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Patent GB-190608569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Castors for Hospital and other Bedsteads or for Operating Tables, Couches and the like.
Inventor: CHORLTON ISAAC
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 8569. Chorlton, I., and Smethurst, C. E. April 10. Castors.-A roller castor, of the type in which ordinarily the fixed foot of the table &c. sustains the weight, the running wheel being brought into action only when the furniture is required to move, comprises a hinged horn-piece carrying the running wheel and having pivoted upon an extension of a collar near it a pair of drop-levers, which, when the corner of the furniture is raised, engage the hinged horn-piece and hold the running castor down. The castor, shown in Fig. 1, fixed to the corner upright of a bedstead, operating - table, couch, or the like, consists of a support a fixed to the upright and having a narrow portion a' projecting into a recess in the lower part a' of the support, the two parts being secured together by a screw h which holds at the same time the elastic ring g, or a block &c., against the bottom of the support. A collar c, free to rotate horizontally between turned faces a<3>, a<4>, surrounds the narrowed part of the support. When the support is constructed in one piece, and also in a modincation, the collar c is made in halves fixed together by set-screws. To the rotatable collar is hinged at d<1> a horn-piece in, the form of a framework d, Fig. 3, carrying the running wheel, and upon an extension c<1> of the collar is pivoted at f<1> two drop-levers f moving together and adapted, when the leg is raised, to drop into recesses in the hornpiece d, thereby locking it and holding the running castor depressed. To disengage the wheel, the drop-levers are moved, away from the horn-piece by means of the foot, projecting pins f<2> being arranged for this purpose. Abutments c?, Fig. 2, are fixed upon the horn-piece to prevent the droplevers from being moved remote therefrom, and other abutments to prevent, the drop-levers from moving too close to the pillar. The castors are particularly adapted for use with hospital beds, operating-tables, and hospital carriages.
Patent GB-190608875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BAUER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 8875. Bauer, C., [Maschinenfabrik Moenus Akt.-Ges.]. April 12. Lasting.-Relates to a method of making-up boots and shoes in which the edges of the upper are temporarily tacked to a connecting-piece d, Fig. 1, which is placed on the outer face of the insole c. The edges of the piece d are bevelled off, as shown, in order that the upper may not be unduly stretched when being sewn. The tacks f are driven into the piece d, but do not pierce the insole c. The boot is sewn at e, Fig. 2, after removal from the last.
Patent GB-190613566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trough Channels for Conveying Water from Waste and other Pipes to the Drain Trap.
Inventor: PALMER EDWARD RICHARD
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 13,566. Palmer, E. R. June 13. Gully traps.-In a discharge trough of the kind described in Specification No. 7706, A.D. 1901, waste pipes l, l<1> fit into sockets i, i<1> in a detachable plate at the inlet end of the trough a. A socket e, separated from the sockets i, i<1> by a flange d<1> and lip d<2>, serves to receive a flushing-pipe or bath waste f. The remainder of the trough a is covered by a grating c.
Patent GB-190615402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to School Desks.
Inventor: FISHER FREDERICK HARRISON
Filed: 1906-07-06
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 15,402. Fisher, F. H. July 6. Hinges.-In school desks which have a circular plate upon the seat standard pivoted to a similar plate secured to the seat, the pivot-plate of the seat standard is provided with a convex protrusion which fits within a cupped recess in the pivot-plate of the seat, so that the pivot pin which secures the two plates together is relieved of the weight of the seat. The usual pivoting-plate S' of the standard S has a convex projecting piece S<4> concentric with the annular plate. This projection fits within a concave depression b<3> in the plate secured to the seat, the two plates being held together by a pivot pin P<1>, passing centrally through them, the pin being secured by riveting or by a nut or cotter. When the seat is used in conjunction with the pivoted back-rail, as described in Specification No. 12,101, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Furniture &c.], a shouldered bolt, as in Fig. 3, is employed to hold together the two plates. Stops S<2>, S<3> upon the seat-standard plate, engaging with a stop b<2> upon the other plate, determine the two positions into which the seat may be folded.
Patent GB-190619381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Travelling Cranes.
Inventor: BODE ALFRED
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 19,381. Bode, A. Aug. 30. Slips and grids, building, launching, and repairing. -Relates to the arrangement of the tracks for overhead travelling cranes used in shipyards. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement in elevation. The fixed structure b is carried on posts a and supports one or more longitudinal girders c. The main travelling cranes e are supported on wheels running on tracks d on the longitudinal girder c, and tracks d<1> on the supporting-posts a. A third crane g runs on rails f on the girder c; situated either below or at the same level as the rails d. The crane g is preferably provided wth a fixed windlass h and a traveller i.
Patent GB-190627956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmitting Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: PEDERSEN PEDER OLUF
Filed: 1906-12-07
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 27,956. Pedersen, P. 0. Dec. 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-In wireless telegraphy, the transmitting-key is so arranged that the antenna can be rendered inactive without disturbing the oscillating circuit. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, theinductive connexion of the oscillation circuit a b to the antenna c is controlled by the transmitting-key d. The transmitting-key may also be arranged in such a way as to connect and disconnect the earth, or an equivalent capacity, from the antenna, or to replace the antenna by a second antenna capable of emitting only feeble radiations, or capable of emitting radiations in such a way that the receiver is not affected. The horizontal antenna e, Fig. 2, can be substituted for the antenna c by the key d, the oscillation circuit being formed by the antenna c or e in series with the inductance m, arc n, inductance o, and earth connexion or capacity p, no other inductance or capacity being required. The second antenna may be replaced by an equivalent capacity, resistance, and induction. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, signalling is effected by inserting and witbdrawing the resistance k from the antenna circuit by means of the key d.
Patent GB-190702444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Warp Stop Motions for Looms for Weaving, Warping Machines and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2444. Taylor, J., and Buckley, E. W. Jan. 31. Loom stop-motions ; yarns, warping.-In a warp stop-motion for a loom, warping-machine, &c., a stationary notched bar 11, Fig. 7, and a reciprocating notched bar 10 are adjustably supported by slotted arms 15 carried by brackets bolted to the loom &c. frame. The bar 10 is reciprocated by a disconnectible piece 33 driven from a hollow lever 26, which is rocked about the centre 27 by flexible arms 28 secured to a vertical shaft 17, Fig. 9, rocked by an eccentric 23 and rod 24. When one of the detectors 12 drops, the notched bar 10 is blocked and holds the hollow lever 26 so that the sliding rod 35 passing through it engages the cam 36. The rod 35 is thus lifted and raises a pivoted plate 37 connected, by a wire 38 or other flexible connexion, to a trigger which is pivoted to the shipper handle and is arranged to disengage the latter from its retaining-notch. The stop-motion is adapted to be applied readily to an existing loom, all the main parts being carried by a casting 13 bolted to the framework of the machine. The shaft 16 is driven from the tappet-shaft by means of a rope, belt, or chain. The pulley on the tappet-shaft is made in two parts, Fig. 11, connected by a dovetailed joint 21 and driven by a key in such a manner that the parts of the pulley may be readily mounted on or removed from the tappet-shaft without disturbing other parts of the loom. The two parts of the pulley are held against relative lateral displacement by the rope &c. passing round them. The handles may be arranged to act as the warp detectors.
Patent GB-190702754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Loom Shuttles
Inventor: LAMOUREUX EDMOND
Filed: 1907-02-04
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 2754. Lamoureux, E. Feb. 4. Loom shuttle.- A shuttle is provided with means for facilitating threading and for tensioning the weft. An upwardly extending flange 6 is secured by means of a plate 5 in a forward extension of the bobbin cavity, and has attached thereto a rolled flange 8, which extends into an aperture in the side of the shuttle. The weft 10 is looped round the end of the flange 6, so that it is drawn into a recess d, from which it is prevented from slipping by a shoulder e. The weft is drawn down the edge 7 of the flange into the rolled flange 8, and the free end of the weft can readily be drawn through the aperture. The weft between the recess a and the aperture passes over a notch in a flexible finger b, which is formed on the edge of the rolled flange 8 and extends an adjustable distance through an opening a in the flange 6, whereby tension is given to the weft. The edge f of the flange 6 is cut away, and adjacent to this edge there is secured in the shuttle cavity a filling-block, which practically fills the space between the flange 6 and the side of the cavity.
Patent GB-190705562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Piston and like Packing.
Inventor: AIREY JAMES
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 5562. Airey, J. March 7. Pistons.-In packing composed of rings of different coefficients of expansion, a middle segmental ring a of one metal is formed with grooves receiving tongues on the side rings d, e of a different metal. At one end of each segment, recesses are formed to receive spiral springs acting on pistons b. Recesses are also formed in the ring a to receive axial springs acting on the ring d. Each ring d, e is formed with a single radial cut, which is enlarged internally to receive the head j or k of a tongue-piece, Figs. 2 and 5, the shank k<1> of which is inserted between the segments of the ring a.
Patent GB-190707915-A (GB)
Title: Paint or Colour Distributor with Aspirating Device.
Filed: 1907-04-04
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 7915. Graaff & Co., W. Ges., and Mikorey, H. April 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spray-producers.-To recover the unused finelydistributed paint or colour in a paint spraying machine and to enable a sprayer to be used at any place, a funnel- or spoonshaped hood b, through which air is drawn by a pipe i, is connected with a spray-producer a. The pipe i may be fitted with an elbow tube or other device for retaining the paint, and preferably, is connected through a paint-collecting vessel g with a compressor d which supplies air to the spray-producer. The pipe i is provided with a three-way cock k so that one spray-producer of a series may be thrown out of action without affecting the action of the compressor, and the vessel g may be fitted with a valve m which opens to admit air when the pressure in the vessel falls below a definite amount.
Patent GB-190708548-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instrument for Solving Navigational Problems
Inventor: MOONEY HERBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 8548. Mooney, H. E. April 12. Protractors.-A graduated ring a carries centrally a hub b, around which rotate a course pointer c and pointers g, h, i, each of which can be clamped to the ring a. The course pointer c is a sheet of transparent material, ruled as shown, to which can be attached the graduated ring f. In laying down the position of a ship on a chart, the rings a, f are set so as to allow for compass error or variation, and the pointers g, h, i are set to the bearings found, and clamped to the ring a. The instrument is then moved over the chart, keeping the vertical graduations on the pointer c, north and south, until the edges of the pointers cut the objects the bearings of which were found. The position of the ship is marked by the axis m of the instrument. This instrument may be used for other purposes.
Patent GB-190711508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Controlling the Action of Railway Wagon and other Fall Down Doors and Flaps.
Inventor: MEIN THOMAS OSWALD
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 11,508. Mein, T. O. May 16. Door-closing apparatus; door stops. -Relates to springs arranged to control the lowering and lifting of railway wagon and other fall - down flaps. The door a, Fig. 1, hinged at b to the wagon frame, is connected with the spring h through a link c and lever e. The lever e is pivoted at f and connected with the rod i by a pin k, which is adapted to move in a guide or guides m in fixed to the underframe g. When the door falls, the spring h is compressed between the washers j, j<1>, the rod i being constrained to move in an axial line. A block n, secured to the bracket d' or to the door a, is adapted to contact with a link c when the door is opened. In a modification, the lever e is pivoted so that the rod i is thrust outwardly, the outer washer being held stationary. As shown in Fig. 2, the spring h is arranged vertically, pins p on the upper washer being adapted to move in slots m<1> of guide-plates m. In a further modification, the lever e is arranged above the spring h.
Patent GB-190722720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine Stop Gear.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 22,720. Lake, W. E., [Pickering Governor Co.]. Oct. 15. Stop-gear.-A Pickering governor has applied to it stopping-apparatus, which is brought into operation when the driving-belt breaks or runs off the pulley, and is adaptable to belts of different inclinations. The idle pulley 24 is connected through a sleeve 20 with a spring-controlled cam 15 mounted upon a stud 14 secured to an arm 7, which is cast upon the driving-shaft bracket 3. Upon the failure of the belt, the cam 15 disengages the pawl 12, and allows the spring 9 to cutoff steam by means of the shaft 6. The cam 15 and sleeve 20 are relatively adjustable, and may be mounted upon the shaft 6. Different methods of adjustment are shown in Figs. 2, 7 and 8.
Patent GB-190724741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: PRIESTLEY FRED
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 24,741. Priestley, F., and Frost, W. Nov. 8. Smoke-consuming; fire-bridges.-The fire-bridge of a steam-generator or like furnace consists of a row of curved hollow metal fire-clay or like blocks a, Fig. 2, which are modifications of those described in Specification No. 17,414, A.D. 1898. The blocks, the upper ends of which are spaced apart, as at a<2>, Fig. 1, by their projecting lower ends a<1>, are fitted to an horizontal grid b with a hit-and-miss draught regulator c. When working under natural draught, the combustion products pass partly through the blocks, entering by the apertures a<3> facing the grate ; when the forced-draught apparatus described in Specification No. 22,944, A.D. 1900, is in use, the air passes into the furnace through the apertures a<3>, as well as through the apertures a<5>. In water-tube boilers, destructors, &c., the mouths a<5> of the blocks are directed forward over the grate. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 4098, A.D. 1881, No. 5676, A.D. 1887, No. 9069, A.D. 1896, No. 9030, A,D. 1900, and Nos. 14,050 and 14,144, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190725098-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Interchangeable Heel and Means for Attaching the same to Boots and Shoes
Inventor: WHITE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 25,098. White, W. Nov. 12. Heel protectors ; heels.-A metal plate E having a raised portion E' is embedded in a rubber or leather top-lift, and is provided with two or three curved keyhole slots D adapted to engage correspondingly - situated screw - heads C on the heel proper. The plate is also provided with a raised incline terminating in a hole H, into which a pin F snaps to ensure the heel in position. In a modification, Fig. 8, one slot only is used. The plate may be embedded in the heel proper, and the screws attached to the detachable portion.
Patent GB-190725324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-depositing Apparatus.
Inventor: HARTNELL WILSON
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 25,324. Hartnell, W. Nov. 15. Electrodes.- For adjusting anodes A towards or away from a vertical rotating cathode B on which copper or other metal is to be deposited, parallel slides E, M are provided, the one in the vat and the other outside. The anode A is secured by screws K, H to a piece G which is adjustable on the slide M, by a screw N and is secured by screws 0. The anode is set parallel with the cathode by means of a joint L with spherical surfaces.
Patent GB-190726420-A (GB)
Title: Method of Extinguishing Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-11-30
Abstract: 26,420. Beck Flame Lamp, [Deutsche Beck Bogenlampen Ges.]. Nov. 29. Arc lamps. - To extinguish a lamp when the carbons are nearly consumed, parts of one or more travelling carbonholders are engaged by stops so that they release the carbons, which fall out and are caught by a funnel-shaped ash-tray. Several arrangements are described. The carbon a may be secured in its holder by a spring catch g, the horizontal arm of which may engage a stop h. The end of the carbon may be roughened or grooved to give a firmer grip. In another arrangement the carbon holder is slotted to form spring fingers, which are forced against the carbon by a sleeve sliding over them ; the stop in this case is preferably annular, to engage a flange on the sleeve. When the carbon is provided with a ridge to rest on a support, the carbon is placed loosely in its holder, which is detained after a certain length of travel, while the carbon continues to descend until it passes out of the holder and slides by the support; the ridge may be cut away at its upper end as described in Specification No. 16,294, A.D. 1903. The socket in the carbon-holder may be tapered.
Patent GB-190800548-A (GB)
Title: Collapsable Stand for Lifting Barrels, Boxes and the like
Inventor: JAMES JOHN BRADFORD
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 548. James, J. B. Jan. 9. Lifting -j a c k s; lifting by cams.-A stand for barrels, boxes, &c. comprises a pair of cam-shaped plates a, b connected by detachable chains c, d. The plates are provided with holes of suitable shape to fit the article to be lifted, and are placed in position, as shown. The barrel and the attached plates are then rocked, until the plates rest on feet h, and the barrel is supported in a raised position.
Patent GB-190802611-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Treating Sewage, Refuse or the like.
Inventor: MARTIN ABRAHAM
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2611. Martin, A., and Whitcomb, A. Feb. 5. Mills and apparatus. - Sewage, refuse, &c. is broken up. pulverized, deodorized, and dried in a rotary drum a of polygonal cross-section by means of hollow iron balls f loaded with lead &c. The gases given off are carried away by a current of air supplied through the trunnion b from the fan i and discharged through the trunnion c. The air may be saturated with an antiseptic. Several drums may be connected in series, the gas from the last being burnt, for example at the fire-grate of the generator feeding the steam engine which drives the drums and fan. A door g is provided for charging and discharging purposes, the balls being retained by bars h during the discharging operation.
Patent GB-190805041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Yarn Reeling Machines.
Inventor: WISMER ENRICO
Filed: 1908-03-05
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 5041. Wismer, E. March 5. Reeling-machines.- A continuously-acting reeling-machine adapted to transfer automatically the finished hanks in a stretched condition from the main reel to an auxiliary reel is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The main reel is composed of a disk 16 carrying six equally spaced pairs of brackets 42, only one pair being shown. Each pair of brackets carries a worm-wheel 10 and toothed gearing 11 adapted to rotate a four-sided plate 24. The worm-wheels are driven by a worm 9 on one end of a hollow shaft 7 having at its other end a toothed wheel 8, the teeth on which are adapted to be engaged by an arm 14 carried by the spindle of the counting-mechanism 13. In operation, the yarn is fed on to the main reel until the skein is completed, whereupon the arm 14 of the counting- mechanism engages with the teeth of the wheel 8 and so stops the wheel and consequently stops the worm 9. This causes the gearing 10 to rotate each of the yarn-holding plates 24 through a quadrant, so that the completed skein is transferred to the auxiliary reel 4, which is slidably mounted on the central shaft 3 and is pushed away from the main reel by push-plates 23. The trailing yarn is lapped on to the main reel by the next few turns of yarn, and then breaks as the auxiliary reel moves further away. A non-automatic modification has an auxiliary reel 4, Fig. 3, which when withdrawn by means of a handle 26 rotates the yarn-holding plates 24 by a rack-andpinion device 27, and by means of pivoted levers 31 and a stop 32 detaches spring catches 29 from a disk 28 and allows a spring 33 to slide the disk towards the main reel to re-engage with the yarnholding plates.
Patent GB-190806553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power-transmission Mechanism.
Inventor: NELSON JOHN LANDER
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 6553. Nelson, J. L. March 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Actuating pumps.-In a device for converting rotary into reciprocating motion, such as for driving pumps &c., a rocking weight or beam is interposed in the transmission mechanism to overcome dead-centres in the prime motor. The motordriven shaft 3, provided with fast and loose pulleys 6 and fly-wheels 5, drives a shaft 9 through gearing 7, 8 ; the shaft 9 transmits the drive through bevel-gearing 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 to another shaft 20 upon which wheels 22 are fixed. The gear-wheels 8 upon the shaft 9, and the wheels 22 upon the shaft 20, are connected by links 24, 23 respectively to the ends of a weight 32, formed with curved undersides 31 resting upon rails 2 of the frame 1. The links 24, 23 are pivoted to adjustably-fixed sleeves 25 upon T-shaped pivoted members 27 held in mutual relation by diagonal rods 33, 34, which connect the arms 29 and are adjusted in length by means of turn-buckles &c. 35. The weight is held from longitudinal displacement by links 36 pivoted at 37 to the frame, and from lateral displacement by links 40 pivoted to eccentrics 42 upon the shaft carrying the intermediate bevel-pinion 14. A cross-bar 46 attached to the pump piston is connected by links 45 to the rocking weight and is reciprocated twice during each rotation of the transmission-wheels 8, 22.