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Patent GB-190511600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: BERRY GILBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-06-02
Abstract: 11,600. Berry, G. June 2. Armatures; commutators; distortion of field, preventing. - With the object of avoiding field distortion and of opposing to a certain extent the development of a counter electromotive force in the armature windings, a motor or generator is constructed with three parallel sets of field magnets f<1>, f<2>, f<3>, f<4> f<5>, f<6>, Figs, 2 and 3, and three armatures a', a<2>, a<3>, the latter being disposed on the shaft b at angles to one another. A commutator g, consisting of three rings m<1>, m<2>, m<3> each provided with four conducting-segments, successively directs current into each armature and set of field magnets, in the case of a motor, only when the armatures enter into the path of the lines of force of the field magnets. The armatures are provided with closed circuit windings, diametrically - opposite points of which are connected to the segments of the rings m<1>, m<2>, m<3>. In the starting position of the armature a', as shown in Fig. 3, current is led by the lead 1 round the field magnets f<1>, f<4>, and thence by the wire 2, ring m<1>, and brushes h<1>, h<4> back to the source. At the same time, the armature circuit is closed at the segments of the ring m<1>, and the armature turns through one-twelfth of a revolution, until its cores are brought exactly in front of the field-magnet poles, when the current is cut off. The armature a<2> is then in the position shown in Fig. 3, and is energized in the same way. When the third armature a<3> has completed its movement, the shaft will have made a quarter of a revolution, and the armature a' is again acted on. The segments of the rings m<1>, m<2>, m<3> are connected to terminals g<1> from which the connecting-wires for the armature windings are carried. The Provisional Specification states that the above machine is an improvement upon that described in Specification No. 11,502, A.D. 1905, and that it may be used as a generator by connecting the armatures to a second commutator of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-190512598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1905-06-17
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 12,598. Horvath, S., and Utility Co. June 17. Globes and holders therefor ; reflectors.-An electric lamp with an elongated bulb c and filaments d is enclosed in a detachable globe a, silvered down to the level of the end of the filament. The globe may be of spherical, ellipsoidal, or other shapes, for instance those shown in full and in dotted lines respectively, and is preferably attached to the cap e of the lamp by means of a threaded metal collar b, the edge of which is turned down over a flange on the neck of the globe. Holes a<4> for ventilation are provided.
Patent GB-190519858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extension Planks for Scaffolding.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-10-02
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 19,858. Clark, W. Oct. 2. Scaffolding and staging, extension planks for. Two planks 10, 11, Fig. 7, each of which may consist of two or more layers of wood glued together, are adapted to slide upon one another, each being provided at one end with a guide 12, having rollers to bear against the sides of the planks. When in the desired position, the planks are clamped by means of wing-nuts 15. In Figs. 1 and 2, a compound extension plank is shown in plan and elevation. Each of the two sliding sections consists of parallel fingers 16, bound together at one end by a strap 17 and at the other by a guide 12, the fingers of each section sliding between or against those of the other. The plank is strengthened by guy ropes 18, fixed at 19, and passing through holes in a rectangular frame or strut 25 to a windirg-pulley 20, provided with a ratchet device. Instead of using the pulley-andratchet arrangement, the guy ropes may be kept taut by means of loops 26, which can be attached to hooks on the end of the plank.
Patent GB-190520516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Returning Waste Water from Boilers to Water Tanks on Locomotives.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 20,516. Mackenzie, J. W., [International Railway Device Co.]. Oct. 10. Feed-water, supplying and controlling.-The overflow from the injectors or locomotives is returned to the watersupply tank. Steampipes 2, 3, Fig. 1, supply the injectors from the boiler, and feed-pipes 5, 6 with check valves 21, 22 lead to the clack-box, water r being drawn from the supply tank through pipes 7,8 and the flexible couplings 9, 10. The overflow outlets 11, 17 are connected by pipes 12, 18, 14, 13 with the top of the water tank, branch outlets 15, 19 with valves being fitted so that the water can be discharged outside the tank on emergency. A bi-passageway 24, connected by valves to the feed-pipes, has also a draining-outlet 25 and a valve 26. The check valves 21, 22 have small holes 23, Fig. 4, through the centre of the valves to circulate hot water so as to prevent freezing.
Patent GB-190526958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Cookers.
Inventor: COSSLETT RICHARD
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 26,958. Cosslett, R. Dec. 27. Saucepans and cooking- kettles.-An outer vessel A<2>, supported above a lamp or other heater and formed in several detachable parts or in one piece with partitions, is supplied with water to a small depth by an inverted bottle B<2> provided with a tap T. The vessel contains closed vessels P for roasting and for baking bread, cakes, puddings, &c, an open or closed fish colander F<1>, and open or closed vegetable colanders G, S. The lid is fitted with an escape valve V. The central part F<2> of the bottom of the outer vessel A<2> may be raised above the level of the water to obtain a dry heat and superheat the steam.
Patent GB-190600080-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of a Therapeutical Compound.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 80. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 1. Medicinal preparations.-The monosalicylic ester of glycol, made by the interaction of salicylic acid and an ethylene halogen-hydrin, is a chrystalline body, melting at 37‹ U., and comparatively soluble in water, and has therapeutic properties.
Patent GB-190601835-A (GB)
Title: Improved Set-off Mechanism for Rotary Printing Machines.
Inventor: SAUVEE ALBERT
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 1835. SauvÚe, A. Jan. 24. Set-off, preventing; feeding-apparatus for webs.- Relates to set-off mechanism and consists in the provision of means whereby the web may be wound and unwound without reversal of the position of the spindles. When the mechanism is arranged for winding the web in the direction shown in Fig. 1, the web is unwound from the reel 3a by the drum 2, passed round the impression cylinder 9, and rewound on the reel 3<b> by a drum 2a. The shafts 1, 1<a> of the drums 2, 2<a> carry loose gearwheels 4, 4<a>, which gear with a wbeel 5 on the driving-shaft 6 and are capable of imparting to the drums 2, 2<a> a surface velocity slightly greater than that of the cylinder 9. The shafts 1, 1<a> are also provided with loose gear-wheels 11, 11<a>, which are driven respectively by intermediate wheels 12, 12<a> from a wheel 13 on the shaft 6 and are of such a size that, when coupled to their shafts, they communicate to the drums 2, 2<a> a surface speed slightly less than that of the cylinder 9 in a reverse direction to that of the wheels 4,4<a>. The wheels 4, 4<a>, 11, 11<a>, are capable of being coupled to their respective shafts by sliding clutches 7, 7a so operated by a pivoted lever 8 that, when one drum, in this case the drum 2, is driven in one direction to effect the unwinding of the web, the other is driven in the opposite direction to rewind it. The - gear wheels 11, 11<a> are mounted loosely on the bosses of the shafts 1, 1<a>, and are provided with spring pawls which engage the teeth of ratchetwheels loosely mounted on these shafts, which are provided with clutch teeth adapted to engage corresponding teeth on the clutches 7, 7<a>. This arrangement allows the unwinding-drum 2 or 2<a> to run at a greater speed than the wheels 11, 11<a> should the web become tight.
Patent GB-190605061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cast Iron Rings and Tubbings
Inventor: HEISE FRITZ HERMANN
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 5061. Heise, F. H. March 2, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wells and shafts.- Cast-iron shaft rings and tubbing-segments are made of the crosssection shown with a broad inner portion and comparatively narrow outer portions, so that the neutral axis is brought near the inner side of the section and the tensile stress diminished. The inner portion may be strengthened by one or more outer ribs as shown in Fig. 3, and the segments are connected by horizontal and vertical flanges at the edges which are screwed together.
Patent GB-190608010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mittens.
Inventor: JONES JOHN LEANDER
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 8010. Jones, J. L. April 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mittens are made with double slits 3, 4. A lace 5 is passed through the slits 4, forming a loop, 9 and knot 7. The other end 6 of the lace is passed through the slits 3 and carried across the wrist and through the loop 9. To gather up the mitten about the wrist, the end 6 of the lace is pulled, when the slits 3, 4 are drawn towards the centre. The friction between the lace and the edges of the slits prevents the device from working loose. To detach the mitten, the wrist portion near the slits 3 is pulled outward.
Patent GB-190608186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DAVIES JOHN HUBERT
Filed: 1906-04-04
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8186. Davies, J. H. April 4. Drawings, to Specification. Pumps with reciprocating barrels or cylinders.- The barrel of an oil pump for supplying charges to internal-combustion engines is formed as an extension of a free piston arranged in the cylinder head. The oil is fed to the pump through a longitudinal passage in the plunger. The stroke of the pump is controlled by the movements of the charging - piston, which is driven by governorcontrolled cams mounted on the cam shaft.
Patent GB-190608865-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Turning Apparatus for Self-propelled or other Vehicles.
Inventor: ROURKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 8865. Rourke, W. April 12. Motor road vehicles.-Consists in the provision in self-propelled vehicles of an auxiliary set of small wheels mounted on the fore axle, so that when it is required to turn the vehicle in a small space these wheels can be lowered by eccentrics and may serve as steering-wheels, the usual steering- wheels being lifted off the grounds. An auxiliary carriage is formed in two parts A, B, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which can be forced apart by eccentrics or by wedges sliding in guides. The clamp d is fixed to the axle C, and worm-wheels a are provided for driving the shaft i, upon which eccentrics b are also mounted. The lower piece B is forked and carries a small wheel h. A pin g is provided in the part B to turn in a recess in the upper part A, and arms f attached to a rod m serve for steering purposes. A groove k is provided for a ball race if desired.
Patent GB-190610223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-skidding Protectors for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: VIDECOQ MICHEL
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 10,223. Videcoq, M. May 1. Tyres, pneumatic.-In pneumatic-tyre covers of the type in which a series of overlapping leather sections or segments a is adapted to be secured to the wheel rim by means of lateral hooks or the like i, the sections are provided with tongues f, g. Adjacent sections are fastened together by rivets d where a tongue f of one section overlaps a tongue g of the next section but one, the tyre being thus protected from the rivets d and from the rivets b which prevent slipping.
Patent GB-190610633-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Billiard-cue Case.
Inventor: LAUDER ROBERT
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 10,633. Lauder, R. May 7. Billiards. - The lower portion of a billiard-cue case a has secured therein, by solder or otherwise, a ring or collar f, to which i s pivoted, on a vertical pin g, a lid b, provided with a rectangular chalkcarrying recess c, which is perforated at e to facilitate the removal of the chalk d. The lid b is extended at k, and carries a clip m to engage the extended portion h of the ring f. The lid may be locked in its closed position by a padlock &c. through holes i, l. The lid b may be made from sheet metal or light casting. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that the chalk receptacle may be provided with a spring attachment for retaining the chalk in position, and that the receptacle may also be applied to the ordinary lids, which are hinged to swing outwards.
Patent GB-190614089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: RAVEN VINCENT LITCHFIELD
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-06-19
Abstract: 14,089. Raven, V. L. June 19. Contacts, electric; signals on engines; miniature signals or indicators.-In the apparatus described in Specification No. 10,507, A.D. 1906, in which electro-magnetic indicating-apparatus on the engina is actuated by currents collected from track contact bars by brushes on the engine, arrangements are described for giving 'distant' signal indications at places where there are no distant signals, and intermediate indications are given as the train travels from this distant' signalling point to the 'home' signal. An additional indicator is also included in the engine circuits to indicate failure. After the brushes 6, 7 have passed over the usual isolated track bar 9 to give warning of the approach to a signal, the brush 7 arrives at a bar 10 placed in advance of the 'home' signal, and connected from earth through a resistance 78 and an indicator 80 through switch contacts 72 ... 77 to a battery 12<#> and to earth. In the example shown, such contacts are controlled by the hand-levers for one or other of the roads A, B at the junction, and the current through the bar 10 is reversed in direction according to which lever is operated, and this is shown on the indicator 80. The resistance 78 is employed to diminish the current through the circuit when the train has not arrived at the bar 10, although a signal lever is operated. Intermediate bars 81 are connected in the same circuit and extend from the bar 10 to the 'home' signal, so that the train receives indications during this pregress. The passage of the train over the bar 9 energizes the magnet 3, raises the indicator 1 to 'danger,' and sounds the bell 5 as usual, and by closing the contacts 24, 25 switches the magnet 3 and bell 5 into permanent circuit with the battery 11 until the magnet 4 is energized. This can only happon if, on passage of the brush 7 upon the bar 10, the I home ' signal is at 'safety ' and the bar 10 is consequently in circuit with the battery 12<#>. In this case, a current flows from the bar 10 through the brush 7 to the usual polarized indicator 56, the magnet 4, and earth, so that the contacts 27, 28 are opened, the magnet 3 is deenergized, and the bell 5 is stopped. If the home' signal is at 'danger,' the battery 12<#> is not connected to the bar 10 and so cannot energize the magnet 4. A high-resistance indicating-coil 94 is connected directly across the brushes 6, 7, so that on displacement or damage to either brush the circuit of the coil 94 is broken, and its armature 95 carrying an indicator 96 falls, the circuit of the coil 94 being a shunt circuit across the battery 11. The fallen armature 95 closes the contact 98, and provided that the battery 11 has not failed, closes a circuit through the magnet 3 and bell 5. If the indicator 96 shows failure and the bell 5 does rot ring, failure of the battery 11 or the magnet 3 or bell 5 is indicated.
Patent GB-190617997-A (GB)
Title: A Process and Apparatus for Purifying the Water used in Factories.
Inventor: EVANS-JACKSON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-08-10
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 17,997. Jackson, J. E. Evans-, [Oesterreichischer Verein fur Cellulosefabrikation]. Aug. 10. Foul waters, treating; straining.- Waste waters containing recoverable filaments or fibres from cellulose, paper, wood-polishing,' or other factories are supplied through a chancel 1 to a drum strainer 2, which retains the coarser solids but allows the finer to pass on with the water to a channel 10 supplying three finer straining- drums 12. The retained solids are lifted by two curved sieves within the drum 2 and are washed by a jet from the pipe 6 into inclined channels 5, which discharge into a well 7 having a perforated stone floor. The drums 12, Fig. 4, have ribs 13, which lift the solids into four channels 15 discharging into a similar well. The side walls of the channels 15 are slanting, so that water lifted in the channels flows over the lower edge. In a modification, a number of the discharge channels are formed by partitions radiating outwards from a cone or pyramid attached to the drum shaft. Fig. 8 shows a single fixed channel 20 supported by a bearer 21'attached to a knife-edged disk 22 on the drum shaft, the channel being steadied in position by a counterweight 23.
Patent GB-190621146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controllers for Electric Elevators and the like.
Inventor: ODMAN KARL RANFAST
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 21,146. Odman, K. R. March 1, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lifts.-Relates to the arrangement in an electric lift or the like of the circuit-closing devices for starting the electromotor in either direction, and consists in providing three relay switches in a double controlling - circuit, which switches are adapted to close the field circuit of the motor with a constant direction of current and at the same time to reverse the direction of current through the motor armature. Fig. 1 shows the controlling- circuit and Fig. 2 the main circuits of the motor. The controlling-circuit has two branches, one leading through the relay coils 3, 5, the other through the coils 3, 6. The circuits are closed respectively by two push-buttons &c. 17, 18 actuated by the cage or by a part moving proportionally to the cage. The coils 3, 5, 6 are adapted to close the switches 41, 15, 12, and the closing of either of the switches 15, 12 automatically opens the circuit of the opposite coil by means of contacts 16, 13. The switch 41, Fig. 2, closes the circuit oE the field windings of the motor 27, while the centre contact 19 in conjunction with one or other of the switches 15, 12 closes the armature circuit for up or down movement. The contacts on the switch 41 are arranged so that the field circuit is closed slightly before the armature circuit. Specification No. 15,764, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190622973-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knife Cleaner.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 22,973. Brown, J. Oct. 17. Knives, cleaning. - The knife handles Z are clamped by means of screws U between a bar H and a carrier G, the motion of which is guided by rods E running in guideways F. When the carrier is reciprocated by means of a lever J pivoted at N to a table clamp V, the blades 0 of the knives are moved between pads B, C, which form the facings of suitable blocks A, D. Slots Y running through to the rubbing-surfaces are provided, through which cleaning-powder may be introduced. Pressure is applied by means of a thumb-screw E<1>, and the pads are kept in position relatively to one another by pins L.
Patent GB-190623932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolt Guns.
Inventor: TAYLOR LESLIE BOWN
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 23,932. Taylor, L. B., and Parsons, E. H. Oct. 27. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to the fastenings of bolt guns. The head of the bolt c, Fig. 1, is provided with lugs c<2>, which engage directly with the barrel b instead of with the shoe. The locking-lugs on the bolt-head are formed of the same diameter as the body of the bolt, so that the locking-lugs do not project beyond the main body, and the usual longitudinal grooves in the shoe are not required. Interrupted screw-threads may be substituted for the locking-lugs. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, additional lugs c3 engaging with the shoe a are formed on the bolt-head.
Patent GB-190626255-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Guard for Ironing or other Machines Employing a Roller Feed.
Inventor: JEFFERIES SIDNEY
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 26,255. Jefferies, S. Nov. 20. Cylinder machines with plane printing- surfaces; rotary machines.-Relates to a guard for printing and other machines wit h feedrollers. A bar b, Figs. 1 and 2, is pivoted at h to side brackets f arranged in front of the rollers a. The bar b has arms q<1> the ends of which carry a bar q adapted to be engaged by a hooked arm p of the guard-plate k extending along the front of the roller. When the operative's band is moved too far with the advancing table i, it contacts with and raises the bar b about its pivot. The arm q and hook p<1> are thus disengaged, and the plate k is free to descend and close the entrance to the roller. The guard-plate k moves in guides in the brackets f, and springs o are provided to sharpen its fall. The bar b has projections which engage recesses e in the side brackets and limit its movement, and the guardplate k has projections k<1> for the same purpose. The plate k is provided with a handle whereby it may be raised for re-setting after its operation.
Patent GB-190703214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counting Trains for Electricity Meters and the like.
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-08
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 3214. Hookham, G., and Sprague, W. S. Feb. 8. Counting - apparatus.-In counting-trains for electric and other meters, the first dial of the series is caused to remain stationary just before the second dial of the train is operated, while the continuously - rotating meter spindle deflects a spring in connexion with the first dial, thus ensuring a snap-action at transfer. The toothed wheel a, Fig. 3, rotated through gearing from the meter spindle, operates through further gearing the toothed wheel z, to which is fixed one end of the spring n, Fig. 2. The spring passes between the two pins o, o' fixed to the disk d which, with the number dial c, is carried by the sleeve f co-axial with, but loose upon the spindle of the wheel z. The disk d is also provided with a pin h and slot g co-acting with the teeth j and side projections i of a double-toothed wheel k, the side projections being formed by turning down at right angles to its plane the alternate teeth of a wheel stamped from sheet metal with double the number of teeth required in the wheel. The first dial c of the train is continuously driven by the meter spindle through the wheel z and spring n until the number 9 appears in the opening, when the spring n meets the adjustable projection q fixed to the casing. The disk d and dial are thus held until the continued rotation of the wheel z causes the spring to be deflected to an extent sufficient to allow it to slide over the projection q, when the resulting sadden movement of the dial causes the zero to appear at the opening, and at the same time the pin h effects transfer. In another form of the device, a pin on the disk d is similarly held stationary against a pivoted arm attached to the frame of the counter, until released by a pin, which is provided on the toothed wheel and turns the arm aside.