon 52 and a bottom plate 54, and is held in its locking position by a spring 59 against the action of a spring 56. When the spring 59 is forced aside by means of the key 43, the post may be withdrawn from the binder.
Patent GB-190508710-A (GB)
Title: Improved Holder or Handle of Infants' Soother.
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 8710. Field, J., Saunders, W. H., and Ayrton, Saunders, &. Kemp. April 25. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Teething-pads.-The handle of a baby's soother is split so that it may be compressed for insertion in a teat and may hold the teat in place when released.
Patent GB-190509534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves or Valve Gear for Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: STOREY JOHN
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 9534. Storey, J. May 5. Valves and valve-gear.-Relates to the valve and valve-gear described in Specification No. 783, A.D. 1902, and consists in arranging the skewwheel I on a slidable sleeve G which rotates the valve-spindle by a feather. The rotary valve A has a double set of ports, but has no longitudinal movement imparted to it. The engine is reversed by moving the sleeve G longitudinally by the reversing-lever M and thus rotating the valve.
Patent GB-190509880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Apparatus for Rolling Mills with Step by Step Action.
Inventor: MANNESMANN MAX
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 9880. Mannesmann, M. May 10. Rolling. - In step-bystep rolling-mills such as are described in Specification No. 28,696, A.D. 1902, the head d<2> of the mandrel bar is connected with the actuating-gear so that the latter drives the head during the forward as well as during the backward motion, tne driving-springs beiog dispensed with. The cbnnecting-rod m is driven from the shaft l by means of a looped crank and toggle coupling so that the bar m<1> connected to the rod moves almost at the same speed as that given to the mandrel head d<2> by the rolls. Springs o\ 06 serve to prevent shock and take up any difference in such motion. The feed of the work may be effected in the manner described in the Specification referred to by means of a screwed spindle y working in the head d<2>, which is prevented from rotation by a lug d<8> to which is communicated the motion of the connecting-rod. The partial rotation of the work is caused by the engagement of a stud g<3>, projecting from the piston g<5> keyed to a short mandrel bar d<6> attached to the mandrel d, with a helical groove in the tube g<1>, the turning being made effective only on the forward motion by means of a ratchetwheel g'. A buffer spring v may take up shock. The forward feed might also be given by slowly moving the carriage g forward.