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Patent GB-190610273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanical Stokers applicable to the Furnaces of Steam or other Boilers.
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 10,273. Baron, J., Brierley, W., and Brierley, Ltd., W. May 2. Mechanical stoking.-Relates to apparatus for feeding pulverulent fuel to furnaces, means being provided by which the fuel-supplying mechanism is automatically set in motion by a well-known damper appliance when the pressure falls in the boiler. The fuel is supplied by an elevator d<5> and a conveyer d, driven from the shaft n<1>, to shoots c, c<1>, from which it is forced into the furnace by jets of steam from nozzles e<2>, e<3>. The shaft n' is provided with fixed and loose pulleys o<1>, o<2>, and, when the pressure in the boiler falls, the belt by which the shaft is driven is automatically shifted from the loose pulley o' to the fixed one o<1>, the elevator and conveyer being thus set in motion. At the same time, the steam valve A is opened and the fuel is forced into the furnace. The fork p and valve A are connected by a system of cords and levers to the chain by which the damper is operated. The crushing-mechanism in the coal hopper may also be driven from the shaft n<1>.
Patent GB-190612804-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Transferring Freight, Baggage and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 12,804. Boult, A. J., [Alvey-Ferguson Co.]. June 1. Rope railways. -In a cable-traction system for transferring freight or baggage from one train to another, an endless track E, Fig. 1, is arranged upon a platform C with sections contiguous to the trains A, B between which the material is to be transported, and each section is tapped at intervals corresponding to the distances between the vehicles by branches E<3> provided with adjustable switches adapted to divert trucks to or from the main track as desired. The track is constituted by U -shaped or grooved rails e having broad surfaces at one side of the grooves and sunk flush with the floor of the platform. The freight trucks, Fig. 4, are provided with handles 2 by which they may be propelled when on the tracks E<3>. The wheels 4 have broad flanges so that they may be run over surfaces other than the track if so desired. The wheels 7 are of similar form if the trucks run on four wheels. Each truck has a depending arm pivoted on the axle of the wheel 7 and adapted to be engaged by lugs 13 on a continuously moving chain F running by rollers 14 upon a track 15 arranged beneath the platform. The depending arm can be thrown aside by rotation about its axis when not required, but during its engagement by the lugs 13 it is retained in position by a stop 12. The endless chain passes round guide-wheels G<1> and is driven from a motor shaft h through the combination of worm and bevel gearing shown in Fig. 2 acting upon the driving-sprocket G. The track may be tapped at other points than those shown so that the freight may be transferred to warehouses or the like.
Patent GB-190613517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnetically Controlled Switches and Circuit Breakers.
Inventor: BROOK PERCY SMITH
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 13,517. Brook, P. S., and Hirst, J. A. June 13. Switches.-A switch lever is moved to its 'on' position by means of a hollow pawl on the switch handle, and is locked by an electromagneticallycontrolled detent which enters the pawl. An arm 4 carries a laminated bowed contact-piece 1 and an auxiliary contact 5. The arm is connected by links 13 to a main lever 7 provided with a tooth 9, which is engaged by a spring-controlled pawl 11 on the handle 10. The switch is held closed by a detent 14, which engages the tooth 9, and an extension 14<a> enters a cavity in the pawl, thus relieving the handle of pressure. The handle carries springs 17, and its downward movement is limited by the contact of the part 10<a> with the supporting-bracket. The opening movement of the switch is limited by the engagement of the toe 7<b> and the bar 16<b>. The switch may be opened automatically by means of an electro-magnet 22, the core 23 of which rises and strikes the detent lever, thus releasing it from the tooth 9. The springs 12 then open the switch with a rapid break, causing the piece 1 to leave the contacts 2, 3, and then contact 5 to leave the contact 6, the spark being blown out by an electromagnet 26 in series with the two latter contacts. The switch may also be opened by causing the tooth 24 on the hand-lever to engage the adjustable tripping-lever 25, and so to release the detent. A double-pole switch enclosed in a water-tight casing is shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the two contact-arms being operated from one spindle 15 connected to the handle by links 30<a>, 30 and a shaft 29, which passes through a gland in the casing. In this form, the solenoid 22 is preferably ranged above the detent and between the two sets of contacts. It may have an adjusting-device consisting of a framework 35 carrying a ring 32 engaging a pin 34 on the plunger. The frame carries a nut 36, which works on an adjusting-screw 37 so that the plunger may be set to trip the detent at a predetermined current strength. Additional windings may be provided to trip for a minimum or reverse current, and the electro-magnetic control means may be duplicated.
Patent GB-190618359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pin or Needle Cases.
Inventor: KAISER HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 18,359. Kaiser, H. Aug. 15. Safety-pins.-A pin or needle case a has combined with it a detachable safety-pin c, whereby it may be secured to a person's clothing.
Patent GB-190620292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Taps.
Inventor: KAUFMANN LUDWIG
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 20,292. Kaufmann, L. Sept. 12. Plug cocks are kept pressed to their seats by a spring 5 placed between a nut 7 and a washer 4, which are grooved for the purpose and overlap at 8 to prevent ingress of dirt. The washer 4 is fitted to turn with the plug.
Patent GB-190620345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: BENNIS EDWARD
Filed: 1906-09-13
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 20,345. Bennis, E., and Bennis, A. W. Sept. 13. Firebars; blast apparatus.-In hollow fire-bars of the Bennis type, as described in Specifications No. 19,730, A.D. 1895, No. 7418, A.D. 1899, No. 12,356, A.D. 1903, Nos. 6751 and 29,597, A.D. 1904, and No. 15,573, A.D. 1905, the noise caused by the steam or air jet placed at the mouth of each bar is obviated by supplying the bars with air which is delivered through large nozzles at a low pressure. An duct D, supplied with air from a fan or blower C, is fitted across the front of the boiler and is provided with a number of nozzles d which project into the bell-mouths of the firebars A.
Patent GB-190625022-A (GB)
Title: Improved Miner's Safety Lamp.
Inventor: THOMAS THOMAS
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 25,022. Thomas, T., Thomas, D. E., and Thomas, G. Nov. 7. M i n e r s' safety lamps.-Relates to the lamps described in S p e c i fi cations No. 3160, A.D. 1868, No. 14,879, A.D. 1890, No. 10,653, A.D. 1900, and No. 12,053, A.D. 1905. Besides the chamber E, an additional chamber M is provided, within which any explosion is conducted and suffocated, by arranging a perforated plate L covered with wiregauze below the air-supply tubes T. The plate L screws on the same thread as the reservoir A and is attached to the ring D<1> which carries the glass cylinder B.
Patent GB-190626826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signature Support for Book Sewing Machines
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 26,826. Newton, P. A., [Smyth Manufacturing Co.]. Nov. 26. Bookbinding. - T h e piercers 15 are arranged in pairs upon blocks 12, which slidingly engage an actuator 7 as shown at 13, Fig. 5. The latter is provided with curved slots 8 so that when moved longitudinally the pins 9 cause it to rise and so actuate the piercers. The piercers pass through guide-blocks 17, which may be fixed in several positions by screws 19. The guide-blocks are made in sections and are of hardened steel so as to form supports for the signatures.
Patent GB-190628879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheep Shearing Machines
Inventor: GRACE THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 28,879. Grace, T. Dec. 18. Horse-clippers and the like.-In machine clippers, the pressure is applied by a wedge 31 actuated by a screw 35 passing backwards from the casing. The wedge acts on a hinged flap 29 having a ball-bearing on the operating-lever 19. The parts are rendered easily accessible by making the base-plate 9 removable. The vibrating lever 19 has a spherical bulb 18 held to the base 9 by a bridge-piece 14, which also has a projection 27 carrying the tension flap 29.
Patent GB-190701454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Films for Photographic and other purposes.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1907-01-19
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 1454. Smith, J. H. Jan. 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Materials for valves and cocks.-Improvements are described on the process of Specification No. 10,372, A.D. 1905, for obtaining a film that is impervious to the action of water and photographic developing - solutions. Layers of gelatine are coated upon a smooth backing or support, and when dry the gelatine surface is coated with a solution which, upon drying, leaves a residual layer impervious to water &c. ; such solutions may be of nitrocellulose, caoutchouc, gutta-percha, &c. The gelatine film is then stripped, and the back likewise coated ; or the film may be sensitized before stripping. The film described in the above-mentioned Specification is applicable for use in different parts of valves.
Patent GB-190704003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels with Detachable Rim for Vehicles
Inventor: MAUNIER MARIUS
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 4003. Maunier, M. April 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Felloes or rims.-A detachable rim 10 having projections 17 on its underside adapted to engage in angular slots 18 in the fixed rim 14, is locked by means of radially adjustable wedges 25 sliding in mortises cut in the fixed felloe. The rims also intcrengage by means of a flange 16 on one edge of the fixed rim, and bent over lugs on the opposite edge of the detachable rim.
Patent GB-190706313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing Machinery especially adapted for Crushing Chalk without Crushing the Flints embedded in it.
Inventor: SKINNER HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 6313. Skinner, H. March 15. Roller mills, for crushing chalk without crushing the flints embedded therein, are arranged so that one of the rollers is capable of moving to a considerable distance away from the other roller, while remaining parallel to itself and without being put out of gear. The bearing-blocks of the movable roller d, Figs. 1 and 2, are secured to racks e<1>, which gear with pinions h<1> on a transverse shaft h, and a bevel-wheel d' on the end of the axle of the roller d gears with a wheel f which is moved along the longitudinal shaft g by a cross-bar f<1> secured to the blocks. Weights i<2> at the ends of chains i<1> passing over sprocket-wheels i on the shaft h tend to press the roller d towards the fixed roller a, and cushions i<3> limit the descent of the weights. The roll a and the shaft g are driven through spur and bevel gearing, respectively, from the driving- shaft c. The rollers maybe formed with projecting spikes.
Patent GB-190707123-A (GB)
Title: Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHMIDT IDA WILHELMINA
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 7123. Schmidt, I. W. March 25. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the general arrangement and combination of the frame, motor, and driving-gear in a light motor vehicle of the cycle type for carrying two or more persons. The frame, Figs. 1 and 2, consists of a lower rectangular part formed by tubes 1, and a pair of tubes 3, 4 on each side meeting at their upper ends, where the two pairs are connected to a cross-tube 6, which carries a seat 7, or a wicker or other chair. The divided axle 10, Fig. 3, carrying the road wheels, is contained in an enclosed casing or structure 16, 16<1> mounted in brackets 11 on the frame tubes 3. The planetary members of the differential gear are carried in a worm-wheel 20 driven by a worm 21 from the electric or other motor 26. The driven bevel members 18 of the differential gear are loose on the divided axle parts 10, and transmit the drive through friction washers 17<A>, which allow the wheels to rotate independently of the rest of the mechanism when the motor is stopped, the worm-wheel being unable to drive the worm. A crank-pin on the motor shaft drives in a slotted disk on the worm shaft, so that the two need not be exactly in alinement and jarring of the vehicle is thus presented. The swivelling axles 31 are mounted on the ends of the front transverse member of the frame, and are adjusted for steering from the hand-lever 34. A storage battery 9 or other source of power is carried on a platform 8.
Patent GB-190709025-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fittings for Bottles to Prevent Refilling
Inventor: HOUGHTON THOMAS MARCUS
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 9025. Houghton, T. M. April 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bottles, non-refillable. -Relates to bottles of the type in which a valve casing a is locked in the neck of the bottle by a ring of cork b, or by means of cement, and in which a valve d seats on the upper edge of the casing and is controlled by a depeading flexibly - connected weight e, the whole being surmounted by a cap f with lateral ports to prevent tampering. According to the present invention, trumpet-shaped, the lower part of the tube a is made trumpet-shaped, and the flexible connexion between the valve and weight consists of a spring h. The tube, valve, and cap may be made of glass, dermatine, or other suitable material.
Patent GB-190715354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing Side Slip of Motor or other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HEATHORN THOMAS BRIDGES
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 15,354. Heathorn, T. B. July 3. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-To prevent sideslip in motor and other road vehicles, rollers a, Fig. 1, having helical ribs or projections the resultant action of which tends to retain the vehicle in the line of travel, are mounted beneath the vehicle in contact with the road. Two rollers a, a', Fig. 2, formed respectively with right and left hand helical ribs b, b<1>, are carried at rightangles to the line of travel in brackets d depending from a plate e suspended by a U-piece f from a slotted bracket h fixed to the vehicle, a spring i keeping the rollers pressed against the road. The device may be drawn out of operation by suitable means when required.
Patent GB-190715665-A (GB)
Title: Non Skidding Attachment for Motor Omnibuses or other Vehicles
Inventor: KLAPKA CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 15,665. Klapka, C. J., and Dunn, W. H. July 8, Slipping of wheels, preventing.-To prevent sideslip in motor-omnibuses and other vehicles, a roller is carried beneath the vehicle, and may either be permanently in contact with, or be capable of being raised from the road. The roller is made in one or more sections, and carries steel or other metal disks mounted on an elastic foundation, so that each may grip the road, however uneven the surface. The roller consists of a steel or other metal tube C thickly coated with rubber or similar material on which are mounted disks A spaced apart by sections of metal tubing B.
Patent GB-190717636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mail Bag Catchers.
Inventor: BENNER GLENN
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 17,636. Benner, G., and Rogers, B. S. Aug. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mail-bag catchers.-A sleeve 1 on a rock-shaft 3 extending across the door opening 4 of the mail car is cast with a socket 2 in which is fixed the hooked end 7 of the catcher arm 6. The sleeve 1 may be rocked by a handle 8 so as to swing the bag through the door opening 4. The hook 7 has an horizontal slot 9 in which is fulcrumed a lever 10, having at its front end an arm 11 adapted to extend across the mouth of the hook 7, and into a recess 12 in the wall of the socket 2. The arm 11 ends in a hook 13 adapted to be engaged by an opposing hook 14 formed upon the resilient member of a spring 15 secured within the recess 12. A trip lever B, Fig. 3, has a pivot portion 18 by which it is fulcrumed in the wall of the casting A, and has an arm 19 adapted to bear against the spring 15. The other end of the member 18 has an arm 20 which is connected by a link 21 with one arm 22 of a bell-crank pivoted upon the handle 8. The other arm of the bell-crank is the thumb-piece 23, which on being pressed releases the arm 11 from the hook 14. The lever 10 then swings back under the action of a spring 17 to the position shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190721999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connecting Metal Pipes to Earthenware or other Nozzles.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-05
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 21,999. Smith, W. H. Oct. 5. Metal and earthenware pipes, uniting; sleeve joints. -To connect lead and earthenware pipes, as in attaching a flush-pipe to a water-closet, the lead pipe c is passed through a ferrule of the type shown in Specification No. 15,567, A.D. 1901, with a socket portion a, and is flanged as at c<1>, putty &c. being placed between the flange and the base of the socket. The socket is then passed over and compressed behind the flange d' of the closet inlet, thus securing the joint. According to the Provisional Specification, the ferrule may be bellmouthed.
Patent GB-190722726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collars.
Inventor: DOUGLAS WILLIAM PERCY
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 22,726. Douglas, W. P. Oct. 15. Collars.-The upper part a is made to appear like a single collar. The stud-holes are made in tabs h extending a short distance to the rear inside the collar, as shown at c. The tabs are formed out of some of the thicknesses of the linen of the upper part, or are separately sewed on. The tie passes between the tabs h and the back part of the collar k. A long band g, attached similarly to the tabs, turns up on the inside from below, and forms an additional rest for the tie.
Patent GB-190801455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Drying Machines for Drying Grain, Peat, Hops, Salt, Sand, Cement, Manures, Chemicals, Small Coal, Ores, and other Analogous Wet or Moist Materials.
Inventor: BLACK JAMES
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 1455. Black, J., Lennox, A. H., Lennox, H., and Lennox, A. B. Jan. 21. Cements. - Apparatus for drying grain, peat, hops, salt, sand, cement, manures, chemicals small coal, &c. comprises two coaxial cylinders, the outer of which is fixed and has shelves extending to the inner revolving cylinder to which scrapers are attached. The material to be dried is fed in at the top and makes a complete circuit of one shelf before passing to the next shelf below. Hot air or gas passes through the apparatus in an opposite direction to the motion of the scrapers. The casing 2 is composed of a series of cylinders flanged at each end, and contains the revolving cylinder 3 fixed to the shaft 4. The shelves 13 ... 18 may be in any number of parts, and are fixed between the flanges of the cylinders forming the casing. Scrapers 24, which may be slightly curved, are fixed to the cylinder 3, similar to that described in Specification No. 12,087, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Drying], or are carried by rings attached to the shaft, in which case the intermediate spaces are filled with sheet metal 43 to form the inner cylinder, as shown in Fig. 14. The material passes from the top shelf through the hole 26 to the shelf 14, and is then discharged through the hole 27. A partition 34, depending from the shelf 13, is fixed behind the hole 26 and in front of the hole 27, and extends down to a little above the scrapers on the shelf 14. Similar partitions are placed between the lower shelves. Instead of being fixed, the partitions may be hinged, in which case they are pushed aside by the scrapers. The inner cylinder may be perforated as at 44, Fig. 1, to allow the hot air or gas to pass from the cylinders to the space between the shelves.
Patent GB-190802141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chain-grates.
Inventor: KROEPELIN FRANZ
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 2141. Kr÷pelin, F. Jan. 30. Grates.- The fuelsupporting members of a chain grate consist of longitudinal fire-bars 12 held in position between transverse bars 10 carried by arms 8 supported on link-pins 15, 16. The bars 12 are inserted from the side. Ashes, collecting &c. -A plate having a hinged extension 19, is fitted between the upper and lower laps of the grate for the purpose of catching ashes. The chains pass between slots which are roofed over by plates 46 to prevent the ashes from falling through. The hinged extension 19 is shaken by a lever 24 operated by the link-pins of the chains. Fire-bridges.-The bridge 39 is supported on a roller bearing and may be adjusted in position by a lever 47 and rod 51 to compensate for wear. Mechanical stoking.-Fuel is fed on to the grate from a hopper 31, and the thickness of the layer may be regulated by a pivoted counterweighted door 35.
Patent GB-190810236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for the Display of Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: NORBALLE HANS JACOB
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 10,236. Norballe, H J., and Furtado, E. F. May 11. Switches. - Relates to switches for r regulating the movement of an electrically - actuated advertising-device. An endless chain a carries a tooth a', in the path of which are pins f<2>, f<4> attached to rocking levers f <1>, f <3> connected by a coupling-rod f, which actuates a switch F. When the tooth a<1> strikes the pin f the switch F lights the lamps E and inserts a resistance in the motor circuit, so that the apparatus moves slowly ; the tooth a<1> then strikes the pin f<4>, and the swivel F extinguishes the lamps and cuts the resistance out of the motor circuit, so that the apparatus moves quickly.
Patent GB-190816850-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement of the Work Holding and Feeding Devices of Sewing Machines.
Inventor: OHLSON JOHN LUDVIG
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 16,850. Ohlson, J. L. Sept. 12, 1907. Sewing - machine work - supports; presser - feet.- Interchangeable sliding pieces l, provided with differently-shaped needle holes, are fitted to a dovetailed recess in the throat plate k. The piece shown in Fig. 1 is for use in attaching shank buttons and has a raised portion o for supporting the shanks. Fig. 7 shows a presser-foot for holding shank buttons, and Fig. 5 shows a presser-foot for use in sewing button-boles when the work is guided by hand. The finger r is provided to enter and guide the button-hole slit. A cord may be guided through the aperture t. For attaching flat buttons a presser-foot is provided having a large gap to receive the buttons. Feed.-In order to stop the feed during the attaching of a button, the slot of the stitch regulator, which is of an ordinary construction, is extended so that the regulator screw can be moved to put the feed-mechanism entirely out of action.