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Patent GB-190619615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Engine Starters
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 19,615. Marks, E. C. R., [Southwark Foundry and Machine Co.]. Sept. 3. Actuating valves.-A lift valve X<13> is opened by compressed air from a conduit Y<1> acting on a piston X<16>, excepting when compressed air is also admitted from a conduit W<13> so as to act on the opposite end of the piston, which is of larger area. The valve may also be opened by a hand-lever X<20>. Check valves.-A piston valve is mounted on a vertical spindle and is normally held in the lowest position by a stop which bears on the upper end of the spindle. When the stop is raised, the valve is opened by the pressure on its lower end, and uncovers diagonal ports opening into an annular chamber in the valve casing. A check valve is also described consisting of a mitre valve with a long spindleguide within the valve casing; the rear end of the guide forms a stuffing-box, and the valve is held to its seat by a spring outside the casing.
Patent GB-190621177-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Automatic Coupling Mechanism for Railway Wagons and the like.
Inventor: MELLOR GEORGE
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 21,177. Mellor, G. Sept. 24. Couplings, automatic.-A coupling for railway wagons and the like comprises twin interlocking hooks b of considerable depth, pivoted at b<1> to the draw-bar a and having a rearwardly extending arm c which passes through a slot c<1> in a transverse bar d, sliding in brackets d', d<2> and fitted at one end with a handle e and at the other end with a knob e'. The hooks are normally kept in the engaged position by springs f<1>, f<2> connected to a rod h carried by the bar d, and also to the arm c and bracket d<2> respectively, the arm c bearing against a stop c'. Another spring f, which is connected to the arm c and to a bracket g on the bar d, is normally slack, but becomes extended when the bar d is moved sideways, thereby disengaging the hooks when the wagons are closed together. The bar d may be secured in the uncoupled position by the engagement of a notch j with the bracket d<1>, a spring j<1> being provided for this purpose. The invention may be applied to "close buffered" wagons, in which case the hooks engage only when the buffers are compressed. A hook k, Fig. 4, may be fitted above the hook b for non-automatic coupling, and the springs f, f<1>, f<2> may be replaced by weights.
Patent GB-190622178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Inventor: UNDERWOOD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 22,178. Underwood, J. T. Oct. 8. Typewriters.-Relates to paper guiding and feeding arrangements for facilitating condensed record work. Reference is made to Specifications Nos. 8572 and 8573, A.D. 1906. At the rear of the platen 1 are provided a high upper shelf 10 for the long record and carbon sheets and a lower shelf 5 and deflector 21 for the short bills or sheets. The shelf 10 is cut away or otherwise provided at the lower portion with fingers 20, which extend under the platen and hold up the record &c. sheets so that there is a clear passage for insertion of the bills &c. either from the front or from the rear. Rear pressure rollers 13 are provided for the record &c. sheets, on spring-pressed arms 14 normally resting in a groove of a release shaft 17 operated by a key 18. A sheath 22 hangs behind the rollers 13 and directs the bills &c. along the shelf 5 from the rear. Scales 38, one at each side of the type guide 7, facilitate the adjustment of the paper to the printing line and incline from the platen to form a guide for directing bills &c. along the deflector 21 from the front. The scales 38 are hinged on brackets 39 and pressed rearwards by springs 40. Aprons or shields 41 are provided on the rear side of the scales 38 and slightly overlap the front edge of the deflector 21 to prevent bills &c. inserted from the front from passing down in front of the deflector 21. Guards 42 on the shields 41. project behind the ribbon vibrator and direct the leading edge of the paper away from the ribbon. Pressure rollers 23, 24 are provided on the top of the platen for both sets of sheets. The rollers are in tandem pairs, each pair carried upon a truck 25 pivoted on an arm 27 hung on a bar 28 and provided with a hook or finger-piece 34. paper guides 30 are provided on the trucks 25 between the rollers. The arms 27 are pressed towards the platen by springs 31 bearing on short rods or keys 32, which fit in a longitudinal groove 33 in the bar 28, so that the arms 27 are adjustable along the bar 28 and the rollers are releasable independently, the key 32 being forced out of the groove 33 when the arm 27 is swung forwards by grasping the fingerpiece 34. Behind the rollers 24 and close to the shelf 10 is provided a deflector 35 for the leading edge of the paper.
Patent GB-190700339-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Metal Stamping and Drawing Presses and like Machines.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS HARRY ALBERT
Filed: 1907-01-05
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 339. Griffiths, H. A., and Griffiths, R. H. Jan. 5. Box-making machines.-In a stamping, drawing, or like press for making boxes &c. from sheet metal, the work is lubricated before it comes beneath the punch c by a pad g forming part of a device attached to the ram a. The device consists of an oil tank b fitted with a valve h oscillated by means of a lever l, and a bent arm m carried by the machine framing.
Patent GB-190700779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sausage Filling Machines.
Inventor: BIBERFELD JOSUA ARON
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 779. Biberfeld, J. A., and Philipp, H., [trading as Biberfeld & Co.], and Hambruch, H. F. Jan. 11. Sausages. - A machine for filling and linking sausages comprises a meat container a communicating by a hopper a<1> with a casing b, through which the material is fed to a fixed tube g by means of an eccentric rotating cylinder d. A ring e, carried loosely on the cylinder, always in contact with the inner surface of the casing b, carries loosely in a longitudinal slot in its periphery a plate f, the free end of which reciprocates in a slot in the casing b when the eccentric d revolves, the plate serving to separate an inlet b<1> from the inlet to the tube g. On the tube g is loosely mounted a tube h provided with a bevel wheel by means of which it is rotated, and carrying a skin k clamped by plates l<1>, which are held in position by spring arms. The cylinder d is intermittently rotated by a gear-wbeel n<3> mounted on a shaft c and gearing with a wheel n<2>, which is driven by a wheel n<4>. The wheel n<4> is provided with teeth on part of its periphery only, and forms part of a compound wheel n which is driven by the crank m, so that during part of a revolution of the latter, the wheels n<4>, n' are engaged. The wheel n<5>, forming part of the compound wheel n, has also teeth on part of its periphery, and thus gears with the wheel n<1> during a part of a revolution of the crank m, rotating the tube h through the wheels i, i<1>, and twisting the skin k at the point where it leaves the tube h, after the section beyond has been filled with meat by the previous rotation of the eccentric d. The teeth on the wheels n<4>, n<5> are so disposed that, when the wheel n<4> is in gear with the pinion n<8>, the wheel n<5> is out of gear with the pinion n'. Forming part of the compound wheel n are two ribbed wheels n<6>, n<7>, the former n<6> engaging a notched disk n<8> fixed on the same spindle as n', the latter n<7> engaging a similar disk n<9> fixed on the same spindle as n'. A preferred device, Fig. 7, for clamping the skin k on the tube h comprises a socket r, rigidly fixed by screws g to the boss of the rotary tube h and carrying at its end a rubber socket s, the end of which clamps the skin k to the tube h, with sufficient pressure to cause the skin on the tube h to rotate with the latter, while it fits easily enough to allow the skin to be drawn off. The tube h may be dispensed with, the skin being mounted on the tube g, which is then arranged so as to be rotated.
Patent GB-190701525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco-pipes.
Inventor: DIECK JULIUS
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 1525. Dieck, J. Jan. 21. Tobacco pipes.-Relates to tobacco pipes of the kind described in Specifications No. 899, A.D. 1877, No. 1452, A.D. 1890, No. 6141, A.D. 1894, No. 4505, A.D. 1900, No. 1236, A.D. 1904, and No. 4138, A.D. 1905. The smoke passes through passages 7 in the body of the bowl to a. covered channel 9 in the upper edge thereof, which is connected by a passage 10 with an S-shaped passage 11, 12, 13 in the stem which communicates with the bore 14 in the mouthpiece.
Patent GB-190701824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Furnaces for Annealing Iron, Steel and other Goods and for Burning Pottery and the like.
Inventor: WRIGHT GEORGE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1907-01-24
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 1824. Wright, G. B. Jan. 24. Kilns.-In a kiln for annealing iron and steel castings and sheets, and goods made from them, and glass goods, or for burning ceramic wares, such as bricks, tiles, porcelain, &c., the heat of the charges which have been withdrawn from the kiln is utilized for heating, by radiation, the charges preparatory to their being placed in the kiln. The kiln shown in Fig. 1 is in the form of a tunnel, and is divided by doors .9, 10 into a furnace or burning- chamber A, heated by gas'from a producer B, or by other means, and soaking-chambers C, D which are closed by doors 11, 12. Two sets of rails pass through the kiln, and each chamber contains two trollies, side by side, as shown. The trollies on one set of rails travel in the opposite direction to the trollies on the other set. Cross-tracks 27, 28 on which run cross-tables 29, 30 with two sets of rails, are provided at the ends of the kiln. When the goods in the chamber A have been burnt, the goods on each track are moved simultaneously in opposite directions into the soaking-chambers C, D, and impart heat to the cold charges which have been removed from the cross-tables into the soaking- chambers. In a modification, the chamber A is divided into two compartments by a partition wall 52, Fig. 12. In a further modification, the chamber A is provided with only one track, as shown in Fig. 11, and is open at one end only. The soaking-chamber D is separate from the chamber A, and has crosstracks at each end to facilitate the moving of the charges in the manner described above. The doors 9, 10 are built up of fire-brick blocks 37, Figs. 3 and 5, held within a rectangular, iron or steel frame by means of bolts 38. The doors are made wedge shape, and have adjustable angle-iron bars 41, 42, 43 at the top and sides, which are pressed against the face 45 of the plate 46 by set screws 44 to provide an air-tight joint. The end doors 11, 12 of the soaking-chambers C, D are similar tothe doors 9, 10, except that they are held against the end of the soaking-chamber by cross bars 46, 47, Fig. 8, resting in brackets 48, wedges 51 being driven between the bars and the brackets to force the doors tightly against the end plates of the soaking-chamber.
Patent GB-190702433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Rotary Fans, and similar Structures used for Windmills.
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2433. Sankey & Sons, J., and Sankey, G. H. Jan. 31. Screw motors.-The entire set of blades for a fan or wind motor and also the rim connecting their outer ends, are formed in a single piece of sheet metal, which may be aluminium. Fig. 1 shows the blank and the slots a, a<1>, a<2> cut therein by suitable tools to form the blades h. The blades are bent outwardly from the plane of the blank as shown in Fig. 3. Before or after the slots are cut, the central part b has formed in it radial or parallel corrugations, so that the disk may be securely clamped between the spindle bosses d, d' which have corresponding corrugations. The rim c connecting the outer ends may be beaded as at c', Fig. 3, or may be flanged. According to the Provisional Specification, the blades may be corrugated to increase their strength.
Patent GB-190702894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wind Screens particularly for use on Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: MAUGHAN WALTON
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 2894. Maughan, W. Feb. 5. Pivot adjustments; stays. -An adjustable V-shaped glass wind-screen is mounted on rotatable arms D, D', and is locked in any position of these arms by slotted quadrants and wing-nuts F arranged either as shown in Fig. 4 or as shown in Fig. 7. When the central standard M is dispensed with, the two glasses may be connected as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Their upper edges are gripped between flanges formed on two plates P, R formed each in two quadrant-shaped parts as P<2>, P<3> pivoted at S, a tongue portion on the part P<2> being adapted to slide into a socket in the part P<3>.
Patent GB-190705826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switches for Electric Lighting Heating and the like.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 5826. Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., and Lundberg, P. A. March 11. Switches.-Relates to methods of actuating the rooking motion of tumbler switches as described in Specification No. 131, A.D. 1901. In the key switch shown in Figs. 4 an 6, one of the links g pivoted at h is extended into a fork shape, the ends of which engage with the actuating-key for the 'on' and #off' positions. The key, which is removable, works in a'box d in an elongated boxpiece b on which the cover, screws. The lever g works in a curved slot i in the base of the box d. The box may have wards for the key.
Patent GB-190707393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Body Construction of Passenger and other Cars.
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 7393. Christianson, A., and Standard Steel Car Co. March 27. Bodies.-Relates to the construction of the ends of cars in which waiting or retiring rooms are provided and to means for securing the partitions to the sides and ceiling of the car. Fig. 3 is an horizontal section through the end of the car, and shows rooms 18, 19 enclosed by walls 20, 21. The interior finishing - plates 24 are secured to the channel end-posts 2 and are connected at the ceiling to a transverse angle 25, Fig. 4, supported from the carline 8 by a plate 27. The ceiling plate 28 and the side plate 24 are secured by an angle moulding 29 having a groove in each leg to receive the screws 31. The moulding is recessed at 33 to reduce the weight. The upper edge 37, 38, Fig. 5, of the plates 20, Fig. 3, are secured to one flange of aT-bar 35 which is riveted to the carline 7. The ceiling plates 28 are secured to the web of the T-bar and to the lower flange of the carline 7 by means of angle mouldings 29. The plates 20 can be secured to the sides of the car by means of a T-bar secured to the web of the channel side posts 1 of the car frame. The sloping roof portion 22, Fig. 2, of the compartments is formed of a plate 45, Fig. 6, secured at its upper end to the ventilation plate 10 and provided with an opening for a window 46. The lower end is bent downwardly at 51, and the sheets 52, which form the upper parts of the sheets 21, Fig 3, are secured to the plate by mouldings 55 and rivets 54, Filling-pieces 53 are employed to give thickness to the partition. The ceiling plate 49 of the compartment is secured in position by a moulding 50. The side frames of the car comprise the channel posts 1 with a bottom angle 4, floor angle 5, and side plate 6 secured to the upper ends of the posts.
Patent GB-190719017-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Cutting Gloves, without Fourchettes.
Inventor: FAGES ETIENNE ALFRED
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 19,017. rages, E. A. Aug. 23. Gloves.-A part of a glove is formed by folding the piece shown in Fig. 1 about the line X-Y. The second, third, and fourth fingers of the glove are completed by pieces similar to that shown in Fig. 2, thereby avoiding the use of four. cbettes. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 13,266, A.D. 1893, and No. 14,423, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190721421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fly Wheels.
Inventor: WALL ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 21,421. Wall, A. W. Sept. 27. Fly - wheels. - A flywheel, specially applicable for a gas engine, is made by stamping a metal blank. The periphery is beaded, and contains a loading of lead or other material. The flywheel may run on ball bearings. A pair of flywheels A, A<1> with loaded rims a', a3 are connected by a crank.pin f. The halves a<4>, a<5> of the ball races are inserted in the fly - wheels, the o t h e r halves d' being inserted in the crank casing d.
Patent GB-190722384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Explosion Motors.
Inventor: MALMS OTTO
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 22,384. Malms, O. Oct. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines.-The compressing-pumps of two-stroke-cycle engines having two or more vertical cylinders are arranged either in the same plane with, or below or above, and one on each side of a common crank-shaft, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Motion may be transmitted to the pump pistons through pin-and-slot mechanism, Fig. 1, by connecting the pump connecting-rods to the crankpin of one of the explosion cylinders, or, as shown in Fig. 2, by a curved link d one end of which is pivoted at c. The link d is driven from an eccentric or a crank-pin a, of small throw, through a link b. When the pump cylinders are mounted either above or below the crank-shaft, the crank chamber may be divided in the plane of the driving-shaft. The arrangement is suitable for use in motor road vehicles, brackets being formed on the pump cylinder to support the crank chamber on the vehicle frame.
Patent GB-190728609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuse Setting Machines.
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 28,609. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. May 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fuses.-In a fuse-setting key of the type worked by a crank and having two setting-bodies capable of relative rotation, the parts are arranged so that one revolution of the crank sets the fuse, which also revolves once only, this being accomplished by making the setting-bodies, which engage with the fuse head and the time-ring, respectively, rotate in opposite directions. The operative crank M is shown at its position of rest. It is geared directly with toothed wheels G, E, which work in a casing i<2> and on a hollow pin i<1> respectively. The three wheels G, E, K are of the same diameter. In the hubs of the wheels G, E are mounted the setting- bodies C, A, which carry pawls c', a<1> and are rotatable relatively to the hubs by worms H, F. As shown in Fig. 5, the shaft of the worm terminates in a squared projection h<1>, which, in the position shown, engages by means of a spring- controlled sleeve P with the squared end of a shaft R of an external handle N. Bearing against the sleeve is also a lever Q, which is provided with a tooth q<2> fitting in a notch in a flange on the hub of the wheel G, which is thereby prevented from rotating in a clockwise direction. The key is set for the desired time of combustion by means of the handle N, any correction being introduced by a handle S and a similar arrangement connected with the body A through the worm F. The adjustments are indicated on scales c<3>, i<8>, Fig 2. After placing the fuse in the key, a piece m<4> is slipped out of engagement with a projection i<3> by a handle m<6>, and the crank is given a complete revolution, whereupon these pieces again engage. As soon as the wheels G, E commence to move, the lever Q is moved outwardly, carrying the sleeve P, and the worm H is thus left free to revolve with the hub G, sufficient clearance being allowed in the sleeve P for the slight initial movement of the projection h<1> before its complete release. Since each hub makes one revolution, the pawls c<1>, a<1> must each come into engagement with the rings of the fuse, and as the pawls return finally to their original positions, one revolution of the crank effects the desired setting of the fuse.
Patent GB-190800021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Wheels.
Inventor: WELFORD ROBERT
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 21. Welford, R., and Welford, G. H. Jan. 1. Springs.-Inner and outer rims in a wheel are connected by springs derived in form from the letter N, with rounded bends f and sides g, Fig. 4, arranged radially, i.e. in the direction of the shocks. Each spring may be laminated or corrugated, or formed in two parts, Fig. 9, or its central part may be twisted, or curved as shown in Fig. 7. Two or more springs may be formed from a single strip, and they are attached either by means of flanges h and set-screws or to projecting brackets.
Patent GB-190800865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Meters.
Inventor: THORPE WILFRED BERTRAM
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-08-16
Abstract: 865. Thorpe, W. B. July 14. Switches, electrolytically actuated. In a prepayment electricity meter, a switch 12 is closed by the coin action, and is opened when the amount paid for has been delivered, by mechanism actuated by an electro-magnet m, the circuit of which is closed by a diaphragm or piston such as a column of mercury f, which is displaced by gases periodically evolved by electrolysis and recombined, in a closed chamber a<2>. In the arrangement shown, there are two wheels 7, 7<b>, connected by differential gear, the intermediate pinion 7<a> of which is carried by one arm of a lever 17. The amount paid for is determined by the rotation of the ratchet-wheel 7, by the depression of a rod 10 causing a coin 11 to depress a lever 9 carrying a pawl 8 engaging the ratchet-wheel 7 and causing the lever 17 to rotate in a counter-clockwise direction, thereby allowing a catch 14 to engage the switch 12, which is simultaneously depressed by the lever 9. The operation of the electro-magnet m causes, through a lever 20 and a pawl 18, a rotation of the ratchet-wheel 7<b> so as to cause the lever 17 to rotate in a clockwise direction, and eventually to release the catch 14 and allow the switch 12 to open.