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Patent GB-190328007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Printing and Issuing Tickets and Registering Fares.
Inventor: NORTH RUFFIN
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 28,007. North, R. Dec. 21. Fares, registering and checking.-A fare register adapted for printing and issuing tickets is shown. The numbers of the differently-priced tickets and the total number of tickets sold are registered on the counters G<1>, G, the date, the consecutive number, the names of the stations, and other matter are printed upon the tickets, and each ticket is issued through the opening m<3> by the backward movement of the handle m<2> and is cut off or perforated by the cutter d'. The wheel K is set to the fare when the indicator adjacent to it shows the destination, and the shaft L brings the slide g, by means of the cam H, into position with one of its projections g<3> in engagement with the counter for the ticket. On turning the handle m<2>, the paper carrier B is vibrated, and the paper, which is held between the feed-rollers c<1>, c<2>, is unwound and pressed into contact with the type on the carrier A, the inking-roller having inked the type. The printing type are mounted in the segmental carrier A, so that the operative surface of the type is at a constant distance from the centre about which the printing-roller a<1> moves. The spindle a<3> of the printing-roller a<1> is engaged by the camgrooves a<5>, formed in the pivoted arms b<1>, to move the roller away from or towards, the type. Two parallel station - printing rollers are mounted freely on spindles, with a fareprinting roller arranged between them, and each station-printing roller is engaged separately with the fare-printing roller. During the printing operation, the quadrant F is moved to operate the lever o<1> and set the consecutive number type, and to cause the slide Q to engage with the catch q<3>. A bell-hammer q<1> is attached to the slide Q. The movement of the lever g<1> on the spindle b<3> actuates the slide g for the counter G and the slide g<2> for one of the stage indicator counters G<1>. By raising the levers d<2> in the forward motion and releasing them in the backward motion, the cutter d is brought down upon the ticket. In its return movement, the quadrant F effects the rotation of the feedrollers c<1>, c<2> by means of their gearing and the pawl c<9>. At the end of the travel of the quadrant F, a fixed pin engages with the catch q<3> and releases the slide Q. The casing M is formed with apertures through which the counters G, G<1> may be read.
Patent GB-190407382-A (GB)
Title: Steering Gear for Boats.
Inventor: HITTA PIERRE
Filed: 1904-03-28
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 7382. Hitta, P. March 28. Steering-gear; driving-gear for screw propellers. -Consists of hand-operated steering-gear for boats whereby the rudder is turned by pawls operating a ratchet-wheel keyed to the rudder post. The operation of the steering-gear stops the screw propeller by opening a switch in the circuit of the electromotor used for driving the boat. To steer the boat, the link 20 is reciprocated from the steering-station by a cord and tne spring 10 on the pawl 7, which, together with the pawl 13, turns the rudder post. The link 18 operates a pawl 25; used for opening the switch 38, which is fixed to the disc 29. The pawl 25 engages the teeth 28 of the disc and moves it until tne spring catch 42 engages the cam 34, thus holding the switch open. The catch 42 is pulled out of engagement with the disc 29 when the rudder has reached the desired position, and the disc 29 is returned to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 2, by clockwork mechanism.
Patent GB-190407676-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Telephonic Communication.
Inventor: LEE JOHN HODGSON
Filed: 1904-03-31
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 7676. Lee, J. H. March 31. Telephone systems.-The wires of electric light or power transmission systems are used for telephonic communication, each sub-station being able to speak with the power or ceutral station.
Patent GB-190412659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Washers or Scrubbers.
Inventor: REDMAN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 12,659. Redman, T. June 4. Washers; scrubbers.-Relates to improvement, in rotating gas washers or scrubbers. The gas passes in a very subdivided condition through. small channels or narrow tubes in a rotating drum. A cylindrical casing c, Fig. 1, provided with inlet and outlet pipes, may have any number of sections in which are drums 5, 6, 7, rotating upon the shaft 4. Each drum disc has holes on one side near the centre, through which the gas and washing-liquid enter, and the casing c is partially filled with liquid. The drums are divided into sections by radial plates 10, 11, 10<a>, Fig. 1, which may be inclined as in drum 5, or parallel to the axis as in drum 6. The sections are filled with corrugated and flat plates, laid alternately, Fig. 6, to form a number of small channels. Two arrangements are adopted. In one, shown in drums 5 and 6 and Fig. 4, the plates are laid radially and parallel to the section plates, so that, when the drum revolves, the gas enters the channels at the centre of the drum, passes up through the liquid carried in them, and leaves at the periphery. In a second arrangement, the plates, laid alternately, are arranged in a circular fashion as in Fig. 5, and a space is left between the ends of the plate and the section plates. The drum disc on each side has a set of holes, one for each compartment, the corresponding set on the other side being at the opposite end of the compartment. As the corrugated plates and drum 7, Fig. 1, rise on rotation, the liquid enters the bottom holes 17, and gas, filling the channels through the upper holes 17<a>, rises up through the liquid as the drum rotates, and is expelled as the compartment becomes again immersed. The inclination of the plates may be reversed in any drum compartment, as in Fig. 4, and plates may be replaced by small tubes arranged similarly. The division plates 8, 9 are provided with holes to allow the gas to proceed through the sections.
Patent GB-190413985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screwdrivers
Inventor: LANE HENRY WADSWORTH
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 13,985. Lane, H. W. June 20. Screwdrivers have spring lips which grip the undercut slot in the head of a screw and so hold it while being driven. A longitudinal slot 3 is cut in the edge of the blade, forming two spring lips 1, 2 which have slight beadings 4 on their outer edges as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Thin pieces of spring steel 5, 6 may be used instead, having a distance-piece 7 between, or each having an outward set, and entering a large groove in the screwdriver. Thin pieces of steel may also be used as shown in Fig. 5, but, in all cases, the strips are secured by soldering or riveting. Figs. 6 and 6<a> show a modification in which a continuous bent spring is nsed. Figs. 7 and 8 show another form in which the jaws have teeth 11 which enter into the groove 10 in the head 9 of a screw and so hold it. These jaws may be elastic so as to separate naturally, or they may be rigid and operated in the manner employed in the universal watch key.
Patent GB-190424674-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lubricating Device.
Inventor: PROCTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1905-11-14
Abstract: 24,674. Procter, W. H. Nov. 14. Axle-boxes, lubricating; axle-boxes.-The lubricating-roller 2 is mounted loosely on the spindle 3, the ends of which are fixed to blocks 4, sliding in guides 5 and pressed upwards by springs 6 adjusted by screws 8. The guides 5 either consist of screw plugs 7 or are cast on the bottom of the axle-box, which may be made in two parts dovetailed into each other. An opening closed by the plug 10 determines the height to which the axle-box is filled with lubricant.
Patent GB-190504361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines suitable for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: LIVESEY HARRY
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1906-03-02
Abstract: 4361. Livesey, H. March 2. Pistons, attaching to rods. The pistons of tandemcylinder internalcombustion engines for motor road vehicles may be attached to the connecting-rods as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190506173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters.
Filed: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 6173. Soc. Anon. Ateliers Bariquand & Marre. June 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. A carburetter for supplying a mixture of constant strength at varying speeds is shown in Fig. 1. Air and liquid fuel enter the mixing chamber C through the inlet A and spraying-nozzle G, respectively. Auxiliary air-inlet ports, controlled by a suction-operated piston valve B, are provided at O, and a hand- or governor-controlled mixture supply valve at M.
Patent GB-190514939-A (GB)
Title: Improved Self Lighter for Cigars, Cigarettes or Pipes and the like
Inventor: CLAIR-MALLEY JOHN ST
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 14,939. Malley, J. St. Clair-. July 20. Matches.-A strip of paper a, having gummed and tapered ends to be secured to a cigarette or the like, is impregnated with nitre, and its central portion is coated with a dressing b of nitre, charcoal, and glue, upon which is mounted the igniting-tip c composed of a mixture of antimony sulphide, potassium chlorate, and glue. The rubbing-surface is prepared by coating glass-paper with a mixture of amorphous phosphorus, antimony sulphide, and glue. If preferred, the ordinary phosphorus igniting-tip may be used, and the prepared rubbing- surface dispensed with. Specifications No. 18,684, A.D. 1890, No. 12,276, A.D. 1891, and Nos. 21,398, A.D. 1893, 18,257, A.D. 1894, 18,170, A.D. 1897, 5215, A.D. 1900,and 25,588, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Tobacco], are referred to.
Patent GB-190515129-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Bracelets and the like.
Inventor: HUTTENLOCHER ALBERT
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 15,129. Huttenlocher, A. July 22. Ornamental chains are built up of hollow links, Figs. 1 and 6, connected together by pivots. Fig. 1 shows a link a provided at one end with a projection f recessed at b for the reception of a pin c and at the other end with two fork-like projections e recessed in the same manner. The links are completed by a series of flat covers d, Fig. 2, which are attached by means of solder. The soldering operation is effected by the aid of a device which consists of a strip of resilient material provided at one end with a hook which engages with holes in the opposite end. The links shown in Fig. 1 are curved slightly on the underside and lie tangentially on the strip, so that no two links become attached together during the operation of the soldering. A modified form of link is shown in Fig. 6, which consists of a series of hollow members a piovided with cross-bars and pins e and united by intermediate links k, shown also in side elevation. Flat cover-plates are provided as before, and as these links are flat on the underside they may be soldered on a flat surface, without the aid of the device described above.
Patent GB-190520373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Catches for Window Casements Shutters or the like.
Inventor: REICHARDT MICHAEL
Filed: 1905-10-09
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 20,373. Reichardt, M. Oct. 7, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Door holders and like fastenings; door checks.- A casement, shutter, &c. holder consists of a spring b, attached to the window &c. frame, and shaped like a mark of interrogation, Fig. 1, or an ellipse, Fig. 2, supported by a bracket i. The casement &c. may be recessed and bevelled, so that, when it is fastened, the spring exercises no pressure thereon.
Patent GB-190525920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gear.
Inventor: PERNOT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-12-13
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 25,920. Pernot, C. Jan. 5, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Driving-chains.-Relates to chain gearing in which the teeth of each chain-wheel are fixed to a flexible member arranged to work in circles of varying diameter. These teeth are cut away and carried on trunnions, so that an ordinary roller chain can be used for transmission. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises a modification in which an ordinary roller chain is used in the variable chainwheel. In this case, the transmission chain is composed of links in the shape of arches fitting over the rollers. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190601962-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Treatment of Brewers Grains or Draff for the Production therefrom of Material suitable for use as a Yeast-food and for other purposes.
Filed: 1906-01-25
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 1962. Faulkner, F., and Savilles, Ltd. Jan, 25. Yeast; spirits beverages, forming head or foam on.-Brewers' grains, or draff, preferably while still hot from the mash-tun, are digested under pressure with water containing sulphurous acid to convert the nitrogenous substances in the grains into soluble digestible form. The pressure is released and sulphurous acid allowed to escape. The mixture is again digested under pressure with an agent such as sulphuric acid to convert the starch into sugars. The resulting liquid is neutralized and filtered, and may be concentrated in vacuo. The treatment of the grains may be carried out in the vsssel in which the malt has been extracted. The product is applicable as a yeast food and a source of alcohol, as a food-stuff, and for other purposes It is rotated to contain a substance which forms a head or foam on beer &c.
Patent GB-190602104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti Vibration Apparatus for Gas Mains
Inventor: CARTER JAMES
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 2104. Carter, J. Jan. 27. Mains and pipes.-Relates to means applied to suspended gas pipes in mills or the like, for preventing the transmission of vibration to the mantles and effecting the exclusion of dirt therefrom. The main pipe C is suspended from a hook at the. lower end of a spring B provided with a safety chain G, or, in the case of a spring under compression, with a central rod having a suitable check collar. Tee- or cross-pieces D are placed in the pipe C, and the lower limb is connected with a hollow plug E forming a settling-chamber for dirt, the supply pipe F for the burners being connected to a side or top branch of the tee- or cross-piece.
Patent GB-190603960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators.
Inventor: WALLIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 3960. Wallis, J., and Wallis, J. Feb. 17. Ventilators.-An outlet ventilator consists of a casing A in which is provided a shaft communicating by an aperture b with the inside of the building &c., and also shafts f, g, communicating with the interior by openings i. The outer casing is cut away at e so that wind &c. passing through the casing is deflected through the passages d and draws off foul air through the openings c, h in the shafts. When the casing A is made of sheet metal, the shafts f, g are formed by cutting and bending inwards portions of the sides, leaving openings e.
Patent GB-190604910-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stair Rod Eyes.
Inventor: JOYNER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 4910. Joyner, W. H. Feb. 28. Stair-rod eyes, having the front portion hinged to admit the stair rod from the front, are fitted with a spring to hold the hinged portion up when that portion is released, and also with a spring clip which will hold the front hinged part down, when once forced down, until a release button is depressed. In Fig. 2, the spring b, tending to hold the front hinged portion open, is shown secured to the back bracket a by a screw, and the hold-down clip is shown attached to the spring by a button e, which serves also as a release. The hold-down clip d, Fig. 4, may be stamped from the spring b, and the button may merely rest on the end of the spring. Two independent springs may be used.
Patent GB-190612525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Recovery of Rubber from Rubber Waste
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 12,525. Boult, A. J., [K÷neman, W. A.]. May 29. India-rubber waste, utilizing.-Waste vulcanized rubber articles are heated at a temperature of about 220‹F. with a weak solution of a mineral acid, containing an amount of common salt or other simple chloride, for a period of about one hour. The rubber mass is separated from the fibre by screening, and is then washed with dilute alkali and afterwards with water and is subsequently dried. It may either be used in this state or subjected to further treatment by boiling in a solution of resinate of soda or in a solution of resin in borax, which imparts the necessary genuineness lost by the rubber during the first operation. The gum solution is then drained off and the rubber boiled for a short time with a suitable precipitant, such as alum, to render the soluble matter insoluble. The rubber thus obtained is finally washed and dried and rolled into sheets. In place of common salt, any of the halogen compounds of the alkali metals or of the alkaline earths, such as calcium chloride, may be used. A small amount of bleaching-powder may also be added.
Patent GB-190613329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liners for Centrifugal Liquid Separators.
Inventor: WISNER CHARLES LEMAR
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 13,329. Wisner, C. L., [Massey-Harris Co.]. June 9. Separating liquids. -Relates to liners for centrifugal liquid separators. The liner is composed of an inner series of disks b sloping downwards and an outer series a sloping upwards, as described in Specification No. 3805A, A.D. 1905, from which it is distinguished by the disks in the outer series being more widely spaced than those in the inner.
Patent GB-190620747-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Appliance for use in Bending to Shape the Crank Shafts of Multiple Cylinder Engines.
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 20,747. Sunbeam Motor Car Co., and Shaw, B. J. A. Sept. 19. Bending. - The crankshaft C of a multiplecylinder engine, after having its journals k roughly turned up and heated, is twisted to set itscranks at the proper angles by means of the apparatus shown, which consists of a fixed block a slightly longer than the width of two cranks, and rotatable blocks a<1>, a<2> having projections b<1>, b<2>, b<3> to engage recesses in each other and in the block a and bearings c. All the blocks are slotted as at a<3> to receive the untwisted shaft ; when the journals k are secured in the bearings c, the blocks a<1>, a<2> are rotated so far as stops m, n, m<1>, n<1> permit, for example, by means of crowbars inserted in holes o. When the shaft has cooled, the bearings care moved endways, to allow the blocks to be separated from the work, which can then be removed.
Patent GB-190621021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cop-tubes to Facilitate the Dyeing of Yarns.
Inventor: STRAETER JOSEF
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 21,021. Strõter, J. May 8, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyeing.-A cop tube a, used to facilitate the dyeing of yarn, is made of unsized paper, in order that the dye-fluid may pass through it more easily.
Patent GB-190625664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets for Air Gun Practice
Inventor: FIELD FRANK
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 25,664. Field, F. Nov. 14. Targets.-A pellet or shot from an air-gun, after passing through a bull's-eye aperture h<1> in the target H, strikes a spring plunger A, which drives a ball J up an inclined tube B into a vertical tube C over a bell E in a box D fitted with an inclined tray d'. The balls J are fed to the tube B by an inclined side tube.
Patent GB-190700348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Baking with Quick Heating and Cooling.
Inventor: VIRGILI FELICISSIMO
Filed: 1907-01-05
Granted: 1908-01-04
Abstract: 348. Virgili, F. Jan. 5. Oven furnaces.- A baker's o v e n, which is provided with flues above and below and is normally muffled, may be heated internally by direct contact with the furnace gases and may be cooled by passing air through its interior without stopping the furnace. Removable hotwater pipes 12, Fig. 4, are arranged beneath the oven, the steam being delivered through openings 15. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section, Fig. 3 a sectional plan on the line C-D, and Fig. 4 a cross section on the line E-F. When the oven is muffled, dampers A, B, which are controlled by the same rod, are opened and closed respectively, and a damper C is closed, so that gases from the furnace 1 pass through flues 3 ... 7 to the chimney 11. To heat the oven quickly, the damper A is closed and the dampers B, C are opened, so that the gases pass from the flues 4 into flues 8, Fig. 7, and through the baking-chamber, whence they pass through flues 9, 5, 6, 7 to the chimney. In order to cool the baking-chamber quickly, the dampers A, C are closed and the damper B opened ; the oven door is then opened, and cold air, after passing through the oven, escapes to the flue 9 and thence to the chimney. When more than one baking-chamber is used, the chambers may be superposed or arranged side by side.
Patent GB-190708572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Valves and Cocks
Inventor: MILLS FRANK BRACEBRIDGE
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 8572. Mills, F. B., and Temple, W. G. April 12. Lift values; plug c o c k s ; actuating valves; closing, retarding; regulating discharge front valves.-Relates to screw - down gas valves provided with a by-pass and with special means for their slow opening or closing. A conical valve a, Fig. 1, is carried on the threaded, part b<1> of an operating-spindle b, which is rotated by means of a chain-wheel c. The valve a is prevented from rotating by a set-screw working in a groove in the rear end of the valve. The gas flows into a by-pass through a notch d communicating with a recess e, the exit from which is controlled by means of an adjusting-screw f. A spring c<1> is interposed between the chain-wheel c and a cap q closing the valve chamber, to provide a resistance to the opening or closing of the valve, and thus to ensure a steady and gradual operation. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, an arm i carrying a weight i<1> is rigidly attached to the end of the operating-spindle band is adapted to be engaged by one or other of two pins k, k<1> projecting from the face of the chainwheel c, which, in this case, is loosely mounted on the spindle b. The rotation of the chain-wheel is limited by two adjustable stops m, m' on the chain h co-operating alternately with a guard-plate n, which also serves to retain the chain in position. When the chain is pulled to open or close the valve, one of the pins k, k<1> engages the arm i and carries it just beyond its highest point, when the movement of the chain is arrested by one of the stops m, m<1>. and the arm i slowly falls, its motion being retarded by friction, or by a spring acting similarly to the spring c<1>, Fig. 1, or by a spring-controlled piston o, Fig. 4, acting to resist the inward movement of the valve. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the piston o closes the by-pass when the main valve is open. Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the by-pass is controlled by the rotation of a plug cock p. which is drilled axially and diametrically, a screw q in the axial drilling being provided for the purpose of adjusting the size of the passage-way.
Patent GB-190710968-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Package Rolls of Metallic Leaf.
Inventor: COE WALTER HAMILTON
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 10,968. Coe, W. H. May 10. Gilding.-The paper strip a of a package roll of metallic leaf is provided with punctures b made with a pointed instrument so as to leave raised burrs c on one side of the paper; these cause the leaf e to cling more closely to that side and prevent the leaf from leaving the paper strip during unwinding.