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Patent GB-190406005-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangement of the Flues for Horizontal Furnaces, for Heating Steel or Iron Plates, Angle Irons and the like.
Inventor: CURRAN EDWARD
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 6005. Curran, E. March 11. Heating-furnaces for metals ; flues.- Consists in the arrangement of flues A, B, and C, Figs. 1 and 4, beneath the floor I of a heating-furnace for steel and iron plates, angle-irons, and the like. Smoke and gases from the heating- chamber G escape through holes H into the flues A, B, and C and thence to a cross flue D communicating with the chimney. The widths of the flues beneath the floor bear a constant proportion to one another, the width of the flue B being greater than A, and the width of the flue C greater than that of the flue B.
Patent GB-190413776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys.
Inventor: WORCESTER IRA DWIGHT
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 13,776. Worcester, I. D. Aug, 31, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Windowtapping and like toys.- Relates to tapping-appliances known as "tick-tacks," and consists in making them of a rubber or other sucker a by which the appliance is attached to a window pane or other smooth surface, a knob a' fixed in the sucker serving for the attachment of an arm or arms b, b<1> of a flexible material of sufficient rigidity to support a tapper or tappers e, e<1>, e<2>, e<3>. The tappers are set in motion by pulling a string or strings, which may be arranged as shown at g, gl, i. Several tappers e<1>, e<2>, e<3> may be connected to one arm b<1> and be arranged to stand at different distances from the surface to which the sucker is attached. One of the tappers e<2> may be made of considerable weight, and is placed so that it may vibrate freely without striking the surface, whereby the other tappers attached to the same arm continue to tap for some time after the string has been pulled. The arms carrying the tappers may be of different degrees of flexibility.
Patent GB-190414606-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process or Combination of Processes for Improving the Appearance of Engravings and the like
Inventor: BRIDGENS HARRY HOLME
Filed: 1904-06-29
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,606. Bridgens, H. H. June 29. Lithographic printing. - Prints from wood engravings, process engravings, or line blocks are wholly or partly surrounded by a lithographic background in bronze or colour. An impression from the block or engraving is dusted over with pulverized red chalk and transferred by pressure to a finely-grained lithographic stone. The impression is then gone over with liquid gum which is left to dry. The stone around the gummed impression is then treated with a mixture of copal chalk and Russian tallow, applied by means of a suitable rubbing-device, to produce a background as shown in Fig. 2, after which the stone is subjected to the action of gum with a small percentage of nitric acid for about twelve hours. The design is first printed from the block or engraving, and the background in bronze or colour is then printed from the lithographic stone prepared as above described. The process is stated to be particularly applicable to illustrations in trade catalogues.
Patent GB-190420859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Expanding Metals.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
Filed: 1904-09-28
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 20,859. Page, S. E., [Universal Metal Lath and Patent Co.]. Sept. 28. Making expanded trelliswork.-In a machine for making expanded metal-work, a sheet A is fed by gravity on to a stop E and is slit parallel to its bottom edge and the parts between the slits and the edge bent out as shown at D by diamondshaped cutters, which are moved laterally between successive operations to stagger the slits. The cutter-carrier J is reciprocated by the cam shaft O and a rod R between limits determined by a wedge S<2>, and the cutter-holder I is reciprocated laterally by a rock-shaft and a cam on a shaft rotating at half the speed of the shaft O. A gripper G, adjusted by a wedge B<2> to suit the thickness of the plate A, is moved to grip the plate during each shearing and bending operation by toggle-levers V, W and a cam T ; the toggles are kept in their straightened position and the plate prevented from feeding, when the expanded part is to be severed from the remainder, by means of an arm h, a lever e, and a projection d on a disc c which is rotated by ratchet gearing. The gauge E may be fixed to the cutters or pivoted to the frame K so as to be pushed out of the way at each stroke of the cutters.
Patent GB-190420987-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Tea-pots and other Vessels Provided with a Lid.
Inventor: SALT THOMAS
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 20,987. Salt, T. Sept. 30. Jugs. - To pre-. vent the liquid from running over the top when pouring, and to retain the lid in position, jugs &c. are provided with a hood B, formed in the making and adapted to cover the front portion of the lid. A strainer A is also provided, which is contracted at the lower portion to retain leaves &c. and is perforated at the upper portion.
Patent GB-190423191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bottles.
Inventor: LEISTNER CARL
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 23,191. Letstner, C. Oct. 27. Drawings to Specification. Bottle necks.-In the manufacture of bottles by the blowing - machine described in Specification No. 16,652, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Glass], means is provided whereby the maker's name or other matter is cast in relief or in intaglio on the neck of the bottles. The name &c. is cut inversely in the neck mould of the machine, and a direct cast is obtained during the manufacture of the bottle. If a metallic capsule is closely fitted to the neck of such bottle, a reproduction on the capsule of the name &c. is effected.
Patent GB-190423382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like
Inventor: WEISSENTHANNER ALFRED LOUIS
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 23,382. Weissenthanner, A. L. July 22, [date applied for under Patents Act A.D. 1901]. Stoppers; capsules, bottle &c.-Relates to means for facilitating the removal from bottles &c. of sheet-metal stoppers, having depending flanges enclosing a suitable sealing-medium and adapted to be forced into locking relation with a shoulder near the mouth of a bottle &c. The flange of the stopper is weakened circumferentially to a suitable extent and means are provided for rupturing the weakened portion of the flange Fig. 2 shows the flange of the stopper developed. A number of horizontal slits 6, 7, 8, 9 are formed in the flange, and the flange is also weakened vertically at 13 so as to form a tongue-piece 14. The tongue-piece is stiffened by a rib 15, and the parts of the flange adjacent to the slits are stiffened by ribs 16 ; the tongue-piece and the stiffened portions of the flange thus act as levers and facilitate the rupturing of the weakened portions. The flange of the stopper is further weakened near the parts to be ruptured by recesses 17, which form between them locking projections 18. In a modification, two or more tongues may be provided ; these tongues may be adjacent to each other and pointing in opposite directions, as in Fig. 3, or they may be arranged at intervals and point in the same direction, or they may be arranged at opposite ends of a series of slits and point in opposite directions. As a further modification, Fig. 6 shows the flange of a stopper adapted for vessels containing fluids under pressure. In this case, the lower edge of the flange is made circumferentially continuous, the cut 40, forming the lower side of the tongue, being terminated a short distance from one of the recesses between the locking- projections.
Patent GB-190426306-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Conversion of Rotary Motion into Oscillatory Motion.
Inventor: YOUNG HARRY HOWLETT
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,306. Young, H. H., Bergtheil, A., Bergtheil, E., and Young, H. W., [trading as Bergtheil & Young]. Dec. 2. Fans, punkah and like. -Relates to gearing for converting rotary i n t o oscillating motion, and is particularly applicable for use in operating punkahs &c. by means of rotary electric motors. A friction wheel &c. b, which may be covered with leather, is mounted on the driving-shaft a, and engages a quadrant or rack f mounted on the end of an arm e. The arm e is carried by a shaft c, controlled by a weight h, spring, &c. The wheel b alternately engages opposite sides of the quadrant f and thereby imparts a rocking or oscillating motion to the shaft c, such motion being transmitted by a lever or arm j on the shaft c to the part to be driven. In order to allow the wheel b to engage opposite faces of the quadrant, the arm e is made flexible, or the shaft c may be arranged to move axially under the action of springs &c., or the wheel b may be arranged to move laterally. The quadrant may be replaced by a slotted link or similar device. Magnetic means may be employed to increase the grip between the driving and driven elements, or teeth or other potitive engaging device may be employed on these elements.
Patent GB-190427332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Milling Woven and Felted Fabrics.
Inventor: PRESTON SAM
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 27,332. Preston, S., and Preston, B. Dec. 15. Milling.-The object is to prevent the woven or felted material from becoming choked between the milling-rollers g, h and the trough n, which is provided with a weighted lid o, and to submit it to a beating action. The fabric is caused to pass between the beating-rollers 15, arranged in one or more groups, mounted in carriers t, Fig. 4, at or near the exit of the trough, and a fixed or yielding surface, which meshes lightly with the rollers 15 and consists of a plain or ribbed roller q, Fig. 3, or a group of rollers r, Fig. 4, or a board p, Fig. 5, with plain or curved surface and with or without rollers s. The rollers 15, r are arranged to rotate on their own axes and also round the axes 12, u respectively, the latter motion being derived from the shafts of the milling-rollers by means of endless bands. The bearings of the axis u of the board p, roller q, or rollers r may be fixed or supported by a yielding adjustable spring, or may slide in a vertical guide-piece, being retained in working position by cords passing over pulleys and con. nected to hooked rods carrying helical springs and weights. When the shaft u is fixed, the shaft 12 is adjustable in vertical guides, being kept in working position by the action of a lever and springs. In some cases, a " turn " p may be hinged above the roller q or rollers r.
Patent GB-190501887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Abrading Machinery
Inventor: FAIRE GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 1887. Faire, G. H., and Faire, A. W., [trading as Smith, Faire, & Co.], and Wilkinson, C. Jan. 31. Surfacing and polishing. -Relates to that type of buffing and scouring device, used particularly in abrading the soles and heels of boots and shoes preparatory to the finishing operations, in which a felt pad covered with abrading-material is attached to a circular holder mounted on a rapidly-rotating spindle, and consists in covering the acting face only of the pad with such material. The spindle a is tapered at its end to receive the holder c, which is provided with an extended face d to contact with the back of the pad e, the face of which is covered with a disk of emery- or sand-paper f. The disk and pad are secured to the holder by a large, flat-headed nut g, which is threaded on to the end of the spindle in an opposite direction to that in which it rotates. The pad e is shaped so that when the nut is screwed home its head fits in a recess i, and is thus prevented from coming into contact with the work. If desired, the disk f may be moulded to the shape shown.
Patent GB-190505421-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for Emptying the Dust Bins in a Cart, without Raising Dust
Inventor: FREISE HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-03-15
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 5421. Freise, H. March 15. Dust-bins.-To cause the hinged lid n of the bin i to open as the contents of the bin are being tipped into a dust cart, the lid has a knob m which slides in a guide o on the swinging flap e' on the cart. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 1184, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190507117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buttonhole Sewing Machines.
Inventor: HOUSE WILLIAM MANNING
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 7117. House, W. M. April 4. Buttonhole-sewing machines ; needle-bars, vibrating laterally.-The needle gate 5 is vibrated by means of a rod 7 and a block 19 which is reciprocated in a normally fixed and inclined slide 20. The block 19 is actuated by a bell-crank lever 15 which engages a face cam 14, driven by the main shaft through bevel-gearing. The slide 20 is pivoted at 21 and, since the lateral travel of the block 19 is determined by the inclination of the slide, the inclination is increased, during the formation of the barring stitches, by means of a rod 24 which is suitably actuated by a cam-surface on a feed-wheel 39. At the same time, the field of vibration is shifted, so as to be central with the buttonhole, by a cam-actuated rod 36, which, through a bell-crank lever 33, laterally moves a sliding plate 22 on which the slide 20 is mounted. The usual type of work clamp is operated by camgrooves on the feed-wheel.
Patent GB-190510174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Fires.
Inventor: PRICE HENRY ADDIS
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 10,174. Price, H. A., and Turner, F. W. May 15. Gas burners.-Branches B on the pipe A supply the gas to the nozzles C passing 'through the fire-brick D, which is fluted, as shown, to distribute the heat amongst the asbestos &c. blocks, and to prevent the nozzle from being choked.
Patent GB-190511843-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Voting Machine
Inventor: STACY GEORGE
Filed: 1905-06-06
Granted: 1906-06-06
Abstract: 11,843. Stacy, G. June 6. Voting - apparatus.-In direct or preferential voting-apparatus, bars are pulled out to record the votes, all the bars in one vertical column of the frame being allotted to the same candidate but for diflerent values, and all the bars in a horizontal row to the same value for different candidates. Particular con- . structions are shown whereby the opening of a door covering the voting- frame is utilized to unlock all the bars and prevent return of a bar when operated, and there are interlocking - means for each horizontal or vertical row. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in vertical section and Fig. 2 in plan. The motion of the bars b is limited by adjustable pins d, and the rollers b<7> momentarily lift the pawl c on the rod c<2> from which the corresponding counter c<5> is operated, the rod being suitably shaped to clear the upper bars. Each bar has projections h<1>, which upon operation allow the spring-controlled rod h to slide and lock all the bars in the same horizontal row by means of teeth engaging holes in the bars. Similarly, the bar j<4> interlocks vertical rows. The door g, Fig. 5, is doubly hinged, and the motion of the slotted piece g<4> determines the position of an arm e<9> provided with two links e<8>, f<4> for operating, respectively, a rod e with locking- teeth e<4> for all bars, and releasing a detent f<9> to engage with the non-return rack b<6>.
Patent GB-190526295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braces for Supplementary Vehicle Springs.
Inventor: YOUNG WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 26,295. Young, W. Dec. 16. Springs.-Relates to improvements in the supplementary vehicle springs of the kind described in Specification No. 25,723, A.D. 1904, and consists in providing them with strengthening-braces. The ordinary plate spring 12, Fig. 2, is pivoted on the bolt 11, Figs. 1 and 4, which passes through the eyes 21 formed at the top of the oval side braces 15, and through the eyes 10 formed on the inwardly-bent upper ends of the vertical bolts 8, 9, to the lower ends of which the lowest coils of the helical springs 5, 6 are rigidly secured. The lowest coils fit snugly on the bolts and are held between the nuts 17 and a tie-plate 13 which rests on the lower eyes 14 of the braces 15, the whole being secured by the nuts 16. The upper ends of the helical springs 5, 6 are enlarged into eyelets to take the bolt 3 on which the curved bracket 2 attached to the vehicle frame is pivoted. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the vertical bolts 8, 9 are shortened so that the heads 18 rest against the lowest coils, and a pair of side hangers 20, with eyelets 19, are threaded on the bolts and tightened by the nuts 16, the upper ends having eyelets 10 to take the bolt 11.
Patent GB-190600413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: GRIEVE THOMAS SCOTT
Filed: 1906-01-06
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 413. Grieve, T. S. Jan. 6. Circular knitting-machines. - In fashioning the heels and toes of stockings &c., the needles are transferred by means of rotary selectors or pickers such as are described in Specification No. 1752, A.D. 1897. In narrowing, a needle 10 strikes against a picker 4, Fig. 2, projecting through a slot in the cam slide and which rocks about a pivot 9, Fig. 4, this picker carrying the needle over into the non-knitting groove 3, Fig. 2, the motion being completed by a spring 15, Fig. 4. The lower edge 6 of the picker acts as a cam to deflect the remaining needles downwards into the knitting track. A picker 17 passing through a sleeve 19, Fig. 5, pivoted to the cam slide at 27, Fig. 4, is used for widening. This picker is normally held out of the path of the needles by a spring 22, Fig. 5, and is brought into action by two pivoted levers 23, Fig. 4, actuated by a cam slide 24 which may be operated by a stop on the machine. The picker 17 has a limited rotary motion in the sleeve 19 by means of a pin 20 and slot 21, so that the first needle 25, Fig. 2, engaging it simply rocks it, allowing another needle 26 to be taken up. The picker is then rocked about the pivot 27 carrying down the two needles 25, 26 until they engage with the lower edge 6 of the picker 4 by which they are transferred to the knitting track. In widening, two needles are thus lowered into action and one raised out of action for every reversal of the cam slide.
Patent GB-190606394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stockings Suspenders.
Inventor: WARDROPER ANNIE
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 6394. Wardroper, A. March 16. , Stocking suspenders.- Stockings are suspended from the corsets by ribbons A, to the lower end of each of which is attached a rigid loop B, covered with some soft material, a loop C' of flexible cord being also attached to the ribbon A by a loop A<1>. A button C, preferably of some hard material, is attached to the loop C<1>, and is placed inside the stocking D and afterwards passed through the loop B.
Patent GB-190612129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetting Apparatus.
Inventor: GRUENEWALD FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 12,129. Gr³newald, F. May 24. Carburetting.-A carburettor comprises a vessel A containing a number of porous concentric tubes B closed at the top and open at the bottom, where they dip into the hydrocarbon. The tubes B open into each other alternately at the top and bottom, and ledges D of porous material are arranged helically between the tubes to compel the air or other gas, which enters at E and passes out at K, to traverse a tortuous path.
Patent GB-190612234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Water Raising and the like Circulating Apparatus.
Inventor: GRYS GEORGE HENRY LE
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 12,234. Le Grys, G. H. May 25. Ejectors for water-raising and like circulating apparatus. A globular casing B is fitted with a steam nozzle E having a curved exterior F and a divergent mouth G. The nozzle is so arranged that part of the steam impinges against the curved surface of the casing B, and passes down over such surface and then back by the surface F. Washers H enable the nozzle to be adjusted. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which the nozzle enters the casing at the side.
Patent GB-190618895-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Construction of Birdcages
Inventor: DAVIS CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-23
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 18,895. Davis, C. J. Aug. 23. Drawings to Specification. Cages.-Bird-cages are constructed with a sand drawer and a removable " well " base. The bottom bar of three sides of the cage has a rim or groove which supports the sand drawer, and the well base has a wide flange carrying bolts which shoot over the bottom bar and retain it.
Patent GB-190620140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulling-over and like Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 20,140. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Sept. 10. L a s t i n g.- Relates to the pulling-over machine described in Specification No. 12,304, A.D. 1903; and consists in the provisionof pressers to clamp the upper before the grippers release it, and to wipe the upper over the last and press it into position after the grippers have released it. Each presser comprises a member 40, of the shape shown in Fig. 8, and having formed on it a ribbed semi-cylindrical shoulder 45, which fits in a similar recess in a block 48, Fig. 9. This allows the presser to adjust itself to the work or the " spring of the last bottom, to an extent limited by inclined stop faces 47. The block 48 is connected by a curved tongue and groove to a slide 59, Fig. 6, to enable the presser to adapt itself to the contour of the side of the last. A spring plunger 57 normally holds the presser and block in a central position. The slide 59 is moved horizontally in the presser-carrying arm 20 or 22 x, Fig. 2, by rack-and-pinion gearing 60, 62, Fig. 3, which also moves a lastsupport 65 towards and away from the work. The parts are arranged so that, while the upper is still held by the grippers, the inclined face 42 of the presser engages the edge of the shoe while the support 65 engages its side and lower face. The grippers then open, and the last is wedged down on to the support until the presser can slide over it and force the upper against the insole. A recess 63, Fig. 3, may be provided in the presser, to prevent the insole from being forced back during this wiping-over process. In a modification, the member 40 is made in two parts coupled together by an equalizing-lever. The presser-carrying arms 20x, 22<x>, Fig. 2, are actuated yieldingly from a cam on the main shaft of the machine. Each arm is formed in two parts a, b, connected by bolts c passing through slots.