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Patent GB-190415962-A (GB)
Title: Machine or Mechanism and Means for Containing Pins, Cigarettes, and other suitable Articles, and for Delivering or Presenting them One or More at a Time in a Convenient and Ready Way for Handling or Use.
Inventor: BATE ALFRED HEWSON
Filed: 1904-07-19
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 15,962. Bate, A. H. July 19. Pin boxes.-A suitabie carrying-strip c, Figs. 1 and 2, for pins &c. a, is coiled within a holder d, which is oscillated about the pivotal bar l on the outer frame e by pressure applied to the fingerpiece g and by the reaction of the spring d'. Pins &c. are raised into position for removal by their points coming into contact with the " pusher- "out" piece i, and are fed forward through the guide d<5> by the cranked bar h' sliding and turning in guides h<3> on the holder d and held by a slot j in the frame e, the extension h<6> of the bar serving as a restoring-weight. A spring d<7> prevents the backward motion, and controls the forward motion, of the carrier c. The lid f with curved sides is pivoted at l. In a modification described in detail in the Provisional Specification, the pin &c. carrier is stationary, and the feed-bar and pusher-piece are reciprocated from the finger-piece.
Patent GB-190416051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receptacles for Vending, Instructive Amusement and Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: CRAWFORD JAMES LAW
Filed: 1904-07-20
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,051. Crawford, J. L. July 20. Toy building blocks, cards, and the like; toy buildings. - Boxes for food or other commodities are decorated on one or more faces with pictures of parts of fortifications, buildings, or other familiar objects, and may bear advertisements of the various substances they contain. They may thus be built into representations of common objects, in shop windows, to form an effective display, as in Fig. 1, which is built up of packets such as b, c, d, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, with a larger packet a, Fig. 1, adapted to contain a definite number of the smaller packets. Cardboard or other representations of guns, soldiers, and the like, which may be collapsable, may be used in addition to give a more realistic effect. When emptied, these boxes may be used as toys, and may be adapted for educational or decorative purposes, as well as serving as a permanent advertisement of the articles they contained.
Patent GB-190423469-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Feed Regulator for Controlling the Supply of Grain to a Mill or other Receptacle or Receiver.
Inventor: BAKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-10-31
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 23,469. Baker, W. Oct. 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Feeding-devices.-Relates to an automatic device for regulating the quantity of grain supplied to a mill or other receptacle. The grain flows from the hopper 7 through an opening 6 on to inclined plates 9, 10, attached to vertical plates 8 which are suspended by rods 11 from a frame 12 pivoted at 17. To the frame 12 is attached at 20 a cord 21, Fig. 3, passing around pulleys 22, 23, and carrying a weight 24; or a rod 25 may be attached to the frame at the point 20, bearing a piston which works in a cylinder 26 containing a semifluid substance. The whole is counterpoised by an adjustable weight on the corrugated arm 15. Excess of grain passing on to the plates 9 weighs them down, and a door on the frame 12 partially closes the opening 6.
Patent GB-190501920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Securing Laminated Cores of Dynamo Electric Machines.
Inventor: BURKE JAMES
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 1920. Burke, J. Jan. 31. Mounting and securing armatures on shafts.-Relates to securing laminated cores of dynamo-electric machines on their supports by means of rings forced into recesses in the supports. The laminµ 2, Fig. 1, are clamped between end plates 3, 4, one of which bears against a shoulder 5 on the shaft 1. A collar 6, made of a malleable metal or alloy, such as wrought iron, soft steel, brass, &c., is slipped over the shaft, and, while the laminµ are pressed tightly together, the outer edge of the collar is forced into a groove 7, as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which only a part of the outer edge is forced into the groove. As shown in Fig. 5, the groove 7<1> begins to taper a short distance away from the end plate 3. The groove may be of the same diameter throughout, in which case the collar may be forced into the groove at several points, as shown in Fig. 7. In another modification, small cut-away portions 9, Fig. 8, take the place of the continuous groove. In the modification shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the arms 13 of a spider are grooved adjacent to the end plates, and the collar 15, after being shaped as shown by the doLted lines in Fig. 11 and slipped on to the spider, is held in position in the grooves 14 by forcing the parts which come opposite the arms 13 into the grooves, or by forcing inwards the parts between the arms, or by partially rotating the collar so as to make it assume a circular form In place of the shoulder 5, Fig. 1, a second collar may be used, in which case the shaft may have the same diameter throughout its length.
Patent GB-190504418-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Hot and Cold Water Fitting for Baths, Lavatories and the like.
Inventor: MURRAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 4418. Murray, W. March 3. Actuating lift valves.-When by means of a removable key fitting on the squared end w of a spindle w<1>, the latter is given a quarter-turn, the double-acting valve a is opened and cold water from the pipe g passes into the exit e. On further turning, projections t on the spur-wheel s, which gears with a similar wheel r on the spindle w<1> and fits loosely on its spindle v<1>, engage with wipers u, v fixed on the spindle, and the hot-water valve b is partly opened. If the turning is continued, the valve a closes and the valve b is fully opened. The spindles work in blocks q secured to a diaphragm d<1> forming the roof of the mixing-chamber d.
Patent GB-190506175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Signalling on Railways.
Inventor: CROMPTON THOMAS
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 6175. Crompton, T. March 23. Contacts, mechanical signals on engines and trains; ndicating and recording movements of trains.-The engine carries devices of the nature shown at d', Fig. 4, which co-operate with curved or doublyinclined surfaces k<1> to give signals or indications on the engine. The surfaces k<1> are presented to the engine contacts by depressors j, of which some may be movable and others fixed. The depressible device may have a curved or doubly-inclined surface, and the depressor may be a lever, wheel, or like device. The lever arms d' are pivoted loosely on the same shaft on which the quadrants c' are pivoted. The levers can thus be inclined in either direction, to suit the direction of movement of the train at the time. When the lever arm is depressed, the quadrant is rocked, and communicates movement to the whistle &c. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, there are four depressors j<1>, j<2>, j<3>, j<4>, of which two are fixed and two are movable. Of the four depressible levers, d<1> serves to operate a counting-device which indicates the number of signals passed, d' and d<3> act oppositely on a visible signal in the engine cab, and d' actuates the whistle. The lever d<1> returns to its active position after depression, under the influence of a spring or counterweight. The lever d' is re-set bv closing the valve of the whistle, and the levers d<2>, d<3> act alternately to restore one another. Thus, if the lever d<2> is depressed at a 'distant' signal to give a warning signal to the driver, the lever d' returns the engine-signal and the lever d<2> to the normal position when the 'home' signal is reached. The lever d<4>, which sets the whistle going is actuated only when a 'home' signal is at 'danger.' The wires l, l<1> are connected with the, 'distant' and ' home' signal levers respectively. The stop signal device j<4> may be placed at a 'distant' signal and controlled by the position of the home' signal. In cases in which the engine is not reversed at the end of the journey, the engine contacts may be arranged as shown in Fig. 5. The whistle is controlled by a lever r which is actuated by the lever p<1> when moved in one direction, or by the lever q<1> when moved in the other direction. The lever q normally co-operates with the 'distant' signal contact, and the lever p with the home' signal contact. If, however, the engine is running tender-foremost, this condition is reversed. When the distant' signal is reached in normal working, the lever q is depressed if the signal is on, a warning being given by the indicator w. The whistle is not sounded. At the home' signal, however, the whistle is sounded in addition to the signal given on the indicator x. If the engine runs tender-foremost, the indicator x gives the cautionary signal and the whistle is sounded only by the lever q. For use on single lines of rail, the devices p, q may operate the same indicator.
Patent GB-190506476-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Adjustable Stool or the like.
Inventor: WEAVER RICHARD MANLEY
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 6476. Weaver, R. M., and Shipway, J. March 27. Stools. - In an adjustable music or like stool, the seat is supported on bars J connected by a cross-bar K and sliding in guides E in the frame of the stool. Catches F on levers P pass through the slides J, engage the teeth of racks H in the guides E, and are kept in engage. ment with the teeth by a spring I. The seat can be raised by lifting, and is lowered by disengaging the catches F by means of a handle G mounted on an axle M on the cross-bar K. According to the Provisional Specification, the rack is on the moving seat, and the catches and cross-bar are connected to the fixed framework of the stool.
Patent GB-190506493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locomotive Boilers.
Inventor: ROBERT JACQUES
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 6493. Robert, J. March 27. Locomotive water - tube boilers ; fire-boxes; tubes, water. - A water-t u b e b o i l e r for locomotives comprises u p p e r and lower horizontal drums 1, 2 connected by large return tubes 3, 4, 5 and curved small tubes 13, and the walls and base of the fire-box consist of t u b e s included in the circulatory system. The tubes 13 are arranged in transverse rows and are closer together at the fire-box end. Access for cleaning the tubes is obtained by means of side doors. The fire-box consists of a hollow rectangular ring 9 of circular cross-section, which is connected with the upper drum by curved tubes 10, 11 and with the lower by tubes 8, the two latter sets being embedded in refractory material and acting as return tubes. The size of the foundation ring is such that hand-hole doors may be employed for permitting the expanding inspection, and cleaning of the tubes 10.
Patent GB-190511611-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Folding or Collapsible Basket or the like, and an Improved Handle therefor.
Inventor: ORAM DOROTHY
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 11,611. Oram, D. June 2. Baskets &c. for fruiterers are made collapsible and with detachable handles. The basket is made from the blank shown in Fig. 1, the extensions b<1>, b<2> of the sides being bent round over the ends d and secured by means of the heads c and the slots c'. The heads e', Fig. 3, of the handle e are secured between tongues f cut out of the sides b and the sides.
Patent GB-190513662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Package Wrapping Machines.
Inventor: BERGER RICHARD ALFRED
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 13,662. Berger, R. A. July 3. Gumming, pasting, and the like; cutting-machines for packing and wrapping up materials.-Relates to cutting and pasting mechanism for use in a machine which wraps up chocolate tablets, caramels, soap, &c. in wrappers of waxed paper and metal foil and afterwards secures these wrappers by means of an outer gummed wrapper or label. The paper and foil to form the ordinary wrappers are drawn forward to the pivoted cutting-blades 121,122, Fig. 12, operated from the cam 21 on the shaft 14, by means of the horizontally reciprocating gripper K, Fig. 6. Immediately before the cutting-blades come into operation, the webs are seized by a sliding camoperated piece 115, Fig. 6, which serves to hold the webs while being cut. As the previously printed labels or outer wrappers drawn from the storage receptacle F are carried forward separately by the gripper J, one edge of the label is pasted by means of a gumming-disk 135, Fig. 12, receivingpasto from a wheel 134 in contact with a wheel 133 running in the trough 132. The scraper 140 prevents the application of surplus paste, and the cleaner 141 cleans the disk 135 after it has applied paste to the label, To enable the gumming - mechanism to be readily removed as a whole from the machine, the trough 132 is secured to the framing of the machine by means of a single screw, and the wheel 133 instead of being fixed to the shaft 221 is driven from it by means of a clutch 220 pressed against the wheel 133 by the spring 224.
Patent GB-190514491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamps and Methods of Making the same.
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 14,491. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 13. Incandescent lamps. - The leading - in wires 4 are soldered to the undersides of the contact-plates 9 on lamp caps of the Edison, bayonet-joint, or other types. The extra length of the wire 4, necessary for this operation, is curled in a recess 3 in the insulating base 2, which is preferably of glass, moulded in position in the metal shell 1. The stiffness of the wire is sufficient to hold tha sheet-metal contact-plate 9 in the seating provided for it in the base 2, but the recess 3 may be partly or wholly filled with cement, if desired. In the screw-cap shown, the second leading-in wire 6 is bent over the bulb 5 as usual and soldered to the metal shell 1 after the latter has been secured in position by cement 8. Specification No. 18,318, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190518205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spiral Gravity or like Conveyors or Shoots
Inventor: SCHWAB MARTIN CONSTAM
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 18,205. Schwab, M. C. Sept. 8. Shoots.-In shoots, especially those of the spiral gravity type, such as are used for transferring goods from the upper to the lower floors of a building, travelling bands are provided for facilitating the handling of packages in putting them into and taking them out of the shoots. As shown in Fig. 1, the spiral shoot 12 is enclosed in a casing 11 passing up through the floors 20 ... 50. The lower floor is provided with an inclined shelf 23. A travelling belt 60, driven at such a rate that the stream of packages will be uninterrupted, is employed for transferring packages from a similar spiral shoot 121 to the shoot 12. The lower landing 20 may be provided with a travelling belt for carrying goods from the shoot.
Patent GB-190519403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fireproof or Concrete Floors, Beams, Columns, Girders, Joists, Lintels Pillars, Piles, Posts, Walls or other Concrete Structures
Inventor: SURTEES RICHARD THOMAS
IPC: E04C5/06
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 19,403. Surtees, R. T. Sept. 26. Building - blocks. -A bond for concrete structures is shown in Fig. 20 applied to a curved building - block for walls. Rods a are coiled on the main bars and the ends b twisted together and opened out.
Patent GB-190523735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Anti-freezing Devices for Gas Holders.
Inventor: ROOK GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 23,735. Rook, G. E. Nov. 17. Hose reels.-A flexible pipe f for conveying steam to the seal cup of a gas-holder is wound on a vertical grooved drum rotated by means of a cable e, which is secured to the gas-holder at e<1> and passes over a pulley l, thence to a guide pulley mounted on a frame g<1>, round the drum and a pulley m, and thence back to the point e<1>. The frame g<1> on which the guide pulleys for the pipe and cable are mounted is kept in correct position by means of rollers h which travel in the grooves of the drum. If there is more than one cup, the steam-pipe is fitted from one to the other by. suitable means. The steam-pipe is preferably provided with a weather shield.
Patent GB-190605189-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Drying Liquids on Heated Cylinders
Inventor: KUNICK GEORGE
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1907-03-02
Abstract: 5189. Kunick, G. March 3. Evaporators; liquids, spreading in thin layers; vaporizing by air currents.-In the rotarycylinder type of thin-film apparatus for evaporating liquids to dryness, the cylinders are internally heated to a temperature o f 100‹ C. or less and the evaporation effected in one revolution of the cylinder by a current of air at ordinary atmospheric temperature. The air is propelled at a velocity greater than that of the surfaces of the cylinder A, and is uniformly distributed by means of a casing B. The apparatus includes a spreading-roller G, scraper C, and conveyer E. The Provisional Specification also states that when the cylinders are maintained at low temperatures, such as 40-70‹ C., the air may be warmed, and mentions the invention as applicable to the treatment of beer, fruit-syrups, albumen, egg-yolk, milk, &c., describing also a jacketed form of the twin - cylinder type of apparatus.
Patent GB-190606170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Brushes.
Inventor: WEIR WILLIAM ADAM
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 6170. Weir, W. A. March 14 Collapsible brushes.-Relates to collapsible brushes comprising a series of bristle-holding strips revolubly mounted so that when the brush is not required for use the strips may be turned, causing the bristles to occupy a recumbent position, and consists in so connecting the bristle strips that they are incapable of independent movement and in providing means for locking the brush in the position for use. Fig. 3 shows a section of the brush when collapsed; Fig. 5 shows one form of locking- mechanism. The brush back shown in Fig. 3, of the kind described in Specification No. 3859, A.D. 1906, comprises a bottom a, sides a<1>, a fixed end a<2>, and a movable end b hinged at a<3>. Each bristle-holding strip c is provided with two pins at each end, the lower pins c' engaging pivot holes a' in the side, of the brush back, and the upper pins c<2> engaging similar pivot holes in two sliding bars d adjacent to the sides a<1>. The bars d are hinged to the movable end b. The position of one of the bristle tufts is shown in dotted lines. When the end b is brought up, it actuates the bars d, thus causing the bristle-strips to assume an erect position. The ends of the sliding bars then abut against the end a<2>. The brush is locked by two transverse bolts e, Fig. 5, operated by a turnbutton e<1>, and passing through guides e<5>, holes d<2> in the bars d, and holes in the sides a<1>. In a modification one bolt only is used ; in a further modification, one of the bars d is hook-ended, and a transverse bolt engages the hook, or both bars may be hook-ended and two bolts used.
Patent GB-190608344-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Soaking Bottles.
Inventor: HELBING BERNHARD
Filed: 1906-04-06
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 8344. Helbing, B. Feb. 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cleaning bottles.- Cases s containing beer or other bottles are placed in receptacles carried by a pair of endless chains several times through a soaking vat, the salient features of the invention comprising means for bringing the machine to a standstill after-each revolution but with the receptacle following the previously filled one at the loading position, and also the provision of guide-rails to invert and thus drain the bottles during a portion of their journey. Two cases, of bottles are placed in each receptacle. b, twelve of which are'supported between the endless bands d, which are driven through worm gearing and sprocket wheels i, h from the bell pulley m; a clutch n, operated by a rod o pivoted to one arm of a bent lever p, connects the pulley m to its shaft. A ratchet-wheel s has thirteen teeth and an adjustable stud r, which comes into contact with a spring-held lever q and releases the lever p to stop the machine. This occurs once during each revolution of the ratchet-wheel, the result being that each receptacle traverses the vat twelve times, the machine stopping after each complete revolution to allow the next succeeding receptacle to be refilled. Rails u support the receptacles in their passage along the tank, and, by means of the rails t, the receptacles are inverted while passing along above the vat.
Patent GB-190609488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotating Field Magnets of Electric Machines.
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 9 4 8 8. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens- Schuckertwerke Ges.]. April 23. Cooling and ventilating; field magnets.-In revolving field magnets of high-speed machines having radial magnet limbs with separately-fixed polepieces, the whole magnet system with the exception of the pole-pieces is enclosed in a cylinder of non- magnetic material. The pole-pieces p, Figs. 2 and 3, which are formed with projections adapted to fit into corresponding grooves in the magnet limbs, are attached to the limbs by bolts b or by radial screws, after the field coils g have been slipped over the limbs and the cylinder t placed in position. The field coils g are separated and held in position by box-shaped pieces k open at their ends and provided at the outside with holes l through which air circulates. The sides of the coils may be cooled by leading air past them by means of ring or disk shaped deflectors r at the ends of the cover t. The magnet limbs s and pole pieces p may be ventilated by providing them with slots v, extending nearly to the hub n.
Patent GB-190614338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheel-tyres.
Inventor: KING CHARLES
Filed: 1906-06-22
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 14,338. King, C. June 22. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. - In tyres of the type described in Specification No. 17,298, A.D. 1905, wherein a resilient body composed of elastic cords wound upon a core is enclosed in an outer cover, the cover is made in two parts. To the resilient body a the thin cover c is vulcanized outside of which a cover d of the ordinary type is placed. The cover d is held in position by side rings g which grip the beaded edges e of the cover. The outside of the cover c and the inside of the cover d are correspondingly corrugated to prevent relative creeping. In place of using one resilient body a, a series may be used enclosed in a similar cover.
Patent GB-190614706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Files, Temporary Binders, Loose Leaf Books and the like.
Inventor: BAKER FRANCIS ROBERT
Filed: 1906-06-27
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 14,706. Baker, F. R., and Walker, J. June 27. Filing papers &c.-Files, loose-leaf books, temporary binders, and the like, having mating prongs c, d on which the papers are filed, are arranged so that the prongs are separated first by a longitudinal movement and then by a rotary movement. The prongs d are on the outer tubular member b, and the prongs c are on the inner member a and pass through slots e<1> formed with shouldered recesses e into which the prongs c may be turned after they have been moved along the straight part of the slots by longitudinal movement of the member a in the tube b. A spring may be provided for holding the parts with the prongs in closed position, as shown in Fig. 3, or in open position against the shoulders e, as shown in Fig. 4. A knob.f may be formed on the rod a for manipulating it.