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Patent GB-190519099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Automatic Transmitters for Electric Telegraphy.
Inventor: JUDD WALTER
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 19,099. Judd, W., Fraser, A., and Hardie, A. R. Sept. 21. Telegraphs.-Relates to automatic telegraph transmitters for sending clear and accurate signals, and for saving battery power and wear on the contacts when the prickers are out of engagement with the paper strip. The movement of the prickers closes the circuit of a signalling-magnet, and this circuit is maintained closed by an auxiliary contact until it is broken by a cam or its equivalent rotated by the driving-mechanism of the transmitter. Fig. 1 shows two signalling-magnets a and two auxiliary magnets b, with their armatures d,f, respectively. The magnets a, b are connected by the wire n to the battery o through a make-andbreak device p, actuated by the cam q, which revolves once for every engagement of a tooth on the feed-roller with the feed-holes in the paper strip. If one of the prickers j enters a hole in the strip, the contact-arm i engages the corresponding contact h, the magnets a, b associated therewith being energized by current passing from the battery o, through the contracts i, h, magnets a, b, wire n, and the contact p, back to the battery. The magnet b attracts its armature f, short-circuiting the contact i, h so that, if this contact opens, the magnet a is still energized until its circuit is broken at the point p. Secondary contacts closed by the signalling-magnets may replace the magnets b and armatures f. Fig. 2 shows the pricker mechanism, the contact-arm i working on a stud r on the spring-controlled lever s. Lugs t on the arm i are connected by links u to the spindles w of the prickers j. The spring x causes the prickers to press against the strip, the arm i being normally in a neutral position. When a pricker enters a hole in the strip, the balance is upset and contact made between i and h. When the strip is removed from the transmitter, or when there are no holes in it to engage the prickers, the balance is maintained and no contact made between i and h.
Patent GB-190523858-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Pneumatic Seats Saddles and the like for use on Velocipedes, Cycles, Carriages, Invalid Seats and like purposes.
Inventor: BLAGG WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-20
Granted: 1906-11-20
Abstract: 23,858. Blagg, W. Nov. 20. Chairs; seats and stools.-In a pneumatic cushion for the saddles or seats of motor and other cycles, carriages, seats and stools, &c., a frame or rim A with beaded edges carries an inflated tube C which is provided with a cover B and arranged similarly to a pneumatic tyre. As shown for use upon a cycle, the oval or like rim is mounted upon a cross-piece E at the top of a clip F which receives the saddle pin. If desired, the frame may be in the form of a dished plate with inturned edges, the cover and inflatable portion being also in the form of a cushion instead of an annulus. According to the Provisional Specification, the cross-piece E is in the form of a steel spring, and the invention is stated to be suitable for invalid seats and camping and sketching stools. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 15,864, 16,350, and 17,353, A.D. 1896, and No. 6775, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Velocipedes].]
Patent GB-190525061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pianofortes and like Instruments.
Inventor: LOGAN HUMPHREY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-12-02
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 25,061. Logan, H. T. Dec. 2. Pianofortes; automatic instruments.-The actions of pianofortes, including those containing mechanical playing-device.;, are constructed to occupy less space than usual. The hammer head is short and is mounted on the stem D at an angle exceeding a right-angle, and the stem is mounted in the block C so as to be nearer the string E than usual, with out shortening the stroke of the hammer. The balance is maintained by loading the hammer as at H, and by adding to the part J. Specifications No. 5493, A.D. 1891, and No. 22,341, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190526478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Typewriters.
Inventor: VOELKER JEAN
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 26,478. V÷lker, J. Dec. 19. Typewriters.-Relates to means for adjusting the carriage at right-angles to the track in order to compensate for the varying number of sheets of paper on the platen. The carriage h runs on a fixed rail l and a movable rail f which is carried by pivoted arms b having a slot e to receive an eccentric d mounted on the end of a crank-lever c. A scale s indicates the number of sheets and the position of the carriage. On the rail f, which is of U-shaped cross-section, travel vertical and horizontal carriage wheels i, m. An arm g, projecting beneath the rail f, prevents tilting of the carriage. A similar device may be provided at the front of the carriage to engage a recess or the like in the frame. By moving the lever c, the carriage is adjusted as required.
Patent GB-190604082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mechanical Players for Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 4082. Lake, W. R., [Aeolian Co.]. Feb. 19. Automatic instruments.-Means for automatically actuating regulating-devices for modifying musical effects, or accenting notes, are shown in Fig. 1. The compound collapsible box 5 has four compartments 54, 55, 56, 57 of varying size, each compartment being connected by a pipe with a valve 31, controlled by one of four ports in the tracker-bar, which ports are additional to the ordinary playing ports. One or more of the compartments 54, 55, 56, 57 may be collapsed to move the controlling- valve 7 into one of ten positions with respect to the accenting pipes 61. The spring 8 holds the box 5 in the expanded condition when it is not subject to suction. The tune-sheet has four or more controlling-perforations corresponding to the four or more control ducts and parts in the regulating-device. The pneumatic arrangement may be replaced by electrically-operated means in full or in part.
Patent GB-190604107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Treatment of Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 4107. Hadfield, R. A. Feb. 19. Fortifications.-In the manufacture or treatment of cast steel shields, plates, and other steel articles, whether having hard surfaces or not, the casting is subjected to a specified series of heatings, coolings, and quenchings. Specifications No. 16,132, A.D. 1901, and No. 17,174, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Iron &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190610038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Forced Draught Apparatus for Fire-engines, Steam-boats, Locomotives, or the like.
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 10,038. Sutcliffe, J. April 30. Turning-gear.-In forced-draught apparatus for fire-engines &c. of the kind described in Specification No. 12,969, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Furnaces &c.], the petrol motor for driving the air-pump is turned by the device shown in Figs. 3 and 5. It consists of a shaft 29 capable of rotating with a spring - controlled drum 31 within a fixed bearing 52, and of being moved by hand longitudinally against the resistance of a spring 33 for a pin 30 to engage with an inclined slot 27 within the motor shaft 26. Upon engagement of the pin 30 with the slot, a strap 34 attached to a cross-bar 61 upon the spring drum is pulled by hand, causing the drum and motor shaft to rotate. After the strap is released, the pin 30 is withdrawn from its slot and the drum rewinds the strap under the action of its spring.
Patent GB-190611429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hopper Actuating Mechanism for Automatic Looms.
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 11,429. British Northrop Loom Co., [Northrop Loom Co.]. May 16. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically. - In automatic weft - replenishing looms, which are provided with rotating magazines of the Northrop type, actuating-mechanism is provided for rotating the magazine a predetermined distance after each transferring operation, the said mechanism being arranged so that the operative can release the magazine therefrom quickly and easily with one hand, instead of using both hands as is necessary with the mechanism described in Specification No. 3376, A.D. 1904. One of the, magazine disks 1 is provided with the usual ratchet-wheel 9, and the feed-pawl 19 has a slot 22, which embraces a pivot stud 12. A rocking pin 18 is mounted in a socket in the magazine stand, and passes through an aperture in a bridge-piece 20 on the feed-pawl. The pin 18 is surrounded by an actuating-spring 31, and upward movement of the feed-pawl is limited by a cotter in the end of the pin. A projecting pin 29 on the transferrer 7 extends through an opening 30 in the feed-pawl, and when the transferrer has made part of its transferring movement, the pin 29 depresses the feed-pawl, which is guided by the pin 18, the stud 12 and slot 22, and the action of a fixed abutment 25 on the front side 23, 24 of the pawl, so that the pawl engages the next tooth of the ratchet-wheel. When the transferrer rises, the spring 31, which has heen compressed, acts upon the pawl to rotate the magazine one step and bring the next cop against a fixed stop. Over-running of the magazine is prevented by the action of the abutment 25 on the pawl. Backward movement of the magazine is prevented by a detent-tooth 14 on a plate 11, which is pivoted on the stud 12 and is provided with a weight 13. To free the magazine, the plate 11 can be drawn away from the ratchet-wheel by means of a finger-piece 15, and a pin 16 on the plate 11 acts upon theinclined edge 28 of an opening in the feed-pawl, so that the pawl is simultaneously depressed and rocked away from the ratchet-wheel.
Patent GB-190613493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Vulcanization of Rubber Goods.
Inventor: HOPKINSON ERNEST
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 13,493. Hopkinson, E., and Midgley, T. June 12. India-rubber, vulcanizing.-Apparatus used in the vulcanization of rubber goods, such as outer covers of pneumatic tyres, by submitting them to the direct action of steam or the like consists of a core 1 and clamping-members 5, between which the cover S is held, in combination with a porous covering 12, which may be wrapped around the tyre so that the steam may have free access to the sides and tread portion of the cover. The core is collapsible, as shown in Fig. 2, and may be provided with an abutment member 4. If desired, the core may be constructed by winding into the form of a helix a metal strip 15, Fig. 4, the edges 16 of which are bevelled and undercut, respectively. The porous covering may be tightened by means of channelled rings 10, rings 13, and clamps.
Patent GB-190619033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Liquid Air.
Inventor: KNUDSEN HANS
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 19,033. Knudsen, H. Aug. 25. Liquefying.-L i q u i d air is separated into oxygen and nitrogen by a process of evaporation which is controlled by varying the degree of vacuum, or low pressure, existing in a chamber surrounding the evaporator. The evaporator A consists of concentric chambers or tanks, fed with liquid air from a tank C, by way of a tube a<1> and j unction pipes a, and surrounded by coils A' through which cooled compressed air is circulated before passing to liquefying apparatus C', the evaporator being enclosed in a vacuum chamber B connected at b to a vacuum pump. Alternatively, a slight pressure may be generated in the vacuum chamber, the heat of compression facilitating the vaporizing of the nitrogen. The vaporized nitrogen may be led through coils submerged in liquid air, or may be conducted by way of a pipe a<5> to a coil D in a chamber D', which also contains a double coil D<2> through which compressed or liquid air on itswaytotheliquefying-apparatus is circulated ; a valve may be provided at the end of the coil D, whereby pressure is generated in the coil sufficient to enable the nitrogen to be drawn off in the liquid form. Alternatively, the vaporized nitrogen may be conducted by way of a pipe a<6> direct to the liquefying-apparatus for cooling compressed air in a countercurrent. The liquid oxygen may be withdrawn through the pipe as, or evaporated by atmospheric heat by passing it through a coil surrounding the evaporator. Alternatively, the liquid oxygen is conveyed to a storage tank E, which is surrounded by a vacuum chamber and is provided with a pressure gauge and also with an adjustable relief valve e<1> through which gas passes into a gas-holder G; or liquid oxygen may be passed through a coil F surrounding and passing into an evaporator F' containing brass or non-oxidizable metal shavings and provided with an outlet pipe f adapted to conduct gas to the gas-holder G, or to steel gas cylinders (not shown).
Patent GB-190623873-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Arresting or Checking Side Slip of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MONRO WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 23,873. Monro, W. E. Oct. 26. Slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for; wheels with two or more rims or tyres side by side.- Auxiliary wheels for preventing side-slip in vehicles are constructed with two metal disks b having more or less sharp edges b<2>, the space between the disks being preferably occupied by a resilient tyre c<3>, or they may be formed with plain cylindrical surfaces having sharp edges. The sharp edges grip the road when the wheel is tilted.
Patent GB-190623896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motor Control Systems.
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-10-26
Abstract: 23,896. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 26. Driving machines by electromotors. -- To drive loads such as printing-presses at speeds varying over a wide range, two motors, one for the low speeds and one for the high speeds, are employed, the motors being supplied from separate sources, which may be variable voltage generators driven by a motor connected to the line, or may be mechanically connected shunt-wound regulating- machines in series with the supply circuit and in parallel with the load-driving motors, the fields of the regulating-machines being varied in such a way that the voltages of the sources of supply are caused to vary simultaneously but oppositely. The power shaft A, Fig. 1, is driven at high speeds by the motor B and at low speeds by the motor C, which is geared to the main shaft through the electro - magnetic clutch E. Compound - wound generators H, I, driven together by the motor G connected across the mains, supply current to the motors B, C respectively. In the first position of the controller K, the electro - magnetic clutch is operated and the low-speed motor is energized by current from the generator I. Further movement of the controller cuts out resistance from the field of the generator I so that the motor C speeds up, and at the fifth position the clutch is de-energized, the motor C cut out, and the motor B connected to the generator H for the high speeds. The highest speed of the low-speed motor and the lowest of the high-speed motor are arranged to be approximately the same, so that a smooth transition is obtained from one motor to the other. In a modified form, Fig. 2, two regulating-machines with armatures A', A<2> connected together in series across the mains and shunt field magnets B<1>, B<2> connected across the resistance K<1>, which is connected across the mains and varied by the controller C<1>, have their brushes connected through the series windings D<1>, D<2> and the reversing-switch E<1> to the high - speed and low - speed motors F', G'. With the controller C<1> in the first position, the middle point of the shunt field windings B<1>, B<2> is connected to a point near the lower end of the resistance K<1>, so that the field B' is strongly excited while the field B<2> is weak, and the voltage across the brushes of the machines A<2>, which is connected to the low-speed motor G<1>, is correspondingly low. As the controller is further operated, the portion of the resistance K<1> across the field B<2> is increased and the voltage supplied to the motor G<1> correspondingly increased, until the sixth position of the controller is reached, when the motor F<1> is supplied with current from the machine A<1> at its lowest voltage, the electromagnetic clutch J' is released, and the machine G<1> runs free, further movement of the controller increasing the speed of the motor F<1>.
Patent GB-190700354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 354. Longsdon, H. C. Jan. 7. Mangling and wringing machines. - The mangle or wringer a can be folded within the framework g, andits place occupied by a table top k with which it is connected. The framework a of the mangling or wringing rollers is pivoted at h to the main frame g, and normally is supported also by bearings on the tube or rod g<1>, as shown in Fig. 1. It is connected by the pivotal parts m. to the table k, which is connected to the main framework g by the links n. When the mangle is turned over on the pivoting rod h, it pulls the table across to take its place, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190703843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shelving.
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 3843. Price, Ltd., G., and Price, A. E. Feb. 15. Shelving; brackets.-Rolates to shelving of the type in which the shelves are formed of parallel longitudinal rods or tubes supported in notches on tho upper edges of transverse bars or brackets, which are adjustably clamped to standards. Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line 3-3, Figs. 1 and 2. The transverse bracket is formed of two parallel plates b, provided with notches b<1> for the reception of the longitudinal rods or tubes a, which are clamped in position by means of transverse strips c, secured by bolts d, whioh pass between the plates band are provided with nuts and washers d'. The bracket is clamped at each end, preferably by means of a strip f, to a standard e, which strip is bent to embrace the standards, the free ends forming lugs f<1>, which are interposed and act as distance-pieces between the ends of the bracket plates b, the whole being clamped by a bolt g and nut g'. When the bracket is situated at the angle formed by the intersection of two lengths of shelving, the sides of the notches b<1> in each plate b are inclined in opposite directions corresponding respectively with the direction of each length of shelving. The shelving is applicable for strongrooms and for displaying goods in shops.
Patent GB-190705171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas-flash-light-apparatus
Inventor: WAGMUELLER ERNST
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 5171. Wagm³ller, E. March 4. Flash lamps for signalling and advertising purposes. An intermittent supply of gas to a burner provided with an igniting-device is controlled by a valve 6 which, normally opened by a spring 8, is closed by a trip 4 on the spindle 3 of a turbine or drum 2 rotated by the passage of the gas, the subsequent opening of the valve being regulated by an adjustable fly 10. When a pilot-jet is employed, the gas supply thereto is led through the drum to assist in the actuation of the value. More than one device may be actuated by the drum, as indicated by the dotted lines 11, 12. In a modification, gas cocks arranged in branches of the supply pipe are alternately opened and closed by a pivoted or slotted lever and tipping weight actuated by the gas drum.
Patent GB-190705278-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for the Attachment of Tickets to Cone Shaped and the like Bases, and the Arrangement of the same on Cards for Sale.
Inventor: PEREIRA FREDERIC ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5278. Pereira, F. A. March 5. Displaying and storing.-Relates to machines for attaching labels or price tickets to the bases of the supports, consisting of cones with pins projecting from their apices and arranging the supports on cards for sale. The cones are fed by conveyer bands B, C, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, on to a roller J, which directs the cones to a raceway G provided with a series of undercut bars G forming grooves X for the cone to pass down. At the bottom of the raceway the teeth of a reciprocating fork K move the lowest row 'of cones over boles D, down which they pass into corresponding recesses in a plate A', which is operated by a rack and pinion. When the last row of holes in this tray has been filled up, a presser plate F<5>, Fig. 3, sliding on rails F<2>, is brought forward and a piece of cardboard H, the same size as the tray A, is pushed along the guides F<12>. The screw F', working in the presser arm F<9>, is then operated, and the batch of cones 2 is secured to the cardboard by their pointed ends 1, as shown in Fig. 5. The price tickets, labels, &c. are contained in a number of tubes T held in a framework O<2>, and the labels are pressed upwards by plungers mounted on a plate O<1> operated by a rack O<5> and screw O<6>. A board T<2>, having holes slightly smaller than the tubes T, can be slid on rollers over the frame O<2>. Glue is applied to the ends of cylinders Z<1> carried on a frame Z, which is placed in position with the cylinders Z<1> taking into the tubes T. A presser plate T<5> is now closed over and a screw T<12> operated, whereby the top labels in the tubes are gummed. The frame Z is then removed, the smaller holes in the plate T<2> preventing the withdrawal of the gummed labels from the tubes, and is replaced by the board H carrying the cones. The screw O<6> finally operates the plungers to press the gummed labels against the bases of the cones.
Patent GB-190706077-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Projecting and Anchoring Life Lines.
Inventor: CLOUGH EDWIN SHERMAN
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 6077. Clough, E. S., and Williamson, W. March 13. Grapnels.-Relates to projecting- apparatus for life-lines, in which the projectile carries hinged flukes connected by links and a central draw-bar to the line, in such a manner that the flukes are thrown outwards as the projectile is discharged. The flukes 4 are pivoted at 5 between ribs 6 on the closed head of the projectile, and, passing through slots in the head, are pivotally connected to links 9, 9'. The links 9 are pivoted directly to the bar 7, and the links 9<1> are pivoted together, and pass through an aperture 7<1> in the bar 7. Projections 8 on the bar engage slots 2<1>, 8<1> in the stem 3 and in the arms 12 of a sliding-member, to which the life-line 14 is suitably secured.
Patent GB-190707724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Fencing
Inventor: MACLEOD GEORGE STEWARD
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 7724. MacLeod, G. S. April 2. Fencing.-Wire fencing is provided with barbs capable of rotating on pivots carried by the wires. The pivots 5 are notched at 6 to engage with the twisted strands 4, and are provided with heads 7 between which and the wires the barbs 1 are mounted, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190711937-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hay or Straw Lifter.
Inventor: TREGEA JAMES EDWARDS
Filed: 1907-05-23
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 11,937. Tregea, J. E. May 23. Grabs.-Lifting-forks for hay and straw comprise suspended forks c pivoted to a bar g and connected by links h, i to the ends of a pivoted lever d. In operation, the forks are opened and forced into the material by means of handles at the upper ends, and are retained in the gripping position by the pivoted lever d engaging a rack e. To deposit the raised load, the rack is drawn to one side by hauling on the rope b.