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Patent GB-190328058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with the Bearing Springs of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: STEVENS THOMAS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 28,058. Stevens, T. G. Dec. 21. Axle-trucks or undercarriages.-Relates to the bearing-springs of motor vehicles, and consists in arranging and connecting them so that they can be adjusted by the driver to suit the imposed load or to resist the tendency of the vehicle to overturn under centrifugal action, and also in providing means for obviating oscillatory motion. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of one arrangement as fixed to the trailing axle of a motor vehicle, and Fig. 2 a transverse section through the shaft v. Each bearing-spring i is connected at one end to a pair of toggle-levers a the outer ends of which are pivoted to the underframe bar f and a bar g connected to the axle c, the other end being connected to a double crank carried on the shaft p. When this crank is rotated by the operation of the wormwheel r, the springs are lengthened and their tension correspondingly increased. In order to be able to adjust the springs on either side of the vehicle separately, the shaft which carries the crank is made in two parts p, q, Fig. 3, and the worm - wheel r transmits the motion through the corresponding set of the clutches w, x. To work all the springs together, the lever 13 is first moved to clutch the parts w, x together, and the worm is then operated. The springs 16 keep the parts of the clutches separated as shown. A modification is shown for light vehicles in which the adjustment of the springs is effected by means of a hand-lever. Figs. 10 and 11 show another arrangement in which only one pair of toggle-links is used for each axle. The bearing-springs are connected to blocks 38, which are made to slide along the bars 34 by operating the double crank 39 through either hand or foot mechanism. In this arrangement, all the springs are operated simultaneously. A modification is shown in the Specification in which the springs for each axle are adjusted separately ; another arrangement is also shown in which two pairs of toggle-links are employed, symmetrically disposed on either side of the axle, and pivoted on a frame resting thereon. To cause the bearing-springs at both ends of an axle to act approximately in unison and thus diminish the rocking motion of the vehicle, the arrangement shown in Fig. 15 is adopted. The axle 52 is connected by links to rocking levers 54, rigidly mounted on a transverse shaft 55 so that the springs on either side are simultaneously and similarly operated. To avoid shocks, the rocking levers may be connected to the axle by spring links.
Patent GB-190328784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Post Cards, Letter Cards and the like
Inventor: ARMBRUSTER FRANCOIS
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 28,784. Armbruster, F. Jan. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Postcards, letter-cards, and the like, formed of any suitable material and in any shape suitable for correspondence purposes, are used to transmit sounds, speech, &c. through the post. The vibrations are impressed on the card by an ordinary phonograph or gramophone, and are given out as sounds after the card has been transmitted, by putting the card &c. into another sound-producing instrument, identical with the first except for the tracing-point. The card may be protected from inquiry or publicity in transmission by enclosing in an envelope or between sheets of cardboard, blotting-paper, &c.
Patent GB-190402174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dismountable Buildings.
Inventor: ARADI JOHANN
Filed: 1904-01-28
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 2174. Aradi, J. Jan. 28. Portable buildings; walls; roofs.-The walls are formed of two wooden frames A<1>, A<2>, Fig. 1, connected together by changeable transverse plates C, and are covered with artificial stone B', B<2> applied to perforated metal sheets or to jute in the case of the inner walls, the spaces between the frames being filled with sand &c. The connection between the wall units is made by bolts or by slotted tubes placed over the projecting flanges of angle-irons fixed to the edges of the units. The foundation frame D and roof frame E consist of timbers connected together. The rafters F and wall plates G are provided with iron shoes H consisting of threeparts, an angle-piece H<1>, carrying projections h, fixed to the beam G, and two pieces H<2>, half as wide as the piece H<1>, which are secured to two rafters connected by screws.
Patent GB-190404294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Malting Apparatus.
Inventor: KRUEGER OTTO
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4294. Krueger, O. Feb. 20. Malting.-A germinating and drying malt drum has special cooling and heating arrangements for the germinating and drying processes and is divided i n t o sections by partitions, arranged either radially or parallel to the axis of the drum. The sections are again divided into two chambers of unequal size, which are connected by sliding valves 6 so that, on turning the drum, the contents of one chamber can pass automatically into another. In front of the pipes 3, which supply cooled air, may be arranged separate pipes 8, Fig. 4, which can be used for heating and cooling the malt, the air in it, or the air in the pipes 3. In the form shown in Fig. 2, combined ventilating and cooling or heating pipes 10 are used, so that the air escaping from the air pipe meets the cooling or heating pipe, and is thus rendered suitable for further use. The air from the pipes 3 escapes through surrounding channels 4, or by the central pipe 5, or in some cases through the netted cover of the drum.
Patent GB-190405041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Ferruginous Ore for the Manufacture of Iron and Steel therefrom.
Inventor: MOORE MONTAGUE
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 5041. Moore, M., and Heskett, T. J. March 1. Iron and steel furnaces. -Relates to improvements on the apparatus described in Specification No. 4975, A.D. 1904, for obtaining iron and steel direct from the ore. The ore is heated in the first chamber A, reduced in the second chamber A<2>, and the metal is either balled or fused in a furnace D. As in the prior invention, the chambers A<1>, A<2> are fixed vertical towers with inclined shelves, Fig. 1, or revolving furnaces, Fig. 8, or a combination of them. The bottom furnace may be of the Siemens type, Figs. 1 and 8 with a separable lower part carried by a hydraulic ram D' on a trolley and rotated by ratchet gear D<8> ; or it may be of the cylindrical revolving type, Fig. 11, either plain or spirally-ribbed internally at R, so as to ball the metal and to force it to the outlet door S. Producer gas for heating is supplied by the pipe I and, with or without oil supplied at J, passes through a pipe F in the upper chamber A', or in a separate passage M, so as to be heated by the products of combustion from the regenerators E. The gas then passes through the reducing-chamber A and is burnt in the furnace D with air admitted through the port E<II> from the regenerator. The products of combustion pass from the furnace D into the regenerator by the passage E<7>, and thence to the upper chamber A' by the passage E<5>. A bye-pass for supplying gas, or a separate furnace, may be provided for heating the upper chamber when required. The regenerator may be placed as shown in the various Figures ; it consists of vertical series of passages through which air and the combustion products flow in opposite directions. The passage of ore from the upper to the lower chamber is controlled by a worm G', Fig. 1, or by slides F', and the reduced ore falls directly into the bottom furnace.
Patent GB-190406334-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Can Closures
Inventor: BROWN CHARLES WATKINSON
Filed: 1904-03-15
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 6334. Brown, C. W., [Maranville, H. F.]. March 15. Stoppers for cans are made so that there are several independent lines of contact between the stopper and the can. The upper edge of the can 1 is bent to the shape shown, and a cover 5 is fitted over it, washers 9, 10 being inserted between them. With this construction there are five lines of closure, viz., at 11, 12, 13, and at the inner face and bottom of the washer 9. The top of the cover and the can may be made square instead of round.
Patent GB-190409382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for the Manufacture of Fuel Balls, Briquettes and the like.
Inventor: DEBAUCHE HUBERT JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-04-23
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 9382. Debauche, H. J. April 23. Moulding fuel. - Relates chiefly to means for preventing strain in machines for making briquettes by rolling. One pair of rolls M' is mounted in movable bearings D' to permit longitudinal motion, when the pressure between the rolls exceeds that of the spring J. One end of this spring abuts against a cross-bar K, connected to the farther end Z of the frame by bolts L, L' and nuts a. These bolts are reduced in diameter near the nuts and, to prevent the nuts and bolts from flying apart in case of fracture, the former are provided with a shield d and the latter with slots b taking over pins c. The frame of the machine is made in two portions A, A' integral with curved connecting- pieces B, B', and the bearings R, V of the driving- gear are directly fixed to this frame.
Patent GB-190409601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shaking Barrels and their Mode of Action.
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-04-27
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 9601. Thomas, W. H. April 27. Rumbles, tumbling-barrels, and the like.-One or more barrels A are mounted on a horizontal shaft B which is capable of sliding in bearings C held on supports D, D<1>. The support D is a double one, and between its two arms is mounted a combined driving-pulley and cam-device E, each face E<1> of which is an inclined plane, the two planes being parallel. These faces bear on rollers H mounted on the supports D. The driving-belt I passes over the cam-device and is held on it by shrouds J. As the shaft revolves, the cams bearing on the rollers cause it to move laterally thus giving it a compound rotary and to-and-fro motion. In modifications, the inclined cams may be fitted to the barrel itself, or to the fixed part of the apparatus, in which case the bearing-rollers are attached to the barrel, or only one incline need be used, the barrel being brought back by a spring or spring-device.
Patent GB-190413945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Treansmitting Devices.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 13,945. Howorth, F. W., [Electric and Train Lighting Syndicate]. June 20. Lubricating wheels.-Relates to means for lubricating wheels turning loosely on their shafts. A pinion e is provided with a hub f, and a bushing g is provided with lugs i through which are passed pins n secured to the pinion e, nuts p bearing on the lugs i. A casing j, integral with the hub f, is secured by other pins to the pinion, and is provided with holes l and plugs m. A nut u holds the pinion e in position on its shaft a, which has a recess c with an oil-hole d leading to the bearing-surfaces. A rod x is rigidly held in the cup end w of a pipe v inserted in the recess c, the pipe being secured by a screw passed through a lug on the end w and into a screwed hole between the shaft a and nut u, thus also locking the nut. The oil in the casing is gathered by the rod x and enters the recess c and oil-holes d, being returned to the casing, through tapered passages s between the hub f and bushing g, by the action of centrifugal force.
Patent GB-190414219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Artificial Fuel and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: HOEPFNER GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1904-06-23
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 14,219. H÷pfner, G. June 23. Moving-beater apparatus. - Fuel is mixed in a horizontal cylinder b having arms mounted on a central rotary spindle. The mixture passes between adjustable slides d<1> to an extrusion apparatus in which the incorporation is completed. This consists of a vertical cylinder d having a tapering mouthpiece and containing a worm driven by bevel gear from the main shaft. An automatic device for cutting off briquettes and for advancing a conveyer is provided, as well as means g for wetting the mouthpiece of the extrusion apparatus.
Patent GB-190414610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Music Stools and Seats.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
Filed: 1904-06-29
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,610. Morton, T., and Brodie, R. June 29. Stools.-Relates to music stools or seats and means for adjusting their bottoms. The legs A<1> of the frame A carry ratchets C, with which engage bars D hinged at D' to the underside of the seat. Spring blades E keep the bars D pressed firmly outwards, and can be pulled backwards to adjust the bottom. Lateral displacement of the bottom is prevented as it is within the legs A', and swing bracket-pieces F may be used further to secure the seat.
Patent GB-190415878-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Compressing Dry Pulverulent Material in Moulds.
Inventor: PELCHRZIM CURT VON
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 15,878. Pelohrzim, C. von, and Th³mmel, J. July 16. Moulding, special processes for; moulding slabs.- Relates to a proc e s s o f pressing pulverulent m a - terial into slabs &c., consisting in applying low and high pressure in succession to the material 3, with which the pressing- die 2 remains in contact during the whole time. This is ejected by the spindle 1 of a screw-pross, and its die 2 at the proper moments. The spindle in all cases works up and down in the die, and, as shown in Fig. 2, at the beginning of a double stroke is coupled to the die by a spring fork 7 with prongs 6 passing through the die and engaging in a recess 5 in the spindle. At the end of the lowpressure stroke, the spindle momentarily ceases to press on the fork 7, which is accordingly disengaged by the spring. The die therefore remains in contact with the material when the spindle rises, but, after this descends again for the high-pressure stroke, the fork is pushed into re-engagement and the die is lifted up as the spindle ascends. Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a modification, in which the coupling is performed automatically. As the spindle descends for the first stroke, bars 8, engaging in the recess 5, are pushed out of engagement by gradually-widening slides 9. The spindle is accordingly disengaged, but, when it descends for the second time, the pressure block 2 is pressed a short distance further down, allowing screws 15, which set against levers 16, to come into operation. The other ends of these levers 16 engage with projections 17 on the axles 18 of the pulleys 13, which are thus rotated to wind up cords 14 attached to the guides 10 of the slides 9. These are disengaged from the bars 8, which, under pressure from springs 19, take into the recess 5 again. The narrow part of the slides 9 are pressed by springs 12 between the bars 8 as they rise. Fig. 9 also shows an automatic arrangement, in which spring - pressed coupling - parts 20, with sliding faces, take into the recess 5 and are not pushed aside at first but transmit the low pressure. Under the high pressure, they are pushed back and the spindle descends. The ends may be rectangular and the coupling is then done by hand. To arrange for delivery when, and only when, the block 2 rises, the mould bottom 4 has a bar 22, Fig. 10, attached beneath it, normally drawn aside by the action of a weight 25 on one end of a bellcrank lever 21 connected to it. This weight is pulled up when the block 2 rises, and the spring 26 and its own weight bring the bar into the position shown in dotted lines against the stop 27. An ejecting-traverse 29 connected to the spindle then rises in guides 30 and pushes up the bar 22. On rising further, it is guided to the side of the bar, from which it is thus disengaged.
Patent GB-190422224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Shuttling Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 22,224. Wilkinson, J., Wilkinson, T. W., and Shackleton, J. Oct. 15. L o o m shuttlechanging mechanism; s t o p - motions. - Relates to loose-reed and other looms. When the weft fails, the usual weft-fork lever d, Fig. 3, comes in contact with a lever f on a shaft g, and rocks a lever i at the other end of this shaft against the action of a spring 20, so that a bent rod j knocks a rod z under a stud y on a lever x oscillated by an additional tappet w on the tappet-shaft. The rod z is thus depressed and an arm 3 and shaft n are oscillated against the action of a spring 5 so as to bring a projection r on the shaft n against a stud s pulled back by a spring 2. The stud s passes under the shuttle box, and is mounted on a stud t secured to a deflecting-plate p. The deflecting-plate is thus moved into a position to deflect the shuttle from the box. At the same time, the loose front m of the shuttle box, carried by fingers m<1> on the shaft n, is moved forward, withdrawing supporting-plates on the front m from underneath the shuttles in the magazine k, so that a shuttle drops down and is positioned in the shuttle box by the front m, when the various parts are returned to their initial positions by the springs. An elbow lever 13, Fig. 6, carried by a shaft 14 and pressed against the shuttle swell 15 by a spring 13<a>, is, when a shuttle is present, kept in position to miss a block 18 on the spring handle 19. Otherwise, the lever comes in contact with this block and stops the loom. The horizontal arm of the lever 13 is kept in its raised inoperative positions at each alternate pick, when the shuttle is in the other shuttle box, by lever mechanism 8, 10, 11 oscillated by a stud 6 on the wheel 7.
Patent GB-190425760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fence Standards.
Inventor: GILBERT WALTER VILLA
Filed: 1904-11-26
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 25,760. Gilbert, W. V. Nov. 26. Fencing, - Sheet-metal wire - fencing standards, shown in plan in Fig. 5 and side elevation in Fig. 3, are formed with a flatsided, round - cornered base a, a circular top a<1>, inclined sides a<2>, and projecting flanges b in which are formed inclined slots provided with a flared inlet b<3> and a bulb b<1>, opposite slots for the same wire being placed at opposing ioclinations, as shown in Fig. 3. At the top and bottom of the standard, projections a<3> and holes a<4> are formed, and the sides of the standard may be corrugated. The tops are covered by a metal blank.
Patent GB-190502290-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tubular Boiler for Motor Carriages, Wagons and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTSON WALTER HENRY ANTONIO
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 2290. Robertson, W. H. A. Feb. 6. Vertical motor-road-vehicle boilers; combustion chambers ; supporting.-For use with motor roadvehicles, a multitubular boiler is formed with the central fire-box A from which the furnace gases pass to the combustion chambers F through an horizontal tube-shell. Each combustion chamber is divided into two compartments by the partition f To the one compartment the gases first pass by one of the large flues H, and thence pass by smoke-tubes D to a corresponding compartment in the opposite combustion chamber, which is open to the chimney. The gases from the fire-box escape by opposite flues and traverse the boiler in opposite directions in the smoke-tubes in the horizontal shell until the combustion chambers. and chimney are reached. Live or exhaust steam may be used for blast purposes. The outside casing to the flues J may be lined with asbestos. The tube-plates may be flat or dished. In attaching the boiler to a vehicle, blocks of wood or other suitable material may be interposed so as to lessen vibration. The invention is characterized by the employment of an horizontal tube-shell, thereby rendering it unnecessary to cut away the passage of the tubes, at the same time enabling the tubes to be extended in length without cutting away or enlarging the diameter of the shell.
Patent GB-190502850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electro-static Watt and Watt-hour Meters
Inventor: WILSON ERNEST
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 2850. Wilson, E., and Wilson, W. H. Feb. 11. Switches; transformers.-An apparatus consisting of condensers and a rotating commutator is used in connexion with electrostatic meters to multiply or reduce the potential difference to be measured. The commutator is arranged to connect the condensers alternately in parallel and in series, to the circuit and to the electrometer or vice versa. The condensers k<1> . . . k<5> are connected as shown to the brushes 3 . . . 12, while brushes 2, 13 are connected to the circuit and brushes 1, 14 to the electrometer. The rotating ebonite drum carries a series of pairs of metal bars 27, 28 and rows of contact-studs connected in pairs as shown. A duplicate set of brushes may be arranged on the same drum, with a separate set of condensers, to charge the latter while the first set are connected to the instrument and vice versa. One of the condensers may be connected directly to the circuit, the brushes 2, 13 being then dispensed with. Other apparatus for effecting the same object is described in Specifications Nos. 2707 and 5582, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring &c.], and the present apparatus may be applied to vary the potential difference as already varied in the manner therein described. Or a second condenser system may be applied to augment the effect of another. Reference is also made to Specification No. 27,201, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring &c.].
Patent GB-190504339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Signals for Railways.
Inventor: BROWNING BRYAN
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 4339. Browning, B., Mason, J., and Mason, D. March 2. Detonator apparatus; c o n t a c t s, mechanical; audible signals.-A train depresses a pivoted lever to explode a detonator and sound a gong. The detonators are fed from a magazine under a hammer by apparatus actuated directly from the signal cabin. The train actuates a stud or roller 17, Fig. 4, to depress a pivoted lever 16 against the action of a spring 19, and so to actuate a pivoted lever 4<a> carrying a hammer 4 for exploding a detonator. The levers 16, 4<a> are weighted to rest normally in the position shown. The actuated lever 4<a> also depresses a pivoted lever 15 to sound a gong 5, and the lever 15 may be wedged in an inactive position. The detonators contained in a vertical-pile magazine 3 are fed singly from its base by a slide 24 reciprocated by a pivoted slotted lever 26, which is actuated by a connexion 27 to the cabin, another connexion 40 leading to a counterweight. A pivoted arm 33 removes the spent detonators by attachment through a lug 35 and a rod 34 to the lever 26. A chain connexion 36 from the lever 4<a> to the lever 26 allows the apparatus to be placed out of action from the cabin. In a modified form of magazine slide 24, Fig. 3, the detonator falls into a recess 28 in the slide, the recess being larger than a detonator. On the journey to' the exploding-hammer 4, the detonator rests at the inner end of the recess and passes over the door 30 in the base of the apparatus, the door being closed by a finger 31 attached to the slide. On the return journey, the exploded detonator rests at the outer end of the recess 28 and falls through the bole 29, the door 30 having been opened by the withdrawal of the finger 31. In another modification, the detonators are fed from the magazine 3, Fig. 1, to the hammer 4 by a horizontal rotating table 7 with radial partitions or fingers 8 to remove the detonators singly from the base of the magazine. The table 7 is rotated by an attached ratchet-wheel 9 actuated by a pawl 11 on a pivoted arm attached to the connexion 13 from the signal cabin.
Patent GB-190506540-A (GB)
Inventor: AYLSWORTH ALVIN W
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 6540. Aylsworth, A. W. Sept. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ear instruments and appliances.-An ear trumpet is provided with a vibrator 7, attached to a coiled spring conducting-piece 4, which passes throngh the tube 2 and is secured to a cross-pin 5 in the ear piece 1.