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Patent GB-190309586-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Controlling Electric Circuits.
Inventor: TATE GEORGE AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1903-04-28
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 9586. Tate, G. A., and Newbery, F. E. April 28. Signals, electric-bell.-Relates to means for automatically breaking a circuit or giving an alarm when the current exceeds a certain limit. A movable part, such as the pointer of a measuring- instrument, controlled by a shunt current, serves to close another shunt circuit which energizes an electromagnet and closes a circuit for operating the circuit-breaker. In the arrangement shown, the arms 8 of the circuit-breaker are held closed against springs 9 by the catches 11, 12. The core of a solenoid C is adapted when energized to lift the catch 12. An ammeter A is connected in shunt with the current to be controlled, and is fitted with an adjustable contact 38. The pointer 28 also carries a contact and, when it contacts with the part 38, a circuit is completed through the electromagnet D. This attracts its armature 19, and closes a circuit through the solenoid C at the contacts 22, 23. The core of the solenoid is then attracted, and opens the circuit-breaker. The electromagnet D has a second winding, which is closed at the contacts 22, 23 and holds the armature up should the needle 28 oscillate quickly. Two contacts such as 38 may be fitted, and the needle 28 play between them so as to operate the controlling-mechanism at either extreme condition of the circuit. The electromagnet C can be arranged to operate a bell, instead of breaking the circuit. The contact 38 consists of a number of wires supported by a nut 34 working on a screw 30 and guided by a wire 36.
Patent GB-190315565-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Governing the Speed of Steam and other Engines
Inventor: HAMILTON EDWARD
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 15,565. Hamilton, E. July 14. Drawings to Specification. Governing.-The governor of a steam or other engine may operate sliding relief valves in the cylinder covers.
Patent GB-190317922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twisting and Analogous Machines.
Filed: 1903-08-19
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 17,922. Boyd, T. A., Boyd, J. & T. Aug. 19. Spindle apparatus; stop apparatus, non-automatic; ring and traveller frames.-The tension of the driving- bands for the spindles 7 of ring frames is equalized, and any individual band may be slackened, automatically or by hand, so as to stop its spindle, b y making the spindle rail 1 in sections which are mounted in swing arms 3, as described in Specification No. 19,149, A.D. 1899, and passing the bands over separate tension pulleys 10 which are mounted on set arate swing frames 11 so that any pulley can be lowered to slacken the corresponding band and stop the spindle. The rail 1 is constantly pressed outwards by a weighted double-armed lever 12 hinged to the arms 3 and bearing against a bracket on the framing. A similarly constructed and mounted spindle rail is provided to equalize tension on the spindle bands, in machines in which any individual spindle is stopped by shifting its band on to a loose pulley or dead surface adjacent to the driving-pulley on the cylinder shaft, or on to a loose wharl adjacent to the fixed wharl on the spindle. The extension of the bands due to the action of the shifting-fork is taken up by the action of the weighted lever on the swing arms supporting the rail.
Patent GB-190322563-A (GB)
Title: Method of Taking in Conjunction Phonographic and Kinematographic Records
Inventor: MESSTER OSKAR
Filed: 1903-10-19
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 22,563. Messter, O. Oct. 19. Kinematographs.-For the reproduction of sing- ing &c. from phonographic and kinematographic records simultaneously, the latter is taken from a second performance, for which the previouslytaken phonographic record is used to give the time, the phonograph itself being placed outside the field of view. Starting-marks are made on both records to obtain synchronism.
Patent GB-190323531-A (GB)
Title: Air Pump for Automatically Keeping Pneumatic Tyres Filled while in Motion
Inventor: MITCHELL JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-30
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 23,531. Mitchell, J. Oct 30 Wheels with aircompressing appliances.- Pneumatic tyres for wheels of motor cars and other vehicles are kept inflated while the vehicle is in motion by means contained within the tyre. Fig. 1 shows a portion of the tyre of a bicycle wheel in which an oval or round india-rubber ball A is inserted and cemented to the inner surface, through a slit L which is afterwards covered over in the usual manner. The ball has a valve E attached to it and communicates with the ordinary tyre valve G, the cap of which is provided with inlets for air. If the tyre is not fully inflated, the ball is compressed on coming in contact with the ground and so pumps air into the tyre, which is replaced by atmospheric air when the ball by its elasticity regains its normal shape after passing the ground.
Patent GB-190404645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cotton Spinning and like Machinery.
Inventor: APPLEBY JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-02-25
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4645. Appleby, J., and Appleby, E. Feb. 25. Drawings to Specification. Making apparatus for spinning yarns and threads. -Holders for the thread-guides and snarl-catchers in spinning and like machines have their different parts formed from metal blanks, the shapes of which are shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190412241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Check-valves applicable for use as "Isolating' Valves.
Inventor: DEWRANCE JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-30
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,241. Dewrance, J., and Wall, G. H. May 30. Valves closing with rush of fluid; hinged valves.- Relates to valves applicable for use with steam generators. A circular flap B is mounted on a horizontal axis pivoted slightly above the centre of the chamber or pipe which contains it. The lower and larger portion may be weighted so that the valve, normally, has a tendency to close. The movement of the flap is limited by a stop b<3> across the casing. A spindle, with hand-lever attached, passes through the wall of the pipe or chamber, and is loosely connected with the boss of the flap by a feather and slot so that the flap is allowed a certain amount of free rotary movement without moving the spindle and hand-lever. The spindle may be turned by hand until it engages with the flap and the flap opened or closed. If desired, the spindle may be rigidly attached to the flap, so that the hand-lever indicates the working of the valve. An additional flap B* may be used to prevent violent variation of pressure in the opposite direction. In this case, the flap is weighted so that, normally, it remains open. A dependent curtain b<7>, when subjected to a sudden rush of fluid from left to right, turns the valve and closes the passage.
Patent GB-190412792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rules.
Inventor: HAMRICK PORTER STILWELL
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,792. Hamrick, P. S. Oct. 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Measures of length.-A hinged rule is constructed so that its members may be fixed at definite angles. A metal plate 6 having a circular projecting disc 4, notched as shown, is riveted at one end of the member 1 of the rule. Metal plates 7, 8, having similarly placed discs, are secured to the member 2, and a disc 10 is fixed to the inner face of the plate 8 and provided with a tapering arm 11 which is placed in a recess between the plates 7, 8. A locking-bar 16 slides in the slot 15 in this arm, and is actuated by a pin attached to the button 17, so that, by moving the bar into the proper notch of the disc 4, the members of the rule are set at the desired angle.
Patent GB-190421178-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Measuring the Supply of Steam from a Boiler.
Inventor: GEHRE MAX
Filed: 1904-10-03
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 21,178. Gehre, M. Oct. 3. Steam meters; pressure gauges.-The rate of supply of steam from a boiler is measured by the difference between the pressures on the two sides of a contraction in the supply pipe. Small tubes e, Figs. 1 and 2, lead from the two sides of the contraction o in the steam pipe a to chambers m, n, filled with water to the top of the tubes and communicating by pipes c with two ends of a mercury column i. The tube v, Fig. 3, containing the mercury column may be surrounded by a protecting-tube g, and rendered airtight by packing w. By the side of the tube is a rotary or adjustable scale y, giving the weight or volume of steam delivered in the unit of time. A contraction x prevents sudden movements of the mercury column. Escape of water of condensation from the steam pipe a takes place through a tube u, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190423758-A (GB)
Title: Coffee in a Combined Form and the Admixture of Ingredients Forming a Whole.
Inventor: FAIRCLOUGH JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,758. Fairclough, J., [trading as Barber & Co.]. Nov. 3. Coffee preparations.-A mixture of coffee with milk and sugar is prepared as a dry powder or in tablets. Coffee, in the form of French coffee, coffee with chicory, pure ground coffee, or coffee berries, is mixed with an equal amount of dried milk or cream and half the amount of sugar or sugar substitutes.
Patent GB-190424722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Tram-cars, and the like, and in Life-guards or Obstruction-removers for use therewith
Inventor: WHITTAKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,722. Whittaker, W. Nov. 15. Buffers.-In order to diminish the force of the blow which might be given by the end of a moving tramcar, a cushion or series of cushions is fitted at each end. Each cushion may consist of a receptacle made of leather or rubber &c. and filled with flocks, horsehair, cork, rubber balls, &c. Wheel guards.-A series of cushions 1 of the kind described above is fixed to a quadrant-shaped bar 4 to form a wheel guard. The guard is mounted so as to be capable of turning to either side about the centre 8 when it meets an obstruction. It is kept in the central position by a roller working on an inclined guide-way 12 and by springs 18.
Patent GB-190427901-A (GB)
Title: Storage Cells
Inventor: GARDINER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 27,901. Gardiner, W. Dec. 20. Secondary batteries.-Relates more especially to connections with the external conductors. The tanks A', A<2> of the cells are of vulcanite, hard rubber, or other material, and are contained in a box A. The electrodes B have lugs c<2> burned on or otherwise integrally connected with the positive and negative conductors C, C<1>. These are of soft lead and extend up beyond the tank covers a ; in the example shown, the negative conductor of one cell is connected with the positive of the next by a block c of lead or other material. The end conductors of the battery are bent laterally and then inwardly as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. On the inwardly-bent ends c<1> rest binding-blocks D of wood or other material fixed to the casing A by screws d. Each block D has on its outer face a recess containing a lug d' of lead or other material burned on or similarly connected to the terminal c<1>. A binding-screw E runs through the lug d' and the block D. The pipe f, for filling purposes, is closed by a screw-threaded cap f<1> perforated, as shown in Fig. 4, to allow escape of gases. The tanks are sealed, except for these vents, by running in a layer F of wax or other sealing-material.
Patent GB-190500424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Working of Single Lines of Railway on the Electric Staff or other Electric Systems.
Inventor: JACOBS CHARLES MARK
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 424. Jacobs, C. M. Jan. 9. Controlling traffic on railways, staff and ticket systems for.-For the purpose of permitting occupation of the track by working parties and the like, occupation instruments are placed at intervals along the track between staff or ticket stations in a manner similar to that described in Specification N o. 8064, A.D. 1904. These instruments are fitted with an electro-magnetic lock which retains the key or permit until it is released by the staff instruments, and the key turns a commutator disk which crossconnects the two line-wires A<1>, B<1>. The coils g, g<1> of the electro-magnetic lock are so wound that unless similar currents are sent from the tablet instruments it does not attract its armature. The armature has a pawl which engages a tooth on the disk b and prevents its movement beyond a certain point. Instrument No. 1 is shown in the position when the key is out, and No. 4 with the key locked in. In the latter case the line-wires are connected through the springs and the disk contacts so that the wire A' from the right is joined to the wire B' to the left, i.e., they are cross-connected. To withdraw the key f, a current is sent from both tablet instruments and the disk b is turned to the right, the contactplates b<5>, b<4> then making connexion between the outer pairs of springs so as to connect the magnet coils g, g<1> in the circuit. The key may then be turned to position No. 1 and withdrawn. In this position, the commutator connects the wire A' from the right to the wire A' to the left, the crossconnexion being thus removed. Such a change of connexion between the tablet instruments prevents the issue of a tablet or of another occupation key. The key may be replaced in any other occupation instrument which may be convenient, and so restore the cross-connexion on the lines. Any number of keys may be used on a section, but only one can be removed at a time. When an odd number is used, a permanent cross is made on the wires, since an even number of crosses are required, two crosses cancelling one another. The instruments may be modified to receive train staffs or tablets instead of keys. The disk is provided with notches and a spring detent to hold it in its vaiious positions.
Patent GB-190503519-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method and Apparatus for Rivetting Small Hinge Pins, Pivots and the like.
Inventor: BECKERT ERNST
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 3519. Beckert, E. Feb. 20. Riveting.-Hinge pins 5, such as those of the needles in knitting-machines, whether coumersunk in and riveted flush or otherwise with the surfaces of the parts 1, 2, or screwed in and riveted or with the ends cut off flush with the parts 1, 2, are acted on by dies 10, 11 which chiefly compress the outer edges of the rivet heads and the adjacent portions of the parts 1, 2 below the surfaces of the latter, thus preventing the formation of burrs.
Patent GB-190504264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Charging and Discharging Shoots for Coal, Ashes, and other Substances.
Inventor: MIDGLEY CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1906-05-01
Abstract: 4264. Midgley, C. A., and Gibbons, W. P. March 1. Shoots.-Relates to shoots for conveying coal, ashes, grain and other substances, and consists in mounting the shoot so that it may be either rotated about a vertical axis, or translated horizontally. The invention is specially applicable for charging coal into the hoppers of mechanical stokers, and for loading carts, &c. The mouthpiece 6 of the overhead bunker 3 has a circular outlet, and the top part of the shoot 1 is also circular and has a flange 7 supported on balls 8 in the mouthpiece 6. Another set of balls or rollers may be arranged above the flange, and a plate 12 is provided to prevent the flange from rising. In order that the bunker may be discharged without using the shoot, the mouthpiece 6 is mounted to run on rollers 16 supported in the angle-iron guides 14, stops being arranged to limit its motion. The guides 14 also support on their upper side a sliding door 21. Suitable levers may be provided for operating both the door and the mouthpiece. The shoot is preferably telescopic. Specifications Nos. 3509 and 10,458, A D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190506197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Feeding of Pulverized Liquid Fuel or Carburetted Air to the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GARDNER THOMAS HARRY
IPC: F02M17/36
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 6197. Gardner, T. H., and Gardner, E. March 23. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The carburettor casing a is formed so that part of the air entering-through the passage y passes through the branch passage c and acts on the underside of a light piston e or a diaphragm connected to the fuel-supply valve f. A conical hand-operated valve w controls the supply of fuel through the passage m. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the piston e is mounted loosely on the valve spindle f, and depresses the needle valve by means of levers 14 acting on the collar 15. In a further modification, one of the passages c, Fig. 1, is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190510683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Wire Ropes.
Inventor: BIRD EDWARD ERSKINE
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 10,683. Bird, E. E., [Batey, G.]. May 22. Couplings.-A socket or capel is attached to the end;of a wire rope in such a manner that its grip on the rope increases with the tension. A tapered shoe or ferrule G is secured to the end of the rope by a conical plug driven between the strands, or by a conical sleeve forced between the rope and ferrule, or by spreading the wires and filling in with hard white metal or otherwise. The rope is then placed between two taper key -wedges D, which slide in grooves B formed in the interior of two half-plates A. The latter are bound together by rings E fitting in exterior cross-grooves C, and are provided at their ends with means I for carrying the load. When tension is applied to the rope, the end ferrule G causes the wedges D to slide in the grooves of the outer pieces A. until the rings E tighten and lock the parts together. The outer plates may be formed in one length and doubled over, the bent-over part constituting the carrying means, as shown in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190512691-A (GB)
Title: Means for use in Recording the Eggs laid by Fowls.
Inventor: PHILLIPS WILLIAM BIERNACKI
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 12,691. Phillips, W. B. June 20. Nests; traps.-In a trap-nest for poultry, a pivoted door is provided consisting of a block B to which are attached wires C. When the nest is open, the wires rest on a pin M attached to the pivoted block K, which is kept in the position shown by the weight of the wires. A hen in entering raises the wires C so that the block K falls into a vertical position, releasing the door. The block B and wires C are locked by means of a bar E attached to the block B at D by a wire which is bent to form the two middle wires C. The bar E passes through a slot in a metal plate G at the back of the nest, the edge of which engages with a notch H in the bar E when the wires C are in a vertical position. The bar E is then held down by a hinged plate falling on it. To release the bird and re-set the trap, the bar E is released and a lever 0 attached thereto pressed forward so as to raise the wires C ; the wires C are then brought backwards and the block K raised into the set position by means of the lever R and hook Q. A flap is provided to give access to the interior of the nest, and a flag is attached to the lever 0 to give notice of the entrance of a bird. A modification is described in which the bar E and lever 0 are dispensed with and the block B is held in position by a hooked bar above it, which can be raised by raising a flap at the top of the nest, the block K being worked by a string.
Patent GB-190515691-A (GB)
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 15,691. Electric and Ordnance Accessories Co., Hancock, R., and Hall, R. F. Aug. 1. Drying hops, wool, malt, grain, &c.-In the lower compartment of the kiln shown, a tubular or other air-heater c is provided, its casing extending at one end through the kiln wall and being connected at the other end with a fan casing. Atmospheric air is thusdrawn through the heater c, which may be heated by steam, hot water, or hot air from an outside furnace, and the air is driven through the latticed floor b, on a hair mat on which the materials rest. In another arrangement, several kilns are provided with air-heaters, the casings of which extend, as before, through the kiln walls, and these casings are all connected with an external air duct provided with a fan which forces air into the kilns.
Patent GB-190515979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Recorders.
Inventor: DEY JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 15,979. Dey, J., and Dey, A. Aug. 4. Time-checking apparatus. for workmen. A device for positioning a record-card horizontally and vertically with respect to printing-wheels 1, 2 is shown in plan in Fig 1. A pinion 11, the crank of which moves over a suitable indicator, drives a rack which actuates both portions of the device. This rack is connected to extensions of the end pieces 5, 6 of the card-holder, and shifts them horizontally. The vertically-acting devices may act horizontally, and vice'versa. The rack also carries an arm 28, bearing a cam block for actuating the vertical positioning means. The card rests on one of a series of arms. 13, radiating spirally from a vertical roller, this roller being geared to an adjacent shaft bearing a star-wheel 19. A tooth of this star-wheel is normally held by a notch in a spring-pulled locking-lever 21, shown in Fig. 4. This lever has a pin 26 for disengaging it by hand if necessary. When the card-holder has been moved right across the printing-wheels by the rack and pinion above mentioned, it is shifted back. This causes the cam block 29, attached to the rack, to ride up an inclined portion 30 and over the locking-lever. On the return of the rack, the cam block engages the sloping part 24 of the locking-lever and presses this lever out of engagement with the star-wheel. The cam block at the same time rotates this star-wheel one division, and with it the roller with its cardsupporting arms 13. An indicator-disk on the star-wheel spindle shows the position of the roller.
Patent GB-190516471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Projecting Lamps using Nernst Filaments
Inventor: KAMM LEO
Filed: 1905-08-14
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 16,471. Kamm, L. Aug. 14. Incandescent lamps for projecting - lanterns. A number of filaments 13, 14, 15 of the Nernst type are arranged crossing the axis of the apparatus in different directions, being held by pairs of sheetmetal supports 1, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6 of different heights, attached to a base a. The filaments are introduced into holes in the supports through slots, which can be then closed. Each of the supports 2, 4, 5, 6 is connected to a split socket on the underside of the base, and the support 2 is also connected to the supports 1, 3 by a plate 11. The Provisional Specification mentions the attachment of conductors directly to the filament supports.
Patent GB-190520473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Illuminating Apparatus for Advertising and the like purposes.
Inventor: SYLVESTER HENRY HAYDEN
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-10-10
Abstract: 20,473. Lake, H. H., [Sylvester, H. H., and Collins, P. E.]. Oct. 10. Drawings to Specification. Advertising. - Electric illuminating - apparatus consists of switches controlling several sets of lamps, arranged in letters and otherwise, operated by a thermostat or rotating motor. The construction of the switches is such that letters of a sign are illuminated in succession and extinguished simultaneously, and a wavy or fluttering effect is obtained in other sets of lamps.